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Species Profile
Silver Lamprey Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations
Scientific Name: Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Other/Previous Names: Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations)
Taxonomy Group: Fishes
Range: Ontario, Quebec
Last COSEWIC Assessment: May 2011
Last COSEWIC Designation: Special Concern
SARA Status: No schedule, No Status
Individuals of this species may be protected under Schedule 1 under another name; for more information see Schedule 1, the A-Z Species List, or if applicable, the Related Species table below.
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The Silver Lamprey is one of eleven species of lamprey in Canada. There are two separately recognized populations of Silver Lamprey in Canada: i) the Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations; and ii) the Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations. The Silver Lamprey has the following characteristics: Jawless, eel-shaped fish with a sucking disc mouth and lack of paired fins; Seven pairs of gill openings; Newly metamorphosed juveniles may be as small as 9 centimeters; while spawning-sized adults range between 31 and 39 centimeters in length; Prior to spawning, adults exhibit a light yellow-tan colour on the ventral side (under side), that darkens into blue or blue-gray towards the dorsal side (back side); Larvae appear wormlike, and do not have eyes or teeth. Rather than a disc mouth, they have an oral hood; and, Lifespan ranges from six to eight years, with most of its life spent as larvae; adults die shortly after spawning.
Silver Lamprey are found in fresh waters in eastern North America, with a range extending from Manitoba to Tennessee in the west, and from Quebec and Vermont in the east. In Canada, it is separated into two populations: the Great Lakes and Upper St. Lawrence populations; and the Saskatchewan-Nelson River populations. Silver Lamprey from the Great Lakes and Upper St. Lawrence population have been documented in 41 streams and nine lakes including Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Lake Nipissing, Lake Champlain, Lac St. Pierre and Lac St. Louis. Silver Lamprey spawn in rivers and streams and require unrestricted migration to spawning habitat. Spawning habitat includes gravel and sand for building nests, clean fast-flowing water, and a small amount of silt-free sand or other materials on which the eggs can adhere. Spawning occurs only once in a lifetime and the adults die shortly afterward. Silver Lamprey eggs hatch after two to three weeks following fertilization and enter a larval stage. During this life stage, the worm-like larvae (called ammocoetes) drift downstream and burrow into soft sediments made of sand, silt and organic debris where they remain for four to seven years. At the end of this period, larvae undergo metamorphosis into their juvenile form, characterized by enlargement of the tail and dorsal fins, and development of eyes and a sucker disc lined with sharp teeth. The newly transformed juveniles migrate downstream into lakes or rivers in order to locate fish hosts on which to feed for one to two years before returning to streams to spawn.
Threats to the Silver Lamprey include methods used to control the invasive Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes (for example. the application of lampricides and the construction of low head barriers to block spawning migrations), pollution, habitat alteration, dam construction, siltation, water fluctuations, and competition from other species. While most of these threats occur broadly across the Silver Lamprey's range, Sea Lamprey control impacts are limited to Silver Lamprey nursery streams in the Great Lakes that receive lampricide treatments or have Sea Lamprey barriers. Lampricide treatments are not conducted in the Huron-Erie corridor or outside the Great Lakes Basin (such as Quebec and St. Lawrence River).
Federal Protection
Provincial and Territorial Protection
To know if this species is protected by provincial or territorial laws, consult the provinces' and territories' websites.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all COSEWIC reports are currently available on the SARA Public Registry. Most of the reports not yet available are status reports for species assessed by COSEWIC prior to May 2002. Other COSEWIC reports not yet available may include those species assessed as Extinct, Data Deficient or Not at Risk. In the meantime, they are available on request from the COSEWIC Secretariat.
5 record(s) found.
- COSEWIC Status Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- Response Statements (1 record(s) found.)
- Action Plans (1 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Annual Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- Consultation Documents (1 record(s) found.)
COSEWIC Status Reports
COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Silver Lamprey, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations and Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations Ichthyomyzon unicuspis in Canada (2011)The Silver Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) is an eel-shaped fish that possesses a sucking disc mouth. Like all lampreys, it does not have jaws or paired fins, and has seven pairs of gill openings. The dentition pattern of adult lampreys is diagnostic to species, and the single dorsal fin helps distinguish Ichthyomyzon species from lamprey in other genera. Adult Silver Lamprey range in size from 9 to 39 cm in length. Before spawning, they have grey pigmentation that darkens toward the dorsal side, and are light yellow-tan on the ventral side. Lateral line organs are dark in larger individuals, but colourless in younger, smaller specimens. Larvae ("ammocoetes") of Ichthyomyzon species are all very similar to each other morphologically. They appear almost worm-like, as they have no eyes or teeth. They possess an oral hood, rather than the sucking disc-like mouth of the adult form.
Response Statements
Response Statement - Silver Lamprey, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations (2011)This small parasitic lamprey is found in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River basin. The lamprey is susceptible to lampricide treatments that target invasive Sea Lamprey. There are also several other ongoing threats from small dams, habitat alterations, and pollution from herbicide treatments.
Action Plans
Multi-species Action Plan for Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five National Marine Park of Canada (2016)Bruce Peninsula National Park (BPNP) and Fathom Five National Marine Park (FFNMP) lie at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula which separates Georgian Bay from Lake Huron. The peninsula is 90 km in length and its most prominent feature is the Niagara Escarpment which runs along the entire eastern edge. Within BPNP, the escarpment forms the Georgian Bay shoreline and is recognized as part of the core area of the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. BPNP was established by the federal government in 1987 to protect a representative example of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands natural region. Because of the fragmented nature of the park properties, many of the stresses on the park's ecosystem originate from outside its boundaries. For this reason, First Nations, local residents, non-governmental organizations, and other groups and land users play an important role in managing, restoring, and protecting the northern Bruce ecosystem.
