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Windows User Profile Service 0day LPE
Not sure why Microsoft keep screwing those patches.
Here's details about the bug - https://github.com/klinix5/ProfSvcLPE/blob/main/write-up.docx
PoC - https://github.com/klinix5/ProfSvcLPE/tree/main/DoubleJunctionEoP
This bug require another user password that's different from the current one, I'm not sure. But it might be possible to do it without knowing someone else password.
The PoC must be tested with standard user privileges with another standard user password. If it succeeds, it will spawn a SYSTEM shell.
At the time of writing this, this vulnerability affects every server and desktop edition including 11 and server 2022.
ZDI-21-1053: Bypassing Windows Lock Screen
In April 2021, I discovered a security flaw in Windows Recovery Environment Agent which allowed an unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated access to a windows machine in a locked state.
Those research were based on Jonas findings related to bypassing lockscreen (you can find more here - https://twitter.com/jonaslyk/status/1301245145568997376?lang=en). He described a flaw, which allowed lock screen bypass using Ease of Access feature.
Looking at CVE-2020-1398, the bug existed in sticky keys pop-up
By clicking the link, an instance of settings will be spawned in the background. Then you'll be simply able to bypass the lockscreen. Microsoft has patched the issue by removing the link as it no longer appears when being spawned in a lockscreen environment.
And to be clear this bug and its descendants need a condition. On Windows 10 machine, at least one user must have a Microsoft account linked to his local account. Otherwise, the bug isn't exploitable.
Now, I'll try to give a short explanation for you humans. Cause if I showed the video PoC you will be confused as hell.
As you can see above, Windows can allow you to reset your password/pin if you had access to your Microsoft account. If you click on "I forgot my PIN" you will be redirected to something like this
I have noticed a weird kind of behaviour when typing a wrong password, a small arrow next to the email address will be visible.
This behaviour exists for some unknown reason, maybe a bug ? feature ? probably a bug.(apparently its a feature after the patch)
Clicking there will take us to another page.As we can see that we're allowed to login with another email address or even creating a new account.
I tried to create a new account, login with it but it fails since the account doesn't belong to the one we are trying to reset its password.
However, this small button right there attracted my attention and hmmm it's interesting
By clicking on it we'll see another pop-up dialogue, that has a link on it.
Hmmm very interesting, a link ? in the lockscreen ? weird right. As usual, we'll click on it and see what happen… clicking on it did absolutely nothing, BUT maybe something was spawned in the background and we can't see it, as Jonas described in his lockscreen bypass, he used to enable narrator in order to navigate in background apps. I enabled narrator and got some very interesting results.
When enabled and I click on the button, you can hear narrator saying "how do you want to open this", and narrator's focus is on something else not in Microsoft account window. We spawned an "Open With" window with narrator's focus on it in the background; Typically the "Open With" window looks like this
But only has two options the first is MS Edge and the second one is Internet explorer, we'll dig with MS Edge since it's selected by default, please NOTE that you might to HOLD Caps lock while using arrow keys to navigate.
After tests, as soon as we select OK we lose narrator's focus and we're no longer able to control background window.
We can have narrator's focus again as soon as we repeat steps described above, we'll have narrator's focus again. But this time we'll have it on MS Edge browser, at this point, we will need to elevate our privileges, the only way I can think of to execute arbitrary commands is to spawn a settings instance. This can be done by spawning another a new InPrivate window, (please NOTE: you won't be able to see any of those, and things will be completely invisible you must use your ear to hear what narrator say and use it to navigate);
Then you might need to go on "More details"
Press enter and navigate to settings
Which will redirect us to another page, keep navigating until you reach "Windows Diagnostic data setting" and then navigate using narrator to open and click enter again
In settings navigate to "Home" and press enter
Then navigate to "Devices"
Navigate to Autoplay->Choose Autoplay Defaults->"Open folder to view files(File explorer)
At this point, you might need to plug a USB device into the device. As soon as plugged narrator will have his focus on file explorer, now you can execute anything in the USB.
In order to verify our findings, I made a simple batch script which will verify our findings
mkdir c:\poc
whoami /all > c:\poc\whoami.log
And after the execution, we can observe a success
Elevating privileges is easy since we're marked as "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" as the majority of EoPs are reachable from those privileges.
PoC - https://youtu.be/9rXXfWN0h6A
(Also, looking for some opportunities to study computer science in UK or anywhere else, if you can help reach me out on my twitter.)
Shutting Down Anti-malware Protection (Part 1) - Windows Defender Antivirus
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I always wanted to start this series, executing code inside antiviruses security agents.
People always underestimated Ring 3 code execution, as it seems to be useless in case of a cyber attack. The AV agents usually defeat the malware before it starts doing serious damage, unlike being in ring 0, attackers just override callbacks and hooks and proceed to do whatever they want.
However, those hooks were never made to block trusted agents actions. So in the majority of cases, executing code in the context of an antivirus agent will bypass the hooks.
I'll first of all start with windows defender, it's technically the easiest one. In order to achieve the objective of executing code in the context of the antivirus service "MsMpEng.exe" we will need the following things as a requirement.
2. Bypass or Disable the PsProtectedSignerAntimalware-Light protection set on the process
3. Have a HANDLE to the process with full access or at least figure out a way to inject a dll in the process.
1. Shutting down windows defender antivirus
2. Removing PsProtectSignerAntimalware-Light Protection
3. Executing arbitrary code in windows defender protection engine
And to be honest that's very design for an antivirus and if I were Microsoft I'll definitely consider fixing this.
CVE-2021-24084 An unpatched information disclosure in Microsoft Windows
The Timeline:
The bug has been reported to Microsoft 2020/10/27 by Zero Day Initiative, the bug was acknowledged and a security advisory has been released as CVE-2021-24084.
Google Update Service being a scum
So recently I've doing some research in google omaha updater, I created some mini tools to communicate with service and to do some tasks. What I've noticed that google omaha is looking for a non existing configuration file "C:\GoogleUpdate.ini" which got my interest. The file seems to be used mainly for logging/debugging detail as described here, and since the service run as a privileged component and accessible to non-admin guys it might be an interesting area to do research with.
A lot of you will say that "C:\" doesn't allow users by default to create new files there, but starting from windows 10 2009 it seems to be allowing authenticated users to write there by default and some DACL changes was done there, the following images were taken from a default windows installation.
And as you can see in windows 10 2009 authenticated users are now allowed to create file in the root directory, which in this case allow us to create "C:\GoogleUpdate.ini" as a standard user.
If you're asking about windows server, no the C:\ doesn't allow non admin to create files there.
Looking at the log configuration file it looks a bit interesting, the parameter "LogFilePath" seems to be interesting and as far as I can see it allow us to specify the log file.
You can guess we already got our arbitrary file overwrite there but does it stop here ? Unfortunately no, looking again at the structure of the there's a "MaxLogFileSize" parameter that take a file size and it can be 0. Looking at the implementation there's a DACL write every time google omaha tries to create a new file allowing "authenticated users" to have write access according to this code snippet.
Now the only thing that remain is starting the service itself, it's easy since I used to do that when I was writing some google omaha tools, you can just call CoCreateInstance and make sure to pass google updater CLSID and hurrai the service started as system.
I written a simple PoC that demonstrate file take over for both google update service and Microsoft Edge Update Service it can be found here.
My twitter.
Windows Installer File Read 0day
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Days ago, as usual I was reading some google project zero bugs. Then I found this one by James Forshaw about an EoP in dos device when a privileged process impersonate the user to load libraries. You can read the article here , My only problem was the PoC file as it seems look like james submitted 2 attachment to MSRC, the first one was with the actual PoC compiled and a dll, the second attachment seems to be password protected
And after some research trying to find the original PoC source code, I didn't found something useful so the only way to answer my questions is to reverse the actual PoC.
I really had some questions like, how did he managed the override the original link ? how did he get the login session \Sessions\0\DosDevices\X-Y <- how did he manage to get those numbers ?
Nothing special the dll will just call "RevertToSelf()" and then create notepad as a child process.
But for the actual PoC, some ops are done. I will only cover the code which has impact on our research area.
The PoC will first check the current OS architecture if it match x86 it will continue otherwise it will exit. I still don't know why did he do that but maybe to get ride off the annoying Wow64 redirections.
And after doing some reverse I finally answered my question, in order to get the current DosDevice path is to call GetTokenInformation
Then simply it will redirect the dos device symlink to the PoC's current directory by calling NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject, of course it make sure to recreate C:\Windows\System32 and place the dll described previously to system32 with the name PrintFilterPipelinePrxy.dll, after that the PoC will simply call "OpenPrinterW" "StartDocPrinterW" "EndDocPrinter" then the dll will be loaded as the spooler service. Microsoft has released the advisory for the bug as CVE-2015-1644
After taking a look on how Microsoft patched the bug, Microsoft implemented a mitigation to make sure that the dll load behaviour won't be redirected because of a DosDevice link, by using the OBJ_IGNORE_IMPERSONATED_DEVICEMAP. But any other file system operation will follow the link if it's not using the flag described above.
