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Good Shepherd Hospice is offering free, non-sectarian, eight-week, bereavement support groups forming now for winter to be held January through March in Nassau and Suffolk County locations.
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–The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's the party of the year, and you're invited!
The year is 1922. The Jazz Age is in full swing, the economy is soaring, and anyone who's anyone has gathered at Jay Gatsby's lavish West Egg mansion on Long Island to see and be seen.
Gala Dinner and Auction
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Willmar Holiday Inn Conference Center
Tickets $75/guest in advance only
Fine dining, memorable music, and must-have treasures on the auction block
Lunch & Table Setting Review
Saturday, November 9 • 10am-3pm
Willmar Holiday Inn Conference Center
Tickets $15/advance, $18/door, $6/review only
Festive tablescapes, boutique shopping, and an elegant luncheon
Why We're Here
Proceeds from this year's Holiday Festival will be used to purchase a Faxitron Imaging System for use during surgical breast biopsies. Surgeons will use this equipment in the operating room to produce high-resolution digital images, allowing for precise excisions of suspicious breast tissue. This state-of-the-art technology will result in a significant reduction in procedure time, less stress and anxiety for patients, and a much-improved standard of care for women.
About the Holiday Festival
The annual Holiday Festival is the major fundraising event for the many programs supported by the Rice Health Foundation. The gala event begins on Friday night with music and a social hour. Following dinner, a lively live auction takes place, while a silent auction is available throughout the evening. The festival continues on Saturday, and includes a holiday luncheon buffet, table setting fair, entertainment, shopping, and door prizes.

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LeBron James finally shut up his haters as he led the Miami Heat to the NBA title Thursday night as they beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games. James dominated the entire series and played the best basketball of his career. He threw up a triple double in Game 5 and basically had his way with the Thunder defense.
The guy almost averaged a triple double and was making passes that not many people can make. Comparing him to Magic Johnson is probably the most accurate thing you can do. He makes everyone around him better without even trying.
A lot of people did not want LeBron James to succeed and I was one of those people for a long time. However, this LeBron is a different version than we are used to. This LeBron embraces his gift and he dominates people in the post. He doesn't settle for stupid jumpers and he uses his superior size and skill to crush the wills of other teams.
This day was going to come eventually. The Heat looked like a buzzsaw once Chris Bosh came back from injury. They were pushed to the brink but they were able to recover and run through the Thunder, even after the Thunder took Game 1. James had amazing moments in every game, cementing himself as the best player in all of basketball.
I think it is time that people get over LeBron James and The Decision. He even admitted that he acted poorly last season. He certainly deserved to win this title and he finally sheds the reputation as being a choker who won't win a ring.
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The Survey Says: Verification Planning
As the saying goes: Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. With that said, I am excited to announce a new module focused on Verification Planning, which has been one of the Verification Academy's most-requested subjects for new content. The new Verification Planning module is delivered by our subject matter expert, who literally wrote the book on the subject, Peet James.
The goal of verification planning and management is to architect an overall verification approach, and then to document that approach in a family of useful, easily extracted, maintainable verification documents that will strategically guide the overall verification effort so that the most amount of verification is accomplished in the allotted time. The aim of this module is to define terms, logically divide up the verification effort, and lay the foundation for actual verification planning and management on a real project.
I think you will really enjoy and be enlightened by Peet's treatment of the subject, and hopefully, you can apply many of the techniques that he presents to your own projects.
Speaking of applying Verification Academy techniques—we just conducted a large survey about the academy and found some interesting results that I would like to share with you. First, Figure 1 shows who is viewing the Verification Academy content by job title.
Figure 1: Verification Academy viewers by job title
It's not too surprising that a majority of the viewers are verification engineers, with a ratio of about 3.5 verification engineers for every 2 designers.
In addition to who is viewing the Verification Academy, we were interested in learning the viewer's type of targeted design implementation to get a better understanding of our viewers' needs. Figure 2 shows who is viewing the Verification Academy by their type of targeted design implementation.
Figure 2: Verification Academy viewers by targeted design implementation
We are obviously seeing a growing number of FPGA engineers interested in advanced functional verification. Today's complex SoC-base FPGA designs are not your mom and pop variety of FPGA designs. More advanced verification skills are required to ultimately meet both quality and schedule goals.
Another question we wanted to answer through our survey is whether the Verification Academy has been useful. One way to answer this is to see how many viewers had actually applied or plan to apply the knowledge they learned in the Verification Academy on their own projects. The survey results are shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Verification Academy viewers who have applied knowledge on projects
We also wanted to determine through the survey if the content presented in the Verification Academy was at an appropriate level of detail. The survey results are shown in Figure 4.
Finally, we wanted to determine through the survey which additional topic in advanced functional verification should be covered in the Verification Academy. Figure 5 presents the results.
Figure 5: Verification Academy new subject content request
Your feedback is important to us, and we are very excited that our new Verification Planning module was one of the top requests from the Verification Academy survey participants.
I would like to encourage you to check out all our new and existing content at the Verification Academy by visiting www.verificationacademy.com.
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Which raises a bedroom month thought - how would you sleep surrounded by giant blueberries? We think it would cause Willy Wonka dreams (or nightmares?) of "Violet! You're turning Violet!"...
Anyone have any info about Hotel Indigo? We see there is another on Dearborn in the Gold Coast - perhaps it's good place to keep in mind for friends coming to town. Let us know...
