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Founded in 2015 by choreographer and performer, Luke Murphy, Attic Projects operates as a producer, incubator and facilitator of projects in a range of mediums. Working across the platforms of dance, theatre, film and installation Attic Projects encourages imagination, challenges expectation and seeks new ideas to provoke new conversations. With a visceral, physical language at its heart, Attic Projects produces bold, new, contemporary works finding the universal within the deeply personal.
Originally from Cork City, Ireland, Luke Murphy is a performer and choreographer based between New York City and Ireland. Luke has been working with Punchdrunk since 2009 in productions of 'Sleep No More' in Boston, New York and Shanghai and 'The Drowned Man' in London, in addition he danced with Belgian company, Ultima Vez from 2014-2018. Other past engagements include Martha Clarke's 'Angel Reapers' ('10-'11), Kate Weare Company ('11-'13), Pavel Zustiak's Palissimo Company ('11-'13) Erik Hawkins Dance Company ('09-'11) as well as performing in special projects with Jonah Bokaer, John Kelly, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Heidi Latsky, John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Luca Silvestrini's Protein, Sean Curran, Douglas Dunn and Janis Brenner.
His own work has been presented throughout New York, Ireland, Germany, England and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He has been supported through commissions and residencies from Arts Council of Ireland, Cork City Council, CultureIreland, DancIreland (Associate Artist 2018 ), Tribeca Performing Arts Center (AIR 2011-2013), Duo Multicultural Arts Center (AIR 2012-2013), University of Limerick, The Kelly Strayhorn Theatre ,The Dragon's Egg, The Bessie Schoenberg Residency at The Yard, DanceLimerick, Firkin Crane (Dance Artist in Residence 2016 -2017), Foundation For Contemporary Arts, Irish Arts Centre, Pavilion Theatre, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Shawbrook, Tanztendenz Munich, DanceNow Silo Kirkland Farm and The Kaatsbaan International Dance Centre.
Luke has been commissioned by several departments and companies to create original works including the B12 Festival, 10HL in New York, Point Park University, Step Up Project at The University of Limerick, ReVolve Dance Theatre, Maiden Voyage for which his work Fragile Ghosts was chosen to represent Northern Ireland at British Dance Edition 2014.
He is the founder and programming director of the Catch8 Workshop Series and is currently working towards the development of a new residency centre in West Cork.
Luke earned a BFA in Dance and English from Point Park University (2009) and an MA in Choreographer from University of Chichester (2017).


This perennial small apparatus trick focuses on a banner showing a young woman at the seaside. The banner is rolled up and a piece of her costume is removed from the roll. Each time this is done, the banner is unrolled to show the picture of the woman has altered accordingly. When her final garment is removed from the rolled-up banner, the visual punch line is delivered: She is shown up to her neck in the ocean. This trick is the invention of British professional Fred Culpitt, who called it "The Seaside Poster". It was first marketed by the short-lived Blackstone Magic Company (without credit to Culpitt), and later by the Abbott's Magic Company. Culputt's claim to the trick was made in print by Max Holden in The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 2, Apr. 1928, p. 64. Sid Lorraine provides a brief but more detailed history of it in The Tops, Vol. 4 No. 1, Jan. 1939, p. 7.


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Q: iPod nano Bluetooth problems with AirPods My iPod nano 7th generation gets connected to my AirPods 2nd generation. But when I play songs no sound comes out of it? I tried to reset and run diagnostics but it didn't work out for me.

A: AirPods 2nd generation require the device to be on iOS 12.2 or later, therefore they aren't compatible with the iPod Nano. The only iPod they are compatible with is the iPod Touch 6th generation.
AirPods 1st generation should work with the iPod Nano though as they don't have such a system requirement.
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Further down the page the compatible iPod models are:

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Q: Can this Cartesian product of dictionary entries be done using recursion? I am working on a simple way to define in a compact way different classification experiments to be instantiated and evaluated automatically, to obtain the best possible algorithm and parameter combination for a particular problem.
Here is the particular part of the code that makes the Cartesian product that produces all the possible combinations of parameter values:
def unpack_parameters(parameters_list):
    parameters = []
    for parameter_name, parameter_values in parameters_list.items():
        if len(parameters) == 0:
            parameters = [{parameter_name: parameter_value} for parameter_value in parameter_values]
        else:
            parameters = [dict(parameter.items() + {parameter_name: parameter_value}.items())
                          for parameter_value in parameter_values for parameter in parameters]

    return parameters

¿Can I get to the same result by using recursion?
The code above works and produces the desired results. I'm also aware that I could use itertools.product to get the same results. But this is a question for learning if recursion could be used here, more than if it is the right tool for solving the specific problem (although I wouldn't mind comments on this).
In case anyone is interested, here is how this code is used:
experiment_definitions = {
    'sklearn.tree.DecisionTreeClassifier':
        {'criterion': ['entropy', 'gini'],
         'min_samples_split': [2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]}
}
classifiers = {}
for classifier_class, parameters_list in experiment_definitions.items():
    classifiers[classifier_class] = unpack_parameters(parameters_list)

To produce this:
{'sklearn.tree.DecisionTreeClassifier':
[{'min_samples_split': 2, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 4, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 8, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 16, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 32, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 64, 'criterion': 'entropy'}, {'min_samples_split': 2, 'criterion': 'gini'}, {'min_samples_split': 4, 'criterion': 'gini'}, {'min_samples_split': 8, 'criterion': 'gini'}, {'min_samples_split': 16, 'criterion': 'gini'}, {'min_samples_split': 32, 'criterion': 'gini'}, {'min_samples_split': 64, 'criterion': 'gini'}]}

A: So the trick is to be able to write a function cartesian_product() which takes as input a list of numbers and returns a cartesian product of the indices considering that the numbers could be the size of a list.
For example, if we have 2 lists of sizes 2 and 6 (as per your example), then cartesian_product([2, 6]) should generate the output:
[[0, 0], [1, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [0, 2], [1, 2], [0, 3], [1, 3], [0, 4], [1, 4], [0, 5], [1, 5]]
def cartesian_product(sizes, start=0):
    if not sizes:
        return []
    if start == len(sizes) - 1:
        return [[i] for i in range(sizes[-1])]
    sub_answer_lists = cartesian_product(sizes, start+1)
    ans = []
    for sub_ans_list in sub_answer_lists:
        for j in range(sizes[start]):
            list_copy = [j]
            list_copy.extend(sub_ans_list)
            ans.append(list_copy)
    return ans

def unpack_parameters(params_dict):
    param_keys = []
    param_lists = []
    for key, lst in params_dict.items():
        param_keys.append(key)
        param_lists.append(lst)
    param_lists_sizes = [len(lst) for lst in param_lists]
    cartesian_product_indices = cartesian_product(param_lists_sizes)
    param_map_list = []
    for indices in cartesian_product_indices:
        param_map = {}
        for i, index in enumerate(indices):
            param_key = param_keys[i]
            param_map[param_key] = param_lists[i][index]
        param_map_list.append(param_map)
    return param_map_list

experiment_definitions = {
    'sklearn.tree.DecisionTreeClassifier':
        {'criterion': ['entropy', 'gini'],
         'min_samples_split': [2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]}
}
classifiers = {}
for classifier_class, params_dict in experiment_definitions.items():
    classifiers[classifier_class] = unpack_parameters(params_dict)

print(classifiers)

