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S&P Keeps Strong Sell on GM
General Motors (STJ ) : Reiterates 1 STARS (strong sell)
Analyst: Efraim Levy, CFA
GM posted a worse-than-expected third quarter, but announced a union pact that should generate about $4.35 per share savings before offsets. Cash savings might be $1 billion per annum. While we view the pact as good news, the full benefits would not occur in 2006 and could be partly offset by, in our view, weaker sales volume and mix, and potentially higher costs from Delphi's bankruptcy. The potential sale of some GMAC assets would likely generate cash and lower GMAC borrowing costs, but cut income contributions to GM. With likely savings from the union pact, our target price rises to $27 from $22.
Tobacco Sub-industry (RAI ) : Remains Neutral
Analyst: Anishka Clarke
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Justice Department that sought to reinstate the $280 billion disgorgement claim in its civil racketeering lawsuit against cigarette makers. This follows the rejection of a full court review by the D.C. circuit's U.S. Court of Appeals and the initial federal court ruling that barred the claim. We believe today's final ruling on the disgorgement lowers manufacturers' cash flow risk, and think a settlement otherwise in the case is possible. We reiterate our buy opinion on Altria (MO ), and hold opinions on Reynolds (RAI ) and Loews (CG ).
St. Jude Medical (STJ ) : Maintains 5 STARS (strong buy)
Analyst: Robert Gold
St. Jude posted third quarter operating earnings per share of 40 cents vs. 31 cents, in line with our forecast, and agreed to acquire Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (ANSI ) for about $1.3 billion in cash, subject to approvals. We believe the deal would boost 2006 sales by about 5% and dilute 2006 earnings per share by 4 cents, but see the dilutive impact offset by strength in existing St. Jude operations. We expect earnings per share accretion by 2007 and think Advanced Neuromodulation Systems is an excellent strategic fit, with few product overlaps. The deal will be partly funded by $500 million cash on hand, including $160 million on Advanced Neuromodulation's balance sheet. Our 12-month target price remains $61.
Yahoo (YHOO ): Maintains 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Zaineb Bokhari and Scott Kessler
An unconfirmed report in the Wall Street Journal said that Yahoo is in preliminary talks with Time Warner (TWX ) to acquire a stake in AOL. We think Yahoo's interest makes strategic sense, although a purchase may be subject to regulatory scrutiny given the size and reach of the two web properties. We believe the combination of Yahoo's market leadership in terms of traffic, users and revenues, as well as its broad international footprint and growth characteristics, and AOL's expansive traffic, sizable registered user base and services and content, would be formidable.
Philips Electronics ADRs (PHG ): Maintains 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: H. Nasrallah
Third quarter evenue of $9.12 billion was 6% above our forecast, and income from operations of $530 million exceeded our $196 million estimate. The income outperformance reflected better sales than we expected in consumer electronics, in domestic appliance and personal care segment, and in semiconductors, as new products drove marketshare gains. LG Philips LCD contributed $228 million to net profit, vs. $40 million in the second quarter, on a rise in sale prices for liquid crystal displays, which we expect to flatten in thefourth quarter on weaker pricing for monitors. We are lowering our 12-month target price $3 to $28 to reflect recent dollar vs. euro rise.
Northeast Utilities (NU ) : Ups to 3 STARS (hold) from 2 STARS (sell)
Analyst: Justin McCann
Following a recent pullback in its share price, we believe Northeast Utilities is more fairly valued at an approximate peer p-e of 14.3 times our 2006 earnings per share estimate of $1.30. The stock had been trading as high as a 10% premium to peers. While the current 3.8% dividend yield is slightly below the approximate 4.0% of Northeast Utilities's peers, the 7.7% increase reflected in the September 30 payment has significantly narrowed the difference. While we are lowering our third quarter earnings per share estimate by a penny, to 32 cents, we are keeping our 2005 estimate of $1.15 and 12-month target price of $19.
Peoples Energy (PGL ) : Ups to 3 STARS (hold) from 2 STARS (sell)
Analyst: Yogeesh Wagle
With Peoples Energy shares down 11% thus far in October, we think they are now fairly valued. We expect the company to resume earnings growth in fiscal year 2007 (ending September) on rate hikes based on requested increases of $80 million to $100 million for Peoples Gas and of between $12 million and $15 million for North Shore. In fiscal year 2006, we see results pressured by rising labor costs and bad debt expense, and declining gas consumption. Based on our expectations for below-peer earnings per share growth, we believe the stock should trade at a p-e multiple of 14.6 times projected fiscal year 2006 earnings per share, a 9% discount to the peer average. On that basis, our 12-month target price stays $38.
First Horizon National (FHN ) : Ups to 4 STARS (buy) from 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Richard Tortoriello
Third quarter earnings per share of 90 cents vs. 89 cents is 3 cents above our estimate. We expect capital markets results, which fell 81%, to improve, as we see rising rates attracting money to the bond market. With First Horizon National trading at 14 times average 7-year earnings per share, compared to a peer average of 23 times, and with First Horizon National's current yield of 4.6% compared with peers' 2.9%, we believe its high mortgage exposure is more than adequately discounted. Our 2005 earnings per share estimate falls by 3 cents to $3.39, and our 2006 by 9 cents to $3.62, to account for potential slowing in mortgage banking. Our target price falls by $2 to $42, due to our earnings per share cuts.
Saks (SKS ) : Ups to 3 STARS (hold) from 2 STARS (sell)
Analyst: Jason Asaeda
Saks reported a July quarter operating loss of 34 cents vs. 19 cents loss, 15 cents wider than our loss estimate. The shortfall reflects clearance markdowns, a temporary decline in vendor markdown support, and investment spending in the Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises segment. However, we expect better inventory management, expense controls, and more normalized vendor relations to support stronger results at the Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises segment going forward. We are cutting our fiscal year 2006 (ending January) operating earnings per share estimate by 15 cents to 47 cents, but raising our discounted cash flow-based 12-month target price by $2 to $18 on our improved outlook.


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I got my TLE (non-stainless) for $799. The major differences between the TLE and the Custom are the sights and front/back strap checkering. The TLE gives you the option of night sights vs. adjustable target sights, both are an upgrade on the Custom. The front/back strap checkering is standard on the TLE and made a BIG difference when I handled and shot the two guns. If you haven't done so, handle one of the models with this added checkering. With those two differences, and the cost to bring a custom up to the TLE specs, I made the decision to go with the TLE. The Stainless finish is usually a $60 upcharge over the standard black. Either way you go, these are awesome guns.
As for pricing, there is a non-stainless, Custom II on Gunbroker.com with no reserve, for $638. If you add the typical $60 upcharge for the stainless, it would be about $700. Your deal of $739 is OK but not great. IMHO.

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Bridge Loans from the SBAJeremy Quittner
Get ready for the Small Business Administration to announce the availability of $35,000 bridge loans for distressed small businesses. John Miller, director of marketing for the SBA's New York District Office, told a group of small businesses owners at a recent SCORE/OPEN event in New York City that the SBA would probably make them available within 2 weeks. One bank source and a representative from a national trade group representing SBA lenders said the announcement would likely come during National Small Business Week, which starts May 17 in Washington.
"Who's making loans these days? Well, not too many people," Miller said, adding the bridge loans will come with a 100% government guarantee. Maybe that will prod bankers to start lending to entrepreneurs.


