For my first post, I wanted to write a story about my style journey. I made many mistakes and that's something I'm not very proud of. However, I learned my lesson and maybe you will too.
My journey started in February of the year 2016. I got a part-time job at a 'big' menswear store in The Netherlands. I still don't understand why they hired me, because my dress-sense was zero! I wore a dress shirt (two sizes too big), jeans (Almost ten centimetres – 4 inches – too long) and Air Max sneakers…It was horrendous. If I had applied for a sneaker shop, it would have been fine. I applied for the department 'classic menswear'. I understood from the get go that I had to change my style, so I watched some YouTube videos and I thought I understood the things they were saying (foreshadowing: I did not). Besides, I also watched many TV series. My favourite series was Boardwalk Empire. I loved their three-piece suits and I tried to emulate these looks. I went to a vintage store and bought a dress shirt, pants and a grey tweed jacket. After that, I bought two hats and I wore a bowtie every day.
Whenever I need a good laugh, I will look at this picture and remember that I really didn't know what I was doing. At least it got me where I am now.
I was confused, how could this be? It could only mean one thing: the braces are too short. Yet, after these changes, the problem still was there. It was time to consult the internet to find the solution for my persistent problem. When I found out that my trousers where to low and I needed proper high waisted trousers I was a bit devastated, because I had to throw out almost my entire wardrobe and I didn't know where I could buy new trousers. Nobody sold high waisted trousers. I looked everywhere, and at last, I found some high waisted trousers at Yoox. I bought two trousers and found out they were much better, but only appropriated for spring/summer and it was almost winter. I looked at my dad's wardrobe and found a really old pair of black high waisted Polo Ralph Lauren jeans. I wore that the whole autumn/winter until I could buy myself a new pair. When I could afford some mtm/bespoke stuff, I jumped in. I again spend a lot of money for nothing because some stuff was not my 'style'. I think that's the important lesson, what somebody says about clothing doesn't mean that you will also like it. Just find your own personal preferences and as long as they look nice on you, that's good. When somebody says: "but I don't know what I like?" that means you have to try more things. Another important lesson: I kept trying, so don't give up! You will get there.
Fast forward to today, I bought myself some bespoke dress shirts, some bespoke trousers and a bespoke jacket. Very happy with the result. My visible styling mistakes are proof of a long journey of learning… that still continues. Hereby I invite you to join my journey and start your own journey too!
Photo's made of my first high waisted Rota trousers (via Yoox). Bespoke navy blazer, bespoke linen shirt and Crockett and Jones tassel loafers. A change, isn't it?
The effect of fabric and pleats on wider trousers.
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MPs car: why even the Greens don't drive eco-cars
Why even the Greens don't drive eco-cars
Criticism of the Council of Elders
140 vehicles in the Bundestag fleet
The fleet of the driving service of the German Bundestag is equipped with middle and upper class models from BMW, Mercedes and Audi
Source: picture alliance / Markus C. Hur
The Bundestag calls for more economical company cars for MPs and takes a look at the vehicle fleet "devastating signal". Meanwhile, it is circulating that the entire electromobility is at risk.
R.They have to be representative, the cars with which members of the Bundestag are chauffeured to their official appointments. The Bundestag's fleet consists predominantly of models from the upper German middle class, i.e. the BMW 5-series sedan, the Audi A6 and the Mercedes E-class.
This fleet should also be environmentally friendly, after all, parliamentarians and the federal government are committed to massively promoting electromobility. By 2020, one million e-cars are to be registered in Germany and fuel-saving hybrid models are also to be promoted, some of which are too "Eco cars" be jazzed up. But Germany's politicians, of all people, are apparently having a hard time living up to their role model role.
the "Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development" has now demanded compliance with a binding target of 120 grams of CO2 emissions per kilometer for the Bundestag's fleet of company cars. The chairman of the committee, the CDU MP Andreas Jung, stated in a letter to Parliament President Norbert Lammert (CDU) that this was also a question of credibility. That reports the "Saarbrucker Zeitung", who has received the letter.
The Bundestag itself has repeatedly reaffirmed Germany's pioneering role in climate protection, wrote Jung. "We can only credibly defend this claim if we live up to the role model function of the German Bundestag in implementing the goals". Jung criticized the fact that the Council of Elders had converted a decision taken in 2009 to only use vehicles with CO2 emissions of no more than 120 grams per kilometer from 2012 into a target regulation a few months ago. That is a "devastating signal".
The message that comes from the Federal Ministry of Finance is even more alarming. There is a letter circulating there that the implementation of electromobility is in acute danger. The reason for this is the drastic fall in the price of CO2 emission certificates from around eight euros in 2011 to around half that currently. According to projections, if the development remains the same, there will be a funding gap of eight billion euros up to 2017.
It is feared that new projects in electromobility will stop this year and next. The delays in important research projects in the field of renewable energies, in turn "are suitable in the public to stir up doubts about the seriousness of the federal government with regard to the energy transition", it says in the letter to department head Wolfgang Schauble, who the "world" is present.
No good prognoses for the German government's much touted energy transition. But it fits the downtrend. It was recently announced that automakers had agreed to curtail the development of all-electric cars.
And the fact that Green MPs also break the climate target on their business trips does not exactly contribute to the credibility of the automotive eco-movement. The Bundestag currently uses around 140 leased upper middle class vehicles from German manufacturers. An average of 159 to 169 grams of CO2 was last recorded in 2009.
The hesitant retrofitting to alternative drives was justified behind the scenes with the dwindling comfort of the wagons. There are alternatives with a better carbon footprint: the BMW 520d, for example, which, according to the manufacturer, emits less than 120 g / km. Or the E220 CDI from Mercedes. Only Audi is slightly higher with the A6 2.0 TDI with 129g / km.
MEPs like Andreas Jung are now recalling that electric cars and plug-in hybrids will also have to be purchased one by one. The Bundestag also demanded that the public sector should give more consideration to such vehicles in future tenders. "There is no apparent argument why this should not apply to the German Bundestag itself", says Jung.
Against the background of the lower prices for CO2 emission certificates and the tight budget situation, the conversion of the Bundestag fleet to more environmentally friendly cars is likely to be delayed, also for cost reasons.
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In this guide, you will learn about ticks and the affordable pest control options to eliminate the pests. Ticks are relatively small in size and belong to the classification, Arachnida. According to studies, it has been estimated that these pests have been in existence for approximately 90 million years. Ticks require meals composed of blood in order to complete the cycles of their life, which are considered to be highly complex. There are well over 800 different species of ticks around the world; however, only two are known to result in illness or disease in people.
Ticks are known to vary in color, according to their species. Adult ticks have the potential to be smaller than 1 cm; however, if they are engorged as a result of a feeding, they may be over 1 cm long. Tick larvae are typically smaller than 1 mm. The most troublesome of all tick species are the Deer tick, the Lone Star tick, and the American Dog tick. These pests are typically located near areas that are heavily wooded and/or have a high level of vegetation. The creatures require moisture to live and their food sources typically include the blood of reptiles, mammals, and birds. While each species has its own food source preference, most ticks will choose to feed on whatever is readily available to them.
Most ticks are considered to be transmitters of illnesses and diseases for animals and people. These creatures have the unique ability to transmit illnesses to a large number of hosts. Additionally, ticks have the ability to cause economic problems. One example of such harm includes the transmission of the condition known as "Texas Fever", which has the ability to kill approximately 90% of all yearling cows. The complication that results in the transmission of diseases and illnesses stem from microbes contained within the saliva of the tick. When this is secreted into the skin and/or blood of a host, problems develop quickly.
There are several affordable pest control prevention and control options for those that are worried about tick infestations, or, have personally observed a tick infestation. The first measure is to ensure that all holes, cracks, gaps, and crevices in the home are repaired and properly sealed. Next, it is important to keep grass cut and weeds eliminated. You may use pesticide treatments around the home in order to prevent infestations. If you have pets, it is important to ensure that they are cleaned and treated for fleas and ticks in order to prevent the pests from feeding on them.