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Hey, thanks for using my picture! I just put up a second one so you can see the other room I stayed in. This one used bits of blue glass as the wallpaper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmolly/391220603/
My review of the Hotel Indigo would be that it was definitely worth what I paid for it $30/night through Priceline), but I wouldn't consider it worth it at their rack rates (something like $100). I stayed in two different rooms while doing a period of consulting at a business in Des Plaines, and they were both nice, but the second time I checked in I had to ask to be switched to a different room twice. I was going to be there for 9 nights and they gave me a room across from the (noisy) ice machine and then switched me to a room with a connecting door, so I could hear the argument my neighbors had at 3AM. I felt like a jerk for asking to switch more than once, but they were very polite, and the rooms without the connecting doors are lovely and quiet. There's a nice pool and exercise room, Aveda soaps and shampoos in the rooms, and the decor is very soothing. I'd categorize it as nicer than a Holiday Inn or Best Western, but not as nice as a Westin or Marriott. The food options in the hotel are slim to none. (They have some kind of cafe, but I never saw it open for anything but breakfast.) The laundry room is gross, but useable in a pinch. I found it pretty comfortable for the couple of weeks that I stayed there, and I love the feel of the rooms, but if you expect the service and amenities of a really swank hotel I think you might be a little disappointed.
Generally one sleeps in the dark with their eyes closed, what does it matter the color of the room?
How would someone go about recreating the wall paper? For possibly a bathroom?
Here's a pic from a room in the Hotel Indigo in downtown Chicago . . . less scary (in my opinion) than the blueberry wall!
Argh! It won't let me post the pic! Well, here's a link to a blog entry that includes the pic. Sorry for cluttering up the comments section!


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- Night outTantoDined on 12/29/2013Was a great dinner for spouse and myself to enjoy a meal out after the hectic holiday! We both had steak which came out with cooked as we had asked. Server was friendly and attentive. Nice ambience. I would recommend to others as we have visited The Grotto several times over the past 2 years.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Saturday NightbrownpegDined on 12/28/2013The food was very good. The service... Excellent! Martin had helpful food and wine selections for our group. His advice was perfect.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very Nice ExperienceLuncherDined on 12/27/2013This was the second time I met a small group for lunch at Grotto. The food was good and the atmosphere was great. We could have an easy conversation without shouting or straining our voices. The service was attentive and the $15 three course lunch special was an excellent value. We would come back for the food and atmosphere, but will come often if they continue to offer those types of specials.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Christmas Eve dinnerDinkDined on 12/24/2013This was the fouth Christmas Eve dinner we've had at the Grotto It is an elegant restaurant with good food. The crab and spin ached stuffed mushroom cap appetizers are wonderful. The red snapper special and blue cheese steak dinner were delicious. The service was a bit too leisurely. There was too much time between the appetizers and dinner and even after drinks took about a half hour before the appetizers After requesting the bill took 20 minutes before we could leave. The servers were friendly and attentive just slow. The ambience is nice and elegant perfect for Christmas Eve dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Daughters 16 birthday dinner.MWREDADined on 12/23/2013Food was excellent. Restaurant was chilly. Service was fair. Took over 2 hours for dinner and the place was not crowded.
- Wonderful for Quiet LunchfoodslugDined on 12/21/2013We met with out-of-town family for lunch there on Dec 22 hectic shopping weekend. Had a quiet lunch of wonderful food, great wine and excellent service. I always select something I've never had before when I order. In this case, I'd reorder what I had if I were to return. Great experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SUNDAY BRUNCHbowzer23Dined on 12/15/2013this was the first time I had been to this restaurant for Sunday brunch and it was fabulous. It was very relaxing even with quite a few large parties there. There was a large selection to choose from and everything was delicious.Special Features:
- Excellent!alo327Dined on 12/14/2013This is the second time that my husband and I have dined here for our anniversary, and both times we were highly satisfied with everything that we ordered. The food was excellent, and the service was professional. They accidentally brought my husband the wrong dessert, and not only allowed us to take the "mistake" home, but also comped the dessert that he had actually ordered. We are making this our yearly anniversary tradition.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The checkSugarGroveDined on 12/12/2013I had to sign my bill with a lip liner the waitress left instead of a pen…a bit strange.
- Great food...great serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 12/5/2013Definitely a place to frequent. Food was delicious and service was outstanding. Had our "Friend's Christmas Dinner" here...all of us were equally pleased.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FlawlessOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 11/30/2013Highly recommended Everything was perfect from the wait staff to the food to the complimentary desert and champagne for my 2 year anniversary. Martin was our server and he did a fantastic job!Special Features:
- Great service!!Gmm1Dined on 11/30/2013The service was extremely attentive. I was meeting 3 girlfriends, one was almost an hour late. The server kept the rest of feeling satisfied and enjoying our conversation while waiting. And she accomodated the late arrival by placing her order as a rush so it would arrive with the rest of our dinners. The place is nice, the food is great, the prices are reasonable and the service can't be beat!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- last year herejohnDined on 11/28/2013We have been coming to the Grotto for Thanksgiving dinner for the last five years. Never going back. Then,the place was packed and the food was excellent. Now the food is sub-par and the attendance shows it. One quarter empty. Salman was good, everything else I would have sent back to the kitchen had it been a sit-down dinning experience.
