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The answer depends on the USTA Section because each Section is given the ability to handle disqualifications differently. It used to be that self rated players that struck out had all of their match scores reversed. I believe that is still the case in my USTA Section (Pacific Northwest). However, players with ratings based on NTRP tournament play or mixed doubles league results from the previous year, or those that had successful appeal (including medical) only have their last match reversed if they strike out. Therefore, if the player had an A, T, M, rating, and the Section where this player was from only disqualifies the last match, then his team would advance. If he was self rated, all of his matches could possibly be reversed, but the championship would likely stand because he team would have won 3-2 even after his DQ.
The FAQ's found here could shed some light:
FAQ #27 states that each Section determines which matches will be reversed in local play. It also states that a Section must determine one of two methods of DQ for championships:
1. Run the ratings after the conclusion of a tournament, and let the matches of a DQ'ed player stand (but he is not allowed to advance to Nationals).
2. The ratings are run after the tournament and the last match of the DQ'ed player is reversed to 0-6, 0-6.
In both cases, it would seem to indicate that the team you described will advance beyond the state tournament despite the player's dynamic disqualification, but that they will obviously be without him at the next level of playoffs. However, it also depends on whether the Section handles the state playoff as a "championship" or an extension of local league play.
By the way, I had a friend that was on a team that won their state playoff 3-2. The matches were tied at 2-2, and their #1 singles player won 13-11 in the third set tiebreaker after saving 4 match points. The team celebrated, everybody got the trophies for winning, and they started making plans for Sectionals. However, one week later, they were notified that their singles player had gotten his third strike in that final match, and that their entire team win had been reversed! That was very hard to take, especially when the two singles players were obviously so competitively matched.
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I know my better half would fade
And all my doubt is a staircase for you
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The second one might be profound.
anonymous Jan 15th, 1:56pm report
This is not a song about faith or God. It's about two people who love each other and the devotion they have for each other. Interpret it as you will but at the end of the day it's a love song more specifically it's about Brent's undying love and devotion to the women he loves:
Lead vocalist Brent Smith sings on this song about an endless devotion to his girlfriend Teresa Collier over strings and piano. Drummer Barry Kerch commented to Alternative Addiction: "Really it's a love song pure and simple. I'll do whatever it takes; I'll follow you anywhere and everywhere."
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you are going to fall yet there is someone to help you up.
you will cry your best friend will always be there for you
you will loose someone special another person will try to love you for you
you will be hated someone out there will see the beauty in you
you will feel like a hopeless person hope will be waiting
anonymous Jan 25th, 2014 1:15pm report
I can absolutely see it when it comes to the relationships in our lives. Especially those that are very dear be it family friends or lovers. I very recently lost one of my very dearest friends due to an intentional drug overdose. To my knowledge he had been clean for 6 years and we did not stop speaking because WE wanted to but because it what I believed to be best for him in trying to mend his marriage. At any rate, I'm still struggling with this and this song May be too late for me and my Mike but its every single thought and feeling I think and still feel for him. Test in peace my brother. I will always love you!
anonymous Dec 16th, 2013 12:34pm report
Ooops, pls dont mind the mistakes on the last post (marriage, example, comfort, other...)
anonymous Dec 16th, 2013 12:27pm report
It's all about a couple embarking on a new journey together. The couple is sure that they want to spend their lives together (mariage being the first step for exemple), but their "new" life (kids, house, etc) is a harder step to take. The unknown can be scary. But not matter what, they are jumping in together (the storm= anything, space= unknown) no matter how hard it can get (falling from grace).
The song also describes a need for one another. When one is in doubt or lost, the other finds the way (staircase out of this maze). When one is cold (sad, frightened, stressed), the other will confort (keep warm). Sometimes things get hard, and a couple needs their space (leave you behind = make decisions on my own, think of one as an individual and not a couple) but they aknowledge that they complete each orher (better half). There are things in life that the couple "wants" (money, big house, etc) but one thing they "need" is each other. Together, they can work for the rest.
