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This is a discussion on Glad I found this forum within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; I'm Bill from Denver, Colorado. I'm a Superintendent for a Commercial GC,a CCW permit applicant and the 56 year old father of a six year ...
I'm Bill from Denver, Colorado. I'm a Superintendent for a Commercial GC,a CCW permit applicant and the 56 year old father of a six year old. His mother is so young that when we were dating I had to have her home by 10:00 PM on school nights.
I own a Ruger P-90 and a P-95 along with a Winchester 12 ga.
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Top 10 wines in the UK press
Susy Atkins and Fiona Beckett recommend wines to enjoy with a barbecue. Atkins' choice is a "well-priced Tuscan treat" while Beckett picks out a red with a "big belt of lush, ripe fruit".
In writing about barbecue wines in the Sunday Telegraph, Atkins said that "tradition dictates cracking into a hefty Australian or South African Shiraz.
"But plain, slightly smoky, chargrilled beef actually finds a better partner in medium, fresh-tasting Italian reds such as cherryish Dolcetto from Piedmont or young Sangiovese from Tuscany, or in a raspberryish, juicy red from the Loire."
She added: "A marinade complicates matters, but the same lightish Italians work, or you might try a good-quality Beaujolais.
In The Guardian, Beckett went for a Chilean red wine, writing: "Assuming you're creating the classic, meat-focused conflagration, there's got to be a juicy red in the equation."
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Sheriff's Office: Man shoots himself near Mt. Herman Road
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is on the scene of an accidental shooting.
The call for help came in around 2 p.m. Saturday.
According to a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, a man was doing some recreational shooting off Mount Herman Road when he shot himself in the leg.
The man was taken to the hospital, but the extent of his injuries is not immediately clear.
According to the U.S. Forest Service, there is an area west of Monument off Mount Herman Road that is approved for recreation/target shooting.


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A 10k Saturday morning race series, from May to September. All races are traffic free, chip timed events. A mixture of cross country and paved paths over an undulating landscape. Hadleigh Castle overlooks the Thames estuary from a ridge to the South of the town of Hadleigh. Hadleigh Country Park, which surrounds the Castle, is one of the largest country parks in Essex.
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Exploring Serenbe
Megan Kimble explores this 1,000 acre development that is getting a lot of attention:
"Located 30 miles southwest of Atlanta, Serenbe is nestled in the heart of 40,000 acres of forest-now incorporated as the City of Chattahoochee Hills-protected by a development plan that preserves 70 percent of the area's green space. A centerpiece of the Serenbe community is the 25-acre, organic Serenbe Farms, which not only supplies produce to a weekly farmer's market and onsite and regional restaurants, but also helps to forge a sense of identity for the overall development.
Integrating agriculture with homes is only part of the molding of a balanced community. With pedestrian-oriented village cores that consist of retail, restaurants, galleries, and office space, Serenbe is projected to include 1,000 to 1,200 homes and live/work units and up to 250,000 square feet of commercial among miles of trails, stables, pastures, wetlands, and forests."
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Traffic restrictions continue in White Township
April 02, 2014 10:50 AM
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Bridge work continued on Route 119 North and South over East Pike in White Township.
Construction on a new single-span beam bridge began March 10 and will replace two structurally deficient bridges built in 1970. Weekend closures on East Pike continue with traffic detoured from Stormer Road to Geesey Road to Airport Road to Route 286 then back to Philadelphia Street.
The $3,213,013 project is being constructed by Plum Contracting Inc.
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Peking expands Rhein dec pillow collection
June 23, 2008,
San Francisco – Peking Handicraft has introduced a new embroidered pillow collection by Los Angeles artist D.L. Rhein.
"Peking Handicraft's customers continue to fall in love with D.L. Rhein's vintage-inspired designs," said Derrick Lo, the firm's vice president of home décor. "These pillows add even more variety to our already extensive and very popular D.L. Rhein Collection of home décor and accessories. We are excited to continue to expand this collection and offer these beautiful designs by one of America's most loved artists."
The 16-inch-by-16-inch embroidered pillows are all down-filled. Cordelia, Bianca and Miranda retail for a suggested $80 and Lovebirds for $70.