The following Diagram will explain how things are done
Quite easy, but is it exploitable ? Well yes but actually no. In some rare cases the CreateFileW redirection might be useful. For now I just wanna fix one problem, I didn't like how the PoC call GetTokenInformation to get the current process Dos Device so I've done some research and got some good result.
You won't need to create the actual DosDevice link, overriding C:\ will do the job for the current user.
I was firstly inspired by sandbox escaper arbitrary file read PoC, which was dropped as a 0day vulnerability 2018. The bug existed in MsiAdvertiseProduct function, calling it will trigger a file copy from windows installer service running as SYSTEM privileges.
In this vulnerability I will be attacking the MsiInstallProduct which takes two arguments.
The first one is szPackagePath which can be either an URL or a local file. The second parameter is szCommandLine.
After calling the function, I had the following output from process monitor
Phase 1: Windows installer service will impersonate the user and call OpenAndValidateMsiStorageRec which will first check if the package valid.
Phase 2: Windows installer service will reverse to itself and create a new file in C:\Windows\Installer\*.msi
Phase 3: It will make sure that the opened file match the expected file to be opened by calling GetFinalPathNameByHandleW if it match the file will be copied if it doesn't the installer service will impersonate the user and try to copy the file.
The flaw exist exactly in msi.dll!CopyTempDatabase() when it call CElevate::CElevate((CElevate *)&X, 1); to elevate privileges instead of staying in impersonation mode
There's some checks in CopyTempDatabase such as CMsiFileCopy::VerifySource which check the source if it valid for for copy or not but it can be defeated if the user impersonation is done incorrectly.
Since the package sanitization will run while impersonating the user, we can redirect it with the trick mentioned above to a valid package which will trick OpenAndValidateMsiStorage and mark it as a valid package. Then the installer will check if the target file is the one expected to be opened in our case yes it is so it will proceed copying the file to C:\Windodws\Installer\*.msi
I succeeded implementing the exploit but I had one more issue, when the file is copied to C:\Windows\installer it's probably not the only file there so fetching the newly created file is like a programming quiz, I took a while to see my options, the first one was ReadDirectoryChangesW which wait and fetch any newly created file, this sounds great but wasn't useful. Since windows installer service tamper with certain parameters of the directory and remove the newly created MSI package as soon as it's written. The second option was to use FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW which has solved a bit of the problem, the technique I used here is to find newest file created and pick it as the our target, for some unknow reasons the technique failed and always pick the wrong file. So I moved away to another technique (and it was my last hope), This snippet of code will explain the process of finding the newly created file
We will first begin by deprecating "C:\" path and we will use the windows GUI path so we won't issues with redirection, to retrieve the GUI path of drive you can use GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint, then it will be used primary in the next api calls. Next our PoC will search \Windows\Installer\*.msi and will store it in an array "first_srch[10000]" and then you might notice there's two calls of FindFirstChangeNotification and according to Microsoft documentation
"Creates a change notification handle and sets up initial change notification filter conditions. A wait on a notification handle succeeds when a change matching the filter conditions occurs in the specified directory or subtree. The function does not report changes to the specified directory itself. "
The PoC will set 2 events, one for the file creation and the second one for file write, When the first event trigger the PoC will restart the search of MSI files and will store to an array, the PoC will take those arrays and compare every file name if there's something that doesn't match at certain index then it's the newly created file. After that we will just wait the second event to trigger then simply copy our file.
How exploitable a windows read-file ?
When windows crash it automatically generate a windows kernel memory dump in C:\Windows\memory.dmp and restrict it's DACL to administrators only
You can read the file with the PoC :)
The PoC can be found here
[Update] : Fixed as CVE-2021-28437
Another Privilege Escalation in windows... but this time no one care
I recently discovered a bench of bugs windows appx, I've reported some of them and even some of them were considered as useless since this one require at least 2 active partitions to work so it's kinda an uncommon attack scenario. So instead of keeping them in my pc for no reason or reporting them to msrc I will drop them here.
Steps to reproduce:
- Run the poc and give it the target drive as an argument.
- It will spawn an instance of storage settings.
- Then go to "change were new content is saved" and change it to the target drive.
- Press enter in the poc
- After few seconds the spooler service will have a child process "notepad.exe" running with system privileges.
Oh, so you have an antivirus… name every bug
After my previous disclosure with Windows defender and Windows Setup, this is the next one
First of all, why ? it's because I can, and because I need a job.
In this blog I will be disclosing about 8 0-day vulnerability and all of them are still unknow to the vendors, don't expect those bugs to be working for more than a week or two cause probably they will release an emergency security patches to fix those bugs.
Avast antivirus
a. Sandbox Escape
So avast antivirus (any paid version) have a feature called Avast sandbox, this feature allow you to test suspicious file in sandbox. But this sandbox is completely different from any sandbox I know, let's say windows sandboxed apps are running in a special container and also by applying some mitigation to their tokens (such as: lowering token integrity, applying the create process mitigation…) and other sandboxes actually run a suspicious file in a virtual machine instead so the file will stay completely isolated. But Avast sandbox is something completely different, the sandboxed app run in the OS and with few security mitigation to the sandboxed app token, such as removing some privileges like SeDebugPrivilege, SeShutdownPrivilege… while the token integrity stay the same, while this isn't enough to make a sandbox. Avast sandbox actually create a virtualized file stream and registry hive almostly identical to the real one, while it also force the sandboxed app to use the virtualized stream by hooking every single WINAPI call ! This sounds cool but also sound impossible, any incomplete hooking could result in sandbox escape.
Btw, the virtualized file stream is located in "C:\avast! sandbox"
While the virtualized registry hive exist in "H****\__avast! Sandbox" and it look like there's also a virtualized object manager in "\snx-av\"
So normally to make any escape I should read any available write-ups related to avast sandbox escape, and after some research it look like I found something: CVE-2016-4025 and another bug by google project zero.
Nettitude Labs covered a crafted DeviceIoControll call in order to escape from the virtualization, they noticed after using the "Save As" feature in notepad the actual saved file is outside the sandbox (in the real filesystem) and it look like it's my way to get out
I selected their way by clicking on "Save As" and it don't seems to be working because the patch has disabled the feature but instead of clicking on "Save As" I clicked in "Print"
By doing that it look like we got another pop-up so normally I clicked print with the default printer "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"
And yup we will have a "Save As" window after clicking on Print
So clicked on Save, I really didn't expected anything to happen but guess what
The file was spawned outside the virtualized file stream. That's clearly a sandbox escape.
How ? it seems look like an external process written the file while impersonating notepad's access token. And luckily since CVE-2020-1337 I was focused on learning the Printer API by reading every single documentation provided by Microsoft, while in other side. James Forshaw published something related to a windows sandbox escape by using the Printer API here.
So I assume we can easily escape from the sandbox if we managed to call the Printer API correctly, so we will begin with OpenPrinter function
And of course we will specify in pPrinterName the default printer that exist on a standard windows installation "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"
Next we will go for StartDocPrinter function which allow us to prepare a document for printing and the third argument looks kinda important
So we will take a look in DOC_INFO_1 struct and there's some good news
It look like the second member will allow us to specify the actual file name so yeah it's probably our way out of Avast sandbox.
So what now, we can probably see the file outside the sandbox, but what about writing things to the file. After further research I found another function which work like WriteFile it's WritePrinter
Then the final result will look like this
Note: The bug was reported to the vendor but they didn't replied as usual
a. Privilege Escalation
It was a bit hard to find a privilege escalation but after taking some time, here you go Avast, there's a feature in Avast called "REPAIR APP" after clicking on it, it look like a new child process is being created by Avast Antivirus Engine called "Instup.exe"
Probably there's something worthy to look there, after attempting to repair the app. In this case we will be using a tool called Process Monitor
And as usual we got something that worth our attention, the instup process look for some non existing directories C:\stage0 and c:\stage1
So what if they exist ?
I created the c:\stage0 directory with a subfile inside it and I took a look on how the instup.exe behave against it and I observed an unexpected behaviour, instead of just deleting or ignoring the file it actually create a hardlink to the file
we can exploit the issue but the issue is that the hardlink have a random name and guessing it at the time of the hardlink we can redirect the creation to an arbitrary location but unluckily the hardlink random name is incredible hard to guess, if we attempted who know how much time it will take so I prefer to not look there instead I started looking somewhere else
In the end of the process of hardlink creation, you can see that both of them has been marked for deletion, probably we can abuse the issue to achieve an arbitrary file deletion bug.
I've created an exploit for the issue, the exploit will create a file inside c:\stage0 and will continuously look for the hardlink. When the hardlink is created the poc OpLock it until instup attempt to delete it, then the poc will move the file away and set c:\stage0 into junction to "\RPC CONTROL\" which there we will create a symbolic link to redirect the file deletion to an arbitrary file
Note: This bug wasn't reported to the vendor.
PoC can be found here
McAfee Total Security
a. Privilege Escalation
I already found bugs on this AV before and got acknowledged by vendor
For CVE-2020-7279 and CVE-2020-7282
CVE-2020-7282 was for an arbitrary file deletion issue in McAfee total protection and CVE-2020-7279 was for self-defence bypass.
