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Published on August 28th, 2011 | by Christian Cawley
Let's Kill Hitler Reviewed
In the days of the classic series, you generally knew that when the Doctor had apparently been killed by that week's villain, he was more than likely going to turn up again in one piece by the time the adventure was over.
Thanks to the events of The Impossible Astronaut and the various other twists that have occurred this series, however, that fact is no longer assured. We already know that the Doctor (Matt Smith) dies in Utah, just as we know that time can be rewritten. it was certainly on my mind while watching Let's Kill Hitler that our hero could be about to face a second "genuine" death, another sledgehammer from Steven Moffat to leave fans scurrying around for pieces of the puzzle.
Indeed, it was a surprise that I actually found myself thinking anything at all, given the moments of laughter, sadness, action and revelation that are littered throughout what certainly ranks among Steven Moffat's best Doctor Who scripts. If it wasn't the high octane opening that thrilled then it was surely watching Rory (Arthur Darvill) deck the Fuhrer or even discovering Melody's (Nina Toussaint-White,) identity and linking things up with Day of the Moon. Throw in a cyborg shape-shifter controlled by dozens of miniaturized humans (featuring what must be the best transmat special effect in Doctor Who yet) and the surprising-but-logical news that River Song is a war criminal and you have a recipe marked "instant classic", just the thing to bring the show back on course after the anti-climax of the mid-season "cliffhanger" (or "miss-hanger", as I consider it) A Good Man Goes to War.
For an episode called Let's Kill Hitler, however, it is a shame that the Fuhrer was left locked in a cupboard, almost like a scene from classic comedy 'Allo 'Allo. He really serves no purpose other than being the reason for the crew of the Teselecta judgement machine to be at the same location as the crash landing TARDIS, but it is somewhat amusing to see the time traveller's reaction to coming face to face with a man who literally changed the face of the world.
Comedy is plentiful in this episode, mainly during the flashback sequences where we see young Amy (Karen Gillan), Rory and Mels interacting in a series of "Mels in trouble" scenarios, but at the heart of Let's Kill Hitler is the much-needed River Song (Alex Kingston) "origins" story, the tale of how she comes into being, who she intends to kill, why she has to commit that crime and how she comes to love the Doctor.
Let's face it, we've been waiting for this since 2008, and Steven Moffat delivers an intriguing few scenes while drip feed into our existing knowledge of River Song/Melody Pond.
But there is such a lot more to Let's Kill Hitler than a regeneration, some Hitler decking and the origins of River Song – Steven Moffat has littered the script with several boot-strap paradoxes. These are circular events that cannot exist without being self perpetuated, such as the Doctor giving River Song a blue box diary, Mels ensuring her own conception by letting Amy know that Rory is in love with her and of course the fact that Amy named her daughter after her daughter!
Show me any other TV show that can deliver such richness while referring to a 35 year old episode at the same time (of course, when the Doctor tells Eldrad that the TARDIS interior is in a state of grace in The Hand of Fear, the implication now is that he was bluffing. Given what we've seen since in Earthshock and The Parting of the Ways, this seems to have always been the case).
A quick note about the use of locations, costumes and direction - Richard Senior has done a stellar job in pulling everything together for this episode, utilizing familiar Doctor Who locations in new and fantastic ways. You wouldn't know that the episode wasn't shot in Berlin if you didn't know that the overseas shooting had already been completed in Utah.
Ultimately, of course, Doctor Who is back. The waiting is over, Series 6 is back on course and we've got just five more weeks to learn the truth behind the Doctor's ultimate fate.
I've got a few theories of my own…
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But the interior being in a state of temporal grace worked in Invasion of Time when Andred tried to kill the Doctor. It was after the events of Earthshock that Tegan specifically asked the 5th Doctor why the Cybermen were able to fire guns in the TARDIS and it was suggested then that was just another repair that needed to be done that he hadn't taken care of yet.
Firstly, congratulations to Steven Moffat for finding a solution to the thorny issue of The Doctor running out of regenerations in the near future. Now that River has donated her remaining lives to our hero he can probably carry on for a further fifty of our years before the problem reappears.
However, I am having huge problems with the sudden appearance of Amy's alleged lifelong friend.
Yes Mels' back story just doesn't hold water. Aside from the fact that neither Amy nor Rory have ever even mentioned her, or the fact that she apparently couldn't be bothered to attend the wedding of her best friends (and parents, come to that), nothing about her rings true!
She claims to have spent a long time finding her parents in order to become their best mate, which is quite an achievement in itself for such a young Time Lady, but never mind that – let's concentrate on practicalities.
