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Posted: 09/10/2012 at 12:40
Hi Gary, the reason for putting in fruit trees is to add a bit of variety. I have devoted ten sq metres to veg beds and wanted a space to get some fruit bearing plants. I can see where you are coming from with regards to using the space for the best cropping yields, and it probably would be more productive to plant more veg, but with 2 kids we get through a lot of fruit in the house, plus I thought it would be fun for them. If you go to my original post here.
Then you will see what I mean with regards to limited space.
Hi christopher2, I noticed you mentioned Deacons in another post, and I visited the site. They appear very good value and have a good variety. How hard is it to train trees if I have no pruning experience? Would you suggest to stick to my original idea of putting in self fertile trees to train, or for going for the duo trees I mentioned in my previous post.
Thanks for all the help, much needed.
How many fruit trees?
Posted: 08/10/2012 at 13:35
I'd be interested also Gary. As fan or cordon trained trees can range in price between 20-55 pound, plus the need to get 2 plants for pollination, I think ??50 for, in effect, 6 types of fruit doesn't seem too bad. Also, whist thinking about how much space I have available to train the fruit, ie 2.4m, I think I'd only be able to put 2 trees in maximum, so therefore one type of fruit.
The trellis was only there as a separator for different parts of the garden, so I was only thinking of training something up there to make the most out of the limited space I have. Reading into the subject, it would seem better to get these type of plants to maximise fruit yield for the space.
What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for the advice so far, as much advice is needed for a complete novice like me
How many fruit trees?
Posted: 08/10/2012 at 12:47
Hi, had a look around at various companies and found this....
Do you think this would be a better idea instead of training them?
Also, anybody tried duo fruit trees, and what's the verdict? Cheers.
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Posted: 07/10/2012 at 19:15
Grrrrr, beat me to it sotongeoff lol
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Posted: 07/10/2012 at 19:14
I just googled what you're looking for and it pulled up a page full of companies
Namely, Crocus, Dobbies(tesco), etc
How many fruit trees?
Posted: 05/10/2012 at 14:30
Hi. Thanks for the replies. The reason they will be grown in raised beds is because underneath the beds it is mainly made up of hardcore. I was planning on training the trees in cordons, and understand that some trees available are able to be put into pots on the patio, so I thought a bed of this size would be ample. As for growing something at the base, I can't envisage there being too much shade cast by the cordons as the wall they will be grown on would be south facing, and the plants at the base would be in front of them. Ref pollinators, would I be ok in planting self fertile fruiting trees there?
Cheers for your help.
How many fruit trees?
Posted: 05/10/2012 at 09:04
Hi, I have asked this question in another post but, as of yet, have had no replies. I have a raised bed measuring 240cm x 80cm x 40 cm deep and wish to train dwarf stock fruit trees in there. My questions are, how many trees do you think I would be able to put into the space ( I think I read somewhere that some trees as cordons can be planted 2 foot apart)? Can you suggest any trees to go in, I'm thinking along the lines of a dessert apple, a pear, plum or damson trees? Are there any combinations that should be excluded? And, would I be able to grow any other lower growing plants toward the base of the trees? Many thanks for any info' you can give.
What a difference a day makes.......
Posted: 02/10/2012 at 10:06
Hi, I thought I'd bump this post again because no one has answered my query about how many fruit trees, and what types I could put in the central raised bed. Hope someone can help, cheers.
What a difference a day makes.......
Posted: 29/09/2012 at 15:28
I know what you mean Insomnia, tried to do a bit of sieving today, but the soil is still too damp. Went out and planted out some bulbs I bought instead, ended up planting 400 in total, think I went a bit overboard on buying bulbs being a newbie, still got 130 left and 250 on route by post and nowhere to plant them, doh.
What a difference a day makes.......
Posted: 29/09/2012 at 15:13
Hi Flobear, I had the same thought about weight bearing. The trellis is to act as a screen, the fruit will either be trained to metal wires secured into the 2 by 4 uprights, or I'm going to put some steel reinforcing grid (if you know what I mean) up against the posts.
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A series of three Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry readings featuring a gallery talk and tour of the Art Museum's Middle Eastern art holdings.
Indiana University Art Museum
April 1, 8 & 15; 7-9 pm
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures: Intersections
The IU and Bloomington communities have a rare opportunity this month to hear Middle Eastern poetry the way it was meant to be heard.
As part of the Intersections Series, a number of poems will be read and sung their original languages – Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew. But this event isn't just for people who understand those languages. English translations will accompany each and every reading, along with live music and a tour of the IU Art Museum's Middle Eastern art collection.
The series is hosted in partnership with the IU Turkish Student Association and The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Susanne Stetkevych is a professor in the department who specializes in Arabic poetry. She is helping to organize the series that she feels will bring some much needed levity to the arduous analysis of poems.
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Cagri Yildirim is president of the IU Turkish Student Association and co-organizer of the Intersections poetry series.
"I sort of had the idea of combining poetry with the arts," she says. "As a graduate in the arts education program, I feel that no one art form can stand on its own." The IU Art Museum seemed to her to be the perfect place for the series, for people can come to hear poetry, look at art, and listen to music. One piece in particular encapsulates the ambiance she is hoping to accomplish, she says:
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Discussion in 'Stillwater' started by Topstoy, May 13, 2011.
Can anyone tell me how Aeneas Lake is fishing? Will be over there for Memorial Weekend.
I am looking at Aeneas right now. It is clear with no wind. As expected the wind has been coming up in the afternoon. Water temp is around 57°. Expect it will warmer by Memorial Day. The fish are for the most part cookie cutter bows between 16" and 18". So far, it is all chironomids. I did take some fish with a bugger under an indicator in deeper water. The shoal in the NW corner is working early in the AM and then slows down. Then it is a good time to move and fish the water right along a shoal and drop of. I had better luck moving the static fly up (size 14 – 18) off the bottom. The fishing is consistent but not fast and furious. Yesterday was 15 to hand. One stomach sample had some very large black chironnies about size 10. Maybe an indicator of things to come as the water warms.
Good Luck, Mike
Thanks for the nice report and great photos! I am so looking forward to getting out there. I have been working nights for a big shutdown where I work and haven't had a chance to get on the water yet. But starting Memorial weekend I should be on and off the water for a good chunk of the summer, at least until it gets to warm. Thanks again! Ken
Just cookie cutter 'bows? No browns?
Fished Aeneas today (Sunday). Lots of cookie cutter bows 16 - 18". Nice hatch of #14 black chironomids came off about 11am and lasted till about 1:30. Fished the NW corner and got fish in both 25 feet of water and up on the shoal. A few of the larger #10 chironomids mixed in the hatch but fish didn't seem keyed in. Water temp 58 degrees. Lots of turtles swimming around. I tried everything but I didn't have a fly in my box that they would take!
Fished Chopaka on Saturday with about 30 others. Lost count of catching 14" cookie cutter planters in 10' of water on a chironomid. A couple fish went about 16". Most fish were full of #16 chironomids - grass green in color. #16 black with white head also got a few. Did see a couple calibaetis on the water but everything seems to be at least a week behind. Water temp 52. I hadn't fished Chopaka for a few years and it was nice to revisit but I probably wont be back anytime soon. For the same drive from Seattle there are lakes with kamloops bows, great scenery, and you can actually get a camping spot.
Daryl, I am always surprised at how many people drive past so much good water to get to Chopaka then fish in a crowd similar to WalMart the week before Christmas. I have been there twice in the last ten years on weekdays and each time it was just a zoo. Fortunately neither trip had Chopaka as a destination, I was in the area fishing some other good lakes and went up with friends to see what all the buzz was about.
Thanks for the input on Aeneas, I hope to fish it on the 23rd if the weather gives us any kind of a break at all. The long range forecast isn't that good. This coming Wed, Thurs and Friday look good but I have been assigned to other lakes on those days.