COSEWIC Annual Reports
Consultation Documents
Information summary on the proposed listing of Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations) as "special concern" under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) (2011)As part of the consultation process, the Government of Canada would like to hear your comments on the potential impacts of listing Silver Lamprey ( (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) as "special concern" under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has prepared this summary to provide information on the status of this species in Canada.
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In a Congolese cemetery overrun with weeds and rubbish strewn among the graves and banana trees, the living have moved in with the dead - some of them years ago.
For want of money and space, families have built houses out of earth, brick or sheet metal alongside tombs - some of prominent figures like the father of the current first lady - in the Kinsuka cemetery in Kinshasa, the DR Congo capital.
As they attempt to lead normal lives in this unlikely setting, the cemetery dwellers, who number at least several hundred, are not only living on the land illegally but also face dangerous sanitary conditions.
"You're afraid you're going to dig up a bone," said 19-year-old Emile as he worked on the foundation for his older brother's new house just steps away from a well-tended grave.
Should he, or the others, degrade a tombstone they face up to six months in prison, while living without a proper land title could mean a year in jail under the country's penal code.
Neighbour Bibiche, 23, has lived in the cemetery for two years but says it is still an unsettling experience.
"You feel afraid sleeping amidst the graves, but we had no home," she said. "The cemetery isn't good, we have no electricity."
Yet other cemetery residents say they not only have electricity but pay a "bill" to the national power company, SNEL.
Despite its vast mineral wealth, two-thirds of the DR Congo's 68 million people are mired in poverty, exacerbated by back-to-back wars that ravaged the country from 1996 to 2003 and left a complex web of rebel groups still terrorising the eastern provinces.
Finding housing is a constant struggle for many, and large numbers of civilians - and even police and soldiers - have taken to the country's cemeteries to find a place to call home.
But life among the gravestones is no free ride, explained Therese, a five-year resident of Kinsuka cemetery. The 57-year-old widow paid a local chief to buy four plots of land with her children's help.
"They cost between $2 500 to $4 000 (1 800 to 2 950 euros) each," said Therese, who like all the cemetery residents only gave her first name for fear of reprisal.
Inside her two-room house, the bedroom has a mosquito net but no bed.
"In November, the police came to destroy the houses. They took my things," she said.
"I had to rebuild my house, but I don't have the courage to rebuild on my other plots that I wanted to rent out."
Yet scenes typical of village life can still be found in Kinsuka. The dirt paths are lined with wooden stalls selling food and basic supplies, and children in traditional blue and white kits play football at a Protestant school built inside the graveyard three years ago.
"Today it has about 150 students. Parents pay 78 000 Congolese francs (about $80, 60 euros) per year, against $300 to $400 dollars elsewhere," said the school's director.
In some parts of cemetery the construction of homes has made it harder to locate remaining burial plots. The graveyard was founded in 1978 and is the final resting place of several well-known figures, such as engineer Sita Barnabe Kinsumbu, the father of the DRC's first lady Olive Lembe Kabila, according to a local burial tax collector.
Government officials say the homes in Kinsuka and other cemeteries across the country constitute a public health hazard, noting that it takes as long as 50 years after a site's last burial to ensure the ground is fully decontaminated.
"Sometimes people find a source of water but when you sniff it, it smells like a corpse," said Dr Benjamin Mavard Kwengani, director of hygiene at Kinshasa's health ministry.
"We haven't done a study, but there have been abnormal cases in the (cemetery) communities - diarrhoea and abnormalities that we can't explain," he said.
According to Pius Ngoie, an advisor to the urban planning ministry, cemetery villages only continue to exist due to negligence and corruption within the civil service.
"Some of the state's civil servants ... are completely irresponsible" and "fraudulently" sell tracts of land in the cemetery, he said.
The cemetery dwellers are under no illusions that their homes could be razed at any moment.
"One day, a (state) tractor is going to come and knock down the houses and they will lose everything," said Peter, whose father and grandfather are buried in Kinsuka.
His words turned out to be prophetic. Just a few days later, soldiers arrived to destroy some of the homes built on the remains of this final resting place. - Sapa-AFP


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A Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist who is worth at least $3.3 billion, 61-year-old Folorunsho Alakija, was born into a wealthy, polygamous Nigerian family.
In the early 80s, Alakija quit her job and went on to study Fashion design in England, returning to Nigeria shortly afterwards to start Supreme Stitches, a premium Nigerian fashion label, selling high-end Nigerian clothing to fashionable wives of military bigwigs and society women.
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In May 1993 Alakija applied for an allocation of an Oil Prospecting License (OPL). The license to explore for oil on a 617,000 acre block – (now referred to as OPL 216) was granted to Alakija's company, Famfa Limited. The block is located approximately 220 miles South East of Lagos and 70 miles offshore Nigeria in the central Niger Delta.
Alakija was intelligent! She had no expertise or experience in running an oil field, but she decided not to sell off her license. In September 1996, she entered into a joint venture agreement with Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texaco) and appointed the company as a technical adviser for the exploration of the license, transferring 40 percent of her 100 percent stake to Star Deep.
Till date, Folorunsho Alakija and her family owned 60 percent.
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Beautiful woman, can't believe she's 61, However, I can't see the philanthropic aspect of her here as u tagged her though she should be an employer of labour but that's not pure philanthropy. She was born into a wealthy family so had no reason to fail but did well for herself by getting good education and investing well, however, I won't be surprise to find out that some people who are closely related to this woman are wallowing in abject poverty. All da same, madam, enjoy ur wealth but remember to make the world a better place with the blessings God has given u.
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Wary of running afoul of state law, the City Council will seek legal advice about searching for a new permanent city manager — or not.
At a special meeting Tuesday evening, Mayor Scott McPherson raised the concern that the city could be responsible for reimbursing the state if it rehires Tom O'Neill as city manager without properly honoring his 30-day retirement.
O'Neill, who has worked for the city for 35 years, had to retire two weeks ago because he had enrolled five years ago in the state retirement program when he was still public works director.
