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Hmm. I'm your typical SureFire fanboy. I'm gonna have to check these out. Know of anyplace we can get pictures or vids?
This is a discussion on Just got a Night-ops Gladius FANTASTIC LED! within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I just got my Night-ops Gladius... Much better fit and finish than I had expected... VERY bright and the strobe mode is quite disconcerting. I ...
I just got my Night-ops Gladius...
Much better fit and finish than I had expected... VERY bright and the strobe mode is quite disconcerting. I could see it as an effective weapon to buy those few extra seconds that could save a life.
I bought it for its low power mode which gives the user 400 hours of light on one set of batteries and also because it's waterproof (to 150 feet). The new HAIII finish is beautiful.. non-reflective matte and despite rumors to the contarary the batteries change out as quickly as they do on my SureFires.
I highly recomend this light.
I went through a store called National Police Supply in Vista CA. Owned by a former cop Sean DePriest who is a very nice guy. His price was only $169.00 They carry all sorts of name brands and prices seem to be quite competitive.
If you can't find the Gladius lights on their website.. just e-mail or call them
I researched this purchase for far too long before making the buy... I have been a SureFire fan for years but the Gladius is as rugged a piece of equipment as I have seen and its variable intensity mode makes it great for any real emergency situation. Check it out!
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Hmm. I'm your typical SureFire fanboy. I'm gonna have to check these out. Know of anyplace we can get pictures or vids?
I recieved my own Gladius three weeks ago and it is all that the marketing promises.
Agreed regarding the 'Strobe' mode it would prove quite handy as a non-lethal option for CCW use escape/evasion.
There is an _excellent_ and complete review made by a gent from the UK that tells the entire story of the Gladius.
Read this as there is really nothing more to be said about the Gladius that has not been covered here; http://www.britishblades.com/forums/...ead.php?t=8683
- Janq
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Dear Janq,
What's your Gladius serial number range and what color did you get??
Outstanding review... thank you!Originally Posted by Janq
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
"A superior Operator is best defined as someone who uses his superior
judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
I bought a Gladius about a month ago at a great price! I could not be happier!! It is quite a useful, well-thought and layed-out light(got me thinkin' Torch' reading that British Blades review!!).
I am a security professional and the Gladius replaced my Surefire and back-up Minimag with LED conversion that I was carrying. I also travel ALOT and a good light or two always accompany me on my journeys.
I highly recommend the Gladius!
The old 6P will soon be attached to my Bulgarian SLR-95........the Minimag rests in my E&E kit, with spare batteries for it and my new 'go-to' light...the NightOps Gladius.
PS: I tried the 'strobe in a dark room in a mirror trick' first thing......I would not have been able to respond effectively after!! Great light!!
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I love the idea behind the Gladius. It seems light an awesome light. I kinda wish you could set the brightness without turning it on but that is only a small thing.
By the way here is the link for the gladius on the site you mention.
The odd thing is that on that website (in the link), I searched for and found the Gladius, but their writeup does not mention the fact that the light is an LED (unless I missed it somewhere).
At this point, I am an LED devotee and won't buy flashlights that are not LED anymore. LED light is what I prefer, now (although I know some tout the "warm" light and the "throw" from incandescents), but mostly I like the long life and the impact resistance that LED offers. Drop an expensive incandescent onto concrete and you're replacing the bulb, just like with the cheapest flashlight around.
I had to go to the review to find out that the Gladius runs a Luxeon III LED. Although I am not in the market for a $160+ flashlight, this is one that I would consider.


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March 24th, 2014
It is with great sadness that we announce that, as of March 31, 2014, the Victoria AIDS Resource & Community Service Society (VARCS) will be closing its doors. VARCS staff and board were devastated to learn that after 23 years of service, Island Health (formerly known as Vancouver Island Health Authority) will no longer be continuing its funding.
VARCS has provided comprehensive distribution and collection of harm reduction supplies to Greater Victoria, Sooke, the Saanich Peninsula and Sidney . VARCS provided support to persons living with HIV/AIDS, while simultaneously working to prevent the spread of this disease and other blood-borne illnesses, through our mobile harm reduction services and needle exchange program. VARCS staff, through taking a strength-based approach, tirelessly supported service users, throughout the full spectrum of recovery. This included providing essential life skills, which allowed people to live happier and healthier lives. The closing of our doors means that people living in the South Island area will have diminished social supports, which could have serious health consequences.
For more information:
TJ Furlani
Chair of VARCS
(778) 433.7687
Victoria AIDS Resource & Community Service Society is a non-profit group in Victoria BC, Canada, providing practical, emotional and social support to people living with, or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. We provide programs such as advocacy, referrals, education, the Mobile X needle exchange, and Positively Connected.
The Mobile X needle exchange provides free harm reduction supplies and resource information. Mobile X works with people to help reduce the risk of contracting HIV and other blood borne infections. We assist people to gain better access to health and social services in the Greater Victoria area.
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Praise motivates. Praise encourages. Praise inspires.
Depending on the approach you take, praising an employee can actually have the opposite effect. The difference lies in whether we assume skill is based on innate ability or on hard work and effort.
Put another way, are people born with certain talents, or can talent be developed? (I think talent can definitely be developed, but that's just me.)
According to research on achievement and success by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, people tend to embrace one of two mental approaches to talent:
Fixed mindset: The belief that intelligence, ability, and skill are inborn and relatively fixed--we "have" what we were born with. People with a fixed mindset typically say things like "I'm just not that smart" or "Math is not my thing."
Growth mindset: The belief that intelligence, ability, and skill can be developed through effort--we are what we work to become. People with a growth mindset typically say things like "With a little more time, I'll get it" or "That's OK. I'll give it another try."
The result can be a fixed mindset. We start to assume we are what we are. Then, when the going gets tough and we struggle, we feel helpless because we think what we "are" isn't good enough.
And when we think that, we stop trying.
When you praise employees only for achievements--or criticize employees for short-term failures--you help create a fixed mindset environment. In time, employees see every mistake as a failure. They see a lack of immediate results as a failure. In time, they can lose motivation and even stop trying.
After all, why try when trying won't matter?
Fortunately, there's another way: Make sure you focus on praising effort and application, too:
"That didn't go perfectly, but you're definitely on the right track. Let's see what we can do to make it go even better next time."
"Hey, you finished that project much more quickly this time. You must have worked really hard."
"Great job! I can tell you put a lot of time into that."
The difference? You still praise results, but you praise results that are based on the premise of effort and not on an assumption of innate talent or skill. By praising effort, you help create an environment where employees feel anything is possible.
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Simon King: How I'm Reinventing The T-Shirt
PSFK collaborator looks to design a new wardrobe for the 21st century.
Last week I was speaking to Piers, the Johnny Depp-like founder of this nimble monolith PSFK. The conversation went something like this:
Piers: I've been working with X brand, Y brand, flown here, partied there and had lots of people suck up to me. My wife's gorgeous, my kids are angels. So what are you up to?
