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Lawrence Tolliver wasn’t ready to say goodbye, but circumstances were beyond his control, and the timing was downright cruel.The South Los Angeles building that housed Tolliver’s Barber Shop was being sold, and the new owner had different plans for the space. Early in December, the same month a documentary on his legendary shop was set to premiere, Tolliver found out he’d have to move out by Christmas.“On to the next,” he said one day, trying to stay positive. He told me he had read a column of mine in which the late…

Some of the most experienced traders within the blockchain space are aware of the key fundamental benefits surrounding asset diversification. By getting into more cryptocurrencies, and filling their portfolio with more options, if one dips, another might spike and make up for the losses. As such, with the decline in value behind the Cardano (ADA) cryptocurrency, traders and investors have been eyeing alternatives in their presale stage, out of which Tradecurve (TCRV) has stood out the most. Today, we will go over both…

The long-awaited reopening of local cultural institution Vidiots will finally happen on June 1, with sneak preview events for members and supporters in May.Opened in 1985, Vidiots video store was based for more than 30 years in Santa Monica before closing in 2017, with an archive of physical media that grew to some 50,000 titles. The new Vidiots space at the Eagle Theatre in Eagle Rock was originally opened in 1929 as the Yosemite Theater and has among its many incarnations over the years been an adult movie house and a…

Alphabet's Google Pay has received approval to operate as a payment institution in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, the country's official gazette showed, allowing it to initiate payment transactions. Payment initiators, according to Brazil's central bank, initiate a transaction ordered by the final user but never manage the payment account, nor hold the funds of the transactions.Read Also A press spokesperson for Google confirmed the central bank's authorization and said the move offered "more payment options to…

The Nobel prize is an institution “for men”, literature laureate Annie Ernaux of France said on Tuesday in an interview before this weekend’s formal awards ceremony.“It manifests itself by this desire for tradition. Being bound to traditions is perhaps more masculine, it is a way to transmit power to each other,” the 82-year-old author told Agence France-Presse.Honoured by the Swedish Academy for “the courage and clinical acuity” of her work, Ernaux is just the 17th woman awarded the Nobel literature prize since it was…

The UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), British International Investment (“BII”), has announced a $20 million investment in Moove, a Nigerian mobility fintech firm. BII, formerly known as CDC Group, said the four-year structured credit investment in Moove would help the firm actualise its mission of democratising access to vehicle ownership in Africa. The investment reflects BII’s focus on mobilising capital to build self-sufficiency and market resilience in Nigeria,…

The ongoing calls from communities to defund public police, that grew louder following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020, have raised several crucial questions. As researchers of police work, we looked at some of the critical issues…

Though it may seem unlikely, this isn’t the first time the Coney Island Boardwalk has arrived at a crossroads in Colorado. Ever since it first went splat on West Colfax Avenue in 1966, the Brooklyn transplant and hot dog stand has become a local roadside legend. It’s even gone on the road for appearances from Denver to Aspen Park and finally to Bailey, where it’s sat alongside Highway 285 since 2006. The bun-shaped restaurant continued operating on and off until 2021. Before the pandemic hit, it nearly went to public…