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"Wonderful. A fuckin' bar," muttered Faith, standing in the park across the street from the hotel sign that indicated where to take the steps down to a lower level tavern. As the dark-haired woman glowered at a building that didn't seem to be all that deserving of her ire, Faith considered how exactly she'd wound up here.
About a week ago, it had been a peaceful Sunday morning in the small London apartment a couple of blocks from the International Watchers' Council main headquarters. That residence was used for those visiting Slayers and Watchers and other employees of that organization against the dark forces while they were in town. At this moment, the only occupants currently living there totaled three people, of which two were seated at the kitchen nook table after finishing their breakfast.
Dawn Summers had her chin perched on her fists, elbows resting on the table, and lying flat on this before her was The Observer newspaper, opened to the crossword puzzle section, still fully blank. Her eyes half-closed, Dawn was musing over the puzzle, concentrating on solving it completely in her head.
Faith Lehane was slouched back in her own chair, her left elbow propped up on the armrest and her left hand supporting that side of her head tilted to lay in her cupped palm. That woman's eyes were completely closed as she recovered from a night of clubbing, remaining motionless in her seat, except for the occasional sipping from her cup of steaming coffee clenched in her right hand.
Suddenly, Faith's coffee was plucked from her grip. The Slayer didn't react the slightest to this, even though she'd listened to every step of the coffee thief, from moving downstairs, walking through the ground floor to the kitchen, and coming to a stop just behind her. It was true that Faith could have tightened her grip on her cup to keep it from being stolen, but the dark Slayer knew better, even as she now opened her eyes and twisted around in her seat to scowl at the young woman in the green bathrobe moaning in ecstasy as she drained the coffee to the very last drop.
Wise people didn't get between the Red Witch and her morning caffeine.
"Pulled another all-nighter, Willow?" amusedly spoke Dawn, looking up from her crossword.
Smacking her lips, a blissful Willow Rosenberg nodded.
"Guess it was successful," snarked Faith. "What'd ya do, worked out how to turn every frog on earth into a beautiful princess havin' a serious lust for redheads?"
Willow giggled with delight, now pulling out a third chair from the table and plopping down into this, as she smiled at the other two women. Reaching in the front pocket of her bathrobe, the witch took out a thin metal disk the size of a CD, and triumphantly laid it down on the table.
Both Dawn and Faith looked at the disk, and then glanced at each other, before simultaneously shrugging, indicating that neither had any idea what Willow was so proud about. The Slayer and the Key now shot inquiring glances at their friend.
Looking a bit more serious, Willow said, "You remember, a month back, the DiMarco incident?"
Faith and Dawn's own faces also changed into grim expressions. In New York City, Julissa DiMarco had become a new Slayer, and before the Council could get in touch with the fifteen-year-old girl to explain what she'd become and how to deal with it, that young woman and her entire family had been kidnapped by a demon crime family who had wanted a Slayer to work for them, and these villains weren't going to take "no" for an answer. Using Willow's magic, the Council had managed to find and safely rescue their missing Slayer, along with that girl's parents and younger brothers.
Those nasty pieces of work who'd been stupid enough to try to use a Slayer for their own ends had been terminated with extreme and enthusiastic prejudice by the other warrior women and their Watchers, in a clear warning to anybody else who might consider doing the same.
Willow continued her opening statement. "Well, it was easy enough to track that Slayer, due to her being part magical from the spell that turned her into one, and thankfully her family was with her, so we managed to get them all back. But what if they'd been separated? So, I went to work refining my tracking spells. That's the result," smugly concluded Willow, pointing at the small metal disk resting on the table.
Puzzled, both Faith and Dawn leaned forward to peer at the disk. Around the disk's edge were engraved numerous tiny mystic runes and symbols, while in the center of the disk were two large symbols that Dawn recognized at once. Faith, on the other hand, just stared in bafflement at two circles next to each other. The circle on the left had a arrow line attached to the upper right side of the circle, pointing up and away diagonally to the right. The other symbol had a line heading down from the bottom of the circle, with the line ending in a little cross.
"Mars and Venus symbols, man and woman," pronounced Dawn.
"Correct," nodded Willow. "It's a prototype, but this tracking disk will find someone's parents, anywhere in the world, and reveal whether they're living or not. Here, let me show you." The witch reached out to press the tip of her index finger between the two major symbols, and muttered a single word, "Seek."
An instant later, the gender symbols appeared, floating in the air about a foot above the disk and glowing solid white. Right after that, the symbols vanished and were replaced by a small globe of the world, a perfect representative of a foot-wide Earth that now spin once on its axis, before stopping. Still holding her finger pressed on the disk, Willow nodded at the globe, and suggested, "Look at where it's in front of me."
Craning their necks, both Dawn and Faith were able to see two tiny points of white light on the surface of the globe, about somewhere in the upper midwest of the North American continent, at the lower edge of one of the Great Lakes.
"My parents, in Chicago," shrugged Willow, going on to say coolly, "At one of their medical conferences."
The other two women there glanced at each other at Willow's change of tone. Both knew that their friend and her parents had never healed their strained relationship with each other since Sunnydale had collapsed, and from Willow's reserved expression, she evidently didn't care all that much.
In an abrupt effort to alter the icy mood that had suddenly appeared in the kitchen, Dawn blurted out, "Hey, Willow, can I try?"
"What?" blinked Willow, evidently jarred from her recent brooding. She looked startled, and then a bit worried, her eyes darting to Dawn's face, with the redhead uneasily swallowing and opening her mouth to release a slightly panicked babble, "Uh, well, it's a prototype, so, uh, I didn't put in everything I could, so it might not--"
"Wils, relax!" snorted Dawn. "I know what I am, so I'm not going to be offended at whatever, if anything, this shows me. I just want to see what happens."
"Um," muttered Willow, her expression clearly torn, showing unease over potentially upsetting Dawn at being reminded she might be in human form, but that woman had been created from magic, so it was extremely unlikely Dawn would be shown she did indeed have parents. However, also in the witch's expression was sheer curiosity at seeing if her construct would work or not. Finally, Willow shrugged, and took her finger off the disk, directing, "Just do what I did, okay?"
Dawn nodded, and then put her finger on the disk at the same place where Willow had put hers. Then, she said a bit tentatively, "Seek."
An instant later, the gender symbols reappeared, again floating in the air above the disk, though they were different from what they had been before. The male symbol, instead of being a solid white, was now transparent, as if it was made of glass. Also different was the female symbol; instead of being solid white, it was now solid bright green.
As all three women there stared at this, the symbols vanished and the globe reappeared, spinning once, and stopping. Fascinated, the trio bent forward to look, with Dawn being the first to exclaim, "Scotland?!"
Willow gasped, and then turned bright red as the other women looked at her. The witch sheepishly muttered, "Uh, Dawn, remember way back when we learned you were made from Buffy…."
"She's my mother?!" shrieked Dawn, who now glared at Faith abruptly giggling in her chair.
"Look, it's just the way the tracking spell tried to show it. It really doesn't mean anything, um, weird…." Willow trailed off at this, joining with Dawn in glowering at a now guffawing Faith.
Finally getting herself under control, Faith wiped away a tear of mirth, and crowed, "Ohhh, I got good blackmail material here. You both better be nice to me, or B's gonna get a pink card from me at her place in the IWC's castle there, congratulatin' her on havin' a bouncin' baby girl, five-seven and one-thirty--"
"She knows!" snapped Dawn, only then adding a bit more haughtily, "One-twenty-four."
"Yeah, well," snickered Faith, "what was that with the guy thingy?"
Willow looked thoughtful, and then hesitantly said, "I think it represented, as close as it could get, the fact that there was no real male parent--"
"Yeah, you pretty much described Hank Summers," snorted Dawn. Her expression slowly changed from grumpiness into true melancholy, as the woman clearly remembered how during all of her actual existence for the last several years, her supposed father had totally ignored her.
At seeing this, Faith felt actual compassion for her friend. In an effort to distract Dawn from her depression, the dark Slayer hastily said the first thing that came to mind, "Hey, Red, you said livin' or not. Does that mean this thing shows your mom and dad bein' dead, if they are?"
"It's linked to the parents' life-force," Willow told Faith, glancing over at Dawn's now-interested face, and understanding why Faith had asked this. "I, um, think it'll show a negative answer."
"Cool. Lemme try."
