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Oversea Vietnamese relieved as USA's successful vaccine rollout
The United States, one of the world's biggest coronavirus hotspots, has gradually opened up thanks to its effective vaccination rollout. Life of Vietnamese people in the country has also been stable.
Dieuhuong270198@gmail.com June 09, 2021 | 23:24
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A street in Manhattan has been crowded again. Photo: New York Times
The United States was one of the hardest-hit countries by the Covid-19 pandemic. The hospitals were overloaded, medical workers were exhausted and medical supplies and equipment were lack.
In November 2020, there was the day the United States recorded 310.000 new infections and 4.500 casualties.
Nevertheless, within less than half a year, life in the United States has been gradually returned to normal thanks to the rapid and effective vaccination rollout.
"The authorities in many states have allowed fully vaccinated people to remove their face masks. Supermarkets and restaurants have almost reopened. Relatives and friends have begun to meet each other," said Nhi Nguyen, 46, living in New Jersey told to Zing News.
That is not only the feelings of Nhi but also of many other overseas Vietnamese in the United States.
"America is ready to take off"
That is an optimistic statement of US President Joe Biden during his speech to the US Congress on April 28.
"Now, after just 100 days, I can report to the nation America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility, crisis to opportunity, setbacks into strength," he said.
A person in the United States receives the Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Wall Street Journal
As of June 4, about 63% of the US population has been administered at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, while 41% of the population has been fully injected, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The United States now documents an average of about 30,000 cases a day. The death rate is also at its lowest since the summer of 2020. No state has recorded a spike of new infections over the past two weeks.
In addition, the United States has given vaccines to children from 12 to 15 years olds to realize its goal of reopening schools.
A bustling atmosphere at Central Park, New York City.
"My 15-year-old son was injected with the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine on May 27. After the administration, he didn't experience any reactions, only had a slight pain at the injection site. Initially, I was hesitant to let him get vaccinated, but he wanted as he is looking forward to coming back to school and traveling by plane," said Nhi, who received two doses of the Moderna vaccine.
"All friends of my son were also administered the vaccines," she added.
"Life has returned normal 70-80%"
Streets have started to be bustling again. Flights have been full of passengers.
"Previously, to be eligible to board the plane, I must furnish a certificate showing that I tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. Now, I just show vaccination certificate," said Tieu Diep, 23, an international student in Orange County, California.
Diep completed her second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine on March 27.
Diep said the authority in Orange County had permitted fully vaccinated people to remove face masks. They only need to wear when required by several supermarkets and restaurants.
A restaurant in Brooklyn reopens. Photo: New York Times
Ha Nguyen, living in Illinois city, Chicago state said: "Restaurants and bars have reopened. Gyms no longer require customers receiving two vaccine doses to wear face masks."
Ha completed her second shot of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on April 13 at the Walgreens pharmacy.
"People have flocked to go camping. In New York City, traffic congestion even takes place," she said.
"I do not need to maintain a safe distance while communicating with my vaccinated relatives and friends," Diep said.
Still stay vigilant against Covid-19
Although the pandemic situation in the United States has been at ease, many Vietnamese have still stayed vigilant against the virus.
"I still don a mask when going to supermarkets, restaurants, shops and cinemas," said Ha Nguyen.
People still wear face masks in crowded places.
Nhi said one of her friends was going to hold a graduation ceremony for her son at the stadium. They decided to invite guests equivalent to half the stadium capacity. Apart from arranging two separate zones for people vaccinated and yet vaccinated, guests must sit 1 seat apart.
Many offices and agencies in the United States have not completely reopened yet. Nhi said that her husband had still worked from home. Her relatives and friends have also gone to the offices only once to twice times.
Vietnamese students in the United States told to Zing News that they would continue studying online before schools reopen to fully vaccinated students this fall.
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Vietnam Increases Frequency of International Flights for Lunar New Year
"Xuan Que Huong" (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event held for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival, will be held on January 22, or the 20th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Buffalo.
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Vietnam Strengthens International Cooperation to Develop Foreign Labor
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Beretta James and Lyla Storm are locked in an all-out brawl during this wrestling match. They have to give all they've got because it's not going to be much fun for the loser. Being fingered, fucked and fisted is what's in store for the lady who isn't declared winner, and there will be no gentleness to be had!


