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|Julian Edwin Bailes Sr.|
|Judge of the Louisiana 10th Judicial District Court|
|Born||January 6, 1915|
Longview, Texas, USA
|Died||February 1, 2010 (aged 95)|
(1) Georgia Butler Bailes
|Children||Georgia Ann Bailes Scott|
Juliana Bailes Lipe
|Parents||Larry Thaddeus and Ethel Ballard Bailes|
|Alma mater||Natchitoches Central High School|
Northwestern State University
Louisiana State University Law Center
|Service/branch||United States Army|
|Battles/wars||Battle of the Bulge in World War II|
Julian Edwin Bailes Sr. (January 6, 1915 – February 1, 2010), was a judge in the Louisiana 10th Judicial District Court from 1960 until his retirement in 1972. He was the last living eyewitness to the assassination of Governor Huey Long in the Louisiana State Capitol on September 10, 1935. Bailes was working his way through law school as an elevator operator at the capitol when the "Kingfish" was gunned down, officially by the Baton Rouge physician Carl Weiss.
Early life and education
Born in Longview in Gregg County in east Texas, to Larry Thaddeus Bailes and the former Ethel Ballard, Bailes graduated from Natchitoches High School (now Natchitoches Central High School) and Louisiana Normal College (now Northwestern State University), both in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and the LSU School of Law in Baton Rouge.
Julian Bailes was elected as city judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. After six years on the district court, Bailes was elected as a judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit in 1960, on which he served until his retirement in 1972. He was one of the longest-serving judges in the State of Louisiana; after retirement from the district court, he continued to serve temporarily as needed on higher courts throughout the state. In 1976, he was the interim judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, a position he vacated when the Republican Douglas Gonzales was elected to the court.
Judge Bailes was preceded in death by his second wife, the former Nell Sandefur. He had five surviving children, Georgia Ann Bailes Scott and husband, Homer, of Natchitoches; Juliana Bailes Lipe and husband, Jim, of Shreveport; Sara Nell Bailes Williams and husband John Payne Williams Sr., of Natchitoches; Dr. Julian Edwin Bailes Jr. and wife Colleen, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Emily Bailes Haines and husband, Paul, of Shreveport.
Judge Bailes died of a stroke in Shreveport at the age of ninety-five and is interred at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.
- "Julian Edwin Bailes obituary". The Shreveport Times. February 3, 2010. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=julian-edwin-bailes&pid=139306791. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- "In Memoriam: Julian E. Bailes". lasc.org. http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Bailes_Julian.asp. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
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Elvis World by Jane and Michael Stern
by Jane Stern and Michael Stern
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (1991)
Welcome to Elvis World. It is a vast universe defined by all that Elvis stands for: the music, of course, and the movies, the life and the legend, but also the cascade of material things he collected and consumed (from pink Cadillacs and the cheese-burgers to diamond rings and Graceland), the glitter, and the mammoth success (one billion records sold, more than anyone else in history). Starting with its four-page gate-fold title page, this book is bursting with rare photographs, with wonderful Elvis memorabilia (1950s' fans magazines: "Elvis - hero or heel?", Elvis wallets, Elvis hankerchiefs, Elvis bedroom slippers), with the Elvis phenomenon as it exists today. Elvis Presley has become an American symbol as recognizable as the American flag. He is a landmark in almost everyone's life, and his image continues to mesmerize. Elvis has transcended his previous status as merely the most popular entertainer in history, and "Elvis world" explains and revels in this phenomenon. With affection and wit - and a touch of irreverence - the Sterns guide us through Elvis world, showing us an Elvis we've never seen before.
This book is a study of the cultural phenomenon that Elvis was and continues to be ten years after his death, this is the first book to be published with the authority of Graceland, who allowed the authors access to their extensive photographic archives. Apart from outlining his music, his movies, his life and the legend, Elvis memorabilia photographs are included, such as 1950s fan magazines, Elvis wallets and handkerchiefs.

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Wood Group JV Wins Wellhead Equipment Contract from PDVSA
Wood Group Amesa, S.A., a joint venture company owned by international energy services company John Wood Group PLC and a local Venezuelan partner, has been awarded a five-year contract valued at more than $200 million by PDVSA to provide wellhead equipment for use in Venezuela's onshore and offshore fields.
As part of the agreement, WG Amesa will manufacture and install low-pressure wellheads and Christmas trees used in three distinctly different production field applications, including natural flow, artificial lift and steam injection. In addition, WG Amesa will provide maintenance for the equipment and manage an inventory of small parts.
"Over the years we have developed an excellent working relationship with PDVSA as a supplier of surface wellhead equipment," said Scott Bender, president of Wood Group Pressure Control, the Houston-based company to which WG Amesa reports. "Our commitment to local manufacturing and assembling of equipment used in various production field applications and providing first-class service was instrumental in receiving this contract."
To support the new contract, WG Amesa will invest in new equipment for its Maracaibo facility and hire additional service technicians and engineers.
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Subject Source: Art & Architecture ThesaurusScope Note: Printed or graphic material intended for promotional or publicity purposes, such as small printed works describing the features or amenities of a place, an organization, or other concern.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Albert Hofmann correspondence and other materials
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 89
Abstract The Albert Hofmann correspondence and other materials contains correspondence with Ralph Metzner and Rolf von Eckartsberg, a photocopy of Hofmann's patent for LSD, photographs of Hofmann, a brochure for U.C. Santa Cruz Symposium (1982), and clippings on Hofmann.
Dates: 1948 - 2006


A double feature here, so to speak. First up, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in which we can now see what a pre-CGI Andy Serkis looks like when he was “acting” out the role of Caesar. His co-star, James Franco, has been calling for an Oscar nomination for Serkis’ motion capture performance, which was always going to be a big ask, considering that you can’t actually see Serkis’ features beneath all that marvelous digital paint.
But now HitFix has this amazing behind the scenes video which shows us exactly that:
Is it worthy of an Oscar nod? I don’t know. Serkis is widely considered the King of Mo-Cap and justifiably so, but as can be seen here, there appears to be a but of a disconnect between Serkis and his eventual digital avatar. I think this is primarily due to human features not mapping correctly onto the ape features. In my opinion, if Serkis ever deserved an Oscar nomination, or ever possibly a win, it would had to have been for his performance as the tragic Gollum/Smeagol in Lord of the Rings.
Next up, Steven Spielberg’s latest war time epic, War Horse. Chris Clark, senior animatronics technician on the film has released a video on his Facebook page, showing off some gobsmackingly realistic animatronic horse work. Unfortunately, there is no embedded version of the video, so I’ll have to link you directly to his Facebook page by clicking the pic below.
Go check it out, while I wait for you back here.
Done? Cool. Now, I’m pretty sure that for most of us, had we not been told otherwise, would naturally assume that to be a real horse. Well at least until the camera pans back and you see Chris jammed up the severed end of half a horse. But up until then, they totally had me.
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In The Little Vampire, Jonathan Lipnicki plays Tony Thompson, recent émigré to the Highlands. Rather than go the traditional route for Scottish fantasy and pick up a wooden sword and proclaim, "There can be only one," Tony begins dreaming of vampires. Night after night, Tony's slumber is disturbed as he dreams of a rite being performed by a clan of vampires. What it means, Tony has no clue. So Tony simply does what any other eight-year old stereotyped by cinema does: Goes to mommy (Pamela Gidley) and daddy (Tommy Hinkley), sleeps in their bed for the night, and then gets ridiculed by everyone he knows for his "wild vampire fantasies" during the day.
Continue reading: The Little Vampire Review
Beetlejuice is really a simple fairy tale. Two newly dead newly weds, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis), want to rid their rustic home of the gaudy yuppie transplants, the Dietz's, who've taken up residence. When old-fashioned ghost moves like rattling chains in the attic fails, they find they need the help of a "bio-exorcist," a grungy specter named Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton), who will guarantee to rid the home of unwanted occupants. That is, for a price.
Continue reading: Beetlejuice Review
Many ticket-holders couldn't get into the O2 Arena show on Tuesday night (September 19th) because they didn't bring photo ID to match their booking.
An album re-release, a new song and a documentary mark the singer's legacy this year.
The film will be the first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe led by a person of colour.
The actor plays the titular hero in the forthcoming adaptation.

