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I swear I was okay until literally the last minute. And now I am trying to swallow around a football-sized lump in my throat. Man, it was good to see our boys again, wasn't it?
Well, we've had a month to process, to reason, to rationalize. We've had a month to decide if we're going to be okay with this or with that. To try to figure out the method to the writer's madness. To miss our heroes.
One thing I think we all can agree on is that when REO's "Riding the Storm Out" began to play over the 'road so far' there was a collective, fandom-wide grin.
And what a road it's been, you guys. I mean, I haven't missed a beat, but as they recapped everything from Sam seeing Hallucifer to Cas Leviathaning out and walking into that lake to Bobby's being shot…I was winded. And I don't know about you guys, but I have this odd feeling…like the rest of this season is going to be a slow, subtle goodbye. I know every year it's been THE big question: will SPN get renewed? But during this episode, I really felt this…sad, quiet exhale.
Oddly, I simultaneously embraced and rejected this idea. I've always said I don't want our show to over-stay its welcome, to run itself into the ground X-files-style. But, I have to say, the minute I saw Dean? I felt an entirely different kind of exhale. The kind that says, "Oh, there you are; I've been waiting for you!"
So, I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into things. It's happened before. Anyway. Moving on!
To set up one of the episode's focal points, we see a rough-around-the-edges man (who we later learn is Lee Chambers – played by an actor I remember from an early episode of Smallville), sitting in a truck stop diner, watching what looks like a hooker and a john outside in the parking lot. A blonde waitress comes up, asks him if he needs anything else, and when he reaches to pay her, we see he's got a knife strapped to his belt. So, hunter.
He heads out after the couple, following them between two parked semi-trucks, but before he can find them, he's confronted by Blondie from the diner who reveals that she's slipped him a venom mickey. His vision blurs as he pulls his knife. She goes all snake-eyes on him and grows some nasty fangs before slamming him against the side of the semi and takes him down.
As we transition back to our boys, we realize that Bobby is dead. I found myself waiting to hear that he was in a coma or something, but he's really gone (or as 'gone' as anyone ever is in Supernatural). And even if we didn't want it to be true or don't understand why the writers decided to go this route, it made sense after what they left us with prior to the hiatus. He had to be gone, really.
I thought they worked through the time from Bobby's death to the action portion of the episode very well. Not that I wouldn't have wanted to see them emote or physically react, but this fit our show right now. This isn't a fanfic where we can delve into the whys and what fors and the inner workings of the characters psyche (which is one of my favorite things to do). And it's not a show like…One Tree Hill where drama is the name of the game. Not that I actually watch One Tree Hill, but the pervasive CW previews give you that idea. No offense to any OTH fans out there.
Not only that, but I thought back to when they lost John. It was sudden and unexpected and sucked the air from the room around them, just like with Bobby. When John died, we saw tears – more from Sam than Dean, but that fit – and we saw Dean beat the hell out of his Impala, helpless for a way to express his pain and anger and grief. It had to be different this time. For one, he was their father. Second, they've been through so much more now than they had when John died. And third, Bobby held a different role in their lives and was basically their last connection to family.
They didn't just lose their friend, their 'Uncle' – they lost their last connection to a life outside of themselves, outside of blood and brothers and the tangle of living in each other's pockets. They lost the only reminder that they're not alone in the world. The reaction to that isn't immediate or comprehensive. It's not something that happens the moment the reality of the loss sinks in. It's something that happens slowly. Over time. With small reminders. Like a smell, or an object, or the turn of a phrase, or the moment you're distracted and you forget for one brief second that they're gone and you almost turn to speak to them or say their name and then you remember and the pain is sharp and real and right in your heart.
White letters on a black background informed us that it was Week One. We see the boys sitting in Rufus' cabin – the one that Bobby had them take over when his house was destroyed. Dean is sitting on the couch, Sam on a chair, and they look…wrecked. Hollowed out. They're bleary-eyed, wan. They both look like they can't quite take a full breath; as if the weight of their grief has paralyzed them, leaving them without a path, a course. Dean's eyes are red-rimmed, but dry. Sam looks all of twelve, gripping his scarred hand.
They steal looks at each other when they other isn't looking. As if each is checking to see if his brother is okay, or still there, or if this is real. *rubs heart*
Week Two and Dean's looking at the numbers Bobby wrote on Sam's hand: 45489. He's drinking from a tumbler, his face drawn tight, eyes dark. There is a list of crossed-out possibilities for what the numbers represent on the pad of paper in his hand. Sam's up, in the kitchen, looking at Bobby's address book. They room around them is still a vacuum; you get the impression that they only leave the cabin and each other's presence when absolutely necessary – food runs, showers, sleeping in shifts.
By Week Three, Dean's up, having created his own 'wall of weird' with Leviathan movement and newspaper articles and locations – very reminiscent of the wall they found in John's motel room in the Pilot and Sam's wall when Wednesday came around in Mystery Spot. It's a hunter's wall and Dean has waded as best he can through suffocating grief to numb acceptance and is now well on his way to blinding, rage-filled revenge.
Sam is in the kitchen, getting a beer from the fridge. To Dean's back, he asked if they should be telling people – people Bobby knew. Dean glosses right over Sam's question, blatantly ignoring it and the implication of having to actually speak the fact of Bobby's death out loud to anyone besides his brother. He asks how long it's been since he gave Frank (the paranoid old guy plugged into the matrix who got them off the grid – and has the Impala secreted away somewhere, still) the numbers? A few weeks?
Dean: Is he nuts or just being rude?
Sam: Could be both. I asked you a question.
Dean: Unless…something happened to him. He can't get to a phone because a Leviathan ate his face.
Sam (deadpanned): Also a possibility.
Dean continues to avoid both Sam's question and the bitchface that is currently settling into place on Sam's countenance because he's avoiding the question. He wants to go check on Frank.
Sam: Do you want to call Bobby's people or not?Dean (finally acknowledging the topic by half-turning to face his brother): I'm not calling anybody. If you want to, go right ahead.
Sam: I don't want to call anybody, are you nuts?
Me: Then why even bring it up, Sam?Okay, so this is just the oldest sister in me, but it sounded like such a typical younger sibling thing to ask. "I think this is what we're supposed to do in this situation, but there's no way I'm doing it and you're the oldest, so I think you should." *laughs* I get that he knew people would call and that Bobby knew a lot of people – after all he was the one studying Bobby's address book when Dean was plotting their revenge. And I really do understand the need to reach out when you lose someone and find others that person knew to share that loss – just as I understand the need to not say a word and wrap your pain around you tightly because it's your pain and he was your friend and no one else will get it.
But…if you're going to bring up an unpleasant duty, be willing to be the one to do it, or don't bring it up. And that's all I'm saying about that.
Just then, a cell phone rings, and it's obviously in Bobby's duffel. Dean tells Sam to get it and crosses the room, spying Bobby's flask. As Sam answers, Dean picks up the flask, sniffs it, grimaces, then puts it down. A young girl is on the other line and asks for Bobby Singer. Sam stumbles a bit and eventually lands on "he's not here, but I'm a friend of his." The girl says her dad told her to call Bobby, and hangs up.
Dean picks up a full bottle of beer – and I know it was full because when what happened later happened, I rewound to check to make sure my eyes weren't just tired – and listens as Sam says he has the girl's number on Caller ID and they should go see if they can help. There had to be a reason she called Bobby. Dean wants to go make sure that Frank hasn't been turned into Leviathan lunch and see what he's made of those numbers.
They decide to split up.
Sam: On one condition – if Frank is spinning his wheels, you bail on crazy and come meet me.
Dean agrees, then glances as his bottle – now completely empty. Only we never saw him take a drink.
Dean: Thanks for drinking my entire beer.
Sam: I didn't touch your beer. Mine's right there. You probably drank it without noticing.
Dean frowns, baffled, and is like, "Right…." Me? I think they have themselves a guardian spirit who has a penchant for wearing trucker hats and a soft spot the size of the Grand Canyon when it comes to the Winchesters – especially Dean. Not sure how that's going to play out, but I think there's more to the Case of the Disappearing Beer than just Dean drinking so much he doesn't even realize when he downs a bottle.
Also? Shallow aside – I frakking love when Dean does that "drags hand down face" maneuver when he's tired, spent, or out of options. /aside
So, Sam shows up at the girl's apartment – using the caller ID, he found her father's name in Bobby's address book. Standing outside her door, he has to tell her that Bobby passed away and you can see it costs him. Saying it out loud makes it real. *rubs heart* He convinces her that he's there to help and she lets him in, saying she has 911 on speed dial.
The girl, Krissy Chambers (and am I the only one who thought it interesting that she shared a similar moniker as Chris Chambers, rebellious but damaged tough teen from Stephen King's The Body, aka Stand by Me? Yes? Okay then...), asks Sam if he's a 'salesman,' too, and says her dad has been on the road and it's been 5 days since he checked in. You can see the familiar childhood she has been living hitting home for Sam as he looks around the sparsely furnished apartment. He asks her to fix some coffee, then goes to look through her dad's desk and closet, finally finding Chambers's own 'wall of weird' behind his clothes in the closet. It doesn't take him long to figure out where Chambers took off to, and he heads out, telling Krissy he has a lead and will check in.