The McAfee total security was vulnerable to an arbitrary file deletion, by creating a junction from C:\ProgramData\McAfee\Update to an arbitrary location result in arbitrary file deletion, the security patch was done by enforcing how McAfee total security updater handle reparse point.
But the most important is C:\ProgramData\McAfee\Update is actually protected by the self defence driver, so even an administrator couldn't create files in this directory. The bypass was done by open the directory for GENERIC_WRITE access and then creating a mount point to the target directory so as soon the updater start it will delete the target directory subcontent.
But now a lot has changed, the directory now has subcontent (previously it was empty by default),
After doing some analysis on how they fixed the self defence bug. Instead of preventing the directory opening (as it was expected) with GENERIC_WRITE they blocked the following control codes FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT and FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT_EX from being called on a protected filesystem component, I expected FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT_EX but no they did a smart move in this case, so if we didn't bypass the self defence we don't have any actual impact on the component.
So this is it, this is as far as I can go… or no ?
a. Novel way to bypass the self defence
This method work for all antiviruses which the filesystem filter.
So how does the kernel filter work ?
The filesystem filter restrict the access to the antivirus owned objects, by intercepting the user mode file I/O request, if the request coming from an antivirus component it will be granted, if not it will return access denied.
You can read more about that here, I already wrote some of them but for some private usage so for the moment I can't disclose them, but there's a bunch of examples you can find by example: here
So as far as I know there's 2 way to bypass the filter
1. Do a special call so it will be conflicted by what the driver see
2. Request access from a protected component
So the special way was patched in CVE-2020-7279, the option that remain is the second one. How can we do that ?
The majority of the AV's GUI support file dialog to select something let's take by example McAfee file shredder which open a file dialog in order to let you choose to pick something
While the file dialog is used to pick files it be weaponized against the AV, to better understand the we need to make an example code, so I had to look for the API provided by Microsoft to do that. Generically apps use either GetOpenFileNameW or IFileDialog interface and since GetOpenFileNameW seems to be a bit deprecated we will focusing in IFileDialog Interface.
So I created a sample code (it look horrible but still doing the job)
After running the code
It look like that the job is being done from the process not from an external process (such as explorer), so technically anything we do is considered to be done as the process.
Hold on, if the things are done by the process. Doesn't that mean that we can create a folder in a protected location ? Yes we can
c. Weaponizing the self-protection bypass
The CVE-2020-7282 patch was a simple check against reparse points, before managing to delete any directory.
There's a simple check to be done, if FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT control on a directory return anything except STATUS_NOT_A_REPARSE_POINT the target will removed else the updater will delete the subcontent as
Chaining it together, I've an exploit which demonstrate the bug, first a directory in C:\updmgr will be created and then you should manually move it to C:\ProgramData\McAfee\Update an opportunistic lock will trigger the poc to create a reparse point to the target as soon as the AV GUI attempt to move the folder, the poc will set it to reparse point and will lock the moved directory so it will prevent the reparse point deletion.
PoC can be found here
Avira Antivirus
Anyway it look like there's a feature come with Avira Prime called Avira System Speedup Pro, I can't still explain why this behaviour exist in Avira System Speedup feature but yeah it exist.
When starting the Avira System Speedup Pro GUI there's an initialization done by the service "Avira.SystemSpeedup.Service.exe" which is written in C# which make it easier to reverse the service but I reversed the service and things just doesn't make any sense so I guess it's better to show process monitor output to understand the issue.
without even checking for reparse point. It's extremely easy to abuse the issue.
This time instead of writing a c++ PoC I'll be writing a simpler one as a batch script. The PoC in this case doesn't need any user interaction, and will delete the targeted directory subcontent.
PoC can be found here
1 Trend Micro Maximum security
I already discovered an issue in trend micro and it was patched in CVE-2020-25775, I literally just found a high severity issue on trend micro. But I was contracted for so I can't disclose it here.
Moving out, as other AV's there's a PC Health Checkup feature, it probably worth our attention.
While browsing trough the component, I noticed that there's a feature "Clean Privacy Data" feature.
I clicked on MS Edge and cleaned, the output from process monitor was:
And as you see Trend Micro Platinum Host Service is deleting a directory in a user write-able location without proper check against reparse point while running as "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" which is easily abuse-able by a user to delete arbitrary files.
There's nothing to say more, I created a proof of concept as a batch script after running it expect the target directory subcontent to be deleted.
PoC can be found here
I will using the same technique explained above to bypass the self protection.
While checking for updates, the antivirus look for a non existing directory
Hmmmm, let's take a look
The pic shown above, show us that Malwarebytes antivirus engine is deleting every subcontent of C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\MBAMService\ctlrupdate\test.txt.txt and since there's no impersonation of the user and literally no proper check against reparse point we can probably abuse that, by creating a directory there and creating a reparse point inside C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\MBAMService\ctlrupdate we can redirect the file deletion to an arbitrary location.
The PoC can be found here
1 Kaspersky
The AV which I engaged with the most, about 11 bugs were reported and 3 of them were fixed.
For the moment I will be talking about a bug which I already disclosed here, this PoC will spawn a SYSTEM shell as soon as it succeed, the bug seems to be still existing on Kaspersky Total Security with December 2020 latest security patches, the only issue you will have is the AV will detect the exploit as a malware, you must do some modification to prevent your exploit from being deleting. Let's I can confirm that the issue still exist.
One more thing
Another issue I discovered in all Kaspersky's antiviruses which allow arbitrary file overwrite without user interaction. I've already reported the bug to Kaspersky but they didn't gave me a bug bounty
They said that the issue isn't eligible for bug bounty because the reproduction of the issue is unstable, ain't gonna lie I gave them a horrible proof of concept but still do the job so I guess it should be rewarded and since they wrote that they gave bounties. I won't give bugs for free like a foo.
So let's dive inside the bug, when any user start Mozilla Firefox, Kaspersky write a special in %Firefox_Dir%\defaults\pref while not impersonating the user or not even doing proper links check, if abused correctly it can be used against the AV to trigger arbitrary file overwrite on-demand without user interaction.
A proof of concept is attached implement the issue, I've rewritten a new one which will trigger your needs on demand thanks me later.
PoC can be found here
First, if you're not familiar with windows installer CVE-2020-16902, it's literally the 6th time I am bypassing the security patch and they still don't hire security researchers. I will be using the same package as CVE-2020-16902
Microsoft has patched the issues by checking if c:\config.msi exist, if not it will be used to generate rollback directory otherwise if it exist c:\windows\installer\config.msi will be used as a folder to generate rollback files.
A tweet by sandboxescaper mentioned that if a registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Config.Msi" existed when the installation begin, the windows installer will use c:\config.msi as a directory rollback files. As an unprivileged user I guess there's no way to prevent the deletion or create "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Config.Msi"
And as usual there's always something that worth our attention.
When the directory is deleted, there's an additional check if the directory exist or not. Which is kinda strange, since the RemoveDirectory returned TRUE
I guess there's no need to make additional checks. I am pretty sure that there's a bug there, I managed to create the directory as soon the installer delete and this happened
The installer did a check if the directory exist and it return that the directory exist, so the windows installer won't delete the registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Config.Msi" because the directory wasn't delete.
In the next installation the C:\Config.Msi will be used to save rollback files on it, which can be easily abused (I've already done that in CVE-2020-1302 and CVE-2020-16902).
I've provided a PoC as c++ project to exploit the issue, it's a double click to SYSTEM shell, thank me later again.
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Rippedstar (Deathclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 5:15:53 PM
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((I Believe there is only 3 of us. XD)) *She crossed the border and grabbed Nightstars scuff and dragged into across to her group of warriors, many of which she had been apprenticed with. She saw the way they looked at her as if she had already been granted her nine lives. Runningbrook grabbed his scuff and walked back to camp with the help of others carrying her father. Before arriving at the camp she laid him gently down.* ''No one is to say a word about what happened here.'' *She flicked her tail as a she saw a young apprentice open his mouth to reply. She smiled gently at him. But the smile never reached her eyes.* ''I will tell them later tonight when the time is right.''
Rippedstar (Deathclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 5:02:16 PM
[ANNOUNCEMENT~ So there is only three, four? of us on this site and before we were talking about Role-playing out the battle of when Deathclan runs out Mistclan and Nightclan. Well, honestly guys, there aren't enough people to role-play that out and to have to play that many cats. We would each need to role-play at least five cats in each post to make it even close to the size of a clan being drizen out. Plus, if we did that, it would take weeks to do it. So... I was thinking I could make two seperate posts [one for Mist and one for Night] in Rippedstar's point of view of running out the clans. That way the battles do happen and it's just a lot easier and more simple. So I'll post that in the next few posts.] [RIPPEDSTAR:] The tom gazed up at the moon, which was coming out from hiding from the sun. He heard Runningbrook's howl, warning him of a new enemy. Another enemy... nothing new. Rippedstar slowed his pace as he entered camp, knowing Boulderclaw had been waiting for him for two days now.
