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Pentagon using eight-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear weapons, report finds
The Pentagon coordinates US nuclear weapons – using a floppy disk.
A new report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the country's department of defence is still using 1970s-era computer systems that require the original eight-inch floppy disks.
Floppy disks became obsolete by the late 1990s as CDs started to be widely used.
The report said: "Agencies reported using several systems that have components that are, in some cases, at least 50 years old.
"Department of Defense uses eight-inch floppy disks in a legacy system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation's nuclear forces.
"Department of the Treasury uses assembly language code – a computer language initially used in the 1950s and typically tied to the hardware for which it was developed."
As part of its investigation, the GAO said that the US government spent more than $80 billion a year on information technology.
It said that the Pentagon used the floppy disks within its "strategic automated command and control system" that coordinates the operational functions of the US' nuclear forces such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker support aircrafts.
The department plans to update the system by the end of 2017.
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What type of financial assistance can we get my mom so we can maintain the family care she is currently receiving?
My mother is currently 85 years old and resides on Molokai, Hawaii. In 2009, she suffered a major stroke and was nursed back to minimum walking by family member on Oahu. She desired to return back to Molokai, and has been cared for various family members, which has taken turns. It has been difficult for family members financially, and request financial assistance. She currently owns her home and is paid by my father's Social Security and retirement, which amounts to $1500 per month. She currently has less than $10,000 in her account, which she has been saving. I am not in a position to financially assist her, but what type of financial assistance can I get her and maintaining the same type of family care? Would she be qualified through Medicaid? BACKGROUND:
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One option you have is to apply for Medicaid to pay for some home care. Hawaii does have a program where Medicaid will pay to keep a senior at home rather than go to a nursing home. This is called a "waiver" program. Depending on the rules in your state, there will be a limit to the number of hours/day and days/week that Medicaid will cover. It will also depend on Medicaid's medical assessment of your mother. Medicaid only pays Medicaid-certified home health aides. So your family members cannot get paid as caregivers by Medicaid. But this may be able to supplement the care provided by the family.
Was your father a veteran? If yes, your mother may be eligible for a widow's pension from the VA. This benefit pays up to $1,056/month to assist with home care, assisted living or nursing home care. With this benefit, your family members qualify as caregivers. So they could get paid for their services.
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Modern dryers provide consumers with a much quicker method of drying garments than hanging them outdoors to dry in the sun. Dryers, however, have their disadvantages. Depending on what you put in your dryer, your clothes may come out dry, but covered in lint.
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While tumbling in the dryer, your garments rub against one another. The friction this creates causes loose fibers to come detached from your clothing. An exhaust tube within your dryer sucks away the dryer's hot air. The suction the exhaust tube creates pulls the loose fibers free, and they stick to other garments.
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A lovely and delicious savory tart for those fresh summer tomatoes!
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- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch, plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter, diced
- 1 egg
- 2 pints grape tomatoes, rinsed and dried
- 1⁄2 cup basil leaves, divided
- 1⁄3 cup chopped green onion
- 1 1⁄2 cups sharp provolone cheese, grated
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
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- Preheat oven to 375*.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, cornstarch, one-fourth teaspoon salt and butter. Pulse the mixture until it is in very tiny bits.
- Add one egg and pulse until a dough forms. This dough is rather tough but, it does come together nicely.
- Gather the dough into a ball. Then press the dough in to the tart pan, covering every bit. (You could, roll the dough out to a 12-inch circle, if you want.) Crimp the edges, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Roughly chop 1/4 cup of the basil leaves. Stack and roll the other basil leaves and cut them into thin ribbons.
- Mix the cheese, mayo, chopped basil, green onions and pepper in a bowl. Spread the mixture over the bottom of the tart shell.
- Top with grape tomatoes and press them down. Bake for 35 minutes�until the crust edges are golden-brown and the cheese is bubbling up.
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Circle Oil Plc announce that IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has received board approval to lead a four year reserve based lending facility (the "Facility") of up to US$100 million to Circle and its subsidiaries.
IFC's board approval allows it to take and hold up to US$50 million of the Facility and syndicate the remainder to a group of international banks specialising in reserve based lending to independent oil and gas companies. The Facility will be secured on the Company's producing assets in Egypt and Morocco.
The Facility is to be made available to finance and refinance capital investment and operating costs in respect of the Company's assets in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia as well as for general corporate purposes including supporting the continuing growth of the Company in its areas of operation. The Company and IFC will now proceed to finalise and agree all relevant documentation and conditions precedent to enable drawdown.
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Can You Explain The Cutting Guide?
Decorating By dandelion56602 Updated 6 Nov 2008 , 5:13pm by tiggy2
I read Wilton's round cutting guide & thought I had it down, but then when looking at the yearbook's example I'm totally lost.
It says to move in 2", cut a circle then when you get to 6" round to cut into wedges.
So, for a 10" (which I'm delivering tomorrow & need a cutting guide to give them) it shows cutting all the way around, then cutting the 8" into wedges. Then for the 12" it shows moving in 2", then another 2" then cutting into wedges (which I'm thinking it's an 8" round, but has bigger wedges).
So, I'm totally confused how this works & have no idea where to begin to draw a template to give the people. Can someone clarify this confusion for me?
**Oh, I'm using the "party" sizes (1.5" x 2" x 4").
personally i cut the cake into stripes. Move in 2 inches from the edge, the two end pieces will be wedges with lots of icing, then just cut your 1 to 1 1/2 inch wide pieces. Much easier then bothering with the circle thing.
I don't know the website right off, but go to Indydebi's website...she has cutting instructions that make cutting a round cake very easy.
I'm sure it's probably posted on CC a million time too.
I also recommend the long "stripe" cuts. Cutting that circle makes that part of the cake unstable and it can fall off the cake.
There is a picture turitorial on here, let me check my pics for you..
Go to indydebs photo's page 4 there are pictures on how to cut it. I myself strugled with this until I came across her pics. Hope this helps out.
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We need to monitor the size of the pst (Personal Folder), most of the time will attending the complaints after the damage has been done. we will repair the pst wasting lot of time, instead is there a way to monitor the pst in all the systems in the network or can we restrict the size of the PST and should prompt the User to create the same.
request all of you to participate in the discussion and find a way out for all of us.
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Feb 3, 2011 at 2:29 UTC
A pst file can grow to 1,8 GB. Not bigger, so you can better log how many pst files you have in your network.
