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As a metaphor for demonstrating the total cluelessness of everyone in the administration from the president on down about the public perception of Obamacare, this story about trying to sell the ACA at a gay bar should serve as a model.
Washington’s new health insurance exchange dispatched a sign-up envoy to one of the city’s gay clubs one recent night to get out the word about Obamacare. It envisioned men mingling on the dance floor, a cocktail in one hand and enrollment information in the other.
But the brochures about DC Health Link, as the exchange is called, weren’t snapped up as quickly as the free condoms provided by a local clinic.
Like other health exchanges and coverage advocacy groups across the country, DC Health Link is reaching out to people wherever they may be, including bars. President Barack Obama even urged bartenders — who may themselves be uninsured — to hold happy hours to talk about health insurance and what it can offer young adults.
(PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
That strategy has clear challenges, however. In a packed nightclub like Town Danceboutique in Northwest D.C., music smothers conversation, dimmed lights make reading difficult, and health coverage is not what’s on people’s minds.
“They’re looking to let loose. They’re not looking to talk about serious topics,” patron Maven Saleh said as he surveyed the Town crowd on a winter weekend.
Add an appearance by Santa wearing a “Naughty” hat as he posed for pictures on stage, and DC Health Link assister John Esposito had a near-impossible task that night. Positioned behind the stage and bar area, he stood by a small table offering not just information about insurance enrollment but packages of condoms and tubes of lubricant. The latter items were courtesy of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, which also had its HIV testing van parked outside.
“It’s not about drawing a huge drove of people to the system,” explained an upbeat Esposito, who by day is stationed at Whitman-Walker as part of the DC exchange’s ongoing work with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Like something out of a Dali painting.
Here you have an image of young men partying and dancing the night away, health insurance as a concern probably ranking right up there with trimming nose hair, and the geniuses at Obamacare central think it’s a great idea to set up shop and try to sell the law.
Stuff like this stinks of desperation. The earnest young man who is just doing his job by being there is not at fault. He’s just following the plan. But the people who sent him need a reality check. Next thing you know, we’ll have booths set up anywhere three people gather for a cup of coffee.


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I spent all morning gardening. A friend and I moved soil away from the trunk of a grapefruit tree, transplanted geraniums, weeded and deep watered. While it always feels good to check off boxes on the to do list, gardening has more to offer than most other chores. A number of scientific studies on the effects of gardening, sometimes called horticultural therapy, have reported health outcomes including improved mental health.
One meta-analysis of the research, published in the journal Preventative Medicine Reports, found that gardening has a wide range of health outcomes including reductions in depression, anxiety, and body mass index, as well as increases in life satisfaction, quality of life, and sense of community. Results of another study showed that gardening increased life satisfaction, vigor, psychological wellbeing, and cognitive function. Further research on gardening found it improved life satisfaction and mood.
Digging in the dirt really does lift your spirits. The digging stirs up microbes in the soil. Inhaling these microbes can stimulate serotonin production, which can make you feel relaxed and happier.
This is great news since about 117 million people in the U.S. already spend time keeping a domestic or community garden, which is an allotment that individuals or groups can rent to participate in gardening. So next time you need a boost, remember to just go outside and play in the dirt.

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HUMBOLDT, Wis. (WFRV) – The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating burglaries that took place in the Township of Humboldt in mid-July and are believed to be tied to the same suspects.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, on July 14 and July 17, several individuals forced their way into two separate storage units, returning over several days to take items from them. Authorities say some of the items stolen included a 3x3x6 gun safe with thousands of rounds of ammunition in it, a “Craftsman” tool chest, and a Hoyt hunting bow.
Deputies are now asking for the public’s help in providing information relating to the identity of these suspects, a location for any of the stolen items, and/or any information on whether the suspects pictured were involved in any similar act.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Brown County Sheriff’s Office at 920-391- 7450. A video provided by the Brown County YouTube channel of the burglary is available below.


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Come rain or shine, you can't beat a good old Full English breakfast.
There's plenty of places across the city which serve up this popular morning meal, from traditional cafes to pubs.
Having enjoyed many breakfasts over the years at the former Newman's restaurant in Market Street - which closed in 2020 after more than three decades - I was intrigued to check out the new cafe which has opened in its place.
So, I paid an early morning visit to Bradders' to give their fry-up a whirl.
Bradders' was opened at the end of May, by mother and son duo Tobias and Julie Martin, who have worked in the hospitality industry for a number of years, running bars, restaurants and pizza shops as well as running the food and beverages for a local farm attraction.
They decided the time was right for them to open their own venue in the city, and with Bradders', they aim to offer a casual dining experience with great food at great prices.
As well as being open as a cafe during the day, Bradders' also operates as a bar at night, and is currently showing the Euro 2020 football matches.
The interior of the cafe is very similar to how it was when it was Newman's, with the decor having been refreshed a little bit.
When I visited, I was welcomed straight away by a member of staff who reminded me to scan the NHS QR code by the door, which I did, and was then told I could sit wherever I liked.
There was only one other table occupied at that time, so I had plenty of choice.
The breakfast menu is served from 7.30am until 12pm, and offers a good selection, including a small, large or mega breakfast (all available in vegetarian versions) as well as a smoked salmon bagel, eggs Benedict, filled muffins, bagels and cobs, and toast with a choice of toppings.
I was there for a fry-up, and with the small version (£4.99) including one rasher of bacon and one sausage along with an egg, hash brown, beans, tomatoes or mushrooms and one round of toast, I reckoned it sounded large enough for my appetite.
For those with a bigger appetite, the large breakfast (£7.49) includes two of most items, including the sausages and bacon rashers, whilst the mega (£9.99) includes three of most items.
Plus, the mega version comes with your choice of tea, coffee or juice.
My breakfast didn't come with a drink, but I ordered a cappuccino, which swiftly arrived. It didn't look particularly appealing, but it tasted okay.
A short while later, the cheerful member of staff returned with my breakfast - the main items on one plate, the toast on another - and it looked like a generous amount of food.
I then realised that on the menu it had said beans, tomatoes or mushrooms, but I had, in fact, been given all three.
That certainly wasn't a problem though.
The baked beans were decent, as were the tomatoes (although I prefer fresh to tinned if I'm being picky). The mushrooms - which were cut into bigger chunks than you usually get - were enjoyable.
The thick rasher of unsmoked bacon (hidden under the mushrooms) was nicely cooked, with a little crispiness to the edge, and the hash brown was very good, being crisp on the outside and fluffy in the centre.
The fried egg was lovely and runny when I cut into it, which is just how I like it to be, and I enjoyed the toast, made from thickly sliced bread, which was served with a pat of butter on the side so I could spread on as much or as little as I wanted.
The part of the breakfast which let it down for me was the sausage, which had a rather mushy texture inside, and didn't feel like it had a very high meat content.
Priced at £4.99, I think this was a decent breakfast for the money, with most of the food of a good standard.
Considering it was a small portion, I found it to be adequately filling.
The prices of the drinks were not displayed on the menu, so I was a bit surprised to discover my cappuccino cost £3.20 - which is more than most of the local coffee shops, but not of the same quality - so I think this may need addressing.
Service from the one member of staff I encountered was good. He was making sure everyone was adhering to Covid regulations, and provided a prompt and friendly service.
