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The popular Ethereum decentralized exchange (DEX) SushiSwap is pulling numbers despite a blood-red market.
- SUSHI Price Action
- Big Changes Coming to SushiSwap?
As Bitcoin takes a nosedive below $48,000, the overall crypto market is seeing double-digit drawdowns across the board. SushiSwap (SUSHI), on the other hand, seems to have forgotten the memo and is shining bright green today among a sea of red. What’s behind Sushi’s strength and where is the project heading in the next few months?
SUSHI Price Action
After a clean breakdown from support back at roughly $10.50 in November, SUSHI came toppling down more than 50% before bottoming out right at $5. In the past week, however, SUSHI is making a strong comeback. At the time of writing, SUSHI is trading at $9.34, up over 83% in the past week.
As you can see from the volume, traders were not nearly as interested in SUSHI when it sat around the $8-$12 range, however, the strong increase in volume we’re seeing now indicates that a lot of crypto traders stepped in to scoop up the dip at $5.
— Hsaka (@HsakaTrades) December 28, 2021
As highlighted by the popular crypto trader Hsaka, SUSHI is the clear standout performer. As the price keeps defying gravity, you might be asking why traders have suddenly decided that SUSHI is a great buy.
Big Changes Coming to SushiSwap?
If you weren’t aware, there’s a lot of change going on behind the scenes among the SushiSwap team. Most notably, the DEX’s chief technology officer (CTO) Joseph Delong stepped down late last week and warned that the platform is “imperiled.”
In the interest of the Sushi Community I am resigning as CTO effective immediately. I very much enjoyed the things that we built together and will look back positively on this moment. pic.twitter.com/7pZsQuPgup
— Joseph Delong (@josephdelong) December 8, 2021
However, this news didn’t stop the crypto community from stepping in to try and save the project from peril. Specifically, Daniele Sestagalli, one of the top developers of the Avalanche (AVAX) network, has proposed absorbing SushiSwap into the Avalanche ecosystem. Sestagalli works on developmnent for two of Avalanche’s propular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, Abracadabra and Wonderland.
— Daniele ✊ (@danielesesta) December 13, 2021
The proposal reads:
“Sushi’s expansion and growth have been non stop – it’s time to give Sushi additional resources and autonomy to continue and better define its mandate and governance during a time when it needs it the most.”
While the move is not finalized, absorbing SUSHI into the Avalanche network would bring a whole new slew of developers to back the project, something that’s clearly needed given the words of the DEX’s former CTO.
If you want to learn more details about the proposed changes to Sushi, including changes to tokenomics and governance, click here.


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RCE Garlic & Sapphires: Watercress Puree!
Wow! The entries are just rolling in - Connie actually made the watercress puree last weekend and had this to offer...
She actually sent me a GREAT answer to some of the questions I posed earlier regarding our food patterns and has this to say...
Well, I got Garlic and Sapphires last Friday afternoon, and finished while waiting for a few things to finish cooking (vichysoisse, polenta, another batch of fregola sarda, apricot galette, noyau ice cream) it on Sunday. As I was chopping up the leeks for the vichysoisse, I looked in my fridge and realized I had all the ingredients for the pureed watercress.
It's a very simple recipe - it's just watercress, potato and butter. You boil a chopped potato for 20 minutes, blanch four bunches of watercress with the potatoes, drain everything and press out all the moisture, puree it, then emulsify with half a stick of butter. So I decided to make it to go with the polenta and lamb chops Zack and I would be eating for dinner. I altered the recipe a little - I salted the water (whenever I boil pasta or potatoes, I always add enough salt so that it tastes like seawater) and added half an onion (left over from the vichysoisse). Also, watercress can be kind of fibrous, so I made sure to remove any thick stalks and trim the stems. In my experience, getting drained boiled leafy greens to puree to a smooth consistency is a little tricky. You either have to shake up the blender a little (I have a Cuisinart) or add more liquid. I wound up shaking the blender. Next time, I might use a food processor instead. I liked it, but Zack, who's accustomed to eating watercress salad, said he preferred having it in salad. But he doesn't like creamed spinach, which Reichl compares this dish to.
I received Garlic and Sapphires last Friday, and by Sunday, I finished it. So yeah, I liked it. It was a lot of fun - the kind of book that's perfect for reading during your commute if you take public transit. I'm now reading Heat, by Bill Buford, but first, and since this is a book club, I'll take some time out to answer Eric's questions.Again, Connie, thanks! Totally surpassed my expectations - and I'm SO going to the French Laundry one of these days. Add it to the list!
One can imagine why she became food obsessed (I've not read her other books so don't spoil it for me if she actually writes about it outside of this book, ok?) and ultimately a food critic - but what were YOUR foodie moments? What brought you to seek out other like-minded food people?
I think my parents were pretty obsessed with food when I was growing up. I remember in my early childhood trips to the Newport Beach fish market, weekly visits to a local butcher, touring the Italian market near my house (Lucci's), how my mother would only purchase our fruits and vegetables from produce stands. "You should only buy asparagus in the spring," she explained (I wanted my favorite vegetable during Thanksgiving). "Otherwise, it's no good." I think I tasted my first fig when I was five (I didn't like it). And of course, I lived 10 minutes away from Little Saigon - I can still point out the very first supermarkets in that enclave. Though our cooking styles are nothing alike (I'm more Cal-Med/French, and I don't often cook Chinese. That's really easy for me, and if I'm stumped, I call Mom), I have the same attitude about ingredients. I didn't realize how particular I was about food until I started college, and encountered the UC Berkeley Unit 2 Dining Commons. Yuck! But during Welcome Week at Griffiths Hall, I met Justin, my BFF. We hit it off right away, and decided to BART into San Francisco's Chinatown immediately, which was how we discovered Sam Wo's. Soon, we were shoveling items from the DC salad bars into ziploc bags to be stirred into late night ramen hot pots. We like to joke that our friendship solely based on food. Food and fashion. When I visited him in Paris last year, I proposed making ramen once more, but we wound up at Pierre Gagnaire.
If you could pick one restaurant in your experience that deserves four stars what would it be and why?
French Laundry. Everything was perfect. The food, the service, the ambience. You can read about it here. [Ed. Its a GREAT story! Now I REALLY need to go there!]
What would the restaurant of your dreams look like? Sound like? Feel like? Smell like? Where would it be located and what kind of food would it serve?
Justin and I have a running joke about opening a restaurant that serves "go away baby" noodles (long story), bacon stuffed pork chops with gravy, parisian
macarons (because cupcakes are so 2003) that's also an optomotrist's shop and shoe store. But in all seriousness, I wouldn't be able to settle on one concept. I enjoy a eating at fairly wide variety of dining establishments, from ghetto taco trucks to my secret sushi joint to 3 star Michelin places.

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SYDNEY MINES — A gun incident ended peacefully Sunday after police arrested a man at a Sydney Mines housing complex.
Staff Sgt. Stephen MacKinnon of Cape Breton Regional Police said no shots were fired and no one was hurt.
Police received a call Sunday afternoon about a man with a gun in a neighbourhood populated with families and children, MacKinnon said.
“Basically it was a gentleman standing in his doorway with a long gun.”
Police responded and considered the man to be barricaded inside. A woman was also in the Johnstone Crescent home, MacKinnon said, but the staff sergeant could not say what her relationship was to the alleged suspect.
Officers from around the region immediately began blocking vehicles from entering the neighbourhood around Johnstone between Shore Road and Convent Street. Some people were allowed in and out of the area on foot as the perimeter was moved closer to the housing complex.
Police officers were seen getting assault rifles and bulletproof vests out of the trunk of a police car.
There were no children in the home and police were not treating the incident as a hostage situation, MacKinnon said.
Police negotiators and possibly some family members spoke to the man by phone, he said. The suspect surrendered at about 4 p.m.
Investigators planned to interview the man and any possible victims or witnesses before making a determination on charges, MacKinnon said.
He couldn’t say if there were any victims, but MacKinnon said police would be busy well into Sunday evening.
“At this point here, it’s unclear,” he said.
“They still have quite a bit of investigating to do. It’ll probably be a couple of hours.”
During the incident, residents outside the police blockade said they had no idea what was going on.
Wilfred Shaw of Shore Road was outside his home doing some painting when he noticed several police cars down the street. He asked a police officer what was happening and said he was told, very apologetically, that no information could be released.
“He said, ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you what’s going on,’…” Shaw said.
Neighbours in the area were called by police and told to stay inside, MacKinnon said.


