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NEWS + FEATURES

ARTS + CULTURE 20 Live Active Cultures

Playwrights’ Round Table tackles COVID-19 creative conundrum with “Connected Voices”

News orgs tell Congress: We need a bailout, too

FOOD + DRINK

9 Informed Dissent

21 Wing nuts

Biden sees himself as a bridge, but to where?

Chi-Kin brings Korean-fried flavors to flap-happy folks in Mills 50

7 Your Words

Letters to the editor, plus a Clay Jones comic

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10 News briefs Florida elections supervisors request expanded vote-by-mail, man catches 33-inch fish using Publix fried chicken as bait, and more

22 On (small) Screens in Orlando

Streaming premieres this week: Mrs. America, blackAF, Cooked With Cannabis and more

23 Film the bill Stream indie films at home, help Enzian with some cash flow – it’s a win-win-win

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21 The Dining-In Diaries This week, Prato’s famous meatballs and asparagus soup from Seasons 52

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Letters to the editor. No one knows how long the COVID-19 pandemic will last, but its impact on every aspect of our lives is clear. Not only has it made us all worried for the health and wellbeing of our families, but it is jeopardizing our ability to vote in-person in the 2020 election. To safeguard our democracy and keep voters safe, Congress must provide states emergency funding to ensure that every voter can safely cast their ballot by expanding vote-by-mail, online registration and early voting. In this election, maybe more than any other, we must protect every eligible voter’s right to have a say in who is in office. The leaders we elect in 2020 can take actions that improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans, or put us at risk. Congress has already passed some funding to expand vote-by-mail, but it falls short of the $4 billion experts believe we need. That’s why I’m demanding that lawmakers come together and both provide economic relief for Americans and ensure states have the resources they need to safeguard the 2020 election. Nothing less than our democracy is at stake. Sincerely, Victor M. Aldahondo

I just read your article “COVID-19 in Florida’s prisons has inmates and families on edge” (April 8). As you know, many family members are praying every second of the day for the protection of our loved one incarcerated in the State of Florida. I pray for my brother, Kayle Smith, every day to be protected because of what happens inside a Florida prison but once a day doesn’t seem sufficient with the virus inside with them. Below is an email, one of many I sent, but Gov. DeSantis doesn’t hear us or doesn’t care or both. My brother has not committed a crime in 33 years and has a home to come to, but they won’t release him. They would rather keep him so he can die. Dear Gov. DeSantis, Please consider releasing inmates including my brother because: – His last crime was in 1986 – He has served 33 years – His mandatory sentence was over eight years ago – He has a home – Of the virus Please keep trying. You have a voice which obviously the family members don’t have. Karen Gates

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PRES PRE SS CL CLUB Local news orgs tell Congress: We need a bailout, too A free press/free speech coalition has asked lawmakers for $5 billion for local media. That’s 1 percent of the corporate bailout slush fund the Treasury Dept. now controls. If you’d like a sense of how fraught the local

news business is right now, check out the Poynter Institute’s running list of publications that have shut down, laid off or furloughed employees, or implemented massive pay cuts. As of Monday, April 13, 68 papers were on the list – and that’s not counting TV, radio, magazines and digital-only publications. A lot of them are alt-weeklies (like this one) that rely on ad revenue from restaurants and bars that are closed and events that have been canceled. At Orlando Weekly, the website is still lively and the print issue still rolls out each week, but we have furloughed more than half of our staff. We’re in a precarious position – and the longer this situation drags on, the more precarious it becomes. This is an unmitigated crisis for local media – and even more so for the communities that rely on them. In a letter to congressional leaders last week, a coalition of First Amendment, good government, and news organizations – including the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, of which Orlando Weekly is a member – asked the federal government for help: “As you consider further economic stimulus legislation to help the country at this precarious moment, we urge you to include targeted assistance to local journalism, just as you have with other industries deemed essential to our nation’s health, prosperity, and recovery.” “In an industry that employs more than 80,000 people nationwide,” they continue, “many outlets are now struggling to cover even half of their reporters’ salaries, with newsroom layoffs increasing across the country. These cuts significantly impact communities’ ability to receive critical news and information.” Local news outlets, they acknowledge, can compete for a potentially forgivable loan through the CARES Act, but “none of those funds were specifically set aside in recognition of the ‘essential service’ provided by local journalism, nor are those funds enough to meet the need. We’re calling on you to specifically include the journalism sector in the congressional assistance packages revitalizing affected industries and sustaining workers across our nation.” In the next stimulus package – which, at this point, seems inevitable – they ask lawmakers to set aside $5 billion for local media. (For perspective, that’s 1 percent of the corporate bailout slush fund the Treasury Department now controls.) Included in this funding, they say, should be: • “emergency funds targeted at preserving newsrooms and reporting jobs at local commercial and nonprofit news outlets”; • investments to address the “civic-information needs” of communities most affected by news deserts; • more federal spending on public health and other government advertising, with a focus on local and community media; • and safeguards to ensure this money doesn’t come with editorial strings attached. Craig Aaron of the advocacy group Free Press – one of the lead organizations on the letter – explained in detail the rationale for these requests on the Columbia Journalism Review site on 8

