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Is it better to use a tax professional; or just stick with the software?
Despite what politicians promised; I'm probably going to owe money this tax season because I'm a middle class employee who got a raise, and forgot to adjust my witholdings. I was on such a role of breaking even too.
With that being said; each online service I've used so far has me owing a couple hundred to the feds. Would it be worth it to see a real tax professional (H&R Block, etc) to see if they can work some magic and get me a refund? Or are their ads just a bunch of crap?
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I dunno about H&R or any of those type major accounting firms. I use a local accountant to do mine doesn't cost to much and I usually get a small amount back. When I say small i mean tiny wouldn't even cover the accountant fee. But eh better than paying the gov.
As a tax professional (CPA), unless you have your own business (Schedule C), there probably isn't much a paid preparer can do. Just make sure you have entered all Sch. A deductions and check the available credits to see if any apply to you. And, one major thing people often forget when preparing their own taxes is all stock sales are a taxable event, even if you don't withdraw any money from the brokerage account. The IRS will come after you for not reporting stock sales. Look for interest and dividend income too.
Unless your taxes are super complicated (investments, business deductions, excessive medical bills, etc) the software should walk you through the entire process. We run a relatively complicated business and also have investments and Turbo Tax is all we need.
When I had a job and got a raise the first thing I would do is raise the amount I contributed to my 401k. That will sometimes keep you from entering a higher tax bracket.
Last time I went to a CPA she used software, this was many years ago and I am not sure what she used. We are plain and all the 'tricks' she had did not work for us, so now I use software.
You know, last year, I'd have waited for @dcalotta to show up, but I note that he hasn't been around for months and months. I'm going to try to channel him, so bear with me.
I'm a fan of TurboTax, and my taxes are pretty complicated (just trust me on this one). I'm also a fan of using professional tax preparers (I've had at least one year where nothing else would have worked). Please note that I do not consider H&R Block to be in that category. They, and Jackson Hewitt, and any others who pop up are slight less useful than just using the software. If you can use the free online services (whether from Intuit or someone else), you are going to see about the same answers everywhere, and you might as well bite the bullet and just pay up.
Buy the software. Try it out. The worst that will happen is that you'll still owe money. Who knows? Maybe @dcalotta will still show up...
Man, I missed a final edit on my comment by seconds. I just found a former question with some excellent answers from @dcalotta and others.
The people working at H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, etc - they're using the very same tax software you are. I used to work there (receptionist fwiw). They take a class that makes them more familiar with the software. So... you're not any better off going there.
Now, going to a real tax professional may save you that couple hundred bucks, but how much will it cost?
Also, do you itemize your medical expenses? More of that stuff is deductible this year, and with a little effort (tracking down billing info from your doctors, labs, etc) you may find a few hundred bucks!
Annnnddd, lastly - check out freetaxusa. They're spot on with TurboTax, but WAY cheaper. But I run the numbers through both each year to make sure they're still solid.
ETA: Even when I used to have a Sched C - Turbo Tax handled it. No need to pay $90+ for someone else to data entry for you.
Thanks for all the answers. My taxes are extremely simple. Married, no children, minor investments. I figured the internet software would be all I needed, just wanted to see what the wootizens suggest. I'll just bite the bullet this year and fix my withholdings for next year.
It'll depend on your situation. We just got our W2s here and I joked to my assistant "Did you do your taxes already so you could get your refund to spend?" He said he was considering going to a professional this year to see if he could get a bigger refund. I know him well enough to know that he has very simple taxes, and any expenses he could possibly deduct (hardly any) would add up to far lower than the standard deduction. He would basically end up paying someone to do something he could do himself online.
I use a CPA. I started because I had to, but then just kept doing it because it works and reduces my stress. I started because I am somewhat foreign and move around a lot so it was hard to know what income to report where. Now I still use him. He is local and nice and does a great job and covers all the bases. I suppose nothing I could not achieve with software, but luckily the return usually covers the fee with a little left over for me. There have been some minor benefits though.
First, I got some warning/tips to help me avoid owing money on the upcoming tax year (essentially stop claiming some deductions to avoid owing). Nothing fancy, but it was nice not to owe.
Second, local knowledge. State tax laws can vary, using a CPA who is specialized and from the area means they will generally know the nuances of the local state law. This can lead to money saved or trouble avoided. For example, I think some people in this state flat out forget to file their property tax return; I didnt.
Don't go to H&R or Jackson Hewitt. If your taxes are complicated enough that you need professional help, go to an ACTUAL accountant at a local CPA firm. But your taxes sound simple enough that there is nothing a paid preparer can do for you anyway, unless they flat out lie and claim false expenses as deduction, in which case you would be guilty of fraud. Always beware of tax preparers who claim they can give you substantially bigger refunds than the mainstream preparers. They are usually fraudsters.
I agree with the other answers that it depends on the complexity of your situation. I would say that for most people, the software is sufficient.
@ohcheri: Good tip about the 401k investments.
I do that every year. I am up to 15% as of this year though, so I think I'm going to ride that for a while -- with what they're putting in via company match, I'm putting away 25% each year. I figure it'll be sufficient for now.
I never thought of it as a tax shelter, but I suppose that's why I haven't gone into a higher bracket in the past few years despite promotions and such.
@eraten: Have you considered making a donation to an IRA that you set up seperate from work? You can make donations right up until April 15 and have them count against 2012 taxes. This will reduce your liability as well as possibly diversify your retirement portfolio to make sure you have several accounts working in your favor.
I have a professional do my taxes.....my sister is a CPA and teaches college accounting.
@ohcheri: We don't have a terribly complicated filing status. We have used TurboTax for the last three years and been very happy. If you contribute to Goodwill, Salvation or the like, the itsdeductible.com tie in for TurboTax is very, very nice.
They ask what I feel are the right questions and keep information for you to retrieve should you need to at a later time. We used a private tax consultant four years ago and I ran the numbers in TurboTax just to be curious. Same numbers and it was a lot less expensive.
My dad is a CPA, but I've been using a free online tool for the last few years (under his supervision so I didn't over-depreciate anything prematurely). The steps are very easy to follow and last year he just looked over it at the end and said it was correct. If you can file the 1040EZ, you'll be fine. Even the full 1040 and a schedule or three isn't that hard.
A good accountant or tax lawyer can help you find some loopholes, but if you're worried about a few thousand dollars there probably aren't any written for you. The IRS has mostly removed the easy ones with broad application.
Pretty much everything has already been said. If you are average to above average, you don't need a professional. Last year I used a CPA (I moved, and have a rental property which is more complicated that I realized) and will do so again next year. I may give it a go myself next year.
Hi @shrdlu.