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The Fantasy Book on Building New Stars and Salvaging Old Ones Under Vince's Nose
Michael McMonigle | April 15, 2016 | Columns, Top Story | No Comments
My last Fantasy Book focused on WrestleMania 32 and my disappointment with it. But I don't want anyone to think that I am just a Negative Nelly about the WWE all the time. Even though I don't love a lot of the main eventers, I like a lot of the current wrestlers in WWE. My biggest frustration with the WWE product is really about the laziness of the writers. There are so many ways to get people over, but they keep falling back on old tropes which don't work anymore.
Let me give an example today of a way I think the WWE could make some new stars and salvage some old ones all over the course of one long-term storyline.
To begin this journey, I will start with the current landscape. The League of Nations has just dumped Wade Barrett. The Wyatt Family just attacked The League of Nations. The Social Outcasts have been gaining momentum but haven't moved past jobber status really. Dolph Ziggler hasn't won a match in months and just got destroyed by Baron Corbin of all people. Kalisto is the US champion and The Miz is the Intercontinental champion.
What if Bo Dallas approached Wade Barrett backstage to give him a motivational speech before a match against a member of the League of Nations, let's say Alberto del Rio. Barrett, instead of blowing him off, seems to really listen to him. During the ensuing match, Barrett picks up a victory with a roll-up. Afterwards, he thanks Dallas backstage in front of the Social Outcasts who look at Dallas oddly.
The next week, we see Bo Dallas approach Dolph Ziggler and give a motivational talk to him. Ziggler also appears to listen to Dallas' peptalk, and wins his non-title match against The Miz. Again, just like the week before, Dallas is thanked in front of the Social Outcasts who start to question Dallas about what is going on with Barrett and Ziggler.
On the next Raw, both Barrett and Ziggler win individual matches with Dallas coming to ringside in the middle of each match to cheer them on. The following week, Bo Dallas is on guest commentary when Barrett defeats Alberto del Rio again, this time with the Bullhammer Elbow. Dallas gives no answers to what his relationship is to Barrett or Ziggler, despite the other announcers grilling him with questions.
Later in that same Raw, the Social Outcasts come out for a match (let's say Heath Slater versus Apollo Crews). Slater would lose the bout due to interference that backfired. After the match, Slater grabs a microphone and demands to know what Bo Dallas is doing. He goes on about how the Social Outcasts are supposed to be tight-knit and Dallas doing things outside of the group is unacceptable. As Dallas begins to explain, he is jumped by Curtis Axel and Adam Rose. All of a sudden, Ziggler's music hits and he charges out along with Wade Barrett to even the odds. Barrett and Ziggler clear the ring and leave with Dallas.
On Smackdown, the Social Outcasts could replace Dallas with someone. They could possibly reach out to Axel's former partner Damien Sandow. Sandow could tell them he will think about it, and Fandango could grab the spot in the meantime.
Later, Bo Dallas would come down to the ring with Wade Barrett and Dolph Ziggler in tow. Barrett talks first and tells everyone that Dallas has given him back the confidence he needs to succeed. Then Ziggler takes the mic and says that Dallas opened his eyes and he is not going to limit himself any longer. Then Dallas gets the microphone and declares that Barrett and Ziggler have everything it takes to be big time, they just needed to Bo-lieve. He proclaims them Bo-lievers, and we have a new face group formed.
The initial battle for the Bo-lievers is obviously against the Social Outcasts, which they will win handily. Then they will move onto the League of Nations. In order to build the Bo-lievers as serious threats, they will have to win a majority of their matches against the League of Nations as well. With more and more victories under their belts, the Bo-lievers will appear more and more as a threat and a valid challenge to anyone.
At this point, we can see the return of Damien Sandow. Sandow can see the success the Bo-lievers are having and attempt to get in good with them so he can absorb whatever inspiration Dallas is dishing out. He can even try several times to get into the group before finally defeating Tyler Breeze one night and fully "Bo-lieving" in his ability.
Now we have Bo Dallas leading a group of wrestlers who have gotten themselves over in the past, for the most part, in spite of the material with which they were given to work. In order to make the group even more bo-lievable, Ziggler will defeat The Miz for the Intercontinental title and Barrett will beat Kalisto for the US title. With the Bo-lievers holding both secondary titles, their legitimacy is secured.
Meanwhile, the Wyatt Family will return to their heel ways. It will turn out that the attack on the League of Nations was just a random attack, and the Wyatts just want to cause chaos. They will be involved with some very one-sided feuds over these couple months against AJ Styles, Zack Ryder, a returning face Randy Orton, and even Big Show. The Wyatts will continue to use their numbers advantage to win matches and/or beat down their opponents.
Eventually, the faces decide to work together to try to take on the Wyatt family. Bray Wyatt will tear it up on the microphone for a couple weeks. Eventually, a match will be booked at a Pay-Per-View with Styles, Orton, and Big Show (Ryder has been "injured" during his confrontations with the Wyatts) versus Braun Strowman, Erick Rowan, and Bray Wyatt. The Wyatt Family will win that match thanks to a returning Luke Harper.
The next night on Raw, all four members of the Wyatt family will be in the ring with Bray bragging about tearing apart the face team the night before. Big Show, Orton, and Styles will come to the ring and stare down the Wyatts. Before they come to blows though, Bo Dallas' music will hit and Dallas and the Bo-lievers (minus Sandow, who will be out due to illness or something in the storyline) will make their way to the ring. Bo will take the microphone out of Bray Wyatt's hand and start running down the Wyatt Family as Bray just laughs in his face.
Suddenly, Bo will drop the mic and the Wyatts AND the Bo-lievers will attack Styles, Orton, and Big Show. The faces will be beaten down and left laying around the ring as Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas (real-life brothers) shake hands and hug in the middle of the ring.
The next week we hear from Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas only as the rest of their groups are backstage. Bo Dallas goes full heel while Bray and Bo admit their sibling status and make a case that they are the same. They are simply Yin and Yang. They have the same goal, just two different methods. They both want to conquer and control the WWE. If they decided to, they could have Sandow disagree with the direction of the Bo-lievers and leave the group, remaining a face and providing another competitor to fight.
At this point, you have a Super-Heel group with Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, Wade Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, and Bo Dallas. You have faces such as Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Big Show, Damien Sandow, and Zack Ryder all wanting to get a piece of them. You also have Ziggler and Barrett holding the secondary titles, which could bring in multiple challenges from many directions. You can also have Bray make a major move towards the World title, with his family hurting his opponents before his matches, making them easy picking. The tag titles could also be in their sights as Harper and Rowan could refocus on that chase.
Everyone involved would be seen as a legitimate threat, if not by actions alone in the ring, then by association with a large group. You would have some of the championships involved automatically going forward, with others appearing to be in danger of being lost to this strong group. The crowds would hopefully be engaged with this storyline as they had bought in to the Bo-lievers heavy (in no small part to their desires to cheer Barrett and Ziggler already).
All of this could be accomplished far away from the World title picture. The WWE could have Reigns run roughshod over opponents. Dean Ambrose could be rebuilt into a top face. Cena could come back and fight with Chris Jericho and others. Cesaro, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and more could put on wrestling clinics on a nightly basis. And the Wyatt Family/Bo-lievers stories could run unimpeded in the mid-card. This would give the groups time to grow organically and let the crowds responses be genuine and not forced.
And just like that, we would have a much more watchable and enjoyable WWE product within a couple months. We would have finally found a niche for Barrett and Ziggler (and then turned them on their heads with the Bo-lievers heel turn). We would have given Bo Dallas a lot of heat (good and then bad) by allowing him to fully engage his uber motivational speaker character. Plus, we would have the Wyatt Family regain prominence again, something they lost a lot of as Rock emasculated them at WrestleMania. You would give a lot of faces something to do even when they weren't chasing the world title.
And none of this would take up too much television time. You wouldn't have to sacrifice the woman's division or main event builds or McMahon family drama hour or any of the NXT folks. This storyline could be the backbone of most of your cards for months on end and eventually turn into a major main event storyline without Vince and Co. even realize it is happening.
It can be done, WWE writers. You can make the product enjoyable with the people you have. You just need to be a little creative. And stick with it. Vince doesn't care about anything not in the main events, so why not use that to your advantage. Don't be lazy.
Plus, if Vince does notice and ask what is going on, just say "factions" and he will back off. Vince loves his crazy factions.
Let me know what you think of this idea. Why would it work or not work? What would you do to boost the current product with the talent in place?
Tags: AJ Styles, Bo Dallas, Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Brock Lesnar, Damien Sandow, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, Randy Orton, Wade Barrett, Wyatt Family
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WWE Title | WWE Smackdown Womens Championship | WWE United States Title | SmackDown Tag Team Titles |
WWE Raw Titles
WWE Intercontinental Title | WWE Cruiserweight Title | WWE Raw Womens Championship | Universal Title | Raw Tag Team Titles |
NXT Titles
NXT Championship | NXT Womens Championship | NXT Tag Team Championship | NXT North American Championship | NXT UK | NXT UK Women's |
ROH Titles
ROH World Title | ROH Tag Team Titles | ROH Television Title | ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles | Women of Honor Title |
Impact Titles
TNA World Title | TNA X Division Title | TNA Tag Team Titles | TNA Knockout Title |

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Triple Crown (dt. "Dreifache Krone") steht für folgende sportlichen Auszeichnungen:

 Triple Crown im Automobilrennsport, siehe Grand Slam #Automobilrennsport allgemein
 Triple Crown (Baseball) im Baseball
 Triple Crown (Basketball) im Basketball
 Triple Crown (Football) im Football
 Triple Crown (Dart) für den Sieg in drei wichtigen Turnieren
 Triple Crown (Hochschulakkreditierung) für drei Qualitätssiegel von Universitäten oder Hochschulen
 Triple Crown of Hiking für das Durchwandern dreier amerikanischen Weitwanderwege in jeweils einer Saison

 Triple Crown (Poker) beim Poker
 Triple Crown (Pferderennen) im Pferderennsport
 Triple Crown (Rugby Union) im Rugby
 Triple Crown (Snooker) beim Snooker
 Triple Crown (Wrestling), Auszeichnung im Wrestling

