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Parenting a parent
It's summer! I love it! I'm on my way to an outdoor party where I'll see friends I haven't seen for awhile – some since last year at this time. Summer's a great time for that, gathering with people, catching up. The subject's come up, "How's your family?" "What are the kids up to?" "How are your parents?" I guess that's the stage of life I'm in, thinking about what's best for your parents in the same conversations as your kids.
Because of easier travel, less structured schedules, some of our gatherings involve older adults. There are many laughs and memories and teasing about how everyone has "grown up" (do wrinkles mean you've grown up?). Sometimes though, it's the time to realize how much time has really passed, and you're noticing changes that others aren't seeing, or aren't addressing. Though certainly not the time to bring it up in the middle of a fun family gathering, but certainly a time to take note.
Are you noticing any of these things?
Change: Mom has always been interested in talking to the neighbors, reading the newspaper, or volunteering but is withdrawing from those interests. You notice she gets much more anxious when family is going to be around. Too much activity is overwhelming and sometimes confusing. Pay close attention to how often this happens. Talk to those that are around her everyday to see what a normal day's activity is. Suggest she see her doctor.
Inactivity: Dad is suddenly much less active than usual. Spend some time with him to investigate possible causes. Maybe it's just occasionally, but maybe this is the pattern he's in now. Suggest small doses of physical activity every day. Possibly help him to start recording the exercises he's doing and report back to you. Help him develop a chart. Find fun activities. Suggest he walk down to meet the guys for coffee rather than drive.
Slowing down: Grandpa always used to have a bounce in his step. Now, suddenly, he trudges along. That's a bad sign and needs to be addressed. An appointment with his doctor may be in order. The issues could be physical and an evaluation from a therapist may be valuable. The issues could be depression and lack of motivation each day. Find out what his daily routine is and see if you can encourage any additional activities. Is he alone too much? Recruit some visitors on a regular basis. A small dose of companionship goes a very long way – especially during mealtime.
Loss of appetite and weight: Grandma enjoyed cooking and always had a healthy appetite, but she seems to have lost interest in food. You're right to be concerned. The issue could be lack of motivation because she's eating alone. The issue could be that cooking is physically too taxing for her. Possibly the chore of getting groceries, getting them into the house, and getting them put away is just not worth it. Investigate the need for someone to be around more often during mealtime. The issue could be medical. Certainly a visit to the doctor would be important if this doesn't improve.
Unsteadiness: Loss of balance comes with aging but Mom's increasing unsteadiness is a sign that something could be wrong. Definitely investigate with doctor and therapist appointments to find the cause of the loss of balance. Falling is a huge threat to a senior's health. Many precautions can be easily made to attempt to prevent falls. Check with your health care professionals on safety items for her home.
You are noticing issues and there's a need for your help, but now what do you do? It's difficult! To honor the independence of a senior, but to try to help make decisions for their health and safety is no easy task. Certainly by paying attention, recognizing difficulties and attempting to assist is what as kids we want to do. But it doesn't always feel right. I've heard people use the term "parenting a parent" but the term has always bothered me.
I was delighted to read this blog posted by Cat Koehler on www.caregiverstress.com entitled "Parenting our Parents."
Her blog is:
"Several months ago, as I sat through a training class for caregivers, I found myself thinking I knew it all, and then quickly realizing how little I actually did know.
The caregivers shared techniques that had been successful for them in caring for a person with dementia. The instructor offered more suggestions for redirecting behavior, encouraging activity, and safety.
Throughout all of this, I realized that I used all of these techniques on my children. In fact, at nearly every suggestion, I related it to my parenting experience. That's when I decided that I could do this — piece of cake. If I could be a parent, I could surely be a caregiver for my parents. I'd be using the same knowledge and techniques and doing the same things.
I will spend my time taking them to doctor's appointments and social events. I will make sure they are properly fed and bathed. I am certain there will also be some difficult conversations about where they will live, driving abilities, and finances.
No sweat. All of that goes with parenting as well. I will just be parenting my parents.
Let me be the first to point out that this isn't the first time I've been wrong.
Then the instructor cautioned us against treating a senior like a child.
I took a hard look at myself as a parent – what my role is in the lives of my children, and what I hope to achieve. I also looked at myself as a daughter – what my parents did for me, what their hopes were for me. In neither scenario did doctor's appointments, food, baths, driving or money come into play.
As parents, it's true that much of our time is filled with these activities (and many more); these are not the things that make us a parent. It is merely what we do in the hopes that our children will be good people. That is our ultimate goal – happy and healthy children who will turn into adults who are good, honorable people.
When we care for our parents, our time may be spent doing much of the same, but it isn't parenting. The end goal is so much different. Our parents have already become good honorable people. Our job as their caregiver isn't to point them in the right direction, let them learn lessons on their own, or to hand down discipline in the hopes we make a lasting impact.
Regardless of how old we become, or how disabled they may become, they will always and forever be our parents. They will always be the people who put up with our shenanigans and loved us when we were at our most unlikable.
As our parents' caregiver, our role is to keep them happy, healthy, and safe as we honor them and their wishes. Our effort is a way to thank them for the time they cared for us; to show them that they did indeed help us become good, honorable people.
So no longer do I have any notion that I will one day be parenting my parents. Instead, I will be caring for them. No, scratch that. I will be honoring them."
Happy summer! Enjoy all the activities with family and friends. Remember, the best things you can do for the seniors in your life is to pay attention, be as knowledgeable as possible to the help that's out there and truly know that your goal is simply to honor them.
DEB CRANNY is the executive director at Home Instead Senior Care in Brainerd


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4. Name the Scandinavian character played by Sheridan Smith at the Old Vic.
