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Jennifer Love Hewitt called breakup rumors targeting her and Ghost Whisperer co-star Jamie Kennedy "hurtful" and said they are jeopardizing her happiness.
"I'm not going to lie – it's not annoying, it's hurtful," the 30-year-old screen starlet told People at a poker gala to benefit a childrens' charity.
Hewitt attended the event alongside her boyfriend of eight months, Kennedy, who she called "awesome."
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"We are just trying to be really happy," Hewitt said. "It makes it hard to do that when everybody is putting negative energy out there."
Recent reports have claimed that Kennedy was getting ready to dump Hewitt for ex-flame Shannon Funk.
Kennedy said the rumors were false.
"I am lucky to be with her," he told People. "And I love her very much."

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I connected to my server:
$ ssh email@example.com
While in the server, I open a
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Then my ssh session dies. I attempt to go back to my session:
$ ssh firstname.lastname@example.com
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I do not get vim, but instead just a blinking cursor. I cannot do anything from there, not even ctrl+c, I can only detach the
dtach with ctrl+\.
How can I get my dtach session back properly? Or am I missing the idea of how dtach is supposed to behave?
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The prompt for week 1 is a recognized psychology test: Ask yourself 20 times "Who are you?" Each time you should give yourself a different answer, and if you can easily go beyond 20 entries then that is fine too. This prompt is about how YOU see YOU.
Unlike others who were able to compose their posts promptly I have taken days to reflect on mine (I am a thinker who always likes to ponder for a while) . I am a procrastinator so I also took a few days to decide whether I should share my answers because I am basically shy and find it a challenge to publish a post like this. I am following the lead of those who have been open and honest (Interesting that I didn't think of these in connection with myself) and shared their lists publicly. I have also posted this to the private blog I set up for the challenge.
I have restricted myself to 20 items as I do tend to ramble on, This has forced me to think long and hard about what I see as my most dominant attributes. What I have found interesting is that each of the descriptors I have labelled myself with would be an excellent topic for a further post about me.
I am
- loved, happy and blessed
- a wife, mother, grandmother and daughter - family comes first
- a friend and confidante
- a proud Australian
- a lifelong learner
- a procrastinator
- a thinker
- a recorder - writer, blogger, photographer
- a diarist and listmaker
- generous
- funny
- basically shy
- physically unfit
- a swimmer
- a geek
- a traveller
- a reader and booklover - can't have one without the other
- a collector and hoarder - they go together don't they?
- the family historian
- untidy but organised


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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The future aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford received its island during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Jan. 26.
The Ford, named for the 38th President of the United States, is the first in a new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that will replace the current Nimitz-class carriers, while taking state-of-the-art technology to sea.
Susan Ford Bales,the ship's sponsor and daughter of the late president, attended and spoke before the 555-metric ton island was lifted from the pier to the flight deck. Bales paid tribute to her father, by reciting a quote from the 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O'Neill.
"'God has been good to the American people. In the time of the Civil War he gave us Abraham Lincoln, and at the time of Watergate he gave us Gerald Ford - the right man at the right time who was able to heal the nation,'" Bales quoted.
Before Ford's island was lowered, the ceremony featured an ancient shipbuilding tradition of placing coins under the ship's mast for good luck. Modern shipbuilders continue this tradition, but it has been modified for aircraft carriers by placing coins and mementos under the island.
Bales placed a small sandstone block, cut from the same stone used to build the White House and the U.S. Capitol, under the Ford's island. Embedded in the stone were several coins commemorating President Ford's naval service in World War II, his years in the House of Representatives, and his service as vice president and president.
Rear Adm. Ted N. Branch, commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic, Capt. John Meier, Ford's prospective commanding officer , and Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding also placed mementos under the island before it was completely lowered onto the flight deck.
"As the island is landed, Gerald R. Ford will take on that distinctive and unmistakable profile of an aircraft carrier," said Meier.
The Ford's island incorporates the latest flat panel array and dual band radar systems. The island was placed 140 feet further aft and three feet further outboard than previous carriers to improve flight deck access for aircraft operations. The super lift of the completed structure marks the last major piece of the new carrier's construction.
