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An improved portable inclined bedrest is secured to a bed by the weight of the mattress. A tubular steel frame is vertically extendible from within a storage housing and can be locked in position at selected heights above the mattress by the rotatable movement of a pair of swing arms mounted on the frame. A slant sheet for propping a pillow is affixed along an upper edge to the frame. The lower edge of the slant sheet is releasably fastened to the swing arms. The return movement of the swing arms to the initial position releases the frame for retraction into the storage housing.
1. A portable bed attachment for providing anatomical support comprising a frame assembly, attachment means for mounting the frame assembly along a marginal edge of a bed, swing arms rotatably mounted to the frame assembly, locking means integral with the frame assembly and cooperatively interacting with the swing arms for releasably securing the frame assembly in an extended mode projecting vertically above the bed, said locking means being activated by the horizontal deployment of the swing arms, a slant sheet fastened along one edge to the frame assembly, sheet engagement means on said swing arm for grippingly receiving an opposite edge of the sheet when in said deployed position, whereby the sheet defines an inclined pillow supporting surface, said opposite edge of the sheet further being selectively releasable from engagement with the swing arms to remove the pillow support.
2. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 1 further including a housing, said housing having a projecting anchoring plate, said plate being adapted for insertion under a bed mattress whereby the weight of the mattress secures the bed attachment.
3. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 2 wherein the top of the housing lies substantially in a horizontal plane coincident with the upper surface of the bed mattress with the frame assembly and sheet means being slidably retractable into the housing for concealed storage.
4. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 1 wherein the swing arm defines a keyway aperture, and the frame assembly includes a locking lug registrable with the keyway for passage therethrough.
5. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 4 wherein the locking lug is adapted for abutment with the swing arm after being raised above the swing arm to a selected vertically extended mode and the swing arm has been deployed.
6. A bed attachment as claimed in claim 5 wherein the locking means includes a plurality of vertically spaced locking lugs for providing variable height adjustment.
7. A bed attachment as claimed in claim 6 wherein the sheet means is adjustably fastenable to the frame assembly and can be tightened to remove slack in accordance with the variable raised height of the frame assembly.
8. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 1 wherein the swing arm engagement means includes a retainer pin, said retainer pin being adapted to engage and releasably secure the sheet means to provide a firm slant sheet supporting surface.
9. A bed attachment as claimed in claim 8 wherein the frame assembly includes two parallel substantially vertical bars joined at their upper ends by a substantially horizontal cross bar.
10. A portable bed attachment as claimed in claim 9 wherein the sheet means is weighted to facilitate retraction into the housing for storage.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to bed attachments and accessories and especially to an inclined bedrest.
In particular, the device of this invention concerns an extendible support mechanism securable to a bed for holding a pillow in an inclined position on a bed. The support structure of this invention can be retracted for concealment when not in use.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many devices have been described for supporting a person while in bed. In general, the prior art disclosed both portable headrests and mechanical bed attachments wherein a tiltable panel is incorporated into a headboard. In the latter devices the headboard is formed as an integral part of the bedstead or is otherwise permanently fastened to the bed frame. These known bed attachments, such as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,287,746 and 3,482,271, require custom installation and are intended to remain permanently affixed to the bed. Furthermore, such headboard attachments are rather expensive in comparison to the portable bedrest of this invention. A further disadvantage of these tiltable headboards is that they frequently are aesthetically unpleasing and further may not always be in harmony with the other room furniture or decor.
The present invention, in contrast, does not require any special installation, is portable and can be removed from the bed or affixed to the bed without any tools or particular mechanical dexterity. Furthermore, the bedrest of this invention is retractable and can be hidden from view behind the head of the bed when not being used.
Other portable bed accessories for providing a head or back rest include the portable prop structures that are not attached to the bed but rather are positioned in place on the mattress or against the headboard in order to support a person. Typical of such devices are cushion bed rests and polyurethane foam wedges. Another such portable device having a collapsible frame structure is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 2,663,880. An attachable frame rest is also described in U.S. Pat. No. 1,156,125.
A problem with these kinds of back rests is that it is necessary to remove them when the person desires to go to sleep in a prone position. The additional movement required to reposition the pillows frequently disturbs the person's disposition to fall asleep and can reawaken the person. Also these devices must be separately stored when the bed is to be made. Furthermore, the aforementioned devices are really no more convenient than propping a plurality of pillows against a headboard to provide a back rest. This is obviously a distinct disadvantage and shortcoming of these portable bed rests and is overcome by the instant invention.
Another feature of this invention is that the inclined bedrest is designed with a slant sheet which is readily releasable by movement of the swing arms, as when one wishes to go to sleep. Once the slant sheet is released, the pillows will fall back and lie flat on the mattress. The frame will remain in its extended position and can be retracted in the morning.
The nature of this invention concerns an improved portable inclined bedrest that is removably attachable to a bed.
The bedrest of this invention includes a frame assembly which is vertically extendible from within a storage housing. The housing has an integral projecting platform which is adapted to be inserted under the mattress to thereby clampingly secure the housing to the bed by the deadload weight of the overlying mattress and the body or live weight of the person on the mattress. When the frame assembly is retracted within the storage housing, it is substantially concealed from view. The frame can be slidably lifted out of the housing and locked at a selected vertical height for providing support at different incline angles by the cooperative movement of a pair of horizontal swing arms which are contiguous to the upper surface of the mattress and secured to the frame assembly. A slant sheet of flexible material or fabric is fastened along an upper edge to the frame assembly. The swing arms have retainer pins which engage the lower edge of the slant sheet such that a pillow can be supported against the slant sheet. The retainer pins can be released as desired by movement of the swing arms without affecting the frame assembly. Further displacement of the swing arms toward the housing is effective to release the frame for retraction into the housing.
