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Middle East Cyber War Reloaded
I have just received an email from the israeli hacker dubbed you-ri-k@n providing me with some details about a peculiar Cyber Attack against an Iranian news web site. Looks like you-ri-k@n has a kind of predilection for Iran: you will probably remember him for his last cyber attack (nearly a couple of months ago) targeting the Iranian Meteorological Organization.
This time the victim is the Islamic Republic Of Iran Broadcasting World Service, whose main page currently shows a fake news reporting the death of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a plane crash.
Clicking on the "News" button redirects the user to an image where (few) additional details about the fake incident are provided:
Few days ago, with the flame still burning, Iranian officials claimed to be under the fire of a massive cyber attack. Of course this isolated episode may not be compared with Stuxnet or The Flame, nevertheless it shows that, even if in a microscopic scale, the cyber tension between the two countries is still high.
Related articles
- A New Beginning For The Middle East Cyberwar? (hackmageddon.com)
The Flame Burning Inside Stuxnet
While the U.S. and Israel keep on mutually claiming the Stuxnet's paternity, Kaspersky Lab has unveiled further details about Flame that allow to connect it with the infamous malware targeting Iranian Nuclear Plants.
Are the two 21st century Cyber Weapons really correlated? Due to some architectural differences, the first data seemed to exclude any similarities between the two platforms: the so-called Tilded platform which Stuxnet and Duqu are based on, and the brand new platform from which Flame has been developed. In any case never trust appearances, as a small detail dating back to 2012 has unveiled a landscape that seems completely different from what was previously believed, which suggests the hypothesis that the Stuxnet malware had a kind of "proto flame" inside.
The Cyber Spy Story begins in October 2010 when the automated systems by Kaspersky Lab detected a False (Stuxnet) Positive. This sample apparently looked like a new variant (Worm.Win32.Stuxnet.s) but a deeper analysis showed (then) no apparent correlation with Stuxnet so it was subsequently dubbed Tocy.a.
Only two years later, in 2012, after the discovery of Flame, the russian security firm started to compare the brand new malware with previously detected samples to find any similarities. And guess what? The nearly forgotten Tocy.a was nearly identical to Flame. A further check to logs, allowed to discover that the Tocy.a, apparently an early module of Flame, was actually similar to "resource 207" from Stuxnet, and this similarity was the reason why the automatic system had previously classified it as Stuxnet.
Resource 207 is a 520,192 bytes Stuxnet encrypted DLL file that contains another PE file inside (351,768 bytes). It was found in the 2009 version of Stuxnet, despite it was dropped in the 2010 evolution, with its code merged into other modules. The PE file is actually a Flame Plugin, while the purpose of Resource 207 on the 2009 variant of Stuxnet was just to allow the malware propagation to removable USB drives via autorun.inf, as well as to exploit a then-unknown vulnerability (MS09-025) to escalate privileges in the system during the infection from USB drive.
Given the evidences collected, researchers suggests that, although Flame has been discovered a couple of years after Stuxnet, it was already in existence when Stuxnet was created (Jan-Jun 2009), having already a modular structure. The "Resource 207″ module was removed from Stuxnet in 2010 due to the addition of a new method of propagation (vulnerability MS10-046), while the Flame module in Stuxnet exploited a vulnerability which was unknown then, allowing an escalation of privileges, presumably exploiting MS09-025.
Part of the Flame code was used in Stuxnet despite, after 2009, the evolution of the Flame platform continued independently from Stuxnet.
Probably, this is the second important discovery about Flame after the MD5 Collision Attack, which enabled to malware to hide the download of its own modules behind Windows Updates.
Regarding the MD5 Collision Attack, I suggest you to have a look at this very interesting presentation. You will be amazed in discovering that the first successful demonstration of this attack took, in 2008 (the alleged year in which Flame was created), about 2 days on a cluster of 200 PS3s (corresponding to about $20k on Amazon EC2). Together with the complexity of the attack, this aspect is enough to suggest a state-sponsored origin for the malware (i.e. the need of huge resources and know-how). But there's more: to make the MD5 Collision Attack successful in Flame, the Attackers, had to overcome a huge obstacle corresponding to prediction the Serial Number of the Certificate (which is based on a sequential certificate number and the current time). Nothing strange apparently, except for the fact that they had a 1-millisecond window to get the certificate issued. What does this mean in simple words? A large number of attempts required to get the certificate issued at the right moment, an effort 10-100x more costly that the original MD5 Collision Attack Demonstration.
Now I understand why the Iran Cyber Warfare Budget is estimated to be "only" USD 100 Million…
Related articles
- Back to Stuxnet: the missing link (securelist.com)
- Researchers Connect Flame to U.S.-Israel Stuxnet Attack (wired.com)
- Discovery of new "zero-day" exploit links developers of Stuxnet, Flame (arstechnica.com)
A Flame on the Cyberwarfare Horizon
Irony of fate: not even a day after the publication of a provocative article on the role of Cyber Warfare for maintaining peace, a new cyber threat appears, which is destined to leave an indelible mark on the cyber weapons' landscape.
Today is one of those days that the Infosec Community will remember for a long time. It looks like the mystery of the malware targeting the Iranian Oil business a month ago has come to a solution, and it is not that kind of conclusion we would have hoped and expected.
Nearly in contemporary Kaspersky Lab, CrySyS Lab and the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center have unleashed details of what has been defined (arguably) the most complex malware ever found.