Feb 3, 2011 at 2:35 UTC
Starting with version 2003, the pst file can be bigger than 2 GB. Read here for more: http:/
SW itself is not able to scan files or report the size. You`ll need other tools for that. TreeSize can show you the file size of files in the network. But I`m not sure if you can script it.
Feb 3, 2011 at 7:37 UTC
i had gone through the microsoft link already.
is it possible to have group policy through which we can push these registry entries in the domain
Feb 3, 2011 at 7:56 UTC
Sorry, I don`t know (don`t use MS server and GPo).
But you could create .reg files and let it add during the login (with login script).
Feb 3, 2011 at 8:13 UTC
HD IT Solutions is an IT service provider.
Note, if the PST file is a long standing file and existed before Outlook 2003, then you are still stuck with the 2GB limit as it's the version of Outlook that created the file that's the determining factor.
Feb 3, 2011 at 9:11 UTC
all the outlook users were of 2k3 and 2k7, any other suggestions
Mar 15, 2011 at 8:47 UTC
- Outlook 97 to 2002 used ANSI file type for its archives, limited to 2GB as mentioned.
- Outlook 2003 & 2007 can use unicode file type for its archives, limited to 20GB.
- Outlook 2010 uses new unicode file type, limited to 50GB.
As mentioned, the above files size are for when/where the PST was created. One step would be to update all the older ANSI PST to the current unicode.
Historically, PST files do not "like" to be on the network. More corruption can occur. (Did not get to the bottom of why, assumed latency related.)
VBScript for size monitoring:
/ blogs.technet.com/ b/ heyscriptingguy/ archive/ 2005/ 04/ 08/ how-can-i-get-a-list-of-all-the-pst-files-on-a-computer.aspx
Registry values through GPO (dependent on AD setup & Win Server version) – a common operation. As an example:
/ blogs.technet.com/ b/ grouppolicy/ archive/ 2007/ 09/ 21/ setting-default-registry-key-values-using-custom-adm-files-part-1-of-2.aspx
Hope that helps.
Mar 15, 2011 at 9:36 UTC
That VBScript seems pretty awesome. I got it to work as advertised on my local system. Now just to figure out out to get all of the computers on my network to write their results to one central text file on our file server! If anybody can make a suggestion there I would appreciate it.
Mar 15, 2011 at 12:52 UTC
Toward the bottom of the page :
Save the CSV to some network path with an identifier for the source machine. Could combine the resultant files with, say, DOS "copy /a" (eqv. to unix 'cat').
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Is this our second Chance to complete our Love Story??
Story of the twin brothers Arnav and Rehan. A different version of Malayalam movie 'Mayamayuram'
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FF-Dil Bole Oberoi-The story of Oberoi family
Dil bole Oberoi..... why?Well after all they r Oberois and Oberoi means special.But r they really special? If so ,in which means we can call them special?This is the story of Oberoi family.
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Love can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime, it has no limit. khushi has fallen in love with her demon, a devil. he hit hr and it feels like a kiss. ppl do crazy things wen they r in love
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descriptionIn this sequel to the original Art of Fighting, and prequel to the original Fatal Fury, we learn that Mr. Karate, the final boss of the original game, behind the mask, is really Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri's father, that Takuma was being used by Geese Howard for his own evil intentions, and that Mr. Big was the one who had originally kidnapped Yuri.
Many of the problems that existed in the first game have been fixed in this installment (it is easier to execute special moves, you no longer have only Ryo or Robert to choose from in 1 player mode, etc.).
The entire cast from the first Art of Fighting is here (with the exceptions of Todo and Mr. Karate), along with a few new characters: Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri's father; Yuri Sakazaki, Takuma's daughter and Ryo's sister; Eiji Kisaragi, a sworn enemy of the Sakazakis; Temjin, a Mongolian trucker; and a younger version of Geese Howard, whom you face as the last boss if you beat the game without losing a round.
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In the last six months of our one year relationship, my girlfriend has been having serious breakdowns. They aren't traumatic experiences, they're very small things. She will start to cry over minimalistic things...and I often feel like crap because I always feel like it's all my fault. She recently told me that she will never feel special again because she will never have a chance to wear her prom dress again. I used to think I made her feel special but I guess I really don't.
When our relationship first started she made me promise that we would always talk things out together. But nowadays if I want to talk something out with her she just breaks down and starts crying, so all these painful emotions I've had for almost half a year I haven't been able to let out. She won't take me seriously enough to try to understand what's wrong with me. And I just don't want to bring it up anymore to avoid a fight...
And on a side note, we used to always talk all the time when we together for the first few months...now we rarely talk at all. Is there something wrong with me...? Could I possibly have done something wrong in our relationship that has made her so insensitive and distant to me? I don't need opinions on how horrible a person I am here, I just need advice...
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This sounds like something more than just "boyfriend problems". She could be having issues that you are completely unaware of. It could be depression or anxiety that she's suffering from and no amount of talking to a nonprofessional is going to make it easier.
The worst thing about being with someone who is suffering in silence is the problems you have become unimportant. You can't express yourself honestly or have your own chance to vent because she can't deal with anything more than what she's dealing with now.
If you really cared about her, force her to talk to you about what she's feeling - even if it makes her cry. She needs to admit she has a problem before she can help herself.
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Like most of the Windows games, Mountain of Faith has short descriptions for each difficulty level.
- Easy - A difficulty level to get you used to the controls. Advancement is basic for humans.
- Normal - A difficulty level to enjoy the game. Having faith in yourself will bring happiness.
- Hard - A difficulty level for those with a good deal of self-confidence. No need to stop and linger to enjoy the performance.
- Lunatic - The usual. If you don't know what that means, don't pick it.
- Extra - Oh, you want to play? You're pretty curious, aren't you?
Extra Stage
To get Extra, beat the game with either of the two girls on normal or harder without continuing (otherwise you'll see a 'clear' sign over that type, but the Extra Stage won't be unlocked). The attack pattern you used (A, B, or C) will then be unlocked for Extra.
Keeping Marisa-B's power level between 3.00 and 3.95 will result in terribly strong unfocused shots, beating bosses in literally a matter of seconds after they appear. A video of this glitch.
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"Pain Mismanagement!"
