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I don't dream anymore now that I use my CPAP machine. I liked my dreams.edit- more accurately, I don't remember any dreams I had.
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Then I woke up... and in that half asleep / half awake haze I couldn't figure out if it was just a dream or not! I swear I've never been more freaked out in my life. That pit-in-the-stomach feeling was just awful.
This happens to me a lot. I've literally shuddered myself awake with those kinds of dreams.
I had a dream a few nights ago,that I was in some old small house with people I didn't know,and they had everything borded up,cause apparently there was a zombie demon creature outside,so I was like fuck it and went outside to get into a truck,and it creature thing turned out to be my ex girlfriend and she ripped my arm off and started beating me with it ahah and then I woke up and it was 5am and went back to bed haha
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I keep having these really sad dreams... like in one I was unpacking in a dorm room thinking I'd end up happy.... I didn't . Or ones where I'm waiting under an overpass for a train that never arrives. It's hard to describe the really miserable feeling that accompanies them, but it sucks waking up like that.
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in my last dream this creepy baby doll tries to kill me (no not like chucky) like its one of my aunts creepy german dolls and I have this dream quite often
semene I hate dreams where i am waiting or never get where i am going.
Reveng Stay away from the dolls, dont get left alone with them.
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Quirky/funny/weird dream last night.
I was dating Kristen Bell. She took me to a mall to get me a Kindle. I said I didn't want one because it's made of plastic, which uses oil, and we've already used over 70% of the world's oil supply as it is. She insisted. As we waited in the check out line, I looked aside and saw a hallway right out of the high school in A Nightmare on Elm Street. There was a cobra in the hallway. I told Kristen don't move and it won't hurt us. So we stood completely still, but the cobra started chasing us anyway. Then I woke up.
i had a dream i was at school and i entered a classroom. there were no desks in there just double beds with women in them i said "Now which one shall i get in"? and the girls all laughed, then i woke up! DOH!
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Dreamt last night, I was back in the Army, basic training, and got caught smoking and was going to receive a field-grade article 15. Then somehow I ended up being in a mall in Indiana with my Drill Seargent, and ran into a group of my buddies promoting an upcomming show or album or something. I dunno, it was dumb.
^ I never got an article 15 in basic. But I did get three of them on active duty. One for disobeying an order from a sergeant -- which I only did because another sergeant gave me an order to do something else, and at the time I didn't firmly grasp the concept of "following your last order."
The second one I got was for shoplifting at the PX. I was dared by some buddies to steal a $200 leather jacket and, being the dumb-ass I was, I decided to prove my manhood by doing it. Got busted the second I stepped foot out of the door. Felt so bad about it the MPs didn't even bother putting cuffs on me.
The third one I got, I'd been in a car wreck and was on LD; my then platoon sergeant, a fat lazy bum, was told he had to do a fifteen mile road march. He took is anger out on me and told me if he had to do it, so did I. Even being on LD I still had to show up for formation, but as I'd sustained a shoulder injury my rucksack and LBE were on the ground by my feet. He tried to force me to put them on, I got pissed, said "Fuck you" and threw my LBE at him. Afterwards, when having to explain myself to my CO, he excused me disrespecting the platoon sergeant (who even the CO didn't like) but told me he was giving me an article 15 for destruction of government property -- because when I threw my LBE, I broke one of the canteens LOL
Damn Lon, three of em, good job! Destruction of Government Property, thats some horse shit right there, sound like they were out to get you. I only received one art-15, a field grade, for drinking while in Iraq. Nine were given out in my company, four of which were just in my platoon. A&O knows how to party!
I tend to think the CO actually took it easy on me, because of my having just come back from Saudi. He was one of those cool CO's who would do stuff like let us turn the company area into a haunted house attraction on Halloween, give us early fall out times, half-duty days, and bent the rules here and there for soldiers who'd been in combat. The article 15 he gave me could have been a HELL of a lot worse if he'd decided to include disrespecting a senior officer, so I took my two weeks restriction to barracks and loss of 1/2 a month's pay as more of a favor than anything.
In that case then, ya, restriction and loss of pay aint to bad. What was your MOS?
11 Bravo (infantry), secondary MOS was 32 Charlie (dragon gunner). You?
12B Combat Engineer. Was in a Combined Arms Batallion (CAB) with Tankers and Infantry for awhile. All was cool till they put us all in one barracks together. Drunken soldiers...
Hey military guys, does the 15 go on your record? Just wondering.If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to talk about your service some time. My old boss worked at the NTC as a tank commander for a while. Never saw active duty (too old), but did the training out there.I got to do some field exercises with the 10th Mountain down at Fort Polk for 2 weeks. Even the engineers were scary dudes.Though the 2AM trip to the strip club was interesting...
edit- Oh, back on topic, forgot my CPAP and had a fun prison dream. It was like a 'Hogan's Heros' episode.
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There's no sign of an article 15 on my DD214. Just honorable discharge, dates of service, and rank. Also no mention of my four certificates of achievement or mention of my combat tour.
I was told it was what's called a Basic DD-214, but that a combat tour should be noted on it. But then again, after I got out they also couldn't find any "record" of the $14,4000 dollars I had coming to me from the GI Bill, or the $22,800 for college that was part of my enrollment contract. By the time they "did," both had expired. I fought that shit for years, but to no avail.
had a fun prison dream. It was like a 'Hogan's Heros' episode.
used each other's secret tunnels, did ya?
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Lon stuff
That sucks.
I had a dream that Tripod and DirtyGirl were talking over the phone.
Damn, another school dream. I woke up trying to remember the history of astrophysics.
Last night is was Hitler growing out a full mustache.
and...a dream about the great Baphomet!
Creature, how many drugs do you take before going to sleep?


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New LED-based projectors for the C-130 Aircrew Training System will improve the sim's out-the-window views. (Lockheed Martin)
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It takes a lot to make a simulator run. The databases of information, the instrumentation panels, even the seats are all engineered to match reality as closely as possible. But in the end, the projected image is what the trainees stare at.
Projectors have kept pace with the progression of technology and processing power, which is often borrowed from the commercial gaming sphere. The best can now display images of 10 million pixels — 4,096 across and 2,400 high — nearing the limit of human eyes' ability to tell the difference between image and reality.
"We're not at the point of diminishing returns yet, but we're probably getting somewhere close," said Jim Weitzel, vice president for training solutions at Lockheed Martin.
Some training companies are using the latest technological strides to reduce the number of "channels" — projectors — in their simulators, which can simplify the systems and reduce the distracting seams between screens, said Anders Lokke, the marketing director for projectiondesign, a major supplier of projectors for the training and simulation industry.
Others, like Lockheed Martin, are using them to make systems that give viewers with 20/20 vision a picture with pixels too small to distinguish, Weitzel said. That's up from the 20/40 standard of recent years, and it allows more realistic shadowing and out-the-window views.
Either way, training company officials say, such advances will likely lead the military to take even more training out of aircraft and transfer it to simulators.
The Lockheed Case
Reducing wear and tear on planes could save the Air Force money, and that's a key goal of Gen. Edward Rice, head of Air Education Training Command. One candidate is the C-130 Hercules, the venerable airlifter/aerial refueler.
Lockheed Martin is upgrading the service's C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS) weapons trainers, which accommodate two pilots, a flight engineer and a navigator. Begun in October, the upgrade work will go through 2014, paid for with a $24 million contract.
The upgrade will swap out the 8-year-old projection system for a new LED-based one. The five old projectors and their lamps will be replaced with Barco one-bulb projectors, improving cockpit illumination and night-vision training.
"This upgraded visual scene, the higher fidelity, the better models — there is a likelihood that we will be able to bring some more of the flightline training into the simulator," said Woody Ganis, deputy program manager for the C-130 ATS.
Eleven weapon systems trainers will get the upgraded projectors, including the ones at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., which will also get an enhanced field of view to match the other systems: 225 degrees of vision rather than their current 200 degrees. This will allow pilots to look back at the exterior of the plane and conduct maneuvers that they couldn't before.