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Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ... Bible Scripture Verse Art
and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, Bible Scripture Verse Art
Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day." Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; ... Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. Bible Scripture Verse Art
Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day." Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; ... Christian Art and Gifts
"Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. ... Bible Scripture Verse Art


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In Summer 2016 Kid Transit were looking at ways to increase sales of their products around the world and after hearing details about the size and speed at which Amazon in Japan was growing they decided to send a batch of products to Amazon Japan. With a population of 127 million, spending £8.5 billion it was a market that really appealed.
By the 1st October 2016 Kid Transit, a UK company, had 1008 units of their car mirrors in stock on Amazon Japan. On the 2nd October they made their first sale, and on the 12th July 2017 they had sold all 1008 units.
Total sales revenue and other important metrics are discussed later in this article.
This was the first time Kid Transit had sold anything in Japan, but with the help of Rising Sun Commerce the whole process was relatively simple.
This was achieved with the added bonus of making a profit and establishing a finely tuned Amazon advertising campaign that will be used to sell future products.
For brand new products it will be unlikely that any potential customers will see the product listing, so using Amazon's advertising platform is a must.
Following these steps the product listing gained 30 product reviews and hit Best Seller status in its primary category. Once this happened sales increased substantially, hitting a peak of 22 units in a single day worth 44,000 Yen in revenue (approx. £300).
The main goal is to further establish this first product on Amazon Japan, and then over time launch more products from the UK range.
For this first product (the car mirrors) future sales will be at a higher sale price, storage costs will be lower (due to better inventory management), and advertising will be more efficient. This will result in higher profits overall.


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Dans un hôtel de luxe (4, 5 étoiles ou Palace), le concierge est un employé dont les principales fonctions sont d'accueillir, de renseigner et de conseiller les clients.

Fonction

Le concierge d'hôtel travaille le plus souvent en équipe, à la "loge" de l'hôtel (comptoir situé le plus souvent dans le hall d'entrée, derrière lequel il travaille. Ce comptoir peut être distinct ou parfois commun avec la réception). La fonction de concierge est à distinguer de la fonction de réceptionniste.

Il existe la plupart du temps une hiérarchie : un chef concierge dirige l'équipe, il est parfois assisté d'un adjoint.

Les fonctions du concierge sont multiples et très diverses, les principales sont de renseigner et de conseiller la clientèle. Il est ainsi amené à faire des réservations pour ses clients : restaurants, visites touristiques, taxis, coiffeurs, billets d'avion/train... Cette fonction implique une très grande connaissance de l'environnement local.

Amené à servir une clientèle prestigieuse et cosmopolite, il se doit d'être diplomate et patient, de bien connaître les différentes cultures des clients qui fréquentent son établissement.

Les chefs concierge et les concierges ont également la charge d'encadrer le personnel du hall de l'établissement (grooms, chasseurs, voituriers, bagagistes).

Les concierges d'hôtels ont une association professionnelle, aujourd'hui mondiale, appelée "Les Clefs d'Or", à laquelle ils peuvent adhérer (sous des conditions d'ancienneté et de parrainage par d'autres membres) et qui a pour but de rassembler ses membres "in service through friendship" c'est-à-dire "au service les uns les autres, au travers de l'amitié". Ainsi, un concierge membre ayant besoin de l'aide d'un collègue dans une autre ville, voire à l'étranger, pourra le contacter. Les concierges "clefs d'or" se rassemblent régulièrement au niveau local et participent à des activités comme des déjeuners, dîners, vernissages, expositions, visites de boutique... ainsi qu'au niveau national et international lors de congrès. Les concierges membres de cette association portent sur les deux revers de leur uniforme un insigne représentant des clefs dorées entrecroisées.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Personnel de hall
 Conciergerie d'entreprise

Article de presse

Liens externes
 Institut de Conciergerie Internationale (ICI)

Métier des services
Métier de l'hôtellerie

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IndieCaptiol Awards is an annual awards ceremony that highlights the accomplishments of independent filmmakers throughout the Washington, DC/Metropolitan area. The ceremony concentrates on the merits of narrative and documentary fare as well as including awards for animation, student film work, web series and new media. Submissions for the competition is free and seats to the event are kept at a low cost to ensure independent filmmakers ability to attend. The 4th Annual IndieCapitol Awards will take place Sunday, October 14th 2018 at the Angelika Mosaic in Fairfax, VA as part of the week long 9th Annual Reel Independent Film Extravaganza.
Submission is free to all filmmakers hailing from the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. This awards ceremony is strictly for films and media content produced in the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia areas between July 2016 and July 2018. Tickets to the ceremony are $25.00. We keep the price low so that filmmakers are able to afford to attend. There are no free seats or tickets given to nominees or attendees. All films will be viewed online and nominees will have two weeks to provide any and all content needed for the awards ceremony.
Really solid awards program. We didn't win in our category, but we felt the judging was fair and comprehensive. And it was clear that the work had been really looked over because during the networking segment, we received feedback that would only come from in depth jurying. Everyone was incredible. The crew working the event were excellent.
This was such a great and exciting experience. IndieCaptiol did a terrific job making film makers and actors feel that their work is greatly appreciated in the DMV area. From interviews, to photographs, to awards and even beautiful nomination certificates, they really thought of everyone. I also made a lot of new worth while connections. If you're in the DMV area, this is something you should apply to without hesitation.


I cannot find any specification how much memory a total (average) Installation uses.
I know this site, but it does not say anything.
I am saying "average Installation"
If you want to find out how much memory Wordpress uses, you should ask this question on their forums. I can only inform you of how much DMS uses.
I find it very unlikely that you have 110Mb, if you're having memory issues. Its likely that your server has something installed that allows your host to state they have given you X amount of memory, but in reality you have much less than that.
How do you know you have 110MB ?
I recommend you either enable the Memory option in DMS Pro Tools plugin or install this plugin and check how much you have.
There should be noway you run out of memory with only Wordpress and DMS installed, if you have 100MB PHP allocated memory.
is there a different meaning behind the result I get ***?
Ive just ran a quick conversion of your numbers, here is what I calculated.
90439681 Bytes = 86 MegaBytes.
So as I mentioned above, you do not have 110MB you have 24MB. So this is a server issue.
My conclusion is that the PagelLinesPRO dös say anything obskure.


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We don't get a lot of enjoyment about trampling sacred cows here at Coactus, honest we don't. But we see so much bad practice out there – more so recently – that we feel compelled to speak out.
Today's sacred cow is document validation, such as is performed by technologies such as DTDs, and more recently XML Schema and RelaxNG.
Tests of validity which are a function of time make the independent evolution of software problematic.
Why? Consider the scenario of two parties on the Web which want to exchange a certain kind of document. Party A has an expensive support contract with BigDocCo that ensures that they're always running the latest-and-greatest document processing software. But party B doesn't, and so typically lags a few months behind. During one of those lags, a new version of the schema is released which relaxes an earlier stanza in the schema which constrained a certain field to the values "1", "2", or "3"; "4" is now a valid value. So, party A, with its new software, happily fires off a document to B as it often does, but this document includes the value "4" in that field. What happens? Of course B rejects it; it's an invalid document, and an alert is raised with the human adminstrator, dramatically increasing the cost of document exchange. All because evolvability wasn't baked in, because a schema was used in its default mode of operation; to restrict rather than permit.
Just because it only makes sense for a field in a document to contain the values "1", "2", or "3" today, does not necessarily mean "4", "0", or "9834" won't be valid tomorrow. Similarly, just because a document doesn't now contain a field named "Blarg", it doesn't mean it won't later. A good rule of thumb in document design is to avoid making assumptions about what won't be there in the future, and a rule of thumb for software is to defer checking extension fields or values until you can't any longer.
On the Web, you need to be able to process messages from the future.
P.S. if you're wondering what time-independent validity looks like, we'll cover that at a later date (check the tags of this post for a hint).
I've elaborated on an earlier blog post about reuse over at InfoQ with an article titled The Lost Art of Separating Concerns. Check it out and let me know if this helps you understand REST's value-add over SOA/WS any better.


