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Name: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Occupation: Actor
Height: 188 cm (6' 3'')
Birth Day: July 30, 1947
Birth Place: Thal, Austria
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in Thal, Austria (73 years old). Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Actor, zodiac sign: Leo. Find out Arnold Schwarzeneggernet worth 2020, salary 2020 detail bellow.
He won the Mr. Universe title five times and the Mr. Olympia title seven times.
With the net worth of $400 Million, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the # 1522 richest person on earth all the time follow our database.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Net Worth Detail
Schwarzenegger's net worth had been conservatively estimated at $100 million to $200 million. After separating from his wife, Maria Shriver, in 2011, it has been estimated that his net worth has been approximately $400 million, and even as high as $800 million, based on tax returns he filed in 2006.
Over the years, he invested his bodybuilding and film earnings in an array of stocks, bonds, privately controlled companies, and real estate holdings worldwide, making his net worth as an accurate estimation difficult to calculate, particularly in light of declining real estate values owing to economic recessions in the U.S. and Europe since the late 2000s. In June 1997, Schwarzenegger spent $38 million of his own money on a private Gulfstream jet. Schwarzenegger once said of his fortune, "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million."
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For the 1988 movie "Twins", Arnold, Danny Devito and director Ivan Reitman all agreed to take zero salary from the studio in exchange for owning 40% of the film (13.33% each). The movie was a smash hit and went on to earn more than $215 million worldwide at the box office alone. It was also a hit on VHS and on cable. In a March 2014 interview, Arnold claimed that he earned more from "Twins" than any of his other movies throughout his entire career. He said the same is presumably true for Reitman and Devito. Assuming Arnold and Danny and Ivan each made $35-40 million from the movie in 1988, after adjusting for inflation that's equal to earning $70-$80 million The trio would go onto reunite in the film "Junior".
Arnold Schwarzenegger Real Estate
In September 1968, at the age of 21, Schwarzenegger moved to America with $27,000 to his name, all of which was saved up from winning competitions. In today's dollars $27,000 in 1968 is equal to $182,000 after adjusting for inflation, so it was no small sum. Soon after arriving in Hollywood, Arnold began making small investments in real estate. He bought a small plot of land in Palmdale, California that was rumored to soon become the new home of a supersonic airport. Though this first investment flopped, Arnold was undeterred. He took his remaining funds and borrowed $10,000 from his trainer at Gold's Gym in Venice, California to buy an apartment building. The purchase price was $214,000. A year later he sold the building for $360,000. He then traded up to a 12 unit building, followed by a 36 unit building, followed by a 100 unit building. Each time Arnold sold a building, he would pour the profits into the next venture to avoid taxes and increase his potential future return. By the time he was 25 years old, Arnold had become a real estate millionaire. This all happened well before he was well-known actor.
Today, Arnold owns a vast real estate portfolio made up of commercial properties primarily in Southern California. Not including his personal homes, the portfolio is worth north of $100 million.
He decided to pursue a career as a bodybuilder at age fourteen, despite demonstrating prowess in football. He became the youngest person to win the Mr. Universe contest when he was 20.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947, in Thal, Styria, the second son of Aurelia (née Jadrny) and Gustav Schwarzenegger. His father was the local chief of police and had served in World War II as a Hauptfeldwebel after voluntarily joining the Nazi Party in 1938. He was wounded in the Battle of Stalingrad, but was discharged in 1943 following a bout of malaria. He married Aurelia on October 20, 1945; he was 38 and she was 23. According to Schwarzenegger, his parents were very strict: "Back then in Austria it was a very different world ... if we did something bad or we disobeyed our parents, the rod was not spared." He grew up in a Catholic family who attended Mass every Sunday. Gustav had a preference for his elder son, Meinhard, over Arnold. His favoritism was "strong and blatant", which stemmed from unfounded suspicion that Arnold was not his biological child. Schwarzenegger has said that his father had "no patience for listening or understanding your problems". He had a good relationship with his mother, with whom he kept in touch until her death. In later life, he commissioned the Simon Wiesenthal Center to research his father's wartime record, which came up with no evidence of Gustav being involved in atrocities despite his membership in the Nazi Party and Sturmabteilung (SA). Gustav's background received wide press attention during the 2003 California recall campaign.
At school, Schwarzenegger was reportedly academically average, but stood out for his "cheerful, good-humored, and exuberant" character. Money was a problem in their household; Schwarzenegger recalled that one of the highlights of his youth was when the family bought a refrigerator. Heavily influenced by his father, he played several sports as a boy. He began weight training in 1960, when his soccer coach took his team to a local gym. At the age of 14, he chose bodybuilding over soccer as a career. He later said, "I actually started weight training when I was 15, but I'd been participating in sports, like soccer, for years, so I felt that although I was slim, I was well-developed, at least enough so that I could start going to the gym and start Olympic lifting." However, his official website biography claims that "at 14, he started an intensive training program with Dan Farmer, studied psychology at 15 (to learn more about the power of mind over body) and at 17, officially started his competitive career." During a speech in 2001, he said, "My own plan formed when I was 14 years old. My father had wanted me to be a police officer like he was. My mother wanted me to go to trade school."
During Schwarzenegger's early years in bodybuilding, he also competed in several Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting contests. Schwarzenegger's first professional competition was in 1963 and he won two weightlifting contests in 1964 and 1965, as well as two powerlifting contests in 1966 and 1968.
Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian Army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at the time of all 18-year-old Austrian males. During his army service, he won the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He went AWOL during basic training so he could take part in the competition and then spent a week in military prison: "Participating in the competition meant so much to me that I didn't carefully think through the consequences." He entered another bodybuilding contest in Graz, at Steirerhof Hotel, where he placed second. He was voted "best-built man of Europe", which made him famous in bodybuilding circles. "The Mr. Universe title was my ticket to America—the land of opportunity, where I could become a star and get rich." Schwarzenegger made his first plane trip in 1966, attending the NABBA Mr. Universe competition in London. He would come in second in the Mr. Universe competition, not having the muscle definition of American winner Chester Yorton.
One of the first competitions he won was the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965. He won Mr. Europe the following year, at age 19. He would go on to compete in many bodybuilding contests, and win most of them. His bodybuilding victories included five Mr. Universe wins (4 – NABBA [England], 1 – IFBB [USA]), and seven Mr. Olympia wins, a record which would stand until Lee Haney won his eighth consecutive Mr. Olympia title in 1991.
Growing up during the Allied occupation of Austria, Schwarzenegger commonly saw heavy military vehicles such as tanks as a child. As a result, he paid $20,000 to bring his Austrian Army M47 Patton tank (331) to the United States, which he previously operated during his mandatory service in 1965. However, he later obtained his vehicle in 1991/2, during his tenure as the Chairmen of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and now uses it to support his charity. His first car ever was an Opel Kadett in 1969 after serving in the Austrian army, then he rode a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy in 1991.
Also in 1966, while at Bennett's home, Schwarzenegger had the opportunity to meet childhood idol Reg Park, who became his friend and mentor. The training paid off and, in 1967, Schwarzenegger won the title for the first time, becoming the youngest ever Mr. Universe at the age of 20. He would go on to win the title a further three times. Schwarzenegger then flew back to Munich, where he attended a business school and worked in a health club (Rolf Putziger's gym, where he worked and trained from 1966 to 1968), returning in 1968 to London to win his next Mr. Universe title. He frequently told Roger C. Field, his English coach and friend in Munich at that time, "I'm going to become the greatest actor!"
In 1967, Schwarzenegger won the Munich stone-lifting contest, in which a stone weighing 508 German pounds (254 kg / 560 lb) is lifted between the legs while standing on two footrests.
Schwarzenegger, who dreamed of moving to the U.S. since the age of 10, and saw bodybuilding as the avenue through which to do so, realized his dream by moving to the United States in October 1968 at the age of 21, speaking little English. There he trained at Gold's Gym in Venice, Los Angeles, California, under Joe Weider's supervision. From 1970 to 1974, one of Schwarzenegger's weight training partners was Ric Drasin, a professional wrestler who designed the original Gold's Gym logo in 1973. Schwarzenegger also became good friends with professional wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. In 1970, at age 23, he captured his first Mr. Olympia title in New York, and would go on to win the title a total of seven times.
In 1968, Schwarzenegger and fellow bodybuilder Franco Columbu started a bricklaying business. The business flourished thanks to the pair's marketing savvy and an increased demand following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Schwarzenegger and Columbu used profits from their bricklaying venture to start a mail-order business, selling bodybuilding and fitness-related equipment and instructional tapes.
Schwarzenegger's goal was to become the greatest bodybuilder in the world, which meant becoming Mr. Olympia. His first attempt was in 1969, when he lost to three-time champion Sergio Oliva. However, Schwarzenegger came back in 1970 and won the competition, making him the youngest ever Mr. Olympia at the age of 23, a record he still holds to this day.