Elsewhere, Dean pulls up to Frank's house in a maroonish Buick Skylark. And I swear every time I see a Buick Skylark, I think of My Cousin Vinnie and Marissa Tomei's memorable testimony: "…there is no way that these tire marks were made by a 1964 Buick Skylark convertible. These marks were made by a 1963 Pontiac Tempest."
Sorry. I digress.
Dean heads inside, gun drawn, and finds the place cleaned out. He mutters that this is not good just before we hear a round being chambered behind him. He turns, raising his gun and setting his mouth in a serious line all in one smooth move. *very cool* Standing behind him is Frank with an Uzi or some such thing. They have a bit of a face-off, Dean trying to convince Frank he's not a Leviathan.
Frank: That's just what a Leviathan would say. Dick Roman's a Leviathan…Gweneth Paltrow's a Leviathan….
Dean: Yeah?
Frank: Trust me.
*laugh* Poor Gwennie.
Dean, declaring that Frank has done a little too much research, says that Levi's bleed black, and to convince Frank he's not a "big mouth," he pulls out his switch blade and cuts his arm. Frank's like, oh, okay cool, and Dean's all, hold up! Fair's fair!
So, Frank cuts the palm of his hand and everyone bleeds red. Frank tells Dean to get his gun and come with him – and not to make any noise, which I thought was ironic because just moments before Frank had been willing to shoot Dean to see what color his blood was. But oh, well. They drive to what looks like an old barn and inside is an RV stocked with all of Frank's computers, TVs, and "spy" equipment.
He told Dean that as soon as he started to poke around Dick Roman (ha!) he was being watched. Dean's doubtful that the Leviathans are watching Frank Devereaux but Frank argues that while there's no pill for his particular brand of psychosis, he's been doing this long enough, he knows when someone is watching him. He says that the Big Mouths are all over – bankers, military higher ups, etc.
Dean: So that's why you didn't call me back?
Frank: You called me four days ago.
Dean: I called you four weeks ago!
Frank: Days…weeks, quit bustin' my chops.
Dean is practically vibrating with incredulity. "I paid $15 grand for this info!"
Okay…where'd he get $15 grand? More dragon gold? Yowza.
Dean gets in Franks face, very serious. "Dick Roman is every card in my hit deck. You understand that? Those numbers have something to do with him. Bobby died for those numbers."Frank says he's sorry about Bobby and starts to reminisce about one time they were in Fresno and Dean cuts him off, turning away, and declares that he's not going to play the "this one time" game with someone who barely knew Bobby. This wasn't a friendship; he's paying Frank to help him get to intel he can't get to on his own. Frank starts to suggest that a little LSD might help Dean out a little, and before Dean can storm out, Frank snags him back by saying that while the numbers are bupkis, they could "probability generate." Which…what?
Frank: You run the most reasonable possibility for a Levi-related (hee – he actually says 'Levi') five-digit number written by a dying drunk, you come up flat. THEN you start to wonder…hey…maybe I'm missing a number.Dean's like why would you think that and Frank's like because Bobby was dying of brain trauma, so…he basically did some kind of math-fu and realized that by adding a 6th number, the pattern was coordinates. Which, of course we all knew the moment Bobby wrote them down in Death's Door. Because we're so awesome. *grins*
He shows Dean the coordinates lead to a field in Wisconsin that is owned by a subsidiary business of Richard Roman Enterprises. Yahtzee. They plan to head there and set up surveillance.
Meanwhile…Sam is suited up and standing over a body on a morgue table getting the deets from the M.E. (I presume). The body (the "john" that we saw in the first part of the episode) was found in a ditch, 5 pints low, with bite marks on his carotid and femoral arteries. Sam's like, "Animal attack?" M.E. comes back with, "Or vampires." Sam gives him nothing. The M.E. pouts, "That usually gets at least a chuckle."
Usually? They see a lot of bloodless bodies in that area? Sam gives him a tight smile, then leaves, calling Dean. Dean tells Sam about the coordinates and that he and Frank are going there to set up surveillance and Sam's like, umm…is that such a good idea?
Dean: Relax. It's a field, not the Death Star.
Hee. Just like Beggars Canyon back home, huh, Dean?
Dean says he knows that Dick is busy doing…something I didn't catch. Whatever it is, it was all over The Huffington Post.
Sam: Since when do you read?
Dean: Know your enemy, Sam.
Atta boy.
Sam tells him about the 3 missing truckers and one blood-free body and Dean's all, "Good times. Keep me posted." It was a bit strange – the knee-jerk reaction I had was don't split up, this is going to go badly but then I thought about the reality of their situation and that if they are going to 1) keep hunting, 2) stay alive long enough to defeat the Leviathans, and 3) kick Dick Roman's ass back to Purgatory, they couldn't be working the same things, side-by-side all the time. They had to trust each other and stay in touch. So, I pushed my instinctive reaction down and went with it.Frank sticks his head out of the RV and tells Dean to "get your costume on" so they can get going. I lost track of where Frank was living, but they reach the field in Wisconsin pretty quickly. I wonder just how small fans from other countries think the U.S. is based on how quickly the boys are able to drive from one place to another.
Disguised as "WIStel" techs, they go about figuring out how/where to set up surveillance equipment. Frank makes Dean get up in the cherrypicker – mainly because Frank's "costume" says manager while Dean's says technician – and the brief moments Dean is up in that thing are the most amusing of the show. He clicks his safety harness, but still moves on it like it's coated with ice, and his little "AH!" when he first gets the thing moving, followed by a hurried glance around to see if anyone heard that, was hilarious. He manages to get the thing all the way to the top of a telephone pole when Frank calls him back down.
Apparently there are cameras mounted all over the field. Dean's frustrated – hard to set up surveillance when there's already surveillance. But Frank's all – we'll just tap into theirs! It's cake!
So, back in Frank's RV, Dean's in a chair and Frank's in front of a monitor. Dean's voice is low, rough and completely exhausted as he says, "Now what?"
Frank: You look horrific. When's the last time you really slept?
Dean = eye roll. "Let's just work."
Frank says they have to wait and watch. He suggests they do so in shifts because he doesn't think Dean can keep his eyes open – no sooner does he say that then Dean's asleep in the chair…and well on his way to a wicked neck cramp. His phone rings, but he doesn't hear it. He's out.It's Sam, of course. Calling to tell Dean that he's figured out that Chambers was hunting a vetala and that John had one in this journal. Says that a silver knife to the heart, with a twist, and it's done. He tells Dean that the vetala are maladjusted, loner types that knock a guy out, drag him home, and feed slow, so he thinks Krissy's dad could still be alive.
Sam: It would it be nice to get this girl's dad back home to her.
*rubs heart* Aw, Sammy. His whole quest to find this girl and get her father back and do this hunt wasn't just so that he could keep busy – that was part of it, but you could also see how he just really needed what they were doing to matter, to have something that showed him all the pain he lived with and survived was truly worth it. That what they were doing made a difference, even if just in one life.
He goes to The Truck Stop Diner of Doom and meets up with Blondie from before – whom we know is Bad News – and shows her a pic of Chambers. She sends him outside to talk to the "hooker" from before – who looks like Terri Hatcher's younger sister – and he finds out her name is Sally. He asks Sally if she saw Chambers and Sally plays the damsel in distress to a "T" pulling him away from the well-lit, highly populated front of the diner to someplace "safer" in the back so that she can tell him what she knows.
In moments, Blondie shows up and Sam valiantly tries to save Sally, only to realize that she's a snake-eyes, too. The girls double team him, taking him down with their venom bites and he falls to the ground in this almost delicate-looking yoga pose.And this, kids, is why you always hunt with a partner.
Back in the All Seeing RV, Dean is waking up, his head slumped sideways against a cabinet of some kind. He straightens stiffly and asks Frank how long he was out. Frank says 36 hours. Um, what? Sitting up like that? How the heck is he moving at all? And why doesn't he have to pee like a racehorse? 'Course this is coming from the same guy who thought 4 weeks was 4 days, so….
Still, I think they were trying to make the point that Dean just full-on passed out from exhaustion and was tired enough to sleep – basically sitting up – for a day and a half (enough time for Sam to get in trouble). Not only that, but the way Dean looks in this whole scene, just…he wears exhaustion well.
There was something about his eyes – how wounded yet steady they were. How he seemed to listen with all of him. He often stands still, somehow giving off the illusion that he's in motion. But here, he was just…still. Maybe it was the weariness and sorrow weighing him down. But he wore it well.
Without pausing for food or coffee or anything, Frank shows Dean what he discovered – a Sara Palin look-alike named Amanda Hillard who works for Dick Roman.
Dean: What is she doing?Frank: Being a naughty, bossy little girl.