The Runic Athenaeum is a large, hidden library in the north-east of Moonshade Highlands sealed off by an Arbiter named Voradrin with the advice of Thontic. Introduced in RIFT with Patch 2.7, The Runic Athenaeum houses many lore books, lore-related quests, soul-based quests and the Storm Legion Tier 3 Bindings of Blood raid encounters. It also brings forth the Hero's Unrest Rift Lures and related zone events.
Below you will find all the information you will need to know about the Runic Athenaeum and related content including how to get there, where the Tier 3 portals are and complete walkthroughs of all the various quest chains.
Firstly, speak to either Remun Smorkov in Sanctum (Guardians) or Rahn Chuluun in Meridian (Defiants) to obtain the starting Starting Quests for the Runic Athenaeum quest-chain.
There's two versions of the first two starter quests – one for Guardians and one for Defiants.
For Guardians, Speak to Remun Smorkov outside Sanctum near the Statues just after Sanctum Bridge. He will provide you with a quest to speak to Borrin Gammult who is located inside the main Sanctum Building.
For Defiants, Speak to Devira Annington inside Meridian in the green court-yard. He will provide you with a quest to speak to Rahn Chuluun who is located inside the Meridian Building at the Catari Command Center in the top-right.
For Guardians, Speak to Borrin Gammult to begin this quest. You are tasked with examining a Dwarven Artifact located right outside the Sanctum bridge.
Upon clicking the Dwarven Artifact you will be ported to Moonshade Highlands at Mistfall Cove. Run forward until you see an NPC called Kovoro Zarlith and speak to him to complete the quest.
For Defiants, Speak to Rahn Chuluun to begin this quest. You are tasked with examining a Dwarven Artifact located outside Meridian.
Speak to Kovoro Zarlith in Moonshade Highlands to begin this quest. The previous quest, "To Delve Is To Know" should teleport you pretty close to him.
– Absorb the power from the first artifact.
– Absorb the power from the second artifact.
– Absorb the power from the third artifact.
– Pass the first obstruction.
– Pass the second obstruction.
– Search for clues 0/5.
– Search for the stranger who inhabits this place.
– Absorb power from the first artifact.
The First Artifact (Pillar of Wind) is along the pathway behind Kovoro Zarlith. There's a swirling contraption with 3 Red AoE Cones that constantly spin around in circles. You need to avoid the Cones and click on the artifact.
If you get hit by a red cone, you will port back to a location just before the swirling contraption.
Strategy: Mount up and go through right after a cone passes you.
Note: The swirling contraption won't stop after you've clicked on the artifact so make sure to properly mount through without getting hit by the contraption or else you will get ported back to the start.
However, even if you do get ported back, you can run around the edge and avoid the AoE completely to pass the first artifact contraption (as per the left white arrow in the image above).
– Absorb power from the second artifact.
The Second Artifact (Pillar of Stone) is located to the left past the bridge (don't go over the bridge yet). Again there's another Swirling Contraption and an artifact in the middle that you have to click.
Strategy: As per the image above, mount up and make sure that the '3/4 pie' section is on your left when you run through. If you try to run through when the 'C' section is on your left you will likely end up hitting the '3/4 pie' section.
You will also need to be quick at clicking on the artifact because the '3/4 pie' section is right on top of the artifact (and so if you wait too long in the middle you are likely to get hit by it and ported out).
You don't need to get past the contraption to the other side since the Third Artifact is across the bridge.
– Absorb power from the third artifact.
The Third Artifact (Pillar of Time) is located in-between the two bridges. Again you have a Contraption and the artifact in the middle that you have to click.
Strategy: This Contraption is a pulsing AoE that covers the entire area. Very simple pattern. It 'pulses' 4 times, then short break, then 4 times, then long break.
You want to mount up, run in and click on the artifact during the long break. So just watch it – find out when the 'long break' is and then count 4 pulses -> short break -> 4 pulses then move in.
Note: You need to be very close to the artifact (practically on top) to interact with it.
The first obstruction is at the entrance to The Buried Path cave after you cross the 2nd bridge. Just run up to the entrance and you'll find a boulder blocking your path. If you are close enough to it, you will receive a reactive called Boulder Punch. Click on it to destroy the boulder and proceed into the cave.
The second obstruction that you find further through The Buried Path cave is a Stone Guardian mob in front of another boulder blocking off the path. At this point you should have become auto-mentored down to Level 15. Kill the mob to destroy the boulder and proceed.
In the next section of the cave, search for clues by interacting with them. There's 5 in total marked on the mini-map as shown above. They are all on the ground floor so you don't need to go into the underwater tunnel.
Once you've collected all clues, speak to the stranger at the end of the long, winding tunnel in the Runic Athenaeum. (don't go to the underwater tunnel). Voradrin will hand you all the soul quests, lore quests, dailies and Hero's Unrest quests from this location.
The Runic Athenaeum is the area where you can access Storm Legion Tier 3 Raids: Bindings of Blood ("BoB") as well as a place that houses a variety of Soul quests and other lore quests in Moonshade Highlands.
There's a Porticulum on the bottom floor – make sure to speak to the Porticulum Master so you can port to Runic Athenaeum easily in the future.
Voradrin in the middle of the area will provide you with a variety of soul quests and other lore-based quests for you to complete.
You can obtain Hero's Unrest Rift Lures from Bvaldi in the corner.
There are portals to the Storm Legion Tier 3 Raids on the Main and Top Floors.
You'll need to click on the Runic Translocators located at the sides of the main floor to access the top floor where BoB: Greenscale and BoB: Akylios portals are. Some of the quests may also require you to go to the Top Floor.
The Main Soul Quests are all obtained from Voradrin at the Runic Athenaeum. The Main Soul Quests are quest-chains for the 4 Patch 2.7 Souls: Arbiter, Physician, Liberator and Oracle that are accessible by all players (i.e. not Calling-specific).
We have split the quest walkthroughs into 4 sections for ease of reading and load considerations. Each section is associated with one of the souls. At the end of each soul's quest chain you will be rewarded with an achievement, a title and the soul's Cape costume, amongst other rewards.
You will need to do the quests in order: Arbiter -> Physician -> Liberator -> Oracle.
These quests will reward you with the achievement "Hand of Judgment", the suffix title: "The Judge" and the Arbiter Cape costume.
End of Arbiter Soul Quests.
These quests will reward you with the achievement "Love Heals All", the suffix title: "The Pain Killer" and the Physician Cape costume.
End of Physician Soul Quests.
These quests will reward you with the achievement "Mind and Body", the suffix title: "The Dynamo" and the Liberator Cape costume.
End of Liberator Soul Quests.
These quests will reward you with the achievement "An End Unforeseen", the suffix title: "The Far-Seer" or "The Far-Seeress" and the Oracle Cape costume. Players have been reporting that you need to be Level 60 to begin the Oracle Soul Quest chain.
End of Oracle Soul Quests.
There's a bunch of daily quests obtained from Voradrin. They involve killing mobs in the cave prior to the Runic Athenaeum, reading up on some of the books in the library and gathering various items around the area.
The dailies are on a random rotation with one available per day.
Fairly simple – just run into the cave and kill Kupalkan Creeper mobs and loot them for Kupalkan Roots, interact with Rotting Stones for Stonerot Ore and interact with Fatemarked Orchids for Fatemarked Orchids.
Note: You need to click on an actual stone piece to interact with Rotting Stone. You'll notice the 'interact' cursor disappears if your mouse isn't directly over a stone.
250,000PA XP + 6,720XP + 31g 50s.
(thanks to Hyolioa for keeping us updated with past changes to the reward provided).
Read the various books on the ground and upper floors as per the above image.
Return to Voradrin to complete the quest.
Rift Store (default key "]")-> Rifts (top area where the Sinister Tide and Invasive Species Lures are found).
These lures can be opened in any zone when you are near a Rift Tear and are used for the "A Rift A Minute Wide" quest which is part of the Arbiter Soul questchain. They can be opened even without the quest as general use rifts.
Each of the "Hero's Unrest" Rifts show 3 Heroes or NPCs of the past. These NPCs relate to the storyline surrounding the Tier 3 Raids, Runic Athenaeum soul and lore quests as well as from related zone events.
Each "Hero's Unrest" Rift has an Avatar of [Plane] at the end. Each NPC makes it clear that something is amiss – they feel they have 'forgotten' some of their memories and none of them recognise the Avatars of the Planes. During the "A Rift A Minute Wide" quest, you will be able to partially find out what is going on.
The Storm Legion Tier 3 Raids, also known as "Bindings of Blood" ("BoB"), are accessed by portals in the Main and Top Floors of the Runic Athenaeum. The Tier 3 Storm Legion Raids consists of 4 raid encounters: Greenscale, Akylios, Laethys and Maelforge.
BoB: Greenscale and BoB: Akylios were introduced on the 16th April 2014. BoB: Laethys and BoB: Maelforge are slated during the Patch 2.7 release cycle (not launch). The raids require at least 600 HIT (DPS/Heals) and 600 TOUGHNESS (Tanks).
Tier 3 Entrance Portals are in the Runic Athenaeum. 3 of them (Greenscale, Akylios and Laethys) are on the Top Floor accessed by clicking on a Runic Translocator on the Main Floor which will teleport you up there. Maelforge's portal is currently on the Main Floor – although he may end up in the bottom-right corner of the Top Floor once he arrives on the Live shards.
Hovering over the portals will show you which encounter you are entering.
Each encounter has a mini-boss and then the boss encounter.
There's 4 achievements to be obtained with title rewards based on the main Soul Story quests. Titles are: The Far-Seeress, The Judge, The Pain Killer and The Dynamo.
Obtained from completing the "A Rift A Minute Wide" quest which is the last of the Arbiter soul quests. You are rewarded with title: "The Judge".
Obtained from completing the "A Rune By Any Other Name" quest which is the last of the Physician soul quests. You are rewarded with title: "The Pain Killer".
Obtained from completing the "Mad Respect" quest which is the last of the Liberator soul quests. You are rewarded with title: "The Dynamo".
Obtained from completing the "An End Unforeseen" quest which is the last of the Oracle soul quests. You are rewarded with title: "The Far-Seeress".
Missed out on anything else with Patch 2.7? Check out our "A Look Back: RIFT Patch 2.7 – Binding of Blood" article!
Thanks so much for this. Didn't think these quests were going to be so good. Honestly haven't enjoyed questing this much since Ember Isle 0_0.
When can you pick up the Liberator quest 'The Warrior's Dilemma?' I finished the first two segments, but Voradrin only offers dailies now. Is there some sort of level or storyline prerequisite in order to start the Liberator quest chain?
Each quest chain increases in level requirement as you go through them. Looking at the mobs surrounding the Liberator quest chain, you probably need to be at least Level 48 or 50 to do it.