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Matthew and Benjamin cooked their last meal before leaving for college. We prepared baked brie croissants, chicken cutlets with tomato sauce, pearl couscous with dried cranberries and pine nuts, roasted broccoli, and chocolate sandwich cookies for dessert. The family was very appreciative, and we look forward to semester breaks when we can cook additional meals for women and their families.
Now that both Matthew and Benjamin will be in college during the academic semesters, we will only be continuing Young Chefs during holiday breaks when we are in Bucks County to provide meals. We will keep in close contact with members of the community to ensure we can still help when we return between semesters. We are glad that we will be able to continue to help those in the community. Additionally, we will remain in contact with members of the Breast Care Center at St. Mary Medical Center from where we receive the majority of referrals.
This meal was absolutely amazing. Matthew and I prepared a meal for a woman and her husband and when we arrived to their house, we spoke with them for a long time. We got to know this family fairly well and it made this meal that much more meaningful. In fact, what really spoke to my heart was when they asked me if we wanted to stay for dinner and enjoy the meal with them, but we couldn't say yes, because this was made for them. Our best wishes go to this family in the future and we will never forget the moment that touched my life in a special way. For the meal we made stuffed mushrooms, roasted potatoes, lemon-rosemary chicken, mascarpone cupcakes with a lemon glaze, and grilled asparagus.
For this meal I decided to prepare some of my favorite dishes: Baked chicken, steamed seasoned broccoli, rosemary roasted potatoes, and mini apple pie tartlets. When I delivered this meal to the woman and her husband they were both tremendously grateful, and seeing this made me realize I gave them a great experience.
As I head off to my freshman year at college, I am excited that my brother, Benjamin (who is also the co-founder and chef), will be taking over full responsibility for continuing to provide meals for women and their families who are undergoing treatment for breast cancer. I know he's ready since we have worked closely together from the beginning. He was only 12 years old when we began Young Chefs, but he is definitely ready and excited to take charge. When I am home between academic semesters and the summer, I will continue to help prepare and deliver the meals to stay as involved in the community as possible. Good luck, Benjamin!!!
Benjamin took over full responsibility for all aspects of this end of April meal from picking the menu items to food shopping to preparation and finally delivery. Another success for Young Chefs providing a healthy and delicious meal for a family going through a difficult time.
Benjamin and I wanted to keep our menu fresh for the springtime and included kale pesto. We were met with smiles and apprecaitioin when we delivered the meal.
As Benjamin is preparing to take over full responsibility when I leave for College in August, he contacted the participating family and did the meal planning and preparation completely on his own. Benjamin made baked brie croissants, chicken francaise, grilled onions and asparagus and which chocolate oreo truffles. The meal was a big hit! Way to go, Benjamin!
Benjamin, Eric (guest chef) and I prepared this meal for a family in Lawrenceville, NJ. This family, especially their two young daughters, were so very excited when we delivered their hot dinner. And, we were happy to do so.
I created this meal to coincide with the season. I made barbecue chicken, with barbecue baked beans and cornbread. To top everything off, I made chocolate pudding layered with oreos. The meal was a huge success and we wish the best for the family.
Benjamin and I prepared two delicious meals for two families. The menu included smoked salmon pizzettes, home-style barbeque meatloaf, spiced sweet potato wedges, and chocolate chip cake.
Comments from the meal: "The meal was fantastic! But, the fact that you take the time to put it all together, prepare it and deliver it was even better! I loved having you at my house and am forever grateful for your kindness!! Thank you!"
In addition, multiple Facebook posts were made regarding this meal. The family was very grateful, and we were happy that we had the opportunity to help them in a tasty way.
As usual, photographs from the dishes were uploaded to the home screen gallery. Explore to see our extravagant dishes.
This meal was prepared with the help of Alex Cornelsen. The meal was a huge success. The menu is below.
This successful meal was prepared with the help of Robert Sayce. We prepared a meal for a family of 9, the largest family we have cooked for. The menu is as follows.
My brother and I prepared some dishes that we have done in the past; however, one dish was new for Young Chefs. The spring berry and spinach salad, homemade pasta with sauce, braciolle, and chocolate chip cake were a hit yet again. The ratatouille, which was new for us, was also very popular. We will be sure to prepare this recipe for a meal in the future. Here are a few comments we received from the patient and the patient's family:
"Amazing gourmet meal. Really loved the unique spring berry spinach salad. The pasta with homemade sauce! The very yummy chocolate chip cake. Thank you so very much."
Yesterday, Thomas Driscoll accompanied Benjamin and me in preparing meals for two families. Both meals consisted of the menu above and the families were extremely grateful.
For this meal, my brother and I prepared squash tartlets with kale pesto for the appetizer. For the main course, we served chicken parmesan with roasted potatoes seasoned with lemon-pepper. Roasted asparagus, broccoli, and carrots were served on the side as well. For dessert, we served chocolate pudding with crushed Oreos.
My brother and I delivered two trays of homemade desserts to a support group at Fox Chase Cancer Center on December 3. The women were very nice, and it was a pleasure getting to know everyone. After dinner had been served to the women, my brother and I gave a speech on what we do and how to spread the word. The support we received from these women was overwhelming. We hope to deliver desserts again sometime soon and share our words to more women.
My bother and I cooked a dish that we have never cooked for Young Chefs before. We made barbecue meatloaf, and it was a huge hit! For the appetizer, we made mini baked brie tartlets, roasted garlic mashed potatoes and roasted mixed vegetables for sides, and vanilla pudding with vanilla Oreos for dessert. The family was extremely grateful and said it was one of the best meals they have ever had.
October 18, 2014
For this meal, Dylan Newitt, Benjamin Aronson, and I cooked for two families. The meal consisted of squash tartlets with kale pesto for the appetizer. For the main course, we prepared chicken cacciatore with homemade fettuccine. Roasted lemon-garlic Brussels sprouts were served as the vegetable. To top everything for dessert we prepared strawberry almond french macaroons. The women and their families were very grateful and enjoyed the meal very much.
Jason Friedman helped Benjamin and I prepare a meal for a woman and her family. We prepared pumpkin soup to start the meal. Grilled pesto salmon with white wine was served for the main course. Roasted root vegetables and potatoes were served for the vegetable, and Asian slaw was served as a cold side. To top everything off, for dessert we prepared magic bars, an all time favorite.
October 25, 2014
On August 26, 2014, my brother and I delivered copious amounts of various desserts to Gilda's Club in Warminster for two support group meetings they were having that day. We made chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate Oreo truffles, and magic bars. We heard the desserts were a huge hit and many women took extras home to share with their families. We hope to have the opportunity to deliver more desserts and provide meals to women attending support groups at Gilda's Club in the near future.
Benjamin and I prepared a delicious meal on August 25, 2014. The meal consisted of a new dish we created called squash tartlets with kale pesto. For the main course, we made braciolle and homemade pasta topped with our signature tomato sauce. On the side zucchini Parmesan crisps were served. To finish the meal, my brother and I created French mint-chocolate chip macaroons. They were a huge hit! For pictures of the dishes, see the homepage for a slide show.
My brother and I had the pleasure of meeting two wonderful women on Wednesday July 23. These women are social workers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. We delivered a multitude of brochures and business cards and hope to be able to help women that receive treatment at Fox Chase. In addition, my brother and I look forward to baking a variety of desserts and making them available for support groups offered.
For this meal, I was accompanied by Robert Sayce and my brother Benjamin. We made stuffed mushrooms for the appetizer, braciolle with homemade pasta and tomato sauce for the main course, and sauteed zucchini and squash on the side. To top of the meal, my brother made chocolate chip cake. A special thanks goes out to Linda and Glenn Palsky. This meal could not have been accomplished without their generous donation of all the ingredients. With the combination of the Palsky's donation and the help from Robert Sayce, this meal was a huge success.
Our names are Matthew and Benjamin Aronson, and we are the founders and executive chefs of Young Chefs, Inc. We are college and high school students who love to cook. We figured that we had more to offer then just cooking meals for our family, so we started Young Chefs. Since March of 2012, Young Chefs has provided meals to over 40 families and desserts to multiple support group meetings.

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Storyteller, musician McCredie performs at ICC Polk Dec. 9
Published 5:38 pm Monday, December 6, 2010
Appalachian storyteller and musician Marilyn McCredie will take the stage Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Isothermal Community Colleges Polk center for An Evening of Christmas Stories and Song. And, adds McCredie, Recipes are free!
Born and raised in the Hoopers Creek section of Henderson County, McCredie grew up immersed in the culture and tradition of the Western North Carolina mountains. She draws on her personal experiences and musical talents as she shares her tales of life in Appalachia.
Admission is free and the public is invited.