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6. Which cities from classical antiquity were featured in an exhibition by the British Museum?
7. In which Harold Pinter play did Kristin Scott-Thomas star?
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's cinemas are showing signs of weakness, a concern for policymakers who had looked to stellar box office receipts over the last half-decade as a sign consumers were picking up some of the slack from ailing exports and manufacturing.
Ticket sales dropped 10 percent in the second quarter of the year versus 2015, the first dip in around five years and a far cry from stellar growth at the start of the year. July sales slumped further, data from box office tracker EntGroup showed.
Stalling sales suggest belt-tightening by China's consumers is hitting even small luxuries and everyday discretionary spending, a concern for the Hollywood producers wooing China and for Beijing as it struggles to stoke domestic demand.
"Cinema tickets are expensive and now there are lots more places to find movies, so everyone is choosing to stay at home and watch films online," said Zhang Fuling, 25, a service worker at a state-owned firm in Shanghai.
Zhang is not alone: visits to cinemas fell 15 percent in July, after growing more than 50 percent last year and at the start of 2016. Average ticket prices have also dropped to the lowest level in more than five years.
Some analysts point to a recent crackdown on producers subsidizing or buying up unsold tickets to inflate box office sales as also weighing on the sector, though similar campaigns failed to dent growth in 2014 or 2015.
With China's official data viewed with scepticism by some economists, any indicators that may offer a snapshot of the state of the real economy are eagerly watched.
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But the payday loan store for kids known as Pocket Money loans is no more than a hoax. It was a publicity stunt and someone has gone to extreme lengths on this project. The windows have been kitted out completely with child-friendly cartoons. Their website has all the answers and explain how you can get money 'easy-peasy' for iPads, lollipops and what not. There's also a basic FAQs explaining APR but its all very complicated and not very interesting they say …
Who is behind Pocket Money Loans?
But don't worry, the whole thing is a hoax. No civilised human being could possibly tempt children in such a way. Pocket Money Loans is in fact a work of satire created by Glasgow School of Art alumni Darren Cullen, with which he is seeking to highlight the way the consumer credit industry makes things flashy and appealing without realising the impact its having on our debt culture.
Cullen told The Scotsman: "Almost all payday loan companies have cartoon mascots, animated characters or sing-along jingles in their adverts. Their high street shops often have play areas full of toys and some of them hand out balloons and sweets to kids at the counter. It's a clear fact they target children, as both a means of persuading their parents, but also as a way to groom the next generation of indebted customers."
This is not the first time Darren has created a bit of havoc. In the past, he also created a controversial children's toy of a pregnant woman and there was also the billboard he created stating: "Santa prefers rich kids to poor kids." So the guy isn't scared about making a statement.
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The initial public reaction was horrendous as many people thought this was real.
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Editor's Corner: $500 Million And All I Got Was Another Shooter
Posted on Tuesday, May 6 @ 19:08:40 PST by Daniel Bischoff
There's no doubt in my mind that Bungie's new shooter Destiny will make a huge splash later this year when it releases on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4, but I can't help but feel like the reported $500 million spent developing and marketing the title will prove a little misplaced.
Activision is one of the smartest publishers in this business, floating itself and every single one of its projects on Call of Duty alone. If crappy Spider-Man and Transformers games sat on GameStop shelves until they were quietly moved to the bottom of the used game barrel, it wouldn't matter because Call of Duty has done all the business a game publisher could ever hope for... and doubled it.
Seriously, Call of Duty's insane success comes on the back of a Hi-Ho national defense budget that has ultimately quelled larger conflicts but still feels a little sickening to sensible gamers. Sure, we grew up playing Goldeneye 007 and Mortal Kombat, but I can't say Call of Duty has been the best influence on younger gamers in the past few years and I'm not sure Destiny will do any better.
Destiny's premise is founded in "mythical science fiction" but there's nothing fictional about the dollar signs some engineering and energy industries would like to reap from Earth's nearest celestial friend. There's a lot of scientific energy and money spent exploring the commercial applications of space travel at the moment and Bungie probably hopes to capitalize on the upswing of interest in math and science in today's society, but I still can't help but wonder if the project needed $500 million to accomplish what it set out to do.
If we break that figure down by guessing (which is so unscientific it hurts), we might assume that $100 million will be spent marketing the game alone but even that figure could fall short of the actual press relations budgeting. If you consider that Bungie has already held a few press events, you could make the case for a minimum of $150 million spent on getting people flown to the studio, E3 exhibitor costs, trailers, commercials, spotlight placement on console dashboard interfaces, and, of course, the ever-important GameStop window poster placement.
Both Activision and Bungie have been here before. They're not going to let Destiny ship less than 2 million copies to retail within the first month. In order to accomplish that, they will scream at you from every possible perch about how all your friends are going to be playing Destiny and you don't want to be a loooohoohoooser.
That means $350 million remain for executives at Bungie, the grunts that were slowly hired on as production continued and ramped up towards crunch time, testing the game, focus testing the game, and settling any lawsuits with Marty O'Donnell who expected a few more checks once his soundtrack work was over and submitted to studio leadership.
While I'd like to believe that $50 million has already been aligned for pizzas during 24-hour bug-squashing cycles in the months leading up to September and I'd like to believe even more that some of the contract employees on the project will get sizeable bonuses on their departure to compliment their names in the credits and the establishment of what Activision obviously hopes will replace Call of Duty during this generation of video game hardware, we know game development doesn't work that way.
Video game developers and publishers are so shady with their financials that it's a wonder anyone invests. I'd like to see the actual figures that have gone into Destiny's budget, but the statistics don't matter in this case (sorry, Sliverstorm).
