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The Buffalo Bisons today announced that OF LUCAS DUDA, INF JONATHAN MALO and LHP ROY MERRITT have been added to the Herd's roster from the Double-A Binghamton Mets.
To make room on the roster, INF MIKE HESSMAN was placed on the team's disabled list, retroactive to Thursday, June 10, with a right hand contusion. Also, OF EMMANUAL GARCIA was transferred to Single-A St. Lucie and INF MARSHALL HUBBARD was transferred to Double-A Binghamton.
Duda, 24, has spent the entire 2010 season with Binghamton and has hit .286 (46-161) with 17 doubles, six home runs and 34RBI in 45 games. His 17 doubles are tied for the third most in the Eastern League. Duda has also a team-high 29 walks to only 27 strikeouts for Binghamton.
Duda is in his fourth professional season after being drafted by the Mets in the seventh round of the 2007 draft. This will be his Triple-A debut.
Merritt, 24, is 1-3 with a 3.96ERA and six saves in 28 relief appearances for Binghamton (43.0IP, 37H, 22R, 19ER, 14BB, 33K). He leads the Eastern League in appearances and retired 19 consecutive batters at one point this season, April 25 – May 3. Opponents are hitting just .228 off Merritt.
Merritt was the 2009 Binghamton Pitcher of the Year after posting a career-high 14 saves. Overall, Merritt was 4-5 with a 3.45ERA in 56 games for the B-Mets. In his fourth season since being selected in the 29th round of the 2007 draft, Merritt will also be making his Triple-A debut with the Herd.
Malo has hit .234 (26-111) with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs and 13RBI in 40 games with Binghamton this season. He was promoted to the Bisons from May 19 – 26 and went 0-1 in two games.
Hessman has not played for the Bisons since getting hit on the right hand by a pitch on Sunday, June 6 in Norfolk. Despite the missed time, he still leads the International League with1 8 home runs and 57RBI.
Garcia hit .160 (8-50) with one RBI in 17 games with the Bisons. Hubbard had one hit in 17 at-bats in five games with Buffalo.

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Development has been started by creating a new double-precsision Geometry-API (see Bugzilla 355997 for details) based on the Draw2d geometry classes as a nucleus. As this is nearing completion, creation of a new Graphics-API (see Bugzilla 386029 for details), which abstracts from a concrete windowing toolkit and can be used in SWT and AWT context (we assume that JavaFX might become interesting as an Eclipse RCP rendering possibility on the near term), is the next logical step we have started with. After this, the remaining parts of the Draw2d and Zest2 code base can be migrated, after it GEF (MFC).
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In addition to this, integration, milestones, and release builds are promoted to downloads.eclipse.org and can be found here:
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One thing that genealogists need to do is to always cite their sources. I well remember my early days of family tree searches. I would record new information into three-ring notebooks. (This was long before the invention of the personal computer.) I would write down names, dates, places, and perhaps a bit more information that I was lucky enough to find.
Unfortunately, in those early days I did not write down where I obtained the information. Nobody told me that I needed to do this, and I wasn't smart enough to figure it out for myself. I simply assumed that everything I found was accurate. After all, it was printed in a book, wasn't it?
As time passed, I frequently found new information that contradicted what I found earlier. When I discovered these discrepancies, I needed to determine which piece of information was more accurate. The question that arose time and again was, "Where did I find that information?" Sadly, I often did not know.
The better solution would have been to always write down where I found the information along with the data itself. This is known as citing your sources. To quote author Elizabeth Shown Mills in her excellent book, Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian: "Any statement of fact that is not common knowledge must carry its own individual statement of source. …Source notes have two purposes: to record the specific location of each piece of data and to record details that affect the use or evaluation of that data."
I am older now and, hopefully, wiser. I have spent many, many hours weeding out incorrect data, and now hopefully I have documented all my sources of information. I wish that someone had told me years ago about the need for source citations; that one step would have saved me many, many hours of backtracking. I hope that, by writing this article, I can influence some genealogy newcomers to have better habits than I did.
Of course, citing a source is not as simple as writing down the name of a book. You also should record the book's author, publication date, the page on which you found the data, and even the name of the library or other repository where you found that book. Serious genealogists will also record the library's call number.
Of course, not all genealogy information is found in books. You also find information in hand-written records in courthouses, as well as in family Bibles, on microfilm, on Web pages, in e-mail, and other places. Each source of information may have unique requirements for recording the source references.
My favorite reference for finding out how to record genealogy sources is the book I mentioned earlier: Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN#: 0806315431, available from the publisher at http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?ID=3846 as well as from Amazon at http://goo.gl/7uX1Fb.
Elizabeth Shown Mills also has released a shortened QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Sources available from the publisher at http://goo.gl/YD2BPl as well as from Amazon at http://goo.gl/oN7Ptr. This, too, is a big help.
If you or someone you know is in the early stages of their genealogy quest, I urge you to start recording your sources according to the guidelines of such excellent works as these. The more time passes, the happier you will be that you did so.


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South African Journal of Science
On-line version ISSN 1996-7489
Print version ISSN 0038-2353
S. Afr. j. sci. vol.105 n.9-10 Pretoria Sep./Oct. 2009
Reflections on AIDS denialism in South Africa
Elizabeth van Heyningen
Department of History, University of Cape Town. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables. The South African HIV/AIDS Mystery. Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom (eds). Pp. 232. Jacana, Cape Town, R169.95. ISBN 978-1-770009-691-2.
On the internet site, www.health-e.org.za, of which the editors of this volume are also editors, this volume is described as a 'cautionary tale'. The message the book offers is 'Let this never happen again'. The 13 articles that comprise the book describe a bizarre world and it is still difficult to believe that the optimistic years of early post-apartheid South Africa could have promoted such madness. The articles trace the ramifications of AIDS denialism, from the development of Virodene, through the appointment of Manto Tshabalala-Msimang as health minister, to the gathering of quacks and AIDS dissidents around the presidency. Alongside this account are the struggles of brave and often lonely fighters to bring antiretrovirals to the victims of the disease. This is a deeply disturbing book, for the ramifications of the events go far beyond the management of HIV/AIDS in this country.
At the centre of the story, of course, is the former State President, Thabo Mbeki, who still remains something of an enigma. His distaste for the depiction of Africans as contaminating rapists is understandable and one clue to his persistent support for an African solution to AIDS can be found when Virodene was presented to the cabinet. 'It was like a church confessional' Jakes Gerwel told a reporter. 'The thing I will always remember is the pride in South African scientists' (pp. 34). What is less forgivable is the abuse of power that followed, with the subsequent loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.
One aspect of this abuse of power was the patronage that the health ministry offered to a host of dubious people seeking to promote their own viewpoints and remedies. By no means all of these were South Africans. The German Matthias Rath and the Hollander Tine van der Maas found places on this bandwagon. Weirdest of all in some respects, however, is the South African, Anthony Brink, whose website is still readily accessible. The use of patronage bears an unhappy resemblance to the collection of opportunists who so often gather around dictatorships or illegitimate forms of government. It is not a healthy sign of democracy.
More disturbing still has been the treatment of decent people with the interests of the country at heart. The chapter dealing with Thys van Mollendorff at the Rob Ferreira hospital in Mpumalanga describes a disgraceful situation, in which the trade union Nehawu participated in the persecution of a man striving to bring help to their own people. It is not made entirely clear who orchestrated the harassment, although the Mpumalanga Department of Health was undoubtedly involved. Such callousness and the irrationality eats away at the heart of the new democratic state.
