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Artist: John Romita Jr.
After I decided to got through most of my graphic novels, and comic series I decided that I should really make a start on my second favourite superhero Spider-Man, especially considering I've been disappointed in the current Superior Spider-Man series, and what better place to start than The Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, one of the best runs on Spider-Man ever. Anyway following my review for the first volume I'm now onto the second, and hope to get through these as soon as possible, knowing that I'm going to enjoy it.
Life and Death of Spiders
After his recent visit to the Astral Plane Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is stalked by a creature that's escaped from there called Shathra. Also during this Mary Jane comes to New York City to try and make things right with Peter, but he's not at home.
After a gamma bomb brings dead mobsters back to life in the same body, Spider-Man gets the job of protecting a mobster named Forelli from this creature that's getting called Digger. Also Peter helps yet another student that's having a rough time, and realises that not everything he's done as Spider-Man's been good in the long run.
It's Peter's Birthday, and how does he spend it saving the world. After the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Avengers accidentally bring Dormammu into our universe Spider-Man and Doctor Strange get took into the void, and Spider-Man has to relive his life to get back to the present, and make things right. Also Aunt May's in the park talking about how she feels about Peter, and a tailor to hero's, and villains tells Spider-Man about a villain that's about to kill the DA.
This was an amazing book, and although not quite as good as the previous volume, J. Michael Straczynski continues to show his unique style of storytelling. Straczynski continues to produce some amazing stories, and although they aren't quite at the same level as the first three, they are still amazing, and well worth the read. The thing I liked most about Straczynski's writing, and the thing that I've really liked in his writing on this series in general is that he's given us something that hasn't been done before, making for unique, and entertaining stories. At the same time these stories seem to end with slightly poor filler stories, and although they're still interesting to a certain point they don't wow, or amaze, and aren't much more than the fillers they are. I have however also loved that Straczynski's continued developing the mythos of Spider-Man in this series, as it was a subject that he touched on in the previous volume, he continues to expand it throughout this one, whilst also showing that there's still more to come. Another thing I really liked about Straczynski's writing is that he really knows how to write Spidey, as he can write both the nerd side, and the jokey, chatty side perfectly, with the right mix of both, knowing what's needed when. Straczynski's also not been easy on poor Spidey so far, and continues to put him in harsh situations (even on his Birthday), and although these may not be nice for Spidey himself, they do make for exciting, and interesting stories.
The art from John Romita Jr. was once again brilliant, and although it's still not perfect, he continues to show that he can draw Spider-Man amazingly. I've not always loved Romita Jr.'s art, actually hating it sometimes, but like his art on Kick-Ass, and World War Hulk, I love his art on Spidey, and although there's the odd thing that looks weird I can overlook that as the rest is spectacular. The main thing that I've not always liked in Romita Jr.'s art over the years is the way he draws people's face's, but he manages to do a good job on this series, and although there are still a few people that look a bit weird the main character's like Peter, and MJ look realistic. I also love the way Romita Jr. draws Peter as Spidey, as it's simply perfect, and he really knows how to draw him, especially when swinging or hanging from a web, crawling up a wall. There were also other parts that helped, and hindered Romita Jr.'s art as with the unique character's like Digger his rough style suits perfectly, but at the same time there's a few panels with just a little too much happening, which doesn't really help Romita Jr., as although parts of it look good, there are others that look terrible, making the panel itself overall poor quality. The more compact fighting however was amazing, and when Spidey was only fighting one person on his own it looked fabulous, and Romita Jr.'s art showed a lot of drama, and excitement. The character emotions were also shown brilliantly, as although Romita Jr. isn't the best at drawing emotions he's still not the worst, and does a very decent job of them.
Now I usually talk about certain things I liked throughout the graphic novel, or comic at this point, but due to this being a collection of three stories I felt that it'd be appropriate to talk about them individually, also rating them individually. I won't however be taking more on the writer, and artists unless absolutely necessary, as I've talked about there work in general throughout this entire book, and feel it unnecessary to add anything more.
Life and Death of Spiders
This story continued from Until the Stars Turn Cold, as during that time Shathra escaped the Astral Plane. The introduction of yet another new villain was brilliant, and although not quite as interesting as Morlun, she was still an interesting character. The thing I probably liked most about her was that he introduction continued the development of the Spider-Man mythos, showing that Morlun wasn't the only Spider linked character to come after him. I also liked how instead of putting others in harms way to draw out Spidey that she trued slandering his name, as it showed that Straczynski wasn't repetitive, which was nice. Naturally there was also a fight between Shathra and Spidey, and again although not quite as good as the fight with Morlun it was still very exciting, and unique.
With the development of Spidey's mythos there also came the return of Ezekiel. I found Ezekiel a very interesting character during Coming Home, so to see him return was nice. To be fair he was really needed for this story, as with him knowing the most about Peter's power's, and mythos, he is the only one that can help him, and out him on the path to defeating Shathra. Besides that it was also nice to see Ezekiel and Peter interact again, and the conversations between them were very interesting, especially when Ezekiel revealed more of the spider's history. I was however also interest that despite all the new things we learned, Ezekiel still appeared to be slightly mysterious, as it appeared that there was still more to be revealed about Ezekiel.
This story also continued to develop Peter, and MJ's relationship, as with things being complicated they try and make things up. Basically when Peter is returning from his journey with Ezekiel he decides instead of going home to New York to go and visit MJ in Los Angeles, but at that same time MJ is planing on visiting Peter in New York. There is actually an entire issue that deals with this (issue 490), and although it was something interesting and unique, there were times were it was slightly slow. They did however land up meeting each other in the next issue, as when they both decide to go the other way they are both stranded in Denver, Colorado after a storm. Getting to see them talk things out was nice, as although I'm not overly fussed on comic book relationships, and who's with who I've always seen it that Peter, and MJ should be together. Anyway, this sequence between the two was also very emotional, and dramatic, and really made the last issue more worthwhile.
The issue were MJ, and Peter meet each other also features an appearance from both Doctor Doom, and Captain America. Now it's not what you think, Cap, and Spidey aren't fighting Doom, in fact they are protecting him. The fight between Cap, and Spidey, against Dooms attackers was very entertaining, and I loved how Straczynski was able to keep all the emotions from the Peter/MJ moments, as well as giving excitement, and action. The appearance of Doom however was slightly disappointing, as although the fact that he's not the enemy was more unique, I'd have liked to have seen more of him. I was however still happy that he made an appearance in the first place, and the Cap appearance was as good as I'd have hoped, and I'd rather a better Cap appearance that a better Doom appearance.
This was a fantastic story, and continues the mythos that Straczynski's been developing brilliantly. It also had plenty of excitement, and action, as well as emotion. Overall although not the best story in Straczynski's run it was still brilliant, and not the worst.
The main part of this story revolves around dead mobsters coming back to life in a collected body, getting referred to as Digger. Although probably one of the worst characters Straczynski would create whilst on Spider-Man, Digger was still in his own way interesting, and the background, and story that he was involved in was interesting, just not too exciting. The fact that Digger was a collection of dead mobsters was probably one of the things that interested me the most in this story, and with the use of gamma, and the reference to the Hulk was also nice. Also the fact that Digger was basically a cross between Hulk, and Frankenstein's Monster was also interesting, as although Hulk himself is heavily inspired from Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, this character being similar to Hulk, as well as a Frankenstien style monster is something else, and although he's not even close to be considered a better character than Hulk he was still interesting.
The fights between Spidey, and Digger throughout this story was also brilliant, and although not the best fights Straczynski's written, it was still very clever, and entertaining. The main thing I liked about the fight was the way Straczynski had Spidey thinking through what he was doing, and that although there were times he used brute force, he still tried to assess the situation. The way Digger also seemed to remember what life was like during the 50's compared to now was also interesting, and the way he brought it up during fights made for some interesting dialogue. Another thing that was interesting was that whilst fighting Digger, Spidey thought of how he may have fought the Hulk (if the situation arisen), which was very interesting, and clever.
During this story Spidey's also protecting a rich mobster named Forelli, who's asked him to protect him, and his family during this time, paying him $10,000 each day. I'll get back to the money part in a moment, but Forelli as a character was also interesting, and although he was your typical mobster type, he still had the odd we things that made him unique. His daughter however was more interesting, as she saw no wrong in her father, seeing Spidey as a bad guy. Back to the money. The way that Straczynski had Spidey thinking over whether or not to accept money from a mobster was interesting, and in the end I felt that Straczynski handled it in the best possible way, and that it helped the story, as well as making it so that Spidey won't have to worry too much about money any time soon.
The last couple of issues in this story dealt with Peter helping yet another student that's fallen on hard times, this time a girl who's finding life hard since Spider-Man put her brother in jail. Now this story alone was actually a bit poor, and slow, and although it had it's interesting points, it was this that let this story down, as the Digger part was much better. The thing that was interesting was that it showed that Spidey doesn't really think of the bigger picture when he captures a criminal, and that was an interesting point that Straczynski made. I liked that Peter would deal with this as both a teacher, and Spider-Man, and the way it developed was interesting, especially with the fact that Ezekiel would make the odd appearance throughout (now sporting a beard), but I still couldn't pass the fact that it was slightly slow, and at the end of the day it felt nothing more than the filler story that it was, all be it an interesting filler story.
Not the best story in Straczynski's run, but still very unique, and interesting, and full of action. It also had plenty of emotion, and depth, and although it is one of the worst stories Straczynski wrote during his run on Spider-Man it's still worth the read, and goes to show just how good his run is if this is one of the worst stories.
This story centres around Peter's Birthday, and what a better way to spend it than saving the world, as when Mr. Fantastic accidentally causes the arrival of Dormammu, it's up to Spidey, and Doctor Strange to fix things. Although not necessarily the nicest way for Spidey to spend his Birthday, it did make for a brilliant story, and a fitting one to end on the 500th issue, as it was epic, and unique, whilst also paying great homage to the earlier Spidey tales (but I'll talk more about that a little later). Finally getting a more involved appearance from Doctor Strange, as although this would mark his third appearance during Straczynski's run, it was the first time that he stayed for a period of time. The fact that this story involved the likes of the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four, as well as a villain like Dormammu was also appropriate for a landmark Spidey story.
As I said this story paid homage to some of the earlier Spidey tales, as Spidey is faced with seeing a glimpse of his future, as well as revisiting his past. Now this was what really made this story special for me, as having read most of the stories that were referenced in this (through Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume One) it was nice to see them re-shown, as well as in a fresher style of art, and both Straczynski, and Romita Jr. did a fabulous job at this. The small glimpse into Spidey's possible future was also interesting, as with the main focuse being on the past, it's only right that there's a small glimpse of the possible future, especially considering the stories centred around being in a time flux.
After the main part of this story, we got two filler issues, with the first one being centred around Aunt May, and her talking about Peter's life as Spider-Man. Now like the filler from Unintended Consequences this was still an obvious filler story, but it was much more emotional, and interesting, as the way Straczynski's showed the way May's handling Peter's secret's been the best part about her knowing it. I also liked how the story cut at certain points switching to what Spidey's actually doing, as not only did this prevent the story from becoming slow, and dull, it also gave variaty, and the way it transitioned between May, and Spidey was perfectly handled by Straczynski. Also without spoiling anything I also loved the way this short story ended, as it was very fitting, and appropriate.
The second filler at the end of this story featured a tailor telling Spidey about an assassination attempt on the DA. Now although not quite as good as the Aunt May story, and also despite the fact that this was yet again an obvious filler, this was still a very interesting story, and very unique. The idea of a superhero tailor isn't exactly new, as is the idea of someone providing the same service to both hero's, and villains, but to have them both together is something that I personally haven't seen before, and it was quite interesting. I also found it interesting that the tailor had morales, and that he tried to be loyal to his customers, but at the same time it showed his true character that he'd go to someone like Spidey for help in this matter, and what would fallow was both interesting, and entertaining. I also liked the reference to the main story as the tailor would give Spidey a design for a possible new suit, the one that was shown on his future self.
An appropriate way to celebrate the web-slinger's Birthday, as well as his 500th issue. The story itself was also very interesting, and exciting, and paid homage to some of the earlier Spidey tales, in a brilliant way. It also had two interesting side stories to follow, and overall was a fantastic read.
Not quite as good as the previous volume, but still an amazing book, and a brilliant way to continue Straczynski's sensational run. It had it all, excitement, action, drama, and suspense, as well as being at times mysterious, and interesting. It also celebrated Spidey's Birthday, and 500th issue perfectly, and was well worth the read. I would obviously highly recommend this book, as it was simply astonishing, and this collection's the perfect way to collect Straczynski's phenomenal run.
Overall Rating: 4/5
The next Spider-Man book I'll be reviewing will be The Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection Volume Three.