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Health wars: six myths about the NHS debate
The support for a Twitter campaign backing the UK health service has little to do with the merits of state-run medicine.
It all started with a factual error in a publication almost unheard of in the UK. ‘People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless’, said an editorial in Investor’s Business Daily (IBD).
The author appeared not to realise that Hawking, who is almost completely paralysed by motor neurone disease, lives in the UK and must have received a considerable amount of treatment via the National Health Service (NHS). ‘I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS’, said Hawking in response to the article. In the overheated debate about President Obama’s healthcare plan, some Republicans have taken to misrepresenting the standard of care provided by the NHS. Senator Charles Grassley, for example, wrongly suggested that Senator Ted Kennedy would not have been treated for his brain tumour if he had lived in Britain because the NHS would not regard someone aged 77 as worth treating.
The rights and wrongs of the debate about American healthcare should have been of academic interest to British people. Yet when the TV comedy writer Graham Linehan posted a message on the social networking website, linking to the IBD article, with the tag ‘#welovetheNHS’, the reaction was remarkable (1). Tens of thousands of people responded with #welovetheNHS messages of their own. You can even add a Twibbon – a virtual version of the on-going craze for coloured, campaign ribbons – to your Twitter profile picture, saying ‘I ♥ NHS’.
Where there is a bandwagon, it will quickly be pursued by a crowd of politicians trying to jump aboard it. Gordon Brown twittered ‘PM; NHS often makes the difference between pain and comfort, despair and hope, life and death’. The health secretary, Andy Burnham, chipped in with a message of such cynical calculation that it’s a wonder the casualty departments of the nation weren’t filled with people sickened by it: ‘Andy Burnham: Over the moon about strong support for NHS – an institution I will defend to my dying day, 2nd only to Everton FC.’
Conservative leader David Cameron was quick to join in. ‘Just look at all the support which the NHS has received on Twitter over the last couple of days. It is a reminder – if one were needed – of how proud we in Britain are of the NHS.’ Sadly for Cameron, one of his party’s Euro MPs, Daniel Hannan, has been widely quoted as saying he ‘wouldn’t wish the NHS on anyone’, all tending to reinforce the notion that Labour is the party of the NHS while the Conservatives would try to privatise it or at least cut back spending on it. In fact, Cameron has been keen from the moment he became Conservative leader to prove his undying love for the state-run service.
In order to understand this debate properly, we need to debunk a few myths.
1. The NHS is the worst/best* healthcare system in the world
(* – delete where applicable)
The recent lovefest has been somewhat surprising, given that the newspapers are normally full of criticisms of the NHS. In recent times, we’ve seen complaints about: poor standards of hygiene in hospitals; the high rate of hospital-acquired infections like MRSA; dubious decisions to ration certain drugs or treatments; overworked staff; the impossibility of getting a non-urgent doctor’s appointment; the limited time you’ll get with the doctor when you do see one; car parking, telephone charges and meals at hospitals, and so on. Healthcare is, to some degree, rationed by waiting list. Getting an initial assessment from a general practitioner is usually easy enough, but you may have to wait a week to get test results, even longer to see a specialist, and then wait again to get treatment.
NHS care could certainly be improved and a proper public debate about the future of the service is long overdue. But the horrendous delays that became typical in the Eighties and Nineties, when it was not uncommon to wait 18 months to get some kinds of operation, are largely a thing of the past. While there has been some experimentation with using market forces and outside services, the most important change has been an increase in spending. More importantly, as compared to the US system, patients face few, if any, charges once they have seen a doctor. So while getting treatment can sometimes be inconvenient, patients are spared the worry that they won’t be covered by an insurance company, or that they will be forced to make crippling contributions to get care.
2. The US system is private
While the main avenue for most Americans in getting healthcare is through an insurance policy, mostly paid for by their employers, the public sector is surprisingly large. According to the World Health Organisation’s World Health Statistics 2009, the UK spent the equivalent of 8.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare in 2006, of which 87.3 per cent was state-funded. In the USA, the equivalent of 15.3 per cent of GDP was spent on healthcare in 2006, of which 45.8 per cent was state-funded.
In fact, according to the WHO figures for 2006, the US government spent more per capita ($3,076) on healthcare than the UK government ($2,908). The state-vs-market discussion is not a particularly useful one.
3. The NHS is free
In that ‘#welovetheNHS’ stream on Twitter, there has been constant reference to ‘free’ healthcare on the NHS. In reality, of course, the NHS spends over £100billion per year – roughly 20 per cent of UK government income. The British system is free at the point of use, by and large, but that simply means that it is paid for from taxation.
4. The NHS is socialist
This is a myth that is far from exclusive to the UK. From free marketeers to NBC’s liberal anchorman Chris Matthews, plenty of people in America seem to believe that there’s something socialist about state-run healthcare. No, there isn’t.
The NHS was introduced under a Labour government in 1948, but the need for some kind of national system of healthcare had been recognised by all the major parties. In 1935, 60 per cent of army recruits were found to be in no fit state to fight. The doctors’ organisation, the British Medical Association, called for a unified, national health service in 1938 (3). The reshaping of British society around the government-directed war effort after 1939 meant that the nationalisation of healthcare after the war – along with other essential services like the railways and coal mining – was a relatively short step. State-run it may be, but the NHS provides healthcare on the cheap to this day. That’s why even the house magazine of British business, The Economist, prefers the NHS to the US system (4).
The NHS is certainly not egalitarian. It is quite clear that people in different parts of the country can expect different standards of care, as summed up by the phrase ‘postcode lottery’. Sometimes, it is simply a case of who can be the most demanding, which means that middle-class and well-educated people frequently get better treatment than the poor, immigrants and anyone else not savvy enough to work the system.
5. It’s ‘our NHS’
Given the circumstances in which it came into being, after a depression and world war, and through the election of a Labour government, the NHS is widely seen as a unique, not-for-profit system in which we all have a stake and where patient need is paramount. The architect of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan, bombastically described it as ‘the most civilised achievement of modern government’. Compared to the feeble services available before the Second World War, the NHS was certainly a step forward, but the NHS is no more ‘ours’ than any other public service. We pay taxes to provide it, but we have little or no control over it. If the NHS is the caring, sharing institution that it is claimed to be, why has it always relied on an army of low-paid staff, disproportionately women and immigrants, to keep it going?
The myth of ‘our NHS’ has, however, had some important consequences. It has helped to keep wage costs down. How dare workers in an institution dedicated to treating the sick selfishly divert resources to their own wallets? From the point of view of patients, NHS care is treated as a blessing rather than something we should reasonably demand in a modern society.
Moreover, the NHS is one of the few elements of British identity that still has some respect today. While most people are cynical about the royal family, have long-since stopped going to church and, as the recent expenses row illustrated, have little but contempt for our political leaders, the NHS is still regarded with great esteem. To some extent, that esteem is well placed. After all, the NHS would have crumbled were it not for the vocational attitude of many of its staff.
The trouble is that this high esteem has been alighted upon by politicians of all persuasions as a means of intervening in our lives in a way that would be deemed unacceptable in other spheres. Through the conduit of the doctor, the nurse and the midwife, all sorts of social engineering goes on. In fact, there is a nasty little trend towards rationing healthcare on the basis of lifestyle. Obesity and smoking have both been used as excuses to deny care in recent times, for reasons that go well beyond the strictly medical.
Ideological attachment to the NHS stands in the way of having a proper, open discussion about its flaws and its future. While people are rightly sceptical about any discussion of reform, on the basis that it may be a flimsy cover for cutting spending, it is also quite clear that the NHS could be better than it is. It is also clear that more and more aspects of everyday life are being medicalised. While this trend is by no means unique to the UK, the stranglehold of the state over the supply of healthcare gives it a particularly authoritarian edge.
6. The healthcare debate is about healthcare
When people on one side of the Atlantic freak out at the thought of socialised healthcare, while those on the other defend it to the hilt, this suggests that this debate has got very little to do with the statistics on healthcare costs and disease survival rates. Rather, the debate about health has taken on an inflated importance due to our broader fears about the future. Facing real uncertainty about the direction that society may take, only exacerbated by the economic crisis, many people feel extremely nervous about any kind of change.
The unique position of the NHS in British society means that people are particularly sensitive about attacks upon it. Writing in The Times (London) on Saturday, Janice Turner summed up this reaction: ‘As the rage over President Obama’s healthcare reforms descends into attack ads and town-hall gunfire, don’t you dare speak ill of our NHS. It is the one thing, in our digital, atomised, privatised, multi-ethnic age, that unites us; our irreducible essence, the very best of us… It shows that decency, fairness and compassion, the national traits we fear died with nobler generations, live on.’ (5) Woe betide anyone who thinks that the NHS is merely a system of healthcare delivery.
Turner’s comments chime with a wider sense that an era may be ending, without any positive notion of what will replace it. As Sean Collins notes on spiked today, that anxiety is mirrored in a variety of ways across the political spectrum in America, too (see America’s health wars).
We should, of course, always be looking to improve the way we care for the sick. But the current debate on both sides of the Atlantic only reveals the overblown importance of health in modern life, and the unhealthy state of political life.
Rob Lyons is deputy editor of spiked.
Previously on spiked
Brid Hehir criticised the practice of using ‘mystery shoppers’ to assess NHS staff.Dr Michael Fitzpatrick highlighted the squalor of contemporary UK healthcare. He also argued that Darzi’s interim report on the NHS profoundly misunderstood Britain’s ‘health crisis’, and criticised the way Tony Blair alienated patients and degraded doctors. Brendan O’Neill declared that we don’t need any more patient choice. Or read more at spiked issue NHS.
(1) How Father Ted creator Graham Linehan sparked NHS backlash on Twitter, First Post, 12 August 2009
(2) World Health Statistics 2009, WHO
(3) Slump Socialism: the Depression, the War and the Working Class, by James Wood
(4) God save the NHS, The Economist
(5) America has no right to speak ill of the NHS, The Times (London),15 August 2009
To enquire about republishing spiked’s content, a right to reply or to request a correction, please contact the managing editor, Viv Regan.