"We're very excited about getting this mod put on," Ganis said. "The instructors are excited to have a more realistic field of view to train with the students. The maintenance guys are excited, because it is going to be simpler than it is now."
Future Steps
Even if pixel density is reaching a limit, other aspects of graphics and projection technology will continue to advance — much borrowed from the gaming industry and, unsurprisingly, from the commercial movie sector.
"It's all about higher resolution," Lokke said. "It's all about solid-state imaging and illumination. It could be lasers; it could be LEDs."
One such area is the types of light that can be used for projection. Lamps are rapidly fading to a thing of the past, with LEDs lasting longer and burning more consistently. Yet electronic diodes might someday be replaced by lasers. Developed for digital cinemas, laser projectors yield very bright and high-resolution images that might, for example, allow flight simulators to better depict far-off aircraft that today look pixelated.
Today, however, laser projectors remain costly to install and maintain, making them less practical for systems under the high stress of training.
"It's a powerful light source that may or may not trickle down to this industry," Lokke said.
Another area of promise is three-dimensional imagery. 3-D projections rely on two slightly different sets of images, one from each eye point, that combine to give the perception of depth. Currently, 3-D requires the user to wear glasses or remain still. For large immersive domes that allow users to walk around inside the environment, glasses are the only way to go. For flight sims, 3-D has limited application, since a plane from a mile or two looks about the same. However, there are applications in aerial refueling. And even if the projection technology improves, data sets will also need a boost if 3-D is to become realistic as well as practical.
A final area for development is size — not larger, but smaller. Projectors are also changing to meet new demands for personal training. While large domes have been shown off at I/ITSEC and other shows, the trend in sizing may also be reversing as more desktop screens come on the market.
"The desktop dome that you see is something that we see a lot more of because it's a personal-type trainer," Lokke said. "That's something that we see a very large interest in."
No matter how big the sim, mating projection technology to the task will remain a demanding science.
"The question is, what's the appropriate tradeoff for the mission and type of simulator?" said Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE's training and simulation division. "In addition to investing in components of the technology, part of the investment is to come up with a systems design so that when you have a certain mission, we know which is the best match."

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New Turistas clip, whats everyone think. I dig it.http://www.terrorfeed.com/?id=turistas_clip_rocks
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I like it, looks good. Is that movie getting a wide release?
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good question...?and hey I don't think I wanna go to Brazil anytime soon.Australian beaches for me!!!!////// and NOT Wolf Creek:)//////
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- Chủ đề
- HD Hình nền
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NHữNG NGườI KHáC
Kitna haseen chehra
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..kithna hseen cheharah....kithni pyari angeh.. ....
i think this song is abt her ....... i think her specialty is her lovely eyes.....
i know ur wondered abt this songs meaning.....!! if u wish to know it's meaning pls ask to ur spamming freak friend thumpy bro (i hope he know hindi well) or any other indian guys ... i don't know hindi well ... )
very cool tune and sweet dedication bro...
love it max,i love rhythm in this tune...
perfect dedication to vany bro love it
Wow nice p.snp you are so nice and this dedication is way too much awesome good work
Thank u my abbas bro....
May be next dedication for u ,sree and reed bro.... i am looking for a suitable song for u ... is song frm "3s" is good ....
i like so much bro..& love it
it is good,,i like,,,it
Great dedication to venessa it's Awesome & Gr8.. love it
Awwwww...this is so sweet by u bro
So sweet lyrics..i have no idea what i can say
Thank u so very much 4 this amazing dedication my sweet broi love it to the maxxxx
kitna haseen chehra = how beautiful face
kitnee pyaree ankhen = how beautiful eyes
ankhon se chhalakta pyar = the love from your eyes (can be seen)
kudrat ne banaya hoga fursat se tujhe mere yaar = nature must have created you in lots of spare time.
realy good bro..
5 star and favorite...
It's really cool and lovely I love the rythm so much And can understand two word I think somewhere he says ghodrat and forsat. in Persian ghodrat means power and forsat means time, but I'm not even sure if he says these or not
Waiting for Indian guys to translate it
Thank u derby bro for such nice words.... u can see smarty has translate it's meaninig below....
Thank u.....
i am looking forward to have a translation for this, as it sounds good but cant understand, i bet it is an awsome song as it sounds romantic
Awsome ded. for a lovely girl lucky girl Vany and youre amazing
Thank u kew for nice words...... u can see smarty has translate it's meaninig below....
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Senior All-American Ivan Lopouchanski won 80 percent of his matches during his two-year career at Purdue.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue finished in 19th place Saturday at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Michelle Cabassol's 20th-place finish in the prelims of platform diving was the Boilers' top individual showing of the final day. The Purdue divers, Casey Matthews and Cabassol, accounted for the team's 44 points at the three-day national championship meet, highlighted by Matthews' national championship title in 3-meter diving Friday night.
Carly Mercer's personal season-best 100 free split of 49.02 while leading off the 400 free relay was another highlight. She improved on ...


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The drama surrounding conference realignment and the Big East conference seems to be revisited on a daily basis with a new wrinkle popping up by the hour. Earlier Wednesday, CBSSports.com's Brett McMurphy reported West Virginia and the conference are close to a settlement worth at least $20 million that would resolve all issues between both parties and allow the school to leave the league.
The Mountaineers are headed to the Big 12 and have insisted they are doing so for the 2012-13 season. The Big East has previously maintained that they will remain a member in the conference so that there will be eight football members this fall but that is something leadership is apparently wavering on.
The latest twist, according to McMurphy, is that both are working together on an agreement that would let West Virginia out of the league with both parties asking around to see if a future conference member could join this year instead of in 2013. Boise State has been a school that some are speculating could be option number one.
What happens if a school can't come to the Big East-to-West in time? Well, it appears the answer is to play two.
According to The Star-Ledger, one contingency for a seven-team league seems to be schools playing a home-and-home in the same season to make up for the lost game with West Virginia. The highly unusual move could have Rutgers and Syracuse playing twice, with the second game in Yankee Stadium. The Scarlet Knights are set to host the Orange this season if the Big East stays with eight schools.
The paper also mentions that Rutgers is close to finalizing a home-and-home deal with Arkansas, starting this fall. Rutgers would travel to Arkansas this year with the Razorbacks returning to Rutgers Stadium in 2013.
All things considered, if the worst case scenario is a Rutgers-Syracuse double-header this season, they should play the second game at a baseball stadium. At least that makes a little sense.
Keep up with the latest college football news from around the country. From the opening kick of the year all the way through the offseason, CBSSports.com has you covered with this daily newsletter. View a preview.


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The Robertson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a domestic assault that injured two people on Roy Cole Road early Monday.
Roy Dean, 72, and Patsy Dean, 71, were hurt in the 12:57 a.m. incident that had initially been considered by authorities to be a possible home invasion. It is now being investigated as a domestic assault case, according to Ryan Martin, sheriff's office spokesman.
Patsy Dean was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter. Roy Dean was taken to NorthCrest Medical Center. No one has been arrested.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to the call the sheriff's office at 615-384-7971.
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The littoral combat ship Freedom has suffered several minor mishaps during its extended deployment this year to Singapore. (US Navy)
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WASHINGTON — The littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom suffered minor flooding Sunday when about three feet of water was discovered in the bilge, the lowest part of the ship.
The LCS was pierside at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore and was in no danger, the Navy said.
The ships crew controlled the flooding and dewatered the space, said Capt. Darryn James, spokesman for US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.
The problem was traced to a small rupture in a seawater service system pipe, he said.
Impacts from the flooding are not severe, James added, and the problem will result in minimal operational impact to the ship.
According to a Navy report, a half-inch rupture was discovered in the discharge piping of the No. 1 gas turbine motor lube oil cooler. It is unclear whether the problem is due to a manufacturing defect, an installation problem or some other issue.
