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Hidden Form Fields and Cookie values are also sometimes vulnerable to
these attack techniques.
Encrypting hidden form fields and cookies usually protects them from
tampering. Same problem; same solution.
Viewstates typically have the advantage over cookies and hidden FFs,
from a security control standpoint, of having native encryption and
checksumming facilities provide by the programming
These controls are as easy to turn on as flicking a switch. Super
simple remediation. Most frameworks do not offer easy, native controls
like this for cookies or hidden FFs.
Would you agree that the issue here is RTFM?
Many developers using Viewstates aren't aware they are using
Viewstates. Think "Newbie Visual Studio Jockey" developers. They are
using a control in their IDE and have no idea it's passing off stuff
in b64 strings to the web-browser/client that can be decoded and/or
The most common scenario where developers disable native Viewstate
controls is in multi-websever deployments when they start
load-balancing. The Viewstate keys don't match across servers; the app
breaks; the developers Google just enough info to decide to turn off
Viewstate encryption/checksums (or the server admin does it).
The fix for Viewstate load balancing issues is also super simple:
Share Viewstate MAC/checksum or encryption keys. But it is fairly
common not to do this until after a security assessment. Usually for
the same reasons I outlined above: they aren't really even sure what
Viewstate is doing.
So good work. Nicely written advisories.
1) Did you find any unpublished new vulns in these specific products?
2) Are the core issues "if you turn off your compensating control your
vulnerabilities are still vulnerable?"
3) Do most vendors enable Viewstate controls by default (like
Microsoft does)? If not - I think you should highlight and underscore
that. Certainly a default checksum would be smart.
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December 1, 2017
We are excited to share that, in recognition of the broader demand to increase leadership diversity and achieve health equity, the Institute for Diversity in Health Management has a new model and name, the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
We have long believed that promoting diversity within health care leadership and tackling health disparities is critical to ensuring the highest quality of care for everyone. To reflect this, AHA membership will include membership in the Institute; thus, providing access to a select suite of tools, resources and expertise. We believe this change elevates the Institute into the core of AHA to engage a broader audience and aligns with its strategic priorities. As a member of the Institute, I know you value these beliefs too.
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Gotta love SouthparkMay 27, 2004
Hello J2ME WorldMay 26, 2004
With my recent upgrade to SonyEricsson T630, a new geek opportunity presented it self: to develop Java applications for my very own mobile. Priceless.
Because I am fairly familiar with Java and the fantastic, open source, IDE NetBeans it was easy to develop and deploy my first HelloJ2MEWorld application.
NetBeans has an extension module focused on J2ME development. Download it and NetBeans will be able to help you with your Midlets, JARs and obfuscation.
NetBeans is using the Sun J2ME SDK. If you want to be more device specific, I'd recommend you to download an SDK directly from the mobile maker you are interested in. Two obvious choices are SonyEricsson and Nokia.
Try out and debug your application on one of the supplied emulators.
The last step is to transfer your application to your mobile. You have a choice between infrared, bluetooth, USB cable and Over-the-air (OTA). Since I am developing on a IR enabled laptop, ir was the best option for me.
First application that came to mind for developing was of course a mobile blogging tool. A quick search on Google returned the just started open source project MIDLog. So instead of starting from scratch and probably duplicating all work done in MIDLog, I am hoping to contribute to MIDLog.
The J2ME world is crowded with two main MIDP versions, WTK versions and various JSRs (Java Specification Requests). While many exciting features are planned for future version of J2ME, todays devices are very limited.
Example, the T630 supports the "new" multimedia API (MMAPI - JSR 135) but Sony has chosen to support the sound part only. This means that there is no support for image capturing and I suspect this will make it very difficult to develop a mobile blog tool capable of posting images.
Mental photosMay 16, 2004
Hum, the battery of the digital camera died just after five shots despite being on charge over night. Something is not right.
Now I am really cursing my self for not bringing the SLR; especially since there was a fresh B/W roll in it.
For the last two days we have been pointing at things that would have made splendid photos. Instead, these things will linger in our minds as mental photos.
The annual bread fair was taking place at Place Hotel Ville. Inside one of the two large tents an old baker was teaching a young girl how to make traditional French bread. The motive and composition was perfect: the old baker in his white outfit and hat, the girl in a bright red sweater and dark braided hair. In front of them one perfect example of pain and one very messy piece of dough.
While having brunch in Marais, two parents left their young baby in the hands of a nun while ordering some coffees. The baby, closely followed by the nun, was chasing a dove picking bread crumbs from the pavement. The white head cloth of the nun was flapping in the wind. The baby was wearing a big white hat and running with its arms outstretched. The poor dove was taking of the ground with flapping wings.
Then there were numerous charming dogs and their colourful owners. Big dogs with small owners, tiny dogs with large owners. Poodles with grey, curly haired owners and bull dogs with chubby, big-faced owners.
Visitors of the Louver were snapping away like mad at the many masterpieces inside. As if having a photograph of the Mona Lisa was like owning a piece of it. As if there weren't already a million of much better photos taken of the Mona Lisa. I of course joined the pack and used up my last digital photo on a shaky, out of focus photo from a weird angle.
What is it about the Mona Lisa anyway? Is it true that it is a guy in drag, possibly an auto portrait of Da Vinci himself? Why doesn't the scenery in the background on the left and right hand side of the Mona Lisa match up? Why did it take Da Vinci over 20 years to complete this one single portrait? Is the subject famously smiling because he/she, like Da Vinci himself, knows the truth about the Holy Grail?
Other photographic highlight were the male skincare section with lip stick and lip gloss. The Bear's Den pub where a large selection of big hairy men were hugging and kissing each other. A little Jack Russell dog chasing his owner on Roller Blades in heavy traffic.
These mental images turned out perfectly in our minds. Most likely something a real photograph might not have managed.
Paris in the SpringMay 15, 2004
On our way to Paris on a short getaway.
Paris in the spring, na-na, na-na on my mind. Watching first the English country side and now the French after a dark underwater interruption.
Recently I read Dan Brown's The DaVinci code in which a marvellous adventure is set in Paris. I doubt I will repeat Langdon's feat but I am still hoping for a less eventful trip to the Louvre.
Notre Dame, La Seine, Monmarte, Sacre Ceur… the possibilities are plenty; if only I can avoid a shopping spree.
