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Climbed a peak, now back in the valley
February 17, 2012
Doubting if I am cut-out for freelance/independent work. There seem to be quite a few independent professionals here; it'd be wonderful to hear your thoughts/experiences.
I am currently in the process of winding up an 18 month contract, with final bits to be swept up by next week. The work trickled off three weeks ago, and now it's just a matter of a few details to be resolved.
A malaise has set in and it's easy to sit on the couch all day watching TV, reading blogs, and going for walks. At the end of the day, meeting friends at the bar, everyone talks about how they barely have time to check their email. My weeks seem endless.
I've been working independently for ten years, and this seems to be a normal part of the process. Huge cliff of downtime after deeply engaging projects. Most successful freelancers I know work on different projects. I typically stick to one at a time, and become fully invested in it.
Normally, these would be job roles, however often the programmes are new for the clients, and thus there is no job role. Besides, I am quite happy with my current boss. :)
I thought I had developed a nice blend between employee status and running my own shop, but as time goes on, these cliffs are getting harder and harder to stomach after projects end. Too much starting over.
Enough about me. Does the community have any thoughts or stories about their own experiences? Am not so keen on advice for my situation, as there's no specific 'problem' to speak of. Rather, I'm keen to hear how others manage to navigate free agency.
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I've worked independently for years, and self-discipline is the only way I manage that feeling of wasted days between projects. Meaning, I maintain a very strict routine: I have designated core hours when I have to be working.
Between projects, this means I pick up on my own projects, such as my blog, or learning something, whatever, and treat that as my job. Because they're all things that could, in some theoretical future, have a payoff, I'm motivated enough to stick at them. But they're not mission critical, so it's fine that this start-stop approach to hobbies means I don't update my blog as often as I should, or have to learn and re-learn bits and pieces often.
It does mean that sometimes I pull out the internet cables, as that's the only way to focus on something I'm not getting paid for.
I also have that time when a project is tapering off and I'm gradually getting more and more free time. I find that the most dangerous, actually, as it's easier to justify wasted afternoons to myself if I've done a couple of hours work in the morning - even though I know by the evening I'll feel I've not achieved anything that day. I've found a change of scene - going to a cafe and planning and scheduling my next personal project - to be a good use of idle blocks of time.
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I find that I only work efficiently when I'm on the verge of being overwhelmed. If I have fifteen hours of work to do in a week, chances are good it'll take me half the week to do it.
So I try to keep myself busy with overlapping projects.
I also have some other personal projects. No job-work or school-work to do? Work on the novel.
Pulling out the internet cord is very helpful.
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Your scenario really resonates with me, in that there have been times over the past decade that I will work intensively on projects for months, and then the project will end, and I will be out of work for a couple of months until I line the next thing up.
I don't like this scenario (I like to make money, and don't like down time), but I don't like working for a single employer either (too risky). The only thing that has seemed to work is to look for a project that takes me 50% of my time, and then find other smaller contracts to pick up the slack.
Fundamentally, the best thing to do is to develop a process (which evolves into a product or service offering), where you don't have to reinvent the wheel with each client. This will save you time (although you can still bill for the time you would have invested pre-offering).
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As tavegyl said, find something to do that is continuous. I keep a blog but also acknowledge and appreciate the down time since I've learnt over two decades of employment that I work better in intense spurts and then need that deprocessing time - then again it could be the nature of the work as well as its neither rote or plug and play.
Like right now my work will end in April but neither am I actually thinking of looking for anything starting earlier than July. I've been independent for 7 years now and this was the first year where I've thought about how nice it would be to find some cushy desk job. Instead, I've started working with a designer friend to overhaul my own service offerings so that it can be a more cushy desk job once I realized what I needed was less fieldwork and not fulltime somebody's employee per se.
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I have learned that everything starts with a proposal. Most organisations, for-profit and non-profit, don't know what they don't know and my job as a freelancer is to propose a way of finding a solution to a problem either they know they have or they don't know they have. It takes time and a lot of bravery but eventually I develop the trust that brings someone to say "OK, why don't you figure out what you could do in a couple of months and what it will cost us."