Siehe auch:
 Triple Corona im Polo, siehe Polo (Sport) #Triple Corona

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A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine says medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States — and highlights how shortcomings in tracking vital statistics are keeping the problem out of the public eye.
The authors cry for changes in death certificates to better tabulate fatal lapses in care. They recommend the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention to immediately add medical errors to its annual list reporting the top causes of death.
Based on an analysis of prior research, the Johns Hopkins study estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. On the CDC's official list, that would rank only behind heart disease and cancer, which each took about 600,000 lives in 2014.
Medical mistakes that can lead to death range from diagnostic errors to inappropriate doses or types of medications patients receive.
The truly scary thing is that no one really knows the exact toll taken by medical errors. This is because our current coding system doesn't capture errors such as misdiagnoses.
This analysis was published Tuesday in The BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal.
Bob Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch for the CDC, disputes some of the paper and states that international standards are upheld when it comes to reporting and that change would require an overabundance of data.
However, what Mr. Anderson does not express is that many other medically advanced countries have already put in fail-safes to try and prevent such errors with second opinions being offered at over-reads of medical images and other similar workflows.
The Johns Hopkins authors said the inability to capture the full impact of medical errors results in a lack of public attention.
"While no method of investigating and documenting preventable harm is perfect," the authors write, "some form of data collection of death due to medical error is needed to address the problem."
Anderson, however, said it's an "uncomfortable situation" for a doctor to report that a patient died from a medical error. Adding a check box to the death certificate won't solve that problem, he said, and a better strategy is to educate doctors about the importance of reporting errors.
"This is a public health issue, and they need to report it for the sake of public health," he said.
Dr. Tejal Gandhi, president of the National Patient Safety Foundation, said her organization refers to patient harm as the third leading cause of death.
"If you ask the public about patient safety most people don't really know about it," she said. "If you ask them the top causes of death, most people wouldn't say 'preventable harm.' "
Dr. Eric Thomas, a professor of medicine at the University of Texas Houston Medical School whose research was cited in the Institute of Medicine's landmark To Err is Human report, said "If we can clarify for the public and lawmakers how big a problem these errors are," he said, "you would hope it would lead to more resources toward patient safety."
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Charter Study Commission
Redevelopment Agency
▼Charter Study Commission
Jul 19, 2022 — Posted Jul 15, 2022 10:05 AM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Charter Study Commission to be held in person with a hybrid option at 6:30 pm. Login information is on the homepage of this website.
Jul 6, 2022 — Posted Jul 6, 2022 1:05 PM
Jun 15, 2022 — Posted Jun 15, 2022 10:30 AM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Charter Study Commission to be held electronically at 3:00 pm. Login information is on the homepage of this website.
May 17, 2022 — Posted May 13, 2022 10:10 AM
May 4, 2022 — Posted May 3, 2022 11:04 AM
Public Forum Meeting of the Charter Study Commission to be held electronically at 6:30 pm. Log in information is available on the homepage of the Borough website.
Apr 19, 2022 — Posted Apr 16, 2022 12:15 PM
Apr 6, 2022 — Posted Apr 1, 2022 2:26 PM
Agenda for 3-10-2022 Special Meeting of the Charter Study Commission
Mar 2, 2022 — Posted Feb 28, 2022 5:04 PM
Feb 15, 2022 — Amended Feb 15, 2022 11:59 AM
Feb 2, 2022 — Amended Feb 2, 2022 1:40 PM
Regular meeting of the Red Bank Charter Study Commission to be held electronically at 6:30 pm.
▼Historic Preservation Commission
Dec 21, 2022 — Posted Dec 19, 2022 8:43 AM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission to be held in person at 7:00 pm
Nov 16, 2022 — Posted Nov 14, 2022 10:07 AM
Oct 19, 2022 — Posted Oct 17, 2022 8:47 AM
Oct 6, 2022 — Posted Oct 6, 2022 3:22 PM
Special Workshop Meeting of the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission to be held in person at 7:00 pm.
Sep 21, 2022 — Posted Sep 16, 2022 5:43 PM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission to be held in person at 7:00 pm.
Jul 20, 2022 — Posted Jul 15, 2022 3:22 PM
Jun 15, 2022 — Posted Jun 9, 2022 11:23 AM
May 18, 2022 — Posted May 17, 2022 4:35 PM
Apr 20, 2022 — Posted Apr 8, 2022 1:59 PM
Mar 16, 2022 — Posted Mar 10, 2022 3:55 PM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission to be held electronically at 7:00 pm. Login information can be found on the homepage of this website.
Feb 16, 2022 — Posted Feb 11, 2022 2:35 PM
Jan 19, 2022 — Posted Jan 14, 2022 2:34 PM
Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting (PDF)
▼Mayor & Council
Regular Meeting of the Mayor & Council
Jan 11, 2023 — Posted Jan 9, 2023 2:58 PM
Municipal Council Meeting
Jan 4, 2023 — Amended Jan 5, 2023 12:55 PM
Red Bank Reorgnization Meeting Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 6:30PM
▼Planning Board
Feb 6, 2023 — Posted Jan 31, 2023 10:11 AM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Planning Board to be held in person and virtually via Zoom Video Conferencing at 7 pm.
Jan 9, 2023 — Amended Jan 9, 2023 3:59 PM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Planning Board to be held in person at 7 pm.
▼Redevelopment Agency
Cancelled - Regular meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency
Sep 28, 2021 — Posted Sep 28, 2021 10:20 AM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Redevelopment Agency to be held electronically at 5pm. Login information is on the home page of this website.
Aug 24, 2021 — Posted Sep 28, 2021 10:18 AM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Redevelopment Agency. CANCELLED
Jul 27, 2021 — Posted Jul 27, 2021 12:37 PM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency held electronically at 5:00 pm. Login information is on the home page of this website.
Jun 22, 2021 — Posted Jun 22, 2021 1:44 PM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency to be held electronically at 5pm. Login information is on the home page of this website.
Regular meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency to be held electronically at 5:00 pm. Login information is on the home page of this website.
Apr 27, 2021 — Posted Apr 27, 2021 9:59 AM
Mar 23, 2021 — Posted Mar 23, 2021 11:56 AM
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency to be held electronically beginning at 5pm.
Feb 23, 2021 — Posted Feb 23, 2021 10:51 AM
Reorganization Meeting of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency to be held at 4:30pm. Login information is on the home page of the website.
▼Rent Leveling Board
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Rent Leveling Board to be held in the first floor Council Chambers at 7pm.
Regular Meeting of the Red Bank Rent Leveling Board to be held electronically at 7:00 pm. Login information in on the homepage of this website.
▼Zoning Board
Feb 2, 2023 — Posted Jan 31, 2023 9:58 AM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Zoning Board to be held in person and virtually via Zoom Video Conferencing at 7 pm.
Jan 19, 2023 — Posted Jan 18, 2023 9:13 AM
Regular Meeting of Red Bank Zoning Board to be held in person at 6:30 pm. Workshop Meeting will begin at 6:00 pm.
Jan 5, 2023 — Posted Jan 5, 2023 2:46 PM


Greenside Tunnel: Railway cutting plans earmarked for approval | West Leeds Dispatch | News. Views. Get involved!
Controversial plans to fill in part of historic Greenside Tunnel railway cutting in Pudsey have been earmarked for approval by council planning officers – despite widespread local opposition.
As reported last month, EP Homes, which has already built properties on the nearby Fartown site, has applied for planning permission to partially fill the cutting using construction, demolition and excavation materials temporarily stockpiled next to the cutting.
There has been significant local objection, with more than 50 letters opposing the move, including Pudsey Labour Party and Stuart Andrew MP. Concerns include the loss of local history and the impact on bats in the tunnel. Leeds Cycling Campaign also objects to the scheme.
Now councillors sitting on the south and west plans panel next Thursday will decide whether the plans should be approved.
"The application is considered to be acceptable. The designation as a safeguarded landfill site carries significant weight, as does the policy and planning history of the site.
"The slight identified harm to a non-designated heritage asset and the impact upon a potential future greenway do not outweigh this designation.
The report recommends approval, subject to conditions including a three-year time limit and the introduction of a management plan for bats.
Members of the Save Greenside Tunnel campaign have vowed to fight to save the local landmark, which dates back to 1893. They say the work would destroy a green corridor which is home to local wildlife, including bats.
Any future planning applications for development on the site will come separately.
The planning officer's report can be read in full here.
The plans panel meeting takes place at Leeds Civic Hall at 1.30pm. Members of the plans panel will visit the site at 10.10am that morning.
Read more about The Dispatch's coverage of the issue here.
What do you think? Have your say in the comments section below.
I think its such a shame that they are going to approve this. But iam not surprised though. The reason will be down to greed more than anything else. It must be because this planning permision will be making so much money for whoever gets the approval, the poor wildlife along with its natural habitat don't stand a chance. It would seam that greed turns people into killers. our wildlife is always the one to pay the price. If this keeps up then we will end up with no wildlife left. That will be a very sad day.


