text: So many moods in the deep blue sea, changing from day to day, and even from hour to hour. This set features shots from a jaunt along the Mediterranean coast of Italy and France, including a few moon rise time exposures. The cove image from the French island of Port Cros, a national park off the coast of Hyères. The moonrise shots are near Cap Corsaire.


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i <3 the beatles. so when i found an XL t-shirt at hot topic for $2 i knew that i could make a pillow out of it that would be perfect for my bedroom. (sorry...no before pictures. i was so excited to cut it up i forgot to take pictures.)
the pillow in it's entirety:
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Three Corporates Upgrade Security with New MFA System
Three corporate credit unions that use the Member$MART online application are midway through upgrading to a second-generation system that meets the latest Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council requirements.
All three corporates are members of the Corporate Synergies CUSO. Southeast Corporate has converted the bulk of its 2,600 users to the new system. In July users at VACORP were transitioning to the new platform. Georgia Central members are making the switch in August. Once the upgrade is complete, more than 4,000 members from 800 credit unions will be using the enhanced product.
Steve Jones, director of product support and implementation at Southeast Corporate, said NCUA and others have expressed concern about high-risk systems involving monetary transactions.
The latest system involves multi-factor authentication, an FFIEC requirement.
"[MFA] requires something that you know, and something that you have," Jones explained. "The multi-factor we were using was something that you know-a user ID-and something that you have, which was actually a certificate or a cookie downloaded to the computer."
The problem with a certificate or cookie on the computer, he continued, is that it could expire or become lost during an upgrade to that specific computer. The new generation system is not only more secure, but also more practical.
"During the registration process the user registers and answers questions, and labels an image with a phrase, which is typical of a security system making sure the user is going to the correct site by seeing the image and the phrase they created to go with that image," Jones said.
"Additionally they answer the challenge question, and finally they download a grid card. Once they have the grid card, that satisfies the 'something you have' requirement. So when they log in they use their user ID and their password, then they're presented with a challenge to respond from the grid card."
Jones acknowledged that the new security system can take some getting used to for a member. "Any time you introduce a change, and in this particular case the addition of two more pieces of information-a password and the grid card-there is a behavior modification that has to take place," he said. "It was important to communicate the reasons behind the change and emphasize the increased security and practicality."
As the first to roll out the new system, Southeast Corporate was able to share some lessons with the other two corporates and also provide materials such as reference guides to screen navigation. Based on its experience phasing into the system some 500 users a week, Southeast Corporate was able to identify common member questions.
Jones said collaboration among the three corporates involved finding commonalities in the system and applications they would be using as well as the unique functions each could serve. There was a certain degree of synergy, which meant each corporate did not have to learn for itself what another had already discovered.
Mary Anne Spiegel, chief operating officer of Corporate Synergies, added that the three corporates share ideas and split the costs on the applications the CUSO hosts. The costs are divided according to the number of users each corporate serves.
"With MFA we worked together to find the right solution," she said. "We have different groups of members (going on the system) each week. This spreads out the support provided by the CUSO. When they're registering it's a bit of a process, but after that it's pretty easy.
"We provided training to corporate users so they will be able to support their members once the implementation phase is complete. We've developed together the documentation and other information they've sent out to their members. It's pretty intuitive.
"There have been a lot of improvements in MFA since we first introduced it two or three years ago. The application we are putting in place now is much more secure."


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I hate this guy.... good guitar player but c'mon
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffHe is awesome son, you be trippin
the guitar virtuso has created some of the best guitar orientated albums ever to exist,
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
u dum?
Digging: Beastmilk - Climax
Makes sense to me.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offhttp://heyopenyourmouth.blogspot.com/
For anyone who wants a d/l i posted it here.
Fucking guy, why did you use hotfile u dum?
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offit was the only site i could find it.
I'm kidding bro, glad you posted it because I probably would have forgotten to look for it.
Haha, he has a lot of albums that's for sure.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offim not at all for illegally downloading unlesss its out of print. guys like these need money from fans to make more albums der.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffI usually buy albums, but i always download first to see if it's worth it.
Yep that's the best thing to do.
the self titled track off this is wicked.
Album Rating: 4.0This is a lot like a real diamond in a rough it's pretty good i need a few more listens to see if its better then it though
Album Rating: 4.0Bucketheads worst not bad good album
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offi have no idea what you're talking about...but you rated a 4.5 which is a good sign i guess
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah this is pretty great, but I'm not sure I'd put it with his best albums (Colma, Decoding, Elephant Man) but nonetheless it's a solid release. I downloaded it but I'll probably end up ordering it here soon.
Album Rating: 4.0This is awesome, soft but still retaining that signature Buckethead sound... A lot like Colma. I'll be whoring this for some time now.
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MARTINEZ (BCN) – A nurse who was attacked by an inmate at the Contra Costa County jail in Martinez on Monday died from her injuries at a local hospital Thursday, according to the Contra Costa County coroner's office.
Cynthia Palomata, a 55-year-old El Sobrante resident, was attacked shortly after 4 p.m. after an inmate allegedly faked a seizure and then struck her on the head with a lamp, officials said.
The inmate, 34-year-old El Cerrito resident Aaron Nygaard, was charged Wednesday with premeditated and deliberate attempted murder with an enhancement for causing great bodily injury.
Prosecutor Dominique Yancey said Thursday afternoon that the district attorney's office would be amending the charges to one count of murder.
Nygaard is scheduled to appear in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez Thursday afternoon to be arraigned, Yancey said.
Nygaard had been arrested by El Cerrito police on Monday morning after a resident allegedly interrupted him committing a burglary, police said.
He had no prior criminal record and had shown no signs of aggression during the daylong screening process at the jail, Contra Costa County Sheriff Warren Rupf said.
Details on the severity of the victim's injuries were not disclosed, but Rupf had been quoted saying the victim's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening and that he had "no reason to believe that she will not make a full recovery."


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Rehab For Nick
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"NICK Rozsa has been out with knee and ankle injuries since March, which is why we are calling this video Rehab, said filmer Chris Papaleo.
On a less positive note Nick put it thus: "Well, where do I begin? This year for Chris and I has been dreadful. I hate to pop the positive bubble but this year sucks. I have just recovered from two ankle injuries. Back-to-back. Three months out for the first one and about a month-and-a-half on the second. Not fun. I got fat, ate lots of fast food and played with my son. I didn't train (like a pro bro) instead I sewed shirts and they turned out pretty cool. I'm not very good at sewing, but hey it sure is a great pastime. Living in Oxnard is boring, not much to do, but I like to surf when there are waves in our area. That's it really. We got some little south swell dribble on our coastline for about three days a couple weeks ago and my ankles were probably about 70% on the right and 80% on the left, so I decided to surf, and here it is."
