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Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday announced tighter procedures for discharging gay and lesbian service members — a move that drew criticism from some of the most ardent supporters and fiercest opponents of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
"I think it's a small step in the right direction," said former Navy Lt. j.g. Jenny Kopfstein of San Diego, who was discharged under the policy in 2002. "But I'm not super-excited because there are still a lot of people out there who are affected by 'don't ask, don't tell' in a very negative way."
Others believe Gates' rule changes go too far.
"Today's action will raise serious questions in the minds of active-duty military personnel about the enforcement of laws and lawful orders," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. "Once we begin to erode confidence in the fair and full enforcement of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, we undermine the morale and the faith of all service personnel, from high-ranking officers to new recruits, in the way the armed forces function."
The procedures unveiled yesterday add up to the biggest change in the policy that gays and lesbians cannot serve openly in the military since it was passed by Congress in 1993.
The new guidelines raise the level of officer entitled to initiate an inquiry into a case and the level of officer authorized to order a dismissal. They also seek to discourage false allegations and overheard comments or hearsay by requiring that third-party testimony be given under oath, and make any statements gay service personnel make to their lawyers, doctors, psychotherapists or clergy confidential.
"I believe these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law is put into practice — above all, by providing a greater measure of common sense and common decency to a process for handling what are difficult and complex issues for all involved," Gates said at a Pentagon news conference with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
An estimated 13,000 service personnel have been discharged from the military for homosexuality since 1993.
President Barack Obama has called for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and legislation has been introduced in Congress to repeal it. Gates has launched a review of how the policy can be rescinded with minimal disruption to the military.
Two members of the San Diego County congressional delegation — one a supporter of "don't ask, don't tell" and one an opponent — approved of the new rules.
"The action by Secretary Gates is an appropriate move while Congress works to repeal the ban on gays serving openly," said Susan Davis, a San Diego Democrat who chairs the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. "While this will help stem the tide of these painful and unnecessary discharges, especially those instigated by third parties, the ultimate goal must be to end this unjust policy that impacts readiness and national security."
Rep. Duncan Hunter, an Alpine Republican and Marine Corps veteran who served two tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, backs the policy but said he has no objections to the new procedures.
"I don't think these are bad things," Hunter said. "It doesn't change the law. I'm not sure what they'll change in the way each case is carried out, but it's still illegal to be openly gay in the military."
Another supporter of the current policy contended that Gates' directive amounts to a fundamental change.
"Secretary Gates has sent a confusing message to the troops," said Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness. "By applying new regulations… only to the small number of discharges that occur for homosexuality, he has invited noncompliance with the extant 1993 law in future cases and those that are still pending."
Retired Army Col. Stewart Bornhoft of San Diego said he views Gates' announcement as a step toward what he regards as the policy's inevitable repeal.
"I think what we'll see is a reduction in the rate of discharges," said Bornhoft, who retired in 1995 after 26 years of active duty. "But the law still remains, and only Congress can change that, and we're still going to lose folks that our military desperately needs."
Retired Marine Gen. Thomas Wilkerson, chief executive officer of the United States Naval Institute, questioned whether the new rules will be implemented uniformly.
"The directive that he's given can be interpreted widely enough depending on where you sit," Wilkerson said. "The law is still the law, and it hasn't changed."
Aaron Belkin, president of the Palm Center at the University of California Santa Barbara and an opponent of the current policy, said Gates' changes will not affect the vast majority of cases that are initiated after a gay service member tells someone about his or her sexual orientation.
"The universe of cases that these changes apply to are only about 15 percent of the cases, which is about 60 a year," Belkin said.
Like most "don't ask, don't tell" opponents, Mike Magee of San Diego will not be satisfied until the policy is rescinded.
"Until the statute goes away, there's a service member out there somewhere in the country that's packing up their footlocker for the last time," said Magee, co-chairman of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
In Kopfstein's case, she served openly for the last two years of her seven-year Navy career after writing to her commanding officer on the Shiloh, a guided-missile cruiser.
"I just realized it was too difficult to live under 'don't ask, don't tell' because I was forced to lie on a daily basis," said Kopfstein, 34, now a law student and an intern at a company that makes medical devices. "The people you work with think you're a little weird, a little strange, because you never answer questions directly. So it creates a problem of trust, without which you can't have unit cohesion and morale."


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The most recent Census Estimate<1> was for 2016 and it gives Oak Grove a population of 511 people.
The last Decennial Census<2> was in 2010, giving Oak Grove a population of 528 people.
The town of Oak Grove is located in Talladega County. The 2010 Census gave Talladega County a population of 82,291 people. This means that Oak Grove had 0.64% of the county's total population, making it Talladega's 6th most populous community.
At the same time, Alabama had a population of 4,779,736 people, meaning that Oak Grove had 0.01% of the total population of Alabama - making it the state's 330th most populous community.
When the Census Bureau conducts a census for a town like Oak Grove, they draw a boundary around the area in which they are going to conduct their count - this is called a sampling area (or a polygon). The shape of the sampling area can be quite complex and it's important to keep in mind that the boundaries of the sampling area may or may not match the recognized boundaries of the town.
Things like the population, area and housing for Oak Grove reflect the sampling area. Since the shape of the sampling area and the actual boundaries of Oak Grove might be slightly different, it's best to check with the U.S. Census Bureau if you need precision.