With the ship nearing its launch date later this year, the nucleus of its crew, known as the Ford's Pre-Commissioning Unit is being formed. This small unit of officers and enlisted Sailors has started the process of bringing the ship to life.
"The technology on the ship is so amazing that I stayed in the Navy when I found out I could get orders here," said Electronics Technician 2nd Class (SW) William Hamrick, future administrator of the Reactor department's computer network.
Meier called upon the shipbuilders at Newport News and the ship's crew to continue building a culture of excellence and a legacy that will "last for generations to come."
"Our nation and our Navy needs Gerald R. Ford to put to sea," said Meier. "Ford represents a multi-billion dollar investment by our nation. It's a clear recognition that sea power has been a keystone of our great nation's preeminence throughout the world."
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PPP is back with their Jiyala and political martyr politics showing defiance against the constitution. SC convicted Gilani in contempt of court case and also applied the clause of 63-g of Pakistani Constitution.
PPP lawyers and PPP members including formerly respected lawyer,Atzaz Ahsan, is playing the role of devil's advocate and is hell bound to protect the corruption and corrupt government of PPP. Its a shame that how these fake intellectuals first gain respect of the people by taking idealistic lines and once the time to take real stand comes they sell their souls to the devil.
Yusuf Raza Gilani is saying that no matter what decision comes, he will not be disqualified and he is willing to invoke confrontation between court and parliament.
After things like these options like French Revolution (with all due disagreement) look appropriate options. It seems government is forcing people to go for this kind of step.
May Allah help Pakistan and show people the right path to fight these tyrant and corrupt rulers.


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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Style Spotting: Breaking the Rules
5 comments:
- The Peak of Tres Chic said...
I completely agree with Lindsay- black and navy together often look chic! I basically throw all conventional "rules" out the window in dressing and in decor.
- December 19, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Erin said...
I'm craving these warmer colors with touches of gold right now. Loooove that Horchow coffee table.
- December 19, 2012 at 11:29 AM
- Elisa said...
Hooray for black and blue! So chic, I need that gold cuff, (thank you santa.)
- December 19, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Thanh Le said...
Nice blog. I will keep visiting this website very often. I'm extremely impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your blog.
Thanh Le - HomeDesignLove.Com
- December 20, 2012 at 1:59 AM
- Jamie said...
I love "clashing" colors.... makes life a bit more exciting.I blogged about this same topic a little while back. Check it out here :-) http://myoasiss.blogspot.com/2012/09/clashing-hues.html?m=1
- December 20, 2012 at 3:43 AM


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Houston nailed down a spot in the 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs with a 3-1 victory over the Galaxy. The Dynamo opened the scoring when Ryan Cochrane out-muscled a defender and headed a Dwayne De Rosario corner kick into the net for Cochrane's first goal of the season. After the Galaxy tied the game, De Rosario converted a penalty kick and Ricardo Clark scored from a Brian Ching assist in the second half to secure the win.
Houston Dynamo (13-7-6) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (4-13-5)
September 16, 2007 -- The Home Depot Center, Carson CA
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ryan Cochrane 1 (Eddie Robinson 2, Richard Mulrooney 3) 21
LA -- Alan Gordon 3 (Landon Donovan 8) 26
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario 5 (penalty kick) 47
HOU -- Ricardo Clark 2 (Brian Ching 1) 73
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Wade Barrett, Ryan Cochrane (Craig Waibel 91+), Richard Mulrooney, Eddie Robinson, Corey Ashe, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan (Patrick Ianni 48), Nate Jaqua, Joseph Ngwenya (Brian Ching 42).
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Wells, Mike Chabala, Paul Dalglish, Chris Wondolowski.
LA Galaxy -- Joe Cannon, Ty Harden, Chris Klein, Mike Randolph, Troy Roberts, Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Kyle Marino, Peter Vagenas (Carlos Pavon 79), Gavin Glinton (Kelly Gray 64), Alan Gordon (Edson Buddle 69).
Substitutes Not Used: Steve Cronin, Quavas Kirk, Israel Sesay, Josh Tudela.
