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The long-delayed Oakland Portal development -- first announced in 2006 -- has finally started with construction of two apartment buildings, called Portal Place Apartments.
"We have broken ground for construction of the first luxury apartment, which will have one- and two-bedroom units, geared to professionals in the Oakland area, including staffs of hospitals located near the site," said Lou W. Molnar, of L .W. Molnar & Associates Inc., the developer/owner.
The luxury units have a tentative rental rate starting at $1,350 a month, he said. They will be located at 2633 Fifth Ave., along the bus line into Downtown. Occupancy is scheduled for July.
Leasing will be handled by L. W. Molnar and Associates Inc.
The revised Oakland Portal project is being developed by Molnar and his sons, Skip and Andrew.
"We are pleased to be able to build this apartment building in these difficult economic times, because of great partners and the support of our lender, Huntington Bank." The contractor is FranjoConstruction.
Construction of the second apartment building, along with the site infrastructure for offices and a hotel, will begin in 2012, Molnar said.
The project will have three office towers, each consisting of 130,000 square feet of rental space, each with its own garage. They will overlook the Monongahela River and the South Side.
Construction of the office park and a 150- to 170-room hotel is scheduled for early 2013.
Molnar will be the sole developer of the first apartment under the name Oakland Portal Partners. He is considering other investors in the other buildings.
The original plan for the Oakland Portal Project included about 800,000 square feet of mixed-use development and spanned portions of Fifth and Forbes avenues. It was backed by a group of developers, including Frank W. Gustine, Sol Gross and the late William Baierl, along with Molnar.
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A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server can provide IP addresses to clients spanning multiple subnets if the router that separates them can act as an RFC 1542(BOOTP) relay agent. If the router cannot function as relay agent, each subnet that has DHCP clients requires a DHCP server.
A relay agent that conforms to RFC 1542 relays DHCP packets to the remote side even though they are broadcast packets. Before relaying a DHCP message from a DHCP client, the agent examines the GIADDR (gateway IP address) field. If the field has an IP address of 0.0.0.0, the agent fills it with the router's IP address. When the DHCP server receives the message, it examines the Relay IP Address field to see if it has a DHCP scope (a pool of IP addresses) that can be used to supply an IP address lease. If the DHCP server has multiple DHCP scopes, the address in the Relay IP Address field identifies the DHCP scope from which to offer an IP address lease. This process allows one DHCP server to manage different scopes for subnets.
You can use a multihomed Windows NT Server 3.5x system configured as a DHCP server, with multiple network cards and IP routing enabled, instead of a relay agent for subnetting purposes.
When it receives the DHCPDISCOVER message, the DHCP server sends a DHCPOFFER directly to the relay agent identified in the GIADDR field, and the agent relays the message to the DHCP client. The client's IP address is still unknown, thus it has to be a broadcast on the local subnet. Similarly, a DHCPREQUEST message is relayed from client to server and a DHCPACK message is relayed from server to client, according to RFC 1542.
When you have multiple DHCP servers, Microsoft recommends that you place your DHCP servers on different subnets to achieve a degree of fault tolerance, rather than having all the DHCP servers in one subnet. The servers should not have common IP addresses in their scopes (each server should have a unique pool of addresses).
If the DHCP server in the local subnet goes down, requests are relayed to a remote subnet, and the DHCP server there can respond to DHCP requests if it maintains a scope of IP addresses for the requesting subnet. If the remote server has no scope defined for the requesting subnet, it cannot provide IP addresses, even if it has available addresses for other scopes. If each DHCP server has a pool of addresses for each subnet, then it can provide IP addresses for remote clients whose DHCP server is down.
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The Supreme Court issued its first order list of the term this morning, with no decision yet on the seven pending same-sex marriage petitions.
The Court did take 11 new cases though, including a housing discrimination case out of Texas, a redistricting case out of Arizona and a campaign finance case out of Florida.
The housing case, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., raises the question of whether disparate impact claims can be asserted under the Fair Housing Act. It is the third such case the Court has taken in the past three years. The two previous cases settled before the justices could rule on the "disparate impact" question — Mt. Holly in 2013 and Magner v. Gallagher in 2012.
The redistricting case, Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, involves that state's use of a commission (as opposed to its legislature) to adopt congressional districts.
And the campaign finance case, Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, asks whether a state judicial conduct rule prohibiting judges from personally soliciting campaign funds violates the First Amendment.
As Adam Liptak noted in Sunday's New York Times, writing about judges on the campaign trail:
Thirty of the states that elect judges ban such personal requests. Every state supreme court to address the bans has said they are justified by the need to protect the integrity of the judiciary and public confidence in the judicial system.
But federal appeals courts are split on the issue. Four of them, collectively covering 23 states, have struck down solicitation bans. In May, for instance, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco,struck down Arizona's ban, at least as applied to candidates for judicial office who are not yet judges.
This is not a concern in North Carolina, however, because the code of judicial conduct here expressly allows judges to personally solicit campaign funds.


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I currently live in Ontario with my husband, my two sons, and my two cats. We have moved all over Canada (Alberta, Nova Scotia, Manitoba & Ontario). I have no idea where I found the time but in March 2009 I started to write my first novel. After circulating it among friends, family and coworkers I finally grabbed it off my dusty shelf and published it. I just published book two and am working on the final installment (exciting!!!!!!!).
I have always enjoyed writing and even took a course from the Institute of Children's Literature. Although I enjoyed writing short stories for children, I soon discovered my real passion is reading and writing Science Fiction for Young Adults.
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FORUM at Lees-McRae College
FORUM was organized in 1979 by a small group of summer residents for the purpose of bringing a stimulating series of cultural programs to the area. With the help of Lees-McRae College, one of the region's most important resources, FORUM has grown significantly and embarks on its thirty-sixth year of providing both cultural enrichment and wholesome entertainment to the community.
The key to FORUM's success is the dedicated involvement and cooperation between seasonal residents, local residents and Lees-McRae College. The FORUM Board of Directors is made up of representatives from each of these groups.
The formula for the selection of programs is unique. Programs are selected as a result of personal contact with area residents and National Talent Agents. Recommendations are made to the Program Selection Committee who finalizes the selections by contacting the artists or their agent for availability during our time frame, while staying within FORUM's limited budget. The Program Selection Committee attempts to balance its choices by providing presentations by vocalists, Big Band/brass, chamber ensembles, pianists, dance and drama. Each year, this committee, led by the FORUM Vice-President, considers more than 50 candidates, reviews performers and reduces the number of candidates to 16 possible programs. These are presented to the Board of Directors who in turn, selects the eight programs for the following year.
Expenses for FORUM programs are underwritten by contributors. In special cases, entire programs are underwritten by members of the community. FORUM plans each year's programs based on the previous year's contributions. The membership year is September 1 through August 31.
To continue our many years of service to the community, you are invited to become a FORUM Patron - $135.00 per person for open seating or a FORUM Centurion - $450 per person for reserved seating and reserved parking. Centurions and Patrons are provided a ticket to the eight performances each season. Checks should be made payable to FORUM or all four major credit cards are accepted.
To become a FORUM Centurion or Patron, contact Sandy Ramsey at email@example.com or 828.898.8748 or complete the online application form
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2015 FORUM Season
All performances will be held at 7 p.m. in the Broyhill Theatre of Hayes Auditorium
June 22, 2015 | Good Vibrations
Born in Poland, multi-instrumentalist "Kuba" is best known for his performance on vibraphone, and has mastered the incredibly difficult Theremin. In addition, he plays drums, marimba, percussion instruments, piano, guitar, violin, kalimba, flute and handsaw. Kuba's live concerts are highly entertaining, incorporating classical numbers as well as standards. He now calls Tennessee home where he lives with his wife, musical theatre actress Rebecca Lowe.