- nice buffet for ThanksgivingbellaDined on 11/28/2013nice buffet for Thanksgiving great service no one rushed us very niceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Brunch - Don't miss itEduardVIPDined on 11/24/2013I've been doing brunch at The Grotto for about three years and, with the exception of crab claws no longer being available, I've never had a meal or service that has slipped from its usual high quality. Food options are plentiful, food is replenished regularly, servers are friendly, and the price is quite reasonable.Special Features:
- November visitmbf47Dined on 11/23/2013We have been to the Grotto several times and always have excellent food and service. This time was no exception.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Birthday DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 11/22/2013We went for a birthday dinner and he enjoyed his meal which was most important. We both thought the Chicken Vesuvio was salty - I've had better but liked the option to have boneless chicken. Overall it was a good experience with the exception of the salt level in the food. I prefer fresh herbs and spices to bring out the natural flavor in the food not salt. I'm not sure I would return but he might.Special Features:
- Not very goodBethDined on 11/22/2013My husband's filet was really charbroiled and did not taste very good. For the prices, it should have been perfect. We have dined at this restaurant several times, but I'm not sure we'll go back.
- The food was very good andKJWSRDined on 11/19/2013The food was very good and the service was exceptional. Perfect place for a business meeting and great meal!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- First time customer, and wasOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 11/15/2013First time customer, and was very happy with the food and our server was great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Friendly staffeathereoftenDined on 11/9/2013Everyone who attended our table was pleasant and friendly. They brought a free dessert to celebrate a birthday w/o a reminder. (I mentioned it with Open Table reservation)
- Worth Every PennyRoRoJoVIPDined on 10/26/2013I love going to Grotto! I actually want to dress up to go here. I took my mother and my aunt here and we had such a good time we stayed for three hours. A beautiful restaurant with a wonderful ambience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The Marsala sauce is delicious!JessicaDined on 10/21/2013The Marsala sauce is delicious! The only thing we noted was that it was a bit bright in the restaurant for an evening dinner.Special Features:
- not a chucky cheesebri969Dined on 10/19/2013I made a reservation to this restaurant for my wife and I. It was our anniversary. I noted on the reservation that this was the occasion. When we arrived, it seemed as though a reservation was not necessary and they seated us like Ihop would. here is a spot! We were put in an area where there was a very large group who had infants and toddlers with them. The noise level at this table over powered the entire room. It was like being at a chucky cheese and not a $50.00 a person restaurant. We are not anti children, for we have a young son, but looked forward to a night out alone and paid a sitter to do so. We would have never guessed that this place on a Saturday night was like going to culvers after a little league game. Disappointed!!
- AwesomeMarieDined on 10/19/2013Used the open table to make the reservation asked for a booth in the main dinning room. Told them it was our one year wedding anniversary. When we seated in the booth the waitress said Happy Anniversary. We have been to the Grotto several times and the food just keeps getting better. After dinner they brought us dessert on the house.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyable evening at The GrottoJillyDined on 10/17/2013The ambience was very nice. Very pleasant dining experience. Went on a Thursday evening. The calamari was average and also the salad. The Chicken Vesuvio was excellent.Special Features:
- Wonderful first-time experienceJeffWDined on 10/15/2013We decided to try the Grotto after driving past it many times - it was our anniversary and we were looking for someplace we had not been to before. On a Tuesday night the restaurant wasn't very busy, and noise levels were low. It was too cold for the patio, which overlooks the retention pond for the shopping center. (It is more picturesque than that sounds!) Service was fast and polite, the food was very good - in particular, the steak I had was obviously a prime cut, seasoned well and cooked to an absolute dead-on medium. The experience overall was very good. The prices seemed about right for the category of restaurant, maybe a little high for the steaks but they are well worth the price. We will definitely go back!Special Features:
- Good Food, Good ServiceRICKDined on 10/13/2013The food was very good as well as the service except the hostess, server and the 2 people I spoke to to arrange this family gathering all forgot the special occasion we were there for but we had our own great time without their help. Way too many restaurants in the area to go back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tremendous food!TimSDined on 10/12/2013The special prime porterhouse steak was outstanding, as was the au jus. My wife's filet was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food was average at best,JimbocDined on 10/5/2013Food was average at best, and for the price it was below average. Service was slow but not unreasonable. Saturday night the place was not full and no wait was required for a table. Desert was very good but not enough to bring us back.
- Best steak in ElmhurstOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 10/3/2013Really good cuts of meat and excellent service. Best overall steak dinner I've had in Elmhurst.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Relaxing w/ good foodOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 10/1/2013Have been three times and every time it's been wonderful food and service. Will return.Special Features:
- Many excellent selections.JerryVIPDined on 9/29/2013Many excellent selections. If you can't find something you like on this menu you have a problem. Food is excellent, service is always good and they make the best martinis around. The outdoor dining is a great option when the weather permits.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Celebration helperAmberDined on 9/29/2013We were there to celebrate a birthday and our waitress and the hostess were cognizant of that and very kind. We could easily hear each other speak and were not jammed into tables. Wonderful service, very good food and a delightful ending with a cake and candle. Definitely going back there.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazingbsk8ball34Dined on 9/27/2013I went to the restaurant with my mind set on having a steak. But after looking over the menu, I decided to give the chicken breast limone style a try. That ended up being one of the best meals I've ever had. The chicken was cooked perfectly. Also, our waitress was extremely knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humor as well. I would highly recommend this restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love the GrottoKATHRYNDined on 9/26/2013I go to the Grotto regularly -- this month twice -- every Thursday they have $14 Filet Mignon - cannot beat that and it is delicious. Can't wait to go back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Brunch is deliciousHappyatBrunchVIPDined on 9/22/2013The wait staff are fantastic and food was delicious. Brunch menu items great for adults and kids. Will be back for Brunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Co-signing for a loan? Uh-oh
You probably know you shouldn't, but what if the person asking is someone you love and trust? Here are 5 things to consider. Plus: Alternatives to co-signing.
