#Carrington Bay

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fit check / jacksonville

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CARRINGTON IS A ONEDOOR?????

AND HIS BAIS IS TAESAN???????

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Kayak trip part 3: the route

This trip was a 6 day/5 night course launching from Lund and going counter clockwise around West Redonda and Cortes. On the map I used different colours for different days.

Day 1: Lund to Refuge Cove. My arms were absolutely killing as I got used to the paddling technique, and I was exhausted by end of day. The weather was misty and windy which made the trip seem incredibly daunting.

Day 2: Refuge Cove to Walsh Cove. This day was sunny and my strength was back, and the site was beautiful. Camping on tiny islands and storing food in the boats meant wildlife was near-zero concern. It was a good day to go for a cold dip.

Day 3: Walsh Cove to Rendezvous Island South. This was the worst day for everyone else. The weather was downpour and the water was rough. But, we got to pass Toba Inlet which was amazing. On this trip was me and my partner, and our guide (a dear friend of ours) and his girlfriend.

Day 4: Rendezvous Island South to Carrington Bay. This was a short, sunny day with the wind on our backs. We even got to sail a bit with a tarp. The lagoon we stayed at is near the rave site on Cortes. This was the best beach for a dip. This is also where our guides girlfriend drunkenly told me about her affair and bullied my boyfriend.

Day 5: Carrington Bay to the Twin Islands. This was a 27km paddle in the heat. When there's no wind it feels like paddling in molasses. We passed Whaletown and Plunger Passage and saw a humpback in the distance. We got cell service again in this area, and timed the tide right to stop at Sharkspit for lunch. The most welcome part of this day was going around Smelt Bay Provincial Park and using a toilet and sink.

Day 6: Twin Islands back to Lund. The last day was bittersweet. We stopped at North Copeland for lunch, same as we did the first day, except this time I was much more confident steering and getting out on my own. We used double kayaks so we had twice the power, but we lagged behind our guide and his girlfriend since his paddling was way more efficient than ours. It's always a bummer to end a trip, but nice to get away from the girlfriend.

We spent a few days in Powell River afterward to see the salmon run and to shop at Ikea in Vancouver before heading home

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Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

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Below is a list of events happening in New Zealand in support of Palestine. All events can be found on the official PSNA website (Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa).

North Island Rawene Saturday 4 May 10:00 am Meet outside No 1 Gallery Opononi – Gathering for Palestine Sunday May 4 1:30 pm Outside the Four Square, Opononi Kerikeri, Bay of Islands - Rally Rally on the First Saturday of the month from now on Saturday 4 May 9:00 am Kerikeri roundabout, State highway 10 Whangarei – Rally Saturday 4 May 11:00 am Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building  Auckland – Mystery Picket Friday 3 May 12:00 mid-day Email Auckland@PSNA.nz  for more details Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau Saturday 4 May 10:00 am Gather on Carrington Road, Point Chevalier, south of the overbridge over State highway 16. Text Steve on 021 256 511 For further details Auckland – Ride for Palestine (hosted by Progressive Cyclist Movement) Sunday 5 May 11:30 am Te Komititanga – Britomart Square Returning in time for the 2:00 pm Rally Auckland – Rally Sunday 5 May 2:00 pm Te Komititanga – Britomart Square Tauranga – Rally – World Press freedom Day Friday 3 May 1:00 am Outside NZME office, 405 Cameron Rd, Tauranga Hamilton - Rally Saturday 4 May 1:00 pm Flynn Park, Hamilton Rotorua – Flags for Todd McClay Thursday 2 May 4:00 pm National MP Todd McClays Office - 1301 Amohau St, Rotorua Napier - Rally Saturday 4 May 11:30 am Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout Hastings - Rally Sunday 5 May 2:00 pm Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD Palmerston North - Rally Sunday 5 May 2:00 pm The Square, Palmerston North New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge Friday 3 May 4:30 pm Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth New Plymouth – Rally Saturday 4 May 1:00 pm The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth Whanganui - Rally Saturday 4 May 11:00 am Riverside Market, Whanganui Carterton Every Tuesday 12:00 midday Memorial Square. Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine Every Wednesday 11:00 am The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough Masterton Every Saturday 9:30 am Town Hall Lawn Featherston Every Saturday 11:00 am The Squircle (opposite the op shop). Wellington No Rally this weekend

