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In my application, I need to change the dimensions of an uploaded image. I did some research and learned that it was possible with the GD extension. I was wondering if there is another way which doesn't require an extension.
Thanks for any ideas.
What is you reason for not using GD; It has been included in php for years.
SOLVED I revised my code using jQuery and I don't need image resizing anymore, found an alternative way to accomplish what I wanted.
The reason is that this is an application that will be distributed and I didn't want "You should have GD extension enabled" type of requirement in my application.
If you don't want an extension then you can use ImageMagick if it is installed on the server, then you can run ImageMagick's commands (convert, mogrify, etc.) directly with exec() in php. Many hosts have ImageMagick installed, some don't. There's also Imagick php extension for using ImageMagick so that is also an option if it's installed.
I always use ImageMagick for image resizing and manipulation in php - in comparison with GD it creates better quality images, has more features, it's faster and doesn't choke on large images. Nowadays so many hosts offer ImageMagick that it's not a problem at all - unless you want to make a distributed library for others to download and it needs to work on as many platforms as possible.
I hope your jQuery solution is not resizing images in the browser. Sometimes I can see web galleries where small thumbnails are actually large images that are made smaller in the browser by changing <img> dimensions - such pages are slow to load, waste bandwidth and often the quality of the small thumbnails is not very good.
Thanks for your detailed reply. If I ever need image resizing on my own website, I will most probably use it but as I said above, this application will be distributed and I can't have GD or ImageMagick as a requirement. I just wanted to know if there was another PHP way and it seems not.
There is only one image in one certain section that is resized so even if it is resizing in the browser, that will not be a problem.
Can't you just check if GD is available and if so use it, otherwise use the jQuery plugin? GD will be available most of the cases, making for a much nicer solution IMHO.


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Get an overview of this hotelManhattan hotel in the city's Theater District
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This Manhattan hotel is in the Theater District, approximately one-quarter mile from Broadway, the Minskoff Theater, and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
Buffet breakfast
Comfort Inn Times Square West serves complimentary buffet breakfast with waffles each morning. The hotel is smoke-free.
Plasma televisions
Guestrooms at Comfort Inn Times Square West include coffee/tea makers, hair dryers, and plasma TVs with cable. Wireless high-speed Internet access is complimentary.
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Comfort Inn Times Square West
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Comfort Inn Times Square West is smoke-free and has a 24-hour business center. Buffet breakfast is complimentary each morning.
- Number of floors - 7
- Total number of rooms - 70
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- 24-hour business center
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
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Complimentary buffet breakfast at Comfort Inn Times Square West includes waffles.
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Ok: after thinking about it over the weekend, I was able to develop a workaround which well, works, and supports my theory that the kernel is dropping traffic for non-native IP addresses:
ifconfig eth0:0 <address you're spoofing>/netmask
Which configures a secondary IP address on eth0 so the kernel treats it properly. I also tried assigning it as lo:0, but that doesn't work because (duh) the MAC address is different.
On one hand I'm glad to have found a way to make it work, but on the other hand that means that basically every module intended to do spoofing stuff will have to be modified. Yikes! Or some brave soul will have to mod the kernel to behave like it used to. I'd take a stab at it, but kernel hacking isn't part of my skillset.
I also noticed that you need to configure fakedns to listen on the IP address you've created above. Apparently the convention of 0.0.0.0 listening on all interfaces is buggy or broken by the same thing that is dropping traffic for non-native IPs.


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GSA Commended by Department of Energy for Leading Role in Energy Management
October 30, 1998
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) this week received four 1998 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy for outstanding work in the areas of energy and water management.
GSA was commended for the new U.S. Courthouse in Boston, the Evo diConcini Courthouse in Tucson, the Claude Pepper Federal Building in Miami, and the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and Courthouse in Hawaii.
Robert Peck, Commissioner of GSA's Public Buildings Service, said, "GSA's accomplishments in energy and water conservation are critical to our future successes. Our bottom line and our return on investments are important as we strive to provide our customers with the most cost-effective solutions to their real estate needs while helping to improve energy efficiency in buildings."
"The enormous savings of taxpayers' dollars and reduced energy use are not the only reasons for investing in energy efficiency," said Shelley Fidler, Principal Deputy of the White House Climate Change Task Force. "It is simply the best tool we have for reducing the foreign dependence and economic risks that come from over-dependence on fossil fuels. It helps us prevent pollution. And, perhaps most dramatically, we can use these investments as a down payment on beginning to move toward stabilizing our emissions of greenhouse gases - to help us stop climate change."
For the new U.S. Courthouse in Boston, GSA partnered with Boston Edison Company to implement energy saving measures that are projected to save $158,354 and 1.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. At no cost to the government, Boston Edison installed a thermal ice storage system in the Courthouse, which makes ice at night when energy costs are lower to be used for air-conditioning during the day.
Energy savings at the Evo diConcini Courthouse, currently under construction in Tucson, are projected to be 30 percent and save $139,00 per year. Under a pilot Energy Savings Performance Contract, energy efficient equipment will reduce peak electricity demand from 1,550 kilowatts to 1,179 kilowatts.
GSA improved energy usage at the Claude Pepper Federal Building in Miami by paying for a retrofit out of projected savings from future electric bills. A lighting and chiller retrofit reduced the energy load at the building, and two chillers containing CFCs were replaced by one energy-efficient, CFC-free chiller, reducing energy consumption at the building by 19.4 percent during the first fiscal year alone.
A partnership with Hawaiian Electric Company helped upgrade the Central Cooling Plant at the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and Courthouse. Over ten months, GSA conserved 1.6 million kilowatt hours and saved $177,628.
Energy conservation in federal buildings and courthouses nationwide has long been a focus of GSA. "Planet GSA," the agency's newly launched environmental initiative, highlights this and other areas in which GSA has a federal responsibility.


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I'd say just get rid of the home button all together.... It would be a hella lot better to use gestures instead and it would certainly give some new innnovative life back to Apple who at this point really needs. and of course there's more room for screen real estate
I don't know if having 3 different sizes is a great idea. I'm sure most would prefer the XL. There is no way I'm getting the 5 when I'm eligible for an upgrade and there is also no way I'm waiting for the 6 to come out. They will probably do the 5S with not much different first anyway. LOL. I think I'll be abandoning iPhone this summer when I'm eligible for an upgrade. The Galaxy S4 is calling me (no pun intended).
I'm not sure how I feel about the home button on the side. I guess I could get used to it but as a right handed person, I'm trying to decide which side I'd prefer the button to be on. They are showing it on both sides in the concept. I think I've decided that I'd like it to be on the left side so that I could use my finger rather than my thumb.