It sounds harmless.
Just sign your name, and a friend or relative will get a much-needed credit card. Like most things in life, however, being a co-signer is not that simple.
Financially, "co-signing is probably the worst thing you can do," says John Ulzheimer, the president of consumer education for SmartCredit.com.
Judging by the complaints and lawsuits made by co-signers, it also seems to be one of the least-understood arrangements, he says. When friends and relatives co-sign, they often don't realize the new credit card debt is also theirs -- 100%.
Often, the potential co-signer has a relationship with the wannabe account holder. That, too, can be jeopardized, says Ulzheimer.
With the potential for complications, personal and financial, "there are too many downsides," he says.
Even good character is no guarantee, says Todd Mark, vice president of education for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas. Especially lately, his group has seen plenty of people with fine character who have had to default, he says. That can leave co-signers holding the bag.
"It's not worth risking your own financial security," he says.
Is someone asking you to co-sign for a credit card? Here are five things you need to know before you decide.
1. The bill is yours
When you sign that credit card contract, you're saying, "If anything goes wrong, I'll pay the balance. All of it. Plus interest and penalty fees."
You're not acting as a reference. You're not "loaning out" your good credit. You're not promising to tell bill collectors where to find the account holder. You're not offering to split the bill or help the account holder catch up if he or she falls behind.
You, (the person with good credit) are promising to pay the entire bill because the lender doesn't think the applicant is quite up to the task, says Ulzheimer. The lender has seen the applicant's credit report and financial information.
Ask why the individual needs a co-signer, he says.
- If his credit is bad, that means he doesn't have a good record with past debts. That's not a good sign for you.
- If her income isn't high enough to qualify, that tells you upfront that she probably doesn't have enough money to meet current bills plus this new one, Ulzheimer says.
- Younger than 21? Students aren't barred from getting cards, he says. They simply can't get them if they don't have the income to pay the bills.
2. Lenders will count this debt as yours
Are you planning to buy a home, refinance a mortgage or take out a loan for a large purchase such as a car or medical care? Lenders will look at your debt load - including the co-signed account.
"That account will impact your score no differently than if you were the only person on that account," says Barry Paperno, consumer affairs manager with myFICO.com. As far as creditors and potential creditors are concerned, "it is your account," he says.
Every consumer can handle only so much debt. If the co-signed card pushes you into the danger zone in the eyes of your creditors, you risk paying higher rates on your own credit cards, higher rates on future loans and even being denied credit or having your credit lines cut.
A co-signed card also has the potential to drop your credit score, says Ulzheimer.
That's because credit-scoring formulas look at how much available credit you have and how much of it you use each month. The less you use, the better, he says.
Even if your account holder pays the bill on time every month, if that person is using a chunk of the available credit, it could lower your score, says Ulzheimer.
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15 years in collections and I have only seen some really sad stories of children who put parents into bankruptcy, grandparents on the street, and close friends wanting to hire a hit man to collect the life insurance on the person they cosigned for. Cosigning is the fastest way to kill the most important relationships you'll have in life.
I have raised 4 kids and never cosigned once. They all own homes by 24, pay cash for their cars, and do not overspend. None of them make over $30,000 a year. I also have 9 grandchildren, so yes they have kids too. They have all paid for their own educations, toys, and enjoy life.
Secret: They all had to start work at 12. Never gave them an allowance. They mowed lawns, did dishes and babysit for money. One son started a bike repair shop at 14, another work for a man who raised game birds for farmers to release, and both daughters learned how to cut hair, cook and maintain their own cars.. Both daughters work from home, raise kids, and married good men, They learned how to take someone's throw away, clean it up, and sell it for a profit. We had a rule 8 hours a day for work, 8 hours for education (sometime learning to ski), but no TV till the work was done and we were always going somewhere on a weekend, regardless of weather. They all work 8-10 hour days at work and take night classes or internet classes. My wife and I are very proud of our children and efforts. We thank God, our Lord Jesus Christ, when we get together every Sunday for dinner.
I just see to many parents today still changing the diapers of 30+ adult children. Just look in your basement, if there is an able body 30 year old child living down stairs, you failed as a parent. I gave all my children the same high school graduation gift, a set of luggage and a one way bus ticket to city of their chose. Only one return after graduation from college, and after working with dad for 3 months, got his own job and moved out.
But, I had trouble with 1 credit card when I was 18 (slightly younger and dumber), so I needed a co-signer. Thankfully, my dad was kind enough knowing I just graduated college and started working full-time, I would pay my bills. Also, I have gotten my credit score back up to above 700 and have no issue getting credit or loans anymore. SOME, not all will do this. But to us that NEED(ED) a co-signer, it is nice to be able to never have them worry if you show you can earn it.
And @DWW322, we have to call the Pa. dept. of trans. and get his name off of the title. They will do it once the loan is fully paid off declared by the bank.
If you co sign , and don't pay it will affect your rating but you're not liable to pay a debt that never existed! "They" monitized your signature and say gave you $2000 "credit". It went on the books as a debit, not a debt. It didn't start out at zero and you spent $2000 that you have to pay back to zero. $2000 was transfered to an account and it was spent down to $0.00. If you spent it.. you could pay it back but you don't have to 'cause they can't prove the debt ever existed because it never did. It was always a debit. They just call it a credit card.
