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An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
AbstractEleven percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used one quarter of the time. A choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed to analyze the Malawian epidemic. In the developed framework, people select between different sexual practices while knowing the inherent risk. The analysis suggests that the efficacy of public policy depends upon the induced behavioral changes and general equilibrium effects that are typically absent in epidemiological studies and small-scale field experiments. For some interventions (some forms of promoting condoms or marriage), the quantitative exercise suggests that these effects may increase HIV prevalence, while for others (such as male circumcision or increased incomes) they strengthen the effectiveness of the intervention. The underlying channels giving rise to these effects are discussed in detail.
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- Jeremy Greenwood & Philipp Kircher & Cezar Santos & Michele Tertilt, 2013. "An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic," Economie d'Avant Garde Research Reports 20, Economie d'Avant Garde.
- Greenwood, Jeremy & Kircher, Philipp & Santos, Cezar & Tertilt, Michèle, 2013. "An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic," CEPR Discussion Papers 9423, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Jeremy Greenwood & Philipp Kircher & Cezar Santos & Michèle Tertilt, 2013. "An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic," NBER Working Papers 18953, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Place: Apollo Creek, about 15 miles Northwest of Ketchum
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Summary: Snowmobiler caught buried and killed
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Facebook and Waze have made a financial exchange that benefits both in the process. The story is that Facebook wanted to buy the social mapping/traffic app maker Waze and had been looking forward to signing a deal. A price figure of $800 million to about $1 billion was the rough estimate that got decided upon.
According to TechCrunch, the reports of this timely transaction are clearly correct according to TechChrunch. Main source of this information is Israeli press including Calcalist. Come hell or high water it will take place. The fact that the Research & Development Department of Waze is located in Israel won't make an iota of difference since its main headquarters are in the same place as Facebook that is Palo Alto. Whether Israel or the US will serve as the focal point for operations is irrelevant. Either way it is a done deal. From the looks of it, there seems to be a trend towards shifting the location to the States as Facebook did two times previously in its Israeli mergers.
Meanwhile, when they were contacted, spokespersons at both Facebook and Waze declined to make any further comments. The only blank response they gave was that nothing having to do with business would be revealed no matter what. But where there is smoke, there is fire. And you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
For all purposes the merger is official and it is only a matter of time before it becomes final. So much for speculation! In a way this was bound to happen. It was still in its initial phase about half a year back. Facebook has every right and doesn't need a rhyme or a reason to take over Waze. Facebook's latest thing is the Android-based Facebook Home service. And as for the growth of business, it has been progressing at a brisk pace that refuses to lag behind the competition.
Facebook now has over a billion users. The future of the stylish social network is going to extend to global levels of membership. It is business at its best. And just to think that it all began as a potential idea in the mind of Mark Zuckerberg is a valuable study in the mechanics of genius.


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IPOC, Ocean Properties reach agreement
Date: February 13, 2013
by: Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor
What a difference a new owner makes, according to Longboat Key Town Commission candidate Irwin Pastor.
Pastor, vice president of the Islandside Property Owners Coalition, told the Longboat Observer last week that Ocean Properties Ltd. has reached a tentative settlement agreement with IPOC for a future scaled-back renovation of the Longboat Key Club and Resort.
Ocean Properties executives met with Pastor and IPOC President Bob White before they purchased the club Oct. 31.
"They made it perfectly clear they love the character of the island and said they don't want to fight with property owners," Pastor said.
According to Pastor, Ocean Properties executives have agreed to a proposed settlement that mandates the company come before the unit owners to present a future project before it's presented to the town.
Pastor has seen preliminary plans for a project that calls for roughly 350 tourism and residential units that would all be placed on the south parcel near New Pass. Nothing will be put on the north parcel. That is a relief to property owners, says Pastor.
"If something like that is eventually submitted, it's much more appropriate for the Key as a whole," Pastor said. "I'm not just working behind the gates here, but have this whole island's best interests at heart."
Ocean Properties executives declined to comment. No application for a Key Club project is expected soon.
Ocean Properties officials are currently working with the town to get its other Key property, the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, renovated. Ocean Properties wants to redevelop 102 rooms at the existing resort and add 85 more rooms that would be built in a new guest tower.
Pastor, IPOC's official mediator with Loeb Partners Realty when it owned the Key Club and filed a renovation application that never came to fruition, says Ocean Properties' relationship with IPOC is strong.
"Ocean Properties Ltd. is a good neighbor," Pastor said.
Pastor said he believes that Loeb never had any intention of building a new Key Club project.
"We had a negotiation with Loeb executives that was presided over by a judge a couple of months before Ocean Properties bought the club," Pastor said. "They wouldn't even talk at the session, and I walked out knowing there was already a buyer in place."
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Not many animals get their own national holiday. Perhaps that's why Groundhog Day is one of my favorite holidays. If you missed the headline, Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow when he poked his head out of his burrow, so we can expect an early spring. With all due respect to Phil, there may be better ways to predict weather trends.
That's where phenology comes in. The science of phenology doesn't get much attention, yet it's one of the oldest sciences practiced by humankind and one of the most important to our survival. Phenology is the observation and documentation of the cycles in the natural world around us. For thousands of years we humans have tracked when plants bloom or bear fruit, when creatures migrate, when to plant, when to harvest, or when to prepare for particular weather changes or events.
