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it’s long so it’s under the cut, but man was this fun. thanks for the tag @she-who-the-river-could-not-hold ♥ i’ll tag my loves (if you want to haha this is a lot) @dylanobrienisbatman @blueshirtbell @granger--danger @nightbleeder

1. What is your nickname? lol I have so many. Linds is the most common on here though.

2. How old are you? 23

3. What is your birth month? october

4. What is your zodiac sign? libra, but it’s only like 60% accurate imo (I’m not fragile, or a flirt? ya girl can be charismatic, but I don’t think that’s the same?)

5. What is your favorite color? green

6. What’s your lucky number? when I was in high school/sports, I picked 13 for my number because everyone was like oooo it’s unlucky and I was like cool, guess I’ll win while wearing an unlucky number then (and that’s today’s slytherin mood)

7. Do you have any pets? not in the city with me :(

8. Where are you from? california

9. How tall are you? 5’ 9"

10. What shoe size are you? 10

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? more than I should, probs

12. Are you random? oh goodness no. I believe in patterns and I’m pretty dang predictable.

13. Last person you texted? my sister

14. Are you psychic in any way? lol no

15. Last TV show watched? queer eye again

16. Favorite movie? IMPOSSIBLE <--stealing Kath’s answer on this one

17. Favorite show from your childhood? sooooo we didn’t have a tv haha my mom really really wanted her daughters to be well read

18. Do you want children? I want to foster!

19. Do you want a church wedding? I’m not sure? i’d want everyone to be comfortable and they might not be in a church…I do know that I want a brunch wedding though, bc dancing isn’t my thing and breakfast food is

20. What is your religion? I’m Christian! Seventh-day Adventist is the specific denomination, but nobody ever really knows what to do with that haha

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? not for me/like I’m sick, but for other people, yeah, too much

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? Lol not at all. I’ve gotten pulled over four times, but never ticketed though.

23. How is life? better than I deserve

24. Baths or showers? showers

25. What color socks are you wearing? i’m wearing heels for work, so no socks

26. Have you ever been famous? goodness no, whatever for?

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? I think I would, to get to have that platform to make a change and give other people a voice would be awesome

28. What type of music do you like? something with words that mean something, or a melody that surprises you. I’m so weak for key changes though…I’ve always said that my perfect music is driving music: I can belt it alone on a highway at 3am, or laugh over it with friends in the afternoon.

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? nope

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? two

31. What position do you usually sleep in? on my right side, with my hands under my pillow

32. How big is your house? it’s a nyc apartment, fam, it’s the size of a broom closet. it’s cozy though, and I love it

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? I’m so bad at eating breakfast…if I do get something, it’s at the bagel place across the street from my office

34. Have you ever left the country? ages ago

35. Have you ever tried archery? on retreats/for school; I wanted to be like robin hood

36. Do you like anyone? I might have a bit of a crush at the moment and it is stressing me out

37. Favorite swear word? so I literally never swear irl, and the first time I swore online was when I was writing my stranger things fic—it’s literally impossible to write dustin and steve and have them not cuss?? ummm I don’t know, they all have their purposes, but I think fuck is just next level emphatic. it’s crazy that it’s just a word, but it conveys so much when you use it

38. When do you fall asleep? if/when I establish a normal sleeping schedule, I’ll let you know

39. Do you have any scars? in the middle of one of my eyebrows, from when I cracked my head open as a kid, which is why I always fill my eyebrows in. also acne scars, which I’m working on not caring about.

40. Sexual orientation? straight

41. Are you a good liar? yes

42. What languages would you like to learn? Literally all of them, so many. I’d love to learn Tagalog so I could have that connection with my mom’s side of the family, and then Spanish is just so beautiful and I really should’ve kept up with it after high school. French and German and Italian would be nice too, and then maybe an ancient language or three?

43. Top 10 songs? REFUSING TO ANSWER THIS <--again, stealing kath’s answer. y’all know how much music I listen to and cry over, so you know I can’t do this

44. Do you like your country? yes but not my leadership. I love the people of this country and I hate that the voices of the few are the ones that are loudest and that are yelling and that are deciding. the people of my country aren’t being represented or heard or protected and it breaks my heart.

45. Do you have friends from the web? I do! from this blog and I ran a fashion blog for a while, so from insta too

46. What is your personality type? MBTI: estj, enneagram: 2w3.

47. Hogwarts House? slytherin (as if anyone couldn’t tell)

48. Can you curl your tongue? no

49. Pick one fictional character you can relate to? emma woodhouse (I wish I could say lizzie bennet, but it’s got to be emma)

50. Left or right handed? right

51. Are you scared of spiders? not really? my sister is, so I always had to kill them

52. Favorite food? bread

53. Favorite foreign food? mexican (one of the perks of growing up near the border)

54. Are you a clean or messy person? I’m an orderly person…but sometimes that manifests itself in organized chaos BUT I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS OKAY

55. If you could switch your gender for a day, what would you do? call out my coworkers and not be written off as emotional/sensitive

56. What color underwear? black

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? most days like 20 minutes? from horizontal in bed to out the door...but if i have to do my hair, tap another 3 hours on that, because it has to air dry

58. Do you have much of an ego? so this is complicated because i have high confidence in my capabilities and performance, but struggle with my worth and importance independent of those

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? I don’t really care for lollipops, they just make me want to brush my teeth

60. Do you talk to yourself? yep

61. Do you sing to yourself? also yep

62. Are you a good singer? oh it’s so relative, fam. I can harmonize pretty well, so I’m a good backup singer

63. Biggest Fears? insignificance

64. Are you a gossip? not really. I hate complaining, and I really hate when other people complain; i’m just like okay so what did you do about it?

65. Are you a grammar nazi? if someone knows better, in a context when they should know better, then yes. so like, in a paper, for a presentation, yeah. people ask for help bc I’m good at what I do. but also it’s such a construct that we judge people off of, so I work on not doing that outside of a professional/scholarly context? also I’m a big believer in knowing the rules and breaking them to make a point (see: all my lower case answers, run on sentences, etc.)

66. Do you have long or short hair? I pixie-d my hair back in august and regret it constantly lol. it had to be done though

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? i mean, probably? I’ve been to most of them

68. Favorite school subject? always english

69. Extrovert or Introvert? literally the most extroverted extrovert

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? nope

71. What makes you nervous? when I see kids wandering and their parents not noticing

72. Are you scared of the dark? no

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? if we’re alone and I can help them, sure. I despise when people publicly reprimand someone for an unintentional error; it’s just so inconsiderate

74. Are you ticklish? I find people’s obsession with tickling so weird lol

75. Have you ever started a rumor? no

76. Have you ever been out of your home country? …did we not already do this one?

77. Have you ever drank underage? lol fam I don’t drink at all

78. Have you ever done drugs? no

79. What do you fantasize about? paying off all my student debt, having an apartment in all my favorite cities, being able to travel. being an English professor. sometimes growing old with someone; most of the times being a mentor to younger women/getting to be someone i didn’t have

80. How many piercings do you have? none

81. Can you roll your R’s? yeah

82. How fast can you type? not very, which is funny because I work in IT, but I don’t type with my pinkies so that’s a mess

83. How fast can you run? lol I don’t run

84. What color is your hair? brown

85. What color are your eyes? hazel (green + brown)

86. What are you allergic to? mold and one very specific type of grass

87. Do you keep a journal? no

88. Are you depressed about anything? I disagree with how this question is worded but okay. ummm the fact that all my money goes to student loans and rent? misogyny in the workplace? hypocrisy in my government? the lack of love and empathy expressed by people who profess to be believers in love and empathy? that’s a good start

89. Do you like your age? it’s where I’m at, either way

90. What makes you angry? willful ignorance

91. Do you like your own name? I do

92. Did you ever get a foreign object up your nose? no

93. Do you want a boy or a girl for a child? not to be a cliché, but all children are gifts? Like I don’t want to physically bear children, but if they’re there, they deserve love (hence the foster thing-- there are SO many kids in a broken system that need security and someone to care for them, and nobody helps them and that just shouldn’t be)

94. What talents do you have? public speaking and writing. I have a passion for making people feel welcomed and known and loved, so I hope that too

95. Sun or moon? sunshine; I’ll always be a SoCal girl at heart

96. How did you get your name? my parent’s loved the meaning

97. Are you religious? I am, yeah. it’s been a journey—other people believing blindy makes me so mad, as well as people who never question their faith or grow in it, or act in a way that shows they don’t actually believe what they say they do—but yeah, my faith is hugely important to me.

98. Have you ever been to a therapist? I have not, although the farther away I get from some things, the more I think I ought to

99. Color of your bedspread? white with gray tassels

100. Color of your room? white walls and an exposed brick wall

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Usa today Nurses step up, citizens act out, governors recalibrate: News from around our 50 states

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Usa today Alabama

Andalusia: Police charged a lady with violating the utter’s coronavirus conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for after she hosted a celebration at her dwelling and coughed in the face of an officer who got right here to shut it down. Melanie Nicole Chambers, 39, hosted the birthday celebration Monday night for one of her formative years, AL.com experiences. When officers arrived to interrupt up the soiree after they bought a name about loud song in the location, Andalusia police said she grew to change into angry and suggested the responding officers to “concern about other issues.” Police said Chambers then asked the nearly about 50 partygoers in the event that they'd coronavirus sooner than she purposefully coughed on an officer. This resulted in a cost of criminal assault with a bodily fluid, however Police Chief Paul Hudson has since said her actions don’t meet the standards for that cost. As of Wednesday morning, the utter’s Successfully being Division said there had been 5,327 coronavirus cases and 144 deaths from the virus in Alabama.

Usa today Alaska

Juneau: Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has announced plans to launch allowing this week the restricted reopening of eating places, retail stores and other businesses that had been shut down amid coronavirus considerations. Starting Friday, eating places, retail retailers, hair and nail salons, and businesses that fell under the class of nonessential shall be allowed to reopen, with restricted services and products. Bars, theaters, bowling alleys and bingo halls is potentially no longer allowed to reopen yet, the utter’s well being commissioner, Adam Crum, said Tuesday. Below the conception, eating places, which had been allowed to attain takeout and deliveries, shall be ready to renew dine-in carrier. But eating places shall be restricted to 25% ability inner, with 10 feet between tables and finest household participants allowed at a table, Crum said. Limits also shall be positioned on open air seating. Crum said the utter will continue to relief takeout alternate suggestions.

Usa today Arizona

Glendale: Republican leaders of the Legislature who had been hoping to conclude serve to attain a coronavirus-interrupted session are as a substitute planning to adjourn Might perchance furthermore merely 1 and near serve at Gov. Doug Ducey’s name when utter funds are more sure. Republican Obtain. T.J. Shope said the settlement used to be hashed out between Senate President Karen Fann and House Speaker Rusty Bowers leisurely Tuesday morning. Adjourning the session that used to be build on preserve after lawmakers passed a bare-bones funds March 23 would waste an total bunch of pieces of regulations that had been making their map via the chambers. But Fann said senators of every events had been OK with that. “They’re unhappy that their payments are dreary at this level,” Fann said. “But they’ve all been rather forward in moral announcing our unbiased right here is we’ve bought to acquire the utter serve up and going again.” But it may perchance presumably also enable participants to campaign and freely lift funds, including from lobbyists.

Usa today Arkansas

Diminutive Rock: A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the utter to ban most surgical abortions at some level of the coronavirus pandemic. A 3-blueprint conclude panel of the eighth U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals dissolved a blueprint conclude’s fast-interval of time restraining give an explanation for that allowed surgical abortions to continue after the Arkansas Division of Successfully being suggested the utter’s finest surgical abortion health center to discontinue performing the course of except it used to be wanted to supply protection to the lifestyles or well being of the mummy. The appeals court’s ruling said the Successfully being Division’s “directive is a legally staunch response to the cases confronted by the Governor and utter well being legitimate.” The utter said Diminutive Rock Family Planning Providers and products violated an give an explanation for requiring well being providers to reschedule non-obligatory procedures that shall be safely postponed.

Usa today California

San Francisco: Two other folks with the coronavirus died as important as three weeks sooner than the U.S. reported its first demise from the illness in leisurely February – a quandary that a high well being legitimate said Wednesday may perchance merely enjoy ended in delays in imposing conclude-at-dwelling restrictions in the nation’s most populous utter. Dr. Sara Cody, well being director in Northern California’s Santa Clara County, said the deaths had been overlooked on account of a lack of checking out and the federal authorities’s restricted steering on who needs to be tested. The infections in the two patients, who hadn’t traveled in every other country to a coronavirus outbreak situation, had been confirmed via autopsy tissue samples that had been despatched to the Providers and products for Disease Wait on watch over and Prevention for prognosis. The county coroner’s situation of labor obtained the results Tuesday, officers said. “If we had had stylish checking out earlier, and we had been ready to doc the stage of transmission in the county, if we had understood then other folks had been already demise, hunch, we potentially would enjoy acted sooner than we did, which may perchance perchance enjoy intended more time at dwelling,” Cody said.

Usa today Colorado

Edwards: A buyer at a grocery retailer used to be cited on suspicion of intentionally coughing on every other client’s objects after refusing to conform with social distancing principles, authorities said. Nathan Herries, 51, of Vail refused to apply a build a question to by an worker at the Village Market in Edwards to conclude 6 feet away from prospects and workers as required by the retailer and a county well being give an explanation for, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Set of enterprise said Monday. He ranted that the worker used to be falling for media hype about the coronavirus sooner than getting between a buyer and an worker and coughing on the products the opposite buyer used to be procuring for, the location of labor said. Herries used to be issued a summons for violating a public well being give an explanation for, disorderly behavior and tampering. He used to be no longer arrested. Herries said he believes the virus is expounded to the general chilly and is fragment of a “plandemic” by worldwide central bankers to give map the US’ forex and raise about one world authorities.

Usa today Connecticut

Hartford: Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday that plans are underway to tremendously ramp up COVID-19 checking out as officers rob into consideration how and when to soundly reopen the utter whereas fending off a second wave of the illness. The Democrat announced a brand fresh partnership between Hartford HealthCare and Quest Diagnostics, which is ready to enable the well being community to rob its checking out ability from about 500 tests per day to 2,000, with results available in 24 hours. In fresh weeks, there had been an moderate of 2,600 tests a day performed across your full utter. “Correct now, we're finest ready to test these which may perchance presumably be exhibiting symptoms, so we’re lacking an abominable lot of the folk available,” Lamont said, noting that about 40% of these that’ve been contaminated by the coronavirus don’t point out symptoms true now. “It’s crucial that we be ready to rob that if we’re ever ready to acquire serve to work safely.”

Usa today Delaware

Wilmington: The utter paid more than $30 million in unemployment advantages closing week. The establish is in overall $1.5 million a week. Delaware’s labor secretary said the utter is receiving a ancient choice of unemployment claims in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Labor Secretary Cerron Cade said 61,842 unemployment claims had been filed since March 15. He said that quantity is conclude to the choice of claims filed in the previous two years blended. Cade said about 20% p.c of the claims are from these which may perchance presumably be no longer eligible for unemployment. He said about 65% of full applicants had been permitted. Cade said the department hopes to enjoy a program for self-employed and self reliant contract workers. Those varieties of workers previously didn't catch unemployment from the utter.

Usa today District of Columbia

Washington: Nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic protested open air the White House on Tuesday morning to raise consideration to the shortage of private protecting instruments for well being care workers caring for patients who may perchance presumably be contaminated with COVID-19, WUSA-TV experiences. Members of National Nurses United, the excellent union of registered nurses in the country, practiced social distancing at Lafayette Park and browse aloud the names of U.S. nurses who died of COVID-19 on account of the shortage of PPE. “With no federal well being and security now not fresh, nurses and other well being care workers in many hospitals across the country enjoy no longer been equipped with ample PPE to supply protection to them from exposure to the virus,” NNU said on its net sites. The Providers and products for Disease Wait on watch over and Prevention estimates as a minimal 9,200 well being care workers enjoy gotten sick, and as a minimal 27 enjoy died.

