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Upgrade aims to elevate Eugene Soccer Stadium's facility to the best in the Southern Conference
Furman's soccer stadium renaissance is now underway thanks to a $450,000 lead gift by Furman alumni Graham Seagraves '00, a four-year letter winner with the men's soccer program, and his wife Jarrell Starnes Seagraves '00. The Seagraves' commitment ranks them among the youngest donors to ever make a lead gift to a capital project at Furman.
"The Seagraves' commitment is a major boost in Furman's efforts to raise $1.5 million for the construction of a soccer fieldhouse facility at Eugene Stone Stadium," said Furman Director of Athletics Gary Clark. "We are grateful for the Seagraves' generosity and applaud their passion and vision for Furman soccer."
The fieldhouse, a 5,300-square foot facility, will be located between the west end of Stone Stadium and Latham Baseball Stadium, and will house locker rooms, an officials room, public restrooms, concession stand and second story viewing deck. Furman has raised approximately $1 million for the project and hopes to reach its goal of $1.5 million in time to break ground on the new facility in the summer of 2013.
"I've been very fortunate early in my career and can't think of a better way to give back than to help a program that meant so much to my development as a person," said Seagraves. "Jarrell and I want to challenge others to think big and give what they can to help Furman soccer grow and achieve at the very highest level. The soccer fieldhouse is long overdue for the program and now is the time to act by donating as generously as possible to ensure we raise the remaining $500,000 required to make this project a reality."
Furman's soccer pitch was officially dedicated as Seagraves Field at Eugene Stone III Soccer Stadium in the fall of 2012.
For more information on the project and to learn more about remaining funding opportunities, contact Clint Hill '03 at (864) 294-3732.
View the rendering of the new soccer fieldhouse.
"Being a student athlete in college gives you an entirely new way to excel and be successful other than in the classroom. I loved having a competitive atmosphere to engage in with a team that quickly became my second family. Being a student athlete also forced me to become better at managing my time, which is an important life skill." - Rachel Shelnutt '12
"Furman Soccer has provided me with a home away from home. The family atmosphere provided by Coach Allison and the Furman program has allowed me and my teammates to thrive while being on our own. Being a student athlete at such a prestigious school has taught me how to be disciplined in both my studies and athletic endeavors. We live by a motto within the soccer program known as DRT: Discipline, Respect, and Trust. We try and live by these characteristics which have been and will be pivotal to
our success both on and off the field, and will indubitably shape each and everyone of us into successful Furman alumni." - Walker Zimmerman '15
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- Adjustment
The fine setting of a watch with a mechanical oscillation system. There are different procedures and qualities:
In normal adjustment, the daily rate of the wristwatch is measured with "face up" and »crown up« and is set to a time error of no more than 30 seconds.
Adjustment can be carried out in 2, 5 or 6 positions, such as
- horizontal: »face up« (FU), »face down« (FD) and
- vertical: »crown up« (CU), »crown left« (CL), »crown right« (CR), »crown down« (CD).
In the case of temperature compensation adjustment, the daily rate is measured and adjusted for 24 hours each at 4°, 20° and 36° C.
- Adjustment
The setting or regulation of a watch.
- Barrel
Small, toothed cylindrical housing in which a rolled-up - and thus energy-storing - spring is located.
- Bearing
The holes for the pegs of the train. In fine wrist- and pocket watches, but also in clocks, the holes are equipped with bearing jewels especially for the quickly rotating wheels and pinions.
- Beveling
Decorative edge breaking on the bridges, cocks or steel parts of very fine mechanisms. Edges of a ground surface, sloped to 45 degrees while precisely maintaining the width, and then polished.
- Bezel
The upper part of the housing. The bezel has a seam into which the watch glass and seal are pressed.
- Bluing
The controlled oxidation of steel screws and other steel parts (such as watch hands) is called bluing. Bluing requires a great deal of dexterity and experience. The surface takes on the desired color at nearly 300° C.
- Bridge
A brass or German silver plate lying on two or more points on the basic plate and fastened there using adjusting pins and screws. The pins and wheels turn between the bridge and the plate.
- Bridgework
Mechanism with several bridges to support the nest of gearwheels.
- Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres
Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (Swiss Chronometer Control Office). A Swiss national authority headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, with offices in Biel, Geneva and Le Locle; all of these carry out official chronometer examinations and issue the corresponding certifcates regarding the daily time error. The C.O.S.C. exists since 1973.
- Caliber
The dimension and form of a mechanism and its parts. The specification of the caliber on the mechanism permits precise identification. So-called manufactory calibers are to be differentiated from the factory-made movement blanks of ébauche suppliers. The former are mechanisms that manufactories produce for their own use.
- Casing ring
A ring made of metal (or plastic in the case of low-quality watches) that fills the space between the housing and the mechanism and which braces the mechanism and protects it from mild jolts.
- Chaton
A circular, drilled piece of metal to incorporate a bearing jewel.
- Chronograph
A watch with additional functions that make it possible to start and stop a second hand, as well as to bring it back to its initial position, regardless of the mechanism itself.
- Chronometer
A precision timepiece whose accuracy has been proven within the framework of a 15-day test at an official timepiece inspection office (e.g. the COSC in Switzerland). The mean daily time error may be no more than 4 seconds less and 6 seconds more than the actual time for the five positions »crown left, crown up, crown down, face up, face down«.
- Circular graining
A special cloudy ornamentation on plates, bridges and cocks.
- Cleaning
A mechanical watch does a great deal of work. Therefore, it should undergo qualified servicing after no more than four years. If maintenance is not carried out, the sensitive cones of the train can be damaged.
- Cock
A cock is a part of the frame; it lies on one side on top of the basic plate and is fastened there by a screw. It is used to incorporate bearing pads for movable parts, such as the pallet fork and the balance.
- Complication
Additional mechanism for mechanical watches. The most important complications include a large date display, a power reserve indication, a perpetual calendar, a tourbillion, a striking mechanism, etc.
- Crown
A grooved wheel located on the side of the housing, used to set the time and date and/or to tighten the main spring. A screwed-on crown, a simple O-ring crown as well as a bi-O-ring crown are most common among waterproof watches.
- Daily rate
The daily rate is the difference between two watch readings taken 1 day apart.
- Date display
The date is displayed either in analog form with a hand or digitally with a printed disc. The hand and the disc turn once around their axis within 31 days. Everyday around midnight, the hand fitting moves them one position further.
Wristwatches with a digital date display have a date disc that is attached to the front of the mechanism. The numbers can be seen through a cutout in the face. There is a fundamental difference between gradual and jumping date displays. The former are advanced bit by bit by the mechanism. Jumping displays successively remove energy from the mechanism during the course of the day and store it in a spring. The energy is released precisely at midnight for the switching operation.
Almost all date displays in mechanical watches share the fact that they need to be corrected manually in months with less than 31 days.
- Diamond-working
The cutting of e.g. watch hand facets using rotating diamonds. Diamond-working results in surfaces polished to a glossy shine that reflect incident light especially well.
- Ebauche
Movement blank with no escapement and mainspring.
- Echappement
French term for escapement.
- Escape wheel
First element of the escapement and and simultaneously the last wheel of a train.
- Escapement
The mechanism with which the energy of the main spring is passed on in little jolts to the oscillating system of the watch; it prevents the mechanism from running down uncontrollably. At a frequency of 28,800 alternations/hour, it allows the train to move forwards 691,200 times per day. Over the course of four years, this results in more than one billion impulses.
- Fine adjustment
A mechanism for setting the regulator in small amounts. A variety of different designs is used, such as gooseneck fine adjustment or the system with an eccentric screw. Fine adjustment does not necessarily result in higher precision. This is also accomplished with normal regulator pointers and dexterity.