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In August 1960, only ten years since first entering the FIFA World Cup – a competition initially dismissed by the FA, which refused invitations to enter the first three tournaments in the 1930s – England was chosen to host the 1966 World Cup Finals, ahead of Spain and West Germany. A then-record 70 nations entered the qualifying competition, although that number was significantly reduced by an African boycott, in protest at the continent not having an automatic qualification place. There were 16 final places available, divided into four groups of four teams each, assigned as follows: ten from Europe, four from South America, one from Asia and one from North and Central America. The top two nations from each group advanced to the quarter-finals, and the knock-out stages were to be decided by the drawing of lots if teams were level after 90 minutes and a further 30 minutes of extra-time, but fortunately this was not necessary.
Venues were spread across the UK, from London to the North-East: the grounds used were Wembley, White City, Old Trafford, Villa Park, Hillsborough, Goodison Park, Ayresome Park and Roker Park. The draw, the first ever to be televised, took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London and included seeded teams England, West Germany, Italy and holders Brazil alongside debutants North Korea and Portugal, both of whom had a significant impact on the finals. Another innovation was the introduction of the first tournament mascot – the competition was promoted by World Cup Willie, a lion sporting a Union Jack shirt.
There was drama before a ball was kicked, when the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen in March from Westminster's Methodist Central Hall, where it was on display as part of a stamp exhibition. Though the police followed up a ransom demand, and even made an arrest, the trophy was missing for a week before it was discovered by Pickles, a mixed Collie dog, while out walking in Upper Norwood, South London. His owner David Corbett collected a reward of nearly £5,000, while Pickles was named 'Dog of the Year', appeared on various TV programmes, and was invited to the England team's celebratory banquet. Before then, the 1966 World Cup kicked off on Monday 11 July with the opening game between the hosts and Uruguay – a goalless draw which gave no hint of what was to come.
Thanks Danny. Glad you enjoyed it – there's more to come!


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Red Hands (4066 words) by Waffilicious
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: BioShock
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Frank Fontaine, Jack (BioShock)
Additional Tags: Torture, Drug Addiction, Implied Child Murder
Summary:
Captured by Frank Fontaine, Jack is offered a choice: the easy way, or the hard way. Either way, he's going to work for him. Jack chooses the hard way.