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If this hospital was private it would be shut down! Disgraceful attitudes, and going by the previous reviews, the nail is firmly hit on the head! Pain Management Nurse absolutely disrespectful to patients, condesending and belittling. Horrible person!! Waited for a the letter resulting from the appointment which was basically to up my medication as I am struggling with pain. 3 months later still waiting. Phoned up, said it would be actioned. Waited 1 month. Phoned up again. It will be posted today. Waited further month. Letter come with no mention of medication increase. Just a patronising letter about me to my GP!. You should be ashamed accepting a wage for what most of you do. Why do you all care so less for patients? Surely thats why youre there? This hospital got stuck in the 80's and has not moved. My wife who is a manager in the Royal is totally outraged by your service. Yuo reply with Im sorry you had a bad experience...blah blah! No your not. You couldnt give two hoots! Report to PALS?? If thats the case maybe PALS should run the hospital if the get results!! Treat people with respect, and dignity and you might start enjoying your jobs again!! Im off to phone pain managment clinic again to find out why after nearly 5 months I am suffering in tremendous pain still??
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It's usually not too bad, but this time it's enough to put me in tears.
I cannot swallow pills, so I honestly don't know how to lessen the pain.
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I totally know how you feel because my periods are painful and because I hate medications and painkillers I spent hours on end trying to search for alternative ways to relief the pain. You can have hot drinks or put warm water on your belly. Another weird thing that works for me a bit , is applying pressure on my belly. I noticed that when I press firmly on my lower abdomen I do feel a bit better , so sometimes I get a scarf and tie it around my waist area , it may work for you as well ! but later I discovered that you can relief pain through some acupressure points in your body , there are several points , but I found this one the most efficient : https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S5j3e11p31g/hqdefault.jpg
Even though I hate painkillers , I sometimes feel obligated to take them since my periods are really painful. Before going to a doctor I used to bear the severe pain and it was torture but then when I went , she described this medication for me since I used to vomit literally ANYTHING I eat or drink , and yes i would still vomit something too small as a sip of water , They are suppositories called Voltaren. They DO relief pain A LOT , you'll feel well after it and feel almost no pain at all ! Also other times I take Buscupan , and it helps me as well. But please be aware of taking any random medications anyone recommend , so NEVER depend on any of the advice you read on this website , let a doctor check the medications you will take first , because they first have to make sure you're okay and don't have any problems especially that your periods are usually okay but this time it turned painful , if this lasted for a longer period of time , then you should consider having an appointment with a doctor to make sure everything is fine. I hope you feel better soon :)00|00|0
@Asker even though I never succeeded in this , try as much as possible not to focus on your pain. Making yourself busy might help sometimes ;)
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Liverpool's 3-3 draw with Arsenal in the round of the league, after the game the Red Army under the command of coach Klopp praised the performance of his disciples.
The game, Liverpool took the lead twice, but it was Arsenal tied twice. While the second half Giroux's goal to help the Gunners ahead score, however, perseverance and the Red Army in the game the first 90 minutes tenacious tied the score, the final two teams 3-3 draw.
After the match, Klopp said: "It was a great football game, just as original as it should be for this game, I believe people will be talked about, maybe not for long, because on Sunday we will. usher in the contest with Manchester United, but the game will not be so easy to forget. "
The beginning of the game really played well, of course, not perfect, but not very far away from perfect, because we know how Arsenal will play. We perform better when the game started, and kicked out of the great soccer .
We have made the first goal, extract the chance Emre - Zhan first shot in the penalty area with his foot, the ball Cech is not easy to see, because the penalty area Phil Mino foot too much to start. fast enough, especially well prepared in terms of ideology, and ultimately made a goal. We must do better on the defensive positioning of the ball, that it is always very easy, but we have to do this hard work, we will working on it. Of course, we will analyze these questions, then you must do a better job.
We made a very wonderful second goal, Arsenal had tied the score and did not let us be too shocked, we have made a perfect second goal, still go all out in the race. But then some of us lose control, especially It is on the second conceded, because Giroux still grab points after an interception, while our players is somewhat stagnant, but the game did not stop, they take advantage of this situation into yet another easy goal. "
We lost control, the situation is very difficult, we would easily lose the ball. Arsenal is very good at counter-attack, everyone knows this, so we have to defend in the second half we pick ourselves up, the situation is more than just the first half, beginning to be more open, but we returned to the game. Giroux goal is very exciting, but we should defend their lives better before, this is not so hard to stop. In such a situation, we must be more focused. "
Then you need a little luck, and we have good luck. We replaced the players, this Turk sent a perfect ball, his shot perfectly header assists, a record perfect shot. I believe in such a good game we deserved a draw. "
After the match, Brazil scored two goals for Liverpool star Phil Mino got Klopp praised, Reds boss said: "I can talk about his performance on the half hour, but I think this is normal, because I know he has how good. If you are good, then you must show it tonight Phil Mino done. "
It's very important to us, because in 95 minutes time, he played a lot of different positions, but also in a variety of different positions have performed great. He made a perfect two goals, the first grain is very beautiful, The second particle is also very exciting, no matter how well ...... you say all right! It really is a great game, but he's not the only outstanding player. "
If it comes to a particularly good performance tonight, Kolo - Toure ...... I must pay tribute to him, because it's not easy, but he did very well, just like the other players, you have seen that I can. talk about the loss of focus, that's true, you see, but lost focus in the back there are many different stories. "
Milner in a week and a half ago, troubled by a calf injury, and now he returned to training, but not yet to find his rhythm, Henderson apparently not in the rhythm. Perfect moment, the perfect moment, then slipped some in the match - that in this case is quite normal and Arsenal battle will not be easy, the players do their best ...... really go all out in a very long period of time is always very, very good to me. really satisfied. "
But in the end, if you want to win the next game - we want to win Arsenal - you can not lose focus like we did tonight, that's it, we will continue to advance this is a great game, a. It draws can be fun to watch, but tonight is the case. Now we need a good recovery, then stage a comeback, even in the game with Manchester United behave better. "
The final moments, Klopp sent on loan to England defender just Caulker, so he served as the court center. This German said: "I think it is a good idea, but after we scored, he is still trying to stay up front, we have to play a forward role loudly shouting to change our tactics he won.! three to four times a header, these header very important to us, so this was a great change for him, it was a great first show.
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Losing two of three games to Detroit showed the Rangers to be mortal. Every team is.
The bigger issue: What was the bigger development over the three games in Detroit, the loss of Josh Hamilton for six to 10 weeks or the growing cracks in the Rangers bullpen?
While it is impossible to replace an MVP, the bullpen issue can't be ignored, especially after the Rangers allowed the Tigers back-to-back walk-off wins. Detroit got a bases-loaded single from Miguel Cabrera in the ninth inning Tuesday after right-hander Darren O'Day walked a pair of hitters to load the bases. On Wednesday, the Rangers went to lefty Darren Oliver. He retired the first hitter of the ninth in a 2-2 game, then allowed a homer to Brandon Inge on the next pitch.