The malware, which has been dubbed Flame (Kaspersky), or sKyWIper (CrySyS Lab), or also Flamer (CERTCC), has some unprecedented features that make it one of the most complex threats ever discovered:
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Cyber WeaponMalware is a sophisticated attack toolkit, It is a backdoor, a Trojan, and has worm-like features (three in one). According to Kaspersky its development has taken a couple of years and it will probably take year to fully understand the 20MB of code of Flame. - According to CrySyS Lab Flame has been in the wild since 2007, having been seen in the following geographical regions: Europe on Dec 5 2007, The United Arab Emirates on Apr 28 2008 and the Islamic Republic of Iran on Mar 1 2010;
- Flame is controlled via an SSL channel by a C&C infrastructure spread all around the world, ranging from 50 (Kaspersky) to 80 (CrySyS) different domains;
- Flame owns many capabilities, including sniffing the network traffic, taking screenshots, recording audio conversations, intercepting the keyboard. C&C operators may choose to upload up to about 20 modules, which can expand Flame's functionality;
- The complete set of 20 modules is 20 MB in size when fully deployed (about 20 times larger than Stuxnet and maybe it is the reason why it wasn't discovered for so long);
- Flame includes a piece of code (about 3000 lines) written in LUA, a not so common occurrence for malware;
- Top 7 affected countries include Islamic Republic of Iran (189 Samples), Israel/Palestine (98 samples), Sudan (32), Syria (30), Lebanon (18), Saudi Arabia (10), Egypt (5).
- Flame appears to have two modules designed for infecting USB sticks: "Autorun Infector" (similar to Stuxnet) and "Euphoria" (spread on media using a "junction point" directory that contains malware modules and an LNK file that trigger the infection when this directory is opened);
- Flame may also replicate via local networks using the following:
- The printer vulnerability MS10-061 exploited by Stuxnet – using a special MOF file, executed on the attacked system using WMI;
- Remote jobs tasks.
- When Flame is executed by a user who has administrative rights to the domain controller, it is also able to attack other machines in the network: it creates backdoor user accounts with a pre-defined password that is then used to copy itself to these machines.
- So far no 0-day vulnerabilities have been found, despite the fact that some fully-patched Windows 7 installations have been compromised, might indicate the presence of high-risk 0-days.
With no doubt a beautiful piece of malware written with the precise intent of Cyber-Espionage. Besides the resounding features of the malware, I found particularly interesting the same infection mechanism used by Stuxnet, that make me think of (another) possible double agent implanting the first infection.
This (legitimate) suspicion is also reinforced by the disarming conclusions issued by CrySyS Lab:
The results of our technical analysis support the hypotheses that sKyWIper was developed by a government agency of a nation state with significant budget and effort, and it may be related to cyber warfare activities.
Cyberwarfare and the Principle of Deterrence
Cyberwarfare is generally considered asymmetric since, in theory, inside the cyber world "size does not matter" and a smaller and weaker state could declare a cyber war against an enemy, regardless of the size of the latter in the real world. Think for instance to the example of China and Philippines to quickly understand how this assertion can dramatically come true.
Because of this asymmetry and other factors such as the difficulty to trace cyber attacks, many consider quite likely that cyberwars might make wars easier according to the equation: "more cyberwarfare means more wars."
A new and provocative article by Princeton's Adam Liff in the "Journal of Strategic Studies" offers a completely new interpretation that may be summarized as: the advent of cyber-weapons may eventually promote world peace.
In his article the author debunks several myths about Cyberwarfare: first of all, cyberwarfare may seem asymmetrical but it's a myth that advanced cyber-weapons are cheap and easily available; developing them requires a lot of resources, time, and operational secrecy. Think for instance to Stuxnet (and the effort needed to build it) that clearly demonstrates that building a targeted cyber weapon, capable of limiting collateral damages require a deep knowledge of the target and hence huge investment.
Moreover, would not be wise for weaker states to start a cyber war against an enemy nation without adequate capabilities to back up the same conflict in the real world, otherwise they might be wiped out by the conventional enemy response of the stronger state.
Last but not least, according to Liff, would not be easy for states engaged in cyberwarfare to fully understand the actual consequences of their own cyber-attacks. The risk of self-inflicted damage would be high while cyber-attacks might inadvertently affect some otherwise lucrative assets like an enemy's banking infrastructure.
Instead, paradoxically, the availability of cyber-weapons, whatever their actual destructive potential, might in theory allow weaker states to get better bargains from their stronger adversaries, perhaps, even avoiding conflict.
The consequence is that, according to the author, the net effect of the proliferation of cyberwarfare capabilities on the frequency is relatively small. This effect is not be constant across all situations and in some cases the advent of cyberwarfare capabilities may decrease the likelihood of war.
In most cases, [cyberware] is unlikely to significantly increase the expected utility of war between actors that would otherwise not fight. Furthermore, a cyberwarfare capability may paradoxically be most useful as a deterrent against conventionally superior adversaries in certain circumstances, thus reducing the likelihood of war.
The article is not publicly available but you can find a nice summary by Evgeny Morozov (here an Italian version).
Make peace and cyberwar!
Related articles
- What is a Cyber Weapon? (theaviationist.com)
April 2012 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part II)
Here the first part covering the cyber attacks from 1 to 15 April.
April is over and here it is the second half of the Cyber Attacks Timeline covering the time period spanning from 16 to 30 april 2012.
