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The eight minute mile. Half as fast, twice as slow, as the legendary four minute mile. You know – Roger Bannister and all that – the realm of class athletes but for most a mythical place. But the eight minute mile? Millions of runners aspire to run a mile, or many miles, at a pace which they think they should be capable of achieving with a certain level of training. For me, eight minute mile pace seems a suitably challenging target. I'd like to be able to run a number of eight minute miles one after the other and enjoy it. And that's the key word – enjoy. I've struggled around the local streets too many times over the years as an an occasional jogger. This blog covers the trials and tribulations of a very amateur 'athlete' on a journey of self-satsifaction, and maybe self-discovery and self-harm!
105 and a half laps
Round and round and round and round and round and round. And round. And round. And round some more and more and more. Seemingly ad infinitum (but not quite).
The above opening lines could describe the cyclyical nature of my attempts to become a better runner – indeed my attempts to become a runner capable of knocking out mile-after-mile of 8 minute miles. I get a bit better then take two steps back, then plan a new training regime and start the cycle again.
But the opening lines represent a brief summary of my first attempt at running a marathon.
Looking back (many months now – where has the time gone?) to my previous post, written in the French Alps where I'd run many enjoyable and fitness boosting miles while on holiday (and training for a 50K run), it's almost annoying how quickly everything changed. Within a few hours of writing the post I was struck down with gastro enteritis – great for weight loss, not so great for running (especially when it lasts for nearly 3 weeks), and definitely not the best thing to have when faced with an 800+ mile return drive home.
Of course, I still believed that I could manage to run 50K another few weeks down the line, but despite a reasonably comfortable 22 mile run and several encouraging outings of slightly less distance, the pressures of a new job and the need to catch up with work finished off my ultra-marathon ambitions (at least for now). Allowing work to continue to decimate my training, what I lost in fitness and pace I gained in apathy.
Then I became touched and inspired by the fight of two little girls aged just 2 and 13 fighting cancer. Sure, my job was showing no imminent signs of getting easier, and I'd need to get training more but without really thinking too much about it I announced that I'd run a marathon round and round our local running track, to raise money to support families of children with cancer. A noble enough gesture but 'noble' alone will not complete the necessary 105 and a half laps required for 26.2 miles.
Unfortunately I allowed work to still take precedent but did manage a few important long runs, most notably a pleasing 20 miles around the hills on the edge of the Peak District in less than 3 hours 30 minutes. Even with very little running for three weeks that followed I felt confident that on a flat track I'd be able to manage the marathon in under 4 and a half hours.
When the designated day arrived just before Christmas, the early morning weather map showed 'amber' warnings directly above my chosen venue, a local cinder 400m track in the middle of wide open playing fields. As I arrived in the dark and climbed the fence the rain and wind were already more than just a minor irritation. Having not visited the track for at least 20 years, the uneven and already saturated surface not only frightened the hell out of me but also nearly caused me to abort the whole idea. Instead, I threw down my plastic bin liner containing several drinks bottles, jelly babies and some dry clothes, and got on with it. Twice during the next few hours I had need to chase dogs away from that bag and offer a few choice words to their owners!
The first three laps were tentative as I picked a reasonable route around the large puddles, the ankle twisting holes and the softest of the very soft patches which made it like running on a beach (as most of the track would become after three hours). The fourth lap required me to remove one trainer to empty several large pieces of gravel. In the wind, rain and dark I managed to lose my balance and my trainer-less foot splashed into a large muddy puddle. So this was it. This was how it would be then. I was not happy and this caused me to run several laps at a pace I knew I would not be able to maintain. Then it rained harder. I laughed. Then it rained harder. I was now completely soaked. I laughed more and found I was actually enjoying it. Then it rained even harder. Perhaps it wasn't quite so much fun after all. Then it really hammered it down. "Come on you b*****ds. Is that the best you've got," I shouted at the sky in what would surely have been a legendary cinematic moment had anyone else been around to film it and take it to Hollywood.
A little later a colleague ran six miles with me, my wife then helped me round for a further three, and a couple of friends added their support with shouts of encouragement (quite an achievement from them as an overweight bloke jogging round a windswept track is hardly the most riveting of spectator sports) . By 18 miles though, my left knee began to hurt. By 20 it was clear that the final six miles would require lots of walking. A few metres of hobbling was followed by a few more metres of walking which eventually became just slower hobbling. And so it would be for the final hour and a half it took me to complete the last six miles.
In his book Road to Endorphia, Joe Donnachie suggests that if you want to run, "Run for the hit. Run for the buzz. Run for the rush. Run for the surge. Run for the free drugs. Run for the biochemical bliss. Don't run for charity. Run for clarity." I like that piece of advice – for me running at a basic level has to be a very internal, almost private thing. I certainly use running for personal clarity. I need to run for fitness but I also need to run for sanity and pleasure – the hit, buzz, rush, surge and biochemical bliss. However, as I struggled around that track with just a few miles remaining the clarity that hit me was that finishing the run didn't matter to me as a runner – I knew I wasn't through with marathons and that I'd be having another go at one although probably not round a track in the worst weather in December. It didn't matter to me as a runner but it did matter to me as a person doing the run in the name of two terribly poorly little girls. The pain in my knee (undoubtedly caused by going round and round), the wet, the cold, the miserable boredom I was know beginning to feel and the irritating fact that it was going to take me 45 minutes longer than anticipated, all paled into insignificance compared to the plight of children and families suffering infinitely more than I was.
Alone again on the track, my wife having being dispatched to go and run a hot bath for me, the clarity I took from the vast difference between my slightly uncomfortable current predicament and the truly awful situations being faced by friends and their children, spurred me on. I even managed a 'sprint' to finish in just under 5 hours and 15 minutes. I'd got a buzz and a refreshed enthusiasm for running, completed my first marathon, learned a little more about how lucky I am in life, and raised over £800.
Run for whatever you want. Clarity. Charity. The buzz. If you can run you're already far better off than some.
Lord of the flies
Seven weeks ago, my last blog entry basically bemoaned my lack of common sense, loss of 'mojo' and bit of laziness, as major factors disrupting my ultra marathon training. For five of the last seven weeks the training has continued to suffer, largely as a result of continued partying and the accompanying alcohol consumption, some busy weeks at work, and a terrible bout of the debilitating disease known as CBA*.
Fortunately, the last two weeks have seen me freshly inspired by healthier eating, holiday time, some panic about how the hell I can possibly complete a 50km run in two months time and, most of all, by the fantastic scenery of the French Alps where I've spent the last week running. I've even taken my camera on a few runs just to capture some of it.