Output:
{'sklearn.tree.DecisionTreeClassifier': [{'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 2}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 2}, {'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 4}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 4}, {'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 8}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 8}, {'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 16}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 16}, {'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 32}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 32}, {'criterion': 'entropy', 'min_samples_split': 64}, {'criterion': 'gini', 'min_samples_split': 64}]}

EDIT:
A generator version using far less memory:
def cartesian_product(sizes, start=0):
    if not sizes:
        yield []
        return
    if start == len(sizes) - 1:
        for i in range(sizes[-1]):
            yield [i]
        return
    for sub_ans_list in cartesian_product(sizes, start+1):
        for j in range(sizes[start]):
            list_copy = [j]
            list_copy.extend(sub_ans_list)
            yield list_copy

A: Yes, something like this:
def product(names, values, current=[])
  pos = len(current)
  if pos >= len(names):
     # a solution
     solutions.append(current.copy())
     return
  for v in values[pos]:
    current.append((names[pos], v)
    product(names, values, current)
    current.pop()


Europeans can't Support Smoking Bans.
A lot of people smoke without thinking that smoking harm their health and the health of their children. For example in Latvia, 37% of population smoke and it is in the third place among European countries regarding the number of smokers, according to a survey.
Greece with 42% of smokers is in the first place, followed by Bulgaria with 39%. In Lithuania, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, 36% of residents smoke.
Three out of ten European Union (EU) citizens aged 15 and over say they smoke, 26% smoke daily and 5% – occasionally. But the home exposure to second-hand smoke is the highest in Cyprus and Lithuania – 29 and 30% respectively. Scientists also found that 73% of EU citizens support smoking bans in offices and other workplaces. Only one tenth of respondents categorically oppose such smoking bans. In Latvia, 76% of residents are in favor of banning smoking in workplaces.
Europeans can't support smoking bans in restaurants, bars and other public places. Non-smokers, former smokers and even smokers think that health warnings on tobacco packs are effective in informing them about the health effects of tobacco but they can't make them quit.
On the other hand, around 30% of non-smokers and former smokers say that the health warnings have no effect on their choice on whether to smoke or not and 22% of smokers believe that these warnings are effective in persuading them to smoke less. According to the results of a recent survey, two to three percent of Europeans have ever purchased tobacco products over the Internet. The Czech Republic with 3.2%, Denmark with 2.5% and Latvia with 2.2% of respondents having bought tobacco products online are on the top of this list.


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Q: Wordpress site not displaying correctly after changing host I have moved a WordPress site to a new host by copying the public_html folder and importing the database. I have updated the name-servers for the domain. The address is www.casavulturului.com. I have changed the wp-config and I generated a new .htaccess and my site now displays an older version of it and so losing part of the work I've done to it. I have flushed the dns and deleted the cache. I don't see where the problem is. Please help.

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Contrary to what many have assumed, I am not excited about Beto running for president. Not as much as I thought I would be, atleast. When Beto lost in November I felt crushed, the only hope I had was him running for president. Since then, however, my mindset has changed. In the Senate race of 2018, Beto was the light. Now, we have so much more. We can afford to be picky, so I am.
Beto, in my opinion, is progressive for Texas. As a country, however, we can do better. We can have someone who isn't afraid to be labeled "progressive," who speaks out on controversial issues, like universal healthcare. It feels as if he's trying to appeal to everyone, but right now everyone isn't doing things in good faith. The way he speaks reeks of "good people on both sides" rhetoric, we need something more powerful if we want real change.
Although the excitement is over for me and I can see him in an honest light, people in all of the other states across the country are getting their first shake at idolization. Although I am cynical, he is still high on my list, I just believe we have an opportunity here to be picky. At the end of the day, I would vote for a Democrat piece of toast if they won the primary. This will surely be a long, long year.