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RBA Says Hard to Judge If Low Rates Offset Mining, Budget
Australia's central bank said it's hard to gauge how much low interest rates will offset a drop in mining investment and tighter fiscal policy, adding that the currency was providing less assistance to rebalancing growth.
"Those uncertainties were likely to take some time to resolve," the Reserve Bank of Australia said in minutes today of its June 3 meeting, where it kept the benchmark cash-rate unchanged at a record-low 2.5 percent. "The expectation of substantial falls in mining investment, below-average growth of public demand and non-mining investment remaining subdued for a time implied that the pace of growth was likely to be a little below trend over the rest of this year and into next."
Markets and most economists predict Governor Glenn Stevens and his board will leave borrowing costs unchanged for the rest of this year to spur hiring and avoid a growth gap emerging as mining companies plan fewer projects. The government last month announced a fiscal tightening strategy that may drag on growth and consumer sentiment and, together with weaker data, reinforce the view that rates are likely to remain on hold.
The central bank repeated that the current accommodative stance of policy was likely to be appropriate for some time.
The Australian dollar has risen 7.3 percent since the RBA adopted a neutral bias in February, erasing part of its 14 percent drop last year. The currency traded at 93.82 U.S. cents at 11:32 a.m. in Sydney from 93.90 cents before the minutes.
Exchange Rate
"The earlier decline in the exchange rate was assisting in achieving balanced growth in the economy, but less so than previously as a result of its higher levels," the RBA said, repeating the June 3 phrasing. "Members noted that the exchange rate remained high by historical standards, particularly given the further decline in commodity prices over the past month."
An Australian-dollar index of the nation's main commodities fell for a fourth month in May, and is down 9.5 percent this year, reflecting concern about China. Prices of iron ore, Australia's biggest export, slid 34 percent since Dec. 31 and fell as low as $89 yesterday, the weakest since September 2012.
Growth in China, Australia's biggest trading partner, has been slower than in 2013, "with outcomes having been a little mixed of late," the RBA said. Policy makers said companies' investment intentions in Australia imply that "mining investment would fall quite sharply" in 2014-15.
The board said "that at current prices most iron ore production in Australia was thought to be profitable, but that some iron ore producers in other countries were likely to have begun to incur losses," the minutes showed.
Labor Market
Loose monetary policy in Australia has helped encourage hiring, with unemployment holding at 5.8 percent for past three months, after reaching 6 percent at the start of the year, and the economy adding almost 100,000 jobs this year. Coles supermarkets and Woolworths Ltd. are among companies hiring employees.
"Data for the labor market suggested that demand for labor had improved over the early part of the year," the RBA said. "Forward-looking indicators were higher than they had been, but still at levels consistent with only moderate employment growth in the months ahead. The spare capacity in the labor market was leading to low growth of wages, which was expected to persist."
A range of indicators show that a "significant recovery was underway" in housing construction, while growth in prices of established homes had eased from a rapid pace in 2013, the central bank said.
Inflation Target
It said inflation was forecast to remain within the target.
Australia's Liberal-National government said in its May 13 budget that it will cut spending on welfare and the public service and impose a tax on the highest paid as it sets a path to surplus. RBA board members said the change in the budget position in the next couple of years is forecast to proceed "at a similar rate to earlier episodes" of budget tightening.
"Beyond that horizon, the budget implied a more substantial fiscal consolidation than had earlier been projected," the RBA said.
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Morgan Stanley Ups Chartered Semi to 'Overweight'
Morgan Stanley upgraded Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT ) to overweight from equal-weight.
The chipmaker raised its first-quarter outlook. Analyst Sunil Gupta says he expects Chartered Semiconductor to improve its blended average selling prices due to more "first source" business, an improving technology process mix, a better product mix, and a customer seasoning similar to its success at Fab 5.
He believes worries about Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. eating into Chartered Semi's business as well its investors' capital, along with worries about a possible equity offering from Chartered Semi have resulted in underperformance year to date. Gupta thinks these concerns are exaggerated, and provides an attractive entry point. Gupta sees 1 cent 2004 earnings per share, and 6 cents in 2005.


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Sly Bailey has won her first major boardroom appointment since departing as Trinity Mirror chief executive a year ago as she was today named a non-executive director of Irish ready-meals firm Greencore.
Bailey is a controversial figure who presided over a 90 per cent slump in Trinity Mirror's share price during her nine-year tenure.
The owner of the Daily Mirror handed her £1.8 million in "compensation for loss of office" last year when she resigned a week before the annual meeting in the face of an investor revolt.
She is also a non-executive director of bookmaker Ladbrokes and a governor of the English National Ballet School.
Greencore chairman Gary Kennedy praised Bailey's "deep operating knowledge" and "wide public company board experience".
The Irish firm, which has a £1.1 billion-a-year turnover, makes convenience food such as ready meals and soups as well as cakes and desserts.
The company became embroiled in the horsemeat scandal in February when supermarket Asda said it had found "above trace levels of equine DNA" in beef bolognese made at Greencore's Bristol plant. Greencore's tests came in negative.
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Yesterday I was moving an lcd television using my back seat, and when I removed it, I noticed that it left two tiny (maybe dime sized) spots on the back seat. Whatever was on the bottom of the TV is proving impossible to remove. It seems almost like glue, but has remained sticky, almost like dried soda. I've used a few cleaners, but the residue is still there, and still sticky to the touch.
I'm beginning to think that I'm going to need some type of solvent, but I'm obviously afraid to put anything harmful on the seats of my 3 week old car. I'm sure something like "Goof-Off" or something similar would cut the mystery stain, but who knows what it would do to my seat.
Has anyone ever had any experience using a semi-powerful solvent on cloth seats? It's really quite frustrating because one of the stains is smack-dab in the center of the seat, on the light gray section. Any help or experience would be massively appreciated. Thanks.