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>My weeks seem endless.
This is enviable, from a certain perspective. I mean, endless weeks aren't so good if you're not enjoying them. But the older I get, the more I wish I could get time to slow back down.
'Climbed a peak, now back in the valley' has a real Sisyphean feel to it; a different conceptualization of the problem might make you feel differently. I try to imagine that all the variables--my mood, the amount of paying work I've got coming in, the amount of time I'm spending procrastinating, etc., etc.--all these things are points that are moving along their own little sine waves. Sometimes they're up, and sometimes they're down. They're not going to peak and then keep climbing; that's just not The Way Of Things.
You charge the battery so you can use it later; you let a field lay fallow so you can use it later; you watch a stupid movie so, uh, so you can... okay, maybe that's not the best analogy. In my experience, taking a walk is a better way of recharging than watching TV, or checking to see if anybody's put anything new on The Internet since the last time I looked. But even a certain (small) amount of indefensible time-wasting is part of a balanced life, right?
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I always have multiple clients, at various stages of their projects. And I'm always looking for work. I've been a freelancer for around 15 years. If I do have a period with absolutely no work (which has happened a couple of times), I use that period to network, see films and meet people that I might not get to do otherwise and fiddle around the house. But really, I like to work, and I enjoy having a variety of things to work on. Once I raised my rates, I got better clients, too.
I think working on one big thing at a time would be rather dull, but that's just me.
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I'm another one who tends to do one Really Big Job at a time and then has a lot of floundering and recuperating to do in between.
I always tell myself I'll use the in between time to work on one of those personal projects I fantasize about while I'm working for other people, but that will never actually get done because by the time I actually get motivated enough to work on one of them another paying gig lands in my lap.
I've been freelancing for a few years longer than you have. Every time I go through this cycle the downtime period gets a little bit longer, and I feel a little less motivated to dive back in. I figure eventually one of them will be the last one and I'll have to figure out what comes next.
So I hear where you're coming from, is what I'm saying...
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I did the one-big-project-at-a-time thing for several years but decided to change for these reasons:
- I got bored or frustrated with the project or client after a few weeks.
- The big projects paid on an hourly basis, which limited my income and made me feel like an employee.
- I wanted to develop a passive income, so I had to find the time to create and market a product. I couldn't do that when I was always weighed down by someone else's project.
So I transitioned from doing the work for the client to teaching clients how to do the work themselves. I give paid webinars, sometimes teach on location, sell access to a how-to site, and sell consulting packages that clients pre-pay with a credit card. I market myself through a blog where I make clear what my opinions are, which both drives traffic and filters out clients that I wouldn't enjoy working with.
The pros:
- My projects are much shorter and more varied.
- I'm involved at a higher level instead of doing the detail work. I get to play with ideas more.
- I get more respect because now I'm seen as a thought leader instead of an outsourced employee.
- The passive income from the how-to site goes effortlessly into my bank account. It steadily pays the bills while the client income goes up and down, and it gives me the freedom to turn down a bad client.
- I can schedule blocks of down time or give myself time to improve my product.
The cons:
- More email: I get a LOT more email from a wider range of people, including daily emails from strangers asking for free advice, sending me press releases, vaguely suggesting partnerships, asking to republish my stuff...
- More admin work: I have to schedule multiple webinars and conference calls; for awhile I was also doing a ridiculous amount of travel and doing all the planning myself.
I'm currently figuring out how to get a virtual assistant to help with the cons. But even in my currently slightly overwhelmed state, the pros far outweigh the cons, because I like a lot of variety and I like playing with ideas.
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I typically stick to one at a time, and become fully invested in it.
I do the same and I tend to go really hard and focus intensely on it. Sometimes when I finish a project I panic a bit when it suddenly stops. I actually need the downtime to reboot because of just how hard I go but convincing my brain of that has taken a bit of effort.
I have taken to deliberately filling that time usefully, preferably in advance. This usually means with short projects, hobbies, learning new things, doing things that have to be done (e.g. I want to move in the next year, so getting my house and stuff together properly - researching where I'm going to move to, etc), planning a trip, etc.