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Razer's dishing out a limited run of gear that's been splashed with color and branding from the upcoming Michael Bay blockbuster, Transformers 3 and the special edition DeathAdder mice are identical to the version already on the market. The special edition Death Adder mouse will come in red, yellow, silver and purple paint, where they will retail for $69.99 a pop…………
That's what's going down when the righteous Autobots clash with the ruthless Decepticons in the epic finale to the cinematic extravaganza that is the Transformers trilogy. To commemorate such a momentous occasion, Razer, the world's leading high-end precision gaming brand, in collaboration with Hasbro, famed toys maker, unleash the exclusive Transformers 3 Collector's Edition gaming suite. The gaming suite is headlined by Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron and Shockwave: four legends crafted and transmuted into four uniquely designed Razer DeathAdder mice to give you unparalleled gaming performance while evoking the heart-pumping excitement and robot wonder of the Transformers universe. Also included in the gaming suite is a dual-sided Razer Vespula mouse mat with one side representing the Autobots with a speed-enhancing surface, the other of the Decepticons with a control-enhancing surface, to showcase your favored allegiance as you annihilate opponents with your preferred style of swiping. And finally, an exclusive laptop case designed by Razer, available in the four iconic colors of these Transformers, delivers a sleek and eye-catching storage solution for your gaming on the go.
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Over the Christmas and New Year season, Quraysha Ismail Sooliman, South African Muslimah scholar and lecturer in Political Studies at the University of Pretoria, was on her way out of the country with her family. At Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, she and her daughters were stopped at passport control, and one of her daughters was asked to remove her headscarf in order to be properly identified. The same happened upon their return, when her second daughter was asked the same, … [Read more...]
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Recently, the South African Justice Ministry opened the latest draft of the Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB) up for public comment and called for submissions on the bill's contents.Along with this came the media furor over the Muslim community's reaction to the idea of the government recognizing Muslim marriages as Muslim marriages and providing legislation for Muslims according to both constitutional gender equality and the dynamism of fiqh. The point of this post is not to assess the Sha … [Read more...]
Without a Prayer: Eid for Muslim Women in South Africa
Several weeks after Eid al-Fitr, it's a good time to analyze the recent media embroglio about women and Eid prayers in South Africa. The ways in which South African Muslims interact with the media has changed drastically in the last few years with the rise of social media, and this has reflected itself especially in what has been called "the desktop gender jihad" (women using the internet to fight, lobby and advocate for their rights).In the weeks following Eid al-Fitr, a group of South Afr … [Read more...]
Regressive Redemption in CII's Ramadan Serial
Channel Islam International, often considered to be the "more progressive" Muslim community radio station in Johannesburg, is broadcasting a radio drama series for the month of Ramadan. The show is titled "Redemption Road," and aims to be a representation of South African Indian Muslim society and its idiosyncrasies while reminding listeners to their often-forgotten purpose in life.While the show does deal with important issues like wife neglect/abuse and teen problems, it is severely stereot … [Read more...]


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French Future: Wrapped Bread; Baking Factory Likely to Alter Way of Life French Face Packaging of Bread As Automation Threatens Baker
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PARIS, May 22--The end may be approaching for one of the most endearing aspects of the daily scene in France--the long, bare, golden loaf of bread tucked under the arm or peering from the net bag of the housewife, the businessman, the schoolgirl and the boy on the bike.
May 23, 1966
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Death in Tinseltown ... Jerry Stahl, left, examines the rise and fall of actor Fatty Arbuckle in his fictional memoir I, Fatty. Photo: TO COME
After battling his own demons, an author turns to an infamous scandal, writes Andrea Vauvher.
Jerry Stahl is no stranger to Hollywood or to Hollywood scandal. As an unorthodox show business hyphenate - the television writer/drug addict - he spent the 1980s collecting ample fees to write television shows like Alf and Moonlighting, while nursing a huge heroin habit. He chronicled this period in his 1995 memoir, Permanent Midnight, which was made into a movie starring Ben Stiller, now Stahl's best friend.
"Who knew that being a dope fiend was a great career move?" cracked Stahl, who has not been out of work since.
It was heroin that led Stahl, clean now for more than a decade, to his latest success - writing I, Fatty, a fictional memoir of the silent film actor Roscoe Arbuckle, better known as Fatty Arbuckle. Arbuckle, the first movie star to sign a million-dollar contract, was a heroin addict, too.