The 2010 Census shows that the sample polygon for Oak Grove has a total area of 1.78 square miles [4.6 km²]. Of this total, a small amount of the area is covered by water (0 square miles [0 km²]).
Talladega County has a land area of 736 square miles [1,908.2 km²]. At 1.78 square miles [4.6 km²], Oak Grove has 0.24% of the county's total land area.
Not only does the sampling area define boundaries, it also has a GPS location (latitude & longitude) that indicates a point within the sampling area (usually at the center of the polygon). At the time of the 2010 Census, the sampling area was located at:
Lat: 33° 11' 24" (or 33.19°) [Map]Lon: -86° 18' 12" (or -86.3°)
More information on this topic and the changes between the 2000 Census and the 2010 Census can be found in the section for our Census-to-Census Observations ... (see below).
Using the population (528 people) and land area (1.78 square miles [4.6 km²]) values from the 2010 Census, Oak Grove had a population density of 296.8 people per square mile [114.6 people/km²].
In comparison, the 2000 Census shows Oak Grove had a population of 457 people and a land area of 1.14 square miles [3 km²]. This gives a population density of 399.4 people per square mile [154.2 people/km²]
NOTE: Be aware that when comparing population density between the 2000 and the 2010 Census, there were changes in the sampling area for Oak Grove. You need to be careful when making such a comparison, the differences are likely to lead to an apple-to-oranges comparison. More information about the nature of these changes can be found in the section Census-to-Census Observations ... (see below).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Oak Grove had 279 Housing Units<3> and with its population of 528 people, this averages 1.89 people per Housing Unit.
The 2010 Census shows Oak Grove had a land area of 1.78 square miles [4.6 km²]. This translates to 156.8 Housing Units per square mile [60.6 housing units/km²].
From the Census of 2000: Oak Grove had 203 Housing Units, a population of 457 people and a land area of 1.14 square miles [3 km²]. This gives a density of 2.25 people per Housing Unit and 177.4 Housing Units per square mile [68.5 housing units/km²].
NOTE: Repeating the caution above (under Population Density), be aware that when comparing Housing Units between the 2000 and the 2010 Census, there were changes in the sampling area for Oak Grove and you need to be careful when comparing numbers between the censuses. More information about the nature of these the changes can be found in the section called Census-to-Census Observations ... (see below).
The community of Oak Grove is located in Talladega County.
The county had a population of 82,291 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 528 people, Oak Grove represented 0.64% of the county's total.
In addition, where the town of Oak Grove has a population density of 296.8 people per square mile [114.6 people/km²], Talladega County averages 111.7 people per square mile [43.12 people/km²].
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Talladega County.
To help identify the number of people who live in Oak Grove and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Oak Grove. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.<4>
When the Census Bureau takes a census count (or enumeration) for Oak Grove, they start by specifying the boundaries of the area to be counted. This area (or sampling area) is a polygon and its shape can be quite complex - it may or may not match the geographical boundaries of Oak Grove. It's important to note that from one Census to the next, the shape and location of the polygon can change.
If you need precision or details about the methodology of the Census, you should visit the U.S. Census Bureau for a definitive answer.
The sampling area (or polygon) given for the 2010 Census is 55.47% larger than the 2000 Census.
The 2010 Census shows that the total area for Oak Grove was 1.78 square miles [4.6 km²]. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water.
The 2000 Census shows a total area of 1.14 square miles [3 km²]. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water.
While generally coinciding with the GPS location (latitude/longitude) of Oak Grove, the latitude and longitude given by the Census Bureau actually indicates the GPS location of the polygon for Oak Grove.
For the 2010 Census, the location was given as:
Lat: 33.190033° (or 33°11'24" N) [Map]Lon: -86.303338° (or -86°18'12" W)
For the 2000 Census, the location given was:
Lat: 33.189772° (or 33°11'23" N) [Map]Lon: -86.303163° (or -86°18'11" W)
The difference indicates that the U.S. Census Bureau moved the location of the polygon for the 2010 Census 109.1 feet to the northwest<5> of the location that was used in the 2000 Census.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) have assigned a unique GNIS identifier (#2407015) to Oak Grove. This identifier also marks a GSP point on the map, and that point lies within the boundaries of Oak Grove. The GNIS point has been mapped to the latitude/longitude:
Lat: 33.187960° (or 33°11'16" N) [Map]Lon: -86.301859° (or -86°18'6" W)
The GSP location given for the 2010 Census lies 880 feet to the northwest<6> of the point given by the GNIS for Oak Grove. For more information about this and the relationship of the various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc Page for Oak Grove.
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has referenced one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Talladega County or the town of Oak Grove:
The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Oak Grove:
GNIS ID for Oak Grove: 2407015
GNIS ID for Talladega County: 161586
GNIS ID for Alabama: 1779775
An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
State Code: 01 (Alabama)
County Code: 121 (Talladega County)
Place Code: 55752 (Oak Grove)
State & County Code: 01/121 (Alabama / Talladega County)
State & Place Code: 01/55752 (Alabama / Oak Grove)
Oak Grove is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
While some people have used a ZIP code to identify a community, the purpose of the ZIP code was to make mail delivery more efficient by grouping addresses together. Although the ZIP Code doesn't specifically identify a town like Oak Grove, it does identify addresses that are in (or near) Oak Grove. It's important to remember that the boundaries of a ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned or overlapped with other ZIP Codes.
The ZIP code for Oak Grove: 35150-35151<7>
The US Census Bureau created statistical entities that they call ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and these ZCTAs are frequently confused with the ZIP codes that come from the US Postal Service (USPS).