So is this going to be the actual iPhone 6 release or are they still going with the consistency and naming it the 5s? Usually after the 4 or 5 they would release the 4s or 5s am I right?
I definitely want a bigger phone! I thought the 5 would be big enough but I like the androids larger screen size for sure! Apple needs to follow the trend or they'll be left behind! Ill be selling my 5 and renewing my contract for a ip6 the day it comes out if it has a bigger screen! The home button on the side is an awesome idea! More room for a larger screen! I hope they look like this although I doubt they will! I hope they get rid of the aluminum back also the glass back was much more comfortable and didn't scratch!
Anyone else think it looks stupid? I think apple would get rid of the home button and use gestures all together
Those are so ugly lol.
Love the idea of the home button on the side, keep it and use gestures that can be turned on/off. GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS! I love the idea of three different sizes, my dad likes the mini and would buy that, I would buy the iPhone 6 and not the LX because I can't stand it being that fat(width).
Bring back the front and back glass phone. Tell people to buy a case for it as some complained about shattering(stop dropping your phone Home button on the side is a great idea, bigger screen, gesture support options and it looks sexy. We JB our devices for options..can't wait to see this phone when it drops!
Is this **** real ? I mean, did really a designer or anyone though this was a good idea ? How can you be a designer, and spend hours on your pc, do design this piece of crap ? I mean, how can it even come to the mind of persons that apple could do such a piece of sh** ? And about the home button ? The idea of pressing sides to go home is alright, but this way ? SERIOUSLY ?
That iPhone 6XL looks sweet
Love the XL... I really really hope this comes alive this summer or @ least the following year. & I agree leave the home button out.


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Cabrera falls just short of perfection
Rockies No. 19 prospect allows leadoff infield single in ninth
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | April 17, 2012 7:34 PM ET
The Rockies' No. 19 prospect retired the first 24 batters before allowing a leadoff infield single in the ninth inning Tuesday as the Double-A Tulsa Drillers blanked the Corpus Christi Hooks, 4-0.
Cabrera struck out eight before Chris Wallace lined his 102nd pitch of the night up the middle. Second baseman Angelys Nina made a diving backhanded stop, but his throw just missed getting Wallace at first base.
"It was really close," Cabrera said. [Nina's] a really good fielder and I thought when he threw the ball he was out."
Cabrera exited to a standing ovation and was relieved by Coty Woods, who retired all three batters to complete the one-hitter.
"I was really happy," Cabrera said. "It was exciting. Eight perfect innings, I'm excited."
Tuesday's gem was nothing new for the 24-year-old left-hander, who's dominated the Texas League in his first three starts. He's allowed only 11 baserunners while striking out 16 over 20 innings.
"My fastball was working, my changeup was working and my breaking ball was working a little," Cabrera said. "My changeup was working a lot, I threw like 30."
The non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic had a whirlwind 2011 season in which he led the Minor Leagues with 217 strikeouts, establishing a Rockies organizational record. He finished 8-3 with a 3.34 ERA in 26 starts for Class A Asheville and Class A Advanced Modesto.
Lars Davis broke up a pitchers' duel and staked Cabrera to a 2-0 lead in the fifth with his first homer of the season. Cabrera praised his batterymate's skills behind the plate.
"He's a really good catcher, he called a really good game," he said. "It's awesome."
Kiel Roling padded the lead with a solo shot in the sixth and Rockies No. 16 prospect Josh Rutledge capped the scoring an inning later with an RBI single.
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pureh@te, you have made the comment "This sounds fishy", and I don't know whether you say this just to express your opinion, or whether it's intended to provoke me to explain my actions.
Apollopimp, you have gone a step further by insinuating that my use of language explicity implicates me in illegal actions. Furthermore, you state that I "wont be getting help anymore", which is a curious response considering that you haven't given me any help to date, and also curious in terms of you taking the liberty of speaking for the entire community.
To satisfy your curiosity, here's my situation:
I live in a neighbourhood where the houses are well-spaced. Three friends of mine live on the same road as me (within a stone's throw of my own house), and another friend lives two streets away.
My four friends and I are interested in sharing files over wireless, and also playing computer games such as Quake III Arena over wireless. For this reason, we regularly connect to one another's networks (yes, Apollopimp, one another's networks, not my network).
Up until I go the extension lead, I was unable to connect to one of my friends' networks. Now that I have the extension lead, I can connect.
I hope this satisfies your curiosity, and in future, I hope you can take the time to simply ask someone a question before implicating them in illegal actions.


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WATCH: David Guetta honors Frankie Knuckles at Chicago show
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Many dance music artists have been sending their support and condolences following the death of "Godfather of House Music" Frankie Knuckles. Frankie played a very important role in developing house music in Chicago, and while in the Windy City, David Guetta paid tribute to the late DJ during his show there.
After stopping the music for a few minutes, Guetta got on the mic to say, "I started to DJ a very long time ago when I was 14, and I was playing funk and disco, and one day I discovered house music and it changed my life." He went on to say, "the biggest pioneer was Frankie Knuckles, so this night is for him," before playing some of Frankie's music as an image of him remained on the front of the DJ booth.
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Jared Leto Waxes His Entire Body And Becomes Emaciated In Order To Play a Transsexual
The uber fantastic and diverse human being known as Jared Leto is known for his television, movie and music career. In many instances he has drastically morphed his body for certain movie roles- he has lost and gained a significant amount of weight over the years for his work but he has now reached a new achievement: he starved himself and rid his outer body of every piece of hair in order to play the part of a transsexual living with AIDS. Watch the video after the jump.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's interview on A9 TV dated 17 March 2012
Verse 1
"Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad." A very inclusive code.
Verse 2
"Remembering your Lord's mercy to His slave Zacharia"
You know Zacharia was martyred.
Verse 3
"When he called on his Lord in secret" How is prayer made? In secret.
Verse 4
"...and said, 'My Lord, my bones have lost their strength" You know as one grows older, the rate of calcium, phosphorus in the bones decrease. People start to get shorter. "...and my head is crowned with white" He says that his hair has whitened. " ... but in calling on You, My Lord, I have never been disappointed." He says that he has always been happy praying. He says that he has always been.
Verse 5
"I fear my relatives when I am gone and my wife is barren, so give me an heir from You"
Verse 6
" to be my inheritor and the inheritor of the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You."
Verse 7
'Zacharia! We give you the good news of a boy named John, a name we have given to no one else before.'
Verse 8
He said, 'My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached advanced old age?'