- Finishing
Final machining of a watch.
- Frequency
The oscillations per unit of time, measured in Hertz (Hz). To increase precision, the number of alternations has been raised to 21,600 A/h (3 Hz), 28,800 A/h (4 Hz) or even 36,000 A/h (5 Hz). However, greater energy consumption is also a result of a higher frequency.
- Geneva seal hallmark
A quality award of the city of Geneva originating in 1886. In 1957 and 1994, the regulations were revised; they now primarily cover twelve specifications for the precise machining and adjustment of mechanism parts, but without an accuracy test. Only watches that have been assembled and set in the canton of Geneva are eligible.
- Genevese stripes (Cotes de Genève)
Oft-used rib-like decoration on the bridges and cocks of fine-caliber mechanisms.
- German silver
Corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, with a very high rigidity. It is used to produce plates and bridges in high-quality mechanisms. As opposed to brass, subsequent galvanic processing of the material is not required. However, since errors in machining cannot be concealed using this method, high precision is required in the production of the mechanisms.
- Glucydur balance
Modern balance which replaced the bimetallic compensation balance after the invention of the autocompensating balance spiral. Glucydur balances consist of a copper alloy containing approx. three percent beryllium; this can be seen by its gold-colored appearance. On the other hand, more simple nickel balances have a silver tint. Glucydur balances have a hardness of 380 Vickers (nickel balances = 220, brass balances = 180). As a result, they are excellent for riveting, balancing and fine regulation.
Greenwich Mean Time - The time (UTC, Universal Time Coordinated) at the zero meridian in Greenwich. Greenwich Mean Time is used today as the standard in navigation and international radio communications.
- Grande Complication
Highly complicated pocket watch or wristwatch that has at least the following functions: a chronograph, a perpetual calendar and minute repetition.
- Guillocheeing
The engraving of a regular, sinuous or linear pattern onto metal with the help of templates and a graver. The guillochee machine was invented in the 15th century by an unknown master. In the 19th century, guillocheeing was a trade of its own. Guillocheeing is a combination of machine and manual engraving.
- Hand fitting
A train located between the plate and the face that transfers the turnings of the minute gear shaft to the hour hand.
Together with the hand adjustment system, it permits the hour and minute hands to be set using the pulled-out crown.
- Hand-wound watch
A timepiece whose main spring is wound by hand..
- Incabloc
One of the most common and widely used shock absorbers for mechanical watches. »Incabloc« is viewed as the most successful shock absorber in the history of portable timepieces.
- Jewel
In a mechanism, this is used to reduce friction and wear. These functional stones were made from real rubies and diamonds in the past. Synthetic rubies are used today.
- Jewels
Synthetic rubies that reduce wear and friction on the wheels.
- Jewels
International designation for the bearings in a mechanism.
- Karat
A unit of weight. One kt = 200 milligrams (mg).
- Ligne
The Paris ligne is an old length of measure that was used as a reference unit throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. One Paris ligne corresponds to 144 French feet. Based on the final definition of the meter of 1799, the Paris ligne equals 9,000,000 ÷ 27,706 ÷ 144 ? 2.255829 millimeters. This reference measure was used by scientists such as Newton, by watchmakers, by typesetters and in historic metrology.
- Main spring
Spring for storing the winding energy.
- Manufacture
In the original sense, a manufacture is an operation that is somewhere between a workshop and a factory. In the timepiece industry, the term manufacture is used for manufacturers who produce a majority of the most important individual parts of watches - primarily parts of the mechanism - themselves.
- Movement
Another term for mechanism.
- Nivarox
An alloy of iron, nickel, chrome, titanium and beryllium that is used to make balance spirals that are distinguished by their good antimagnetic and temperature-compensating properties.
- Number of alternations
The number of alternations is the number of beats of a rate-regulating organ (e.g. a pendulum or balance). Two alternations result in a full oscillation.
- Oscillating weight
An oscillating weight that turns without limits in watches with automatic winding. Depending on the design of the self-winding mechanism, the main spring is tensioned in one or both rotor turning direction(s). Differentiation is made between central and micro rotors. The former turn around the entire mechanism, while the latter are integrated in the level of the mechanism.
- Pallet fork
Part of the escapement that prevents the train from running uncontrollably. This causes the characteristic ticking of a mechanical watch..
- Perpetual calendar
In addition to the normal time (hours, minutes and seconds), the date, weekday, month and year are also displayed, taking into account leap years, month lengths and phases of the moon.
- Perpetual calendar
This automatically takes the varying lengths of the months until 2100 into account.
- Pinion
A gear for transferring energy, with more than 6 but less than 20 teeth.
- Plate
Metallic bottom plate that supports the bridges, cocks and other components of a mechanism.
- Polishing
The surfaces or edges of watch components are ground and polished with the help of a lapidary (polishing machine). This improves the visual appearance and value of a mechanism.
- Power reserve
- Energy potential over 24 hours
The energy potential that extends over the normal winding interval of a wristwatch (24 hours). The power reserve is usually approximately 10-16 hours.
- Power reserve indication
An indication of the remaining running time for mechanical timepieces.
Due to the technical effort, power reserve indications could and still can be found only in wristwatches of upmarket classes.
- Ratchet wheel
A part of a watch's winding system.
- Repassage
A complete (subsequent) test of a finished watch before it leaves its place of manufacture. This also includes a check of the daily rate.
- Rotor
An oscillating weight that turns without limits in watches with automatic winding. Depending on the design of the self-winding mechanism, the main spring is tensioned in one or both rotor turning direction(s). Differentiation is made between central and micro rotors. The former turn around the entire mechanism, while the latter are integrated in the level of the mechanism.
- Ruby
In a mechanism, rubies are used to reduce friction and wear. These functional stones were made from real rubies and diamonds in the past. Synthetic rubies are used today.
- Running time
The total running time of a mechanical mechanism between its being wound completely and it stopping because the main spring has run down.
- Sapphire crystal
Scratchproof watch glass with a hardness of 9 (Mohs). Only diamonds have a greater hardness.
- Satin finishing
A fine, satiny and matte finish on metal surfaces.
- Screwed case back
A threaded case back that is screwed into the watch housing.
- Self-winding
A term for automatic winding in mechanical watches.
- Self-winding
A rotating oscillating weight (rotor) that is put into motion by the movements of the watch on the wearer's wrist, causing the mechanism to wind itself.
- Small second
A display of seconds that is decentral, i.e. not in the middle of the face.
- Spring bar
Thin tube for attaching a strap between the strap abutments. A spring within the tube presses the two conical ends outwards so that they can lock into the corresponding holes in the «horns» on the housing.
- Stop second
When the crown is pulled up, the balance - and thus the motion of the second hand - is stopped. In this way, the time can be set to the second..
- Stud
A small piece of metal in which the outer end of the balance spiral is pinned or – in modern mechanisms – glued. The stud itself is attached to the balance cock or the plate.
- Super-LumiNova
A new fluorescent compound that has found recent use as a replacement for tritium for marking hands and indices.
- Sweep second
A second hand located in the center of the face.
- Swiss escapement
A free escapement for small watches where the teeth of the escape wheel extend outwards like pistons. As a result, the load is distributed over the escape wheel and the pallet fork, with its two (ruby) pallets. In addition to the Swiss escapement, there are also English and Glashütte escapements.
- Swiss Made
The indication of the country of origin on the face and/or the mechanism of a »Swiss wristwatch«. According to the »Swiss Made« ordinance of May 27, 1992 this indication of the country of origin may be used if the mechanism is Swiss and if assembly, sheathing and the final inspection take place in Switzerland. Swiss watches are those whose components from Swiss manufacturers make up at least 50 percent of the watch's value, not taking assembly costs into account. Non-Swiss manufacturers may not use »Swiss Made« if assembly is not carried out in Switzerland, even if all components come from Switzerland.