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Fragmentation - Insurance is about pooling risk. The larger the pool of people, the better the insurer and the insured are protected against economic risk. We have a very fragmented health care system that finances and administers based on demographics and whims of fate. We have one program for the poor and disabled, one for the elderly, one for military families, one for veterans, one for Native Americans, a patchwork system of employer-based coverage for many working people, and no affordable option for far too many. Fragmentation leads to administrative waste, lack of continuity of care, gaps in coverage, cost shifting, increased potential for fraud, and inadequate sharing of information that could improve medical practice.
Administrative Complexity - It is estimated that administration accounts for somewhere between 25% and 31% of total U.S. health care spending. The multitude of insurance plans diverts dollars that could be spent on health care into administrative functions such as marketing, enrollment, underwriting, contract negotiation, utilization review and claims adjudication. Spending on health care administration in the United States is approximately three times that of Canada, and twice as much as a percent of total health care spending.
Prices - Health care goods and services cost significantly more in the United States than in other economically advanced countries. We spend more than twice as much on prescription drugs per person than the average OECD country. In addition, our pricing is opaque, complex and widely variable. A physician can be paid a different amount by each insurance plan for the same procedure. Prices are negotiated between payers and individual providers or provider groups, resulting in a range of payments reflecting buyer and seller market clout. Payers with less market clout may pay higher prices to make up for the underpayment of payers with more market clout. Most countries that have multiple insurers rely on the monopsony power of government to set or negotiate prices, so that they are uniform across regions and cost escalation is held in check.
Concentrated Pricing Power - In Minnesota, as in most states, there are highly consolidated insurance markets and provider systems, giving them oligopoly power (concentrated pricing power). Integrated delivery systems of hospitals, clinics, and physicians have the leverage to demand higher reimbursement rates from insurers lest the providers pull out of the insurance plans, harming the insurers’ ability to attract enrollees who value provider choice. Oligopolistic insurers have the power to charge premium prices higher than costs and pass the costs on to patients. To combat the oligopolistic power of insurers and providers, we need countervailing bargaining power on behalf of patients.
Physician Compensation - Physician services account for about 22% of total health care spending, both nationally and in Minnesota. U.S. health care professionals are generally paid higher than their counterparts around the world. High compensation is driven by the high cost of medical education and the high debt load of medical school graduates which incents physicians into higher paying specialties. The United States has a lower number of MDs per capita than most of our industrialized nation peers. This lower supply may play a role in driving up compensation. Minnesota has a relatively high rate of primary care providers which may help hold down prices somewhat, though they are not well distributed throughout the state.
Oversupply of High Tech Equipment - Often a result of competition between hospitals or delivery systems, a glut of high tech equipment and specialty centers helps drive utilization. When physicians have ownership of scanning equipment or surgical centers there is a financial incentive for overuse.
Skewed Incentives - Much attention has been given to the fee-for-service system and its inherent financial incentive for doctors to increase the volume of health care services. Though this incentive exists, the volume of visits in this country is actually lower than in other OECD countries. There is a multitude of skewed incentives in our system that both increase costs and lead to cost shifting: the financial incentive for individuals to decline coverage or delay care due to cost, leading to delayed diagnosis and subsequent increased complications; the incentive for insurance companies to focus plan development and marketing toward enrolling a relatively healthy population, thus increasing administrative expenses and shifting costs to sicker people and increasing their reliance on public plans; the drug patent system which incentives development of “me-too drugs,” increasing spending on pharmaceuticals with little or no health benefits; and our reimbursement system which incents providers to perform procedures over coordinating care or spending time with patients.
Health care costs are one of the biggest barriers to job creation. The cost of health care is especially burdensome to small businesses which have a competitive disadvantage in health insurance markets. A survey of small business owners in 22 states found that an average of 86% of small business owners who don’t offer health coverage say they can’t afford to provide it, and an average of 72% of those who do offer it say they’re struggling to afford it. Linking health insurance to employment leads to job lock (the inability of an employee to freely leave a job because doing so will result in the loss of employee benefits), suppresses job creation and decreases our global competitiveness.