Of course, I'm now going to say that the way I'm eventually going to get around all of this is to go into a completely different field altogether in which I continue to work for myself but with a far more even, higher-earning workflow.
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At 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1959, an hour when there never were commercial flights from Havana, David Atlee Phillips was lounging in a lawn chair there, sipping champagne after a New Year's Eve party, when a commercial aircraft flew low over his house. He surmised that dictator Fulgencio Batista was fleeing because Fidel Castro was arriving. He was right. Soon he, and many others, would be spectacularly wrong about Cuba.
According to Jim Rasenberger's history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, "The Brilliant Disaster," Phillips was "a handsome 37-year-old former stage actor" who "had been something of a dilettante before joining the CIA." There, however, he was an expert.
And in April 1960, he assured Richard Bissell, the CIA's invasion mastermind, that within six months, radio propaganda would produce "the proper psychological climate" for the invasion to trigger a mass Cuban uprising against Castro.
The invasion brigade had only about 1,400 members but began its members' serial numbers at 2,500 to trick Castro into thinking it was larger. Castro's 32,000-man army was supplemented by 200,000 to 300,000 militia members. U.S. intelligence was ignorant of everything from Castro's capabilities to Cuba's geography to Cubans' psychology.
Fifty-two years and many misadventures later, the invasion still fascinates as, in historian Theodore Draper's description, "one of those rare events in history — a perfect failure." It had a perverse fecundity.
It led to President John Kennedy's decision to demonstrate toughness by deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Rasenberger writes that three weeks after the April 1961 invasion, Kennedy sent Vice President Lyndon Johnson to Saigon: "Johnson's assignment was to deliver a message to South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem that the United States intended to fully support the South Vietnamese effort to beat the Communists."


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Hjulström curve
The Hjulström curve, named after Filip Hjulström (1902–1982), is a graph used by hydrologists and geologists to determine whether a river will erode, transport, or deposit sediment. It was originally published in his doctoral thesis "The River Fyris" in 1935. The graph takes sediment particle size and water velocity into account.[1]
The upper curve shows the critical erosion velocity in cm/s as a function of particle size in mm, while the lower curve shows the deposition velocity as a function of particle size. Note that the axes are logarithmic.
The plot shows several key concepts about the relationships between erosion, transportation, and deposition. For particle sizes where friction is the dominating force preventing erosion, the curves follow each other closely and the required velocity increases with particle size. However, for cohesive sediment, mostly clay but also silt, the erosion velocity increases with decreasing grainsize, as the cohesive forces are relatively more important when the particles get smaller. The critical velocity for deposition, on the other hand, depends on the settling velocity, and that decreases with decreasing grainsize. The Hjulström curve shows that sand particles of a size around 0.1 mm require the lowest stream velocity to erode.
The curve was in 1956 expanded by Hjulström's disciple and successor as professor, Åke Sundborg. He significantly improved the level of detail in the cohesive part of the diagram, and added lines for different modes of transportation.[2] The result is called the Sundborg diagram, or the Hjulström-Sundborg Diagram, in the academic literature.
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Vidal Sassoon and BehindtheChair.com team up to create 'Hairdressers Unlocking Hope,' an effort to help raise funds, volunteers for Habitat for Humanity
ATLANTA (March 5, 2007) — Hair-industry icon Vidal Sassoon is teaming up with behindthechair.com to create "Hairdressers Unlocking Hope," an initiative to help Habitat for Humanity build homes in the Gulf Coast in partnership with low-income families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
"The goal," said Mary Rector-Gable, founder of behindthechair.com, "is to bring together members of the hairdressing community and their clients to reach out and heal the thousands of people who remain homeless or in temporary shelter after the 2005 hurricane season by raising funds to build new Habitat homes."
The ultimate goal is to build 18 houses in St. Tammany Parish near Slidell in November. Top fund-raisers will get to build a house with celebrity hairdressers or with Sassoon. It will be, notes Sassoon, a village built with the hands and hearts of hairdressers.
To date, more than 700 Habitat for Humanity homes have been built or are under construction with plans to meet the organization's goal of having its first 1,000 houses completed or under construction by mid-summer. Habitat plans to continue building once the first 1,000 homes are completed.