Love it!! It is my wedding song :)
anonymous Nov 21st, 2013 11:02am report
Its not a love song. Its a rememberance song. In his video he looked and dressed like Freddie mercury which had a lot of bad publicity for being gay. This song came out after he passed. They could b good friends or brent could b a fan of his.
anonymous Jul 27th, 2013 7:45am report
This song about the one person We will go through our live with. The will never judge you for who you are. They will just love you for who you are.
anonymous Jun 27th, 2013 6:19am report
The song is definitely about faith! Love between a man and a woman can only be perfected thru GOD. It maps the guidance between a man and woman and his transition from worldly love to spiritual love only found in the kingdom of heaven.
"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Listening to this takes you into a spiritual awareness of LOVE...interpreted different by each individual heart.
anonymous Jun 26th, 2013 6:32am report
I never heard this until me and my boyfriend and I were 1300 miles apart. He sent me a text and said this song is to me. I believe it means that no matter what choices you make right or wrong or out of impulse, that there's that one person you don't want to face those choices without. I think you can interrupt it in many ways, however to me it means he loves me and doesn't want to lose me and is willing to make whatever sacrifices he has to be with me and vice versa. Its about true love and no matter what life faces you with you want the one person to be there with you because they make you complete. We haven't had the easiest relationship but we are together now and happy. Apart we felt like something was missing. We are each others better half and I love this song.
anonymous Jun 25th, 2013 6:22am report
I believe this is a very spiritual song.I'm so in love with it. I cry everytime it comes on. Its about loving someone so much unconditionally no matter what you will stay by their side and follow them anywhere. Even when they pass they will still be there to keep you warm.. they climb the staircase to you. Meaning they will meet in heaven someday. What a beautiful song. Anyone can interpet whatever they want in any lyrics.
anonymous Jun 21st, 2013 6:57am report
I think the song is about true love. The guy in the song will go through whatever he has to as long as his woman is there by his side. He would truly be lost without her. That is true love right there.
anonymous May 22nd, 2013 5:19pm report
It's an AMAZING love song :-) Basically I believe he is saying that he can't leave the girl he loves behind, and he knows if he had the assurance, he would still not be the best of himself. (his better half would fade), then he goes on to say that he will always keep her warm, and he will be there every step of the way even if they go all the way down. He always states "you can have all the money and the pearls", he really doesn't want ANYTHING else but this girl he loves :)
anonymous May 13th, 2013 5:08pm report
I believe its about being there for someone you love even though they might be be on the wrong path and might bring you down with them.
anonymous Mar 10th, 2013 3:13am report
Bret gave us the meaning of this song at a concert last September. He said it was meant for your love, your family, or your friends. The battles you face together are nothing compared to your feelings for one other. You'll always be there for them as they will for you.
anonymous Feb 6th, 2013 2:03am report
Bret is a Christian.
The man in the song is too but his faith is weak. He doesnt have 100% assurance of God--that doubt builds a staircase to his unbelieving girlfriend.
He is basically telling her he will choose her over God if thats what it takes and even though he could be in hell(in the deep)he would still be with her. He wants her to walk up the staircase but will not leave her behind.
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Hmmm, odd. I was not able to get into X when the 750a is enabled. Keeps getting a "Failed to allocate 2D engine" and "Fail to allocate 2D object" error. Unless I force a reinstall of the NVidia drivers, which causes X to work until the next reboot, but while in X the 750a was not reported by nvidia-settings.
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If you look at the position log available via the Bounty website (tallshipbounty) - (current location) it seems that from 10:31 to 13:33 on the 28th Oct, the ship covered 58nm at an average speed of over 19 knots. If this is correct, then given the ship's normal cruising speed of 10 knots, something out of the ordinary must have been experienced. The ship could have been surfing and also riding a gulf stream back eddy. Without input from crew members, it is hard to know exactly what was going on. But if the ship did in fact manage to cover those 58 nm in 3 hrs (and the satellite records suggest they did), the conditions encountered by the vessel would have been beyond extreme, and it would not be surprising that many systems started to fail and the integrity of the rig and hull were compromised. Hard to imagine that any number of crew could have handled such a ship on such a sleyride.