Usa today Florida

Castle Lauderdale: Beaches in Flagler County on the utter’s jap hover reopened for restricted sport Wednesday, and these in Sarasota on the western hover will apply suit next week as municipalities at some stage in the Sunshine Command launch allowing residents to swim, fish, stroll and shuffle on the sand. On the opposite hand, distancing pointers – including staying 6 feet aside – remain in enact. Most communities are holding seaside opening times to a pair of hours in mornings and evenings and are barring any lounging on chairs and towels with coolers. Officials have to forestall social gatherings with shared meals and drink that may perchance presumably unfold COVID-19, whereas promoting healthful sport. “Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know what to attain to supply protection to your self,” Sarasota County Commissioner Michael Moran said. “Now that all americans looks to be educated on (well being pointers), now it’s time to open up our lives.”

Usa today Georgia

Atlanta: Gov. Brian Kemp’s name to reopen shuttered businesses has left many commerce householders cautious and confused as they take into narrative guidelines on how to supply protection to themselves and their prospects in a utter where coronavirus deaths exceed 800 and confirmed infections enjoy surpassed 20,000. Kemp’s conception to kick-launch the economic system is one of basically the most aggressive announced since President Donald Trump laid out benchmarks for states to launch lifting restrictions. But Georgia’s checking out device has lagged important of the nation, and public well being specialists warned that animated too swiftly may perchance presumably gasoline a resurgence in infections. “It’s pertaining to. I’m certainly no longer going to scamper to the gym or acquire a haircut,” said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an infectious illness professional at Emory College in Atlanta. “I’ll let other folks originate their possess selections.” Kemp’s give an explanation for lets gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors open with restrictions Friday. Restaurants can resume dine-in carrier Monday, though bars and nightclubs have to remain closed.

Usa today Hawaii

Honolulu: A liquor sustain watch over commission has launched an investigation of a brewery for giving free of price hand sanitizer with purchases of its beer. Maui Brewing Co. is under investigation by the Maui County Liquor Wait on watch over Commission for distributing the sanitizer at some level of the COVID-19 outbreak. The utter Division of Liquor Wait on watch over prohibits distributing items in reference to alcohol sales. “It’s regarded as an inducement giving free of price something to entice other folks to snatch alcohol. We had been giving free of price sanitizer with any preserve,” Maui Brewing CEO Garrett Marrero said. “In any case we’re attempting to relief some commerce, however is it execrable? I’m listening to reports that participants are paying $10, $20 for an 8-ounce bottle,” Marrero said. “We had been doing the excellent dispute. That’s what is mainly disheartening.” The investigation “is in extremely abominable fashion given the location surrounding the coronavirus,” he said.

Usa today Idaho

Meridian: An anti-vaccine activist used to be arrested after she time and again refused orders by police to scamper away a playground that had been closed on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Sara Brady, who's affiliated with two groups that subsidized a drawl at the Statehouse closing week against Gov. Brad Diminutive’s conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for, used to be at the playground with several other households as fragment of what some dubbed a “playdate drawl.” Video posted by every other person exhibits officers time and again asking Brady to scamper away, telling her the play constructions had been closed under an give an explanation for from the mayor. They said Brady and the rest of the community had been welcome to continue playing on grassy areas. Brady, there with her formative years, time and again refused. “Arrest me for being in the park. Lift out it,” she suggested the officer, telling every other protester to continue recording as she used to be handcuffed. Brady, 40, used to be booked and charged with a misdemeanor however posted $300 bond a fast time later. She and others gathered later in front of City Hall to drawl.

Usa today Illinois

Chicago: Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday said the utter wouldn’t hit its absolute most lifelike stage of COVID-19 cases till mid-Might perchance furthermore merely, weeks after first and major projected, throwing into search recordsdata from whether or no longer the Democrat will extend his conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for previous April 30. Pritzker wouldn’t focus on the records he’s the usage of in adjusting the projected high date, which had been predicted for the latter fragment of this month. But he said other folks are abiding by social-distancing principles, slowing the unfold of the coronavirus. “We are able to be making some changes to the conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for because it's, however it certainly is comely that it's working, so that you simply can … rob away it entirely is to merely open the entirety serve as much as an infection,” Pritzker said. The Democrat’s conclude-at-dwelling directive is a month ragged. Last Friday, Pritzker announced that faculties, empty since March 17, would continue with some distance off learning via the semester.

Usa today Indiana

Indianapolis: Command officers refused Tuesday to title nursing homes where coronavirus outbreaks enjoy befell, even as they disclosed that as a minimal 43 more deaths linked to those services and products enjoy befell in the previous week. The 162 deaths from 74 services and products that the utter well being commissioner said had befell signify nearly about 26% of Indiana’s 630 COVID-19 fatalities recorded via Monday. Nearly 70% of Indiana’s deaths had been amongst other folks ages 70 and older, as aged other folks and these with severe well being troubles living in nursing homes are amongst basically the most at-anxiousness from COVID-19 infections. Officials had earlier this month identified some nursing homes with a couple of deaths, including an Anderson facility where as a minimal 22 patients enjoy died. However the well being commissioner, Dr. Kristina Field, has declined in fresh days to supply more than statewide totals of infections and deaths. “That’s where we’re going to scamper away that at this level,” Field said.

Usa today Iowa

Iowa City: The utter launched a $26 million program Tuesday to develop its lagging ability to test for the coronavirus because the choice of residents identified to be contaminated persevered to skyrocket. Gov. Kim Reynolds led a social media campaign urging all americans to voluntarily full a well being assessment at TestIowa.com. Those that enjoy symptoms, had been exposed to the coronavirus or enjoy traveled to hot spots will soon be eligible free of price drive-via tests. Those which may perchance presumably be particular shall be asked to share fresh contacts and toddle so the utter can alert these doubtlessly exposed. The utter signed a $26 million contract to preserve 540,000 tests over the next six months from Nomi Successfully being, a Utah-basically basically based startup. The governor’s situation of labor said the cost, $48 per test, is in holding with commercial rates and would be paid for with federal funds.

Usa today Kansas

Mission: Inspections are underway at a Kansas City, Kansas, rehabilitation facility where 25 other folks enjoy died of COVID-19 and every other 91 enjoy contracted the illness. The outbreak at the Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation started after a workers member who wasn’t carrying acceptable private protecting instruments labored two shifts closing month with a fever and cough sooner than being diagnosed with COVID-19, per a report that native well being officers launched closing week. Command and federal inspectors are now having a peek into an infection sustain watch over measures which may perchance presumably be being utilized at the facility, said Cara Sloan, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Division for Aging and Incapacity Providers and products. The deaths at Riverbend, which gives fast-interval of time rehabilitation for other folks convalescing from clinical considerations as well to lengthy-interval of time care, narrative for nearly a pair of quarter of Kansas’ 107 deaths from COVID-19.

Usa today Kentucky

Frankfort: The utter have to soundless withstand the temptation of being the fastest to reopen its coronavirus-battered economic system, as a substitute specializing in being “the smartest and the excellent” to forestall any apply-up spikes in infections, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday. The governor equipped these cautionary words as he reported 17 more virus-linked deaths in Kentucky, elevating the statewide demise depend to 171 since the pandemic started. Total virus cases approached 3,200 statewide because the governor announced nearly about 180 fresh cases. Beshear and other governors are at the center of a turbulent debate about how swiftly to reopen businesses and ease pointers intended to manipulate the virus. Last week, protesters calling for businesses to reopen shall be heard as Beshear gave his day after day briefing at the statehouse. On Tuesday, the Democratic governor suggested Kentucky residents to be “solid and resilient” in following pointers intended to curb the virus’s unfold. Easing restrictions too soon would anxiousness secondary spikes in cases, inflicting every other spherical of break on the economic system, Beshear said.

Usa today Louisiana

Original Orleans: A clinical institution well-known the discharge of its 1,500th coronavirus patient amid cheers from doctors and nurses more than a month after getting its first virus patient. A video on the Ochsner Clinical Heart Fb page confirmed Kathleen Bennett, 57, as she used to be reunited with her granddaughter Monday whereas a musician who adopted at the serve of her performed “When the Saints Whisk Marching In.” Bennett used to be admitted to the clinical center March 27. After her arrival, she used to be positioned in the intensive care unit and build on a ventilator for 12 days, the clinical institution said in a news open. Clinical doctors will continue caring for Bennett after she heads to Kansas to continue quarantining with the rest of her household. As of Tuesday, Louisiana’s well being department reported there had been nearly about 25,000 coronavirus cases in the utter, and 1,405 other folks enjoy died from the virus.

Usa today Maine

Portland: The utter obtained lower than a third fewer protecting respirator masks per resident from the national stockpile than Vermont or Rhode Island however more than three times that of Texas, a newspaper experiences. The Portland Press Herald prognosis exhibits that the N95 masks, which filter 95% of all airborne particles, including ones too microscopic to be blocked by stylish masks, weren’t dispensed per population, because the Trump administration had indicated. As of April 6, Maine had obtained 86,008 N95s from the stockpile, or 1 for every 15.6 utter inhabitants. Vermont obtained 1 for every 4.7 of its electorate, whereas Rhode Island bought 1 for every 5. Laborious-hit Massachusetts bought fewer – 1 for every 28 other folks – and Texas obtained 1 for every 48. “Whatever methodology this administration is the usage of, there’s no transparency or accountability to it,” said Obtain. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat. Partisan politics didn’t seem to enjoy performed a component at some level of which states bought better shipments, the newspaper experiences.

Usa today Maryland

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins College said this may perchance increasingly halt contributions to workers’ retirement plans and in the reduction of salaries in its leadership. The college in Baltimore also said some workers are expected to be furloughed or laid off. The Baltimore Solar experiences university President Ronald Daniels announced the changes in a letter posted on-line Tuesday. He said the university is projected to suffer essential earnings losses after a “dramatic and unheard of contraction” on account of the coronavirus. Daniels said he and Provost Sunil Kumar will in the reduction of their salaries by 20% in fiscal year 2021. Other deans and university officers will in the reduction of their pay by 10%. Contributions to workers’ retirement plans will discontinue for 3 hundred and sixty five days in fiscal year 2021. There can even be a freeze on workers’ salaries via June 2021.

Usa today Massachusetts

Boston: The utter has paused a program to test residents of nursing homes and lengthy-interval of time well being care centers for the coronavirus after considerations with the collection of samples, Secretary of Successfully being and Human Providers and products Marylou Sudders said. The aged are namely vulnerable, and more than half of the utter’s fatalities from the virus had been nursing dwelling residents, per figures from the utter Division of Public Successfully being. The utter announced this month that nursing homes may perchance presumably give an explanation for test kits to be delivered after which administered by educated personnel. But after sending out 14,000 tests, finest 4,000 had been returned, and a couple of had been unlabeled or in leaking tubes, Sudders suggested The Boston Globe on Tuesday. The utter will continue to supply cell checking out at nursing homes via the National Guard whereas officers work to solve the considerations with the test equipment program.

Usa today Michigan

Lansing: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s conception to suspend immigration is distracting from efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fragment of “inconsistent messages” that unfold concern and build the final public in “better hazard.” Trump’s pronouncements about freezing immigration are “shocking” for immigrants, family members hoping to immigrate to the U.S., farmers who rely on seasonal migrant workers and Canadian nurses who work in Michigan, the Democratic governor said in an interview with the Linked Press. “These tall statements that near out I mediate are are so problematic and counter to, I mediate, what we need appropriate now more than the rest – which is truth-basically basically based, scientifically proven simplest practices and an optimistic imaginative and prescient of where we're headed and the thrust to originate it a truth,” said Whitmer, who said the level of curiosity needs to be on making swabs for checking out.

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Minneapolis: COVID-19 has killed 19 more Minnesotans, marking the excellent one-day demise toll since the pandemic reached the utter, the Minnesota Division of Successfully being reported Wednesday. The fresh deaths raised the utter’s full to 179. The department also reported 154 fresh confirmed cases, a mountainous one-day soar that raised the utter’s full to 2,721. Successfully being officers enjoy cautioned that the particular choice of Minnesotans contaminated with the coronavirus is seemingly important better because most other folks don’t qualify for checking out. The department also said 240 Minnesotans had been hospitalized with the illness as of Wednesday, up three from Tuesday, whereas 107 had been in intensive care, down 10 from Tuesday. One other 1,317 patients enjoy recovered and no longer need isolation.

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Jackson: Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that the utter economic system will reopen progressively after well being officers and others squawk it’s safe to attain so at some level of the coronavirus pandemic. He cautioned that lifestyles will no longer true now return to stylish. A day after other Republican governors in parts of the South announced plans to launch reopening some businesses in coming days, Reeves said he is soundless pondering guidelines on how to ease into more changes in Mississippi. “That will not be any longer going to be a lightweight swap that we are going to have the option to flip on,” Reeves said. His statewide conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for started the night of April 3 and stays in enact till Monday, after he prolonged it by one week. The governor’s first step in direction of reopening some businesses started this week, with these deemed “nonessential,” similar to florists and clothes stores, allowed to sell objects by supply or curbside pickup.

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O’Fallon: Two rural counties are seeing mountainous spikes in coronavirus cases, including many connected to meatpacking flora. Saline County on Wednesday reported 96 cases of COVID-19, the illness precipitated by the coronavirus. Moniteau County reported 55 cases, citing 29 as confirmed and 26 as “seemingly.” Neither county has reported a demise. Statewide, the choice of confirmed cases topped 6,000 on Wednesday. Johns Hopkins College’s Heart for Systems Science and Engineering, which is monitoring cases worldwide, exhibits 6,210 cases in Missouri, up 247 from Tuesday. The selection of deaths rose by 14 to 229. While the mountainous majority of Missouri cases had been in the excellent cities and their suburbs, records equipped by Saline and Moniteau counties confirmed they enjoy the absolute most lifelike per capita rates of an infection in the utter – 419 cases per 100,000 residents in Saline County and 341 per 100,000 in Moniteau County.

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Helena: Gov. Steve Bullock issued directives Tuesday to enable an extend in the choice of clinical providers in the utter at some level of the COVID-19 emergency and to develop insurance protection protection for telehealth visits for routine clinic therapy. One directive makes it less complicated for retired well being care specialists and licensed out-of-utter providers to enjoy a examine. The opposite requires well being insurers to supply the an identical protection for telehealth services and products as they attain for in-person routine care visits to enable for persevered social distancing to forestall the unfold of coronavirus. The directives are in enact till the conclude of Montana’s utter of emergency. Bullock has said he plans to rob one of the essential most restrictions that had been build in situation to forestall the unfold of the coronavirus starting up this weekend, however he has no longer yet said what's going to substitute.

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Omaha: An outlet mall that announced plans to reopen this week amid the coronavirus pandemic regarded to serve away from these plans Tuesday with an on-line put up that said the opening used to be basically for workers to acquire their stores ready for commerce. Officials with Nebraska Crossing, an upscale outlet mall conclude to Omaha, said the excellent venue that is seemingly to be open for in-person prospects used to be a clinical uniform retailer. The the rest of the mall would remain closed to the final public, Nebraska Crossing said Tuesday on its Fb page. The outlet’s proprietor, Rod Yates, had previously outlined plans for a “delicate opening” Friday and described it as a case peek of simplest practices for other retailers. He later added that it used to be as much as individual stores whether or no longer they chose to reopen. Nebraska is one of a handful of states with out an legitimate conclude-dwelling give an explanation for in situation. The utter has considered a intriguing extend in identified cases at some level of the last few days.