In 1969, Schwarzenegger met Barbara Outland (later Barbara Outland Baker), an English teacher with whom he lived until 1974. Schwarzenegger said of Baker in his 1977 memoir, "Basically it came down to this: she was a well-balanced woman who wanted an ordinary, solid life, and I was not a well-balanced man, and hated the very idea of ordinary life." Baker has described Schwarzenegger as a "joyful personality, totally charismatic, adventurous, and athletic" but claims that towards the end of the relationship he became "insufferable—classically conceited—the world revolved around him". Baker published her memoir in 2006, entitled Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak. Although Baker painted an unflattering portrait of her former lover at times, Schwarzenegger actually contributed to the tell-all book with a foreword, and also met with Baker for three hours.
Schwarzenegger's brother, Meinhard, died in a car crash on May 20, 1971. He was driving drunk and died instantly. Schwarzenegger did not attend his funeral. Meinhard was engaged to Erika Knapp, and they had a three-year-old son named Patrick. Schwarzenegger paid for Patrick's education and helped him to move to the U.S. Gustav died on December 13, 1972, from a stroke. In Pumping Iron, Schwarzenegger claimed that he did not attend his father's funeral because he was training for a bodybuilding contest. Later, he and the film's producer said this story was taken from another bodybuilder to show the extremes some would go to for their sport and to make Schwarzenegger's image colder to create controversy for the film. However, Barbara Baker, his first serious girlfriend, recalled that he informed her of his father's death without emotion and that he never spoke of his brother. Over time, he has given at least three versions of why he was absent from his father's funeral.
He continued his winning streak in the 1971–74 competitions. He also toured different countries selling vitamins, as in Helsinki, Finland in 1972, when he lived at the YMCA Hotel Hospiz (nowadays Hotel Arthur) on Vuorikatu and presented vitamin pills at the Stockmann shopping center. In 1975, Schwarzenegger was once again in top form, and won the title for the sixth consecutive time, beating Franco Columbu. After the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, Schwarzenegger announced his retirement from professional bodybuilding.
In 1977, Schwarzenegger's autobiography/weight-training guide Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder became a huge success. In 1977 he posed for the gay magazine After Dark. Due to taking an assortment of courses at Santa Monica College in California (including English classes), as well as further upper division classes at the University of California, Los Angeles as part of UCLA's extension program, Schwarzenegger had by then accumulated enough credits so as to be "within striking distance" of graduation. In 1979 he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin–Superior as a distance education student, completing most of his coursework by correspondence and flying out to Superior to meet professors and take final exams. In May 1980, he formally graduated and received his bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing. He got his United States citizenship in 1983.
Schwarzenegger has acknowledged using performance-enhancing anabolic steroids while they were legal, writing in 1977 that "steroids were helpful to me in maintaining muscle size while on a strict diet in preparation for a contest. I did not use them for muscle growth, but rather for muscle maintenance when cutting up." He has called the drugs "tissue building".
Schwarzenegger met his next lover, Beverly Hills hairdresser's assistant Sue Moray, on Venice Beach in July 1977. According to Moray, the couple led an open relationship: "We were faithful when we were both in LA... but when he was out of town, we were free to do whatever we wanted." Schwarzenegger met television journalist Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy, at the Robert F. Kennedy Tennis Tournament in August 1977. He went on to have a relationship with both Moray and Shriver until August 1978, when Moray (who knew of his relationship with Shriver) issued an ultimatum.
Schwarzenegger came out of retirement, however, to compete in the 1980 Mr. Olympia. Schwarzenegger was training for his role in Conan, and he got into such good shape because of the running, horseback riding and sword training, that he decided he wanted to win the Mr. Olympia contest one last time. He kept this plan a secret in the event that a training accident would prevent his entry and cause him to lose face. Schwarzenegger had been hired to provide color commentary for network television when he announced at the eleventh hour that, while he was there, "Why not compete?" Schwarzenegger ended up winning the event with only seven weeks of preparation. Having been declared Mr. Olympia for a seventh time, Schwarzenegger then officially retired from competition. This victory (subject of the documentary "The Comeback") was highly controversial, though, as fellow competitors and many observers felt that his lack of muscle mass (especially in his thighs) and subpar conditioning shouldn't have allowed him to go ahead of a very competitive lineup that year; Mike Mentzer, in particular, felt cheated and withdrew from competitive bodybuilding after that contest.
Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit. This was followed by a sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in 1984, although it was not as successful as its predecessor. In 1983, Schwarzenegger starred in the promotional video, Carnival in Rio. In 1984, he made his first appearance as the eponymous character, and what some would say was his acting career's signature role, in James Cameron's science fiction thriller film The Terminator. Following this, Schwarzenegger made Red Sonja in 1985. During the 1980s, audiences had an appetite for action films, with both Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone becoming international stars. The two rivals attacked each other in the press, and tried to surpass the other with more on-screen killings and larger weapons. Schwarzenegger's roles reflected his sense of humor, separating him from more serious action hero films. He made a number of successful action films in the 1980s, such as Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), and Red Heat (1988).
Schwarzenegger cannot run for U.S. President as he is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. Schwarzenegger is a dual Austrian and United States citizen. He has held Austrian citizenship since birth and U.S. citizenship since becoming naturalized in 1983. Being Austrian and thus European, he was able to win the 2007 European Voice campaigner of the year award for taking action against climate change with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and plans to introduce an emissions trading scheme with other US states and possibly with the EU.
Schwarzenegger became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 17, 1983. Shortly before he gained his citizenship, he asked the Austrian authorities for the right to keep his Austrian citizenship, as Austria does not usually allow dual citizenship. His request was granted, and he retained his Austrian citizenship. In 2005, Peter Pilz, a member of the Austrian Parliament from the Austrian Green Party, unsuccessfully advocated for Parliament to revoke Schwarzenegger's Austrian citizenship due to his decision not to prevent the executions of Donald Beardslee and Stanley Williams. Pilz argued that Schwarzenegger caused damage to Austria's reputation in the international community because Austria abolished the death penalty in 1968. Pilz based his argument on Article 33 of the Austrian Citizenship Act, which states: "A citizen, who is in the public service of a foreign country, shall be deprived of his citizenship if he heavily damages the reputation or the interests of the Austrian Republic." Pilz claimed that Schwarzenegger's actions in support of the death penalty (prohibited in Austria under Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights) had damaged Austria's reputation. Schwarzenegger explained his actions by pointing out that his only duty as Governor of California with respect to the death penalty was to correct an error by the justice system by pardon or clemency if such an error had occurred.
In 1985, Schwarzenegger appeared in "Stop the Madness", an anti-drug music video sponsored by the Reagan administration. He first came to wide public notice as a Republican during the 1988 presidential election, accompanying then–Vice President George H. W. Bush at a campaign rally.
On April 26, 1986, Schwarzenegger married Shriver in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The Rev. John Baptist Riordan performed the ceremony at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. They have four children: Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger (born December 13, 1989), Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger (born July 23, 1991), Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993), and Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 27, 1997). All of their children were born in Los Angeles. The family lived in a 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m) home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, with vacation homes in Sun Valley, Idaho, and Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. They attended St. Monica's Catholic Church.
Schwarzenegger's official height of 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) has been brought into question by several articles. In his bodybuilding days in the late 1960s, he was measured to be 6 ft 1.5 in (1.867 m), a height confirmed by his fellow bodybuilders. However, in 1988, both the Daily Mail and Time Out magazine mentioned that Schwarzenegger appeared noticeably shorter. Prior to running for governor, Schwarzenegger's height was once again questioned in an article by the Chicago Reader. As governor, Schwarzenegger engaged in a light-hearted exchange with Assemblyman Herb Wesson over their heights. At one point, Wesson made an unsuccessful attempt to, in his own words, "settle this once and for all and find out how tall he is" by using a tailor's tape measure on the Governor. Schwarzenegger retaliated by placing a pillow stitched with the words "Need a lift?" on the five-foot-five-inch (1.65 m) Wesson's chair before a negotiating session in his office. Bob Mulholland also claimed Schwarzenegger was 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and that he wore risers in his boots. In 1999, Men's Health magazine stated his height was 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m).
He also invested in a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. He has talked about some of those who have helped him over the years in business: "I couldn't have learned about business without a parade of teachers guiding me... from Milton Friedman to Donald Trump... and now, Les Wexner and Warren Buffett. I even learned a thing or two from Planet Hollywood, such as when to get out! And I did!" He has significant ownership in Dimensional Fund Advisors, an investment firm. Schwarzenegger is also the owner of Arnold's Sports Festival, which he started in 1989 and is held annually in Columbus, Ohio. It is a festival that hosts thousands of international health and fitness professionals which has also expanded into a three-day expo. He also owns a movie production company called Oak Productions, Inc. and Fitness Publications, a joint publishing venture with Simon & Schuster.
Schwarzenegger drew attention and boosted his profile in the bodybuilding film Pumping Iron (1977), elements of which were dramatized. In 1991, he purchased the rights to the film, its outtakes, and associated still photography. In 1977, he made guest appearances in single episodes of the ABC sitcom The San Pedro Beach Bums and the ABC police procedural The Streets of San Francisco. Schwarzenegger auditioned for the title role of The Incredible Hulk, but did not win the role because of his height. Later, Lou Ferrigno got the part of Dr. David Banner's alter ego. Schwarzenegger appeared with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the 1979 comedy The Villain. In 1980, he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as Mansfield's husband, Mickey Hargitay.
