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Adventure Therapy
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The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a "divergent therapy" into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is...
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The Broadcast Century and Beyond
A Biography of American Broadcasting, 5th Edition
The Broadcast Century and Beyond is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of the century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs,&...
Published February 16th 2010 by Focal Press
Queer Airwaves: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting
The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting
This book is both a retrospective history of the gay community's use of electronic media as a way of networking and creating a sense of community, and an examination of the current situation, an analysis and critical assessment of gay/lesbian electronic media. Keith and Johnson use original...
Published February 28th 2001 by Routledge
Disconnected America: The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society
The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society
Ed Shane here traces a change in the American pervasive mass media that once disseminated information quickly and stimulated mass cultural response, to a de-massified individual media that incubate a new electronic narcissicism, producing an inwardly-focused society....
Published November 30th 2000 by Routledge
Talking Radio: An Oral History of American Radio in the Television Age
An Oral History of American Radio in the Television Age
Includes interviews with such well known personalities as Walter Cronkite, Dick Clark, Steve Allen, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey, Howard K. Smith, Ed McMahon, Bruce Morrow, as well as more than fifty other individuals who were or continue to be actively involved in radio....
Published October 31st 1999 by Routledge
The Hidden Screen: Low Power Television in America
Low Power Television in America
This text explores the industry of low-power television (LPTV) in America. It covers what LPTV is and how it got started, who the broadcasters are and their viewers, LPTV's significance in contemporary society and culture, and the challenges it faces in the late 1990s and the millennium....
Published June 30th 1999 by Routledge
Waves of Rancor: Tuning into the Radical Right
Tuning into the Radical Right
The airwaves in America are being used by armed militias, conspiracy theorists, survivalists, the religious right, white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other radical groups to reach millions with their messages of hate and fear. Waves of Rancor examines the origin, nature, and impact of right-wing...
Published March 31st 1999 by Routledge
Critical Security Studies
Concepts And Strategies
This text takes issue with arguments that security studies is a discipline of limited use in making sense of the post-Cold War world. It argues that many of the most interesting theoretical issues in international relations can most usefully be studied through a prism labelled "security studies"....
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The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) has lost a bundle – around $270m – from its investment in US bank Citigroup. But despite getting its fingers burned there, it is still looking for investments abroad, its managing director, Bader Al-Saad, says on Al Arabiya TV station.
Overall, the sovereign wealth fund is not doing so bad, the investment chief says. The fund has not lost any money on its investment in Merrill Lynch, for instance, and has in fact made a profit of around $600m on its investment in Visa.
Saad defended the fund's decisions on television at a time when KIA is facing criticism from parliamentary deputies – criticism that is rare in a region where elected parliaments are a rarity – for spending $5bn in January this year on investments in Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
These shares have since fallen as the US banking crisis has spun out of control. But Saad says the KIA was still eyeing investment opportunities abroad.
"Disasters in the US, some European countries or Asian countries create investment opportunities in the real estate sector, the financial industry or other sectors," he says.
It's obvious that the regional wealth funds are looking for those desperate to sell. But don't expect them to be knights on white horses that rescue collapsing firms like Lehman Brothers.
"We are not responsible for saving foreign banks." Saad tells Al Arabiya.
The buying spree continues, meanwhile: On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi-owned investment group, Mubadala, bought 50 percent of Kor, a California boutique hotel company.
The recent much-hyped takeover of Manchester City football Club by another Abu Dhabi investment group led English football club Newcastle to come calling.
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A Practical Introduction to Working in the Publishing IndustryThe Professionals' Guide to Publishing is a practical introduction to working in the publishing industry. The authors provide a clear overview of its many functions, including editorial, production, sales and marketing; ensuring that the reader has a firm understanding of their responsibilities and how these departments work cross-functionally. Providing a thorough grounding in how publishing
Book Commissioning and AcquisitionSince its first publication, this essential guide to book commissioning has established itself as the one and only 'must-read' for any successful editor, and the core training text used both within publishing houses and on publishing courses worldwide.In this new edition, Davies concentrates on the essential skills of commissioning, as well as other editorial challenges such as handling new lists
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Smoking is a habit that, luckily, I never got into. However, there are several people whom I know that fell into that black hole of smoking, and are still trying to make their way out. The money that is spent on cigarettes every year is amazing. It is estimated that on average, Americans spend about $44 billion per year on tobacco related products. This is a huge amount considering how many low income families are found in America. But what else can a person do? To stop smoking means having to deal with the mood swings, the cravings and the many mental states that accompanies stopping an addiction. But, there is another option.
