THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES differs from the usual A&C formula, with Bud and Lou playing separate characters rather than working as a team. The film begins in 1780, as Costello's Horatio Prim, tinker by trade and true patriot, rides to visit his lady-love Nora. In his possession is a letter of recommendation from George Washington himself, but Abbott's Cuthbert Greenway, jealous of Nora's affection for Horatio, locks him in a trunk. Meanwhile, the lady of the house, Melody Allen, discovers her man Thomas Danbury is a traitor to the cause. Helping Horatio escape, the two are mistaken for British sympathizers, shot, and tossed down a well as the rebels ransack Danbury Manor and burn it to the ground. The rebel leader curses Horatio and Melody to spend eternity on the grounds unless it's proven they weren't traitors after all.
Fast forward 166 years and, as the ghosts of Horatio and Melody are still trapped on Earth, Danbury Manor is restored to its former glory by Sheldon Gage, planning to turn it into a tourist attraction. He brings along his fiancé June, her Aunt Millie, and his pal Dr. Ralph Greenway, a descendant of Cuthbert. There's also servant Emily, said to possess psychic powers, as well as the power to creep people out (June to Emily: "Didn't I see you in REBECCA?").
Our disembodied duo decide to haunt the joint in hopes of finding Washington's letter and free their earthbound souls, and that's when the fun really begins in this excellent fantasy-comedy directed by Charles Barton, who went on to make nine more movies with the team. Bud Abbott gets a chance to stop playing straight man and takes the brunt of the comic mayhem, as the ghostly Horatio mistakes him for Cuthbert (Bud plays both parts). But it's Lou Costello who truly shines as Horatio, combining his farcical facial expressions and high-pitched vocal squeals with moments of pathos. Audiences weren't used to seeing Bud and Lou as separate entities (though they also went this route in their previous film LITTLE GIANT), and they returned to their tried-and-true routines with their next, BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME.
Marjorie Reynolds , fondly remembered for the Christmas classic HOLIDAY INN, makes a good foil for Lou as the ghostly Melody. Academy Award winner Gale Sondergaard didn't play much comedy in her career, but she's perfect as the weirdo Emily (and no, she wasn't in REBECCA ; that was Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers). Binnie Barnes gets off some snappy one-liners as Aunt Millie (Bud during the séance scene: "We've all got to make our minds completely blank" Binnie: "Well, that should be easy for you!"). John Shelton and Lynn Baggett are bland as Sheldon and June, but veteran Donald MacBride livens things up as a cop towards the conclusion.
A great script and the gags come fast and furious. What's not to love? I save this one for Hallowe'en because of the ghosts and hadn't thought of it as a multiple purpose holiday treat. Happy Patriot's Day.