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When did it happen? I look at pictures of myself and yuck!! Yes, the camera does add 10 lbs right? So I am making a new years resolution early. Work out, eat better. And to have no regrets. To take chances. And to smile more. Really. In all of these pictures that I am in, I am rarely smiling. What is up with that?
Okay, so enough of that. Today's post will be short. I have to rock a party in the preK class at school this morning and pick the boys up from school. Apparently the school thinks they need to get off half a day of school when they have mid terms. To do what? Study? Right, how about melt their brains on the computer.
Here is another layout that I made for my Worldwin Cardstock application. I used their new line of the paper layerz diecutable cardstock. I also used my itop punch for the punched pieces.
It is a pretty simple layout of the kids. It is pictures of a typical day at our house, but that is what I like to scrapbook.
That is all for now. I have about 18 prekers waiting to make some Christmas stockings today.
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Latest Questions
Q: When is your next Dark Ones book?
A: Soonish. I'm not done writing them, but haven't yet set my 2014 schedule (and beyond).
Q: Dragons! What about the dragons?
A: Just like with the Dark Ones books, I'm not done writing the dragon books. There is a strong possibility that the next dragon book will be out in 2014.
Q: When is the next Aisling Grey book coming out? I don't like the ones where she's just a secondary character.
A: I have no idea if/when I will return to Aisling as narrator, although it's something I'm letting simmer on the back burners of my brain. I'm afraid until that mulling is done, you're going to have to make do with Aisling (and May, for that matter) being an integral part of subsequent dragon books.
Q: I noticed mistakes in one of your books.
A: I'm sure there are lots of mistakes in my books, despite the several pairs of eyes that go over the content before it gets printed up and smooshed onto bookshelves. However, not all of what you might perceive of as a mistake is actually one…sometimes it's me being funny with a bit of intentional word play. I'm a firm believer that English is fluid, and feel comfortable taking license with it now and again. But then, I'm a language renegade! A rogue! A dashing and daring adventurer…oh, wait, that was the dream. Moving on…
Q: How long does it take to get the freebies?
A: Usually a couple of months. Why so long? I get a lot of freebie requests each month, sometimes so many that they have to be shipped to me in a large box (I still remember with horror the day Michelle the Agent sent me a huge box of mail. I thought it was a big present or something!), so it takes me a while to work through all the requests.
I could dump it on an assistant to deal with, and then they would go out pretty quickly, but I like to read the little notes that folks send with their freebie requests, and to personalize the signed book plates, to pick out freebies I think they would enjoy, etc., so I do it myself. That's why it takes so long for me to get through the requests.
Q: You seem to have stopped the Fran Ghetti series. When will the next one be out?
A: Yeah, I know, I've answered this a number of times. I'm going to write up a FAQ entry for it and hope that people check there before e-mailing me about it. But in case you missed it, Ben and Fran are moving to the adult world with the release of IN THE COMPANY OF VAMPIRES. (Nov. 2010). The first two B&F books are being re-released in an omnibus edition at the same time (CONFESSIONS OF A VAMPIRE'S GIRLFRIEND).
Q: I wrote to you on Myspace/Facebook/via E-mail. Why haven't you answered me?
A: See the entry above about freebies. I get a ton of e-mail, and answer them all, but it takes time for me to do that. If you have something urgent you need to get to my attention, like a time-sensitive interview request, speaking request, etc. it's best if you go through my publicist at NAL. Contact info can be found on my website. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of my inbox, at which even I cringe when seeing. Patience is definitely a virtue in this case.
Katie's Big Wad o' Questions
The questions below are general questions asked by readers and people who visit my online journal and message forum.
Q: Do you have a printable list of all your books?
A: Yup. A printable list is available (link opens in a new window). Basically, you can expect to see books from me every April/May and October/November, with possibly a book scattered at other times of the year.
Q: Have you ever based one of your heroes on your husband and if so which one?
A: I have never consciously based a hero on my husband, although many of the traits I found attractive in him (sense of humor, loves animals, technogeeky) have appeared in my heroes. But I haven't ever modelled a hero after him. I tend to like my romance heroes very alpha, but I think I'd run screaming from an alpha male in person.
Q: How do you answer people when they make derogatory remarks about romances? What do you say when they ask you when you're going to write a real book?
A: I point out that romances comprise over half of the mass market paperback market, and that what's good enough for authors like Nora Roberts and Janet Evanovitch is good enough for me. And then I smile. Knowingly.
Q: Does it matter to you if I buy your books used instead of new?
A: Used books are a topic that many authors flinch at—on the one hand, I completely understand how hard it is to find money to buy books period, but then to pay full price? Ack. However, there's a reason why it's important to buy new books whenever you can, and it's not just so you can keep your favorite author in bon-bons.
When someone buys a book used, no record of that sale is sent to the publisher. The only sales they know about are the original purchase, and they base their decision to buy future books on those sales figures, so if the bulk of that author's books are sold used, the publisher is absolutely out of the loop. They might well see lackluster sales, and figure the author isn't a good enough risk to continue with, and thus will pass on buying more books from him/her.
So what's a person on a tight budget to do if she wants to support an author, but can't swing the price of a new book? Go to your local library and request they buy a copy (if they don't have one available). Not only does the publisher see library sales, but libraries keep close tabs on book circulation, and will often order more copies of popular books, making them available to more readers, so it's a win-win situation for the publisher, author, and reader!
Q: Are you always going to write romances?
A: Yes. Even my non-romance books have romantic elements in them. I'm just a romantic at heart, and believe that the world can do with a little more romance and love.
Q: If you couldn't be a writer, what would you do?
A: Be a professional reader. Seriously, I'd probably be a librarian or bookseller. I just love books that much!
Q: How can readers chat with you?
A: I do a limited number of chats, usually one or two during the months when I have books out. When a chat is upcoming, I post a notice about it on the message forum, and mention in the newsletter.
Q: I e-mailed you a question yesterday, but you haven't answered. What gives?
A: I answer every e-mail I receive, although sometimes it takes a while. I do visit my message board daily, so if you have an urgent question, you may want to post it there, or on Facebook.
Q: I want to give a signed copy of your book. Will you do that?
A: I'm always happy to sign books for people, but given the length of time it takes to get mail from my agent (usually about a month) you either have to email me your request well in advance (and please put something in the subject line saying it's a gift, so your e-mail doesn't get stuck in the queue with other reader e-mail), or send me the book three months in advance (which will give enough time for my agent to forward the book to me), or use the third option—a personalized book plate, which can be popped in the mail immediately.
Q: I sent you a snail mail letter, and you haven't answered it!
A: My snail mail queue is even longer than the e-mail queue (partially because it requires me to hunt down stamps, which I never seem to have). The best I can do is advise patience—I do answer every snail mail letter sent, but it does take me a bit of time.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: I have no free time, and none is scheduled until the middle of 2018, so once I'm a little closer to that point, I'll let you know what my plans are. [My hobbies include reading, needlework,spinning fiber, playing with my dogs, and amusing myself for hours on end with online games, to which I'm sadly addicted.
Q: What is your daily schedule like, and how do you write so many books so quickly?
A: I usually arise at noon or so, wakened by Raoul the pool boy (who also serves as my masseuse) with a glass of fresh squeezed juice topped with a gardenia specially flown in from Belize. After my massage, manicure, pedicure, facial, sugar scrub, hair, and dip into the milk bath, I saunter to the garden and spend much time thinking of what words I like best. Then I take those words, toss them into a (hand-crafted purple velvet) bag, and pull them out one by one. Those I dictate to Julio (Raoul's twin). I have a strict word count I must meet—ten words per day, come rain or shine!—before I'm allowed to stop for the day. After a late lunch at poolside where I watch Raoul and Julio model itsy bitsy swimsuits, I have yet another massage, then take some me time to recharge my mental batteries.
As you can see, the rumors that my schedule consists of me rising before the lark at 4am, spending five hours hacking away at the keyboard, not to mention afternoons and evenings working on editing, reading galleys, or revising, are totally untrue. Totally. [We really do get up at 4am, although I don't start writing until closer to 8 am.] I write books quickly because that's how I write. It's just what I know. It does help that I don't have a day job, or children (although my dogs are of the opinion they are hairy little children and should be treated accordingly), but in truth, I'm just a fast writer. I do need a recovery time after each book, though, so the time I take to write a book isn't quite as impressive when you factor in the month I need to recover.
Q: How do you keep yourself motivated?
A: Originally it was a love of storytelling, and a love of romances that kept me writing before I had contracts for books. Now my motivation is the calendar. Fortunately, I still love telling stories and dreaming up romances, so it all works out well in the end. I am careful to take down time between books, and am very protective of my muse, which usually is the excuse I make when people ask why I loll around doing nothing but reading, watching movies, and playing WOW.
Q: Do you plot ahead of time? Do you use character sketches?
A: When I first started writing, I was a dedicated plotter. I wrote out two or three page detailed plot synopses, and although I often veered far afield from the synopses, I needed to have that framework in place to keep me writing. Now I fly much more by the seat of my pants, although I will often stop in the middle of a book and make a page or two of notes on what's going to happen in the second half of the book. I have never made character sketches, or conducted character interviews. My characters aren't at all shy about telling me who they are and what motivates them.
Q: How do you handle negative reviews or comments on your books?
A: What negative reviews? What comments? WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD??? I handle them the way every other author handles them, and no, that's not with a box of Kleenex and a bag of Dove chocolates. I write humor, and humor is very subjective, so I understand that what I think is uproariously funny is not going to strike another person the same way. My goal is to entertain as many people as I can while staying true to my voice. Not every reader is right for my books, and although I regret that I can't amuse the world, I'm resigned to just pleasing those people who share my rather warped sense of humor.
Q: I'm in the middle of writing my own book, and I hope you don't mind me using your vampire world…
A: Um…yes, actually I do mind. It's called copyright infringement, and it's illegal. The beauty of writing paranormals is that you can make up your own worlds and set whatever rules, laws, and mythology you like, rather than having to do something "realistic." That also means that you can take elements that you like from existing mythology, and make it your own by giving it a unique twist. While I'm flattered someone might want to write books based on the worlds or characters I create, it's far better to write things that pop out of your own mind. Honest. Trust me on this.
Q: I have just finished writing a book, and I have called several agencies and a few of the publishers. No one seems to want anything from an unpublished author. How did you get around this to get published?
A: I know how frustrating the agent/publisher hunt can be, but there really is no secret way to get the attention of an editor or agent. Anyone can sell out of the slush pile (I did). While some publishers won't take unsolicited submissions, there are others that will, so my advice is to focus on those. The same goes for agents. But the big key to a successful editor/agent hunt is to have a work that is so polished it dazzles the eye. That means also having a proposal (query letter, synopsis, and sample chapters) that will stand out from the rest of the slush pile. If you haven't had your book and/or proposal critiqued by a critique partner or group, that may be one way to get the polish your book needs.
Q: I'm a writer and I think I write a lot like you. Could you read my query and synopsis and recommend it to your agent?
A: I regret that I don't have the time or ability (due to legal issues with reading unpublished works) to read and recommend books to my editors or agent. But you know, you really don't need me to recommend you in order to succeed. I think over the years I've recommended just three people, and thousands more were published without any help from me at all. My advice is to write a killer book, and start sending it out to applicable agents and/or editors.
Q: I've just spent the last twenty years writing the book of my heart. Please help me see my dream accomplished by getting it published.
A: I wish I had the power to help people get published, but I'm not an editor or agent. Your best bet is to consult one of the writers' market books that list publishers and agents who are acquiring, and querying them. You may also want to join a writers' organization like the Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Science Fiction Writers of America, etc. to get industry information and learn more about writing for your particular genre.
Q: Could you please make your books available in e-book/large print/audio format?
A: Alas, that decision is not mine to make. My publishers decide whether or not they want the books to be published in electronic, large print, and audio versions. Recently, they've started releasing new books in electronic versions, but that's completely out of my control. But if you feel strongly about the subject, feel free to write to them and let them know what you want.
Q: I just bought your book, but I can't finish it because part of the book is missing. When I got to page 88 it skips foward to page 217, then back to 121, and my copy doesn't have pages 89-120.
A: If you ever get a book where the pages are out of whack or missing, take it back to the bookseller and ask for a new one (or contact the publisher and ask for a replacement copy). Sometimes copies get glitched like that. No bookseller or publisher would refuse to exchange it for a book that can be read.
Q: I'd like to review your next book for my website. Can you send me a review copy?
A: Review copies come from my publisher. To inquire about being added to the review list, feel free to contact my publicist at NAL, Jodi Rosoff.
Q: Hi Katie. It feels strange to call you Katie, but that is your name. Do you mind if I call you Katie?
A: No, I don't mind. You can call me Katie, Kate, Kat, and even just K if you are really in a lazy mood and don't want to spring for the extra syllable. I don't mind informality at all.
Q: How many words a day do you write?
A: It really depends on the book, and what's going on at the time, but my normal working rate is anywhere between 2-3,000 words a day. Some books I write a bit slower at 2K a day, others have written themselves at blistering rates of anywhere up to 12K a day (those are very, very rare and usually wipe me out for a long time afterward). But for the most part, between 2 and 3K a day is a comfortable pace for me.
Q: Why are you also writing books under the name Kate Marsh?
A: I wanted a different name so it was easy for readers to distinguish between the mysteries and romances. I made sure that the Katie Mac name was on the cover of the Karma Marx books, though, so people would know it was one of my books.
Q: I heard that your husband died recently. Is this true? How are you coping?
A: It is true that my husband died in an accident in 2012. Thankfully, my family and friends let me melt all over them, and have been enormously helpful in getting my life back on track. Reader support has never been as needed as it was during the last year, and for that I want to thank everyone. As for coping, I do it like everyone else who has suffered such a loss: one day at a time, and hopefully with a bit of grace. Or at least a sense of humor.
Historicals FAQ
Q: How many books are there in the Noble series?
A: As of July 2004, there are three books— NOBLE INTENTIONS, NOBLE DESTINY, and THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY.
Q: What happened to Noble Pursuits?
A: Noble Pursuits was renamed THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY when I rewrote the book. My editor asked for a title change, and since I had been calling the book by that informal title, I suggested it. She liked it, so we went with that rather than a Noble title.
Q: Are you going to write a book featuring Nick as a hero?
A: Probably. I haven't written it yet, but I like the way Nick turned out in THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, and think he might have an interesting story to tell. If I do write it, it probably wouldn't be published until after 2010.
Q: Will you write other historicals other than the Noble books?
A: It's quite likely I may write a time travel historical sometime soon, but that depends on several factors too boring to go into here. If I do write the time travel, it would probably be out in 2010 or 2011 (yes, my publishing schedule really is already booked up to the 2011 point).
Q: What order do the Noble books go in?
Contemporary FAQ
Q: Are you going to write a book with more of Bert and Ray from IMPROPER ENGLISH?
A: I don't have any plans to do so, but it's not out of the question.
Q: Are you going to write a sequel to MEN IN KILTS?
A: This is another "I'm thinking about it" situation. I do have a rough sequel already written, but if I do end up writing a sequel, it will probably focus on Archie rather than Kathie and Iain. I hadn't thought of writing Archie's story until I started getting questions about him from readers, but he's such a poop, I'm intrigued by the possibility of writing him a story just to watch him turn into a human being. Then again, there's Ewan…
Q: Why do you set so many of your books in England or Scotland?
A: I'm a die-hard Anglophile, and I love fish-out-of-water stories. Put them together, and you have Katie books with American heroines set in the UK or Europe.
Q: Are you going to write another novella like Bird of Paradise in HEAT WAVE?
A: I have no plans on doing another novella, but I'm not ruling it out.
Q: Is there a connection between MEN IN KILTS and the YA book THEY WEAR WHAT UNDER THEIR KILTS??
A: Yes. Originally, Emily in THEY WEAR WHAT UNDER THEIR KILTS? was Kathie's niece, but because the two books were published by different publishers, I had to change names so neither publisher got upset. But the similarities between Kathie and Iain and Aunt Tim and Alec are pretty darn close.
Dark Ones FAQ
Q: Are you going to write Christian's story?
A: Christian's book, SEX AND THE SINGLE VAMPIRE, came out March 2004.
Q: I don't understand how Joy could be Christian's Beloved, and yet she didn't want him.
A: It's pretty much what Joy says in the book—there were two women who got their cosmic wires crossed. Joy was born to be Christian's Beloved, but didn't grow into the role. Following that reasoning, it means there is a woman who was not born to be his Beloved, but who will end up taking on the job.
Q: But that would mean there are two Beloveds! How can that be?
A: A lot of the elements I use in my paranormals have their basis in quantum psychics, believe it or not. My reasoning for allowing there to be two women who could potentially be a Beloved for the same man has its roots in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (in very simple terms, the uncertainty principle says that you can't know with absolute certainty what the position and momentum of an elementary particle will be at any given time). If you apply that idea of uncertainty to something so delicate as a woman being born a Beloved, you have a rather round-about explanation of why both Joy and Allegra both were technically Christian's Beloved. And if you think that's confusing, just wait until you read SEX, LIES AND VAMPIRES—a good part of the basis for the "magic" used in that book comes from quarks.
Q: How many vampire books are you going to write?
A: I've written seven so far, and more are contracted. I don't have an end in mind for the vamp books, so I should have one published per year.
Q: Are you going to write a story for Roxy from A GIRL'S GUIDE TO VAMPIRES?
A: No, although Roxy does make an appearance in SEX AND THE SINGLE VAMPIRE.
Q: Are you going to write a book for Sebastian and Noelle?