Simon: Designing t-shirts.
Piers: Well that's nice. Did you see the great speakers we had at the last conference? We've got X coming and Y coming and they all love me to bits, especially my tousled, school boy hair. Do you think I could pass for a Twilight vampire? Oh forget that…so what about these shirts?
Simon: I've been trying to create a totally new signature for London Denim.
Piers: Sorry mate got to go, that sounds great. Tell you what, write me an article titled "How you're reinventing the Tee." Got to go now, Obama's on the other line… -CLICK-
Simon: I'm not really reinventing…Piers…oh…
Could I claim I'm reinventing the t-shirt? Well if my mate can have conversations with Obama then I guess I could do with aiming a bit higher…
The Short Version – How I'm Rather Conceitedly Reinventing the Tee.
T-shirts became a staple in a man's wardrobe when Marlon Brando strutted out in Streetcar and James Dean was without a cause. Quickly they became ubiquitous taking over from the button shirt. Then came the printing, embroidery and logos but the core garment form remained unchanged, meaning that at least on paper high fashion T's look pretty much the same as the mid-market ones.
I find t-shirt design unfulfilled like jean design before the LA and Japanese brands got going in the late 90's. I've been thinking about how I could make a plain unadorned t-shirt a bit more quirky and individual while keeping a core masculine aesthetic (the French tell us 't-shirt' is a masculine noun).
The t-shirts I've designed 'Understatement T's' have a focus on shape and detail while holding onto the plain t-shirt essence. They make a statement without having over-design or logos overshadowing their personality.
For the rather overstretched, over-analyzed and over-egged mind dump on what's behind the core design read on below, but beware these shirts do have a rather high price tag which comes from following an 'Arts and Crafts' design and production ethos that's been haunting me of late. After all if I'm going to specifically order my Midlands-based knitter to make jerseys for me rather than sourcing from the far east, then there is going to be a price to pay.
Nothing new has happened in T-Shirt design since the pretty boys Marlon Brando and James Dean took their underwear, made it outerwear and caused a million girls to swoon. However, the pedantic amongst us may cite:
- Richard Hells 1970's reinvention of the t-shirt with safety pins and slashes fed inspiration to a fledgling 1970's punk fashion movement.
- Katherine Hamnetts oversized slogan T's worn by all in the 1980's.
- The oversized trend on the streets of American cities by youth apparently inspired by prison wear or lack of cash.
- The boom in self-print and private labels on the Internet over the past few years, supported by guys like Threadless which coincided with the availability of great blank T's from American Apparel, Stanley and Stella, etc.
- The revolution that has been digital printing on fabric which is still underway.
Ok, so something new has happened in T's since Marlon and Dean, but that's no reason I can't reinvent it for the new century. Time for a new title, a new angle:
How I'm reinventing the Tee for the 21st Century!
Brand-to-product alignment is the holy grail of the fashion industry. As a result labels with a tight designer to product relationship don't put logos on their products and those with a looser alignment, traditionally at the mass end of the market, do. The relentless ripping-off forces those brands to plop a logo on whatever they are looking to sell.
As a designer I want my designs to stand by themselves. So placing a logo on the design defeats the point of my existence. God might as well strike me down. When logos are used it gives the designer a 'get out of jail free' card. It's the logo that takes on the job of communicating what that item of clothing is really about and frees the designer to do more tweeting, navel gazing, cleaning out their fish tank or whatever. I want my tees to communicate what they are about without the need for crass markers.
A couple of years ago I almost had a seizure laughing at the new Ralph Lauren polo shirts with the extra large horse and rider embroidery logo. I figured Ralph Lauren had worked out that the lawyers, bankers and bean counters who gobble up their polo shirts would like to communicate their sartorial taste to people at a distance (or perhaps it was simply that enlarging the logo was a natural step in the face of an ageing, eyesight-failing customer base). We've all got to thank that executive for marking those folks so they are easily avoided.
So what's all this got to do with my reinventing of the fashion tee for the 21st century?
I want to go back to the future; I want to pull men's fashion t-shirt design back to a time before the logo and then to take it forward in a new direction. I want to create a t-shirt that people would buy because it would say a bit more about them than just the projection of brand values.
Using my un-patented jean design theory I began deconstructing then reconstructing the basic t-shirt. My jean design theory is:
- The end product must look like a pair of jeans.
- The end product must feel like a pair of jeans.
- The end product must not look like anyone else's pair of jeans.
These rules may seem simple but remember they are on top of the a load of technical product design rules which underpin what how a pair of jeans is constructed from the inclusion of chain stitch to the appropriate cutting technique for the different types of denim, pocket setting and so on. Just as there are a host of basic rules dictating what defines a t-shirt. Thus my t-shirt design theory rules were born:
- The end product must look like a t-shirt.
- The end product must feel like a t-shirt.
- The end product must not look like anyone else's t-shirts.
When you look from a distance most T's look the same and its hard to tell your Ralph Lauren from your Topshop. Up close it's easier where quality of make, fabrication and tactility come into play. Design-wise there's nothing in it. Both are following almost the same rules, not really playing in the margins of design like us denim designers have to in order to tease out differences. This leaves the label as the main difference from one brand to another.
That's where rule 3 really works. Rule three demands innovation, and rule three was informed by my Arts and Crafts design ethos with a focus on tactility, quality and relevance. I hope it has led me to re-invent the tee so that it becomes more than the sum of its parts, so it helps its wearer communicate much more about themselves with out the need for a oversized logo or over the top design.
The results…fashion is subjective. Look to the pictures. You judge. I've created a t-shirt with heavy 210gsm bespoke jersey and rib. I've followed my ethos and no piece of the design, production has been outside my vision and command. I started my tee journey having a heavy jersey knitted in Leicester in the British midlands. Then sourced thread from Gutermann (There are no English thread manufacturers) and found a factory 3 miles from my front door in London. The factory is more accustomed to working with Fashion Week designers rather than t-shirts, but then you don't trust these designs and this fabric to your standard factory. Then I commissioned artisan embroiders to create my inside brand label and the core product was finished.
It is my conceited, egotistical opinion that these T's are so perfect that from the moment they are finally produced in my XL size I will wear them for the rest of my life and be buried in them. Commercially I hope lots of people follow my lead. Realistically I know it will probably just be a few of my friends. Perhaps even Piers will wear one. I must remember to give him one to gift Obama with.
My thoughts went back to those Polo logos, suddenly I was jealous, I wanted something nice embroidered on my chest – was I falling into the same trap? No, I'm an arts and crafts inspired boy and I do love a bit of decoration when done well.
