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US teen Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalomBy ERIC WILLEMSEN
the associated press | January 15,2014FLACHAU, Austria American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her status as the best slalom skier in the womens World Cup on Tuesday, winning a night race just 38 days before the same event at the Sochi Olympics.
Shiffrin held on to a commanding 0.90-second first-run lead to earn her third victory this season and seventh overall.
Fun, it was really fun, Shiffrin said. Its fun to ski like that in the first run. I was really letting it go. Every gate was coming faster and I liked it.
The 18-year-old racer from Eagle-Vail, Colo. overcame two mistakes in her final run to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 45.83 seconds and beat Frida Hansdotter of Sweden by 0.83. Another Swede, Maria Pietilae-Holmner, was 1.14 back in third.
The significance of the win was certainly not lost the on the American.
Its nice to sing my national anthem a couple of races before the Olympics, Shiffrin said. Hopefully I can sing it again in Sochi.
Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, who leads the overall standings, came fourth, 1.40 off the lead. Defending overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia was 2.22 behind in 12th.
Something can always happen, Shiffrin said of the first-run lead, highlighting her shock victory over Maze at the 2013 World Cup finals when the American came from 1.17 behind.
I learned that at Lenzerheide last year, Shiffrin said. Even 0.9 or a second seems a lot of time but it can go really fast. You always have to fight.
Shiffrin joined Perrine Pelen of France and Croatias Janica Kostelic as the only female skiers to win seven World Cup slaloms before turning 19. She has two chances for a record eighth title before her 19th birthday on March 13 in Maribor, Slovenia on Feb. 2 and Are, Sweden on March 3.
Tuesdays victory also made Shiffrin the only American skier male or female to win at least three slaloms in a season twice. Phil Mare in 1981-82, Tamara McKinney in 1982-83 and Bode Miller in 2001-02 achieved the feat once.
Shiffrin, who won the world championship and the World Cup title in slalom last year, extended her lead in the discipline standings. She has now won six out of the last 10 slaloms, while Austrias Marlies Schild and Maze with two victories each are the only other winners.
After the opening run, fog appeared on the upper part of the course and snow began to fall.
As the ruts got deeper, Shiffrin struggled at two gates but quickly recovered both times and still posted the seventh fastest time in the second run.
I like the hill, Shiffrin said. Its a tough hill, its not steep and its not flat so sometimes you dont know how to take it so you just have to go. I learn something from every race.
She has certainly learnt how to make Hansdotter wait for her first career win again. Hansdotter has finished second in eight races and on five occasions Shiffrin was the winner.
I hope I dont have to wait much longer, Hansdotter said. Maybe Ive waited long enough and (my first win) comes in Sochi. I skied really good but I know I can do better. Mikaela was unbeatable today.
Schild, who holds the all-time record for most slalom wins with 35, shared third with Hansdotter after the opening run. However, the Austrian fell in her second run, although she got up to complete the course.
Shiffrin, who won here last year, used an impeccable first run to build a valuable lead on the Griessenkar course. Only Hoefl-Riesch finished within a second.
I let it go and it was incredible. Shiffrin said after the first run. Its a really great feeling.
Schild avoided any obvious mistakes to take an early lead, but the loud Austrian crowd of 14,100 was silenced when Shiffrin turned out to be faster at every split time.
At every gate, I was just letting my skis go a little bit more and then you can get over a second, Shiffrin said.
The annual night slalom is the race with the highest prize money on the womens World Cup circuit, with the winner taking home euro43,750 ($59,800).
The event in Flachau was the penultimate slalom on the womens calendar before the Sochi Olympics next month.
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A grantor retained unitrust (GRUT) is another irrevocable trust where the grantor retains the right to receive funds annually from the trust based on a fixed percentage that is recalculated annually based on the new value of the trust. The grantor transfers property into the trust in exchange for a "variable annuity" type payout feature where the annual income stream will vary from year-to-year, depending on the value of the trust.
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- The grantor can make the initial gift and additional gifts to the trust.
- An excellent way to remove property from an estate utilizing the gift tax exclusion amounts.
- Provides a variable income stream to the grantor for a set number of years or for life.
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An outsider with experience in leading a neighboring state through sometimes-unpopular reforms will become the next Maryland superintendent of schools, the state school board announced Friday.
Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, a 57-year-old with more than 35 years of teaching and administrative experience in several states, will take over July 1 as Maryland's schools enter a year of transition.
"We think we have gotten the best person that could have taken this job. She has a long track record of success on all the important education issues," said school board President James DeGraffenreidt.
In the next two years, Maryland schools will switch its curriculum for all grades in English and math, change its state tests and institute a new teacher evaluation system, all major transitions that Lowery will have to navigate without experience in the state.
Seen as a personable consensus-builder, Lowery will have to bring together superintendents, teachers, parents and legislators from around the state who have expressed doubts about some of the education initiatives the state has embarked on.
She will draw on her experience in Delaware, which has three counties and 19 school districts and is making many of the same adjustments to its educational program.
Lowery said she was attracted to the Maryland job because she has worked in two neighboring states. "It was philosophically the same work," she said, because they both have focused on early learning and K-12 reforms.
Lowery said she was so impressed with former state SuperintendentNancy S. Grasmickthat when she first took the job as education secretary in Delaware about three years ago, she brought her staff to Maryland to talk to Grasmick about how it had become a top education state.
"Maryland has been one of the cutting-edge states around reforms. It is a state that a lot of other states have watched," she said.
She also said she knew Gov.Martin O'Malleyand that he and legislative leaders had shown strong support for education. "It was a natural transition," she said.
The school board is expected to take a formal vote on Lowery at its monthly meeting Tuesday. Lowery will be in Baltimore for the vote and said she hopes to begin meeting people in the state over the next couple of months. But she said she has also promised Delaware's governor that she will stay in her job through that state's legislative session, which ends June 30.
Lowery will earn $210,000, slightly more than Grasmick, who made $195,000 when she retired nearly a year ago after 20 years in the job. Lowery could earn up to $260,000 if students make enough gains on Advanced Placement tests and in closing the achievement gap, DeGraffenreidt said, adding that those goals would be difficult to meet. She will take the reins from Bernard Sadusky, who has served as interim superintendent for the past 10 months.
Under Lowery's leadership, Delaware was one of the first two states to win a federal Race to the Top grant, which provides an infusion of federal dollars in exchange for a commitment to education reforms. Maryland was chosen in a second round, winning $250 million. Before her appointment by the governor to that job, Lowery led the 17,000-student Christina School District, which is Delaware's largest system, during a time when it had a $26 million deficit. Supporters say she skillfully managed the crisis.
Lowery is not well known among Maryland's local superintendents, some of whom say they have met her at education conferences and meetings but do not know her personally.