The plight of homeless hurricane victims resonates deeply with Sassoon who, as a child, was homeless after his father left his family and his mother was forced to place him in an orphanage in London for six years. During World War II, he was sent to live in the country; when the war ended, he was finally reunited with his mother. Thanks to housing constructed by the post-war British government, his family was able to move into a home of their own, together, for the first time ever.
"In the case of New Orleans and other affected areas, there is so much work to be done to restore housing and hope," he notes, "so we need to come together to show the world how caring, giving and strong our community of hairdressers can be."
His childhood experiences led Sassoon to New Orleans last year where he sponsored the construction of two houses in partnership with Hurricane Katrina-displaced families. Rector-Gable joined him when the families moved into their new homes and was overwhelmed by the gratitude of the families and the enormity of the destruction that remained. It was then that they decided to broaden Sassoon's initial efforts and create "Hairdressers Unlocking Hope."
Hairdressers Unlocking Hope's campaign relies on world-renowned hairdressers to tell many of the stories of displaced families in photographs and with symbolic keys. The phrases and images painted on their hands relate to a specific family's hurricane story of devastation and hope.
Beauty corporations will also have the opportunity to participate by building homes and will be eligible to receive a fund-raising page on the Hairdressers Unlocking Hope Web site.
"Vidal Sassoon has impacted every hairdresser in America," said Rector-Gable, "and it's an honor to be asked by him to help unite our industry. We all owe him so much gratitude, and this is our opportunity as an industry to thank him for what he has done for us for decades."
Sassoon will also be participating in a live, multi-city "Vidal Sassoon Coming Home Tour," with the final show planned in New Orleans to coincide with the November house build. The tour kicks off on June 10, 2007, at behindthechair.com's Stylist Choice Awards in Orlando, Fla.
About Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon, founder of the internationally acclaimed company which bears his name, revolutionized the hair industry with his creation of haircuts based on the relationships of geometric shapes. "Sassooning" forever changed the hairdressing and fashion world. Today he heads the Vidal Sassoon Foundation, dedicated to pursuing his philanthropic interests worldwide, including the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism and Related Bigotries at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
About Mary Rector-Gable
Mary Rector-Gable founded behindthechair.com in 2000. The professional beauty industry's first and largest Web community, designed exclusively for licensed beauty professionals, has welcomed more than 15 million visitors since its inception and now boasts more than a half million monthly visitors. Rector-Gable has also spearheaded a number of philanthropic programs, and was recently honored with the Beacon of Leadership for Community Service Award by the National Cosmetology Association for her outstanding efforts in raising money and awareness for Katrina victims.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in Americus, Ga., in 1976, Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses in nearly 100 countries, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.


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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com/AP) -- Teenage workers across Massachusetts may be hit with a pay cut if the state Legislature passes a proposed bill.
A bill up for debate would create a separate, lower minimum wage for teenagers. Currently the minimum wage in Massachusetts is $8 an hour. The proposed legislation would allow businesses to pay teens 25-percent less per hour.
Supporters say they are reluctant to hire teenagers for the same wage as adults because they are less qualified and need more training.
Meanwhile, Senate President Therese Murray has introduced a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage to $11.
An aide to Murray says the bill would also tie future increases in the minimum wage to inflation and assure that the state's minimum wage is always at least 50 cents higher than the federal rate.
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on the bill.
The state's minimum wage has been $8 per hour since 2008 and isn't automatically adjusted to inflation. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
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Re: steel gas line.....practice makes perfect
Hello, I own a 1948 Cub.The previous owner installed a copper fuel line from bowl to a manual shut-off valve,with a rubber hose between that and carb. I need to buy a tube flaring and bending kit. I want to be able to make my own lines for all tubing on this tractor-starting with the fuel line. Can you please give me the tread sizes for fuel line fittings coming out of stock carb,and at sediment bowl? Also,is the stock 3/4 updraft carb better or Zenith? I cleaned fuel tank out couple years ago,and sediment bowl was replaced with new filter. I havent used it but a few times since,plowed snow twice last winter. This winter it stalled on me while plowing.I got it restarted and it ran fine until just before I put it away,and it almost stalled again,but recovered and then I put it away. I have a new copper line with fittings on it,but I want to buy some steel line with fittings and a tube bending and flaring kit,so I can make up a spare to have on hand. If I can I want to put off replacing carb and doing other work until spring. I have been at Eastwood website looking at their tube bending and flaring kits. Any recommendations for a basic kit? I want a good kit but not over $100.It would be primarily for my Cub.Thank you for your assistance.
