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FAN ART FRIDAY: Kim Woo Bin, Jung Il Woo, and more!
It's Friday, and you know what that means....FAN ART FRIDAY! Yes, that's right--we have some more art to share from very talented drama fans. If you love art and K-dramas or K-pop, don't forget to submit your work for next week!
1. First, we have this adorable portrait of Jung Il Woo that DramaFever user Valerie made for her friend's birthday. That's one lucky friend!
2. Next, we have a stunning painting of Lee Seung Gi from Gu Family Book done by VivianeB. The texture in his hair and clothing is especially impressive and lifelike.
3. Harusensei's digital painting of Lee Jong Suk captures the eye with vibrant colors and his direct gaze.
4. It wouldn't be a Fan Art Friday without some cute impressions! Karen Rodriguez has captured the spirit of the character Kim Mi Young from Fated to Love You in this adorable picture.
Watch an adorable guardian angel who suddenly becomes human survive the perils of high school and first love in High School-Love On
5. Last, but not least, is this impressive drawing of Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do on Heirs, made by Michael1525. He's even doing his signature eyebrow raise!
As always, thank you for the great submissions. Keep them coming. Whether it's your own work or simply pieces that you find impressive, we love to see them.
If you want to be featured in next week's Fan Art Friday, email your submissions to cjohnson


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Stunning flower brooch (I believe it is a lily) by Kramer is finely detailed and just gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
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Today, urban areas generate more than 90% of the global economy, are home to more than 50% of the world population, consume more than 65% of the world's energy; and emit 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions.1 The science and policy communities increasingly recognize that cities, urban areas, and the underlying urbanization process are at the center of global climate change and sustainability challenges. Policymakers need facts, empirical evidence, and theories on how to plan and manage cities and urbanization during the contemporary era of rapid change and environmental uncertainty.
Scholars spanning from the humanities to social and physical sciences have engaged in the study of cities over the past century and have generated numerous discoveries about urban places and processes that drive their creation and development. While some research has concluded that cities are sources of environmental degradation, there is also evidence that cities and the lifestyles they engender can be potential solutions to current and future environmental and sustainability challenges. As a sign of confidence in our understanding of cities, the recent Rio + 20 conference recognized the need for a holistic approach to urban development and human settlements and called for an integrated approach to planning and building sustainable cities and urban settlements to create livable places as a way to solve our local, regional, and even global environmental problems. The idea is simple and enticing: Acting locally within cities can solve our global environmental problems.
Compelling as this may be, it leaves out half of the equation. Scholarship on cities is extensive,2 but our knowledge of urbanization is fragmented. Cities are places. Urbanization is a process, one of simultaneous transformation of places, populations, economies, and the built environment that creates an urban society. Despite a panoply of researchers studying cities, research on urbanization has not focused on the process and its intersection with other environmental systems. Consequently, contemporary urban studies are unlikely to deliver the information and knowledge required to help urban areas become the meaningful catalysts for sustainability solutions. Why is this the case? Part of the problem is that each discipline approaches the city and uses its own analytical lenses and tools to examine the processes of interest to that discipline: population growth in cities, ecology within cities, migration to cities, the economy of cities, climate within cities.
As a result, we have a smorgasbord of information and data about cities as places and lack a coherent understanding of the underlying urbanization processes that create urban places and interaction of these processes with other systems. Yet it is exactly this process that is currently unfolding at a scale and rate that has never been matched in history. Urban areas will expand by more than 29,000 soccer fields every day for the next 18 years and the world is adding 1 billion more urban dwellers every 13 years, a rate twice as fast as just 30 years ago.3
This lack of coherent understanding will result in sustainability policies—be it climate, carbon, equity—that are merely stop-gaps at best, and mistakes at worst. Contemporary solutions do not reach to underlying urbanization processes and contexts, but rather continue to address symptoms of problems. If we continue with this piecemeal approach, we will not define meaningful global sustainability solutions. For example, creating more bike lanes in North American cities is a great idea; however, its impact meeting the global sustainability challenge may be offset by many of these same cities continuing to spread outward, becoming more automobile dependent and less useful for reaching places easily by bicycle.
In order to address this lacuna we must take a good, hard, and inspired look at what we are missing. We need a science of urbanization. This science would focus on the fundamental laws of the urbanization process: its origins, development, organization, emergent properties, and connections to other social and biophysical processes. What might urbanization science look like? At minimum, it would address three fundamental aspects of urbanization that to date have been only partially answered. First, there is no consensus on the basic components of urbanization. What is missing is a framework that focuses on urbanization as an object of study both within one city and more importantly across cohorts and populations of cities. Generally, axiomatic conditions on the relationship between the population share in urban centers and income generation, or the space for time substitution models associating urban land use and ecosystem service degradation, also have been undertheorized. These statements taken together suggest that we need to explore what makes up the most fundamental aspects of urbanization, across space, place, time, and cultures. In order to take a proactive approach to urbanization and the complex set of socioecological systems interactions within and across urban areas, we need a much better understanding of all system components.
Second, we need to explore and critically examine the empirical evidence that presents the urbanization system (meaning the set of components and process of changing urban centers) in and of itself as unique among systems (at any scale) and ask how the associated elements and processes influence other systems. Can we identify a theory of urbanization with fundamental and unique components that can withstand scientific scrutiny and produce valuable universal laws and theories? A more critical review of the evidence on urbanization as a process and not on cities as places could lead to systemic solutions that address the whole rather than separate components.
Finally, can we then find relationships between urbanization and other aspects of the Earth System? We argue that a science is needed to understand how urbanization unfolds so that we can develop generalities to larger scales and with that understand how this process interacts with local and global environments. For example, while there have been studies of how biodiversity changes in urban to rural gradients and statements on the increasing homogeneity of urban biota, there has not been a study that examines whether and how urbanization has affected, for example, the latitudinal gradient in biodiversity or any of the ecogeographic rules of biodiversity. Is global urbanization resulting in a typology of cities that can be useful in understanding impacts and responses to climate change? How does urbanization affect land use transitions? How does urbanization affect poverty across urban–rural gradients? To answer these questions we need a firm grasp on what urbanization is and how it interacts with other systems. The answers to these questions will lead to a better understanding of how, when, where, and at what scale urbanization connects to laws and principles in other sciences.
