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The way of the warrior Chp 6, (7/14), R, Sam & Dean Winchester. - Old Enough To Know Better, Young Enough Not To Care
The way of the warrior Chp 6, (7/14), R, Sam & Dean Winchester.
The Way of the Warrior Chapter 6
The Impala had hardly come to a stop when Dean pushed open the door, gritting his teeth against the jolt of pain that shot across his ribs. He wrapped his right arm round himself and pressed his hand against the left side of his ribs. "Dean, what the fuck? Just wait a minute, will you." Sam said in a frustrated tone as he watched Dean struggle to get out of the car, opening his own door, ready to follow his brother.
Sam glimpsed the stubborn and determined set to Dean's features, as he hauled himself out of the car, but even he couldn't hide the grunt as his abused ribs howled in protest. Dean closed the door without looking back then walked slowly towards the motel.
Sam was muttering under his breath about damn mule-headed morons when he caught up with Dean. He was still reeling from what had happened back on the site. When he'd been running towards Dean, he'd seen the warrior fire as Dean had crashed into Amber. The force of him hitting her had turned her exposed back away from the ghost. But that action had meant Dean had placed himself in the line of fire. Sam's heart had leapt into his mouth when he saw Dean jerk as the bullet struck him.
By the time he'd reached the prone figure of his brother, Amber had been struggling to get from underneath him. He seen Dean flinch when Amber's elbow had hit him hard in the ribs then he was by Dean's side, helping him back to his feet. As he'd held Dean by the elbows, his jacket had moved and he'd caught a glimpse of blood on his shirt. When he looked at Dean, asking silently if he was alright, his brother had pushed away from him.
"Sam, come on, man. We need to get out of here fast, someone is gonna have called the cops. There's a site full of guys who saw men waving guns. We can't be here when Five-0 gets here, ok? I' just gotta do something first." Sam had watched as Dean had spoken to Amber. Then he started to walk towards the Impala. He quickly fell into step beside his brother, fighting down the urge to help Dean to the car. About now they needed to look as 'normal' as possible, but Sam had insisted on driving. When Dean had gotten in the car, he'd automatically wrapped his arm round his ribs and breathed slowly through his nose, clueing Sam in on how much it hurt. The drive back had been silent, both men lost in their own thoughts about what had taken place on the site. Sam was concerned about Dean. The sooner they were back at the motel and he could check his brother was fine, the better.
Now stood outside their room Dean was pale and his forehead beaded with sweat. Sam quickly unlocked the door and guided his brother through it. He closed and locked the door, "On the bed now, dude." Sam was tearing off his tie and undoing his collar, before stripping off his jacket. He was rolling up his sleeves, when he heard Dean snigger; he turned to see Dean stood by the bed, slowly slipping off his jacket with an expression of intense concentration. Sam knew he was trying not to show how much the movements were hurting him. "What's so funny, dude?" Sam asked as he grabbed the first-aid kit from his bag. With Dean's tendency of getting hurt, he always felt more relaxed, knowing he had the kit in easy reach.
"Nothing. Only I have to tell you, Sam, I'm not the kind of boy who puts out on the first date. No matter how tingly I get when you take control." Dean was smirking as Sam shuddered at the thought of that.
"Hate to tell you, bro, but you're exactly that kind of boy. I've spent enough time in motel rooms waiting for you to come home. Now sit down so I can take a look." Sam scowled at him and Dean sat down slowly, wincing when his body jolted as he made contact with the bed.
Sam moved in front of him and knelt down. As he opened the kit he could see Dean was taking off his tie. He was just about to undo the buttons on his shirt when Sam produced a pair of scissors and started cutting it.
"Whoa, dude, what the hell? Come on, man, I've only got a couple of these damn things. Now you've gone and ruined it." Dean complained as Sam continued to get his shirt off.
"Dean, I don't know if you noticed the blood, or the bullet hole but I think this shirt is done. I'm pretty sure our budget can run to another Wal-Mart shirt. Now what are you doing?" Sam asked in an exasperated tone, when Dean grimaced as he reached for his jacket.
"I'm just checking for bullet holes in this. Looks like it's gone through the seam - I can repair that. Damn, that's good news. At least I don't have to replace that." Dean smiled, relieved he wouldn't be buying a new suit, as well as a shirt. He hated wearing the damn things, and buying them just went against his principles.
Sam rolled his eyes, "Oh, that's wonderful news! You don't need a new suit but you've been shot and you're bleeding all over the place. But hey, at least you've saved us some money." Sam said through gritted teeth as he continued pulling the remains of the shirt away. He was just about to start on the wife beater beneath when Dean smacked his hand away.
"Lay off the merchandise, dude, I got this. Just what happened out there today? Where the hell did they all come from? God knows how many bags are hidden around that site; I'm telling you, Sam, somebody somewhere loves us. Because those ghosts could've wiped all of us out in a minute, if they'd put their minds to it." Dean gritted his teeth and began to pull at his remaining shirt.
Sam sat back and watched Dean as he struggled to take off his wife beater. He knew his brother would be doing some running repairs to his clothes after this. Yes, he would save the jacket but the wife beater was a complete loss. But Dean could be damn stubborn about things like that. Finally Sam couldn't take the bitten-off moans any longer as Dean was pulling the tight material over his head. He leant forward and grabbed the ruined material; using the band aid principal he pulled the shirt up and over Dean's body quickly. For a second he got tangled in the leather cord around Dean's neck, trying not to strangle Dean with his amulet. Although right about now he was sorely tempted to throttle the stubborn jackass.
"Son of a bitch! For god's sake, Sammy, warn me you're gonna do that next time. Anyway you don't need to worry. It just winged me and it's stopped bleeding. Just stick some gauze on it and I'm good to go. Man, that was lucky." Dean's bravado slipped slightly when Sam gently ran his fingers just under the wound, pressing against bruised flesh, making him hiss.
He hated to admit it but Dean was right in his assessment of his injury. The ghost bullet had ploughed a shallow furrow along his ribs. And it really summed up how screwed up their lives were, when he agreed with Dean about it being lucky he'd only been winged. Otherwise he would've been trying to patch up a bullet wound on a motel bed, with dental floss for sutures. It wouldn't have been the first time Sam had to do that, and sadly it wouldn't be the last time. Sam sighed softly to himself. Seriously though, did he look like one of those damn doctors in Grey's Anatomy? He smiled slightly; Dean would've probably christened him McBroody. Sam shook his head at the thought. Time to stop wishing life was different, and take a good look at what had happened to Dean this time.
By the looks of it, the wound had bled pretty badly when it had first happened. Sam decided that, judging by the state of Dean's shirts, but now the graze was only oozing sluggishly. Sam picked up a sterile pad, ripped open the package then reached for the antiseptic. He knew this was going to hurt like a mother. He needed to take Dean's and his own mind off what he was about to do.
"Why summon them like that? It doesn't make any sense, to just have them appear then do nothing?" Sam edged a little closer to Dean; he was contemplating how to approach this when Dean lifted his left arm and rested it on Sam's shoulder, his green eyes fixed intently on the motel wall. Dean tensed slightly, waiting for Sam to start cleaning. He hated to be crowded like this, but he relaxed as his instinctive trust of Sam took over.