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Bob Eberly won the Amateur Hour competition on Fred Allen’s radio show and was discovered by the Dorsey brothers in
1935. When Tommy Dorsey left to form his own group, Eberly stayed with Jimmy, recording several hits with Helen
O’Connell. Three of their vocals--“Maria Elena,” “Amapola”
(“Pretty Little Poppy”), and “Green Eyes”--were among the top ten hits in 1941. In 1942 they sang
“Tangerine” in the film The Fleet’s In and it sold millions. “Brazil” was their last
hit before O’Connell left the band.
In the 1943 release of MGM's I Dood It, starring Red Skelton and Eleanor Powell, Eberly and O'Connell
introduced the jazz standard “Star Eyes.” And Ebrly's recording of “Besame Mucho” enjoyed great
popularity in 1944. He also appeared in three films, culminating with The Fabulous Dorseys (1947).
During his eight years with Dorsey’s band Eberly was considered one of the top male vocalists of the day. His
romantic baritone influenced many up-and-coming crooners.
After serving in the military, where he sang with Wayne King’s orchestra from 1943-1945, he was unable to revive
his career. Except for regular appearances on TV’s Top Tunes and a season on television with O’Connell
and the Ray Anthony band in 1953, he was relegated to singing in small clubs.
Bob’s brother, Ray Eberle (who kept the original spelling of the family name) was also a vocalist who sang with
Glenn Miller before leading his own band.
-- Sandra Burlingame
Courtesy of JazzStandards.com

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By completing deliveries of RHEDA 2000® track components for the Cortanovci Tunnel in Serbia, an important milestone for the construction of the 2,3 km long tunnel project has been achieved.
Neumarkt, January 14, 2021 – Just before Christmas, RAIL.ONE has completed deliveries of about 4,000 bi-block sleepers and other related system components for the first RHEDA 2000® installation in Serbia - the Cortanovci Tunnel. The tunnel is part of the reconstruction, modernization and construction of a double track railway line that runs from Belgrade via Stara Pazova, Novi Sad and Subotica all the way to the State Border with Hungary, whereas the tunnel itself is located on the Stara Pazova and Novi Sad railway line. Designed for train speeds up to 200 km/h, the tunnel has a total length of about 2,3 km. To comply with the client’s drainage concept, RAIL.ONE has produced specially designed shortened RHEDA 2000® bi-block sleepers, which perfectly and reliably address the special requirements on site.
RAIL.ONE’s supply contract has been awarded by RZD International, which has concluded a contract with Serbian Railways for the construction of the railway line. RZD International started track works in early December 2020 and plans to finish until mid of 2021.
RHEDA 2000® system is one of the world's most widely applied ballastless track systems for both high-speed and high-performance railway lines and has been installed on over 4,500 km of railway lines in Europe, Middle East and Asia. All RHEDA 2000® bi-block sleepers for the Cortanovci Tunnel were produced in RAIL.ONE’s facility in Coswig, Germany, and then transported via truck to the Cortanovci Tunnel construction site in Serbia. “We are glad to support another important tunnel project with our reliable slab track solution and especially joyful having entered the Serbian market with providing the proven and successful RHEDA 2000® solution simultaneously meeting the clients special requirements. It was always a pleasure working with RZD International and we are looking forward to potential future projects.”, underlines Torsten Bode, CSO of PCM RAIL.ONE AG.
About RZD International
RZD International L.L.C. is a special purpose engineering company established within the Russian Railways (RZD) holding which offers the whole spectrum of railway construction services and technologies, from pre-feasibility studies to execution and commissioning of turnkey projects abroad.
About the PCM RAILONE Group
The PCM RAILONE Group has been manufacturing concrete sleepers and track systems for urban transit and long-distance rail transportation for over 60 years. The technology leader also offers its expertise in the fields of engineering and plant construction. Its customer-driven innovations fulfill the highest quality standards and are installed around the world
The PCM RAILONE Group is comprised of several companies and eleven production facilities with a presence in Germany, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Hungary, Turkey, the United States, Canada and lndia. lt maintains annual capacities of over 5 million track sleepers and 840,000 linear meters of turnout sleepers. RAILONE produces optimized products and custom solutions with over 550 employees around the world.<


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(SNews) – Democrats have launched a new effort to tackle car thefts in their crime-infested cities.
Rather than arrest and jail criminals, Democrat cities are now suing car manufacturers for making their cars too easy to steal.
Milwaukee, Rochester, and Baltimore, three cities consumed by crime, are suing Kia and Hyundai because thugs keep stealing their cars.
Milwaukee City Attorney Tearman Spencer said:
“We are elated at this moment that we finally, finally got the word to move forward for a lawsuit.”
In the first three months of 2023, Milwaukee police say 373 Kias were stolen and 304 Hyundais were stolen.
“In my estimation, all the problems emanated in Milwaukee, the epicenter of the cause and problems that we’ve been experiencing,” said Spencer.
“As long as you live in the city of Milwaukee and pay taxes, you have standing,” said Spencer.
“You have damages from MPD having to respond, fire having to respond.”
Amanda Mattefs’ whose Hyundai has been stolen twice said they need to stop the criminals first:
“I was more mad that there was something happening in the city that couldn’t be controlled.
“At the end of the day, people are going to figure out how to do that if they want to steal a vehicle.
“They need to take a deeper look at what was happening then and is happening now, and it still hasn’t changed.
“They’ve just been talking about change and nothing really has.”
Hyundai said in a statement:
“Hyundai is committed to ensuring the quality and integrity of our products.
“All Hyundai vehicles meet the anti-theft requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 114.
“In response to increasing thefts targeting Hyundai vehicles without push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices in the U.S., Hyundai has introduced a free anti-theft software upgrade to prevent the vehicles from starting during a method of theft popularized on TikTok and other social media.”
Rather than put down crime rings, Soros DA’s and Democrat lowlifes are suing the car manufacturers for making it “too easy” to steal cars. https://t.co/ZxGnNBwtz6
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 12, 2023
Baltimore is joining the growing number of U.S. cities to sue Hyundai and Kia over their failure to install anti-theft software in their vehicles, according to the lawsuit. By @MaddiONeill: https://t.co/gi5czRDpTB
— The Daily Record (@MDDailyRecord) May 11, 2023

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I have 5 catchments going to 1 outlet. WHen i run the hydrology and graph the outlet, it show a maximum flow total out. Why can I not get this result to show in my outlet labels or properties?
What product are you using? If this is SewerGEMS or CivilStorm, this may be related to the setup of the system. You will likely be seeing a red user notification about a missing conduit for the outfall. If that is the case, you will need to adjust the system to include a new outflow node (like a transition or a manhole) and a conduit attached to this element and the outfall. The model will then run and you will see results at the outfall.
Another solution would be modeling this is in PondPack, which does allow for connecting catchments directly to outfalls without seeing the same issue. If you are doing pond design and not modeling a storm-sewer system, this might be the best option.
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I think that is the issue. We are just calculating runoff totals without a storm sewer system. If we ad catch basins and such, we can get the sums.
I have included the information above in this wiki link.

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Vegamovies can be described as streaming and downloading movie website. Vegamovies Nlallows users the download of Bollywood, Hollywood ad South Indian Movies.
If you’re looking to download new HD films, Vegamovies.nl allows you to download the film. Is it legal to download films? Is it safe to download movies from? What happens if you download movies from the site? What happens? I would suggest that you prior to downloading any movies, you know the consequences of these actions because it’s extremely important for you. Let’s be aware of them prior to downloading any movies from this website.
Since this website is Extramovies hazardous due to the fact that it could be forced to be detained. Your device could also be compromised, and all the hidden details are discussed within this post. Before downloading any movie from this website, make sure you go through this article.
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If you’re looking to download Bollywood films, you can use the Vegamovies film website lets you download the films. The website regularly uploads Bollywood HD movies on its website for download for free. It is now possible to download the latest Bollywood films from the site in a flash.
However, the movies that are uploaded on there they are all illegal and pirate copies. This website uploaded films illegally they don’t have a valid license. There are movies on the internet like the ones listed below. This is the reason why you have be careful not to download films from this website. The downloading of movies from this website is not legal.
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Hollywood films are being published online on Vegasmovies with HD And if are looking to download Hollywood films then avoid them as this is an illegal film website. Additionally, this website is also referred to as torrent Hollywood movie downloading site by users.
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However, downloading movies from this website is not legal and if you want to download south Indian films, then use a legitimate OTT website instead this website. The reason is that the website isn’t legal for you and any films are available are pirated and downloading them is an offense.
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The Vegamovies provides a movie downloading and streamer site that permits users to download and view online movies for free. The website uploads new films within 4-5 hours of their release, and illegally. In addition, the website also uploads three formats: 480p,720p, and 1080p resolutions, in addition to Blueray HD-Rip, WEBDL Web-Rip, WEB-DL, HEVC, HC, and HD Cam formats.
Bollywood, Hollywood, and South Indian Hindi dubbed movies are uploaded every day to the website. The website is popular with people because it is an online movie downloader for free. The site was popular because in response to the demands of users they upload films. However, the most notable thing is that all the films that are uploaded are not legal.
The Vegamovies website is a piracy film website that is able to upload movies illegally. To publish or share on any platform, you have obtain permission from the owner of any films. The website that uploads movies uploads films without authorization. This is illegal, and a lawful crime in India.
How do you define piracy? What is the connection between Vegamovies and
You will have learned in the previous section, Vegamovies is a pirated movie website. If you also download movies from the site, then this section is crucial for you. Because piracy is considered a crime. violation and if you do it then you’ll be punished by the courts.
Movie piracy means in which movies are stolen from someplace and then used as movies to earn cash, and this is known as movie piratery. Sharing movies with friends, sharing movies on social media, uploading movies on websites or channels, downloading-transferring movies in exchange for money, and making duplicate copies in CD format all come under movie piracy crime.
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If you are unable to find categories or movies there, you can try searching using the search bar.
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What is HTML0? How does Vega movies work?
The Vega movie website is a criminal film website, and any movies that they upload are illegal. The website initially steals movies from somewhere , then uploads them to third party servers or cloud storage before connecting the website. Movies are shown on the Vegamovies home page , and then kept on cloud or drives of third party companies, as well as on the third-party servers.