ZCTAs were first created for the 2000 Census and at that time, they were based upon the USPS ZIP codes. While largely covering the same areas, the boundaries of a ZCTA do not necessarily match the boundaries of a postal ZIP code with the same number. For example, while a postal ZIP code can cross a county or state line, a Census ZCTA can not. They should be treated as separate entities with no correlation between them.
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Oak Grove.
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The official website for Oak Grove: www.townofoakgrove.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: www.alabama.gov/
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Long-time industry legend, Darrell Messick (1930-2012), passed away due to natural causes in Saratoga, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2012 at the age of 81. Darrell spent nearly 60 years in the horticultural industry. His contribution and impact on our industry was immense and far-reaching throughout the world.
Darrell spent the first half of his career working for George J. Ball Company. The long time vice president of 'Ball,' he was a driving force in the company's explosive growth of the '50s, '60s and '70s. One of the industries' top salesmen early on, he evolved into a real industry leader. He had a huge impact in developing the West Coast azalea industry, was a major factor in the Easter lily bulb business and among other areas he had considerable involvement in the bare root rose industry.
Always dedicated to the industry and the development of young horticulturalists through education, he was one of the founders of the DuPage Horticultural School. He and Carl Ball conceived the idea of DuPage during a long flight returning from Europe. Later, after leaving Ball, he founded his own successful national brokerage company, Messick Company, that continues today.
A real innovator who took great pride in helping others to succeed, he influenced hundreds, if not thousands, in our industry over his storied career.
The celebration of Darrell's life will be held at Saratoga Federated Church in the Sanctuary, 20390 Park Place in Saratoga on Sept. 8, 2012 at 3 p.m. A reception will be held immediately following the service at the Saratoga Foothill Club, 20399 Park Place in Saratoga from 4-6 p.m.


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FMG Review 89 published
December 2011
Panel named for £250,000 Wolfson Prize
November 2011
The panel of top European economists who will judge the £250,000 Wolfson Prize entries was unveiled today. Charles Goodhart, an FMG Programme Director, is included.
"LSE perspectives on the sovereign debt crisis"
November 2011
The FMG, LSE European Institute and Finance Department hosted this public debate between LSE Academics on the financial crisis on 2 November 2011, with particular emphasis on the Eurozone. A podcast of the debate is available by clicking here.
"On Corporate Governance: a view from the US"
October 2011
Martin Lipton, a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializes in advising major corporations on mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy gave a talk as part of the Corporate Governance at LSE Research Debate series. Further information about the speaker can be found here.
Special London Financial Regulation Seminar
October 2011
Chairman Gary Gensler (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) visited the LSE recently and gave an excellent talk entitled "Global reform for derivatives markets". If you were unable to attend in person, a transcript of Chairman Gensler's speech is now available and can be read here; a podcast is available by clicking here.
"A viable architecture for the Eurozone"
October 2011
In his recent article Dimitri Vayanos argues that while Greece's economic crisis is due to a large extent to deep structural problems within the Greek economy, the crisis' suddenness and severity are also due to design flaws of the Eurozone.
'The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - a history of the early years'
September 2011
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Dong Lou wins best paper prize at the Western Finance Association
August 2011
Dr Dong Lou's (FMG, LSE) paper co-authored with Hongjun Yan (Yale School of Management) and Jinfan Zhang (Yale University) on'Anticipated and repeated shocks in liquid markets' has won the Western Finance Association's NASDAQ QMX award for the best paper.
FMG Review 88 published
August 2011
FMG co-founder knighted by Queen
June 2011
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'Financial Risk Forecasting' published
June 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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Sweet tea has to be sweet.
Tell a Southerner there's sugar on the table, and they will look at you like a deer caught in the headlights. Use this sweet tea recipe in this sweet tea sangria cocktail!
Southern sweet tea
Makes 3 quarts
- 12 cups water
- 4 plain tea bags
- 1 cup sugar
- In a medium-sized saucepan, bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
- Add the tea bags and boil for 1 minute, then cover and remove from the heat. Allow to steep for 8 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags and add sugar, stirring well to dissolve the sugar.
- Allow mixture to cool, then pour into a 1-gallon sized container. Add 8 cups of cold water.
- Serve over ice, or make into a cocktail!
Sweet tea sangria
Serves 4-6
- 2 cups sweet tea
- 1 cup orange vodka
- 1/2 cup club soda
- 1 large orange, sliced for garnish
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced
- Sprigs of mint for garnish
- Stir together sweet tea, vodka and club soda in a large pitcher.
- Add fruit and club soda. Serve in chilled glasses garnished with mint and enjoy!
More sangria recipes to enjoy
Summer peach sangria
Blood orange frozen sangria
Melon sangria


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Shimano TVSS63L Trevala S Jigging Spinning Rod
by Shimano
Price: $169.99
TD Code
|PowerPro Rating
|Jig Weight
|6' 3''
|30 - 40lbs
Trevala S utilizes a new proprietary construction type called C4S. C4s results in incredible hoop strength and incredibly sensitive rods. Because of this construction we can use tiny rod diameters. These new smaller diameters lessen the overall weight which allows you to focus on fighting the fish and not your tackle. There is a Trevala S for fishing every new size of Shallow butterfly jig spinning and casting configurations are available. These very specific actions make success an even greater probability when spot fishing sunken stone outcroppings and wrecks. You will be amazed what these little rods are able to conquer.