There seems to be a thought that tax pros (CPAs and attorneys, don't let anybody fool you into thinking HR Block, Jackson Hewitt, etc. are professional anythings) are only valuable if the amount of tax savings is greater than the fee. I would challenge that assertion for a number of reasons. The first would be that you are engaging a professional so that your tax filings are correct, not to lower your taxes (and/or raise your refund). Secondly, hiring a professional gives you access to all of that professional's knowledge and experience, and gets someone else involved to deal with the minutia. For instance - if your refund is held up for some reason, it is a pain to try and get in touch with the IRS to figure out why - you could do it yourself, or call your tax preparer and he (or someone in his office) could deal with it for you. Depending on the professional, it may also act as a big picture review of your financial situation - i.e., if your mortgage interest expense
seems out of whack with what the professional's other similar clients have, it could trigger him to ask the question as to why, and maybe help you save some real money through a refinance, for instance.
Hiring a professional also gives you someone to call when the IRS comes knocking (or, realistically, they send you a letter that makes your heart drop when you read it because there are big numbers on the first page). In my experience, most professionals will deal with a simple notice for you gratis, as it can take them/us a very small amount of time to deal with because it's the 10th type of that notice that we have seen that year and we're clued into the IRS's fishing expedition. If the proverbial poop really is hitting the fan, you already have someone who can represent you who knows your situation.
One other item, not directly related to tax returns but more to having a relationship with a professional, is that it opens up all of their relationships to you.
I know a lot of attorneys, bankers, business owners, etc. If you're looking for an attorney, asking your accountant is probably a good place to start - we work with attorneys a lot and have established these relationships and can give you a better answer than Yelp can. This year, a partner in my firm set up two clients in similar industries who have been able to leverage the relationship into some business efficiencies and new opportunities - I believe the story goes that he recognized that they both work on material handling something or others, put the CEOs in contact, and they filled in the rest (sorry, I don't know all the details).
So, my plug for CPAs over, if you're confident preparing your own taxes, go for it. My message is to realize that you are getting a lot more than your tax return prepared when you pay for a CPA or attorney to prepare it, and that maybe the way to value that isn't as straightforward as "is the fee higher than the extra refund."
If your taxes are easy - ie: You have a job, you goto work (in the same state), you have a mortgage, and/or some investments - software should be fine.
Every year though, the wife and I pay a CPA to do ours. It costs us like $200, but she has a job based in NY state, works almost %100 from home and apparently that means she can claim NJ taxes instead of NY taxes ( which are substantially higher). So, she pays NY taxes, claims them back then pays NJ taxes and that nets us some money. No-where on a software package did I find that kind of thing available to input.
The ease of mind of being able to point to our CPA and say 'He knows....' if IRS come knocking makes it worthwhile for us.
He also knows weird little things - like the $15 credit you could claim from some telephone rebate a year or two back (admittedly I knew this myself (and so did the software), but he brought it up) and a myriad of other little changes make him a good deal...


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Not easy to line up the camera/vertical/90 deg. The plate is far too big for my 7d, at least by 0.75cm. After 5 minutes, the camera started to "slope down". It's the camera, not the upper arm.
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I'm looking for examples of the Weil conjectures---specifically rationality of the zeta function---that can be appreciated with minimal background in algebraic geometry. Are there varieties for which one can easily calculate the numbers of points over finite fields and witness the rationality directly? Of course, there are entirely straightforward examples coming from projective space and Grassmannians (or anything with a paving by affines).
Weil himself verifies the conjectures "by hand" for diagonal hypersurfaces, that is, hypersurfaces defined by an equation of the form
The argument is pretty elementary--it essentially uses only character theory. It seems to me likely that this argument heavily influenced Dwork's original proof of rationality.
The paper is quite readable; I learned of it from Akshay Venkatesh.
One elementary example comes from the theory of elliptic curves, as in Silverman's book. Namely, given an elliptic curve over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, the number of $\mathbb{F}_q$-rational points is the degree of $1-F$ for $F$ the Frobenius -- that is, it's the kernel of the isogeny $1-F$. Now you can compute the degree as $(1-F)(1 - F)^t$ (where $F^t$ is the dual isogeny) and this is $1 - (F + F^t) + q$ since $q$ is the degree of the Frobenius. So the key quantity to compute is $F + F^t$, which is an integer -- it's secretly the trace of $F$ on $l$-adic cohomology. If you replace $F$ by $F^n$, this gives you the rationality of the zeta function of an elliptic curve. You can also get the Riemann hypothesis by purely elementary means by using the fact that the degree is a positive definite quadratic form and a Cauchy-Schwarz type inequality. My guess is that something like this should work with higher-dimensional abelian varieties (the $l$-adic cohomology is an exterior algebra, as with the topological cohomology of a torus) as well.
The grandfather of all examples is by Gauss:
Of course Gauss didn't mention finite fields other than the prime field. I think it is in the nature of a remark that the method carries over, but I haven't written it down.
It's possible to give a semester course in number theory, free from overt algebraic geometry, that handles the zeta functions of curves over finite fields, proving the functional equation and Weil's RH for them. (And also does Mordell-Weil for elliptic curves over number fields). I taught such a course to second year grad students some 20 or 30 years ago.
One gets around the geometry of curves in 19th century Dedekind fashion, working with their function fields--finite extensions of k(t)-- and valuations, just as one does with number fields. Riemann-Roch is done as in Chevalley's book using "repartitions". Rationality and the functional equation follow directly from Riemann-Roch. The RH is done by Bombieri's elegant technique--first one uses Riemann-Roch to get a good upper bound for the number of rational points, then one combines this upper bound with the functional equation to get a good lower bound. (Ayanta thinks the proof is miraculous but uninformative; this may be true of Stepanov's original version, but I find Bombieri's argument to be natural).
Of course there are defects to this approach. Algebraic geometry is far more enlightening. But it can be learned later, in whatever form the student finds appropriate. And there are also advantages. To do Weil-style algebraic geometry one would have to worry about "fields of definition". And Grothendieck's version (which continues to intimidate me), would only appeal to the rare student at this level. That such beautiful mathematics can be presented in such an accessible fashion seems to me a boon.
Perhaps the following two examples would be of interest to you; my apologies if they are too simple.
Notation: (in accordance with Koblitz's p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions)
Given $f \in \mathbb{F}_{q}[X_1, \ldots, X_n]$ let us define a sequence $N_s = |(H_{f} (\mathbb{F}_{q^s})|$, where $H_f(K) := \{(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \in \mathbb{A}^{n}_{K} | f(x_1, \ldots, x_n) = 0\}$.
The zeta function is then defined for a hyperplane $H_f$ and field $\mathbb{F}_q$ by:
$$Z(T) := \exp\big(\sum_{s=1}^{\infty} N_s T^s /s\big)$$
Before giving a few examples of the rationality of $Z(T)$, we recall the Maclaurin series
$$-\log(1 - T) = \sum_{s=1}^{\infty}T^s / s$$
Example 1. $f(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \equiv 0$. Then $N_s =|{\mathbb{A}}_{\mathbb{F}_{q^s}}^{n}| = q^{ns}$, so that we find $Z(T)$ becomes
$$\exp\big(\sum_{s=1}^{\infty} N_s T^s /s\big) = \exp\big(\sum_{s=1}^{\infty} (q^n T)^s /s\big) = \exp(-\log(1-q^n T)) = 1/(1 - q^n T)$$
Example 2. Let $f = x_1 x_4 - x_2 x_3 - 1$. We now consider two cases:
Case 1. $x_3 = 0$. Then $x_1 x_4 - x_2 x_3 = 1$ becomes $x_1 x_4 = 1$. Since $x_2$ is out of the equation, it can be any element of $\mathbb{F}_{q^s}$. Thus, there are $q^s$ choices for $x_2$. Meanwhile, $x_1$ can be any nonzero element of $\mathbb{F}_{q^s}$, and in each case this will determine $x_4$. Hence there are $q^s(q^s - 1) = q^{2s} - q^s$ points in $H_f$ when $x_3 = 0$.