However, Maria Navarro, special assistant to Baltimore City's chief academic officer, worked directly under Lowery when she Lowery headed the Christina School District. She called Lowery a "kid-centered superintendent" who focuses on instruction.
"She talks academic talk at all times," Navarro said. "It doesn't matter if it's a conversation about budget, about policy; it all circles back to 'How does it improve kids' ability to learn?'"
Lowery will "bring a fresh and strong perspective on how we need to think as a group of school districts and work with each other to improve our systems," she said.
Born in Gastonia, N.C., Lowery taught English in North Carolina and Virginia before becoming principal of a Fairfax County, Va., high school. Daniel Domenech, now executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, appointed Lowery as principal when he was superintendent in Fairfax County. He called Lowery a "fantastic choice."
"She has great people skills," he said, adding that he provided a reference for her. "She is a very easy person to be with. She doesn't put on airs and doesn't pretend to be anyone but a person interested in kids."
School board member Kate Walsh said, "I am inordinately pleased. She has just the right mind-set. She is very committed to reform issues. ... She is very open to doing things differently, and she is respected nationally for the work she has done."


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Juan Pulles served as the President
The registered agent for the company is Juan V. Pulles. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
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Calls for regulation as EU halts emissions tradingBRUSSELS — Experts called for tighter security in carbon emissions trading Thursday, a day after the European Union was forced to shut down its trading system following the theft of certificates worth up to euro28 million ($38 million) in a spate of computer attacks.
By: Gabriele Steinhauser, Associated Press
BRUSSELS — Experts called for tighter security in carbon emissions trading Thursday, a day after the European Union was forced to shut down its trading system following the theft of certificates worth up to euro28 million ($38 million) in a spate of computer attacks.
The European Commission, which regulates the bloc's emissions trading system, suspended all trading in CO2 emission certificates Wednesday night until at least Jan. 26, so it can find the origin of attacks on accounts in five countries in less than a week.
Maria Kokkonen, spokeswoman for the EU's Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, said Thursday that the attacks revealed serious shortcomings in the way national registries in some states regulate access to accounts holding emission permits.
So far, the commission has identified security problems in 14 states, but Kokkonen declined to name the states until after a meeting of national experts scheduled for Friday.
The suspension is an embarrassing setback for the EU, which pioneered the use of emission trading in the fight against climate change.
The system limits the CO2 emissions of power plants and big factories in the EU by issuing permits for each ton of carbon they can emit. Companies can trade these certificates, providing an incentive to cut emissions. Over time, the number of certificates will be lowered, thus cutting overall emissions in the EU.
California and China have recently introduced similar schemes, and Japan and Australia are working on setting up their own system.
"Europe is the pioneer when it comes to emissions trading," warned Jo Leinen, chairman of the environment committee in the European Parliament and a member of the European Social Democrats. "If we lose the trust in the European system, we will lose the trust worldwide."
About half a million certificates worth some euro7 million were stolen from accounts in the Czech Republic, said Kokkonen. National authorities are still figuring out how many certificates were stolen in similar attacks in Austria, Greece, Poland and Estonia in recent days, she said.
Overall, the commission believes a maximum of two million certificates, with an overall value of about euro28 million, were put at risk by the attacks, although not all of them might have been stolen. The attacks may have been instigated by hackers, but companies in the affected countries couldn't rule out that some of their own staff might have been involved, said an EU official. The official didn't want to be named in line with department policy.
Trading on the spot market will be shut down until all EU states have upgraded their security systems and at least until next Wednesday. "There is no guarantee that all 27 member states will be connected next week as we foresee it," the EU official warned.
Kokkonen said making accounts more secure was a matter of upgrading national registries' computer system — something that the commission has been urging states to do. "The investment that it would cost to upgrade the system is in the tens of thousands of euros," Kokkonen said, while the losses were in the millions of euros.
Climate experts said the most recent incidents underline the need to tighter, more centralized regulation of emissions trading. Since its introduction in 2005, national registries in the EU's 27 member states have been in charge of companies' accounts. By 2013, the EU plans to abolish those national registries and begin centrally regulating all trading — something the commission wanted to do from the start but couldn't get past member states.
"People have said this is an issue in the past and it has been ignored," said Sanjeev Kumar, an expert on emission trading with climate advocacy group E3G in Brussels. "We need urgent and rapid reform."
The current national registries are run by bureaucrats who don't have the technical know-how to ensure accounts are save, Kumar said. "It's like stealing candy from a child."
There have been other cases of fraud in emissions trading in the past year, but EU officials said this week's incidents were much more organized. In November, 1.6 million carbon certificates were stolen from the account of the Romanian unit of Swiss cement maker Holcim Ltd. About 600,000 were later discovered, but the company still has a list on its website with the serial numbers of the ones missing — worth around euro15 million ($20.2 million), according to Holcim.
At the moment, there is no central system that keeps track of stolen or lost certificates, which would help exchanges filter out suspicious permits when they are offered by traders.
Such a synchronized "notice board" would be a "pragmatic and commonsense solution to prevent these things from happening in the future," said Keiron Allen, spokesman for the Paris-based carbon-trading exchange BlueNext, a unit of NYSE Euronext. BlueNext suspended trading in carbon permits a few hours before the commission imposed the EU-wide ban. Allen declined to comment on how much money the exchange was losing because of the closure.
Europe's emission trading system had a turnover of about euro90 billion last year. But only about 20 percent of all transactions happen in the spot market. The rest of the trading is done in futures contracts — used by companies to hedge against changes in the price of permits. Carbon futures contracts are traditionally settled at the end of the year, so trading in that category isn't affected by the suspension, EU officials said.
Leinen, the chairman of the environment committee in the European Parliament, said this week's incidents showed that it was necessary to move to a centralized European system more quickly. "The earlier we have a European system for emissions trading, the better positioned we are," he said.
Kokkonen said that moving up the changeover to the European system might come up at the meeting of national experts scheduled for Friday. "I cannot pre-empt that this (the changeover) would accelerate," she said.
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Simon & Schuster Announces FIGHT MY MONSTER Online Game
Simon & Schuster Children's Books today announced a new publishing programme for online game, Fight My Monster. Meg Wang, Editorial Director, Licensed Characters at S&S acquired world English language rights in three titles from Fight My Monster. The first title, the FIGHT MY MONSTER MONSTROUS OFFICIAL GUIDE, has just been released (25th October 2012), with two further titles to follow from summer 2013.
Fight My Monster, (www.fightmymonster.com), is the fastest growing digital trading card game in the UK. The site, whereby users collect and trade monster cards through battles with other users, is revolutionising the online trading card genre by letting children create their own monsters on-demand to send into battle online. Since its New Year 2011 launch, Fight My Monster has grown into a community of almost 2 million players worldwide, with over 8 million unique monsters created to date.