Verse 9
He said, 'It will be so! Your Lord says, "That is easy for me to do. I created you before, when you were not anything."' Allah says that he created man from nothing. These statements are very meaningful. Surely Allah creates some means but previously he was nothing. Allah makes human beings instrumental for the creation of other human beings.
Verse 10
He said, 'My Lord, give me a Sign.' He said, 'Your Sign is not to speak to people for three nights despite the fact that you are perfectly able to.' Although he had no problem with his tongue, although he was not in a senseless state.We are also talking at nights.
Verse 11
He came out to his people from the Upper Room and gestured to them to glorify Allah in the morning and the evening.
Glorify in the morning and in the evening.
Verse 12
'John, take hold of the Book with vigor.' Embrace Allah"s Book. "We gave him judgement while still a child" We granted wisdom and profundity when he was still a child.
Verse 13
"...and tenderness" the power of love, the spirit of fervently loving all people, plants, animals, women, all of them with great and purity from Us – "...he had piety" – He was very meticulous in abiding with the religion and the Book of the time.
Verse 14
and devotion to his parents – he was not insolent or disobedient.
He was not a person with an anarchist and terrorist spirit. He was respectful towards the elderly people, he loves them all.
Verse 15
"Peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised up again alive." The 15th verse, when the Hijri 1400 ends, we enter the 15th century.
Verse 16
Mention Mary in the Book, how she withdrew from her people to an eastern place,
Let's see its aspects that reveal the system of Mahdi (as). If we take five and six of the 15th and 16th, then it makes 56. 1956 is the time the Treatise of Light was allowed to be disseminated. It is the birth date of the Treatise of Light, insha'Allah. Mahdi (as) also leaves his hometown and comes to another city. In the hadith it is stated that he will cross the sea. He will come to Istanbul, insha'Allah.
Verse 17
"...and veiled herself from them. Then We sent Our Messenger to her and it took on for her the form of a handsome, well-built man."
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be concealed by Allah. His feature of being concealed is very important. Indeed his title is "the one being concealed with a veil". Mahdi (as) will be concealed by a veil. "Then We sent Our Spirit to her". Who will assist Hazrat Mahdi (as)? Gabriel. "it took on for her the form of a handsome" That means that Gabriel comes to Hazrat Mary (as).
Verse 18
"She said, 'I seek refuge from you with the All-Merciful if you have piety.'"
Hazrat Mary (as) asks him not to approach. But notice that, "if he is a man of piety". If he is not pious, he would not be mindful of what is lawful or unlawful. So if you are a believing man, and are meticulous about guarding against evil, then you are reliable. It would be sufficient only to warn him. A Muslim man would, under all circumstances, be cautious even if he is not warned.
Verse 19
He said, 'I am only your Lord's messenger so that He can give you a pure boy.'
Verse 20
She said, 'How can I have a boy when no man has touched me" How can I have a child when I did not have any intercourse. "...and I am not an unchaste woman?' I am not a woman who sleeps with men. She says that she is a chaste woman.
Verse 21
He said, 'It will be so! Your Lord says, "That is easy for Me. It is so that We can make him a Sign for mankind and a mercy from Us." It is a matter already decreed.'
Verse 22
So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a distant place.
She withdraws to a calmer location.
Verse 23
"The pains of labor drove her to the trunk of a date-palm." Here attention is drawn to date. She said, 'Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!' She suffers from an intense psychological tension since she has pain and, Allah forbid, because of the so-called illegitimate child. In that tension she says, "Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and
forgotten!'" Allah states the intensity of the pain. This is her trial, Allah reveals the intensity of the trial of Allah.
Verse 24
"A voice called out to her from under her, 'Do not grieve!" This is obligatory, A Muslim can not grieve. "Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet." It is a location where water runs.
Verse 25
"Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you." Almighty Allah draws attention to fresh dates.
Verse 26
Eat and drink and delight your eyes. If you should see anyone at all, just say, "I have made a vow of abstinence to the All-Merciful and today I will not speak to any human being."'
Verse 27
She brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, 'Mary! You have done an unthinkable thing!
This is the subject that she hesitates about. They claim that she engaged in illegitimate relation.
Verse 28
"Sister of Aaron, your father was not an evil man nor was your mother an unchaste woman!'" They say that she also treated her family in a unfavorable manner. There is tremendous oppression by the public.
Verse 29
She pointed towards him. They said, 'How can a baby in the cradle speak?' In the Arabic, original text, it is stated, "a baby in the Mahdi." The cradle is "mahdi" in Arabic.
Verse 31
He has made me blessed wherever I am and directed me to do prayer and give alms as long as I live,
Verse 32
and to show devotion to my mother. He has not made me insolent or arrogant.
Verse 33
And peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I shall die, and the day I am raised alive.
Verse 34
That is 'Jesus, son of Mary, the word of truth about which they are in doubt.
Verse 35
It is not fitting for Allah to have a son. Glory be to Him! When He decides on something, He just says to it, 'Be!' and it is.
Verse 36
"'Allah is my Lord and your Lord" Allah forbid, He says He is not Allah. This is a straight path.' "...so worship Him."
Verse 37
"The parties differed among themselves." Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy.
"Woe to those who are disbelievers when they are present on a terrible Day!"
Verse 38
"How clear will be their hearing, how perfect their sight, on the Day they come to Us; whereas today the wrongdoers are clearly misguided." Allah says that they advocate the trinity.
Verse 39
"Warn them of the Day of Bitter Regret when the affair will be resolved. But they take no notice." They have no faith. Notice that this is again the weakness of faith is mentioned here. So our brothers can see here why we dwell on weakness of faith so much.
Verse 40
"It is We Who will inherit the earth and all those on it. They will be returned to Us." This verse is a sign as to the reign of Islam over the world.2012-06-27 12:32:59


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It Finally Happened: Demi Moore Is Divorcing Ashton Kutcher
Demi Moore announced yesterday that she's divorcing Ashton Kutcher. Surprised? Or not at all?
-Lucia Peters
Is it just me, or does it seem like celebrity couples are divorcing left and right these days? Perhaps unsurprisingly, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have joined the club: Demi announced yesterday that she's filing for divorce from Ashton following his recent cheating scandal.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Demi explained her reasons behind the decision: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life." She also asked the public for "the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation." In response, Ashton Chimed:
It's unclear, by the by, whether that Chime actually came from Ashton or from his team, since he swore off of handling his own Twitter after his Joe Paterno fumble.
Demi and Ashton starting dating in 2003, three years after her divorce from Bruce Willis; they married two years later. The relationship raised eyebrows from the beginning, largely because she was 16 years his senior. Furthermore, he was only 25 when they met, while she was 41. He had never had a high-profile Hollywood relationship, whereas she not only had, but had three children resulting from it as well.
