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By By Andrew Drwiega, Military Editor | April 1, 2012
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The AW159 Lynx Wildcat from AgustaWestland is the successor to the existing Lynx and will enter service with the British Army and Royal Navy (RN) during 2014-2015, more than 36 years since the first Lynx helicopter achieved operational capability with the British Army in 1978. The designations are the Lynx Wildcat AH Mk1 for the Army and the Wildcat HMA Mk1 for the Royal Navy.
Lynx Wildcat may have the same general appearance as the basic Lynx, originally the result of cooperation between Westland Helicopters and Aerospatiale of France (as were the Puma and Gazelle), but AgustaWestland has been more than insistent that the AW159 is a modern aircraft that's strongest link with its predecessor is its heritage.
"This is the first helicopter in AgustaWestland that has been designed completely in a digital environment and [that] has been key to the success of the program," says the company's head of products, David Hillcoat. "The information created in the design phase has then been transferred and used in the technical publications and the training courseware."
The Wildcat was borne out of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) requirement for a new small battlefield reconnaissance helicopter as well as a maritime surface combat/reconnaissance aircraft that was capable of being deployed on the RN's destroyers.
The National Audit Office (NAO) Major Projects Report 2011 issued on November 16 stated that: "Based on the current assumptions within the Rotary Wing Strategy the quantity of Wildcat aircraft to be procured comprises 34 Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopters with a further eight Light Assault Helicopter (LAH) role variants of the Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter, together with 28 Surface Combatant Maritime Rotorcraft. The Light Assault Helicopter role requirement will be subject to appropriate requirement approvals. Planning Round 2011 Options introduce funding for the Light Assault Helicopter role equipment as well as deââ¬âscoping the Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter requirement by four aircraft, resulting in a total fleet of 66 aircraft. A further Planning Round 2011 Option was run to revise the profile of the resources available for the Wildcat project between financial year 2014-15 and financial year 2015-16."
This decision seems to be further supported by comments made by defence procurement minister Peter Luff to the House of Commons a month later on Dec. 14, 2011: "We are planning to increase numbers of Wildcat helicopters being purchased from 62 to 66. The fleet will consist of three types: 28 Helicopter Maritime Attack, 30 Army Helicopter (AH), and eight LAH [versions]. Four of the LAH aircraft were previously to have been AH type. The costs of conversion are still under consideration." AgustaWestland's Hillcoat said that he could not comment on the proposal as the company currently had no further orders for the proposed additional aircraft. He also could not state how this aircraft, in a light assault helicopter role, might differ in specification from the planned Army version.
The Wildcat is a single source, combined helicopter procurement program has designed to meet both the Army and the RN requirement to replace the existing Lynx helicopters, although the 22 recently modernized Mark9A British Army Lynx should continue to be used after the new Wildcats have entered operational service. The Army will receive its first Wildcat in April this year with the RN's first aircraft arriving one year later. In service dates are set for one year after first aircraft delivery and Hillcoat confirmed that all 62 aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2016.
The MoD has bought into AgustaWestland's assurance that the land and maritime versions "will have a high degree of commonality and will be able to switch between Army and Royal Navy roles, principally through the changing of role equipment."
The helicopter is a six ton, twin engine, multi-role platform which, according to AgustaWestland, will "significantly enhance the Army's ISTAR capabilities." Systems are based around a digital and integrated Open Systems Architecture that will offer improved situational awareness. A forward looking infrared (FLIR) electro-optical system is included to provide "accurate position reports and targeting data. The sight has a laser range finder and designator for both ground and air forces. The aircraft is also equipped with the Bowman radio that provides secure voice and data... with an improved data modem for the passage of secure targeting data." The company claims that its modern design will allow future growth and the ability to integrate new and emerging ISTAR technology.
The Wildcat will retain its maneuverability by using the already proven CTS800 engine, recently incorporated into the Lynx Mk9A modification. The tail has been redesigned which, according to AgustaWestland, allows a more powerful tail rotor system and "improves the aircraft's strength and stealth qualities." The cabin has also been redesigned to be larger.
In 2006, an AgustaWestland statement put the cost of 70 aircraft at £1 billion. Current costs for 62 aircraft have been put at £1.7 billion (around £27 million each), although Hillcoat declares categorically there has been no cost increase and that the program is on schedule.
The RN version of the Lynx Wildcat, prototype ZZ402, has already undergone sea trials onboard the frigate HMS Iron Duke around Britain's south coast and waters of northern Scotland. During the 20-day trial period the test Wildcat conducted 390 flight deck landings in a variety of sea states, including 148 night landings—76 of them using night vision goggles. Sea trials were required as the AW159 is categorized as a new aircraft.
Sensors around the helicopter recorded more than 4,000 items of data from the helicopter's engines, rotor and transmission. The results of the sea trials will be evaluated over the coming nine months.
What is concerning about the Lynx Wildcat is that it really appears to be an improved version of the Lynx—and however good that is, it looks to be a long way from any kind of radical step forward in helicopter design in the way that Sikorsky is developing its S-97 Raider. Both AgustaWestland and the MoD could rightly argue that this was never the intention when a replacement was being sought for the old Lynx. However, does it represent an opportunity lost to really take helicopter development a much bigger step forward?
The U.S. Army is now well into its Manned Unmanned teaming program with the integration of capabilities between and across all platforms, as well as sharing data with ground troops. The MUSIC exercise in September 2011 brought together a diverse fleet of aircraft, all of which have the capability to shoot and stream live video as well as exchange and use information: the AH-64D Apache Longbow Block II, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS, RQ-7B Shadow UAS, RQ-11B Raven UAS, Puma All Environment Capable variant and the MQ-5B Hunter UAS.