Once she'd tracked down Amy & Rory, where did she live?
Who did she live with? Did she get herself adopted and if so by whom was she adopted?
We saw her at Amy's house but when Amy wanted to nip round to see her 'best mate' where did she go? Did Amy ever meet Mels' adopted parents and if so did her 'Mother' have an eye patch? If so, why didn't that ring any bells when Amy saw Madame Kovarian?
I could continue but I'm sure you get my drift here. If Mels appeared to be a normal human child who just happened to be Amy & Rory's best mate, who went to school with them every day, who spent all her spare time in their company etc. etc. How on earth did she pull that off without a ready made family behind her in order to complete the illusion?
One more thing, all this "penny in the air" nonsense is exactly that – nonsense! The whole "penny dropped" saying refers to the old coin operated machines into which a coin (usually a penny) was inserted in order to make it work. Sometimes a coin would get stuck and the machine would fail to operate… until the "penny finally dropped". Hence the saying.
It has nothing to do with pennies being in the air, or hovering anywhere else for that matter!
It's only a small matter I admit, but irritating nevertheless. Pretty much like Neil Gaiman apparently not understanding that the "Pull to open" sign on The TARDIS refers to the small door, behind which is the telephone, and not to the main doors of the Police Box.
And another thing.
Who on earth would go to work in an environment in which a faulty piece of hardware, or a failed software upgrade, would result in your imminent death?
The whole Teselator idea was ridiculous and failed on so many fronts, not only the inbuilt terminator antibodies who were unable to distinguish between the crew and a supposed interloper.
I'm also pretty sure that the robot's face, when wearing the brown overalls prior to copying the Nazi's identity, was identical to the soldier who shot the fake pig/alien in "Aliens of London".
Then there's the small matter of Amy & Rory accepting the fact that their new born baby is now a fully grown woman!
I mean, come on!
From their perspective Melody has only just been born, they've barely had time to use up the first packet of nappies. Not only has this baby been snatched from them, they learn that the annoying, troublesome, best mate of theirs was their child all along!
Mels claim that "it all worked out, you got to raise me after all" is absolutely crass. They didn't raise her, she was a friend. A friend who presumably returned to her own home and her own parents every evening. She wasn't raised by the Ponds in any way shape or form, yet Amy & Rory just seem to accept this without so much as a murmur.
How shallow and lacking in maternal feelings must Amy Pond be to accept this dreadful turn of events? She has been robbed of bringing up her baby and everything associated with that experience. Every mother I have ever met would be distraught at the mere thought of that yet Amy & Rory don't seem the slightest bit bothered.
Absolute balderdash!
Come on Steven Moffat, you're so much better than this… aren't you?
Perhaps you're not, on reflection. So many of Moffat's characters lack depth and tend to be unbelievable, unlike RTD's creations which all had a much more rounded and tangible feeling to them.
I'm glad I wasn't the only viewer who had grave concerns over this episode. As can be seen elsewhere on this site (see "Let's Kill Hitler" reaction), plenty of people have picked up on the plot holes and glaring inconsistencies throughout this episode and it was slightly disconcerting to see them labelled as "not fans of Dr Who".
Surely we are entitled to point out the rare occasions when we feel cheated or have had our intelligence insulted. Just because we expect the show to keep up it's very high standards, and have the temerity to express our dissatisfaction when it doesn't, does not mean we are not fans of Dr Who.
In fact I would argue that we are the exact opposite. We point out mistakes and drops in standards because we ARE fans and care about the show's values.
Sycophantic support of whatever is thrown at us does nobody any favours and certainly is of no value to either the writers or the performers.
Dr Who is a marvellous programme and deserves the best writers, the best plot development and the best performances. Thankfully we usually enjoy those high levels from all quarters and complaints from the fans are rare. However this shouldn't mean we are not entitled to voice our discontent on those rare occasions when the usual high standards are not met. As I said previously, sycophantic praise is totally worthless and is probably damaging in the long run.


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[1]University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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[2]Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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In the finite element based modeling and simulations only the coherent propagation of light is considered. However, in reality when light passes the thick layer it loses the phase information and its coherent nature due to the spatial, temporal or spectral incoherence. In this work, we present two methods to include the incoherent layer in coherent based simulations: (a) phase matching and (b) ...
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[1]Ulm University - Inst. of Experimental Physics, Ulm, Germany
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[1]CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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[1]Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
[2]Schrader Electronics Ltd, Antrim, United Kingdom
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Israel??? Obama is betraying America!