There is one problem with this volume. Though this is a story about evidence, and the lack of it, the book does not include the usual means of checking the authors' assertions. Since it is mainly written by journalists, one would not expect footnotes, and some of the information can be followed up in newspaper and websites, but there is no bibliography and no list of references. Above all, and, irritatingly, there is no index. That would have been helpful.


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The previous post on this case can be found HERE.
UPDATE I 4/18/16 - edited for spelling, clarity; corrected number of counts dismissed on April 12; more coverage of Park case.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Hello T&T readers! After a two month absence, I am finally feeling well enough to go back to court and drop in on the latest Kelly Soo Park hearing. If my coughing doesn't act up,
While the mainstream media was sleeping, on April 12, the defense in the Park/Uwaydah et. al case successfully argued their 995 motion to dismiss 20 counts of aggravated mayhem against 12 of the defendants. Adjuster.com posted this report on that hearing.
The parties are back in court today to revisit the issue of bail. Many of the defendants on the larger indictment were able to get their high bails reduced to 10 million. With the mayhem counts dismissed it will be interesting to see how Judge Kennedy rules on bail reduction for those defendants that are appearing today.
Also on the docket today is a 1368 hearing for defendant Albert Harutyunyan, also known as the "Little Armenia" case. Harutyunyan is charged with four murders. One of Harutyunyan's defense attorneys, Pete Waimrin is here. I believe there may also be third hearing on another case due to the attorneys I see in the well and gallery.
After this hearing, I hope to stop by the Public Information Office and get a copy of the minute orders on the Gargiulo case .
Kelly Soo Park
The bail hearings are set for 9:30 am. Park's husband, Tom Chronister just arrived. Defendant Tatiana Arnold is here. Several Park supporters are in the gallery. A silver-haired woman is sitting with Chronister in the gallery. I believe it's his mother. When I entered the criminal court building, Paul Turley's attorney, Benjamin Gluck was several steps ahead of me.
More Park supporters arrive that I've seen at previous hearings.
Terri Keith from City News drops in to get updated. About two minutes later, Park's sister Kim arrives and takes a seat in the gallery. The first row is almost filled with Park supporters. Park's mother and aunt are here. Co-defense on the Harutyunyan case, Gregory Apt arrives and gives a not to his co-counsel Waimrin.
Prosecutor Amy Ashvanian on the Harutyunyan case arrives. More attorneys shuffle in. Benjamin Gluck is her, chatting another defense attorney up in the well.
DDA Ashvanian and Apt step outside to discuss the latest developments in their case.
DDA Mathai arrives and heads directly to the prosecution table to sit with the rest of the prosecution team.
More counsel arrive and sit in the well and the jury box. There are two sheriff's sitting near the door to my left. There are two other deputies sitting in the back of the courtroom to my right. Judge Kennedy's regular bailiff is at his desk.
I'm guessing there are about 20 people in the gallery for the Park [Uwaydah] case.
Counsel on the Harutyunyan case reenter the well.
One of the defense counsel, Mr. Moss, representing defendant Jeff Stevens is using a walker. He has a protective boot on his foot.
Marissa Gerber from the LA Times arrives. Mark Kassabian, Park's attorney arrives.
Another Case
The bailiff tells counsel to take their seats and all defense counsel to sit in the jury box.
I was right There is a third case on the calendar and it will be up first. The defendant is brought out.
Tony Brooklier arrives. He represents defendant Leticia Lemus in the Park / Uwaydah matter.
Judge Kennedy takes the bench. The case is called. DDA Louis Avila is for the people. I recognize the defense attorney, but I miss his name and the defendant's name.
A stay has been issued by the court of appeals, so nothing can be done on the case until the court of appeals rules. And the hearing is over quickly.
9:36 AM Albert Harutyunyan
Harutyunyan will be up next. They are ensuring they have an Armenian interpreter.
Now there are three sheriff's deputies to my left.
Hart is brought out. The interpreter is sitting with him, surrounded by his counsel.
The case is called. Appearances are stated. DDA Jonathan Chung is DDA Ashvanian's co-counsel.
Both reports from doctors feel the defendant is competent to stand trial. There is a disagreement whether he is competent to represent himself. Two doctors examined him. One report says yes, one report says no.
Apt: He wishes to represent himself. Judge Kennedy states she needs to schedule a hearing on that issue. Different case law is mentioned as to whether there needs to be a jury trial to determine competency as to representing himself.
Judge thinks there are some issues as to whether the defendant is competent to represent himself.
Even if he is found competent, Judge Kennedy doesn't think it is in his best interests. There's the language issue. She knows the defendant is distrustful of his two counsel, and the court system. She is requesting another report, to tip the scales. The court states there is definitely something going on (mentally).
The one doctor who does not feel he is competent, could not pin an exact diagnosis to back up their conclusion.
Defense suggest that they all meet, to suggest someone to interview the defendant for another evaluation.
The interpreter is talking in Armenian, translating what Mr. Apt is saying.
They will return in two weeks to update the court. Counsel will get together to arrange a third doctor. Criminal proceedings will remain suspended until a third doctor's report is received.
Kelly Soo Park et. al
Arnold case will be next. Ellyn Garafalo for the defendant.
[We are in the midst of 995 regarding Arnold and the single charge of mayhem against Arnold. This is on the smaller indictment.]
DDA Chon: There is probable cause to believe that Peter Nelson performed surgery on one of the victims.
[Note: At this point in the proceeding, my laptop died and my back-up battery was not working. I had to revert to hand notes. I did not have time to transcribe these notes until 4/17. Sprocket]
DDA Chon is continuing with her rebuttal argument that I believe was started on April 12.
DDA Chon references a document submitted in the defense brief. "Based on their [defense] own exhibit, a PA [physician's assistant; Chon is referencing Peter Nelson, who is alleged to have performed surgeries with no supervision] can only perform parts of a surgery he was trained on and that was not the case here," Chon contends.
Judge Kennedy asks, "[She's a direct aider and abettor to mayhem?" DDA Chon replies, "Let me rephrase. She was a co-conspirator. ... She put her name on shell companies ... laundered money ... restructured companies. ... Rose Kelly testified these meetings would take place while surgeries were going on. ...."
She [Rose Kelly] testified at these meetings they would discuss the medical board's investigation and ways they could hide monies. The goal, as stated by Ms. Kelly was to push people to have surgery and make money.
"Ms. Arnold was a part of that. ... Ms. Arnold had knowledge because Uwaydah was in the meetings ... and [Peter] Nelson performed all parts of the surgery."
DDA Chon then references something in her moving papers and reads that into the record. The people are finished and Ms. Garofalo gets up to rebut the prosecution's argument.
This allegation was in regards to Ms. Pope [victim]. The court has already found that Peter Nelson [did not? specifically?] intend harm.
Garofalo continues, "Not a witness testified in the grand jury other than Ms. Pope as to who performed the surgery. ... There was no extended testimony introduced at the grand jury to support this allegation [aggravated mayhem]. ... Dr. Brody testified at the grand jury that there was no way to determine when the tendon detached. ... [One] cannot infer aggravated mayhem from this scar. ... Ms. Pope was not referred by a capper ... no expert medical testimony in their grand jury or anything that comes close to aggravated mayhem."
Ms. Garofalo also argues that the co-conspirator theory fails.