A: I had intended their story to be the third book, but Sebastian refused to speak to me when it came time to write that book, so another Dark One—the man who betrayed Sebastian, as a matter of fact—stepped forward and demanded his story be told instead. Sebastian, Allie, and Christian all make an appearance in SEX, LIES AND VAMPIRES, however. Sebastian's story is told in the novella "Bring Out Your Dead" in the JUST ONE SIP anthology, which was published October 2006.
Q: Is Noelle getting her own story?
A: I keep trying to pin her down for a story, but thus far, she has eluded my best attempts. I am not giving up on her, however. I fully intend for her to have a happily ever after.
Q: Are there any female Dark Ones?
A: Yes and no. Females born to Dark Ones are referred to as simply Moravians—they are immortal and sometimes drink blood, but unlike their male counterparts, they can exist without consuming blood. The nature of the male Dark Ones has to do with redeeming their souls, something the females usually don't need to worry about.
Q: What's the story with Raphael and his weird reaction whenever werewolves are mentioned? He has yellow eyes—is he a werewolf?
A: Raphael's reaction will become more understandable after reading his short story in the MY BIG FAT SUPERNATURAL HONEYMOON anthology, published December 2007.
Q: Are Adrian and Sebastian still enemies? It's not clear whether their conflict was resolved at the end of SEX, LIES AND VAMPIRES.
A: It's not clear because they haven't yet worked things out. It may take them a few books before their situation is resolved.
Q: What order do the vampire books go in?
A: A GIRL'S GUIDE TO VAMPIRES, SEX AND THE SINGLE VAMPIRE, SEX, LIES AND VAMPIRES, Even Vampires Get the Blues, the "Bring Out Your Dead" novella in the JUST ONE SIP anthology, THE LAST OF THE RED-HOT VAMPIRES, ZEN AND THE ART OF VAMPIRES, and CROUCHING VAMPIRE, HIDDEN FANG.
Aisling Grey FAQ
Spoiler Warning! Please note that the following questions and answers may reveal some plot points from the various Aisling Grey books. If you haven't read the books and don't wish to know what happens in them, you may want to skip the FAQs.
Q: Is Holy Smokes the last Aisling Grey book? Will we see any more of Aisling and Drake? What about all the things that weren't resolved in HOLY SMOKES?
A: Without question this is the most frequently asked question. The answer is that while I don't envision any more books with Aisling as the narrator, they still have a very large role to play, so they will continue to be included in subsequent dragon books. And yes, there are a lot of things that were not wrapped up in HOLY SMOKES—the fate of Fiat and Bastian, Chuan Ren, as well as Kostya. All of that will be dealt with in subsequent books. So those of you who are worried that you won't be able to get your Aisling, Jim, and Drake fix can relax secure in the knowledge that although there will be different narrators for other dragon sept books, they will continue to be involved in the storylines.
Q: Are these books romances?
A: Not strictly so by definition, although they are sexy, and they're being marketed as romances. The Aisling Grey series follows the exploits of Aisling, her pet demon Jim, and Drake, a handsome dragon in human form. I plan for there to be other series featuring different wyverns, as well.
Q: When is the next Aisling book going to be published?
A: At this time, I have no more books with Aisling as narrator scheduled. That doesn't mean I won't write one at a later date, but since she has such a great part to play in other sept stories, I'm contenting myself with including her that way.
Q: What is the timeline of the Aisling books? Will the characters evolve over the series, and will there be a resolution at some point?
A: The timelines will be pretty tight, generally about a month or six weeks between books.
Q: Will Aisling have to face the consequences of her challenge loss in YOU SLAY ME?
A: Yes, she deals with that in Fire Me Up.
Q: Is being a dragon mate any similar to Christine Feehan's lifemates?
A: Not really, no. Aisling is the only mate for Drake…but it doesn't necessarily follow that she will end up with him. FWIW, she can refuse to be his mate.
Q: Why didn't Aisling know she was a Guardian? Is there a limit to the number of Guardians there can be at any one time?
A: Guardians grow into the position—when the time was right for Aisling to know about the Otherworld, it presented itself to her. There is no specific limit to the number of Guardians, although one has to assume there's a cosmic balance somewhere.
Q: What exactly does being the mate to a wyvern entail?
A: The role of a mate is going to become clearer with each book. Basically, it's a social/political role within the dragon world, as well as one of a personal nature to the wyvern.
Q: In YOU SLAY ME why didn't Aisling sense that the people she met were not human?
A: Aisling was just having her eyes opened to the denizens of the Otherworld in YSM. She was not yet picking up on the subtle cues that an experienced Guardian would have seen. As she learns more, she'll start to see more.
Q: Did Jim take the form of a dog because of the way Aisling summoned him or did he choose that form?
A: Demons chose the form they want to appear when summoned. Most demons appear as humans, because those are the most powerful forms. Jim however…well, Jim clearly has issues.
Q: I want Aisling and Drake to have a happily ever after ending! Are you ever going to get them together?
A: One of the reasons I wanted to write this series is because I could explore the evolving relationship between Aisling and Drake over a number of books, rather than resolving it in the space of one book. Both Aisling and Drake have some issues, and both have a way to go before they can be together happily all the time. However, I intend to keep pushing them in that direction.
Q: Who was your inspiration for Drake?
A: Drake pretty much popped out of my brain fully formed. I knew he had to be sexy, arrogant, and bossy, and I really wanted him to be an anti-hero…posessing heroic qualities, but not necessarily acting in a heroic manner. I especially did not want him rushing in to save Aisling, and knew he wouldn't always be acting in her best interests. Once I had those ideas, he wrote himself.
Q: I would love to see your dragon books as a movie. Would you ever consider allowing any them to be made into a movie?
A: Currently, the Femme Fatale Films production company has optioned the first two Aisling books. I will certainly let people know if the books get put into production for film or TV.
Q: What's the deal with Rene? Are we going to find out more about him in the next book?
A: Rene's role in Aisling's life is revealed in LIGHT MY FIRE.
Q: Has Drake ever had a mate before? If so, how many and who were they?
A: No, dragons mate only once in their life. They can, however, have sexual and/or romantic relationships—and most do.
Q: Does Aisling have any other family aside from her uncle? If so, are any of them "magical"?
A: Yes, she does have other family members. They make an appearance in Holy Smokes.
Q: Is a wyvern's mate specific to any one dragon? How did Drake know that Aisling was his mate and not Fiat Blu's?
A: Wyvern's mates are different from a normal dragon's mate in that although they are born to be a specific wyvern's mate, they can, by means of lusus naturae, be challenged for by another wyvern. If the second wyvern wins, the mate is transferred over to that wyvern.
Q: Are dragons born human or lizardy?
A: Dragons are born human. Female dragons do not lay eggs—they give birth as a mortal woman would, with the exception of scorching the drapes during labor.
Q: In YOU SLAY ME, I thought it was mentioned that Aisling had to prove herself worthy to the green dragons to be the Green Wyvern's mate…or did I imagine that?
A: Yes, she does. She dealt with the result of the challenge in FIRE ME UP—assumedly, she's going to have to work on issues with the dragon sept as a whole in subsequent books.
Q: Does Drake have family: parents, siblings, etc?
A: Yes, he does. His mother makes her appearance in LIGHT MY FIRE; his sibling will be dealt with in HOLY SMOKES.
Q: What is the hierarchy of the dragon septs? Did Drake inherit the post or did he challenge someone and win?
A: Wyverns are chosen by a means similar to tanistry. This means that the tanist (heir apparent) was picked from the eldest members of the same bloodline as reigning wyvern. It was not a primogeniture system in that the eldest son (or daughter) was automatically deemed to be the heir. Preference was given to the senior members of the family, with an emphasis on whoever had the strength to control the sept. This naturally leads to some battling within the sept when it comes to successions. Drake's particular history is likely to be explored in further books.
Q: Does Fiat Blu have a mate?
A: Not as of FIRE ME UP, although that situation changes in LIGHT MY FIRE.
Q: In YOU SLAY ME, Aisling got a bunch of messages when she returned to her hotel room. Most of them were from her uncle, but one was from a dude named Wart. Who is Wart…do we find that out?
A: Wart was simply someone who saw Aisling at G&T, and was smitten. He doesn't play a major role in that book, although you never know if he'll appear in other ones.
Q: What's all this about a new dragon sept, the black dragons?
A: The black dragon sept was mentioned first in LIGHT MY FIRE. They will be explored in more detail in HOLY SMOKES.
Q: In Light My Fire, Aisling is proscribed for using a dark power. What exactly is this dark power?
A: Dark power represents the darkness that exists in everyone, manifested in a form of energy. "Good" beings in the Otherworld can and have used it for good purposes, but it poses an enormous temptation to people, and a very real risk, which is why the Otherworld organizations prohibit its use except under special circumstances.
Q: Is Aisling pregnant?
A: The possibility of a pregnancy is dealt with in HOLY SMOKES (Nov. 2007).
Q: If Aisling is pregnant, will her baby be affected by the fact that she's a prince of Abaddon?
A: Assuming she was pregnant—and the possibility of a pregnancy won't be resolved until HOLY SMOKES—her baby would not be affected by her use of the dark power, or beings in Abaddon unless her physical form was destroyed (and quite frankly, I'm not likely to let that happen).
Q: If Drake's father was a black dragon, can Drake break the curse on the silver dragons?
A: No. According to the terms of the curse, "no mate shall be born to any of its members until a black dragon was accepted as wyvern." That means a black dragon must be made wyvern of the silver dragon sept in order to break the curse.
Q: What is the gestation period of a dragon?
A: The same as for a human. Dragon women give birth in human form, and yes, the baby is born in human form as well. They learn to shift into dragon form sometime in the first five years.
Q: If Drake's father was a black dragon, what sept is his mother in?
A: She was a black dragon's mate. She has nothing to do with the green sept.
Q: I don't understand how Drake's father can be a black dragon, and he can be a green one. Can you explain how that happened?
A: Drake's fraternal grandmother was a green dragon who married a black dragon. Their union produced Drake's father, a black dragon, wanted his child to be the wyvern of his sept. But Drake's fraternal grandfather was beheaded, and since his grandmother was a reeve, and there were no green dragon descendants in her family, she married again, this time to a green dragon. That marriage produced a child who was Dmitri's parent.
Here's where it gets interesting—at the time Drake was born, Drake's grandmother was still the last of her (green dragon) family. Because Drake's father was a bit of a psychopath—and because Catalina offed him when Drake was relatively young—his grandmother invoked the right to claim Drake as a green dragon. She did this shortly after Catalina killed Drake's father, the sept recognized Drake as a green dragon, and eventually through the right of tannistry, he took over as wyvern.
So long story short: Drake was born to the black dragons, but claimed as a green dragon. Why the black wyvern was willing to let go a member, and what others thought about that is a tale for another book.
Q: Are there any Guardians in America?
A: Yes. They are located pretty much everywhere (although I suspect there isn't one in Antartica).
Q: Will Aisling's ex-husband show up?
A: At this time, there are no plans for him to be included in a book, although that might change.
Q: Are you planning on making anything happen between Aisling and a guy that isn't Drake in any of the books…romantically speaking, that is?
A: No. One of the traits all my heroines (and heroes, for that matter) share with me is a strong belief in fidelity. Aisling is in love with Drake, and will not have a romantic relationship with anyone else but him.
Q: How did you come up with the Aisling Grey character? Is it recreation of someone you know, or did she just come to you one day?
A: Both Aisling and Drake sprang pretty fully formed from my imagination one day. She's not based on anyone in particular, although she does share some traits that unfortunately, people associate with me (foot in mouth problems, clumsiness, etc.).
Q: I'm sure I read somewhere on your site once how to pronounce "Aisling" but I can't remember where (or how..) so would you be so kind as to give the correct pronunciation please?
A: It's pronounced ash-ling.
Dragon FAQ
Q: Will Kostya find a mate?
A: Kostya's future isn't very clear to me at the present time. I have some ideas of what sort of things might be affecting his storyline, but as yet, I haven't made a decision one way or another.
Q: If May is a wyvern's mate, does that mean Cyrene is a mate as well?
A: Not necessarily. Cyrene and May are not biological twins, so it doesn't necessarily follow that Cy would be a mate as well. On the other hand, she did spawn May, so you never know.
Q: What happened to Chuan Ren?
A: Chuan Ren will be seen in Abaddon in UP IN SMOKE.
Q: Who is the blue sept wyvern, Bastian or Fiat?
A: At the present time, both claim wyvernship over the sept, which pretty much means the sept is divided into camps of followers of each wyvern. Technically, Bastian is the wyvern recognized by the weyr, but I doubt if Fiat will accept that without some sort of a fight.
Q: Exactly what rules govern the mate of a wyvern?
A: Mates are bound by basically the same rules of the sept. That is, they must put the good of the sept before their own needs.
Q: What separated the four dragons septs in the first place?
A: The origins of the dragons are shrouded, but five septs were established pretty early on. Political differences between the septs have meant there have been occasional wars involving all five groups, most notably the Endless War of the fourteenth century, in which the dragons engaged in an all-out battle for supremacy that resulted in the Black Plague. The fifth dragon sept, the black dragons, disappeared in the middle of the nineteenth century under mysterious circumstances. The whereabouts of remaining black dragons are known only to Kostya.
Q: Does the strength of the dragon diminish when in human form?
A: Yes. A dragon in his or her natural form is much stronger, and has more abilities, than one in human form. Certain traits, however, are carried over, including the ability to smell gold.
Q: How is their power connected to the form that they take when they are human?
A: Their power comes from the fact that they are dragon, no matter what form they take.
Q: What traits are shared amongst all dragons?
A: Love of treasure, aggression, determination, fidelity…and believe it or not, a fondness for mortals (they taste so good with whipped cream!).
Q: If the Blue Dragons don't like water, how do they wash (ha-ha-ha)?
A: They take a lot of spit baths (ew!).
Q: What other elements cause the other septs to cringe?
A: Pretty much anything that isn't their element is something they don't like, with the exception of fire. So, for instance, the silver dragons like going to earth, but don't like to fly. That doesn't mean they won't ever use another element – it just means they will go to extreme lengths to avoid being in the position where they have to.
Q: If the blue dragons are psychic or telepathic (or something like that), do the other dragon septs have any other special abilities?
A: The blue dragons tend to be telepaths, although not all of them are. Some of the green dragons can shape shift. The red dragons are warriors, and as such, have an ability to alter small quantities of time. The silver dragons as healers have the ability to heal injuries, and some have empathic traits.
Q: What's the Otherworld?
A: The paranormal society featured in some of my books.
Q: When is the next dragon book going to be published?
A: I intend to have one dragon book out per year, but sometimes public demand is so great my publisher allows two published each year. But generally speaking, there will only be one a year.
Q: I'm having a hard time visualizing Gabriel. What does he look like?
A: There's an actor named Jason Momoa who went a long way to being the inspiration for Gabriel. You can see his picture here.
Q: Do all wyverns have the eye color of their sept?
A: Yes, with the exception of the red dragon wyvern (who has brown eyes with red highlights).
Q: I want to know more about the dragons. How many septs are there? What are their powers? Elements?
A: There are four dragon septs: the green dragons (thieves; element is water) whose wyvern is Drake Vireo, the blue dragons (trackers; element is air) whose wyvern is Fiat Blu, the red dragons (warriors; element is fire) whose wyvern is Chuan Ren, and the silver dragons (healers; element is earth) whose wyvern is Gabriel Tauhau. More information about the dragons can be found on dragonsepts.com.
Q: Are the Dark Ones from your vampire romances going to make an appearance in these books?
A: No. The two series are very different, and I don't want to cross them. There will not be any Dark Ones in the Aisling Grey books, nor will there be any dragons in the vampire romances. However, other types of characters (Guardians, Diviners, etc.) may be found in both.
Q: Will you write any books based on any of the other individuals and septs seen in the Aisling Gray series?
A: Yes. The first book in the Silver Dragon series, PLAYING WITH FIRE, was out May 2008; the second, UP IN SMOKE, in October 2008 and ME AND MY SHADOW in November 2009.
Q: So you're going to write books for all the other septs, as well?
A: Yes, including some septs that haven't been mentioned yet.
Q: Why is there no history on the black dragons in the dragon handbook?
A: The sept no longer technically exists, so their members are not recognized by the weyr, and thus not formally included in the dragonsepts.com site. If that situation changes, they will be accorded space on the website.
Q: What happened to the black dragons?
A: The sept was destroyed from within by the dread wyvern Baltic.
Q: Is there anything in your books that's based on true facts or did you make up the whole dragon septs?
A: Everything in my Otherworld has its origins in my own fertile—albeit warped—imagination. I do a lot of research on various mythologies to find out how various cultures have treated subjects in which I'm interested, and often use little bits and pieces from a variety of sources. But on the whole, it all comes from my imagination.
Q: Will the black dragons appear?
A: The black dragon sept no longer exists as such. Whether or not Kostya will reform it will be dealt with in future books.
Q: If the red dragon's element is fire, why do the other septs all breathe fire?
A: Fire is one common element in all dragons, whether or not it's their element. It can be assumed, however, that the red dragons can do more with their fire than the other septs.
Q: Why are all of the wyverns born on January 1st?
A: It's a bit like thoroughbred horses all being assigned the date regardless of what day they were actually born. Whether or not they were actually born on that day (and most are), that is the date which is given as their birthday.
Young Adult FAQ
Q: Will you write more Ben and Fran books?
A: Yes, but as adult books, not the same Young Adult books as GOT FANGS and CIRCUS OF THE DARNED. Ben and Fran are going to be a part of a new series that will involve them and a new narrator, possibly someone related to Fran, who is involved in a hitherto unseen aspect of the Otherworld. This will be a new paranormal series that will have some vampires in it, although it won't be a straight Dark Ones novel.
Q: So, wait – Ben and Fran will be adults in the new books?
A: Yes, adults, complete with adult issues, complexities, and relationships. They will have the same sensuality level of my other adult paranormal romances, so they will not be suitable for younger readers.
Q: How many teen book series are there?
A: Right now there are two series, and a stand-alone (a book that's not connected with a series)—Emily's series, the Goth series, which debuted with GOT FANGS in January 2005, and EYELINER OF THE GODS (the stand-alone).
Q: I want to be a writer and I have a great story idea. Will you read my story?
A: I'm afraid that for legal reasons I can't read unpublished works from anyone.
Q: What advice do you have for someone who wants to be a writer?
A: Keep writing even when it stops being fun. Writing may look like a breeze, but it's a lot of hard work. However, the more you write, the easier it gets, so it's important not to give up and keep writing.
Q: Will you autograph my book for me?
A: I will, although that involves sending me your book and postage for its return (check the bio page for the mailing address). If you'd just like a signed bookplate that you can stick into your book, I will be happy to send that instead.
Q: If I write you an e-mail, will you answer it?
A: I answer all the e-mails I get from readers, although sometimes it takes me a few months to get to them. You can e-mail me at ka…@katiemacalister.com.
Mysteries FAQ
Q: Are you going to write more Karma Marx books?
A: Yes. I intend to have one out per year, although that schedule is subject to the whims of my publisher.
Q: Is Sergei gone for good?
A: Karma will not be happy to let his fate remain undiscovered. I'm sure if she can possibly bring him back, she will.


