The Internal Revenue Service published Revenue Procedure 2018-55, announcing the amounts of unused low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) carryovers allocated to qualified states for calendar year 2018. The $2.69 million of unused LIHTC carryovers was placed in a national pool and reallocated to 32 qualified states and Puerto Rico.
LIHTCs that are not allocated by states are added to a national pool and redistributed to qualified states that apply for the additional credits. Specifically, the unused housing credit carryover for a state for any year is the excess of the unused state housing credit ceiling for the previous year over the total housing credit dollar amount allocated for the current year.
Unused authority should not be confused for a general lack of demand. On the contrary, national demand for LIHTC remains robust. However, the allocation process sometimes results in small amounts of credits returned by affordable housing developments or otherwise remaining toward the end of the year that can't be efficiently placed with new applications before the end of the year, despite tremendous demand for LIHTC in that state.
As a whole, the national pool decreased by $56,529 from $2,746,525 in 2017 to $2,689,996 in 2018. In comparison, the national pool grew the two previous years–by $111,000 from 2016 to 2017 and by $45,000 from 2015 to 2016.
Four of the five states receiving the most unused LIHTC from the national pool in 2018 are the same as in 2017. Pennsylvania moved up one spot from last year to bump Illinois to the sixth position this year.
There were six recipients of unused LIHTCs in 2018 that did not receive unused LIHTCs in 2017: Georgia ($106,939), Indiana ($68,359), Maine ($13,698), Missouri ($62,686), Puerto Rico ($34,218) and Rhode Island ($10,865). Conversely, there were five states that received unused LIHTCs in 2017 that were not allocated unused credits in 2018: Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Oregon.
The relatively small size of the national pool compared to the amount of LIHTC authorized every year reveals that most states are consistently able to use all or most of their LIHTC allocations.
In light of ongoing tax reform efforts (and a 2014 proposal by former House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp to eliminate the national pool of unused LIHTC), it is important to emphasize that the national pool is a critical provision that rewards states with the greatest need, while giving an incentive to states to use their full allocation. Making the scarce LIHTC available to the states and territories that need it the most is a strong argument for retaining the national pool in the tax code.


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Home City News What is an Opportunity Zone?
What is an Opportunity Zone?
Kristina Ramsey February 10, 2020 Connect BV
Opportunity Zones are census tracts generally composed of economically distressed communities that qualify for the Opportunity Zone designation according to criteria outlined in 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Since the passage of the law, Opportunity Zones have been designated in all 50 states in the US, the District of Columbia, and five US possessions (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). In fact, all of Puerto Rico falls into an Opportunity Zone.
Up to 25% of low-income neighborhoods that meet the income qualifications of the program (and up to 5% of non-low income tracts that meet other income and geographic requirements) in each state, district, or territory can be designated as Opportunity Zones. In states, territories, and districts with fewer than 100 census tracts, up to 25 census tracts can be designated as Opportunity Zones. Areas certified as Opportunity Zones retain their designation for ten years. More than 8,700 Qualified Opportunity Zones have already been qualified in the US and US territories.
How are Opportunity Zones Created?
Opportunity Zones are created through a nomination and designation process. Following the passage of the new tax reform, governors of US states and territories — as well as the mayor of Washington, DC — were given until April 2018 to nominate qualifying census tracts in their jurisdictions for Opportunity Zone designation. Because the Opportunity Zones are intended to develop economically depressed areas, there are restrictions on which census tracts can qualify for designation. To qualify for nomination as an Opportunity Zone, a census tract must meet the following low-income requirements as defined by US Internal Revenue Code Section 45D(e):
A poverty rate of at least 20%; or
A median family income of:
No more than 80% of the statewide median family income for census tracts within non-metropolitan areas.
No more than 80% of the greater statewide median family income or the overall metropolitan median family income for census tracts within metropolitan areas.
Up to 25% of the census tracts of each jurisdiction that met these criteria could be nominated. An additional 5% of each jurisdiction could qualify if they met a different set of income and geographic qualifications:
A census tract that's contiguous with a low-income Opportunity Zone; and
A median family income of no more 125% of the median family income of the adjacent Qualified Opportunity Zone.
Under this scope, 57% of all neighborhoods in America were up for consideration as Opportunity Zones, according to the Brookings Institute. The US Treasury assessed each nominated census tract and certified those that met the legislation's criteria. The US Department of Treasury officially certified more than 8,700 tracts as Opportunity Zones in June 2018, constituting roughly 12% of all census tracts in the US.The entire City of Buena Vista is a qualified Opportunity Zone.
Why Were Opportunity Zones Created?
Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds were created to stimulate private investment in Opportunity Zone communities in exchange for capital gain tax incentives. Instead of dedicating taxpayer money to developing thousands of low-income census tracts across the US, this system aims to stimulate the investment of the estimated $6.1 trillion of unrealized private gains held by US households. In exchange for investing in communities within Qualified Opportunity Zones, investors can access capital gains tax incentives both immediately and over the long term.
Unlike tax credit programs designed to encourage private investment in low-income areas through tax advantages, Opportunity Zones are less restrictive, less costly, and less reliant upon government agencies to function. Tax credit programs, such as the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program, are more limited in supply and subject to annual Congressional approval and/or tax credit allocation authority. Because the tax credit system limits the number of credits issued each year, it inherently limits the number of investors who can participate, and therefore the amount of money that can be invested into the development of a community under the program.
Opportunity Zones don't operate through a tax credit program. Instead, Opportunity Zone designation and investment are governed through two Internal Revenue Code sections. This removes any limitation on the number of Opportunity Funds that can exist, making them more the product of an entirely new IRS rule that changes the tax treatment of capital gains than the subject of a more traditionally structured tax credit program.
Unlike tax credit programs designed to stimulate private investment in low-income communities, Opportunity Funds can self-certify without the need for approval from the US Treasury Department. This means that Opportunity Funds are managed entirely in the private market with the administration of the funds falling solely on the shoulders of fund managers rather than government agencies or investors.
Most importantly, there is no cap on the amount of capital that can be invested into qualified Opportunity Zones, and hence no arbitrary limit on the extent to which Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds may help reshape downtrodden communities.
How Investing in Opportunity Zones Works
The designation of Opportunity Zones is designed to help spur the development of identified communities. In exchange for investing in Opportunity Zones, investors can access capital gains tax incentives available exclusively through Opportunity Zones. To access these tax benefits, investors must invest in Opportunity Zones specifically through Opportunity Funds. A qualified Opportunity Fund is a US partnership or corporation that intends to invest at least 90% of its holdings in one or more qualified Opportunity Zones.
As previously mentioned, Opportunity Funds are governed by IRC section 1400Z-2 and Opportunity Funds can self-certify to the IRS. But each Opportunity Fund is responsible for ensuring that they abide by the guidelines of regulations in order to be able to offer tax incentives.
Because Opportunity Zones are intended to stimulate positive growth within designated communities, there are restrictions on the types of investments in which an Opportunity Fund can invest. These investments are called "Qualified Opportunity Zone property," which is defined as any one of the following:
Partnership interests in businesses that operate in a qualified Opportunity Zone.
Stock ownership in businesses that conduct most or all of their operations within a qualified Opportunity Zone.
Property such as real estate located within a qualified Opportunity Zone.
There are rules that govern each of these three investment options, but the rules for businesses are similar to those of the Enterprise Zone Business requirements. For property such as real estate, the rules are somewhat different. The types of real estate investments allowed under regulations are limited to ensure that the communities are improved with each investment.
Essentially, Opportunity Funds can only invest in the construction of new buildings and the substantial improvement of existing unused buildings. If an Opportunity Fund invests in the improvement of an existing building, it must invest more in the improvement of the building than it paid to buy the building. Whether the building is constructed from the ground up or improved, the development of the building must be completed within 30 months of purchase.
Where are Buena Vista Opportunity Zones?
The entire City of Buena Vista is a qualified opportunity zone. So, anywhere in Buena Vista qualifies for benefits!!
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Maybe, but I just tried (installed for testing) PlayerPro, JetAudio and few others and none of them freezes/... So, it's a PA problem unfortunately.
Everywhere, widgets, main app controls, library, notification in status bar. Formatting is not a source of a problem, other player works just fine.
Скачал первый попавшийся https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=media.music.mp3player.musicplayer Без затыков переключает треки, любые.
to be most objective - advice any player you want and I'll try it and tell you results..
Android 7 phone is just booted 5x5 widget on main screen clicking on Next Track icon and it starts to play next track in ... 10 secs!! Other time it change track immediately. So, no any logic, all the time it switches with different time. MicroSD car new, with another new card is the same. Other players changing track immediately! Suggest please..