Case 2. $x_3 \neq 0$. Then $x_1$ and $x_4$ can be any elements of $F_{q^s}$, and $x_3$ can be any nonzero element of $F_{q^s}$. But this completely determines $x_2$, so that there are $q^s q^s (q^s - 1) = q^{3s} - q^{2s}$ points in $H_f$ when $x_3 \neq 0$.
Therefore, $N_s = q^{3s} - q^{2s} + q^{2s} - q^{s} = q^{3s} - q^{s}$, whence the zeta-function $Z(T)$ is
$$\frac{\exp(\sum_{s=1}^{\infty}q^{3s}T^s /s)}{\exp(\sum_{s=1}^{\infty}q^s T^s /s)} = \frac{1 - qT}{1 - q^3 T}$$
Note: The case for an affine variety $H_{f_1, \ldots, f_m}$ follows from the affine hypersurface $H_f$ case by a simple application of the Inclusion/Exclusion Principle. Bearing this in mind, it shouldn't be too hard to construct examples similar to those above over a variety for which the rationality can be witnessed directly. I imagine this would be somewhat tedious, though.


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A Grownup Look at Lennon as a 'Boy'
All you need is Scott Thomas, in Beatle's tale and French drama 'Leaving'; a delightful 'Drewe'
In "Nowhere Boy," a modest and enjoyable account of the young John Lennon (who would have been 70 this week), the camera glances fleetingly at a small "Strawberry Field" sign in front of a Liverpool house. What would we have thought of Sam Taylor-Wood's debut feature if the fruit of the sign had been blueberry, or if the hero's touchingly young band mate had been a kid named Peter instead of Paul? We might still have found her film to be modest and enjoyable, albeit less resonant, a coming-of-age drama about a gifted youngster caught in a no-boy's land between a stern aunt who raises him and a loving mom who's too tormented to mother him.
John is played by Aaron Johnson, who makes him a strong presence, and a credible one. You can imagine that Lennon's prodigious outpouring of pop poetry—the movie ends before the Quarrymen became the Beatles—was beginning to form in the fertile mind of this likable 15-year-old with a cocky facade and a tender soul. The creative process is almost audible in a silent moment when John turns an adoring gaze on the curvaceous body of his first guitar. (The reliably fine shooter Seamus McGarvey did the cinematography.)
The script, adapted by Matt Greenhalgh from a memoir by Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, is flagrantly Oedipal; almost every scene between John and his mother is sexually charged. The curse is taken off most of these encounters by Anne-Marie Duff's eloquent work in the mother's role—beautiful as a seductress in spite of herself, affecting as a woman with a wild child's impulses. And "Nowhere Boy," which was directed by a woman, gives another enviable role to the brilliant Kristin Scott Thomas. Her Aunt Mimi isn't beautiful, at least on the outside: she buries her features beneath thick powder, marches around in dowdy clothes and looks old beyond her years. When the time comes for truths to be told, though, Ms. Scott Thomas fires off volleys of passion that transform Mimi from a prim martinet into a powerfully loving influence in John's life.
Kristin Scott Thomas is the best though not the only reason to see "Leaving." Catherine Orsini's French-language drama starts with a departure that isn't what it seems to be. The actress looks exceedingly beautiful as Suzanne, a doctor's wife and devoted mother who once had her own career as a physical therapist. After 15 years of domesticity, she hopes to revive her practice as soon as a builder finishes work on her home office. But she's taken out of her comfortable bourgeois life by the builder instead of the office (his name is Ivan and he's played by the excellent Spanish actor Sergi Lopez.) "It hit me," Suzanne tells her husband in an effort to explain her uncontrollable passion: "I didn't ask for it." Nor did she ask for the trials that ensue.
For a triangular tale with a familiar premise, this compact feature, which was written by the director with Gaëlle Macé, proves to be uncommonly interesting. (And beautifully photographed by Agnès Godard, with long shots that tell more than most movies' close-ups.) Suzanne's folie d'amour slowly changes to a folly of another sort, while her love for the hard-working Ivan comes up against chilling issues of class. Along the way, Ms. Scott Thomas finds, or creates, lovely moments like the one when Suzanne tells Ivan teasingly that she won't leave his bed unless he tells her to, then realizes, to her quiet astonishment, that she truly doesn't want to go.
'Life as We Know It'
In the wonderful world of tell-all trailers, you don't have to see "Life as We Know It" to know what it's about, or how the story is worked out. As the website reveals—nay, proclaims—Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel have a first date from hell, followed by the discovery that the friends who introduced them have died and left a will designating them as the ones to raise their baby daughter. If that sounds ever so slightly contrived, you might be a candidate for the online excerpts. Turning on your computer costs a lot less than two tickets to a multiplex, and you don't have to worry about gum on the floor.
If you insist on investigating the big-screen version, be forewarned that the charming co-stars—she's a gifted comedienne, and he's skillful too—contend against coarse direction as well as the clanking machinery of the plot. The movie will surely find an audience, since it speaks to young people's anxieties about marriage and parenting. But what are two particularly engaging performers doing in a dump of a comedy like this?
A family film about one of the fastest racehorses in history, "Secretariat" stumbles along beneath the weight of leaden life lessons. They're dispensed at frequent intervals by Diane Lane, who does better than anyone had a right to expect, since she is saddled with dialogue of exceptional dreadfulness. Ms. Lane plays Penny Chenery, the owner of the Triple Crown winner, a Colorado housewife and mother who, in the 1970s, took over a Virginia stable from her ailing father. (John Malkovich dispenses some of his trademarked acting tricks as Lucien Laurin, the horse's French-Canadian trainer.) The lessons are feminist in a narrow sense, though they're meant to be broadly inspirational—never give up, run your race to see how far you can run, etc., etc. As if the script weren't clumsy enough, the movie even mangles a wordless moment when Penny seeks to inspire her hay burner by looking him in the eye. His eyes are dead, while her barely suppressed desperation makes her look like a horse wheedler.
'Tamara Drewe'
"Tamara Drewe" makes a strong case for rhinoplasty, and a stronger one for the pleasures of comedy. This bucolic frolic was directed with unflagging élan by Stephen Frears from a script with a layered lineage: Moira Buffini adapted a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds which was, in its turn, a contemporary riff on Thomas Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd." The heroine of the title returns to the Wessex village of her birth with a cute new nose and newfound confidence to go with it. Once an ugly duckling known to the locals as Beaky, she is now absurdly glamorous and, given the unchained nature of her id, extremely dangerous. (It's hard to visualize an outsize schnoz on Gemma Arterton, the lovely actress who plays her, but flashbacks to Tamara's childhood help.)