Runningbrook (Waterclan Leader She-cat)
posts on 7/27/2009 4:58:15 PM
*Runningbrook told all her warriors where Nightstar was and threat he was facing. Rippedstar's howl erupted through the whole forest. She turned her black fur standing on end with hate and she looked back at the place her father's body must lay. Runningbrook ran, flicking her tail to tell her warriors to follow quickly. Baring her teeth she burst into the clearing, and her heart sank. Nightstar's body lay on deathclan's territory, his teeth bared in a grimace, and blood covering his silver fur. She sat down and looked up at the darkening sky and howled her battle cry. So rippedstar would know that he had forever won her as a enemy.*
Rippedstar (Deathclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 4:41:48 PM
[Rippedstar:] Rippedstar didn't miss the last hateful glance from Nightstar and it would always be pinned in the back of his mind. Just like all the other cats faces he stared at before making his fatal blow. Rippedstar pinned his ears back, stepping away from the dead cats body. Agony hit Rippedstar and guilt shredded through his veins, but it was vanish in a second; just like it always did. He was right. The minute he scented a group of Waterclan warriors, the guilt left and Rippedstar turned around to leave. Being the kind cat he was (sarcasm intended!) he dragged Nightstar's body on his side of the border, just to let them all know who killed him. Let them all know that Deathclan was back and ready to kill. With that Rippedstar let out a victorious yowl, wanting Runningbrook to hear it before tearing off into the woods, back toward camp.
Nightstar (Waterclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 4:29:58 PM
*He snarled at Rippedstar's last words his blue eyes burning into green. He Put as much hatred into his last glance. He tried to speak but failed. Seconds later his heart stopped. Leaving his bloody face in a permanent snarl. His once magestic strong body finally looked old and frail as he lay there.* RUNNINGBROOK: She stood there hopeing she would hear her fathers howl once again. But everything was strangely silent, almost peaceful. But inside Runningbrook a storm was going on as she began to blame herself for leaving her frail father behind with a blood thirsty killer. She pushed that into the back of her mind as a patrol of strong waterclan warriors sprinted up to her.*
Rippedstar (Deathclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 3:57:53 PM
[Rippedstar:] Rippedstar hissed in pain as Nightstar's claws came across his face. He briefly shut his eyes in the agony, but only for a moment. "Of course, I promise," he mewed softly, meeting Nightstar's furious and brave stare. "But as you know, I've broken every promise I've ever made," Rippedstar didn't hesitate or wait for a reply as he dug his claw into NIghtstar's throat and quickly dragged it across for the final blow.
Nightstar (Waterclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 3:53:32 PM
*Nightstar turned to see his leg broken and useless. Quickly he brought his claws across Rippedstars face, sure to forever leave a scar to remember him by. He hissed as his blood began to cover his eyes.* ''You touch my daughter Rippedstar and you'll regret it.'' *He spit out some blood before attempting to kick Rippedstar off, his leg gave a protest. Nightstar howled in pain as he felt Rippedstar's claws on his throat.* RUNNINGBROOK: She stopped and looked back as she heard her father. Ohh no
Rippedstar (Deathclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 3:48:11 PM
[Rippedstar:] Rippedstar watched with his dark green optics as Nightstar fell to his feet, having blood dripping down his face. His smirk wasn't there, he never smiled while making a kill. He had some respect... barely. Rippedstar licked his upper jaw tipping his head down to get a good look at Waterclan's leader. "Hm, this time I over estimated you," he growled in a low tone, no longer threatening. This would be the end for Nightstar. Rippedstar sheathed all his claws, but one as he held it on the back of Nightstar's neck. "I at least owe and old friend a few last words?" he questioned if Nightstar had anything to even say at this point. Knowing the other tom Rippedstar was sure he did.
Nightstar (Waterclan Leader Tom)
posts on 7/27/2009 3:39:52 PM
*He snarled as he flew through the air at the force of the dark gray toms kick. He groaned as he hit the ground, but was to slow as he felt Rippedstar's teeth dig into his ear. He felt his blood begin to pour down his face. He hissed and launched himself at Rippedstar but he feel to Rippedstars feet as his feet gave out on him.*
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This is a series of crafts I did last year in celebration of one of my favorite places and the memories I took home with me. I'll be sharing four more crafts today. I'm blogging about a few, and I'll post the video with the rest on facebook account later. One idea is to create one of these family initial letters. It would be a fun memory from a honeymoon beach walk, or a family vacation.
I bought a large chipboard letter at Hobby Lobby, and painted it a color that went with my room (b/c you can see a bit of the board underneath, you could also cover it with sand first).
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It's February and elementary art teachers are scrambling to create something with their students that connects with the seasonal event, Valentine's Day, quickly approaching on February 14. Red, pink and white lace begin to appear in all sorts of shades, tints and forms, as does the heart motif. Popping up are paper weavings, rainbow bracelets and hearts growing off of trees…all sorts of projects, Pinterest or otherwise. I think it's important, regardless of the timeless tradition of thematically moving through the seasons with elementary students, to continue to deliver a strong program including, if possible, all strands of the curriculum; reflective practice, depiction, composition and expression.
I've painted tempera valentines with elementary students before, with a focus on repeating pattern and the introduction and development of painting techniques. Primarily, these have been expressive lessons, with a short discussion about line and repeating pattern.
This year, I decided to incorporate a reflective component by examining Scandinavian motifs, having seen such designs on plastic Ikea ornaments during last Christmas season. A tradition of clean edged linoleum prints in crisp red and white, these motifs lend themselves well to an activity such as this one.
First, I showed the students a map of the Scandinavian countries and then a collection of motifs where they might draw their inspiration for a valentine.
For the purpose of depicting (studies or plans), I gave the students a piece of small 8 x 10 red construction paper and a piece of chalk. They proceeded to observe the projected motifs and incorporate some of the patterns and designs discovered onto their own red hearts. At this point, I talked to the students about what it means to arrange pattern, line and shapes symmetrically over a line of symmetry. I also demonstrated that an outline for a heart can be created by folding paper in half for perfect symmetry or drawing freehand for an approximation.
The students planned out their designs for the large compositions, to be completed on 18 x 24 construction paper, following a similar sequence of steps as was explored in the smaller format. I chose purple as a background colour because of the approaching season of Lent, beginning next week, with the observation of Ash Wednesday, next week. Other colours that might work successfully would be pink and black.
Again, with chalk, the students followed similar steps in larger format, in preparation for paint. I had formally arranged the student desks so that they were all in partners. I had 24 students, and prepared 12 buckets of paint, 6 white and 6 red. I placed two brushes in each bucket. The students traded off red and white, as they needed, making certain that whatever pattern, shape or line created on either side of the line of symmetry, needed to be reproduced on the other side of that line.
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When you think of wine Portugal doesn't always spring to mind but trust us, this country is a wine lover's paradise.
For a long time, Portugal flew under the radar of tourists, and so did its wine. By now, you've probably heard of Port wine, but what about Madeira wine or Moscatel? Are you confused? Don't be.
We've created this Beginner's Guide to Portuguese Wine, so you know all about the wine regions, the varieties and how to order like a local. Hint: We call it vinho.
The best part is that you don't have to spend a fortune to get a reasonable bottle of wine here (some can cost less than €5)!
So, whether you're browsing through the wine list at a restaurant or your local supermarket, we'll guide you through everything you need to know about Portuguese wine.
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How to order wine in Portugal
1. Get the wine list
Depending on where you go, the list of wines might be on the food menu. However, most restaurants will have a separate wine list. If they don't give you one straight away, you can ask for it. In Portuguese, the wine list is Carta dos Vinhos.
Some tascas will also have a vinho da casa, a cheap house wine which can be a hit or miss.
2. Select your wine
Whether you're in the mood for a red, a port, or a rosé, if you want to order like a local you need to know these words:
White Wine – Vinho Branco
Red Wine – Vinho Tinto
Green Wine – Vinho Verde
Rosé Wine – Vinho Rosé
Port Wine – Vinho do Porto
Madeira Wine – Vinho da Madeira
Moscatel Wine – Vinho Moscatel or Moscatel
Sparkling Wine – Espumante
3. Pick your region
Below you'll find a brief overview of each região (region). If you're still unsure what to go for, ask the waiter for a recommendation— O que recomenda? If it's white wine he'll probably ask you if you want doce (sweet), meio-seco (medium-dry) or seco (dry). For red, you can choose between leve (light), médio (medium), or encorpado (full-bodied).
4. Bottle or Glass
In most places, there's the option to choose between a garrafa (bottle) or a copo (glass). An average glass of wine in Lisbon costs around €3, and a bottle around €15. If you're with a friend, we recommend ordering a bottle to share.
5. Enjoy and repeat
You've got the wine, now relax and enjoy it! If you like it, make a note of it, so you know what to get in the future. But why stick to just one when there are so many good wines to try? Soon, you'll be an expert on Portuguese wine!
Other useful words:
- Ano de Colheita – year of harvest
- Adega – a wine cellar, usually underground, it can also refer to a winery.
