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Kmart Shoes Buy One Get One Free
Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. I ordered less than the $49 and got shipping for $6.74 (if they have the product in your local store then Free store pickup), and there is tax added but that's based on what state you live in.
I ordered 2 pairs of shoes (CATAPULT Men's Liteflex Athletic Shoe) which were listed at $14.99 but got them for $9.99 (not each, but for both of them) + tax + shipping. Total $17.70 for 2 pairs of sneakers.
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Does this work with different pairs of shoes or only with the same pair?
Ive tried with both combinations and it doesn't seem to work.
@drmedic: I tried it with different pairs of shoes as well as with the same pair, both worked for me. The lowest price shoe is the one that is free. Oh and apparently it only works with regular and sale priced items, NOT with clearance items.
Don't you normally get the second shoe free if you buy the first shoe?
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Even though it says that the items are eligible for the buy one get one free it still has the total as if I were paying for both of the shoes.. : /
Not working here either... Only receiving a 15% off discount.
Looks like only a select amount are part of the deal. I was going to buy some toddler shoes and if you look to the left under "Current Offers" there's a buy one get one option. When clicking this under the kids shoes section all that's available are slippers :/
i guess if you dont care about how your shoes look and you dont care if your feet hurt this might be considered a "deal."
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Hi, I search for an example of a Sasaki-manifold which is not Einstein. Can you give one?
Thank you and best regards!
Hi, I search for an example of a Sasaki-manifold which is not Einstein. Can you give one?
Thank you and best regards!
Chapter 11 in Boyer-Galicki's Sasakian Geometry discusses two obstructions to the existence of Sasaki-Einstein structures on Sasakian manifolds. They go on to discuss many such examples, obtained as links of conical singularities of projective varieties in weighted projective spaces.
They are not hard to find! The cone of a Sasakian manifold is Kähler, whereas the cone of a Sasaki-Einstein manifold is Calabi-Yau. Hence your question is the analogue of asking for a Kähler manifold which is not Calabi-Yau. This is the generic situation.
As in my answer to your first question on Sasakian Geometry, there is no excuse for these questions given the wealth of information and the clarity of style of the book by Boyer and Galicki.
Go read the book! It really is good.
This is not an answer to your question, but rather an extension of José Figueroa-O'Farrill's answer. Roughly a year ago, a quick Google search led me to a preprint of Boyer & Galicki's wonderful book; it can be found here
I am not very sure of everything here but I wonder if the example given in Appendix A on Page 21 of this paper by one of my professors meets your criteria.


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I'm playing the newly released Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet for the iOS and have read that the Seagul is the only creature weak to Oil. Oil? I haven't seen any oil in the game? How do I use oil? I can only assume this is a as-yet undiscovered spell combo but I haven't been able to find anything on this. Any ideas?
There is a robe called the 'Contaminated Robe' that says 'Spells inflict Oil status instead of Wet status'. This is the only other reference I've found to 'Oil' so far.
Well there are two ways of getting oil: using the contaminated robe with water and the oil rain spell. Earth, water, water, earth, or water surrounding the earth.


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Fabricating a Custom Aluminum Fan Shroud - Increasing AirflowWritten by Chuck Vranas on May 1, 2011 Fabricating a custom aluminum fan shroud for your hot rod
Sometimes a simple change to your hot rod is all it takes to enhance its performance. By increasing airflow a properly designed fan shroud not only improves the efficiency of your engine, it can also significantly lower its operating temperature. This is especially important when hitting the road during the summer months where weather conditions and sluggish traffic can cause your temp gauge to increase in a flash. Ray Bartlett and his team at The Hot Rod Garage in Denton, Maryland, not only have a reputation for building wicked hot rods, they are also well known for laying down the miles on cross-country hauls where their cars are put to the test through all sorts of operating conditions where coolant temperature plays an important role. On a recent visit to the shop we met up with Dean Alexander who was preparing to fabricate a custom fan shroud for a '34 Ford pickup.
With the truck being set up to run a 327ci Chevy V-8, his first order of business was to address how to effectively run a 15-inch mechanical fan. In stock form the engine's water pump is mounted far too low for the fan to be efficient. To overcome this issue he installed a cast aluminum water pump riser by Zip's, which placed the water pump and mechanical fan 5 inches higher at the front of the engine. To complete the update, he incorporated a water pump from a 250ci Chevy to the equation. With the fan placement issues resolved, it was time to begin measuring for the dimensions of the fan shroud. Accurate measurements are crucial in keeping the overall form of the shroud nice and tight to the radiator as well as keep the unit streamlined. Alexander obtained measurements from four main points on the radiator, which included the bottom of the top tank to the bottom of the radiator core, radiator width, the water pump center pin to the radiator fins, and the layback of the radiator. In obtaining the radiator layback dimension details, the water pump center pin was used as an intersect point from both the bottom of the top tank and bottom tank. For light weight and strength 0.080 6061-T6 aluminum was selected for construction of the shroud. Alexander transferred all of the dimensions to a fresh sheet of aluminum using a black marker and proceeded onto the fabrication process by first trimming all excess away using a Pexto Model 152-J metal shear. He followed by using an MSC metal notcher to remove the bottom corner sections to allow for the upcoming bends to the sides and bottom of the shroud.