If there is anything you want me to bring back, make sure to leave a comment before Monday morning. Anything but smelly cheeses!
Gordon Ramsey (Royal Hospital Road)May 11, 2004
This was easily the best gastronomic experience in my life.
The whole party opted for a menu degustation (sample menu) consisting of eight courses. Each dish was an explosion of flavours and textures; often 3 or more per dish. In true degustation fashion each dish is minuscule to give you a chance to get through all of them. Nevertheless, by the 7th dish we were struggling.
Not being accustomed to such a culinary input I quickly lost track of everything being served. There was langoustine tortellini, a white fish on a bed of vegetables, amazing and generous portion of beef, cheeses and 3 deserts in a row.
There was not a single thing to complain about. Each dish was perfection in regards to composition of flavours, preparation and presentation. Not a small feat considering the size of the menu.
If I really had to point out one single imperfection, it would be the langoustine tortellini that was a wee bit over done. On the other hand, since cooking time of pasta is a personal preference one cannot blame the chef for that.
My choice of cheese platter involved a cheese connoisseur turning up with a selection of 40+ cheeses. There was a story about each cheese and he could have been talking about them for the rest of the night had I not interrupted him. A selection of 8 cheeses was served in order from the weakest to the strongest.
The service was impeccable, partly due to the all French staff. Normally I would have been worried about the staff being pretentious but they weren't at all. They even managed to withstand uncustomary demands like commenting on famous French football players and deciding a bet about the Toyota Cup.
Kill Bill vol. 2May 07, 2004
I was like a kid on Christmas waiting to see Kill Bill vol. 2. Volume 1 with its roaring soundtrack and cool characters had left me wanting so much more.
Vol. 2. starts of with a flashback to that interrupted wedding. The various characters are presented in much more detail and more time is spent on each one of them.
We are shown how the bride acquired her skills through some harsh training. She picks up two martial arts techniques that will save her life twice.
The movie has a very slow pace, especially compared to part one. Maybe this is why it was such a disappointment for me. The Japanese influence was replaced with gritty surroundings of some Texas outback.
While I loved the soundtrack in part one, the soundtrack was non-existent in this one.
Some hard core Tarantino fans will argue that the second part was more true to his style; volume one was more a tribute to Asian movie making. I however found volume 2 to be artificially pro-longed.
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Australian Slang 'Fair Dinkum' Gets Airline Passenger Into Trouble
It's a phrase that's been uttered by both President George W. Bush and actor Paul Hogan, but Delta Air Lines apparently still doesn't like it said on its flights.
The term in question is the benign Australian phrase "fair dinkum," which as an adjective means "real" and as an expression means "Seriously?" or "For real?"
Aussie Sophie Reynolds muttered the idiom this week on her Delta connection flight on SkyWest Airlines when she rejected the snack crackers offered, asked for pretzels instead and was told there weren't any.
One person's trash is another person's treasure — and in this case, one person's slang was another person's swear word. The flight attendant misunderstood what Reynolds said and thought she was cursing at her.
The crew asked for her passport and told her swearing at attendants was against the law.
When Reynolds, 41, emerged from the plane in Pittsburgh, Pa., there were three uniformed police officers waiting for her to tell her about the federal rules prohibiting cursing at the flight crew.
But after chatting with authorities, Reynolds was allowed to go — and no charges were filed against her.
One linguist confirmed the definition of the common Australian phrase.
"It means real, authentic — the real McCoy," offered University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Anthony Kroch. "If you say it with a question intonation, it means 'For real?'"
If it were actually an expletive, President Bush most likely wouldn't have uttered it in front of the Australian Parliament, the way he did in 2003 when he recalled a prior meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
"I called him a 'man of steel,'" Bush told the Parliament. "That's Texan for 'fair dinkum.'"
Similarly, Aussie "Crocodile Dundee" star Hogan probably wouldn't have cursed in a TV commercial trying to lure Americans to his homeland.
"America, you look like you need a holiday — a fair dinkum holiday," Hogan says in the 1980s-era tourism ad.
Kroch said miscommunications are common even when two people essentially speak the same language, since slang and dialect can vary so widely.
"Misunderstandings due to dialect differences are very common," he said. "But I don't think most people hearing something they don't understand would assume it's offensive."
Reynolds told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she said "fair dinkum" out of frustration. The newspaper quoted the airline on Thursday as saying that SkyWest was still investigating the incident but Reynolds had exhibited other aggressive behavior during the flight.
Ordinary Aussies were surprised to hear the "fair dinkum" tale.
"I can't see how it can be misconstrued," said Penny Mapp, 37, an Australian who lives in New York. "It seems somewhat extreme."
Mapp said "fair dinkum" is often used sarcastically, but never as cursing.
Swearing in and of itself is a special case anyway, according to Kroch.
"There's no way to tell whether people are swearing just by their inflection," he said. "If you use a swear word that the other person doesn't know, it doesn't count as swearing. Swearing is the use of taboo words. A word that you don't know can't be taboo."


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Dale Osterman's piece Ouroboros depicts the serpent that devours its own tail:
"This piece is a dreamscape constructed of quotations, shifting textures, and dissociative changes in mood. From old material a new music arises and wars with itself. Performers are given the freedom to linger on sections for indeterminate periods of time, and this piece may last as long as they see fit. The title refers to the serpent that devours its own tail, an ancient symbol denoting the eternal cycle of creation and destruction, the interconnectedness of all things, and self-sustainment."
Take a listen and view the score.
The piece consists of a series of noise structures, periods of minimalistic activity, and long, melodic dirges. Take a look at the opening gesture:
Here the cellos create a series of beating noises by using simultaneous open A strings and microtonally adjusted, fingered "A"s on their D strings. Offsetting the crescendos and diminuendos by marking the repeated figure to be played freely, Osterman creates a shifting perspective, much like something becoming separated from itself. As the ouroboros is both itself as it exists, and eating itself to sustain itself, this shifting introduces to us something that both is and is becoming; the present and the future. This concept is marked with a gesture of gradually overpressing the bow to the strings, as if it were an exclamation point stating "yes–this is what the piece is about!"
At letter B we encounter our first melody–the first of a series of dirges. These dirges typically center around a pentatonic scale with low pedals in the other instruments, giving them a solemn, Celtic, almost prayerful, feeling. Here Osterman's melodic writing shines. Here are parts of all of the melodies (each image/line comes from a different section of the piece, in the order each section is presented).