Misconduct Summary:
LA -- Mike Randolph (caution; Tackle from Behind) 34
HOU -- Eddie Robinson (caution; Professional Foul) 44
HOU -- Ryan Cochrane (caution; Dissent) 47+
HOU -- Brian Mullan (caution; Dissent) 48+
LA -- Peter Vagenas (caution; Reckless Foul) 76
Referee: Brian Hall
Referee's Assistants: Steven Taylor; Emiliano Monje
4th official: Miguel Chicas
Attendance: 25,217
Weather: Clear-and-71-degrees
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Stefan Esser is trying to clear up some confusion in a new post to the PHP Security Blog today about his stand on enabling open_basedir on your PHP installation.
From time to time I get the question why I recommend enabling open_basedir and on the other hand call it a solution flawed by design. This is actually a good question, because the untrained PHP user might get a little bit confused about this and might believe that I change my opinion on a daily basis.
He talks about his reasoning - how it does it's job protecting PHP developers from being able to get to those file, but how it's also flawed with issues due to some 3rd party libraries that have their own problems.


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The Development Services Division provides a variety of services that directly impact all of the residents of the community including: staff support to the Board of Appeals, general and specific guidance to those individuals and corporations interested in some aspect of construction whether a small residential addition or a new shopping center or residential neighborhood; and review or coordination of all types of building permits for compliance with adopted ordinances.
The mission of the Development Services Division including Building Permits is to provide professional support, guidance, and assistance to the citizens of Norman who are directly or indirectly involved with building or altering the built environment of the community, so that any such activity is consistent with the policies and ordinances adopted by the City Council.
The Building Permits site offers information about the below listed items:
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- Construction Permit Applications
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- Garage Sale Permits
- IVR (Automated Phone Line) Instructions
- License Applications (trade licenses, signs and structure moving)
- One and Two Family Residential Plan Review Contact List
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The day's top national and international news.
The origin of Spider-Man? Again?
When we heard the news that Sony was "rebooting" the Spider-Man franchise, our initial disinterested shrugs were soothed by two things: The cast and the fact that all involved were saying the right things. Namely, that this was not a replacement for the Tobey Maguire/Sam Raimi films, but "a new chapter."
Unfortunately, it's Chapter One. Again.
Does Sony really think that a movie made barely 9 years ago would be totally incomprehensible to "today's audience" (we presume means toddlers). Not to mention a movie starring one of the most recognizable comic book heroes in pop culture history, who has been around since the 1960s with the same basic origin intact? Can't we just accept that people won't walk into a movie called "Spider-Man" and be all, "Hey! How is that kid climbing walls!" My son recognizes Spider-Man and he's only been on the Earth for two years.
Now before you throw "Batman Begins" around, check yourself before you bat-wreck yourself. The Batman origin has a LOT of gray area that Tim Burton didn't touch. We know Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered and then - BAM! - he's Batman! Christopher Nolan wisely went back and filled in the blanks with great details about the nuts and bolts of how he did it. How exactly did he learn the in's and out's of criminal behavior? How did he learn to sneak around the shadows? Where did he get the car?
But Spider-Man has no such gray area. He didn't have to learn how to climb walls and sense danger. He's bitten by a radioactive spider and he can do those things. Done. Move on. We know what we need to know.
With such a good cast at his disposal (Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans), we were hoping director Marc Webb would just get into it already. We've had THREE major, worldwide blockbuster Spider-Man movies watched and understood by people of every different language. No one will be lost. Trust us. It's not like the only Spider-Man movie ever made was a Roger Corman cheapie shot on Super 8 and shown in four grindhouse theaters in the mid 70s.
So this is....disappointing. And it's the reason why comic book movies will ultimately shoot themselves in the foot. "Reboots" are good when you've had comics that have been around for 40 years and have become overstuffed with subplots and continuity tangents that you need to clean the slate. But when all you have is three movies all made in the 2000s? No need to be in such a hurry to clear that cache.
So we have "Superman Returns" failing because it basically just re-did the Richard Donner movies. Now that one is being re-done again by Zack Snyder. And now we have a Spider-Man that simply redoes what Raimi did.
You keep feeding people leftovers, eventually they stop coming back for more.
Also? "Spidey POV cam" in 3D IMAX? Why not just spin us around 30 times and then kick us in the forehead before every screening?
"The Amazing Spider-Man" comes out in 2012. Then again in 2016.


