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niversal Audio has announced the LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler. The LA-3A is a clone of the classic solid-state opto-compressor first launched in 1969.
"Analog enthusiasts can be confident that the new UA LA-3A is a painstaking and exact replica right down to the original board layout with just 3 modern enhancements that depart from the original design for easy modern studio integration. We added XLR's to compliment the barrier strip, IEC power for modern international compliance and a rear-switch for the popular "Gain Mod" option that was often soldered to the boards of original LA-3A's." said Joe Bryan, Universal Audio, VP of Engineering.
"The LA-3A has seen incarnations under both the Teletronix/Universal Audio and UREI brands and can count many of worlds top engineers amongst its fan base. The new UA clone is based on the most popular UREI/Universal Audio faceplate version," said Mike Barnes, UA's Director Of Marketing. "As with previous UA reissues, our engineers have invested a great deal of research, time and energy in getting the board layout, components and custom transformers exactly right and where they still existed, we returned to the original part vendors. Sonically, we then went through a process of matching and delicately tweaking the signature sound via precision measuring and then real-world studio listening tests until we were satisfied that we were within the unit-to-unit variation of the revered originals."
The LA-3A will have an estimated US street price of $1499 and be available in Q2 2005.


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const findThirdLargest = (BST) => {
    // if the tree is empty, return null
    //   if (BST === 0) return null;
    // create an array to hold values
    let results = [];
    // traverse function
    const _traverse = (node) => {
      // base case to stop recursion when  undefined
      if (node.left) {
        //
        _traverse(node.left);
      }
      // push the value to the results array
      results.push(node.value);
      // do the same thing for the right?!?!
      if (node.right) {
        _traverse(node.right);
      }
    };

    _traverse(BST);
    if (results.length < 3) {
      return "The tree has less than 3 nodes";
    } else {
      return results.sort((a, b) => b - a)[2];
    }
  };

  const { BinarySearchTree } = require("./BST-class");

  const addItems = [3, 1, 4, 6, 9, 2, 5, 7];
  let testBST = new BinarySearchTree();

  addItems.forEach((item) => testBST.insert(item, item));
  console.log(testBST);
  console.log(findThirdLargest(testBST));

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On the other side of the door there is a unforgetful ball. Each person that comes for it brings their uniqueness. They dance in an upside down world.
Circus Techniques: Pascoal Furtado, Gerald Oliveira e Tommaso Mortari.


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using System;
using osu.Game.Database;
using osu.Game.Rulesets;

namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A single beatmap difficulty.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IBeatmapInfo : IHasOnlineID<int>, IEquatable<IBeatmapInfo>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The user-specified name given to this beatmap.
        /// </summary>
        string DifficultyName { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The metadata representing this beatmap. May be shared between multiple beatmaps.
        /// </summary>
        IBeatmapMetadataInfo Metadata { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The difficulty settings for this beatmap.
        /// </summary>
        IBeatmapDifficultyInfo Difficulty { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The beatmap set this beatmap is part of.
        /// </summary>
        IBeatmapSetInfo? BeatmapSet { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The playable length in milliseconds of this beatmap.
        /// </summary>
        double Length { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The most common BPM of this beatmap.
        /// </summary>
        double BPM { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The SHA-256 hash representing this beatmap's contents.
        /// </summary>
        string Hash { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// MD5 is kept for legacy support (matching against replays etc.).
        /// </summary>
        string MD5Hash { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The ruleset this beatmap was made for.
        /// </summary>
        IRulesetInfo Ruleset { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The basic star rating for this beatmap (with no mods applied).
        /// </summary>
        double StarRating { get; }
    }
}


Once I make the decorative part to hold the end of the rod, I'll cut some threads in the end of the rod and screw on a steel ball. The switch pulls out to turn on the machine, making it easy to turn it off in a hurry.
Oh, and the base is going to be 3/4" round acrylic the size of that piece of wood.


The GoPro Hero line of action cameras continues to dominate. This is a great camera to use on your motorcycle for video of your ride. Today we take a deeper dive into motorcycle mounts for GoPro.
I've said it before, it never ceases to amaze me to see what people attach to their bikes and how they do it. The most popular mounts found on motorcycles are made by RAM. They make solid mounts which are designed to withstand the vibrations of a motorcycle. This is important when using a camera as any shake is magnified 10 times with a camera and you will get seasick watching the video so invest in a high quality mount for your expensive GoPro camera. Good motorcycle mounts are available from TechMount and Arkon. This article will discuss what you need to think about before purchasing your motorcycle mount for a GoPro and provide a few recommendations. Always be sure to tether your device for added safety even when using a mount.
First a word or two about the weatherproof case that comes with the GoPro. Use it. Removing the case takes away an important layer of protection against weather, stones and insects. A good way to ruin your camera quickly is to use it without the case. That case has a unique attachment on the bottom that uses a threaded thumbscrew to attach to a mount. Remember how it was attached to a small stand when you purchased the camera? That's exactly how it will attach to the mount.
First, figure out where you wish to put it. I would say that 80% of all motorcycle mounts sold are made for your handlebar. Most handlebars are 1.25″ diameter, but there are some larger, some are smaller, so measure the diameter of your handlebar. The diameter is the distance across, not the distance around (that's the circumference). When it comes to a good handlebar mount, there are two that we recommend. The RAM handlebar mount for GoPro includes a custom attachment that fits the weatherproof case that came with the camera. The mount includes a 3-inch arm with adjustment points at the case and the att he camera attachment. These mounts are made of metal and the manufacturer offers a lifetime warranty. The second mount that we recommend for handlebar use is the Arkon handlebar mount with custom GoPro attachment. This can be adjusted just below the camera attachment. The mount includes rubber strips to prevent marring your handlebars. Unlike the RAM mount, there is only a small extension and this mount is better for motorcycle owners looking for a near flush mount to the handlebar. This mount is made of plastic.
Some motorcycles such as a Honda Goldwing do not have a traditional handlebar. On some cases, maybe you do not want to mount it on a handlebar. In these cases, you will use a clutch mount. These mounts include bolts which will replace the ones that are already in place. Detailed instructions are provided which will show you how to install it and it really is a fairly simple operation. The Techmount GoPro Clutch mount is a very capable option for consideration in this spot.
Lastly, the Techmount Fork Stem GoPro Mount is an easy to install option for this space. The mount comes equipped with six stem shafts with varying diameters to fit virtually all-steering stem holes. Select the right size for your stem and slide it down into the top of the fork steering stem. The stem adapter includes an O-ring, which progressively gets tighter as you slide it slides it into the stem shaft, keeping your device attached securely to your motorcycle. The TechMount kit has a 17mm ball at the end which ironically is the same size used by a Garmin Nuvi GPS cradle. So it's actually two mounts in one. Use it for your Garmin Nuvi when not using your camera. If you would like to add a universal phone cradle to this mount, there are many options. TheTechMount cradle kit with included safety bungee has a 17mm adapter that will fit over the ball on the stem mount. The resulting cradle installation sits roughly an inch off the stem.


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Der Streitwertkatalog für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit ist eine Zusammenstellung unverbindlicher Streitwerte für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit.

Systematik
Die Streitwerte, die Bemessungsgrundlage der Gerichtsgebühren sowie der gesetzlichen Anwaltsgebühren sind, sind nach Verfahrensgegenständen (inhaltlich) geordnet; ihnen ist ein allgemeiner Teil vorangestellt, der nach Verfahrenssituationen geordnet ist. Sie ergänzen die rudimentären gerichtskostengesetzlichen Vorgaben.

Entwicklung
Um der Praxis der häufig nicht einzelfallbezogenen Streitwertbemessung einerseits und den bei gleichgelagerten Streitigkeiten zwischen den Gerichten stark differierenden Streitwertbemessungen in Verfahren der allgemeinen Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit andererseits vorzubeugen, wurde durch Richter des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts und der Oberverwaltungsgerichte bzw. Verwaltungsgerichtshöfe ein Streitwertkatalog entworfen. 1991 wurde der erste Streitwertkatalog veröffentlicht. Anpassungen in den folgenden Jahren führten zur Veröffentlichung von Neufassungen in den Jahren 1996 und 2004. Die aktuelle Fassung berücksichtigt die am 18. Juli 2013 beschlossenen Änderungen.

Literatur
 Horst Bräutigam: Streitwertbemessung im verwaltungsgerichtlichen Verfahren, in: NVwZ 1989, S. 1022 bis 1026.
 Horst Sendler: Zum Entwurf eines Streitwertkataloges für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit, in: NVwZ 1989, S. 1041 und 1042.
 Manfred-Carl Schinkel: Streitwertkatalog für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit, in: NVwZ 1991, S. 1156 bis 1160.
 Streitwertkatalog für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit: Fassung 1996, in: NVwZ 1996, S. 563 bis 567.
 Streitwertkatalog für die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit: Fassung 7/2004, in: NVwZ 2004, S. 1327 bis 1332.