A low pressure system is forecast to quickly pivot a frontal band of precipitation through Northern California on Friday, according to the NWS.
The Friday system is predicted to bring moderate rain and mountain snow with fairly high snow elevation levels. The system on Friday should be windier than today's weather event.
Thursday: Rain. High near 58. South southeast wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Rain. Low around 53. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday: Rain before 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 58. South wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Saturday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 58.
Sunday night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 52.
Monday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.
Monday night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Tuesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.
Tuesday night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66.


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The abandonment of 1960's idealism.
The money they spend on lawyers.
Shipping computers with just 256 megs of RAM.
They ask us to Think Different... that's gotta be evil!
The horns and cloven hooves they hand out to all new employees.
Thinking that Apple is evil is EVIL!
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I bought this journal way back in March, a little after my birthday, with the idea of finally having a place to spill out thoughts in color.
Of course, life got in the way, the way it usually does and it's not till now, ever many months later, I finally got started on it. I wrote about my last journal in Art Journals and Shared Art and how I was never happy with the direction my thoughts went whenever I tried to taper thoughts down in a fine point on paper. So I went in a different direction this time, listening to an admittedly weird (but relaxing) mix of chillstep music combined with early 00's latin pop hits, thoughts of street art floating in my head alongside architecture and semi-couture fashion.
And well, i'm actually pretty happy with the way this first step turned out. There's a funny little excitement I haven't felt in a long time, that feeling you get when you're not scared of filling up blank pages anymore.


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The Arctic Freezer 34 eSports DUO currently has a price of about 50 Euro (01/2019).
The Arctic Freezer 34 eSports DUO comes in a compact package in the typical Arctic style.
The side of the box shows the highlights of the Freezer 34 eSports DUO: pressure-optimized fans, a sophisticated cooler design and push/pull configuration.
On the other side we see all important technical data.
As a small hint of Arctic's efforts to be ecofriendly, we find the CarbonNeutral logo on the lid.
After we have opened the lid of the packaging, we first discover the accessory box.
In this is the mounting material and even a bag of high quality MX-4 thermal grease.
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Cuba's Isla de la Juventud, or Isle of Youth, had always been described to me as a remote, beautiful, and curious place. It has a unique history and some of the country's most untouched natural environments. I was able to visit the island last month as part of a scouting trip for future CMRC projects.
Just getting to the Isle of Youth is part of the adventure. The plane is Soviet-made from the 1960s or 70s and it was the first plane I ever boarded from a dropdown staircase in the rear. With one window every third seat the inside was slightly claustrophobic. Fortunately I was able to snag a window seat and watched the passing Cuban countryside below—large cement apartment buildings and small towns scattered among the many farms.
Plane that goes from Havana to Isle of Youth.
Street scene in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud.
On the dive boat headed to Punta Francés.
Today, the tourists that make it to the Isle of Youth are mostly divers headed for one of the dozens of dive sites off of Punta Francés. I was able to go diving myself and see why the adventurous tourists make the trek. The crystal clear waters and healthy reefs were worth the trip. Not to mention the most delicious fresh lobster we had for lunch--it melted in my mouth and was exactly what I wanted after a day of diving.
Truck I took to Cocodrilo--a 1948 Ford in amazing condition.
On the way back from Cocodrilo with Cocodrilo's mayor, Evelio, and his wife, Raiza.
I then headed to Cocodrilo, a small fishing village on the southern tip of the island. CMRC has a long-time relationship with Cocodrilo and CMRC's director Fernando Bretos had always told me how wonderful the place was. It was founded in the 19th century by families from the Cayman Islands and there are still a few residents who are native English speakers.
Just like getting to the island, getting to Cocodrilo was also an adventure. I had to receive special permission from the Cuban government to enter the town. The trip was long (2 hours on a bumpy road in a 1948 truck) but well worth it. It was immediately clear why Fernando had always talked so highly of the place.
When I arrived I was received with open arms and fed a delicious meal of fish and congri (beans and rice). CMRC first began working in Cocodrilo in 2011 when we helped start local sea turtle conservation festivals. I was pleased to find out that Cocodrilo has continued to run the festivals even without our support. Evelio, the town's mayor, couldn't stop talking about next year's festival and his plans to invite children from other communities. The growth of these festivals is significant considering fishers from Cocodrilo were catching sea turtles less than 10 years ago.
At the time I couldn't tell what was different about my conversations with people in Cocodrilo as opposed to my conversations with people on other parts of the island. There was something about Cocodrilo I couldn't put my finger on until writing this post. It's now clear, based on my experience, that on the rest of the island there is a focus on what was--people kept talking about what the island used to have. In Cocodrilo, however, the people continuously talk about the future, always looking ahead at what could be.
I headed back to Havana on the same plane on which I arrived after spending a 16 hour flight delay on the beach. Going to the Isle of Youth allowed me to learn a little more about a truly unique part of Cuba—I hope it's the first trip of many.
Sunset over Bay of Siguanea, Isla de la Juventud.