Fight My Monster is also dedicated to online safety, requiring Parent Accounts for any child under the age of 13, which allows parents to review and edit their child's social interactions, such as messaging, sharing their age or friending other players. This is in addition to expert in-house moderation and monitoring led by Izzy Neis, Fight My Monster's VP of Community and a well known expert in the child safety space.
The Fight My Monster Monstrous Official Guide features tips and tricks to help players improve their gaming strategy and get the most from their monsters. Chapters include: setting up your player profile – including advice on staying safe online, strategy, training, and an introduction to the monsters themselves.
Meg Wang at S&S said: "Fight My Monster is unique, because it's not trying to be another virtual world. It taps in to what boys at this age really love - stats, strategy and battling. The artwork is striking and the community is safe. Simon & Schuster UK is looking forward to expanding the Fight My Monster universe through these books."
Dominic Williams, CEO and Founder of Fight My Monster, added: "Simon and Shuster have done an outstanding job with this strategy guide and we think our community will be absolutely delighted with it. Our virtual brand is now reaching out into the physical world and we greatly look forwards to more successful collaborations with Simon & Schuster."
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Madison County
has a rich history begun in 1808 by the governor of the Mississippi Territory and named in honor of James Madison. Although the remnants of the Cumberland Plateau are evident in the east with Keel, Monte Sano and Green Mountains, the lands to the west are level and loamy. This county produced more cotton than any other county in the state, and cotton mills soon developed. Today the population is highly involved in space technology related to Marshall Space Center and national defense connected to Redstone Arsenal. Historic districts include Twickenham, Old Town, and Five Points. Other towns in the county include Gurley, Madison, New Hope, Hazel Green, Meridianville, Toney and Triana.
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Our mission is to enhance lives and build community through educational, artistic, and recreational experiences while preserving ourheritage, land, and historic structures.
In 1808, Madison County was created by the governor of the Mississippi territory who named it after President James Madison (1751-1836). To raise money for its development, the U.S. government almost immediately ordered land sales in the northern part of Alabama Territory.
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Five Points is a community within a community, where the past blends with the present, and has a character that gives its residents a shared sense of history and connection with a " spirit of place."
Welcome to Madison County, Alabama Genealogy and History: Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
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The Huntsville History Collection is an internet portal that provides information about the history and historic architecture of Huntsville and Madison County. It is a work in progress and is expected to grow over the next few years. Some of that growth will come from planned additions by the Huntsville Madison County Public Library, the Collection Webmaster and other contributors of materials. Hopefully, those contributors will include people like you who add their personal stories and pictures.
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The city of Madison was founded as a railroad depot town soon after the completion of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in 1856. The first town lot was sold by James Clemens (father of U. S. Senator Jeremiah Clemens and a distant cousin of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka "Mark Twain") in February of 1857 to George Washington Martin, the town's first merchant.
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The Marshall Space Flight Center
North Alabama Railroad Museum
At the North Alabama Railroad Museum, located in Chase, Alabama, just east of Huntsville, you will find a facility reflecting a love of trains and a desire to preserve railroad history.
The Redstone Arsenal (Aviation and Missile Command)
Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting interest in genealogical research. Membership is open to anyone with a genuine interest in research, novice and expert alike.
John Hunt of Huntsville, Alabama
An interesting 31 minute audio recording about the "Founder of Huntsville – John Hunt" given by Huntsville historian David Byers. It's a new perspective based on his critical historical research.
North Alabama Counties
Jackson County,
located in the northeast corner of the state, was created in 1819 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians. It was named in honor of General Andrew Jackson. The first county seat was Sauta Cave, followed by Bellefonte and then Scottsboro. Today Jackson County contains 1,069 square miles and the county seat is Scottsboro, named for Robert T. Scott an early pioneer. Other towns include Bridgeport and Stevenson.
Jackson County Historical Society
PO Box 1494 Scottsboro, Alabama 35768
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
Joyce Chapel United Methodist Church
412 West Willow St.
Scottsboro, AL 35768
Scottsboro Depot Museum
Limestone County
was created in 1818 from the former Elk County which had been formed in 1817. It then acquired some of the land that was part of Lauderdale County to the west. The name comes from one of the creeks which flow through it to the Tennessee River. Athens is the county seat. Other towns include Belle Mina, Elkmont, Capshaw and Mooresville.
Limestone County Historical Society
POB 82, Athens , AL 35612
Archives and History for Limestone County
Limestone County Friends of Archives
Limestone County Archives located at
310 W. Washington St., Athens
(256) 233-6404
Lauderdale County
is located in the northwest corner of Alabama. It was created in 1818 and named for Lt. Col. James Lauderdale who died in 1814 from wounds received at the Battle of Talladega. Florence is the county seat, named by the city's architect, Ferdinand Sannoner, for his home town Florence, Italy. Some other towns include Killen, St. Florian, Waterloo and Rogersville.
Florence Preservation, Inc.
Billy Warren
(256) 786-3000
Tennessee Valley Historical Society
Richard Sheridan
Natchez Trace Genealogical Society
Florence Historical Board
Kitty Cox
(256) 718-1046
Collier Library and Archives
Cecile Neighbors
(256) 765-4241
Natchez Trace Genealogical Society
Florence, AL 35631
Marshall County
was created in 1836 and named for John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. Claysville was the first county seat followed by Marshall (now Wyeth City ), Warrenton, and finally Guntersville. Guntersville was named for John Gunter, a Scotsman, who settled there and married a woman of the leading Cherokee tribe. Their settlement was along the Creek Path where a mission school was established. Other towns include Albertville, Arab, Boaz, and Grant.
Guntersville Historical Society
Guntersville, AL 35976
Southern History Room
Guntersville Museum
(256) 571-7597
Morgan County
was created in 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians. Originally called Cotaco County the county seat then was at Somerville. The county was renamed in honor of Revolutionary War hero Gen. Daniel Morgan. The county seat became Decatur, named for Commander Stephen Decatur. Other towns include Danville, Eva, Hartselle and Somerville .
Morgan County Genealogical Society
Dene Walls, President (256) 773-6688
Morgan County Archives
624 Bank St., Decatur (256) 351-4726
Morgan County Historical Society
Melinda Dunn
(256) 350-5060
Other Links for Consideration
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
Containing descriptions and images of airfields in all 50 states, this site is a great source of history for the city of Huntsville and the state of Alabama.
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance
Cemetery Preservation Alliance Welcome to the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance (ACPA), dedicated to honoring, recording, restoring and preserving all cemeteries and burial grounds throughout the state of Alabama.
Alabama Historical Association
The Alabama Historical Association, founded in 1947, is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama.
Alabama Historic Commission
The Alabama Historical Commission's goals and objectives parallel those in the Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Preservation Plan. These goals guide the agency's federally-funded historic preservation programs, the state-funded preservation programs and the AHC's historic sites.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
The AHF offers the people of Alabama opportunities to explore the humanities through funded public programs such as seminars, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, documentary videos, and films.