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PARKVILLE, MO – May 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In 2004, more than 57,000 business licenses were issued for new restaurants nationwide. Applying for a business license is often the first step that turns a restaurant dreamer into a restaurant owner. "Restaurant Startup & Growth" magazine tracks these statistics since the magazine is written exclusively for this entrepreneurial group.
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"We estimate that three-fourths of the new restaurants that opened in 2004 are independent units, not chains," says Restaurant Startup & Growth Co-Publisher Gary Worden, a successful restaurateur himself. "And, according to research, 58 percent of restaurant dollars spent go to independents and small chains."
Restaurant startups basically reflect the population of each state, according to the magazine's research. California leads the country in both population and restaurant startups, followed by Texas, Florida and New York. The other states in the top 10 for restaurant startups are Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina and New Jersey.
And where are the fewest startups? Vermont, District of Columbia and Wyoming rank in the last three spots when it comes to startups. Even in last place, though, Wyoming issued 78 new restaurant business licenses for 2004.
Poor management and lack of expertise account for more than half of new restaurant failures. That's where Restaurant Startup & Growth comes in. Past articles have covered tax depreciation, garbage management, children as guests, leases, floor plans, food costs, menu design and more. Each issue contains basic information on marketing techniques, human resources and legal issues, and financial management.
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Pelumi Olajengbesi Resigns From Being Sunday Igboho's Legal Team Member
A fresh crisis has rocked the Yoruba Nation agitation group led by Prof Banji Akintoye as Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the Nigerian lawyers of self-determination campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, resigned on Sunday.
Olajengbesi had faulted the threat by Akintoye that no governorship election would hold in Ekiti and Osun States later this year.
The 86-year-old don, in his 2022 New Year message, had said, "Among most Yoruba self-determination advocates worldwide, the determination exists and is growing that there shall be no State Governorship and House of Assembly election in our homeland in 2022. The next election that we Yoruba people will engage in will be the first election in our own new country."
Reacting, however, in an earlier statement, Olajengbesi said Akintoye wasn't speaking for all Yoruba people of South-West Nigeria, noting that voting remained a human right.
Akintoye's Ilana Oodua group subsequently disowned Olajengbesi in a statement, saying he was not speaking for Igboho and accusing the lawyer of trying to please the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Olajengbesi later in a statement on Sunday made available to The PUNCH, announced his resignation from Igboho's legal team.
The lawyer said, "This is to officially announce my resignation as counsel involved further in any matter relating to Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho and the Yoruba Nation Agitators.
"As a firm, we are satisfied with our little best in contributing to providing legal solutions and representations to Chief Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) and associated Yoruba Nation Agitators as far as ensuring the protection and enforcement of their rights in this matter.
"We were able to secure the release of 12 persons brutally and unlawfully arrested by the State Security Service, and also secured the release of an innocent herbalist equally unlawfully arrested and detained by the SSS.
"We have two persons with ongoing terrorism trials at the Federal High Court and our firm will dutifully continue and close the trial having commenced their matter.
"While thanking everyone, particularly Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN for the opportunity, and freehand service, Dr. Olasupo Ojo for his fair leadership and Chief Femi Falana for allowing his industry to be tapped and for the moral support, I most respectfully wish to now step aside.
"I have stated ab initio that the scope of my work will only be within the purview of my professional duty as a lawyer to Sunday Igboho and his aides. I am a strong believer in constitutional democracy, civil liberty and human rights which includes the right to self-determination but I am not a Yoruba nation agitator nor a member of any like organization.
"My reaction to Prof. Akintoye was not to undermine the Yoruba struggle but is based on my personal convictions which I am entitled to. I do hope my friends in the struggle will allow me enjoy the benefit of my right to such a choice as a person of thought and conscience."
For about six months, 49-year-old Igboho has been in detention in neighbouring Benin Republic since his arrest around 8pm on July 19, 2021 at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou. Also, Akintoye has since fled Nigeria after he suspected that the Buhari regime plotted his arrest, saying he was in Benin Republic to secure the release of Igboho.
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Since withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003, North Korea successfully conducted three nuclear tests and officially declared in 2009 that it had developed a nuclear weapon. Beyond Pyongyang's rhetorics and the rumors around its atomic program, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's true nuclear capabilities remain largely unknown.
Does North Korea have the technology and the weapon systems to deliver a nuclear warhead on targets in South Korea or, even further, in America? What would be the actual destructive power of these payloads? What is the current American and South Korean doctrine regarding nuclear deterrence? And perhaps more importantly, is effective deterrence towards North Korea and its nuclear weapons even feasible?
To answer these questions, there is probably no one more qualified than our guest for this episode: Dr. Bruce Bennett, a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation and a Professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He specializes in "asymmetric threats" such as weapons of mass destruction, and Northeast Asian military issues. These include the future military force requirements in South Korea, the Korean military balance, counters to North Korean chemical and biological weapon threats in Korea and Japan, dealing with a North Korean collapse, changes in the Northeast Asia security environment, and deterrence of nuclear threats.
Dr. Bennett has worked with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Forces in Korea and Japan, the U.S. Pacific Command and Central Command, the ROK and Japanese militaries, and the ROK National Assembly. He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the California Institute of Technology and his PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
North Korea wants to be declared a nuclear power because it makes them look like they're a peer of the United States – they've been very clear about that […]. I'd really call North Korea a nuclear experimenter, not a nuclear power. There's no indication that they've got nuclear forces prepared to operate […]. They're probably dangerous. What kind of controls do they have on their nuclear weapons if some rogue general decides to blow one some time? I'd be very worried about that and I'd be worried about it if I was Kim Jong-Eun as well… »
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and thought "Wow, those super-tall windscreens/windshields" look really good!"
Esval's '56 Chevy looks even more extreme. With today's laser scanning techniques and what-have-you, how can they get it so wrong? Must have taken a deliberate effort on their part. Bizarre.


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Superman is Jewish?
With Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a nice yeshiva bocher?!
Let's look at the Jewish history of Superman, He-man and many of te classic superheroes and what that tells us about Jewish fears, hopes and longings.
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, self-proclaimed geek, will share of the history of American superheroes and explore their connection to Jewish folklore and history.
Please click here to register in advance. Zoom link will be provided a few days before the program.
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Rabbi Elyse Wechterman came to the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association as Executive Director in the fall of 2015. During her tenure she created the Office of Rabbinic Career Development to serve the professional needs of rabbis in any field of work. She has also spearheaded a revised communications strategy and a renewed partnership with the movement's rabbinical college and national association. As one of the founding faculty at Camp Havaya, she has served on the summer faculty for many years.
Before coming to the RRA, Rabbi Wechterman served as spiritual leader of Congregation Agudas Achim in Attleboro, Massachusetts from 2001 to June of 2014. Additionally, she has taught at the college and adult level in many settings and worked broadly with children and families with special needs to create inclusive communities for Jews of all abilities and backgrounds. She also previously worked for the national movement as Director of Congregational Services and consulted with congregations throughout the movement on governance, growth, staffing and other congregational issues.
A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Wechterman brings an open and inclusive approach to teaching Jewish life and traditions. She is committed to empowering Jews and fellow travelers on their individual and unique Jewish journeys. In addition to rabbinic ordination, Rabbi Wechterman holds a BA in International Relations and BS in Journalism from Boston University.