It is a purpose of this invention to provide an improved inclined bedrest for supporting a person in an inclined position to facilitate reading, eating, watching television, etc., while in bed. The device can also be used to comfortably raise the head, shoulders and back of a sick, convalescent, or invalid patient. A feature of this invention is that the slant sheet can be released and the pillows lowered to the mattress without the need for getting out of bed or retracting the frame assembly. Another advantage is that the frame assembly and slant sheet are concealed when the bed is made.
Having thus summarized the invention, it will be seen that an object thereof is to provide an improved inclined bedrest of the general character described herein.
Specifically, it is an object of this invention to provide a portable bedrest which can be easily attached to a bed and held in place by the overlying weight of a mattress.
A further object of this invention is to provide an inclined bedrest which can be concealed from view when the bed is made.
Another object of this invention is to provide an inclined bedrest having a slidable frame assembly which can be raised to selective vertical heights above the mattress and held there by the cooperative interaction of a pair of rotatable swing arms, thus providing support at different incline angles.
Still another object of this invention is to provide an inclined bedrest having a slant sheet for supporting a pillow wherein the slant sheet can be released and the pillow allowed to lie flat without lowering the frame assembly.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide an inclined bedrest wherein the frame assembly and the slant sheet can be retracted into the storage housing.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent in the following description of the preferred embodiment when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.
In the accompanying drawings in which is shown the preferred embodiment of this invention,
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inclined bedrest of this invention and shows the invention attached to a bed by the weight of an overlying mattress;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view to a slightly enlarged scale taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1 and shows an extended frame assembly and a slant sheet engaged by a swing arm for supporting a pillow; the broken line position illustrates a slant sheet disengaged from the swing arm;
FIG. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the frame assembly in its extended position with the swing arm deployed for cooperative interaction with a locking lug for maintaining the frame assembly at selected heights;
FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view which shows the frame assembly and slant sheet when stored within the housing;
FIG. 5 is a partial front elevational view of the frame assembly and swing arms; and
FIG. 6 is a plan view taken substantially along line 6--6 of FIG. 5 and illustrates the movement (as indicated by the arrows) of the swing arm which is rotatably mounted to the frame assembly; it further shows a keyway in the swing arm and a corresponding locking lug on the frame assembly; the broken line position of the swing arm provides an abutment surface for the locking lug to thereby prevent vertical movement of the frame assembly.
Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 refers generally to an improved portable inclined bedrest of this invention. The bedrest device 10 is comprised of a substantially rectangular storage housing 12, a frame assembly 14, a pair of swing arms 16, 18 and a slant sheet 20.
The bedrest 10 is suitable for use with a conventional bedstead 22 including a mattress 24. The device 10 is adapted for attachment to the bedstead 22 for providing an anatomical support especially for the head, back and shoulders.
The storage housing 12 in a preferred embodiment includes a generally rectangular enclosure having four parallel side walls approximating in height the thickness of the mattress 24 and being open at the top and bottom. The storage housing 12 is provided with a horizontal platform or anchoring plate 26 formed integrally with or otherwise structurally incorporated into a side wall and being coextensive with the wall and extending a distance substantially equal to the width of the bedstead 22. The anchoring plate 26 is adapted for insertion under the mattress 24 and the housing 12 is held to the bedstead 22 by the overlying dead weight of the mattress 24. Although additional forces are exerted on the slant sheet 20 and frame assembly 14 when the device 10 is being used, the increase in live load of the person lying on the mattress 24 provides an additional compensatory factor of safety. It should also be apparent that the size of the anchoring plate 26 can be increased in accordance with the load requirements so that it can extend under a greater portion of the mattress 24.
Referring now to the frame assembly 14 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a pair of parallel vertical bars 28, 30 are connected at their upper ends by a horizontal cross bar 32. This assembly 14 can for instance be fabricated from tubular steel, aluminum or other stock material which provides the requisite strength and rigidity. The vertical bars 28, 30 are designed to be withdrawn from the housing 12 as by grasping the cross bar 32 and manually pulling upward. The frame assembly 14 can thus be lifted to an extended operational position as noted in FIGS. 1 and 2. Conversely, the vertical bars 28, 30 can be slidingly lowered or retracted into the housing 12 for storage and will assume a position as indicated in FIG. 4. In order to assure correct alignment during such displacement of the frame assembly 14, sleeve guides (not shown) for receiving the bars 28, 30 can be incorporated into the housing 12.
With regard to securing the frame assembly 14 in the extended operational mode, attention will now be directed to the swing arms 16, 18. The arms 16, 18 are rotatably mounted around the respective vertical bars 28, 30. The swing arms 16, 18 are provided with a keyway 34, 36 respectively having circular apertures with a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the bars 28, 30 to permit slidable movement therethrough.
The vertical bars 28, 30 have a locking lug 38, 40, respectively, being in registered alignment with the respective keyways 34, 36 when the swing arms 16, 18 are positioned overlying the top of housing 12 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. It should be apparent that as the frame assembly is pulled out of the housing 12, the locking lugs 38, 40 slide through the complementary keyways 34, 36 (see FIG. 6). The swing arms 16, 18 are then moved outwardly over the mattress 24 to assume a position as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The locking lugs 38, 40 will now rest on the swing arms 16, 18 which provide a stop since the keyway is no longer aligned (note broken line illustration in FIG. 6).