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If you really think so... just wait...
What you are about to see over the rest of this decade... will test your sense of reality.
The salvation of the country is going to boil down to the armed common citizen protecting himself from an agressive lawless government. That is the very reason for the existance of the Second Amendment in the first place. This is in my opinion why the federal movement against firearms. The common man must be disarmed so they (federal government) can do what they have planned next.
It is also possible we have gone too far down... and not enough folks will become determined enough to pull their bootstraps and do what has to be done.
A BIG clue will happen if BHO and the DEMS get the guns. If they do... well find a way over the border with your cash. If they do not... well it will be that line in the sand of hope all will see.
MeThinks it will be the latter... lets watch the subtle clues to see which way public opinion goes.
Paying down debt with cheaper $$$'s is the way out of debt... The key is to keep the decline from getting too much momentum... and starting run-away inflation.
One thing is for SURE: Higher interest rates are coming... How long... too early to say.
My question is...if you guys really believe that Obama is the equivalent to Hitler then why are you still here?
You are either very dumb, or you are blowing smoke.
Why am I not suprised that you would ask that question? It says a great deal about who you really are.


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Sorry, I just saw your question. While I am probably the wrong guy to ask about Island Packets, I would say that I would buy almost any equally priced (or even a little less expensive) sailboat before I''d buy an Island Packet. You need to understand where I am coming from though. I am very much a person who appreciates performance boats and really enjoys voyaging under sail. I have been known to go coastal cruising and not start the engine for a week at a time, sailing in and out of slips and on and off the anchor. Running the engine is the close to the last thing that I ever want to do. Yesterday, I bought a Farr 38 (11.6) which for myself,is my idea of a near perfect distance and coastal cruiser. Please take my comments in that context.
From my point of view, Island Packets make little sense for the way that most people say they want to use their boats. I have spent a lot of time watching them under way, talking to current and past owners, sailmakers, and talking to people who work in repair yards about them. The fact that they have achieved the kind of status that they have is a real mystery to me.
My biggest gripe with the Island Packets starts with how they sail. I have watched them in lighter winds, and I have watched them in higher winds. In light air, they don''t sail By that I mean winds under mayve 8 knots. On a boat that is intended to be sailed most of the time, 8 knots of air should be enough to achieve hull speed on a close reach. I have also been amazed that they don''t sail better in a stiff breeze. I have been negatively surprised by the amount of heel, leeway and their motion when things have gotten a bit brisk. They really do not seem to handle a chop very well and and seem to be surprising wet. To quote a local sailmaker who has spent a lot of time on IP''s as he has made a lot of sails for them and then usually gets asked to sail on the boats to explain why the performance isn''t better than it is, "They are trawlers for people who don''t want to admit they bought a trawler."
I think that is a little harsh, but I don''t care where I have been in recent years, on a nice sailing day you will see most of the boats out there sailing, except Island Packets which you much more typically see motoring with their mainsail up. This may say more about the type of people who buy IP''s than the boat (i.e. If you are a dyed-in-the-wool, never crank up the noisemaker type, you probably would not buy an IP) While the newer larger IP''s appear to be greatly improved over earlier models, this still seems to be the case.
Beyond that are a lot of more subjective issues. I am a fan of more modern designs and also of genuine traditional designs. I have owned a 1939 Stadel Cutter and a Folkboat, and routinely sail and race on traditional water craft. Its something I get a kick out of. I really admire and like to think that I understand traditional water craft. One thing the IP is not is a traditional offshore craft. When you look at the designs for older work boats their lines have evolved over long periods of time into a carefully modeled hull form that are well suited to thier environment. When I stand below an IP I see none of that careful modeling that results in a seakindly, well balanced design.
Then there is the rudder design which for the most part is a post hung spade rudder with a token SS strap at the bottom. While I personally have zero problem with a well engineered spade rudder, this wolf in sheeps clothing apparently is a problem to the repair yards. In talking to a couple owners and the boat yard folks who work on these that SS strap is often an annual maintenance repair. That is not my idea of an offshore boat detail.