This latest problem is not related to previous lube oil cooling issues that occurred during this deployment, James said.
Freedom, which has been in port for several weeks, was to have gotten underway Monday for several days of local operations before returning to Changi for a maintenance period, but the ship will now remain in port to conduct repairs, James said.
Freedoms crews have dealt with several mishaps since leaving San Diego on March 1 to begin the cruise, the first extended overseas deployment for an LCS. The ship has experienced several short-duration power losses each a matter of minutes including an event in July that caused Freedom to break off operations and return to Singapore for repairs.
Several problems have resulted from issues in the lube oil cooling systems essentially tubes filled with seawater that circulate around hot engines to cool them down. Such systems are common to virtually all big ships, and are not necessarily LCS-specific.
James declined to discuss specific operational schedules for Freedom, but he indicated no changes are planned.
We dont expect this to be a problem that affects Freedoms deployment schedule, he said. The ship is working to prepare for CARAT Brunei exercises in November.
CARAT, or Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercises, have been a staple of Freedoms deployment, and have included exercises with naval forces from the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore.
Sailors also completed a crew swap in early August when the Blue Crew relieved the Gold Crew.
Freedom is expected to leave for home before the end of November and be back in San Diego around Christmastime. ■
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Will your worst fears about going public come true? Inc. 100 CEOs address what your advisers won't talk about
Nobody wants to talk about what it's really like. For a reason. Few entrepreneurial dreams are as seductive as the one about taking your company public. It promises riches and fame (or at least operating capital and marketplace recognition), not to mention the satisfactions of a mission accomplished.
But then there's the dark side.
What happens after the underwriter has held the closing dinner, after the road show has made its final stop, after investors have, you hope, oversubscribed? There you are, having crossed onto alien turf without a guide. You're public. Suddenly you're being interrogated by pointy-headed strangers, hemmed in by unfamiliar rules, cut off from opportunities you once took for granted. Your company is harder to recognize, and so are the threats to it. The feared result? You'll be out of control. Even if you're still the boss, the company you loved will be gone.
The fears are not farfetched -- just check the business pages. Post a bad quarter, and Wall Street crawls all over you; post a couple more, and your own board crawls all over you. Takeover artists woo your shareholders if your stock price sinks (dragging your net worth down with it), and lawyers woo them if there's a misstep in your press releases. You fight back, of course, but all those arcane rules are dictating what you can say, when you can sell, whom you can talk to. And just when you think the trouble is dodged, some analyst gets hold of that confidential memo about the possibility of a $400,000 write-down. "I feel like a squirrel in a carousel," says George Archuleta, chief executive of Vitalink Communications Corp., public since 1988. "I just keep running."
Of course, a successful offering can still be the best way to raise a lot of capital. The benefits of going public are obvious and real. But so, unfortunately, are the consequences you're afraid of. Consider this: though more than half of the Inc. 100's chief executives planned on going public from day one and should have been prepared for its effects, quite a few were surprised when their biggest fears came true. Their discoveries haven't prompted a flight from publicly traded life. But they have led the CEOs in the following pages to shout back across the gulf that separates private from public and describe the reality of the other side. They knew being public would be different, but like witnesses at a trial, they didn't grasp the power of the oath until they took the stand.
Below, testimony about the fears of managing in public -- from CEOs who remember what being private was like.
I Won't Be an Entrepreneur Anymore
John Schinas doesn't want sympathy. But the president and CEO of Digi International Inc. (#10), a maker of data-communications equipment, does mourn the freedom he once had. "You can move on a lot of hunches when you are a private company," he explains. "Not that I regret being successful, but going public has put some constraints on us."
It didn't take long for Schinas to get the message. Within a month or two of going public last October, he approached his lawyers about an acquisition he had in mind. Hold everything, said the lawyers. The IPO prospectus doesn't provide a description of the proposed acquisition; you can't use the offering's proceeds to pursue it. "When you think you've got a good deal, and you can't make it," says Schinas, "it's frustrating."
For more than three months after the offering, Schinas's lawyers discouraged him from taking any action that had not been fully disclosed in the prospectus. Make any surprise moves with that money you've just raised, they warned, and it'll look like you misled investors about your plans. The likely result: class-action suits aplenty. "Who knows what opportunities came and went during that quiet time?" says Schinas. "As they came up, our lawyers would say, 'You can't consider those things at this time. " Even now Schinas shelves new-product ideas almost as quickly as he comes up with them. "We discuss them at board meetings, then we put them on the back burner. Otherwise, shareholders would think we were reckless with their money," he says. "We take a lot more into consideration." Monthly board meetings have stretched from three-hour bull sessions to "deeper talks" lasting at least five hours.
If Schinas sounds like a man who'd be happier to appear on the Inc. 500 -- our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies -- he explains that going public was less the fulfillment of a personal dream than the consequence of a necessary vow. "There wasn't much choice for me, since I promised I would make my original shareholders liquid in three years," says the 52-year-old. "I wouldn't advise companies to go public unless they absolutely need the money, and that is the only way to raise it."
Still, he finds the level of accountability "much harder to deal with" than he expected. When he approached board members about needing more space, for instance, they questioned him intently about his proposal to buy a building that they felt was inappropriate for the company's needs. Eventually they encouraged him to lease space rather than end up, as so many fast growers do, in the real-estate business. "Forget about buying a lot of extras," says Schinas. "You get exactly what you need."
Not that he's complaining. "It's much easier to run a private company," he admits. "But we are where we are. There's no use thinking about it."
I'll Embarrass Myself on the Road Show
Here were his two choices, as Jeffrey Sudikoff saw them: come across as bland, or completely confuse everyone.
Either way, he wasn't likely to build much anticipation for IDB Communications Group Inc.'s (#83) offering in 1986. Like any chairman and CEO, Sudikoff wanted to price IDB's shares as high as possible. But he was having a hard time imagining how he could turn satellite-transmission services into a real spine tingler. "The Wall Street community wants to feel good about what it invests in. It wants to be hyped," says Sudikoff, 34. "But ours was a company that was very difficult to explain. Our technology is normally invisible."
Eager for ideas on livening up his road show, Sudikoff could think of only one way to help himself: watch other road shows. He asked his banker to inform him when companies were coming through town. He sat through three or four. "It was valuable to sit in the audience and listen to the way the buy-side people reacted," he says. "They perked up only at certain things. They really weren't interested in a lot of detail."
Sudikoff, on the other hand, didn't miss a nuance. Listen, he told his managers after sitting through one presentation, we've got to get some slides showing figures on the total market for data communications. Not that there was a reliable number -- nor one that was even relevant to IDB's particular segment. "But overall market size was a buzzword, and they wanted to see a number," says Sudikoff. "Especially, they wanted to see a big number."
Sudikoff also learned the value of a gimmick that folksingers have exploited for eternity: audience participation. "I noticed you could sort of lead your audience to do some mathematics," he says. Tell them, for instance, the unit price, the number of units you could sell, and the price growth; then sit back and watch as they reach for their calculators to figure out the upside. "It was better than doing the math for them," he says. "Invariably, one would stand up and say, 'Well, according to those figures, the potential market would be such and such.' Then you say, 'Well, I haven't done the math, but I suppose it would work out that way.' It keeps them interested and entertained."
When he talked about IDB's relationship with The Chicago Tribune -- "I only mentioned identifiable customers," he says -- Sudikoff would trace all the work IDB has done; then let his audience take it a step further. "In the future," he'd say, "we hope to be involved in their other newspapers -- what's the one they own in New York?" Came the reply, " The Daily News." Sound manipulative? "Rapport matters," says Sudikoff.
The more Sudikoff watched, the more he became convinced that the potential investors really wanted the old soft shoe. "Going in, I might have thought I was going to meet a bunch of rich experts on everything," he says. "What you learn is that they know very little about a lot of things. To some extent, you have to be able to reduce what you do to the lowest common denominator."