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Carson City: Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Tuesday that he’s extending the closure of faculties till the conclude of the college year and is now not always conclude to relaxing restrictions aimed at stopping the unfold of the coronavirus. The Democratic governor and utter specialists said Tuesday that Nevada would rob a unhurried system to easing commerce closures and conclude-at-dwelling principles, with out giving any expected date for the fashion soon which may perchance merely happen. Sisolak also said it used to be too soon to declare whether or no longer faculties would remain closed for the launch of the fresh college year in the autumn. Nevada has had fewer cases and deaths than statistical models first and major predicted, they normally seem to be reaching a plateau. However the utter soundless needs to peek as a minimal a two-week vogue of drops in the choice of hospitalizations and other folks checking out particular sooner than the utter may perchance presumably launch to inch open some restrictions. “Even supposing the models peek appropriate for Nevada appropriate now, we're no longer out of the woods yet,” Sisolak said.

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Manchester: Southern Original Hampshire College is responding to the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn by accelerating fresh training models that combine on-line lessons with on-campus living. The private college is launching a brand fresh program for the 2020-21 academic year at some level of which students would rob lessons on-line whereas living on campus and taking fragment in campus golf equipment, athletics and other activities. College students would soundless pay room and board, however tuition would be $10,000 per year, 60% lower than basically the most modern price. And for the major year, the college is providing a one-time scholarship to all incoming newbies protecting the tutoring charges. “We knew that a former college training used to be an increasing number of out of attain for a majority of Americans sooner than the COVID-19 pandemic hit,” SNHU President Paul LeBlanc said. “College students need acquire entry to to excessive-quality, cheap stage pathways which may perchance presumably be crew linked and received’t saddle them with years of debt upon graduation.”

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Trenton: Two checking out services and products that the utter operates with the federal authorities are now taking residents who point out no coronavirus symptoms. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Set of enterprise said Wednesday that the centers in Monmouth and Bergen counties will no longer require utter residents to enjoy symptoms in give an explanation for to acquire tested. The utter operates the drive-via services and products with the Federal Emergency Administration Agency. One is at the PNC Monetary institution Arts Heart in Holmdel, Monmouth County. The opposite is at Bergen Personnel College in Paramus. Previous the two federally affiliated services and products, Original Jersey has about 70 other checking out centers across the utter and conducts about 9,000 tests a day, per Gov. Phil Murphy. He said Tuesday that he thinks the utter needs to double the choice of tests it does day after day.

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Albuquerque: College of Original Mexico scientists and clinical workers enjoy started to sterilize and reuse single-use private protecting instruments so that you simply can salvage dwindling presents amid the coronavirus pandemic, KOAT-TV experiences. Non-public protecting instruments is running in transient supply as an growing choice of oldsters contract COVID-19, threatening workers at clinical services and products spherical the sphere, officers said. Successfully being care providers enjoy frail a technique bright vaporized hydrogen peroxide to sterilize and reuse protecting instruments for the previous three weeks, an belief that got right here from the College of Nebraska Clinical Heart, professor of treatment D.J. Perkins said. The technique can rob in to four hours, however 1,000 masks can even be sterilized at a time, officers said.

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Albany: Archaic Original York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will relief plan a “tracing army” that will relief get other folks contaminated with the coronavirus and acquire them into isolation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Original York will work on the gigantic effort with neighboring Original Jersey and Connecticut. Wide-scale checking out, tracing and isolation are regarded as essential to taming the outbreak in the onerous-hit Original York City popularity. “All of it must be coordinated. There will not be this form of thing as a tracing that may perchance work with one jurisdiction,” Cuomo said at his day after day briefing. The governor said that “we are going to have the option to literally need thousands” of oldsters to assign the contacts of contaminated other folks. The utter right now has moral 225 tracers with nearly 500 more in Original York City and its suburbs, and their efforts to enjoy the virus by discovering these that had contact with the sick fell aside. Cuomo said officers will launch to do a smarter force of illness detectives by drawing from 35,000 clinical self-discipline students at utter and metropolis universities.

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Raleigh: All couples in the utter have to soundless again be ready to marry sooner than a native Justice of the Peace after worries about the unfold of COVID-19 had led several counties to halt such officiating. Supreme Court docket Chief Justice Cheri Beasley ordered this week that every person counties resume performing marriage ceremonies however gave native court officers flexibility in how and where to attain them. Some officiating grew to change into more refined in fresh weeks as churches and other venues closed, the utter judicial device said in a open. Couples got right here in with broad numbers of witnesses that made social distancing refined. So some courts stopped performing marriages altogether. Beasley said it’s crucial the ceremonies continue because “marriage kinds a crucial fragment of the household structure and establishes a broad selection of rights and criminal responsibilities.”

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Bismarck: Gov. Doug Burgum said Tuesday that the utter plans to develop stylish checking out and name tracing for the coronavirus in give an explanation for to relief offer protection to vulnerable residents and meet White House pointers to construct other folks serve to work. The announcement got right here after well being officers reported 240 fresh tests for COVID-19, which Burum known as a “disappointing low quantity” on account of an expected hump in reporting and the truth that there had been no targeted screening efforts as in previous days. The utter reported more than 1,100 tests Monday, capping off a wide-ranging effort that integrated 424 examinations of oldsters associated with an epidemic at a Gargantuan Forks wind turbine plant. The utter’s skill to meet the White House unbiased of a Might perchance furthermore merely 1 mountainous opening will depend on a “crew checking out effort,” Burgum said. While he’s confident the utter will “originate broad strides” in direction of that unbiased, Burgum said he “can’t predict human behavior.”

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Columbus: A federal blueprint conclude gave utter officers an early victory in a lawsuit worrying the shuttering of nonessential employers in response to the pandemic. The blueprint conclude rejected a Columbus bridal store’s report for a fast-interval of time restraining give an explanation for that may perchance enjoy allowed it to reopen. While every other listening to on the lawsuit is made up our minds for Might perchance furthermore merely 11, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley said in his resolution Monday that utter officers enjoy legitimate causes for surroundings the limitations on businesses. The bridal store and its attorneys argue the utter have to soundless give businesses one map to enchantment individual closings. But Marbley said that isn’t handy. Meanwhile, Urbana College shall be permanently closing its campus, making it the major Ohio college to fold because economic power from the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution to conclude the puny, liberal arts campus conclude to Columbus can enjoy an impact on 350 students and more than 100 tubby-time college, per a assertion from Franklin College, which obtained Urbana as a department campus in 2014.

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Oklahoma City: The selection of coronavirus cases is now conclude to 2,900 in the utter, with 170 deaths on account of COVID-19, which is precipitated by the virus, the Oklahoma Command Division of Successfully being reported Wednesday. There are as a minimal 2,894 cases and six additional deaths, up from 2,807 reported Tuesday and an extend of six deaths. Each and every demise used to be a person age 65 or older, per the report, which said 298 other folks either with the virus or under investigation had been hospitalized Tuesday morning. For most other folks, the coronavirus causes light or moderate symptoms, similar to fever and cough that solve in two to three weeks. For some, namely older adults and other folks with unusual well being considerations, it will reason more severe illness, including pneumonia, and demise. Tulsa County experiences basically the most deaths with 25, adopted by Oklahoma and Cleveland counties with 24 deaths every.

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Salem: The White House suggested governors their leadership is crucial in checking out for the coronavirus, providing a blueprint exhibiting that Oregon is amongst four states with the bottom checking out ability in the US. Oregon, Montana, Oklahoma and Maine are ready to test fewer than 30 in 1,000 other folks a month, per an e mail despatched Monday by the White House coronavirus task force. Snappy and efficient checking out is wanted to title where the virus is emerging and enable authorities to tune these which may perchance had been exposed, per the electronic mail, which Democratic Gov. Kate Brown’s situation of labor launched after a public records build a question to by The Oregonian/OregonLive. The White House e mail “demonstrates clearly what we enjoy got been telling them for weeks: We need additional checking out ability, and we're dependent on the federal authorities to supply us with the checking out presents we need,” said Charles Boyle, Brown’s spokesman.

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Harrisburg: Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is boosting its efforts to acquire voters to solid their most essential election ballots by mail, announcing it may perchance presumably relief forestall the unfold of the fresh coronavirus. The administration despatched 4.2 million postcards to most essential voters and is mounting an consciousness campaign on radio, television, social media, streaming services and products, cell apps and e mail, officers said Wednesday. Wolf’s administration has resisted calls from several carefully populated counties to mail a June 2 most essential pollto every registered voter and switch to an all-mail, or nearly about all-mail, election. However the utter’s efforts to acquire voters to apply for a mail-in pollor absentee pollenjoy gotten traction. Republican and Democratic birthday celebration officers in Pennsylvania enjoy impressed other folks to vote by mail amid considerations from county officers who concern the virus will originate it refined to search out polling places and acquire pollemployees to workers them.

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Pawtucket: Two cities hit onerous by the coronavirus pandemic are getting additional checking out ability. A checking out living is scheduled to open Thursday at the now-closed Memorial Health center property in Pawtucket, per a assertion from the cities of Pawtucket and Central Falls. The positioning shall be operated by Care Original England. Providers and products at the living shall be equipped in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Creole and other languages. There had been 540 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pawtucket, the second-absolute most lifelike full in the utter, per figures launched Wednesday by the utter Division of Successfully being. There had been more than 200 cases in Central Falls. The cities enjoy created CFP Beat Covid-19, a partnership committed to reaching out to every household in the communities so every resident knows what to attain and who to name when they really feel sick.

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Columbia: The utter has officially taken its public faculties digital for the rest of the college year, extending a distance-learning ambiance utilized more than a month in the past because the fresh coronavirus outbreak emerged in South Carolina. As expected, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Wednesday that every person public Okay-12 faculties will remain closed via the rest of the spring semester. He said a coming near near govt give an explanation for would provide flexibility to varsity districts, namely for summertime educational chances for special wants students. “Now we enjoy got been ready to raise on if truth be told appropriate instruction,” utter Training Superintendent Molly Spearman said at some level of a briefing, even as she acknowledged that 1 in 4 districts had been unable to educate on-line, relying as a substitute on worksheets and other paper presents. “The digital divide in South Carolina has change into very obvious,” Spearman said.

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Sioux Falls: A pair of speedways are forging forward with plans to preserve two auto races expected to blueprint an total bunch of followers this weekend, even because the governor warns against attending them. Gov. Kristi Noem said she received’t be taking any motion to shut down the events planned for Saturday and Sunday nights even though she thinks they are a foul belief and may perchance presumably result in the unfold of the coronavirus. The 2 jog tracks, moral over the border from Iowa, made up our minds to sell restricted tickets to present jog followers a fashion of “normalcy” after weeks of social distancing and canceled sporting events. The Republican governor said the crowds at the races would violate her steering no longer to possess in groups of more than 10, however she has no longer said why she received’t discontinue the races from proceeding. Successfully being specialists enjoy said casting off community gatherings is essential to curbing the unfold of the coronavirus, which is ready to be transmitted by these that attain no longer point out symptoms.

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Chattanooga: Two brothers who stockpiled thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and other highly sought after security presents at some level of the coronavirus outbreak is potentially no longer fined, utter officers announced Tuesday after reaching a settlement. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III launched an investigation March 14 into sign-gouging allegations against brothers Matthew and Noah Colvin, who had been featured in a story by The Original York Cases after they took a 1,300-mile skedaddle via Tennessee and Kentucky to preserve hand sanitizer, cleaning wipes and face masks to sell on-line. Matt Colvin suggested the newspaper he posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer for sale on Amazon for between $8 and $70 every and true now equipped them all. “It used to be loopy money,” he suggested the newspaper. As fragment of the utter’s settlement, the brothers will no longer be allowed to sell emergency or clinical presents at an extra sign at some level of the pandemic, Slatery said.

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Austin: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday renewed his defense of coronavirus monitoring in the Lone Superstar Command, which at some stage in the disaster has ranked conclude to the bottom in the U.S. in checking out, as he accelerates in direction of relaxing social restrictions sooner than the conclude of April. Next Monday, Abbott is planning to concern fresh statewide orders that will additional loosen Texas’ lockdown previous the reopening of utter parks and letting retailers sell objects curbside, which rob enact this week. Asserting hospitals aren’t overwhelmed and pointing to a decline in fatalities in fresh days, Abbott said the numbers are trending well as Texas marches in direction of reopening. But Texas has also lagged nationally in terms of checking out and ranks conclude to the bottom per capita, per an prognosis by the Linked Press of recordsdata restful by the COVID Tracking Project.

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Salt Lake City: The utter will snatch 200,000 remedies of malaria treatment widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the fresh coronavirus no topic warnings from doctors that the medications shouldn’t be frail till more checking out is accomplished, utter officers said Tuesday. The authorities will preserve the remedies that encompass hydroxychloroquine from a Utah-basically basically based compounding pharmacy known as Meds in Motion, said Tom Hudachko, Utah Division of Successfully being spokesman. The firm, which has been promoting use of the treatment along with several Republican utter lawmakers since mid-March, used to be chosen under emergency procurement principles that notify the long-established report course of. The volume that Meds in Motion shall be paid hasn’t been finalized since the contract will not be any longer accomplished, Hudachko said, however he estimates the cost shall be in the millions and said about three-fourths of the cost would be coated by federal funds.

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Montpelier: A couple of dozen other folks confirmed up on the Statehouse backyard on a snowy Wednesday to drawl against Gov. Phil Scott’s conclude-at-dwelling give an explanation for. On the an identical time, four nurses from Central Vermont Clinical Heart carrying face masks grew to change into out to be in contact against the demonstration. The protesters had planned to parade via the capital in their autos at 11 a.m. The Montpelier police chief had warned about that that you simply would be succesful to divulge traffic delays, however finest a handful of protesters got right here. “Now we enjoy got basically crushed our economic system, and we should always always soundless be ready to open serve up and acquire serve to work as fast as we are going to have the option to,” said protester Sarah Toscano, of Hinesburg, who used to be carrying a face conceal however said the governor looks to be dragging his feet. Scott said he used to be also frustrated by the limitations required to confront the pandemic and may perchance be intelligent to reopen the utter’s economic system, however he would hear to the science and originate selections on what he feels is in the excellent hobby of the well being of Vermonters.

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Richmond: The coronavirus pandemic upended a legislative session, as conceal-carrying lawmakers met Wednesday under a mountainous tent open air the Capitol and automobile horns blared nearby from protesters unhappy with mandated commerce closings. House Delegates met under a conceal open air, whereas the Senate met at a mountainous event home at the Science Museum of Virginia a pair of miles away. Lawmakers had been seated some distance aside and carrying masks as a substitute of germ-carrying ties to relief forestall the unfold of the virus. Complaints in the House swiftly stalled for approximately 40 minutes when participants encountered technical considerations voting at some level of an attendance roll name. One utter senator with well being considerations used to be surrounded by plexiglass for added protection. Sooner than the Legislature convened, protesters on foot and in autos converged open air the Capitol, leaning on their horns and shouting in the direction of the Capitol and governor’s mansion.

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Seattle: Hundreds of inmates enjoy moved out of utter prisons because the fresh coronavirus continues to unfold in services and products across Washington, and an total bunch more are on lists for that that you simply would be succesful to divulge open, officers said Wednesday. Not lower than 21 Division of Corrections workers and 13 offenders enjoy tested particular for COVID-19, with most cases occurring at the Monroe Corrections Complicated. That penal advanced has seven workers and 13 offenders with the illness. Monroe inmates filed an emergency motion asking the Washington Supreme Court docket to force Gov. Jan Inslee and Secretary Stephen Sinclair to open inmates who had been most at anxiousness of the lethal illness. An initial give an explanation for required the utter to rob steps to supply protection to the well being of the incarcerated population. The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the case Thursday. For the major time, the listening to shall be performed the usage of some distance off technology.

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Charleston: An toddler has tested particular for the coronavirus because the utter’s caseload continues to grow, officers said Wednesday. Not lower than 939 other folks enjoy the virus after nearly about 26,000 tests, utter well being officers said. Twenty-six other folks enjoy died. Logan County Successfully being Division Administrator Steve Browning said a 4-month-ragged girl who tested particular is being treated at dwelling. Gov. Jim Justice has canceled faculties for the rest of the year over considerations about the virus. The Republican governor, turning his consideration to reopening the utter’s economic system, has pushed to ease virus restrictions on hospitals in the event that they'll point out they enjoy ample protecting instruments and may perchance presumably take care of an surprising surge in cases. The switch got right here as he and his administration said the utter’s checking out ability has been dramatically increased via a partnership with LabCorp, a most essential lab checking out firm.