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After researching and looking at what e-cigs are all about, this seems like the most viable option for those who smoke, yet are looking for a way to cut down on the expense that accompanies smoking. While not cutting down on the actual feel of smoking that is what most people miss. E-cigs do contain nicotine, but they do not contain the smoke, tar or other odors that come along with cigarettes. And, the main selling point for me, is that they are much more inexpensive than regular cigarettes.
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Each e-cig that is out there has a different price. However, on average, you can get an e-cig cartridge which is the equivalent of one pack of cigarettes for around $2.00. The average cost of a pack of real tobacco cigarettes on the market ranges depending on brand, but can be as high as $8.00 per pack in some areas of the US. With e-cigs you could see a 60% savings on what you are spending for cigarettes.
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There are several other benefits of e-cigs besides saving you money. These benefits include:
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On June 17, SIPA celebrated the collaboration between TotalBank and the Initiative for Spanish and Mediterranean Studies. TotalBank's generous gift of $75,000 over three years will go to sponsor a distinguished speaker series to be led by the initiative.
FIU has named its School of International and Public Affairs in honor of Ambassador Steven J. Green. Green, along with his wife Dorothea Green, daughter Kimberly Green and the Green Family Foundation, has made a $20 million gift to help propel the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs forward as one of the world's top academic centers dedicated to international understanding, economic development, peace, and security.
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Search Engine Optimization, is constantly developing and changing, keeping up can be quite hard. The Blog Workshop understands the importance of keeping your SEO knowledge sharp so we're doing a workshop dedicated to Surviving SEO. For this workshop Dan Morris will go over the ins and outs of the ever changing SEO and provide you with tips and tricks you can apply to your blogging. Our workshops will be 1 hour; 45 mins of learning and 15 mins of question and answer. Grab those notebooks and get ready to fill them with more info.
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WASHINGTON — American consumers are growing more confident about the job market, companies are ordering more equipment, and home prices are rising in most major cities.
Consumers, businesses give U.S. economy a pre-holiday lift
The latest batch of government data suggests that the U.S. economy is improving just as the holiday shopping season begins. The only threat is a package of huge spending cuts and tax increases that will kick in unless Congress strikes a budget deal by year's end.
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A resolution of issues involved with the fiscal cliff, as most economists expect, likely would raise business and consumer confidence even further. Reports Tuesday showed:
•The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 73.7 in November from 73.1 in October. Both are the best readings since February 2008. The index is still below 90, the level that is consistent with a healthy economy. It last reached that point in December 2007, the first month of the Great Recession. But the index has increased from the all-time low of 25.3 touched in February 2009.
•The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city index of home prices rose 3 percent in September compared with the same month last year. Prices also gained 3.6 percent in the July-September quarter compared with the same quarter in 2011. Prices increased in 18 of 20 cities over the 12-month period.
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Today while taking a walk Willa's stroller hit a pot hole and flipped over. She landed on her face. There was a ton of blood and it was really scary, but she's all right. Both of her lips are swollen and she is all bruised and scraped. This picture does not do her injuries justice.
awe, poor little stuff. But off the subject...LOOK AT THAT HAIR!
oh man... poor Willa! And poor Mama, I bet you were freaking out.
Aw my poor little pumpkin.
Drunk driving, I assume.
PLG.... ("poor lil girl!")
We had a very similar accident with our oldest son when he was in a stoller; right on his face too. He also one time took a header off of a step and face-planted. Both times things looked WAY worse because of all the blood - scary nonetheless.
Hang in there Willa! (And you too Torrie!)
Look at all the hair on my darling Q*bert!!! :D
She's fine, babe. Kids are made out of rubber. Just scoop her up, hose her off, and start all over again! ;)
OH! Poor baby. I hope she is ok.
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Welcome to the home of the Mercer Area Soccer Association (MAYSA). MAYSA is a member of the PA West Soccer Association, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA). MAYSA strives to offer and excellent opportunity for personal and athletic growth.ur MAYSA team and our organization with dignity and honor, while working to achieve widespread respect and recognition.
Our continued commitment to excellence allows us to build the foundation of self-confidence, camaraderie, teamwork and goal-orientation that both MAYSA and our youth will take with them and translate into successes both on and off the field.
MAYSA is a volunteer organization that strives to offer an excellent opportunity for personal and athletic growth at an affordable cost. Our mission is to provide a fun and exciting environment that fosters the development of the complete soccer player.