The last two weeks of this month have been characterized by several remarkable events (at least for the newspapers), such as the #OpBahrain which unleashed a trail of attacks from the Anonymous against websites related to the Formula 1 GP in Bahrain. Other noticeable events triggered by hacktivism include several DDoS attacks against CIA, MI6, Department of Justice, and a couple of Law Enforcement Agencies which continue to be a preferred target for hackers.
On the Cyber Crime front (still the major apparent motivation for the attacks) this month reports, among the events, a breach to Nissan and other DDoS attacks against the District of Columbia, the State of Washington and Nasdaq (I would not define them just motivated by hacktivism). Other events include a couple of 0-day vulnerabilities targeting popular e-mail services and affecting potentially million of users.
Last but not least, April has brought a new cyber attack to Iran crude oil industry, despite, so far, there are no clear evidences of a new Stuxnet-like Cyber Attack. This is not the only episode targeting Iran which also suffered 3 million of banks accounts compromised.
For the chronicle I decided to insert in the timeline also the breach to the game publisher Cryptic Studios. Although it happened in 2010 (sic) it was discovered only few days ago…
If you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011 and 2012 (regularly updated), and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being an APT
Or better "The Unbearable Lightness of (Human) Beings and APTs". Immediately after my post on Cyber Weapons, I was pointed out that APTs are not Cyber Weapons. On a more general perspective, APTs are not things but (groups of) human beings who have the capability and the intent to target specific entries with multi-factor attacks. Said in few words an APT is not a "what" but is a "who". On the other hand, how many could afford to hire (and pay) a double agent capable of implanting a malware inside a nuclear complex through an infected USB thumb?
An Oxford dictionary for Information Security has not already been published, hence this term is commonly used to refer to cyber threats or long-term sophisticated hacking attacks. The latter is the interpretation closer to what I meant in compiling the chart.


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Jerold R. Mande, a lecturer in the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Health at the School of Medicine, has been named associate director for policy at the Yale Cancer Center.
Mande helped shape national policy on cancer and tobacco during the Clinton administration and formerly served as director of policy programs for the School of Medicine.
In his new post, Mande will help define Yale's role in the State of Connecticut's Cancer Control Plan in conjunction with the Cancer Center Partnership. He hopes to work with the state's Department of Public Health, the University of Connecticut, and leading businesses and advocates in the state to increase the funds spent on cancer research, care, early detection and prevention.
"As a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, we have a responsibility to all of the state's residents," says Dr. Richard L. Edelson, director of the Yale Cancer Center. "Our duty is to make our state a model in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There is a wealth of talent in this state to accomplish our goal; we need to enlist that talent for the benefit of the population we represent, as well as our clinical and scientific programs. Collectively this is an extraordinary opportunity for all parties, but will require wise and dynamic leadership. Jerry Mande brings abundant skills, honed from his central roles in helping shape national heath care policies, to the Yale Cancer Center. We are delighted to have him on our leadership team."
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"I am very excited to join the Yale Cancer Center at a time when decades of research is giving way to dramatic new cancer treatments, and the need for new policy to support them," says Mande.
Mande came to Yale in 2002 to serve as director of policy programs for the School of Medicine. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in Washington, D.C. in senior public policy roles. On the White House staff, he advised Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton on tobacco policy. He was deputy administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and senior adviser and executive assistant to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 1991-1997. At the FDA, he led the design of the Nutrition Facts food label and supervised the agency's landmark tobacco regulation. He is a founding member of the National Dialogue on Cancer and has chaired the Task Force on State Tobacco Funding since 2001.
Mande received his B.S. from the University of Connecticut and a master's of public health from the University of North Carolina. He is a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Program for Senior Managers in Government at Harvard University. He is married to Dr. Elizabeth Drye, a resident in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
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Could I rope them from bed to bed? No that would be inconvenient and dangerous. Could I put them on the door? No no secrecy was of the utmost importance as my CA was on the hunt for holiday policy violators. could i just leave them plugged in on the floor as a last resort? No no no that simply would not do. I looked around and became interested in a small ledge above the curtains. I saw the potential for a location and was once again filled with hope. Could this be my Christmas miracle?? What came next still amazes me. In a flash of inspiration, I transformed 2 metal pen cap tabs into hanger prongs, slid them underneath the top bar of the curtains, then at long last I hung the lights. In overcoming functional fixedness, I bested the difficulties of dorm life, and came out at the end feeling like a mistletoe Macgyver.
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Here are four good speedmaps by Drew, Lurker, st3ady and Trinca.
Speedmapping Pack 146: Vondur Iceberg
Lurker lurks in Vondur's basement, Spirit pushes Vondur into some spirit and st3ady ices his first time (which hopefully marks the beginning of a steady speedmapping participants).
SM145: Tropical Island
This time negke and Zwiffle compete in whose map sucks more.
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Here is the latest speed mapping pack to hit the classic Quake scene, Speed Mapping Pack 144: Super Collider 128! This time you'll get five levels from the talent of bambuz, Lurker, negke, Spirit and Zwiffle that will take you through a fresh look at this
Speedmapping Pack 143 - Carnage
Speedmapping pack 143 has been released. It contains 4 maps by negke, Spirit and Trinca. sm143_negke2 was his map for the "Quake Lake" theme that was not that popular...
SM142: Netherworld Assembly Line
Here is speedmapping pack 142. 90 minute time limit speedmapping session themed "Netherworld Assembly Line". 7 maps by bambuz, negke, spd, Spirit and Zwiffle.