- Three-quarter plate
As opposed to the bridgework, nearly the entire train (exceptions: pallet fork, escape wheel and balance) is located below the plate, resulting in high stability.
- Tourbillion
A design - invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1795 and patented in 1801 - to compensate for the center-of-gravity displacement in the oscillation system (balance and balance spiral) in mechanical timepieces. In the tourbillion (»whirlwind«), the entire oscillation and escapement system is housed in a cage that is as light as possible. This rotates once around its axis within a prescribed time span (usually one minute). In this manner, the effects of gravity are compensated when a watch has a vertical orientation; the accuracy is also improved. In the horizontal orientation, however, tourbillion has no influence on precision.
- Train
All the wheels and pinions that transfer the momentum from the barrel to the escapement wheel.
This includes:
- center wheel
- third wheel
- fourth wheel
- escapement wheel
- Water-resistant wristwatches
The term »water-resistant« is specified in DIN standard 8310. Accordingly, a watch is said to be water-resistant if it passes the pressure test according to DIN 8310 when it is new:
30 minutes with a 1 m water column (~ approx. 1 bar), then 90 seconds with a 20 m water column (~ approx. 2 bar)
Furthermore, DIN 8310 stipulates: »The manufacturer and distributor of water-resistant wristwatches must provide instructions for use with each wristwatch...«
The designation »water resistant« applies to watches that are resistant to sweat, spraying water and rain. In addition, no moisture can penetrate the watch for at least 30 minutes at a depth of one meter.
The supplement 50 m, 5 bar or 5 atm is not regulated; however, it indicates that these watches were subjected to a corresponding test pressure. Nevertheless, it is not a good idea to go swimming, not to mention diving, with such watches.


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But, a Dutch artist totally thinks it's discrimination—or at least it seems like he does, especially since he just designed a dress that turns transparent when the woman wearing it gets sexually aroused.
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Anyone sense a really big problem here? I mean, what would happen if I saw my imaginary BF Ryan Gosling walk down the street? He'd totally be able to see me naked and that's not exactly how I pictured our first meeting to play out.
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BATON ROUGE — The state's largest energy lobby has reached a compromise with Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration that offers it some protections from his proposed tax swap plan.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, meanwhile, announced Wednesday that it will oppose the plan if it remains in its current form.
BATON ROUGE — The state's largest energy lobby has reached a compromise with Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration that offers it some protections from his proposed tax swap plan.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, meanwhile, announced Wednesday that it will oppose the plan if it remains in its current form.
During the regular session that begins April 8, Jindal will ask the Legislature to eliminate personal and corporate income taxes in exchange for a more robust sales tax base, which includes removing some existing exemptions. The sales tax would increase from 4 percent to 5.88 percent.
Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, said the agreement involves how to re-structure the severance tax and sales tax incentives that currently apply to the energy industry. The severance tax is levied by the state on the extraction and use of a natural product, such as oil, that is sold outside the state.
Support from companies involved in oil and natural gas work, though, is not unilateral.
"We believe the proposal we have discussed with the administration will create more jobs in the oil and gas industry for Louisianans," Briggs said. "The upstream sector of the industry that LOGA represents is supportive of the tax swap, however the midstream/downstream sectors are continuing to evaluate the plan."
Following several conversations, Briggs said the administration has indicated the oil and natural gas service sector would remain exempt from the sales tax on services.
But restructuring severance tax exemptions appears to still be on the table.
"This is good news," he added.
Briggs said the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association has also worked with the administration to retain and modify certain exemptions that are on the books.
"While a specific tax plan bill has not been drafted or filed at this time, the oil and gas industry certainly looks forward to reviewing the bill," he said.
A request for confirmation on the deal from Doug Baker, Department of Revenue spokesperson, was unsuccessful.
When the plan's details first surfaced earlier this month, administration officials told lawmakers that the oil and gas industry would lose about $289 million worth of existing tax exemptions related to extraction, which is the practice of removing natural resources from the ground and other subsurface materials.
Shortly before the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association made its announcement Wednesday, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry took one step closer to finalizing its stance as well.
"LABI's policy is clear," said President Dan Juneau. "If the tax swap proposal is introduced as a net increase in business taxes or is amended during the legislative process to take that form, LABI will oppose it."
Department of Revenue Executive Counsel Tim Barfield, who has been charged with guiding Jindal's plan, told lawmakers recently that $500 million in costs will be shifted to businesses under the legislation that will soon be introduced.
"That number is probably higher today and undoubtedly will go up significantly in the future," Juneau wrote in his weekly column for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry members and newspapers.
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Do you find yourself traveling from area to area when cooking in your kitchen? Are you short of storage space? Do you end up looking into a wall or having your back to your company while cooking? The solution to these problems is the centrally located kitchen island. The anchor of a busy kitchen, the island is a multi-talented fixture that provides a working surface and pivotal location for preparing food while helping to stylistically shape the room. Many of today's kitchen islands are spectacularly designed in both the form and functions they provide. Alluring silhouettes, multilevel surfaces, and varied head-turning materials are imaginatively combined. Built-in wine racks, adjustable shelving, rinsing sinks, cooktops, and warming drawers are just a number of the "bells and whistles" that accompany the well-equipped island. Keeping the island appropriately scaled to the rest of the kitchen is important. Many islands appear too large for the kitchen in which they are placed. An island should not be so big as to hinder movement in the room or visually bully the space with its size. Like cabinetry, it should be considered a piece of furniture that is thoughtfully integrated into the space and design of the room.
In a roomy layout, you can shorten the distance between the three key work areas by adding an island or peninsula. A peninsula base and ceiling-hung cabinets offer convenient storage for tableware and linens. In an L- or U-shaped kitchen, an island can add visual interest, breaking up the space without confining it. It also provides an extra work surface, a convenient spot for snacks or informal meals, as well as a place for setting up a buffet when entertaining.
A kitchen island can also serve as an excellent location for a cook top or second sink, if plumbing and ventilation hookups permit. It could also prove the ideal spot for a wine rack or cooler, a wet bar, warming drawers, modular refrigerator units, or additional general storage. For maximum efficiency, be sure the design provides a clearance of 48 inches from the island kitchen to the wall cabinets.
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LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez, the 2011 MLS Defender of the Year, underwent successful surgery today to repair a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his left knee. Club doctors from the Santa Monica Orthopaedic Group performed the surgery today in Los Angeles after the 23-year-old defender was injured during a training session last week while on loan with FC Nürnberg of the German Bundesliga. He is expected to be out approximately 7-9 months, though he will begin his rehabilitation later this month.
Originally loaned to Nürnberg last week, Gonzalez suffered the injury in his first training session with the club in Turkey on Wednesday, January 4 with an MRI revealing the extent of the injury the following day. He returned to Southern California on Sunday, January 8 before being seen by the Galaxy medical staff, who confirmed the initial diagnosis of the torn ligament.
A two-time MLS Best XI selection, Gonzalez has been an integral cog in the heart of the Galaxy defense since being selected by the club in the first round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. In his three years with the Galaxy, Gonzalez has appeared in and started 87 games, helping lead the club to a pair of MLS Cup appearances, winning his first MLS Cup in 2011. A two-time MLS All-Star First XI selection and the Galaxy's Defender of the Year in 2010 and 2011, Gonzalez has seen the Galaxy keep 41 clean sheets over the past three seasons, equaling or besting the club record for shutouts in a season each year while also allowing less than a goal per game in all three seasons. In addition to his defensive prowess, Gonzalez has also been an important part of LA's success on set pieces, scoring five times in his MLS regular season career, while also adding single goals in the MLS Cup Playoffs, CONCACAF Champions League and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, with all of those goals coming as a result of set pieces.