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Home Race Race Reviews Giro d'Italia 2013 – Stage 12: Longarone – Treviso 134km. Cavendish Reaches...
Giro d'Italia 2013 – Stage 12: Longarone – Treviso 134km. Cavendish Reaches 100!
Mark Cavendish, there's little left to say, really.
He's the best roadman sprinter in the world – and his partnership with Steegmans is developing into something special.
It's not as if anyone is going to lean on Big Gert…
The Belgian is quick in his own right and has found the perfect niche as Cav's final 'booster,' developing the power to take Cav clear of the peloton's gravitational pull and launching him to the top of the podium.
Mark Cavendish reached a career tally of 100 wins today. Photo©LaPresse
The other day I was saying that Bouhanni is quick, he is, but Cav is even quicker.
To achieve 100 wins in any avenue of the sport is something that only the best can think of – but to do so in the Pro Tour and at just 27 years-of-age is remarkable.
Conceivably, he has a good five years at this level before his star begins to wane.
I well remember my surprise when I heard he'd won the Scheldeprijs; the man had to be taken seriously.
He'd had wins in Germany and Poland; but the 2007 Scheldeprijs, in Flanders, beating Robbie McEwen – and a certain Mr. Steegmans, well, that was a different level.
I was fortunate enough to witness at first hand two of the three wins he cites as his best – the first was his first Tour stage, I missed that one.
Cavendish squeezes past Haussler to take Milan-San Remo.
But was on hand, with Martin for the second, which was 2009 Milan-Sanremo where he snatched what looked like a sure victory from Heinrich Haussler right on the line.
His closing speed was remarkable – he was at a different level.
And the third was the Worlds in Copenhagen in 2011 – albeit the whole GB team should have a rainbow jersey for that one.
Winning the Worlds with the full backing of a strong team GB, was a long time in the planning.
But even as Cav finally gets into full stride with the laminated floor team, the rumours are circulating.
Mark Renshaw has discovered that there's a big difference between being the 'best lead out man in the world' and one of the best sprinters in the world; especially when there's a Dutch fast man in your Dutch team.
Word is he'll be back with Cav for '14 – but there's also word that the Manxman 'isn't fitting in at QuickStep' and will be offsky.
But that was before his hat trick at the Giro…
Mark gets a brake tweek after a wheel change. Photo©LaPresse
And let's not forget what the Giro is really all about – selling things.
Cavendish loves the Specialized brand. Photo©Tim de Waele
Specialized weren't slow to get their pitch in;
"The Manxman's legendary kick saw him cross the line in first place for his third win of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. No rider has had as much success aboard the Specialized Venge as Mark Cavendish.
"While winning sprints has become expected of the Manxman, garnering 100 career victories is no small feat and one that few racers lay claim to.
"Having won the Green Jersey, a World Championship and numerous Tour stages all aboard the bike it seemed only fitting to celebrate Cav's 100th victory with his very own custom S-Works Venge.
"As arguably one of the sports best ever sprinters, Cavendish embodies the spirit and pure speed the Venge represents," explains Brent Graves, Director of Road Bike Product Development.
"We wanted to create a Specialized edition bike that not only celebrated Cav's 100 wins, but also highlighted the many accomplishments he's already achieved," added Graves.
"With some of Cav's monumental wins gracing the top tube as well as a beautifully executed green theme, this limited edition frame is sure to quickly become a collector's item."
Cavendish's Specialized. Photo©Tim de Waele
That'll be at least ten grand, then ?
Can he make it 101 on Friday ? – it's perfectly feasible.
And we got back into the Gazzetta Groove on Thursday.
Unfortunately, it's Tuesday's – so with Monday as the rest day, there's no racing.
There's no racing but we do get lots of Vincenzo – including wedding photos. And a nice shot of him 'sleeping' on his maglia rosa pillow.
The organisation gives these to the day's leader – instead of one of those rather disconcerting stuffed Alpine rodent things which they've done for the last few years.
I'm writing this on Friday and Radio Two has just reported that Bradley Wiggins is OUT.
Uran's big chance and more uncertainty for Froome – 'cos we know what Brad will have to go after, now ?
Result - Giro d'Italia 2013 - Stage 12: Longarone - Treviso 134km
Stage Result
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:01:47
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
5 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
9 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
12 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp
14 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
15 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
16 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
18 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
19 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
20 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
21 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
22 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
24 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
25 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ
26 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
27 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
28 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
30 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
31 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano
32 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
33 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
34 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
35 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
37 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
38 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard
42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
43 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol
44 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
45 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
46 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
47 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
48 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
50 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
51 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
52 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
53 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
54 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
55 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
56 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
57 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
58 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
59 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
60 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
61 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
62 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
63 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
66 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
67 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
68 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
69 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
70 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
72 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
73 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
74 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
75 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
76 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
78 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
79 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
80 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
81 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
82 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
83 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
84 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia
85 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale
86 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol
87 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
88 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 0:00:54
89 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
90 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01:07
91 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
92 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
93 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp
94 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
95 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
96 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
98 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
99 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
100 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
101 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling
102 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
103 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
104 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
105 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
106 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
107 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida
108 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
109 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
110 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
111 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
112 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
113 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
114 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
115 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
116 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
117 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
118 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:03:17
119 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
120 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
121 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
122 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
123 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
124 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
125 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
126 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
127 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
128 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
129 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
130 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
131 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
132 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
133 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
134 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
135 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
136 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
137 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
138 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
139 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
140 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
142 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
143 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
144 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
145 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
146 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
147 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
148 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
149 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
150 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
151 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
152 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
153 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
154 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
155 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
156 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
157 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
158 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
159 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
160 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
161 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
162 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale
163 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
164 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
165 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
166 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
167 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
168 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
169 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
170 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp
171 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
172 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
173 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
174 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp
175 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
176 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:24
177 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
178 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi
179 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi
180 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
181 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 0:04:27
182 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
183 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
184 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
185 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
186 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
187 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia
188 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
189 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia 0:12:18
190 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:14:21
DNS Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia
General Classification after Stage 12
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 46:28:14
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:41
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:02:04
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:02:12
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:02:13
6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:55
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:03:35
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:05
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:04:17
10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:04:21
11 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:05:06
12 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:05:08
13 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:05:22
14 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:05:26
15 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 0:05:57
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:06:08
17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:06:55
18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:46
19 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08:41
20 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:08:43
21 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:08:55
22 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:10:39
23 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:11:47
24 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:12:02
25 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0:12:52
26 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:15:06
28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:18:12
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ 0:18:16
30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 0:22:20
31 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard 0:23:43
32 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:27:27
33 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:33
34 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:28:30
35 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:31:04
36 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:32:45
37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:32:51
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:32:55
39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:34:07
40 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:37:28
41 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:38:04
42 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:38:07