MAYSA offers year round soccer programing in the form of In-House instructional/recreational Soccer, Travel Soccer in which teams represent their community and play surrounding U.S. Youth Soccer, PA West Lake District teams, informal pickup games and a referee development program. See the seasonal "soccer" tabs above for details on any of our year round soccer programs.
MAYSA is a 501c3 nonprofit and operated solely by volunteers under the direction of a Board of Directors. MAYSA is funded by player registration fees, concession sales and generous local business donations. To contact the current Board of Directors, click on the Contact Us tab. Learn more about: Club Highlights & Success Stories.
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Currently PA membership includes 60,000 youth players, 2,000 amateur adult players, 7,000 active coaches, 2,300 referees and thousands of volunteers involved in its network of over 120 local member clubs of which MAYSA is one.
Several years ago while MAYSA was in search of space we could call home. In what can only be called an extraordinarily generous act, Cool Springs Fitness (CSF),
As part of our partnership with CSF, MAYSA runs the soccer program separately as a 501(c)3 and maintains the fields. Our partnership with CSF has insured the children of Mercer and the surrounding area will have access to recreational and competitive soccer for years to come. For directions to our home fields located at Cool Springs Fitness, click here.


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The man wanted for the Saturday morning shooting of a 24-year-old Oakdale man that resulted in a 12-hour SWAT action closing a portion of East H Street was arrested Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 30.
U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) has announced Mobile District Office Hours for the month of October. Local stops are planned in this area. Mobile District Office Hours are an opportunity for 10th district residents to meet with the congressman and staff to hear more about his work in Washington, D.C. and the Central Valley, have their questions answered or get help with specific casework.
The 12th annual "Tastes of the Valley," a wine and cheese affair presented by the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department and Friends of the Fair Foundation will be this Thursday, Oct 2, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock.
Fly into action, entertainment and fun at the Oakdale Airport Appreciation Day on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The WWII B-25 Bomber will arrive at the airport at 10 a.m. and be on display until 2 p.m. along with an assortment of other aircraft, cars, food and plenty of activities for the kids.
A late night shooting that sent one man to the hospital resulted in a 12-hour police standoff with SWAT officers at an East H Street residence on Saturday, Sept. 27.
On a beautiful autumn afternoon just as school let out, Oakdale Mayor Pat Paul presented a plaque of appreciation to the Oakdale High School S-Club at Mustang Circle during a club gathering on Thursday, Sept. 25. The club was recognized by the city for its continued maintenance and upkeep of Mustang Circle.
The 12th annual "Tastes of the Valley," a wine and cheese affair presented by the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department and Friends of the Fair Foundation will be this Thursday, Oct 2, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds.
A single vehicle accident into a sideyard fence resulted in the arrest of the driver for DUI, but also revealed a backyard marijuana grow on Eucalyptus Avenue.
Members of the California State Board of Equalization approved the publication of amendments to a regulation that will clarify hydroponic farmers may qualify for sales and use tax exemptions. The Board action was taken during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 23.
The City of Oakdale named Touchdown Realty as the commercial Realtor that would list for sale or lease the Hershey Building at 120 S. Sierra Ave., Oakdale. City Manager Bryan Whitemyer announced the selection at the Monday, Sept. 15 council meeting.
In a move that aids the Oakdale Police Department with increased staffing in its communications center, Chief Lester Jenkins announced the city will pursue providing dispatch services for the Newman Police Department.
Attorney William D. Ross represents the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire District. Ross was also the district legal counsel for the Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District. So when the two entities met to draw up agreements, such as merger plans from earlier this year, the question has been asked if Ross had a conflict of interest and could adequately provide legal advice and represent the legal concerns of both sides.
Californians turned out by the tens of thousands on Sept. 20 to lend their hands in support of clean beaches and inland waterways at the 30th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. They scoured beaches and inland waterways, picking up trash and debris at over 850 sites in 55 of California's 58 counties, gathering hundreds of tons of trash during Saturday morning's three-hour event. These volunteers took part in the California Coastal Commission's Coastal Cleanup Day, the state's largest volunteer event. Beach, inland waterway, and community cleanups took place up and down the California coast, from Mexico ...
In a move that aids the Oakdale Police Department with increased staffing in its communication center, Chief Lester Jenkins announced the city will pursue providing dispatch services for the Newman Police Department.