Dean shrugged one shoulder, "What worried me was what happened after they appeared. They stood and waited for Great Bear to appear. Did you notice how he seemed to be listening to what Amber was saying? If she is the one summoning them, I don't get what she was trying to achieve by having them appear like that. And Sam, did you see Amber and Daryl's faces. We're talking shock here, Sam....HOLY SHIT!" That exclamation was due to Sam cleaning out the bullet graze. Sam was wiping the area with firm deft touches and Dean gritted his teeth. Sam relaxed when Dean bitched and yelled when he was cleaning out the wound; that meant it was pretty superficial. His brother had a strange inverse reaction to injury, he got a paper cut and you'd think he'd cut his hand off. But a broken arm was shrugged off with, "M' fine Sammy." The whingeing meant Dean would be fine. Ok, it couldn't be much fun getting a bullet graze on top of badly bruised ribs. But all in all, Dean would be his usual pain in the ass self.
"Do you think they would have attacked if Norm hadn't run?" Sam asked as he cleaned the area around the wound. He frowned at the additional bruising that was appearing. When he'd applied pressure to Dean's ribs there had been no movement, so at least there was nothing broken.
"Oh, so it was Norm that ran? Not really surprised there. I think the ghost reacted to an enemy, running, and responded to a possible threat. Sam, do you think Great Bear was there to have a little chat with whoever's been summoning him and his men? Because I got the impression they were there uninvited." Sam suddenly looked up at Dean, a look of shock on his face. Dean returned the look unblinkingly.
Dean carried on, "I mean, think about it. You said someone would've had to disturb their graves to get the pieces of bone. Now that would piss anyone off, but the spirits of men who died in battle to protect their families and tribes? Dude, angry is the understatement of the year. Not to mention as far as we know, there were no bags outside of the hotel. So how did the ghosts get there?" Dean hissed softly as Sam applied some antibiotic cream, breathing through his nose as Sam dressed the wound. Once Sam was finished tapping the dressing in place he relaxed a little.
Wordlessly Sam patted him on the knee then handed Dean a clean T-shirt. Sam waited while he pulled the shirt on, managing to resist the temptation to help Dean on with the shirt. He knew he'd filled his quota of mother henning for the day, now it was time to get back to work as far as Dean was concerned. Sam stood up and closed the first-aid kit, putting it back on top of his bag. Then he sat on the chair by the table and considered what Dean had said. He remembered what Daryl had been doing.
"Dean, did you happen to hear what Amber was saying at all? Maybe we could identify what Chant she was using, and counter act it? Oh and Daryl was saying something over and over." Sam turned to face the table, reaching for the lap top.
"Sorry, Sam, Amber was speaking way too fast and quiet for me to make out the words. Then everything went to hell and I was a little busy after that." Dean grimaced in pain behind Sam's back then shifted on the bed, easing himself back. He pulled the pillow up higher, resting his back against it.
Sam glanced over his shoulder, "Ahh, yes, your little charge. I think we need to have a little talk about that. You keep on pushing your luck like that, and one day it's gonna run out." Sam watched as Dean shot him an unrepentant grin; he knew Dean would never change. There had been people in danger on the site, and Dean's first instinct was to protect them, no matter the cost to him. It still scared him half to death, just how willing Dean was to lay down his life for others, and after Dad's death it had only gotten worse. Sam knew it was because Dean felt unworthy of the deal Dad had made, but Dean was wrong. There was no one who was more deserving of the second chance he'd been given. But now Sam was terrified that Dean's lack of self worth would one day lead him to sacrificing everything for another.
Sam turned back to his lap top. There was nothing he could do right now, not while they were on a hunt. But later he and Dean were going to talk and he'd make Dean see sense if it was the last thing he did. Sam opened a site with Cherokee to English translations, repeating the words Daryl had spoken over and over as he typed in the words. Sam sat up, surprised at what he read. He spun around on the chair to face his brother once more, "Dean, I've gotten the translation of what Daryl was saying, U ne la gi a da de li se di A yv. It means forgive me. What the hell did he need forgiveness for? Building the casino? Disturbing sacred ground? I don't get what Daryl meant." Sam's face wore a confused expression.
Dean sat forward quickly. He bit his lip as his body flooded with pain when he moved, remembering what Albert had told him. "Sam, I think we got a problem here. When I was talking to Albert he told me that Daryl and Amber had both been training with him. That Daryl was naturally gifted but lacked the patience to continue his studies. Shit, just what we need. We could be dealing with the Native American Anakin Skywalker and by the looks of it he's using the dark side of the Force." Dean began to edge his way off the bed, realizing they now had three suspects who could be summoning the ghosts.
"Ok, Dean, tell me why you think Daryl is behind this." Sam asked in his best Stanford lawyer tone, he needed evidence to discount Amber as the prime suspect.
Dean licked his lips. How to convince Sam? After all his gut was screaming at him it was Daryl, and not Amber behind this. "For a start, Amber said it was her first time on site. Sam, what if Daryl was the one who planted the bags? I know I joked about the whole haunted hotel thing last night, but what if that's what the damned idiot has got in mind? Look, if he's willing to set up a whole Disney Pocahontas scene, then maybe he thinks having authentic Native American ghosts on hand will help." Dean watched Sam think over what he said.
Sam thought about Dean's argument and produced his counter argument, "How can you be so sure it wasn't Amber? After all, the ghosts have caused havoc on site, and that benefits her more than Daryl. When I was talking to Amber's friends, one of them let something slip. I saw how guilty they looked when Daryl accused Amber about the truck; I went over and talked to them. They all but admitted there is an inside man, and I think he let the brake off the truck. They kept saying the truck was only supposed to roll into building materials that had been delivered that day to cause a delay. Only the incline was steeper than they thought. Plus an inside man would be ideally placed to put the bags around the site. As I said, Amber would have done all the hard work already with making the medicine bags. Hiding them then summoning the ghosts is easy after that." Sam sat back, pleased with his logic.
Dean thought about what Sam had said, and yes, on the face of it he was right. All the evidence pointed Amber's way, but something still felt off, then a thought struck him. "Sam, you said the ground had to be blessed by a shaman to help make it sacred ground. Making sure the ghosts could appear away from the canyon, right? Well, who better than Daryl? If Amber had been seen wandering around or even if it had been one of her friends, I think security would've had them off site in a second. Plus, who else has complete access to the site without raising questions? From what we heard last night, Daryl's a pretty hands-on boss and is always around. It would be easy for him to keep reinforcing the magic that keeps the warriors in place." Dean grinned in triumph.
Sam drummed his fingers on the table. Dean was making a hell of an argument for Daryl summoning the ghosts. And he hoped Dean was right, but there was still the fact that Amber was the one with the most to gain from stopping construction. "Dean, perhaps the reason Daryl was shocked to see Great Bear was Amber had summoned him. Don't forget that she was stood by him both times Great Bear has appeared. And I've never seen Daryl with either a totem or a medicine pouch. Whereas Amber wears hers round her neck and she was using it both times." Sam countered Dean's gut feeling with logic.
"You're right there, Sam, unless you count crap taste in ties as a totem. Look! What if all Amber and her friends are guilty of is a little sabotage? Remember, dude, Amber doesn't really object to the casino, just Daryl's theme park." Dean continued with his argument.
"Maybe so, but then again what better way to show Daryl the error of his ways, than to summon Great Bear and his men? It would be the ultimate show of power." Again Sam pressed his argument for Amber summoning the ghosts, keeping his voice dispassionate.
Dean groaned in frustration. This was getting them nowhere fast; he looked at Sam. Damn! The kid would've been one hell of a lawyer. Sam smiled at him, seeing his brother's impatience. "Look! I'm very fond of Amber and I really don't want it to be her who is behind this. What I'm trying to say is this. We can't be certain which one of them is summoning Great Bear and his men. They both have a motive, and they both have the ability. But we don't know which one of them is behind it. So what's our next move? Do we go after Amber, or Daryl? But if you're right about Great Bear and his men turning up without being summoned, then we have a whole new ball game. One that means whoever is summoning the ghosts is losing what little control they have over them." Sam stopped speaking and waited to hear what Dean had to say.