I could go on but I need to get into the office. I''ll try to put more up on this later.
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The city police on Friday busted an international phishing racket with the arrest of six persons, including five Nigerian nationals, who allegedly hacked bank accounts of more than 100 people.
Two laptops, three internet data cards, six ATM cards, six mobile phones, 20 SIM cards, a car and three Nigerian passports were recovered from the arrested persons -- Sunny Uche Uzoma (35), Michael Animba (27), Onyegbuna Udochukwu (35), Nwazonobi Amaeze Obed (40) and Tinuola Yussuf Olatunji (37), all Nigerians along with Prabhu Jayadeep Patvari (23) from Mumbai.
The gang was also wanted by the police in Delhi, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told media persons here on Friday.
Explaining the modus operandi, Mr. Sharma said accomplices of the Nigerians in India would come to a city and enter into a rental agreement with property owners. Using fake documents they would apply for a landline phone connection and after getting the phone bill, they would use it to open a savings bank accounts.
The gang members would later apply for a trade licence from the Labour Department. After getting the trade licence, they would open current accounts. With the help of their associates in India, the gang would send emails containing fake bank pages to lakhs of people. "Many fell into the trap and sent their online banking details," Mr. Sharma said.
The gang then used to accesses the bank details of customers. The Nigerians would target accounts having huge cash and pass on the details to their accomplices in India who would transfer the funds using fake ID to the accounts created earlier fraudulently.
After deducting their commission, the accomplices here would transfer the remaining amount to the Nigerian nationals who would buy clothes and return to their country by ship. "Connivance of a few officials coupled with superficial checking by bank officials, labour department and service providers is leading to this problem," the Commissioner said.
The accused, Prabhu Jayadeep Patvari, managed to secure 154 SIM cards in three months and the gang was also able to open 38 accounts fraudulently in the city.
The police also managed to stop money transfer of Rs.61 lakh by alerting a nationalised bank but the gang managed to withdraw Rs.5 lakh using a cheque.
The fraud came to light when branch manager of Sanghvi Corporation, Kailash Nath Seth, complained to the police that Rs.5 lakh was fraudulently transferred to a Kanpur PNB account. He gave two phone numbers from which an unidentified person claiming to be a bank employee took a password from him. With this information, the police first caught Patvari and later the five others.
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Lanie Smith's boss might look heavenly in a suit, but she's being run ragged by Grayson Manning's outrageous demands! Dog-sitting, clothes shopping there's nothing he won't ask her to do! (Luckily, she's spent enough time checking out Gray's broad shoulders that guessing his shirt size isn't a problem .)
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The man behind the pinstripes!
Lanie Smith's boss might look heavenly in a suit, but she's being run ragged by Grayson Manning's outrageous demands! Dog-sitting, clothes shopping there's nothing he won't ask her to do! (Luckily, she's spent enough time checking out Gray's broad shoulders that guessing his shirt size isn't a problem .)
The final straw? Being ordered to drop everything for a business trip to Vietnam. But one completely unexpected (and completely magical) kiss later, Lanie's forced to admit the truth—that their supercharged battle of wills hides a much more dangerous attraction .
With a gasp, Lanie Smith sat up abruptly, her floppy straw hat dislodging onto her lap and her towel a tangle amongst her hastily rearranged legs. What on earth?
A shockingly cold nose pressing insistently against her knee answered that question. The large dog, its long red coat soaked in salt water and decorated generously with beach sand, nudged her leg, then flicked its liquid chocolate gaze hopefully in her direction.
'You lose something, buddy?'
Lanie leant forward, searching amongst the folds of her towel. The dog found its soggy-looking target first and snatched the ball up, backing a quick handful of steps away before going still and staring at her again.
'You want me to throw it?'
Knowing there was really only one answer to that question, Lanie pressed her hands into the sand and climbed to her feet. She shook her head a little, still fuzzy from her impromptu nap.
