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UT Tyler Department of Electrical Engineering
Student Outcomes-Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
At the time a student completes the degree requirements and graduates with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Tyler, the student will possess:
- The ability to apply knowledge of the fundamentals of mathematics, science and engineering.
Fundamentals of mathematics include algebra, trigonometry, differential and integral calculus, and differential equations. Fundamentals of science include general chemistry (atomic structure, chemical formulas and composition, compounds, chemical reactions, gas laws and kinetics) and physics (kinematics, electrostatics, magnetism, conservation laws for mass and energy, heat, wave phenomena and quantum physics). Fundamentals of engineering denote engineering design and problem-solving processes.
- The ability to use modern engineering tools and techniques in the practice of electrical
Modern engineering tools and techniques include equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital computers); computer programs (e.g., PSpice); and programming languages (e.g., C++).
- The ability to analyze electrical circuits, devices and systems.
Circuits, devices and systems encompass electrical networks and electronic networks from small-scale (e.g., electronic components) to large-scale (e.g, power systems). Analyze means to determine the electrical behavior of an electrical or electronic network by experimental methods (measurements of actual circuits), simulation methods (model-building, numerical simulation methods, use of simulation software) or theoretical methods (involving Kirchhoff's laws; linear superposition; phasor, Laplace, Fourier and z-transforms).
- The ability to design electrical circuits, devices and systems to meet application
Design includes all phases of the creation of circuits, devices and systems to satisfy needs. Included within the scope of design are identifying and choosing solutions; modeling and simulation; detailed definition; and test and validation. Application requirements include basic functionality, environmental specifications (e.g., operating temperature range, operating supply-voltage range, ability to withstand shock and vibration), packaging constraints (e.g., size, weight), manufacturability, reliability and cost.
- The ability to design and conduct experiments, and analyze and interpret experimental
Experiments are controlled trials to study effects, establish hypotheses or verify that equipment meets stated specifications. To design experiments encompasses the selection of control variables, variables to measure, measurement instruments and procedures. To conduct experiments is to carry out their procedures. To analyze and interpret experiments involves data reduction using appropriate graphical methods and/or numerical methods (e.g., regression, statistical techniques) to draw conclusions.
- The ability to identify, formulate and solve problems in the practice of electrical
engineering using appropriate theoretical and experimental methods.
Problems are engineering tasks requiring design, investigation, analysis or experimentation. To identify a problem is to define the task (what needs to be done and why must it be done). To formulate a problem means to put it in a form for solution; to solve a problem is to carry out the task and verify the results.
- Effective written, visual and oral communication skills.
Written communication skills involve the drafting of documents (technical and non-technical) commonly encountered in engineering (e.g., lab reports; business letters; project proposals; peer-reviewed articles; specifications; test procedures; users' manuals). Visual communication skills involve conveying information by use of graphics, images and video. Oral communication skills involve the ability to communicate clearly through hearing and speaking in standard English.
- An educational background to understand the global context in which engineering is
practiced, including:
- Knowledge of contemporary issues related to science and engineering.
- The impact of engineering on society.
- The role of ethics in the practice of engineering.
Contemporary issues related to science and engineering are evolving technical, social and legal developments and market trends that affect the direction of technological development (e.g., federal research and development funding decisions; laws regulating the practice of engineering; environmental policy decisions; de facto technical standards established by market forces). The impact of engineering on society includes the ways in which technological developments affect individuals, corporations, organizations and governments (e.g., the effects of computer technology on the lives of individuals; changes in employment patterns as new technologies emerge). The role of ethics is the application of moral reasoning in engineering decision-making (e.g., acting in accordance with the protection of public health, safety and well-being).
- The ability to contribute effectively as members of multidisciplinary engineering
Multidisciplinary engineering teams are groups of persons engaged in engineering who represent a spectrum of engineering and technical specialties (e.g., mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry, computer-aided design, manufacturing engineering, prototyping). To contribute effectively is to take an active and participatory role in the accomplishment of the tasks of a team.
- A recognition of the need for and ability to pursue continued learning throughout
their professional careers.
Electrical engineering is a rapidly-changing field and the ability of an engineer to continue to practice in this field depends upon continued learning. This is the ongoing acquisition of new knowledge, skills and competencies whether by formal methods (e.g., graduate study, short courses and seminars, professional licensure) or informal methods (e.g., self-study, reading journal and magazine articles, learning from colleagues).


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Well, I never make New Year's resolutions. Why set yourself up for disappointment so early in the year? But here are two things I'm planning on for 2011.
I'm planning on the new year being every bit as good — maybe better — than 2010. And I sure enjoyed this year, especially the six weeks Mary and I spent during August and September visiting Jessica and Gyorgyi in Budapest and Szeged — and then traveling to Italy, Austria and Slovenia, with a stop in Germany one day for lunch. Hey, maybe quasi-retirement isn't so bad after all.
And I plan to continue running next year, although I've accepted the fact that my long-distance running days are over because of a nagging nerve problem in my left foot that makes it seem like I have a pebble in my shoe that I can't get rid of. Put a pebble in your shoe and try running — or walking — five miles or so on concrete and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. Sheesh.
I won't tally up the miles in my log book until New Year's Day. But I expect I'll be around 800 for the year — disappointing since it will be only the second year in the last 25 or so when I didn't run for a thousand or more miles. But not bad considering I didn't run a inch during the six weeks we were in Europe.
But I learned during those weeks in Europe how much I missed being out on the concrete early a.m. — and it really came home to me while on a flight from Budapest to Italy when I happened to be sitting next to a young woman athlete who had just competed in an international triathlon in Budapest. Listening to her talk about the experience, her love of training and competing, and her zest for life made me reconsider my decision to trade the running shoes and the concrete for the elliptical trainer.
And it made me think that I may be quasi-retired in the work world, but I have no intention of retiring from the things I really like or want to do these days or in the days to come.
Hey, what is it that Nike says: "Just Do It."
And I am — pebble and all.
So I am looking forward to 2011.
Happy New Year!
And thank you for taking the time to visit here to read the daily musings of a pajama-clad citizen journalist.
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In March of last year, a week before the announcement of the iPad 3, developer Pixels on Toast showed us how good its game would look on the device's rumoured retina screen. Today that game, Food Run, finally arrives on iTunes, and it's just as pretty as promised.
Food Run is an easy-to-digest little platform puzzler with 40 levels of crisp and colourful action. The controls are simple — all you do is jump as your Egg and the friends it gathers along the way make their way to the end of each level. It starts off simple and becomes more complicated as you progress. Eventually you'll find yourself cursing at it.
It's nice to finally have the game that sold me on upgrading to the iPad 3 in my hands, even if the iPad 3 is no longer a going concern.
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning another major flight trial involving multiple targets and multiple interceptors to increasingly challenge its young missile defense shield's ability to handle "raids," or multiple threats launched simultaneously.
The Pentagon's interceptors downed four of five threats in the first such trial, which took place Oct. 25. MDA officials have not yet said what caused an Aegis-ship-based SM-3 Block IA to fail in intercepting its short-range ballistic missile target. However, a ship-launched SM-2 Block IIIA did intercept an anti-ship threat during the trial.
The Lockheed Martin Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system destroyed a single medium-range ballistic missile target and the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 destroyed two threats – a short-range ballistic missile as well as a cruise missile.
Pentagon officials are planning the next such test to take place by the end of June. A scenario has not yet been outlined, but officials say that Thaad will again be one of the elements.
This will be a linchpin for the MDA's busy testing schedule in 2013.
The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is slated to return to flight early next year for a flight trial; an intercept test could come by the summer if the first flight is successful.
Mating of Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI, made by Orbital) with the Raytheon Exoatmopsheric Kill Vehicle Capability Enhancement 2 (an upgraded hit-to-kill mechanism) is still on hold pending a successful intercept. Boeing is the overall GMD integrator for the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, the agency is also planning two intercept tests for the Raytheon SM-3 Block 1B missile The first, slated between January and the end of March, will involve a separating short-range ballistic missile target, an Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle-C. Details of the second have not yet been planned.
