Merrett, the Western Illinois University academic, agreed that in some cases, a new dollar store can be a boon to rural areas where local businesses have shuttered, and residents have few or no retail options.
You can find a pretty wide range of quality sci-fi movies on Prime Video. One of those is Coherence, widely regarded as the best hidden sci-fi gem out there. Dust off the classics, like The Terminator and Galaxy Quest, or try one of the hidden gems more people need to watch.
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'In many rural places that used to have a grocery store, they lost that grocery store,' he said. Merrett said that as Walmart expanded across the country in the 1980s and 90s, many family-owed stores in smaller surrounding towns were not able to adapt, and shut down.
But critics fear that the convenience and affordability of food at dollar stores is offset by health concerns about their food offerings, which skew toward high-calorie, ultra-processed packaged foods.
And yet, many residents of Olive Hill don't begrudge Walmart - in fact, many make the trip to Morehead to shop at the supercenter there, and say they only wish the retailer had a store closer to their homes.
Two other Dollar Generals on the outskirts of Olive Hill also offer fresh produce, though on a recent visit by DailyMail.com, one produce section was poorly stocked, and the other had been cleared out while the cooler was down for repairs.
No one even bothered to check the names of applicants against the criminal database.
Instead, anyone with a firm registered at Companies House and a linked bank account (a demographic that includes every successful money launderer in the UK) could access tens of thousands of pounds.
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The '80s adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi horror didn't draw rave reviews, so this 2022 reboot from horror movie factory Blumhouse took another stab. He plays a father who attempts to keep his daughter -- who can use pyrokinesis -- out of the hands of a shadowy federal agency.
The first three episodes contain a series of barbs that will upset his father King Charles III, including Harry's claim that he was 'literally brought up' by a 'second family' in Africa where he chose to spend three-month stints in his late teens and twenties as he came to terms with his mother's death.
When Muhammad Gohir Khan, an £11-an-hour Iceland delivery driver from East London, was convicted this month of agreeing to murder a pro-democracy Pakistani blogger in return for a £100,000 fee, it emerged that he had used an insolvent travel and export business, which had collapsed in 2019, to secure a £45,000 loan when the pandemic struck a year later.
However, Wells, the newspaper editor, noted that the proliferation of dollar stores in Olive Hill has coincided with a local ordinance passed several years ago allowing the sale of alcohol within the city limits.
In fact, residents of Olive Hill jokingly refer to the Dollar General closest to downtown as the ‘Olive Hill Walmart' due to its wide variety of goods, including a small produce section stocked with fruits and vegetables.
Arrival (2016)
Before Dune, Denis Villeneuve directed another immense sci-fi classic. When mysterious extraterrestrial spacecraft hover over Earth, she's recruited to make contact -- with completely unexpected life-changing results. Arrival is a complete package, with performances, cinematography and writing that are... Arrival stars Amy Adams as a linguist who suffers a personal tragedy in the past.
Most revolve around a simple fact: with the Government effectively guaranteeing loans, banks had little incentive to check that information applicants gave was correct or that they could afford to make repayments.
You can find a pretty wide range of quality sci-fi movies on Prime Video. One of those is Coherence, widely regarded as the best hidden sci-fi gem out there. Dust off the classics, like The Terminator and Galaxy Quest, or try one of the hidden gems more people need to watch.
Panel beater accused of building a 'rape wagon' to prey on... EXCLUSIVE: Full inside story of kinky black widow killer who... Pervert dad admits stealing thousands of bras and undies... Young woman who lured a seven-foot-tall 'gentle giant' to a...
A warmhearted comedy with a stellar cast, including Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver. The clever premise: The cast of a fictional cult sci-fi TV series are drawn into a real interstellar conflict. Actual aliens are involved, who believe the series is a documentary. Galaxy Quest is a cult classic, an affectionate parody of Star Trek. Galaxy Quest (1999)
In the mood for sci-fi comedy?
By the end, it leaves you on a wonderfully thoughtful note to ponder. It helps to know that this story explores the consequences of choices and why you shouldn't worry about making the perfect one. Nobody (2009)
is the kind of movie that nails the ending, making the entire journey well worth it.
'In many rural places that used to have a grocery store, they lost that grocery store,' he said. Merrett said that as Walmart expanded across the country in the 1980s and 90s, many family-owed stores in smaller surrounding towns were not able to adapt, and shut down.
But critics fear that the convenience and affordability of food at dollar stores is offset by health concerns about their food offerings, which skew toward high-calorie, ultra-processed packaged foods.
And yet, many residents of Olive Hill don't begrudge Walmart - in fact, many make the trip to Morehead to shop at the supercenter there, and say they only wish the retailer had a store closer to their homes.
Two other Dollar Generals on the outskirts of Olive Hill also offer fresh produce, though on a recent visit by DailyMail.com, one produce section was poorly stocked, and the other had been cleared out while the cooler was down for repairs.
No one even bothered to check the names of applicants against the criminal database.
Instead, anyone with a firm registered at Companies House and a linked bank account (a demographic that includes every successful money launderer in the UK) could access tens of thousands of pounds.
Firestarter scored even worse than the original, but it does offer the intrigue of seeing Zac Efron take the lead in a horror flick. Firestarter (2022)
The '80s adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi horror didn't draw rave reviews, so this 2022 reboot from horror movie factory Blumhouse took another stab. He plays a father who attempts to keep his daughter -- who can use pyrokinesis -- out of the hands of a shadowy federal agency.
The first three episodes contain a series of barbs that will upset his father King Charles III, including Harry's claim that he was 'literally brought up' by a 'second family' in Africa where he chose to spend three-month stints in his late teens and twenties as he came to terms with his mother's death.
When Muhammad Gohir Khan, an £11-an-hour Iceland delivery driver from East London, was convicted this month of agreeing to murder a pro-democracy Pakistani blogger in return for a £100,000 fee, it emerged that he had used an insolvent travel and export business, which had collapsed in 2019, to secure a £45,000 loan when the pandemic struck a year later.
However, Wells, the newspaper editor, noted that the proliferation of dollar stores in Olive Hill has coincided with a local ordinance passed several years ago allowing the sale of alcohol within the city limits.
In fact, residents of Olive Hill jokingly refer to the Dollar General closest to downtown as the ‘Olive Hill Walmart' due to its wide variety of goods, including a small produce section stocked with fruits and vegetables.
Arrival (2016)
Before Dune, Denis Villeneuve directed another immense sci-fi classic. When mysterious extraterrestrial spacecraft hover over Earth, she's recruited to make contact -- with completely unexpected life-changing results. Arrival is a complete package, with performances, cinematography and writing that are... Arrival stars Amy Adams as a linguist who suffers a personal tragedy in the past.
Most revolve around a simple fact: with the Government effectively guaranteeing loans, banks had little incentive to check that information applicants gave was correct or that they could afford to make repayments.