A federal investigation regarding the recovery of 20 intercepted packages at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City led to the arrest of two Modesto residents by the Oakdale Police Department on Wednesday, Sept 17.
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If there was a common reaction among the Third Avenue merchants Thursday afternoon, May 14, it was one of frustration as to why the Oakdale Tourism and Visitors Bureau moved the weekly farmers market from the downtown area to the Oakdale Community Center Plaza.
Thirteen years of primary education will officially come to a close for the Class of 2015 this Friday night at the Oakdale High Corral. The 7 p.m. graduation ceremony will be their final moments on the field as Mustangs, only to then become alumni of the school.
Great weather and high attendance combined to make this year's Oakdale Chocolate Festival a triumph on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17.
With the irony of rain and stormy skies outside, the Oakdale Irrigation District held a water committee meeting to discuss this year's continuing drought from lack of rain and how the 106-year-old district was allocating its water to customers.
A Friday night accident left one woman with major injuries and saw traffic along a bus stretch of North Yosemite shut down for a brief time while traffic was detoured around the scene.
The newspaper business will be minus one well spoken, mature-beyond-her-years teen as Oakdale High School senior Rachelle Pabalan turns her sights elsewhere heading into her collegiate future.
It didn't appear to be the largest opening night crowd in history – but it was also a little difficult to tell.
A citizen who thought she was helping a family friend became the victim of a large theft of personal items but turned things around in getting one of the thief's accomplices arrested when they tried to sell the stolen items back to her.
A mid-day probation search in a quiet upscale neighborhood resulted in the seizure of narcotics, paraphernalia, and two subjects from the house taken to jail on drug charges.
A dispute between cohabitants on Thursday morning, May 7, escalated to the point where one of the participants was arrested for attempted murder after he doused his female roommate with gasoline and attempted to light her on fire.
An interrupted residential burglary in the Del Rio area off Stewart Road and McHenry Avenue on Wednesday, April 29, led to a high speed chase with the vehicle being discarded outside of Oakdale off Rodden Road. The suspect fled on foot and swam across the Stanislaus River back into the city causing police to lock down the area as sheriff's units conducted a neighborhood search for the man.
In the dark underground world of sex trafficking, acts of prostitution and its victims, the women forced to work in the sex trade, are often concealed in a single business: brothels posing as massage parlors.
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Gene stared dismally at the thick bandage wrapped around Alex's torso and sighed, knowing that the bullet had come from his gun; his fingers had been the ones to pull the trigger and it was his judgement that had wavered, his fault that the speeding, fatal bullet had not hit Jeanette...but rather the last woman on earth he would want to kill, or harm in any way.
The only sounds in the small hospital room was the constant quiet beeping of the drip as it kept Alex's weakened heart beating and his slow breathing, heavy compared to the shallow rise and fall of her damaged chest. After exhausting his voice on shouting at her unresponsive form, he had sank down into the hard, uncomfortable chair by the bedside, taking to begging with her, pleading for her to wake up and tell the police it wasn't his fault...
But Gene knew the odds were against him, just as they always were...his life was a constant battle against the odds, against crime, against wrong...and it seemed this was one fight he looked likely to lose, he would go down. The evidence was against him, he had threatened her and Chris, Ray and Shaz had all seen the bullet hit her, how were they to know that hurting her hadn't been his intention? If only she would wake up...
At that moment, Alex's eyes popped open with a start, darting around the room and finally resting on him. 'Gene.' She breathed, staring at him with wide, amber eyes.
'Bolly-' Gene started leaning forward, ready to tell her he sorry, that she had to tell the police he hadn't done it on purpose, but this was still assuming that after all that had happened, she was still on his side.
Alex's brow puckered into a small frown as the memories of a few hours before came flooding back to her. 'You shot me.' She stated, an edge of shock to her voice as her brow straightened out again. Slowly, she sat up part of the way, propping herself on the thin pillows as her hand traced lightly over the cast that covered most of her torso.
'I know, Bolls...I'm sorry, I didn't mean ter, I promise...you have to tell 'em I didn't mean ter hit yer...I was aiming fer that bitch.' His words came out in a rush as he grasped on to her arm, pleading with her.
She looked up at him, eyes running over his face, down the length of the scar on his chin to his tortured, sea-green eyes. 'You were aiming for Jeanette?' She asked, surprising Gene with the disbelieving manner of the question.
He nodded. 'Of course I was, Bolly. I'd never shoot yer, I'm sorry I hit yer, Bolls.'