Who is known father of AI?
After playing a significant role in defining the area devoted to the creation of intelligent machines, John McCarthy, an American computer scientist pioneer and inventor, was called the “Father of Artificial Intelligence.” In his 1955 proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth Conference, the first artificial intelligence …
Who are the founders of AI?
Founding fathers of Artificial Intelligence
- Alan Turing (1912-1954)
- Allen Newell (1927-1992) & Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001)
- John McCarthy (1927-2011)
- Marvin Minsky (1927-2016)
What is the main philosophy of artificial intelligence?
The philosophy of artificial intelligence attempts to answer such questions as follows: Can a machine act intelligently? Can it solve any problem that a person would solve by thinking? Are human intelligence and machine intelligence the same?
What are the various philosophies of AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has closer scientific connections with philosophy than do other sciences, because AI shares many concepts with philosophy, e.g. action, consciousness, epistemology (what it is sensible to say about the world), and even free will.
What is John McCarthy known for?
John McCarthy, (born September 4, 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 24, 2011, Stanford, California), American mathematician and computer scientist who was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence (AI); his main research in the field involved the formalization of commonsense knowledge.
Is Alan Turing the father of AI?
Alan Turing, the pioneering computer scientist, World War II codebreaker, and father of artificial intelligence, met a rather different end. When he died by suicide in 1954, his ashes were quietly scattered near the Woking Crematorium.
What is strong AI philosophy?
In the philosophy of strong AI, there is no essential difference between the piece of software, which is the AI, exactly emulating the actions of the human brain, and actions of a human being, including its power of understanding and even its consciousness. Strong artificial intelligence is also known as full AI.
What is Alan Turing test?
The Turing Test is a method of inquiry in artificial intelligence (AI) for determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being. The test is named after Alan Turing, the founder of the Turing Test and an English computer scientist, cryptanalyst, mathematician and theoretical biologist.
Can AI have a mind?
In contrast, weak AI assumes that machines do not have consciousness, mind and sentience but only simulate thought and understanding. When thinking about artificial consciousness, we face several problems (Manzotti and Chella, 2018).
Who is the father of AI Why?
One of the greatest innovators in the field was John McCarthy, widely recognized as the father of Artificial Intelligence due to his astounding contribution in the field of Computer Science and AI.
Did Turing break Enigma?
As early as 1943 Turing’s machines were cracking a staggering total of 84,000 Enigma messages each month – two messages every minute. Turing personally broke the form of Enigma that was used by the U-boats preying on the North Atlantic merchant convoys. It was a crucial contribution.
Who cracked Enigma code?
Mathematician Alan Turing
Mathematician. Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician. Born in London in 1912, he studied at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. He was already working part-time for the British Government’s Code and Cypher School before the Second World War broke out.
What drugs was Alan Turing?
When Turing was convicted for gross indecency, the British government forced him to choose between chemical castration and imprisonment; he chose castration, which meant taking estrogen pills. The pills made him impotent and grow breasts.
Was Alan Turing a genius?
Turing was a brilliant mathematician, before he’d even earned a Master’s Degree he wrote probably the second-most-important academic paper of the 20th century – second only to Albert Einstein’s paper on General Relativity.


Local IT market sees rise of ‘simplicity as a service’
Opinion by: Gavin Meyer, Executive Director at Itec South Africa
Who’d want to be a CIO or CTO in 2018? They’re being bombarded by an avalanche of new technologies and business approaches that are demanding their attention. Mobility. Artificial Intelligence. Internet of Things. Digital Transformation. Disruption. Innovation.
And while they’re busy trying to take advantage of the genuine business opportunities that all this new technology brings, someone has to keep the lights on and the telephones, security, content management, CRM and ERP working. To make things worse, many businesses have multiple systems and vendors, each with their strategy and approach, which take a huge amount of time to manage.
It’s time to bring simplicity to a complicated, noisy technology environment – and increasing numbers of CIOs agree. Demand for managed business services is on the rise among local businesses, who don’t have the time or resources to deal with numerous IT vendors, but also can’t afford technology outages, and the effects these outages would have on business operations, productivity and revenue.
That’s not to say that actual IT operations are getting any simpler. But by outsourcing their IT to a trusted managed service provider, businesses are outsourcing both the service and the ownership of that service, so there’s a clear line of accountability.
The three biggest benefits to businesses of using a managed service provider are:
- Lower IT costs. A long-term partnership with a trusted provider saves money across the board by ensuring IT systems are updated and operating at the optimal level, reducing hardware costs, maintaining security, and freeing up staff to focus on customers and execution.
- Increased productivity and efficiency. By taking a proactive approach to IT management, managed service providers take care of problems before they happen. The result: less downtime, and businesses that can focus on their work and increase their productivity.
- Greater peace of mind. In today’s business environment, maintaining regulatory compliance and cybersecurity are critical. Security and data compliance is a discussion we’re having with 80% of our customers right now. It affects every business, and every part of the business – even linking back to your suppliers and your staff. Managed service providers take this pain away as part of their offering.
Beyond these benefits, good managed services providers act as virtual CIOs, helping the business make the most of technologies like cloud, mobile device management, and next generation security solutions. It’s all about being an IT partner to the business, and cutting through the clutter. That’s where the real value of outsourcing your IT comes in.