When locating the opening for the 15-inch flex fan, Alexander took into consideration an allowance of 3/4 inch for engine movement in keeping the gap between the fan and the shroud tight. He measured from the bottom of the top radiator tank to the water pump center pin 8-5/8 inches and marked for a pilot hole, which he drilled out with a 1/8-inch drill bit. From this pilot hole, he then measured 15-3/4 inches around with a ruler to complete the circle opening for the fan. Since the bottom of the fan shroud would be easily seen in the engine bay, a bit of design detail was added to infuse a bit of sex appeal to the otherwise blank area. Using a Mittler Brothers 4-inch high-throat power drive bead roller, a step bead was completed adjacent to the lower radiator hose outlet area. To work the 90-degree vertical bends into place with a graceful 1-1/2-inch radius a National finger break was used incorporating a custom roller fabricated by Alexander for the job. Many times in order to obtain a certain look a builder must fabricate one-off tools to do the job. Such was the case with the homespun dolly fashioned from a section of steel pipe and some flat steel stock, which Alexander whipped up to work a 1-1/2-inch radius into the bottom of the fan shroud. With a combination of mallets and body hammers he was able to work the aluminum to match the exact radius of the side panels. Once all of the necessary hammering and trimming was complete the first area checked with a T-square to make sure everything was even and then preceded to TIG-weld the bottom seams together using a Miller TIG welder. With the welding complete, the corners were cleaned up and ground smooth using an air-driven DA sander topped with 80-grit and finished by hand with 400-grit for a nice smooth surface. Finally the sides of the shroud were trimmed to allow for the 1-1/4-inch layback of the radiator while also marking for the mounting points of the shroud to the radiator sides at 3 inches and 17 inches from the top of the bottom tank upward on each side. Alexander (while wearing safety glasses) used a reciprocating high-speed air saw to masterfully trim the sides of the shroud as well as the fan opening while the unit was securely fastened in a bench vise. He then drilled out the mounting holes for the shroud sides using a 3/16-inch drill bit. The job was completed by deburring all of the trimmed surfaces with an air-driven angle grinder topped with a 50-grit disc followed by a 180-grit disc. To complete the shroud, the unit was sent off to the powdercoater to have a tasty black wrinkle finish applied. The completed unit not only looks bitchin' installed in place, but will also enhance the airflow to lower the overall operating temperature of the engine's cooling system while maintaining a neat traditional look.
With a mallet, Alexander started the initial 90-degree bend to the bottom of the shroud.
Following with a body hammer, the graceful curve to the bottom of the shroud began to take form when being worked with the custom-made jig as well as other dollies.
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Exact dimensions are critical especially for the front of the water pump's center pin to the radiator fins for adequate fan clearance. The measurement here was 1-1/2 inches.To determine the layback of the radiator in correlation to the design of the shroud, measurements were taken at the bottom of the top radiator tank as well as from the bottom tank using the water pump center pin as an intersect point. For our application the layback was 1-1/4 inches.For plenty of strength and ease of construction, the dimensions were transferred to a sheet of 0.080 6061-T6 aluminum using a black marker.Dean Alexander trimmed the excess aluminum from the template in a snap using a vintage Pexto Model 152-J metal shear.Dean Alexander trimmed the excess aluminum from the template in a snap using a vintage Pexto Model 152-J metal shear.To get nice crisp corner cuts, Alexander used an MSC metal notcher to make the job as easy as slicing a pie.This image gives you the basic idea of what the trimmed stock for the shroud looks like prior to proceeding to the full fabrication stage.The center pin of the water pump was located 8-5/8 inches from the bottom of the top radiator tank. A 1/8-inch pilot hole was drilled to mark the exact spot and a ruler was used with a black marker to trace a 15-3/4-inch circle for the fan opening. Note that a 15-inch flex fan will be used and that Alexander allowed for 3/4-inch extra for engine movement.
To add a bit of detail to the bottom of the shroud, some accent lines were included adjacent to the area marked for the lower radiator house outlet.Alexander added a step-bead to the bottom of the shroud using a Mittler Brothers 4-inch high-throat power drive bead roller to create flawless lines.Alexander added a step-bead to the bottom of the shroud using a Mittler Brothers 4-inch high-throat power drive bead roller to create flawless lines.Using a custom-made roller with a 1-1/2-inch radius attached to a National finger brake, two 90-degree bends were added to the vertical planes of the shroud.A custom made jig fashioned from 1-1/2-inch radius steel pipe and flat stock came in handy mounted in the bench vise when bending the bottom portion of the shroud into place.Following with a body hammer, the graceful curve to the bottom of the shroud began to take form when being worked with the custom-made jig as well as other dollies.Following with a body hammer, the graceful curve to the bottom of the shroud began to take form when being worked with the custom-made jig as well as other dollies.
After securing the shroud to a workbench, Alexander TIG-welded the bottom seams together using a TIG welder from Miller Electric.Using an air-driven DA sander topped with an 80-grit disc, the fresh welds and corners of the shroud were cleaned up.The radiator side panel was then measured to determine the proper mounting points for the shroud to the side panel taking into account the 1-1/4-inch radiator layback. Two holes were drilled at 3 inches and 17 inches from the top of the bottom tank upward on each side. With the completed fan shroud mounted in place you can fully appreciate its superb design as well as all of the additional cooling the healthy V-8 will receive once it hits the open road.Here you can see the trimming required on the side of the shroud as well as the accommodation for mounting tabs to mount the unit to the radiator side panels.With the unit secured in a bench vise, Alexander used a reciprocating high-speed air saw to skillfully make the final trims to the sides and bottom of the shroud.Once the trimming was completed, all edges were deburred using an air-driven angle grinder topped with a 50-grit disc followed by a 180-grit disc.