43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:38:25
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0:38:57
46 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:39:10
47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:41:30
48 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:43:39
49 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:44:06
50 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:44:32
51 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:45:39
52 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:46:51
53 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 0:47:32
54 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:47:41
55 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:47:50
56 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:51:14
57 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:51:32
58 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:51:50
59 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:54:12
60 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:54:14
61 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 0:54:53
62 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:57:41
63 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:57:58
64 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:58:10
65 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:58:12
66 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:58:51
67 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:00:25
68 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:01:04
69 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:01:38
70 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale 1:03:17
71 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:03:42
72 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:03:50
73 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:04:08
74 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:04:13
75 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:04:18
76 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 1:05:23
77 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:05:32
78 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 1:07:42
79 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 1:08:18
80 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:09:55
81 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:10:32
82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:11:49
83 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:12:06
84 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard 1:12:22
85 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:12:57
86 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 1:12:59
87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:14:38
88 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:16:57
89 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:17:07
90 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 1:17:23
91 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:17:24
92 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 1:17:26
93 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:19:44
94 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:20:25
95 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:21:06
96 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:21:25
97 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 1:22:16
98 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 1:22:33
99 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 1:23:00
100 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:24:24
101 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ 1:24:46
102 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 1:24:47
103 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 1:24:50
104 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:25:04
105 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:25:12
106 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:28:06
107 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol 1:29:19
108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:30:25
109 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:31:05
110 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 1:31:56
111 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:31:58
112 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:32:08
113 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:32:27
114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:34:14
115 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 1:34:21
116 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol 1:34:26
117 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:37:27
118 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:37:38
119 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37:51
120 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:38:31
121 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:38:36
122 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:39:03
123 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:39:46
125 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 1:40:10
126 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:40:19
127 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:40:29
128 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:41:03
129 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:41:14
130 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:41:16
131 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1:41:31
132 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:41:39
133 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:41:51
134 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:42:22
135 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:42:34
136 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 1:42:51
137 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:43:19
138 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:44:38
139 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 1:44:58
140 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 1:45:27
141 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:45:48
142 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:46:05
143 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:47:29
144 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 1:48:21
145 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:49:37
146 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 1:49:47
147 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:49:50
148 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 1:50:15
149 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:50:56
150 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:51:19
151 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 1:51:25
152 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:52:14
153 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 1:52:27
154 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:53:38
155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:53:44
156 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 1:54:26
157 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:54:43
158 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1:55:42
159 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:56:38
160 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:56:39
161 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:56:41
162 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:57:46
163 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:58:05
164 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:58:10
165 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:58:16
166 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 1:58:19
167 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 2:01:38
168 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 2:02:59
169 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 2:03:18
170 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:03:56
171 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 2:04:08
172 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:04:41
173 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 2:05:01
174 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 2:05:16
175 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:06:45
176 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano 2:06:50
177 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:10:21
178 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:10:41
179 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 2:11:11
181 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 2:19:00
182 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 2:22:52
183 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 2:23:25
184 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 2:23:54
186 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:25:31
188 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 2:27:30
189 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 2:34:41
190 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2:42:47
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William & Mary Sharp 2018-2019 Reporting Projects
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William & Mary students completed the eighth Sharp Writer-in-Residence Program, working with Pulitzer Center-supported journalist Stephanie Hanes during the 2018-2019 academic year to develop their writing and reporting skills. The program is a joint Campus Consortium initiative with the Pulitzer Center and The College of William & Mary's Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence, supported by William & Mary alumni Anne and Barry Sharp.
For the 2018-2019 seminar, Hanes led students through the process of developing their reporting projects. This year, she worked with Pulitzer Center staff members Ann Peters and Steve Sapienza and Pulitzer Center grantees Lisa Palmer, Rachel Oswald, and Jacopo Ottaviani, to create a series of round-robin seminar workshops to focus on storytelling through visual means, overcoming reporting roadblocks and developing each students' project. In overview sessions, students delved into basic reporting techniques, interviewing skills, journalism ethics and issues in today's media landscape.
The College launched its Campus Consortium partnership in fall 2011 with the first Sharp Writer-in-Residence Program, with support from William & Mary alumni, Anne and Barry Sharp. Following the Sharps' vision, the College and the Pulitzer Center continue to offer a unique experience for students, developing integrated programming segments during the academic year tied together through a three-credit seminar. The idea behind the seminar is for students to develop areas of academic or personal interest into journalistic pieces and communicate to a broader audience - in short writing for their fellow citizens.
Each student undertook a reporting project of his or her own topic choice and worked with the journalists to craft the final written product. Many students rounded out their reporting with separate travel grants provided through the College. Several students added a photographic component to their reporting, bringing to life those affected by the change in society, policy, or environment. Others investigated academic and government reports, searching for the root of the issues on which they reported.
These final products are the culmination of the students' independent reporting and the mentoring support during the 2018-2019 Sharp seminar.
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Mary Pope Osborne (born May 20, 1949) is an American author of children's books. She is best known for the award-winning and bestselling Magic Tree House series, which has been translated into 35 languages and has sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. She is an advocate and supporter of children's literacy, and the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including novels, retellings of mythology and folklore, picture books, biographies, and mysteries. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with her husband, Will Osborne, and her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce.
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York St John University is hosting a one day conference exploring representations of the city and urban spaces in literature and media, organised by Dr Kaley Kramer and Dr Anne-Marie Evans. Drawing on the recognition of York as a UNESCO City of Media Arts and a member of the Creative Cities Network, this one day conference will provide a space for ongoing discussions about the representation of cities in literature and narrative arts, media, theory, and practice.
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I thought I would make some recommendations for board games for family gatherings over the holidays.
Note: You can read some of my general board game mini-reviews in this thread: http://www.donationc...ndex.php?topic=23854.
These recommendations will specifically be games that I think are well suited for families with kids and adults of mixed ages.
A really wonderful game that can be played in teams with any number of players (best with 4-6), where a team leader tries to get their team to guess cards based on ambiguous clues.
This is a crowd favorite which is easy to learn and can be enjoyed by people of varying skill levels, and it appeals to women as well as men. Great fun.
Note: While super easy to learn, this is a *thinky* game, and young kids may not appreciate it.
These are two games that are similar -- they involve one player trying to give clues to the other players to guess a concept or phrase or thing. They differ in how the player gives clues, but in both cases the player is forced to be creative in order to convey the meaning. It has a similar vibe as codenames, and like codenames, it may not be suitable for young children who don't like to stress their brains.
Next up is Kaleidos, which is a game for all ages. Players each look at a picture showing a scene with hundreds of objects. A random letter is chosen and players hunt for examples of objects in the picture that begin with that letter.
It's frantic fun for all ages, and it's fun to debate with each other about whether an object is a valid example for the given letter.
Telestrations is more of an activity than a game. Players pass around drawing pads and have to alternatively draw and then guess what other people are drawing.
It's frequently hillarious, and the worse people are at drawing the funner it is.
I'm hard pressed to think of a funner game for a family with wide ranging ages and interests.
Just get some pieces of paper, enough so that each person has as many as there are people playing (so if 26 people are playing, each player needs 26 sheets of paper). Then you just start by writing a word or sentence, then pass the paper to the left. Everyone plays simultaneously. When you get a drawing, you try to write the sentence that the drawing was of (on a blank paper) then you pass it to the left. When you get a sentence, you try to illustrate it with a drawing (on a blank paper) then you pass it to the left.
When everyone is out of blank paper, they pass their entire stack to the right. The person to the right takes the paper from the bottom of the pile (assuming oldest drawings/sentences are on bottom) and passes the remaining stack to the right. This process is repeated until all the stacks are gone. Now everybody should have all the papers for their original sentence, in order (or reverse order, depending on which way the stack was facing). Then you go around one at a time, reading the original sentence, then showing the drawing, then reading the sentence of the drawing, then showing the drawing of the sentence of the drawing, etc. until everybody has had a chance to be the center of attention and laugh at all the silly drawings and twists of the original sentence/word.
If you use pads of paper, it simplifies the process of getting the story back in order, since you can just flip back toward the front of the pad. But other than that there's not much difference and no need to limit the number of players or the possible "secret words" since you're limited only by the number of people who want to play and their imagination. Even people who use the same starting word/sentence could result in very different stories by the end of it.
We've played this a fair bit, it's especially popular with my 11 year old niece.
Ack! ~2.5 year old typo!
Thanks for reminding me of this game ("Telestrations"). Maybe I'll try to get a group to play it in the coming days.
Several boardgames have sites like that, and they're cool... and addictive.
The first three have several games... the last one is only Roads and Boats.
Maybe we can get together a group that likes to play at a leisurely pace to play some of these.
If such a group would happen here, count me in.