To do that, Sudikoff's own presentation focused less on the technology and more on its applications. He talks about how the company provided for the transmission of "Monday Night Football" and thousands of baseball games -- "people in the Wall Street community are also the people who pay attention to professional sports," he says. And he never forgot to mention that IDB circuits transmitted former President Ronald Reagan's radio speeches from his ranch. It was an IDB technician, in fact, who cued Reagan to test his microphone, only to have the president make that now-infamous jest about bombing the Russians.
Not that Sudikoff shied away from serious questions. Along with his banker, who is a former trial attorney, Sudikoff reviewed more than 100 questions likely to be asked while he was on the road. The only surprise came overseas, in Edinburgh, when a potential investor, during a discussion of tax reform's effects on IDB, asked whether evangelist Pat Robertson would get the Republican nomination for president.
Hitting Europe first was part of his strategy. Outside the United States it's permissible for companies making IPOs to offer projections -- and who's to stop those numbers from floating back? "I saw it happen. I'd be with the buy siders, and they'd say, 'We talked to people in London who said your market projections are such and such. Can you confirm?' " Of course not. "All you can imply is, Well, if they said it, it must be true."
Sudikoff contends that this is neither cagey nor superficial, but rather in keeping with the atmosphere on Wall Street. "The decision to pitch with bits and bytes instead of Fred and Ginger will hurt your valuation," he says. "Maybe that's sad. But it shouldn't be surprising." The company's stock, he adds, came out and rose uninterruptedly for six months after the road show, and subsequent presentations have buoyed it further. Even as the market was plummeting on the Friday before 1987's Black Monday, IDB's stock rose more than a point, thanks to an appearance Sudikoff made in San Francisco, he claims. "Most investors don't have the time to listen to all the Jeffrey Sudikoffs in great detail," he says. "They watch you; then they go on to the next deal. Mostly, they are betting on jockeys."
I'll Be Forced to Live Quarter-to-Quarter
George Archuleta didn't think of his plan for an off-site executive strategy session as risky or grandiose. It was just the kind of exercise that managers of growing companies needed to engage in from time to time. We'll get away for a few days, he figured, and toss around ideas about Vitalink Communications Corp.'s (#78) future.
For the CEO of a public company, Archuleta was taking a lot for granted -- much more than he realized. Before he even got around to packing his bags for the March meeting, Vitalink's stock price had started to creep downward, from $20 per share to $18 to $15 and finally to $12. As adjudged by Wall Street, sales for the first quarter of calendar 1990 were roughly $1 million behind expectations. One by one, the chartists ordered their followers to sell their stock in Vitalink, which makes and markets data-communications products. That mentality developed its own momentum, speeding the decline into a downward spiral.
"It's such a knee-jerk reaction," says Archuleta. "It's mind-boggling." One thing was clear, though: Archuleta and his managers couldn't go on their retreat. With much regret, he postponed the planning meeting -- a graphic illustration of how they had all become prisoners of the market's myopia. "We needed to get everybody working on getting some business in the door," he says. "You have to try to produce the best numbers you can. It's unfair."
Not that the 57-year-old Archuleta is naïve. Before going public in 1988, he had been warned about the constant pressure to nudge the stock price northward. "I thought I'd have to make presentations periodically and take a few calls from investors," he says. "I guess I knew what the game would be. But it's a lot worse than I thought."
Being public, Archuleta says, not only has changed the atmosphere in which the company operates, but also has reshaped the company itself. "You actually make decisions differently," he says. In developing products, for instance, Archuleta has had to change his priorities, focusing on those that maximize quarter-to-quarter sales growth. Reluctantly, he has needed to forgo -- or delay -- products that he felt held strategic importance or rounded out Vitalink's identity. "The more strategic ones lose out to the big-margin producers," he says glumly. "You can't build your company as well as you'd like."
That's partly because Archuleta has to spend so much time dealing with shareholders. "Being public has a major impact on the CEO's time," he says. "Day-to-day operations suffer from my not being here. I don't accomplish a lot of the things I want to." No sooner has one quarter wound down than calls start trickling in about the next one. One day Archuleta returned to his office to find a pile of phone messages 61 deep, mostly from stockholders and analysts. How are things looking? What kind of quarter is this shaping up to be? During a ragged quarter, such as the first quarter of 1990, the voices on the phone can get ugly. "I need to speak to your CEO right away, or there won't be any switchboard or any company," one caller yelled. "I'll flush this company down the drain."
Archuleta still finds it hard to take. "When they start losing money, they get panicky," he says. "Until you deal with it, you don't realize how serious it all is."
Or how time-consuming. On a recent night Archuleta toiled until midnight, faxing information to shareholders. During his days as CEO of a private company, he took up to 30 vacation days. In 1989 he snuck away for 4 days. He gets to work at 6:00 a.m., leaves at 6:00 p.m., and spends his hour commute on the phone with shareholders. "Being public is exhausting," he says. "It consumes you."
Not that he ever had much choice about it. As a venture-backed company, Vitalink was born knowing what it would be when it grew up. Archuleta certainly doesn't begrudge the $44 million the company has raised. But he does resent having to kibosh his already-limited long-range planning efforts when the stock goes down $5. "I'm sitting on all sorts of strategic decisions, and that's unfair to me," he complains. "Those of us who build companies want to build solid long-term companies. Here, you've got a growth curve you've got to satisfy."
My Prospectus Will Be Used Against Me
Michael Hackworth was livid. "Wait just a second," he ordered his attorneys. "You mean we have to tell them that, too?"
Only a month away from shuttling Cirrus Logic Inc.'s (#4) prospectus off to the printer, the president and CEO was reviewing the information the company, which makes integrated circuits, would have to release. "Do we really have to tell the world who our major accounts are?" he asked. Yes, they nodded. "And we're required to let them know what percentage of sales each product line represents?" Uh-huh. He flipped to another page. "Why are we giving away our long-term strategy?" he cried. Silence. "Forget it. I can't go through with this."
In the midst of the ensuing confrontation -- "It's like opening up your family's checkbook to everybody" -- his lawyers suggested that Hackworth read other prospectuses. In browsing through them, he admits, "I saw that was just the way it was."
Not that his fears were unfounded. Two hours after finishing his road show in San Francisco, for instance, he got a call from one of his customers. "We need to talk about your margins and our margins," the customer demanded. And that was just the first of many "emotional conversations," Hackworth reports. Customers, he discovered, didn't cotton to the notion that a supplier's profitability should be higher than theirs. Some brought it up in half jest. Negotiating a price for a part, they might mutter, "Gee, you guys are so profitable, you can afford to take some percentage points off." Hackworth's counterargument: "It's irrelevant. The profitability of a customer is determined by the conditions of the marketplace. The supplier's margins have to do with how competitive it is against other solutions."
Competitors, too, panned the prospectus for incriminating nuggets. One of them, delighted to find that one product line represented 70% of the company's revenues, derided Cirrus as a one-product company that wasn't serious about some of its customers. "It created an issue our salespeople had to deal with," says Hackworth with a sigh.
When competitors and customers run out of ammunition, Wall Street analysts are always ready to rearm them. "They are out there digging, and that's something you have to deal with on an ongoing basis," Hackworth says. "We've probably had nearly a dozen reports on the company, and I've absolutely had moments of shock reading them."
The experience has been instructive -- to say the least. "I understand what going public really means," says the 49-year-old. "It doesn't just mean that securities will be held by public shareholders instead of private ones. It means going public with a great deal of information. It's easy to underestimate the amount or detail that will come out."
I'll Become the Target of a Hostile Takeover
On paper, International Broadcasting Corp. (#44) may sound like the ultimate in harmless -- even old-fashioned -- enterprises.