At issue now is a controversial loophole in state law that allows public employes to return to their old jobs after 30 days, eventually collecting both a salary and their monthly pension — a process known as double-dipping.
O'Neill would also collect a lump-sum retirement payment of $192,278.
McPherson said he feared the city could be responsible for returning that money if there were the appearance that the council was holding O'Neill's job for him for these 30 days.
"The thing that really concerns me is if it doesn't pass the smell test, if they resign and the council does nothing and they just walk back in after a calendar month," McPherson said. "The last thing in the world that I want to see happen is to be up here explaining to residents why the city has to cut a check for $200,000."
The mayor presented the council with a legal advisory from a similar case in the city of Live Oak, where the attorney general said the city could be liable for returning the retirement payment of a worker who was rehired.
Although he practices law, McPherson reminded the council that he is not the city attorney. McPherson recommended asking City Attorney Thomas Morrison to advise the council on the issue, and the council agreed.
Morrison was not present Tuesday evening.
Council member Rob Marlowe originally said it would be more cost effective to rehire a tested veteran than to search for new candidates, but after hearing the mayor's concerns, he suggested the council could advertise the position.
"I don't believe it should be a slam dunk that he just waltzes back in here on the 31st day," Marlowe said of O'Neill. "But it would be a gross waste of taxpayer money to hire someone to do a nationwide search."
McPherson said he wanted to have an honest discussion about how the council should handle the city manager vacancy.
"I have better things to do with my time than to play games of charades with my fellow council members," he said.
McPherson added that while it has never been the case that there was a backroom deal to hold O'Neill's job for him, "frankly, we do all want him back."
But some residents said they were unhappy with the council's handling of the issue.
"I'm very concerned about this because I don't like the impropriety factor and the ethics involved," said resident Catherine Fata. "It sounds like you've all given him the rubber stamp of let's rehire him and it's a pain to look at other candidates."
Though the meeting concerned his fate, O'Neill did not attend because he has to stay out of city business for the duration of his retirement.
On a related matter, the council voted unanimously to allow Jeff Sutton to continue as interim city manager for up to six months even though he lives outside the city limits. City law requires the city manager to live in the city unless the council makes such an exception.


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Hey, You. Yes you, You Overachieving Elf on the Shelf people. It's one thing that you're all over my Facebook, Twitter & Instagram pages…jolly-ly hanging him from lighted bunting banners, setting him up with a fishing rod over a toilet filled with goldfish crackers, covering him and your entire kitchen with flour to realistically depict his middle-of-the-night gingerbread cookie making bender. Whatever. I can deal with you. But your kids are killing me.
Because they're all telling my kid what their Elf is up to, and now my kid is feeling like he got the crappy Elf that Won't Leave the Shelf…because, let's face it, he did. His Elf is just going to sit there on the shelf as he was so named to do. I suggested that our Elf was probably old. Harry responded, "Like from the 80s?" Yes, Harry, like from the 80s.
So yesterday I did go along with it and let him put some Halloween candy next to the Elf…because Claire at his school did this, and why can't he do this and everyone does?. So alright, we've got to get rid of this candy somehow. I even remembered to remove the dumb candy when I somehow remembered to move the Elf. I was feeling quite proud of myself all around. And then, this morning Harry was all, "What? What?! He doesn't have chocolate on his face?" Because apparently Claire reported that not only did the Elf have chocolate set out for him the night before…he also did some elfin razzmatazz and smeared the chocolate all over his mouth to prove that he ate it. Because of course he did. I said, "Ours is probably just a neat eater." Harry replied, "But he's old!" Because obviously, you can no longer eat food without getting it all over your face if you are from the 80s. Duh.
Friends, it's Day 3. It's going to be a long month.
So, let's back up, drop the reindeer-shaped sugar cookies and take a breath. It's bad enough that we're now having to do this at all. (And I can't be alone in this…because I'm pretty all-in, over-the-top when it comes to Holiday rah rah.) But now we're doing nightly performance art with a felt elf? Really? How did we get here?
A. As if the whole Santa scheme wasn't enough…and apparently it wasn't, because now we have this elaborate story about millions of elves that fly to the North Pole every night to report back. It's complicated and full of holes. Some kid/elf soul matches are chosen by Santa, some are the result of random hook ups at Barnes & Noble. There's even a backstory Christmas cartoon about this (which Harry watched three times yesterday). It's basically ridiculous, and it's now in the Holiday Lexicon of must-have, standard fare, all my friends have elves. Great.
B. There are lots of ridiculous things in the Holiday Lexicon…Rudolph, Frosty, Black Friday…but none of them require us remembering to actively remember something every night. Like we don't have a million other things to do? Now we have to move the freaking elf and/or set up a clever elfin scene every freaking 24 hours? Really? I'm doing good to remember to brush my teeth and I've been doing that semi-regularly for four decades. It's not right.
C. Our kids are now talking. No, better, they're comparing notes. They believe this stuff and are reporting to each other their individual Home Elf's level of performance. This new comparison factor exists. Because obviously our kids need more things to measure one another against, they need new ways to feel competitive and/or inadequate, and we all need more to live up to.
D. All of this is basically negated when I overhear my son today, talking to the Elf, telling him, and I quote, "Elfie, I love you. You're a really great Elf. You're my best friend." The elf is now his best friend. I have it on record, video evidence on my phone. My kid pulled the best friend card. It's the only thing that's keeping me going on this whole elfin magic thing, this ray of Christmas hope that only lasts a few Christmases anyway.
So sure, I get it. This whole thing was a brilliant idea. Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell have made a kabillion dollars. Millions of children are enchanted by their magic. Childhood is fleeting. Etc. Etc. But I don't think anyone realized the larger reality shift this would make to the daily lives of the parents. Especially when You Other Parents are bodyslamming yourselves to be the Steven Spielberg of your own goofy set creations. I get that all your "taking it to the next level" is just holly jolly creativity, in theory. A for effort. But what you do affects the whole, the ideas are out of control, and the execution is killing us.