Our rating: 3/5
Food hygiene rating: Awaiting inspection

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American Cancer Society Updates Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
By Lisa Larkin, MD, FACP, NCMP, IF
Founder and CEO, Ms.Medicine
The American Cancer Society has just released (July 30, 2020) new cervical cancer screening guidelines for women, and the new recommendations indicate a promising trend: the HPV vaccine is working to prevent HPV and cervical cancer.
The new guidelines call for fewer screenings and a more simplified approach to screening, based on the decrease in cases of precancerous changes in the cervix—attributed to more frequent HPV vaccinations. However, the new guidelines differ from those of other key organizations, so patients should work with their doctor.
First, what is HPV?
HPV – short for human papilloma virus – is a very common, sexually transmitted virus that can lead to several types of cancers. HPV is so common that researchers estimate that nearly 80 million Americans have been infected with some type of HPV in their lifetime. According to the CDC, most (9 out of ten) HPV infections resolve on their own within two years. However, some infections can last longer and can lead to pre-cancerous conditions or cancer of the cervix, vagina or vulva in women (as well as cancer of the penis, anus or throat.) Almost 100% of cervical cancer cases are related to HPV infection.
What are the HPV vaccination guidelines?
Current CDC guidelines recommend all boys and girls get two doses of the HPV vaccine at ages 11–12, although the vaccination can be started as early as age 9. For the HPV vaccine to be most effective, the series should be given prior to exposure to HPV. In 2019, new information lead to the additional recommendations that those who had not received the vaccine as an adolescent should receive a “catch up” vaccine (up to age 26). For those between ages 27 and 45 who had not been previously vaccinated, the CDC suggests discussing the risks/benefits of a “catch up” vaccine with your healthcare provider.
What are the new cervical cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society?
Cervical cancer screening is a complex topic: there are three ways physicians can screen: an HPV test alone, a Pap test, or a combination of the two, often called “co-testing.” The ACS’s new guidelines suggest that women undergo primary HPV testing (without a Pap test) every five years, starting at age 25 (previous guidelines suggested HPV testing begin at age 30), and that screening for cervical cancer begin at age 25 (previous recommendations were to begin at age 21.) The ACS’s new guidelines refer to HPV testing alone. However, many in the medical community believe co-testing is the most thorough method of screening.
It’s also important to know that the current guidelines from the U.S. Preventative Taskforce and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) differ from the American Cancer Society’s newest statement. The USPTF and ACOG’s guidelines recommend a Pap test every three years from ages 21 – 29, then co-testing every five years, or a Pap-only test every three years (depending on the women’s history, previous test results and lab capabilities.) The important finding is that the HPV vaccine has been effective in preventing precancerous cells and cases of cervical cancer. Parents should be sure to speak with their pediatricians about HPV vaccinations, and women should work with their healthcare providers to determine the best cervical cancer screening schedule for them.

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Celebrate Independence Day With Free Indie Movie Screenings
Get the most bang for your buck this long weekend.
(SPOT.ph) If all the long weekend festivities and last-minute trips have drained your monthly budget, that's no reason to skip seeing a good movie.
Head to Cinema '76 Film Society on Monday, June 12, to catch free screenings of two of the most recognizable Pinoy historical epics: Heneral Luna at 12 p.m. and Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo at 2 p.m.
The micro-cinema will also be hosting back-to-back benefit screenings of the advocacy film Ang Araw Sa Likod Mo at 6 p.m. onwards. Members of the cast will be at the venue, and all proceeds will go to HERO Foundation, Inc.
Cinema ’76 Film Society is at 160 Luna Mencias Street, Brgy. Addition Hills, San Juan City. For more information, log on to Cinema '76 Film Society's official Facebook page.


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Plas Yn Rhiw House and Garden, Rhiw, North Wales
Acquired by the National Trust in the 1940s, Plas yn Rhiw is an unassuming but truly charming 16th Century Manor House and Garden with tea rooms. Tucked away off the beaten track on the Llyn Peninsula, this house nestles in the hills above Hell’s Mouth beach and affords spectacular views across Cardigan Bay.
Plas yn Rhiw is definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area. The house itself was lovingly restored in the 1930s by its former inhabitants, the Keating sisters, and little about it has been changed since then.
As you wander around its reportedly haunted rooms, you can almost feel yourself being transported back in time to a simpler and quieter era.
The garden is undoubtedly a gardener’s garden and even those insensitive to the great goblets of magnolia will catch their breath at the view from the terrace.
Plas yn Rhiw House
The Keating sisters, Eileen, Lorna and Honora, from Nottingham, first fell under the spell of Plas yn Rhiw when they visited the Llyn Peninsula for their childhood summer holidays.
In 1938, they purchased the Manor and commenced their loving restoration of the house and gardens after years of neglect. It’s rumoured the garden was so overgrown that the sisters had to enter the house through a first floor window.
The sisters cleverly consulted Clough Williams Ellis, the eccentric creator of Portmeirion village which is located just 30 miles away. Like them, he believed the house would indeed make a fine home.
Over the years the sisters gradually bought up more land so by the time Plas yn Rhiw was donated to the National Trust, the estate was around 400 acres.
Walk Around Plas yn Rhiw Gardens
Wander around the garden and you’ll spy a plethora of beautiful flowering trees and shrubs, with beds framed by box hedges and mossy grass paths.
There’s something to surprise you around every corner whatever the season, whether it’s the formal parterre with its spectacular sea view or its cottage-style vegetable garden, cobbled courtyards, mossy mountain spring water features or ancient woodland and wildflower meadows.
Have a Welsh Cream Tea
Plas yn Rhiw’s tea room is housed in a beautifully converted farm building. The decor inside pays homage to the traditional style of the house with dark oak Welsh settles and tables.
On a sunny day, sit outside under parasols and drink in the views over Hell’s Mouth beach and Cardigan Bay.
Eat a Slice of Battenberg Cake
A particular speciality is the tea room’s homemade Battenberg cake which was reportedly a favourite of the Keating sisters. It was first baked in 1884 to celebrate Prince Louis of Battenberg’s marriage to Princess Victoria, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter.
The sponge cake has distinctive yellow and pink squares (said to represent the four Battenberg princes), which are covered in a layer of jam and marzipan. In the north of England, it’s affectionately known as ‘Chapel Window’ cake.
- Plas yn Rhiw is closed during the winter months
Where to Stay on the Lyn Peninsula
Dogs must be kept on a lead and are unfortunately only allowed in the woodlands beyond the car park. Why not take me for a walk at Cardigan Bay so I can have a good run around?
How to Find Plas Yn Rhiw House & Gardens
National Trust, Plas Yn Rhiw, Rhiw, Gwynedd, North Wales LL53 8AB
The Foodie Travel Guide
Sally is the founder and editor of The Foodie Travel Guide. She travels around the UK and beyond in search of the best foodie days out, tasting experiences and delicious places to stay. She loves a glass of English sparkling wine, afternoon tea with friends and escaping London for gastronomic adventures.

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Irvine: All Media 2022 Exhibition
Opening reception July 9 from 2-4 p.m.
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of All Media 2022, an exhibition featuring 56 local and regional artists whose artworks engage historic and contemporaneous themes.
Works selected for this year’s All Media exhibition span painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, fiber, video, and mixed media.