Monterey Bay Rhythms
Monterey Bay has its own cycles, many of which are evident right now. The annual migration of gray whales is at its peak along the central California coast. Northern elephant seals are gathered on beaches for their annual season of birthing and mating. Our winter bird visitors are with us—surf scoters, loons, grebes and mergansers. Yesterday the Brandt's geese arrived off our deck, right on time. Soon we'll be looking for harbor seal pups and nesting pelagic cormorants.
In earlier eras humans depended heavily on phenology. Our food supply relied upon knowing when the salmon or steelhead would run; when flocks of birds would arrive during migration time; or when wild berries, bulbs and fruits would be ready to harvest. Agriculture helped stabilize our food supply, but it was still just as critical to know when to plant, irrigate or harvest. The Farmer's Almanac is one of the best tributes to phenology. Since 1818 we have consulted this volume to forecast seasonal events and recommend planting times for all types of crops.
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While phenology may not get as much attention as some other sciences, it may be more critical now than ever before. The forces that help regulate Nature's calendar—heat, cold, rainfall, atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns—are shifting as we energize our atmosphere. We observe this as changing migration patterns, plants blooming earlier, animals shifting their home ranges, changes in the nesting times for some bird species. The science of phenology has provided important baseline data as well as ongoing documentation of changes from all over the planet. This has been some of the best evidence we have about the extent of climate change impacts across the globe.
Phenology is a great example of "citizen science" where all of us can participate in science and research efforts. In fact, the more of us that participate the better. It's easy to make regular observations of natural events around us and record that information. As we provide more data, scientists have more material to work with in documenting changes in the world around us. If you'd like to join the growing number of citizen scientists practicing phenology, you might want to visit the website for the USA National Phenology Network.
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CTV, TSN, and TSN2 combine to deliver the biggest – and most prestigious – NFL schedule in Canada. CTV has exclusive Canadian coverage of the Sunday early-afternoon game package at 1pm et, along with every NFL playoff game and the Super Bowl. TSN is home to Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football all season long. TSN2 complements CTV's early-afternoon football package with a marquee national game at 1pm et on Sundays – giving viewers a choice between two different NFL games every Sunday of the regular season.
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As an added bonus, we got a sneak peek of the NBA 2K14 trailer for next-gen systems in advance of tonight's game between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat on TNT.
Here are the opening night roster updates, via The Real 2K Insider:
Paul George (89/SF), Byron Mullens (66/C), and Tony Wroten (63/PG) changed positions which resulted in an Overall rating change, but had no actual attribute changes. C.J. Miles (71/SG) also changed positions but his Overall remains unchanged.
Darren Collison
80 Overall (+1)
40 Dunk (-1)
78 Vertical (+18)
Antawn Jamison
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50 Vertical (-16)
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Quincy Pondexter
66 Overall (-1)
35 Hustle (-41)
79 Potential (+6)
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Alex Len
62 Overall (+5)
66 Dunk (+5)
48 Fade (+8)
62 Hook (+11)
31 Pass (+2)
79 Block (+1)
61 OffPost (+11)
69 DefPost (+7)
52 OffAwr (+8)
73 DefAwr (+10)
58 Quickness (+3)
Len averaged a team-low 2.8 points and team-high 3.8 fouls in the preseason, so one can only wonder what 2K Sports is basing this on. Oh right, Gortat was traded. Remind me what that has to do with Len? Plumlee will be starting. If 2K felt this way about Len, it should have been reflected well before any trade.
Klay Thompson
75 Overall (+2)
82 Layup (+3)
83 OffAwr (+3)
64 DefAwr (+3)
75 Consistency (+5)
78 Speed (+3)
78 Quickness (+5)
83 Shoot Off Dribble for a player who was assisted on 83% of his field goals last season. Makes sense.
Gani Lawal (56/PF) – 76ers
Lawal is re-added to the game (he was still on the disc, having been in 2K13's roster), but in typical 2K Sports fashion, they did this AFTER he was waived.
MISSING PLAYERS – 25 (last year: 30)
Hollis Thompson (SF) – 76ers
Brandon Davies (PF) – 76ers
James Southerland (SF) – Bobcats
Miroslav Raduljica (C) – Bucks
Matthew Dellavedova (PG) – Cavaliers
Henry Sims (C) – Cavaliers
Phil Pressey (PG) – Celtics
Vitor Faverani (C) – Celtics
Nick Calathes (PG) – Grizzlies
Pero Antic (C) – Hawks
Ian Clark (SG) – Jazz
Mike Harris (SF) – Jazz
Hamady N'Diaye (C) – Kings
Chris Smith (PG) – Knicks
Toure Murry (SG) – Knicks
Elias Harris (PF) – Lakers
Ryan Kelly (PF) – Lakers
Gal Mekel (PG) – Mavericks
Arnize Onuaku (PF) – Pelicans
Luigi Datome (SF) – Pistons
Dwight Buycks (PG) – Raptors
Julyan Stone (PG) – Raptors
Robert Covington (SF) – Rockets
Robbie Hummel (SF) – Timberwolves
Ognjen Kuzmic (C) – Warriors
A few of these players have been signed for a while to guaranteed contracts and there's absolutely no good reason for them to be missing one month until the game's release. The rest made their teams in preseason and it's anyone's guess if 2K will ever add any of them. Last year it took 2K Sports SIX MONTHS to add Kent Bazemore.