In 1992, Schwarzenegger and his wife opened a restaurant in Santa Monica called Schatzi On Main. Schatzi literally means "little treasure," and colloquially "honey" or "darling" in German. In 1998, he sold his restaurant.
Moreover, he came to develop an interest in large vehicles and became the first civilian in the U.S. to purchase a Humvee. He was so enamored by the vehicle that he lobbied the Humvee's manufacturer, AM General, to produce a street-legal, civilian version, which they did in 1992; the first two Hummer H1s they sold were also purchased by Schwarzenegger. In 2010, he had one regular and three running on non-fossil power sources; one for hydrogen, one for vegetable oil, and one for biodiesel. Schwarzenegger was in the news in 2014 for buying a rare Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. He was spotted and filmed in 2015 in his car, painted silver with bright aluminum forged wheels. His Bugatti has its interior adorned in dark brown leather. In 2017, Schwarzenegger acquired a Mercedes G-Class modified for all-electric drive.
The Hummers that Schwarzenegger bought in 1992 are so large—each weighs 6,300 lb (2,900 kg) and is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide—that they are classified as large trucks, and U.S. fuel economy regulations do not apply to them. During the gubernatorial recall campaign, he announced that he would convert one of his Hummers to burn hydrogen. The conversion was reported to have cost about $21,000. After the election, he signed an executive order to jump-start the building of hydrogen refueling plants called the California Hydrogen Highway Network, and gained a U.S. Department of Energy grant to help pay for its projected US$91,000,000 cost. California took delivery of the first H2H (Hydrogen Hummer) in October 2004.
Schwarzenegger's commercial peak was his return as the title character in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was the highest-grossing film of 1991. In 1993, the National Association of Theatre Owners named him the "International Star of the Decade". His next film project, the 1993 self-aware action comedy spoof Last Action Hero, was released opposite Jurassic Park, and did not do well at the box office. His next film, the comedy drama True Lies (1994), was a popular spy film and saw Schwarzenegger reunited with James Cameron.
Between 1993 and 1994, Schwarzenegger was a Red Cross ambassador (a ceremonial role fulfilled by celebrities), recording several television and radio public service announcements to donate blood.
Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, an aortic valve with only two leaflets (a normal aortic valve has three leaflets). He opted in 1997 for a replacement heart valve made of his own transplanted tissue (from his pulmonic valve, which itself is replaced with a cadaveric pulmonic valve, in a Ross procedure); medical experts predicted he would require heart valve replacement surgery in the following two to eight years as his valve would progressively degrade. Schwarzenegger apparently opted against a mechanical valve, the only permanent solution available at the time of his surgery, because it would have sharply limited his physical activity and capacity to exercise.
In 1999, Schwarzenegger sued Willi Heepe, a German doctor who publicly predicted his early death on the basis of a link between his steroid use and his later heart problems. As the doctor had never examined him personally, Schwarzenegger collected a US$10,000 libel judgment against him in a German court. In 1999, Schwarzenegger also sued and settled with Globe, a U.S. tabloid which had made similar predictions about the bodybuilder's future health.
In an interview with Talk magazine in late 1999, Schwarzenegger was asked if he thought of running for office. He replied, "I think about it many times. The possibility is there because I feel it inside." The Hollywood Reporter claimed shortly after that Schwarzenegger sought to end speculation that he might run for governor of California. Following his initial comments, Schwarzenegger said, "I'm in show business – I am in the middle of my career. Why would I go away from that and jump into something else?"
Schwarzenegger took to visiting a gym in Graz, where he also frequented the local movie theaters to see bodybuilding idols such as Reg Park, Steve Reeves, and Johnny Weissmuller on the big screen. When Reeves died in 2000, Schwarzenegger fondly remembered him: "As a teenager, I grew up with Steve Reeves. His remarkable accomplishments allowed me a sense of what was possible when others around me didn't always understand my dreams. Steve Reeves has been part of everything I've ever been fortunate enough to achieve." In 1961, Schwarzenegger met former Mr. Austria Kurt Marnul, who invited him to train at the gym in Graz. He was so dedicated as a youngster that he broke into the local gym on weekends in order to train even when it was closed. "It would make me sick to miss a workout... I knew I couldn't look at myself in the mirror the next morning if I didn't do it." When Schwarzenegger was asked about his first movie experience as a boy, he replied: "I was very young, but I remember my father taking me to the Austrian theaters and seeing some newsreels. The first real movie I saw, that I distinctly remember, was a John Wayne movie." In Graz, Schwarzenegger was mentored by Alfred Gerstl, who had Jewish ancestry and later became president of the Federal Council, and befriended his son Karl.
Stallone and Schwarzenegger ended their longtime rivalry by both investing in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe) along with Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Schwarzenegger severed his financial ties with the business in early 2000. Schwarzenegger said the company had not had the success he had hoped for, claiming he wanted to focus his attention on "new US global business ventures" and his movie career.
On December 9, 2001, he broke six ribs and was hospitalized for four days after a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles.
The immigration law firm Siskind & Susser has stated that Schwarzenegger may have been an illegal immigrant at some point in the late 1960s or early 1970s because of violations in the terms of his visa. LA Weekly would later say in 2002 that Schwarzenegger is the most famous immigrant in America, who "overcame a thick Austrian accent and transcended the unlikely background of bodybuilding to become the biggest movie star in the world in the 1990s".
In tribute to Schwarzenegger in 2002, Forum Stadtpark, a local cultural association, proposed plans to build a 25-meter-tall (80 ft) Terminator statue in a park in central Graz. Schwarzenegger reportedly said he was flattered, but thought the money would be better spent on social projects and the Special Olympics.
That same year, the comedy Junior was released, the last of Schwarzenegger's three collaborations with Ivan Reitman and again co-starring Danny DeVito. This film brought him his second Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It was followed by the action thriller Eraser (1996), the Christmas comedy Jingle All The Way (1996), and the comic book-based Batman & Robin (1997), in which he played the villain Mr. Freeze. This was his final film before taking time to recuperate from a back injury. Following the critical failure of Batman & Robin, his film career and box office prominence went into decline. He returned with the supernatural thriller End of Days (1999), later followed by the action films The 6th Day (2000) and Collateral Damage (2002), both of which failed to do well at the box office. In 2003, he made his third appearance as the title character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which went on to earn over $150 million domestically (equivalent to $208 million today).
Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy in the 2003 California recall election for Governor of California on the August 6, 2003, episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Schwarzenegger had the most name recognition in a crowded field of candidates, but he had never held public office and his political views were unknown to most Californians. His candidacy immediately became national and international news, with media outlets dubbing him the "Governator" (referring to The Terminator movies, see above) and "The Running Man" (the name of another one of his films), and calling the recall election "Total Recall" (yet another movie starring Schwarzenegger). Schwarzenegger declined to participate in several debates with other recall replacement candidates, and appeared in only one debate on September 24, 2003.
On October 7, 2003, the recall election resulted in Governor Gray Davis being removed from office with 55.4% of the Yes vote in favor of a recall. Schwarzenegger was elected Governor of California under the second question on the ballot with 48.6% of the vote to choose a successor to Davis. Schwarzenegger defeated Democrat Cruz Bustamante, fellow Republican Tom McClintock, and others. His nearest rival, Bustamante, received 31% of the vote. In total, Schwarzenegger won the election by about 1.3 million votes. Under the regulations of the California Constitution, no runoff election was required. Schwarzenegger was the second foreign-born governor of California after Irish-born Governor John G. Downey in 1862.
Although he began his tenure as governor with record high approval ratings (as high as 65% in May 2004), he left office with a record low 23%, only one percent higher than that of Gray Davis, when he was recalled in October 2003.
During his initial campaign for governor in 2003, allegations of sexual and personal misconduct were raised against Schwarzenegger. Within the last five days before the election, news reports appeared in the Los Angeles Times recounting allegations of sexual misconduct from several individual women, six of whom eventually came forward with their personal stories. Three of the women claimed he had grabbed their breasts, a fourth said he placed his hand under her skirt on her buttock. A fifth woman claimed Schwarzenegger tried to take off her bathing suit in a hotel elevator, and the last said he pulled her onto his lap and asked her about a sex act.
The Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment in 2003 was widely accredited as the "Amend for Arnold" bill, which would have added an amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowing his run, as he was not a natural born citizen. In 2004, the "Amend for Arnold" campaign was launched, featuring a website and TV advertising promotion.
In an interview with Fortune in 2004, Schwarzenegger told how he suffered what "would now be called child abuse" at the hands of his father: "My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door. It was just the way it was. Many of the children I've seen were broken by their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. They didn't want to create an individual. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. Therefore, I became a rebel. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, 'You can't do this,' I said, 'This is not going to be for much longer because I'm going to move out of here. I want to be rich. I want to be somebody.'"
Governor Schwarzenegger played a significant role in opposing Proposition 66, a proposed amendment of the Californian Three Strikes Law, in November 2004. This amendment would have required the third felony to be either violent or serious to mandate a 25-years-to-life sentence. In the last week before the ballot, Schwarzenegger launched an intensive campaign against Proposition 66. He stated that "it would release 26,000 dangerous criminals and rapists".