All of the above photos are taken close to Meribel-Mottaret, and are 6,000 feet and more above sea level. Suffice to say, the running has been slow as a result of the altitude, the temperature, and mostly my lack of fitness (stopping to take a photo every now and then provides a welcome break). While I've imagined myself to be floating along like a Kenyan Olympic athlete in the mountains of east Africa, emulating the grace of a mountain goat and the tenacity of something very, very tenacious, the reality hit home when I passed by a herd of Alpine cattle. As the valley echoed with the various tones of cow bells and the lowing of each animal as it trudged along the mountain track to pastures new, so my ears buzzed with the sound of swarms of flies, teasing me with the fact that I was an easier, slower and probably sweatier and smellier target than a slow moving bovine mass.
But who cares, I've been newly invigorated and still have a few more days left of it. 42 miles, including a half-marathon, have so far been covered up and down the hills in the photographs, and surely running at altitude now will make a big difference when I'm running back at home. While I doubt I'll be worrying the Mo Farah's of this world any time soon, I might not be far from being able to out-run an annoying insect and his equally nuisance like friends. Stick to cows you flies… I'm back in the game! (At least for now.)
*CBA – Can't Be Arsed. Particularly prevalent in terms of running when: the weather is wet and windy, there's something good on TV, at times of hunger, on days when any number of mundane chores seem more attractive than going for a jog round the streets, and at times of hangover (the distinction between CBA and hangover becomes difficult to determine after about three days).
How not to train for an ultra marathon
If I were to ever write about my first attempt to train for and run a 50k ultra marathon, this post would probably represent Chapter 2, and would be titled, rather grandly, 'Losing my mojo' (when it should in fact be titled either 'Lazy, lazy, lazy' or, more accurately, 'Lack of common sense').
Chapter 1 would refer to a good start to my ultra training – two weeks of good mileage, sensible eating, a bit of weight loss, and plenty of determination. That took me to the beginning of May, leaving me five months to develop my running from an ability to cover 15 miles comfortably in 2 hours 30 minutes, to more than double the distance and time on my feet.
In my last post, when I was still in semi-shock after entering the ultra, I stated that I needed to:
1) step up the miles and get in plenty of long slow runs,
2) eat more healthily and consume less alcohol,
3) lose several pounds.
I also indicated that I'd need a large slice of luck.
Well five or six weeks of thoroughly enjoyable working hard and playing harder has left my original plan in tatters. Three big social events have reduced my mileage and fitness. Unfortunately drinking too much is very easy with my own lack of self-control and the wonderful company I keep and, when coupled with my age, a good party leaves me with a certain amount of apathy (and inability) to run for a few days. I know I should and could turn out for two or three miles but then I stupidly/lazily consider it a waste of time if I'm not going to be able to do at least five or six miles.
Fortunately, I seem to have at least got the large slice of luck that I needed. Despite weight gain, mileage loss and a very poor diet, I've today been able to run (with a few strategically placed walking breaks) 20 slow miles. So there's a big positive – I've still got enough fitness to be able to punish myself for six weeks of inadequate effort.
But now it's getting desperate. Weeks have been lost and I really don't think I can afford to lose any more. The slice of luck has kept me just about on track to at least believe I can achieve my target of completing 50K in October, although I'd like to be able to complete it in more style than I did the gruelling 20 mile punishment of today. The bit of common sense I have remaining is telling me that I have no luck credits remaining. Only hard work will pay now. Maybe chapter 3 of the story could tell the tale of a miracle of biblical proportions. I can see the headlines now – 'Fat 40+ bloke becomes proper athlete in 2 months'. It's not quite up there with turning water into wine or making a bit of bread and fish into a filling meal for a large crowd, but as alcohol and vast quantities of food need to be avoided for now, it's perhaps best that I turn my hand to these latter two tricks some other time.
What have I gone and done?
For some time now, even before reading of the exploits and amazing feats of the likes of the late Caballo Blanco, Dean Kanazares, and Mike Stroud and Ranulph Fiennes, I've often thought of myself as a marathon runner, or even an ultra marathon runner. Much of this has of course been a direct result of The Law of Delusion but lurking away somewhere inside there's always been a bit of a dream.
A few short hours ago, having returned home from a couple of weeks in the sun of Tenerife I finally did something about this 'dream'. Maybe it was the effects of too much sun, the weary mind after travelling for several hours with two young children, or the mix of vast quantities of take-away spicy curry and cool beer after returning to cupboards and fridge devoid of food*.
Whatever it was though, I switched on my computer and entered a 50K ultra in and around Nottingham** in October. (I also entered the Cheshire Half Marathon*** in November although this, in some respects, seems to pale into some insignificance right now.)
And that is why I'm sitting typing this post at just after 4 in the morning. I've barely slept with a mixture of fear, excitement and, at least in equal measure to the first two reasons, terrible indigestion after sampling the gorgeous delights of our local Indian, Rice 'n' Spice.
Now, as I await the rest of the family rising from their slumber, I can rationalise my thoughts about the madness I've got myself into. My main fears are:
1) the distance – should I have gone for a 20 miler or a marathon first?
2) the terrain – not sure what it will be like so will need to investigate more in the cold light of day.
3) the wall – should I be scared of it, how much will it hurt, can I sneakily jump over it without anyone noticing and thus avoid running straight into it?
Perhaps I should be worried about finishing last or throwing up as I cross the finish line in a busy city centre, or even having to crawl through the streets but getting that far would, I suppose, represent an achievement in itself. Or maybe I should be worried about something I've not even thought of yet, so perhaps thinking about the whole thing too much will be counter-productive. Ignorance is bliss!
The best means of overcoming my fears are, of course:
1) training – stepping up the miles and getting in plenty of long slow runs
2) diet – eating more healthily, consuming less alcohol
3) weight – lose several pounds, if only to enable me to add the weight back on again at the start of the event by carrying several litres of water.
I'm guessing that with some determination and a large slice of luck (unfortunately luck is probably the only thing I'll be able to accept in large slices for a while), my training and diet will take care of my weight, and will also prevent (or at least reduce) further episodes of imbibing and curry eating thus avoiding future moments of madness with online race entry forms.
Maybe I can take some inspiration from something I recently read in the second of Dean Kanazares' books (I'm not usually one for taking much from quotes or soundbites but this one is quite apt, especially when I'm easily seduced by a tasty meal or alcoholic beverage, and easily deluded into believing a lack of focus in my training won't matter too much):
'…push on with eyes blinded to the deluding mirage, your ears deaf to the call of the seducer, and your mind un-diverted from the goal.'****
I do have a sneaky suspicion I might be able to achieve something which at the moment seems almost impossible, but it's going to take more than sneaky suspicion and a quote I won't be able to remember to get me there. Maybe one last full English breakfast and I'll set foot on that road.
*Fortunately the fridge was not so devoid of beer, although I guess this might have to change from now on!