Alabama Preservation Alliance
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people
A Graphic US History Lesson
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Save America's Treasures is a national public-private partnership to protect the country's threatened cultural treasures, including significant documents, works of art, maps, journals, and historic structures that documentand illuminate the history and culture of the United States.
This Week in Alabama History
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This is part 3 of a series of posts on user tracking on the modern web. You can also read part 1 and part 2.
Whenever you visit a web page, your browser sends a "User Agent" header to the website saying precisely which operating system and web browser you are using. This information could help distinguish Internet users from one another because these versions differ, often considerably, from person to person. We recently ran an experiment to see to what extent this information could be used to track people (for instance, if someone deletes their browser cookies, would the User Agent, alone or in combination with some other detail, be unique enough to let a site recognize them and re-create their old cookie?).
Our experiment to date has shown that the browser User Agent string usually carries 5-15 bits of identifying information (about 10.5 bits on average). That means that on average, only one person in about 1,500 (210.5) will have the same User Agent as you. On its own, that isn't enough to recreate cookies and track people perfectly, but in combination with another detail like geolocation to a particular ZIP code or having an uncommon browser plugin installed, the User Agent string becomes a real privacy problem.
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But where it may have been time for an "uh-oh" in season's past, that buzz has not seemed to permeate the locker room.
"It's funny, because when people talk about this is a big game for the Chargers, for us, we've been in big games," LaDainian Tomlinson said. "A few years ago, it would have been, 'Oh my goodness, this is a big game.' Having done that, it's kind of like it's just another game."
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Felt an instant connection with a guy I met once, has this happened to you?
I doubt I'll ever see him again though, met him in a bar didn't exchange numbers (wanted to) but before I had a chance to my drunk friend needed to... Show More
Thanks for all the support,if it's meant to be maybe I'll meet him again someday...
Is this fate that I'm just not meant to see him?! :( don't know why its happened every time I try and go there.
Most Helpful Opinion
Yes it's happend to me and since it was reciprocated (if it's not reciprocated I wouldn't call it a connection) I confidently say that yes this happens to other women too :)
When men generally feel an instant connection there's seldom romance in it (there are exceptions always) but when a woman such as you describes it there's always romance etc in it.
Important is did that guy feel that connection too?
I've known quite a few women who have felt that connection with me (and it makes me run scared) but I haven't ever felt that for any of them :( but one :D
Keep your hopes high and fingers crossed but don't go overboard looking for him if you don't find him cause if you do, you may pass up something good in an obsession :)
Thanks really great info
Well when I first arrived at bar we both immediately looked at each other, then he tried to give me more eye contact but I played coy,
Then we were dancing near each other when he finally came over and started a convo with me with close contact, we laughed/joked (he wasn't a sleaze) and he didn't do this to another girl only me.
Wanted to go back for number but you know the rest :-(.
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Thank you!
was, is and always will be my pleasure :)
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You need learning to let go and calm yourself else you won' realize when you get obsessed and begin troubling yourself while making a mess of things around you.
For all you know something you let go of, winds up coming back after you've let go of it - happens with me every time (not saying it works or will work with everyone but whichever way the outcome is positive) :)
Yes I agree I feel completely obsessed with him and don't know how to stop it! I don't even know why I feel like this I've never felt like this before about a guy :(.
How do I just let go? When I feel it's still up in the air?
I've managed to learn how to dissipate such thoughts and situations not only in such a situation but also in many other situations but am not so confident if I'll be able to explain how exactly the way I manage it :)
However, the best way is to get busy with other things, shut down from that aspect that's bothering u, if you can't really forget it then devote say one hr per day for it where you do nothing but that but rest of the time you are doing something else - this can go down to one hr per week etc
I have at least 2 things & 2 people that are on my mind ALL the time - the same way you describe it but one principle that I don't let it affect my day to day functions - THAT is most important :)
I've definitely had this happen and it is so frustrating. I so rarely meet people in a bar so the few times it has happened where you feel this spark and connection for nothing to come of it is seriously frustrating.
I'd suggest going back to the same bar at the same time in the future. OR think back on the conversation you had with the guy. Was there anything in it that might give you a clue as to where you mind be able to bump into him again? Like did he mention where he likes to hang out or where he's from etc.? It might sound stalkerish but I think it would be perfectly acceptable and somewhat romantic for you to stumble into him again and try to spark up a convo/relationship.
Thank you really good advice! I have been back to bar once, need to go again.
No didn't even get a name! Am kicking myself at what happened, but I guess if it's meant to happen it will.
yes it happend with a girl I met once about 3 years ago. When I met her I felt so drawn to her, and I felt so manly, she took out the best of me. But I made a stupid mistake and she hated me, as time passed by we started srifting apart and now we are like strangers, she just ignores me completely.
I have yet to feel the same thing with another girl, and sometimes I still remeber her and the few times we had together. Oh well.
I don't know what to tell you. The only way to meet him without looking creepy, is if one of your friends know him and all of you can meet, or pray that one day you run to each other on the same bar one day. Other than that, there is nothing else you can do.
You're bound to find this again as the probability of him being the only one like himself out of 7 billion people is highly unlikely. In fact, from the way you sound I bet you can find this same connection from down the street at the local Wal-mart.
I don't understand what do you mean from the way I sound?
Tell me more! Tell me more! Sounds like something from Grease. And yes I met someone like that. I saw her again soon after with her friends but she acted completely different, in a bad way.
Hah! Thanks, oh dear that's not too good,
Well the night panned out like this;
Well when I first arrived at bar we both immediately looked at each other, then he tried to give me more eye contact but I played coy,
Then we were dancing near each other when he finally came over and started a convo with me with close contact, we laughed/joked (he wasn't a sleaze) and he didn't do this to another girl only me.
Wanted to go back for number but you know the rest :-(.
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I see. Well, you might meet him again and if you do, I hope he doesn't turn out to be a right *badword*
Lets hope thanks :) me either ...
nope...just a feeling that got suppressed with time...be +ve,be bold and try to visit that place often or ask the bartender or staff...n tell them that when they will see this guy ...they should message u
Thank you! I have tried those methods and they have told me to frequent bar more often! Lol
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keep visiting ...i have tried to do this...i used to come home by walking down another street to get a glimpse of one girl I know and it worked ...we interacted...just keep trying
I will thank you!
It might be genuine, but Id assume he's a very effective communicator and a PUA. These guys specialize in manipulating women's reactions to them to get them in bed then dump them.
The whole industry opened my eyes to how outright retarded 95% of humanity is.