Schwarzenegger replied in 2004 that he has "behaved badly sometimes" and apologized, but also stated that "a lot of [what] you see in the stories is not true". This led to a resurfacing of an interview in adult magazine Oui from 1977, in which Schwarzenegger discussed attending sexual orgies and using substances such as marijuana. Schwarzenegger is shown smoking a marijuana joint after winning Mr. Olympia in 1975 in the documentary film Pumping Iron. In an interview with GQ magazine in October 2007, Schwarzenegger said, "[Marijuana] is not a drug. It's a leaf. My drug was pumping iron, trust me." His spokesperson later said the comment was meant to be a joke.
Schwarzenegger saved a drowning man's life in 2004 while on vacation in Hawaii by swimming out and bringing him back to shore.
Schwarzenegger is a supporter of Israel, and has participated in a Los Angeles pro-Israel rally among other similar events. In 2004, Schwarzenegger visited Israel to break ground on Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, and to lay a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, he also met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav. In 2011, at the Independence Day celebration hosted by Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger said: "I love Israel. When I became governor, Israel was the first country that I visited. When I had the chance to sign a bill calling on California pension funds to divest their money from companies that do business with Iran, I immediately signed that bill", then he added, "I knew that we could not send money to these crazy dictators who hate us and threaten Israel any time they have a bad day."
For many years, he wrote a monthly column for the bodybuilding magazines Muscle & Fitness and Flex. Shortly after being elected governor, he was appointed the executive editor of both magazines, in a largely symbolic capacity. The magazines agreed to donate $250,000 a year to the Governor's various physical fitness initiatives. When the deal, including the contract that gave Schwarzenegger at least $1 million a year, was made public in 2005, many criticized it as being a conflict of interest since the governor's office made decisions concerning regulation of dietary supplements in California. Consequently, Schwarzenegger relinquished the executive editor role in 2005. American Media Inc., which owns Muscle & Fitness and Flex, announced in March 2013 that Schwarzenegger had accepted their renewed offer to be executive editor of the magazines.
His film appearances after becoming Governor of California included a three-second cameo appearance in The Rundown, and the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days. In 2005, he appeared as himself in the film The Kid & I. He voiced Baron von Steuben in the Liberty's Kids episode "Valley Forge". He had been rumored to be appearing in Terminator Salvation as the original T-800; he denied his involvement, but he ultimately did appear briefly via his image being inserted into the movie from stock footage of the first Terminator movie. Schwarzenegger appeared in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, where he made a cameo appearance.
Schwarzenegger's early victories included repealing an unpopular increase in the vehicle registration fee as well as preventing driver's licenses from being given out to illegal immigrants, but later he began to feel the backlash when powerful state unions began to oppose his various initiatives. Key among his reckoning with political realities was a special election he called in November 2005, in which four ballot measures he sponsored were defeated. Schwarzenegger accepted personal responsibility for the defeats and vowed to continue to seek consensus for the people of California. He would later comment that "no one could win if the opposition raised 160 million dollars to defeat you". The U.S. Supreme Court later found the public employee unions' use of compulsory fundraising during the campaign had been illegal in Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000.
Schwarzenegger ran for re-election against Democrat Phil Angelides, the California State Treasurer, in the 2006 elections, held on November 7, 2006. Despite a poor year nationally for the Republican party, Schwarzenegger won re-election with 56.0% of the vote compared with 38.9% for Angelides, a margin of well over 1 million votes. Around this time, many commentators saw Schwarzenegger as moving away from the right and towards the center of the political spectrum. After hearing a speech by Schwarzenegger at the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast, in which Schwarzenegger said, in part "How wrong I was when I said everyone has an equal opportunity to make it in America [...] the state of California does not provide (equal) education for all of our children", San Francisco mayor & future governor of California Gavin Newsom said that "[H]e's becoming a Democrat [... H]e's running back, not even to the center. I would say center-left".
British television personality Anna Richardson settled a libel lawsuit in August 2006 against Schwarzenegger, his top aide, Sean Walsh, and his publicist, Sheryl Main. A joint statement read: "The parties are content to put this matter behind them and are pleased that this legal dispute has now been settled." Richardson claimed they tried to tarnish her reputation by dismissing her allegations that Schwarzenegger touched her breast during a press event for The 6th Day in London. She claimed Walsh and Main libeled her in a Los Angeles Times article when they contended she encouraged his behavior.
On September 27, 2006, Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, creating the nation's first cap on greenhouse gas emissions. The law set new regulations on the amount of emissions utilities, refineries, and manufacturing plants are allowed to release into the atmosphere. Schwarzenegger also signed a second global warming bill that prohibits large utilities and corporations in California from making long-term contracts with suppliers who do not meet the state's greenhouse gas emission standards. The two bills are part of a plan to reduce California's emissions by 25 percent to 1990s levels by 2020. In 2005, Schwarzenegger issued an executive order calling to reduce greenhouse gases to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Schwarzenegger signed another executive order on October 17, 2006, allowing California to work with the Northeast's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. They plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by issuing a limited amount of carbon credits to each power plant in participating states. Any power plants that exceed emissions for the number of carbon credits will have to purchase more credits to cover the difference. The plan took effect in 2009. In addition to using his political power to fight global warming, the governor has taken steps at his home to reduce his personal carbon footprint. Schwarzenegger has adapted one of his Hummers to run on hydrogen and another to run on biofuels. He has also installed solar panels to heat his home.
On January 8, 2006, while Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle in Los Angeles, with his son Patrick in the sidecar, another driver backed into the street he was riding on, causing him and his son to collide with the car at a low speed. While his son and the other driver were unharmed, Schwarzenegger sustained a minor injury to his lip, requiring 15 stitches. "No citations were issued," said Officer Jason Lee, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. Schwarzenegger did not obtain his motorcycle license until July 3, 2006.
Schwarzenegger tripped over his ski pole and broke his right femur while skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho, with his family on December 23, 2006. On December 26, he underwent a 90-minute operation in which cables and screws were used to wire the broken bone back together. He was released from St. John's Health Center on December 30, 2006.
In June 2007, Schwarzenegger was featured on the cover of TIME magazine with Michael Bloomberg, and subsequently, the two joked about a Presidential ticket together.
Schwarzenegger has been involved with the Special Olympics for many years after they were founded by his ex-mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. In 2007, Schwarzenegger was the official spokesperson for the Special Olympics which were held in Shanghai, China. Schwarzenegger believes that quality school opportunities should be made available to children who might not normally be able to access them. In 1995, he founded the Inner City Games Foundation (ICG) which provides cultural, educational and community enrichment programming to youth. ICG is active in 15 cities around the country and serves over 250,000 children in over 400 schools countrywide. He has also been involved with After-School All-Stars and founded the Los Angeles branch in 2002. ASAS is an after school program provider, educating youth about health, fitness and nutrition.
Schwarzenegger's endorsement in the Republican primary of the 2008 U.S. presidential election was highly sought; despite being good friends with candidates Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, Schwarzenegger remained neutral throughout 2007 and early 2008. Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race on January 30, 2008, largely because of a poor showing in Florida, and endorsed McCain. Later that night, Schwarzenegger was in the audience at a Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The following day, he endorsed McCain, joking, "It's Rudy's fault!" (in reference to his friendships with both candidates and that he could not make up his mind). Schwarzenegger's endorsement was thought to be a boost for Senator McCain's campaign; both spoke about their concerns for the environment and economy.
In respect for his contribution to the direction of the US motor industry, Schwarzenegger was invited to open the 2009 SAE World Congress in Detroit, on April 20, 2009.
Schwarzenegger's private jet made an emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport on June 19, 2009, after the pilot reported smoke coming from the cockpit, according to a statement released by his press secretary. No one was harmed in the incident.
Some speculated that Schwarzenegger might run for the United States Senate in 2010, as his governorship would be term-limited by that time. Such rumors turned out to be false.
In May 2010, Esteban Núñez pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the death of Louis Santos. Núñez is the son of Fabian Núñez, then California Assembly Speaker of the House and a close friend and staunch political ally of then governor Schwarzenegger.
On February 12, 2010, Schwarzenegger took part in the Vancouver Olympic Torch relay. He handed off the flame to the next runner, Sebastian Coe.
In January 2011, just weeks after leaving office in California, Schwarzenegger announced that he was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the World War II action drama With Wings as Eagles, written by Randall Wallace, based on a true story.
On March 6, 2011, at the Arnold Seminar of the Arnold Classic, Schwarzenegger revealed that he was being considered for several films, including sequels to The Terminator and remakes of Predator and The Running Man, and that he was "packaging" a comic book character. The character was later revealed to be the Governator, star of the comic book and animated series of the same name. Schwarzenegger inspired the character and co-developed it with Stan Lee, who would have produced the series. Schwarzenegger would have voiced the Governator.
On May 20, 2011, Schwarzenegger's entertainment counsel announced that all film projects currently in development were being halted: "Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines." On July 11, 2011, it was announced that Schwarzenegger was considering a comeback film, despite the legal problems related to his divorce. He appeared in The Expendables 2 (2012), and starred in The Last Stand (2013), his first leading role in 10 years, and Escape Plan (2013), his first co-starring role alongside Sylvester Stallone. He starred in Sabotage, released in March 2014, and appeared in The Expendables 3, released in August 2014. He starred in the fifth Terminator film Terminator Genisys in 2015, and would reprise his role as Conan the Barbarian in The Legend of Conan, later renamed Conan the Conqueror. However, in April 2017, producer Chris Morgan stated that Universal had dropped the project, although there was a possibility of a TV show. The story of the film was supposed to be set 30 years after the first, with some inspiration from Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.