The story's literary underpinnings are hilariously represented by the denizens of a seedy writers' retreat situated near Tamara's old house, which she has come back to reclaim after her mother's death. Some denizens are dazzled by her charms, others are undone by them. I found myself rooting for Tamara to reconnect in the deepest way with handsome Andy, her childhood friend—Luke Evans makes him a son of the soil who would have had Hardy's vote—and I was shocked by her home-wrecking exploits with a fatuous scrivener, though her heedlessness is exactly the point. The scintillating cast includes Roger Allam, Bill Camp and Tamsin Greig. Dominic Cooper is a fatuous rock star, and Jessica Barden is a wondrously funny teenager, and slatternly deus ex machina, who adores him. A dog named Boss—the credits say he's played by Albert Clark, so make of that what you will—has the dubious distinction of turning a placid herd of Belted Galloway cows into killers.
'Inside Job'
If Charles Ferguson's polemic documentary were merely depressing, it could take its place alongside the dreariest of downer dramas from Bulgaria or the former East Germany. But "Inside Job" has the added value, as well as the cold comfort, of being furiously interesting and hugely infuriating. It's a scathing examination of the global economic meltdown that began more than two years ago and continues to affect our lives.
Extremely cold comfort can be taken from the case that serves as an introduction. "There is nobody unaffected in Iceland," we are told. Well before 2008, that small island nation privatized its banks; then economists paid by the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce wrote reports that praised the perilously fragile banking system. But no nation is an island these days. Cataclysmic events that began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and AIG sent concentric tsunamis around the globe, and the film reserves special fury for its contention that "this crisis was not an accident—it was caused by an out-of-control financial sector." (Mr. Ferguson's co-writers were Chad Beck and Adam Bolt. Matt Damon delivers the narration with seething calm.)
As circumstantial evidence, "Inside Job" puts the toys of that sector's beneficiaries on display—the private jets, the horses, the houses and yachts—and lays out some of the astronomical salaries they've received as rewards for failure, as well as success.
But Mr. Ferguson also provides historical context for his provocations—the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s, the steady march of deregulation, the advent of exotic derivatives. Iceland isn't the only place where, the film contends, the financial industry "has corrupted the study of economics itself." Among others interviewed on the subject, Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, is unresponsive and visibly shaken during a withering interrogation about his connections to financial-services firms. And the Obama administration gets as much of a drubbing as any other: "It's a Wall Street government," a former president of the Greenlining Institute says. "It's status quo." After seeing "Inside Job," you don't have to be a tea partier to feel the anger that's sweeping the land.
'It's Kind of a Funny Story'
Think of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" blissed out on Wellbutrin and you've got a slight sense of "It's Kind of a Funny Story." The film itself is fairly slight: I'm not sure what it adds up to. Still, I enjoyed every moment of its beguiling saga of a depressed teen named Craig who checks himself into a Manhattan hospital and ends up in an adult psychiatric ward full of, wouldn't you know it, screwy people.
The directors were Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; they adapted the screenplay from Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel. Craig is played by Keir Gilchrist, from "United States of Tara"; he's got a sweet spirit and a cockeyed Paul Simon smile. Of the patients he meets, the most appealing is Noelle (Emma Roberts), and the most mysterious—and funny, surprising and touching—is Bobby, who's played with sensational verve by Zach Galifianakis. From time to time there's a bit of Mickey and Judy putting on mental illness; these aren't tragic figures, and aren't meant to be. But Craig eventually comes to a useful understanding of where he belongs in the spectrum of human suffering. I'd like to think of this graceful little movie as a fantasy about empathy as therapy.
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Robert and Jacqueline Davis to Anthony and Shirley Guida, lot 13, Country Club Hills (survivorship).
Pauline and John Gratchen to Shawn Coleman, 2.29 acres, Cross Creek Township.
Peggy Elliott to Bank of America, lot 252, Manhattan.
Carol Walters to Cooper Corley, part lot 41, Original Brilliant.
Robert Evans to Anita Evans and F. William Scott, metes, Cross Creek Township.
Ella Wetherall (deceased) to John McCain Jr., metes, Cross Creek Township.
Lavonne Harms to William Harms, lot 37, Rolling Acres Phase II.
Frederick Munson (deceased) to Therese Munson, lots 13-14, Crestview Manor Second.
Florine Stewart and Heather Bright to Florine Stewart, part lot 39, Simmons & Foster.
Robert Davis and Vangella Stakias to Marc Santicola, lot 15, Evamarie Estates.
PNC to Patrick and Kayla Warner, part lots 167-168, Labelleview (survivorship).
Indian Creek Local School District to Frank and Lynn Lukacena, 0.998 acre, Wayne Township.
Elizabeth Marioneaux to Garry Daugherty, lots 26 and 28, William Lacy Third.
William Green (deceased) to Rosemary Green, metes, Springfield Township.
Kenneth Pierpoint (deceased) to Eva Pierpoint, part lot 14, Highland City.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.0009 acres, Wells-Warren Township.
Elizabeth Volacek to Brian and Erin Best, 1.0296 acres, Wells-Warren Township (survivorship).
Eugene Bartek and others to Norma and Garren McHugh, lot 3-7, Crow Hollow Land Co. (survivorship).
Prudence Bowman and others to Jefferson County Commissioners, 0.5059 acres, Smithfield Township.
Joseph and Mary Corabi to CKL Real Estate LLC, 1.4344 acres, Cross Creek Township.
John Rayburn to Dolores Thompson, Unit 4319, Steeple Chase.
Clarence L. Stewart (deceased) to Clarence E. Stewart, metes, Island Creek Township.
George Gilmore to Marlene Doyle, lot 4, Murphy Second.
Danny and Carol Truax to ANU & RITU Inc., 0.587 acre, Cross Creek Township.
Danny and Carol Truax to Narender Rao, 2.0572 acres, Cross Creek Township.
Jacob and Jennifer Omaits to Jeremy Long, 0.493 acre, Smithfield Township.
Alice Walker and John Newell Sr. to John and Jennifer Newell Jr., lot 105 and 107, Original Mount Pleasant (survivorship).
Indian Creek Local School District to Jeffco Resources Inc., 8.0652 acres, Saline Township.
Terry and Charlotte Ruzek to Ron Naylor, lot 80, Watson & Thompson Fifth.
Carl Hupp Jr. (deceased) to Carolyn Hupp, 2.3825 acres, Wells-Warren Township.
Chester Francois to Village of Smithfield, part lots 88 and 90, Original Smithfield.
Paige Liberatore to Brian Conaway Sr., 0.563 acre, Smithfield Township.
Nick's Auto Sales Inc. to First National Bank of Pennsylvania, part lots 2, 4 and 6, and lots 3 and 5, Ross Second.
Edison Local School District to Four Seasons Ministries Inc., metes, Island Creek Township.
Patrick and Walter Ambler to Patrick Swickard, 1.285 acres, Island Creek Township; and 1 acre, Knox Township.