South Island Nelson – Rally Saturday 4 May Check out the Te Tau Ihu Palestine Solidarity Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TeTIPalestine/ Blenheim Saturday 4 May 11:00 am Blenheim Railway Station Christchurch – Rally Saturday 4 May 1:00 pm Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street Timaru – Painting for Palestine Sunday 5 May 10:00 – 3:00 pm The Art Hangout – Woolcombe Street, Timaru Dunedin - Rally Saturday 4 May 2:00 pm Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin Queenstown - Rally Sunday May 5 1:00 pm Earnslaw Park, Queenstown Invercargill - Rally Friday 3 May 5:30 pm Wachner place Invercargill

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DS9 3x17 Visionary thoughts (I'm re-watching, so there may be future spoilers)

This is the one where Miles keeps seeing himself dying? #MilesO'BrienMustSuffer

"Light duty means light." They know O'Brien well XD

It's always surprising but nice when you hear an alien talk in an alien language.

This looked like the guards releasing the Romulans only when Sisko turned up - are visitors usually kept in their ships until the command team arrive? Haven't noticed that before.

The Romulans' shoulders are hilariously big.

Love how we see the progression of the Darts Board from cargo bay last episode to bar this one. Did O'Brien want to get in practice before getting more people involved?

Quark throwing all the darts before Miles can stop him, the Chief's terrified "No!", and them landing on a nonplussed Morn - beautiful.

"My doors are always open to you, Chief." :3

I thought the cloaking device had turned out to be a private loan? Oh, I can't keep up.

"They also want access to our personal logs!" I love Kira's outraged voice

"This is one puppet who doesn't like her strings pulled."We know, Kira. And I love you for it.

"And Major, when you're in with the Romulans, try to be diplomatic." "I'm always diplomatic." ... I'm betting this is not going to end diplomatically XD In next scene, even!

CALLED IT.

"That is the most RIDICULOUS thing I ever heard, and I resent the implication!" Watch out, it's going to get more "ridiculous"

"Has Odo ever shown some kind of physical interest in you, Major?"" That's it. You rip the cloaking device out of the Defiant right now." I love her I love her I lover her. She has no cool with annoying people and it's wonderful.

"If it makes you feel any better I'll beat you at another ten games." I love how now they've introsuced the darts board it's in every episode.

Miles' smirk at himself for saving his life

"You're going to be fine." "No, I'm not. In a few hours I'm going to be dead."

"You think Quark had something to do with this?" Odo's outrage as though he's been personally affronted. "I always investigate Quark!"

"Well, it could've been worse. It could've been me." XD

It's really interesting how Julian acts upon seeing O'Brien. It's almost detached, he barely shows any sign of having been upset while he's spouting medical jargon until he says "before... this happens". And then stares at the body for a few seconds until Miles starts ribbing him about letting him die. His reactions to Bareil dying and being alive again a few episodes ago seemed much more visible, but I can imagine that for the last few hours he's been burying himself in professionalism and refusing to acknowledge his emotions about Miles being dead.

"But then I contacted a friend at Starfleet Intelligence who used to be assigned to the Federation Embassy on the Klingon Homeworld. He put me in contact with a former Klingon operative who's out of favour with the current administration. This former operative sent me a series of reports." This is so similar to Odo's Carrington Award gossip XD

"Sometimes I have to remind you just how good I am." XD Was that what he was doing last episode, too?

"There is no careful way to question a Klingon."

"I, I haven't given up. I won't give up." Oh, Miles <3 It's gonna be okay!

I love how things keep escalating in the future. The universe really seems to want Miles dead today - it's lucky he had the time-travelling accident, really, or he would be dead, right?

He didn't faint this time!

The Miles-swap is so weiiird. This O'Brien will have slightly different memories.... That's odd as anything

Why are shields not always up? Does it just take too much energy or something? It just seems like it would be a good thing to be able to do?

"Why that's remarkable." Julian could hit any number he wanted. Did he try and aim for something else and miss? Was 20 the number he already had in mind, he just delayed his reaction?

"Quark. Dabo." "Dabo?" Miles' chuckle XD

Does everyone have super good memories? Miles remembering Julian's first throw and exactly when a dabo would happen? Bc right now it would make sense for Miles to have an augment background too xD

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THE ENCHANTER - Isabella Sofia De Soto

pinterest. playlist. musings.(TBD)

CHARACTER INSPO: Yennefer (The Witcher.) Cassandra (Promising Young Woman.) Alina Starkov (The Grisha series), Nancy Wheeler (Stranger things.) & Fallon Carrington (Dynasty.)