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Girls in Gis, the project created by Ashley Freeman Nguyen in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program, continues to flourish, creating jiu-jitsu events for women across Texas, with the latest event taking place on August 15 at noon in San Antonio.
The first event for Girls for Gis took place on September 19 of last year and was attended by 16 women and girls age 8 and up. Since then a variety of events have taken place, including events in Coppell, Austin and North Richmond Hills earlier this year. The San Antonio event is being held at Carlson Gracie Texas. Girls with Gis events allow women to practice against other women, which is an excellent introduction for women new to the sport.
Freeman Nguyen says she took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu several years ago after tiring of kickboxing and soon found herself enjoying the variety of movements and techniques. She thought jiu-jitsu perfect for women in that it emphasizes leverage and using an opponent's strength against them. At the same time, she noticed that it was sometimes hard for a woman to establish herself, as the first few months are the most difficult, and many women might be intimidated as beginners grappling with a bunch of sweaty men. Girls in Gis allows women and girls to get into jiu-jitsu by practicing with other women.
To find out more about Girls in Gis, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and upcoming events, visit the Girls in Gis facebook page and website.


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Environmental Science
Students in Environmental Science can specialize in one of four areas: Ecological Restoration, Environmental Policy, Energy & Climate, or Geospatial Science.
Fostering an understanding of environmental problems and applying practical solutions is at the heart of this major. A multi-disciplinary approach teaches understanding of the interactions between the biological and physical world, human institutions, and human behavior.
In the Environmental Science major you will:
- learn to understand essential biological and physical processes
- understand how to analyze human and environmental interactions
- build critical thinking skills as a basis for natural resources decision making
- gain specialized analytical skills in at least one aspect of environmental science
Students also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to real-world issues such as waste reduction, energy efficiency, and encouraging environmentally sound practices on campus and in the community. Many students in the major participate with the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (CCAT) and the Green Campus program.