Thanks again for the reports on Aeneas, I will be fishing it quite a bit in my future as we just bought a home close to it. I heard rumor that a couple years ago the state planted some tiger trout in there, any signs of them? Thanks, Ken


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LANSDALE — After four months of renovations, Elm Terrace Gardens reopened its Terrace Café on Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The retirement community's approximately 270 residents and their guests were invited to the new café to celebrate.
Lansdale Mayor Andy Szekely was present at the ceremony to share a few words. The new café is part of Lansdale's revitalization, he said.
"We totally gutted the entire cafeteria," said Tim Murphy, Elm Terrace Gardens' CEO and president. The renovations, which totaled more than $600,000, included the addition of a fireplace, new flooring and a completely new kitchen. The old kitchen was originally from the North Penn Hospital, Murphy said, so it definitely needed some updates. "Cooking and serving on old equipment is never a good thing," he said.
The old café resembled a school cafeteria, said Daniel McClain, the facility's director of dining services. "Now, it's a more open area," he said, thanks to the removal of some walls. There's also more seating than before, although Saturday's celebration was so crowded that folding chairs had to be set up throughout the room. McClain works for Morrison Senior Living, a contractor that partnered financially with Elm Terrace Gardens on the renovations, he said.
"We've thrilled with what they've done here," said resident Rose Pieretti. She was joined for lunch on Saturday by her daughter, who appreciated the room's new atmosphere. Resident Mickey Gerhart agreed. "I think they've done a beautiful job," she said.
In addition to the facility's physical renovations, there were also some changes to the café's menu. There's a different menu for residents to choose from each day, Murphy said, as well as some items that are offered all the time. Saturday's lunch menu featured many different soup and sandwich stations, which served veggie Reubens, grilled cheese sandwiches on sourdough bread, tomato bisque and chicken noodle soup, along with a handful of other options.
The new menu is made possible by the kitchen's new equipment. Rather than one steam table for hot food, there are now three smaller areas, McClain said. "We're able to do things more creatively," he said. "We can do demonstration cooking and make things fresher, healthier and to order."
Murphy is very pleased with how the renovations have turned out. "The residents love it," he said. "That's the important part."


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OK. I know this blog title sounds hokey, but don't we all turn to mush when it comes to our pets? No different with Jen and me! This month we celebrate the joy our pets bring to us by contributing a dollar for every room we rent to Sarge's, a local animal welfare group who finds homes for homeless animals from the local animal shelter as well as other sources. As is the case with many of our guests, our cat, Oatmeal, really adopted us. He was one of the fortunate few who didn't need Sarge's help to find a home. He started appearing around our inn abount two years ago as a hungry six month old kitten. Our granddaughter named him because his yellow/orange coat made him look like a bowl of Mother's Oats (with a little bit of white cream under his chin). He was so cute and loving! All he wanted, it seemed, was a little food, love and companionship. How could we resist?! Over the next few months, we made a place for Oatmeal to stay in the cabana behind the inn. We left the door open and put food inside so Oatmeal could expect a regular meal and a place to stay. This arrangement worked... sort of, but sometimes Oatmeal wouldn't come home for a few days at a time. We had him neutered and were taking him to the vet for his shots and check-up's, but were we really taking care of him properly? The answer was 'NO'!
It is so easy to 'leave the cat out for the day', but do we really know where they go or what they do when they're 'out'? If they're not spayed or neutered, they're surely contributing to the problem many towns, including ours, have with ferral kittens and cats all over the place. This is cruel for the cat and a potential health problem for the community. Even if the cat is neutered, it is still leaving its 'calling card' all over the place, not to mention terrorizing birds and other prey. We had to face the fact that this is not a responsible way to be a pet owner. Enter, the Invisible Fence and a collar for Oatmeal. He will surely have a different point of view here, but suffice it to say that Oatmeal DID learn his safe area with the Invisible Fence. Now, over a year later, and even without the collar, he rarely strays beyond the fence line. Sometimes we need to remind him of his safe area, but not very often. Oatmeal now has an area he can call his own that wraps just about all the way around our inn. He also has a 'bachelor pad' that is his nightly home. He isn't allowed inside the inn, and he doesn't usually hang around the porch with our guests although some of our regular guests do ask for a special visit from him when they're here. We always try to accomodate them! Let us know if you want him to visit you while you're here at the inn. Otherwise, Oatmeal will probably be in his bachelor pad or hanging out around the rear of the inn in his safe area inside the lattice fence. He does answer to 'Baby Boy'.


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ATO weighs Bitcoin rulesInvestors and businesses that trade using the digital currency Bitcoin are on notice as the Australian Taxation Office plans to be among the first to crackdown on undisclosed capital gains and GST at tax time this year.
In a statement provided to the Financial Reviews Sunday program on Channel 9, ATO senior assistant commissioner Michael Hardy said the tax office has been monitoring the growth in the numbers of Bitcoins along with other alternative payment systems and will provide further advice to taxpayers before June 30.
The ATO is working on a holistic understanding of the taxation treatment of Bitcoin to be in a position to provide certainty for the Australian community, he said.
The ATOs US counterpart, the IRS is also looking to release similar guidelines this year.
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It comes as the Australian Securities Investments Commission has also confirmed to the Financial Review that Bitcoin is on its regulatory radar.
Electronic currencies or crypto currencies - which include Bitcoins - are a developing area globally. Like other regulatory bodies around the world, ASIC is considering whether and how current legislation (such as the Corporations Act) might apply to these arrangements, said ASIC spokesperson Hilarie Dunn.
The value of Bitcoin has risen from $US13 at the start of 2013, to a high of $US1200 in November and is currently trading around $US800 ($889).
Fueling its popularity, has been its profit growth and decentralised status. It also appeals because it allows traders to buy and sell goods, such as coffee, shoes and even property, in real time and without the transaction costs that would otherwise apply at a bank or by using a credit card or another rival electronic form of payment, such as via PayPal.
But Bitcoin has also attracted negative headlines, most recently with the owners of a Bitcoin company in the US being charged with fraud and money laundering.
Complicating matters is the absence of government, banker or regulator backing Bitcoin, making it arguably less transparent and perceived as a riskier investment than normal currencies.
Alex Malley chief executive of accounting body CPA Australia has welcomed the news, but said the difficulty facing the ATO is that transactions using Bitcoin are hard to trace.
People are having Bitcoins stolen off their website not traceable. The FBI has been involved in projects in 2013 where they seized $US28 million worth of Bitcoins, so this is an ongoing challenge.
There is also the anonymity which surrounds the Japanese developer of Bitcoin - which is simply a virtual coin or often explained as a mathematical code which is run by a network of computer servers.
The Attorney Generals office is reviewing the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, to see if a regime change is now needed to cover Bitcoin and better protect investors.
Mr Hardy added that paying for goods and services with new types of payment tokens such as Bitcoin still means that the seller may need to account for GST and/or include the income in their business tax return.
The buyer may also need to keep records of the value of the purchase and account for the tax consequences if it represents a business expense or if the purchase is an asset which may be subject to a capital gain or loss.


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That's the message the town delivered to an employee at the landfill this morning. The town hasn't yet identified the worker, but it doesn't take much to figure it out. Joe Stockbridge is the director of environmental services who oversees the landfill.
When we called his office this morning and asked for him, we were told we might want to call the supervisor's office. We're awaiting a call back from Town Supervisor Paula Mahan for an update. Stockbridge has not yet returned calls to his home.
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"The recently finished C++ ISO standard, with the working name of C++0x, is due to be published this summer, following the finishing touches to the ISO spec language and standards wonks agreed upon in March."
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RE: Meh... it's D for me now.....
by Timmmm on Thu 16th Jun 2011 14:05 UTC in reply to "Meh... it's D for me now..... "
The fact that it has garbage collection built-in is nice as well.
That's one of the things keeping me sticking with C++. Garbage collection is an ugly and unsatisfying solution to a minor problem.