After a couple months they will default the "loan"...sell it to a collections agency for penny's on the dollar. Now these pieces of dirt will try to re-contract w/ you by having you acknowledge the "debt". (that never existed) then they can sue you.
When anyone calls you on the phone and asks your name, Don't verify it. Always ask who's calling please? If its a collection agency, tell them Pursuent to Title 15 of USC 1692 of the Fair Debt Collections Act you are hereby notified to cease all calls to this number. Document all calls received, record them if you like, you can sue them for harrasment - $800 ea. call.
If the take you to court, Go, if not they will win by default. Your summons will call you the Defendant..but your not! You are an alledged Defendant. The judge will ask why..you say because you have never done business with this company..You have never entered into a contract w/ them. The judge will ask them if they have any proof and if you didn't re-contact over the phone...THEY WON'T HAVE ANY!
It should get dismissed and they'll have 15 days to appeal. THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Under the Rules of Civil Procedure, You can only be held for damages by the REAL PARTY OF INTEREST, collection agencys are not this! Also, even if they claim to have your signature, under the Rules of Evidence 601, 602, 604, Only you can verify your signature. No one else can. Say.. this is not my signature. It appears to be a masterful forgery.
Under Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule 3.7 When their Atty. speaks... Object! alawyer cannot act as both prosecuter and witness. He can't testify to anything...besides he's not the real party of interest , so everything he says is 2nd hand...Heresay...inadmissable in court.
I am not an Attorney and do not practice law. Read your Constitution, Know your rights!!
Blessed is the creator, for we are given inalienable rights. Now go and sin no more.
No. That was easy enough. Besides the fact that you will be stuck paying the bill if whoever you cosigned for does not pay, and it can mess up your credit rating, there is another reason.
Whatever amount you cosign for is added to the amount of your credit that you owe. If after cosigning you attempt to get a loan, the amount can run up how much you owe and you can get disapproved for the loan. Lots of reasons not to.
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Digital technology manufacturer Samsung Electronics has organized a series of United Arab Emirates (UAE)-wide roadshows to give consumers a first-hand experience of the audio-visual features of its Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Plasma Display Panel (PDP) televisions.
The roadshow went live on May 15, 2003, and will be held at the Mercato Mall, Jumeirah and Cinestar Mall, Deira until June 5 and 14 respectively.
"According to market forecasts, LCD televisions are expected to be the key drivers of growth in the consolidated television industry. Samsung's world-class LCD panels, combined with an innovative suite of LCD televisions, clearly position us as the leader in the flat panel television market," according to Ashraf Sajid, Samsung Gulf Electronics marketing manager.
Samsung Middle East and Africa (MEA) is headquartered in Dubai. Through a network of over 40 distributors, Samsung MEA looks after the distribution of its digital devices across the Middle East and Africa. With revenues of $1.5 billion in 2002, the company has also invested in a service subsidiary, located in the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone in Dubai. The 3000 square meters service facility recently completed six years and is among the largest within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. — (menareport.com)
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Georgia Tech inside linebacker Brad Jefferson has one game remaining in his collegiate career: the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. where the Yellow Jackets will face Air Force, which also runs the option.
For those of you have never had a chance to talk to Jefferson, also known as "Gladiator," he's got a wide smile and a big, booming laugh. He's a pretty funny guy with a mean streak on the field.
Jefferson sat down with a few of us media folks for a question and answer session on Monday (some questions and answers paraphrased):
Q: Have you ever been to Shreveport?
A: No this is the first time, that's why I'm really excited to go. We'll get to see new places. I'm enthused about seeing new faces.
Q: What do you know about Air Force?
A: It's like playing against Georgia Tech. It's going to be a battle.
Q: Will it be a repeat of the spring and preseason, playing that offense every day in practice?
A: It's going to help both of us out because both of us played against the same team. It'll be better practices.
Q: If you get a chance to tackle Roddy Jones' younger brother, Darius, are you going to take it easy on him?
A: I'm going to do to him just like I hit Roddy in spring. [everyone starts laughing]
I'm just kidding, Roddy. Let him know I'm just kidding.
Q: After playing in the Orange Bowl last season, is playing in this bowl somewhat of a disappointment?
A: We're excited about any bowl. Any game is big for us.
Q: It seems like the focus is going to be on the offenses.
A: It's definitely on us. It's a battle of offense. We're going to see which defense can stop them.
Q: What does this mean to you, this being your last bowl?
A: This will be the first bowl game we can win in a long time. That's big for me.
Just knowing that this is it, this has got to be a big game for us.
Q: Have you gotten over the loss to Georgia yet?
A: That's going to stick with me for life. That was my last game against Georgia. It's stuck to me, I'm not going to lie.
Q: Of the younger players that got some snaps this year, which ones do you think will contribute next year?
A: Isaiah Johnson…he really stands out. He's playing young. He's going to be just like Julian Burnett. When he first came in you could tell he was young but Julian improved. Jeremiah Attaochu is going to be a beast.
Q: How has he improved?
A: Just him working on his pass rush. During practice, he'll stay after practice working on his pass rush. His hands and speed. He's got good hands and footwork. He's put that together.
Q: Who is going to be the next you?
A: Whoever steps up can be me. When I come back just let me know which one it was.
Q: How do you think Jemea Thomas will do next year after redshirting this year?
A: He's definitely going to contribute. He's a great athlete.
Q: With one game remaining in your career, what's been your favorite memory?
A: Getting my first sack [N.C. State]. That was a big memory for me. I had to wait four years for it. But it came around. That was a big thing for me. I needed that.