Dean: Hate to ask for that in the non-porno version.
Basically, she and a bunch of surveyors are…surveying. Planning to build something there. What? They don't know. Frank tells him to have patience. Dean's not really friendly with patience, thanks. Franks tells him to go kill something to blow off steam, earning him a tired-eyed glare.
Frank: You don't like my suggestion?
Dean: I don't think you're in the position to give suggestions. You're one tin foil hat away from a rubber room.
Frank: Did I mention you look awful?
Dean (eyes going hard for a moment): Yes. Maybe because someone I cared about just got shot in the head. (eyes shifting to tired again) And this is like shoving a rock up a hill. (eyes shifting ever so briefly to full-on vulnerable) And… (wall goes down) screw you.Frank: Here's my advice you didn't ask for. Quit.
Dean: What?!
Frank: You want to keep going?
Dean: I want Dick Roman on a spit.
Frank: You're gonna drive yourself into the ground first. Good plan.
Dean (looking down, voice sullen): Not gonna quit. Not even an option. Not gonna walk out on my brother.I thought it was interesting how he connected that – quitting hunting (what Frank was suggesting) meant walking out on Sam. He assumed Sam wouldn't quit. And that if he did quit, he'd lose Sam – which isn't necessarily the truth. But it's interesting to see how he ties it all together. It's not about not quitting because he knows no other way or because this is all he is, all he's good at. It comes back, as it always seems to for Dean, to Sam.
Frank: Fine. Do what I did.
Dean (scoffing, leaning against the cabinet): What, go native? Stock up on C-rations?
Frank (suddenly looking very sane, almost scarily so): No. What I did when I was 26 and came home to find my wife and two kids gutted on the floor.
Everyone has a story. Which is why I hate assumptions. You have no idea the road someone else has traveled to get to the point they're at in their lives. No idea what they've had to do to make themselves okay with their choices. Listening to Frank, Dean pulls a bit away from the wall, his face smoothing with surprise and a familiar sadness you feel when you realize that you have a kinship with someone, but it's over a similarity you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
Frank: Decide to be fine to the end of the week. Make yourself smile because you're alive and that's your job. Then do it again the next week.
Dean: Fake it?
Frank: I call it being professional. Do it right. With a smile. Or don't do it.
Dean looks down, nodding. When life gets to a point where you say, I don't want to do this anymore, no matter what 'this' is, you make a decision and you follow that decision with a vengeance. You decide to survive it, or you decide to quit it.
Turning away from Frank, Dean digs out his cell phone – probably realizing with the mention of his brother that he's been out of touch for over a day. He starts to listen to Sam's voicemail and before Sam can get past "maladjusted loners," Dean's like, "no, no that's not right." The phone beeps in and Dean clicks over – it's Krissy. She hasn't heard back from Sam. Dean = growl of worry.
Inside some abandoned garage-looking place, Sam wakes up tied to a chair, his neck bloody. Around him are the drained, lifeless bodies of several other men – presumably the missing truckers. Tied to a chair across from him is Lee Chambers, looking dangerously pale and completely exhausted. Sam tells Chambers who he is, his connection to Bobby and that Krissy's okay. Chambers tells Sam that when the vetala's feed four times, you're toast. He says that when they bite, they inject a venom that makes it so you can't see, feel, think…. And they've fed on him 3 times.
Over at the Chambers' apartment, Dean shows up, looking for clues to find Sam, and tells Krissy to wait in the living room because he doesn't think her dad would want her to know everything about him. He's short with her, not in the mood to have to take care of someone else's feelings right now – not when Sam's in trouble. But Krissy reveals that she knows all about the life of a hunter – she just snowed Sam because that was how her dad coached her: let the adults work it out.
She'd taken down her dad's 'wall of weird' in the closet and burned it, leaving Dean with little choice to get the information he needed to figure out where Sam was. He demands her to give the information to him but instead, she pulls a gun on him, making him sigh with a really? expression.
Dean: I get it. You're a tough kid. But I'm trying to get Sam and your dad back.
Krissy: My dad left and he didn't come back. Sam left and he didn't come back. I give you the info, you don't come back.
Dean looks at her with that same expression he had back at Frank's – as if he can really hear what she saying. Not just her words, but what's behind them. The nights alone, the fear of not knowing as well as the fear of a truth the majority of the world doesn't believe.
Dean: I'm coming back.
Krissy: I'm going with you.
Dean: No. No. HELL no.
Krissy: I'm coming or you're not going.
Tiring of having a gun pointed at him, Dean whacks it out of her hand, taking it for himself, and then she tells him that she memorized the info – the only way he CAN get it is to take her. So she goes. In the front seat of the Skylark, she turns to him with a question. He gives her this sidelong glance that would have MELTED ME INTO GOO had I been her. Srsly.
Dean: Here's the deal. I'm a fun guy. I'm actually awesome. But right now I'm not in the mood. I'm neck deep in some serious crap and if this wasn't an emergency, I'd drop your ass off at the nearest mall.
Krissy: What serious crap?
Dean: Revenge crap. Shut up. Eat a cookie or something.
Krissy puts her earbuds in, then after a moment says, "One thing doesn't make sense. My dad's a great hunter. And your brother is the size of a car. So…how did this thing get them both?"
Dean tells her that vetala's hunt in pairs. Both her dad and Sam assumed it was one thing hunting solo because they had the wrong info…even though it was the best available. He says that their dad took down a loner years ago and Sam has his journal – Chambers had to be going on similar facts. Dean, however, knows differently because he hunted one that turned into two a few year back. (Aaannnddd…now I want to write that story.)
Krissy gives him hell for not telling Sam and Dean scowls at her.
Dean: Sam was away at Stanford, smartass.
Krissy (open-mouthed): He went to college? I though you said your dad was a hunter.
Dean: He was. We were. Sam quit, went to college.
Krissy looks slightly shell shocked, absorbing the fact that one might actually quit this life. Go to college.Dean: You could, too. Go to college. Be a hunter-slash-pediatrician.
Krissy half-smiles. And I wondered about the path of Dean's thoughts at this moment. How he'd always wanted Sam to stay a kid. How he'd never wanted Ben to see the life he'd led. How important it was to him for kids to actually be kids since he never got that chance. And this life? Was the reason.
Back at the Vetala Garage, Sally comes in to feed and goes to Chambers. Sam, knowing one more feeding will completely drain Chambers, taunts her about the vetala he killed in Utah – how he tied it up and cut her up and enjoyed every minute of it. Sally feeds off him instead, grabbing his head and exposing his already bloody neck, his eyes rolling back as her venom takes hold.
At the Truck Stop Diner of Doom, Dean and Krissy are sitting out in the Skylark, scoping the place. Dean asks her if she's actually worked with her dad, not just shooting cans in the woods. She's all, "I help all the time." He looks at her like, don't con a conman.
Dean: So, no. Right about now, your stomach should be pretty knotted up.
Krissy isn't going to let him shake her resolve so she gives as good as she gets, not letting Dean get a leg up in his "this is serious crap, kid" argument. She's sarcastic and sassy and…well, pretty much like a lot of 14 year olds I've met. Dean thinks she's scared and says she's not a good actress. She tells him she's been training for this her whole life.
His face flinches a bit at those words and he turns a stony face in her direction saying that training is one thing, doing is another beast. During a lull in their argument, Krissy notices Sally taking a trucker to the back of a semi while Blondie climbs in the cab.
Krissy: Why is that waitress getting in that truck?
Dena: I'm not explaining the R-rated crap to you.
Krissy: The front of the truck.So, they follow the truck to the Vetala Garage and Dean's all, "nicely done," *fist bump*…only apparently they don't fist bump anymore (I missed that memo…Shawn and Gus do it all the time!). He charms her into bumping knuckles then sleight of hands a pair of handcuffs, locking her wrist to the steering wheel. She calls him a jackass.
Dean: I'm the jackass who ain't bringing a kid in there. Period.
He promises to bring them back and Krissy's like, they are probably dead. It's been days. People die. She watched her mom get torn to shreds. Now, she thinks her dad is dead and she wants to kill the monsters that did it. Something Dean can definitely understand, and he almost gives in. But then he demands she give him her lock pick and goes inside.
Now, this is the only part of the episode where I had to work to find the rhythm of what they were doing with the story – not the hunters beat vetala's part, that's a given. But with how it all played out. Some things happened in this final battle that I wasn't sure I felt.
Dean gets inside the garage and sees both of the creatures are there. He grabs a 2x4 and bashes Sally across the face. Blondie is on him in an instant and knocks the silver knife from his hand before he can stab her. She knocks him around but good and gets him up against a wall, choking him. Sam starts to come to, realizing that Dean is fighting the blonde vetala.