What's PUA? I hope not :-(
Guys that use certain language tricks and social manipulation to try to sleep with many women.
yes it has a girl said umm hey to me I looked up and locked eyes and my heart stopped and skipped a beat and it was just tunnel vision me staring into her eyes for I don't know how not sure what she felt about all that tho but if you know his name maybe you can look the person up on fb and send a friend request goodluck I know its frustrating.
Yes very frustrating! Nope no nothing other than his appearance hah!
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yeah I get it now lol sorry I don't know maybe you could revisit the bar it might be one of his places he hangs out maybe? I hope you meet him again someday :)
Thanks tried it once lol need to hangout there more often lol, thank you, you too.
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Well, this is a true story like I swear on my rabbits grave true (an I love my bunny.. a lot)
I met a guy on holiday in 2011 on the last day I was there in South Africa, 10,000 miles from the UK (where I live). Anyway, we had this like instant connection like I dunno, like we were old friends. We agreed on so much and we had so much in common. I couldn't stop thinking about him on my flight home but I was very sad, well actually close to heartbroken because the chances of me ever seeing him again were next to none. Anyway, got home an moped a bit but 2 weeks later got a FB friend request from none other than the guy. I poop you not, I cried. Looking at his wall I could see he had literally hunted me down using my name adding people in my family and around my city with my name. Call it stalkerish or whatever you may but he did it, and he found me.
2 years on, we've spent a summer together and are 6 months into a long distance relationship and he is soon (pray to God) to be coming for uni.
He is the best thing that ever happened in my life and the odds were pretty much stacked against us, but here we are.
I it could happen for me, I'm sure it could happen for you too. So sit tight and hope for the best because you never know :D
That is awesome! Good for you two :-)
Aw that's such a lovely story, really pleased for you! Only issue for me is I have no name or nothing to go by other than his appearance and our meeting place.
Will have faith and hope I see him again!... someday!
Thanks guys :)
Maybe go back to the same bar on the same day type thing, he might be regular, who knows :)
Yes, it has :) I think when there is a face you like or a body movement - like him touching his hair or walking in a special way - sometimes even that will do the trick. I've tried it in Greece like INSTANT INSTANT crush when a guy drove past me several times on his scooter and then later the same day stopped on the road to smiled at me. I never saw him again but it was nice nonetheless... I've also met an Italian guy in Rome (he was from Milan, though) who was almost over-confident but in a sexy way (for a flirt :) ). What they both had in common was that they were super-flirtatious, very confident and very hot. I fall for a pretty face... It's sad but true. High cheek-bones, beautiful eyes, almost androgynous features.
When I used to try internet dating sites, I received a few emails from a guy and we ended up meeting once. He was very honest and mentioned being interested in a strictly physical relationship, but wasn't inappropriate or crude. He just said that he had just come out of a relationship and wanted a real friend, but also wanted sex. I said I wasn't interested in that kind of relationship, and his reply was incredible. He basically told me all about myself, he was explaining what he saw in me and why he was drawn to me. He was incredibly intuitive, and was right about so much. It was disarming, but for some reason I didn't feel threatened, I felt strangely flattered. He really seemed to "get me" and I still, years later, think about him sometimes. Ultimately, I am still glad that I said no as I really want more from a relationship, but I do think of him occasionally. To this day, I don't think anyone has "gotten me" like he seemed to.
Yes. We barely even spoke. He was working at the supermarket checkout and I thought I saw something familiar in him that I couldn't place. Our hands touched when he gave me back my change and that was pretty much it.. sealed. Sounds much less romantic than it felt.
The next time I saw him was four years later - he happened to be taking the same course that I was and we couldn't keep away from each other. Now I always wonder if he had the same feeling that day in the supermarket. Clearly some things are just meant to happen and perhaps I wouldn't have been ready four years ago.
Good luck with your guy. Maybe you could go back to the bar if you have no other way of contacting him, he might have had the same idea, you never know!
Lovely story! Thank you, one can only hope :-)
You didn't say if you're together?
We're not I'm afraid. When I said taking the course, I really should have said 'teaching' the course. Professional relationship got in the way and it didn't end well - I'm in the same limbo as you are re. what ifs. Maybe it was just one of life's lessons, but it seems like we were meant to experience it regardless of whether we actually ended up together. Maybe this is the case with your guy. We connect with people in all sorts of different ways throughout our lives.
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Tim, Mark,
For what it's worth in most functions I write I tend to do the
following sort of flow, since most code is a series of operations that
if anything failed you have to stop, and possibly clean up after
The following flow makes cleanup very easy, following what is happing
easy (after you get used to the structure), and debugging becomes *trivial*
(if you do this everywhere, anything going wrong gives you a cascade
stack dump of what happened and who it affected).
I have considered looking into varargs or whatever so that the fprintf
can be changed to...
fiz_error("blap zap %s %d %f\n", a_string, an_int, a_float);
which would make the cascaded if much easier to read. But haven't yet.
int some_init()
int *data1 = 0; /* initialize everything to empty */
float *data2 = 0;
int file = -1;
int result = 1; /* some error case */
if (!(data1 == malloc(sizeof(data1) * MAGIC_NUMBER1)))
fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d %s error: "
"couldn't allocate room for foobar (%d)\n",
__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, sizeof(data1) * MAGIC_NUMBER1);
else if (!(data1 == malloc(sizeof(data2) * MAGIC_NUMBER1)))
fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d %s error: "
"couldn't allocate room for bazzip (%d)\n",
__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, sizeof(data2) * MAGIC_NUMBER1);
else if ((file = open(file_name, O_RDONLY)))
fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d %s error: failed to open \"%s\", %d : %s\n",
filename, errno, strerror(errno));
else if (result = magic_loader(file, data1, data2))
fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d %s error: magic_loader failed %d\n",
__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, result);
{ /* all setup worked */
result = play_with_data(data1, data2);
/* cleanup */
if (file != -1)
return result;
free(0) is valid and defined as a no-op. some annoying memory
manipulation checker programs may complain about those, but the complaint
can usually be turned off and if it can't then just change to
"if (foo) free(foo);"
I have also gotten a complaint that I shouldn't send things to stderr
the code of internal functions, but return a unique error code which the
caller can then lookup in some lookup table to determine the error reason
and message it wants to print. In practice I think this is much more
useful, because it insures that errors are reported without implementing
the error reporting in every caller, the errors reported are always "should
never happen" type errors, the worker function has complete access to all
useful data variables to print an appropriate full detail message, and
if for some reason one wants error crap turned off the coder can simply
close stderr. *=>
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 11:59:12AM -0700, Tim Riley wrote:
> If this program were ported to DOS/Windows, I would rewrite it as:
> if ( ! ( tmp1 = (int *)malloc(5) ) )
> {
> fprintf( stderr, "Out of memory\n" );
> exit( 1 );
> }
> if ( ! ( tmp2 = (int *)malloc(6) ) )
> {
> fprintf( stderr, "Out of memory\n" );
> free( tmp1 );
> exit( 1 );
> }
> "Mark K. Kim" wrote:
> > Let's say you got a code like this (in C):
> >
> > tmp1 = (int*)malloc(5);
> > tmp2 = (int*)malloc(6);
> > if(!tmp1 || !tmp2)
> > {
> > fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory!\n");
> > exit(1);
> > }
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Funday Sunday is here, but if you live and work where I do most days are "fundays". A swell has come in and dropped the viz which isn't so good but also with that there has been a surge of krill in the water which has brought us schools of jacks, barracudas and other large fish closer into shore. Talking about big fish, I had the opportunity to go diving last week with some beautiful billfish. I was asked to safety dive for the billfish research project.
