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Alexander Dregon
I was born in Philadelphia Pa. I was shipped off at an early age to live with my father's Aunt in Maryland, where I stayed until the death of her husband, my uncle, when I was seventeen. After a year of bumming around I joined the Army, serving first in Europe as an MP, then finally, in Korea as a Tech Supply Sargent in a missile platoon. In the intervening years I studied karate, bodybuilding, power lifting, guitar and acting to name a few of the things I tried to use to pass the time, all of which were fun but ultimately unsatisfying on the level I sought.
Deciding that it was not the place to find the cure I was searching for, I got out of the Army honorably and tried my hand at skip-tracing or as it is more commonly known bounty hunting, again trying to fill some indefinable void left in me by life. And once again in the end failing to do so.
Finally moving to my final place of residence in Missouri, I was married until recently, during which I developed what few skills I have at writing. I learned to enjoy the simple act of it and so here I am, again trying to complete myself by seeking the approval of others. Will this be the long sought answer to the emptiness of my life? God I hope so.
Alexander can also be found at:
Website : http://firstname.lastname@example.com
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Series: The Osagi Construct #3
Published By: Devine Destinies
Written By: Alexander Dregon, P.J. Cooper
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Still, if they were going to rescue her, they had to find her and take her off the ship physically. She knew she could never make it to them. The trouble was that the only way they could get to her was through what was left of bay two behind what had been her storage unit. Anything else could lead to parts of the ship that were open to the still-core of the engines. That would be a fatal choice for everyone.
She could not allow that. They were trying to help her. She couldn't let them wander into something like that while they were trying. Despite the cold, she began trying indicator lights. The lights would mark a path that they could use, just as they guided off-loading crews to the sections of the ship they were to unload.
The coldness seemed to seep through the fabric of her suit now, making every movement slow and stiff, but she pushed on. She had gone from no hope to whatever this was and decided that this was infinitely better. Whatever happened, she would know she had done all she could.
When a cry for help cannot be ignored or a child cries or evil is made to serve good or the taking the high road leads to disaster, the only thing we can trust are our gut feelings and that goes for humans too.
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Sheridan took over the role of command despite what appeared to be worse injuries than Ivanova's. "Well, Captain Alexander, I don't know who you are or where you hail from but on behalf of Babylon five, thank you very much."
Alexander was more interested in making sure everyone lived through this. "Time enough for that later. You both look like you need medical attention. Can we beam you aboard, or do you have your own facilities?"
Ivanova started to say something but Sheridan cut her off. "To tell the truth, we don't know. comm system is down and Med-lab is cut off."
"Understood." Turning to his crew, he said, "Beam them straight to Sick-bay. I'll meet them there. And keep me posted on those damn…" he realized he had no name to call the ships that had attacked him.
"Shadows." Sheridan chimed in.
Alexander thought for a moment. The name fit. He nodded. "Two to beam up. Energize."
As Sheridan and Ivanova watched, all the while wondering what this beaming was, the room suddenly began to shimmer and grow dark. Filled almost instantly with a feeling of panic, they wondered if their rescue had just been a dream, a delusion created by their minds to shield them from the knowledge that their lives were over. But almost as quickly the shimmering faded, leaving them not on the familiar if devastated C and C of Babylon five, but in a whole different place in another room. And as they would learn, on another ship.
"Easy, now," they heard a voice say as strong hands buoyed them up. "We'll get you in this bed and have you fit as a fiddle in no time."
Both Sheridan and Ivanova were more than a little afraid, although neither was about to let it show. Just then, Captain Alexander walked in.
A little taller than Susan, he was powerfully built, evidenced by the way he took over from the slight medic who was trying, not too successfully, to wrestle Sheridan onto the bed.
"I'm Captain Alexander. This is my Chief medical technician Doctor Davis and his staff whose names, if they will forgive me, escape me at the moment."
That brought smiles and muffled laughter from all. True, he could not recall their names, but he knew what each one's strengths and weaknesses were. He continued.
"And you are guests on Federation Star Ship Daehawk."
Sheridan looked at Ivanova, while she looked at him, both equally perplexed. Finally Sheridan said to her, "Seems you've outdone yourself this time, commander."
Another round of laughter.
"After Doc does his thing, we need to talk. We…"
Sheridan cut him off. "Captain, I don't want to seem ungracious, but we have over a hundred thousand beings still on that station. If the Shadows return…"
Alexander held up his hand. "From the first encounter they had with us, I don't see them spoiling for a re-match. Besides, my crew is scanning for them. We couldn't seem to get through their hulls, but we can pick them up."
Sheridan was not deterred. "Even in Hyper-space?"
Now it was Alexander's turn to look confused. "What is…Hyper-space?"
"That is how we travel faster than light. The Shadows can…"
Massive, it dwarfed the Daehawk. It appeared to be built along the lines of a spider with far too many legs. But the most terrifying thing about it was the color. It was black, but if you watched one spot, it seemed to shift and shimmer as though it was trying to pull you in. Add to that the fact that as you watched it, you seemed to hear a scream in your mind that tried to freeze the marrow in your bones. No, a few seconds of observation and you knew this was not something you were going to reason with. Its goal was your death, plain and simple.
Even before he could break out of his trance-like state, the thing fired.
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Series: The Osagi Construct #4
Published By: Devine Destinies
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Published By: Devine Destinies
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The same flashes I had seen in the truck were still going on, but now I could see what they were. Different colored balls of energy would pop in from nowhere, then fade out after a second. Red, green, gold and every color in between that you could think of, they looked like giant sparks from a welder's torch, and individually, they lived about as long. For a minute I thought it was some weird Christmas display some yokel had set up in the middle of the field. It only took a minute to realize I should be so lucky.
Far worse than that was what I saw in the middle of that mini storm.
I had to blink a half dozen times to get them in focus, but when I did, it really didn't help. I was sure that either I was losing the best part of my mind, or I hadn't bothered to wake up.
In the middle of the flashing lights were two figures. I could only see them intermittently when one of the balls lit them up, but what I could see was enough to make me raise the magnum.
One was easily eight feet tall. The other was a more normal height. The other thing that was easy to see was they were both trying real hard to kill the other.
The larger swung an arm like a telephone pole at the smaller one, who dodged it and leaped in the air to kick the big one in the face. I woulda sworn on a stack that it wouldn't bother the big guy, but it staggered him back a couple of steps. The little one barely landed before he was in the air again with another kick. This time, the huge arm connected with the shoulder.
It was easy to see he was trying to disable the big guy one piece at a time, and he knew how, too. The kick connected and the arm dropped like it was dead. Except the dead don't feel and the way this thing was roaring—it must've hurt like hell! Whatever was going on, the big guy was getting the worst of it.
About that time, I realized two things. One…neither of these two was from around here, or anyplace else that I knew of. And two…I had no idea why they were fighting or who I should be hoping wins.
Now, I always believed in fate. Not so much because it was a good thing, but rather, the opposite. All the bad things that happened to you were pre-ordained and laying for you in their appropriate place on the road of life just waiting for you to reach them. There were good things, too, but they were off to the side somewhere and you usually had to make detours to get to them, but they were waiting for you as well. You just had to know when to step off the path and hunt them down.