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MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) – Police in southeastern Kentucky say a man has been shot to death after breaking into a home.
WKYT-TV in Lexington reports that 20-year old Charles W. Wagers died Thursday morning after being shot by the boyfriend of the woman who lives in the home in Clay County.
Sheriff's officials say Kentucky State Police are handling the case and no charges had been filed as of midday Thursday. The case will be presented to a grand jury.
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Jennie Garth at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards
Jennifer Eve Garth|
April 3, 1972
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Daniel B. Clark|
Jennifer Eve "Jennie" Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress, best known for starring in the prominent role of Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. She is also known for starring as Valerie Tyler in What I Like About You.
Jennifer Eve Garth was born three hours south of Chicago, in Urbana, Illinois, to John and Carolyn Garth, who each already had three children from different marriages. Garth grew up on a 25-acre (100,000 m2) horse ranch in Arcola, Illinois, with her six older half-siblings: Johnny, Chuck, Lisa, Cammie, Wendy and Lynn. Jennie also lived in Tuscola, Illinois, during her younger years. When Garth was 13 years old, she and her family moved to Glendale, Arizona. She took dancing lessons and modeled while living there, which led to her participation in a talent competition where she was discovered by a Hollywood Talent Manager named Randy James. She attended Greenway High School her Freshman year and transferred to Apollo High School for her Sophomore year. She later left Apollo High School during her junior year, when she and her mother moved to Los Angeles to work with James so Garth could become an actress, later obtaining her high school diploma in California. There, she started taking acting classes and went to auditions almost every day. After living in L.A. for about four months, she landed the role of "Erica McCray" on the NBC tv series, A Brand New Life (1989-'90), which lasted eight episodes including, "Episode Zero."
Garth landed her first role starring as Denise in the television series Growing Pains. She also appeared in six episodes on A Brand New Life as Erica McCray. Garth then auditioned for the part of Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell, but the role eventually went to her Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Tiffani Thiessen.
In 1990, she landed the role of Kelly Taylor on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210. Throughout the series, Garth's character faced several trials and tribulations, along with difficult issues regarding family and her romantic life. Garth displayed an exceptional understanding of the character's struggles and triumphs, portraying Kelly in a relatable way which made her one of the most developed and popular characters on the show. Garth appeared on the series for the full 10 seasons until its end in 2000, along with Ian Ziering, Tori Spelling, and Brian Austin Green. She won a Young Artist Award and was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards, both for her role on Beverly Hills, 90210. She was also instrumental in launching the spin-offs Melrose Place and 90210, with the character of Kelly becoming a continuity icon by appearing in the most franchise episodes as of 2009.
Her successful role on Beverly Hills, 90210 opened the door to several lead roles in made-for-TV films in the 1990s, including Danielle Steel's Star (1993), Without Consent (1994), Falling for You (1995), and An Unfinished Affair (1996). She also had minor and supporting roles in the theatrical films Telling You (1998), My Brother's War (1997), and Power 98 (1996).
In 1994, Jennie Garth made a Special Guest Appearance at Wrestlemania X in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
In 2002, Garth starred in the sitcom What I Like About You as Valerie Tyler. Along with co-star Amanda Bynes, she appeared on the show for all four seasons. The show centered around the relationship of the Tyler sisters, along with their friendships and romances. In 2003 she starred in the television movies The Last Cowboy and the Christmas family drama Secret Santa, playing as a journalist. She and the cast Secret Santa won the 2004 CAMIE Award.
In 2005 she voiced her Beverly Hills, 90210 character Kelly Taylor, as well as an additional role in the DVD Film Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. The ensemble cast also included Seth McFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, and Drew Barrymore. Garth also starred in the 2007 TV teen drama film Girl, Positive, playing a teacher who was HIV positive. She and co-star Andrea Bowen (known for the series Desperate Housewives) won a Prism Award for their performances.
In September 2008, Garth returned to the role of Kelly Taylor on the series premiere of the CW Network's spin-off series, 90210. In the new series, Garth's character Kelly Taylor is now a guidance counselor at West Beverly High, where her half-sister Erin Silver also attends. Kelly was reintroduced with a four-year-old son, whose father is ex-boyfriend Dylan McKay. The writers were eager to have her share scenes with former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty, who reprised her role of Brenda Walsh. Tori Spelling, who played Donna Martin in the original series, later joined the spin-off in a recurring role as well. Garth reprised the role in the second season.
Garth appeared on the U.S. game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on November 21, 2008. She won $100,000 for her charity, the American Heart Association. This TV show also noted that Garth owns a horse ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.
In 2009, she played the role of Natasha in Candace Bushnell's Web series The Broadroom, which premiered in September.
Dancing with the Stars
In 2007, Garth appeared on Season 5 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with Derek Hough. Garth had consistently high scores throughout the entire competition and was one of the few contestants to maintain 8s and above after week two. She was eliminated on the ninth week of competition finishing at a respectable fourth out of 12, after scoring her first perfect score of the competition with her Cha-Cha-Cha  while Marie Osmond (who came in last place for three weeks up to that point) remained in the competition. The audience gave her a standing ovation. Judge Len Goodman stated that it "was not her time to go." In her exiting montage video, Derek Hough stated how proud he was of her for going on an emotional journey and improving from three 7s to three 10s.
|Week #||Dance/Song||Judges' score||Result|
|1||Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Uptown Girl"||7||7||7||Safe|
|2||Quickstep/ "Suddenly I See"||7||7||7||Safe|
|3||Tango/ "Cite Tango"||9||8||9||Safe|
|4||Paso Doble/ "Because We Can"||8||10||9||Safe|
|5||Samba/ "Cosmic Girl"||8||9||8||Safe|
|6||Mambo/ "Mambo Baby"||9||9||9||Safe|
|7||Viennese Waltz/ "Runaway"|
|Last One Saved1|
|8||Jive/ "It Takes Two"|
Foxtrot/ "I've Got You Under My Skin"
|Last One Saved1|
|Tango/ "The Take Over, The Breaks Over"|
Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Mustang Sally"
1Does not necessarily mean they were in the bottom two.
On April 16, 1994, Garth married musician Daniel B. Clark. They separated in 1995 and Garth filed for divorce in 1996. In 1996, Garth met actor Peter Facinelli while filming the movie An Unfinished Affair. On January 20, 2001, the pair were married. They have three daughters: Luca Bella (born on June 29, 1997), Lola Ray (born on December 6, 2002), and Fiona Eve (born on September 30, 2006).
|1989||Just Perfect||Girl||Television film|
|1993||Danielle Steel's Star||Crystal Wyatt||Television film|
|1994||Without Consent||Laura Mills||Television film|
|1995||Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg||Laurie Kellogg||Television film|
|Falling for You||Meg Crane||Television film|
|1996||A Loss of Innocence||Chelnicia Bowen||Television film|
|An Unfinished Affair||Sheila Hart||Television film|
|Power 98||Sharon Penn|
|1997||My Brother's War||Mary Fagan Bailey|
|2002||How High||Elle||Television film|
|2003||Secret Santa||Rebecca Chandler||Television film|
|The Last Cowboy||Jackie Cooper||Television film|
|2005||Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story||Kelly Taylor (voice)||DVD film|
|2007||Girl, Positive||Sarah Bennett||Television film|
|1989||Growing Pains||Denise||1 episode|
|1989–1990||A Brand New Life||Ericka McCray||6 episodes|
|1990||Teen Angel||Karrie Donato|
|1990–2000||Beverly Hills, 90210||Kelly Taylor||292 Episodes|
|1992||Melrose Place||Kelly Taylor||Guest Appearance, 3 episodes.|
|1993||Teen Angel Returns||Karrie Donato||Guest Appearance|
|1994||WrestleMania X||Herself||Guest timekeeper|
|2000||The Street||Gillian||8 episodes|
|2002–2006||What I Like About You||Valerie "Val" Tyler||86 Episodes|
|2008||Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?||Herself||Celebrity guest appearance|
|2008–2009||90210||Kelly Taylor||18 episodes|
|2009–present||The Broadroom||Natasha||Web Series|
Awards and Nominations
|1991||Young Artist Awards||Nominated||Best Breakout Actress|
|Won||Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series|
|Nominated||Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Television Series|
|1993||Won||Favorite Young Ensemble Cast in a Television Series|
|Won||Best Young Actress in a Television Series|
|1994||Nominated||Best Youth Actress Guest Starring in a Television Show|
|1998||Nominated||Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress|
|1999||Golden Globe Awards||Nominated||Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Television Series|
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|2008||Prism Awards||Won||Outstanding Performance in a Miniseries|
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- ↑ "Jennie Garth" tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved on April 1, 2009
- ↑ "Jennie Garth Credit Listings". Yahoo!. http://tv.yahoo.com/jennie-garth/contributor/61683/credits;_ylt=AvmwRIV5YfnUhqN3Rt3sXcPGM4x4. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Jennie Garth Credits". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jennie-garth/credits/156562. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ Ausiello, Michael (2008-05-10). "Jennie Garth joins 90210 Remake". Ausiello Report (TV Guide). http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Jennie-Garth-Joins/800039315/. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Tori Is Out, Shannen Is In for 90210 Remake!". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=6f173dcd-b5c2-40eb-9fa6-f96f7502d469. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ↑ "Jennie Garth joining Dancing With the Stars". InTouch.com. http://intouchweekly.hollywood.com/2007/06/in_touch_exclusive_jennie_gart.php. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
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Every regular gaming group probably has a game like this. This isn’t the game you pull out for new players, established players’ visiting significant others, or children. This is the nitty-gritty, friendship-demolishing, table-flipping, night-ending monstrosity.
To preface, my game night group is already a mess. It’s a ragtag group of broke late-teens/early-20s barely-cognizant piles of stress and medical issues. For some reason, we all get together about once a week to play a couple terrible, awful games. Betrayal at House on the Hill, The Resistance, Jenga, Coup, just all the most soul-numbing possible games for people who already suffer enough. The top dog “Bad Game” for a long time was The Resistance.
For those unfamiliar, The Resistance is a game about lying to your friends and getting very mad when you find out they’ve been lying too. It’s a standard Werewolf-esque “some people are good, some people are bad, and you only have people’s word on which is which” premise, with the added goal of Completing Missions. Said missions can be passed or failed by the individual members on them. The members are chosen by the leader who changes each round. There are many, many ways this can and does go wrong. It was bad.
Then we played Coup.
Coup, by the creators of The Resistance, is pretty much Resistance minus any possible chance of working together. You’re given two roles, which can range from very helpful to Ambassador, the unanimously agreed-upon worst role. You can take different actions on your turn depending on your roles, and other players may decide to block based upon their roles. Once again, you’re expected to figure out if they’re lying or not. The goal is to eliminate all other players and, well, stage a coup. It’s hellish. My group played it at one of GeekDayton’s board game nights at Proto Buildbar once. It got… Rowdy. It’s not a game to play in public, to say the least. It was the worst.
Then my neighbor died.
I don’t mean to make light of this in any sense, it’s very unfortunate that he passed. However, I didn’t know that news when I came home at 3am after a late night excursion to Taco Bell to see a large pile of free trash nearby. These piles have often given up excellent treasures for my favorite price of “carrying it into my house”. so I meandered over and checked it out. I turned down the fishing pole, car headlight, and half-full bag of dog food, but I did walk away with a copy of Uno. Wrapped in a thin white rubber band, it looked harmless enough. Sure, a couple card edges might have gotten hit with a red marker at some point, but it was fine. So I brought it inside, set it on a counter, and put away my coat/hat/wallet/etc.
I did not find it again for 3 weeks.
Curses aren’t real, things can’t be haunted, and even if they could, a card game for children is not something important enough to haunt. That being said, finding out the copy of Uno I picked up the previous night belonged to a now-dead man and then being unable to find said copy of Uno for almost a month is enough to rattle me. I finally found it in a drawer I did not put it in, and brought it to game night to regale everyone with the story of this dumb cursed copy of Uno. Here’s where the chaos begun.
Very long explanation short, in the 3 weeks my copy of Uno was missing, I ended up watching a nearly 3-hour long YouTube video of 5 idiots playing the Uno video game with certain extra rules in play that extended the game to such a ridiculous length. It ended up making it to #1 on iMDB’s list of user-rated comedy films as a joke. Here it is, if you’re bored enough:
These extra rules included the ability to change hands with other players when certain cards are played. When a 0 is played, everyone’s hands rotate in the direction of play. When a 7 is played, that player must switch hands with any other player. These rules utterly destroy the important part of Uno where you don’t know what your neighbor has so you end up playing a card that leads him to victory. These rules practically get rid of the only win condition in Uno. These rules are hell.
So we tried them.
I don’t recall specific details besides a decent amount of screaming in that first game. It was a short game, though. They always start out like normal games, until the last one. At some point during the night, the game changed from “playing Uno with cards that are cursed” to the far more serious “Cursed Uno”. New house rules were decided upon. Upon playing a Draw 2, the player had to say “Pot of Greed” because of some dumb Yu-Gi-Oh reference I don’t understand. Playing a reverse meant you had to say “Here’s looking at you, kid”, which comes from a particular player in Uno: The Movie saying it about a dozen times after reversing to whichever player had just gone before him. Not saying them would net you a 2 card penalty.
Because what Uno needed was more excuses to draw cards.
We played it a few more times over the following couple weeks, each to worse and worse endings. It always followed a pattern. The first game was rocky due to new players not knowing all the intricacies of the new rules. The middle games were pretty quick, but grudges were started in this stage. The last game lasts at least 15 minutes, involves screaming, more grudges, many reshuffles of the discard pile, and likely ends with two or more players conspiring to make someone win so it can finally end. It’s actually sweet, the standard game leaves very little room for teamwork, so this version always ending in it was a small plus. Until it didn’t end that way.
The last time Cursed Uno was played at game night was a little over a week before Christmas. It was actually right after I visited D20, and it was with 2 friends who escorted me there to check out the place. We all agreed it’d be an excellent place to check out once it opened, and resolved to head back to a house and play games or something. At this point, I was carrying Cursed Uno in my coat pocket just in case I needed to teach its horror to someone on the go. So we returned to the house and started to play.
One final rule to Cursed Uno, which you may or may not be familiar with due to it’s debated placement as a real rule, is the Challenge. If a player plays a Wild card, another player may decide to challenge it’s legitimacy. The challenged player then shows their hand. If they had an alternate card they could have played, they take penalty cards. If not, the challenger takes the cards. This is particularly rough with a Wild Draw Four, because the card’s player would draw the four cards instead of the person it was played on.
This is rarely remembered as a rule, but it was discussed prior to this final game being played.
It started off the usual way, with a quick game to reacquaint everyone with just how awful this game is. The middle game went just as fast. I don’t have an exact time for the final game, but it was at least 20 minutes and all 3 of our mental states were destroyed. We had gone through the deck so many times, we resolved to never play again without someone sitting out just to shuffle the deck so play wouldn’t have to be postponed so often. Usually, at this point, someone would have proposed a truce and the game would have been quickly “won”. There were two reasons that didn’t happen this time:
- Our standard “peacekeeper” player was not in attendance.
- The three people who were in attendance, myself included, are the most spiteful and petty of the group and there was no one around to keep us from going full-M.A.D.
So we kept going. And going. It got to the point where truces were made just to screw with the third player, not even to win. One of these ended up ending the game. My at-the-time partner-in-crime kept telling me to reverse so he could play a card on the third player. Turn after turn, begging for a reverse on my part. I finally drew one, and upon playing it, my partner then threw down a Wild Draw 4. I knew he had plenty of every color, there was no reason he had to play that.
This was his final mistake.
Without moving a muscle but my eyes, I looked him square in his and said, “I challenge that.”
You know that saying about watching the light in someone’s eyes slowly go out? It was like that, if the light bulb exploded instead of fading. His hand was thrown to the floor, and he stood up, yelling out “WELL, GOODBYE GUYS, SEEYA, GOODBYE, LATER GUYS”. Me and the third player couldn’t stop laughing, as he GOODBYE’d himself into his shoes and coat. He went out the door, and about 10 seconds later, we each get sent a picture of the house taken from his car with the caption “GOODBYE”. We did not stop laughing.
Then he didn’t come back. The laughing continued as I looked out the window to ascertain that yes, the car was gone. He must be doing a lap around the block for effect. There’s no way he actually left because of Uno, right? At a certain point, I began to entertain the thought that he might have actually left. I then received a second picture of his own house with the caption, “Y’all are dicks”. I couldn’t argue. That was the last time I played Cursed Uno, and unsurprisingly, the last time board game night was held. We’ll probably start up again in the new year, we can just all use a break from this game and each other right now. I don’t think I’ll be bringing it back.
I’m sure there are a few sick bastards among you who want to play this game, and to you I say, why?
But I am here to please, so below, you will see all the additional rules you’ll need to ruin your very own game night in a single sheet. Enjoy, beware, and please let me know how it goes.
Print-worthy PDF: Cursed Uno Rules