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Kanye West to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live after feud
Kanye West is scheduled to appear as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night.
It comes just under two weeks after the rapper told the American chat show host he was "out of line" to make fun of his Radio 1 interview with Zane Lowe.
The comedian recreated the video, replacing Kanye West and Zane Lowe with children.
West tweeted: "Jimmy Kimmel is out of line to try and spoof in any way the first piece of honest media in years."
Jimmy Kimmel revealed on his chat show that he had had a "very angry phone call" from Kanye West.
The rapper wrote a number of other tweets, criticising the chat show host and the sketch.
"I don't take it as a joke," he said. "You don't have scum bags hopping over fences trying to take pictures of your daughter."
The original videos of the four-part interview have been viewed more than 2.8 million times on YouTube.
Confirming that the rapper would appear on his show, Kimmel tweeted: "Tomorrow night, my guest will be @kanyewest (for real, yes and was it all a setup, no)."
The rapper hasn't tweeted about the appearance on the show.
Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as the music guests on the show, which airs on American network ABC.
It will be the first time the Sheffield band will play tracks from new album AM on American TV.
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text: On The Media Published by On The Media Tea Party Coverage Biased? Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info. <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/otm/#file=/audio/json/132724/&share=1"></iframe> Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Summary Transcript Summary Tea partiers complain that most media outlets (except Fox News) either ignore them or portray them as a bunch of crazies. We wondered: is the coverage biased? The Washington Independent's (soon to be Washington Post's) David Weigel, who's been covering the tea party movement since it began, offers his take. Music Playlist Safari Strut Artist: by The Whitfield Brothers Transcript CROWD: Can you hear us now, huh? Can you hear us now, huh? Can you hear us now, huh? BOB GARFIELD: Protestors opposed to the Health Care Bill gathered around the U.S. Capitol last weekend, as lawmakers filed in to cast their votes. And amidst the protests, a few incidents made headlines. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver was spat on as he passed the crowd. One protestor shouted the "N word" at Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights pioneer, and another yelled a homophobic slur at gay Congressman Barney Frank. Some media outlets attributed the incidents to the so-called "tea party movement" but tea partiers object, charging that most news outlets essentially ignore them until episodes like this allow the media to portray them as a band of crazies. David Weigel is the senior reporter for The Washington Independent. He's been covering the tea parties since their inception, and very soon he'll be on the tea party beat as a new blogger at The Washington Post. David, welcome to the show. DAVID WEIGEL: Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. BOB GARFIELD: Is the tea party movement, a - you know, a bona fide movement? DAVID WEIGEL: It's uniting a bunch of movements that already existed: religious groups that have been around for a while, like Focus on the Family, libertarian groups, like Freedom Works and old political hands. I mean, I just was talking today to Virginia Thomas, the wife of Clarence Thomas, who's a longtime D.C. political activist and has started a tea party group. Since they identify themselves with the movement, I think that's a good starting point. BOB GARFIELD: So if you're a news organization and you want to cover "the movement" do you focus on the kind of old-line libertarians, do you focus on the intersection between the tea partiers and the GOP, or do you focus on the guys at the paramilitary camps stocking up on ammo and canned goods? DAVID WEIGEL: I try and grab all those things. The only thing I try not to do is what I call "point and laugh" coverage, where you find a tea party group doing something kind of crazy and make fun of that and move on. The tea parties have been covered as a – first as an oddity and then and as a phenomenon. The sad, boring truth is that they're in the middle. There was the speculation in the beginning of these rallies that this was a new political force. It might become a third party force. For now, they've just jumped right back into the Republican Party fold. BOB GARFIELD: We've discussed point and laugh. Tell me about the other way that the press typically has mischaracterized the, the movement. DAVID WEIGEL: The other way is just taking a press release from one of these tea party groups and reporting that this was an authentic American uprising that informs our understanding of why Barack Obama's not very popular right now. There is some polling to back this up. The simple answer is that the economy's bad. It's not that the self-selected conservative protestor showing up somewhere is the voice of the independents. They're neither freaks nor Norman Rockwell representations of every American. BOB GARFIELD: So on the subject of point and laugh stories - this wasn't point and laugh, so much as point and get in a heated argument - this is Susan Roesgen – DAVID WEIGEL: Right. BOB GARFIELD: - of CNN at a tea party protest in Chicago trying to interview some guy with a sign that showed President Obama as Hitler. The reporter got a whole lot of criticism for confronting the people she was nominally interviewing. SUSAN ROESGEN: What is this supposed to mean? What, what do you mean by that? MAN: Well, I mean, he's a fascist. The pirates – SUSAN ROESGEN: Wait, why do you say he's a fascist? He's the President of the United States. MAN: He is a fascist. SUSAN ROESGEN: Do you realize how o – do you realize how offensive that is? MAN: I think he's a fascist. SUSAN ROESGEN: Why? MAN: Because he is! He's a fascist. [OVERTALK/BOTH AT ONCE] SUSAN ROESGEN: In what way can you say that? MAN: Because the real pirates are W- in the, in the White House, in the Senate and in the - DAVID WEIGEL: The way that that CNN reporter behaved in that case was over the top, but the theory behind what she was doing, there's nothing wrong with that. If you engage tea party activists and actually fact-check their claims instead of just stenographing and saying, here's what they said, on some issues they're going to know more than the press and they're going to be right, on some issues they're going to be wrong. I mean, I think a lot of tea partiers would win debates with a reporter on what is actually in the Health Care Bill and what page it's on. But a tea party activist might say something along the lines of, when Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981, we pulled out of the recession. That's actually not true. I mean, things like that about pretty recent American history and pretty recent economic history don't get fact-checked, and I think, I think a result of that is that people with bullhorns and signs are able to sort of change the accepted history of economics in America. BOB GARFIELD: On the day of the final health care vote, a lot of the focus was on some crazies who were shouting various bigoted remarks at legislators. Some in the movement have complained that they're being tarred with the same brush as these, you know, over-the-top bigots. Is it unfair to pay too much attention to, to the worst of the lot? DAVID WEIGEL: Well, it's news when somebody gets spit on. [LAUGHS] It's a problem, actually, that tea partiers are dealing with. In the aftermath of the health care vote there are many stories of members of Congress getting a death threat, getting angry protests outside their house. It's a reality of protest. It's something that activists confront, if they're building bigger and bigger crowds and getting in more and more of a froth about the issues. I just think it's important the media doesn't just cover when somebody steps that obviously over the line. You need to dig into the policy objections which are sometimes rooted in resentments about class and race. And it's tough to do that in a way that doesn't scream out bias to your readers, but if you leave it out, that's a different kind of bias. You need to make sure that in covering this, you get every angle and you understand why exactly they're protesting, not just why they tell you that they're protesting. BOB GARFIELD: David, thank you very much. DAVID WEIGEL: Thanks for having me. BOB GARFIELD: David Weigel is a senior reporter for The Washington Independent and soon will be blogging about the tea party movement for The Washington Post.