June 29, 2015 | David Osborne
Although David Osborne earned the moniker "Pianist to the Presidents" for his frequent performances for Presidents Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, & Obama, his romantic songs have also thrilled celebrities, dignitaries and the millions of "ordinary" Americans who have listened to and loved his recordings. The FORUM welcomes Mr. Osborne as he returns to our theater.
July 6, 2015 | Western Piedmont Symphony
SYMPHONIC SOUND STAGE | A Night of Song and Dance from the Hollywood Studios
Conductor, John Gordon Ross, returns for its 12th year at THE FORUM. WPS believes that you are neither too young nor too old to listen to and enjoy fine music. The Western Piedmont Symphony strives to provide musical performances of distinction that enrich and enliven the community's classical music experience and to nourish new audiences through school concerts and family outreach programs.
July 13, 2015 | Two On Tap
Most people tap their feet when they hear music-- some people make music by tapping their feet. This production celebrates the artistry of tap dance around the globe. Welcome back this terrific twosome who are adding over a dozen new pieces, including a great "Singin' in the Rain" medley, a moving tribute to our troops including "You're a Grand Old Flag," a gorgeous duet rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow, a ballroom-infused "Cheek to Cheek," and more. A fresh new show for those who enjoyed their first visit!
July 20, 2015 | Hickory Jazz Orchestra
Welcome to the Hickory Jazz Orchestra! The Hickory Jazz Orchestra (HJO) is a full size 18-piece group that performs swing and big band classics from the era of Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Duke Ellington as well as the sounds of modern big bands. Vocalists are included!
July 27, 2015 | Brad Zinn in "The Great Comedians – Those Felt Hat and Big Cigar Funny Men"
Brad Zinn's "The Great Comedians, Those Felt Hat and Big Cigar Funny Men," is a heartfelt salute to his childhood heroes that includes generous portions of comedy, music, juggling, magic, rope spinning, audience participation, and extended impersonations of Johnny Carson, George Burns, Jack Benny, and Will Rogers. Brad's impressions also include W. C. Fields, Groucho Marx, Jimmy Durante, George Jessel, Fred Allen, and Red Skelton.
August 3, 2015 | Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver
Jim Curry has created the ultimate tribute experience and has emerged as the top performer of John Denver's music today. He often performs with John Denver's former band members. Curry has taken his show on the road to Performing Arts Centers and Casinos in the US and Canada and out to sea as one of the most popular cruise line shows. The Denver family has selected Curry as the soul performer to produce a tribute show in Denver's memory.
August 10, 2015 | Masters of Soul
A celebration of the legendary songs and performers that defined Motown and it's music. This show features stylishly costumed, choreographed performances backed by a live band. The Temptations - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Four Tops - Diana Ross & The Supremes - The Jackson Five - Stevie Wonder - and many more! You will take the ultimate stroll down memory lane as they relive the incredible harmonies made famous by many of the greatest recording acts.
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How to do your Case Study
A Guide for Students and Researchers
In this lucid, accessible and often witty new text, Gary Thomas introduces students and researchers to the basics of case study research. Using a wide range of real-life examples, this book sets out for those new to the method how best to design and carry out case studies in the social sciences and humanities
How to do your case study: a guide for students and researchers deals with the core issues and methods that anyone new to case study will need to understand:
- What is a case study?
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Research and Markets has published the "iPad and Smartphone Use in the Pharma Industry" report which analyzes the overall market for iPads, iPhones, and other platforms in the pharmaceutical market. The report also looks at the opportunities presented by iOS devices in the life sciences sector.
Citing an unspecified study, Research and Markets reveals that almost two-thirds of doctors and physicians in the United States have adopted tablet devices, most of which are iPads.
Moreover, 70 percent of those who haven't been acquainted with the iPad plan to buy a tablet over the next year.
The pharma industry in particular has had a keen eye for the potential of Apple's iPad. The same goes for the life sciences industry, where Apple devices are the top choice for processes and operations, says the white-paper.
"Though not known for rapidly adopting new ideas and technologies, the pharmaceutical industry took to the tablet PC as a great sales tool and a new way to communicate with and educate consumers," according to Research and Markets.
Apple's massive App Store seems to be the main driver behind this rapid adoption. According to the research, "There are unprecedented opportunities for leveraging consumer and company iPad adoption through app development."
"Many pharma companies are using iPads in house to streamline processes and empower their staff," reads the report.
From sales representatives using iPads in their interaction with physicians, to research labs and production processes, Apple's iOS platforms have been deployed across a huge range of applications in the healthcare industry, particularly in pharmaceutical environments, the research showed.
"Apps are now available for reading electronic medical and health records and a host of other uses. Companies are developing apps for their internal processes," says the report.
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Lou Sansevero of Ferron uses a great deal of Sun Advocate column space in his letter to the editor (April 9) to get across his nonsense comments concerning gun control. One can only wonder what his feelings would be if one of the poor victims of the...
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The purpose of life soldier - to obey orders. At any price. However, it should be noted: The main character - not just a clone, and elite elite clones (a veteran of the special police troops), the Command did not even consider it as a living person: it is - just a combat unit, an improved version of the droid. Clone - a soldier of the Republic. The purpose of his life - to obey orders. He had no childhood, no love, no dreams, his family - only three brothers. His mother - a sergeant, taught him everything he knows. In the days when the Republic under threat, but his mind is devoid of doubt can save civilization.


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At the heart of NetSupport DNA is the ability to monitor and manage all of your computers across your network and provide clear and concise reporting and management options. It is provided in a modular format to ensure you select the features that are both most relevant to you and likely to leverage the largest cost savings for your organisation.
Let's start with the basics included in our solution:
|Hardware Inventory - automatically discover and track all of your IT equipment, providing individual and group reports for all computers. Track changes and group when required by type, upgradability or your own criteria. NetSupport DNA also allows you to record purchase information, lease details and maintenance renewal schedules to aid in easy asset management.
|Software Inventory - report back across the enterprise a full summary of all installed programs (e.g. MS Office), installed applications (e.g. MS word) and even locally stored files (e.g. Myletter.doc). NetSupport DNA ensures you know how many copies of software you have licensed, if you need more licenses and equally if you could save costs and purchase less. Knowing what documents are stored locally on each computer allows you to spot files that are not being backed up or files (e.g. MP3s) that are wasting valuable disk space.
|History - the key to addressing issues with your IT assets is knowing what has changed on each and every PC over time. Did your users install an update, remove an application or did a piece of hardware disappear.
|Users - IT assets are typically assigned to users and departments. NetSupport DNA seamlessly allows you to manage your user information, including adding custom data, to ensure you have a full picture of ownership and use across your organisation.
|Alerting - most solutions provide information to the IT Manager and allow them to scan the information and identify issues. NetSupport DNA is proactive, with hundreds of possible alerts available to instantly warn of potential issues either on an individual PC or the network as a whole. Alerts can range from: Warn if CPU utilisation exceeds X% for x minutes; Disk space falls below X%; The following service is stopped; An application is installed; Total licences installed exceeds limit; Web server services fail; and much more.
|Energy - challenging times increase our awareness of trying to keep costs to a minimum. The energy monitor included in NetSupport DNA provides a simple summary across the enterprise of computers and their power usage. Key to its value is identifying energy usage out of hours, highlighting departments where computers are left on at night or over the weekend.
|Reporting - NetSupport DNA produces reports for you in three formats: customisable on-screen reports, custom query reports allowing you to drag and drop any data value within NetSupport DNA into a report and apply filters and conditions, and finally management-designed Crystal reports providing high level statistics.
