The small East Texas town of Coreyville is shaken by brutal murders and kidnappings, striking too close to home for Greg Tenorly. And the only witness is a mentally ill neighbor whose remarks are rejected by the police as gibberish. But Greg listens carefully to the man’s seemingly incoherent statements, and later realizes that they just might contain enough clues to point him in the direction of the killer.
But his investigation leads him into a hornet’s nest of dark secrets, old grudges, jealousy, and greed. Now, caught in the crossfire between two families, Greg’s life is in serious jeopardy.
By morning, more bodies will be headed for the morgue. The only question is whether Greg Tenorly will be among them.
This paper examines the potential benefits that regular, sustained martial arts activity may have for children who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (AD/HD). The author suggests that martial arts training, under certain conditions, can help children and their caregivers deal with AD/HD issues without resort to aggressive and possibly harmful drug therapies, which are currently the predominant treatment approach to the disorder.
As the most severe financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression unfolds, scholars, practitioners, and regulators have been studying its causes and possible cures to prevent similar crises in the future. At the center of the crisis is the explosive growth of the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market, which is both fueled by and fueling the housing market boom. In this paper, we study an important piece of the evolution of the MBS market the rating agencies (Moody’s and S&P in particular) and their role in the expansion of the MBS market.
Specifically, we examine whether conflicts of interest lie behind the growth of MBS, and whether and when the market began to realize this incentive in practice. We ask, in particular, did the rating agencies grant large mortgage originators, who brought substantial business, unduly favorable ratings?