The reality is that this gross expenditure of funds has been blown on what amounts to just-another-shooter. Full disclosure: I have not seen or played Destiny myself. It could be the best fucking game ever made and Donkey Kong sucks. You know something? YOU SUCK!
How many original games did Activision pass on to bring another shooter to the masses? How many games could have been funded with the amount of money Activision will spend simply marketing Destiny to people who don't even know they want another shooter? Well, open wide because here it comes anyway.
"I'm tired of Call of Duty." Well, how about this? It's just like Call of Duty and Halo, and in fact it's made by the people who made Halo and sold by the people who sold Call of Duty except it's totally not like those games at all because it takes place on the moon and you can jump and shoot energy out of your hands and by God, is that another player? Well, this time you're not supposed to just go out and kill that other guy because there could be a big monster you have to fight together!!! Wow, that rocket launcher dealt with the monster fast. OK, now you can shoot each other because you've unlocked the ability to shoot at each other.
I'll repeat myself. I have not personally played or seen Destiny. I'm incredibly eager to. I would like nothing more than to drive up to Washington and break down Bungie's door and demand a controller connected to a machine playing Destiny so I could come back and write a whole manifesto about how eye-bleedingly awesome it all was and oh-my-god, you guys should preorder.
Unfortunately, I can't. I'm just a little skeptical about Destiny's potential when we start throwing around insane money numbers well ahead of launch. That's not hype built on inventive gameplay mechanics. It's hype built on a totally arbitrary number some guy who never has to worry about money threw out during a money-people conference for people with money.
If I made Destiny, if I worked on the characters or the guns or the environments... if I painted mythical science fiction scenery and monsters for three years... if I developed the way each round of ammunition or Martian landscape sounded... if I created the abilities for each class and tweaked each incredible power to balance for perfection both in single player and multiplayer, I wouldn't want the consumer's first thought to be "well they spent so much money making the damn game, how could it not be good?"
It's not that Destiny can't be a great game just because a lot of money was spent on development and marketing... it's that this industry will collapse under itself if that's the true measure for gaming greatness.
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Urban Planning Coalition is now listed on the TALC website as a member.
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Unfortunately, we are an affiliate - I requested that correction, and adding
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Meanwhile, please consider attending the meeting and party tomorrow in SF if
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Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC)
Please join us on Wednesday, December 11 as we bid farewell to Rachel
Peterson. We will also be celebrating 5 amazing years of working together
under the umbrella of BATLUC/TALC.
Next week is Rachel's last as Executive Director of Urban Ecology and as the
President of TALC's Board of Directors. Rachel played a pivotal role in
building TALC into an important regional force - first as co-chair, then in
obtaining its initial funding, and most recently as it's President.
So come celebrate, we'll have food, wine and beer and some time to toast
with Rachel. The celebration follows our regional meeting (agenda below)
But feel free to just attend the celebration.
Wednesday December 11
7-8:30 p.m.
Sierra Club, SF
85 Second St., Third Floor
(at corner of Mission St., near Montgomery BART)
Hope to see you there!
Stuart Cohen
Transportation And Land Use Coalition (TALC)
(formerly BATLUC)
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Followed by a Farewell Rachel/5-year Celebration 7- 8:30 p.m.
Sierra Club, 85 Second St., 3rd Floor San Francisco
(at corner of Mission St., near Montgomery BART)
Pizza and Salad served for meeting. Beer and wine for the Celebration
Regional meetings are open; everyone is welcome.
1) Introductions/Announcements/Revisions to Agenda -- 5:30
2) Initiative Updates and Discussions -- 5:35
a) VTA Bus Cuts/$6 billion deficit
b) TALC's new Transportation Equity and Community Health (TEACH)
3) Bridge Toll Increase: Review and vote on proposed "tier one"
project list, develop long-term strategy 5:45
At the October TALC meeting we reviewed the list of candidate projects and
sent a letter to Senator Perata with a list of projects that TALC members
supported and opposed. Ezra Rapport, Perata's consultant has now released
the proposed "tier one" list of projects. These will be discussed at the
final Bridge toll meeting December 13, then forwarded to the state
legislature. At the meeting we will:
1. Review how TALC's project positions compares to the proposed plan.
2. Vote whether to support this initial project list (staff recommends
3. Discuss a strategy for moving ahead in 2003, including how high to
prioritize this issue.
To see our recommendations to Sen. Perata, and links to the past bridge toll
advisory committee meetings go to www.transcoalition.org and the bridge toll
campaign on the home page.
4) Plan Release of Best and Worst Developments of the Bay Area Report:
Brainstorm a date and place in February to release this report. The goal is
to get great regional media in a show of support for ABAG's adoption of the
Smart Growth alternative. Should it be a whistle stop tour? A regular press
conference? Help us plan, and execute it.
5) Sixth Annual Summit: Help make it the best yet 6:25
Event will be March 22 or 29. Brainstorm themes, break-out groups, and
decide whether to have the awards ceremony again and for what categories.
6) Organizational Briefing 6:40
a) Overview of TALC 2003 Staffing
b) Grant/Fundraising Updates
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The T3 continues one of my usual Canon gripes – files are output at 72 dots per inch (dpi) which results in an image size of almost 60 x 40 inches, making them hard to view in e-mails. You have to resize to send reasonably viewable shots, or resize to make good prints. At least one other Japanese camera company outputs their stuff at 300 dpi – perfect for printing at least, but you'll be resizing for e-mail.