Jamaal Tinsley (PG) – Jazz (from Free Agents)
Emeka Okafor (C) – Suns (from Wizards)
Marcin Gortat (C) – Wizards (from Suns)
Royce White (PF) Free Agents (from 76ers)
Jeremy Tyler (PF) Free Agents (from Knicks)
Marcus Camby (C) – Free Agents (from Rockets)
Shannon Brown (SG) – Free Agents (from Suns)
Malcolm Lee (SG) – Free Agents (from Suns)
Kendall Marshall (PG) – Free Agents (from Suns)
PLAYERS ON WRONG TEAMS – 13 (last year: 18)
Gani Lawal (PF) – 76ers (should be Free Agent)
Reggie Williams (SF) – Rockets (should be Free Agent)
Chris Johnson (C) – Timberwolves (should be Free Agent)
Darius Morris (PG) – Free Agent (should be 76ers)
Mike James (PG) – Free Agent (should be Bulls)
Roger Mason (SG) – Free Agent (should be Heat)
Cole Aldrich (C) – Free Agent (should be Knicks)
Solomon Jones (C) – Free Agent (should be Magic)
Donald Sloan (PG) – Free Agent (should be Pacers)
Rasual Butler (SF) – Free Agent (should be Pacers)
Ronnie Brewer (SG) – Free Agent (should be Rockets)
Ish Smith (PG) – Free Agent (should be Suns)
A.J. Price (PG) – Free Agent (should be Timberwolves)
2K Sports should be ashamed of themselves. It's well known that regular season rosters are finalized the day before the game comes out. These moves are now official in the eyes of everyone besides 2K Sports.
INCORRECT LINEUPS – 10 (last year: 6)
Bobcats: Cody Zeller starting over Josh McRoberts
Cavaliers: Alonzo Gee starting over Earl Clark
Celtics: Kelly Olynyk starting over LOL OH WAIT VITOR FAVERANI NOT PRESENT
Hawks: John Jenkins starting over DeMarre Carroll (Korver shifting to SG)
Jazz: Alec Burks starting over Richard Jefferson (Hayward shifting to SG)
Kings: Luc Mbah a Moute and Jason Thompson starting over John Salmons and Patrick Patterson
Lakers: Jodie Meeks and Chris Kaman starting over Steve Blake and Shawne Williams (Gasol shifting to C)
Magic: Glen Davis starting over Kyle O'Quinn (Davis is injured)
Pelicans: Tyreke Evans starting over Al-Farouq Aminu
Suns: Gerald Green starting over P.J. Tucker
Jason Richardson (73/SG) – 76ers
Nerlens Noel (71/C) – 76ers
Arnett Moultrie (60/PF) – 76ers
Brendan Haywood (64/C) – Bobcats
Ekpe Udoh (67/C) – Bucks
Andrew Bynum (86/C) – Cavaliers
Carrick Felix (68/SG) – Cavaliers
Tyler Zeller (65/C) – Cavaliers
Rajon Rondo (90/PG) – Celtics
Maalik Wayns (63/PG) – Clippers
Louis Williams (79/SG) – Hawks
Gustavo Ayon (64/C) – Hawks
Trey Burke (73/PG) – Jazz
Brandon Rush (71/SG) – Jazz
Marvin Williams (65/SF) – Jazz
Carl Landry (76/PF) – Kings
J.R. Smith (84/SG) – Knicks
Kobe Bryant (93/SG) – Lakers
Devin Harris (76/PG) – Mavericks
Brandan Wright (68/C) – Mavericks
Tornike Shengelia (59/SF) – Nets
Danilo Gallinari (76/SF) – Nuggets
Danny Granger (80/SF) – Pacers
Darius Miller (64/SF) – Pelicans
Brandon Jennings (83/PG) – Pistons
Terrence Jones (64/PF) – Rockets
Emeka Okafor (77/C) – Suns
Russell Westbrook (91/PG) – Thunder
Chase Budinger (69/SF) – Timberwolves
C.J. McCollum (72/SG) – Trail Blazers
Festus Ezeli (63/C) – Warriors
Chris Singleton (67/PF) – Wizards
Marcus Camby (71/C) – Free Agents
Terrence Jones (64/PF) – Rockets: (Day-to-day)
Kwame Brown (60/C) – 76ers
Carlos Delfino (69/SF) – Bucks
Glen Davis (75/PF) – Magic
Jeremy Tyler (63/PF) – Free Agents
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We thought we had the wrong room when we opened the door , it was huge , modern and clean , well pleased . The bathroom had a bath and shower. The room was quite even though it overlooked the road and black out curtains ensured an excellent nights sleep.
Staff at reception was nice and helpful
Design is good but dominates usability. Breakfast buffet is poor in comparison to price
I liked the staff, service and restaurant.
The room size, no towel racks in the bathroom and no microwave in the room.
Happy Hour Rooftop pool and bar friendly staff
Cost of drinks in restaurant!
Roof top pool and bar was great. Rooms are terrific and clean.
The remodel of the hotel was beautiful. The roof bar was nice . Staff was nice . The hotel all in all is awesome. Beds were comfortable, nice fluffy pillows, and clean cozy sheets. Big television, hot water all the time, request for ice was fast, and I like how they have a list of thing that were available complimentary. Free wine hour is nice and same with coffee and tea.
Expensive food . Minimal menu on roof . Small pool. Pool hours should be later instead of closing for the public to frequent the bar . Room service was great but I wasnot aware of the automatic tip and a $5.00 service charge. I had given the room service a $4.00 tip cash, so the cheese burger I bought came to $34.00. Should supply a lite breakfast faire with coffee and tea, such as bagels or donuts.
The location is great and very close to the Logan Circle neighborhood with lots of great restaurants, shopping and nightlife. The rooms at the Donovan House are big, spacious. The TV is massive too, but didn't watch much TV. The hotel has a nightly wine hour which is a nice touch.