He's using his personal popularity to quickly ram through his massive socialist agenda before the majority of Americans wake up and realize that he reconstructed their country into a look-alike of Belgium. Cap & Trade, bailouts benefiting the UAW, useless stimulus, multi-trillion-dollar deficits, fighting the weather (global warming), nationalized health-care (Canadians will have nowhere to go when they need top-quality care quickly), pandering to intolerant Muslims (including HAMAS) and abandoning Israel.
If the Iran riots show any lesson to Americans, it's that our President doesn't know anything about how the world works. The Mullahs are laughing at Obama and how he was afraid to "meddle" and show support for FREE elections because he wants to be able to talk to the Iranian government. Obama is way out of his league and everyone (especially Iran) but American liberals and Jews knows it.
The guy is insane, no, not insane but mendacious. And let's discuss the cynicism of Obama's sycophantic supporters in Congress. Barack Obama is aided and abetted by all the little Dem mice who are dancing to his tune because they fear him. They fear him because he's popular and they don't want to risk missing a ride on Obama's coattails to reelection in 2010. The truth is that the majority of Dems who will be reelected will likely be the ones (some Blue-Dogs) who will have voted against Obama's Grand Project.
All polls show Obama with personal approval down 10 points to the high 50′s. But the same polls show approval for his policies below 50 and falling, with his personal approval trending likewise. Bush's approval was in the low 30′s at the end and he was paralyzed. I am certainly gleeful to see Obama's approval tanking. He can't fail fast enough because his failure will be benificial to America – and to Israel who Obama sees as an obstacle to his reconcilliation with the Muslim world.
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You meatballs do know who this dude is, right? 70′s Scorpions, pioneering neo-classical guitar hero, Hendrix-worshipper, artist, painter, then a classical composer, the worst fucking singer, and no doubt one of, if not the best damn guitar player ever? Uli has gone from playing German metal to a Hendrixian power trio rock to gradually evolving and putting out some mad genius level classical-based gems over the past 35 years+, and 2008 saw the release of his latest album, this one here.
While the last album saw him play the whole of Four Seasons, along with his own interpretation of what would've followed that, reinventing everything about classical playing on the electric guitar and arranging it with a real orchestra (Sky Orchestra), this one brings him a little bit closer back to rock. There's a real rhythm section with the drummer playing rock beats, Uli pulls out some neat Hendrix-school rhythms, and most importantly he's back to writing vocal based music a la Beyond the Astral Skies.
The album is off to a bit of a slow start with the first two pieces, pretty much acting like an extended intro, but these already have signs of things to come. You're already treated to some gut-wrenching licks from the man. Up next, the first epic of the album Land of Dawn is thoroughly amazing. Liz Vandal and the rest of the backing gang is great, but this also introduces us to one of the rare gripes I've got with this album. Mark Boals. Though a major upgrade from Uli's own singing, Boals really lacks the balls. He always did. Put some powerhouse like Jorn Lande in place of him on these songs and it'd be perfection.
The album moves on with the classy Magic Word and Letter of the Law. Stay in the Light has Uli actually singing, and I daresay this somehow fits in a bizarre fucking way. Sort of like that last Johnny Cash album, maybe? Boals joins in later to handle the epic parts while Uli hangs on to his comfortable vocal range.
So that went well and we can safely move on to talking about what he's actually a genius at. Uli's guitar playing on this album is worth writing a book about. He pulls out all the tricks in his bag, and mind you with someone like Uli, the bag is big enough to drown Sri Lanka. This is the most tonal variety he's been able to tap from his Sky Guitar. There's different levels of gain used as per requirement, different tonal richness, different pickups, clean guitars, volume swells, you name it, and some of the most expressive wah usage you'll ever get to hear. Not to mention how effortlessly he digs out all his chops, proving that he remains one of the most evolved players in guitarland, matched only by Jeff Beck. The phrasing is spectacular and his technique, though matchless, only serves to take the song forward and never gets widdly-diddly indulgent. This is also the most tasteful set of arpeggios used in recent memory. Just check out what he does on songs like Benediction or the epic album closer epic Tanz In Dammerung, for further proof of how astonishing this can get.
All said, with this album, although virtuosity is showcased for everyone to hear, the Song still dictates terms. This is written as a whole album and that's how it must be heard; and you are taken through one dramatic piece to another till the epic finish. Arrangement, structure, counterpoints and resolutions are all of the highest possible quality and intricately executed and produced by Uli. This album might not be for fans of rock, but for fans of the greatest instrument ever, the electric guitar. It's equally recommended for fans of classical music, and a must-listen album overall, even though Boals doesn't have the desired punch and the whole thing can get all hippie-world-peace-luvin.