TRIGGER WARNINGS: bad parenting, bribery, blackmail, missing persons, mental health issues unspecified, injury

FULL NAME: Isabella Sofia De Soto

NICKNAMES: Isa, Bella, Belle

AGE: 35

BIRTHDATE: November 7th, 1987, at 4 a.m

ZODIAC: Scorpio sun, Pieces moon, Libra rising

HOMETOWN: Half Moon Bay, California

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Half Moon Bay, California 

NEIGHBORHOOD: Montara

OCCUPATION: Theatre actress/heiress

MBTI: ISFP - T

ENNEAGRAM:  8w7- the non-conformist

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

TEMPERAMENT: Sanguine

+ visionary, determined, passionate, intuitive, enchanting, ambitious, dreamy

- sensitive, secretive, rebellious, moody, restless, impulsive/unpredictable, stubborn, skeptical

ABOUT

Born to the influential De Soto family, Isabella was always in the public eye and was no stranger to expectations. However, from an early age, it was clear she was not the child to be molded in the family's image. 

She was to be a prima-ballerina, which her parents picked for her- but for Isabella, the goal turned into a hobby she eventually only touched in brief moments. 

Isabella often had to be reminded of her "place," the role she was meant to play, and how her actions negatively impacted the family. She was doing her best, constantly watering herself down to be the daughter her parents wanted, but it was never enough. She was never her twin sister or her older brother - the golden De Soto's while she lost herself to their shadows. 

Isabella was a secret keeper, her brothers, her twins - even her mothers. The skeletons overflowed from her closet, more than half not her own- but Isabella clung to them, for it was the only way she knew how to keep the people she loved safe. 

She kept herself safe by retreating into her made-up worlds, and as she got older, the retreat turned into sneaking out to find the pieces of herself lost out to the world somewhere. 

She got better at playing her part, if only because she had carved out a niche for herself in the rest of the world. By the time she was eighteen, she knew the life she wanted was nothing like the one planned for her. 

Instead, she put away college plans and took up countless hobbies and interests she could profit from. In between it all, she fell in love. For the first time, Isabella had a name for it- knew it and clung to it- she felt seen, and between her and Clay, they curated a group of like-minded people to call found family. They chased away loneliness and injustices with little stunts that made them feel alive.

Sadly, life and consequences caught up to them. After a night of recklessness, Clay and Isabella are arrested, thus beginning the start of the end.  

Isabella didn't know it then or expect how this night would change her entire life or break her heart. However, after things quietly went much better than she had thought, she suspected the De Soto's threw around some weight. She did not expect Clay to fall collateral damage to that and, to this day, has no idea that her parents threatened him with real consequences if he didn't stay away. 

Isabella struggled but, through community service, found a love for theatre. Once she was done with it and found it more challenging than she could face staying in the small town, she left for the east coast, where she threw herself into the hopes of making it on Broadway. 

She made it- her career blossomed, and so did the problems. She didn't think she'd find parts of her in a place she had never really been, but it was a slow rebuild of her heart. Her passion really takes shape on stage. 

It was a dream come true, and after spending years keeping a man at arm's length, Isabella let him in, agreed to marry him, and was on the way to a June wedding. 

However, the wheel of fate always spins back, and a series of unfortunate events began to pile up. The first was a brutal incident of obsession when a fan broke into her dressing room, resulting in a struggle that left her with a scar on her knee and PTSD that disrupted her career. 

A few weeks later, her twin sister was suspected of missing. Weeks turned to months, she still could not face a stage, and her sister had still not returned. Unable to face her demons in the city, Isabella left a letter to her should-be husband and returned home to Half Moon Bay to throw herself into the search for her sister. Half in desperation and half in need of resolution. 

QUICK FACTS

She bakes when she is stressed. There is plenty of muffins and cakes in her house right now. 

Isabella has a small crescent-shaped scar on her palm that mirrors one her twin had when they promised to never abandon one another.

While she has not attended a formal college, she collects books on topics she is interested in, such as languages and history. 

Isabella loves to sing and often sings to herself throughout the day.