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If you are charged with an offence punishable by a maximum of more than 3 months imprisonment (apart from resisting arrest and common assault under the Summary Offences Act 1981) then you are able to elect to be tried by jury if you wish to plead not guilty.
If you wish to plead guilty then you may do so and you are then sentenced by a District Court Judge in the District Court.
But it you wish to defend the case then you can either elect to be dealt with by a District Court Judge alone or to be dealt with by a jury.
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Hepatitis A Outbreak Shows Need for Better Food Labelling: Clive Palmer
The federal leader of the Palmer United Party and Member for Fairfax, Clive Palmer, says the Australian Hepatitis A outbreak linked to a brand of imported frozen berries could have been avoided with better food labelling.
Mr Palmer has re-iterated his call for urgent reform of Australian food labelling to safeguard consumers, keep profits at home and protect local jobs.
"The serious Hepatitis A outbreak linked to these imported frozen berries is an example of what can happen when consumers do not know what they are buying because of inadequate labelling laws,'' Mr Palmer said.
"People deserve the opportunity to be able to make informed decisions about what they eat and how they are going to spend their money."
Mr Palmer said the Palmer United Party remains committed to ensuring uniform food-labelling reform in Australia to promote the endeavours of local producers, boost employment and keep consumers better informed.
"Under the current laws, it is impossible to determine the breakdown between ingredients and packaging when an item is labelled Australian-made," Mr Palmer said.
"People may think they are supporting Australian producers when in fact only a very small percentage of what they spend may be staying in the country."
He said clarity in labelling on all packaging remains one of the priorities of the Palmer United Party since they first called for reform more than 18 months ago.
"We want to introduce a coloured tag system to properly inform consumers of the origins of the products they buy," he said.
"If a product contains more than five percent of the product including packaging not originating in Australia, it would carry a red tag and if an item has 95% or more of its content made in Australia then we would be proposing a green and gold tag.
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Mountie accused of obstruction of justice took course about impaired driving before fatal accident, Crown says
NEAL HALL, VANCOUVER SUN 02.14.2012
Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson arrives at New Westminster Law Courts on charge of obstructing justice in connection with the October 2008 crash that killed motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in Delta, on Monday, February 13, 2012.Glenn Baglo / PNG
Judith Hutchinson ( mother of victim, Orion Hutchinson ) ( L ) and his sister Daria Hutchinson speak to media outside trial of Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson at New Westminster Law Courts on charge of obstructing justice in connection with the October 2008 crash that killed motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in Delta, on Monday, February 13, 2012.Glenn Baglo / PNG
Gord Swanson speaks to media outside trial of Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson at New Westminster Law Courts on charge of obstructing justice in connection with the October 2008 crash that killed motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in Delta, on Monday, February 13, 2012.Glenn Baglo / PNG
Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson.submitted / for Delta Optimist
RCMP Cpl. Benjamin Robinson at the Braidwood Inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski.Ian Smith / Vancouver Sun
Mountie involved in deadly Taser incident set for trial Monday on obstruction charge
A Mountie on trial for obstructing justice took a breathalyzer course three years before he was involved in a fatal accident, a judge was told Monday.
In his opening statement, prosecutor Kris Pechet told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon that the 2005 breathalyzer training course taken by Cpl. Benjamin (Monty) Robinson included the defences to impaired driving.
One of those defences was consuming alcohol after having control of a vehicle, the Crown said.
A witness will also be called to testify how Robinson said at a Christmas party in 2007 that the best way to beat an impaired driving charge was to leave your driver's licence at the scene and go home or to a bar to have a few shots, saying you did so because you were so "rattled," Pechet said.
The Crown's theory is that after a fatal Oct. 25, 2008 accident in Tsawwassen, which killed 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson, Robinson immediately left the scene with his two children, walked to his nearby home and had a couple of shots of vodka.
That's what he told Delta police Const. Sarah Swallow when he returned to the scene minutes later without his two children, the Crown said.
"The Crown theory is the simple act of saying this to police, given his background and knowledge, was an obstruction," the prosecutor said during the Crown's opening.
"If he drank, that is a further obstruction," he added.
And if Robinson lied about having a couple of shots, that is also obstruction, Pechet said.
Robinson, who is suspended with pay from the RCMP, pleaded not guilty at the start of his eight-day trial.
Defence lawyer David Crossin has filed a constitutional application to have Robinson's statements to police the night of the accident excluded as evidence. The Charter challenge is expected to be heard today.
The first witness was Debbie Seberry, who hosted a Halloween party the night of the accident that Robinson attended with two of his three children.
Robinson was drinking beer at the party, which began at 5 p.m., the witness testified. She recalled asking Robinson to go to the liquor store to get a bottle of red wine for herself and some beer for her boyfriend.
Robinson picked up a six-pack of beer for himself, she said, adding she noticed after he left that he had a full beer in the fridge.
He left the party with his kids at about 10 p.m. and lives about a five-minute drive away, Seberry said.
Cross-examined by the defence, Seberry said Robinson showed no signs of impairment as he left the party.
Dale Hazel, an Air Canada pilot for 32 years, testified he was at a friend's house watching the Canucks game when they heard a loud bang and went outside to investigate.
The driver of the Jeep involved in the accident walked toward him, with two children, and tried to hand his licence to Hazel, who refused to take it.
The man handed his licence to another man walking his dog and quickly left with his children, Hazel recalled.
"He didn't want his children there," he told the court. "He was quite anxious to get away from the scene."
Hazel recalled that he went over to check on the motorcyclist and two women were already there, with one trying to resuscitate him.
Robinson was arrested at the scene and given a breathalyzer test. He blew .12 four minutes before midnight and minutes later blew .10 — well over the legal limit of .08.
Delta police recommended Robinson be charged with impaired driving causing death, but senior prosecutors found the evidence did not establish proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Instead, Robinson was charged with obstruction of justice.
Robinson, 42, was the senior officer on duty when Robert Dziekanski, 40, died at Vancouver International Airport after he was repeatedly shot with a Taser stun gun on Oct. 14, 2007.
Thomas Braidwood, the retired judge who headed a public inquiry, found the officers' testimony was "unbelievable," the government appointed special prosecutor Richard Peck to do an independent review.
Peck recommended Robinson and three other Mounties involved in the Dziekanski incident should be charged with perjury. Perjury charges were approved by the Crown last year. That trial is set for April 2013.
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Do tenured and tenure-track faculty matter?
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During the last two decades, there has been a significant growth in the share of faculty members at American colleges and universities that are employed in part-time or full-time nontenure-track positions. Our study is the first to address whether the increased usage of such faculty adversely affects undergraduate students' graduation rates. Using institutional level panel data from the College Board and other sources, our econometric analyses suggest that the increased usage of these faculty types does adversely affect graduation rates at four-year colleges, with the largest impact on students being felt at the public master's level institutions.
What is Happening to Public Higher Education?
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Stork Renaissance
By JW Dowey - 04 Apr 2014 6:35:0 GMT
The Extremadura here, or a central German village would be the classic stork scenario, but with some manipulation, it seems likely that two storks, Fidelity and Fertility, are about to break a 600 year habit and lay in the UK -White stork image; Credit: © Shutterstock
One swallow doesn't make a summer, but after a failed nesting attempt in 2004, a pair of storks could re-establish the species in Britain after 600 years. There have been lots of single English storks building nests in places like Mansfield. The last record of a successful brood was 600 years ago, however - well 598, if you want to be pedantic!