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Madison: Nineteen other folks in the utter enjoy tested particular for the coronavirus after having voted in person in the April 7 election or after having labored at the polls, the utter Division of Successfully being and Human Providers and products said Wednesday. Moreover, 5 Wisconsin National Guard participants who helped workers polls on election day enjoy reported symptoms of COVID-19, however the one who used to be tested got right here serve as detrimental, Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp said. The opposite four weren't equipped tests, he said. The utter well being department said it does no longer know if the 19 particular cases contracted COVID-19 at the polls or in other places. Several reported that that you simply would be succesful to divulge other exposures, the well being department said. Successfully being officers had said sooner than the April 7 election they had been intelligent on a spike in coronavirus cases on account of in-person voting. Those considerations had been heightened after voters had to help in line for hours in conclude proximity at polling sites in Milwaukee and Green Bay.

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Casper: The City Council has made up our minds for a second time no longer to punish these that violate utter well being orders supposed to limit unfold of the coronavirus. The Casper City Council rejected the proposal Tuesday after a identical vote closing week. One dispute is where to penal advanced violators. Sheriff Gus Holbrook has asked officers to sustain away from bringing other folks suspected of coronavirus exposure to penal advanced to sustain away from spreading the virus within the penal advanced, the Casper Superstar-Tribune experiences. City workers will as a substitute stare one map to home other folks suspected of violating well being orders. The utter orders in situation via April 30 enjoy closed down bars and other businesses whereas prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 other folks at a time. Not lower than six other folks in Wyoming had died of the coronavirus as of Wednesday.

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What was most popular the last time the Chiefs and 49ers won a Super Bowl

The last two times these two won the Lombardi Trophy, things were pretty different.

It’s been quite a long time since the Kansas City Chiefs won a Super Bowl. In fact, it’s been a whole 50 years — the Chiefs won Super Bowl IV in the 1969 season. Kansas City had the fourth-longest active drought without a Super Bowl appearance until it earned a bid this season.

The San Francisco 49ers, on the other hand, have won a championship more recently. Their last Super Bowl win came in the 1994 season, when the Steve Young-led 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers in Miami.

This year’s Super Bowl is also in Miami, but that’s about all that remains the same. A lot has changed in the world since the last time these two won championships.

Let’s take a look at what was happening in sports, TV, movies, pop culture, and technology the last time the Chiefs and 49ers won the Super Bowl.

1969 vs. 1994 in sports

1969

The New York Mets won the World Series, 4-1, over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicknamed the “Amazin Mets,” the victory was one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. The Mets it had a losing season each year before that.

The Boston Celtics were the NBA champions, as they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. We saw the Celtics-Lakers rivalry heat up during this decade, and the two played in the finals six times — Boston won them all.

In college football, the Texas Longhorns won the national title, beating Notre Dame, 21-17, in the Cotton Bowl, and thus, Texas was truly back. What’s also interesting about this season is after the Longhorns defeated No. 2 Arkansas in December earlier that season, President Richard Nixon presented Texas with a plaque claiming the Longhorns to be the No. 1 team in the land.

1994

Major League Baseball strike: 1994 was a chaotic year for the MLB. Owners wanting to implement salary caps led to a players’ strike in August. It didn’t end for 232 days, the longest stoppage in MLB history, and there was no World Series. The strike cost management close to $1 billion, and players lost millions. It effectively ended Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson’s MLB careers, too.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers won the college football national championship by beating then-No. 1 Miami in the Orange Bowl. It marked head coach Tom Osborne’s first national title, though he’d go on to win two more in the 90s.

The Houston Rockets won their first-ever NBA championship, taking the seven-game series against the New York Knicks.

The O.J. Simpson chase: During Game 5 of Knicks-Rockets, NBC’s telecast was interrupted for the police chase of Simpson in his white Bronco:

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Tonya Harding won the U.S. Figure Skating Championship. As you probably know, that was before she was later stripped of her title for her role in the attack on her competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, which happened that same year.

1969 vs. 1994 in music

1969

The Billboard No. 1 song in 1969 was “Sugar, Sugar,” by a cartoon band named The Archies, from the animated TV show The Archie Show. Yes, this is incredibly weird to me, too.

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Other big hits during this year included “Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones, “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” by the 5th Dimension, and “I Can’t Get Next To You” by the Temptations.

The Woodstock music festival was held in August 1969. More than 400,000 people gathered on a farm in New York to see artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin.

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The festival is known as one of the biggest and most important music events in history, lasting four days (it was originally supposed to be only three) while heavy rains caused delays of several acts.

The Beatles recorded their final album together, Abbey Road, which included classics like “Here Comes the Sun” and “Come Together.” That year, the group gave its final live performance, which took place on the roof of Apple Records.

1994

The No. 1 Billboard single for 1994 was “The Sign” by Ace of Base, which was the title track of the Swedish group’s debut album. This one was an absolute banger:

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Other hits like “Don’t Turn Around” and “All That She Wants” were on this album.

Some other popular songs from this year included Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do,” and Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love To You.” This year Mariah Carey released her Christmas album, which is the greatest holiday album in history. I’m not 100 percent sure about that fact, but I’m right, OK? Hootie and the Blowfish’s Cracked Rearview Mirror album was released, though it became more popular the following year in 1995.

This was a pretty big year for debuting artists. Some of the more notable ones, to name a few: Weezer, Outkast, Beck, Notorious B.I.G., and Oasis.

Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain sadly died in April 1994.

1969 vs. 1994 world events

1969

One of the biggest moments in both the U.S. and the world history was the Apollo 11 mission, which successfully put the first-ever man on the moon. The mission, led by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, launched on July 11, 1969, and landed on the moon on July 20.

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On July 18, 1969, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off of a bridge in Chappaquiddick, which resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a former campaign worker of Robert Kennedy’s. Although the news made headlines in the beginning, it ultimately was largely overshadowed by the Apollo 11.

President Richard Nixon was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 1969, for his first term.

On Dec. 1, 1969, a draft lottery was reinstated, for the Vietnam War. It was the first since World War II.

1994

Bill Clinton was sued for sexual harassment by Paula Jones while serving his first term as the President of the United States. The accusations Jones brought forward were allegedly from when Clinton was the governor of Arkansas in 1991. Judges allowed Clinton to avoid trial for the lawsuit until after he left office. Jones later settled her lawsuit in November 1998 after Clinton won the 1996 election.

The Republicans took control of the House of Representatives after Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America. Before Republicans took control. Gingrich signed the contract which laid out legislation that would be passed within the first 100 days of Congress.

Nelson Mandela was elected as South African’s president, in the country’s first-ever democratic election. The elections marked the end of apartheid in South Africa, and Mandela later established a commission to investigate human rights and political violations that happened during apartheid. Beyond his time in office, which lasted until 1999, Mandela is considered to be one of the greatest champions of peace and social justice, both in South Africa and around the world.

1969 vs. 1994 television and movies

1969

The No. 1 grossing movie was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It later won four Oscars, including for Best Original Screenplay.

The children’s television show Sesame Street debuted on PBS in 1969. Sesame Street is still airing new episodes on TV to this day!

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was the most-watched TV show, a sketch comedy show hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. The show featured actresses like Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn as performers, too.

1994

Seinfeld was the most-watched television show, while Friends and ER premiered this year. Nearly 22 million people watched the Friends premiere, and ER had over 23 million viewers. All three shows were the anchors of NBC’s Must-See TV lineup.

Disney’s The Lion King was the top-grossing movie that year, and other greats like Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, and Pulp Fiction were released.

Frasier won its first Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. It went on to win 112 Emmys until it last aired in 2004.

1969 vs. 1994 celebrities

1969

Celebrities born this year included: Brett Favre, Renee Zellweger, Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd (who’s a huge Chiefs fan), and Jennifer Lopez, who coincidentally is performing the halftime show at Super Bowl LIV.

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Judy Garland passed away. Eisenhower died of congestive heart failure. Garland was just 47 when she died of a barbiturates overdose.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney both got married this year, McCartney to Linda until her death in 1998, and Lennon to Yoko Ono until his assassination in 1980.

1994

Lisa Marie Presley married Michael Jackson. The marriage lasted two years before the couple filed for divorce.

Time to feel old! Celebrities born this year include Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Dakota Fanning, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Joel Embiid.

Richard Nixon and Jackie Kennedy both passed away. Nixon was 81, and he died after suffering a stroke. Jackie O passed away of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at just 64 years old.

Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley divorced after 10 years of marriage. Brinkley was said to have partially inspired Joel’s hit “Uptown Girl.”

1969 vs. 1994 Technology

1969

The first-ever ATM was installed in the U.S.: On Sept. 2, 1969, the ATM became available to the public at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York.

This one could only give customers cash, though more ATM advancements came soon after.

Televisions looked a lot different!

youtube

On July 3, 1969, the internet’s first message was sent from UCLA: Two machines on campus that were linked together through ARPANET. There was an attempt to send “login” over the network to a group of Stanford students, but the program crashed after “l” was typed in.

1994

DirecTV’s first satellite digital television service launched. That year, there were just 320,000 subscribers.

Something called “Netscape Navigator” was the leading web browser at the time. I am 27 years old, and have no idea what this thing is:

Screenshot via Wikipedia

The IBM Simon debuted as the first-ever “smartphone” for sale: Thank God we have iPhones now.

Via Microsoft

There have been many changes in the 25 years since the 49ers last won a Super Bowl, and in the 25 years before that, when the Chiefs last earned the Lombardi Trophy. Fans of both teams are hoping they won’t have to wait as long to see them play in the Super Bowl again. But if they do, one thing’s for sure: the world will look a lot different.

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finallymothman · 7 years ago

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Girlfriend ask tag

@icelandicandamess <-- My lovely girlfriend

1. Describe how you met each other.

OK so she runs a Nightcrawler ask/role play blog and someone I was following was following her. And (oh my GOD!) she is such a good writer and a great artist and does such a good job portraying Nightcrawler. I was extremely intimidated by her. I kinda stalked her blog for about a week before actually following her. And then followed her for about three weeks or a month before talking to her.

2. What did you first notice about each other?

She’s an amazing writer and I think that’s what intimidated me the most about her, because I’d always prided myself on being a good writer and she was so far out of my league talent-wise (and with everything else, let’s be real.) that I was extremely intimidated.

3. Who first asked the other out?

She asked me, but we’ve been romantically interested in each other for a while. And I think she might have initiated that too? I don’t remember honestly

4. Where was your first date?

(We haven’t had it yet but when we see each other I’m taking her out to an Italian restaurant and we’re going to hang out on the steps of a local monument by the river. I have it all planned out.)

5. Who was first to verbally say “I love you”?

6. How did your first kiss happen? Who initiated it?

It hasn’t happened yet…

7. When is your anniversary?

September 3rd

8. How long have you been together?

We’ve been friends for over a year, been interested for seven months and she only asked me out for real this month.

9. What made you realize you were in love with her?

I loved Anna before I was in love with her. She was my friend first, so affection was already established there. But I think… My day didn’t feel right without talking to her. That was when I realized I’d fallen for her.

10. Were you friends before you became lovers?

Yes. And she’s still my best friend.

11. Were either of you out before getting with your girlfriend?

I was. Kinda. My parents and I kind of had a rough relationship about that kind of thing. I wasn’t about to pretend to be something I wasn’t- that’s just not in my nature. I also wasn’t in a dangerous home situation, it was just uncomfortable with me being queer. Anna’s still not really out yet. She’s talked to her parents about it in theory, but there hasn’t been a bit thing about it yet.

12. Have either of you dated a girl before getting with your girlfriend or is she your first?

I had three girlfriends before dating Anna. I’m Anna’s first.

13. How does your girlfriend define her sexuality?

She’s asexual and biromantic (I believe…)

14. When is your girlfriend’s birthday? Who is older?

Anna’s older than me. Her birthday is January 13th, mine is in August.

15. Do you live together?

We will one day

16. Have you met your girlfriend’s parents? If so, what was that like?

I haven’t but from what I’ve heard they’re great! (I’ve talked to her mom on snapchat once and she seemed really friendly)

17. How many people are in your girlfriend’s family?

She has two sisters and a brother and they live with their parents.

18. Whose family do you hang out with more?

We live in different countries for right now.

19. What nationality is your girlfriend?

She’s Icelandic!

20 What is a typical date night like for you and your girlfriend?

Watching Young Justice or a movie on Rabb.it

20. How do you usually spend your time together?

Aforementioned date night, writing together, sending each other memes.

21. Have you ever been mistaken for sisters?

I have her as my background on my laptop and one person thought her picture was an old one of my mom… I don’t even know.

22. Have you ever experienced any discrimination or prejudice because you are a same sex couple?

No, not together anyway. But I went to a conservative Catholic school, so…

23. Does anyone you know disapprove of your relationship?

I, um… haven’t told my parents we’re dating. They had a hard time grasping the concept of me having a friend in Iceland. And I think telling them will be easier because I’m in college now.

25, How much PDA do you do?

We’re both snuggling FIENDS but being over 3000 miles away kind of impedes that.

26. Have you ever been on your periods together?

Yes, yes we have. But not while we were dating. It was actually like a month into knowing each other.

27. What is your girlfriend’s middle name?

Halldóra

28. Who usually pays when you go out to eat?

I get the feeling that will be a point of contention once we’re around each other more.

29. What is your girlfriend’s number labeled as in your cell phone?

Baby Girl

30. Do you have any pet names for each other?

I call her baby girl, angel, angelface, Anna bobana (which is also my tumblr tag for her), sunshine and cutie pie. She calls me Princess and Princésa. She also calls me Cas a lot and most people just call me Casper?

31. Does your girlfriend have any pets?

No, I’m the one with the cute pet

32. Have you ever worn your girlfriend’s clothes?

I cant wait to see her in my leather jacket cuz it’s roomy on me and she’s going to swim in it

33. Who is more likely to cook a meal?

Me, probably? I’m always snapchatting her “HEY BABE LOOK WHAT I MADE”

34. What is your girlfriend’s favorite food? Least favorite food?

I recently found out she likes tomatoes. (And I had to ask her what her least favorite food is, it’s Icelandic bratwurst called bjùga)

35. Who is more likely to cry for no reason?

Me. Absolutely me.

36. Can your girlfriend play any musical instruments?

Nope and neither can I

37. Who is your girlfriend’s favorite musical artist?

Andy Grammar holds a special place in both of our hearts

38. What is your girlfriend’s current favorite song?

“Build Me a Girl” by Andy Grammar

39. Do you have a couple song?

“Crazy Beautiful” by Andy Grammar

40. Do you have a couple name?

Those Gay Nerds

41. What is your girlfriend’s best physical feature?

I LVOE HER FRECKLES SO MUUUUUCH

42. Who is more likely to forget where they put things?

……….that’d be me

43. Which side of the bed do you each sleep on?

I sleep by the wall

44. Who hogs the blankets/sheets more when sleeping together?

We’ve never slept together but I know I’m a blanket hog

45. What do you argue/fight about the most?

We actually don’t fight? We didn’t even when we were friends.

46. How do you usually get over a argument/fight?

N/A

47. Does your girlfriend have a “look” (i.e. an angry/mad/annoyed stare)?

Yes. It’s usually not aimed at me, but she pouts a little and she has this adorable little rosebud mouth and it’s so freaking cute.

48. Who is more likely to refuse sex?

Anna, but she’s asexual, so I wouldn’t even offer.

49. Does your girlfriend play any sports?

50. Does your girlfriend root for any sports teams?

Not really. Neither of us are that into sports

51. Does your girlfriend have any quirky habits?

She chews on stuff when she’s stressed so she got herself a chewable necklace off of a stim site.