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“John, can you go down to the grocery shop and buy a packet of peas for me?” asked my mother. “Sure!” I replied. I changed into my T-shirt and jeans and set off.|
It was a dark night and the stars were twinkling in the dark night sky. I bought the packet of peas from the 24 hour grocery shop and trudged home. I gave my mother the packet of peas and went to my room.
Suddenly, I heard my dog, Rover, barking in his kennel just below my window. I took a glance out of the window to see what was happening and got a shock. A man, whose back was facing me, was climbing up the fence of Mr Tan’s house, just opposite my house!
I thought I was seeing things and blinked my eyes. But, I still saw a man climbing over the fence into Mr Tan’s house. The man was wearing a red T-shirt and black jeans. He was carrying a bag and wearing black shoes. I thought that he looked suspicious. “Who would climb over a fence into a house so late in the night,” I thought to myself.
I decided that it was time for immediate action. I told my mother that there was a stranger climbing into the house of Mr Tan. My mother was shocked. She told me to call the neighbourhood police post. I did as my mother told me, and in a minute’s time, I heard a siren. The police had arrived!
By then, the stranger was about to climb into the window of Mr Tan’s house. As quick as lightning, the police jumped over the fence and caught the stranger red-handed. I got a shock when I saw who the stranger was. It was none other than Mr Lee, the unfriendly and unpopular caretaker in our school, River Lane Primary School! Mr Lee looked ashamed of himself when the police caught him. He confessed that he was trying to steal Mr Tan’s money. He had owed some loan sharks money and felt that he had no choice but to steal from people.
Since Mr Tan was on a holiday to Hongkong, Mr Lee had taken the risk and had tried to break into his house. Mr Lee was sentenced to jail for two years. The next day, the words “42-year-old man caught while trying to steal” were on the headlines of the front page of the newspaper.
This incident taught me that we could choose our actions, but we could not choose our consequences. Mr Lee had chosen to steal, and he ended up in jail.
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CBO: Shutdown Will Cost Government $3 Billion of Projected 2019 GDP
Estimates don’t incorporate other indirect negative effects of the shutdown
The partial government shutdown that ended Friday will cost the economy about $3 billion in reduced output in 2019, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
In a new report on the shutdown’s effects, CBO said the 35-day closure will shave about 0.4 percentage point from the economy’s annual rate of growth in the first quarter of 2019.
The agency now projects gross domestic product will rise at a 2.1% annual rate in the first three months of the year, down from the 2.5% pace anticipated before the shutdown, though CBO cautioned the estimates are highly uncertain.
380,000 furloughed workers. The shutdown dampened economic activity mainly because of the roughly 380,000 furloughed workers who weren’t contributing to GDP, as well as the delay in federal spending on goods and services and the reduction in aggregate demand, CBO said.
The estimates don’t incorporate other indirect negative effects of the shutdown, such as businesses that couldn’t obtain federal permits or access loans while the government was partially closed.
“Such factors were probably beginning to lead firms to postpone investment and hiring decisions,” the CBO said, adding that risks to the economy were becoming increasingly significant as the shutdown continued.
“Although their precise effects on economic output are uncertain, the negative effects of such factors would have become increasingly important if the partial shutdown had extended beyond five weeks,” the report said.
Those risks could return if the government shuts down again, CBO Director Keith Hall said.
CBO estimated the five-week shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, reduced the level of GDP by $11 billion over two quarters: $3 billion in the fourth quarter and $8 billion in the first quarter.
The economy is expected to make up most of that lost ground in the coming quarters, when GDP is projected to be higher than it otherwise would have been. But the CBO estimates about $3 billion—or 0.02% of projected annual GDP in 2019—will never be recovered.
President Trump on Friday reached a deal with congressional leaders to reopen the government for three weeks while Republicans and Democrats negotiate over border security provisions in a new spending bill.
Although a shutdown temporarily halts government operations, previous shutdowns have imposed significant direct and indirect costs, including billions of dollars in back pay, lost output by federal workers and weaker economic growth.
Two separate shutdowns in fiscal year 1996 cost the government about $1.4 billion over 26 days, the Office of Management and Budget said at the time. The 16-day shutdown in 2013 cost roughly $2 billion in retroactive pay to furloughed employees, plus billions more in lost economic output, according to OMB.
Kevin Hassett, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said Wednesday the U.S. economy might not grow at all in the first quarter if the shutdown continued through March. But he added that the economy should recover any lost ground once the government reopens.
“If President Trump didn’t appreciate the error of his ways after seeing the human suffering his needless shutdown caused, maybe the extensive economic damage he inflicted will set the president straight: No more Trump Shutdowns,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.).
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said the president should swiftly sign legislation to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, and avert another shutdown, once Congress passes a new spending measure.
Lawrence Kudlow, Mr. Trump’s top economic adviser, said at a White House press briefing he didn’t care about the CBO estimate. “We frequently disagree with CBO, with all due respect,” Mr. Kudlow said. “I won’t acknowledge any of that right now.”
CBO also said Monday that its outlook for the U.S. economy and federal budget over the next 10 years was little changed from its last set of estimates in April.
A sweeping tax code overhaul and higher government spending fueled stronger economic activity last year, after nearly a decade of lackluster growth, but CBO sees those effects fading in 2019.
CBO projected the economy would grow 2.3% this year, a significant dip from the estimated 3.1% growth rate in 2018, the fastest annual pace since 2005.
Short-term stimulus. Though growth is still forecast to be higher this year than it will be in the long run, that is largely due to the short-term stimulus of the tax cut and spending deal, Mr. Hall said.
“Although the Tax Act will probably leave our level of GDP higher, the growth effects are going to wane and that stimulus is going to drop off,” he said.
Mr. Hall said CBO’s estimate of the economic impact of the tax law has largely held up over the past year, despite lower-than-expected corporate tax receipts.
CBO expects the law will boost economic growth over the next 10 years, but not enough to cover all the lost tax revenue. “We think that means on net the tax bill paid for about 30% of itself,” he said. That conclusion is in line with other independent assessments.
CBO also lowered its estimates for deficit growth over the next decade, and said it now expects federal budget deficits will exceed $1 trillion a year, starting in 2022—two years later than it forecast last year.
The shift mainly reflected lower projected spending this year on emergencies, such as hurricanes and wildfires, as well as CBO’s lower forecasts for interest rate increases.
More broadly, CBO estimated that federal spending growth will continue to outstrip revenue growth over the next decade, as rising rates make it more expensive to service the government’s debt and an aging population pushes up the cost of Social Security and Medicare.
Deficits are projected to average $1.2 trillion a year over the next decade, or 4.4% as a share of gross domestic product, much higher than the 2.9% average over the previous 50 years.
Government debt is projected to swell from 78% of GDP in 2018 to 93% at the end of 2029.
Rising deficits boosted the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing to $1.34 trillion in 2018, the most since 2010, but debt issuance is expected to slow this year.
The Treasury said Monday it expects to borrow less in the first quarter of 2019 than the same period a year earlier, primarily because it will need to draw down its cash balance ahead of a March 1 deadline to raise the government’s borrowing limit.
Vivian Salama contributed to this article
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President Obama appointed Christine Fox to be acting Deputy Secretary of Defense this morning. Here’s who she is, and what that means:
1. She Served as Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
According to her biography at defense.gov, Fox has served as the principle staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense since 2009, tasked with “analyzing and evaluating plans, programs, and budgets in relation to U.S. defense objectives and resource constraints.”
While the title “Director of Cost Assessment” might make one think of Fox as a penny-pincher, looking to “reform” the military budget, she has been a strong opponent of the cuts to defense which the next wave of sequester implementation will bring, writing in an op-ed for Defensenews.com in September:
“The cumulative effect of all these sequester cuts is some combination of a military that is much smaller, much less technologically advanced and much less ready than we have been accustomed to over the last 30 years…Pretending that the ongoing political stalemate that perpetuates that the sequester is not harmful is the most harmful thing we can do.”
2. She Was the Inspiration for the Character ‘Charlie’ in ‘Top Gun’
Fox spent two years in the mid-80’s at the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, the training center that served as the inspiration for the Top Gun films.
A profile of Fox in an issue of People Magazine just before the film’s premiere helps capture the dynamic of playful misogyny she navigated there:
“To Navy aviators—described by one of their own as “chauvinistic, macho, self-centered, overzealous, close-minded, hardheaded, egotistical and highly capable”—the sight of Fox striding through headquarters is as enjoyable as a scared MiG pilot running for home. ”
Her nickname was apparently “Legs,” suggesting that “Foxy” was already taken.
3. She Will be the First Female Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense in American History
According to the Airforcetimes.com, Fox will be “the senior-most woman to hold a DoD post.”
4. She Formerly Worked for the CNA’S Operations Evaluation Group
Fox served as Vice President and Director of the Center for Naval Analysis’s Operations Evaluations Group, a position that charged her with providing analysis to operational commanders during the conflicts in Bosnia and Kosove in 1990’s, as well as the post-911 operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
5. Fox Will Serve Only in an Interim Capacity, Until a Full-Time Deputy Secretary Nominee Can Be Found
Throwing a little cold water on the honor of “first Deputy Secretary of Defense” is the fact that her appointment is only temporary.
A full-time Deputy Secretary has to clear Senate confirmation procedures, a process that can often take months.
With current Deputy Secretary Ash Carter stepping down on Wednesday, appointing an “acting” replacement allows Obama to keep all other DoD Senior Officals in place as the Pentagon develops it’s 2015 budget and attempts to ward off the coming cuts imposed by sequestration.
According to airforcenews.com, such appointments are extremely rare, although George W. Bush made one such appointment himself in May of 2005.