MDA does not have any specific trials of Thaad on the schedule for next year other than the system's participation in the big integrated operational exercise.
Meanwhile, officials overseeing the Army-led Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) are planning for their second flight trial at the end of next year. In the first, on Nov. 29, Meads successfully shot down an MQM-107 air-breathing target after executing an "over the shoulder" engagement. The upcoming test will pit Meads against its first theater ballistic missile defense target.
Though the U.S. leads the multinational program with 58% of its funding, Washington plans to end participation after development wraps up at the end of next year. Germany, which paid 25% of the cost, and Italy, which provided the remaining 17%, are assessing whether they will procure all or parts of it.
U.S. Army officials have expressed interest in the 360-deg. surveillance radar, but lack funding in the near term.
-- By Amy Butler
-- This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report.


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So... i'm trying to talk to someone and they make a sentence completely unintelligable by misusing a word or two, so i wrote out the sentence the way i thought it would be and asked the person if that was what he meant. He said no, and continued on to say that his usage of a word was his own personal "style".
Well, i'm sorry to break it to you, but if your style makes you make no sense, it's more idiocy than style. I also know that this person speaks english as his native language, and has no reason to use words dramatically incorrectly to the point where you can't understand what he's trying to say.
I took the time to point out this little mistake that made his sentence's meaning unclear to me and i tried to tell him that english is a science, you can't just take words and substitute them in even though they are synonymous with the word you are taking out. The person then proceeds to verbally assault me by first calling me a "nerd" through using code (in which he used the wrong operator to declare that i was a nerd [he used '==' instead of '=']). Next, he went on to say that i was the "private school type" and that i am nothing without someone to teach me what i know. He continued to say
(i'm guessing that the double negative in the second statement means something like "without it, you are (favourite expletive here)")without someone to lecture you in life, you're worthless
without it, you ain't ****
then he told me that this conversation was useless and that he was busy downloading a tutorial, which completely places him in the ficticious genre he put me into since a tutorial is pretty much a lecture and he was completely depending on that to learn.
well.. the point of the matter is, think before you speak or you will say something stupid and make everyone think you don't deserve the spit and feces you are made out of. This person had already proven to me his lack of common sense and intelligence on at least two occasions previous.
point number 2 would definately be: don't insult someone directly, reason with them to the point where you have proven their arguements worthless and stupid. Doing it the smart way makes you look superior and them look inferior, whereas if you just insult them, it just makes you look like a load of feces.


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I'm looking to replace a 32 Watt T8 fluorescent bulb in my home office.
I noticed that the old bulb was a Philips 32T8/COOL WHITE PLUS, while the replacement bulb that I picked up at Home Depot was a 32T8/COOL WHITE (not PLUS).
It seems like the COOL WHITE PLUS bulb was white, while the regular COOL WHITE is yellowish. [I prefer white.]
My Question:
If I want to install the best lighting for readability, which bulb should I get?


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A4 or A3 print of mushrooms from original watercolour illustration by The Fox in the Attic.
Printed on 250gsm card. It is shipped in a hardboard envelope or cardboard tube.
A4 - 21 cm x 29.7 cm/8.27 in x 11.69 in.
A3 - 29.7 x 42 cm/11.69 in x 16.53 in.
Frame not included.
Item, design and photography © thefoxintheattic 2016.
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BUFFALO, N.Y.: Two neighbors are being credited with saving the life of a 5-year-old boy whose father was killed in a fire at their Buffalo apartment.
Officials say the fire broke out around 6 p.m. Thursday in a second-story apartment on Buffalo�s east side.
Fire officials say Lewis Varner Jr. and his son Dwayne rescued the boy from the blaze that killed 56-year-old Tony Mills.
Lewis Varner tells local media that he saw the boy standing in a second-floor window and told him to jump so Varner could catch him. But the boy said he was afraid, so the Verners got a ladder from their home and rescued the boy.
Firefighters pulled Mills out of the burning home, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Scotland's new top cop has been officially sworn in, praising what has been achieved at the force but stressing there is "still more to be done".
Chief Constable Phil Gormley today (Tuesday, January 5) officially took up the post at a ceremony at the Police Scotland College at Tulliallan and used his first opportunity in the job to meet probationers undertaking training in preparation for taking up policing roles across Scotland.
Mr Gormley said: "It is an honour to have been selected to lead Police Scotland and I am acutely aware of the significant responsibility and expectation that comes with the role of Chief Constable, Police Scotland.
"This is one of the most demanding jobs in British policing and I feel immensely proud to have been chosen to lead the men and women of Police Scotland through the next stage of its journey."
Mr Gormley, former deputy director of the National Crime Agency, has taken over as chief constable from Sir Stephen House, who stood down at the end of November after three years in the job.
He continued: "Much has been achieved in the first few years of Police Scotland but there is still more to be done – and I recognise the importance the public and partners place on the level of service we provide.
This is one of the most demanding jobs in British policing and I feel immensely proud to have been chosen to lead the men and women of Police Scotland through the next stage of its journey.Chief Constable Phil Gormley
"There is no doubt we are in a challenging financial environment – despite the savings already made, it is my responsibility working with colleagues to deliver the best service possible with the available resources. This will require difficult decisions but I am determined that we will develop a service the public trust and have confidence in and which our officers and staff are proud to provide.
"It will be vital that we work closely with all our partners to ensure that we make the best possible use of public resources to provide the service and protection that the people and communities of Scotland have a right to expect."
The Chief Constable was joined at the swearing-in ceremony by the Scottish Police Authority chairman Andrew Flanagan.
Mr Flanagan said: "The appointment by the SPA of Phil Gormley as Chief Constable of Police Scotland is a key part of the next phase of change for policing, and we welcome him taking up the reins this week."
He added: "The recent budget announcement by the Scottish Government demonstrates welcome support for police funding next year and provides an encouraging base on which the SPA and the new Chief Constable can build.
"With the SPA governance review also due to report in March and the Scottish Government consulting the public on policing priorities, there is now a major opportunity in the early part of 2016 to shape the future direction of policing with the active participation and involvement of the police workforce, partners and local communities."


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The doomed grandeur of Russia's imperial family and the aristocracy that supported it sparkles once more through the fabulously ornate Easter eggs and jewelry created by the craftsmen of Peter Carl Faberge, now showcased in a spectacular exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
The children of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra roller skate on the deck of the royal yacht in a ghostly black-and-white home movie that evokes the luxurious splendor of the Romanov regime just before it was consumed by the Russian Revolution in 1918.
The doomed grandeur of the imperial family and the Russian aristocracy that supported it sparkles once more through the fabulously ornate Easter eggs and jewelry created by the craftsmen of Peter Carl Faberge now showcased in a spectacular exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
Drawn from the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, "Faberge Revealed'' features more than 230 rare pieces made by Russia's most prestigious jewelers from the mid-19th century to 1916 when violent revolution toppled the last czar of the Romanov dynasty.
"The legacy of Faberge is one that has continually captivated the public imagination,'' said Dean Lahikaien, PEM's curator of American decorative art. "Equally compelling are the concurrent histories of these exquisite objects and the people who possessed them.''
There is a $5 admission charge to see "Faberge Revealed'' which includes an audio guide tour that provides informative details and historical context.
Visitors will see diamond cigarette cases and enameled parasol handles, ruby-encrusted brooches and ornately carved silver bowls decorated with legendary figures from Russian history.
In addition to the home movie, 40 family photographs of the royal family bring alive the privileged world of the last Romanovs.