In 2011, Schwarzenegger founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action to develop a sustainable, low-carbon economy. In 2017, he joined French President Emmanuel Macron in calling for the adoption of a Global Pact for the Environment.
On May 9, 2011, Shriver and Schwarzenegger ended their relationship after 25 years of marriage, with Shriver moving out of the couple's Brentwood mansion. On May 16, 2011, the Los Angeles Times revealed that Schwarzenegger had fathered a son more than 14 years earlier with an employee in their household, Mildred Patricia "Patty" Baena. "After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said issued to The Times. In the statement, Schwarzenegger did not mention that he had confessed to his wife only after she had confronted him with the information, which she had done after confirming with the housekeeper what she had suspected about the child.
Baena is of Guatemalan origin. She was employed by the family for 20 years and retired in January 2011. The pregnant Baena was working in the home while Shriver was pregnant with the youngest of the couple's four children. Baena's son with Schwarzenegger, Joseph, was born on October 2, 1997, and Shriver gave birth to Christopher a few days before on September 27, 1997. Schwarzenegger says it took seven or eight years before he found out that he had fathered a child with his housekeeper. It was not until the boy "started looking like [him] ... that [he] put things together". Schwarzenegger has taken financial responsibility for the child "from the start and continued to provide support". KNX 1070 radio reported that in 2010 he bought a new four-bedroom house with a pool for Baena and their son in Bakersfield, California. Baena separated from her husband, Rogelio, a few months after Joseph's birth. She filed for divorce in 2008. Rogelio said that the child's birth certificate was falsified and that he planned to sue Schwarzenegger for engaging in conspiracy to falsify a public document, a serious crime in California.
Schwarzenegger had a collection of Marxist busts, which he requested from Russian friends at the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, as they were being destroyed. In 2011, he revealed that his wife had requested their removal, but he kept the one of Vladimir Lenin present, since "he was the first". In 2015, he said he kept the Lenin bust to "show losers".
The Santos family, along with the San Diego district attorney, sued to stop the commutation, claiming that it violated Marsy's Law. In September 2012, Sacramento County superior court judge Lloyd Connelly stated, "Based on the evidentiary records before this court involving this case, there was an abuse of discretion...This was a distasteful commutation. It was repugnant to the bulk of the citizenry of this state." However, Connelly ruled that Schwarzenegger remained within his executive powers as governor. Subsequently, as a direct result of the way the commutation was handled, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bipartisan bill that allows offender's victims and their families to be notified at least 10 days before any commutations. Núñez was released from prison after serving less than six years.
Schwarzenegger's autobiography, Total Recall, was released in October 2012. He devotes one chapter called "The Secret" to his extramarital affair. The majority of his book is about his successes in the three major chapters in his life: bodybuilder, actor, and Governor of California.
In 2012, Schwarzenegger helped to found the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, which is a part of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. The institute's mission is to "[advance] post-partisanship, where leaders put people over political parties and work together to find the best ideas and solutions to benefit the people they serve" and to "seek to influence public policy and public debate in finding solutions to the serious challenges we face". Schwarzenegger serves as chairman of the institute.
In October 2013, the New York Post reported that Schwarzenegger was exploring a future run for president. The former California governor would face a constitutional hurdle; Article II, Section I, Clause V prevents individuals who are not natural-born citizens of the United States from assuming the office. He has reportedly been lobbying legislators about a possible constitutional change, or filing a legal challenge to the provision. Columbia University law professor Michael Dorf observed that Schwarzenegger's possible lawsuit could ultimately win him the right to run for the office, noting, "The law is very clear, but it's not 100 percent clear that the courts would enforce that law rather than leave it to the political process."
After the scandal, Danish-Italian actress Brigitte Nielsen came forward and stated that she too had an affair with Schwarzenegger during the production of Red Sonja, while he had just started his relationship with Shriver, saying, "Maybe I wouldn't have got into it if he said 'I'm going to marry Maria' and this is deadly serious, but he didn't, and our affair carried on." When asked in January 2014, "Of all the things you are famous for ... which are you least proud of?" Schwarzenegger replied, "I'm least proud of the mistakes I made that caused my family pain and split us up."
In September 2015, the media announced that Schwarzenegger was to replace Donald Trump as host of The New Celebrity Apprentice. This show, the 15th season of The Apprentice, aired during the 2016–2017 TV season. In the show, he used the phrases "you're terminated" and "get to the choppa", which are quotes from some of his famous roles (The Terminator and Predator, respectively), when firing the contestants.
At a 2015 security conference, Schwarzenegger called climate change the issue of our time. He also urged politicians to stop treating climate change as a political issue.
In August 2016, his filming of action-comedy Why We're Killing Gunther was temporarily interrupted by bank robbers near filming location in Surrey, British Columbia. He was announced to star and produce in a film about the ruins of Sanxingdui called The Guest of Sanxingdui, as an ambassador.
For the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, Schwarzenegger endorsed fellow Republican John Kasich. However, he announced in October that he would not vote for the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in that year's United States presidential election, with this being the first time he did not vote for the Republican candidate since becoming a citizen in 1983.
In March 2017, following repeated criticisms from Trump, Schwarzenegger announced that he would not return for another season on the show. He also reacted to Trump's remarks in January 2017 via Instagram: "Hey, Donald, I have a great idea. Why don't we switch jobs? You take over TV because you're such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job, and then people can finally sleep comfortably again."
Pursuant to the divorce judgment, Schwarzenegger kept the Brentwood home, while Shriver purchased a new home nearby so that the children could travel between their parents' homes. They shared custody of the two youngest children. Schwarzenegger came under fire after the initial petition did not include spousal support and a reimbursement of attorney's fees. However, he claims this was not intentional and that he signed the initial documents without having properly read them. He filed amended divorce papers remedying this. Schwarzenegger and Shriver finalized their divorce in 2017, six years after separating.
In 2017, Schwarzenegger condemned white supremacists who were seen carrying Nazi and Confederate flags, by calling their heroes "losers".
On February 6, 2018, Amazon Studios announced they were working with Schwarzenegger to develop a new series entitled Outrider in which he will star and executive produce. The western-drama set in the Oklahoma Indian Territory in the late 19th century will follow a deputy (portrayed by Schwarzenegger) who is tasked with apprehending a legendary outlaw in the wilderness, but is forced to partner with a ruthless Federal Marshal to make sure justice is properly served. The series will also mark as Schwarzenegger's first major scripted TV role.
On March 29, 2018, Schwarzenegger underwent emergency open-heart surgery for replacement of his replacement pulmonic valve. He said about his recovery: "I underwent open-heart surgery this spring, I had to use a walker. I had to do breathing exercises five times a day to retrain my lungs. I was frustrated and angry, and in my worst moments, I couldn't see the way back to my old self."
Schwarzenegger returned to the Terminator franchise with Terminator: Dark Fate, which was released on November 1, 2019. It was produced by the series' co-creator James Cameron, who directed him previously in the first two films in the series and in True Lies. It was shot in Almería, Hungary and the US.
On May 18, 2019, while on a visit to South Africa, Schwarzenegger was attacked, drop-kicked from behind by an unknown malefactor, while giving autographs to his fans at one of the local schools. Despite the surprise and unprovoked nature of the attack, he reportedly suffered no injuries and continued to interact with fans. The attacker was apprehended and Schwarzenegger declined to press charges against him.
Schwarzenegger, who played football as a boy, grew up watching Bayern Munich and Sturm Graz. He also expressed his admiration of Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool in October 2019.
In 2019, while at the "Arnold Classic Africa" sports competition as an official, Schwarzenegger was attacked by an assailant in a flying kick. The assailant was arrested.
Arnold married television journalist, Maria Shriver in April 1986. The couple had a high-profile split in May 2011. Arnold has three sons named Patrick, Christopher and Joseph and two daughters named Katherine and Christina.
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SWTOR Earns New World Record, Pokemon Grey On The Way & What Was Most Played On Xbox Live In 2011?
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G'day folks, hope you have all had an enjoyable start to 2012. Here's a quick update of the more interesting stories form the start of the New Year.
The Christmas period has been a very successful time for Nintendo, certainly in its homeland of Japan. Last month they shifted 1,492,931 units of the 3DS in Japan, which broke records for the highest monthly hardware sales recorded in the country. This is a stark contrast to sales of the PS Vita, which similar to the 3DS has had a tough start to its life – only selling 402,704 units since its launch, which is below the anticipated numbers. It's only taken a year, but the 3DS seems to be picking up steam now.
Speaking of Steam, its been pretty good numbers coming from Valve's digital service in 2011. Year by year unit sales have improved by over 100% for the seventh straight year in a row, and they had 5 million concurrent users for the first time in late December, no doubt fuelled by the brilliant sales that were on offer. The big cheese of Valve, Gabe Newell, has promised there will be more free to play games next year as Steam continues to go onwards and upwards.