** I've not researched it very much but I know it's a point-to-point finishing in Nottingham city centre. Had I spent time thinking about it I'd probably not have entered!
*** It will assume massive significance I guess in the weeks leading up to the event as I am determined that I'll do the whole Cheshire HM at 8 minute mile pace.
****The quote is from Dean Kanazares' second book (good, but nowhere near as good as his excellent first – a bit too egotistical for my liking but I guess if I was as good as him I might blow my own trumpet a bit too). Anyway, Kanazares attributes this to a lady called Mildred Cable, speaking about the Gobi desert and perhaps unsurprsingly not about an overweight 40 something worrying about a bit of a run in the East Midlands. Sort of works though.
Fun in the sun
Well the lack of nerves ahead of the Wilmslow Half Marathon deserted me in the last 24 hours before the race.
I assume nerves came into play alongside a severe bout of hypochondria on Saturday. I sneezed myself awake and even coughed before breakfast which was a clear sign that during my sleep I had contracted an until now, unknown strain of influenza virus. Despite the flu then deciding to lie dormant for the rest of the day, I then 'suffered' terrible injuries to my right heel (a dull ache) and my left thigh (another dull ache), plus an 'uncomfortable' stomach (which had nothing to do with the large amount of cheese and spicy crisps I was eating – honest).
Move forward to Sunday morning (race day) and although the flu was still hiding, waiting to pounce when least expected, I didn't feel much like running a half marathon. Of course, I neglected to consider that I always feel this way the moment I awake, and instead considered it a sign of impending failure.
Anyway, a bit of breakfast, far too much water, a search for safety pins for my race number and off to Wilmslow in the car. "Just another run" I kept telling myself all the way there but as I arrived the place was teeming with supreme looking athletes, every single one clearly many minutes faster than me. Walking to the start didn't ease my concerns that I was going to be last and would burn myself out after a couple of miles just trying to keep up to see where to go.
As it turned out, my fears were unfounded. I decided on a race strategy when my colleague who I wanted to try to run with decided to set-off from between the 1 hour 40 to 1 hour 50 starts (and too close to the 1 hour 40 marker for my liking). But what the hell, my strategy took shape in an instance – I would set out at under eight minute mile pace, hang on as long as possible and suffer later.
As race strategies go, I guess it was probably not the best, but it did what it said on the tin. I started to slow around 7.5 miles but had already broke my PB for 6 miles and 10k. I managed to hang on to get through 10 miles in a couple of seconds over 1 hr 20 mins (another PB) before struggling through the last 3.1 to make it home in 1:49:11 (four and half minutes faster than my previous best over the distance). After a time damaging pee stop at 12 miles, I even just about managed to punch the air in delight as I staggered over the line in a time I barely dared dream of over the past few weeks.
It was maybe a strange way to run but had I not been struggling so much over the last couple of miles I would have laughed out loud. Over the first few miles I seemed to pass, or at least run with, runners who looked the part. They flowed along majestically, effortlessly and I was among them. As the finish approached, every weird and wonderful running gait waddled, limped, powered and puffed past me and my by now totally ineffective style!
As for the race itself, my first since I was a kid, I thought it was incredibly well-organised, plenty of marshals, and fantastic support around the course – something that really kept me going towards the end. There was ample water available too, much needed as the temperature got into the high teens/high 60s on a beautiful sunny day.
Fun and definitely in my diary for next year. I might even think about planning my race a bit more careully next time.
Nervously un-nervous
With just over a couple of days before I run my first half-marathon since I was 11 (which doesn't really count as it was 30 years ago), I've become a bit 'sort-of-nervous'.
In many ways this is totally illogical. I know I can run the distance – several training runs of between 12 and 16 miles over recent months have convinced me that it's probable that I'll be able to get round the course. I'm not nervous about running the whole race at 8 minute mile pace – I know I can't do that quite at the moment and will be happy enough to get round in under two hours, delighted if I beat my best of 1 hour 53 mins 30 seconds (set in a painful training run), and ecstatic if I somehow manage to break 1 hour 50.
Maybe I should be a bit nervous about being too warm or cold but I've brought a little belt thing that my very lightweight running jacket will squash into. The fact that there are likely to be plenty of colleagues and pupils from work around the course (foolishly I've selected a HM starting and finishing just a few metres away) should maybe add some 'pressure' but to be quite honest I'm just happy to go and get on with it and not really bother about what anyone else thinks (or the abuse they might shout!).
I've heard that once you have completed a race for which you have been training there is a natural deflated feeling, a gap in your life, but no nerves here for me as I've already got plans to up my distance and have a crack at a marathon and maybe beyond.
What I think I'm really nervous about is the fact that I don't actually know how I should feel. Should I be nervous at all? Or excited? Or terrified? Should I be tossing and turning for the pre-race nights, mulling over all the things that could go wrong, or even right? Should I be worried about every item of food I eat between now and race day in case the ingredients somehow affect my performance? (Actually, referring back to my previous post, yes I should worry about my diet affecting my run, although I won't as it's all my own doing.)
Maybe I should fear running in a big crowd, or even that they will be all so fast that this won't be a problem for me. And perhaps I should worry about getting my race strategy all wrong, but then again I don't really have one other than trying to keep up with a faster colleague and/or the virtual partner on my Garmin.
I suppose it could be the term 'race' that should get me nervous, although as I suspect I have little chance of an incredible sequence of events seeing me jog home in first place 40 plus minutes behind the course record, then I'm not letting that worry me either.
Damn it – I'm nervous because I'm not nervous!
I guess race day will reveal all – I have nothing to be nervous about now other than something unknown that I will realise I should have been worried about all along.
Or maybe I might just enjoy it.
Complacently amateur
Laziness + disregard for diet + "It's so easy this running thing" = complacent amateur not as healthy and fit as I should be (and almost feel ashamed by it)
It's not quite up there with some of the more defining equations in the history of the universe, although you will also note my laziness in not searching Google to find a couple of these for examples to illustrate my point*. However, this equation has plagued me as an on/off runner for 25 years or so. Unfortunately it has recently raised its ugly head again, now that I'm a more 'serious' 'athlete'.
In my last post I hinted that I sometimes feel almost professional as I'm cruising along, but than turn very amateur as my legs give-up and I have to hobble home. For most of the last couple of years I've moved in the right direction with my running, taking it seriously and doing it regularly. I've even sometimes looked at my tag line (the little bit of italics at the top right of this website which says Trials and tribulations of a very amateur runner…) and have occasionally considered changing it to something refelecting how I've become more proficient at this mostly enjoyable, probably a little eccentric, sport.