I think a better solution is judicious use of reference counting & shallow copying. Then you get to keep speed, determinism, smoothness (no stopping the world), and deterministic destruction (for RAII).


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GDC Europe 2012: Mobile "starting to compete with current consoles," next-generation chips will be 20 times as powerful.
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The power of mobile GPUs and the complexity of developing for them are rapidly approaching that of consoles and some PCs, according to Niklas Smedberg of Epic Games. Speaking during a keynote presentation at GDC Europe, the developer said that mobile was "starting to compete with current consoles," but in doing so development has become much more complex.
Smedberg compared the process of mobile development to that of PCs, where there are hundreds of different platforms to develop for, each with their own hardware. "We have to scale things--we are Epic, we never do the minimum, so we have to scale for high to low devices." He went on to claim that mobile games will soon have graphics options similar to that of PCs, with low, medium, and high for different effects, as well as resolution settings.
Citing the example of God Rays, a lighting effect used heavily in Gear of War 3 and Infinity Blade II, Smedberg said that the mobile version of the effect actually "ended up looking better" than on the 360. "In some regards, mobile is way better than console. There's way more memory, which allows for much higher texture resolutions."
Looking to the future, Smedberg claimed that the next generation of mobile GPUs will be up to 20 times more powerful. He cited product roadmaps from IMGTec and Nvidia as examples and assured the audience that such steep rises in GPU power would be put to good use. "On console we were doing 720p," he said. "On iPad we're doing crazy resolutions."
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hi. it's been a while... i'm sorry about that. i've missed you. very much. also, i've just found out that i was accepted into a creative writing program for next year, and i, of course, owe some credit to the wonderful practice and support i find here. without further ado:
On most early mornings, the Forbidden Forest came to life around sunrise. A new day's breeze would gently rustle the new buds and leafs on trees. Baby owls would hoot as their parents returned with food from the night hunt. Creatures would stir and scuttle out of Hagrid the Gamekeeper's way as he marched through the trails.
The morning of May 4, 1977 was different, for at sunrise, already eleven students--with badges in the shapes of lions, serpents, badgers, and eagles--were deep in the forest. The first rays of the sun were shooting across the horizon, painting the sky with streaks of golden yellow and warm, morning orange.
It was 5:30 am, and the badges affixed to the students' robes vibrated, signaling the end of their game of mock survival and the ability to exit the forest.
Within a few minutes, three Slytherin boys burst from the forest. They whooped and cheered, ramming each other into manly embraces. They had survived the dueling.
"Where's Evan?" asked Dane Avery.
"Do you think he lost his badge?" asked Adam Mulciber. "I'll never let him live it down."
"Do you think Regulus lost?" asked Dane.
"Who knows," said Wilkes. "But we should wait around to see who else comes out. I want to know who won."
The three boys stood around until Hufflepuff's Riley Hodges emerged from the forest. He was clutching a cramp in his abdomen and moving slowly, but he still had his badge.
"Congratulations Hodges," said Wilkes, shaking the Hufflepuff's hand.
"Thanks. You three as well," he replied to the Slytherins. "Should we wait for the rest?"
The boys agreed, but after ten minutes, still no one else exited the forest. They yawned and checked their watches and exhausted conversation. Nothing.
"You know, the others could still be deep in there," said Riley after long minutes of silence.
"You're right," said Mulciber. "Let's just head up to the castle. We have time for a few hours of sleep before class."
"I suppose," said Wilkes, gazing into the woods. It had been eerily quiet, and the end of the games had been somewhat anti-climactic. He rose onto his feet and began the trek back to Hogwarts.
They had made it just around the Whomping Willow when the wind carried voices their way. The boys turned: emerging from the forest was Amelia Bones, Lily Evans, and Sirius Black.
"Hey! Just going to walk away, huh?" shouted Sirius, his wand by his side instead of in his pocket.
"Sorry. We got tired of waiting," explained Wilkes. "But well done. The three of you survived."
"You alright, Amelia?" asked Riley to his fellow Hufflepuff. He had noticed the severity of her head wound and the exhaustion on her face.
Before she could answer, Sirius sped forward and addressed the three Slytherin boys. "Just what exactly were you playing at?"
"Excuse me?" asked Wilkes.
"Don't play dumb," said Sirius. "Dementors. Dementors in the forest."
"That's impossible!" said Riley, rushing toward Amelia. She nodded at him to confirm what Sirius had said.
"You dirty snakes didn't think you could win on your own accord, did you?" hissed Sirius. "So you brought in dementors to fight the good fight for you."
"Sirius," said Lily warily. "You don't know it was them."
Wilkes looked to Lily, a glint in his eyes that made her feel frozen and uncomfortable. "Yeah, Black. Evans is right. It's not polite to assume." He smirked at her, as if they were sharing a secret, and Lily took a step inward toward Sirius.
"I'm not standing up for you, Wilkes," she said. "I don't know who sent dementors in there. But I figure we should ask you before attacking you."
"How very Gryffindor," snorted Mulciber.
"I'm waiting for an answer," growled Lily. "Were you or were you not responsible for that? Because not only is that cheating, but that's grossly dangerous."
"Was it unfair?" asked Wilkes mockingly, turning to Mulciber and Avery. Wilkes usually maintained his cool, but this duel had showed a new side of him, an ugly typical-Slytherin side.
"Couldn't have been," said Mulciber. "Not when you Gryffindors had a beast of your own on your team."
"What are you going on about now, Mulciber?" snarled Sirius.
"Well, I'd hate to be as assumptive as you and Evans," he replied. "But I do believe an unauthorized Gryffindor tried to rip up my buddy Wilkes here." He gestured towards Wilkes' cloak.
"An unauthorized Gryffindor?! You're barking mad!" exclaimed Lily.
Sirius, however, was quiet. He looked to Wilkes' robes. Maybe to Lily they just appeared torn, but to Sirius, who'd had much experience with werewolves, the claw marks were obvious.
"Who was really cheating?" asked Wilkes. "Come on, team. Let's go back to the castle. We can deal with them later."
"Sirius," murmured Lily as the three Slytherin boys began to walk away. "Sirius, what's going on?"
He was noticing the fresh scratch marks at the base of the Whomping Willow, the body of a rabbit that had fallen prey to claws, and a dangerously wide trail leading into the forest. Everything seemed to point to the fact that Remus had escaped from the Shrieking Shack.
"I'm going back in," said Sirius. His voice cracked weakly, so he repeated. "I'm going back in goddammit!"
"What?!" asked Lily and Amelia simultaneously,
"Riley, help Amelia back to the castle. Lily, go with them, why don't you?" said Sirius, his eyes trained on the hellish woods from where they had just escaped.
Riley nodded, offering his arm to Amelia for support.
"Go on," said Sirius, a little harshly. "I'll... I have to go." He took off, sprinting once again for the forest.
"That was odd," said Riley as they watched Sirius go.
"Very," agreed Amelia. Since she was still shaken, she took Riley's arm, and together they began hobbling towards the castle.
Lily took a few steps to follow them, but she was still looking over her shoulder to Sirius. Admittedly, she was a little curious about his sudden need to return to the woods, but she was mostly worried about him. He didn't often sober up from adrenaline so quickly and responsibly; the change was jarring and worrisome.
Lily had to catch up with him and make sure everything was okay. She gave a quick goodbye to Amelia and Riley, who were confused but unbothered by her departure. And then she sprinted after Sirius.
The breeze that morning brought was cold and unrelenting. She rushed against it, feeling her throat grow raw and her eyes become watery. She called out his name several times, but it was lost in the howling of the wind. He was much more athletic than she, and he pounced ahead. It took her awhile to catch up. In fact, she wouldn't have, but he stopped momentarily to fish out a mirror in his clothes.
"James! James! Oh thank God! Are you with Remus? The Slytherins said something that made me think he might have escaped--"
"Yeah. He did," panted James. "God. It's bad. It's the worst. He's just transformed back. He and I have been wrestling for the past hour or so..."