But on Wall Street, even a company that counts the Harlem Globetrotters, the Ice Capades, and several amusement parks among its holdings can become just another undervalued stock. That makes it subject to some hard realities. "Any public company knows that what happened to us is always a possibility, and you have to be prepared," says Thomas K. Scallen, president and CEO. "But when you're trying to build a business, you can't help but resent it."
About a year ago Scallen noticed that IBC's stock was trading heavily. "You watch it, and you think, OK, now what's going on?" recalls Scallen. Soon he was informed that J&T Investors, an Atlanta group, was attempting a takeover of IBC. "The whole thing was just a wonderment," says Scallen, 62.
Huddling with directors and lawyers, Scallen reviewed the offer and decided it was not in the company's interest. Last June, J&T's two principals attended the company's annual meeting. Introducing them from the podium, Scallen asked them to stand. As they did, a process server handed them legal papers. "Why did we do it like that? We're in the entertainment business," notes Scallen, whose suit claims that J&T was misleading in its attempts to buy the company and manipulated the stock price. "We don't think they acted properly." J&T has filed a countersuit against the company, Scallen, and some of his board members.
The stock hasn't been the only thing gyrating wildly. As the takeover proceeded, employees began bouncing off the walls. "The jungle drums are beating, and everyone's worried," Scallen says. " 'What's going to happen to this company?' they want to know. 'What's going to happen to my job?' It's hard on them. What hurts the company is the fear they go through." Worse, they sometimes act on it: one prospective hire said he would come aboard only with a two-year contract.
To calm them, Scallen has made sure everybody has been kept up-to-date. "We kept everybody informed about what was going on and what the board's view was," he says. "Still, it scares the heck out of them. You spend a lot of time and pay lawyers a lot of fees." Because Scallen has taken a company public before, IBC is not as vulnerable as it might have been. The company, for instance, has a supermajority clause in its articles of incorporation; 80% of the shareholders must approve any sale or merger. "As a public company, you have to plan for this," he says. "There are several steps you can take."
But alas, nothing is foolproof. In early March, even as Scallen was awaiting a trial date to be named, he noticed IBC stock was "trading like crazy, so it looks like somebody has the same idea as before." As of midmonth, he reported, "I'm in the waiting stages again. All I can do is wait." Then he sighed, quickly adding, "In a way, it vindicates our judgment about the opportunities we see. I guess it's just part of being public."
"The first time we were listed on NASDAQ was very exciting. I went to a brokerage near my house and plugged in my stock symbol. There it was. I had purposely parked a long way away, and walking back to the car, I just had this big smile on my face. I had been a finance major in college, and I remembered sitting in one of my classes, with long hair, thinking, 'What I want to do someday is have my own public company.' Now, I could sit and calculate how each sixteenth-of-a-point move added another $200,000 to my net worth.
"That lasted about a day. Then everything else took hold. Last August we started working to do a bigger offering. By October three underwriters were ready to do a secondary, and my wife and son and I decided, 'Let's take a half day on Friday and go to Aspen and relax a little bit.' We were listening to the news when the market started plunging. I called my underwriter. 'It's brutal,' he said. On Monday our stock went down half a point. I got the calculator out and figured my net worth had just dropped almost $1.5 million in a day. I was pretty down.
"I got over it. This was only a minicrash. I think it must be very depressing to see your $6 million go to $2 million in a week's time, which I know happened to a lot of people. When you're succeeding as a public company, you feel like you're living the American dream. But if you can't learn to live with the swings, they will drive you nuts. "
-- Bruce Milliken, CEO, Random Access Inc. (#15), Denver
What's the downside to being public?
According to Inc. CEOs who answered the question, the most troubling consequences are:
Cost in time and money of dealing with Wall Street 42%and shareholders.
Emphasis on short-term results, plus ever-increasing 30expectations.
Everyone knows your business; you can't keep secrets 22from competitors.
Life in a fishbowl; constant outside criticism. 19
(Total is higher than 100% due to multiple answers.)
"When I told people I planned to take my 37 pawnshops public, they told me I was crazy. They just kind of snickered.
"I know pawnshops have a bad reputation left over from the Depression, so we made sure our merchandise was well displayed, our stores departmentalized, brightly lit, and clean. We had nice signs and good locations. Our managers wore ties and were clean shaven. Until we got the company profitable, we didn't have time to work on polishing our image any more than that. Right before we went public, we started working on the image. We don't have a PR staff and we never needed one.
"I just told my story. I let people know we had nothing to hide. With the media, you get one person interested and it's like an avalanche. An investment banker who had seen our prospectus called and said, 'You've got a lot of nerve taking pawnshops public.' And Forbes ran a blurb expressing disbelief about our IPO and called it 'Profit from Misery.' Our chief financial officer, Clifton Morris, wrote to the magazine saying, 'Don't have contempt prior to investigation.' The magazine printed the letter and later wrote something very positive.
"Soon it seemed like every time I picked up the phone, someone would say, 'I never heard of a pawnshop going public before.' So I'd invite them to come take a look. In our first two years as a public company, we were written up in Fortune, Newsweek, Esquire, and Business Week, and we were on the three major networks and CNN. They come down here and they see we're not guys with garters around our arms and eyeshades. It's a contagious situation.
"Now, some newspaper or TV station calls us every quarter. The publicity has been distracting, but it has helped in our quest to overcome that negative image. We've taken the time to properly explain things and make our point. That's why I've taken the time to talk to you today. "
-- Jack Daugherty, CEO, Cash America Investments Inc.
(#79), Fort Worth
What are the benefits of being public?
According to Inc. respondents:
Enhanced credibility with customers, suppliers, 54%banks, and so forth.
More visibility. 29
Increased options for future financing. 28
Better employee morale and productivity. 18
Improved attractiveness to recruits 18
(Total is higher than 100% due to multiple answers.)
"We went public with 101 employees, and we made 11 millionaires. There are more than 30 now. The first few weeks, people ran around and looked at each other and said, 'He's a millionaire.' Then the whole thing passed. Every once in a while some new hire will come in thinking the founders are made of gold. Then they see that nobody here is driving a Rolls-Royce. We got back to work pretty quickly.
"Every year we motivate by layering in additional stock options for those who have taken on additional responsibilities and made larger contributions, but people are motivated by other things as well. They like hearing about the company in the press or at somebody's dinner table. Employees come up to me and say, 'My father-in-law read about us in the top 10 so-and-so.' And opportunity gets people excited. We move a lot of people around. Our vice-president of manufacturing recently became head of Asian operations. That opens up new things for him and new opportunities back here.
"Of course, we have lost some people. One of our early guys went off to become a college professor; one woman became ill and decided to leave work and enjoy the rest of her life. The thought of leaving and lying on the beach comes to my mind, but it doesn't stay long. I believed in this market when there was no market; keeping myself excited is the easiest thing in the world. "
-- William Gibson, CEO, Digital Microwave Corp.
(#2), San Jose, Calif.
Has the IPO and your experience as CEO of a public company made you a better manager?
Eighty percent of Inc. respondents think so for various reasons, the most common among them being:
* "I'm more disciplined, efficient, and focused."
* "I have more financial savvy."
* "I'm a better communicator."
* "I'm more analytical and consider more perspectives when making decisions, and I take more time."
"We were within a couple of weeks of filing when the stock market crashed. I was visiting customers and one of them said, 'Hey, did you know the stock market dropped 500 points?' It was, to say the least, disconcerting. It took about three nanoseconds to decide that we ought to pull out. I had announced our plan to go public a month before at a company meeting. 'Why would we not go public?' someone had asked. I told them, 'The only thing that could really change our plans would be if the stock market crashed or if Britain invaded Iran.'
"Back at the company on Black Monday you could feel the emotional deflation. The press made the average consumer very nervous. Employees kept asking, 'What does this mean to me personally? How does this affect the company? Should I take all of my money out of the bank?' Very quickly, I started reading about the Crash of 1929, so I could explain what was happening -- to employees and to myself. I talked to a couple of economists. I talked to an investment banker who is also a Rhodes scholar. Everybody was at a loss to explain it; consumer confidence is a very complex thing. As I started to get an understanding, I made company presentations. We had meetings every Friday morning.