Dawn took away her finger from the disk, and looked surprised. "Your dad's dead? I know about--"
Putting her index finger on the disk, Faith brusquely said, "Yeah, she said that once, when I was a kid." Her fierce face now closed to show a blank expression, as the Boston-born woman muttered, "Seek."
An instant later, as all the women watched, the gender symbols appeared again. The male symbol was now pure black, but what really shocked Willow, Dawn, and especially Faith, was the manifestation of the female symbol, in its pure white form, that lead to the appearance of the globe again, showing a single white light on the sphere at the upper east coast of the United States.
"NO FUCKIN' WAY!" shrieked Faith, leaping to her feet, sending her chair skidding back, to then storm out of the kitchen into the house living room.
Dawn and Willow gaped at each other, both of their mouths wide open, until Willow abruptly closed this, and a concerned look on her face, the witch made a quick flutter of her hand towards where Faith had disappeared, a gesture that was clearly explanatory. Dawn promptly nodded, and getting out of her chair, she also headed towards the living room, her pace slowing and finally coming to a halt when the Summers sister caught sight of Faith.
The dark Slayer was standing before the main front window of the apartment, unseeingly looking out at the quiet street, her posture stiff and her hands clenched in fists. Dawn stood there behind the brunette, not daring to speak, but knowing Faith was conscious of her presence, and hoping this would bring some measure of comfort to her friend.
That was indeed what the two women were now. Despite their early experiences together in Sunnydale, all that had later taken place had caused the pair to genuinely like and respect the other. Dawn thought she probably was now the person most trusted by the Slayer, an opinion that was promptly confirmed, as Faith, still looking out of the window, started muttering, as if to herself.
"I heard 'bout it, a few months after I….split. Not sure exactly when -- out in the street, you know time just by the seasons and the shop decorations -- but I heard a rumor she'd been in the middle of a drug deal that went bad, with everybody shootin' at each other, and she got killed. Coupla weeks after that, I went back to where we was livin', heard the same thing from the landlord that sold alla the stuff she had. Never bothered to find out more, 'cuz I wasn't alla that surprised. It was gonna be that, or an OD, or gettin' wasted by a john. After that, I got found by my first Watcher, then….well, you know."
Impulsively, Dawn stepped forward to stand directly behind her friend, her arms going out to embrace Faith's lower body and the Key's hands interlocking her fingers over the Slayer's stomach. Dawn then tilted her head forward to rest her forehead against the back of Faith's skull. There was no reaction by Faith to this, so Dawn knew the brunette had accepted her unspoken sympathy.
Still, after a few moments, Faith's fingers gently tugged apart Dawn's hands, and the older woman stepped out of the embrace and turned to head to the front door, muttering, "I'm gonna go for a run. Thanks, Dawnie." Faith hadn't looked at Dawn when saying that, but the California native wasn't all that offended, particularly since when Faith had pulled open Dawn's clasp, just before that, a clumsy pat of thanks had been bestowed on the younger woman's hands.
After the front door closed, Dawn turned around to look at where Willow was worriedly standing in the living room entrance from the kitchen. Meeting her gaze, the witch started apologizing, "Dawn, I'm so sorry, I never intended this--"
"It's not your fault, Wils. But, look, can you find out more?"
Willow blinked in surprise, and then nodded in the general direction of the front of the house before concernedly saying, "Are you quite sure about that? She didn't say anything about wanting to know what happened."
Dawn knew quite well what Willow meant, and shrugging, the younger woman told the witch, "She didn't say she wanted us to leave it alone. To me, that's close enough for her agreeing to it."
A dry expression flashed over the witch's features, as she sardonically remarked, "You've been around Xander too long. He really lives by the phrase 'better to ask for forgiveness than for permission.'"
At Dawn's sudden puppy-dog eyes, Willow promptly crumbled, heaving her shoulders in a resigned shrug. "All right, but if things head south, I'm going to hide behind you."
"Fair enough." As Willow turned around to go back into the kitchen, Dawn also spun to step forward in front of the house window, and stood there for a few minutes, also unseeingly looking out and thinking about how quickly life could change for you.
For the next few days in the house, things were both tense and calm. All of the women there went around their daily business, being polite enough to each other, but there was an evident strained atmosphere in the house. Finally, late one night, Faith came into the apartment to find both Willow and Dawn waiting together for her in the living room. The witch was standing there, a nervous expression on her face while clutching several sheets of paper. Dawn was a bit calmer, but her eyes lighted up at seeing Faith, as if the Key was eager to get things over with.
Faith stopped dead in her tracks, a sick feeling suddenly appearing in her stomach. Her face lowering in an angry frown, the Slayer opened her mouth to express her feelings, only to be interrupted by Willow hastily saying, "Faith, we need to talk to you. It's Scooby business."
Faith was stunned speechless by that last statement, especially when her eyes darted over to Dawn, who was nodding in agreement, and how that younger woman's index finger came up to point at her own neck.
Only for Dawn would Faith accept this situation. Years before, it had been that Summers sister who had set up everything, including the meeting of reconciliation between the dark Slayer and the surviving members of the Scooby Gang. In that emotionally-charged gathering, Dawn had been the one to demonstrate how to act, stepping up and fully and completely apologizing to Faith over the Key's thoughtless and careless actions against the Slayer during her time in Sunnydale.
None of the others of the group named after a cartoon dog could do any less. One after the other, all of them did the same, admitting their offenses and asking for forgiveness from a young woman who'd appeared among them back then, whose rage, grief, and fear had expressed themselves in a sultry, offhand, wild-child attitude that had completely covered up an overpowering longing for love and acceptance.
In the end, things at the gathering had ended satisfactorily. Contrition and regret had been accepted by Faith, and cautious relationships began again, much better than in the past, as they should have done back then. One last gesture by Dawn had sealed the whole settlement. To Faith's surprise, her new friend had then presented her with a small, flat, gift-wrapped box. Looking around in puzzlement and a little wariness at the others' sudden grins, Faith had uncertainly held her gift until Dawn firmly told her to open it right NOW.
Cautiously opening the box, Faith had boggled at the contents, instantly recognizing what she had. The purpose of the thin circular strip of leather was obvious, particularly combined with the numerous images of the head of a goofily-grinning cartoon Great Dane embossed on the outer side of the collar and the small disk attached to the front, with a single name engraved on the dog tag: FAITH.
Looking up with a stunned expression on her face, Faith had disbelievingly watched as Willow now ended the minor glamour she'd previously done, and everyone else there had then revealed their own dog collars around their necks that they'd all been wearing the entire time:
For the first time in her life, Faith had cried in front of them all.
Back in the London apartment, remembering this, Faith stood there in the living room, and now said gruffly, "Lissen, 'fore we start, I wanna say somethin'." Looking at the others, she went on, "Red, Dawnie, I been pissy at ya the last coupla days, over somethin' that wasn't your fault. I….I'm sorry 'bout that."
Right after that, Faith was hit by a Dawn-projectile, being engulfed in a fierce embrace by that woman, and seeing over her sniffling friend's shoulder the redhead witch brushing away her own tears. Starting to edge over to the room's sofa, dragging a still-hugging Dawn along with her, Faith sat down, and growled, "Okay, let's get it over with. I s'pose I'm not alla that surprised the devilbitch's still alive, considerin' how she managed to wiggle outta everythin' else when I was with her."
Dawn finally let go, and leaned back in her own seat on the sofa, looking a little nervous over what Faith had just said. A growing-worried Faith glanced from Dawn's face to Willow's own strained expression that matched the Key's apprehension, and the Slayer sighed, knowing there could only be bad news to come. "Screw it. Just lay whatever it is on me, 'kay?"
Willow blinked, and cleared her throat, clutching her sheets of paper that she really didn't need, as she'd memorized all of what was on there. The witch cautiously spoke, warily watching Faith, "Er, your mom is alive, yes. But….the woman who raised you….she's dead, Faith."
Gulping, Willow rushed ahead, "Faith, you were adopted. Twice."
The dark Slayer fell back against the sofa back, her ears roaring and darkness descending in her mind over what she'd learned. A few moments later, Faith became conscious of her cheek being gently patted and an angry voice snapping at Willow. With a shake of her head, Faith became aware of her surroundings again, and lifting up her own hand, she gently grasped Dawn's hand that had been touching her in concern. As both of the other women now stared at Faith, the brunette woman managed to husk out, "Okay, that was a pretty good hit. But….look, just say it straight and clear, Red. I don't think I can take any more shots like that again."