Upon entering and just before leaving the show, visitors will see four spectacularly ornate Imperial Easter eggs, made by Faberge craftsmen as a one-of-a-kind commission for the czar to give as holiday gifts to family members. Over time, the 42 surviving Imperial Eggs, which took a year to make, have come to be sought by wealthy collectors as the rarest of art treasures and, simultaneously, regarded as icons of the imperial decadence that drove the impoverished masses to violent rebellion.
One of the first objects visitors will is the Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg, given in 1903 by Nicholas II to his wife, that embodies the only charge given to Faberge craftsmen: It must surprise, represent a new theme and "bring delight.''
Measuring just 4 1/2-by-3 1/8-inches and made of red, green and yellow gold, platinum, rose-cut diamonds, rubies, enamel and rock crystal, it is a marvel of design and construction.
It features four miniature portraits, including Peter the Great and Nicholas II, and, when opened, a miniature statue of Peter the Great rises from the egg.
"Faberge Revealed'' is much more than a simple display of gaudy imperial bling.
Arriving in Salem on the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Romanov dynasty, this engaging show infuses the display of exquisite jewelry with an instructive history lesson about two families, the doomed royals and ascendant Faberge business, whose calamitous fall and improbable rise shadowed vast forces that were shaping modern history.
The jewelry on display reveals more about Peter Carl Faberge – whom the exhibit describes as "a jeweler turned artist turned businessman'' – than the hapless royals.
A trained goldsmith who was an astute businessman with an artistic sensibility, Faberge took over his family's enterprise in 1882 and, after impressing the czar with his workmanship, saw the House of Faberge named "Goldsmith by Special Appointment to the Imperial Crown'' three years later.
While Faberge "demanded absolute perfection'' of his 500 workers in several locations, he gave his master artisans the freedom to pursue their creative instincts.
The exhibit displays its wealth of objects in small, accessible groups generally focusing on a technique or style that reflects on the fashion and tastes of its wealthy clientele.
For example, there are several finely crafted parasol handles that could be switched to various umbrellas and sumptuous enamel pictorial boxes decorated with images from popular folk tales.
The impossibly delicate flowers reveal as much ingenuity as the jewelry. For example, the three sprays of globeflowers made of gold, enamel and nephrite, with individual leaves in the bulbous buds, stand on wire-thin stalks in a rock crystal vase.
Visitors will see champagne flutes, a gorgeous selection of icons and, of all things, an ashtray, bearing the double headed eagle, the emblem of the royal family, made of copper as a concession to frugality during World War I.
Displayed near the exhibit's conclusion, three very different Imperial Easter eggs recall the Romanov's glory days and fall from grace.
The Imperial Pelican Easter Egg from 1897 unfolds into eight oval panels with paintings of orphanages and educational institutions the dowager empress supported.
Made in 1915 during World War One, the Imperial Red Cross Egg – though still ornate – reflected the spirit of wartime austerity and included portraits of royal family members who treated the wounded.
The Faberge jewelry has obviously outlived the imperial family.
Following the February Revolution of 1917, Nicholas II abdicated his title and was executed with his wife, family and several servants in 1918.
It is one of the exhibit's irony that some of Faberge's greatest treasures were preserved because they were confiscated by the victorious communists and sold with Josef Stalin's approval, often at low prices, to finance the revolution.
"Faberge Revealed''
WHEN: Through Sept. 29
WHERE: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
INFO: 866-745-1876; www.pem.org


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Haiti Survivor Stories
Two weeks ago, a 7.0 earthquake devastated the country of Haiti. Early estimates suggest that the earthquake killed 200,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. Victims are still in need of food, water, shelter, medical supplies and attention, clothing, shoes, sleeping bags and tents. Communications and power are down, there are unclaimed bodies being burned in the streets, there are many homeless orphans and the situation is growing more desperate. Relief is starting to come in, but the country is far from stable.
"I think sometimes we as a society kind of have disaster ADD, where we focus on the headlines and then we forget about the aftermath," Dr. Phil says. "When the cameras pull out and the next big story happens, there can just be terrible devastation in the lives of so many who have lost everything."
Dr. Phil's sons, Jay and Jordan, are part of a medical mission in Haiti, with the four physicians from Jay's show, The Doctors. Jay and Jordan travel with Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Drew Ordon, Dr. Jim Sears and Dr. Lisa Masterson, along with thousands of pounds of medical supplies, to help the victims of the earthquake.
See the work they've been doing.
Olden Polynice is a former NBA player who came to America from Haiti when he was just 7 years old. Dr. Phil talks with Olden about his search for relatives and gives him a big surprise.
"I can't wait to see him and give him a big hug."
Tiara and Jacqueline are moms who say they can't take their eyes off the news coverage, especially the reports on the orphaned children. They want to do more than just send money; they want to adopt a Haitian orphan.
What does it take to rescue a child in need?
At Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Haitian trauma nurses provide care to victims who have been flown in from Haiti. Many of these nurses have missing family members in the earthquake rubble but bravely continue working without knowing how their loved ones fared. One nurse fears his family was part of a mass grave.
How are these heroes handling their own loss?


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Judith Curry has taken up Sir John Beddington's challenge to scientists to stand up and be counted in the battle against pseudoscience, with a long post on the subject of the Trick to Hide the Decline.
It is obvious that there has been deletion of adverse data in figures shown IPCC AR3 and AR4, and the 1999 WMO document. Not only is this misleading, but it is dishonest (I agree with Muller on this one). The authors defend themselves by stating that there has been no attempt to hide the divergence problem in the literature, and that the relevant paper was referenced. I infer then that there is something in the IPCC process or the authors' interpretation of the IPCC process (i.e. don't dilute the message) that corrupted the scientists into deleting the adverse data in these diagrams.
McIntyre's analysis is sufficiently well documented that it is difficult to imagine that his analysis is incorrect in any significant way. If his analysis is incorrect, it should be refuted. I would like to know what the heck Mann, Briffa, Jones et al. were thinking when they did this and why they did this, and how they can defend this, although the emails provide pretty strong clues. Does the IPCC regard this as acceptable? I sure don't.
It's pretty interesting to see Sir John Beddington, Sir Paul Nurse and rest of the scientific establishment, as well as most of the sci-bloggers in the UK, all lining themselves up on the side of pseudoscience on the Climategate issue and Hide the Decline in particular. I wonder how long they can sustain the charade that everything is well in UK climatology?


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Ford's C-Max Falls Way Short of Mileage
Dan Neil on Lunch Break reviews the Ford C-Max Hybrid SEL and explains why he found the car's mileage rating to be grossly inflated.
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Sep 11, 2019
I cried when I put my wedding dress on! The quality is incredible! I'm so happy with it! The dress is absolutely stunning! I ordered it a few sizes bigger, and it fits almost perfectly! My only plans to change the dress are taking in the arms a little. I am so thrilled to wear this on our big day! Thank you la la mira!
Sep 07, 2019
Beautiful dress. I loved it. I added pink ribbon to match my groom's tie. Very satisfied
Sep 07, 2019
We had to do some minor touch ups but it was perfect. I had so many compliments!
Aug 28, 2019
I love the dress but received the wrong color. However, the dress is exactly like the picture will order from again.
Aug 27, 2019
My dress was just beautiful, the fit was jus for me , I highly recommended.
I received a lot of compliments from family, friends and estranges .
Aug 21, 2019
I was honestly surprised to get this dress for such a great deal and it was not made poorly. It's beautiful and I will only need to make minor alterations for a perfect fit. So happy!
Aug 11, 2019
I was so pleased with my dress. It fit perfect.
Jul 13, 2019
This was my first online purchase and I am so impressed with the vender! I got my wedding dress one day early and it is beautiful!
I was scared at first because persons told me their bad experiences with other online vendors but I still took a chance and I was so happy with my purchase. It fits me perfectly! I would recommend everyone to purchase their dream dress from Lalamira!