Chance to explore some new places this past weekend. I had the opportunity to head down south to Uvita and Parque Ballena to go scuba diving. We were slightly unlucky in that a swell had come in, (yeah for the surfers, Boo for the divers : )) but nothing was going to stop us. First place we explored was the main island off of the whale tale, which was kinda appropriate considering there was a couple of humpbacks hanging out before we got in. Viz was low but there


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HUNTSMAN: I just don't know what world that comment would come from.
TAPPER: ... and as for Rick Perry...
HUNTSMAN: When you find yourself at an extreme end of the Republican Party, you make yourself unelectable.
TAPPER: Then, as President Obama experiences some of the worst poll numbers of his political career, we'll talk to top Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And as President Obama heads to Martha's Vineyard...
SAWYER: We were watching stocks go down again.
TAPPER: Plus, some surprising numbers about what's driving voters with Republican pollster Frank Luntz. He'll join our roundtable with George Will, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times, and Fox Business Network's Liz Claman.
ANNOUNCER: Live from the Newseum in Washington, "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour starts right now.
TAPPER: Good morning. Christiane is off. I'm Jake Tapper. And we will get to our exclusive interview with Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman in the moment. But first, some news since your morning papers.
Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold of Tripoli, a day after fighters launched their first attack on the capital. Heavy gunfire and explosions battered Tripoli last night, with reports of coordinated NATO air strikes, after fighters captured the strategic coastal town of Zawiyah. Gadhafi's regime vows its fighters will defend the Libyan capital.
In Egypt, protests continued outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo after a rare apology by the Israeli government on Saturday for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers. This latest round of violence began on Thursday when eight Israelis were killed in an attack on Israeli buses. The escalating tensions has sparked new violence in Gaza, as Palestinians have hit southern Israel with at least 80 rockets and mortars since Friday in response to Israeli air strikes.
Turning now to the race for the Republican nomination. The top-tier candidates all turned their sights on the first-in-the-nation primary state, New Hampshire. Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Michele Bachmann all spent time in the "Live Free or Die" state. And one candidate who's staking everything on a strong showing in New Hampshire is former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. I spoke with him earlier.
TAPPER: And joining me now from San Diego is the former governor of Utah and former U.S. ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman. Governor, thanks for joining us.
HUNTSMAN: Thank you, Jake. Honored to be here.
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So here's my final installment in the $5 lunch wars.
For the last battle I thought I would put the tuna sandwiches head to head.
I started with Quiznos Big Kahuna Tuna Torpedo for just $4. I had a coupon for a torpedo meal for $5 so I scored with a bag of chips and soda for just a buck more.
The Big Kahuna Tuna has tuna salad, cheddar cheese, sliced banana peppers, lettuce and chopped tomatoes in a foot-long warm and toasty ciabatta bread.
The tuna salad alone was tasty. I don't know if there was something other than mayonnaise in there but there was some type of seasoning that really brought out the tuna.
The peppers were a perfect addition as well. I sometimes add pepperoncini's or jalapenos to make things spicy but didn't want to ruin the sandwich really so I left them out.
At Subway, I had to get a six-inch tuna sandwich, on wheat bread, because the foot-long was more than my $5 budget.
I thought I would take a cue from Quiznos and keep it simple by just adding a few items on top of the tuna.
What I do like about Subway lately is the toppings menu has expanded. I can now get sliced cucumbers and spinach instead of plain iceburg lettuce. And I can add red wine vinaigrette instead of only having mustard and mayonnaise to choose from.
I must say I was impressed with the taste. I think mostly because of my combination of ingredients but I must also admit, the couple Subway's I've been to since this little project of mine started have been cleaner and fresher than I last remembered, and the reason I stopped going to Subway.
So I think in total, Quizno's tasty torpedoes and bullets have won the battle for my taste buds and my wallet but Subway was not as far behind as I expected.
But I'm pretty sure the lunch wars are not over yet.
Check out Staff Writer Eric Terraza's own take on Quizno's in Thursday's Highlander edition at www.sgvtribune.com/highlanders.


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59.3 x 44.8 cm platemark; 91.2 x 62.9 cm sheet
Daniel Moynihan was born in Melbourne and studied at Preston Technical College 1964-65 and RMIT 1966-67 under Tate Adams and Udo Sellbach. He has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions since 1967. From 1968-73 he made paintings and etchings full-time. 1980-87 he made etchings in the former studio of George Baldessin. In 1983-84 he lived in Paris as part of a residency at the Power Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, where he made etchings at the Atelier Lacouriére, Frélaut (Paris). He returned to Paris in 1988 and 1993, making lithographs at Atelier Devreus-Gerbaud St Christobel de Rodieres in 1993. From 1991-92 he restored the extant etching plates of Fred Williams' estate and in 1997 the estate plates of George Baldessin.
Moynihan's interest in Tasmanian tigers started in the early 1970s; this was sparked by an interest in Australian flora and fauna, and also after he encountered colonial lithographs by Gould of Tasmanian subjects. The tiger first appeared in a painting by Moynihan in 1972. 'Tiger man' was based partly on drawings made while Moynihan was in Paris of a handicapped man he saw on the Metro. It was also influenced by the street life of New York (which he has visited on a number of occasions), and a performance of 'Richard III' by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Melbourne in 1986. The plate was made while Moynihan was artist-in-residence at Chameleon Artists Co-op in Hobart in 1986, and printed by him at the former George Baldessin studio, Melbourne. He had access to the archives of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, where he drew specimens of the Tasmanian Tiger. A painting, now in the artist's possession, was made after the etching. Moynihan returned to Chameleon for a brief period in 1998.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 53
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 133 (illus.). cat.no. 112
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Make cake:
Mix chopped dried figs, dried currants and brandy in medium bowl. Let stand 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch jelly roll pan. Line with parchment. Butter and flour parchment. Drain fruit mixture; reserve soaking liquid. Mix sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in large bowl. Whisk prune juice, buttermilk, butter and eggs in medium bowl to blend. Add prune juice mixture to dry ingredients and whisk to blend. fold in drained fruit.
Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until tester inserted into center o cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.
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Run sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn out cake onto work surface. Peel off parchment. Using serrated knife, cut cake crosswise into three 5 10-inch rectangles. Place 1 cake piece on platter. Tuck waxed paper strips under cake on all sides to protect platter. Spread 1/2 cup frosting over cake. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped walnuts. Top with second cake piece. Spread 1/2 cup frosting over. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped walnuts. Top with third cake piece. Spoon 3/4 cup frosting into pastry bag fitted with small star tip and reserve. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Press remaining chopped walnuts onto sides of cake. Remove waxed paper strips. Using reserved frosting, pipe 5 rosettes atop cake along each ling edge, spacing evenly. Place walnut halves between rosettes. Refrigerate 1 hour to set frosting. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated. Let stand 2 hours at room temperature before serving.)


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Anglers Help Catch a Cure for CF in North Carolina
November 9, 2007
The fifth annual Cape Fear Red Trout Celebrity Classic, a Redbone tournament sponsored by the Carolinas Chapter-Raleigh, was held this year on the exclusive private Figure Eight Island. The three-day event began on October 18 with an elegant captain's dinner at the Yacht Club. An array of exciting auction items included paintings by George Pocheptsov, a fifteen-year-old artist whose clients include Michael Jordan, Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton, and Celine Dion; and an adorable 8-week-old Labradoodle puppy who—by the end of the night—had a happy new home. In a highlight of the evening, Jennifer Altman, whose 18-month-old daughter Alyssa has CF, spoke from the heart in her Bid for a Cure.
After two days of fishing in the catch-and-release tournament, an awards ceremony culminated in a surprise victory for Grand Champion Angler John Andrews, who caught an amazing 22 fish in a single day.
In addition to the efforts of a dynamic team of volunteers, corporate sponsors Chaos Boatworks, the James Millis Jr. Foundation, Charter Lakes Marine Service, Hampton Inn-Landfall, and Rippy Automotive helped make the event a success, raising approximately $70,000, a $30,000 increase over last year's amount.
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Distress Sales are a Great Source for a Vero Beach Bargain Home Purchase
I can be argued that anyone who has their home on the market now is a motivated seller. Why don't they just wait a while for home prices to recover and avoid losing their equity? Many reasons actually:
-Death, Divorce, Job loss, Health Issues etc…… -Relocating and don't want to manage a rental from afar -An Opportunity elsewhere – loses here, gain there
Whatever the reason, it creates an opportunity for the Vero Beach home buyer. Many potential home buyers do not want to deal with some of the issues that can arise when a home must be sold as a "Short Sale or is a foreclosure:
- Lengthy response times from the lender to a purchase offer – Deferred maintenance because of the seller's financial situation – The need to make repairs, some of which can make financing difficult
By carefully analyzing the time on the market, prior sales history, comparable sales and current value, these bargain homes can be found. Buyers who limit themselves to just foreclosures or short sales are missing a good portion of the current market of distressed home sales in Vero Beach.
Many buyers today are not realistic about the price they will pay for a home. Perhaps they watch too many late night TV infomercials claiming you can buy homes for a few thousand dollars. The lowest price is often determined by the potential cash flow to an investor. The recent sales increase in 3/2 homes under $100k has been driven by investor purchasers seeking a decent return on their investment.
There is also a common misconception that lenders will do anything to avid a costly foreclosure situation. The truth is that they are partially insured against some losses and will write off others. They have a very good idea of current value from their selling agents and price accordingly. Lenders are motivated to sell quickly, since they must stay below a predetermined ratio of good to bad debt, but are still targeting close to value.
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Guild:Final Lament (Moon Guard US)
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This article is a guild information page for Final Lament of Moon Guard US.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
Final Lament is a Medium to Heavy RP guild, open to all members of the Horde. We attempt to maintain a fun, familiar environment while Role-playing in social and political intrigue.
Contacts and Guild Leadership
- Kavya, Mistress and Keeper
- Guild leader.
- Korilus, Advisor
- Husband to Kavya and second in command.
- Wispy, Advisor
- Cousin of Kavya.
- Arthelos, Advisor
- Advisor and long time friend of the Sungazers.
Guild Website
For all official information of the Final Lament, forums, and events, please visit the website
Guild Formation and Origin
In its beginning, Final Lament was formed to promote and support the claims of a lost relation of the Sunstrider bloodline. Not long after the individual returned to the Eastern Kingdoms, he renounced his claims and the guild's support. Rumor also circulated that he had formed his own guild and agenda, calling forth the allegiance of several guild members to aid his cause. Confused by his actions, his wife and guild leader, Lady Sara, disappeared, causing a state of flux within the Final Lament.
New Leadership and New Purpose
The guild quickly recovered under the direction of Sara's sister, Kavya. Together with her husband Korilus and those loyal to her, she renewed the life of the guild and established a new purpose. Today, the Final Lament serves the Sungazer-Tyr'anon family alliance, protecting its members from outside forces, and vying for power among the socialites and politicians of Silvermoon.
Joining the Final Lament
If you are interested in learning more about the guild, please contact one of the listed leaders for a formal in-game interview. We welcome mature players (in behavior, not always in age), and ranging from beginner to advanced role-playing. In the meantime, please feel free to look around the Final Lament forums.
Alliances and Acquaintances
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Early registration for Spring 2013 semester, available through the Law School website only.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/08/13830/
Come find us this week in the Atrium or the Tom Clark lounge and help support survivors of domestic violence in the Austin area (you may donate baked goods/snacks for sale or purchase goodies for consumption).
Thanks to the students at UT Law, we've been able to assist four survivors this semester--let's keep up the good work!
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Are you a 2L thinking of applying for a postgraduate public interest fellowship? Are you a 3L thinking about applying for one after your judicial clerkship? This panel presentation will address how you should be preparing now to position yourself as a viable candidate for these highly competitive fellowships. Panelists include Ian Spechler, '07, Staff Attorney with Disability Rights Texas and former Skadden Fellow; Amelia Ruiz Fischer, '12, current EJW Fellow with Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin; Megan Sheffield, '13, current 3L fellowship applicant; and Nicole Simmons, Director of Public Service Programs (CSO). Moderated by Mary Crouter, Assistant Director of the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Monday, October 8, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/09/14936/
Learn about careers in transactional law in both the private and public sectors. Panelists will discuss the various career options in transactional law, the market for transactional lawyers, the skills and training that are important, and how to enter the field. Panelists include Mike Laussade, '06, Jackson Walker (Dallas); Doug Booth, '92, Law Offices of Douglas A. Booth (Austin); Art Muela, '91, Legal Director, Healthcare Information Technology, Dell, Inc.; and Andrea Beleno Harrington, '03, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and Texas C-Bar. Moderated by David Sokolow, Distinquished Senior Lecturer and Director of Student Life. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, October 8, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/09/15122/
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Please join us for a human rights happy hour talk featuring Lisa Hilbink, Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Light refreshments will be served.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/09/14716/
Asian Law Students Association (ALSA) will have the second general meeting featuring Johnathan Stone from the Texas Attorney General's office. Our speaker will discuss advice on legal writing and internship opportunities in the Attorney General's office. UT's public service scholar Meghan Sheffield and director of SAHELI for Asian Families will discuss volunteer and public service opportunities. Dinner will be served.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/09/15216/
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Join CHLSA in the atrium for delicious homemade fajita chicken or vegetarian tacos with plenty of rice and beans on October 10. Come support CHLSA and get some great food!