James Richardson (deceased) to Shirley Richardson, lot 20, Green Acres.
William Kerr (deceased) to Mentha Moore, metes, Steubenville Township.
Elaine Knowles (deceased) to Gary Knowles and Edwin Knowles, metes, Steubenville Township.
Merle Jackman (deceased) to Sarah Jackman, metes, Brush Creek Township.
Sandra Leone to Benita Leone, lot 23, Belmont Heights.
Jeffrey and Brenda Holmes to Michael Mullen and Melissa Diaz, 3.728 acres, Cross Creek Township (survivorship).
Michael and Cheryl Mieczkowski to Patrick Judge, lot 164, Country Club Hills.
Mark Musgrove and Michael Gardner to 789 Trust, 22.041 acres, Salem Township.
Martha Shust to David and Sharon Dunning, lot 43 and part lot 44, Crestview Manor Third (survivorship).
Lisa Basta and Michael Furlong to Paul and Sarah Barnette, 54.7317 acres, Knox Township (survivorship).
Wayne Dunlevy (deceased) to Deborah Dunlevy, part lot 9, Original Empire; lot 6, Myers First; part outlot 23, Dawson & Thomas; part lots 2-4, Robertson First; part lots 138-139, Saltsman Fifth; 2 acres, Knox Township; metes, Knox Township.
David Maple and Patricia Maple-Damewood to Linda Miller, 0.0828 acre, Knox Township.
Dennis Minyo to Eric Martz, lot 6, Crow Hollow Land Co.; and 2.294 acres, Smithfield Township.
JP Morgan Chase Bank to Gregory Nemeth, 0.1159 acre, Warren Township.
John and Rose Abdalla to Phillip Abdalla, lot 17, Sunset Gardens.
Ruth Santangelo (deceased) to Christine Sterling, lot 39, Highland View McCory and McMillens.
Roberta Oyer (deceased) to Joseph Olesky, 3.67 acres, Brush Creek Township.
Darrell R. Waderker (deceased) to Darrell N. Waderker, lot 12, Green Second.
Karen Sommers to Martha Shust, lot 10, Westwood Estates.
Richard Burch (deceased) to Edwina Burch, metes, Springfield Township.
Jill Anastasio and Ronald Agresta to Michael and Kylee Paris, lot 22, John Spahn's Second (survivorship).
Judy Dobbins (deceased) to Robert Law Jr., lot 55, Steubenville Pottery Co. First.
Richard and Dorothy Lollathin to Mandy Shoplak, 0.543 acre, Mount Pleasant Township.
Betty Poludniak (deceased) to Chris Poludniak and others, metes, Smithfield Township.
Bonita Starkey and Chad Domborski to Thomas Clark, 6.499 acres, Mount Pleasant Township.


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Is there any harm in swallowing watermelon seeds? Or will they simply pass from one end to the other?
Um, no.
You can even buy them.
The only common potentially dangerous seeds I know of belong to almonds, apples, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries, and other stone fruits. These contain a cyanide and sugar compound known as amygdalin. When metabolized it breaks down into hydrogen cyanide (HCN). In all cases the toxin is inside the seeds and will not be exposed to the body unless the seeds are chewed. Of these, the only seed commonly consumed would be the apple seed, usually inadvertently, or by daring children. It would take a large amount (can't find a reliable reference - one source said 1 cup) of well chewed seeds to poison you. Regarding almonds, only the bitter almonds have cyanide levels to be concerned about (we eat sweet almonds).
So, besides the apple, these all belong to the Prunus genus of plants. Cyanide is just their thing. Watermelon belongs to the Citrullus genus.
There's a fringe group of naturalists/alternative-medicine practitioners who swear that the poison Hobodave mentioned also cures cancer and has been suppressed by the FDA and pharmaceutical companies in a big conspiracy. I'll let you decide...
A better question: Aren't most of your watermelons seedless by now? I haven't eaten a "seeded" melon for a few years at least.
I bought white watermelon seeds which were supposed to be eaten as you would pumpkin seeds. I chewed everything well. They were delicious.
However, a few hours later, I became ill; vomiting with diarrhea. I did not have a fever or aches & pains as with the flu. I do believe it was from the watermelon seeds.
Fortunately, I was fine the next day.
A nutritionist told me that the seeds of a watermelon are good for you, that they cleanse toxins from your body, so to make sure to swallow the seeds.


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The 'Zhuhai 3' plant will have a capacity of 1.25 million tpy and is expected to start up in late 2014. Zhuhai 3 joins two earlier phases of PTA units at the same location, bringing total capacity at the site to more than 2.7 million tpy. After the launch of Zhuhai 3, BP's global PTA capacity will be 8.25 million tpy.
BP and partner Zhuhai Port Co. have received final approvals
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terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Zhuhai, Guangdong, the
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The Zhuhai 3 plant will have a capacity of 1.25
million tpy and is expected to start up in late 2014. PTA is an
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This plant will be using BPs latest proprietary
technology and should make BP Zhuhai
the most competitive PTA producer in the world," said Nick
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continuously in the right projects as well as invest to
improve the competitiveness of our PTA sites and PTA joint
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Liming Chen, president of BP China, added: We are very
glad to see the approval of this project which is an integral part of
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The Indian reality show "College Hunt: USA" is coming to Geneseo. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai and Channel V.)
GENESEO, N.Y. – An Indian television production crew is coming to SUNY Geneseo next week to tape segments on campus for "College Hunt: USA," a reality television show produced jointly by the U.S. Consulate General of the United States in Mumbai and Channel V, an international television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels.
Geneseo is one of three college campuses in the United States to be featured in the three-part show, projected to air later this year and reach some 25 million young adults in India who may be interested in attending college in the United States. Geneseo was selected as an exemplar of a mid-size public liberal arts college.
The crew will follow two prospective students from India for four days on the Geneseo campus – a male and a female -- while they attend classes, visit with faculty and students, participate in student activities and visit local surroundings to get a sense of whether Geneseo is a good fit for their college education. The production company followed the same students' visits to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ohio Wesleyan University.
"We are delighted to welcome these students and the 'College Hunt: USA' team to Geneseo and greatly appreciate the support of the U.S. Consulate's initiative," said Mary Hope, director of international student services at Geneseo. "It's an ideal opportunity for them to sample life as a university student in the United States and for Geneseo to showcase some of its unique strengths. The international students on our campus have seen many successes, and we will continue to reach out to students from other countries like India interested in studying at Geneseo."
Geneseo has a growing international student community with 170 international students on campus from 30 countries, about 3 percent of the student body. Ten are from India. The college provides a variety of international student programming and activities and supports numerous cultural clubs.
The college also has several faculty members of Indian descent. In addition, at least two Geneseo faculty members have research interests focused on India; two of them spent time in India as Fulbright Scholars within the past five years.
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In order to pump myself up for veganizing this week's Top Chef: Just Desserts winning dish, I am posting this veganized version of Peter Reinhart's babka recipe. The dish is a real crowd pleaser (at least at the party I went to) and the fancy presentation will make everyone think you are some kind of baking superstar.