In order to provide selective height adjustment a secondary locking lug 38a, 40a can be provided for similar cooperative interaction with the swing arms 16, 18. In this manner the frame assembly 14 can be raised and locked at desired elevations corresponding to different incline angles or orientations of the slant sheet 20.
The slant sheet 20 which can be fabricated of canvas, muslin fabric or other strong, durable cloth material is secured along an upper edge to the cross bar 32 by a releasable fastening device, such as a plurality of snap fasteners 42. The other lower edge of the sheet 20 can be folded back and sewn so as to form a loop or pocket 44 open at both ends. Alternatively, an eyelet or grommet could be incorporated. Each of the swing arms 16, 18 is provided with a retainer pin 46, 48 for engagement within the pocket 44 to hold the sheet 20 firmly in place. When it is desired to release the slant sheet 20, the arms 16, 18 are displaced outwardly toward the respective opposite edges of the mattress 24. This will withdraw the retainer pins 46, 48 and the sheet 20 will hang freely from the cross bar 32. Accordingly, it should be apparent that if a pillow 50 was propped against the slant sheet 20 and a person resting against the pillow 50 while reading desired to release the sheet 20, as when going to sleep, this could be accomplished in a relatively simple manner and without getting out of bed or other inconveniences (note released slant sheet in FIG. 2).
It should further be pointed out that supplementary fastening devices such as a mating snap 42a compatible for use with the female element of snap 42 can be included and the sheet 20 can be thus tightened to take up the slack, especially when the frame assembly 14 is raised to a lowermost position corresponding to locking lugs 38a, 40a.
In connection with the retraction of the frame assembly 14 and concealed storage within housing 12, it should be noted that after releasing the lower edge of the sheet 20, the swing arms 16, 18 can be moved toward the initial position shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the locking lugs 38, 40 will now be in registered alignment and to slide through the keyways 34, 36 respectively.
By holding the cross bar 32, the frame assembly 14 can be lowered into the housing 12. The slant sheet 20 should be first inserted, however, and this can be done by raising the swing arm 16, 18 slightly. In order to facilitate the lowering of the sheet 20 a weight 52 is sewn into the lower edge so that it will hang vertically within the housing 12.
As other possible embodiments might be made of the present invention and as various changes might be made in the embodiment as set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in the limiting sense.
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The issue I'm having is neither with the hardware, nor with Windows 7 itself; it's with all the (seemingly non-uninstallable) junk HP bundled-in with it that keeps making it freeze or BSoD.
I've gathered that the simplest option is just to reinstall Windows, but it seems a bit unfair for me to have to pay for another install of Windows because HP spoiled the one I already have.
Thus, my question; if I were to borrow a Windows 7 Home Premium retail install disk from a friend of mine, and then use the product activation key from the HP-specific OEM install currently on my computer to activate it, would that count as "piracy" (bearing in mind that I paid for the licence to have one install of that edition of Win7 running on this computer when I purchased it, and I would still only have one install of it afterwards), and - indeed - would it even work, or is that activation key a one time only affair that has been "used up", as it were?
Cheers for any help or advice
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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Defense Department has a "longstanding, excellent relationship" with the Boy Scouts that's mutually beneficial and should continue.
Rumsfeld, a former Eagle Scout and Distinguished Eagle Scout himself, said Dec. 3 during an interview on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" that he'll work to make sure that relationship doesn't come to an end.
"This is a good relationship. It ought to continue, and as long as I am here, I'll do everything to see that it does," he said.
At issue is an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging DoD's support of the Boy Scouts. The ACLU suit centers on the Scout oath, which acknowledges God. The group said the oath violates Scouts' religious liberty and that government sponsorship of the program is tantamount to religious discrimination.
DoD, however, has a departmentwide policy that prohibits official sponsorship of any nonfederal organization, including the Boy Scouts. Officials said the department entered into a limited partial settlement that reiterates this policy.
Army Lt. Col. Joe Richard, a DoD spokesman, said the partial settlement will have minimal effect on the military's relationship with the Boy Scouts. "The settlement does not prohibit the Department of Defense from supporting the Boy Scouts of America," he said. "Boy Scout units are permitted to meet on military bases, and military personnel are allowed to remain active in Boy Scout programs."
Legislation in both the Senate and House of Representatives aims to protect DoD and other federal agencies that sponsor the Scouts.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, also a former Scout, introduced legislation last month stipulating that no federal law should limit any federal agency from supporting the Boy or Girl Scouts, including meetings held on federal property.
Another resolution in the House would allow DoD "to continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees."
Rumsfeld wrote Frist in late November to support a proposed concurrent resolution. "The Department of Defense takes great pride in its longstanding and rich tradition of support to the Boy Scouts of America," the secretary wrote.


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Monday, February 5, 1996 - 1:30 p.m.
Mr. Bacon: Good afternoon. Nice to see you all here. Our briefer today, Dr. Paul Kaminski, the under secretary for acquisition and technology is well known to you. He was here just as recently as Friday and he's going to talk today about the Federally Financed Research and Development Centers and he has a team which he'll introduce. Dr. Kaminski.