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Newcastle can repeat Burn masterclass with Solly March
Newcastle United are reportedly interested in signing Brighton and Hove Albion's on-fire wing-back Solly March and his potential arrival at St James' Park could prove to be a repeat of the masterclass that saw Dan Burn join in 2022.
According to 90min, both manager Eddie Howe and sporting director Dan Ashworth are huge admirers of the Brighton and Hove Albion winger.
Bailey spoke further about Newcastle's interest in the winger on the Talking Transfers podcast, saying:
"In terms of one of their homegrown talents, Solly March. He has 18 months left on his deal. He is arguably Roberto De Zerbi's favourite player. He has gone up a level. Brighton are aware of this, they know there is some interest.
Ashworth could land Howe his own Bellingham in Newcastle swoop for "magic" £89m titan - opinion
"Keep an eye on Newcastle" - Fabrizio Romano hints at potential "final day" surprise
"That could be tasty" - Insider "told" Newcastle have something "lined up" amid Wood exit talk
"Dan Ashworth likes him at Newcastle, Eddie Howe loves him, he's that sort of character isn't he, he's exactly the sort of player you could see under Eddie Howe. And he's also on the radar of Gareth Southgate."
The Seagulls have been in sensational form since the World Cup, winning comprehensively in four of their last five games, with their one blemish coming in a 4-2 home defeat by Arsenal.
March has been key to their surge up the table, registering a phenomenal four goals and two assists in his last four Premier League appearances, so it is easy to see why Newcastle are reportedly keen.
Two of those goals came in Brighton's 3-0 demolition of Liverpool last weekend, in what was described as an "exceptional" performance by Daily Express journalist Ryan Taylor.
Although Miguel Almiron has been a star performer in Howe's side this season with nine top-flight goals to his name, the other wingers in Newcastle's squad have struggled for goal contributions, with Allan Saint-Maximin, Josh Murphy and Ryan Fraser boasting just two goals and three assists between them.
Therefore, with a Champions League spot certainly on the cards, March could be a big signing this month as Howe looks to bolster his attacking options, and it could be as successful as the move for Burn in January last year.
The giant defender would join from the Seagulls and has been a regular at both centre-back and left-back since then, featuring 38 times for his boyhood club in all competitions since then.
Given the success of that Ashworth signing, it is easy to see why Newcastle want to return to Brighton again this month for another signing, and given March's recent form, he could be a phenomenal addition to Howe's squad.


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Q: Non static pointer variable declared inside function seems to be preserved even after function returns This question is not an exact duplicate of this. The most popular answer here says that it was not guaranteed that the memory location would be preserved but by accident it did. Where I got this piece of code from, it says clearly that the string variable will be preserved.
Consider the following code:
#include<stdio.h>

char *getString()
{
    char *str = "abc";
    return str;
}

int main()
{
   printf("%s", getString());
   getchar();
   return 0;
}

This code compiles and runs without any errors.
The pointer char* str is not defined as a static variable. Yet the variable seems to be preserved even after the function returns.
Please explain this behavior.
I do not understand why this question got a negative vote even though it's not answered yet or marked as duplicate.

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char *getString()  ...  char *str = "abc";

You are making some confusion. getString() creates a variable in the stack, and makes it point to a literal string. That literal can be anywhere, and will stay always there; depending on the compiler, it can be in RAM initialized at startup, or it can be in read-only memory. OK: If it is in RAM, perhaps you can even modify it, but not in normal (legal) ways - we should ignore this and think at the literal as immutable data.
The point above is THE point. It is true that the string "is preserved". But it is not true that an automatic variable is preserved - it can happen, but you should not rely on that, it is an error if you do it. By definition, an automatic variable gets destroyed when the function returns, and be sure that it happens.
That said, I don't see how you can say that the variable is preserved. There is no mechanism in C to peek at local variables (outside the current scope); you can do it with a debugger, especially when the active frame is that of getString(); maybe some debugger lets you to look where you shouldn't, but this is another matter.
EDIT after the comment
Many compilers create auto (local) variables in the stack. When the function returns, the data on the stack remains untouched, because clearing/destroying the stack is made by simply moving the stack pointer elsewhere. So the affirmation "the variable seems to be preserved" is correct. It seems because actually the variable is still there. It seems because there is no legal way to use it. But even in this situation, where the variable is still there but hidden, the compiler can decide to use that room for something else, or an interrupt can arrive and use that same room. In other words, while the auto variable is in scope it is guaranteed to be "preserved", but when it falls out of scope it must be considered gone.
There are situation where one can write code that refers to variables fallen out of scope: these are errors that the compiler should (and sometimes can) detect.
I said that often auto variables go in the stack. This is not always true, it depends on architecture and compiler, but all the rest is true and it is dictated by the language rules.

A: The address of str may change but the thing it points to (once initialised) will not.
Note that in this simple example you probably won't see changes.  If you call getString a few times from different stack depths and show &str you will see what I mean.
char *getString()
{
    char *str = "abc";
    printf("%p", &str);
    return str;
}

    int main()
    {
       printf("%s", getString());

       stackTest();
       getchar();
       return 0;
    }
    void stackTest()
    {
      char blob[200];
      int  x=0;
     printf("%s", getString());
    }

*(I have not tested this and my unused stack variables might get optimised away depending on your compiler & settings)

A: C 2011 (draft N1570) clause 6.4.5, paragraph 6 describes how a string literal in source code becomes a static object:

The multibyte character sequence is then used to initialize an array of static storage duration and length just sufficient to contain the sequence. For character string literals, the array elements have type char, and are initialized with the individual bytes of the multibyte character sequence.

Thus, in char *str = "abc";, str is initialized to point to a static array containing the characters a, b, and c, and a null character.
Then return str; returns the value of this pointer.
Finally, printf("%s", getString()); passes the value of the pointer to printf. At this point, the str object is gone (in the C model of computation). It no longer exists. We have the value it was used to hold, but the str object itself is gone. However, the value points to a static object, the array of characters, and printf reads that array and prints it.
So, the title of your question is incorrect. The non-static pointer variable declared inside the function was not preserved. All that was preserved was the static array of characters and its address.