Quake Speed Map Pack 141
Here is SM141 - Hate (theme suggested by czg) - There are two maps here for you, a large-ish metal speedmap from Gb for QUOTH, and a small mid-evil map from myself (RickyT23). Enjoy!
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Here is speed mapping pack 140 which is unthemed. It contains two singleplayer maps by efdat and ijed.
Speed Mapping Pack 139 - Include Your Nick
Here is the speed mapping pack 139. It contains three singleplayer maps by neg!ke, Spirit, and speedy.
Speed Mapping Pack 138 - Tanks
The theme of this speed mapping pack is tanks. It contains two singleplayer maps by neg!ke and Trinca.
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Here is the 137 speed mapping pack. It contains singleplayer maps from Drew (Quoth) and Trinca.
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This map pack contains two singleplayer levels: A semi-speedmap by Ankh and a Quoth map by Drew.
Quake Speedmapping Pack 134
This speedmapping pack doesn't have a theme, there are just four silly, singleplayer maps from Ankh, neg!ke, Spirit and Trinca.
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SM132: Inverted Castle is the latest Quake Speed Mapping Pack from generic and Omus. Two Single Player levels for your fragging enjoyment.
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Quake Speedmapping Pack #130
This pack saw mappers take a piece of the original id maps, and build a new map around it. Neg!ke: E3M4 - Satan's Dark Delight and Spirit: E2M4 - The Ebon Fortress.
Quake Speedmapping #129
There are three levels in mix from efdat, neg!ke and Omus. The theme of the session was "Traps".
Quake Speedmapping Pack #128
This map pack contains two maps, one from generic and one from neg!ke. One map follows this pack's theme of Building on a strange animal, while the other opts for the last pack's theme, 1024³.
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The latest installment of the single player map pack series is now available.
Quake Speedmapping Pack #124
The theme this time 'round was Spaceship: Eastery Mystery!
Quake Speedmapping Pack #123
This week's theme was to pay tribute to our beloved friend the Dopefish and that's what Trinca and neg!ke did in a sunken castle and a renovated version of the Dopefish's dwelling.
Speedmapping Pack #112
Four rather unthemed maps by Generic, Neg!ke, Trinca and Zwiffle.
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Six unthemed maps by Drew, Hrimfaxi, Neg!ke, Spirit and Trinca.
Speed Map Session #110
Drew, Neg!ke, Generic and HeadThump each offer a map for this week's event.
Speed Map Session #109
Speed Map Session # 109 has in store for us 6 maps from 5 regular mappers, Generic (with two maps) Trinca, Zwiffle, Drew and HeadThump.
Speedmap Pack #104
The theme for speedmapping was Secret Maps, meaning the maps will generally be filled with secrets.
Speedmap Pack #105
The theme for speedmapping was "What if these two maps mated?"
Speedmap Pack #106
Three wet and wild speedmaps, ready and willing for you to play!
Quake Speed Mapping Pack #102
This is the 102nd speed mapping pack with the theme of Turtlemap.
Quake Turtlemap #100 Map Pack
Three new maps this week, from playable to SUPER playable to downright enjoyable!
Quake Speed Map Pack #100
Speed Map Pack #100 is done! Three maps by Generic, Pulsar and Zwiffle grace your monitor this week.
Quake Speed Mapping Packs #98 & #99
It has a total of 10 maps, showcased by some regulars and new speedmappers neg!ke and Than.
Speedmap #96
Tron made the incredibly difficult and large sm96_tron, and Zwiffle created the quick little gore-fest sm96_zwiffle.
Quake Speedmap #95
Map pack with the theme of "Castle Void". Maps included in the pack come to use from level designers Headthump, RPG, Tr0n and Zwiffle.
Quake Speedmap #83
Another great week of speedmapping! This week, we decided to run Deathmatch maps as the theme.
Speedmap #81 "Massive Scale"
Decent week here. Theme brought a ton of differant ideas of what 'Massive Scale' is. Newcomer, Paintsniffing Joe, made the player massive. Speedy made a map with massive pipes and massively tough Shambler battles.
Speed Mapping Pack 77
"100 minute" speed mapping session. This week's theme was "A new end map for Quake"
Speedmap #78
We make the speedmaps you play them ok? Scampie make one, it good. Zwiffle
Speed Map Pack 76
Authors: czg, Drew, HeadThump, Scampie, and Zwiffle
Speedmap #74
This week's theme was suggested by metlslime, so it's all his fault.
Speed Mapping Pack 37
"100 minute" speed mapping session, 5 SP maps, 1 DMSP map
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"As a change to the normal speedmap formula mr. DaMaul decided it would be cool to cobble together all the speedmaps and make them into a proper "professional" quality SP map, worthy of the extremely fussy Mr. Shambler himself."
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As a change to the normal speedmap formula mr. DaMaul decided it would be cool to cobble together all the speedmaps and make them into a proper "professional" quality SP map, worthy of the extremely fussy Mr. Shambler himself.
Speed Mapping Pack 21
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Speed Mapping Pack 22
100 minute speed mapping session, 5 maps Theme
Speed Mapping Pack 20
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my crazy-quilt patchworked pot pie faith
It is a well known fact that the weather can wreak havoc on any baking process no matter how talented the chef. However for me all too often it is not just the weather outside that affects my pie crust and cookie dough. It is also the weather inside; The storms and breezes that blow through my heart as fiercely or as gently as any outside my window. From what I have observed over the years, my pastry can always tell when I am feeling anxious, angry, happy or sad. Maybe it is by the temperature of my hands, the force of my stirring, or the salty tears that fall into the mixing bowl that my true feelings are revealed. Somehow my doughs and mixtures just seem to absorb all of the tension or peace I am feeling, whether I like it or not.