Re: steel gas line.....practice makes perfect
This was just discussed on another thread:
Tom, The threading is 1/2" x 20. It's a compression fitting for 5/16" steel line (brake line). Auto parts stores should have them, or you can order two from TM Tractor when they reopen on Monday. The sediment bowl takes the same fitting.
If you just have the one Cub needing a fuel line you would be money ahead to just get a steel fuel line from TM Tractor when they open back up Monday, will likely last your life time!
Good luck,
Re: steel gas line.....practice makes perfect
I'm a fan of the rubber fuel line To make the end fittings, I took nylon barbed fittings, with pipe tap threads, and ran a 1/2-20 die over them. The new threads fit fine, though I put one layer of teflon tape over them before screwing them in. No leaks.
For the boiling-fuel and vapor lock problem with metal lines, it ought to be easy to fabricate a sheet metal heat shield to tuck in there someplace, to insulate the line.
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Re: steel gas line.....practice makes perfect
Here is a How to from George Willer to make your own steel fuel line:
You do not need a flaring tool for the gas line and if you have an old pulley or something similar you don't need a bending kit. All you need is a 5/16" steel brake and ferrules and you cut off the flares. Very simple project. Good Luck!
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It's Thomas Dimitroff, so don't expect him to call anyone "awesome" or "otherwordly." Still, it's interesting to get thoughts straight from the dude in charge of putting Falcons uniforms on these guys. Most interesting comment for my money is Lawrence Sidbury, who Dimitroff said is going to need some time. For those of us who expected Sidbury to become a force in his rookie season, it might be time to look at more realistic expectations.
Great article on Mark Bradley's AJC blog about Thomas Dimitroff, his philosophy, his qualifications and his life as a cyborg general managing machine. In the interest of full disclosure, I made one of those up.
J. Michael Moore over at AtlantaFalcons.com says Thomas Dimitroff is ahead of the curve when it comes to technology, and is the kind of guy who still wants to learn on the job. That means, of course, that he might actually get better at what he does. Wonder if he can talk our free agents into playing for a million bucks apiece?
Continuing a series of accolades that makes this perhaps the most universally celebrated Falcons team of all time, the good Comrade has taken home the top executive prize. Richly deserved, too. Now how about another great draft and a repeat this year...?
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I am implementing an selling application and in wtk22 emulator its runs correctly.
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CyberLink Corp., today launched PowerDVD 14, the latest version of the world's pre-eminent movie and media player for Blu-ray, 3D & HD content. With tablet and mobile video viewing experiencing record-breaking growth, PowerDVD 14 offers cross-platform support with free mobile apps for leading tablets and smartphones, and for the first time, integrates the new CyberLink Cloud service to provide more convenient storing, syncing and sharing of videos, photos and music.
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Before Shero entertains idea of trading Jordan Staal, he should first call Ottawa. Gonchar has 1 yr left @ $5.5m & Filip Kuba coming off their books now @ $3.7 + having brother Milan there, see what it would take for Sens to take Z.Michalek #4 off Pens books last 3 yrs $12m
Then call Minny Wild & see what it would take for them to take Paul Martin last 3 yrs & $14 m. Martin is a native of Minnesota & after the WILD purged their roster @ the trade deadline they actually have cash to spend & will have to spend so much to get to salary cap "Floor". If that means Shero ships Tangradi or TK or draft pick so be it. They currently only have 4 defensemen signed for next season & only tom gilbert making more then $1m other 3 making less then $900k. So they have the cap space & need a "Veteran" guy


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The origin of Navy Information Operations Command Pensacola dates back to the spring of 1986, when a detachment was established to lay the foundation for what was to be an extensive undertaking for Naval Security Group Command (NSGC). The rapid development of technology required a commitment to keeping the Fleet and Shore Cryptologic Automated Information System capabilities technologically current. Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Pensacola was thus commissioned in July of 1993. Housed in a 63,000 sq. ft. facility aboard Corry Station Naval Complex, NSGA Pensacola would soon serve as the center of excellence for Automated Information Systems for Navy cryptologic systems.