"I put in place some data-collection mechanisms to find out if our business was going to slow down. I asked our senior salespeople to talk with our customers' sales managers. Are any capital-spending programs being deferred? they asked. Any canceled? There was nothing, absolutely no effect.
"I thought it might take a year for us to finally go public. But the investment bankers called in mid-January, just three months after the crash, and they said the time might be right. "Come give us a presentation," I said. "I don't want to do anything stupid." The slight downside was that the IPO would be priced lower, but the tremendous upside was that when people buy low and sell high, they feel positive. And there was nobody competing for investors' time; during our road show we could ask for a four-hour lunch and they'd all come.
"We were the first high-tech company to go public after the crash. It was an exhilarating time. The companies that went public afterward should be sending us a check for opening it up to them. "
-- Robert Cohn, CEO, Octel Communications Corp.
(#54), Milpitas, Calif.
Is there companywide fallout from the IPO process?
Yes, said 77% of Inc. respondents. Their most frequently mentioned comments:
* "Long days, emotional roller coaster."
* "Motivating for employees and CEO."
* "Employees enjoy climate of IPO and public arena."
* "Physically and emotionally very draining."
"We raised money twice, first in May 1986, then in August 1987. Raising public money is much smoother the second time around. I'll bet it'll get even easier if we go for a third.
"The first time, investors are enamored of the sizzle; they get to believe you are heading for the moon. The second time you attract a different kind of investor, a professional, sophisticated investor who deals with larger sums of money. They are mostly interested in forecasting and in your growth pattern. I could tell that the people who saw me the first time were thinking, Who is this huckster? I was a loose cannon and I was firing rapidly. The attorney used to pound me over the head and say, 'No projections.'
"By the time we went back, though, we were a public company with fiduciary responsibilities. The investors figured that if I said I needed the money for an acquisition, they could believe me. And we didn't get distracted by the process. The first time, our business really suffered during our appeal to the public. When we finally got the money, we weren't sure what direction to head in. We had spent so much time trying to be good children that we actually constrained the growth of the business.
"I know now I could have been much more aggressive on the first offering. I went around hat in hand. I was unsure of myself, and I was overly impressed with the ability of these investment bankers to write a check and instantly change your life. The thing about going public is nobody is doing you a favor. Not the underwriters, not the investors. Everybody needs to do these deals. "
-- Jason Bacher, CEO, AutoInfo Inc.
(#38), Maywood, N.J.
Any tips for IPO-bound CEOs based on your experience?
Advice from Inc. respondents:
* Before going public, run your company as if it already is.
* Make sure your have a management team capable of taking over operations for six months.
* Tell your company's story simply and honestly; be totally up-front.
* Don't go public until your business is mature enough to produce consistent quarterly results.
* Evaluate a potential IPO as you would any other financing option; don't overglamorize it; look beyond liquidity.
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The Coast Guard assisted two fishing boats this morning, one about eight miles south of Chatham and the other about 35 miles southeast of Nantucket.
The crew of Capt. R.M. Chace sent a distress call at 1:21 a.m. today after the boat started taking on water off Chatham.
"They believe it was from an unsecured hatch, but they're not sure," Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist Adam Stanton said.
An Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crews with a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Chatham and a 42-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Brant Point assisted in the rescue, Stanton said.
A dewatering pump, which is used to control flooding, was provided by the Chatham crew, although water had mostly been removed by the time rescuers arrived, Stanton said.
The boat and its crew reached Hyannis by 5 a.m. today. There were no injuries and no other flooding or damage to the boat.
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Joseph Jordan, the White House's top contracting policy chief, floated the idea Tuesday of having contracting professionals bounce back and forth between industry and agencies. (Thomas Brown / Staff)
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Joseph Jordan, the White Houses top contracting policy chief, floated the idea Tuesday of having contracting professionals rotate between government and the private sector.
Is there a way where we can have people kind of bounce back and forth ... between industry and agencies? Jordan said in remarks here at the National Contract Management Association conference.
There are all sorts of issues, I know, said Jordan, who is the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. But I refuse to say this is off the table.
The Obama administration has placed tight rules clamping down on the so-called revolving door between government and special interests among political appointees, though Jordans remarks were aimed an audience of career workforce professionals.
His comments came amid a broader discussion about the challenges of retaining and recruiting contracting officers across government.
Jordan said 40 percent of the federal contracting workforce is eligible for retirement in the next five years, while a third of the workforce has five or fewer years experience.
Jordan said a sign of a healthy workforce is one where people feel theyve got a myriad career options.
In a wide-ranging speech, Jordan also discussed efforts to root out fraud and abuse in contracting, including one little-known, cheap but effective tool used by the Small Business Administration, where Jordan was associate administrator before taking the White House procurement job.
SBAs HUBZone program gives contractors an edge in competing for work if theyre based in certain economically distressed neighborhoods. Much of the fraud in the program involves companies setting up phantom addresses to qualify for the program while actually working elsewhere.
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The State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (SAHC) meeting lasted 2 days (6-7 May 2009) and it was held at Comfort Inn Haven Marina Glenelg North. The SAHC is a 12 member Ministerial appointed committee which advises the Minister about heritage. The meeting was organised with the main purpose to discuss issues affecting Indigenous people, as well as relationship between the committee, developers and government.
Although appointed by the Minister, the committee represents interests of and Indigenous people. The meeting started with the acknowledgement of the Kaurna people land. As a guest observer, I was giving opportunity to introduce myself and make a brief presentation.
During the meeting was discussed 2009 Schedule of meetings and location for regional meetings for the remainder of this year. Approval by the SAHC of the Meeting of the Waters Site pursuant to section 12 of the Act as an Aboriginal Site as defined by part 1, Section 3 of the Act and to be entered in the register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects as proposed by the Dept of Water, Land and Biodivesrity Conservation (DWLBC). The motion was voted unanimously.
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Metal brings an industrial edge, while the vibrant yellow adds a dose of colour. Mix and match with the red and black for extra impact.
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With a portable tray for serving, this piece adapts to your needs. Makes a great side table in the living room or bedside table.
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Jubin, 26 Jan 2013
Is the Mondrian tray table with stand appropriate to use as a TV dinner tray?
Made Customer Services, 26 Jan 2013
Yes, This would be a great use for this item.
Sian, 10 Nov 2012
Does the Mondrian tray click into place in the stand?
Made Customer Services, 10 Nov 2012
The tray rests securely on top of the metal base. It does not have a 'click' mechanism.
Mary, 19 Aug 2012
This table would look great in my garden. Would it be OK to leave it out in the Summer? Would it be easy to take apart for storage in the Winter & reassemble for the Summer ( several times)?
Made Customer Services, 19 Aug 2012
There is no reason why this cannot be used outdoors. But the coating is not weatherproof so harsh sunlight and rain will effect the product. Ideally this should be stored indoors throughout the year. It can be disassembled, but doing this regularly could adversely effect the product.
John , 23 May 2012
Does the frame part of this table fold down?
Made Customer Services, 23 May 2012
The frame part does not fold, but could be disassembled and reassembled occasionally for storage purposes.


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The Air Force adjusted the pressure inside cabins of U-2s to 15,000 feet after a study showed the aircrafts' pilots were more prone to brain lesions. (1st Lt. Victoria Porto / Air Force)
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A U-2 pilot is helped into a full-pressure suit before flight. The suits are worn because U-2s fly at altitudes of up to 70,000 feet. (Senior Airman Alexander Recupero / Air Force)
The Air Force has re-pressurized the U-2 spy planes cabin after a study revealed U-2 pilots had brain lesions at a higher than average rate, officials said.
The re-pressurization was completed in June along with other cockpit modifications, such as reinforcing frames, bulkheads and the canopy, said Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis, a spokesman for Air Combat Command.