Read Is Kate Middleton Actually Pregnant This Time?
And yet after the initial shock wore off, everyone for the most part let them be. Both of them, by the way, seemed as surprised as anyone by their new relationship. According to AP, Demi told Vanity Fair in 2007, "If somebody would have said, 'OK, here is the prediction: You're going to meet a man 25 years old and he's going to see being with you and having your three kids as a bonus,' I would have said, 'Keep dreaming.' I think it caught us both by surprise, and particularly him."
I don't really know whether to be surprised by the fact that Ashton allegedly had unprotected sex with a 22-year-old named Sara Leal, or not surprised at all. On the "surprised" side of things, Demi and Ashton really did look happy together: They did a lot of humanitarian work together, Ashton became Demi's daughters' stepfather, and they were early members of the Twitterati, a forum they used to express their affection for each other regularly. But I also keep coming back to the age difference, which scores some major points for the "not surprised at all" team. This isn't to say that age differences are complete deal breakers—Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas are still going strong, for example—but Ashton was very, very young when he and Demi met. At 25, most guys are playing the field and having a grand old time of things. Ashton gave that all up—and I can't help but wonder if part of him sort of regrets that. If so, maybe that's what lead to the cheating, especially since it was with a younger woman. This, by the way, is also the second rumor of infidelity committed by Ashton that has circulated, so do with that what you will.
And in the meantime, the big question most people are asking regards something that seems sort of trivial: Will Demi change her Twitter handle? I'm going to guess yes, as it's difficult to imagine her wanting to keep the name @MrsKutcher after divorcing Mr. Kutcher. But ultimately, that's her concern, not ours. So rather than analyzing this thing to death, I think we probably need to back off and let her be. She did ask for that, after all, and she did so gracefully and without malice.
Chin up, Demi.
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Sunday, April 7 2013 - Research/Evidence
9/11 Commission Deceived: An Unintentional Work of Fiction Based on Cheney's Torture Program
March 15, 2013
Preface: This is not a partisan post. We have repeatedly documented that Obama is as bad or worse than the Bush administration.
In the run up to the Iraq war – and for several years thereafter – the program of torture carried out by the Bush administration was specifically specifically aimed at establishing a false justification for war. Dick Cheney is the guy who pushed for torture, pressured the Justice Department lawyers to write memos saying torture was legal, and made the pitch to Congress justifying torture. (The former director of the CIA said Cheney oversaw American torture policies).
The type of torture used by the U.S. on the Guantanamo suspects is of a special type. Senator Levin revealed that the the U.S. used Communist torture techniques specifically aimed at creating false confessions (see this, this, this and this).
According to NBC News:
In fact, the 9/11 Commission Report was largely based on third-hand accounts of what tortured detainees said, with two of the three parties in the communication being government employees.
As the 9/11 Commission Report itself states:
In other words, the 9/11 Commissioners were not allowed to speak with the detainees, or even their interrogators. Instead, they got their information third-hand.
The Commission didn't really trust the interrogation testimony. For example, one of the primary architects of the 9/11 Commission Report – Ernest May – said in May 2005:
New York Times investigative reporter Philip Shenon Newsweek noted in a 2009 essay in Newsweek that the 9/11 Commission Report was unreliable because most of the information was based on the statements of tortured detainees:
The Washington Post documents that Abu Zubaydah was literally crazy – as he had suffered a serious head injury years before 9/11 – and that the FBI agent involved in interrogating Abu Zubaydah and reviewing documents at his house (Daniel Coleman) said that everyone knew that Abu Zubaydah was an unreliable source for information.
This is confirmed by the the New Yorker. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind writes that interrogator Coleman advised a top FBI official at the time:
Indeed, the government has since backed away from all claims that Abu Zubaydah had any role in Al Qaeda or 9/11. For example – in September 2009 – the U.S. government admitted in writing in a court proceeding that Abu Zubaydah had never been a member or associate or supporter of al-Qaeda, was not involved in 9/11, and had no prior knowledge of 9/11:
Kevin Ryan – who has interviewed 9/11 Commissioner Lee Hamilton, Abu Zubaydah's attorney and other knowledgeable people – documents how central Abu Zubaydah is to the 9/11 Commission Report (footnotes omitted; see original for documentation):
How can the 9/11 Commission Report stand when one of the main sources for information was crazy, was tortured with a specific technique aimed at extracting false confessions, was never allowed to speak (first or second-hand) to the Commissioners, and was not even affiliated with Al Qaeda or 9/11?
The Other Main Source of Information Was Also Unreliable
The other main source for the Commission – KSM – the self-confessed "mastermind" of 9/11, also confessed to crimes which he could not have committed.
He later said that he gave the interrogators a lot of false information – telling them what he thought they wanted to hear – in an attempt to stop the torture. We also know that he was heavily tortured specifically for the purpose of trying to obtain false information about 9/11 – specifically, that Iraq had something to do with it.
So the two main sources for the 9/11 Commission investigation were wholly unreliable.
Government Cover-Up of Unreliability of Witnesses
Moreover, certain government personnel went to great lengths to cover up how unreliable the information was.
For example, the CIA videotaped the interrogation of 9/11 suspects, falsely told the 9/11 Commission that there were no videotapes or other records of the interrogations, and then illegally destroyed all of the tapes and transcripts of the interrogations.
9/11 Commission co-chairs Thomas Keane and Lee Hamilton wrote:
The chief lawyer for Guantanamo litigation – Vijay Padmanabhan – said that torture of 9/11 suspects was widespread. And Susan J. Crawford – the senior Pentagon official overseeing the military commissions at Guantánamo – told Bob Woodward:
Indeed, 90 of the 92 videotapes that the CIA destroyed related to Abu Zubaydah.
Postscript: The 9/11 Commissioners publicly expressed anger at cover ups and obstructions of justice by the government into a real 9/11 investigation:
And the Co-Chair of the official Congressional Inquiry Into 9/11 – and former head of the Senate Intelligence Committee – has called for a new 9/11 investigation.
Very high-level intelligence officials have also called the Commission's findings into doubt:
Some other examples of obstruction of justice into the 9/11 investigation include:
The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author, who is solely responsible for its content, and do not necessarily reflect those of 911Truth.org. 911Truth.org will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article.
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Windows 8 Workshop: Keep the Cash…
Lake County .NET Users Group
Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
We will be located at room: T 326-327-328 at College Of Lake County
19351 W Washington St
Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Lunch will be provided.