That came after righty Mark Lowe, whom the Rangers hoped would be a key middle or setup reliever, lost a 2-0 lead in the sixth. In four appearances, Lowe has been anything but reliable. He's allowed opponents a .500 batting average and compiled a 13.50 ERA. He was also hit hard in the spring.
The Rangers expected to have a very deep bullpen with five options to pitch the seventh and eighth: Lowe, O'Day, Oliver, lefty Arthur Rhodes and righty Alexi Ogando. But Ogando was needed more in the rotation and was moved there in the last week of spring training camp; Oliver and O'Day have not been as effective as they were at the start of last season; Lowe has not been effective at all and Rhodes is basically a situational pitcher.
The Rangers' other relievers ahead of right-hander Neftali Feliz are unproven as bullpen guys. Righty Dave Bush, who made his first appearance of the season as a spot starter Wednesday, has pitched all but nine of his 125 major league appearances as a starter. Righty Mason Tobin is a Rule 5 draft pick who has pitched well, but he hadn't pitched above Class A until this season.
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According to the Michigan Lottery, the Statewide charitable gaming revenues for the third quarter of 2010 was 45.5 million and which is down about 25 percent of the nearly 62 million collected during the same quarter in 2009. The game is a lucrative business for nonprofits large Michigan. Some blame the organizers of the state ban on smoking, which took effect May 1.
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Reasonable Certainty for a Theft Loss Deduction
IRC § 165 allows taxpayers to deduct theft and other casualty losses, but requires them to take reasonable action to recover those losses.
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The Internal Revenue Code often requires the calculation of amounts that are less than absolute but more than mere guesses. IRC § 165 allows taxpayers to deduct theft and other casualty losses but requires them to take reasonable action to recover those losses. If a claim for reimbursement has a reasonable prospect of recovery, the loss is not treated as sustained "until the taxable year in which it can be ascertained with reasonable certainty whether or not such reimbursement will be received." Treas. Reg. § 1.165-1(d)(3); see also Jeppsen v. Commissioner, 128 F.3d 1410 (10th Cir. 1997).
"Incorrigible Optimism" Not Required
What is reasonable certainty? "A reasonable prospect of recovery exists when the taxpayer has bona fide claims for recoupment from third parties or otherwise, and when there is a substantial possibility that such claims will be decided in his favor." Jeppsen, quoting Ramsay Scarlett & Co. Inc. v. Commissioner, 61 TC 795, 811 (1974), aff'd, 521 F.2d 786 (4th Cir. 1975). The taxpayer is not required to be an "incorrigible optimist," United States v. S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 274 U.S. 398, 402–03 (1927), and claims with only "remote or nebulous" potential will not postpone the deduction (Ramsay Scarlett). Whether a reasonable prospect of recovery exists is determined by reviewing all facts and circumstances. Treas. Reg. § 1.165-1(d)(2)(i).
"Credible Evidence" Required
It is settled law that deductions are a matter of legislative grace, and the taxpayer must prove that he or she is entitled to the claimed deductions. INDOPCO Inc. v. Commissioner, 503 U.S. 79, 84 (1992); New Colonial Ice Co. v. Helvering, 292 U.S. 435, 440 (1934). "The law does not require that they [damages] be determined with mathematical certainty. It only requires that damages be capable of measurement based upon known reliable factors without undue speculation." Ashland Management Inc. v. Janien, 82 N.Y.2d 395, 604 N.Y.S.2d 912 (1993).
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States seeking to save money are beefing up probation and parole programs to reduce the number of prison inmates, as well as pushing rehabilitation over jail for low-level drug crimes.
The effort comes from governors of both parties and could stall decades of tough-on-crime policies that saw state-prison populations boom. States now spend a total of $50 billion a year, or 7% of their discretionary budgets, on corrections facilities,...


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Diddy Calls UCLA Kettle Bell Assault and Subsequent Arrest a 'Miscommunication'
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At the John Varvatos show, models did not wear grandpa socks with their sandals. But they were among the few.
It's good to be Kate Moss. The 42-year-old model continues to reign supreme when it comes to her personal style. From demonstrating how to add flourish to any ensemble (even with a broken foot!) to her seemingly endless array of colorful and striped furs, La Moss is always one step ahead of the pack.
Beyoncé may not have released any new music (yet), but the news that she is launching a fashion line was enough to get her fans buzzing on Thursday. The collection, dubbed IVY PARK, includes more than 200 pieces of activewear and will be available at Net-a-Porter, Topshop and Nordstrom on April 14, according to Elle.
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Clinton Kelly's Sesame Chicken Wontons
- 1 Rotisserie Chicken (meat removed from bones and finely chopped)
- 2 cloves Garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon Ginger (minced)
- 1 bunch Scallions (finely chopped)
- 3 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Rice Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Toasted Sesame Oil
- 1 teaspoon Sesame Seeds
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 pound Wonton Wrappers
- Vegetable Oil (for frying)
- Preheat oil to 350 degrees. In a large, non-reactive bowl, combine all ingredients except for wonton wrappers and vegetable oil. Mix well.
- Fill a small glass or bowl with water to moisten fingertips.
- Place about a tablespoon of the mixture into the center of each wonton wrapper, and run finger along edges of two sides of the wrapper so that when folded into a triangle, they close wet surface to dry surface.
- Drop wontons into oil, cook until golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and allow to cool before serving.
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Save-A-Lot Infuses Management Team with New Hires, Promotions
A former retail licensee is among the veteran grocery talent on the move at the Supervalu subsidiary.
Limited assortment grocery chain Save-A-Lot has made a series of management changes, including four new hires and several internal promotions to strengthen the executive suite.
Bill Gillispie has joined the St. Louis-based Supervalu subsidiary as s.v.p. of marketing and merchandising. He previously held positions with Scotts Food, Cub Foods, and Jewel Food Stores.
Former Save-A-Lot licensed owner Tom Lenkevich has been named s.v.p. of operations. He previously held management positions at Meijer, A&P, and Farmer Jack's.
Two other executives have joined Save-A-Lot, including former Kroger and HEB veteran Andrea Wagner, who's been named v.p. of consumer brand strategy; and Vanessa Foster, who's been tapped as the chain's director of communications and community relations. Foster had previously managed community relations and multicultural marketing initiatives for Cartoon Network.
The newly promoted existing Save-A-Lot executives are John Gerber, upped to vice president of distribution; Mike Kemp, to v.p. of product segments; and Donna Mickens, to director of organization effectiveness.