This is how the crazy-quilt patchworked pot pie came to be.
This past Spring was a rough one for our little crew. We lost pets, we lost a buyer for our house, we lost bits of hope, we lost lots of sleep. We took on new roles at work, we took on new projects on the house,
we took on a lot of stress and worry. We found ourselves rudderless more than once.
But still we had to eat. And on a budget. And healthily-ish (is that a word? Well it should be.)
So in a frugal decision to use what we had and to not to order Chinese I decided to make a potpie using various leftovers from the fridge and freezer. I started with the crust. I made the dough, using the same Martha Stewart recipe I have for years. But nothing I could do would keep this dough together. It fell apart in my hands, it stuck to the counter, to the rolling pin, to the knife. No amount of flour or sweet talking would convince it to cooperate.
The dough could tell. It could sense how close I was to falling apart myself.
It could feel in every roll of the pin how desperately I wanted to lie down on the cold kitchen floor
and be rolled out myself. How terribly thin and stretched I felt.
How sticky and uncooperative everything in my life seemed to be.
And how guilty and ungrateful I felt for not being able to buck up better.
So I gave up.
"Fine. Be that way!" I said to the crust.
And I started scooping up the bits of dough off the counter and pressing them into my iron skillet,
muttering the whole time.
"Who cares if you aren't perfect? Who cares if you are pieced together?
What does it matter? You don't seem to care, so I don't care!"
I pieced and I pressed and somehow I managed to cover the bottom and sides of my pan
with a thin buttery layer of pie crust.
Once that was done I was able to add the filling, throwing in what I had on hand:
2 cups of chicken stock
1 1/2 cups of frozen veggie mix
1/2 cup leftover corn kernels
1 can of white meat chicken, drained
Leftover rotisserie chicken meat chopped up (about 11/2 cups)
1 leftover baked potato cut into slices
1/2 a yellow onion chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
After my filling was done I went back to my dough and began to roll it out again as best I could,
hoping to make a pretty top for my pie. But of course it fell apart too.
What was I thinking? There would be no hiding this imperfect crust.
So again I patchworked it. I peeled the dough off the counter top and rolling pin piece by piece
and placed each small bit on top of my veggie and chicken filling,
do my best to layer the dough and cover the filling completely.
I placed my pie bird in the center and pre-heated the oven to 425.
Waiting for the oven to heat, Miles and I regarded the concoction sitting on the kitchen table.
Neither of us had much faith in this crazy-quilt pie full of random leftovers
sandwiched between a patchworked crust.
How could something this haphazard, this imperfect, this crazy, be any good?
Perhaps we should order Chinese take-out just to be safe.
But we didn't. We waited while it cooked until the middle was bubbly and the crust golden,
and then we waited another fifteen minutes while the pie cooled and set up.
And we gave that crazy-quilt pie a chance. And it was good. So very, very good.
The crust was perfect and flaky. Each little piece it's own bite of buttery goodness.
Inside, the filling was thick and fragrant and hearty.
That night we ate crazy-quilt patchworked pot-pie until our bellies couldn't hold anymore.
And then we had it the next day for lunch, and it was still good. Maybe even better. Turns out it didn't really matter how the crust looked at all. Looks had nothing to do with how yummy this dish was or how grateful we were to have it for dinner and again for lunch. I promise I could taste joy in this pie. And I could see that joy on the faces of my family as we sat around the table eating this simple supper together.
Since I made the crazy-quilt patchworked pot pie some of the hard things from this Spring have gotten better and some are still a mystery. We still have not sold our house. We still dream and pray for our little farm. We have a new dog whom we love. Except when she eats my throw pillows. We had a wonderful vacation and now a new school and work year with new challenges is just around the corner.
Through it all I am finding that this season of our life is a lot like this pie. It is not at all what I expected. It is not turning out as I had planned. Yet it is still full of delicious and wonderful moments. And despite how hard it is at times, how frustrating and confusing, it is probably exactly what we need. And as my Sweet Man likes to say, "God will meet us wherever we are. Wherever." And I believe he will, even between the most
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Hamid, N. H. B. and Hamzah, Esah (1999) Formability of Chromate Conversion Coating on Zinc Electroplated Steel Sheet. In: International conference on computer methods and experimental measurments for surface treatment , September 1999, Itali.
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A conversion coating is a coating produced by chemical or electrochemical treatment of a metallic surface that gives a superficial layer. This layer which is actually a compound of the metal gives corrosion protection and guarantee paint adhesion. A chromating liquid for forming the chromate film was prepared. The solution is a mixture of Cr+6 and Cr+3 at a ratio of 1.5 to 2.0, 1-20g/l of H2S04, 1-20g/1 of HNO3, 1-20 ml NaOH and 1-10% Si oil. The solution was applied on a surface of zinc-based plated steel sheet of approximately 0.25 mm thickness and then dried. The chromate film formed on the sheet surface was approximately 0.5-1.0 μm in thickness. The steel sheet with chromate film was then analysed and mechanically tested. It was found that the chromate solution has better stability over wide range of pH and the formability of its film is improved whence providing a better corrosion resistivity.
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It's not being called a sister-city yet but Kelowna is eying a relationship with Scottsdale, Arizona.