Right now is a pretty great time to get started doing app development for Windows. From now until June 30th you have an opportunity to receive a $100 per app up to 2k for every app that you've submitted into the Windows Store and\or Windows Phone Store. You can find all of those details here. http://build.windowsstore.com/keepthecash#fbid=pk-ocgTJ-vR
Microsoft in partnership with LCNUG and Chicago Code Camp, is hosting a one day hands on event directly after this year's Chicago Code Camp. On April 28th we will be heads down building apps. Got an idea, bring it and let us help get you started? Are you just curious about how to get started, come on by. Let's get you some free cash.
Getting started shouldn't be a daunting task, but we all know things can certainly feel like it. To help get you started, we've put together a simple list of resources:
· Clark Sell co-wrote a blog series on XAML and HTML5 development with Windows 8 called 31 Days of Windows 8. http://31DaysOfWindows8.com We start from file new and spend the next 31 days exploring the stack, complete with code samples.
· Not a creative type? Some of our peers across the ponds have created a number of great starting templates. https://www.meetmyapp.in/meetmyapp/windows_8_build.aspx# see #3, Creative Design and Templates
· Guided assistance: Check out the Contoso Cookbook. While yes the Contoso is a played out brand this series of labs is a great way to have some guided help in getting started
o Lab and Source Code "Camp in a Box": http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29854
o Cloud based virtual labs no setup needed: http://aka.ms/w8-labs
· Want to get super nerdy? Project Hilo brought to us from Microsoft's Pattern and Practices brings to us a working reference solution complete with a book on how to best build a Windows 8 app (at least in their minds) http://hilojs.codeplex.com/
· If you're an MSDN Subscriber, you will get your annual fee to the store waived.
· Looking for a little Game Development but you're not a game developer? Check out Scirra's Construct 2. http://Scirra.com
· And of course, the authoritative source of all Windows 8 Developer content: http://dev.windows.com
When & Where
College of Lake County in Grayslake
19351 W Washington St
Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
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With the Fourth of July holiday just two days away, the City of Long Beach is reminding residents that all fireworks are illegal and dangerous.
People are encouraged to attend a professional fireworks show, which is the best way to enjoy fireworks with family and friends, according to city officials.
Officials provided the following information from the National Fire Protection Association highlighting the dangers of fireworks:
-- In 2010 alone, fireworks caused an estimated 15,500 fires, eight deaths, dozens of injuries and an estimated $36 million in direct property damage.
-- U.S. hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 8,600 people for fireworks-related injuries in 2010.
-- Fireworks and sparklers are designed to explode or throw off showers of hot sparks, with temperatures that may exceed 1,200 degrees.
-- Fireworks are more than twice as likely to injure children ages 5-14 than the general population.


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Distinguished artist-in-residence to perform 'American at Heart'
The USC Dance Company at the University of South Carolina takes the Koger Center stage Nov. 6 and 7 to showcase American choreographers old and new.
Show times for "American at Heart" are 7:30 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 for military, university faculty and staff; and $10 for students. To purchase, call 803-777-5112 or charge by phone at 803-251-2222.
Distinguished artist-in-residence Kyra Strasberg, in her first performance since retiring in 2000 from a 15-year career with the Boston Ballet, is the featured dancer in "If At First We Dream," the tango-inspired original work by artist/instructor Thaddeus Davis. She will play the role of grande dame to a company of three male and 10 female dancers and will dance to André Previn's violin-and-piano piece, "Tango Song and Dance."
Also on the program is George Balanchine's "Serenade," the first original ballet he created after arriving in America from Paris in 1933.
"'Serenade' is one of the signature works of the New York City Ballet and, I think, one of the most amazing ballets ever," said Stacey Calvert, distinguished artist-in-residence and ballet instructor. "It's incredibly spiritual, and it feels like heaven for a dancer to do this piece. And since Balanchine originally created and set it on his own students, it's an amazing piece to set on our student company."
"Bach Cello Suites," by Luis Dominguez of Kentucky's Lexington Ballet, consists of six movements, including the familiar "Prelude," which has been featured in recent TV shows and movies, including "The West Wing," "The Pianist" and "The Soloist."
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Logan • Two and a half weeks before his final BracketBusters game against Illinois State, coach Stew Morrill was reflecting Tuesday on what the ESPN midmajor tournament has wrought for programs such as Utah State.
Most of it good, he said.
"BracketBusters has always been a good event," he said. "Over the years, we've been in position to have TV games that could help us or hurt us if we win."
For Morrill, who has never hid much frustration when it comes to trying to schedule home-and-homes against good competition, it was a chance to do just that with the opportunity for a bigger stage.
Utah State has gone 5-2 in BracketBusters games, with wins over St. Mary's and Witchita State serving as perhaps the highlights of the Aggies' involvement with the midmajor TV event. But even in non-televised years, such as this one, it gives Utah State an opportunity to do home-and-homes with programs that it might not otherwise play.
"For us, the big thing is having a Missouri Valley Conference team at home," he said. "We have a lot of trouble getting a lot of conferences to schedule us home-and-home. ... It's a positive game in our schedule."
The trade-off, of couse, is having a non-conference competition in the middle of WAC play. In a season like this one, preparing for the Redbirds takes away some of the focus from trying to compete for a conference title. It comes at a portion of the season when most programs are just trying to stay healthy and focused to close out the year.
Utah State will be doubly challenged by the BracketBusters week this year. A make-up game at BYU that Tuesday could help make or break the Cougars' NCAA resume, so it will be a very tough two-game week, particularly with the Aggies' depth - or lack thereof.
Morrill said the program has dealt well with that call over the years, but acknowledged there could be some extra factors to deal with.
"The BYU thing is odd, going to their place in February is odd," he said. "We'll deal with those games when we get there."
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The voice remains distinguishable.
His West Virginia accent bounces off the walls of the Lakers' practice facility. Some on the Lakers imitate it. Some smile at it. Everyone listens to it.
Dan D'Antoni's role as a Lakers assistant goes beyond his brotherly connection with Mike, the Lakers' head coach. With his brother still recovering from recent knee replacement surgery, Dan vocally directed the first few days of practices.
And with the Lakers learning to grasp and execute Mike's faster-paced offense, Dan has become the lead voice in ensuring that process happens.
"I wish it came yesterday," D'Antoni said. "But the reality is you have to evaluate day to day. I hope management understands."
He's then reminded the Lakers fired Mike Brown after a 1-4 start, a period in which the Lakers largely struggled with his Princeton-based offense.
"They had a year and that came from a buildup," said D'Antoni, who was an assistant under Mike in Phoenix and New York. "If they give us a buildup and have a chance to get it in and it doesn't work, well, that's the nature of the business."