52. Who takes longer getting ready to go somewhere?

raises hand

53. Who is more likely to remember an important day (i.e. birthday, anniversary, etc.)?

Anna

54. What is your girlfriend’s eye color?

Brown

55. What is your girlfriend’s shoe size?

I’m not sure how it translates to Icelandic sizes but I think she’s an 8

56. What is your girlfriend’s dress size?

I… don’t know. I think she’s a 12 or a 14. Again, sizes work a little differently in America vs. Europe.

57. What is your girlfriend’s favorite TV show?

She likes Young Justice and Voltron

58. What is your girlfriend’s favorite movie?

Moulin Rouge, I think. She had me watch it awhile ago with a friend of hers.

59. Who is your girlfriend’s #1 celebrity crush?

As far as I’m aware, she doesn’t have one. I don’t really, either.

60. What is one item on your girlfriend’s bucket list?

We both have seeing each other at the top of the list

61. Who is more likely to utter a curse word?

MEEEE

62. Does your girlfriend prefer coffee or tea?

Coffee

63. Is your girlfriend a morning or a night person?

We’re both night people

64. Is your girlfriend more likely to save or spend money?

I mean, compared to me, save ^_^

65. Who squashes the bugs?

I try not to kill bugs unless they pose a threat (like they’re a venomous spider or something), and I’m not big on people doing it around me.

66. Who’s better at telling when the other is lying?

I don’t lie to Anna

67. What is your girlfriend’s favorite color?

Blue (daboodidaboodie). She also likes red

68. Does your girlfriend collect anything?

Not really, actually.

69. Who is more likely to randomly burst out into a song?

That’s a solid “both”

70. Who is more likely to randomly start dancing?

I mean I guess Anna because I don’t really dance.

71. Have you ever taken a vacation together? If so, where to?

No…. pout

72. How tall is your girlfriend?

5’4’’

73. Is your girlfriend religious at all?

Not particularly. She’s spiritual and was raised Christian, but she doesn’t take it too seriously.

74. Who is more likely to spontaneously be romantic?

We’re bot total saps

75. Who’s laugh is cuter?

Anna’s

76. Who is the better driver?

(I have no idea)

77. Who is the better singer?

…me, I think? But I started smoking so that kinda went to shit

78. Who is the better dancer?

Anna. Anyone is better at dancing than me

79. Who is better at math?

Neither of us are particularly good at it, but Anna’s better than me

80. Whose handwriting is better?

Anna’s

81. Who has a better sense of humor?

Anna and I have pretty much the same sense of humor (i.e. BAD puns)

82. Who is more likely to sign a card or a note from the both of you?

Honestly probably me because I’ve done that for my sister for awhile

83. Does your girlfriend smoke?

Nope, I’m the cancer stick sucker

84. Does your girlfriend drink alcohol at all? If so, what is her drink of choice?

We both drink and she had this licorice liquor hidden in her room for a while (but she’s also Icelandic so… vodka’s up there too)

85. Have you ever discussed marriage?

We did a few times and then it just became a given. It was a “when” and not “if”.

86. Have you ever discussed having children?

We both LIKE kids, but we don’t want any. And if we do end up adopting, it’ll just be one and we’ll solidly middle aged.

87. What is one thing your girlfriend does that you don’t like?

I don’t like that she puts herself down a lot

88. Is there anything about your girlfriend you think most people don’t know?

She’s extremely sensitive. And I don’t mean overly emotional. I mean she picks up on how I feel without even needing to see my face and she knows exactly what I need to hear to be helped when I’m upset.

89. Choose one word to describe your girlfriend. Why that word?

Stable- I can be pretty wild and she’s my rock. If I’m upset, she calms me down in a way no one else can.

90. Pass on one piece of relationship advice.

Communication is key. Never leave anything unsaid. If they upset you, tell them. If you know that the other person is upset, reach out. Keeping your mouth shut so you don’t stir the pot can actually do you more harm than bringing attention to something you’re upset about.

#wlw #anna bobana #lgbt+ couples #girlfriend tag

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vivanalove15 · 8 years ago

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101 Self-Care Suggestions for When It All Feels Like Too Much

1. Have a good, long, body-shaking cry.

2. Call a trusted friend or family member and talk it out.

3. Call in sick. Take comp time if you can. Take a mental health day.

4. Say no to extra obligations, chores, or anything that pulls on your precious self-care time.

5. Book a session (or more!) with your therapist.

6. Dial down your expectations of yourself at this time. When you’re going through life’s tough times, I invite you to soften your expectations of yourself and others.

7. Tuck yourself into bed early with a good book and clean sheets.

8. Watch a comforting/silly/funny/lighthearted TV show or movie. (“Parks and Recreation,” anyone?)

9. Reread your favorite picture and chapter books from childhood.

10. Ask for some love and tenderness from your friends on social media. Let them comment on your post and remind you that you’re loved.

11. Look at some some really gorgeous pieces of art.

12. Watch Youtube videos of Ellen DeGeneres and the adorable kids she has on her show.

13. Look at faith-in-humanity-restoring lists from Buzzfeed.

14. Ask for help. From whoever you need it – your boss, your doctor, your partner, your therapist, your mom. Let people know you need some help.

15. Wrap yourself up in a cozy fleece blanket and sip a cup of hot tea.

16. Breathe. Deeply. Slowly. Four counts in. Six counts out.

17. Hydrate. Have you had enough water today?

18. Eat. Have you eaten something healthy and nourishing today?

19. Sleep. Have you slept 7-9 hours? Is it time for some rest?

20. Shower. Then dry your hair and put on clothes that make you feel good.

21. Go outside and be in the sunshine.

22. Move your body gently in ways that feel good. Maybe aim for 30 minutes. Or 10 if 30 feels like too much.

23. Read a story (or stories) of people who overcame adversity or maybe dealt with mental illness, too. (I personally admire JK Rowling’s story.)

24. Go to a 12-Step meeting. Or any group meeting where support is offered. Check out church listings, hospital listings, school listings for examples.

25. If you suspect something may be physiologically off with you, go see your doctor and/or psychiatrist and talk to them. Medication might help you at this time and they can assist you in assessing this.

26. Take a long, hot bath, light a candle and pamper yourself.

27. Read inspirational quotes.

28. Cuddle someone or something. Your partner. A pillow. Your friend’s dog.

29. Read past emails/postcards/letters etc. from friends and family reminding you of happier times.

30. Knit. Sculpt. Bake. Engage your hands.

31. Exhaust yourself physically – running, yoga, swimming, whatever helps you feel fatigued.

32. Write it out. Free form in a journal or a Google doc. Get it all out and vent.

33. Create a plan if you’re feeling overwhelmed. List out what you need to do next to tackle and address whatever you’re facing. Chunk it down into manageable and understandable pieces.

34. Remember: You only have to get through the next five minutes. Then the next five. And so on.

35. Take five minutes to meditate.

36. Write out a list of 25 Reasons Why You’ll Be OK.

37. Write out a list of 25 Examples of Things You’ve Overcome or Accomplished.

38. Write out a list of 25 Reasons Why You’re a Good, Lovable Person.

39. Write out a list of 25 Things That Make Your Life Beautiful.

40. Sniff some scents that bring you joy or remind you of happier times.

41. Ask for support from friends and family via text if voice-to-voice contact feels like too much. Ask them to check in with you via text daily/weekly. Whatever you need.

42. Lay down on the ground. Let the earth/floor hold you. You don’t have to hold it all on your own.

43. Clean up a corner of a room of your house. Sometimes tidying up can help calm our minds.

44. Ask yourself: What’s my next most immediate priority? Do that. Then ask the question again.

45. Read some poetry.

46. Take a tech break. Delete or deactivate social media if it feels too triggering right now.

47. Or maybe get on tech. If you’ve been isolating maybe even interacting with friends and family online might feel good.

48. Go out in public and be around others. You don’t have to engage. But maybe go sit in a coffee shop or on a bench at a museum and soak up the humanity around you.

49. Or if you’re feeling too saturated with contact, go home. Cancel plans and tend to the introverted parts of yourself.

50. Ask friends and family to remind you that things will be OK and that what you’re feeling is temporary.

51. Put up some Christmas lights in your bedroom. They often make things more magical.

52. Spend a little money and treat yourself to some self-care and comfort. Maybe take a taxi versus the bus. Buy your lunch instead of forcing yourself to pack it. Buy some flowers that delight you.

53. Make art. Scribble with crayons. Splash some watercolors. Paint a rock. Whatever. Just create something.

54. Go wander around outside in your neighborhood and take a look at all the lovely houses and the way people decorate their gardens. Delight in the diversity of design.

55. Go visit or volunteer at your local animal rescue. Pet some animals.

56. Look at photos of people you love. Set them as the wallpaper of your phone or laptop.

57. Create and listen to a playlist of songs that remind you of happier times.

58. Read some spiritual literature.

59. Scream, pound pillows, tear up paper, shake your body to move the energy out.

60. Eat your favorite, most comforting foods.

61. Watch old Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood videos online.

62. Turn off the lights, sit down, stare into space and do absolutely nothing.

63. Pick one or two things that feel like progress and do them. Make your bed. Put away the dishes. Return an email.

64. Go to a church or spiritual community service. Sit among others and absorb any guidance or grace that feels good to you.

65. Allow yourself to fantasize about what you’re hoping or longing for. There are clues and energy in your reveries and daydreams that are worth paying attention to.

66. Watch Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response videos to help you calm down and fall asleep at night.

67. Listen to monks chanting, singing Tibetan bowls or nature sounds to help soothe you.

68. Color in some adult coloring books.

69. Revisit an old hobby. Even if it feels a little forced, try your hand at things you used to enjoy and see what comes up for you.

70. Go to the ocean. Soak up the negative ions.

71. Go to the mountains. Absorb the strength and security of them.

72. Go to the forest. Drink in the shelter, life and sacredness of the trees.

73. Put down the personal help books and pick up some good old fashioned fiction.

74. Remember: Your only job right now is to put one foot in front of the other.

75. Allow and feel and express your feelings – all of them! – safely and appropriately. Seek out help if you need support in this.

76. Listen to sad songs or watch sad movies if you need a good cry. (“Steel Magnolias“, anyone?)

77. Dance around wildly to your favorite, most cheesy songs from your high school years.

78. Put your hands in dirt. If you have a garden, go garden. If you have some indoor plants, tend to them. If you don’t have plants or a garden, go outside. Go to a local nursery and touch and smell all the gorgeous plants.

79. If you want to stay in bed all day watching Netflix, do it. Indulge.

80. Watch or listen to some comedy shows or goofy podcasts.

81. Look for and Google up examples of people who have gone through and made it through what you’re currently facing. Seek out models of inspiration.

82. Get expert help with whatever you need. Whether that’s through therapy, psychiatry, a lawyer, clergy, let those trained to support you do it.

83. Educate yourself about what you’re going through. Learn about what you’re facing, what you can expect to feel, and how you can support yourself in this place.

84. Establish a routine and stick to it. Routines can bring so much comfort and grounding in times of life that feel chaotic or out of control.

85. Do some hardcore nesting and make your home or bedroom as cozy and beautiful and comforting as possible.

86. Get up early and watch a sunrise.

87. Go outside and set up a chair and watch the sunset.

88. Make your own list of self-soothing activities that engage all five of your senses.

89. Develop a supportive morning ritual for yourself.

90. Develop a relaxing evening ritual for yourself.

91. Join a support group for people who are going through what you’re going through. Check out the listings at local hospitals, libraries, churches, and universities to see what’s out there.

92. Volunteer at a local shelter or hospital or nursing home. Practice being of service to others who may also be going through a tough time.

93. Accompany a friend or family member to something. Even if it’s just keeping them company while they run errands, sometimes this kind of contact can feel like good self-care.

94. Take your dog for a walk. Or borrow a friend’s dog and take them for a walk.

95. Challenge your negative thinking.

96. Practice grounding, relaxation techniques.

97. Do something spontaneous. Walk or drive a different way to work. Order something new off the menu.Listen to a Spotify playlist of new songs.

98. Work with your doctor, naturopath or nutritionist to develop a physical exercise plan and food plan that will be supportive to whatever you’re facing right now.

99. Pray. Meditate. Write a letter to God/The Universe/Source/Your Higher Self, whatever you believe in.

100. As much as you can, please try and trust the process.

101. Finally, please remember, what you’re going through right now is temporary. It may not feel like that from inside the tough time you’re in, but this too shall pass and you will feel different again someday. If you can’t have faith in that, let me hold the hope for you.

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jayykesley · 8 years ago

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can I ask for all of the oc questions for both of my sons

absolutely you can;

1. what do they look like?

Derick’s about 5’9, with slightlytanned skin, golden blond curly hair, and blue eyes

Roswell is a tall, lanky, 17-yearold with ridiculous dark hair and big round grey eyes

2. describe their personality inthree words:

Derick: Nervous, shameful, and sweet

Roswell: Excited, enthusiastic,empathetic

3. how tall are they?

Derick’s 5’9, and Roswell’s about 5’11

4. favorite foods?

Derick loves anything sweet – cookies,brownies, cake, coffee with more sugar than actual coffee

Roswell will eat anything andeverything, he’s a growing kid

5. any allergies?

Not that I know of

6. what is their build?

When the gang first meets Derick,he’s real real skinny because he can’t afford to eat a lot. After they get himsome real food, he still somewhat skinny, but a little more filled out?

Roswell’s just lanky like a noodle

7. do they have curly, wavy, orstraight hair?

Derick’s got super curly hair thatsticks up everywhere and gets in his eyes

Roswell has straight hair that lookslike he stuck a fork in a socket

8. do they like books? if so, howoften do they read?

Derick doesn’t read a lot – not alot of good reading material in Cirsca, it’s mostly just manuals and journals.Roswell’s kind of the same way, he doesn’t mind them but reading’s not his ideaof fun.

9. what are their talents?

Derick’s not half bad at drawing,though he usually only draws Ragsy.

Roswell: Talking absolutely non-stop

10. two or more other fictionalcharacters they’re similar to?

Shoshanna from Inglorious Basterdswas the inspiration for Derick, though I guess the two aren’t wildly similar interms of personality. Maybe Cress from Lunar Chronicles? Or Noah from RavenCycle? I’m actually not sure…

For Roswell, definitely Dick Graysonfrom the Lego Batman Movie

11. what is one strange hobby/talentthey have?

Derick’s freaky good atcommunicating with animals. Like, “Disney Princess” good.

I actually don’t know one forRoswell…and here I thought I knew my ocs….

12. five songs that fit them:

For Derick, here’s three:

“The Letter That Never Came” –Thomas Newman (yeah its instrumental, but its just so sad at the beginning thatI think of Derick every time)

“Beauty and the Beast” – BATB OTS(the original with angela Lansbury – technically derick/Rosalyn but still)

“I Went TooFar” – Aurora

I swear I have more, I just can’tthink of them atm

And Shut Up and Dance definitelyreminds me of Roswell

13. who do you think could play themin a live-action rendition?

Evan Peters, who is also myface-claim for Derick.

A young Nicholas Hoult is my faceclaim for Roswell too..

14. do they just want to rest?

YES oh my gosh yes that’s all Derickwants. Roswell’s the opposite; there’s too much to do!!

15. which OC did not sign up forthis?

Derick, for sure

16. who’s their favorite person?

It takes him a while to warm up toher, but overall I think Rosalyn is his favorite person. He also really enjoyshanging out with Carson and Lorelei, because they’re like the siblings he neverhad.

Funny enough, Rosalyn is alsoRoswell’s favorite person, right next to Dr. Anaya Gatling! Gatling’s like amentor to him, so he loves her so much too.

17. who do you ship them with?

ROSALYN with Derick, and Roswell’sperfectly fine on his own

18. have they experienced the deathof a loved one?

Derick hasn’t, Roswell has (he and Rosalynused to have an older brother)

19. have they ever been tortured?