Gerber, who's been with Supervalu since 1985, joined Save-A-Lot in 2002, and has held various roles in the company's distribution division.
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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G review
The AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G was announced in October 2013, and designed primarily as a premium 'normal' prime for FX format SLRs. By 'premium' we mean, of course, expensive - the most immediately striking feature about the lens is its $1700 / £1600 price tag, which means it costs more than most of the company's SLR bodies. With the very decent $440 / £290 AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens also in the lineup, the 58mm needs to be pretty special to justify this kind of money.
The 58mm focal length may look like an odd choice, but it's deliberately evocative of a legendary Nikon lens - the manual focus Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 from the late 1970s. Indeed Nikon's marketing material draws a parallel between them, saying the new 58mm's 'design concept' pays homage to the old 'Noct'. Stripped of its marketing-speak, this translates to a lens design which goes to extremes to minimize peripheral aberrations such as coma at large apertures, while also paying specific attention to the rendition of out-of-focus regions of the frame, or 'bokeh'.
To this end, the 58mm employs an optical formula that's more complex than typical 50mm F1.4 primes, with 9 elements in 6 groups including two aspherical elements. The diaphragm is made up of 9 rounded blades to give a circular aperture. The optical unit is located deep in the lens barrel, giving natural shading against peripheral light, and Nikon's Nano Crystal Coat is used to minimize flare and ghosting. Autofocus is driven by a 'Silent Wave' ultrasonic motor which allows manual adjustment at any time.
Intriguingly, Nikon is at some pains to suggest that the lens' imaging qualities can't be fully measured by conventional methods such as MTF measurements. In this review we will, as usual, be looking closely at real-world images alongside lab test measurements, to try to work out what this is supposed to mean. In short, does the 58mm produce pictures which justify that price tag?
Headline features
- 58mm focal length, F1.4 maximum aperture
- 'Silent Wave' focus motor with full-time manual override
- 0.58m closest focus, offering 0.13x magnification
- Nikon F-mount for DX and FX SLRs (or 1 system mirrorless cameras using FT-1 adapter)
Angle of view
The pictures below illustrate the angle of view on FX and DX SLRs (taken from our usual position). On full frame the 58mm is a somewhat long 'normal' lens; on DX cameras it behaves like a classic 85mm short telephoto 'portrait' prime.
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G specifications* Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area
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If you're new to digital photography you may wish to read the Digital Photography Glossary before diving into this article (it may help you understand some of the terms used).
Conclusion - Pros
- Produces lovely-looking images almost all the time
- Very low chromatic aberration
- Lower-than-usual vignetting
- Minimal coma
- Lovely bokeh
- Generally resistant to flare
- Relatively fast, near-silent autofocus
- Decent construction but lightweight
Conclusion - Cons
- Decidedly soft wide open, especially on DX format cameras
- Relatively bulky (compared to Nikkor 50mm F1.4s)
- Inconsistent autofocus
- Very expensive
Overall conclusion
The AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G is an intriguing lens. Look at its performance in MTF tests and it appears to be nothing special; indeed it doesn't obviously do any better than its much cheaper 50mm stablemate. But there's a lot more to lenses and photography than just MTF tests, and when you go out and shoot with it, the 58mm produces images which are on the whole extremely attractive. At which point you have to ask - what else do you really want from a lens?
Optics and image quality
Optically, the 58mm is anything but sharp wide open, giving rather soft, low-contrast images. This is particularly true on resolution-hungry DX cameras, on which it looks very hazy indeed at F1.4. But if it's sharpness that you're after, stop down to F2 or F2.8 and the 58mm improves dramatically. The lab MTF tests suggest you'll soft edges and corners at most apertures, but it turns that this mainly reflects curvature of field. Fortunately the real world is generally more three-dimensional than test charts are, and in practical use the 58mm is capable of being impressively sharp across the frame by F4, even on the highly-demanding D800.
However the 58mm's overall image quality is about far more than just sharpness, and in almost every other respect you might care to consider, it absolutely shines. Chromatic aberration is very low, coma exceptionally low, vignetting nothing to worry about, and bokeh simply beautiful. There's a little barrel distortion if you go around shooting geometric compositions, but it's easily fixable in software when necessary.
That wide-open lack of sharpness may still look vexing, but in real-world photography it's less problematic than you might think. When shooting at large apertures, the key is really for the in-focus regions to be sharp enough. The impact of the picture then comes from their visual contrast with the obviouslyunsharp out-of-focus regions. Indeed given that the bulk of the image area will quite likely be out of focus, its overall aesthetic quality tends to be dominated by the quality of the lens's bokeh. There are few lenses we'd pick over the 58mm in this regard. The take home-message is that sharpness isn't the only measure of image quality, and with fast primes shot at large apertures, it's not necessarily the most important one either.
Autofocus and manual focus
The 58mm uses an ultrasonic-type 'silent wave motor' for autofocus, which is almost entirely silent, generally decisive, and reasonably fast. It won't match a 24-70mm F2.8 for outright focus speed, but we've never found the lens to feel too slow for the kind of shooting you might want to do with it. Manual focus is well-implemented too - the focus ring rotates smoothly, and it's precise enough to nail perfect focus when using magnified live view. Incidentally here we've found it easiest to focus with the lens set to F2, which cuts through the worst of the wide-open aberrations, but to implement this you do have to familiarise yourself with Nikon's generally-eccentric aperture control in live view.
The problem we found with autofocus, though, is accuracy. Count on having to set up your camera's Focus Adjust setting to achieve really accurate and consistent autofocus - our test sample tended to back-focus, and quite considerably so on the D800. We also found that there was no way of persuading the lens to focus accurately at all subject distances on the D7100 test body we used - when set for most accurate focus at short range, it still front focused consistently on more-distant subjects.
This kind of behaviour is something of a dirty secret which is common for the phase detection AF systems used by SLRs, and is getting ever-more-obvious with increasing sensor resolutions. It can effectively be eliminated using live view contrast detection autofocus, but this is relastively slow and awkward on Nikon's current DSLRs. With mirrorless cameras being effectively immune to the problem (as they focus using the image sensor itself), it's looking like something the SLR makers really need to address more effectively.
The 58mm is a relatively bulky lens, which looks large on a camera and takes up rather more space in your bag than Nikon's 50mm F1.4. But it's actually quite lightweight, and this means it never really feels unbalanced on the camera. The lens isn't fully sealed for outdoor use in inclement conditions, but it does have a gasket around the lens mount to help keep out dust and moisture, like most of Nikon's recent lenses.