Growing up, Isabella felt very alone and collected a group of like-minded people who lived a secret life where they went on adventure thrill-seeking trips. This turned into minor vigilante shenanigans. They would use their collective skill set to unearth some unsavory people's secrets and other "robin hood" esque stunts.

FAMILY

Mataeo De Soto -father: He is a proud and driven man who has taught Naomi her self-worth. Xavier has never allowed her a second of doubt where her worth where he is concerned. This can sometimes translate into believing he knows best and attempting to control her life passively. 

Sofia De Soto  - mother: Close despite frequent arguments. Naomi feels unseen by her parents. Especially her mother. They swing from high and low, and when she is particularly down, she often seeks out the comfort of her mother.

Serena De Soto- Twin sister, they were very close growing up, but their lives split in recent years, and there were some issues between them. Since she's gone missing, Naomi has returned home to be with her family. She has begun snooping around the secretive life of her sister. 

Alejandro De Soto: Oldest of three and often most responsible of the De Soto siblings. He thinks Naomi is frivolous and vain; she believes he is dull and lacks a sense of adventure. He has struggled with addiction since they were young (Naomi has frequently covered and tried to get him to seek help). Despite this, she still has his back. 

TIMELINE

Jan 1987 - Birth 

August 1992 - Begins school. 

1989 - now - dancing

2005 - graduated high school 

June 2005 - Meets Clay

July 2005 - October 2011 - Clay 

October 2011 - arrested. 

January 2012 - Begins community service at 25 years old. 

October 2012 - Finishes her community service but continues for a few months at the local theatre.

February 2013 - Moves to NYC to try her hand on Broadway

2013 - December 2022 - In NYC on Broadway 

Fall 2017 - Meets Jesse but keeps it casual for a long time until she realizes she has feelings for him.

2019 - Finally gives Jesse a chance, and it's not long before they're engaged to be married, living a picturesque life she could have never imagined

May 2022 - Dressing room break-in 

June 2022 - Sisters' disappearance 

December 2022 - Returns permanently to HMB

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HLV Ruben Amorim vẫn chưa thể tới MU làm việc trong những ngày tới như dự kiến, dù đã hoàn tất trận cuối cùng dẫn dắt Sporting đêm Chủ nhật.

Theo lịch trình, HLV Ruben Amorim sẽ bay tới Anh để bắt đầu công việc ở MU ngay sau trận đấu với Braga, cũng là trận cuối cùng ông dẫn dắt Sporting. Mặc dù vậy, ngày chiến lược gia 39 tuổi ra mắt tại trung tâm huấn luyện Carrington sẽ bị lùi lại vài ngày. Tờ Telegraph cho hay, thị thực thể thao quốc tế của Amorim chưa được đóng dấu, và chỉ được hoàn tất trong vòng 5 ngày làm việc. Như vậy ông sẽ…

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Lords Vote

On: Crown Estate Bill [HL]

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean moved amendment 4, after clause 2, to insert the new clause Salmon farms on the Crown Estate. The House divided:

Ayes: 220 (75.5% Con, 15.5% XB, 3.6% , 1.8% DUP, 1.4% UUP, 0.9% Bshp, 0.9% PC, 0.5% Green) Noes: 139 (94.2% Lab, 4.3% XB, 1.4% ) Absent: ~470

Likely Referenced Bill: Crown Estate Bill [HL]

Description: A Bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961.

Originating house: Lords Current house: Lords Bill Stage: Report stage

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (166 votes)