The LA Galaxy will open preseason ahead of the 2012 MLS season later this month. They will return to competitive action on Wednesday, March 7 when they take on Toronto FC in the first leg of their 2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal, which will be played at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They will open the 2012 MLS season three days later on Saturday, March 10 when they host RealSaltLake at The Home Depot Center in MLS First Kick 2012, presented by Dick's Sporting Goods. That game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. (PT) and tickets are on sale now as part of season ticket packages as well as three and six-game plans. For more information about this game or to purchase tickets, please visit the club's official website at www.lagalaxy.com.


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Cisco Platinum CCNA & CCNP Lab Kit
This Platinum CCNP Kit is the exact topology used in the Cisco CCNP ROUTE, SWITCH and TSHOOT Cisco Academy Lab Companion Workbooks. It will assist you on your CCNA 200-125, CCNA Security 210-260 and CCNP exams. So it will do three exams in one! *We do suggest adding a ASA-5505 to do two of the CCNA Security labs.
You get routers and switches that will help you get hands on experience in most of the CCNP disciplines for the ROUTE, SWITCH and TSHOOT exams. The great thing about this kit is that all of it can be used in our CCIE topology after you pass your CCNP tests! The major difference in this kit compared to our other kits is that it comes with the exact 1841 routers, 3560 and 2960 switches, wireless controller, wireless access points and IP Phones for your Voice and Wireless disciplines in the SWITCH module. This kit will support 80 labs covered over 800 pages using the Cisco Academy CCNP Lab manuals!
Even though this is a great kit, we still allow you to tweak it to your specifications as highlighted below:
- The base 1841 256/64 allows you to run Advanced IP Services IOS 15.1(4). The 384/128 upgrade allows for multiple IOSes.
- The 2801 upgrade is also a dual FE ISR router that offers two additional HWIC slots over the 1841 with enhanced functionality, dual AIM slots and PVDM slots on the motherboard for future Voice use. 256/64 runs 15.1 IP Base and 384/128 runs IOS 15.1 Advanced IP Services for CCNA Security.
- The 2811 upgrade can do everything the 2801 can and more. It is more flexible, has additional Network Module slots and is the preferred router to match up with the CCNA Voice lab workbook. 512/128 runs IOS 15.1(4). Advanced IP Services for CCNA Security and Advanced Enterprise Services for CCNA Voice.
- The 2821 upgrade has all the functionality the 2811 does plus two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. This way if you are going to use it in your home network, you can have blazing fast speeds! 512/128 runs IOS 15.1(4). Advanced IP Services for CCNA Security and Advanced Enterprise Services for CCNA Voice.
Listed below are the componets of the kit of which you can select any of the upgrades we described above.
- Tested and Guaranteed working!!
- Four 1841 Dual Ethernet 256/64 15.1(4) IOS Routers for Firewall concepts
- Two 3560-TS Layer 3 15.0(2)SE6 IOS Switches
- Two 2960-TT-L 15.0(2)SE6 IOS Switches
- One 2106 Wireless Controller
- Two Cisco 1231 Wireless Access Points
- Two Cisco 7960 IP Phones and power cubes
- Eight WIC-1DSU-T1v2 Serial Modules
- Four WIC Serial Crossover Cables
- Four Ethernet Patch Cables
- Ten Crossover Ethernet Patch Cables
- One Console Cable Kit
- 13 Power Cords
- Additional Items Include:
- CertificationKits CCNP ROUTE, SWITCH, TSHOOT Boot Camp Study Guide eBooks ($59.97 value)
- 450 Page CCNA Lab Workbook Covering 60+ Labs! ($44.99 value)
- How & Why We Subnet Workbook ($19.99 value)
- CCENT, ICND2 & CCNA Practice Exam Simulators ($149.97 value) (Includes practice test files and trial of software. Software requires paid activation past the free trial)
- CCENT, ICND2 & CCNA Boot Camp Study Guide eBooks ($89.97 value)
- CCNA CRAM Sheet ($14.99 value)
- TCP/IP Study Poster ($9.99 value)
- CertificationKits TFTP Server
- CertificationKits Subnet Calculator
- CertificationKits Binary Bits Game
- 50 CCNA Instructional Videos
- Cisco Network Assistant
- Cisco Router Password Decryptor
- Cisco VPN Client 5.0.04.0410
- Port Scanner
- WinPcap 4.1.3
- WireShark 1.10.05
- IOS Backup as noted above for the routers and switches
- Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP) 2.8 for 1841/2800 Series Routers
Upgrade Option to Smart Serial Cards Includes:
(Replaces 1DSU-T1 cards and WIC-Crossover Cables)
Four WIC-2A/S Modules
Four Smart to Smart Back to Back Serial Cables
***Why should you consider upgrading from the HWIC/WIC-1DSU-T1 Serial cards to the Smart Serial Cards?***
The WIC-1DSU-T1v2 Serial cards are a great, budget friendly option for lab purposes. However, if your budget allows, we always recommend upgrading to the smart serial WIC cards and Smart Serial-to-Smart Serial cables. Smart serial is a more current technology that offers a faster DCE/DTE connection that will also use the same clock rate command you will see in all of your labs on every exam, regardless the level. Once again, the WIC-1DSU-T1v2 Serial cards will work just fine (the clock rate command is slightly different and that difference is covered in our CCNA Lab Workbook), but if you want to be the most up to date and want the clock rate commands to match identically like you would see when you are sitting your exam, the smart serial upgrade is an excellent choice.
These are the same study guides you would receive if you attend one of our CCNP boot camps. The CCNP ROUTE 300-101 study guide is 273 pages long and follows the format of an official curriculum book in that it has a Power Point slide at the top of each page and text describing the concept below it. The SWITCH 300-115 study guide is 245 pages and the TSHOOT study guide is 173 pages.
So how are we able to deliver all three study guides normally priced $59.97 for the special bundled price of $49.99? It is delivered in a locked eBook format (this is to prevent illegal sharing as we spent over 1,000 hours creating it). We cover all the topics on the new Cisco exams. Below we have outlined the chapters covered and provided a sample slide and a PDF sample chapter covering Implementing an EIGRP Based Solution.
Chapter 1 – Planning Routing Services
Chapter 2 – Implementing an EIGRP based Solution
Chapter 3 – Implementing a Multi-Area OSPF Solution
Chapter 4 – Implementing an IPv4 Based Solution
Chapter 5 – Implementing Path Control
Chapter 6 – Connecting an Enterprise to an ISP Network
Chapter 7 – Implementing IPv6
Below we have outlined the chapters covered and provided a sample slide and a PDF sample chapter covering Implementing Spanning Tree.
Chapter 1 – Analyzing Campus Network Designs
Chapter 2 – Implementing VLANs in a Campus Network
Chapter 3 – Implementing Spanning Tree
Chapter 4 – Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
Chapter 5 – Implementing First Hop Redundancy
Chapter 6 – Implementing a Highly Available Network
Chapter 7 – Minimizing Service Loss & Data Theft
Chapter 8 – Intergrating Wireless LAN into a Campus Network
Chapter 9 – Accomodating Voice & Video in a Campus Network
Below we have outlined the chapters covered and provided a sample slide and a PDF sample chapter covering Troubleshooting Routing Based Solutions.
Chapter 1 – Planning Maintenance for Complex Networks
Chapter 2 – Maintenance & Troubleshooting Tools & Applications
Chapter 3 – Troubleshooting Processes for Complex Enterprise Networks
Chapter 4 – Maintaining & Troubleshooting Campus Switch Based Problems
Chapter 5 – Maintaining & Troubleshooting Routing Based Solutions
Chapter 6 – Maintaining & Troubleshooting Network Security Solutions
Below are the labs which are covered in the lab manuals described above. Please make sure you scroll all the way down to see all the items included in this kit.
