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A history exhibit on the almost forgotten story of Chinese people in coastal Marin has long been a goal of the Bolinas Museum, but the current national conversations about anti-Asian racism led us to consider our coastal Marin story now. The San Francisco Bay Area has a dark history of anti-Chinese racism dating back to the Gold Rush, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that was not revoked until 1943, after China became our ally during World War II. Today, fueled by rhetoric linked to the pandemic, elderly Chinese, vilified, have been the victims of physical attacks that echo an attack on an elderly Chinese man on Bolinas Beach in 1878. Despite such history, the talents and accomplishments of Asian people have profoundly enriched the Bay Area’s culture and economy.
Welsh brewer issues desperate plea to First Minister as he warns of sector s total collapse
The Brewers of Wales claim the sector has haemorrhaged cash despite reports of increased sales during lockdown
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One of Wales longest-serving brewers has issued an impassioned plea for help to First Minister Mark Drakeford, saying the drinks industry in Wales faces total collapse after a year of disruption.
Australian Made Ventilation Hoods Sent to Torres Strait for Extra Medical Protection
Healthcare workers in the remote Torres Strait Islands will soon receive Australian-made ventilation hoods to help protect staff from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, amid a nearby outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The first of three ventilation Medihoods are being sent to a remote hospital in the Torres Strait after vaccinations were paused in the region.
The hospital is a referral point for 17 Primary Health Care Centres in the Torres Strait Islands.
The islands in the Torres Strait are home to many indigenous Australians who are classed as being among the most vulnerable to the virus’s health impacts.
Into the Wild (2007).
Wild in the Streets (1968); as the vigilante boss of police inspector Clint Eastwood in
Magnum Force (1973); as a NASA exec who engineers a fake Mars landing in
Capricorn One (1977); as a judge who takes matters into his own hands in
The Star Chamber (1983); and as old-school stockbroker Lou Mannheim in
Wall Street (1987).
Holbrook played Twain longer than Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who made Twain his pen name in 1863. He first appeared as the famed author and humorist in the late 1940s in a show for school groups; Holbrook’s first wife, Ruby, would ask questions of famous people in history, including Twain. He turned that into the one-man show,