Jul 10, 2019
I was very hesitant ordering this dress online especially as it was coming from Asia. I had to order last minute (due to a mishap from a dress I bought from a bridal store) and it arrived rather quickly within about 2.5 weeks. I was so impressed with the quality of the dress, the illusion back, and it is VERY sparkly! I absolutely was in love with it!
It does come with a bit of a barn type of smell to it, but once aired out for a day or two, it completely goes away!
Not a single person would be able to guess I bought it cheap from Asia, most people thought I bought it from an expensive bridal store.
The only alterations I had was getting it hemmed and I also lowered the neckline (as it comes super tight and your head can barely get through it)
All in all, this was definitely the dress of my dreams. Highly recommend it if you are on a budget! It was stunning!
Jul 05, 2019
I'm writing this review, bc there was none and one is needed.
1. The dress delivered as promised. Speed was shockingly fast.
2. It is NOT Barbie sized. It's a real dress.
3. Satin is the fabric listed. Satin is what I received.
4. This particular dress is not clear in the photos, in that the top is actually pleated and the bottom/skirt is box pleated.
5. The size is too big for me... which is better than too small... so I will have it altered before the wedding. Yippy should do you're messengers before ordering. Don't go off of the "get it two sizes bigger than your street clothes" thing. So mine is too big in my pic... Just ignore that. It is a great dress... and the price is shocking!!!!!!
6. Comes with the netting underlay and boning in the cup area.
8. My bestie can't believe this deal... she sent $1200 on her dress.
Jun 26, 2019
This was the best website EVER!! The dress is amazing, shipping was perfectly timed. And the size was exactly right to the "T". Only thing my fitter had to do was shorten the front a tad bit so I wouldn't trip cause I'm so short even in heels teeheehee.
Jun 25, 2019
This dress was absolutely beautiful! The delivery was in a timely manner actually sooner than estimated. The dress was exactly how it was pictured. I did get a size US2 instead of a custom size (which I probably should have done bc I'm very petite) but surprisingly the only thing that had to be altered were the sleeves and the waist was slightly taken in! Next time I know to send in custom measurements but will definitely be purchasing again!
Jun 24, 2019
I was really nervous about ordering a dress online but i am so happy with my dress. All the detail is there and the fabric and material does not look or feel cheap. I picked the custom measurements and it was worth it. I was also surprised that it is as full as the picture and i don"t need an undercoat. The only thing that needs to be altered is the off shoulder sleeve needs to be tightened a little, easy fix.
Jun 23, 2019
We all loved this gown!! Family and guests preferred this gown over the David's Bridal gown. I chose to have 2 dresses for my special day. This dress was stunning! You wont regret the purchase
Jun 15, 2019
The dress exceeded every expectation! It was stunning and my husband absolutely loved it. lalamira shipped the order quickly and I received it much earlier than expected. I will look to order all of my dresses from lalamira in the future! Thank you.
Jun 09, 2019
I purchase this dress for my daughter prom 2019 excellent excellent choice ???????????? we add on some Gucci stripes but dress was amazing with or without...Love it purchase 2 dress from this site the make with well put together very high quality....
Jun 08, 2019
I had originally purchased a lace gown from a local David's Bridal.Then I saw this gown and fell in love. I decided to order this as my reception dress and wore the original only for the ceremony. I'm 5'7 and well...we'll just say I'm not 120lbs lol. I ordered custom measurements and the gown arrived earlier than expected and fit perfect. My family and guests LOVED this gown!! They liked it BETTER than ceremony dress from DB. It was an amazing gown with beautiful detail. Dont hesitate...you wont be disappointed
Jun 04, 2019
Perfect two piece white skirt and top for my daughter's 8th grade prom,true to size, very nice material, everyone loved it, happy and blissful, perfect turn out.
May 27, 2019
Measurements were accurate and the dress was made with very high-quality materials, nothing ever ripped or fell off.
May 22, 2019
This dress was beautifully made. I couldn't believe the quality for the price I paid! Definitely a good buy.
May 16, 2019
We order this dress for my sisters wedding in india the fit was perfect the dress was well made dress looked gorgeous on my sister, more than what we expected.
May 08, 2019
I received my dress and it is so gorgeous. I just love it and can't wait to wear it. I will be passing this dress down to granddaughters one day for sure. They worked with me wonderfully. Gosh, I can't say enough good about them. My wedding date had to be moved up a month and I contacted them and they came though for me. Bless Them all.
May 03, 2019
Absolutely loved wearing this dress to prom! Beautiful, affordable and it even came weeks quicker than the expected time.
May 02, 2019
I just received my Wedding Dress. OMG it is so beautiful and I can't wait to wear it. Thank You very much. I did try it on and I'm so sure that it fits just right I just have to wait until I can get a girl friend over here to zip and button me up properly. Love it
May 02, 2019
What can I say... this dress is stunning! In fact my photographer commented that it's been to date her favourite dress to photograph. I felt amazing in it and comfortable (which is pretty important on your wedding day) I ordered a set size and had it altered by my local dress maker which cost me a little extra but hey you can't complain with the price of this gorgeous dress.
Apr 27, 2019
I order this dress & it is beattiful
Apr 27, 2019
This dress is exactly what my daughter wanted for her wedding. It is perfect for a roof top mountain wedding in August. Quality is great. Fabric is also very nice!
Apr 08, 2019
I bought this in Ivory for my wedding dress and I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out I highly recommend this website!
Apr 08, 2019
Believe me when I say I was super nervous about buying a dress online,but I took the chance anyways because well money can be tight,but I really wanted a beautiful wedding dress.when I found this one I knew it was the one! And I am so happy with it and how it turned out...would recommend to anyone who maybe on a tight budget.its beautifully made and some one already told me it looks like an expensive dress...I gota great deal and if every needed I will buy from here again
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HOLLYWOOD HILLS, Calif.—Eleven armed FBI agents crept around a stone-and-glass house here just before dawn. An AR-15 rifle and four other guns were registered to the man in the house.
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They set out to reconstruct a lost synagogue. They recovered a lost world.
"How often do you get a chance to reach deep into history and bring something back?" –Rick Brown
When the acclaimed artists/educators Rick and Laura Brown decided that they would reconstruct a magnificent, 18th century, Polish wooden synagogue in Poland, even those who knew this remarkable couple well doubted it would ever happen.
After working for ten years with hundreds of students, educators, scholars and craftsmen, the Browns' Gwozdziec synagogue reconstruction project has become the iconic centerpiece of the new POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
Raise the Roof is the story of this epic journey.
I invite you and your community to join us for a very special screening of Raise the Roof at The Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival at 1:00 pm and 7:30 pm on October 27, 2015 at the Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol.
On this page you will find links to all the information you need to buy tickets and learn more about the film, the filmmakers, and the creators of the Gwozdziec synagogue reconstruction project. You can also find links to the Raise the Roof press kit, a poster to print and pin up and a link to arrange special screenings for your synagogue, church, school or community group. See you at the movies! Cary Wolinsky, Producer of Raise the Roof firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Here's an extraordinary venture: a multiyear, multinational endeavor to re-erect a grand wooden Polish synagogue that rivals the greatest wooden architecture anywhere in the world." –Dr. Matthew Bernstein
SYNOPSIS: Artists Rick and Laura Brown are not Jewish and not Polish, yet they set out to rebuild Gwoździec, one of the magnificent 18th-century wooden synagogues of Poland, the last of which were destroyed by Nazis during World War II. Their vision inspires hundreds of people to join them, using their hands, old tools and techniques to rediscover Gwoździec's history, culture and art.
Raise The Roof follows the Browns and the Handshouse Studio team to Sanok, Poland, as they begin building the new Gwoździec roof. The crew has six weeks to hew, saw and carve 200 freshly logged trees and assemble the structure. Working against this deadline and despite torrential downpours and exhaustion, the team must create the structure, and disassemble it again for shipping and eventual installation.