Weblinks
 Streitwertkatalog 2013 auf den Seiten des BVerwG
 Anwaltsblatt: Streitwertkatalog aktualisiert
 Synopse Streitwertkatalog 2004/2013

Gerichtskostenrecht (Deutschland)
Verwaltungsrecht (Deutschland)

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Ready to embark on an epic journey?
Tired of games always taking place on the same planet? Do you want to go out into space and unleash your inner space pirate? Or are you just looking for games where you can explore the galaxy? Then take a look at this list, you are sure to find something that you'll love playing.
Welcome to the place of shady people, liars, thugs and thieves. This is a galaxy you don't trust. Be careful who you make deals with, as trouble lurks around every star system.
Rebel Galaxy is an epic, action-packed, single-player space RPG. You take control of a spacecraft called the "Rasputin", which isn't quite in the best shape as it used to be.
So you travel to this massive universe that has various stations you can dock to where you can buy parts. Go to the bar if you want to meet some shady people. Make deals with them if you think they're good, or do the many missions that are put up on the mission board, such as escorting or defending a valuable object or ship.
Look at the beautiful nebula!
There's also lots of trading you can do if that's your kind of thing.
Depending on your actions, you may end up becoming friendly to space pirates, or the Confederate militia if you're a good guy.
If you decide to go for another new game run, you'll notice that the game world is randomly generated. Be careful when going near planets, the gravity can pull you. Unfortunately you can't explore planets but the game is still really fun with the many different situations you may come into. You never know when a group of space pirates will appear or if an alien will come across trying to negotiate for some illegal jobs.
Watch out for that asteroid!
A long journey awaits, featuring 400 billion star systems. That would take 381 real life years to explore. Good luck.
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Erin Harris
Pharmaceuticals That Injure & Kill Are More Common Than You Might Think
Originally written as a Facebook post for my friends in Dec 2020. Updated Nov 2021, April 2022, Aug 2022.
When I was 24, I was suddenly struck with a novel illness.
This was a mysterious illness that brought me to my knees for a year and has taken me two decades to even begin to understand.
It started out like a virus with flu symptoms. Then it escalated into an agony that doctors could neither diagnose nor effectively treat.
With a desperate kind of hope, early on I sought the care of a slew of MDs — from ER physicians to GPs and specialists.
I was given antibiotics and Flonase at the onset.
Then a series of jolting symptoms manifested. First, on a drive through the mountains, my ear canals suddenly became inflamed, so painfully that they felt like they'd been shredded with a knife. I've had ear and hearing problems ever since, and it's notable that Flonase's extensive list of side effects includes "ear and labyrinth disorders." Then I broke out in hives, another noted side effect of both Flonase and the sulfa antibiotic I was given.
Vioxx & 139,000 heart attacks estimated by the FDA
Directly following the Flonase and the antibiotic, new pains assaulted me daily. I was given Vioxx, and suddenly I felt like a truck was parked on the left side of my chest. I couldn't wear a bra and I could only take shallow breaths. For a year.
Headaches erupted, and there were several kinds. One was what I called the baseball-bat headache, where it felt like someone had taken a baseball bat and beaten me in the back of the head. Another was the bleeding-brain headache, where there was a feeling of blood trickling down the back of my skull as my head pounded.
The pain was so violent that I begged for the mercy of death.
Fortunately — presumably because I was both young and I didn't take many doses — MRIs and CT scans showed that there was no damage to my brain or heart.
Yet it makes sense now when I read that three years after I was in the thick of this, Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market because of concerns "about increased risk of heart attack and stroke associated with long-term, high-dosage use." Given the chest pain and headaches I had in the short term, heart and brain risks with long-term use are not surprising.
The good thing is that I was at no risk of taking Vioxx in "long-term high dosages" because within days of starting it, I knew that it and the other drugs I'd been given were not only useless for relieving my pain — they were adding symptoms to a growing list of horrors.
Out of what felt like nowhere, I struggled with a pounding heartbeat, and an unpleasant tingling sensation creeping through my body. These effects are associated with Zyrtec, which I was given for what was written off as "allergies."
In addition to feeling like I'd been poisoned, I developed digestive problems that prevented food from moving down my esophagus. I have clear memories of trying to enjoy lunch with my grandfather, and feeling hopeless because I couldn't get the food to move beyond the pain in my chest.
Because I couldn't eat properly, I lost too much weight. I became so underweight that one of the helpful healthcare practitioners I eventually found wanted to take me by the arm and walk me into her office the first time we met. She later told me that I looked so frail at that time that she wasn't sure I could walk on my own.
I spent the next few years overcoming all this (!) by seeking out integrative doctors and holistic health professionals. In the last 20 years, I've worked with virtually every healing modality you can think of. I have that difficult year to thank for catalyzing countless positive new ways of being, including my yoga and meditation practice, and two decades of wheat-freeness.
And because drugs like Vioxx, Flonase, sulfonamides, and Zyrtec were connected with the increase of my symptoms, since 2001 I've kidded that my motto is Just Say No to Drugs. I use that slogan from the Reagan years and the War on Drugs ironically.
What I try to stay away from personally are most prescription drugs because I know that much of what's fashioned by pharmaceutical companies is not healthy or safe.
The opioid crisis is a clear example of how pharmaceuticals can be the opposite of healthy and safe. I have a friend whose brother died from OxyContin — and he was one of some 500,000 people whose lives have been compromised or destroyed by that drug.
He was 34 years old.
These facts I'm sharing are no judgment on any drugs you may take or have had your life saved with. I'm talking mostly about my body, with mention of other people's fatalities — with acknowledgement that some drugs save sick people, and that contemporary medicine has certain strengths.
I share all this with you in the hopes that you'll weigh the benefits and risks of the new vaccines very carefully.
As you know, these drugs are new and analyses of their safety and efficacy are dubious and scarce. Because pharmaceutical companies fund corporate-media television and journalism, emerging data and evaluations are not always likely to be unbiased. Because of the grave decline in diligence, truth-seeking, and accuracy in journalism, many reports will be anything but well researched. Rather, they'll be jerrybuilt with wording pulled verbatim and unquestioned from press releases.
And I'm sure you're aware that, in this intensely divisive world we find ourselves in, X is a data-proven fact to people on one side of an issue and Y is a data-proven fact to people on the other side of the issue. Numbers are pliable, and more frequently fraudulent than people realize.
In the case of Vioxx, about five years after it was pulled from the market (when the corporate media was publishing more stories in service of public interest), a New York Times article reported that a researcher revealed that data for 21 studies he had authored regarding the efficacy of Vioxx and other drugs had been fabricated.
While it was in use, there were studies that showed its lack of safety, which many doctors at the time were not fully aware of. When it was pulled five years after its release, an FDA analyst estimated that it may have caused between 88,000 and 139,000 heart attacks. About 30% to 40% were fatal. That same year, The Lancet published an editorial criticizing both Merck and the FDA for continuing to make Vioxx available from 2000 until the recall.
I was given it in 2001. (And when I found early reports at the time indicating a connection between my headaches and chest pain and emerging data about Vioxx's dangers, doctors dismissed me, saying such dangers were rare.)
In 2006, The Wall Street Journal reported that FDA data indicated "that patients in a Vioxx clinical trial had suffered more heart attacks than the original [New England Journal of Medicine] article about the trial reported."
Not every prescription drug has a history as sordid as Vioxx's or OxyContin's. But many do (see why pharmacovigilance developed). And I'm talking about two often-intertwined things: the questionable nature of novel drugs and the safety of people.
Your body and soul know what's right for you
And it's still crucial to do your research. And because I know that you likely do do your research, I urge you to do it deeper. Because your health (and thus your life) depends on it, make time to dig into what a report or statistic truly means. As part of that, really look at where you're getting your information from. Most of what's in the legacy media about the new vaccines is marketing material. The Canadian Covid Care Alliance breaks down clearly and simply why "95% effective" is misleading. The data use relative risk, which the FDA has said can create "undue influence" and "suboptimal decisions."
"Patients are unduly influenced when risk information is presented using a relative risk approach; this can result in suboptimal decisions. Thus, an absolute risk format should be used.
Fischhoff, B., PhD; Brewer, N., PhD; and Downs, J., PhD. Communicating Risks and Benefits, FDA.
Pfizer's absolute risk reduction is 0.84%.
Dr. Dhand advocates critical thinking and the appropriate medical intervention(s) for each individual.
Truth is crucial now
In terms of what's being reported in the media — whether it has to do with covid or something else — ask yourself, "Do I feel fear, anxiety, overwhelm, or hopelessness when I watch or read the news?"
The world has been rife with turbulence and horror for a LONG time, so that's partly to be expected. But the best resources should make you feel enlightened by balanced wisdom and inspired to take safe, positive action in self-directed ways.
And really, to get truth now rather than five years from now, it's wise to spend a good amount of time turning all media off and accessing your own deepest intelligence.
My experience has taught me that when you routinely focus your attention on the ever-streaming torrent of distorted information and rely primarily on outside sources to tell you what's going on, you're not using the power of your mind as well as you are when you rely primarily on your inner wisdom for your highest truth.
I understand that the virus is threatening and that each of you is doing everything you can to protect yourself and others. I know you'll make the best decisions for yourself, and I urge you to respect the decisions that other people make too. A brand-new, novel, and fastest-to-market-ever vaccine with a KNOWN side effect of anaphylaxis is not for everyone, but it is for some.
A serious question for everyone should be, "What might the known side effects be six months, or three years from now?" (Update two years later: here's a population-based study of about three million Italians suggesting that "mRNA vaccines are associated with myocarditis/pericarditis in the population younger than 40 years." This study is one of dozens around the world, if not hundreds, showing similar results. Heart complications are now often written off as "mild" and "rare," but the reality is that even mild heart conditions, which are increasingly not rare, can have long-term consequences, which any critical-thinking person would recognize as alarming.)
"Uncertainty" was a commonly used word in 2020. Its prolific use was tedious, but it was an apt word because a lot was and is uncertain. Uncertainty is the nature of life, and it's been compounded.
I think "Responsibility" is a word for 2021.
2020 crushed our systems because they were broken — and in 2021, it's the responsibility of each of us to cultivate awareness and make decisions that will affect how we revolutionize everything in the completely new world we're slowly creating, whether we recognize the process or not. (The way you choose to educate your kids will affect how we rebuild education! How you choose to handle the virus will affect how we evolve healthcare!)
Our personal decisions might seem small, but they have boundless ripple effects.
With that, we're more responsible than ever for our physical and emotional health, our ongoing development, our thoughts, our attention, our actions… and for making decisions that balance our individual choices with love, progress, open-mindedness, and freedom.
I also want to share with you that I think it's important to be cautious about putting excess faith into the modern religion of Science. Science in its highest form involves humility (not finality) regarding the hypotheses that are tested, and it often involves time when it comes to testing those hypotheses or testing them again with different variables or new information. Equally innovative but somewhat less trustworthy is a scramble to create products that involve testing their long-term safety on millions of people.
Also know that while Merck agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle about 27,000 Vioxx lawsuits, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act prevents vaccine makers from being liable for damages to any and all precious bodies and lives.
As it's phrased, it "provides that no vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death."
Let's hope that in the events that it's necessary, this "Additional Remedy" is honored: "a manufacturer may be held liable where: (1) such manufacturer engaged in the fraudulent or intentional withholding of information; or (2) such manufacturer failed to exercise due care."
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Sordell, on loan at Charlton Athletic, helped his side end a run of three successive defeats by scoring the equalising goal at the Valley against Nottingham Forest.
Meanwhile, 57 miles south, midfielder Andrews scored an 89th minute equaliser for Brighton as they rescued a point at home against Sheffield Wednesday.
This weekend, Sordell and his Charlton team mates will face Blackpool at home whilst Andrews' loan club Brighton tackle Nottingham Forest at the Amex Stadium.