Jack (BioShock)
Implied Child Murder
Red Hands
Waffilicious
Captured by Frank Fontaine, Jack is offered a choice: the easy way, or the hard way. Either way, he's going to work for him. Jack chooses the hard way.
Jack wrestled against his bonds to no avail. It was embarrassing, really, all of his strength and he could be stopped by three words and a good set of chains. He hung by them from the ceiling, secured to them by a metal cuff around each wrist, even as his ankles were cuffed to a chain that looped through a metal ring in the floor. Jack couldn't use his plasmids, and he sure as hell wasn't going anywhere.
He had been alone in the room for… he didn't know how long. Since he woke up like this, his shoulders aching, his lips dry, and his fingers twitching with the beginnings of withdrawal. He was hungry, he was thirsty, but most importantly he was starving for ADAM.
Jack was just starting to contemplate the small amount of EVE he had left in his system and if he could do anything productive with it when the man walked in. Atlas? No, Fontaine. It was Fontaine, Atlas wasn't real. He just still looked like Atlas. Not that Jack had ever really seen him in person much. Jack looked up at him warily. The man was grinning.
"So, kid. Didn't think you'd end up here, did you?" He laughed. Jack grimaced. The sound of his voice was practically the polar opposite of Atlas's. He hated it.
"'Course," Fontaine continued, ignoring Jack's reaction, "you probably didn't think a lot of things. Content to just go along with whatever some Irishman said, no matter what it was, weren't you." He laughed again. Jack was getting angry. The sound of his voice grated on his ears and the things he said hit him deep in his core.
"You stupid son of a bitch," Fontaine said.
Jack growled, deep and low.
Fontaine raised an eyebrow and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it with a snap of his fingers. "That all you got, kid? I'm almost disappointed."
Jack stopped growling and settled for glaring. "What would you prefer?" he snarled.
Fontaine looked a little surprised to hear Jack talk, but he didn't comment on that.
"I'm a fan of begging, myself. Or threats you can't possibly follow through on, from your position. But that ain't really what I'm here for."
"Then what are you here for?"
Fontaine laughed again. Jack was getting tired of it. "Impatient, ain'tcha? Well, I'll tell you." He took a long drag from his cigarette and stepped up close to Jack. "I want you to work for me, kid."
Jack lunged forward, but Fontaine had placed himself a fraction of an inch outside his reach, and all Jack got was a facefull of the man's cigarette smoke. And god, it smelled good to Jack's deprived body.
"Fuck you," Jack said. "What I already did wasn't enough?"
Fontaine raised an eyebrow, breathing out another plume of smoke into Jack's face and grinning at the way Jack greedily inhaled it.
"Well see, kid, I've been thinking. And to kill a creation like you? It's a goddamn waste of money and talent, is what it is. So here's what I'm thinking. You work for me, we run Rapture like a couple of kings, and everyone lives happily ever after."
Jack's throat and mouth were dry, but he managed to work up enough saliva to spit in Fontaine's face. Fontaine flinched backward and rubbed it away.
"Now, see, kid, I ain't gonna take no for an answer. And while I do have a couple of pretty solid ways to keep you in line--would you kindly smile for me?" Jack's face immediately twisted into a grotesque smile. "You see? But it would be so much easier if you were just--willing and enthusiastic. So right now, here's your choice. The easy way, you say 'yes' right now and we get started on our mutually beneficial partnership, or the hard way, which is I get you so desperate to work for me that the next time I ask you don't even hesitate to say yes, no command phrase required. How does that sound?"
Jack suddenly wished he hadn't spit at Fontaine when he did, because now seemed like a much more effective time for it. Still, he growled and managed a "fuck you" regardless.
Fontaine grinned. "you know, I was kinda hoping you'd say that. Hard way it is, then. God, I haven't done this in ages, this is gonna be fun." He blew one last puff of smoke in Jack's face and watched Jack inhale it, then turned the cigarette around, grasped Jack by the back of the neck, and held his head still as he ground the lit end of the cigarette into the center of Jack's forehead.
It certainly wasn't as bad as a drill to the chest, but the concentrated burst of pain was enough to make Jack yell and struggle, though of course it was pointless.
Fontaine released him and stepped back, flinging the cigarette butt onto the floor as he laughed.
"Hope you like that, kid, you'll be getting a lot more soon."
He left, shutting the door behind him and leaving Jack to try and not think about the pain of the burn on his forehead, his thirst, his hunger, the ache of his shoulders, or his very real need for a fix.
Maybe he should have said yes.
No, fuck that. Maybe he should have said yes? This was Frank Fontaine, the man who had him created to be an attack dog, then used him like a puppet to do his dirty work. He wasn't going to let that happen again. Jack was going to kill him.
That thought sustained him for a while, as the hunger and thirst got worse and the need for ADAM overshadowed it all, driving most rational thoughts into the corners of his mind.
He didn't know how long he was there, and after a certain point, he stopped caring, his thoughts replaced by want… need… kill
His hands shook, his head ached, and his mouth was so dry he couldn't even wet his chapped lips.
So when Fontaine finally reappeared, a glass of water in one hand and a needle full of bright red ADAM in the other, Jack's eyes went right to the ADAM and stayed there, unable to look away. He lunged forward, pulling desperately on the chains.
Fontaine laughed.
"You know, I was wondering if you was immune to the side effects, but it looks like you're just as bad as everyone else in the end."
He pulled a chair from the corner of the room and set the hypo on it, directly in Jack's line of sight, then carefully stepped between Jack and the chair.
Jack whined, not even realizing the sound he made, and tried to lean around to look at it, but Fontaine continued to block him.
"Maybe later, kid. First…" he held up the glass of water to Jack's lips. "Would you kindly drink this? I don't want you dying on me."
Jack drank, and though the water soothed his dry throat, all he could think about was the ADAM just behind Fontaine.
Fontaine laughed. "Jesus, kid, I could probably get you on my side right now." He brought the empty glass down and tilted his head, considering Jack. "But I have really been looking forward to this."
Jack stared back and said nothing, his thoughts jumbled and incoherent.
Fontaine grinned and in a movement that was too fast for Jack's frayed nerves to track, smashed the glass against Jack's face.
Jack screamed in agony and raw rage. He pulled hard against his chains, but they held him fast as he writhed in pain, blood streaming from the myriad cuts on his face.
Fontaine laughed and laughed.
"Fuck, you should see your face, kid! Funniest goddamn thing I've seen all day!" He bent over and practically wheezed before finally getting himself under control, wiping his eyes. "This is gonna be so good."
Jack lunged again, but Fontaine was well out of reach, and there was no fighting the chains. All he could do was drag himself to his own two feet while Fontaine grinned at him.
"Got something to say, kid?"
Jack growled. "Fuck you."
Fontaine shook his head, chuckling. "Not very creative, are you, kid. Well, I didn't pay for creative. Might be nice to get some different insults outta you once in a while, though."
He turned to bend down and grab one of the larger shards of glass, and with it he started cutting away Jack's sweater, pulling it off of him in pieces.
Jack shivered as his skin was exposed to the cool air, and he stared as Fontaine cut it away.
"Why are you… don't…"
Fontaine snorted. "What, don't like that I'm slicing up your sweater? What, did your mommy make it for you? Which one, the liar or the whore?"
Jack snarled, but Fontaine stepped out of the way and Jack could do nothing.
"Not a lot of creativity, not a lot of smarts," Fontaine shook his head. "It don't matter. All you gotta do is follow orders, right? So here's one. Stay still." He stepped forward, glass shard in hand, and when Jack lunged yet again, he tsked and held out his free hand, placing it flat on Jack's chest.
"Now, now, what did I just say? Stay still would you kindly."
Jack froze.
"Good boy."
Jack watched, his focus suddenly sharp and narrow and fixed on the shard of glass as Fontaine pressed the tip of it to his skin. He let it sit there a moment, just before breaking skin, looking dead in Jack's eyes.
"How's that feel, kid? Probably not so bad. How about this?" And he pushed the glass into Jack's skin and pulled it down. Jack yelled wordlessly, feeling how his skin parted so easily under the edge. Fontaine's hand moved slowly, and Jack couldn't move--he wanted to flinch away, escape, anything, but he was held fast by the command.
The pain burned, and even when Jack had run out of breath to yell he whimpered. But Fontaine didn't stop. He cut a line all the way from Jack's shoulder down to his navel and then back up again, drawing a giant triangle into Jack's chest. When he finally pulled the glass away, in what seemed to be an eternity later, blood streamed down Jack's chest and Fontaine's hand was covered in it. He laughed softly as Jack breathed in ragged gasps and brought his bloody hand to his mouth. As Jack watched, eyes wide in horror, Fontaine licked a wide stripe across his hand.
"Ever tasted someone else's blood, kid? On purpose, I mean. All the killing you've done, you must've had some get in your mouth, right?" He looked down at his hand and licked his lips. "Not much point to it, honestly. Would be nice if you could get ADAM out of it like those damn monsters can, but…" He stopped and looked up at Jack consideringly. "Though, you know, you probably could. At least from the girls. You ever think about trying it, kid?"
Jack's mind was frayed at the edges and clouded with pain, but he managed to snarl. He couldn't even begin to think about doing something like that to the Little Sisters.
Fontaine rolled his eyes.
"'Course not. What was I thinking. You're too much of a goddamn bleeding heart to hurt those fucked up freaks of nature." His face twisted into a look of absolute disgust. "Can't fucking stand it." He brought the glass back up to Jack's neck, tracing a thin line down it and then cutting across his collarbone. "We'll drive that right outta you, kid."
Jack gritted his teeth against a whining cry. It would be so much easier to ignore the pain if he wasn't also starving, for both food and ADAM. It felt like his veins were burning, dried into husks, his head pounding as he clenched his hands into tight fists, the glass slicing right down to his clavicle and lighting him afire with the agony of it all.
And Fontaine laughed.
"Not so tough after all, are you, kid? C'mon, I've seen you take more than this--or is it something else bothering you?" He tilted his head into Jack's field of vision, taking one bloody hand to grab him by the jaw and force him to look at him. "You're hurting for something else, ain'tcha?"
Jack glared at Fontaine, but he had moved just enough so that Jack could see the hypo sitting on the chair behind him, and Jack found it impossible to look away from it. Jack tried to swallow, but his mouth and throat were dry again. Fontaine followed his gaze and looked back to Jack, a wolfish grin on his face.
"Ah yes, that's right. I almost forgot." He pulled Jack's jaw to force him to look at his face, but Jack's gaze lingered on the needle until Fontaine actually stepped in front of it again, his eyebrows raised. "Fuck, kid, you're hurting for it more than I thought." He grinned. "Excellent."
Fontaine lifted the glass and tapped the side of Jack's face thoughtfully, idly licking the fingers of his other hand. Jack breathed heavily through his nose as he watched him, the pain of his wounds fading under the all-consuming need for ADAM crawling through his brain like millions of insects. He felt his face twitch.
"How desperate are you, kid?"
Jack growled and pulled himself together enough to answer. "Fuck off."
Fontaine laughed and pulled away. "Not desperate enough, apparently." He nodded. "We'll fix that. But for now…" He looked up at Jack's hands, each wrist individually cuffed to the chain.
"Alright, kid. Would you kindly break your fingers for me?"
Jack stared at Fontaine in horror, but he was already complying, his right hand grasping his left index finger and snapping it easily. Despite his screams, despite the excruciating pain of it, his hands moved of their own accord, and one by one, Jack broke all the fingers and thumb of his left hand.
The right hand was harder to do, but he was able to brace his fingers against the palm of his left hand and bend each one backward in turn until they broke.
He was sobbing, spouting desperate gibberish, and Fontaine just laughed and laughed.
"Jesus kid, what a spectacle you are. You'd cut of all your own limbs if I just asked. But I'm not gonna. What use would you be with no arms? Nah, we'll keep it to that for now. I got stuff I need to do, kid. You think you'll be okay until I get back?" He grinned. "Don't go anywhere, now."