So back to my artisan embroiders, Andrew and Lucie, at the London Embroidery Studio (whose client list includes Louis Vuitton, Gieves and Hawkes and strangely the Super Furry Animals) to create my version of the giant logo. What could be nicer than a beautiful bird on your breast or three different types of birds? So what if a 1/3 of the value of the T-Shirt is in the embroidery. Its a thing of beauty, a talking point, a conversation opener that is the exact opposite of the Polo player embroidery which instantly closes conversation down. If you're wearing these tees the person over the other side of the room will want to talk to you. I tried it with Jackdaw on white, the first T I sampled. It works. Everyone loves a man who wears something simple and beautiful.
Then came the prints, a screened lobster and block-printed beetle and suddenly London Denim's men's creative direction for ready to wear was a bit more developed. In fact I'm now feeling closer to the start of my story rather than the end. Need some advice…better call Piers.
Switchboard: Sorry Simon he's in with the Pope and can't be disturbed. -CLICK-
Simon King is the founder of Understatement T's


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I'm still not really a believer, but this forum needs life...
And in any case, it's still a point. There's one thing used to state the impossibility of omnipotence, which is essentially:
Can God create a rock so heavy that God cannot lift it?
If so, then there is something God cannot do: lift the stone.
If no, then there is something God cannot do; create the stone.
This is essentially a false dilemma. As it argues against omnipotence, then the God mentioned is able to do more than lift or create rocks all the time.
God would be able to create this super-rock, so heavy that God cannot lift it. So, God cannot lift the stone: but when challenged to lift the stone, God still has several options. Aside from the possibility of reducing the stone, God can do something else: as omnipotence is capability to do anything, God can increase his own power, to the point where he can lift the stone.
Then the paradox happens again: can God create a stone this increased-God cannot lift? Once more, yes. And when challenged to lift the stone, God can again increase his own power.
It is possible for God to increase his own power, as even though God has infinite power by the properties of 'omnipotent', there are magnitudes of infinity: infinity plus one is still infinity.
The rock created is itself infinite if it exceeds God's capabilities to lift: it's more infinite than the magnitude of infinity God's powers bear, if that makes sense. The difference is, God can increase his own infinity: the rock cannot.
The process can essentially be summed up in the repetition of the following list:
God creates an un-lift-able stone.
God fails to lift the stone.
God's powers increase.
God lifts the stone.
In a way, yes I am advocating an infinite regress as a resolution to a paradox. But really, the paradox itself deals with the infinite, how else could it be solved?


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rules it's possible to actually define a macro called \n so if you line to keep things looking familiar you can do
define \n
$(error This is an error message $(\n)with two lines)
(More on special macro names in The Twilight Zone below)
Function arguments: space and comma
A problem that many GNU Make users run into is that handling of spaces and commas in GNU Make function arguments. Consider the following use of $(subst) (which takes three arguments separated by commas: the from text, the to text and the string to change):
spaces-to-commas = $(subst ,,,$1)
It defines a function called spaces-to-commas to convert all spaces in its argument to commas (might be handy for making a CSV file for example). Unfortunately, it doesn't work. It doesn't work for two reasons:
- The first argument of the $(subst) is a space. Unfortunately, GNU Make strips all leading and trailing whitespace around function arguments. In this case, the first argument is interpreted as an empty string.
- The second argument is a comma. Unfortunately, GNU Make cannot distinguish between the commas used for argument separators and the comma as an argument. In addition, there's no way to 'escape' the comma.
Fortunately, it's possible to work around this by knowning that GNU Make does the whitespace stripping, and separation of arguments before it doesn any expansion of the arguments themselves. So, if we can define a macro containing a space and a macro containing a comma it will be possible to write:
spaces-to-commas = $(subst $(space),$(comma),$1)
to get the desired effect.
Defining a macro containing a comma is easy:
comma := ,
but space is a bit harder. There are a couple of ways of defining a space. The first uses the fact that whenever you append to a macro (using +=) a space is inserted before the appended text.
space :=
space +=
Another way is to first define a macro that contains nothing and then use it to surround the space so that it doesn't get stripped by GNU Make
blank :=
space := $(blank) $(blank)
This technique can also be used to get a literal tab character into a macro
blank :=
tab := $(blank) $(blank)
(The whitespace in the definition of tab was created by hitting the tab key).
Much in the way I defined $(\n) above it's possible to define specially named space and comma macros. GNU Make's rules are liberal enough to allow us to do:
, := ,
blank :=
space := $(blank) $(blank)
$(space) := $(space)
The first line defines a macro called , (which can be used as $(,) or even $,) containing a comma. The last three lines define a macro called space containing a space character and then use it to define a macro name (that's right, it's name is a space character) containing a space.
With that definition it's possible to write $( ) or even $ to get a space character. Using those definitions the spaces-to-commas function can be written:
spaces-to-commas = $(subst $( ),$(,),$1)
which I think it very clear.
The Twilight Zone
If you read this column regularly, you'll know that I'm not going to let a chance to really mess with GNU Make go by without pushing it to its limits. Here are some other interesting macro definitions:
# Defining the $= or $(=) macro which has the value =
equals := =
$(equals) := =
# Define the $# or $(#) macro which has the value #
hash := \#
$(hash) := \#
# Define the $: or $(:) macro which has the value :
colon := :
$(colon) := :
# Define the $($$) macro which has the value $
dollar := $$
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The drought that has the entire country in its grip is affecting more than the color of people's lawns. It may also be responsible for the proliferation of a heat-loving amoeba commonly found in warm freshwater bodies, such as lakes, rivers and hot springs, which the drought has made warmer than usual this year.
A 9-year-old Kansas girl recently died of an infection caused by this parasite after swimming in several area lakes. The amoeba enters the body through the nose of an individual and travels to the brain. Nose plugs can lower the odds of this rare but fatal pathogen entering the body.
The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is classified as a sapronosis, an infectious disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms that inhabit aquatic ecosystems and/or soil rather than a living host. Scientists at UC Santa Barbara studying infectious disease transmission published their findings in the latest issue of the journal Trends in Parasitology.
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Bottle Screws
super clever bottle stoppers!!!
Great for the home bar owner with a sense of humor
Great for parties! My husband and I are beer lovers, and this is a great thing to do at dinner parties.
Love these clever coasters.
Keeps your wine from dripping down the side of the bottle!Tags: wine, accessories, bars, smartAdded 7 Years Ago from Popdeluxe
These swizzle sticks look like twigs!
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose... Except in the case of these cups. Give your friend the perfect nose or one completely unbecoming with these cups.
My friend has this and it's pretty nifty. Coming in an assortment of colors, it will uncap your beer and store the cap within itself for easy clean up
Icy Bling for your drink. I think it would be fun to make the ice cubes with different colors of fruit juice to add a little color and flavor to a drink.