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Q: keep reading input while program runs I'm trying to code a simple pacman/snake game for my upcoming test. Since we won't be using GUI (it's not taught yet, I don't understand it, and I don't know if they allow it), the game will run on console/command line. How can I make my pacman or snake keep moving while the program reads my input?
for example, if I press right arrow or 'D', snake or pacman will head right, and it will keep on running right until I press another button (in my program, it means that X coordinate in my array will keep increasing by 1) I don't know if it's even possible, any help is appreciated
static void mapInit(){ // this is the map. I use 10x10 array. I made it so any blank space that pacman or snake can move have 0 value
        for (int i = 0; i < map.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < map.length; j++) {
                if(i == 0 || i == 9)
                map[i][j] = rand.nextInt(9)+1;
                else if(i != 0 && i != 9){
                 if( j == 9 || j == 0) map[i][j] = rand.nextInt(9)+1;
                }//else if
                } //second for
            } // top for

    } //mapInit
    static void world(){ // this prints out the map and the snake
        for (int i = 0; i < map.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < map.length; j++) {
                if(i == y && j == x) {  // X and Y is the coordinate of my snake or pacman
                    System.out.print("C");
                    System.out.print(" ");
                }
                    else if (map[i][j] == 0) {
                        System.out.print(" ");
                        System.out.print(" ");

                    }
                        else {
                        System.out.print(map[i][j]);
                        System.out.print(" ");
                        }
            }
            System.out.println();
        }

    } // world

A: It seems like a listener is the thing that you might be looking for. You need to make the class that you've decided should handle input implements KeyListener and then override one or more of the following methods to get your desired behavior. On top of this, you need to make sure that your program won't exit on the first run through, so a game loop is needed. There is a more complete example on how to write a KeyListener in the Java docs.
If you want pacman to keep going in a direction, you could set a currentDirection variable that moves him each frame in the direction needed, that's set when you press the key.
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
    displayInfo(e, "KEY TYPED: ");
}

/** Handle the key-pressed event from the text field. */
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
    displayInfo(e, "KEY PRESSED: ");
}

/** Handle the key-released event from the text field. */
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
    displayInfo(e, "KEY RELEASED: ");
}

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I know I posted a sort of teaser for my art resolutions the other day and it's just now that I finally decided to make my list final and public. So without further ado, here are my art resolutions for this year. Hopefully, I'll be able to do them diligently and with much discipline.
Further hone my watercolor skills.
Last year, my best posts were using watercolor as a medium. Although I have some control over this art form, I still wish to improve.
I've been using a lot of loose watercolor papers and late in 2016, I bought a few hardbound journals where I can freely do some sketching. I really want to be able to do this diligently. Flipping through this art journal at the end of the year will help me see my improvement through each page.
I've been trying to do this on my Instagram feed. Currently, I've been posting in threes. Three for each column of the Instagram photo grid. This year, I'll try to keep this up plus think of creative themes for each week so that I can flex my art muscles even further.
Practice extreme resistance when buying new art materials this year.
I think I may have gone shopping girl crazy in 2016 when it came to buying art materials. I started off making really expensive investments in buying the big brands of watercolor. Don't get me wrong, I don't regret my purchases and I certainly don't have any buyer's remorse. However, I want to be able to fully use all these materials first before I go adding more to my already overflowing art hoard. This resolution is going to be the hardest. Let's see if I will be able to keep this up.
Learn two new calligraphy styles.
I made the same resolution last year and I plan to really push through with this, this year. I think I got a bit distracted with getting comfortable with lettering and watercolor last year that I forgot the joy of using my nibs and inks. What's on the learning schedule? I plan to resume my Italic lessons and then start on Uncial sometime soon.
Illustrate and draw more characters.
I was more than ecstatic when an Etsy supplier entrusted me with the new design collections of her product kits and this was when I discovered that I truly enjoy illustrating as well. I plan to explore this art form more and finally be able to make use of the drawing sketchpads that I have stored at home.
For now, these are the resolutions I am willing to commit to this year. How about you, dear readers? What are the art resolutions you're going to do this year?
Hi I'm Cher! I'm an interior designer by profession but when I started on calligraphy as a hobby, I fell in love with the craft. Now I'm also a calligrapher for two years now and I love improving on the skill. Just recently, I've also started my watercolor journey and it's been a blast so far.
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Buttocks are one of the muscle groups that men look at as something special since the figure of a girl is a magnet for a man if the girl has a beautiful face, breasts, legs, buttocks, men to such girls are always indifferent, and they always want to get acquainted with such girls and to flirt.
Beautiful hardened buttocks – it's fashionable almost every fitness star has a beautiful rounded buttock shape. Instagram stars filled with videos as they pump their buttocks with different exercises both on the simulators and with dumbbells, many fitness stars shake the buttocks without extra weight doing exercises with their own weight.
To create beautiful buttocks you always need your own individual training program because each person has a different type of addition, so it is important to take into account the type of figure in the compilation of the program and also do not forget that any training program works better if you still keep to a diet not necessarily a diet is a nutrition plan where you will need to starve many nutritionists make a plan for proper nutrition, taking into account your physiological characteristics of the body so that you feel comfortable and smoothly go to the goal at the same time but lost weight and trained without harm to health!
The gym is the best place for pumping the buttocks as a variety of simulators, free weights will allow you to train the buttocks with various exercises and there is always a coach or assistant at hand, in the hall that will always support you and help you, for example, during squats with the bar, insurance does not hurt , performing exercises with heavy weights always need insurance.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks as they study not only the buttocks, but also the quadriceps and the hamstrings so that squats with the bar are done at the beginning of the workout, and then isolated exercises.
Falls with dumbbells is also a basic exercise there are a very large number of different variations of attacks can be performed on the spot, you can perform in jumps, you can do with the barbell, you can make a cross on the cross, you can do half-amplitude attacks every one makes attacks in his own way.
One of the isolated exercises on the buttocks is the main thing in this exercise is to keep the balance of the body and keep your leg clear and return smoothly to the starting position without swinging the body. There is also a simulator for tapping the leg to the buttock, but it has the disadvantage of a small amplitude of motion.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks to a lesser degree stresses the back muscles in contrast to other basic exercises since the back is completely lying and does not come off the back of the simulator if you have problems with the back, it is better to include as much as possible a press in your program feet.
One of the basic exercises on the legs, as well as the press with two legs is safe for the back, what is the difference between pressing one foot and two legs? When you perform a press with two feet, you do not always feel how naked you squeeze the platform more or less, so pressing one foot allows you to make the load uniform on both legs, and also to feel which leg is weaker and which is stronger.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks with the bar where the maximum stretches the back part of the thigh and buttocks as much as possible unlike other basic exercises, the muscles of the back and hands work as the bar should be held by the hands and tilted back to stretch the back of the thigh! It is important if you have a good stretch and you lack the amplitude of motion, then many make deadlift from a hill, for example, from a steppe.
One of the basic exercises on the muscles of the buttocks is also safer for the muscles of the back, since the simulator Smith has arranged that the bar is fixed and does not go backwards, that is, you do not have to keep balance with the bar so as not to fall.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks, as with the bar the maximum stretched back of the thigh and buttocks, the difference between these two exercises is that in the Smith simulator you do not need to worry about the balance of the body with the free weight of the barbell is such that the torso or barbells in the parties in Smite you will not wind! And also it should be taken into account that if you have a good stretch, then as well as with a bar you can put a hill.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks can be performed both with your own weight and with additional weight in your hands, the main task in the exercise is to keep the balance of the body and not to go left to the right, and also not to tilt your back forward, everything should be exactly then jump out as much as possible upwards and accurately rearrange your legs.
One of the easiest safe isolated exercises on the buttocks, since in the sitting position, the back muscles are not involved, but only the legs on the simulator are to raise legs to the side and return to the starting position. The minus of the simulator is that the amplitude of movement is limited by one more minus that the buttocks during exercise are not greatly stretched, for example, in squats with a bar, respectively, you get more static load on the buttocks.
One of the basic exercises on the legs, like sit-ups with the barbell on the shoulders plus the Smith simulator in squats is that you do not need to keep the balance of the body, but just need to put the legs wider than the shoulders pushing them forward and you can start the exercise !! Plus, the simulator is that if you have a bad back, the Simit simulator removes some of the load from the back due to a fixed neck in the frame and the tilts back forward of the torso here will not create unnecessary strain on the back.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks and also safe for the back since the starting position in the simulator means that you press your back to the simulator fixed rollers on your shoulders placed your legs wider than your shoulders and you can start squatting! The deeper you squat, the better the buttocks will be stretched and pumped.
One of the basic exercises on the buttocks, but there is one, but in this exercise you also need to have a hard shoe sole so that you do not swing from side to side the balance is very important in this exercise! The disadvantage of the exercise is that you need to concentrate on the balance of the body so as not to fall down so that Bulgarian attacks can always be replaced by attacks with a barbell with free weight, as well as attacks in the Smith or bench press with one foot in the simulator are quite suitable for replacing this exercise.
During each workout, do not forget to rest between 2 to 4 minutes for breathing, and drink water! During heavy approaches where you do exercises with the bar, always ask that you hedge or correct the technique of execution, as from the side sometimes it is clear whether you do it right or not!