Q: If Attaochu gets one more sack he's going to tie you for the team lead.
A: I don't mind. When they first came in I take them under my wing. I can say "I'm the one that taught them that."
Q: After the bowl game what's next for you? I assume the NFL is in your plans, but if that doesn't work out are you thinking about coaching?
A: I've got to come back and finish my degree. I have four more classes left. After that, I just have to see.
– Doug Roberson, AJC
December 7th, 2010
11:14 am
Congrats GLADIATOR you have made us proud at Tech just look at the state school THUGA and be glad you are getting your degree form an outstanding nationally reconized program unlike the one in athens…go Tech !!!!!! THWG
December 7th, 2010
11:20 am
glad to know he plans to finish his degree.
December 7th, 2010
11:24 am
Good luck Brad. Go Jackets!!
December 7th, 2010
11:28 am
Thanks, Brad! Now go get one more!!!
December 7th, 2010
11:30 am
Good luck Brad.
Would you like to coach our Basketball team?
December 7th, 2010
11:31 am
"This will be the first bowl game we can win in a long time. That's big for me."
The status of this program wrapped in a nutshell right there.
December 7th, 2010
11:34 am
The most important part of his college career is that last 4 classes.Good job Brad.
December 7th, 2010
11:47 am
@Fire Paul – You're an idiot. Or a UGA troll, which amounts to the same thing.
December 7th, 2010
12:21 pm
Should have asked him what he thought about The Diesel running his mouth on Facebook…
December 7th, 2010
12:25 pm
Q: Brad – after busting you tail off the entire game trying to stop UGA's offense, what did you think when the offense scored that last touchdown but then The Blair Miss Project happened?
December 7th, 2010
12:27 pm
this one is for you old buddy old pal . . . .
9 of 10
The Blair Miss Project
enjoy the Fish Fry in Shreveport
December 7th, 2010
12:48 pm
tbmp, hate to break this to you, but maybe you can get alife if youl realize it was no big deal, it's not like it was the last play of the game, i'm more hacked we didn't go for 2……don't know anything about shreveport, none of th uga fans i know went……..
December 7th, 2010
12:49 pm
People like you also said I was an idiot before the season when I predicted this to be a 7 win team. We'll see who's right in a few years time when Tech's football program is in shambles.
December 7th, 2010
1:07 pm
Was Nesbit invited to New York?
December 7th, 2010
1:17 pm
no he wasn't … you finished cooking my fries yet??
December 7th, 2010
1:19 pm
@ FPJ your program will be in shambles first…nearly there now, and when aj leaves; dayum.
@ redhair…nope and neither was anyone on your sorry excuse for a team
December 7th, 2010
1:24 pm
redhair and fire PJ, looks like the middle schoolers got out a little early for Christmas….hopefully Santa hands you a pile of dawg $hit.
December 7th, 2010
2:01 pm
Wasn't Brad Jefferson the dude that got absolutely trucked by Joe Cox in the opening drive of last year's game? Please advise Techies.
December 7th, 2010
2:26 pm
Gladiator? Heck, just glad he met her!
December 7th, 2010
2:51 pm
How does it feel to go out back to back state runners up??
December 7th, 2010
2:56 pm
Q: Have you gotten over the loss to Georgia yet?
A: That's going to stick with me for life. That was my last game against Georgia. It's stuck to me, I'm not going to lie
It's ok "gladiator". 9 of the last 10 senior classes have felt the same way. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
December 7th, 2010
2:59 pm
Q: Have you gotten over the loss to Georgia yet?
A: That's going to stick with me for life. That was my last game against Georgia. It's stuck to me, I'm not going to lie
See Techie fans….. ONLY the fans have the "Moral Victory". The players and your Coach(sic) know they got BEAT.
December 7th, 2010
3:31 pm
Guess we may as well not read any more Tech blogs. That way we won't have to read the nonsense of this fool doggie fan, Miss Blair. By the way, that is a perfect name for the typical little pimple faced frat boy from uga, which I suspect Miss Blair may be. Or he may be one of the many sidewalk doggie fans who barely finished high school but rides around with doggie flags flapping from his pick-up windows. Either way this pile of human debris should be excluded from any Tech blog since he basically has nothing to say. It takes a sorry human being to obtain his satisfaction in life from some college football team losing a game.
December 7th, 2010
3:37 pm
Scott Blair will be playing in the NFL while you unemployed imbecile will still be on the blog ..I'm sorry your football career ended in the 6th grade when you got your nose broken but it isn't Blair's problem
December 7th, 2010
4:21 pm
hey dawgfan- we still on later- right dude? don't forget the lotion
December 7th, 2010
4:25 pm
December 7th, 2010
4:28 pm
Fire Paul Johnson,
WHERE DID YOU PREDICT THAT??!?! It certainly wasn't here on the AJC blogs. You've only been around a few weeks. And it certainly wasn't on your blog, which anyone can see with a little digging was only started in November 2010. You are FULL OF IT!!!!
December 7th, 2010
4:49 pm
Now I see why UGA fans are the most obnoxious and most hated. Get a life guys. Love to see you talk crap to a Gator fan. That's right, you can't. Idiots
December 7th, 2010
5:41 pm
We still have the overall record with uf nerd and you can not say that fool.Live long and watch the DAWGS whup up on your beehind.
December 7th, 2010
5:47 pm
Stop your whining Good Grief…it was Georgia Tech fans that made fun of UGA for a year about going to Shreveport. And your St. Simons posted the scor of the UGA/Tech game every day for a year after y'all beat us that time.