A $7.00 oversize packaging charge applies to this item as it ships in a long heavy duty tube to protect your items. This fee will still apply when discount shipping coupons are used.
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- C4S Blank Construction
- Fuji Alconite Guides
- Fuji Reel Seat
- Custom Shaped Handles with Split Grip
- EVA handles for comfort
4.5 Stars based on 19 reviews
By Doug Nightingale
Kenai, Alaska
August 24, 2017
Salmon trolling down rigger rods
I know spinning gear isn't commonly used trolling, but these rods are excellent trolling with Power Pro line for salmon with a down rigger. I have landed King salmon to 60 lbs and many silver salmon to 14 lbs, the spinning reels are much user friendlier as they stay in the correct position for novice fishermen and they don't have to fight the reel to keep it on top of the rod. The single foot design line guides are not prone to cracking the blank as the double foot guides are, and I have not broken a blank yet using these rods for the past 5 years.
ProsFollows the down rigger cable well, single foot guide design, fast action tip works well with Spectra lines...
ConsReel seat is a little too small (short) for Shimano C5000 reels I am using (200 yards #30 Power Pro)
By George
East Elmhurst, NY
November 21, 2016
Tough jigging rod
Looks and feels so light, but lots of power and flex...used it last weekend and was super impressed with the tog it could handle. great sensitivity and feel and easy to move. Glad I bought one
Conswould have liked a 6'6' version
By Kyle
New Jersey
September 3, 2016
Great Fishing Pole
I am using this pole for fluking in the ocean and it is a great pole to have. It is very thick which makes it a stiff pole to fight bigger fish on. I can't wait to fight some mahi on this pole offshore. Definitely buy this pole.
By samuel
Ventura, CA
February 19, 2016
Great for jigging or straight work!
Light strong and ready when you are!!
By Mariam Batista
Miami, FL
October 22, 2015
It is perfect.
By ronnie
south ozone park,ny
September 24, 2015
awesome rod
awesome rod with lotsa balls!!!!
By Matt
Lakewood Ranch, FL
May 17, 2015
Nice rod
I like the rod although it is a little lighter than I expected. I do like the dimensions of the rod for offshore light tackle fishing and it does have a nice feel for jigging.
By Mike
Tuckerton, NJ
March 27, 2015
I bought two of these after using my bothers on a fluke trip. Its light, fast and has serious backbone.
ProsLightweight Strong
By Andrew
West River, MD
January 3, 2015
Shimano Reliability As Always
Have two of these rods for fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Use them for jigging and for drifting bait over the bottom and wrecks/reefs. Very well built, amazing sensitivity for doormat fluke fishing or for dropping a jig 125 feet deep. Only downside is the epoxy seems to crack a little too easily
By Doug
Cape Cod, MA
November 2, 2014
Awesome jigging rod
I paired this rod with a Van Staal 150-awesome combo for jigging, with just the right amount of sensitivity and backbone.
By Alex
Rhode Island
September 20, 2014
Awesome rod
I have a Van Stahl 150 on it and balances perfect Light fast action rod yet strong and casts effortlessly
By Sovang
Havelock, NC
September 9, 2014
good jigging rod
The 1st rod I ordered did not make it past the 1st hour of usage. Somehow the tip snapped. But TackleDirect was sure to have me a new rod within a few days on short notice. That made me happy. The 2nd Trevala has held up very well. I use it mainly to jig off piers and catch spanish and blues, has good back bone and is incredibly light!
Prosvery light, great action
By angler management
August 30, 2014
Nice action
good rods, they're pencil thin and super strong, they will break if they hit the boat while fighting fish, but shimano has a good warranty.
By Steven
Melbourne, Victoria
July 29, 2014
Fantastic Rod.
I have a Trevala Spinning Rod equipped with a Stella Reel loaded with 25 lb Power-Pro and I find this combo a joy to use while flicking out poppers and other surface lures while chasing GT's and even the odd Barramundi, It is my go to Heavy spinning Rod its got a great feel and its user friendliness is second to non, at least in my rod rack! I love it, wouldn't got saltwater lure flicking without it.
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Grafton, MA
March 21, 2014
Awesome rod!
The Trevala S is a light weight, strong and very sensitive rod that is perfectly suited for vertical jigging. Its light weight reduces fatigue while its strength provides plenty of backbone to lift large fish. The medium size is perfectly suited to fish for large striped bass and bluefish.
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Chesapeake Bay
January 18, 2013
Trevala S TVSS63L Matched Reel
The "L" action balanced perfect with a Stradic CI4 3000. Rod is not too whippy and can bottom bounce 3/8 - 1 oz buck tails well. Was fishing around 30' deep.
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ConsFoam Grips - Personal Preference
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I have two macs, (imac & macbook pro). I'd love to be able to just import all of my sublime text settings (keybinding, configuration, installed packages, etc) primarily because I'm being lazy. . Is there a way to simply import my settings from one computer to the other?
Thanks for any help.
One possibility would be to put the settings files in a git repository. I use a general dotfiles repository, and symlink to the appropriate locations. But you could also make your Sublime Text user settings directory a git repository:
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/
git init
git add <files to share>
git commit -m "Initial configuration files."
Now you need some place to synchronize the git repository your settings to, e.g. you could make an account at Github. With a free Github account, you can make public git repositories (if you mind sharing your settings, you could make a private account).