One of the stand-out requirements for the next Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) for the U.S. Army is the need for aircraft to be optionally-manned, a factor that the Army command believes will mitigate the need for aircrew to be present for every mission—hopefully freeing them up from repetitive point-to-point supply missions. Again, the Lynx Wildcat was not designed with the AAS completion in mind, but when measured against the ambitions of the U.S. Army, how much appeal will it have to the wider military market?
Geoff Russell of AgustaWestland's external affairs points out, "When the U.S. Army releases their mission requirements, we'll determine the best platform to suit their needs. We're evaluating our options and will participate in the upcoming flight demonstration with the best aircraft available."
He adds that in the predecessor of the AAS, the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), the U.S. Army was looking for a smaller, lighter helicopter. Addressing the issue of making the Wildcat optionally manned, Russell asserted that AgustaWestland is "studying unmanned and optionally manned rotorcraft but we are not disclosing details at this time other that we have a program using the SW-4 platform, which will fly this year."
(In 2011, AgustaWestland's CEO at the time, Guiseppi Orsi, announced the company's intent to move into the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market, with a platform based on the PZL Swidnik SW-4 light turbine single engine helicopter. First flight was declared as sometime in 2012.)
So the AW159 Lynx Wildcat seems set to bring a step upgrade to existing capability to both the British Army and RN, and it may well appeal to other military Lynx operators who do not need the sophistication and integration of platforms and systems currently being sought in the United States.


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Damaged or diseased vocal cords can forever change and even silence the voices we love, from a family member's to a famous personality's.
Julie Andrews, who starred in such classics as The Sound of Music, is among the professional singers who have undergone surgery to remove callus-like growths that can form from overuse of these two small, stretchy bands of tissue housed in the larynx, or voice box. Sadly, Andrews may never fully recover her singing voice after surgery on her vocal cords in 1997.
Engineering pliable, new vocal cord tissue to replace scarred, rigid tissue in these petite, yet powerful organs is the goal of a new University of Delaware research project. It is funded by a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Xinqiao Jia, UD assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is leading the project. Jia's research focuses on developing intelligent biomaterials that closely mimic the molecular composition, mechanical responsiveness and nanoscale organization of natural extracellular matrices–the structural materials that serve as scaffolding for cells. These novel biomaterials, combined with defined biophysical cues and biological factors, are being used for functional tissue regeneration.
Randall Duncan, associate professor of biological sciences and mechanical engineering at UD and an expert in cellular biomechanics and signal transduction, is a co-investigator on the project. He will assist the interdisciplinary research team in determining how vocal cord cells respond to mechanical forces, which is the first step in engineering functional vocal cord tissue. Duncan is actively involved in Jia's career development as her senior mentor at UD.
Rodney Clifton, professor of engineering at Brown University and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is providing the project with a unique testing capability, using a device he invented that can measure the mechanical properties, or elasticity, of tissue samples at human speech frequencies. Jia began working with Clifton a few years ago when she was a postdoctoral researcher and he was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Also collaborating on the project is Dr. Robert Witt, a head and neck oncologist at Christiana Care Health System, in Newark, Del. Witt will provide clinical expertise in vocal cord pathology. The research partnership was established through the Center for Translational Cancer Research, which is directed by Mary C. Farach-Carson, professor of biological sciences and material sciences at UD.
According to Jia, the vocal cords are more accurately defined as "vocal folds." Each vocal fold is a laminated structure consisting of a pliable vibratory layer of connective tissue, known as the lamina propria, sandwiched between a membrane (epithelium) and a muscle. These flexible folds of tissue, coated in mucous to keep them moist, operate like an elevator door and must come together to produce a sound.
When you talk or sing, the folds may vibrate more than 100 times a second from the air that is forced up from the lungs through the trachea. However, excessive use or abuse of the voice can lead to scarring of the vocal fold lamina propria, which disrupts their natural pliability, resulting in hoarseness and other symptoms of vocal dysfunction.
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Ordinance of Secession (First Signed Version)
The Ordinance of Secession, adopted April 17, 1861, ratified May 23, 1861. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
On April 17, 1861, the Virginia Convention by a vote of 88 to 55 adopted the Ordinance of Secession. It repealed the 1788 state convention's ratification of the Constitution of the United States and the General Assembly's resolutions ratifying amendments to that Constitution. The ordinance stated that Virginia resumed all the powers that the state had granted to the federal government on the grounds that the federal government had "perverted said powers not only to the injury of the people of Virginia, but to the oppression of the Southern slaveholding States." The ordinance was ratified in a popular referendum on May 23, 1861.
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Hi HG, I'm looking for recipes and ideas for sandwiches and other packable lunch items. I eat lunch late, so hot sandwiches get cold and cold sandwiches get soggy. I want alternatives to the same boring lunch I take every day. Can you help me? Bored with Brown Bagging
Hi Bored,
I'm all about changing things up and keeping meals exciting... It's DEFINITELY the best way to help you stay on track when it comes to smart eating. To start, get yourself an insulated lunch bag. There are some super-cute ones out there! And store a couple of cold packs in your freezer to add to your bag and keep your food cool. As for soggy sandwiches, one thing I've found that helps is to lightly toast the bread. It's also a good idea to pack the bread separately and assemble your sandwich at lunch. And try using things other than traditional light bread slices. High-fiber pitas, flat sandwich rolls, light English muffins, and thin bagels tend to hold up better than soft bread. Whatever you use to hold your sandwich fixins, look for options with some fiber and a total of 120 calories or less. Zazzle up your sandwich with fun condiments and toppings. Flavored mustards (like Vivi's Original Sauce), Dijonnaise (an HG staple), and the new Buffalo-flavored reduced-fat mayo from Hellmann's/Best Foods are all great picks, and they add very few calories if you stick to a single serving. (Pack the condiments on the side so they don't soggy up your bread!) For toppings, shake things up with sliced jalapeño peppers, pouched sun-dried tomatoes... even turkey pepperoni. Try new deli meats to beat the boredom. If you always have turkey, go for sliced chicken breast, roast beef, or ham. It's actually really easy to find extra-lean varieties of all of these, and a 2-oz. serving (about 5 slices) has just around 60 calories and 1.5g fat. Scoopable deli-style salads also work great on sandwiches. Just stick with a guilt-free version (click here and here for some recipes), pack the salad separately, and assemble at lunchtime. Want full-on sandwich recipes? Check out these mini club sandwiches, and skip the last step so you have one big sandwich. And this chicken salad sandwich is insanely delicious. There's also an ENTIRE CHAPTER of sandwiches in Hungry Girl 300 Under 300, several of which would be fantastic as part of a packed lunch. Another lunch idea? Make a big salad with lots of lean protein (dressing on the side; then dip, don't pour). If you like tuna, just toss a pouch in your lunch sack and add it at lunchtime. I love pre-seasoned pouches, like StarKist Tuna Creations. Beans and pouched salmon are two more great ways to add protein to your salad. You can even get single-serving packets of light or fat-free dressing -- click here for a great site that sells them. Or just stock up on a few mini sealable containers for dressing. And don't forget to pack sides to fill out your lunch. Click here and here for tons of travel-friendly foods. Hope you're feeling inspired to try something new!