The science emerging from these fundamental questions can contribute to the goals of sustainability practice. If we better understand the local, regional, and global urbanization processes, these insights could be brought to the city (re)building process now underway via changes in policy shifts and market incentives. The importance of a scientific understanding of urbanization is underscored by recent weather events, such as Hurricane Sandy, which hit coastal urban areas in New York and New Jersey in October 2012. The storm's impacts, which are predicted to be among the most costly in U.S. history, highlight the great need for better understanding of urbanization and its relationship to larger processes, such as climate change, just at a time when greater attention is being paid to these processes. The result of not developing a science on such fundamentals is to continue scholarly fragmentation and lack of scientific consensus on which to build evidence-based policies.
Why Now?
There are several emerging opportunities that steel our resolve for such an effort to fully specify urbanization science, beginning with the increasing amount of available data that can help us address previous modeling barriers. There are also a growing number of research communities calling for such a science, including long-term ecological researchers, the urban modeling community, the remote sensing community, land change scientists, and the urbanization and global environmental change research community, as well as those who are attempting to apply physical laws to cities.4 These scholars have the expertise to develop such a science. Finally, a greater sophistication in analysis, availability of large-scale data, and hardware can be brought to bear on this analysis.
More important than the data, expertise, and technologies is the urgent need for the development of this science. We endorse the sentiment that came out of the Rio + 20 meeting that cities can be effective catalysts for sustainable development. They are, however, necessary but not sufficient actors in sustainability efforts. Urbanization unfolds on multiple scales and needs to be addressed at these scales. While there are all too few examples of regional and national urban programs that address urbanization, there is nothing at the global scale. A research effort on urbanization, similar to that of climate change science, is necessary to support policy development at these larger scales.5 Certainly, policymakers at multiple levels of governance can positively influence the externalities associated with urbanization, but only if they have the scientific evidence and understanding of how the system works. Given the growing importance of urbanization and the concentration of populations and economies in cities, urbanization is now of global interest to researchers and policies, which both should be directed toward this goal. We believe that the moment has arrived for the development of an urbanization science that will provide the basis for and stimulation of local, national, and international laws, regulations and agreements.
1. IEA, World Energy Outlook 2008 (Paris, OECD/IEA, 2008); UNFPA, State of the World Population: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth (New York, NY: United Nations Population Fund, 2007); and United Nations, National Accounts Main Aggregates Database (New York, NY: United Nations, Statistics Divison, 2011), available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama (accessed March 21, 2012).
2. See, for example, M. R. Montgomery, R. Stren, et al., Cities Transformed, Demographic Change in its Implications in the Developing World (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003).
3. K. Seto, M. Fragkias, et al., A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion, PloS One 6, no. 8 (2011).
4. M. Batty, The Size, Scale, and Shape of Cities, Science 319 (2008): 769–771; L. Bettencourt and G. West, A Unified Theory of Urban Living, Nature 467 (2010): 912–913; N. Grimm, S. H. Faeth, et al., Global Change and the Ecology of Cities, Science 319, no. 5864 (2008): 756–760; and K. C. Seto, A. Reenberg, et al., Urban Land Teleconnections and Sustainability. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 18 (2012), available at www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1117622109
5. C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, et al., eds., Climate Change and Cities, First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
William Solecki is a professor of geography at Hunter College and director of the City University of New York, Institute for Sustainable Cities. He is also co-chair of the New York City panel on Climate Change, and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).
Karen C. Seto is an associate professor of the urban environment at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She is also co-chair of the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).
Peter J. Marcotullio is an associate professor of geography at Hunter College, co-deputy director of the City University of New York, Institute for Sustainable Cities, and program associate with the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Nicholas M. Watson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Watson earned distinction as an honor graduate.
He is the brother of Albert Watson of Cranford.
The airman received a bachelor's degree in 2005 from Stony Brook University, N.Y.
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Place 2 1/2 cups of the tamari and the raw sugar in the insert of a non-reactive double boiler. Reserve the remaining 1/2-cup of tamari. Fill the bottom of the boiler with 3-inches of water. Assemble the boiler and place over a medium-low flame. Cook the tamari mixture until it reduces to make a light syrup. This should take 60 to 90 minutes and yield 1/4 cup of tamari syrup.
Meanwhile, trim the tofu slices to make each a perfect rectangle. Pour 1/4 cup of the reserved tamari onto a plate. Place the tofu slices over the tamari, then pour the remaining 1/4-cup of tamari over the tofu. Be careful to pour the tamari so each slice is completely covered with tamari. Marinate 1 hour.
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Death of Nicholas Kindersley
The death occurred on January 24th 2015 of Mr Nicholas Kindersley, aged 76 years in a Nursing Home in Northumberland, England. Many of you will have fond memories of Nick who bought Newcastle House Hotel here in Ballymahon over forty years ago from the Holy Rosary Sisters and together with his wife Susan, and also his parents who lived in the Gate Lodge, ran a very successful business at the hotel for a long number of years. Nick and Sue were very popular with everyone and very soon they became very involved in many local activities. They had a great association with Forgney G.A.A. Club who had their pitch in the Hotel grounds for many years until they were in a position to buy their own grounds. The Kindersleys also regularly facilitated local groups who needed rooms for functions or meetings for which they were always very grateful. Nick as he was affectionately known, was a thorough gentleman whom everyone liked, always very friendly and sociable. He won a Leinster Medal for Recitation representing Forgney in the Scor competitions and was an excellent speaker who took part in many interesting debates down the years. He loved working out the daily Crosswords and was a member of Ballymahon Dramatic Society where he often performed on stage. When they sold the Hotel, Nick and Sue bought Derryclogher Lodge in Kenagh and Nick went to work with Bord na Mona for 20 years as a Transport Supervisor at the Power Station. He was also a Shop Steward for the Supervisors Union where he represented the staff with great dedication and honesty. Nick got on very well and was highly respected by all the workers at the Plant. When the home and land was sold, it was bought by the I.S.P.C.A. who made it their Headquarters which it is to this day, Sue would have been the driving force behind this due to her huge love of animals. Though he always loved living in Ireland, Nick went back to live in England where he married Veronica but returned to this area on several occasions to visit his many friends here who will miss him dearly. We extend our deepest sympathy to Nick's wife Veronica, his family Sebastian, Selena, Anthony and Julian and all his relatives and friends. May he rest in peace.