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Policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment
Western New York Independent Living, Inc. (WNYIL) is committed to maintaining a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of workplace discrimination. Sexual harassment includes harassment on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and the status of being transgender. All employees are required to work in a manner that prevents sexual harassment in the workplace. This Policy is one component of WNYIL's commitment to a discrimination-free work environment. Conduct prohibited by this Policy is unacceptable at the Agency and in any work-related setting outside the Agency, such as during business trips or business-related social events.
Sexual harassment is offensive, is a violation of our policies, is unlawful, and subjects WNYIL to liability for harm to victims of sexual harassment. Harassers may also be individually subject to liability. Employees and individuals of every level covered by this policy who engage in sexual harassment, including managers and supervisors who engage in sexual harassment or who knowingly allow such behavior to continue, will be penalized for such misconduct up to and including termination.
Sexual harassment is against the law. All employees have a legal right to a workplace free from sexual harassment, and employees can enforce this right by filing a complaint internally with WNYIL, or with a government agency or in court under federal, state or local antidiscrimination laws.
Examples of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and is unlawful under federal, state, and (where applicable) local law. Sexual harassment includes harassment on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, self-identified or perceived sex, gender expression, gender identity and the status of being transgender.
Sexual harassment includes unwelcome conduct which is either of a sexual nature, or which is directed at an individual because of that individual's sex when:
Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, even if the reporting individual is not the intended target of the sexual harassment;
Such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment; or
Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting an individual's employment.
Sexual harassment may include a range of subtle and not so subtle behavior and may involve individuals of the same or different genders. It is not possible to specify all of the comments or conduct that may constitute sexual harassment. Examples of conduct that may constitute unlawful sexual harassment include, but are not limited to:
unwelcome or unwanted sexual flirtation, comments, discussion, questions, advances or propositions;
subtle or overt pressure for sexual favors;
lewd, off-color, sexually-oriented comments, jokes or innuendoes;
preferential treatment or promise of preferential treatment to an employee such as hiring, promotion or continued employment made by someone in authority in exchange for submitting to sexual conduct;
hostile actions taken against an individual because of that individual's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and the status of being transgender, such as interfering with an individual's ability to perform their job, sabotaging their work or bullying, yelling or name calling;
sexually suggestive touching, such as rubbing or massaging someone's neck or shoulders, stroking someone's hair, or brushing against another's body;
leering, whistling, grabbing, groping, kissing, pinching, fondling, assaulting, raping, molesting or coercing sexual acts;
suggestive insulting or obscene comments, gestures or intimations;
display in one's office or work space of sexually suggestive objects or pictures. Similarly, words or actions that insult, degrade or exploit others on the basis of gender may constitute sexual harassment. Behavior that would tend to make the working environment unpleasant, more difficult, inhospitable or hostile to employees of a given gender – whether male or female should be avoided at all times. This prohibition extends to office or work space display of materials including, but not limited to, materials sent (emails, voicemails, etc.), received or installed on a personal computer (games, screen savers or other materials sent by email, cartoons, pictures, objects, posters, etc.) that insult, degrade or exploit others based on gender (or other characteristic protected by law as described herein), whether or not intended to have that effect.
Who Can Be a Target of Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment can occur between any individuals, regardless of their sex or gender. This Policy protects employees, paid or unpaid interns, and non-employees, including independent contractors, and those employed by companies contracting to provide services in the workplace. A perpetrator of sexual harassment can be a superior, a subordinate, a coworker, or anyone in the workplace, including an independent contractor, contract worker, vendor, client, customer, or visitor.
Where Can Sexual Harassment Occur?
Unlawful sexual harassment is not limited to business hours or the physical workplace itself. It can occur anywhere that employees interact including, but not limited to: employees traveling for business, an employer-sponsored event or party. Calls, texts, emails, and social media usage by and between employees can constitute unlawful workplace harassment, even if they occur away from the workplace premises or not during work hours.
Supervisory Responsibilities
All supervisors and managers who receive a complaint or information about suspected sexual harassment, observe what may be sexually harassing behavior, or for any reason suspect that sexual harassment is occurring are required to report such suspected sexual harassment to the Human Resources Department.
Supervisors and managers will be subject to discipline if, after a full and fair investigation, the Agency concludes that they have engaged in sexually harassing conduct, if they fail to report suspected harassment, or otherwise knowingly allow sexual harassment to continue, or if they engage in any retaliation.
A. Procedures for Reporting Harassment or Discrimination
Preventing sexual harassment is everyone's responsibility. WNYIL cannot prevent or remedy sexual harassment unless it knows about it. The Agency encourages, but does not require, individuals who believe they are being harassed or are subjected to discrimination to promptly tell the offender that his or her behavior is unwelcome and ask that it stop. Any harassing conduct, even a single incident, can be addressed under this policy.
Whether or not an individual chooses to confront the offender directly, the individual should promptly notify his or her supervisor or the Human Resource Department. An individual reporting harassment or discrimination should be aware, however, that the Agency may be obligated to take action beyond an informal discussion in order to properly address the situation.
Anyone who witnesses or becomes aware of potential instances of sexual harassment should report such behavior to a supervisor or the Human Resources Department.
The Agency encourages prompt reporting of complaints or concerns so that rapid and appropriate action can be taken. Reports of sexual harassment may be made verbally or in writing. A form for submission of a written complaint is attached to this Policy, and all employees are encouraged to use this complaint form. Employees who are reporting sexual harassment on behalf of other employees should use the complaint form and note that it is on another employee's behalf.
B. Investigation of Complaints
Any reported allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation, whether verbal or in writing, will be investigated promptly and thoroughly. The investigation may include individual interviews with the parties involved and, where necessary, with others who have seen or heard the alleged conduct or have other relevant knowledge. All individuals involved, including the complainant, may be required to cooperate as needed in an investigation of suspected harassment and will not be retaliated against for doing so in good faith. All persons involved, including complainants, witnesses, and alleged perpetrators, will be afforded due process to protect their rights to a fair and impartial investigation.
The complaint and investigation will be handled with sensitivity, and confidentiality will be maintained throughout the investigatory process to the extent practicable and appropriate under the circumstances.
Generally, investigations will be done in accordance with the following steps:
The Human Resource Department will review the allegations and request completion of a written report. If the individual refuses, complete a report based on the oral reporting.
Obtain and preserve any documentation such as emails, phone records, electronic communications, etc.
Interview all parties involved, including relevant witnesses
Create written documentation that includes:
A list of documents and summary
A list of those interviewed and statement summaries
A timeline of events
A summary of prior relevant incidents
The final resolution of the complaint and corrective action(s)
Retain investigation documentation
Notify the complainant and individual(s) who responded of the determination and implement corrective action(s), as appropriate
C. Legal Protections and External Remedies
Both the Agency and federal, state, and local law prohibit sexual and other forms of harassment. Aside from the WNYIL's internal complaint and investigation process, employees may choose to pursue legal remedies with the following governmental entities and may be entitled to remedies including: hiring or reinstatement, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, fees and costs (including attorneys' fees), or other equitable relief. Employers and/or perpetrators may also be liable for civil fines. In addition, if the alleged harassment involves physical touching, coerced physical confinement, or coerced sex acts, employees may also, but are not required to, report such conduct to local law enforcement.
New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR)
The NYSDHR enforces the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), codified at N.Y. Executive Law, art. 15, § 290 et seq., which protects employees and other covered individuals of New York State employers from sexual and other harassment and discrimination. Individuals may file a complaint, with or without legal representation, with:
The NYSDHR within 1 year of the harassment
www.dhr.ny.gov/complaint
As an alternative to the NYSDHR, individuals may file a complaint in New York State Supreme Court within 3 years of the alleged unlawful conduct. Individuals may not file with the NYSDHR if they have already filed in state court, however.
Complaining internally will not extend the time to file a complaint with the NYSDHR or in state court.
The EEOC enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Individuals may file a complaint with the EEOC, with or without legal representation within 300 days of the harassment.
www.eeoc.gov
info@eeoc.gov
1 (800) 669-4000 / 1-(800)669-6820 (TTY)
If an individual files a complaint with the NYSDHR, the NYSDHR will file that complaint with the EEOC to preserve the individual's right to proceed in federal court.
Local Protections
Many localities enforce laws protecting individuals from sexual harassment and discrimination. An individual should contact the county, city or town in which they live to find out if such a law exists.
Contact the Local Police Department
If the harassment involves physical touching, coerced physical confinement or coerced sex acts, the conduct may constitute a crime. Contact the local police department.
D. Anti-Retaliation
Any retaliation, including but not limited to intimidation, coercion, threats, discipline, change of work assignments, refusal to cooperate or discuss work-related matters, intentionally pressuring, or harassment or discrimination resulting from an individual making or encouraging another employee to make an internal or external complaint under this Policy, or testifying or assisting in any investigation of a complaint of harassment or discrimination, is also a serious violation of this Policy and is unlawful under federal, state, and local law. Adverse action need not be job-related or occur in the workplace to constitute unlawful retaliation. Such conduct will itself give rise to appropriate corrective action up to and including termination of employment. Acts of retaliation should be reported immediately to the Executive Director or your supervisor, who will promptly investigate it in accordance with our complaint and investigation policies. Employees are also encouraged to submit a Complaint Form for alleged or suspected retaliation.


