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A Hixon-area couple is struggling to get their lives back in order after a fire burned their home to the ground last Saturday evening.

Bruce Brady was sitting in the hot tub when he heard his dog barking long and loud inside the home - a trailer on a rural property about 15 kilometres north of the community. He went to investigate and discovered thick, black smoke.

The home is located outside the Hixon fire protection area but even then, it was doubtful firefighters could have saved it, it went up so quickly, Brady's stepdaughter, Kristin Bonner, said.

"He was thinking it was a chimney fire but it's really hard to tell because there is nothing left," Bonner said.

"He said he went to where the fireplace normally is and he said there were flames in between the floorboards and he tried putting that out with his fire extinguisher but he didn't stop it so he just got what he could and got out."

Brady and his wife Lorraine, who was in Vancouver at the time, are grandparents to 15 children and were hoping to hold a family get-together at their home over Christmas. Now they're living in Prince George with Bonner and her husband.

The home had been insured up until about two years ago when the insurer told them they needed to upgrade the wiring to get their policy renewed. They were in the process of gathering the material they needed when the fire broke out.

Bonner said the Hixon community has been "amazing" supplying the couple with basic items like clothes and shoes. But they a long way to go - a page has been posted on GoFundMe seeking donations and a fundraising event of some kind is being mulled for February.

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They are scattered all over the UK. Industrial estates, big and small, often found on the edges of towns and cities, and each of them pretty much alike. They provide space for production and storage. They are practical places, well-lit but tucked away, unromantic and anonymous.

But behind the doors of buildings on two such sites, in Scarborough and Beverley, there is, quite literally, an Aladdins cave of delights: strident colours, eye-boggling costumes and sets, and a round-the-clock hive of twinkling activity. Welcome to the world of pantomime.

These units are home to the biggest panto production company in the world. This is the magical realm that is Qdos productions. Qdos isnt just the panto king, it also one of the largest broad-based entertainment groups in Europe. The pantomime division alone has about three dozen full-time workers, and there are many other employees across the company, which has offices in Covent Garden, but the company is very firmly based on the Yorkshire coast, and owned by husband and wife team of Nick and Sandra Thomas.

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The couple met, he reveals with a laugh, in rather unusual circumstances. Nick is a long-standing fan of the late Ken Dodd, and went to see the master comedian when he was headlining a summer season in Scarborough. Sandra was in the cast as one of Doddys Diddymen. I rather think that she was playing Mick the Marmaliser. I fell in love with Kens devotion to show business, his unique take on the world, and his brand of comedy. And I also fell in love with Sandra. That was the golden bonus.

But this isnt the story of a shrewd young businessman sensing a good business opportunity. Nick was already immersed in performance, since he started out entertaining visitors on the seafront with his skills in puppetry. His office today is lined with cabinets full of puppets, marionettes and ventriloquists dolls. Some people dont like clowns, he says pragmatically, and if you dont like puppets, my working space probably isnt the place for you.

This year, Qdos will be presenting more than 70 pantomimes in theatres right across the UK. They own a few of the venues, but have strong links to some of the nations finest theatres including the Bradford Alhambra (where the panto this year is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, starring Billy Pearce, Faye Tozer and Paul Chuckle) and the New Theatre in Hull, which is doing Aladdin.

It is also returning to the prestigious London Palladium, presenting panto right in the heart of the West End. So successful have its Palladium productions been that it is contracted for four more, with Julian Clary among the stars.

Qdos has something like a 100m yearly turnover, so it is forced to be reckoned with. Walking into its West Yorkshire units, theres a real sense of camaraderie in the air.

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Nick who won the TV talent show New Faces back in 1975 knows his pantos backwards, and has an astonishing private (and priceless) collection of theatrical ephemera and memorabilia. Nick and Sandras shows move with the times, but here is one of the most curious things about pantomime. In the 300 years since it was born on the stages of Georgian London, it has changed out of all recognition, and yet at the same time retains its unique spirit of fun.