Awards will be announced at the opening reception for three outstanding artworks and three honorable mentions, all of which will be chosen by guest juror Joseph DanielView more
Monday–Thursday: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Stand amidst your own achievements with the single highly detailed miniature of Director Orson Krennic, as he stalks forward, cape billowing in the wind, with his DT-29 blaster pistol drawn and ready to finish off a fallen Rebel.
Crush the Rebellion and hunt down what remains of the Jedi Order with Darth Vader Contains an unpainted, finely detailed Darth Vader miniature in a different pose from the Star Wars: Legion Core Set Three command cards can be used interchangeably with Darth Vaderâ€™s command cards in the Core Set, letting you hone your strategy
Within theÂ Emperor Palpatine Commander ExpansionÂ youâ€™ll find everything you need to add Emperor Palpatine to your army as a commanderâ€”leading the Imperial forces on his own or alongside another Imperial commander such as his apprentice, Darth Vader.
Feared both within and without the Imperial ranks, the Imperial Security Bureau scours the galaxy for any disloyal to the Empire. Agent Kallus is one of the ISB's most effective agents, using his cunning and combat prowess to snuff out the spark of rebellion at its source.
Tasked with protecting the secrets of the Empire by silencing any who would reveal them, Inferno Squad is a special forces unit led by the brilliant command Iden Versio. Among the elite ranks of the Imperial special forces, Inferno Squad is particularly notorious for its unconventional tactics, but its efficacy is undeniable.Â
The Empire often uses local creatures for its patrols, and in desert environments, Imperial troopers rely on dewbacks, mighty reptilian creatures that can survive extreme temperatures. Between the Sandtrooper rider's array of weapons and the powerful claws of their mount, this duo is a force to be reckoned with.

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In 1928 the disappearance of Christine Collins’ 9-year-old son received nationwide attention in the USA. Also at the time, the Los Angeles Police Department were increasingly being accused of corruption and links to organised crime. In an attempt to drum up some much needed positive publicity the Police Department gave Christine custody of another 9-year-old boy who insisted that he was her son. When Christine refused to accept that this boy was her real son, she was accused of being hysterical and an unfit mother. Clint Eastwood’s Changeling is based on Christine’s story and the horrific series of kidnappings and murders of young boys that later became known as the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. Eastwood explores the injustice done to Christine and her son as a result of ineffective police work, political opportunism, socially ingrained chauvinism and barbaric attitudes towards mental health
Clint Eastwood’s place in cinema history has been well and truly established by both his iconic presence on screen and his talented work behind the camera. Eastwood really doesn’t need to prove himself any further but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to create entertaining and well-crafted pieces of cinema. While Gran Torino is one of two films that he directed in 2008 (the magnificent Changeling being the other) it is the first film that he has acted in since his Academy Award winning 2004 film Million Dollar Baby.

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Day 6 on trail, 7:45 pm
(Thought: at what point will it become tedious to calculate what trail-day it is? Will I just resort to using the date? Hm)
Hello everyone, from mile 80 ish of the PCT. It’s day 6 of our trip, and the last couple days things took a little turn. We got rained out yesterday! And the day before it was cold and incredibly windy all day – It so surprised us, the crazy weather, because this is the desert, right? We’ve been mentally ready for ruthless heat, but not so much for the opposite.
Yesterday morning was actually an incredibly miserable stretch of hiking for all of us, (because it was cold and wet and windy,) but especially for Emily, who has been sick and who’s had blisters on top of blisters multiple places on her feet. The prior day we’d hiked all day in the windiest conditions I’ve ever encountered and watched ominously dark clouds blow towards us through the afternoon. We thought it was going to start raining on us then, but it held out until sometime in the night, when we were in our tents.
We woke up at 5am yesterday morning after a not-particularly-restful night of sleep, and it was still raining hard. We continued lying in our sleeping bags listening to it for 25 minutes before deciding that it wasn’t going to get better, and we would be fine once we started hiking so we might as well get going. We quickly packed up our stuff in the rain, walked through rain-drenched grass (completely soaking our shoes and socks before the day’s hike even began), and went inside the outhouse-style bathroom near the road to cook our oatmeal. (If there hadn’t been an outhouse where we’d camped I wonder if we would have been able to get out of our tents to begin with.) The outhouse had two bathroom stalls (actually fairly clean and well-stocked with toilet paper, things you come to appreciate in random bathrooms when you’re out on the trail), and in one of the stalls a couple had spent the night. Duncan and I had met them the previous night – they introduced themselves as Beardo and Sweet Pea.
Oh, this is probably a good time to tell you all about trail names, a cool trail tradition for the PCT, the AT, and I’m sure other trails as well. Basically, at some point on your hike you get a nickname. It might come from an interesting situation that happens to you, or just what someone else’s impression of you is. Once you have a trail name, you use it as your primary name on the trail. It’s pretty neat. I’ve met people named Evac, Gazelle, XC, Squirrel, Listen, and other things I can’t remember. None of us have a trail name yet.
So back to our story. Beardo and Sweet Pea spent the night in the bathroom because they’ve been hammocking rather than sleeping in tents – not very common on the PCT, and I’m sure logistically difficult in most of the desert. Case in point, there were no trees in this particular area, so they’d had no other option than to sleep on the bathroom floor. They told us that they’d been a bit flooded during the night, as the rainwater had flowed in through the crack under the door. Bummer 😦
Anyway, we successfully made our oatmeal, re-packed our packs, donned our rain gear and headed out by 7:30 – later than usual but not awful considering the circumstances. Then we hiked, and hiked, and hiked. It wasn’t any longer than our other morning hikes but it felt endless. The rain did not let up; it only let in, soaking even through our brand-new rain gear, slowly but surely. It was cold enough that I actually had to be moving to be comfortable, and by comfortable I mean not shivering and not extraordinarily uncomfortable. It was one of those situations where there wasn’t actually a comfortable option – we were sore and miserable but we just hiked because we had to. On top of that, Emily was coughing the whole way and had to stop twice to redress her blisters. The trail itself was slowly descending and winding around hillsides that stretched ahead of us for a ways, which meant that every time we came around a bend hoping to see something new, we would only see the trail continuing around the next hill, which was continually disappointing. Morale was low.
We finally got to Rodriguez Spur, the water source we’d been hiking towards, around 11:30. Other hikers were sitting around under a tarp someone had set up; they were filtering water, cooking, and warming up. We found a somewhat covered spot under some tall bushes and set our stuff down. Over the past day we’d heard people talking about escaping from the weather by hitching a ride to Julian, a nearby town, to stay for a night and take a zero day (trail code for a day of no hiking). That was starting to seem like an attractive option for us. We were conflicted about taking a day off so early in the trip, and we didn’t feel great about giving up in the face of harsh conditions or spending money on a hotel, but Emily really felt like crap so we decided that would be the best thing to do. We even thought to call and make a reservation somewhere, which ended up being smart because everywhere in town filled up that night. That left us with another 9-mile stretch of trail to hike and a 13-mile hitch into town.