Who am I trying to kid? A little over two and half weeks ago, I set out to try and run 13.1 miles at 8 minute 40 second miling pace. It was a beautiful morning, crisp, sunny, blue skies and sub-zero temperatures. As I left the warmth of the central heating I doubted whether my target was realistic but I perservered and after a slightly apprehensive start, and a slower mile around the half-way mark, I managed to hit my target exactly. Naturally I was pleased and for a few days after I followed my training plan with a bit of faster work and then… well it didn't matter if I missed a couple of days, skipped a session or two, because I was doing so well. Then a night out, and it surely didn't matter if I had a few beers, I could miss running the next day (because I was doing so well) and carry on the day after that. Then it snowed. A lot. Then the snow started to clear a bit leaving lots of ice which I deemed too dangerous to venture out onto (despite seeing plenty of other runners coping with the conditions). Then it was the weekend again and another night out.
I've always liked beer but have never enjoyed mixing it with running. At 40+ I am now totally unable to combine beer with running or very much else other than junk food and the odd groan of regret-tainted misery from the sofa. And this goes on for a couple of days.
Having recently completed reading the excellent Born to Run, imagining myself as a prolific ultra-marathoner, I was amazed by the way in which the Tarahumara apparantly manage to drink vast amounts of beer and then run so far (it does appear that their beer is not as strong and far more nutritous than the average brew in the average British pub). So a very poor excuse for drinking to excess on a couple of occasions is that something in my subconscious was trying to turn me into a Tarahumara. But t didn't work. After nine days without a run I felt awful as I battled through a terribly slow six miler, and nearly as bad the next day on a three miler.
Unhealthy eating and drinking certainly fuels the laziness aspect, especially after a few days without a run. It's easier to put-off the inveitable 'pain' by sitting in front of the TV with another bag of crisps and a glass of wine. I'm not a couch potato by any stretch of the imagination, and I love running, but sometimes the easy option is to not bother. Especially when I am under the illusion that I'm so good.
Maybe this complacent amateur needs to set himself more challenging targets. I'm entered for the Wilmslow HM in a little over five weeks time, and I'll aim for sub 1 hour 50 minutes. And I'll follow the calorie controlled inspiration of the excellent Born to Plod blog's Food, Glorious Food post. I have had a go at the 'salad for breakfast' thing – three consecutive days now- and it doesn't seem to have done me any harm. It's also helped over this short period to stop me craving biscuits and cake mid-morning which always seems to happen a few hours after a bowl of sweet breakfast cereal. So I've made a start. Now I need to stop kidding myself that the more I run the more healthy my lifestyle (less lazy, less junk, less drink) will become. In other words I've got to make a bit more effort and have a bit less daydreaming. After all, I'm closer to needing to get my amateurish ways under control than running through the canyons of Mexico.
*Or indeed finding out how to put the little 2 after E=MC which makes the MC bit squared…


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Hearing on Human Rights in China: - extracts EP Subcommittee on Human Rights
Brussels, Belgium - EP
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Members have heard from experts on: China's international obligation and implementation of international standards; the prospects for human rights in China after the leadership change, the freedom of expression and the situation of artists, writers and intellectuals.
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SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yang JIANLI, founder, Initiatives for China: "In the next 5 to ten 10 years the system still faces the threat of a solution. The CPC has controlled information, brainwash the masses to insight nationalism and it has succeeded in making the masses accept the idea that democracy is the conspiracy of the West which stop China from rising. Internet has broken down such a control of information, compared with the information and the distortion on the Internet nowadays, with that in 2008 you would find that are fundamental changes since Tiananmen square corruption has become the fundamental stabilising force for the CPC ruling system because without corruption officials would not be loyal to these political system, but such a political system is more and more plundering resorting to martial tactics, which has caused the more demonstrations increasing the big scale. Everyday there are more than 500 demonstrations that involve more than 100 people. "
SOUNDBITE (English) Corinna-Barbara FRANCIS, Resercher, Amnesty International: "The Government has establish centres of detention that operate completely outside of the formal process. The conditions, the rights of detainees within places of detention including prisons and including re-education through labour camps are routinely violated. Often, families are not notified that family members have been detained, and individuals do not have access to lawyers of their choice or any lawyer at all. There are kept extended periods without any access to the outside world, in addition to be held often in places that are not even official places of detention."
SOUNDBITE (English) Corinna-Barbara FRANCIS, Resercher, Amnesty International: "Torture remains endemic within the Chinese criminal justice system and criminal suspects are routinely tortured during the process of interrogation for evidence or confessions. Prisoners are routinely tortured or ill treated as a mean of discipline and humiliation. There is also a third category of torture which on I will spend a little bit more, which aims is targeted at a largely political individuals and groups targeted by the government. The aim here is slightly- different from that in the case of criminal suspects. Political targets, religious including political activism, including religious dissidents or activist are taking in by the police; often taken to unknown locations and forced to write what they call a guarantee. This guarantee is meant to promise that they will cease their activities or abandon their believes and it is often the role of the police to obtain these guarantees, essentially promised that they will cease their activities. This process occurs completely outside of the legal framework."
SOUNDBITE (English), David MATAS, Canadian lawyer: "The overwhelming proportions of organ for transplants In China comes from prisoners. The Government of China acknowledges that this is so, and accepts that the sources of transplants from prisoners are ethically wrong. The Government in March of 2012 committed to ending the relying on prisoners for organs in 5 years. The Government in September of this year, further indicated that this facing out will start in the coming year 2013. "
SOUNDBITE (English), David MATAS, Canadian lawyer: "The worst victims need to be given the most attention; the highest priority. The European Parliament should follow that principle when addressing human rights violation in China. I was pleased to see the EU won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. That award I suggest can and should continue to be justified by a focus on organ transplant in China, the victimisation of prisoners of conscience and in particular Falun Gong."
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Reusable Cloth Snack Bags
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Forget the disposable plastic bags and make a greener and prettier alternative. Make cloth snack or sandwich bags with this tutorial from Amy Thompson.
- Plastic tablecloth or oilcloth
- Fabric
- Rotary Cutter
- Sewing machine and thread
- Velcro (non-sticky back kind)
I've had the idea and the supplies for this project for several weeks and I finally had the time last weekend to sit down and put the two together! The lovely Betz White of this week's MamaView posted about green lunch kits and linked to these two tutorials.
I glanced over the tutorials and then just winged it! One of those plastic table cloths and some cloth napkins found at the thrift store made the perfect material. The fuzzy side of the table cloth made it stick to the napkin nicelyso they didn't slide around while sewing them. I cut squares of the tablecloth to the same size as the napkins and then sewed them together; one side cloth, the other side waterproof for the inside of the bag.
Then I stitched velcro to two opposite sides on the tablecloth side. DO NOT use that sticky-backed kind! It is such a pain to use and you don't need it to be sticky if you're going to be sewing it on anyway.