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Armed with pigments and stacks of wooden boards, the team sets up to paint the ceiling mural in what seems to be an art gallery in Rzeszów, Poland. In fact, this building and those in seven other Polish cities where they will work during the summers of 2011 and 2012, are all former or active masonry synagogues. Each Handshouse-trained painting leader is tasked with creating the mural's most iconic images, training students to paint thousands of flowers and vines.
Although Rick and Laura Brown chose to rebuild the Gwoździec because it was one of the best documented, the historic material they found was spotty. Many questions about the synagogue were left unanswered:
What sparked this period of profuse and energetic construction and painting?
Why were the Jews of this time willing to break the Second Commandment prohibition against graven images when decorating this building?
What cultural and artistic movements inspired artists to create these resplendent spaces?
Raise the Roof takes us on a journey of discovery.
"All of a sudden, the image of Polish Jews known only from black and white photographs, too often an image of poverty, piety, and persecution, recedes and a vibrant world in living color, a world rich in imagination and spirit, takes its place." –Barbara Kishenblatt-Gimblett
The reconstructed Gwoździec roof is now the centerpiece of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
Raise the Roof
Sonoma County Premiere
Thursday, October 27
1:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol
6868 McKinley Street
Sebastopol, CA
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That is damn hilarious . And I love the look of them.
It's funny; I never thought about how gargoyles reproduced before. I guess I just assumed that other carved statues came to life too. But it also makes sense this way, since rock ifrits would turn people to stone (according to Disney's Aladdin) and they're similar to gargoyles. And since they're all stone--they then become gargoyles!


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I find my touchstream periodically locks up the usb ports so that everything stops working. If I unplug the touchstream, usb is freed up and works normally. I then replug the touchstream and it works fine also until it decides to lock up the usb again.
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The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen!
This past week was a little sad for those of us from Michigan. The Tigers had a pretty awful road trip while former Miss USA and Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, saw her one year reign come to an end.
Good bye, Rima. To be fair, I'm not really sure what you did during your year as beauty queen of America but you did strike a blow for Michiganders and Arab-Americans with your spectacular win last summer.
Now, the queen is dead but long live the queen. We may be sad that Rima is gone but Alyssa helps us forget our sorrows awful quickly.
Oh yeah, and the Tigers are back home in Detroit. Life is good.


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Right-Wing Media Still Hyping EITs, Ignoring Experts' Dispute
Since Osama bin Laden was killed in a successful U.S. raid last week, right-wing media have been hyping the Bush administration's use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) and claim that key info about bin Laden was found by using EITs on detainees. In fact, many experts have questioned this claim, arguing that valuable intelligence has been and could have been gained more easily using other methods; additionally, there is considerable dispute as to whether the use of EITs yielded critical intelligence which led to bin Laden.
Right-Wing Media Hype Bush Admin. Officials' Claims About EITs
Wallace: "Enhanced Interrogation" Was "Such A Key Part Of This Raid." On the May 8 edition of Fox News' Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, "Why is shooting an unarmed man in the face legal and proper, while enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, of a detainee under very strict controls and limits, why is that over the line?" He later said that this "interrogation" was "such a key part of this raid [that killed Osama bin Laden]." From the broadcast:
WALLACE: We'll stipulate - I think, we'll all stipulate that bin Laden was a monster. But why is shooting an unarmed man in the face legal and proper, while enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, of a detainee under very strict controls and limits, why is that over the line?
DONILON: Well, let's get -- let me talk first about the first half of the statement you made. Again, the president met with the operators yesterday in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and here are the facts. We are at war with al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden is the emir, or commander -- indeed, the only leader of al-Qaeda in its 22-year history. This was his residence and operational compound. Our forces entered that compound and were fired upon, in the pitch black. It's an organization that uses IEDs and suicide vests and booby traps and all manner of other kinds of destructive capabilities. Let me just finish what I'm saying here --
WALLACE: -- But let me just make my point. I'm not asking you why it was okay to shoot Osama bin Laden. I fully understand the threat. And I'm not second-guessing the SEALs.
DONILON: Right.
WALLACE: What I am second-guessing is, if that's okay, why can't you do waterboarding? Why can't you do enhanced interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was just as bad an operator as Osama bin Laden?
DONILON: Yeah, because, well our judgment is that it's not consistent with our values, not consistent and not necessary, in terms of getting the kind of intelligence we need.
WALLACE: But shooting bin Laden in the head is consistent with our values?
DONILON: It -- we are at war with Osama bin Laden.
WALLACE: We're at war with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
DONILON: It was a military operation, right? It was absolutely appropriate for the SEALs to take the action, and for the forces to take the action that they took in this military operation against a military target --
WALLACE: But why is it inappropriate to get information from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
DONILON: I didn't say it was inappropriate to get information from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
WALLACE: You said it was against our values.
DONILON: I think that the techniques are something that there's been a policy debate about, and our administration has made our views known on that.
WALLACE: Let me ask you about one other aspect of this and we'll move on. The Obama Justice Department reopened an investigation of half dozen CIA agents who were involved in interrogation after 9/11, raising the question -- and this had been closed. This has been a closed investigation. It was reopened by your justice department on the issue of whether or not they were using undue force. We talked earlier with Vice President Cheney who says that investigation is an outrage. Question: with interrogation, and you certainly have agreed, however it came -- with interrogation such a key part of this raid, why not end that investigation? [Fox News, Fox News Sunday, 5/8/11]
Fox & Friends Hosts A Parade Of Former Bush Administration Officials To Claim EITs Were "Key" In Finding Bin Laden. On the May 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, the co-hosts interviewed three former Bush administration officials to claim that EITs produced valuable information that led to Osama bin Laden.
- Perino: "I Trust ... [Those Who Say] Enhanced Techniques Save Lives." During the show, the co-hosts interviewed former White House Press Secretary and Fox News Contributor Dana Perino. Co-host Gretchen Carlson said that many people credit "President Bush's enhanced interrogation techniques ... with killing Osama bin Laden." Perino later said that she believes Bush officials who told her that "enhanced techniques save lives." From the broadcast:
GRETCHEN CARLSON: The only disappointing thing for me, Dana, on [President Obama's May 8 60 Minutes] interview, maybe Steve Kroft asked these questions and they were edited out, but they didn't seem to move the story forward, as far as what do we do about on the war on terror now moving forward. Was that deliberate so that the president wouldn't be in a jam to have to talk about the fact that he's gotten rid of President Bush's enhanced interrogation techniques that many people credit with killing Osama bin Laden?
PERINO: You know, possibly, though I have to say, having watched 60 Minutes this past year, President Obama is almost a permanent fixture on the program. So maybe next week --
STEVE DOOCY (co-host): Co-host.
PERINO: -- he'll do another interview, and he'll be able to talk about that. It was actually the Sunday show hosts, and I would say including Chris Wallace, who pressed the National Security Advisor Tom Donilon on that very point. What are we going to be willing to do? And it's interesting to watch the left tie themselves up in knots and to rationalize that killing somebody is OK, because we're in a war with them, but enhanced interrogation techniques, which were legal, were not allowed because they're not consistent with our values. It doesn't make sense to us but I'm sure they rationalized it internally.
DOOCY: And Dana, well, John Yoo was part of your administration. You've got Leon Panetta, who last Tuesday told Brian Williams that the enhanced interrogation techniques did lead to, you know, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed spilling the beans.