Dean eased himself further back on the bed and sat, thinking. Sam was right; they couldn't be one hundred percent sure which one out of Daryl and Amber were behind the summoning. Dean made his decision, "Well, I suppose we could go and interview both of them again, but after what happened on site today I think we have more pressing problems. The ghosts are turning violent, Sam. If we wait around and try and figure out who is behind it, then someone is gonna get hurt and hurt badly. I say we hit the canyon tonight and perform the appeasement ritual. It should buy us enough time to figure out who's behind it all and deal with 'em." As he spoke he looked over at his brother to see if Sam agreed with his plan.
Sam nodded in agreement. They had a plan in place and it was time to get to work on it. "Ok, I'll see what we need to perform the ritual...and where the hell do you think you're going? Dean, for pity's sake just lay still, will you." As Sam had been speaking, he'd noticed that Dean was moving toward the end of the bed once more.
Dean waved a dismissive hand at his brother as he got off the bed; he stood slowly, his arm wrapped round himself once more in a futile attempt to ease the discomfort in his ribs. He walked carefully to the table where he left Dad's journal, "Here you go, Sammy. While you were researching this morning I found the entry concerning the last appeasement ritual in Dad's journal. We've got most of what we need; I made a list of the other stuff. It should be relatively easy to get the rest. Come on, then, we got work to do. I think we should go out of town for this stuff. We don't want anyone to clue either Amber or Daryl in on what we're doing." Dean stopped speaking and leant forward, he felt shaky. But he didn't have time to rest; they were in the middle of a hunt. Sam stood up in one easy motion, took the paper from Dean's fingers and slipped his arm around his brother's shoulders. He guided Dean back towards the bed, ignoring the grumbled protests from him as he tried to get away, but Sam just tightened his grip.
"Dean, please just take it easy. I can get the rest of the herbs and stuff; you try and get some rest. You know we're gonna be having a late night, and I'll need you to provide me with back-up while I perform the ritual. Now I'll just get changed then I'll head out." Sam gently pushed Dean onto the bed, turned away and began to strip out of the rest of his suit. While he changed Sam was thinking about the ritual later. By rights it should be simple. There was no need for the two of them to go; he'd have to wait for the moon to rise as per Bobby's instructions. Then he spotted the first-aid kit and he had an idea. He opened it slowly, and grabbed what he was searching for. He slipped it in his pocket. Now hopefully, he could ensure Dean would be out for the count. In fact, he was about to make sure of it.
Sam turned back to see Dean lying down. The crease between his eyebrows was back again, as he struggled with his aches and pains. "Hey Dean, would you like a cup of coffee before I go?" Sam moved casually to the counter and the mugs. As he made the drink Sam slipped the capsule he was carrying into the hot liquid. He felt guilty but Dean needed to rest - after all, he was hurt. And he knew that Dean would go perform the ritual with him, to watch his back.
But he was capable of doing this alone, damn it, and it was time for Dean to let him grow up and prove that he was as good a hunter as he was. Sam finished stirring the coffee knowing the powerful painkiller would keep his brother safely in bed, so he took it over to him.
Dean lay with his eyes closed, his breathing slow and controlled, relaxing as best he could. His left side was on fire, but he could live with it. He'd dealt with worse before and he would again. Now all that would happen was he would lie here and stiffen up. But if it made Sam happy....Speaking of Sammy, Dean opened his eyes. He spotted his little brother stood by the bed holding a mug of coffee. Dean grunted in greeting then said, "Put it down there, thanks Sam. I'll drink it in a minute, you better get going. The next town is twenty miles away, and we need those supplies today. By the way, Sam, don't forget to bring us some food for later. We can't hunt on an empty stomach." Dean gave his little brother a mischievous smile and a wink.
Sam turned towards the door, checking he had his wallet. Just as he reached it he heard a sound. He glanced over his shoulder and spotted Dean picking up the mug. Good, he could relax. Pretty soon Dean would be safely asleep, and he'd be able to do this without worrying about him.
Sam returned to the motel room several hours later, having gotten everything on Dean's list. The hardest thing to get hold of had been the drum, but he'd managed it. He turned the key in the door and stepped inside. "Dean?" Sam called out softly; he was answered by the sound of soft snoring. Sam smiled and walked over to the bed. He checked the mug and saw it was empty, "Sorry, Dean, but you really need to sit this one out." Sam turned and walked over to the table, and sorted through what he'd bought for the ritual. Satisfied that everything was there, he picked up the duffle and began to load it, ready for later.
He was concentrating so hard, he never noticed Dean opening his eyes. Dean smiled at the back of his brother's head. He'd known from the second Sam had made him the coffee, exactly what Francis had done. Sam wasn't as stealthy as he thought he was. He'd seen the pill bottle in the first-aid kit and he'd been ready when Sam had brought the coffee. Dean had taken a drink, and after Sam had left he'd got up and thrown the coffee down the sink. Then he'd gone back and lay down, getting what rest he could. Now he got up, cursing to himself when his stiff muscles twinged and ached and his ribs felt as if they were on fire. Taking a shallow breath, Dean managed to straighten up, and took the few steps to where his brother stood. By the time he'd reached Sam, the natural swagger he carried himself with was back. He rounded the table to watch what Sam was doing. Sam's head snapped up suddenly, and he looked at his brother with shock and comically wide eyes.
"Hey, Sam, how's it goin'? Looks like you got everything we need for tonight. By the way that was an awesome cup of coffee, sent me right to sleep. I feel refreshed and ready to go. Something the matter, Sammy?" Dean asked his dumbstruck brother; he leant forward and patted him on the shoulder. "Now don't look like that, Sammy. I appreciate the thought, but there is no way you're doing this alone. I get the feeling that Great Bear is just getting started, and I don't want you doing this without back-up." Although he was smiling as he spoke, Dean's tone made it clear there'd be no argument.
Sam stood up straight and glowered at his smirking brother, "Damnit, Dean, stop treating me like a kid. I can handle this. And you're not at the top of your game right about now, and Great Bear's got..." Sam stopped, going red with the thought of what he'd been about to say about the War Chief. The way he looked at Dean last night still played on his mind, and on the site today the chief had been the last ghost to vanish. When Sam had reached his brother the ghostly figure had remained, watching them, and once again there had been the same assessing look in his eyes. Sam had felt that Dean had made quite the impression on the Chief, and he really didn't want Dean to have to face him again.
Dean quirked an eyebrow at his younger brother "Great Bear's got what, Sam? Come on, dude, if your spidey sense is tingling I need to know now." Dean folded his arms and looked at him expectantly.
Sam licked his lips. What could he say to Dean? He could just imagine Dean's response to his gut feeling that his big brother was measuring up to the Chief's standards as an adversary. Dean would take it as a compliment then do his very best to goad the ghost into going after him. Especially if he thought Sam was in danger during the appeasement ritual.
Dean could see Sam weighing up what he was going to say. He knew what was on his mind - the challenge Great Bear had issued him last night. Sam was afraid if the ghost appeared and did it again, Dean would accept the challenge. "Come on, Sammy, so I got the stink eye off Great Bear, so what? It's nice to know I got admirers. What can I say? When you're hot you're hot. Look, Sam, I appreciate what you were trying to do, but dude, if you're gonna knock me out every time I upset some damn spook, I'm gonna end up like Sleeping Beauty and you are not kissing me awake....that's Angelina Jolie's gig. Listen, how about I do the ritual, and you watch my back? Will you be happier then?" He offered the compromise with an air of sincerity.