"The Slytherins saw. Wilkes said something... Did Moony go for Wilkes?" asked Sirius.
"Yeah. No damage... But Marlene..." James let out a dry sob. "Oh God."
"Where are you!?" demanded Sirius.
"You know where the creek splits off into two?" asked James. "Right there."
"Are you with Mar? Is she... bitten?" asked Sirius.
"She's just down the bank. I don't know. I've been with Remus. Peter's with her. And he stunned Evan Rosier. So he's passed out over there. I'll go to her now," said James. "Are you close by? Oh, god. I'm with Remus... He's... out of sorts."
"Yeah. I am close," said Sirius. "Give me five minutes--"
He turned to continue on his way towards James, Remus, Marlene, and Peter when he noticed Lily. His back had been turned to her while he was speaking to James, but there she was: standing in the open only three meters away, not even bothering to disguise herself.
"How long have you been there?" demanded Sirius.
"Long enough," she said quietly. "They're hurt. I'm coming with you."
"How much did you hear?" asked Sirius.
Lily didn't say anything at first. She had her chin pointed down, and she looked at him through heavy lids, almost guiltily.
"How much did you hear?!" asked Sirius again, this time much more forcefully.
"I know Remus is a werewolf."
Sirius was surprised by Lily's confession, but he tried his best not to convey any shock. "You're wrong."
"Don't lie to me," said Lily. "I wasn't sure before just now, but I had suspicions. You're not very good at covering it up." She didn't want to tell Sirius that it had been Severus who had always suggested the theory to her.
"Go back to the castle," said Sirius, his gray eyes angry and fierce.
"No," said Lily.
"Excuse me?"
"No. I'm not leaving them. They're my friends too," said Lily. "And if anyone's hurt, I'm not sure why you and I are standing around bickering with each other. We're losing time."
Sirius looked at her with a murderous expression. She had expected him to argue, but instead, he just said, "You're strikingly like James." And with that, he turned on his heel, and she hurried after him.
There was blood, and there was a lot of it. When Remus opened his eyes, there was the blood, tainting the creek water. He lay on the bank, a human once more. In the distance, James and Peter crouched over a girl, his girl.
Remus wished he had the strength to sit up, but gravity was defeating him. He kept his eyes trained on his friends, just a ways away. Had he killed? He wasn't sure. His memories from his nights as a werewolf were never clear. They were warped and distorted with hunger. From last night, he remembered finding her, Marlene. In his memory, her skin was a perfect white, and he had scratched it away with his claws. Her blood had shone against her skin like cherries in snow.
He disgusted himself.
"Moony!" barked Sirius, though Remus had once again closed his eyes. "There you are!" Sirius crouched down to Remus, wiped the hair back out of his face.
"Go to her," breathed Remus.
Sirius followed Remus' gaze to James, Peter, and Marlene on the bank. He stood up, but not before he looked at Remus' hands. Marlene's blood was caught underneath the fingernails.
Remus wished he would just die right there. Sirius joined the others, fell to his knees to tend to Marlene. They didn't need Remus, they didn't want him; he didn't deserve them.
Remus had not expected Lily to be there. She came out of nowhere and didn't just crouch over him; she took a seat, cross-legged, right next to him. He tried to get up, to move away from her. He wanted to warn her that he didn't deserve her kindness, but Lily put her hand on his and quieted him.
"Remus. I know," she said quietly. "Shh. It's going to be alright. Marlene's going to be alright. She has James, Sirius, and Peter looking after her. She will be fine, but I'm worried about you. I don't have any chocolate on me, which is a shame. But I will clean you up..." She picked up his hand, studying Marlene's blood under his fingernails. "Scourgify." Lightly, she dropped his hand back down and repeated the spell on his other hand. Then, she set to work doctoring his cuts, bruises, and scrapes.
She reached a gash in his side that he had received from James' antlers, though she didn't know that. He winced when she touched him. "Hmm," said Lily. "I don't want to hurt you, but I need to get this cleaned up so we can heal it. So I'll distract you with a story. How about that? I can tell you my favourite from when I was young... Did you heard about the little prince who had a pet lion?"
She touched his body tenderly and carefully, all the while telling a child's tale. If only for a short while, it distracted him from the pain, the aching guilt, and his self-hatred. Her voice drowned out the worried voices of Peter, James, and Sirius. Her hands moved to his hair, where she combed the dirt out with her fingers and rubbed his scalp. He wanted to tell her that she was a natural healer--or mother--but he couldn't find any words.
"Remus?" she said, when her story was finished. She wasn't expecting him to answer, but she wanted to call his attention back to real life. "Remus, I think it's time I help you to the Hospital Wing. There you can sleep and get some chocolate... And maybe some ointment for the scars. Okay? Don't worry. You don't have to move. I've got you. Let's get you out of this forest."
"Fuck!" yelled Sirius, as it was the only word that came to mind even after taking in the situation for over a minute.
"Come on, Sirius," said James levelly. "Let's take Mar back up to the castle before she loses anymore blood. We have to be extra careful. You help Pete." There was something calming in the tone of James' voice--the way he took initiative, used their first names rather than their nicknames.
"What about Evan Rosier?" asked Peter, as he stepped closer to Marlene.
"He'll wake up eventually," said James.
"With all this blood around him?" asked Peter. "Kind of traumatizing."
"Come on, Wormtail. It's Rosier. He's seen worse," said Sirius.
The boys dropped the conversation as they lifted Marlene, without magic and steadied her in James' arms. Sirius took a step back and looked down at her.
Undeniably, she was beautiful--even after the attack. Her eyes were closed gracefully, her lashes contrasting against her cream-colored skin. She had a long, thin nose which may have been the main reason he sometimes thought of Marlene as statuesque. Or maybe it was because of her figure: she was plumper than most girls wanted to be these days, but she wore the weight happily, confidently, wonderfully. She was loud, independent, and buoyant, and Sirius always assumed it was the reason he was so attracted to her--not even romantically, but as a person. He never thought of her as someone who needed much protecting or sheltering, so seeing her there limp in James' arms, blood drenching her robes, was jarring.
They began to walk towards the exit of the forest carefully, and Sirius and Peter fell in stride behind James.
"What happened to Lily?" asked James, turning his head slightly to talk to them even though no one really felt like talking.
"She took Remus to the castle," said Peter. "Healed him up a bit first, it looked like."
"She knows," said Sirius. "About Remus."
"Figures," grunted James. "She's unusually perceptive, that one."
There was silence once again, which Peter found to be more uncomfortable than the talking. So he spoke again. "What's going to happen to Marlene?"
"She wasn't bitten," said James.
"Where's all the blood coming from then?" asked Peter. "Have you looked under her robes?"
"Yes," said James. "Big claw marks."
"Where?" asked Sirius.
"Stomach," said James. "Torn up. I don't know how to go about healing it, even temporarily."
"You haven't even tried to heal her even a little?" asked Sirius, raising his voice involuntarily.
"She doesn't really have much skin there right now. That's why we're heading straight for the Hospital Wing."
"Well... will she... survive?" asked Peter.
James whipped his head back to glare at Peter. "Of course. Don't even let the opposite thought get into your mind."
But his protectiveness was only worrisome. For the second time that morning, Sirius found that only one word escaped his mouth, this time under his breath, conveying a rare sense of helplessness. "Fuck."
They walked on, nearing the edge of the forest. The trees grew further apart and the overhead canopy wasn't so thick. Their visibility also increased, and a few minutes later, the boys heard the voices and saw the accompanying figures: two of them--shadowy, on the outskirts of the forest.
"Someone from the duel?" whispered Peter, squinting to see.
"No," said Sirius immediately. He recognized one of their voices, the way she stood with her too-long arms crossed in front of her chest, her feet that turned inward as she walked. "MJ."
She seemed to hear him say her name and met his eyes. Her hand was enveloped in Jared's, who waved at the boys with his free hand. It was still quite dark so they didn't seem to notice Marlene in their arms.