The good news continues in PC land for Star Wars: The Old Republic. It has already seen a steady growth in player base since its release late in December, and the enormous game has now been recognised by the Guinness Book Of Records for having the 'Largest Entertainment Voice Over Project' ever. With over 200,000 lines of dialogue recorded, its not hard to see why.
Are we going to see Pokemon Grey this year? It certainly seems that way at this moment in time. Several Japanese publications have been dropping hints that a new game will be on the way, and that inkeeping with traditional format it will be an update to the existing games of the generation, Black & White, with more of a focus on one of the legendary Pokemon in the story – in this case, most likely it will be the ice dragon Kyurem. A domain name was registered for the game last year, but the Pokemon Company have been tight lipped on the issue. The main issue is whether or not it will be exclusive to the 3DS or not; more news on this when it arrives.
And to finish with, we take a quick look back at 2011 – specifically, the most played games on Xbox Live for the year. It's a depressingly solid set of statistics to back up the notion that gaming has become too orientated towards first person shooters, with the Call Of Duty franchise dominating the list. Black Ops took 1st prize, Modern Warfare 3 popped into 2nd, and Modern Warfare 2 took 3rd, while the original Modern Warfare is astonishingly high at 14th (not bad for a game released over four years ago). Another surprise is that Halo 3 still holds firm in 16th place. The full top 20 is listed below.
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5. Battlefield 3
6. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
7. Gears of War 3
8. FIFA 12
10. Madden NFL 12
11. GTA IV
12. NBA 2K11
13. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
14. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
15. Battlefield 3 Beta
16. Halo 3
17. Gears Of War 2
18. Forza Motorsport 4
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Call Of Duty: World At War
Keep your eyes peeled over the next few days for my review of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and feel free to browse all the other content I have to offer on the blog. Happy reading 🙂
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Today's weather is turning out to be moderate rain at times. The visibility is going to be around 17 km i.e. 10 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1018 mb . The daytime temperature is going to reach 21 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 18 °c at night. It will be mostly dry with little or no precipitation and cloud covering 73% of the sky, the humidity will be around 77%.
Tomorrow weather is forecasted to be light rain. The visibility is going to be around 9 km i.e. 5 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1004 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 24 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 19 °c at night. We expect around 5.2 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 77% of the sky, the humidity will be around 80%.
On Friday weather will be heavy rain at times with daytime temperature reaching 17 °c. Night time temperature are expected to be 14 °c.We expect around 1.1 mm of precipitation to fall. The visibility is going to be around 16 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1003 mb. We expect around 1.1 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 100% of the sky, the humidity will be around 74%.
Saturday seems to be moderate rain at times. Hasunuma, Japan visibility is going to be around 16 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1014 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 14 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 11 °c at night. We expect around 21.0 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 83% of the sky, the humidity will be around 51%.
Partly cloudy will be the weather pattern for the Sunday. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1025 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 18 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 11 °c at night. It will be dry with no precipitation and cloud covering 2% of the sky, the humidity will be around 36%.
Looking at the weather in Hasunuma, Japan over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 24℃ (or 76℉) on Thursday 25th April at around 3 pm. In the same week the minimum temperature will be 11℃ (or 51℉) on Saturday 27th April at around 6 am.
The national weather service for Hasunuma, Japan is reporting Saturday 27th April to be the wettest day in the coming week with around 6.00mm (or 0.2 inches) of rainfall. Make sure to carry an umbrella if you are out and about in Hasunuma, Japan.
The windiest of all days will be Thursday 25th April as wind will reach 18mph (or 28kmph) at around 9 am.
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In the introduction to her book, Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach tells the story of a woman who was unconscious on her deathbed. Her daughter sat next to her for many hours saying kind and loving words to her. Early one morning, the woman suddenly opened her eyes, looked intently at her daughter, and whispered, "All my life I thought something was wrong with me." Then she shook her head slightly as if to say, "What a waste," closed her eyes, went back into a coma, and died later that day.
This story brought tears to my eyes. It resonated. Because I don't want to get to the end of my life and realize it could have been so much more if only I hadn't held back so much, believing I needed to improve myself before what I had to offer was worth sharing.
This week, our culture celebrates love. Romantic love is but a drop in the bucket. There are so many other forms of love, and self-love is one of them. Let's not forget to include ourselves in our circle of love! Because we still can, and it makes a great difference in our quality of life and the lives of those closest to us.
Nobody is perfect. We're not supposed to be. We're not supposed to be like anyone else, either, so forget about making any comparisons.
Can you love yourself exactly as you are and have tenderness for ALL parts of yourself, including everything you've done or not done? Doing that pulls you out of the trance of unworthiness and the limiting beliefs you have about yourself. Loving yourself like that transforms your life and allows you to love others better.
If you think it sounds silly, naive, or selfish, then you don't understand what I'm saying. I'll use the language of dreams to paint a clearer picture.
A few months ago, I dreamed I was at a large retreat to kick off the mindfulness meditation teacher program I'm taking with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. My friend showed me her sleeping accommodations, which felt like the inside of an airplane with no room to move around, and so close to others! I didn't know what my dorm looked like, but I couldn't handle being in such close quarters!
Next, I was in a large auditorium not paying attention to the presentation because I craved chocolate. I'd seen a bowl of it earlier, but it had since been taken away.
Then I stood in a doorway at the back of another auditorium. Others stood next to me, and I felt a little "less than", lacking in some way. Tara Brach came up behind me and whispered in my ear: We are taking away the supports. I didn't know exactly what she meant but trusted her.
When we came out of that space, we saw that all around the circular auditorium we'd been in, the event organizers had set up cozy spaces for pairs to be together, kind of like tents without roofs. For each pair, there was a small fireplace, two cushions on the floor, and an elegant pitcher of water with two glasses. We were to go directly to our space-for-two. I felt anxious about being up close and personal with someone when I was tired from traveling and hadn't had an opportunity to touch up my appearance. It was nighttime, and I wanted to retreat to my room and get some sleep.
Over the loudspeaker, a voice asked us to consider the most cherished possessions we hold on to. It wasn't referring to physical objects, but the excuses we go to in our minds that hinder us from engaging or being more fully ourselves. The things we think we need in order to be okay. This blew my mind, and I started to cry. I wondered: Is this program too much for me? They were going to take us to the depths of our excuses so we could let go of them and be more present. Really present.
They referred to our excuses as possessions that are separate from us. Our deepest, most cherished supports. These would all be exposed, and we'd learn we don't need them after all. Who would you be without your most cherished beliefs about what you can't do or who you need to be around others to be accepted? These beliefs are possessions. They are not you. You do not need them to survive.
I woke up from the dream and considered: What do I feel self-conscious about that compels me to keep a certain distance from others? Why does it take so much energy to be around people? (And does it really, or is it more about having boundaries?) What underlies my food cravings? What uncomfortable feelings do they mitigate? What flaws do I feel I need to conceal to be more attractive to others? How do all these things keep me from being my True Self?
This dream showed me clearly what my self-limiting crutches are. It spelled out all the things I feel are wrong with me and unacceptable to others and how I try to hide them and soothe the discomfort. It revealed lots of opportunities for growth.
A few nights ago, I dreamed I was in the audience in another auditorium. It was an event for the hospice house in which my mother passed away. When the speaker finished talking, she came up to me and whispered that I was next. That's when I remembered I'd agreed to be a speaker. But I hadn't prepared anything to read! I'd forgotten about it entirely! I began to panic.
Then I remembered that I did a trust fall during our last Hidden Treasure weekend, and it reprogrammed me at a cellular level. I'm stronger than I think I am. Maybe I didn't need notes and could just speak from my heart. Well, I was going to have to do that because I had no notes! I tried to come up with a general idea or a few points I could jot down, but nothing was coming to me.
There were lots of people mulling about. I wanted to use the bathroom and touch up my hair and makeup. All the bathroom stalls were in use, and I didn't have a chance to look in the mirror because it was so crowded. But deep down I knew it would be better to have a quiet moment alone to get centered. Inspiration was more likely to arise from quietude than in a crowded bathroom or lobby.
When I walked out of the bathroom, the lights were turned down, and the we're-waiting-for-you music was playing. As I made my way through the backstage area, my mom walked towards me looking for the piano so she could wheel it on stage. My heart lurched because I wasn't there to play piano! I told her that, and she said the piano was for somebody else. She knew I was there to give a talk and not play piano. Whew!! I felt relieved because I wouldn't have to play in front of the audience (which would have been much more stressful than giving a talk) and because my mom wasn't pressuring me to perform to make her happy. She understood that's not what I'm here for.
Then I stepped on stage, and all of a sudden, I knew what to say. I'd talk about how I found a new relationship with my mom after she died, and sharing my stories would offer hope to people who were bereaved. My talk would be a message of hope that would ease people's suffering. And I didn't know that until the moment before I started speaking, and after my mom relieved me of any pressure to play piano. Then I was able to let something arise from deep in my heart that could help others. It was the difference between performing and being real. Impressing vs. connecting.