Also, please don't get any ideas about that execution thing. That's not an idea. I'm sure you could make a totally cute Elf courtroom drama/electric chair scene, but stop. Really. Stop.


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Officials say on April 21, Richard N. Ferrer, 37, allegedly approached a 29-year-old man on the 1st block of W. Pomfret Street and demanded money from him. When the victim refused, Ferrer allegedly produced a knife.
The victim grabbed Ferrer and when the two men fell to the ground, the knife dropped and Ferrer fled the area on foot, according to a news release.
The victim received three minor cuts from the incident.
Ferrer was arrested Thursday and has been charged with robbery, simple assault and attempted theft.


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SASKATOON – If you watch a TSN morning game during the Brier, it always appears that the live arena attendance is smaller than for a night draw.
I'll pass on a little known secret: the attendance is just as big, however, the spectators are all lined up at the concession stands for their wake-up coffee. The hardest part is deciding which line you are actually standing in, since said line reaches around the entire oval of the arena.
As you already know, Thursday morning featured must-win games for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with hometown Saskatchewan attempting to play spoiler against Manitoba. If you were betting on the underdog, you lost in every single case. The playoff-bound powerhouses – Ontario, Manitoba and, um, er, the Territories – all came through with impressive wins.
And it was a great job by Team Jamie Koe. After a 5-1 start they had dropped three games in a row, and they had also lost control of the hammer by the fourth end of their NB match. A steal of two in five put them in control, but then they surrendered a three in the sixth.
Calmly, Jamie led his squad to a rebound deuce in seven and another steal of two in the eighth frame (after back-to-back raise attempt field goals by Terry Odishaw) on their way to a tiebreaker clinching win.
Meanwhile, Rob "Doogie Howser" Fowler clinched at least a tiebreaker with his convincing win over Scott Manners. A three-count in the first end gave the Manitobans full control and they never looked to be in much danger.
Rob enjoys his takeouts so much, he often follows them down the ice to the end of the sheet. It hurts my groin to even watch as he slides the length of the ice at nearly the same speed as the stone he just fired. Myself, I prefer more of the Jamie Koe-style of throwing; starting to stand up even before the rock has been released.
The afternoon draw saw Alberta defeat Nova Scotia to set up their battle with Ontario in the evening. Manitoba continued its hot streak and moved Northern Ontario aside 10-4, and secured at least the number three playoff spot. New Brunswick upset B.C. 7-5 and Team Jacobs would then need a disappointed Jim Cotter team to win over J Koe to gain their tiebreak in the evening draw. That outcome was not to be, as The Other Koe swept the day with a convincing 8-3 win over B.C. and a lock on the fourth and final playoff spot – no tiebreakers.
It marked a historic event; the first time the Territories had made the playoffs since that format began in 1980. It was also a historic event for gamblers, as it marked the first TERR game to go under the 12 ½ point total all week.
The featured TSN night game was the annual Thursday night tilt between Alberta and Ontario. There was more at stake than just first place here: an Alberta loss would push Kevin Koe down to the Page playoff 3 vs 4 game – a rematch with his brother – and a loss for me against Steve Lobel in the annual Brier Bet for our respective provinces. Clearly Glenn Howard knew that Steve needed a victory after a decade of Randy Ferbey and Kevin Martin dominating this wager.
There are 160 stones thrown in a full 10-end curling game, and Koe versus Howard showed how important just a few shots can be. Kevin had a possible chance to score two early, but rolled out by a few inches on a hit attempt, resulted in a blank. A missed draw in the fourthby Koe led to a Howard steal. In the next end, a hit and stick on the blank attempt by Kevin and at the break Howard now had the hammer, tied 1-1.
They swapped deuces. In the ninth end, tied 3-3 without last rock, Koe is attempting to either steal or force Howard to one. Alberta second Carter Rycroft rubs a guard in the attempt to set up the inning, and the end result is a score of three by Howard and the win for Ontario. Steve, your Kaptain Koe T-shirt will arrive next week.
The first round of playoffs are set: ON vs MB in the 1-2 playoff tonight, and Koe vs Koe in the 3-4 on Saturday afternoon…


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Looking to move outside M25 (west) with good commute to central London - so many choices!(43 Posts)
Hi everyone,
My DH and I are currently expecting our first DC (due at the end of July this year) and are thinking of moving outside of London to get some peace and quiet and a bigger place. We are currently in Ealing in a one bed flat (we love the area, but we probably won't be able to afford to rent a 2 bedroom place), DH works in Hayes & Harlington area, I work around Farringdon/Chancery Lane/King's Cross region).
The plan is to buy a car and drive around Buckinghamshire, Berkshire etc to check out a few places before we move around June. DH would drive to work and I'd like to be within a 40-50 minute commute to Paddington/Marylebone or King's Cross so I can go back to work after maternity leave.
Initially we'd rent but we'd be looking to buy something in a year or two. I read a few threads on these boards and I have a few places in mind, but need to do some narrowing down. Ideally I'd love to be somewhere nice and family friendly, with a community and a bit of a high street (you get it, not in the middle of absolute nowhere without a shop or a playground in sight!).
On my list are Marlow (though the commute scares me, as apparently it's about 70 mins to Marylebone!), Beaconsfield, Iver (though it seems like there's not much there), Amersham, Great Missenden, Harpenden, Windsor & Eton (long commute to Waterloo, but apparently possible to catch a train from Slough - are there any reasonable bus links between Windsor and Slough train station?), Chalfont St Giles, Princes Risborough, Burnham, Chorleywood, Taplow, Denham.
Phew, as you can see I haven't really narrowed it down and I'm totally confused! We haven't been to any of these places yet, but of course are planning to visit; in the meantime though, any tips/opinions would be much much appreciated!!!! Thank you ladies!