Sam slumped in defeat. Dean was going to do this no matter what he thought. But at least he could protect Dean while he performed the ritual; he could live with that.
Dean could tell when Sam had given in; there had been a slight lowering of the shoulders. Now all he had to do when they reached the canyon was tell Sam he couldn't read Dad's chicken scrawl, and he'd watch over Sam while he did the chanting. "Ok, we good then? What did you bring to eat, Sammy, I'm starving? I'll just hit the head and get cleaned up." Dean moved towards the bathroom, looked back and watched as Sam put the duffle on the floor. Then he got several bags of take-away out, and started to open them.
Dean smiled as Sam busied himself. Now all he had to do was make it through the rest of the day without getting even more banged up. As long as they remained outside the canyon they would be fine. Then they could deal with whichever idiot had started the whole mess in the first place.
When Dean returned from the bathroom, Sam noticed he'd gotten changed into his jeans and had added extra shirts. Sam felt a little more relaxed, but he was still worried about his brother. Dean really needed to be resting, not dragging himself out in the desert in the middle of the night. But he was fighting against years of John Winchester training and commandments, which included "Thou shalt not leave a hunt unfinished, even if you are bleeding to death, and one arm is hanging off." Sam had been witness to Dean attempting exactly that kind of thing on more than one occasion. And each time, it had reduced his life expectancy by around ten years; at this rate he'd never see forty.
Now Dean sat opposite him, smiling happily at the food, "Great Chinese! Sam, you're a life saver, pass the rice, would ya?" Sam watched as the older man demolished his food, listening to the happy moans of joy, as he crunched his way through an order of ribs. Finally they finished eating, and Dean sat back with a smile on his face. Sam stood up and cleaned away the empty cartons.
"Dean, do you want to go and have a lie down? We still got a few hours before we need to be at the canyon." Sam voiced his concern, as Dean shifted in his chair subtly attempting to ease the discomfort he was in.
Dean shook his head, "No thanks, Sammy. I got to run a weapons check and besides, I'm not a hundred percent sure you won't try to sneak out, and leave my poor little wounded ass behind." Dean grinned and Sam returned the smile. He should've known better than to try and ditch his brother. Now all he could do was try and make sure Dean came back to the room in the same state as he left it.
The next couple of hours passed with the two men working on the hunt. Dean checked and re-checked the shotguns and packed extra salt cartridges in the bag. He also loaded spare clips for their hand guns, and sharpened a couple of knives. While Dean worked, Sam ran through the ritual with him, telling him when to put the offerings on the fire. Warning him at one point, "Dean, just remember the drum rhythm needs to be in time with your heartbeat, not a Metallica drum solo, alright, Lars?" Dean had pouted at that but nodded.
Finally there was nothing left to go over, and the usual nervous energy began to seep into Dean's aching bones. He could feel the zip of adrenaline coursing through his system, it never failed to excite him. Every hunt was a chance for him to make sure another family didn't have to suffer the devastating losses that he and Sam had endured. Now he and Sam were getting ready to face down a tribe of angry ghosts. He knew he had to be at his sharpest. The ghosts had already proved they could be deadly, and now he was going to be guarding Sam while he sent them to their rest. In his mind Dean didn't even acknowledge the danger to himself - he was focused on protecting his little brother, and if it meant he had to tangle with Great Bear again then he was fine with that.
Sam was gearing up for the hunt, watching Dean closely. He could see his brother getting ready to go into battle. Dean was always moving. He fidgeted and tapped pens, almost the poster boy for perpetual motion. Until it came to the moments before a hunt ,and then it was as if Dean pulled all that excess energy within himself, arming himself, ready for whatever they were going to face. Dean would go completely still and Sam used those moments to ground himself. He drew his own readiness from Dean. He'd always been able to feel the energy that flowed through Dean as he got ready to hunt. Dean was always frenetic movement then came the calm, the sense of purpose, and clarity he viewed the world with. Dean saw the world in black and white and on a hunt there was no room for shades of gray.
In another time, Sam had thought that Dean would have worn armour and rode a black horse, galloping to the rescue. Now this very different kind of knight rode to the rescue in a muscle car, his armour a battered leather jacket. Sam felt his own sense of calm sweep over him; they were ready.
Sam looked over at Dean. The once perfectly still figure shifted, raising his eyes to meet his brother's. As one they stood up. Sam picked up the bags and they walked to the door. They went through and Dean turned off the light.
They drove without speaking - the only sound was a tape, playing softly. Dean hummed along with the familiar and soothing sounds of Plant and Paige. Sam shuffled slightly; he was nervous. They were about to take on numerous ghosts. He wasn't sure the appeasement ritual would be enough to hold them. But for now it was all they had.
"Sammy, are you alright? I don't remember putting itching powder in your boxers again. And what have I told you about leaving those midget pole dancers alone?" Dean glanced over and grinned, Sam just shot him a dirty look.
Sam kept a close watch on the roads; they were deserted and he hoped that it would continue like that. They passed the construction site, and Sam felt the thrill of nerves once again. He took a steadying breath, they were nearly there. Finally they had gotten as close as they could by car. Now the rest of the journey was on foot.
"What the hell?" Sam exclaimed. They had arrived, expecting to be the only vehicle parked there. Instead, there was a new Mercedes and two trucks. Dean put the brakes on and turned off the engine.
Dean sat with his hands on the steering wheel, "Ok, that's unexpected. Come on, Sam, we need to find out what's going on out here." They opened the doors, got out and walked around to the trunk. Sam went to pick up both bags; Dean reached out and put his hand on the handles of the one with the weapons in. "No, Sam, you need one hand to carry your flashlight. We ready?" Sam nodded and they set off for the canyon.
As they walked they scanned the darkened area. They were miles from the town, and even the construction site was over a mile away and empty for the weekend. They were on their own out here, and as they picked their way over the uneven and rough ground, Sam couldn't help the sense of foreboding that grew in his gut. Dean turned off his flashlight suddenly, and Sam paid attention to what his brother was doing, also turning off his flash light. Sam turned to see what Dean was looking at, and he surprised at what he saw.
In a clearing, just in front of the mouth of the canyon was a large fire, with figures around it. Dean started to walk forward again and Sam fell into step beside him. As they got closer they made out who it was. Stood, arguing as usual, were Amber and Daryl. Beside them were the three friends who had accompanied Amber to the site, and Sam noted there were three other young women with them.
"Son of a bitch! Hey, Sam, do you think our friends had the same idea as us?" Dean motioned to the two large hold-alls on the floor by the two combatants.
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They reached the fire and Dean came to a halt between Amber and Daryl. He stood there silently until they realized they were no longer alone. They turned to look at him; Dean gave them a cold smile and said by way of greeting, "Is this a private party or can anyone join in?"
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A CANADIAN COMPETITION POLICY FOR THE PLATFORM ECONOMY
Alexandra Posadzki, Globe and Mail (Moderator)
Elisa Kearney, Davies
John Lawford, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
John Pecman
Vass Bednar, McMaster
Is the Competition Act fit-for-purpose for the 21st century?
How does data change the dynamics of markets and market power?
How does competition law and policy intersect with other policy areas, such as privacy? How should competition reform account for these goals?
How should the Canadian competition regulator change for the platform economy? How does Canada's unique position as a federation and a key trade partner of the US affect the regulator?
Should the Competition Bureau prioritize consumer protection, and how should it relate to provincial consumer protection authorities and federal sector-specific regulators in doing so?