NSGA Pensacola's influence was far reaching, serving as a provider of software evaluation and testing for a myriad of Automated Information Systems, as well as an on-call help desk supporting Fleet and Shore Commands operating these systems.
At the turn of the century, in response to the technologically evolving world, NSGA Pensacola began to transform and broaden its mission. This command became a leader in performing Computer Network Vulnerability Assessments for the fleet and for shore sites worldwide. This command also provided information systems security awareness training and education. Additionally, in order to better protect national security and support the Global War on Terrorism, NSGA Pensacola began to shift its focus to Computer Network Operations, to include Digital Network Intelligence. Renowned for its competence, agility, and responsiveness, this command became a premier provider of Digital Network Operations intelligence to the Fleet and the Nation.
On 30 September 2005, after the formal disestablishment of Naval Security Group Command, NSGA Pensacola was realigned under the newly formed Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) and changed its name to Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Pensacola. On 29 January 2010, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) was established and U.S. 10th Fleet was recommissioned to align the various staffs with the operations and type commander model used throughout the Navy. This realignment focuses global Navy cyberspace operations designed to deter and defeat aggression and to ensure freedom of action to achieve military objectives in and through cyberspace at one command.
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Bereavement Counseling: Pastoral Care for Complicated Grieving is a practical guide to the assessment and treatment of complicated grief responses, using a pastoral approach that combines clinical and spiritual care. The book addresses current theory, observations, and experience, and examines changing approaches and developing standards of practice.... more...
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Thoroughly revised and rewritten, this new second edition serves as a comprehensive first step for law enforcement departments seeking a police chaplain as well as a useful resource for the experienced police chaplain. This text is a manual of procedures, concepts, guidelines, and forms that are presented in plain, clear language, yet with substantial... more...
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Arch Madness concluded with a tight win by the Indiana St. Sycamores, who topped the Missouri St. Bears 60-56 after leading for most of the second half. This marks Indiana State's first conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001. In case it's on the tip of your tongue right now, yes, this is the school Larry Bird led to the 1979 National Championship Game.
The 'Mores are 20-13 on the year and only 13-6 in conference, entering the MVC tourney as the No. 3 seed. They're led by junior Carl Richard, who averaged 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game this year.
Missouri State opened today's game with a 9-0 lead, but 15 points from Aaron Carter and 12 from Jake Odum wore away at the Bears' quick advantage. Indy State's D clamped down as well, holding Missouri State to only 30 percent shooting on the day.
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I am having my membranes stripped next week. I'll be 38 weeks and 4 days. Has anyone else had previous success with this and how long did it take for you to go into labor? Thanks!
Sounds like it's a bit early to do that to me. Why are you trying to rush going into labor? The baby needs time to bake fully.
On topic: I've never had it done, but the friends of mine who did all went into labor within a few days and others a few hours of getting it done.
Within 12 hours both times for me.
I was going to be induced at 39 weeks. Doctor is comfortable with it and baby is at a great birth weight.
I went into labor a couple hours after my membranes were stripped..it was slow at first, I wasnt quite sure if I was in labor. But if I can recall I was 4.5 cm dilated and my cervix was super thin, so I'm assuming it just jump started a labor that was already around the corner.


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- While the scene suggests that he leaves it behind, given that the naiskos is a priceless artifact and given Picard's previously established interest in archaeology, plus the personal nature of the gift, it seems likely that he would have returned to retrieve it from the ship at a later time, although this was not shown.