Over the past decade, the higher ops tempo for the U-2 has coincided with an increase in the number of pilots suffering from neurologic decompression sickness, also known as the bends, Sholtis said. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of reported incidents of decompression sickness increased from 0.076 percent to 0.23 percent of missions flown.
By late 2010, officials believed there was enough cause for concern to initiate a study, Sholtis wrote in an email. What we knew or suspected about the problem was briefed to decision makers in early 2011, and the study was authorized in March 2011.
Between May 2011 and October 2012, the Air Force conducted MRIs on 105 U-2 pilots, ranging in age from 26 to 50, said Dr. Stephen McGuire, a neurologist and retired Air Force colonel who led the study. Of those pilots, 75 percent had more brain lesions than they should for their age and current health. These are the same type of lesions caused by repeated head trauma.
We believe these lesions are a direct result of exposure to extreme altitudes, McGuire told Air Force Times.
U-2 spy planes often fly at altitudes above 70,000 feet, requiring pilots to wear pressurized suits to survive. Inside, the cabin is pressurized to close to 30,000 feet, or roughly the elevation of Mount Everest, according to the Air Force.
Interestingly, the pilots with the most time in the U-2 were not always the ones with more brain lesions, he said. Instead, the main contributing factors to brain lesions included how much nitrogen the pilots were able to get out of their system while breathing 100 percent oxygen before missions, how long the missions were and how much time pilots had to recover from missions.
It is not known whether the U-2 pilots are at greater risk of having health problems down the road, but Air Combat Command still felt the need to take precautions, McGuire said.
In all other neurological disease, these types of lesions are associated with cognitive impairment, he said. We have not seen any clinical impairment in any of our U-2 pilots, and they are all still flying. But, being conservative, the commanders rightly made the decision, Lets not push the envelope; lets protect our pilots.
One of the changes was reducing the pressure inside U-2 cabins to 15,000 feet, McGuire said. Research has shown that the risk of developing decompression sickness becomes basically non-existent below 18,000 feet.
What weve done is bring the pilots down below what is commonly thought to be the threshold for DCS [decompression sickness] and we think that will prevent any further occurrence of lesions, he said.
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Today, the House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation to prevent a 27.4% payment cut to Medicare providers scheduled for March 1 and extend several other Medicare policies important to physical therapists. The measure extends the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) at the current level for the remainder of the year and includes a 10-month extension of the therapy cap exceptions process that will begin to create a path to a reformed therapy payment system.
Physical therapists will continue to use the KX modifier at the $1,880 cap for 2012. However, new provisions have been added to the cap exceptions process. Starting October 1, claims for patients who meet or exceed $3,700 in therapy expenditures will be subject to a manual medical review. The legislation designates that this medical review will be similar to the process used following implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act in 2006. The $3,700 threshold will be applied to a combined physical therapy and speech language pathology cap. A separate $3,700 threshold will be applied to the occupational therapy cap. Also beginning October 1, each request for payment must include the national provider identifier of the physician who reviewed the plan of care. In addition, the therapy cap with exceptions will apply to hospital outpatient departments no later than October 1 until the end of 2012. This provision will sunset at the end of 2012 unless Congress extends it into 2013. APTA will work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to determine the agency's plans for implementing this and other provisions contained in the legislation.
The bill also calls for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to submit recommendations by June 15, 2013, to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee on ways to reform the payment system to ensure that the benefit is better designed to reflect individual acuity, condition, and therapy needs of the patient. The report will examine private sector initiatives related to outpatient therapy benefits.
The committee's measure also directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement a claims-based data collection strategy to assist in reforming the Medicare payment system for outpatient therapy. The system will be designed to provide for the collection of data on patient function during the course of therapy services in order to better understand patient condition and outcomes. In proposing and implementing such a strategy, HHS will consult with relevant stakeholders.
In addition, the General Accountability Office will issue a report by May 1, 2013, to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee on the implementation of the manual medical review process. The report is to include data on the number of beneficiaries and claims subjected to the process, the number of reviews conducted, and the outcome of the reviews.
The bill will be sent to President Obama for signature. APTA staff will reach out to CMS in the coming weeks to begin a dialogue about implementation of this legislation and will provide further information to membership regarding guidance and timelines for these new provisions.
APTA is analyzing this legislation and will provide more resources as they become available.
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This is what happens when you produce three 13-1 seasons, a couple of national championships, two Southeastern Conference titles and a Heisman Trophy winner in six years.
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This is what happens when there are 31 players arrests in the same span, of varying degrees of seriousness, and you make fans, some of whom found you distant all along, feel jilted by your departure. ...


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In 2014, the Michigan Department of Corrections budget will again be more than $2 billion - 21% of our state's general fund. Every day that we spend $4.32 million to operate our prisons robs funding from services proven to better improve public safety and strengthen communities.
Michigan is one of just a handful of states that spend less on higher education than prisons, forcing many of our young adults to choose between a diminished future and crippling debt. Because legislators failed to adequately fund community mental health services when they closed state hospitals, jails and prisons ...


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HENDERSON, Ky. (12/18/13) - The Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation has awarded $50,000.00 of scholarship funds to children and families at the Thelma B. Johnson Early Learning Center (TBJELC) who do not qualify for free preschool under income eligibility and/or disability guidelines.
Tuition spots are granted to children who do not meet these guidelines (150% of the poverty level). Among these tuition paying spots are still families who are within 200% of the poverty level (+$25,000.00). Under these guidelines and with assistance from the Raymond B Preston Foundation, 52 families will receive a onetime scholarship for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year. The families have demonstrated a commitment to their child's education and funded half of their expected tuition costs. An additional six full scholarships will be awarded in the 2014-2015 school year.
The families/students will have to qualify for certain expectations in order to maintain their scholarship. Students must maintain a 90% attendance rate each month. Parents/guardians must attend both parent teacher conferences (one in the winter and the other in the spring). Parents/guardians must attend a minimum of two spring family events. If parents breach the contract, then the family will be required to pay the full amount of the scholarship within six months.
For more information contact The Thelma B. Johnson Early Learning Center, at (270) 854-0140.
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Close to city events, convention center, river front, antiques,very close to skiing. Private baths available, full breakfast served daily. Candle light gourmet dinners served with request in advance.
Beautiful ranch style inn located on 3 quiet country acres in the Cascades near the unique Bavarian Village of Leavenworth. Let us be your inn for all seasons.
2 rooms with private baths, perfect location for business and sightseeing, Cascade Mountain view and gorgeous gardens,close to Microsoft, extra amenities and full breakfasts
Kangaroo House is a 1907 Craftsman style inn, centrally located one mile north of Eastsound on Orcas Island. We offer casual comfort, delicious breakfasts, a stone fireplace, and a soak in the garden hot tub. Families are welcome.
An artfully decorated, fully contained suite situated on 70 acres of forest, marsh, and farmland. Organic garden, walking trails, a vintage converted schoolbus for group stays, covered patio w/stone fireplace, showers and a professional kitchen.
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A beautifully restored, Victorian hotel, one block from the ferry dock in the heart of historic, downtown Port Townsend, WA. Enjoy breakfast in bed. Have a meeting without interruptions. Step back in time.
Nestled among tall evergreens, Greywolf Inn crowns a five acre hilltop overlooking Sequim, WA, gateway to adventure on the Olympic Peninsula. There are five themed guestrooms with private baths and TV, a walking trail and hot tub. Full breakfast.
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Josh Moore and Danny Kellogg recently won the second Landers/Ram BOSS Tournament Trail event of the season.
Danny Kellogg and Josh Moore hauled in 23.46 pounds of bass out of the Red River on Saturday to capture the second Landers/Ram BOSS Tournament Trail event of 2013.
The Bayou Outdoors Supercenter tournament attracted 100 teeams in what tournament director Mike Echols termed "some of the most adverse weather conditions ever." Almost $18,000 was paid to the top 50 finishing teams.