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Video: Guess who's home for Christmas?
posted at 12:16 pm on December 23, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
I post 'em because I love 'em:
What was supposed to be a simple trip to the mall to see Santa, turned out to be the sweetest moment between a little girl and her dad.
Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Black showed up at Stone Briar Mall surprising his three-year-old daughter, June.
"My heart melted," Black said of the moment he hugged his daughter.
Black has been deployed five times. He's returning from a six-month tour in Afghanistan. This last deployment, which was unexpectedly cut short, allowing him to surprise his family for the holidays. Black made it to North Texas Saturday, but his wife Cynthia kept it a secret until now.
"That's exactly how I wanted it. She was completely surprised, and that's the way I wanted it," she said. "She (June) missed him so much the whole deployment. Always talked about him everyday."
May they all come back safe and sound, to equally joyous reunions. And now I have to take care of that dust in my eye …


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ginagpalmer brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 56 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Need new corporate logo that includes 1) graphic symbol (good for print, web, fax); and 2) "pushpull" name with "Technologies" below on next line -- would like to see iterations with graphic beside name and above name.
PushPull Technologies (or pushpull Technologies)
Desired Color Scheme:
like high key web colors, like etrade green, fidelity blues and greens, the kind of orange that looks good with website greys
Desired Style:
High tech. Friendly is another alternative (apple-clean, or friendly like Fidelity or Washington Mutual -- approachable since we want to appeal to consumer in the Apple market and above). Should also fit in with high-end consumer products -- our consume
Accepted File Formats:
Illustrator file -- .ai format.
* "push" and "pull" should read well. Separation may be accomplished by emphasizing the leading "p"s with capitals or color treatment, or by different color treatment for each word.
* open to creative ideas. Examples: opposing arrows, arrows going into and out of a cube or box, symbols connoting anything in, anything out, symbols or illustration showing physical push and pull (like with hands), strange and outlandish ways of showing push and pull (like dr. doolittle's push-me-pull-you twoheaded animal). Graphic must be clean, tight, elegant and read well.


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5GB With The Maine; Playing The Loft, Tomorrow, April 24
Arizona indie pop rockers, The Maine, are touring around the country in support of their latest album, Pioneer, and are coming to Atlanta tomorrow at The Loft. Bassist and founding member Garrett Nickelsen joined us before the show for our 5GB series.
What's the first gig you ever attended?
Blink 182, New Found Glory, and Midtown
What is the best gig that you ever played/performed?
My favorite concert we have played was in Sao Paluo Brazil last December. I've never felt that much energy in my life. I'm pretty sure it was hotter than the sun.
What is the best gig you have ever seen?
A band called Cassino played at The One Place (a venue that used to be in downtown Phoenix) in 2007. I've never heard a band sound so good.
Gig you would most like to play?
I'm sure everyone says this but i would really love to play a show at Madison Square Garden. I've never been there but I hear great things.
What would be the lineup for your dream gig?
I would really love to play a show with Neil Young. He is one of the greatest artist to ever release music. If we got to play a show with him it wouldn't matter where we were at, I'd love every second of it.
Catch The Maine w/ Lydia , Tuesday April 24 at The Loft
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Rihanna's new album Unapologetic is due out in less than two weeks and she is driving it home with fans first releasing the official tracklist and collabs and now with a preview of the album.
From the 90-second snippets we can hear, it sounds like RiRi is touching all bases with this album, frompulsing and electric dance-flavored tracks, heart-breaking ballads, and sexy slow jams there's nothing her fans are unfamiliar with but she gives this formula a fresh take on this new one. Listen to the tracks below.
To add to the countdown to Unapologetic , Rihanna is set to premiere her video for 'Diamonds' this Friday!
What do you think of Unapologetic so far?