"I'm not standing around to make small talk," muttered James to Peter and Sirius. He had heard their footsteps stop. "Let's keep going back to the castle."
Sirius, for a faltering second, wanted to run to MJ, grab her, tell her what had happened, all of it. He had the strange feeling that he needed to apologize, but he wasn't sure where to start or really what he would apologize for. He missed her friendship, her surprising sarcasm as they took notes on the Quidditch Pitch. He wanted to drag her away from Jared and ask her just what she was doing with that hippie, when she could so obviously do better.
But he didn't. He didn't so much as nod at her or wave at Jared. He followed James.
And as he looked away from her, he muttered another involuntary "Fuck."
"Remus," mused Lily softly. "The Hospital Wing's this way." He seemed disoriented and still shocked.
"Dumbledore," muttered Remus.
"Remus, you've got a cut on your side. We should get you fixed up."
"No. It's just... just a cut," he said. "She's worse. What did I do?! I... I can't be trusted..."
"It was an accident, Remus. It wasn't even you. It was a werewolf. It wasn't you," she said levelly, stepping nearer to him and resting her hand on his cheek.
The gesture alarmed him, and he was uncomfortable under her touch. "I keep causing all of this suffering... It's all my fault. Always."
"That's a lie," said Lily. "You have no control when you transform. It's not even really you. You're so compassionate, Remus. We all know that the werewolf is not you," said Lily. "Even Marlene will understand."
"What did I do to her?" asked Remus, his voice breaking. "Do you know?"
"You didn't do anything to her. You would never. Don't you see, Remus? The werewolf isn't you," said Lily.
He ignored her. "Was she... bitten?"
Lily had not rushed over to Marlene when she and Sirius had entered the clearing. Marlene had been surrounded by the boys, and though Lily had never thought she would say this, she trusted those boys completely. There was some fierce way that they took care of Marlene.
"She'll be okay," said Lily gently. "Shh... oh now. You're bleeding through your shirt again. Please, let's go to the Hospital Wing. I'll stay with you."
He shook his head. "I don't matter. She deserves the attention from the Hospital Wing... not me. It's just a cut, Lily. I already have a hundred scars. What's another one?" He turned away from her, shrugged out from her embrace, and began walking the other way. The shining patch of blood was growing on his shirt, and he limped away miserably, repeatedly clearing his throat to hold back tears.
Lily couldn't take his self-hate, his loneliness. She ran toward him and grabbed his hand. "I'm coming with you then. You're not alone."
And at her kind touch, at her understanding words, he began to weep.
Half hour after the boys had brought Marlene into the Hospital Wing, James, Sirius, and Peter found themselves alone sitting in the dark. All of the beds were empty, and the only light came from the few torches that flickered near the the entrance. Though they had the entire Hospital Wing to themselves, the boys sat side by side in chairs set around a bed. The bed was, of course, empty. When the healers had seen Marlene, they had decided to treat her in a side room. More privacy, they had said. But James knew that it meant that Marlene's condition was grave.
There was an unsettling silence in the humongous Hospital Wing. As James reflected on it, he wondered about Amelia: perhaps she had doctored herself up and decided not to visit the school healers. His mind wandered to Remus who had also been injured in the Forest Duel. But Remus was in Lily's hands, and James trusted her so he wasn't worried.
Still, the duel had seemed so violent that James was shocked that Marlene was the only one seeking treatment.
To his left sat Sirius, who had his head in his hands. James wouldn't have been surprised if Sirius were hiding tears. When the boys had brought Marlene into the Hospital Wing, it had been Sirius who had screamed for help. Over and over, Sirius repeated "She's been attacked! My friend has been attacked!" He had seemed almost infantile, fixating on the same phrase over and over until James had led him into a chair.
The nurses had not found any logical sense in Sirius' words. They instead had spoken to James, who had decided to tell the truth. "She was attacked by a werewolf."
He had sold out Remus as the attacker, but it was necessary. The healers had to know what kind of injury they were up against.
Peter sat on his other side. He was curled up into the chair as if he were sleeping, but his eyes were wide open. They were all too afraid, too shaken to sleep. All they could do was sit together quietly, thinking about Marlene being treated in the side-room.
It was torturous really. James had known Marlene since they were four years old, when Marlene's family had moved next-door. When the McKinnons weren't traveling with Mr. McKinnon's globe-trotting job, Marlene and James would play in the woods every day. She had always been so vibrant and lively, climbing up trees and jumping across the rocks in the creek. It was a strange thought to think that she had become helpless, a victim.
He was so lost in thought that he was confused when the Hospital Wing doors swung open. But the movement extracted him from his reflection, and he noticed Dumbledore enter, Lily at his heels. Dumbledore, without even a hello, walked past the boys swiftly and entered the side-room where Marlene was being treated. The door closed tightly behind him, and that's when Lily spoke.
"How are you guys?"
Sirius slid his face out of his hands and looked up at Lily incredulously. "Really? How are we? Wonderful. Never been better."
"Whoa, Sirius," said Lily, her eyes narrowing. "I don't need your sarcasm. I'm not daft. I know where we're all at emotionally, but I haven't checked in with James or Peter since the duel was still going on, and I wanted to make sure they're injury-less."
Sirius gave her a fierce look, but slid his head back under his hands.
"I'm okay," said Peter.
"We're fine, Lily," said James. "Where's Remus?"
"In Dumbledore's office," said Lily.
"Without Dumbledore?" asked Peter.
"No, Peter," said Sirius, dryly. "Dumbledore can now be in two places at once."
"Sirius," snapped Lily. "I know you're upset, but can you stop taking it out on your friends? Your sarcasm isn't helping the situation. In fact, it's just making things worse. We're supposed to stick together when things get shitty, but you're trying to alienate us."
Sirius stared up at Lily, his gray eyes unreadable. It was the first real argument that Sirius and Lily had had since becoming friends, but Sirius did not fight back. He stared at her, until she broke the gaze, looking back to Peter.
"I tried to get Remus to come to the Hospital Wing as soon as we got back to the castle, but he wanted to talk to Dumbledore. I went with him, and he worked himself up. He started yelling at first, begging Dumbledore to expel him or turn him into Law Enforcement. But soon he couldn't speak, couldn't breathe. So Dumbledore gave him a cup of hot chocolate with a Calming Draught inside, if you can believe it. Anyway, Remus fell asleep in one of the chairs, and as soon as he did, Dumbledore went to go find Marlene. He thinks her condition is too complicated for the healers. He wants to move her to St. Mungo's," explained Lily.
"Condition?!" asked Sirius.
"Werewolf attacks are always dangerous, even without a bite," said James.
"I know that," said Sirius sharply. "But what does that mean?"
"We don't know yet. I doubt the school healers know. That's why they're moving her to the Creature-Induced Injury Ward," said Lily.
"This is insane," muttered Peter.
Lily frowned, surveying the boys' expressions: pain, anxiety, heartbreak. "Let's go back to the dorms. I have some Sleeping Draught in my room. It's not healthy for us to spend our time waiting."
"You're right," said James, standing up. "And if Marlene's being transported to St. Mungo's, let's take her stuff with us." He gathered up Marlene's cloak--lion badge still affixed to the front--and wand, but was surprised by the weight. He reexamined her belongings. In the pocket, there was a snake badge. He held it up.
"What is that?" asked Sirius, though it was clear. "Whose?"
"Must be Evan Rosier's," said James. "They were dueling when Remus and I found them..."
"Chased by a werewolf and she still managed to steal a badge?" asked Peter. "That's dedication."
"It's not dedication," said Sirius. "It's Marlene. She'd give us nothing less."
In a dark room, Marlene awoke to the sound of rain, the steady rhythm of someone near sleeping, and a distant radio program, with short, choppy announcers. She was nestled deep under covers, and though physically she had no desire to move her body, her mind was reeling. The daytime rain was casting shadows in the room, but it didn't feel depressing; for some reason, Marlene's first impression was that it would be a wonderful day to read.