Dear Hungry Girl, I am so hungry when I come home from work that I tend to eat unhealthy snacks while preparing dinner. Any suggestions for healthier alternatives I should keep on hand? Feed the Cook
Hi Feed the Cook,
You're not alone. We're constantly making food here at the HG HQ, and sometimes just seeing it (or smelling it) makes me hungry. Luckily, I've got lots of guilt-free snack ideas to fight back. Check 'em out...
Always keep cut veggies and low-calorie dip or salsa on hand. Baby carrots are easy, but mix it up with some other fresh finds. If raw veggies aren't your favorite, try this Mostly Roasted Veggie Explosion. It'll last you all week! Apples are great too. I've been known to have a Fuji while preparing dinner. I'm also big on having a little soup before a meal -- you're likely to take in fewer calories during dinner if you start with a broth-based soup. I recently discovered these little packs of miso soup that dissolve in hot water -- just 25 calories and 1g fat each.
If there's something specific you tend to eat a lot of while you cook, have a smart swap on hand. Always go for salty snacks? Bake up a batch of kale chips, or keep a bag of (popped) 94% fat-free microwave popcorn in your pantry, and portion out a cup or two -- click here for our picks. If you often get into sweets, try hard candy, a sweet sugar-free beverage, or even a cup of hot (or chilled) cocoa made with a packet that has 20 - 25 calories.
A few general tips... If you know you're super-hungry and ready for dinner as soon as you get home, don't plan on making something time-consuming. Stick with quick and easy meals -- click here for some time-saving staples. Slow-cooker recipes are also great -- add the ingredients in the morning, and dinner will be ready and waiting at the end of your workday. And consider having a late-afternoon snack to take the edge off your hunger -- something with protein and fiber.
Now you can cook (and chew) without guilt. Enjoy!
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First, a note on eligibility. You are eligible to nominate for the 2016 Hugo awards if you are
- An attending or supporting member of Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon in Spokane, Washington.
- An attending or supporting member of MidAmericon II, the 2016 Worldcon in Kansas City, Missouri, and became so by January 31st, 2016.
- An attending or supporting member of Worldcon 75, the 2017 Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland, and became so by January 31st, 2016. Note: if you voted in the site selection ballot for the 2017 Worldcon, which was held last summer at Sasquan, your voting fee was automatically converted into a supporting membership of the 2017 Worldcon, regardless of who you voted for. You should already have received an email from the Worldcon 75 administrators informing you of your membership and asking your permission to pass on your contact details to the MidAmericon award administrators.
Note that only members of MidAmericon itself will be eligible to vote on the final winners of the 2016 Hugos. That, however, is down the line. If you like (or hate) how the nominations shake out and feel that you want to vote on the winners, you can buy a supporting membership in the convention after they're announced, which will give you voting rights.
The announcement that Hugo nominations are open (as well as the nominating periods for several other awards, such as the BSFA and the Nebula) is usually accompanied by authors putting up "award eligibility posts," followed by a discussion of whether this is a good thing or whether it makes the entire process into a PR effort. I've already said my piece on this subject, so at the present I'll just repeat what feels to me like the most important point from that essay, which is that my problem with award eligibility posts is less that they're crass and commercialized, and more that for their stated purpose, they are utterly useless. I don't want to trawl through an author's blog history to find the list of works they published last year. What I want is a bibliography--easily found, up-to-date, and ideally sorted by publication date and containing links to works that are available online or for purchase as ebooks. If you haven't got one of those on your website, I have to question how seriously you want my vote.
As I've done in previous years, I'll be posting my own Hugo ballot closer to the end of the nominations period, probably near the beginning or middle of March. In the meantime, if you've found yourselves overwhelmed by the wealth of material available, or are struggling to figure out who to nominate in out-of-the-way categories like Best Related Work or Best Fan Artist, there are several excellent resources that can help you narrow (or widen) your search. Note that most of these are likely to be updated continuously throughout the nominating period.
- The 2016 Hugo Nominees Wikia is still in its infancy, but is a good place to start looking for ideas.
- For the second year in a row, the good folks at Ladybusiness are maintaining a Hugo recommendations spreadsheet, which you can read and edit.
- The contributors at the blog Nerds of a Feather have aggregated their ballots into a Hugo "longlist," with lots of links to the stuff available online. You can find their suggestions in four blog posts (1, 2, 3, 4).
- The Hugo Eligible Art tumblr has been a little quiet recently, and especially for someone like myself, who struggles to find nominees in the Best Fan Artist category, I hope they emerge from slumber soon. At any rate, I'd be interested in having a longer conversation about what constitutes a fan artist, and what kind of work we'd like to see nominated for a Hugo, out of all the wide world of fan art available online.