The afternoon hike was fine – it stopped raining, which was relieving for all of us, though I think we all were pretty tired, and I was definitely the most body-tired I’ve felt on this whole trip. Once we got to the road and stuck out our thumbs, we had a car pull over almost immediately, but they only had space for two. Emily and I went ahead, feeling optimistic that Duncan would catch a ride soon after us. We went and checked into our place, a cute bed and breakfast a couple blocks off the main street of Julian. Duncan wasn’t able to get a ride for two and a half hours. Not long after we left it started raining again too, so I can only imagine how miserable that must have been, standing there soaked, getting colder and colder as the rain came down and it started getting dark. Meanwhile, Emily and I were showering and warming up, getting to lie down on beds and couches, and feeling thoroughly guilty about it. Luckily Duncan and the 5 other hikers that accumulated at the road were able to get a shuttle, and he made his way to us.
I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to be inside, looking out our window at the nasty weather outside while we were cozy and dry inside. It was so great to shower and be clean, and to lie down. Most of this trip I’ve felt physically fantastic, but last night I was sore everywhere and extremely tired. So I think it was a good night to get some real rest.
We slept in this morning and then went and got breakfast in Julian, which actually is a really cute little town. It wasn’t raining anymore – not warm either, but the sun was out, which was a welcome change. We hitched back to the trail without complications and hiked just a few miles to our current camp spot, which is back up in the hills. Luckily the rain hasn’t come back. We spent the last few hours with our heads buried in our kindles, and now it’s dark and the stars are coming out.
I’m happy to be back on trail. I’m excited to hike tomorrow. I don’t feel guilty about taking a night off last night – we’re in this adventure for the long haul, which means it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Zero days, and side trips into towns along the way, are probably going to be an important part of the next 4-5 months.
I also don’t have residual bad feelings about the weather. If anything, I have more respect for the desert, and for nature in general. It just seems appropriate that after a few days of feeling strong on the trail, I should be reminded by the elements how vulnerable I am.
I mentioned that two days ago was extraordinarily windy – that day was also by far my favorite stretch of hiking so far. Trail-north of Mt. Laguna was some of the most mind-blowingly majestic landscape I’ve seen in a while. We hiked around the edge of basically a big canyon for most of the day – at least that’s what it felt like. We’d hike up on high hilltops and along rocky cliffsides looking down on it, getting new perspectives on it and the hills that surrounded it as we walked. Who knew such beautiful places existed in Southern California??!
I’m gonna sign off for now because it’s my bedtime again. I’ll post some pictures soon, though I haven’t been taking a ton. I did get an awesome panorama of my favorite view two days ago so get excited.
Also, Mothers Day is tomorrow, so here’s a shoutout for mine. My mom is my point person for this trip; she’s gonna be sending all my mail resupply boxes to me along the trail, as well as backup gear when I need it and whatnot. I’m extremely lucky and grateful that she’s helping me with the logistical side of things for this trip, and on a deeper level she’s probably the one I have to thank for the adventurous spirit that drove me to be out here in the first place. (Also, I’m in her sleeping bag right now, because I’m a dingus and left mine in Durham.) For these things and for a million other things, thanks Mom!!!!!
And thanks so much to all of you for reading and following along the journey. Hope you’re all well!

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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is expected to approve SpectraLIT, a COVID-19 diagnostic test that can return results within 20 seconds. The device is currently undergoing registration with the MHRA and, following approval, will be available in the UK.
Unlike many COVID-19 tests, SpectraLIT can detect the virus from non-invasive mouthwash samples, as well as more traditional nasal swabs. The device utilises AI and spectral analysis to assess the contents of a sample and make a diagnosis within 20 seconds.
The device’s speed of use, non-invasiveness compared to tests requiring nasopharyngeal swabs and low cost mean that it could prove valuable in enabling the UK to reopen from COVID-19 lockdown, with the final restrictions set to lift on July 19.
Inventive Health CEO Adrian Stevens said: “SpectraLIT moves the science of physics into medicine. By making point-of-care testing for COVID-19 simple and quick, SpectraLIT can help protect the community as we return to open-border travel, enable sports venues to operate at full capacity, ensure care homes can safely welcome visitors, permit the reopening of nightclubs and reopen schools and universities to face to face learning.”
“PCR testing undeniably remains the gold standard but scaling laboratory testing is also troublesome and costly. Likewise, the time needed to perform and receive a result from a lateral flow test renders them impractical for larger groups. Whatever the venue, the ability to receive a highly reliable result in near real-time means SpectraLIT helps open the door to safely resuming normal day-to-day activities.”


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Ford Redline Carbon Fiber Intake System F-150 2.7L EcoBoost 2018-2020
All of the carbon fiber pieces in this system are constructed of a 3k tow in a 2x2 twill weave pattern with a gloss clear coat. Factory piping from the air-box is replaced with 3" carbon tubing to maximize airflow. A bespoke carbon airbox lid replaces the factory piece and allows installation of our reusable dual-inlet, high flow filter offering 165% additional surface area over stock. Black 4-ply silicone couplers are held in place with black e-coated stainless steel clamps, offering a sleek look and OEM-quality installation.
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Jeff Beck earned raves last year for his spellbinding performances during the hugely successful double-bill tour with ZZ TOP. Fans can relive Beck’s thrilling guitar gymnastics from those shows with a new live album that touches on key eras from the legendary artist’s influential career. The album captures a snapshot of Jeff’s work in 2014, with two newly recorded studio tracks also included, his first new music since 2010’s Grammy®-winning Emotion & Commotion.
The 14 live performances on JEFF BECK LIVE+ were recorded at multiple venues in 2014 and feature Beck backed by his band: vocalist Jimmy Hall, bassist Rhonda Smith, drummer Jonathan Joseph and guitarist Nicolas Meier. The quintet explored Beck’s vast catalog—which stretches across five decades—with performances of “Morning Dew” (from Truth, 1968), “Superstition” (from Beck, Bogert, Appice, 1973), “Big Block” (from Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop, 1989), as well as two Grammy-winning tracks: his cover of the Beatles’ “A Day In The Life” and “Hammerhead.”
LIVE + concludes with two new studio tracks: “Tribal” and “My Tiled White Floor,” with guest vocals from Ruth Lorenzo and Veronica Bellino, respectively. These aggressive new songs mark Beck’s first studio recordings since 2010 and show a stark departure from the sound on his previous album as the guitarist continues to push the envelope of musical innovation, just as he has his entire career. These tracks are sure to whet the appetite of Beck fans as the guitarist prepares his 17th studio album, which is expected later this year.
Throughout his career, Beck has also proven to be a brilliant interpreter of other’s songs. This live album doesn’t disappoint with covers of “Danny Boy,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing,” Mahavishnu Orchestra’s “You Know You Know,” and Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Beck’s career took off in the mid-1960s, after replacing Eric Clapton as lead guitarist for The Yardbirds on the recommendation of his friend Jimmy Page. He played on several of the rock group’s hits, such as “Heart Full of Soul,” “Shapes of Things” and “Over Under Sideways Down.” Beck has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once with The Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009. He has won numerous Grammy Awards, including two in 2011.
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Beck grew up in Wallington, England. His mother’s piano playing and the family’s radio tuned to everything from dance to classical made sure Beck was surrounded by music from a young age. Today he is recognized as a groundbreaking artist who’s inimitable combination of primal shredding and cool perfectionism has left and indelible mark on everything from hard rock and jazz fusion to rockabilly and techno during the past 40-plus years.
After famously replacing Eric Clapton as the Yardbirds’ lead guitarist in 1965, Beck went on to form The Jeff Beck Group, which featured Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass. Their two albums - “Truth” (1968) and “Beck-Ola” (1969) – would become musical touchstones for hard rockers in the years to come.