The hotel used to have C.O. Bigelow bath products and no longer does.
Rooftop pool and bar, helpful staff
Amazing modern decorated rooms and an excellent Japanese restaurant inside . Perfect location if you want to stay downtown.
Expensive valet parking
Everything about this hotel is excellent. Will be staying there again soon.
on 14th NW. very close to night activities/restaurants. very close to DC museums. Friendly staffs.
price was a bit high - during a conference at convention center.
Roof top pool and bar
Gym small and poor air conditioning. Bar closed early!
The pool closes at 5 pm on weeksays, after a day of sightseeing it would have been great to relax a bit at the pool, that didn't happen. Breakfast staff was very unfriendly.
the Decor, wine happy hour, coffee in the morning, location. Rooftop pool and bar was a plus.
Bed somewhat hard
Front desk staff excellent. Good knowledge of local area & transport. Great help. All staff attentive, friendly & responsive. Ate in hotel dinner very late 10pm - Asian fusion tapas style , recommend. Our room spacious quite and with view that was impressive. Transport walking distance - 2-3 blocks.
Pool closes at 5pm & becomes a bar. Not great if you have been out all day & want a swim its summer.its in the high 80F this week. Maybe like other pools at various hotels - until sunset which at present would be approx 8.30.
I like the location.
Lobby-Dirty/ Floors Dingy Rooftop pool - Small... Room - ok but dated
Roof top pool and location was excellent. TV was also nice and very happy that wifi was free.
Fridge should not be locked and available for use.
My room smelled of cigarette smoke. There were no signs asking people coming in from the pool deck to be quiet be quiet in the hallway as people are occupying rooms on that floor. The food was good, but usually nearly cold by the time room service arrived.
Room and location.
Pool too small and only open until 5 pm. Gym way too small for a hotel this size.
It has an almost understated cool, attentive staff and a priceline that I could not believe. My only regret was that I couldn't stay longer
No major complaints(or minor). I was there for one day and one night and I enjoyed my short stay
Enjoyed wine hour, rooftop bar and pool
The hotel was clean and very quiet. Beds were comfortable.
Despite having reserved a king room, we were initially put in a double room with 2 small double beds. Then when we requested a change, initially they told us there weren't any other room. They did eventually rectify the situation but it was somewhat annoying. The hotel also looks much larger in the photos than it actually is. The rooms and lobby are quite small.
nothing special about this hotel.
The attitude of some of their staff. they seems to act greedy seeking for tips without providing a 4 start level of service. Hotel interior is old and boring.
rooftop pool,staff lovely
coffee machine in room very poor/didnt work properly
The pool bar, wine hour.
The shower is weak at best, no heated floors, The noise levels were terrible. $50 for parking is literally more than south beach miami hotels that make this hotel look like a motel 6.
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Bella's happily ever after lasted two days. This is Bella's own account of what happened after Breaking Dawn, her growing understanding of her powers, her battle to remain with the man she loves, finding her place in her new family, and the ever-present threat of the Volturi.
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From the moment I walked through the door I could feel his eyes on me. Boring into me, owning me, watching even the minutest move I made.
I thought that I'd lose this intuition when I became a vampire. But in reality it had just got stronger along with everything else.
I thought for a moment about the one big change that my transformation had made, my thirst. Although I was still young, and the thirst for blood should be overwhelming, I had been able to handle it from the first moment I awoke in my new life. No one knew why that was. I could cope with human scents even up close, when I should have wanted to drink them dry. The scent caused me physical pain, an intense burning from my nostrils all down my throat, and feeling my throat squeezing tight with the dryness. But it was bearable. This was unusual for a new born. My kind usual manage this much control after a few years. But even with my self control the thirst was still there, the longing for something to put out the dryness.
My mind churned again. My mind could think of so many things at once. The dryness was always one of my thoughts, sometimes near the surface, then moving back into the background. I could keep all the thoughts in my mind -- juggling two, five, ten thoughts in parallel -- but never mixing them. Like watching ten TV channels at once. Another vampire trait.
Maybe I was just being paranoid. Maybe there was no one looking at me. I still hated attention just as I'd done as a human, I still shied away from it. I was just letting my imagination run away with me again. No one was looking at me. But I could hear his heartbeat six feet to my left, slightly behind where I was standing. He was sitting on a chair next to the loveseat. He was close enough to feel the warmth of his skin in the cool of the morning air. I could smell the strong scent of the skin pouch he wore round his neck. A smell that forced out every lesser smell from that part of the room, like a car headlamp blinding out a flashlight. It was not just the animal fur with its heavy notes that I could smell, but what was inside it. The herbs and berries that it contained, each type giving a new harmony to the smell. Some sharp, some sweet. Some I knew -- citrus, juniper, cinnamon -- some I had no words for.
Maybe he was just looking at Nessie like everyone else in the room. My four month old daughter was reciting a poem for her audience in her beautiful childish voice, complete with dramatic pauses and carefully characterized accents for the speeches. She was a very advanced four month old. She looked more like a small four year old, but she would have been counted as a genius in any preschool. This was because she was half vampire and half human, and of course could never be allowed in preschool. Her brown hair, with a tinge of bronze that came from Edward, fell down her back in beautiful curls. Her eyes were a warm milk chocolate color that had been mine when I was human, and were now excited by the attention she was receiving. Her complexion was pale with a healthy pink glow of excitement. We knew now that her rate of growth and progress would slow and she would be fully mature in another 6 and half years, and then live forever. We'd learned this from Nahuel only two days before. My dark worries of losing Nessie had vanished. We'd thought we would have to watch our daughter grow old and die in fifteen short years, and we would mourn her for ever.