- Writertopia's Campbell Eligiblity Page is still the best resource for finding nominees for this award, which recognizes new writers in the field.
- Finally, with both the BSFA and Nebula awards seeking nominations at the same time as the Hugos are, there are resources related to those two awards that are also useful for Hugo nominators. The BSFA have, for the first time, introduced a longlist stage into their nominations process. You can find the longlist in this google doc, including links to works available online. The members of the SFWA, meanwhile, are maintaining a "suggested reading list" for the Nebula award, which may also be of interest.
I said this already after last year's Hugo results were announced, but we are in a unique position this year. In 2015, thousands of people showed up to decisively make the point that the Hugos belong not to an embittered cluster who call the award illegitimate if it recognizes work they don't care for, but to anyone who shows up. All of those people now have nominating rights, and they could have a tremendous effect on how this year's award looks--if they choose to show up again. Next year, the Hugos will probably change again, as the anti-slate measures approved in last year's business meeting take effect (assuming they're ratified in this year's meeting, which they probably will be). So this year we're on the cusp, which is where interesting things often happen. If you have nominating rights for this year's Hugos, please consider using them, even if only on a few categories, and even if you don't feel that knowledgeable. The whole point of the Hugos is to reflect fandom in all its many forms. Let's see if we can make that happen.


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Andrew Welsh-Huggins leads a walking tour through German Village just south of Downtown Columbus on June 1. A series of stops along the tour included places mentioned in his newest book, "Fourth Down and Out," published by Ohio University Press.
Photographer: Gretchen Gregory
Jun 2, 2014
By Gretchen Gregory
The first in a series of private investigator crime novels written by investigative journalist Andrew Welsh-Huggins has been published by Ohio University Press, and a walking tour of German Village in Columbus on June 1 included several familiar places mentioned throughout the book.
"Fourth Down and Out" is a book about Andy Hayes, a former Ohio State football player who was disgraced in scandals and now lives in Columbus as a private investigator. His latest case, which includes a compromising video, missing laptop, and extortion, unravels a mystery that eludes even the most experienced detectives and agents, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Aided in part by a series of unusual circumstances that includes adultery, breaking and entering, kidnapping, and even a climactic murder inside a cabin in the Hocking Hills, Hayes solves the crime in traditional private-investigator fashion by knowing his resources, calling in favors, making demands, and helping and harming people along the way, yet always redeeming himself later.
Several of Hayes' problem-solving tactics, including knowing valuable public resources, were learned by Welsh-Huggins himself when investigating stories for The Associated Press in Columbus, he noted.
"A lot of what Andy does with public records is stuff I've learned with my day job, and flowed naturally from the narrative as Andy found himself in different situations," Welsh-Huggins said. Although parts of the books were plotted out carefully and deliberately, other parts developed on their own volition, he noted.
Sprinkled throughout the book are bits of humor and witty moments Welsh-Huggins intertwines in fanciful crime-novel tradition, which make the mystery more accessible. A pair of goons is dropped off wearing nothing but Michigan gear along a highway 30 miles outside Columbus, where Buckeye fever reigns, for example. And a prostitute seeks redemption, yet can't stop asking for money by soliciting others.
"Andy is part of a pretty long tradition of private investigators with snappy dialogue and they're a little too smart-alecky for their own good," Welsh-Huggins explained. "I wanted to keep the tradition of a wise-guy-private-eye."
Welsh-Huggins, who grew up near Rochester, N.Y., went to Kenyon College in Knox County, Ohio and traveled throughout the country with his wife until he moved back to Ohio in 1996 and took a job working for the Youngstown Vindicator. He moved to Columbus in 1998 to work for the Associated Press.
"I knew Columbus was a city I wanted to write about," he explained. "I like it here a lot. It just took probably 15 years of living here until I felt I had the knowledge to set a detective series here."
Welsh-Huggins' first goal is to write good mysteries that appeal to anyone in any location, he noted, and also to create a sense of place for Columbus. "It's a city that I think is really coming of age and is underappreciated. There's great settings and great places here," he said.
The walking tour in German Village on June 1 started at the Cup O Joe located in historic German Village just south of Downtown Columbus, and included a series of stops, including Schiller Park and Schmidts.
"I just feel Columbus is such a great place to set a mystery series and I feel privileged OU Press is publishing this," he said. "It's way overdue for something like this. My wife has this great expression. She says we're the edge of the middle, and I think it really captures where Columbus is. We're the only city growing in Ohio, and there's so much good food, art and culture."
Welsh-Huggins said his second book in the series will be called "Slow Burn," and will be published in Spring 2015. "Andy is hired by someone who's been convicted of triple-arson-murder, and it's a tough case to crack because even the person convicted of arson thinks he's guilty," he said. "As part of this story, Andy has to reconnect with an old girlfriend who he did not part good ways with. In addition to arson fires, the book has a fracking subtheme."
Writing crime stories is a combination of picking things he's covered as a journalist, and keeping an eye on trends. "I keep a notebook, jot things down, and think about characters I'd like to see in the book," he said.
For more information about the book, visit www.ohioswallow.com/book/Fourth+Down+and+Out. "Fourth Down and Out" can be purchased at local booksellers or online.


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July 4th marked the debut of the new Vinylmation Boba Fetts: one "Empire" and one "Prototype." They were to be sold online and offline -- at Disneyland (Anaheim, California) and Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida).
But, as word got around, this new collectible appeared to be quite a limited edition. The figures sold out in less than half a day online. We also stopped by D-Street in Downtown Disney (just outside Disneyland proper) where the inventory was nearly all gone in the first day as well.