Moving past image size, the T3 seems to acquire focus at entry-level DSLR speed, and shutter lag seems DSLR quick as well. AF tracking on some gulls during a dawn patrol shooting session at the beach went pretty well with the 9 point AF system set to "AI Servo." And while the 18-55 lens (shooting at about 29 to 88mm in 35mm film equivalents) won't get you close to distant subjects at the telephoto end, it's slightly wide and covers the 85mm focal range that was the starting point for the 85 to 135mm range that 35mm film photographers tended to favor for portrait work.
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I am getting a divorce and I have been told by my paralegal not to leave the house. What is the reason for this. Because my soon to be ex wife wants me out.
The person who occupies the family house, during a marital dissolution, is determined by the parties' agreement or by the court. Here's a few suggestions:
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There is never an easy answer to this question, and I don't know why your paralegal told you not to leave. Paralegals are not attorneys and aren't allowed to give you legal advice, so I'm assuming the advice was personal rather than legal. You can't be forced to leave your home unless your spouse obtains a kick out order and gets exclusive use of the residence (which, in general, she can do only if there is domestic violence against her by you). But there are other factors to consider, and you need to weigh these before making your decision to stay or leave:
Reasons to Stay in Family Residence
Leverage in the settlement. If she wants you out, she may reach an agreement faster.
You want to receive the house in the divorce settlement, and believe you won't get it if you move out (not necessarily true, by the way, as there is no legal basis for awarding property to the spouse who has lived in the residence since separation).
You can't afford a separate residence.
You operate a business from your home.
You don't want to lose the tax deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes.
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You are the spouse who will pay support, and if your spouse is living in the house, the tax deductions she will have as a result will actually lower your temporary spousal support obligation to her, and likely lead to a lower final support order.
There is no mortgage or the mortgage payments are significantly lower than the rental value of the property, and the person who lives in the house will end up having to reimburse the out spouse for the difference in these values (this is called a Watts reimbursement claim).
There is too much tension between you and your spouse, and you'd be happier living somewhere else.
You want your privacy, and you can't have that if you live in the house with your ex.
You want to establish an incontrovertible date of separation, and if you continue to live in the house there is a risk your spouse will later claim a reconciliation.
You don't want your spouse to file a false domestic violence claim against you to get you kicked out of the house (you'd be surprised how often this happens).
You should consult an attorney to analyze all these factors, and perhaps others I didn't think of, before you make a decision. Only an attorney can give you legal advice.
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The Inter-University Athletic Union of Kanto (KGRR) announced on July 28 that changes to the Hakone Ekiden's 23.4 km Fifth Stage and 20.8 km Sixth Stage mean that the existing records for those two stages along with the current Day One, Day Two and overall course records will be replaced at the 91st running of Japan's biggest sporting event on Jan. 2-3, 2015. The entire course will also be remeasured, meaning additional changes to other stages are possible.
The uphill Fifth Stage was lengthened in 2006 at the 82nd running to become the longest of the race at 23.4 km with 864 m of climb. Since then, every university that has won the Fifth Stage has also taken the Hakone Day One title, earning it the reputation of being the most dramatic and exciting part of the Hakone Ekiden. From 2009 to 2012 Toyo University's "God of the Mountain" Ryuji Kashiwabara (now Team Fujitsu) won the Fifth Stage four straight years, breaking the stage record three times and earning national celebrity.
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The 170 m Kanrei Domon tunnel, a popular part of the Hakone broadcast, has aged in the more than 80 years since its construction in 1931. Only 5.8 m wide, the tunnel was a source of congestion, leading to the construction of the 7.25 m-wide bypass to improve the flow of traffic and safety. The nation's top university runners will now travel via the bypass on their way to the Day One finish line at Lake Ashi and the handoff to the Seventh Stage in Odawara.
Because a pedestrian path through Kanrei Domon remains, the KGRR looked at the possibility of having runners follow the traditional course while TV broadcast trucks and other race vehicles took the bypass. However, a KGRR spokesperson explained, "It's just a university event so there is no need to go that far, and vehicles and athletes separating and then rejoining each other on the roads would also create additional danger. We shelved the proposal that running through Kanrei Domon was a must and went with the course change."
Opinions on the decision are divided. With the 20 m addition to the course expected to create a difference of only 3~4 seconds many universities' head coaches called for the old records to remain as the official records, but in the end the principles of "precision in time and distance" inherent to track and field won out. Toshiyuki Sakai (38), head coach of Toyo University which will lose its Fifth Stage, Day One, Day Two and overall course records, commented, "The complete out-and-back course is 217.9 km, so if the course changes due to road construction it's inevitable that the records are going to be erased. However, our drive to break our 2012 overall course record and Kashiwabara's Fifth Stage record still remains and will not disappear along with them."


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"What the fuck do you want, Whistler?" Buffy demanded, deep anger showing in her voice. She couldn't believe the bastard had shown up so soon after the explosion.
Whistler, for his part, looked, really looked, at the young girl in front of him. She appeared drained, all vitality gone. Even her bright, blonde locks seemed duller. Her face was noticeably thinner than the last time he had seen her. Her clothes hung on her frame. But it was the eyes that had changed the most.
That spark that all slayers possessed, and that Buffy Summers possessed more of than most, was missing. Her eyes, the window into her soul, were dark and empty. Her clothes reflected her mood as well. Her normal choice of bright colors and the latest fashions was in hiatus, replaced by dark, dull colors with a slightly dowdy appearance.
Whistler briefly considered delaying his mission for a while, giving Buffy more time to recover. However, he knew that the Powers would not tolerate any delays. They saw too much room for disaster if Buffy's relocation was delayed. It would take a certain amount of time to achieve as it was. Any extra delays might condemn the world. All he could do would be to break the news as compassionately as possible.