A shamefaced Willow sitting in her own chair across from Faith quickly nodded her head, and started over again. "Um, the first thing I checked about you, Faith, was your birthdate -- December 14, 1982 -- which is how I found you were born in St. Mary Magdalene's Home for Unwed Mothers in Boston on that day."
Faith looked a bit startled. "So, I'm really a Catholic? Well, I kinda always thought that, havin' a name like Lehane--"
"Er, yes. But that isn't your name. You see," Willow turned brick red over her next words, "your, uh, birth mother had you a month before her fifteenth birthday."
Dawn, already knowing this, glanced quickly over at Faith's pained groan at this news, and anxiously watched her friend scrub hard her face with the palm of her hand. Right after that, Faith dropped her hand back down, and glumly regarded them both, muttering, "Looks like the apple don't fall far from the tree, right? Christ, that 'bout matches my own record, though at least I didn't get pregnant!"
"Ah, yes, well…. Anyway, that seems to be the reason for what happened next." Willow determinedly went on, "Due to….everything, it helps explain why you were given up for adoption the day after your birth, to Charles and Jessica Parker."
"WHO?" blurted out Faith, abruptly sitting straight up on the sofa and staring incredulously at Willow. "Red, I never heard of either of those guys!" The Slayer felt a soft hand touch and then clasp hers, and unthinkingly squeezed back Dawn's grip, while looking into Willow's saddened face, as the redhead went on with her story in a subdued voice.
"There's….good reason for that. According to the records, they seemed to have been nice people who loved you very much. Until, when you were eighteen months old, a drunk driver ran a red light and plowed into their car, which killed them both, though you weren't hurt."
At this sudden shock, Faith unexpectedly felt tears in her eyes, and quickly took her hand from Dawn's to brush them away, looking around at the other women sympathetically gazing back at her. She muttered, "Aw, fuck. Looks like I started early on the bad shit in my life happenin', right?" Swallowing, Faith asked the question she already knew the answer to, "So, I guess I was adopted again, by somebody I ain't gonna win any prizes for knowin' who--"
Willow sighed. "Yes. Your….stepmother's maiden name was Lehane, so when the closest family member, her older sister, was contacted--"
"I woulda been better off bein' raised by wolves!" Faith snapped. Shaking her head, the Slayer disbelievingly asked, "Christ, didn't anybody check on her, or was I just handed to her in a shoppin' bag?"
Wretchedly, Willow mumbled, "From the police records, while she was charged with several minor offenses, she was never actually arrested, and that was years ago, before she adopted you. So, it was assumed she would care for you well enough, considering she inherited a good sum of money from your stepparent's estate." Now, Willow really looked miserable. "I'm afraid that even before everything, she had a reputation as a party girl, and now that she actually had money, she blew it all in a couple of years, and in the process, she became an addict, to both alcohol and drugs."
From where she was leaning forward, head in her hands, and her face looking down at the floor, Faith muttered, "No big surprise there. From what I remember, she drank, snorted, smoked, and shot up every cent she could grab." While she didn't show any signs of it, Faith was nevertheless really grateful for Dawn's sympathetic hand now rubbing her back.
After a few moments of silence in the quiet living room, Faith sat back up, and shot a crooked smile of thanks at Dawn taking her hand away. The younger woman tentatively smiled back, and then watched her friend look at Willow and say, "So, Red, after alla that, things really did go the way I heard, her gettin' shot?"
Willow nodded. "She was one of the casualties, found dead on the scene. Your, um, step-aunt had no other known relatives and no assets, so she was buried in the local potter's field. And, uh, her records end there."
Faith snorted, "Fittin' end of her story. She never meant anythin' to me, so I ain't ever gonna break into tears over it."
Both Willow and Dawn winced at Faith's bitter remark, though both had to admit there was cause for it. Still, something concerned Dawn, prompting her to speak for the first time through the emotional shocks over the last few minutes. "Faith," this causing the named woman to inquiringly glance at Dawn, "how -- why didn't anybody help you, during all your time with your step-aunt, and after that? I mean, when mom died," Dawn had to pause to swallow over one of her own most painful memories, "Child Services was really all over us both, me and Buffy."
Faith's brooding features over her recollections of her hellish life as a child softened, as the Slayer knew that for Dawn, Joyce Summers would always be her mother, in spite of everything the Key was. Faith still had guilt over what she'd done during her dark time, and one of her biggest regrets was never being able to ask that older Summers woman for her forgiveness. Which was why Faith honestly, if more than a bit cynically, answered her questioner.
"Dawnie, there's a big difference between a small, whitebread town, even if it was Sunnydale, havin' maybe a few dozen files for whatever bureaucrats was in charge of lookin' after kids, and a big-time city like Boston, which was swamped with thousands of cases. I ain't sayin' my hometown didn't have good people tryin' their best, but, well, things just didn't work out with me. Fuck, it didn't help that the devilbitch moved us 'round every coupla weeks, keeping me outta sight of CPS. With you, you gotta admit they knew where you and your sister was, and they were on the job."
Dawn considered this, and had to admit its truth, but she still opened her mouth for a follow-up question, only to close it at Faith's firm headshake at her. Sternly looking at Dawn, and then Willow, Faith decisively stated, "Look, I don't wanna talk 'bout it no more. I got a whole 'nother question, anyways."
Willow blinked at Faith's steely eye now on her, as the dark Slayer asked in a no-nonsense tone, "Red, in alla what you said, you never gave out the most important thing. Who's my real mom?"
The witch had really hoped this wouldn't come up. Looking down at her feet, Willow mumbled, "Faith….I don't know."
"What the FUCK?!" shrieked Faith, incredulously staring at the blushing redhead. "What'd you mean, you don't know?! Isn't it in there in alla those papers?" continued a still-shouting Faith, pointing at the sheets of papers in Willow's shaking hands, as a disregarded Dawn winced and clapped her hands over her ears, protecting these from a Slayer yelling at full volume.
"Can I explain?" squeaked Willow, after Faith finally ran down and just sat there on the sofa, simmering. A curt nod from that angry woman encouraged the witch to meekly go on. "Faith, regarding all the records of the adoption, as was the custom back then, the papers and the documents were physically sealed. They were never put on a computer, so I couldn't hack into them."
"Well, what 'bout your other stuff? I mean, you got the mojo to find out God's shoe size!"
Willow's lips twitched over that, but the witch answered seriously, "That's….kind of the problem, Faith. Those records are in the custody of the Catholic Church, and they've got serious mystical protections on them, continuing the tradition of keeping the names and identification of souls newly brought into the world under guard. If you really want me to, I could try, using my magic, but whether I succeed or fail, there would be serious….repercussions."
"Oh," muttered a taken-aback Faith at what Willow had just pointed out.
Frowning, Dawn suggested, "Willow, Faith, couldn't it be done legally and openly? I mean, surely the Council has the contacts and influence to ask to unseal those records--"
Both of the other women stared in shock over Faith's abrupt rejection of Dawn's proposal, especially when the Slayer jumped off the sofa and paced back and forth in the living room, fiercely scowling. Finally, after a few uncomfortable moments, Faith stopped, and looking at her anxious friends, she gruffly said, "Dawnie, there's a few coupla problems with that. First, if it goes ahead, it'd take a helluva long time, with the guys with the collars wantin' to know all 'bout it -- the who, what, why, and alla that -- plus they might turn us down flat, anyways."
Dawn and Willow looked at each other, and admitted this truth, and then their attention was drawn back to Faith, as the brunette continued, "Second, it just ain't gonna happen, 'cause I ain't tellin' anybody on the Council -- not even Giles -- 'bout this. This is private. Period. Just for us -- me."
Still watching Faith, Willow and Dawn now concernedly saw Faith's stricken face and heard her nervous swallow, as she croaked out, "Last….there's a faster and easier way. I made up my mind. I'm gonna go see her."
"WHAT!" came from both listening women, who bounced up from their chairs, to cluster around Faith. Dawn was the first to fretfully ask, "Faith, are you sure about this? Doing it on your own?"
"Yeah. Right now, it seems the best thing to do. Go find her, see her, what kinda life she has. Maybe then I might actually talk to her, tell her 'bout me."
Hesitantly, Willow asked, "Uh, Faith, you're okay….with all that? You…don't blame her for anything?"