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Sophie (TLF) recently caught up with Marianne Marchesi, Founder and Principal of Legalite. Legalite was founded in early 2017 to disrupt the traditional way of delivering legal services. Their focus is on providing value based solutions at a fixed fee – allowing you to get back to business.
Tell us about Legalite and your vision for your organisation.
I founded Legalite in 2017 with one key goal in mind – to simplify the provision of legal services. Many people find dealing with lawyers to be intimidating, confusing and often expensive. I want clients to feel that legal assistance is accessible and to feel comfortable dealing with their lawyer from the start of a matter until finish.
Legalite adopts a fixed fee pricing model which provides certainty and transparency for our clients. Unlike most law firms, we do not and never will have hourly rates (which, in my view, reward inefficiency and do not enable clients to have trust in the relationship).
In the first 5 months of trade, Legalite has already experienced rapid growth, which confirms my belief that clients are looking for something 'more' from their lawyers and are becoming less willing to accept the old way of doing things. My focus is on ensuring that Legalite's offering provides a clear alternative to that offered by traditional law firms. Ultimately, with continued growth, I hope to expand the firm into other areas of specialty.
What makes the legal experience different for start-ups and how do you engage with this group of clients?
New entrepreneurs are often (and understandably) quite time and cash poor, so it's important to be able to engage with them in a way that fits seamlessly into their busy lives.
Legalite offers a fixed fee monthly retainer which includes unlimited legal advice and support and a business health check to point startups and other business owners in the right direction. This retainer works well for startups or those who prefer to "DIY" some of the more commercial aspects of their contracts, but also want the comfort of knowing that they're on the right track and are protected from a legal perspective.
With the vast majority of startup owners being Millennials/Gen Y's, there is a widespread expectation that legal advice be available at their fingertips or at the click of a button, so being flexible and adaptable is important. I am often Skyping, video conferencing or texting with my clients and also enjoy interacting with them on social media.
Legalite offers fixed-priced legal services and is a virtual law firm- do you think these methods of doing business will increase across the legal industry and how have they changed your experience as a lawyer?
I have no doubt that the use of these methods will continue to increase as law firms begin to realise that they will need to adapt in order to compete. I am a strong advocate for fixed or value based pricing as an alternative to the traditional hourly rates model. In my view, hourly rates and broad costs estimates are inefficient and foster distrust and resentment from clients towards the legal profession so I would be happy to see these go!
What role do you think NewLaw is playing in driving the conversation and action regarding diversity?
The rapid success of NewLaw is forcing traditional law firms to re-evaluate the way they do things and to start considering alternative models. In my view, traditional law firms will need to adapt and provide a more dynamic, agile and client-friendly offering.
I believe the NewLaw model fosters a high degree of professional satisfaction for lawyers, which in turn benefits the client, as they are dealing with a lawyer who is truly engaged. With this comes an increased drive by lawyers to constantly innovate and improve their service offering.
The NewLaw model also promotes diversity, by offering flexible work practices and a horizontal (non-hierarchical), rather than vertical, business model. These elements are often especially attractive to parents returning to work, or those who simply want a more flexible working life.
How is the use of social media changing law firm and personal branding?
It is widely accepted that a very high proportion of customers (in the range of 70-80%) look at a business' online reviews (on their smart phone) before making a purchase or deciding to engage with that business. Social media is an excellent way for law firms to promote themselves and engage with their clients.
In terms of branding, social media allows law firms to provide others with an insight into the firm's culture and the personalities of its team members in a way that other, more traditional forms of advertising cannot. If you check out Legalite's Instagram for example (@legalite_au), you'll see a very distinct brand through the imagery, captions and our interaction with clients.
What advice would you give to new legal graduates regarding their future legal career?
I would encourage graduates to begin their careers with an open mind. Gone are the days when it was seen by many as essential to commence your career at a top-tier or large law firm. There are undeniable synergies between people of the typical graduate age and the way in which NewLaw firms operate. In particular, having a good understanding of technology and the ability to think laterally and innovatively are becoming increasingly important qualities for a lawyer to possess. These are certainly qualities that are valued within NewLaw firms and more broadly by clients. There are many excellent traditional law firms and securing a graduate position within one is something to be proud of. However, it is important to remember that NewLaw firms represent for graduates a genuine and exciting alternative to traditional law firms.
With this in mind, my advice to legal graduates is not to be afraid of speaking up and suggesting new and improved ways of doing things, even (or especially) if you are working in a traditional law firm.