Freeze, stir, chill... It's time to kick back and chill with some groovy tunes, and here's the coolest way to do it.Added 8 Years Ago from Giftedstore


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- My Dream Room
My name is Dasha. Me and my parents live in the city center in a three-bedroom flat. I have a separate room of my own, which is nice. However, I would like to make some changes there. My current room is of light green colour but I'd like it to be orange. I like warm and welcoming colours. My mum promised to change the wallpapers this year, so I hope to have my dream room soon. Another thing I'd change is the shape and size of my wardrobe. I have a huge rectangular wardrobe of dark hazel colour. Instead, I'd like to have a smaller one with oval top and city landscapes on it. I'd like to have a bunk bed in my room. At the moment I'm sleeping on a huge sofa, which occupies half of the room's space, whereas bunk beds are more comfortable and compact. Sometimes my friend Polina visits me and wants to stay overnight. With a bunk bed it would be much easier, as she could sleep on its top bunk. In the right corner I have a small study with a desk, a chair, a computer, a lamp and some book shelves. I wouldn't like to change anything there as it's a very cozy corner. I do my home-works and additional projects there. Speaking of a computer, I dream of a cute pink laptop. Mine is an old desktop computer which is often slow to react. So my dream room should contain a new laptop. My parents don't want me to keep any pets in the flat. But in my dreams I wish I could keep a small turtle and a hamster in my room. Also, a large fish-tank with colourful fishes would be nice. When I have such a perfect room, I'll invite friends over more often.
- It is a room of my dream . I love it because there is a big window with Sea view. I like Spacious rooms like this.
In it l can really relax looking to the sea.
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GIAC Security Expert (GSE) Certification
Overview and Target Audience | Prerequisites | Part 1: Multiple Choice Exam | Part 2: Hands-On Lab Application Process | Certification Objectives | Certification Maintenance | Certified Professionals
2017 GSE Hands-On Lab Offerings:
- April 7th & 8th 2017 at SANS 2017 in Orlando, FL
GSE Overview and Target Audience
The GSE certification is the most prestigious credential in the IT Security industry. The exam was developed by subject matter experts and top industry practitioners. The GSE's performance based, hands-on nature sets it apart from any other certifications in the IT security industry. The GSE will determine if a candidate has truly mastered the wide variety of skills required by top security consultants and individual practitioners.
Those who pursue an in-depth technical education in all areas of information security are the target audience for the GSE certification. Knowledge in a particular area, Intrusion Detection or Incident Handling is both important and valuable. Individuals who earn any of the GIAC certifications have worked hard, demonstrated essential technical skill, and should rightfully take pride in their accomplishment. But individuals who make the effort to not only learn, but to master all of the essential elements of information security belong in a very special group. These individuals will be the elite of Information Security, the top practitioners in the field. Those who pursue an in-depth technical education in all areas of information security are the target audience for the GSE certification.
GSE Pre-requisites:
- GSEC, GCIH, GCIA with two gold
- GSEC, GCIH, GCIA with one gold and one substitute
- GSEC, GCIH, GCIA with no gold and two substitutes
- GCWN, GCUX, GCIH, GCIA with one gold
- GCWN, GCUX, GCIH, GCIA with no gold and one substitute
GSE pre-requisite baseline is: GSEC, GCIH, GCIA with two gold certifications. The GSEC pre-requisite is unique because of dual windows and unix coverage.
Pre-requisite Substitution Options
- GCWN & GCUX combined can act as a substitute for GSEC
- Higher level certifications can act as substitutes for gold papers. Visit the GIAC Certification Roadmap for details.
In addition, you must have real world, hands-on experience in these subject areas. The GSE hands-on examination ensures each candidate has a high-degree of competence in all certification objectives.
The GSE exam has two parts:
Part 1: Multiple Choice Exam:
The GSE multiple choice exam must be scheduled to be taken at a proctored location, like any other GIAC exam. Click here for instructions on How to Schedule Your GIAC Proctored Exam. Passing this exam qualifies a person to sit for the GSE hands-on lab.
- GSE Multiple Choice Exam Requirements
- 1 proctored exam
- 150 questions
- Time limit of 3 hours
- Minimum Passing Score of 75%
- The GSE multiple choice exam follows GIAC's standard retake policy.
- GSE Multiple Choice Exam Delivery
GIAC certification attempts will be activated in your GIAC account after your application has been approved based on adherence to according to the published prerequisites. You will receive an email notification when your certification attempt has been activated in your account. You will have 120 days from the date of activation to complete your certification attempt.
Once you successfully complete Part 1, you must sit for the GSE lab within 18 months of the date of completion. Failure to do so may require Part 1 to be re-completed.
Part 2: Hands-On Lab:
Part 2 of the GSE Certification Attempt is a 2-day, in person, hands-on lab exam. The Lab is generally offered twice a year, corresponding to national SANS conferences.
- Day 1 consists of an incident response scenario requiring the candidate to analyze data and present their results via written report.
- Day 2 consists of a rigorous battery of hands-on exercises drawn from all of the domains listed below.
GIAC reserves the right to request candidates who are unsuccessful in one domain of the GSE lab complete additional work outside of the GSE lab before awarding the credential. GIAC reserves the right to require any candidate to retake the entire lab. To reserve a seat for a GSE lab, you must have met the following two requirements at least 30 days prior to the lab date:
- Successfully pass Part 1: Multiple Choice Exam
- Pay the Lab registration and requested a seat at your desired Lab offering.
GSE Application Process
- Once you have completed the necessary pre-requisites, you may apply for the multiple choice exam by clicking the Register Now button.
- Once your application is reviewed and approved you may complete the registration process and pay the $429 exam fee.
- Upon passing the multiple choice exam, you will be eligible to attempt the GSE hands-on lab. The lab fee is an additional $2,199.
- Please allow up to 10 business days for application processing and approval.
GSE Certification Objectives
The skills required to successfully earn the GSE certification can be broken up into three major groups:
- General security skills
- Incident handling skills
- Intrusion detection and analysis skills During the GSE lab, GIAC will provide you a laptop with the following tools installed:
- Windows 7 Professional
- LibreOffice (version 4.4)
- VMWare Player (version 7.1)
- Wireshark
- GPG4Win
- The Putty SSH suite and WinSCP
- Burp Suite
- Notepad++
- A virtual machine with a customized configuration of Kali Linux 1.1.0a, with included security tools.
- We have also installed Snort, SiLK and Bro IDS.
- You can find a list of standard tools included with Kali Linux here (http://tools.kali.org/tools-listing).
- Virtual machines with Ubuntu Linux Server
To ensure a level playing field for all candidates, you will not be permitted to load data, software, or electronic references onto the computer for the exam. We will provide external mice, but you will not be permitted to attach additional peripherals (monitors, keyboards) to the candidate laptops. To complete the exercises, you must exclusively use the tools and virtual machines provided by GIAC. Failure to comply will result in dismissal from the examination.
The following is a partial list of some tools and techniques you can expect to encounter during GSE exercises.