You may notice that Osterman has ingeniously reinforced his concept without explicitly stating it. The order of the melodies goes Cello I, Cello II, Bass, and Cello I coming in at the end of the Bass melody. This, of course, is a depiction of the ouroboros; starting, looping around to its end, and eating its end. What marvelous merging of concept and content.
The last component I would like to highlight is a passage that comes "out of left field". Letter G introduces a series of minimalistic passages that grow in density before the recapitulation at letter K. For example, take letters I and J:
These freely repeated figures take advantage of mixed chromaticism, timbre changes, and textural chaos, to serve as a development that introduces us to the middle of the ouroboros. By the time we reach letter K, we have gotten past the middle of the serpent and arrived at its end (and, we should say, its beginning):
So, what can we learn from this piece?
- It is not always hard to merge concept and content. Here Osterman excels at describing the subject, fusing concept and content in harmonic, textural, melodic, and formal ways. And, even if the audience does not pick up on the sectional nature depicting the serpent, the piece makes sense conceptually.
- Strange instrumentations can really work. Two cellos and a double bass is a strange set of instruments, that can get really muddy really quickly. Here Osterman pushes each instrument into higher registers at specific times, to create a clearer texture, and takes advantage of the registral proximity to create chaos when desired.
- Melody is still alive and well. The dirges here are breathtaking but not hackneyed. You can still write melodies that are not cliche.
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Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place whole peppers on an baking tray, drizzle with oil and cook in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the outer skin is charred. Whilst the peppers are in the oven, remove the tofu from its carton and wrap in a clean tea towel. Place in a sieve, pushed down with something heavy (a heavy saucepan or pestle and mortar work well) and leave to drain for 30 minutes. Remove the peppers from the oven, tip into a bowl and cover with clingfilm.
When the tofu has drained, pour in a food processor with the rest of the vegan ricotta ingredients and blitz to a smooth paste.
Once the peppers have cooled slightly, peel away the blackened skin and discard, leaving just the soft roasted flesh. Cut the flesh from each pepper into 5-6 long strips. Next, peel the courgettes into ribbons, discarding the first and last slices of skin.
To assemble the rollatini, tip the tomato sauce into a pie dish or deep baking dish. Take 1 tsp ricotta, smear onto the end of a courgette ribbon and roll into cigar shapes. Place on top of the tomato sauce. Repeat this to form an outer layer of courgette rolls. Do the same with the strips of pepper to form and inner circle and continue to fill the dish (see picture).
Bake at 200°C for 25-30 minutes until the vegetables are soft and the courgettes have charred slightly. Leave to cool for a few minutes before tucking.
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Tommy Johnagin talks cohabitation and love on Late Show with David Letterman
Tommy Johnagin returned to the Late Show with David Leterman on Friday, and as always, he brings the funny. This time, he's talking about living with a new girlfriend, and what that means to a relationship, along with the age-old question of what it means to say "I love you." This guy is just straight funny. So funny. Solid. Catch Johnagin if he's in a town near you. Roll the...Read More


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Recommendation - After appropriate prayer and counsel, recommendation by the home elder will be required as a prerequisite to applying to HarvestCall in order to begin the Application/Selection Process.
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Digitalization in education is not about just shifting from pencil to screen, it's about allowing students to truly enhance their learning and enabling management development institutions to deliver impactful learning experience in a more accessible and personalized way.
Digital technologies are at the heart of modern education systems, workplaces and learning environments, changing the way we teach and learn. This seminar is intended for decision-makers (deans, associate deans, directors), administrative and academic staff of management universities and business schools who would like to learn more about strategies, practices and tools for embedding digital technologies in teaching and learning.
The goal of this seminar is to help participants advance their knowledge, understanding, and fluency with digital learning trends, methods and tools. After completing this seminar, participants should be able to:
The EdTech Seminar is an intensive and highly interactive three-day program where international faculty and renown experts will provide overview of the "big picture" and trends of digitalization in management education, as well as share their experience on a number of issues crucial for implementing technology strategies in management education programs and environments. The program will also provide space for participants to share their own best practices, success (or failure) stories, and relevant insights to facilitate peer learning and exchange.
Class sessions will include briefings by experts with significant experience from both education and business world, panel discussions, video conferences, technology demos, as well as group work and discussions where participants will be able to share their own experience and discuss new insights and ideas.
The theoretical part of the seminar will be enhanced by daily workshops and group activities where diverse groups of participants will approach various challenges step by step to deliver a final presentation combining knowledge and skills gained throughout the seminar
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Dear Agent,
Tim Webster [now all I can think of is the Ten Network sports presenter :\] knows certain things. He knows things others don't, things others can't. Things others wouldn't want to know. Tim knows exactly how long certain people have left to live. [Great hook.]
Living his life through ignorance [Meaning? He's ignorant of his skill? Ignorant of something else?], Tim has created for himself an essentially meaningless existence. He works at a local bank as a security guard, has few friends, and only finds solace in the arms of his girlfriend, Katherine Willow. He ignores his visions; happy to let people pass away, he defends, as fate intends.
Until fate finds Katherine.
Racing towards a deadline of only eighty-eight hours, Tim must piece together the mystery behind Katherine's death before it happens. As he delves further into his investigations Tim becomes entangled in a series of grisly murders, and soon realises that his own time may also be rapidly running out. After a life of selfishness, Tim must finally embrace the responsibility of his ability in order to save the woman he loves, discover how much he is willing to sacrifice, and find out whether or not he can change fate.
And, perhaps most frightening of all, in his search for a killer – [misplaced dash - it breaks up the rhythm of the sentence too much] Tim might just find exactly what he's looking for.
FOREWARNED is Tim's own recount of his search for a killer [this makes it sound like a true story - better to just not mention who the narrator is]. It is complete, at 70,000 words. Thank you for your time.
Author B
Overall: a great pitch for the story, but a bit thin on other information.
What you haven't mentioned: your writing background, if any, and where you think this fits in the wider world - is it a horror story or a love story or a thriller or a combination? What authors do you read in this genre? Are you writing anything else?


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Consolidating balance sheet
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Consolidation occurs when two companies combine to form a new enterprise altogether, and neither of the previous companies remains independently.