A.F.C. raffle
The following are the results of the Ballymahon A.F.C. raffle held in Skelly's recently: 1st prize, a luxury Hamper – winner Abbie McCabe; 2nd prize – a meal voucher for Skelly's Bar/Restaurant – Claire O'Connor, 3rd prize – A voucher for Claffeys Shop – Emily Devlin, 4th prize – a Soccer Hamper – Christina Logan, 5th prize – a Cosmetic hamper – Jillian Ballesty. 6th prize – a Plum Pudding – Maura Foley. A big thank you to everyone who supported the raffle and also the generous sponsors - Skellys, Claffeys, Ashling Conway and Veronica Cox, Pauline Coughlan Cosmetic Agent.
Leo Casey History Group
Their next meeting takes place on Thursday evening, February 5th at 8p.m. in the usual venue, the Dean Egan Hall. Newcomers always welcome. Refreshments served.
School of Motoring
We would like to wish local man, Peter Cox, Creevaghbeg, the very best of luck with his new venture, Ballymahon School of Motoring. Peter recently qualified as a ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) with the RSA (Road Safety Authority). Why not get into gear this year by calling Peter on 087-1257378 to get started. We wish Peter every success with his new business venture.
Mortgage Advice event
The local branch of Bank of Ireland are holding a Mortgage Advice event on Saturday, 7th February from 10.00a.m. to 1p.m. The Staff would like to extend a welcome to anyone who may be thinking of building or buying a house now or in the future. The Mortgage Advisers will be available to speak with you and give you any necessary advice. To arrange an appointment please contact Mary at 07662 40511 or Sheila at 07662 40510 for further details.
Church Choir resumes
St. Matthews Church choir has resumed usual practices at 8pm on Wednesday evenings in the Church. They are preparing Spring and Easter music. New members are always welcome. Contact Mary on 086-8715155.
A Pilgrimage to Medjugorje will take place from Knock on Sept 16th 2015 at a cost of €699 per person sharing. Contact group leader Marita Concannon on 098-64017 or 089-4146331.
Innyside Singers
Have resumed their weekly sessions in the usual venue, Skelly's Restaurant, on Thursday nights from 8p.m. to 9.30p.m. If you would like to join the group, who sing together for fun, why not go along. They are presently preparing for a Concert which is to be held in May 2015 so everyone's attendance each week is vital. Everyone welcome, men and women.
Flower Arranging Classes
With Ann Murphy, Florist will commence on Tuesday, February 17th with six classes, from 7.30p.m. to 9.30p.m. in Betty Fox's. To book your place please contact Betty at 09064-32526 after 5.00p.m.
Longford Tourism
Would like to populate their Event Calendar for 2015 as soon as possible. If you have an event coming up in the area this year, you might please forward them the details.
Social Dancing
Continues every Saturday night from 9p.m. to 11p.m. in Cooney's Hotel which is proving very popular. Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission is just €5. The dancing will be held this coming Saturday, 7th February, but because of Valentines Day, there will be no dancing on Saturday 14th February, it will continue again then on Saturday 21st February. Enjoy Valentines Day folks!
Adoration Vigil
The next Reparation and Adoration vigil to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary is in the Chapel of Our Lady's Manor, Edgeworthstown on the First Friday, February 6th commencing at 10pm with the Holy Rosary and Confession followed by Mass in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The vigil concludes after Benediction and the 6.00a.m. Mass. All are welcome. For further information contact 086-0405621 or 086-1900640.
Station Masses
Fr. Padraig is hoping to revive the tradition of Station Masses, which has declined somewhat in recent years. The main focus, he says, at these events should be the Mass, which enables neighbours to come together in the area, as they have done over the years, and to welcome new people who have moved into the area in more recent times. Refreshments offered after the Mass should be very simple, and should not be such as to discourage anybody from hosting a Station Mass in their home. It is a special privilege to have Mass celebrated in your home. Anyone who wishes to host a Station Mass should get in touch with Fr. Padraig soon.
Cloncallow Cemetery
The A.G.M. of the Cloncallow Cemetery committee will take place in Skelly's Lounge on Tuesday, February 10th at 8pm. Newcomers welcome. All members are requested to attend.
Death of Tony Cormican
It was with deep regret that we learnt of the death on the 27th January of Anthony Cormican, Castletown, Kinnity, Co Offaly, formerly of Drynan, Ballymahon and native of Kilchreest, Loughrea, Co Galway. Tony died peacefully in the loving care of his family at the age of 89 years old. He is pre-deceased by his wife Peggy who died at a very young age with a family of six, and also his son Brian. Tony worked as the Forester in this area for a long number of years, he had a great relationship with everyone he worked with and all the people he had dealings with. He was a very popular man with a big smile for everyone and a great community man. He was always an affable and courteous gentleman. He was involved in the local Drama group and was also a member of the Church Choir. He enjoyed Gaelic games, especially Hurling and loved the Irish Language. Every time you met Tony, he would greet you with the "cupla focal" he was very proud of his heritage. 31 years ago, Tony went off to live in Kinnity, Offaly where he continued to work in the Forestry Department until his retirement. He came back regularly to visit his friends here and did so until he suffered ill-health just a few years ago. A large number of people from the locality travelled down to Kinnity on hearing of Tony's passing to pay their respects to his family which bore testimont to the respect with which he was always held. He was laid to rest at St. Flannan's Cemetery. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Tony's wife Noreen, family Mark, Kate, Michael, Shane, Ann, Ita and Mary, son-in-law Dan, daughter-in-law Elvina, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
Preparations are now well underway for this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade and the organising committee are asking for full support from the business's, schools, clubs, organisations and everyone who is in a position to help out to make the 2015 Parade the best yet.
Hastings Cup Final
Well done to Roscommon U-21 football team who had a convincing win over Galway in the Hastings Cup Final in Clonbroney, Lanesboro on Saturday last. Local man, Fergal Kelly refereed the Final and his Umpires were Paddy O'Toole, Patrick McGuire, Paul Kelly and Johnny Marlowe. Doing the side-line were Michael Farrell and Michael O'Brien.