Four games into the Mike D'Antoni era, the Lakers are 2-2. They didn't crack the 100-point barrier in three of those four contests, well short of the 110-115 points D'Antoni has set as the standard. The Lakers also have scored only 34 fast-break points through four games after averaging 13.6 in the five games under interim coach Bernie Bickerstaff.
Still, Dan D'Antoni stressed the Lakers (7-7) enter tonight's game against Indiana at Staples Center without two key pieces of their backcourt.
Steve Nash, who has missed the past 12 games because of a non-displaced fracture in his left leg, remains an important absence for obvious reasons. He played four seasons under Mike D'Antoni in Phoenix, where he won two MVP awards and executed the Suns' pick-and-roll offense to near perfection.
Steve Blake, who has sat out the past seven games because of a lower abdominal strain, gives Mike D'Antoni confidence his fast-paced offense will tap into passing instincts.
Those variables also explain why Dan D'Antoni has likened the Lakers' understanding the offense to the 26-letter alphabet. He insisted the Lakers have learned only the first four letters. How much of a difference will Nash's return make?
"It's still A-B-C-D, but the letters will be clearer," Dan D'Antoni said. "When Steve comes back, we might be on `I.' But he already knows this."
While the Lakers await Nash's return, though, Dan D'Antoni said he's emphasized three concepts. They include knowing how to space properly, running pick-and-rolls and running with force.
For spacing, Dan wants the lineup to feature two variances. If the Lakers play with a small lineup, the offense should feature two players on the far corner of each perimeter, two players on each slot (behind the perimeter adjacent to the free-throw line) and the point guard at the top of the key.
If the Lakers feature a taller lineup (pay attention, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol), Dan D'Antoni wants those players to play along the baseline while two sit on the far corner of each perimeter and the point guard stays at the top of the key.
In theory, that spacing will allow the Lakers to punish defenses in a variety of ways, including pick-and-roll and 3-point shooting.
But first things first.
Dan D'Antoni said he's spent most of the week going over two things:
First, conditioning.
"They just have to play hard," he said. "If they play hard, they'll get conditioned. It is a difference. They were conditioned, but the game they played involved a lot of pounding. They have a lot of physical conditioning. But this system flips it where it's more of a cardio thing."
Second, timing.
"A lot of it is mental," D'Antoni said. "Usually in basketball, it's not who's the fastest. It's who starts first."
The Lakers have experienced a swift learning curve in both areas.
Mike D'Antoni constantly made a hand motion signaling for his players to push the pace. Plenty of times, the Lakers appeared not to have enough stamina, most notably Howard and Gasol. The Lakers justified Howard's struggles by pointing to having back surgery seven months ago. As for Gasol, there was a reason why he sat out the entire fourth quarter when the Lakers lost to Memphis on Saturday.
With the Lakers' starting lineup averaging 32.6 years in age, do they have enough speed and athleticism to make this system work? After all, critics have often carped how D'Antoni's league-leading offenses in Phoenix (2003-08) and New York (2008-12) resulted in playoff appearances but zero championships. Then again, D'Antoni never had a lineup featuring Kobe Bryant, Howard, Gasol and Metta World Peace.
"If you're too old to play in this league, you probably ought to get out of the league," Dan D'Antoni said. "If they take care of themselves and coach watches their minutes a little bit, they should be in condition to run.
"If you have fast players, they'll be faster. If you have slower players, it will be a little slower. But it will still be effective."
In many ways, it already has.
For one, the Lakers ended their 1-3 trip with a 117-89 victory Saturday over Dallas. In that game, Howard and Gasol cracked double digits and looked noticeably more energetic. Since D'Antoni's tenure, reserves Antawn Jamison and Jodie Meeks have seen their scoring averages skyrocket. Player accounts say the coaching staff's decision to install only basic elements has allowed them to tap into their instincts while learning it.
"We're not going to go out and read Shakespeare when we can't read yet. It's going to take a while," D'Antoni said. "But we think running provides a good way toward winning a championship and an entertaining way to get there."


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Carrie Underwood's "How Great Thou Art" Goes Viral
It was an all star lineup on last weeks TV special "Girls Night Out: Superstar Women of Country". However, the breakout performance was a gospel duet with legendary country crooner Vince Gill and country ingenue Carrie Underwood. The two performers sang "How Great Thou Art" that amazed the audience and a video of the performance quickly went viral over the weekend.


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Before advising your kids or students, learn more about engineering.
Research reveals that most kids and adults don't know what engineering is, and if they had to guess, they'd tell you that engineers sit alone at a desk all day doing math problems. But a quick look at the women profiled on this site shows that engineering is in fact creative, involves lots of teamwork and collaboration, and is making a real difference in people's lives. By dreaming up imaginative, practical solutions, engineers are changing the world all the time.
If a girl understands what engineers do—develop a safer car seat, build a school that can withstand an earthquake, or design a high-tech running shoe—she might discover that engineering offers exactly what she's been looking for. And besides, an engineering education opens doors to all kinds of careers—doctor, business professional, teacher, and of course—engineer.
Use these helpful resources when talking to your kids about engineering:
Engineer Your Life Brochure (currently out of stock)
Distribute to girls you think might like to consider engineering.
See the EYL Brochure pdf
Engineer Your Life Postcard
This handy postcard offers a quick sampling of interesting engineering careers to entice girls to look at the Web site.
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A fun way of introducing yourself or a high school student to engineering is by watching these short video profiles. Among them you'll meet Tara Teich, who creates Star Wars video games, and Daniele Lantagne, who helps communities around the world obtain safe drinking water.
Take Engineering for a Test Drive
Offers helpful suggestions for those kids who want to explore engineering in practical ways while they're still in high school.
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Recommended High School Coursework
Lists the course preparation that most engineering programs require for admission.
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Researching Engineering Schools
Tips for researching different kinds of engineering schools.
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Scholarships and Financial Aid
Suggestions for how to research and obtain financial assistance.
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Send Information to Potential Engineering Students
Send an e-mail inviting students who might be interested in engineering to check out this site.
Watch Design Squad
In 13 episodes that you can watch online, eight high school contestants tackle engineering challenges for actual clients—from designing a peanut butter grinder for a women's collective in Haiti to making a wedding dress that converts into a tent. In the final episode, the top two scorers battle for the Grand Prize—a $10,000 college scholarship.
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installing cpan modules( categories: installing modules )
There are basically 2 methods to install a module from CPAN: manual and automatic (using the CPAN module).
Which method to use depend of the situation; using the automatic method is easier but assumes you are connected to the Internet; another advantage of using the CPAN shell is that it tries to resolve potential module dependency problems automatically (if you use the manual method, you have to manually resolve this issues). On the other hand, if you already have downloaded the perl module and/or you don't have Internet access, then the manual method could be the way to go.