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UPDATE (5th January 09:43 GMT): Bitstamp has been temporarily suspended from the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index as its API has been unavailable since 09:13 GMT.
UPDATE (5th January 09:40 GMT): Statements from Bitstamp have been added to this article.
Bitstamp announced today it was suspending services after it “detected problems” with its hot wallet, initially stopping withdrawals and warning customers not to attempt bitcoin deposits.
Once again, confusion reigned on bitcoin discussion forums as interested parties speculated on what and how large the problems might be at the world’s second-busiest USD exchange.
The company has now replaced its regular main page with a statement saying “we have reason to believe that one of Bitstamp’s operational wallets was compromised on January 4th, 2015”.
It warns customers not to make deposits to previously-issued bitcoin addresses, stating in bold text that deposits to these addresses “cannot be honored”, but reassured them that it holds a large majority of its bitcoins in cold wallets, and had ample supplies to cover any deposits made before 5th January, 2015, 9:00 UTC.
Bitstamp takes our security and soundness very seriously. In an excess of caution, we are suspending service as we continue to investigate. We will return to service and amend our security measures as appropriate.
Worries at silence
Concerns had mounted for hours over Bitstamp’s apparent silence. At 9:27 GMT, however, CEO Nejc Kodrič calmed some nerves by tweeting the following apology:
My sincerest apologies to those who are affected by our service being temporary suspended. Details: http://t.co/SzgFNa1NEM
— Nejc Kodrič (@nejc_kodric) January 5, 2015
Stop sending bitcoins
The issue first came to attention when reddit user ‘Tsuyoku Narital’ posted that he had attempted to deposit bitcoins twice to a Bitstamp account, but the amounts had vanished before reaching his balance.
After the user contacted Bitstamp’s customer support, he received the following emailed reply:
Today our transaction processing server detected problems with our hot wallet and stopped processing withdrawals.
You should STOP SENDING bitcoin deposits to your Bitstamp account IMMEDIATELY as private keys of your deposit address may be lost.
Your bitcoins already deposited with us are stored in a cold wallet and can not be affected.
We will send you more info as soon as possible.
It also posted the following message on users’ main Account Balances page:
The phrase “previously provided addresses” led some to wonder if Bitstamp was suffering the kinds of problems with re-used random number values that plagued Blockchain wallets a couple of weeks ago.
Slovenia-based Bitstamp became the world’s busiest USD bitcoin exchange in July 2013 when it overtook the troubled Mt Gox. It has since lost that crown to Hong Kong’s Bitfinex. The three busiest bitcoin exchanges in the world by total BTC traded per day are BTC China, OKCoin and Huobi.
The company has generally been respected within the bitcoin community. In May 2014 it passed a proof-of-bitcoin-reserves audit overseen by BitcoinJ developer Mike Hearn, and in June it beat other bitcoin companies to win the Europas’ Best Virtual Currency Startup Award.
CoinDesk will continue to monitor this developing story and post updates as they become available.

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The European Tour 1 Qualifier will be held first on the Friday evening followed by the third and fourth Players Championship events, at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday March 11 and Sunday March 12.
The 128-player, £75,000 tourmaments will see PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members competing across the PDC ProTour weekend.
Each event will feature 32 seeds from the ProTour Order of Merit, and all games will be the best of 11 legs. Play will commence at 12pm on each day, with the draw made at 11am following the close of registration.
Coverage will be broadcast live from two streaming boards through www.livepdc.tv for PDCTV-HD Subscribers worldwide, as well as through a series of bookmakers’ websites.
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A community group has lost out in its £1m bid to turn a historic brewery site into an eco-power station.
The M.E.N. can reveal that a sale has been agreed for the Hydes Brewery factory in Moss Side.
Contracts have yet to be exchanged for the huge Grade II listed building, but a price for the site on Moss Lane East, which dates back 150 years, has been agreed.
The company which has bought the 2.6-acre site will not be revealed until contracts on the sale have been exchanged.
Family-run Hydes announced this year the site would go up for sale as the firm plans to relocate to Salford, with the loss of around 50 jobs.
News of the sale has thwarted plans by community groups to take over the site – and try to keep the brewery going there.
One group, made up of Hulme and Moss Side residents, made a £1m offer to take on the site as a non-profit company, funded by the sale of community shares.
It wanted to build an eco-power station on the site, which, because of its age, has a licence to draw water from the city’s underground aquifers.
The group’s proposal, to provide free electricity to surrounding homes, also included a plan to find a new company to take over the brewery. Other ideas suggested for the site have included using it as a base for small independent businesses.
Members of the residents’ group, the Manchester Energy Generation Association of Hulme and Moss Side, said they were disappointed by the company’s decision.
Spokesman Cae Os, 45, said: "Hydes Brewery is the last family-owned and run business in the area, and we wanted to find a way of keeping that heritage for residents. There is a huge public interest argument for keeping the site for community use.
"We know a lot of people in the area are struggling financially and this could be a way to raise our own money and keep it in the area. We are disappointed to have got the letter saying our bid was rejected but we will keep fighting to see if we can change the decision."
Independent not-for-profit social enterprise group Hulme and Moss Side Community Development Trust also spoke out about the need for the brewery site to be kept for the community.
Trust chair Hartley Hanley said: "We want to ensure the brewery remains an integral part of the local community life and an asset of community value, that will further the social, cultural and recreational needs of the community."
But Steven Tasker, associate director of estate agents James Lang Lasalle, which is representing Hydes, said: "I can confirm a buyer has been found and a price agreed. Both parties have instructed solicitors and contracts have yet to be exchanged."

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Jadeveon Clowney captures the moment
From the Fun ‘n’ Gun to the Beef ‘n Cheddar, it seems.
Steve Spurrier and the South Carolina contingent stopped at a fast food restaurant on the way back from SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala. Thanks to Jadeveon Clowney, we know it happened.
Thanks to Arby’s Twitter account, we know it was an Arby’s.

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We talk a lot about the division between the rural and urban parts of states — heck, it’s in our name. But there is one state where no such divide exists: Wyoming. Of course, the reason there is no rural urban divide in The Equality State is because there simply aren’t any large urban areas. The least populated state — and second least densely populated after only Alaska, which at least has a couple of large cities — the largest city in Wyoming is the capital, Cheyenne, with fewer than 60,000 people, which would make it a moderately sized town at best in most other states. Heck, it isn’t really even a flyover state, as most air traffic through the region goes through Denver International Airport 100 miles south of the state’s boundaries.
The landscape is dotted mostly by ranches and farms, though there are a significant number of energy producing plants such as oil drilling operations and wind and solar farms. There is also a lot of wilderness and parkland — it is home to the nation’s crown jewel of Yellowstone national Park as well as the most impressive landmark to be named after a woman’s breasts, the Grand Tetons.
Its sparse population makes Wyoming uniquely important in the electoral college, though you might not think so at a glance. It carries the bare minimum of 3 electoral college votes, but due to the peculiarities of the system, a vote for president in Wyoming carries more weight per voter than any other.
Not that any of that matters much, as Wyoming has long been a Republican stronghold. In fact, President Trump’s victory here was stronger than in any other state, having won by a whopping 46 points. A cursory glance at the demographics would make that seem obvious to most observers, but a look at the history of the state might raise a few eyebrows for some.
Wyoming was, after all, the first state with an elected female governor, as well as the first to allow women to vote and participate in the process. Nellie Ross, a Democrat, took office after a special election following her husband’s death in 1925. For the most part, she carried on her husband’s policies with little controversy, though she did lose reelection thanks in large part to her support for prohibition.
This history of supporting women’s rights earned the state its nickname, “The Equality State.” So how then did they go from that to supporting Donald Trump more than any other, a man whose entire campaign was built upon sexism and the support of white nationalists and other racist groups? Simple: It wasn’t a race thing here.
Wyoming, by and large, is a working-class state. Largely white, largely poor or lower middle class, and generally made up of people who have either earned or inherited everything they own by the sweat of their own or their forefathers’ brow, telling them that they posses any type of special privilege due to their race will be met with laughter at best, angry backlash at worst.
It’s the same problem that has plagued progressives and liberals heavily over the past few years nationwide, even worldwide. When you tell working class people of any race, gender, or religion that they have not fully earned what they have will result in losing their vote. Forget whether or not you believe the argument has merit, attacking an entire identity group for something they have no control over, like race, is never going to win you more friends than enemies.
The other seeming contradiction in their support of Donald Trump is the strong libertarian streak which runs through the state. For the most part, people here are live and let live types: They don’t give a damn what you do so long as you don’t mess with anybody else. But like many other rural areas, religion is fairly important here: Bolstered in the west by heavy mormon pockets along the Utah and Idaho borders. This makes for a moderately pro-life state, though much less so than other heavily religious areas.
Oh, and that opposition to prohibition way back in the 1920s? That apparently doesn’t extend beyond good old-fashioned booze, as they have been enforcing marijuana prohibition ever since neighboring Colorado legalized the stuff. Weirdly, most people in the state don’t care if anybody smokes it at home, but they sure know they don’t want it to be legal.
But perhaps the most telling reason they voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton or a third-party candidate is the question of national security. Fear of foreign attacks, though unlikely to ever take place here, has driven a rabid support for increased military action overseas. Additionally, they fear illegal immigration from an economic standpoint as well as a crime one, even though the crime problem from the southern border would mostly be solved by killing off the failed prohibition of marijuana and many other softer drugs.
In any case, Wyoming is probably the lowest risk state of turning blue any time soon. They have voted Republican in all but eight elections, and the last time they did so was in 1964 during Lyndon Johnson’s landslide victory over Barry Goldwater. If President Trump is willing and able to run for reelection in 2020, these are 3 electoral votes he almost certainly has in his pocket no matter how much further down his popularity slides.


