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Elderly NYC beach shark attack victim had 5 surgeries in 8 days, now has permanent disability The 65-year-old Queens woman who narrowly survived a shark attack at Rockaway Beach earlier this month underwent five surgeries in eight days — and now has a “permanent disability,” her family said Thursday. Tatyana Koltunyuk — who lost a large piece of her left leg above the knee — will likely need more surgeries along with years of physical therapy, her daughter and son-in-law said. It's so sad that this YOUNG woman not only has to live out the many years she has left with this disability, she also has to live with having been slandered by @WilliamM's favorite newspaper, the NY Post.

New beetle species boasts 'very large' penis: 'Unique genitalia' I see you getting ready to click on the link...

Pet-friendly NYC homes pay $250 extra in monthly rent, study says A data study performed by Zumper to determine the most pet-friendly cities across the United States saw New York City rank 95th out of 100 cities on the list. The only cities in the study to score lower than New York City were Jersey City, N.J., Anaheim, Calif., Santa Ana, Calif. and Urban Honolulu, Hawaii. The low ranking in the study was thanks in large part to the conclusion reached that determined residents who reside in pet-friendly homes in New York City pay an average of $250 extra in rent each month. and that's if you can find one that allows pets.

Lars Nootbaar fouled a ball into a place that no one wants to be hit during Wednesday’s 8-0 loss to the Athletics. Nootbaar, 25, was up in the bottom of the fifth against starter Paul Blackburn at Busch Stadium when he fouled an 0-1 pitch into the ground and it ricocheted into his groin area. The outfielder crumpled to the ground in pain almost immediately before a team trainer could come out to attend to him. Nootbaar remained in the game for the rest of the at-bat and struck out, but he was replaced in the middle of the sixth inning by Jose Fermin. The team announced that Nootbar left with what they called a lower abdomen contusion.

Aldi to buy Winn-Dixie, expanding across Southeast The retailer announced the acquisition of 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores located in Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi,

Horrifying video captures bull goring matador in the rectum has anybody seen my donut pillow? w.mp4

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari separate after explosive fight about cheating rumors yawn! Asghari threatening to release 'extraordinarily embarrassing' Britney info if prenup not renegotiated sacre bleu!

NY Mets fans!

Small plates would just mean an extra trip to the kitchen for a refill, so nope. And whenever possible I'll eat directly from whatever pot/pan/tray I cooked with to avoid having an extra dish to wash. Living with a crippling back condition is such fun!

If you take the headline literally, it would be even more tragic. As written, it indicates that the elderly woman killed both Katharine McPhee and David Foster's nanny... which brings up the point that that nanny position is an especially lucrative one - by the time the kid is old enough to no longer need one, David Foster will be old enough to need one.

(BTW, thanks... I never realized this was a joke until reading your posts.) Series 5 — Episode 15 The Joker Emma mentions she’s visiting Sir Cavalier Rousicana and Steed quips, “He sounds like an opera”. I can quote The Avengers for occasional situations in life. 😎

isn't that usually the best option? 😇😁😁😇 Ask Amy? Don't y'all be jealous of my lifestyle of the poor and anonymous, but... On Sunday I spent 2 1/4 hours on highways to drive a total of 57 miles to my sister & back to see their new home improvements, get their old blender that's been sitting in the closet that they aren't sure works (I haven't checked yet), hit ShopRite on the way home (very good sale on blueberries and Coke Zero), and (much more importantly) pick up the 1 1/2 pens of Ozempic my brother in law had left over when his doctor switched him to the middle dosage pens. I had just taken my last shot last week, and since I'm in medicare's donut hole, a refill will cost $755 for a 3 month supply. This will get me to mid-Sept, then I'll have to switch back to metformin (I have plenty on-hand) until January. But I spent $5 on lottery tickets (which I haven't checked yet, either), so I'm sure my money concerns are already a thing of the past. and came home and gave myself a shot of Ozempic, of course.

Katharine McPhee and David Foster’s nanny fatally run over by elderly woman at car dealership

Trees in Hell Early in the summer, Mayor Eric Adam’s commitment to planting more trees arrived at Maria Hernandez Park. One day, during a late morning jaunt, I unexpectedly spotted the tree planters who had appeared like a mirage. Some of them were using heavy duty machinery to quicken the pace of digging holes, as others lugged around little baby trees to drop in. It was amazing to see how efficient this operation was. These were tree planting professionals. A couple months have passed since and it looks like those budding trees aren’t doing so hot. Nearby, a game is underway at the volleyball courts. Some money could be on the line. But that doesn’t concern me. I’m kneeling down next to a little tree that’s planted smack dab in the middle of an open patch of grass. The sun damage looks irreversible. Close by, two other newly planted trees are fairing a little better. The three of them make the shape of an isosceles triangle. I see two strangers walking a dog and I ask them what they think about the new trees. Someone named Amanda speaks up first. “The trees look sad,” she says, “It seems like they didn’t think it through.” Her companion, Kyle agrees. “Yea, it seems like they’re trying to meet a quota.” After telling them that the planting campaign was connected to Eric Adams’ latest park improvement efforts, Kyle quips back: “Yep, of course. I knew it.” Amanda is even more charged about this: “It makes no sense. So they planted the trees but look at them… it seems not well thought through… Just look at them… It looks like they’re all going to die.” Elsewhere, though, some newly planted trees look like they’re doing well; if they can survive the winter, then perhaps they’ll come into their own by springtime. As for the tree planting program, there seems to be no signs of it letting up. Succeeding Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC initiative in 2007, its latest iteration has all the right intentions. After all, trees help clean up the air by absorbing carbon emissions. Earlier this year, various borough presidents encouraged Adams to plant up to a million more trees across the five boroughs, City Limits reported; “Trees cross party lines and geographic lines. They are the great uniter,” Mark Levine, Manhattan’s borough president, said at the time. Now, in an ideal world, this would be true. But judging by the few maladapted trees, the execution of the program seems iffy. It’s as if these trees have been sent here to be damned. For the love of Maria Hernandez Park, is there enough space for even one more sad tree? https://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/maria-hernandez-park-one-million-trees/

And by "what a prick' I assume you mean it's spectacular, but he's a selfish lover.