Dean gets the upper hand, getting Blondie on the ground and grabs the knife but just as he about to stab her, Krissy rushes in and goes straight for her father. Sally rouses and grabs Krissy's ankle, turning the tables as she jumps up and uses Krissy as both a shield and a hostage, demanding Dean release Blondie, which he does. Chambers is all "how could you bring her with you," and Krissy has this weird, almost triumphant look in her eye for a second and Dean looks…lost. Frozen. Paralyzed with indecision.Sally has Krissy, Blondie starts to feed on Chambers, Krissy is pleading – in tears – for Dean to help. But Dean…just stands there, staring at her. I wasn't sure if it was the fact that she was a kid that was throwing him off, the exhaustion Frank had been talking about, or the fact that this was the first hunt since Bobby that was crashing down around him, but the way he stood there just seemed so unlike him. Before he can snap out of it, Krissy pulls out a knife secreted away in her sleeve, turns and stabs Sally, twisting the knife and turning her to dust. She immediately goes to cut Sam free as Dean dives for his lost knife.
Blondie turns to Dean who drops into a crouch, his knife up, ready to go in for the kill. Sam stands, Krissy's knife in his hand. Blondie turns to face Sam and Sam stabs and kills her. Sam's looking at Dean, not so much in a 'whoa we did it, what a rush' way, but in a 'dude, what is the matter with you' way. Krissy has moved to untie her father.
Krissy: Bad actress, huh?
Dean (breathless):I take it back.
Now, maybe you think that all went down just as it should have as a kid was involved – one who'd been raised "in the life." But I just didn't get why they wrote the scene with Dean – who we all know is a badass as they come where hunting is concerned – standing frozen while a kid and his wounded brother kill the baddies. If he'd at least been able to kill Blondie I don't think I would have thought anything.
But then again, maybe it's fitting that Sam kill his tormentor, right? And it could all be tied to a path they have Dean stumbling down the rest of this season – how he's been barely keeping it together and according to Frank is running himself into the ground. Or it could just be a fluke for this one episode. Who knows. Moving on!
At the hospital, the brothers go in to visit Chambers (Sam with his neck bandaged, but not as much blood loss as the older hunter). Chambers tries to thank them, but Dean shakes his head.
Dean: Don't thank us. Quit. Your daughter is 14, a hunter, a kill under her belt. I'm not trying to be a dick, but what do you think that does to her lifespan? She could still be a normal kid.
I watched Sam while Dean was talking to see if he looked shocked or upset by what Dean was saying. He just looked at Chambers, face impassive, as if he agreed with every word Dean said.
Chambers: I got into this for a reason.
Dean: I know. Your family. Same reason you should get out now.
Chambers: I can't. You ever know anyone who left the life?
Dean (face for one moment utterly sad): No. They all get killed first.
After a moment, Sam's all, we should go, and they head out of the hospital. Krissy follows and gives Dean a hard time for not saying goodbye. Dean's like, oh so you're sentimental now? Krissy says he's kind of amusing for an old man. Translation: that blue shirt you're wearing makes your eyes look amazing and makes my belly do little flips. Or…maybe that was my line. Sorry.
ANYWAY. He figures out that she used a bobby pin to get out of her cuffs and says she could have gotten killed. She says she saved him and he's like, "Point still stands. But…yes."
She tells him it looks like she's retiring – one and done. Doesn't know what she'll do – maybe go to Stanford like Sam. They fist bump, call each other lame, and he tells her to take care of herself, then walks away with a small smile leaving Krissy with a grin on her face. It's really sweet and gave me a warm feeling for him that we haven't had at the end of a hunt in a really long time.
In the car, time has passed because it's now nighttime when it was daylight at the hospital. Sam suddenly speaks up, saying "Good for them."
Dean: Nice to walk away from someone and feel like they could be okay.
He checks on Sam, making sure he's okay.
Sam (pausing, thinking, goes for honesty): No. I'm not all right. But…maybe I just want to work.
Then he looks at Dean and says, "Should I even ask?"
Dean: I'm fine.
Sam: Fine, meaning….
Dean: You're right. We should just work. Figure out a way to kick Dick Roman's ass. We are the professionals.
Sam watches Dean for another moment, but it seems that he's run out of things to say. At least for now. He pushes in a cassette and let's Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy" fill up the spaces in the car, then curls up against the window to sleep.
And then one of the most heart-wrenching moments this season – working me over harder than Death's Door, leaving me as breathless as the end of Hello, Cruel World. Dean, behind the wheel of the Skylark, looks out into the night, listening to the music, and smiles. The first one is almost natural, but it falters quickly as grief washes over his expression like a riptide.
He forces another smile to the surface, this one weaker, not reaching his eyes and when the pull of sorrow grabs it, his chin shakes. Next, he starts with his eyes, trying to do it right. Trying to force the smile because he's alive and it's his job. But he's drowning in the pain of it all. And we can see it as the smile falters once more, going down reaching. Just before the screen fades to black, he pushes another smile to the surface and it's the saddest, most heart breaking expressions I've ever seen. But he holds it like a professional.
*rubs heart*
Man, he wrecks me sometimes. Both in good and bad ways. SO, the boys are alone. No family – not even the non-blood ones – to speak of. But, as we saw, there are other hunters out there. Ones they could connect with, help, use as back up. There are channels and debts and ways they can pull in reinforcements if they need to. And they have a tenuous lead on the Levi's plans…though that will probably take a few episodes to play out.
We have a lot of options for direction this next half of the season. And it looks like right now, the brothers are playing all cards on the table. I suspect they have someone lurking about trying to help them with the things he can help them with. I really do. And I hope it's true because I like that angle. And I want to know when we get Baby back!
Next week's episode looks like it's going to be FANtastic. I did a mini dance after the previews were over. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but after that I think we have a two week break and then they're back on Feb 3rd.
Thanks for reading. I always feel a bit rusty after a hiatus, so I hope this was at least partially coherent. Until next week!


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Ireland: Dolphins weren't 'desperate' for a QB in NFL Draft, will instead look to free agency
The Dolphins finished 30th in the NFL in points scored last season (17.3 per game), but went a long way toward improving their offense in this weekend's NFL Draft by drafting a new center, running back, speed receiver and H-back with consecutive picks.
The one position they didn't address, you may have noticed? Quarterback. Twelve were picked over the weekend, none by Miami.
"The board didn't fall right for us to pick up a quarterback," general manager Jeff Ireland said after the draft. "I didn't feel like we were desperate for one, and so we didn't adjust our board to try to go after one."
Ireland didn't feel desperate for a quarterback even though Chad Henne and Tom Brandstater are the only ones currently under contract for 2011. He didn't feel desperate for a quarterback even with Henne finishing with 15 touchdowns against 19 interceptions in 2010, ranking 26th in the NFL in passer rating (75.4) and 24th in yards per attempt (6.7).
To be clear, the Dolphins aren't simply handing Henne the keys to the offense like they did last offseason. "Obviously what we want to do, and I've made this perfectly clear, is to have competition at every position," head coach Tony Sparano said after the draft.
But the Dolphins felt that Ryan Mallett, who slid to the third round, wasn't the answer. Or Blaine Gabbert, who was surprisingly available with the 10th pick. Or Christian Ponder (they could've traded up for him but didn't), Ricky Stanzi, Andy Dalton or Colin Kaepernick. The Dolphins didn't even take a flier on a late-round QB like Tyler Yates or Nathan Enderle.
The the goal of the draft, instead, was to improve the pieces around Henne instead of starting over at the position with another rookie.
"By building around the players that you have in the building right now, I think that certainly helps you," Sparano said. "Our situation is now different than it was when we went into the draft at the quarterback position."
Tyler Thigpen may also return, depending on the league rules put in place for 2011. But the Dolphins will still look to free agency for help at quarterback, Ireland said, and perhaps try to trade for a veteran.
Here is a look at their options, and our thoughts on whether they will land in Miami:
* Vince Young: Is supposed to be released by the Titans whenever the league year begins, but we can't imagine the Dolphins, who are in win-now mode, taking a chance on Young and all of his off-field issues.
* Carson Palmer: The Bengals remain steadfast in their stance to not trade or release Palmer, but that may soften after the team drafted Dalton high in the second round. Still, it will be hard to imagine the Dolphins giving up the high draft pick(s) it will require to land him via trade, or Palmer picking Miami as his destination over west coast options like QB-needy Arizona (closer to his Southern California home) or Seattle (to reunite with his college coach, Pete Carroll).
* Kevin Kolb: The Eagles may look to deal Kolb, who is entering the final year of his contract, but the asking price will likely be high, given the importance the Eagles place on quarterback depth (especially considering Michael Vick's injury history). Kolb will likely cost a future first-round pick, and maybe also a third-rounder, and the Dolphins likely won't pay that price for a quarterback with only seven career starts.
* Kyle Orton: Broncos boss John Elway said over the weekend that Tim Tebow will be the team's quarterback moving forward, so Orton could now be available via trade. Orton's pricetag will likely be cheaper than those of Palmer and Kolb (perhaps only a second-round pick), so he could be a possibility for Miami. Brady Quinn is also a free agent, but it's hard to see how he would be an improvement over Henne.