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You won't find his name in the credits or in the press packet, but Miami Herald columnist and psycho novelist Carl Hiaasen is bagging 50 per cent of the book royalties from the new Michael J. Fox comedy Doc Hollywood. "Yeah," says Hiaasen, who co-wrote the novel on which the movie is based, "I'm not stupid. Well, I'm not as stupid as I look."
Hiaasen is, in fact, a quite unstupid writer, a twisted visionary who exorcises sociological demons with words, a reliable print journalist who also crafts fiction -because it gives him a chance to create his own endings. Of all the authors mining Miami for material, no one comes as close to capturing the city's beyond-insane Zeitgeist so precisely - and hilariously -as the Herald veteran.
Hiaasen's dual careers began while he was a student at Atlanta's Emory University two decades ago. A medical student named Neil B. Shulman had written a rough draft of a novel, and he turned it over to his pal Hiaasen, who, Shulman says, "came in and improved it dramatically." The result was published under the title Finally I'm a Doctor.
The duo decided to collaborate on a second project, but this time Shulman insisted on a bit of gonzo research. At one point, while driving through the deep South, he pretended to be as loony as a Miami politico so Hiaasen could get a sense of life in a rural psychiatric ward. "I was so convincing," Shulman recalls, "that when I finally told the medical students I wasn't a mental case, they didn't believe me."
Hiaasen stitched together Shulman's anecdotes and skewed themes in 1974, after Hiaasen took his first post-college print job, at Cocoa Today. The completed manuscript, What?...Dead Again? ("I don't know where the fuck that horrible title came from," Hiaasen quips) was published by Legacy, a small house in Louisiana. Shulman says that just as the book was beginning to take off, Legacy suffered a financial coronary and folded.
Shulman says he paid Hiaasen $1000 for his work on What?..., and also guaranteed his friend 50 per cent of any future profits. He also forced the upstart to take some credit. "I wanted Carl's name on the front of the book," Shulman says. "He was too shy, so I put it inside. I also wanted a picture of us on a stretcher to go on the back cover, but Carl didn't want to go along." Says the reluctant scribe: "I give Neil full credit. The book mentions me, he was nice about that. But it was Neil's stuff. I was just figuring out how to write a book."
After Shulman became an M.D., he dedicated his practice to rural clinics, visits to Africa, solving the hypertension crisis among black people - just about anything that wasn't easy and didn't pay big bucks. One treatment of the novel, written by a producer's secretary, attracted attention, but Warner Bros. dropped the option. "Nobody was interested," Shulman says. The enterprise was later resuscitated and, Shulman says, there was a plan to make the movie with Chevy Chase playing the Dr. Ben Stone role. After two years, that project was scrapped.
Word spread, however, and Michael J. Fox became involved. The screenplay was rewritten by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, but the actor wasn't ready to commit. British director Michael Caton-Jones was ready, and when Fox learned that, he sent in his own script polisher, Daniel Pyne. "There were seven scripts in four years," Shulman says. The film, less horribly titled Doc Hollywood, was finally shot, and during its first two weeks of release brought in more than $17 million, charting as the fourth most popular box-office attraction in the nation.
Posting the ledgers in Lotus Angeles is a notoriously tricky business, so it's hard to say when and if Shulman and Hiaasen will pocket some cake. In theory at least, they will evenly split five per cent of the film's net and retain live-stage and sequel rights. "I haven't bought my Maserati or yacht yet," Hiaasen reports.
Shulman has aspirations of his own. "I hope `Doc Hollywood' enters the lexicon," he says. "If it does, maybe it could get young [medical students] interested in choosing areas where we need people, and be proud of that. The [specialist] lifestyle is not as great as being out in a rural area with the variety, where you can still make a reasonable living."
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As for the film itself, Hiaasen says, "I expected to be mortified, but it was pretty close to the book. The romance, in the book, was consummated in the back of an ambulance. That was one of my sick touches. I had a feeling that wouldn't make it. [It didn't.] But the movie could have been lots worse. It could have starred those Bill and Ted guys."
It could have been even worse than that. Hiaasen's three solo novels -Tourist Season, Double Whammy, and Skin Tight - have been considered by Hollywood's taste makers. "All my other books are in various stages of destruction," the author says. "I promised myself not to be involved in any of that. I'm sort of embarrassed that I don't have a fetish about keeping up, but I would be a basket case."
Who can blame him? One proposal for Double Whammy makes the Bill and Ted notion seem totally excellent. The novel stars a character named Skink, a Florida governor who vanishes to become a hermit. "I got a call from the guy who does the `Hey, Vern' movies. This guy saw, what's his name, Jim Varney, as Skink," Hiaasen moans. "I kinda had to draw the line on that one. But I'm meeting with the guy who produced the Madonna movie. Don't ask me what connection there is between Madonna and Double Whammy."
Skin Tight, perhaps the best of Hiaasen's work so far, is at Universal/MGM. "The delicious irony," Hiaasen says, "is that something I did at twenty is a movie, and all my new stuff is wallowing in Hollywood hell. We'll see what happens. If the movie comes out, I'm ready to denounce it. And cash the checks.


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Natural Gas Company Decides To Give Christmas Bonuses To Their Employees This Year — $100,000
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The fourth and final Dunk from the Nike Japan Dunk Pack, which is limited to not only Japan but also only Tier 0 retailers in Japan, has just been released at Mita in Japan. This last Dunk is a Dunk High Premium and sought inspiration from Tokyo's Ueno Park that is also home to the Panda. The shoe's upper uses White horse hair mixed with premium Black leather making for a clean but exotic mix of colors and materials respectively. If you missed out on the details regarding the whole pack, take a look at it here. Otherwise best of luck picking up a pair of these. via Mita
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I followed this tutorial: http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-...y-4-2-wii.html and installed Homebrew Channel. What a rush! So awesome! Originally, I had planned to use Lifehacker's tutorial, but this one was so much clearer. Plus, these instructions told me how to backup my NAND. Lifehacker didn't mention the NAND at all. :P
My Wii is a launch model if I'm not mistaken. I stupidly upgraded faithfully though, so it's the latest firmware. I never foresaw homebrewing... or the optical drive breaking. :(
Anyway, I followed the tutorial and successfully completed all steps except the ones deemed extra. I installed USBloaderGX instead of Neogamma though, since my drive is toasty.