For Derick, doesmental/emotional/physical abuse count? For Roswell, no, not yet (?)

20. what’s the worst thing you’vedone to them without spoiling anything?

Gave Derick to parents who mentallyand emotionally abused him then abandoned him, so now he genuinely doesn’trecognize real love when he’s shown it.

For Roswell, killing his big brotherreally sucks so…

21. any mental illnesses?

Derick probably does, but he hasn’tbeen diagnosed. Roswell’s mental health is great, so no.

22. what’s their favorite animal?

Derick’s is cats, Roswell’s is dogs.

23. what are their flaws?

Derick’s kind of a coward, veryabsorbed in his own mind, overthinks everything.

Roswell can be too trusting and tooeager to see the best in everyone. Also could accidentally share secret infowhile rambling.

24. what’s their favorite color?

Derick likes green, and Roswelllikes purple and yellow and blue and red and….

25. pet peeves?

Derick dislikes people who just gogo go!Roswell dislikes grumpy, pessimistic people.

26. bad habits?

Derick’s always chewing on his nailswhen he’s nervous. Roswell’s is obviously his oversharing.

27. an OC they hate:

Derick hates Rosalyn when he firstmeets her, Carson kinda too.

Roswell really only hates Chief Knoxfor killing his brother.

28. random fact about them:

Afternoons at Marni’s shop are someof the only happy childhood memories Derick has.

It’s safe to assume that, at anygiven moment, Roswell’s wearing at least one brightly colored bandage for anynumber of minor injuries

29. family members?

Derick just had a mother and afather, nobody else.

Roswell only has Rosalyn now, but heconsiders the rest of the unground dwellers his family.

30. Hogwarts house?

Hufflepuff and Gryffindor (?)

31. what makes them happy?

Derick: Ragsy, coolmornings/evenings in the Burjeok forest, watching the stars and moon at night

Roswell: Lots of things! Warmsunshine, new flowers in spring, talking to anybody, going to town, pettinganimals, etc.

32. middle and last names (ifthey’re established)?

No middle names, Denmeyer is Derick’slast name and Tate is Roswell’s.

33. introvert, ambivert, orextrovert?

Derick’s heavily introverted andRoswell’s heavily extroverted

34. how old are they?

Derick’s 22 and Roswell’s 17 (he’sthe dancing queen)

35. strange quirks they have:

Does Derick’s nail-chewing count?

36. any unhealthy obsessions?

Why did mom and dad leave, why wasn’t I enough?

For Roswell, nothing really. He’spretty healthy overall

37. looks like they could kill butis actually a cinnamon roll, looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually killyou, looks like a cinnamon roll and is actually a cinnamon roll, looks likethey could kill you and could actually kill you, or sinnamon roll

Both are totally pure cinnamon rolls

38. how smart are they?

Derick’s actually fairly smart. He’sgot a lot of practical knowledge from several years on his own.

Roswell’s fairly smart. He’s still ateen, so he’s got a lot to learn, but he’s intelligent!

39. master planner or masterimproviser?

Improviser, and about half-and-half

40. species/race?

Both human, both white

41. cat or dog person?

Derick loves both with all his heart

Roswell prefers dogs because they’remore open and obvious with their love and affection

42. where are they from?

Both are from Cirsca!

43. moral alignment?

Derick’s Lawful neutral, and Roswell’sNeutral Good

44. what is their dominant hand?

Both are right-handed

45. do you have headcanons for them?

Plenty

46. can they sing?

Derick’s not terrible, but he wouldnever draw that much attention to himself. Roswell probably shouldn’t

47. what horror-movie characterstereotype are they?

Derick would be the one that refusesto investigate the creepy noises, gets left in the living room by himself,probably winds up dying then.

Roswell is one of the first to die,he was probably the one that went to check out the creepy noises

48. how well can they worktechnology?

Derick’s better than most of thegang, since he worked in the capital city. Roswell doesn’t have a lot ofexperience with technology, so he probably wouldn’t be very good

49. which Marvel or DCsuperhero/villain would they be?

Both would actually fit CharlesXavier pretty well. Just with his whole “I don’t want to fight, I just want tobe accepted” thing?

50. how well do they develop overthe course of the story?

I want to say pretty well? I’mhoping to have Derick go from “coward who would rather stay home thanpotentially help others and stand up for his beliefs” to “scared guy who bravely facesdanger anyways for the sake of his friends and what’s right”

Roswell gets his own development,but you know, spoilers.

51. are they more humble or moreegotistical?

Humble, definitely

52. who would they be in a Disneymovie?

Derick would be snow White, justhappily traipsing through the woods with a flock of animals

Roswell would be the comedic sidekickor loyal animal companion

53. how many languages can theyspeak?

Just english

54. early-bird or night-owl?

Derick’s a night owl, and Roswell isboth since he never sleeps

55. how meme-y are they?

Derick would probably know more memesthan he’d like, because Carson and Lorelei would share them all with him.Roswell would be one of the meme-iest

56. how close are they to theirfamily?

Biological family? Derick’s not atall close, and Roswell is very close to Rosalyn.

57. do they have suicidal thoughtsor actions?

Derick kinda does but not like another oc of mine andRoswell doesn’t – he’s doing well

58. what is their preferred weapon?

Both can work a gun, but neitherlikes to fight (except I think I’m gonna give Derick a shield instead)

Thanks!!

#my ocs

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incaseyouart · 8 years ago

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Time for another batch-answer!! Sorry if this is impersonal but I didn’t want to spam people’s dashes!!

1. Yes I like to try and avoid white backgrounds when I can! Even if it’s just a simple block of colour.

2. This is a FAQ - I use Fire Alpaca, which is amazing and free for the PC and Mac. I’m not sure if it works on a Chromebook but I assume it does? You could also try Medibang Paint which is very similar and also free!

3. Congrats!!

4. My animation professors have told me that if you’re doing it properly you actually should lose track of time - something about using the right brain. References are ESSENTIAL to creating accurate art, so yes, they are extremely helpful and I’m glad you’re using them!!! DAPGO is a treasure trove :D

5. Yes I think you should post your art!! People will give both negative AND positive feedback - I believe you have to receive constructive criticism to grow as an artist. That’s literally all that working in a studio or for clients is - creating your stuff and then getting revisions (but it has to be constructive, not just empty feedback like “that sucks” or “that’s great”). Please read these posts on self-esteem!

6. Haha I love that phanime, and I’m so grateful @arctoids let me collaborate with her for the third episode!!

7. Hello! Thanks :D There are some ideas on this art challenge list I made here: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/post/155100106331/31-art-challenges

8. See answer 5! And don’t focus on notes/likes/social currency so much as creating stuff for YOU and your friends - if you genuinely are happy about the stuff you share, then people will enjoy it more, seeing you’re happy.

9. Thank you!! I have had a lot of practice drawing Phil hahah~

10. My favourite thing about being an artist is creating my own content - like, not original characters because mostly I draw fanart - but seeing inspirational things (like Dan and Phil), having a vision in my head, and being able to translate that vision into something visual.

11. HAHA DID YOU JUST ASK ME FOR EDITING TIPS?! Basically just practice with timing I guess? I’ve been editing videos for like, 10 years now, with various software (Adobe Premier, iSkysoft, Windows Movie Maker, and recently iMovie which is the best ever omg) and each time I learn more about how to cut clips and time them to music, how to add in sound effects, change opacity of the clips etc.. I’ve kind of just been learning it all on my own slowly - I’m sure there are tutorials on Youtube!!

12. It’s okay to take a break! Here’s my advice about getting over art block.

13. http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/watercolour%20tips I’ll try to make a video soon!

14. I’m glad you’re feeling better and that I could contribute to that :D Thank you! Have a good one ^_^

15. Try some of my art challenges!!

16. Can you go out to a cafe or maybe a library or some other public venue with table space?

17. Wacom Intuos Draw (Small) is what I use (see my tags about drawing tablets here)

18. Being able to critique your own work is an essentially critical skill to growing as an artist. But you have to balance self-critique with positive feedback - try to find two things good and one thing you need to work on. For example maybe the head and eyes are really well drawn, but you can work on the hands? Seeing your mistakes and then knowing how to correct them is a REALLY really good skill, NOT a bad habit. For tutorials on shading, Google has some good ones - the most important thing is figuring out your light source(s), and knowing the physics (plane changes) of whatever you’re drawing.

19. Yup pretty sure! If you scroll through all my palette challenges here you’ll see them~

20. Just drag & drop the image file directly into the software and it becomes a layer, and then lower its opacity - BUT I WOULD HIGHLY DISCOURAGE TRACING DIRECTLY FROM IMAGE. INSTEAD YOU SHOULD REALLY TRY TO REFER TO/COPY FROM AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN.

21. I would just use a mouse, personally!

22. So, with realism, it’s more difficult because there’s the expectation that all the details and proportions have to be EXACTLY accurate - as realistic as possible - and that takes a more time and patience than a caricature of a human figure/face. But, to accurate caricature something you need to be able to draw it realistically first. So in my opinion cartoon-style is both easier (you can communicate the same body language/emotions with less lines/detail) but also harder because you need to have everything be SIMPLE but also ACCURATE.

23. I often think a sketch looks better than the lineart because with a sketch you are more free as you draw - it is messy but also all the lines flow well and it just looks more organic. When you focus on making the lines perfect or cleaner you lose some of that organic flow. My suggestion would be to do an extra step in between the sketch and finished lineart - so draw your image 3 times - sketch, rough lineart, clean lineart. It might help transition your cleaned version a bit better!

24. Break down the figures into LINES OF ACTION and basic shapes before adding ANY detail at all. Check out my life drawing gestures here!

25. Aaaah sorry I hope I answered in time - regardless of medium you have to break down the face into basic shapes and guidelines before adding any details. Charcoal can blend really well to shade easily!

26. When I have time, yes!

27. Just a simple “hello” would do, I think! That way the person on the other end can greet you back, and then you’ve established a connection without the pressure of thinking of any topics of conversation - you could put the ball in their court, so to speak. Also you could just like and reblog a bunch of content you like, and leave nice comments!

28. Haha I don’t know if any of it is natural talent - it took me 14.5 years of almost constant practicing to get to where I am now!

29. Yay, more fanart!! ALL THE ART!

30. Oh my God thank you that’s so sweet (this makes me think of what people say about Phil Lester because he’s such a ray of sunshine <3)

31. It’s okay to take breaks! Step away from drawing for a while and just write a story, or read, or play outside, or do a sport, or anything else you like! Don’t force yourself to draw!

32. Watch my video on self-esteem for artists and hopefully it’ll motivate you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AjCbYrPlk&t=95s You’ll only get better at a skill if you practice it :D

33. I would just get the better drawing tablet first if you can afford it - unless the cheaper one is a good brand like Huion or Wacom!

34. You are improving if you use references, trust me. An easy way to see improvement is looking back at your old art, and maybe redrawing it?

35. Yay! Yeah tools can be common amongst artists - it’s just the level of practice and time put in :D

36. It can take a while to gain a strong following, but keep doing what you’re doing and people will come!!! Keep creating and sharing with the world :D

Thanks for all the asks guys~

#replies #batch answer #art advice #internet support group

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latveriansnailmail · 8 years ago

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OC meme answers

Filling out the previous post.

1. Your first OC ever? The earliest character I remember making was an armored flamethrowing bad guy named Cinder. I made him to be an antagonist for my brother's OC. Cinder is an industrial saboteur in his current incarnation. 2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs? I am probably most fond of Nick Chapel, Psychic Detective. 3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else? Several. A good handful of my characters were PCs in tabletop games I ran. 4. A character you rarely talk about? The less developed they are, the less I talk about them. 5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be? I have several favorites but I think the world would get the most milage out of Man Man. He always manages to be in the wrong despite his best intentions. 6. Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related? There are trends. Open shirts. Facial hair. Tattoos. Sunglasses. No capes. 7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories? I'm building fuel for several stand alone books set in a common universe. 8. Do you RP as any of your OCs? If you do, introduce one of your RP OCs here! Nick Chapel and Swingin' Johnny Go both began as Old World of Darkness characters. Nick was my Gangrel and Johnny was an Ecstatic mage. 9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else? I would give back what I have borrowed. I might lend an OC if said OC was already well established and characterized. 10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design? What, visually? Probably Upside Downe is the most complicated because he's more of a celebrity (of the modern fashion) than a superhero. As such his look varies from day to day but is always flamboyant. In his early conception I took some inspiration from Dennis Rodman. Nowadays he's closer to Red Foo. 11. Is there any OC of yours you could describe as a “sunshine”? Maybe el Constrictador. 12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot I tend to be drawn to any character who is a fanatic or a literal angel, preferably both at the same time. 13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs? Lady Angst is true to her name. 14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory I try to stay away from that trope since it's done into the ground in the superhero genre (see women in refrigerators.) That said, I suppose Maxine Force has seen some tragedy of late; her husband died suddenly and painfully, Maxine tried to transfer his consciousness into an AI, and then said AI was overwritten and appropriated by enemy agents, resulting in a twisted android mockery of a good man. 15. Do you like to talk about your OCs with other people? AD INFINITUM 16. Which one of your OCs would be the best at biology (school subject)? Definitely Professor Pinnacle though Man Man is a close second. 17. Any OC OTPs? Lady Angst/Swingin' Johny Go, as well as Zapatta the Mystic/Maid Malice 18. Any OC crackships? Idano, I guess Nick and Melanie Plutarch. That's going nowhere. 19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why) I'm still working on this character but Quanta is based on a teacher I respect. 20. Do any of your OCs sing? If they sing, care to share more details (headcanon voice, what kind of songs they like etc)? The Fat Lady is a coloratura and an amazing improvisational singer, though she tends to shatter all glass in the vicinity. Johnny is the front man of a swing band and can also use his sonic powers to manifest music but he says it's just not the same as a live performance. 21. Your most artistic OC Again, Johnny. In addition to singing and playing, he crafts string instruments semi-professionally. 22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how? I have to be very deliberate in my depiction of Solomon King. He's a guy wearing a flag so I have to be clear with his characterization and his ideals, or else people would just project their personal politics on him. 23. Introduce OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like? Thorn was originally just some generic beefy white dude in his 20s with plant powers. The current Doctor Thorn is 50 or older, a genius botonist, black, an amputee, and very cynical owing to the public's past reception of his race. Hell, public's not crazy about him right now. 24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why? I would meet the Stregga Sisters so I could ask what their deal is. I need to develop them. 25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?) As a younger man, that would most closely be Johnny but now I'm turning 39 and I identify more with Nick. We both prefer classic movies. 26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will? I was confronted with how 7 out of 7 of my most significant American figures were all male so I gender-swapped Maxwell Force into Maxine. S/he's more interesting now. I have plenty of female characters (close to half) and a loooot of female second bananas but the lack of female leadership is still something I'm struggling with. 27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song? Actually, the first plot scenario and its main perpetrators came to me in a dream, complete with a rap song. So in particular Edifice Wrex is the rapper of my dreams. 28. Your most dangerous OC? DEFINITELY the Chokester. Imagine the Joker crossed with Venom and classically trained in traditional European buffoonery. 29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going? Several, really. Nick, Zapatta... Lady Angst would live cast it. 30. Which one of your OCs would most likely have a secret stuffed animal collection? La Nina maybe. Of course life on the road would mean nowhere to keep it... 31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really) Let me point out that I myself have been involved with goth culture since about 1995. That said, Lady Angst is heavily involved with social media and reblogs all the most ridiculously stereotypical goth stuff with plenty of vaguebooking thrown in as she bemoans her personal situation and throws shade at people in the community. She has the worst kept secret identity in the whole long underwear game. 32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why? Spiderbite Emma is a pragmatic survivor. Plus she can turn people into wolves so she's got that going for her. 33. Your shyest OC? I've gathered many brazen personalities, them being superheroes and all. That said, probably Catfight. Her anthro-feline body is a constant target for unwanted attention. 34. Do you have any twin characters? Not at this time. 35. Any sibling characters? Reveal: Angst and Emma are sisters! Don't tell no one. Be cool. I'm still cooking the Force family but there's the young adult Gail Force and the tween Maxwell (found a new use for that name.) 36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)? Nope. 37. Introduce an OC who is not quite human Like all of them. I just got finished fleshing out a OC who's a sasquatch, Professor "Squatcho" Henderson. 38. Which one of your OCs would be the best dancer? For all her flaws, sucking at dancing is not among Lady Angst's failings. Zapatta is two thousand years old and lascivious so he can probably cut a rug. For that matter and for similar reasons Santacles would know every winter folk dance there is. 39. Introduce any character you want I have a fondness for the Keeper, a combo speedster/tank. She’s Britain’s most popular hero, goalkeeper themed, and seven and a half feet tall. She was born out of some RPG build experiments, the idea being that her low end cosmic awareness tells her what’s happening, her speed helps her intervene, and then her thick skin absorbs the hit. 40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share In my early 20s I used to hang out at night with friends of mine in the local all night diner, drinking unlimited coffee, playing games, eating the breakfast buffet, etc. We were all either just out of college or just out of high school and we were all commiserating our bleak futures. I would sketch and color a character pic every night. Most of those characters are scrapped now but a few (like Sonofagun) have made the cut. The pictures got moldy in storage, sad to say. 41. Has anyone drawn fanart of your OCs? If yes, maybe show a picture or two here (remember sources & permissions!) See above. 42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods? Many of them ARE Greek gods. My Mary Sue, Mail-man would be most genuinely interested. 43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess See above, #6. 44. Something you like about your OCs in general They are diverse and few have anything stereotypical about them. They are all their own people. 45. A character you no longer use? NEVER ASK ME ABOUT STEVE 46. Has anyone ever told you that you treat your OCs badly? Nah. I'm so wary of fridging characters that I don't heap much abuse on them. Plus, there's a revolving door on death. 47. Has anyone ever (friendly) claimed any of your OCs as their child? As I've said, some are on permanent loan from their player parents. 48. OC who is a perfect cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure Nah. Maybe Catfight. She's trying to get into Man Man's crew and it's going to be disastrous. 49. Which one of your OCs would most likely enjoy memes Probably Magnum Opus. 50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want Top Rocker of Earth has a passing similarity to Lobo in that both are cosmic bikers and general nasty asskickers but in truth Top draws most from Terrax the Tamer. If you want, you can tag your ask answers with #yetanotherOCmeme so I can check them out too `v´9