In 1921, when he was more popular than Charlie Chaplin, Arbuckle ignited the first major Hollywood scandal when he was arrested on charges that he raped and murdered a starlet, Virginia Rappe, during an orgy at the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
The book, ranked No.9 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list, has generally been well-reviewed. Thomas Mallon wrote in The New Yorker, "Stahl remains a writer who delivers, every few pages, a bit more than a reader expects."
Last week Johnny Depp's Hollywood-based production company, Infinitum Nihil, optioned the book for a possible film project that it is to develop with a New York-based production company, This Is That.
Speaking from London, Depp said that he would not play Fatty: "It would take a hell of a fat suit."
But he intends to be a hands-on producer, at least early on. "It's a period that's the foundation of what we do," he said. "I want to make sure the film stays in the same arena as Jerry's book."
Depp said he could see a padded Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Arbuckle.
Writing his books and seeing his own messy life on screen has made Stahl something of an authority on moral turpitude and the public's appetite for it - a taste that time has done nothing to diminish.
"The righteous masses decried Fatty, but at the same time they spent their last dime to read about him," Stahl said, noting the giddy abandon with which the media baron William Randolph Hearst directed his newspapers to crank out sensational stories about Arbuckle's fall.
"The difference is, at this point self-destruction is a wing of show business, and back then it wasn't," he said. "Look at Hugh Grant - he didn't murder anybody, but he certainly had a weird time with Divine Brown down on Sunset Boulevard - or anybody who goes through the drug routine.
"It has almost become a station of the celebrity cross to have that rehab moment, when you do something, you're caught, then you come clean and everybody loves you again and you're back in. The return is part of the story. That wasn't a part of the story for Fatty. He was out."
That was the case even though Arbuckle was acquitted on all charges after three trials. "Once Fatty got in trouble, nobody cared if he was guilty or innocent," Stahl explained. "Once the image of this man naked on top of a small, sylph-like woman was in people's brains, it was over. He could never be funny again."
Truth played little part as the Arbuckle story took on a life of its own. "Hearst invented the tabloid on the ample back of Fatty Arbuckle," Stahl said. "He made Virginia Rappe into this virginal victim, when in fact she had given half the Keystone Cops gonorrhoea and the other half lice and had been a prostitute since she was 14.
"People love to see a hero squirming and kicked in the face, because they hated the fact he was partying on a weekday afternoon and they had to work for a living."
Stahl himself enjoys a good tabloid read, nominating the celebrity gossip in Star magazine. "I love its glossy, viciously cruel photos," he said. "It's like being rocketed back to ninth grade with the worst zit on your face except now it's a movie star being pointed at. Shakespeare knew it, the Greeks knew it."
With the acclaim for I, Fatty, Stahl is riding high, though he cannot shake the celebrity-addict label or the feeling that the rug could be pulled out from under him at any time. "I still buy a car based on what it'll be like to live in it," he said.
But that probably will not happen soon. Stahl recently moved into a house high in the hills east of Hollywood, which he said reminds him of the place in Cape Fear, with its steep driveway winding along a cliff. "That's my favourite thing about LA," he said. "You have gunshots all night and then you wake up to falcons nesting on your deck."
And his career has definitely come a long way since the time, he joked, that he turned in a Twin Peaks script with blood and hair on it. He is writing a remake of Sharky's Machine for Warner Brothers and an original screenplay about celebrity minders - "Fatty could have used one," he joked - for the producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
He was also hired to write the 100th episode of the series CSI, one of several scripts he has done for the program. The gigs stem from a chance meeting with the show's star, William Petersen in the sauna at the Hollywood YMCA. "It was one of those weird encounters that result in gainful employment," Stahl said.
By writing I, Fatty in Arbuckle's voice, Stahl believes, he learned a lot about himself.
"When everybody turns on you, you finally become what you always knew you were in your heart from childhood: this alien, shunned being," he said. "And when you finally get what you want and you still feel like that, you realise you are creating yourself. At least when you're a dope fiend, you can attribute it to being a dope fiend, but when you realise it's just some addiction to alienation, it's a bore."
Arbuckle, Stahl said, never gained that awareness, because he was never able to kick drugs - though not for lack of effort. At one point, Stahl's research showed, Arbuckle lost so much weight trying to kick his heroin habit that he took to wearing a fat suit in public.
"That beautiful image of the weird double life a junkie has to live made me fall in love with the guy."