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What Happens When A Canon Shooter Uses A Nikon?
John Edgar is an internationally renowned wedding and portrait photographer who travels the globe documenting moments and creating art of his discerning clients. He is based out of the beautiful city of Toronto, Canada.
I've been take pictures for over 10 years, and worked as a full time photographer for 6 of those. I don't feel that any topic has been more discussed than Nikon vs. Canon. In fact, the number one question I always get as a photographer is just that. Until last weekend, Canon was the only system I have ever shot. I started with a Canon 300D post college, picked up a 30D shortly after, and the day the 5D came out, I had one. I shot the 5D for many, many years until I recently switched to the 5D mkII and 1Series bodies.
I've been a prime shooter since day one, originally with the plastic fantastic (50mm 1.8), upgrading from the 1.8 to the 1.4, and more recently the 1.2. My daily drivers are the 35 1.4, 50 1.2, 85 1.2 and 135 2.0.
After much conversation at the Mystic 6 convention I came to the conclusion that I should at minimum play around with a Nikon setup to see what I think. It would be quite ignorant of me to stand behind my Canon love having never given Nikon a fair run, right? My friend Steve Sager agreed to let me come out and shoot a wedding with him, and bestie Tara McMullen agreed to lend me her Nikon gear for the day.
Full disclosure: I was sure I wasn't going to like the system, but I resigned myself to the fact that I would indeed give it a fair shot, and leave my bias at home. I'm not an overly techie person. I understand camera and imaging technology but I don't obsess over custom functions and AF point placement algorithms. I like taking pictures, and hope my camera for the most part "just works". I guess as a result, my commentary won't be particularly technical.
Armed with a D3s, 35, 50, 85 and 135mm lenses, I left my beloved Canon bodies at home and ventured off to shoot a wedding.
I arrived in the morning at the groom's house to shoot preps. The family was Portuguese and everything was moving along quite quickly. This wasn't anything usual for me, but I felt it was definitely a great opportunity to put the D3s through it's paces. I like the 35 1.4 in the morning, for preps. It gives a great sense of place and as a result it's almost always my go-to lens for that portion of the day. I stuck it on the D3s and started snapping. We were upstairs and the bedroom was quite dark. I didn't have a flash on (mostly because I like to shoot available light) so I was pushing the ISO into the 1200+ range.
My first immediate and extremely frustrating observation was that the autofocus was slow to acquire a focal lock and to allow me to fully depress the shutter button. With my 5D mkII, it almost never hunts around for focus. With the D3s, I felt like it was just sitting there thinking about what to do next, while I was missing some great moments. To be honest, it really, really annoyed me. However, when it did finally acquire AF lock and I made an image, the focus was spot on. This wasn't really something I had ever thought about before, and sparked an internal conversation of "would I rather have the image, but out of focus, or miss a few for something sharp" (more on that later). Generally, a pretty high proportion of my images shot with my Canon system are out of focus, mostly because it just can't seem to focus on the right thing. This has been a frustration for a while and definitely my main friction point with the Canon system.
Nevertheless, I pushed on shooting. I was tweeting as I went and Paul Johnson offered some insight into a change I could make in the camera settings that would allow for faster autofocus. I made some quick changes, tested it out a bit and found the "continuous" mode to be quicker in low light. After making this change, I did notice a much higher percentage of out of focus images, but still plenty of usable frames coming from the camera.
After the preps we headed to the church. It was very dark and I wasn't about to use the flash during a ceremony. This was the perfect time to test the higher ISO ranges. I sent a quick message to my friend Ryan Brenizer to confirm that the files are pretty clean around 6400 ISO before I went trigger-happy. He gave me the nod and with a smile I set the camera there and went to town. I shot for a bit and then zoomed in to 100% and checked the shadows. Just as Ryan had mentioned: very, very clean. I kept my exposures solid if not slightly to the right and shot the rest of the ceremony 3200/6400.
I had decided to shoot the whole ceremony with 135mm lens. Having had a morning filled with slow AF I was a little worried about it, but plunged in never the less. I switched out of continuous focus back to single focus because my morning tests had left me with a feeling that S was slightly more accurate, and I could afford to slow down a little during the ceremony. As I shot the ceremony, I noticed almost none of the AF lock lag I had observed in the morning. The quality of the light in the church, while dim, was quite a bit better. The shadows were more even, and had less contrast. Without knowing the in-depth technical aspects of AF, my gut feeling is this helped. After shooting I went through the frames on the back of the camera at 100% zoom checking the focus. I noticed that about 85% of them were sharp and focused as I expected. This is about 30-40% better than what I generally experience off of my Canon bodies.
In "Canonland" I shoot 90% of the photo session with the 50 1.2 so I decided to shoot with the Nikon 50 1.4 I had. I immediately noticed that the bokeh was totally different. At first I thought I had my aperture set wrong, I wanted to be wide open but what I was seeing looked like I was at f2/2.8. (I'm not going to debate the merits of bokeh here, that would be stupid. It's all personal preference.) Going back over the images and looking at my Canon work, I personally like the look of the out of focus areas on my Canon glass much much better. I switched over to the 35 1.4, and set it to 1.4, again I really didn't like the way the glass rendered out of focus light. It was also during the photo session that I noticed the general hue of the image was drastically different than what I was used to seeing on the back of the camera. At that point I didn't know if that was the RAW rendered jpg, the screen, the light I was in, my eyes or what. Having now looked at the files side by side in ACR I definitely feel that a CR2 file has more of a magenta hue to it than a NEF. Nikon raw files generally seem warmer/orange. This is also to my mind a hue difference, not simply white balance related. I don't really have a clear opinion on that either way at this point, so I'm merely making the observation. Do as you will with it.
After the photo session we headed to Liberty Grand where the reception was held. Anyone local to Toronto knows how brutal shooting in this hall can be. The ceilings are dark wood and a good 30 feet high. Bouncing isn't much fun in there, but if you aim for the walls and get the angle right it's doable. I've shot the venue 20+ times so I'm used to it, but I wasn't used to the SB900. I was told to keep it in manual mode because it sometimes overheats and shuts down in TTL. This initially put me off a bit, but I compensated for it manually and it was fine.
As I shot, I found that my ability to pull in a lot of ambient light was great! The high ISO I used gave me much more flexibility with the flash than I usually afford myself with my 580EXII. I really liked the exposures I was getting. At one point during the evening the flash batteries died and before I had a chance to replace them, the father of the groom pulled me over and demanded a quick shot with some of the groomsmen. I didn't have batteries in my pocket so I thought "to hell with it" and cranked the ISO into H1. It was almost pitch black and the (very) intoxicated groomsmen wouldn't stay still. I grabbed a few frames and I was pleasantly surprised with them. The final image will have to be presented in black and white, however it was sharp and fairly well exposed.
As I finished out the night, I felt the strain in my arm. The camera is more weight than I'm used to for a 13 hour day and my wrist was starting to ache a little. If I'm to do this for another 10-15 years I feel heavy bodies are going to cause some long term damage to my right hand. Many of my professors from school now have bad carpal tunnel and arthritis from shooting for 20+ years. I guess the alternative is to shoot a D700/D3s combo, as it's a much lighter body.
The AF focus system is, at worst, much better than anything I've experienced with Canon. In continuous focus mode, while a lot of the AF lag is gone, so is a lot of the accuracy. That being said, I still found more of the images to be in than out or at least acceptability soft. During the photo session, shooting with good light in AF-S, the focusing was almost always spot on.
The flash system is good. I know some people hail it as the second coming of Christ, but I truly believe the 580EXII is just as good as the SB900. Feature wise, it does have some nice fancy do-das that the 580 doesn't, but in terms of just taking a good solid exposure the systems are very, very comparable.
The high ISO noise tolerance on the D3s is unreal. That's all I need to say about that.
I personally find the layout of the D3s to be fantastic. A lot of the button arrangement and menu options make much more sense to me than the Canon design. For example, where Canon will use a 3 finger strain voodoo dance menu wheel scroll push setting change, Nikon simply has a toggle switch.
Now I realize this is just my personal opinion, but I do not like the bokeh. And as an artist/photographer/whatever, I rely heavily on depth of field as a pivotal element of the work I produce. This will be the main reason I wouldn't switch systems. Canon has great glass. The colour clarity, the way it renders flair, the out of focus areas, the contrast and general "look" of the images from my Canon are what I fell in love with, and continue to love.
In the wedding space I feel that if those "artistic" elements of photography (that transcendental feel and quality of the image that you just can't quite put your finger on) are important to you as a Canon shooter, you might find a switch frustrating. If you are a photographer who is very methodical, photo journalistic, technical or moment driven then you should without a doubt be shooting Nikon right now. However I am truly in love with the look of my Canon glass. I'm willing to over shoot and deal with weird white balance and a total inability to focus to have that.
Call me stupid, and maybe I am.
"Popularity does not dictate quality," says this one Mashable article which coincidentally compares Canon v. Nikon. Check out the infographic. What are your thoughts? Have you given both systems an honest, unbiased try? Tell us your experiences with that "other" system. Go!
UPDATE: John wanted me to let you know that the images presented here are SOOC – Straight Out Of Camera – with the only exceptions being that they were scaled down and sharpened a tiny bit.