I didn't look to check if I was right about Nahuel and his staring. I had caught his eye only once that morning, when we came in and gave the usual greeting to our family and their two remaining guests.
I still didn't understand why these guest were still here. Yes, I was grateful to them, especially him. So grateful it hurt. He had saved us all: my daughter, my husband, my vampire family, my wolf friends, and me. And he put himself and his father and his sisters in danger. How could I not be grateful to him. We all were.
I'd asked Edward twice why they had not left with the other guests after the standoff with the Volturi. The first time was after the celebrations when all the other guests had left and we had taken Nessie back to our cottage to sleep in her own bed. This was the first day that we'd met them, the first day of the stares. Edward had given his answer, saying Nahuel was so glad to know that a family like ours could exist. A family with a half vampire child, the only one Nahuel knew of that was not related to him, and a surviving mother. Nahuel's mother died in child birth and so did the mothers of his half sisters.
It is rare to find a vampire who would want a physical relationship with a human woman, even rarer to find a women who survived such an encounter. Her life could end at any moment if he did not concentrate fully on keeping her alive. And what about the outcome of such an encounter? Mortals are not compatible with half vampire babies, the babies are so much stronger than the women. I had only survived thanks to the care given to me by my vampire family and because Edward changed me into a vampire as soon as the baby was out. The memories of this violent birth were now dimming for me. The vampire venom had mended the terrible damage and left me whole, strong, and beautiful.
According to Edward, Nahuel had spent his long life, over 150 years, thinking he must be evil to the core to have killed his mother. But seeing me set him free from his guilt. He now blamed his father for not caring for his mother as Edward had for me, and for not changing her when Nahuel ripped his way out of her.
The second time I'd asked Edward why Nahuel and his aunt (a full vampire) were still with us, Edward said that they wanted to learn more about our vegetarian lifestyle. This was how we liked to describe our abnormal hunting habits in the Cullen family. Unlike other vampires we only hunted animals, not humans. This gave us distinctive golden eyes which intrigued the normal red-eyed vampires. When I asked this second time, it was not what Edward had said that set me thinking but the way he said it. If I wasn't his wife and didn't know him so well I would not have noticed the slight tightening of his straight shoulders under his tan colored jumper, and that he was holding his perfect jaw a eighth of an inch higher than normal. He was lying to me.
Edward lied a lot. He had to. When you can read the minds of everyone in a mile radius then you have to lie to appear normal. You have to learn to ignore the thoughts most of the time. You have to answer only the questions people say out loud and not all the far-reaching ones they think in their heads but don't dare ask. Edward also felt he must not betray confidences of those around him. It was not as though he could stop hearing thoughts if he wanted to, and not as if people could stop thinking when he was around, so he just didn't pass these thoughts on. I was a shield which meant that he could not read my mind, not even when I was only human. Now that I was a vampire I had learned to remove my shield if I wanted, but I could only do so for a few moments at a time and even then it was exhausting work.
But why would he lie to me about why Nahuel and Huilen were still here? We had just made it through the worst danger imaginable: the whole of the Volturi forces lined up against us, the judges, jury and executioners of the vampire world. We had survived that, so what now? What was he covering up? Surely we had to have a break from peril sometime.
Maybe bad luck was something that I'd brought with me into this life. Since I met Edward as a human I had always had bad luck. My life before Edward, before my return to Forks to live with my Dad, Charlie, was a quiet life in the big city of Phoenix with my Mom, Renée. The memory of this former life was becoming hazy, almost a pre life to my human life, as if I was now in my third life, not my second. I'd had too much on my mind to sit down and think about it, though that was the only way my family said that I would remember it for the future. As I remembered it now, it was a happy but lonely time of looking after my hair-brained mother and being the adult in the relationship even though I was the child. She didn't need to be looked after in a physical way but in an emotional one, helping her to organize and control her life. I was the one who made sure we went to the store when we needed groceries and that we went to the bank when the bills needed to be paid. In many ways you could say I was her keeper rather than her daughter. This role was taken by Phil, her husband of nearly three years.
I argued with myself that I had already brought my shield through to my vampire life along with my strange ability for self control. I was sure that I could not have brought anything else. I had left my clumsiness behind, which was a truly good thing. I now moved so fast and was so strong that if I was clumsy lots of things would get broken. Not just inanimate objects, but living things. Even people.
I looked over at Edward, to keep my eye from straying to Nahuel. His beauty never failed to amaze me. He was stunning. His eyes were a warm amber color. But this morning more like stone than liquid. Something was bugging him. No doubt he was hearing things he didn't like. His face muscles twitched slightly and his teeth locked together noiselessly. His smile remained, a facade to keep the others away from his upset within. I had no idea what he had heard or who it was that was having these thoughts, but my mind turned to Nahuel again, though I didn't let my eyes follow. Edward would tell me when it was right and certainly not in the middle of this gathering.
Edward applauded when Nessie came to the end of her poem, pride now on his face. I felt a jolt of joy at his pride. I was proud of her, naturally, and applauded loudly too. But to have him so in awe of her gave me such a feeling of belonging. I had, in the end, been able to give him something so worthwhile. A daughter, our miracle. It made up for the lack of balance in our relationship. He had given me everything: his love, his life, my new life, money, possessions, a home, a car, a family. But the one thing that that he had never imagined, that none of our vampire family had thought possible, came from me. She was a delight to them all, and especially Edward.