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JF Aquaman Montipora Coral 2
Extra bright rainbow montipora that has an aqua base. So many colors and looks great under blue lights. Grows well under med/high lighting. Last two pictures are of a large frag.
Approx 1.25 inch frag. This coral prefers med/high light and moderate flow for optimal growth.
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Former president Donald Trump routinely forced governors to grovel and beg him personally for federal aid following natural disasters, according to a forthcoming book by a pair of New York Times reporters.
According to a copy of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future obtained by The Independent ahead of its’ 3 May release date, authors Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns learned from Maryland Governor Larry Hogan that Mr Trump had a policy which stated that only Texas and Florida — two states with GOP governors he considered to be close allies — would receive federal aid when needed without question.
Mr Hogan told the authors that Mr Trump required the other 48 governors of American states to direct their requests to him personally.
“You have to call and ask me nicely,” he recalled Mr Trump saying.
The disgraced, twice-impeached ex-president’s penchant for tying federal funds to political concerns was widely known by the end of his term in office, and was what led to his first impeachment in 2019, after he tried to blackmail Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into launching sham investigations into President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
Mr Trump also publicly boasted of telling then-vice president Mike Pence not to take calls from Democratic governors who displeased him when Mr Pence was head of the White House Covid-19 task force.
But This Will Not Pass reveals he went further than demanding public fealty from governors who needed federal aid for their states.
One Democratic governor — Ned Lamont of Connecticut — discovered his Maryland counterpart’s description Mr Trump’s demand for personal requests was not at all exaggerated.
After an August 2020 storm left significant portions of his state without electrical power, Mr Lamont asked the White House for assistance in obtaining federal disaster aid.
When he received a call from Washington in response several hours later, it was not a White House aide on the other end of the line.
Instead, he found himself speaking with Mr Trump, who said: “There’s something you want me to ask about Fema?”
When Mr Lamont replied that he did, in fact, want to ask about Fema aid, Mr Trump replied: “Well, ask me nicely”.
The Connecticut governor told Mr Martin and Mr Burns that in that moment, he felt like Mr Zelensky during his infamous July 2019 call with Mr Trump, during which the American president demanded “a favour” after the Ukrainian leader asked to purchase additional Javelin anti-tank missiles.
He decided to play along, telling Mr Trump that his state was “in incredible distress” and said “it would mean a lot to the people that [he represents] every day” if Mr Trump “could bring it upon [himself]” to authorise 100 percent reimbursement of disaster aid through Fema.
In this instance, the forced sycophancy paid dividends for him.
Mr Trump replied: “You got it”.
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The U.S. Army is buying new M119A1 towed 105mm howitzers. The armys reorganization into light brigade combat teams has created a need for more cannons to spread around, another 111 for active duty units and 164 for reserve units. Previously, the army had planned to remanufacture its existing stock of older M102 towed howitzers, originally fielded in the 60s and 70s. But the new M119 will be close to the same price as the refurbished M102s, and will have much greater capability. Fielding the newer cannon will allow the army to consolidate howitzer types; currently, the army has seven types of 105 and 155mm cannons, including the M119A1.
The M102 was first fielded in 1964, requires a crew of 8, and has a range of 11,500 meters using standard ammunition, 15,100 meters with rocket-assisted ammunition. It fires all standard NATO 105mm ammunition but not newer extended range ammo. Built by a partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States, the M119A1 was first fielded by the U.S. Army in 1989, has a crew of 7, a range of 14,000 meters with standard ammunition and 19,500 meters with rocket-assisted rounds. It fires all standard NATO ammunition plus the M760 and M913 extended range rounds. The U.S. Army first became interested in the M119A1 based upon the effective use of the cannon in the Falkland Islands.
Ultimately, the Army is thinking about going down to three cannons: the M119A1 105mm towed howitzer, the M777 155mm towed howitzer, and the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C), a tracked self-propelled 155mm howitzer. The M777 is in low-rate production while the army would like to field the NLOS-C in 2008 to replace the M106A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzer. Doug Mohney


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Oh fiddlesticks. I really wanted to like The Innkeepers. Actually, based on my adoration for Ti West's House of the Devil and my genuine belief that he was responsible for the good parts of the not really that good Cabin Fever 2, I wanted to LOVE The Innkeepers.
Quick Plot: The Yankee Pedlar Inn is a quaint little historical hotel about to close its doors forever. On its last weekend in business, clerks Claire (Last House On the Left's Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) decide to pull some Ghosthunters action and see if they can find any genuine evidence of its supposed supernatural guests. Along the way, they kinda sorta help out the natural guests: an aggravated single mom with her young son, a mysterious old man, and a former sitcom star (Stakeland’s Kelly McGillis).
What follows is some chipper banter between Claire and the nerdy Luke, followed ever so slowly by the confirmation that yes indeed, there’s a ghost afoot at the Pedlar Inn. Much like House of the Devil, the film’s style is to charm us with its lead before subjecting her to all sorts of scary movie hijinks…at the last possible minute.
I hate being this kind of person when discussing film, but here goes:
The Innkeepers is no House of the Devil.
Now in most worlds, this would be more than fine. No director should spend his or her career making the same film over and over again (helLO Tim Burton), but the issue is that The Innkeepers feels like it’s trying so hard to BE The House of the Devil with a softer edge. It’s not just the concept of the film being a throwback to late ‘70s genre style; it’s that the pacing and characterization feel directly cut from the same fabric, just dyed a different color or some other analogous comment. There’s even a Greta Gerwig stand-in (Lena Girls Dunham as a chatty barista) tossed in for comic relief.
So logic would dictate that if you liked The House of the Devil, you’ll like The Innkeepers…but I didn’t. I didn’t because it wasn’t ever dark enough to be genuinely scary, nor could it ever find its solid footing as comedy. The climax happens in 10 minutes (I know—just like HotD) but for me, it simply did nothing.
As an hour-long Masters of Horror episode, The Innkeepers would have worked great. Perhaps it will age well in ten years as a sort of underrated good genre film that people expected the wrong thing from the first time around. I won’t rule that out. I just also have no desire to rewatch it soon and make that decision.
Much like Jocelin Donahue’s one-woman show in House of the Devil, Sara Paxton finds the perfect notes to make Claire likable, cute, and sympathetic
You know how annoyed I get when horror films make obvious and forced homage to older classics? (i.e., look at how I named my characters Romero and Carpenter!). Hence my utter glee when Luke informs Claire that he took Room 216 and she responds “Of course.” Now anyone with a passing familiarity to The Shining will deduce Room 216 gives a comfortable closeness to Room 217 and can get the joke without another word of explanation. THIS is how you honor a past film
The utter disappointment I felt watching something mediocre and unambitious from a director that I know can do better
Saying I love you on IM is like saying it during sex
Psychic conventions are generally held in small Pennsylvanian towns
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa????? Moment of Me Watching the Film
I was eager to explore IMDB because I thought the little boy was played by the same child actors as Lysa Aryan’s 6-year-old-and-still-happy-to-
be-breastfed son on Game of Thrones. Sadly, he is not, but GUESS WHAT? The character’s mother? Gina from the early ‘90s era Sesame Street. I have no idea how to feel about that, other than glad she’s not breast-feeding her too-old son
It’s easy to blame my disappointment with The Innkeepers on expectation. But if Ti West was worried that people would be disappointed with Not The House of the Devil, then why make a film that carries so much of The House of the Devil into every frame? Anyway, this is, as you would expect, decently made, affectionately scored, and well-acted. It just did not work for me in the least. I’d love to hear people tell me I’m wrong, so if there’s something I didn’t get, go head and give it to me. Especially if it’s loaded with cheese. I’m really hungry.