Now suppose that your username is 'jive' and the repository that you made 'sublimesettings', you could 'push' the local repository with settings to GitHub
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/
git remote add origin firstname.lastname@example.com:jive/sublimesettings.git
git push origin master
Now, on the second machine you can clone the repository:
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages
mv User User.old
git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:jive/sublimesettings.git User
From then on, you can update settings from one of the machines:
# Edit settings...
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User
# Select which changes you want to commit. If you want to add a new file: git add <filename>
git add -p
# Commit
git commit -m "Some descriptive message of the changes."
git push
Now you can simply pull the changes on the other machine:
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User
git pull
And the settings are in sync. As a bonus, you have a full history of your settings and a backup at Github.
(Ps. Sans typos, of course )
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OSLO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Norway's sovereign wealth fund (SWF) said it earned $34 billion on its investments in the third quarter as stock markets rallied, and picked a prime central London retail site for its first ever real estate purchase.
The $500-billion-plus SWF, the world's second largest behind its peer in the United Arab Emirates, agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in the UK Crown Estate's Regent Street properties for 448 million pounds ($719 million).
"Better-than-expected earnings figures from a range of companies and reduced fears of an economic slowdown in Europe contributed to the stock market rally," said Yngve Slyngstad, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).
"Concern over some southern European countries' sovereign debt also eased somewhat."
In line with preliminary data, the value of the central bank-run fund stood at 2.91 trillion Norwegian crowns ($503.5 billion) on Sept. 30, up from 2.79 trillion at end-June. The fund has since topped 3 trillion crowns, Norway has said.
The third-quarter return on investment stood at 7.2 percent, about 0.4 percent above the fund's benchmark portfolio. About 60.4 percent of the fund was allocated in stocks, against 59.6 percent at the end of the second quarter.
About 70 percent of the new capital inflows to the fund, which is fed by Norwegian tax revenues from oil and gas operations, went to bond purchases with the rest to equities.
The Regent Street acquisition is the first property investment for the fund, which was cleared in March to invest up to 5 percent of its assets in property through a corresponding decrease in debt investments. The fund now holds up to 40 percent of total assets in debt.
The fund said it planned to invest mainly in unlisted real estate, well-developed markets and traditional property types, initially in Europe and in major cities.
"Much of the real estate activity in 2011 will be in Britain, but we also have begun to look at France and Germany," Slyngstad told reporters, adding the fund would not look at investing in U.S. real estate before 2012 or 2013.
The Regent Street portfolio consists of 113 buildings owned by the Crown Estate, on behalf of Britain, in one of London's main shopping districts.
In February, Crown Estate said it was considering bringing third parties into plans to develop its 1.4-billion-pound portfolio. [ID:nLDE5BG14X]
The Norwegian government has often been at odds with Norges Bank over the fund's investment profile, with bankers seeking to keep the SWF focused on financial profits.
The SWF said oil major BP (BP.L) -- whose Macondo well blew out in the Gulf of Mexico in April, leading to the worst-ever oil spill -- was its most profitable investment in the quarter. In the second quarter BP was the worst performer.
Some other top performers in the fund were Spanish telecom company Telefonica (TEF.MC) and oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L). The worst third-quarter performers were U.S. banks Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N) together with Swiss drugmaker Roche ROG.VX.
Slyngstad further suggested the fund would maintain some 350 billion crowns in assets under external management, even though the size of the fund is growing.
Norges Bank has said Norway should consider scrapping a regional allocation weighting system for the fund, which currently favours investments in Europe. If scrapped, the fund would invest more in the Americas and in Asia. (Editing by John Stonestreet) ($1=5.779 Norwegian Crown)


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|24th October 2012, 02:18 PM
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Hi both,
- again thank you for your replies. I'll be getting back to the membrane coating shortly, however, right now have a slight challenge finding - hopefully good-sounding - low signal transistors that can be used for a higher-than-expected-voltage electrostatic headphone amplifier. Can I ask you if you both use tube amplifiers?
@Wachara: Can I ask you what you use for membrane coating now?
@Gerald: I've taken a look at the Licron MSDS sheet and it is classified as a safety class 4-1 product here in Denmark. Which is a quite safety requiring material (when disposed of it should e.g. also be marked as containing potentially carcinogenic substances). So, if possible, I'd like to find a less "active" material to cover my membranes, although I might get back to it if I can't find such a material. But thanks for suggesting ;-)
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|24th October 2012, 05:17 PM
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At the moment I use transformers for my ESL's.
I will be exploring some some direct drive methods in the future.
I have built a FET type amp for around 200v using stacked up IRF510's and single FET's such as the IRF740 and IRF840's.
It worked but I did not test it on an ESL yet as this was two years before I had gotten one back running again.
So I don't have a complete design but I did post a schematic of what I was working with in another thread.
These might help to give you some idea's,
|27th October 2012, 06:16 AM
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|29th October 2012, 09:33 AM
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Wachara your images made me smile :-) I guess DIY audio allows for much creativity in finding solutions to things ... And if I remember correctly you live in Thailand where humidities can be quite high so if this works in Thailand I guess it may also work in most other places ... (I hope)
However, when looking at the images I cannot see which company makes this? Might I ask you to just briefly post about who makes it?
@geraldfryjr: Hey Gerald. Thanks again for posting and linking. However, for now I'm not too keen on using either ICs or FETs in the signalpath and unless I missed something in the threads you link to they use either one or a mix of both (right?).