"What?" frowned Faith at the redhead, who sheepishly cast down her eyes. Shaking her head, the Slayer told both her friends around her, "Shit, she didn't do nothin'. I mean, as far as she knows, she had a kid, and that was the end of it. Wasn't her fault alla the crap that came next. I don't even blame her for givin' me up. I woulda done the same, bein' in her shoes and seein' my belly swell, and knowin' I couldn't care for it. Him. Her."
At these last words, with tears in her eyes, Dawn embraced Faith, dropping her face on the Slayer's shoulder, and sniffling. Faith looked over at where Willow was also about to cry, and rolling her eyes, the brunette held open her free arm, wordlessly giving permission. Willow promptly stepped forward, throwing her arms around both Faith and Dawn, and softly weeping in shared hope and happiness with the Key.
Only Faith refrained from crying, though her eyes did prickle, and she suppressed her emotions with her usual sardonic remarks, saying, "Christ, I feel like the last two minutes of a Full House episode. Well, if that's what's happening here, I wanna be the cool rocker with the great hair."
"I always liked Joey," commented Dawn, still keeping her head pressed against Faith's shoulder.
Among the embrace, Willow brightly said, "I guess that makes me Danny, taking care of everyone."
For a minute or so after that, they all clung to each other, until the women finally let go and stepped back, those who needed to wiping their faces. Willow was the first to speak, softly saying, "Faith, I'm going to start my tracking spells. I'll also set up whatever documents you need, proving that you're her daughter, if you actually have to use them."
"'Kay. Thanks, Red."
Nodding, Willow started to turn away, until she stopped and looked again at the dark Slayer, to hesitantly offer, "Um, Faith, there's one piece of information in the records I found that didn't come up before." At the sudden appearance of worry on both the faces of the Slayer and the Key, Willow hastily went on, "Nothing bad! It's just that, well, it was your birth mother who gave you your name. Faith."
"One Corinthians thirteen thirteen," beamed Dawn. "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
Several days later, Faith of the unknown last name stood at the edge of the Boston Public Garden, doing one last check of her watch, which had Willow's tracking spell emplaced upon it. A tiny dot of light glowed at the edge of the dial, pointing at the building across the street when Faith held up her watch to confirm this. After a few seconds, the signal began blinking slowly to show the person it was tracking was somewhere below ground level, which meant she had to be inside the basement tavern that had a sign outside on the face of the building naming it 'Cheers.'
"I already had one drunk and worse for a mom," muttered Faith. "Please let her be workin' there or somethin' like that." Nervously, she brought up her hand to her neck, to slip under the top of her blouse and finger what Dawn had given her when that woman and Willow had seen her off at Heathrow. Faith had been waiting for her flight (she had politely turned down the witch's offer to magically send her straight to Boston, explaining she needed time to adjust to the fact she was actually going to find her mother), when Dawn had pressed something into her palm.
Surprised, Faith had stared at what was in her hand, an antique Victorian silver brooch attached to a necklace and composed of three charms interlocked together: a cross, an anchor, and a heart. A confused Faith looked up at Dawn in the airport lounge, and the smiling Summers sister had then murmured, "Believing the incredible, hoping when all is lost, and forgiving the unpardonable."
Faith let her fingertip run over what was resting in the hollow of her throat, and nodded to herself. *Good words, those. Well. Move it, sister. Don't take all day 'bout it.*
The woman now walked across the street to the steps leading downstairs to the tavern. She was so deeply engrossed in her own thoughts that she missed the chubby man briskly walking towards her along the hotel sidewalk, until he brushed past her while Faith was right at the head of the stairs With a muttered, "Excuse me," the man then determinedly went down the stairs.
A bemused Faith followed a few steps after, thinking, *Guy must have a serious thirst.* Continuing her descent, the woman watched as the man pulled the tavern door open and entered, without courteously holding the door open for her. Now really sardonic, Faith changed her opinion to, *Make that a major thirst for chunky.* She now reached the door and pulled it open.
Blasted back from the doorway, Faith staggered into the rear wall of the staircase, letting the door slam shut, to dazedly shake her ringing head. She brought up her right hand to delicately insert the tip of her pinky into her right ear, which had been closest to the roar of greeting, and wriggled hard this digit, flexing her jaws all the while. When done, she eyed the door again, and stepping forward, she cautiously opened it and peeked into the tavern.
Only quiet conversations greeted her. Warily taking a few steps forward onto the threshold, Faith looked around, and found herself to be in a pleasant tavern, with a bar in the middle of the room, surrounded by chairs and tables. It was a bit more placid than the bars Faith usually went to, and with much better lighting, but she wouldn't have minded having a drink herself at this place anytime else. Except, of course, she was here today for an entirely different reason.
Pretending to check the time, Faith lifted her watch and glanced at the dot of light, which was pointing at the bar and the woman there….? Faith had her mouth fall open, and mentally groaned to herself, *Not another blonde!* Then, the Slayer frowned and thought to herself the main objection to the possible success of her search. *No way. She's gotta be no more than ten years older 'n me.*
A faint frown on her face, Faith headed for the bar, sitting down on one of the stools along this counter. About to check her watch again, she looked up as the bartender come over, a tall, handsome guy with hair that been maintained, cared for, and cosseted more tenderly than anybody this side of Angel. "What'll it be?" asked the bartender.
"Um," considered Faith, who wasn't planning on ordering anything, but shrugged anyway and said, "Beer. What you got on tap."
"Can I see your ID, please?" politely asked Mr. Hair.
"Huh?!" spluttered Faith, who really hadn't been expecting that. Digging into her back pocket for her wallet, Faith threw the waiting bartender an half-exasperated, half-amused look over being carded, and then she produced her international driver's license. That seemed to do the trick, and a filled beer mug was soon placed before Faith, who absently picked up the glass and drained it in a single, smooth swallow.
Putting down her glass, Faith saw motion out of the corner of her eye, and turned on her stool to see at the end of the bar counter the guy who'd come into the tavern before her now in his seat, beaming and holding up his own empty beer mug in a clear salute to her. The woman's eyebrows quirking over this, Faith cautiously nodded back, and then turned away, to once more check her watch. The tracking spell now pointed to the other side of the room, at where a passageway started, with a wall telephone there just before the restrooms.
Faith promptly decided that whatever else, she didn't want to meet her mother in the ladies'.
Shifting nervously on her stool, Faith resigned herself to waiting some more, idly shoving her empty mug back and forth on the bar counter. She ignored what her heightened senses were bringing to her from the low conversations around the bar, and the click and clatter of a pool game coming from somewhere past the passageway. There, the sudden gleeful rasp of an older woman's voice suddenly struck Faith's ears.
"Clavin, even if you were the last man on earth, had every tampon in the world under lock and key, and owned a magic lamp that granted you three wishes, you still wouldn't get a date!"
Faith snickered over this flawless insult, and interested, turned in her seat to see who'd said that.
Carla Tortelli, triumphantly holding her drinks tray filled with empty glasses, stalked out of the pool room into the main bar, with the whine of "Carla!" sent after her from Cliff putting an actual spring in her step. As she dodged past a young woman arising from her seat, Carla smirked and awarded herself another ten points into her lifetime score against the world.
Astonished, Carla spun around, and looked at the young woman standing there, staring at her.
The older woman knew at once who she was.
The sound of a drinks tray falling and glasses shattering cut off every conversation in the bar, allowing all there to hear the whispered name from a woman who hadn't let this pass her lips since her first child had been born, but had never forgotten it. Or her.


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By heather.cass | October 27, 2015 5:15 am | 0 Comments
I received this message from an Erie-area friend last week and wanted to share it with you because it's food for thought for those of us who are out there running/cycling and tempted to lash out at disrespectful drivers.
"A friend of a friend went running on Hershey Road recently about 5:30 am or so. A Toyota Celica buzzed him — you know those cars that just about clip you and you leap for the ditch. My friend threw up his hands in anger after the car passed and the driver turned around and came back. Not only did the guy get out of the car and give the runner the what for, he had his hand behind his back and told the runner if he didn't get the h#@$ out of there, he'd shoot him. The driver got in the car and left. The runner got the plate number and called the state police. Turns out the driver has a concealed weapon permit. He's now under investigation for making terroristic threats toward the runner. My coworker (a responsible gun owner) is pissed, because he said it's guys like that that give gun owners a bad name. I'm terrified, because I've done that before in anger, too….sometimes while running with my daughter. I'm telling you because I'm angry and I'm scared and I feel the need to warn other runners.