-- Manual installation
1. Download the tarball file from www.cpan.org to your computer
2. Decompress and unpack the tarball file:
gzip -dc file.tar.gz | tar xvf -
3. Go into the folder that was created by the previous command
4. Build the module executing the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make test
5. If everything went well so far, install the module:
make install
list the installed modules( categories: installing modules | perl modules )
There are several ways to obtain the list of perl modules installed in a system:
-- Using perldoc
There are 2 commands, depending of the kind of perl module:
perldoc perlmodlib
'perldoc perlmodlib' list the modules that come preinstalled with the standard perl package.
perldoc perllocal
'perldoc perllocal' lists the optional modules that are installed in your system that don't come with perl by default.
This command returns lots of useful information for every optional module installed, like the installation date, the directory where the module was installed, the module version number, etc.
check if a module is installed( categories: installing modules | perl modules )
Let's say that you want to know whether module Tie::Hash is installed. To find out, execute the following from the command line:
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This package includes 3 of our 16 FL OZ medium hand-made shakes/malts and 3 pints of our premium ice cream, reusable styrofoam cooler and 10 pounds of dry ice (enough to last 48 hours).
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SpotOn London Is Back: Save the Date! Saturday 18th November #SpotOn17
It's a pleasure to announce that SpotOn London is back, and this time will be held at The Francis Crick Institute in London on the 18th November - save the date!
The Francis Crick Institute is an interdisciplinary medical research institute that formed in 2015. It wasn't until 2016 that they moved into a brand new state-of-the-art building in central London bringing together 1,500 scientists, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under a single roof in Europe.
SpotOn London is a dynamic, highly interactive meeting of researchers, science communicators, technologists, and those interested in science policy, outreach and tools. We are certainly hoping to repeat the success of last year's SpotOn London where we saw 130 attendees at the Wellcome Collection gather for a day of discussions around What might peer review look like in 2030?
Attended by active researchers, publishers, technology enthusiasts, science start-ups, policymakers and funders, the day was jam-packed. With a total of ten sessions divided into two strands, including panel sessions, working groups and performances - one highlight was our keynote delivered by Ivan Oransky from Retraction Watch.
We also received overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees, trended on Twitter in London, and as a result of the conference a report was created titled: What might peer review look like in 2030?
To whet your appetite for this year's conference, you can see recordings of all the sessions here.
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UMB Big Bash® beneficiaries: Drumm Farm and Turner House are doing big things in Kansas City
Have you heard of Drumm Farm Center for Children‡ or Turner House Children's Clinic‡? These two organizations are doing amazing work right here in Kansas City to support local children. And they just happen to have been chosen to be the two beneficiaries of the 2013 UMB Big Bash®‡.
Drumm Farm Center for Children (Drumm Farm) supports children in foster care and their foster families. Their mission is "to provide stable nurturing environments for children in foster care, keep siblings together, and inspire lifelong connections by being a resource for children and families."
Drumm Farm provides support programs, counseling services and on-campus accommodations, and offer stability for children in foster care. The on-site housing combined with support from the professionals on staff creates a home environment where both the families and the children can work toward achieving permanency.
One of their more unique programs is the Drumm Farm Farmer's Market‡. Open from May through September, this program includes a three-acre garden and small livestock. The children on campus help with farm operations, so they can learn valuable life skills and connect with nature. The Drumm Farm Farmer's Market is open to the public from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday from May through September.
Drumm Farm also provides programs to transition young adults who have aged out of the foster care system. The staff provides instruction, life-skill development and supervision to prepare these children to be successful adults.
Turner House Children's Clinic (Turner House) serves low income, uninsured and underserved children in the Kansas City Metro. Their goal is "to ensure that underserved and uninsured children have a medical home in which they receive quality affordable healthcare to treat acute conditions, prevent disease through regular well-child exams and immunizations, and manage chronic conditions such as asthma and obesity."
Turner House serves approximately 4,000 patients and completes more than 9,200 visits each year. They offer many services, including well-baby and well-child physicals; school and sports physicals; immunizations, same day sick child appointments, hearing and vision screenings, developmental screenings, referrals to specialists and Medicaid enrollment. They also provide patient and community education. Turner House is open each weekday plus two evenings a week and Saturday mornings. This expanded schedule helps keep children away from expensive, non-urgent emergency room visits.
Each year, Turner House offers Back to School Physicals‡. Between July 1st and Sept. 30th, they provide close to 1,000 children with physicals and immunizations before they go back to school. Without up-to-date shots, children are in danger of being exposed to childhood diseases, which can keep them from attending school and expose other children. When area school districts realized several years ago there were large numbers of children without current physicals and shots, they decided to strictly enforce state immunizations requirements. Turner House works to ensure these children are healthy and ready to go back to school in the fall.
You're probably wondering, "What can I do to support these two fantastic organizations?" Of course I encourage you to volunteer or make a donation, but you can also have big fun supporting Drumm Farm and Turner House by attending UMB Big Bash on June 20. The annual fundraiser will include a concert by Huey Lewis and The News‡, as well as great food from local Kansas City restaurants and a silent auction.
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Jury still out on Bloomberg's legal legacyUrban Law Center in Reuters, November 29, 2012
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NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - From police surveillance of Muslim groups to a controversial stop-and-frisk program to a ban on large sodas, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has aggressively challenged the status quo.
While city officials have touted the success of his initiatives in reducing crime and improving health, critics have assailed them as heavy-handed and even illegal.
Experts on both sides fueled a lively debate at a forum hosted by Fordham Law School on Tuesday evening, where they discussed the mayor's legal legacy as he finishes his 11th year in office.
New York City Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo said the city's Law Department must be attuned to the "difficult balance between the constitutional rights of individuals on the one hand and public safety, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11, on the other."
Ticking off a series of statistics -- an 80 percent drop in robberies since 1990, a record low number of murders -- Andrew Schaffer, the police department's deputy commissioner for legal matters, said that the department's stop-and-frisk practice had paid off with a "dramatic" crime rate reduction.
The police's power to stop suspicious individuals and pat them down derives from the U.S. Supreme Court's 1968 ruling in Terry v. Ohio, when the court said that officers can do so absent probable cause if they have a reasonable suspicion that the person is about to commit, is committing or will commit a crime, Schaffer said.
But Arthur Eisenberg, the legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said many stop-and-frisks appear to go on without any reasonable suspicion on the part of officers.
He also said the policy had a disproportionate impact on minorities, who make up the vast majority of stop-and-frisks.
Schaffer countered that the drop in violent crime rates had benefited minorities more than any other group, since they are typically the victims.
