The term financial control generally evokes a weaker party being controlled by a stronger one. This might be in a relationship where one partner controls the finances and all financial decisions despite the other one wanting to be involved. There’s also the instance of control where it overlaps with elder abuse. Here a stronger party, be it physically or mentally, exerts control over an elderly person because they have designs on the elderly person’s financial resources. While these are the most common and obvious instances of financial control, with the bank of mum and dad wielding more and more power…

If you’ve ever had the misfortune to encounter wildlife with your car, you’ll know the damage that can occur. Both to the car and the wildlife. Given the speed and the size of a vehicle, often it’s the wildlife who fare the worst, but change the equation and make the vehicle a bike, and the outcome can change considerably for the person. In the early 90’s, Nate Llerandi featured a few times leading the swim leg of the famous Hawaiian Ironman triathlon. Today he’s a husband, father, triathlon coach and anti-doping campaigner residing in Boulder, Colorado in the US. Boulder…