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The funeral was held on the 62nd anniversary of the central African nation’s independence.
The household of Democratic Republic of Congo’s murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba has buried his solely recognized stays, a tooth, within the capital Kinshasa, 61 years after his loss of life by the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.
A whole bunch gathered in an enormous sq. for the event on Thursday, waving flags and looking out upon a big picture of Lumumba, along with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and side-swept hair, framed by white flowers.
Lumumba was killed by a firing squad on January 16, 1961, within the southeastern province of Katanga after being deposed as prime minister the earlier yr, all inside months of DRC’s independence from Belgium.
A banner with the phrases “Many thanks, Nationwide Hero” was suspended over the gang, which included the president of neighbouring Congo Republic, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Belgium’s overseas minister and several other African ambassadors.
“Lastly, the Congolese folks can have the honour of providing a burial to their illustrious prime minister,” President Felix Tshisekedi stated. “We’re ending … mourning we began 61 years in the past.”
The funeral was held on the 62nd anniversary of the central African nation’s independence. On that day, Lumumba had given a fiery speech lambasting Belgium’s 75-year colonisation of Congo.
By some estimates, killings, famine and illness killed as much as 10 million Congolese in the course of the first 23 years of Belgium’s rule from 1885 to 1960, when King Leopold II dominated the Congo Free State as a private fiefdom. Villages that missed rubber assortment quotas had been notoriously made to supply severed arms as a substitute.
Whereas Belgium’s King Phillipe, who visited the nation for the primary time this month, has admitted that Belgian colonial rule was unjustifiable and racist, he stopped wanting an apology.
DRC’s first democratically elected prime minister, Lumumba alarmed the West with overtures to Moscow on the top of the Chilly Struggle.
His authorities lasted simply three months earlier than he was overthrown and assassinated. Supporters and a few historians have accused the CIA of involvement.
A Belgian parliamentary investigation into Lumumba’s killing concluded in 2002 that Belgium was “morally accountable” for his loss of life.
The physique was by no means discovered. His solely remaining tooth was reportedly taken by a Belgian policeman, Gerard Soete, who claimed to have dissolved a lot of the corpse in acid and burned the remainder.
Belgium handed over the tooth to Lumumba’s household on June 20.
“Your return residence, the honours you’re receiving listed below are a web page of the historical past you proceed to jot down,” one among his grandaughters stated in a letter to Lumumba that she learn on the funeral. “With you, at this time, Africa is writing its personal historical past,” she stated.


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50 Cent took this his twitter account to announce the release date of his upcoming fifth studio album. The title of the album is still yet to be announced with no singles released yet either. Hopefully we get no push-backs this time.
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A fast-paced crime story that combines vigilante justice, a serial killer and organized crime groups all meshed into an exciting action-adventure of kidnapping and murder.
A heinous serial killer on the loose resurfaces in a city he terrorized ten years before and begins a deadly search for the one who got away and survived his attack. Little does he know that his victim is now a female contract killer highly trained by a Russian mobster. He uses her as an assassin to take out his enemies, while also allowing her to mete out vigilante justice on anyone who abuses women. While the police hunt for both the serial killer and the vigilante, the Russian mob boss tries to keep his empire from crumbling. Victims continue turning up from both sides, until the final confrontation between them ends in a double betrayal.
Anyone who enjoys crime fiction that involves vigilantes, serial killers, and organized crime groups will enjoy this story. If you’re tired of the vigilante seeking revenge always being a former special forces or FBI guy and want to see a strong woman take revenge for injustices against women, this new adventure series is for you.


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SA CARDBOARD FACTORY V1.0.2
Presenting you our second mod from the planned line of “Industrial fashion “SVAPA agro””.
Is factory cardboard.
For the operation of the factory required the following resources:
2. The empty pallets (from our first fashion Factory “pallets”). You can download it here http://ul.to/qov14vdz , or here http://uploadfiles.eu/aqtjuv4pjitb/SA_Palettenwerk_placeable.zip.html
Products: Pallets with carton.
ATTENTION! The pallets of the other mods do not fit!
Cardboard you can sell at the point of sale (included in Mod) or to use in our mod from the production line.
The mod is compatible 100% with all of our mods. Verified to work on the standard maps FS17 (in the screenshots the map of Sosnovka). Compatibility with other mods will be checked periodically.
FORBIDDEN: changes and additions in this mod. Posting on other websites is permitted only with original link and the original screenshots.
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In this article the authors discuss the accessibility of religious architectural heritage, using the case of Santiago de Compostela and one of its routes: the Portuguese Central Way between Porto and Valença. The discussion includes a comparison with results obtained in a study of the itinerary between Tui and Santiago, made by Xunta de Galicia (2015), the only existing study to the best of our knowledge. The historical and theoretical framework draws on the extant literature and its critical review, related to religious and cultural tourism, with special emphasis on accessible tourism. Accessible Tourism must comprise a set of products and / or services that offer equal opportunity of use to all citizens, regardless their capacity. The use of good practices in leisure and tourism equipment and services is fundamental, so the tourist supply must be reconfigured to ensure the necessary means for the enjoyment and circulation in different public and private spaces. An empirical study was conducted using the official statistics provided by the Pilgrim's Office of Santiago de Compostela, between 2004 and 2017. The results show an exponential increase of pilgrims / religious and cultural tourists during and after the last Holy Year (2010). The statistical and analytical characterisation of the distinct types of accessibilities to the places of worship and to the shelters, allowed a reflection on the existing ones and the need for transformation of the cultural equipment and pilgrims' hostels located in the studied section of the Santiago Way, in order to make accessible religious tourism for all a reality. The results of this study are identical to the results of a similar study conducted in Galicia. However, in Galicia, the study was carried out by official entities and has already led to the elaboration and implementation of a plan to overcome difficulties and problems related to accessibility. In Portugal there is only the result of the research that we have been developing.
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Silva, Maria de Fátima Matos and Borges, Isabel
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Library Group Aims to Reeducate Public on Its Profession
JULY 12, 2016
In a recent story, The Kansas City Star reported that the Shawnee Mission School District hired a handful of innovation specialists to run grade-school libraries next year. One of the reasons behind hiring an innovation specialist in a school library is that a district can fill two jobs for the price of one. Innovation specialists can both helm the school library and integrate “makerspaces” or innovation spaces, places where kids can use technology to create and invent.


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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Accidental Pharisees by Larry Osborne
For those who have been believers in Jesus Christ and have been a part of a structured church for any length of time, it can be very easy to quickly assess how spirituality is measured and who's at the top of the 'pecking order', whether written rules for the system exist or even if they don't. One of the dangers in entering any such church system is that we can accidentally impose our definition of what it means to be 'spirtual' on everyone else around us, and thereby become a modern day Pharisee. And this is only a small part of what author Larry Osborne addresses in his book, Accidental Pharisees.
Larry Osborne is the Pastor of North Coast Church in San Diego, California. He is a seasoned Pastor, author and church leader. And, as he openly confesses throughout the book, he has been guilty at times of being an accidental Pharisee. However, the book offers hope for those who are caught in the same traps he experienced, and it gives vital illustrations of the behavior so prevalent in many Christians that lend to fostering this faith debilitating condition.
When you first hear the title and recognize the subject matter, you might be tempted to think "good, a lot of people need to hear this". However, after reading through only a few pages, you will be more inclined to muse "wow, I really need to hear this". Because, the author goes beyond the mere modern conceptions of a Pharisee's behavior and examines the attitudes so prevalent in all of us that can threaten our relationship with God and others when not properly kept in check.
The book has 7 different sections, each addressing one of the areas where we can unintentionally move toward Pharisee like behavior. Addressing issues such as pride, exclusivity, legalism and idolizing the past, Pastor Larry works at exploring not only the ways can exhibit these tendencies, but also the scriptural proof texts used to support them, in addition to the verses typically avoided by those who practice these positions.
I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Joseph of Arimathea, the disciple nobody wants to be. It explores our definitions of what we think is acceptable, verses what God thinks is acceptable. And I have to admit that although I was looking forward to reading this book, I had to go 'ouch' at several parts of it...which can making reading somewhat uncomfortable. Nonetheless, I was able to finish the book rather quickly and I found it to be an important addition to my 'glad I read that' list.
This book was given to me complimentary as a part of the book review program for bloggers at www.booksneeze.com . I debated whether or not to give it 5 stars or just 4. I mean, after all, I was convicted at times and I thought books were supposed to be just for pleasure, not for study, personal application (did I mention the discussion questions at the end of each chapter?) and growth. Isn't that just for everybody else? No, I decided to give the book a 5 star rating, because if you're anything ike the rest of us, you may discover by reading it that there are areas you too can adjust to become more like Jesus and less like an accidental Pharisee.