CCNP Lab Workbook - Optional
Lab 1-1 Tcl Script Reference and Demonstration
Lab 2-1 EIGRP Configuration, Bandwidth, and Adjacencies
Lab 2-2 EIGRP Load Balancing
Lab 2-3 EIGRP Summarization and Default Network Advertisement
Lab 2-4 EIGRP Frame Relay Hub-and-Spoke: Router Used as a Frame Relay Switch
Lab 2-5 EIGRP Authentication and Timers
Lab 2-6 EIGRP Challenge Lab
Lab 2-7 Troubleshooting EIGRP
Lab 3-1 Single-Area OSPF Link Costs and Interface Priorities
Lab 3-2 Multi-Area OSPF with Stub Areas and Authentication
Lab 3-3 OSPF Virtual Links and Area Summarization
Lab 3-4 OSPF over Frame Relay
Lab 3-5 OSPF Challenge Lab
Lab 3-6 OSPF Troubleshooting Lab
Lab 3-7 OSPF Case Study
Lab 4-1 Redistribution Between RIP and OSPF
Lab 4-2 Redistribution Between EIGRP and OSPF
Lab 4-3 Manipulating Administrative Distances
Lab 4-4 EIGRP and OSPF Case Study
Lab 5-1 Configure and Verify Path Control
Lab 5-2 Configure IP SLA Tracking and Path Control
Lab 6-1 Configuring BGP with Default Routing
Lab 6-2 Using the AS_PATH Attribute
Lab 6-3 Configuring IBGP and EBGP Sessions, Local Preference, and MED
Lab 6-4 BGP Route Reflectors and Route Filters
Lab 6-5 BGP Case Study
Lab 7-1 Configure Routing Facilities to the Branch Office
Lab 8-1 Configuring OSPF for IPv6
Lab 8-2 Using Manual IPv6 Tunnels with EIGRP for IPv6
Lab 8-3 Configuring 6to4 Tunnels
Lab 8-4 IPv6 Challenge Lab
Lab 8-5 IPv6 Troubleshooting Lab
Lab 1-1 Clearing a Switch
Lab 1-2 Clearing a Switch Connected to a Larger Network
Lab 2-1 Static VLANS, VLAN Trunking, and VTP Domains and Modes
Lab 2-2 Configuring EtherChannel
Lab 3-1 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Default Behavior
Lab 3-2 Modifying Default Spanning Tree Behavior
Lab 3-4 Multiple Spanning Tree
Lab 4-1 Inter-VLAN Routing with an External Router
Lab 4-2 Inter-VLA Routing with an Internal Route Processo and Monitoring CFE Functions
Lab 4-3 VLANs, VTP, and Inter-VLAN Routing Case Study
Lab 5-1 Hot Standby Router Protocol
Lab 5-2 IP Service Level Arrangements in a Campus Environment
Lab 6-1 Securing Layer 2 Switches
Lab 6-2 Securing Spanning Tree Protocol
Lab 6-3 Securing VLANs with Private VLANs, RACLs, and VACLs
Lab 7-1 Configuring Switches for IP Telephony Support
Lab 7-2 Configuring a WLAN Controller
Lab 7-3 Voice and Security in a Switched Network
Lab 3-1 Assembing Maintenance and Troubleshooting Tools
Lab 4-1 Layer 2 Connectivity and Spanning Tree
Lab 4-2 Layer 3 Switching and First-Hop Redundancy
Lab 5-1 Layer 3 Connectivity and EIGRP
Lab 5-2 OSPF and Roue Redistribution
Lab 5-3 BGP
Lab 6-1 IP Addressing - Nat and DHCP
Lab 7-1 Router Performance
Lab 9-1 Management Plane Security
Lab 9-2 Control Plane Management
Lab 9-3 Data Plane Security
Lab 9-4 Troubleshooting Complex Environments
This is a complete Cisco certification kit and much more than just hardware to build a lab. Obviously we include the hardware you need but we also include ALL of the study material you need to pass your exam in one kit which we will show you samples of below. No other kit contains a physical 450+ page CCNA Lab Workbook, a physical 100 page Subnetting workbook, our three ICND1, ICND2, and CCNA practice exam simulators so that you can break your exam studies up in the way that best fits your study style. These practice exam simulators are so good that when they are purchased as a solo product we offer our Pass Guarantee. Then we also include our ICND1 100-105, ICND2 200-105, and CCNA 200-125 Boot Camp Study Guides in Windows eBook format. These are not pirated copies of eBooks, but fully licensed copies that are 436, 384, and 780 pages respectively! So let's take a look at some of these samples and then we will get to all of the other materials we include which we have not mentioned yet!
CCNA Lab Workbook
Here is a sample topology from our 450+ page CCNA Lab Workbook that will walk you through over 60 labs. You can see them all listed at the bottom of this page. Notice how we have redundant links and combine both WAN and LAN technologies in our lab as they each use different encapsulation types. These are the types of complex labs that will help you actually learn the topics in the CCNA exam. This is a $44.99 value alone.
Click here to download the sample CCNA EIGRP Lab
Subnetting Lab Workbook
Now let's take a look at a portion of a chapter in our subnetting workbook by downloading the sample chapter in pdf format here. Notice we explain the theory behind the process and then give you written lab exercises at the end of each section. You will get over 100 practice questions to burn subnetting into your brain! Keep in mind you will receive the full printed book when you order the kit. This is a $19.99 value alone.
ICND1, ICND2, and CCNA Exam Simulator
Now let's take a look at a sample of our CCNA exam simulator program which you can download a trial version here. Notice that these are not simple questions like what protocol runs on port 21. You have to be able to read and understand the topology, comprehend the different subnets shown and understand what they infer that Cisco is not going to tell you and then draw conclusions based upon the problem that is described in the question. These are not the kind of questions you can brain dump. These force you to learn the concepts covered on the exam and prepare you for the types of questions you will see on the exam. We also provided detailed explanations on why each possible answer is right or wrong. You need to understand why you answered questions incorrectly so you don't make the same mistake twice! These are so good that when purchased as a solo product we offer our Pass Guarantee. Each one of these normally costs $49.99 each when purchased separately for a total value of $149.97. Compare this to the exam simulators offered by Transcender for $139 or Measure-Up for $99 per exam!
ICND1, ICND2, and CCNA Boot Camp eBooks
We also include Windows eBooks from our ICND1 100-105, ICND2 200-105 and CCNA 200-125 boot camps (these are not pirated eBooks). You can click the link to download a PDF sample of our Advanced IOS Management chapter. We offer these eBooks individually for $29.99 each but we include all three in our kits for free! That is an $89.97 value.
CRAM Sheet, TCP/IP Poster & CCNA CBT Training DVD
You will also get our CCNA CRAM Sheet. This six page, full color laminated foldout is a great addition to your CCNA study arsenal which is easy to carry around so you can study the exam key points anywhere. You will also get our CCNA TCP/IP Study Poster to hand in your cube or study area. It compares and contrasts many of the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 for your CCNA exam. You can also add as an option to your kit our CCNA CBT DVD. This CCNA computer based training is comprised of 44 videos that total more than 22 hours of CCNA training that you can get as a $50 add-on to your kit. This is the same instruction you would receive it you sat in a full week CCNA boot camp.
Having a problem with one of our lab scenarios? We include free lifetime support for our customers. Just shoot us an email and we will help you through it!
The total value of our study materials that are added to your kit is $329.90! You will need to have these extra items like a lab workbook, subnet workbook, practice exams and study guides. Why buy them elsewhere when you can get them for free with your kit? The total value of these items are more than the cost of most of our kits and it is all included for FREE!