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Schmoozin' with Lubie! The Finals Will it be All Heat?! Mike 'Lubie' Lubitz
The NBA Finals are here and it has a feeling like its suppsoed to be one-sided... Heat, Heat, and more Heat is what the pundits are shouting. The San Antonio Spurs the team of the last decade plus is somehow getting forgotten. Down here we are Miami Heat central, which is totally understandable. Especially w/ the far and away best player on the planet calling MIA home. However; the San Antonio Spurs are the model franchise for the league... not the Miami Heat. The Spurs have won 4 titles and are making their 5th Finals appearrance in the last 15 years. The Spurs have the original "Big 3". Plus they have infused youth and experience alike into one cohesive successful unit; returning to the campionship round after a 6 year hiatus. The Heat are the favorite but that term overwhelming is one that should be tempered, because this is not the youthhful Bucks, the banged up Bulls, or the angry Pacers. This is the experienced, matured, respectful, and uber talented San Antonio Spurs. With Tim Duncan still captaining the ship, this team should in no way be taken so easy!


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Hypermobile joints are joints that move beyond the normal range with little effort. Joints most commonly affected are the elbows, wrists, fingers, and knees.
Children's joints are often more flexible than adults' joints. But children with hypermobile joints can flex and extend their joints beyond what is considered normal. The movement is done without too much force and without discomfort.
Thick bands of tissue called ligaments help hold joints together and keep them from moving too much or too far. In children with hypermobility syndrome, those ligaments are loose or weak. This may lead to:
- Arthritis, which may develop over time
- Dislocated joints, which is a separation of two bones where they meet at a joint
- Sprains and strains
Children with hypermobile joints also often have flat feet.
Hypermobile joints often occur in otherwise healthy and normal children. This is called benign hypermobility syndrome.
Rare medical conditions associated with hypermobile joints include:
Home Care
There is no specific care for this condition. People with hypermobile joints have an increased risk for joint dislocation and other problems.
Extra care may be needed to protect the joints. Ask your health care provider for recommendations.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your provider if:
- A joint suddenly appears misshapen
- An arm or leg suddenly does not move properly
- Pain occurs when moving a joint
- The ability to move a joint suddenly changes or decreases
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
Hypermobile joints often occur with other symptoms that, taken together, define a specific syndrome or condition. A diagnosis is based on a family history, medical history, and a complete physical exam. The exam includes a close look at your muscles and bones.
The provider will ask about the symptoms, including:
- When did you first notice the problem?
- Is it getting worse or more noticeable?
- Are there other symptoms, such as swelling or redness around the joint?
- Is there any history of joint dislocation, difficulty walking, or difficulty using the arms?
Further tests may be done.
Alternative Names
Joint hypermobility; Loose joints; Hypermobility syndrome
Deeney VF, Arnold J, Moreland MS, Ward WT, Davix HW. Orthopedics. In: Zitelli BJ, McIntire SC, Nowalk AJ, eds. Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 21.
Krakow D. Heritable diseases of connective tissue. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Harris ED Jr., Gabriel SE, MacInnes IB, eds. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 105.
Review Date 11/20/2014
Updated by: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Pharrell Williams Gets Married
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It's a new union for producer and musical magic maker Pharrell Williams, who has worked with Miley Cyrus and who appears on two huge summer 2013 hits in the form of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines."
Williams married his girlfriend, model Helen Lasichanh, on Saturday, October 12, in Miami, Florida.
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Reader submitted photos of Las Sendas Golf Club - Public in Mesa
A short Par 3 that most golfers would anticipate an easy birdie, not the case. The green has a large swail that cuts across the green from back left to right front. You need to be on the right tier if you have any hope of scoring a birdie here.
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If Corey Anderson can steer away from thinking about possible Indian Premier League riches and focus his attention on the standard line of "one-game-at-a-time" after his 36-ball world record one-day international century he either has monastic tendencies towards discipline or will soon be developing nasal tendencies like Pinocchio.
Anderson produced a 3D wagon wheel which looked like one of those spiders which starred in Arachnophobia. In fact, it was scarier. Fourteen legs protruded in the form of sixes from a tiny 23-run thorax of singles and twos. He gave the ball a spanking Max Mosley would have been proud of.
His performance lit up media worldwide in what's traditionally a quiet period. Perhaps most significantly, he became one of the three most popular searches on the cricketing website Cricinfo, whose biggest market is Indian fans. Considering Sachin Tendulkar tends to have a mortgage on one spot, followed by the Indian cricketer of the moment, it was quite a feat.