"I think it would be best to go inside. You don't want your neighbors hearing this."
"Fine." Walking past him, she opened the door and walked through. She didn't invite him in, but left it for him to enter if he could. Whistler stepped in behind her, looking around. The house appeared empty, and curiously lifeless, as if it too, were missing the dead.
"Slayer... Buffy, I have a message from the Powers That Be for you. But first, I wanted to say how sorry I am about what happened to your loved ones. I feel... regret that you are hurting so badly." Whistler's voice was gentle, his eyes filled with compassion. Buffy met his eyes briefly, before looking away. The last thing she needed was to start crying again. Especially when facing Whistler. Knowing that whatever he wanted wouldn't be good. It was unlikely she would enjoy hearing the message he bore.
Controlling her tears with great effort, she replied, "Thanks for that at least. But if you were truly sorry, you would turn around and leave. I'm so not in the mood for you and your bosses right now. I've just come from seeing Faith. She's dead. I don't know if I can take any more bad news."
Whistler winced. This wasn't going well. But it would only get harder. Best to be upfront with her. "Buffy, what happened to all of you was... unexpected. No one saw it coming. Not the Powers, not the seers, not anyone. Xander's been a wild card since the beginning. Being exposed to Janus's influence on Halloween two years ago, only made it worse.
"Certainly the Powers didn't foresee the deaths of so many. They've been scrambling around trying to figure out a solution. My coming here was a sort of last resort. They don't like to interfere, it really screws with the whole 'free will' thing. But in this case, the need was so urgent, they thought it was worth it. No matter what the cost. So here I am."
"Just spill. Then go crawl back under your rock." Buffy was beginning to come back to life. Anger was replacing the emptiness and lethargy within her. Goddamn Whistler. He only seemed to show up in times of disaster, of personal tragedy. The last time was when she'd sent Angel to hell, her mother had kicked her out, she was wanted for murder, and her friends were all injured through her negligence. This time, everyone was dead. Next time, the world would probably be ending. Or ended. Blinking back tears, it took everything she had left to force herself to listen to the demon.
"The world is facing a danger in the near future different than anything it has faced in millennia. About five millennia in fact. An artifact has been uncovered, one that should have stayed hidden. And it is under the control of the United States military. The Air Force to be exact. The artifact is called the Chappa'ai or Stargate if you prefer. It is a device that allows for travel between worlds. It was created by an ancient race that has since ascended. They were of an age with the Powers and have worked together before-"
Buffy interrupted him, her voice cold and abrupt, "What does that have to do with the here and now? Get to the point."
Giving her a wary glance, he continued, "They figured out how to use it four years ago, and have been cautiously exploring the galaxy via the Stargate ever since. Not cautiously enough, unfortunately. They've encountered another species that also has been using the gate. That race is the Goa'uld, a parasitic race, that possesses and uses humans. The same race that was driven from the Earth five thousand years ago by another Slayer and her allies. They use advanced technology, hundreds, if not thousands, of years ahead of Earth's. They are a dangerous foe and would win a direct confrontation. And there are worse things out there. Much worse. That's why the Powers sent me. They want you there. To help prevent certain foreseen disasters from happening."
Staring at the slight figure in front of him, Whistler wasn't sure how well Buffy was receiving the news. She didn't appear particularly impressed, but then again, she hadn't torn out his rib cage to wear as a hat either.
"So the Powers want to Glenda me to wherever this gate thingamajig is, so that I can save the world again? Is that the jist?"
"Not exactly. The Powers don't interfere. Even my coming here to give you this information was mulled over for two weeks before they decided. They would never use mystical means to interfere. So they won't be sending you anywhere." Whistler was hedging. He really was not looking forward to explaining the next part. The Slayer was not going to be happy.
"So, if they don't want to magically send me to where this gate thingy is, how do they expect me to get there? Drive Mom's jeep?" Buffy tried to keep the bitterness from her tone. But it was just like the Powers to want her to do something, while having no intentions of helping.
"No. That wouldn't work anyway. You can't drive to a top-secret base near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Besides, the events that are the most problematic are not coming for nearly five years according to the most exigent prophecies. To be in a position to help, you must start now. You must start at the bottom." Whistler watched Buffy's eyes widening in horror as she began to comprehend what he was saying. His voice low and urgent, he continued, "You must enter the military. You must excel at being a soldier. You must be promoted to where you will be needed. Only then will you be able to stave off the coming disaster."
"Y-y-you," Buffy stammered. She felt like she had just been sucker punched. The Powers wanted her to be all G.I. Jane? That was so not her. She was Dolce and Gabbana, not olive drab fatigues.
"It is the only solution. You are no longer needed here on the Hellmouth. The Council believes you dead. Another Slayer and watcher are coming. You have no ties here any longer."
"You expect me to just join the Army? I'm sooo not the Private Benjamin type. Buffy and the military are non-mixy things. Like oil and water. Or Posh and Ginger Spice." Buffy's frantic argument picked up steam. She was not doing the whole basic training montage, ala Rocky.
"Not the Army. The Air Force. And not join directly. Instead, enter the Air Force Academy. After graduation, you will be a commissioned officer. With your abilities, you should shine enough to have your pick of assignments, including Stargate Command, which is located not far from the academy, in Cheyenne Mountain. The Powers can probably give that a small nudge, if necessary. However, you will have to do the work to make it happen." Whistler's voice was calm and persuasive. He really hoped Buffy willingly accepted. The alternative was disastrous and would only push her further away from them.