- 2 tbsp instant yeast
- 3/4 cup lukewarm plain soy milk
- 6 tbsp non-hydrogenated margarine
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 oz soy yogurt
- 15 oz all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
1. Whisk yeast into soy milk and set aside to get foamy.
2. Cream margarine and sugar together in a large bowl, then add vanilla and soy yogurt. Beat vigorously with a whisk for a few minutes until fluffy and able to form peaks.
3. Add flour, salt, and yeast mixture and work into a soft dough. Add flour or soy milk as needed and knead until smooth. Shape into a ball, then let rise in a lightly oiled bowl, covered, until almost doubled in size.
Chocolate Cinnamon Filling
- 9 oz semisweet vegan chocolate chips
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly brush paper with oil.
2. Place all ingredients in a small pot and place over low heat. Stir until just melted, then spread as thin as possible over the prepared parchment paper with a pastry scraper. You want about a 10" x 15" rectangle. Place in the fridge to cool down and firm up.
Final Loaf:
1. When the dough is risen, roll out into a 10 x 15 rectangle. Remove chocolate from the fridge, peel off parchment paper, and place on top. Roll tightly lengthwise (let the chocolate warm up a bit to make it easier), then seal.
2. Cut the roll down the middle lengthwise with a pastry scraper, then cross the two pieces over one another to form an X, cut side up. Continue to criss cross in both directions and seal the ends. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spray with oil, and cover.
3. Let the loaf rise until almost doubled in size (1.5 hours or so), then preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 20-25 mins, or until a deep golden brown. Don't overbake or it will dry out. Reinhart suggests an internal temp of 185 degrees.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Chocolate Cinnamon Babka
In order to pump myself up for veganizing this week's Top Chef: Just Desserts winning dish, I am posting this veganized version of Peter Reinhart's babka recipe. The dish is a real crowd pleaser (at least at the party I went to) and the fancy presentation will make everyone think you are some kind of baking superstar.
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- Colleen said...
That looks amazing.
Also, please make a suitably decadent and delicious vegan cream horn. It hasn't happened yet.
- October 13, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- Kara Hadley said...
O'm'gosh! Finally a fancy bread dessert that looks manageable. I will make this!
- October 14, 2010 at 12:23 AM
- Phoebe Miriah said...
My mouth is watering.
I have all of these ingredients, but I'm a bit confused how to add in the chocolate.
I'll read again!
- October 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Brittany Boersma said...
It looks beautiful.
- October 14, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- Monique a.k.a. Mo said...
Holy wow! That looks amazing!
- October 14, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Sara Selle said...
I made this to take over to my in-laws tonight. They have come to expect high-quality baking and this did not disappoint. I weighed the ingredients, but ended up adding more flour. Also, I wish I had used higher quality chocolate, as I think it would have been worthwhile.
Thanks for the recipe! I will be moving to one of Reinhart's books after I finish baking my way through Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.
- October 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- kkillian said...
Thank you for the recipe. I made this bread for brunch this weekend. The mostly omnivore crowd loved it but I have to admit, it looked nothing like yours. The dough was horribly sticky and I couldn't get it to roll. After the initial rising, did you knead and add more flour, like with other bread recipes? I'll definitely try it again since it was such a big hit, but I'm not sure what I did wrong.
- October 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- keri said...
I wish I knew how to make this one. It really looks so delicious. I am probably gonna try this. Hope it will do right.
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- October 20, 2010 at 2:26 AM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
Holy crap! This looks amazing.
- October 20, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- tommy said...
Great website! Good for you.... I had vegan carne asada burritos from a restaurant in LA last night.
- October 27, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- The Veganista said...
Omg, that looks so good! Definitely going on my to-do list. Thanks for sharing :)
- October 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM
- Noelle said...
WOW! I am GOING to make this! Thanks a bunch!
- November 26, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Miss Gina said...
WOW, just wow. This is BY FAR the most delicious, unassumingly vegan dessert I have ever made. This thing could win awards. I encourage everyone reading this to run out and buy the ingredients for this immediately and have at it. Spot on.
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Shvirat hakeilim seems to be a Kabbalistic concept denoting how the light was created within the Genesis account. However, I cannot seem to find information regarding it. Can someone please explain to me what it is and back it up with sources.
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Try this article at Chabad.org, which quotes (in translation) the classic sources on the subject.
Briefly, it's the idea that Hashem first created the ten sefiros as the "world of Tohu," as independent entities, where each one is is exclusively "thus and no other way" - i.e., chesed ("kindness") is pure chesed, gevurah ("severity") is pure gevurah, etc.; each one was so intense that it left no room for any of the others. This intensity caused them to "shatter" the "vessels" containing them, in much the same way that an intense light can damage one's eyes (which are the human "vessels" for the power of sight), or a loud noise the ear, etc.
The fragments of these spiritual "vessels," each of which was an expression of G-d's power and energy, are scattered throughout our world; these are the "sparks of holiness" often spoken of in Kabbalah and Chassidus, which it is our job to elevate by using for holy purposes the resources containing those "sparks."
Afterwards Hashem re-created the sefiros as the "world of Tikkun," in which each of them connects to and contains aspects of the others, much as atoms of different kinds combine to form the types of matter that we're familiar with.
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A Lexington church that serves homeless people is struggling to continue it ministry after someone stole the congregation's van.
Minister James Atherton of Hope Springs Community Church told WKYT-TV the van was stolen before his church was scheduled to pick up people so they could do their laundry last week. First United Methodist volunteered its van for Wednesday night's laundry need.
Atherton said Hope Springs usually transports 150 people per week for various purposes.
Church volunteer Cindy Snider said she used to live at the Salvation Army shelter and depended on the church's ministries. She now lives on her own and gives back by cooking for homeless people and the theft of the van upset her.
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The descriptions of the smithing perks don't give a whole lot of information. Why do I care that instead of Dwarven armor I can now create Orcish armor? Do the different types of armor have different properties?
Armor in the Elder Scrolls series falls into two main categories, Light and Heavy. Within each category, you have a series of grades of quality, which are generally materials (Glass, Steel, Leather), but occasionally based on a style of construction or ore used (Dwarven, Orcish, Elven, etc.)
Orcish is a superior grade of armor to Dwarven - it offers superior protection, piece for piece, than Dwarven does.
It seems to work similar to how it did in Elder Srolls IV, just with more grades.
Lists are ordered from less armor protection to greater armor protection:
Keep in mind that you might find a fine iron helmet that offers more armor points than some of the lower steel ones, but it will weigh more and be worth less gold, and so on.
Also there are other considerations than just armor points, including how quiet the armor is, how cool it looks, and all that, but this list makes a good rule of thumb.
I upgraded my dwarven armour to flawless when I got to 50 I then made orc armour and then upgraded it to exquisite. It Is now the same level as my flawless dwarven. So when I upgrade my orc armour fully it will be much better than dwarven armour. Hope that helped :).


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I had switched to shaving soaps/pucks. I like the 'feel' a lot more, but still get nicks and it takes longer. These are well reviewed, so I might have to consider trying it.