Discussion Overview
The competition policy debate has been growing in Canada. Senator Wetston's consultation in the fall of 2021 received roughly two dozen submissions, with participants largely falling into one of three policy positions. The first are in the 'status quo' camp, in which the belief rests that the Competition Act is fit-for-purpose for the digital age, and that targeted revisions are needed as opposed to more drastic changes. In the described 'neo-Brandeisian' camp, participants aligned, for the most part, on the belief that the "unchecked dominance" of Big Tech companies has stifled innovation, made barriers to entry to important markets, and subject small businesses to anti competitive behaviour. Participants in the third 'European model' articulated that competition is linked to social, political, and environmental problems, and that ex ante regulation that encourages pro-competitive processes instead of targeting outcomes is better than the current Canadian enforcement model. The debate about competition reform is both mechanical, such that it necessitates figuring out how different parts should work together, and philosophical, as it requires the discernment of what we know about the economy and how we would relate it to other social goals for the 2020s and beyond.
The panelists deliberated about the role of data in the economy and the unique nature of the platform economy. The platform economy is diverse, some platforms are oligopolies, such as app stores, whereas others have significant competition. While personal data has been collected and used through loyalty programs in banking and telecommunications for example—in the platform economy, personal data and privacy has become a new currency. Moreover, it has created new issues and exacerbated existing ones, such as transparency and consumer issues. For instance, companies' control over data leads to self-reinforcing dominance. The prioritization of efficiency in the Competition Act should be seriously reconsidered in the upcoming review, as consumer harms are difficult to quantify in the platform economy, and economies of scale and network effects have greatly increased efficiencies.
The Competition Act is a productive conversational tool to decipher which areas of the platform economy are antitrust issues, therefore subject to competition law, and which areas are matters of privacy law. As a recent example, Tim Hortons' location tracking of its app customers is a matter of privacy, because it did not use its data against a competitor. However, Amazon's use of small business' retail data to boost their own sales is a matter of competition. When it comes to hyper-personalized algorithmic pricing, through services like Uber, it is unclear whether the Competition Act is the best tool to deal with this characteristic of the platform economy. Both privacy and competition in Canada require reform, and they should have clearer intersections and integrations in law to minimize harm to the public.
While Canada is behind other jurisdictions in reforming competition law, this can be an advantage when seeing what has worked and not worked in similar countries, and applying these lessons to a Made-In-Canada solution. The EU is exploring new regulators, while the UK is reinvigorating existing regulators and using coordinating committees. The US has chosen a hybrid approach, which has ex ante regulation for large platforms. Their approaches inspire a Canadian reflection on whether new tools or a new regulator should be layered into the competition policy landscape, or asking if improving what already exists is necessary? In Canada, it is important to remember that there is no consumer protection at the federal level, that Canada is a secondary market, that the American-Canadian trade relationship is unique, and Canadian institutions are distinct from European and American counterparts.
The Canadian competition policy is at a key crossroads in which people are examining whether the Competition Act is the right tool for the issues arising from the platform economy, and how the competition regulator could better interact with other policy areas and regulators.
Competition reform for the platform economy should be a Made-In-Canada solution that accounts for our unique role as a secondary market, our federal-provincial relations and institutions.
While privacy and other economic goals need not be included in the purpose statement of the Competition Act, the Competition Bureau can play more of a coordinating role to improve the platform economy for Canadians.
Many issues in competition policy and its adjacent fields would be improved if there were an overarching vision about the role of data in Canada.
Consumer protection in Canada would be improved if there were a federal regulator responsible for it, as opposed to a patchwork of provincial regulators.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Delta sorority at Wofford College hosted a fundraiser "Get Out of Bed for JED" benefiting The Jed Foundation (JED) on October 9th, 2018. The fundraiser brought in $5,708, surpassing their goal of $4,000 to support mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
The fundraiser included an event featuring speakers talking about various mental health topics and a cookout.
Donations were collected online through JED's DIY fundraiser platform. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Delta members encouraged people to send their fundraising pages to any friends or family members who they thought might be interested in donating. The event was a terrific way to bring together the campus community, and a great example for other organizations who are looking to put on a fundraising event for JED!
Participants at the event were offered "life-savers cards" with resources from the JED website. Participants were also encouraged to sign the event banner as a way of showing support.
When promoting the event, it's important to tell why the event is happening and why it matters. SAE and KD members saw the need for an event to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention because they knew it was something that resonated with the students, faculty, and staff members.
Carter Atchison, current President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, provided opening remarks, while Delacy Rowland of Kappa Delta offered closing remarks. Both students spoke about their own personal experience with mental health.
Lisa Pappas spoke about her journey after the loss of her son Cameron, a former Sigma Alpha Epsilon member at Wofford, who died by suicide in 2015.
Lauren Hultstrand presented a keynote speech focusing on the theme, "Conversations: Opening up about Mental Health." Hulstrand is the former Mental Health Project Coordinator at SC Thrive.
A great way to bring people together is food! Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Delta hosted a cookout meal for those at the event. The Spartanburg Humane Society also brought dogs and kittens to the event and the meal was a nice way to thank people for coming and to wrap up the event.
When organizing a large event, it's important to have help. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Delta recruited the help of campus faculty members and other organizations to help put on the event. While the idea originated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fraternity felt that a more collaborative approach would strengthen the goals of the event. Kappa Delta co-sponsored the event and Wofford's Campus Union, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Kappa Sigma also provided support. Wofford's Culinary Services (AVI) provided supplies for the cookout. The Office of Communications and Marketing helped with campus-wide messaging and designed the promotional poster for the event. Tate Meatworks provided hamburgers and hotdogs for the cookout, the Spartanburg Humane Society brought dogs and kittens, and Spartanburg's Boy Scout Troop 1 provided the grill and the chefs for the food at the cookout. It truly is a team effort!
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Authorities are investigating three arsons at Delaware churches all in one morning.
The Delaware State Fire Marshal's office says someone started the fires in the Felton area Tuesday morning. The first fire happened just before 2 a.m. at the Healing Hands Christian Church, which was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
As crews were battling that blaze, another fire was reported at the Manship Chapel. Crews were able to contain that fire.
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The Only 10 Videos in the World That Have More Than 1 Billion Views on YouTube (Infographic)
Right now there are about 7.3 billion people in the world and more than 3 billion people that have Internet access.
YouTube is the second largest search engine on the Internet and it has over 1 billion users (almost 1/3 of all the people on the Internet). There are about 4 billion video views on YouTube every day and 1 billion video views are from mobile alone.
Did you know that today (October 7, 2015) Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth with his song "See You Again" (Furious 7 Soundtrack) became the 10th video that passed 1 billion views on YouTube?
Yes, it's pretty weird how 10 YouTube videos succeeded to pass 1 billion views in only 10 years since YouTube has been launched.
Korean singer Psy and his phenomenal song "Gangnam Style" became the first video ever to hit 1 billion views on YouTube in December 2012, only 6 months after it had been published. After 2 years (June 2014), this song became the first (and only song at the moment) that had reached 2 billion views on YouTube.
The most interesting statistics from this incredible top 10 YouTube videos with billions of views are:
Artists / Bands with the most videos in this billion views top: Taylor Swift (2 videos) and Katy Perry (2 videos)
Artist / Band with the most likes on a video: Psy – Gangnam Style (9,897,906 likes)
Artist / Band with the most dislikes on a video: Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris – Baby (5,119,676 likes)
Artist / Band that reached 1 billion views first: Psy – Gangnam Style (6 months) and Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – See You Again (6 months)
Artist / Band that reached 1 billion views last (from this top 10): Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris – Baby (48 months)
In the YouTube infographic below made by Hot in Social Media, you can see all the 10 videos that have more than 1 billion views on YouTube. Which video from this (historical) YouTube top is your favorite and which one you really can't stand?