Oh how I pine for Pitshanger Lane - went to school there and parents still there!
Coincidentally, also, met some people who had moved to Chesham from Bromley not that long ago and they were loving it in Chesham.
I'm probably comparing Ealing to Chesham and hence my less than favourable/cynical comments on the area - stand alone - there is a lot of pluses to it.
As you say, the prices in Ealing are horrendous and you would certainly be able to get a nice house /terrace cottage in Chesham for your budget, well within an easy walk to the station.. which is on the tube (a big plus for Chesham!!) I'm afraid though I think on that budget it wont get you much in the surrounding areas (uber rich Chalfonts / Beaconsfield etc) as they are all closer to the A40.
Another big plus is the cost of childcare - I know my sister is paying almost double what we do for a childminder so that's a big plus!
I think until you have visited the places you can't rule them out or consider them seriously. I certainly would take the tube journey out there (you don't need a car!) and have a wander round on a Saturday - it's a lovely place to amble for a bit and you'd soon get a feel for what is there, it does seem to 'hit' some of your requests.. eg; High Street, not too rural, good(ish) community vibes..
Don't in the slightest be depressed about renting forever. I certainly wish I'd not brought a place (barely any increase in property prices and pretty much 'trapped' now) There are tonnes of decent agencies renting great properties and it gives you huge flexibility.
Get a list together and just start visiting and enjoy the decision making! Embrace the choices - it's lovely to have them!
Totally confused now, re-did the Ealing/West Ealing search and there are lots of £1200/1300 two beds around West Ealing it seems.
Might have to talk to DH again... phew... we were really looking forward to moving somewhere a bit more quiet and the thought of having a car was nice as well, I won't lie
Is it really inconvenient to have a baby but no car? I have to say the thought of taking a pram on public transport in London makes me shudder!
This may be a shocking suggestion but have you thought about hayes, uxbridge, ruislip or denham.
Hayes is cheaper (for a reason) but only a bus ride from pitshanger and would be a much cheaper commute?
Just had a quick look on Rightmove (always curious to know what's happening in Ealing prices and what we could move too) and like you say there are some in that price bracket - even one really near Pitshanger even (Fairlea Place - great size 2 bed flat at £1250)
Think you need to really think what it is you want / looking for - do you have family in Ealing that will help with a new baby etc ? where do your friends live ? All important factors!
I had absolutely no problem with the underground and new born baby and pushchair - loved my peaceful hour on the tube with a newborn coming into town to meet friends.. loads of friends used slings when travelling round. If it makes you shudder now though, not sure you will enjoy it.. but no need for car necessarily if everything you want / need is local.
It does take about 75 mins to get to King's Cross on the Met from Chesham, so a 40-50 min commute is unlikely. The Chiltern line is much quicker, but then you have to get from Marylebone to where you need to be.
Try Rickmansworth. Good schools and villagey feel, and you can pick up the Chiltern or Met there. I drive through every day; there's a nice park rather unfortunately situated on a big roundabout, but right by the Aquadrome. Marks and Spencer Food. Waitrose. Tesco. Lots of little shops. And a brilliant cake and coffee shop/artisan bakery.
Drivingwise, you're next to two junctions of the M25 and there's a road which goes to the M40 without needing to go on the M25, very useful when it's a car park!
Girls, thanks so much for your input! I did a quick calculation and it seems like whether we stay around Ealing or move out of London with me paying £300-350 for travel and DH driving we could potentially end up with the same/similar costs. We've been to Ruislip once to suss it out, before deciding on Ealing and back then decided it's too far. Obviously now it's a bit of a different story :D
I would love to use a sling (my friend is willing to give me hers and teach me how to use it!) and could use a stroller for walks around Ealing.
I think we just need to think about it again and weigh out all the pros and cons...
HappyJoyful both mine and DH's families live abroad so we're on our own. Friends are scattered around London so we usually meet at our place/anywhere central.
Again, thanks for all your suggestions ladies!
I would think you are better off trying to move near to a tube (if you can) purely on a cost basis.
Would second Ruislip/Ickenham/Northwood which are all on the Met or Central lines and relatively easy trips into the city. I commute into Farringdon. It takes me 55 mins door-to-door and that's with a drive to the tube tacked on.
Uxbridge is a bit cheaper.
Rickmansworth is also nice but a bit further out, so would take you longer to get in. I would do a drive around those areas first before ruling them out and looking further out.
I do like Amersham but it is expensive.
Windsor and some of the villages around there have issues with plane noise - we don't hear them in NW London.
I'm in gerrards cross and if you get the right train you can be in marylebone in 18mins.
Windsor/Marlow line takes much much longer.
Have you looked at the London Midland line (terminates at Northampton)? Lots of nice places on it - Tring, Berkhamsted, Leighton Buzzard. Cheaper than Chiltern and often quicker. Goes into Euston - v easy to get to chancery lane from there. I've no idea how long it'd make your husband's commute though!
I wouldn't put P Risborough in the same price bracket at Old Amersham!
You can rent this for a reasonable price for example...www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-37484335.html/svr/1712;jsessionid=1157E3D91CD4D5FF6DE867BABA0D38A5
We live in a neighbouring village and we feel we have the best of both, relaxed family living and train line to London for work and play!
CocoNutter, thanks, I had a look at Tring and also Hemel Hempstead (I know these are on different lines) but i don't know whether to trust Google maps and their estimation of how long a car journey would be from A to B. If I check Tring to Hayes/Harlington it comes up as 40 minutes (in current traffic). That would be a reasonable commute for DH but if this route gets bad traffic 40 mins can easily turn into an hour or longer!
HappyJoyful thanks so much for sharing your experience. It certainly made me feel better. I just have this dream of owning a house and being able to decorate it how I want etc etc... I guess you're right though, once you buy you're definitely less flexible and sort of tied to a place.