Shows move in and out of fashion, says Nick. At the moment, Disney titles drive panto along Beauty and the Beast, for example, with dozens of theatres offering that one a couple of years back. Aladdin, of course, and Snow White. Some titles are perennial favourites, with Cinderella being right there at the top of the list. Some have slipped in popularity for some reason, but, for the first time in years, we are offering a Humpty Dumpty next year and, surprisingly, Goldilocks is enjoying a revival, while Robin Hood is coming up, just as The Babes in the Wood (which is essentially the same story) is going down. Robinson Crusoe used to be in the top ten, but not any more.

The modern pantomime is a repository of theatrical styles, forms and conventions, and it has always appropriated elements from every other form of entertainment. What works is retained and adapted, what doesnt is discarded. Thats what makes it survive. It doesnt run for as many weeks as it once did, perhaps.

I can remember one season and it was with the blessed Ken Dodd, that ran so far into the New Year that he was actually tossing Easter Eggs into the audience! he jokes.

The first panto he saw was Cinderella, or Aladdin, at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre. What I can remember is that the star was Adam Faith. One of the happiest relationships that this company has is with the Alhambra, and weve been involved there since 1998, he says.

I try to get to see every one of our shows over a Christmas season, but it isnt always possible. However, I will never, ever, miss an Alhambra opening night, because the civic reception is such a joy. Its the best anywhere, no question about it.

Rather further from home, Qdos has expanded overseas there used to be quite a pantomime tradition in some of the cities that were once part of the British Empire. That slowly ebbed and died. But Qdos has revived it in South Africa and Australia, where the panto is alive and positively thriving but in the middle of the year, when it is wintertime over there, and summer over here.

Pictures of the productions are sent to the overseas venues, and they select what theyd like to use. Then a team will come over to Yorkshire to talk through the production and how it will be staged, and what the logistics are for getting A over to B. It is all packed and then it returns, to be counted, checked and, if needed refurbished. Thats on the international scale. Nationally, it is also a meticulous logging of what goes where and what returns. Every costume has to be cleaned and inspected.

The quiet times for the company are in late January and early February, when the pantos are either finished, or just about to close. But then everything explodes back into life again. The subject for the coming season is announced, and the counting begins. A London Palladium show will not fit on to the space at the Hull New, for example, and will have to be adapted. There are always new costumes being made Billy Pearces outfits are handmade every year, and that goes for many of the star names. Their measurements are all recorded, and every detail is kept.

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In the Scarborough units colour bursts from the racks and shelves, and there are dresses in all shapes and sizes, Cinderellas ball-gowns dozens of them Captain Hooks brocaded topcoats. Who knows why Qdos has acquired some of Danny la Rues spectacular gowns, but here they are, rather incongruously adjacent to the Little Indian costumes from Peter Pan. The former requiring rather more upkeep and effort than the latter. Around the corner are more than 300,000 pairs of boots and shoes in all sizes and styles.

There is rack upon rack of rich cloth and fabric. And there is something new being added every day. Ask for something specific, and all of the wardrobe ladies (there are only two lads in that department) will know precisely where it is.

In Beverley, long-necked giraffes from a Goldilocks production look down on scenery being painted on the vast floors below. There are magic carpets, minarets and an electrically-powered skateboard alongside all kinds of paraphernalia. We are a huge collaborative effort, says Nick. From the guys who write the scripts, to the electricians wiring up the scenery, to the lovely people sewing on the sequins. We are all just little cogs in a huge wheel. And when I hear the applause at the end of a show I can cheerfully say, Job done.

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The costumes and sets inside the Scarborough and Beverley units home to the biggest panto production company in the world - Yorkshire Post

TORONTO -- Owners of Ford F-series pickup trucks should take extra care to lock their vehicles because it appears theyre a primary target for thieves.

Once again, Ford F250 and F350 trucks from the 2000s topped the Insurance Bureau of Canadas annual ranking of the most stolen vehicles in Canada. In 2019, Ford pickup trucks took up eight of the top 10 spots on the list with the 2007 Ford F-350 claiming the unenviable title of most stolen vehicle for the year.

Its unsurprising news for anyone who has been following the IBCs annual ranking, which is based on insurance claims data collected from nearly all automobile insurance companies in Canada. Ford pickup trucks have consistently dominated the list since it began in 2003.

According to the IBC, Ford pickup trucks are prime targets because they lack ignition immobilizers, which are devices that can prevent thieves from hot-wiring them.