I try to install Homebrew Browser. I put the homebrew-browser folder in the apps folder on my SD card. I access the installer through the Homebrew Channel menu, load it up. It mounts the SD, does the other stuff, extracts the image files, then announces that it's aborting. Scary white lines then go down the screen and then it says "DSI exception" ... etc code dump. I have to unplug the Wii to escape. :\
I have never seen the graphical interface of the program.
I have no idea what could be wrong. The SD card is unlocked. Initially I tried the SD I hacked the Wii with, then another. Both fail. :(
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I've recently started working with powerlinks.com for in-text ads but am having trouble getting our first payment out of them. Are there any others here who work/have worked with this company and can assuage my concerns, or who have experienced similar difficulties?
Thanks, Edie
Not even heard some stories about it. I don't know why but I am thinking that it looks like your promoting your URL?
I don't know why either. If I were promoting a service, calling them out for non-payment would hardly be the best marketing ploy really, would it? Wakey wakey, Wayne...
In the meantime, if anyone's got anything worthwhile to contribute I'd be delighted to hear it. Thanks!
Well, I think it's just about naming the Thread, as it was named as a url. If your not promoting your site in this way, then better. But I never been, heard about that company.
Thank you for your invaluable contribution...
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Apologies for resurrecting an old forum post, but as I work at PowerLinks I wanted to provide some additional information and introduce myself as a point of contact at the company in order to answer any question that you may have. Edie, if you email mike at powerlinks dot com I can answer any question that you have any we can discuss your account status. If anyone else has any questions, feel free to contact me directly or alternatively post into this thread and I will seek to get back to you ASAP. Thanks,Mike


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Jonathan Fahey
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A lack of transmission lines makes wind farming an iffy crop
Fri, 03/01/2002
Not the private sector, not the state of Florida. Rather, the people who are supposed to restore it.
Jonathan Fahey
A new drilling technology is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States. This new drilling is expected to raise U.S. production by at least 20 percent over the next five years. And within 10 years, it could help reduce oil imports by more than half.
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By J. Bishop Grewell and Clay J. Landry with Greg Conko
By Clay J, Landry To the Reader
Orange County RegisterJuly 18, 1999 CLAY LANDRYCopyright 1999 The Orange County Register
The federal government pours cash into the Columbia basin, but what fish really need is water.
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A St. Anthony nursing home resident fell, hit her head, and died four days later, after an employee failed to follow basic safety precautions, according to state health investigators.
The Oct. 7 incident occurred after a nursing assistant at St. Anthony Health Center left the resident's room without setting a sensor alarm, lowering the bed, or placing a mat by the bed.
Staff had included these precautions in the resident's care plan, after determining that the resident was at risk of injury from falls.
An investigation by the Department of Health cited the employee for neglect, and determined that the facility was not at fault.
The resident, whose name has not been released, suffered a hematoma on her forehead from the fall. She appeared drowsy and weak after the incident. Within two days, her condition had worsened, and included "periods of unresponsiveness and apnea," the report said.
The resident was admitted to hospice on Oct. 9, where she died on Oct. 11. The death certificate lists the cause of death as heart disease.
St. Anthony Health Center suspended the nursing assistant one day after the incident. She was fired the day after the resident died.
The employee "admitted she used poor judgment," according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Health. Her name has not been released.
The facility reviewed safety procedures and other requirements with nursing staff on Oct. 8. The investigation found that the facility did not violate any federal or state licensing requirements.


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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2007. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3.
Thallus: shrubby, usually short, up to 5 cm long, rarely longer and subpendant (up to 13 cm), flaccid to stiff branching: anisotomic-dichotomous, divergent basal part: concolorous to the branches to pale branches: main branches irregular, distinctly segmented, ±swollen, lateral branches not narrowed at point of attachment segments: terete to strongly ridged, cylindrical to ±sausage-like; transversal furrows: numerous, on main branches papillae: absent (can be mistaken with young fibrils) tubercles: absent fibercles: nearly absent to numerous, looking like pseudocyphellae fibrils: young fibrils (0.1-0.5 mm) nearly absent to numerous, covering densely the branches, mature fibrils (1-2 mm) nearly absent to numerous and giving a fish-bone like appearance to the branches soralia: few to numerous, usually developing on fibercles, punctiform, smaller than half the diameter of the branches isidiomorphs: absent (can be mistaken for young fibrils) cortex: thin to thick (3-14%), dull to distinctly shiny, never cracked medulla: lax, dense or compact, not pigmented axis: thin to wide Apothecia: rare, small, 1-3 mm in diam., subterminal Spot tests: medulla K-, C-, KC- P-, or K+ yellow turning slowly orange, C-, KC- P+yellow Secondary metabolites: either none detected or norstictic acid ±fatty acids (murolic group) or fatty acids alone (murolic group). Substrate and ecology: on bark and dead trees or wood, very rarely on rock, in the mountains between 650 and 3600 m World distribution: probably cosmopolitan on every continent Sonoran distribution: mountains of Arizona, southern California, Baja California and Sinaloa. Note: Two subspecies of U. hirta are recognized, one widely distributed and one restricted to Baja California. Intermediate specimens occur in the area of overlap.


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In spite of the problems we had a great time about a week ago helping our friends, Bill and Jean Dunham, lower their dock which had reached the bottom of their stairs. Our job was to disengage the ramp from the stairs and allow the dock to float free so it could continue on down with the lake. Fortunately, they still have deep water under the dock.
Here is the crew, left to right: Bill (the rock climber and rope man), Jean (supervisor), Peggy (official worrier), Cliff (the only one with a clue), and taking the picture is Lloyd (the winch man). Oh, my job does not refer to anything shown in this photo, in case you were wondering.
This shows us getting ready to lower. You can see the ramp connecting the dock to the stairs is now very close to the end.
This next photo shows the ramp in the water. It was pretty exciting since the cable broke and it dropped the last 6 or 7 feet and landed with a big splash, but no damage. You can see the end of the broken cable hanging down from the stairs.
And here is the solution for getting down to dock until the lake drops to the point that the ladder will no longer reach. Come on tropical storm!!
All in all, it was a pretty easy job and everyone left with all the fingers and toes they arrived with. Plus, it was a fun way to spend a Saturday morning!


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went to a gig last night and now have ringing in the ears, just wondering how long it usually lasts? Guess it depends on the severity of the damage?
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tinnitus - ring ears
you get used to it after 30yrs or so.......
Possibly wot bruneep said sadly. I'm paying the price for too many loud clubnights
Ear plugs for me now!
It stays with you. You could possibly make it worse, better - not in my experience.