We also touched base with fans via Twitter and heard about the status of D-Street outside Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida). Here are our findings:
- Online
- July 4 - Present: Sold out at DisneyStore.com
- Disneyland (Anaheim, California)
- D-Street @ Downtown Disney (outside the park)
- July 4 11pm: < 100 remain according to our own visit there
- July 6: "plenty in stock" according to @Marvelou5
- Star Trader @ Disneyland (inside the park)
- July 6: "plenty in stock" according to @Marvelou5
- D-Street @ Downtown Disney (outside the park)
- Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida)
- D-Street @ Disneyworld
- "plenty" on July 5th, says @Docking_Bay94
- D-Street @ Disneyworld
So, how did the new Vinylmation Boba Fetts sell out so quickly?
- We were told at D-Street that the limit was 25 per person. Yes, twenty-five per person. Who buys that many? Boutique toy stores and eBay hustlers looking to scalp the pricetag. When I asked more about this, the employee (who didn't want us to include her name) said they had to escort some people out of the store after they dropped thousands of dollars. Each toy cost a mere $25 before tax.
- We were told by D-Street that the inventory behind their counter was all there would be: "No additional shipments -- this is it." So, this was clearly a very limited edition. It was unclear how many Disney stores carried the figure, especially D-Street which doesn't require a ticket to Disneyland itself.
- We saw online at DisneyStore.com that you could buy four figures at a time. It was unclear how precise the process was to prevent multiple purchases. Did buyers just need a different credit card each time, or just a separate digital shopping cart? It's unclear.
- We're all aware that the Boba Fett figures aren't mystery figures. They're sitting on top of a second figure that's boxed, but certainly less in demand. Unlike other Vinylmation Boba Fett figures released, which were mystery boxed and therefore much harder to bulk purchase.
With those points alone, you can see how this was ripe for problems. What are your thoughts?


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Two months after she entered rehab, Ke$ha has left Illinois' Timberline Knolls and resurfaced in L.A.
The singer, 27, completed a two-month treatment program for an eating disorder. She arrived at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday with rainbow hair and a sweatshirt that read "Ima Survivor."
Ke$ha tweeted a picture of herself from the plane after landing. The "Timber" chart topper then told her 3.56 million Twitter followers, "Happy to be back! Feeling healthy &working on tons of new music. I can't thank my fans enough for all the love &support u have given me." After posting emoji hearts and a rainbow, the Nashville-raised musician tweeted, "Life is beautiful. I'm so blessed to have u all."
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In February, Ke$ha extended her 30-day stay and postponed her spring tour to focus on getting "my health back on track," she told E! News in a statement. "All of your support has been so amazing. I couldn't have done this without you all. I look forward to coming back stronger than ever on the next tour." The concert dates, which were scheduled for March and April, have not yet been rescheduled.
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When Ke$ha sought treatment in January, the pop star told E! News in a statement, "I'm a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself but I've found it hard to practice." Her mother, Pebe Sebert, later entered the same Chicago-area treatment facility to seek help for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ke$ha's pop peer Demi Lovato sought treatment for an eating disorder at Timberline Knolls in 2010. "I wish her the absolute best and I think she is doing a really great thing for herself," the 21-year-old told E! News in February. "It's really great when you take time out of a schedule that everybody wants you. There are so many things, you work so hard and then you kind of forget about yourself, and you don't really get to treat the things that everyone has like stress. You just kind of throw yourself into work."
The "Neon Lights" singer added, "When I took that experience, I needed it to live. It taught me a lot and it helped me a ton. I wish her the absolute best. She's a really sweet girl and she's going to be fine."


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My Baby Has Eczema: The Cause Found and the Healing BegunTuesday, August 9th, 2011
It has been 5 months since the last post, and a lot has happened. Before I fill you in on the results of the stool test, what we did as a result, and the results, let me briefly review our journey with my son's eczema for those who don't have time to read all the posts from the beginning.
He developed eczema at 1 month old. It was diagnosed around 3 months, and we tried to avoid all steroids, even hydrocortisone. But he was a really miserable little baby. We tried everything, even goat's milk formula (turned out all dairy is off limits, not just cow), and I restricted my diet to the point of frustration until he was weaned at 12 months. We added Triamcinalon, a medium-level steroid around 18 months just to control the symptoms, and not long after that we started to see a naturopath who was recommended by his pediatrician. When I ended the last post, we were waiting on the results of a stool test.
Test Results
The results came late in February. For insurance reasons, they were sent to his pediatrician, and we received a copy in the mail as well, which we shared with the naturopath at the next visit. It just so happened that my son got a bad cold that turned into bronchitis just after the test results arrived, and before the scheduled naturopath's visit–which I think got delayed for some reason, probably the cold. My husband took him (since I think I was also feeling under the weather at the time), and the pediatrician went over the results of the stool test.
In a nutshell, he had a gut full of pathogenic bacteria. Which confirmed his suspicion that the source of the eczema was in his gut.
Let me explain a little. You may have heard about beneficial bacteria in the gut. They help to digest food and do other things. They coat the surface of the intestines. If they are killed off and yeast (such as candida) is present, the yeast will multiply to fill in the gaps. On the other hand, they can be killed off by pathogenic bacteria–and they had certainly been doing that, because showed almost no beneficial bacteria in the test at all, in spite of all the probiotics he had taken for the past year. There were also neutral bacteria, neither beneficial nor harmful, but taking the place of the good bacteria.
The doctor, of course, prescribed antibiotics to treat the bronchitis. Normally I would have hesitated, but when I realized that some of the pathogenic bacteria was susceptible to the antibiotic, I figured this would be a way of killing two birds with one stone!
Not long after we met with the naturopath. He reviewed the test results and explained them to me. He asked us to up the Infaskin probiotics that had already proved to help him so much, to counteract the antibiotics. I think he also upped the Vitamin D from 1,000 IU to 2,000, because he felt Manny could be getting a little more of that.
On a side note, the results for the parasite test came in later, and they were negative. He also showed a little yeast, but it didn't seem to be a significant problem. Especially since he eats mostly gluten-free grains and I sweeten his home-made rice or teff milk with stevia, so his sources of sugars are quite limited.