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Again the iPads blackbox mode for iPhone apps may get a lot more interesting come 4.0. It could be much like the Tabs page in iPad Safari, but with full size iPhone apps running simultaneouly. That could be an astounding feature. The foremost app that you've interacted with would have a blue border in place of the dark gray, and touching the 2x button would zoom into that App.
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The FSC Soccer Academy for U-14, U-16 and U-18 boys and girls begins Friday at the Fieldhouse.
This advanced player academy will be led by nationally-certified clinicians and former college players and coaches.
These four-week sessions are for elite level players and are limited to 12 players in each age group. Cost is $49 per session.
For more information, call 740-454-2224 or visit zanesvillefieldhouse.com.


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Waukegan Charter Boat Fishing
Eight experienced fishing charter boat captains offering World Class Salmon, Trout and Perch fishing April into November. The Waukegan Charter Boat Association is the oldest and largest charter boat fleet on Lake Michigan. Experience Coho Salmon, Chinook ( King ) Salmon, Rainbow (Steelhead) Trout, Brown Trout and Lake Trout fishing on the western shores of Lake Michigan out of Waukegan, Illinois.
Round Lake Park District
Round Lake Area Park District offers visitors a wide range of activities and facilities to enjoy. They include the Renwood Golf Course, the new sports center, the Prairie Grass Nature Museum, community theatre, outdoor pool/aquatic center, fitness center, child development center, teen center, senior center and acres of picturesque parklands. Private parties/outings at any of the facilities can be accommodated.
CITY:Round Lake
Hunter Country Club
This 18-hole, par 72 championship golf course has a restaurant on the premises. Carts are not mandatory, as this is a walking course.
Brae Loch Banquets and Golf Club
The golf course has 18-holes and it is a par-70 course. Brae Loch Banquets feature a bright space in a country setting overlooking the fairways at the Lake County Forest Preserves Brae Loch Golf Club. A fine balance of food, location and people are the three ingredients that an event at Brae Loch brings together for a truly memorable experience. The banquet facility comfortably seats up to 165. The menu includes appetizers, entrees, and desserts that are almost too beautiful to eat, but too wonderful to skip.
Countryside Golf Club
At Countryside Golf Club, play two challenging, award-winning 18-hole golf courses. The Prairie course, with bentgrass tees, wide-open greens and sand bunkers offers golfers a chance to challenge their game. The Traditional course, with bentgrass tees and tree-lined fairways, offers golfers scenic and challenging rounds of golf. Also try out the driving range.
Stade's Farm & Market
Stade's Farm & Market is located in scenic McHenry County in northeastern Illinois approximately 50 miles from Chicago. We produce 2,200 acres of crops that range from traditional corn and soybeans to specialty crops including many fruits and vegetables commonly grown in northern Illinois. Through our own farm market, we sell our fresh fruits and vegetables directly to consumers in our local area. Our goal is to provide our customers with the finest quality produce possible.
Chalet Hills Golf Club
This championship 18-hole golf course with 6,950 yards offers bent grass fairways, and beautiful rolling hills and vistas. Power carts are required Friday through Sunday and holidays.
Heinz Orchard
Heinz Orchard is only 37 miles from downtown Chicago making it the closest apple orchard to Chicago. There are a number of different apples to pick from: Golden Delicious, Empire, McIntosh, Jonathan and Red Delicious. If you're looking for something different to do, without traveling too far from home, this is a great orchard to check out.
CITY:Green Oaks
Lehmann Park
CITY:Lake Villa
Boone Creek Golf Course
This course has 27 holes, rated at a par 71, along with nine holes at a par 35.
White Deer Run Golf Club
Built on the well-known Cuneo Estate in Vernon Hills, White Deer Run Golf Club is an 18-hole public course sprawling over 240 acres of rolling terrain and picturesque lakes with bent grass greens and fairways. Able to accommodate small and large group outings and banquets.
CITY:Vernon Hills
HeatherRidge Golf Course
HeatherRidge Golf Course is a beautiful and challenging full length nine hole layout that is enjoyable for players of all skill levels. Adding to its beauty are the flowing creeks and ponds that come into play on seven of the nine holes. Also enjoy the unique outside Cabana Bar and Grill. Great food, cold drinks, outstanding atmosphere and friendly staff will complete your HeatherRidge golfing experience. Golf clubs available for rent. Located on Northern Illinois' favorite 9-hole golf course, The HeatherRidge Clubhouse is a beautiful venue for just about any occasion. If you are planning a weddings, banquets or party we are the place.
Rollins Savanna Trails
Rollins Savanna Trails in beautiful Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve is a outdoor enthusiasts dream; with 5.7-miles of easy to moderate terrain and a thriving habitat to explore. The landscape is dotted with ponds and marshes. Take a walk through lush prairie and thriving wetlands and see why the National Audubon Society named it one of America's most important bird sites in 2005.
North Point Marina - Lake Michigan Charter Fishing
Enjoy the beautiful blue of Lake Michigan aboard one of over one hundred charter fishing boats on the Lake County harbors of Waukegan and North Point. You will find the Coho running in the late spring, Lake Trout biting in mid-summer, and the Chinook come home to spawn in late summer and early fall. Whatever time of the year you go, you'll find expert charter fishing captains ready to make your time on the water a great one. For information on charter fishing opportunities and hotel information, please contact us.
CITY:Winthrop Harbor
Kristof's Entertainment Center
Complete entertainment for all ages and interests. Bowling, mini golf, Go Karts, redemption arcade, batting cages, birthday parties and a haunted house. Lunch and dinner served daily. Bar and billards with various night time entertainment. A safe and fun environment for all members of the family. Kristof's is a smoke-free facility.
CITY:Round Lake Beach
Chapel Hill Country Club
Enjoy the delightful rural atmosphere at this semi-private facility located near the banks of the Fox River in lovely McHenry. Accept the challenge to play the longest hole in Illinois, measuring over 700 yards.
Horse Fair Park
Horse shows held at park several times a year.
CITY:Spring Grove
Lakewood Forest Preserve
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Richardson Adventure Farm
Richardson's Adventure Farm - Home of the World's Largest Corn Maze! Their name says it all! This isn't your typical fall farm- Richardson Adventure Farm is an experience you can't find anywhere else!
CITY:Spring Grove
Mundelein Park & Recreation District
The Mundelein Park & Recreation District includes the Steeple Chase Golf Club, Diamond Lake Beach and Barefoot Bay Family Aquatic Center.
Shepherd's Crook Golf Course
This 18-hole, par 72 public golf facility, designed by Keith Foster, opened in August, 1999 and has earned rave reviews as a course that is both challenging and exciting to play. Its design reflects the golden era of golf course architecture of the 1920's and 30's with bentgrass fairways, tees, and greens. Individuals, tournaments and golf outings welcome. Enjoy a sandwich and beverage in the full service clubhouse grill or enjoy refreshments on the veranda overlooking the 9th and 18th holes. The Eden Room is also available for events, golf outings and banquets, please call for more information.
McDonald Woods Forest Preserve
The McDonald Woods Forest Preserve in Lindenhurst, offers gentle, rolling grassy terrain. It's the perfect place to hike, bicycle and cross-country ski. Take the 3.8-mile loop around the woods and wetlands for some great exercise. A 0.3-mile wood-chip trail designed for hiking and cross-country skiing leads to a basswood and sugar maple forest, glowing yellow in autumn. A cooling ravine beckons below where migrant songbirds feast on insects, and water skimmers dart atop the clear water.
CITY:Lake Villa
The Arboretum Club
This beautiful 30,000-square-foot clubhouse features an upscale restaurant with patio seating and 18 holes of championship golf.
CITY:Buffalo Grove
River Trail Nature Center
Nature is wonderfully displayed in this silent forest that glaciers carved thousands of years ago. The prairie extends along the riverbanks, rich in plant and animal life.