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For those who didn't see the film, please can you tell us what Park Life is about?
It's about a girl called Amy and her boyfriend, Olly, who are having another argument on her birthday. This is the last straw for Amy, who is fed up with Olly's lazy attempts at romantic birthday gifts. It's about their story and what happens to them next, which is really unexpected.
Why did you want to be involved in this production?
There was someone at the college who was working on costume design, and I just happened to see a poster for it. I wasn't having the best day, but thought to myself that I hadn't been involved in a short film since my first year, so it would be an excellent opportunity. I didn't expect to get it.
What attracted you to begin a career as an actor?
When I was younger, I didn't do it at all, even though I wanted to. I was a bit scared of the judgment as I was a football player, so it's like, you don't do that kind of thing. After college, I didn't know if I wanted to carry on with my education and do a degree.
My mum said to me why not try acting as I always wanted to do it. My sister went to Hereford College of Arts, so I thought I would meet with the tutors and see what they had to say, as I had no previous experience. The tutors here were willing to take me on to the Performing Arts degree course. I'm very grateful for this and ever since I have been throwing myself at every opportunity.
What's next on the horizon for you?
I have my dissertation coming, but I will also audition for more projects. Probably lengthier films, as I have done short films for quite a while and I would like to challenge myself further.
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Panelists: Stanley Cath, psychoanalyst; Ronald Abramson, psychoanalyst and psychopharmacologist; Joan Wheelis, Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital; John Van Pruitt III, psychoanalyst; Harold Bursztajn, psychoanalyst.
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Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps have intercepted a truck loaded with about 80 men suspected to be herdsmen at Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The truck was stopped by personnel of Amotekun Corps and a quick search revealed some bows, arrows and daggers in the vehicle.
Also about 25 motorcycles were also discovered in the truck which also had cows.
Upon interrogation, the men were reported to have told the Amotekun operatives that they were going to Lagos and Ogun States.
The search was said to have attracted residents, who trooped to the scene.
But to avoid crisis, the security agents were said to have led the truck and its occupants to Agodi Police station.
They were said to have been handed over to the police at the station for further interrogation and search.
But the Police, while confirming the interception, said no incriminating evidence was found on the suspects, stating they have been led to the boundary to continue their journey.
Confirming the incident, the Commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) said "We arrested about 80 men in a truck. We found some bows and arrows and knifes in the truck. They also had some cows and motorcycles there.
"We couldn't carry out a thorough search because we had started attracting attention so we moved them to the police station nearby."
When contacted, the spokesperson for Oyo State Police Command, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi also confirmed the development.
He said: "Some persons were intercepted and they were taken to Agodi Police Station where they were profiled. They said they were coming from Wudil in Kano and were going to Lagos and some to Ogun State. They said they were taking the cows to the abattoir in Agege, Lagos.
"We didn't find anything incriminating on them. They were released and escorted to the Toll Gate area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. They are no longer in Oyo State territory."
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The West does, of course, face challenges in an age when movements of people happen far more quickly across vast distances than ever before; an age in which the notions of meaning and virtue are more contested; an age where technological advancements and their corresponding impacts on society develop more rapidly. All of that has understandable impacts on how communities and societies think of themselves and conceptualize their common bonds. The question is, how do societies address these challenges and find answers that are likely to heal the rifts that exist rather than exacerbate them on the altar of "saving ourselves," when the notion of "ourselves" is a wholly mythical construct?
When it comes to conceptualizing themselves as a Western "us," European Christendom has historically done so by positioning itself against the Muslims of the Mediterranean, be they Ottomans or Arabs
a form of Christianity that focuses on solidarity with the oppressed, rather than promoting tribalistic hate against the "other," is precisely what Europe needs more of
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is "liberty, equality, solidarity" really what the West stood for in terms of its engagements with minorities at home, and colonized peoples abroad?
Islam isn't a newcomer. A decade ago, I wrote a book titled Muslims of Europe: The 'Other' Europeans that included an examination of Islam's long European history. But one could write an encyclopedia that focused only on the history of Muslim European communities and figures, be they in premodern Spain and Portugal or the Emirate of Sicily or indeed the many Northern and Western Europeans who became Muslims. Framing Islam as a newcomer immediately restricts the scope of discussion that is needed. And such framing leads to a focus on salvaging broken models rather than seeking a new model for the West
The fear of Islam is where all of these insecurities come together—a world religion being caricatured to represent all the trials of the world coming upon "us."
the subject of religion always arises when pundits and intellectuals discuss the ostensible faltering of the West
As Ryan notes, the sociologist Rogers Brubaker has characterized this stance as "a secularized Christianity as culture. … It's a matter of belonging rather than believing." He further describes the attitude as being one in which, "We are Christians precisely because they are Muslims. Otherwise, we are not Christian in any substantive sense."
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Around the world the whispers were loud: Serena and Venus are great, but it sure would be nice to see some new faces out there. After all, Serena in particular dominated the Slams, winning six of twelve majors between 2013 and 2015. But then she suffered a shock upset to Roberta Vinci at the 2015 US Open, and Angie Kerber beat her in this year's Aussie Open final. A new day was dawning.
Sure, for a while a number of players have hovered near the top: Streaky Czech Petra Kvitova twice won Wimbledon and just claimed the Wuhan, China title. Now ranked No. 11, the powerful southpaw just hasn't been able to camp out at the very top. Aga Radwanska, with her magical shotmaking, reached the 2012 Wimbledon final, and Romanian Simona Halep's feisty defense-to-offense wizardry took her to the brink of winning the 2014 French Open.
This year there have been some inspiring breakouts. The South Carolinian Shelby Rogers – who Mary Carillo said was the kindest, sweetest person in the history of civilization – came out of nowhere to reach the French Open quarters. As spunky Monica Puig sprinted to Olympic glory, a headline said she was in a "Puig of Her Own," becoming the first Puerto Rican to win a Gold Medal. In New York, when it came to the young Californian Catherine Bellis, "CiCi-ing Was Believing," as the steely teen again made a high-profile US Open run.
Kerber lets her racket do the talking. And, like Pistol Pete, her racket shouts loud. Hitting flat, seeing the court brilliantly, creating angles, moving with roadrunner speed, the best defensive player in the game has become incredibly fit and has found an unshakable confidence. Plus her serve (once described as a meatball) is less of a liability, and she has a mental toughness you can almost taste.
Kerber may not be a household name. Adidas is not about to claim she's the best athlete of all time. We won't be seeing her on HSN soon. But she's such a pro.
Charming and appealing, the most improved player in the WTA knocked Serena off her throne as No. 1 after a record 186 weeks atop the rankings. She has scored more wins overall and victories over top 10 players this year than any other player. The Aussie and US Open champ, Wimbledon finalist and Olympic silver medalist now imposes – speed kills. She's the first woman not named Serena to win two Slams in a year since Justine Henin. A glint in her eye, she's poised to forge a crowd-commanding rivalry with Serena.
Kerber has much in common with many a former No. 1. She's German just like her idol Steffi Graf (who gave her a nifty pre-season pep talk). She's a dicey lefty like Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles. She's blessed with much of the grit, fight and quick-twitch speed of Henin as well as a Serena-like penchant for prevailing in long, dramatic, big-stage bouts. Yet Kerber, 28, is unique. In the US Open final she faced Karolina Pliskova, who was on a dandy 11-match winning streak.
Never mind that Pliskova had never gotten beyond the third round of a Slam, was down match point to Venus in the fourth round and this was her first Slam final.
Who cares? The Czech was playing with an astounding composure. Arm loose, groundies deep, grace apparent, she led the WTA in aces and had been crushing top foes as if she was a whack-a-mole wiz.
At the Open she beat both Venus AND Serena. But in the final Pliskova came out tight and lost the first, 6-3. However, soon she became more intense, cut down on her errors and charged the net with zeal to capture the second set 6-4.
Spain's Muguruza is in the stately tradition of statuesque beauties from Maria Bueno to Maria Sharapova. She graces matches with an easy power. Her 6'1″ stature and considerable serve impose. The 2015 Wimbledon finalist, she unleashed her flat, economical groundies to take down Serena and win this year's French Open. Since then she's wavered, but many still see her as the appealing face of the WTA's future.
Pliskova emerged from the shadows, shocking one top five player after another to win the Cincy title and reach the US Open final, where she nearly beat Kerber. A bit of a wonder, her flowing power makes everything seem almost lyrical. Who knew tennis could be this easy? Blessed with a big serve, she emerges from the ova-the-top (Navratilova to Kvitova) Czech tradition, and like Serena has a sister on the tour.
Millennial Madison gives us "Big Babe" tennis with a twist. Though just 21, her astonishing power and girl-next-door "Americanism" has drawn fans. Her game is trending nicely. Now she crafts points with far more mastery, but she still has to learn how to string victories together so as to lift trophies. In the meantime, many delight in her quiet charm offenses about her family, trendy music and the quirky delights of our millennials-matter world.
Time and again we see young girls emerge with innocent glee, subsumed with delight at the possibility of dancing on the big stage.
Though whimsical and reflective, Osaka has a hefty serve and a devastating forehand. Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian father, she moved to Florida and eventually rose in the rankings. All the while, fans loved her quips. After she took the first game of a match against Vika Azarenka, she revealed that she told herself, "This is going to be easy." But, in the next game, as she began to be crushed, she thought, "Maybe not." She lost 6-1, 6-1. After going down to Simona Halep, she admitted, "I didn't know what I was doing. Because I'm so immature I start freaking out." But don't be surprised if, in the coming years, fans are freaking out over the WTA's Holly Golightly, Ms. Osaka from Osaka.
One of our best comeback stories, the voluble Bacsinszky retired from tennis at 23 in 2012, only to blaze her way to the top 10 in 2015, winning 15 consecutive matches in the spring and giving Serena a scare in the French Open semis. A cannonball backhand and a flair for well-timed drop shots are two of her chief weapons. This summer she and Martina Hingis won the silver medal in Rio.
It's been three decades since British women's tennis has had a solid top 20 hope, but that's changed with the maturation of the Australian-raised Konta, 25, whose big, unorthodox serve and flexible forehand were in full effect as she reached the Aussie Open semis this year and won the Bank of the West Classic. The cerebral Konta, who has worked with a mental coach to tame her temper, could just possibly become the first British woman Slam winner since Virginia Wade.
The Swiss craftiness and clever court sense of Martina Hingis has been passed down to teen Bencic, whose prowess as a junior quickly translated into pro success, including a quarterfinal run at the 2014 US Open and wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Halep, and Serena to claim the Rogers Cup title last year. Bencic has fought injuries and slumped in 2016, but her game is a refreshing contrast to the tour's power players.
A junior champion like Bencic, the Croatian boasts a massive whiplash forehand and all-court touch that translates especially well to grass, where she won her first title in 2015. Just 18, if she can avoid injury, her game may be big enough to contend for Slams.