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Peanut Festival Time remembered
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October 23, 2010
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I've been sort of feeling melancholy these days. I haven't written my blog lately.
I wrote this in my journal the day before the Peanut Festival Parade. I decided to put it in my blog here. When I wrote. the Rangers were in the playoffs. They beat the New York Yankees last night, and Eddie would be so happy! I bet he is rejoicing with the angels. Of course they are Texas Ranger fans too!
From my journal two weeks ago:
It's been over a year now that Eddie went to heaven. He never wanted to go anywhere without me. Well, maybe the grocery store! But that was after I turned him down too many times when he went to the store, when he asked me if I wanted to go. One Saturday he invited me to go have lunch with him at - where do you think? Sam's Club, because they had all those free food and snacks all over the store and he loved sampling everything. He was serious about wanting me to go with him! I should have taken him up on it, because he never invited me to eat out. It was always my idea! I missed my chance that day!
So lately I have been thinking about him a lot. And I miss him. Several nights this week, when I went to bed, and finally turned out the light, after reading awhile on a book and working the cross word puzzle for the day. I lay there in the dark and thought about how alone I was. No one to worry when I wasn't home like he did. Even when he was home those last few years, he always wanted me home, and if I went anywhere, they said he would ask where I was and when I was coming home. It made me feel wanted when he would do that. I knew he loved me. I never doubted that. So I lay there in the dark thinking about how how alone I was and missing him and it choked me up and I cried. For nearly 57 years I felt his body next to mine and I felt secure and loved. Maybe it took all these months for the glass box around me to finally crack, and I don't have to be strong any more for anyone. I think I am just tired, tired of being strong, just tired.
I guess I am thinking about him more because the Rangers baseball team are in the playoffs. He loved those Rangers, and he got mad when they lost, always blamed it on the manager. The players were not at fault as far as Eddie was concerned. So, these nights I remember him when I look at the clock radio on my bedside table that he used to listen to the baseball games at night when he went to bed. And it has been bringing tears to my eyes.
He always called me 'honey' not Lois. That was from before we married until the day he died. Even toward the end, when I I went to the Veteran's Home to see him, I thought he didn't know me, he sometimes said something to me, and began the sentence with "Honey ..and I knew he knew who I was.....then said lots of words that didn't make any sense" so I always laughed if he laughed and shook my head and said, "I dont know" if he was serious. But he always knew I was his honey.
After you are married that long, I think you are a part of each other. And you begin to resemble each other. Lots of people used to think we were kin, in our early married life. How funny!
This afternoon I went by the newspaper office to get a letter they had there for me. One of my readers wrote me after he read my story in my column about the old restaurants Eddie and I used to go to in San Antonio. He had some very interesting things to tell about a few old restaurants he had gone to years ago, and he wants me to call him, to talk about the old Aztec and Majestic theaters because he knows things about them. Wow. I am excited.
Then I went to see Elenora Talley again. I took her an album with the pictures I took of her home and the furniture and antiques inside of it. And took her a copy of my book, "Looking For a Silver Lining". She was so grateful and touched. Then she gave me a beautiful pillow that she had crocheted some flowers on, and it will look awesome on my bed! I enjoyed her company and we talked for about an hour. Next week I am going to take Julie out there to see her. I can tell she is lonely.
Today I called my son, Trent in Bolivia. I was wanting to hear his voice. We talked for over an hour.We talked a lot about the old days, when he was a boy, living in San Antonio, and the good times he remembered. With the friends from church and also all our family. We used to see family every week. We didn't go months between times, like now. It is sad. We talked about how those years, like me, he calls the Golden Years, because life was so simple. I am so glad we have those memories. And I have the letters and pictures from those years.
So now I am going to bed. Tomorrow is the Peanut Festival parade and Lisa and Larry are coming to go with me. I will remember the good times, especially because it was the Peanut Festival that brought Eddie and me together that October night, in 1950. And now here it is 60 years later, and that same parade will go down the street tomorrow, and those same stars will shine over Floresville, and I will look up at them and think about that night, when my dreams finally came true.
Like I said I am feeling very melancholy these days. Peanut Festival time always makes that way.
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I wonder how many couples gotten together as a result of meeting at the Peanut Festival? I know some who have. Would make a neat story ...
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Lois, This is really a beautiful sentiment. Thank you for opening your heart and sharing with readers. It will surely warm the hearts of your many fans!
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- 1 30 Days of Biking: Day 1 | Modal Mom { 04.02.12 at 9:14 am }
[...] Stop #3: Coffee shop stop! (And flower shop!) The entire shopping trip may have been a failure, but our stop for a quick pick-me-up coffee redeemed the entire trip. Great drinks, friendly owners, happy toddler, beautiful surroundings. Thank you, Blumenstudio! (You can read more about this stop over on my food blog.) [...]