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My Nikon D3100 photos are not coming up on photoshop why I try to edit them. What should I do?
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Have you updated Adobe Camera Raw? Run Adobe Application Manager; the D3100 is a fairly new camera and it's likely that your version of ACR doesn't support it yet.
Upgrade Adobe Camera RAW (it will be free). If that doesn't work, get Adobe DNG Convertor, also free, which converts NEF to DNG, a 'universal' RAW format.
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Some day even CS5 will be outdated and probably face the problem as CS4 already does. Some RAW Formats are available for the latest ACR versions only. But to update ACR you need a newer CS version and so on... DNG Converter is always up to date, hence .dng files can be edited with older CS versions even if you have the latest camera models.


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Brian Beckman Does Higher Algebra with Visual Basic
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In this interview, Brian Beckman, Principal Developer (currently working with Erik Meijer), attempts to teach me higher algebra using Visual Basic, generics, and operator overloading. Brian is a wonderful person and brilliant physicist and we have a lot
of fun with vectors and matrices and VB. I actually think I understood some of what Brian showed me .
Visual Basic is a great language for mathematics as well as all kinds of other applications. Brian makes the point that he has fun coding in VB because of its intuitive style and how easy it is to be immediately productive. Check out Brian's blog post on the VB Team blog! And for all you abstract algebra aficionados, here's the code to play with.
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I really like this. I read on Joe Duffy's blog that he's working on a language that is a hybrid between C# and Haskell. Maybe it supports the higher-kinded type-system necessary to naturally express these things. I tried to do similar things in ML but in the end the solution wasn't really that appealing.
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India Court Sentences Four to Death in Delhi Rape Case
NEW DELHI—An Indian judge sentenced four young men to death for the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old student last year, sending a stern message as the world's largest democracy grapples with widespread violence against women.
Three days after finding the men guilty of murder, rape, kidnapping and other charges, Judge Yogesh Khanna said they should be hanged for having "shocked the collective conscience" of India.
"In these times when crime against women is on the rise, courts cannot turn a blind eye toward such gruesome crime," Judge Khanna said. "There cannot be any tolerance."
The December attack, in which the woman was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted with a metal bar before being dumped, naked and bleeding by the roadside, galvanized public opinion and sparked mass demonstrations across the country.
In the months since, India has been engaged in a national reappraisal of long-held attitudes toward women and their rights. Laws have been strengthened. In extreme cases, rapists can now face the death penalty.
"There's a willingness, an openness for greater engagement with what lies at the roots of this violence," said Kavita Krishnan, a leader of the All India Progressive Women's Association.
Victims appear to be more willing to come forward. Delhi police registered 1,036 complaints of rape through Aug. 15 this year, more than twice the number in the same period in 2012. Molestation complaints were up nearly six times, to 2,267.
But activists say cases of rape are still underreported especially in rural India, where traditional views are resistant to change and victims of sexual assaults continue to be blamed and stigmatized.
Just last month, a policewoman who was allegedly gang-raped in Jharkhand, in eastern India, did not report the attack until her colleagues, investigating a robbery in the same area a day later, found her photo by the side of the road and asked her about it.
After Friday's sentences, the lead public prosecutor, Dayan Krishnan, said: "Let's hope today's judgment will instill confidence in society."
When Judge Khanna imposed the sentence, the defendants, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Kumar Singh, all in their 20s, began to cry. Mr. Sharma collapsed and was carried away by police.
A.P. Singh, who represents two of the accused men, shouted at the judge, saying: "This is highly unfair. You have acted under political pressure." Mr. Singh and other defense attorneys said they would appeal.
Meanwhile, outside the courtroom, police officers and others applauded and cheered.
An appeals court must confirm the death sentence before it can be carried out. The defendants can appeal to the Indian Supreme Court.
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"It is a historic decision," said the victim's father. "When people took to the streets and stood by us, we became hopeful. Today's punishment will bring peace to our minds and to the whole country."
The family of the victim, who under Indian law case cannot be publicly named, had pressed for the death penalty, a call echoed by politicians and many protesters who have said the courts need to send a message that such crimes won't be tolerated.
Defendant Mukesh Singh, who told the court that he was driving the bus but didn't realize an attack was taking place in the passenger compartment, on Friday told The Wall Street Journal that he wanted to tell the victim's family that he had not hurt their daughter.
"Yes, I was to blame for driving the bus," he said, through his lawyer. "Please forgive me if you can."
In addition to the four men sentenced Friday, a fifth defendant was found dead in his jail cell in March. Authorities said he committed suicide. His family alleges he was killed. An investigation is ongoing.
A teenage defendant was sentenced earlier to three years in a reformatory, the maximum penalty allowed under youthful offender laws, by a juvenile court.
Past Supreme Court rulings have said the death penalty is warranted for crimes committed in such "an extremely brutal, grotesque, diabolical, revolting or dastardly manner so as to arouse intense and extreme indignation of the community."
At a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Mr. Krishnan, the prosecutor, said that "the sentence which is appropriate is nothing short of death." He argued that "there can be nothing more diabolical" than the way the victim in the case was "tortured."
Vivek Sharma, a lawyer for Mr. Gupta, argued for jail time instead. "The court must bear in mind that life imprisonment is the rule and the death sentence is the exception," he said.
According to the judge's findings, the men raped the woman one by one. When she could no longer resist, they repeatedly assaulted her with a metal rod. Describing 18 wounds to the woman's internal organs, the judge said the men intended not only to cause hurt but specifically to cause death.
As details of the savage crime became public, angry crowds began gathering in the heart of the city, waving placards emblazoned with slogans like "hang the rapists" and drawings of nooses.
"Hang them in public," said Achuram, a 39-year-old cobbler in New Delhi who goes by one name. Mr. Achuram, a father to two daughters, said the death penalty would serve as a deterrent. "India needs to send out a strong message. We need to tell the world that we will not tolerate abuse against our mothers and daughters."
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- Rape Victim's Death Stirs Outrage and Resolve (12/31/2012)
- New Delhi Attack: The Victim's Story (1/9/2013)
- Rape Victim's Friend Describes Their Love Story (1/30/2013)
- On India's Streets, Women Run a Gantlet of Harassment (2/27/2013)
But some lawyers said they were skeptical that using the death penalty in rape cases will make women safer. Critics also said that given the latitude allowed to judges, capital punishment isn't always applied in a coherent way and is more often given to lower-class defendants.
"I don't think this will make cities safer or reduce rapes. This is all just the state trying to show it is strong. Our country has a lynch mob mentality," said Seema Misra, a women's rights lawyer. "I'm not for the death penalty. I don't think it has any deterrent effect. It's revenge."
After a lull in executions that began in 2004, India has carried out two executions since November: the hanging of Ajmal Kasab, convicted of terror charges in a 2008 attack on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people, and Afzal Guru, convicted of plotting a 2001 attack on Parliament.
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Thanks for your help in advance. I'm interested in understanding the properties of derivatives of a differentiable stationary Gaussian process. Specifically, is the derivative also a Gaussian process?