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Update: Yiannopoulos also banned from censorship event
Photo: piku @Flickr
Written on 7th October 2015 . Posted in News
Written by Mancunion
Following the decision to prohibit Julie Bindel from speaking at an event hosted by the University of Manchester Free Speech and Secular Society, the Students' Union Executive Team have now moved to ban men's rights activist Milo Yiannapoulos, who was originally scheduled to debate alongside her.
Bindel and Yiannapoulos were both booked to speak at a debate entitled "From liberation to censorship: Does modern feminism have a problem with free speech?" to take place on the 15th of October.
In their initial statement the Students' Union Executive Team rejected Bindel on the grounds that her appearance would be "potentially in breach of [the] safe space policy."
Yiannopoulos was, however, initially permitted to attend, albeit under the conditions the event had increased security levels and was ticketed.
In a comment on the Manchester Students' Union Facebook page to this original decision Yiannopoulos wrote, "I'm astonished that I wasn't outright banned as well. I'll have to up my game!"
Women's Officer Jess Lishak posted an extended explanation in a blog post—since removed due to developments in this situation—to her official Facebook page. In this she described Bindel as a "famous transphobe," and Yiannopoulos as a "professional misogynist."
Since this, however, the Union has said that they have been made aware of new information and evidence regarding Yiannopoulos and have amended their original statement after seeking legal advice.
In an update to their original announcement, the Union stated: "Further to our previous decision to ban Julie Bindel from speaking on campus, we are extending this decision to Milo Yiannopoulos.
"We have been made aware of various comments lambasting rape survivors and trans* people, and as such we are concerned for the safety of our students on the topic of this event. He is a rape apologist and has repeatedly used derogatory and debasing ableist language when describing members of the trans* community.
"This undermines the principles of liberation enshrined in the Students' Union, as outlined in the Safe Space policy. We believe these views could incite hatred against both trans* people and women who have experienced sexual violence. As we believe it is probable these views would be aired in this discussion should he be allowed to speak on campus, we have no choice but to ban him.
"As we made clear to the society, this means that this event with the proposed speakers will not be going ahead under the banner of the Students' Union, with our support or using our resources."
Yiannopoulos posted an article to his own blog last year titled "Transgenderism is a psychiatric disorder: Its sufferers need therapy, not surgery".
Responding to the news, Yiannapoulos told The Mancunion: "I'm a provocateur and it's always going to be easy for uptight, censorious types to misrepresent my tweets, jokes and column-writing as 'hateful.'
"And I know how badly I get under the skin of authoritarian finger-waggers, so I'm not surprised to have been banned. But I'm shocked that Julie Bindel is still getting this eleven years after a column she has apologised for many times.
"I make no apologies for questioning bullshit rape statistics and setting out my views on better treatment pathways for transgender patients. That I do so in strong and occasionally waspish language is irrelevant.
"Indeed, the whole point of the debate was to consider whether feminism has a problem with unfettered speech. I think now we know."
The Free Speech and Secular Society posted an official statement to its blog on Thursday, stating: "First, the University of Manchester Student's Union banned Julie Bindel for views she has expressed on trans people in the past. After ourselves and numerous other students pointed out the inconsistency, the SU announce that they are also banning Milo Yiannopoulos.
"We object to this illiberal banning of both Julie Bindel and Milo Yiannopoulos. We do not endorse the views of either of the speakers but merely wish to hear them speak and challenge them on what they say. While both speakers have said things one might disagree with, they do not incite to violence and do not pose a danger to students.
"We reject the ban of Milo Yiannopoulos on the following grounds:
"1) He has notoriously questioned the efficacy of surgical gender reassignment therapy. As much as this view may be considered offensive or dangerous by some, it is in no way "hate speech" or advocacy of violence.
"2) He rejects the epithet of "rape apologist". At no point in his literature he has justified such action.
"3) People who find his views questionable could reasonably avoid hearing them. Under the restrictions imposed by the SU, it would, in fact, be much harder to listen to him than to avoid to listen to him.
Julie Bindel also tweeted, directly to the Union: "I am going to fight you in this. You are the straw that broke the camel's back."
Talks are ongoing between the Executive and the Free Speech and Secular Society about this situation.
The University of Manchester LGBTQ+ Society have fully back the Union's decision. "We understand the importance of free speech and debate within a university. The main concern, however, was the welfare of transgender students, given that both Yiannopoulos and Bindel had written extremely dehumanising statements about transgender people (particularly trans women).
"Upon asking transgender members of our society what their view was, we received overwhelming support for the Students' Union's decision not to use university resources or premises to invite people who had made such statements. We have spoken to the chair of the Free Speech and Secular Society about issues regarding the effects of transphobia on trans students, and we feel that he has been made aware how these views can lead to, for example, higher suicide rates for transgender people.
"According to a survey by Pace, a LGBTQ+ mental health charity, 48 per cent of trans people in the UK under the age of 26 have attempted suicide, a figure exacerbated by high rates of harassment. We feel that the welfare of transgender students is a top priority for the society given these statistics, and hope that we are able to ensure a safe environment."
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Tags: Censorship, Debate, free speech and secular society, julie bindel, LGBT, milo Yiannopoulos, no platform, trans, transphobia