Given that philosophy, the next thing that happened made me wonder which this was. As I watched, the smaller fighter landed another pair of blows that staggered his larger opponent once again. His landing, this time, did not serve him as well. Either he found a soft spot in the field, or a rabbit hole, but he suddenly sank to one knee grasping at his foot. The larger one, sensing an advantage finally, raised his good arm high above his head.
It wasn't hard to guess his plan, and despite the skill he had shown, I just didn't think the little guy was gonna get up if that arm hit him flush.
In that moment, I made a decision. Right or wrong, I wanted the little guy to win. If the big guy had just grabbed him or tried to reason with him, maybe I'd have gone the other way, but I was raised to believe if you smash a guy when he's down, that made you a bad guy, regardless.
Now, I been wrong before, but this time didn't have that feel to it. I aimed the magnum and shot the big guy in the raised arm.
For those of you unfamiliar with guns or at least with the .357 magnum, let me tell you this is a vicious gun. They tell you that a gun won't knock a man down, but I'm here to tell you it will. And what the bullet might not do, the fall can sometimes. The entry hole isn't much, but with the hollow points I like to use, when the bullet leaves, it might take an organ or two with it.
I could've gone for the head shot. I'm pretty good with this thing, and given the size of the dome on that thing, it would have been hard to miss, but the truth was, I still wasn't sure about who was who. I figured if I get them to stop fighting, somebody could explain.
Turned out to be unnecessary. The bullet hit him in the arm all right. Right on the seam of what turned out to be armor and then bounced off. It did, however, draw his attention to me. He stared at me and for the first time in the minute or so since I walked up on this nightmare, I got a good look at the big one's face. That alone told me that I made the right choice.
Whatever this thing was, it wasn't remotely related to anything human. The only description for his skin that came to mind was that of a catfish—smooth and slimy. There was nothing so benign about that mouth though. It was easily the worst case of overbite I had ever seen. Complete with two-inch teeth and a forked tongue that flicked out between them as it looked at me.
That was what the thing was doing when Taylor found it. It was releasing the primary component. All he had to do then was wait. All this flashed through my mind in an instant. Cole had beaten me by several seconds, but Warden was already trying to isolate this new wrinkle and find a way to stop it. Given my nature and what I had seen already, I was ready to bet on him when the little bell began ringing its ass off in my head again. This time I knew why. I could see from the look on his face Taylor had just remembered the Striker team he had ordered dispatched to Earth! My Earth! They were on their way there to protect it, but what they were going to do was make it the opening salvo in the last of a war none of its inhabitants knew anything about. Given the effectiveness of this new bug, once they landed it could take as little as a few days for all life on my world to vanish. A fact not lost on any of the men with me at that moment, either. The difference was, unlike me, they knew what to do. At least I hoped so. Taylor started talking to the air again. "The teams I ordered to his Earth. How long—" Cole cut him off. He realized the depth of their error as well. "They launched three minutes after you gave the order! Given the mass of that ship they were flying, I doubt they're there, yet, but they aren't far from it in any case!" Taylor turned without a word. Cole followed and I fell in step behind them. Whatever was going on, I had made myself a part of it, and I wasn't through just, yet. Warden shouted at our backs as we all headed down the hall. "They'll make the final insertion in fifteen minutes! After that, it'll be a thirty-minute flight to that Earth. That was it then. Forty-five minutes to doomsday!
Written By: Alexander Dregon
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Allen Craig is a private eye, with all that entails. His nature is to blend in. To not be noticed. He lists it as one of his finer accomplishments. But when he gets hired to find a missing girl and a set of mysterious cards she carries, he finds he is more well-known than he first thought. By his former employer, the CIA, a former partner of his in the same, and most importantly, by a group of near indestructible creatures also determined to have the cards this woman carries. Craig doesn't understand their importance or hers.
But as he learns from his former partner, whatever is going on, the stakes are a lot higher than he realized. And like it or not, he is now involved. So the question becomes is he a player? Or a victim?
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Satisfied with their understanding, he began calculating the best trajectory for their escape. As he did, he told Craig, "I hope you are right. As soon as we break and run, they will be after us in moments. If they are aware of the Dianodes presence, they will undoubtedly have a plan to capture us in place already. We must keep vigilant for it."
The ship lurched to the right as Nothen began to bring the engines up to full power. It began to tear through space again at an even faster rate than it had before.
For Craig and the others, it quickly became a battle simply to stand upright. Seconds later, they gave up and found their seats again, watching as Nothen gave his full attention to coaxing all the power possible out of the ship, trying to put as much distance between it and the approaching horde as possible.
At first, it seemed he had caught them napping as they maintained their headings toward their former position, but then, as they watched, the lead ships shifted to new headings along with several others, performing an almost-perfect flanking motion to transfer the direction of the fleet's motion after the ship.
They were no faster than their quarry, but they were behind them, with the bulk of their forces out and about in the vast void of space. Logic said their best option was to attempt to overtake them outright and failing that, to herd them into a confrontation with more of their ships. Either was a good plan.
The flaw in the former plan was that the ships were not fast enough to overtake them. The flaw in the latter was that the ships were visible far enough away for Nothen to change course to avoid them. The advantage they had was that because there were so many ships, they were able to flood the area with enough errant energy to make communication if not impossible, then at least extremely difficult.
That was standard operating procedure for the Bhrhin ships whenever they entered an area with an unidentified ship even if it was one of theirs. The reason was that so many of their ships had fallen into Rindivin hands, they couldn't trust that it wasn't some kind of trap, especially this close to the portal where most of the captured ships were held.
Of course, that in itself meant that if they were cut off long enough, the Rindivin would show up just to try and find out what was happening there. If they showed up in sufficient numbers, it would be fine. The Centha would easily be able to overcome the numbers, unless they had developed some new device they were unaware of.
Given that there were an infinite number of possibilities of what could happen, Nothen decided to concentrate on the ones that would improve their chances of survival, the most obvious of those being to find somewhere that either they could not follow or someplace they dared not.
He knew one that fit the latter description at least, but it held its own problems for his group. Seeing his face frowning with concentration, Leo asked, "What's the plan? Anything we might like?"
Spirited away to a distant planetoid orbiting Wolf 359, Craig and the others awake in a medical compound being treated by aliens. Terrified at first, they soon learn that they are now pawns in an inter-galactic power play. And that their only chance lies in a retreat through a portal to another universe. Despite the danger, or because of the fact they have no choice they make the journey only to find even the trip is the most dangerous thing they have ever done. The question is, will it work?
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Series: The Osagi Construct #2
Published By: Devine Destinies
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Published By: Devine Destinies
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Caught unawares by the fury of the onslaught, the formation broke and scattered, whirling around to try and regroup for another attack. But Holt had no intention of giving them time to finish whatever maneuver they had planned. "Price, magnetize your hull, then lock onto the underside of my ship! We're getting the hell out of here! Now!"