18 years and counting here
If it doesn't go within a few hours then thats it, it's with you forever
Had mine about a year now. Seems to get worse when the stress levels start to rise. Doc said I could get some therapy to help me filter it out but haven't got around to it. Anyone tried the therapy?
25yers and counting for me.
Use earplugs
organic - If it's the normal "post-really loud gig" tinnitus rather than the proper permanent stuff it usually goes in a day or two.
Lasted a week after my first gig. Constant now after years of working with jet aircraft, going to gigs and playing the stereo too loud.
15 years for me.
Mastoidectomy to the right ear and about 50% loss of hearing which has been replaced by constant ringing.
Edit; On the plus side, I now have a party trick where I can stick half of my little finger down my ear canal were it's been expanded. Not recommended though.
If your ears are ringing you've damaged them to some extent. If you can hear it the next day it's worse. If it's still going after a week it's probably permanent but sometimes eases up within 3 months. Still there after 3 months get used to it.
Get yourself some earplugs now - don't do what most of us did and wait for permanent ringing first. I got away with it many many times but eventually it'll take hold if you don't take care.
toab - it's a cumulative effect of all those "post-really loud gigs" though. Prevention, because there is no cure. Seriously, it's f***ing awful - wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
All day, every day, for ever. Ear plugs kids!
Wot they all said. With luck it'll go away today. If it doesn't you're probably stuck with it. I was told it's agravated by caffeine, red wine, tonic, citrus fruit. I've cut out the caffeine but would prefer not to live a life without fruit or wine.
On the plus side I'm lucky enough to associate it with the pleasant feeling of being dead tired. It doesn't annoy me, it just gets in the way of hearing stuff.
Ebay for a big pile of different earplugs - find one you like. My favourite are MAX LITE SNR34 in flouro green.
I have menieres and have very loud tinnitus.
I doubt you've done any damage with one night out, it'll pass eventually.
Most tinnitus is not caused by external loud noise, mine for example is caused by pressure in my inner ear. People who play in bands or DJs, basically anyone who is exposed to loud noise very regularly, will sometimes develop tinnitus. But for most people who go to a loud nightclub every now and then, the most you'll get is a bit of ringing for a day or two.
Don't worry about it.
woody - I've realsied that now; Mr. Toab has severe hearing loss and tinnitus after a bout of meningitis and it makes things a total PITA.
I'm much more careful with my ears now.
Loud noise is a cause of tinnitus though McHamish, regardless of whether it's the MAIN cause. Loud noise can, and will damage your hearing - even one occasion.
I wonder if some cases are caused by years of using mobile phones. Not much is known about the long term effects yet.
agravated by caffeine, red wine, tonic, citrus
That pretty much sums up the night.
I started to suffer from it in my mid-teens, so about 25 years ago.
It comes and goes, but thankfully it has not become any worse over time.
"eeeeeeeeee..." that pretty much sums up the rest of your life (that'll be the ringing not the drugs). Mine's become a permanant fixture in the last year or so, but in the last couple of weeks I occasionally get two different notes that switch. Wierd as it happens for no reason, but if it carries on It'll be producing it's own tunes at this rate.
I didn't say loud noise doesn't cause tinnitus...but often there is another cause.
I'm just repeating what my ENT consultant has told me, and from my own research into my tinnitus.
But in the interest of pedantry, noise in your ear of any nature, for any period, where there is no external source, is tinnitus.
But permanent tinnitus from going to a gig or night club doesn't happen that often...unless you were right next to the speakers for an extended period, and the music was very, very loud. Exposure to sudden very loud noise, or loud noise over an extended period can cause tinnitus.
Many people have tinnitus in one form or another, at at sometime during their lives. For the majority it goes away, for others it's permanent. For sufferers who have mild tinnitus, their brain can often learn to filter it out.
must have been a loud one if they're still ringing the day after. I can't remember the last gig I went to, or played, that left me with ringing in the ears. But I guess it's not as loud onstage is it is out front.
Having said that, I read somewhere that the noise level from a snare drum, at the distance that a drummer's head is from the drum, is enough to cause hearing loss after 90 seconds - but I suppose that's 90 seconds of continuous noise at that level, not the very sharp attack & decay that lasts a fraction of a second for every stroke
Sleigh bells?
Mine was brought on in one ear by slamming a car door, September 2007 had it ever since. Got used to it now, the Dr said it might go away, it might not. I've learnt to filter it out now.
My mother has had tinnitus for years now. A couple of years ago we went up l'Aiguille du Midi cablecar in Chamonix (3800m) and she noticed an instant improvement.. This improvement stayed after the descent to the village and even to this day as far as I'm aware...
If it's caused by inner ear pressure then this anecdotal story may actually be backed up by fact..
I would disagree with the statement
"But permanent tinnitus from going to a gig or night club doesn't happen that often."
Almost all the DJs and musicians I know have some form of Tinnitus. I also know people who have worked in noisy environments such as pubs who also have started to suffer.
Look after your ears and wear plugs.
does anyone actually read all the words in a post?
does anyone actually read all the words in a post?
hell no what's the point of that?
McHamish - what have we missed?
People who play in bands or DJs, basically anyone who is exposed to loud noise very regularly, will sometimes develop tinnitus. But for most people who go to a loud nightclub every now and then, the most you'll get is a bit of ringing for a day or two.
But permanent tinnitus from going to a gig or night club doesn't happen that often...unless you were right next to the speakers for an extended period, and the music was very, very loud. Exposure to sudden very loud noise, or loud noise over an extended period can cause tinnitus.
Got ya!
had it in the left ear for just over a year - don't know the cause but could have been concerts / clubbing / MP3 use so now wear Etymotic ER20 High Fidelity Ear Plugs at concerts and they reduce the volume but you can still hear everything clearly.
Actually...ignore what I say...check out NHS instead.
I personally think the increase in external noise being a factor in the cause of tinnitus is related to the popular use of MP3 players.
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Effects of Buttermilk on Serum LDL Cholesterol Concentrations
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Rationale and objective:
Based on the results of a pilot study, the objective of the present study is to evaluate whether buttermilk lower serum LDL cholesterol concentrations and can prevent the serum LDL cholesterol raising effects of eggs.
Study Design:
The study has a randomized placebo-controlled factorial 2x2 design. The total study duration is 14 weeks, consisting of a 2 weeks run-in period and a 12 weeks experimental period. Subjects will be stratified for age, gender and BMI over the experimental groups.
Study population:
One hundred and eight healthy male and female subjects, aged 18-70 years, with slightly elevated serum total cholesterol concentrations (5.5-8.0 mmol/l).