PERINO: Right, so it's a mosaic of information and it all comes together, and it takes very astute intelligence community officials looking at all of that intel, piecing it together and pulling those threads and making sure that they follow them through. My bottom line is, I trust General Hayden and Attorney General Mukasey. They say that enhanced techniques save lives, and we forget the most dangerous position in the world to hold over the last 10 years has been Osama bin Laden's number two. OK? We had that intelligence. We were able to get them. We finally got to him, and that is so symbolic. But we were able to prevent many attacks because of this intelligence, and I remember President Bush telling me, it didn't matter how unpopular he got, as long as the next president had what he needed to protect the country. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/9/11]
- Hayden: "[EITs] Allowed Us To Gain Information [And] Intelligence That Would Not Have Been Available To Us In Any Other Way." Later during the program, the co-hosts interviewed former CIA and NSA director General Michael Hayden (ret.). Hayden agreed with Carlson that EITs were "key," saying, "They allowed us to gain information, to gain intelligence that would not have been available to us in any other way. I mean, that's just a simple fact." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/9/11]
- Mukasey: "At The Time [EITs] Were Used, They Were Enormously Valuable." Later during the show, co-host Brian Kilmeade interviewed former Attorney General Michael Mukasey. From the broadcast:
KILMEADE: From what you know, and what I won't be able to know, because I didn't have your type of clearance, how valuable were the enhanced interrogation practices to the success of the war on terror and getting bin Laden?
MUKASEY: At the time they were used, they were enormously valuable. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who had a trove of information, cracked like a dam, and when that dam broke, he disclosed enormous amounts of information that stopped ongoing projects that they had, and that disclosed a lot of valuable information, including some information that was part of the trail that led eventually to bin Laden. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/9/11]
Briggs: "[W]as President Obama's Decision Not To Reconsider" EITs "Putting America At Future Risk?" On the May 8 broadcast of Fox News' Fox & Friends Sunday, co-host Dave Briggs said that bin Laden's death has "reignited the debate over harsh interrogation techniques, like waterboarding." He asked, "So, is President Obama's decision not to reconsider these using these techniques putting America at future risk?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends Sunday, 5/8/11]
Bozell: "It Is Because Of Waterboarding That Osama Bin Laden Is Dead." On the May 6 broadcast of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell claimed that following the raid which killed bin Laden, "you [could] hear the sound of thousands of people in Washington, DC peeling egg off their faces" because "enhanced interrogation techniques -- let's call it what it is. It's waterboarding, you know what, it is because of waterboarding that Osama bin Laden is dead, and everybody knows it." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/6/11]
Experts Dispute Claims That EITs Directly Led To Bin Laden
Former Interrogators And Intelligence Officials: "Torture Did Not Lead The U.S. To Bin Laden." In a May 4 statement, four former interrogators and intelligence officer issued the following statement regarding the use of EITs and the hunt for bin Laden:
Torture Did Not Lead the U.S. to bin Laden, It Almost Certainly Prolonged the Hunt
We are concerned about the suggestion by some that the use of waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques led U.S. forces to Osama bin Laden's compound.
The use of waterboarding and other so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques almost certainly prolonged the hunt for Bin Laden and complicated the jobs of professional U.S. interrogators who were trying to develop useful information from unwilling sources like Khalid Sheik Muhammed.
Reports say that Khalid Sheik Muhammed and Abu Faraq al-Libi did not divulge the nom de guerre of a courier during torture, but rather several months later, when they were questioned by interrogators who did not use abusive techniques.
This is not surprising. Our experience is that torture is a poor way to develop useful, accurate information.
We know from experience that it is very difficult to elicit information from a detainee who has been abused. The abuse often only strengthens their resolve and makes it that much harder for an interrogator to find a way to elicit useful information.
We believe that the U.S. would have learned more from Khalid Sheik Muhammed and other high value detainees if, from the beginning, professional interrogators had a chance to question them using the sophisticated, yet humane, approaches approved by U.S. law.
We are convinced that the record shows that abusive questioning techniques did not help, but only hindered, the United States' efforts to find bin Laden. [Huffington Post, 5/4/11]
HuffPo: Interrogators And Experts Argue That EITs "May Have Slowed Hunt For Bin Laden, Not Hastened It." In a May 6 Huffington Post article, Senior Washington Correspondent Dan Froomkin cited numerous experts and officials arguing that "bin Laden could have been caught much earlier had those detainees [subjected to EITs] been interrogated properly." From the May 6 article:
Defenders of the Bush administration's interrogation policies have claimed vindication from reports that bin Laden was tracked down in small part due to information received from brutalized detainees some six to eight years ago.
But that sequence of events -- even if true -- doesn't demonstrate the effectiveness of torture, these experts say. Rather, it indicates bin Laden could have been caught much earlier had those detainees been interrogated properly.
"I think that without a doubt, torture and enhanced interrogation techniques slowed down the hunt for bin Laden," said an Air Force interrogator who goes by the pseudonym Matthew Alexander and located Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, in 2006.
It now appears likely that several detainees had information about a key al Qaeda courier -- information that might have led authorities directly to bin Laden years ago. But subjected to physical and psychological brutality, "they gave us the bare minimum amount of information they could get away with to get the pain to stop, or to mislead us," Alexander told The Huffington Post.
"We know that they didn't give us everything, because they didn't provide the real name, or the location, or somebody else who would know that information," he said.
In a 2006 study by the National Defense Intelligence College, trained interrogators found that traditional, rapport-based interviewing approaches are extremely effective with even the most hardened detainees, whereas coercion consistently builds resistance and resentment.
"Had we handled some of these sources from the beginning, I would like to think that there's a good chance that we would have gotten this information or other information," said Steven Kleinman, a longtime military intelligence officer who has extensively researched, practiced and taught interrogation techniques.
"By making a detainee less likely to provide information, and making the information he does provide harder to evaluate, they hindered what we needed to accomplish," said Glenn L. Carle, a retired CIA officer who oversaw the interrogation of a high-level detainee in 2002. [Huffington Post, 5/6/11]
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Feinstein: "To The Best Of Our Knowledge," None Of The Intelligence "Came As A Result Of Harsh Interrogation Practices." From a May 3 TPM Muckraker post:
More and more evidence suggests a key piece of intelligence -- the first link in the chain of information that led U.S. intelligence officials to Osama bin Laden -- wasn't tortured out of its source. And, indeed, that torture actually failed to produce it.
"To the best of our knowledge, based on a look, none of it came as a result of harsh interrogation practices," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee in a wide-ranging press conference.
Moreover, Feinstein added, nothing about the sequence of events that culminated in Sunday's raid vindicates the Bush-era techniques, nor their use of black sites -- secret prisons, operated by the CIA.
"Absolutely not, I do not," Feinstein said. "I happen to know a good deal about how those interrogations were conducted, and in my view nothing justifies the kind of procedures that were used." [TPM Muckraker, 5/3/11]
NSC Dismissed Efficacy Of Torture In Developing Intel On Bin Laden. The New York Times reported:
Glenn L. Carle, a retired C.I.A. officer who oversaw the interrogation of a high-level detainee in 2002, said in a phone interview Tuesday, that coercive techniques "didn't provide useful, meaningful, trustworthy information." He said that while some of his colleagues defended the measures, "everyone was deeply concerned and most felt it was un-American and did not work."
Obama administration officials, intent on celebrating Monday's successful raid, have tried to avoid reigniting a partisan battle over torture.
"The bottom line is this: If we had some kind of smoking-gun intelligence from waterboarding in 2003, we would have taken out Osama bin Laden in 2003," said Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council. "It took years of collection and analysis from many different sources to develop the case that enabled us to identify this compound, and reach a judgment that Bin Laden was likely to be living there." [The New York Times, 5/4/11]
The New Yorker: "This Timeline Doesn't Seem To Provide A Lot Of Support For The Pro-Torture Narrative." From a May 2 post to The New Yorker:
Many key details are still missing. But according to the New York Times, the turning point came when detainees being held in Guantánamo--not in the C.I.A.'s secret black-site prisons--revealed to American interrogators the pseudonym used by a key bin Laden courier, whom they also identified as a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Then, four years ago, American interrogators were able to learn the real name of the courier. It then took two more years, according to the Times, before American officials were able to piece together the geographic region in which he operated. They didn't succeed in tracking him to the suspicious compound, in which bin Laden resided, until last August.