Without a word Price activated the magnetic clamps and rolled the ship to slam the plates together. But not before he fired a full spread of missiles at their attackers. He hadn't bothered to use his particle beams as their power level and range made them less than effective against what he presumed would be full combat armor, but the missiles were powerful enough to do some damage to the ships. And failing that, they did set up enough interference to give them a few more seconds to complete the maneuver.
Price shouted over the Comm, "I'm in place. Controls neutral. You can go at your option!"
Price noted himself falling into old habits as he reverted to the jargon of his days in D-force. He found himself enjoying it despite the situation.
Thanks to the inertial dampeners, Baler, Amnical, Rosin, and Simone sat strapped in while Price performed the last move, nearly oblivious to the twists and turns the ship was going through. Simone, still trying to find more about the infection, was ignoring the buffeting, while Baler watched a sensor screen, searching for the carrier he knew was out there somewhere, with another wave of fighters just waiting for the chance to release them. Why they hadn't yet was beyond him, but he didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth.
On the bridge of the Nightwolf, Colton walked onto it with Kelen one step behind. The area of the bridge was large enough to accommodate them as well as the normal crew without crowding, but Colton still hung back on the side to stay out of the way.
Holt acknowledged their entrance with a curt nod, before returning his attention to the battle outside.
"Can you see anything else out there? There has to be a carrier some place!"
"If it is, it's laying to outside of sensor range. Either that or they've got some new kind of stealth tech! Either way, I got nothing sir!" the Ensign on sensor monitoring said, afraid he was failing in some way and trying his best to make up for it.
"Price, keep scanning for that thing! I know it's out there somewhere! It has to be! Those things couldn't have made it through Earth space without being challenged."
"We already came to that conclusion," Kelen said, leaning over to almost whisper into Holt's ear. "But there was another reason. They use charged ships rather than any type of reactor. Once they go down, they need..." Kelen had a thought suddenly. "They need to be recharged! That could explain why they haven't sent a second wave yet. They don't have enough recharged yet! It was only a few hours ago that they sent the attack against the plant. That could be your chance Captain. Take these out and we've got a chance."
"You heard him, guys. Take these out and we can live through this!"
A chorus went up of "aye sir" and "yeah" on both the bridge and throughout the ship via an open Comm. The crew of the Nightwolf prided itself on being as tough as need be, and in this, one of the few real chances they'd had to show what they could do, they were not about to turn in anything less than a stellar performance.
Kelen wasn't finished yet though. "I'd say our best bet is to head for the inner sectors. You can use one of your shuttles to make contact once we get close enough to get a real time signal so we won't spread the contamination any further. Then we can..."
"Kelen you might be the best businessman in the universe, but your strategy reeks!" The voice belonged to Baler.
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Once inside, he ordered them to the side away from the window and shouted, "Baler, you son of a bitch! I go to the john and you think you can slip in that quick!" While Baler and Simone looked at him incredulously, he pulled one of the tanks out of its berth under the bench.
Catching on, Baler shouted, "Aw man! She won't break! Besides I thought you could use the help."
Simone was insulted enough to slap him, even though she realized it was an act. Then she did, just to lend credence to his performance.
After a few seconds, Price kicked a trashcan over and shouted, "Look out you damn fool!" Motioning for them to follow as he turned to run, he fired his MPP into the tank. It ruptured at once sending fumes throughout the lab. As they left, he returned the grinder to its former position and left it again grinding on the table, throwing sparks out in an arc that encompassed most of the room.
From outside, Reyes listened intently, silently cursing whatever was slowing down the muscle he had called for. He had no intention of going in alone against Price because he knew his reputation. He'd sent a signal right after he'd heard the first mention of Dashon crystals, but he didn't mention them, deciding to keep that detail to himself. No one had showed yet.
He'd started to send a second signal just before they had started this little dust up and was about to go ahead when the windows of the lab on the third floor blew out in a fireball. As he dove for cover behind the tree, shards of glass rained down and stabbed at the ground. Several shards found their way into his leg and he screamed from the pain. A second explosion sent still more shards flying as the tank left under the bench went off from the heat and shattered everything that had survived the first blast by virtue of being in the cabinet above it.
Reyes could hear the wail of disaster crew vehicles and thought about ditching his listening gear. It wouldn't do to get caught with it. But he decided to risk it. He did cut the feed so there was no way to trace it to where it had been connected. Not that there was anything there to connect to anymore.
He cursed his luck. Now, not only did he lose the only lead they had to this mysterious asteroid, he was sure he would end up in front of Kelen Roaert to explain how. His leg throbbed in time with his heartbeat, which was rapidly increasing at the thought.
In the back of the building, Price and his charges had made their way again down the back stairs. This time they had not slowed and with the cover of the explosions, they were sure that their escape had gone unnoticed. Once in the garage, Price immediately looked around at the vehicles parked there.
Deciding on a rather worn looking cargo transport, he shattered the window with the butt of his gun and scrambled inside. As they crouched in the shadows beneath the door, Baler spoke up.
"You can't steal a truck! We'll have your people on us before we get a block away!"
Price almost smiled. Would have if he hadn't been holding the flashlight in his teeth. Finished, he snatched it out as he whispered fiercely, "Get in!"
At least that's what he tells himself.
The real reason he wants to leave is a failed relationship with the outpost's premier gemologist, Simone Jennifer.
Angered at her memory and tortured by the secret he keeps that drove him into space from his home world of Tau Ceti Ultra, he plans to return to his former life as soon as possible, vowing to forget both "Moni" and Rifos.
But a clandestine call from the woman draws him back like a moth to a flame and he quickly finds himself at odds not only with Kelen Roaert, the richest and allegedly most powerful man in the Galaxy, but with his former mentor and friend, Aldon Rosin, leader of the most elite military group on his home world, known as the Ultras.
Now he finds himself caught in a power play, alone save for Moni, the local sheriff, Logan Price and a fellow prospector named Tim Baler. Together the four of them try to outwit the organization of the man dubbed the Crystal Commissar, only to find out that like most things, nothing is quite what it seems...
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Series: The Osagi Construct #1
Published By: Devine Destinies
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The sun was shining through the window in the office the man sat in. It would have never have been considered opulent. It wasn't extra-large or fancy, but it was well appointed with an efficient touch that was a reflection of the man that worked there: stoic, quiet and minimalist to a fault. That was his way—in his office, his home and his life.
Ian Speed was all those things, but above all of them, he was a loner. He'd been one all of his life. It wasn't by choice. He'd often appreciated the company of others; he simply lacked the skill to make friends. There were occasional flashes of humanity from him, but normally he just stayed away from people in general. The few people who knew him socially never invited him to any social events anymore, and the matchmakers among them had long ago given up.
Everyone who knew him knew he was alone by choice. It wasn't a matter of looks or some lack of social skills; no, Ian was far beyond that. He simply felt no direct kinship to anyone. It was as if he had no idea of what he should feel in a normal situation. He had never learned all the things that make one normal. He had no feelings for anyone beyond an abrupt but genuine politeness.