- Cave – another word for wine cellar, mostly for aging wines like Port.
- Quinta or Herdade – wine estates
- Casta – grape variety
- DOC – wine made in specific areas with permitted grapes and a maximum limit for production, usually of higher quality.
- Vinho Regional – wine made in areas with less strict rules for the types of grapes and limits for production.
14 Portuguese Wine Regions
The first step to becoming an expert in Portuguese wine is to get familiar with the regions. Only then you can know the difference between a Douro, a Dão and an Alentejo wine. So, let's give you a quick overview starting from the North to the South.
1. Vinho Verde
Stretching from Minho to the Douro, Vinho Verde is both a wine region and a type of wine. But what is Vinho Verde? While it translates to green wine, it means young wine. That's because the bottles are released within 3-6 months after harvest and drunk almost immediately. Most Vinho Verde is actually white wine, but it can also be red or rosé. It's the region that makes it a Vinho Verde. A glass of green wine is a summer staple for us Portuguese, and it's the perfect match for a seafood meal.
Best Vinho Verde Wineries: Quinta da Aveleda, Quinta do Ameal and Palácio da Brejoeira.
2. Trás-os-Montes
Not many tourists venture out to this remote corner of Portugal, let alone experience its wine. The high altitudes and the extreme climate is what sets Trás-os-Montes apart from other Portuguese wine regions. The most common wine from this region is Transmontano, a full-bodied red with high alcohol levels. They also produce Vinho dos Mortos (Wine of the Dead), a type of wine that was buried by locals during the French Invasion, so it wouldn't get stolen. That's how much we love our wine! Today there are still a few farmers who keep this tradition alive.
Best Trás-os-Montes Wineries: Quinta das Corriças and Quinta De Arcossó
3. Douro and Porto
Search for a Portuguese wine region, and you'll probably come across the Douro Valley. It's one of the oldest wine regions in the world! Its vineyards are scattered across steep hills providing breathtaking views over the Douro river. The region is most famous for the Vinho do Porto, aka, port wine, a sweet drink often served with dessert. Here at Devour Lisbon, we love Pêras Bêbedas, delicious poached pears soaked in Vinho do Porto.
Best Douro and Porto Wineries: Quinta da Pacheca, Quinta da Romaneira, and Lavradores de Feitoria
Best Port Wine Cellars: Caves Ferreira, Real Companhia Velha, and Taylor's.
Insider's tip: One of the best ways to explore the Douro region is to take the historical steam train which runs between June and October.
4. Távora-Varosa
Are you a champagne fan? If so, Távora-Varosa is the place for you! This region offers grapes with high acidity which are perfect for sparkling wine. It's here you'll find most plantings of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in Portugal, two grapes from the Champagne region in France.
Best Távora-Varosa Wineries: Caves da Murganheira
5. Dão and Lafões
Tucked between high mountains, the region of Dão offers some of the best Portuguese red wines. Lafões, on the other hand, produces more acidic wines, similar to the Vinho Verde region. To learn more about the wines of Dão, we suggest visiting the Solar do Vinho do Dão in Viseu.
Best Dão and Lafões Wineries: Casa de Santar and Casa da Passarella
6. Bairrada
Bairrada is a small region of Portugal located near the Atlantic. It's famous for its delicious suckling pig (leitão à Bairrada), and for its red wines. The white grapes from this region are mostly used to produce sparkling wine.
Best Bairrada Wineries: Quinta das Bágeiras and Quinta dos Abibes
7. Beira Interior
Beira Interior is home to Serra da Estrela, one of Portugal's highest mountains. It's where most locals go to see snow in the winter! When it comes to wine regions, Beira Interior is still the underdog, but we encourage you to try their wines, especially the red and the rosé.
Best Beira Interior Wineries: Quinta dos Termos, Quinta do Cardo and Adega Castelo Rodrigo
8. Tejo
If you order the house wine at a Lisbon restaurant, odds are you've tried Tejo wine. Previously known as Ribatejo, this region produces large quantities of wine which supply most restaurants in the capital. Wines from this region are among the most affordable in Portugal. The white wines tend to be very fruity with tropical aromas, and the reds have soft tannins.
Best Tejo Wineries: Quinta da Alorna and Quinta da Lagoalva
9. Lisbon Region
As a wine region, Lisbon offers a variety of wines, ranging from light whites to liqueur wines. Some of the best wines from this region come from Alenquer, Bucelas, Colares, and Carcavelos. You might have heard of Carcavelos for its beaches, but did you know this seaside town makes a delicious fortified wine? It doesn't produce as much as it used to, but if you spot it on a menu we recommend giving it a go!
Best Lisbon Wineries: Adega Regional de Colares, Adega do Casal da Manteiga and Quinta das Carrafouchas.
10. Setúbal Peninsula
There are many reasons to visit Setúbal. The friendly dolphins, the Natural Park of Arrábida, and the stunning beaches of Sesimbra, but for wine lovers, it's the Moscatel. Primarily made from Muscat grapes, Moscatel is sweet and fruity, making it the perfect drink to end a meal.
Best Setúbal Wineries: José Maria da Fonseca, Bacalhôa Vinhos de Portugal and Quinta de Alcube.
11. Alentejo
Cork trees, vines, and olive groves make up the landscape of Alentejo. Alentejo wines are up there with the Douro as one of the best Portuguese wines. The reds are full-bodied and fruity, while the whites tend to be mild and slightly acidic. Whichever you go for, it's hard to go wrong with an Alentejo wine.
Best Alentejo Wineries: Herdade do Esporão, Herdade dos Grous, and Adega Mayor
12. Algarve
If you're like most tourists, your first visit to Portugal was probably to the Algarve. And we don't blame you! The constant sunshine and the white sandy beaches attract thousands here every year, including locals. Winemaking took the back seat for a while, but recently there's been an effort to revitalize it. Algarve wines are smooth and fruity, and with the weather being quite warm, the reds are usually better than the whites.
Best Algarve Wineries: Quinta dos Vales, Monte da Casteleja and Adega do Cantor.
13 & 14. Madeira & Azores
You'll find some of Portugal's most incredible landscapes in these two archipelagos. We love the subtropical weather of Madeira and the crater lakes of Azores.
As for the wine, it's hard to take sides, since they produce very different things. Madeira wine is considered one of the best fortified wines in the world, and it can last for centuries. Shakespeare even mentions it in his play, Henry IV!
The Azores has nine islands, but only three of them focus on wine production: Pico, Graciosa, and Terceira. The region is known for Vinho de Cheiro, a sweet fragrant wine with low alcohol levels, which is also used in traditional dishes from the Azores, like the Polvo Guisado (octopus stew).
Best Madeira Wineries: Blandy's Wine Lodge and Vinhos Barbeito.
Best Azores Wineries: Quinta da Jardinete and Cooperativa Vitivinicola Da Ilha Do Pico
Now that you know a little more about Portuguese wine, you probably want to try some for yourself. (We can't blame you—it's pretty great.) Our solution: tag along on our Tastes & Traditions of Lisbon Tour, where we sample a handful of fabulous wines from across the country. One sip and you'll get what all the fuss is about.


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Baseball: Fox Lane holds off late rally from Mamaroneck; more results
- Fox Lane holds on for 5-4 win despite late rally from Mamaroneck
Fox Lane right-hander Andrew Workman had been lights out through five innings on Thursday against Mamaroneck, but after the Tigers started putting runners on in the sixth and driving up the junior's pitch count, he was forced to watch the final four outs from the dugout.
It's a helpless feeling for any starting pitcher, but Workman kept the faith.
"I definitely had some nerves, but I think you always have confidence in the guy behind you," he said. "We have four or five guys that could potentially be No. 1s throughout the whole season, so I think everybody was pretty confident that we were going to get the job done."
Mamaroneck rallied from a five-run deficit and brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh inning, but Nick Nemeth was able to close out a nail-biting 5-4 win for the 200th career victory of coach Matt Hills' career.
"Two-hundred is obviously something I'm really proud of, but the baseball program at Fox Lane and the players I've had the pleasure of coaching is what really puts a smile on my face," Hillis said. "Thirty-four players have gone onto play college ball since my first year in 2002."
The Tigers made it close in the end, but for a stretch, Workman was baffling.
He didn't allow a base-runner to reach safely until the fourth inning, and even when he came out with two outs in the sixth, he had only allowed two hits while striking out 10.
"I felt really good, starting from warm-ups," he said. "I felt like my velocity was up, I felt like I was locating with every pitch that I had, and I went out there and felt the same throughout the game."
Workman was matched up against Mamaroneck ace Tom Muratore, who struck out nine but allowed 10 hits and five runs – three earned – over six innings.
"He made some great pitches," Mamaroneck coach Mike Chiapparelli said of Muratore. "He had a little trouble. His hands were cold and the ball was hard to grip for him, but I thought he spotted the ball well and worked all three of his pitches."
The Foxes (6-1) scored one in the first on an error, and then tacked on two more in the second on an RBI double from Jimmy Liedel and an RBI single from No. 9 hitter Tyler Preizler.