As she came to more of her senses, she realized she was in a hospital. The radio program soon became recognizable as Healers' walkie-talkies. And the snoring was coming from the woman who sat in the chair at her bedside.
"Mum?!" said Marlene. She had wanted to stay curled up there for ever, but the sight of her mother next to her had changed that. Marlene tried to wiggle free from the covers, but shooting pain across her abdomen prevented her. She gasped loudly, which woke her mother.
"Marlene!" she said, jumping from her chair and tending to her daughter. "Baby, it's going to be okay, but you do have to let yourself heal up before you start moving around again."
"Mummy!" said Marlene again, feeling strangely helpless.
Her mother's face relaxed, and she took a seat on the edge of Marlene's bed and stroked her hair. "Good morning, Mar," she said.
"Why are you here?" asked Marlene. "You're supposed to be in Surinam, not here."
"I'm wherever my children need me," said her mother. "I came as soon as I got word. I went to the Embassy to get the Apparation license... I came straight away. Your father's still there working, but he's going to try to visit this weekend."
"What... you know what happened to me?" asked Marlene.
"The Headmaster sent his phoenix with an urgent letter that you were being moved to St. Mungo's. I wasn't going to let that happen without me being there. How are you feeling, by the way? Would you like me to send for a Healer to give you more potion for the pain?"
Marlene shook her head. She felt fine--like she needed to bathe--but she did feel fine. Except, somehow, she felt smaller, younger. Maybe because her mother was there. "What happened to me?"
"Well, we're not quite sure. Some students at Hogwarts are being questioned for more information, but you were attacked in the Forbidden Forest," said her mother.
There were shards of memories, mixed with feelings: following James into the brush and trying not to show her fear, sitting with Sirius in a clearing and fearing--but yearning for--a kiss, waking up with the relief of still having a badge affixed to her chest, the curiosity brought on by Evan Rosier sitting cross-legged, claws digging into her skin.
How was she supposed to make sense of those memories?
"By what?" asked Marlene. "What attacked me?"
"A werewolf," replied her mother, trying to appear strong and ready for her daughter's questions.
The answer didn't surprise her, but it didn't fit into her memory either. "Was I bitten?"
"No," said her mother, though her eyes were filling with tears. "We won't know much until we get all the information... and we will get the information," said her mother firmly. "We can't let you get hurt and not take action."
"If I wasn't bitten..." began Marlene, hating her mother's tears.
"I'm sorry," said her mother, grabbing Marlene's hand.
"Am I going to die?" asked Marlene. It was the only answer, the only thing that could bring out a mother's tears.
Her mother shook her head. Tears were streaming down her face, but she managed a slight smile, "You're going to live a wonderful, wonderful life."
"But what's wrong with me?" asked Marlene frantically.
"Baby... There was so much blood loss... And poison was leaking into your body, but it was contained to one place... The healers had to remove it before it affected the rest of you... Marlene, honey," choked her mother. "You're unable to have children."
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Chicago Auto Show 2014: My Impressions
I considered skipping the auto show this year for a few reasons, but I decided it was a good excuse to hang out with my former coworker, Howard. Howard is an amiable fellow who loves racing and likes cars, but really doesn't know much about them. His car ownership history is truly dreadful, as evidence I cite the fact that his favorite former vehicle was a Cavalier wagon (wagon, yay, but c'mon, Cavalier and favorite should not go together). The weather was getting nasty outside, so we skipped some displays in the interest of not getting stuck on the highway for eternity. As such, I do not have a comprehensive review of the show for you, but the following are the things that left an impression on me.
White: Lots and lots of white
VW has been doing the white display thing for quite a while now. They do it well, but I feel like I've been looking at the same white cars on the same white floor for years now. The white Lexus display really nailed it. Gleaming white cars, with excellent lighting, and the floor had these kind of iridescent red inlay panels. I'm not really interested in Lexus, but the display was so well done, it drew me in like a tractor beam. Infinity's entire display was all white cars as well, but it was just a bunch of ugly (IMO) white cars parked on dark carpeting. I passed them by without visiting. Audi also had a grouping of white cars in an even less interesting display, but their cars are pretty, so I did stop there.
I must confess to being a GM guy, so this is where I spent more time than anywhere else. Nine of the ten vehicles I've owned were GM products, including at least one of each of the core GM brands (Chevy, Oldsmobile, Buick, Pontiac, GMC, and Cadillac).
I've heard it argued that the Verano is so good, and the Regal is so close in size to it, that there really is no reason for the Regal to exist. The best argument that this may indeed be true, is the fact that I can't recall if I saw a Regal there or not.
I was excited to see the Colorado/Canyon, and while they remain on my list of potential replacements for my '06 Sierra someday, I have some reservations. They did a good job butching up the look of the trucks for the American market (I think the global version looks like a big turd), but I'm just not feeling the swoopy/curvy shape of the cab. I also HATE the shifter with a fiery passion. I hope there's a column shifter option when it comes out to market, because I am not buying a truck with a freaking boat throttle for a shifter.
I like the new Mustang, and would consider buying one. I was disappointed in the new F-150, as to me it looks like a different grill/headlight assembly on the same truck. I felt the same way about the new Silverado/Sierra last year. Good thing I like my truck, because nothing out there makes me want to spend the money to upgrade.
I was assigned by my wife to take pictures of the WRX, as she is considering making one a replacement for her Mazda3 one of these days (I'd better teach her to drive stick before that time comes!). I liked it, and I fit in it, which is good, because I really don't fit in the 3. I was also able to squeeze myself into a BRZ. The entry and exit was difficult, but once in, I was fairly comfortable.
The one notable thing I can say is they at least brought a regular Mini that people could sit in this year. This is only notable, because last year they didn't. That's right, last year Mini Cooper did not think to bring …. a Mini Cooper.
I think the picture says all there needs to be said about the state of Mitsubishi of America. Look closely and you'll see that they were buried in the corner behind a couple RV's and a bunch of conversion vans. It looked like they were trying to do the white car thing too, but I didn't bother walking over there to see.
What can I say about Lincoln that hasn't been said around were 1000 times? As we walked past their display (certainly not THROUGH it), I pointed to an MKS and asked Howard what he thought of them. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Kind of crappy, but its a shame that the wind tunnel dictates that shape." I told him that's BS, and I proved it by showing him the Cadillacs.
I was pleased to see that even though they are out of production, the previous generation CTS-V wagon and coupe were both
proudly on display. This gives me hope for the future. The new CTS is fantastic. I really dig the ATS coupe. There was a lot to love at Cadillac. Howard was impressed, and agreed that Lincoln was a pathetic shell of its former self (Howard is exactly twice my age, so he remembers Lincoln at their best).
That's right, I gave the Elmiraj its own heading, its just that good. Some people may call this burying the lead, I call it saving the best for last. Photographs do not do this car justice (particularly my crappy photos). This car is simply stunning. The silhouette is beautiful (pillarless coupe!!!). It's full of elegant and subtle details, my favorite being the exhaust cutouts in the bumper. Oh, and that boat tail! If you pull up in this car, you're the biggest swinging dick around. That's the kind of statement this car makes. I'm really really really looking forward to a production flagship Cadillac, and it makes no difference that I won't be able to afford it.


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Big Week
This week is going tobe an interesting one for the markets.
Stock Barometer Analysis
The barometerremains in Buy Mode. Friday's action in the markets was bullish again...
The Stock Barometer is my proprietary market timing system. The direction, slope and level of the Stock Barometer determine our outlook. For example, if the barometer line is moving down, we are in Sell Mode. A Buy or Sell Signal is triggered when the indicator clearly changes direction. Trend and support can override the barometer signals.
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- This system targets intermediate term moves, of which even in the best years, there are usually only up to 7 profitable intermediate term moves. The rest of the year will be consolidating moves where this system will experience small losses and gains that offset each other.