And an insatiable curiosity. This, in conjunction with his analytic mind, had enabled him to make a good living as a project coordinator at Richland Ltd. It was a small operation that managed to keep him on staff, not by paying him extremely well, but by letting him indulge his love of checking out the strange and unusual things that were his only real passion. He did very good work for the company, and they returned the favor by looking the other way when one of his pet projects showed up somewhere it wasn't supposed to be.
This was one of those times. He had been following the news about some volcanic activity in the ocean around the Hawaiian Islands, and wondering if it would affect shipping, when he felt an oddness he was unaccustomed to. Nothing definite, but rather a gut feeling that he was supposed to do something. He was in the middle of it when his boss walked into his office.
"How's it? You look like you could use a little excitement in your life, and I'm here to provide."
That was Ian's boss, Rick Jansen, in a nutshell. The only other black man in the office, he had always struck Speed as strange but as usual, he thought little about it. Rick was a special kind of person. If there was something he didn't like, he was going to fix it. Nice enough guy, but nosey enough to make homicide a consideration. Yet of all the people who knew Ian and his particular affliction, only he had never given up on dragging Ian into the light of pleasant conversation.
As a result, there were times he was so annoying that Ian had to excuse himself to go somewhere out of hearing and either laugh at the absurdity or scream at the nerve of the man.
Still, he endured. Not out of any loyalty to the company, another job was just a phone call away, but out of respect for the fact that they had never asked for more than he wanted to give. That was something that another job might not be so willing to accept. And besides, in the end, the truth was that Speed usually enjoyed Rick and his little escapades even though he'd never admit to it.
Smiling sardonically at Rick he asked, "So what's the plan this evening? The racetrack? The theater? Or maybe something truly unique, like say, oh I don't know...a séance?"
Rick sat in the chair across from Speed and stared at him blankly. Then he spoke as though he was running the risk of getting on someone's bad side.
"And just how did you know that? Here I was thinking I was going to pull a surprise on you, and you know damn near as much as much as I do. You're a real buzz-kill, you know that?"
Speed laughed. He was forever getting in the way of Rick's little schemes, and somehow that made the man's constant meddling more tolerable.
"Just a guess. You haven't tried anything insane in weeks, and I figured you were about due."
Rick shook his head as if to clear it and grinned. He was used to the way Speed was always on top of things even before he knew what they were. Even so, it was still somewhat disconcerting. In a strange way though, it was what he'd come to expect from their resident man of mystery.
"Right, well, here's the plan. I'll pick you up at eight at your place, and we'll take a ride to the lady's house."
"What lady?" Speed was truly shocked. Rick was a lot of things but this was the first time he'd gone this far.
Ian Speed is a strange man. He lives in a social vacuum and tries to pretend it doesn't matter, when in reality, he wants desperately to fit in. He simply has no idea how.
That is until his boss and friend, Rick Jansen, takes him to a show given by a mysterious woman named Antara, who seems to know more about him, and his troubles, than he himself does. During the show, he finds himself alone with the woman, who promises to explain all of it to him and more if he'll call her the next day. He finds himself looking forward to it.
From that moment on, his life changed. Now he finds himself in a world he'd never believed in, full of wonders and dangers beyond his imagination. And he learns why his life has been what it has, and what he has to do to fix it. The price is high but the rewards are great.
All he has to do is...survive.
Written By: Alexander Dregon
Published By: Devine Destinies
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Terry had heard his target's intake of breath as the man prepared to launch his attack and been ready for it, stepping back just out of range at the last second. Still, he had been surprised not just by the speed but the savagery of the blow. Had he not read his intent and acted accordingly, Terry would be bleeding profusely from the knee or knees right now.
Instead, Terry was staring across his nine millimeter at his opponent's face, twisted in an inscrutable rage.
Almost cheerfully, he said, "Hi. Just wanted to borrow your phone. I need to call the cops and have your a** thrown in jail." Then, he smiled as evilly as he could, adding, "Unless you'd like to save everybody some trouble and try to pull that ax out of the wall so I have an excuse to blow your fuckin' head off!"
Terry Bridger is a unique individual. A former Army Ranger, CIA operative, cop and private detective, he now works as a consultant for the FBI. His specialty? Catching the most vicious, most dangerous serial killers. And he has a hidden advantage. He calls him Charlie.
Written By: Alexander Dregon
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After three hundred years, Darius Pine has lost none of his flair for life. Or his thirst for justice. A member of the unique and secretive group of what most would simply label vampires, known as The Gifted, he devotes himself to issuing the just rewards to those that have escaped the retribution they deserve.
To do so however he has to avoid the entanglements of the political side of the New Templars, the leadership of the nation's Gifted.
So when the Templar leader needs a favor in return for his being left alone, Darius is delighted to find out it involves an old enemy of his own and a final chance to right a past wrong. Only to find an innocent life on the line, a way of life threatened and his own life in jeopardy as well.


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Harlan Hague
Teaching and writing proved a happy combination that was both intellectually stimulating and personally satisfying. I retired from teaching a bit earlier than I had always planned so that I could devote full time to writing and traveling, another happy union. To colleagues and friends who asked why I retired somewhat early, knowing that I enjoyed teaching immensely, I paraphrased Thoreau. I have many lives to live, and I had to be about the next one.
This is the web site of Harlan Hague, BBA, MBA, MA, PhD, writer and retired history professor. On these pages, I will talk shamelessly about my various passions, chiefly writing and travel.
Principal fields in my scholarly writing were the American West and California. My research and writing on exploration in the West is illustrated in my article on the origins of the southern overland route to California and the Indian role as guides in western exploration. I discuss my fascination with California in an article titled California Dreaming. My concern for the environment is illustrated in my article, Eden Ravished.
I combine my enthusiasms for writing and travel in freelance travel writing. My travel articles have published in the travel sections of newspapers throughout the United States and in travel magazines. I have put up a number of my travel articles here on my web site.
David J. Langum and I collaborated in writing a biography of Thomas O. Larkin, published by University of Oklahoma Press. The book won the Caroline Bancroft History Prize. An American merchant and United States Consul to Mexican California, Larkin was the chief figure in the American acquisition of California. The book is available in paper and hard cover. Read a summary of Larkin's life in my article.
My Road to California: The Search for a Southern Overland Route, 1540-1848, originally published by The Arthur H. Clark Company, has been reprinted in paperback. The book is the only volume to bring together the story of the search for an overland route to California by Spaniards, Mexicans and Americans. This reprint volume contains an index.
The general reader may prefer the most recent reprint, right, which does not contain the index. This volume is also available as an ebook.
My short novel, Santa Fé mi casa, was released in June 2011 and reprinted in 2013. This is a love story set in New Mexico and the Southwest at the opening of the Mexican War. John Henry Harris, a young soldier in the United States Army of the West, is eager to wave the flag and fight for his country. But John Henry's world is soon turned upside down. In Santa Fé, he meets Morita and falls in love. Finding no enemies in New Mexico, John Henry questions whether he can support this war against a people who have committed no wrong against him or the United States. He is torn between conflicting passions of loyalty, justice, duty and love. The idyll ends when the army leaves Santa Fé to carry the conquest to California. John Henry longs for Morita and a life with her in the little adobe house in Santa Fé. The book is available in paperback and ebook.