It was only as I turned away from Nessie's performance that I noticed Alice was staring into thin air, her eyes out of focus, completely still. I knew she was seeing something. My sister's ability to see into the future was enviable. It had made her top of the Volturi's list for acquisitions. It was this ability that had saved the family and herself many times over. The future she saw was only one of the possible outcomes. If decisions that had been made were changed then what she saw would change.
"Demetri is coming," she said simply in a clear chiming voice, not altering her stance at all. "Aro has decided. He will follow Carlisle to us."
Carlisle was at her side in an instant. "But why?" he whispered. "Why now?".
The image of the the Volturi tracker was instantly in my mind. It was not possible for anyone normal to run from Demetri. He had a gift for finding them. But this gift needed access to someone's mind, and it was something I could block with my shield. As well as being a tracker, Demetri was a warrior, with centuries of experience working with the Volturi.
"But why, Alice?" he asked again.
Alice had gone back into her trance. This time it took her over a minute to come round. "He comes only to observe," she said with a little relief in her voice. "Aro will order him to stay with us and just observe. He is to watch Nessie grow for Aro and to find out more about the wolves for Caius. He is to cause us no trouble. He will be ordered to hunt like us. Aro wants to see how this will change his character. He is report back regularly by letter. This order will be made at full council the day after tomorrow. He will arrive three days after that."
She looked around the stunned room.
"Please look for more," Carlisle urged her.
"Demetri will bring a note with him from Aro but they know that I can see what it says so you will be forewarned. Aro is staring at it so that I can read it...
My Dearest Friend Carlisle,
I am sending my dear one Demetri to visit you as an emissary. I feel that our last meeting left a rift between us which I want to close. I have asked Demetri to learn about your life style and your beloved granddaughter so that we may better understand each other in future.
I ask you to take Demetri into your hearts and your home, and to this end I will ask him to make himself useful to you and cause you no trouble. Please use him as a son.
Yours in friendship,
Carlisle looked aghast. "Is there more?" he said, shaking his head.
Her face returned to the distant mask, but seconds later disgust was clear on it. She came back to the present again shaking her head. "Uh, that is so gross".
"I saw part of the inner council meeting that was only the family, no guard. It is so gross." she said, hardly able to speak for revulsion. "Aro says he wishes to watch a half vampire child develop first hand. He says that he will order Demetri to try to father a child when he has returned from his visit. He laughs and says that he may have learned some restraint from us. The mother is to be the only human they trust, their administrator Gina. They will promise her immortality if she successfully gives birth, but she has no choice. If she says no, she's lunch. He says it will be a great honor for Demetri to father a child to be brought up and studied in Volterra. Caius is against the idea, the decision will be put off until a later date... I can't see further than that, I'm not attuned to them, I can't see so far ahead into their futures, I can't see if she will become pregnant or if they will kill her, it is many months away, it may change."
There was stunned silence.
All the joy after the last successful encounter with the Volturi was gone.
Then the speculation started. Alice could see the event but not the motivation behind it. It boiled down to three simple questions: why this? why now? and why Demetri? A dozen answers to each question came from the gathered family. The most likely answer was that they wanted to catch us doing something against the rules as soon as possible, and Demetri can stand up for himself.
The others gave little thought to the planned baby. It was beyond the immediate worry and didn't affect us personally. But my mind was on Gina and how I could help her. I had only just survived my own pregnancy and I had had good medical care and love from all my family. I felt cold, cold to the heart.
Had I started some new vampire fashion? Would lots of vampire males want to father children? And what of the vampire females, would they want to become stepmothers? I thought of the loss of human life. I thought of Gina.
I found myself a spot on the floor and sat there still, shocked, horrified.
The discussion went on for nearly an hour, until Carlisle looked at the clock and said that he had to go for his shift at the hospital.
He turned to our guests, "Nahuel, Huilen. It may be best if you were not here when Demetri comes to call. I do not wish to ask you to leave but for your own safety I must ask you to think about what you want to do. You know you have our thanks for what you have done for us, and I owe you for the safety of all my family. You are welcome here at any normal time."
It was Huilen who spoke this time. She spoke simply in her heavy accent. "We will leave before he arrives."
Carlisle smiled warmly at her. "That is for the best. We can visit you before long, and maybe meet Nahuel's sisters if that is possible."
The others continued to speculate after Carlisle had gone, Emmett debating with Jasper the possibility of beating Demetri in a fight. Jasper thought that if there were several of us it may be possible, but it would only bring the rest of the guard down on us, a battle which we would not win this time.
Alice touched me lightly on the arm, tutting at my pants and jumper combination. My favorite sister was never happy with my lack of fashion sense. But she could see the future, and would have known the day before about this particular lapse of mine. I thought to myself that I would suggest to her that she warns me in advance next time, so that I don't disappoint her again.
"You know, I thought you would have learned a little by now Bella," she chided quietly. "I will just have to take you back to your cottage and show you how to match up those pants myself. I didn't spend weeks putting together your wardrobe for you to use it like this."
That morning I must have really gotten under her skin. How could she care so much about fashion when she'd just given us the news about Demetri? Really. It made no sense.
I looked down at my outfit. It didn't look that bad to me. I'd made sure that some of the threads in the jumper were exactly the same tone as the pants, but if it made her happy we could be home and back in a very short time. A few minutes out of the house would do me some good.
"Edward," she chimed. "I'm taking Bella back to your cottage, can you look after Nessie by yourself?" The look on her face one of great effort.