Constantly evolving Beck’s next move would be to form a power trio with bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, which released “Beck, Bogert and Appice” (1973), once again shattering people’s preconceptions of what a rock guitarist was supposed to sound like.
Music has always shared space with Jeff’s love of hot rods. After the success “Blow By Blow” and “Wired,” Beck began devoting more time to his fleet of cars, but 1985’s “Flash” kept him in the spotlight as he earned the Best Rock Instrumental Grammy - for the song “Escape.” A second Grammy came with “Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas”, and a third for “Dirty Mind” from the “You Had It Coming” album in 2001.
Touring has always been a big part of Jeff’s career, his live shows and virtuoso solos becoming something of legend. His playing style continues to break new ground and reflect the eclectic musical mix that is his trademark. The list of people that he plays with similarly reflects his commitment to the best of the best, and his week's residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club saw Jeff joined by the likes of Joss Stone, Imogen Heap, old mates The Big Town Playboys and another long time pal, Eric Clapton. The phenomenal performances were recorded in high definition for DVD and Blu-Ray entitled ‘Jeff Beck: Performing This Week…Live At Ronnie Scott’s’, and has now gone Platinum.
In April 2009 Jeff was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in his own right, and from thereon the year was non-stop for Jeff. Guesting with Stevie Wonder at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts at Madison Square Gardens, another world tour, picking up a nomination for a 5th Grammy for the track ‘A Day In The Life’, and entering the studio with producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn to work on his first studio album in nearly seven years.
2010 is set to be another huge year for Jeff, and one which introduces his new band. Jason Rebello remains on keyboards, but on bass Jeff brings Rhonda Smith to the stage. Rhonda was the legendary Prince’s bassist of choice for ten years before joining Jeff. On drums the famed musician and Grammy Award winning Producer Narada Michael Walden steps in to the fold. After performing at the Grammy Awards ceremony on January 31st, the band’s concert debut is in February when Jeff plays a series of exclusive shows with Eric Clapton in London, New York, Toronto and Montreal. After the shows with Clapton, Jeff embarks on a major world tour to support his new studio album ‘Emotion & Commotion’.
2010 is set to be another huge year for Jeff, and one which introduces his new band. Jason Rebello remains on keyboards, but on bass Jeff brings Rhonda Smith to the stage. Rhonda was the legendary Prince’s bassist of choice for ten years before joining Jeff. On drums the famed musician and Grammy Award winning Producer Narada Michael Walden steps in to the fold.
Jeff won his 5th Grammy and performed a tribute to the late Les Paul at Grammy Awards ceremony on January 31st. The band’s concert debut was in February when Jeff played a series of exclusive shows with Eric Clapton in London, New York, Toronto and Montreal. In March , Jeff embarked on a major world tour to support his new studio album ‘Emotion & Commotion’.
In June, Jeff played 2 dates at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York, with The Imelda May Band and some special guests in Tribute to the late Les Paul. The shows were a huge success with some of the world’s greatest guitarists in attendance watching the astonishing talent of Jeff Beck.
After a busy year of touring the world promoting his album Emotion & Commotion, Jeff has been nominated for 5 categories at the 2011 Grammy Awards.
At the February 2011 Grammy Awards, Jeff won Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Hammerhead” and Best Pop Instrumental performance for “Nessun Dorma”, both from Emotion & Commotion. This marks only the second time an artist has won Grammys in both of these categories in the same year. The first time was in 2006 by guitar legend and Beck mentor Les Paul. Beck also won for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Imagine,” his collaboration with Herbie Hancock.
Jeff toured his Rock ‘n’ Roll Party in the US for 10 dates 2011 with The Imelda May Band, before joining Jason Rebello, Rhonda Smith and Narada Michael Walden to tour several dates in the US before they came to Europe for the month of June.
In July 2011 Jeff received an Honorary Fellow from the University of the Arts of London in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of Music.
The University of Sussex honored Jeff with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music in July 2011.
Jeff featured on the track 'Do To Me', for Trombone Shorty’s new album release ‘For True’ that was released in September 2011.
Jeff joined Steven Tyler on stage when he opened the show for the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in September 2011.
After finishing his Emotion and Commotion Tour in Canada and North America in October 2011, Jeff received the Living Legend Award from Classic Rock Magazine.
Jeff’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul Album has been nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
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Broadband discussion highlights risks and benefits
BY JENNIFER CABRERA / JULY 8, 2019
On June 20th, the Gainesville City Commission heard the results of the Broadband Study and listened to citizen comments on the issue. This article will highlight some of the arguments that were made for and against the proposal. It will not get into the details of the Broadband Study or the consultant’s presentation, which are linked here for those who want more details.
The operational and marketing challenges were clearly spelled out by the consultant during the presentation, but these challenges were generally ignored during the discussion of the issue. Although the financial cost alone is a challenge (the plan would require borrowing $113-$213 million dollars, and GRU is already facing a credit rating downgrade due to its current debt load), the velocity at which GRU would need to sign up customers is perhaps a bigger hurdle. Doug Dawson, the president of CCG Consulting, which did the study, said, “GRUCom would have to sell 540 new customers a month for 5 years in order to make this work. That’s a really big challenge. I can’t stress to you how much of a challenge that is… I think [GRU Chief Business Services Officer Lewis Walton] turned white when I first told him that number. And if you did the whole county, that’s 850 new customers a month. That’s month after month after month after month – that’s just really hard to do. Very few people have ever done that before. You look around the country, you don’t get these giant fiber networks built very often, so nobody’s ever really done something that huge before. Just the idea of every day, you’re hooking up dozens and dozens of customers, every single day of the week, is just… you can never slow down, you can never fail to sell. That’s probably the biggest challenge of this, is the operational stuff.”
Dawson said there is an “intriguing possibility” to attract some private funding through the new Opportunity Zones. This idea was echoed by several of the commissioners, but they don’t appear to understand how the Opportunity Zone program works. This new program allows private investors to take unrealized capital gains, invest them into geographic areas that have been designated as Opportunity Zones (much of the area east of 13th St in Alachua County has been designated as an Opportunity Zone), and defer, eliminate, or greatly reduce the tax due on the earnings. It’s not a source of free money; the investors will be looking to make a profit, so that would require charging higher prices for the services so the investor will get a piece of the revenue. Dawson called it a “very complicated financing.”
Dawson also mentioned the fact that many people in the community currently have a negative perception of the city and GRU: “The survey – the dissatisfaction with the city in the survey – I don’t entirely know what it means, but it can’t be good. I think you have a branding issue to overcome for people to trust you, to buy it from you.” In the survey, respondents were asked about their perception of the quality of service provided by Cox, AT&T, and the city. 31% were somewhat or extremely satisfied with Cox; 26% were satisfied with AT&T; only 17% were satisfied with the city. The presentation stated, “We’ve never seen a City rated lower than ISPs.”
The big question is whether there is an unmet need for affordable broadband, and the answer is unclear. Families with children in K-12 who meet certain income standards are eligible for a Cox program, Connect2Compete, that provides a wireless modem and broadband service for $9.95/month. However, Cox does not provide service everywhere in the county (Cox does, however, provide service to 99% of Gainesville residents, along with Alachua, Newberry, and other areas of the county, according to Cox spokesman Cam Johnson).