Alex sighed, shaking her head slightly. 'What about, and I quote – 'you dare get in my way and I swear to God I will kill you' ?' She questioned sceptically, though it tore her up inside to be so harsh. She just wanted to be sure he hadn't meant to do it, when she'd saw that bullet – his bullet fly towards her, something had broken inside her. She couldn't believe he really hated her that much.
Gene ran his hand down her bare arm, sending shivers down her spine before taking her hand, squeezing it and looking into her eyes. 'Bolly, I didn't mean ter shoot yer...and I would never have killed yer, I couldn't. I'm sorry I said I would kill yer, it was just I was so angry...sorry.' He told her, head dropping in shame. He had to make her see, make her see that he didn't mean to do it, that he was sorry.
'Yeah, I do know your temper, Gene.' She sighed and took a deep breath in, pursing her lips as he looked back up again. 'I just want you to know that I was telling the truth, Gene.' She added softly, her face relaxing. She knew what was coming soon...whilst she had been unconscious, she had seen her hospital room in 2008 and she was waking up...she didn't have long here, and she had to tell him...had to tell him she was sorry.
'I know.' He whispered, so low it was barely audible, but she heard.
'You believe me?' She asked, her eyes widening.
He nodded and gave her a wry smile. 'Ter be honest, Bolly, there isn't much of a better explanation as ter why yer such a nutcase.'
A short laugh escaped from Alex's mouth as she smiled at him. 'I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, Gene...but I didn't want to be called crazy, or for you to call the men in white coats...I couldn't find the right time.' She admitted quietly while he just nodded, his thumb making reassuring circles on her hand.
Alex sighed as she looked up at him. 'And I suppose this is goodbye.' She said, jumping as his head snapped up, his eyes locking with hers.
'What?' He almost shouted, his hand tightening around hers desperately.
'My daughter's there, Gene...I'm going home, I know it...I have to go.' She explained softly, feeling the familiar sting behind her eyes, signalling the forming tears.
'I know.' He replied, squeezing her hand a little. But he didn't want her to go, didn't want her to leave him here on his own. What was he supposed to do without her input at work? Who was he going to sit in Luigi's with and get pissed every night?
Let me apologise to begin with
Let me apologise for what I'm about to say
But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
'I did try to be honest with you, Gene, you know that don't you?' Alex asked over the tense silence that had gripped them, one tear threatening to slip from her eyes and spill over her eyelashes, onto her cheek.
He nodded. 'I know, Bolls. It's alright.'
'It's not alright.' Alex mumbled. 'You told me about the Masons even though you didn't have to...I should have told you, then maybe-'
'Bolly, just be quiet, it's fine.' He reassured her, glancing at the heart rate monitor. It wasn't particularly noticeable, but he could see the line getting slower, just by tiny increments. Time had never been on his side, but now it seemed against him, with every tick of the clock he knew he was closer to losing her...to losing his Bolly-Knickers.
Let me apologise to begin with
Let me apologise for what I'm about to say
But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
'It isn't fine, Gene.' Alex insisted, stubborn for someone whose life was slowly fading with each weak heartbeat. 'I promised I would be honest with you, and I wasn't.'
'Bolly, yer were right not ter tell me, I would most likely have had yer shipped off ter the asylum, yer know me.' Gene told her. 'And then where would I have been?'
'Sober, probably.' Alex said, smiling a little.
He smiled. 'Probably, Bolls. Tell yer what; yer can sink a bottle of Luigi's house rubbish faster than myself.'
Alex's smile grew a little wider and she slowly reached out a hand to his face, resting it over his cheek. 'Promise me that's how you'll remember me...not like this.' She said, gesturing to her cast encased chest and heart rate monitor.
'What, pissed as hell and mumbling all sorts of bullocks?'
Alex nodded and withdrew her hand, placing it over the large hand that already covered her other one. 'Yeah...not like this.'
Gene smiled, trying to ignore how cold her hands were slowly growing. 'It's a promise, Bolls.'
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
'It was good though, wasn't it?' She murmured, 'between the arguments and the killers, and the wine...it was good.'
Gene nodded. 'Yeah, it was good, Bolly. Yer know, when I first found out yer were my DI, I thought oh shit, Gene...what yer gonna do with this posh bitch? But yer know what, Bolly?'
'Yer not a bad copper, fer a bird.' He told her, smiling his rare Gene Genie smile.
Alex laughed. 'Thanks.'
'And shall I tell yer a secret?' He asked, giving her a slight wink.