My second love, after writing, is traveling. The two proved a happy combination. I traveled with my family, and I organized and escorted tours. Soft Adventure tours, I called them, since they involved experiences that were a bit different and a bit more challenging than the typical tourist experience. In the course of my travels, I have visited some sixty or seventy countries and dependencies and all of the continents except Antarctica. On purpose. My travel articles published in newspapers and travel magazines throughout the United States. This was in the salad days when newspapers had budget for freelance writing. A collection of my articles, titled Soft Adventure Travel, was published in June 2011 as an ebook.
I reversed the usual path of novel-to-screenplay by writing a novella based on one of my screenplays. Sakura, the book, is based on my screenplay of the same title. This is a story about a good man who loves two women. He lives the good life of a respected professor in a quiet college town on the United States west coast. He loves his wife, his cottage garden and his academic routine. He is content. But when his new Japanese graduate assistant's mother visits her son from Japan, the professor's world is turned upside down. Memories that he thought he had forgotten or suppressed flood back, and his tranquility vanishes. The book is available in print and ebook.
The People. This is an alternate history with a touch or two of science fiction, a retelling of the story of the response of the western Indians to the invasion of their lands by the American army and settlers. The tribes form a confederation which, with the help of superior weapons supplied by a shadowy Asian people called the Celestials, is a formidable force. The Indians win this time.
Available in hard cover, ebook and paper cover large print.
Since the trends in recent years have been toward self-publication, the options in the production of covers has proliferated. I have displayed some examples of the options for self-publishing, as well as some commercially-produced covers here.
In recent years, I have turned to writing screenplays. What writer does not have a screenplay or two in his head, on disk, or making the rounds? Have a look at a short description of each of my scripts.
I have written a couple of little fantasies. Three Little girls and the Fairies was inspired by my family's residence during an idyllic sabbatical year in a seventeenth-century farmhouse in England's Cotswold Hills. An overnight in the historic Wolf Creek Inn in Oregon inspired The Little Girl in the White Dress. It is rumored that a willowy little girl in a white dress has been seen walking about the dark hallways of the inn.


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I used to think I looked like Maseo from De La Soul (top, left, upside down). This meant I had underground credibility. I used to purposefully tell people I looked like Maseo from De La Soul. Because I had underground credibility. Because it was preferable to saying a Bollywood star that no one knew, or a Lidl Peter Andre. People didn't appreciate that as a brown boy with lightskin, chances are, my lookalikes weren't too well-known. If they existed at all. We lived in this enclave of suburbia where you had to look like someone else and sound like someone else and be the potential to be someone else. So I went for the wilfully obscure, the wilfully cool and the wilfully nothing like my school friends. I remember one of my colleagues aligning himself with a likeness of Robbie Williams, another saying he was like Ralph Macchio. I said I looked like Maseo. This was 1990, after all. They would say, 'Who?' and I would go 'Three, that's the magic number,' and they would nod, not really sure who I meant, but nodding at the recognition of the song.
Maseo and I both filled out. Neither of us look like that cover of 3 feet high and rising anymore. We both went wide-ways and I certainly don't look like a black'n'white photo of him 20 odd years ago anymore. But I look at that album everyday (the record features prominently on a shelf in my study) and I think, a lot has passed in the last 20 years. A lot. It represents to me who I was and who I've become. Three feet high and rising.


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I won't lie and say that I haven't been looking forward to this remake because I have especially since Ubisoft decided to can the original 1200 Microsoft Points cost. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is now available for a trimmed down price of 800 Microsoft Points. What's with the long-winded game titles these days?
I was hoping Ubisoft would've given a discount to those who have the yesteryear version but that's probably asking too much. Mo' money, mo' money.
So let's go Leonardo! He was always my favorite. I love the swords I guess. I'm definitely seeing some fun on Xbox LIVE with this if anyone is interested. If enough people get it, let's all go turtle out with an Unscripted Nights event. Turtle Power!
You can queue it up right here to be ready to download with you power your Xbox 360 on. What say you?
They call me "The Velvet Voice". I like sunshine, games and large amounts of money. I'm a Microsoft Xbox MVP and an Author. Check out the book about my journey through the gaming industry Press X to Reload and The Terribly Terrific Travels of Timber Timmins on Amazon.com. Support the site and buy 'em. Take a look at my About Me bio for more on me.


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I love to read poetry and quotes that are inspirational and I usually end up blogging using them. They really provide insight and motivation to me on a daily basis.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. - Charles Reade
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A "meh" episode, but at least we have the start of a new "mission." Thought it was a little too obvious who the main deal-maker was. I liked the demon-vision goggles; that was kind of cool.
I really liked the glimpse into Kevin's miserable existence. Can't help but feel sorry for him. Also liked Dean's child-like joy over having an actual room of his own. That was a nice character moment.
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Its not perfect by any means, as the family in peril, interested me about as much as the family Lilith was playing with when Lilith collected on Dean's contract, and I LOVED that episode.
THis isn't that good. But by god it had so much heart and promise for things to come. That for the first time this season, I am an unabashedly exciting for the next two seasons.
While the family in peril scenes didn't work, and the finale girl who made the deal wasn't a shock (seriously sometimes the guys are really stupid).
But pretty much every thing else did to degrees of good, to some even that were great.
The scenes in Dean's room, and not only us seeing Dean's little joys in life, but Sam noticeing them too. Hello, I love that.
Dean's choice to by the champion that will meet the trials and pay with his life, because he always saw himself going down bloody with a gun, but still as much as he hates Sam away from him, does want Sam to have a real life, to have his family to grow old. And for Dean to see that Sam can still work the family business as a man of letters who does all of that. Was really, really great to see after the first half of this season.
And for him to openly tell Sam all of those things. Awesome. No I am not a girl, but parts of this episode really are making me into one (sorry I know thats kind of offensive, but I really can't think of another way of putting it).
What was long over due, was Sam's differently view on Kevin, and talking about Kevin, not to basically make his mistakes. To keep himself, safe and healthy, so he can have a future, instead of going all in end for his personal freedom from Hell. Wan't a great scene, but it was a good, and needed scene.
I also didn't mind a new method for them to see Hell Hounds. It seemed reasonable, especially with who/what sent the trials. And the fx was, for this show, effective in portraying that. So nice solid work there. Its been a while since SPN handled an 'monster fx, well'.
Then we have what happens to Sam, and TWOP must be exploding in unholy fury right now (I am laughing my ass off on that). What Sam said is right. Dean is (with a few exceptions) the better hunter. He has, and always has had the instinctive knack. I liked, no loved hearing Sam tell Dean that his better then him or John. BUt I loved that the role fell (at least so far) on Sam. While both brothers life have been heavily marked by Hell (and thats not even just the spending time in Hell), that aspect of the mythology of the show, has always been more about Sam, and always in a negative way. Even when using those abilities for good, it was always the idea that it, in the end a terrible thing. So thats nice. Whats also nice, was for Sam to voice why he is fine with it, he does see the light at the end of the tunnel, and he wants both of them there for it.