- 2 Kimberley { 10.01.12 at 3:32 am }
Nothing like savoring coffee or tea at a cafe during the rainy days. That is quite charming and heart-warming. Fancy a cup of tea under those outdoor umbrellas.
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Somewhat interesting thread, but it mostly comes down to an argument over definitions. For example: The first word in the definition of "sport" is "
". Because, by definition, sports are physical activities, they are going to be dominated by men. Its simply a biological reality. If you want to make them non-physical, then you can play "games" - but "sports" will continue to be male-dominated. No, they wouldn't. The best male soccer players can run faster an kick harder than the best female soccer players.
Why would men be better in general at physical activities? Are there not a wide range of physical activities for both sexes? I've been talking to my roommate (loseyourname) about this, and he's given numerous examples where women would excel - piloting, Indie car racing, croquet, climbing (depends on types of climbing, eg diff of strength vs dexterity and balance), balance beam/gymnastics, horse racing (why no female jockeys?), racquetball, darts and archery (fine motor control), skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, diving ....
I'm sure we could even create new sports based on traits females excel at -
fine motor control, ability to withstand higher levels of pain and stress, grace, small size, nimbleness, flexibility, etc; and the mental traits that females excel at - memory recall, using landmarks, enhanced sense of smell, ...there has to be a website somewhere that lists all of these.
He even mentioned that females would be useful in war because of their small size, sharper senses (in some ways), fine motor control to operate, psychological strength and ability to withstand pain and stress....Oh one more endurance. I've heard that women have more endurance. This isn't possible in running since women expend more to run because of their pelvis is suited to birthing and bipedality whereas men are simply suited to bipedality.


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just the reason to be loved makes me happy… There's nothing better than love and be loved… Anyway, I'm happy because today is Ringo's bday :33 hahahaha
1. All Together Now: A Tribute To The Beatles at Gallery Nucleus this Saturday July7th. Includes the painting above called "Shoeless Bros"
2. San Diego Comic Con all next week starting on Wednesday night. I will be at Booth #2235 with Bolt City Productions and other places that i will mention next week.
but mark those things down!
I wanna back to the past, redo all the people mistakes, make everything different for today live a different life
I'm leaving this world that is full of violence, full of hypocrite people.
We are many around the world, we love to dance… Limits? They don't exist for us. It is our soul, our life. I am one of many… I suffer, celebrate, sing, become youthful again. Relive all the feelings in just one song. I'm a ballerina!


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Best of Wyoming: Equality State, a group exhibition featuring Nathan Abel, Ashley Hope Carlisle, Katie Christensen, Martin John Garhart, Ricki Klages, Barry O' Riley, Do Palma, & Joshua Ray Smith.
Jackson Rising III
Opening Reception | Friday, September 5 | 5:30 - 7:30PM
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Exhibition | September 5 - October 10, 2014
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Opening Thursday July 3rd, 2014 the Art Association will host Jackson Rising III, a
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Each year Jackson Rising shows local artists nominated by the contributing artists from
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grows organically. Since the exhibition shows working "rising" artists the group show
outcome is very dynamic and lively with fresh work. Once the artists are nominated,
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Very well maintained, well planned for and thought after school. My beef is with the nature of the school being maybe 'too professional?' Maybe professional isn't the word. The people in charge of this place are really low on enthusiasm and charisma. Makes you wonder why they work in daycare and not in an office cube somewhere. I've had experience in childcare before and the former boss was very likeable. Greeted the kids by name and always showed mutual interest in the kids. She was also super involved and vocal with the parents. I know this sounds silly, but I almost find myself being scared to talk to the staff.
That's why using the word professional isn't exactly right. I would think professionals would be more like my former boss. They are just more... business minded I guess.
My kid seems to really like the school and I can't complain with the curriculum. So it's a little better than 'meh' when it evens out.
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Workshop for Asian Waterbird Census Coordinators, October 2003
Statement to the Asian Waterbird Census Coordinators Meeting
9-10 October, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
from the Bureau of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
It is with great regret that the Bureau of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is unable to participate in the AWC Coordinators Meeting owing to other commitments. This first gathering of the Coordinators of the Asian component of Wetlands International's International Waterbird Census (IWC), made possible with the generous financial support of the Japan Funding for Global Environment (JFGE), is an important landmark in the review and future development of this very important global programme of waterbird monitoring. It provides the opportunity for Coordinators to share their experiences and examine how their many efforts to count regularly key wetlands for waterbirds in the region can and does contribute to the regional and global efforts to improve the conservation status of waterbirds.