Our biggest concern about the 58mm is, in fact, slightly more abstract. On DX its short-telephoto angle of view - equivalent to 85mm on full frame - makes for a lovely portrait lens. But on FX, 58mm feels like an odd angle of view for everyday use, at least for this reviewer. I constantly found myself finding it was too tight for any 'normal' perspective compositions I saw, while being a bit shorter than I'd normally prefer for portraits. I certainly wouldn't choose it as a general purpose 'walkaround' focal length instead of a 50mm (or better still, a 40mm) - it's more a lens which I'd put on the camera when I wanted its specific characteristics, and was prepared to put up with its angle of view.
The Final Word
The AF-S Nikkor 58mm F1.4G is in many ways a difficult lens to assess. Given its eye-watering price most users would probably expect better wide-open sharpness, and we could easily see its oddball focal length being a turnoff to prospective buyers. After using it intensively we'd characterise it as a specialist optic which does certain specific things exceptionally well. For applications such as environmental portraits or low-light shooting at large apertures, it's superb. We expect many wedding photographers will absolutely adore it.
But should anyone else buy one? The 58mm is clearly a better lens than the 50mm for certain tasks, and if you understand its strengths and limitations, and are prepared to spend time fine-tuning your camera's autofocus, it will surely deliver the goods. Even the breathtaking price looks like a bargain compared to the Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 - which gives an idea of the lengths Nikon's lens designers would probably have to go to if they wanted to deliver a lens that was also really sharp wide open.
Overall, though, to us the lens feels like it has the characteristics of a superb portrait lens on FX, but at a slightly odd focal length for the purpose. And while the focal length is much better suited to DX format, the 58mm costs significantly more than any of Nikon's DX SLR bodies, yet its wide-open softness becomes genuinely troubling. Because of this, we're just not quite convinced Nikon has struck the best balance of characteristics to bring it genuine all-round appeal.
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Compared to AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
The big question facing potential buyers of the 58mm f/1.4G is how it compares to the much-cheaper 50mm f/1.4G, which on the face of it has a very similar specification, but is much smaller and cheaper. This decision isn't helped by the fact that, if you compare the studio test data of the lenses side-by-side, the 50mm appears to be ahead in some respects - most notably edge sharpness.
Here we're looking at images shot side-by-side on the two lenses under controlled conditions. We've made three comparisons - for sharpness in good light, for coma in night-time shooting, and for the rendition of out-of-focus backgrounds.
Sharpness compared
The rollover below shows how the two lenses compare on the D800. These images were shot on a tripod from the same position, with the lenses focused manually using magnified live view. The Raw files were processed in Adobe Camera Raw, with lens corrections disabled and standardized sharpening applied. Note that the comparison is slightly complicated by the difference in focal lengths - the crops from the 50mm are lower in magnification and come from closer to the centre of the frame - but that's unavoidable in this case.
Roll your mouse over the aperture labels to see the corresponding images, with 100% crops taken from the centre, edge and corner of the frame. Click on any image to download the full-resolution file.
The differences here are quite subtle, but some clear conclusions can be drawn. Both lenses give somewhat imperfect images wide open, but the 50mm is distinctly soft and hazy. The 58mm, in contrast, offers higher contrast, but at the cost of some visible magenta fringing from longitudinal chromatic aberration.
Both lenses improve dramatically on stopping down to F2, but the 58mm is visibly sharper all round. Stop down to F4 and it's clear that the soft corners predicted for the 58mm in chart testing aren't relevant for this three dimensional, distant subject - if anything the 58mm is ourperforming the 50mm, rather than the other way round. Neither lens has any serious problem lateral chromatic aberration, but there's a hint of colour fringing in the corner crops from the 50mm that's just not present with the 58mm.
Probably the most interesting information, though, comes from the fine detail in the foliage towards the edge of the frame (centre of the three 100% crops). Here the 58mm shows a dramatic advantage over the 50mm, even when taking the difference in magnification into account. The 50mm needs to be stopped down to F5.6 to pick out all the detail here; the 58mm matches it at about F2.8.
The take-home message here is that, with sufficiently dedicated pixel-peeping, we can see a real advantage for the 58mm over the 50mm in terms of sharpness. But we really do have to look closely.
Night-time comparison: Coma
In our second comparison we've taken the same set of shots a few hours later. The aim here is to look at coma and astigmatism - aberrations which cause point light sources towards the edge of the frame to flare out. Nikon says that the 58mm has been specifically designed to minimise this - let's see what this means in practice. Here we're taking crops from bright light sources towards the edge of frame - again with the 50mm these come from closer to the centre, which places it an advantage here.
This is one area where the 58mm surpasses the 50mm comfortably. Instead of flaring out dramatically at large apertures, point light sources are rendered much closer to circular. This means that the 58mm can be used wide open with much more confidence in these situations, and should also make it well-suited to demanding applications such as astrophotography.
For both lenses, stopping down beyond F2.8 does little to reduce coma any further, but instead results in 18-ray star patterns from the 9-bladed aperture diaphragm.
Portrait comparison - bokeh
The third comparison we're going to make regards the two lenses' rendition of out-of-focus areas of a scene, or 'bokeh'. This is an important consideration with fast primes, which are frequently used to give subject isolation against a blurred background. In the example below we've shot the two lenses from the same position at a series of apertures. But this time, rather then taking 100% crops, we've simply take crops from the corresponding area of the background for both lenses.
Again the 58mm utterly outclasses the 50mm in this comparison, producing far more attractive background blur both wide open and when stopped down. At F1.4 the blur is beautifully smooth, in contrast to the hard-edged highlights from the cheaper lens. This persists at F2.8, where the 58mm's aperture remains circular while the 50mm's has become quite obviously enneagonal. Indeed the 58mm's bokeh only starts to look at all hard-edged at F5.6, but even then it's not as harsh as the 50mm.
Studio Tests (Full frame / FX format)
The story on full frame isn't wildly different to that on DX. The 58mm F1.4 is rather soft wide open, but gets extremely sharp in the centre of the frame by F2.8. The extreme edges lag a long way behind, but in these flat chart tests, this reflects curvature of field as much as inherent (un)sharpness. In all other respects the lens does very well.
Macro Focus
As you'd expect, it's a similar story on full frame to DX when shooting at the lens's minimum focus distance - just a bit more exaggerated. Wide open the image is soft across the frame, due to a combination of spherical aberration and longitudinal chromatic aberration. But while the centre sharpens up nicely by F2.8, the corners are still very soft indeed at this aperture. Indeed the lens needs stopping right down to F11-F16 for them to sharpen up fully. There's no visible chromatic aberration, but barrel distortion is quite obvious. The 58mm simply isn't all that happy when used for close-ups.