He smiled warmly at her. "By myself? I don't think that I will ever be allowed to look after Nessie by myself. She has too many fans for that." He looked quizzically at her while he made his answer, as if they were having another inaudible conversation but failing to understand each other.
It was true. Most of the room were watching Nessie again, just waiting to see what she would do next, fascinated by her. Her Aunt Rose and Grandma Esme sat on the floor with her.
"We'll see you soon," Alice chimed again, wincing with effort, like a small child trying to remember a really difficult times table sum.
As soon as she said this I looked around the gathering to smile a normal goodbye. Then I saw him, Nahuel. He was staring at me. Staring at me with total adoration in his eyes as if I were the only thing he could see in the world. The only thing he had ever seen. Like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time.
Oh no... no please no, I screamed inside my head. My face turned from a smile to sheer dread, his calm face turning from adoration to puzzlement at my expression.
Edward stiffened beside me, but said nothing.
Alice tugged my sleeve and we were off through the patio doors at the rear of the house, running back to my cottage hand in hand. I was only too glad to go, and Alice's excuse was perfect.
As soon as we were over the river she said in a very hushed voice, "Shield me, stop him reading my mind."
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oh....thats too bad...poor jake...wont they atleast treat him as a frnd...
and i realy luvd ur writing..pls update me too
Hi Saranva,
Many thanks for your comment. I do appreciate it.
I've now posted part 3 of chapter 24 - sorry I missed this out when posting before!
Best wishes
Awesome chapter... Can't wait for more!!!
Hi Ashley,
Thanks for the comment.
I'm aiming to publish on Wednesday evening.
Best wishes
another great chapter Chris :D
hope you had a great easter. Demetri seems pretty nice... still reserved about him though, i think it might be the whole him being from the volturi thing lol.... will wait and see. this should be interesting, Bella playng sport LOL. cant wait for the next update
Hi there Dark One,
thanks for the comment.
You can have nice people working for corrupt people in life - it does happen. But then again you get some people who are just very good at pretending ... I'm not saying which this is.
I'm seeing Bella as being highly coordinated now – her clumsy days all behind her. And in fact I see her as more coordinated than many other vampires. It's all part of Bella. She just isn't use to being co ordinate and isn't confident in herself yet.
Best wishes
When Nessie and I got to the clearing, Embry and Jake were already playing ball. We sat and watched for a while, Nessie on my knee to keep her off the damp earth, a thick coat between me and her to keep her warm.
Embry was obviously the better of the two players. He could work the ball with either of his feet with such precision that Jacob didn't stand much of a chance. Jacob would occasionally make use of his extra speed and strength to get a goal but they weren't a match for Embry's talent.
"Wow, Embry, you could play for one of the big teams."
"Well, if I didn't keep turning into a wolf I could," he laughed, "can't see that going down well in the middle of a game with all the crowd watching."
Jake came and slumped down next to me. He wasn't in the least bit breathless after his efforts. "Your turn now, vampire girl."
"Hey, that's no way to talk to me you know. Think what I could be in your future." Nessie scrambled on to him gratefully, pleased both to have Jacob to herself and to have his hot body to sit on.
"OK Mom, just don't tackle him. I want him to be able to run a patrol tonight, a broken leg will take at least a day to mend."
"OK, got it."
This was the first time I'd tried anything physical with a non-vampire and I was a bit wary. They did heal fast, the wolves, but I'd no intention of causing anyone any pain.
"Let's start with a few gentle passes," Embry suggested.
I misjudged the first one. Expecting the ball to be heavy like I remembered from school, I sent it flying off into the forest. I fetched it, only glad I'd not got it so wrong that I'd popped it.
After that the passing wasn't bad. I could easily get the ball directly to Embry's feet from a distance of fifty feet or more.
"Well, that would put you up with the internationals in the human world," Jacob commented.
"OK let's try dribbling."
Embry set out a series of sticks for us to dribble the ball around.
"Now the trick is to not look at the ball, Bella."
"OK, show me first."
He expertly maneuvered the ball around the sticks at a run, but is was slow enough for me to catch what he was doing.
I took the ball and going more slowly, but faster than a walk, controlled the ball with my feet and successfully got round the sticks.
"Not bad at all, but this time a little faster and keep the ball well into your feet or an opponent will have it off you."
I was just trying again when I heard someone approaching at speed. I wasn't sure who it was.
I grabbed Nessie and pushed her behind me, "Get out of here you two", I hissed.
"No chance," they said in unison and phased.
Jacob took center point facing the direction of the intruder, Embry on his right and me on his left, with Nessie behind us.
The footsteps stopped and after a second the intruder strolled into the clearing. It was Demetri.
Hell, this was not good, not good at all. The second day he is here he finds me with a couple of wolves.
"Bella, sorry to startle you, I mean you no harm," he had stopped at the edge of the clearing, surprised I presumed by my company and our defensive formation.
"I'm sorry Demetri," I relaxed my stance and walked forward a few pace in front of the wolves. "I don't recognize you gait yet. I didn't know who it was, you've caught me having a bit of soccer practice with my friends, this is Jacob and this is Embry. They only phased as I thought there might be a stranger coming." It felt odd introducing them in their wolf forms.
Demetri beamed. He walked forward and kissed me on the cheeks, then turned to the wolves, "I'm delighted to met you both, be assured I don't mean you any harm or trouble. I just thought I'd take a stroll and see what Nessie was doing with her time."
At this Nessie flitted over to Demetri and jumped up into his surprised arms, but he caught her expertly, obviously his fatherly instincts were still there. She touched his check and he smiled again seeing her explanation of the situation.