* Matt Hasselbeck: The longtime Seahawks quarterback is a free agent, and though he played in a West Coast offense for so many years, could be a good veteran option for Miami, who would like to find someone to play the "Chad Pennington role" to serve as a mentor and leader and give the team competent snaps should a crisis arise.
* Marc Bulger: Another veteran who could play the Pennington role, but he is already being linked to Arizona.
* Other veteran free agents: Kerry Collins, Trent Edwards, Todd Collins, Bruce Gradkowski, Matt Moore, Kellen Clemens, Billy Volek.
As you can see, the Dolphins don't have many good options. Henne, who is 13-14 in 27 career starts, likely gives the team its best chance at winning in 2011, especially with the current lockout preventing free agents from coming in now and learning the new offense.
Sparano promised, though, that the Dolphins' offense will not look the same next year now that the team has its new rookie weapons and a new coordinator in Brian Daboll.
"Some of you guys still have us in this '3 yards and a cloud of dust' thing," Sparano said. "We'll see."
For a full wrap on this weekend's draft, please check out the Dolphins On Demand Podcast with myself and ESPN 760's Ken LaVicka.

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The Memphis Lawyers' chapter of the Federalist Society will meet Friday, Oct. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Madison Hotel, 79 Madison Ave. U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. will moderate a debate about the constitutional amendment to change Tennessee's judicial selection method. Cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com or 462-2616.
Memphis Botanic Garden will host a Japanese Garden candlelight tour Friday, Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the garden, 750 Cherry Road. Cost is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
David Lusk Gallery will host opening receptions for Huger Foote's "Sixteen" and Libby Johnson's "Meditations" Friday, Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 4540 Poplar Ave. Both exhibits will be displayed through Nov. 16. Visit davidluskgallery.com.
Germantown Performing Arts Center will host a tribute to Sidney Bichet, featuring saxophonist Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Friday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at GPAC, 1801 Exeter Road. Buy tickets at gpacweb.com.
Ballet Memphis will present "River Project 2," the world premiere of three works inspired by the Mississippi River, from Saturday, Oct. 19, to Oct. 27 at Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper St. Buy tickets at balletmemphis.org.
Raleigh Feed Store will hold a 50-year business celebration Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the store, 4284 Fayette Road. The event will include a petting zoo, discounts and raffles. Call 662-317-9775.
The Cooper-Young Regional Beerfest will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Midtown Autowerks, 795 S. Cooper St. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Cooper-Young Community Association. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the gate. Visit cybeerfest.org.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music will host a book-signing with "Love, Peace, and Soul" author Ericka Blount Danois and former Stax Records owner Al Bell on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum, 926 E. McLemore Ave. Visit staxmuseum.com.
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DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - Jan 21, 2013) - HousingWire today announced that it is offering digital subscriptions to HousingWire Magazine, the company's award-winning monthly publication, for the first time. The magazine had previously only been available for subscription in print.
"A number of recent surveys underscore incredibly fast-growing demand for mobile and digital content, especially in the magazine segment," said Paul Jackson, CEO and publisher at HousingWire. "We've been working hard to develop a seamless solution that is cross-platform on any device, any tablet, and any mobile phone."
HousingWire Magazine now offers subscribers a choice between print, digital and combined print and digital magazine subscriptions. Digital subscriptions include multi-device access to HW AllAccess, featuring complete magazine content from January 2011 forward, as well as access to full-content highlights from each magazine on the HousingWire.com website.
Digital magazine readership is surging, with a recent GfK MRI study pegging digital magazine readership among consumers at a 47 percent annualized growth rate.
HousingWire President Richard Bitner said he expects trends in the B2B segment to be no different. "There is no question that continued growth in our magazine readership will come from online and related digital channels, and we're excited to be leading that charge for our readers and for industry advertisers alike," he said.
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Former University of New England (UNE) chancellor John Cassidy had a long phone conversation with business partner Darrell Hendry the day before Mr Hendry lodged the winning bid for a pub the university was selling, a corruption inquiry has heard.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is investigating allegations Mr Cassidy improperly used confidential information to buy into a historic hotel being sold off by UNE.
Mr Cassidy denied any ongoing relationship with Mr Hendry when Mr Hendry emerged as a bidder for the Tattersalls Hotel, located in Armidale, in 2005.
The hotel was sold in December that year in an asset liquidation by the financially distressed student union.
Mr Hendry won with a late bid of $2.65 million that trumped three lower bids received during a closed tender.
Evidence presented to ICAC has revealed that Mr Hendry was in fact a long-term business partner of Mr Cassidy's and a co-director in a company, Vercot, that Mr Cassidy used to take up a stake in the Tattersalls.
Mr Hendry was confronted with telephone record evidence on Tuesday that he took a half-hour long phone call from Mr Cassidy on 1 December 2005, the day before he lodged his bid.
Asked what the conversation had been about, Mr Hendry told the commission he could not recall.
Mr Hendry said he believed, at that stage, that he did not have a partner in the bid and was acting alone.
The response prompted a warning from Commissioner Megan Latham that the ICAC may make inferences based on the evidence Mr Hendry gave.
"You need to take into account that the inference is very strongly available that the half-hour conversation on the 1st of December was in fact about the level of the bid and what should be tendered," Ms Latham said.
"And that that discussion took place with the expectation that Mr Cassidy was going to be a partner in the purchase - that's the inference that's available from those circumstances."
Mr Hendry responded: "I think that's a fair enough inference".
Mr Hendry told the ICAC he had not spoken with Mr Cassidy for some months when he received a telephone call from him about the hotel in November 2005.
"He said it was a good investment," Mr Hendry told the inquiry.
Mr Cassidy and Mr Hendry had a long shared work history as executives at construction company Abigroup and Mr Hendry said he might have joked with his colleague in the past that he would buy a pub when he retired.
But, he told the commission, he had not been serious, had no experience in hotels or regional businesses and was years away from retirement at the time.
Mr Hendry agreed with counsel assisting the commission Anna Mitchelmore that, in terms of location, the Armidale pub was a more convenient investment for Mr Cassidy, who had a farm near the regional city, than it was for himself.
The inquiry has heard that Mr Cassidy announced to UNE that he was a shareholder in the pub in January 2006, having decided just a day earlier to invest.
ICAC is investigating allegations that Mr Cassidy misled the university about his involvement in the hotel deal and whether he complied with his obligations as chancellor.
The inquiry is also examining whether any of his behaviour involved misconduct in public office.
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McCarthy Receives NCAC Weekly Honorby Brent Harris • October 11, 2010 Share:
Junior Kevin McCarthy has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Runner of the Week after his performance at the Dan Huston Pre-Nationals Invitational at Wartburg, Iowa Saturday.
McCarthy helped Wabash finish third out of 25 teams at the event. The Little Giants finished ahead of two nationally-ranked programs — fourth-place Augustana (ranked 13th in this week's US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll) and fifth-place Wisconsin-Platteville (ranked seventh by the USTFCCCA).
McCarthy finished 23rd overall out of a field of 292 runners with a time of 26:33, his second-best time of the season on a 8000-meter course.
McCarthy and the rest of the Wabash team will compete at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble Saturday morning.


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Monday, March 22, 2010
M.D.O.D. Kitten-naming Contest
What a couple of cuties! Send in your suggestions for naming these little bundles of love... This is the first of the 'transition pieces' on MDOD where we look with hope to the future.
My entry for these little guys is "Doodles" and "Scrubber". My second choice is "Fuckball" and "Stir-fry kitty". I'm so happy.
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How about Hope and Change?ReplyDelete
Smegma and Phlegm.ReplyDelete
Then they're only cute until you call them. After that they're freakin' AWESOME.
- Anonymous10:22 AM, March 22, 2010
Connie & LingusReplyDelete
- priceless110:35 AM, March 22, 2010
Bendover and TakeitReplyDelete
black pussy and white pussy. That way when they get lost you can put up signs that say "looking for black pussy" or "looking for white pussy". Your neighbors will love you for it.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:22 AM, March 22, 2010
These are clearly show-kittens and therefore deserve show-kitten names.ReplyDelete
1. Nancy Pelosi's Atrophic Vagina
2. Barney Frank's Patulous Anus
How about Mocha and Joe? Two names for coffee.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:46 PM, March 22, 2010
This One Dude and This Other GuyReplyDelete
- PeggyU12:53 PM, March 22, 2010
Daryl and his other brother Daryl?ReplyDelete
The One and Sheriff Joe.ReplyDelete
Laugh now, but they still qualify for private veterinary care. You can get back at them by putting them in a cut-rate kennel while you travel down to Costa Rica for a colonoscopy that does not use a garden hose, or re-use preparations from previous patients.
- Anonymous3:31 PM, March 22, 2010
Not particularly politically inspired, but Portobello (for the dark one)and Sushi.ReplyDelete
How about Throckmorton and Gum-Elastic BougieReplyDelete
globus and pallidus
Narcan and Dextrose.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4:33 PM, March 22, 2010
Awwwwwww come-on 911, are they really yours?ReplyDelete
dear scrn,ReplyDelete
they were mine but i gave them to my Vietnamese char-woman who seemed very interested in them and said she would feed them goose-liver pate only "until they were big enough", whatever that means.