Lastly, the mounting holes were drilled out using a 3/16-inch drill bit attached to an air-driven hand drill.The fan shroud on the left is almost complete except for the lower radiator hose opening while the shroud on the right was fresh back from powdercoating where it was treated to a neat black wrinkle finish.


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There is Iron in blood. Iron is magnetic. Roughly how strong would a magnet have to be to induce a noticeable attraction? It would be nice to know this for several distances. Also, do electromagnets that strong exist?
Humans are weakly diamagnetic. Rather than being attracted by a magnetic field we would tend to repel the lines of force.
Look at the work of the High Field Magnet Laboratory http://www.ru.nl/HFML/, in particular http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic/ where they demonstrate levitation of a living frog. It took about 16T to levitate the frog.
WEll hi !!! mainly the iron in the blood is incoperated with other components. in the blood plasma may be those forces of attraction are a lot stronger than the forces of attraction between a magnet and a magnetic component. well if it comes to bonds they are the strongest forces and I guess, so to have a magnet strong enough to attract human we will have to first break all the bonds between the haem and globin and thats quite not easy at all
well then its purely my guess !! :P
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Challenger Exterior Sheetmetal Replacement - The Continuing SagaWritten by on December 1, 2008 The Goodmark And YearOne "Big Challenge" Gets Back-Halved
In our July issue, we started work on our beyond-basket-case-rated Challenger and quickly realized we had bitten off a lot in the way of a project car. we've seen cars in better shape hit the crusher, but that's the way things are these days-the decent, rebuildable cars have either already been rebuilt or crushed years ago. In other words, acquiring a project car now usually means starting with a less-than-stellar candidate.
Last time, we tackled the floor replacement on the Challenger. That in itself was a big job, but now it was time to replace the exterior visible sheetmetal. Since we are replacing the metal, a plan was hatched to turn the car into a '70 model. Yes, we're going to change the look of the car. Many times, folks get defrauded by unscrupulous people who build a seemingly more desirable car from a less than desirable shell, and we want to assure everyone that such is not the case with this car. The car will retain its proper VIN, and forever be known as a '73 Challenger with '70 parts. Hey, don't yell at us. we asked you guys what you thought we should do, and the consensus was to change it. When considering a sheetmetal change, usually there is no problem until you consider things like trim items (e.g., side marker lights, bumpers, bumper brackets, and so on). So since we are making this car look like a '70 Challenger, we'll have to address items such as bumpers, grille, and taillights in the future.
For now, however, we need to focus on the outer sheetmetal. If you saw some of the photos in our previous installment, you know the car was really rusty, so metal removal was extensive. The best way to do this is to have the car firmly located on a frame jig. If that's not possible, several jackstands-although not as ideal-can be used. just make sure that no matter what method you use, do a lot of measuring before you weld to ensure that things are not welded improperly or the trunk and/or doors won't close properly.
Now it's time to get down to work and literally back half a car.
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This is where we left off on our Challenger in our July '08 issue. Now it's time to cover the exterior with more new metal.To make the installation process easier, we punched the required holes for fill welding before attaching the metal to the car. There may be some folks out there that will write in and tell us we punched too many holes in the lip that shows in the photo, but we're not going for a perfect resto. If you don't have a hole punch, a drill bit will work just as well . . . it just takes a little longer.After we completely removed the old quarter, we found that our rocker panel needed a small patch on the passenger side.When we originally removed the old quarter-panels, we just rough cut them off. Now we need to cleanly remove any traces of the old metal to replace it with new. a spot weld cutter by Blair Equipment makes quick work of the task around the doorjambs.When it comes to the area where the roof meets the quarter-panel, the first thing required is the removal of the lead filler. Since it is lead, proper care should be taken in its removal and disposal. While using a small propane torch and simply melting the lead and discarding it might work, that's not appropriate or safe. After the lead was gone, we then drilled the spot welds in this area.After a new piece was fabbed and welded in place, the area was coating with a rust preventative by KBS Coatings. Wherever we could slather on the KBS, we did-whether the area would be visible when the car was finished or not.
Before you begin any welding, start by clamping the new parts in position. It will take a lot of clamps to do this properly, but making sure the panel is positioned correctly before you weld is a big time saver.Ok, let's face it, we're not fancy, so we don't have a set of those fancy Cleco pins to hold things in place. what we did do was put a single spot weld in the rear window opening just to help hold the panel in place for positioning.With both quarters clamped in place, we slid the tailpanel into position. Before the tailpanel was attached, we again needed to measure to ensure the parts were installed correctly and are square. If you get this far and are wondering what the measurement should be, you should have taken them before you did any cutting.Once the panel was suspended on the car, we started to work the metal into its final position. Don't ever expect any aftermarket part to simply "fall into place." These cars are 30-plus-years old, and tolerances weren't that great when they were new.Temporarily sliding the trunk's gutter rails in place was next. Man, are we glad Goodmark is making all these parts new. Again, don't think these parts simply fell into place. A little "tweaking" was required to make sure everything fit nicely. Don't get frustrated if you need to manually adjust some metal, just take your time and you'll be more than happy with the results. You'll also notice the Dutchman panel is still in place. That panel is rigidly mounted to the body and gives a good reference point for measuring, and yes, eye-balling things into position.Once we were sure all was good, we removed the Dutchman panel. The panel is pinch welded in several spots: around the window edge, at both ends, and at a middle support that you can see in this photo. You'll need to find and drill all these pinch welds so you can remove the panel.Once we had the tailpanel and quarters clamped in place and did all our measuring, we tack welded the tailpanel to the rear of the quarters, centered it on the car, and tacked the center of it. Once it's tacked in place, we remeasured everything before we finished welding.