One minute she'd been reading her paperback the next She glanced up at the sky, looking for the sun, and breathed a silent sigh of relief when she realised it was still low and behind her. At least she hadn't slept for long.
Not that sleeping the day away would have been such a disaster. It wasn't as if she had a million other things to do.
The dog came closer and dropped the ball with a dull plop at her feet. Hurry up.
Lanie couldn't help but smile.
'Okay, okay, buddy—here we go.'
With barely a grimace as her fingers wrapped around the slobbery ball—there was enough water here at North Cottesloe beach to wash her hands, after all— Lanie weighed up her throwing options. Back towards the water, from where the dog had obviously come? Or along the shore ?
The deep voice stilled Lanie's movements. The dog momentarily glanced in the direction of the obviously familiar voice before refocussing his rapt attention on the ball.
A man loped across the blinding white sand towards her. He was shirtless, wearing only baggy, low-slung board shorts and a pair of jet-black sunglasses. The morning sun reflected off toned olive skin that glowed with exertion, and he ran a hand through slightly too long dark brown hair as he approached, leaving it standing in a haphazard arrangement.
Lanie found herself patting uselessly at her own brownish hair—which, in contrast, she was sure had not been rakishly enhanced by the combined effects of sand, wind and the fact that she'd done no more than loop it into half a ponytail before walking out of the house this morning.
'Luther!' the man said again.
The dog moved not a muscle, every line of his body focussed on Lanie's hand.
For the first time the man glanced in her direction.
And it was only a glance—as brief and uninterested as Luther's when he'd heard his owner call his name.
'Are you planning on keeping his ball?' the man asked, shifting his weight from foot to foot as he waited for her response.
Lanie blinked behind her own sunglasses. 'Pardon me?'
He sighed, twisting his wrist to look at his watch. 'Can you please give Luther his ball? Soonish would be great.'
The ball dropped from Lanie's fingers, but the big red dog pounced as excitedly as if she'd thrown it miles away. Now he crossed the short distance to his owner, and moments later the ball was whizzing through the air and into the shallow waves. The dog followed with huge, galumphing, splashing strides.
The man left too, without a backward glance, jogging the exact parallel distance from the lapping waves as he did every single morning.
'You're welcome,' Lanie said to his rapidly retreating broad shoulders.
What a jerk.
She knelt to stuff her towel and book into her canvas tote bag, and covered her windblown hair with her hat. Well, at least now she knew.
In the past weeks she'd come to recognise most of the early-morning regulars at the beach—the dedicated open water swimmers who swam at seven a.m. every day, come rain, hail or shine. The walkers—both the walking-for-exercise and the walking-because-the-beach-is-gorgeous types. The joggers, the surfers, the sunbathers—and of course the dogs.
That man was also a regular. Unlike the others, who would greet Lanie with a familiar nod or smile each morning, this man appeared to be absorbed completely in his own world. He went for his run, his dog zipping about the shore in his wake—and then he left. That was it.
Dark and interesting, Lanie had thought whenever she'd seen him. Private. Intense.
Gorgeous. Obviously.
She wouldn't have been human not to wonder about a man like that. What did he do? What was his name? Was he married?
Not that she'd harboured any ridiculous daydreams. Lanie was, if nothing else, pragmatic.
But still—she'd wondered.
And now she had the only answer she needed. So, what was he like? Rude. Definitely.
Oh, well. No great loss—he could still add to her beautiful view each morning. A personality deficiency wouldn't impact on that.
With her shoes dangling from her fingers, Lanie followed a path through the green scrub-tufted dunes towards Marine Parade. Small white shells mixed amongst the sand dug into the soles of her feet. When she hit the footpath she dropped her shoes to the ground so she could step into them. The concrete was surprisingly warm, despite the lukewarm winter day.