'Go on then.' Alex replied with a sigh, smiling at the light banter she had become so familiar with...she would miss it, all of it. And him. She would miss him immensely.
Gene leant forward and whispered in her ear. 'I secretly quite like that bony arse of yours.'
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologise for what I'm about to say
But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Alex grinned as he leaned back, her spine tingling from where his warm breath had caressed the back of her neck. 'I knew it.' She said with a smirk. It soon melted into a smile though, as his thumb began tracing circles over her hand again.
'You know I thought we'd never get along...sexist, tyrannosaurus Hunt. But we did, didn't we?'
'Yeah, we did, Bolly.' Gene replied, glancing up again at the heart monitor, his own heart sinking as he saw the noticeably lower patter there. 'You alright, Bolls?'
Alex nodded. 'I'm fine, Gene. It's alright.'
'Ok, Bolls. I trust yer.'
'I know.' She said, dropping her head down onto the pillows to lie sideway, facing him with her hands still entwined with his. 'Thank you, Gene.'
'For what?'
'For sitting here, with me. I'll miss you.' She told him gently, another tear slipping from her eyes.
'I'll miss yer too, Bolls.' He said gruffly, repressing the stab of pain as he was once again reminded of how she was going soon...their light chat wouldn't last forever.
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
After a few more minutes of calm silence, the ticking of the clock the only thing to remind them that time exists, that they were living in the real world...well, one of them to Alex anyway.
'I don't know how to say it, Gene.' Alex whispered, his thumb still making circles against her hand.
'Say what, Bolly?'
She bit her lip, shifting herself upwards so she was propped up against the pillows again. 'How sorry I am...how I wished things had happened differently...that maybe I shouldn't have been so selfish.'
Gene frowned. 'Selfish?'
Alex nodded. 'Yeah...all those night in Luigi's, I could have told you about Molly, and why I couldn't go back home...but I didn't because I was enjoying myself too much, I didn't want to ruin it.'
'You were enjoying yourself?' He asked, his thumb stopping still.
'Of course I was, Gene...I loved it, sitting with you and getting drunk till two o'clock in the morning, then we'd walk upstairs and you'd pass out on the sofa.'
Gene smiled and his thumb resumed rubbing circles on her hand. 'I liked it too, Bolly.'
And I cannot explain to you
In anything I say or do or plan
Fear is not afraid of you
Guilt's a language you can understand
'I did think about telling you, when we were doing all that stuff fitting Supermac up...but I just couldn't do it. I felt guilty because you'd let me in on all of your secrets and I was still keeping mine from you.'
'Please, Bolly, don't worry about it. I've told yer, I'd have had yer carted off to the asylum in any other circumstances but these. Now shut up about it.'
Alex smiled. 'Or you'll stamp on my pretty little head?'
'No...I wouldn't do that, Bolls.' He told her, the sincerity in his voice touching her in a way she knew it shouldn't. It was too late to think like that, to think what might have happened if this was her real time...if she had been honest with them...too late to think of how they might have felt about each other then.
I cannot explain to you
In anything I say or do
I hope the actions speak the words they can
Alex sighed, pulling herself up further and taking her hands away from his hold. Slowly she shifted herself closer to the edge of the bed and looked up at him, leaning forward.
'Sorry, Gene.' She murmured, before lightly pressing her lips to his, bringing her hands up to rest around his neck, she felt his hands tangle in her hair as he kissed her back...it was soft and gentle, both knowing that there was only so much time left to them.
For my pride and my promise
For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Suddenly the steady beeping of the heart rate monitor grew louder and quicker, Alex pulled away, yet kept her hands on his shoulders, looking into his eyes. Her breathing was fast and shallow, betraying her weak heartbeats and fragile condition.
She fell back, her eyes fluttering to her close while the taste of Gene's lips remained on hers. And as she slipped away, a ghost of a whisper slipped from her mouth.
'I love you.'
And as the heart rate monitor fell silent, another one in 2008 picked up, as Alex opened her eyes again.
For my pride and my promise
For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none


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Yeah, another nice post. Well done.
Speaking of 'sudden improvements, 'advanced training programs' and realising a rider's potential through other 'methods', I have just read David Walsh's "From Lance to Landis". A compelling – albeit depressing – read. Next time someone urges you to read "It's Not About the Bike", get them to read Walsh's book and then ask them if they still recommend the Armstrong one. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
One reason why I enjoy spending time here is that I always learn something and everything is a good read..Thanks Brett.