All of the above are standard in each NetSupport DNA pack, each feature focused on ensuring cost savings for your organisation. Detailed inventory allows PCs to be identified for upgrade rather than replacement, software inventory ensures you only update and maintain the licences you actually need, alerting ensures you have the best chance to avoid costly user downtime and our energy monitor helps reduce wastage across the enterprise.
NetSupport DNA is also available as a larger pack, which includes all of the features above but also offers:
|Application Metering and Control - It's great to know which applications are installed on your enterprise, and this helps keep a close view on software licensing. However, just because an application is installed on a user's computer, doesn't mean they use it. Rather than pay for costly updates on all applications installed, NetSupport DNA allows you see which applications are used by which user, for how long and at what times of day. It even goes another step and allows you to decide who can and cannot use each application, by user or department, and as a result you can guarantee your licences remain compliant.
|Internet Metering and Control - Just like application metering, internet metering allows you to monitor usage by all your users of the internet. Quickly see the most popular sites in use, time spent by user and department and most importantly, manage it. NetSupport DNA allows you to block specified sites, either fully, or simply by time of day. In seconds you can limit access to social networking sites to only before and after working hours and lunchtime. Deployed effectively, NetSupport DNA can significantly reduce your network load, lost productivity and security risks from inappropriate websites.
|Software Distribution - Often the most time is spent installing updates and new applications for your user base. NetSupport DNA makes the job easy by allowing you to create installation packages for each software application. Once created you can push them to selected computers or schedule delivery. Unique to NetSupport DNA however is the ability to also publish applications by department. When Mr Smith moves from Accounts to Sales, all of the software packages he needs will be available for him to pull down and install on demand.
As you would expect, NetSupport DNA works securely and silently across any Windows environment. It will integrate with your existing AD environment if present and typically takes 30 minutes from download to reporting live on your IT assets.
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The smallest big sound ever.
The ADAM Audio ARTist 3 is their smallest and most compact monitor to date. The compact size of this monitor makes it perfectly suited for all environments where space is limited, but sound shouldn't be constricted. The ARTist 3 combines minimal dimensions with acclaimed ADAM sound quality, using the X-ART tweeter for the higher frequencies, which guarantees crystal clear music reproduction. Countless studios around the globe are already using the X-ART technology in their ADAM monitors and treasure the precision and clarity these speakers offer.
A 4.5" (basket) driver handles the lower registers and a stiff, lightweight carbon fiber diaphragm delivers coloring-free sound. Two built-in 25W amplifiers power each of the drivers directly. The back offers two M6 screw threads for attaching a wall holder and a controller for fine-tuning the high frequency levels.
The ARTist 3 stereolink function, enables the control of the overall output level of both speakers through either one of the two volume knobs according to how they are connected. It redefines the more familiar master-slave-configuration because each speaker can be in control of the overall volume. This allows for an easier set-up and change of the set-up. Just connect the source to one speaker, and then this speaker to the second and the system is ready to go.
Both the ARTist 3 and ARTist 5 have no less than four different input sockets: RCA (Cinch), XLR, a 3.5 mm mini stereo jack and a USB port. This multitude of possible inputs allows the ARTist Series to connect to just about any analog or digital music source.
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L'Oreal Project Runway Fall 2012 L'Oreal True Match Blush in The Muse's Blush Review & Swatches
The new L'Oreal Project Runway Fall 2012 Collection features four, limited edition shades of L'Oreal True Match Blush. I purchased two of these from L'Oreal's Project Runway Fall 2011 Collection and absolutely adored them so I was quite excited with a relaunch of new shades.
I've been trying to hunt around my local drugstores for the new display for the Fall 2012 launch but no luck yet. Anyone else have better luck than me?
L'Oreal True Match Blush in the Muse's Blush is the perfect shade of blush not only because I love peach but because, hey, it's kinda sorta named after me!
The Muse's Blush is a dirty shade of peachy orange that applies with a beige-y peach finish with slight orange undertones. It's not a shade I'd choose for myself ordinarily but after trying it I was pretty shocked how much I like it. For someone, like me, who enjoys a bit more vibrancy in her (or his) blushes this is somewhat subtle.
Color pay off is rather sheer but builds nicely to a medium color pay off with a smooth, satiny finish. It does have small flecks of gold sparkle but these aren't visible on skin after application. The color is very sophisticated and a rather great shade for office or work wear.
I found the texture of the blush a little dry but it applies quite well and kicks up a fair bit of powder upon contact with my brush. It does blend fairly easily but needs a few strokes for the best color pay off on a medium or darker skin tone.
This is definitely sheerer and more subtle than last year's color selection but I liked it a lot regardless. And no not because it's named the Muse's Blush. The color just turned into a rather pretty flushing warm peach that never looks over done.
The L'Oreal Project Runway for Fall 2012 Collection should be popping up in drugstores now.
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9/11/12 19:26 Robin:
I don't know about that color for me, but it looks great on you!
the blush looked super natural on you muse! I can see the two muses work quite well together! 😉
9/12/12 2:23 Krystle:
That color is pretty!
9/12/12 2:24 Quinctia:
That does look really nice on you!
Haven't seen this stuff yet. A shame, because I think there's a nail polish in that display I wanted. (Like I need any more nail polish, haha.)
9/12/12 7:25 isabella:
haven't seen any of these yet
9/12/12 8:34 Heather:
I have been stalking Walgreens and CVS and nothing so far! ;(
9/12/12 8:44 Kim:
This looks lovely on you, Muse. I haven't seen this collection yet (in Nothern VA) but I've been looking.
9/12/12 9:31 Susan K:
I'm stalking too. No luck here.
9/12/12 10:56 HapaGirl:
Dang, girl! Your skin looks absolutely luminous…what BB cream / foundation is that? The blush makes everything look fresh and pulled together. Love this look!
9/14/12 18:51 HapaGirl:
Well, it's a great shade match for you. It looks natural and flawless!
9/12/12 11:49 isabella:
CVS, Harmon, Walgreens nuttin
guess I have to be patient……taps foot
9/12/12 12:11 Angela:
That's gorg! I have a fear of blushes (I know I'm not applying it right) but I'm tempted to give these ones a try! PS what's on your lips? It's BEAUTIFUL!!! (Can you tell I'm a lipstick addict?) Cheers!
9/12/12 22:11 Shellypea:
I saw the full collection yesterday in a CVS in NYC. So they should be showing up for everyone soon if not already! Of course I had to buy one of each of all the shadows and blushes. Crazy because they weren't on sale
9/12/12 23:02 theRothstanator:
I can't wait until these come out. I asked when they are coming out on the L'Oreal fb page because I had been searching for them, and they said the displays will be out on Oct
9/15/12 7:38 isabella:
In Harmon as of yesterday!
9/15/12 12:41 Nikki:
Just saw it at walgreens yesterday, I picked up a couple nail polishes. I want the palette with the pretty blue color in it. I also want that unique lavender lip gloss the collection is gorgeous!
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Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), professionally known as Fergie, is a Grammy Award-winning American pop and R&B singer. She is a former member of Kids Incorporated, Wild Orchid and current vocalist of the The Black Eyed Peas. She is currently pursuing a solo career and has released her first solo album, The Dutchess, in 2006.
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As a child actress, she appeared on the television program Kids Incorporated for several years with Renee Sands, who herself would become another member of Wild Orchid. Her well-scrubbed image on that show presents quite a contrast with the ghetto-funk image she has more recently begun to cultivate. Ferguson was the voice of Sally Brown in two Charlie Brown specials: It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984), Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985) and also voiced Sally in the 1985 version of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show". She has one sister, Dana Ferguson, who is an actress. Later, Ferguson was a member of the female trio Wild Orchid which she fronted with fellow Kids Incorporated star Renee Sandstrom and Stefanie Ridel. Wild Orchid released two albums, but after completing a third album, their record label declined to release it. This prompted an emotional crisis, and Stacy sought therapy. She left the group shortly thereafter.