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Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop Studio: Microsoft Surface is a touchscreen computer series with whiteboard controls. The majority of the Surface line-up is powered by Intel processors and runs Windows 10. The devices are developed by traditional equipment manufacturers including Pegatron and are designed as premium devices that set examples for Windows OEMs. The tablet consists of 7 generations of hybrid tablets 2-in-1 detachable notebooks and various accessories and varying configurations in different form attributes. The Surface Duo runs on Android apart from the Surface Duo, which runs on the Microsoft Windows platform based on Intel processors.
Surface Laptop Studio History
Surface devices made an entry into the laptop industry in 2012 and now surface studio computers machine are launching with amazing power and digital pen support. The surface slim pen provides you better support for the designs and writing. Surface adaptive kit, the touchpad of the laptop, hardware, keyboard, and USB ports comes as true flagship style. Here is a complete list of devices and their respectively released dates.
Windows 11 Compatibility
There are many devices that were introduced previously with ocean plastic mice, cool angles, removable displays, better screens, and thin laptops. But this device alone providing you all these cool features. This device is also compatible with Windows 11, actually build for particularly Windows 11. Here you can check the compatibility of Windows 11 with your device.
True Flagship Entry
Microsoft is keeping its Surface line alive and kicking – and we couldn’t be more pleased! The company has just announced a new addition to the Surface product family: The brand new Studio Laptop. It’s got everything the traditional Surface lineup has to offer but with added portability thanks to its sleek laptop-like design. Surface laptop studio starts in a premium price range.
Surface Laptop Studio Specifications
- Quad-core 11th Gen
- Intel Core H35 i5-11300H
- Quad-core 11th Gen
- Intel Core H35 i7-11370H
- 16GB/32GB LPDDR4x
- 256 GB, 512 GB, 1TB, 2TB (removable SSD)
- Intel Iris X (Core i5 models) Nvidia RTX 3050Ti (Core i7 models)
- 2xUSB 4 with Thunderbolt
- 3.5mm Audio Jack
- 14.4-inch Pixel Sense (2400 x 1600) with Dolby Vision
- 19 hours (Core i5) 18 hours (Core i7)
- 1080p HD
Surface Laptop Studio Features
You can slide the display on the Surface Laptop into New and Creative Studio Mode by using the new Dynamic Woven Hinge. This new feature enables users to explore their creative genius, watch Netflix, do yoga poses, take in a movie, or play The Sims 3 in style! It also allows you to transform into a standard laptop when you need to catch up on your work at home or head into the office.
You can turn your Surface Go into a slate by pulling it out to full-screen size. Slide-out the Surface Pen 2 along with the device by pressing the button on its lid, giving you more control over what you need to work on. Enabling you to paint freely or draw scribbles however you want to. With 1080p HD 1920 X 1280 resolution, sharper images are clear and easy to see across Windows 11, especially when using Windows Tools like Bing Search for example
Surface Laptop Studio Price
The prices of some laptops begin at $1599.99 and it’s now available for pre-order in select markets, but the laptop will start shipping from October 5 alongside the release of Windows 11.
Today Microsoft announced the launch of their brand new Surface Laptop. The Surface Laptop will be replacing the Surface 3 which was the last device in the Surface line that was an ultra-portable laptop. The Surface Laptop is a lightweight, well-designed laptop that offers the performance of the Surface Pro but in a smaller, more portable form factor.Spread the love