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Sendak: At The Morgan and at The MAAC
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On now until October 6th, you can see renowned children's illustrator Maurice Sendak's captivating work at The Morgan. In the late 1970s, Sendak embarked on a successful second career as a designer of sets and costumes for the stage which comprise this new exhibit, "Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet", the first museum exhibition dedicated to this aspect of his career.
"It will include storyboards, preparatory sketches, costume studies, luminous watercolors, and meticulous dioramas from Mozart's Magic Flute, Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, and an opera based on Sendak's picture book Where the Wild Things Are."
Want to own a Sendak of your own? At The Manhattan Rare Book Company here in Gallery #90, you'll find Maurice Sendak and Robert Keeshan's "She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not…"
First edition, signed and dated by Maurice Sendak.
She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not. Maurice Sendak, Robert Keeshan [ The Manhattan Rare Book Company | Gallery #90 | 212.326.8907 | info@manhattanrarebooks.com ]
With beautiful illustations by Sendak and Text by Robert Keeshan, this story about a little boy with four daisies who gives one to a little girl is a delightful collaboration between Sendak and Keeshan, better known for his role as Captain Kangaroo.
Contact The Manhattan Rare Book Company by phone at: 212.326.8907 or by email at: info@manhattanrarebooks.com
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Segarcea is een stad (oraș) in het Roemeense district Dolj. De stad telt 8266 inwoners (2007).