I had a chat with DH yesterday and he said we can explore both options, but I think because of commuting costs we might lean more towards finding somewhere is West Ealing/Hanwell (had a look on findaproperty last night and found a LOT of places!).
Going Tring to Hayes you would need M25 and it is gridlocked in the mornings. Or go A40.
I think the driving commute from Hemel or Tring to Hayes/Harlington would be impractical, I certainly wouldn't think you could do it in 40 mins. He would hit an awful lot of traffic, school runs etc.
Honestly, we're obsessed with 'owning' our own properties in this country, enjoy the concept that you would be able to move to an area and see if you liked it then move again freely if you didn't! I haven't rented for ages, but certainly when we did I established good relationships with the landlords and I recall painting rooms etc and changing curtains / blinds. If you don't get you don't ask! So do try see beyond the cosmetics of a place as the rental market at the moment is huge so landlords want tenants and if you saw somewhere that you wanted to rent but didn't like the paint colour you could just say and see if they'd let you paint it.
Northfields and all around Boston Manor / Hanwell / West Ealing and Greenford are hugely popular now with families- I cringe to look at places where in the past I'd have thought I'd didn't want to live and yearn to be there!
no dont trust google maps! They fib.
Stay in Ealing, if that is what you want. Dont move to expensive shire, it is bloody horrifically expensive!
Jax haha, I thought as much!
West Ealing/Hanwell/Northfields looks more and more desirable. Zone 3, most places in the region of £1200-1300 pcm, some even with a small garden (wow, right?) and parking space, nice residential streets, close to the station(s) and all the shops. DH could keep his commute cost down by taking a bus to work (drops him right outside of work and obviously costs less than a full Oyster or driving!). AND, cherry on top, The Gym (cheap £17 per month 24hr gym) is nearby - perfect!
Once again, thank you for your suggestions everyone, we might consider a move once we have a better idea what we're doing (plus a deposit!); it's always good to know what options there are!
Ah, can I just say I love Mumsnet? Such a nice community of helpful people (apologies for being soppy, pregnancy hormones must be kicking in! :D
Having a good support network around you once the baby comes is important, moving house, starting afresh, making new friends is hard work, especially with a new baby.
The money you would use on travel (and it is expensive) would be better used on other things. Feel free to get the train out this way and see if anywhere takes your fancy, a day trip out to 'the countryside' is always nice. And if you find somewhere you like PM me or any of the others that live in the Beds/Bucks/Herts area and we will give you the low down.
Take a good look at train times as well as commute times and then also look at nursery opening hours in your chosen area. For example, there's a huge gap in the Chiltern Trains service from Marylebone to High Wycombe so you either get a train at 5.40 or 6.05. And, after the 6.05 train, it takes at least 10 mins to get out of the station car park at HW! So don't just think "oh, great, there are super fast trains so its only 37 mins from HW to Marylebone" so I can leave home at X and be at work by Y or I can leave work at 5.30 and be home by 6.30 as you may leave work at 5.30 but can't get a train until 6.05 so you don't get to HW until 6.40 & can't get out of the car park until 6.55 and then have to get home...and nurseries usually finish at 6.30.
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Just got this one in the mail today, doesn't quite compete with some of whats been posted here but I'm still happy with it :)
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I am using a mapped network drive (SATA, DLink, ran very well for years in its current setup) and for some reason Win7 File Explorer recently started takeing a very long time to list the contents of the drive. Points to note:
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- Every other third party file explorer displays the contents in seconds.
- Loading Ubuntu in a virtual manager and viewing the drive there, the contents are displayed in seconds.
- Loading Win XP in a virtual manager and viewing the drive there, the contents are displayed in seconds.
At this point I've given up and am using a third party viewer (Free Commander XE) but I really shouldn't have to. When googling, there seem to be hundreds of people with this problem in a variety of forums but very few answers seem to work. It seems to just start out of the blue with no common (or even discernible) cause. None of the suggestions have worked for me. All I can think of is that one of my third party system managers/cleaners (eg. Ashampoo WinOptimizer 10) has done a deep change somewhere.
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Specifically related to the NHL, Frank Seravalli has a piece in today's Daily News about professional hockey players being in some cases prevented from earning their full salaries.
The NHL CBA—signed after a year-long lockout in 2005—holds that the players are set to earn 56.7% of all hockey-related revenues. However, in the event that the players' salaries in a given year might actually exceed 57.6% of all revenues, a portion of their money is held in escrow, should it need to be later split with the owners.
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A Disco, Some place I can go to and unwind after a strike mission. Like a Studio 54, with a disco dance floor that lit up with different color disco lights and a big mirrored disco ball. Place I can dance with my fellow Guardians hopefully some Hottie Guardians. Every weekend there would be no cover charge for all female guardians, wanting to get their groove on. You can dance if you want to, you can leave your cares behind but if you don't dance and if you can't dance well, your no friend of mine. You can point, sit, stand, stand and point. But some times you need to dance to some great disco music coming out some oversize speakers in the disco at the Tower. [b]Like[/b] for Dance [b]Like[/b] for Disco TWCFTM
We need a good DJ spinning downtempo/trip hop/ambient so we can unwind and relax too. Also, hot tubs.
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I approve of this messsge manily cause im a perv though :)lol jk
It could be like in Mass Effect games. Go to omega and get yo dance on! But this time be better in destiny
Hello, THE TRAVELER IS A DISCO BALL. Its the answer in plain sight to the burning question: Why do Guardians dance?
[b]Disco Dance Off[/b] Disco Dance World Cup Best 2 out of 3, You get to pick your own music. The dance off will be judged by your peers to vote for your favorite dancer you point or remain sitting to vote against the dancer at the end of the competition, we will all dance in celebration of the New Disco Dance World Cup champion. [b]That Wizard Came From The Disco[/b] WCFTM
How about random dance-offs? Kind of like the random public events Destiny throws at us but with the Disco or as I called it (the tavern) and anyone there can participate for cool prizes :P
To bad Destiny got T rated. Could of had alien strip club.