Anderson may be thanking Queenstown's inclement weather for the rest of his life.
Rarely has an innings of such grievous bowling harm come from a New Zealand bat. The first of the modern genre was Lance Cairns' six sixes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 1983 which included his pasting of Dennis Lillee one-handed over deep square leg. Another would be Nathan Astle's 222, the fastest test double century during a defeat to England at Christchurch in 2002. Finally Brendon McCullum's 158 not out off 73 balls for Kolkata against Bangalore in the inaugural IPL match of 2008 cemented his reputation as a power hitter. Chris Gayle's 175 surpassed it as the highest T20 score only last year.
Using last year's IPL auction as an example, relatively unknown players - outside their country of origin - can earn lucrative sums. Add in Anderson's breaking of Shahid Afridi's 17-year record for the speed of a one-day century and he should come armed with a suitcase when bids start.
Take Australian Glenn Maxwell. The Mumbai Indians invested US$1 million ($1.2 million) in a bloke who, at the time, had an ODI batting average of 32.83 from eight matches and hadn't bowled. His record in nine T20Is was an average of 15.66 with the bat and five wickets at 25.60 with the ball. He'd produced strong franchise performances in the Australian and England domestic leagues but was somewhat of a punt. He played just three matches in the last IPL.
Similarly 22-year-old South Australian pace bowler Kane Richardson was bought by Pune Warriors for US$700,000 ($848,670) on the back of 10 wickets at 21.50 and an economy rate of 7.24 in the Big Bash and - three weeks before the auction - a solitary ODI performance of none for 15 from six overs.
South African all-rounder Chris Morris was picked on spec after one T20I against New Zealand where he took two for 19 off 3.4 overs. Chennai Super Kings, coached by Stephen Fleming, bought him for US$625,000 in a duel with the Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Morris' reserve price? US$20,000. On the basis of that evidence, Anderson stands to step from promising all-rounder on a decent national contract to instant millionaire.
An important game-changer stands between him and that landmark: the Indian ODI series. The 2014 IPL auction is scheduled for February 12, at which point New Zealand will have played five ODIs against the visitors, beamed back into the homes of all significant IPL decision-makers. There are no T20Is scheduled for the tour so, if Anderson sustains his form, he will be on the cusp of a mammoth cricketing and financial break-through.
If Anderson succeeds it will be a nothing-venture-nothing-win story. The 23-year-old has overcome a series of debilitating injuries since making his first-class debut aged 16 years and 89 days in 2006-07, the youngest first-class cricketer in 59 seasons. As he recovered he also took the bold step to break away from Canterbury, where he grew up, and his family. He wasn't under contract starting in 2011-12 with Northern Districts but adapted well in their professional environment to better his career.


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The problem is I am having to consider bidding for this because I am trying to present the device to an Australia wide education conference though was not considered worthy enough to get one in the first batch.
Definitely the unenviable position that a lot of us are in. That is probably the best reason I've seen so far for being upset with the original posting of the sale in the forums.
It's like anything else that is popular though and in low supply. The very fact that there are not a lot available makes it easy for a seller to auction the item to the highest bidder, so your choice is the same as many of us.
Is it important enough to warrant paying the price?
In my particular case that would be a no, since I do have other options I can use. For yourself it is possible that it's the best option to try and scoop it with a good bid.
Either way, even though some of may find it objectionable that there is a tempting but overpriced RPi SBC here for sale in the forums, it's no different than anything else that is rare at the moment being auctioned off to the highest bidder anywhere else.


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All questions will be answered, however if some one gives me a firm 'I'll take it" it is ther's.
1. US M13 canvas cover. Fits on Browning Mod 1919 a4 machine gun. Overall condition is "Good". Does show wear, frays, some stains and faded spots, however all the snaps work 100% and are tight. All seams are tight and in good shape. $55.00 shiped
Price reduced to $35.00 shiped!
2. Imbel FnFAL stock set. Overall condition is "Good to Very Good". You get the butt, handgaurds and butt pad. Butt stock has been painted with splatter paint which is now peeling off. Handgaurds are in original shape with scratches and dings but no cracks or defects. Included is the handgaurd screw. Butt pad is nice and not torn up like most are. Price is $30.00 shipped.
Reduced to $25.00 shiped!