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I live by the ocean and the inspiration for this poem and painting was an article in the local paper about a tourist to the Gold Coast who went swimming late one night after a celebratory night-out in Surfers Paradise.
It is important to always respect the ocean both during the day and at night.
Dangers of swimming at night.
An ocean is a world of its own
A mystery, an unknown zone
Wonder at its undiscovered depths
Respect and love its strength.
The ocean gives , the ocean takes
Upon shores its endless waves break
We sail upon, we fish, we play
Sun shines on blue throughout the day.
At night, we swim for fun
No fear, let inhibitions run
Who cares what lurks beneath,
Way down, down in the deep.
However danger goes before.
Check who’s watching the shore
Swim in close don’t go too far

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Person of the Week
Hughes Helps Tech Meet Tradition with Virtual Guilford Fair
Lisa Hughes hopes to hit a technical homerun for Guilford Agricultural Society and the community with the Virtual Guilford Fair, coming to Facebook (@guilfordagsociety) Friday, Sept. 18 to Sunday, Sept. 20. She says the key will be driving in plenty of exhibitors who will post their photographed entries in departments of their choice beginning Saturday, Sept. 12 through Thursday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Hughes )
Send up that drone for a spectacular shot of your 500-pound pumpkin. Lure your loveliest llamas to the lens. Put your donkeys on digital display; place your kid’s painted pumpkins in their best light; pick the perfect pic of that jar of jam: At the 2020 Virtual Guilford Fair, technology meets tradition.
Lisa Hughes hopes to hit a technical homerun for Guilford Agricultural Society and the community with the Virtual Guilford Fair, coming to Facebook (@guilfordagsociety) Friday, Sept. 18 to Sunday, Sept. 20. She says the key will be driving in plenty of exhibitors who will post their photographed entries in departments of their choice beginning Saturday, Sept. 12 through Thursday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m.
“The fair is a tradition for so many families. This is going to be a year when they can still exhibit, although at a distance,” says Lisa. “It’s not going to be a traditional fair, but hopefully we can pull together a few other things we are working on and post those over the weekend and just give people a little enjoyment.”
While things will no doubt be different, Lisa hopes the virtual fair will give folks who share their photos a way to show the pride they’ve put into every entry they’ve been working on this year.
“I think there’s excitement in getting prepared, in creating your entries, whether it’s working on a garden or working on a piece of art, or growing your flowers or baking a cake,” says Lisa. “People look forward to doing those things, and it’s become so much of a tradition with them. And it’s not just individuals. Classrooms do projects for the fair, organizations do projects to enter.”
After COVID-19 caused the agricultural society to make the difficult choice to cancel this year’s event at the fairgrounds on Lovers Lane, Lisa spotted an opportunity to do something different, digitally speaking. Years ago, she helped the society start up its webpage, and about 10 years ago, Lisa founded the Guilford Fair Facebook and Twitter social media sites for the group.
“I’m the one who’s been doing the fair’s Facebook and Twitter accounts since the beginning of time, and they’ve grown in recent years,” says Lisa. “Social media’s become a main part of everybody’s lives. So having done that, for all this time, when I posted [Society President] John Hammarlund’s letter to the community that we were canceling the fair, it struck me at that time that I’m posting it on a platform that is ready for anything that we want to do with it—and why not?”
The idea: Create a virtual fair celebrating as many different departments as possible by allowing people to post photos of their entries for judges to evaluate and the public to enjoy. Lisa brought her idea to the ag society, then began to work out the logistics, such as giving each department its own Facebook event page. On Aug. 2, she sent up a flare on the Facebook page teasing news that the Virtual Guilford Fair would be on display in September.
Since then, updates have continued to be posted regularly on Facebook and more details appear at www.guilfordfair.org. Right now, Lisa and the all-volunteer ag society members are doing their darndest to spread the word that the Virtual Guilford Fair will be accepting posted entries from Sept. 12 to 17 at 5 p.m. for virtual judging. Participants can enter up to six entries per department by submitting entries as a photo in the designated department’s comments area. Winners will be highlighted during the fair weekend Sept. 18 to 20.
Feedback is already coming in on Facebook, and people are showing their excitement about getting a chance to share their entries, says Lisa.
“They’re very excited about the opportunity to enter and have it shown,” says Lisa. “They want to show what they’ve done—they want an opportunity to show their hard work to the world, and if they can have it seen by everybody, then all the better.”
Virtual Guilford Fair departments include Dairy and Beef Cattle; Pony Draw; Horses; Draft Oxen; Donkey and Mule show; Llama; Goats; Sheep; Swine; Poultry; Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, and Small Animals; Vegetables; Junior Vegetables; Forage; Fruits; Baking; Canned Goods; Flowers; Junior Flowers; Needlework; Junior Needlework; Arts and Crafts (Art—2D; Craft—3D); Woodworking; Photography; Junior Department; Tractors; Barnyard; Youth Organization and Member Department; Spinning and Fiber; and Adult Collections.
What’s important for all entrants to know is that this year’s fair is about fun, says Lisa. Rules are relaxed and virtual prize ribbons will be digitally awarded as a post on winning entries.
“It’s not going to be rigidly structured like a traditional fair. It’s going to be basically something you have fun with,” says Lisa. “I can’t possibly live by the breakdown of rules each department has, so it’s very simplified. If you showed your cattle last year and you have a picture of it, post it. If I tell you to enter vegetables, and you give me a plate of mixed vegetables, then it’s mixed vegetables. This is really for the community to get a little bit of a fair fill. After the entries close and the fair starts on Friday, people can scroll and look and review any department they want.”
Keeping the spirit of the Guilford Fair alive despite the parameters of the pandemic is essential to keeping the event at the forefront until it can resume live and in person, she feels. Guilford Agricultural Society is already preparing for a big comeback next year, when the Guilford Fair will be held Sept. 17 to 19, 2021 at the fairgrounds.
Until then, Lisa says “every day without the fair going on is a day that people forget about us. We’re going to be there next year, God willing, and hopefully, they’ll come back. And in the meantime, I’d like to have a little something to carry on the tradition.”
Friend of the Fair
Like so many ag society members who volunteer and support Guilford Fair, Lisa is a friend of the fair who gives of her time and talent to help deliver its tradition and enrich the community. Her father, the late Charlie Collins, served with Guilford Police Department for 30 years, retiring as a captain in 1987. He was also a photo hobbyist who won many photo awards himself and who volunteered his talent with the ag society’s Photo Department, working with Larry Kalbfeld. Lisa got involved through their connection.
“Larry Kalbfeld and my father and I took over the photo department back over 20 years ago,” says Lisa, who then went on to offer her home-grown talents with computers to set up the first Guilford Agricultural Society website.
On her mother’s side, Lisa’s mom, Mary Collins, is a member of the town’s historic Dudley family.
“My grandfather was president of the [Guilford Savings] Bank way back when, and my uncle had previously been as well,” says Lisa. “We’ve been here a while!”
Suffice it to say, Lisa grew up with the Guilford Fair, experiencing as, a kid, something that’s near and dear to so many raised in this town.
“Kids growing up here, I’m sure, remember going to the fair,” she says. “Your September memories are going to the fair.”
Guilford Fair was founded in 1859 on the Town Green and held at harvest time so that “farmers could show off their best,” says Lisa.
As a Library of Congress Local Legacy, fair lovers around the country are well aware of the Guilford Fair.
“It started out on the green with farmers gathering, and it’s grown into this,” says Lisa.
In normal years, thousands flock the fairgrounds for three days in September, but Lisa feels the 2020 Virtual Guilford Fair can also draw thousands of guests online. She says some past posts on the fair’s Facebook page have had as many as 20,000 views.
“So I hope this brings out more people, and I hope it draws more attention to who we are and what we do,” says Lisa. “We’re non-profit, we own the property, we maintain the property and we allow the town to use it for things like [the Guilford High School 2020] graduation, for free [because] it brings the community together, and that’s why we do it.”
With a bit of Yankee ingenuity, Lisa has now helped move this historic event forward into a new virtual space, while still keeping the continuity and tradition of the Guilford Fair alive.
“What would our ancestors that started this 151 years ago say now? They’d actually probably comment that we’re ingenious. They might think that, ‘Hey, you’ve got the tools to do it,’” says Lisa. “More than anything, I hope the community will enjoy it.”