What goes around comes around. Suck it up and be thankful that both teams get a couple extra weeks of practice.
Both of us need the extra time.
December 7th, 2010
5:48 pm
yikes! *score*
December 7th, 2010
5:56 pm
If you ban the annoying UGA fans from these blogs…will there be a similar ban for people like St. Simons and m form the UGA blogs? You know the people who never have anything to say, just stirring up trouble?
Some of it is good fun…but there are just as many Tech fans that are taking it too far over there as there are UGA fans doing the same over here.
Food for thought.
December 7th, 2010
7:03 pm
Doug, what year did you graduate from UGA? I'm pretty sure I used to see you at Sons back in the day.
December 7th, 2010
8:16 pm
Brad: You make us in Wrightsville GA proud. You are what a young man should be.
December 7th, 2010
9:21 pm
Howdy: you nerds can quit crying you still have next year.then we can start all over again,but this year you are losers!
December 7th, 2010
9:24 pm
December 7th, 2010
9:27 pm
Are you kidding me Jefferson. Out of all the people you talk to Jefferson? What a freaking joke GT has become. BBall and Football. I will never go to a GT sports game as long as i live. Brad- on a last note…im a tech fan and im telling you personally that you have been the biggest disapointment on this team. You are a complete joke and i hope you enjoy your trash pickup job next year, JIVE!!!
December 7th, 2010
9:47 pm
Queenie you must be one limp wristed nerd!
December 7th, 2010
10:11 pm
If there were such a thing as "karma", UGA would never win another game.
December 7th, 2010
11:38 pm
I LOVE hearing "I've got to come back and finish my degree." I hope the NFL works out for you Mr. Jefferson. If not, your degree will do well for you my friend.
December 8th, 2010
6:00 am
Paul Hewitt
December 8th, 2010
6:22 am
Brian Oliver played the whole entire game and was 3 for 15, no wonder Georgia tek LOST
as Paul Hewitt ALWAYS does to Georgia
December 8th, 2010
7:59 am
Fire CPJ and Hewitt. Lets see; how many unranked teams did our football team lose to? 5 Now, how many unranked teams has our b-ball lost to? 3 so far and it will get worse especially with ACC play. PLUS, we cannot beat our rivals in either sport.
December 8th, 2010
8:25 am
You would think after getting that Techie arse handed to them 9 out of 10 years that they would be used to UGA fans laughing directly in the face of their half azzed football program. Yet here the Techies are once again crying like little sissies about how mean and obnoxious UGA fans are. Wawawawaawawa. Nevermind the fact that they were the most insufferable group of deluded pinheads on the planet after their fluke win 2 years ago. That's different though. Tech fans hold themselves to a different standard, a LOWER one. Tech fans are allowed to flip off UGA players (see Caleb King's 2009 3rd qtr TD and Hines Ward's 1997 TD) and throw things on the field (see 2007 BC game and 2008 Chicken Bowl). What obnoxious crybaby hypocritical trash Tech fans are.
Keep the hate flowin' Techies. I guess losing to UGA again last night got your pantied bunched.
December 8th, 2010
8:34 am
Stop deflecting Doug!!!! Pretending like your always overrated hoops team didn't lose in humiliating fashion last night isn't going to change things. Give us a piece on the game so we can all take delight in yet another sport the Dawgs own you at!!!!!!
December 8th, 2010
10:02 am
You can't "own" what can't be sold, and that is respect. Yes, UGA beat GT head to head in football and now b-ball, too. Congrats to UGA. However, right now UGA with its multiple arrests, its crybaby fans after the Auburn game, and significant underperformance with its talent highlights the fact that no one respects UGA, it coaches or its fans right now.
December 8th, 2010
2:59 pm
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10:11 pm
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Forecast for Tunisia
As hopes fade for an Arab Spring, the country where it all started remains sunny—but for how long?
It's no longer news that the Arab Spring has become unseasonably chilly. The Syrian revolution began as a nonviolent protest movement but is rapidly degenerating into a civil war. Libya is cracking up into a fragmented state controlled by hostile militias. And Egypt is ruled by the same Nasserist military dictatorship that seized power in 1952. (If the army there does step aside, don't get excited: In last year's election, two-thirds of Egyptians voted for Islamists—and a third of those chose the totalitarian Salafists, the ideological brethren of Osama Bin Laden.)
For a dash of optimism, though, one could do worse than to look to Libya's North African neighbor to the west: Tunisia, the country actually responsible for kicking off this season of Arab revolutions. And if current trends in the region persist, it may be the only country of the Arab Spring that doesn't slip back into winter.
It all started in the economically depressed town of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010, when a fruit vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi poured gasoline over his head and set himself on fire in front of city hall. Too cash-strapped to purchase a license, he plunged into despair when a municipal employee confiscated his scale and made it all but impossible for him to eke out even the meagerest living. Bouazizi's suicide galvanized the locals into an uprising that swept across the countryside and eventually reached the capital, Tunis, where, just four weeks later, it toppled the crooked and authoritarian regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Months of precarious instability followed, but hopes were raised, too. Interim leader Fouad Mebazaa promised "a better political life which will include democracy, plurality, and active participation for all the children of Tunis." Genuinely free and fair elections were held in October 2011.
As in Egypt, more than 100 political parties stood for election. Also as in Egypt, the Islamists were the best organized. Ennahda, a party led by radical activist Rached Ghannouchi, who spent 23 years in exile in Britain, won 42 percent of the vote.