- sniffers/IDS - wireshark, snort
- Scanners - nmap, Nessus vulnerability scanning results
- utilities - netcat, ssh, gpg, iptables
- miscellaneous - metasploit, command line tools, and common attack techniques
All Exercises are Derived from the following General Objectives
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GIAC reserves the right to:
GSE Lab Retake Policy — A person who has unsuccessfully attempted the hands-on lab must wait one (1) year before they are eligible for another attempt. If you wish to retake prior to 1 year, you may apply for a waiver by filling out the following form and emailing it to firstname.lastname@example.com price for each lab attempt is the same. Due to the hand-on nature of the GSE lab, there is a *3 attempt limit* on GSE lab attempts.
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Manitoulin First Canadian Carrier to Get ISO 14001
GORE BAY, ON—Manitoulin Transport is the first Canadian transportation company to receive a compliance certificate for ISO 14001:2004, a developer of voluntary international standards.
Jeff Smith, Manitoulin's executive vice-president commented: "We feel morally compelled to reduce our CO2 emissions and our overall footprint, given the consequences of climate change that we now regularly experience in Canada and around the world."
This is not the first example of Manitoulin's environmental conscience. The company also was one of the first to adopt speed limits for all its trucks and to use super single tires.
Manitoulin uses recycled water to wash its trucks, retrofits rigs with aerodynamic kit such as roof fairings, trailer skirts and cab extenders and has invested in long-combination vehicles to carry more per trip. Put together, all of that means reduced emissions.
Smith said Manitoulin challenges itself to find new ways to address environmental concerns relating to business and equipment.
"Becoming ISO 14001 certified is a significant accomplishment for management and staff. It was a long and rigorous process, which called for deep commitment to the cause. It wasn't easy getting there, but it was all worth it."
Manitoulin spent two years preparing for the certification, which serves as proof that the company is measuring and improving emissions.


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White Center Community Summit will tackle annexation, transportation and education Mar. 1
Theme is 'Past, Present and Future'
The annual 2014 White Center Community Summit is set for Saturday, March 1st from 10am-2pm at Mt. View Elementary School at 10811 12th Avenue S.W.
The theme for this year's summit is "White Center: Past, Present and Future" where we will explore and hear stories about how great things formed in White Center, what new things we have here now and plan with us how to keep White Center a growing place for the future. All attendees that register will receive a free I Heart White Center t-shirt, lunch, and an opportunity to have family pictures taken by a professional photographer.
Registration and breakfast begins at 9 a.m. Organized by the White Center Community Development Association (CDA), this is a family event with workshops for youths and adults as well as free child care.
"The event this year will be especially special because we will have community members come and share stories about how some of the great things we have here in White Center came to fruition. We will also take on some of the more challenging topics, in workshop form, that we are faced with here in White Center like: to annexation, transportation and education," says White Center CDA Community Builder Marquise Roberson. "In addition to community coming together and providing context and voice behind various topics, it is going to be a great picture of community coming together and working together to gain mutual understanding and problem solve."
In addition to the adult focused workshops there will be youth focused workshops dealing with personal finance, career exploration and how they view the community. For the younger children there will also be free childcare. Registered event attendees will also receive lunch from local community businesses. As in years past there will be a resource center along with onsite interpreters and translated materials. Registration information can be found at http://wccda.org/home
The mission of the White Center Community Development Association is to promote a high quality of life for White Center residents and stakeholders through the development of authentic leadership opportunities and community based neighborhood initiatives. This is accomplished through three lines of business: neighborhood revitalization, family development, and community building.
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Neatline is online software created by the Scholars' Lab in the U.Va. Library, and its creators hope it'll be a valuable new publishing and teaching tool for humanities scholars across disciplines.
Neatline is a digital toolkit for scholars who want to use maps and timelines to tell stories and make arguments about their subjects, said Web applications specialist David McClure, who helped build Neatline.
There are free downloadable and Web-based versions (with more limited functionality). This sounds like a great tool for taking GIS into new educational areas.
Research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found that 13 per cent of schools failed to take children out of the classroom on a regular basis – placing Britain joint 27th out of 33 countries in an international science league table.
That, and an upcoming speech this week to the Prince's Teaching Institute (a charity established by the Prince of Wales to improve teachers' grasp of traditional subject knowledge) prompted well-known actor and geography supporter Michael Palin to chime in on the importance of geography, field trips and memorizing where places are. I wish I found his arguments more compelling than I did.
Teachers across Montana can learn about GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) at a free workshop set for Friday, Aug. 10, at Montana State University in Bozeman. Teachers who are selected for the program will receive a high-end GPS unit for their classroom, as well as educational resources, Office of Public Instruction renewal units and travel funds.
Teachers in grades 5-12 are eligeable; applications are due July 25.


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These guys could be the biggest D&D dorks on the planet!
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Knox's iconic klaymation series!
Fallen Angel
The world as we know it comes to an end.
I think you're reading too much into it, CHIKUNHED. It looks to me as if each child represents an individual country and the government which eventually restricts bombs from certain children to be the UN. Maybe this whole thing was about Pearl Harbor, how Japan was being rejected by a lot of the other countries and denied access to the UN and consequently bombed the United States.
Or maybe it was just an absurd film composed of random ideas. Either way, it was good.
Nice piece o kit!
I was about to compose this review with the intention of praising the next torch bearer of the eternal flame that is Monty Pythonesque colloquy. But I had to pause for a moment to consider what thought this film was trying to expess. Irony? Metaphor? Or associated connotation perhaps? Or maybe nothing at all.
I found your film "The child that smelt odd" to be a wonderful characterization; a grotesque cause and effect fantasy that was clearly within the realms of social commentary. Using your previous works as a standpoint, I'm puzzled by this film, as it seems to ignore a few universal truths.
Granted the peace-loving governments are trying to disarm and socially "rubber room" the populous, they are but a symptom of the disease, namely conflict. In your film, the antagonist is this victim of such conflict and sought readily available weapons to mete out his revenge.
Should the weapon be blamed for the hand that weilds it? Or is society to blame for excessive liberties?
It's now that I realize the purpose of this film. It asks a question and demans an answer that no one can give.
I wonder...
I wonder if the next fad will be atomic missiles? If not, there's always grenades.
This is the perfect representation of trends in our nation.
Now that was the BOMB!!!
People these days are bound to obtain something that would considered to be the latest trend and would later find a way of ruining it for everybody. I hate that when it happens, but then again, nothing is always perfect. That was absolutely brilliant.


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Tasty. Fruity. Possibly one of the better fruity blacks I've had in a while. Inoffensive base with a fruity overlayer, though I'm not sure I could pick which better off the lineup that it was by taste. Good though. This came free in my Republic of Tea catalogue a few months ago.
Possibly due to the fact that I haven't had any tea in 4-5 months except bad restaurant iced tea, but this tastes thinner than I was expecting.
Still good though. Because I am going to have to readjust to bitterness levels of tea, I added more sweetener than normal but otherwise enjoyed.
Definitely vanilla with chocolate and I'm enjoying the fujian notes I'm getting. Weird taste in the back of my throat after swallowing though.