What just spurs my interest, though, is that the electronics design looks like the one I saw when I looked into plasma headphones. Hmmm... ??? I would like to link to this headphone site but google chrome gives me a warning when trying to go to the link so maybe not a good idea (malware). But if you're interested (and maybe have a good anti-virus program) then a google search on "Plasmasonic" should bring up a site. It's the second link on my computer (the "membres" link).
I'll be looking further into finding HV low power bipolar transistors that could be suitable for a superb ESL headamp.
Greetings for you both from an autumn clad Denmark,
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|29th October 2012, 05:16 PM
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Hi Jesper,
The link to the maker and product is here: SEMO PRODUCTION LTD.
I've been using it for over a year and so far so good. However, I think other product brands with similar function will work as well.
Wachara C.
|29th October 2012, 10:05 PM
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Another thread has been started on the topology here,
I like it because of its simplicity and has been the easiest way I have found so far to control a much much higher voltage with a smaller one.
You can also use some H.V. BJT's as well.
Horiz. output transistors such as the 2SC1308 and others are a good example,However they cost much much more than some of the FET's I have used and availiblility is getting some what limited due to the diminishing CRT industry.
2SC1308 pdf, 2SC1308 description, 2SC1308 datasheets, 2SC1308 view ::: ALLDATASHEET :::
If you don't like using opamps the output stages are similar to Nelson Pass's class A amps such as the Alphe series or Zen amps, even his new amp camp program could possibly be scaled up for high voltages as well.
I like using on opamp because the negative feed back reduces the THD quite a lot and it is nearly self biasing once the output current is set through output device.
I did design a full blown Class AB type traditional amp for a +- 500v bipolar supply and it is much more involved and not cheap to build.
It used four 400v TO-3 type BJT's in the output stage.
And was to be used in a BTL configuration so that I could get a +-1000v swing across the stators.
I think I even did a version for a +-775 volt supply as well for 3KV p-p.
So far I have only done it in Circuitmaker (spice) simulator and was before I fully understood how it works so it needs some slight tweaking.
But basically I took a common power amp circuit and cascaded all of the transistors so that they wouldn't breakdown from being over voltaged.
I have seen the "Plasmasonic" stuff and it is very interesting and I may get into messing with it sometime,But it is not very efficient,However I would like to build an apparatus though.
The links are in one of these threads.
If you still have difficult finding it I can re-compile the links for you.
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|31st October 2012, 11:58 AM
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Hi both,
@Wachara: Thanks - I'll see if this product or something similar is available near Denmark.
@gerald: Hey ... thanks again for posting - just FYI I've attached a copy of the LTSpice schematic I'll be using for my headphone amp. Values & transistors are not correct and R8 - R10 will not be there. The 2SC1308 seems to be quite high voltage but if you look at the datasheet it's the CBO value that is high and not the CEO which is what I seek.
Anyway, I wouldn't use a 5-7A transistor for a sensitive signal like this .. a TO92/TO220 based transistor is more likely to be my choice and then about 0.1 A max current. I believe they may sound better.
Regarding the Plasmasonic I was earlier interested in this myself but not anymore - I'm not too keen on the high voltages nor the ozone emitted.
Best regards,
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|31st October 2012, 04:02 PM
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Yes the CBO is like 1500v or something but the Ceo is like 400v or so.
Data sheets vary I think I have seen it listed as high as 600v or 700v but I think 400v is safe.
The main issue with those devices is that they have a very low HFE so you would need a good driving stage to use them,There are better ones as I had just used it for an example.
In your simulation make sure that you measure the voltage across the C and E so that it doesn't exceed the devices ratings.
I have found this to happen in the simulations even though there was no error.
You might want to take a look at the ZTX series of transistors from Zetex, they can be commonly found and have a very high CEO some as high as 650v I think.
But typically of 450v to 550v and have both PNP and NPN compliments as well as very linear with Pd's as high was about 2 watts.
I used those in my cascaded power amp design that I only simulated.
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|2nd November 2012, 02:55 AM
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Prehaps something like this could be scaled for higher voltages using the Zetex high voltage BJT's,
Cheers !!
|6th December 2012, 01:40 AM
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Hi Guys
The Stax driver uses +/-200V and a symmetric circuit. One can easily make each stator driver with complimentary diff-amps of MPSA42/92 at the input, and a push-pull VAS stage of IRFBE30/MTP3P50 mosfets - six devices for each stator. This should be driven by a low-level circuit that can provide balanced signals from a single-ended source.
Note that the mosfets in the above example are overkill as far as power capability goes, but both are rated for 500V or more and they have similar gm. One could easily swap cascoded MPSA42/92 output stages and have an all-BJT circuit.
Some of the historic ESL head phone builds suggest that each stator looks like 100pF. You could do a simplistic calculation to see what 100pF looks like at, say, 40kHz - 40k-ohm here. At lower frequencies the instantaneous impedance is higher, so even an unbuffered VAS can drive this pretty easily. Power to the load is essentially zero and the peak current is typically less than one milliamp.
If you wanted to go for something simpler, the CFP circuit in the above sim can be flipped upside down, so the output device is an NPN or N-ch mosfet. The input can be a singleton or a diff-amp. In either case, the input devices can be quite low voltage - even the 2N3906 from the sim - as only the N device sees the load voltage. DC feedback can be used back to the input to stabilise the idle point, with an AC path to set the higher signal gain required. With an 800V mosfet like the IRFBE30, you can operate the amp from the bias supply and have lots of signal swing.