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dd (Unix)
Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Original author(s)
(AT&T Bell Laboratories)
Developer(s)
Various open-source and commercial developers
June 1974; 47 years ago (1974-06)
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/
Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, Windows
coreutils: GPLv3+
dd is a command-line utility for Unix, Unix-like operating systems and beyond, the primary purpose of which is to convert and copy files.[1]
On Unix, device drivers for hardware (such as hard disk drives) and special device files (such as /dev/zero and /dev/random) appear in the file system just like normal files; dd can also read and/or write from/to these files, provided that function is implemented in their respective driver. As a result, dd can be used for tasks such as backing up the boot sector of a hard drive, and obtaining a fixed amount of random data. The dd program can also perform conversions on the data as it is copied, including byte order swapping and conversion to and from the ASCII and EBCDIC text encodings.[2]
2.1 Output messages
3 Block size
4.1 Data transfer
4.2 In-place modification
4.2.1 Master boot record backup and restore
4.3 Disk wipe
4.4 Data recovery
4.5 Benchmarking drive performance
4.6 Generating a file with random data
4.7 Converting a file to upper case
4.8 Progress indicator
5.1 dcfldd
5.2 dc3dd
The name dd is an allusion to the DD statement found in IBM's Job Control Language (JCL),[3][4] in which it is an abbreviation for "Data Definition".[5] The command's syntax resembles a JCL statement more than other Unix commands do, so much that Eric S. Raymond says "the interface design was clearly a prank".[3] The interface is redesigned in Plan 9's dd command to use a command-line option style.[6] dd is sometimes humorously called "Disk Destroyer", due to its drive-erasing capabilities.[7]
Originally intended to convert between ASCII and EBCDIC, dd first appeared in Version 5 Unix.[8] The dd command is specified since the X/Open Portability Guide issue 2 of 1987. This is inherited by IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX), which is part of the Single UNIX Specification.[9]
The version of dd bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp.[10]
The command line syntax of dd differs from many other Unix programs. It uses the syntax option=value for its command-line options rather than the more standard -option value or --option=value formats. By default, dd reads from stdin and writes to stdout, but these can be changed by using the if (input file) and of (output file) options.[9]
Certain features of dd will depend on the computer system capabilities, such as dd's ability to implement an option for direct memory access. Sending a SIGINFO signal (or a USR1 signal on Linux) to a running dd process makes it print I/O statistics to standard error once and then continue copying. dd can read standard input from the keyboard. When end-of-file (EOF) is reached, dd will exit. Signals and EOF are determined by the software. For example, Unix tools ported to Windows vary as to the EOF: Cygwin uses Ctrl+D (the usual Unix EOF) and MKS Toolkit uses Ctrl+Z (the usual Windows EOF).
The non-standardized parts of dd invocation vary among implementations.
Output messages[edit]
On completion, dd prints to the stderr stream about statistics of the data transfer. The format is standardized in POSIX.[9]: STDERR The manual page for GNU dd does not describe this format, but the BSD manuals do.
Each of the "Records in" and "Records out" lines shows the number of complete blocks transferred + the number of partial blocks, e.g. because the physical medium ended before a complete block was read, or a physical error prevented reading the complete block.
Block size[edit]
A block is a unit measuring the number of bytes that are read, written, or converted at one time. Command-line options can specify a different block size for input/reading (ibs) compared to output/writing (obs), though the block size (bs) option will override both ibs and obs. The default value for both input and output block sizes is 512 bytes (the traditional block size of disks, and POSIX-mandated size of "a block"). The count option for copying is measured in blocks, as are both the skip count for reading and seek count for writing. Conversion operations are also affected by the "conversion block size" (cbs).[9]: OPERANDS
The value provided for block size options is interpreted as a decimal (base 10) integer number of bytes. It can also contain suffixes to indicate that the block size is an integer number of larger units than bytes. POSIX only specifies the suffixes b (blocks) for 512 and k (kibibytes) for 1024.[9]: OPERANDS Implementation differ on the additional suffixes they support: (Free) BSD uses lowercase m (mebibytes), g (gibibytes), and so on for tebibytes, exbibytes, pebibytes, zebibytes, and yobibytes,[11] while GNU uses M and G for the same units, with kB, MB, and GB used for their SI unit counterparts (kilobytes).[10] For example, for GNU dd, bs=16M indicates a blocksize of 16 mebibytes (16777216 bytes) and bs=3kB specifies 3000 bytes.
Additionally, some implementations understand the x character as a multiplication operator for both block size and count parameters. For example, bs=2x80x18b is interpreted as 2 × 80 × 18 × 512 = 1474560 bytes, the exact size of a 1440 KiB floppy disk. This is required in POSIX, but GNU does not seem to support it.[9]: OPERANDS As a result, it is more portable to use the POSIX shell arithmetic syntax of bs=$((2*80*18))b.
Block size has an effect on the performance of copying dd commands. Doing many small reads or writes is often slower than doing fewer large ones. Using large blocks requires more RAM and can complicate error recovery. When dd is used with variable-block-size devices such as tape drives or networks, the block size may determine the tape record size or packet size, depending on the network protocol used.
Uses[edit]
The dd command can be used for a variety of purposes. For plain-copying commands it tends to be slower than the domain-specific alternatives, but it excels at its unique ability to "overwrite or truncate a file at any point or seek in a file", a fairly low-level interface to the Unix file API.[12]
The examples below assume the use of GNU dd, mainly in the block size argument. To make them portable, replace e.g. bs=64M with the shell arithmetic expression bs=$((64*1024*1024)) or bs=$((64 << 20)) (written equivalently with a bit shift).
Data transfer[edit]
dd can duplicate data across files, devices, partitions and volumes. The data may be input or output to and from any of these; but there are important differences concerning the output when going to a partition. Also, during the transfer, the data can be modified using the conv options to suit the medium. (For this purpose, however, dd is slower than cat.)[12]
Data transfer forms of dd
blocks=$(isosize -d 2048 /dev/sr0)
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=isoimage.iso bs=2048 count=$blocks status=progress
Creates an ISO disk image from a CD-ROM, DVD or Blu-ray disk.[13]
dd if=system.img of=/dev/sdc bs=64M conv=noerror
Restores a hard disk drive (or an SD card, for example) from a previously created image.
dd if=/dev/sdb2 of=partition.image bs=64M conv=noerror
Create an image of the partition sdb2, using a 64 MiB block size.
dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sdb2 bs=64M conv=noerror
Clones one partition to another.
dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1 bs=64M conv=noerror
Clones a hard disk drive "ad0" to "ad1".
The noerror option means to keep going if there is an error, while the sync option causes output blocks to be padded.
In-place modification[edit]
dd can modify data in place. For example, this overwrites the first 512 bytes of a file with null bytes:
dd if=/dev/zero of=path/to/file bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
The notrunc conversion option means do not truncate the output file — that is, if the output file already exists, just replace the specified bytes and leave the rest of the output file alone. Without this option, dd would create an output file 512 bytes long.
Master boot record backup and restore[edit]
The example above can also be used to back up and restore any region of a device to a file, such as a master boot record.
To duplicate the first two sectors of a floppy disk:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=MBRboot.img bs=512 count=2
Disk wipe[edit]
Main article: Data erasure
For security reasons, it is sometimes necessary to have a disk wipe of a discarded device. This can be achieved by a "data transfer" from the Unix special files.
To write zeros to a disk, use dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=16M.
To write random data to a disk, use dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=16M.
When compared to the data modification example above, notrunc conversion option is not required as it has no effect when the dd's output file is a block device.[14]
The bs=16M option makes dd read and write 16 mebibytes at a time. For modern systems, an even greater block size may be faster. Note that filling the drive with random data may take longer than zeroing the drive, because the random data must be created by the CPU, while creating zeroes is very fast. On modern hard-disk drives, zeroing the drive will render most data it contains permanently irrecoverable.[15] However, with other kinds of drives such as flash memories, much data may still be recoverable by data remanence.
Modern hard disk drives contain a Secure Erase command designed to permanently and securely erase every accessible and inaccessible portion of a drive. It may also work for some solid-state drives (flash drives). As of 2017, it does not work on USB flash drives nor on Secure Digital flash memories.[citation needed] When available, this is both faster than using dd, and more secure.[citation needed] On Linux machines it is accessible via the hdparm command's --security-erase-enhanced option.
The shred program offers multiple overwrites, as well as more secure deletion of individual files.
Data recovery[edit]
Data recovery involves reading from a drive with some parts potentially inaccessible. dd is a good fit with this job with its flexible skipping (seek) and other low-level settings. The vanilla dd, however, is clumsy to use as the user has to read the error messages and manually calculate the regions that can be read. The single block size also limits the granuarity of the recovery, as a trade-off has to be made: either use a small one for more data recovered or use a large one for speed.
A C program called dd_rescue[16] was written in October 1999. It did away with the conversion functionality of dd, and supports two block sizes to deal with the dilemma. If a read using a large size fails, it falls back to the smaller size to gather as much as data possible. It can also run backwards. In 2003, a dd_rhelp script was written to automate the process of using dd_rescue, keeping track of what areas have been read on its own.[17]
In 2004, GNU wrote a separate utility, unrelated to dd, called ddrescue. It has a more sophisticated dynamic block-size algorithm and keeps track of what has been read internally. The authors of both dd_rescue and dd_rhelp consider it superior to their implementation.[18] To help distinguish the newer GNU program from the older script, alternate names are sometimes used for GNU's ddrescue, including addrescue (the name on freecode.com and freshmeat.net), gddrescue (Debian package name), and gnu_ddrescue (openSUSE package name).
Another open-source program called savehd7 uses a sophisticated algorithm, but it also requires the installation of its own programming-language interpreter.
Benchmarking drive performance[edit]
To make drive benchmark test and analyze the sequential (and usually single-threaded) system read and write performance for 1024-byte blocks:
Write performance: dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=1000000 of=1GB_file_to_write
Read performance: dd if=1GB_file_to_read of=/dev/null bs=1024
Generating a file with random data[edit]
To make a file of 100 random bytes using the kernel random driver:
dd if=/dev/urandom of=myrandom bs=100 count=1
Converting a file to upper case[edit]
To convert a file to uppercase:
dd if=filename of=filename1 conv=ucase,notrunc
Progress indicator[edit]
Being a program mainly designed as a filter, dd normally does not provide any progress indication. This can be overcome by sending an USR1 signal to the running GNU dd process, resulting in dd printing the current number of transferred blocks.
The following one-liner results in continuous output of progress every 10 seconds until the transfer is finished, when dd-pid is replaced by the process-id of dd:
while kill -USR1 dd-pid ; do sleep 10 ; done
Newer versions of GNU dd support the status=progress option, which enables periodic printing of transfer statistics to stderr.[19]
Forks[edit]
dcfldd [edit]
dcfldd is a fork of GNU dd that is an enhanced version developed by Nick Harbour, who at the time was working for the United States' Department of Defense Computer Forensics Lab.[20][21][22] Compared to dd, dcfldd allows more than one output file, supports simultaneous multiple checksum calculations, provides a verification mode for file matching, and can display the percentage progress of an operation. The last release was in 2021.[23]
dc3dd[edit]
dc3dd is another enhanced GNU dd from the United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). It can be seen as a continuation of the dcfldd, with a stated aim of updating whenever the GNU upstream is updated. Its last release was in 2018.[24]
Free and open-source software portal
Disk Copy
Disk image
.img (filename extension)
List of Unix commands
ddrescue a GNU version that copies data from corrupted files
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Q: result of function that returns innerHtml is undefined, why

// when pressing this button I should be redirected to url with the value calculated in Func2
<button id="myButton2" onClick=myFunct3()> Click me </button>

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proof that my main function (Geo) works:....however, when you put everything together as in the example above it returns undefined instead of the coordinates, in the url.
this is a functional example that returns the coordinates on the screen in an html element, but I want them returned by a function as attempted above

Note. It would be nicer to have the coordinates returned by the function Geo directly, without storing them into the innerHTML of an element, but this didn't work:
function handle_geolocation_query() {
            navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position) {
                var position = {
                    lat: position.coords.latitude,
                    lng: position.coords.longitude
                };

                var lat = position.lat;
                var long = position.lng;
                return (lat + ';' + long);
            })
        }

Either one of the two methods will do. Either directly calculate it and return it from the function or through an html element grab it and pass it on like this window.location.href = window.location.href + "/search/" + handle_geolocation_query(); in myFunct3

A: function myFunction() {

  var x = document.getElementById("id22");

  function showPosition(position) { //When the user allows Geolocation, you could get the position, otherwise you can't
    x.innerHTML = position  !== undefined ? position.coords.latitude + ";" + position.coords.longitude : "You don't have allow Geo";
  }

  if (navigator.geolocation) {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition);  //At this point, the Geolocation is ever undefined
    x.innerHTML = 'Please allow Geo!';
  }
  else {
    x.innerHTML = "Geolocation is not supported by this browser.";
  }

}

The function navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition doesn't return anything (see also https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation/getCurrentPosition) so per default it returns undefined.
Hopes it helps.


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Ghost hunter found dead with mysterious dark line around his throat
A paranormal investigator who became renowned for exploring ghostly phenomena has been found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Gaurav Tiwari's death is being investigated by police after he was discovered unconscious in his family bathroom last Thursday.
The 32-year-old, who had investigated more than 6,000 haunted locations, was discovered at his home in Delhi, India, after his parents and wife reported hearing a 'loud thud' from inside the room.
He was rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to save him.
Authorities say that it's believed he died from asphyxiation, but a preliminary post-mortem has reportedly stated that a mystery dark line was found around his throat.
Speaking to the Times of India, Mr Gaurav's father Uday said that the family didn't believe in ghosts, but explained how they have been left confused by the mysterious circumstances.
He said: 'Gaurav told his wife a month ago that a negative force was pulling him towards it. He had said he was trying to control it but seemed unable to do so.
'My daughter-in-law ignored it thinking he was just depressed due to work overload and did not tell us about it.'
They added that he had been happy and gave no indication that he was planning to end his life.
Mr Tiwari was the founder of the Indian Paranormal Society, and had been investigating paranormal occurrences since 2009, when he experience strange phenomena as he trained as a commercial pilot.
Thoughts as to how he died?
Investigated more than 6,000 and only now something kills him?
Shortie861
I believe after a while when you are chasing ghosts and sometimes even worse than ghosts such as poltergeists it will eventually catch up with you and something bad happens to you. These people are putting their lives in danger daily chasing these things so it's only a matter of time before we read something like this.
I don't know. But RIP.
Shortie861 said:
I tend to agree with you. It wouldn't surprise me if something evil attached its self to him.
I'd avoid doing that kind of thing then unless the investigating helped people.
Mandy said:
Unfortunately some get addicted I guess and never know when to stop ending up with results like this. I don't mind watching Ghost Hunters but I would never go and do it myself.
Reactions: Mandy
I don't believe in Ghosts.
Lonelylycan
I see spirits,
This guy could of had a ghost attached to him and it always follows him keeping him away from him..
The hunter may of got to close and the spirit/poltergeist strangled him..
Many cases like this have been happening..