Fontaine walked out then, whistling some cheerful tune Jack didn't know, leaving him to stare at the hypo left on the seat. As soon as Fontaine was out of earshot, Jack felt a sob erupt from him. He hurt so badly, but all he could think about was the needle full of ADAM so far out of reach.
Time had no meaning. All Jack knew was pain and thirst and hunger, and all he could do was slump in his chains and stare at the needle on the chair, the memory of ADAM keeping him alive.
When Fontaine finally returned, Jack was a shell of himself, no thoughts left but those of pain and desperate need. He didn't even look up when Fontaine entered, and was only capable of acknowledging his presence when he picked up the hypo and came up to Jack, a mere two steps away. Though he had no strength left, Jack's need drove him to feebly lean forward against his chains, getting as close to the ADAM in Fontaine's hand as he could.
Jack's eyes tracked the needle as Fontaine slowly raised it, pressed it against his arm, and injected the glowing red substance into his veins. Jack whimpered to see it, the chains rattling as he pulled against them.
Fontaine dropped the needle on the floor and it shattered. Jack's gaze was forced upward when Fontaine placed a single finger under his chin and tipped his head up.
"Tough luck, kid," he said, a look of mock pity on his face.
Without another word he turned and left, leaving Jack with nothing but agony and dire, desperate need.
With nothing left to distract him, Jack felt consumed, torn into pieces by his hunger for ADAM and no relief in sight. It seemed he hung there, the world burning with agony forever.
It seemed an eternity before Fontaine next returned. Jack stirred from his daze and managed to look up at the man as he walked through the door, but he met his eyes for only a moment before his gaze was drawn to Fontaine's hands.
They were absolutely soaked in blood, dripping, holding a slightly squirming thing, dark red and pulsing.
"You know what this is, kid? I picked it up myself, just for you."
Jack swallowed and shook his head. He didn't recognize it.
Fontaine snorted. "No, you wouldn't, would you, goody two-shoes monster loving freak you are."
He held the thing close to Jack's face. In the midst of the metallic tang of blood, Jack could smell something familiar, something that woke him up and made him twitch.
"This is the thing that drives the monsters, that made me rich, that made Rapture what it is today. This is an ADAM slug, and I pulled it out of a screaming girl with my own hands just for you, because I like you, and I care about your well-being."
Jack recoiled as much as he could. The blood… was a Little Sister's? She was dead now, clearly, slaughtered… for him? No, he couldn't… not a little girl… her life twisted for the greed of men…
...but Jack leaned forward despite himself, drawn in by the smell he knew now as ADAM, even though the blood repulsed him.
He wanted it.
He needed it.
He needed it more than he needed anything before in his life, he needed it so badly…
But the blood was everywhere. He couldn't ignore it. The blood of a little girl formed thick droplets and fell to the ground.
But still Jack leaned forward, until the chains held him still and Fontaine drew the slug back.
"You want it? Even though I killed one of your precious monsters for it?" He let out a short laugh. "Yeah, you want it, don't you. Here, show me how much you want it."
Fontaine held out one bloody hand to Jack, close enough to touch his face, and Jack found himself leaning into Fontaine's hand without thinking, opening his mouth and reaching out with his tongue to catch a drop of blood as it fell. It tasted of of metal and death and sweet ADAM, and as Jack closed his mouth around Fontaine's fingers, as soon as he tasted the ADAM, he forgot about the Little Sisters, he forgot his pain, he forgot everything except the hints of ADAM in the blood he sucked off of Fontaine's hand, hints that weren't enough, weren't nearly enough.
Fontaine laughed as Jack sucked hungrily at his fingers, trying to get as much of the blood and ADAM into his mouth as he could, curling his tongue between each finger--once he had started, it was impossible to stop, and he didn't want to. He wanted more, more, but it wasn't enough, not enough, not nearly enough-- and then there was none left, and Fontaine's hand was gone, and Jack whined at its loss.
He didn't have to wait long, for suddenly Fontaine's other hand was there, and Jack eagerly took his tongue to it, lapping every drop he could from his skin, but it still wasn't enough, no matter how much he licked and sucked, he needed more.
When Fontaine's hand was nearly clean, he laughed and stepped back, and Jack pulled against his chains, trying to follow him. It was almost worse, so much worse to have such a small taste but no satisfaction.
"Look at you, kid. Total mess. You completely forgot all your fucking morals just as soon as there's ADAM in the picture."
Jack barely heard Fontaine's words. Fontaine was holding the slug out to him again, and this time he was holding it up to Jack's face, close enough… close enough… Jack opened his mouth, salivating even through his dehydration, and Fontaine put the slug in his mouth.
The texture was disgusting, and the thing squirmed until Jack bit down on it, sucking its vile, delicious juices down his throat, chewing and swallowing and feeling an intense rush as the ADAM flowed through him, igniting him, revitalizing and soothing him as the world began to gleam with a golden sheen. He licked the blood and juices from his lips and chin and shuddered at the overwhelming bliss of it.
His fingers were broken, he was thirsty and starving, his chest and face were deeply cut and scabbed, but Jack felt giddy, like he could fly, like he could run a million miles and rip a Big Daddy limb from limb with his bare hands. His mind whirled and raced in ecstasy, and Fontaine grinned down at him with a look of pure satisfaction.
"So, kid. What do you say? You work for me, no questions, no disobedience, I'll keep you swimming in as much ADAM as you want. You don't… well. You don't, you live without it. It's your choice."
Jack stared up at Fontaine, face wreathed in tendrils of gold, and felt his stomach sink at the thought of never having ADAM again, never feeling like this again. He couldn't stand it. He swallowed, the taste lingering in his mouth, foul and tantalizing at the same time.
The girls would die.
He would never see the sky again.
But he'd never be without this again, he'd get the exhilaration of killing splicers and the adrenaline rush of taking down a Big Daddy and…
Jack blinked through the brilliant haze as he realized he'd be killing Little Sisters himself. Fontaine's bloody hands would be his. There was no way the man would let him save any of them--and did Jack really want to? Maybe death was best for them. And Jack could make it quicker and cleaner than anything they'd get at the hands of anyone else.
And then no one else could get their ADAM, either.
Jack licked his lips and looked up at Fontaine, who was looking impatient.
"Well, kid? If you don't got an answer I can leave you to hang here a couple more days to decide."
Jack swallowed. There was really only one answer, and the moment he had eaten that slug he'd made his decision.
He couldn't live without this. He wouldn't.
"I'll do it." His voice was harsh, cracking in his dry throat, tinged with the madness the ADAM was infesting in his brain.
Fontaine grinned.
"Good. Now say it for me. Who do you work for?"
"Who do you belong to?"
Jack swallowed.
"Say the whole thing. Say my name."
Jack hesitated.
"Say it," Fontaine growled, leaning close to grab Jack's jaw hard.
"I belong to Frank Fontaine."
Fontaine straightened and released Jack, laughing. "Damn straight. Now let's get one thing clear. I need to know you're not gonna turn on me. You got that?"
Jack nodded. Even through the gleam of the ADAM high, he could guess pretty well what was coming next.
"Ain't nothing personal, kid. Never betray me ever, would you kindly? And while we're at it, don't you ever even think about hurting me either, would you kindly."
Jack blinked up at Fontaine, and the commands settled in his head. Any thoughts of betraying or harming Fontaine dissipated. Fontaine nodded, satisfied.
"Now we're ready." He pulled out a key and began to unlock Jack from the chains. Jack struggled to get to his feet, but even with the ADAM surging through him he didn't have enough strength to find his feet quickly enough. When Fontaine released his hands he collapsed to the floor. Fontaine snorted but said nothing as he unlocked Jack's feet, then straightened and tossed a health pack at him.
"Get yourself fixed up, kid. We've got work to do."
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November is the official, Hallmark-approved, month of thankfulness, right?
We bake pies, decorate our houses with faux fall foliage, load our beverages with pumpkin spice, and make laundry lists of everything we have to be grateful for.
I totally get it; I used to do the exact same thing. And just like most other people, I packed up the gratitude and basically put it in the attic when the time came to pull down the snowflakes, elves and ornaments. Actually, if I am going to be completely honest, I didn't think, much about gratitude AT ALL until November 2009. Up until then I was too busy planning my next career achievement, award or milestone. Gratefulness would come later, after I reached my next goal.
November 2009 marked the end of the hardest year of my life. A year of court battles, restraining orders, and two criminal convictions against my now ex-husband left me mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted.
I didn't think I could handle more; really, how much is one human being expected take?
And as I asked that question, life changed completely. Right at the rock bottom of my own pity party, my three-year-old daughter – the ONLY light I could clearly see in my life – was diagnosed with stage-four, high-risk, you-need-to-prepare-yourself-your-child's-probably-going-to-die cancer.
It was two days before Thanksgiving.
I remember feeling like I was literally levitating outside of my body for a good two weeks. How could I go on? What would I do? How could I live my own life like a normal person, much less provide the love, support and life force my daughter needed?
Gratitude. That was my answer. It was my only answer, the only one I could see through the tornado swirling around me. Years of personal development training taught me that it mattered; now I needed to figure out how and why within the realities of my own life. Up until that moment, I'd focused on what was holding me back and keeping me down. Essentially, I had made decisions based on what I was ungrateful for.
I needed to shift my focus completely.
One night as my daughter lay sleeping next to me, hooked up to countless monitors and tubes sticking out from her tiny body, I pulled out my laptop, opened up my Facebook page, and started writing down what I was grateful for. First on my list was my mom. Second was my cousin (she was an oncology nurse, I figured a good thing to be grateful for given my circumstance). It was a public accountability that I would force myself to post every night what I was grateful for. That first night I listed 18 things, the next 19 things. A month later 36 things; a month after that I was sharing how, "Life was good" with anyone and everyone in my world willing to read it. My daughter still had cancer; she was still facing months of treatments including radiation and a bone marrow transplant, and yet I was somehow proclaiming life was good.
And it was. In so many miraculous ways, it was.
To say gratitude changed my life is an understatement.
8 years have passed since those first lists were written. 8 years since my divorce. 8 years since our diagnosis. In those 8 years, I've filled every nook and cranny of my life with gratitude. I find I appreciate things I never even would have noticed before.
I suppose right now I should tell you my daughter SURVIVED. Actually, let me be more specific-she THRIVED. She is my miracle kid, and my gratitude list absolutely always includes her birthdays, the sunny days we spend at the park, and the sound of her voice in the morning, singing away in the bathroom. So simple, right? Not for me. The powerful force of gratitude in those moments literally takes my breath away.
I rarely get angry these days; there's just barely any space for anger with all this gratitude filling me up. I'm slower to judge others and quicker to say thanks. I have patience and I am more present. I slow down long enough to notice the beauty of the world around me. And there is SO much to stop, see and be grateful for.
Commit to 21 days or more. It's commonly known it takes 21 days to create a habit. Set that goal and don't stop. Gratitude is worth it, I promise.
I invite you to join me in a month of gratitude.
Last spring I held my first Grateful Connection class, an online webinar centered on everything I learned about gratefulness and how to incorporate it into your life. I had participants fill out before and after surveys.
The results were astounding even to me. I knew I was onto something.
This November I'm offering another Grateful Connection Class. It's a chance to practice gratitude with the support of a gratitude coach (me!) and a community of like minded individuals.