- This system will usually result in losing trades more than 50% of the time, even in our best years. The key is being positioned properly for longer term moves when they come.
- Therefore it is vitally important that you apply some form of money management to protect your capital.
- Trading a leveraged index fund will result in more risk, since you cannot set stops and you cannot get out intraday.
- Make sure you set your stops so that you can lose no more than 2% per trade (based on the QQQQ if you're trading leveraged funds and options with our trading service).
Potential Cycle Reversal Dates
2010 Potential Reversal Dates: 1/19, 1/28, 3/2, 3/23, 4/7, 5/30, 6/10, 6/28, 7/10. We publish dates up to 2 months in advance.
My forecastremains looking for a rally into the 28th.
My Additional timing work is based on numerous cycles and has resulted in the above potential reversal dates. These are not to be confused with the barometer signals or cycle times. However, due to their past accuracy I post the dates here.
2009 Published Reversal Dates: 1/20, 2/11, 3/7, 3/15, 4/8, 4/16, 4/27, 5/7, 6/8, 7/2, 7/17, 9/14, 10/10, 10/24, 11/12, 11/30, 12/9, 12/21, 12/29. 2008 Potential Reversal Dates: 12/31, 1/11, 2/1, 2/13, 3/6, 4/5, 4/22, 5/23, 6/6, 6/27, 7/13, 9/2, 10/3, 10/22, 11/10, 12/11. 2007 Potential Reversal Dates: 1/10, 1/14, 1/27, 1/31, 2/3, 2/17, 3/10, 3/24, 4/21, 5/6, 6/15, 8/29, 10/19, 11/29, 12/13, 12/23, 12/31, 1/11/08. 2006 potential reversal dates: 1/16, 1/30, 2/25, 3/19, 4/8, 5/8, 5/19, 6/6(20), 7/24, 8/20, 8/29, 9/15, 10/11, 11/28. 2005 Potential reversal dates: 12/27, 1/25, 2/16, 3/4, 3/14, 3/29, 4/5, 4/19, 5/2, 6/3, 6/10, 7/13, 7/28, 8/12, 8/30-31, 9/22, 10/4, 11/15, 11/20, 12/16.
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Summary of Daily Outlook
We remain in Buy Mode, looking for the markets to move higher for up to the next two weeks.
Friday moved contrary to the moves we're calling for in bonds oil and gold. But that's the markets job - put doubt in the mind of investors and get the weak hands out. But our position remains the same - long the QQQQ, Long Oil, Short the Dollar, bonds and gold. These moves could also last for a couple weeks and be very profitable. I'd continue to sell bonds and gold and buy oil.
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Information on our new releases and other Regency related articles are available for download at The Regency Reader – October 2014.
New Releases for October 2014
Valerie Bowman
The Accidental Countess (Playful Brides)
For seven long years, Lady Cassandra Monroe has waited for the man of her dreams to return from the war. Unfortunately, he happens to be engaged to her flighty cousin. What Cass wouldn't give to take her cousin's place! When he mistakes Cass for Patience Bunbury, a fictitious friend her cousin has invented to escape social obligations…even with her future husband, Cass thinks this is her chance.
After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, Captain Julian Swift is not quite ready to settle down and enter into his unwanted arranged marriage—especially when the real object of his affection turns out to be a beguiling beauty he meets at a party. Patience Bunbury is witty, independent, passionate…and, unbeknownst to him, the cousin of his current fiancée. When the truth about Cass comes out—and Julian discovers that their courtship is anything but accidental—will he surrender his heart to a woman who really is too good to be true?
October 28 2014
Georgie Lee
The Courtesan's Book of Secrets
To save his family legacy, Rafe Densmore must seize a courtesan's infamous register. No one can ever know how his father betrayed his country! One person stands in Rafe's way–the beautiful Cornelia, Comtesse de Vane.
In the card rooms of Paris, Rafe and Cornelia made an unbeatable…intimate team. Until, convinced of Rafe's desertion, desperate Cornelia married an elderly comte. Now, returning to London an impoverished widow, she'll do anything to possess the register.
Even if that means becoming Rafe's partner once again….
October 1 2014
Allison Lane
Regency Masquerades
A boxed set containing six novels from six award-winning authors — Brenda Hiatt, Lynn Kerstan, Allison Lane, Gail Eastwood, Alicia Rasley, and Elena Greene. Each novel features a variation on the theme of masquerade. Whether it's disguise or deception or secret identities, the characters have reason to mask themselves. But true love can see through even the most elaborate charade. Available at a 99-cent introductory price for kindle, nook, apple, and Kobo readers. For detailed information on the set and its novels, go to https://www.facebook.com/RegencyMasquerades
October 13 2014
Theresa Romain
Season for Desire (Holiday Pleasures)
Like her four sisters, Lady Audrina Bradleigh is expected to marry a duke, lead fashion, and behave with propriety. Consequently, Audrina pursues mischief with gusto, attending scandalous parties and indulging in illicit affairs. But when an erstwhile lover threatens to ruin her reputation, Audrina has no choice but to find a respectable husband at once.
Who would guess that her search would lead her to Giles Rutherford, a blunt-spoken American on a treasure hunt of his own? When a Christmas snowstorm strands the pair at a country inn, more secrets are traded than gifts—along with kisses that require no mistletoe—and Audrina discovers even proper gentlemen have their wicked side…
October 7 2014
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Gail Eastwood
The Captain's Dilemma
He had already risked everything –except his heart. When captured French army engineer Alexandre Valmont learns why his officer's parole has been wrongly revoked and he's been placed in a war prison, he knows returning to France is the only way he can clear his name and restore his honor. On the run after escaping the prison, he has been depending on luck and his wits to avoid recapture. After he crosses paths with the beautiful daughter of a local baron, he becomes the unwilling recipient of her help when he is injured. Merissa Pritchard knows she may be committing treason by helping the handsome Frenchman, but she is drawn to him by forces she hardly understands. Hiding him and keeping her activities secret becomes more and more difficult with the passage of time. And as she comes to know him and falls in love, she also knows she is headed for certain heartbreak. Or is she? Alex wants to go home, not only to restore his name and honor, but also to help rebuild the nation he loves, cast into chaos by Napoleon's wars. He hasn't counted on losing his heart in his enemy's country, or finding himself a wanted man. Can Fate hold any future for him other than heartbreak?
"Charming, suspenseful and romantic… a keeper!" –Affaire de Coeur
"Eastwood turns conventional expectations upside down in the most wonderful ways….a beautiful romance with gentle freshness and irresistible grace." (4+) –Romantic Times Magazine
September 20 2014
Gail Eastwood
The Lady from Spain
Masquerading as a Spanish widow, a young woman trapped in Spain during Napoleon's war returns to England on a dangerous quest. The handsome lord who offers his help makes certain she will need it, for it's his job to unmask her. Falling in love is not part of his plan to uncover her secrets. Neither is risking her life. After he has lied to, stolen from, and spied upon her, can he hope to win her heart? Can she give up the road to revenge for the risky road of love?
Holt Medallion finalist
"…a wonderful love story full of cleverly plotted intrigue…topped off with an intensely powerful resolution." (4 ? stars) Romantic Times
September 14 2014
Jess Russell
The Dressmaker's Duke
Rhys Merrick, Duke of Roydan, is determined to be the antitheses of his depraved father, repressing his desires so severely he is dubbed "the Monk" by Society. But when Olivia Weston turns up demanding payment for gowns ordered by his former mistress, Rhys is totally flummoxed and inexplicably smitten. He pays her just to remove her from his house, and mind. But logic be damned; he must have this fiercely independent woman.
Olivia's greatest fear is becoming a kept woman. She has escaped the role of mistress once and vows never to be owned by any man. Rather than make money in the boudoir, she chooses to clothe the women who do. But when a fire nearly kills her friend and business partner, Olivia's world goes up in smoke and she is forced to barter with the lofty duke.