This timeline doesn't seem to provide a lot of support for the pro-torture narrative. One would think that if so-called "enhanced interrogations" provided the magic silver bullet, and if the courier was a protégé of K.S.M.'s, then the C.I.A. might have wrapped this up back in 2003, while they were waterboarding the 9/11 mastermind a hundred and eighty-three times. Despite these contradictions and complications, the two sides on the torture debate are already off and running. [The New Yorker, 5/2/11]
Deputy National Security Advisor: Integral Intelligence Was Not Obtained By Waterboarding "To My Knowledge." From the May 3 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: So we've been talking about the different details and methods that led up to this moment, and obviously there is word out today that waterboarding played a very big role or a role in actually getting the information that was integral in finding Bin Laden. Is that the case?
JOHN BRENNAN: Not to my knowledge. The information that was acquired over the course of nine years or so came from many different sources: human sources, technical sources, as well as information that detainees provided. And it was something that as a result of the painstaking work that the analysts did, they pieced it all together that lead us to the Abbottabad compound last year and resulted in the very successful operation on Sunday. [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 5/3/11]
CIA Director Panetta: Whether Torture Was Needed To Track Bin Laden "Is Always Going To Be An Open Question." From the May 3 edition of NBC Nightly News:
LEON PANETTA: We had a multiple source -- a multiple series of sources -- that provided information with regards to this situation. Clearly, some of it came from detainees and the interrogation of detainees. But we also had information from other sources as well. So, it's a little difficult to say it was due just to one source of information that we got.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Turned around the other way, are you denying that waterboarding was in part among the tactics used to extract the intelligence that led to this successful mission?
PANETTA: No, I think some of the detainees clearly were, you know, they used these enhanced interrogation techniques against some of these detainees. But I'm also saying that, you know, the debate about whether we would have gotten the same information through other approaches I think is always going to be an open question. [NBC, NBC Nightly News, 5/3/11, via RealClearPolitics]
TPM: Attorney General Said "He Didn't Know" If Information Obtained Through Torture Led US To Bin Laden. From a May 3 post on TPM Muckraker:
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he didn't know if any information obtained from detainees undergoing enhanced interrogation techniques lead to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"There was a mosaic of sources that lead to the identification of the people" who lead to bin Laden, Holder told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Pressed by Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) on whether any information used to find bin Laden came out during enhanced interrogation, Holder said he didn't know. [TPM Muckraker, 5/3/11]
Right-Wing Media Have Been Praising EIT Program Since Bin Laden's Death Announced
Right-Wing Media Tout Bin Laden Death As Victory For Torture, Ignore Dispute. Beginning May 2, the day after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a U.S. military raid, right-wing media jumped to declare victory for former President Bush's EIT program. [Media Matters, 5/4/11]


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Feasibility Study of Eocene to Pliocene Palynological Reconstruction off Seymour IslandEntry ID: Warny-OPPGeol-0533879
Abstract: Feasibility study of Eocene to Pliocene palynological reconstruction of the
Antarctic Peninsula margin climate evolution
Project Summary
Intellectual merit
Numerous lines of geological evidence show that major changes in the global
climate system occurred during the Cenozoic, but the triggering mechanisms
behind widespread Antarctic glaciations and ... progressive cooling are still
debated. What triggered Antarctic glacial intensification and where on the
Antarctic continental margins did the cryosphere first developed are still
unanswered questions. In recent years, high-resolution seismic studies on the
margins have done much to provide details concerning the ice-sheet advances and
retreats. These glacial/interglacial cycles had a profound influence on the
vegetation and algal community in and around Antarctica. Plants and algae
adapted to continuous environmental changes and their fossil record can tell us
about the Antarctic climatic history. In advance of and concurrent with the
high-cost ANDRILL and SHALDRIL coring operations, I propose to explore a fairly
inexpensive research strategy that utilizes existing piston cores from the
Weddell Sea margin of the Antarctic Peninsula outer continental shelf. Seismic
data from the area shows that basinward tilted strata presumed to be Eocene and
younger in age are truncated at or near the seafloor. The terminations are
associated with a recent advance of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet.
Microfossils from these older strata are likely to be contained within seafloor
sediments sampled by existing piston cores. In this SGER proposal, I am
proposing to conduct a palynological investigation to evaluate the spectrum of
environmental changes that occurred from Eocene to Pliocene in the
Antarctic-Peninsula area. Reworked material sampled from archived piston cores
that penetrated the top of selected key seismic units off Seymour Island will
be analyzed to address one specific question:
What were the environmental conditions during Eocene/Pliocene interglacials and
glacials in the Antarctic Peninsula? Dinocyst distribution should document
changes in the marine realm while pollen and spores distribution will provide
data on land vegetation and climate changes.
By conducting this preliminary study, the PI will test the feasibility of a
larger scale study that will be proposed once SHALDRIL or ANDRILL type in situ
material is recovered.
Broader impact
The research activities were disseminated to the public and the scientific
community as a full-scale museum exhibit, with companion booklet, website and
conference coverage. The PI received a grant from the Louisiana Board of
Regents to build an exhibit entitled �Experience Antarctica: A century of Earth
Science discoveries�. The results from the PI�s Antarctic palynological
research, from the Northern Basin (past NSF support) and from the herein
proposed research on the Peninsula, were integrated into two exhibit panels.
Research of colleagues at LSU and from other institutions were summarized in
eight additional interactive panels. The education companion booklet was
distributed to the public and to science teachers in Louisiana. The PI�s
current operational education website was updated to present the new exhibit
and associated education material. Science teachers in Louisiana were invited
to a one-day workshop organized at LSU by the PI. The workshop included
detailed guided tours of the exhibit, a list of links between our research and
k-12 science standards, and educational material such as the LSU exhibit
companion booklet. The teachers were in return asked to organize a field trip
for their students to come and visit the Antarctic exhibit. For years to come,
this exhibit should improve the understanding and appreciation of Earth
Sciences for thousands of visitors.
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Sophie Armande Warny
Dataset Title: Feasibility Study of Eocene to Pliocene Palynological Reconstruction off Seymour Island
Dataset Release Place: Baton Rouge, LA
Dataset Publisher: Louisiana Museum of Natural Science
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2005-03-01Stop Date: 2007-02-28
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 55.8 Ma
Paleo Stop Date: 0 Ma
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Quality This was a feasibility study to test the potential recovery of palynomorphs in
the area of interest for the SHALDRIL project.
For this project, piston core samples were evaluated. The recovery exceeded
our expectations and a diverse palynomorph assemblage was recovered (diverse
both in age and in term of environmental significance).
Access Constraints The staff at the Antarctic Research Facility in Florida was extremely helpful
and provided all data on time.
Use Constraints All data are currently being published and will be accessible broadly soon.
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Data Set Progress
Originating Center
Data Center
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 225-578-5089
Fax: 225-578-2302
Email: swarny at lsu.edu
Contact Address:
Louisiana Museum of Natural Science 119 Foster Hall
City: Baton Rouge
Province or State: LA
Postal Code: 70803
Country: USA
Warny, S. Anderson, J.B., ,Londeix, L., and Bart, P.J., submitted. Analysis of
the dinoflagellate cyst genus Impletosphaeridium as a marker of sea-ice
conditions off Seymour Island. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World �
Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A.K. Cooper and C.R. Raymond et
al., USGS Open-File Report 2007-xxx, yyy, 1-4, doi: 10.3133zzzzz.
Warny, S., to be submitted in March. Palaeostomocystis spp.: A potential
indicator of neritic subpolar environments from Masstrichtian to Pleistocene.
Palynology � special volume dedicated to John Wrenn.
Bart, P.J., Ehrmann, W.U., Hillenbrand, C.D., Iwai, M., Winter, D., and Warny,
S., 2006. Are Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet grounding events manifest in
sedimentary cycles on the adjacent continental rise? Marine Geology. In press.