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2023 Medical/Dental Changes:
- For this year, there are specific changes that apply to retirees by their bargaining unit (union).
- For IUOE:
- Kaiser medical plan is changing to Kaiser 10/20.
- Kaiser Dental plan is changing to Kaiser Dental 15.
- Cigna medical Preferred and Performance plans are changing to Moda PPO 400.
- Delta Dental plan is changing to Delta Dental 50.
Kaiser Medical Plan Changes:
- Charges for equipment and supplies for breastfeeding, including milk storage supplies and equipment to support breastfeeding, are now covered for those with breastfeeding difficulties.
- Follow-up colonoscopies are covered at no cost share following a positive result on any USPSTF preventive colorectal screening.
- Behavioral counseling is now covered as preventive care for adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors and type 2 diabetes.
- Naturopathic care is now covered for out-of-area dependents.
- New KP@home program provides hospital-level acute care to members with certain diagnoses at home under the direction of KP physicians.
- Omada program discontinued for 2023.
- Prior authorizations approved by Cigna will be honored with Moda.
- Programs tied to Cigna, including Omada, are no longer available.
- Labor and delivery services at out-of-network facilities are covered as in network if services are due to state or federal declaration of a public health emergency and providers are not allowed to bill the difference between billed and allowed charges.
- WellDyne will continue to provide prescription coverage.
- VSP Vision will continue to provide vision coverage for Moda PPO 400 members. Moda Major Medical plans do not include routine vision coverage (no change).
- VSP Vision (available with Moda PPO 400 Plan only) now covers frames at Walmart up to $200.
- Learn more about the transition back to Moda.
Dental Plan Changes:
Kaiser Dental plan change: The additional $25 cost share for emergent or urgent dental care will no longer be assessed.
Delta Dental plan changes:
Health Through Oral Wellness – members who qualify may receive additional cleanings, sealant and fluoride, drugs for home use, oral hygiene instruction, nutritional counseling, and tobacco cessation counseling. This program enhances overall health through collaboration with your dentist.
- Athletic Mouth Guards – Athletic mouth guards are now covered once per year for members 15 and under and every 2 years age 16 and over. Over-the-counter athletic mouth guards are excluded.
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The selling sound: the rise of the country music industry
Few expressions of popular culture have been shaped as profoundly by the relationship between commercialism and authenticity as country music has. While its apparent realism, sincerity, and frank depictions of everyday life are countryrs"s most obvious stylistic hallmarks, Diane Pecknold demonstrates that commercialism has been just as powerful a cultural narrative in its development. Listeners have long been deeply invested in the "business side" of country. When fans complained in the mid-1950s about elite control of the mass media, or when they expressed their gratitude that the Country Music Hall of Fame served as a physical symbol of the industryrs"s power, they engaged directly with the commercial apparatus surrounding country music, not with particular songs or stars. InThe Selling Sound, Pecknold explores how country musicrs"s commercialism, widely acknowledged but largely unexamined, has affected the way it is produced, the way it is received by fans and critics, and the way it is valued within the American cultural hierarchy.Pecknold draws on sources as diverse as radio advertising journals, fan magazines, Hollywood films, and interviews with industry insiders. Her sweeping social history encompasses the genrers"s early days as an adjunct of radio advertising in the 1920s, the friction betweenBillboardand more genre-oriented trade papers over generating the rankings that shaped radio play lists, the establishment of the Country Music Association, and the influence of rock ls"nrs" roll on the trend toward single-genre radio stations. Tracing the rise of a large and influential network of country fan clubs, Pecknold highlights the significant promotional responsibilities assumed by club organizers until the early 1970s, when many of their tasks were taken over by professional publicists.
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Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra were born in a small neighborhood of Calcutta in the early 1940s. Subhash, older by fifteen months, is quiet, cautious, responsible. Udayan is reckless and outspoken. Despite their differences, the boys are inseparable. But as they grow up, they grow apart. Subhash, a serious student, moves to Rhode Island to study science at a university there, while Udayan, passionately political, stays in India, where he becomes enmeshed in the Naxalite movement and marries fellow student Gauri.
India in the 1940s was still a British colony, where native people were forcibly separated from wealthy English expats. But in the following decades, India broke free of the empire only to find itself convulsed with violent factional uprisings, which began in the ‘60s and continue to the present day. (This is history which few Americans know well—not surprisingly. One of the characters, relocated to the States, notes that the evening news says nothing about political unrest in India.)
But while Indian history is the ground from which the brothers’ story grows, The Lowland is not primarily a book about Indian history, but about how personal history can be rooted in national history, and how one action, one decision, or one experience can reverberate through a life in unforeseeable ways.
Lahiri has a dazzling impressionistic style. Layering phrase upon phrase, she paints a portrait or a setting with a few precise strokes. She tells the stories of Subhash and Udayan and their family through a shifting third-person perspective, gradually unveiling each character’s secrets. A luminous, absorbing book, The Lowland was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.