Your articles, especially these Evanescent Riders ones, always remind me what a crap writer I am. This one, in particular, is a masterpiece. Awesome.
I remember this guy, albeit a bit vaguely. Man, that GB team was killer, though. And those Bianchis…mama mia!. One of the things I remember most of this guy is the way Ligget would yell his name, "Franco VONAH!"
Awesome piece.
So a bit tangential but this post got me thinking. My velomihottie is Italian. Her extended kin hale from Pontremoli Italy. The Giro rode through that town this year. So I googled her last name with the word cyclist added. I thought I wouldn't be surprised if there was someone with her last name who was pro after seeing her climbing technique. It's classic lighter-than-air dancing-on-the-pedals Italian. Turns out, there is a former pro with the same last name but he is French (must be from the south). May be extended, who knows, but I tried.
Dude, that's awesome. Those Euro families are very inter-related, it's not far-fetched that they are relations.
Doesn't she ride 650cc wheels? That is nuts. Mine also has this infuriating natural climbing technique, although for a rider as small as she, I would intuit that she'd spin higher, but she is more of a Pantani-style climber.
Back to the point, these "Evanescent" riders…I am seriously looking forward to the next edition already. Who will Brett pick? I don't know, but it will be good.
Many people might look back at this and say, "Jeeze, that wasn't real bike racing" and they would be right. But the field was so juiced, the only thing not real about it was the speed. The racing between riders going tete-en-tete was still level. I, for one, just love good bike racing. I hope for a clean sport – and want one. But mostly because I feel bad for riders who are pressured into doping, and for unhealthy situations they put themselves into. The racing…well, the racing is good to watch, with or without the drugs.
Stop it now, Frank, every time I read something you wrote I think that I need to brush up a bit! Crap, you ain't…
Every time I do one of these articles, I think "what if I'm wrong, what if these guys weren't juiced to the eyeballs and I'm slandering them unwittingly?" But then I watch a video of them driving it up the nastiest of Cols at warp speed, and I feel somewhat vindicated.
And for sure guys like Vona and Jaskula were obviously talented to even become pro riders, but the magic juice certainly took them to a whole other level. While I'm researching their palmares, there are always spooky parallels that seem just to good to be purely coincidental; timelines, teams etc, it all points at the same conclusions.
@frank @brett
This whole argument – "it was bad, but at least it was bad in a level-playing-field kind of way" – is interesting in light of an instant-message exchange which David Walsh (in "From Lance to Landis") claims took place between Frankie Andreu and Jonathan Vaughters (in 2005?). The alleged exchange seems to indicate that Credit Agricole (and by implication other teams, but not USPS) were actually trying to ride clean(ish) (at least from some time after 1998). From memory, Walsh claims that Vaughters is saying he was surprised to find, when he got to Credit Agricole, that they didn't dope at all. (The reported exchange also includes an apparent acknowledgment by JV of previous familiarity with "the houtsauce".) Not sure how that squares with the "level playing field" argument. Maybe it doesn't change it – the riders were all grown-ups and they could presumably have chosen to be clean or to dope, and in that sense there was a level playing field. But on the other hand it suggests that there may not have been a level playing field (i.e. if some teams were trying to make more of an effort than others to ride clean(er)).
Of course, Walsh's book may not be accurate, it is focussed on Big Tex rather than the peloton in general, we don't know all the facts, innocent until proven guilty (in a court of law, not merely in the court of (rapidly-swinging-away-from-your-sorry-arse) public opinion), etc. So, we should not jump to conclusions.
But, if it was the case that USPS was at the forefront of doping even when others were trying not to be, then … well … COTHO, indeed.
Incidentally, the alleged IM exchange also contains a claim that LA and JB tipped a bag of Landis' rest-day blood down the toilet, so that he'd ride poorly. (I think Walsh speculates this may have been to punish Landis for defecting to Phonak). If that's true then … well… do we need a new term? "COTUHO" (where "u" is for "unsurpassed")?
I'm not sure I've endorsed the 'level playing field' view with regards to EPO. I read somewhere recently how EPO benefitted some more than others, turning 'donkeys into racehorses' so to speak. That's how these evanescent riders came to the fore so quickly, then faded away just as rapidly.
And that's the effect it had on Armstrong, who couldn't climb a ladder or beat time with a stick in his pre-cancer guise.
@Good Geofelephant, @brett
Those are both some annoyingly good points. I knew that different riders had different natural hematocrit levels – and thus that different riders benefit more from blood doping etc, but I'd managed to ignore that when thinking about the whole "level playing field" thing.