I think it could also use a Brothel
Edited by STREET BLAZER: 7/3/2014 9:22:07 PMMy body is ready
Be really nice to have a place to unwind. Would be kinda cool to slip outta the armor and into civvies to go dancing. Nice social and immersion element. Plus it gives them a way to humanize our avatars and make a little money on the side selling us clothing.
There could be an Easter egg within an Easter egg and have the grunt and brute dance party from halo three happen if you find a certain... Relic, somewhere in the world[spoiler]Probably on Venus[/spoiler]
I love how TWCFTM is a thing now
That is, well how do I put this lightly? That is by far the GREATEST IDEA I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!'
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We shall make our own disco. Wherever. Whenever.
What we need to do is have a [b]DDO[/b] Disco Dance Off [b]Disco Dance World Cup[/b] Best 2 out of 3, You get to pick your own music. The dance off will be judged by your peers to vote for your favorite dancer you point or remain sitting to vote against the dancer at the end of the competition, we will all dance in celebration of the New Disco Dance World Cup champion. [b]That Wizard Came From The Disco[/b] WCFTM
The disco ball should be a multicolored/shiny miniature Traveler.
Edited by Astro Wolf: 7/3/2014 3:41:28 AMF*ck Disco that sh1t's old news We dance only to cowbell around these parts.
R u havin a giggle m8?
Ew, no. No disco. There's better shit to dance to.
Orrrr maybe they want you to play the game????
I'm liking only in the vaguest of terms. :P Honestly I recall a piece of Destiny concept art that depicted a dirty marketplace. Then, I see the city down below and under the traveler. Not since Coruscant in SWTOR have I wanted to just wander a city in a game.
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Karlsson, 22, was a Norris Trophy finalist and is scheduled to get married in two weeks.
Karlsson led all NHL defensemen with 78 points in 81 games . Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien and Florida's Brian Campbell finished tied for second, well behind Karlsson, with 53 points.
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Todd's comments follow NBC president Deborah Turness' in a Sunday New York Times piece on her first year at the network and planned growth across its morning and evening – weekday and weekend – programming.
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Paul George has great court vision. In my opinion, he is only a ball-handling upgrade away from becoming Lebron-esque.
Now, I don't mean he could be as good as Lebron, and he will probably never be as strong as Lebron.
But he has the shot, the skills, the height, the length, the speed, the quickness, and—the jury is still out here—possibly the killer instinct.
What he also has, which very few players have and which I believe is the catalyst making Lebron one of the greatest ever, is great court vision.
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Storypanda's first iOS app, Storypanda Books, is now out of beta and ready to help kids read, create and share their very own interactive stories. The Silicon Valley backed startup is innovating in the kids market by focussing on helping kids become content creators not just consumers. Reading interactive stories on Storypanda's iPad app helps stimulate creativity and social play together as a family.
In its first month of Beta, Storypanda Books helped over 2000 kids and parents create over 10,000 stories. With new social sharing features parents can now post their kid's creation on their social channels and to the web so even family members and friends who don't have an iPad can still enjoy the little author's creation. Storypanda is working with top publishers and authors to bring a new interactive approach to their stories. Storypanda's offering becomes a great answer to the question of how technology can help kids as they begin to read and learn about the world around themselves.
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HBO's Boardwalk Empire may be the best new TV show of the year
More than vampires or reality TV stars, we all love to watch gangsters.
The best of them are the ultimate antiheroes -- unfettered by common concerns about propriety or affordability, they take what they want, eliminate the competition and then, just to keep us in their corner, fret about it a little afterwards.
So when two masters of the modern gangster tale decide to join forces for a TV show, you know its going to be epic.
That's why HBO's Boardwalk Empire is like a magnificent novel committed to television; a rich tapestry of characters outlining a pivotal moment in American history. It also just may be the best TV show you'll watch this year.
The shorthand explanation: two masters of gangster fiction, GoodFellas' Martin Scorsese and The Sopranos producer Terence Winter, found a new way to tell an old story.
Steve Buscemi is wonderfully tortured and acerbic as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a fictional character based on a real crime boss from 1920s-era Atlantic City history. Like his real-life inspiration, Buscemi's Thompson straddles two worlds, using his status as the city's treasurer to mask his total control of the town's illegal trades – a business about to get a massive boost by the start of prohibition.
Buscemi's Thompson is just the kind of gangster we love to root for. Rich, powerful and ruthless, he's also got values, drawn to abused wife and mother Margaret Schroeder (Kelly Macdonald), who seems to remind him of his own dead wife. When she loses a baby after a beating from her husband, Thompson does what we wish could be done to every brutish wife-beater on this earth, helping himself out of a jam in the process.
In a TV world drowning in anti-heroes, Thompson is a new model drawn from a vintage age – a slightly dirty politician on the cusp of becoming a major crime boss, with enough humanity left to wonder what he's losing in the process.
"(It's) the nature of America's love affair with the gangster as a sort of tragic hero," said Scorsese, who directed the pilot episode airing tonight. "(Pop culture critic Robert Warsow) describes loving the gangster for doing everything he can't do, but wanting him to pay for it at the end."
Based on an exhaustive history book on the town with the same name, Boardwalk Empire savors the detail of the period, recreating 80-year-old Rolls Royces, burlesque shows and the complex tangle of graft powering the town's barely-hidden illegal lquor business.
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And yet, much of Empire feels painfully familiar to fans of Mob movies and TV.
Thompson faces war with heavy hitters in New York City when a sale of illegal liquor goes wrong, forcing his driver Jimmy Darmody to leave for Chicago, where he hooks up with an aspiring gangster named Al Capone. The Wire's Michael Williams makes an inspired appearance as Chalky White, the ironically-named black gangster who ensures Thompson's election by turning out the black vote, making short work of a Ku Klux Klansman accused of lynching one of his men.