Specific image quality issues
As always, our studio tests are backed up by taking hundreds of photographs with the lens across a range of subjects, and examining them in detail. This allows us to confirm our studio observations, and identify any other issues which don't show up in the tests. Here the AF-S Nikkor 58mm F1.4G turns out to produce much better images than might be inferred from looking at the test results alone.
On the next page we'll directly compare aspects of the 58mm's performance to the existing AF-S Nikkor 50mm F1.4G - specifically sharpness, coma, and bokeh.
Large aperture primes can often have problems with flare when shooting into the light - all that glass means that there's plenty of opportunity for internal reflections. However the 58mm F1.4 uses Nikon's much-vaunted 'Nano Crystal Coat' to reduce flare and ghosting, so we'd hope it would perform better than usual for this kind of lens.
In practice the 58mm deals extremely well with contre-jour shooting; we've shot directly into the low winter sun and it's barely skipped a beat. It's only really discomfited with the sun right in the corner of the frame with the lens stopped down, which can result in an unsightly green flare spot in the opposite corner. But place the sun closer to the centre of the frame, and there's no problem at all. The deeply-recessed front element means that there's no problem with oblique light sources at all.
Chromatic aberration
The studio tests show that the 58mm exhibits very little colour fringing from lateral chromatic aberration, and this is borne out in real world use. You have to look really, really hard at your image files to see any, and you've have to make enormous prints for it to be a problem. Nikon's DSLRs will correct it in their JPEG processing anyway.
Longitudinal chromatic aberration is visible at times, as colour fringing around out-of-focus highlights that's magenta in front of the focus plane, and green behind it. But even this isn't especially problematic most of the time. The first mage below illustrates how it looks in the worst-case scenario, using 100% crops from the 36MP D800 to show CA around specular highlights. The fringing here is fairly intense in colour, but relatively narrow in width. In principle this makes it quite easy to remove using suitable tools such as Adobe's Lens Correction module. Few fast primes do better than this, and most are worse.
The second example illustrates what you'll see with a lower contrast, more distant background. If you look closely enough, green and magenta chromatic aberration is visible across a lot of the background, but because it's substantially out of focus it's not very objectionable. You'd need to print this image pretty large - probably about 24" x 16" (60 x 40cm, or A2) - for the colouration to become clearly visible.
The tests show that the 58mm F1.4 exhibits about 1.3 stops vignetting at maximum aperture, which is impressively low for this class of lens, and a consequence of its large optical unit. The fairly gentle falloff pattern also means it's not at all intrusive - in many real-world images it will disappear into the natural variations of brightness across the frame.
The example below shows the lens's maximum vignetting at F1.4 in the kind of shot where it's far and away the most visible - with an evenly-toned blue sky. We wouldn't consider this remotely problematic (in fact we'd probably say it adds to the photo, rather than detracting from it), but it's easy enough to correct in software if you don't like it.
Background blur('bokeh')
One genuinely desirable, but difficult to measure aspect of a lens's performance is the ability to deliver smoothly blurred out-of-focus regions when trying to isolate a subject from the background, generally when using a long focal length and/or a large aperture. This is one area where the 58mm F1.4 shines - its rendition of out-of-focus backgrounds is almost always highly attractive, with very smooth and natural-looking tonal transitions. Occasionally a tinge of green chromatic aberration can slightly spoil the effect, but overall the 58mm works wonders at blurring away backgrounds.
We'll compare this aspect of the 58mm's imaging directly to the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G on the next page - just for now we'll show some real-world examples.
Sharpness and curvature of field
One quite striking charactersitic of the 58mm F1.4 is that it exhibits clear curvature of field. By this we mean that the 'plane' of focus isn't flat, but curves inwards towards to the camera at the edges of the frame. A consequence of this is that if you point the 58mm at something flat - including such prosaic subjects as a brick wall or lens test chart - the corners come into focus at a slightly different point to the centre of the frame. This means that you can't both get the corners and centre of the frame at the same time, and in turn explains the striking drop-off in sharpness of the test data towards the corners - in effect they're slightly out of focus.
Alternatively, if the focus at the centre of the frame is slightly off, it's possible to get a slightly odd-looking effect where the corners of the image are visibly sharper than the centre. This is shown in the example below, which was shot on the D800 prior to setting Focus Adjust, and was distinctly back-focused in the centre. But by chance, the corners are all in much better focus. This field cuurvature is sufficiently pronounced to be clearly visible on the D800 at apertures as small as F4.
A practical consequence of this is that, when shooting three-dimensional real-world images at large apertures, the corner sharpness can end up looking substantially higher than predicted by the test data, because it's entirely possible that there'll be corner detail in sharp focus. But it all depends on the subject and focus position; if the edges and corners of the frame are further from the camera than the focus point, they can end up looking softer than you might expect.
Studio Tests (DX format)
The Nikon 58mm F1.4 gives somewhat mixed results in the lab tests. It's not very sharp at all wide open, and needs to be stopped down to F5.6 - F8 to get really good results across the frame. But in all other respects (chromatic aberration, vignetting and distortion) it performs extremely well. From these tests alone, though, it's difficult to see much obvious advantage when comparing it to the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G.
Macro Focus
The 58mm wouldn't be our first choice for close-up work. It offers a maximum measured magnification of 0.14x, which isn't atypical for a fast prime, but is distinctly unremarkable in the grand scheme of things. To be fair, though, this isn't really what the lens is designed for anyway.
As tends to to be the case with fast primes, image quality wide open at minimum focus is nothing to write home about, and the lens has to be stopped down to F2.8 to get decent sharpness even in the centre of the frame. At this point the corners in our flat-field chart test are still extremely soft, and the lens has to be stopped down to F8 for them to sharpen up properly. This likely reflects curvature of field as much as anything else. Even so, if you're looking for a lens to shoot close-ups, this isn't it.
Specific image quality issues
As always, our studio tests are backed up by taking hundreds of photographs with the lens across a range of subjects, and examining them in detail. This allows us to confirm our studio observations, and identify any other issues which don't show up in the tests. Here we're looking at issues specific to DX users; for a fuller picture, be sure to read the next page too.
Sharpness at large apertures
The test data shows that the 58mm isn't especially sharp wide open, and needs stopping down to give best results. This isn't unusual for a fast prime, but it comes as something of a surprise from such an expensive lens. However the graphs alone don't tell you how your pictures will actually look, so here we'll show what you can get from real-world images.