The lack of an ignition immobilizer is the number one reason this series of Ford trucks continues to take up the majority of spots on the list, the association said in a press release Tuesday.

Interestingly, the Ford pickup trucks featured on the list were earlier models from before 2008 when new safety technology was installed in the vehicles.

As some of the most popular vehicles on the road, the prevalence of Ford pickup trucks in Canada, particularly in provinces such as Alberta, also contributed to the high rate of theft.

THE TOP 10 MOST STOLEN VEHICLES IN CANADA IN 2019

With auto thefts costing Canadians close to $1 billion each year, the IBC warns that thieves are becoming more sophisticated and using new technology to bypass security systems and electronically gain access to vehicles.

According to the bureaus findings, technology had a major impact on vehicle thefts in 2019.

Electronic auto theft is on the rise across the country as more vehicles are equipped with technology like keyless entry fobs, said Bryan Gast, the national director of investigative services at IBC.

The IBC said thieves can use wireless transmitters to intercept the signal from keyless entry fobs and open a locked vehicles door.

TIPS TO PREVENT VEHICLE FRAUD

To protect your vehicle, the IBC advises owners to avoid leaving their keyless entry fob in a vehicle or in an unprotected area near the entrance of your home.

If you want to leave your fob near the front door, the IBC said to place it in a protective box or bag that blocks the signal instead of in an exposed bowl or on a hallway table.

Additionally, if your vehicle isnt already equipped with one, consider installing an immobilizing device to prevent thieves from hot-wiring it.

The IBC said Canadians should install a tracking device in their vehicles that can emit a signal to police or a monitoring station if a theft occurs.

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"Have a promo code?"

More than 160 million online shoppers got asked this question during checkout in 2014, according to Honey, a startup that makes a browser extension for finding coupons. The problem is that many of them left the merchant's website to search for a promo code and never came back to place their order.

In 2012, Honey's founders set out to solve for one of e-commerce's biggest profit eaters. When a user is online shopping, Honey scours the web for available coupons and surfaces the best ones in a browser extension. The company takes a commission on every transaction it helps close, and last year, it booked $100 million in revenue.

Honey's promise to merchants that it could turn shoppers into customers, lowering cart abandonment made it an irresistible acquisition for the payments company PayPal, whose services are focused on checkout. In November, the company cofounded by Peter Thiel said it agreed to buy Honey in a $4 billion cash deal, its biggest acquisition ever.

PayPal has some 24 million merchants signed up for its payments solutions. An integration with Honey makes its service more valuable to them, Daniel Schulman, PayPal's president and chief executive, said in a recent call with analysts.

"Almost 40% of all e-commerce is done through some sort of trigger event," Schulman said. "There's a personalized offer that comes in. There's a deal that somebody sees. ... We think that Honey actually has the leading platform and capabilities around that. And that adds a tremendous amount of relevance to our consumers."

Considering many shoppers already search for deals before placing an order, PayPal could persuade customers to check out using their PayPal account more regularly if it integrated the browser extension's features into its checkout experience, Business Insider Intelligence's Daniel Keyes wrote.

Schulman said the transaction had "the potential to be transformative for us."

But before Honey sold for $4 billion, it nearly ran out of money. In 2012, founders Ryan Hudson and George Ruan tried to raise outside capital and were mostly rejected. They struggled to convince investors to put money into a browser extension for the desktop as mobile became the computing platform du jour. They pooled their savings to pay a small team of engineers. One founder took a day job as a product manager at an adtech company to make ends meet.

Honey's users grew in number, and two years later, the company had an easier time raising funds. A small group of investors who were mostly based in Los Angeles, where Honey has its headquarters, poured $1.8 million into a seed round. Based on the company's value in the sale to PayPal, those early investors have seen roughly 300 times returns on their original investment.

In 2015, Honey pulled in half a million dollars in a bridge round to cover its expenses before the next big raise. The founders used this eight-slide pitch deck to convince investors of their worth. Check it out:

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) The stage is set, the fireworks are wired and the lights have been hung.

The historic Washington Monument in Baltimore is ready to put on a show.

This is really the start of the holiday season in Baltimore, Mike Evitts said. Thats how everyone in the neighborhood treats it.