Warny, S., Wrenn, J.H., Bart, P.J., Askin, R.E., 2006. Palynological analysis
of the NBP03-01A transect in Northern Basin, western Ross Sea, Antarctica: a
Late Pliocene record. Palynology, 30: 151-182,
Tedford, R. and Warny, S., 2006. Investigating the cake-layer Earth and its
fossil record. National Science Teacher Association, December, p. 40-44.
Fauquette, S., Suc, J.-P., Bertini, A., Popescu, S.-M., L., Warny, S., Bachiri
Taoufiq, N., Perez Villa, M.-J., Ferrier, J., Chikhi, H., Subally D. and
Clauzon, G., 2006. How much the climate forced the Messinian Salinity Crisis?
Quantified climatic conditions from pollen records in the western Mediterranean
region. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, 238: 281-301.
Egger, A., Eriksson, S., Franks S., Hall, M., Marlino, M., Mogk, D. Ruzek, M.,
Scotchmoor, J., and Warny, S., 2006. Geoscience Education and Public Outreach
Network (GEPON). Report of a workshop held at UNAVCO, Boulder, Colorado, March
22-24, 2006. Marlino, M. and Scotchmoor, J. (eds). Available online at:
Warny, S., Bart, P.J. and Suc, J.-P., 2006. Glacioeustatic, climatic, and
tectonic influences on the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Abstract, SEAL
conference, Aix, France, 24-29 September.
Bart, P.J., Egan, D., and Warny, S., 2005. Late-Miocene/early-Pliocene
transition from temperate to sub-polar climatic conditions on the Pacific
margin of the Antarctic Peninsula outer continental shelf. JGR-Earth Surface.
Bart, P.J., and Warny, S., 2005. Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet grounding
events on the Pacific-margin continental shelf during the late Miocene/early
Pliocene compared to two drift-derived proxies on the adjacent continental
rise. Abstract, AGU (American Geosciences Union), New Orleans, Louisiana,
April 2005.
Bart, P.J., Warny, S., and Egan, D., 2005. Dynamics, nature and timing of
Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet grounding events on the Pacific margin outer
continental shelf during the late Miocene/early Pliocene. Abstract, EGU
(European Geosciences Union), General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April
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Rest & Meals Periods
What Are the Rest Break and Meal Period Requirements for Adult Workers?
- Workers must be allowed a paid rest break of at least 10 minutes for each 4 hours worked.
- The rest break must be allowed no later than the end of the third hour of the shift.
- Yes. Businesses may allow workers to take several "mini" breaks in each 4 hours of working time. If these mini breaks total 10 minutes this substitutes for a scheduled rest break.
- Examples of mini rest breaks are personal phone calls, eating a snack, personal conversations, smoke breaks, and whenever there is no work to do for a few minutes during a work shift.
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- Can a business or organization require workers to stay at the workplace building or site during rest breaks and meal periods?
The business may require workers to stay on the work site during:
- Their paid rest breaks.
- Their meal period if the business pays the worker during that meal period.
- Their meal period without paying them if the workers are completely relieved from duty for the entire meal period and will never be called back to work during the meal period.
- Must a business or organization provide a room where workers can eat meals or take rest breaks?
- When must a worker get a meal period?
Meal periods
If more than 5 hours are worked in a shift:
- Workers must be allowed at least a 30-minute meal period.
- Workers must be at least 2 hours into the shift before the meal period can start.
- The meal period cannot start more than 5 hours after the beginning of the shift.
- A business is not required to pay for meal periods if workers are free from any duties for their entire meal period.
- Workers must be paid during their meal period when
- they are required or allowed to remain on duty,
- they are required to be on-call at the business premises or designated worksite to be available to return to duty even if they are not in fact called back to duty, and
- they are called back to duty during their meal period even though they normally are not on call during the meal period.
- Can a worker choose to give up his or her meal period?
Workers may give up their meal period if they prefer to work through it and if the employer agrees.
Business owners please note: The Department of Labor & Industries recommends that you get a written statement from workers who want to give up their meal periods.
For more detail, see L&I administrative policy:
Meal and Rest Periods (ES.C.6) (21 KB PDF)


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Kotakuite Goatnuke tipped us off to this nifty little mod, which takes World of Warcraft and crams it into StarCraft II, complete with a pair of frolicking Draenei. YouTube user and mod creator Glomby is a self-professed "complete noob" when it comes to modding, and the mod has no gameplay to speak of, but it still stands as a rather stunning example of what you can do with tools Blizzard has provided.


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Six Nations
Scotland name new-look squad for Six Nations
ESPN Staff
January 14, 2013
Kiwi-born Sean Maitland is one of the new faces in Scotland's Six Nations squad © PA Photos
Scotland have named 10 uncapped players in a 35-man squad for a training camp in Glasgow next week ahead of their Six Nations campaign.
Interim head coach Scott Johnson has opted to inject some fresh faces in the hope that his side can put a disastrous end of year campaign behind them and ensure there is no repeat of last year's wooden spoon.
Among the newcomers is New Zealand-born winger Sean Maitland who only joined Glasgow in October and qualifies through his grandparents. The others are fullback Peter Murchie, wing Tommy Seymour, centres Alex Dunbar and Peter Horne, scrum-half Sean Kennedy, hooker Pat MacArthur, lock Grant Gilchrist and back-row forwards Ryan Wilson and Chris Fusaro.
There are also recalls for No.8 Johnnie Beattie, who missed out on selection for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and Richie Vernon, Alasdair Dickinson, Moray Low, Robert Harley and Duncan Weir who were not involved during the autumn.
Johnson said: "We've chosen this squad with two parameters uppermost in our minds: current form and looking to the future. Where two players have been vying for the one spot in areas such as the back-row, we've gone with the form option.
"I've been impressed with a number of the young fellows who've helped Glasgow to second place in the Rabo, especially by their work ethic and determination to improve. This squad is for our training camp in Glasgow next week and we still have the option to add to it for the Six Nations."
Five of the new faces are totally new to the senior set-up including 24-year-old Maitland who moved to Scotland from Canterbury Crusaders and has already made a considerable impact at Scotstoun. Another is Kennedy, 21, a who started the season as an elite development player with Edinburgh Rugby but moved to Glasgow on account of injury problems at No.9.
MacArthur, 25, is another Glasgow player to step up for the first time as do his back-row colleagues, Ryan Wilson and Chris Fusaro, both of whom are 23. Fusaro has played for Scotland A on four occasions and with Ross Rennie and John Barclay both injured, he is the only specialist openside in the squad.
Scrum-half Chris Cusiter, flanker John Barclay, prop Jon Welsh, centre Nick De Luca, flanker Ross Rennie and hooker Scott Lawson are all currently sidelined by injury while flanker Alasdair Strokosch will miss the camp for family reasons as his wife is expecting their second child.
Scotland squad:
Backs: Peter Murchie*, Stuart Hogg, Sean Maitland*, Tommy Seymour*, Sean Lamont (all Glasgow Warriors), Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby), Max Evans (Castres), Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby), Alex Dunbar* Peter Horne*, Duncan Weir, Ruaridh Jackson (all Glasgow Warriors), Tom Heathcote (Bath Rugby), Henry Pyrgos, Sean Kennedy* (both Glasgow Warriors) and Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby).
Forwards: Alasdair Dickinson (Sale Sharks), Ryan Grant, Dougie Hall, Pat MacArthur* (all Glasgow Warriors), Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby), Euan Murray (Worcester Warriors), Geoff Cross (Edinburgh Rugby), Moray Low, Alastair Kellock (both Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Sale Sharks), Jim Hamilton (Gloucester), Grant Gilchrist* (Edinburgh Rugby), Kelly Brown (Saracens), Robert Harley, Ryan Wilson* (both Glasgow Warriors), Johnnie Beattie (Montpellier), David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby), Richie Vernon (Sale Sharks), Chris Fusaro* (Glasgow Warriors).
* = Uncapped.
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