Additional Tools and Study Material Included
We also include a ton of other cool things to make your lab experience the best it can be such as our TFTP Server so you can do your IOS upgrade labs, our Subnet Calculator for praticing subnetting, our Binary Bits game to make learning Binary fun, 50 Instructional videos and the many more tools listed below!
Additional Items Include:
CertificationKits TFTP Server
CertificationKits Subnet Calculator
CertificationKits Binay Bits Game
50 CCNA Instructional Videos
Cisco Network Assistant
Cisco Router Password Decryptor
Cisco VPN Client 5.0.04.0410
Port Scanner
WinPcap 4.1.3
WireShark 1.10.05
IOS Backup as applicable to the kit Routers and Switches
Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP) 2.8 for 1841/2800 Routers
Lab Workbook
What is covered in our 450 page CCNA Lab Workbook? Below you will see listed all the labs in the workbook. Please note that depending on the routers and switches in your lab, you may or may not be able to fully complete every lab.
Lab 1-1 Identifying Router Components and Accessories
Lab 1-2 Router Connectivity
Lab 1-3 Identify Router and Switch IOS
Lab 2-1 Cisco 1700/1800/2500/2600 Series Password Recovery
Lab 2-2 Configure Login, EXEC, and MOTD Banners
Lab 2-3 Configuring the Password Encryption Service
Lab 2-4 Exec Timeout and Login Failure Rate
Lab 2-5 Installing a TFTP Server & Overview
Lab 2-6 Upgrading the IOS for 1700/1800/2500/2600 Routers
Lab 2-7 Cisco Licensing
Lab 3-1 Terminal Server Setup
Lab 4-1 Static Routing
Lab 4-2 Default Routing
Lab 5-1 EIGRP Routing
Lab 5-2 EIGRP Split-Horizon
Lab 6-1 OSPF Routing
Lab 6-2 Multi-Area OSPF Routing
Lab 7-1 Cisco 2900/3500 Switch Password Recovery
Lab 7-2 Switching Introduction
Lab 7-3 VLANs
Lab 7-4 Trunking
Lab 7-5 VTP
Lab 7-6 Spanning Tree Protocol
Lab 7-7 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Lab 7-8 Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
Lab 7-9 Inter-VLAN Routing
Lab 7-10 Configuring an EtherChannel Link
Lab 7-11 Configuring EtherChannel Using PagP
Lab 7-12 Configuring Etherchannel Using LACP
Lab 7-13 Configuring a PortChannel Interface
Lab 8-1 Standard ACL
Lab 8-2 Extended ACL
Lab 8-3 Named ACL
Lab 8-4 Trusted Hosts
Lab 8-5 Controlling VTY Access
Lab 9-1 Cisco Discovery Protocol
Lab 9-2 DHCP, DHCP Relay & DHCP Exclusions
Lab 9-3 DNS
Lab 9-4 Configuring NTP
Lab 9-5 Configuring Logging to a Remote Syslog Server
Lab 9-5 NetFlow
Lab 9-6 Routing Redundancy with HSRP and VRRP
Lab 10-1 Static Inside Source Address Translation
Lab 10-2 Dynamic NAT
Lab 10-3 Overloading an Inside Global Address
Lab 11-1 Frame-Relay Switching
Lab 11-2 Frame-Relay on Physical Interfaces
Lab 11-3 Frame-Relay on a Point-to-Point Interface
Lab 11-4 Frame-Relay on Multi-Point Interfaces
Lab 12-1 PPP Encapsulation
Lab 12-2 PPP PAP Authentication
Lab 12-3 PPP CHAP Authentication
Lab 12-4 HDLC Encapsulation
Lab 13-1 IPv6 Link Local Addressing
Lab 13-2 IPv6 EUI-64 Addressing
Lab 13-3 IPv6 Site Local Addressing
Lab 13-4 IPv6 Global Addressing
Lab 13-5 EIGRP IPv6 Routing
Lab 13-6 Configuring Basic IPv6 OSPFv3
Lab 13-7 Configuring IPv6 over Frame-Relay with OSPFv3
Lab 14-1 Configuring an IPSec Tunnel
Lab 14-2 GRE Over IPSec Virtual Tunnel
Lab 15-1 Installing & Configuring Cisco Configuration Professional


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Today was the first time in many years that I had the objectivity to see Philadelphia as crappy. One man's objectivity is another's spoiled upbringing, so you might also say I saw my old city with the contemptuous eyes of my old classmates at Penn, the ones who complained about panhandlers and run down buildings and all the other superficial symptoms of a plague they'd been so lucky to miss. I hated those fucks. I defined myself against them. I wanted to stay purely out of spite for them, but Philadelphia had no job for me. Philadelphia had no job for anyone who wasn't a barista or a bartender or a bike messenger or somehow a member of the entrenched, and I was sick of being a barista. The beauty of Philadelphia was that it had plenty of rotting houses for those wise enough to recognize that jobs are dumb and ephemeral and overrated and that that notion wasn't just some loser philosophy they should have left behind in art school.
Anyway, the artists stayed. While I was away trying to have a career, they bought long-abandoned real estate and painted murals and taught school and built bars and occasionally joined civic associations and marched in parades and became committeemen. They masked their wonder and idealism and hope in gratuitous tattoos and beards and funny little slacker-rituals like bringing their kids to bars, but damn if they didn't sort of spruce up the place. If you think I am romanticizing common Richard Florida shit, fuck you, it isn't like I hadn't thought of that; it isn't like they didn't think of that.
All of which is a long way of getting back to the original point: that, despite its waning relevance insofar as broad macroeconomic and demographic trends are concerned, I always drew inspiration from Philly's trajectory. It was a place that very slowly and quietly kept getting prettier and nicer and cleaner and less disrepaired, fueled in large part by a bunch of artists seeking a working-class existence in a community untainted by all those pollutants that flow through places with delusions of being at the Center of the Universe.
But yeah, today it was muggy and overcast and slow and cluttered and on my walk to my polling place at 12th and Federal in South Philadelphia, I stopped to think how orderly and businesslike and prosperous it made my new corner at Rivington and Allen in New York look by comparison. And when I walked inside the little Italian social club and they couldn't find my name on their damn roster I couldn't get mad: I hadn't, after all, even lived on the block the last time I'd voted there. (I'd abandoned it for a job or a career or a piece of the action or whatever, a chance to double my rent for half the space, etc.) I simply asked my committeeman — a hefty, silver-haired Italian I didn't recognize who was munching on a paper plate of penne and kidney beans — how he figured our block had voted today.
"I don't know and I don't care!" he roared jovially.
"You don't care?"
"The turnout has been great, that's all that matters. I'm happy either way. It's when people don't vote that you've got a problem."
I smiled and thanked him and ran out to catch the train home. A cab driver on call picked me up on Broad Street. He said he'd take me part of the way. As we approached City Hall, a flock of Obama people standing on the median wove signs and those Styrofoam things they sell at Sixers games. The cabbie started honking wildly and laughing.
"Did you vote for Obama?" I asked.
"I'm a crazy Republican, I voted for McCain," he said. "But I like Obama. Look at him, he is smart and came from nowhere to Harvard and he has dark skin, it is time for someone with a little dark skin. Why have the same people over and over in charge? So one person can lead and then their son and their wife and their daughter can lead as well? I come from Pakistan and I never liked Bhutto. Her grandfather was a politician, her father was a politician, now her son is a politician. Let someone else do it for a change. Obama is a great speaker because black people are great speakers. Even black people who are not educated or have nothing, they have great voices, they can sing, they can make you feel inspiration. And look, not all black men are in jail, look at this one!"