During the entire study period, volunteers are instructed to consume a diet according to the Dutch dietary guidelines (35 en% fat (10 en% saturated fat), 50-55 en% carbohydrates). During the two weeks run-in period all subjects will drink daily at lunch 100 mL skimmed milk. During the 12 weeks experimental period, a first group of subjects will continue drinking the skimmed milk (control group), while a second group will consume a low-fat buttermilk, a third group skimmed milk enriched with egg-yolk, and a fourth group egg-yolk incorporated into a low-fat buttermilk based beverage. The egg-yolk will be enriched in lutein. Whole egg consumption (others than provided by us) is not allowed during the entire study.
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Measurements will be performed during the run-in period (days 0, 11 and 14) and during the experimental period (days 56, 95 and 98). The main effects (egg-yolk and buttermilk consumption) will be calculated as the absolute differences between values obtained at the end of the experimental (average days 95 and 98) and run-in (average days 11 and 14) periods. The primary endpoint is the change in serum LDL cholesterol concentrations. Secondary endpoints are changes in serum total and HDL cholesterol, triacylglycerol, apoA-I, apoB and hsCRP concentrations.
|Hypercholesterolemia Buttermilk Dietary Modification Cardiovascular Disease
|Dietary Supplement: Buttermilk without added egg-yolk Dietary Supplement: Buttermilk with added egg yolk Dietary Supplement: Skimmed milk with added egg-yolk Dietary Supplement: Skimmed milk without added egg yolk
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Buttermilk With or Without Lutein-enriched Egg Yolk on the Serum LDL Cholesterol Concentration of Slightly Hypercholesterolaemic Volunteers
- Change in serum LDL cholesterol concentrations [ Time Frame: LDL cholesterol will be measured at day 0, 11, 14, 56, 95 and 98 during the study ]
- Changes in serum total and HDL cholesterol, triacylglycerol, apoA-I, apoB and hsCRP concentrations [ Time Frame: Serum total and HDL cholesterol, triacylglycerol, apoA-I and ApoB will be measured at day 0, 11, 14, 56, 95 and 98 during the study. hsCRP concentrations will be measured at day 11, 14, 95 and 98. ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Buttermilk with added egg yolk
Dietary Supplement: Buttermilk with added egg yolk
Buttermilk with added egg yolk
|Experimental: Buttermilk without added egg-yolk
Dietary Supplement: Buttermilk without added egg-yolk
Buttermilk without added egg-yolk
|Experimental: Skimmed milk with added egg-yolk
Dietary Supplement: Skimmed milk with added egg-yolk
Skimmed milk with added egg-yolk
|Placebo Comparator: Skimmed milk without added egg yolk
Dietary Supplement: Skimmed milk without added egg yolk
Skimmed milk without added egg yolk
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged between 18 and 70 years
- Fasting serum total cholesterol between 5.5 - 8.0 mmol/l
- Fasting plasma glucose < 7.0 mmol/l
- BMI between 25-30 kg/m2
- non-smoking
- Willingness to abstain for the duration of the study from egg consumption
Exclusion Criteria:
- unstable body weight (weight gain or loss >3 kg in the past 3 months)
- allergic for eggs or egg-rich products
- allergic or intolerant for cow-milk (lactose) based products
- indication for treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs according to the Dutch Cholesterol Consensus
- use of medication or a diet known to affect serum lipid or glucose metabolism - active cardiovascular disease (for instance congestive heart failure) or recent (<6 months) event, such as acute myocardial infarction or cerebro-vascular accident
- not willing to stop the consumption of vitamin supplements, fish oil capsules or products rich in plant stanol or sterol esters 3 weeks before the start of the study
- men: consumption of >21 alcohol consumptions a week
- women: consumption of >14 alcohol consumptions a week
- abuse of drugs
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01566305
|Maastricht University
|Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, 6200
|Principal Investigator:
|Jogchum Plat, Dr.
|Maastricht University
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|March 27, 2012
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|March 29, 2012
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|March 29, 2012
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I was in the car yesterday with a couple of friends, K and M, and we were brainstorming a project to get the youth in our community more active in giving back to the community and providing services. Don't get me wrong, we're not starting a sweatshop or anything like it, but expanding upon the foundations of a youth group already set in place.
As we were formulating, the idea came to us of our desire to create a School of Knowledge, much akin to the Universities of old where there existed a mentor-student relationship between those who had scholastic and religious knowledge, and experiences and those seeking to attain spiritual and intellectual enlightenment. Wouldn't that be ideal?! Imagine, at the heart of major cities worldwide, centers of study open to the public where vast open courtyards were filled with men and women, boys and girls scurrying around following a mentor, scribbling down every bit of information they could attain from him. Where men, women, and children could sit down in rooms laden with soft pillows, crimson curtains (with light shining through the opening), the fragrance of incense burning in the air, and discuss matters of life, death, scholastic work, and experience. Wouldn't that be ideal?
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Album Rating: 3.0Oh, I did a ''Mikesn''. I got my Theory In Practice review back from Mr. South right after I finished this so I thought I could add both of them. =/
Your rating seems a little high for saying it wasn't really great.
My buddy tried getting me into these guys and I laughed in his face. Too cheesy for me.
Album Rating: 3.0I guess you're right, I have lowered my rating by 0.5.
This band is both very interesting and very annoying at the same time. The folky elements can be quite cool but after awhile they just get on my nerves, especially as the album progresses. This album was kind of bland imo. Great reviewThis Message Edited On 04.15.07
Mmm I don't think I'm even gonna bother with this.
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"Power metal (or Slay-Dragon-Save-Princess metal as I like to call it sometimes) is probably one of metals mellowest genres. If you would play power metal in a mall people wouldn't bother but if you would play black metal for example then people would have a different reaction."
yeah, definitely the caliber of a genre can solely be based on how much it offends shoppers
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Some of the lyrics on here are abysmal (ie 'our blood must be spilled so the noble's vision can be fulfilled')
"Our blood must be spilled so the nobles' vision can be fulfilled" - this has got to be one of the worst lyrics ever written.
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Avery Bradley stood on the sidelines as he watched his teammates run through practice. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Shaquille ONeal executed offensive schemes Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers had put in motion, making it look easy after years in the NBA.
The 19-year-old rookie quietly observed his veteran teammates with a looming thought on his mind.
Dont call my name.
I didnt even want to get in, Bradley told CSNNE.com. I couldnt get in practice, but at the same time, even if I could I would have been like, Oh! We would do a play, no defense, youd do a play, a play, a play. I didnt want to get in because I didnt want to mess the plays up. I did not want to go over the plays at all. It was just walking through the plays basically and I didnt want to.