And that's the effect it had on Armstrong, who couldn't climb a ladder or beat time with a stick in his pre-cancer guise.
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I'm gonna have to get me that book. That and the Professeur's new book…
Yeah, the Walsh book is a good read. There's a lot there you'll have heard about before, like Betsy Andreu on the alleged hospital room doping admission, and the six positive r-EPO results from 1999 samples analysed several years later (see, in that context, link posted above to interview with Mike Ashenden). But there's a lot of background and contextual stuff, plus a few new (to me) things like the alleged IM exchange.
What's "the Professeur's new book"?
Great post. I thought I was one to have spent too much of my memory banks on esoteric euro-pros but you, my friend, have put me to shame again. Franco Vona, I had never heard of him. It is story told more than once.
Every time I do one of these articles, I think "what if I'm wrong, what if these guys weren't juiced to the eyeballs and I'm slandering them unwittingly?"
Your worries are unfounded. It would be interesting to somehow graph these rider's careers, see the spike in performance in the 90's. Just like Bjarne Riis, a journey-man domestique turned into a Indurain beating nut. The records books might as well be burned.
But is there a discernible spike in peloton speed? I'm no statistician, but post-war average speeds in TdeF seem to have just steadily increased – http://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdfstats.html. There's no immediately obvious 90's / noughties spike. Has anyone compared average times to average stage length (and average vertical metres climbed) to see if there's a statistically significant spike anywhere? If not, then maybe the doping wasn't that significant. Or alternatively it just kept getting more and more effective – which would raise questions about the lack of any obvious material decline of average speeds in recent years …
Frankie Vona, there's a name I'd forgotten. Spot on article both the way it's written and how that era worked in my eyes. A suggestion for another in your series is Gilles Delion, would make a change for you from having to write about riders who suspiciously came from nowhere. Co-incidently Delion finished his career on the same team as Vona. Actually, looking into it, that AKI team is a veritable rogues gallery. I'm such a Delion fanboy that I'd write the article myself, but it's your series.
As for the "level-playing" field justification. I considered myself to be pretty well up on pro-cycling and it's various "issues", but it was only when I undertook a lengthy reading and research session a couple of years ago. It was only then that I discovered just how wrong the "level-playing" field justification is and brett was right in saying in benefited some more than others and that was only when the UCI brought in the 50% haematocrit limit. Before that, the playing field was only as level as you wanted to risk your life and your pockets were deep.
Once the 50% limit came in it allowed riders to boost up to 49.9% with impunity. It just meant that those with a natural level of 39% would benefit massively in comparison to someone with a natural level of 46% and ultimately, all would have a massive benefit over those who wanted to remain clean.
There is also the post-Festina take on the level-playing field, or "cyclisme a deux vitesse", where at least the French teams were clean – recently it seems that a lot are saying that most of the peloton either cleaned up for a year, or toned things down a lot after Festina.
We'd love you to write a piece on Delion… even if, as you suggest, he didn't strictly 'come from nowhere' which probably doesn't fit in with the definition of evanescent. But even guys like Vona still had to put in the hard yards, were devoted to a career in cycling, yet were elevated above and beyond their talents by the benefits of the EPO era.
So yeah, bring it on, guest articles are always welcome, and to hear of these 'second tier' riders is always interesting to us.
*dredge* Gilles Delion was famously clean, as discussed elsewhere much more recently.
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SAN Business Consultants LLP, of North Potomac, Maryland, protests the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) award of a contract to Integrated Financial Engineering, Inc. (IFE), of Rockville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DU100R-12-R-0008, for performing the annual actuarial study of the financial soundness of the Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, single family forward loan program, and home equity conversion mortgage program. SAN challenges the evaluation of its proposal.
We deny the protest.
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Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
This updated 3rd edition of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, Thomas Armstrong's bestselling practical guide for educators, includes two new chapters that address the worldwide reach of MI and rebut some common criticisms of the theory. It also includes updated information and resources throughout the text to help educators at all levels apply MI theory to curriculum development, lesson planning, assessment, special education, cognitive skills, educational technology, career development, educational policy, and more.
The book includes dozens of practical tips, strategies, and examples from real schools and districts. Armstrong provides tools, resources, and ideas that educators can immediately use to help students of all ages achieve their fullest potential in life.less
259 pages; ISBN 9781416609070
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Title: Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Author: Thomas Armstrong
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