The stork is a large animal to have on top of your chimney sitting on a pile of sticks, but it's familiar throughout most of Europe and I believe it nests even in Finland. St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland supplied the last sitting tenant in 1416, with no record of an English nestling after that either.
Scotland then holds the record of last stork until Norfolk can prove this year is the year for the unique Ciconia ciconia. The Netherlands Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden have seen populations resume breeding, after intensive conservation efforts there. This means that as they migrate in the spring from Africa, the birds pass the Straits of Gibraltar and a couple or two hit on the UK, and maybe Ireland too in the near future.
St Giles Cathedral staff could stick a few twigs on the roof in anticipation. After all, this symbol of the joy of a new child was used as a fertility symbol long before Christianity. Of course, the likely story will revolve around temperatures and global warming of the white stork's habitat in some areas. At Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great Yarmouth, the east coast sun shines warmly, with less rain than western Britain. Supplies of fodder such as insects, fish, a mammal or two and amphibians will be more plentiful than in recent centuries, when the Thames froze over and thee mini-ice age was observed. Perhaps the storks left for good reason.
It seems like a medieval Machiavellian plot this year with the semi-wild birds living in a zoo The chosen chimney isn't as old as the last stork but it is certainly 18th century. The Director of the establishment tried to attract storks to nest by building a structure on one chimney at the front of the hall, but the choosy creatures wanted to have a back chimney, out of sight and 36 feet up.
Mating has begun and nests last for decades, getting larger every year, so the decision seems to have been made, to invade! Youngsters, if they survive well, will presumable return to the wildlife park to set up a "storkery" or whatever Lallans term was used in Edinburgh in 1416! Thanks to the people responsible for contriving the record mating and hopefully the reproductive success. We hope Thrigby Hall becomes a Mecca for stork enthusiasts as that baby peeps over the edge for the first time. Great conservation/ reintroduction project!
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Ron Pierce (right) appears with A-5823 legislative sponsor Shavonda Sumter (D-35) and Henal Patel, associate counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Ron Pierce (right) appears with A-5823 legislative sponsor Shavonda Sumter (D-35) and Henal Patel, ... Credits: Courtesy of NJISJ
More than 80,000 people on parole and probation in New Jersey stand to regain the right to vote following the passage of A-5823. The bill passed through the Assembly on Nov. 25. More than 80,000 people on parole and probation in New Jersey stand to regain the right to vote ... Credits: Courtesy of NJISJ
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Speaking before the New Jersey General Assembly in Trenton on Nov. 25, Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris) called upon his fellow legislators to consider a particular idiom ahead of a vote on a bill to restore voting rights to people on parole and probation upon release.
"There is a reason why we have a saying in our language that is used to denote something that's absurd. We say: 'The inmates are running the asylum,'" Webber said. "This bill literally allows the inmates to run the asylum."
However, Ron Pierce, a Justice & Democracy fellow with the Newark-based New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and his colleagues see things a bit differently.
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"The way his system is, I made $3.50 a day running the recreation department. You have a head chef running the kitchen. So while we don't have a vote, and we're making just beyond slave wages, basically we are running it — there's just staff to oversee," said Pierce, who graduated from Rutgers-Newark with a degree in justice studies through the New Jersey Transformative Education in Prisons program.
After more than 30 years of not voting due to being incarcerated for murder and paroled, the voting rights advocate is on the precipice of being able to vote again in 2020 following a 46-23-1 vote in favor of bill A-5823 in the state assembly. The bill is sponsored by Democrats Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic), Cleopatra Tucker of D-Essex, Jamel Holley (D-Union) and Britnee Timberlake of (D-Essex).
"If what [Webber] meant is that people affected by the criminal justice system will now have a say in their democracy and laws that affect them, their families and their communities, we couldn't agree more. That's the point," echoed Henal Patel, associate counsel for NJISJ, which is spearheading the statewide voting rights restoration campaign #1844NoMore. The campaign is named for the year New Jersey both revoked the voting rights of people with criminal convictions and restricted the vote to white men.
Gov. Phil Murphy's anticipated final approval of A-5823 would make New Jersey the 20th state to allow people on probation and parole to vote.
In his work with NJISJ and A-5823's legislative sponsors, Pierce has established himself as a force for change. For him, restoring the right to vote for people with criminal convictions is more a matter of humanity than it is a circumvention of crime and punishment, as the bill's opponents allege.
Recalling the day in Trenton State Prison that he received the letter informing him his voting rights had been rescinded, he mulled over the ways in which the collateral consequence is an act of systemic and continued disenfranchisement. He said his father instilled in him a sense of civic duty and an obligation to his community that has stayed with him as he simultaneously drives forward and awaits a historic legislative decision.
"It was at that moment that I kind of heard my father's voice talking about the community responsibility that I had, and how now I was disconnected from it," Pierce said. "My father was very socially conscious and politically conscious, he instilled in us that we had to be part of the community and give back. He also believed very strongly in not only voting but in understanding what the community's needs are."
That disconnect, as Pierce recalls it, disproportionately affects black people, which make up more than half of the overall 102,000 people in New Jersey who can't vote due to conviction. According to Pierce, losing the right to vote is a barrier to re-entry that weighs heavily on those with convictions and their communities, whose needs are effectively silenced.
A political science class Pierce took while in prison demonstrated that many black inmates arrive at prison feeling politically inert and marginalized. Behind bars, he said that time and the political atmosphere of prison create a personal transformation that enlightens social consciousness, giving way to what would be informed voters. But without the right to vote, that enlightenment cannot be released or create change, perpetuating a cycle of recidivism for individuals and underrepresentation for their communities.
"It was there that I decided that was the most important aspect — the most fundamental collateral consequence that is the opening for all other collateral consequences, like housing and education problems, job opportunities — falls under the fact that no one has to listen to you because you can't do anything for them," Peirce said.
While more than 80,000 people on probation and parole stand to regain the right to vote as the bill reaches the end of its legislative journey, the work is hardly over. In conjunction with A-5823, which Pierce and his colleagues expect to pass into law, NJISJ is working on extending the vote to 19,000 people who are actively incarcerated.
New Jersey's black prison population has risen to more than 62 percent, and according to Pierce, that number is inflating. To that effect, A-5823 is also an essential tool in healing New Jersey's racial disparities and the issues that compound them. In Pierce, who shares in the many collateral consequences of criminal conviction, these issues find a human face to champion their solutions through research and staunch advocacy.
"Ron is a husband, a veteran, a college graduate, and a fierce advocate for social justice and the right to vote. When people talk to him, they understand that we are talking about real human beings whose voices have been silenced," Patel commented. "Due to his own experience, Ron understands on a visceral level how the right to vote can help with rehabilitation and re-entry into society by forging a connection with community — how the vote, as he says, has 'value to the soul,' and should not be tied to the criminal justice system."
Pierce, looking back on his life before his 1986 conviction, reflects fondly upon his family's voting-day tradition of coffee, donuts and spirited debate at his childhood home before everyone cast their ballots. But for right now, he's not making celebration plans for the day he regains his right to participate in elections.
"I don't really know what I'll do the day it passes, I really don't. I'm so focused on how close it's coming, and I'm scared to look too far into the future and jinx it," he said.
Instead, Pierce said he will continue doing what he does best: helping the people understand what the right to vote means to someone who can't.