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2018MNRAS.473..345W - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 473, 345-354 (2018/January-1)
Transit visibility zones of the Solar system planets.
WELLS R., POPPENHAEGER K., WATSON C.A. and HELLER R.
The detection of thousands of extrasolar planets by the transit method naturally raises the question of whether potential extrasolar observers could detect the transits of the Solar system planets. We present a comprehensive analysis of the regions in the sky from where transit events of the Solar system planets can be detected. We specify how many different Solar system planets can be observed from any given point in the sky, and find the maximum number to be three. We report the probabilities of a randomly positioned external observer to be able to observe single and multiple Solar system planet transits; specifically, we find a probability of 2.518 per cent to be able to observe at least one transiting planet, 0.229 per cent for at least two transiting planets, and 0.027 per cent for three transiting planets. We identify 68 known exoplanets that have a favourable geometric perspective to allow transit detections in the Solar system and we show how the ongoing K2 mission will extend this list. We use occurrence rates of exoplanets to estimate that there are 3.2 ± 1.2 and 6.6+1.3–0.8 temperate Earth-sized planets orbiting GK and M dwarf stars brighter than V = 13 and 16, respectively, that are located in the Earth's transit zone.
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The capstone of this July Fourth Paris season for me was a red-white-and-blue gathering sponsored by AARO, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas. All current or future American expatriates, whether in Paris or in some remote corner of the planet, should familiarize themselves with this organization, and join it.
Because AARO is an advocacy group for the 4-5 million Americans residing worldwide outside the borders of the United States. Astonished by that figure? So was I.
Perhaps AARO's earnest mission is not as sexy-sounding to you as, say, simply showing up at meetings where you listen to a speaker and have a Sancerre-soaked luncheon with other expats (which are fun, I admit. Tons of fun. Let me tell you about that last lunch... )
But listen, my friends. AARO attends to the nuts and bolts of what it means to be a U.S. citizen abroad. Taxes? Voting? Health Care? Driver's License? Representation? If you think those issues don't matter to you because you're living the life in a fabulous foreign country, think again. AARO is a watchdog group that meets at least annually with YOUR representatives in Washington to advocate for your continued rights as an otherwise "out-of-sight-out-of mind" U.S. citizen living abroad. They keep their members informed about issues that affect them directly. Non-partisan, intelligent, clear information. Plus access to reasonable expat health care plan. Need I say more?
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Journeys at the Crossroads: A Conversation about Community by Community
Jul 2, 2015 | posted by kbennett	| Administration, Civic Engagement |
The third session of the Journeys in Medicine series entitled Journeys at the Crossroads: A Conversation about Community by Community brought together members of the Baltimore and Hopkins community and discussed some of the challenges the Baltimore City community face that played an underlying role in the riots in Baltimore back in April.
On Tuesday, June 23, panelists Leon Purnell, executive director of the Men and Families Center, Denise Jones, research program coordinator in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Rev. Charles Goods, pastor of the Christian Temple Baptist Church and Rev. Calvin Keene, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church spoke about these community challenges well as what we can do to help our community bounce back from the unrest.
A common theme among the comments of both panelists and audience members was the need for a united community. We began to see the beginnings of the positive effect even small groups could have as the riots wound down and congregations and other community groups took to the streets to try to calm rioters and pick up trash in their wake.
A next step discussed during the session was to increase efforts to care for Baltimore's youth, empowering this younger generation to brighten Baltimore's future. There is a great need for both community and recreational facilities to provide a positive atmosphere in which to grow. Both panelists and audience members alike saw this as a great opportunity for Hopkins to get involved and really make an impact in the surrounding community.
The Journeys in Medicine discussions continue to act as a forum for members of the department and community to discuss and brainstorm ideas for a brighter Baltimore. Please join us for our next session on Wednesday, July 15 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hurd Hall where moderator Lisa Cooper, director of the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, joins the following panelists to discuss the healthcare system and the community.
Dr. Kimberly Anne Gudzune, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, & Clinical Research
Dr. Michael B. Albert, office medical director, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Center
Ms. Michelle Simmons, patient representative, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rev. Debra Hickman, co-founder & president, Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR), Inc.
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Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes stands with his crosier as he acknowledges the congregation during his installation as the new archbishop of Mexico City Feb. 5 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. (Credit: Jorge Nunez/EPA via CNS.)
In his first homily as archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes urged unity, promised humility and promoted social ministries.
MEXICO CITY — In his first homily as archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes urged unity, promised humility and promoted social ministries. He also called for Catholics in the Mexican capital to create a "humanized" city — served by one of the largest archdioceses in the world and at the heart of a country currently consumed by crime, corruption and inequality.
"Today we are overwhelmed by situations that violate justice and peace; aggressions that denigrate our condition as brothers and that foster a life of confrontation, discrimination, contempt for human dignity and that lead to anguish," Aguiar said at a Feb. 5 Mass following his installation.
"More than ever, we need to, from a perspective of faith … rebuild our society's way of life, giving generously of ourselves — like past generations did — to support the social and pastoral projects we need to carry out in order to leave new generations a humanized and humanizing city."
Aguiar arrives in Mexico City as Catholics there confront the challenge of serving a flock increasingly alienated from the church hierarchy. It's a hierarchy that critics say has served elites' interests, not put a priority on social ministries and failed to show a friendly face.
The Archdiocese of Mexico City, with nearly 9 million inhabitants, presents unique challenges for the new archbishop.
Parts of the city have become increasingly cosmopolitan and left-leaning, while wide swaths of struggling working-class residents find refuge in popular religion, such as venerating St. Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of impossible causes, and worshiping the skeletal Santa Muerte, which Catholic leaders condemn as Satanic.
Census data show 83 percent of Mexicans still profess Catholicism, though the figure is falling fast in Mexico City.
Aguiar succeeds Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, who submitted his resignation upon turning 75, as required by canon law. Rivera claimed success after 22 years of leading the Mexico City Archdiocese, telling Aguiar in his final statement as archbishop: "I leave you a united archdiocese, full of faith, moved by hope and participating in charity for the least protected."
Catholics supporting Rivera say he supported education, opened a seminary to train priests for serving migrant communities in the United States and worked with a wealthy church backer to provide priests with proper medical care.
He could be controversial, however, and he was often mocked in the Mexico City media. He defended the Legionaries of Christ, whose founder fathered children and sexually abused seminarians and, critics contend, did not properly report cases of clerical sexual abuse to the civil authorities — a charge Rivera has repeatedly denied.
Rivera consistently spoke out against controversial social policy changes in Mexico City — ruled by left-leaning governments since 1997 — including laws approved in the late 2000s to decriminalize abortion and allow same-sex marriages. Aguiar has called overturning Mexico City's abortion law a priority.
Rivera also communicated through editorials in a diocesan publication. One editorial questioned who had advised the pope on Mexican matters after Pope Francis, visiting Mexico, urged bishops to confront Mexico's crises of crime and drug cartel violence.
Aguiar alluded to disunity in his homily and cited the pope's 2016 address.
"May your gaze, rested always and only on Christ, be able to contribute to the unity of the people, favoring reconciliation of differences and integrating their diversity … of helping to find shared and sustainable solutions for their miseries," Aguiar said.
Known as a pastor, but also a man of politics, Aguilar previously led the Mexican bishops' conference and the Latin American bishops' council, CELAM.
While head of the Mexican bishops, he organized the church response to the Mexico City initiative to decriminalize abortion and successfully worked with prominent politicians on a constitutional change to allow for increased religious liberty.