Judge Kennedy rules. "As I indicated before where we talked about this count ... [there's] no evidence Ms. Pope was a capped patient. ... According to her own testimony, she had a shoulder injury. ... The surgery was necessary. ... Apparently it wasn't performed too well and she and Ms. Arnold tried to settle a malpractice claim. ... It is unclear from the record who performed the cutting. Surgery notes say Dr. Uwaydah ... [other names are mentioned as being present] and Dr. Uwaydah was there ... Even though the nurse [stated? testified?] that it was impossible for all those doctors to be in there ... I don't see that testimony as helpful. ... It's not even clear the surgery was fraudulent. ... There no evidence that Ms. Arnold was present in surgery or that she ... Count number 75 is dismissed. ... The other counts remain."
The court asks what they want to do next.
Benjamin Gluck informs the court that the need to at least waive time. They need to address bail.
The court brings up a completely different issue that she feels needs to be addressed first.
Judge Kennedy begins, "You know that, ... lawyers working for the court ... and reviewed a lot of records and [this was done] prior to the case here and filed .... when it was with Judge Fidler. ... Are those records part of discovery turned over to the defense?"
DDA Ma answers, "No. ... Judge Fidler was going to go over that and determine ... nothing was ever told to the people ..."
Gluck responds, "Because the people chose not to disclose the search warrant ... in camera ... he said he would turn over to the defense and let them claim privilege."
[Note: I'm back covering the Lonnie Franklin, Jr. murder trial. I hope to have these notes complete much later tonight. Sprocket]
More to come........
Friday, April 15, 2016
Kelly Soo Park [Uwaydah et. al], Michael Gargiulo Updates
Posted by Sprocket at 9:19 AM
Labels: Alberd Tersargyan, Albert Harutyunyan, Amy Ashvanian, Catherine Chon, Dayan Mathai, Gregory Apt, Judge Kennedy, Karen Nishita, Kelly Soo Park, Michael Gargiulo, Pete Waimrin
4 comments:
- Wise Latina said...
Welcome back, Ms. Sprocket. You have been sorely missed.
Thanks, Wise Latina
- April 15, 2016 at 4:58 PM
- David In TN said...
Glad you're back! Hope you keep getting better.
The mainstream media does a lot of sleeping when interesting trials are going on.
- April 16, 2016 at 1:51 PM
- bettyschaeffer said...
Welcome back, Betty! I haven't been able to find any updates in the L.A. Times or anywhere else on the Lonnie Franklin Jr. case, I'm puzzled, what is going on? I recall reading that the trial was expected to last until May or June. Did I misunderstand something?
- April 19, 2016 at 2:00 AM
- Sprocket said...
I will have an update on the Franklin case soon. Although trial testimony has been on hiatus for over a week, but there has been work behind the scenes with hearings outside the presence of the jury.
- April 19, 2016 at 8:59 AM
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Non-invasive methods of myocardial revascularization are widely adopted in the practice of the cardiologists. An international workshop on the clinical application of cardiologic shock wave therapy (CSWT) on the MODULITH SLC instrument manufactured by STORZ MEDICAL (Switzerland) took place on March 2010 in Moscow. To take part in the workshop were invited specialists from Germany, who were one of the originators of this method, as well as doctors from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, who have been applying practically this method in recent years. The guests of the workshop are clinicians and researchers from leading cardiologic hospitals of Moscow and St. Petersburg and representatives of the trading companies. The main objective of the workshop is to interchange the gained clinical experience between doctors of these countries and to inform concerned specialists on this form of therapy. In organizers' opinion the seminar shall give a new impetus to the expansion of CSWT in cardiologic clinics and allow us to offer this method for helping a wider range of patients. The workshop took place in the hotel "Holiday Inn Moscow Sokolniki" hall Arbat.
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The workshop was opened with the welcoming speech of Jurek Szymor - STORZ MEDICAL Regional Director of Sales Central/Eastern Europe and North/West Africa and Cuba. He introduced the guests and participants of the workshop, spoke on the company's shock-wave systems that are successfully adopted worldwide in the fields of cardiology, urology and traumatology.
On the history of the Modulit SLC instrument's creation, its basic characteristics and biological effects of shock waves spoke Dr. E. Marlinghause - STORZ MEDICAL Director of Applications Development. Besides he has presented an overview of large-scale studies in vitro and in animals, as well as the results of clinical studies, conducted by scientists in Switzerland, Japan, Germany and Italy. As a result of these studies, the positive impact of the acoustic waves, focused on the production factors, that stimulate the process of angiogenesis, has been proved and the best level of therapeutic energy for this instrument has been chosen. He also has cited the results of a double-blind placebo-controlled study conducted by Japanese scientists who have shown the effectiveness and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for severe angina. Nowadays the research concerning the possibility of using CSWT in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction endures in Japan.
The topic of the clinical research was continued by one of the originators of the applying shock waves in cardiology - Dr. A. Guterson (Asklepios Kliniken GmbH hospital in Germany). He has presented the results of five-year clinical monitoring of patients with refractory angina and myocardial ischemia who have been treated by the standard CSWT method. The persistent decrease of the functional class of angina, increase of tolerance to physical activity, that has survived for five years after treatment, were pointed out.
The practical experience of CSWT application was demonstrated by doctors from the clinics of Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in the second part of the workshop. CSWT method has been used in the regional cardiologic Center of Shymkent city since 2005. As it was reported by Dr. G.E. Toyeva, 133 patients have been treated during this period, among them 115 men and 18 women. Mean age 56 ± 11,2 years. Except common indications for treatment with the help of CSWT method, there is one of the new directions in this clinic - treatment of patients with "syndrome X". In conclusions the following has been noted:
Another report from Kazakhstan "Application of extracorporeal cardiologic shock wave therapy for the patients with severe coronary artery disease" was presented by Dr. R.D. Butembaev (Akmola Regional Hospital Kokshetau). The author has shared with his experience in treating 41 patients aged 47 to 77 years (mean age 62 years). As the result of treatment, the functional class of angina has decreased, frequency of angina attacks per day has decreased, and according to the echocardiography the systolic smooth function of the left ventricle has improved.
The report of Dr. A. Sorokin "Experience of CSWT application by treating the diseases of the cardiovascular system" was devoted to the analysis of patients' treatment in the Municipal Clinical Hospital, Tolyatti. During two years 138 patients have undergone the whole CSWT course according to standard procedure, among them women - 52,2%, men - 47,8%. The patients' age is 20 up to 89 years. "The effectiveness of the new non-invasive treatment of the ischemic heart disease with the help of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ECSWT) in patients with "refractory angina" - so was called the report of doctor S.A.Frosina from Russia (the District hospital of Hunt-Mansijsky, Autonomous region). In the report it was informed on 50 patients with an angina of exertion FC III (45 persons) and FC IV (5 persons) from the age of 37 to 79 years.
Doctors from Russia ascertained:
The report "Cardiologic shock wave therapy: first results and new perspectives" (V.D. Turchin, E.V. Yuvchik, SE Sanatorium "Concha Zaspa", Kiev) was based on experience of treatment of 26 patients from the age of 51 years to 79 years (17 men and 9 women). 17 of them had myocardial infarction in the case history (three of them - recurring). Three patients had aorta-coronary shunting, two patients had - stenting. During the process of treatment two groups has been allocated: monitoring up to six months (12 patients) and right after treatment (14 patients). The results of treatment are as follows:
Besides, it was expressed the opinion, that the application of CSWT for treating the patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy is possible as a preliminary stage before ACS application, which is supposed to improve left ventricular systolic function and to reduce postoperative complications and hospital mortality.