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Mr. Williams joined the San Francisco Fed in 2002 and previously served as a senior economist for the Fed board in Washington, joining the central bank in 1994.
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For Journalist Lamin Fatty, Painful Memories of NIA Torture Still Linger
By Sheriff Bojang Jr.	 Last updated May 18, 2019 1,275
Lamin Fatty haunted by the memories of NIA torture
When Lamin Fatty ended his nine-year exile in Senegal and returned to The Gambia in February 2017 after the exit of President Yahya Jammeh, 'move on' was the most common phrase he heard. Everywhere he went, he was told to forget the past and move on. But for a person who went through hell, the heart to move on has always been weakened by lingering memories of the pain and trauma of the past.
Before going into exile in January 2008, Lamin was a news reporter who was battling a politically-charged court case against the Jammeh regime. It all started on the fateful day of 10th April, 2006. At around 2:30pm, he returned to his Churchill's Town house from a social function when he was stopped at the gate by five plainclothes agents of the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
"They identified themselves as NIA officers and they told me that I must go with them to their headquarters because they wanted me to clarify some issues," he says.
Lamin Fatty in his days as a young reporter for the Independent newspaper
Lamin was reluctant to go with them for safety and security reasons. Just two weeks earlier, he and some of his colleagues at the Independent newspaper were arrested and detained by security forces for an article he wrote about a wave of arrests of soldiers and other security agents accused of taking part in an alleged failed coup led by then army chief, Col. Ndure Cham.
"I told the NIA officers that I couldn't go with them because I didn't know them even though they showed me their identification cards. I didn't want to go because they were known for their unfriendliness towards the media."
But after a few minutes of push and pull, Lamin agreed to go with the NIA agents, but asked them to allow him to go into his room and change his clothes. The agents agreed.
"I asked for that because I figured I could have just disappeared and no one would know my whereabouts. So when I went in, I quickly wrote a note addressed to Halifa Sallah of PDOIS and gave it to a friend who was with me in the house to take it to Mr. Sallah."
This was in the aftermath of an alleged failed coup and there was a lot of fear in the country. For Lamin, the only person he could think of at that moment who would have the guts to speak out about his plight was Sallah. In the letter, he wrote "Dear Halifa, I've just been arrested in my house by five NIA personnel and they're taking me to the NIA headquarters." Halifa Sallah and Foroyaa would later publish articles about Lamin's plight.
Lamin Fatty
From his house, he was driven at breakneck speed in a pickup vehicle first to the Mile 2 Central Prison for a quick stopover and then to the NIA headquarters.
"Upon arrival at NIA, they searched me roughly, removed everything I had in my pockets and took me straight to Bambadinka (an underground cell that served as the regime's most notorious torture chamber)."
Lamin was kept at Bambadinka for the next seventeen days without being charged or told why he was being detained. On a regular basis, he was tortured.
"I went through hell. It was horrible. I was electrocuted. They'd take me out of my cell to the backyard where they'd dig a hole, bury me half way, and shove a gun in my mouth and threaten to kill me. Other times they'd strip me, pour cold water on me and ask me questions about how I got my information about soldiers arrested after the alleged failed coup and whether I knew Ndure Cham. They'd continue beating me."
On the 18th day in Bambadinka, Lamin fell sick. He was taken to the military hospital near the State House in Banjul after the NIA authorities realised his sickness was severe. He was returned to the NIA headquarters after undergoing six hours of medical treatment.
Lamin Fatty detained and tortured at the NIA headquarters
"They wanted to take me back to Bambadinka when I arrived but I had to beg them. I went to Cpt. Abdoulie Saine and told him that I was sick and I had to take my medication. I appealed to him not to take me back to Bambadinka. That was the time they put me in a room at the investigation department and at night I'd be taken to the reception to sleep," Lamin says.
On June 12th, sixty three days after his arrest, Lamin was escorted to the Police Headquarters in Banjul where he was charged with false publication and broadcasting. He was bailed at the Kanifing Magistrates Court on the same day and he went home. After more than four months, he was found guilty and was asked to pay a fine D50,000 or serve one year in prison with hard labour. He paid the fine but later decided to appeal the judgment.
Fast-forward the story – Lamin fled to Senegal for exile for fear of further harm in The Gambia. For the next nine years, he hustled in the streets of Dakar to survive and to take care of his wife and kids in The Gambia.
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"I felt a bit lost. Being away for so long made everything here different. It felt strange," he says.
Despite some personal adjustments, how to shake off the memories of the past remains Lamin's biggest battle.
"The bad memories come all over again quite frequently. The NIA headquarters is still there and of course it always reminds me of what I went through during my detention. The TRRC is on. Each time I hear witnesses testifying about the tortures and maltreatments they suffered during the former regime, they always make sense to me. These are familiar treatments. Whenever I listen to their stories, I hear my own story. It's not easy."
Today, Lamin works as a talk show host at a local radio station, an opportunity that eases his stress and boosts his healing process. He's one of the four journalists the ECOWAS Court of Justice last year ordered The Gambia to pay D6 million in compensation for the violation of their rights and subjecting them to degrading treatments.
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There's nothing like burning off energy in the open air so consider visiting one of the UK's 15 National Parks. These protected areas of stunning beauty are great for bike rides, picnics, hikes, orienteering, nature trails or just enjoying the view.
The Lake District, covering 2292km², is the largest UK national park. Head for the visitor centre in Brockhole, where there are free exhibitions, a wildlife centre and many great activities including an indoor soft play area, an aerial adventure playground and a traversing wall.
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There's plenty for younger kids, too, including inflatable heaven, Wobble World, and Squirrel Nutty, where you travel in acorn carriages through the treetops.
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Longleat Safari Park in Warminster, Wiltshire, was thought to be among the nearest thing to the wilds of Africa when it opened in 1966. Today, you can cruise by elephants, rhinos, lions, cheetahs, pelicans, wolves and zebras. But perhaps the most memorable attraction is The Monkey 'Drive-Thru'. Watch out, though – those little monkeys can cause mayhem!
Other highlights include giraffe, deer and lorikeet feeding, and at the Ranger animal shows, with expert supervision, you can touch a tarantula, stroke a snake or cuddle a guinea pig.
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There you can wander the 19 State Rooms, which feature sparkling chandeliers, dramatic candelabras, priceless works of art, exquisite porcelain and the finest furniture. But no visit to Buckingham Palace would be complete without seeing the ceremony of Changing the Guard. It lasts about 45 minutes and usually takes place daily in the summer at 11.30am and on alternate days the rest of the year.
The UK boasts many brilliant beaches so, if there's a rare day of sunshine, make the most of it by taking the kids to the coast. The Good Beach Guide has rated 754 beaches, and among those recommended is Watergate Bay on the north coast of Cornwall.
With a two-mile strip of glistening golden sand surrounded by cliffs, picturesque Watergate Bay is idyllic – plus it's rarely overcrowded, offers safe swimming and there are rock pools galore. In addition, a watersports centre is right on the beach, offering everything from surfing to wave skiing.
What's more, there are two great restaurants: Fifteen Cornwall has unbeatable views over the bay and serves a traditional British breakfast, followed by delicious Italian dishes for lunch. Then there's a lower-cost alternative, the Beach Hut café, which has simple dishes and an all-day kids' menu. For more information, visit www.watergatebay.co.uk.
Once you've decided where to go, try and buy tickets in advance and have a look around for deals online, as you can often secure a sizeable discount.
A final tip before you go: preparation is everything. Whether it's checking your car insurance policy is up to date, you've left a contact phone number with the neighbours or booked accommodation, the holiday could seem a little sweeter if you've put in a little planning.
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Q: AttributeError: type object 'Database' has no attribute 'scoreDB' I'm trying to connect to Python using AWS RDS during the process of making games using pygame and open source. When I run it, it says "AttributeError: type object 'Database' has no attribute 'scoreDB' "
shooting_game.py
import pygame
from database import Database