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Пе́ньское се́льское поселе́ние — упразднённое муниципальное образование в составе Кувшиновского района Тверской области России.

Административный центр — деревня Пень.

Образовано в 2005 году, включило в себя территорию Пеньского сельского округа.

Законом Тверской области от 17 декабря 2015 года № 119-ЗО, были преобразованы, путём их объединения, Тысяцкое, Большекузнечковское, Борзынское и Пеньское сельские поселения — в Тысяцкое сельское поселение.

Географические данные
 Общая площадь: 167 км²
 Нахождение: северо-восточная часть Кувшиновского района.
 Граничит:
 на севере — с Борзынским СП
 на востоке — с Торжокским районом, Осташковское СП, Яконовское СП и Рудниковское СП
 на юге — с Большекузнечковским СП и Тысяцким СП
 на юго-западе — с городским поселением город Кувшиново
 на западе — с Могилевским СП

Основные реки — Негочь, Любица.
Поселение пересекает автодорога «Вышний Волочёк—Есеновичи—Кувшиново»

Экономика
Основное сельхозпредприятие — СПК «Кувшиновский».

Население
По переписи 2002 года — 421 человек, на 01.01.2008 — 435 человек.

Населённые пункты
В состав поселения входили следующие населённые пункты:

Бывшие населённые пункты
В 2000 году исключены из учетных данных деревни Нестерково и Щитниково.
Ранее на территории поселения исчезли деревни Вешки, Татариново, Радучево, Прокофьево и несколько хуторов.

История
В XI—XIV вв. территория поселения относилась к Новгородской земле и составляла часть «городовой волости» города Торжка.
В XV веке присоединена к Великому княжеству Московскому.
 С XVIII века территория поселения входила:
 в 1708—1727 гг. в Санкт-Петербургскую (Ингерманляндскую 1708—1710 гг.) губернию, Тверскую провинцию,
 в 1727—1775 гг. в Новгородскую губернию, Тверскую провинцию,
 в 1775—1796 гг. в Тверское наместничество, Новоторжский уезд,
 в 1796—1929 гг. в Тверскую губернию, Новоторжский уезд,
 в 1929—1935 гг. в Западную область, Каменский район,
 в 1935—1963 гг. в Калининскую область, Каменский район,
 в 1963—1965 гг. в Калининскую область, Торжокский район,
 в 1965—1990 гг. в Калининскую область, Кувшиновский район,
 с 1990 в Тверскую область, Кувшиновский район.

В середине XIX—начале XX века деревни поселения относились к Бараньегорской и Тысяцкой волостям Новоторжского уезда.
В 50-е годы XX века на территории поселения существовали Пеньский, Ферковский, Березкинский и Вязьмицынский сельсоветы.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Электронный энциклопедический справочник «Тверская область»

Упразднённые сельские поселения Тверской области
Упразднённые муниципальные образования Кувшиновского района
Сельские поселения, упразднённые в 2015 году


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Five Spot: Killa Kyleon's Purple Punch 3
Shea Serrano
Shea Serrano | December 11, 2009 | 2:30pm
Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. One of the guys that we always (usually) enjoy listening to is the fibrous-voiced Killa Kyleon. Kyleon is the Boss Hogg Outlawz's third best rapper (J-Dawg edges him out for second place, but within the structure of BHO we're almost certain Killa is officially still second in command) and when he flexes he can be a terror. Kyleon re-upped his Purple Punch mixtape series recently and it is, almost without debate, the best version he's released thus far. Note: If you happen to read this, Killa, it is really disappointing that "H-Town State of Mind," your regionally phenomenal redo of Jigga's "Empire Of State of Mind," which is an okay redo of Nas's "N.Y. State of Mind," which is a brilliant redo of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind," isn't on there. That means we'll have to download it separately, change the tags in iTunes and then squeeze it in at the end so it doesn't eff up the flow, even though it's very clearly a top-tier remix, which means it should actually come on as the fourth or fifth track. Future reference is all. Kyleon has proven again and again that he is exceptionally skilled at hijacking someone else's beat and/or flipping someone else's signature line into a hook -remember his "Ego" remix, or his take on "Paper Planes" back when everybody in the world was mix-taping the shit out of that track - and does so to great success here. He nods to Pimp C, Fat Pat, Z-Ro, Lil' Wayne, Snoop, the guy who announces boxing matches, Jodeci, Goodie Mob and a whole host of others on PP3 (ha). Here are five tracks from the tape and a link to download Purple Punch 3 for free.
"5 Star Chick" Did he say he has a bourgie chick from Acres Homes? We were not aware such a species existed. Maybe she's only been shot at, like, two or three times, so that makes her think she's better than everyone else in Acres Homes. Also, it is thoroughly cool that there is a credit requirement to be one of Kyleon's bedfellows.
"Haters"
When we saw this we were really, really hoping he had hopped on the "Haters" track from Jigga's
. Alas, this one ain't so bad, but mostly he likens himself to Jesus and then tells people to suck his dick.
"Drankin' in the Drought"
This is a solid example of how natural he can sound on those bubbly radio-rap productions.
"I Gotta Eat"
Love the title of this song. It's unassailable in its forthrightness. He's gotta eat. That's all there is to say about it.
"I'm So Throwed"
Here he flips one of the greatest lines in Houston rap history for part of the chorus - "I'm so throwed in the game, Southside playa, Screwed Up Click, man" - but we really, really wish he would've let it end. Even still, this is a solid mixtape song from a solid Kyleon effort. Here's to hoping a proper full-length of all original music bubbles up sometime in 2010. Thanks for the support. Have an okay weekend.
And download the tape here.
Screwston, Texas


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Jiří Štaidl (ur. 22 stycznia 1943 w Pradze, zm. 9 października 1973 w Pradze) – czeski autor tekstów piosenek i producent muzyczny.

Brat muzyka Ladislava. Był tekściarzem, scenarzystą, muzykiem i dyrektorem teatru, bliskim współpracownikiem piosenkarza Karela Gotta i kompozytora Karela Svobody. Zmarł w wieku 30 lat na skutek wypadku samochodowego w miejscowości Říčany, gdy kierował swoim Renault 17.

W 1963 roku grał z bratem w Teatrze Semafor, wtedy też spotkał się z Karelem Gottem. Dwa lata później założyli w trójkę własny mały teatr muzyczny Apollo, gdzie pracował jako dyrektor artystyczny. Wśród jego bliskich współpracowników byli kompozytorzy Karel Mareši Karel Svoboda. Z nimi i wieloma popularnymi w tym czasie piosenkarzami występował w Karlińskim Kabarecie Kulturalnym (o pseudonimie Czerwony Kapturek), który prowadził Jiří Brabec.