3. Underfolder stock .SOLD.
4. Milled AK butt stock only. Well used condition and needs refinish. Crack and defect free. No metal. Handgaurds are sold and not available.
Reduced to $12.00 Shipped.
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We're hoping to get all runners away as quickly as possible in a single wave.
The start zone will be a wide road on the edge of Lammas Park and should give plenty of room for runners to start safely at their own pace.
We've had great support so far and we're looking forward to fabulous debut event.
Thanks for your interest in the1st Ealing Half Marathon.
The course that we've planned includes road closures throughout the route to allow an enjoyable and safe experience for all participants. Unfortunately for a London event, the traffic management costs are far higher than other locations, making up a large proportion of the event expenditure. The entry cost is in line, if not cheaper than other London events of a similar scale.
We'd like to offer finishers a T-Shirt in addition to the quality medal and this may indeed happen if we can secure sufficient sponsorship.
The early bird entry was open for 5 weeks during our initial launch marketing, offering those runners a discount in return for pledging their early support for the race.
We hope that this answers your questions and would love to see you on the day.
just entered what will be my first half marathon
Is the course pretty flat?
what is the route?
The route is available on the Ealing Half web site :- http://www.ealinghalfmarathon.com/route-information. There are some mild hills in Ealing and the route does take in a couple of them so not flat but nothing that is going to hurt.
super tks..tks for the link
I was considering this, thinking that getting there by train from Reading will be a doddle. Actually, no. The first proper train gets to Ealing Broadway at 0911, which is too late for a 9:15 kickoff. Two earlier ones go at unearthly hours but begin with a bus ride to Twyford and take nearly 90 minutes.
So I'm out. If the start time were an hour later it would be feasible. Bummer.
Maybe you could ask if they could put back the start especially for you?
Not quite sure what your point is, JJR?
Hi, I was planning to sign up on the day and just realised last night that entries on the day are closed. If there is anyone who might not be able to make it on the day, I will like to take over the place, if possible.
I entered yesterday, and now find that I'm going to have to get a bus to a tube to get there early enough to pick up my number etc
So I reckon the start is a tad early for TfL services even wthin London!
Looking forward to it though, hope the weather is OK.
Can't wait to get started. Early though it may be, this is bound to be a stonking run!
Hi just wanted to day I really enjoyed the event yesterday. Despite the perennial issue around not having enough toilets, it started reasonably promptly (only 15 mins late!) and the course was moderately challenging. Seemed very well organised as well. Good effort for a first time event!
The Race gallery is now live and online ! enjoy Ealing Half Marathon Race Photos
The late start was out of the organizers control - a car knocked a lamppost over on the course and the police had to clear it!
Hi Johnny1959, we are finalising details in the next few weeks and will update as soon as possible. We want it to be a real community event so that residents, visitors and runners can all benefit.
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How long should you use a cutting mat?
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How long should you use a cutting mat?
Good question, I would like to know the answer too. As much as we pay for them they should last forever.
Remember, you paid for 2 sides, if it is getting too battered, turn it over, TA DA new mat!
Till you start tripping over the grooves. You can always take a very fine sandpaper to it and get a few extra miles. When one side is done, flip it over and double your usage!
When my rotary cutter starts hitting ruts that haven't "healed" themselves.
I cut a bunch of fleece into scarves and finished off both sides of one mat. The fleece gets stuck in the cracks and it can't "heal" even if you're pretty vigilant about rubbing the fuzz off frequently.
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About this 'self-healing' -- I haven't seen too much of that on my mats. Am I missing something?
I pretty much ignore the lines on my cutting mat and pay more attention to the lines on my rulers.
I think most mats are "self-healing" but some do a better job than others. My gray mats are harder so they are harder to cut through but eventually the rotary cutter will wear a path in it and it doesn't "heal". The green mats have paths all over them but they're made out of some softer material that kind of mushes itself back together but batting & especially fleece & flannel will get stuck in the groove when cutting and it can't mush itself back together. If I stop & clean the mat off every so often, it lasts longer but fleece is so fine & fuzzy that it gets stuck in the grooves and I can't get it all out which causes a bump in the mat and the rotary cutter skips or swerves when you hit a bump. After you get a few bumps in your mat--you'll quickly be replacing it or turning it over until you can get a replacement.Originally Posted by Linda B
I don't use the lines on my cutting mats, either unless it's to line up several strips to be cut at one time ala Eleanor Burns. I only use my rulers for measuring & I only use 1 brand of ruler because I found at the hard way what happens when you mix brands.