After we were confident all our sheetmetal was properly located, we began to fully weld the metal in place.Another area that needs to be thought of during reinstallation of the quarter is the doorjamb area. As you saw in previous images, we had welded bracing in the door opening to help support the body while repairs were going on. The doors that came off the car were in beyond-repair condition, so we were able to cut just enough of the inner structure to make room to close the doors.Just as in our last installment, we got a little ahead of ourselves and installed more sheetmetal before it was really time. just placing the fender in position really gives the impression it may become a car again. Stay tuned, because as you are reading this, we're tackling the firewall and cowl replacement.


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Let $V$ be a complex manifold and $D \subset V$ a smooth divisor.
Question 1 Is $H^i(V \setminus D, \mathbb{C}) \simeq \mathbb{H}^i ( V, \Omega^{\bullet}_V(\log D)) $ ?
Question 2(Edited) Ok, 1 is true. Is it possible to define naturally a homomorphism $H^2(V \setminus D, \mathbb{C}) \rightarrow H^1(V, \Omega_V^1 (\log D))$?
(In my case $V$ is of the form $U \setminus p $ where $U$ is a $3$-dimensional smooth Stein space and $D$ is of the form $\Delta \setminus p$ where $\Delta \subset U$ is a divosor with an isolated singularity at $p$. Then $H^1(V, \Omega_V^1 (\log D))$ is the set of 1st order deformations of the pair $(U, \Delta)$. Since $\Delta$ has only isolated singularities, this is finite dimensional.)
I think it is true when $V$ is compact. How about non-compact case?


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The February 2003 meeting of the IAAP Executive Committee in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, coincided with Fasnacht:
"From canton to canton. It is normally just before or just after the beginning of Lent. The roots of the tradition are disputed: some people claim it goes back to a mixture of pagan spring festivals, Christian rites and secular folk customs. In some cantons, carnival is based on pagan traditions of using fearsome masks to chase away evil spirits....
Although carnivals were held in mediaeval times, in later centuries the authorities often saw them as subversive and tried to ban them. Carnivals as they exist today date back usually no further than the 19th century." swissworld.org
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Do What Scares You
Fall of 2007: I was on the phone in the parking lot of Yahoo!'s San Francisco incubator, Brickhouse. My job was fantastic. We had an incredible office, incredible location, great people, extremely flexible hours, the flexibility to work on what projects we wanted to, and the healthy pay that came with being a part of Yahoo!. On the phone with me was my younger brother, Jamie, who had started his own game company up in Vancouver. We were discussing whether I should take an offer to join a startup as an early, pre-Series A employee. A lot of pros and cons were thrown around: the commute, the risk, the industry, the economy, etc. Then he asked me,
Which job would you learn more from?
And it became immediately clear which choice was the right one. While Brickhouse was enjoyable and fulfilling, I knew that I was not learning much with each subsequent project. The growth was incremental.
In the past few years, I've been approached more for career advice. The problem with career advice is that everyone's goals, personalities, risk profiles, and priorities are very different. But assuming you're looking to build a career which involves professional growth (as opposed to having it only as a means to an end), then my one piece of advice is always the same:
Do what scares you
Some might call it "getting out of the comfort zone" but I feel the term is almost a euphemism. It doesn't convey the base emotion you should feel. You're scared because you care a lot about the consequences. And if you care, it's probably the right thing to be doing. When you think about the next thing you're going to work on, you should feel that nervous, excited energy you get when you know you're about to do something crazy, and you might royally fuck it up, but if you put everything into it, you might just come out with something amazing and even if you don't, you know you'll have learned more everyday than you did in the last year.
Take that leap.


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The principal scan criteria are basically set to identify stocks whose price is above their 150-day Moving Average and whose daily volume is at least 50,000 and exceed by a margin of 3:1 the usual volume levels displayed in the last 2 months.
The scan returns above only identify potential candidates. In that list, there is a mixed bag of stocks about to enter Stage II, some are already well into Stage II, some are not at all. Since I am only looking for stocks entering Stage II, I must then examine each chart individually to determine whether the stock actually shows potential to cross above the Stage II Neckline and enter stage II; as described by Stan Weinstein.
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My wife has created a Draw Something account directly, not using Facebook as the login mechanism, but she now regrets doing that. Can she associate the existing account with Facebook somehow, or does she have to create a new account (and lose all her coins) if she wants to do so?
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· Sign up at http://greatcanadianappathon.com/ (everyone in the team). The deadline is noon, Sep 28. The theme of the game will be announced at this time.
· Send an email to email@example.com, before noon on Sep 28, to announce your participation, so that you can be given a weekend pass. In the email, indicate your full name and birthday for everyone in your team. This is necessary to give you the code to enter the room. You have to be present at N2090 at 5PM on September 28 to receive the pass. No pass means you might be asked by Security to leave the building.
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Tangle of Ties Binds SEC's Top Ranks
Enforcement cases at the Securities and Exchange Commission go nowhere unless approved by a majority of the agency's commissioners. But conflicts for the possible new chairman and other top officials could make it harder to get to "yes."
For example, SEC investigators are looking into the "London whale" trading mess at J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -0.20 % & Co. and have yet to decide whether to recommend any action in the matter. Mary Jo White, nominated last month by President Barack Obama to lead the agency, wouldn't be able to vote on any case involving the New York bank for two years after taking the job. That is because J.P. Morgan recently was her client at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Daniel Gallagher, an SEC commissioner since 2011, also would have a conflict of interest. He came to the SEC from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, a law firm helping J.P. Morgan investigate the London whale and respond to government inquiries.