"Of course I'm not here to cause your friends trouble Nessie," he reassured her. "I wish I'd been here to see some of the soccer first hand. It looks very skilful in your memory."
"Jake, Embry," Nessie called, still in Demetri's arms, "can you play again, pleeease." She flashed Jacob a huge grin, which I would have found hard to resist and which must have just melted Jacob.
Jacob whined softly then the wolves ran off into the woods.
"Did I say something wrong?" Demetri asked, popping Nessie back on the floor. "I had no intention of intruding on your game." His face look sincere and apologetic. This morning he was wearing more casual clothes suitable for the forest - jeans, jumper and a hiker's jacket. He was clearly trying to fit in with the locals. His eyes were the strange black they had been yesterday.
"They are just phasing back I think. They don't like to do so in public because they need to change back into clothes." I kicked at what was left of one of Embry's shoes so that it landed at the base of the nearest tree.
"Oh, of course, that makes sense. I'm sure it is a little inconvenient for them at times."
"Yes, I think it isn't easy when there are women and children around. They try to maintain a little dignity."
A moment later Jacob and Embry walked back into the clearing in human form, complete with clothes, new ones. I guess they had some stashed somewhere. Their old shorts were in slivers on the floor.
"It's easier to shake hands this way," Jacob said walking up to Demetri. "My name is Jacob Black, I'm one of the pack leaders in these parts."
I was struck again by the authority in his voice. He smiled down at Demetri as they shook hands. Jacob at six foot seven dwarfed Demetri who was five foot ten at most.
Their handshake was friendly. Embry, clearly still on edge, stayed at the back of the clearing.
"I've not come here to interrupt your recreation, please continue. Maybe I can learn a thing or two. I don't get to play much myself"
"Well, we were just doing a few technique drills with Bella, rather than anything competitive," Jacob responded.
I felt the need to explain why I was here with the wolves. It looked bad but maybe he'd see the reasoning behind it, and realize it was all innocent enough.
My explanation spilled out in a rush, "I was so bad at sport when I was human and Emmett used to tease me so much that I thought that I ought to have a little practice before I have to play in front of the whole family I don't want to be the butt of his jokes for the next century."
"We'd better get to work then," Demetri said, taking off his jacket and hanging it on a small branch.
The wolves relaxed at this gesture, clearly happy for another pair of feet to join us.
"We can't tackle the wolves, Demetri," I said, foreseeing a flaw in his plan. "They aren't made of stone like us. They are tough, but not that tough in human form."
"I thought that, let me just see you do your dribbling drill."
I tried again. This time I was faster and kept the ball much closer in to my feet as Embry had said.
Demetri took a turn and although quicker than me, wasn't as expert with the ball as Embry, which pleased me to see.
After a few more minutes all the men were discussing their favorite professional players, none of whom I'd heard of. Demetri favored a Brazilian call Pele, who had retired from playing the game many years previously. The wolves admired the current players. Embry idolized an Englishman called David something while Jacob argued for a Frenchman called Zee something. I'd no idea that this game was so international, but one thing was clear - there were few Americans at the top of the sport. The banter between the three of them was relaxed and friendly. We were all laughing and commenting on each other as we completed our drills as if this was a totally normal situation. It struck me how surreal it was to be playing ball with a member of the Volturi guard and two wolves. My life was full of truly strange events. What would Aro make of this when Demetri got home?
Embry was just showing us a one-to-one drill that I could practice with Demetri and he could do with Jacob when we heard another two sets of footsteps running at top speed towards us. I could tell it was Alice and Jasper. We all waited for them not bothering to start again until we knew what their mission was. Surely if they were running that fast they had a mission.
The two of them arrived in the clearing and suddenly the happy relaxed feeling we had felt was chilled. Jasper was doing his mood shifting again, and as they reached us Alice gave me an exasperated stare.
"There you are, I've been worried sick. We had to come and follow Demetri's trail to find you. You'd totally blanked out of my vision, Bella, and then Demetri went missing as well. I thought ... well I wasn't sure what to think but I guess these two explain it." She looked over at the wolves.
"Can't you see the wolves Alice?" Demetri asked.
"It can be tricky," Alice reluctantly admitted, "I'm getting better at seeing past them to those around them but ... did you phase?" She looked accusingly at Jacob.
"Only because we weren't sure that it was a friend who was approaching because none of us recognized the footsteps. Better to be safe than sorry, especially when we have Nessie with us," Jacob explained, smiling at her. "There was no need for you to panic."
I couldn't take any more of this. "I think we should call it a day now. This place is too near town for any bigger games. We might make too much noise and have some human come to investigate.
Shall we go fix you some eggs for lunch, Nessie?"
"Yes please Mom," she squealed, "can Jake come home with us too?"
"I think that he and Embry have things to do Nessie, but they are both very welcome of course."
"I'll come by the house tomorrow, if that's OK," Jacob said, picking Nessie up. "Oh don't look like that kid, you've plenty of people to keep you entertained for the afternoon."
End of Chapter 25 - Discovered
liked it....,wats nxt den...,waiting to read mre...,pls update soon..,
Hi Saranya,
thank you for commenting on my latest chapter.
I'm going to post a new chapter very soon.
Best wishes
Demetri is definitely very smooth. He even played some ball with the wolves! Very surreal indeed...
Jake handled the situation very well.
Even Bella seemed to have some fun until Alice and Jasper came to look for them.
Great chapter! Can't wait for the next one.
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