"Coach Hillis called a hit-and-run play, and that's where the runner steals and the batter has to put it on the ground in any way possible," Preizler said "He threw me a curveball outside, and I just went with it. Let my hands free and got a little looper into right field. It did the job."
An RBI single from Workman in the fifth and a run-scoring fielder's choice off the bat ofKenny Hayden in the sixth made it 5-0, but the Tigers wouldn't go quietly.
Gabe Makarem laced a two-out double into the left-center field gap to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth and then came home on an error to make it 5-3, knocking Workman out of the game.
"He did a really nice job," Chiapparelli said of Makarem. "We had second and third with no outs, and (Workman) got (Anthony) Pecora to strikeout and (Andy) Karlan to pop up. I was thinking, 'Are we going to come away with nothing?' And then Gabe hit that double in the gap to get us two big runs.
Mamaroneck (2-2) added one more in the seventh on JC Ruggerio's RBI groundout, but Nemeth was able to escape with the save.
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The sun is shining. The mercury is rising. Yup, summer is here and it's time to crawl out of the warm glow of our LCD monitors to take in some that fresh air. Just because you're heading outside to bask in the sunlight does not mean that you have to leave your technological obsession behind. Oh no. There are definitely gadgets to accompany your journey into the great outdoors. Let's have a look at five of them.
EZ Grill Disposable Grill
For many people, summer means it's time to get together with some friends for some wonderful backyard barbecue action. You want those juicy hamburgers, those scrumptious hot dogs, and those delicious steaks. However, you probably don't want to deal with all the mess that typically accompanies a barbecue. It can also be expensive to get all the right equipment.
Rather than go through all of that hassle, you might want to consider the EZ Grill. This is an all-in-one barbecue grill that is completely disposable and recyclable. Everything from the grating to the used charcoal can be completely recycled. All you need is the EZ Grill and a single match!
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iBoo iPod Speaker Dock
Do you know what would go really well with that backyard barbecue? Aside from some good bug spray and plenty of meat to go on the grill, you may want to fill the air with some tunes. It's unlikely that you'll want to haul your expensive home theatre setup into the backyard just for some music, so that's where a smaller music dock comes into play.
The iBoo iPod speaker dock from Speakal is just the ticket. It's remarkably cute, of course, but it's also important that despite its relatively small nature, the iBoo puts out some pretty decent sound. Just plunk the iPod into its head and the music comes bumping out of its pair of 3W stereo speakers and single 9W subwoofer.
If you had the chance to check out my iBoo review a few months ago, you'll know that it also comes with a cool flashing blue light. This can provide for a pretty cool effect in the evening.
Check out the Speakal iBoo for about $90.
Flip MinoHD and Flip UltraHD Pocket Camcorders
It's all about capturing those precious memories on the fly. While you could try to record some videos using your point-and-shoot digital camera, they typically take some time for you to turn them on and switch to video mode. Sometimes, simplicity prevails. During those times, you may want to consider the Flip Video Camcorders from Flip Video.
The newest addition to the family is the Flip UltraHD . It takes on the same form factor as the original Flip Ultra, except it can now record at an impressive 720p. That's where the "HD" part of its name comes from. The 8GB of on-board memory are enough for up to 120 minutes of HD video.
Learn more about the Flip Pocket Camcorders at Amazon.ca.
The Margarator Slushee Machine
The last thing that you want to see happen at a summer beach party is that you run out of drinks. That's not good. You also want to take advantage of the summer season with summer-appropriate beverages.
Ay carumba! It's time for a margarita! Check out the Margarator, a dedicated margarita blender that'll be a perfect fit for your backyard, the beach, or even when you go camping in the middle of the woods. Naturally, it'll do daiquiris and other blended drinks as well, in addition to your favorite lime or strawberry margarita.
For most blenders, you're stuck with being tethered to the wall. The Margarator can do the usual AC wall adapter thing, but it'll also accept power via a 12V DC. That's the cigarette jack in your car, but you can also find a variety of portable power packs that do that too.
Check out the Margarator in the After 5 Catalog. It's listed at $84.99.
Suzuki Hayabusa Motorcycle
No one said that all these gadgets would fall under a certain price range. Maybe you should be glad I'm not recommended a Lamborghini Murcielago Spyder instead, though that hot convertible would be great for cruising around in this weather too. Or for ripping through glorious mountain passes.
That said, nothing is quite like the summer than riding through the sunshine in a high-powered bike and they don't get any faster than the legendary Hayabusa from Suzuki. Also known as the GSX1300R in some markets, the Suzuki Hayabusa is the fastest production motorcycle in the world.
The current version comes with a 1340 cc engine good for 194 horsepower. That's a lot of ponies for a bike, wouldn't you say? It'll do the quarter mile in 9.34 seconds, has a 0-60mph time of 2.49 seconds, and tops out at 188mph (electronically restricted). It also happens to cost about $12,000.


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When Someone Told Me About This, I Thought It Was A Lie. But OMG… I Want One Now.
What if I told you there's a little known invention that might just be the coolest thing ever? Obviously, you wouldn't believe me… but what you're about to see could change your mind. A company in the UK has created the must-have gadget of the year. It could change personal transportation in some pretty awesome ways. No more taxi fare, no more expensive gas. And best of all? You look super cool using it.
You don't even need two feet.
It makes going to work much easier.
The dogs love it.
And so does this guy.
So what is it and how does it work? It's called the AirWheel, and I'll let the video speak for itself.
I don't know about you, but I'm sold. It's like a Segway but way cooler and more practical. You can buy one here. Share this awesome invention with others.
Read more: http://viralnova.com/airwheel/


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I'm trying to get something to work but I run out of ideas so I figured I would ask here.
I have a kernel that has a large global size (usually 5 Million)
Each of the threads can require up to 1Mb of global memory (exact size not known in advance)
So i figured… ok, I have 6Gb and I can run 2880 cores in parrallel, more than enough right ?
My idea is to create a big buffer (well actually 2 because of the max buffer size limitation…)
Each thread pointing to a specific global memory area (with the coalescence and stuff, but you get the idea…)
My problem is, How do I know which thread is being used in the kernel to point to the right memory area ?
I did find the cl_arm_get_core_id extension but this only gives me the workgroup, not the acutal thread being used, plus this does not seem to be available on all GPUs, since it's an extension.
I have the option to have work_group_size = nb_compute_units / nb_cores and have the offset to be arm_get_core_id() * work_group_size + global_id() % work_group_size
But maybe this group size is not optimal, and the portability issue still exists.
I can also enqueue a lot of kernels of global size 2880, and there I obviously know where to point to with the global Id.
But won't this lead to a lot of overhead because of the 5Million / 2880 kernel calls ?
Any ideas to do this properly are very welcome !


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A new plant-derived agent can rescue your skin from the harmful effets of ultra-violet (UV) radiation.
The skin is constantly challenged by environmental stressors such as UV radiation and chemicals. To cope with UV radiation, various skin cells have evolved a complex protective antioxidant defence system.
"We found out that the antioxidant active Licochalcone A, which is the main component of the root extract of the plant Glycyrrhiza inflata (Chinese Licorice), is able to protect the skin from subsequent UV irradiation damage from within by strengthening the skin's own defence systems.
"Thus plant extracts with the described profile are able to provide a protective shield from sun exposure supporting and going beyond the action of sunscreens regarding sun protection", said Gitta Neufang, a researcher involved in the work from Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, Germany.
In order to test the effects of the plant-derived active Licochalcone A in cell culture, Neufang and colleagues isolated human skin cells and irradiated them with solar simulated light mimicking sun exposure.
They were able to show that skin cells pre-treated with Licochalcone A produced a higher amount of 'self-protecting', antioxidant molecules.
Consequently, significantly less harmful radicals were detected in Licochalone A treated human skin cells.
In addition, they also conducted a study with healthy volunteers demonstrating that the application of a lotion containing Licochalcone A-rich root extract on the inner forearms for two weeks protected the skin from damage after UV irradiation.
"Even with the best sun-protecting filter system (SPF50+) 2 percent of UV-rays still reach the skin and cause damage. We hope that our study helps to improve the effectiveness of sunscreens to protect from the harmful aspects of sun exposure," Neufang said.
The findings were published in Experimental Dermatology.


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The Compound Effect
The Compound Effect is the kind of book that is incredibly motivating and inspiring for people who are already motivated and inspired, yet intimidating for people who are not. I say this as someone who probably would not have bought into it in my younger days, while knowing, through later experience, that everything in it is true. Believing is seeing.
Darren Hardy begins with his origin story. He had a tough dad who drilled discipline into him from a young age. These few opening pages could be off-putting to the majority of us, who would find such tough-love parenting tactics a bit scary and depressing. Just keep reading. I can attest that reaching your goals does not require drill-instructor parents or early success. You can build positive habits even if you're a late bloomer like me.