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irispublishersagriculture · 4 years ago

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Iris Publishers - World Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science (WJASS)

Variability of Crude Palm Oil Acidity Among Individual Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.) Progenies of La Dibamba Germplasm

Authored by Likeng Li Ngue Benoit Constant

Crude palm oil (CPO) from the mesocarp of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) fruit is the most produced vegetable oil in the world. In 2015, CPO consumption was estimated at 35% [1]. In Cameroon, 70% of CPO is produced by agro-industries while 30% is produced by the informal sector (smallholders). Oil from informal sector represents almost 90% of the locally consumed vegetable oil in Cameroon [2]. CPO is mainly composed of triglycerides or triacylglycerols which represent 95% of all constituents and minor compounds such as diacylglycerol, mono glycerol and free fatty acids (about 5% FFA) issued from the biosynthesis and / or hydrolysis of triacylglycerols. Sterol, tocopherol, pigments and metal ions are also present in CPO [3,4]. The fatty acids present in CPO vary with number of carbon atoms ranging from 14 to 20. They include saturated fatty acids such as myristic acid (C14:0), palmitic acid (C16:0), stearic acid (C18:0), and arachidic acid (C20:0). Monounsaturated fatty acids included are palmitoleic acid (C16:1), oleic acid (C18:1) and polyunsaturated fatty acids include linoleic acid (C18:2) and linolenic acid (C18:3). In terms of proportions, palmitic acid is the major saturated fatty acid while the main unsaturated fatty acid is oleic acid. Ranges of fatty acids contained in CPO are as follows: myristic acid (0.9 – 2%), palmitic acid (39.2 - 45.8%), palmitoleic acid (0 - 0.4%), stearic acid (3.7 – 6%), oleic acid (37.4 - 44.1%), linoleic acid (8.7 - 12.5%), linolenic acid (0 - 0.6%) and arachidic acid (0- 0.4%) [3-5].

CPO quality is mainly evaluated on the basis of impurities and its acidity which is an indicator of free fatty acids (FFA) content [6,7]. The presence of FFA in palm oil indicates the level of oil degradation during extraction and storage. If the FFA content is high, this indicates that the fruits were damaged between harvest and extraction or harvested fruits were over-ripe [7]. Therefore, high values of acidity due to lipase activity is an indication of oil quality impairment. Without refining, such oil may be unsuitable for human consumption even though refining leads to the loss of palm oil nutritional value.

Oxidation caused by light and temperature Mulindi et al. [8] is a factor that influences the organoleptic value of CPO by increasing its free fatty acids content. The presence of FFA in palm oil is favored by lipase activity [9,10,7,11]. and high-water content (when greater than 0.1%). Smallholders usually do not consider these issues in their oil production process. It is not obvious for consumers to assess CPO quality on the market, and this is a cause for concern in terms of food security. In Cameroon for instance, analysis of CPO samples from nonindustrial oil mills Ngando et al. [12] revealed that lipid peroxidation and oil acidity increased significantly during the first four weeks of storage, making the samples unfit for consumption. In another study Ngando et al. [13] analyzed oil samples from 10 major markets in Douala and found that oil acidity values of more than 50% of the samples were above the 5% maximum limit recommended for dietary CPO. Goudoum et al. [14] also found a wide variation of FFA in CPO between 6.49% and 9.44% before storage, which increased significantly, reaching up to 16.50% FFA at 30°C during the first three months of storage. Gulla and Waghray [15] showed that the storage time influences oil composition in terms of FFA content. Ohimain et al. [16] on their part showed that palm oil acidity also varied from 0.97 to 8.43%. Noviar et al. [17] reported that the factors raising the FFA levels above the quality standards are machine, man, management, materials and methods. According to several studies, microorganisms also contribute to lipase activity [6,10,11,18-20].

It has also been demonstrated that the genotype of oil palm also determines the quality of CPO it produces [21-23]. However, to the best of our knowledge, the variability of oil acidity has not been clearly established among oil palm genitors and progenies used for improved seed production. The objective of this study was to determine the variability of CPO acidity among individual palm trees from various progenies of La Dibamba elite germplasm in view of eventually including them in the seed production program for oil quality improvement.

Materials and Method

Study site

This study was realized at La Dibamba specialized centre for oil palm research (CEREPAH) of the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD). La Dibamba is located in the humid tropical zone with monomodal rainfall regime, in the Littoral Region of Cameroon. The Centre is found in the Mbongo-Ndonga zone at 3 °54’62’’ latitude North and 9 °51’77’’ latitude East, at 55m asl. There are two distinct seasons at La Dibamba. The dry season runs from mid-October to mid-March while the rainy season goes from mid-March to mid-October. Rainfall is about 2500mm/year and sunshine is 1400h/year with an average annual temperature of 27.50 °C/year.

Plant materials

Some 204 individual commercial seed production oil palm trees were sampled from 11 progenies, resulting from 15 parents (LM 1607P, LM 2052T, LM 2515D, LM 2749D, LM 2750D, LM 300D, LM 3034D, LM 3038D, LM 3043D, LM 3050D, LM 5100D, LM 5155D, LM 5216D, PO 2768P, PO 3281T) of some palms planted in CEREPAH of La Dibamba between 1993 and 1997. The progenies sampled are presented in Table 1.

Discussion

The study of palm oil acidity of CPO from individual palms shows a great variability between the progenies on the one hand and within each progeny on the other hand. From a total of 11 progenies, six were homogeneous with high oil acidity while the five others were heterogeneous. No progeny studied showed 100% low acidity. This result is different from that of Likeng et al. [23] who obtained only 4 out of 11 progenies with 100% high acidity. This could be due to the fact that since palm acidity (PA) gene is possibly dominant, whatever the crossing, one obtains either a high-acid homogeneity or a heterogeneous progeny. The LM 18688 and LM 19121 progenies derived from self-fertilization are heterogeneous for this trait. This suggests that the LM 2515D and LM 3005D self-fertilized parents are possibly heterozygous at the locus under consideration.

In the PO 3281 T progeny with high acidity, the self-fertilized parent is probably homozygous at the locus concerned. The nature of this parent clearly justifies the homogeneity observed in the PO 5669 progeny resulting from the cross between PO 3281T and PO 2786P. The work of Likeng et al. [23] suggested that the gene responsible for the acidity of palm oil is monogenic with strong dominant acidity, and that a progeny is homogeneous with high acidity if and only if at least one of the crossed parents produces oil with high acidity.

Unlike the work of Ngando et al. [22], which generally presented the acidity of oil palm progenies, this study clearly shows individual variability in the acidity of palm oil from progenies derived from several combinations. This result corroborates that of Guedes [27], who showed the variability of fruit acidity of 25 plants of Jabuticaba progeny grown in a tropical climate. León et al. [26] on the one hand and Perez Vich et al. [28] on the other hand, working respectively on the variability of free fatty acids of olive oil of certain progenies derived from several genetic combinations and the heritability of elevated palmitic acid content in the CAS-12 mutant in the same species, showed the influence of crossing on free fatty acid composition.

The three classes of acidity obtained showed a great variability. The class of genitors with high acidity constituted 77%. This result is contrary to that of Perèz Vich et al. [28] who separated olive seeds into three classes based on their oil acidity values as 19, 38 and 7 respectively for high, intermediate, and low acidity. This is partly due to the fact that the gene responsible is dominant [23]. The other reason could be the impossibility of separating the dominant homozygotes with high acidity from the heterozygotes. Such difficulties led Hiroshi et al. [29] and Pandey et al. [30] to classify fruit acidity into two classes in the study of the heritability of acidity of apple fruits and five phenotype classes of Erucic acid in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss) respectively. All these observations highlight the heritability of fruit acidity in general and that of palm oil in particular, as confirmed by other studies [29,30].

To read more about this article: https://irispublishers.com/wjass/fulltext/variability-of-crude-palm-oil-acidity-among-individual-oil-palm-elaeis-guineensis-jacq-progenies.ID.000583.php

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automatismoateo · 4 years ago

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The Bible's claim that "God is love" is false by the Bible's very own definition of what love actually is, and his "Mercy" is infinitely lower than all humans possess naturally. Animals aren't even this cruel. This God's claim that he is "Light, having in him no darkness" is false on its face. via /r/atheism

Submitted September 15, 2020 at 12:03AM by MelodicEarth2 (Via reddit https://ift.tt/33x3yk0) The Bible's claim that "God is love" is false by the Bible's very own definition of what love actually is, and his "Mercy" is infinitely lower than all humans possess naturally. Animals aren't even this cruel. This God's claim that he is "Light, having in him no darkness" is false on its face.

Point 1: God is love

1 John 4:8

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

It's a famous verse, and very clear and simple: God is love, John says.

Had John read Paul's words in 1st Corinthians? Paul lays out a complete definition of what Biblical love actually is:

1 Corinthians 13:4

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

So how does God (that is, the same god who is described as love itself ) measure up to the description of love presented in (what is supposed to be) his own word?

Let's see:

Love is patient...

God continually lost his patience, especially with his own people. Some might say that Israel repeatedly tested God's patience and got what was coming to them, but how can the very God of the universe be provoked so easily? Even the Bible says "a day With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." This would suggest that 40 years in the desert or a few centuries of evil kings are barely a blip on the timeline for the eternal God. Yet even during this minute time period, God loses his patience constantly and lets puny man get under his skin.

Deuteronomy 9:7a - Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness

Deuteronomy 31:29 - For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands

2 Kings 22:17 - Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

I don't feel the need to post every instance of God being provoked, but he is provoked constantly.

Love is kind...

Jesus spoke often spoke insultingly to those closest to him.

Mark 4:39 - He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?

Mark 7:17-18a - And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. "Are you so dull?" he asked.

Matthew 16:21-23 - From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me!"

Christ's snarky comments aside, the very act of bringing man into existence was unkind. According to the Bible, God has created a scenario where most of his image bearers will burn forever in eternal fire. He made finding Heaven impossibly hard and going to Hell easy. God planned from the beginning everything that would happen - and his plan was that most people Go to hell.

Matthew 7:14-15 - Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it

It does not envy...

God is bothered by any affection, praise or attention not directed toward him.

Exodus 34:11-14 - Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exodus 20:5 - I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation…

Matthew 10:27 - Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Mat. 10:34-36 - Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

"God hates laughter and despises mirth. To feel free, untrammeled, irresponsible, joyous,—to forget care and death—to be flooded with sunshine without a fear of night—to forget the past, to have no thought of the future, no dream of God, or heaven, or hell—to be intoxicated with the present—to be conscious only of the clasp and kiss of the one you love—this is the sin against the Holy Ghost." --Robert G. Ingersoll

It does not boast, it is not proud.

God boasts about his own greatness continually.

Exodus 9:14 - For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

Isaiah 46:9 - Remember the former things long past,For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is no one like Me.

Isaiah 45:12 - It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host.

1 Chronicles 19:11 - Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

It does not dishonor others,

God continually feels the need to belittle man and reiterate how puny, insufficient and disappointing he is.

Isaiah 64:6 - But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Psalm 51:5 - Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Job 38:16-19 - Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

It is not self-seeking

The Bible says that God does whatever he wants, and does it for his own glory. He demands others do everything for his glory too.

1 Corinthians 10:31 - So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Psalm 115:3 - Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Isaiah 49:3 - And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Acts 12:23 - Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

Even when God acts in a way that initially seems self-sacrificial, the Bible is clear that he ultimately only does so for his own Glory.

Ephesians 1:12 - so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

Romans 3:25 - God put [Christ] forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

it is not easily angered

God is angered constantly, by infractions big and small.

2 Samuel 6:6-7 - But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.

Numbers 12:9 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed.

Deuteronomy 9:8 - Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.

Exodus 32:10 - Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.

2 Samuel 24:1 - Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

Deuteronomy 9:22 - You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

Psalm 7:11b - God is angry with the wicked every day

It keeps no record of wrongs

God keeps a total and complete record of every wrong ever committed.

2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Colossians 3:25 - For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.

Matthew 12:36 - I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak

Luke 8:17 - For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

Love does not delight in evil

We've already established God does everything he wants to do and does it for his own glory. Take note of the below events God decreed - for his own glory:

Isaiah 13:15-18 - Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

Isaiah 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Leviticus 26:29 - then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I myself will discipline you sevenfold for your sins. You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

It always protects...

God does not always protect. God withdrew his protection many times from his own people to make a point.

Jeremiah 15:4 - I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for my anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you."

Jeremiah 16:13 - Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.

Deuteronomy 4:26-17 - I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Jeremiah 14:12 - Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence

Jeremiah 15:8 - Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer at noonday; I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly.

These are only a handful of examples that prove God's character is often shown to be in complete opposition to Paul's description of love.

To describe God as love itself is incorrect - not by my standard - but by the standard of the Bible itself.

Point 2: God is merciful

The Biblical God is the least merciful being in the cosmos

“But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.” Psalm 86:15.

“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.” Psalm 145:8-9.

“For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:13.

We hear constantly about how merciful the Biblical God is supposed to be, yet we witness elsewhere in the Bible and the rest of the world much evidence to the contrary.

God is not merciful to his creation. His creation is in pain constantly. All of his creation experiences misery. All of his creation suffers hunger, sadness, disaster, failing health, grief. All of his creation inevitably experiences death (even the species that didn't sin!) None of these concepts - pain, death, misery - had to exist at all, but God decided to create a cosmos that contained them all in abundance. The world, with its rape, death, torture, hunger, pain, stepping on Lego, etc. - this was the world that the richly compassionate and merciful God chose to speak into existence for his honor and glory. He could have created a world entirely of puppies and marshmallows. Heck, he could have created the exact same world we have now except without child pornography - but no; God didn't feel those worlds would give him glory quite like the child pornography containing world we have now.