Citing the example of the archdiocesan patron, St. Felipe de Jesus, Mexico's first martyr, Aguiar promised to further pursue increased religious liberty. Mexico's Church was persecuted in the 1920s Cristero Rebellion and was forced to exist without legal status or state recognition until Mexico and the Vatican established relations in 1992.
Shouts of Viva Cristo Rey — the Cristero battle cry — were heard at his installation. The bells of the Metropolitan Cathedral also were sounded for the first time since the Sept. 19 earthquake that rocked the capital and damaged the cathedral.
Aguiar promised to celebrate Sunday services at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a more easily accessible sanctuary than the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Some observers saw the move as populist and an attempt to promote the profile of the new cardinal and promote increased proximity with the people. Others said Aguiar would easily win over people with his personality and pastoral approach.
"He's a very charismatic individual," who believes in empowering the work of laypeople, said Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, who attended the installation and said he wanted to revive a past cooperation agreement with the Archdiocese of Mexico City.
"He's an active person," Cupich added. "He knows how to get things done."
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I recently asked a friend of mine to riddle me this: Why do we poop? This question gets filed under the category of, why didn't I ask this twenty years ago. If your thoughts turned to biology, let me assure you, your answer may be technically correct, but misses the point. This is not about biology. It is about creation. Our bodily functions are easily explained in evolutionary terms. There is no making any sense of them in the light of biblical creation.
Let me also assure you that this post is not about the machinations of my rogue, excretory system, though it is indeed worthy of verse and song. No, this is about all of the systems, not just biological, but everything. Growing up, It was drilled into me how great god was as evidenced by his wondrous creation. It was even presented as evidence of his existence. "Behold, the work of his hands!" Surely, only a singular act of directed creation could explain the wonders of the universe, and how everything fits so perfectly together. So I beheld, and continue to behold, but with less and less wonder as the years go by.
Don't get me wrong, I find the universe a constant source of wonder and fascination, just not an object of worship. In fact, I find the corner of it accessible to me to be rather haphazard and ill-suited to the life to which it plays host. I see nothing about it worthy of a deity's resume. Take the ecosystem of this planet. It is the most efficient weapon of mass destruction ever conceived. It kills more life than it nurtures, and is utterly indifferent to the survival of any species, let alone, individuals within the species.
Homo sapiens enjoy a coveted spot in the taxonomy of this particular ecosystem. Unfortunately, our predecessors were not so lucky. Our kind was not miracled from the dust of the earth, but crawled out of evolution's death-grip over the bones of countless, nameless species almost completely forgotten by history.
Even so, we barely survived, and may yet meet our doom in a few, short generations. Whether or not humans stand the test of time, countless, nameless species have not, and will not. Though some environmentalists like to paint the picture of a world in complete harmony with itself were it not for the destructive tendencies of humans, the fact is that species have been going extinct long before humans ever took the stage, and at a rate that humans, with all our technology, are incapable of matching. Without our help, the lion is perfectly capable of hunting the antelope into extinction, just as viruses and bacteria are capable of doing in all seven billion humans without ever being aware of our existence.
I said this post was not about bowel movements, and I assure you, it's not. Obviously, the question is somewhat facetious, but only somewhat. According to the Genesis story, we were created in God's image. As a child, I used all my powers of reason to discover in what sense we were created in the likeness of God. The answer continues to allude me. Since God is not reported to have a body, then he cannot be laden with bodily functions. Therefore, what possible motivation would he have to conceive of bodily functions.
We presume that an excretory system is a wonderful thing for creatures that have to eat and eject waste material. Blessed be the name of the Lord. However, we presume this without an iota of critical inquiry. According to the biblical account, we were not evolved by some, undirected process; we were created in a trice, fully formed as the crowning achievement of a master designer. We could have taken any form to fulfill any function. There were no predetermined rules of biology or ecology dictating our form and function. Supposedly, the universe was created to accommodate us, not us for the universe. Yet, here we are; creatures enslaved and limited by our environment.
The vast majority of the universe will be forever beyond our reach, and inhospitable to our type of life. Even the part of it we inhabit is largely inhospitable. There is not a single thing on this planet we can eat that is 100% nutritious, and leaves behind no waste for us to eject. Every bite of the healthiest food you can think of is, on some level, at war with our bodies. Everything we eat has a cost, both to ourselves, and the environment.
Too much of the land is not naturally irrigated. Too much of the soil is incapable of nurturing seed. Too much of the water in this world of water is undrinkable. If drank, produces agonizing sickness and death. Too many of the animals are too hard to catch, or are not fit for eating, or could easily be hunted into extinction. Once we find something to eat, we have to process the waste, then safely dispose of it. If we do not, the waste will sicken and kill us. Even the part of our food that stays with us is not all that good for us. Far too much of it gets stored as fat, and comes back to kill us in a number of grizzly ways. Everything about eating has a negative impact on the ecosystem.
Yet that is the way things were designed to function by one who does not eat. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
The conservative believer may counter with the argument that, before the fall, things were perfect. The environment was in complete balance. Death, decay, waste and excretion were not a part of the natural order. I can appreciate this position as it was once my own. Unfortunately, it fails both the test of logic and scripture.
The main problem wit the argument is that it tries to explain too much with Adam's punishment. The Genesis story has God punishing Adam for eating the forbidden fruit. The punishment was that the land would be less productive, and that Adam would have to work in order to eat. There is nothing of this punishment that suggests that food would rot on the vine, or be poisonous to consume. There is no indication that water would become stagnant and foul. There is not a word about perfectly good food turning to waste in the system. The punishment given by God was freakishly harsh. The one we seem to envision is even more so.
The second argument I will address is more popular among liberal believers who do not accept the creation story as literal, but who still seek to give god a role in our development. They say he created everything through the process of evolution. That argument is even easier to address than the first. Regardless of the means of creation, the outcome is still the same. It is better to presume that God brought us to this condition, instantly, than to believe he dragged us through a slow, tortuous process to get to this point.
To redeem this position, some will suggest that God simply started the process, and let it work itself out without further interference. This actually gets you in a worse position. Now you are stuck with a god who starts things without a plan, and is either indifferent or capricious with regards to its outcome. Creation by directed or undirected evolution still leaves us with a creator that is not very good at his job.
It is abundantly clear that dark, lumpy, and drowning is a less than ideal state of a world intended to support life. Yet that is the condition we find the earth mere moments after the beginning. Why? Why make a bad planet, then fix it after the fact? Was it a mistake that needed correcting, or was God making himself a giant ERECTOR set? Did he find it diverting to create raw materials, them make something interesting out of that? Paul once described us as being nothing but jars of clay: Play-dough ™. Either way, God didn't create the earth as we know it, but a petri dish, and from there, proceeded to tinker. …And the glorious creation that gives him the right to our undying worship and awe? Poop!
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Dave, WOW. I have pondered this for most of my life. When I lost my mom a few months ago, I preyed hard, and asked him, "WHAT IS THE POINT"? Why does this design have to be the way it is? Come on, T9000? Well, I got an answer. I am an engineer, and designer. His answer was this. "If you have a better idea, go for it and let me know".
Now there is a challenge, the com lines seem to be open.
Hello my friend. I'm very sorry for your loss. Have you ever had a crappy job, or at least had to endure crappy things at your job that could have been easily eliminated if someone had thought things through a little better? Filing a complaint about these things could result in the higher ups redoubling their efforts to do better. Or it could result in them belligerently challenging you to build a better company. Well, you're not a company builder. They are. It is their job to build a better company. It is obvious that things could be better. But they deflect by putting the responsibility on you.