Agnew of Oulton, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altrincham, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Ashcombe, L. Bailey of Paddington, L. Baker of Dorking, L. Balfe, L. Bellamy, L. Bellingham, L. Berridge, B. Bethell, L. Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, B. Booth, L. Booth-Smith, L. Borwick, L. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Brady of Altrincham, L. Brady, B. Caine, L. Caithness, E. Cameron of Chipping Norton, L. Camoys, L. Camrose, V. Carrington of Fulham, L. Choudrey, L. Clarke of Nottingham, L. Colgrain, L. Courtown, E. Crathorne, L. Davies of Gower, L. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Dobbs, L. Douglas-Miller, L. Dundee, E. Eccles, V. Effingham, E. Elliott of Mickle Fell, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Evans of Rainow, L. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Fleet, B. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Foster of Oxton, B. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Fuller, L. Garnier, L. Geddes, L. Godson, L. Gold, L. Goldie, B. Goodman of Wycombe, L. Grayling, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hailsham, V. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harding of Winscombe, B. Harlech, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Herbert of South Downs, L. Hill of Oareford, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Holmes of Richmond, L. Hooper, B. Horam, L. Howard of Rising, L. Howe, E. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Jackson of Peterborough, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jamieson, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Johnson of Marylebone, L. Kirkham, L. Kirkhope of Harrogate, L. Laing of Elderslie, B. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lancaster of Kimbolton, L. Lansley, L. Lea of Lymm, B. Leicester, E. Leigh of Hurley, L. Lilley, L. Lingfield, L. Lucas, L. Mackinlay of Richborough, L. Magan of Castletown, L. Mancroft, L. Manzoor, B. Markham, L. Marks of Hale, L. Marland, L. May of Maidenhead, B. McInnes of Kilwinning, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. McLoughlin, L. Mendoza, L. Meyer, B. Mobarik, B. Morris of Bolton, B. Morrissey, B. Moylan, L. Murray of Blidworth, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Noakes, B. Norton of Louth, L. Offord of Garvel, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Parkinson of Whitley Bay, L. Patten, L. Pickles, L. Pidding, B. Polak, L. Popat, L. Porter of Fulwood, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Ranger of Northwood, L. Rawlings, B. Reay, L. Redfern, B. Risby, L. Robathan, L. Roberts of Belgravia, L. Roborough, L. Rock, B. Sanderson of Welton, B. Sandhurst, L. Sater, B. Scott of Bybrook, B. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sharma, L. Sharpe of Epsom, L. Shephard of Northwold, B. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Soames of Fletching, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Stroud, B. Sugg, B. Swire, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. Trenchard, V. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Udny-Lister, L. Vaizey of Didcot, L. Vere of Norbiton, B. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Wolfson of Tredegar, L. Wrottesley, L. Wyld, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Crossbench (34 votes)

Aberdare, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Best, L. Boycott, B. Brookeborough, V. Carlile of Berriew, L. Chartres, L. Clancarty, E. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Cromwell, L. Devon, E. Falkner of Margravine, B. Freeman of Steventon, B. Freyberg, L. Greenway, L. Hogan-Howe, L. Hope of Craighead, L. Kinnoull, E. Londesborough, L. Meston, L. O'Neill of Bengarve, B. Patel, L. Peel, E. Sentamu, L. Skidelsky, L. Somerset, D. Stuart of Edgbaston, B. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L. Thurlow, L. Vaux of Harrowden, L. Wellington, D. de Clifford, L.

Non-affiliated (8 votes)

Altmann, B. Cooper of Windrush, L. Faulks, L. Foster of Aghadrumsee, B. Morgan of Cotes, B. Prior of Brampton, L. Ranger, L. Taylor of Warwick, L.

Democratic Unionist Party (4 votes)

Browne of Belmont, L. Dodds of Duncairn, L. Hay of Ballyore, L. McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown, L.

Ulster Unionist Party (3 votes)

Elliott of Ballinamallard, L. Empey, L. Rogan, L.

Bishops (2 votes)

Bristol, Bp. Manchester, Bp.

Plaid Cymru (2 votes)

Smith of Llanfaes, B. Wigley, L.

Green Party (1 vote)

Jones of Moulsecoomb, B.

Noes

Labour (131 votes)