def main():
    hiScores=Database().getScores()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    while(main()):
        pass

database.py

import pymysql

class Database(object):
    numScores = 15
    def __init__(self,host='database-1.c79ahye2go7m.ap-northeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com',user='admin',password='letskirin',db='hiScores',charset='utf8'):
        self.scoreDB=pymysql.connect(host=host,user=user,password=password,db=db,charset=charset)
        self.cursor=self.scoreDB.cursor(pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)
    @staticmethod
    def getSound(self,music=False):
        curs = self.scoreDB.cursor(pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)
        if music:
            curs.execute("CREATE TABLE if not exists music (setting integer)")
            curs.execute("SELECT * FROM music")
        else:
            curs.execute("CREATE TABLE if not exists sound (setting integer)")
            curs.execute("SELECT * FROM sound")
        self.scoreDB.commit()
        setting = curs.fetchall()
        curs.close()
        return bool(setting[0][0]) if len(setting) > 0 else False

    @staticmethod
    def setSound(self,setting, music=False):
        curs = self.scoreDB.cursor()
        if music:
            curs.execute("DELETE FROM music")
            curs.execute("INSERT INTO music VALUES (?)", (setting,))
        else:
            curs.execute("DELETE FROM sound")
            curs.execute("INSERT INTO sound VALUES (?)", (setting,))
        self.scoreDB.commit()
        curs.close()

    @classmethod
    def getScores(self):
        curs = self.scoreDB.cursor()

        curs.execute('''CREATE TABLE if not exists scores
                     (name text, score integer, accuracy real)''')
        curs.execute("SELECT * FROM scores ORDER BY score DESC")
        self.scoreDB.commit()
        hiScores = curs.fetchall()
        curs.close()
        return hiScores

    @staticmethod
    def setScore(self,hiScores,entry):
        curs = self.scoreDB.cursor()

        if len(hiScores) == Database.numScores:
            lowScoreName = hiScores[-1][0]
            lowScore = hiScores[-1][1]
            curs.execute("DELETE FROM scores WHERE (name = ? AND score = ?)",
                      (lowScoreName, lowScore))
        curs.execute("INSERT INTO scores VALUES (?,?,?)", entry)
        self.scoreDB.commit()
        curs.close()

ERROR message
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\giuni27\ossp\Base_shooting-game\shooting_game.py", line 683, in <module>
    while(main()):
  File "c:\Users\giuni27\ossp\Base_shooting-game\shooting_game.py", line 127, in main
    hiScores=Database.getScores()
  File "c:\Users\giuni27\ossp\Base_shooting-game\database.py", line 43, in getScores
    curs = self.scoreDB.cursor()
AttributeError: type object 'Database' has no attribute 'scoreDB

I tried to find the reason and implement it as it is, but I couldn't fix the error. I would appreciate it if you could help me with a beginner developer.

A: the problem is that you used the decorator @classmethod, when you use this, your are saying that this is a static method, and you are tryng to acess a object method
Solution: remove the decorator  @classmethod of getScores(self)
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Very easy to order. I was able to get same-day delivery without a crazy up-charge. The arrangement was actually larger and more beautiful than I anticipated...a pleasant surprise!
If I said excellent service, that might be an understatement. I place a order online to send a floral arrangement to my Aunt because my uncle just passed away. Within minutes of placing the order I received a call letting me know what I ordered was not available for same day delivery and they helped me pick something else. 25 minutes later my order was delivered. Thank you so much..my Aunt loves it.
We were very pleased with our experience. I appreciated the email communication when our arrangement was delivered. We were also pleasantly surprised when we saw that the flower arrangement was bigger and lovelier than we expected.
The roses my husband purchased for our 62nd Anniversary were beautiful! You did exactly as he asked. Thank you!
flowers were beautiful and came right on time. would not hesitate to buy from you again.
Thank you, Amy, for your special efforts to accommodate my requests. The bouquet is absolutely lovely and I'm very sure that the recipient will be delighted!!
The staff worked with me and kept me informed as I was ordering from out of state. They over delivered on their promises, I am THRILLED and thankful they could send my love to friends in the area when they needed it most. Thank you Bayville Florist!
You always do a beautiful job! My Mom always loves her arrangements. THANK YOU!
Everything went well by phone with Internet order.my friend was very pleased and surprised.
Ordered flowers for my moms birthday. Although the flowers she received were different than what was pictured, the arrangement she received was comparable. She thought they were beautiful and fresh, looking great for over a week. I highly recommend ordering from this company, and I will continue to order from them.
flowers were beautiful and right on time. i would not hesitate to order from them again.
flowers and arrangement is beautiful. would highly recomend this place to anyone.
The flowers were beautiful. They were by far the best floral arrangement I have ever ordered. I was extremely happy with the value and the arrangement. I will gladly order from you in the future. The bouquet was huge and beautiful. It well exceeded my expectations. The arrangement definitely put a huge smile on the recipients face.
So glad you and the recipient loved them. You thank you for your kind words.
the flowers that were delevered were absosuly beautiful. they were delevered on time, and the driver was very helpful about the care for them. i would not hesitate to order from you guys again. thankyou !!!
Beautiful flower arrangement from wonderful people! I would never order anywhere else again!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
He was very pleased with the arrangement!! He said he placed them on his table in front of him so he could look at them all day. They brighten his day!
I'm not the kind of person who usually responds to surveys but in this case I feel compelled to do so. Always Something Special is the best florist I have ever had the pleasure of doing business with. The flowers are always high quality and last a long time. I have never been disappointed with anything I have purchased or received. I have gone into the shop on a few occasions and was greeted by really friendly staff. They were more than accommodating to make an arrangement while I waited and it was gorgeous! I have recommended them to my friends and family. Something Special never disappoints.
Always Something Special is a very nice florist. The flowers that I ordered for a funeral were there before the viewing were very beautiful. Thank you for taking special care in a time of sadness in our family.
Flower arrangements were beautiful and were delivered before we arrived. Thank you for such great service.
The spray was absolutely beautiful!
The flowers are gorgeous. The arrangement and vase beautiful. Delivery service was exceptional.
They most beautiful and long lasting flowers. I got flowers for Easter and they are still alive today. I will use this florist again.
As always I am very happy with my orders! You never disappoint! I also wanted to say thank you for the promo code to waive the delivery fee which I commented on in my last survey... It's a nice surprise when a business actually still believes in customer service! Thank you again!
I think you guys are great! I always use your florist! My only complaint is the delivery charge. I understand it, however I order flowers for my mother and she only lives across the street. That's my only complaint. The flowers are always beautiful though!!
Amazing customer service and flowers!
Amy's flowers are consistently beautiful. Pleased to recommend this florist.
The most Beautiful funeral flowers I have ever seen!!
Beautiful Arrangement delivered fast. I will use you again!!!
In a day of dying customer service that is so NOT the case at Always Something Special. They face up to their errors, provide quality, and go above and beyond to help someone.
EXCEPTIONAL florist! My family and I use them for all occasions! They are so professional, family friendly, prompt, and willing to go the extra mile for you and your special occasion, with beautiful fresh flowers always!
The flower arrangement is beautiful, and was delivered so fast. We were very happy with your service, and will definitely place future orders with you.
The arrangement was beautiful and arrived within 4 hours of ordering online!
Amazing work, the arrangement was above and beyond what I expected. Extremely impressed with quality of the work and the timely delivery. Will certainly be using in the future. Thanks again!
I have used Always Something Special for sometime now. I have used Amy for many different occasion, the arrangements have always been perfect. Whether for my husbands funeral, my grandnieces birth and everything in between. We are looking forward to Amy expertise for my daughter's wedding. Thank You.
I live in Northern NJ and this was the first time I purchased flowers from this company / web site. I ordered the COLORFUL CONDOLENCES TRIBUTE for my Uncle's funeral. When we went to the Funeral Home, my family could not believe how beautiful it was and it truly exceeded everyone's expectations. Thank you for a such a great job in our time of sorrow.
The Flowers where beautiful and my wife loved them. This is the second time I have order flowers from your shop and the flowers where better than expected. I am recommending you to all of my family and friends in the Berkeley Twp area.
I have used Always Something Special flower shop on several occasions both via internet orders and stopping by the shop. Its the only florist I would use in the Bayville area. The arrangements have been consistently magnificent and the service and delivery have been excellent.
Thank you for the gorgeous job you did on my Dad's funeral. The book arrangement and the tropical arrangement were a huge hit and people are still talking about them. Amy you were a pleasure to work for and you made a difficult day so much easier to handle.
Beautiful arrangement, very satisfied. Will use your Florist for any future purchases.
Amy, Thank You so much, Julia Loved Everything. The bouquets were perfect and so were the centerpieces. We were so happy! We will recommed you in the future.
I can not say enought amazing things about you and your florist. We left your shop each time saying how sweet you were. Giving us a sample bouq. was perfect it allowed me to match it up to the dresses and made making the decisions soo much easier! The flowers looked beautiful the day of the wedding! I have and will continue to recommed your shop to everyone!
Always Something Special took the time to walk my future Daughter in law through the process. She had no idea what she wanted and amy spent quite a bit of time assisting her. Aside from that amy was extemely helpful with the budgeting process and EVEN MADE SAMPLE BOUQUETS. Now thats customer service with a smile!!
Sep 23, 2009 Name: Dan (danfig@aol.com) Flowers are arranged beautifully and not skimped on. Great value and great service. Highly recommend.
Amy, We checked many places out. You have been the best. Very interested in doing the job. We very much appreicate your help and interest. You are the one that works for her money. Instead of being the one paid to do the work. A fine quality. I will highly recommend your work to everyone!!
I want to thank you for, first of all, making the flower choosing process enjoyable, and secondly, for creating the most beautiful arrangements I have ever seen. From the corsages, and my sisters' bouquets, to my own bouquet, and the altar pieces - everything was stunning!!! I couldn't have been any more thrilled. Thanks again for EVERYTHING. P.S. I loved the tables and the cake flowers too!!
Flowers are arranged beautifully and not skimped on. Great value and great service. Highly recommend.
I love this shop! The flowers are always fresh and beautiful and customer service is excellent. It's something that you do not get anywhere else and I've always been more than happy with every order.