An increase in the use of body cameras by police has led to a huge drop in complaints made against officers, research shows.
A study by the University of Cambridge found a 93 per cent decrease in complaints made against officers clearly wearing the cameras, which record what happens during police incidents, compared to the previous year.
Researchers said the result "assumes that BWCs (body-worn cameras) reduce officer non-compliance with procedures, improve suspects' demeanour, or both".
The study, which involved West Yorkshire Police, West Midlands Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, suggests that the "observer effect" of the cameras influences the behaviour of both officers and citizens.
Dr Barak Ariel, leading the research, said that the results suggested wide use of BWCs could reduce violence conflicts with officers and mark a significant cultural change in policing.
But the study comes only a few weeks after it was revealed that there is a "complete lack of consistency" in the use of BWCs by officers armed with Tasers.
A survey by the Press Association of the UK's 45 territorial forces showed that many have not completed a full roll-out of the equipment among staff, and at least one has said it has no current plan to adopt the cameras.
The issue was highlighted following the death of former football star Dalian Atkinson after he was Tasered in Telford, Shropshire, on August 15.
But the College of Policing said there was "no specific guidance" for issuing armed officers in the UK with bodycams, although it did issue advice on usage in 2014.
Both the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have said the use of BWCs is an "operational" decision for each force.
During the Cambridge study, conducted across seven sites, researchers found that the number of complaints lodged against officers dropped from 1,539 (which equates to 1.2 per officer) to 113 in 12 months.
But the report pointed out that these results give no evidence of other areas in policing and that the BWCs do not necessarily have a long-term effect on general police "legitimacy".


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<?php

defined('JPATH_PLATFORM') or die;

/**
 * Oracle database driver
 *
 * @package     Joomla.Platform
 * @subpackage  Database
 * @see         http://php.net/pdo
 * @since       12.1
 */
class JDatabaseDriverOracle extends JDatabaseDriverPdo
{
	/**
	 * The name of the database driver.
	 *
	 * @var    string
	 * @since  12.1
	 */
	public $name = 'oracle';

	/**
	 * The character(s) used to quote SQL statement names such as table names or field names,
	 * etc.  The child classes should define this as necessary.  If a single character string the
	 * same character is used for both sides of the quoted name, else the first character will be
	 * used for the opening quote and the second for the closing quote.
	 *
	 * @var    string
	 * @since  12.1
	 */
	protected $nameQuote = '"';

	/**
	 * Returns the current dateformat
	 *
	 * @var   string
	 * @since 12.1
	 */
	protected $dateformat;

	/**
	 * Returns the current character set
	 *
	 * @var   string
	 * @since 12.1
	 */
	protected $charset;

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param   array  $options  List of options used to configure the connection
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function __construct($options)
	{
		$options['driver'] = 'oci';
		$options['charset']    = (isset($options['charset'])) ? $options['charset']   : 'AL32UTF8';
		$options['dateformat'] = (isset($options['dateformat'])) ? $options['dateformat'] : 'RRRR-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS';

		$this->charset = $options['charset'];
		$this->dateformat = $options['dateformat'];

		// Finalize initialisation
		parent::__construct($options);
	}

	/**
	 * Destructor.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function __destruct()
	{
		$this->freeResult();
		unset($this->connection);
	}

	/**
	 * Connects to the database if needed.
	 *
	 * @return  void  Returns void if the database connected successfully.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function connect()
	{
		if ($this->connection)
		{
			return;
		}

		parent::connect();

		if (isset($this->options['schema']))
		{
			$this->setQuery('ALTER SESSION SET CURRENT_SCHEMA = ' . $this->quoteName($this->options['schema']))->execute();
		}

		$this->setDateFormat($this->dateformat);
	}

	/**
	 * Disconnects the database.
	 *
	 * @return  void
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function disconnect()
	{
		// Close the connection.
		$this->freeResult();
		unset($this->connection);
	}

	/**
	 * Drops a table from the database.
	 *
	 * Note: The IF EXISTS flag is unused in the Oracle driver.
	 *
	 * @param   string   $tableName  The name of the database table to drop.
	 * @param   boolean  $ifExists   Optionally specify that the table must exist before it is dropped.
	 *
	 * @return  JDatabaseDriverOracle  Returns this object to support chaining.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function dropTable($tableName, $ifExists = true)
	{
		$this->connect();

		$query = $this->getQuery(true)
			->setQuery('DROP TABLE :tableName');
		$query->bind(':tableName', $tableName);

		$this->setQuery($query);

		$this->execute();

		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * Method to get the database collation in use by sampling a text field of a table in the database.
	 *
	 * @return  mixed  The collation in use by the database or boolean false if not supported.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function getCollation()
	{
		return $this->charset;
	}

	/**
	 * Get a query to run and verify the database is operational.
	 *
	 * @return  string  The query to check the health of the DB.
	 *
	 * @since   12.2
	 */
	public function getConnectedQuery()
	{
		return 'SELECT 1 FROM dual';
	}

	/**
     * Returns the current date format
     * This method should be useful in the case that
     * somebody actually wants to use a different
     * date format and needs to check what the current
     * one is to see if it needs to be changed.
     *
     * @return string The current date format
     *
     * @since 12.1
     */
	public function getDateFormat()
	{
		return $this->dateformat;
	}

	/**
	 * Shows the table CREATE statement that creates the given tables.
	 *
	 * Note: You must have the correct privileges before this method
	 * will return usable results!
	 *
	 * @param   mixed  $tables  A table name or a list of table names.
	 *
	 * @return  array  A list of the create SQL for the tables.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function getTableCreate($tables)
	{
		$this->connect();

		$result = array();
		$query = $this->getQuery(true)
			->select('dbms_metadata.get_ddl(:type, :tableName)')
			->from('dual')
			->bind(':type', 'TABLE');

		// Sanitize input to an array and iterate over the list.
		settype($tables, 'array');
		foreach ($tables as $table)
		{
			$query->bind(':tableName', $table);
			$this->setQuery($query);
			$statement = (string) $this->loadResult();
			$result[$table] = $statement;
		}

		return $result;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves field information about a given table.
	 *
	 * @param   string   $table     The name of the database table.
	 * @param   boolean  $typeOnly  True to only return field types.
	 *
	 * @return  array  An array of fields for the database table.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function getTableColumns($table, $typeOnly = true)
	{
		$this->connect();

		$columns = array();
		$query = $this->getQuery(true);

		$fieldCasing = $this->getOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE);

		$this->setOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE, PDO::CASE_UPPER);

		$table = strtoupper($table);

		$query->select('*');
		$query->from('ALL_TAB_COLUMNS');
		$query->where('table_name = :tableName');

		$prefixedTable = str_replace('#__', strtoupper($this->tablePrefix), $table);
		$query->bind(':tableName', $prefixedTable);
		$this->setQuery($query);
		$fields = $this->loadObjectList();

		if ($typeOnly)
		{
			foreach ($fields as $field)
			{
				$columns[$field->COLUMN_NAME] = $field->DATA_TYPE;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			foreach ($fields as $field)
			{
				$columns[$field->COLUMN_NAME] = $field;
				$columns[$field->COLUMN_NAME]->Default = null;
			}
		}

		$this->setOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE, $fieldCasing);

		return $columns;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the details list of keys for a table.
	 *
	 * @param   string  $table  The name of the table.
	 *
	 * @return  array  An array of the column specification for the table.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function getTableKeys($table)
	{
		$this->connect();

		$query = $this->getQuery(true);

		$fieldCasing = $this->getOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE);