Mayor Walter Gray and executive director of the Central Okanagan Economic Developement Commission Robert Fine will pay a quick visit to Scottsdale on Wednesday to talk to community leaders there and gauge their enthusiasm for further talks.
The pair will be joined by Coun. Andre Blanleil and Coun. Colin Basran, both of whom are making their own way to Arizona to participate. Basran will already be there on holiday, said Gray.
The issue of a city-to-city relationship with Scottsdale has been talked about since shortly after the current Kelowna council was sworn in. At the time, in a presentation to council, city staff said they did not feel it was worth trying to establish a sister city relationship with Scottsdale.
Being pushed by Kelowna businessman Brad Field, who currently works with a company in the Arizona city that does business here, the idea, said Blanleil is to educate people in Scottsdale about Kelowna and point out the similarities between the two cities with the aim of having them come here.
Blanleil said aerospace and high-tech are both big in the Scottsdale area, both are "desert" communities, and many people from here already holiday in the Phoenix and Scottsdale areas.abou the trip, adding he would like to "entice" people there to come to Kelowna.
He pointed to the popularity of golf there and the abundance of course here.
As for Blanleil, he said he sees this as an opportunity for Kelowna.
"We'll see if it is a fit," he said of the upcoming meetings.
Gray and Fine are only scheduled to only be in Arizona for the day.
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Having no legitimate claim to being classified as either a uniquely single-handed or two-handed weapon, the Paul Chen Bastard Sword w/ Leather Handle lives up to its name. This sword manufactured by the experts at Paul Chen is finished in an antique patina and a leather-covered scabbard that features a patinated steel chape and tip. Originally meant for foot soldiers in the early 1500s, the Paul Chen Bastard Carbon Steel Blade Sword is now great for use as re-enactors as well.


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CLEMSON, SC | The Sonoco Packaging Inst. at Clemson Univ. will host a free shrink sleeve seminar, titled "Think Before You Shrink." Joint sponsors OMET (featuring the Varyflex Gearless-Shaftless-Sleeve press) and ESKO Artworks (featuring 3D design in Illustrator using Studio & Visualizer) will offer hands-on training on March 29—to March 1 in conjunction with Karlville Development (demonstrating its new K1 Seamer, and Tornado Shrink Tunnel) as well as with the following suppliers:
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Dos and dont's of protecting your brand in China
January 29, 2013Any business with international aspirations will have China in its sights. Consumption of imported wines and spirits is increasing rapidly, particularly in relation to high end products, which are seen as reflecting power and sophistication upon their consumers, or those giving such items as present. The current opportunities for Western brands seem limitless.


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Anthony Jones 5pts Man that's one cool car! And I would love to hear that slant -six counting them off! My brother had the slant-six in a Dodge Dart and that was one tough engine! And for the haters? Just shut up and turn the page!! ;)
Will 5pts Look up "Hyper-Pak Valiant" - Plymouth Valiants cleaned both GM's and Ford's clocks at Daytona NASCAR races in 1961. This back when "Stock Car" racing really was with stock cars, in this case a separate class for six-cylinder cars.
Devon Sowell 5pts RE:"For power, the XNR employed a Valiant-sourced 2.8-liter slant-six modified to NASCAR specifications" Don't know of any 6 cylinder engines used in NASCAR racing, especially in the 1960's.
Pokerfaced Crybaby 5pts I'm not a big fan of the 60's asymmetrical look but there's something very attractive about the grille. I kinda miss the simple and honest look of four headlights and a loop bumper. Interesting that a very similar design appeared on the 1971 Road Runner......
StealthSS 5pts Always loved concept cars. I dont remember hearing about this one before. I hope the new owner will consider an Australian Hemi head, for even more hp.
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This 2015 Grad Lemonade Drink Mix features a background with 2015 grad logos. Personalize the 2 inch white sticker on this 2015 Lemonade Mix with your personalization. Each packet of lemonade drink mix makes 8 oz of a refreshingly cool drink anytime. Add this Personalized 2015 Grad Lemonade Drink Mix to gift bags or scatter on tabletops for excellent take-home favors for each of your guests! Assembly required.


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Hes not going to jets....cold weather, organization is a mess, no wrs other then holmes, def isnt great anymore plus i dont think he wants to overtake his brothers spotlight in ny.
Hes not going to jets....cold weather, organization is a mess, no wrs other then holmes, def isnt great anymore plus i dont think he wants to overtake his brothers spotlight in ny.
I actually took the time to email Manish yesterday at the NY Daily News, and he was kind enough to reply to me. His first response was that he isn't a Jet's fan. But then he felt the Jets were among three teams (the Cardinals and Phins being the other) that Peyton is most interested in. He didn't say how he knew this.
1. Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin or Todd Gurley
2. Bernardrick McKinney, LB Miss State
4. Stephon Diggs, WR, Maryland
5. Clayton Geathers, S, UCF or Adrian Amos, Penn State
5. Robert Myers, G, Tenn State
6. Marcus Hardison, DE/DT, Arizona State
Moore isnt even with Jets anymore. He was a consultant last year. Mort said Dolphins are team to beat. He said if Houston wanted him then he would go there. Mort is close to the Manning family.
We're talking about what a JEST beatwriter thinks? C'mon guys, our beatwriters are bad enough.
Hope this isn't true.
Peyton Manning - QB - Colts
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, free agent Peyton Manning has whittled the list of 12 interested teams "down to a couple," including the Dolphins.