Its a surprising statement from the countrys former top-ranked high school player, a first round pick in the 2010 NBA Draft out of the University of Texas, and, this season, a 10-game starter who runs the point position for the Celtics with confidence and poise.
Bradley, 21, has grown up since just last season. There is a sense of confidence about him. Not the kind that comes from cockiness, but rather from experience and hard work. His delivery is stronger in interviews and he appears more comfortable addressing the media. He doesnt seem like a teenager anymore.
Now Bradley is calling plays for the same teammates he was once nervous to practice with. He credits them for making his second season in the NBA more comfortable, which in turn allows him to help the rookies who are currently following in his footsteps.
The son of a high-ranking Army official, Bradley he is not one to showboat or act out of turn. On the contrary, he is reserved and polite by nature, listening before speaking and respecting those who have come before him. Combine his demeanor with the understandable nerves of being a teenager on a championship-contending team and you had Bradley trying to find his place in the pros.
Bradley was one of three rookies on the Celtics at the start of last season along with Semih Erden and Luke Harangody. They went through the ups and downs of their first NBA experience together, running rookie errands together and adjusting to life in the league. While last years trades were noted for the separation of best friends Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo, Bradley also lost a close friend in Harangody when he and Erden were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers last February.
It was hard because me and Luke were close as far as being both rookies, he recalled. It was hard for the simple fact that I had nobody to really hang out with. As the season started going on, obviously I got closer, but after the trade it was tough because youre the only rookie. Youve got to do everything by yourself. You dont really have anybody to make the mistakes with you. So its like everythings on you, the spotlights on you, its all magnified.
Just as Bradley was left as the lone rookie on a veteran squad, his teammates made sure he never felt alone. He felt hesitant at times to speak to them but they never held back on reaching out to him.
I wasnt star struck, but well, in a way I was because I was kind of like I dont know what to say, I couldnt read them, he said. Now I know the personalities, what makes them mad, I know all that stuff now. Last year I was kind of just sitting back and figuring people out. I didnt really talk at all.
But the good thing about our team, we have good teammates that want to help the young guys. Last year they would literally call my room and be like, Lets go to dinner. Who does that? Thats like the perfect teammate that just wants to take you. They can see that youre not talking to anybody, not hanging out, so thats what they would do.
Bradley is quick to credit all of his teammates for making him feel comfortable. He developed an especially close bond last season with Ray Allen, who became his go-to for veteran advice during his rookie year.
I think the biggest thing that he does that Ive noticed is, he always seeks out my advice or attention, if I can use that word, not like he needs my attention but like if theres something going on on the floor or something that the coaches may have said, Allen told CSNNE.com. Hell always come to me and ask me what I thought about it or how did I perceive it. When the game starts off, hell ask what do I see out there on the floor, whats going on out there. You can tell he watches, he observes, he asks. Instead of formulating his own opinion, he gets opinions and then tries to determine how he feels about certain things.
For me, thats a very smart vantage point because hes learning. Hes not necessarily saying he agrees with what I feel or what I think, but hes developing his own based off my opinion, and Im sure he does it for other guys. For a young guy, thats definitely a very wise and smart approach to take.
In addition to getting acclimated with NBA life off the court, Bradley still had issues to tackle on the parquet. He underwent surgery on his left ankle the summer prior to his rookie year and rehabbing the injury was a priority -- and a concern.
With limited opportunities for playing time, the Celtics assigned Bradley to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws last January. Bradley averaged 17.1 points in 32.2 minutes throughout nine games, a confidence booster that went a long way.
It gave me confidence to play and it let me know that I deserved to be in the NBA, he said. When my ankle was hurt, I was like man Im not playing, Im nervous to even play, nervous to hurt yourself. Thats how you feel. Then once I went to the D-League I was confident in myself, like, Ok, I am as good as I thought I was. It made me feel a lot better then and the team I was playing on in the D-League, it was great. When I got there it was like they didnt look at me like Im coming in there -- we all wanted to get each other better. We all want to see each other succeed, so I went to the perfect team.
Bradley carried that confidence with him throughout the remainder of his rookie campaign. He scored 20 points off of 10-for-16 field goal shooting against the New York Knicks in the Celtics regular season finale.
I just think after I came back from the D-League, I was a different person, Bradley said. Not to say I wasnt already working hard, but I took it to another level. Even my teammates could see that, like I was going hard. I just started feeling more comfortable, not worrying about mistakes. And at the same time youre still a rookie so youre going to make mistakes. I was just going into practice like, Man, this is how I've got to prove myself. Ive got to go in here and make my teammates better every day. That was my focus. If I'm not playing, Im going to help my teammates get better every day.
When his rookie season concluded in May, Bradley was already looking forward to his sophomore year.
Toward the end of the year last year, I wanted to get in at practice, he laughed. I was pulling on peoples jerseys, Hey, let me get in some plays!
The NBA lockout put those plans on hold. After participating in the Impact Training Competitive Basketball Series in Las Vegas, he signed overseas with Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem. Bradley was thousands of miles away from his family in Seattle, Washington, testing his inner strength. While there were times he contemplated returning to the United States, ultimately his desire to improve pulled through.
I could have easily just been back here just working out everyday, but I wanted to play in game situations, get better, he said. It was tough being over there. I wanted to come back some days. Just being away from your family, you might think, I really dont have to be doing this. Thats how you think about it. But my whole mindset was, Im getting better for my team so I know I need to be over here.
For me it was kind of tough (last season) because I had my injury so I wanted to be prepared for my teammates. That was my thing, I wanted to come in this season and show my teammates I know the plays and I wanted to show them that I worked on my games over the summer. I wanted to show them that I improved. When I came here, I was so excited. I tried to do everything I could do so I could become a better player for my teammates.
Bradley returned to Boston in December ready to play. This time there were three new rookies on the Celtics (JaJuan Johnson, ETwaun Moore, and Greg Stiemsma), but Bradley wasnt in the clear of constructive criticism.
From the very start of the season, Rivers pushed Bradley to be better. Not because Rivers wasnt happy with him, but because he saw potential. If Bradley was going to be more effective, he had to speak up. There was no room for nerves or shyness on the court. As a point guard on the Celtics, he had to make himself heard.
Doc would challenge me at the beginning of the year to speak up, he said. The point guard has to be a leader, so you want someone thats going to be loud. Thats what I try to do. I talk a lot more. As a player, you just think your coach is getting on you, and you dont really see it until you see that hes only getting on you because hes helping you be a better player. Thats how I always looked at things. Sometimes Id get distracted and think that a coach is trying to get on me and not help me, but Doc is a great coach and hes always trying to help me. He challenges you and I think thats what a coach is supposed to do.