The two also sparred over the police department's controversial surveillance of Muslim mosques, businesses and college groups, which is part of the city's broader anti-terrorism efforts.
The department's ability to monitor political groups is governed by a consent decree that set out certain restrictions, known as the "Handschu" guidelines.
Eisenberg said media reports on the extent of the surveillance suggested police had engaged in the "infiltration" of various groups in the absence of reasonable suspicion.
Schaffer, however, said all surveillance fell within the guidelines and was approved by high-level police officials. Both stop-and-frisk and Muslim surveillance are the subjects of ongoing civil litigation.
Bloomberg's ambitious public health programs were also a topic of contention. He has banned smoking in restaurants, bars and public parks; banned restaurants from using trans fats; required chain eateries to post calorie counts; made restaurants post "letter grades" after health inspections; and, most recently, limited the size of sugary soft drinks in many of the city's restaurants.
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Peter Zimroth, the city's former corporation counsel and a lawyer with Arnold & Porter who represented the restaurant industry in its unsuccessful challenge to New York's calorie-count law, said the city needs to be careful not to overreach.
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Businesses like restaurants prefer a national standard rather than a fractured set of local regulations, Zimroth said.
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The forum continues on Dec. 4 at the city bar association with discussions on Bloomberg's legal legacy in education and economic development.


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Tornados fall in Bristol 68-56January 3, 2011
King College was able to top BC at the Student Center
Bristol, Tenn. - The Brevard College women's basketball team was downed on Monday night at King College. The Tornados fell 68-56 as they shot just 37.5% from the field in the game. With the loss Brevard falls to 4-8 on the 2010-11 season.
After scoring the first two points of the game on a pair of free-throws by Lindsay Brendle (High Point, N.C.), Brevard and King traded baskets back and forth until King went on a 16-3 run from the 11:37 to the 4:14 mark in the first half. The Tornados were able to outscore King by seven in the final four minutes of play as they trailed 30-21 after the first 20 minutes of play.
Brevard was able to come out and put pressure on King in the second half. Brevard was able to come back and tie things up 41-41 with 12:06 remaining in the game. Micheala Watkins (Forest City, N.C.) hit a jumper to give Brevard their first lead since the 17:29 mark in the first-half. Following the 43-41 lead, King and Brevard traded a few baskets until King went on another 16-3 run giving them a 64-40 lead with just over three minutes left in the game. The Tornados were unable to surmount a comeback as they dropped the game by a final tally of 68-56.
Micheala Watkins led the way for Brevard offensively by scoring 18 points for the Tornados. Lindsay Brendle and Asheley Watkins (Bostic, N.C.) each had 10 points in the loss. Both Micheala and Asheley Watkins had three steals while Asheley was able to pull down seven rebounds.
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Greeneville, N.C. - The Tornados swept the top three singles matches but were unable to come up with five points as Tusculum snapped Brevard's nine match winning streak with the 5-4 victory.
Brevard falls to 9-3, 2-1 in South Atlantic Conference action, while Tusculum improves to 14-1 and 5-0 in conference play.
Kayley Duval and Jennifer Nyman teamed up to get Brevard's lone point in doubles play, winning 8-6 over Blake Thompson and Katie Hillis.
Lindsay Shaeffer led the Tornados in singles action, picking up the win on court No. 1 over Courtney Conley, 6-0, 6-3. Lindsay Hostetter and Claire Dillman were also victorious for Coach Paul Thomson at courts No. 2 and 3, with Hostetter topping Katelyn Doss, 6-4, 6-4, and Dillman emerging victorious over Taylor Patterson, 6-3, 6-0.
The Tornados are back on the courts on Wednesday, March 31st, hosting Catawba at the BC Tennis Complex. First serve for the doubles matches is set for 2 p.m.
Singles competition:
1. Lindsay Shaeffer (BCW) def. Courtney Conley (TCW) 6-0, 6-3
2. Lindsay Hostetter (BCW) def. Katelyn Doss (TCW) 6-4, 6-4
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6. Megan Buckmaster (TCW) def. Jennifer Nyman (BCW) 6-2, 6-1
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2. Courtney Conley/Taylor Patterson (TCW) def. Lindsay Hostetter/Claire Dillman (BCW) 9-8
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How would you track an elusive jaguar? Easy! Follow their poo!
I'm Lucie McNeil and this is National Geographic On Assignment—your link to thousands of Nat Geo Explorers working around the world.
Today we're off to Northeastern Argentina.  National Geographic's Karen DeMatteo is trying to find out how endangered jaguars and other big carnivores navigate the dwindling forests.
Train, her canine partner, can sniff out the carnivore's poop, called scat, with amazing accuracy.
DNA analysis of that scat can reveal which species and individual left it.
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OIT Training Opportunities
The organizational mission of the Center for Applied Technology (CAT) at The University of Virginia's College at Wise is to aid our campus faculty, staff and students as well as regional business and educational organizations in the awareness and use of new technologies for effective business operations, research and organizational development.
The mission of the new Center for Applied Technology at UVa-Wise to conduct research on and offer hands-on demonstrations of specific new technologies that can help businesses and educators become more effective in their work and communications.
The new Center will begin operation in Winter, 2011 and will offer workshop demonstration sessions and will now manage the UVa-Wise Annual Technology Symposium.
A full schedule of Center events can be found here.
The Center for Applied Technology at UVa-Wise has an advisory board that helps to develop ideas and plan the activities of the new service. The CAT Advisory Board is made up of UVa-Wise faculty and administrators, UVa-Wise students and regional business leaders.
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Dr. Stan Botts, Jr., Advantage Group Consultants
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Karen Jackson, Commonwealth of Virginia / CIT
Donald Purdy, Data Ensure, Inc.
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Hey Twilight Saga fans!! I bet you're all super excited because WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO SEE Breaking Dawn - Part 2!! I know waiting is super hard, so feast your eyes on pictures from Monday's premiere in L.A.!
How great do our stars look?? For the fashion lovers out there, Kristen Stewart was in a Zuhair Murad dress, Ashley Greene was in Donna Karan Atelier, Nikki Reed in Versace, Elizabeth Reaser in a Carolina Herrera number, and Dakota Fanning was in an Elie Saab dress.
The premiere looked like a lot of fun with almost all of the main cast there, and even Stephenie Meyer showed up! For more pictures of the premiere, check out the slideshow (Kristen and Rob, AHHH!! Also, Dakota is now brunette!):
Did you get a chance to go to the Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 premiere? If you watched it, what did you think?
We also LOVED all the outfits (for the most part) that came out onto the red carpet, but who do you think was the best dressed? Be sure to share your thoughts below!!


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