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Thousand of women will gathered for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure Saturday in Indy. The organization has played an important role in advancing awareness about the disease, including an aspect of treatment that’s sometimes overlooked.
For many breast cancer survivors, reconstructive surgery is an important part of recovery. Yet research shows that women’s access to information and services still varies widely.
A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed a rising percentage of survivors had reconstructive surgery over a 10-year period following passage of a federal law requiring insurers to pay for breast reconstruction if they cover mastectomies.
But geography appeared to play a big role in the treatment they received. Women who lived in cities – with presumably greater access to trained specialists -- were much more likely to get the surgery than those who didn’t.
"In those situations patients are sometimes not being either offered, or the options that are offered are not very appealing for the patient." says Dr. Juan Socas, a reconstructive surgeon at the IU Health Simon Cancer Center.
Research also shows that women with private insurance are more likely to have the surgery. New legislation under the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act would implement campaigns to inform about reconstruction options like availability, type of prostheses, coverage requirements and patient’s rights. The proposal also stresses the importance of women knowing their options at the time of diagnosis.
The American Cancer society estimates that over 200,000 women will face breast cancer this year.

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Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy is slowly being transformed by development, and the latest new building in the mix is planned for 1557 Fulton Street, between Throop Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard, right near the Kingston-Throop C train stop.
Back in June, YIMBY reported on the Lightstone Group’s acquisition of the six-story building at 40 East End Avenue, at East 81st Street in Yorkville. Permits were filed at the end of October with a support of excavation filing on Friday, and now new details can be reported. The plan is still demolition of the existing building in favor of an 18-story building, rising to 210 feet. The plan reported in June called for 30 condominium units, but the filing shows 29 units.
Last year, the de Blasio administration rolled out a program designed to encourage developers to build one- to four-family homes on small city-owned lots. Now the city has filed plans to develop townhouses on 16 vacant properties in East New York, Ocean Hill and Brownsville.
Wang Chun Hua, as Z & W of New York LLC, has filed permits for a new seven-story, 30-unit mixed-use building at 139-20 34th Avenue in Flushing. That’s between Leavitt Street and Union Street, about a 15-minute walk from the 7 train at Main St. The 69-foot-tall project would cover 27,611 square feet with residential square footage of 19,936. That means units averaging about 665 square feet. There would be five units each from the second to the seventh floor. The first floor would have 7,675 square feet of community facility space for a day care for ages two to six. There would also be parking for 20 cars and 15 bicycles. Cheng-Yang Lee is the applicant of record. Demolition permits were issued earlier this year for the two-story house occupying the site.
Yecheskel Weingarten, as Kerem Dwellings LLC, has filed permits to construct a five-story, 50-foot-tall mixed-use building at 1559 51st Street in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood. That’s between 15th and 16th Avenues. The total square footage would be 17,380 with eight residential units spread across 13,096 square feet. That would mean an average size of 1,637 square feet. There would be two units each on floors two through five. The filing indicates 4,284 square feet of community facility and the Schedule A lists the cellar and first floor as “ambulatory diagnostic.” Architect Eyal Levitt is the applicant of record. An existing two-story home must be demolished, though permits were issued in 2013.


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Liverpool council’s plan for a late-night drinking levy will be bad for the city’s licensing business, it is claimed.
Pubs, bars and clubs staying open past midnight could face a tax bill of up to £4,000 under the plan.
The money would be used to cover the costs of policing and maintaining the streets.
But Louise Bagot from Knotty Ash, duty manager at the Shipping Forecast on Slater Street told the ECHO it is “an absolute joke.”
She said: “We’re open until 3am, so this is really worrying for us.
"We have a lot of student nights too, where they want to come in and have a good night after midnight. We pay enough money to the council.”
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Liberal party councillor Steve Radford said that the issue needs to be looked at again.
He said: “A levy has already been rejected in other areas like Tameside, and people are worrying it could be the end for small businesses and small pubs.
"They simply can’t afford it.
“And it’s not just that, what happens to the buildings when the pubs close down? They’ll become derelict and an eye-sore. These pubs are really important for communities.”
Earlier this month, councillors in Tameside rejected proposals for a late-night levy, citing “businesses financial difficulties” and the “current economic climate” as reasons it didn’t get a rubber stamp.
Forecasts suggested the levy would have generated £190,593 for the police and more than £81,000 for St Helens Council in the first year alone.
Merseyside Police say around 100,000 people visit the city centre on a busy Saturday night and they would receive 70% of the tax, with the rest kept by the council.
The British Beer and Pub Association also told the ECHO the levy could be a “big problem for small businesses”.
A spokesperson said: “You have local pubs who already struggle with high tax rates and council red tape.
"They also get in the way of local partnerships between pubs and local authorities to improve the problem themselves, pubs are reluctant to come forward if they feel another tax is just around the corner.
“We’ve already had places, not as big as Liverpool, but Leeds and others reject a levy, and only about six-to-eight places have adopted it.”
The council’s own draft report into the plan which is under consideration said: “It is considered unlikely that these additional costs will have a detrimental effect on affected businesses or cause them to substantially change their operation.”
The report added that the levy “would not significantly affect the Night Time Economy in the City” but they are seeking alternative opinions.
Costs could range between £299 to £4,440 per year for any licenced venue staying open past midnight.