Her disappointment with Wild Orchid led to an addiction to ecstacy and crystal meth. She told a Glasgow paper: "I started doing Ecstasy. Then I got addicted to crystal methamphetamine. My weight dropped to 90 lb so I lied to my friends and said I was bulimic. Finally, I started going crazy."
On July 2003, she had a guest role on the Rocket Power special, Reggie's Big Beach Break, on Nickelodeon, voicing a fictitious pop music star named Shaffika.
In 2003, Ferguson took over the lead female vocal duties for the band, The Black Eyed Peas. Ferguson replaced background singer Kim Hill, who left the group in 2000. Ferguson recorded five songs with the group before she was invited to join them permanently. Ferguson's addition to the band, which had been formed years earlier, sent the group on a whirlwind of success. She appeared on the cover of FHM in January 2005. In 2006, Ferguson returned to acting, appearing in the movie, Poseidon. She is also featured as No. 36 on Maxim's Hot 100 list for 2006. After two hit BEP albums, Ferguson has turned her sights on a solo career. Her first album due in September 2006, is entitled, The Dutchess, a take on Sarah Ferguson's, The Duchess of York royal title, and the common 'Ferguson' surname. The solo deal however, does not mean the demise of the Black Eyed Peas. Ferguson is intending staying with the group, and alternating between the two duties. Music on The Dutchess is expected to be reminiscent of the Black Eyed Peas sound, most likely due to fellow BEP member, Will.i.am, featured on production duties. Ferguson worked with an array of talent, and the lyrics will focus on Fergie's own brand of style and delivery.
Ferguson is currently dating actor Josh Duhamel who appears on the television show Las Vegas. Ferguson actually partook in an episode of Las Vegas titled "Montecito Lancers". Ferguson is also due to appear in the feature film Grind House due out in 2007.
In July 2005, Fergie gained notoriety as an image of the singer with a small stain surrounding the crotch area of her trousers circulated through the Internet community. The image allegedly was taken in the midst of a Black Eyed Peas performance in San Diego, California. Her publicists quickly asserted that this stain was perspiration, though some who reported on the incident, including Rolling Stone magazine, insisted otherwise. With the spread of this image, the pop star's name quickly proliferated throughout tabloids and entertainment magazines.
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CCSS provides consistency for military-connected students
Moving to a new school in a new state means new friends and new routines. Unfortunately, it can also sometimes mean gaps in learning or relearning the same material from a previous school.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will help to eliminate such difficulties common to military-connected students.
The CCSS initiative is a state-led effort that establishes a single set of clear educational standards for kindergarten through 12th grade in English, language arts and mathematics that states voluntarily adopt. The standards are designed to ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared to enter credit-bearing courses in two- or four-year college programs or enter the workforce. The standards are clear and concise to ensure that parents, teachers and students have a clear understanding of the expectations in reading, writing, speaking and listening, language and mathematics in school.
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Sony OLED XEL-1 goes wireless, but still small
When the diminutives Sony OLED XEL-1 hit US stores early this year, it was selling for $2,500. I couldn't imagine one would spend $227 per inch for an 11-inch screen. Yes, it was the first consumer OLED to hit production, which has a 100k:1 contrast ratio and an extremely thin profile of 3mm but honestly, it wasn't about the price, it's just too darn small.


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If anyone would help me out with a Rotten Egg that would be great, i played through the game and never got any and just did chapters 4 and 5 again and didnt get one lol. my Gamer Tag is Haktar
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Gawd girl!!! The skills you have!! I drool ;)
Tron Legacy Inspired:Gem
The second I saw this character show up in this movie, I knew I HAD to do a look for it! Although the look itself it rather simple, I find it really breathtaking. I wish I had contacts like hers to make my eyes look that light!
And just to be creepy, let me show off my lackluster photoshop skillz. Left half is Gem, right half is me.
This is how I make the world a better place in my spare time! lol ;)
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I know seriously I'd die to have her makeup skills.
YAY for Inglot :) I love the look Leesha <3 :)
when i saw the first picture of you i thought it was the girl from the movie
its absolutely amazing and i cant wait to try it
this is totally what i was wearing in highschool on a daily basis lol
I second that. This was a near exact eye that I used to wear to the 'goth' club when I was around 18-20, I went all out with a dark red lip though haha.
I think this is your best look EVER! LOVE IT!!!
Leesha, I think your picture, and look is much better than the original! I love love this look…I may have to try it….
Is it crazy that in the picture where you merged your picture and the actual picture together, i like your half better? haha you are so talented, keep it up!
COOL!! I love the creepy but awesome photoshopped picture!
And thank you soooooo much for doing blog stuff as well as your videos. I don't search youtube very much anymore because I'm hooked on blogs and yours is AWESOME!! :D
LOVE it! Two thumbs up Leesha!
Ahhhhh so pretty! I love this look
To be honest, I think it looks even more breathtaking on you!
Those are such gorgeous photos of you, Leesha! I especially loved the first one. Now that is what I call breathtaking. Your skin looks flawless, the makeup is perfect, and I also love the way your hair looks pulled back like that.
Love it! I was inspired by that movie to cut my hair off very similar to Quorra's :)
and all the pictures are incredible. especially the last one:) breathtaking. you look so much like her.
best Gem tutorial so far. i love that you stayed true to the look without adding novelty discs or lines.. or whatever.
Ooh I love this look <3
I fell in love ever since I saw that picture of Gem! It's a shame I have dark eyes, this looks gorgeous with light eyes!
OMG Awesome!!!! you're so talented
that came out awesome leesha!! love it!!!
Hi Leesha! I only recently started to follow you on YouTube, but from the first video I watched, you totally clicked for me. Then I started to follow your blog (bookmarked on my iPhone!) and now I am even following your Twitter–and I don't even like Twitter!
Yeah so anyway, I wanted say that I liked you opening up with pictures for this look because it was one inspired from a character. I don't think it would be that neccessary, though for one of your looks that you've created. In this video it was good for those of us who havnen't seen Tron or wouldn't know what Gems make-up looked like. But otherwise you post pictures on your blog. Which is better so we can oogle at them for as long as we prefer :)
Okay, you're awesome, keep it up!!
wow thats awesome
I was wondering if you could do a Bollywood inspired look, or a traditional Indian wedding look. I know this sounds demanding but you are talented and I am attending this Indian wedding, so I wanted to get an impression of it from you. If you can't do a tutorial/look its fine, but Thanks for all of the other amazing looks.(:
Love!!!!! And in the photoshopped picture, your skin looks better than hers!!
i love this look, its so futuristic and sci-fi ish! when u were doin the eyes i was waiting for u to do the inner corner highlight for some reason becuz during the video i kept seeing a light blue highlight behind ur right eye bt i dont c it in the pictures so i guess it jus the video or its jus me lol
Ha, that's pretty sick. Your right, it is so simple, but so nice. I like the comparison shot. :)
Awesomeness, very well done :) do you think at some point you will do the Quorra look as well?
Your skin looks even better than Gem's! Love the look, I remember thinking I wanted to try it out when I watched the movie. I also liked Quorra's look, it's kind of like Gem's but less intense.
You got it down to the very last point. The looks so similar, it's scary!!
when you look at the last picture, it proves that you're better at makeup than the makeup artist of Tron, your skin looks so much better than Gem's! lol x
Really really love this look! Wish I could wear it myself one day, but I know that my make-up skills won't compair to it!
amazing makeup as always!! :)
Just wondering, when you went under your eyes with the powder to diffuse the black, what did you use? :)
i'm not a big Tron fan but i did like the makeup on the girls in the movie … great job!