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Blu-ray: Highly Recommended
List Price 17.99
Release Date: October 16th, 2012
Mad Men: Season Five
Review Date October 19th, 2012 by Kevin Yeoman
Overview - What you are, what you want, what you love doesn't matter. It's all about how you sell it. Mad Men delves into the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of ruthlessly competitive men and women working in a 1960s advertising agency. Set on and around Madison Avenue - home of New York's ad agencies at the time, and the "Mad" of the title - the series was created by Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner and has gained rave reviews in the US. The series revolves around the complicated world of Don Draper, the biggest ad man (and ladies' man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels.
Check out our reviews for seasons one, two, three, and four.
Technical Specs: 3-Disc Set
English Descriptive Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles/Captions: Spanish
Special Features: Twenty-six cast and crew commentaries
5 behind-the-scenes featurettes
Newsweek Magazine digital gallery
Mad Men Easter Eggs
Movie Studio: Lionsgate
One of the many reasons that 'Mad Men' is such a superlative bit of television is the way the series remains unafraid of change, even while looking directly into the frightening permanence of it all. After spending 2011 without a single new episode, due to a dispute between AMC and the series' creator, Matthew Weiner, season 5 returns with Don Draper by introducing us to 1966 and all the changes that year will intrinsically bring to the series.
And it's clear from the start; things inside and out of the offices of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce are in the midst of a titanic shift. The world is changing; there is civil unrest and a growing cultural rejection of the very materialism that not only drives SCDP, but Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as well. New York is in decay; a toxic fog hangs over the city on Thanksgiving Day, but more than that there is an undetectable poison in the air creeping into the lives and homes of all the various faces that comprise 'Mad Men.' It is a season of sinister portent, but one that the audience remains only peripherally aware of until the 'The Phantom' tells them exactly what all the implications have been about.
The season kicks off with the fantastic two-part premiere, 'A Little Kiss,' where Don's new wife, Megan (Jessica Paré) Zou Bisou Bisou's her way into the hearts of the audience and inadvertently grants the denizens of SCDP access into the Draper home – and by extension, their lives. It is an invasion. What starts as an innocuous surprise party is actually the beginning of the toxic smog and poison that permeates the season, and, as a result creates this obsession with the ominous that will soon become tragically real.
The series always wants to move forward, so after the shock of Don's proposal to Megan at the end of season 4, 'Mad Men' returned with a nearly unrecognizable Don to go along with his new wife. Don is happy. Moreover, Don is happy being married, and happy controlling Megan's life, whether he's aware of it or not. The work that used to drive him and define him no longer captivates him as it did before. And as a result, things at SCDP have changed; Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) has risen to prominence. The trouble is, no one, but Pete, seems to have noticed. While Don was on "love leave," as Bert Cooper (Robert Morse) will tell him in 'Far Away Places,' Pete's been bringing in all the business, leaving Roger Sterling (John Slattery) with nothing to do but pull obscene sums of money from his pocket as his only means of getting things done.
Don's happy home life, Roger's lack of work, and Pete's sudden authority mean SCDP has finally arrived. This is their moment; they're finally successful. However, as Lane Pryce continually points out all season long, the firm is waiting to reap the actual benefits of all the success with real money. It's success with nothing to show for it. And from that comes a conflict, a lack of knowledge of what to do, and where to go from there. Pete is stuck in the quiet melancholy of a lifelong Manhattanite who suddenly finds himself relocated to the 'burbs. His life is eerily reminiscent of Don's, and, in many ways, the two find themselves domestically transposed. Pete has everything, and is still unhappy. He finds a beautiful woman who is not his wife and makes love to her, only to have her submit to the blissful amnesia that follows electroshock therapy. Megan, too, finds that having everything can lead to a malaise that only leads to more wanting. After making Don so happy at home, and finding she's actually good at advertising, her father selfishly reminds her of the dreams she's given up in the memorable 'At the Codfish Ball' – and though she has a knack for it – as perhaps she does everything – Megan ultimately rejects Don's profession, and by extension, Don as well. But with that rejection comes the return of the real Don Draper, under the theme for 'You Only Live Twice' – which, if you're Don Draper, is twice as sweet.
It is a powerful season that is wholly unlike those that have come before it. Things have changed – as they rarely do in television life – and Matthew Weiner, along with this very talented writing staff, which includes Jonathan Igla, Erin Levy and Semi Chellas, have managed to craft a set of stories that hint at the unknown anxiety and uncertainty of a world that finds itself in the midst of change. It is very much about the impermanence of everything: success, love, happiness and even life. But it manages to tell a story bursting at the seams with the presence of ruin and refuse to make it overly melancholy. Yes, Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) was lost in a horrible combination of circumstance and the infernal machine that is SCDP. Yes, everything was awash in filth, like the trash-filled gutters lining the streets of New York City. Yes, Don envisions he's rotting on the inside, but there's reason to hope: Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), after all, managed to escape and find herself in pursuit of her passion far beyond the whims of Don Draper and his negative influence.
There's success, and then there's 'Mad Men' success. It's the conflict of achievement in a time when such things came to mean something different to those just starting out. In the end, perhaps the season is asking: What good is having everything if you can't enjoy other people's envy of it?
3-Disc Set
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Twenty-six cast and crew commentaries
'Mad Men' has often been praised for its cinematic qualities, which are on display in the series' set decoration, period specific styles and wardrobes, and, of course, in its rather sumptuous cinematography. This Blu-ray release would be remiss if it were to somehow neglect the time and effort that goes into making this series look as good as it does, but thankfully, Lionsgate has pulled out all the stops with a 1080p AVC/MPEG-4 transfer that is as good as the four previous season releases.
Everything here is as solid as it can be. Detail is exemplary; there's not a scene that goes by that isn't rich with texture or other elements of the image – significant or otherwise. Everything from the pattern on Lane Pryce's tie to the snow gently cascading outside Don Draper's office window is captured and presented with delicate precision. Black levels are strong, with good shadow delineation that produces deep, rich shadows with plenty of fine detail in all low-light scenes. Meanwhile, contrast levels remain high, which is remarkable given the amount of scenes that take place in white offices with manufactured daylight streaming in. To that end, the image is strong across the grayscale, with strong blacks and whites that pop, but never bloom or radiate too strong over the image.
Color is represented incredibly well, especially considering the changing wardrobes and styles of the '60s. Here the bright, vibrant colors often seen in the women's clothing are as strong and evenly saturated as the men's more muted tones of browns, grays and blacks. Like the series, the transfer here works to maintain a level of reality that prevents the often-audacious clothing choices from looking like the actors are simply wearing costumes. On a related note, flesh tones are rendered beautifully, capturing everything from the sweaty brow of a feverish Don Draper to the flushed cheeks of Megan and Sally just in from the walking the winter streets of Manhattan.
All around, this is the visual treat that Matthew Weiner and his production team work so hard to craft, and the Blu-ray has done a fantastic job in representing their effort.
Adding to the cinematic quality of the series is the fantastic musical score from composer David Carbonara and his team. It's hard to imagine a television series that is as synonymous with a sound as it is with its visual style. So many television series (and films, really) rely so heavily on musical selections from popular music that all but the biggest composers are nearly forgotten. Thankfully, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track perfectly recreates Mr. Carbonara's incredible score, providing one of the best listening experiences short of seeing the music performed live.
From the opening title track that has become so ingrained in the public's consciousness, and so indicative of the series as a whole, to the song selection that typically plays over the episode's end credits, it all sounds rich and wonderfully calibrated.
Naturally, this is a dialogue driven show, so the focus should be on the characters themselves. Here, dialogue is handled primarily through the center channel speaker, but occasionally – like in the party that takes place during the season premiere, 'A Little Kiss' – dialogue is extended to the front right and left, as well as the rear channels, to help immerse the viewer in the din of an excited, and exceedingly inebriated birthday party. The same can be said for the ambience of any setting where additional sounds like ringing phones, dinner conversation or the hum of traffic, can help increase the level of engagement for the audience.
Moreover, balance between the score and dialogue is perfectly calibrated, allowing Carbonara's somber or excited tones to slowly creep up, or instantly excite the audience as need be. Meanwhile, as the series scored something of a major coup in being granted the license to the Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows' for use in the episode 'Lady Lazarus,' the track sounds rather fantastic here – even though Don turns it off.
'Mad Men' season 5 has been given extra attention in the sound department here and it shows. This is a superlative sound effort that enhances a very strong season of the series.
The special features on 'Mad Men' season 5 are extensive, to say the least. Each disc comes with some intriguing behind-the-scenes looks, as well as some truly insightful extras that not only delve into the complexities and often overlooked aspects of the series, but also offers a more intimate glimpse at the period in which the series takes place, and where so much of the rich storytelling is derived. Adding to the scope of the special features is the fact that 'Mad Men' creator and showrunner, Matthew Weiner, appears on a commentary track for each of the 13 episodes of season 5 – in addition to other commentaries, featuring members of the writing staff, directors, as well as various actors and even composer David Carbonara. With 26 commentaries total, 'Mad Men' season 5 goes on and beyond what would be expected of a television series release on Blu-ray, but some of the additional features included here are a surprise and truly offer a more compelling viewing experience.
'A Little Kiss' Part 1 & Part 2 – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and director Jennifer Geitzinger. Additional commentary by Jon Hamm and Jessica Paré.
'Tea Leaves' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner, Jon Hamm and writer Erin Levy. Additional commentary by January Jones and Christpher Stanley.
'Mystery Date' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and writer Victor Levin. Additional commentary by Christina Hendricks and Jay Ferguson.
'Signal 30' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and John Slattery. Additional commentary by Vincent Kartheiser and Aaron Staton.
Mad Men Say the Darndest Things (HD, 17min.) – A collection of stories and anecdotes by the producers and writers about working on the series, as well as their thoughts on the individual characters, which are interspersed with some of their greatest verbal hits.
'Far Away Places' – Commentary by director Scott Hornbacher and Dan Bishop. Additional commentary by Matthew Weiner, Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery.
'At the Codfish Ball' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and Jonathan Igla. Additional commentary by Janie Bryant, David Carbonara and Kiernan Shipka.
'Lady Lazarus' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and director Phil Abraham. Additional commentary by Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss and Alexis Bledel.
'Dark Shadows' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and writer Erin Levy. Additional commentary by Kiernan Shipka, Ben Feldman and Jessica Paré.
What Shall I Love if Not the Enigma? (HD, 17min) A look into the metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico, as the inspiration for the enigmatic 'Mad Men' season 5 poster that had everyone rushing to analyze its meaning prior to the season premiere. The compelling extra features Emily Braun, Professor of 20th century European and American Art at Hunter College and Ara Merjian, Assistant Professor of Italian Studies and Art History at New York University. The two discuss de Chirico's work and the way 'Mad Men' mirrors many of the common themes seen in the artist's paintings.
The Party of the Century (HD, 23 min.) – An in-depth look at Truman Capote's Black & White Masquerade Ball, which was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in 1966. Discussing the event is author Deborah Davis, who wroter 'Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black & White Ball,' and famed bandleader Peter Duchins, who was a friend of Capote's and performed at the infamous ball.
Scoring Mad Men: Themes of Season 5 (HD, 28min.) – An explanation into the various musical themes at work in the incredible score of 'Mad Men.' This comprehensive look into the series' score features an interview with 'Mad Men' composer David Carbonara.
'Christmas Waltz' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and director Michael Uppendahl. Additonal commentary by Rich Sommer, Michael Gladis and Jared Harris.
'The Other Woman' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and Semi Chellas. Additional commentary by Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks and Elisabeth Moss.
'Commissions and Fees' – Commentary by Matthew Weiner and writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton. Additional commentary by Christopher Manley and Jared Harris.
'The Phantom' –Commentary by Matthew Weiner and Jonathan Igla. Additional commentary by Jessica Paré and Julia Ormond.
Scoring Mad Men: Inside a Session (HD, 21 min.) – Another glimpse inside the music of 'Mad Men,' with composer David Carbonara, music editor Jenny Barak, orchestrator Geoff Stradling and sound engineer James T. Hill.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (HD, 5min) – A read-along slideshow that goes into detail on the invention and subsequent struggles to implement Daylight Savings Time.
Newsweek Magazine Digital Gallery (HD) – A digital collection of the covers of Newsweek throughout the year of 1966.
Sure, it may have lost its chance to claim Emmy history because of that upstart Showtime series 'Homeland,' but 'Mad Men' still reigns supreme as what may be the finest piece of television ever crafted. That is a bold statement that will likely have plenty of readers up in arms, but the series simply excels at everything from writing and directing, to displaying a whole host of incredibly distinct and powerful performances. Season 5 may not be the typical 'Mad Men' season, but it is unforgettable in nearly every way. Added to the fact that this is yet another fantastic release from Lionsgate, and 'Mad Men' season 5 simply comes off as a must own Blu-ray for your collection.
Portions of this review also appear in our coverage of Dunkirk on Blu-ray. This post features unique Vital Disc Stats, Video, and Final Thoughts sections.


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The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil Blu-ray
Subtitles for the hard of hearing in English with some Gaelic
View a video of - The Cheviot the Stag and the Black . . .
Blu-ray Region B. DVD Edition also available. The first production of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) was The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil. The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.
DIRECTOR: John Mackenzie; WRITER: John McGrath
ACTORS: John Bett, David MacLennan, Elizabeth MacLennan, Dolina MacLennan, Timothy Martin, Bill Paterson, Alex Norton and Allan Ross
SPECIAL FEATURES: Subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing; 24 page illustrated booklet including Gaelic lyrics with English translations
BBFC CERTIFICATE: 15: strong injury detail
FORMAT: Blu-ray Region B | Aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Colour
ENCODING: Video: 1080p AVC MPEG4 | Audio: LPCM stereo lossless
BBC TELEVISION BROADCAST: "Play for Today" June 6th 1974
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 93 mins
REVIEW: By Jonathan Melville on Reel Scotland
DVD EDITION: The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil DVD


Following advanced-television.com's revelation that UK ISPs were set to issue letters to UK Internet users regarding the use of their broadband connection 'to share copyrighted material', the government-backed 'Get It Right From A Genuine Site' campaign has added further details of the scheme's operation to the get-it-right.org website to which 'infringers' are directed via the ISPs. BT, a participant in the scheme, has already issued detailed guidance on its role in the campaign.
According to the campaign, the Get It Right educational email programme is designed to educate consumers about what's happening on their Internet Service Provider (ISP) account. The programme is to help to make sure they, or people that use their connection, are not infringing copyright and to direct them to sources where they get the content they want from genuine sites and services.
It notes that copyright owners are monitoring peer-to-peer (file-sharing) networks to identify instances where their content is uploaded and shared without permission. "They will note the Internet Protocol (IP) address and then contact the appropriate ISP – including BT, NOW TV, PlusNet, Sky, Talk-Talk and Virgin Media. The account holder may then receive an Educational Email from their ISP referencing one or more instances of peer-to-peer uploading and file sharing activities that have been confirmed to breach copyright," it advises.
It recommends visiting the Get It Right Information Portal for more information about how the educational e-mails work and to check its FAQs page. "Please note this link includes examples of information identified as infringement and is not an indication of actual activity from your account," it says.
According to the campaign, intellectual property industries, such as film, music, television and computer software, are central to the health and stability of the UK economy. "The UK's creative industry supports around 2.8 million UK jobs each year, contributes about £18 billion in exports around the world and contributes about £10 million per hour to the UK economy," it notes.
"Who pays when movies are stolen or movie files are shared without permission? Local cinemas, DVD rental stores, the writers, actors and other artists who contribute to the movies we love, and the stuntmen, make-up artists, grips and other production crew members who depend on a healthy industry for their jobs and their families' income. Also it affects the craftspeople who make props, the caterers who feed the crews, the drivers who drive the production vehicles, the technology specialists who create the special effects, the musicians that play on the sound tracks and so on," it adds.
It suggests that film theft also has an "enormous" impact on movie fans around the world. "High quality movies and television shows are expensive to produce. In fact, six out of ten movies never break even and recover the cost of making and marketing the film. If movies are routinely stolen and distributed over the Internet or on illegal DVDs, then it becomes less likely that people will invest in the big, high-quality films and TV shows we love," it warns.
It says that by using a genuine source or service is the quickest and easiest way to legally access the content you love. "By accessing content through legitimate sites and services such as these https://www.getitrightfromagenuinesite.org/genuine-sites/, you can be sure that copyright laws are being observed and that the creative work you enjoy is being supported," it suggests.


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How Does Secure Delete Work? - Ask Leo!
There's deleted, and there's deleted. Secure delete is one approach to making sure your files can't be recovered.
We've long been told that when a file is deleted, its contents are not actually removed. Instead, the space the file formerly occupied is marked as "available" for another file to be written to later. Until that overwrite happens, the original, deleted information is still there.
This is the basis for many undelete and other data-recovery utilities. It's also why most of those utilities recommend you stop using your disk if you accidentally delete something.
But what if you really want it gone? That's where a technique called "secure delete" comes into play.
At its simplest, a secure delete overwrites the area on the disk where the file's data resides, or used to reside, with random data. Once securely deleted, the previous data is no longer available.
Secure delete utilities generally either delete an existing file or overwrite all unused space.
Instead of deleting a file using whatever normal commands you might use, you use the secure delete program. It carefully ensures that the file's contents are overwritten as part of the deletion. This is typically a quick operation, since it overwrites information only for the specific file or files you tell it to delete.
If the files you're concerned about have already been deleted, an alternative is the "free space wipe". This process writes data to all areas of your disk that aren't currently in use — the "free" space. The net effect is the same: the contents of all previously-deleted files are overwritten. This can take more time, depending on how much free space your disk currently has.
A basic secure delete renders your data unrecoverable to most common forensic and data recovery tools.
Unfortunately, I did say "most", and that's where what I'll call "extended" secure delete comes into play.
The best way to grasp this concept is to grab a pencil with an eraser.
Write something on a piece of paper. That'll be the equivalent of creating a file on your hard disk.
Draw a line through what you've just written. That's kind of equivalent to a "normal" delete. You can still see the data, but the line through it says, "This has been deleted; ignore it".
Using the pencil's eraser, erase what you've written, including the line. That's roughly equivalent to a basic secure delete: you actually physically remove what you'd written.
At this point, there's a good chance you can still kind of/sort of see what you had written before.
The same is true for magnetic media like hard disks. With the right equipment — which typically means taking the hard disk apart in a clean room and using some extremely high-powered analysis tools — it's possible that even overwritten data can be partially recovered, just like you could sort of make out what you had written in pencil and then erased.
If you "delete" a file and you can find it in your Recycle Bin, it hasn't really been deleted at all. It's simple been moved to a different folder.
The types of deletion discussed here involve what is usually referred to as a "permanent" delete.
Let's continue with the pencil and eraser example.
Write a line of capital "A's" on top of the area you just erased.
Erase the line of "A's".
Write a line of capital "X's" on top of the area you just erased.
Erase the line of "X's".
Write a line of capital "O's" on top of the area you just erased.
Erase the line of "O's".
Keep doing this over and over, with a different letter each time, until you get tired.
At this point, if you haven't erased the paper into oblivion, it'll be impossible to decipher the original line of text you wrote.
That's an "extended" delete. A good secure delete utility will write and overwrite the data several times, using multiple passes before calling it erased.
There's a good chance you don't need secure delete at all. Most people don't. No one's coming to examine your previously deleted files, except maybe you, if you mistakenly delete something and want to recover it.
If there is some concern — be it privacy, security, or something else — an every-so-often free space wipe is probably more than enough for most people.
If you regularly deal with exceptionally sensitive, highly valuable data that is subject to theft or even espionage … well, then, an extended multiple-pass secure delete may be what you need. My understanding is that some businesses and governments require this.
Note that "extended" secure delete applies to traditional magnetic hard drives only. SSDs don't suffer from the same issue, and overwriting an SSD multiple times on any regular basis runs the risk of severely shortening its lifespan.
SDelete is a free command-line tool available from Microsoft that allows you to do everything discussed above: securely delete a file, securely wipe free space, and do either with multiple passes.
CCleaner is a free Windows cleaning utility that includes a "Drive Wiper", a tool capable of both free space and non-system drive wiping, including multiple passes.
DBan, short for Darik's Boot and Nuke, is a free utility designed specifically to erase hard drives, including your system drive, with the option of using multiple passes.
Is It Safe to Delete Log Files? - In general, it's safe to delete log files, but is it really a necessary risk? You know what I'll say... be sure to back up first.
How Do I Erase Traces of a File I Moved to an External Disk? - Moving a file almost always leaves traces behind. So deleting any file securely is only the first step.
Can I use a backup image to wipe free space? - There's an app for that! An easy combination of programs can help you clean a computer before you sell it or give it away.
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I use CCleaner and PrivaZer . PrivaZer will clean your computer and leave it like brand new. Runs very smooth after using this software and, best of all it's free. I use it once every 2 months and sometimes once a month. Try it….you'll love it.
Bob may be confusing 'Secure Erase' and 'Extended Secure Erase', (the ATA commands) with secure delete, the commonly used term for a higher level of deleting files by a user. The former terms are defined by the ATA specification and is implemented differently by different manufacturers. I know of no Windows programs that implement Secure Erase; the Parted Magic Linux boot disk has a good implementation. These commands do not write data to a drive, unstead they effectively tell the drive to wipe itself. They are only drive-level commands, not used for files, folders or partitions. While a drive is running secure erase it ignores any input until the wipe is complete.
Per Scott Moulton of 'My Hard Drive Died' (a data recovery company) a *single* pass of even just zeros is sufficient to wipe all information from HDs made since 2006. (See, or rather listen, http://podnutz.com/mhdd027/ starting a 36:15. Yes, I was the one asking the question.) There was, at one time, "extremely high-powered analysis tools" that could read-around and read-through written data on a MFM and RLL tracks, but technology has changed so much that this is no longer possible.
User programs wipe the places the user can access, but that's not all the places data exist on a HD. For those other places, one needs to use the 'secure erase' as noted above. This is especially true with Solid State Drives (SSDs), in which what and where data is actually written may bear no relationship to what the operating system thinks. The OS does not need to know, only the SSD knows. To wipe a SSD use the tool provided by the manufacturer to do so.
Bob's companion piece, "Are There Hidden Files that Save Every Keystroke I've Ever Typed?" also comes into play here. Even though a user may think they have securely deleted a file, the OS may have squirreled a copy away somewhere else like the swap or hibernation file, a temp file made during editing, or even older versions of the same file. These are exactly the areas forensic investigators look for evidence. There is no need, or ability, to look 'under' long strings of zeros; there are lots of other places that contain easily read (if not easily interpreted) data.
And it must be said that if the drive fails or reports errors all bets are off. There is no way to know if data exists on it or not. Broken drives may be repaired and data recovered, but for the person trying to wipe a drive with problems the best thing to use the 'ol drill and hammer technique and destroy the drive.
Amen. To totally erase a full-disk encrypted disk just throw away the key. Done. No writing or over-writing needed; no worry about deleted or 'squirreled away copies,' it is literally instant.
I usually place precious files, e.g. a bank statement or tax-prep program's PDF output in the Desktop folder, because it's easy to do. Then I move the files to an external USB drive, and overwrite the Desktop file using AxCrypt's "Shred and Delete" button in the file icon's context-menu popup.
I hope you're creating a backup copy of the files somewhere like a second or third USB drive as data is always subject to loss.
So what exactly is the difference between these secure erase tools and holding down Shift while deleting a file in Windows/File Explorer (the so-called "permanently delete")?
In windows explorer delete simply moves the file to the recycle bin. That's not a delete as I mention in the article. SHIFT makes it a "real" delete.
So i am giving my pc to my gf with my hard drive. I formated my hard drive but could she still see my browsing history from formated hard disk?
It depends on how securely you deleted everything and her skills in finding things. Your only choice to completely delete everything is to totally "nuke" the drive. And then start over with a new operating system.
If i do everything you listed above will that work?
Yes, if you securely delete everything on you hard drives, you wouldn't have any remaining traces of files.
Could you please tell me what program I need to make sure deleted text and deleted photos are permanently deleted on galaxy s7…i have secure eraser installed and use it often…how often do I need to run it to secure deleted text and photos?
You mention Secure Eraser. That's a viable option. As for how often to run it, that depends on what kind of files you've deleted from your phone. I've you've recently deleted some sensitive files, you might want to run it at that point. Or you can use it to directly delete files you don't want to be recoverable.