The simple circuit needs to be doubled to drive both stators, and again a balanced drive circuit is required.
One can take these ideas sideways and incorporate common-mode current sources and have gain and SE-to-balanced drive all in one stage. The ESL Headphone Driver note in our new book coming out in Jan (DSN-1) shows how, along with many tube circuit options.
Note that if you are heading towards a tube driver solution, the voltage ratings of the tubes are conservatively misleading. There is an assumption that the tube may be used in a transformer loaded circuit, and thus the flyback voltage must be accommodated in the rating. So, a 12A_7 is rated for a lowly 300V, where its actual open-circuit voltage rating is 540V. Similarly, a 6L6 may be rated at 360V to 500V depending on the version, but the actual arc-over point is more than twice this value. Running with a resistive load from much higher supply voltages than listed is safe with most tubes.
Have fun
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Last week we got two reminders about going too far: the one you heard about and one you probably didn't. But they prove the same point: If you're going to go too far to call attention to something, you had better have a good reason and you had better deliver.
By now more than enough people have weighed in on the Time magazine cover that shows a Los Angeles woman breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son. The reaction was predictably mixed, but let's focus instead on motivations. The stated reason for the photo was to illustrate a story on attachment parenting, which advocates extended breast-feeding, sleeping in the same bed with children, and carrying them in slings. Another reason for the photo could have been the slow decline of American news magazines. But is either an adequate reason to go too far?
Courage and 'Emblematic Images'
The other reminder about going too far came with the death on Thursday of Horst Faas, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his photographs of wars in Vietnam and Bangladesh. Let's let his New York Times obituary take it from there:
As celebrated as his own work was, the photographs that came to be most closely associated with Mr. Faas were two that he selected, as an editor, for transmission around the world. Because of their graphic nature and the unwritten rules of conventional journalism, neither might have ever been more than a dot on a contact sheet in a drawer. Instead, they became emblematic images of the tragedy of the American involvement in Vietnam.
The first, taken by the celebrated photographer Eddie Adams during a surprise insurgent attack on Saigon in 1968, showed a South Vietnamese official, his pistol at arm's length, executing a captured Vietcong soldier at point-blank range. The second, taken in 1972 by the South Vietnamese photographer Huynh Cong Ut, known professionally as Nick, showed the aftermath of one of the thousands of bombings in the countryside by American planes: a group of terror-stricken children fleeing the scene, a girl in the middle of the group screaming and naked, her clothes incinerated by burning napalm.
"The girl was obviously nude, and one of the rules was we don't — at The A.P. — we don't present nude pictures, especially of girls in puberty age," Mr. Faas said in an oral history recorded in 1997 for The A.P.'s corporate archive. Nevertheless, he set his mind on "getting the thing published and out." The photograph won a Pulitzer.
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Horst Faas knew exactly where the line was, but with both photographs was determined to cross it in the interest of describing in as much detail as possible the suffering that comes with war. Conversely, Time magazine chose to be deliberately provocative for a cover story about parenting styles. Is it any wonder the reaction was at least partially negative?
There's a danger here too, one that anyone involved in advocacy should keep in mind: that is further damage to Time's brand, diminished as it is from so much online competition. Sure readers might take notice; there might even be a bump in subscriptions. But what will be the effect long-term?
Most likely the public will see an effort to push the bounds of good taste in the interest of marketing. That's not something that can sustain a brand. The focus has to be on the content, whether you're putting out a magazine, editing photographs, or delivering any kind of information.
The fact that the two photographs from Vietnam have become iconic is proof that Horst Faas was right to go too far. He had a good reason, and he delivered compelling content. What about Time? Does anyone think that cover will go down in history? Will people even remember the story?


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The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University seeks a dynamic individual for an important leadership position. The Director of Nursing Programs and Assistant Department Head is a 12-month leadership and tenure-track position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor. The successful candidate will have a solid background in nursing education and a demonstrated ability to provide innovative leadership for a statewide associate's degree RN program that is offered at several USU regional campuses. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the ability and passion to explore and lead the development and implementation of a BSN program for the USU Main campus and an RN to BSN completion program to serve the state of Utah as part of USU's land grant mission. The Director of Nursing Programs will be a vital member of the department leadership team and be housed at USU's main campus in Logan, UT.
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Pedroia short in stature, big in talent, desire
Pedroia unloads on that theory much like a fastball over the heart of the plate.
"I've been successful my whole life with that swing," said Pedroia. "I've hit .300 every single year I've played baseball. Why change? You know what I mean? My swing is short to the ball. It doesn't matter what the swing is through the zone, but if it's short and quick to the ball, I'm going to hit the barrel a lot."
And Pedroia, with that accentuated uppercut, has hit the barrel enough to rise through the Minor League ranks faster than any Red Sox position player in recent memory.
The 65th overall pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft will be the Opening Day second baseman for the 2007 Red Sox.
That is no small feat. The last time the Red Sox started a rookie on an everyday basis was 2001, when third baseman Shea Hillenbrand came out of nowhere during Spring Training.
This time, it is different. Pedroia did not come to camp needing to win the job. The Red Sox, who promoted the diminutive second baseman last August, plotted their offseason plans with the idea that Pedroia was going to be the mainstay. That is why Mark Loretta was not re-signed, even though he could have been had for a modest salary.