In conclusion, the participants responded to several questions, mostly concerned the mechanisms of the influence of the shock waves on the ischemic myocardium, the effectiveness and safety of the method. All reporters have pointed that during the whole period of the method's application there were no complications either during the treatment period or after treatment. There were no changes in cardiac rhythm, blood pressure, ECG, enzyme kinetics during the course treatment. Modulit SLC instrument manufactured by STORZ MEDICAL (Switzerland) is convenient in use and allows precisely to localize the therapeutic focus in the target area. All participants used a standard treatment protocol: implementation of 9 procedures in a day three procedures per week with a three-week break between each week of treatment. The density of the energy is 0.05 to 0.10 mJ / mm2; 5400 impulses of shock waves during the whole course of therapy. The treatment's session takes 25-30 minutes on average (including the preparation of the patient). According to the results of the reports the total number of patients who have undergone the complete CSWT on the Modulit SLC instrument in the CIS countries is 427 persons with the working life of the equipment from 1 to 5 years in different hospitals.
"The round-table" of the workshop was devoted to summarizing the meeting's results, discussion of the plans, prospects, interesting occurrences, new methods and possible extending of the areas of CSWT application. The list of the references is in the editorial.
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Tips & Takeaways
Hey everyone!
It's insane to think that in about one week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and cheering for a Buckeye victory against Michigan. I cannot believe that the time is flying by so quickly! And with each passing day, the other 1st years and I are learning how to truly navigate through our MBA program successfully.
These may not be your most traditional takeaways, but there are sure to help you in the long run!
- Bring lunch and snacks - The vending machine is delicious....but dangerous. It can be too easy to grab a candy bar when you are staying late to review finance or accounting, but be warned! The sugar crash later will only make your eyes heavy during class. I try to pack a lunch during my long days to stop any vending machine temptations. Packing also stops the trips to eat out for lunch. Trust me, you and your wallet will thank me later.
- Rohr Cafe will become your best friend (and possibly Panera) - Just to build off the previous post, your two years in business school will be the years you consume the most coffee. It is the norm to run and grab a shot of caffeine before classes, in-between classes, after classes, while studying, and a few other times during the day. To help watch the spending, I recommend brewing your own cup at home and limiting the number of coffee runs a week. And if you are one of the stronger souls that don't drink coffee - enjoy watching the frantic dashes of your fellow students who need to the sweet taste of Starbucks.
- Wear layers to class - Seriously. A wonderful 74 degrees in your ops. class to a freezing 64 in accounting (I know, I know. I am warm-blooded and like the temperature slightly warmer than other people). But if you don't bring a sweater during the fall and spring months, you will be freezing in one class and sweating in another.
- Reserve a room - If you are meeting with a few others to study for a test or work through practice problems, make sure you reserve a room! Around midterm and finals week, they tend to fill up quickly. You need to have a total of three attendees, so form a study group and reserve a room to ensure a productive evening of hitting the books.
- Use a calendar and update it often - It could be a Google Calendar, iCal, an agenda or a combination of the three! However, there are so many activities, meetings, networking events and more that you'll go crazy if you don't write things down. I check my Google Calendar daily (which in in sync to my tablet and iPod), to make sure I don't miss anything. I combine that with my physical agenda to make sure I stay caught-up with my readings and assignments. Trust me, you don't want to be that group member that shows up late to a meeting.
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Show: Supernatural
Author: gaelicspirit
Genre: GEN
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Rating: PG-13 for language, a mature scene in the first chapter, and some darker themes
Spoilers: Set in Season 5 after 5.05, Fallen Idol. Anything up to that point is fair game.
Summary: There are things that make him human. Deciding what those are will become the difference between sanity and madness. When a demon forces the issue, Dean and Sam fight back the only way they can: together.
Disclaimer: They're not mine. More's the pity.
A/N: I had a dream. No, really. I did. And I woke up, jotted it down, and it turned into this…. This is my first foray into Season 5. Because of the history and the destiny and all of the weight of that season, I wasn't really ever sure I wanted to go there. But go there I have. We'll see if it works for ya'll. At the very least, I hope you're entertained.
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
~Oscar Wilde
"You took an angel to a whore house?"
"A strip club."
"A whore house fronting as a strip club."
"Dude, he was about to have a Holy-fire showdown; I wasn't gonna let him die a virgin."
"He's an angel, Dean. I kinda think that's the point."
Sam shoved a fry into his mouth as he watched his brother grin around the opening of a beer bottle. He knew that grin. It told him that Dean was dying to divulge more details, but was stubborn enough to wait him out.
Sam was going to have to ask.
"So…did he close the deal?"
Dean rolled his lips in as he swallowed, then leaned back into the corner of the booth. There was an air of coiled tension and heightened awareness around him, and yet it was the most relaxed Sam had seen his brother in weeks. The world was folding in at the seams, and for the first time in their adult lives, he and Dean were moving forward from a level playing field.
No roles of guardian and guarded. No hierarchy of age. No watch out for your brother.
He hadn't expected Dean to relax at all.
Their waitress paused at the table, asking with disinterest if their food was okay, and Dean nodded. As she left, Sam watched his brother's eyes follow her, then take in the dark edges of the bar and grill. People clustered around one of the two pool tables toward the back of the small, shadowed room. Four men flanked the corner of the bar, silently munching pretzels and staring up at the TV.
In the back of his mind, Sam registered a news reporter speaking in affected tones about record temperature extremes in the western part of Kansas, while in the eastern half, where they were, rain was causing the Missouri River to rise at what was—according to the over-excited reporter—an alarming rate.
The Apocalypse is in our backyard, Sam thought, chewing the remains of his chicken sandwich.
"This anything like that place you worked, Keith?" Dean asked, poking at Sam's choice of alias while they'd been apart.
Sam ignored the jibe and looked around, nodding. "Sure. It's a bar, man. We've been in thousands."
"Yeah," Dean nodded, then sighed and leaned forward, resting his weight on his elbows and cupping his hands around the bottle of Dos Equis. "I guess we have."
Sam stifled a sigh; they were still working out the balance of conversation. The moment Dean had handed him Ruby's knife on that deserted back country road, Sam knew they'd have each other's backs in a fight. He knew that the big struggles would be rolled up into their history and they'd find ways to move in synch once more.
That wasn't what had him worried.
The details mattered now. The tense silence filled with unspoken thought where there had once been a comfortable quiet of understanding. The uncertain glances, the slight pause before speaking. They were all tells of a mending relationship between two people who'd been broken in one way or another.
No one has ever done anything so bad that they can't be forgiven or can't change.
Lindsey's words clung to Sam's memory. Every time he saw shadows cross Dean's face, heard the breathless rustle of hellish nightmares still wrap around his brother at night, caught the note of doubt in a once-certain voice, Sam tried to find a way to tell Dean that same thing.
They'd both screwed up; they'd both suffered for it.
Dean so much as said that back in Canton. Sam was ready to steadfastly stand by his declaration that the only way they were going to get around their apparent angelic destinies was if they fought together. As Dean said, keep each other human. And right now, he needed to haul Dean up out of the thoughtful melancholy he so easily slipped into these days.
"So," Sam prompted, pushing his empty plate aside and reaching for his beer. "Did he get laid or what?"
Dean chuckled. "You looking to get some by proxy?"
"Hey," Sam tipped his fingers upward. "It's been a long time."
Dean lifted an eyebrow. "You mean you didn't let some honey share your motel bed while you were on your own?"
Sam felt a twisted chill curl around his spine as he thought of his dreams of Jessica, so real, so needed. He looked away, the taste of the beer souring on the back of his tongue as he remembered those dreams turning into a nightmare of truth as Lucifer washed away the image of Jessica's innocence.
"Sam?" Dean's voice cut through the memory with a blunted edge.
Sam looked back at his brother; he should remember that Dean missed nothing. Even when they were apart, somehow, Dean always sensed when something was off.