Adams of Craigielea, B. Allen of Kensington, L. Alli, L. Amos, B. Anderson of Swansea, L. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Ashton of Upholland, B. Bach, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beamish, L. Beckett, B. Blackstone, B. Blake of Leeds, B. Blower, B. Boateng, L. Bradley, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Browne of Ladyton, L. Bryan of Partick, B. Carter of Coles, L. Chakrabarti, B. Chandos, V. Chapman of Darlington, B. Coaker, L. Crawley, B. Cryer, L. Davies of Brixton, L. Donaghy, B. Dubs, L. Eatwell, L. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Filkin, L. Foulkes of Cumnock, L. Gale, B. Giddens, L. Glasman, L. Golding, B. Goldsmith, L. Grantchester, L. Griffiths of Burry Port, L. Grocott, L. Hannett of Everton, L. Hanson of Flint, L. Hanworth, V. Harman, B. Harris of Haringey, L. Haskel, L. Hayman of Ullock, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Hazarika, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Hendy of Richmond Hill, L. Hendy, L. Hodge of Barking, B. Howarth of Newport, L. Hughes of Stretford, B. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hutton of Furness, L. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jones, L. Keeley, B. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Kinnock, L. Lawrence of Clarendon, B. Lennie, L. Leong, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Liddle, L. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Livermore, L. Mallalieu, B. Mann, L. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. McNicol of West Kilbride, L. Mendelsohn, L. Merron, B. Monks, L. Morgan of Drefelin, B. Morgan of Huyton, B. Morgan, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Nye, B. O'Grady of Upper Holloway, B. Pitkeathley, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prentis of Leeds, L. Quin, B. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Ramsey of Wall Heath, B. Rebuck, B. Reid of Cardowan, L. Ritchie of Downpatrick, B. Robertson of Port Ellen, L. Rooker, L. Rowlands, L. Sahota, L. Shamash, L. Sherlock, B. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Cluny, B. Smith of Finsbury, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Smith of Malvern, B. Spellar, L. Stansgate, V. Stevenson of Balmacara, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taylor of Stevenage, B. Thornton, B. Timpson, L. Touhig, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Turnberg, L. Twycross, B. Vallance of Balham, L. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watson of Wyre Forest, L. Watts, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wilcox of Newport, B. Winston, L. Winterton of Doncaster, B. Wood of Anfield, L. Woodley, L.

Crossbench (6 votes)

Adebowale, L. D'Souza, B. Hampton, L. Hayman, B. Jay of Ewelme, L. Watkins of Tavistock, B.

Non-affiliated (2 votes)

Cashman, L. Patel of Bradford, L.

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Dann Zinn Two Roads

Dann Zinn Two Roads  Ridgeway Saxophonist and composer Dann Zinn has long been a fixture in the Bay Area jazz scene. He’s veteran that’s worked with such past greats as Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard and with modern day mainstays Terri Lynn Carrington, Mike Stern, Taylor Eigsti, David Weiss, Peter Erskine and more. The lineup on Two Roads shouts ‘powerhouse’ and the album certainly delivers on…

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how am i supposed to take this sport seriously

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New Post has been published on https://www.packernet.com/blog/2024/09/16/fans-fan-coaches-need-to-play-smart/

Fans fan, Coaches need to play smart

I hated the play calling at the end of first half. As a fan, I’m greedy when things appear to be going well. Thankfully, Matt La Fleur oversaw the game plan and not me or other fans.

Masterpiece

There’s no such thing as a perfect game plan. La Fleur’s plan versus the Colts is as close as it gets. He started a QB with little game experience, after only 3-weeks in Green Bay. The multiple formations, motions, run-fits and myriad ball carriers kept the Colts on their heels for most of the game. When MLF did call for passes, he picked throws he knew Willis could execute. Players play, but the Coach earned this win.

The game wasn’t as close as the final score. If not for a missed field goal and a Josh Jacobs fumble on the goal line, it would have been a blowout. By midway through the 3rd quarter, LaFleur knew the clock was their real opponent. The run game effectiveness wasn’t the same, but they kept running, both the ball and the clock.

Looking back, I see the conservative “run out the clock” at the end of the first half was the less exciting, higher percentage way to get the win. It’s a great reminder that coaches are smarter than fans.

Post game nuggets:

• Carrington Valentine out-snapping Eric Stokes? With no injury, that makes me wonder. • Devonte Wyatt out-snapping T.J. Slayton despite an opponent with a strong run game is curious. • Winning time of possession 2:1, and turnovers, almost always leads to—winning. • Here’s to a game without a missed field goal.  I still look forward to that. • Malik Willis played great, but they can’t run 52 times effectively against most teams. • When’s the last time players vomiting made such a storyline post-game? • I expected a deep shot to Watson or Wicks, but it’s good to win with what works.

[luckyluan]

Ragged Silk Prayers.

JAN 25, 2024 - 8:23pm

“Dear Lord,” he began. “I thought it was you dancing in the coarse hair at my man’s chest. I thought it was you pushed us into each other that day a lifetime ago in quad.” 

He stretched his hand to the fine, cool sheets neatly laid on the empty side of the bed. The glistening moonlight made the fabric of the sheets glow which sent him into a deeper spiral. He missed him. He loved him dearly, but he was not sure if he was supposed to be here anymore. There was a time when Morris thought Carrington was the love of his life. Now, he was not as certain.  