During the city commission meeting, Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos argued that children don’t have access to the internet: “Children who don’t have access, and a lot of people who don’t have access, don’t have access to—they can’t afford it.”
Mayor Lauren Poe make a similar argument: “We already know at the public school level that our students that don’t have access to broadband internet are at a serious disadvantage, and it’s an exponential negative growth curve with the amount of retention loss and their likelihood for achievement and graduation by the time they – IF they reach 12th grade. So I teach at a zero-barrier school at Santa Fe… What that means is that many of our students are what are called non-traditional, and they come in with significant barriers that folks even at the university might… so we, as an institution there, have a serious interest in how might we eliminate at least one of those barriers and making sure that they have access to affordable broadband.”
However, Commissioner Gail Johnson said she was “not 100% sure of the need for it,” and several citizens from the east side of Gainesville spoke against the broadband initiative. Carla Lewis-Miles, representing the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association, said, “In our neighborhood, we’ve made better use of our libraries to help our children… Greater Duval gave away 35 computers, we write grants to try to get computers in every home, and then Cox does the Connect2Compete for ten bucks. And so it gives them access to be able to do their homework at home. A lot of times, some of the schools have time set aside for them, so that’s become less of an issue… In some of our communities, we don’t even have computers… People that have computers have internet services.”
Evelyn Foxx, President of the Alachua County branch of the NAACP, said, “I worked with the digital divide when I was on the Gainesville Housing Authority, and we put systems in every public housing, we put computers labs in there, and we did it with partnerships with businesses in town… Every public housing in Gainesville and all of the community centers have a computer lab… Most children have an iPhone. Regardless of how poor we are, most of our kids have an iPhone… Please let this go for now… don’t waste any more of our taxpayer money.”
Also, as Commissioner Helen Warren pointed out, “Anywhere there’s a library, you can get onto the internet.”
County Commissioner Ken Cornell, speaking as a private citizen, said, “On the survey… the question was asked, ‘Do you not have internet?’, which could kind of address the digital divide question… and that number was 3%—really, really low.”
Many on the city commission seemed uncomfortable with the idea of taking this on by themselves, but they were generally eager to see whether the county, school board, the other municipalities, UF, and Santa Fe would pitch in money to make it happen. Poe said, “there is the economy of scale of partnering with the county and the other 8 municipalities. In many ways, their residents are more in need than ours for this, and in doing so, if they become funding partners, that that completely changes the pressure on us and those… revenue models.”
Gail Johnson added, “The only way that I can see this working is if we have incredibly solid partnerships with UF, Santa Fe, the business community, the county, the outlying counties [sic – we’re pretty sure she meant to say “cities”] going forward. Other than that… there’s no way I can see myself supporting this if it was something that just the city was financially responsible for… I personally am not comfortable with the level of risk there is.”
Chattanooga was often mentioned as a city that has successfully implemented municipal broadband, but Chattanooga took advantage of a federal subsidy grant of $111.7 million for smart metering, which is no longer available. During citizen comment, Nathan Skop said, “This is… a recipe for bankruptcy. GRUCom is practically on the brink of insolvency; it can barely cover its debt service obligation… This is the same thinking and risk that got us into the biomass contract fiasco… Dunnellon, right down the road, they defaulted on their broadband, didn’t make it work. FPL Fibernet had fiber all over the state; they couldn’t make it work. If FPL can’t make it work, I don’t think Gainesville’s going to be able to make it work.”
Hayes-Santos argued that adding municipal broadband would increase competition, causing Cox and AT&T to reduce their rates. He said that the money saved by residents on their broadband would offset their property taxes and would “be like if we’d lowered their electric bills by 30%.” He did not offer the data that was used to calculate these savings.
Bryan Eastman, during citizen comment, was also enthusiastic: “I was extremely excited about the report. It made very clear that there is a credible way to go forward, that the most likely outcome is making a transformational change in our city… while at the same time making revenue… Very rarely do you get a trade-off like what we’re looking at here.”
Most of the other attendees, however, were cautious about spending more money, given that the city commission is still trying to figure out how to overcome a $4 million deficit in next year’s budget. Commissioner Warren said, “What’s gonna be the cap on how much research, at what point do we keep putting money into the study?… I would love to see this get done sometime while I’m still alive, but I don’t see it happening real soon with some of the other priorities that we have, with all the things that we want to do that come down to a… dollar sign. I kind of feel like a curmudgeon, but I do feel prudence is a good thing, too, and we’ve got to make sure that we take this on right.”
During citizen comment, Lewis-Miles added, “right now we’re trying to figure out how do we get… lower, better-cost energy. Right now, we’ve got people sleeping at Depot Park and that are on our streets… we have a housing crisis… This right here, this is cute. This is cute. But not for a city like Gainesville, not when we have no resources, not when we have no revenue, not when we’re putting strain on our already strained, already stressed-out… utility company… The threat is greater than what the benefit would be… We should not be here talking about internet for everybody when everybody don’t have a decent place to live.”
Also during citizen comment, Debbie Martinez said, “You just spent $100,000 on this broadband study for something we do not need,” and Brian O’Brien added, “I don’t have an objection to aspirational goals… but we have to live within a fiscal responsibility that the taxpayers can afford.”
Commissioner David Arreola said citizens should stop comparing the broadband initiative with the biomass plant: “I wanted to put into perspective… the numbers are completely disproportionate. The original GREC contract was $2.1 billion over 30 years. In the event that we were to expand to the most expensive possible construction, for all of our small cities for this, we’re talking $220 million. So do the math: you can divide the GREC contract by 10 with that figure, and if we were to do city limits, we’re talking $100 million, you could divide it by 20. So let’s just drop that because they’re not even comparable.”
In the end, the city commission voted unanimously for this motion:
- Send a Mayor’s letter to local municipalities, BOCC [Board of County Commissioners], school board, Santa Fe College, UF, that we are considering focusing on the Gainesville city limits area to expand broadband for financial reasons, however, if they are interested in having service in their area, have them reach out to discuss partnership options.
- Direct GG [General Government] and GRU staff to look at different funding options and sources and to consult bond counsel. Come back to the City Commission within 4 months with those options.
- Conduct a digital divide survey to see what price points would be most effective to achieve the greatest reach. Come back to the City Commission within 4 months with those options.
- Conduct market research to better define a pricing structure for broadband internet service. Come back to the City Commission within 4 months with those options.
- Have city attorney staff look deeper into Florida laws concerning the expansion of broadband by the city.


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The lack of studio output in 2020 meant smaller, more personal stories had a bigger moment in the spotlight, and in many of them the creative process was explored in unique, twisty ways. Josephine Decker’s Shirley unpicks the messy topic of creative inspiration around Gothic-writer Shirley Jackson, and Sundance hit Black Bear sees a filmmaker immersing herself in a toxic artist’s residence while facing a deadening writer’s block.
These are relationship dramas woven into stories about writing, but two films of 2020 specifically tackle the impact of stories and the importance of truth when crafting them. Both monochrome Netflix releases, David Fincher’s Mank and Radha Blank’s The Forty-Year-Old Version confront the alienating effects of writing and teach us valuable lessons about how authentic stories should look. They remind young writers watching that it’s a hard, often thankless profession, but the thrill of expressing something meaningful should never be forgotten.