Who among us has not thrown our hands up (or a few choice fingers) or yelled at a driver who got too close for comfort? When I started running 15+ years ago, I did it pretty regularly. Until one day about six years ago I witnessed a road rage incident in which one driver got out and punched the windshield of the car in front of him….shattering it and frightening me so much that I vowed never to indulge in road rage myself (while driving or running).
My brother, Joe, an avid cyclist, who, like me, can be a hothead (it's a family trait), had come to the same realization after tangling with drivers over the years. He once told me, "I just realized that there's no point in arguing with someone in a 2,000-pound lethal weapon; you aren't going to win."
I think of that every time I'm tempted to react to a driver who gets too close to me, refuses to move over or won't turn down his/her stupid high beams…and I just let it go. It's not worth it. Because, today, in this gun-loving society we live in, taking the high road with drivers can be a matter of life and death.
Run smart, my friends.
By heather.cass | January 27, 2015 3:12 pm | 0 Comments
Yeah…so about that detox. Um….well….I gotta come clean. I quit pretty early on. Like the first week, I think.
I'm still not really sure why. I used to have this incredible will power. I mean, I went for like 8 years without eating any meat or fat because that's what they said we should do. Turns out they were wrong (and, honestly, I'm still so pissed about it).
But, lately, I've learned to be more gentle with myself. And to be less rigid about eating and exercise because it's a path that can quickly lead down dark roads. Addiction and obsession isn't limited to controlled substances and even "healthy" habits can be unhealthy when taken to extremes.
If this all sounds like a bunch of crap I throw out there to justify the Smucker's natural peanut butter I can't seem to stop spooning into my mouth, well…maybe it is. Perhaps I'm getting soft — or lazy — in my old age.
But, you guys, I'm just so tired of this….what's healthy, what's not. Eggs are good. Eggs are bad. Milk is good. Milk is bad. Fat is good. Fat is bad. Eat no-fat & vegetarian. Eat all meat and vegetables.
It's. Just. Exhausting.
And, I'm kinda done with it.
The simple truth is that food is fuel. Nothing more. Though, we've all made it much, much, much more (happiness, love, socialization, tasty treats, etc.). We would all be just fine and probably have no trouble maintaining a trim body if we stuck to natural foods that don't come in any sort of package or wrapper and have one ingredient: apples, oranges, broccoli, meat, eggs, fish, water, almonds, olives, bananas, squash.
Also, I've come to believe that we all eat far too much and too often. Think about it: When the was the last time you heard your stomach growl? If you're eating three meals a day, it's probably been a long, long time (unless, of course, your meals are all low-fat and full of grains, starches, and carbs…these breakdown quick and make you think you're starving and you need more. You don't.).
So in an effort to simply things, here's where I'm at now: I'm doing my very best to eat one-ingredient foods that don't come in any sort of package or container. I'm buying meat from local farmers who raise animals in humane conditions. And, I'm experimenting with eating only when I'm hungry. Sometimes that means I eat "breakfast" at 10:45. Sometimes it means I eat breakfast at 6:30 a.m. and eat "lunch" at 3 p.m. and don't eat dinner at all. Sometimes it feels like I eat all day. On other days, I don't eat much at all.
It's not about weight loss (though, not gonna lie, it would be nice to get this winter weight off). It's more about trying to change the role of food in my life. It doesn't deserve to be front & center. There are so many more important things in my life than what's for dinner.
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Star Tribune: She found running and left troubles in the dust
How to pick the right running partner (Tip: If your goal is to get faster, your best running partners are those slightly faster than you. This means you may curse them while running because they will push you, but…that's how you improve).
Because we can: Why we all need to run
Undies for running women (cute concept, but…pricey — 3 pairs for $48. Ouch).
Forget Fitbit – This T-shirt embeds fitness sensors into fabric (interesting)
How Are You Training? from Boss Hog on Vimeo.
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Western States Winner Pam Smith on Training with Kids.
NPR: 'Why this Compulsion to Run long distances?' A Runners' Beautiful Confession ("…but when I run the world goes quiet." Me, too, Oatmeal)
"Widespread" doping in Track & Field? *gasp* But, seriously, does this news really shock anyone? I hate to be jaded, but it's seriously a matter of time before they bust Bolt or one of the other running superheros.
4 easy post-workout snacks that aid recovery.
Make your own marathon brag board (below). Step by step instructions here.
I don't think that "Sunny Orange Creamsicle" would fit on a race bib though. 🙂
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For kamikaze comedians, theres a split-second just before impact when the laugh track gets so crazy that it sounds like someones screaming. Too often in cases such as Lenny Bruce, John Belushi, or Sam Kinison theres no time left to bail. But now and again, some drugged-out joker miraculously survives. And, last summer, that lucky exception was 42-year-old man-child Andy Dick. After more than a decade packed with DUIs, indecent exposure, and public urination, Dicks laugh-scream moment came during his booze- and Xanax-fueled freakout of July 2008. By most accounts, he hit rock bottom somewhere near Murieta, California, getting arrested for among other things tearing the tank top off a teenage girl. Then, following a plea deal in October, the comic was equipped with an alcohol-monitoring anklet; a drink means jail.
Now, fresh off a stint with VH1s reality show Sober House, a rehabilitated Mr. Dick is touring his one-man show about the trials and tribulations of addiction. But even clean, theres bound to be raunch, and ironically, the Improv's sticking to its two-drink minimum rule.
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If Nyjer Morgan was aware of all the criticism about him in the last few weeks, he's doing plenty to end all of it tonight. Morgan has three hits, a stolen base, an RBI and two runs as the Nationals lead the Orioles 4-0.
But if that wasn't enough, Morgan made possibly the best catch by anyone in a Nationals uniform this season in the third inning.
With one out, Corey Patterson lofted a fly to deep center field. Morgan scaled the seven-foot wall, fighting off a fan and taking a home run away from Patterson. J.D. Martin stepped off the mound with a look of amazement, Orioles and Nationals fans both oohed and Patterson simply tipped his batting helmet when he saw the ball was caught.
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If you wander into Monument Book Store on the riverside to the south of Old Market, you'll discover, among many others, about half a dozen shelves piled high with guidebooks to Angkor. You may then spend several good hours puzzling over which one to get. Now, most of your problems have been solved with the recent publication of one single book, and I'll get to that shortly. First though, I'd like to look at some of the more established works which are also worth looking at.
A Record of Cambodia – The Land and its People is a translation by Peter Harris of the accounts of a Chinese emissary who visited Angkor in 1296, when the empire was still at the height of its reach and strength. Zhou Daguan spent a year here and carefully recorded details of daily life, from the architecture, the customs and religions, trade, the natural world, holidays, agriculture and much more. His is the only surviving witness of daily life at Angkor and his perspective is fundamental to much of what we understand about the capital of the Khmer empire at this time. Some of his accounts will shock you, while you can still see scenes that he described more than 700 years ago being acted out today.
The temples of Angkor are renowned for the unique beauty of the carvings that adorn them. The ancient Khmers excelled at this art form, employing a complexity and artistry that is unparalleled anywhere else in the world. The carvings depict scenes from the Hindu epics, especially the Ramayana, the Buddha's life and Buddhist legends as well as representations of great battles and ordinary scenes from daily life. The best account and explanation of all these can be found in Vittorio Roveda's book, Khmer Mythology – Secrets of Angkor. He carefully describes the legends involved, and the elements and symbols employed by the Khmers, in a way that will add another dimension to your experience of the temples.
With Ancient Angkor Claude Jacques and Michael Freeman have produced a lovely, insightful guide to the temples that fully employs Jacques' academic expertise and Freeman's photographic skills. The text is authoritative and lively, and beautifully illustrated. Lightweight and easy to carry even in a pocket, it is one of the most popular guides to the temples available.
Dawn Rooney is an art historian who has focused on Angkor, and other parts of Southeast Asia, for more than 30 years now. Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples is her principal guidebook and is regarded as one of the most authoritative on Angkor, providing a richly detailed account of the history, art and architecture of the temples. Her large book may be a little heavy for porting around the Angkor Park, and there is a lighter version with condensed descriptions that may be more convenient.