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Telecommunications Commission asks WhatsApp users to activate two-factor authentication
Tuesday, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Ghazi Jbour, said that the commission's duty is to protect the privacy of citizens, after the instant messaging application 'WhatsApp' changed its privacy policy.
WhatsApp announced Jan. 6 that it will force users to share information with Facebook if they want to keep using the service.
Privacy advocates questioned the move, citing Facebook's track record in handling user data. It has also prompted social media users, including Tesla's founder Elon Musk, to call for WhatsApp users to switch to more private applications such as Signal or Telegram.
In turn, WhatsApp user data will be shared with the broader Facebook network, such as Instagram and Messenger. The option to share data with Facebook has existed for several years, but it was previously just an option.
Now, WhatsApp terms clearly state: "WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information with, the other Facebook companies. We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate" and market services.
Jbour said that the commission's duty is to protect the interests of the beneficiaries of various telecommunications services, while alerting them of the risks that may result from any service or application that may violate privacy or expose the beneficiaries' data to hacking or tampering.
By users granting permission to WhatsApp following their new privacy policy, Jbour indicated that many citizens are exposed to hacking of their WhatsApp accounts or their social media. Such permissions enable the application to access user files and data such as photos, contactics and location.
He emphasized that the user can stop these permissions and use them only when needed, indicating that any application needs a username and password that contains upper and lower case symbols and letters, no less than 8 characters.
Some applications use the "two-factor authentication" feature, he said, adding that this feature allows protecting the application from hacking and reducing the chances of the application and data being exposed to hacking dangers.
He pointed out that the two-factor authentication consists of using the username and password, then sending a verification code to the user by sending a two-step voice or text message to verify their identity.
The two-factor authentication ensures that access to the application is not available from another user, and that non-defined users who send messages are prohibited.
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Q: How do I read a signed cookie in Sinatra? I have mounted Sinatra over Rails. I am able to read normal cookies set by Rails in Sinatra using 'sinatra/cookies'.
However, I am not able to read the signed cookies as possible in rails
cookies.signed[:something]

It says that signed is undefined.
Also, I tried the below config in my Sinatra, but it didn't help.
use Rack::Config do |env| do
  env[ActionDispatch::Cookies::TOKEN_KEY] = Rails.application.config.secret_token
end
use ActionDispatch::Cookies
use ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, key: '_myapp_session'


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What does Nancy Pelosi know about Newt?
'Whenever someone plays all coy like "I know something you don't know, nah-nah-na-nah-nah" it's always maddening, but when the subject of the withheld secret is disgraced former Speaker of the House, Newton Leroy Gingrich, and the holder of the keys to that mystery taunting the American electorate is House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi—who was on a House ethics committee that investigated Gingrich for a year and who looked at thousands of pages of documents—it's got to be pretty explosive.
So far Pelosi has twice—not once, but twice—come right out and point-blank told the country that she knows "something" about Gingrich that insures that he will never become the President of the United States. As in never, ever, it ain't gonna happen, no way, Jose, never, nope, sorry, uh-uh.' (via Dangerous Minds).
Depression's Criteria May Be Changed to Include Grieving
"In a bitter skirmish over the definition of depression, a new report contends that a proposed change to the diagnosis would characterize grieving as a disorder and greatly increase the number of people treated for it." (via NYTimes).
As readers know, I have done intermittent coverage of the proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the official 'bible' of psychiatric diagnoses in US practice and currently awaiting its 5th edition. While lat week's scandal was about the possible contraction of the definition of autism (which has many parents and patient advocates up in arms about the potential loss of qualifications for services for thousands), most of the suggested changes have one thing in common. They broaden the criteria for various disorders or create new, questionable diagnoses. In so doing, many more aspects of emotional life become medicalized or pathologized and subject to treatment with powerful drugs. Proponents of these changes claim they will allow the more rapid, preemptive identification of people deserving treatment. Critics claim that millions would be labelled mentally ill for behaviors previously conceived as normal, with insufficient evidence that they would benefit from treatment and needless exposure to the malignant side effects of powerful medications. Not to mention lining the pockets of Big Pharma.