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I'm not familiar with Missouri but around these parts, you can get either a good paint job or a cheap paint job but not both at the same time.
How do you define cheap?
my corvette is somewhat prepped for paint still have some body work to do but looking for someone to do a good cheap paintjob
I'm not familiar with Missouri but around these parts, you can get either a good paint job or a cheap paint job but not both at the same time.
How do you define cheap?
Thats cheap .Check with some regional vocational schools.
There was/is a shop in Springfield, Mo. on Chestnut Ave. called Earl Scheib-a franchise body shop whose big draw was cheap paint jobs. I am not sure if they are still there as I heard that they got bought out by another francise body shop called Maaco who also has at least one shop in Springfield. They make their own paint which is acrylic enamel and you could get one of their top paint jobs for around $700.00. At least you could the last time I checked. If they don't do any body work and just the paint it won't be any higher. They have cheaper paint jobs but that is something you would have to talk to them about before you decide. If you have more than one color it costs more since it requires more work. I have had several vehicles painted by them and always with good results and they had up to a seven year warranty on their paint jobs. Most body shops will only guarantee their paint jobs for one year. People can laugh if they want to but everytime I had a vehicle painted by them and people I know would see it they would always comment on how good it looked and wanted to know where I had it done. I didn't tell everyone how much it cost but the people I did it blew their minds and couldn't believe I got such a good looking paint job at such a cheap price. It might be something you would want to check into and I hope this helps.
Close to $3000 to strip, prep and paint with GOOD material and a clear coat.
That was with me bringing the car in minus the trim, lites and other misc exterior items.
The Macco top shelf paint package is now closer to $2K.
They still offer the $300 paint job. Still about the same quality as Earl Schibe offered for $39.95 back in 1970. No charge for the overspray.
The easiest way to save money is to drop the car off "ready for prep" meaning that you've done all the work to remove headlites, tailites and all the black moulding around the car. That alone is worth a good $500 in shop labor. If you;re skilled, do the majority of the sanding and body work. Take it in as close as ready to shoot as you possibly can. Pay them to paint, not turn wrenchs taking headlite doors off. A little shop will do a better deal than a chain store, or "production shop" as they are called. Maaco likes to chemical strip old paint because its less labor., faster.
Small shops like to get 2 guys on a D/A sander for a day and let them go for it...
I have a paint booth and the equipment to do a real good job if you want to entertain the idea of doing it yourself. I can even help you get going if you want.
I looked around out here in Ca last year Maco was cheepiest with there top of the line paint job $1800.00 everywhere else from $4500.00 to $6000.00 this including custon paint shop Pricing.
I Said screw it broke the old Paint guns out and painted my self In my Garage It was over 10 years ago last time I painted a car it not no show car paint job but came out Good.
Now I wished I painted it a diffrent color Figured Hun.
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A spray bombed Chevy 2 won best paint at the Detroit Autorama a few years ago and thats the top Custom Car show in the country.....they painted each part individually and then assembled it. So, break out the rattle cans....now thats cheap ......
After adding up the cost of alll the spray cans you will need It cost more.
Find a local CAR paint shop it should cost about $250.,00 for all the top Coat paint you need to paint the car I used Ace Hardware brand Thinners Half the price of the car paint Shop.
Shop around for paint Shop There was a $100.00 Diffrences in price in paint stores out here for the same type paint.
DO NOT USE Rustoleum brand paint I did at first for the primer coat big mistake Automotive paint will peel off after time I have read. Use Car primer only.
I also use the sundays News Paper and tape to maske the car instead of store type masking paper this will also save you some money.
I had to sand all the Rustoleum off the car was not fun at all.
I had to sand all the Paint off at first do the clear coat was mostly peeling off the car when I Purched it.
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Could Brock Return To The Octagon
During Saturday's UFC 146 Pay Per View former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was shown in attendance. That left many wondering if he was just there to check out a Frank Mir ass beating or if there was more to this story. Dana White spoke to Brock through a text message.
"He texted me and said, 'I want to come to the fight, but keep it quiet because I don't want to tell anybody,'" White said. "He said, 'What are you doing tonight? … I want to talk face to face.'
"You never know with him. He might want to come back. He might just want to hang out."