Hi OMG, cookies, and Sil. Probably won't make it to Vancouver. I've been there once so far in the 10 years I've lived here and it was…stressful, to say the least. I have a 'getting lost' phobia and my google maps doesn't work in Canada…
Here. It's a great app, and you don't need WiFi or maps active to use it. Has worked in every city and country I've visited in the past four months (which is a surprising large number). Regardless, welcome back!
Correction, it worked on the way to my hotel, but navigating the city and getting home were incredibly stressful.
Cheri, you at least know what I've been up to, because you're on my Facebook!
Roswell Strange sent me a bit of this in trade and I have to say that it is pretty amazing. There's a bit of a bite to the end of the sip that I can't quite track down the reason for but the tropical feeling of coconut and pineapple are very delicious together. I added milk and sugar because I do that for black tea and it's become a sweet dessert.
I have no idea if this is my first tasting note for this tea and I can't be bothered to look through the more than 200 notes on this already. So. Here we go.
This is the base of my delicious Golden Earl that I'm getting more of (whoo) so I am pre-disposed to liking it but it's actually more bready and spicy than I expected, like there's a hint of cinnamon in the brew.
I am enjoying this, at least. I think this is the 2013 harvest rather than 2014 because it came from an old old order that got lost and I just opened recently (and was very confused about). Still, quite good.
Flavors: Baked Bread, Cinnamon
Forgot and oversteeped this but I think what this experience has reminded me is that if I'm not in the exact mood for oolong, I shouldn't drink any. And I am very rarely in the mood for oolong. :(
I managed to pick some of the full leaf sachets up before they disappeared. Put 2 into a large mug and steeped this morning.
Refreshingly minty and nice. I enjoy the little bit that the tarragon puts in the flavour though I couldn't describe it.
I don't like Mondays.
This actually does taste like pear to me! Not my favourite pear tea, I think that would be the Fauchon one, but this one is infinitely more accessible to me.
It's definitely a fruity pear and tastes like a soft green tea. The leaves looked green to me when I was steeping and I don't know where the white tea is going into unless it's just softening the green tea up for me. The dry smell out of the bag was so very strong and the tea itself is very very nice.
And now back to binders. Binders binders binders. And sitting on the floor at work.
Flavors: Pear
Thanks for uploading the photo, Cameron! For some reason, I can't.
This tea is very very appley. I'm kind of amazed, actually. The white notes come out for me more as it cools, when it was hot and I just had a sip before I forgot about it and buried myself in the work binder shelves, it was very appley. The aftertaste is interesting. Apple to some extent, though I can't tell what type. Also a bit of something else that doesn't quite sit right on my tongue. Not quite sure what it is.
In other news, overtime during a normal workday while surrounded by engineers that seem to think that they're above this type of work and like to make snotty comments as they walk by is not as fun as overtime on Saturday by myself. It's work. You get paid. If the company wants and is actually completely thrilled to pay me for putting binders in boxes and documenting it in a spreadsheet, who am I to argue?
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Director: Robert Rodriguez
No matter how under-qualified they may be, teachers rule every school. A gym teacher laughs whenever you're out-of-shape ass gets picked last during kickball team drafts? The principal is going to take Mr. Buzzcut's word over yours, most likely. That overweight English professor says she won't give you the well-deserved A-grade unless you, well, ace her private exam? Good luck trying to convince the higher-ups.
So just imagine if you and your geeky pals tried informing the world that your teachers have been inhabited by evil aliens, hell-bent on turning every student into a mindless vessel of extra-terrestrial domination. The guidance counselor would have to work overtime.
That's the central dilemma for the motley crew of teens (the jock, the brain, the nerd, the outcast, and the rebel) at the center of Robert Rodriguez's goofy sci-fi homage The Faculty. Basically a Scooby Doo adventure set against a teen angst backdrop, Rodriguez's flick acknowledges its us-versus-them aesthetic, but, fortunately, it's more concerned with its genre kicks and admittedly so-so CGI effects. More fun than superlative, The Faculty is Invasion Of The Body Snatchers for an American Pie generation.


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On February 25, members of AARP Foundation's Housing Impact Group took part in a forum about the Bipartisan Policy Center's new report, Housing America's Future. The report, which concludes that "our nation's housing system is broken," contains a section on aging in place and integrating senior housing with health care and other services.
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"AARP Foundation is working now to meet the housing needs of the vulnerable 50+, and we welcome the Bipartisan Policy Center's new report," said Jo Ann Jenkins, president of the Foundation. She noted the Foundation's Housing Impact Area is already focusing on many of the issues highlighted in Housing America's Future: To allow struggling older adults to age in place safely, the Foundation's Home Repair Accelerator initiative has granted $780,000 to home repair organizations across the country to pilot new operational models of home repair to increase the number of affordable repairs and modifications for seniors, while the Foundation's Housing Solutions Center connects low-income older people in danger of foreclosure with free HUD-certified housing counseling.
Housing America's Future reports that the United States is "not equipped to respond to the desires of millions of Americans who wish to stay in their own homes and age in place during their senior years." To meet the housing needs of older Americans, it recommends several policy changes:
Make it a national priority to support aging in place by modifying existing single-family houses, apartments, and communities – and design new ones. Specific recommendations include supporting initiatives to retrofit homes and apartments for energy conservation and aging in place, better integrating aging-in-place priorities into existing federal programs, and convening a White House conference on aging in place.
Strengthen our nation's capacity to deliver health care and other critical services in residential and community-based settings by removing barriers to the creative use of residential platforms to meet the health and long-term care needs of low- to moderate-income senior residents.
Develop solutions for affordable rental housing with services for older people, including changing today's long-term rental assistance programs to focus on the most vulnerable Americans with incomes at or below 30 percent of average mean income (AMI).
Educate consumers about the financial mechanics of reverse mortgages and other home equity access products, and promote the development of low-cost alternative products for seniors and family caregivers.
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Last week, keen groundhogs saw their own shadows on Groundhog Day, so tradition says we'll face six more weeks of winter weather. If only we had a Financial Frank or similarly clairvoyant critter to help us take a cold, hard look at the shadowy spots in our finances — because there's no financial spring in our future if we keep making the same money management mistakes over and over again. Just like you shouldn't mistake a marmot for a groundhog, you shouldn't make the same old, tired mistakes with your money.
1. Running without an emergency fund. You've always got your credit card if an unexpected car repair or health problem comes along, right? Not so fast. Slapping a big, fat emergency expense onto a credit card means payments — and payments mean you're paying more for your crisis than you should be. Build an emergency fund of three to six months' income to fall back on when the unexpected comes knocking.
2. Living paycheck to paycheck. If you find yourself scraping the bottom of the barrel at the end of every pay period, you need a budget. No, a budget won't magically make more money appear in your account — but knowing how much money is coming in and where and when it's going out will help keep matters reliably on track. Your goal: no surprises.