Then stick those velcro pieces together and sew up the sides. You're going to have raw hems on the outside because you don't want them folded in or they'll get all in the food on the inside of the bag. You want the inside nice and clean.
Then to solve the raw edge problem, pin on some pretty binding and sew it up!
- These are really addicting to make so you might find yourself with a whole set before you know it! They sew up so quickly, it's a satisfying project.
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If made with food grade table cloth then wouldn't it already pass FDA standards? If not couldn't you use heavy duty freezer bags in place of the table cloth?
I love these! Can they be put in the washer or hand wash only? I went and bought the tablecloth fabric on sale an got it for .70 cents on sale for a quarter yard, had to have something boyish for the grandson...teehee
AgsE: you could insert a plastic window on either side of the bag... I have used "boat window" material in the past for similar projects, although again, I would also reccommend a bit of research to ensure its "foodsafe" or not... its a great little idea though, thank you! Also... I might try doing a nice finish along the top as well, giving it a bit of a lip, maybe even a clasp or handle...
It is all right making these for yourself. If you plan to make them to sell there are guidelines that have to be followed including making sure items are food safe. Also the consumer product safety act may come into play if you plan on selling them for kids to use.
I think these are adorable and a nice idea. But now I'm wondering about the fact that you can't see through them, easily knowing what's inside each one. ??
So cute. I go through many 'throw away' bags and they are too flimsy to reuse most of the time. Yeah for going green!
How about a reversed french seam so that there are no edges inside. Saves on the binding. Just put right sides together and sew a scant 1/4" seam. Then turn right sides out and sew a full 1/4" seam on the outside.
here is another helpful hint. For the edges do a small pillowcase pocket seam. what you do is sew it with the right sides together then turn it inside out and sew another seam. When you turn it back out you will have a nice clean seam.
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P 13, 1966 R. w. OGLE 3,272,322
SYRINGE PACKAGE Filed Aug. 25, 1964 fi. J. 22% Z,
INVENTOR 2&5667 0625 47' Jae/145145 United States Patent 3,272,322 SYRINGE PACKAGE Robert W. Ogle, Phoenix, Ariz., assignor to Syn-Pair Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Filed Aug. 25, 1964, Ser. No. 392,056 1 Claim. (Cl. 20643) This invention relates to a syringe package and more particularly to a device which will house a syringe and maintain its sterility until ready for use and which has tamper-proof means which will indicate to a doctor or a nurse that the syringe has been tampered with and the contents thereof either removed or diluted.
It is unfortunately a current problem that when prepackaged syringes are provided filled with expensive drugs these syringes are tampered with :and the expensive drugs stolen therefrom. This has the additional difliculty in that if the surgeon or nurse does not note that the syringe has been tampered with they may be injecting tap water rather than expensive drugs into the patient.
It is therefore one object of this invention to provide a simple, economical package for housing a syringe, preferably a preloaded syringe, so as to give positive proof of any tampering.
These and other objects, features and advantages will be apparent from the annexed specification in which:
FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a package embodying the present invention;
FIGURE 2 is an expanded plan view partly in section taken along the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 is a section taken along the line 33 of FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section along the line 44 of FIGURE 3; and
FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary section taken along the line 55 of FIGURE 4.
Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a syringe package 10, the external members of which are a needle sheath 11 and a cylindrical member 12 having a close end 13 and an open end 14. This package is designed to contain a syringe 15 which may be of any type, but which will conventionally include a barrel 16, a boss 17 and a needle 18 protruding from the boss and a plunger 19. The sheath 11 has four radially outstanding wings 19 and a central portion tapering to a hole 20 which is smaller in diameter than the diameter of the needle 18, so as to receive the tip of the needle with a press fit and seal the same. The upper end of the cavity in the sheath 11 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the boss 17 so as to be pressed thereon with a press fit and also seal against contamination or infection. The cylindrical member 12 at its lower end is Patented Sept. 13, 1966 provided with an outstanding flange 21 and the upper end of the needle sheath 11 is provided with an annular groove 22 which extends radially outward as at 23 to provide an annular space. The sheath 11 is preferably formed of a semi-resilient material such as polyethylene plastic and when the device is assembled the cylindrical member 12 is received within the annular space with a flange 21 snapping into the annular space 23 with an audible click. After the device has been thus assembled two electrodes approach the device in the region of the collar 24 from opposite sides and spot weld the interior of the collar 24 to the flange 21. By reason of this fusion it is necessary for the operator to twist the cylindrical member 12 while holding the sheath 11 stationary or, vice versa, to first break the juncture after which the cylindrical member 12 may be removed and the sheath 11 may be removed and the syringe is ready for use. If a doctor or nurse finds that the fuse connection is already broken he or she is immediately vapprise-d of the fact that the syringe and presumably its contents have been tampered with.
While there has been described what is at present considered a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the essence of the invention and it is intended to cover herein all such changes and modifications as come within the true spirit and scope of the appended claim.
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A syringe package comprising a syringe with a needle attached to its end; a needle sheath covering and sealing the needle; said needle sheath having a collar; an annular groove in the inner Wall of said collar; a cylindrical member positioned over the syringe, said cylindrical member having a closed end and an open end; an outstanding flange on said cylindrical member immediately adjacent its open end, said flange being received in said annular groove securing said cylindrical member to said needle sheath; said needle sheath being spotwelded to said cylindrical member at a plurality of points.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,838,825 12/1933 Goldstein 20643 2,558,742 7/ 1951 Ericsson 206-43 3,101,841 8/1963 Baldwin 20643 3,111,240 11/1963 Whitton 220 X 3,123,205 3/ 1964 Ehrsam 22060 X 3,163,160 12/1964 Cohen 206--63.2
LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner.
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Peyton Manning played through a thigh injury and flu-like symptoms and Connor Barth kicked five field goals to lead Denver to a 22-10 victory against the San Diego Chargers.
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|Dec. 19 1:32 PM PT2:32 PM MT3:32 PM CT4:32 PM ET16:32 ET21:32 GMT5:32 2:32 PM MST4:32 PM EST5:02 PM VEN1:32 UAE (+1)3:32 PM CT-The Kansas City Royals announced the signing of Rios to an $11 million, one-year deal Friday that includes a mutual option for the 2016 season. Rios, who will take over right field for departed free agent Nori Aoki, will make $9.5 million this season. The deal includes $12.5 million the following year with a $1.5 million buyout.