"I didn't apply to the Air Force Academy. Even I know that you can't just waltz in at the last minute. There are no more open slots this late. And you need the sponsorship of a congress-type person. Unless the Powers were lying about interfering, I don't see how I can get in." Buffy felt her argument trumped Whistler's. Thank God. She didn't really want to stay in Sunnydale. Too many memories. But heading to wherever the Air Force Academy was located was not in her plans either.
"You can get in late. You scored a 1430 on your SAT's. You survived an incredible tragedy. Your local senator will sponsor you because of what happened here in Sunnydale. At worst, you might need to take a psych evaluation to make sure you weren't negatively affected. And if someone needs a small nudge, we can do that. But only a small one. Free will, remember? We did cheat in one way."
Whistler pulled several pages seemingly from mid-air. He handed them to Buffy. "These are letters of recommendation from the Mayor, Principal Snyder, and Chief of Police. They all commend you for your civic-mindedness. They also mention how you plan to take a year off to spend working in the Peace Corps before applying to the Air Force Academy. All you have to tell the Academy is that you changed your mind after the disaster. That you no longer want to put off doing what you'll spend the rest of your life at. Life is too short." Whistler studied Buffy's face intently. She didn't appear convinced. He did not want to pull out the big guns. That would not be good.
"Whistler, why me? Why can't I just rest? Why won't they leave me alone?" Buffy's desperate plea was heartfelt. She did not want to spend the next several years of her life on some kind of harebrained mission to save the world.
"You want to know the real reason?" Whistler asked, making eye contact.
"Repeat much? Duh! Of course I want to know." Buffy stared, wondering how he thought he could convince her.
"Because there isn't anyone else. Angel was going to be a champion, but now he's dead. Willow was going to be an immensely powerful witch, but now she's dead. Xander, Cordelia, Giles, Oz... all of them had their roles to play in the future, which now will not happen. Everything has changed. Before the explosion, you would have stayed here and gone to college. People you met while in college would have eventually joined up with the group around the Stargate, providing you with an in. Now, that won't happen. None of the things that need to, will happen. And..." Whistler hesitated, not wanting to say it. Too bad he knew she wouldn't let him get away with withholding anything.
"And what? Don't hold back on my account."
"And if you stay here, you'll be dead within four months. The seers are not certain exactly what happens, but all of them agree that you're killed by a vampire. And the world ends less than five years later. C'mon kid, we need you to do this. The world needs you to do this."
Buffy felt her gorge rise. Another prediction of her death. This time not written in an ancient text, but instead stated by seers. Either way, she was dead. She gave Whistler a bitter look. She would rather have not known. Either way, stay or go. Now she would never know if she made the decision because it was the right thing to do, or if it was because she was afraid.
Because she was afraid. Not of death, but of living. She was more afraid of joining the Air Force and taking on the challenges there, than of dying in four months time. She was tired and the peace offered by an early death was not be taken lightly. The hardest thing in the world was to live in it. She wasn't sure she could. Just as she wasn't sure if she could allow the world to end because of her weakness. So be it.
"All right, Whistler, I'll do it. I'll be their puppet. But first, I want something."
"What's that?" Whistler asked nervously.
"Bring them back. Please. I'll go into the Air Force. I'll do whatever you want. But, please, bring them back." Buffy didn't care that she was begging. Her self-respect was worth even a chance at regaining her family. She would do anything to achieve that.
"Slayer, please don't ask that. You don't know the consequences of what you're asking. The price."
Buffy met his eyes. "I would do anything to bring them back. I'll pay any price."
Whistler met her eyes. Gravely he began, "The Powers anticipated you asking for something along those lines. They can't do something like that, Buffy. They can't change history or it would destroy causality. But they understand your sacrifice. It has power. Balancing the two, allows them to make one change. It's one that can't affect everyone. Or even most of those who died. Bringing them back would change history too significantly.
"Only someone who would not affect the fate of the world, who would not truly change the things to come, can be saved. Someone not mystical or tied to the supernatural. Of those who died, you only have the choice of your father or mother. Only one of them, though. You have to choose. Only you. So, would you rather your father, Hank, survived that day or your mother, Joyce?"
Buffy's head spun. She would never see any of her friends again. No Xander, Willow, or Giles. No Angel. Only her mom or dad. She had to choose between them. Even a week before graduation, the choice would have been easy.
She hadn't seen or spoken to her dad since junior year. But he had come back. Back for her graduation. Back to make things right. He obviously cared after all. Buffy had always been closer to him growing up. "Buffy was Daddy's little girl," everyone would say. And she had loved it.
But since the divorce, Buffy and her mother's relationship had waxed and her and her father's had waned. Minus the whole 'throwing her outta the house' thing, their relationship had progressed steadily. Especially this past year.
Seeing her daughter, the hero, in action, had changed Joyce's perception of her. They'd spoken long and hard about the choices Buffy had to make, the sacrifices. Joyce had come away from those discussions with a far greater understanding of who her daughter was. She had been immensely proud of her. So proud, that she wouldn't leave town for graduation. Joyce couldn't run away while Buffy and the others risked their lives.
To choose hurt more than Buffy had ever imagined, a pain not unlike dying. But choose she did. "Bring back Mom. I choose her." Her face wore an expression of pain, like a glaze over her features, aging her. Being the Slayer had always been about hard choices. But none had ever been harder than this.
With an expression of sympathy, almost pity, on his face, Whistler seemed to listen to the wind. "It's done. In a moment, you won't remember the last part of this conversation, except that you agreed to do as we requested. That's one additional favor they will do for you. They will save you the pain of remembering having to choose. Good luck, Slayer." With that, he walked out the door.
Buffy looked around. Where was her mother? Whistler had promised. Shouting, "Mom! Mom, are you here?" she raced through the house.