The lives of the writer protagonists in each film couldn’t be more different. Mank, or Herman J. Mankiewicz, is a middle-aged screenwriter for MGM in the Golden-age of Hollywood, a high-functioning alcoholic, and scathing social critic. We see his creative process with his writers room: when pitching stories to producers, they come up with the plot in a game of artistic mad-libs, tag-teaming a different writer to come up with the next stirring image or exciting beat. For people this comfortable with their own talents, writing is like a game.
By contrast, Rahda (Blank) is a Black playwright coming up to Mank’s age but with none of the success. She sits on a pile of unproduced plays and unrealised potential, and is stuck with teaching dramatic writing to high-schoolers. The closest we see to Mank’s writers-room is when her students pitch increasingly puerile ideas for their play, prompting Radha to ask, “Can we come up with ideas that don’t involve genitalia?”
Radha’s lack of a supportive writer community is not her fault. She’s a talented playwright who was touted for success years previously, but the narrow-minded theatre industry only permits Black stories to be told from a limited perspective. When Mank is isolated, bed-ridden in a ranch to write Citizen Kane for a young Orson Welles, he’s the only one to blame for his ostracization. He’s become an embarrassing drunk who bites the hand that feeds him, namely MGM head Louis B. Mayer (Arliss Howard) and newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance) after their meddling with a Californian gubernatorial election.
But there’s a monumental difference in the isolation faced by each writer. Mank has been ostracised from the studio system, sure, but he’s still been given the chance to write a film for a soon-to-be visionary talent, one who’s been given final cut privilege. This means, as Orson says, “There are no studio notes. We’ll have no one but ourselves to blame.” It’s hard to find sympathy for Mank being rejected from Hollywood when compared to Radha, who has authentic and challenging ideas but whose access to opportunities are extremely limited. Instead of getting final cut, Radha is patronisingly offered a writing job on a Harriet Tubman musical.
When Shirley Jackson finishes her manuscript for Hangsaman at the end of Shirley, she can be content that her ideas won’t be mutilated as her creative process has been completed. Script-writing, however, is only the first step in a lengthy collaborative process of having your ideas realised, and subsequent changes can threaten the integrity of the project. Radha sees this in the rewrites and rehearsals for her project Harlem Ave., where she is told by her producer J. Whitman (Reed Birney) that the overwhelming force of gentrification needs to be represented by an individual, namely an antagonistic white woman. Her first line screams of Whitman’s oversimplifying touch: “What’s a girl gotta do to get some soy milk around here?” Radha’s play now reduces a complex socio-economic problem to the actions of flawed individuals rather than institutional and structural injustice, thus alleviating wealthy white people of guilt at their harmful actions and policies.
When we see her rewriting, we can feel the stifling effects of the collaborative process in her awkward dialogue, we witness a writing process that’s much more arduous than the effortless way Mank dictates the script for Mank. But Radha reacts to her problems with unfiltered creativity. Under her rapping alter-ego RadhaMUSprime, she performs ‘Poverty Porn’, a lambasting of the abundance of Black characters experiencing suffering in narratives by white storytellers.
While Mank’s script does feature social criticism, it takes the opposite approach to Radha’s. Instead of dealing with broader problems, Mank focuses on one individual, basing Charles Foster Kane explicitly on Hearst. It’s a poorly kept secret that travels around Hollywood fast, but as Mank’s scribe Rita (Lily Collins) remarks, the inspiration is clear in the screenplay, “Everyone in the English-speaking world will recognise him instantly.”
But is this criticism as compelling as Blank’s? Is our understanding and appreciation of Citizen Kane really improved by the knowledge that it was written about a real person? Its scathing, fierce lambasting of corruption and unchecked power seems slightly deflated when seen through the lens that Mank proposes: that Citizen Kane came from one man using his storytelling power to demean and undermine a singular, real billionaire. In this somewhat reductive light, Citizen Kane is suddenly rooted in a time and place that robs it of its expansive timelessness.
In both films, writing the truth is paramount, but where Mank is focused on transcribing real people into fiction, Version is more concerned with authenticity. As Radha says about her music, “This is about creating something that is mine. Something that doesn’t rely on critics or gatekeepers.” Rapping gives Radha her final cut privilege. Version tells a story of disillusionment to epiphany, showing a writer who overcomes creative asphyxiation and finds artistic liberation. What Radha writes isn’t as important as the fact that she’s rediscovered a love for writing. The film announces the new beginning of a creator, not an explanation of one creation.
Comparing Mank and Version seems a little unfair, as one is made by a filmmaking master at the peak of his craft and the other by a debut director sharing a lo-fi personal story. But a comparison reveals how stories about writing should be framed. The cultural impact of Citizen Kane looms high over Mank, but the fact that RadhaMUSprime is so obscure means we don’t focus on her music but on the person performing it. The story of the writer is more compelling when we get an insight not into why they made one specific work, but why they create at all.

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1. Are there anything you can do for yourself? If you want to make the most of your genetic lab or your eye doctor, many doctors and optometrists run a public optometry programme that uses a genetic test to find out your body type and history. In some cases, a family member may be examined using a genetic test for some cases. In this case, you can start with genetic testing to see what a child’s parents are at risk. Even though you may want to try looking like they don’t exercise often, it is considered in most cases to have a corneal transplant. Any symptoms associated with age appropriate if they do appear to have such a baby pose a great danger. 2. How much do the parents pay for the genetic test? Pharmaceuticals are an important part of a child’s genetic diagnosis. Here are some studies where funding is atHow is a congenital retinitis pigmentosa treated with genetic therapy? Hereditary vitamin B12 click to read and the risk of developing scleroderma Disease and underlying human disease Papa After a long life span the most common mutation of inherited retinal disorders is in the eye pigment epithelium (EPC). Most frequent are the mutations of either the orinophorosid B12 or the congenital EPC2 related component, which are primarily associated with congenital nevi. Other inherited disease causes include papular corneal haze, glaucoma and escharia. Several other types of congenital or inherited diseases include trisoglourea, mosaic, fibrowneau, intPeninonia and aplasia. Various genetic disorders can also cause environmental factor-induced damages to the retina. Nevi associated scleroderma all occur in children, and a link may be also seen in both women and men (Anderlof). Clinical observation in patients with congenital eosinophilic ophthalmopathy is very rare. But the clinical features may be completely different. This is an article Read Full Report covers both congenital nevi and scleroderma. Of the 29 congenital ophthalmic complications also this article covers 12 inherited, 3 inherited eye diseases with many of which a congenital retina disease. The author and he cited it in Table 1. Of six other papers (Anderlof, Kishigori, Saiga, Omorio, Torkuji, Oguri) for which there is a clear case history, 17 had a congenital nevi.
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At Gellerman Orthodontics, creating happy smiles is about providing the best care to patients, while staying on the forefront of new and advanced technology within the industry.
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Source: Melita Historica : Journal of the Malta Historical Society. 3(1962)3(70-72)
[p.70] Eastern Mediterranean Influence on Neolithic Maltese Temple Builders
In the “Melita Historica” (Vol. 2, No. 1, 1956), I put forward the theory that Neolithic temple builders in Malta had used a system of measurements the basic numbers of which were equivalent to (a) the multiples and sub-multiples of 10 inches; and (b) the equivalent of 18 inches.