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The snaps, taken Wednesday following the christening of the 3-month-old royal baby, are historic because only once before has a reigning British monarch been in the same room with three future monarchs.
That was in 1894, when Queen Victoria was photographed with her son, future King Edward VII, her grandson, future King George V, and her great-grandson, future king Edward VIII.


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Lucky me! Although I'm a registered Democrat, I received in last Wednesday's mail a fund-raising appeal for the Republican National Committee signed by none other than Chairman Michael Steele. Now, nobody expects this type of mailer to be profound or scholarly. It has one purpose only, and that is to motivate people to write checks. So, let's analyze what issues and kinds of "reasoning" the top Republican strategists think will get their "base" to open their wallets.
The mailer came in four parts: a letter (dated "Monday Morning" — I kid you not!), a questionnaire (the "2009 Obama Agenda Survey"), a pledge form, and a postage-paid return envelope. To give credit where credit is due, I consider three of the 15 survey questions to be phrased in a reasonably objective fashion, e.g. "Should English be the official language of the United States?" More typical, however, were items characterized by the linguistic legerdemain that has become standard in political circles.
One common trick used to turn allegedly informational surveys into political statements is to incorporate into the items certain assumptions, "facts," and terminology with subjective and emotional connotations. Here's Exhibit #1 from the "survey": "Do you agree with Barack Obama's budget plan that will lead to a $23.1 trillion deficit over the next ten years?" All of a sudden Republicans are against budget deficits, having squandered the balanced budget environment they inherited from the Clinton administration. And where did that $23.1 trillion figure come from. (It's strange, I didn't see a footnote.) And did the Bush/Cheney tax cuts increase or decrease the national deficit? Simplistic questions are not designed for people who prefer complex answers.
Item #9 reads "Do you support the creation of a national health insurance plan that would be administered by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.?" Using the words "bureaucrats in Washington, D.C." is like, well, throwing peanuts to a hungry elephant. Notice that the alternative — trusting the administration of healthcare to the profit-oriented private sector — was not provided as an alternative.
I really love #7: "Do you believe that Barack Obama's nominees for federal courts should be immediately and unquestionably approved for their lifetime appointments by the U.S. Senate?" Presumably if someone answers "No," it will be interpreted to mean that it's OK to delay hearings and to oppose the nominees regardless of their qualifications.
I can't resist quoting #13: "Are you in favor of reinstituting the military draft, as Democrats in Congress have proposed?" Are Democrats (as a group) really advocating this? Again I searched in vain for a footnote and found nothing — not even from Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, or the Weekly Standard.
The four-page letter, though, is a real classic. Of course it trots out the old reliable "liberal media elites" and the "ultra-biased media" phrases guaranteed to boil the blood of most right-wing conservatives. It states, without any evidence whatsoever (maybe because it doesn't exist?) that "the media acts (sic) as though the outcome of the past election was a unanimous, 100% vote in favor of Barack Obama." (I guess Fox News, et. al., are really not part of the media — at least not the media the conservatives love to hate.)
The letter accuses Obama of proposing changes that will "stifle our fragile economy" and (if you can believe this) "undermine our nation's sovereignty." I'm sorry, but that last one is over the edge in my opinion, even for a political hit piece.
Generally speaking, it appears that the Republican hot button issues are taxes, deficit spending, immigration, big government, the media, and unions — and of course preventing health care reform if it reduces the influence (and profits) of insurance companies.
Despite the gross inaccuracies, innuendos, and misrepresentations, I think the letter is insidious for two additional reasons. First, it refers to "Democrat legislation" and the "Democrat agenda," deliberately avoiding use of the word "Democratic." The intent is clear, despite the sophisticated but slimy strategy: to subliminally disparage the entire opposition Party and everything it stands for. Secondly, the letter never specifically refers to "President Obama"; the authors apparently believe that showing respect to the man who legitimately won the office (without benefit of a 5-4 Supreme Court decision) would rankle the people from whom they want contributions. They may be right.
I've marked the letter up good, correcting the grammar (apparently English isn't the official language at the RNC) and pointing out the logical and linguistic fallacies. Now I'm putting it into the postage-paid return envelope and sending it back to the "Republic" Party. With the money I save by not enclosing a contribution, I'll re-join the ACLU.
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Oxybutynin is a white powder with a molecular weight of 357. It is soluble in alcohol, but relatively insoluble in water.
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