Hezbollah's arsenal: It's more lethal than everyone thought
CHICAGO, Ill. - It should be remembered that most of the weapons being used by Hezbollah in the current conflict were previously only available to a "nation-state," and were designed to be used in full-blown land conflict. Weapons that were originally designed to attack mass formations of (mounted and unmounted) troops are now being used to target innocent civilian populations.
It would be our considered opinion that this is another step of the evolution of terrorism, asymmetric and/or 4th Generation warfare (4GW). What we are seeing is a transformation of "terrorist organizations" into something far more powerful and capable of inflicting massive damage and major loss of life. We believe that the ultimate effect of these latest events will eventually shown to be "profound."
Furthermore, those who have been monitoring and reporting on weapons development in Iran/China/Russia and N. Korea are not surprised by the fact that the weapons mentioned above actually exist. In fact, ERRI and other experts are well aware of the capabilities of these weapons. The only matter of conjecture was whether or not these missiles/rockets had been transferred to Hezbollah. Recent events in the Middle-East would seem to remove any doubt about that, and confirm that more of these "stand-off" type weapons are in the hands of terror organizations than ever before.
ERRI analysts first warned of this trend in January of 2004, when we said: "Increasingly, militants (except suicide/ homicide bombers) are reluctant to directly engage U.S. and Coalition military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead, they are using indirect fire weapons such as unguided rockets, mortars, and IEDs. They believe that this allows them a better opportunity to escape the wrath of return fire by coalition forces." — Source: "World-Wide Terrorism; Predictive Analysis: January, 2004," By C. L. Staten, CEO and Sr. Analyst, Emergency Response & Research Institute.


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I found a recipe of one of the fathers of tiki drinks: Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt aka Don the Beachcomber.
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- 1oz fresh lime juice
- 2oz pineapple juice
- 2oz dark Jamaican rum
- 1oz gold Puerto Rican rum
- ½oz gold Barbados rum
- ½oz Falernum
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- 6 drops Pernod
- 2oz chilled ginger beer
- Shake everything (except ginger beer) with crushed ice.
- Pour unstrained in a tall glass with 2 ice cubes.
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- Garnish with 2 pineapple leaves and a spiral of lime peel (the original garnish calls for a pineapple chunk and a spring of mint).
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Haryana: Woman injured in acid attack by parents
A woman was injured when her parents threw acid on her in Haryana, police said today.
Hemlata (26) was injured when her parents Lal Singh and Narayani Devi, along with other relatives threw acid on her, they said.
Hemlata's acquaintance Prakash (35) and his wife Samoora Devi (33) were also injured in the acid attack, they said.
All the three have been admitted to local trauma centre where they were stated to be out of danger, they said.
On Hemlata's statement, a case was registered under various sections of the IPC against the girl's parents, brother Roopesh, sister-in-law Ganga Devi and a relative Bir Singh, they said.
Lal claimed that his daughter was abducted some time ago by Prakash who then kept her as a keep, while Hemlata refuted her father's allegations and said she had been living at Gurgaon and working as a teacher in a school there, they said.
fforts were on to arrest the five accused, they said.

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May 3, 2012, 12:47 AM EST
According to a report from Sam Amrick of SI.com, Kentucky’s Anthony Davis will be getting a shot as a replacement candidate to compete with Team USA in this summer’s Olympic Games in London.
There has been quite a bit of speculation about Davis’ potential candidacy, but with the torn ACL that Derrick Rose suffered in the opening game of the NBA Playoffs, Team USA is now down four players from the group of 20 finalists that were announced in January.
The current finalists for Team USA include: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Kobe Bryant, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, Andre Iguodala, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Odom, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook and Deron Williams.
There is no guarantee that Davis would make the team, but with his skill set and potential, it would make sense to get him involved with the National Team program as early as possible.
As a sophomore in high school, Anthony Davis was a 6-foot-2 shooting guard for a bad high school team in Chicago. As a junior, he was a 6-foot-6 forward getting recruited to places like Cleveland State. After one season in college, he’s got a shot to be on Team USA.
That, my friends, is a meteoric rise.
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The Patrick-Murray Administration announced today that the Whittier Bridge Project on Interstate 95 in Salisbury, Newburyport and Amesbury will include bicycle and pedestrian access. The agreement marks the first time in the history of the Commonwealth that a bicycle/pedestrian path has been located on an interstate highway bridge.
The agreement to include a bicycle and pedestrian path was the product of a Massachusetts Department of Transportation community-based working group with members appointed by the mayors of Amesbury and Newburyport and the town administrator of Salisbury.
Improved bicycle and pedestrian access was the top priority identified by local officials and residents. As a result, MassDOT will also provide an east/west connection via the Pine Hill/Ferry Road bridge replacement project, and work with the task force on connections to Pine Hill Road, Maudsley Park and Moseley Woods. MassDOT will extend the path to Route 110, providing improved access to the nearby Ghost Trail and wider regional bicycle trail network.
MassDOT will replace the existing six-lane bridge with a new eight-lane structure. A minimum of three lanes in each direction will be maintained at all times during the peak traffic hours. The project will be designed to minimize right-of-way and environmental impacts. MassDOT is proceeding with an extensive public outreach process to ensure there are no significant impacts to navigation, land use and community resources.
The current number of highway lanes will be maintained during the peak construction hours. MassDOT will ensure that signage during construction will alert drivers that businesses remain open.
The project is scheduled for advertisement in April 2012.
The $285 million design-build project is one of the largest in Governor Patrick’s $3 billion, eight-year Accelerated Bridge Program to repair or replace structurally deficient bridges. The program has reduced the number of structurally-deficient bridges by 11 percent.
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Oklahoma gov defunds PBS station over LGBTQ content
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has defended his decision to defund the state’s PBS station over claims the taxpayer-funded outlet has been indoctrinating and over-sexualizing young children with its LGBTQ content.
The Republican doubled down on Monday after he vetoed a bill late last month that would have continued funding for the statewide PBS station, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), through 2026.
“OETA, to us, is an outdated system. You know, the big, big question is why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations?” he told Fox News.
“And then when you go through all of the programming that’s happening and the indoctrination and over-sexualization of our children, it’s just really problematic, and it doesn’t line up with Oklahoma values.”
The station broadcasts popular children’s shows, including “Sesame Street” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” which have started incorporating LGBTQ themes — like gay characters — in recent years.
Stitt’s office also argued that OETA has aired questionable content, including a “Let’s Learn” segment that features a drag queen called Lil Miss Hot Mess reading a book titled “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.”
In addition to his claims of indoctrination, the governor also argued the programs weren’t educational.
“When you think about educating kids, let’s teach them to read and their numbers and counting and letters and those kind of things,” Stitt said. “I mean, some of the programing that we’re seeing … it just doesn’t need to be on public television.”
He added that the taxpayer dollars used to fund OETA could be put to better use elsewhere — and that if the programs were that popular, they could be picked up by the likes of CBS, NBC or ABC.
“Oklahoma taxpayers are going, ‘Hey, hang on, time out for just a second. That’s not my values,’” Stitt said. “I’m just tired of using taxpayer dollars for some person’s agenda. I represent the taxpayers.”
“There’s so much television, there’s so much media,” he continued. “Maybe in 1957 you could have made an argument that you needed a public television station. That’s totally outdated at this point.”
Due to Stitt’s veto, OETA is set to cease operations this year — unless the state legislature is able to overrule him.
State Democratic Rep. Monroe Nichols was among those to lash out at Stitt’s move, accusing the governor of trying to replicate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ battle with Disney.
“Make no mistake, the veto has nothing to do with what is good for Oklahoma. It is clear Governor Stitt saw another governor pick a fight with Mickey Mouse so now he’s doing his best to keep pace by sticking it to Big Bird,” Nichols said in a statement.
“It is unfortunate, but this action is part of the governor’s continued attack on public education and underrepresented Oklahoma communities.
“I urge my colleagues to allow common sense to prevail, stand with Oklahomans and join me in overturning this shortsighted, absurd veto.”
Stitt’s push to defund the statewide PBS station came as he also signed a bill banning sex reassignment procedures for minors in his state.