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/10/15031/
Join the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources for a career panel on Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law. Speakers will discuss opportunities in environmental and energy law including careers in non-profit organizations, corporations, government agencies, and law firms.
The speakers will be Alexandra Dunn of the Association of Clean Water Administrators, Holli Feichko of WR Grace, Jeffery Dennis of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mary Ellen Ternes of McAfee Taft, and Keith Hopson of Brown McCarroll.
Refreshments and an opportunity to meet the speakers
and other practitioners will follow.
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Dean Farnsworth will talk about his research interests and methods
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Leading experts from around the state, including conference chair, Donna Brown, provide a practical and comprehensive toolkit that will enable you to master the art of collecting debts and judgments.
View program and register online at www.utcle.org/conferences/CD12
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/11/14563/
Note: This event's full details are restricted to UT Law faculty and staff members only.
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This event will occur on Thursday 10/11. Professor Robertson is getting to know his criminal law students individually over lunch.
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Sister Helen Prejean is a member of the Congregation of Joseph and author of the book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. Sister Helen has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and helping to shape the Catholic Church's newly vigorous opposition to state executions. She divides her time between educating citizens about the death penalty and counseling individual death row prisoners. She has accompanied six men to their deaths.
Her novel inspired the hit movie, Dead Man Walking, which was nominated for four Academy Awards and won Best Actress.
Reception to follow in the Jamail Pavilion
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2012/10/11/15090/
Austin Asian American Bar Association (AAABA) will host their 6th Annual Career Event and Asian Law Studnets Association (ALSA) Mentorship Kickoff Program. This Annual Event "Ten Minute Mentors: An Interactive Introduction to the Practice of Law" begins with an hour of round table discussions featuring a variety of law practices, followed by networking with local and national Asian attorneys and judges. AAABA will also kick off their annual Mentorship Program with ALSA. To apply for AAABA Mentorship Program or ask for more details about this event, please email email@example.com
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Girl Power!
Hey Buzznetters,
So how many of you fans out there actually appreciate the bands that play your fave jams? I think it's safe to say that you ALL appreciate them a lot for different reasons.Personally I know I wake up listening to music, go to sleep listening to music... pretty much the only time my headphones aren't in my ears are during class and family dinner (mainly because my mom refuses to have any technology at the table for that one time a day).When we're sad, alone, frustrated, angry, or happy we listen to music. It's constantly surrounding us. The connection we feel when the bands that are constsantly playing in our heads play live is amazing but how many of us actually appreciate the people behind the music? We're all fast to criticize the girlfriends or the boyfriends as fast as you can name your fave band. I have a couple women specifically (mainly because all the bands I look up to are predominantly male) that I look up to ,I consider them my role models and inspiration.
It takes a really strong person to only see their significant other only for a short period of time in between tours. Sure the whole social media thing makes it so much easier to see the other on a daily basis but nothing compares to having them by your side. I think these women are truly amazing. They are independent, supportive, and overall badasses.
1. Lisa Noel Ruocco
If you are an All Time Low fan which I'm sure you are! You know Alex Gaskarth lead vocals and guitarist ,but maybe you don't all know his girlfriend Lisa Ruocco well I'm here to tell you how awesome I think she is! I've never met her in real life but I look up to her so much. She 'holds down the fort 'so to speak while her awesome beau is travelling around the world on a bus with 3 other guys. She has her own life obviously like any other human being she has a job and a house where she lives with Alex but most of the time she's there with her 2 dogs Sebastian and Peyton.She's an awesome cook has a great sense of style and has a beautiful heart. I find her to be the coolest chick around.She's what I would consider relateable, talented, and is just a cutie. I find her to be inspiring as a woman she seems so sure of herself and I admire that.Shes supportive of Alex's dreams, I'm sure like any normal functioning couple they might bicker and have their ups and down but who doesn't! I absolutely look up to her and I aspire to be as positive and awesome as she is. Lisa kudos to you because you're Rad and Awesome<3
2. Brittany Mullins
If you love Memphis may fire you are aware of who Matty Mullins is. Well as they say behind every great man theres an even greater woman.That would be Brittany Mullins his wife.If you watch any of Matty's interviews you'll see that he never stops mentioning her. You can tell that hes completely and undoubtedly in love with her.They are the sweetest couple ever.Brittany is an amazingly talented person who amazes me .On top of being awesome and lovely she obviously works a job and maintains their home and their child (Actually it's a cute little dog but same thing !) I personally follow her on instagram and am always so amazed by how down to earth and super nice she is. And yes I totally fan girl when she replies to comments I leave on her pictures.Shes super confident ,has a trusting relationship with her husband,is artistically amazing(check out som of her work she posts on her instagram),and is super sweet to everyone (you can literally get diabetes from her sweetness haha).
*I saw her at side stage at the most recent warped tour in Toronto and she was beaming watching matty do his thing on stage
Love her personality how she's amazingly sweet to fans but also how strong she is as an independent woman.
3. Katelynne Quinn
How can I not include this lovely lady in my list?! I mean she's amazingly beautiful (I'm totally jealous of how pretty she is).She is the lucky lady to have Kellin Quinn's heart.And might I add she looks amazing considering she is also a mother! If you don't know who this girl is just check out her fashion blog http://youthquakerxo.tumblr.com Katelynne is a loving,caring,and responsible mother who can stand her ground and just overall is super supportive of everything Kellin does. I'm sure as everyone on this list she must miss him like crazy when he's on tour especially with their most recent baby girl Copeland Quinn but that just goes to show that she is willing to sacrifice anything for her love's dreams. In all honesty I think Katelynne probably gets the most criticism out of all these women from what I see on instagram comments on her pictures and the tweets that I sometimes see being sent to Kellin .She def has some thick skin because I would be crying like a little insecure baby yet she stands her ground and is still the powerful confident woman she is…and I love her for it Thus why i think she is absolutely amazing and look up to her!<3
These ladies know what they got themselves into and they embrace their lives and their wonderful partners and I aspire to be more like them in my own life...But who are some men or women that you look up to?Let me know!


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