"[Pedroia] does everything he's supposed to," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "He understands situations on the field. Just because he's young, you don't have to explain to him three times what you're doing or what to expect. He gets it pretty quick. That's part of what makes him good."
Another thing that has made Pedroia good is the useful chip that he carries on his shoulder. He uses it for motivation and it has gotten him this far. Perhaps that's why he is keeping No. 64 -- a number typically used for September callups -- on his back for now.
At every turn, there have been those who have looked at him and laughed. Pedroia merely takes the high road publicly and snarls inside.
"It hasn't been just here, I got it in college and high school," Pedroia said. "When I committed to Arizona State, everyone was laughing at me, 'You're not going to play there.' You just have to use it as motivation. I think it's great. There's always people that are definitely 100 percent behind you and believe in you, so it makes it a lot more special when you prove people wrong."
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It is fortunate for Pedroia that some of the people who believe in him so much are the ones who have the most control over his fate.
General manager Theo Epstein could have gone after a second baseman over the winter. He didn't. Francona could have put the microscope on Pedroia this spring. He hasn't.
"I think if you'd ask him, he knows we have confidence in him as a player," said Francona.
The only thing the Red Sox asked Pedroia to do over the winter was get in better shape. He got a little pudgy last year, partly due to some misguided training and also from a shoulder injury that derailed him early in the year. All Pedroia did was come to camp looking like a different person. He lost nearly 30 pounds.
"I just tried to get a lot faster and quicker," said Pedroia. "It's definitely helped out with my bat speed and things like that, to where I can handle Major League pitching. Last year, I got run down at the end of the year. I wanted to make sure that didn't happen this year, so I changed some things in the offseason."
Calorie counting became a way of life, and the results are obvious upon first glance. The loss in weight once again has Pedroia resembling another little guy who used to wear the same uniform, albeit at the Minor League level.
When the Red Sox were controlled by other decision-makers, a young man named David Eckstein was put on waivers and claimed by the Angels on Aug. 16, 2000.
All Eckstein has done since then is help two teams win a World Series, most recently the 2006 Cardinals.
"He's proved people wrong every day, too," said Pedroia. "People have questioned him from the start. I know he came up with the Red Sox. I'm sure he's had to deal with some things, but he's always proved everybody wrong and everybody sits back and looks at him and he has a couple of rings. That's definitely an accomplishment."
There's no question that Pedroia struggled at the plate (.191, two homers, seven RBIs in 89 at-bats) after his recall to Boston on Aug. 22. But that learning curve couldn't have come at a better time. The Red Sox were struggling as a team and didn't have much hope of making the postseason, so it gave Pedroia time to take his lumps at a time it wasn't detrimental in the big picture.
He hopes that things will be different from the start this year.
"It's always good to go through a struggle and kind of come out of it," said Pedroia. "I started like 4-for-40 and you can go two ways. You can either go 4-for-50 or maybe 8-for-50. I definitely came out of it. I started hitting the ball well, calming down, it showed me a lot because I've never been through something like that."
His teammates got a chance to observe the way he handled his initiation, and there's confidence in the clubhouse that the kid is going to do fine.
"I like his approach," said third baseman Mike Lowell. "He's aggressive. I think he brings a little fiery attitude and he's got a little bit of pop. He can sneak up on you and get a hold of one. He's very capable defensively. I think he's going to do a good job for us, and the fact that you can hit him ninth, you don't have to shove him into a spot where he feels like he has to get on base. I think that's a good atmosphere for him to do well in."
Instead of being giddy or wide-eyed about his opportunity, Pedroia is taking the all-business approach.
"I work hard," Pedroia said. "I've had to work for everything I have. It's been great getting to the big leagues within a couple of years of when I signed. It's just an accomplishment, but I'm not happy with that, and I want to stay here for a long time."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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.- A top Vatican official met with Taiwanese government officials last week and was a keynote speaker at a three-day conference on the pastoral care of migrants and itinerants in Taiwan.
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was invited by the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference in Taiwan.
The March 16-19th conference focused on the theme: "The Catholic Church in Asia Cares for the Migrants in Taiwan."
On the first day of the conference, the Cardinal addressed the 100 participants on welcoming and caring for the foreigner in the light of the love of Christ towards migrants.
The previous day, Cardinal Martino met with President Chen Shui-bian and Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang Chih-fang.
According to a report by UCA News, Chen told the Cardinal that his visit would make migrants to Taiwan "sense the warmth, compassion, and concern of the Vatican." He also thanked the local Church for its work running schools and hospitals, and caring for the marginalized, foreign brides, the rural poor, and migrants.
The president said Taiwan's government and people "maintain an excellent humanitarian and benevolent relationship with the Vatican" and that he hopes Taiwan and the Holy See would continue to strengthen their cooperation.
Chen also asked the Cardinal to pass along his request to the Vatican's Secretary of State to adjust its low-profile stance toward Taiwan and to ease restrictions on high-ranking Taiwan government officials visiting the Vatican, reported UCA News.
The Cardinal received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei for his contribution to peace and justice, and his commitment to disarmament, development, poverty, human rights, refugees and religious freedom.
The Vatican's recognition of Taiwan remains a sticking point in relations between the Holy See and China. The Chinese government, which refuses to acknowledge Taiwan as a separate republic is calling for the Catholic Church to cease separate relations with the island.
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.- A top Vatican official met with Taiwanese government officials last week and was a keynote speaker at a three-day conference on the pastoral care of migrants and itinerants in Taiwan.


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