“So much time has passed, and we just keep meeting. We just don’t learn. I need you, Lord, to tell me once and for all if this man is mine. If he isn’t, can you show me who is?” 

Morris waited expectantly. He looked out of the curtainless bay window above his bed as if anticipating a comet hurtling through them. Nothing happened. 

Morris scraped his nails across the empty sheets as he pulled his blanket over him. He turned his back to the empty space next to him and slowly drifted off to sleep. 

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.28 (before 1920)

475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. 632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. 663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. 1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. 1521 – Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. 1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. 1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed. 1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. 1619 – Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. 1640 – Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn. 1648 – Second English Civil War: The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War. 1709 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur. 1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus. 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy accepts the surrender of a British Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of Grand Port. 1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads. 1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the British Empire with exceptions. 1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published. 1849 – Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire: After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria. 1850 – Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar. 1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted. 1861 – American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days. 1862 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia. The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat. 1867 – The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll. 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. 1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola". 1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country. 1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms. 1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. 1914 – World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. 1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania. 1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany. 1917 – Ten suffragists, members of the Silent Sentinels, are arrested while picketing the White House in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.

[lboogie1906]

Dr. William Byron Rumford (February 2, 1908 - June 12, 1986) was born in Courtland, Arizona, and arrived in Los Angeles with his mother and stepfather in 1915. After finishing his studies at Sacramento Junior College and UC Berkeley, he earned his pharmacy degree at UC San Francisco. His marriage to Elsie Carrington in 1932 produced two sons and a daughter.

He worked as an assistant pharmacist and as a venereal disease investigator for the state. In 1942, he purchased and renamed Rumford’s Pharmacy. He was director of the Oakland chapter of the Red Cross, president of the East Bay Health Association, and was on the region’s Democratic Central Committee. Elected to the California State Assembly in 1948, he represented Alameda County, Berkeley, and part of Oakland. He was an early member of the East Bay Democratic Club. He served eight consecutive terms as 17th District Assemblyman until 1966.

He sponsored a measure in 1949 that ended segregation in the California National Guard. He introduced legislation about fair trade and small businesses, child polio immunization, atomic energy conversion, and environmental pollution. He is remembered for three pieces of legislation: the California Fair Employment Practices Act of 1959; the Good Samaritan Act of 1959; and the law that bore his name, the Rumford Fair Housing Act of 1963, which failed to survive a referendum challenge (Proposition 14) but was upheld by the SCOTUS and served as the state’s main enforcement authority against race-based housing discrimination until the passage of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1968.

He accepted an appointment as Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the FTC. A Mason and a Shriner, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternities, the Commonwealth Club of California, and a trustee of John F. Kennedy University. A stretch of California State Route 24, a postal station at the Oakland Federal Building, and the William Byron Rumford Medical Clinic are among the landmarks named in his honor. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha #siggmapiphi

[california-slow-take]

Wednesday’s meeting of presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping at Filoli adds even more history to the fascinating and illustrious Bay Area mansion. Although this meeting will certainly have more geopolitical implications, a moment captured in Filoli’s library 42 years ago changed pop culture forever. 

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With his fortune, Bourn built or bought some of the most beautiful homes in California and Ireland: Villa Eden Del Mar on Pebble Beach’s 17-Mile Drive, Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster St. in San Francisco, Muckross House in Killarney, Ireland, and Filoli in Woodside. The pseudo-Italian name was a mashup of letters from Bourn’s credo: “Fight for a just cause. Love your fellow man. Live a good life.”

After William and wife Agnes’ deaths, the mansion was bought by Lurline Matson Roth, the heiress to the Matson shipping empire. Due to the immense costs of maintaining the estate, the mansion was in decline when Roth gifted it to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the 1970s. It was restored and opened to the public for tours.

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But its true star turn came in 1981 when a new soap opera called “Dynasty” shot its three-episode pilot there. The sexy, scandalous lives of the Carrington family unfolded in their Denver mansion, which was actually Filoli. Stars John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin and Al Corley filmed in the home and gardens, including a scene in the Filoli library that would make television history. It was there that son Steven Carrington came out to patriarch Blake Carrington, making Steven the first openly gay lead on a primetime drama.