The Dolphins hope to meet with Manning over the next few days to examine his medical history. They're not alone. NFL Network's Jason LaCanfora reports several teams want to see Manning throw, but have received no feedback as to whether he plans to hold a workout or visit teams. The events of the weekend will be telling, as the Dolphins need an answer by March 13 and the Cardinals by March 17.
Related: Cardinals, Dolphins
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Hollywood FREEBIE!
Thanks to some fellow teachers, I learned how to make this document a pdf file.
(I know, I know, I'm probably a little behind times!)
What would we do without each other? :)
So without further ado, here is a FREEBIE for you!
I use this Celebrity Autobiography writing sheet for open house for parents to see. You, however, can use it however you want! I also thought about using it for the end of the year's Oscar Night event. (More information about that to come!)
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The Columbia City Council approved changes to the city's bus routes at its meeting Tuesday night.
The changes include revising the timing of routes and adding service in areas that previously did not have service. They also include modifying every current route and changing the Saturday bus service to mirror weekday service. In addition, new areas are being added to the bus routes. Service will now extend to Forum Boulevard, LeMone Industrial Boulevard, the Route B corridor and northern Columbia neighbors, the article said.
The 101 South route, which runs along Providence Road, will be shortened to help decrease delays. The route will also run in opposite directions of traffic during different times of the day.
City officials said the changes won't end up costing the city more money because additional riders from these routes and new advertising on buses should make the changes revenue-neutral.
Currently, all the buses run through the Wabash Station downtown. This can cause congestion and delays. Buses that run late can cause increased wait times for passengers at the Wabash Station.
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Check out the Jaundice (did I totally misspell that?) on his head. Been drinkin a wee bit too much there, Donny boy!
Yeah. Is anyone surprised by this? From NewsOK:
A former Creek County judge convicted of indecent exposure was arrested early this morning on a drunken driving complaint.
Donald Thompson, 62, was arrested by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper about 3 a.m. on a complaint of driving under the influence of alcohol. He was taken to the Tulsa County jail.
Thompson served two years in prison for indecent exposure for using a penis pump while he was on the bench during court proceedings. Thompson lost his law license by the Oklahoma Supreme Court earlier this year.
Do you notice how the article doesn't mention why Donald Thompson was pulled over? Come on, if a guy is going to use a penis pump in his courtroom, you have to figure he'd also…well…nevermind.
Anyway, I feel evil saying this, but I kind of think that a guy like Donald Thompson is good for Oklahoma. For one, it shows that not all of us are hillbilly rednecks, and that we do have a few unique sex addicted drunk individuals with cheesy earrings living among us. Donald's antics also give us the opportunity to read "penis pump" in The Oklahoman. Who wouldn't want that?
Check out the Jaundice (did I totally misspell that?) on his head. Been drinkin a wee bit too much there, Donny boy!
let him up. he's had enough.
ewww, no he hasn't had enough.
i heard that he would masturbate using a "penis pump" during court, when the sentences were being read and when witnesses were giving their testimony–that is sick. he is twisted and deserves to be made fun of. now, he's drinking and driving…i think patrick is correct in thinking he was guilty of pumping and driving too. what a nasty man. umm, the judge not patrick.
apparently he is punishing himself…. but chime in if it makes you feel superior.
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Phoronix: Mir 0.0.13 Released With Various Fixes
While Mir won't be part of the default Ubuntu 13.10 desktop, it will be part of Ubuntu Touch 13.10 and development is continuing in a steadfast manner to make it ready for the desktop in 2014. Mir 0.0.13 was released today while bumping the Mir Server library to version 5...
Why do you even respond to him/she/IT? BO$$ is a characterture.
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Carroll Thompson takes a look at two of the five spiritual roots that lead to the creation of the "old man", our false-selves. In part 2 of this 5 part message, Thompson explores the characteristics associated with the roots of rejection and pride in our lives- including the struggle with fear of failure and hiding behind a life of success.
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WANTS IT: Jelly Pong Pong Dessert Soap Waffles
The Muse isn't much of a breakfast or lunch kinda girl so around this time of the day she starts to get a grumble in her tummy for some dinner. At this point anything will do, even soap, particularly soap as cute as the new Jelly Pong Pong Dessert Soap Waffles!
Wants 'em!
These moisturizing soaps look like a real buttermilk waffles, dessert topping, pat of butter and all plus they smell like the real thing as well! Available in Blueberry, Strawberry, and Butter Pecan they sure are tasty looking particularly with the 20% Off coupon code that's burning a hole in my inbox at the moment.
Couldn't blame you at all if you want to nibble on one or two. Available now from www.jellypongpong.com use promo code JAN20 to enjoy 20% off your total order.
1/25/10 16:11 dina:
so cute! and yes all these foody scents are making me hungry too
1/25/10 21:37 the Muse:
ha dina good 'nuff to eat!
1/25/10 17:11 Hannah:
I…omg…I just might 'accidentally' bite into them :d
Then I could tell if you if they taste as real as they look and smell lol!
1/25/10 21:35 the Muse:
haha hannah I felt the same way!
1/26/10 6:02 Angie Twe:
I thought it was real food!!!
1/26/10 10:54 the Muse:
ha angie me too! cute right?
1/26/10 12:57 Angie Twe:
I feel like saying, too cute to be true.
Oh, if I really buy those, I can't and won't let myself use them.
They're just be there… for me to admire!
1/26/10 13:29 the Muse:
ha angie I have this feeling about make sometimes so I can relate!