Hey Leesha!!! Its me Lexi and i was wondering if u can make kinda like a golden look… i was lookin trough my makeup and then i saw the gold color and decided to create a golden look for today at school and i was wondering if u can make my golden look even awesomer
Thanks, eeyrvone! I'm glad you liked the post. I hope I didn't go overboard with milkin' the puns. It was a good time writing this article. @Neil: I couldn't agree more. Nothing more tiring than reading the same old rubbish just with a different template wrap. @Mike: Thanks, I'm blushing. @Andrew: No need to exit! @ViralKing: Good luck! You're off to a great start, I see. @Si Philp: I don't disagree, but my talents lie with the written word. Gotta write what I know. You're absolutely right, though.
I love playing with PS too!
Leesha!! Your eyebrows look SO much better! :D
You nailed it! You totally topped the original! Maybe you should be in the next Tron movie… ;)
Wow, this look is amazing!!
I just love it! =)
your eyebrows & nose look waaaaaaaaaaaaaay much better than hers haha :D
this look is AMAZING on you. kick ass lady! Its so different that your other looks. I totes heart it!
This looks really good… Found you first on youtube, and is now reading you blog every day =D. x, from Norway!
You are 12192873 times more beautiful than Gem :)
wow this is so cool!
You got some skills girl! I love all your videos, I have learned a lot from you! keep up the amazing work!
Girl got a wig, LMAO. Ahem, on a relevant note…the makeup's nice, ha ha.
I absolutely love every single tutorial i have seen so far.
I've always wanted to learn to do my eye shadow but it never really comes out as planed:/
hopefully some day :)
anyway, thank you for all the information
your really pretty btw:)
love it! the lashes are awesome.
I love this look!! Love it! Love it!
I love the smokey eye looks, even though they're not really summer friendly and whatnot, i'd really really like to see more!
Ohhh how sickly awesomee, loveloveloveee
This is such an amazing look… i was in AWE of this look when I first saw the movie… do you have a video tutorial on it?
This is really good, love this look :)
damn, that's awesome!!!!! and that photoshop is cool..ur makeup skills are unreal!
preblogging – Subversion alwoled me to keep the 40 blogs that Bloggy Network had up to date easily, and quickly. Upgrading them one at a time took forever. With SVN, I could do it in less than ten minutes. .Patrik – There are always downsides as well, but for the most part, yes it is an enjoyable experience. And remember, with all the blog networks out there, it can be as easy as creating a portfolio and e-mailing them to let them know you are interested and available.Abdalia and Neil – Thanks to both of you. I am glad you enjoyed it.


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Teens are cool. Magicians are cool. So what's cooler than a teen magician? Answer: The trailer for Make Believe, a documentary about teen magicians. It looks like a pretty entertaining documentary too, detailing a handful of teens quest to earn the title of Teen World Champion at the World Magic Seminar.
The kids in the movie seem really likeable and aren't the awkwardly gawky teens you might be expecting. That said, they don't appear to be social butterflies either – one of the kids says "I don't have too much friends, my friend is magic." But hey, I didn't have hundreds of friends in high school either, and I couldn't levitate playing cards. Advantage: Teen magicians.
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Hello, everyone, and Happy New Year. I hope your December was as fun as SNC's and you're looking forward to what 2009 has in store.
It's been very nice being home and simply recovering from our hectic December schedule. I've re-discovered such simple joys as vegging on the couch over a movie with my wife, riding the shopping cart to the car in the Costco parking lot, playing with our cat Rusty, driving myself around (in my own car!) to run errands...
The list goes on, if you'll humor me:
5. Growing a beard out of 100% unadulterated laziness
6. Cooking anything (does microwaved oatmeal count here?)
7. Doing laundry
8. Working out
9. Not singing a cappella at 7 AM
10. Getting healthy with the help of a nearby Chinese restaurant's hot & sour soup (it works!)
11. Going to church
12. Not eating hotel lobby-style bagels, muffins, and generic cereals every morning for breakfast
13. Going a week without hearing Walt, Charlie, & DR update each other on their fantasy football scores
14. Going a week without hearing The Randawg update the group about YouTube comments
15. See #9
16. Not hearing the word "toilet" used in common vernacular and being embarrassed (SNC inside joke).
17. Prepping arrangements for Album #2's song ideas
18. Sleeping in my own bed
19. Catching up with my family face-to-face instead of over the phone or email
20. Letting my garment bag catch up on sleep in the closet for awhile
The next chapter for SNC begins next weekend when we reunite in NYC to start rehearsals for Album #2. Personally, I can't wait to record in the studio and hear how these arrangements we've been working on turn out. Luginbill & I are road-tripping it out to the city from Indy, which will be a good time.
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You all know me, I'm not really a "press release" kind of guy when it comes to JimOnLight.com content. When I find a press release worthy of a nod, I try to get some of the commentary in there that made me want to talk about the release in the first place. This press release from Cree, Inc made me want to know more about this service they're starting up called TEMPO. From the press release at Cree:
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of TEMPO™ Services, a comprehensive set of quantitative and qualitative tests and analyses for LED-based lighting fixtures and lamps. TEMPO (Thermal, Electrical, Mechanical, Photometric and Optical) Services represent the accumulated advantage of Cree's extensive experience with customer LED systems combined with the use of calibrated test equipment to give LED lighting manufacturers and end users confidence in LED product designs.
Third-party labs currently provide testing services, such as IES LM-79, which is widely regarded as the most comprehensive LED luminaire test in the industry. However, through years of experience with component LEDs and Cree LED-based lighting systems, Cree has identified many other aspects of end-product quality that are not and cannot be examined by third parties. These aspects of quality include chemical compatibility between materials used in the luminaire and the LEDs, the effectiveness of mixing slightly different color LEDs for enhanced color consistency and TM-21 LED lifetime projections.
Ok, interesting. What this service provides is an evaluation of a fixture (LED lamp source) by a bunch of standards used by the Department of Energy and Illuminating Engineering Society. Cree also adds to the service that they have about eleventy billion man hours working with LEDs and creating designs that worked and did not work, and learning from their mistakes. You know, like Edison said – and I'm paraphrasing here – "I didn't fail at inventing the light bulb. I came up with 2,000 ways NOT to make a light bulb." I can totally get behind that. In my head, it's kind of like taking advice about being an alcoholic from someone who's never had a drink. I'd want to know about it from someone who's succeeded AND failed.
It's important to look at the standards Cree mentions in their press release regarding the TEMPO service. IES LM-79, which is the IES' approved method for "Electrical and Photometric Measurements of Solid-State Lighting Products." LEDs, for all-intensive purposes, are solid-state lighting products, in case you hadn't quite yet put that together:
IES LM-79 tells how to test and get reproducible measurements with solid state lighting – things like using integrating spheres and goniophotometers, measuring Luminous Flux, Efficacy, Intensity Distribution, and so on. It's a standard for having a standard way to test LEDs. It also talks about power supplies and regulating voltage, thermal conditions for the products being tested, product seasoning and stabilization, and orientation to name a little bit. The other IES standard being mentioned by Cree is the IES TM-21 standard, which deals with Lumen Depreciation and long-term lamp life estimating. TM-21 is a long-term version of IES LM-80-08 in a way, as LM-80-08 (the standard for testing Lumen Maintenance in LEDs and arrays) doesn't deal with long-term predictions.
It's so exciting whenever I get to break out my IES Compendium! NO WONDER I'm single!