In many ways it reminded me of a small scene in (Cris Angel is a Douche Bag), when finally Sam decides to go back to Ruby so that he not Dean can destroy Lilith and thus save the world (well that was what the Angels and Demons were telling them was needed to be done). It was Dean (and by characters of that episode) living and planning a life that ended in their death. Dean only saw one way out, and it being in death. That pushed Sam. Here we see him take up the mantle to have the possibility of both of them having a happy ending.
Of course, though I loved that element, please don't misunderstand, I don't what the show to end with a happy ending, but I do want the characters to at least have hope.
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Glee actress Lea Michele has previously spoken about not having an issue showing off her cleavage and it appears she still feels the same after she posted a photo of her exposing parts of her lady lumps during her recent holiday, on Twitter.
Having jetted off to Cabo for a relaxing break ahead of filming for the new season of Glee, Lea who is currently dating Cory Monteith who plays the role of Finn Hudson on the show, shared some of her holiday snaps with her fans and followers on the social networking site.
Deciding to sit on the ledge of the pool with her arms and legs in front of her, a sizable amount of Lea's cleavage can be seen from her blue bikini top. The actress, who let her brown locks fall around her shoulders accessorised her bikini with a large sunhat to cover her face from the rays.
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Joking in a previous interview with Marie Claire magazine that she's going to continue to give her cleavage more of an opportunity to come out, Lea said at the time: "For a while they were out and about, showing off on Broadway every night, then they came to L.A. and were like, 'No one else looks like me here!'
"They were nervous to make their appearance but feel they've earned their place. So they asked if they could come out, and I was like, 'All right, you guys.' They definitely rose to the occasion, so I'm going to continue to give them more opportunities."
Meanwhile whilst Lea looks forward to heading back to Glee, fans will no longer see the likes of Heather Morris, who plays cheerleader Brittany S.Pierce, and Mark Sailing, who plays bad boy Zoah 'Puck' Puckerman, who will no longer be part of the cast on a regular basis.
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Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 679560, 16 pages
Examination of Perovskite Structure CaMnO3-δ with MgO Addition as Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling Using Methane and Syngas
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Environmental and Inorganic Chemistry,
Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
2Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Energy Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Received 24 May 2013; Revised 19 August 2013; Accepted 21 August 2013
Academic Editor: Francisco José Hernández Fernández
Copyright © 2013 Dazheng Jing et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- Patrick Moldenhauer, Magnus Rydén, Tobias Mattisson, Ali Hoteit, Aqil Jamal, and Anders Lyngfelt, "Chemical-Looping Combustion with Fuel Oil in a 10 kW Pilot Plant," Energy & Fuels, pp. 140908113321001, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Dazheng Jing, Mehdi Arjmand, Tobias Mattisson, Magnus Rydén, Frans Snijkers, Henrik Leion, and Anders Lyngfelt, "Examination of oxygen uncoupling behaviour and reactivity towards methane for manganese silicate oxygen carriers in chemical-looping combustion," International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol. 29, pp. 70–81, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Mehdi Arjmand, Roeland F. Kooiman, Magnus Rydén, Henrik Leion, Tobias Per Mattisson, and Anders Lyngfelt, " Sulphur Tolerance of Ca x Mn 1−y M y O 3−δ (M = Mg, Ti) Perovskite-type Oxygen Carriers in Chemical-Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) ," Energy & Fuels, pp. 140115013628009, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Peter Hallberg, Malin Källén, Dazheng Jing, Frans Snijkers, Jasper van Noyen, Magnus Rydén, and Anders Lyngfelt, "Experimental Investigation of Based Oxygen Carriers Used in Continuous Chemical-Looping Combustion," International Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol. 2014, pp. 1–9, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Tobias Mattisson, Juan Adánez, Karl Mayer, Frans Snijkers, Gareth Williams, Evert Wesker, Otmar Bertsch, and Anders Lyngfelt, "Innovative Oxygen Carriers Uplifting Chemical-looping Combustion," Energy Procedia, vol. 63, pp. 113–130, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Dazheng Jing, Marijke Jacobs, Peter Hallberg, Anders Lyngfelt, and Tobias Mattisson, "Development of CaMn0.775Mg0.1Ti0.125O3-δ oxygen carriers produced from different Mn and Ti sources," Materials & Design, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Nathan Galinsky, Amit Mishra, Jia Zhang, and Fanxing Li, "Ca1−xAxMnO3 (A=Sr and Ba) perovskite based oxygen carriers for chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU)," Applied Energy, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar


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TEXAS LEGISLATURE: State to set up virtual suggestion box
Employees can make Web suggestions
AUSTIN — Veteran employees who have worked for years at a state agency, or new hires with a fresh perspective, may know a thing or two about how their departments could work better.
Come Sept. 1, those state workers with bright ideas will be able to post them on a state website for agencies with more than 1,500 employees, and the general public will be able to vet them.
"It's almost like crowdsourcing," said Chuck DeVore, the vice president of public policy at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation.
The bill that enables this digital suggestion box comes from Rep. Abel Herrero, D-Robstown, and was filed as HB 1128.
"The premise has a good financial foundation for it," Herrero said. "We rely on those individuals that rely on the intricacies of bureaucracies on an everyday basis."
The new law will let employees post a cost-efficiency idea, and the general public would be able to monitor the ideas and vote for their favorites. The law is modeled after a plan that the federal government already has pursued, DeVore said, hearkening to the Government Reform for Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative.
"Efforts at the federal level to gather ideas from government employees to improve programs have been successful," a House analysis states. "These efforts have helped eliminate waste in drug procurement for uninsured patients and cut travel costs through improved online learning opportunities."
The state legislation would have broad impact.
"Fourteen large agencies, including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, various health and human services agencies, the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, would be affected. The impacted agencies carry out important work of state government. They accounted for more than $100 billion of the fiscal 2012-13 state budget," a House analysis of the bill states.
The employee ideas would be suggestions, and the agencies would be under no obligation to implement them. However, when the next budgeting cycle comes around, lawmakers could hold the agencies accountable and ask what work has been done on the proposals, DeVore said.
"If there is an agency that has had all these good ideas, and nothing happens, it's going to be up to the lawmakers," DeVore said. "When the agency starts to ask for money, they can ask, 'What's the status of these really good ideas?' "
The submissions would be moderated.
"We didn't want the Web page to become a political blog," Herrero said.
The bill allows employees to post anonymous suggestions.
"It makes for a better environment, without concerns of repercussions," Herrero said.
No one testified against the bill in the House or Senate committees.
A fiscal note attached to the bill anticipates the cost of the new law could be absorbed by resources the agencies already have.
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Some of you may remember I posted pictures of our recently acquired Morgan/Arabian cross gelding. He is 14.3hh, eight years old and now broke to ride.
Here are links to two videos of him, In the first we are playing with Natural Horsemanship ground manners and in the second I am riding him for his third time under saddle.
He has five gaits, I am not a gaited horse person. I'm not sure if the videos show what he does well at all because he will walk, jog, trot, do some kind of gait, canter which also feels funny and gaited to me and I've seen him run with the boys in the pasture. Any way you can tell me what it is that he is doing, What "gait" it is?