Checking the dining room, kitchen, and den, she was about to run upstairs when her mom appeared at the top of the stairs. Clad in a bathrobe with a towel secured around wet hair, she looked like she just come out of the shower. "Buffy, what's wrong?"
Running up the stairs two-at-a-time, Buffy reached her mom and pulled her into a huge hug. Not understanding, Joyce hugged her back until her ribs started to creak. "Buffy, it's getting hard to breathe." Her daughter didn't let her go, but squeezed her less forcibly. Joyce freed a hand, and began to stroke her hair. "What's wrong, baby?"
"Thank God, you're here. Thank God, you're alive." Buffy's voice was sad and broken, her hurt so obvious.
"Sshhh, baby. I'm here. I'm here. Don't worry, baby. I'm here." Joyce's soft murmurs in her hair helped calm Buffy. Joyce didn't know why Buffy appeared so upset. She hadn't been like this since that terrible night.
"I don't know what I was thinking. I just had a bad feeling. The house felt so empty. Just like it did when I got back here after the explosion. I couldn't find you that night and thought you'd gone after all. When you finally walked in, I'd never been so happy to see someone. I love you so much, Mom." Buffy appeared confused to Joyce. Her baby had been so down the last two weeks. Sometimes Joyce wished she could wave a wand and make everything better.
Joyce hurt too. Xander and Willow had almost felt like her own children. Losing them hurt so badly. But she was still the mom, and would always be there to comfort her daughter. "You're not alone. I'm with you. I didn't go to your graduation after all, just as you wanted." Looking into her daughter's eyes, Joyce continued, "I will always be there for you. Together, we'll get past this. Someday, we'll be able to talk about them without it hurting so much." Even as she reassured her daughter, Joyce's thoughts went back to that terrible day.
Hearing the reports on the television, she had rushed out. How she had avoided having an accident, Joyce didn't have a clue. But somehow she had reached the site of the explosion. The flames had been dying down by that time, smothered under the deluges of water applied by the numerous firetrucks at the scene. She had run around frantically, looking for her daughter. She had questioned everyone at the scene, all of whom had expressed tremendous sympathy, but possessed no real information. Joyce had been devastated when one of the EMTs had told her that identification was going to be almost impossible since most of the bodies had been too badly damaged by the explosion.
Spotting another set of EMTs wheeling a covered form away from the scene, she had raced up to it. Not asking any questions, Joyce had stripped away the covering from the body, exposing the still face of Mr. Giles. The top of his head was missing, leaking blood and thicker, more viscous things.
Joyce had dropped to her knees and vomited, until nothing remained in her stomach. A female EMT had helped her to her feet, draping a blanket around her shoulders, her expression bleak. The young woman reflected the helplessness all of the personnel at the scene felt. With no one alive to help, they had no purpose, merely acting as tourists in a macabre world. Joyce just didn't have any room left for sympathy for the girl, her focus on finding Buffy taking up her entire span of attention.
Finally, she had been persuaded to go home. Walking up to the front door, she found it unlocked. Racing inside, she discovered the still form of her daughter laying on the stairs, still sobbing her her heart out. Joyce had wrapped her arms around Buffy, ignoring the accumulation of ash and blood that covered her. Together, they had mourned the loss of the others. They had comforted one another. In that moment, they'd grown closer than ever before. Eventually, Joyce had persuaded Buffy to get cleaned up, then had dressed her various wounds. Later, they had fallen asleep in Joyce's bed, holding one another.
The next two weeks had been difficult. Joyce had helped where she could. Sheila and Ira Rosenberg had been devastated at the loss of their daughter. Despite treating her with a kind of benign neglect while alive, they had both loved Willow very much. They had spent a great deal of time hugging and touching Buffy, as if being with her made them somehow closer to Willow.
Xander's parents had barely even spoken to either of them at his funeral. His father had been drunk, tears running down his face. His mom had been silent, face empty of anything but grief. The only time she'd approached anything resembling life was when she sent an accusing stare at Buffy as they lowered Xander's casket into the ground. Joyce had just been happy her daughter was too wrapped in her own grief to see the look. It was obvious Xander's mother blamed Buffy, at least somewhat, for his death.
Once the funerals had been over with, things had settled into normality. Joyce running the gallery. Buffy patrolling. Joyce had difficulty letting her perform her first patrol. She'd struggled with her worry about her daughter. Eventually, she stepped back and allowed Buffy her 'space'.
It wasn't just Buffy who needed space. Joyce had her own demons from that night beyond even the ones created by her worry over Buffy. She felt a tremendous amount of guilt over not being able to stop Hank from attending Buffy's graduation.
Joyce had known for weeks about Hank's intentions of attending. He had hoped it would be a first step toward reuniting with his daughter. When Buffy had come to Joyce a couple of days before graduation and explained to her that Joyce couldn't attend her graduation and why, Joyce had fully intended to notify Hank. But she hadn't been able to reach him.
Joyce had chalked it up to Hank planning to miss yet another event in Buffy's life. Then she'd gotten the message on her home answering machine that Hank was in town and he would see her at Buffy's graduation. Joyce had cursed fate because Hank had, for the first time in so long, regained some sense of propriety.
He apparently hadn't stopped by her house in an effort not to 'intrude.' And it had killed him. Joyce had desperately wanted to race to Buffy's graduation and pull him away, but remembering her promise, hadn't. Despite Hank's death, it was just as well. If Joyce had gone, she would have died too, leaving Buffy alone. It was a horrible thought. Yet, Joyce still felt guilty for surviving while Hank hadn't. Maybe if she had somehow found a way to contact Hank... Her reminiscing was interrupted.