Bradley has risen to the challenge this season, emerging as a bright spot amid the Celtics struggles. He stepped into the starting lineup in place of an injured Rondo and impressed many with his defensive intensity.
During his third start, he made his own decision to play full-court defense the entire game against the Orlando Magic. He stifled Jameer Nelson, holding him to just five points and turning heads as a serious defender.
Last year, when he was first coming in he thought -- and most young players think -- scoring is what you have to do to get on the floor and you've got to show the coaches you can play, said Allen. But he's learned that he has a different approach towards being successful out here and how he gets on the floor. He's starting to stick to that and then he scores in the meantime."
While proving that he can contribute on offense (he averaged 7.8 points as a starter), Bradley is pleased to be making a mark with his D.
I think that just comes from the team that Im on, he said. Our energy level sometimes is down. Thats my thing, when I go in the game I tell myself Im going to play hard the whole time Im in. Thats what I tell myself, that Im going to go hard until when I go on the bench Im going to be tired, and thats my main thing. I just always try to focus on playing defense because I know, like I always tell people, you can have an off offensive game but I feel like you can never have an off defensive game.
He has also dedicated extra time to learning the Celtics playbook. The increased repetitions in practice and during games have helped, and he has spent more time outside of the gym studying the Xs and Os.
His performance has been well-received by his teammates, whose advice he still seeks out this season. Even with a year behind him, Bradley is still the youngest member of the Celtics and appreciates any suggestions the veterans have for him.
He laughed when sharing his teammates tease him for how intensely he listens to their stories. But surrounded by future Hall of Famers, he doesnt want to miss a single word.
I dont know what they see in me, but I think its just me wanting to listen to them, Bradley said. Im not thinking Im too good or anything. Im just always open to learning new things and I feel like if you have that type of personality, if you want to learn things, theyre going to teach you things.
He continued, The person who brings the aggressiveness out of me is Rondo. When I check in, he tells me, Be aggressive, do this, do that, run the floor. When youre in movement just run, go play hard. And thats what I do. Hes the one who always tells me to be aggressive because sometimes Im just so focused on not making mistakes, but youre going to make mistakes. Its basketball. Who doesnt make mistakes? Its hard to learn, but Rondos the one because hes been through it. To have someone be able to tell you stuff like that just shows that they care about your development and he cares about me as a person. I really respect him for that.
This year Rondo helps me out a lot and Paul (Pierce), 247. He just builds my confidence every single day. Like every single day he tells me, You can be this good if you do this. Youve got to keep working hard. He works hard and when I see that it makes me want to do the same thing.
Im always open to listening and I want to know these things so I can become a better player to help my team out. The reason I think they do that is I think thats what they would want us to do for when were in their positions, like when were vets on teams to help the younger guys. Like KG (Kevin Garnett), he does a lot of little things. Hes like one of the best teammates I ever had, like the little things he does that people dont know. He does it so you can do it for your rookies and stuff like that.
Bradley is doing just that for the trio of Celtics rookies. He immediately formed a bond with them and has shared his experiences from his first season in the NBA. With a condensed training camp, he realized their transition to the pros could be challenging.
During the stretch in which Rondo was injured, Bradley called Moore over to his locker to watch game film on a computer. Its little actions like that that can make a difference.
The rookies, they kind of get treated like how I was treated last year, Bradley said. I try to make them feel more comfortable because when they first got here, I told them everything, what they would expect. I just wanted them to not have to go through anything I went through.
Like JaJuan, I know he was nervous sometimes. I told him, Man, just go out there, dont be nervous. I was nervous too. Youre going to make mistakes, Docs going to get on you, but thats what hes supposed to do. Youve just got to correct your mistakes. Thats what I had to do and thats what they do. Those guys, we both help each other out. Theyre older than me (Johnson and Moore are 23, Stiemsma is 26), they teach me things too. We all teach each other things.
The rookies appreciate Bradleys welcoming gestures and advice.
Its been really good, just him being able to share his experiences with us, Johnson told CSNNE.com. He kind of lets us know about things before they happen so we can prevent ourselves from looking bad. Hes showing us the ropes on what the guys are like, what they expect from us, and what the coaches expect out of you.
This season Bradley sat in the Celtics locker room talking to Rondo and Keyon Dooling. Shortly after, he turned his chair the opposite direction and engaged the first-year players in conversation.
No longer a rookie but still learning from the veterans, Bradley is continuing to grow his game while sharing his knowledge with others. It is the way he was taught basketball in the NBA, and its an approach he will continue throughout his career.
It just shows how much you improve when you hear from the older guys, Your time will come, or, Ive been through that, Bradley said. When youre younger in the back of your head youre like, I dont want to hear this, but at the same time its so true because I can see me in the future telling somebody else, Youve got to go through this to do that. Some people come into the league and are on teams where younger guys are able to score points, but some aren't. Youve got to go through it to become a better player and a better person.


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Following the successful launch of the Regional Minor Repairs and Building Maintenance Works Panel and the Horticulture and Arboriculture Services Panel, the Barossa Regional Procurement Group (excluding Light Regional Council) are pleased to announce the upcoming launch (in June 2016) of the Minor Civil Works Panel.
The Minor Civil Works Panel will provided paving, concrete works, pavement construction and maintenance, stormwater construction and maintenance, pipeline maintenance and gravedigging works. Each Contractor will agree to provide a standing offer to carry out their category of works in accordance with their tendered schedule of rates.
To be able to undertake any of these works for the Councils, it is a mandatory requirement under the Building Work Contractors Act 1995 that you hold a current Building Work Supervisors Licence, with specified sub-categories depending on the type of service to be provided.
Pre-Tender Supplier Information Session - 3.00pm, Thursday 12 May 2016
The Councils are aware that some contractors may not currently have the above licenses to be able to tender for these works, and for this reason, we have arranged a Pre-Tender Supplier Information Session so that we can highlight both licensing and tender submission requirements. At the Information Session, staff from Consumer and Business Services will provide a presentation on the requirements needed to undertake civil works and how to lodge an application to achieve the mandatory licenses. They will also be able to respond to any questions that you may have.
Please advise Debra Scott of your attendance at this Pre-Tender Supplier Information Session via email to email@example.com or 0417 357 368 by close of business Thursday 5th May 2016.
When the Town of Gawler has any public tenders, requests for proposals or similar documents they can be accessed by vising the Tenders SA website.