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DescriptionThe Director of Research and Instructional Services provides vision and strategic direction for research and instructional services in the humanities, social sciences, global and area studies, and the arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Reporting to the Deputy University Librarian, the Director leads thirty library professionals and support staff in engaging with faculty and students in designing and implementing pedagogically appropriate instruction for library users and providing in-depth, specialized research consultation, reference, and collection development.
The Director encourages the exploration and adoption of new approaches to research, instruction, and outreach to students and faculty and, collaborating with staff throughout the Libraries, assumes a leadership role in identifying and implementing emerging technologies and incorporating best practices into research and instructional services. The Director fosters an open, collaborative environment and sets high user-centered service standards.
Along with the Deputy University Librarian, the Director of Public Services, and the Director of the Health Sciences Library, the successful candidate will help to develop the vision and services for the Libraries’ Research Hub, in support of interdisciplinary, data-driven, digitally reliant, and team-based research.
The Director will also serve as a subject specialist in an area suited to her or his academic background and interests. In this role, the librarian will serve as primary liaison to an academic department or program; provide in-depth, specialized research consultation and instruction; and develop and manage collections in relevant formats and languages.
REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
ALA-accredited master’s degree in library or information science or advanced degree in a humanities or social science field. At least seven years of progressively responsible professional experience providing research and instructional services in an academic library or higher education environment. Demonstrated use of the applications of new technology in research, teaching, and learning. Demonstrated initiative and proven ability to learn new technologies and develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Proficiency with information resources in a variety of formats and subject areas. Knowledge of collection development principles, practices, and vendor systems. Evidence of strong supervisory and team management experience and skill. Demonstrated ability to support, mentor, and develop library professionals and staff as well as to work with diverse groups within the Libraries and across campus. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the country’s oldest state university. UNC Chapel Hill has an enrollment of approximately 29,000 students, employs more than 3,500 members of the faculty, and offers 69 doctoral degrees as well as professional degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and law. The UNC Health Sciences Library is a recognized leader within the Association of Academic Health Science Libraries. University Library collections include over 6.5 million volumes. The Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries and the Center for Research Libraries. Together with the libraries at Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and North Carolina State University, the members of the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) provide services and collections to their students, faculty, and staff in support of the education, research, and service missions of the universities.
The University Library invests proudly in its employees, strives to create a diverse environment of respect and collaboration, and encourages vision and innovation.
The Triangle region is one of the most desirable places to live and work in North America and offers its residents a wide array of recreational, cultural, and intellectual activities. The mountains or the seashore are less than half day’s drive from Chapel Hill.
The University of North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.
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This is twelve-month academic librarian appointment. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Standard state benefits of annual leave, sick leave, and State or optional retirement plan.
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Police were called to the Rodeway Inn and Suites on South Rockwell where they found the two injured children.
By Kirsten McIntyre, NEWS 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A 7-week-old baby is in state custody after being severely abused, authorities said. He suffered several broken bones and a fractured skull.
Due to privacy laws, we're unable to find out if the baby is still hospitalized, and if so, his condition.
But police said at last check the baby and his 3-year-old brother were both going to be OK.
It was last week when police were called out to the Rodeway Inn and Suites on South Rockwell. A DHS worker was already there.
"When the workers got there they did see two young children in this room, and saw what they believed to be injuries on the children," said Oklahoma City Police Department Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow. "They saw bruising so they in turn contacted police."
The two children, a 3-year-old and 7-week-old, were taken to Children's hospital. When they arrived, medical staff quickly determined the baby had serious injuries.
"The 3-year-old did have some injuries, but they were superficial, some bruising, some swelling, nothing significant, fortunately, but the younger one was not so fortunate," said Wardlow. "It did have several injuries, multiple fractures, multiple broken bones as well as skull fracture."
Police arrested the children's parents, Kord Rawls and Izabeau Basaldua, both 20 years old. In a court affidavit, Rawls admitted to slamming the baby's head against the car seat, bed and door jam. At a home on S.W. 18th Street he admitted he "punched" and "slapped" the infant.
As for the mother, police say she knew Rawls was physically abusing the children and had seen him "strangling" the 7-week-old.
"These two have been taken off the streets, taken into custody and the kids, of course, are in DHS custody," Wardlow said.
Early Monday there was a message circulating on Facebook about DHS needing volunteers to help 24 hours a day to hold an abused baby with 16 broken bones and a skull fracture. DHS will not say if this is the same child but do say volunteers have to go through a screening process first. They say they're always looking for more volunteers.
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My ex of 6 years messaged me last night
I loved him when I was in school. Asked him out, went out for 3 months. Those 3 months were outright awful.
He was emotionally closed off, never wanted to call me, never texted first, never told me he missed me.
Looking back at it, I can’t even call it dating. If I didn’t text him first, he didn’t message for weeks. I told him I loved him, and he told me to stop being a distraction in his life.
Then why say yes to going out with me?! That’s when I decided that I came first and never messaged him ever again after saying I was done.
He texted me yesterday night, after 6 whole years. He misses me, he feels the same, he didn’t have the courage to say it all this time, he wants to go out with me.
The audacity?! I don’t even know him anymore. I have had no contact with him. Why now? What makes him think he can waltz back into my life after all these years?
There’s no way I’m going back.
- “New phone, who dis?”
- said he misses you? after 6 years have passed and you only dated for 3 months? my bs radar is screaming. this dude sounds like he’s desperately trying to get some skin.
- Don’t let this be round 2 of what happened last time. He’s not worth it

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The end of the summer season is a sad time for many people across the country-college students are packing their things and heading back to school, weekend vacations spent at the beach or the pool are slowly coming to an end, and the last of the fun, outrageous beach bashes of summer have come and gone.
However, one of the most exciting, enjoyable weekends of the summer is still among us-Labor Day Weekend. Whether you and your friends are heading out the lake, celebrating the start of another great football season by tailgating, or simply having a late-night backyard BBQ at your house, there is no doubt that Labor Day weekend is one of the craziest weekends of the summer.
Unfortunately, you and your friends will not be the only ones out on the town this upcoming Labor Day. Police in every state and city will be out in record numbers from August 19th through Labor Day Weekend (September 3rd) as part of their annual nationwide enforcement to crack down on drunk driving.
This national campaign, titled Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, is sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and will be mainly targeted at young male drivers and motorcycle riders ( the most common perpetrators of drinking and driving). However, they will not be holding back against other drivers-Their press release stated that their message was simple and unwavering: if they find someone driving impaired, regardless of age, vehicle type, or time of day, they will arrest them.
Their crackdown also includes the use of sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, especially during high-risk hours of the night, and will make use of all officers, troopers and deputies in cities across the country.
So, how can you ensure that you are not arrested for a driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge during your Labor Day celebrations? Here are just a few tips for staying safe and avoiding a DWI:
However, if you are pulled over and charged with a DWI charge this upcoming holiday weekend, be sure that you contact an experienced DWI lawyer to handle your case. They will not only ensure that your charge is handled properly, but that you will also be faced with as minimal violations as possible.
Also, always remember that the most surefire way to avoid a DWI charge is to not drink and drive at all. Therefore, be sure that you have a safe and smart holiday weekend.


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7 Books About What Gentrification Does to a City
Morgan Jerkins, author of "Caul Baby," recommends novels and non-fiction about the changing demographics of a neighborhood
When I moved to Harlem in the summer of 2015, it was—and still is—in the midst of rapid change. Rent prices were skyrocketing, new cafes seem to emerge on every block, and the racial demographics were shifting.
As someone from a modest town in Southern New Jersey, my senses ran amok. Not only was I thinking about my vulnerabilities as a Black woman in a metropolis such as New York City, I was also thinking about cultural and physical displacement. There were times when I thought about who occupied the brownstone in which I lived for weeks on end, what secrets were safe kept within the walls and throughout the corridors. I thought about the larger context of Black people and our uprooting from place to place. From there, the seeds of Caul Baby began to take hold.
Caul Baby is a novel about a Harlem-based family of Black women who have created a lucrative enterprise off of selling their caul, an extra layer of skin that is believed to provide protection and healing. Their desperation to maintain their stake within this gentrifying neighborhood with the decisions they make towards their children put them at odds with not only each other, but also their neighborhood.
Here are 7 books about gentrification:
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
This story comprises of so much—a house that’s been in a family for decades, the downfall of a historical section of Detroit, and the haints that never leave us alone. Flournoy’s debut novel depicts a home that breathes along with its characters and teaches them the consequences of their dynamics with one another.
How To Kill A City by p.e. Moskowitz
p.e. Moskowitz’s nonfiction book explores gentrification in some of America’s biggest cities—New York, New Orleans, Detroit, Seattle. Not only does Moskowitz expose the cracks of how gentrification has killed city life on the large scale, but they also give human portraits to show the ruin on an intimate, unforgettable level.
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
An insular novel, Red at the Bone grapples with the choices that our parents and grandparents make as history and community within a Brooklyn brownstone collide.
Loving Day by Mat Johnson
A biracial man returns from Europe to the Brotherly City of Love, Philadelphia, because his father left him a dilapidated mansion. He soon realizes that this home is haunted as he reckons with his own identity as it relates to Blackness.
Halsey Street by Naima Coster
A novel about return and reckoning, Coster’s debut centers on a woman coming home to a gentrifying Brooklyn where she gets a little too close to her wealthy white neighbors, with jaw-dropping consequences.
Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson
From the start of Survival Math, Jackson uses his lineage and family history to answer the siren calls of the past. Jackson renders Portland and its Black residents in all of their grandiosity while grappling with the impact of the city’s racist history.
It Was All A Dream by Reniqua Allen
This may seem like an outlier to the others but It Was All A Dream forced me to contend how much Black millennials have gotten the short end of the stick in terms of financial stability and long-term employment. The stakes for survival are much higher and the humanistic stories she reports on kept me glued to the page from cover to cover.