Stad in Roemenië
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into space, into the nothingness of that town.
skittering across the sidewalk. No concussion.
in bed 6 is all the ER doctor had said.
and the night-blue suture trailing behind it.
There was the flesh torn and the skin open.


2000s Jeremy is so excited today. Brand new music from Brand New.
The song has the vibe and energy of their '03 Deja Entendu era stuff.
They have a couple shows coming up in Vancouver!
And then with Modest Mouse in the PNW!


On Monday, April 21, the New Jersey Division of Taxation will release new regulatory guidance regarding the sales tax treatment of software and related services.
New Jersey imposes sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property and installing, maintaining, servicing, or repairing tangible personal property. In the wake of its adoption of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, New Jersey redefined tangible personal property to include canned software—even if delivered electronically. Although New Jersey exempts electronically delivered software used for business purposes, the exemption doesn't apply to installation, maintenance, servicing, or repairs. So the Division has taken the position that services to software are taxable even if the underlying software is exempt.
The existing regulations provide relatively sparse guidance on distinguishing between taxable and nontaxable software-related services.
Software can be considered nontaxable "custom software" even if it includes prewritten functions or routines.
Taxable installation services are limited to loading executable files and do not include the mere act of electronic delivery.
Taxable repairs and services to software are limited to maintaining compatibility and corrective services where the underlying code isn't changed.
Data entry is not considered to be a taxable service to software.
The proposed regulation is intended to clarify existing policy, so taxpayers should apply the new regulation retroactively. Although no policy shift is intended, vendor and audit practices vary. So taxpayers should review any software-related purchases made within the last four years for potential refund opportunities.
Affected taxpayers who want to submit comments must do so by June 20.
If you are interested in more information on the new regulations or the sales tax treatment of software and related services generally, please contact one of the authors of this alert, or the Reed Smith attorney with whom you normally work. For more information on Reed Smith's New Jersey tax practice, visit www.reedsmith.com/njtax.


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We all love summer. It's that time of year when you want to spend your time outside. The sun is out, the birds are singing, the air is fresher, the plants are greener. Everything tells you to go for a bike ride, take that old badminton set for a ride, or go for a jog. But the sun is harsh and it can affect you without knowing it.
Put a spin in some of those 8 daily glasses of water a day. I prefer a pinch of salt and a half lemon squeezed in my water. Sodium helps your body absorb water better. It's perfect after you have solicited your body in the heat. And lemon is perfect always although in excess it can turn on you and your stomach.
Another favorite of mine is to press a few fresh leaves of mint, that tingling taste satisfies your taste buds. Lately I tried it with basil too, it's just as fresh.
Cucumber is a surprising addition to water, it makes the taste much fuller. Once you try blending water and cucumber together you might never go back.
The first time I cracked a coconut I was convinced it was going to be too sweet for me and I would like it. But it's actually not, you can imagine yourself getting refreshed even in the tropical areas in the hottest days with coconut water. Coconut water has potassium that helps your body rehydrate. It maintains fluid balance in the body. Also, if you just went out jogging it's a perfect way to prevent muscle cramps.
This is for the morning after. But I love to make 4 litres of tea and keep it cool in the fridge. It's like having my personal soda at home. I love hibiscus tea or mint with a touch of green tea. and you can drink it all day long.
We already mentioned almond milk which gives you back protein and is low in calories. With almond milk you can replenish on vitamin E, an excellent antioxidant, magnesium and the good kind of lowering cholesterol fats. But after a workout, the main benefit of almond milk is that you get your energy back.
This is an obvious one but worth mentioning it. Most of the times I'm too lazy to squeeze just fruits so I mix fruit and water to get a subtler aroma that hydrates more.
So, how do you keep hydrated in these hot summer days?


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My wish list for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
The longlist for the only UK award that really excites me these days, The Women's Prize for Fiction, is due to be announced next Thursday. Only novels written by women in English published between April 1st 2017 and March 31st 2018 qualify. Over the past few years I've failed miserably in my suggestions but truth be told I'd much rather indulge myself with a fantasy list rather than speculate as to what the judges think. What follows, then, is entirely subjective, wishes rather than predictions. I've followed the same format as 2017, 2016 and 2015, limiting myself to novels that I've read with a link to a full review on this blog. So, in no particular order here's my wish list for the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction:
The End We Start From The Lie of the Land Conversations with Friends
Johannesburg Home Fire Sugar Money
The Ninth Hour The Life to Come Sisters
The Break Asymmetry Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves
All Day at the Movies Before Everything
I'll be happy if even one of these takes the judges' fancy. A click on a title will take you to my review should you want to know more..
How about you? Any titles you'd love to see on the longlist?
This entry was posted in Random thoughts and tagged Alice McDermott, All Day at the Movies, Amanda Craig, Asymmetry, Before Everything, Conversations with Friends, Fiona Kidman, Fiona Melrose, Home Fire, Jane Harris, Johannesburg, Kamila Shamsie, Katherena Vermette, Lily Tuck, Lisa Halliday, Megan Hunter, Michelle de Kretser, Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves, Rachel Malik, Sally Rooney, Sisters, Sugar Money, The Break, The End We Start From, The Lie of the Land, The Life to Come, The Ninth Hour, Victoria Redel, Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 on 28 February 2018 by Susan Osborne.
Sisters by Lily Tuck: A tale of obsession
It took me a mere ninety minutes to read Lily Tuck's Sisters which might lead you to think it's a slight, inconsequential piece of fiction but that's far from the case. A sharp psychological study of obsession with a neat sting in its tail, it's completely riveting.
Our unnamed narrator is married to a man with whom she started an affair after meeting him at a dinner party his first wife chose not to attend. They've been married for some time, long enough for her to have seen her stepson from early teenage years through to graduation and help her stepdaughter choose her wedding dress. She's obsessed with his first wife: taking her stepson's text book across town to get a glimpse of her apartment; calling her on the phone, then hanging up; researching her old piano teacher. How happy was this woman whose photograph she sees every day? What is her life-like now? How did she feel about burying her musical talent in housewifery? Was she better in bed? A litany of speculation preoccupies our narrator about her predecessor, so different from herself.
Tuck's novella is made up of a series of short fragments, often just a few lines occupying the entire page. A great deal is left unsaid and yet a picture emerges of a woman caught up in an obsession, at once unsettling and understandable. The writing is pinpoint sharp, the depth of obsession beautifully conveyed:
In the photo of her pushing the baby carriage down Avenue Foch in Paris, it was hard to tell – even with a magnifying glass – whether she looked happy.
Tuck's ability to convey characters while saying barely anything about them is remarkable. The two wives emerge as far more interesting than their self-absorbed, insensitive husband. The connection our narrator yearns for with his first wife far deeper than the one she shares with him. This is such an elegant, quietly devastating piece of fiction. Inevitably, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca springs to mind and is given a polite nod by our narrator:
I dreamed – not that I went back to Manderley – that I was in a big city like Calcutta or Bombay in India.
I've been left wanting to read as many of Tuck's novels I can get my hands on.
This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged American fiction, Lily Tuck, novella, Sisters, Text Publishing on 24 January 2018 by Susan Osborne.
Books to Look Out for in December 2017
As ever, there's very little in the way of new titles to trouble your credit card with in December. Probably a relief given the wear and tear of Christmas shopping. Elisa Lodato's An Unremarkable Body sounds intriguing, though. It's about a daughter's attempts to understand her mother's life after she's found dead at the foot of her stairs, and it's structured along the lines of a medical report. 'What emerges is a picture of life lived in the shadows, as well as an attempt to discover how and why her mother died. To make sense of her own grief Laura must piece her mother's body back together and in doing so, she is forced to confront a woman silenced by her own mother and wronged by her husband' according to the blurb.
Lily Tuck's Sisters explores a second wife's obsession with her husband's first marriage. 'Will the narrator ever equal the first wife intellectually and sexually, or ever forget the betrayal that lies between them? And what of the secrets between her husband and the first wife, from which the second wife is excluded? The daring and precise build-up to an eerily wonderful denouement is a triumph of subtlety and surprise' say the publishers enticingly. Shades of Rebecca here, maybe.
In January I read Our Magic Hour, an extraordinarily impressive novel by an Australian author called Jennifer Down. It's one of the best books I've read this year. Pulse Points is Down's collection of short stories about people who 'live in small dusty towns, glittering exotic cities and slow droll suburbs; they are mourners, survivors and perpetrators' according to the publishers. Naturally, I'd have preferred a novel but if her short stories are only half as good as Our Magic Hour they'll be a treat to savour.
Just one paperback to look out for – Roy Jacobsen's The Unseen, shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize earlier in the year. It's the story of Ingrid Barroy, born into the only family who live on a tiny Norwegian island. When she grows up, Ingrid is sent to the mainland amidst great change for her country then tragedy strikes and she must do what she can to protect her remote home. 'In detailed, quietly gripping prose, writer Roy Jacobsen and translators Don Bartlett and Don Shaw use a small canvas to tell a great, universal story' say the Man Booker judges which sounds right up my street and all the more intriguing given that two translators worked on the novel.
That's it for December, and for 2017 previews. A click on a title will take you to a more detailed synopsis should you be interested. Already looking forward to what 2018 has to offer…
This entry was posted in Random thoughts, Reviews and tagged An Unremarkable Body, Books published in December 2017, Don Bartlett, Don Shaw, Elisa Lodato, Jennifer Down, Lily Tuck, Our Magic Hour, Pulse Points, Roy Jacobsen, Sisters, The Unseen on 13 November 2017 by Susan Osborne.


ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA — Munching on a home-made bake while picking the small bones from a grilled red snapper wrapped in tin foil, Roger Augustine flashes a big grin as he surveys the two blocks crammed full of vendors hawking the fresh catch of the day. Tapping his feet to the beat of the reggae band playing on a stage next to the chef, the 31-year-old tour guide clearly approves of "Fish Friday" in the village of Gouyave on Grenada's northwest coast.
"We're back to normal living now," he says as he eyes the coconut fudge on the table nearby and looks up at a sky that's so still the stars seem within easy grasp.


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Published on Friday, October 19, 2018
THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this weekend.
On Sunday (21 October), contractors working for the city council will start putting up the decorations that cross the city's main shopping streets and checking the 16,000 lamps that will light up Leicester in the run-up to Christmas.
This year – as in the previous three years – the council has spent an extra £50,000 updating the city's stock of decorations and replacing worn-out fixtures and fittings.
The extra funding means there will be a brand new look for Church Gate and Loseby Lane this year – and, for the first time, there will be decorations on St Martins and Hotel Street.
All four of the streets will be dressed with new decorative spans featuring white LED bulbs – tying in with the city's 2018 theme of 'White Christmas'.
In the new market square, a 5m-tall Christmas tree will provide a festive focal point, illuminated garlands will be strung between the square's lamp-columns, and the four trees in the square will be lit up with pea-lights to create a festive atmosphere in the new space.
The trees in Jubilee Square will also be lit up to create a sparkling backdrop for the Wheel of Light – the big wheel that will be back in the square for the Christmas period – and the spectacular real ice rink that will open to the public on Thursday 6 December.
At the Clock Tower, a giant Christmas tree – a 14m Sitka spruce – will be carefully lowered into place and covered with 'snow', while the city's traditional nativity scene and a tableau depicting the adventures of Alice in Wonderland will be installed in Town Hall Square.
Deputy city mayor Cllr Piara Singh Clair said: "Our lighting team and contractors are working hard to make sure that Leicester looks magical this Christmas and that everything's ready for the big switch-on on 22 November."
Contractors working for the council will be installing the decorations early in the morning and at weekends to minimise inconvenience to road users. Work will take around four weeks to complete.
Leicester's Christmas lights will be switched on as part of a packed evening of entertainment that starts at 5pm on Thursday 22 November. For the first time, the switch-on will be shown live on TV and broadcast during ITV Central's flagship 6pm news programme.
Full details of all the events taking place in Leicester this Christmas will be in a free guide – available from 12 November – and at christmasinleicester.co.uk
Tickets for Leicester's Christmas ice rink – which is 50% bigger than the 2017 rink – are on sale now at christmasinleicester.co.uk/buy-tickets/


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Anaxilau () de Lárissa, na Tessália (século I a.C.) foi um médico e filósofo pitagórico. De acordo com Eusébio de Cesareia, ele foi banido de Roma em 28 a.C. por Augusto sob a acusação de praticar magia. Anaxilau escrevia sobre as "mágicas" propriedades dos minerais, ervas e outras substâncias e medicamentos derivados, e é citado por Plínio a este respeito. Seu conhecimento excepcional de ciências naturais permitiu-lhe produzir efeitos fantásticos que foram confundidos com magia.

 Max Wellmann, « Die Φυσικά des Bolos Demokritos und der Magier Anaxilaos aus Larissa », dans Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1928 (7).
 Les Alchimistes grecs, t. I (Papyrus de Leyde. Papyrus de Stockholm. Recettes), Les Belles Lettres, 1981, p. 69-70.
 Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques, CNRS.

Médicos da Roma Antiga
Filósofos da Roma Antiga
Romanos antigos do século I a.C.
Gregos do século I a.C.


Storm, aka Wg Eyeofthestorm, is a 2-year-old white and brindle male born May 10, 2006. His sire is Fortified Power and his dam is Fire Next Time. Storm's racing career consisted of 8 races at Corpus Christi beginning on November 24, 2007 and ending on December 29, 2007. Storm is a uniquely handsome guy with just a small brindle patch across his left ear and very small black patch over his left eye. He looks like a pirate. Storm gave up on a racing career and decided to use his good looks and his great personality to find himself a forever home. It is not known at this time if Storm is small animal or cat tolerant.