That would leave the bare minimum—three commissioners out of five—usually needed for a quorum at the SEC. Enforcement cases approved by such a small number of commissioners are especially vulnerable to criticism by judges and defendants, securities-law experts say.
A Debevoise spokeswoman declined to comment on behalf of Ms. White. An SEC spokesman declined to comment on her behalf as she isn't yet an agency official. An aide to Mr. Gallaher and a J.P. Morgan spokesman also declined to comment.
Conflicts of interest are a chronic headache for the SEC, an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of disclosure forms and votes on enforcement cases shows. The agency's four commissioners—one slot is vacant—are barred from enforcement votes and certain other matters affecting more than 20 companies.
Mr. Gallagher's latest disclosure form lists 14 former clients, including Bank of America Corp. BAC -1.29 % and Deutsche Bank AG DB 1.43 % , accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and hedge-fund firms Citadel LLC and Elliott Associates LP.
Ms. White, a former federal prosecutor, has received attention because of her go-to status as a lawyer for banks and securities firms. Lawmakers are likely to prod her for more details, and Ms. White will have to disclose her recent client list.
Under government ethics laws and SEC rules, agency commissioners and staff can't participate in anything with a direct impact on their financial interests or connected to certain organizations, such as recent previous employers, clients or their spouse's employer.
The SEC hasn't indicated if Ms. White will recuse herself from enforcement actions or rule-making procedures tied to companies deeper in her past. For example, she was a director at the Nasdaq Stock Market NDAQ -0.16 % from 2002 to 2006.
At least one commissioner didn't vote in 59 of the agency's 118 closed-door meetings in the two-year period ended Sept. 30, according to SEC documents reviewed by the Journal. Decisions on enforcement cases are decided at the meetings.
In addition to recusals, SEC commissioners have numerous reasons why they "have to miss meetings from time to time," said Luis Aguilar, a commissioner since 2008. They might be sick, traveling or attending meetings on behalf of the SEC. Attendance records reviewed by the Journal don't indicate why a specific commissioner was absent.
Mr. Gallagher couldn't vote on last year's enforcement action against New York Stock Exchange parent NYSE Euronext because it is a former legal client, a person familiar with the matter said. The exchange operator paid $5 million to settle allegations it delivered valuable trading data to some customers ahead of others.
Former SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro stayed out of all matters involving her former employer, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, throughout her nearly four years atop the SEC.
The ethics rules are "critically important, as is avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest," Ms. Schapiro said in an interview. "As a lawyer, Mary Jo White will be particularly cognizant of these issues."
Elisse Walter, the SEC's chairman since Ms. Schapiro left, also is a former Finra executive. Ms. Walter recuses herself from some Finra-related matters, people familiar with her involvement said.
Ms. Walter and Ms. Schapiro didn't vote on a 2011 enforcement action where Finra was sanctioned for allegedly altering internal documents, according to a person familiar with the vote.
An SEC spokesman said on behalf of Ms. Walter that she abides by her ethics agreement and consults with the SEC's ethics office. The agency has "rigorous policies and procedures to guard against even the appearance of partiality in our work," the spokesman added. More than 96% of all commission votes in the past four years were unanimous, the SEC spokesman said.
Last year's vote on a controversial Dodd-Frank rule requiring U.S.-listed oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign governments for oil rights passed by a 2-1 vote on party lines.
Ms. Schapiro didn't vote because of stock she owns in natural-gas company Spectra Energy Corp. SE -0.33 % , and Republican commissioner Troy Paredes recused himself because his wife works for Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -1.39 % , according to people familiar with the matter.
The number of abstentions is likely to increase as the SEC's workload grows. Officials still need to finish 62 different rules mandated by Dodd-Frank, and the SEC launched more than 730 enforcement actions last year, up from 664 in 2009.
Ms. White's nomination could signal an even harder line. "You don't want to mess with Mary Jo," Mr. Obama said at the news conference announcing his nomination choice.
Harvey Pitt, the SEC's chairman from 2001 to 2003, said he wrestled with conflicts arising from his "unbelievable roster of clients" at law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
Mr. Pitt said he abided by rules in place at the time, but some lawmakers criticized him for a 2002 meeting with a KPMG LLP executive.
"The flap was ludicrous at best," Mr. Pitt said in an interview. Still, the hassle caused by the 45-second "meet and greet" shows why officials "have to be very sensitive to appearances," he added.
—Dan Fitzpatrick contributed to this article.
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Assuming I've found an open source project I'm interested in, how do I evaluate the project(the members, the activity level, etc) to determine if joining the project will be a good use of my time and energy?
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Look at the source control history.
From that, you can see checkins, review code, gauge the activity level, and generally see the quality of commits. You can learn the most from just looking at the source code activity.
You can do several things:
That's a start anyhow :)
Test the waters a little bit first. Hang out in the mailing lists, irc channels etc and watch how things work. Fix a bug or add a known requested feature yourself and submit a patch. See how it is accepted ... do they work with you to get it edited and included or fight you?
Also evaluate yourself. Do you really have the time and interest to stick around and be worth the project investing in getting you up to speed?
Look at the test coverage. Contributing to a project with a history/mandate of only accepting pull requests/patches with passing tests is going to be a much more successful and enjoyable process than trying to collaborate on something with developers who can't/won't write unit tests.