A public meeting is to be held at the Dean Egan Library on Friday next, February 6th at 7pm entitled "Standing Up for Rural Ireland" which will be attended by Sinn Fein MEP for the Midlands North West Constituency, Matt Carthy. Also attending will be Mr. Carthy's party colleague, Sinn-Fein spokesperson for Longford-Westmeath Cllr. Paul Hogan. Everyone is welcome to attend and following the Speaker's presentations there will be a questions and answers session.
Co Longford Historical Society
Will be holding its first lecture of 2015 on this Wednesday, February 4th at 8.00p.m. in St. Mel's College. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Mrs Pauline Flanagan, Cornacarta and to her brother John Duignan, Kenagh on the death last month of their brother, Paschal Duignan, Riverstown, Co Sligo. May he rest in peace.
Ballymahon Defibrillator Group are hoping to buy an AED/Defibrillator which will be placed at Innyside Service Station and this will cover both the Ballymahon and Tang area. This would cost €1500. To help raise these funds the group are holding a Charity Hack commencing at Deerpark Equestrian on March 28th next . It will cost €10 for each horse and pony that attends on the day. A huge Raffle will also be held on the same night in Murrays pub in Maghera, Raffle tickets will cost €5 each. Some great prizes have already been donated for the Draw, so make sure you get your ticket which will be on sale soon in the Tang, Forgney and Ballymahon areas. If you wish to take a book of tickets to sell , please contact Darren Mulleady at 086-1704394. Your support for this local invaluable service will be greatly appreciated.


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Plato Quotes About PleasureQuotes about: Pleasure
I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conversation, such as the stuff you talk about financiers and the money market, well, I find it pretty tiresome personally, and I feel sorry that my friends should think they're being very busy when they're really doing absolutely nothing. Of course, I know your idea of me: you think I'm just a poor unfortunate, and I shouldn't wonder if your right. But then I dont THINK that you're unfortunate - I know you are.
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one ... Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.
Do you, like a skilful weigher, put into the balance the pleasures and the pains, near and distant, and weigh them, and then say which outweighs the other? If you weigh pleasures against pleasures, you of course take the more and greater; or if you weigh pains against pains, then you choose that course of action in which the painful is exceeded by the pleasant, whether the distant by the near or the near by the distant; and you avoid that course of action in which the pleasant is exceeded by the painful.
- Born: 428 BC
- Died: 348 BC
- Occupation: Philosopher
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Location: 1st Floor (Near OPD-3) and 2nd Floor, Attendants Waiting Lounge
Timing: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
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Location: 1st Floor
Service: Tea / Coffee services for International patients & attendants in the lounge.
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers financial needs and help them succeed financially. Were looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where youll feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.
Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.
Corporate Risk helps all Wells Fargo businesses identify and manage risk.We focus on three key risk areas: credit risk, operational risk, and market risk. We help our management and Board of Directors identify and monitor risks that may affect multiple lines of business, and take appropriate action when business activities exceed the risk tolerance of the company.
Since 1852, customers have trusted that Wells Fargo would keep their assets secure from theft and always available. Today, maintaining customer trust remains our underlying operating principle.
Enterprise Information Securitys (EIS) vision is to provide Wells Fargo world leading cyber security risk management. Through a framework that addresses policy, process, operations, people, and technology, EIS protects Wells Fargos infrastructure, corporate data, and customer assets, and ensures alignment with applicable regulations and laws. EIS is part of Wells Fargo's Corporate Risk organization and is led by the Chief Information Security Officer.
The EIS Security Code Review (SCR) team provides application vulnerability and risk identification for many of the critical applications used by Wells Fargo, from an automated and manual static analysis (code level) perspective.
Within the Cyber Security Defense and Monitoring (CSD&M) organization, this Information Security Engineer (ISE) position will serve as a high level technical security resource. The team member will work as a Lead on the Security Code Review (SCR) team, managing prioritization of security code reviews and validation reviews across multiple business lines, and navigating complex relationships and security code review dynamics with business partners, review vendors, and SCR team members.This team member will additionally conduct source code level assessment to identify security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team of niche, high performance security talent, while leveraging mature security code review processes, that will be responsible for the assessment of code level security issues for public facing applications, internally hosted and vendor hosted, supporting local, vendor-integrated, and remote review capabilities. Reviews encompass a vast assortment of language technologies that vary between reviews, with the majority split between both Microsoft and Java-based technologies spanning mobile applications, classic web applications/portals, newer innovation applications, and more.
While working to your strengths in reviews aligned to your own unique core technology background, you will have supported opportunity to learn new technologies and gain new skills. In fact, professional development is one of the core work objectives for each SCR team member, where enhancing current and building new capabilities are favorable traits and encouraged.
This position will report directly to the Security Code Review Leader within Cyber Threat Management (CTM), and will be working with a high performance team of security engineers focused on driving success of manual and automated security review capabilities within the SCR Team that operates as part of CTM within EIS CSD&M. This is an exciting opportunity as Wells Fargo continues to improve and expand our core capabilities in application vulnerability detection, risk identification, and reporting.
Team members are spread across several locations, with the majority of the team working remotely. We focus on hiring the best talent regardless of the location.
We dont expect you to join us and hit the ground running. We take what we do seriously, and expect to train you on our processes with a learning curve that will take several months to master fully.
We believe in diversity. Your opinions matter to us, opening discussion forums to the opinions of all team members so that we can uniformly make strategic and operational improvements that consider all sides, or inviting you to opt-in to specialized team or department level working groups that assess unique and diverse topics in code level security that will help to optimize vulnerability detection and how we assess risk, and consider appropriate safeguards.
If this sounds like a position that interests you, apply today. Wed like to understand your capabilities, background, and opinions on application security.