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Q: React fetch sending request multiple times I'm trying fetching data in react. I call the fetch function only once but it's sending request multiple times but I don't know why. I looked other questions and tried their answers but none of them worked.
When I delete useEffect and leave the function alone, it sends a request once, but I think this is not the right way.
useEffect(() => {
  fetchFunction();
}, [])

const fetchFunction =() => {
  console.log("ldşsaşdlisaldi")
  axios.get(
    "someAPI",
    {
      headers: {
        "Authorization" : localStorage.getItem("token")
      },
      credentials: 'include',
    }
  )
    .then(res => res.json())
    .then(
      (result) => {
        console.log(result)
        setIsLoaded(true);
        setTableData(result);
      },
      (error) => {
        setIsLoaded(true);
        setError(error);
      }
    )
}

A: Don't attempt to do any sort of "initial mount" check or "state" as this is considered anti-pattern. Don't try to "outsmart" React. The double-mounting is a way for the React.StrictMode component to help you see unexpected side-effects and other issues. You should implement a cleanup function to cancel any in-flight requests when the component unmounts. Use an abortController with the axios GET request.
Example:
useEffect(() => {
  const controller = new AbortController(); // <-- create controller

  fetchFunction({ controller }); // <-- pass controller

  return () => controller.abort(); // <-- return cleanup function
}, []);

const fetchFunction = ({ controller }) => {
  axios.get("someAPI", {
    headers: {
      "Authorization" : localStorage.getItem("token")
    },
    credentials: 'include',
    signal: controller.signal // <-- pass signal to request
  })
    .then(res => res.json())
    .then((result) => {
      console.log(result);
      setTableData(result);
    })
    .catch((error) => {;
      setError(error);
    })
    .finally(() => {
      setIsLoaded(true);
    });
}

For more details and explanation see Fetching Data.


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Revivalists return to Tipitina's
Ben Shooter, Associate Arcade Editor
This weekend, nationally popular New Orleans rock group The Revivalists will be returning to its roots with not one, but two performances at Tipitina's. Friday and Saturday night will be a sort of homecoming for the band, having returned from a tour to promote its most recent album "Men Against Mountains," which was released in July.
For the septet, which heavily incorporates pedal-steel guitar, horns and keyboards alongside the rock staples of guitar, bass and drums, the new 14-song album is a major step forward, but also a return to a more straightforward approach.
"It's sort of more back to basics in some ways, compared to the albums we've done beforehand, where we did a lot more kind of messing around, like studio trickery," saxophonist Rob Ingraham said. "I think there's a lot more space, kind of a lot more depth to it."
The album contains a diverse mix of sounds ― the band transitions fluidly between smooth, poppy funk on tracks like "Wish I Knew You," to epic-sounding guitar solos and horn lines on uptempo jams like, "All In The Family," to slow, moving pedal-steel guitar ballads like, "It Was A Sin." Songs like "Stand Up" evoke equal parts Grateful Dead and Portugal. The Man with their catchy and dance-ready rhythms. What is particularly striking about the album is that, despite having seven people in the band, none of the songs feel oversaturated or overly arranged. Yes, there are plenty of soaring solos, heavy horn riffs, and bombastic choruses, but the band members are able to back off and strip down when it better serves the song.
"In terms of a step in growth and maturity, I think that was kind of a huge thing for us to be able to say, 'you know, we don't all need to be all going at all times'," Ingraham said. "To be able to step back and say, 'maybe the best thing I can do for this recording is nothing'. I think that's something that maybe we wouldn't have been able to do like three or four years ago."
The members of The Revivalists are hardly strangers to the Tipitina's stage ― they initially developed their sound playing gigs like Tipitina's "Homegrown Night" shows, and Tulane's Crawfest. In fact, both Tipitina's and Tulane University played a part in bringing the band together.
"Individually none of us are natives to the city. Three of us are Tulane alumni, three of us through Loyola, and then Dave went to Ohio State and came down a little bit after Katrina," Ingraham said. "We also sort of met through random different things, like I knew Zach from doing music and psychology at Tulane."
The New Orleans music scene has hugely supported The Revivalists since they began.
"It's the best place in the world to try and build a career as a musician," Ingraham said. "Some of the most illustrious musicians in the city are also some of the most accessible and the ones who are the most willing to try to elevate young musicians and try to inspire and encourage."
Of course, all this means that the shows this weekend are especially important for the band, and audiences should expect particularly passionate and unique performances.
"It's going to be a very special show ― it's always special whenever we play in New Orleans," Ingraham said. "We did a few songs in tribute to Prince over Halloween, so we might be bringing back some of that. Also I think maybe we were planning on recording it possibly for some kind of release maybe?"
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, dishes out pancakes at his last Premier's annual Stampede breakfast as premier in Calgary, Alta., Monday, July 11, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Federal government unlikely to declare victory on COVID as travel restrictions loosen
'In Canada, our focus has been, every step of the way, on listening to science, to responding to the facts on the ground'
Sep. 24, 2022 10:45 a.m.
The thundering sound of hoofbeats charging toward the end of the track was met with a chorus of cheers from thousands of revellers in cowboy hats and jeans, dazzled by the colourful lights of the midway in the distance.
The Calgary Stampede attracted 500,000 visitors in 2021 after a year of pandemic isolation and uncertainty, epitomizing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's "best summer ever."
Kenney beamed from behind a podium that spring as he declared that Alberta had "crushed" the spike of COVID-19 infections and heralded the return of backyard barbecues, dream weddings, concerts, parties and, of course, the stampede.
"Today we are truly near the end of this thing. We're leaving the darkest days of the pandemic behind and walking into the warm light of summer," Kenney declared.
Months after what came to be known as Kenney's "mission accomplished" moment, Alberta was pummeled by the Delta wave. The province's intensive care units were devastated.
The moment left a lasting impression on the country's political psyche.
Such a jubilant, if premature, declaration is not likely to be seen again in Canada's COVID-19 response, even as other world leaders appear ready to leave the pandemic behind.
"The pandemic is over," U.S. President Joe Biden said last week, striding down the blue carpet of the Detroit Auto Show in Michigan during an interview with "60 Minutes."
The president said there is still work to be done, but suggested the disaster had passed.
"No one's wearing masks, everyone seems to be in pretty good shape and so I think it's changing."
Canada's cautious political message about the virus has never ceded to such optimism.
"What we have seen consistently is that people are still struggling in hospitals across our country with the impacts of COVID," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday at a press conference at the UN General Assembly in New York.
He encouraged people to get up to date on their vaccine booster doses, assuring the public "we will make sure this pandemic gets behind us as quickly as we possibly can."
Two senior government sources, speaking on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, told The Canadian Press that Trudeau has agreed in principle to let Canada's vaccine mandates expire on Sept. 30.
When the order expires, the ArriveCan app will no longer be mandatory for international travellers, either.
The decision to put an end to some of the last vestiges of federal COVID-19 restrictions is expected to be announced officially on Monday.
Trudeau has yet to speak publicly about the change, but the tenor of that announcement could be telling as to how the federal government plans to navigate this new transitional phase of the pandemic.
The last time the Liberals loosened restrictions in June, removing vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, the tone was decidedly circumspect.
Rather than proclaim the mandates were no longer needed, federal officials said they were merely "suspended," and warned they would "bring back" necessary policies if there's a resurgence of the virus in the fall.
"I think part of the restraint that provincial and territorial governments and the federal government have, as far as walking past COVID, is because we have our memory of how that didn't actually work out well," said Dr. Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association.
Of course, Alberta's cautionary tale isn't the only reason for the federal government's political COVID-19 message.
"In Canada, our focus has been, every step of the way, on listening to science, to responding to the facts on the ground," Trudeau said Thursday, repeating a similar message when questioned by reporters in Ottawa Friday.
The Conservatives, meanwhile, allege the Liberals are more focused on "political science."
"There's a lot of questions that Canadians have, why the government appears to be making decisions not based on medical science, but based on political calculations," Conservative health critic Michael Barrett said last week.
The official Opposition has accused the Liberals of using the pandemic and federal restrictions as a political wedge since the last election, when Trudeau first floated the idea of vaccine mandates.
"There's no question of whether politics plays a role in the decision-making," said Julianne Piper, a research fellow with the international Pandemics and Borders project at Simon Fraser University.
"I think there are different political, geographic, public health factors that play into those decisions."
That alchemy of politics and public health has the potential to set the tone for the rest of the country, she said.
"I think it signals the general feelings around the pandemic and potentially signals what different actors who would be impacted are going to expect," she said.
Lafontaine said it will be important for politicians to keep that in mind during this next phase of the pandemic.
"I think it's really important for politicians to realize that the things they say have an enormous impact," he said.
"We need, more than ever, for people to be clear about the problems that we're facing, to declare crises when there are crises and to talk about plans for after crises when it's time to walk through those problems, into what comes next."
Laura Osman, The Canadian Press
Alberta judge overseeing inquiry into teen's death adjourns to seek more witnesses
Fees in licensed child care in B.C. to drop by up to $550 a month by Dec. 1, says NDP