Speculative. — Morder (talk) 02:44, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
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Might be speculative but the original naiskos seems to be important as a find. It could be Picard donated/loaned it to a museum them replecated a model of it for his ready room. Many archeologists today would do likewise. That would explain his actions after the crash. Lt.Lovett (talk) 16:05, August 22, 2013 (UTC)


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Older runners meet here.
Afternoon all,
Running streak day 4 of 111 - 5.60 miles run on a mixture of grass, ploughed fields and tarmac. I could hardly believe it but my legs felt absolutely fine. Of course, I was just plodding and not pushing the pace but it was a hillyish route. Total miles so far 43.50 Good body for recovering so well and not protesting too much
JJ refuelling with tea and cake is an important part of recovery after exercise
TE and Diana, enjoy yourselves tonight. It's much cooler today but the midges are still about. In fact they didn't disappear in the winter months so i think it's going to be a bad year for the little blighters. I've already been bitten by a mozzy.
Finally finished updating my blog. The first post is about VLM but those of you interested in the Guinness World Records press conference and photo shoot or the Alzheimer's Show will need to scroll down the page to Frantic Friday parts 1, 2, & 3.
It's been an awesome week!!!
Thank you for all your congratulations. I seem to be fine, very few aches and pains and itching to be out again. I am having to have an xray on my foot though.
I had rather an unceremonious celebration afterwards - my poor husband bought me up a lovely tray of fish and chips and a large glass of wine. I ate one chip, stood up, passed out, came to and chucked up!
We are getting a dog on Saturday. A boy labrador, nearly 2, who needs a new home. I know we said never again, but it is just not the same without a waggy friend. I will take him running with me.
Thanks JJ - yes, I did a half in 2009 after Matthew's accident in 2.17. I would like to at least equal that if I could. Might as well aim high!
Now off to p[ilates.
Have a good evening everybody.
ooooh how exciting matsmum, is he a black or a golden? What's his name?
Totally knackered after a full day's gardening and two doodle walks.MatsmumVery kind to take on the dog. Any ideas about the passing out?No sense in having an easy target. Why not try for sub-2:15 which is under 11 minute miling. You will know exactly what you have to do right from the starting signal. You also know where you stand with speed training pace and 10k races.JJ
John is in the doghouse - I've told him over and over not to let Nemo off the leash in the forest, so what does he do? Lets him off last night. Excuse was, "I thought he'd be too tired after all that swimming to run off". Nope, not with the extremely strong hunting instinct he has been cursed with - I sent John back out in the car to look for Nemo but he was unsuccessful. So then he went out on his mountain bike to search around the wine fields. Of course he didn't take his mobile phone! So when I went up the top of the hill to the forest edge and found the miscreant I had no way of telling John. It was another 40 minutes before John came back totally dispirited and tired out. I had no sympathy!
Tee hee IW! Serves him right - John, that is, not Nemo
My first RR10 race at Victoria Park Nettley went very well, with approximately 400 runners partaking. The route was 4.42 miles, all off road, and included 2 runs along the shingle. To many of us, me included, the second shingle loop was unexpected. My time was 34.49, an average pace of 7.53 minutes per mile. I am extremely pleased with the result, as the course was tough, with lots of up and downs, twists and turns. I was 162nd male, so well chuffed with that.
Diana, thanks for coming over after the race and introducing yourself, it was nice meeting you, and hope to see you at future RR10s
Tonight, the club are holding a social forest run. We will be driving into the forest and after the run will be meeting up in the pub.
TE - well done, that's a very good pace.
Redhead - agreed! Hope he's learned his lesson but somehow I doubt it. My man always thinks everything's going to be ok.
BIW, thanks. I'm intending to race more of the RR10s as being relatively short, between 4 and 6 miles, are great for improving speed and stamina.
It was nice to meet you Terence. I was one of those who hadn't studied the course map, and didn't expect the secong run on the beach, so found it very tough. I managed overall 9:17 pace, but the last third of a mile was down to 9:39 pace. I'm satisfied but not over the moon!
John got his punishment IW! Glad Nemo was found ok.
Today daughter #2 had to go to hospital for a wisdom tooth extraction, and we left my car at daughter #1's house so my OH and grandson could drop it off. We then had a senior moment and forgot it was there, so drove straight home! 5.36 miles of hot running and I got there to collect it.