The latest to be produced is a work by Michel Petrochenko. No historian or academic, he is in fact a photographer for whom the temples have evidently become an object of fascinated devotion. His book, Focusing on the Angkor Temples, was 10 years in the making and it shows. It adroitly presents an enormous wealth of information in a way that is engaging, easy to consume and absolutely teeming with fascinating little nuggets of information. It's what every guidebook should be like, appealing as it does to almost every conceivable customer, without alienating anyone either. Whether you're an academically minded nerd, a geek who loves random bits of esoteric information, an aesthete, or simply looking for superficial little bits and pieces that will enhance your connection to what you're seeing at the temples, this book will work for you. It's all there, and very easy to navigate. Temple plans are broken down and colour coded making it easy for readers to situate themselves and hunt out the interesting little details that he illuminates.
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The host canceled this reservation 5 days before arrival. This is an automated posting.Andrew2017-01-12T00:00:00Z
The welcome message was very detailed and helpful. But for the second night, the electricity, water and heater all went off for no reason. We were out for the most of the day and it is definitely not the overuse of the energy or anything like that. And since we didn't have wifi access (Electricity was off) and phone was down as well, here was literally no way you can ask for help from the house. The electricity was only turned back on automatically the next day morning when we were checking out. But water was still not on yet, so we couldn't wash dishes and even flush the toilet. I feel bad that I can't do anything about it. I am not sure about how this works but better guidance is probably needed to avoid this situation in the future for other customers.William2016-12-26T00:00:00Z
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What a lovely lovely place! Joyce was the perfect host, so kind and welcoming, she made pumpkin bread for us to have with our coffee in the morning, and cooked up a treat for breakfast! The room was beautiful, decorated perfectly and really comfortable. When we stayed we had the whole house to ourselves. Couldn't have wished for more, thank you so much!hannah2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
We spent one night in the Riesling Room at Mark's. It was a lovely room with everything we needed. I can highly recommend this place.Morten2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
Un accueil très chaleureux , une chambre avec salle de bains très cosy au milieu du neverland des Bunnies. Un petit déjeuner très convivial avec de délicieuses gaufres home made. Un moment uniquemarjorie2016-08-05T00:00:00Z
Very nice place in a desolate area.Nicolas2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
Super comfortable place to get off the grid and enjoy beautiful scenery. Great stopover for exploring Death Valley and the Eastern Sierras. Nice bathroom amenities and full access to kitchen downstairs. There's a fun little bar nearby- enjoyed a bowl of chili and a beer.Briar2017-03-26T00:00:00Z
The listing was just as described and more! this place is amazing, super cozy and welcoming. The decoration it is amazing and it feels like at home. Super clean everything. Joyce the host and owner was super nice and very helpful on pointing me to the points of interest and giving me tips for looking around. The food completely home made, fresh and natural. If you like waffles, Joyce makes the best waffles in the whole world, something definitely worth to try at least once in life! I am definitely coming back.Irlanda2016-02-16T00:00:00Z
We stayed only one night at the Riesling Room- i wished we could have stayed longer. The house in the valley setting- super quiet at night- is the perfect hide away place. The room was cute and very clean, the breakfast was amazing, prepared by the host and the partner in crime themselves. Very friendly and open people absolutely worth a stay!anett2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
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I never got to meet Mark as he was traveling, but he was SO helpful over the phone, checking in on my whereabouts along the way. I arrived at night and it was my first day driving solo on this big trip, so I was a bit apprehensive. If I'd arrived during the day, I'm sure I wouldn't have needed additional help over the phone since his directions are very detailed. I was greeted by his lovely mother, Joyce and the rest of the family including Lettie and Fred. They were all so warm and inviting to this weary, solo traveler. They had a yummy Mexican dinner waiting for me and even offered me a glass of wine! As for the guest house, Joyce did a beautiful job of decorating every last detail. It is very shabby chic in the most sophisticated way! They had all the comforts one could ask for and even had coffee, fruits and toast available in the morning. I was lucky to enjoy some fresh scrambled farm eggs Joyce made for me before I hit the road! She even packed a box of her dried lavender for me as a parting gift! I highly recommend this stop! A comfortable, romantic place with stunning scenery and the warmest group of people!Coral2016-09-11T00:00:00Z
It was perfectly quiet and peaceful vacation. Thanks again Mark!!Kevin2016-05-31T00:00:00Z
We spent one night here on our way to Yosemite from LA. After seeing the ranch and meeting everyone there we wished that we had booked a longer stay! The place is awesome and Joyce makes the greatest Belgian waffles you ever tasted!Max2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
The One Night Stay at Mark was remarkable. Mark as a person was a very kind, sunny and warm encounter. We both liked him from the first glance. The house is wonderful, the whole surrounding is kind of magical. Mark fetched us from the street and was super kind, even though we were late. He made us a super nice breakfast, we had best coffee and everything u can imagine. His waffles are the best waffles we ever had. Thank u Mark for everything, we appreciated it so much! We can recommend this special place to everyone from our heart!Adam2015-09-05T00:00:00Z
I can't begin to say how pleased we were with this place. When we showed up Mark's Mother was there to welcome us. We had a great time visiting with her, and leaning about the area. Dryer is a place that I would have never went except it was a good stoping point for us. however our stay was so enjoyable I would go back just to stay at this place and enjoy the family and the amazing scenery.Robert2016-06-24T00:00:00Z
Great place and hospitality!Chris2015-09-03T00:00:00Z
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The Host was great and welcoming, a very home like felling and the place is really nice. Comfortable beds and views all around the establishment. The breakfast is amazing and you must try the waffles! We are definitely staying here again soon.David 2014-11-29T00:00:00Z
Loved our stay! Joyce is a wonderful host, who makes the best waffles in the world. (If you're lucky, you may even get the recipe.) Very cool to be on an active farm, a real little oasis in a small town. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a comfy, cozy, stay in a beautiful part of the world.Casey2015-01-02T00:00:00Z
Mark and Joyce are super nice, they even gave us a bottle of wine as a gift! The house is so fancy! Clean, cozy and you can easily find whatever you need, with Christmas decorations makes it even better. If i get to come to Death Valley again, I will still choose to stay here!Yang2015-01-04T00:00:00Z
Unfortunately we didn't end up staying with Mark. User eror on my part. I spoke by phone to him and he couldn't have been nicer. I will look for an opportunity to stay with him.Sandra2014-08-31T00:00:00Z
We had a lovely stay at Mark's, he is a great host. Unfortunately, when we stayed the kitchen in the house was still under construction, but Mark was very sweet by letting us use the kitchen in his house. Wifi is not yet available either. The house is extremely quant and cozy, we really enjoyed it. Mark has also prepared a delicious breakfast for us in the morning.Luba+12016-12-28T00:00:00Z
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I'm sorry but have you seen this kid play at all??? His work in the corners is one of his biggest strengths. Not to mention that many of the games iv gone to this year he is use as a
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(one of the top defensive teams in the league). The coach must be really is worried about him when he is willing to put him out in the last minute of the game defending a lead.
I think some people seem to forget this kid has been in the league for under 1 year.
This is mainly because he and MacKinnon can retain puck control for the majority of the kill often times.
He is by no means a great defensive player imo. I wouldn't call him a spectator but it is a big weakness in his game relative to the rest.
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The United Federation of North America is a republic consisting of most of the Upper North American continent. The first inhabitants of the land were nomadic tribes from Asia who crossed the Bering Strait 10,000 years ago. After the Vikings left North America word spread throughout the world that there was a new continent. Many nations throughout the world tried to colonize the new continent but by 1300 A.D only the Chinese and Spanish Empires succeeded...


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Letter To A Wandering Soul,
I am a disappointment and a failure. I never live up to the expectations that my most beloved ones set for me. They must be trying to put up with my extreme idiocy as I try to fulfill my needs.
I always thought I'd be the bright one, the one who thinks positive no matter what and can accomplish anything by just believing. I've proved myself wrong. I'm not that person...that person who plays my role in my dreams and gets the most of their life. I'm someone who I don't want to be; someone who hates challenges that they believe they cannot pass; someone who makes a long face all the time and disappoints people around them.
And the most huge, monumental thing I hate about myself...I am a big fat liar. For trying to live a lie by bing someone I'm finding impossible to be. For telling people that I'm an optomist and that they should look on the bright side when I can't do that myself. If I were Pinochio, my nose would be stretched a hundred feet, no, infinity feet long because of my stupid, lying self. That's right, I'm a loser.