3. Spending money because you "deserve" it. So-called retail therapy feels so good at the moment, but the aftermath means a pit full of bills you'll be mired in for months or years to come. It's okay to treat yourself if you can afford it — as long as that means cash up front after your other responsibilities are taken care of.
4. Basing your self-worth on your material possessions. This money mistake is tied to point #3. Can you feel good about yourself without driving a luxurious car or carrying a designer handbag? If the stuff of your life is made of things you're struggling to pay for, it's less a sign of your success than a miserable millstone around your neck.
5. Living on borrowed money. Here's the financial mistake that keeps on giving (or is that "taking"?): a lifestyle built on monthly payments. When you buy on credit, you never really own anything, and your money flies out of your wallet as soon as it comes in simply to keep pace with payments for all the things you've charged. Paying cash is the only way to get out of this hole. Lesson learned: The pleasure gained from lifestyle items like cars rarely lasts as long as the debt does.


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buying a live a board
"...it has been my dream to own my own sail
boat and live aboard...and...I want a great boat for crusing..."
Those 2 goals are somewhat mutually exclusive when the need to do so cost effectively is thrown into the mix. A few thoughts...
1. Living aboard a 30 footer is an extremely expensive proposition for the comfort & space you derive, never mind the lessened privacy & problematic nature of many marinas. (Mind you, this is coming from someone who''s lived aboard 4 boats and loves it, even when we were on the 20 footer!) I can appreciate the joy & special nature of living aboard, almost on any size boat, but you surely will end up paying thru the nose in the Bay area for the privilege.
2. "Living aboard" is extraordinarily difficult to arrange in the Bay Area these days, thanks to the plethora of boats given the economic good times, the limited return on investment of most marina businesses and the BCDC. Finding a slip is a bit of a challenge, made hugely more difficult if you want to be a legal liveaboard. Most liveaboards in the SF area are probably not legal (one look at the Richards Bay area illustrates this), so you might also have to consider how comfy you''ll be while living aboard your vessel under the threat of eviction should you be found out.
3. There are some competing priorities between a liveaboard (living space, no need for extensive tankage, any flat surface makes a good shelf, etc.) and a cruising boat, where seaworthiness, adequate space for tankage & stores, investment in safety gear, etc. are examples of the ''drivers''. Your 2 goals, combined, are truly challenging ones.
I mention all the above since that''s the context in which you''ll be achieving your goals. Given your location, you''ve got a great FREE resource - Latitude 38 - which addresses these issues in extraordinary depth each month (most especially in the Letters & Sightings columns). Read every word in there, fair in the curve of opinion, and you''ll get lots of great advice. Also, attempt to get reprints of their multi-issue review of all the Bay Area marinas; it is the most current, most thorough review you can probably find.
Don''t overlook the option of initially placing the boat in a low-cost/low amenities marina and yourself in a studio apartment for a while. You can still live aboard at a later stage, and in the interim you''ll find it far easier to modify your boat (going cruising? you WILL modify your boat!) and also easier to go sailing when you otherwise wouldn''t due to the liveaboard flotsam. I''ll bet the cost is no more (& maybe less) depending on location, insurance, liveaboard fees, etc.
Simply stated, if you''re serious about cruising as an ultimate goal for you & your new boat, then you have to place its needs above those of a liveaboard. This means you''ll have a smaller living space and, while dockside, won''t be taking advantage of some of what the designer & builder put into the boat. But compromising seaworthiness and the cruising demands placed on a boat is the lesser choice, IMO.
As for specific choices, you''ve got a vast array to choose from in the Bay Area. Invest your spare time in prowling about brokerage boats with knowledgeable brokers (get referrals from savvy sailors), and don''t overlook how profitable it can be to just walk thru boatyards on weekends, stopping to ''see'' and ultimately understand what is only visible in those settings - the part the sea sees. You can ultimately select cruising-intended designs like the Aries 32 or coastal cruisers like the Cal 29-2, as different as chalk & cheese. One of the real joys of sailing is the process of finding *your* boat; it''s great to hear you''ve got the time to enjoy this process.
Best wishes on your search...
Jack Tyler
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I have an Ericson 26 just across the bay from you for sale. I have been using it for a studio apartment and works well. It does not take but a few minutes to secure things below, drop the dock lines and now you are ready to go sailing. The harbor has just recently started allowing additional live aboards. Drop me an email and I will fill you in.
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Did you have live aboard status? It seems hard to get.
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I was just where you are. I was living on a Catalina 27, and wanted something a little bigger. I Catalina 30 is a good choice for size, but if you want to cruise in it it could be a little uncomfortable, esspecially in the windy SF bay. I just bought a Dreadnought 32, which is very simular to a Westsail, and I don''t think I could have made a better choice. It depends on what you like, but you will be more comfortable on a heavier boat. Good luck.
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Don''t forget the venerable Catalina 30 in your quest for a great, relatively inexpensive live aboard. You can find outstanding buys on "fully loaded" Cat30s and they are plenty big enough to be lived on comfortably by one or two people. You should have no trouble staying within your budget. Jim
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There a a lot of boats that can fit that requirement. Recently cruising world did a review on great boats for under 15K. all were around 30 ft. If you don''t mind going slow the westsail 32 is a great cruising boat and liveaboard for around 50K. We had a nor''sea 27 that would be fine for 1, but only a 8 foot beam. Look for the widest boat you can find in that size, as wider boats give you more liveaboard space. As far as dock fees are concerned, call all the marinas in your area, get quotes, then quotes on insurance. fiqure 10% for monthly maintaince, although that figure will vary.
good luck. bob
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Hi there. I live near Redwood City. For about five years, it has been my dream to own my own sail boat and live aboard. I lived aboard a friend''s boat for 3 months in at the Oakland Yaught Club (in the winter) and loved every minute of it. My condo is rented, my kids are grown and I am finally ready to carefully pick a good fit for me. I want to buy used (about 30 feet), I want a great boat for crusing, and I want a boat that does not need major refurbishing at the onset. Finally, I want my expenses to average $1,400 a month with monthly boat payments and dock fees. Finally, I am willing to take a lot of time to get exactly what I want. Am I asking for the moon? Ann
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O2 amp. Need enclosure suggestions
Been looking around today for some cool enclosures to go with the o2 amp.
Have been finding some cool stuff. Been checking out allied, eBay, silicon ray but would like some suggestions.
I will just edit the cad drawing of the front plate to reflect the need for whatever enclosure I end up deciding on.
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Go with the proven case in in the bill of materials. Then, update the case by buying some slightly larger recessed head hex bolts and tap the holes with the correct thread tool. This will make the process of getting back into the case much easier since you'll have established threads.
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And standard front plate with no writing that he has on his website. I like the clean loom.