As you may know, the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) is the oldest of the global environmental conventions. It has always given particular attention to waterbirds, since its inception stemmed from widespread concern over the destruction of wetlands and the impact of this on waterbirds and other components of biological diversity. It remains of major concern to the Convention that such loss and deterioration of both coastal and inland wetlands continues to be widespread, and nowhere are these pressures greater that in Asia owing to the needs and demands of the region's large and growing human population. Wetlands International acts as a formal International Organisation Partner (IOP) of the Convention, and the waterbird information compiled through the International Waterbird Census is important to the Convention. The Ramsar Bureau (the Convention's secretariat) contributes to supporting and guiding this work in Asia including through membership of the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee.
The Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention have in particular recognised the importance of the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy for waterbirds in the region, most recently through Resolution VIII.37 International cooperation on conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the Asia-Pacific region adopted at Ramsar's COP8 in Valencia, Spain in November 2003. For your information, I attach a copy of this Resolution to this message.
The International Waterbird Census is unique. With the increasing link-up with waterbird monitoring schemes in North America, it is becoming truly global in its scope, and it is probably the only global monitoring scheme of its kind. It not only identifies key wetlands for waterbirds but also permits assessment of the status and trends of waterbirds at the biogeographical population scale. Such assessments, and the monitoring schemes from which they are derived, are increasingly being recognised as crucial to governments in determining whether the biodiversity target established by the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development: "to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biological diversity by 2010" is being met.
Yet it remains very challenging to maintain and continue such monitoring schemes over the long period of years necessary to yield meaningful baselines and identification of changes in the status of biodiversity. The value and success of the Asian Waterbird Census is largely due to the dedication and immense efforts of its national Co-ordinators and their networks of people on the ground prepared to make the effort to count waterbirds regularly in often difficult and inaccessible places, with the support of Wetlands International. Such dedication needs to be as widely and fully recognised as possible.
The information you all collect and compile in the various components of the IWC provides essential support for those working hard to implement the Ramsar Convention, and it is also important to ensure, as Wetlands International strives to do, that the information gathered through the AWC and other parts of the IWC are made fully available in useful forms to those who can and should be using it.
Your counts can help to identify those wetlands which qualify for designation as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites), particularly in the application of Ramsar Criteria 5 (sites which regularly support >20,000 waterbirds) and 6 (sites which regularly support 1% or more of a biogeographic population of waterbirds). The Strategic Framework for the development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance, adopted by the Convention in 1999 has as its target the establishment of 'coherent and comprehensive' national and international networks of Ramsar sites. Yet to date, of the 1313 Ramsar sites globally covering 111 million hectares only 118 sites have so far been designated in Asia/Australasia for waterbirds under Criteria 5 and/or 6. Furthermore, 88 (75%) of these sites have been designated by just four countries - Australia (39 sites), the Islamic Republic of Iran (22), China (15) and Pakistan (12). Sites for waterbird have been designated in only 16 countries in the region, meaning that 8 Contracting Parties have yet to designate any Ramsar sites for waterbirds. Clearly there remains a long way to go achieve the anticipated comprehensive network for waterbirds in the region, and many key waterbird sites yet to be designated are known to be under severe pressure.
In addition, the data you gather through the AWC make a vital contribution to the understanding of waterbird status at the biogeographic population scale, notably through the assessment of population sizes and trends for WI's regularly published Waterbird Population Estimates, which provides the basis endorsed by the Ramsar Convention for 1% population thresholds in the application of Ramsar site designation Criterion 6, most recently thorugh COP8 Resolution VIII.38.
Furthermore, the information compiled in Waterbird Population Estimates provides a probably unique resource as the basis for innovative analyses of waterbird population status and trends at the flyway scale. Such analyses need to be increasingly undertaken for all waterbird taxa, so as to highlight which flyways are under most pressure, and which waterbird populations should be afforded priority for conservation attention.
In this context, we would like to draw to the attention of all of you that the International Wader Study Group (WSG) last week held a workshop in Cadiz, Spain which reviewed the status and trends of wader (shorebird) populations on all flyways globally, analyses which drew substantially from the information in Waterbird Population Estimates 3rd Edition. The overall conclusion reached by the workshop is extremely alarming:
"The majority of populations of waders of known population trend are in decline all around the world - a matter of international conservation concern. Of populations with known trends, 48% are declining, in contrast to just 16% which are increasing: thus three times as many populations are in decline as are increasing."