** This position may sit at any core Wells Fargo location or telecommute. **Required Qualifications
10+ years of information security applications and systems experience5+ years of J2EE experience or 5+ years of .net experience1+ year of relational database experience3+ years of SAST (Static Analysis Software Testing) experience3+ years of static code review experience3+ years application security vulnerability detection and mitigation experience with Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 and SANS Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25Desired Qualifications
Expert knowledge and understanding of information security practices and policies, including Information Security Frameworks, Standards, and best practicesAbility to manage highly complex issues and negotiate solutionsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of an organization; including at the executive levelAbility to identify and manage complex issues and negotiate solutions within a geographically dispersed organizationExcellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skillsAbility to influence and collaborate at all internal organizational levelsAbility to interact with all levels of an organizationVirtual leadership experience with ability to effectively drive results, provide feedback/direction, and manage and build relationships with leaders and team members in a geographically dispersed team environmentKnowledge and understanding of technology testing: web-based applications developed in Java or .net frameworkKnowledge and understanding of design and development of modern web applications and mobile technologiesKnowledge and understanding of technology testing: dynamic application or software assessments (web application penetration testing, web application vulnerability testing)Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple prioritiesAbility to organize and manage multiple prioritiesAbility to articulate issues, risks, and proposed solutions to various levels of staff and managementOutstanding problem solving skillsStrong negotiating skillsAbility to translate and present complex technical data across technical and non-technical groupsOther Desired Qualifications
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Sling Media has announced a new Honeycomb-flavoured version of its SlingPlayer app allowing user to "sling" content from their TV to their Android tablet.
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However, rather than just offer a free upgrade for people who have already bought the Android app for their phone, users will have to pay again to get the big screen experience.
Slingbox owners with Android tablets will get a higher resolution picture, be able to change channels via an on screen remote, control their DVRs and watch their favourite shows anywhere they have an Internet connection.
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Stay up-to-date with the most recent ICD-9-CM code changes. This comprehensive resource is organized to help improve coding accuracy and efficiency. Includes dictionary-style headings, color tabs and legends on each page. Complete features include: Current official code set with complete summary of code changes-Provides a quick reference to all relevant 2007 changes; includes instructional notes, additional conventions and complete coding guidelines Color fourth- and fifth-digit alert symbols in index and tabular Valid three-digit list-Identifies when an additional digit is not available for a condition or disease Age and sex edits-Correctly identify codes that are restricted dependant upon age or sex of patient V code designation symbol alerts-Quickly recognize when V codes can be used only as primary or only as an additional diagnosis qUnspecifiedq and qOther Specifiedq code alerts.
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Family members of the 216 passengers on board the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 could claim hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in the near future for their tragic losses. "Le Monde" newspaper on Friday reported that a consortium of insurance companies, including Allianz, Axa, Swiss Re and others, could offer at least 330 million dollars in the near future.
If the courts got involved, that total could reach 750 million dollars, but it could take years for such a large sum to be approved.
The 216 passengers were insured through Air France. For the 12 crew members, the crash on June 1 into the chilly Atlantic waters off of Brazil is considered a work-related accident, Le Monde reported.
For the loss of the Airbus 330-200, pieces of which are strewn for miles across the ocean, Air France is to receive 67.4 million euros (94.5 million dollars).
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On the heels of another wild week of trading in global markets, today one of the top economists in the world sent King World News an exclusive piece warning that a key market collapse will shake the world financial system. Michael Pento, founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, wrote this piece for KWN.
Pento: "The U.S. Ten-Year Note yield has been surging of late. Absent another recession, or renewed European debt crisis that threatens the existence of the Euro currency, or the Fed launching QEV; the yield should approach 4% by the end of this year. How much should we be concerned about yields rising to that level?….
"Well, the surge in yields from 1.6%, to 2.6% since the beginning of May has already caused purchase applications for new homes to plunge 28% month over month. Mr. Bernanke predicated the economy's healing on saving the real estate market. Since the Fed is now threatening to begin removing its stimulus programs, that primary support column for the economy is being eliminated.
One has to question what rising rates will do for this so-called recovery. The U.S. economy (and indeed the rest of the globe as well) is already suffering from anemic growth. Now we are told by the puppet masters of the economy that the manipulation is going to end. But can we really believe them?
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Enticing Kitchen Countertop Material Improving Interior Beauty
This post will share some kitchen countertop material, which can be a good reference for you who want to create the new interior look on your cooking space. The kitchen countertop has its different style for improving your kitchen design. It defines the new interior theme. From classic to modern style, you are free to use your own interior setting using different countertop styles. It also provides a nice layer for your kitchen island. The additional countertop layer provides an advanced feature for your kitchen. It also brings new interior decoration element with its functional style. Let's look on some of the cool kitchens designs below. You will be amazed on how beautiful these countertop designs can be!
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Then first kitchen countertop material looks solid enough with its simple color appearance. It enhances kitchen elegance with great interior space on there. You can use the same material design for your kitchen countertop for gaining minimalist impression on your room. It enhances stunning room layout with a mesmerizing appearance on there. Of course, this kitchen looks modern enough with contemporary interior design on its layout. It also has stunning decoration style from the motifs of this countertop's surface. Use this countertop layout for making impressive kitchen design. It brings minimalist interior look with stunning appearance.
If you prefer to get advanced countertop texture, then try to pick the marble-based countertop design. It has beautiful motifs with a natural appearance. The patterned texture made from marble countertop will create an artistic visualization on your kitchen. It brings vibrant color impression in such awesome nuance. Of course, this kitchen space is a good recommendation for you who want to create beautiful room layout using a different interior layout like this. Grab some of these cool kitchen examples as your new interior enhancement plan.
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We meet so many people who ask Why E-Cigarettes? The popularity of electronic cigarettes has grown rapidly over the last 5 years and now over 3 Million people in the UK have used them to help reduce or eliminate traditional cigarettes from their lives. With so many incredible benefits compared to cigarettes, it's baffling why someone would still choose to smoke a normal cigarette.
So here are some of the reasons why you should switch from your current brand of cigarettes to SMOKO Premium Electronic Cigarettes:
"At Least 95% Less Harmful Than Cigarettes"
We all know cigarettes are bad for us but what most people don't know is they contain over 4,000 chemicals and 50 known carcinogens. More importantly, smoking related diseases are the leading preventable cause of death in the world. Smoking leads to numerous health issues like heart attacks, strokes, chronic breathing disorders, cancers and can reduce someone's quality of life substantially. In fact, over 800,000 people a year die of smoking related diseases in the UK and across Europe.
For every 1 person who dies because of a smoking related illness, another 30 people are being treated for smoking related diseases. That's over 24,000,000 people a year across Europe seeking medical treatment due to something that is completely preventable.
Public Health England recently stated that "e-cigarettes are at least 95% less harmful that normal cigarettes"!