I've had to work on updating old versions of abandoned libraries a couple of times for work. Normally, I'd be excited to get paid to contribute to open source projects. But when there are no tests and poor documentation, it's just hellish.
Join if you will enjoy1 working on the project.
1: "enjoy" could mean whatever makes you happy.
Base it on your goals (not sure what they are). If you're trying to get programming experience, you don't realy have much to lose by trying it out. If anything, you may learn how 'not' to code.
If you're trying to make a name for yourself by attaching yourself to a great project, you may have a tougher time. Try searching the net for any blogs or comments from other developers and users of the software (If it is that far along.). Take a look at the coding progress. Is it moving along at a pace to your liking.
Trying to find out if the other members "play nice with others" may take a combination of some of the practices I just mentioned.
Try it out. "It don't cost nothin'" - John Belushi, Animal House.


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The 10 Most Obnoxious Cell Phone Callers
Ever since Zack Morris invented the cell phone many semesters ago, a growing number of imbeciles have been concocting new ways to irritate the ever-living shit out of us by using it improperly. You'd prefer to ignore these callers, but instead you are forced to deal with them on a regular basis.
Inventor of the cellular telephone.
Will they ever learn? Well, we sure as shit don't think so.
#10. The Cryptic Messenger
The Cryptic Messenger perpetually leaves the same mysterious message regardless of whom they are calling or the purpose of their call:
"Hi, this is Melvin. Call me back."
If you're lucky enough to have been selected to do them a favor, they'll occasionally offer this variation:
"Hi, this is Melvin. I had a question I wanted to ask you... call me back."
They leave the voicemail equivalent of a Monopoly Chance card, except it's always something shitty and self-serving.
Why They Do This:
This repulsively self-centered person has very little respect for you. To them, you have nothing better to do than solve the great puzzle of why a magnificent person such as them called you. They believe that the only way people will return their calls is if they arouse their curiosity. In most cases, they know that people will have no interest in what they are calling about, so they dare not actually reveal it via voicemail, which paradoxically negates the purpose of their call.
"Even if I explained it, you wouldn't understand."
Their goal is to disable your ability to judge the call itself on its merits, and instead put you in the awkward position of rejecting them where there is at least some chance you'll cave and do their bidding. The Cryptic Messenger not only has the audacity to leave vague messages with selfish purposes, but also has the nerve to interrogate you later if you don't get back to them. Amazingly though, they'll still leave the same enigmatic message for the remaining one percent of their calls where they're not asking you for something.
Alternate Explanation:
They are calling about something arguably illegal.
What They'll Never Understand:
If they cannot bother to tell you why they called, you cannot be bothered to think it was important. As people slowly catch on, the Cryptic Messenger's calls stop getting returned. This utterly baffles them.
#9. Voicemail Allergies Guy
Slightly more aggravating than the Cryptic Messenger guy is the Voicemail Allergies Guy, whose desire to stay "off the grid" is so strong that he can't risk leaving a record of his voice behind, even in situations that absolutely require it. They will eternally frustrate you because your ability to communicate with them rests solely on the impossible expectation that you answer all of their outgoing calls.
Leave a goddamned message. You are not Jason Bourne.
These guys are worse than Cryptic Messenger Guy because they have a one-two punch of pissing you off built into their system. The first hit comes when they complain about you not answering your phone and the second comes when they smugly brag about the unforgettable concert (or party, or stripper or wild animal showdown), you missed, which is your fault, because hey, they "tried" to call you. Won't you ever learn to drop everything and answer the phone every time they call?
Why They Do This:
Back in the day when answering machines were as universal as Chia Pets and leg warmers, some people were reluctant to leave private messages because they didn't want them overheard by the squatters in your basement. That might have been a clever strategy 30 years ago, but today it no longer applies since squatters don't have access to your voicemail. Today's Voicemail Allergies Guy is just a clueless asshole who scolds everyone for not answering the phone instead of pursuing the more logical route of leaving messages.
"Just leave a message. It's the logical thing to do, captain."
Alternate Explanation:
They are calling about something very illegal.
What They'll Never Understand:
When deciding who to call back, people organize their priorities based on messages. If you say, "Hey, my house is on fire, call me back with plans tonight," your call will more than likely land high on the priorities list. If you don't say anything, the person you called will assume you had nothing important to say and move on to whatever other call they didn't answer. More people would get back to you if you ever conveyed any call-back-worthy information. Hell, people might even start taking your calls from time to time.
#8. The Overcaller
You can forget about ever having 45 minutes to yourself these days, because the Overcaller is going to rain a torrent of calls upon you for the better part of the afternoon. Overcallers have taken the concept of "redial" beyond several levels, and those several levels were: "annoy," "pester," "badger," "harass," "torment" and "torture." Sometimes they'll leave messages, and on other calls they won't, but either way it won't matter.
Which is even more annoying than these dickbags.
When you finally attempt to check your five new messages to discover what could possibly be so urgent, the Overcaller will interrupt you by calling yet again on the other line. After switching over you will be subjected to a familiar DEFCON 1 apeshit greeting: "Oh my god, where have you been?!" Such behavior would be acceptable if there were ever an actual emergency. But the Overcaller habitually calls in frenzied bursts for the most frivolous matters. Worse still, after they've already left a message, the Overcaller will occasionally leave an additional message that says nothing but "Hey, I already called and left a message, but here's another one just to let you know that I still want to talk to you." Messages about messages about messages. God. Damn.