Acquisitions are divided into "private" and "public" acquisitions, depending on whether the acquiree or merging company (also termed a target) is or is not listed on a public stock market.
As per knowledge-based views, firms can generate greater values through the retention of knowledge-based resources which they generate and integrate.
Extracting technological benefits during and after acquisition is ever challenging issue because of organizational differences.
Whether a purchase is perceived as being a "friendly" one or "hostile" depends significantly on how the proposed acquisition is communicated to and perceived by the target company's board of directors, employees and shareholders.
So I put it all out there in my introductory post from early March 2012: "Are You Sick and Tired of Being Broke and Tired? When we started sharing our updates, we'd already paid down about ,000 from our highest balance.From a commercial and economic point of view, both types of transactions generally result in the consolidation of assets and liabilities under one entity, and the distinction between a "merger" and an "acquisition" is less clear.


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Our 'liquid gold', as we like to call our olive oil, is harvested by hand. It is cold pressed at temperature of less than 25°C/77°F. We then bottle the oil into special bottles without filtering to lock in the pure flavour of the olives and all the healthy components that you find in freshly prssed extra virgin oil. There ar six special flavours to choose from, all with a pure, strong olive taste and delicate aroma - the hallmarks of Liquido d'Oro.


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In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.
For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse.
For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.
On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee… (more)
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster (July 12, 2011)
Collection: Simon & Schuster
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In today's world, have a good number of active entrepreneurs is key to determining good corporate health of a country. Entrepreneurs discover and exploit new business opportunities guided by intuition (Saiz-Alvarez, Coduras, & Cuervo-Arango, 2013) and risk control, while motivating social change. Complementary to entrepreneurs, capitalists only invest their money searching for share profitability, and managers, as decision-makers, foster mainly first-order competitive advantages in the company (R&D and innovation) by enhancing competition (Cuervo, Ribeiro, & Roig, 2007). When competition is strong, firms are achieving continuous improvements over time, which benefits their stakeholders.
Contrary to Van Praag and Van Ophem (1995), who affirm entrepreneurship was first studied in Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général, published in 1755, the concept of entrepreneur (in the sense of merchant) was first studied in Spain in the second book of Tomás de Mercado's Tratos y contratos de mercaderes y tratantes discididos y determinados [Deals and Contracts Applied to Certain Merchants and Traders], published in 1569, and reedited with a few tweaks in 1571, as Suma de tratos y contratos [Treaty on Deals and Contracts]. Regarding entrepreneurship, Tomás de Mercado approves new business and exchange trade, only if they are consistent with the moral rules based on not taking advantage of others by using abusive prices and interest rates, or by conducting unfair agreements, both socially and economically.
This connection between moral acts and entrepreneurship continues, with exceptions, until today. In fact, entrepreneurs must be involved in the study of sources for discovering, and achieving new business opportunities, in order to exploit them (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000). As a result, and given the impact of entrepreneurship in a country, «contemporary economic theory recognizes entrepreneurship as an independent factor of production on a more-or-less equal footing with land, labor, and capital» (Hébert and Link, 1989, p. 40). The objective of this work is to define entrepreneurship, and the classical and new theories of entrepreneurship, both from economic and psychological perspectives.
Intellectual Capital: Combination of human, structural and relational capital.
Glocalization: Term created by the combination of «global» (think global) and «local» (act local).
Entrepreneurship: Business strategy focused on the creation of jobs, social wealth, and profit by optimizing the use of productive and commercial resources.
Capability: Capacity for a team of resources to perform some task or activity, what constitutes the main source of the firm's competitive advantage.
Resource: Inputs to be taken into account for the production and commercial processes.
Resilience: An individual resistance to failure, usually in business.


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I'm porting over another Twitter thread into my blog today. I feel this is one of the more important things I've touched on in my writing over the past few years. Not that I don't feel religious matters and spiritual abuse processing is unimportant, but, well, none of that stuff really matters if one is too dead to think about it. So here goes, with light editing to convert from 240 characters to long-form.
Fairly regularly in my life, I've experienced a powerfully overwhelming feeling of inadequacy, strong sense of being rejected, or a "left-behind-ness", and this is one reason why I take medication. Over the years, I've made a ridiculous amount of resolutions I'd never keep for things I don't really want for the approval of people who may or may not care based on these powerful waves of emotion.
People talk about ADHD as a "gift" sometimes, and while on some level I get where they're coming from, I can't say that. Not even a little. This is one reason, and I'll try to explain.
I've been diagnosed with depression, which is, among other things, a fairly common co-morbid with ADHD – it is often hard to untangle which is which, or if one (usually ADHD) is accounting for symptoms resembling the other. Combine these two? That racing brain, jumping 4 steps ahead in an instant kind of thought process can literally be fatal.
Imagine you're already feeling kinda low. You reach out to a friend, or just comment on something they post, whatever. They're busy, maybe they see & don't respond, maybe they don't really get where you're coming from and the comment doesn't hit the nerve you thought you did. Or worse, someone randomly attacks you over it, or your friend responds bluntly. Does your brain calmly take in the interaction or confrontation and so you explain yourself, try again, etc, or does it make 10 leaps per second and end up in a dark place before you even realize it?
"Eh, they didn't have time to respond" or "I didn't say that as clearly as I could have" turns into "I said something wrong, because I am wrong, because I missed something important like I always do, because I'm a failure, I missed the boat in life, what the hell am I doing…"
"Why do I even bother, I should just blow everything up, run and hide from everyone, or, hell, what's the point, I'm just going to do this over and over again because I'm a failure, so save yourself the pain and end it now because you'll never be on top of this"
If your brain is working halfway normal, maybe you have a bit of time to press pause between, I don't know, EVERY FREAKING STEP OF THAT MENTAL RACE TO NOWHERE, but when it's not, sometimes you're 10 steps down the road before you even realize you started.
For me, often enough, it's not even really thoughts which form, it's just an emotional avalanche which takes me from "I'm feeling ok enough to engage/reach out" to some really black states of mind when the situation takes an unexpected turn.
There's no real process or ability to talk back to your thoughts and feelings (like my therapist gets me to do), no chance to remind yourself that things don't have to end this way and even if your worst fear might happen, I have a choice for every step of that way. The racing brain of ADHD can really screw you. That ability to jump a few thoughts ahead at an instant which might feel like intuition and brilliance in the light of day is suddenly a roller coaster which has left the track in the middle of an inverted loop.