He let me off at 17th and I walked the rest of the way to the station. And yeah, that's pretty much all I got for you guys from the real world: a Pakistani cab driver, like the Tom Friedman style guide taught me. But whatever. I'm almost home and will be back blogging imminently. In the meantime: go Barry!
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:54 am
Post subject: Where to Start?
New to the forum. As stated in my introduction I am a mom who is currently a Nurse however moving to Melbourne next year. I am looking to get into Medicine but not sure where to start. Any tips or pointers would be great help.
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Hi Adorra,
Firstly, check if you have an undergrad degree that's less than 10yrs old or a recent masters.
Then, sit the gamsat exam.
If all went well, you can start applying to uni.
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Thanks for the information.
As for prep for the GamSat what should I look into? I know there are prep courses, and I see people sell material on this site. Just wondering what the best course of prep would be.
Should I look into purchasing prep courses? I also seen some people talking about practice questions, where do I find those? Are there any other forums or sites out there that are worth looking into? Since I am not in Aus as of yet, not sure if there are study groups in Canada? Does anyone know of any study groups for Canada?
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If your looking to apply for the 2013 intake then you really want to start preparing for the GAMSAT now. I would definitely recommend using a study guide as they will keep you on track for what you need to study. As for which one, that will depend on what your strengths and weakness are and thus where you need to focus.
I personally took a brute force attack and got my hands on just about everything I could. I found that they all had strengths and weaknesses so having a couple allowed me to cover all the bases. It isn't to hard to pick this stuff up second hand at a good price. You don't need to worry about how old it is since the exam content really doesn't change from year to year.
Please keep in mind that the following statements are just my own personal opinion and should be taken with a pinch of salt. I am currently in the IT industry and have basic 1st year uni exposure to Phy/Chem/Math but have not done any English or Bio since year 11 at school. Below is focused on S3 since they all were much of a much ness in S1 and I did not use any for S2.
MedPrep Home Study - Good all round course book which I used as the base of my study. The practice questions seemed to be designed to help reinforce the sections and thus were not very GAMSATy, but the practice exams were spot on.
Des O'Neill - The science section was very comprehensive, fact based and light on explanations. I found it more useful when I needed more practice on a section than what MedPrep gave. I would not recommend this as the only study guide for someone unless they are very science literate to begin with. They do have lots of good practice questions that help bed down your understanding (e.g. not GAMSATy).
Guru Method - Very short course, very to the point. All the practice questions are written like they would be in the GAMSAT. This is definitely the course if you are short on time and already have a solid understanding of the material. This is about teaching you to pass the GAMSAT not broadening your knowledge.
PrepGenie practice exams - I found these quite difficult (they felt harder than the real exam). There were also other issues with the quality of their product that prevent me from recommending them.
Beyond this, I would recommend that you get the Acer GAMSAT books as they are great practice exams (although they felt easier than the real exam). Also use resources like the Khan Academy to fill in any gaps.
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I am very much like yourself, get my hands on as much information as I can so that I can be prepared. Didn't realize how much was involved with GAMSAT and am happy that I am starting sooner rather than later.
Will look into second hand books and prep materials and hopefully can take advantage of the pricing.
Thank you for your reviews and opinions. It does help me gain a better idea of what is out and what to expect when I do look into them.
As for Khan Academy what would you recommend to focus on, they have lots of topics on there and it is almost mind boggling. Want to make sure I focus on the right material so I am fully prepared.
It seems a lot of people don't like Prepgenie but when I look at them, I don't see the issues others are complaining about. They seem like they have a good section and prep like the other sites I have looked at. Looking at pricing they seem a bit cheaper than the others, and price is a factor for myself but I also want to make sure that I get good material to work with. If I have to work with more than one to gain the full broad of material I am going to factor in everything possible to make sure I get the most for my money.
I will also look into getting the Acer GAMSAt books, it sounds like it is something that I am looking for in terms of practice.
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Regarding Prep genie
Perhaps because prep genie is quite new on the scene and based in India, it attracts criticism. Or it might simply be that they introduced an inferior course in comparison to other gammy prep orgs (that seems to be the view here). Or perhaps, its propaganda. Who knows? I have no experience with them and havn't heard anything about them. They were too new on the scene for my taste this time last year.
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On 1 October 1976 a new club opened on Mathew Street in Liverpool city centre. Despite closing its doors just four years later, its impact on the Merseyside music scene is legendary.
Eric's, like the Cavern Club before, provided a stage for talented local groups to explore their musical abilities and interests with like-minded people. The club staged music rarely heard in other city centre venues - everything from jazz, reggae and folk music to performance art and poetry, and especially punk.
Roger Eagle, Ken Testi and Pete Fulwell were the co-owners of Eric's. The trio, who had strong local music ties, bought out New Cavern Enterprises and The Revolution bar, renamed it Eric's, and the club became a permanent venue. Ken chose the Eric's name, wanting a simple Anglo Saxon title as opposed to other 'pretentious' club names like Tiffany's and Samantha's.
The three had an open door policy on the acts that played at the club, encouraging bands to form and perform. They also started a record company under the Eric's name, and produced the Last Trumpet fanzine. Another Eric's magazine, More or Less, offered practical advice to musicians.
The list of groups who played Eric's reads like a Who's Who of punk/rock music, from Blondie and The Clash to The Jam and Ultravox. Little known groups like The Police and The Sex Pistols played Eric's on their way to stardom, with The Stranglers featuring on Eric's opening night. Such groups would later return to Liverpool, playing larger venues under the Eric's promotion.
Eric's greatest influence was on local groups. OMD, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Wah! Heat all played their first gigs there. Big in Japan were an Eric's success story who still influence today's music scene. Often described as a reverse supergroup, band members later had links with The Lightning Seeds, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the KLF and the Cream nightclub.
When Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys formed OMD it was for a one-off show at Eric's. Pete Fulwell had other ideas. He introduced them to contacts at Manchester record label The Factory and a successful 18-year career ensued. Andy later went on to run Motor Museum Studios, creating chart toppers Atomic Kitten and working with up and coming local groups.
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Katy Perry got into her zone and did something we wouldn't expect from the pop diva. The 'Part of Me' singer wowed audiences at BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge with a cover of Jay-Z and Kanye West's worldwide anthem 'N—as in Paris' from their album 'Watch the Throne.'
Backed by her live band, who added a guitar twang to the rap duo's bombastic hit, Perry grabbed a New York fitted hat and started fist pumping to the groove. "This is about to get real embarrassing," she told the crowd before reciting Yeezy and Hov's lyrics.
Actually, it wasn't embarrassing at all. For someone who is known for singing catchy pop tunes, she did a great job of rap-singing the Throne's braggadocios rhymes.
Perry kept her performance really clean and uttered no profanities. Instead of saying motherf—er, she used "mofo" and instead of saying "that s— cray," she said "that so cray." Perry also gets extra props for not using the N-word and instead use the replacement word "ninja."
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Mike talks with Erina and invites her to come and hang out with his friends at the park. (Scenes 3 | Part 3 of 7)
Mike: See that wasn't that hard, was it?
Erina: Oh it was actually so easy. Thank you.
Mike: Yeah no problem. So since you've come to Vancouver, have you seen any places?
Erina: No I haven't really been anywhere in Vancouver yet.
Mike: Really? Have you heard of the place called Stanley Park?
Erina: Oh Stanley Park? Yes, actually my friends were talking about it.
Mike: Really? Because a bunch of friends and I are going to be going to Stanley Park on the weekend, and if you'd want to come we'd be happy to have you.
Erina: Oh that'll be great. Thank you for inviting me.
Mike: Yeah, no problem. Stanley Park is a huge national park at the edge of downtown. And it has something what's called a seawall, which is a walkway for people to walk, and cyclists, and people on rollerblades, that goes around the whole perimeter of the park.