I didn't need to look a certain way to be worthy of being seen. I didn't need to impress anyone. It wasn't about my hair, makeup, or clothes. I didn't need to feel guilty for letting my mother (and myself) down for not following through with piano earlier in life. Those beliefs only get in the way of being my True Self and set the stage for end-of-life regrets, like the woman in Tara's story.
Both dreams revealed the importance of being present to others without worrying about how I look. The purpose of my life is not to impress or please anyone, even though that's how I was conditioned. It's about connecting with people heart-to-heart with the intention of easing their pain.
How about you? What self-limiting beliefs and habits are holding you back? How can you love yourself into the radiant fullness of who you are and shine, shine, shine?


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Thomas Blezard (November 24, 1838 – April 19, 1902) was an Ontario political figure.

Career
He represented Peterborough East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1879 to 1902.

Early life
He was born in Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, Upper Canada in 1838.

Personal life
In 1865, he married Mary Meikle. He served on the township council for nine years and the county council for five years.

Dedication
Blezard Valley near Sudbury was named after him.

External links
The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill

1838 births
1902 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs


We chat with Steven Konkoly, USA Today bestselling author of The Perseid Collapse series and several other series as well. He tells us how he publishes both as an indie and with a traditional publisher. We find out how he manages so many series and also how The Black Flagged series is similar to Whack-a-Mole. We hear about Kindle Worlds and how he has both managed his own and participated in Blake Crouch's The Wayward Pines world. He also tells us how he got promoted out of the basement office in his home to a posh, upstairs corner office. And we go all in on a teleplay performance inspired by Steven's real life experience in Officer Candidate School. All that and much more!
Special thanks to Steven for joining us this week!
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Outsourcing company Serco has something of a chequered history, to say the least. Arguably best known in the public consciousness for a number of high-profile scandals and poorly-run contracts, the firm has endured a number of years of sliding confidence.
In 2014, Serco brought in new chief executive Rupert Soames to stem the decline: although revenue was growing as the company took on more contracts, profits were sinking as the contracts steadily cost more to run.
Rupert Soames
Within days of sitting at his new desk for the first time, Soames had unveiled a major strategy overhaul, admitting that the business had "lost traction" in recent years. His tenure started with a bang: Serco had just issued a third profit warning in a six- month period and announced the departure of its chief financial officer.
But two years since Soames took the helm, is his plan to improve the FTSE 250 company's reputation working? And as the share price continues to dive, is a financial resurgence really in the offing?
Soames outlined his multi-year strategy for Serco in full in March 2015, almost a year after he joined the business. The plan proposed a period of "stabilisation", which is due to run until next year, during which the business hopes to rebuild trust with its clients, mitigate loss-making contracts and repair its pipeline, followed by a period of growth.
During the period of growth, planned for 2018 to 2020, the management is targeting a 5-7pc increase in certain sectors and hopes that mounting pressure on public sector budgets can help it get there.
First the company had to survive a shock £1.5bn of writedowns, announced in November 2014, and a £550m raise from shareholders in order to prop the business up.
But the initial signs look good. In an update to shareholders issued earlier this year, Serco highlighted some positive signs of progress. It had reduced its net debt, normalised its cash flow, completed a disposal programme of some parts of the business and worked to limit the impact of other onerous contracts it was tied to.
It said it had signed £1.8bn of orders, growing its pipeline and improving relationships with customers. Its operational performance was improving, and it had made some significant cost savings.
"There is evidence now that the actions we are taking are working," Soames says. "We have avoided being overoptimistic and actually we have kept to our plans in terms of our promises to shareholders and to customers."
In a further boost, last week the company announced in a surprise trading statement that it expected performance for the current year to be stronger than first thought, largely due to successful outcomes in a number of "commercial negotiations". Serco now expects trading profit of "not less than £65m", compared to £50m previously, and revenue of around £2.9bn, compared to £2.8bn.
"It's important not to be celebratory about this, but to make it as an observation because there is still clearly a lot of work to do," Soames says. "But we have one of the most solid balance sheets in the sector and we have a reputation for being prudent."
While these could be green shoots, this year's projected improved performance is unlikely to be repeated next year, given the pressures in both UK and Middle Eastern support services sectors. The fact remains that Serco has seen 61pc wiped from its share price on Soames' watch.
Soames is sanguine about the stock's drop, even though he himself owns more than 600,000 shares. "Our responsibility is to manage this [company] operationally as best well can and then one way or another the markets will work out what the stock should be worth," he says.
Serco is still weighed down by a number of onerous contracts – putting aside £92m for them this year.
Some analysts suggest that it could be 2019 before Serco has a positive cash flow, and sentiment is weighted towards a hold rating.
There is evidence now that the actions we are taking are working Rupert Soames
As it is, Serco will live and die on its contract wins, and despite ongoing challenges in its finances, it has secured some high-profile deals. In April it signed a contract for the design, build, operation and maintenance of the new icebreaker research and supply vessel for Australia's Department of the Environment. The total contract value to Serco, which excludes the build cost of the vessel, is around £160m over 14 years, with potential extensions.
Elsewhere, it extended its contract with the Western Australian government to operate Acacia Prison, Australia's largest prison, for a further five years, in a deal worth £166m.
However, for every contract that is going well, there seems to be another setback.
A number of major contracts have recently ended, including an £18m-a-year agreement to provide services to Thurrock Council which was cancelled last year, five years early. Councillors accused Serco of not doing enough to cut costs, although both organisations maintained that the contract was ended "by mutual agreement" and reflected the changing environment that local authorities are operating in.
Difficult operational issues with some contracts were offsetting good progress on other contracts, Serco said, such as an agreement to provide transport for prisoners in the UK, which was subject to an investigation over allegations of fraud. The investigation was later dropped, meaning Serco can continue running the contract until 2018, although it has agreed to give up future profits.
Serco provides transport to all 130 prisons in England and Wales and a Freedom of Information request sent to the Ministry of Justice by The Sunday Telegraph to establish the scale of the work found that the company provided almost 121,000 pick-ups during the year, highlighting how dispersed Serco's workforce is.
Soames has failed to entirely shake off the spectre of scandal that has plagued the company in recent years. A contract to run a prison in New Zealand was temporarily withdrawn and then cancelled amid allegations that staff were running "fight clubs".
Serco runs the controversial Yarl's Wood detention centre, which has attracted protests Credit: Natasha Quarmby-REX-Shutterstock
But Soames defends such scandals, suggesting that the nature of the company's work on the front line of public services means it is subject to greater scrutiny than other private sector counterparts. "There is an inevitability of scandal if we're doing things in the public eye. That's just the nature of the job" he says.
"[The company] is not without fault, but no company employing 70,000 people across the world is not making cock-ups on a regular basis."
He says that he hasn't had a reading on his "shitometer" – his measure of company disasters – since the New Zealand prison scandal last year, compared to "about four times a week" when he first joined.
"Of course any failure is unacceptable and shouldn't happen but we do difficult things for Government where a lot of what we do is in the public eye."
More controversy arrived last month when Serco failed to win a £900m contract to operate ferries to Scottish islands, missing out to current operator CalMac Ferries and bringing to an end months of dispute about the privatisation of the service.
Awarding the new eight-year contract to CalMac, a deal which comes into effect on October 1, means the service remains in public hands.
Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty
Serco's bid was deemed non-compliant by Transport Scotland, and although Serco declined to elaborate on the exact details and said it had ascribed a "low probability of success" to the bid from the start, not winning the contract dented its pipeline. That there were such strong feelings around Serco operating the service shows the public reticence to hand over services to the outsourcer.
Asked whether he would consider rebranding Serco to shake off negative connotations, Soames is unequivocal. "I wouldn't rebrand – for one thing it would cost money," he says. "Who would we be trying to fool by calling ourselves Berco or something? I think it's really important not to run away from your past."
It is the reputation within the business that has been Soames' target in the last few months. He famously wears a Serco-branded shirt to work, and signs off his emails: "Serco and proud". While staff morale is still low, it is improving, he says.
Of course any failure is unacceptable and shouldn't happen but we do difficult things for Government where a lot of what we do is in the public eye Rupert Soames
In April, politicians, journalists, investors and analysts were invited to a screening of a new film which aimed to tackle that problem. BAFTA-award winning filmmaker Molly Dineen was enlisted to make a film about life on the front line of the company, following staff working in prisons, in hospital kitchens and with asylum seekers to produce an hour-long documentary. Dineen spent nine months in the business, and the result is touching: individual stories of employees going out of their way to help people in difficult circumstances show the company in the best possible light. Soames' plan is not that the film is distributed widely, but that Serco's staff can watch it and that it will foster a sense of pride in the business.
Serco's future looks brighter than it did two years ago and Soames is realistic about this not being a quick fix, but points to the advantages of building a business from the bottom. "We've had a chance to reinvent a lot of processes in the business and that makes me optimistic for the future," he says. "Without doubt Serco is in a much stronger position now than it was before [I arrived]."
Doubtless there has been a huge amount of progress made, but Serco's reputation in the world at large is still low, and its finances will take some time to improve. Like the tankers its tug boat workers bring in to harbours, turning Serco around is a huge task, and the hard work is only just beginning.
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Tri color tomato and spinach pasta, blended with colorful veggies and a simple ranch vinaigrette dressing.