The rollover below shows how image quality progresses through the aperture range, using the Nikon D7100 as the test body. The camera was placed on a tripod, and the lens was focused using magnified live view. We can't stress enough how absolutely critical correct focusing is in getting properly-sharp results from this lens - at 58mm F1.8 on DX, depth of field is vanishingly slim. Images were shot in Raw, and processed using Adobe Camera Raw with lens corrections disabled. We're showing 100% crops from the centre and edge of the frame, upper and lower right respectively. Click on any image tow download the full-size version.
At F1.4, the 58mm is visibly 'soft' even in the centre of the frame, with the hard edges of the 'M' looking somewhat ill-defined and the overall image appearing just slightly 'hazy'. Technically, this is most likely due to residual spherical aberration. However the lens is still resolving a lot of fine detail and texture, just at rather low contrast. The image sharpens up quickly on stopping down, and the very best overall sharpness comes from F4 to F8. Diffraction softening starts to become visible at F11, and becomes quite visible at F16 if you look this closely.
Most subjects are rather more three-dimensional than this, of course. In practical use, F1.4 is also much more likely to be used either for shallow depth of field, or shooting in low light. Absolute pixel-level sharpness isn't necessarily the only consideration for either, in terms of overall image quality (or even necessarily the most important one). For selective focus work, the main pictorial impact comes not from how sharp the in-focus regions are, but from the contrast between them and the out-of-focus areas of the frame. Meanwhile at high ISO, you'll probably just as much detail to noise as to lens aberrations - and a fast lens lets you keep noise ISO speeds, and hence noise levels, down.
Below we show a selection of real-world examples taken wide open on the D7100, with 100% crops taken from the point of focus. In the selective focus shots, the lens is resolving fine detail in the focus plane, but again at distinctly low contrast. But the overall image quality is dominated by lens's beautiful rendition of the out-of-focus areas of the frame.
In the third example at high ISO, the camera and lens have between them given a quite usable image when shooting handheld in very low light, but any really fine detail gets swamped by noise. In this particular scenario you'd quite possibly get better results shooting with an image-stabilised 17-50mm F2.8 zoom, relying on image stabilisation to shoot with a slow shutter speed - but that wouldn't work with a moving subject.
Autofocus accuracy
The bigger problem we had when using the 58mm on the DX format D7100 was with autofocus accuracy. Out of the box, the lens focused reasonably accurately at the kind of 'portrait' distances (~2 - 3m) that we'd most commonly use an 85mm-equivalent lens for, and with AF Fine-Tune to correct for slight front-focusing (correction value -2), it was essentially spot on. So far, so good.
The problem came when focusing on more distant subjects, where we consistently experienced significant front focus. This could in principle be corrected with a larger AF Fine-Tune correction, but then close focusing was thrown out. So we ended up having to choose one distance range for which the lens could focus accurately wide open, and accept inaccuracy at longer distances. This misfocusing could be eliminated by switching the camera to live view and using sensor-based contrast detection AF - but this is slow and hesitant at best, so it's far from ideal for frequent use.
In these examples, the camera has focused accurately on the relatively close fountain (and did so consistently across five replicate shots). But switch to a more distant subject and the camera consistently misfocused - the AF point was placed on the sculpture's head, but the tail has ended up in sharpest focus.
To be fair we didn't see this kind of behaviour on the full frame D800, which (after AF Fine-Tune) could focus the 58mm accurately at all distances. It's impossible to say whether this problem would affect anyone else using this camera / lens combination, either. But it does highlight the fact that the phase detection AF systems used by SLRs for normal shooting just aren't sufficiently reliable with fast lenses. This is now a pretty stark disadvantage in comparison to mirrorless cameras, which have no such problems as they focus using the main image sensor.
The 58mm is a solidly-made lens, with a design that essentially resembles an up-scaled 50mm f/1.4G. Indeed it's one of the largest lenses in its class, alongside the Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM and the Sony Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM. It's the lightest of these three though, due in part to the use of a plastic barrel shell. There's a rubber seal around the mount to help prevent dust or moisture from entering the camera.
The optical unit lies deeply-recessed in the barrel, which in effect provides a built-in hood. It moves back and forwards inside the barrel for focusing, so the balance of the lens doesn't substantially change. The focus ring is extremely smooth in operation, and there's a small switch on the side of the barrel to select between auto and manual focus.
Compared to AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
This comparison gives an idea of the relative sizes of the 58mm f/1.4G and its less-costly stablemate, the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G. The family resemblance is clear, but the 58mm is substantially larger, which could be a consideration if you're concerned about portability.
The table below compares the lenses' key specifications in more detail, with the Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM thrown in for good measure. The key point here is that there's not a lot between these three lenses on paper aside from size and weight (and, of course, price). So if we want to find out what Nikon thinks is so special about the 58mm, we're going to have to look elsewhere.
On the camera
Just to re-iterate, the 58mm is quite a large lens. On the left we're showing it on the D800 - one of the largest SLRs on the market - and it still looks pretty bulky. On the right, it's on the D7100, which isn't a particularly small camera either. However it's nowhere near as large as either the AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G or the AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G, and it's much lighter than either too. This light weight is key to its handling; despite its size, if doesn't feel at all unbalanced on either of these cameras.
Lens body elements
The 58mm uses an ultrasonic-type 'Silent Wave' motor for autofocus. It lives up to its name, being practically inaudible in normal use. It's also pretty fast, and very decisive. Switch the camera to Live View, though, and autofocus becomes slow and hesitant, with juddering steps as the lens settles on a distance. But the big advantage of contrast detect AF in live view is accuracy - the camera will focus dead on every time, as long the subject is static. We didn't necessarily find this with viewfinder shooting.
On our D800 test body, our 58mm F1.4 review sample front-focused dramatically, and required a significant AF Adjust setting (-16) to focus accurately. Once this was set, the D800 was able to focus the lens consistently accurately at all distances.
On the D7100 we used, things weren't quite so simple. The lens gave optimum focus at 'portrait' distances (approx 2 - 3m / 7 - 10ft) with a relatively small microadjust setting (-2). But it then back-focused dramatically at longer focus distances. This meant that no microadjust setting gave sufficiently accurate focusing for us to be fully confident in shooting the lens wide open at all distances on the D7100. This is one area where SLRs, with their AF sensors running off separate light paths from the image sensor, fall down badly when compared to mirrorless systems, which have no such problems.