SMOKO E-Cigarettes only have 4 simple ingredients! These include Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine (used in sweets, candy, chewing gum, soft drinks, fat-free ice cream and cake mixes), Food Flavouring (found in most of our food) and Nicotine (which is the only reason why we smoke).
So what would you rather put into your body? 4,000 chemicals and carcinogens or 4 ingredients used in everyday items you already consume?
No Tar or Second-Hand Smoke
When we smoke it is not only affects us but it also has a massive impact on those around us. Breathing in another person's smoke, or passive smoking, has been linked to cancer. Passive smoking can increase a non-smoker's risk of getting lung cancer by 25% and may also increase the risk of cancers of the larynx and throat. Second-hand smoke causes other health problems too, including heart disease, stroke and breathing problems. It's estimated that second-hand smoke kills over 12,000 people in the UK from lung cancer, heart disease, stroke and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) every year. So even for those people who don't smoke, being around cigarettes can have a detrimental impact on their lives.
The Royal College of Physicians recently stated that "e-cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes"!
As SMOKO Electronic Cigarettes do not contain tobacco or tar, the impact of second-hand smoke is dramatically reduced. We still don't recommend using e-cigarettes within close proximity of others like in a car.
But by eliminating the 4,000 chemicals and 50 known carcinogens that are found in cigarettes, the experts believe e-cigarettes are a much safer option.
No Lingering Smell
One of the biggest complaints we hear with smoking cigarettes is the smell. That lingering stale smell of an ashtray that seems to follow you everywhere. It lingers on your clothes, in your hair, on your breath, in your home and in your car. It doesn't matter how many mints or how much mouthwash you use, it's always there. No matter how much perfume or cologne you spray on your clothes, the smell of cigarettes still overpowers it. All the air freshener in the world doesn't seem to get rid of that funk in your house. As a smoker, you only notice a fraction of the smell. But for those around us who don't smoke, the stench can be much worse.
With SMOKO E-Cigarettes, there is virtually ZERO smell. So once you switch to SMOKO, your breath will be fresher, your clothes will smell better and the odour in your home and car will also improve dramatically. All of these are some amazing benefits of kicking the cigarettes and swapping to electronic cigarettes.
So Much More Convenient
Back 20 years ago you could virtually smoke anywhere – on planes, in the office, at the pub – smoking was so widespread, and so many people were doing it. Since the introduction of the Anti-Smoking laws in 2007 banning smoking in public spaces, a night out at the pub became a night standing outside your local instead of inside enjoying the festivities with your friends! No longer is it legal to smoke in the workplace. And most people would never dream of letting you smoke in their homes!
Because SMOKO E-Cigarettes contain NO tobacco, they do not fall under these Anti-Smoking laws. So you can use them without having to spend the vast majority of your life outside! Even though some pubs and restaurants may not permit you to use your e-cigarette inside, many do and even more encourage it. Let's face it, they would rather you be inside spending money instead of outside puffing the night away right?
So Realistic - Even Better Than The Real Thing
One of the hardest things to give up when you quit smoking is the hand-to-mouth action and the hit at the back of your throat. Many people complain that the downfall for many smoking replacement devices is they didn't give them that same sensation, making it hard for them to make the switch and stick to it.
SMOKO Electronic Cigarettes have been designed by ex-smokers to replicate that same sensation you get with a normal cigarette. So you still get the hand-to-mouth action, a similar throat hit and even exhale a smoke-like vapour! It looks and feels like what you are used to, helping to make it so much easier to make the switch.
However, without any lingering smell and a much "cleaner" vapour, SMOKO E-Cigarettes are a realistic alternative for many of our customers!
The Cost of Smoking
The cost of cigarettes has been increasing every year over the last 20 years and is set to continue to rise. An average person who smokes 1 pack a day at £9.50/pack could be spending upwards of £3,400 every year. But it's going to get worse.
A recent proposal by the UK Government and the NHS said the cost of cigarettes should be increased to over £15 a pack by 2020. That is an increase of over 56%!
Recently the Australian Government announced an annual tax increase of 12.5% on cigarettes which will see the cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes skyrocketing to AUD$45! So if you smoke a pack a day and based on these proposed increases, you should prepare to be spending £5,475/year in the UK and AUD$16,425/year by 2020!
So in a world where property and petrol prices are getting higher, wages are stagnating and the cost of living continues to climb, continuing to smoke cigarettes will become a financial impossibility for most people.
On the other hand, using SMOKO Premium E-Cigarettes today will only cost you £1.50 to £2.00 a day.
We Do Things Differently at SMOKO
Many people don't realize that many of the electronic cigarettes that are sold in petrol stations and convenience stores, in grocery stores and on-line use Chinese-made ingredients. Most of us recall the scandals that came out of China recently about tainted baby formula or remember the horror stories of lead paint being used on toys.
We all love locally produced products right? Irish beef, Welsh lamb, French wine, produce from the local farmer. So why would you be content for your e-cigarettes to use ingredients that are made in Asia?
At SMOKO, we only use the highest-quality, pharmaceutical grade ingredients that are all Made in the UK. We know where the ingredients are from and we know what's in them. So with SMOKO you can be assured that you are getting The Highest Quality You Can Trust!
So if you have been wondering what all the hype is about electronic cigarettes and why so many people are using them, hopefully these are some very compelling reasons to try SMOKO E-Cigarettes today. So do yourself a huge favour and try one of our E-Cigarette Starter Kits TODAY!
If you need any more reasons, give us a call and speak to one of our friendly members of staff on 0800 772 0234 or +44(0)1892 512 529.
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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Thursday, April 28, 2016
1. Pfizer will pay $784 million to settle allegations that its subsidiary Wyeth concealed drug discounts to avoid paying Medicare rebates. A lawsuit alleged that Wyeth gave many hospitals discounts for two proton pump inhibitors, Protonix Oral and Protonix IV. (Modern Healthcare)
2. Sanofi is attempting to acquire Medivation for approximately $9.3 billion. Medivation is known for its cancer portfolio and prostate cancer drug Xtandi. AstraZeneca is also reportedly considering making an offer for Medivation.