It was Tuesday, so the Norfolk-pine-lined street was mostly empty, not crammed with cars fighting for every available space as was typical throughout summer weekends. Across the road, multi-million-dollar homes faced the cerulean ocean, with a single cafe nestled amongst their architecturally designed glory. The cafe's white-painted tables and chairs spilled outside, protected by brightly covered shade cloth sails and decorated with blue glass bottles filled with yellow daisies. Lanie's house was a two-minute walk up the hill—but a wave from the grey-haired man amongst the empty tables drew her attention.
'Lanie!' he called out, pausing his energetic sweeping to prop himself against a broom. 'Morning! Did you swim today?'
She smiled as she shook her head. 'Not today.' 'Tomorrow?'
They followed this script every day. 'Maybe.'
The man grumbled something non-distinct, but his opinion was still crystal-clear.
'Tell me what you really think, Bob,' she said dryly.
'Such a waste,' he said—just as he had yesterday—then patted one of the table tops. 'Coffee?'
Lanie nodded. Along with her early-morning beach visits, coffee at the eponymous Bob's Cafe had become part of her daily routine.
She slid onto the wooden chair, careful to avoid Bob's scruffy-looking apricot poodle who slept, oblivious, at her feet. Bob didn't wait to take her order, just shuffled inside to brew her 'usual': flat white, no sugar, extra shot of coffee.
On the table was today's newspaper, and automatically Lanie flipped it over as she waited.
A giant colour photograph almost filled the back page: a familiar, perfect, blinding white smile; slicked back, damp blond hair and eyes identical to those she saw in the mirror each day—except Sienna's were a sparkling azure blue, not brown.
'Hazel,' her mum always said. 'Not brown. If you only made more of them, Lanie, they'd be your best feature!
'Another gold medal,' Bob said, sliding a large mug and saucer onto the table.
Lanie shrugged. 'I know. She's doing really well. This is a great meet for her.'
Meet. Quite the understatement.
Bob raised his white-flecked eyebrows.
'I mean it,' Lanie said—and she did. 'I'm thrilled for her. Very proud of her.'
Her sister was in London, living Lanie's dream.
No, Sienna's dream. Lanie's dream had ended months ago, at the selection trials.
Lanie held her mug in her hands for a few moments, then raised an eyebrow at Bob, who still hovered.
'It's the relay tonight,' Bob said.
'Uh-huh.' Lanie took a too-quick sip and the hot liquid stung the roof of her mouth. She pressed her tongue against the slight pain, dismissing it.
Bob didn't push, but she felt the occasional weight of his gaze as he swept around her. He was a sports nut—pure and simple. Fanatical, actually—he had to be to have recognised her that first morning she'd emerged from her mother's house. Lanie Smith was far, far from a household name. Sienna Smith—well, that was another story. A story that could be read in the sports pages, in gushing women's magazines, or even in lads' mags accompanied by pictures of her in far more revealing bathers than her sister wore at swim-meets.
It didn't bother her. Her younger sister was suited to the limelight and she deserved it. Lanie was much happier in the shadows and perfectly satisfied with her accomplishments as a world-class relay swimmer. Besides, she certainly didn't crave the adulation that Sienna seemed to draw like a magnet.
Mostly satisfied. Lanie mentally corrected herself. Mostly satisfied with her accomplishments.
Absently she flicked through the sporting pages, full of photos of winners on podiums.
'Wish it was you?'
She hadn't realised Bob had approached her table again, and she glanced up in surprise. 'Of course not,' Lanie replied—snapped, really. Immediately she wished she could swallow the words. 'I'm retired,' she clarified, more calmly.
He nodded and drifted politely away again—but Lanie didn't miss the questions, and maybe concern, in his eyes.
She stood and left a handful of coins on the table, trying to ignore how her eyes had started to tingle and squint.
It was the sea breeze.
She slung her bag onto her shoulder and took big, brisk strides to exit the cafe and get home as quickly as possible.
She'd walked past three huge mansions, heading towards the street where her mother's small neat cottage was, when something caught her eye.
The glint of sun off a sweaty, perfectly muscled chest.
That man.
He jogged along the footpath on the opposite side of the road. His dog was now on a lead, intermittently gazing up at his owner in adoration.