1/26/10 12:31 Adora:
These look good enough to eat but Im sorry to say that I dont reccomend this product. The formula isnt great, the soap doesn't hold its shape (it broke after a couple of uses) and the layers sort of melted of into unusable clumps! Im a huge fan of Jelly Pong Pong but this really isnt worth your money even with a 20% discount. Save your dosh and get something from Lush!
1/26/10 13:30 the Muse:
oh no adora! that stinks! thanks you saved me some $$!
1/28/10 13:09 Adora:
No problem, it was a huge dissapointment for me when I got mine so I just thought Id let you know.
1/28/10 13:37 the Muse:
adora totally appreciate it doll! plus saves me $$!
1/27/10 2:35 Del:
oh yum! I would buy this just to have on display…or not…my mouth would salivate all day….haha
1/27/10 10:19 the Muse:
ha del! I hear ya chica! just as a display piece is fabs


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Northeast Kingdom residents near a newly constructed wind-power project on Lowell Mountain have complained to the state about an extremely loud and continuous noise that occurred throughout the weekend.
The noise started early Saturday morning and continued through the weekend until late Sunday afternoon. Some residents of the Albany, Vermont area say turbines from the Lowell Mountain project sounded like jet engines or a tornado that would not stop. Don Nelson says he heard it as soon as he got up at 5:30 Saturday morning.
The Vermont Department of Public Service has received a letter from at least 33 people complaining about significant noise. Director for Public Advocacy Geoff Commons says the fundamental question is whether the owner of the project, Green Mountain Power, is complying with the noise conditions mandated in its certificate of public good.
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Web entrepreneurs have a difficult choice to make with the release of every new service - should it be offered complimentary to bring in streams of users and make them aware (growing the service virally) or should we charge for it with an aim of shortening the road to profitability?
While the former (freemium) might seem like the best way to go, there are many inherent challenges and, despite the continuing slow economy, people are still spending. So why not encourage them to pay for what you've created from the get-go? Let's look at the challenges in greater detail and what Web entrepreneurs can do to get people to buy paid versions today.
It's first important to explain this portmanteau (a combination of two known words); a freemium is a business model that works by offering basic services for free, while charging a premium for advanced or special features. You might think that offering a freemium would be a pretty easy decision to make. You may be right, but that doesn't mean there aren't challenges. For those who are selling their products and not giving them away, this provides an opportunity to take advantage of the weaknesses of those doing so. The Challenge of FreemiumThose offering freemiums are forced to choose which services will be free and those consumers will have to pay for. That presents a problem because a conscious decision has to be made on the features that will be left out. Any mistake in the division of those features or services carries with it the potential to send consumers elsewhere. And that's just the beginning of the problem with freemiums. Developing products, and using the necessary hardware and infrastructure costs - and it's getting more costly each day. Supporting customers that don't pay (and have little motivation to do so) can't go on forever - it goes beyond the bounds of any rational economic principle. Pricing offerings can be equally challenging; those that use a free service to simply test the service will be unlikely to upgrade to a paid version that is $50 or $100 per month - even if it's really good. Instead, they'll simply continue using the means they were previously or search around for another alternative - perhaps even a paid version from a competitor. The Opportunities of Paid The draw towards trying new things is too great for many consumers to deny. Even if someone mentions its existence, that's enough for first adopters to try it out. This effect, called immediacy, leads people to pay a premium to have first or early access to something. If it's truly new, publicize it as such and watch consumers open their wallets and copycats offer their free versions of your product. George Carlin once said that people will buy anything and I wholeheartedly believe that. While his example was a little out there (a left-handed nose hair trimmer with a state motto on it) there remains a lot of truth in it - people will pay (oftentimes more) to have something that's personalized for them. For example, why choose a standard theme for an open source weblog platform like WordPress when for a few hundred dollars you could have one customized to match your specific expectations?Despite your familiarity with a product, it doesn't mean that it's shared among others. What this means is that people will gladly pay extra for support, a formal education, a community that encourages sharing of problems and resolutions, in order to have something like software explained to them. Many large-scale software vendors are turning to this model and it's proven to be their primary source of revenue.
Consumers will also pay when they can have it their way - in the words of Burger King. That means making products usable and accessible in the way that clients/consumers actually want them. You'll find that Website Magazine for example can be read in print, on the Web and even on mobile devices like the Android or iPhone. This doesn't necessarily mean that consumers will pay for the use of them, but in the future, it may be enough to do exactly that. Can you compete against those using the freemium model? Yes you can and in most (if not all cases) doing so is a much better solution for the sustainability of your company – if you make some good decisions and resolve to focus on what consumers really need; support, greater access and personalization.
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DeborahM 03-27-2009 4:02 PM
There are many freemium models that are sustainable especially in security software. There are also ad-supported models that can turn a profit. W3i built its business on providing users quality content for free. By offering users additional relevant software while they are in the installer you can provide strong revenue for companies that have in-demand downloads. It works.
PHK Corporation 03-28-2009 10:27 PM
Even when you offer free products, the users will still question your motives and then are those who demand support or begin branding you negatively. So, I will offer free and paid within the same product. Higher the demand for the product, the more premium paid. The free product is sometimes superior to the paid product but the deman for the paid is higher. This does not mean that the paid product has more bugs, just means that the paid product has more demand. Just remember you study on Supply and Demand. I also suport both Free and Paid, and the Google groups make this a manageable task.
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Hey, was your queens interview today?