Why They Do This:
The Overcaller is almost forgivable because, at the end of the day, they're just very focused to the point of single-minded intensity. They know they want to talk to you about something (bullshit, we presume), and they can't really think about anything else until they do. They can't get to their next item on their mental "To Do" list until "Yammer like an idiot to my friend" is crossed off. That's why they call every 30 seconds. What else would they do?
Alternate Explanation:
They are calling about something illegal in progress.
What They'll Never Understand:
Many times the "squeaky wheel" is just "damaged" and eventually "scrapped."
#7. The Rambler a.k.a. the Human Radio Station
You have got to give the Rambler some credit; at least they attempted to leave you a detailed message. But whatever tiny bit of credit you gave them must be swiftly revoked when you realize that they fundamentally disagree with you about the definition of the word "detailed."
The Rambler will leave needlessly lengthy voicemails that include long-winded yet largely incoherent summaries of their call, tons of information they know you already have, instructions for how to call them back, other phone numbers where you might be able to reach them, where they'll be later, their schedule for the next couple of days and they will conclude all of it by restating their name and number at the end.
God forbid their first message gets cut off for being too lengthy because then, as a very special bonus, they'll treat you to a slightly shorter reprise of the same message that repeats all of the exact same information. The Rambler's soliloquies evoke the instinctive reaction of taking the phone away from your ear, staring at it for a second, throwing your other hand up and then shaking your head in shocked disbelief.
Why They Do This:
While there is an excellent chance the Rambler loves to hear the sound of their own voice, it is equally likely that they just cannot get to the fucking point. Their lives consist of muttering endlessly to anyone who will listen, punctuated only by pointless conversations with themselves in the mirror. Miraculously, despite all the practice they've had talking, they cannot tell a simple story with any proficiency much less leave a concise voicemail.
Alternate Explanation:
They are calling to cover up something illegal.
What They'll Never Understand:
People deliberately do not return their calls as punishment for leaving obnoxious voicemail screeds.
#6. Detective Dumbfuck
Detective Dumbfuck investigates cases where they suspect, sometimes reasonably, that you have been avoiding their calls. Their thorough investigation into the matter consists of calling you, and then calling you again two minutes later from a different phone number. It will never occur to them, however, that you always know it's them by virtue of them calling two minutes prior, and probably a few other times before that. When Detective Dumbfuck's case goes cold, they'll desperately enlist someone else they know to call you, hoping to "catch" you screening them if you answer. You'll still know it's them, though, and you'll groan at their conspicuous futility before ignoring them again.
Ignored harder than a rebooted 90s show.
Why They Do This:
Detective Dumbfuck is legendarily insecure and fears that no one likes them (because no one does). Their plan of attack for proving this is one of the most poorly-thought-out plans imaginable, because what if it works? Person: "Hello?" Detective: "HAH! You took this call from an unknown number - that PROVES you were avoiding my calls!" Person: "...Yep. That's what happened!" Detective: "Ahah, I CAUGHT you! You hate me!" Person: "..." Detective: "Oh... oh Jesus."
Alternate Explanation:
They are calling to investigate something illegal.
What They'll Never Understand:
Nobody wants to take their calls. Ever.


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Currently I have a slow attack speed weapon for my Barb in D3. It has a socket. Should I add a Ruby or Emerald?
Time for a bit of math. Let's define the following:
Using a ruby will add
to your total expected DPS, while using an emerald will add
to it. You only want to use a Ruby if the first expression is larger than the second expression; that is,
(first expression) > (second expression) RubyDamage*AttackSpeed*(1 + CritChance*CritDamage) > WeaponDamage*AttackSpeed*(CritChance)(EmeraldCritDamage) RubyDamage*(1 + CritChance*CritDamage)/(CritChance*EmeraldCritDamage) > WeaponDamage
Thus you only want to imbue a ruby if the expression
is greater than your weapon damage+bonuses. Note that this damage will increase as your primary stat goes up, so in general the emerald is the better choice for the long-run. Notice also this equation does not depend on your attack speed at all.
[Edit] To make this easier to make sense of, I've created a graph:
How to read this graph:
First, find your critical-hit damage% and critical-hit chance% (as shown on your detail tab in-game). Find that value on the above chart, and get its approximate value.
Next, take your
If your damage (divided by attack rate) is larger than the graph-number, use an Emerald. But if the damage is smaller than the graph-number, use a Ruby. If they are approximately the same, you could use either, but I would recommend an Emerald, since it will scale better as your damage goes up.
The above chart is for Flawless Square gems. The other gems are largely similar:
So, in general, if you have low damage and low crit-chance, use a ruby; if you have high damage or high crit-chance, use an emerald (though if you have high crit-chance but low damage, you might want to double-check here).
If you have a high-attack speed weapon, you want a Ruby in your socket. If you have a slower attack speed weapon, or if you are going a crit-heavy build, you want an Emerald in your weapon. I found a pretty good blog post explaining the differences here and in their video:
Update for 1.07
The folks over at Teamliquid did the number crunching already.
Basically, the ruby is better than an emerald only if it adds a significant % of your overall weapon damage. The more significant it is, the better off you are with the ruby. Also it takes into account of how much your crit/crit damage is.
Here is the relevant chart from that link, for a bigger version click on the above link:
Depends if you're stacking crit chance. If you have a decent chance to crit, of at least 15% (really hard to say since so many things affect your damage, but remember the emerald only does anything if and when you crit) it would probably be worth it, otherwise you won't be critting enough for it to pay off.