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Pinterest, which blossomed in the past year into a popular online pin board for photos of fashion, food and hobbies, moved its corporate headquarters on Monday to San Francisco.
Pinterest has signed a short-term lease for office space on Seventh Street near Brannan Street, in the same neighborhood as social games giant Zynga and online room rental service Airbnb.
"We're in good company," said Pinterest spokesman Barry Schnitt.
Pinterest, which moved from Palo Alto, is finalizing plans for a long-term home in the South of Market area, according to a statement from Mayor Ed Lee.
"I am thrilled to welcome Pinterest to the 'Innovation Capital of the World,' and am pleased that our efforts to attract and retain the industry's best and most innovative companies are working," Lee said.
Lee also has a Pinterest page, which has pinboards on the city's sports teams, the economy and "SF Living."
Pinterest, which has fewer than 50 employees, isn't saying what it's expansion plans are or how big of a space it plans to lease.
Schnitt said the company was attracted to San Francisco by the tech talent available in the city, favorable real estate pricees and the "general atmosphere."
"We're pleased to now call one of the world's great cities home," Pinterest Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann said in a statement.
Pinterest publicly launched in May 2011 and became the fastest standalone website to hit 10 million members, according to comScore. It's the second social networking company to move within out of Palo Alto, following Facebook's transfer to Menlo Park in December.


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Last week, the FDA announced that it lacks critical powers of oversight over medical devices submitted using the "510(k)" or "Pre-Market Notification" (PMN) process, and that it may go to Congress to request additional regulatory authority.
For the last 35 years, the FDA has annually approved approximately 3,500 devices using a 35-year-old law from Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. 510(k) allows the FDA to determine whether a new medical device is substantially equivalent to a device previously approved, in which case it will be quickly cleared for release onto the market. The program is popular among medical device manufacturers because it is expedient: only 50 or so devices are approved annually under the more rigorous FDA approval system. According to the Government Accountability Office, 20 high risk devices later discovered to be dangerous to consumers were mistakenly passed through the FDA under the 510(k) system last year.
In related news, last week the FDA lifted restrictions on Medtronic external defibrillators, saying that the company had met quality control requirements and could again begin unrestricted shipment worldwide. Medtronic then announced a fourth quarter dividend of $0.205 per share. Medtronic shareholders are on pace to receive over $900 million in dividends this year, while the victims of its faulty devices find their legal claims against the company preempted by FDA approval, and have no legal recourse to recover damages for medicals bills, lost wages, or pain and suffering.
Consumers have faced multiple surgeries due to faulty orthopedic implants, or found themselves shocked by faulty defibrillator leads. However, upon bringing suit, consumers have then found their legal rights nullified by the device's prior approval by an agency that concedes it lacks the authority necessary to ensure public safety. Circumstances demand speedy legislative action to correct these injustices: passage of the Medical Device Safety Act (MDSA). MDSA would protect consumers' right to sue when they are harmed by certain defective medical products. As Dr. Larry Kessler, a 13-year veteran of the FDA device center, points out, "The device world codified by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 is dramatically different than where we are today 35 years later. The pace of innovation has really ramped up and the 510(k) process has been used, and in some cases people would say misused, to clear very advanced technology."
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[The Gauchos Scandal]
Beware of Bearers of "Candy"
Second In a Series of reports and commentaries
Now that Penn State University has fired its long time coach Joe Paterno and the university president Graham Spanier, many people are wondering how the sexual abuse of young boys --many Black-- by coach Jerry Sandusky could have lasted for over 15 years.
It's because coach Paterno had built such a renowned program and knew so many rich and powerful people that he became untouchable. In New York City, we have our own versions of coach Paterno and coach Sandusky.
In 1996, The City Sun, a weekly published by the late Andy Cooper, then based in Brooklyn -- and which has since shut down-- reported in its April 17-April 23, 1996 edition that Lou d'Almeida, the founder of the renowned Bronx-based Gauchos basketball program had been observed performing oral sex and a minor inside his car, which was parked outside the gym. After The City Sun's expose, The Daily News and The New York Post also reported on the allegations.
The Gauchos operates under a non-profit organization called Teamwork Foundation, Inc., which on its website boasts of helping young Black and Latino boys. In Pennsylvania, alleged sexual predator Sandusky also operated a "foundation" called Second Mile. It's now believed it may have been used by the former Penn State defensive coach to lure his victims, who came from poor families.