The Hochul administration’s slow rollout of New York’s legal cannabis trade was a real buzzkill — and the market is still far from recovered from it, an industry group says in a stinging “report card.” The Coalition for Access to Regulated and Safe Cannabis gave the state Office of Cannabis Management the failing grades in various categories. Hochul team flunked NY's legal marijuana rollout while letting black... NYPOST.COM The Hochul administration's slow rollout of New York's legal cannabis trade was a real buzzkill, and the market...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is launching a new “vaccine equity” campaign aimed at persuading thousands of older and disabled New York City residents to get their updated COVID-19 and flu shots this fall and winter. The NYC Community Partnerships for Vaccine Access and Equity (CompPass) will launch the outreach effort to distribute the shots in the South Bronx, Far Rockaway in Queens and the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East New York, Brownsville, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach. The city Health Department’s fundraising arm, the Fund for Public Health put out a request for bids to operate in those zip codes. The six-month initiative will begin in September, and allocate $394,500 to hire three community or faith-based groups that will conduct on-the-ground efforts to connect with seniors and residents with disabilities and encourage them to vax up. The effort to boost inoculation rates is also being supported by federal funding through the National Council on Aging. “Selected community and/or faith-based organizations (C/FBOs) will support a fall 2023/winter 2024 vaccination campaign to boost protection and limit the anticipated flu and COVID-19 surge,” the Health Department proposal says. “The goal is to increase the number of older adults (OA) and persons living with disabilities (PLWD) receiving COVID-19 and Influenza ‘flu’ vaccinations.” The proposal adds: “Wherever possible, vaccine champions will be ethnically, culturally, demographically, and age-appropriate for the target populations which promotes messaging credibility and raises community confidence.” I wanna see the champion who visits a retirement home for drag queens. The city vax campaign comes on the heels of the state Health Department reporting a double-digit spike in both COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions across the country. This new initiative is part of the city Public Health Corps (PHC) whose mission is to help communities that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which typically have lower vaccination rates than the citywide average. The Mayor’s Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity will also be involved in the campaign. “In addition to the deliverables of the contract, the executive leadership of selected contractors is expected to work with the NYC Health Department on strengthening capacity of and building trust with communities that have been disproportionately harmed by COVID-19,” health department officials said. The contractors will target at least 9,000 older New Yorkers and persons with disabilities in the selected neighborhoods — 2,700 in The Bronx; 4,500 in Brooklyn and 1,800 in Far Rockaway. I'll be going back to Walgreens. The effort includes conducting street canvassing and sponsoring community outreach and vaccine events, distributing 51,100 pieces of literature, making 31,100 phone texts, and arranging or scheduling ride-sharing and Access-A-Ride trips for seniors and residents with disabilities to get their shots. The Health Department must approve the contractors’ educational materials for medical accuracy before release. The contractors also must screen the targeted seniors and disabled for other health issues and refer them to the proper medical providers in a broader bid to bolster health outcomes. A Health Department spokesman said of the vaxx campaign, “COVID and flu can be serious for many New Yorkers and vaccination could be the difference between a few days recovering at home and a few days in the hospital. We will continue to promote vaccines to protect New Yorkers.”

Almost anything by Agnetha Faltskog. I still loved her voice, slightly lower at 70, when she recorded the ABBA Voyage album. ABBA Voyage (2021, about 70 when recorded): 2013 SOLO ALBUM (age 63): 1987 SOLO ALBUM (age 37): 1985 SOLO ALBUM (age 35): 1976 (age 26):

Roy had a brand new pair of shoes. He went to visit his friend. Being polite, he removed his shoes and left them at the door. While visiting with his friend, the friend’s cat discovers Roy's new shoes, likes the smell and proceeds to chew them up. Roy goes ballistic. The friend, feeling very bad, has a dilemma: he has two cats. One of the cats enters the room at that moment. The friend then asks: Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?

I'm often amused at how short some songs from the 60s & 70s are. Tom packed a lot of hip-swiveling into 2:13, didn't he?

It took me 75 minutes to drive 28 miles from my apartment in Queens to my sister on Long Island today. All highway driving, except for 8 blocks of street driving at the start and end. It is always like that, no matter when you go. I told her my next car is going to be a helicopter.

Tom Jones, Half of Record-Setting ‘Fantasticks’ Team, Dies at 95He wrote the book and lyrics to a little show that opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and became “the longest-running musical in the universe.” [Sophia and Dorothy come home after the Shady Pines mother-daughter beauty pageant] Dorothy: The big news is, we beat Gladys Goldfine, right, Ma? Sophia: Ahh, it was a hollow victory. Time has taken its toll on Gladys. She’s not the fierce competitor she once was. Dorothy: Y’know, for the talent section, she was supposed to do a medley from The Fantasticks. She started with “Try to Remember” and… she couldn’t.

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