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"I have some bad news." Buffy wore a bleak expression as she recounted the events at the care facility. While Faith had not been Joyce's favorite person, it was hard to hear of the death of yet another child. Then Buffy hit her with the capper: Whistler's visit and message.
"Are you certain, Buffy, that you have to do this? I know I wanted you to go off to school, but the Air Force? That wasn't exactly what I had in mind." Joyce was worried about Buffy going into yet another dangerous field.
"It's what I have to do. I want you and everyone else to be safe. And the not dying in four months would be of the good as well. If I have to dress up as Private Benjamin to accomplish said saving, then I'll make that fashion sacrifice." Buffy appeared to be trying to convince herself as much as Joyce.
"And the job, this 'stargate'? Where's it located?"
"Umm, around the same place as the Air Force Academy. Colorado Springs, Colorado. At least that's what Whistler said."
Joyce briefly contemplated the situation. There was no way she was letting her daughter go off alone and risk her life, with, at most, infrequent visits. While the gallery was doing great, it was just a business. If she sold both, she would have more than enough money to start over in Colorado Springs. And with Sunnydale not holding much allure these days, it seemed like the best choice.
"Buffy, sweetheart, sit down. I have some news for you as well."


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Hamburg look set to launch a £6m bid for Everton striker Nikica Jelavic, with Roberto Martinez set to put his faith in new signing Arouna Kone instead.
Jelavic made a spectacular start to his Everton career, scoring 11 goals in his first 16 games which included a run that saw him become the quickest player to reach 10 goals for Everton since Tom Browell in 1912.
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Due to financial hardship I was forced to give my horse away about a year and a half ago. The deal was that I would give these people my horse, but if they ever had to get rid of her for any reason they were to contact me so I could take her back from them. I found out about a week ago that they gave my horse away. They made no effort to contact me at all. When I confronted them about it, they refused to tell me who they gave them to. Today the new owners called me and said that they would not give my horse back to me, and that I was not even permitted to see her even to be sure that she is healthy and safe. I want my horse back. Is there anything I can do?
Oral contracts are valid in every state I am aware of. They are tough to prove in court. Nothing in the facts you presented indicates you have a strong case.
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Oral contracts are valid and enforceable. However, you will bear the burden of proof to show that not only was there a contract between you and the original seller, but that part of the contract allowed for you to have the right of first refusal if they ever decide to get rid of the horse. I suggest you contact an attorney in your area to see what remedies you have available to you.
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What you are trying to sue for is called specific performance. Courts are weary of that sort of cause of action because now they have to force a third party to give you your horse back, which is unlikely to happenAsk a similar question
I agree with my colleagues that oral contracts are generally enforceable, but hard to prove. Your problem, though, is that the new owner of the horse is what's called a "bona fide purchaser for value". Under Pennsylvania's Uniform Commercial Code, a person who buys property (not real property) by paying value for it, without any reason to know that anyone else has a claim to the property, the "bona fide" purchaser's claim to the property is superior to that of the actual owner (which would be your under your agreement).
Your claim is against the person you made the contract with and must be for money damages. You will not be able to get the horse back. If you are interested in pursuing the matter for damages, you should contact a local attorney.
Depending on the amount of money you are seeking and your comfort level in putting together a case, you could try to bring a small claims court action against the person whom you sold the horse to. Your problem will be proving what the contract was and what your damages are. Are there any witnesses to what was actually said and would the witness actually show up and testify at court? (Don't rely on affidavits in court). Has there been any correspondence (anything in writing, including texts and emails) between you and the buyer which evidences the agreement you had about returning the horse? You should if you have not already, send the buyer a letter detailing what the deal was, that the buyer breached the deal and that you want damages paid to you. Ask the buyer to respond to you in writing or at least an email or text. You may be lucky and the buyer's response may confirm the agreement. If your damages are the difference between what the buyer paid for the horse and the current value of the horse, you will need to engage an expert in the purchase and sale of horses to give his professional opinion of what the value of the horse is.Ask a similar question
Can you sue? Certainly. Oral contracts are, at least in principle, just as binding as written contracts.
Can you win? Much harder to say. The existence and terms of oral contracts are, by their very nature, difficult things to prove with any certainty. Some kinds of contracts can't be done orally at all, e.g., the conveyance of real estate.
Either way, this is probably something you're going to need to consult an attorney about to figure out. And if you decide to sue to enforce the contract, that's going to cost money. As financial hardship was what got you in this situation in the first place, you may not be in a position to successfully prosecute this action. Still, plenty of lawyers in town--myself included--offer free consultations. Use the "find a lawyer" feature to identify one and at least start that conversation.
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The study population for the 1996 National Sexual Health Survey (NSHS) is defined to include all English- or Spanish-speaking adults 18 years of age or older contacted and interviewed by telephone from June 28,1995 to April 30, 1996. Eligible respondents must have resided in housing units, other than on military reservations, in the forty-eight contiguous states. This definition excludes persons living in Alaska or Hawaii. Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish languages by a total of 55 interviewers.
Measures were developed to assess a wide range of HIV.related and human sexuality topics, including, but not limited to: condom attitudes, condom slips and breaks, HIV-related care giving, HIV-testing and home testing use, STD histories, perceived risk for HIV and other STDs and optimistic bias assessments, extramarital sex, sexual development, sexual abuse and rape, sexual dysfunctions, various psychological scales (sensation-seeking, machismo), family assessments and history, health and demographics, an a detailed assessment was conducted of sexual activities with each of the respondent.s sexual partners, and, in addition, demographic, geographic , and HIV/STD risk characteristics of their sexual partners were determined. The 1996 National Sexual Health Survey contains 8,466 cases and 2,463 variables.