Lanie felt herself tense, for no reason she could fathom.
She'd slowed her walk, but now she deliberately sped up—back to the pace she'd been before.
She didn't care about that guy. Didn't care if he was rude. Didn't care what he thought of her.
Didn't care what Bob thought.
Didn't care what her sister thought. Didn't care what anyone thought.
She held her head high and walked briskly past. With purpose.
But out of the corner of her eye she couldn't help but watch the man.
And notice that he paid her absolutely no attention at all.
It was as if she were invisible.
The knock on Lanie's front door later that night was not unexpected.
She headed down her narrow hallway, her slippers thudding against the hundred-year-old floorboards.
She flung the door open, and—as expected—behind the fly screen stood Teagan. Her long black hair was swept off her face and semi contained in a messy bun on the top of her head, and her eyes sparkled behind red-framed glasses.
Her oldest friend held up a plastic grocery bag. 'I have four types of cheese, olives, sundried tomatoes, and something I believe is called quince. The guy at the deli told me it was awesome, but I remain sceptical.'
Teagan bounded up the hall, as comfortable in this house as her own. As kids they'd split their time between their family's homes, although Teagan's family had long upgraded and moved on, while Lanie's mum had quite happily stayed put in the house she'd grown up in.
Lanie watched as Teagan pottered around the kitchen, locating a large wooden board and helping herself to cutlery.
She didn't bother asking why her friend was here as it was so obvious. Equally obvious was the fact that Teagan had ignored her when she'd politely declined her offer to hang out with her tonight.
'It's just another race, Teags,' she'd told her. 'I'll be fine.'
Apparently she'd convinced Teagan about as well as she'd convinced herself.
Soon they'd settled on the rug in front of the TV, red wine in hand, cheese platter set out in front of them.
'You do know the final isn't until, like, two a.m.?' Lanie asked, her legs sprawled out in front of her.
'That's what coffee is for,' Teagan said between sips of wine. 'Besides, this current job I could do in my sleep. Hardly anyone calls Reception. In fact I'm starting to think they don't have any customers at all. You know ' Teagan paused, leaning forward conspiratorially. 'I reckon it's possible that it's all an elaborate front for something dodgy. I've always thought that my boss has shifty eyes '
Lanie laughed out loud as Teagan outlined a typically outlandish theory. More than once Lanie had suspected that Teagan's preference for temping over a more permanent job was purely to get new material—whether they caught up for coffee, dinner or a drink, it was guaranteed that her friend would have a new story to tell.
As they ate—and polished off the bottle of wine—
Lanie flicked from channel to channel of the sports coverage—heats of rowing, horses leaping over huge fences across country, cyclists whizzing around a velodrome.
'So, have you made a decision?' Teagan said a while later, her tone much more careful than before.
Lanie shifted uncomfortably. 'Has my mother been in touch?'
Teagan pulled a face. 'God, no. And it isn't like your mum's not capable of nagging you directly.' Lanie's lips quirked unevenly.
Teagan drew her legs up so she sat cross-legged. 'I was just wondering.' She paused. 'Worrying, maybe,' she added softly.
Lanie found herself biting the inside of her lip. When it happened twice in one day—first Bob, and now her best friend—that look really couldn't be misinterpreted.
They felt sorry for her.
Her whole focus had been aimed in one direction for so long. But now the pool wasn't calling her to training each morning. Her coach wasn't yelling at her. Her times weren't creeping down—or up. She didn't have another meet to aim for.
She had no goals.
Even though she wasn't the slightest bit hungry she reached for the cheese platter, busying herself with slicing bread and cheese and then taking her time to chew and swallow, not looking at Teagan.
She mentally pulled herself into shape.
'I've decided not to go back to my old job,' she said, finally answering the question. 'It's time for a change. Managing the swim school is too much the same thing I've been doing for ever.' She attempted a carefree laugh.
'Although I can't imagine a job where my office doesn't smell of chlorine!'
Teagan, ever the good friend, smiled back, but she wasn't about to let her off the hook. 'So, the new plan is.?'