God is particularly unmerciful toward his image bearers; to you and me. He seems to love pointing out that he has no reason to show us mercy at all, and that when he does show some mercy, we should tell him how great he is for it. Oh, but we're all dirty, rotten sinners after all, right? We are owed no mercy, right? In the words of R.C. Sproul, "These creatures from the dirt have no right to tell a God he's too harsh. What's wrong with you people!"

Well, what's "wrong" with us is that God wanted us to be wrong.

God created his image bearers specifically to fail. The fall did not take God by surprise. Unless God's plans can be thwarted (they can’t), man could only have fallen into sin because God specifically planned they would. We were "brought forth in iniquity" before we had any say in the matter. Are we depraved because we chose to be? Because we were given the choice not to be conceived in sin?

No.

We are fallen, sinful, creatures destined to eternal punishment because that's how the God who is "rich in mercy" created us. He wanted the vast majority of us to fail, die, and burn in terrible pain forever and ever. We know this because God's plans always come to fruition, and the Bible tells us that most men will die and go to hell. This is the merciful God's plan.

Of all the realities God could have created, He created the one where men were automatically imbued with a faulty, sin-prone nature they could never resist, and he set up a law under which they would never succeed. It pleased God to place his creation in unavoidable danger of fiery torture forever, so that he could arbitrarily create a small few who would escape for no other reason than to tell him how great he is for it.

Well, that mercy is not impressive. That is an infinitely lower level of mercy and compassion than all humans possess naturally. Animals aren't even that cruel. Animals don't torture their prey forever. Animals don't bring things to life specifically to torture them for their "glory" or "good pleasure." To deliberately create a world where all of your creation inevitably experiences terrible pain - some temporarily, most eternally - is the least merciful thing imaginable. What could be less merciful?

Point 3: There is no darkness in God

1 John 1:5 -- "This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all."

Darkness as in evil and falsehood.

Yet in the Bible God has women raped, children sacrificed alive in fire, half a hundred people slaughtered by bears for making a joke, punishes parents by brainwashing them into murdering then cannibalizing the flesh of their own children, slices open the stomachs of pregnant mothers -- yanking out and then dashing their babies to pieces, the list goes on. All ordained directly by the Lord. Satan never does these things in scripture, but God does. What is all this except the pitch black darkness of death and evil?

Those 42 people that God had slaughtered with 2 she-bears for making a joke about Elisha's bald spot, do you think God extended this same mercy toward them?

"He said unto them, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you."

The Bible constantly reminds us of the importance of self control, and to not give way to anger. It's interesting, the Bible says of God, "He is not a man" that he should act like we human beings do, that is, in a hypocritical manner in Numbers 23:19. Well he could have fooled me, he sure does give a convincing performance. You would think that the only being capable of total self control would show more self control. It is as God himself said, "For they do not practice what they themselves preach" (Matthew 23:3). While at the same time demanding others to obey.

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Good Morning Quotes Celebrating The Start Of Your Day

Looking for beautiful, inspirational good morning quotes that will help you start the day the right way?

I was inspired by reading a piece that had quotes that wanted to help people start their day on the right note.

How we begin our day sets a tone for how our entire day will go – we want it to be on a positive note.

What better way to do that than with an encouraging thought or quote.

Below is a list of over 100 inspirational, wise, and positive good morning quotes to start your morning off right.

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Best Good Morning Quotes To Get You Started

1.) “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

2.) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” – Zig Ziglar

3.) “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

4.) “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford

5.) “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses

6.) “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills

7.) “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

8.) “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

9.) “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

10.) “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh

11.) “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

12.) “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” – Jamie Paolinetti

Good Morning Quotes for Everyone

13.) “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

14.) “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown

15.) “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg

16.) “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

17.) “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

18.) “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” – Confucius

19.) “Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.” – Booker T. Washington

20.) “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle

21.) “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

22.) Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi

23.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

Good morning quotes to inspire positivity

24.) “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon

25.) “Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Unknown

26.) “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”– Denis Waitley

27.) “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.”– Albert Einstein

28.) “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield

29.) “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget

30.) “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

31.) “I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do.” – Lucas (Rory Cochrane, Empire Records)

32.) “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Unknown

33.) “When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” – Unknown

34.) “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland

35.) “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry S. Haskins

Inspirational Good Morning Quotes

36.) “Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you’ll find is that you can overcome anything.” – Unknown

37.) “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

38.) “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

39.) “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill

40.) “An obstacle is often a stepping stone.” – William Prescott

41.) “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.” – Winston Churchill

42.) “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

43.) “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

44.) “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi

45.) “Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.” – Helen Keller

46.) “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

47.) “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden

48.) “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

49.) “You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.” – Henry David Thoreau

50.) “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers

Inspirational Good Morning Quotes about success

51.) “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth

52.) “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

53.) “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

54.) “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

55.) “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Tim Ferriss

56.) “The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” – Richard Bach

57.) “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

58.) “Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar

59.) “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player

60.) “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam

61.) “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

62.) “The dreamers are the saviors of the world.” – James Allen

63.) “Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.” – Russell Warren

64.) “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan

Beautiful Good Morning Quotes

65.) “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

66.) “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

67.) “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso

68.) “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath

69.) “Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.” – Ted Williams

70.) “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn

71.) “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

72.) “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” – Howard Ruff

Inspirational Good Morning Quotes about dreams

73.) “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester

74.) “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau

75.) “There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” – Denis Waitley

76.) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

77.) “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering the attitudes of his mind.” – William James

78.) “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost

79.) “The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.”– Joseph Joubert

80.) “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

81.) “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde

82.) “Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose yours.” – Paulo Coelho

83.) “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy

Inspirational Good Morning about greatness

84.) “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” – James Joyce

85.) “It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry James

86.) “Every man dies. Not every man really lives.” – William Wallace

87.) “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

88.) “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso

89.) “Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

90.) “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good morning quotes that will enrich your day

91.) “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi

92.) “Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” – Wayne Huizenga

93.) “Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.” – Henry David Thoreau

94.) “When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.” – F. Sionil Jose

95.) “I wake up every morning thinking…this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There’s no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal.” – Anita Roddick

96.) “Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” – George Washington Carver

97.) “Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” – Mark Twain

98.) “Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

99.) “Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But, Life salutes you when you make others happy.” – Charlie Chaplin

100.) “Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

More good morning quotes to give you inspiration

101.) “I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.”– Paul Henderson

102.) “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” – Larry King

103.) “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius

104.) “Every morning, leave your worries outside your gate, because that’s where they pick up the garbage! Have a worry free day! Rise and shine.” – Bar Refaeli

105.) “To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.” – Sidney Poitier

106.) “The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live.

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What’s Hot Central Florida: November 2018

Thursday, November 1

The Flamingo Resort presents the Brotherhood of Bears Weekend from today through Sunday, November 4th. The weekend will be filled with fun, frolicking and many events. For more info: FlamingoFla.com.

Friday, November 2

Gays On The Move is kicking off their first Friday of upcoming events happening at Stonewall Bar Orlando. Animal House will bring Orlando’s most daring men as they bring their wildest, skimpiest, and kinkiest Toga looks. Speaking of which, you can dress in full fetish gear or come as you are-so long as you feel sexy and ready to TOGA! Abandon your worries and get lost in their misfit frat house where everyone is welcome to party! Hosted by ΣΩΒ House Mutha Lacie Browning with special guest entertainer Adrian Padron (Mr Ms Adrian), and special guest DJ JB Burgos, ΣΩΒ House DJ Skinner. There will also be a Toga & Wet Underwear Contest, Fraternity Games, Paddle/Hazing Station so, assemble your squad, charge up, and join Animal House!

Saturday, November 3

SunCoast Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) announces Venice’s first Pride Festival today from 1 pm to 5 pm at 3276 E. Venice Avenue, Venice, FL. Senior Co-Pastors of SunCoast MCC, Reverend Dr. Nancy Wilson and Reverend Vickie Miller, are excited to host Venice’s first Pride Celebration. For more information go to veniceflpride.com.

Amalie Arena presents Twenty One Pilots in their Bandito Tour at 7pm. Tickets start at $35.75 at Amaliearena.com.

Sunday, November 4

Straz Center for the performing Arts presents Straz Live! at Curtis Hixon park starting at 2pm. Now an annual community event to kick off their new season, Straz LIVE! in the Park is a family-friendly mash-up of an afternoon picnic, a concert in the park and a block party featuring live entertainment of popular Broadway tunes, favorite opera arias and a surprise guest or two. They will also have food trucks on site. This event is free, but they do have reserved tables of eight for just $125 located in front of the stage, and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

Southern Nights Tampa presents the Miss Shave My Face House Pageant. This pageant presents the opportunity for performers to creatively showcase their talents and entertain the audience while learning new and exciting ways to have safer sex and about available METRO services. Through entertainment they will reduce the stigma that surrounds HIV/AIDS and educate the community. The night is hosted by Ms. Kiala Santi, and the categories are: Presentation: “This is We” HIV Prevention Self Expression: Demonstrating the fight Against HIV/AIDS, Talent (5-7 minutes), Evening Gown: Household Realness, (Gowns must be made out of household items), and Q&A Segment. Registration: $25 to be paid between noon and 3pm day of pageant. $500 grand prize, $250 1st runner up, and $125 2nd runner up. Entry is an $8 suggested donation, which benefits Metro Wellness & Community Center.

Tuesday, November 6

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall presents singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett, whose career has spanned 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, Lyle fuses elements of Americana, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in his live performances. Lyle’s college buddy Robert Earl Keen has blazed a trail that’s earned him living-legend (not to mention pioneer) status in the Americana music world. “Whenever Kindness Fails,” “A Bigger Piece of Sky” and “The Road Goes on Forever” have made him a songwriter’s songwriter. Curtain goes up at 8pm with tickets starting at $57 at VanWezel.org.

Friday, November 9

The Tampa Improv presents Steve-O: The Bucket List from the infamous Jackass TV Show. Since then, Steve-O has had continued success, as a New York Times best-selling author with the release of his memoir, Professional Idiot, and he has established himself as a force in the world of stand-up comedy. He’s even landed a handful of acting roles in film and TV. Catch Steve-O today and tomorrow, November 10. Tickets are only $25 at ImprovTampa.com.

Saturday, November 10

Dr. Phillips Center Presents Vince Gill In Association With AEG Presents at 8pm. Vince is one of the most popular singers in modern country music, and is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit. Since his breakthrough in 1990, Gill has won 21 GRAMMY Awards, entry into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, eight awards from the Academy of Country Music, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. In August 2012, Gill was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tickets from: $39.50 at Drphillipscenter.org.

A lot of us already have our minds on gift giving, decking the halls, and warm gatherings with friends and family – but it’s not really the holidays in Orlando without the annual tradition of the Festival of Trees, which starts today and goes through Sunday, November 18 from 10am to 5pm. Tickets are now on sale for Council of 101’s annual event, which transforms the Orlando Museum of Art (2416 North Mills Ave.) into a winter wonderland with sparkling trees, glittering holiday vignettes and stunning décor. Now in its 32nd year, the Festival of Trees is celebrating the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Visitors can admire designer Christmas trees of all sizes, custom wreaths, a gingerbread village and more, all created by Orlando’s finest designers. Each piece is available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting the Orlando Museum of Art. Tickets can be purchased in person, over the phone by calling 407-896-4231 ext. 254, or online through Eventbrite.

Thursday, November 15

The Orlando Improv presents Piff The Magic Dragon in The Dog Who Knows 2018 Tour. The star of NBC’s America’s Got Talent and Penn & Teller: Fool Us, who has over 100 million online views, 200,000 tickets sold, a residency on the Las Vegas strip now extended throughout 2018 and sold out shows across North America, is coming to Orlando. The Dog Who Knows 2018 Tour features never-before-seen tricks, all new jokes, and Mr Piffles in his latest disguise as a mind reading marvel. Piff plays today through Saturday November 17, with tickets only $25 at: theimprovorlando.com.

Friday, November 16

Dr. Phillips Center Presents In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert: The Hologram Tour where Roy will be performing his greatest hits, accompanied on stage by a live orchestra at 8pm. Recognized universally as one of the great rock and roll legends, Orbison’s catalogue includes such chart-toppers as Oh, Pretty Woman, You Got It, Only the Lonely, Crying, I Drove All Night, It’s Over and In Dreams. This tour will allow fans the chance to experience one of the most iconic figures in the history of music in a thrilling way as Orbison and his trademark three-octave range voice comes back to the stage he commanded for decades. Tickets start at $44 at Drphillipscenter.org.

Saturday, November 17

Straz center for the Performing Arts presents Diavolo Dance Theatre: Architecture In Motion at 8pm. The daredevil dance spectacle from America’s Got Talent returns for more shocking, breathtaking dance-acrobatics. For 20 years, Diavolo has invented movement dynamite between its dancers and giant sets of skate ramps, wheels, interlocking boxes and abstract sculptures. With explosive and unexpected flips, leaps, turns, partnering and tests of trust, the company pushes the limits of the ever-present question of when to hold on and when to let go. “The result is dazzling” (Newsday). Tickets start at $22.75 at: StrazCenter.org.

The Parliament House presents, direct from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10, Finalist Kameron Michaels. Admission is 410 inc advance and $15 at the door, with VIP $20.

Neema’s Amor, upscale Latin Night, at Stonewall Bar Orlando presents Ashley La Chica Bomba “Live,” where they invite you to join them for a one night only Performance by the legendary Merengue sensation. Doors open at 9pm with admission only $10 before 10pm, and $20 thereafter. The drag show is at 12am starring: Saphyre L’Sweet Cardoza, Lisa Marie Gonzalez, and Nouba Soleil.

Friday, November 23

The Orlando Improv presents TJ Miller, who is one of the most sought after comedians in the world. He was named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch,” and EW’s “Next Big Things in Comedy”. TJ has been in many movies and ahs done a tremendous amount of voice over work. Catch him today and tomorrow, November 24 with tickets only $25 at theimprovorlando.com.

The Tampa Improv presents Tim Meadows tonight and tomorrow, November 24th. One of the longest-running cast members in the 41-year history of Saturday Night Live, this versatile comedian crafted some of the series’ most memorable characters during his 10 years on the popular late night show. He has also starred in many movies and guest starred on mny TV shows. Tickets are only $20 at: ImprovTampa.com.

Saturday, November 24

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall presents Grammy Award-winner KC and The Sunshine Band who are celebrating 40 years of making booties shake! Led by Harry Wayne “KC” Casey, a Florida native, and his band are best known for hits like “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “Boogie Shoes” and “Rock Your Baby.” Come and “Shake Your Booty” – you’ll be dancing in the aisles! The show begins at 8pm with tickets starting at $52.

Tuesday, November 27

Elton John ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ Tour makes two stops in Central Florida. The first is at the Amway Arena and the second is on November 28 at Amalie Arena. The ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour will consist of more than 300 shows across five continents, hitting North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australasia before reaching its conclusion in 2021. These dates mark the superstar’s last-ever tour, the end of half a century on the road for one of pop culture’s most enduring performers. Elton’s new stage production will take his fans on a musical and highly visual journey spanning a 50-year career of hits like no one has ever seen before. Tickets are expensive, but well worth it to see one of the superstars of or generation in his final tour!

Fairwinds Broadway in Orlando presents Hello, Dolly at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from today until December 2. Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in Hello, Dolly! – the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!” Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving thunderous raves on Broadway, this Hello, Dolly! pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion – hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Tickets start at $39.25 at Drphillipscenter.org.

source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/11/01/whats-hot-central-florida-november-2018/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazin.blogspot.com/2018/11/whats-hot-central-florida-november-2018.html

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