For the 48th year, the Downtown Partnership is hosting the ceremony. WJZ was there as they finished up the final touches.

Were just in setup mode and were waiting for the music and crowds to arrive, Evitts said.

The park, transformed into a holiday village, with food and drinks and a surprise or two for the little ones.

Santas chair just arrived, Evitts said. So well have Santa and crafts for the kids with help from docents.

Mayor Jack Young will flip the switch illuminating the 178.5-foot tall monument.

Timed with the lighting of the monument, the fireworks, upward of 2,500 of them, will be set off during a five-minute performance.

Its great, Chief Pyrotechnician Rich Lanez said. These things go up, they go tall, a lot higher than you would expect.

Gates for the event open at 5 p.m.

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Ottawa's Washington Square is getting brighter.

Crews were at the park starting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to hang additional lights after the public expressed disappointment that the amount of lights was reduced from the previous years.

Commissioner Marla Rodriguez and Mayor Dan Aussem were on-site to lend a hand.

Rodriguez said many of the lights were donated, in addition to the work of crews with trucks and lifts to hang them high in the trees.

"We're adding a little color that we don't usually have and a lot of snowflakes and stars that will be added," Rodriguez said.

The trucks were kept on the sidewalks after Aussem expressed concern the ground may be too soft to support a lift, and parking lanes were blocked to allow the machines some room to move.

Around 10 to 12 volunteers showed up by 9 a.m. with more expected to follow.

They couldn't assist with the lifts but found their own ways to help.

Stephanie Stacy, of Garden's Gate, was erecting white birch poles in the planters around the fountain area and stringing white lights over them with other volunteers.

"This is what I thought we could contribute to help," Stacy said.

Aussem told The Times earlier in the week that the city "failed" when lighting the park this year. He said he was told La Salle Street was too dark last year and as the city had trimmed the lower branches of trees at Washington Square, those lights were moved to double up on La Salle Street.

There also were issues with extension cords in the park due to dew and moisture on the grass.

Ottawa resident Dylan Conmy expressed interest to local media in creating a "Light Up Ottawa" fund following the frustration with fewer lights.

Originally he considered taking donations where he works at Prairie Fox Books but is instead determining another way to best to collect funds for next year's festivities. He said he'll share information on how to donate when it's available.

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With the New Jersey Devils heading towards potentially another 1st overall pick, Taylor Hall has picked up a lot of steam as a major trade candidate. Wes made the case for the Dallas Stars trading for Hall earlier this week, and now the Stars crew over at The Athletic have taken a crack at it in a roundtable discussion:

Considering Halls talent, I dont foresee him having any issues integrating into Jim Montgomerys system. Off the ice and in the locker room, this would undoubtedly be a major plus. If acquiring Mats Zuccarello was a message that the front office is all-in on the championship window right now, Hall would do the same in an amplified form.

Of course, there are several issues with a Hall trade for Dallas. Not only would it come at an extremely high price, but it would likely strictly as a rental, as squeezing Hall in under the cap would be a problem for future seasons:

The market is going to be too rich, and the Stars dont have the draft picks to afford the buy-in for a seat at the table. It would certainly be a fun transaction and an exciting one for this season. But given the long-term implications, Dallas doesnt make much sense as a trade partner for the Devils when it comes to Hall.

You can read more about what Sean Shapiro, Saad Yousuf, and Bob Sturm have to say about the topic here.

Its gameday! Dallas will try and get revenge against the Winnipeg Jets tonight after their embarrassing loss on Tuesday:

Everyone ready for the inevitable Patrik Laine goal?

Missed out on Winter Classic tickets? Theres still a chance to go:

In a battle between recent Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins prevailed 3-0 over the St. Louis Blues. [Pensburgh]

One of the Penguins goals came courtesy of Plano-native Stefan Noesen, who joined Dallas on a PTO this preseason and recently signed an NHL deal with Pittsburgh:

Speaking of former Stars scoring goals, check out this beauty from Valeri Nichushkin:

That ended being the game-winner for the Colorado Avalanche, who beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1. [Mile High Hockey]

Remember when the Minnesota Wild were supposed to be bad? They may not be, but...

Think you know the NHL rulebook? Of course you dont who does?