I watched the video above, and even still if your not going crit I'd throw in a ruby for 2 handers. He's right in the video about the faster weapons gaining more of a benefit from the ruby, but it doesn't make it worthless for 2 handers.
In my opinion it all comes down to what your crit % is right now. If you have over 10%, give it a shot it might pay off, but otherwise I'd stick to straight damage and let your damage modifiers do their job.
A Ruby is a flat increase while Emerald is percentage based. Additionally, Emerald is dependent on gear or skills to boost crit chance to perform better. As the base weapon damage rises, at some point the %age based calculations should favor emeralds.
You need to post the weapons or atleast their approximate iLevels so the question is answerable imho. I generally put in a ruby because I haven't gone for a crit build on any of my characters, though at higher levels it might be that Emerald has better results even without a lot of crit bonus.
Look at your Damage.
General rule: Low Crit%/CritDmg% -> Ruby, otherwise Emerald.
You don't see lvl 60 Players with rubies in their weaponsockets for a reason :)
There is no way I can compete with the #1 answer.
However, I'll provide some intuition.
Critical Damage improvement is obviously proportional to Critical Hit Chance.
Increase Weapon Damage is proportional to attack speed.
Critical damage is proportional to attack speed but that is already taken into account for DPS. If 2 weapon have the same DPS, and same critical chance, critical damage will improve the 2 weapons at the same rate. However, increase weapon damage will improve the faster weapons more.
So high attack speed low critical hit chance, ruby.
Low attack speed, high critical hit chance, emerald.
Intuitively this is as far as most readers will understand anyway. Ruby increase DPS by the square of attack speed. A weapon with 2 attack per second benefit from ruby twice than a weapon with 1 attack per second if DPS is the same.
Not so from Emerald. It simply add a percentage to your DPS and proportional with critical hit chance.


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During the final 49 weeks until Kickoff 2013, we will take a moment each week to look at various aspects of the football program.
Details Matter
Jan. 19, 2013
By Tom Whitestone
What you do see:
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What you don't see:
Meetings. Documents. Power point presentations.
There are six different campus committees that are looking at the wide array of issues created by or required for football. They are made up of a combination of staff, faculty, students and community representatives.
Each meets regularly and reports to an executive committee. The structure was set up in August of 2010 - before we had goalposts, a coach or a stadium.
And since then, there have been untold numbers of meetings, documents and power point presentations.
This week, a cross-section of campus representatives met to see presentations from several committee members and review policies and progress. Over 60 people crowded into a classroom to discuss things like campus scheduling, parking and traffic patterns, security, merchandising, concessions, facility support and, of course, tailgating.
It was an important meeting with good dialogue, designed to expose gaps in the planning.
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Issues big and small are discussed - and for an upstart football program, these meetings are as important to a successful game-day experience as position meetings are to a successful game-day result.
It's certainly not as glamorous as the stadium and practices and scrimmages, but it has its place and its purpose.
After attending that meeting one day - I headed down to the stadium the next.
The team had already had its weight room sessions and was now on the field conditioning. Short sprints. Shuffle left. Touch the line. Karaoke right. Touch the line. Sprint through.
Group after group after group. Shuffle. Touch. Karaoke. Touch. Sprint. And do it again.
The team has been practicing and working out since September - and they continue to get bigger, stronger and faster. Along the way their attention to detail grows as well.
In their stance, awaiting the whistle, a player jumps a little early.
"Get that group again!" a coach yells as they finish. "It was fourth and one - now its fourth and six."
Earlier this year, during the Chancellor's convocation, he reminded the campus community, "Details matter."
At workouts, in their own way, the coaching staff reminds the team the very same thing.
And somewhere else on campus, a staffer reviews the 25 TCP's (Traffic Control Points) of the Security Plan.
Just like in practice, throughout campus, folks are sweating the small stuff.
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Senior Mikyla Jacobs scored 29 points and hauled in 15 rebounds, giving her 1,020 points and 514 rebounds for her career, as Sacred Heart crushed Wilby, 64-27, in a Naugatuck Valley League girls basketball game at Alumni Hall on Thursday night.
Jacobs, who was hurt almost all of her junior year, accomplished the feat in only three seasons for the Hearts.
Jackie Legree had a team-high nine points for Wilby (2-17) and Tchaiwanda Chambers added eight points.
Torrington 52, Naugatuck 36: Paige Middleton and Olivia Morrison recorded 12 points apiece to lead Torrington in NVL Copper action. Caroline Teti added eight points for the Red Raiders (15-5).
Angelina Piccirillo scored a game-high 18 points for the Greyhounds (8-12), who nonetheless qualified for the first round of the NVL tournament on Saturday.
Kennedy 58, Crosby 39: Raegon Davis netted a season-high 20 points, including 14 in the third quarter, in the win at home. Lynadia Whiting scored 15 points while Sarah Norwood contributed 12 for Kennedy (11-9).
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Morgan Sanson added 10 points for the Bears (16-4). Jenn Luba had eight points for the Kangaroos (8-10).
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As a speech pathologist, she works with children on a daily basis. "It is a blessing working with them, because I really feel like I am making a difference. I love my job and embrace the challenges that come along with it."
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TODOs highlighting might be a good addition.
Ofcourse if it is possible to add without some hard manipulations or code syntax parsing...
Here is an example of TODOs in Java code (in RSyntaxTextArea):
And here is how IntelliJ IDEA highlights it:
Basically - it highlights anything that goes after "todo" mark (ignoring case) inside any comment with blue color.
Color can be moved to RSyntaxTextArea style settings i guess.


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