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My macro class got cancelled because there weren't enough people signed up to go through with it. I'm going to sign up for the one in the spring though, and hope there are more photography students who need the class for their certificates. I'm kind of relieved. Fall just isn't my good time of year AT ALL so throwing the added pressure of a class onto an already stressful time is probably a bad idea. Plus, the class conflicted with Madison's art class sometimes too, which made things even more stressful. So I guess the class being cancelled was probably a good thing. Unfortunately I signed up for the fall class specifically because I wanted to learn how to take a picture of a single snowflake and that seemed more possible/likely to happen in the fall than the spring, even if it is early spring. Oh well. I'm sure there's a tutorial on how to do that on the internet somewhere anyway.
Last night while I was working, I leaned on my right armrest and the stupid thing snapped off! So now I only have one armrest, which is really annoying.
Also last night while we were watching Saturday Night Live, Madison and Blake – for reasons I'm not totally clear on – decided to bleach and dye Blake's hair pretty colours, so here's some pics from that:
So that was our Saturday night.
I have today and tomorrow off from work but we're not doing anything special. It's rainy and blah outside so we'll probably just watch the Sam and Dean Show and possibly play a game of Cards Against Humanity if I can get everyone (including myself) motivated. I finally used some of our blank white cards by writing the names of everyone we know on them, including our pets so hopefully if we play, those cards will be in the mix.
On Friday I went to Curry's and got a pink mechanical pencil that I'm going to use when I'm drawing my girls for the colouring book maybe. I'm not usually a fan of mechanical pencils, but this one is pretty cool so we'll see what happens. I also got like, 8-10 new Pigma Micron pens because I'm wearing mine out pretty fast from using them for the colouring book. I got 3 sheets of hand-dyed artisan paper that I plan to use for paintings and I also got these neat Liquitex paint markers in pink and light aqua so my career as a graffiti artist is well under way! (That's a joke. Unless it isn't!) And finally, they had the new glitter Sharpies for $11.99 for 3 of them, so I got myself the pink, blue and green pack (sorry Lisa!). They're pretty cool, actually. More metallic than glittery though or maybe I didn't shake them up enough.
On our way home, I asked Blake to stop off at Shopper's Drug Mart because I wanted to get hair dye (see roots, above…), with full knowledge that Shopper's Drug Mart is dangerous territory for me because I could easily buy out the whole store with little assistance or trouble. I got my hair dye and Blake got shampoo, conditioner and leave-in conditioner and I got 3 bottles of nail polish because 2 of them were on clearance and 1 of them I just liked. One is by Quo, which I think is Shopper's Drug Mart's brand and it's a gold glitter polish called "Gold Rush Sparkle". The next one is by Sally Hansen (the "Gem Crush" line), called "Showgirl Chic", and it's a polish with fine silver glitter but with bigger – but not by much – blue glitter. I've never seen a polish like it before and it was like $3, so bonus. And finally the one I'm most excited about is "Mermaid's Tale", which is also by Sally Hansen and it's a blue glitter polish, which sounds so ho-hum, I know, but it's actually pretty much identical to Natalie Dee's Super Black "The Bends", which is A) expensive and B) they won't ship to Canada and again, the one I got was only like, $3.99.
Anyway, I'm sure you all find that fascinating. I know I do.
The last thing I got was the National Geographic photography special edition because I hadn't seen a National Geographic in god, at least 15 years, and because obviously I like photography. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet but I'll probably do that…when I get around to it. I am so far behind on reading it's ridiculous. I just haven't been in the mood or inspired to read anything or continue reading what I am reading (And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, On the Road by Jack Kerouac (yes, still) and I've been trying really really hard to get into Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and it's just so…I dunno if I can do it) but that's not necessarily unusual. In my life, I've gone through phases where I won't read anything for like, a year or maybe even longer and then after that I'll devour books like crazy. I think these days I'm just feeling a little more audio/visual.
Madison's never seen the original Carrie movie. Like the Brian de Palma/Sissy Spacek masterpiece that is definitely within my top 5 favourite movies of all time. So we're going to watch that at some point today and I can't fucking wait.
And I guess that's all I have to report. I hope everyone's having a fantastic weekend! Peace!
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The "Can the Leafs squeak into the playoffs" debate has reared its head yet again this year. Although you would be hard-pressed to claim Toronto's NHL team has a "good" or "probable" chance of making the playoffs, the odds are a lot better than anyone could have possibly suspected even mere weeks ago.After a 5–4 win over Montreal on Thursday night, the Leafs have creeped within four points of eighth-place Carolina.This Leafs playoff push is a little bit different than in previous years. In the recent past, the season's outcome has hinged on whether or not they could slip in, and doing so was the standard for success.This year, Toronto's season was written off long ago and the playoffs were, until about a week ago, considered an impossibility. If the Leafs do manage to sneak in, it would be despite their goals for the homestretch and not because of them.
To that effect, this year's Leafs can expect absolutely no help by Monday's trade deadline. Any pieces that General Manager Brian Burke adds will be for improving the team over the next two to three years. The moves he might make will only worsen the team in two to three weeks if they serve the long-term.It's unquestionable that the Leafs have been charging lately. Thursday's win gave them a 6–2–2 record in their last ten games, and continuing at that pace, or something near it, should get them into the playoffs, all things being equal.But can they continue that pace, with a team full of a rookies and players who were in the minors just months ago?Head Coach Ron Wilson claims they would need to win two out of three for the remaining six or so weeks of the season.One thing working in their favour is red-hot goalie James Reimer, who is definitely this season's biggest surprise. He keeps them in nearly every game he starts, and he has the capacity — unlike nearly every goalie the Leafs have trotted out during their playoff drought — to single-handedly steal a game.A team with as little margin for error as the Leafs have right now will probably need to steal a few wins that they don't necessarily deserve. Reimer should help with that.Can they do it at the end of the day? Leafs' fans would be smart to take a conservative approach, because the odds are still fundamentally against them.Don't expect a playoff appearance. But hey, keep the standings in the back of your mind, and should we stumble into some really meaningful late-season games, enjoy 'em.


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Rodriguez-Hlatshwayo purse bid!
Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing won the purse bid for the vacant IBF welterweight championship formerly held by Joshua Clottey between Star Boxing's IBF #2 rated Delvin Rodriguez (24-2-2, 14 KOs) and IBF #3 rated Isaac Hlatshwayo (28-1-1, 10 KOs). The winning bid was $136,000.00. Star Boxing, who promotes Rodriquez, beat out the bid of Branco Sports Productions, whose bid was $127,500. Rodriguez and Hlatshwayo are familiar with one another. The two fought back on November 17th, 2008, in Hlatshwayo's home country of South Africa in an official IBF welterweight title eliminator. While the bout was ruled a draw, many who witnessed the fight, including a large majority of the South African press, felt Rodriguez deserved the victory. Now Rodriguez will have a chance to get his revenge and this time with Star winning the bid, the fight will likely take place on U.S. soil. The fight will be promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing and should be officially announced shortly.