We attach the full text of the conclusions of the WSG workshop, released today, to this message, and strongly urge you to consider and fully take into account its conclusions and recommendations in your planning and establishment of strategic priorities for the future of the AWC.
In particular we draw to your attention several of these conclusions and recommendations notably those concerning monitoring and research, the vital importance of, and pressures on, staging sites for long-distance migratory waterbirds, and on the lack of knowledge of non-migratory waders.
Furthermore, the conclusions point out that the Central and Southern Asian flyway is extremely poorly known and the population estimates for this flyway are very out of date. Although this WSG conclusion refers specifically to waders it can be anticipated that information on other waterbird taxa in this region is also poor. The WSG workshop recognised that there is an urgent need to both assess recent data for this flyway as well as to improve the processes of basic data gathering. In this respect, we particularly welcome the development of WI's Central Asian Flyway initative, which you will be discussing during your workshop. Such up-to-date assessment could be achieved, at least for some populations, through a full analysis of counts compiled through the AWC, with the assistance of waterbird experts in the WI Specialist Groups network, and we urge you during your workshop to consider how best to undertake this process.
Partnerships between all interested parties at local, national and international scales are essential to achieve the conservation of waterbirds, and international cooperation is essential for migratory waterbirds, as has been recognised by Parties to the Ramsar Convention. The Ramsar Convention and Wetlands International cannot and do not work in isolation on these important issues. In particular we are pleased to tell you that the Ramsar Bureau is currently concluding a joint work plan with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), which includes many actions designed to enhance collaboration and improve sharing of information. Your work under the AWC can make a major contribution to these efforts. We also urge you to make contact with those responsible for the implementation of the Ramsar Convention in each Asian country (the Ramsar Administrative Authority) and to ensure that the waterbird information which you gather is made fully available to them to assist in their work.
Finally, on behalf of the Ramsar Bureau, we wish you all success with your workshop, and the Bureau looks forward to hearing of its outcomes (in line with the request in Resolution VIII.37). We congratulate Wetlands International and the participants for creating this important opportunity to plan taking forwards a thriving Asian Waterbird Census for the future.
Dr Nick Davidson
Deputy Secretary General
Dr Guangchun Lei
Regional Advisor for Asia


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Round Three!
Gregory P. Wong
Round 3
It was, well, utter slaughter. The hacker, Dice, using his wallhacks and aimbot, took out the entire Terrorist team. There were cries for his blood from both his teammates and enemies.
Caboose shook his head. Mao had already accessed the hacker's console and copied the cheater's STEAM, so that bastard would be banned. It was time for the other standard procedure, the screw, which would-
"Caboose? Could you do something for me?" Caboose heard Pheermee's voice say over the administration radio. "I want you to do something..."


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Ultrasonic machining
Ultrasonic machining, also known as ultrasonic impact grinding,[1] is a machining operation in which a vibrating tool oscillating at ultrasonic frequencies is used to remove material from the workpiece, aided by an abrasive slurry that flows freely between the workpiece and the tool.[2] It differs from most other machining operations because very little heat is produced.[2] The tool never contacts the workpiece and as a result the grinding pressure is rarely more than 2 pounds,[1] which makes this operation perfect for machining extremely hard and brittle materials, such as glass, sapphire, ruby, diamond, and ceramics.[3]
Surface finish[edit]
The surface finish of ultrasonic machining depends upon the hardness of the workpiece/tool and the average diameter of the abrasive grain used. Up close, this process simply utilizes the plastic deformation of metal for the tool and the brittleness of the workpiece. As the tool vibrates, it pushes down on the abrasive slurry (containing many grains) until the grains impact the brittle workpiece. The workpiece is broken down while the tool bends very slightly. Commonly used tool material consist of nickel and soft steels.[3] advantage 1-any material can be machined regardless of their electrical conductivity 2-good surface finish obtained and higher structure integrity
Machine time[edit]
Machine time depends upon the frequency at which the tool is vibrating, the grain size and hardness (which must be equal or greater than the hardness of the workpiece), and the viscosity of the slurry fluid. Common grain materials used are silicon carbide and boron carbide, because of their hardness. The less viscous the slurry fluid, the faster it can carry away used abrasive.[3]
Mechanics of ultrasonic machining[edit]
The physics of the ultrasonic machining process are not fully understood, but the material removal is believed to be due to some combination of:
- The hammering of the abrasive particles on the work surface by the tool.
- The impact of the free abrasive particles on the work surface.
- The speed of the vibrating tool.