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The Miami Dolphins have signed Tua Tagovailoa to a four-year contract with a fifth-year option a day after he bought his mom a car.
It’s a good thing that Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has a new contract. On Monther’s day he presented his mom with a brand new Escalade. Today, he can pay it all off.
Tagovailoa has a brand new deal to go with his brand new car. He inked his deal today with a value of almost $31 million over four years with just over $19 million guaranteed.
Tua Tagovailoa signs 4 year deal with fifth year option worth $30.28M. He gets a signing bonus of $19.6M. — Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) May 11, 2020
Tagovailoa is the first of Miami’s three first-round draft picks to sign. Austin Jackson, taken at 18 overall, and Noah Igbinoghene, taken 26th remain. Miami started signing their draft class last week but still have a ways to go given the fact they had 11 draft picks.
The first-round players are a lot easier to sign than they used to be. With the CBA having a rookie salary limit and pre-set years and options, it becomes more or less simple math to get deals done.
The harder selections to sign tend to fall in the 2nd and third rounds. Those players do not play under a 5th-year option but even then, holding out is typically a non-factor. With Tua under contract now, the Dolphins will focus on the remaining players and then getting them up to virtual speed with the playbooks and film study.
Tagovailo may not play this year as he recovers from hip surgery but the Dolphins do not really need him to play. Ryan Fitzpatrick will start the season and will compete with Josh Rosen throughout camp. There is no guarantee that Fitzpatrick will start the season as the starter should Rosen outplay him in camp. The Dolphins need Rosen to have a good off-season and play in 2019. He will provide far more value to the team if he does play well.
For now, Tagovailoa remains the talk of Miami. According to statistics released from the official NFL shop, Tagovailoa jerseys are selling quite well with both the first and second spots belonging to him as most sold. Third place belongs to Tom Brady’s Buccaneer jersey.


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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Scudéry
SCUDÉRY, the name of a family said to have been of noble Italian origin and to have transferred itself to Provence, but only known by the singular brother and sister who represented it during the 17th century.
Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667), the elder of the pair, was born at Havre, whither his father had moved from Provence, on the 22nd of August 1601. He served in the army for some time, and, though in the vein of gasconading which was almost peculiar to him he no doubt exaggerated his services, there seems little doubt that he was a stout soldier. But he conceived a fancy for literature before he was thirty, and during the whole of the middle of the century he was one of the most characteristic figures of Paris. He gained the favour of Richelieu by his opposition to Corneille. He wrote a letter to the Academy criticizing the Cid, and his play, L’Amour tyrannique (1640), was patronized by the cardinal in opposition to Corneille. Possibly these circumstances had something to do with his appointment as governor of the fortress of Notre-Dame de la Garde, near Marseilles in 1643, and in 1650 he was elected to the Academy. During the troubles of the Fronde he was exiled to Normandy, where he made his fortune by a rich marriage. He was an industrious dramatist, but L’Amour tyrannique is practically the only piece among his numerous tragi-comedies and pastorals that has escaped oblivion. His other most famous work was the epic of Alaric (1655). He lent his name to his sister’s first romances, but did little beyond correcting the proofs. He died at Paris on the 14th of May 1667. Scudéry’s swashbuckler affectations have been rather exaggerated by literary gossip and tradition. Although possibly not quite sane, he had some poetical power, a fervent love of literature, a high sense of honour and of friendship.
His sister Madeleine (1607–1701), born also at Havre on the 15th of November 1607, was a writer of much more ability and of a much better regulated character. She was very plain and had no fortune, but her abilities were great and she was very well educated. Establishing herself at Paris with her brother, she was at once admitted to the Rambouillet coterie, afterwards established a salon of her own under the title of the Société du samedi, and for the last half of the 17th century, under the pseudonym of “Sapho” or her own name, was acknowledged as the first blue-stocking of France and of the world. She formed with Pellisson a close friendship only terminated by his death in 1693. Her lengthy novels, such as Artaméne, ou Le Grand Cyrus (10 vols. 1648–1653), Clélie (10 vols. 1654–1661), Ibrahim, ou Villustre Bassa (4 vols. 1641), Almahide, ou Vesclave reine (8 vols. 1661–1663) were the delight of all Europe, including persons of the wit and sense of Madame de Sévigné. But neither in conception nor in execution will they bear criticism as wholes. With classical or Oriental personages for nominal heroes and heroines, the whole language and action are taken from the fashionable ideas of the time, and the personages can be identified either really or colour ably with Mademoiselle de Scudéry’s contemporaries. In Clélie, Herminius represents Paul Pellisson; Scaurus and Lyriane were Paul Scarron and his wife (afterwards Mme de Maintenon); and in the description of Sapho in vol. x. of Le Grand Cyrus the author paints herself. It is in Clélie that the famous Carte de Tendre appeared, a description of an Arcadia, where the river of Inclination waters the villages of Billet Doux, Petits Soins and so forth. The interminable length of the stories is made out by endless conversations and, as far as incidents go, chiefly by successive abductions of the heroines, conceived and related in the most decorous spirit, for Mademoiselle de Scudéry is nothing if not decorous. Nevertheless, although the books can hardly now be read through, it is still possible to perceive their attraction for a period which certainly did not lack wit. In that early day of the novel prolixity did not repel. “Sapho” had really studied mankind in her contemporaries and knew how to analyse and describe their characters with fidelity and point. Moreover her novels had the interest always attaching to the roman à clef. She was a real mistress of conversation, a thing quite new to the age as far as literature was concerned, and proportionately welcome. She had a distinct vocation as a pedagogue, and is compared by Sainte-Beuve to Mme de Genlis. She could moralize-a favourite employment of the time-with sense and propriety. Though she was incapable of the exquisite prose of Mme de Sévigné and some other of her contemporaries, her purely literary merits were considerable. Madeleine survived her brother more than thirty years, and in her later days published numerous volumes of conversations, to a great extent extracted from her novels, thus forming a kind of anthology of her work. She outlived her vogue to some extent, but retained a circle of friends to whom she was always the “incomparable Sapho.” She died in Paris on the 2nd of June 1701.
Her Life and Correspondence were published at Paris by MM. Rathery and Boutron in 1873. An amusing sketch of her is to be found in vol. iv. of Sainte-Beuve’s Causeries du lundi. Georges de Scudéry is sketched by Théophile Gautier in his Grotesques. See also V. Cousin, La Société française au XVII e siècle, vol. ii.