The Compound Effect refers to the way that our habits take us in different directions over time. Hardy offers the example of three imaginary dudes. One just keeps doing what comes naturally. One cuts 125 calories a day out of his diet, and the third starts cooking more recipes from the Food Network. Not quite three years later, Dude Two has lost over 30 pounds while Dude Three has gained over 30 pounds and the first dude is just the same as he ever was. I can scroll through my Facebook feed and point out several real-life examples of this phenomenon. In one case, I sincerely didn't recognize an old friend in a photo and thought she had been tagged incorrectly. I had seen her in person 2-3 years previously and she had somehow nearly doubled her body weight in that time. Meanwhile, another friend who had started in that weight range is now doing triathlon and is likewise nearly unrecognizable. Comparing the habit changes of my two friends would be instructive, although the first person would find that kind of question very hurtful and the second would be proud and flattered. This is what habits can do.
Hardy shares examples of various people he has coached, usually his employees. "Beverly" was overweight and lost her breath climbing one flight of stairs. Through his coaching, she lost 40 pounds and ran a marathon. Yeah, right, you might say. That story could have been about me! I only lost 35 pounds, but I not only got out of breath climbing a flight of stairs (at age 29), I would see black spots. I did wind up running a marathon, just like Beverly. I kept the weight off and I haven't been at my top weight in 12 years. I started just by walking 2 miles per hour on a treadmill for 30 minutes at a time a few days a week. Little habits really, really do add up. I didn't know that I would become a marathon runner when I started. I just knew that I was too young to have that much trouble climbing stairs, and there were people in their 60s with more energy than I had, and I wanted more for myself. Little by little, my efforts compounded. It works.
An idea I loved from The Compound Effect was to use your snooze button time positively. Hardy says his snooze lasts 8 minutes. In those 8 minutes, he does gratitude practice and then sends love to someone. I found this enchanting! What a lovely way to start the day. A variation on using your snooze time could be to record a video of yourself talking about how exhausted you are and how you want Future You to stop sleep procrastinating and go to bed half an hour earlier.
Ask yourself where you were five years ago, Hardy suggests. Compare where you were then with where you are now. Are you where 2012 You would have hoped you would be? Do you have the same negative habits you wanted to get rid of then? Have you built the positive habits you wished you had then? This is sobering. I found that I had indeed built some positive habits, but that I had slipped on others, and that some things I still don't seem to have figured out.
Only when you experience the compound effects of a habit do you start to feel and believe the power. It's delightful and addictive. You can change anything with just the tiniest increments over time! Hardy offers real-life examples, such as how he wrote down at least one thing he appreciated about his wife every day and then gave her a book full of the observations. I wouldn't have thought metrics could be applied to marriage until I read that. The Compound Effect is an eye-opener, with the kind of insights that can put everything in your life into new perspective.
Some questions from Chapter 5 to ask your friends:
"How do I show up to you? What do you think my strengths are? In what areas do you think I can improve? Where do you think I sabotage myself? What's one thing I can stop doing that would benefit me the most? What's the one thing I should start doing?"
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Boiling Frogs Post
Welcome to our third experimental episode of Probable Cause. I want to thank all of you who joined our interactive discussion in our previous two episodes. For this episode I am going to share with you my responses to the questions posed during our first episode: Do you believe we will have some sort of revolution here in the United States in the near future? If so, in your opinion, where will it come from? Which segment of our population do you see likely to revolt?
I will be providing my answers based on what I have been observing, through my own personal lens, and based on my very own experiences, views, reasoning and analyses. And as usual our next episode will be based on your reaction, critique, responses and questions posed in the comments section below.
*To listen to our previous episodes on this topic click here and here.
Listen to the full episode here:
A Few Related Links
Libertarians Are Not the Tea Party
How the Religious Right and the Libertarians buried the hatchet
Unfashionable Outreach: Libertarians and the Christian Right
Evangelicals and Tea Party Overlap in Congress, Public
Conservatives Remain the Largest Ideological Group in U.S.


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This year, the four exhibitions GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST, in Dusseldorf, were, once again, able to gather a professional audience and exhibitors from all over the world.
During the exhibition MESACON® Messelektronik GmbH Dresden presented it's products, and established contacts with possible customers and partners in numerous interesting discussions.
The demand for non-contact thickness gauges is still rising. MESACON® Messelektronik GmbH Dresden is able to measure the material thickness using isotopes, laser and x-ray.
There is an increase in the demand for laser gauges, and MESACON® Messelektronik GmbH Dresden presented it's laser demo gauge at the exhibition.
The displayed unit can be rented by customers, allowing them to witness the quality and performance of the MESACON® laser gauge and test how it might assist their process.
MESACON® Messelektronik GmbH Dresden exhibited as part of the Quality Alliance booth.
Author: Stephan Zschoche


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Accessing the Notes field in Contacts
I wrote a script that checks if a certain string is in the Notes field of a person object. The script worked great on my iPhone 6S, but after upgrading to an iPhone 11, the script broke. I'm not sure exactly why the change but I think I can describe the problem.
The working version of the script stored an empty note as an empty string.
On the iPhone 11, the Notes field does not seem to get read when using
person.notefield imports as
Nonefor all contacts, even if there is a note written. I confirmed the note exists via the contacts app.
I tried taken away contacts permission, and re-granting it and quitting the app completely and re-launching.
I have not tried reinstalling the app or nuke and paving the whole OS.
The new iPhone was restored from a backup.
Any ideas?
Well 💩.
Thanks for the info.
That is... crazy!
I realise that we as a society are held back and punished as a whole for the indiscretions of a few, but a generic text field being made unavailable because some people use it to store sensitive data? Next thing you know, we'll be driving slower because some people have accidents or more medications will become illegal or prescription only because some people abuse them...
next thing you'll know, we won't be able to use the reminders created in older iOS versions because of "data security" or some other BS made up thing.
/rant over :)


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What return can you expect after spending nearly $206 million on advertising?
DraftKings and FanDuel, two of the biggest startups in fantasy sports, are finding out. The $206-million sum--$131.4 million by DraftKings and $74.5 million by FanDuel--is from Jan. 1 to Oct. 5 in 2015, according to CNN.com, for television ads airing nationally.
To help put those fiscal figures in context, I compiled a quick snapshot of other key numbers, based on reports in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal:
Company: DraftKings
Valuation: $1.2 billion
Total capital raised: $375 million
2014 Revenues: $30 million
2015 TV ad spend to Oct. 5: $131.4 million
Company: FanDuel
Valuation: $1.3 billion
Total capital raised: $361 million
2014 Revenues: $57 million
2015 TV ad spend to Oct. 5: $74.5 million
Now that that's out of the way, it begs a question: What circumstances could compel a startup--no matter how much capital it has raised--to spend way more on TV ads in 2015 than it grossed in 2014? Even if each company quadruples its 2014 revenues in 2015, the total spend would constitute a high percentage of 2015 revenues. What's the point of spending so much on TV advertising?
For one thing, as the Wall Street Journal points out, television still boasts a greater ability than any other medium to quickly reach a massive audience. For another, the era of analytics--crunching viewer data from cable and satellite boxes--has made it easier for advertisers to determine when target customers are watching.
Politicians and their campaign advisors have already figured this out. There was a time when politicians would advertise on local news--it seemed like a safe bet to capture the eyes and ears of would-be voters. But the data has shown you're just as likely to reach voters if you buy airtime during Law & Order reruns, notes Bloomberg Politics.
So if you're DraftKings and FanDuel, you're in heaven. You don't need analytics to tell you: During football season, your prospective customers are tenoned to their couches all day Sunday, Monday night, and Thursday night. But it's precisely for that reason--the consistent, TV-watching habits of pro football fans--that you're in a position to learn more about when else they're watching TV, after crunching data from the NFL's opening weeks. As the weeks go by--and the inbound leads turn to sales--you can get even smarter about which TV time slots work best.
In short, we're still months away from learning if DraftKings and FanDuel got their money's worth from their expenditures. Nonetheless, it's easy to see why the companies would choose a marketing strategy of saturation by television.
But when does saturation become oversaturation? As Barry Petchesky points out on Deadspin, there have been more than 60,000 commercials for DraftKings and FanDuel this year. And it's getting on the nerves of sports fans. He writes:
It's this oversaturation of ads that turned so many people against daily fantasy and caused them to root for DraftKings and FanDuel to fail. Which is a damn shame, because daily fantasy should be a wedge into regulation and smarter legislation of sports wagering.
In other words, the attention DraftKings and FanDuel have received is a mixed bag.
On the plus side, every sports fan in the U.S. knows who they are. What's more, the startups--by spending heavily on TV--are showing a commitment to their partnerships with the pro sports leagues and the TV industry.
Those partnerships are significant. FanDuel's investors include Comcast and NBC Sports. DraftKings's backers include Fox Sports. In addition, two of the NFL's most influential owners--Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots (who happen to be facing each other this Sunday)--are investors in DraftKings. And the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars have a deep alliance with FanDuel: This season, the team opened FanDuelVille, a dedicated space at its stadium with room for 3,000 fans to watch games, monitor their fantasy football stats, and enjoy a few cocktails.