Sumdood and TrollReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:07 PM, March 22, 2010
OH YEAH?ReplyDelete
well... then... you are a rat on crack (I bet you look like your avatar.
So there.
(give me those kitties)
Up and YoursReplyDelete
How bout...ReplyDelete
Speed Racer and Rat on Acid!
Bibbity and Bobbity.ReplyDelete
Tax and spend.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:08 AM, March 23, 2010
I love kittens,ReplyDelete
especially with an Egg Roll and some Fried Rice..mmmm mmmm Good.....
acid? crack? rats? weird.ReplyDelete
Sir Edward Fluffington & Captain Feathersword.ReplyDelete
Dumb and DumberReplyDelete
Thunder and LightningReplyDelete


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It's a rite of passage for every Oregon-based food blogger: the reproducing of the Yumm sauce.
For those not in the loop, Cafe Yumm! is a chain of eateries based in Eugene, OR that feature bowls topped with their signature Yumm sauce. You can also buy the rather pricey sauce in containers at natural type stores around the metro area, sold in Original, Roasted Garlic & Chipotle varieties.
Portland had its first Cafe Yumm! open in the downtown PSU area this summer and I've gone a couple times so far. Cafe Yumm offers what you want in a bowl and they're famous for compiling it: wholesome beans, grains, assorted toppings & that memorable sauce.
Now, I have no problem shelling out my lunch money for regular Whole Bowl cart visits, and I'll return to Cafe Yumm, but something hasn't been as fresh or colorful in the to-go boxes or wait at this new Cafe Yumm. I do believe I had a side of tofu cubes that was… microwaved…what? Even stranger in contrast to how great their glazed tempeh is. Regardless, that sauce sure sticks and it's about time I made it at home, for way less money, for my own grain + beans + vegetables + sauce arrangements. So, I did. And I'm content.
The not-so-secret ingredients that make it soooo yum? Nuts, beans, lots of lemon juice, nutritional yeast and curry powder. My batch of sauce was based on my available ingredients, yearnin' for spicy chipotles and the tang of a Whole Bowl (yes, I know rumor is that they just ripped off the yumm recipe, but like I can't name 10 other bowls with sauce off the top of my head anyway! there's room for delicious bowl competition!) Dear Cafe Yumm, this post was written with nothing but adoration for bowls.
Imitation Chipotle Yummmmmmm-Style Sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- ½ cup nutritional yeast
- 1/3 cup tahini
- ¼ cup black beans
- 1/2 cup water
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon chipotle sauce (from canned chipotles)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- ½ teaspoon curry powder
- Dash dried basil
- Freshly ground black pepper
1. Puree everything in a blender.
2. Scrape down side sand add more liquid if necessary.
3. Season to taste.
4. Sauce it up.
More Recipes & Yumm fanaticism online:
Check out the 'original' 'imitation' links above. Again, my batch was based on what I had on hand and I am very happy with the results – but there are clear differences in other recipes online, as well as many notes on how to achieve yumm-style authenticity in their comments.


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Barry Jolette Wins World Council Distinguished Service Award
Polish CU association awards two Phoenix awards; five young professionals honored
July 20, 2012
World Council Chair Manuel Rabines presents the global industry's top honor to Barry Jolette, a former regulator, World Council chair and current president and CEO of San Mateo Credit Union (Calif., USA).
GDAŃSK, Poland — Former World Council of Credit Unions director Barry Jolette has been given the organization's Distinguished Service Award, the global credit union industry's highest honor. The award was presented to Jolette, a former World Council chair who represented the United States on the board, during Wednesday's closing awards ceremony of the World Credit Union Conference in Gdańsk this week.
A former National Credit Union Administration regulator, Jolette serves as president and CEO of San Mateo Credit Union in Redwood City, Calif. (USA). In 1997, he was elected to the Credit Union National Association board of directors and named its chair in 2001. He also served on the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues board as a director and chair and has received the National Credit Union Foundation's Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement, the highest individual honor awarded by the U.S. credit union movement.
Jolette's involvement with World Council began in 1991, and he has been an active participant in global credit union development ever since. Jolette's experience with World Council changed his life, he said, and he urged audience members to increase their participation in the global trade group.
"I know you know someone who should be part of this wonderful organization, so please ask them to get involved," Jolette said. "That person could be the next crazy zealot to step forward and save some lives."
"The awards were presented to two wonderful people who supported the credit union movement and helped guide us out from under the shadow of a totalitarian regime," Jedlinski said.
World Council also awarded scholarships to five participants in the World Council Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) program. The scholarships enable winners to attend the 2013 World Credit Union Conference next July in Ottawa, Canada. This year's winners were Miriam De Dios, United States; Edyta Grzybowska, Poland; Brian Aalbers, Canada; Wesley Diniz Alves, Brazil; and Maire Doyle, Ireland.
"The hallmark of any profession is to provide for and train the next generation of leaders," said World Council Director Ron Hance, president and CEO of Heritage Family Federal Credit Union in Rutland, Vt., (USA) and head of World Council's awards committee who presented the awards. "The international credit union movement is no different, and it is always a pleasure for me to recognize and honor those we think will take the reins of our movement and lead it in the right direction as the 21st century unfolds."
World Council First Vice Chair Grzegorz Bierecki presents the conference logo and tagline to the city of Gdańsk.
World Council First Vice Chair Grzegorz Bierecki, NACSCU president and CEO, announced that the rights to the conference logo and tagline "Let's Gdańsk!" would be presented to the city of Gdańsk for use in promoting the city in perpetuity.
"Let it stand in representation of the work Polish credit unions have done and of World Council's legacy of sustainability long after this conference has ended," Bierecki said. "'Let's Gdańsk' tonight, tomorrow and for many years to come."
Bierecki also won a special award from the Russian Credit Union League and the Ukrainian National Association of Savings and Credit Unions for his work in helping guide the development of Poland's credit union system.
Visit www.LetsGdansk2012.org to download the conference presentations, news and photos.
World Council of Credit Unions' World Credit Union Conference reconvenes July 14–17, 2013, in Ottawa, Canada. Visit www.Ottawa2013.org for more information.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 89,026 credit unions in 117 countries serve 260 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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Evan Rachel Wood Gets Her Blood Work Done
Wearing her Lolita heart-shaped sunglasses, Evan Rachel Wood gets her blood tested at a Quest Diagnostics blood lab inside a Beverly Hills medical center on Thursday (September 3) in California.
Speaking of blood, the 21-year-old actress will reprise her role as Vampire Queen Sophie-Ann in the True Blood finale, airing @ 9PM ET/PT on Sunday, September 13 on HBO.
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[What do typesetters, shepherds, and independent bookstore owners have in common? That's not the setup for a bad joke – just a recognition that many traditional professions are under pressure these days, not the least of them the business of owning and operating your own bookstore. Facing the pressures of heavy competition from chains with deep pockets, a hesitant economy, and – most recently – assault from the likes of Kindle and the iPad, it is perhaps not surprising that membership in the American Booksellers Association has dropped almost 50 percent over the past 10 years (from about 2,700 members in 2000 to about 1,400 today). Over the course of the summer, the Monitor will be checking in with some of America's most beloved neighborhood booksellers to see how they are surviving or – occasionally – even thriving, in difficult times.]
Tom Holbrook opened RiverRun Books in Portsmouth, N.H., in 2002. At the time, the town was in the midst of a revival. Downtown real estate prices were heading up as baby boomers and others were finding the small city a great place to live and shop. The Civil War-era music hall around the corner was reopening as a live concert and lecture venue. An independent bookstore seemed a natural fit. Holbrook took a few moments to talk with Monitor books editor Marjorie Kehe about his eight years in the business.
Q. The economic landscape has changed a bit since you opened your store in 2002. Would you do it again?
A. Oh yes, and I'd make almost all the same decisions. I chose 2007 to take out a large loan and buy out my business partner. Perfect reasoning – until 2008 hit. What we've seen is that all the screwups on Wall Street have tightened up credit on Main Street. I'm happy that the local banks have come out of this as well as they have, but they've come out of it very very conservatively.
The single thing hurting me most now is lack of credit, because it makes it hard for me to have the books in the store that I need to sell. The second thing hurting me is not e-readers. It's Amazon, which is a horrible monster and not the publishers' friend – although publishers haven't figured that out yet. Amazon is China – in other words, at some point they're going to turn around to the publishers and say, "You know, we have all your business and we don't like this discounting and you have to change it."
They're 15 percent of the business – at least. To me, that's a bigger problem than the e-readers. Because e-readers are about who's buying books where. We've always had the struggle of, do you come downtown to buy your books or do you go to the mall and buy your books? Now there's a third leg: Do you stay home and buy your books from Steve Jobs?
For us the question is, how many people want books the way we are delivering them? I still think that they're a very viable group of people for quite a while.