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By Darren Waters
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Spitfires were developed at Hursley in the 1940s
The software that underpins billions of financial transactions made every day is being developed at an IBM lab in a quiet part of Hampshire.
Hursley House has been part of IBM's history for 40 years, but its role in technology development stretches back even further.
Walking around the grand surroundings of Hursley House, through the beautifully restored rooms of the mansion, and the more ascetic corridors and spaces of adjoined labs, all you can hear is the quiet hum of desktop computers.
Sixty six years ago and the noise from the main house and grounds would have been the roar of Rolls Royce engines attached to arguably the most famous fighter plane of all time - the Spitfire.
During World War II Hursley House was the base of operations for Vickers, manufacturers of the iconic plane that helped turn the Battle of Britain in the UK's favour.
For the last five decades the house and grounds have been owned by IBM and has been devoted to research and development.
Over five decades the work that goes on in Hursley for IBM has reflected the broader transformation of Big Blue itself - from hardware company to software and services firm.
Once, IBM was at the forefront of computer development, these days IBM is more likely to be helping drive cutting edge software solutions, and focuses primarily on development.
"Life is full of constants that aren't invariables that won't," says John McLean, director at Hursley, quoting his maths professor at university.
Mr McLean is explaining IBM's attitude to development - investing in product applications that could shape our future.
"There's a huge amount of history here. We have been through the whole emergence and change in computing technology in the last 50 years," he explains.
From research into chip technology, graphic display technology, and storage devices, over time Hursley has transitioned to a purely software development lab.
It is now at the centre of two key technology developments - transaction processing and pervasive messaging.
"Every time you use an ATM, book a holiday or a flight, you are probably using CICS software that was developed here," he explained.
Tied inextricably to CICS, is IBM's pervasive messaging middleware, called MQTT, that guarantees delivery of data from point A to point B.
We live in a world in which intermittent outages in technology or web access are common, but in the global finance sphere such things are unacceptable.
Testing out applications for pervasive messaging happens in the Emerging Technologies lab; a small set of rooms that houses demonstrations which, at first glance, would appear to be more at home at a school science fair.
But the assorted Lego pieces, unassuming computers and screens, flashing objects and mock-ups of homes, is part of a messaging technology that points to a future when we live in an "internet of things".
It is also tied to IBM's ambition as a company to build a "smarter planet".
Hursley is all about developing real world applications for its technology.
For example, if you need to take the company shuttle from Hursley into nearby Winchester you can find out its location by using Twitter, thanks to the work done by the Emerging Technologies lab.
The bus "tweets" its location as it makes its way around the campus and into town - it will even tell you how many people are on board so you know how if there is any room.
It is a simple example of how IBM's messaging technology has applications beyond the world of financial transactions.
Professor Andy Standford-Clark, master inventor and distinguished engineer, says the Lab is "where we try out new technologies all connected through IBM's messaging middleware".
IBM's MQTT messaging technology is a platform-agnostic system which can connect almost any networked object to the wider world.
"It's very easy to add new things to IBM's messaging middleware. It could be any piece of content you need to arrive securely," explained Professor Standford-Clark.
IBM's MQTT starts with a small piece of computer code - either in Java or C - that can be embedded into a device, such a sensor, and which talks to a server, called the message broker. It in turns sends the message out to clients in whatever form is needed.
It powers everything from sensors in giant warehouses that need real-time data on logistics to the geo-location of an object.
Professor Standford-Clark has turned his home into a living, breathing demonstration of the technology.
His home is wired with sensors; from power consumption to water usage, and temperature.
The data from those sensors is transmitted over MQTT and then displayed in a variety of ways: from ambient lights that change colour depending on how much energy is being used, web-based real-time statistics in the form of graphs and charts and even a Twitter feed.
The house "tweets" every few hours with updates on its energy consumption.
The experiment with the house is about showing potential partners real-world applications for the technology - from uses in healthcare, telematics, logistics and manufacturing.
Professor Stanford-Clark believes real-time monitoring of personal energy consumption could become the next social networking trend.
"I think people are concerned about their energy consumption. And being able to compare your consumption with a friend could become a sort of social currency.
"People want to be able to manage and monitor their energy usage and feel good about saving the world and putting money back in their pocket."
And because the monitoring system is also tied to home automation Professor Standford-Clark can turn devices on and off remotely.
Mr McLean believes Hursley is a core part of the innovation gene pool of IBM.
Of the 4,000 patents registered by IBM last year, 300 of them originated from Hursley.
"Development is the gearbox of taking initial ideas and research and applying them to products," says Mr McLean.
"And Hursley is a vital part of that gearbox."


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Santos Araujo Furniture, 2017-11-24 12:57:22. A lot of us have tried or are probably still using spring mattresses. We could say that sleeping on spring beds or mattresses is comfortable until we got stung by a broken spring. Spring mattresses have been the standard for many decades but the memory foam mattresses have become even more popular to date because of the undeniable comfort as well as the overall body support that many would not believe until they have tried these out for themselves. So why do more people choose memory mattresses over the standard spring mattresses? There have been comparisons made between memory foam mattresses and spring mattresses and a lot of people could attest that they found sleeping on memory foam mattresses to be better. Lying on a spring mattress does feel nice but when it comes to body contouring as well as spinal support a spring mattress do not even comes close to what the memory foam mattress could give. When you use a spring mattress, your body conforms to it. While your weight is on the spring mattress, the springs exert a resisting force against your body. A spring mattress relies only on a varied number of springs that are pushing back against you with all of them having the same force. Since your body does not push evenly against those springs, it is impossible for you to get proper support. And because of this and the fact that you are the one who is adjusting to the spring mattresss shape, your pressure points will lead to poor blood circulation and you would probably be complaining about body pains or sore muscles or stiffness when you wake up in the morning.
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The House of Representatives Honorary Council is scheduled to meet with the House leadership to discuss a group of problematic legislators,
council deputy chief Nudirman Munir says.
“We plan to announce the names of the problematic legislators at the meeting,” Munir said Monday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He added that the council would mention the names of 10 allegedly problematic legislators at the meeting, as it needed to discuss sanctions.
Earlier, observers suggested the meeting would not do anything to address recent concerns regarding what has been perceived as the council's indecisiveness, since several legislators had not been suspended despite their alleged involvement in criminal cases.
During a discussion last week, political expert Burhanuddin Muhtadi said that besides former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, the council had not issued a clear decision regarding the status of several other legislators.
“[For example] Misbakhun, a legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party [PKS], was sent to prison but he is still registered as legislator. There's also Panda Nababan who is now a defendant in a graft case but also still registered as legislator,” he said.
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Zesty Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
A super easy appetizer that's packed with Creole flavor.
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- 16 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, leaving tails on
- 16 slices bacon
- ZATARAIN'S® Creole Seasoning
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Line baking pan with foil. Place baking rack
- Wrap each shrimp with 1 slice of bacon. Place shrimp on rack. Lightly sprinkle
both sides with Creole Seasoning. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until bacon is crisp around the edges and shrimp
- Serve warm.
Yield: 8 servings, 2 shrimp each
Recipe and photograph courtesy of Kristen Doyle of Dine & Dish.
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Chris Cooper - From Villa Park To Paris - Day 4
DAY 4 - TUESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2008
Today was probably the most difficult day on my adventure so far. I’m now in Amiens, but have had to phone this blog through as I cannot get an internet connection here.
I have completed 96 miles today, the longest leg of the journey so far, but the conditions were without doubt the worst and most gruelling, with the terrain being very very hilly, and riding into a biting wind all day long. It took me 10 hours to complete today’s distance.
And if you thought yesterdays hotel was bad, today’s is even worse - in fact its like a menagerie in here, with various creatures of all descriptions in the room, some that wouldn’t look out of place on the Discovery Channel or Dudley Zoo!
To cap it all, after paying out hard earned euros for the hotel room for myself and my stepdad, I discovered my journey for the day was not quite complete. Imagine our surprise when we discovered our room comes fully equipped with bunk beds. Baggsy me on the bottom one!
4 days done and one to go...........
Cycling from Villa Park to Paris
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MIAMI – A-Rod meet... A-Rod?
Alex Rodriguez and University of Miami point guard Angel Rodriguez schmoozed during the Yankees’ batting practice at Marlins Park Friday before the Yanks faced Miami in an exhibition game.
The whole thing started when Angel Rodriguez, who helped UM to the NCAA’s Sweet 16, tweeted some regret last month that he hadn’t introduced himself to the slugger when A-Rod attended a UM game.
Both Rodriguez and his publicist, Ron Berkowitz, saw the tweet. A-Rod responded via Twitter, in part: “Hopefully, we can meet up sometime” and even flashed a decent emoji game.
A-Rod, who grew up in Miami and is a longtime Hurricanes’ fan, posed for pictures during BP with his arm around Angel Rodriguez, both grinning.