Diana, that was a good pace over a tough course. I found the camber of the shingle on the beach the worse part. If it had been level, then it wouldn't have been so bad. The full results are now out on the RR10 web.
Running streak day 5 of 111 - 7.25 miles (I couldn't help myself, it was such a glorious morning, all misty with the sun peeping through!) mostly run on grass or compacted dirt through woodland and 1 mile of tarmac. Only a couple of hills. The dawn chorus was phenomenal today. Felt blessed to live in such a beautiful place.Total miles so far 50.75
Nice running Diana and TE. Shingle must have been really tough.
Red, your running streak appears to be going very well Do you have a total mileage in mind? The shingle was tough, and to make it worse, the tide was coming in and seeping up through it. It must have been even worse for the tail enders.
An enjoyable forest run this evening followed by drinks in the Drift Hotel. We ran from the Shatterford Car Park and completed 5.62 miles. The pace was a touch easier than in yesterdays race.
Seems like your 2 marathons didn't exhaust your reserves, shows you are really fit, that's great, Redhead.
It was hot yesterday, so John took Charly to the pond up the road for a swim. There's a fence surrounding it to keep small kids away. John was about to lift Charly when he suddenly sprang up and over the fence on his own! Haven't taught him to jump yet as I normally have a dogs's hips and elbows X-rayed before starting them on jumping the hurdle at dog club. Looks like Charly's fit and healthy but I'll make an appt with my vet to get the x-rays done just in case. It needs to eb done anyway in case we decide to breed him later on, it's a requirement for pedigree dogs to ensure only healthy dogs are bred - DNA sample required too.
Morning all,
What a dreary day again, all wet and dull. Suck a shock after yesterday. I didn't get out first thing before it started so I guess I'm going to get wet later. Never mind, I like running in the rain actually
TE, no target mileage, just keeping at 5.5/5.6 minimum per day but after a couple of weeks I'll be introducing some longer runs then eventually perhaps some speedwork when I feel I've recovered completely.
IW, I think you're right about not depleting my reserves. I do feel remarkably strong at the moment (hope that wasn't tempting fate!).
The early morning rain seems to have cleared up now, but it is much cooler than yesterday. Today is a rest day, and tomorrow will be a 20 mile forest run. The SDM is looming up ominously. Sunday week is the Alton 10 mile race, and I was informed yesterday that it is hillier than the Ryde IoW 10 mile. My race time is, therefore, likely to be slower than my recent Salisbury 10 mile one.
You do seem to have recovered very well from 2 marathons a week apart Red. Very impressive.
I'm sure Charly enjoyed the swim IW.
Good luck with your 20 miles TE. I must say, I'm not missing long runs, and quite enjoy the 6 - 8 mile maximum that I'm currently doing, especially with the daily running. Didn't qualify for Red's challenge on distance yesterday, with 5.36, and that felt quite tough on RR10 tired legs!
Thanks for sending the sun our way Diana - didn't last long though. I trained hard for this challenge both in endurance and speed so I was pretty sure I'd be OK, but then so many things can go wrong on the day can't they.
TE, you are going to storm the SDM, I just know it. I think it's nearly as tough as Beachy but you've done such fantastic training so it won't trouble you at all.
Running streak day 6 of 111
5.96 hilly miles all on the lanes. Streaming nose, headache and trouble breathing going up the steepest hill told me that it's pollen time made worse by it being damp. Checked my breath flow when I got home and it was down by 100. Bother!
Total miles so far 56.71 (looks as if I'm going to get over 60 for the week with tomorrow's run)
Red, many thanks for your confidence in me for the SDM. Several club members have now shown an interest in running, and this would be the first year that our club had any entrants. I have entered in the over 5 hour wave, and am hoping that when the next wave catch me up, I will be able to up my pace and run with them. At the end of the day, I will be happy to finish, but would like to run under 5 hours. Your mileage is very impressive, and I hope when your running streak is over, you will be able to put all the miles in your legs to good use.
Tuesdays club session is hill reps in the forest, which is "just the job."
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