Analysis: The 33-year-old Rios should provide more pop to a lineup that lacked home-run hitters last season. He's part of an offseason spending spree by the AL champs that includes the signing of Kendrys Morales to a $17 million, two-year deal to become their designated hitter. Rios hit .280 with four homers and 54 RBIs for Texas last season.
|Dec. 15 7:24 PM PT8:24 PM MT9:24 PM CT10:24 PM ET22:24 ET3:24 GMT11:24 8:24 PM MST10:24 PM EST10:54 PM VEN7:24 UAE (+1)9:24 PM CT-A person with knowledge of the negotiations says outfielder Alex Rios and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to an $11 million, one-year contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal was subject to Rios passing a physical.
Analysis: Rios will take over in right field from Nori Aoki, who became a free agent after helping the Royals win their first AL pennant since 1985. Rios, who turns 34 in February, had been with Texas since August 2013 and hit .280 this year with four homers and 54 RBIs. He set career highs with the Chicago White Sox in 2012 with 25 homers and 91 RBIs.
|Oct. 15 10:41 AM PT11:41 AM MT12:41 PM CT1:41 PM ET13:41 ET17:41 GMT1:41 10:41 AM MST12:41 PM EST1:11 PM VEN21:41 UAE12:41 PM CT-Rios will become a free agent after the World Series.
Analysis: After Wednesday's decision, Texas could still work out another deal for Rios to return next season. Rios hit .280 with four home runs and 54 RBIs in 131 games this year. He sprained his left ankle in August and didn't play after Sept. 4 because of an infected thumb.
|Aug. 10 7:09 PM PT8:09 PM MT9:09 PM CT10:09 PM ET22:09 ET2:09 GMT10:09 7:09 PM MST9:09 PM EST9:39 PM VEN6:09 UAE (+1)9:09 PM CT-Rios was out of the lineup Tuesday with a mildly sprained right ankle.
Analysis: The slugger should be back Wednesday for his fantasy owners.
|July 30 7:26 PM PT8:26 PM MT9:26 PM CT10:26 PM ET22:26 ET2:26 GMT10:26 7:26 PM MST9:26 PM EST9:56 PM VEN6:26 UAE (+1)9:26 PM CT-Rios left the Texas Rangers game Wednesday after getting hit by a pitch on the left quad.
Analysis: The Rangers called the move precautionary after Rios left against the New York Yankees. Rios, considered a potential trade possibility before Thursday's non-waiver trading deadline, stayed in the game to run after getting hit by a pitch thrown by Hiroki Kuroda in the third inning.
|July 30 2:56 PM PT3:56 PM MT4:56 PM CT5:56 PM ET17:56 ET21:56 GMT5:56 2:56 PM MST4:56 PM EST5:26 PM VEN1:56 UAE (+1)4:56 PM CT-Rios was 3 for 5 with a double in Tuesday's 12-11 loss to the Yankees.
Analysis: Rios continues to enjoy a solid season, batting a career-best .305, though he's hit just four homers in 103 games.
|July 29 2:09 PM PT3:09 PM MT4:09 PM CT5:09 PM ET17:09 ET21:09 GMT5:09 2:09 PM MST4:09 PM EST4:39 PM VEN1:09 UAE (+1)4:09 PM CT-Rios had two hits Monday.
Analysis: Rios is batting .304 in his last 21 games.
|July 19 11:11 AM PT12:11 PM MT1:11 PM CT2:11 PM ET14:11 ET18:11 GMT2:11 11:11 AM MST1:11 PM EST1:41 PM VEN22:11 UAE1:11 PM CT-Rios left Saturday against the Blue Jays in the first inning after spraining his right ankle on a swing.
Analysis: Rios was left hopping in pain on his left foot after fouling off the first pitch he saw from Blue Jays rookie right-hander Marcus Stroman on Saturday. After a brief conversation with manager Ron Washington and the trainer, Rios limped back to the dugout and headed for the clubhouse. X-rays were negative. Daniel Robertson replaced Rios, who is batting .302 with four homers and 42 RBIs.
|July 14 11:45 AM PT12:45 PM MT1:45 PM CT2:45 PM ET14:45 ET18:45 GMT2:45 11:45 AM MST1:45 PM EST2:15 PM VEN22:45 UAE1:45 PM CT-Rios was a bright spot Sunday against the Angels.
Analysis: Rios drove in three runs for the Rangers. He is hitting .351 in his last nine games for the AL's worst team.
|July 12 1:31 PM PT2:31 PM MT3:31 PM CT4:31 PM ET16:31 ET20:31 GMT4:31 1:31 PM MST3:31 PM EST4:01 PM VEN0:31 UAE (+1)3:31 PM CT-Rios was 2 for 4 on Friday.
Analysis: Rios did not strike out for the first time in six games so he is seeing the ball better.
|July 8 3:01 PM PT4:01 PM MT5:01 PM CT6:01 PM ET18:01 ET22:01 GMT6:01 3:01 PM MST5:01 PM EST5:31 PM VEN2:01 UAE (+1)5:01 PM CT-Rios had two hits Monday.
Analysis: Rios has seven hits in his last 19 at-bats.
|July 6 5:51 PM PT6:51 PM MT7:51 PM CT8:51 PM ET20:51 ET0:51 GMT8:51 5:51 PM MST7:51 PM EST8:21 PM VEN4:51 UAE (+1)7:51 PM CT-Rios went 3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 5-3 win at the Mets.
Analysis: Rios is batting .381 with three RBIs in five games this month.
|June 29 10:54 AM PT11:54 AM MT12:54 PM CT1:54 PM ET13:54 ET17:54 GMT1:54 10:54 AM MST12:54 PM EST1:24 PM VEN21:54 UAE12:54 PM CT-Rios got Saturday off.
Analysis: Rios is hitless in his last 15 at-bats and had played all 126 games since being acquired last Aug. 9 from the Chicago White Sox
|June 9 11:24 AM PT12:24 PM MT1:24 PM CT2:24 PM ET14:24 ET18:24 GMT2:24 11:24 AM MST1:24 PM EST1:54 PM VEN22:24 UAE1:24 PM CT-Rios continued his recent tear, going 2 for 3 with a triple and an RBI in Sunday's 3-2 win at Texas.
Analysis: Rios has gone 10 for 19 over his last five games, raising his average from .316 to .332 in the process.
|June 8 6:39 PM PT7:39 PM MT8:39 PM CT9:39 PM ET21:39 ET1:39 GMT9:39 6:39 PM MST8:39 PM EST9:09 PM VEN5:39 UAE (+1)8:39 PM CT-Rios stayed hot by going 3 for 4 in Saturday's 8-3 loss to Cleveland.
Analysis: Rios has gone 8 for 16 over his last four games.
|May 25 6:46 PM PT7:46 PM MT8:46 PM CT9:46 PM ET21:46 ET1:46 GMT9:46 6:46 PM MST8:46 PM EST9:16 PM VEN5:46 UAE (+1)8:46 PM CT-Rios went 3 for 5 in a 12-2 win at Detroit on Saturday.