Dr. Kaminski: Let me start right off by introducing the team. Assistant Secretary for C3I is Mr. Emmett Paige. Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Dr. Anita Jones. The Army Acquisition Executive, Gil Decker. And the Air Force Acquisition Executive, Art Money.
We are here today to report on initiatives being implemented by the Department to strengthen the management of our Federally Funded Research and Development Centers known as FFRDCs and University Affiliated Research Centers, the UARCs. And the reason we have the whole team here together, I think, is an expression of the importance which this team as a body places in these key centers.
We are taking these actions to deal with perceptions held by some that these centers have not been right-sized as the rest of the department has; that these centers are working in areas beyond the core interest of the departments; and that the centers are using their special status in some way to gain an unfair competitive advantage over commercial firms.
The Department has scrutinized the operations of our FFRDCs and our University Affiliated Research Centers over the past years. We've conducted numerous independent studies and review and we have now introduced several major initiatives designed to manage these organizations more effectively and four that I would point out would be first, to limit the program content of these R&D Centers to what I will describe as core work.
Second, to establish stringent criteria for the acceptance of non-core work by R&D Center's parent corporation.
Thirdly, the formation of an independent advisory committee -- in essence outside of the Department's day-to-day management -- to review the Department's management and oversight of our FFRDCs and UARCs.
And fourthly, the development of a new set of guidelines to ensure management fees provided to our FFRDCs are, in fact, based on the justified need.
We believe that these initiatives along with the support of Congress will effectively address concerns about FFRDC and UARC management and they will pave the way for continued use of these very critical capabilities provided by the centers to the Department.
As our Department downsizes, these centers have become increasingly important as centers of independent, technical expertise and support in their core areas as expertise. If I might have the first chart. There are 12 FFRDCs listed right here if you could read that. Is that readable in the back? I guess if it's not readable in the back, all of these charts are in your package and six University Affiliated Research Centers.
Together they account for about four percent of the Department's FY `96 RDT&E budget. These are not through profit, private sector organizations that maintain long-term strategic relationships with their sponsors in the Department. By strategic relationships, I mean relationships which are generally long-term in character which may require access to proprietary or sensitive data for a long period of time and the development of core expertise that isn't generated overnight. They maintain this essential expertise and capabilities important to each of their sponsoring organizations and operate in the public interest free from real or perceived conflicts of interest.
Over the past year, we have implemented a core work approach for managing the workload of the FFRDCs and the UARCs. This core approach really is what I would describe as a "stick to your knitting" approach in terms of maintaining the things that are at the core of that strategic relationship. In doing this, each DoD sponsor has developed a statement defining just what core work means for each FFRDC and UARC.
In addition, the sponsors have applied hard criteria to ascertain whether a task is within scope of the core work for each of our research and development centers. These program assessments are now complete. Our sponsors in the Department have identified a total of about $43 million dollars as non-core work in the FFRDCs and the UARC sponsors have identified about $26 million work as non-core. These non-core activities will in essence be divested outside of these research centers in a logical way. The numbers reflected on this chart reflect the FY `96 core work totals for each of the centers. Next chart please.
As I said earlier, this core work performed by our FFRDCs and UARCs continues to be vitally important to our national security. This chart depicts the core competencies and the technical achievements for just one of our FFRDCs. In this case, I've picked the Center for Naval Analysis. In your package, you have a chart like this for each FFRDC and for each UARC. And the charts are in the same format. They indicate the base of core competencies, what the organization has contributed to the Department in the past, and what it's doing today.
The 1942, the Center for Naval Analysis was instrumental in assisting the Navy's development of convoy formations, search tactics and torpedo counter-measures which were critical to defeating the submarine threats in both the North Atlantic and the Pacific. Today, CNA is helping the Navy devise spare parts allowances and also an outsourcing initiatives to better manage its worldwide system at bases and port facilities. Next chart.
Same format in place for UARCs. In this case, the example I picked was the undersea warfare accomplishments provided by the Applied Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University. Since 1965, ARL has been responsible for the design and the development of 21 different propulsor approaches and hydrodynamic devices for service ships, submarines, and related weapons. Today, ARL is assisting the Navy as it pursues the research of advanced decoys to aid in ship self defense. May I have the next chart.
The budget for our FFRDCs has come down since the peak levels that were achieved in 1991 and it's come down at about twice the rate of the overall decline of the department's RDT&E budget. This decline has been consistent with the overall trends in defense downsizing and outsizing (sic) outsourcing. It's consistent with what we've got in taking down the forestructure as well as the overall budget.
I believe we have now reached about a steady state conditions and further reduction beyond the core levels will be harmful to the national security interest of the country and the base provided by the FFRDCs. May I have the last chart, please.
The word content and the operations of each of these centers has been closely scrutinized over the past year. They have been sized consistent with the defense acquisition reform initiatives that we are undertaking, our overall strategies in the budget to support them. I believe we have significantly strengthened our management controls including managing the workload of our R&D centers to the core concept.
Ongoing work that is not core is being transferred out of these R&D centers. We have established new stringent criteria for the acceptance of work outside of the core criteria by the parent corporation of an FFRDC when those situations exist.
As we've been doing this, we've also seen some adjustment in some of the organizations. In particular, I would announce the Department's general support for the restructuring of the Mitre Corporation. They will split into two separate non-affiliated companies with no common trustees, officers, or staff. One of the organizations will be split into an FFRDC organization which we -- which split we believe will help focus the Mitre Corporation on its FFRDC operations.