Erina: Wow, that sounds amazing.
Mike: Yeah, it's beautiful. And it actually goes right under the Lions Gate Bridge.
Erina: Lions Gate Bridge?
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Mike: Yeah it's the bridge that connects downtown to West Vancouver.
Erina: Oh, okay.
Mike: It's also the bridge you would take to get on the highway to go up to Whistler.
Erina: Oh, Whistler.
Mike: Yeah.
Erina: That name sounds so familiar to me.
Mike: Yeah, it's a mountain for skiing and snowboarding. And it's definitely one of the most famous mountains in North America.
Erina: Oh wow. Actually I'm from northern part of Japan, where it snows a lot, and I ski and snowboard all the time when I'm in Japan. So I'm very interested to go to Whistler one day.
Mike: Well one day we'll have to go up together because it's a great mountain and it has lots of different runs.
Erina: Oh wow, I'm already excited.
Mike: So why don't I give you my phone number and you can give me a call Saturday morning and let me know if you want to come to Stanley Park.
Erina: Oh cool, okay. That'll be great. I'll give you a call tomorrow. Is there anything you want me to bring?
Mike: No, should be fine. If you want to bring some drinks that's fine, but we're probably just going to be playing frisbee and sitting in the park.
Erina: Oh, sounds great. Okay, so should I give you my phone number?
Mike: Well, I'll give you my number and you can call me in the morning.
Erina: Oh yeah that's true.
Mike: Do you have a pen?
Erina: Yes I do. Hold on.
a bunch of friends
Because a bunch of friends and I are going.
A bunch is just a group, so if you have a bunch of friends, that means you have a group of friends. Notice that if the pronoun 'I' is included, it goes after the phrase 'a bunch of' not before it. Here are some more uses:
- A bunch of friends and I are going to the movies. Do you want to come?
- There are a bunch of boxes by the door. Can you bring them here?
we'd be happy to have you
If you want to come, we'd be happy to have you.
The phrase 'we'd be happy to have you' means the speaker would like to invite the listener or let the listener know they are invited to some event.
- If you are free tonight, we'd be happy to have you over for dinner.
- We are playing bridge tonight. We'd be happy to have you join us.
at the edge of
There is a park at the edge of town.
The phrase 'at the edge of' means the outside area of something.
If a place is at the edge of town, that means it is in town, but far from the center, almost out of town. Notice the following:
- I used to live downtown, but now I live in a house at the edge of town.
- There is a cool cafe just at the edge of campus.
It has lots of different runs.
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- That is my favorite run on the course.
hold on
I have a pen. Hold on.
The phrase 'hold on' just means please wait. It is short for 'hold on a second' or 'hold on a minute'. The speaker uses it because they need time to do something. Notice the following:
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Publisher emerita: Kay 'I'm not a bluestocking' Peaslee
Charlottesville was a very different landscape when Kay Peaslee moved here from Nova Scotia in 1972. In fact, Peaslee, who'd lived in Canada, China, and Brazil with her foreign service husband, Sandy, considered it a bit of a backwater.
"I'd been accustomed to really good music and theater in Halifax," says Peaslee.
And as for local newspapers and radio, quelle horreur. "There was a city election I never heard about. The AM radio was impossible to listen to. No one was concerned with local media," she laments. "This seemed like a desert as far as information."
Peaslee decided to do something about that, and in 1978 she founded the Observer.
She'd worked on her college newspaper and had written for the Mysterious East in Canada, and the China Weekly Review. Under the tutelage of Daedalus Bookshop owner Sandy McAdams, who ran a '70s alt paper, the Times of Charlottesville, she learned the nuts and bolts of newspapering.
For 10 years, she channeled her passion for writing and public affairs into what was Charlottesville's most respected weekly, until her husband's poor health demanded all of her attention.
The ownership of the Observer has changed four times since Peaslee's tenure, taking its most radical turn when former Christian Coalitioner Jeff Peyton took over the outspoken liberal's creation in 2000. Before leaving in November 2002, Peyton swung the content sharply to the right.
The Observer is again under new management, and Peaslee still reads it. "I look at it quickly," she says. "It takes about five minutes. It has a long way to go."
These days Peaslee resides in a spacious McGuffey Hill condominium. Her coffee table, strewn with nearly a dozen magazines such as the New Yorker, Gironde, and Sierra, hints at her wide range of interests.
Though retired and widowed, she's not idle, taking on the presidencies of the McGuffey Homeowners Association and the Memorial Planning Society, a nonprofit organization that helps people plan for death with dignity, simplicity, and economy. She's also vice president of the North Downtown Residents Association. "I do these things because no one else will," says Peaslee.
The former editor and publisher is a devoted downtown resident. Because she no longer drives, she's become an advocate for transportation issues, pointing out how hard it is to buy groceries when you don't have a car. "It makes me sick to see that space at Vinegar Hill that was a market and now stands empty," she declares.
Peaslee still writes, "mostly agendas," but also poetry, and "I like to write about my cat," she says.
But her first love remains the Observer. "It was the greatest thing I ever did," she says. "All my life, I felt like a dilettante, always moving around." Now she's firmly established as a Charlottesville media legend.
Age: 81
What brought you here? My husband's enrollment in UVA's law school.
What's worst about living here? It's not Arlington.
Favorite hangout? Higher Grounds
Most overrated virtue? Modesty
What would people be surprised to know about you? People don't think about others– they're too busy.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Increase my self-discipline
What accomplishment are you proudest of? Establishing the Charlottesville Observer
What do people find most annoying about you? I appear to be a bluestocking– and I'm not.
Whom do you admire? Gwen Ifill
Favorite book? Greece and the Greeks by Jacob Burkhardt
What subject causes you to rant? Euphemisms
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? NPR and PBS, microwaves
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Dependence on technology
What do you drive? I'd like to own a bicycle.
What's in your car CD player right now? I have no car.
What's your next journey? A cruise in the Greek isles with my neighbor at McGuffey, conducted by Elderhostel.
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Chairing the local government committee of the local League of Women Voters.
What do you regret? My unplanned life
Favorite comfort food? Warm milk
What's always in your refrigerator? Fresh fruit and yogurt
Must-see TV? Book Notes Sunday night on C-Span and Washington Week in Review Friday night
Favorite cartoon? Hagar the Horrible
Describe a perfect day. Rise early. Walk to the Downtown Mall and ACAC. After workout, to the library to browse. Lunch with grandson, swim at Fry's Spring, dinner with Sarah and family.
Walter Mitty fantasy? Publication of my bio of Ellen Glasgow
Who'd play you in the movie? Judi Dench
Most embarrassing moment? Turning up for dinner with friends a week late
Best advice you ever got? Control health by daily exercise.
Favorite bumper sticker? Impeach Bush
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Yesterday Rose mentioned our pre-moving"Drink Us Out of House and Homeland" party, which left us depleted of booze but rife with empty bottles and hangover headaches. Among the copious, and at times senseless, consumption (see our friend Jason mistreat a bottle of Michter's below), a few cocktails were born. As our liquor levels ran lower and lower, our need to innovate grew higher and higher. But perhaps my favorite creation of the night was not a particular drink, but a certain game I invented, Box of Mystery.
The idea behind Box of Mystery was simple if a bit sophomoric. Put twelve bottle of liquor in a box and make one of your guests pick a bottle at random. The guest in question then fashions a drink using said liquor. The first few rounds of Box of Mystery yielded few surprises -- Cognac = Sidecar, Gin = Martini, Rye = suck it straight from the bottle -- but the cranberry-flavored Smirnoff vodka, now that one resulted in a twist of creative, collaborative delicious genius. Which I present to you now.
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