I know to me from the videos and pictures he looks like he is trotting nicely, However when I was riding I discovered this gait blindly by trying to post and couldn't. (DON'T laugh I'm a dumb Quarter Horse girl!)
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Already known for its capable fleet of taxis, Washington DC will likely be seeing some substantial improvements to its cabs in the coming months, according to The Washington Times. For people looking for real estate in Washington DC, this is likely welcome news. Not only will it improve the quality of the ride, it will also make payment more convenient for both drivers and passengers.
"It's something that we promised we would do, and it's something we've delivered on," DC Mayor Vincent Gray said in a press conference, according to the news source.
If the bill passes, it will form a $34.9 contract with VeriFone Systems, which will result in credit card readers, in-ride news videos and satellite navigation for all cabs, according to the Washington Post.
The bill would not only upgrade the amenities found in taxis, however - it would also overhaul the accrediting process and affect the makeup of the city's fleet. The law would sizably increase the number of taxi inspectors, bolster training for new drivers and add many more handicapped-accessible cabs, according to the source.
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Shoot tips of strawberry (Fragaria vesca × F. ananassa) cultivar ´Heilongjiang No.1` were successfully preserved in vitro using a slow-growth culture method. All shoot tips survived 1 year of storage and showed an increase of 1.56 ± 0.08 cm in shoot length. In addition, eight single-bud-derived sibling lines were established for genetic analysis. Although cytological examination detected chromosomal variations in plants recovered from slow-growth, their ploidy level was similar to the control. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis with 16 primer combinations did not detected any change in AFLP patterns between controls and strawberry plants recovered from slow-growth culture. However, methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) analyses indicated that slowgrowth storage induced changes in DNA methylation and DNA de-methylation patterns, while no de novo methylation was found.
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You've probably heard of Moore's law, or the Phillips curve, or the Financial Instability Hypothesis (okay, maybe not the last one, unless your thing is bringing after-dinner conversations to a screeching halt).
But here are five incredibly important business and economic doctrines you haven't heard of:
1. The Law of Decreasing Personality
The bigger your balance sheet, the more likely you are to be an asshole.
See: Well, lots of people. But I don't want to make their balance sheets bigger by naming names and getting sued.
So let's move on.
2. The Policy Doctrine
The more employee policies you have, the less likely you are to treat employees fairly.
See: Every big company I ever worked for.
Sure, you need a few policies. And you need some guidelines.
But any set of policies that can't be distilled to, "We will treat our employees the way we would want to be treated," is likely to leave employees holding the short end of the fairness stick.
3. The Law of Diminishing Participation Returns
The more people who have input into a decision or design, the less valuable the outcome.
See: Just about everyone not named Steve Jobs.
Yes, everyone has a voice. Yes, everyone's opinion has value.
But go ahead: Name one decision or design based on group consensus that broke new ground or created a new industry.
Sure, you need a team for implementation and development, but the best decisions tend to be made by the few, not the many.
4. The Inverse Square Rule of Proximity
The less time you spend with your employees the more rapidly their engagement and performance falls off.
See: Any crappy quasi-absentee manager you ever worked for.
Email, phone, social media... all are good ways to stay in touch with employees, but nothing—nothing—beats face time.
The less you see, interact with, and serve as a role model for your employees, the more they'll struggle to implement your vision and extend your passion for the business.
5. Eastwood's Law of Silence
The people who say the most have the least to say.
See: Maybe (but hopefully not) your mirror.
I know. We all have a personal brand. We all need to own our space. If we don't blow our horns, no one will blow them for us.
But think about truly successful people you know. They don't brag. They don't bluster. They don't hold forth.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Cam Newton and the Panthers offense are once again in limbo following the departure of offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski.
Last year marked the first time Newton worked with the same coordinator in back-to-back seasons since high school and the second-year quarterback improved as the season progressed. But with Chudzinski being introduced Friday as the Cleveland Browns new head coach, the direction of the Panthers' offense is unclear.
Coach Ron Rivera declined interview requests Friday, saying in a statement "there's no timetable" to name Chudzinski's replacement.
Rivera fired two offensive assistants Tuesday leaving quarterbacks coach Mike Shula as the only staff member with previous experience as an offensive coordinator. However, Shula struggled in that role with Tampa Bay from 1996-99 and the Panthers could look outside the organization for a replacement.
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Down in the polls and seeking to rebrand himself as the straight-talker who will give Washington a licking, Texas Gov. Rick Perry challenged House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to a duel, rhetorically speaking.
Mr. Perry sent Ms. Pelosi a letter Wednesday asking for a debate on the governor's proposal to change various parts of federal government — including a request to halve congressional salaries and make Congress a part-time operation. (Emphasis on "request," as Congress, not the White House, sets lawmakers' salaries.)
"I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate," Mr. Perry wrote. "It would be a tremendous service to the American public to see a public airing of these differences."
"If Monday doesn't work," Mr. Perry writes, "Perhaps we could find a time in Iowa over the course of the next month." Ms. Pelosi has not commented on the Perry plan — and her office did not return a request for comment late Wednesday night. But Rep. Steny Hoyer has said the Texas governor's plan to scale back Congress is "pandering to the tea party."
Mr. Perry seemed so appealing to conservatives when he entered the race, partly because of his willingness to throw a punch. But polls show he's no longer in the top tier of GOP presidential hopefuls, and has a long way to go before he will be challenging Washington Democrats on anything.
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One of the books I have found to help you teach your kids about money is Money Doesn't Grow On Trees, A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children by Neale S. Godfrey. She has also written another book for teenagers called Money Still Doesn't Grow on Trees.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Maybe it's the case that this angry missive from Congress to Geithner....
...encouraged China to stay away from this week's auctions, which led to this rather ugly auction.....
....which produced this rather ugly price action:
Maybe it really is that easy sometimes. Late last year, Macro Man decided to put a little capital on what seemed like an all-too-obvious trade: short govvys of profligate Anglo-Saxons versus long govvys of Calvinistic Teutons.
The chart below shows the yield premium of the "short basket" versus the long Bunds (note that the different maturities reflect the cheapest-to-deliver of the relevant futures market.)
As you can see, the basket's widened some 45 bps in 3 months. Not bad at all for a trade designed around the simple question of "which market is going to see the most new issuance hit the private sector relative to 2009"? Obviously, the trade was helped yesterday by the poor auction and by A Darling's "I am out of a job anyway so I really can't be arsed, to be honest" budget yesterday.
Sometimes, the best trades really are that simple....
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- TulsaGuy said...
"You mean to tell me that the success of my program and my reelection hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of f***ing bond traders?" - Bill Clinton 1993.
- March 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Nic said...
Nice! They say Bond traders are the smartest guys in the room ;)
Certainly worked better than GS call to clients to buy EURUSD, which failed in December and again this week.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Nic Barnes said...
i have always thought that it would be the (wise) bond investors that did for the equity market. as govvie yields move higher, it might negatively impact the equity market. debt forgiveness (imf into greece might mean haircuts, bank of america prin reduction) is not a good thing for debt investors. if it bad for debt investors, it is worse for the equity optimsts
- March 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Leftback said...