"No," Sam shook his head. "Nobody."
"What is it?"
Sam took another drink, wondering as he did why he'd been able to tell Dean about the horror of finding out he was to be Lucifer's vessel, but not how he'd found out. Dean had divulged in horrific detail what his trip via angel transport to 2014 had been like. He'd shared with Sam every vampire nest he'd cleaned out, every low-level demon he'd killed, even how many times he'd washed and waxed the Impala while they were separated.
It was as if Dean had been trying to somehow insert Sam into those moments through the magic of storytelling. Sam had told him about working at the bar, about the hunters who'd found him—drawing Dean's lips back in a snarl as he recounted having to fight them off because they'd discovered he'd started the apocalypse—and about Lucifer's message.
But he'd left out Jessica.
The weakest point in the whole time he'd been away from Dean had been night, when he'd been most alone, when she'd been most real to him. He'd almost been ashamed of his need for her, of his gratitude that his brother hadn't been there to interrupt those moments, however false they'd been.
"Nothing," Sam muttered finally, lifting his shoulders and folding down his lips in a shrug. "Just…had a lot of dreams about Jessica during that time."
He hazarded a glance at his brother and saw something soften around Dean's eyes. He almost told him in that moment. The words were poised at the edge of release. Lucifer used Jessica to break down my defenses. He got to me through her.
"If it's any consolation," Dean said, breaking the moment. "Been awhile for me, too."
"What?" Sam scoffed.
"You remember that girl from the library?"
"Girl from the li—"
"Before we got the call from Adam. Or, you know…ghoul-Adam."
Sam blinked, setting his beer down on the table with a thunk. "What!" This time it was said in shock.
Dean lifted his eyebrows and nodded.
"No way," Sam shook his head in denial. "Dude, that was…months ago."
"Tell me about it."
"How are you even still walking?"
The door opened with a splash of the seemingly endless rain and Dean turned his head to watch a woman walk in, his eyes following her to the bar. "Kind of a lot has happened between then and now, Sammy."
"What about at the whore house?" Sam asked, still trying to connect the dots.
"That was for Cas," Dean said, sitting back once more, his gaze resting comfortably on the woman.
Sam rotated slightly so that he could follow Dean's eye line. The woman shoved a black hood from her head, shaking out shoulder-length dark hair and finger-combing it away from her face. He couldn't get a good look at her features, but she moved as if she were familiar with the place. As they watched, she shrugged out of the short, black leather jacket and hoodie combo and handed the wet garments across the bar to the bartender, laughing as she did so.
"You're telling me you sat at the bar like a good boy?" Sam pressed.
"Someone had to be the wingman," Dean said casually, then slid his eyes to Sam, grinning at his pun.
"Sad," Sam shook his head.
"You should've seen him, though, man," Dean chuckled. "He was like a kid playing spin the bottle for the first time. I thought he was going to hurl when the girl came out and led him back to her room."
"Probably felt heaven's wrath bearing down on him," Sam muttered.
Dean lifted a shoulder. "He didn't forget who he was," he said cryptically, stretching out one leg on the bench in front of him.
His face pulled into a slight grimace until he'd found a comfortable position, reminding Sam that his brother had recently had his ass handed to him by a pagan god—who just so happened to look like Paris Hilton.
"What do you mean, he didn't forget?"
Dean's grin crinkled slightly at the corners, causing Sam to lean forward in spite of himself. His brother had always had a gift for telling stories—especially if sex were involved. Sam signaled the waitress with two fingers and pointed to their beers, returning his attention to Dean when she nodded.
"He, uh," Dean chuckled. "He told the girl that…it wasn't her fault that her father left."
"Oh, God, he didn't," Sam groaned, closing his eyes and rubbing the flats of his fingers across his lids. "He tried to save her?"
Dean finished his Dos Equis and shoved the empty bottle to the back of the table, clearing space for the cold one the waitress thunked down in front of him. Taking a drink, he glanced at Sam.
"Kinda. I mean, I don't think he could help it."
"Doesn't he know every girl in there probably had the same story?"
The woman at the bar laughed again, this time tossing her head back as she did, and Sam watched Dean's eyes shift to her as if pulled by a magnet. Her laugh reminded Sam of Ellen Harvelle's: deep, throaty, and released with abandon.
"I thought it was…refreshing," Dean confessed. "I think I kinda forgot that some of those girls…I don't know…."
"Aren't there by choice?"
"Yeah, I guess," Dean nodded, rolling his neck. "Was a rush ducking the bouncers, though," he chuckled. "Hadn't laughed that long in—" He stopped suddenly, his eyes bouncing to Sam's, and then quickly away again. "Well, in awhile."
Sam rolled his shoulders back against the booth, sighing inwardly. "Yeah, well," he allowed. "We haven't had a lot to laugh about, have we?"
"Maybe we should change that," Dean said, tipping his chin to the side and catching Sam's eyes in a challenge that Sam hadn't seen on his brother's face in years.
"Yeah? How're we gonna do that?" Sam asked with a half-grin, thinking to indulge this game of make believe and lengthen the time Dean was relaxed around him.
"We stop."
Sam frowned. "Stop what?"
"Everything. Hunting. Traveling around this…literally God-forsaken country." Gaze directed toward the middle distance, Dean's voice cracked slightly around his words.
Sam blinked, eyes taking in the expression on his brother's face, ineffectually trying to find the joke hidden in the lines around Dean's mouth.
"What do you mean, like, just…ignore this whole Michael and Lucifer destiny stuff? Quit the apocalypse?"
"Yes," Dean turned toward him, dropping his foot back to the floor with a solid thud against the wood. "Yes, I mean exactly that."
Sam pulled his head back, unsure what road his brother's thoughts were suddenly traveling. He palmed his beer, letting the condensation from the bottle roll down the green glass and trip over his knuckles as he said, "We…we can't quit, Dean."
"We're in Kansas City, Sam," Dean said, his chin lowering even as he kept his eyes on Sam's face. "Back to where we pretty much started. Wanna know what this place looked like the last time I was here?"
"You told me."
"That's right," Dean nodded, pointing at him and easing back against the booth. "That's right. I told you. It was Hell, Sam. Diseased and…and burned out. And why?"
"'Cause of us," Sam said quietly.
"'Cause we played their game," Dean redirected. "Or…didn't in my case."
"We started this," Sam said. "This is happening because of us."
"So…we end it." Dean tipped his fingers up in a shrug. "We stop. They can't have their war without their vessels, right?"
Sam frowned at this thought. It couldn't be that easy. "What if they…pick someone else?"
"If there was someone else," Dean said, slowly peeling the label off of his sweaty bottle in one long tug, "don't you think they would've picked them already?"
Sam looked away and down, considering. He'd told Lucifer no—to the fallen angel's face, more or less. Dean had told Zack what he could do with his flash of the future. How long would the opposing factions continue to pursue them?
Watching as Dean flattened the loose label on the table top, rubbing along the edges with his thumb, Sam found he was actually considering the idea. It was one thing for him to leave hunting—it was something completely different if Dean were with him.
"What would we do?"
Dean's shoulders flinched in what might've been a shrug. "Open a bar?"
"A bar? Like the Roadhouse?"
"You said it yourself," Dean glanced up at him too quickly for Sam to read his expression before he looked back at the Dos Equis label. "We've been in enough of them. You worked in one."
"Open a bar," Sam repeated slowly, tasting the words, letting the thought ricochet through his head.
"Few pool tables, few beer taps, some top shelf liquor…," Dean said, shifting once more, his eyes traveling to the woman at the bar who was now, Sam saw, looking back at him.