		$this->setOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE, PDO::CASE_UPPER);

		$table = strtoupper($table);
		$query->select('*')
			->from('ALL_CONSTRAINTS')
			->where('table_name = :tableName')
			->bind(':tableName', $table);

		$this->setQuery($query);
		$keys = $this->loadObjectList();

		$this->setOption(PDO::ATTR_CASE, $fieldCasing);

		return $keys;
	}

	/**
	 * Method to get an array of all tables in the database (schema).
	 *
	 * @param   string   $databaseName         The database (schema) name
	 * @param   boolean  $includeDatabaseName  Whether to include the schema name in the results
	 *
	 * @return  array    An array of all the tables in the database.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function getTableList($databaseName = null, $includeDatabaseName = false)
	{
		$this->connect();

		$query = $this->getQuery(true);

		if ($includeDatabaseName)
		{
			$query->select('owner, table_name');
		}
		else
		{
			$query->select('table_name');
		}

		$query->from('all_tables');
		if ($databaseName)
		{
			$query->where('owner = :database')
				->bind(':database', $databaseName);
		}

		$query->order('table_name');

		$this->setQuery($query);

		if ($includeDatabaseName)
		{
			$tables = $this->loadAssocList();
		}
		else
		{
			$tables = $this->loadColumn();
		}

		return $tables;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the version of the database connector.
	 *
	 * @return  string  The database connector version.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function getVersion()
	{
		$this->connect();

		$this->setQuery("select value from nls_database_parameters where parameter = 'NLS_RDBMS_VERSION'");

		return $this->loadResult();
	}

	/**
	 * Select a database for use.
	 *
	 * @param   string  $database  The name of the database to select for use.
	 *
	 * @return  boolean  True if the database was successfully selected.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function select($database)
	{
		$this->connect();

		return true;
	}

	/**
     * Sets the Oracle Date Format for the session
     * Default date format for Oracle is = DD-MON-RR
     * The default date format for this driver is:
     * 'RRRR-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS' since it is the format
     * that matches the MySQL one used within most Joomla
     * tables.
     *
     * @param   string  $dateFormat  Oracle Date Format String
     *
     * @return boolean
     *
     * @since  12.1
     */
	public function setDateFormat($dateFormat = 'DD-MON-RR')
	{
		$this->connect();

		$this->setQuery("ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = '$dateFormat'");

		if (!$this->execute())
		{
			return false;
		}

		$this->setQuery("ALTER SESSION SET NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = '$dateFormat'");
		if (!$this->execute())
		{
			return false;
		}

		$this->dateformat = $dateFormat;

		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the connection to use UTF-8 character encoding.
	 *
	 * Returns false automatically for the Oracle driver since
	 * you can only set the character set when the connection
	 * is created.
	 *
	 * @return  boolean  True on success.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public function setUTF()
	{
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Locks a table in the database.
	 *
	 * @param   string  $table  The name of the table to unlock.
	 *
	 * @return  JDatabaseDriverOracle  Returns this object to support chaining.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function lockTable($table)
	{
		$this->setQuery('LOCK TABLE ' . $this->quoteName($table) . ' IN EXCLUSIVE MODE')->execute();

		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * Renames a table in the database.
	 *
	 * @param   string  $oldTable  The name of the table to be renamed
	 * @param   string  $newTable  The new name for the table.
	 * @param   string  $backup    Not used by Oracle.
	 * @param   string  $prefix    Not used by Oracle.
	 *
	 * @return  JDatabaseDriverOracle  Returns this object to support chaining.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function renameTable($oldTable, $newTable, $backup = null, $prefix = null)
	{
		$this->setQuery('RENAME ' . $oldTable . ' TO ' . $newTable)->execute();

		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * Unlocks tables in the database.
	 *
	 * @return  JDatabaseDriverOracle  Returns this object to support chaining.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function unlockTables()
	{
		$this->setQuery('COMMIT')->execute();

		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * Test to see if the PDO ODBC connector is available.
	 *
	 * @return  boolean  True on success, false otherwise.
	 *
	 * @since   12.1
	 */
	public static function isSupported()
	{
		return class_exists('PDO') && in_array('oci', PDO::getAvailableDrivers());
	}

	/**
	 * This function replaces a string identifier <var>$prefix</var> with the string held is the
	 * <var>tablePrefix</var> class variable.
	 *
	 * @param   string  $query   The SQL statement to prepare.
	 * @param   string  $prefix  The common table prefix.
	 *
	 * @return  string  The processed SQL statement.
	 *
	 * @since   11.1
	 */
	public function replacePrefix($query, $prefix = '#__')
	{
		$startPos = 0;
		$quoteChar = "'";
		$literal = '';

		$query = trim($query);
		$n = strlen($query);

		while ($startPos < $n)
		{
			$ip = strpos($query, $prefix, $startPos);
			if ($ip === false)
			{
				break;
			}

			$j = strpos($query, "'", $startPos);

			if ($j === false)
			{
				$j = $n;
			}

			$literal .= str_replace($prefix, $this->tablePrefix, substr($query, $startPos, $j - $startPos));
			$startPos = $j;

			$j = $startPos + 1;

			if ($j >= $n)
			{
				break;
			}

			// Quote comes first, find end of quote
			while (true)
			{
				$k = strpos($query, $quoteChar, $j);
				$escaped = false;
				if ($k === false)
				{
					break;
				}
				$l = $k - 1;
				while ($l >= 0 && $query{$l} == '\\')
				{
					$l--;
					$escaped = !$escaped;
				}
				if ($escaped)
				{
					$j = $k + 1;
					continue;
				}
				break;
			}
			if ($k === false)
			{
				// Error in the query - no end quote; ignore it
				break;
			}
			$literal .= substr($query, $startPos, $k - $startPos + 1);
			$startPos = $k + 1;
		}
		if ($startPos < $n)
		{
			$literal .= substr($query, $startPos, $n - $startPos);
		}

		return $literal;
	}

	/**
	 * Method to commit a transaction.
	 *
	 * @param   boolean  $toSavepoint  If true, commit to the last savepoint.
	 *
	 * @return  void
	 *
	 * @since   12.3
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function transactionCommit($toSavepoint = false)
	{
		$this->connect();

		if (!$toSavepoint || $this->transactionDepth <= 1)
		{
			parent::transactionCommit($toSavepoint);
		}
		else
		{
			$this->transactionDepth--;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Method to roll back a transaction.
	 *
	 * @param   boolean  $toSavepoint  If true, rollback to the last savepoint.
	 *
	 * @return  void
	 *
	 * @since   12.3
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function transactionRollback($toSavepoint = false)
	{
		$this->connect();

		if (!$toSavepoint || $this->transactionDepth <= 1)
		{
			parent::transactionRollback($toSavepoint);
		}
		else
		{
			$savepoint = 'SP_' . ($this->transactionDepth - 1);
			$this->setQuery('ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT ' . $this->quoteName($savepoint));

			if ($this->execute())
			{
				$this->transactionDepth--;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Method to initialize a transaction.
	 *
	 * @param   boolean  $asSavepoint  If true and a transaction is already active, a savepoint will be created.
	 *
	 * @return  void
	 *
	 * @since   12.3
	 * @throws  RuntimeException
	 */
	public function transactionStart($asSavepoint = false)
	{
		$this->connect();

		if (!$asSavepoint || !$this->transactionDepth)
		{
			return parent::transactionStart($asSavepoint);
		}

		$savepoint = 'SP_' . $this->transactionDepth;
		$this->setQuery('SAVEPOINT ' . $this->quoteName($savepoint));

		if ($this->execute())
		{
			$this->transactionDepth++;
		}
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) is a network designed and planned to deliver awide range of ecosystem services and to protect biodiversity. Existing GBI designs lacked a systematic method to allocate restoration zones. This study proposes a novel approach for systematically selecting cost-effective areas for restoration on the basis of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecosystem condition to give an optimal spatial design of GBI. Ecologic Institute's Hugh McDonald contributed to this article.
The approach was tested at a regional scale, in a transboundary setting encompassing the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean in Andalusia (Spain) –Morocco (IBRM), across three aquatic ecosystems: freshwater, coastal and marine. We appliedMarxanwith Zones to stakeholder-defined scenarios of GBI in the IBRM. Specifically, we aimed to identify management zones within the GBl that addressed different conservation, restoration and exploitation objectives. Although almost all conservation targets were achieved, our results highlighted that the proportion of conservation features (i.e., biodiversity, ecosystem services) that would be compromised in the GBl, and the proportion of provisioning services that would be lost due to conservation (i.e., incidental representation) are potentially large, indicating that the probability of conflicts between conservation and exploitation goals in the area is high. The implementation of restoration zones improved connectivity across the GBI, and also achieved European and global policy targets. Our approach may help guide future applications of GBI to implement the flexible conservation management that aquatic environments require, considering many areas at different spatial scales, across multiple ecosystems, and in transboundary contexts.
Barbosa, Ana et. al. 2018: Cost-effective restoration and conservation planning in Green and Blue Infrastructure designs. A case study on the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) – Morocco. In: Science of the Total Environment, 652 (2019), 1463–1473.