The only thing I'm probably good at doing is acting as if everything is okay, and actually forcing myself to believe that so everything would be okay. But deep inside, I know that I'm not okay at all...not even close. I don't even know if this is a good thing. I wonder if because of all this my heart is going to turn black and stop beating...maybe it should.
You know what I am?
I'm pathetic.
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Product Name: Dilatrend
Dilatrend is used in the treatment of heart failure. It does this by reducing the pressure the heart has to pump against (blood pressure) and controlling the heart rate. Dilatrend is often used in conjunction with other medications.
Dilatrend is a beta-blocking agent used in heart failure. Its actions include:
- relaxing the tightened blood vessels, which decreases the pressure the heart has to pump against, thereby decreasing the work of the heart per contraction.
- slowing the heart rate, which makes the pumping action more effective.
- having the added effect of being an antioxidant, which reduces damage to the heart.Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump well enough to fulfill the body's requirements. As a consequence, the heart increases in size (hypertrophy) in attempt to increase blood flow to the body. Unfortunately, this increase in size can often worsen heart failure symptoms. Over 6 or more months, the effects of Dilatrend helps to decrease heart size in the enlarged heart and to increase the heart's pumping efficiency. This results in decreased hospitalisation rates and an overall decreased death rate (mortality) from heart failure.
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Your doctor will tell you how many DILATREND tablets to take each day.
Common side effects
There are some common side effects associated with Dilatrend. It is important to tell the doctor if they occur and are worrying you. These include:
- tiredness, drowsiness
- dizziness and lightheadedness
- abnormal or blurry vision
- slow heart rate
- diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting
- bronchitis
- high blood sugar
- weight increase
- fluid retentionThese effects are usually mild and decrease with time. It is also important to tell the doctor if there is something else making you feel unwell, even if it is not listed above.
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There are several rare but important side effects that can be associated with Dilatrend. If these occur, you should tell your doctor immediately or present to the nearest Accident and Emergency hospital department, as urgent medical attention may be required. These include:
- itching, dark urine, loss of appetite, yellowing of skin or eyes (jaundice), or feeling 'flu-like' with no clear cause
- difficulty breathing or swelling of the mouth or tongue
- irregular heart beats
- swelling of the feet or legs due to fluid retention
- increased bleeding or bruising that occurs more easily than normalReference: Product CMI attached below.
- Dilatrend (R) Australian Approved Product Information
- Bicor (R) Australian Approved Product Information
- Toprol-XL TM Approved Product Information
- Keating GM, Jarvis B. Carvedilol. A review of its use in chronic Heart Failure. Adis Drug Evaluation; Drugs 2003, 63(16): 1-43.
- Parker M, Bristow MR, Cohn JN et al. The effect of carvedilol on morbidity and mortality in patints with chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 1996, 334; 1349-1355.
- Parker M, Coat AJS, Fowler MB et al. Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 2001; 344 (22); 1651-1658.
- Remme WJ, Riegger G, Hildebrandt P et al. Clinical Trials, The Benefits of Early Combination Treatment of Carvedilol and an ACE-Inhibitor in Mild Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction. The Carvedilol and ACE-Inhibitor Remodelling Mild Heart Failure Evaluation Trial (CARMEN). Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 2004; 18: 57-66.
- Packer M, Fowler M, et al. Results of the Carvedilol Prospective Randomised Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) Study. Circulation 2002; 106: 2194-2199.
- Fowler MB, Vera-Llonch M, et al. Influence of Carvedilol on Hospitalisations in Heart Failure Incidence, Resource Uitilisation and Costs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001, 37(6): 1692-1699.
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INTRODUCTION:Failure to respond to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is generally the result of drug resistance or poor compliance with therapy. Less commonly, it is due to subtherapeutic blood levels of antituberculosis drugs. We describe a patient where subtherapeutic blood levels of antituberculosis drugs led to initial failure of TB therapy.
CASE PRESENTATION:A 55 yr old male was diagnosed with bilateral upper lobe cavitary pulmonary TB with numerous Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) in sputum and was started on standard doses of Isoniazid (INH), Rifampin (RIF), Ethambutol (EMB) and Pyrazinamide (PZA). Patient remained 4+ AFB smears positive for over 4 weeks without adequate clinical response despite pansensitive TB organism. He was directly observed in hospital with treatment compliance. Therefore, the possibility of subtherapeutic blood levels was suspected. Investigations for malabsorption including stool for fat, ova and parasites, serum B12 level, antigliadin and antiendomyseal (Transglutaminase) antibodies were all negative. CAT scan of abdomen with oral and intravenous contrast showed calcified granulomas in the spleen and minimal nodular hyperplasia of adrenal glands. There was no evidence of intestinal pathology. Initial peak blood levels of INH, RIF, EMB and PZA performed two hours after ingestion on empty stomach were subtherapeutic. Therapeutic blood levels were not achieved despite INH 600 mg and RIF 900 mg orally daily and therefore patient was treated with parenteral INH 300 mg, RIF 600 mg, Levaquin and Capreomycin and oral EMB 1600 mg and PZA 2500 mg daily. With multiple dose adjustments based on repeated blood levels, therapeutic drug levels were achieved four weeks later during which sputum cultures became negative for tuberculosis. Patient was discharged after around 5 months of in-patient therapy. Nine months of therapy with therapeutic levels completed while patient was on INH 600 mg and RIF 900 mg orally daily (higher than standard dose).
DISCUSSIONS:Tuberculosis is a readily curable disease when adequate antituberculous therapy is properly administered. Short-course chemotherapy on standard doses of INH, RIF, and PZA are associated with 95% cure rates if patient is compliant and the organism is pansensitive. Administration of medications through directly observed therapy (DOT) assures patient's adherence to treatment. Subtherapeutic blood levels must be suspected when all the above are in place and patient is not improving. Subtherapeutic blood levels have been seen in patients with HIV disease and when there is a malabsorption state. In these patients, drug dosing should be dictated by earlier blood levels.
CONCLUSION:Candidates for early blood level testing of anti-TB drugs include patients not responding to treatment in a setting of a pansensitive organism and compliance with therapy specially in patients with AIDS or a malabsorption state. It is possible that TB enteritis contributed to subtherapeutic blood levels in our patient as more therapeutic levels were seen once patient showed clinical improvement.
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The Maclay family was a family of conservative people, lead by their current patriarch Mr. Maclay. His wife and their daughter, Tara, were witches, which the family disapproved of. Presumadly in order to keep their women in line, Mr. Maclay made up the rumor that their innate magical abilities were the result of them being part-demon and that Tara's alleged demonhood would resurface on her 20th birthday. This was proven false at said event when Spike hit Tara, triggering his chip which would only do so if he harmed, or intended to harm, a pure human.
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Vulcan men tied for fifth after tough day
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The University of Hawaii at Hilo men's golf team is tied for fifth place heading into today's final round of Western Washington University's 42nd Viking Invitational in Bellingham, Wash.
The Vulcans carded a team total 300 in the first round and 291 in the second round on Monday at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. They were tied with St. Martin's University for fifth.
Sonoma State (293-294) and Simon Fraser (299-288) had two-round totals of 587 to share the first-day lead.
British Columbia (298-290) was third at 588, followed by Montana State Billings (303-286) in fourth at 589.
Rounding out the team scoring were UH-Hilo and St. Martins, 591; Dixie State (300-292), 292; Western Washington (299-296), 595; Northwest Nazarene (295-303), 598; Notre Dame de Namur (315-308), 623; and Academy of Art (320-308), 628.
Dixie State's Kenny You (72-65) leads individually with a 137 total going into today's final 18 holes. Montana State Billings' Brad Harrelson (72-66) and Sonoma State's Alex Marry (71-67) are tied for second at 138. They are followed in the top five by San Francisco State's Michael Belle (72-71) at 143 and UH-Hilo's Dalen Yamauchi (74-70) and St. Martin's Austin Spicer (75-69) at even-par 144.
Also competing for the Vulcans are Corey Kozuma (tie for 10th, 74-72—146), Christian Agosto (T-19th, 75-74—149), Chris Shimomura (T-32nd, 77-75—152) and Kyeton Littel (T-49th, 82-75—157).
"We had a bad putting day," UHH coach Earl Tamiya said. "In the first round, it was cold, rainy and windy, but we survived. We shot better in the second round.