Yes, I think your diagnosis of yesterday's action is probably spot on. The rubber band is starting to get very very stretched - either it breaks, which won't be pretty, or a sharp snap back is on the cards.
- March 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Nemo Incognito said...
LB's right. Covering the long bond short here. It ain't over until China quite publicly decides to dump treasuries. Pettis has done some reading on the history of that.
PS: For those of you looking for equity market bad news, check out Li and Fung's latest. They are one of the biggest sourcers of manufactured good for the likes of Wall Mart et al.
- March 25, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- TulsaGuy said...
if several of the deficit runners are forced to rein in spending soon after another, that's gonna open a global demand gap, and risk-off is the way to go. but at least right now the market is saying risk-on. If it all does end in tears one day, are USTs still the safe haven like in 2008?
- March 25, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Leftback said...
If it ends in tears, dollars, yen, Treasuries, Bunds and the safest of corporates are the likely beneficiaries.
Surely we will not see a repeat of yesterday's carnage, MM? Perhaps the response will be that future Treasury announcements will limit issuance in the 3-7y range? Another long tail would be something of a disaster.
- March 25, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Macro Man said...
Not only is it long, it's prehensile!
- March 25, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- econobserver said...
Well, inflation expectation is indeed low right now and I do not see changes in that front anytime soon. And you got to give Fed credit for their efforts to keep yield down. Ben tried to talk down yields today and if necessory, I guess that they can pull some bond-purchasing program again.
- March 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Leftback said...
Your pairs trade looking good, MM. We bow to your understanding of Calvinist self-restraint. Bailed too early on shorting the long end....
Last time we got close to 4.00% on the 10y, equities sold off. But this week it is still TGUF (Turds Going Up Forever).
- March 25, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- Rossco said...
famous last words but it feels to me like the spoos locomotive finally caught up with the penny picker
- March 25, 2010 at 9:42 PM


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Colorado and Washington may have legalized marijuana, but the drug war continues apace. We here record three more deaths in the name of drug prohibition. The three who died in separate incidents become
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A member of the woman's family said police entered with a "no-knock" warrant, meaning they were allowed to legally burst into the home without notifying the residents beforehand.
Police said the two shooters have been placed on administrative leave pending an inquiry by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
"That was my aunt and she has never ever hurt anyone," wrote someone identifying herself as Tina Bunn in the comments section of the article linked to above. "She had a heart like no one I ever seen, but her being shot by cops, I don't even know what to say, but what is our world coming to today? You will be so missed and we will think about you every day. I hope your afterlife is what you thought it would be, and say hi to all our family that left before you, and one day we will all be back together. RIP and God be with us to help us with this pain of saying good bye."
"This was a good woman, had a heart of gold that lived alone with her two dogs!" added a commenter identified only as Brandon. "She didn't deserve to be shot down like that! She had to be scared and couldn't have known what was going on! I hope the police officers that pulled the triggers feel real good and powerful about what they did! We will always love and miss you, Miss Jean! RIP."
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The deputy who shot Cardenas was identified as Nicholas Norris. He has been placed on routine administrative leave while the shooting is probed.
As part of the investigation conducted at the scene Friday night, detectives with the Sheriff's Criminal Investigation Division obtained a search warrant for Cardenas' vehicle. They found different types of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a variety of weapons. Cardenas was also wanted on a misdemeanor warrant from Tucson.
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Why no Booby traps? Imagine SWAT lining up on the Porch of someones house only to suddenly discover they are all 15 feet in the air in a Cage that they thought was the Porch. Get Creative. Kill Lists? Works both ways, Big Brother Counterfiet-Funded Murdering Thugs.
What do these highly paid Pigs do with their Money, anyways? My guess, lounging in a Hot Tub masterbating to visions of cowering Women and Kids. Fooooooom, Times up, Last Call for a little civility, Low-Life Bolsheviks.
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I have verified firewall rules are set correctly, disabled anti-virus, reinstalled remote desktop services, uninstalled updates, ran SFC scan, re-registered term services DLL. When services applet is opened I noticed Remote Desktop Services is "stopped". I've tried starting it manually but it comes up with message stating "Remote desktop services started and than stopped".
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Tucked in a village near Richmond you will find a very special place, Petersham Nurseries. This little garden center perfectly combines shabby chic with gardening. It is my kind of heaven.
Before I started my plant business, a lot of my inspiration came from here. As I am due to start back on my market stall, I wanted to take a trip back before my weekends become chocca.
If you ever decide to take a trip out to Petersham, make sure you take advantage of the lovely walk along the Thames from Richmond station, it's beautiful.
Even though the weather is cold and rainy, Petersham make their nursery burst with lots of colours and textures. Around each corner are beautifully potted plants in one off vintage planters.
The Violas are out in full bloom!
The garden center isn't the only reason to discover Petersham Nurseries. It has the most quaint cafe and restaurant. Since we had made the long old journey from East London on the district line, a lunch time treat was well deserved.
Magnolias line the walls inside the restaurant with fairy lights intertwined. It's like being in a fairy tale!
Given our long treacherous journey on the District line, it was only fair to cheer ourselves up by ordering nearly everything on the menu, right?
We nibbled on these yummy delights before our starters.
Cauliflower, Halloumi & Mint Fritters, with Labneh & Amalfi Lemon – £7
For the 7 pound price tag, there should have been enough for two each !
For Starters…
Marscapone & Buffalo Ricotta Ravioli with Peas & Lemon Oil – £13.50
This photo doesn't do the ravioli much justice – it was some of the finest pasta I have eaten and trust me, that's a lot!
Pan-Fried Scallops with Horseradish Cream & Winter Leaves
Lamb Shoulder with Artichokes, Rocket, Almonds & Celeriac Puree – £25.50
The lamb was cooked wonderfully, loved the crunchy almonds on top.
Osso Buco with Polenta, Parmigiano Reggiano & Gremolata – £26.50
For those who haven't eaten Osso Buco, it is braised veal shank. A tender piece of meat, unfortunately the gravy seemed to curdle with the polenta which resulted in a unappetising plate of food.
Just incase that wasn't enough, we ordered a couple of sides.
Castelfranco & Pink Radicchio, Honey & Red Wine Vinaigrertte – £4.50
Best salad. EVER. It looks incredible and tastes it too.
Warm Pink Fir Potato Salad with Chive, Cress & Basil Aioli – £5
Vanilla Panna Cotta with Roasted Yorkshire Rhubarb & Pistachio – £7
I loved the slightly bitter rhubarb with the creamy panna cotta. However, if you have a sweet tooth, this one isn't for you. Go for the lemon tart instead.
Amalfi Lemon Tart with Viola – £6
We have Richard Corrigan's lemon tart rated number one, but this tart potentially knocks it off the top of our list.
The restaurant is a little pricey, so I would save going there for special occasions. Otherwise, the cafe is equally as charming. Serving soups, stews, sandwiches and traditional cakes. Basically, the best of the best homemade comfort food.
The food here is fantastic. I love this place. I always leave feeling happy and more determined to have a little heaven like this of my own one day.
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