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Gabbie Hanna shock: TikTok Star uploads 100 videos a day, sister tells worried fans to let her be
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 22: Gabbie Hanna attends The 8th Annual Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 22, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Streamy Awards)
Gabbie Hanna, a TikTok star, prompted police officers to conduct a wellness check after posting bizarre videos on the platform.
Variety and other news outlets confirmed on Wednesday that police officers had visited Hanna's Los Angeles home in response to her followers' concerns following her 100 bizarre TikTok videos in just one day.
The TikTok videos showed her crying, laughing, and screaming while discussing various topics such as death and religion. She also claimed to be the most intelligent person on the planet.
In one of her videos, she wrote:
"Heaven is in earth believe or don't but if u do you'd be real dumb to not tell everyone you know in joy tbh. Jesus is literally here. Or not. You choose I guess."
Her fans were concerned about her, especially since she previously stated that she had bipolar disorder.
In another post, she claimed that someone named "Nicolas" broke into her home.
A news outlet reported that the psychological evaluation team checked on her during the police officers' visit. The LAPD also gave her a wellness card, and the evaluation team determined that she was not a danger to herself or others.
Following the incident, she posted a new video of herself in a hot tub, revealing that she had been cuffed and detained by five officers who "barged" into her home.
Nonetheless, she made another concerning statement, claiming that she is fortunate to be "smart, educated, kind, and brave," which enabled her to defeat the evaluation specialists who wanted to admit her to a hospital.
Cecilia Hanna, Hanna's sister, recently commented on the TikTok star's most recent video after fans repeatedly expressed their concerns.
A fan was able to capture a screenshot of Cecilia's comment, in which she told everyone to mind their own business.
She explained that the family is doing "what can be done from here," and she appeared to express her disappointment by referring to her sister's internet fans as "strangers."
Cecilia concluded her statement by assuring everyone that Hanna understands what she is doing as an adult.
Gabbie Hanna rose to prominence on social media in the 2010s and quickly dominated Vine until its demise in 2016. She then concentrated on her YouTube channel, which she launched in 2014.
Her celebrity prompted her to compete in and win the "Dance Showdown."
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Certain states do not accept pre-recorded with live credit classes as 'live' credits, even though they are approved as live by the AARC. These states require you to attend in person or real-time live broadcast seminars to satisfy your live credits. We offer these real-time live broadcasts in the form of live stream webinars with a chat function so you are able to communicate directly with the instructor and ask questions as needed.


12 sheets of beautiful wrapping paper, folded and perforated into a book. What a no brainer of an idea. So smart that it took Pepin Press 25 years to do it. They started way back in the 20th century with specialist publications and coffee table books and by 2012 had ammassed a library of about 100 zillion images and out came the first Pepin wrap book. Well the rest is history and now you can be part of it, by buying some wrap books and watching your customers marvel at the stupendousness of the bleeding obviousness of this concept. There's 31 titles available now, spanning fashion design from different eras, patterns and tiles from all over Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. Textiles, animal prints, etc etc etc. Available with various truly awesome counter and floor display options.


text:
cd $(dirname "$0");SCRIPT_DIR=`pwd -P`;cd $OLDPWD
. $SCRIPT_DIR/common.sh

RootDir=$1
SOURCE_DIR="${HOME}/.owtf/tools/restricted/cms-explorer"

if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
  wget --user-agent="${user_agent}" --tries=3 http://cms-explorer.googlecode.com/files/cms-explorer-1.0.tar.bz2; bunzip2 *; tar xvf *; rm -f *.tar 2> /dev/null
fi

CMS_EXPLORER_DIR="$RootDir/tools/restricted/cms-explorer/cms-explorer-1.0"
CMS_EXPLORER_UPDATE_SCRIPT="$RootDir/scripts/update_cms_explorer_lists.py"
CMS_DICTIONARIES_DIR="$RootDir/dictionaries/restricted/cms"
mkdir -p ${CMS_DICTIONARIES_DIR}

DICTIONARIES="$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/drupal_plugins.txt
$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/joomla_themes.txt
$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/wp_plugins.txt
$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/drupal_themes.txt
$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/wp_themes.txt
$CMS_EXPLORER_DIR/joomla_plugins.txt"

echo "${info}[*] Going into directory: $CMS_EXPLORER_DIR${reset}"
cd ${CMS_EXPLORER_DIR}

echo "${normal}[*] Updating cms-explorer dictionaries..${reset}"
./cms-explorer.pl -update
python $CMS_EXPLORER_UPDATE_SCRIPT

echo "${info}[*] Merging old and new lists...${reset}"
for list in $(echo ${DICTIONARIES}); do
    cat "$list.new" >> $list 2> /dev/null;
    rm "$list.new" 2> /dev/null;
    cat $list | sort -u > "$list.tmp" # Remove duplicates, just in case;
    mv "$list.tmp" $list;
done

# leaving the directory in order to copy the lists from dict_root
cd ../../

echo "${info}[*] Copying updated dictionaries from $CMS_EXPLORER_DIR to $CMS_DICTIONARIES_DIR${reset}"
for i in $(echo ${DICTIONARIES}); do
	cp ${i} ${CMS_DICTIONARIES_DIR} # echo "[*] Copying $i .."
done

cd ${CMS_DICTIONARIES_DIR}

DIRBUSTER_PREFIX="dir_buster"
for cms in $(echo "drupal joomla wp"); do
	mkdir -p ${cms} # Create CMS specific directory
	rm -f ${cms}/* # Remove previous dictionaries
	mv ${cms}* ${cms} 2> /dev/null # Move relevant dictionaries to directory, getting rid of "cannot move to myself" error, which is ok
	cd ${cms} # Enter directory
	for dict in $(ls); do # Now process each CMS-specific dictionary and convert it
		cat ${dict} | tr '/' "\n" | sort -u > ${DIRBUSTER_PREFIX}.${dict} # Convert to DirBuster format (i.e. get rid of the "/" and duplicate parent directories)
		rm -f ${dict} # Remove since this only works with CMS explorer
	done
	# Create all-in-one CMS-specific dictionaries:
	cat ${DIRBUSTER_PREFIX}* > ${DIRBUSTER_PREFIX}.all.${cms}.txt
	cd ..
done

echo "${normal}[*] Creating all-in-one CMS dictionaries for DirBuster and CMS Explorer${reset}"
for bruteforcer in $(echo "$DIRBUSTER_PREFIX"); do
	ALLINONE_DICT="$bruteforcer.all_in_one.txt"
	rm -f ${ALLINONE_DICT} # Remove previous, potentially outdated all-in-one dict
	for all_dict in $(find . -name *all*.txt | grep ${bruteforcer}); do
		cat ${all_dict} >> ${ALLINONE_DICT}
	done
	cat ${ALLINONE_DICT} | sort -u > ${ALLINONE_DICT}.tmp # Remove duplicates, just in case
	mv ${ALLINONE_DICT}.tmp ${ALLINONE_DICT}
done


text:
Singapore PM's salary stuns White House official
A senior White House official on Tuesday admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W. Bush.
"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."
On Monday, the Singapore government had announced a fresh 25.5 percent pay hike for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, boosting his salary to 2.05 million dollars per year.
Bush gets paid 400,000 dollars per year for doing his job, according to the White House.
Combined with personal investment income, he and his wife Laura reported 618,694 dollars in taxable income in the 2005 fiscal year. They had to pay 187,768 dollars in federal taxes.
But maybe Bush shouldn't feel so bad. The Singaporean's paycheck is eight times fatter than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's.


Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. The sprawling landscape encompasses lush forests and an abundance of wildflowers that bloom year-round. Streams, rivers and waterfalls appear along hiking routes that include a segment of the Appalachian Trail. An observation tower tops Clingmans Dome, the highest peak, offering scenic views of the mist-covered mountains.
Cabin view of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
Foggy view of cabins of a cloudy early morning in the Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee.