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Time to step up - Panasonic GH5 must go 6K Super 35mm to compete in 2016
By Andrew Reid,
February 12, 2016 In: Cameras
Jimmy 905
Bewdley, UK
49 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:
I know. Try reading the post
I did, it's a pipedream wishlist.
Yes, M43 lenses would still work on an s35 sensor, with some kind of crop mode (both video AND stills)... That is not a business strategy that any sane company will adopt though. The GH5 will be optimised for THEIR lens range and their loyal non video centric users who will have a stack of m43 lenses.
It would be a PR disaster. A bunch of features that don't even work with their lens line up. "Shoot 24mpx stills, unless you have our lenses, in which case "shoot 16mpx lens"... yea, great sales pitch.
If you want to have pipe dreams, fair enough... Just ask for a completely new lines of cameras, with a range of Panasonic s35 lens.
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roxics 6 posts
From a youtuber / journalism / film making perspective I think the following features would yield the most IQ progress: - Global shutter, - 4k 60p - 4k 10bit 422, 200Mbit recording
Last week you were saying you didn't care about 4k... Now it's all about 6k?! I'd much prefer internal 10bit 4:2:2 (or compressed raw)... Better DR and low light.
Andy Welch
If you think that Panasonic will abandon the M43 format for the GH5 then you are crazy. Not gonna happen. I will live stream my seppuku on EOSHD if that happens. What will happen is that Panasonic wil
tusoli5 10
tusoli5
I find these considerations interesting.
It is a bit like your list for santa this year andrew.
Some things bother me a bit, I mean that 8bit is not really relevant anymore, do you mean by 6k that you hope to use it to have 10bit 422 4K, and maybe 12bit 422 HD ? This would produce another type of content we would have to develop before post production, more space for stocking it etc... A good camera would be more strength for less operations, don't you think?
Because otherwise I don't see the need for 6k if nothing moves in the 8bit compression, even in H.265 8bit isn't really satisfying...
Anyway, I like your asking to Panasonic and your hopes that they'll use their S35 processores quality for an entry range body like gh5 could be, comparing to their great achievements on varicam.
On a commercial point you're right, this camera could show specs that would beat everything. But deeply, it still wouldn't be as groundbreaking as the effort blackmagic made with it's raw hd in BMCC at the time it came out...
In fact, if sony could show a raw capable A7III body type soon after any possible GH5 coming out, Panasonic would again be beaten by playing big specs in first place...
I don't feel your predictions show a really strong path for Panasonic, but I agree with you that they might indeed take this one for commercial purposes on a short term... sadly...
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just a nit pick but i might be wrong, wouldn't a 24mp sensor be to low resolution for 6k? Isnt 6k 6144 x 3249? meaning it would be a, atleast 25mp sensor.
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AaronChicago
1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:
Why is it underrated?
The noise?
I believe so. Alot of people wrote it off using 8 bit which I understand. It takes alot of practice to figure out how to expose. I just use a LUT preview on an external monitor now and it's pretty simple. The LOG conversion is also a make or break step. The Panasonic VariCam LUT doesn't yield great results and magnifies the magenta blocking issue. Alexa LUT, and Cineon Film LUT are damn near perfect. Skin tones look outstanding.
Andy Welch 9
If you think that Panasonic will abandon the M43 format for the GH5 then you are crazy. Not gonna happen. I will live stream my seppuku on EOSHD if that happens. What will happen is that Panasonic will eventually introduce their newly developed "organic" sensor tech into the GH camera line. This will give them performance better than the current generation of full-frame cameras but in the small M43 form factor. I'd guess 2017 or later.
As for 6K, why? There is approximately zero demand for 6K and it's technically unfeasable for any number of reasons. A more reasonable step would be for for Panasonic to have the GH5 record 10-bit 4:2:2 4K internally, but even that would be beyond the capability of the SD card format for reasonably low compression.
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Ben Corwin
Great post as always Andrew, but my concern is what we might LOSE if the GH5 goes with a larger sensor. What Panasonic has done so well with the GH line is exploiting all the benefits of a smaller sensor. For instance, if a m43 sensor means giving us 240fps at 1080p as opposed to 120fps on a s35 sensor, I would go with the m43 sensor every time. Hell, maybe we could even get a global shutter this time around? At any rate, there are certainly many benefits of a smaller sensor that can potentially outshine the step up to s35. I still think Panasonic should continue separating this format by offering kick ass specs that larger sensors can't offer. That might even mean having to do a complete technology overhaul for m43, which it sounds like they are already working on. See below.
http://blog.planet5d.com/2016/02/a-sensor-that-can-shoot-in-starlight-panasonics-apd-cmos-could-change-low-light-forever/
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dr_jon
23 minutes ago, Andy Welch said:
The organic sensors are apparently due to appear in 2020, but possibly for automotive/industrial uses first.
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I really doubt Panasonic will go super 35mm, JVC sure did it but GH5 as a micro four thirds stills camera won't be allowed to be separated from other models that significantly, yet i really hope that they will go for multi aspect sensor, that is closer to super35 than m43. Regarding sensor size, to my taste the Blackmagic Pocketcamera with it's small sensor is still capable of delivering one of the most lush images around in the sub 3000 $. Im far from pro, but i really love the size advantage i can get from m43. My camera + three lens system fits easily in my jacket pockets (Lumix GM1, Lumix 14mm F2.5 (+11mm adapter if needed), Mitakon 25mm F0.95 and Lumix 42.5mm 1.7 O.I.S.
Jaime Valles
cantsin 1
cantsin
With $1000 full frame bodies, APS-C is on its way out, too, for anything but the consumer market. If manufacturers like Panasonic want to stay competitive with Sony, but also with Canon and Nikon with their sub-$2000 6D and D750 bodies, they have to offer full frame. The stills market, not video, will drive this demand.
The full frame Leica SL has Panasonic technology inside. So I wouldn't be too surprised if a lower-price variant of this camera will be released this year by Panasonic and replace the GH4 as its flagship mirrorless camera.
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Brett Munoz
Would rather the focus be in dynamic range, super 35 sensor, color and 10bit or raw output than 6k.
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Jimbo 86
Interesting post, Andrew. However, I do not believe Panasonic would change the sensor size in the GH line to S35 for many of the reasons already mentioned. I also don't want them too.
I've been using the GH line of cameras for my business for the last 4 years. They are small, have a lovely detailed image, and most importantly of all they have never let me down.
With the GH4 they finally got to a professional standard body. It is rock solid, has best-in-class battery life, it never overheats, and has no recording limits. Panasonic have played to their strengths beautifully. Apparently they sold way more GH4s than they were anticipating and it would be a strange move to throw that progress away when they now have a fan base. I hope to start make narrative films this year and will have no qualms using the GH4 for the job too where I can use my Nikon lenses with a speedbooster and achieve an S35 look if I desire.
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The low light high ISO performance could be improved with better S/N firmware even with M/43. Why do you think the Nikon D810 iso improved so much over the D800 or even the 12mp D700. Now the D810 does not have the exact pixel density as the GH4, but this still applies.
But with all that sound I agree I would rather have a super 35mm or full frame image.
I would really like to see a color space improvement. Nikon has a beautiful color space. Improving color should not only be on Panasonic's to do list, but Sony's as well.
If not then just gives us RAW and go home.
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This is pretty similar to the idea I had a few months back for a possible "Sony A9", it's just that instead of FF 24MP for a true 8K crop in APS-C, with a option for 6K full readout 4K output in FF, it's a APS-C to Micro4/3 crop.
With JVC already using a Super35 sensor on a Micro4/3 mount, I think this can indeed be very interesting for Panasonic, making a clear distinction between the GH and GX line may be the next step since the GX8 has more "PRO" feats compared to the GX7, I wonder if Panasonic would really do that since people don't talk that much about GX8, so I wonder if it's selling well.
The A6300 is a very interesting camera but it's Sony, so they made some compromises so there is still a gap for an A7000 series and so that the A6300 doesn't get too close to the A7 family, so are these little things that we would like it to have, but unfortunately it doens't. Panasonic could really take advantage of that, fill that Super35 video gap with a full featured video camera. With Fuji stepping up in video, it would be good to do it now rather than never.
This would also open a precedent for a step up video camera to compete with the FS5, something that I would really like. Sure it can be up with the FS7, or right between them, but the FS5's modularity, size and weight is the most appealing part of it.
NO, I wold not like an APS-C sensor on Gh5!
A multi aspect m4/3 24 MP sensor with 6K video recording, 4K downsampeld from 6K, 10 bit and 4:2:2 internal recording, better AF (especially for video), a better audio DAC, Vlog 2, 60p 4K, better DR and Low light capabilities and a better body would do the trick at 1799$ for me.
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While FF sensors are great, S35 will remain the professional standard for the foreseeable future. Why? Because the image circle of PL cine lenses can cover S35 but not FF 35mm. That is why professional cameras such as the Arri Alexa, which cost $70K+, still use S35 sensors.
zetty
k-robert 30
k-robert
No, no, no!
Dear Panasonic, please don't listen to Andrew.
He's a nice guy, but this time…. :-)
I don't think, businesswise it would be a clever decision.
From my consumer segment point of view, it wouldn't be an attractive one either.
The main benefit from the MFT is not the FT, but the "M".
Micro!
If somebody wants "full-frame", than buy a full-frame camera.
MFT gives the best size/quality compromise. There is no perfect camera, no "one size fits all" system. Size-quality-price is all important but antagonistic factors!
I don't want to invest into speedbusters and co. and I certainly wouldn't buy a camera, i.e. pay for features, I could only use with other lenses. That's the whole idea with having a system. I want a light and efficient gear, exactly as MFT is.
Actually, I would rather ask Panasonic for the opposite. Make the new sensor with fewer pixels. I would love to see a native 4K MFT sensor with app. 8 MP. but with excellent low light capability. Aka a7s… Full pixel readout and no mathematics, how to make 4K from 6K, instead of that, using the processor for more color and dynamic range. God forbid it, even RAW :-)
Of course, 8-10 MP would not be so attractive for some photographers, but that's why, there are other cameras. You can't please all. In business strategy, segmentation is like DoF, it's about taking choices, focusing. I certainly hope, Panasonic would not change their focus :-)
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@k-robert Don't worry, Panasonic will not move away from M43 for it's still camera line (and that is what the GH series is). I wouldn't be surprised to see them release a -$10k S35 camcorder though...
As far as your desire for more DR and better low light capability, there will be incremental improvements but a M43 camera will never match the performance of a FF camera (all other factors being equal). It's simply a matter of physics- the FF sensor just has more surface are to collect photons than a M43 sensor does. I wouldn't expect A7S ii performance from a M43 camera anytime soon. Maybe when the "organic" sensor is released...
@k-robert Don't worry, Panasonic will not move away from M43 for it's still camera line (and that is what the GH series is).
I wouldn't be so sure. On the German Slashcam forum, we have a highly competent member who works in the central buying department of Europe's biggest consumer electronics superstore chain, and says that in Europe, Panasonic and Olympus faced serious drops in the camera sales last year, which even their new models couldn't compensate, because consumers are now as fixated on sensor size as on megapixels. Panasonic for sure will not abandon M43 short-term, but might move to full frame for its high end cameras. In the photography market, it will become increasingly difficult to sell M4/3 cameras for $1000 and more. (To tell you the truth, I wouldn't buy a stills camera with a 4/3 sensor for more than a few hundred $ either.)
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Compressed raw would be great on a GH. But I wouldn't bet on it for a GH5, maybe a GH6 in 2019/2020. By then memory speeds should be even faster.
Eventually these companies should do raw video like they do raw stills, but I think it's a matter of memory speed and NLE support before they want to make that jump.
I also think Panasonic is more likely to create a full frame line of cameras and lenses than to go with a Super35 sensor in a GH. It's a bigger jump in sensor size and puts them in a whole new market segment. They can price it above the GH line like most full frame cameras. At which point the GH5 would be the flagship of the smaller sensor line the way the 7D is for Canon. The question would be whether or not they see a market for that with so much competition there already.
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I must admit I still don't get all of this m4/3 crop factor and the GH4 is being left behind stuff. In my mind crop factor comes down to what lenses you want to use. If you try to slap on lenses designed for full frame then yes it can be an issue, but if you use lenses designed for the sensor size then the problem largely goes away. Yes its a different aesthetic than s35 or full frame, but that isn't a bad thing unless you are trying to make it something it isn't. 2 months ago Andrew was saying:
"Now you can say noise in this case is a weakness, a smaller Super 16mm sensor is a weakness. Nope. I don't think in terms of crop factor with Super 16mm, I think in terms of several decades of beautiful lenses. A crop factor for me is a negative when you crop into a lens not designed for the sensor size you're using. With Super 16mm lenses there's no crop, you keep the overall rendering – and on some of these vintage lenses it knocks the socks off many of the newer more clinical high spec full frame lenses*
Doesn't this apply to m4/3 as well??


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9 Decades of Le Mans, 9 Iconic Moments (Part 1)
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Published: 17th Sep 2020
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One of the world's oldest sports car endurance races, Le Mans, drives to a start on September 19 to mark its 88th edition. A postponement later, Le Mans will be held behind closed doors, but that should not prevent the motor sport from setting some more records and capturing iconic moments, both victorious and heartbreaking, which are typical of racing in its endurance format.
Presenting Part 1 of a 2-part series!
Often considered one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport, 24H of Le Mans is close to celebrating 100 years since the first race took place on the 24th week of the year 1923. Landmarks are always a good reason for grand celebrations but there's no time like now to reflect on some iconic moments of Le Mans, through the decade. Through the years, Automobilist has also developed several artworks which are a result of deep research into the history of this motorsport. We bring you a handful of the finest, some which have translated into bestseller artworks and posters, and others which are stories worth telling for time immemorial.
1927-1930: The Bentley Boys
Last year, the Mayor of Le Mans attended a ceremony in the town where a street was named "Rue des Bentley Boys." The boys in question were the young men who raced W.O. Bentley's first racing cars in the Le Mans 24 Hours between 1924 and 1930. The Bentley crew took four consecutive wins from 1927 to 1930. They were a group of wealthy amateurs who lived up to the Thirties ethos of partying hard and they caught the public's imagination. As W.O. himself said, "The public liked to imagine them living in expensive Mayfair flats… drinking champagne in nightclubs, playing the horses... at least several of them, this was not such an inaccurate picture".
1930, '32: More power to Woman Power
Even in 2020, a woman doing well in motorsport is (sadly) big news. Imagine the reaction back in 1932, when a woman finished the Le Mans 24 Hours in fourth place overall. Step forward Odette Siko, who did just that, teamed with Louis Charaval in an Alfa Romeo. Two years earlier, Parisian Siko teamed with Marguerite Mareuse became the first all-female crew to take part in the endurance race, in a Bugatti Type 40 finishing seventh. After this, Siko concentrated mainly on rallying, but to this day, her fourth place finish is the highest ever by a woman in the most famous endurance race in the world.
1950 Louis Rosier and his son driving OR 1951: Porsche 356 SL Gmünd
1950: "Can I borrow the car dad?"
"Can I borrow the car dad?" Words a parent dreads hearing, which is why today, young drivers often have trackers in their cars to monitor their driving. In 1950, a Renault dealer by the name of Louis Rosier sorted the problem by doing most of the driving himself in the 1950 Le Mans 24 Hours, only allowing his son, 25 year old Jean-Louis, to drive for a total of around 30 minutes. The Talbot Lago required an unscheduled engine fix and Rosier Sr. had his goggles smashed by an errant owl, but he still managed to win, one lap ahead of the second placed car.
1951: Porsche 356 SL Gmünd - Tall oaks from little acorns grow
Today, Porsche's name is synonymous with the Le Mans 24 Hours. Understandable, given it's the most successful manufacturer at the French classic with a total of 19 overall wins. The German marque also has 107 class wins and the first of those, in 1951, tells of humble beginnings that gave little clue of what was to follow. Race organisers approached Porsche about entering the first German car in the post-war era to take part.
Two of the 356 SL (Super Licht or Super Light) took part with their tiny engines, just over a litre in capacity, putting out just 46 horsepower, but they could still hit 160 km/h. These were the first Porsche cars to be built and immediately made an impression with their reliability. The number 46 car, driven by a French crew of Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche, finished 19th overall and won its class. Having covered a distance of 2840.65km, the French pairing of Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche became the first racing drivers to successfully bring a Porsche race car across the finish line in the Le Mans 24-Hour race, averaging 118.36km/h for the distance. That year, just 30 cars out of the original 60 starters finished the race, as contestants endured rain for two-thirds of the race.
1957: Last Hurrah of the Jaguar D-Type
1957 marked the end of an era at Le Mans, with the last victory for the sublimely beautiful Jaguar D-Type. They say if a racing car looks fantastic it's usually very quick – there are exceptions to this maxim – and it was certainly the case with this mix of high art and high tech. For starters, it had a monocoque construction made mainly of sheets of aluminium and it presented a small frontal area for minimal drag. Purpose built to race at Le Mans, it made its La Sarthe debut in 1954 when one finished second, but from 1955 to '57 it proved unbeatable. A quarter of a million spectators turned up for the start on 22 June, to witness a battle between some big name manufacturers: Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche and Jaguar. In the end, the D-type reigned supreme, with a clean sweep of the top four and sixth place. Even more remarkable, winners Ron Flockhart and Ivor Bueb in their Ecurie Ecosse car and all the other Jaguar crews were privateers, up against strong factory opposition from the other manufacturers. The winner's average speed of 183 km/h remained unbeaten for the next four years.
1962: A Ferrari domination with 330 and 250GTO
Ferrari was the dominant force at the 1962 Le Mans 24 Hours, with no fewer than 18 cars entered. The Prancing Horse produced a clean sweep of the podium places with victory going to Belgium's Olivier Gendebien and from the USA, the then reigning Formula 1 World Champion Phil Hill. They were driving a Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, but the Ferrari car that best epitomises its Le Mans years is the 250 GTO that occupied the next two places and, in the hands of Belgium's Pierre Noblet and Frenchman Jean Guichet, won the GT category that year. The stunning GTO was brand new and with some sleight of hand, led to it being allowed to compete in the GT category even though Ferrari had not built the necessary 100 cars required for homologation. Crossing the finish light, Gendebien thus took his fourth Le Mans win, making him the most successful driver up to that point. His car, the Ferrari 330 also wrote a piece of history, being the last ever front-engined car to win the endurance race.
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8 March 2017 — Culture desk
Tomato Red, Reviewed
by Luke Maxwell
Image courtesy of Screen Scene
Juanita Wilson's second feature film is a down-home pulp-magazine story of a movie. Strong casting and playful direction make for a picture that's as tragic as it is humorous.
Sammy (Jake Weary) is an ex-con with a big heart and an unwavering belief in the power of friendship. Trouble has a way of finding Sammy, as he can't seem to go straight for too long. Weary is playing the seeker noir hero in a classical set-up, albeit one covered in dust and bathed in sweltering Southern sunshine.
A short time into the film, a night of heavy drinking leads Sammy back to small-time housebreaking, and when his getaway driver speeds away, it looks as though Sammy's parole is about to be up.
His luck isn't all bad though, as he soon falls in with the Merridew siblings, Jamalee (Julia Garner) and Jason (Nick Roux).
This pair, at first glance, look like some hip rockabilly outfit. Jamalee's hair, for which the film is named, is anime red, Jason is well put-together and talks the talk of a Southern dandy.
The Merridews greet Sammy in the style of a Gothic novel, holding a candelabra and finishing sentences for one another. This meet-cute is soon broken up by the law, and the mysterious siblings disappear into the night.
Sam's hard living catches up with him and he's soon made homeless. With nowhere to go and no one else to tun to, Sammy goes in search of the ghostly kids he met the night previous. His voice-over reminds us that he is a believer in "the bunch who will have him" and the Merridews, he hopes, are that bunch.
Tomato Red is a film acutely aware of the noir mode's conventions, adhering to and bending them where appropriate. Sammy is the archetypal noir loner with nothing to lose, because he has nothing.
Jamalee is a fascinating and alluring presence and functions as something of a femme fatale. While it is the case that these misfit people are drawn to one another because of their outsider status, Sammy finds in the Merridews something atypical of a noir picture: family.
In its early stages, the narrative appears to be heading in a Bonnie and Clyde direction. Indeed, some of the sun-soaked photography and easygoing pace of the picture recall Arthur Penn's 1967 film. There's a lot to admire in Juanita Wilson's direction, especially in these relaxed intervals.
She perfectly captures the sunny bleakness of the Merridew trailer park through long takes of nothing in particular. We see dust blowing in the wind, hear crickets and birds of prey in the distance and see Sammy and his adopted family go about their daily grind.
Like Sam, the Merridews do not want to be petty criminals, but trouble has a way of finding them. Jamalee has big dreams. She wants more from her life and wishes to move away from the trailer park for good.
Her characterisation reminded me a lot of Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables, not just because of her red hair, but because of her flighty dreaming and scheming. There's a naivety to her that's unlike a traditional femme fatale, and it lulls the audience (and Sammy) into forgetting just what she's capable of and what she is willing to do to achieve her lofty dreams.
There's a touch of the social-conscience film in here as well, as the film illustrates the marginalised status of the Merridews and others like them. The Merridew matriarch, Beverly, played by Anna Friel, works as a prostitute, and her clients include high-ranking police and town officials but their services are unavailable to her. The cards are stacked against Bev and her family and always will be.
The house and trailer where the Merridew family live is literally on the edge of town. You have to take "a couple of left turns" to get there, and in noir tradition these left turns are all the wrong ones. This outsider status, and the injustices that come along with it, is central to Tomato Red's tragedy.
Jamalee's big dreams are stifled by the world around her. When she goes for a job interview at the town's country club, she is forcibly thrown out. In this same sequence, Sam is beaten when he tries to intervene. The scene is filmed in sweeping handheld-camera movements that show the country club members jeering the Merridew siblings and Sammy.
The impression here is that these people are not any better than the Merridews. The mob are still good old boys and girls at heart, rough characters with the trappings of an upper-class existence but the same quickness to violence as the "trailer trash" family from the outskirts of town.
This exclusion forces anti-social behaviour out of the Merridews. There's a music-video-like sequence with a drift of pigs that's a welcome respite from the harshness of what's come before. But this moment of fun comes with its share of heartache too. In this case, the Merridews act just as they are expected to because they have no choice; the law is not available to folks like them.
Time and time again the film shows us that the police and county bodies are unwilling to help. There is plenty of tragedy. Every day is a struggle that drives home the sense that there is nothing else for people like the Merridews. They're born into it, and, as is the case in pulp-y stories, they'll likely die in it too.
This forces a suffocating closeness between Sammy and the rest of the family. Relationships are undefined and changeable.
An admirable aspect of the film is how it resists Sammy's wishes. He is not in control of the narrative and acts as something of a messenger-boy-cum-enforcer for the family. His destiny is tied to that of Jamalee and Jamie, for better or worse. Whenever Sam does attempt to regain control of his life and actions, it's met with disaster and heartbreak.
Sammy is a hero in the dark, all muscle and belief but no foresight. His aimlessness is signposted by his refusal to button a shirt. Weary gives a good performance; he is sympathetic, charming and a little frightening.
More than anything Sammy comes off as a lost puppy, wanting to belong, sick with love and willing to do whatever it takes to make Jamalee, Bev and Jamie happy. He's pathetic but likeable and that makes the arc of Tomato Red all the more desperate.
Tomato Red's Southern ambience and noir stylings make for a very watchable and compelling picture. Juanita Wilson's direction brings with it a feeling of social realism that augments the kitchen-sink tragedy of the picture and sells the no-hope narrative in a way that's powerful and effective, but lively as well.
What's more, there's a sense that behind the setting and some of the particulars, Tomato Red could take place in any small town. It shows the quiet malice of standing by and letting people slip through the cracks of society, of not wanting to help, or writing people off for simply existing.
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Luke Maxwell: Luke Maxwell is the host of the film review show, Viewfinder on 103.2 Dublin City FM. He also hosts The Movie Express Podcast, which you can find at www.movieexpress.org.
8 March 2017 issue
The Russian Connection
by Donal Fallon
Closing the Book(shop)
Safekeeping for Rough-Sleepers
Do Councillors Have to Pay to Offer Opinions on Planning Applications?


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According to dermatologist Heidi Waldorf, picking and popping blemishes is the worst thing you can do for the skin! Not only does it create inflammation in the skin but it often causes discoloration and scars to remain behind. So if you have an Everest sized zit, either see you dermatologist for an injection of cortisone or apply some benzoyl peroxide. Be sure to manage chronic breakouts with a medical regimen that has been specifically tailored to your skin type.
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Social justice and schools: Education policy & policy-makers
Written by: David Anderson | Published: 06 July 2020
In a seven-part series, teacher and school leader David Anderson considers how schools can be a key driver for social justice and how we can make our education system more equitable. In part four, he looks at how education policy can help or hinder social justice
SecEd series: A school system that drives social justice
Part 1: A blueprint for equity: https://bit.ly/2LhuqvV
Part 2: Collaboration/competition: https://bit.ly/36tNmkF
Part 3: Resources & funding: https://bit.ly/2XGzC39
Part 4: Education policy: https://bit.ly/38uow5n
Part 5: Admissions: https://bit.ly/2LhuqvV
Part 6: Assessment: https://bit.ly/3pWPTgA
Part 7: Accountability: https://bit.ly/3mw1UHK
During the 25 years that I have been teaching there have been 12 education secretaries – roughly one every two years. Only two of these, Justine Greening and the current incumbent, Gavin Williamson, attended comprehensive schools. The rest all went to grammar schools (four) or private schools (five), with the exception of David Blunkett who went to a special school.
Only about 12 per cent of people in the country go to either private school or grammar school, but their alumni have largely been responsible for the highest office in education, overseeing all our schools, 88 per cent of which are comprehensives.
So, but for two exceptions, they have no experience of what it is like to attend the type of school that the majority of children go to.
There are some who would argue that this is exactly as it should be – the "best and brightest minds" or "the products of a superior education" making the important policy decisions on behalf of the nation.
However, those of us dedicated to the notion that all children, regardless of family background, have an equal propensity for intelligence, skill, creativity and academia find such views abhorrent.
As the Sutton Trust/Social Mobility Commission report Elitist Britain (2019a) observes: "Politicians are also ultimately responsible for education policy… it is therefore important that many of those responsible for these areas have experience of the state education system."
When Nicky Morgan became education secretary, her entire department at that time was privately educated (according to Green & Kynaston in their 2019 book Engines of Privilege). How are things now? Well, 41 per cent of the current Conservative government was educated privately, compared to 14 per cent of Labour MPs. Overall, 33 per cent of MPs in England were educated privately, 15 per cent went to selective schools and 50 per cent attended comprehensives (Sutton Trust, 2019b).
Up until recently, things were moving towards better representation but, as of February 2020, 69 per cent of Boris Johnson's cabinet were educated privately, which is the highest proportion since John Major's tenure in 1992 (BBC, 2020).
Another way of looking at this, is that members of the cabinet are 10 times more likely to have attended private school than members of the public. This begs the question: How can the people responsible for making decisions about how our nation is run have a true empathy and understanding of its people, when so many of them have been educated in a parallel and segregated system?
As Mike Trace, a former government advisor and co-founder of Private School Policy Reform, eloquently puts it: "A much more important qualification for people making policy decisions is the ability to understand, empathise and communicate with the people they are governing. In this sense, the over-representation of 'the elite' in the most senior positions is a real problem."
He adds: "To pursue effective policies … leaders need to understand the lives and motivations of ordinary people: those who struggle to get access to good healthcare, education for their kids, or social care for their parents. My experience is that government leaders – not all but most – are supremely poorly qualified to do their job well in these areas." (For more, see Trace, 2020)
So, my first suggestion for improving equity through policy in our education system is for those making those policies to be well represented by people who have had first-hand experience of the state school system.
Let us now consider how education policy looks in a country where they have put equity at the heart of policy – Finland. While there are obvious limitations in comparing us with a nation that has just 5.5 million people and a very different socio-political history and structure, their approach to education has been so radically different to ours that it is worth consideration, not least since Finland outperforms us by a variety of measures, such as for reading, maths and science but also financial literacy, student wellbeing and frequency of bullying (OECD, 2018). Here, then, are a few snapshots of the Finnish educational approach (Sahlberg, 2015):
Policies are based on equal opportunities and equity in education, and put teachers at the core of educational change.
Policies since the 1970s have prioritised creating equal opportunities for all children to have a good education (compare this to the English segregated system where a minority receive a substantially better resourced education).
Educational policies designed to raise student achievement have focused on teaching and learning. These are seen to be the key elements that make a difference in what students learn – not standards, assessment or alternative instruction programmes.
There are no standardised high-stakes tests before the matriculation exam at the end of upper secondary (age 18). Compare this to SATs (years 1, 4, 6), GCSEs et al (year 11), A levels et al (year 13).
During the 1960s and 1970s, private schools and grammar schools were integrated into a single "municipal structure" (equivalent to a nine-year comprehensive school).
Between the ages of seven and 16 all students are educated at the same type of school. From age 16 there are vocational schools or upper secondary routes, both leading via different routes to university.
These are not necessarily policies that I would jump to introduce in England. But the contrast is stark and reminds me of two things. First, the system we have is not the only way of organising education. Second, with careful planning, inclusive dialogue, and time, a much more equitable system of education is achievable.
Of course, when the Finns first proposed their new system it was not without its critics, particularly in Parliament, hence the time it took to establish, from 1950 through to the mid-80s.
However, what they have now has persisted despite 20 changes of government and 27 education ministers. The Finnish goal of building a good, publically financed, and locally governed school for every child is so deeply rooted in politics and public services that it has survived opposing political governments and ministries.
Rather than repeatedly allocating financial resources and time to implement new reforms, teachers in Finland have been given the professional freedom to develop pedagogical knowledge and skills related to their individual needs (Sahlberg, 2015).
So, how should educational policy in England be reformed to make our system more equitable?
The English educational expert, Peter Mortimore, in his 2014 book Education Under Siege, argues: "In the legal sphere there is a permanent Law Commission charged with monitoring the legal system and suggesting improvements and revisions. Surely this is what we need for education?" This could take the form of a permanent commission of non-party political experts.
Renowned British educator Sir Tim Brighouse, writing in the Guardian in 2018, suggests an educational revolution similar in scale to the 1944 Education Act, claiming our system to be broken and in need of a new act and a new body to oversee education. His act would have five aims:
Resolving teacher recruitment and retention.
Reforming the curriculum.
Reforming the accountability system.
Fairer admissions.
Closing the funding gap between private and public education.
In her excellent 2018 book, Life Lessons, Melissa Benn, argues for a National Education Service, "like the NHS, providing a framework for a life-long entitlement to education: from early years provision to Apprenticeships, universities and adult education". She adds: "It should be free at the point of delivery and its aim should be an integrated, comprehensive system available to all."
The Headteachers' Roundtable, an independent group of school leaders, has proposed an idea for a "rigorous, inclusive and flexible curriculum and qualifications framework" (2013). Among its five guiding principles, it states: "The pace of educational change should not be affected by party politics. The teaching profession should be centrally involved in developing future education policy."
There are numerous other educational organisations we could list – our teaching unions, the Chartered College, the SSAT, teacher training institutions and research schools, for example – who are all dedicated to improving education in this country. And yet I fear many expend much energy interpreting and then aligning with the latest government educational policies.
For those of us working in the English education system, it is easy to recall myriad changes of policy direction – initiatives launching and collapsing at the whims of various school ministers and governments over the last 25 years.
Education has always been a party-political football; for most of us in education this is all we have ever known and experienced.
A recurring theme in this series is that school leaders and teachers are too tied up with meeting high-stakes public accountability measures and other pressures to question or challenge the fundamental issues at stake.
Policy decisions about education should be carefully considered and made by professionals with a deep understanding of and a background in education. Educational policy should sit outside political influence and must reflect quality educational research.
There should be an overarching single aim – to deliver high-quality schools for all students, regardless of their family background and where all students have the opportunity to perform beyond their potential.
In my next article, I consider the issue of school admissions and examine how it is impossible to provide an equitable education system without significant changes to how admissions work.
David Anderson is deputy principal at Uppingham Community College in Rutland. The remaining articles in this series will publish in September.
Further information & resources
BBC: Cabinet Reshuffle: Who's in Boris Johnson's new cabinet? February, 2020: https://bbc.in/2Y10qeC
Brighouse: Rab Butler revolutionised education in 1944. Let's do it again, The Guardian, April 2018: https://bit.ly/3hnlsMp
Headteachers' Roundtable: Five Principles, May 2013: https://headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/five-principles/
OECD: Finland Student Performance, PISA 2018: https://bit.ly/3d1zgJ3
Sutton Trust: Elitist Britain 2019a: The educational backgrounds of
Britain's leading people, 2019: http://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/elitist-britain-2019/
Sutton Trust: Parliamentary Privilege, December 2019b: https://bit.ly/3fq16QN
Trace: I witnessed how damaging it is for the top levels of government to be stuffed with private school alumni, Private School Policy Reform, May 2020: https://bit.ly/2UJLwaW
Life Lessons, Melissa Benn, 2018
Finnish Lessons 2.0, Pasi Sahlberg, 2015
Education Under Siege, Peter Mortimore, 2014
Cleverlands, Lucy Crehan, 2016
Engines of Privilege, Francis Green and David Kynaston, 2019.
Miseducation, Diane Reay, 2017
Reframing Education, Mike Murray, 2019
The Truth about Our Schools, Melissa Benn & Janet Downs, 2016
Posh Boys, Robert Verkaik, 2018
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2019 Rockland Community College Baseball Team
A talented blend of proven veterans, skilled transfers and promising newcomers has created high hopes for the Rockland Community College baseball team as it enters the 2019 season. The Hawks will be battle-tested in challenging Region XV competition, in which any of the six schools have a chance to capture the regional crown and advance to district play, one step from the Nationals. RCC made it to the Region XV championship round last year before bowing to Westchester CC. Other schools vying for the regional title include Orange County CC, Ulster CC, Sullivan CC and Dutchess CC.
"It's a tough region," said fourth-year coach John Greeley, who is assisted by Matt Matcovich, Bryan Borruso, Ryan Fasano and George Nicks. "The team that executes the best will win. If we stay healthy, execute and play well as a team, we have as good a chance as anybody. Everyone on the team will contribute. We have a deeper squad than last year."
RCC's 24-man roster features returning All-Region centerfielder John Daly, a sophomore five-tool player out of Tappan Zee HS. Daly's athleticism was also manifested on the football field, where he played wide receiver for Hudson Valley CC prior to his enrollment at RCC. Another key returner is sophomore right-hander James Reilly, an Albertus Magnus graduate, who underwent successful Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2016 and tossed a one-hitter versus Dutchess CC in the playoffs last year. Big things are also expected from returners Kyle Eskildsen, a right-hander from Monroe-Woodbury HS (NY) coming off of elbow surgery; catcher Stephen Greeley, Coach Greeley's son, an Albertus Magnus alum; twins Chris and Alex Perich from Suffern HS, who play third base and utility positions, respectively; and North Rockland grad Ken Hoppe, a shortstop and spot starter for the Hawks.
RCC's team has also been augmented by the addition of excellent transfer student-athletes, including Ray Pacella (North Rockland HS), a left-handed pitcher, outfielder and first baseman who played at Rider University last year; a pair of transfers from SUNY Albany, right-hander Colton Stemkowski, a redshirt freshman, and corner outfielder Andrew Guerra, a medical redshirt last season and three-time All-New York State player at Monroe-Woodbury HS; and lefty-swinging first baseman Miles Kelly, formerly of Rutgers University.
Incoming freshmen who are expected to make an immediate impact include righty pitcher/first baseman Hunter Semmel from Westhill HS in Stamford, Conn.; pitcher/outfielders Michael Pavelchak, who was the league Player of the Year last season for Nyack HS, and Joe Ottaviano, an All-League player from Albertus Magnus; Frankie Margiotta, an All-Section middle infielder from Albertus; North Rockland HS graduates James Costin, catcher, Felix Urena, second and third base, and John Freeman, outfield/pitcher; Mario Zamora, an All-League pitcher out of Tappan Zee HS; and outfielders Nick Guastamacchia (Monroe-Woodbury HS), speedy Jordan Contreras (East Ramapo) and Patrick Ortiz (Riverside HS, Yonkers, N.Y.). Other players being counted on to contribute significantly are pitcher Stephen Kalayjian, who performed for IMG Academy in Florida last year, and catcher Umberto Piccinich (Warwick HS, N.Y.).
The Hawks open their season March 2 against nationally ranked non-conference foe Mercer County CC of New Jersey, then launch their Mid-Hudson Conference schedule in April, playing four-game sets each week – single games Thursday and Friday and a doubleheader Saturday – against the five conference opponents. Four teams will advance to the Region XV round-robin tournament, with the two highest-seeded teams earning the right to host one game apiece. The championship finals are the second weekend in May, hosted by Dutchess CC at Dutchess Stadium in East Fishkill, N.Y., home of the Tampa Bay Rays affiliate Hudson Valley Renegades.
Susan Lyddon, VP of Institutional Advancement
slyddon@sunyrockland.edu


Aerial view of Chesters crossroads in Southdean, Scottish Borders in the snow.
Aerial view of the Carter Bar, the Scotland/England border looking north in the snow.
Aerial view of the Carter Bar, a Scotland/England border crossing in the snow, looking south.
Aerial view of Chesters crossroads and village, Southdean, Scottish Borders.


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Abstract: The Characterization of Rock Masses Excavated by Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
Chris Laughton
In recent years Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have become the "instrument of choice" for the mining of longer tunnels in all types of rock material. However, the rate of progress achieved by TBMs is strongly influenced by rock mass characteristics, such as the intact strength and discontinuity parameters. Many of these characteristics are difficult as predict based on site investigation data alone and renders the accurate prediction of TBM performance highly problematic. At present no single system has been developed to facilitate the proper selection and application of such equipment on the basis of predicted performance.
Work is being performed at the University of Texas at Austin to back-analyze case histories and identify the impact of rock mass characteristics on TBM performance under a variety of rock mass conditions. A TBM tunneling data base has been compiled which reports common rock mass and TRM parameters and the corresponding tunneling performance achieved.
At its most detailed the back-analysis consists of tracking the performance of the machine through short lengths of tunnel (10 meters) referred to as "unit cells." On the basis of this unit cell analysis, relationships are developed between rock mass and TBM performance. The performance and rock mass data are stored in a form which allows for the quantitative summary of rock mass conditions and TBM performance and allows for the simulation of variability under similar rock mass conditions.
The poster will present the methodology developed to systematically register the rock mass parameters within a rock formation, using tunnel mapping as the primary source of "real-scale" rock mass definition.


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F1 2018 Driver Battles: Experience not paying off for Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen form the most experienced driver pairing on the grid, so why are Ferrari struggling?
(Reuters/Albert Gea)
This week, we will look at how the individual drivers in each team are performing. First up, it's Ferrari who are lagging despite having the luxury of the sport's most experienced duo in their garage.
For anyone new to F1, Ferrari's driver pairing would look like the best in the field. Five world championships between them (including the team's last one) is a statistic no other team can match. And, on the surface, this year's results show a capable and supported pair. But, things are not always quite as they seem.
It was clear from the outset in 2015 that Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen liked and respected each other. One only needs to watch how Vettel assuaged Raikkonen's downbeat mood after the 2016 Chinese GP to understand that. However, during these initial years Ferrari only threw the odd challenge at the Mercedes hybrid-era hegemony. When the factory updates and improvements brought the marque into genuine title contention for the 2017 season a switch took place - the team favoured Seb over Kimi. Slowly at first, like in Austria 2017, the suggestion Kimi was being compromised grew stronger. Now, in 2018, Ferrari are a team in conflict.
The team is in relative disarray at management level. There have been glimpses of smart strategy, like in Australia, but there have also been incredible blunders - the slow reaction to the safety car at the Chinese Grand Prix one example. More recently, in Spain, a late and seemingly unnecessary pit stop threw away two places for Vettel on a track where position is crucial. The team is presenting a unified front in response to the questions surrounding the action but there is no disguising it.
Considering Vettel made dying tyres last when winning in Bahrain just last month, the team's claim he needed new ones at late on in Spain - while holding the significant advantage of track position - sounds hollow. This is a championship-threatening level of incompetence and worth noting because it is not a lone occurrence.
Part of their problem is the blatantly obvious favouritism. Despite his blistering speed, a rejuvenated Raikkonen has been given an inferior strategy to his teammate at every opportunity. He narrowly missed pole position in both Bahrain and Azerbaijan and has been close to Vettel at every other race. Yet, his strategy before retirement in Bahrain was questionable and his desire to change tyres was loud in China, many laps before the team finally called him in. Vettel faces no such obstacles, routinely having the team match his stated desires.
The development division of the Prancing Horse is a different story. Except for this past weekend and the season opener, Ferrari have unquestionably been the pacesetters. The car has appeared balanced and fast with neither driver reporting difficulties, in stark contrast to championship leaders Mercedes. Should more level heads prevail on the pit wall over the rest of the season and the solid development work continue, there is no reason Ferrari can't control their own destiny - both championships are there for the taking.
Qualifying head to head
Vettel 4 - 1 Raikkonen
Respective points
Vettel 78 - 48 Raikkonen
Vettel should lead the driver's championship. Instead, the German sits in second place. He beat the odds with supreme driving in the first two races before multiple hiccups at the Chinese GP threw his domination off track. The following two races, Azerbaijan and Spain, were marked by either strategic or driving errors with nasty consequences. However, he is enjoying one of his best seasons as a driver in 2018. His pole in Bahrain was a stunning lap which he bettered in the race with one of his finest drives, holding off the charging Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas for the final ten laps on dead tyres.
He followed that with another fantastic pole in China and was leading the race when a combination of a successful Bottas undercut, slow Ferrari reaction and an inopportune safety car threw everything into disarray. A further shunt, courtesy of the now infamous 2018 version of Max Verstappen, dropped him down to eighth.
In Azerbaijan, Vettel appeared to get back on track with another pole and secured the race lead, before another unfortunate safety car period handed the lead to Bottas. One can hardly blame him for the valiant but failed attempt to retake track position that ultimately dropped him to fourth.
A fantastic move to take P2 at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix race, followed by a deft pass to keep the position, was not enough as the aforementioned strategy blunder sunk those chances.
The overall view of Vettel's season so far suggests he had victory in his hands at every race but Spain. He has displayed supreme skill and deserves to be in the discussion for the top driver up to this point. He should be demolishing the competition, yet finds himself 17 points down from a mediocre Lewis Hamilton due to factors largely beyond his control.
Kimi Raikkonen
As mentioned earlier, Kimi does not enjoy the same level of confidence from the pit wall as his teammate. Besides facing challenges within the strategy department, he has had to deal with aggressiveness from Vettel at the Chinese GP start, a race-ending loose wheel nut in Bahrain and a fatal power issue in Spain. That he is still fourth in the championship is thanks to his legitimate pace, determination and a little luck. A clash in Azerbaijan dropped him down the order, yet he still recovered to finish second. The late strategy decision in China actually worked in his favour, as it somewhat neutralised the safety car factor and he finished on the podium. Even facing the poor strategy calls, with a likely third in Bahrain and fifth in Spain, Raikkonen could be sat on 73 points, just five points from Vettel and 22 points adrift of Hamilton - also within striking distance for the championship.
Prediction for 2018
The Ferrari car is fast, perhaps the fastest on the grid. The reliability and pit problems, which killed two of Raikkonen's races, will probably be minimal factors over the course of the season. However, the decision making from above is more worrying.
In contrast to his teammate, the prioritising may work out for Vettel. He has a championship calibre car in his hands and, although his famous red mist is alive and well, his elite speed and race craft may be enough to carry the SF71H to the top.
If the pit wall could stop thinking the championship will be decided tomorrow and capitalise on their formidable pilots, it could be a successful year for Ferrari.
How do you rate Ferrari's performance this year? Are they handling their driver pairing well? Let us know in the comments below.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe Brat::Client do
  describe ".issues" do
    context "with project ID passed" do
      before do
        stub_get("/projects/3/issues", "project_issues")
        @issues = Brat.issues(3)
      end

      it "should get the correct resource" do
        expect(a_get("/projects/3/issues")).to have_been_made
      end

      it "should return an array of project's issues" do
        expect(@issues).to be_an Array
        expect(@issues.first.project_id).to eq(3)
      end
    end

    context "without project ID passed" do
      before do
        stub_get("/issues", "issues")
        @issues = Brat.issues
      end

      it "should get the correct resource" do
        expect(a_get("/issues")).to have_been_made
      end

      it "should return an array of user's issues" do
        expect(@issues).to be_an Array
        expect(@issues.first.closed).to be_falsey
        expect(@issues.first.author.name).to eq("John Smith")
      end
    end
  end

  describe ".issue" do
    before do
      stub_get("/projects/3/issues/33", "issue")
      @issue = Brat.issue(3, 33)
    end

    it "should get the correct resource" do
      expect(a_get("/projects/3/issues/33")).to have_been_made
    end

    it "should return information about an issue" do
      expect(@issue.project_id).to eq(3)
      expect(@issue.assignee.name).to eq("Jack Smith")
    end
  end

  describe ".create_issue" do
    before do
      stub_post("/projects/3/issues", "issue")
      @issue = Brat.create_issue(3, 'title')
    end

    it "should get the correct resource" do
      expect(a_post("/projects/3/issues").
        with(:body => {:title => 'title'})).to have_been_made
    end

    it "should return information about a created issue" do
      expect(@issue.project_id).to eq(3)
      expect(@issue.assignee.name).to eq("Jack Smith")
    end
  end

  describe ".edit_issue" do
    before do
      stub_put("/projects/3/issues/33", "issue")
      @issue = Brat.edit_issue(3, 33, :title => 'title')
    end

    it "should get the correct resource" do
      expect(a_put("/projects/3/issues/33").
        with(:body => {:title => 'title'})).to have_been_made
    end

    it "should return information about an edited issue" do
      expect(@issue.project_id).to eq(3)
      expect(@issue.assignee.name).to eq("Jack Smith")
    end
  end

  describe ".close_issue" do
    before do
      stub_put("/projects/3/issues/33", "issue")
      @issue = Brat.close_issue(3, 33)
    end

    it "should get the correct resource" do
      expect(a_put("/projects/3/issues/33").
        with(:body => {:state_event => 'close'})).to have_been_made
    end

    it "should return information about an closed issue" do
      expect(@issue.project_id).to eq(3)
      expect(@issue.assignee.name).to eq("Jack Smith")
    end
  end

  describe ".reopen_issue" do
    before do
      stub_put("/projects/3/issues/33", "issue")
      @issue = Brat.reopen_issue(3, 33)
    end

    it "should get the correct resource" do
      expect(a_put("/projects/3/issues/33").
        with(:body => {:state_event => 'reopen'})).to have_been_made
    end

    it "should return information about an reopened issue" do
      expect(@issue.project_id).to eq(3)
      expect(@issue.assignee.name).to eq("Jack Smith")
    end
  end
end

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Eat Drink Local Week Returns To Austin
Eat Drink Local Week celebrates Austin businesses that use locally sourced ingredients.,Eat Drink Local Week celebrates Austin businesses that use locally sourced ingredients.
Edible Austin magazine will celebrate the Austin culinary arts scene with its ninth annual Eat Drink Local Week, running Nov. 28-Dec. 5. The planned events include dinners, tastings and giveaways to highlight local growers, chefs, brewers and distillers, as well as a speaking engagement by reality television stars, the Beekman Boys.
Proceeds will benefit Mobile Loaves and Fishes, an Austin-based nonprofit providing meals for the homeless and working poor, and its Community First housing project. According to the organization's website, it has served over 4 million meals since 1998.
Mobile Loaves and Fishes plans to build a 27-acre community with affordable housing for people who are disabled and chronically homeless. The village will include shared structures like a community garden and workshop. Donations from Eat Drink Local Week will be used to construct five outdoor kitchens at an estimated cost of $30,000.
The Beekman Boys, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, will speak at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. General admission tickets cost $30, and VIP tickets are $100.
The married couple are known for their reality television show, "The Fabulous Beekman Boys." The series documented Kilmer-Purcell, an author, and Ridge, a physician, learning to farm in upstate New York while launching a lifestyle brand called Beekman 1802. They also appeared on the globetrotting competition show, "The Amazing Race," claiming victory in 2012.
The VIP tickets include a pre-show reception with tastings from local restaurants Lenoir, Hoover's Cooking, Barlata's Tapas Bar and Cafe Josie. Tito's Vodka will provide cocktails, while Barcelona Cellars will offer wine. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet the speakers.
A pop-up farmer's market and book signing will follow the speaking engagement. Vendors from Texas Farmers Market, Beekman 1802 and Cowgirl Brands olive oil, among others, will have products for sale.
Monthly pop-up restaurant Bread and Circus Supper Club have planned a Harvest Dinner Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in Palm Door's downtown loft space on Sabine, and tickets cost $55.
The Harvest Dinner will consist of a family-style meal made with local, seasonal ingredients. Prosciutto-wrapped quail breast and broccoli kofta will serve as appetizers. Among the options for the main course will be a pumpkin gnocchi topped by a vermouth cream sauce, parmesan cheese and cinnamon-spiced pepitas and wild boar medallions served with farro, spinach, fennel and a cranberry demi glace. Pumpkin panna cotta will be served for dessert.
See the Edible Austin website for more information and to purchase tickets for the events.


There are numerous statistics that reinforce the value of smooth online interactions with customers, but perhaps the most alarming is the claim from analyst firm Forrester that 45% will abandon an online purchase if they can't quickly find answers to their questions.
According to eDigital's Customer Service Benchmark, which surveyed 2,000 consumers on their experiences of various customer service channels, live online chat had the highest satisfaction levels (73%) of any customer service channel. By comparison, email scored 61% and phone a meagre 44%.
When you consider that we're increasingly conducting our lives via text – evident in the popularity of tablets, mobile devices and services like WhatsApp – providing a means to interact via web chat seems obvious. Best of all, web chats remove the pain of being on hold listening to an apparently never ending compilation of rock ballads, none of which are performed by the original artists!
Research shows that consumers abandon sites after an average of only three clicks. They want answers right away, and the inability to answer their questions quickly can drive customers away from your site. Prompt live assistance makes the customer feel that their needs are being met. By engaging consumers throughout the online experience, an organisation can dramatically improve its conversion rates.
With 60% of consumers likely to abandon online conversions if their questions are not promptly addressed, businesses offering web chat can tackle this by ensuring that communication is offered to the right customer at the right time. More than 40% of consumers consider having live chat assistance during conversion to be one of the most important features of a website.
Making better use of agents' time also allows organisations to reduce unnecessary labour costs by being able to handle peak levels of activity while using the same workforce. What's more, companies using live chat and text messaging as part of their customer management activities typically enjoy a 23% lower cost per customer contact, compared to those that are not using them.
It's important to have multiple ways for customers to engage with live agents, whether that be proactive chat, reactive chat or exit chat. It needs to incorporate any type of content too – surveys, videos, guides, message, images, etc.
Chat windows define the customer experience. Dynamic windows persist as consumers navigate the site so contact and context are never lost. These windows should reflect a business' site branding, support "push" content for agents to display and allow consumers to re-size or adjust them to their preferences.
Customer representatives need to know the full context of the consumer experience during a conversation. Agent interfaces should be simple and intuitive so representatives can focus on conversations instead of software.
Long wait times for agents can destroy customer satisfaction. Web chat should not be offered to site visitors unless agents are available. What's more, routing visitors to agents with specialised knowledge will lead to higher conversions and satisfaction.
Any system must support escalations or transfers from care to sales and vice versa. A good web chat system will allow smooth transfers to the appropriate agent pool to quickly provide the required assistance.
Encryption should be a given to ensure the conversations remain secure and all data collected remains the property of the business.
In order to excel in delighting customers and reducing costs, companies must regularly gauge the effectiveness of their activities and make appropriate adjustments to address evolving business requirements. Those that do enjoy 94% greater annual improvement in customer lifetime value.


This painting is of an American racehorse named Bernardini. The original image came from a magazine on racehorses (Bluebloods – May 2009).
This was a commissioned painting which when completed was never paid for. The artist was even asked to paint out the name of the horse after the painting was finished, despite being initially instructed to copy the photo exactly. Once it had been repainted (the area of red covering the saddle), the commissioner still led Bert on a merry dance and Bert never got paid.
The depiction of horses is a somewhat common theme in the photorealism genre. The best was Richard McLean.
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1831 published his "Companion to the Iron Trade" and "Beecroft's Price Tables." This calculator went through many editions, and remained a standard work in the trade throughout the world.
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The genus Acremonium contains many species; most are saprophytic being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Several species including A. recifei and A. alabamense are recognised as opportunistic pathogens of man and animals, causing mycetoma, mycotic keratitis and onychomycosis. Recently, several Acremonium-like species recognised as opportunistic pathogens have been transferred to other genera; Fusarium falciforme (formerly A. falciforme), Sarocladium kiliense (formerly A. kiliense), Gliomastic roseogriseum (formerly A. roseogriseum) and Sarocladium strictum (formerly A. strictum) (Glenn et al. 1996, Summerbell et al. 2011).
RG-2 for species isolated from humans.
Colonies are usually slow growing, often compact and moist at first, becoming powdery, suede-like or floccose with age, and may be white, grey, pink, rose or orange in colour. Hyphae are fine and hyaline and produce mostly simple awl-shaped erect phialides with inconspicuous collarettes. Conidia are usually one-celled, hyaline or rarely pigmented, globose to cylindrical, and mostly aggregated in slimy heads at the apex of each phialide. Chlamydospores may be present.
Microconidial Fusarium isolates may be confused with Acremonium, but they usually grow faster and have colonies with a characteristic fluffy appearance. Phialemonium species differ by having short, tapering phialides, mostly lacking a basal septum. Coniochaeta is characterised by having sessile phialidic collarettes that are formed directly on the hyphae.
Hyphomycete with solitary, erect, hyaline, awl-shaped phialides producing single-celled, globose to cylindrical conidia, mostly in slimy heads.
Summerbell et al. (2011) revised the genus on the basis of 18S and D1/D2 sequence phylogeny. Sequence based identification may be performed using the D1/D2 or the ITS region. Caution must be exercised though in the interpretation of database sequence comparisons due to the scarcity of database sequences from well-characterised strains, and some sequences may have been attributed to species that have been reclassified (Perdomo et al. 2011a).
Antifungal Susceptibility: Acremonium species data from about 60 isolates (Perdomo et al. 2011 and Australian National data); MIC µg/mL.
Gams (1971), Domsch et al. (2007), Samson et al. (1995), de Hoog et al. (2000, 2015), Glenn et al. (1996), Perdomo et al. (2011a), Summerbell et al. (2011).


This course will give you a complete understanding of every part of the real estate transaction.
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The Fundamentals of Transaction Coordination course is a mandatory requirement towards earning the CTC (Certified Transaction Coordinator) Certification.


KAMPALA – The 2018 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results indicate that females registered an overall better performance compared to males.
Speaking at the release of the results currently ongoing in Kampala Thursday, Feb 28, UNEB executive secretary Dan Odongo said girls performed better, especially in arts subjects. However, Biology overall was the worst done subject.
Results of 91 candidates from 21 centres were withheld due to various cases including impersonation, Mr. Odong said.
41,296 female candidates were registered in 2018 as compared to 41,932 female candidates who were registered in 2017.
Keep to PML Daily for more updates as results trickle in.


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Originally published February 10 2014
Calif. governor will withhold water from local farms this spring due to severe drought
by J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) As an unprecedented drought in California worsens, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration has decided to take a radical measure by withholding water from many of the state's farmers come spring planting season.
As reported by The New York Times, the decision is impactful and will affect millions:
Responding to one of the worst droughts in California's history, state officials announced on Friday that they would cut off the water to local agencies serving 25 million residents and about 750,000 acres of farmland.
With no end in sight for the dry spell and reservoirs at historic lows, Mark Cowin, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said his agency needed to preserve what little water remained so it could be used "as wisely as possible."
Worst drought in at least 100 years
Reports said it will be the first time in the 54-year history of the State Water Project that allocations of water to all of the public agencies it serves are being cut to zero. And the decision is expected to force 20 local water agencies to look elsewhere for water. Many reportedly have other sources on which they can draw, like local reservoirs and groundwater.
That said, the drought has taken its toll on those supplies as well, the Times reported. Some cities, for example - especially in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area - depend almost entirely on the State Water Project, according to Corwin.
"We'll always keep basic human health and safety as highest priority," he said. "We'll try to meet those needs as best we can."
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Water District, serving much of the state's southernmost regions, receives some 30 percent of its water from the State Water Project.
Most farmers served in that region are in Kern County, located at the southern end of the Central Valley. The area is a major source of carrots.
"Our action is intended to keep as much of the remaining water supplies upstream in reservoirs," Corwin told the Times, "so we have it available for the warm period in the summer and fall."
The driest year on record in the state occurred last year. And in January, which is normally one of the wettest months, almost no precipitation fell.
Gov. Brown declared a drought emergency for the state last month. And, the Times said, despite a little moisture in a few parts of the state recently, the drought news has only worsened in the couple of weeks since he made his announcement.
"This is the most serious drought we've faced in modern times," said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, as reported by The Associated Press. "We need to conserve what little we have to use later in the year, or even in future years."
Calls to cut usage by 20 percent
Currently, state reservoir levels are lower than they were in 1977, which was the last time the state went through such a major drought. And this year, California's snow pack is only at 12 percent of what is normal for this time of the year. Worse, 17 rural communities are in danger of completely running out of water in just a few more months.
"[My] action is a stark reminder that California's drought is real," Brown said in a statement. "We're taking every possible step to prepare the state for the continuing dry conditions we face."
Corwin went on to say that there is not enough water to meet the needs of farmers, cities and conservation efforts intended to stave off dwindling populations of salmon and other fish in Northern California.
Brown has called on state residents and businesses to cut back water usage by 20 percent, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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Free Personal Accident cover for Insured, Spouse and four children.
A single IGI policy can be issued to cover various vehicles under a single ownership or for vehicles owned by employees of a corporate organization. The minimum number of vehicles required for fleet rating is five (5). Discount for fleet rating is negotiable.
The operations of motor traders and garage proprietors require special arrangements which includes the custody of, and road testing of, customers' vehicles and driving otherwise uninsured vehicles under trade plates.
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Q: How do we express naturally a thing that is used not a clean one? There are 2 cloths on the table: one is clean and one is used.
The used one is not too dirty as I have used it to wipe his hand. I want to damp a cloth and wipe my counter with it. So, it is unnecessary to use the clean cloth.
So, I am standing in the kitchen and ask my daughter "could you go get the used cloth on the table for me, not the clean one?".
Do we have common term to express a thing that is used but not too dirty like the cloth I mentioned above?

A: Honestly, 'used' is probably the best word. It doesn't inherently mean that something is dirty. People buy 'used' goods all the time such as used cars, used furniture etc, so your suggestion of "fetch me the used cloth" seems fine.
Some people in the UK say that things like cloths are "in use" when they have already begun to be used, but are still within their usable cycle before either being disposed of or being cleaned for re-use.
"Soiled" is an adjective that can mean dirtied through expected use, but is often used in connection with unsanitary things like diapers and bandages, so probably wouldn't fit your context.