Even if we take depression out of this, I still find it driving a lot of my social anxiety. Making 10 leaps of logic in a second… One of those leaps is likely to be wrong, and here I am tearing a friend a new one or boiling in rage after making an assumption I didn't realize. We can all be wrong or miss a point here and there and need correction–welcome to being human–but missing a connection at 800 thoughts per minute is going to hurt someone.
My meds (for ADHD along with antidepressants) don't always work flawlessly – sometimes I don't take care of myself, rest, manage things like PTSD triggers, etc, and I'll find myself in the same familiar patterns of thought, but for the most part the difference is, well, night and day. Medicated, my mind gets slowed down enough to allow a few precious moments of self-awareness to talk back, or to just stay focused on whatever is more important in the moment (ADHD meds), and antidepressants keep the whole thing from weighing me down too much – always taking that turn for the worse, feeling the heaviest and darkest of emotions in inopportune moments.
Anyway, wrapping this up before it gets too much longer, I don't want to know how many lives this whole thing has claimed. As a friend and I discussed recently, a lot of suicides aren't planned for weeks ahead, they're impulsive. That's easy for me to believe, and awful to think about. Please, for the love of everything, take this seriously. Get help. Find something that works for you. Don't think you can keep managing this on your own. I thought I could, but people who love me didn't let me let it get far too far. People cared enough to help me recognize things – often having to tell me it was worse than I was trying to tell myself (and them) it was.
It's almost shocking sometimes when I finally come out of some of these episodes and realize just how twisted my thought process was going through it. I tried to talk it out with my wife the other day after the fact and it was just… What the hell. The concept of logical insanity is intriguing to me: a series of seemingly reasonable conclusions which only appear so if a faulty foundational premise is accepted. In context, depression informs much of the mind's thought process foundationally, subtly twisting everything built on it.
So… Yeah, I'm gonna pass on "The Gift". Well, I wish I could, anyway. I'll keep doing the next best thing and, umm, keep that junk wrapped up via medication.
That's about all I got. Stay sane, my friends.


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Thanks for the answers - at least I got a laugh out of it. ;-)
I get a newsletter every now and then from the kind folks at Codeproject.com.
Is there a blog community that you could target?
Another thing you could do is astroturf these forums by putting up a link to your developer website and saying:
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Thanks guys. Unfortunately my target market would be C and C++ developers who I think are less likely to visit related websites and subscribe to newsletters etc than for newer technologies like .NET, but I guess there's still stuff like the C++ Users Journal and CodeProject.com (Thanks for the reminder about CodeProject by the way - I think that I discovered Visual Assist there, so it obviously worked for them) which would be worth a try.
Advertise it on JoelOnSoftware? (I just gave Joel an idea to make money)
Another way is to be active in adequate forums, be it Usenet, web or anything else, and toss in Lots of Great Responses to people's problems so that your name and signature will be Known and Respected.
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The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Transfiguration Sunday
As a pastor in Roanoke, Virginia I would take our staff for a day retreat each year. At Peaks of Otter we'd walk the trail up Sharp Top Mountain, absorb the glory of God's magnificent creation, then descend to the lodge for lunch and conversations. When I hired new clergy, I took them on a "get-acquainted" retreat to the same place. Once a new associate tells me afterwards, he believed he came real close to God on our trek. Unsure what he meant, yet pleased, I said, "Tell me more." He says, "I will never again go with you on what you call a walk. I got so scared I needed to feel close to God. You dang near killed me walking that up mountain."
I wonder how Peter, James and John felt about their hike up a mountain with Jesus that day. Like my associate, had they known ahead, they'd probably declined the invitation. The backstory of the transfiguration is key. Just six days before, Jesus asks his disciples who he is. Peter correctly answers – "the Messiah." Jesus says he will be rejected, suffer, die and rise after three days. Peter rebukes Jesus: "Wait, that's not in the Messiah playbook." So Jesus takes them aside – up a mountaintop for a memorable lesson.
There Jesus' appearance – his clothes – changes. Two dead guys Elijah and Moses appear, and they chat, which prompts another senseless comment from Peter, "Let's build some monuments – one for each you, rabbi, to commemorate this spectacular moment." Mark says Peter blurts that out because they're terrified. Fear or lack of understanding never hinders Peter's foot from finding his mouth. If two dead people appear and start talking, I'd save my breath to run for my life. Give them credit. They stay put. As they descend, Jesus orders them to say nothing of what's happened until at least Easter. For now, Jesus transfigures from teacher to the Messiah God certifies: "Get over it. He is who he says he is."
So how does a story like this apply to us? We weren't there. Hopefully we haven't witnessed dead people coming back and talking – or hear startling voices from beyond. Does it even matter if it happened? Probably not – for in this story we encounter a deeper level of truth, apprehending us by a faith only the spirit can open to us. We glimpse God's kingdom as vastly different than people expected or wanted. I suspect we still struggle with that.
In Jesus we see how God gets business done in this world. What is confirmed on a mountaintop becomes enacted on a hill – a cross erected just outside Jerusalem. There Jesus is again transfigured from victim to savior – God's glory breaking through human suffering, pain, rejection, and death. None of this makes sense until God raises Jesus from death and we experience God's glory anew, in the power of love, forgiveness, and new life that seals us into the divine life. No one expected this sort of "saving" from a messiah. Only then can we speak of a new way of seeing and being in this world. These transfigurations happen in and around us continually, if we'll just stop and pay attention. Western culture, unlike most others, forgets the world has many layers and dimensions. This story lets us peer into them, be startled and changed by them, and eventually trust what really is.
Even then, I still can't make sense of everything. I sometimes fumble around, "I don't have the answers. I don't know. But I've experienced God's love in Jesus – and because of that I trust a larger and eventually loving world holds and guides our lives." I know that won't lift the heavy luggage some carry. Maybe that's where faith takes over.