I pulled a sample report from the Cree TEMPO Service website to see what kinds of things that would be included in their heaviest service, the TEMPO 21 service. I have to say that from learning what I learned in Sweden about luminaire inefficiency, this would be a pretty awesome service to have if you were a luminaire designer or LED engineer. Cree's TEMPO21 provides the following testing:
Thermal & Mechanical
Photometric and Optical
* denotes a test not offered by other third-party luminaire testing facilities
You need to check out a copy of their sample report, which gives the full range of what the TEMPO service provides for your luminaire. I took a few screen grabs of the report, but it's free, you should just go and download it:
Cool. I'm excited to see how this plays out, this kind of analysis really appeals to me and my nerdiness.
If you follow the L-Prize competition, you would have noticed an interesting entry that GE is going to be making – and is currently in development. GE (General Electric, NYSE:GE) is entering a 60W LED replacement lamp using Cree LED emitters as the light source. This is pretty awesome, if I do say so myself – I'm a fan of Cree (NASDAQ:CREE), and it's nice to see a company like GE reach across the aisle and ask help from a company that is making some pretty impressive strides in light-emitting diodes. I was extremely impressed seeing their LMR-4 at LightFair, and in reading of the news of the TrueWhite technology kinda blows the mind when you look at LED research and development to date.
Check out an example of Cree's TrueWhite Technology – it's a short video, 1:55 – totally worth your time:
Cree and I disagree a little on the death of incandescents, but disagreement is what drives innovation. I also disagree with my bestie Greg about throwing things off of balconies. Innovation.
Ok – now think of what GE could possibly be coming up with using some rocking Cree LEDs? Will it be another one of those "multi-fingered hand grasping at a blob of milk" lamps? WHO KNOWS! At least the light coming from it will look good. Let's see what GE does about heat dissipation this time.
Oh – as of right now (Tuesday, July 5, 2011), the L-Prize website is broken. That's a little concerning, huh – I mean, being that it's supposed to be a really important honor and all.
You might be asking yourself – self, what exactly IS the L-Prize? Well, it's a competition that is basically driven to "spur lighting manufacturers to develop high-quality, high-efficiency solid-state lighting products to replace the common light bulb." Ok, fair enough. The Department of Energy runs this contest, and the prize for the best 60W incandescent replacement lamp is about ten million buckaroos. For a PAR38 replacement? Only five million bones. Only.
There are requirements for entries into the L-Prize – from the wikipedia article on the L-Prize, since the site ain't workin':
More on the L-Prize soon, I'm waiting to hear back from them.
Here's the initial GE press release about their entry into the L-Prize (also located here):
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (June 30, 2011) : GE Lighting engineers and scientists are developing a 60-watt replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy's Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition.
"The objective of our product research and development is simple," says Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and product management, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC. "We exist to create advanced lighting solutions based on customer needs and expectations. Our L Prize journey is inspired by the challenge to deliver advanced technology in a form factor that delivers on consumer expectations. We won't be the first to submit an L Prize candidate but we believe our solution will more closely match consumer preference for an incandescent look and feel."
GE has collaborated with Cree to accept the stringent L Prize challenge yet deliver a lamp without remote phosphor, which appears yellow in an unlit state. Cree has designed a custom LED component that features Cree TrueWhite® Technology to deliver superior efficacy and light quality. GE lamp designers incorporated the component into an advanced thermal, optical and electrical system to achieve L Prize performance.
The L Prize is the first government-sponsored technology competition designed to spur lighting manufacturers to develop high-quality, high-efficiency solid-state lighting products to replace the most widely used light bulb in America, the 60-watt incandescent bulb. To learn more about the L Prize competition, visit www.lightingprize.org.
I just got ahold of this video from my favorite LED Social Media Guru, Ginny from Cree. You have to take a few minutes and learn what happens when Grandma drops and breaks a CFL!
Check out the original post at Cree's Blog. Thanks, Ginny! You rock!
I have been so busy and accumulated so much content lately that I find myself playing catch up with some pretty great footage and images!
One such bunch of stuff is from LightFair 2010 in Las Vegas. Tom Roberts gave me a pretty great introduction to Cree's LMR-4 modular LED product. I finally got the video cut together – check it out! What a cool product!
And an update – Ginny from Cree made the following video about the LMR-4, which I recommend watching!
Ok, first – Ginny from Cree is my favorite Cree employee, and I know a few. Cree, you're lucky to have Ginny kicking incandescent tail for you!
Ginny from Cree posted an excellent Easter bunny video over at CreeLEDRevolution.com – a Cree LED R lamp against an incandescent R lamp. Get ready for EASTER BUNNY GORE!
If you guys don't know who Dave Jones is, you might not be as big of a nerd as me – which actually might be okay, as I am a huge nerd. Dave Jones is an extremely smart dude who makes the Electronics Engineering Video Blog in Sydney, Australia. Let me be the first to say that Dave, if I ever make it to Sydney or you ever make it to Dallas, I am SO gonna buy you a pint, mate.
Dave made a video blog post about lighting his brand new fancy outdoor patio with Cree XPG LEDs, and how he battled the thermal design of his custom Cree LED rig mounted in the ceiling of the patio. Dave, you are awesome. I watch your stuff every time you post it.
Buckle in, this video is 20 minutes long, but totally worth it.
Something hilarious happened to me last week – well, hilarious to me. I was watching the news early in the morning, and as I flipped through the various new sources it was literally "the stock market" this, and "the blue chips" that, and "Main street took another hit today." Oh – and JP Morgan irked the United States a few weeks ago when it unveiled its plans for high pay and big bonuses. Again.
I could not help but thinking that no one talks about lighting industries' stocks. We provide the world with the ability to light up the darkness – we bring innovation to innovation. While people in our industry lose their jobs one after the other and stimulus money gets tossed into projects across the nation, don't you wonder how the companies IN our industry are doing?
I captured some 90-day stock market charts last week for a handful of companies in the lighting markets. Obviously this is not an exhaustive list – if there are stocks you follow that you think I should be following, will you either post a comment below or send me a comment through the contact form? Pretty please?
Okay, let's start out with Barco (Barco NV – BAR):
On January 26, 2010, Barco's stock closed out at $28.94 per share, down 47 cents (or -1.6%). Barco's market cap is $369.35 million – "market cap" or market capitalization is a number that represents a corporation's outstanding number of shares multiplied by their price. What this means is that Barco has 12,760,000 shares of stock, each valued at around $28.94 each. Multiply $28.94 X 12,760,000 and you get around $369,350,000, their current market cap.
Something that strikes me as a bit sad, whether it is related or not, is when you put news against the market reports. For example, look at their stock price around the beginning of December, right when they laid off a bunch of High End Systems workers.
LSGC's stock as of 1/26 was at 88 cents per share, with 30,460,000 shares outstanding – giving LSGC a market cap of $25,890,000 (remember, shares X cost = market cap). That share cost was up 3 cents (or 3.53%). For those of you following the news, LSGC announced at the beginning of the month that they were taking on Zachary Gibler, Carlos Gutierrez, Michael Kempner, Joe Montana and Michael Moseley to their board of directors. You might recognize Carlos Guitierrez as a CNBC news contributor and Commerce Secretary under George W. Bush. And yes, Joe Montana is THE Joe Montana, the football guy.
LSGC just this last week announced that they were commencing a rights offering for up to about 25 million Series D shares of non-convertible preferred stock (and warrants), which represents the right to purchase up to about 25 million shares of common stock. All of these terms are extremely confusing to people (like myself) who don't follow the market nose first. LSGC's Securities and Exchange Commission filings on this news are here.