As I close these remarks, let me underscore again my own sense and that of the entire team here what the FFRDCs and the UARCs are critically important national assets. They have provided key contributions in the past and they will be addressing critical needs for the future. Co-active management on the part of the Department will ensure the sustainment of these contributions.
These assets are assets that take a period of time to develop and a long-term care is of utmost importance to all of us. I'll be happy to take any questions. Yes?
Q: What does this mean to the taxpayer?
A: This means to the taxpayer, I think, a better management and lower cost management of the Department over the long run.
Q: Can you be a little more specific? Are you talking about reduction of salary?
A: I am talking about arrangements to prohibit unnecessary restrictions on salaries where those have been imposed in the past. We see some impact on recruiting the kind of people that need to be recruited into the FFRDCs and the UARCs for the long term of the organization.
Q: What is it now, and what restrictions are you talking about?
A: What is what now?
Q: What are the pay limitations now, and are you talking about recurring congressional efforts to limit these salaries?
A: Yes. What we have asked the Congress to do basically, and they complied in FY96, was to remove artificial restraints imposed specifically to the FFRDCs.
Q: At what? How much? How much compensation...
A: In FY96 there were no unique limits imposed on the FFRDCs, so we're operating under the general limit of impositions, and I'll have to get that figure for you there. The general limitation, we have limitations on compensation levels for which executives can be reimbursed, and I have to get that number for you.
Q: Is it $250,000 a year?
A: I don't know what the number is. We'll get it for you.
Q: The Senate Appropriations Committee has been up and down this road several times. They want a limit. I think that was the limit, $250,000. There's also some talk about limiting federal reimbursement to defense contractors, maximum individual compensation of $250,000.
A: Yes.
Q: Let the corporations pick up the rest.
Q: What is your position on that?
A: My position would be against imposing limitations. We're working with businesses. I'm trying to set up a practice in the Department of doing things on a commercial-like basis so that we can operate with commercial firms, so that we can use commercial practice, and commercial practice just doesn't end up imposing specific salary constraints on companies.
Q: Well, there's $6 and $7 million a year salaries for some of these examples, and the taxpayer's picking it all up. Why doesn't the corporation take it out of its profits?
A: I go back again. The way I'd like to operate is to use, to the extent we can, commercial practice to buy from commercial firms, and when we impose limitations on firms that we're dealing with, it will cut our access to the commercial technology and production base.
Q: A new subject, on the B-2 bomber.
Not quite a year ago in the same room you said the study which you had performed for you showed additional value provided by more B-2s, but illuminates a much greater cost effectiveness derived from advanced [major] weapons, the PGMs you discussed today.
Q: Is there any reason to expect the White House study which has been reported to come to a different conclusion, if they assume the same budget levels that your study assumed?
A: I really can't comment on the conclusion that they would come to. I think you would ask the White House.
What I would say generally on that subject is that we're in a period where there's been some disagreement between the Congress and the Administration on the B-2. That finds itself, today, in the addition of $493 million. So with that new fact, any Administration would come back and look at the issue to try to understand and resolve the basis of the disagreement, so we're involved in discussions to do that. But fundamentally from my perspective, nothing has changed in the underlying foundation of that study.
Q: So you stand by the study that you all said showed that while more B-2s might be good, you simply couldn't afford them given budget constraints.
A: Yes. From my perspective, nothing in the underlying assumption base of that study has changed.
Q: Which means that in terms of more B-2s or spare parts or any addition to the package which the Pentagon has accepted, what are you saying? That you don't want any? Can you tell us in your words?
A: I can't address all those issues because our study, for example, didn't look at the issue of spare parts. We are looking to see how might the FY96 add be spent most properly. That's a new factor that that addition by the Congress in '96 was not something I was expecting or counting on in the study that we undertook. So that's an area of active engagement as we look to see what's best done with those funds that were provided by the Congress. But the underlying rationale of the study that I spoke of, the assumptions made and the conclusions, I've not seen anything that would change that basis.
Q: What were those conclusions, please?
A: Those conclusions were that buying additional B-2s would add value, but that there were more cost effective things to be done with additional funding. For example, it was more cost effective to weaponize the B-2s that we had rather than to buy new ones. It was also more cost effective to provide some of the upgrades that were available to us on the B-1 fleet.
Q: Wasn't the intention of that heavy bomber study to sort of settle this question independently about whether or not there was a need for additional B-2s? Didn't you feel at the time, don't you feel now that that question has essentially been answered?
A: I think from my perspective it's been answered, and I don't see anything at the moment that would change the conclusion to that study.
Q: Have you been asked, Dr. Kaminski, by the White House to participate in this "fresh look", and is your office taking part in this Administration review of the program?
A: Yes. We've had discussion and we're providing information back as you would expect. As I've said, when there is a disagreement between the Administration and the Congress, I think the Administration is in good faith going back to understand the basis of it, going back to look at our study, the basis for the study and the conclusions, so we've been supplying data.
Q: For example, specifically, based on members of Congress, there's been this discussion of an $800 million line item in the FY97 budget, and the possibility of spending close to $4 billion in addition to that over the following three years. Have you weighed in on that proposal and made a recommendation regarding... We've only got a month go to now before the specifics of the budget are released.
A: I have not weighed in on that specific proposal. We looked at two specific proposals when we did the bomber study. We looked at a three per year procurement and a 1.5 per year procurement profile and folded those into our two analyses.
Q: At that time the three was considered the most efficient.
Q: Other people in this building said anything less than that, they'd just be way too expensive on a per unit cost basis.