The answer is yes in the sense that the gradient of the mean is a GP defined jointly with the original GP. I'm sure it's discussed elsewhere, but you can find derivations in section 5 of http://www.biostat.umn.edu/~sudiptob/ResearchPapers/BGjasa06.pdf.
Malliavin calculus is the apropriate framework for your question Take $F \in \mathscr S$ (the space of functions such that all derivatives are of polynomial growth).
We define $$ DF = \sum_i \partial_i f ( W(h_1), \dots, W(h_n) ) h_i, $$ and this should be regarded as an $H=L^2$-valued r.v.
$D$ is well-defined. In particular for $F=W(h)=\int_0^1 h_t d B_t$ this is a consequence of the Ito-isometry.


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Corticosteroids for Polymyalgia Rheumatica or Giant Cell Arteritis
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These are all corticosteroid medicines that you take by mouth (orally) in tablet form. Dexamethasone is available as a liquid.
How It Works
These medicines can reduce inflammation.
Why It Is Used
These medicines are usually used for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). They can quickly reduce inflammation caused by these conditions. Higher doses of corticosteroids are taken for giant cell arteritis than for polymyalgia rheumatica.
How Well It Works
Most people who have polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis respond quickly to corticosteroid treatment. They can usually stop taking the medicine after 1 to 2 years. Some people keep taking low doses of corticosteroids for several years to control symptoms such as pain and stiffness.1
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor if you have:
- Hives.
- Signs of an infection, such as a sore throat, fever, sneezing, or coughing.
- Belly pain, nausea, or vomiting that won't go away.
- Bloody or black, tarry stools.
- Rapid weight gain.
- Changes in your eyes, including blurred vision or eye pain.
- Muscle cramps, pain, or weakness.
- Changes in skin, including acne or reddish purple lines.
- Increased thirst, especially with frequent urination.
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Increased appetite.
- Nervousness or restlessness.
With long-term use, common side effects may include:
- Weight gain.
- Mood changes.
- Trouble sleeping.
- Bruising easily.
- Loss of bone calcium and bone thinning (osteoporosis).
- Increased risk of bacteria infections and certain viruses, such as shingles. Corticosteroids weaken the immune system.
- High blood pressure.
- Problems with blood sugar levels (diabetes).
Uncommon side effects include:
- Vision problems (cataracts).
- Muscle weakness.
- Softening of a bone in a joint (avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis).
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
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Corticosteroids can keep your immune system from fighting infection. When you are taking this medicine (and even when you have finished taking it), try not to be around people who are sick. And make sure you talk to your doctor before you get any vaccinations.
People who take corticosteroids for more than 2 to 3 months should take calcium and vitamin D supplements or other medicines, such as bisphosphonates, to prevent osteoporosis. For more information, see the Medications section of the topic Osteoporosis. Your doctor may want you to have a bone density test to check for osteoporosis.
Lower-dose corticosteroids cause fewer side effects and have fewer long-term risks than do higher dosages. Your doctor will give you as low a dose as possible to treat your condition. After your symptoms have gone away and your lab tests are normal, your doctor will slowly reduce your dosage over a period of months.
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Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
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Women who use this medicine during pregnancy have a slightly higher chance of having a baby with birth defects. If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you and your doctor must weigh the risks of using this medicine against the risks of not treating your condition.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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Brooke County Senior Center
to hold annual picnic July 18
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Senior Center's annual picnic will be held at 10 a.m. July 18 at Brooke Hills Park.
In addition to food, there will be live entertainment, bingo, a balloon release and prizes.
Transportation is available and arrangements should be be made no later than July 16 by calling (304) 527-3410.
Spay/neuter clinic scheduled
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio - The Brooke County Animal Welfare League will hold their next spay and neuter Roaming Animal Sterilization Clinic at Low Cost Aug. 3-4 at the Jefferson County Airpark.
Immediate pre-payment is required. There are no walk-in services or vaccinations available.
Appointments are not limited to Brooke County residents. Any interested pet owner may make an appointment by calling (304) 374-4443.
Classes to hold reunion
WEIRTON - The Weir High School Classes of 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960 will have a picnic at 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Serbian Picnic Grounds located on Kings Creek Road.
Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish and their own table setting. Those wanting to help set up should be at the grounds at 9 a.m. Aug. 21.
A whole chicken costs $6.75; those attending should pre-order by calling (740) 264-0080 by Aug. 14.
To make a reservation, classmates should call their class representative, including Ed Kirk, Class of 1957, (304) 748-7060; Regina Truax, Class of 1958, (304) 723-0419; Karen Tate, Class of 1959, (304) 564-5234; and Paula Brown, Class of 1960, (304) 748-0783.
Library to host re-enactment
MCDONALD, Pa. - The Heritage Library will host "History at Heritage," a Civil War re-enactment featuring the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 31 next to the library.
The event will include an encampment, weapon firing, drill demonstrations, a presentation on Civil War-era medicine and book signing.
The library will hold a used book sale for $5 a bag the day of the event.
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Coleman to host basketball camp
WEIRTON - Coach Mel Coleman will host his 29th annual basketball camp from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8-12 at the Mercy Baptist Church's Bush Center located 3474 Pennsylvania Ave.
It is open to girls and boys aged 6 to 18. It is the longest-running basketball camp in the Tri-State area.
All campers receive a T-shirt, lunch and lessons from qualified staff and instructors.
For information, call (304) 748-1922.
Church to host Peach Festival
WEIRTON - The St. Thomas Episcopal Church will hold their 50th annual Peach Festival Aug. 10 at the church located at Three Springs and St. Thomas drives.
Crafters are needed. Those interested may contact the church at (304) 723-4120; leave a message if no one is available.
Duke named to dean's list
NEW CONCORD, Ohio - Megan Duke of Weirton has been named to the Muskingum University spring 2013 dean's list.
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Senior setter Courtney Jurek of Bellevue earned the first Heart of America Athletic Conference Setter of the Week recognition after helping lead the Bobcats to a pair of wins on Saturday.
Jurek averaged 10.29 assists per set while Peru State defeated Presentation College (S.D.) and Grace University on the Grace campus.
Against Presentation, Jurek had 35 assists and added six kills, two service aces, and one block assist. In the win over Grace, Jurek finished with a double-double as she had 37 assists and 16 digs. She also finished with service ace against the Royals.
With the two wins, the 'Cats are now 4-1 on the season. This weekend Peru State will travel to Kansas City, Mo., to play in the Avila University Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
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Task bar is showing fully.. How can i rectify it?Abisha.M.G.
22 Jan 2011 5:00 PM #24
It looks like you need a taskbar error fix. Try clearing the Windows icon cache and open your Task Manager. Find Explorer.exe in Process and right-click on it. Choose End Process and open the file picker through File > New Task (Run) and click the Browser button. Type %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local in the File name field and choose IconCache.db. Delete the file and start a new explorer.exe process.
Last edited by ravendawson; 8 Apr 2011 at 6:56 PM. Reason: i want itLurk before you leap...


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