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7:10 State Rep. Dwayne Yunker talks the Legislative Days this week, a preview of the Short Legislative Session – oh, and Governor Kotek wants to repeal the big ODOT tax…should the Republicans help her?
7:35 Gregory Wrightstone Gregory Wrightstone, is a geologist and the Executive Director of the CO2 Coalition in Arlington Virginia. He is bestselling author of A Very Convenient Warming: How modest warming and more CO2 are benefitting humanity
President Trump drops the U.S. out of numerous international climate organizations
What does this mean? Greg and I discuss that. About the book:
By nearly every metric, Earth’s ecosystems are thriving, and the human condition is improving. This notion of a prospering planet is entirely contrary to the claims of a climate crisis and a looming disaster around every corner, as proclaimed by the Climate Industrial Complex.
In this book, we explore these benefits and learn that we are feeding the planet’s growing population through expanded crop growth, that modest warming is saving lives and that extreme weather events are in decline.
Sleep well. There is no climate crisis.
BOOK: A Very Convenient Warming: How modest warming and more CO2 are benefitting humanity
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8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers www.DennisPowersBooks.com with today’s “Where Past Meets Present”.
Lisa Rinna: The Medford Actress Who Made It
By Dennis Powers
Born on July 11, 1963, in Newport Beach, California, Lisa Rinna grew up in Medford, Oregon, after her family moved there. Her father, Frank Rinna, had graduated summa cum laude from the California College of Arts and Crafts; after working for the San Francisco Chronicle in the early1950s for five years as a staff artist, he freelanced on agency accounts for Chevron, PG&E, Pittsburgh Paint, and Harry & David. While working on Harry & David, he was offered the job of Executive Art Director, which involved moving to Medford. Frank retired in 1988 with his famed watercolors featured at the Britt and in different private collections.
A cheerleader from junior high through high school, Lisa attended Medford elementary school, junior high school and graduated in 1981 from Medford Senior High school. While in high school, she acted in shows as “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Hair”. While there, she dreamed of “a more fabulous life.” She studied drama at the University of Oregon after high school, but dropped out after her first term when she was denied entry to the advanced acting program.
She moved to San Francisco, where she pursued, and found, a modeling career. In 1986, she had her lips injected with silicone on a whim for that “pillowy” look, along with a “real big ‘boob’ job.” In 1987, she switched gears and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, landing early roles on TV commercials, guest appearances on “Baywatch,” and appearing in low-budget movies. In 1989, Rinna appeared on her first TV show, “The Hogan Family,” starring Jason Bateman.
Her career took off in 1992 when she took on the role of Billie Reed on the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” This role earned her back-to-back Soap Opera Digest awards in 1994 and 1995, including “Outstanding Female Newcomer.” Following her departure from “Days,” Lisa moved to Fox’s prime-time soap “Melrose Place” in 1996. On “Melrose,” she played the scheming Taylor McBride; this character was also an instant hit and she soon met her future husband, actor Harry Hamlin.
Hamlin had graduated from Yale University with a BA in Drama and Psychology in 1974. He then attended the American Conservatory Theatre’s Advanced Actor Training Program from which he was subsequently awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting. Hamlin appeared in the 1976 television production of “Taming of the Shrew” and also had the title role in the 1979 television miniseries “Studs Lonigan”—but his big-screen break was the starring role in the 1981 Greek mythology fantasy epic “Clash of the Titans.”
Afterwards, his career faltered but he returned to television in two miniseries, “Master of the Game” and “Space” (based on the novel by James A. Michener). Following this, Hamlin’s popularity skyrocketed when he starred on the highly popular NBC legal drama series “L.A. Law,” as the principled attorney Michael Kuzak from 1986 to 1991, during which time he was voted as People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1987. He decided to leave the series and tried to revive his movie career; however, this was unsuccessful and so far he has only starred in B movies and direct-to-video features. Lisa and Harry married in 1997.
In 1998, Rinna created a stir when she posed for a nude cover while six months pregnant (with daughter Delilah Belle; she gave birth to the couple’s second daughter, Amelia Gray, in 2001) in the September issue of Playboy magazine. She posed again and was again the cover model in May, 2009—this time in a skimpy leotard, suit jacket, lacy peek-a-boo bra, and fishnets.
After “Melrose Place,” she hosted or co-hosted several TV shows, including “Soap Talk” for which she earned four Emmy nominations in the “Outstanding Talk Show Host” category. In 2006, Rinna joined the cast of the second season of “Dancing with the Stars” as one of the celebrity competitors. The appearance helped her (and Hamlin, who was on DWTS during season 3) land the lead role in Broadway’s “Chicago” in 2007—the same year she began her duties as the red-carpet commentator for the TV Guide Network at such events as the Emmy Awards.
Rinna has written three books, released a series of exercise DVDs, launched a fashion collection (Belle Gray by Lisa Rinna) on TV’s QVC, had a reality show with her husband (“Harry Loves Lisa”) for six episodes, served as Anderson Cooper’s co-host on his daytime talk show–and had a long lead in the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” (2014-2022, 180 episodes), among numerous TV and movie spots.
Her long-time role in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” gave Lisa instant recognition to the masses, not to mention her previous work. A reality TV show on “Bravo,” this series focuses on the personal and professional lives of women who live in or near Beverly Hills. As to more afterwards, see her Facebook page and her website, www.lisarinna.com. She is known for her changes in appearances, hair colors, clothing, nd looks.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Harry Hamlin” at Harry Hamlin; Bill Varble, “Medford’s Lisa Rinna joins Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’”, Mail Tribune, November 28, 2014; “Lisa Rinna Bio” at Lisa Rinna (Bio); and “Bio: Lisa Rinna” at its biography.com website.