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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale.
The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style of race (the first part), and its importance or difficulty (the second and third parts). The first part can be an integer or an abbreviation, and the second part, when present, are usually integers. Both parts are separated by a period or decimal point (.).
A higher rated race will result in the successful riders receiving more world ranking points.
The first part of the codes to rate a road race is '1' for a one-day race, and '2' for a multi-day (stage) race. They are separated from the second part of the classification, the ranking, by a decimal point. 'HC' (beyond categorization, from French hors catégorie) is the highest ranking category, followed by '1' and then '2'. For example, a race rated 1.1 equates to a one-day, category 1 race.
Thomas Leo Clancy, Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghost writers, non-fiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and Vice Chairman of their Community Activities and Public Affairs committees.
Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold The Hunt for Red October for $5,000. His works, The Hunt for Red October (1984), Patriot Games (1987), Clear and Present Danger (1989), and The Sum of All Fears (1991), have been turned into commercially successful films with actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine all playing Clancy's most famous fictional character Jack Ryan, while his second most famous character, John Clark, has been played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. Clancy died on October 1, 2013, of an undisclosed illness.
The sound of the waves is drowned out by everything that I spit out All of which was aimed at you When you hear it, you won't come back
I swat at my ears because I doubt your words All of which were aimed at me When I hear it, I pretend it doesn't reach me
The row of Gingko trees was swaying in the wind And me too, I have the same feeling My restless heart has been locked up And doesn't sway anymore, it seems
When I said goodbye, my heart was in pain When the Summers pass, Fall will hover about And alone, you'll look back at the photograph As the Winters pile up and the Springs scatter
Your toy just?
The row of Gingko trees was swaying in the wind And me too, I have the same feeling My restless heart has been locked up And doesn't sway anymore, it seems
When I said goodbye, my heart was in pain I jumped on the Toukaidou line and went straight through town And alone, you'll look back at the photograph When it comes out of the sea, the spring will have scattered
Do you remember the day that I said goodbye? Time will pass, and the days will flutter about The photographs have piled up, carving out the present And even if the color begins to fade...
Am I your toy just?