Today I have a fun and tasty pasta salad recipe to share with you. Pasta salads are quite popular and the flavor variations are endless. They are also one of the easiest sides you can bring to a cookout, picnic or potluck, but finding a salad recipe that can withstand the heat of summer can sometimes be a challenge.
For me, when choosing a salad for a cookout or picnic I tend to steer clear from any salad with a creamy style dressing. Sure, they're delicious, but not the best choice when it's hot outside or if the salad will be sitting on a potluck or a picnic table. I usually opt for a simple pasta salad with an easy vinaigrette. Pasta salads seem to hold up pretty well and the dressing doesn't separate.
Last month you may remember my blog post for Grilled Balsamic Steak & Coconut Rice Pudding that I made from products new to Walmart. Well, this month I received a second sample box with additional new food products, and was asked to pick my favorites again and create a second recipe.
When I opened the sample box the Smuckers Fruit & Honey Spread immediately caught my eye, so I plan on using it to make individual blackberry lemon tarts at a later date. I also have a filled cookie recipe in mind using the Skippy Double P.B. Bites.
I moved onto the Pasta Gourmet Italia plane, train & automobile shaped pasta, the Wishbone Evoo Sun Dried Tomato Dressing and the new Hidden Valley Ranch Greek Yogurt Dressing. I thought I could use all three of these items and come up with a really good pasta salad.
This Ranch Pasta Salad has a vinaigrette based dressing instead of the creamy ranch dressing you're used to. I combined the Hidden Valley Ranch, Greek Dressing packet with 3/4 cup of the Sun dried Tomato EVOO Dressing and the flavor was so good that I didn't even miss creaminess of regular ranch dressing.
I added cooked planes, trains, and automobile shaped pasta, various veggies, and cheese. That's it's super simple to make. I have to say this was the best pasta salad I've had, but then I'm a little bit bias since I made it LOL. No, really it was very good and I love that it was a ranch salad, but not a creamy dairy style pasta salad.
The shapes of the pasta were a fun addition and I loved that the pasta gets it's bright coloring from tomatoes and spinach and not a food dye.
This dressing easily blends together and the combined flavor taste fabulous.
The coloring of the pasta and all the vegetables look so pretty together. Plus the fun shapes make this salad very kid friendly. I wasn't sure if my daughter would like this salad with all the veggies, but she had a serving and ended up loving it. I hope you'll give this recipe a try, because I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in the pasta and cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until slightly passed al dente.
While the pasta cooks chop up all the vegetables, onions, and cut the string cheese into 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside.
Drain the pasta into a strainer and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
In a large bowl, combine the cooked pasta, vegetables, edamame (if using), and cheese.
Pour the dressing mixture over the pasta and vegetables, and lightly toss to blend. Add salt and pepper, to taste if needed.
Cover salad and chill for at least 2 hours. Lightly toss salad to blend just before serving.
Cook's Note: one 6 oz can drained and sliced black olives and crumbled Feta cheese can also be added. If you add Feta cheese omit the mozzarella string cheese and add the Feta cheese just before serving.
I love pasta salads; especially during the summer.
Will be making this next week to go along with my hamburgers.


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Market Fresh on Broadway open for the season
Locally grown produce, jams, sauces, gourmet popcorn and handcrafted gifts are just a few of the items available at Coal City's farmers market—Market Fresh on Broadway.
The first weekend market of the season is set for Saturday and organizers have scheduled a day of activities to be highlighted by the goods available from 10 vendors.
Hosted by the village of Coal City and Coal City Park Board, Market Fresh on Broadway will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Campbell Memorial Park, 580 S. Broadway.
Vendors scheduled to take part include:
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Coal City makes park donation official
Hope Helps' all-inclusive playground has officially been turned over to the village of Coal City.
A resolution accepting the donation of four new pieces of playground equipment, as well as accessory items included in the Phase II expansion, were accepted by the village board last week.
Brittney Kaluzny, founder and president of the non-profit autism awareness organization, was on hand as village trustees approved the document that outlines in detail the donation of more than $150,000 in park equipment
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Monument renovations complete
On July 8, Christian Micetich marked the completion of renovations to the Community Veteran's Monument, an effort started last fall as his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout community service project.
Micetich planned the improvements, raised money and solicited donated labor and material for upgrades to the monument including new sidewalks, coating the base, and installation of two additional black granite panels on the south face to accommodate additional veterans' names.
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Tearing down the house
The single family home on the southwest corner of Broadway and Gordon Avenue will be coming down in the weeks ahead and in its place a parking lot for downtown shoppers.
Late last year, the village of Coal City purchased the property at 160 S. Broadway with the intent of having the home removed to make way for a future parking lot. The plan is the town's way of replacing street parking that will be lost in the reconstruction of South Broadway.
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Dinner fundraiser to support backpack program
Hard to believe that in America one in six children live in hunger and more than 12 million reside in food insecure homes. Right here in Illinois, Feeding America reports 17.3 percent of children under age 18 live in homes with limited or uncertain availability to nutritious food.
Statistics like these are known all too well by three local volunteers who stepped up five years ago to keep a supplemental food program going in the local community.
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No gaming for gas station
Video gaming machines in gas station convenience stores might be a trend, but it's one that won't be happening in Coal City as long as Terry Halliday is mayor.
A request for a liquor license to be issued for the exclusive purpose of enabling video gaming in a gas station was turned down by the Coal City Village Board when it met last week.
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Scouts need more space
In the past 10 years Scoutmaster John Cairns has witnessed the local Boy Scouts of America organization grow by "leaps and bounds."
Cairns reports Boy Scout Troop 466 and Cub Scout Pack 466 have always been one of the larger BSA groups in Grundy County, and membership has doubled in the past decade. The organization currently has 65 members—40 students and the rest adults.
Increasing membership numbers are a good thing, but it's become a problem when it's time for everyone to gather in the organization's shelter. According to Cairns there simply isn't enough room.
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Farmers market opens Thursday
Summer is in full bloom and that means its once again time for the village of Coal City's farmers market—Market Fresh on Broadway — to begin its season.
The popular community event opens Thursday, July 11 and will be highlighted by locally grown produce, herbs, fresh cut flowers and handcrafted items. Held in Campbell Memorial Park, 580 S. Broadway, the market will be open from 4 to 7 p.m.
This summer marks the fourth season for the market that will continue throughout the season with six additional markets.
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Coal City will demolish house on Broadway
A $10 bill could have purchased a home on South Broadway St. But since no bids for the single family home owned by the village of Coal City were received, the structure will be torn down.
The village was offering the home at 160 S. Broadway to the highest bidder. If purchased, it had to be moved.
Town leaders approved the purchase of the home last fall with the intent of utilizing the property as a parking lot to accommodate for downtown parking spaces lost due to the reconstruction of South Broadway.
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Illegal dumping won't be tolerated
Coal City Mayor Terry Halliday has issued a warning to residents and guests that illegal dumping will not be tolerated in his town.
After seeing garbage dumped on Kankakee Street and on the southwest corner of Broadway and Reed Road, the mayor said he will take action against anyone caught illegally dumping trash within the village limits.
"It's ridiculous and pure laziness for people to go around throwing garbage out in town because they can't find a place to put it, it's unacceptable," the mayor said.
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Louis-Marie Londot, né le  à Namur (Belgique) et décédé le  à Bioul (Belgique), est un artiste-peintre. Maître de l'art sacré polychromique, il est influencé par l'Art Pop' et s'est fait remarquer comme vitrailliste de plusieurs églises de Wallonie, en Belgique.

Éléments de biographie
Londot se fait d'abord connaitre dans l'art sacré par la redécoration polychromique réussie (1956) de l'église Saint-Pierre de Beho, endommagée par un incendie en 1954.  Puis ce seront les vitraux du chœur de l'église de Waha (1958) et ceux de l'église Saint-Aubin de Lavacherie (1960).

L'exposition 'Pop Art' du Palais des beaux-arts, en 1965 à Bruxelles est un tournant dans sa carrière. Il évolue vers l'art abstrait –  avec 'sujets simples et même parfois anecdotiques' a-t-il dit - mais un art toujours dominé par les couleurs et la richesse artistique de leur contraste. La 'Maison de la culture' de Namur lui consacre une exposition en 1978.

De nombreuses églises, particulièrement du diocèse de Namur l'ont choisi comme artiste pour leurs vitraux, chemins de croix, et autres mobiliers religieux.  Ses contributions sont chaque fois marquées de modernité et couleurs. Les archives de Louis-Marie Londot sont conservées aux Archives du monde catholique (ARCA), plateforme documentaire de l'institut de recherches Religions, spiritualités, cultures, sociétés (RSCS) de l'Université catholique de Louvain, à Louvain-la-Neuve.

Œuvres
 années 1950: quatre vitraux, dans l'église Saint-Laurent de Virton
 1958 : Vitraux de l'église Saint-Étienne de Waha
 1974 : Vitraux de l'église Saint-Remacle de Marche-en-Famenne
 1977 : Vitraux de l'église Saint-Georges de Marloie.

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Naissance en mars 1924
Naissance à Namur
Décès en décembre 2010
Artiste belge francophone
Maître verrier belge
Décès à 86 ans