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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.
Field, Sally quotes
- "The dynamic, team-wise off the field, was just awesome "The dynamic, team-wise off the field, was just awesome and that transferred to the team we had on the field. Without it, I don't think I would have scored 16 goals. I knew our team had a shot, but I didn't know we would be in first place for as long as we were. That was a surprise." - Amanda Weber
- Lynda Field – dream ?*?*•?"A goal is a dream with a deadline." ~Lynda Field (Life Coach)
- "[Field hockey] is pretty interesting to play.… "[Field hockey] is pretty interesting to play. It's a lot more passing and fun stick work. There's a lot of teamwork too, which I like. Ice hockey's a lot faster and more physical. Field hockey might not be as fun to watch but it's a lot of fun to play." - Kendra Gedney
- "You go to school, you get a master’s degree, you "You go to school, you get a master's degree, you study Shakespeare and you wind up being famous for plastic glasses" - Sally Jessy Raphael

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Round 5 of the 2019 season of the Urban Astro Buggy Champs in the 2WD class was held this past weekend at the challenging rooftop astroturf offroad circuit of Urban RC in Singapore. Warm sunshine greeted racers for once on an off-road race weekend. Running four qualifying rounds, the TQ fight would go to the wire as Sean Lee, Esmail Apandi and Dominic Quek, who was making his season debut, each TQ’d the first three rounds. Lee showed that he was the one to beat when he TQ’d round 4 by some three seconds from Apandi. Quek would start 3rd on the grid, with Andrew Tow taking the final direct entry into the 6-car A-Main. Running bump-up finals, and gaining the two bump-up spots into the A-Main were TS Bay and Sebastian Lee, father of Sean.
In A-main leg 1, Lee got off to a good start as a mistake by Apandi in the middle double on lap 2 allowed Tow and Quek to gain positions. On the next lap, a roll by Tow exiting the ramp saw Quek move up into 2nd. Quek chipped away at Lee’s lead until a mistake at the front double by Lee gave Quek the lead. Quek would hold on to take the Leg 1 win, with Lee in 2nd and Tow in 3rd.
In leg 2, it was a race of attrition and the first to fall by the wayside was Apandi who made a mistake at the last turn. Tow was next as he rolled coming off the ramp. That left the 2 youngsters to fight for the win. With just over a minute remaining and a fast charging Quek, Lee made mistake in the middle double, opening the door for Quek to take the lead. Lee was not done just yet as he put in a couple of fast laps to close in on Quek. However a close encounter with one of the pipes by Lee, and another mistake in the middle double, would give Quek the win for leg 2 and the overall win for the day. Bay finished Leg 2 in 2nd, with Sebastian Lee in 3rd.
Leg 3 would see a fierce fight for the final podium spots. With Quek sitting out, Apandi would win by just under two seconds from Lee.


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This news hardly seems cricket to me.
Australian media group News Ltd. says a push by sports organizations to restrict reporting of their events is an attempt to monopolize coverage, and allowing that by legislation would be an assault on free speech.
Australia’s leading sporting bodies have told a Senate inquiry that the advent of online “news” reporting is affecting their revenue streams and could limit their ability to support grassroots participation.
Put in plain English, the sports bodies(Cricket Australia, the Australian Football League and Tennis Australia) only want internet users to go to their websites for news.
The leagues also want to exert ownership over photographic images. Saying they are the league’s intellectual property and protected by copyright laws.
This isn’t the first time a sports organization in dispute with members of the media over what is and isn’t each other’s property. In 2006, the LPGA tried to claim similar ownership and a media boycott that lasted almost two months was the result. I honestly think these leagues are being nearsighted.
- Baseball Suing Fantasy Leagues over Stats Use
- For the birds- Andy Roddick trips over line judge at Australian Open
- On a roll- Karrie Webb wins the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters
- Australian golfer Anna Rawson regrets dykes comment
- Is Golf Observer’s Sal Johnson living in an alternate universe?
- Tennis authorities looking into WTA match
- Karrie Webb to play in the Australian Open
- Judge rules MLB baseball statistics are public
- Minnesota Timberwolves report trade before it’s completed
- Australia forfeits Davis Cup match
- Eight is Enough- Edmonton beats Chicago 8-4
- Lydia Ko wins New South Wales Open
- The Comeback I- Pittsburgh Penguins beat NY Islanders 5-0
- Seattle Mariners Outfielder Greg Halman stabbed to death at age 24
- Hee Young Park wins CME Titleholders Championship
- Oklahoma State Women’s Basketball Coach Kurt Budke dead at 50
- Costly mistake- Blackhawks waive Rostislav Olesz
- Manager Tony La Russa announces retirement
- Puck Drop- Florida Panthers start the 2011-12 NHL season
- 13-time PGA Tour winner Dave Hill dead at 74
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Danish badminton player Anders Antonsen won the season finale in men’s singles at the World Tour Finals in Bangkok on Sunday after a nerve-wracking all-Danish match against Victor Axelsen.
Thailand has hosted three consecutive badminton tournaments in a bio-secure coronavirus bubble, without spectators, to guard against the pandemic.
Viktor Axelsen ranked 4th was ahead of the final made favorite with his two previous tournament victories in Bangkok but the 23-year-old from Aarhus, Denmark won surprisingly 21-16, 5-21, 21-17 over his compatriot.
Anders Antonsen said immediately after the victory in an interview with TV2 Sport that he is all over the place, extremely happy, proud, and surprised. It has not been an easy month in Thailand and it’s just insane to win.
Victor Axelsen would have liked to take three tournament wins and said that he was disappointed but Antonsen played better and congratulated his fellow countryman on his victory. Antonsen is the only man to beat Axelsen in three weeks and with the victory, Antonsen put an end to Viktor Axelsen’s impressive shoal of 29 victories in a row.


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Turkey TreatsNovember 7, 2019
Time to get ready to trim your farm raised, free ranged turkey, set an abundant table for your multitude of guests, and make sure to have plenty of wine on hand for the relatives (or to deal with them). Not sure what value wines would be best to get you through this favorites of fall occasions? Advanced Sommelier Jenny Benzie recommends a handful of wine selections that will grace your Thanksgiving dinner table with laud and praise.
Naveran Brut Vintage Cava is a steal of a deal when it comes to sparkling wine. Made by proprietor Michel Guilleron Parellada, this is a blend of the indigenous grapes from the Penedés region of Spain. Xarello adds to the body, Macabea gives it an aromatic intensity, and Parellada lends acidity to the wine.
Cava is made in the same production method as Champagne, in which the secondary fermentation that creates the bubbles occurs in the bottle itself. Bodegas Naveran is a premium Cava producers in that they only use estate-grown grapes.
This Brut is aged for 18 months on the lees after fermentation in the bottle in order to achieve greater depth and complexity within in the wine.
The fine, delicate bubbles show the refined finesse inside this product.
This sparkling wine is a secret find in regards to the quality and value that this wine has to offer in comparison to others in its’ category.
Hugel “Gentil” White Blend revives an ancient tradition in the Alsace region of France, where the Hugel family was a pioneer of grape growing.
Wines that are assembled from the noble grape varieties of the area were called “Gentil”.
This wine combines the suave, spicy flavor of Gewurztraminer, the body of Pinot Gris, the finesse of Riesling, the grapiness of Muscat, and the refreshing character of Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner, all combined together in one delicious bottle of wine.
This wine is made from hand-harvested grapes that come from several of the most favored vineyard sites in the region near the town of Riquewihr in Alsace, France.
It sees no oak, yet has a touch of richness and texture that will pair perfectly with the texture of your mouth-watering turkey.
Domaine de Groś Noré Rosé Bandol is a rosé wine worth seeking.
Owner Alain Pascal and the wines he makes are very similar, both gentile giants and full of heart. Alain and his father worked in the business together and used to sell their grapes to other well-known Bandol producers, only bottling a small amount on their own for home consumption.
After his father’s passing, Alain decided to create his own label and make the wine for commercial release instead of selling it off to others.
We are the ones who benefit now with this beautiful bottling of Rosé made from 54% Mourvèdre, 25% Cinsault, 19% Grenache, 2% Clairette.
This wine proves to be a rosé for all seasons, showcasing character, depth, complexity, soul, and finesse that can be enjoyed all year round, and especially on your fall dinner table.
Cara Nord Red Blend hails from the high altitude vineyards of the Prades Mountains, the highest mountain massif in Catalonia, Spain.
They are labeled under the Denominación of Origin Conca de Barberà (not affiliated with the Barbera grape of Piedmont, Italy).
The wine is made from a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Garrut (the local name for the grape Monastrell, also known as Mourvédre).
This winery practices sustainable dry farming, responsible viticulture, and minimal intervention.
The wines has an elegant nose of black fruits, minerals, and balsamic, followed by a juicy mouthful with vibrant acidity and a long finish.
This elegant wine will carry you through to the cinnamon spiciness of your choice of pumpkin or apple pie.
As we join together round the table, let us remember to give thanks and praise to the families of winemakers across the globe who provide us with the perfect accompaniment that adds to our holiday meals and family traditions. From our home to yours, we wish you the very best this fall and Thanksgiving season.