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Gov. Steve Beshear today visited the Trilogy Recovery Center for Women and announced $250,000 to continue to help fund the facility's operational costs. The Trilogy Center first opened in the fall of 2008 and was one of the first projects awarded under Recovery Kentucky, an initiative to help Kentuckians recover from substance abuse and prevent chronic homelessness by offering long-term care housing centers.
"Addressing the destructive problem of substance abuse and addiction needs to be a multi-pronged attack that includes not only law enforcement and prevention, but also quality and supportive treatment of those who have been affected by the disease of addiction," said Gov. Beshear. "Providing adequate funding to drug treatment and recovery centers, such as the Trilogy Center for Women, is a necessary part to helping Kentucky overcome the blight of substance misuse and abuse."
The $250,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) was awarded to the Christian County Fiscal Court on behalf of the Trilogy Recovery Center for Women to continue funding the staff salaries for the employees who operate the center.
The Trilogy Recovery Center is a long-term recovery program that provides peer support, addiction counseling, health and daily living education, job training and more. The center is designed to house and assist up to 100 women at any time, with 50 of the available beds set aside for the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Participants can stay up to two years while they work through the recovery program and are allowed to stay on as support staff. Priority is given to women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Pregnant women are also eligible to participate in the recovery program. Hundreds of women are currently on the waiting list for this center and other Recovery Kentucky programs throughout the state.
Operated by the Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health Center, the Trilogy Recovery Center for Women also receives funding from the Kentucky Department of Corrections, private donations, sponsors and fundraisers. It is one of ten Recovery Kentucky centers across the Commonwealth.
Earlier this year, the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR), released a report showing that individuals who enroll in substance abuse programs at one of the state's Recovery Kentucky centers are more likely to abstain from drugs and are less likely to spend time in jail. For a copy of the complete study, please visit http://www.kyhousing.org/uploadedFiles/Specialized_Housing/Programs/RCOS%20Follow-Up%20Report_FINAL.pdf.
"The effects of substance abuse are far-reaching, negatively effecting individuals afflicted with the disease of addiction, as well as their friends, families and communities," said Department for Local Government (DLG) Commissioner Tony Wilder. "This funding for the Trilogy Center will help the facility maintain its high-level of service and provide the necessary treatment to help individuals break their cycle of addiction and regain control of their lives."
"I am pleased that this funding has been approved for the Trilogy Center for Women in Hopkinsville. This is a great investment in not only Hopkinsville, but all of Kentucky," said Sen. Joey Pendleton. "I have had the pleasure to visit the center a number of times and see the work that goes on. It is gratifying to see that investments we make in the Trilogy Center are paying off. If our community wants to grow jobs and bring prosperity to everyone, we have to eradicate the drug problem that plagues our citizens and that's what the Trilogy Center is doing."
"The Trilogy Recovery Center is a textbook example of what a treatment facility can and should do to lift people out of the deadly spiral of drug addiction," said Rep. John Tilley. "It's literally been a lifesaver for many who have been there, so I want to say how much I appreciate this grant, which will go a long way to helping the center continue its mission. If Kentucky is able to significantly cut back illegal drug use, places like the Trilogy Recovery Center will be a key reason why."
The state's CDBG program is administered by DLG and funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Kentucky's Congressional leaders' ongoing support of the CDBG program ensures the availability of continued funding in Kentucky and nationally.
For more information on Recovery Kentucky Centers, please visit http://www.recoveryky.com/.
Source: http://migration.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/governor/20120926trilogy.htm


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Robin Chase's speeches dig into the heart of entrepreneurship. As the founder of Zip Cars and Buzz Cars, the MIT graduate often shares her thoughts on the importance of brand identities and promises in peer-to-peer businesses.
Having studied at MIT's Sloan School of Management, Robin Chase also won a Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. After establishing Zipcar in 2000, Robin Chase and her family moved to France and launched Buzzcar, a car-sharing platform similar to Zipcar but that focuses more on rentals amongst friends and neighbors in closer communities. As part of its brand promise, something that is frequently emphasized in Robin Chase's keynotes, Zipcar and Buzzcar both operate with a similar mission, to create an eco-friendly and cost-efficient method of transportation for people who do not own vehicles. Despite being a young company, the entrepreneur has established a solid brand as well as steady confidence amongst its users.
As one of the most famous entrepreneurs of the decade, Robin Chase has listed on Time Magazine as 100 Most Influential People in 2009, Business Week's Top 10 Designers and the Massachusetts Governor's Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit and Start-Up Woman of the Year. The entrepreneur still remains active in her field and gives back to her community through various outlets. She is currently a board member of the World Resources Institute and a member of the US Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Advisory Committee, to name a few.


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A floor is covered by a tessellation of equilateral triangles, each having three equal arcs inside it. What proportion of the area of the tessellation is shaded?
Investigate the different ways of cutting a perfectly circular pie into equal pieces using exactly 3 cuts. The cuts have to be along chords of the circle (which might be diameters).
How can you make an angle of 60 degrees by folding a sheet of paper
What is the relationship between the angle at the centre and the
angle at the circumference?
What do we know already that might be useful here?
What are the implications of our findings? (How can other circle
theorems be deduced from this one?)
Would the same thing happen if you started with an arc between
any two points on the circumference of any circle?
Can you prove it?


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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Klamath County Records Inventory
Land Title Registers
Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in Deeds and Indexes.
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Clerk's Basement Storage
[Land Registration Docket-with index], 1906-1916 (1 volume); 1906-1916 (1 reel of microfilm);
[Register of Titles], 1906-1948 (1 reel of microfilm).
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Surveyor's Office Public Research
[Land and Road Plat Book-in large pressboard volume], ca.1953-ca.1959 (1 volume).
Records at the Klamath County Museum:
[Land Plat Books-includes land ownership information], n.d. (5 volumes);
Ownership Plat Book, 1901 (1 volume);
Register of Titles, vol. 1, 1906-1957 (1 volume).


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The Seagate GoFlex portable hard drives are already pretty popular. Then, they announced the GoFlex Satellite last year, creating a Wi-Fi hotspot from which all the different media files can be shared wirelessly with nearby tablets and smartphones via the app or web browser.
Now, they've gone even further, announcing a partnership with Verizon to have the GoFlex Satellite hop onto a 4G LTE network. What this means is that the files on that portable hard drive can become accessible to just about anywhere in the world. That's pretty neat!


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Montcalm County law enforcement millage to be on November ballot
STANTON — A failed law enforcement millage proposal is going back to the voters.
The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners voted 8-1 Monday to approve Sheriff Bill Barnwell's request to place a proposal on the November ballot for 0.6 mills over two years for $971,000 to partially fund the sheriff's department.
The proposal is reduced from February's request for $1.564 million over five years, which failed by just 120 votes.
Barnwell and other law enforcement officers are hoping the more modest proposal, as well as the higher voter turnout in November, will result in voter approval. If the millage proposal fails, Barnwell said the sheriff's office is looking at $200,000 to $300,000 in cuts, which could affect 24/7 road patrol coverage, court security and other services.
Commissioners had a rather passionate discussion about the proposed millage before voting on it Monday. Commissioner Tom Lindeman of Greenville was the lone dissenter.
"I did a little survey during the (recent) township association meeting," he said. "There were 16 people who said they voted yes in the previous election and all those would go ahead and vote yes again. The nine people who voted no are all going to hold their no vote except for one. That audience is a very pro-government audience and I think a switch of one vote is not significant. I think the people are going to say no."
Commissioner Ron Retzloff of Crystal made the motion to place the proposal on November's ballot.
"I don't know what our alternative to this is," he said. "I don't know if this is the answer, another millage request, or not, but I feel if we don't at least give it a try, then I think we failed in that respect toward our law enforcement and courts."
"I think we ought to give it a chance, or another try," agreed Commissioner Lloyd Walker of Greenville.
Lindeman reiterated his concern, which he has voiced at previous meetings, that if the millage passes, the funds will go toward something other than the sheriff's department. Commissioners have repeatedly denied this theory, but Lindeman remains unconvinced.
"I know we need the money, but I cannot support a tax increase that says sheriff when I know some of the funds will be used in other departments," he said. "All the other departments are deserving of increases as well."
"What other departments are you referring to?" asked Chairman Patrick Q. Carr of Lakeview.
"I think we will go in and make adjustments to other departments," Lindeman said.
"Legally we will not be allowed to use this money for anything other than the sheriff," Carr said.
"I know, but it's shifting of the departments," Lindeman responded.
"We're not trying to trick the voters," Carr emphasized. "It's all on the table. Money from this will go toward law enforcement operations. If this passes, we're not going to take money and use it in other departments. We're not going to take this millage money and fund other departments."
"I do think there will be some shifting to other departments," Lindeman said again.
"Well, as long as (The Daily News) has you on record saying you think the money will be shifted, I want to go on the record saying the money is not going to be shifted," Carr stated.
Commissioner Betty Kellenberger of Carson City also tried to assure Lindeman that funds from the sheriff's millage proposal would not go toward other county departments. Barnwell noted that commissioners previously made a resolution promising the funds would only be used for the sheriff's department.
After commissioners voted 8-1 in favor of putting the millage on November's ballot, Lindeman made one final comment.
"I certainly hope that the millage does pass," he said. "I just think that I need to be completely honest with our voters."


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Re: Introducing the 2013 Cadillac XTSHow things change last time I was in Viet Nam all I saw were Citroens & Peugeots & Jeeps
Afterthat USA take the south side and we has a lot of Harley...Cadillac...lincoln with better living standart ...then community party went up(with the help of chinese and russian)...then we lost all thing.. become stone area again...
same as North Korea where Kim Jong Il live...
Community party all of them are Dictator.... Human killer
people is poor and Government official is rich because they steal the money from every Project from foreign country to help poor people. I hope foreign country shouldn't send money to my country to help poor people because it will never come to poor people...99% of them go to the pocket of Government official
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Ok, let's get back to the XTS. I really don't want the feds showing up here.
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i looked but couldn't find pictures online anywhere of the Cadillas on display at Doral (PGA WGC Cadillac Championship) last weekend
anyone got any?
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I will try to take some good pictures at the Denver show next weekend, I'm excited to see the new cars in person.
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Just popped in to say I really enjoyed catching up with this thread. And I look forward to seeing pics from the Denver show!
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