A: The per unit cost basis was higher for the 1.5 per year, obviously. You're not building them as efficiently.
Q: Have you been asked by the White House from where you might get this extra money? From what other programs? Or are they going to increase the budget to fit these plans in?
A: I have not been asked that question. Obviously, the new fact, that is the provision of this $493 million in '96 comes with no out year tail.
Q: So either the White House has to increase the budget or you're going to be asked to cut other programs to finish these planes that would be started.
A: If the program went forward, one of those two would have to happen, yes.
Q: On this R&D Center study, are there any implications here for technology transfer involving these centers?
A: Transfer to or from the centers?
Q: I guess from the center is what I'm talking about.
A: I don't see any big change. Several of these centers have been very key in the development of transfer of technology in the past. I don't see that there will be any impediments put into place for that happening in the future. Those are capabilities that we certainly, however, want to maintain.
I use the example of the Penn State ARL. They've developed a base of technology for propulsors through the years that's been critically important to the Department. That is a base of technology that we could then deploy in industry to be able to build the designs that were created. To transfer the technology for that purpose.
I would say one more about these institutions. In some cases they're providing the kind of capability that we would like to have in government service, but we don't really have the flexibility to be able to attract and retain some of the kinds of specialized technical skills that are needed. Long term relationships are required. The access to proprietary data is key.
So these institutions, I said in areas they'll be more important in the future. I think they're going to be very key to helping us work on some of our outsourcing and privatization kinds of activities, to bring some talent to bear on deciding how to best go about some of those.
Q: Just to return to the B-2 for a minute, and not to put you at odds with the White House or the Administration, but you seem to be saying that based on what you know now, what your study shows, that you would advise the White House, at least on current knowledge, against building more B-2s. Is that what you're saying?
A: What I would say, Charlie, is that nothing has changed at this point that I've seen in the study that we did, and that study recommended doing other things before building additional B-2s. So I know of nothing today that's changed that foundation in my mind.
Q: How can a study by the NSC result in a philosophical difference between the Administration and Congress? You said we...
A: I'm not sure it can. But I think if you put yourself in the position of an Administration and there's a disagreement with the Congress, you certainly want to look to understand what the basis of the disagreement is and examine the facts that lead to it. I think that's what's going on.
Q: Don't you think it's pretty obvious what's going on? Do you really need a four week study to figure that out?
A: I don't know how long it has to be. I would suggest you talk to the White House or the NSC staff, but I think a reasonable effort is being made to look into it, and I think that's appropriate.
Q: Throughout all of last year Dr. Perry was on the Hill explaining why this building didn't want more B-2s. Explaining the philosophical difference. I don't see where there's this misunderstanding between the Congress position and the White House position. Up until this point, you and Dr. Perry had led the Administration in saying there are better ways to spend the extra money. Congress throughout the year debated the issue. You knew there was support to add the money. You talked to the lawmakers, you knew what they were thinking. Where is this disagreement?
A: I don't think the thinking in the Congress is uniform on this issue either, in that the two bills we have each have some slightly different language about what best to do with the $493 million. So I am engaged actively in coming forward with recommendations on what best to do with that. As I said earlier, that was not something that was present when we did our study last year.
Q: Is the Pentagon and the White House out of synch on this now?
A: No, I don't think so.
Q: Why not?
A: I go back again, explaining this disagreement between the Administration and the Congress. I think we're working together to try to understand it and review and fill in the factual base. I don't see us working at cross-purposes.
Mr. Bacon: These are questions you should ask the White House. Let's finish what we're talking about here.
Q: In the '86 authorization bill, they ask the Pentagon to come up with a proposal for downsizing the FFRDCs to make them more efficient and so forth. Is this basically going to be your response?
A: Yes, this is our response. Really what we're trying to do here is to move away from arbitrary constraints, just chopping the ceiling or putting salary constraints on organizations when the real issue is, I think, one of sticking to core. That is defining what is it at the center of the strategic relationship, and putting in a process to reasonably manage that, and keeping people sticking to their knitting and not diversifying outside of those areas. Our view is that was a better way to manage this than simply lopping away at the top.
Q: In defining core though, you only cut about -- you identified less than four percent of the overall budget for the services. Are you satisfied that the services took a hard enough look at the core workload of FFRDCs? Was there any revision that...
A: I am satisfied that we've taken a hard enough look at that, but I would also say that it is healthy to have an independent review of what goes on here. It is easy to slip into a situation in which given that there's an existing contract with an FFRDC and there's new work to be done and the new work wants to be done quickly, it's very often easy to put that work on an existing contract and it can be a slippery slope. So what we've set up here is an independent outside body, with a charter that has some teeth in it to come back and look at that at year end.
Q: Might this independent body suggest further cuts?
A: It could well. What it could certainly do is said here we've defined core, and we're not doing what we said we're going to do. We're operating outside of core.
Q: I have a question for Art Money, too. Mr. Money, before you entered the Pentagon you were very critical of FFRDCs. I think you basically said they were an institution whose time had come and gone.
Dr. Kaminski: Art, come on up, please. [Laughter]
Q: Have you changed your thinking on FFRDCs, or do you need to be in a position where you take a little more diplomatic look at it?
Mr. Money: I'll be glad to answer that. That was primarily centered around FFRDCs going in and competing with industry on regular industrial type RFPs. I thought they exceeded the bounds in that regard.
That was roughly a year ago. I testified in front of a Defense Science Board subcommittee.