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Food wastage is a serious problem in many countries, including Australia. This is why many Indian Restaurant in Quakers Hill should take immediate measures to get rid of such issues that have been prevailing for quite a long period of time.
What Is Food Waste?
Food wastage is basically when people discard or do not consume good-quality food. Food waste can happen at any stage, including production, processing, distribution, and also consumption. Some examples of food waste include plate waste which is prepared food left uneaten and kitchen leftovers that have moved past their expiry date, They have the position to make a real difference in the real world with small yet practical steps that will help reduce food wastage.
Restaurants that serve Indo Chinese Food In Quakers Hill can start with small approaches to dramatically cut down the impact of food waste by tweaking the ways to organize such structure.
Methods To Approach The Reduction Of Food Wastage
- There is no harm in using “ugly” fruits or vegetable
People often ignore the fruits and vegetables, which you can dub as imperfect or 2nd. Those fruits or vegetables do not by means highlight that they are bad or less fresh. They come from the same fresh batch as the other perfect-looking fruits and vegetables. Hence it will taste the same as the others.
Purchasing such an imperfect product for your menu might be the best option for you. You will not only reduce the food wastage that happens because of such silly reasons, but it will also help in saving some money as such items tend to be less pricey.
- Repurpose the normally wasted
There are times when food wastage is inevitable. No matter how extreme the level you go to, make sure that there is none.
For example, for every glass of orange juice squeezed, you will see a box full of pulp. For every wedge of unforgivable pineapple that you find in the pizza, you will see a chopping board that is littered with woody husks.
For an untrained eye, people would think of them as a wastage, something that you can not use further. But if you shift your perspective a little more, it might make it easy for you to search for some extra goodness that you can squeeze from it.
- How to reinvent fruit skin and pulp
Let us now move towards the right way to use such pulp for further use to eliminate the food waste to the maximum level. All that you have to do is dump all the leftover skins into a bowl of water with a lot of sugar in it so that your dentist would have a heart attack. After that, boil it down and later strain it. With such a simple technique with no extra money, you have got yourself a homemade cordial.
Shriji Indian Restaurant believes in using the product to its potential and eliminating food wastage as much as possible.

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By Ms. Wilkerson, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 2663) of Dianne Wilkerson, Patricia D. Jehlen,
Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Marc R. Pacheco and other Members
of the General Court for legislation relative to a
temporary moratorium on foreclosures. The Judiciary.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to protect citizens of the Commonwealth involved in the mortgage foreclosure crisis, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, a nd by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no foreclosure sale pursuant to a power of sale in any mortgage deed of real estate located in the commonwealth, having a dwelling house with accommodations for four or less separate households and occupied in whole or in part by an obligor on the mortgage debt, shall be conducted in the commonwealth for a period of one hundred and eighty days after the effective date of this section, on any mortgage note from a sub-prime lender which is presumptively unfair by virtue of having any of the following: (a) an adjustable rate loan with an introductory period of three years or less (b) a debt-to income ratio in excess of 50% under the fully indexed rate (c) the loan was approved on a “stated income” basis with no regard to a borrowers ability to repay (d) the loan-to-value ratio is 100% or the loan caries substantial pre-payment penalties or pre-payment penalties that extend beyond the introductory period (e) interest only loans (f) high points, fees or interest in violation of the Predatory Home Loan Practices Act, G.L. c. 183C §2
SECTION 2. No interest or fees shall accrue during the 180 day moratorium period. No eviction proceedings shall be initiated against tenants in any foreclosed property during the 180 day moratorium period, except if the property is sold to a bona fide purchaser or for a cause originating prior to the foreclosure.
SECTION 3. No register of deeds or assistant recorder of the land court shall accept for recording or filing for registration any foreclosure deed pursuant to a foreclosure sale conducted under a power of sale, during said one hundred and eighty day period. For the purposes of this section, the term "foreclosure sale" refers to the conclusion of a sale at public auction pursuant to the provisions of chapter two hundred and forty-four of the General Laws.
SECTION 4. During the one hundred and eighty day moratorium period, a commission shall be established to develop and draft, with community input, legislation to be put before the legislature, mandating judicial review of all mortgage foreclosures in Massachusetts. The commission shall include one representative or designee each from the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Secretary of State, the Office of the State Treasurer, the President of the State Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SECTION 5. During the one hundred and eighty day moratorium period, mortgage holders are encouraged to work with borrowers who have any of the loan terms described above, to modify the terms of their mortgages, including, if necessary, reducing the principal, lowering the interest rate, eliminating pre-payment penalties, and other fees and costs so that qualified homeowners can obtain affordable mortgages that will allow them to stay in their homes.

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Together with the artist Jutta Becker we have developed a true icon. Unique in shape and color, our ceramic iaro Mug creates the perfect connection between coffee and body. Each mug is unique and handmade in Karlsruhe in the traditional way. At iaro we use the size S for espresso, M for cappuccino and L for latte.
Shipping fee 5€ (DE), 10€ (EU)
Free shipping from order value 50€
Standard delivery: 4-6 working days (Mon.-Fri.) after receiving the order.
Free pickup at 108 Sophienstrasse

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As I was deciding what recipe to post today, I came across this Forbes article and had to
share it with you. It’s all about how confusing food labels can be. The article starts out “Imagine three items in your grocery cart: Peppercorn Ranch SunChips, Cocoa Krispies and Country Crock margarine.
The first is stamped with a red heart, indicating that it’s a good source of whole grains. The second has a banner saying that the vitamin-enriched rice cereal will boost your immunity. The third bears a green label deeming it a “Smart Choice,” a green seal of approval on the front of food packaging to indicate healthier fare.
If you are like the typical hurried consumer, chances are you don’t spend much time considering how such messages end up there. Here’s one way to look at it: The chips have no trans fat and contain 18 grams of whole grains; the cereal boasts one-quarter of one’s recommended daily vitamin intake; the margarine has fewer calories and less cholesterol than butter.
Yet, even with this information, it can be hard to understand why a bag of chips with more than 20 ingredients—including corn syrup—and a cereal laced with sugar and semi-sweet chocolate, are purportedly good for one’s health.”


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You’ve made the decision to take your business full cloud. What’s the next step? You have to choose the cloud delivery tool that’s most appropriate for your business. You know your business better than anyone, and choosing the best cloud software and services depends largely on which applications your business uses to operate. Remote access to your data is great, but what programs are vital for your business operations? Answering that question is the key to choosing the right product for your business, and it’s your next step toward full cloud computing.
The question is not so different from the decision you make when you dine out. Do you choose the buffet, or do you order an entree? Microsoft Office 365 is the entree. You know exactly what you want, and it’s all Microsoft. The hosted cloud desktop is the buffet. You need a variety of programs to run your business, and limiting yourself to Microsoft offerings will not fill your plate.
When is Microsoft Office 365 the Ideal Choice?
Going full cloud with Office 365 means you get access to Microsoft products and services through on online portal. Basically, you’re getting the Microsoft Office suite fully hosted in the cloud. You can choose from one of several bundled packages, each offering a different combination of Microsoft software and services. If cost is your biggest concern, you will appreciate being able to choose a subscription that includes only the Microsoft applications that your business uses. Nobody likes to pay for programs they don’t need.
Choosing the most common Office 365 package means you and your employees can access, edit, and create Microsoft Office documents anywhere you have an internet connection. But what about your accounting program? And how will you remotely access your CRM application? If you’re using Office 365, the answer is you won’t. If the software you need to access is not made by Microsoft, you can forget about full cloud computing with Office 365. For businesses that largely function with Microsoft Office, that’s no sacrifice at all. But if you depend on applications that are not Microsoft products, Office 365 will not enable you to make a full cloud conversion; you will need a hosted desktop solution to go full cloud.
How About a Hosted Cloud Desktop?
Using a hosted cloud desktop means that you can access your entire desktop, with all its applications, from any device with an internet connection. Your Microsoft Office Suite will be available to you, and so will all your other programs. Another advantage is personalization; your desktop will look familiar because it will appear exactly as it does on your PC.
A cloud delivery tool is a surprisingly simple solution, and your business won’t even need an in-house staff member with IT knowledge. In addition, you won’t have to replace your PC’s or handheld devices as often when you use a hosted cloud desktop because most of the machines’ work will be done on the cloud. The hardware savings don’t end there. Another advantage of a hosted desktop means you will never again have to upgrade your servers; you won’t even have to own one! You can easily offset the cost differential between Office 365 and a hosted cloud desktop when you downsize your IT staff and/or adjust your asset replacement schedule.
One powerful and popular cloud desktop service is OS33. A cloud delivery trailblazer, OS33 first hit the market in 2010, and it’s still innovating and going strong in today’s market. You will need an experienced and professional IT company to set up and service your hosted cloud desktop. Choosing the right IT company means you will have the benefit of personalized service, without having to navigate the bureaucracy of Microsoft’s customer service department, automated or otherwise.
When it comes to total cloud computing, one solution is not a perfect fit for every business. The decision between Microsoft Office 365 and a hosted cloud desktop will set the direction of your business’s IT future. Both options will mean that you and your employees are always one internet connection away from fully remote access to your data and software. The improvements in efficiency and convenience that come with a full cloud conversion are only a step away, and the decision process does not have to be difficult. Careful consideration of the applications that fuel your business operations will make your choice simple.


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Cameras can be recycled for cash, but they can also be traded in for other items depending on where the trade is being made. To recycle a used camera, it is necessary to find a site or location that accepts used cameras for recycling.
The next step is to determine whether the recycler is accepting the make and model of the camera, because some locations do not accept older cameras for money. A used camera is likely to be tradeable for cash only if it is in working condition. A working camera has the highest resale value and therefore usually commands a premium price when being recycled.