Μία φανέλα με το νούμερο 32, μία τελευταία επιθυμία για τη δωδεκάχρονη Alyssia Crook που πρόκειται να υποβληθεί σε ακρωτηριασμό του αριστερού της ποδιού.
Λίγες μόνο ημέρες πριν από τη χειρουργική επέμβαση, η Alyssia Crook φόρεσε τη δική της εμφάνιση και μπήκε στο παρκέ ως βασική της ομάδας μπάσκετ του σχολείου της.
Έκλεψε την μπάλα, σκόραρε και απέκτησε το πολυπόθητο βίντεο από τον αγώνα. Ένα παιχνίδι που ζήτησε από τον παππού της να καταγράψει για να δείξει μετά από χρόνια στα δικά της παιδιά.
"Κάποια μέρα θέλω να μπορώ να δείξω στα παιδιά μου ότι έπαιξα μπάσκετ και με τα δύο μου πόδια", είπε η μαθήτρια στον προπονητή της σχολικής ομάδας του Baldwin Middle School.
"Ήθελα να παίξω με την πραγματική ομάδα και όταν μεγαλώσω θέλω να μπορώ να παίξω με τα παιδιά μου και να μην είμαι απλά θεατής", τόνισε η 12χρονη.
Η Alyssia, από τη γέννησή της ακόμα, αντιμετώπιζε σοβαρά προβλήματα στα πόδια. Όταν οι γονείς της υιοθέτησαν την πεντάχρονη από ρωσικό ορφανοτροφείο, περπατούσε μόνο στις μύτες των ποδιών της.
Μετά από δεκάδες χειρουργικές επεμβάσεις και επισκέψεις σε ειδικούς, οι γιατροί τους ανακοίνωσαν πως θα πρέπει είτε να κοντύνουν και τα δύο της πόδια είτε να ακρωτηριάσουν αυτό που έχει πληγεί περισσότερο.
Η Alyssia Crook συνεχίζει να βλέπει με αισιοδοξία τη ζωή και προσφέρει δύναμη σε παιδιά που αντιμετωπίζουν προβλήματα, αναφέροντας πως αποτελούν δημιουργήματα του Θεού και είναι όμορφα με κάθε τρόπο.
Και ναι... ακόμα ένας αγαπημένος μου δίσκος κυκλοφόρησε Μάρτιο...
Συγκεκριμένα σαν σήμερα το 1976 οι Judas Priest "βγάλανε" το υπέροχο "Sad Wings Of Destiny"
Τι να πει κανείς για τον δίσκο αυτό;
Η παραγωγή, τα τραγούδια, οι στίχοι, η ατμόσφαιρα, η φωνή οι κιθάρες, το εξώφυλλο...
Όλα ήταν υπέροχα...
Δεν υπάρχουν συνταρακτικές ιστορίες κατα την δημιουργία του δίσκου, οπότε πάμε κατευθείαν στο ψητό...
Το track list είναι το εξής:
1. Prelude (Instrumental) 2. Tyrant 3. Genocide 4. Epitaph 5. Island of Domination 6. Victim Of Changes 7. The Ripper 8. Dreamer Deceiver 9. Deceiver
Οι Judas Priest σε αυτόν τον δίσκο ήταν οι Rob Halford (φωνή -φωνάρα) K.K. Downing (κιθάρα), Glen Tipton (κιθάρα, πιάνο), Ian Hill (μπάσο) και Alan Moore (τύμπανα)
Αγαπημένα μου είναι... ΟΛΑ -εκτός του epitaph και Island of Domination-
Για τους μη μυημένους ας ακούσουν το Dream Deceiver...
οι υπόλοιποι... ξέρετε...
Behold 'tis I the commander Whose grip controls you all Resist me not, surrender I'll no compassion call
(Tyrant) Capture of humanity (Tyrant) Conqueror of all (Tyrant) Hideous destructor (Tyrant) Every man shall fall
Your very lives are held within my fingers I snap them and you cower down in fear You spineless things who belly down to slither To the end of the world you follow to be near
Mourn for us oppressed in fear Chained and shackled we are bound Freedom choked in dread we live Since Tyrant was enthroned
I listen not to sympathy Whilst ruler of this land Withdraw your feeble aches and moans Or suffer smite from this my hand
My legions faithful unto death I'll summon to my court And as you perish each of you Shall scream as you are sought
Mercenary batalions Are poised to strike us down Terminations conquest Upon us now full grown
Save me, my heart's open wide Help me, no question of pride Save me, my people have died Total genocide
Devastation hungers She waits to leap to earth Imminent liquidation Before the grand rebirth
Sin after sin I have endured Yet the wounds I bear are the wounds of love
Frantic mindless zombies Grab at fleeting time Lost in cold perplexion Waiting for the sign
Generations tremble Clinging face to face Helpless situation To end the perfect race
Flashing senseless sabers Cut us to the ground Eager for the life blood Of all who can be found
Slice to the left, slice to the right None to retaliate, none will fight Chopping at the hearts, snuffing out the lives This race departs, no one will survive Heads to the feet, feet to the air Souls in the soil, heavy in despair End of all ends, body into dust To greet death friends, extinction is a must
Whiskey woman don't you know that you are drivin' me insane The liquor you give stems your will to live and gets right to my brain Don't you know you're driving me insane You're tryin' to find your way through life You're tryin' to get some new direction Another woman got her man She won't find no new connection
Takes another drink or two, things look better when she's through
Takes another look around, you're not goin' anywhere You've realized you're gettin' old and no one seems to care You're tryin' to find your way again You're tryin' to find some new... Another woman's got her man But she won't find a new...
You 'bin foolin' with some hot guy I want to know why is it why Get up get out you know you really blew it I've had enough, I've had enough, good God pluck me
Once she was wonderful Once she was fine Once she was beautiful Once she was mine...she was mine
Now change has come over her body, she doesn't see me anymore Now change has come over her body, she doesn't see me anymore
Changes, changes, changes, changes Victim of changes
You're in for surprise You're in for a shock In London town streets When there's darkness and fog When you least expect me And you turn your back I'll attack
I smile when I'm sneaking Through shadows by the wall I laugh when I'm creeping But you won't hear me at all
All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper
You'll soon shake with fear Never knowing if I'm near I'm sly and I'm shameless Nocturnal and nameless Except for "The Ripper" Or if you like "Jack The Knife"
Any back alley street Is where we'll probably meet Underneath a gas lamp Where the air's cold and damp I'm a nasty surprise I'm a devil in disguise I'm a footstep at night I'm a scream of the fright
All hear my warning Never turn your back On the ripper...the ripper....the ripper
Dreamer Deceiver (μέχρι το 5'56¨)
Standing by my window, breathing summer breeze Saw a figure floating, 'neath the willow tree Asked us if we were happy, we said we didn't know Took us by the hands and up we go
We followed the dreamer through the purple hazy clouds He could control our sense of time We thought we were lost but no matter how we tried Everyone was in peace of mind
We felt the sensations drift inside our frames Finding complete contentment there And all the tensions that hurt us in the past Just seemed to vanish in thin air
He said in the cosmos is a single sonic sound That is vibrating constantly And if we could grip and hold on to the note We would see our minds were free...oh they're free
We are lost above Floating way up high If you think you can find a way You can surely try
Deceiver
Solar winds are blowing Neutron star controlling All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever
Meteors fly around me Comets die, and then they And then they, you wanna see how they try to surround me I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
If you want to find us in a hurry Oh let me tell you don't you worry I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