Having been in here now four days, but having some briefings over the last couple of months, there's much more of a dependency on some of the FFRDCs than I had appreciate from industry, so I totally concur with the position that the Pentagon is currently taking.
Q: So based on basically where you're sitting now you have a different view of the FFRDCs?
Mr. Money: I think two things have happened. The FFRDCs, their role and the boundaries that they operate under has been further clarified. Mitre, for example, has now formed two companies, split into two companies so they can have a for profit company as well as an FFRDC-oriented company. So I think that further clarifies who's doing what and the boundary condition, if you will, around those.
So in that regard, I think that's appropriate, and we've made some progress in that regard.
Q: The Mitre split obviously addressed concerns about Mitre seeking outside work. Might this provide a model if other FFRDCs like Aerospace or something...
Mr. Kaminski: To the extent that this starts to become a major issue, it certainly is a model that could be undertaken. I would say that I did nothing specifically to require Mitre to make this split, but we did lay down hard rules that the for profit work they were wanting to do couldn't fit under this core, so we couldn't allow it under our current arrangement. It was their choice. They felt that capability was important, and therefore, they decided to play by our rules, and yet pursue their objectives that they had to split.
Q: Do you see the funding to be fairly constant now?
A: Somewhat. But I would say, I want to come back to the principle. We're not trying t manage this by putting a particular funding cap on our organization. What we're trying to do is manage this by defining what the core work is that we need to have done. There may be some adjustments up or down in the amount of work, but the way to manage this is by describing what it is that's core, and sticking to that.
Thank you.


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A little while ago, I read a post on Big Mike Seaton's blog about Digital and Social Media Syndrome, and that got me thinking.
I've got two Yahoo! e-mail accounts (business and pleasure), A Facebook account, a MySpace page, a YouTube account(whoa…I forgot that I even made those movies), a
MyRagan account, a Meetup.com account, and now (thanks to Darren), a Dopplr account. Occassionally, I get e-mails from Friendster telling that I have an account there, but I can't remember my login name or password and haven't used it in years. At one point, I think I also had an account for Flickr.
I'm sure that this problem of login excess is something that we can all relate to. Is there no possible way to combine all of these so that I only have to log in once to check updates from every page? I'm not very familiar with Hotmail, so forgive me for using Yahoo! mail as an example
I'm thinking that something like the Yahoo! mail interface would be great. Log in, and you can see a row of folders on the left hand side, each one for a different site. A little number in brackets would tell you how many new items/updates/messages you have for each account, and clicking on the folder would open up a tab in the main window. When composing a message, it would be possible to not only decide who to send it to, but to which one of their accounts, and in what manner (private message, wall post, photo comment, etc.).
I know I wrote about this before here, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately. A hell of a lot.
I've thought this through. All I need now is a team of coders and some cash.
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haha, i know what you mean. i have two many accounts of my own. friendster, myspace, flickr, youtube. plus a few more forums which i signed up for along the way. I'm also new into the PR world, recently graduated and doing a lot of digital campaigning. your blog's a great refresher, i've been tossing up an idea of whether to start a new blog to speak of professional related stuff, or if i should integrate it into my current blog. (which isn't fully web 2.0)
Thanks for the comment, Brian. I understand the need to have a professional vs. personal blog, but for all of us here at BlogCampaigning, we are writing about what interests us personally, and it is great because it applies to the more career-oriented aspect of our lives.
yeahh, i agree that it helps that the personal interest is aligned with the professional interest as well. if I had a better system of categorizing the posts in my blog, i don't think it would be easier to integrate the two seperate fields.
I think that's a great idea. I, unfortunately, am not much of a coder. More of a design guy.
But, as a certified marketing genius, I think we could definitely get something like this off the ground.
Let's do lunch and discuss it…
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February 25, 2008
Adam's Apples: A tart treat
Reviewer: Diana Slampyak
Rating (out of 5): ****
This funny, irreverent film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen (The Green Butchers, Flickering Lights, screenwriter of Mifune) will keep you laughing from its start, as soon as Adam (Ulrich Tomsen) steps off a bus, keys it as it passes by, and then meets Ivan (After the Wedding's Mads Mikkelsen). We immediately know Adam is a bad-ass con fresh out of prison, sent to Ivan's care for 'rehabilitation,' and that things will quickly go awry. Adam, you see, is a Neo-Nazi while Ivan, a devout reverend, is as Christian as they come.
Add to the mix the two other ex-cons, Gunner and Khalid, and a host of comedic clashes come to pass. Gunner is an alcoholic who's supposedly on the wagon, but who drinks every moment on screen. He steals Adam's mobile phone repeatedly, and gets a beating each time. Meanwhile, Khalid is a would-be reformed terrorist who nevertheless goes hunting for humans every chance he gets. Ivan turns a blind eye and claims success in his program of reform because of a past trauma he can't get over.
The titular fruit comes into play when Adam tells Ivan his ambition: to bake a pie, smartass that he is. So Ivan puts him in charge of the apple tree. When it becomes riddled with crows, Ivan tells the gang to shoot the birds and soon they'll learn to stay away. And I'll leave it at that.
Adam's Apples is absolutely hilarious. The acting is perfectly understated, the gimmicks uncheesy, and the plot quickly paced. You'll laugh when, for example, Ivan thinks Adam's photo of Hitler is his uncle, and when you find out Ivan's bizarre secrets. Jensen's film is a tart treat.