In the past week or so, two events occurred in Chapel Hill, N.C. where I lived in or near for 14 years. Three Muslim students were senselessly murdered before their young lives, already focused on serving others, ever started. Hate crime – not sure, but evil wins the moment – only a moment though. The other image, concurrently – an image of goodness and faith – both in the same community. A legend died after a long life, whose faith and commitment to justice and human rights eclipsed his basketball fame – Coach Dean Smith. Dean's pastor was instrumental in his faith formation. You've not heard of the pastor, Robert Seymour. In reflecting on these two events, tragedy and the difference faith can make, I realized how my passion for social justice and human rights were also shaped by Bob. Watching, learning from and working with him and Coach Smith, a curtain pulled back early on. That was a transfiguration moment now that I reflect on it. In that community, the light of God wins out and shines, in ways that shape me today. Death and murder are not the last words. I abhor and detest acts of evil and prejudice. I know God calls us to better. Sometimes, back down in the valley, wandering about, it takes a while until you can say what you know. Look for God not only in the good – transforming people and events when God feels real and close, but also in places of evil, death and sadness. God shows up in places we'd never think to look, like on a cross, at an empty tomb, surprising us with hope and love just when we need it – a transfiguration moment for me.
Jesus never gave up on his closest – or any of God's children. He did what he could to prepare them – for the sake of loving us. I'm sure his faithful patience over us is limitless, but I don't want to take a chance either. I hope you want to know him better. As you do your love for him and others will grow, and you'll see the transfiguration moments when God enters your life. When we do, the world, well – just will never look the same again, thank God. Only in looking back, we begin to glimpse how God brings it all together. That's transfiguration, my friends, and we are on a journey of being transfigured into the likeness of Christ.


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Siargao is the island destination that everyone is talking about. It is the island paradise found in the province of Surigao Del Norte and is the surfing capital of the Philippines.
Traveling to Siargao can be done by plane via connecting flights through Cebu and recently, through Davao City.
If you're from Mindanao, you either have to get a connecting flight or travel by land and get a ferry ride from Surigao City to Siargao Island. The ferry ride from Surigao City to Siargao is only open from 5:00AM to 12:00NN.
There are a lot of fun things you can do at Siargao. For one, Siargao is a destination for thrill seekers. If you enjoy surfing or want to try the activity, then Siargao is your place.
However, if you're indecisive on whether or not to book a flight to Siargao because you're afraid that you might not enjoy it because you are not a surfer or refuse to try surfing then you have come to the right place. There are a lot of things to do in Siargao other than surfing. Here are the twenty-three ways to enjoy Siargao for the non-surfers.
1. Enjoy Beautiful Sunsets
Best places to take sunset pictures are on Naked Island and Cloud 9. However, Siargao is a paradise per se so there are other places you can catch picturesque sunsets other than these places. See Journey Era's blog post for sunset places in Siargao. 8 AWESOME SUNSET SPOTS ON SIARGAO ISLAND.
2. Have a taste of Siargao's Pan de Totoy
Yes! You heard that, right. Siargao offers a type of bread called pan de totoy which is a surfboard shaped bread with sweetened coconut meat shreds inside. It is also known as Bico de cinnamon. It costs around P20 for a pair of pan de totoy.
3. Stroll around the Boardwalk
Stroll around Siargao's notable landmark – the Boardwalk. Previously, strolling at the Boardwalk costs nothing. However, the local government decided to provide a P50 entrance fee.
4. Support Local! Buy some arts and crafts
There are many locals who make handmade accessories like bracelets, necklaces and other arts and craft. Buy some and take Siargao to your home. It is both a trinket and a support for the striving locals of the island.
5. Beat the Heat with some Fro-yo
You can buy some delicious frozen yogurts at Cloud 9.
6. Grab a Book and Hang at the Beach
If you like to wile your time with a book then go bring one and chill at Cloud 9's beach. There are a lot of shades there. You can also read books while you spectate at surfers.
7. Get Yourself Some Siargao Sinugatan
Siargao Sinugatan is a brand for favorite Filipino condiments. They sell angsuhan or shrimp paste, ginamos or salted anchovy sauce, natural coconut vinegar and other local products. Tasting these local delicacies will complete your Siargao travel. (Credits to Siargao Sinugatan for the pictures)
8. Join an Island Hopping Tour
There are three beautiful islands for you to explore if you join on an island hopping tour. The three islands are Guyam Island, Isla Daku, and Naked Island. The three islands have a different majestic allure that separates one from the other.
9. Wander around Guyam's Island
Guyam Island is the first island to welcome you on the island hopping tour. It's a small island with tall coconut trees that gives refreshing shade for tourists. You can lay down some mat and have a picnic there with your friends or family. You can laze off or you can play with your friends at the shallow waters.
10. Experience Death Defying Boat Rides
Siargao can have tempest waves on days. So, if you're a first timer in Siargao, prepare yourself to have some extreme boat rides. Siargao, after all, is known for its strong and big waves. Although terrifying, it's one of the most thrilling experiences in Siargao.
11. Beach bum at Isla Daku
Isla Daku is the second island on the island hopping tour. It's the biggest island among the three islands. It is one of the favorite islands among tourists. You can let the waves crash on your feet and enjoy the heat of the sun kiss your skin.
12. Play Volleyball with other tourists at Isla Daku
Playing beach volleyball with other enthusiasts is a fun activity. Not only does it keep you active on a vacation, it also paves ways to new friendships.
13. Discover the Sandbars of Naked Island
Naked Island is a small island without any shades at all. It's a deserted island with only its fine white sand to welcome you. The island holds a mystic sandbar where you can stroll along and let the waves crash on your feet on all sides.
14. Jump and Dive at Sugba Lagoon's Famous Diving Board
Sugba Lagoon is a favorite destination in Siargao for travelers. It is a breathtaking lagoon hidden in the mangrove forests and mountains of Del Carmen. The beautiful blue pristine waters are perfect for sports activities. Of course, one of the activities you can do at Sugba Lagoon is to take a photo of you on the edge of its famous diving board. However, you can do the extreme and take the leap. The water is too tempting to not take the dive!
15. Experience Paddleboarding
They say you can't enjoy Siargao unless you try surfing. Of course, that's a total fallacy! There's always paddle boarding for the non-surfers to enjoy. It's an enjoyable water activity that doesn't involve crashing with the waves. You can enjoy paddle boarding at Sugba Lagoon. If you're not a swimmer, you can even rent a lifevest.
16. Swim at the Pools of Magpupungko
Magpupungko rock pools are one of the most spectacular places you'll find in the Philippines. If you want to take a dip in the pool, then you have to make it to Magpupungko on a low tide else you'll be meeting strong waves that might crash you on the rocks surrounding the pool. Timing is essential when going to Magpupungko. The tide changes drastically in a day. So, ask your local guide the best time to go to Magpupungko.