Its never too early to look ahead to the NHL Draft. You know, just in case:

I always joke about how the Norris Trophy is seemingly awarded by November every season, but it really is John Carlsons to lose this year:

Finally, Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Robin Lehner opens up about the recent reckoning of NHL coaches and second chances:

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I have been bombarded with questions from readers today regarding a Powerpoint slide that has leaked depicting a drastically refitted Japanese Izumo class helicopter carrier with a pair of catapults and an angled landing area with arresting cables. In other words, the slide, which is from General Atomics, shows a Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) reimagining of Japan's two largest warships. Then it was proclaimed by another site that Japan "has grand ambitions" to do this and buy the F-35C to pair with it. The problem here is that there is no actual evidence of this being the case. It's recklessly uninformed at best, straight-up fantasy at worst.

In other words, no, General Atomics is not a ship designer, builder, or a complete ship systems integrator. So, this is very likely, if not absolutely some lighter concept art to pitch their catapult capabilities to Japan based on a theoretical designa common tactic in the blue sky world of future defense capabilities discussions. There is a rendering for virtually everything.

The fact of the matter is that Japan is already buying 43 short-takeoff and vertical landing F-35Bs and is modifying its Izumo class carriers for this aircraft, specifically. This process has been made easier because, just as posited, the Japanese Ministry of Defense kept this possibility in mind when it originally ordered what are the country's largest warfighting vessels since the end of World War II.

In the single slide we have, the modified Izumo class looks pretty cool as a conventional aircraft carrier, but the amount of work that would be required to realize such a conversion would be massive. In addition, although it seems that most people think slapping catapults and an angled flightdeck on an existing helicopter carrier is a relatively straightforward way of making a CATOBAR aircraft carrier, it's not.

The added systems, mass, and huge changes in weight distribution that the ships were never designed for have snowballing impacts, regardless of cost. The vessels' sea handling, speed, and fuel economy alone can be heavily impacted, and large parts of their interiors would have to be redesigned. That's not saying it is impossible, but it makes little sense. Beyond that, the design shown in the slide is something of a nightmare for CATOBAR operations on multiple levels. A very limited amount of deck space and the inability to launch any aircraft while recoveries are underway are just a couple issues that are glaringly apparent.

The Essex class from World War II is probably the best example of a relatively straight-forward flattop being turned into a post-WWII-era jet-capable carrier, but that was also a major undertaking and those ships were already designed as fixed-wing carriers. More so, in an era where the F-35B is available, an aircraft capable of 'first day of war' operations alongside its A and C variant cousins, such an intricate and risky project has small advantages for this size of ship. Even the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are still learning just how much combat capability they can squeeze out of their own similar amphibious assault ships with a heavy contingent of F-35Bs embarked.

If Japan really wanted to go with a conventional carrier design, then it would be best off just building those ships specifically for the task, not tearing apart the helicopter carriers they already have that were already designed with the F-35B in mind. But once again, there is no great reason for this nor is it anything but a hypothetical drawing as far as well know, and Japan has never shown interest in such an undertaking or footing the bill for introducing a CATOBAR capability into its force structure in the first place.

So, fun picture. We can always dream. But unless there is a whole story we don't know, this image is little more than a common marketing exercise, and no, Japan has no intention of executing such a vision.

Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com

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By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | 2 hours ago

CONCORD, NH If you need to get in the holiday mood, head over to your State House where the halls have just been decked and it sure smells great.

It is a particularly good time of year to visit the people's house where you can stop by the visitors center and pick up New Hampshire ornaments for your own Christmas tree or buy a necktie for your uncle who misses New Hampshire now that he lives in Florida.

Virginia Drew, director of State House Visitors Center, said there is a festive mood of goodwill and hope for the coming year happening around her.

Virginia Drew speaks at the Visitors Center at the State House. Paula Tracy video

"We are gearing up for what will be another wonderful holiday season at the State House," Drew said.

She encouraged people to come and "take a slower pace" to the holidays, and visit the various chambers which are also decorated with natural boughs from trees across the state.

People who come, she said, are "assaulted by the beauty and the smells of Christmas."

She noted that in addition to the large tree on the State House lawn, they will soon have a Jewish Menorah. "We celebrate all the different parts of the holiday season at the State House."