Sandusky allegedly fondled a pre-teen boy in 1999 and was investigated and yet no charges were ever filed. In 2002, a graduate assistance caught him raping a 10-year old boy in the showers and reported the attack to coach Paterno. Penn State's athletic director and the school's president were informed. Yet no one called the police.
Sandusky was not arrested until last week. In the meantime, he had raped scores of boys. The authorities have documented the cases of eight victims.
He was evidently untouchable.
And in New York, how powerful and well connected is the Gauchos' d'Almeida? Consider that in 1969, he was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of a 20-year-old male diver, Gerald Gerardo. He claimed Gerardo had been distraught and that he had tried to wrest a gun away from the young man, a world-class diver. The charge was lowered to criminally negligent homicide at the request of then Manhattan assistant district attorney, Gino Gallina; d'Almeida got five years probation. He never served time as a result of a deal that had d'Almeida provide New York prosecutors with information about the mob. (After the d'Almeida case, DA Gallina quit and went to work for a firm whose clients included Mafia members. He was later gunned down execution-style on a Greenwich Village street).
Then in 1996 came The City Sun's expose and the follow-ups in other newspapers. Yet, today, d'Almeida is still very much active in the Gauchos organization as his pictures on the program's website shows. He was also present at this year's Gauchos fundraiser --where the honoree was basketball legend Dwayne "The Pearl" Washington -- and last year's, which was hosted at Yankee's Stadium and attended by this reporter and a guerrilla journalist colleague, Nana Ama Tanks, in search of information.
The program for last
year's fundraiser had a congratulatory letter from New York City mayor
Michael Bloomberg. Powerful d'Almeida supporters have included the Bronfman
family of the Seagram's fortune and the Tisch family of LOEWS hotels fame.
Why do the authorities permit d'Almeida to have any further contact with children in this city?
Children today already have more than enough challenges on their plates to deal with. Some are bullied by their peers in school and or on the block. Some are brutalized, tortured and killed by family members, police and strangers in numbers that are staggering to the imagination.
With all this going on, d'Almeida slithers into the Bronx, dangling a basketball program. Many young boys from low-income families dream of college and future NBA stardom after the Gauchos to escape their hardship and help their families. If d'Almeida is a wolf in sheep's clothing, then he must see the Gauchos as a hen house.
Could it be because he is a multi-millionaire --whose victims, as in many in the Penn State case, are Black boys--with very rich and famous friends in powerful positions? Could it be that d'Almeida also possibly procured some young victims for his rich friends?
I recently contacted Bronx County District Attorney Robert T. Johnson to inquire if he was still investigating d'Almeida on the alleged sex abuse charges; as he had confirmed to The City Sun in 1996. I was told by a spokesperson that DA Johnson wasn't investigating d'Almeida. (He also said, contrary to rumors, Johnson has never received a campaign contribution from Teamworks and also has never spoken at a Gauchos organized event).
In 1996, The New York Daily News reported that Teamwork's board had introduced a code of conduct to preclude inappropriate contact between staff and the young players. So why is d'Almeida back on the scene?
Incidentally, two of d'Almeida's contemporaries, who ran competing basketball programs, Ernie Lorch, of the famed Riverside Church "HAWKS" and Bob Oliva, of Christ the King school have both been indicted up in Massachusetts in recent years on the charge of child sex-abuse. The pattern was the same. Lorch and Oliva took children out of state or out of the country to participate in basketball tournaments; in fact, the sexual abuses were committed during such trips.
Lou d'Almeida has also taken Gauchos players for basketball trips out of New York, including to Hawaii.
So who really is this Lou D'Almeida? A man who Sports Illustrated reported lavished expensive sneakers and jewelry on the young boys who dream of NBA fame. Lou d'Almeida is the self-professed Santa Claus of the south Bronx. But who are Santa's little helpers?
Subsequent columns will explore that question.
It took Penn State 12 years to get rid of Sandusky and his enablers, Paterno and Spanier. The City Sun's expose was 15 years ago. Lou d'Almeida's alleged victims still wait for justice. Lou d'Almeida must go and not have any more contact with our children in the Gauchos or in this city.
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