On the TV a rider toppled off his horse when the big grey animal slid to a stop before a hulking log fence. Lanie watched as he immediately jumped to his feet. She could see what he was telling everyone with his body language—I'm fine!—but the commentator was explaining in a clipped British accent that this meant he was disqualified. His dream was over.
The man patted his horse's neck, then leant forward until his silk-covered helmet rested against the horse's cheek.
Lanie knew exactly how he felt.
'I don't know—maybe I'll finish my business degree,' she said with a shrug. Three-quarters finished years ago, she'd abandoned it leading up to the national titles, intending to defer only for a semester or two. But then she'd made the Australian team, and everything had changed.
'Still living here?' Teagan's wrinkled nose conveyed exactly what she thought of that idea.
Lanie didn't know. She'd moved back in months earlier, after the selection trials. At the time it had seemed sen-sible—she'd taken extended leave from her job, needed a break from swimming entirely, and without an income she couldn't afford the rent on her little one-bedder in Scarborough without putting a huge dent into the savings she had earmarked for a house deposit. Her mum and sister had been focused on Sienna—not unusual in itself—so she'd reasoned that it wouldn't be too bad.
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I found Beware of the Boss to be a good story. The characters were just a bit different than what I typically see in romance stories but it was all to the good. I loved Lanie. She was wonderful and very relatable. Having been in situations questioning "What now". Grayson is her perfect match. Lanie had to be consumed while in competition and Grayson is also consumed with his work. They both 'think' too much at times instead of just living.
I recommend for 14+ due to a few adult scene's.
Posted December 4, 2013
Funnily enough one of the sub-plots in this book has been discussed quite a lot lately in the media. The way successful female athletes seem to suffer from body image insecurity. A lot of women do, especially those the public eye. One would think that being extremely accomplished in their choice of career, which has a lot to do with their health, level of fitness and overall physical image, that they wouldn't allow criticism of their appearance to bother them. Apparently their expertise doesn't make them exempt from insecurities.
Lanie seems to have trouble accepting how talented, successful and appealing she might be to the opposite gender. She questions her abilities, her achievements and constantly puts herself down. She feels invisible.
At this point Gray enters the picture and unfortunately for our main character he isn't exactly the touchy feely caring type. He is so wrapped up in his own world that he doesn't realise how insensitive he is. That insensitivity sets off a whole domino effect when Lanie and Gray start to interact on a more personal level.
I am so glad that the author didn't create a competition scenario between the two sisters in relation to their physical appearance, that would have been a little predictable. Instead the reader gets a real sense of Lanie and her personality.
I enjoyed the almost shy imperfection of both the characters and the way they advanced upon each other only to take ten steps back again. It was also a story that pleased the heart without having to tie up every loose end.
I received a copy of this book courtesy of Harlequin UK and Mills&Boon.
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Type in whatever associates with tennis that could happen in the next 5 years. For the next generation to bump of course. I say:
- around 2015-2016 a new star born inbetween 1992-1994 emerges out of nowhere and dominates tennis for 2 years, possibly wins the Grand Slam (went full re***d there I know)
- there will be no teenagers in the top 100 at the end of 2013
- Federer and Nadal will have retired by then, both will pick the very same tournament as their last
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I hope he new star comes true except the CYGS......that would embaress Fedalovic.
No teenagers in the top100 by the end of 2013....I agree with that. Either the teenager becomes twenty or dissapear. Tomic....goodbye.
Fedal....won't pick thesame tournament as their last.
Nadal= Barcelona, or Madrid or French Open.
Federer= Wimbledon or Basel.
Slam Boycott....I hope it happens like it should in 2013 AO.
US Open organizers put a roof......
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World fusion is more of a process than a genre. It is a process by which new traditions are created, and has been going on throughout history. It would be difficult to find a form of traditional music that has not at some time been influenced by the music of another culture. But current times offer the opportunity for musicians to learn music from anywhere on earth. It is the mission of Ancient Future to explore this new sonic territory while shining a light on the ancient musical knowledge of the world....
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