17. Have a Taste of Siargao's Fresh Coconut
If you need some thirst quenchers while you gallivant around the beach near Magpupungko, then have a taste of Siargao's fresh coconut. Local stores sell fresh coconut at less than P50. You can drink coconut juice and eat the coconut meat for your enjoyment.
18. Get Yourself a Tuna Wrap
Beaches around Magpupungko has a lot of local stores and restaurants. It is a rare find but if you do happen to bump into a place that offers tuna wraps, grab the opportunity. The tuna wrap is a deliciously made comfort food to eat on the beach. With its tinge of spiciness, it makes you want to have more. The lettuce and apple as part of the ingredient also compliment the saltiness of the tuna.
19. Buy and/or Cook Some Seafood
One of the many things you can experience in Siargao is buying your own food and cooking it. Some of the accommodating hotels and hostels in Siargao allows you to buy your own food and cook it. So, drop by at the closest market and buy some seafood to cook with your friends or family. Try Siargao's famous crabs and other seafood dishes.
20. Get a Tattoo (Henna or Permanent)
What's best to remind you of your first time in Siargao than the memory etched on your skin, right?
21. Join a Clean-up Drive
Siargao isn't just an island paradise for tourists. It is also home to many diverse species and is home to the island people who loves and protects the island for years. Travel with a purpose. Join a clean-up drive. Bring memories from Siargao but also impart a service that is lasting.
22. Immerse with the Locals
Don't just go to Siargao, stay at Siargao and immerse with the people.
The locals in Siargao are passionate lovers of their island. They love their home and are proud of their heritage. They are fun and welcoming people. They respect the island as much as they respect their mothers. So, enjoy it with them and respect the island as if it is your home too.
Travel and learn. Hear stories from them as it widens your understanding of the world outside your box.
23. Never Forget to Enjoy Siargao with People You Love
Remember, that nothing is legendary unless your friends, family, or loved ones are there to enjoy it with you!


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West Lake Hills DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney Jason Trumpler
West Lake Hills Criminal Defense Attorney and DWI Lawyer Jason Trumpler
Contact Us Today at 512-457-5200
Top West Lake Hills Criminal Defense Lawyers dedicated to protecting your rights.
Being charged with a crime is a scary experience. It can leave you with a lot of questions and uncertainty about your future.
Whether you have received a traffic ticket or been charged with a DWI or a more serious offense, it's important to understand your charges and options for defending yourself. By hiring an attorney immediately after your citation or arrest, you may be able to limit the damage caused by a conviction—or even avoid a conviction altogether.
When you've been charged with a crime, you want an experienced defense team on your side
At the Austin law firm of the Law Offices of Jason Trumpler, we understand how confusing and intimidating the legal process can be when you've been charged with a crime. That's why we work with you every step of the way to provide the guidance you need to make the best defense decisions possible. West Lake Hills Criminal Defense Attorney Jason Trumpler has successfully represented countless clients facing serious criminal offenses, often helping them avoid unnecessary penalties or a conviction.
Managing Attorney, Jason Trumpler, has spent his entire legal career in the trenches litigating cases throughout Texas and California. Mr. Trumpler has handled every type of case from simple traffic tickets to DWI to sexual assault to both non-capital and capital murder. He spent a total of four years with both the Ventura County, California District Attorney's Office and Orange County District Attorney's Office. He has tried more than 100 criminal cases as both a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, so he fully understands how to successfully try, review, and win cases from both sides of the aisle. Mr. Trumpler's experience as a prosecutor often times proves invaluable in negotiation. He understands the ins and outs of working in a large prosecutor's office along with the political realities that assistant district attorney's face in court. Moreover, while working as a prosecutor, Mr. Trumpler trained law enforcement officers throughout Southern California on how to investigate certain crimes, write credible intelligible reports, and testify in court.
Jason Trumpler has represented dozens of police officers and fire fighters. Mr. Trumpler saved many of these police officers and fire fighter's jobs. Moreover, as a prior member of the United States Army, he believes in protecting the rights of veterans. Since leaving the armed services, he has represented hundreds of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in both military and civilian criminal proceedings. Finally, Mr. Trumpler has handled numerous high profile cases in Texas, including Bexar County, Bell County, Hays County, Johnson County, Travis County, Taylor County, and Lubbock County. These cases were highly publicized and range from capital murder, to sexual contact with an inmate, to aggravated sexual assault of a child, and intoxication manslaughter.
You will be hard pressed to find an attorney more knowledgeable in the defense of cases involving alcohol and driving and cases involving the possession, distribution, and sales of narcotics.
As a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law, one of the nation's best law schools, and as a published author, Mr. Trumpler also understands how to deal with the most complex of legal issues. Mr. Trumpler is licensed to practice in every state court in Texas and California. He is also licensed in the United States District Court, Central District of California, the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, the United States District Court Southern District of Texas, and the United States District Court Northern District of Texas.
In short, Mr. Trumpler has handled every type of criminal matter and has seen the process from every phase including complaint review, filing, pre-trial, trial, and appeal.
He aggressively defends individuals charged with a wide range of crimes.
To help you prepare the strongest defense possible, we carefully review your charges, the events leading up to them, and the officers' actions before and after your arrest. Any information obtained during our detailed review will be used to apply pressure on the prosecution to offer a favorable plea deal or drop your charges altogether. If a plea deal is not in your best interest, we'll develop an aggressive trial defense to disprove your charges.
West Lakes Hills Criminal Defense Attorney Jason Trumpler has more than 15 years of experience to assist clients charged with a wide range of crimes, including:
Driving While Intoxicated ( DWI / DUI )
ALR Hearings
Occupational Licenses
Drugs, Possession or Sales
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance
Public Intoxication
Minor in Consumption of Alcohol
Minor in Possession of Alcohol
Marijuana Defense
Possession of Marijuana
Unlawful Carrying of Weapons
Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Violence
Driving While License Invalid or Suspended ( DWLI/S )
Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence / Family Violence
Speeding Tickets
No Insurance Tickets
Probation Violations
Expunctions / Expungements
Evading Arrest or Detention
Orders of Non-Disclosure
Contact the criminal defense lawyers at the Law Offices of Jason Trumpler at 512-457-5200 for a free consultation today.