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Canon XSi Imatest Results
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We routinely use Norman Koren's excellent "Imatest" analysis program for quantitative, thoroughly objective analysis of digicam test images. I highly recommend it to our technically-oriented readers, as it's far and away the best, most comprehensive analysis program I've found to date.
My comments below are just brief observations of what we see in the Imatest results. A full discussion of all the data Imatest produces is really beyond the scope of this review: Visit the Imatest web site for a full discussion of what the program measures, how it performs its computations, and how to interpret its output.
Here's some of the results produced by Imatest for the Canon XSi:
sRGB Accuracy Comparison
Canon XSi
The Canon XSi showed excellent color accuracy, as well as fairly accurate saturation levels. Hue accuracy was very good, with only minor hue shifts occurring mainly in the cyans, oranges and reds. Average saturation was 105.2% (5.2% oversaturated) and average "delta-C" color error was only 3.93 after correction for saturation, which is very low. (Delta-C is the same as the more commonly referred to delta-E, but delta-C takes into account only color differences, ignoring luminance variation.) Overall, a very good color response for an SLR, especially a consumer oriented model. Mouse over the links below the illustration above to compare results with other recent models.
Adobe RGB Accuracy Comparison
As is true of most SLRs, when using the Adobe RGB color space (which provides a much wider gamut, or range of colors that can be expressed), the Canon XSi delivers more highly saturated color, with an average saturation of 111.2% and average saturation-corrected hue error of 5.14 "delta-C" units. Again, mouse over the links below the illustration above to compare results with other recent SLRs.
Canon XSi Color Analysis
This image shows how the Canon Rebel XSi actually rendered the colors of the MacBeth chart, compared to a numerically ideal treatment. In each color swatch, the outer perimeter shows the color as actually captured by the camera, the inner square shows the numerically correct color after correcting for the luminance of the photographed chart (as determined by a second-order curve fit to the values of the gray swatches), and the small rectangle inside the inner square shows the numerically correct color, without the luminance correction. This image shows the excellent hue accuracy, as well as a gamma curve that results in an overexposure of highly saturated swatches. (This seems to be a fairly common tactic, to produce "bright" color that's appealing to consumers, without further overdoing the saturation.)
Canon XSi Noise Analysis
There's a lot in this particular graph, a lot more than we have room to go into here. (This set of plots has also changed a little in the more recent versions of Imatest. Some of the plots that were shown here previously are now shown in other Imatest output. Since we largely focus on the Noise Spectrum plot, we'll only show the graphic above, which includes that plot.)
In comparing these graphs with those from competing cameras, I've found that the Noise Spectrum graph at lower right is the most important. Cameras that manage to shift their noise spectrum to higher frequencies have much finer-grained noise structures, making their noise less visually objectionable. In the graph above, this would show up as a noise spectrum curve that remained higher on the right side, representing higher noise frequencies. The champion at this was the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, which produced remarkably fine-grained image noise, even at very high ISOs.
The Canon XSi does an excellent job of keeping plenty of the luminance noise energy (indicated by the black line) at high frequencies and is better than most cameras in this respect. What little low-ISO image noise that's there is more fine-grained as a result. Chroma noise is another matter though: The blue and especially red channels are quite a bit noisier than the others, but that's not at all unusual, and only slightly visible when inspecting shadow areas of low ISO shots very closely. Canon says their High ISO noise reduction (Off by default) is also effective at reducing shadow noise at low ISOs, but we didn't verify that claim.
Here's the same set of noise data at ISO 1,600. Here, the Noise Spectrum graph is shifted quite a bit toward the left-hand, lower-frequency side than it was at ISO 100, coarsening the "grain" of the image noise patterns quite a bit. The red and blue channels still exhibit more noise at the lower end of the frequency spectrum, which can be seen as slighter larger blotches of chroma noise. Enabling the Canon XSI's High ISO Noise Reduction (which is Off by default), eliminates much of the chroma noise, resulting in very pleasing results at high ISOs.
This chart compares the Canon XSi's noise performance over a range of ISOs against that of other cameras. While we continue to show noise plots of this sort because readers ask for them, we each time point out that the noise magnitude is only a small part of the story, the grain pattern being much more important. Here, we can see that the Canon XSi's luminance noise starts out very low compared to the competition, and increases at a fairly constant rate as ISO climes to 1,600, where it ends up close to the level of the Nikon D60. and slightly higher than some of its competition. However, the grain pattern is quite fine and tight, resulting in less visibly objectional noise as well as better detail retention. A very good result, especially considering the smaller pixels of the 12-megapixel XSi compared the the 10-megapixels models in most of its peer group. Do keep in mind these measurements are taken with each camera set at default settings, so the shape or position of the curve could be influenced by the settings you choose to use. The Pentax K200D's plot is a good example of this. Its noise magnitude is higher than the others, but that's partly because the K200D's default contrast and sharpness settings are a bit on the high side.
Canon XSi Dynamic Range Analysis
A key parameter in a digital camera is its Dynamic Range, the range of brightness that can be faithfully recorded. At the upper end of the tonal scale, dynamic range is dictated by the point at which the RGB data "saturates" at values of 255, 255, 255. At the lower end of the tonal scale, dynamic range is determined by the point at which there ceases to be any useful difference between adjacent tonal steps. Note the use of the qualifier "useful" in there: While it's tempting to evaluate dynamic range as the maximum number of tonal steps that can be discerned at all, that measure of dynamic range has very little relevance to real-world photography. What we care about as photographers is how much detail we can pull out of the shadows before image noise becomes too objectionable. This, of course, is a very subjective matter, and will vary with the application and even the subject matter in question. (Noise will be much more visible in subjects with large areas of flat tints and subtle shading than it would in subjects with strong, highly contrasting surface texture.)