What Happened As a Result
Just around the time the antibiotic treatment finished, a tree fell on our house. It was quite a disaster, and we're still not back in our home almost 5 months later. That was March 15th. We spent the next 10 days living with some friends in their house nearby, and during that time, we used the Triamcinalon for the last time. We haven't used it since.
Over the months since then, I have watched my son's skin steadily improve. He went from breaking out in small patches most everywhere to breaking out only on his tummy, face, neck, groin, and folds of elbows and knees. And in the last month I haven't noticed anything on his tummy. I ran out of the prescription 2.5% hydrocortisone and bought some 1% at the drug store recently. I remember when we would go through a 2 oz. tube in a week, but now I think that tube will last us a couple of months–and I don't use it every day, at least, not on the same spot two days in a row. He scratches less. He's a happy little 2-year-old when he's not having a melt-down. And he's steadily improving. At the last visit with the naturopath–back in May, I think–he didn't change anything about his treatment and scheduled his next appointment for September, saying to only call if he got worse or stopped improving. Which he hasn't.
So that's the latest. He's not cured, but he's on the way. It's going to be a while before we start trying things we have eliminated from his diet, though we occasionally try new things (like parsnips–he likes them and they don't cause a reaction, yay!).
So now it's your turn. Share this story with others or share your story. What have you done that has worked? What didn't work? Every case is unique, and what worked for Manny might not work for the next reader. But what worked for you might. If you would like to share your story here as a post instead of just in a comment, let me know!


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Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
Morning Minutes: March 29
Word of the Day
Thrice thrahys (adverb) Three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways - dictionary.com
Website of the Day
The Virtual Wall: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Visit the virtual version of teh Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which allows you to browse the names or search for specific veterans.
Number to Know
8: Years the U.S. intervention in Vietnam lasted.
This Day in History
March 29, 1973: The last U.S. combat troops withdraw from Vietnam, two months after the signing the Vietnam peace agreement.
Today's Featured Birthday
Actress Lucy Lawless (45)
Daily Quote
"The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war." - Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
Congressional Black Caucus members and their staffs are still combing through the details of President Obama's 2014 budget blueprint. At first glance, there are things they like, such as increased access to high-quality early education programs. And even though the budget calls for an increase in cigarette taxes to fund it, something Rep. G.K. Butterfield opposes, he says he gets it.
"Everybody's got to share in the pain of deficit reduction and as long as it's a balanced approach I'm going to support it," the North Carolina congressman said.
There are, however, eight words, that have many CBC members and other liberals uttering words like nonstarter and no-brainer to describe why they won't support any bill that includes them: Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or Chained CPI.
It's a way to index spending and taxes, including Social Security benefits, to a lower rate of inflation to slow the rate of benefit growth. More simply put, it means a reduction in Medicare and Social Security benefits.
California Rep. Maxine Waters was one of several lawmakers who expressed concerned. She told BET.com that they are so fiercely against chained CPI that they've practically pledged in blood to not support it. Rep. Keith Ellison is helping to lead an effort that would penalize anyone who votes for it with a primary challenge in 2014.
"Being against the chained CPI is a no brainer for me. And it's not about politics, it's about what is right and fair," said Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings.
And young adults who may be thinking that it's got nothing to do with them, Cummings added, should think again.
"If we were to reduce benefits on their mothers and fathers who've already lost in many instances their homes, their jobs and their savings, somebody's got to help them survive," he said. "If you raise the age of Medicare eligibility, somebody's got to help them find a way to pay some premiums. So it does affect them and also will when they get older. We have to guard the system that we have."
The reality is that Obama's bill in its entirety won't make it to either chamber for a vote. But concessions like chained CPI can be used as bargaining chips that may well end up in the final piece of legislation and put some lawmakers in an awkward position.
Speaking on background, one lawmaker said that many CBC members now represent districts that are not majority-African-American or are growing more conservative. If they support chained CPI, they risk the progressives' threat of being primaried.
Rep. Gwen Moore has introduced a bill that she says can help accomplish the goals of entitlement reform without harming beneficiaries.
"This is an initial negotiating point, so I'd be very eager to negotiate back from chained CPI, because there are ways to accomplish the goals of entitlement reform without cutting benefits to beneficiaries," the Wisconsin lawmaker said.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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Second arrest in break-in at Tyler Perry's mansion.
LA Times to Obama: Stop dragging on gay marriage.
Homophobic vandals target Queens College.
iPhone rage: 68-year-old man punches teen who refused to turn off phone during landing.
An open letter to Chris Rock: "You went way too far by cracking a sex joke about Oprah on the day she received her highest honor for the arts in the nation, by the President of the United States of America [at] the Kennedy Center Honors."
Hate crimes down across the country—except New York. "Hate crimes reported in NYS rose 14 percent in 2009. 683 hate crimes were reported in 2009, compared with 599 the previous year."
New federal task force on LGBT youth suicide prevention.
Naked man to Phoenix cops: "Come and Suck it!"
Estonia became the 17th euro zone country at midnight.
One or two ... hundred beefcake models a day.
Kim Kardashian channels Bo Derek.
Son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel charged with murder.
Uganda: Neighbors threaten to lynch suspected gays. "Eye witnesses claim that the two were found engaging in 'homosexual activities'. The mob wanted to lynch them but security intervened and the two were taken to police. ... After the two were released on police bond, one was admitted in hospital due to injuries sustained during the assault and the other was taken home by his brother."
Crises in West Africa. Ivory Coast: President refuses to step down and possibility of genocide. Nigeria: Dozens killed in bombing at military barracks and in crowded market. New Year's Eve blast
Ghana: "Survey" claims only 1% of country is gay. "The 100,000 individual respondents to the survey provided the biggest pool of Ghana social data after the national census, the statistics service said. 95 per cent of adults identify themselves as heterosexual/straight while just one percent of adults see themselves as gay or lesbian. Another 0.5 per cent of adults said they are bisexual and a similar proportion described their sexuality as 'other'. Just under 3 per cent of adults responded don't know."