- The erosion due to cavitation, and
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- The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated. - Plato
- He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it. - Dr. Thomas Fuller
- You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. - C.S. Lewis
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- The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. - Cicero


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From its heart-stopping opening shot of a silent explosion engulfing Tokyo to its hyperkinetic chase sequences to the final confrontation of friend vs. grossly mutated friend in the Tokyo Olympiad, Akira is two-hours of eye-popping, gasp-inducing animation. Katsuhiro Ôtomos anime masterpiece takes place in Neo-Tokyo, a dystopian city plagued by terrorist attacks, bizarre cycle gangs, an army tipping toward fascism and an esoteric mystery cult. How can a group of scruffy teens survive all this? Kaneda gets by on fury and his boss motorcycle, while Tetsuo has a host of uncontrollable telekinetic powers, courtesy of the top-secret government project code-named "Akira." Gorgeous, sprawling, frightening and occasionally confusing, Akira screens at 8 p.m. at Moore Auditorium on the Webster University campus (470 East Lockwood Avenue; 314-968-7487 or www.webster.edu/filmseries) in honor of its 20th anniversary. Tickets are $5 to $6.
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El Dorado. It stands for a lot of things, but people believe it stands mainly and most importantly for "The Golden One" and the fascinating, yet unrealistic "City of Gold" who many explorers have tried to find, but all of them have failed.
Many people don't know, but Eldorado stands for one more thing. It is the 2nd name of legendary NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens. It has followed him throughout his whole life and career, he has been "The Golden One", the one who many tried to understand and find everything about, yet nobody could.
Owens was not a big prospect coming from college, he was always the underdog. He was selected by The San Francisco 49ers with the 89th pick in the 3rd round of the 1996 NFL Draft. Owens was the 11th wide receiver to be picked. In the first couple of seasons he performed much better than what his critics expected, even though he was playing alongside Hall of Famer Jerry Rice; by his 3rd season he already had a thousand yard receiving season under his belt. The following year was a drop off, but Owens bounced back like nobody else could – with the finest season of his career. He continued his domination over opposite secondaries for years, but besides his football skills Terrell started developing a character everybody started doubting. He kept asking for the ball, kept blaming everybody but himself and never kept his mouth shut. After all the disappointments with The 49ers, he requested a trade and eventually was traded to The Philadelphia Eagles.
Even though Owens already had built this "Diva" persona, The Eagles took the risk. He played only two seasons for them and they were full of both on and off the field drama. The relationship with his quarterback Donovan McNabb was a disaster and he broke his ankle in Week 7 of the 2005 NFL season. One thing that many forget about Owens is he came back and played with this broken ankle in the SuperBowl. He didn't just play, he played with all he had and all he could offer. TO finished the game with 9 receptions for 122 receiving yards, but it was not enough for his team to win it all. The Eagles grew tired of his behavior and let him go to their divison rivals – America's team, the Dallas Cowboys.
Just like his career to this point, his stint with the 'Boys was a repeat of his previous ones – controversial. His stats look great when you look at the stat sheets, but whatever Owens was doing was always wrong, he was already the one to blame no matter what happened.
After the failures with the Cowboys, the troublesome receiver played a season each for the Buffalo Bills and for the Cincinnati Bengals. He didn't reach the postseason with either team and maybe realized it's time for him to walk away from the game of football after he injured his knee in Week 14 of the 2010-2011 NFL season.
But I've come to realize Terrell Owens is a human being, just like every single one of his teammates and us. He does make mistakes. Maybe he regrets some, maybe he doesn't, this is up to him, but one thing I am sure Terrell Owens is – he is misunderstood. All of the drama, all of the anger he brings on and off the field are driven by one thing few people understood about him – his desire to win. Owens always wanted to be a winner, but he never found the right way to do it. His desire to win was so big, he couldn't handle it himself and it got him in a trouble. A trouble he won't be able to get away from, no matter what he does.
Just like the El Dorado, Owens is one of a kind. Just like El Dorado, Owens was never found and he was never understood and just like El Dorado, Terrell Eldorado Owens will remain "The Golden One" regardless what happens and what his story tells.


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2013 Regional economic scorecard
The 2013 Regional Economic Scorecard is the fourth annual assessment of our three-county region's economic progress compared to six similar metro areas and two leading economies.
It provides our region's business, governmental, community and academic leaders with unbiased data to help focus a collective effort to address our weaknesses and maintain positive momentum.
Regional Economic Scorecard
Each year, the Regional Economic Scorecard is presented to the public as part of the Charleston Regional Business Journal's Power Breakfast series. In this video, Steve Warner, Vice President of Marketing and Regional Competitiveness for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, and Mary Graham, Senior Vice President of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, present the report findings and share priorities for improvement with the Charleston business community.