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Orange County school board gets two new faces, two familiar
Incumbents Donna Coffey and Brenda Stephens secured two of the four Orange County Schools Board of Education seats that were up for grabs in Tuesday's election, while newcomers Tom Carr and Rosa Williams took two others.
According to unofficial results, Carr was the top vote-getter with 5,667 votes, or 22.8 percent of the total. He was followed by Stephens, who got 5,320 votes, or 21.4 percent of the total, Coffey with 20 percent or 4,964 votes, and Williams with nearly 15 percent, 3,716 votes.
Carr is retired after 30 years as a counselor in the school system. He said that his "biggest issue" is teacher morale, and after he takes the job, he plans to be visible in the schools.
"All the Common Core stuff, more testing, more paperwork, more training, more meetings…while their salaries are remaining a little stagnant," he said. "I'm ready to jump in," he added..
The other newcomer to the board is Rosa Williams, who works as a billings manager for City of Durham water management. With three children graduated from school, she said the "time is right" for her to give back.
After the results came in, Williams said she was happy. While she said she will be a part of a board, she, personally, wants to focus on the achievement gap.
"(To) come up with a way … to improve that some in the county," she said.
Stephens is a former library director and who now works in guest relations at Durham's Museum of Life and Science.
Attempts to reach her for comment were not successful. However, her campaign website said she wants to make a difference for young people and believes challenges facing schools include violence and retention of quality teachers.
Coffey, who works as administrative assistant for the N.C. State Board of Environmental Health Specialists Examiners, was elected to her second term.
Coffey said she was humbled and honored to be re-elected.
"I believe Orange County has all of the components to be successful," she said. "I would just like to move forward with ensuring that our district will continue being successful as it has in the past," she added.The two other contenders were Michael H. Hood, a retired computer professional who advocated for fiscal controls for the system and a focus on the achievement gap, and Greg Andrews, the owner of construction of real estate companies. Andrews' platform included a focus on common sense in decision making and support for athletic and agriculture programs.
Andrews said in response to the results that he doesn't know if he plans to run again.
"I (need to) take the time and look at the amount of support I've got in there, and just reformulate a plan," he said.


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Posted 29 June 2014 - 01:59 AM
I'm 17, and I'm struggling to fit in, in a generation that seems full of sin.
I love The Lord and am blessed to have had such an amazing life so far, I just want to learn how to be a better Christian, yet.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Posted 29 June 2014 - 04:37 AM
Hi Austin, welcome to worthy
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Posted 29 June 2014 - 04:44 AM
Welcome to Worthy.
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Posted 29 June 2014 - 03:24 PM
Hi Austin. Great to see a young man at only 17 that's concerned about the sin in this generation. Not many young teenagers care. God himself is the best to teach you how to grow and develop. Spend time with Jesus, and you will learn. Remember the Holy Spirit - He will teach us all things. Just talk to Him, as a friend. He is always there to listen, to care, to know, to help, to strenghten, to direct, to love, to be all you would ever need.
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Posted 29 June 2014 - 04:53 PM
Hi Austin,
Being a Christian is a day by day walk, and there is always something new to learn.
I have been saved since I was 15 and that is a long time.
I think the best way to learn is to stay in the word everyday. Never forget God Loves you and that He will never leave you or forsake you. He is gracious and will never take you where His grace cannot keep you. Remember you have a whole lot of brothers and sisters in this world that will stand by you too. Do everything you can and then let God do the rest.
We have a chat room here too.. If you come in with questions we will answer them the best way we know how. We will pray for you and love you through whatever comes your way. We as the body of Christ are here for each other.
We are so glad the Lord brought you here to fellowship with us. Take care, God Bless you and may you walk in the light of Jesus until He calls you home or until He takes us us home in the Rapture.
Because He Lives!! Rustyangel
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Welcome to Worthy!!
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Posted 29 June 2014 - 06:20 PM
Hi, Austin. Welcome to Worthy! We may be in this world, But our Lord reminded us that we are not of this world... We belong to Jesus and we have a home in Heaven waiting for us, forever throughout all Eternity! However, while we are still here, among fellow believers in Christ, we do belong... And you are accepted at Worthy! So glad you are here.
God bless you,
(KJV) Ephesians 1: 5-6 Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, To the praise of the glory of His Grace, through He hath made us accepted in the in the Beloved.
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Posted 01 July 2014 - 12:28 AM
Hi, I am also a teenager so I know what you mean lol. I am so happy to be here though!
- May God bless you!
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New Textbook, Co-Edited by Dana S. Dunn,
Many undergraduate psychology majors feel sure they want to devote their careers to helping other people, but aren't so sure of their specific calling (social worker? researcher? clinical psychologist?), or how to get there. A new textbook, co-edited by Dana S. Dunn, chair of Learning In Common and professor of psychology, promises to help psychology educators help their students see—and navigate—the various pathways that lead beyond the undergraduate classroom.
Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings & Endings in the Psychology Major: Research, Cases, and Recommendations, edited by Dana S. Dunn, Bernard C. Beins, Maureen A. McCarthy, and G. William Hill, IV, provides psychology educators effective and innovative strategies for teaching introductory orientation and capstone courses for psychology majors. Written by psychology instructors involved in the improvement of teaching and learning, the book offers current research and practical advice for helping psychology students become engaged in their major and, ultimately, use their education in post-graduate life.
The book's companion web site, created by publisher Oxford University Press, provides sample syllabi and assignments on the Instructor Resources page. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will go to the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Fund for Excellence.