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An artifact from the ship that served as a major backdrop in the negotiations that led to the birth of Canada is about to return home.
After 150 years on U.S. soil, artifact from Charlottetown is sailing home
By Alexandra Bosanac
GOULDSBORO, Maine — An artifact from the ship that served as a major backdrop in the negotiations that led to the birth of Canada is about to return home.
A bronze bell from the S.S. Queen Victoria is one of the few artifacts salvaged from the steamship which sank off the coast of North Carolina, two years after the vessel ferried the Fathers of Confederation to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864.
The artifact described as "Canada's version of the Liberty Bell" will be on display in the national capital region at the Canadian Museum of History for 15 months beginning this November, part of an exhibit to mark the 150th anniversary of the events leading up to Confederation in 1867.
"The ship was a site of nation building and it's one that Canadians don't know very well," said the exhibit's curator Jean-Francois Lozier.
The Queen Victoria transported John A. MacDonald, George Brown and George Etienne Cartier and other members of the Canada delegation to Charlottetown on Aug. 31, 1864. The ship served as the de facto headquarters for the statesmen, who represented what is now modern-day Ontario and Quebec.
The vessel was also famously the site of a champagne-soaked luncheon where the Canadian delegates and leaders from the Maritimes hammered out the plan to unite the British North America colonies and create a nation that would later become Canada.
The return of the ship bell is a homecoming that is 150 years in the making, but it might not have happened were it not for one American with an affinity for Canada.
Since 1875, the ship's bell has been the cherished possession of Gouldsboro, an isolated peninsular fishing village in Maine. It's a symbol of maritime courage for the villagers whose ancestors served on board the Ponvert, a Maine-based vessel that helped rescue 41 Canadian crew members of the Queen Victoria.
In gratitude, the captain of the Queen Victoria, Paul Pouilot of Quebec City, presented the bell to the skipper of the Ponvert, Rufus Allen, who later donated it to the Gouldsboro District School Board.
When the Museum of History contacted the village council last winter about the possibility of borrowing the bell for the upcoming exhibit, Loizer said he was surprised by the initial resistance to the idea.
"They feared that either the museum might confiscate the bell or the Canadian government may confiscate the bell."
One incident in particular came up again and again as evidence of Canada's ill intent.
According to local memory, in the mid-60s an army helicopter landed in the parking lot of the women's club where the bell was being stored: a group of RCMP officers had been sent to strongarm residents into giving it up.
Another iteration of the tale recasts government agents disguised as insurance agents to appraise the bell.
"Perhaps at some point some Canadians came by helicopter and there may have been joking around but 1/8that version3/8 seems too bizarre to be true," said Lozier. "In the end we're extremely happy, we're extremely fortunate that good sense prevailed."
Gouldsboro historians say there have been several documented attempts by Canadians to retrieve the bell, the first by a group of researchers preparing for the Canada's centenary in 1967.
However the museum found a champion for its cause in Roger Bowen, a former university president and a current village council member, who sold Gouldsboro on the idea of loaning the bell.
'The people of Goldsboro have long harboured suspicions that Canadians might one day steal the bell," Bowen said.
However after much lobbying Bowen was able to persuade most people in the village that they had to do their part to help the Canadian celebrations.
"I think that if a museum dedicated to Canadian history was to do a major exhibit on the founding of a nation.. and this little community can help and participate, I think we ought to."


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Life in Christian County, Kentucky... The Rural Life...
Across America, farmers are at work planting crops. Their work makes it possible for us to buy food for our families rather than devoting large amounts of time and effort into growing our own. Don't ever forget how important agriculture is!
Even though I always have a garden and often do some canning, I am thankful that I can go to the store and purchase all the foods I don't choose to grow. And I'm really thankful that I don't have to grow and preserve enough to feed my family year-round.
And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."
--Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels--Voyage to Brobdingnag


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OpenTable: Cyber reservations service descends on C'ville
While relatively few area restaurants have begun using OpenTable, the growing online reservation service appears to have given some tech-savvy foodies the upper hand in securing a table for Charlottesville Restaurant Week.
"Fifty percent of our Monday night reservations for Restaurant Week came through OpenTable," says Hunter Long, a front desk agent at Keswick Hall, where Fossett's is once again a participant in the semi-annual food event. "And I would say that fifty to seventy percent of our reservations for Friday and Saturday night came through the service."
What's more, Long says that reservations for the week-long, Hook-sponsored event sold out nearly two weeks in advance.
(Note to Restaurant Week-goers: even without OpenTable, the C&O and Brookville have also sold out, and Orzo and l'©toile may be close to filling all tables for the January 24-31 event. Still, that leaves 12 more participating restaurants to choose from, including old favorite Bang! and newcomer The Bavarian Chef.)
Long says Keswick has been using OpenTable, founded in 1998, for about seven years, but says the service's popularity has been skyrocketing in the last year or so. Indeed, the company now boasts 175 million subscribers. "It gives the customer and the restaurant a paper trail to monitor the dining experience," says Long.
"It simplifies online reservations for the restaurant and diners," says Melissa Harris, who handles public relations for the Clifton Inn, "especially now that there are OpenTable apps, and guests can make a reservation without even visiting the restaurant's website."
Last year, OpenTable's stock soared from under $30 in January to over $80 in December, as the company now claims relationships with 15,000 restaurants around the world. However, only seven Charlottesville eateries use it: the Old Mill Room at the Boar's Head Inn, The Melting Pot, The Ivy Inn, Horse and Hound Gastropub, Downtown Grille, Clifton Inn, Tastings, and the aforementioned Fossett's at Keswick Hall.