That is what your answer feels like. It is god thundering to Job about how powerful he is, and how puny Job is. In essence, god tells job to build a better universe if he can. He does that rather than address the fact that he is allowing Job to be punished unfairly. I'm not the one who says god is supposed to be all powerful. I am judging his universe design against the amount of power he is supposed to have. He made all the choices in this universe. I hold him accountable for those choices. If I had all power, and all creative choices, yep, I would build a better universe, and so would you. Peace.


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Guinness World Records, can today confirm that a super talented dog called Jiff has made it into the record books for achieving two new world records: the Fastest 10m on hind legs (6.56 seconds) and Fastest 5m on front paws (7.76 seconds).
The record-breaking pooch is the first reveal from the latest Guinness World Records annual released in September, which will mark the 60 th anniversary of the world's best-selling copyright book.
Jiff, a Pomeranian from Los Angeles, California, practices running on his front and hind legs daily. To set the new records he had to complete the 5 and 10 metre distances in under 10 seconds, which he did at his first attempt.
In addition to his record-breaking talent, he is also able to shake hands, bow, ride a skateboard and even stamp his own autograph!
This is the latest achievement in a whirlwind year for Jiff, who has become an internet sensation with his growing legion of fans on Facebook (1.3 Million likes), Instagram (232,000 followers), Twitter (14k+ followers) and YouTube (500,000+ views).
He has also appeared in several television advertisements and taken a starring role in a Katy Perry music video.
Jiff's owners have asked to remain anonymous, not wishing to draw attention away from their celebrity dog.
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Peggy Guggenheim: L'ultima Dogaressa
Posted on September 8, 2020 January 17, 2022 by Fortuny UK
Peggy's Venetian neighbours referred to Peggy as "La principessa" or "L'ultima Dogaressa". She was chic, stylist, sophisticated, and, although various troubles and tragic events, she seemed to move effortlessly and lively through her life.
Peggy Guggenheim was never afraid of making a statement in her life, work and private, as in her choice of accessories and clothing, plenty is to be said for the impact of wearing statement: she was often wearing her Mariano Fortuny's Delphos gown, it's said to have been a favourite garment of hers. She loved the classical modernist style that gave women freedom of expression.
After growing up and graduating in New York Peggy travelled to Europe in 1921, Paris at that time was the city for parties and romance, there, through her first husband, Laurence Vail, a Dada artist and writer, she became acquainted with many of the leading figures of the avant-garde in Paris and London, including Marcel Duchamp. She started her career as art patron at 39, opening her first gallery in London, the Guggenheim Jeune, in January 1938. She had "the idea of opening a modern museum in London," with the British art historian Herbert Read as its director, a place where showcasing contemporary art," the art of the day", as her friend Samuel Beckett once suggested.
Returned in Paris, after abandoning the project of the London Museum, she purchased many masterpieces during the turbulent times of the war. Artists and dealers, fearing the German invasion, were delighted to sell everything they had before moving to safest areas. She had a list, compiled by experts, of artists that should be included in a first-class selection of Modern Art and she managed brilliantly to buy a painting or a sculpture from every single one of them. In 1941 she moved back to New York, followed by Max Ernst soon to become her second husband.
"Art of the Century", Peggy Guggenheim Gallery/Museum in Manhattan, was opened in October 1942, designed by the Austrian Architect Frederick Kiesler, it was the place where American Art came into its own, challenging the traditional way to exhibit art.
Despite the success of her New York gallery, Peggy decided she wanted to return to Europe and chose Venice to start a new life bringing along her international collection.
In 1948 Peggy was invited toshowcase the collection in her own private pavilion in the Venice Biennale. The defining event of the Venice Biennale was the most comprehensive survey of abstract and surrealist art ever seen in Italy up to that day, and the American artists, such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, were being exhibit internationally for the very first time. Peggy Guggenheim collection introduced European Art Lovers to the New York School of Painters who would dominate the Art scenes in the 50s.
It is shortly after the Biennale that Peggy fell in love with an 18th Century unfinished Palazzo on the Grand Canal, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, that she decided to buy it and make it into her home for the rest of her life.
Peggy Guggenheim devoted her life and her fortune to collecting and advancing the cause of Modern Art and she succeeded in giving to all of us a superb collection in a superb museum. The Guggenheim Collection is, without doubt, one of the sights to see in Venice, the single white storey building stands in the striking contrast to its more ornate 15th and 16th century surroundings along the Grand Canal. The once home and private palazzo of Peggy Guggenheim, today is part of the Guggenheims constellation of Museums around the world. On its walls hang some of the 20th century most important art, Kandinsky, Pollock, Rothko. Miró, Magritte, Picasso. The Museum remains, above all, one of the unique achievements of a legendary individual, of a legendary instinct and vision.
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In the early afternoon, I stopped by the Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation in North Olmsted for a brief visit. The air is now scented with the lovely, sweet perfume of autumn — drying tree leaves — and the sun gently warmed the air. The reservation's lagoon was nearly dry earlier this year but now has a decent water level. Ducks could be seen paddling about, and a couple turtles were basking in the sun. As I left, I turned and shot a few images of the scene.


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Gardens Of The High Line
Author: Oudolf, Piet
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Author : Oudolf, Piet
Illustrations : 400 colour photographs
The soul of a famous garden, revealed. Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it's a central plaza, a cultural centre, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world's most extraordinary garden designers. Gardens of the High Line, by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, offers an in-depth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. It reveals a four-season garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, drought-tol-erant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. It also offers inspiration and advice to home gardeners and garden designers looking to recreate its iconic, naturalistic style. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Darke and an introduction by Robert Hammond, the founder of the Friends of the High Line, this large-trim, photo-driven book is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the nature of design.
Gardens of the High Line. Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes. The Gardens of the High Line is the first book devoted to the plants and planting design of New York City's iconic High Line. In its sumptuous pages, Piet Oudolf, who designed the original plantings, and Rick Darke, a leading voice in sustainable horticulture, reveal why the High Line is such an iconic example of landscape design.
Piet Oudolf is among the world s most innovative garden designers and a leading exponent of naturalistic planting, a style that takes inspiration from nature but employs artistic skill in creating planting schemes. Oudolf's extensive work over 30 years of practice includes public and private gardens all over the world. He is best known for his work on the High Line and Battery Park in New York, the Lurie Garden in Chicago's Millennium Park, and Potters Fields in London. Rick Darkeis a landscape design consultant, author, lecturer, and photographer based in Pennsylvania who blends art, ecology, and cultural geography in the creation and conservation of livable landscapes. His projects include scenic byways, public gardens, corporate and collegiate campuses, mixed-use conservation developments, and residential gardens. Darke served on the staff of Longwood Gardens for twenty years, and in 1998 he received the Scientific Award of the American Horticultural Society."
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Q: JMS onMessage JBoss, how many threads are used? I have a JMS Listener, inside the listener I'm using an ExecutorService to run a worker on a fixed number of threads. like so:
public void onMessage(Message m) {
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This executor has 10 threads, if I get 100 messages in at the same time and it takes a few seconds for each of these workers to run, am I going to have 90 JBoss JMS threads waiting on the 10 active Worker?  So do each of these incoming messages get their own thread and eat up my resources while waiting?
Am I doing it completely wrong, is there a better way?
I'm using JBoss EAP and HornetQ

A: You don't need Executor, each MDB runs in its own thread. And you can control minimal and maximal number of sessions that can deliver messages to this MDB. Please see How to limit the number of MDB instances listening to a Jboss JMS queue.
So in your scenario, you can define MDB like this:
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If 100 messages are waiting in a queue, first 20 messages are processed and the rest of messages are waiting in a queue. As one message is processed (and removed from queue), next message is processed.

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