For secular democrats, the results were both disheartening and encouraging. Disheartening because even though Ennahda ran on a relatively moderate platform—emphasizing jobs and religious freedom rather than political Islam—at the end of the day, the party's leaders are Islamists, and they won more votes than anyone else. But it was also encouraging because they won less than half the votes and were forced into a coalition government with secular liberal parties.
Though the current government is temporary, it has the critical task of writing the new constitution. And last month, Ennahda's leaders formally announced that they would not push for Islamic law, or Sharia, to be cited as even a source—let alone the source—of legislation in the new constitution.
This is an enormous step for an avowedly Islamist party, but we'll see if it's sincere. Are Tunisia's Islamists capable of long-term moderation and power-sharing? Or are they simply being shrewd—saying the right things in order to bide their time until next year's election, when they can consolidate more power? The answer will determine if Tunisia will actually transition to a liberal democracy or if theocracy is boiling slowly.
"Every Islamist in the world has the same ambition—the Islamization of the society," I was told by Rami Sghayier, a young activist who works with Amnesty International. "A moderate doesn't mind if it takes 10 or 20 years. An extremist wants it now. That's the difference."
I spent most of this March and part of April in Tunisia, but you hardly need that long to realize that the country is paradisiacal compared with its violent, dysfunctional neighbors. It even competes with southern Europe as a worthy destination in and of itself, with millions of tourists visiting each year. Whole swaths of the capital Tunis could easily be mistaken for France if you didn't know better.
Indeed, Tunisia has been more European than any other country in the region since ancient times, beginning with colonization by the Roman Empire and continuing through its rule by the Byzantines, its relatively weak Arabization in the 7th century, and more recently during the period of French rule through the middle of the 20th century. The nation's first president, Habib Bourguiba, took power in 1956 when the French imperialists left, and he was always more like modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk than any head of state in an Arabic-speaking country. He forged a thoroughly secular government, dismissing the veil as "that odious rag" and banning it from schools and official buildings. He granted equal rights to women and oriented his country northward toward Europe rather than sideways toward Libya and Algeria.
Though he ruled as a dictator, Bourguiba always retained a solid base of support in the cosmopolitan coastal areas where most people in the country of 10 million live. And while he gave the opposition, particularly the Islamists, little political freedom, he did other things right. The majority of citizens became middle class after he scrapped his brief and botched experiment with socialist economics. After being forced to flee almost everywhere else in the Middle East and North Africa, 1,500 Jews in Tunisia remained as a protected minority.
It's no wonder, then, that Tunisian society is accustomed to secularism and generally dubious of religious zealotry. While a large minority voted for Ennahda, many did so because the party candidates said that, rather than imposing clerical rule, they merely wished to repeal Bourguiba's anti-religious edicts, such as the banning of headscarves in schools.
Ennahda has had to adjust to Tunisian society's moderation in order to maintain popularity (hence their abandonment of a Sharia-based legal framework). Yet party officials I spoke to during my month-long trip there this spring were clearly trying to soften the impression of significant change. "This was an internal decision by Ennahda," Houcine Jaziri, a member of the party and the secretary of state for emigration and Tunisians abroad, told me in his office in Tunis. "We never called for Sharia in Tunisian society anyway. We always called for a civil [secular] state." Except this is not true. Ennahda officials were contradictory and vague on this point during the election and afterward, presumably because they knew perfectly well that the society as a whole was not yearning for political Islamization and were unsure they could win that fight with their coalition partners.
Ennahda's leadership itself is divided into at least three separate factions. One segment wants Islamic law, full stop. Another is comfortable with a mixture of Islamic and secular law. A third faction—the one that ultimately came out on top in an internal struggle—has resigned itself to the fact that Sharia law may be impossible in Tunisia unless it can be imposed at gunpoint and thinks the party should drop it altogether or suffer egregiously at the polls. Even party head Rached Ghannouchi now says he does not want Sharia.
"Tunisia is a centrist country," Jaziri told me. "Ennahda is being brave by not applying Sharia in the constitution." This is an amazingly vague statement. Did he mean Ennahda was brave for standing up to the Salafists and its own internal hard-liners? Or that the Islamists are brave for trusting Tunisians to behave decently without clerical rule? He was evasive when I pressed the point but reminded me that religious values can and likely will inspire secular laws just as they do in countries such as the United States. "Laws regulating inheritance and so on," he said, "will have Islam as a reference."
Indeed, lest one get the wrong idea, it must be said: Many Tunisians do want an Islamic state. The Salafists desperately want one, of course, and they have Saudi Arabia in mind as a model. The hard right-wingers of Ennahda want an Islamist state, too. Others, mostly simple people in the conservative countryside, are drawn to the idea, but they have little understanding of how an Islamic state would actually work.
"Sharia is a very strong word," Raja Ben Slama, a literature professor at the University of Tunis and a women's rights activist, told me. "But it doesn't mean anything in particular. There are two segments in Tunisia who want it. First there's the segment that doesn't know what it means. They're fascinated by the word 'Sharia' because it refers to God and to Islam, so they like it even though they don't know what it is. The other segment, the politicized one, knows what it is and knows why it wants it."
"Sharia is human law," Zeyneb Farhat, the director of Tunisia's national theater, El Teatro, said to me over a bottle of wine at an Italian restaurant. "It is based on a human reading of the Quran. And there are 100 different schools of thought. So, what does Sharia even mean? To some Sharia means Islam while secularism means atheism. Ennahda does everything it can to promote this confusion."
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