As their lives weave together, Olivia unravels the man underneath the Monk, while Rhys desires to expose the lady hiding behind the dressmaker. Will his raw passion fan a long-buried ember of hope within her? Can this mismatched pair be the perfect fit?
September 26 2014
Heather Boyd
Keepsake (The Distinguished Rogues)
When the Marquess of Taverham married at eighteen, he was certain his life would be smooth and well ordered—right up till the moment his exuberant bride ran away on their wedding night, never to be seen again. Ten years later, when Kit is finally prepared to set his rash marriage aside by having his wife declared dead, she makes a shocking return, still beautiful but distrustful, and once more throws his life off-balance by refusing to live with him and resume their marriage.
Despite some lingering attraction, Miranda Reed has no love left for the heartless rogue she married. Older and wiser, she refuses to be a convenient wife for a man who expects everything to be his way with no care for her feelings. Keeping her husband at arm's length is essential; her secrets will bring him to his knees. But in a battle of wills where hope and trust are both the prize and the casualty of war, the victor isn't always the winner. Sometimes it takes an act of rebellion to recapture a fragile love.
September 8 2014
Alina K. Field
Bella's Band (The Ring Series)
Bullets, blades, and incendiary bombs—Major Steven Beauverde, the latest Earl of Hackwell, belongs in that world, and is determined to get back to it. His brother's murder has forced Steven into a new and completely unwanted role, and worse, he has no idea how to salvage his family's depleted estate. A rumor that his brother had a son by a woman who may be a) the murderer, and b) his brother's secret wife, sets Steven on a mission to find her, the boy, and—Steven ardently hopes—the proof of a marriage that will set him free.
Confirmed spinster Annabelle Harris is a country heiress with a penchant for taking in orphans and helping the downtrodden. Her philanthropy hides her desperate search for her disgraced sister, the mistress to the Earl of Hackwell. When the Earl is murdered, her sister thrusts her child into Annabelle's care and disappears. Now, with suspicion pointing at the sister, Annabelle has begun a new quest, to find the woman, and clear her name.
When their paths converge, the reluctant Earl and the independent spinster find themselves rethinking their goals, and battling the real murderer together.
September 3 2014
Leslie Carroll
Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
Why does it seem that the marriages of so many monarchs are often made in hell? And yet we can't stop reading about them! To satisfy your schadenfreude, INGLORIOUS ROYAL MARRIAGES offers a panoply of the most spectacularly dysfunctional mismatches in five hundred years of royal history…
Brimming with outrageous real-life stories of royal marriages gone wrong, this is an entertaining, unforgettable book of dubious matches doomed from the start.
September 2 2014
Rose Lerner
A Lily Among Thorns
Honesty can be the deadliest policy of all.
Lady Serena Ravenshaw is one of London's most prosperous women, but she's never forgotten the misery that set her on the path to success. Nor has she forgotten the drunken young gentleman who gave her the means to start her long, tortuous climb out of the gutter. When he knocks on the door of the Ravenshaw Arms to ask her help in retrieving a stolen family heirloom, she readily agrees to help, and to let him stay rent-free. After all, Serena prefers debts to fall in her favor.
Still grieving the death of his twin brother, Solomon Hathaway just wants to be left alone in his dye-making shop—until his highborn uncle sends him to the infamous Lady Serena to scour London's underworld for the missing bauble. He's shocked to discover she's the same bedraggled waif to whom he once gave his entire quarterly allowance. Yet as they delicately tread common ground, they must negotiate a treacherous world of crime, espionage and betrayal before they can learn to trust—and love—again.
Warning: Contains toasty warm pastries, scorching hot chemistry, and a web of treason that just might see England in flames.
September 2 2014
Regina Scott
Ballrooms and Blackmail (The Lady Emily Capers)
The toast of London is about to get burned. Priscilla Tate, most celebrated debutante of 1815 London, is determined to make a brilliant match to save the family fortunes. She's well on her way to wringing a proposal out of the Season's most eligible bachelor, the Duke of Rottenford, when blackmail notes start arriving, threatening to expose a dark secret unless she ceases her pursuit. It's up to her dear friends, Lady Emily Southwell and Ariadne and Daphne Courdebas, to help her uncover the mastermind before disaster strikes. But more than one secret is waiting to be revealed, not the least of which is Priscilla's growing feelings for a most unlikely ally, Nathan Kent, the duke's personal secretary. But will Nathan, no, no, the duke, understand if her secret should be revealed?
September 5 2014
Callie Hutton
The Lady's Disgrace (The Marriage Mart Mayhem)
To save a lady's reputation…
A lady is nothing without her reputation. Jilted and humiliated by her once-betrothed, Lady Abigail Lacey is the laughingstock of London. Worse still, the humiliation is now reflecting badly on her family. Now her brother, the Duke of Manchester, is desperate… until he finds a way to rescue his sister's damaged reputation, and remove her from the glare of disapproving society.
He must marry her off. Quickly.
When Rector Joseph Fox drops by the Lacey household, he certainly didn't expect to leave as a man engaged to a longtime family friend! Yet while he never could have aspired to have her, Lady Abigail always ignited a forbidden longing in him. But Abigail has one condition—their marriage is to be void of passion or physical pleasures, once she becomes with child. Faced with a platonic marriage of convenience, Joseph is determined to embark on a sensuous adventure with only one goal: to seduce his new wife…
September 8 2014
Judith Laik
The Lady in Question (The Unsuitable Bride Series)
"An unusual journey to historical Regency England coupled with a moving romance"
A fateful toss of the dice
Charlotte Treadwell is outraged when she learns her gaming-mad papa has just forfeited her in a game of hazard. Suddenly she is the "property" of Hugh Brooks, Earl of Rayfield, a rake and a gambler who couldn't possibly understand that her passionate heart is taken up with helping those less fortunate than she.
A perilous game of chance
Rayfield must stop an aristocratic spy from inflicting the horrors of revolution upon England. How can he keep his mind on his duties when the tempting woman he has just won is the fiery daughter of his prime suspect?
Love is the most dangerous gamble of all…
"With a little matchmaking from Charlotte's former servants, Charlotte and Rayfield find themselves embroiled in a much more dangerous game – that of love, and then the sparks really fly." — Valarie Pelissero, Rakehell
September 1 2014
Tracey Devlyn
Night Storm (Bones and Gemstones)
When the love of his life chose an apprenticeship in Scotland over his marriage proposal, thief-taker Cameron Adair buried himself in his work—building an unmatched network of underworld spies. Forged by his reputation as a ruthless, greed-driven businessman, he has amassed a fortune. But he has one vulnerable spot in his armor—a brilliant, green-eyed apothecary, who continues to haunt his heart. When a murder investigation brings him back into contact with Charlotte Fielding, Cameron sets aside the past to find a killer and to distract a headstrong apothecary, clue by clue, kiss by kiss.
September 15 2014
Aileen Fish
Her Secondhand Duke
(This novella was originally published in The Heart of a Duke anthology).
For the past year, Lady Charlotte has waited patiently for her turn at possessing the magical pendant given to her friends when they were young. A gypsy girl swore the necklace would lead the wearer to the heart of a duke, which only made sense since Lady Eleanor was betrothed to the Duke of Langley at the time. Now Charlotte's three friends and her sister are all married or betrothed, and not one of them has landed the most eligible, and quite unbearably handsome, Langley. Does Charlotte stand a chance?
Langley had thought his fate was settled: he was to marry the young lady his father had chosen. Then she fell for another, and since then, every marriageable miss he set his sights on has done the same. His mother wants him to marry and get on with providing an heir, but he has lost interest in the entire matter.
The final young ladies on his mother's list have come to stay at Hawking Hall, and the meek and mousy Lady Charlotte seems perfect, until she comes right out to say she has no desire to marry him. Never a man to back down from a challenge, Langley is intrigued. What would it take to change her mind?
September 10 2014