You might be asking yourself, "What on earth are "Series D Non-Convertible Stocks?" Preferred stocks are debt instruments (like all stocks) that have a higher payout priority than common stocks. This means that dividends must be paid to preferred stock holders first before common stock dividend payouts. In the case of these stocks, the holders don't have the option to convert them to common stocks, and preferred stocks normally don't have voting rights. It's all very complicated in my humble opinion.
GE has not had that great of a time lately as far as the stock market is concerned. As of January 26, their stock was down 6 cents at $16.29, and they were having one of the worst periods in their almost 120 year history. GE lost its AAA credit rating last year, and its GE Capital division ain't doing so well – their commercial real estate division is getting hammered with vacancies and all that kind of real estate crap. GE is a HUGE company though – their market share is 173.48 billion – that's $173,480,000,000 – with 10,650,000,000 shares outstanding at about $16.29 a share. That's a lot of zeros.
VU1 is actually up 5 cents from the time I polled these numbers – but as of January 26 it was at $0.49 a share, with almost 86 million shares outstanding. Their market cap was $42,050,000 approximately, and they were down about a dime a share last quarter. The ESL technology is interesting, and on the VU1 blog there is talk of progress on an ESL replacement for the typical fluorescent tube.
Cree is having a great time right now – their stock price is up over 10 bucks since October 2009, and set a new record for the company's stock prices on January 19, 2010. They're actually down 2 bucks since January 26 when I pulled this report, but they're still kicking some tail. With 106 million shares at around 60 bucks is giving Cree a market cap of 6.31 billion dollars – $6,310,000,000. I love to actually type out the digits, it really gives you perspective.
I wish I had a few extra buckaroos to invest, because I'd probably toss some of it into Cree stock. Analysts are flipping out over Cree's prices and growth. I hope their growth spawns new and excellent technologies that are positive advancements towards our growth as an industry and not just the same old stuff for more money.
Some news I did not expect to hear lately was the agreement that one of their competitors Arrow Electronics signed with Cree to provide Arrow's customers with Cree power products (Silicon Carbide JBS). Go, Cree!
From when I pulled this report, Philips' stock is down a buck or so per share. Philips is another enormous company with so many divisions – they have almost a billion shares of stock outstanding – 927,460,000 shares. Their market cap (927.46 million shares at around 30 bucks a share) is $29.17 billion dollars. Huge.
Philips is a monster in the LED business, and if you're in the lighting industry you've heard of their LumiLED products. TIME Magazine gave Philips the honor of calling their LED replacement lamp as one of the best inventions of 2009, and people rave about their other product lines – LED wash fixtures, high output LEDs, and their various lines of consumer non-LED products, including incandescent and fluorescent products. They're an industry leader.
I'm not gonna talk about the reports below, but they're just graphs of some other companies' stocks that I follow. If you have suggestions of companies I should watch, drop me a line or comment below, will ya?
Tatsuta Electric Wire and Cable – HOLY CRAP – $14.15 billion dollar market cap (for only 65 million shares), and their stock is at $217 a SHARE!
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Molex Inc – everybody knows Molex, right?
Ginny from Cree just posted a video that she made with John Edmond, co-founder of Cree – they're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the commercialization of the blue LED! Ginny made a video about how things got started, and had an interview with John about the beginnings of Cree. Very cool, check it out! Also, check out the Cree blog – it's an LED revolution!
Cree, the LED manufacturer that just sold a kajillion LED lamps to the Pentagon, has released an online tool – the Product Characterization Tool, or PCT. The tool provides calculations for their XLamp LED – but provides a large amount of metrics, and there aren't any other manufacturers doing this for their products. Check out the press release:
DURHAM, N.C., MARCH 16, 2009 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, launched the Product Characterization Tool, an interactive LED design tool that simplifies the task of translating nominal LED performance to real-world conditions.
The online tool, accessible via www.cree.com, allows users to easily characterize any XLamp® LED over a wide range of operating conditions, including drive current, flux bin, price and junction temperature. It also calculates metrics such as lumen output, lumens per watt, lumens per dollar and more.
Cree's Product Characterization Tool (PCT) introduces advanced functionality not commercially offered by any other LED supplier. PCT can perform simple LED system design based on a target total lumen output, calculating parameters such as number of LEDs required and total system efficacy. The calculated system parameters take into account electrical, optical and thermal losses associated with LED system performance. In addition, PCT allows users to compare up to three different XLamp LED configurations at once, empowering customers to best choose between the industry-leading XLamp XR, MC and XP package families.
"The Product Characterization Tool acts like an interactive data sheet, giving users a more intuitive way to design LED systems using XLamp LEDs," said Paul Thieken, Cree, marketing director for LED components. "Determining even basic LED system parameters like efficacy with only data sheet graphs and characteristics used to be a time-consuming process. Cree is moving the LED lighting industry forward by simplifying the process to just a few clicks of the mouse."
More information, including login instructions for the Product Characterization Tool, can be found at www.cree.com/pct.


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I kept a full version of XP pro that I had installed on my old PC. I erased all info from the old PC before giving it away. Can I use this old full version of XP-pro and do a repair on the existing new PC with running into problems with the product keys conflicting?
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Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save Englandby Lynne Olson
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A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II
On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain--indeed, perhaps, the world. Troublesome Young Men is Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain government's defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants and eventually forced the prime minister's resignation.
Some historians dismiss the "phony war" that preceded this turning point--from September 1939, when Britain and France declared war on Germany, to May 1940, when Winston Churchill became prime minister--as a time of waiting and inaction, but Olson makes no such mistake, and describes in dramatic detail the public unrest that spread through Britain then, as people realized how poorly prepared the nation was to confront Hitler, how their basic civil liberties were being jeopardized, and also that there were intrepid politicians willing to risk political suicide to spearhead the opposition to Chamberlain--Harold Macmillan, Robert Boothby, Leo Amery, Ronald Cartland, and Lord Robert Cranborne among them. The political and personal dramas that played out in Parliament and in the nation as Britain faced the threat of fascism virtually on its own are extraordinary--and, in Olson's hands, downright inspiring.