What makes most sense then, is to specify useful dynamic range in terms of the point at which image noise reaches some agreed-upon threshold. To this end, Imatest computes a number of different dynamic range measurements, based on a variety of image noise thresholds. The noise thresholds are specified in terms of f-stops of equivalent luminance variation in the final image file, and dynamic range is computed for noise thresholds of 1.0 (low image quality), 0.5 (medium image quality), 0.25 (medium-high image quality) and 0.1 (high image quality). For most photographers and most applications, the noise thresholds of 0.5 and 0.25 f-stops are probably the most relevant to the production of acceptable-quality finished images, but many noise-sensitive shooters will insist on the 0.1 f-stop limit for their most critical work.
The image below shows the test results from Imatest for an in-camera JPEG file from the Canon XSi with a nominally-exposed density step target (Stouffer 4110), and the XSi's Contrast (0), Auto Light Optimization (On) and Highlight Tone Priority (Off) settings at their default positions.
These are really excellent numbers compared to current-model DSLRs, and in part, reflect the effectiveness of the XSi's new Auto Light Optimization feature, which is On by default. With ALO set to Off, dynamic range at the high quality level drops from 8.01 to 7.44 EV, while total dynamic range falls a full stop from 11.6 to 10.6 EV.
Processing the Canon XSi's RAW (.CR2) files through Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) version 4.4.1 actually reduced the dynamic range score by about 1/3 stop at the highest quality level, compared to the in-camera JPEG with Auto Light Optimization (ALO) set to On (the default). Compared to a JPEG with ALO Off, ACR was able to improve DR slightly, by about 1/4 f-stop from 7.44 to 7.68 EV at the highest quality level. These results were obtained by using ACR's automatic settings; slightly better results may be possible by adjusting the sliders manually. It's also worth noting here is that ACR's default noise reduction settings reduced the overall red- and blue- channel noise somewhat (see the plot in the lower left-hand corner) relative to the levels in the in-camera JPEG. ACR also shifted slightly more of the noise energy into high spatial frequencies, making its residual noise even less objectionable than that found in the camera JPEGs.
Dynamic Range, the bottom line:
The net result was that the XSi performed really well when compared against most current DSLR models, positioned near the top of the current crop of DSLRs for in-camera JPEG dynamic range results. Results from processed RAW files were also good, but not quite as impressive because of the lack of ALO for RAW files.
To get some perspective, here's a summary of the Canon XSi's dynamic range performance, and how it compares to other digital SLRs that we also have Imatest dynamic range data for. (Results are arranged in order of decreasing dynamic range at the "High" quality level.):
Dynamic Range (in f-stops) vs Image Quality
(At camera's base ISO)
Model 1.0
(Low) 0.5
(Medium) 0.25
(Med-High) 0.1
(High)
Fujifilm S3 Pro
(Adobe Camera Raw 2) 12.1 11.7 10.7 9.0
Nikon D40x
(Adobe Camera Raw 4.1) 12.0 10.9 10.3 8.9
(Adobe Camera Raw 4.3.1) 11.4 10.9 9.87 8.45
(Adobe Camera Raw 4.1) 11.9 10.9 9.89 8.3
Pentax K-100D
(Adobe Camera Raw 3.6) 11.3 10.3 9.51 8.23
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
(Adobe Camera Raw 3) 11.2 10.3 9.4 8.14
(Camera JPEG) 10.8 10.0 9.42 8.04
Canon Rebel XSi
(Camera JPEG)
(ALO on by default) 11.3 10.1 9.34 8.01
(Camera JPEG) -- 9.9 9.4 7.94
Canon Digital Rebel XTi
(Adobe Camera Raw 3.6) 10.8 9.88 9.18 7.84
Canon EOS-5D
(Adobe Camera Raw 3) 11.0 10.4 9.21 7.83
Canon EOS-40D
(Adobe Camera Raw 4.4.1) 10.6 9.95 9.1 7.68
(Camera JPEG) 10.2 9.68 8.82 7.65
Olympus E-3
(Adobe Camera Raw 3) 10.6 9.65 8.96 7.61
(Camera JPEG) -- -- 8.70 7.44
(Camera JPEG) -- 9.49 8.88 7.44
(DRO on by default) 10.4 9.43 8.91 7.29
(Camera JPEG) 10.4 9.8 8.89 7.28
Canon Digital Rebel XT
(Adobe Camera Raw 4.1) 10.2 9.4 8.24 7.05
(Camera JPEG) 9.83 9.10 8.27 7.04
(Camera JPEG) 10.3 9.38 8.6 7.04
Canon Digital Rebel
Panasonic DMC-L10
Pentax *istDs
(Camera JPEG) 10.2 10 8.87 6.9
(Camera JPEG) 9.32 9.06 8.5 6.42
Nikon D70s
The results shown in the table are interesting. One of the first things that struck me when I initially looked at test data for a wide range of d-SLRs, was that here again, purely analytical measurements don't necessarily correlate all that well with actual photographic experience. There's no question that the Fuji S3 Pro deserves its place atop the list, as its unique "SR" technology does indeed deliver a very obvious improvement in tonal range in the highlight portion of the tonal scale. I was surprised to see the analytical results place the original Olympus E-300 as highly as they did, given that our sense of that camera's images was that they were in fact noisier than those of many other d-SLRs that we looked at. In the other direction, I was quite surprised to see the Nikon D2x place as low on the listings as it did, given that we found that camera's shadow detail to be little short of amazing.
One thing that's going on here though, is that we tested each camera at its base ISO setting, which should produce best-case noise levels. This is in fact what many photographers will be most interested in, but it does perhaps place some of the Nikons (like the D40) at a disadvantage, as their lowest ISO setting is 200, as compared to the ISO 100 settings available on most other models.
All the above said, it's clear that the Canon XSi delivers really excellent dynamic range, clearly among the best on the market at this time. (It's particularly interesting that cameras like the Canon XSi and Nikon D40x are now showing higher dynamic range figures for their camera JPEGs than did the legendary Fuji S3 Pro, which had a special dual-sensor CCD in it, designed specifically for high dynamic range.)
Canon XSi Resolution Chart Test Results
The chart above shows consolidated results from spatial frequency response measurements in both the horizontal and vertical axes. The "MTF 50" numbers tend to correlate best with visual perceptions of sharpness, so those are what we focus on here. The uncorrected resolution figures are 1,980 line widths per picture height in the horizontal direction (corresponding to the vertically-oriented edge), and 1,897 lines along the vertical axis (corresponding to the horizontally-oriented edge), for a combined average of 1,939 LW/PH. Correcting to a "standardized" sharpening with a one-pixel radius increased vertical resolution by quite a bit, but horizontal resolution increased only slightly, resulting in an average of 2,157 LW/PH. This is somewhat lower than you'd expect for a 12-megapixel camera.
To see what's going on, refer to the plots below, which show the actual edge profiles for both horizontal and vertical edges, in both their original and corrected forms. Here, you can see that a nearly ideal amount of in-camera sharpening is applied in the horizontal direction (undersharpened by only 2.38%, explaining why standardized sharpening wasn't able to improve on the MTF 50 numbers much), while in-camera sharpening is not as aggressive in the vertical direction (13.1% undersharpened). Despite the "undersharpening" reported by Imatest though, there is a noticeable "bump" visible in the horizontal edge profile. (A very slight one in the vertical edge profile, but probably negligible.) You should thus turn the camera's sharpening down a little for optimal results when sharpening post-exposure in Adobe Photoshop or other image editing software.
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