The Voice RSS Text-to-Speech AngularJS SDK wraps Voice RSS Text-to-Speech API.
The Voice RSS Text-to-Speech AngularJS SDKs will help to make integration with our Text-to-Speech API faster and easer.
To integrate an application with the Voice RSS Text-to-Speech AngularJS SDK it needs to add reference to the file angularjs.voicerss-tts.min.js.


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Apremont ist ein Ort und eine westfranzösische Gemeinde (commune) mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Vendée in der Region Pays de la Loire. Sie gehört zum Kanton Challans im Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon.

Lage und Klima
Der nur ca. 12 km (Luftlinie) vom Atlantik entfernte Ort Apremont liegt in einer Höhe von ca.  am Fluss Vie etwa 70 km (Fahrtstrecke) südlich von Nantes bzw. 31 km in nordwestlicher Richtung von La Roche-sur-Yon entfernt. Der nächstgrößere Ort ist die etwa 17 km nordwestlich gelegene Kleinstadt Challans. Das in hohem Maße vom Atlantik beeinflusste Klima ist gemäßigt; Regen (ca. 750 mm/Jahr) fällt überwiegend im Winterhalbjahr.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Die Mechanisierung der Landwirtschaft führte im 20. Jahrhundert zu einem spürbaren Bevölkerungsrückgang. Das Bevölkerungswachstum zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts ist ganz wesentlich auf die Entwicklung des Tourismus und die damit zusammenhängende Entstehung von Arbeitsplätzen zurückzuführen.

Wirtschaft
Apremont diente lange Zeit den landwirtschaftlich geprägten Dörfern und Einzelgehöften in der Umgebung als Handwerks- und Handelszentrum. Seit den 1970er und 1980er Jahren hat der Tourismus (Camping) größere wirtschaftliche Bedeutung erlangt.

Geschichte
Die Geschichte des Ortes reicht bis in die gallorömische Zeit zurück, da hier eine Furt über den Fluss Vie existierte. Im 15. Jahrhundert gehörte Apremont zur Vizegrafschaft Thouars, die wiederum dem Haus Amboise und dann der Familie Chabot zufiel. Im Jahr 1468 wurde der Vorgängerbau des Schlosses von bretonischen Truppen und/oder Freischärlern belagert, deren Ziel es war, Gefangene aus den Händen Renaud Chabots (ca. 1410–1476), einem treuen Vasallen König Ludwigs XI. freizupressen.

Philippe Chabot, der Enkel Renauds, Admiral von Frankreich und enger Freund und Vertrauter Franz' I., erbte Apremont und ließ in den Jahren 1534–1541 ein Schloss errichten, dass er jedoch kaum bewohnte. Im 16. Jahrhundert kam Apremont an das Haus Amboise.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Das Schloss Apremont gehört zu den ersten Renaissancebauten in der Vendée. Seine Rundtürme mit ihren mehrere Meter dicken Mauern zeigen jedoch ebenso deutliche Anklänge an die mittelalterliche Wehrarchitektur. Ein Ankerfries umlief die Außenwände des Schlosses – eine Erinnerung an den Admiralstitel des Erbauers, der jedoch selber nie zur See fuhr. Der letzte Eigentümer entschied 1733, das Schloss wegen diverser Bauschäden abreißen zu lassen. Die Steine wurden an Bauunternehmer in der Umgebung verkauft – einige davon wurden beim Bau der ehemaligen Pirmil-Brücke von Nantes wiederverwendet. Die wenigen unzerstört gebliebenen Teile des Schlosses sind die beiden Rundtürme, eine Kapelle und eine gewundene Rampe. Die Ruine des Schlosses steht seit 1926 als Monument historique unter Denkmalschutz.

 Auf dem Friedhof unweit der im Jahr 1902 anstelle eines Vorgängerbaus aus dem 15. Jahrhundert neuerbauten Kirche Saint-Martin steht ein sogenanntes Hosianna-Kreuz (croix hosannière); es trägt die Jahreszahl 1545 und ist eines der letzten seiner Art. Es unterscheidet sich von anderen Hosianna-Kreuzen durch eine dem Schaft vorangestellte Figur mit einem von beiden Händen getragenen Lesepult; darüber befindet sich ein Phönix, ein uraltes Symbol Christi. Seit dem Jahr 1926 ist es als Monument historique anerkannt.
Umgebung
 Das Château de l'Audardière (), ein Bau aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, steht seit 1981 in Teilen unter Denkmalschutz und ist als Monument historique anerkannt. Das Schloss befindet sich in Privatbesitz und ist nicht zu besichtigen.
 Auch das Manoir de la Tuderrière, ein schlichter zweigeschossiger Gutshof aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, ist seit 1984 als Monument historique eingetragen. Es befindet sich ebenfalls in Privatbesitz.

Sonstiges
Das Schloss von Apremont ist in einigen Szenen des Jean-Gabin-Films Der Himmel ist schon ausverkauft (1960) () von Gilles Grangier zu sehen.

Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Band 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X, S. 695–701.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Château de l'Audardière – Luftbild + Kurzinfos (französisch)
 Manoir de la Tuderrière – Luftbild + Kurzinfos (französisch)

Ort in Pays de la Loire


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Q: How to automatically map URL to Request Handler in webapp2? I'm trying to find a way to automatically map URL to Request Handler in webapp2.
Here's what I want to get: with the classes below, all request to /users can be handled by Users, and all requests to /lists can be handled by Lists, without hardcode (URLRegex, RequestHandler) tuples in webapp2.WSGIApplication
class Users(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    pass
class Lists(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    pass

It's very easy in webpy using auto_application. In webpy it uses metaclass to automatically register the new class to a global URL dispacher.
Since I'm not very familiar to metaclass, I'm wondering if there's already such method/example code available in webapp2?

A: One way to do this is have all URLs handled by a single dispatcher handler using a wildcard pattern. E.g. "/(.*)" will be handled by the dispatcher. The dispatcher can analyse the url, instantiate the appropriate class and invoke whatever method on it.
However, there maye be some security issues, as the browser will be able to load and invoke arbitrary classes in your namespace.


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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Muslim shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan
Miercuri, 12 Octombrie 2016 19:59 2016-10-12 19:59:55 PUBLIKA.MD Comments
Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a mass shooting that killed at least 18 worshippers at a shrine in the Afghan capital, raising fears of sectarian violence after a string of attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority, reports Reuters.
The claim to Tuesday's attack, released online, came as the community observed Ashura, one of its holiest days, although commemorations have been subdued because of security fears.
On Wednesday afternoon, an explosion outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed at least 14 people and wounded 24 at a similar gathering. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for that assault.
Islamic State had earlier targeted members of Kabul's Shi'ite community in a suicide bombing in July that killed more than 80 people and wounded 130.
The attacker in Kabul, said to be wearing a police uniform, entered the Karte Shakhi mosque on Tuesday night and opened fire on a crowd of Shi'ite Muslims marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh-century death of a grandson of the prophet Mohammad.
In its statement, Islamic State said the attacker detonated a suicide vest after firing all his ammunition, but security forces said they shot the man.
A Reuters video shows the suspected attacker's body intact, with no sign of an explosive vest.
Relatives carried dead and wounded victims away from the blood-stained steps of the mosque, which is known for its bright blue tiles and domes.
The dead included four women and two children, said the United Nations, which condemned the attack as a violation of international law.
It put the tally at 18 civilians killed and 50 wounded, though some witnesses said the toll could be higher.
Mourners buried several of the victims, including a four-year-old girl, on Wednesday.
Ashura is typically marked by processions that include self-flagellation by some worshippers, but government warnings of possible attacks prompted more subdued events this year.
The Taliban, who have been waging a 15-year insurgency against the Western-backed government and often conduct attacks in Kabul, denied involvement in the shooting.
The schism between Sunnis and Shi'ites developed after the Prophet Mohammad died in 632 and his followers could not agree on a successor. Some Sunni Muslim militants see Shi'ites as a threat and legitimate targets for attack.
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