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Maximum Football 2018 Review: A Flawed Experience
For a lack of a better phrase, Canadian Football 2017 just wasn't a good game.
A lack of depth along with countless bugs made it feel like a rushed college project as opposed to finished product. Now, after another year of development and a complete re-branding, Canuck Play is back with Maximum Football 2018 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Moving away from a Canadian-only offering, Maximum Football still heavily features the Canadian rules, but now you can utilize both American professional and collegiate football rules. It's nice addition of depth to a game that needed more.
To utilize these new rules, players are able to either take the default Canadian teams or a group of 16 American teams into a game. There's also an option to edit these teams in the form of a creation suite, but it's limited in its offering with no ability to change logos or add more teams to a league. That said, a logo editor is coming in a later update.
A nice plus is the ability to fully edit your roster if you want to spend the time creating full teams of players. A big nuisance is the fact that in order to choose teams from a specific league, you have to go to into the customize menu and choose which league you want to be the default option. There's no way to choose the league within the Play Now selection screen.
There's a full season mode for players, but it's as watered down as a season mode can be. You can't take a specific team through the season. Instead, you get the option to play any game you want in a given week. It may be fun for some players, but it doesn't give you a sense of purpose within the mode.
Gone from the game is the play creator that was available in Canadian Football 2017, but it's not a big enough omission to really punish the game.
A Lack of Polish
For the most part, the gameplay feels better than it did a year ago as players move smoother, receivers actually catch the ball, running is more responsive, and the controls handle pretty well. However, there is a pretty big flip-side to all of the positives.
Quarterbacks don't look at where they're throwing, defending passes is non-existent, the clock runs after kickoffs, and you get penalties for sacking the quarterback. If that sounds like a lot of issues, well you won't like hearing about the AI issues that continue to plague the series.
Unless you decide to scramble with the QB, you can pretty much just stand behind the line of scrimmage for as long as you want on a given play. It's pretty easy to run over to an open area, and then take off with the QB for a long run. The good news is the fact that you can no longer launch the ball over 100 yards through the endzone from anywhere.
Visually, Maximum Football 2018 looks nearly identical to Canadian Football 2017.
The player models are okay enough to get by, but they still give off too much of a plastic look to really be considered good in 2018. There are also plenty of repeated animations on the field and in the crowd that make you think you're watching a football-themed synchronized swimming performance. The stadiums look flat, and the UI looks like a simple creation in Photoshop that was put together in a few minutes. From top to bottom, it just screams mediocre at best.
You want to give indie games a chance. The team sizes are small and the budgets are even smaller. But at some point, you need to ask yourself if it's even worth it.
Canuck Play's ideas are in the right place with Maximum Football 2018, but the execution just fails in so many different ways. From the brutal AI to the difficulty with defending passes and changing players, some of the basic core mechanics of a football game fail to deliver. Rather than worry about adding American rules and teams to the game, time would've been better spent focusing more on improving the on-field look and gameplay experience.
While it does improve on some things from its predecessor, there are still too many flaws to really recommend this game to anyone looking for an alternative football experience.
Gameplay - 6/10
Modes - 4/10
Longevity - 3/10
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lonnie Aug 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Sounds like a real winner lol, thanks for review.