3. AstraZeneca sold the US rights to gout drug Zurampic to Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth up to $265 million. (Reuters)
4. The attorney general of New York will require seven health insurers to cover hepatitis-C medications for almost all patients who have commercial insurance plans in the state. (WSJ)
5. Cindy Whitehead, formerly CEO of Sprout Pharmaceuticals, is launching a new company. The Pink Ceiling will partner with startups that cater their products or services to women. (Fortune)


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This is me and my friend Katy as wee tots playing in her playroom. She had a bright, colorful room, filled with toys, separate from her bedroom, entirely dedicated to playtime. It was fantastic!
This week we are going to start working on a playroom for our own little munchkin. It will also have to function as a guest room and office, but my hope is to have a safe place for our little man to grow, play and learn. As soon as we get started (when we're all finally over the plague) I'll share pictures and ideas with you. For now, here is some playroom inspiration!
|Love this playroom from Lonny
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Located in a trendy area of Buenos Aires, the 1551 Palermo offers suites and apartments in a romantic environment, where a friendly staff provides customized service. Free Wi-Fi is available.
Relax at the hotel´s swimming pool, the terrace or in the garden. Thai massage services, tango classes and a personal trainer are also provided.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served every morning. In the evening guests can dine at La Baguete Bar or at the Panorama Lounge Deck.
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Concept for Canopy Bedroom Sets
Bedroom can be the place where you can create your own world. The idea of creating the most convenient place in the house, a private room, and unique concept in which you can implement as you like, those are main reason why few people still considerably apply canopy bedroom sets. This concept has been long performed by the European people to bring the elegant place for sleeping, and then this concept spread to the world. But it happened many years ago, only in the old houses we can see this concept.
However, as long the modern development for housing, people are reluctant to apply this concept, since it needs a big space like master bedroom. The material for strong wooden canopy has been rarely found as well. It is like creating elegant living in the sophisticated era, where simplicity is what it is all about. The canopy furniture has been rarely found, otherwise you order in special case.
Canopy bedroom sets can be directed to meet the modern need, of course with such a considerable consideration. The bigger space can be managed by having master bedroom and less furniture. The wooden material, complete with motive and natural color can be managed, though it may cost more.


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Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible Barbara Weltman. If you are given unfettered use of a company-owned car and it is not used only for business but also for personal purposes, you are ... One way is by reference to an IRS table on the annual lease value of the car (determined by the fair market value of the car).
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Great news from New York: Duval Guillaume has won three awards in this year's Advertising Awards at the New York Festivals: Gold for the Bazooka 'Airbag' ad, Silver for the TV commercial 'Dad' for the League of the Blind, and Bronze for 'Never trust a Man', a TV commercial we made for Mercator.
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Art FranczekArt Franczek is currently the president of The American Institute of Business and Economics in Moscow, he holds degrees in History and Political Science in addition to an MBA, CPA and a Masters of Taxation.
Comparative Taxation
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This course discusses the most important issues in Russian, United States and International Tax issues such as US and Russian Taxation of Corporations and Personal Income Tax, International Treaty Planning, Value Added Tax, Transfer Pricing, Russian Customs and Offshore Tax Planning. The latest Russian, US and International cases and reforms will be discussed.
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Turning video games into movies always works out great.
Assassin's Creed is one step closer to becoming a movie franchise. The popular video game, a fourth installment of which comes out later this year, looks like it's going to land at Sony, according to Variety. The games are already relatively cinematic: A present-day Desmond accesses his ancestor's memories to live through different historical periods — Renaissance Florence, sixteenth-century Constantinople — as a member of the Assassins, a secret culture of warriors who help defend the world against forces of evil. (Think of the Holy Grail guys in Last Crusade, sort of.) Then, a lot of swooping and hood-wearing ensues! Given the legacy of game-to-movie adaptations, it's hard to have any kind of high hopes for this would-be film franchise, but if the studio got someone really broody and badass to play Ezio, maybe — maybe — this could be okay. [Variety]


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Well, it seems people are getting crazy about android platform(everyone is trying to buy an android phone!). I don't have an android cell phone but, lets see if I can get my hands dirty with this Linux+java clean room engineered platform 😉
To begin our journey we need Android SDK, a target to test with and the necessary tools.
You can download the necessary file from these locations:
Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Deurus android crackme 03: http://crackmes.de/users/deurus/android_crackme03/
Smali and baksmali: http://code.google.com/p/smali/
Dex2jar: http://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/
Java decompiler: http://java.decompiler.free.fr/
Download and install android SDK, SDK platform(latest is 2.2 at the time of writing), necessary java packages and rest of the tools. Create a virtual device from SDK menu and start emulation. Within few minutes you can see the emulator booting up and showing the phone screen. Well, thats it! we have our emulator up and running.
Now we need to install the software(crackme, its legal!) to the emulator. For that you may have to get acquainted with android debug bridge(adb). Installing a apk file is pretty simple, all you have to do is to run two commands from android SDK directory/tools.
After the installation you can see the crackme icon from application menu.
Now run the crackme by clicking on it. If everything went as expected you will see the crackme application on the screen.
Now we will play with it, pressing check button with no inputs pops a message "Min 4 chars", and with a proper name it pops up "Bad boy". We have to remember these strings because we will be using them as our search keys when we dis assemble the apk(actually dex) files. Also note that we have two hardware ids and we need to find out what those exactly means.
As our crackme is up and running in emulator, we now move onto reversing it. If you have read apk file format, you can visualize it as a extended jar file which essentially is a zip file. Now you can change the crackme file name from Crackme03.apk to Crackme03.zip and decompress it to any folder.
Now the interesting file for us is classes.dex, which contains the compiled vm codes. We are going to disassemble the dex file with baksmali. Commands are pretty simple as you can see from screen shots.
If everything worked fine, we will have a folder structure similar to java packages. Interesting .smali files are located at "\com\example\helloandroid". Open all the .smali files into your favorite text editor(I use NPP). If you have never done anything related to reverse engineering/esoteric programming/assembly(IL) programming, you will probably think: WTF!. Relax. We have just opened a disassembled dex file. Now, if you are thinking how on earth someone can find the correct location of checking function, I hope you remember those pop up strings I told earlier. Yeah, "Min 4 chars" and "Bad boy". Now we will use those strings as our search keys. Searching "Min 4 chars" in all the opened .smali files, we will find a hit in HelloAndroid$2.smali line 130.