Q. What makes it worthwhile coming to work in the morning?
A. I like to play with books. I like to take books out of their boxes, to put them someplace where people will pick them up. I like to watch people as they pick them up. I like to buy books that I think you're going to like and put them where I think you will see them. It's very, very tactile and for me, my personality, if I could do that without any ever coming into the store, I would.
Q. RiverRun has become known for its author talks. What was your best author talk?
A. We hosted Barack Obama's first New Hampshire appearance. And that was insane. We did it [offsite at a convention center] but we were the hosts. The publishers had no idea what they were getting into. But it came out great. It was free but you needed a ticket to get in, and we offered those tickets to our e-mail subscribers first so we were able to offer [our customers] something that they couldn't get anywhere else. And to stand up there on the stage and look out at those 900 people and see that they were people I knew – that was something. By the time it was advertised in the newspapers, three-quarters of those tickets were gone and they had gone to people who were our core customers. It was satisfying on so many levels.
Q. What kind of town is ideal for supporting a store like yours?
A. Portsmouth is pretty much the ideal, and that's why we opened the store here. To be far away from the strip malls or the big bookstores – frankly you can't get far away from them anymore. Portsmouth has a lot of people who like to come downtown. People want to live here, to come to the restaurants and stores here. What you need for an independent bookstore is enough people who have money and education and then they have to get the fact that if they like browsing in your store they have to buy something once in a while.
The margin in the bookstore business is so small that you don't need to lose your whole business to go under. You only need to lose 10 or 15 percent.
You need 95 percent customer loyalty. Sixty-five, even 75 isn't enough. The average bookstore makes about half a percent profit on its sales – if it's making any.
Q. What makes a good bookseller?
A. You have to know titles. The computers are not enough. The computers are great. They're a huge help, but the customers never have the right information. The computer doesn't help you when people are looking for "that orange book about such and such." And the second thing is that you have to try to find books for the reader and not for yourself. It seems obvious, but this is especially true for the independents where maybe the staff is a little too highbrow for the customers. Within what we have here there's definitely stuff I don't like. But it's decently written and customers do like it, and it's my job to connect them with it.
Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's book editor.


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It's been nearly a year since we identified 10 worthy organizations to receive one of the $3,000 Better Bicycling Community Grants, in honor of our 30th anniversary, so we thought that it was time to catch up with these groups to see how they've used the grants to make a difference in their local communities. Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, used their grant to help fund Cascade's Advocacy Leadership Institute, a group that is building the grassroots power of the bicycle movement. We asked Tarrell Wright, of Cascade Bicycle Club, to write a few words about what ALI is all about:
"Our Better Bicycling Community Grant has enabled us to bring power to the bicycling movement by harnessing the enthusiasm of community members. With the skills and training they've gained through the Advocacy Leadership Institute, our first crop of Community Bicycle Advocates have gone on to testify at public hearings and start advocacy groups of their own. They've already become an invaluable asset to Cascade as we work toward safer, more connected communities where people of all ages and abilities can comfortably bike where they need to go.
"Since completing the inaugural eight-week session of our new Advocacy Leadership Institute (ALI) in July 2012, several of our first 18 Community Bicycle Advocates have gone on to lead their own campaigns, including Don Brubeck of West Seattle Bike Connections and Janet Shull of WaBiBurien. Four graduates testified in support of funding for bicycling at the City of Seattle budget hearing last October. Shannon Koller was featured in the Al Jazeera piece on bicycling in Seattle and across the nation, and Merlin Rainwater has spearheaded an initiative called Safe Routes to Health focused on engaging health care facilities and hospitals in making sure patients, visitors and staff can safely and easily walk, bike and take transit to those facilities. Glen Buhlmann started Kirkland Greenways, the first Seattle Neighborhood Greenways affiliate based outside of the city. We've been providing ongoing support to these advocates as they've continued working toward better bicycling in their communities, thanks in part to funding through this Performance Better Bicycling Community Grant.
"It's a bit early to gauge increases in bicycling as a result of our January 2013 session, as it has only just begun. However, we succeeded in gathering more than 1,000 petition signatures for a bold and visionary Seattle Bicycle Master Plan update, and more than 5,000 people have responded to our electronic calls to action. The draft network plan includes 523 miles of bicycle facilities to be built or upgraded over the next 20 years – including cycle tracks, bike lanes, trails and family-friendly neighborhood greenways. Several ALI participants have created their own grassroots advocacy groups, engaging more than 250 community members."
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Service Hours
- 165,629 total service hours were provided by the Willamette community
- CLA Undergrad - 57,863
- CLA Service-Learning - 15,070
- Graduate Schools -89,204
- Atkinson – 6,062
- College of Law - 8,988
- Graduate School of Education - 74,154
- WU Faculty and Staff - 3,492
Community Organizations
- 182 community organizations were impacted by the Willamette community
- 104 community organizations in Salem
- 29 community organizations in cities throughout Oregon (Portland, Stayton, etc. - not including Salem)
- 43 community organizations in cities located throughout the United States
- 4 community organizations in cities located around the world
- 23 service-learning classes
- 433 students participating in service-learning classes/class components
- 15,070 hours of service
- 11 disciplines represented (Biology, Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Science, Exercise Science, Psychology, Education, History, Sociology, and Rhetoric )
Some examples of Service Learning Initiatives by Willamette University Students during the 2012-2013 academic year:
Bush Elementary Tutoring and Mentoring Program
- Bush Elementary School, a public school serving approximately 250 students, is a neighbor of Willamette University. With the loss of its after-school academic enrichment programs and Community Service Learning Coordinator in 2007, Bush Elementary School sought the assistance of Willamette University student volunteers to help tutor and mentor its students. The Tiger Club, the primary program of the Bush Elementary Mentoring and Tutoring Program, was established to provide tutoring through a structured curriculum to boost students' understanding and academic achievement.
JumpStart: New Student Orientation to Community Outreach (NSOCO)
- NSOCO is a pre-orientation program for new incoming students. These students work with community organizations such as OR School for the Deaf Community Garden, City of Salem Parks and Recreation, Union Gospel Mission, Family Building Blocks, Willamette Humane Society, Marion Polk Food Share, Colonia Libertad, Bush Elementary School, Juntos Podemos, Wilson Retirement Center, Salem Hospital, HOME Youth Resource Center and the Chemawa Indian School.
Take a Break (TaB) alternative spring break
- Take a Break (TaB) is a student-led alternative break program that places small groups of Willamette University students, staff, and faculty in communities across America to engage in community service and experiential learning.
Into the Streets
- Intro the Streets is Willamette University's day of service on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff provide service on this day to organizations throughout the Salem area.
Student Organizations
Best Buddies - Willamette University students form one-to-one friendships with their buddies, individuals in the community with developmental disabilities. Members participate in activities such as movies, kick-ball, and community service.
Bearcats Offering Others Meals (BOOM) - Willamette Students serve bi-weekly hot breakfasts at the Salvation Army to individuals who are experiencing homelessness.
Sexual Assault Response Allies (SARA) - Willamette University volunteers provide hotline service every weekend and walk-in office hours support twice a week. Members also support Reality Check, Sex Signals, Sexual Assault Awareness Week, and Take Back the Night.
Willamette Garden and Compost Society -Willamette University Students support compost efforts on campus and help out each week at Zena Farm, building and tending to the compost piles.
Kaneko Community Partnership Committee - Willamette University volunteers provide service with the South East Salem Neighborhood Community Center serving dinners, raking leaves, participating in community garden work parties, volunteering at the after school program, and sponsoring a rummage sale fundraiser.


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CTA to rebuild 10-mile stretch of Red Line
The Chicago Transit Authority plans to take on one of the biggest CTA construction projects in CTA history: the complete reconstruction of the South Red Line from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street.
The project will completely rebuild the tracks and track bed on the 10-mile stretch of the Red Line known as the Dan Ryan Branch.
"The South Red Line is a vital link to communities from Chinatown to Roseland and beyond and this project will set the foundation for smooth, reliable train service for decades to come," CTA Board Chairman Terry Peterson said.
CTA President Forrest Claypool added, "Once this work is complete, our customers will be riding on a brand new railroad. Their commutes will be faster, their rides will be smoother and more comfortable and they'll see fewer service interruptions thanks to better reliability."
In spring 2013, CTA will close the South Red Line from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street for five months, affecting nine stations.
The five-month construction option will save $75 million over an option to perform work on weekends only. That $75 million savings will be reinvested into station upgrades along the south Red Line, such as three new elevators, lighting, painting, electrical substation work and other improvements and will also enable CTA to provide the extensive alternative service during construction.
A weekends-only option would take four years to complete and would also impact tens of thousands of customers each week on the line that sees the highest number of weekend customers. Weekend ridership on the Red Line is two thirds that of weekday ridership.
The reconstruction will shave 20 minutes off the round-trip between 95th Street and Roosevelt.