The last paragraph of the above mentioned contribution is as follows:
“I understand that research work at Neolithic sites in some of the islands in the Mediterranean is contemplated in the not far distant future. When the result of the field workers’ excavations comes to be studied it would be possible to learn with a fair measure of certainly whether the system of measurements was imported to or exported from Malta, and whether the system as I have explained it above is foolproof or not.”
Since 1956, two important events occurred. The first is the publication in English of the book entitled “Malta” by Professor J.D. Evans, being a short account of the prehistoric cultures of Malta based on the Prehistoric Survey which he had carried out here. The second is the partial excavation of the Skorba Neolithic Temple by Dr. David Trump, Curator of Archaeology, Malta Museum, in 1961.
Without wishing to be dogmatic in the least (a very dangerous mental attitude in scientific research), I may state with a measure of confidence that in the light of present evidence:
(1) The Neolithic Maltese architect used a system of measurements to build the temples excavated in Malta, the basic measure of which was the multiples and sub-multiples of 10 inches; and
(2) That the system of measurements was imported to Malta which was in contact with other Mediterranean islands and the Middle East.
Students of the Maltese Neolithic Period may be inclined to think that the above points are too far-fetched, too impossible to prove. The following will prove the contrary.
In addition to the measurements of lintels, uprights, etc, which I have quoted in my contribution published in the “Melita Historica,” Professor Evans in his book “Malta” gives the following:
35 feet x 25 feet overall (420 inches x 300 inches).
110 feet approx. overall length (1320 inches).
90 feet approx. overall length (1080 inches).
Mnajdra North Temple:
70 feet approx. overall length (840 inches).
Tarxien Middle Temple:
80 feet approx. overall length (960 inches).
[p.71]Evans’ conjectural reconstruction of the facade of Tarxien Temples, utilizing the evidence of the surviving portions of late facades, gives the height of 30 feet (360 inches).
The most recent important discovery is Skorba. In his lecture to members of the Malta Archaeological Circle at the British Institute in November 1961, Dr. Trump gave the following preliminary measurements of Skorba’s typical trefoil temple: Overall length and breadth 45 feet x 45 feet (540 inches x 540 inches).
Since the multiple of 10 inches as a basic measure occurs again and again, this could not be attributed to pure coincidence. Therefore, it is safe to state that in the light of present evidence as quoted above, “the Neolithic Maltese Architect used a system of measurements and a basic figure of this system was the equivalent of 10 inches.”
With reference to foreign contacts I must again quote Professor Evans. Throughout his book “Malta” he refers to foreign contacts by the Neolithic Maltese. After pointing out that temple culture in Malta was of a quality unique in Western Europe in prehistoric times, he writes as follows:
“Despite its powerful individual expression, however, this culture has also something of the character of a solitary outpost of Near Eastern and Aegean civilization in the barbarian West. For the importance of Malta as a key to the trade of the Western Mediterranean was not long in being discovered. There is some evidence that quite early in the second millenium B.C. ships from the Aegean Island of the Cyclades may have called there and it seems that a little later about the middle of that millenium, the trade goods of the powerful Minoan and Mycenean civilization of Crete and Greece exercised a profound effect on the development of the various arts in Malta. Perhaps the Mycenean merchants made a base in Malta for the purpose of trade with the islands further west as they certainly did in the Lipari Islands.”
In the chapter “Religion and Life in Ancient Malta,” Professor Evans writes:
“The late temples have other and more specialised features, however, the altars and little cupboards or tabernacles of slabs with or without central pillars. These also can be brought into relation with the ancestor cult, and are in fact merely a further elaboration of it, though perhaps their appearance in Malta is due to the influence of Aegean traders in the first instance. As early as 1901, Professor Arthur Evans demonstrated that there was a close resemblance between the pillar niches of the Maltese civilization and Albert Mayr remarked on the similarity of the mushroom-shaped monolithic altars at Ħaġar Qim to a common Aegean type altar. We now know that these types of altar and niches first appear in the Maltese temples quite suddenly, at the end of Phase D or beginning of Phase E, at a time when Aegean influence is beginning to permeate the whole culture of the Islands. Nevertheless, they illustrate the point that a people only takes over from another what it can incorporate into its own culture.”
But there is other evidence as well. Flint tools were found in prehistoric tombs at Żebbuġ and as flint is not a local product therefore it was imported. The piece of obsidian found at Mġarr was also imported. The ceiling of the hall or as it is more commonly known ‘The Oracle Chamber’ in the Hypogeum at Tarxien is painted with red ochre. This ochre is not found anywhere in Malta, therefore it too was imported. Thus foreign influence in prehistoric Malta is no longer a theory but a fact.
[p.72]When Maltese temple builders were still thinking of and working in stone, the Egyptians had already jumped the Neolithic hurdle and were sprinting through the Bronze Age. Thus the Egyptians were living in a period classed as the Middle Empire, that is, from the 11th to the 13th Dynasty which Egyptologists estimate at about 2100 to 1700 B.C.
They were in constant contact with Crete and Greece, and Egyptian influence was felt everywhere in all Middle and East Mediterranean islands including Malta.
At this time the Egyptians were a highly cultured race. They were proficient in the arts, sciences and crafts. They had conquered neighbouring countries and — important where Neolithic Malta was concerned — they were a seafaring nation.
In my constant search for measurements, I have come across those taken in Egypt during field work by well-known archaeologists including Sir Flinders Petrie, the world-famous archaeologist and acknowledged Father of Egyptology.
Given in yards, feet and inches, these measurements are those of the many pyramids, shafts, chambers, furniture and rock tombs of the now extinct race of Pharaohs.
The similarity of the Egyptian measurements with those of the Neolithic Maltese is so striking that it is hard not to believe that the system was not imported from Egypt. These measurements I reduced to inches as I had done with measurements of local temples with the following result:
The base of the Pyramid of Dashur is 8,640 inches and the height 3,900 inches. Those of Cheops are as follows: base 9,060 inches, height 5772 ins. In the Cheops Pyramid there is the so-called grand gallery and a king’s chamber. This gallery is 1,836 inches x 336 inches; the chamber is 228 inches x 412 inches x 206 inches.
A shaft leading to the tomb of the Mother of Cheops is 1,020 inches long while the carved bed on which she had slept and which was found in the tomb is 120 inches long, 96 inches wide and 84 inches high.
Some obelisks are 768 inches, sphinxes 108 inches, and shafts 360 inches. A hypostyle hall has columns 828 inches high x 144 inches thick. Sethi’s tunnel leads to an oblique depth of 5,640 inches or just over 156 yards.
As the reader will note the basic figure of all the measurements I have quoted is 10 inches, its multiples and sub-multiples.
No doubt the similarity is so striking that:
Since Prehistoric Malta was in contact with foreign countries as I have proved above;
Since Egypt was so far advanced culturally while Malta was so far behind; and
Since the basic measure in Egypt as in Malta was equivalent to 10 inches, while in 1956, I have put forward the theory that Neolithic temple builders may have used two basic measures, namely, 10 inches and 18 inches, I have now come to the conclusion that they used one only, that is, 10 inches as I have stated above;
Therefore in the light of present evidence the Maltese temple builders used a system of measurements which they had learnt from their foreign contacts, possibly Egypt.
21st January, 1962.

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