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The divorce rate is higher for older adults than it was in the 1990s, and when older couples in Georgia get a divorce, one spouse might not be familiar with the marital finances. In a survey by UBS Global Wealth Management of 2,500 couples and over 600 women who were divorced or widowed with at least $250,000 for investing, more than half of the women said financial planning and major investment decisions were made by their spouse.
Unfortunately, this means there could be surprises ahead for these less-informed spouses if divorce happens. More than half of the divorced or widowed women reported that when their marriages ended, financial information came to light that they were unaware of, and although it was not always negative, they sometimes found out about overspending or debts. Nearly all said that, in hindsight, they would have sought more transparency. Among remarried women, 80 percent actively participated in the marital finances.
The traditional arrangement of having husbands handle finances and investment appears to be a persistent one. More female millennials than baby boomers said their husbands handled investment decisions at 61 to 54 percent. Furthermore, a majority of men and women with children younger than 21 said they would not have an issue with a future husband of their daughter managing finances.
Finances might be particularly complex in a high-asset divorce. Assets might consist of real estate, business interests and more. A spouse who has not participated in managing the marital finances might be concerned that the other spouse is hiding assets and discuss this possibility with an attorney. The lower-earning spouse might be eligible for spousal support. This spouse may want to consult an attorney regarding the financial situation and how to negotiate with an eye to financial stability after the divorce.


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Hataitai Wellington East
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- House
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 2
- Building Size: 190 Sq m²
- Land Size: 551 Sq m²
- Garage: 1
- Year Built: 1910's
Sun Struck – RV $590,000
What a spot!
If you are an afternoon sun lover, who wants elevation and views but also wants good access and convenience you will love the location that this property is in.
So close to the city and only a couple of minutes' walk to the Hataitai Village.
This 190m2 home is ready for some care and updating but what an opportunity to add value and stamp your own mark on this home.
The large open plan lounge, kitchen and dining area captures great light and sun and opens up to a decked area.
To add to this fantastic area you have 4 good sized bedrooms and a separate study area.
You should be, because it doesn't stop there.
Below the house is the opportunity to turn this area into a single flat where you can earn extra income and help with the mortgage payments. The bathroom is already there and there is plumbing for the kitchen.
So if you are looking for a bit of a project where you can add value to a house in a desirable area. This house is certainly worth a view.
Open Homes this Thursday from 6:30pm – 7:00pm and Sunday 3:00pm – 4:00pm.
Tenders close Wednesday 11th February at 2pm.
Agent for this listing
Lance Williams
Sales Consultant
Office: 04 3900101
Mobile: 022 6212001
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Oppo Find X is all set to be unveiled at an official launch occasion scheduled for 8:45 pm CEST on June 19 (12:15 am IST on June 20) at The Louver Museum in Paris. Teasers have been coming in, and now the smartphone has been spotted on TENAA. The Chinese certification site recommends that the Oppo Find X may come in two variants. They are recorded as model numbers PAFM00 and PAFT00, and them two have indistinguishable specifications. Shockingly, the charged Oppo Find X postings are no longer on TENAA.
As we said, the charged Oppo Find X postings have since been expelled from TENAA, however, Playfuldroid got a grip on the considerable number of specifications recorded. Since the specifications are same for both the variants, the two variants could be on various systems, or one would be sans premium highlights like the 5x optical zoom or facial recognition.
The posting proposes that the Oppo Find X will sport lead level specifications like keep running on Android 8.0 Oreo with Color OS and bolster dual-SIM (Nano +Nano). The smartphone sports a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) AMOLED 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, and is powered by a 2.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-center SoC paired with Adreno 630 GPU and 8GB RAM. Interior storage is at 128GB with no alternative to grow it further.
The Oppo Find X is said to have a vertical dual camera setup at the back, with 5x optical zoom framework. The essential sensor will be at 16-megapixel while the auxiliary sensor will be at 2-megapixel. The front camera will have a 25-megapixel sensor. The Oppo Find X will pack a 3645mAh battery with VOOC fast charging, and connectivity alternatives incorporate Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, and GPS. The measurements measure at 156.7x74.3x9.4mm and the smartphone weigh 186 grams. The shading alternatives recorded are Black and White. Oppo Find X will accompany a fingerprint scanner, conceivably at the back of the gadget.
We hope to hear more about the smartphone's outline, and variant contrasts as the launch date nears.
Oppo Find X Entire Specs Sheet Leaked on TENAA Reviewed by TechNewsSites on June 08, 2018 Rating:


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Night Blossoms
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Night Blossoms is a desert mirage, a nocturnal fantasy inspired by the beautiful Big Bend region of Texas. Mysterious agave flowers curl open revealing hungry snakes. I carved the large wood block and printed it by hand on an etching press. The print is black ink on heavy acid free white Strathmore paper. All materials are archival quality.
Image size is 24 inches x 36 inches tall
Paper size is 30 inches x 44 inches tall
There are 50 handmade prints total in the edition
Each print will come signed and numbered
Free shipping within the US. For international shipping, email me for a quote.


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Doug Johnson
Practice Manager
After living in multiple countries around the world, including China, USA and Thailand, Doug settled in Christchurch with his family some years ago. However, the thick Montana accent and cattle rancher attitude remains! A keen tramper, Doug was drawn to New Zealand's unique landscape, and although enjoying many outdoor pursuits together, it is tennis that his boys excel at. A sport requiring a lot of dedication not only from the boys but from Doug and his wife juggling pick-ups and drop-offs every other day.
Architecture has always interested Doug; in fact, it was his original choice for a career path. However, upon learning an engineer would earn a higher starting salary, his teenage logic deemed engineering the much preferable option. As it turns out, Doug has since recognised his complete lack of design flair and creativeness and probably wouldn't have been a particularly successful architect after all! Instead his passion lies in the business side of the practice, ensuring he is the counterbalance to the creative members of the team; providing a number focused, logical view to help make all the pieces of the design puzzle fit together. Working in the design industry has allowed Doug to acquire a heightened awareness and appreciation of architecture both locally and internationally, an enjoyment he is endeavouring to share with his family.
Doug maintains a genuine interest in all of our projects and although not directly involved in the design process, is excited to be part of making our clients dreams come true.