‘90210’ Star Gives Illinois Food Bank Big Wheel of Fortune Prize
I did not have any idea one of the stars of
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an Illinois native, which explains why she would give a generous donation to a food bank in the Land of Lincoln.
Jenny Garth is arguably most known for her role as Kelly Taylor in
Beverly Hills, 90210, but did you know she is originally from Urbana, Illinois? She s also starred in other shows, had a reality series, and most recently she was a contestant on a celebrity edition of
Wheel of Fortune.
The episode aired last yesterday and not only featured Jenny Garth, but also Karamo Brown and Patton Oswalt. But, apparently, it was Jenny Garth who seemed to do all the puzzle-solving, as reported by The Pantagraph. The Illinois native finished the game with a successful answer in the “food and drink” category , the Illinois newspaper reported. Jenny Garth s awesome letter/word skills won her $168,000 on the episode which had a $1M bonus rou
10 Arguments For Legalizing Euthanasia
Euthanasia is an issue most politicians wouldn’t touch with a long pole. And with good reason: Any argument on the subject usually devolves into a series of complex, abstract questions about morality and freedom of choice and so on. But while these ideas do have their place in the debate, they usually serve only to eclipse the other, better reasons we have for considering legalization reasons that involve evidence, lived experience, and hard statistics.
10It Doesn’t Shorten Life
One of the big arguments against euthanasia is that it’s irreversible: Once the patient is gone, we’ll never know if their unexpected recovery was just around the corner, or if they might have gone on to lead full and happy lives despite their illness. However, this argument ignores the data so hard it basically punches reason in the face. The fact is, in all nations where euthanasia is legal, it’s the near-exclusive preserve of the terminally ill. And, desp
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The Colorado Digital Service’s first year in existence did not go as originally planned. But the new small agency, a self-described “SWAT team of nerds,” would up playing a vital role in designing and managing the technology behind the state’s COVID-19 response.
“Bummer is that COVID has taken away from some of the projects that we’d hoped to work on,” Kelly Taylor, the director of the seven-person shop, told StateScoop in a phone interview.
Taylor, a former employee at the U.S. Digital Service, pitched Gov. Jared Polis on a state-level replica of the USDS in 2019, following the federal agency’s “tour-of-duty” model in which civic-minded technologists lend their skills to public service for a year or two.