Pisał krótkie opowiadania, był autorem około 200 tekstów piosenek. Był również znany jako miłośnik pięknych kobiet, wśród jego partnerek była mistrzyni jazdy figurowej na łyżwach Hana Mašková i Ivana Zelníčková (późniejsza Ivana Trump).

Wśród innych tekstów napisał także słowa do piosenki Vltava (Znam kraj...) na słynną melodię z poematu symfonicznego Bedřicha Smetany.

Teksty piosenek
 Adresát neznámý (From Me To You) - Karel Gott - (muz.: John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 1964
 Balalajka - Petr Spálený - (muz.: Pavel Krejča)
 Bum, bum, bum (Dám dělovou ránu) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Ladislav Štaidl, Karel Gott)- 1966
 Cesta rájem (Crying In The Chapel) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Artie Glenn) - 1965
 C´est la vie - Karel Gott - (muz.: Jaromír Klempíř) - 1980
 Dej mi pár okovů (Take These Chains From My Heart) - Karel Hála - (muz.: Fred Rose, Hy Heath / Jiří Štaidl a Rostislav Černý)
 Dívka toulavá - Karel Gott i Karel Hála i Jiří Kysilka - (muz.: Ladislav Štaidl)
 Hej, hej baby - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1970
 Hej, páni konšelé - Karel Gott - (muz.: Jaromír Klempíř) - 1969
 Hoja hoj - Daniela Kolářová i inni - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1965
 Hvězda na vrbě - Pavel Šváb i Bohumil Straka, Olympic - (muz.: Karel Mareš) - 1965
 Já se tiše odporoučím - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1970
 Jsem na světě rád (Crying Time) - Karel Gott (muz.: Buck Owens) - 1966
 Kávu si osladím - Karel Gott - (muz.: Ladislav Štaidl) - 1972
 Kdepak, ty ptáčku, hnízdo máš? - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1973
 Kdyby nepadal déšť (Je n'aurai pas le temps) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Michel Fugain) - 1968
 Konec ptačích árií - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1975
 Lady Carneval - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda)
 Láska bláznivá - Karel Gott - muz.: Karel Svoboda - 1976
 Lásko má, já stůňu - Helena Vondráčková - muz.: Karel Svoboda - 1973
 Mám tě rád víc než dřív (I'm Coming Home) - Karel Gott - (muz.:  Les Reed) - 1968
 Mistrál - Karel Gott - (muz.: Karel Svoboda) - 1972
 Můj každodenní pláč - Karel Hála -(muz.: Jaromír Klempíř)
 Oči barvy holubí (Sealed With a Kiss) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Gary Geld) - 1972
 Pátá - Helena Vondráčková - (muz.: Tony Hatch)- 1965
 Pláču, pláču sůl - Milan Drobný - (muz.: Karel Svoboda)
 Plakalo bejby - Petr Spálený - (muz.: Pavel Krejča)
 Pošli to dál - Karel Gott - (muz.: Jaromír Klempíř)- 1966
 Přijela pouť - Karel Gott - (muz.: Ladislav Štaidl) - 1973
 Proč ptáci zpívají - Karel Gott - (h:Jaromír Klempíř)- 1968
 Ptačí nářečí (Oh, Lonesome Me) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Don Gibson) - 1965
 Sluneční ostrov (Island In The Sun) - (muz.: Irving Burgie)
 Sny tuctový - Václav Neckář (muz.: Jaromír Klempíř)
 V máji (Il mondo) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Jimmy Fontana) - 1966
 Zámoří - Karel Hála a Karel Gott - (muz.: Ladislav Štaidl) - 1966
 Zejtra už ti sbohem dám (My Whole World Is Falling Down) - Yvonne Přenosilová i Karel Gott - (muz.: Jerry Crutchfield / Jiří Štaidl, Jiří Černý) - 1965
 Zlý znamení - Petr Spálený i Yvonne Přenosilová (muz.: Sonny Bono/czeskie słowa Jiří Štaidl)
 Žaluju ptákům (When We Were Young) - Karel Gott - (muz.: Les Reed) - 1969.

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1943
Zmarli w 1973
Czescy kompozytorzy
Czescy tekściarze
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Olszańskim w Pradze


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	temp->next = head ;
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Let me start by introducing myself. I am a 36-year-old woman with an unusual name. Jekaterina. Originally I am from a small European country: Latvia.
Why Am I in a 60-Day Challenge? To lose weight? Yes and No!
My main reason to complete a Challenge is my kids. I'm already mom of 3 children and I am very proud of my kids. Like every parent I wish my kids all the best, and that they grow up healthy, smart and happy. My eldest is a teenager. I was trying to keep him busy and explain that he needs to do some exercises to lose his belly. But one day he said back to me, "Mommy, look at yourself!" To hear it was unpleasant, even though he was right. With words "almost impossible," I should prove to him a live example of sport life and healthy life. No one in my family is very athletic or in to sports, not even my husband. I must become a leader and an example for him and all kids. And then they will be proud of their mother and wish to be like their mom.
We moved to Houston about 5 years ago. I was in the seventh month of my happy second pregnancy, but at this point, was starting to gain pounds. Different food, different lifestyle, less walking, more car driving. I became a "stay-at-home mom", not working outside the home. It was stressful. After delivery, I was 20+ pounds from my normal weight. Those stayed with me. Then finally I was expecting my baby girl. It was my third pregnancy: very desired, however not so easy. After the birth of my princess, and my two existing boys, I also got another "lucky" 20 pounds of weight. Those stayed with me. I became a busy mom of 3 kids with a lot of stress, problems and less sleep. Why did I mention sleeping before? It was the first secret I learned during weekly "Try-It Tuesday." It's all about nutrition, workout, health and how to help you obtain the results. I also learned about all possibilities that you can have in your club. How to change your lifestyle, build healthy habits, and finally what to eat to compete.
None of the "Tuesdays" passed without result. Every time I learned something new, even if a topic was familiar to me.
Certainly to reach my target goal, every small item is important. Every bit of advice and support is vital. For those people who just started with Life Time, it is very useful to learn facility and all possibilities offered. I was surprised to know that some people using personal trainer service or team group service, had no idea about the group fitness studios and hydro-training in the pool. For me, it's a very important part of my workout and it is free.
Let's come back to the question about sleeping. At the moment when I realized "I have too many extra pounds," I was not pregnant and not breast-feeding. I started an active lifestyle, exercised and ate healthy food. However, my weight did not go down. This was confusing. Answer to that mystery was very simple: it is not only about workout. Also recovery is important, i.e., to take rest and have good sleep. It is recommended to have 7-8 hours of continuous sleep every day. I had no such sleep for the last 5 years. On a good day my little princess wakes me up 2-3 times a night. On bad days, it could be nonstop. My baby girl still sleeps poorly, but I try to go to bed earlier or even to have a nap – at least to lie down and have a rest. And this is working! With help of all specialists, coaches and other good people that I met in Life Time, I build my own workout and life plan. It includes group fitness, yoga, swim, hydro-training, personal training, nutrition, supplements and rest.
And you can do it all in your Life Time.
It's not enough to have a plan – you need to complete it. Our busy lives are not easy. You can find 1000 excuses to not work out. Before, I could skip my workout if I run out of time. But now, no skip for me: 50 min from 1 hour is better than nothing.
Sometimes you have not enough support or even understanding from your family and you really wish to quit. It's very sad and hard, and it looks like it's only one way – just run from these problems. But it's your life and your health.
When I was thinking that I can't do it, in my ear always popped up words of the group trainer Amber: You can do it! Yes, you can!
After one month of intense working out and losing 15+ pounds, I was feeling much better. I have no belly and I have more energy and muscles. Now I can fit into my old pants and I bought a dress for the New Year in a size 6, not 12 as it was before. My waistline dropped from 35.5 to 27. It is only the beginning, but now I know I have to do it. I already have my D.TOX Kit and I will keep going to workouts with my personal trainer, group fitness classes and by myself in the club and at home. Thank you for all the support and good mood, to all staff from service desk to cleaners in the locker rooms, for doing such a great and important job.