But on the minus side, the attention has put both startups in the spotlight. Both DraftKings and FanDuel have been named in a class-action lawsuit accusing them of negligence, fraud, and false advertising. The gambling behaviors of their employees have come under scrutiny. Lawmakers and state attorney generals are making inquiries too.
Of course, a little hot water is hardly the end of the world. Game-changing startups often find themselves pushing boundaries and bending rules on their way to mainstream acceptance. What the future holds for both companies will be a compelling business story to follow for the next few seasons.


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First Time Traveler Tips From Kristin
So you're going on a trip? Are you leaving the country for the first time? Driving, Cruising, Flying?
Whatever vehicle of transportation you'll be using for your first big trip it is an exciting one!
My very first experience traveling internationally was in 2008. I was 17 years old and getting ready to go on a cruise to Bermuda.
Things I didn't have…
- A Passport.
- Luggage
- A Clue
I was 17 years old at this point in time. I was traveling with my sister (Anita) yes, The Classy Broke girl herself.
Tip Number ONE
Get your PASSPORT!!
Regardless of where your home country may be, your passport is your ticket out.
Myself and my sister went to the post office to have our picture taken. We arrived at our appointment with our forms filled out and in hand to immediately mail.
Below, is a link to the 5 step process to obtain your passport. (If you are a US citizen.)
- Give yourself plenty of time before your trip to get your passport processed.
- It can take anywhere from a couple weeks to a few months depending on the current state of processing.
- YES! The cliche of terrible passport photos are a thing for a reason. Don't stress too hard if the photo isn't your absolute best angle. On the same note however, It does stay with you for 10 years. I had my passport renewal photo retaken many times…. Chances are you won't love it, but, if you can find one that you don't utterly detest, you're doing pretty good.
So, As I was saying my first big trip was on a cruise. I did not own any luggage besides a backpack. Anita and I went to a discount store and purchased the largest hot pink duffel bag, that to this day I've ever seen.
For our next trip which was a three week trip to Europe when I was 20 we went to Kohl's and bought complete luggage sets that were buy one get one free. Some pieces of those sets we still have 10 years later. They were definitely not the most expensive or the best quality but they did the job and then some.
For that Europe trip we were on a group tour so it wasn't that difficult to have a lot of luggage. At the time it seemed like we needed a ton of luggage for those three weeks. I believe that we each brought the large suitcase and a medium sized duffel type bag. We did laundry in the sink of our hotel in Rome and hung the clothes in the room.
Now though we have both transitioned to using smaller luggage or just carry on size luggage. When you go from a large suitcase that you has to be checked to just carry on luggage it can be scary. Will I have enough clothes and how will I fit everything in? But from experience traveling with just a carry on is so much better than a large suitcase.
Check out Anita's post about traveling around Europe with a budget friendly travel back pack here http://www.theclassybrokegirls.com/ebag-weekender-backpack-review/
And this post about why a carry on only bag is better than a large suitcase
Get a Clue!
How do you go about getting a clue about travel. By reading blogs like this one.
Here are more from The Classy Broke Girl to help you get some travel inspiration.
Look for travel resources on Pinterest and everyone's favorite Google.
Here are The Classy Broke Girls's travel boards on Pinterest to get you started.
Find travel guru's to follow on Instagram . I am not a guru but here is my travel page on Instagram @kris10travel to give you some travel wanderlust
The more you read about travel the less scary it will be. But you can read, read and read but eventually you will need to take the leap and go for it.
So get your passport, some luggage (smaller is actually better) and get a clue by continuing to do research and you will be ready to travel in no time.


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Have you been involved in a consumer transaction but believe you were the victim of fraud or deceptive business practice? Both the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA), K.S.A. §§ 50-623 to 50-679a, and the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA), R.S.Mo. §§ 407.010 to 407.943, protect consumers who are victims of fraud and/or deceptive business practices.
Types of Consumer Fraud in KS & MO
You may have the right to obtain monetary compensation through a consumer protection claim if you have suffered a financial loss from (among others):
- Home repair fraud
- False representations concerning the value of goods sold to a consumer
- Insurance fraud
- False statements concerning "sale" prices
- False representations by a contractor that defective work will be repaired
- Billing customers for goods or services they did not receive
- Predatory collection practices
- Misrepresentations that a food was "all natural" when it contained non-natural ingredients
- Misrepresentations and omissions regarding the safety risks of a drug
- Many other deceptions
By the 1970s, every state in America had enacted some version of consumer protection laws based on the Federal Trade Commission Act. The key provision of the FTC Act states: "Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful." See 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1). The FTC actually encouraged the enactment of state consumer protection laws because they lacked the resources to fully carry out its consumer protection responsibilities throughout the nation.
Both the KCPA and MMPA broadly prohibit deceptive or unfair acts and practices in the marketplace for consumer goods and services. Both statutes establish private causes of action for damages and equitable relief, permit punitive damages, and permit the recovery of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party. Further, consumer fraud cases may be tried on an individual basis of as a class action.
The Missouri Merchandising Practices Act
The MMPA broadly prohibits false, fraudulent, or deceptive merchandising practices and acts as a supplement to common law fraud or breach of warranty actions. In addition, the Missouri attorney general has broad power to prosecute actions to enforce the statute. The MMPA was enacted in 1967. The following four elements are needed for a violation of the MMPA:
- There must be a use or employment of:
- deception
- fraud
- false pretense
- false promise
- misrepresentation
- unfair practice
- concealment, suppression, or omission of a material fact
- The unlawful act must occur in connection with the sale or advertisement of any merchandise in trade or commerce.
- The unlawful act must result in an ascertainable loss of money or real or personal property.
- The loss must occur to a person who purchases or leases merchandise primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
The prohibitions of § 407.020 are construed broadly to reach any deception or unfair practice, including the concealment of facts. The plaintiff must establish that the purpose of the goods or services purchased or leased was "primarily for personal, family or household purposes." The plaintiff is not obliged to prove reliance as an element of the claim but there is an exception to the rule when the claim of misrepresentation is based on the omission of information. Deceptive practices are not defined in the statute, and the courts are left to determine what constitutes a deceptive practice on a case-by-case basis. You must bring your private action for damages under the MMPA within five years in Missouri.
The Kansas Consumer Protection Act
The KCPA was enacted in 1973 and is significantly more complex and technical than the MMPA. This is because the KCPA has been substantively amended several times since 1973 and case law references various sections that have since changed. The two most important section of the KCPA are the "Deceptive Acts and Practices" section which states "[n]o supplier shall engage in any deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction and "Unconscionable Acts and Practices" section which states "[n]o supplier shall engage in any unconscionable act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. An unconscionable act or practice violates this act whether it occurs before, during or after the transaction." The KCPA goes on to provide a lengthy, non-exclusive list of acts and practices that are per se deceptive or unconscionable.
To establish a KCPA claim, a plaintiff must show:
- Plaintiff was a consumer
- Defendant was a supplier
- Defendant engaged in a deceptive or unconscionable act in a consumer transaction
- Plaintiff was "aggrieved" by defendant's act or practice as set forth in K.S.A. § 50-634(a)
Unlike the MMPA, to make a KCPA claim, the Kansas Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff is required to show a causal connection between the defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's loss. Also, to state a claim under the KCPA, a plaintiff actually must have contracted with a supplier for goods or services. The plaintiff must establish that the purpose of the property or services he or she sought was for "personal, family, household, business or agricultural purposes." The KCPA is thus broader than the MMPA in this regard because it expressly includes property or services for "business" purposes. The KCPA does not contain a special statute of limitations, and thus, Kansas' three-year statute of limitations in K.S.A. § 60-512(2) applies. But unlike the MMPA, for a KCPA action, the statute of limitations period begins to run when the alleged violation occurred, not when the violation was discovered.
You Need An Experienced Consumer Protection Lawyer On Your Side If You've Been Hurt
If you or a loved one has experienced a product related injury in Kansas City you should speak with an experienced consumer protection attorney as soon as possible. Contact us online or call our Kansas City office directly at 816.249.2101 to schedule your free consultation.


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Bedtime Prayers That End with a Hug! by Stephen Elkins is a beautifully illustrated bedtime devotional for kids ages 3 – 5.
With gentle, calming text and warm, soothing colors, this moving devotional is the perfect way to settle your youngster down at bedtime. Each theme includes a Bible verse, a "snuggle time" application, a "bedtime Bible thought," and a "my hug-a-bye-prayer," and ends with "hug! time" between the child and the reader.
It can be challenging to write devotionals for young children. While I would sit down with our girls each night to read from their children's Bible, I would have loved a book of this nature that shows them how to thank the Lord, think of others, teaches them about self-control and giving, and so many other things that will help them in their Christian journeys.
A padded hardcover, Bedtime Prayers That End with a Hug! features a presentation page so you can give this as a gift, and has a place at the end for the child to tape or glue a picture of their family to the page so they can remember to pray for them each day. The final page includes special Bible verses to remember.
Highly recommended!
Rating: 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Series: Share-a-Hug!
Hardcover: 168 pages
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (December 25, 2013)
Language: English
I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of the Tyndale Blog Network. This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.