(I just applied java syntax highlighter as I don't have dalvik syntax files)
Our aim is to understand the serial checking function and write a keygen for it. For that we have to know all the dalvik opcodes that are used here. You can visit this page to understand the opcodes and after that you can convert disassembled code to much higher language constructs. I will provide a brief code snippet which actually implements the algorithm. Two hardware ids used are IMEI and sim serial number.
//Read name from text box const v23, 0x7f050004 invoke-virtual/range {v22 .. v23}, Lcom/example/helloandroid/HelloAndroid;->findViewById(I)Landroid/view/View; move-result-object v9 //Read serial from text box const v23, 0x7f050006 invoke-virtual/range {v22 .. v23}, Lcom/example/helloandroid/HelloAndroid;->findViewById(I)Landroid/view/View; move-result-object v21 //Checking whether the name is of length greate than 4 const/16 v22, 0x4 move v0, v11 move/from16 v1, v22 if-ge v0, v1, :cond_51 //Popup showing Min 4 chars const-string v23, "Min 4 chars" const/16 v24, 0x1 .line 86 invoke-static/range {v22 .. v24}, Landroid/widget/Toast;->makeText(Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;I)Landroid/widget/Toast; move-result-object v13 .line 88 .local v13, notificacionToast:Landroid/widget/Toast; invoke-virtual {v13}, Landroid/widget/Toast;->show()V //There is a little exception trick to make integer string from username //It converts aaaa to 97979797 which is ascii equivalent invoke-virtual {v10, v5}, Ljava/lang/String;->charAt(I)C move-result v3 //Getting first 5 chars from ascii converted name const/16 v22, 0x0 const/16 v23, 0x5 move-object v0, v12 move/from16 v1, v22 move/from16 v2, v23 invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2}, Ljava/lang/String;->substring(II)Ljava/lang/String; //Converting it into integer and xoring with 0x6B016 - Serial part 1 invoke-static {v12}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->parseInt(Ljava/lang/String;)I move-result v22 const v23, 0x6b016 xor-int v22, v22, v23 //Getting IMEI from TelephonyManager //http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.html invoke-virtual {v8}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDeviceId()Ljava/lang/String; move-result-object v6 .line 102 .local v6, imei2:Ljava/lang/String; //Getting sim serial invoke-virtual {v8}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimSerialNumber()Ljava/lang/String; move-result-object v16 .line 103 .local v16, simsn:Ljava/lang/String; //Getting first 6 chars from IMEI, and similarly from sim serial (IMEI.Substring(0,6) will be used as Serial part 3) const/16 v22, 0x0 const/16 v23, 0x6 move-object v0, v6 move/from16 v1, v22 move/from16 v2, v23 invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2}, Ljava/lang/String;->substring(II)Ljava/lang/String; //Converting them to integer and xoring - Serial part2 invoke-static/range {v19 .. v19}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->parseInt(Ljava/lang/String;)I move-result v22 invoke-static/range {v20 .. v20}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->parseInt(Ljava/lang/String;)I move-result v23 xor-int v22, v22, v23 //Making a new StringBuilder object and formatting the string to part1-part2-part3 new-instance v22, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder; invoke-static {v12}, Ljava/lang/String;->valueOf(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String; move-result-object v23 invoke-direct/range {v22 .. v23}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;)V const-string v23, "-" invoke-virtual/range {v22 .. v23}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder; move-result-object v22 invoke-static/range {v17 .. v18}, Ljava/lang/String;->valueOf(J)Ljava/lang/String; move-result-object v23 invoke-virtual/range {v22 .. v23}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder; move-result-object v22 const-string v23, "-" invoke-virtual/range {v22 .. v23}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder; move-result-object v22 move-object/from16 v0, v22 move-object/from16 v1, v19 invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder; move-result-object v22 //Checking whether user entered serial and program made serials are equal. invoke-virtual {v14, v15}, Ljava/lang/String;->equals(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
A demonstrative serial calculation routine is given below:
Name: aaaaa
"aaaaa" will be converted to "9797979797", from which we will take first 5 letters and convert it into integer 97979. This will be xored with 0x6B016(438294 in base to 10) resulting 511661 and this will be first part of serial. For second part, we will take first 6 letters from HW ID1 and HW ID2, convert them to integer and xor, resulting 000000^890141 = 890141. For third part we will use first 6 characters from HW ID1. Formatting with the specified delimiter the serial will become "511661-890141-000000".
Bingo! everything worked as expected. Now, for all those who thinks it is pretty hard to read all those disassembled instructions and manually converting them to higher language constructs, there are other options. As dalvik is based on design of java, it is also susceptible to decompilation. There is no decompiler available at this moment, but there is hope. For now we can use another utility which converts dex files to jar files so that we can use java decompilers to see much more abstracted code. From starting of this blog post you may have noticed the tool dex2jar. Use dex2jar to convert classes.dex to classes.dex.dex2jar.jar. Open it in a java decompiler and you can see much better output than dalvik disassembly. Please note that dex2jar is still in development phase and the output is meaningless at many places. This should be used only to get a quick understanding of all the functions called.
Well, thats it! We have analyzed an android program and defeated its protection. Cheerio!
Wow!! ingenious
Even though I am a complete newbie in reverse engineering and assembly coding but still i am able to understand the methodologies. You are GREAT!!! DAN Sir
I have read your posts in null forum and they are always impressive!!
Keep it up
hey, good article. i didn't know about dex2jar. keep writing this and spread the knowledge. i hope you don't mind i am linking to this guide from my site. i have some "way of the android cracker" lessons there, but they're not as visually appealing as this post. 😀
great work. keep going. 🙂
Good job!
see you in another android crackme 😉
crackme is no longer available, who can send me a copy please!!
Hi, can someone upload the crackme plzz ?
crackmes.de website is dead…. Thanks 🙂
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hi Dan,
thanks for your reply.
I don't understand why use 0x6b016
Would you teach me, plz?
God bless you ^^
I test user name "bbbbb"
it is 9898989898
calculate 0x6b016^98989 = 997791
but i'm bad boy
what is wrong this solve?
Just taking a moment to let you know you have a brand new fan!
Reading one post on your website made me absorbed straight away.
Really, you are amazing!


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