Like mega travel site TripAdvisor, customers can post verified reviews on OpenTable that are seen by thousands of prospective diners. Diners earn "points" for the reservations they keep, and they receive discounts such as incentives for weekday and other off-peak eating. That, in turn, helps restaurateurs trying to smooth out demand while giving them a new way to reach, track, and keep customers.
Farrell Vangelopoulos says OpenTable helped her family restaurant, the Ivy Inn, better organize reservations and build a guest database with valuable customer information while providing a "measurable kind of advertisement."
While free for subscribers, restaurants pay OpenTable fees including $1 per reservation, a price that Vangelopoulos characterizes as "somewhat expensive" even though she says she's been "happy with it so far."
However, there are some reservations about the reservation service. Peter Castiglione of Maya on West Main Street says he prefers to work directly with customers and says the particulars of Maya's reservations policy would make taking them from an outside party problematic.
"We ask each reservation to call us if the number in their party changes or they are running late," says Castiglione, "and they are told that we only hold reservations for ten minutes. Also, large party reservations are always tricky. It is best to talk out the details so as to avoid problems at dinner time."
If a group shows up thirty minutes late and claims, after their table has been given to another party, that they weren't aware of the policy, Castiglione says he knows that's not true, because his employees all take reservations the same way.
"Expecting someone to read the fine print on the reservation policy when booking an online reservation is asking a lot," says Castiglione.
It also depends on the kind of restaurant. Dave Simpson, owner of the venerable C&O, housed in a quirky old building on Water Street, says his team finds it hard enough to seat folks and make them happy, never mind juggling requests from cyber-space.
Simpson also worries about over-booking.
"There's no way to talk your way gracefully out of that," he says.
However, Simpson concedes that he hasn't really learned enough about the OpenTable system, and when Dish mentions what Vangelopoulos said about a "measurable kind of advertisement,"his interest was piqued.
"Advertising has always been the great intangible of business," says Simpson.
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I've use OpenTable quite a bit for years. The reward is that you get points for every reservation you make and honor. So, 100 points is equal to one dollar. When you reach a certain amount of points, you trade them in for a certificate to use at any OpenTable restaurant. Lots of restaurants offer 1000 points (in Chicago, at least) for off-time reservations(say 5:00 pm), or Sunday evenings.
OpenTable is a pretty good service that I used a lot in San Francisco when we lived there. Since then I've gotten to know several people who own and/or manage restaurants and while I still think OpenTable is a good service I've also learned that it is very expensive for the restaurants to use. Really high volume places or places with a really high per person average can probably absorb it fairly well but smaller places can get crushed by the fees.
Nonetheless, if a restaurant chooses to use it, the apps and online system are easy to use and a good way to find a place to go.
Love OpenTable. I've used it for many years. It's especially handy when you are planning a trip to another state. It's easy to read up on what's available and make decisions about where you want to eat before you even arrive at your destination. I wish more Cville restaurants would sign up.
why do you wish more cville restaurants would sign up when you don't need reservations for anyplace but fossett's except during restaurant week?
i think it's a stretch to say that people gained an upper hand in securing reservations for RW by using OT. they could just as easily have called keswick. people who didn't get reservations simply didn't call (or use OT) early enough.
+1 on C&O's RW being weak.
I have to say restaurant week is a bit of a joke. We went to C&O in the Spring and one of their options was a piece of cod (that was nicely prepared). But really, a piece of cod?? I'm pretty sure I've never seen that on the menu any other time there. My lady got the steak, which was pretty much a smaller version of the regular steak there. I'd rather just go on a normal night, spend a few more bucks, and not leave feeling I was duped.
I suppose it's good to go try a place you've never been to.. But beware
if you like beef short ribs then you'll love restaurant week in cville!
seriously, can't anyone put a little higher quality meat on the menu for this event!


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Here's how I see it.
There's machine code and it's all that computers needs in order to run something. Computers don't care about programming languages. It doesn't matter to them whether the machine code comes from Perl, Python or PHP. Programming languages don't serve computers. They serve programmers.
Some programming languages run slower than others but that's not necessarily because there is something wrong with them. In many cases, it's because they do more things that programmers would otherwise have to do (i.e. memory management) and by doing these things, they are better in what they are supposed to do - serve programmers.
So, is slower performance, of programming languages, really, a bad thing?


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The chief executive at IT outsourcer Atos has insisted his company will stick with controversial plans to "ban" email between staff by 2014, a move intended to improve productivity.
A recent interview given by Atos chief executive Thierry Breton, which included his plans to get rid of internal email, resulted in worldwide headlines from an astounded media and cries of disbelief among other commentators.
Breton wants to do away with internal email within three years and encourage staff to instead use social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter to communicate, in addition to internal unified messaging systems that include instant messaging.
He said Atos had discovered staff received over 100 emails a day, and that reading and replying took up to 20 hours of their work week.
In an interview with the BBC this week, he said he was "surprised by the interest - or let's say intrigued" by the excitement caused by his comments.
Breton said that young Atos staff joining the company are unfamilar with established internal email systems like Outlook, having been weaned on Facebook and Twitter, and external email systems like Hotmail and Yahoo.
The Atos boss is not banning the use of external email systems, and adds that he uses those himself, but feels that internal email systems fuel data overloads and "information pollution". He said corporate email systems generated messages that were not useful and wasted the time of those receiving and managing them.
In February, at an innovation conference, Breton said: "Businesses need to do more of this - email is on the way out as the best way to run a company and do business."
Atos said it had set up collaboration tools and social community platforms to share and keep track of ideas on subjects like innovation, lean management, and sales as part of its attempt to reduce needless data exchange and searching.
Last year, on-demand apps firm Salesforce.com said most emails sent at work are "irrelevant". A survey it commissioned found that 70 percent of workers were sent irrelevant emails or were copied on emails of no interest.


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