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The Goldent State Warriors had a great run, but their magic ran out. In a hard fought, defense driven effort the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Warriors 94-82 to advance to their 2nd consecutive Western Conference Finals.
Golden State battled all night, trying to stave off elimination but simply didn't have enough.
Stephen Curry scored 22 points, but never found the range on his jumper while going 10-25 from the floor. Jarrett Jack tried his best to keep the Warriors in it by hitting half his 12 shots to score 15 points, but with off shooting nights from Klay Thompson.
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School kids teach it forward in Tigray
By Elshadai Negash
Like any other 14-year old girl in rural Ethiopia, Senait Berhane is inspired to work hard in school and curve a different future to her parents who toil the semi-fertile lands each day in Atsebi district of the Tigray region about 840kms from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. She dreams of becoming a doctor when she grows up and enjoys physics and chemistry lessons in school.
This Child to Child (CtC) programme is part of an equity-focused, gender responsive and cost effective strategy introduced and piloted by UNICEF in 2008. Cluster Resource Centre Schools (SCRCS) were the entry points to introduce the programme and play a vital role in coordination & coaching. School teachers mentor young boys and girls in grades 5-7 and above to become facilitators for their young siblings and neighbours. The Ctc not only runs during summer breaks, but also throughout the school year where student facilitators use weekends and non-class shifts.
Senait and her 'students' sing a song about mothers in their native Tigrigna
In the school year 2010-2011, the child to child approach was implemented in six regions, where 32,937 students in grades 5 and 6 were trained as young facilitators, and 4,208 teachers from 1,421 schools were involved. As a result, 161,375 children participated in the CtC programme in all six regions. In Tigray Region in the 2011/12 academic year, over 133,746 children has registered for the CtC programme. In Atsebi Womberta woreda (district) over 4,474 (2,180 female) are enrolled in CtC education, while 894 young facilitators and 48 teachers were trained.
A total of 894 student facilitators, of whom 492 are girls like Berhane, teach around 4474 kids aged 4-6 with no previously access to education. They are provided bags and books using locally-available teaching materials.
"This scheme has really helped increase in primary schools by 50% in the woreda," Tsegaye Nega, planning expert with the Atsebi Woreda Education office. "We also see an increase of the quality of students who enter formal school through the CtC approach. Unlike students, who were not part of the scheme, students who come through CtC are not afraid of the school environment and are less of a burden to teachers when they introduce them basic reading and writing."
The simple, but cost-effective approach (costs about USD 5 per child) to introduce the children to letters and numbers using music and plays a big part too. Berhane, for examples, gather her 'students' around a circle and shows them how to count with games using small stones. She sings songs to them about the love of parents and country and teaches how to count in their native language, Tigrigna. They enjoy themselves getting to play like regular kids, but also pick up the numbers and letters.
"It helps the confidence of the children to introduce them to school using play," says Nega. "Many of the parents acknowledge the difference between children who have gone through CtC and those who have not. Parents are accepting of it as well."


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Writhe. Quiver. Shudder. Pulse. There are lots of romance novel-ready words to describe ecstasy, but they're usually attributed to the experience of people, not things. Kama, an upcoming exhibition at Milan's Triennale Design Museum, goes deep into the intimate connection between eros and design, and Nendo was one of eight contributors–along with the likes of Matali Crasset, Nigel Coates, and Nacho Carbonell–to create new work for the show. Oki Sato's Japanese studio translated the evocative verb to physical reality with Shivering Bowls, a series of silicon vessels that simulate a sense beyond sight and touch and stimulate that sweet spot that makes viewers go all funny inside.
From afar, the smooth, milky white (with a few shades of grey) material looks almost like ceramic, but a gentle graze or whisper of air reveals that their incredibly thin rims are, in fact, completely pliable, conceived to "invoke desire" through the "spiritual pleasure provided by an object's touch," according to Nendo's site. And once those vaguely breast-like bowls start trembling, it's tough to look away.
In addition to the collection of site-specific and commissioned pieces, curator Silvana Annicchiarico pulled together items and artworks that span from ancient history to popular mythology, depicted with varying degrees of subtlety; so Jaime McCartney's Great Wall of Vagina will be there alongside drawings by Piero Fornasetti and phallic Roman amulets. You can get your jiggle on–get jiggle wit it?–at Kama from December 5 through March 10, 2013.JK


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I'm making a very simple form in PHP. It has three fields 'name', 'email' and 'comment'. Upon form submission these fields get written to a database table.
So as to prevent double data submission I'm trying to do the following: when a user clicks send, I look up the previous record in the database and compare the comment field of that record with the comment field of the data that is being submitted. If they are the same, then I would discard the submission.
Two questions: a) How would I go about getting the comment field from the previously submitted record into a variable within my PHP script?
So far I have:
$query = "SELECT * FROM guestbook ORDER BY id DESC limit 0,1";
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which (I think) gets me the previous record. But how can I access the field 'comment' from within this record. ($last.comment would work in rails).
b) Is this a good / sensible way to stop double data submission in a simple form.
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You could store a hash (md5, sha1 et al) of the last comment made by that user in their $_SESSION, this would prevent them submitting the same comment twice.
I'd also use something unique to the subject matter that they are commenting on too, just in case they want to add "I agree" to more than one commentable item.
Something like...
$_SESSION['last_comment_hash'] = md5($post_id . $_POST['comment']);
This would prevent the round trip to the database. Additionally, take a look at Post, Redirect, Get pattern.
Beware, do not do this in the onsubmit of the form. If you do IE won't submit anymore, at all. Instead put it in the onclick of the submit button.
If you're using jQuery it would be:
$('input[type="submit"]').click( function() { $(this).attr('disabled','disabled'); } );
If you are worried people might reload the page and resubmit the data, look at post-refresh-get like Anthony just said
UNIQUE index would be helpful.