Analysis: Rios is 9 for 18 over his last four games.
|May 5 2:00 PM PT3:00 PM MT4:00 PM CT5:00 PM ET17:00 ET21:00 GMT5:00 2:00 PM MST4:00 PM EST4:30 PM VEN1:00 UAE (+1)4:00 PM CT-Rios capped a stellar series against the Los Angeles Angels with a three-run triple in a 14-3 rout Sunday.
Analysis: Rios, batting .328, went 5 for 13 with a home run and five RBIs in the three-game set.
|May 4 11:57 AM PT12:57 PM MT1:57 PM CT2:57 PM ET14:57 ET18:57 GMT2:57 11:57 AM MST1:57 PM EST2:27 PM VEN22:57 UAE1:57 PM CT-Rios had two hits Saturday.
Analysis: Rios is hitting .390 over his last 15 games.
|May 3 2:07 PM PT3:07 PM MT4:07 PM CT5:07 PM ET17:07 ET21:07 GMT5:07 2:07 PM MST4:07 PM EST4:37 PM VEN1:07 UAE (+1)4:07 PM CT-Rios finally homered again and drove in two runs Friday.
Analysis: Rios went deep for the first time since opening day with a two-run dinger.
|Apr. 28 8:40 AM PT9:40 AM MT10:40 AM CT11:40 AM ET11:40 ET15:40 GMT23:40 8:40 AM MST10:40 AM EST11:10 AM VEN19:40 UAE10:40 AM CT-Rios went 2 for 4 with two runs scored in Sunday's loss at Seattle.
Analysis: Rios is batting .330 on the season and .405 over his last 10 games. He's gone deep just once so far, though.
|Apr. 20 12:33 PM PT1:33 PM MT2:33 PM CT3:33 PM ET15:33 ET19:33 GMT3:33 12:33 PM MST2:33 PM EST3:03 PM VEN23:33 UAE2:33 PM CT-Rios was 3 for 4 against the White Sox for the second straight game Saturday.
Analysis: Rios is hitting .333 on the season and .423 during a six-game hitting streak.
|Apr. 19 1:03 PM PT2:03 PM MT3:03 PM CT4:03 PM ET16:03 ET20:03 GMT4:03 1:03 PM MST3:03 PM EST3:33 PM VEN0:03 UAE (+1)3:03 PM CT-Rios was 3 for 5 with two RBIs Friday against the White Sox to extend his hitting streak to five games.
Analysis: Rios, who hit his fifth double of the season, is batting .309.
|Apr. 1 2:28 PM PT3:28 PM MT4:28 PM CT5:28 PM ET17:28 ET21:28 GMT5:28 2:28 PM MST4:28 PM EST4:58 PM VEN1:28 UAE (+1)4:28 PM CT-Rios was 3 for 5 with a three-run homer in Texas' 14-10 loss to Philadelphia on Monday.
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True to its status as a rising European cultural capital, Stockholm restaurants offer world-class cuisine with a Scandinavian spin. At the best restaurants in Stockholm, you will find traditional Swedish dishes, like smorgasbord, wild game, and fresh-caught fish like cod. But there's a growing international foodie culture, reflective of the influx of international communities within the Swedish capital. You can now find fantastic restaurants in Stockholm that offer cuisines that cater to every palate imaginable, including a growing number of Asian fusion eateries whose chefs are able to advantage of the abundant fishing in Stockholm to prepare sushi and sashimi. In all, there are over 1000 restaurants in Stockholm, eight of which have Michelin stars, serving a huge variety of cuisines, from American fast food to Italian, Middle Eastern, French, Turkish, and Greek.
Of course, this wouldn't be Scandinavia if presentation and style weren't accounted for, and the watchful visitor will no doubt notice that at many Stockholm restaurants, the plate itself is a work of art. And while the city can be expensive, it isn't hard to eat on a budget: there are many locally-owned restaurants, cafes, and coffee shops where you can find traditional Swedish dishes on the cheap.
Named after one of Sweden's top chefs, the Mathias Dahlgren restaurant is located inside the 19th-century Grand Hôtel, which overlooks Riddarfjärden bay. The restaurant is divided into two distinct venues: the Michelin one-starred Matbaren and the two-starred Matsalen.
Overlooking the Rosendalsvagen on the Djurgarden Island, the Wardshuset Ulla Windbladh restaurant is housed in an 1897 inn done in the Gustavian-style with white walls, an ornate doorway, and a peaked shingled roof.
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Wrap yourself in one of the restaurant's green fleece blankets as you dine among fashion plates and artist types. Try the potatoes and röding, a local fish.
Originally opened in Gamla Stan (Old Town), this farm-to-table restaurant is now housed in a former stroller factory in the small suburb of Enskededalen, five miles south of Stockholm.
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Plush red-velvet chairs furnish this glass box cantilevered high over the street below. Along with the views, the landmark restaurant serves refined local dishes like carpaccio of salmon with mango dressing, courtesy of celebrity chef Erik Lallerstedt.
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NOT SO SUPER - TELSTRA CUTS TAKE HOME PAY BULLETIN 9 1 / 8 / 2008 If you glanced over the email being sent to staff about agreement. Telstra hasn't been paying super on superannuation changes at Telstra, you might think that performance pay – which can be 20% or more of salary. Human Resources is doing you a favour! So, the changes should be a positive. But some staff have Legislative changes to superannuation mean super must been advised their take home pay could fall. How can this now be paid on short term incentives (STI), sales happen? Because Telstra's AWAs have a total commissions and job points payments. The changes occur remuneration amount rather than, as some companies do, under new legislation making sure employers pay super on listing base salary + allowances + superannuation. Telstra all parts of salary. says "If the superannuation component of your total package increases or decreases, then your pay Unions raised the unfairness of superannuation for AWA components will be adjusted within your Total staff in discussions with Telstra for a new enterprise Remuneration package." How the superannuation changes impact the pay of a Telstra employee on an AWA (example of a real call centre worker with 20% of pay based on performance): Before super changes After super changes Total remuneration $48,000 $48,000 Base salary $40,000 $40,000 Performance related payments $8,000 $8,000 Less super contributions $40,000x 9% = $3600 $48,000 x 9% = $4320 Base take home pay including $44,400 $43,680 performance pay (pre-tax) The difference: $720 a year or $3600 over 5 years What you say What can I do? Members have started contacting us about the validity If you need help working out if you have been affected, of this decision. contact your union delegate or email us on email@example.com One said: Employers are now required to pay super on commission. Sounds good doesn't it. However, Telstra EA update: Telstra HR refuses to go back to the table have advised that they will be deducting the extra super that they are now required to pay, from our commission. ie Two weeks ago, Telstra human resources unilaterally if we earn $1000 per month in commission, they will now broke off negotiations with unions and the ACTU about pay us $910 and put the $90 into our super. Can they do your new enterprise agreement (EA). We have written this? It doesn't sound right to me. to Sol Trujillo reiterating that, at any stage and with no preconditions, we are willing to re-enter EA Another wrote: My reading of this is that the government is negotiations. We offered Human Resources two raising the employers super contribution requirements and meeting dates, which they declined. Telstra rather than finding the measly $171 extra they have to pay on my behalf according to payroll are reducing my Unions remain keen to get back to the table, so we can take home pay by that amount to pretend they are take up issues that are important to you like complying with super legislation. This action is not in the superannuation, a fair pay increase, salary sacrificing spirit of super legislation. Of greater concern is that for all employees, and the retention of current apparently Telstra can reduce my take home pay anytime redundancy entitlements. We're also putting the case they like without my consent for you to get more control over your work at Telstra. Although Telstra HR has called off talks, we remain as always ready and willing to represent you in negotiations Authorised by B. Blackburne CEPU, L. Persse CPSU, M. Butler APESMA, and J. Lawrence ACTU.