She was too far away to hear their conversation, but Sam could see in her expression what she wanted to be saying to his brother.
"We could host a regular poker night and clean up," Dean was saying.
"What if they come looking for us?"
"Salt the windows and the doors. Paint sigils on the outside of the building. Make 'em part of the décor."
"What if they kill people to get to us?" Sam pressed. "Like Meg did to Dad?"
Dean looked over at him and this time Sam caught his eyes, though the memories there were so thick they sucked the air from his lungs.
"What if Cas needs us?" Sam continued quietly, knowing how much worth his brother placed on the lives of their friends—and how close he'd gotten to the rogue angel.
Dean held completely still for a heartbeat, his eyes boring into Sam's as if he were searching for something. Finally, just as Sam felt himself turning to glass in front of the only person in the world who could truly see through him, Dean took a breath and turned away.
"Why you gotta shoot holes in all my plans, huh?" he said, his tone once more jovial, once more in step with the casual rhythm of conversation they'd perfected for moments that weren't supposed to matter. "You're gonna make me panic."
"Part of the job description," Sam replied, his mouth tugging upwards in a reluctant half-grin.
Dean arched an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? For which job?"
"Pain in the ass."
Dean chuckled, draining his second beer. "You're right, man," he sighed. "You can't quit who you were born to be."
"So you really think this is our destiny?" Sam asked quietly, needing to know, searching for grounding. "Being an angel's vessel?"
Dean shook his head once, decisively. "No," he said, leveling his eyes on Sam. "I think they think that." He pointed at Sam, leaning further over the table. "Nobody controls your destiny except you, Sam."
"Yeah, maybe," Sam shrugged.
"Lemme ask you this," Dean said, arching a brow. "If I was always supposed to be an angel condom, how come they let me go to Hell in the first place, huh?"
Sam blinked. He hadn't thought of that.
"They let their precious…Michael's sword…get…ripped up by Hellhounds," Dean spat, his eyes flat, but the quaver in his voice exposing the pain he could obviously still remember. "They let so many awful things…." He stopped, looking away, then down, his throat working as he swallowed, his eyes hidden from Sam. "Point is, they're stumbling around in the dark, same as we are." He lifted his head. "So I say, to hell with their destiny, right?"
"Right," Sam replied, surprised to find his voice closed off, the sound forced through stiffened lips.
"We're nobody's meat suits."
Sam grinned. "I'll drink to that."
"'Cept, you're on empty," Dean nodded toward his bottle. He glanced around the room. "I think Susie Sunshine ditched us."
Sam's eyes cut over to the brunette at the bar, noticing as he did that she glanced away. Looking back at his brother, Sam made a choice. Dean needed a break; Sam needed to give him one.
"How 'bout you head over to the bar and get some?" Sam let his lips tip up at his own joke.
Dean picked up the challenge immediately. "Oh, you don't think I can?"
"You're the one who said it had been months," Sam tossed back.
"Only 'cause I had demons to kill and a pain in the ass little brother to save."
"If that helps you sleep at night." Sam lifted a shoulder in a nonchalant shrug.
Dean tucked his tongue into his cheek and Sam watched an inner light hit his brother's eyes. "Oh, it's gonna be like that is it?"
"Exactly like that."
"Better find a ride home, brother, 'cause it's on," Dean stated, eyebrows up.
Sam lifted the Impala keys from his pocket and shook them. "I drove. You find the ride."
Dean slid out of the booth and Sam watched him grip the edge of the table for the briefest of moments as he worked feeling back into his legs. His knee hadn't quite recovered from the impact of Leshii's Manolo Blahnik heel.
"Don't wait up." Dean turned from their table to approach the bar in a confident, rolling stride that had always left Sam just this side of jealous.
As he watched, Dean sat on a stool two down from the brunette and signaled the bartender with a tip of his chin. Looking at his empty bottle, Sam sighed. He knew that left-field comment about quitting was just Dean's way of attempting a semblance of control.
If he pretended he didn't care, then they couldn't get to him. Not really. Not where it mattered.
Not like they had before.
For a moment, Sam felt incredibly weary. All they'd survived, all they'd overcome, and all they had potentially yet to defeat pressed down on him and he felt his joints creaking with the weight.
This was more than war. This was a cage fight to the death and they'd been so close to tapping out only to grip tight to one another at the last possible moment and find their way out of the chasm.
How long can we keep this up?
The woman's throaty chuckle grabbed his attention again and he looked up to see Dean's face angled just so, offering her a look, taking her in with a glance. He'd watched his brother work his mojo on women enough times to know he was as good as in when her shoulders dropped just so and her hand moved to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
Digging a few bills from his pocket, Sam left them under the salt shaker and slid from the booth, heading back to the restrooms before he left so that he could make sure leaving was indeed in line with Dean's game. He caught his brother's eye surreptitiously and saw the two-beat blink that gave him the all-clear.
"Guess it's another night of pay-per-view," Sam muttered as he pushed open the restroom door.
"Your partner?"
Her voice matched her laugh: husky. Like Kathleen Turner. Or Princess Leia, Dean thought with a buried grin.
He saw her glance skid across Sam's back as his brother retreated into the restroom and considered for one brief moment handing her a cover story. He had plenty on deck, and it wouldn't be as if he'd need to remember the lie. These encounters never really resulted in a repeat performance.
"My brother," he found himself saying.
"Oh yeah?" she tilted her head at that, her dark eyes sparking interest.
Dean nodded, returning his attention to his whiskey shot, holding the wide-mouthed glass with his thumb and the pad of his middle finger, then tipping it to watch the amber-colored liquid roll around the bottom.
"We're…kind of on an extended road trip," he told her, reverting back to what seemed like an age-old story. One they told when the worst thing they had to worry about was how many salt rounds to fire into a vengeful spirit.
Before they each had the fate of the world on their shoulders.
"Sounds like fun. What do you think of Kansas City?"
Dean huffed out a slightly strangled laugh and tossed back the whiskey. "It's a town," he shrugged, half-turning to face her. "But it does have some perks—"
A crash in the back of the room interrupted his delivery and he and the woman turned as one to face the crowd by the pool table as they grew increasingly rowdy. Dean slipped off his barstool and stood, watching tensely as fists were clenched and punches thrown. A blonde woman jumped onto the back of one of the brawlers, screaming obscenities until someone else pulled her free.
After several minutes, two bouncers grabbed the fighters and physically threw them out the front door and into the rain. It wasn't until the ruckus died down that Dean realized his body was coiled tight, his own fists at his sides. He forced himself to take a calming breath and felt eyes on him. Without turning, he knew they belonged to Sam. He sank back onto the barstool, then rotated around, letting his gaze hit his brother's worried face before looking back at the woman. He saw Sam leave the bar out of the corner of his eye.
"Rain brings out the crazies, huh?" he said with a half-hearted laugh.
She was watching him closely, the comfortable haze of alcohol that had loosened her shoulders replaced by something close to wariness. "Must be a full moon," she returned.
He shook his head. "Not for another four nights," he replied without thinking.
Her eyebrows climbed her forehead, speaking a paragraph on their journey. "Lunar enthusiast?" she commented dryly.
"Just…environmentally aware," Dean offered lamely, then turned back to the bar, signaling for another drink. Sam was going to kick his ass when he had to call him for a ride.
"Bet there isn't much you aren't aware of," the woman said softly. "Where'd you serve?"
Dean frowned, looking over at her quickly. It was the second time someone had asked him that in the last month. "Come again?"