"Now, we hope to play better tomorrow and make some of those putts that we missed. We're only four shots behind the leaders. If we play well, we've got a chance to move up and challenge (for the title)."
Yamauchi, a junior, shot even par despite the at times difficult conditions.
"Dalen was real steady for us," Tamiya said. "Tomorrow, we'll need everyone to play well and make some putts. That will be a key for us."
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Heavy rains Sunday afternoon triggered a flash flood in Santa Clara Canyon, endangering Governor Walter Dasheno and six others. A Black Hawk helicopter rescued four of those trapped by the flood and all were able to reach safety.
The National Weather Service estimated that from 1.7 up to 3 inches of rain fell on the Santa Clara Canyon watershed. The heavy rains impacted areas damaged by the Las Conchas fire, sending a cascade of water down the canyon.
Public information officer Joe Baca said that Dasheno and six flood mitigation workers were in the canyon assessing the situation when the flood hit.
This was the scene outside of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Steve Yanicak's property in El Rancho Sunday. Yanicak said he sustained no structural damage to his house but suffered some moderate erosional damage at the northern end of his property. I have never seen such a large amount of rainfall in such a short period of time ...and I've been living here since 1993. My neighbors that grew up in this area (most in their 60s) have never seen such a scary flood as we all witnessed on Sunday either," Yanicak said in an email. Yanicak said it could have been a lot worse but he said he had taken precautions in the past 10 years to build and reinforce some erosional structures and walls at the edge of the arroyo.
Sunday's pounding rainstorm washed out several areas throughout Los Alamos County. "We had flooding on West Jemez Road at Water Canyon with reports of four to six feet of water above the road," said Los Alamos National Laboratory spokesman James Rickman.
Roadside guardrails washed out during the flooding, but the integrity of the road was not compromised, he said. The road was closed Monday while crews cleaned up the area.
Los Alamos Police Capt. Randy Foster reported that N.M. 4 was shut down at both ends Sunday due to rising rainwater and debris creating a hazard for motorists.
In July as the state's forests, along with its tourism season, seemed to be going up in smoke, the industry anxiously awaited a move from Santa Fe to counter bad publicity.
They wondered aloud if Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson had a game plan.
She did. Rather than calling more attention to the fires, she took another approach – the "Catch the Kid" campaign.
Don't expect the same old thing from Jacobson, a home-grown marketer hired away from Quaker Oats to breathe life into tourism promotion. She grew up in the business – her father's a hotelier in Taos Ski Valley – and honed her skills out of state. Now she's back with energy, ideas and infectious enthusiasm.
Texas has done it to us again. The state has enjoyed bullying us ever since it came into existence. This time it involves playing by different rules for the collection on drought insurance.
Last year, as the effects of drought became very obvious, the U.S. Department of Agriculture began touting a new drought insurance policy. Ranchers in New Mexico and Texas jumped at the opportunity.
Sure enough, both states are experiencing the worst droughts in recorded history. Texas ranchers have received $65 million in payments. New Mexico ranchers have received $2,000 for the $1.5 million they paid in premiums.
Boise State leapt at the chance to leave behind the Western Athletic Conference and join the Mountain West.
It's just a far different looking conference than the Broncos were anticipating.
"What makes it a lot tougher is the new environments, new situations, new teams, new stadiums, new fans. We were comfortable in the WAC because we had been there, we had been all those places," Boise State offensive tackle Nate Potter said. "Mountain West has a bunch of good teams we're going to look out for."
Boise State's move is the big news, but the arrival of the blue turf on the Mountain West footprint comes knowing that TCU is on its way out.
Things are still progressing at Sullivan Field, although not as quickly as Los Alamos High School's athletic department was hoping.
Workers from Academy Sports Turf of Englewood, Colo., began laying down the new artificial surface at Sullivan Field this weekend and as of Monday had much of the football playing area on the ground.
However, the renovation at Sullivan Field, which began in mid-May and was scheduled to wrap up on or about Aug. 18, has fallen well behind schedule.
Girls soccer: Los Alamos at Belen, varsity, 4 p.m.; JV, 6 p.m.
Boys soccer: Rio Rancho at Los Alamos, varsity, JV, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Moriarty at Los Alamos, varsity, 6 p.m.
Cross country: Los Alamos at La Cueva scrimmage, boys and girls, 9 a.m.
Volleyball: Pojoaque at Los Alamos, C team, 11 a.m.; JV, noon; varsity, 1:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Los Alamos at Farmington, varsity, noon; JV, 2 p.m.
Football: Los Alamos at Pojoaque, varsity, 1:30 p.m.
Girls soccer: Farmington at Los Alamos, JV, 2 p.m.; varsity, 4 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people who bought new homes fell for the third straight month in July, putting sales on track to finish this year as the worst on records dating back half a century.
Sales of new homes fell nearly 1 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That's less than half the 700,000 that economists say represent a healthy market.
Housing remains the weakest part of the economy. Last year was the worst for new-home sales on records that go back nearly 50 years.
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the resolve of the Japanese people in their efforts to recover from the tsunami and reaffirmed the two countries' alliance as vital for regional peace and prosperity.
In a speech at Sendai's airport, which American military personnel helped clear of debris after the tsunami, Biden spoke of the U.S. public's admiration of Japan after the March 11 disaster, which left about 20,000 people dead or missing and ravaged hundreds of miles (kilometers) of coastline.
"The disaster met its match in the legendary industriousness and relentless perseverance of the Japanese people," he said.
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Jessica Alba is at the top of the Hollywood A-List crowd. Jessica Alba has been ranked as the most desirable women by several magazines. Jessica Alba recently married Cash Warren, the father of her daughter Honor Marie.
Gearing up for another year of excellence from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, Jessica Alba was in the house for the 2014 Met Gala tonight (May 5).
Fans and shutterbugs alike clamored to catch a glimpse as the "Sin City" star meandered around the arrivals area, chatting with other famous folks.
It may be her birthday, but Jessica Alba didn't use that as an excuse to skip the gym on Monday (April 28).
Rocking grey pheel leggings and a long sleeved red tee, the new 33-year-old was accompanied to her work out by her hubby Cash Warren.
With the arrival of social media, there's no longer any barrier between our favorite celebrities and their adoring fans, and last night (April 13) there were plenty of posts from the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Zac Efron added some shots to his Instagram account with the message, "What a crazy night! Thanks to all the fans who made it possible! #mtv #MovieAwards," while Jessica Alba included Mr. Efron in her own post, "W these #stunnaz @ritaora #zacefron #mtvmovieawards #sincityadametokillfor #abs."
She's been in the business for a long time, so it's a bit surprising that Jessica Alba didn't know how to pronounce Zac Efron's last name.
While presenting him with the Best Shirtless Performance trophy at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards last night (April 13), the "Fantastic Four" babe announced the "Hairspray" hunk as "Zac Eeefron."
Looking forward to the exciting evening ahead, Jessica Alba had her game face on as she showed up to the 2014 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night (April 13).
Always happy to oblige the fans, the "Fantastic Four" star took a few moments for a red carpet posing session in preparation for the Nokia Theatre's main event.
Representing her iconic Honest Company with a friend in Beverly Hills, Jessica Alba volunteered at Baby2Baby today (March 16).
Looking good in a tight gray tee and a pair of cute blue scrubs, the "The Spoils of Babylon" beauty grabbed a cup of coffee before getting her hands dirty.
Amping up excitement for its summer release, the first trailer for "Sin City: A Dame to Kill" for hit the web this afternoon (March 6).
Boasting an incredibly star-studded cast, the sequel to "Sin City" follows "the town's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants."
Enjoying her time in the Big Apple after a busy Paris Fashion Week, Jessica Alba left the Trump SoHo Hotel on Wednesday (March 5).
The Honest Company founder rocked her new favorite color block coat with black boots as she smiled at photographers outside.
Stepping out in style, Jessica Alba strolled around in New York City on Tuesday (March 4).
The "Sin City" dame donned a gorgeous color blocked coat with a tan purse as she headed out in the chilly weather.
She's known for her eco-friendly lifestyle and savvy business skills, and now Jessica Alba reveals the place she turns to for the best deals in REDBOOK magazine's April 2014 issue.
During her interview with the publication, the "Sin City" dame dished about friends outside the movie business and revealed her awesome findings on Craigslist.
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