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Please tell me the trick to unlock a roll top desk
When I bought this desk only the middle drawer and the top drawer on the right opened. About 2 weeks ago the middle drawer locked. There are no keys. Only the roll top has a key hole.
Pretty much you are SOL ! LOL!
Old roll top desks often had complicated locking systems. Often closing and locking the roll top locked up the whole desk and sometimes there was away to leave access to one drawer.
You will have to find a locksmith to unlock it for you and make a new key. or you could pick the lock your self.....there are directions on the web.
Good luck!!
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Good Luck! I have an AB Chase 1905 piano the lid got slammed and locked. EVERYONE who came over had tried to 'pick' with no success. A local locksmith with a good reputation came out for $50 and tried everything in his arsenal and still couldn't opened. He did offer to break the lock-I declined. Finally found a seller of pianos in CA & he had a key and it worked! Only $20. As for the local locksmith....No charge since he couldnt open, not even for the hour he was here.
I'll try to explain how my desk works, it also has drawers without keyholes.
When I'm sitting at my desk, there is a drawer directly in front of me. If this drawer is closed all the way, the drawers along the side are all locked. When I open the drawer in front of me, there is a mechanism which releases and unlocks the side drawers. Try this and see if it works.
Linda is completely ill informed. Roll tops are the easiest things in the world to open and DO NOT require the expense of a locksmith.
If you explain which locks you are unable to open, I would be happy to tell you how.
Most roll tops have levered pressure back drawer locks that are simple to circumvent.. as well as the main roll top lock. Don't waste your money.
I really have to say that I am extremely disappointed in this board that a poster would be told they are "SOL" and recommend an expensive fix that requires.. in the worst case... 2 butter knives... and as a last resort... 2 - 1 1/2 inches to 2 inches pieces of masking tape, a screw driver, and less than 5 minutes of their time.
I don't think linda was being rude, I think it was no more than any other outburst most of us would have sitting around talking with friends. She did, after all, guide the OP toward the internet for directions to pick the lock. Re-read the thread -- who's the rude here?
I used a technique not too long ago to unlock a secretary for a friend, maybe this will work for you.
It turned out, the faceplate over the lock was attached with what looked like possibly brass brads instead of rivets, it turned out to be just that. I laid a piece of waxed paper along the edge of the face plate (so as not to scratch the wood) and I worked a putty knife under the face plate and working carefully around it, I was able to pry the plate off without bending it or the brads. The lock mechanism was laying inside there, in a routed out hole. I lifted the lock out and took my finger and slid the lever over and it unlocked. We took the lock mechanism, about the size of a Zippo lighter, to an antique shop and tried different keys until we found one that fit real good and unlocked the lock. That one required what we called a skeleton key with a hole in the center. Looking at the lock mechanism after it was out, I think we could have used a dental pick to open it, not sure but worth a try also. We aligned the brads back into the holes and pushed them back in to remount the plate. There was no evidence we had ever done it, worked out great.
It's actually quite easier for 95% of rolltops ever made. The OP has been messaging offline... the fix remains the same.
In short.. remove the center drawer. Grab two flathead screwdrivers or a couple of butter knifes. Lay down in the knee hole and look up. The locking, springloaded, retractable tabs will be right above you. Using the flatheads or butter knifes, compress the flanges back into the locking tab. LIFT (a third hand can be handy). Voila!
Once the tambour is fully raised, the dowels will compress and the pedestal drawers will open. No "picking" required.
Just an FYI.. the locking tab recess in the top of the desk is cut all the way through in order to prevent "gunk" build-up, which will, eventually, prevent the locking tab from fully seating and engaging. It also comes in quite handy for those that lock themselves out of their own desks. :-)
Yeah.....think I'll make a copy of thoe instructions too. My husband has such a desk when I married him so I inherited it. It's lovely other than there is a hole where the lock used to me. I've never asked him, but now I bet I know what happened. LOL
Little skeleton keys. If you're lucky enough to get them with your antique pieces I'd recommend you get a copy made pronto and keep in a safe place. I had a locksmith make a copy for my china cabinet key when it broke.
Thanks to Mikk the desk is unlocked!
I had my hubby lift up the ends of the desktop, while I put 2 books on each corner. He then pushed down the rectagle dowel things and the drawers unlocked on each side. We are going to tape a thin piece of plywood over those dowels, so this does not happen again
I can see where someone had been gauging between the drawers like this has happened before
Thanks to my Gardenweb friends!
Lindamarie's desk was one of those in the 5% category, so her instructions where a bit more detailed. She had to go to the screwdriver/masking tape/5-minute method. :-) Glad it worked out.
One other little industry secret when it comes to skeleton type keys... there just aren't a whole heck of a lot of unique keys around. Probably less than a few hundred. The deal being that the same hardware supplier sells to different furniture manufacturers the world over. The locks and keys are identical.
Keys get lost in shipping. It's common practice for manufactueres to supply copious numbers of spare keys to their dealers in order to prevent any delay in sales, and to be able to service their customers in the event of a lost or broken key. The reason why that is important to know is that the next time you loose or break a key, turn to your local furniture dealer rather than a locksmith. Chances are, they have boxes upon boxes of spare keys floating around in their back office that will more than likely work for you. The longer the dealer has been in business, the greater the odds are thay you'll be able to find a key that works.
Also, don't be fooled by unique key end designs. Manufacturers can have those customized, but the key shafts and ends are largely the same and open the same locks as their competitors. :-)
Better yet, take in your single key BEFORE you loose or break it. :-)