"You were about two seconds away from stepping into that dance," she said. "I bet you checked hands when you walked in here, too."
That pulled the corner of his mouth up in a quick bounce of a grin. "Yeah, actually."
"Two in the back, concealed handguns," she said, then tipped her head to the side to indicate the booths behind her. "Kenny Rogers back there has at least one. I'm guessing in his boot."
Dean was now turned, his left elbow resting on the bar, his body facing the woman. With a quick flicker of lashes he caught sight of a heavier set man with snowy white hair and a full beard and mustache digging in to a large steak and baked potato. He nodded.
"I'm thinking your brother was clean," the woman continued. "But I'm willing to bet he had plenty stashed somewhere else. Besides," she said, slipping from her stool and swinging her leg across the seat that had been vacant between them, "he didn't need anything did he?"
"He can take care of himself."
"And he had you," she said, glancing at the bartender and asking for another drink. "And I'll bet this drink that you've got…at least two weapons. So," she pressed. "Where did you serve?"
Dean swallowed, his eyes sliding down the length of her throat. Her ears were bare, as was her neck. She wore a black, V-neck T-shirt that covered the waistband of faded jeans and the toes of her black heels were scuffed. He glanced quickly at her hands; she wore a silver ring on her right thumb with what looked like a crescent moon inlaid in the metal. Nothing else.
"It's not really a great memory," Dean offered her.
"Hell, huh?" she asked, the question more layered then she could have possibly known.
"You could say that," he nodded, finishing another shot—he'd started to lose count at this point—and rolling his lips against his teeth. "You?"
She shook her head, a sad smile playing across her mouth. He noticed that her bottom lip was fuller than her top, giving her an almost innocent, pouty expression when she wasn't smiling.
"I serve every day," she told him. "I'm a cop."
Fantastic, Winchester, he berated himself. You sure can pick 'em.
He schooled his features quickly as she glanced up at him and he realized he saw something hesitant shifting in her dark eyes. Something that said, if you're gonna run, do it now. Something that challenged him.
"Dean," he said, dropping his chin slightly and meeting her eyes.
This time her smile was honest. "Raya."
"Interesting name," he said.
"Hebrew," she said. "Means 'friend.' My parents were Jewish."
"Doesn't that make you Jewish?" Dean asked.
"Only if I say it does," Raya said, lifting a shoulder.
Dean nodded, appreciation for this woman adding heat to the slow-burning fire in his belly. "Nice."
"So what do you do now, Dean?" Raya asked. "When you aren't traveling around the country with your brother, I mean."
Dean quirked his lips. "That's…complicated."
"Is it, now?"
"I could tell you, but—"
"You'd have to kill me?" she guessed, eyes just shy of rolling.
"But…then you might not find me half as interesting as you do now," he finished.
"What makes you think I find you interesting?" Raya challenged, arching a brow.
He liked how the ivory coloring of her skin contrasted with the dark shade of her hair and the almost ebony of her eyes. When she smirked, her skin pulled tight at the corner of her eyes and belied an affected expression of disinterest with the warmth captured in a glance.
"The way your shoulders shift," he started. "The position of your body. The fact that you can't stop touching your hair. How your eyes flashed just now. And the way your mouth looks like your lips are about to wrap around a word…or…something," he finished, allowing his words to guide him forward until he could feel her breath on his face.
"Oh," she breathed.
He didn't move. He simply watched her, waiting. After a moment, she tucked a breath of air deep inside and pulled herself upright.
"You have talent, Dean," Raya informed him, her voice steady once more. "Not a lot of people put me at a loss for words."
Dean grinned. "Don't feel too bad," he said. "I'm pretty sure in another environment, and without my friend Jack here," he tipped his glass toward her in a salute, "you would've had me pinned against a wall."
Raya's lips twitched. "Oh, don't worry," she said nodding her head toward the bartender and gesturing for her jacket. "I fully intend to pin you against a wall."
His body immediately responded, the blood in his head racing low.
"Just not one here," she finished. "You lost your ride, didn't you?"
Dean nodded, his mouth suddenly too dry to reply and keep his tough exterior in place at the same time.
"Well, I live two blocks down. Soon as you're ready, we can go."
"I'm good," he said, tossing back his last shot and slapping a couple of twenties on the bar. "We can go."
Raya tossed a wave at the bartender, then slid her arms into the sleeves of her layered jacket. "You got anything other than that?" She nodded at his green Army jacket.
He shook his head, resting his hand on the small of her back and matching her stride as she led the way out. "I'm okay with this."
"You're gonna be soaked," she warned.
"Guess you'll just have to figure out how to dry me off, then," he returned as they stepped into the roar of a Midwest thunderstorm.
"…I'm crossing here. And while you guys are dragging your candy-asses halfway across the state and back, I'll be waiting for you on the other side, relaxing with my thoughts."
"Do you use your left hand or your right hand for that?"
Sam chuckled.
He'd seen this movie easily a dozen times. Not only that, Dean had read him the short story it was based on one Halloween when he'd been laid up with a broken ankle and John had been gone for several days. It reminded him of their childhood and a time so innocent in comparison to now that he almost felt like crying.
Clearing his throat, Sam capped the flask of whiskey he'd pulled from Dean's duffel and set it on the nightstand.
Enough of that, he admonished himself, picking up the remote and flipping aimlessly away from Stand By Me, searching for something else.
Anything else.
His eyes flicked up to the cardboard stand on top of the TV advertising Skin-O-Max. He glanced toward the door. Theoretically, Dean should be gone for several hours. However, the last time he thought the coast was clear he'd been busted and had to do some throat-clearing through a rather awkward moment he'd rather not share with his brother.
Rubbing his face, Sam squared his shoulders and flipped through the eight channels once more, unable to keep his eyes from the advertisement.
"Oh, hell," he sighed, sliding one leg off the bed and letting his boot hit the floor as he leaned forward and aimed the remote at the TV.
It figured that he was left alone to release tension while Dean was out with an exotic-looking woman. Of course, the last time Sam was the one to get laid there had been demon blood involved. And the time before that, Dean accused him of bedding a siren. And then there had been Madison….
"Face it, Sam," he grumbled as he searched titles too embarrassing to say aloud, let alone cop to on a motel bill. "You do not have the best luck with women. It's safer this way."
Settling on a selection that seemed to not bother with too much plot and basically got right down to business, Sam tossed the remote aside and leaned back against the pillows he'd stacked against the headboard. Closing his eyes, his hands moved to unfasten his belt and he froze.
The moment he closed his eyes, she was there. Next to him. In bed with him. Her hand sliding along his, lacing her fingers with his as he fumbled with his buttons.
Is it really you?
She didn't answer him, and he didn't open his eyes. She felt real. He could even smell her if he concentrated hard enough. He wanted her to be real. He felt himself respond to the idea of her touch, her fingers, the feel of her skin on his, the sound of his name captured in her whisper.
His sigh caught, tripping across his tongue and tumbling from his lips as she seemed to tangle with him, wrapping around him, slipping into him as easily as he yearned to slide into her.
The ring tone of his cell phone jarred him harshly from the moment. Gasping, Sam sat up, staring with bleary, confused eyes at the couple on TV. The gratuitous shots of flesh turned his stomach and he fumbled for the remote, turning the TV black and sending the room into silence except for his phone. He swallowed, looking around the room, half-hoping, yet half-afraid he'd still see Jessica.
The last time she'd remained real after he thought he was awake, she'd not truly been Jessica. She'd been a thing of nightmares.
"Dean," he practically growled as he reached for his phone. "You better have a goddamn good reason for this." He picked up the phone, flipped it open and frowned at the unfamiliar number. "Yeah?"