Last week, the state received a gift from the New Hampshire Christmas Tree growers, through the New Hampshire Christmas Tree Promotion Board.

As part of the New Hampshire/Vermont Christmas Tree Association, the state was given trees for "official" holiday decorating. The trees are also provided for the Bridges House in East Concord, which will be a site for official functions in Concord.

Hall of Flags at the State House.

In the Hall of Flags, there are ten 30-inch wide wreaths hanging on all of the stately pillars bringing the fragrant smell of state's balsam woods to life.

Up in the Executive Council chamber, a gorgeous balsam fir has been placed in the corner near the state and American flag and it is now encircled by poinsettias. The tree has been decorated with colored lights and ornaments donated by visiting schoolchildren. This year, the official state holiday trees come from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests' Christmas Tree Farm at the Rocks in Bethlehem.

Gov. Chris Sununu's tree.

The 1,400-acre Rocks Estate was gifted to the Forest Society in 1978 by the family of the original owners, International Harvester co-founder John Glessner and his wife, Frances, who acquired the property in 1882 for a summer home.

When giving the farm to the Forest Society, the family made the stipulation that a crop always be maintained in the fields. That crop for more than 30 years has been Christmas trees and today there are more than 40,000 trees grown on the farm.

You, too, can get your Christmas trees there. The organization has cut-your-own as well as pre-cut options. Or take a horse-drawn hayride through the fields, enjoy some caroling and other events to get you in the holiday spirit.

The Rocks is also home to the NH Maple Experience Museum. Maple syrup is produced on the farm and maple production is part of the educational programming.

The New Hampshire Christmas tree industry is valued at over $3 million annually and represents nearly 200 tree growing operations of all sizes. For more information on how to get your farm-fresh New Hampshire tree, like the one at the State House, visit http://www.agriculture.nh.gov, or visit the NH Christmas Tree Promotion Board website http://www.nhchristmastrees.com.

This story was originally published by InDepth NH.

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Kate Chastain from Below Deck recently revealed she and chief stew Hannah Ferrier from Below Deck Mediterranean are no longer friends.

Chastain hinted about the fallen friendship when she chatted with Danny Pellegrino on his podcast. She also poked at Ferrier on Twitter, joking about Ferriers tablescapes. Chastain proudly showed off one of her tablescape photos too, sharing she loves doing them.

But she later directly addressed the falling out on various live appearances both at BravoCon and when she appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. Ferrier has been silent about the feud but may have cryptically made a comment about it on her Instagram story.

Ferrier has been busy celebrating her birthday and traveling. But she posted to her Instagram story that there are two sides to every story. Learn to be ok with people not knowing your side of the story, she wrote. You dont have to prove anything to anyone. She followed the post with a video where she is giving someone the side-eye too. Ferrier did not indicate the post was about Chastain, but at the same time, shes remained silent about the falling out.

Instead, Ferriers posts have primarily been about traveling and enjoying time with friends and family. In her Instagram story, she shared video of some delicious food she was enjoying with a friend.

She also asked fans and friends to donate to her favorite charity for her birthday too, instead of sending her gifts. Hey guys! Sooooo its my birthday on Saturday and instead of presents this year I am asking for a donation to@lifelineaustralia this is a charity I have worked with for years and having suffered from anxiety its close to my heart. Any donation is greatly appreciated, she posted to Instagram.

Ferrier and Chastain seemed to have a fun and playful friendship. They would often discuss what it would be like to co-stew. Plus, they seemed to genuinely like each other. So the news that they were no longer speaking surprised fans.

Chastain shared that Ferrier talked about her behind her back. Over the years, watching Hannah, I could just always tell we had very different styles of being a chief stew, but I just wanted to be supportive,Chastain shared at BravoCon, Bravos The Daily Dish reports.But now, were not really friends because I heard she was talking poorly about me behind my back.

Chastain claimed she tried to get to the bottom of the issue so she sent Ferrier a text. I was like, You know, I dont like what you said,' she said. And she left me unread and never answered. Like if she had answered, Id be like, No worries! Or, Whatever.' Chastain continues to follow Ferrier on Instagram. However, Ferrier has stopped following Chastain.

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