Tenders are required to be lodged by the due date and closing time. Late or non conforming tenders may not be considered so please take note of the Conditions of Tendering.


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Gardai push for campaign of 'robust' industrial action
THE leadership of the rank and file Garda Representative Association is expected to sanction a campaign of phased industrial action in protest at proposed cuts to their pay.
The move comes as GRA members in Mayo last night became the latest branch to back 'blue flu' industrial action in An Garda Siochana.
The decision will be made at the conclusion of a two-day meeting of the GRA's ruling central executive committee in Dublin this afternoon.
About three-quarters of the delegates spoke yesterday during the meeting and all were strongly in favour of a robust campaign of action.
The gardai may opt to start their campaign by refusing to use their current discretionary powers and fine or summons anybody committing a minor offence.
The campaign would then be stepped up to include a ban on issuing tickets or serving warrants.
Gardai said if the initial phases were not effective they should then opt for the "nuclear" option of staging a "blue flu" protest.
The leadership rejected a suggestion that gardai should wear their uniforms at a rally organised by the 24/7 Frontline Alliance for Tallaght on Monday evening.
A huge number of gardai are expected to attend from all over the country. The suggestion of wearing uniforms arose at a meeting of the alliance earlier this week – but the executive meeting was told that this was a non-runner. It could result in a breach of disciplinary regulations.
However, a range of other suggestions were also discussed. A final decision will not be taken until the rest of the executive have expressed their views.
Action proposed at branch meetings included refusing to volunteer for traffic-management duties at major sporting events and concerts.
Gardai have also considered not making themselves available to cover other members of the emergency services if they take industrial action.
This would include helping to run the jails if members of the Prison Officers Association decide to stage a walk out.
Association branches in Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Laois-Offaly, Tipperary, Monaghan and Louth have already backed a hardline stance against the cuts.
Gardai in south Dublin insisted that the executive committee should have detailed proposals for a work-to- rule ready by Monday and it was suggested that the action be launched by mid-March.
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Maybe some don't like it, but I do!
How do I re-enable it back in the build 2126?
Been searching but I can't find the setting in preferences.
What I'm wondering is, where is the + and - to even do code collapse without using the menu or shortcut keys?
Yup. Definitely want folder animation back in the sidebar. It may be frivolous but I did like it. Is there going to be a setting added in preferences?
I'd like to put the side bar expand / collapse animations back in, but in a more typical style where the expanded items animate down from their parent, rather than from the right hand side
@jps I think everyone wants the animations back as they where, at least I do.
Look that I'm not everyone... Don't speak for others please...The animation was too distracting, I'm sure Jon will find something better.
And an option to disable that please


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The crowd of 18,128 Monday at U.S. Cellular, along with the 50 players, coaches and managers, were engulfed in a deep fog.
Gordon Beckham was in his own world even after the fog lifted.
The Chicago White Sox infielder went for a walk off of second base as Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey delivered a 2-2 pitch for a ball.
Beckham trotted to third, thinking it was ball four.
"Before the pitch I saw him signal the runner on third he was on move with the pitch," said Jays catcher Josh Thole as runners often do on 3-2 pitches with the bases loaded and two out. "If I hadn't have seen that he probably would have been safe."
Thole threw to second for the rally-killing out.
It was am embarrassing moment to be sure, but after a 10-6 White Sox win Beckham will be asked what the count is on charters, buses and maybe fined in kangaroo court.
Everyone has had a brain cramp.
Even those at the major league level:
Thole, playing for the New York Mets last year against the Philadelphia Phillies singled against Cliff Lee:
"Base hit off Lee? Not bad. R.A. Dickey bunts, I get to second and Jimmy Rollins is holding up both hands. I'm thinking foul ball. I say: 'Hi, Jimmy,' and 'Hi, Tom,' (second base ump Tom Hallion) and head back. Tom does not say a word. I'm thinking 'what's wrong with Tom?' He and I have a good relationship. I get half way back to first realize the ball wasn't foul. I slide in head first … out! I was on ESPN Not Top 10 for two weeks."
Edwin Encarnacion playing first, against the Seattle Mariners this season with the roof of the Rogers Centre pulled back and Kendrys Morales batting: "He hits a pop up, I come running in, using my glove to shield the sun, trip over the mound and fall down face first. Morales wound up on second with an infield double."
Colby Rasmus, playing centre for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds: "Scott Rolen singles to centre and Brandon Phillips, who was on first, jogs into second like he often does. Soon as I put my head down, he accelerates and takes off for third. The shortstop and second baseman didn't tell me he was going. David Freese wasn't at third when I threw the ball. Tony LaRussa gave it to me for that one."
Jays reliever Steve Delabar, struggling one night at class-A Fort Wayne in 2007 and pitching coach Wally Whitehurst coming out for a visit with two out, bases loaded in a tight game: "He asks 'can you do one thing for me?' I say sure. 'Get this guy.' First pitch I throw BEHIND the batter. It hits off the wall, bounces to our catcher who throws to me and I tag the guy. I get to the dugout he gives me a look and I said: 'I got him didn't I?' "
Dickey, pitching for the Texas Rangers against the Mariners in 2004, with two out, facing Edgar Martinez: "I threw a strike, gave it a fist pump, started to walk off … but it was only strike two. I ended up striking him out, but I was fined in court by Brian Jordan."
Hall-of-Fame candidate Jack Morris, pitching for the Detroit Tigers: "I caught my cleat on the rubber and fell down. The fans gave me a standing ovation."
Adam Lind, pinch hitting (for Randy Ruiz) in the ninth at U.S. Cellular in 2004: "I struck out and John Buck hits a homer to force extras. We win in the 12th when Alex Gonzalez hits a three-run homer. I wind up with three strikeouts and didn't even enter the game until the ninth."
Blue Jays reliever Dustin McGowan, facing the Cleveland Indians in his sixth career start in 2005: "Grady Sizemore stole home against me in the first. It taught me never to go from the full wind up with a man on third."
Mark De Rosa, playing third for the Atlanta Braves on a Sunday in Denver: "I had four errors. They had a big crowd and fans were chanting "hit it to third!' Bobby Cox took me out in the seventh saying, 'you've already tied the club record (for errors), we don't want you to break it.' We flew home, the players teased me on that flight."
Broadcaster Buck Martinez, playing against the Rangers in Arlington, Tex.: "I get on first, lead off against lefty Mike Mason. I'm out there, really concentrating. Then I'm thinking why doesn't he throw the ball? He'd already thrown it to first. I didn't even go to first, I peeled off and headed to the dugout."