"Sam. It's Castiel."
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My name is Andrea and I live in South Surrey, BC with my very patient and accommodating husband, Kris (he did not write that... but I have to give credit where credit is due). This is my version of the DIY Distressed Headboard, inspired by Pamela's tutorial. Our master bedroom has been sadly neglected, because let's face it... people don't really see it. However, now I force guests up to our bedroom (awkward or not) so that I can show off our projects! The room isn't complete, but we're getting there.
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'Lung washing' could boost transplants
"Washing" lungs before they are transplanted could increase numbers of the organs suitable for donation, according to doctors in Newcastle.
Only one in five donated lungs are good enough to be transplanted safely.
A trial, being led by Newcastle University, is trying to improve the quality of the lungs by pumping nutrients and oxygen through them.
The British Transplantation Society said the technique could "dramatically" increase the number of lungs used.
Around a quarter of people waiting for an organ transplant die in the first year on a transplant list.
The lungs are delicate organs and the events which lead to a donor's death can also damage the lungs. It is why so few can be transplanted.
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Doctors are using a modified heart-lung bypass machine to prepare the organs. Air is pumped into the lungs, which can absorb oxygen, while nutrients are pumped through the blood vessels.
The technique called "ex-vivo lung perfusion" can clear a build-up of water on the lungs or can treat them with medication to clear infection.
Prof Andrew Fisher, who is leading the trial, told the BBC that the technique allows doctors to monitor lungs to see if their function improves and become suitable for transplant.
"It won't undo permanent damage, such as from emphysema, but it helps lungs that should be functioning well, but aren't."
He estimates that it will mean doctors can assess twice the number of lungs they currently do.
Prof Fisher said: "How many will be usable is unknown. If it is only half that's still a 50% increase in the number of lung transplants and that's going to make a huge difference."
He described improving the quality of organs as the "new frontier" for transplants after "mastering" surgery and rejection drugs.
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Seventeen patients have already received lungs that have been prepared through this technique.
The trial is also taking place at NHS transplant centres in London, Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle.
Doctors will need to check that there are no complications, such as more infections, as a result of the procedure.
Prof Chris Watson, the president of the British Transplantation Society, said: "Currently around a quarter of potential recipients die in the first year while waiting for suitable lungs and this study has the potential to transform that situation for the benefit of all the patients waiting for a lung transplant."
He thinks similar procedures will eventually be used for many organs: "I think it is something that will take off," he told the BBC.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is funding some of the research. Its chief executive Ed Owen said: "Sadly many people currently die before lungs become available.
"The ex-vivo lung perfusion research is revolutionary for people with cystic fibrosis as it makes more lungs available and therefore offers real hope and life for many people."
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Joe Dumars III (born May 24, 1963), nicknamed Joe D, is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations. At 6'3" (190 cm) Dumars could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best backcourts in NBA history. Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved over to point guard following Thomas's retirement in 1994, sharing ball-handling duties with Grant Hill. Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Dumars was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dumars' mother, Ophelia, was a custodian at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches while his father, Joe (Big Joe), was a truck driver.
Dumars grew up in an athletic family, but, surprisingly, basketball was not his favorite sport as a child. Football was more popular in the region and all five of his brothers were defensive standouts at Natchitoches Central High School. His brother David later played professional football in the USFL. Dumars followed in his brothers' footsteps playing defensive back on the football team until junior high school when a big hit on the field directed him toward basketball. Ever the supportive father, Big Joe built a hoop, made of an old bicycle wheel and half of a wooden door, in the Dumars' backyard where Little Joe spent hours practicing his jumper.


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I have just finished these fingerless mitts and sent them off to their southerly recipient (with some regret, as it's starting to get proper Baltic here in Edinburgh). I started them on one of the grimmest bus journeys imaginable, and these little guys kept me company through ten toiletless hours. The basic pattern was this one by the Purl Bee, but I quickly tired of the 2x2 ribbing. Perhaps I should have been alerted by the name 'the purl bee', that this was a bee who favoured the simple pleasures of the purl stitch above fancy fripperies; who, indeed, may not have been capable of designing far beyond the basics of knit and purl, being a bee. On the other hand, what if the bee could hold a tiny knitting needles in each of its six insect-y legs – what then could it not do? Anyway, I decided to throw in a little freaky free-styling with cables and slip-stitches. The challenge then was to try and match said free-styling on the second glove – a challenge which I absolutely failed at: these are some mismatched mitts. But then, hopefully that just lends them a charming hand-made uniqueness? Yeah? Yeah.
I made my mitts in Dream In Color Smooshy in the colourway 'Chocolate Night'. I highly recommend this yarn (which I think I got here) - the yardage is fantastic, it comes in a number of beautiful semi-solid colours, and is a real sturdy workhorse. The one downside for the British knitter is that as an Australian merino dyed in America, it's far from virtuous in terms of yarn miles, but as an environmentally-unsound treat, I think it's ok. The colour is pretty similar to the colour in the Purl Bee photos, and indeed to that I made my Evolution Mitts in all that time ago (which seem to have gone missing. I suspect my mother - the hand model in these photos. I swear that woman is building some sort of a woolly fort with ill-gotten knits of mine). I really was sad to see these hand-warmers go; I'm writing this in a charmingly petite French café in Stockbridge, and imagining that these might be just the sort of mitts that Amélie Poulain might have worn to ward off the Parisian chill. Perhaps I shall make another pair for myself, and magic loop 'em both at once to ensure identicality. Hmm.
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World champion Finland improves from fourth to second place
BRATISLAVA – Russia remains first in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, but Finland follows just 20 points behind after winning the 2011 Worlds. The groups for 2012 will be determined shortly.The Finns move up from fourth to second place. Sweden remains third with as many points as Finland, but Finland is ahead because the result of the most recent tournament serves as a tie-breaker in the World Ranking.Olympic champion Canada drops down from second to fourth place after being ousted in the World Championship quarter-finals two years in a row.The Czech Republic stays in fifth place despite winning the bronze medals in Bratislava.The United States remain in sixth and Switzerland in seventh position in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking.Germany and Norway – the two surprising quarter-finalists at this year's World Championship – move up. Germany gains one place and is now eighth while Norway moves up two spots and follows in ninth place.This area is the borderline for a bye to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The top nine teams of the IIHF World Ranking in one year, after the 2012 IIHF World Championship, will be qualified automatically for the Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Teams ranked tenth and worse in one year will have to battle for the remaining three spots in the 12-team Olympic men's ice hockey tournament through qualification events.Slovakia loses two places after finishing in a disappointing tenth place on home ice in Bratislava and is now tenth in the World Ranking as well. Belarus drops down one spot and is eleventh, followed by Latvia, Denmark, France and Austria.Among Division I nations Great Britain made the biggest step forward. The British won Division I silver in April and had their best placement since 2001. They moved up two places and are now 21st.The IIHF World Ranking includes the 48 of the IIHF's 70 member nations that have participated in the IIHF World Championship Program in the last four years. It is based on the performances of the men's national teams in the last four IIHF World Championships (2008-2011) and the last Olympic Winter Games (2010) with higher weighting on the more recent tournaments.2011 IIHF Men's World Ranking2011 IIHF Women's World RankingGroups for 2012 to be determined shortlyThe two groups of eight teams for the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden), along with the schedule, will be determined shortly upon consultation with the involved parties and participants.Due to logistical and scheduling reasons, the composition of the two groups may not necessarily follow the predetermined order from the 2011 IIHF World Ranking.MARTIN MERK