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Keltic Vermeersch is bringing a new, exciting fantasy novel with a dark twist. The story provides a thrilling and high-stakes narrative from an experienced author. The Protector’s Call: Into the Depths is sure to catch the eye of more than a few fans of fantasy, dark fantasy, and adventurous narratives in general.
Keltic Vermeersch is an author who won the Rookie of the Year award for his work in game design and as a AAA artist. His works include games with worldwide distribution and popularity, such as Horizon Forbidden West, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, James Bond, and Forza.
The Protector’s Call: Into the Depths is an exciting literary debut from an author with experience crafting wild and fantastic worlds. It also tells an engaging story that is sure to keep readers invested and turning pages to see what happens next. The author offers a lot of fascinating details and dilemmas to keep readers glued to the tale. The Pit is worse than a death sentence. Being trapped there means a lifetime of torture, a constant struggle to survive. But there is something different about this time, this situation, when powerful and magical protectors suddenly enter the scene. It’s terrifying to imagine what could happen, and the choices ahead are hard. What will prevail? Will what’s good triumph over what’s wrong, will the desire to do the best win over fear? Who is a friend, and who is a foe?
Keltic Vermeersch is Flemish and best known for his work on different video games. He enjoys writing adventurous characters, gaining inspiration from his real life. The writer has traveled and lived across the world, including countries like Belgium, England, and the Netherlands, and is currently residing in Sweden, in the city of Malmö.
Keltic has cultivated a variety of passions, including working on top-tier AAA video games. He has also designed clothing and tattoos and made amazing art. Now, Keltic is growing his passion for writing, making worlds come alive, and expanding the ideas that appear in the games he has worked on to create fantastic universes.
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Hi, I am the Rookie of the Year winner 2019 of art and game design and AAA artist who has worked on worldwide favorite games such as Forza, Horizon Forbidden West, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, and James Bond. My passion for world-building and storytelling goes beyond the gaming medium, as I am keen to tell the stories in my head.
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‘Love Conquers All: Art for Equality’ group show
‘Well There You Are’
Both exhibits on view: August 7th – August 28th
Opening Reception: Sat, August 7th 7-10PM
20% of the proceeds will be donated to Equality California (http://www.eqca.org/)
Co-curated by Andrew Hosner with Suzette Franck-Rosen and Nicole Rosen
Los Angeles, CA (July 13th, 2010) – Thinkspace is pleased to present Love Conquers All: Art For Equality, a special exhibition supporting the fight for equality which aims to raise awareness for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) struggle. This special exhibition features the work of over 50 international artists and promises to open eyes and encourage dialogue. Also showing concurrently in our project room will be Well There You Are, an exhibition of new works from Oakland based artist Seth Armstrong, in what will be his debut solo exhibition with our gallery following numerous group show appearances including taking part in last December’s Aqua Art Miami during Art Basel.
So, why are we fighting for civil rights? As of July 2010, multiple states have laws on the books that ban gay marriage by explicitly saying that marriage is a union between “a man and a woman.” In addition, at the Federal level, LGBT individuals have over 1,000 rights that aren’t afforded to them because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. They cannot serve our country in the military, cannot jointly file taxes, cannot have a foreign partner made into a legalized citizen, cannot receive death benefits, etc. As you can see, this isn’t only about marriage it’s also about being equally recognized by the government. The issues at hand are much larger than solely marriage.
However, in our fight for civil rights, in this day and age, we have to start somewhere. And, in history the LGBT community has always had the world turned on its ear. Prop 8 served a purpose for those to define a government sanctioned marriage using a definition based on religion, they used gay marriage as a symbol of the undermining of family values and corruption of children and it served as a defining moment that they believed that Jim Crowe’s, “separate but not equal”, did not apply to LGBT individuals. For LGBT individuals, it served as a bastion of hope, a light at the end of the tunnel that even after it had passed would usher in a new era of civil rights…an era that would bring a more tolerant, more accepting society.
The fight for equality is not just an LGBT fight; it is a fight for all society. There are many straight allies, like those of us here at Thinkspace and the numerous artists that are involved in Love Conquers All: Art For Equality, that want to see LGBT individuals have the same rights as them. That is why Thinkspace and its co-curators have decided that a portion of the proceeds will go to EQCA (Equality California), because in the past decade, EQCA has successfully passed more than 60 pieces of civil rights legislation for the LGBT community – more than any other statewide LGBT organization in the nation. Working in partnership with California’s LGBT Legislative Caucus, EQCA is committed to building a better future for all Californians by protecting youth, strengthening families and empowering communities.
Artists taking part include:
Craig ‘Skibs’ Barker
James ‘Dalek’ Marshall
John Michael Gill
Joseph ‘2H’ McSween
Mark Dean Veca
Stella Im Hultberg
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ABOUT EQUALITY CALIFORNIA:
Since it was founded in 1998, Equality California has strategically moved California from a state with extremely limited legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals to a state with some of the most comprehensive civil rights protections in the nation.
EQCA works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people. To improve the lives of LGBT Californians, EQCA sponsors legislation and coordinates efforts to ensure its passage, lobbies legislators and other policy makers, builds coalitions, develops community strength and empowers individuals and other organizations to engage in the political process. In the past decade, EQCA has successfully passed more than 60 pieces of civil rights legislation for the LGBT community – more than any other statewide LGBT organization in the nation. Each year at the Capitol, EQCA monitors thousands of bills and leads the state’s efforts to defeat legislation that could have a negative impact on LGBT Californians and their families.
EQCA, on behalf of its members, is an organizational plaintiff in the historic lawsuit asking the California Supreme Court to strike down state law that bars same-gender couples from marriage. In court, EQCA has also successfully defended California’s domestic partnership laws and related state policies that have been implemented in response to EQCA-sponsored legislation
ALSO ON VIEW IN OUR PROJECT ROOM:
Artist Seth Armstrong, on view in our project room, creates narrative paintings. Exactly what these narratives are, however, he probably could not tell you. Whether the subject matter is based on found reference or from the imagination, an ambiguous storyline is always present. Even in a straightforward portrait, the circumstances that surround the subject(s) and the instance of the portrait are deeply considered. With an uncertain plot, the stories behind the paintings can be limitless. Sure, the artist has his theories, but these do not take precedence over those of the casual viewer.
Since the paintings themselves are approached individually, the relationship between one piece and another is often disjointed. As a result, a common thread among a body of work is realized (if at all) only after they are completed and viewed as a whole.
ABOUT THE ARTIST (Seth Armstrong):
Seth Armstrong was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. After studying painting in Northern Holland, he received a BFA with High Distinction from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He currently lives and works in Oakland, CA.
Take a ‘Sneak Peek’ at the works for ‘Well There You Are’ coming together:
ABOUT THINKSPACE GALLERY:
Established in November of 2005, Thinkspace exists as a catalyst for the ever expanding new contemporary art movement that is exploding forth from the streets and art schools the world over. We are here to help represent this new generation of artists, to provide them that home base and to aid them in building the right awareness and collector base necessary for long-term growth.
Our aim is to help these new talents shine and to provide them a gallery setting in which to prove themselves. It is our hope and dream that through these opportunities these individuals will prosper and continue to grow to amaze us all for years to come. With the love of and for our community, and with the talents of so many incredible artists involved, we believe that this movement will provide the necessary proving ground for the ideas and dreams of today to become the foundations of a new tomorrow.
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Hours: Wednesday thru Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. (or by appointment)
Thinkspace Gallery is located at 6009 Washington Blvd, in the heart of the Culver City Arts District, Culver City, CA 90232. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, please call 310.558.3375, visit www.thinkspacegallery.com, or email email@example.com.


LOS ANGELES (FOX 11) - The talented women of "The Real," Loni Love, Tamar Braxton, Jeannie Mai, Tamera Mowry and Adrienne Bailon, stopped by Good Day LA on Thursday to talk about their recent interview with Rachel Dolezal and her racial identity.
Dolezal, a former NAACP official who made national news last summer regarding questions about her race, admitted she was born white on the show.
"I acknowledge I was born biologically white, to white parents," Dolezal told the hosts while the audience applauded. "But I identify as black."
Dolezal's story sparked a lot of questions, and women of "The Real" said they sought to ask the questions America would want to ask her.
Here's a portion of the interview:
During their appearance on GDLA, the hosts also said they've become great friends since being on the show.
In fact, they even have an ongoing group text and support each other in their individual endeavors.
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Hearts Breaking Under Pressure
The life of a celebrity is envied by many, but the Marriage Foundation found one reason to be thankful for a normal lifestyle. According to the UK group’s evaluation of 488 star couples married between 2001 and 2010, the celebrity divorce rate during the first 14 years of marriage is twice that of non-celebrity UK couples, with a whopping 50% of celebrity marriages ending in a split. Why are celebrities, who from the outside seem to have everything, more likely to divorce?
While not exclusive to celebrities, the speed with which stars typically enter relationships can prove problematic long-term. Hastiness leads to the same issues among famous duos that anyone would face in this situation, with the pair feeling as if they don’t really know the other and ultimately questioning their compatibility after the infatuation subsides.
Celebrities have jobs that require frequent travel which puts a strain on a relationship, especially when both individuals are public personalities. With two tiring travel schedules, it can feel like a long-distance relationship even when the two reside in the same home. Such an arrangement is hard to maintain for even the most compatible of couples.
Social media is a significant added stressor for the stars. With their every move publicized and subsequently scrutinized, it’s difficult to maintain a healthy relationship.
The Ability to Split
Unlike many struggling marriages among the couples’ fanbases, celebrities are able to pursue divorce more frequently because of their economic position. They will not be financially impacted by a divorce as they do not rely on the other’s income. This gives them the freedom to leave when things fall apart, ridding any pressure pushing them to stay together for the sake of their wellbeing.So, while non-celebrity couples may still yearn for fame and fortune, they can remain grateful for the riches afforded to them in their love life.