The work will replace all the ties, rails, third rail, drainage systems and ballast. The nine stations along the branch will receive improvements ranging from new lighting and paint to new bike racks. Elevators will be added at Garfield, 63rd and 87th Streets, making the entire South Red Line accessible.
The project is part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Building a New Chicago infrastructure renewal program. Funding for the work is part of more than $1 billion in federal, state and local funding announced in late 2011 by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn for the Red and Purple lines.
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The National Anthem will be played on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 this morning at 7am and 8am to mark the occasion, as is usual practice.
Salutes are to be fired from HM Tower of London and at the other saluting points including Hyde Park, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Cardiff and Hillsborough Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland on Monday this year because The Queen's birthday happens to fall on a Sunday.
The number of rounds fired in a Royal salute depends on the place and occasion.
The basic Royal salute is 21 rounds. In Hyde Park an extra 20 rounds are added because it is a Royal Park.
At the Tower of London 62 rounds are fired on Royal anniversaries (the basic 21, plus a further 20 because the Tower is a Royal Palace and Fortress, plus another 21 'for the City of London') and 41 on other occasions.
The salute is fired by The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. The first round is fired at noon. At the Tower of London, the salute is fired by the Honourable Artillery Company at 1.00 pm.
Her Majesty celebrates two birthdays every year. One is her actual birthday (today) and the other is the Official Birthday of the Sovereign, which is always on the second Saturday in June, a practice established by Edward VII to allow the Monarch's public birthday celebrations to be at a time with good weather (his own birthday being in November).
The Queen usually spends her birthday in private and her Official Birthday is a day of national celebration in Britain, with The Queen's Birthday Parade, or Trooping the Colour, being held on the day. This year Her Majesty's official birthday is on 15 June.
Her Majesty is expected to be spending the day at Windsor Castle, where she is currently residing for what is known as 'Easter Court' where she stays at Windsor Castle for the duration of Easter and April.
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VIERA, Fla. (AP) ? Rafael Soriano had an outing to forget.
VIERA, Fla. (AP) ? Rafael Soriano had an outing to forget.
The Detroit Tigers rallied for four runs off Washington's new closer in the seventh inning and beat the Nationals 5-1 Monday.
Given a 1-0 lead, Soriano allowed five hits and a walk, retiring just two batters.
Torii Hunter led off with a single and pinch-runner Tyler Collins advanced on a 400-foot flyout by Miguel Cabrera that stayed in the ballpark because of a stiff breezes blowing from right to left.
Collins then took third on a wild pitch and scored when Prince Fielder lined a soft single. Victor Martinez walked, Alex Avila singled in the go-ahead run, and Omar Infante and Ramon Santiago followed with RBI singles that chased Soriano.
"He threw me a fastball out on the middle of the plate," Infante said. "I was thinking slider, and expecting one, so I was ready for the fastball."
Soriano has an 11.57 ERA in five spring training appearances, allowing six runs and nine hits in 4 2-3 innings.
Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann, throwing a hard sinker, gave up a leadoff single to Andy Dirks and then retired his next 18 batters.
"He had a good sinker and good slider," Infante said. "We knew he threw a sinker, but today it was really moving."
Zimmermann got 12 of 18 outs on grounders.
"I had all four pitches working," he said. "It was one of those days when you have everything working and you can throw anything anytime you want. They don't come too often. It makes things a lot easier and I was keeping everything in the bottom of the zone and that's why I got all those groundballs."
Zimmermann threw only 67 pitches, then went to the bullpen for 20 more.
"The other guys needed to get some work in," he said.
Detroit starter Max Scherzer gave up five hits in five innings, including Adam LaRoche's home run in the fourth.
Washington's Wilson Ramos went 3 for 3.
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Happy Monday! We've got a recap of the most recent BlackBerry® 10 Jam World Tour event from Kamel – read on for all the good news from Barcelona. – Ed.
¡Hola Barcelona! We just completed our second BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour event in fantastic Barcelona, a mecca of mobile developers. This was our second time in Barcelona this year after our presence at Mobile World Congress, and we were happy to be back. The venue was fantastic and the weather was great, but that was nothing compared to the great developer audience we had actively enriching our presentations throughout the day.
We kicked off the day with talks about the BlackBerry 10 experience and a technical overview of its architecture, outlining the flexibility that developers have to work with HTML5, Adobe® AIR®, Java®, Android™, and Native C/C++ – giving developers a choice of technologies to use. The spontaneous applause after demonstrating the "flow, connect, extend" experience on a real BlackBerry 10 prototype (that fantastic BlackBerry device keyboard…) was exciting.
The afternoon was split in a rally of presentations and hand-on demos about our Native and HTML5 platforms. A very engaged audience managed to stay focused and stay with us through to the end (even with the fantastic weather outside and being only meters away from a wonderful marina and beach!). Aaron Ardiri, our new evangelist, presented his own experience porting his games from other platforms to BlackBerry 10. The audience enjoyed it – check the tweets from @ardiri at #BB10Jam.
We also organized the opportunity for developers to present 3-minute lightning pitches of their BlackBerry apps (whether finished or under construction) to the audience, who then voted for the best one. The winner was AparKarma — see happy winner David with myself after winning:
The Developer Relations team really enjoyed being in Barcelona, talking to the local developers and showing the capability and opportunities of our Native and HTML5 platforms. Although my hands-on demo of the powerful momentics IDE didn't work as I expected (demo syndrome…) and I had to resort to Plan B (snapshots on slides), I was so surprised and happy about the applause I received from the audience anyway. Amazing BlackBerry developers in Barcelona!
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Busan film festival opens with stars, new talent
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Established Asian stars as well as budding actors and actresses walked the red carpet Thursday at the start of this year's Busan International Film Festival.
But the director of the festival's opening film, Bhutanese monk Khyentse Norbu, ditched the red carpet for something much less glamorous: a cave.
While most filmmakers would jump at a chance to appear at Asia's largest film festival as their work opened the event, Norbu remained in Bhutan for a Buddhist retreat in a cave on a remote mountain.
Norbu's third feature movie, "Vara: A Blessing," a drama depicting religion, art and forbidden love in an Indian village through a classical South Indian dance, took the opening spot — a position usually reserved for a Chinese or Korean movie.
"I'm speechless ... I'm so honored," Norbu told reporters in Busan in a video message. He thanked the festival for "so much support and encouragement to obscure, special films and special filmmakers that are not necessarily known and established."
The choice of a non-Chinese and non-Korean movie for the opening underlined the festival's effort to emphasize lesser-known works in the region. The festival's director, Lee Yong-kwan, who selected the opening movie, said this year's event would demonstrate the potential of Asian movies.
The Busan festival is known for discovering new talent and highlighting movies on the fringe of the global film industry.
Among the guests at this year's festival are Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe, Irish director Jim Sheridan, Japanese heartthrob Joe Odagiri and Taipei-based director Tsai Ming-liang. Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok and South Korean actress Kang Soo-yeon hosted the opening night event.
The festival, held in South Korea's second-largest city, is younger than its rivals in Tokyo and Hong Kong. But it has grown to become one of the most important events in the industry, with new talents and independent moviemakers showcasing their works and finding investors, and global movie industry officials discovering new Asian films.
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved President Obama's pick to lead the Interior Department, REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell, sending the nomination to the full Senate for consideration.
At a time when several Obama Cabinet nominees have faced high hurdles during the confirmation process, Jewell sailed through the committee with a 19-3 vote, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Republicans Mike Lee of Utah, Tim Scott of South Carolina and John Barrasso of Wyoming opposed her nomination.
Barrasso had questioned Jewell doggedly during the confirmation hearing a few weeks ago about her service on the board of the National Parks Conservation Association, an environmental group, an affiliation he cited in his decision to reject the nomination.
Like her predecessors at Interior, Jewell, 58, will have to balance competing demands on public lands for conservation and resource exploitation. During her confirmation hearing, Jewell hewed to administration talking points about achieving balance among various demands on public lands and pursuing an "all of the above" energy policy. She also underscored the growing focus on climate change during Obama's second term.
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This is a view that may be acceptable in the "Modern Theravada" groups but the ancients saw it differently.
Visuddhimgga VIII
The kalala is that time shortly after the meeting of the male seed with the female egg when the fetus is just beginning to develop. Once this occurs the matter is ripe for teh arising of a new consciousness.30. Herein, firstly the span has no sign because there is no definition such as:
Just so much must be lived, no more than that. For beings [die in the various
stages of the embryo, namely], at the time of the kalala, of the abbuda, of the pesi, of
the ghana, at one month gone, two months gone, three months gone, four months
gone, five months gone … ten months gone, and on the occasion of coming out
of the womb. And after that they die this side or the other of the century.
At this stage the size of the fetus is post microscopic where someone with very keen eyesight under good light might just be able to perceive the rupa.52. But when that minimal amount arises in the two kinds of generation
termed egg-born and womb-born, it amounts to no more than a drop of cream of
ghee on a single fibre of new-born [kid's] wool, and it is known as the "embryo
in the first stage" (S I 206).