"In 1930s England, faced with the gathering menace of fascism, 30 or so junior members of Parliament understood that Hitler would not be dissuaded by Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of appeasement. Their rebellion against their leader and the 'elderly mediocrities' of their own Conservative Party is the subject of Olson's absorbing book. The forces opposed to Chamberlain were initially inhibited by party loyalty and the ferocious reprisals threatened against anyone who challenged the prime minister. Olson traces how Hitler's continuing depredations (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland) served to recruit more insurgents in the House of Commons and galvanize those shamed by England's inaction. Olson's story picks up energy as she reviews the events of 1940, when at long last Chamberlain was replaced by Churchill. Olson is interested in the moral imperatives driving her protagonists. The dominant figure in the narrative, of course, is Churchill, who despised Chamberlain's defeatism but served loyally in his cabinet until Chamberlain's forced resignation. Infused with the sense of urgency felt by the young Tories, Olson's vivid narrative of a critical generational clash leaves the reader wondering what might have happened had they prevailed earlier on." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"He was a dominant leader of his government, utterly convinced of the righteousness and the rectitude of his policies, especially insofar as they concerned international affairs. He gathered around him a coterie of tight-lipped conservative advisers who were as like-minded and narrow-minded as he was. He scorned his critics in the legislature, branding them foolish, ignorant and unpatriotic. He had... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) no time for members of any party but his own, and he treated the opposition with contempt. He cowed and coerced the media, and he authorized telephone tapping on an unprecedented scale. By such arrogant and intimidating means, he was determined to leave a more significant mark on public affairs than either his father or his brother had. But the result was a succession of foreign policy disasters that did his country untold damage in the eyes of the world. George W. Bush? No, Neville Chamberlain. As Lynne Olson, a former White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, points out in this vivid and compelling book, these were exactly the criticisms directed at the British prime minister as he persistently pursued his policy of appeasing Adolf Hitler in a manner that may be described as vain in both senses of that word. Chamberlain was conceitedly confident during the late 1930s that he was doing the right thing, but his policy crashed into ruins when it turned out that the Fuhrer could not be sated and that a second world war with Germany could not be avoided. 'Troublesome Young Men' describes and celebrates the efforts of Chamberlain's opponents within his own Conservative Party. These Tory rebels finally succeeded in bringing the prime minister down after a famous debate in the House of Commons in early May 1940 in which Leo Amery ended his powerful speech by quoting the terrible words that Oliver Cromwell had used to dismiss the Long Parliament 300 years before: 'You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing! Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!' Chamberlain grudgingly resigned, and Winston S. Churchill succeeded him, convinced that destiny had nurtured him and prepared him for what would soon be his finest hour. Yet while this may all seem inevitable in retrospect, there was nothing predestined about it at the time. One problem (which Olson does not address) is that the opponents of appeasement had no effective alternative policy. In the 1930s, Britain's empire and military commitments were overextended, especially as regards Europe and the Far East. That meant that waging war on two continents was a nightmare prospect, to which appeasement seemed for a time the only option. The second difficulty (which Olson reluctantly concedes) was that the Tory rebels formed a rather motley crew: Churchill himself was widely regarded as a reactionary has-been who was too fond of the bottle, Anthony Eden was a lightweight, and Amery was boring. Their junior colleagues were no more impressive: Robert Boothby was a philanderer, Harold Macmillan was a cuckold, Alfred Duff Cooper drank too much, and Harold Nicolson was insufficiently combative. Yet in the end, the rebels were proved right, and they eventually prevailed. Several (though not all) were rewarded with junior jobs by Churchill in his great wartime coalition, and two of them, Eden and Macmillan, later became prime minister. In Macmillan's case, this was something of a surprise, but Eden had long been Churchill's heir apparent. Yet his prime ministership turned out to be a disaster. Convinced that Egypt's nationalist president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, was another Hitler, Eden launched a military expedition in 1956 to get back the Suez Canal, which Nasser had nationalized. World opinion was outraged, and the Americans refused to help; Eden's health collapsed, and he was obliged to resign, whereupon Macmillan succeeded him. 'Not for the first time, and certainly not for the last,' Olson rightly notes, 'the lessons of Munich and appeasement were wrongly applied to a later international crisis.' President Bush and his fellow neocons should take note. David Cannadine is a professor of British History at the University of London. His books include 'In Churchill's Shadow,' 'The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy' and, most recently, 'Mellon: An American Life.'" Reviewed by Judy BudnitzMichael DirdaJonathan YardleyLaila HalabyMaya JasanoffSusie LinfieldKenji YoshinoDavid Cannadine, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
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A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II--policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants--that resulted in the resignation of a prime minister.
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Lynne Olson, former White House correspondent for The Sun (Baltimore), is the author of Freedoms Daughters, and co-author, with her husband, Stanley Cloud, of A Question of Honor and The Murrow Boys. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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[9 x 12" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen on 100lb/300series bristol board]
I don't t know when or why it became acceptable to draw the same features, shapes and sizes on ALL women when it comes to comics and its illustrations.
I'm fully aware that I am guilty of doing that horrible bullshittery myself - three hundred times over; and I think it's the only way I can embarrassingly form this valid opinion: I was indirectly trained to be a lazy artist.
In the past I was told - in so many words, and shown in actual practice - that doing the same cookie cutter sort of features is the short-hand way of drawing the personification of what passes as 'beauty' in comics; women had/have been standardized and sexualized to look a specific way. Honestly, I didn't care. I wanted to draw comic books for a living and if drawing top heavy girls lacking any emotional depth on their faces was the way to get a job, then I'd do that. Or, put more simply, "Big breasts, pouty, unemotional eyes and X-shaped faces are easier to draw over and over again. Now, modify that slightly with different colored haircuts, varying costume details and... VIOLA! And since that practice is what everyone is used to, and our fan base has been weened on this stuff since forever, why bother trying anything else? Great. Let's go sell some comics."
But now looking back, I believe that's just really just my poor excuse for not wanting to explore the many versions of what passes for an attractive female.
Consider that train of thought for a minute and let's assume that comics - due to it's historically male-centric fan base - will only celebrate and tolerate statuesque proportions on their heroines. That's asinine, I know. But let's just check out of reality for a minute and say that the ONLY thing that will pass for a female super hero is 36-24-36.
If we can stipulate that the standards of beauty in the women of comics should ONLY look like... let's say... SUPERMODELS, can we come to terms that we should, at the very least, endeavor to give them different faces? Can we all agree that even supermodels' faces look different from one another? And if we can agree to that, then it perplexes me as to why the same face is being drawn over and over and over again. What I'm proposing is this: If you're going to have a bunch of superhuman amazons, you can at least draw different features on their faces so that they're individually identifiable beyond their hair color and/or their costumes. I would argue that, if your an artist worth your salt, an excercise like that shouldn't be all that difficult.
But like I said, I'm guilty of doing just that in the past. Hell, I'm still guilty of doing that now when I set my brain to 'automatic'. Old habits are really difficult to break, I must admit. So before I go and point my hypocritical finger at someone else, I'd better start worrying about what I can do from my end.
I say (to myself, mostly...), stop being lazy. I believe that it's worth the time and effort to not just do everything in short hand, and that to keep drawing women whose race is only identifiable by their skin color is not just insulting, it also lacks imagination.
Thin, thick. Tall, petite. Muscular, round. Oval, triangle, diamond faces. White, Black, Asian, Spanish features. Etcetera.
Let's try drawing all of those.


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Hey black_championro,Cool! Thanks for updating it! I'll make the post sticky, this will help members. Also I'll upload the updated version to the downloads section if you don't mind.HcH
Thanks Master for this. i was able to flash this uberoid v12. however, whenever I shutdown and start my Tab. it flash it again. is there any part i missed on the guide?i follow page 1-6 of the guide. thanks again for the wonderfull guide
Quote from: frigid88 on July 02, 2012, 02:49:18 AMThanks Master for this. i was able to flash this uberoid v12. however, whenever I shutdown and start my Tab. it flash it again. is there any part i missed on the guide?i follow page 1-6 of the guide. thanks again for the wonderfull guideafte it has flashed and it tells you to remove the sd card .. remove it .. and let your tablet reboot without the sd card .. copy the backup contents from the sd card and store it safely on yur computer.. then reformat the sd card to fat32 full format so there is nothing on it .. shut down the tablt install the freshly formatted card .. turn on the tab ..
I did this but I'm guessing I selected the wrong number in the changer because when I installed Uberoid, after removing my sd card, it reset to a black blank screen. Additionally, in a panic I tried to redownload Uberoid and therefore erased what was originally on the sd card, including the recovery file so I cannot restore my tablet to default. Can anyone help a noob please?
um..i think i nid a help..hirs the version of my irobot7" touch screen via wm8650 google android 2.2 wi-fi webcam 3G epadand first thing ive done is..i try to locate the model of my epad using the changer.batand found 3 model that relate to my epad..after applying the first one..i says error cannot locate u boot...(i cant really remember the exact word)then i tried the 2nd and 3rd rom but still it's says error cannot locate u boot..i then tried another option and thats the uberoidtool...after that my epad wont boot anything..no text or boot animation appearing after i opened it..lastly is it broken or not?or maybe i can stil fixed it??sorry for the bad english..hopefully someone will considered this..thanks and gonna wait for your help..
Possibly a really stupid question but where can I download the ROM from?