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March 24, when the CARES Act was still taking shape and there was hope that journalism might be included. (It was not.) “We are long overdue for a major investment in services that provide community information,” Aaron wrote. “To restore what’s been lost and meet growing needs, Congress should take COVID-19 as an opportunity to revive and reimagine journalism’s future. “A forthcoming recovery or stimulus bill should include another $2 billion to seed a ‘First Amendment Fund’ to support new positions, outlets, and approaches to newsgathering,” he continued. “Such a fund … could offer grants to meet civic information needs, create jobs dedicated to newsgathering and community engagement, and prioritize places and populations that the mainstream outlets have never served well.” It’s unclear how much appetite there is in Congress to bail out even local media outlets, especially given the president’s antipathy toward journalists. Nor is it clear whether such a stimulus would be anything more than a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. In reality, the coronavirus has only accelerated a decline that’s been underway for more than a decade. As PEN America trustee Ayad Akhtar wrote in the free-speech organization’s 2019 report “Losing the News: The Decimation of Local Journalism and the Search for Solutions”: “In the face of market failure, adaptation and innovation alone cannot address the crisis at scale. … Local journalism is too important for our policymakers to simply stand by and hope the industry can self-correct. Given the scope and stakes of the problem, we must pursue a major reimagining of the local news space, in which local reporting is re-conceptualized as a public good rather than a commercial product.” A $5 billion bailout is neither sweeping nor ambitious enough to save local journalism writ large. But it would tide much of the industry over, give it a chance to regroup, and signal that local journalism is, in fact, more than a dispensable commodity, but rather, a public good that deserves protection from market forces. If you’d like your local members of Congress to support funding for local journalism in a forthcoming stimulus bill, contact: • • • • •

U.S. Rep. Val Demings’ office at 202-225-2176; U.S. Rep. Sephanie Murphy’s office at 202-225-4035; U.S. Rep. Darren Soto’s office at 202-225-9889; U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s office at 202-225-4035; U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s office at 202-224-5274.

In the meantime, please continue to support local journalism as best you can. Subscribe to your local newspaper. Support local businesses that advertise with local media. And – in case I haven’t mentioned this already – join the Orlando Weekly Press Club. Find our membership info at orlandoweekly.com/ supportlocaljournalism. When you invest in journalism, you’re investing in your state, your city, your neighborhood. Better journalism, after all, makes a better community. editor@orlandoweekly.com

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IT’S BIDEN’S PARTY NOW

Joe Biden views himself as a bridge. To where, exactly? BY JEFFREY C. BIL L M A N

On Jan. 20, 2021, Joseph Robinette

Biden Jr. will be 78 years and 61 days old. If he wins in November, he’ll not only be the oldest man to ever take the oath of office, he’ll also be the oldest man to ever be president. Ronald Reagan completed his second term just before his 78th birthday. On Jan. 20, 2025, Biden will be 82 years and 61 days old, older than all but eight presidents when they died. There’s no indication that Biden is physically unwell. (For the record, if Donald Trump completes a second term, he, too, will become the oldest president in U.S. history – and he believes exercise drains your life force.) Last year, the American Federation for Aging Research assessed the health, longevity and survival prospects of presidential candidates. It gave Biden a 79 percent chance of living through his first term and a 70 percent chance of surviving his second. (Trump has an 85 percent chance of making it another four years.) And contra the memes about Biden’s allegedly declining mental state, there’s no evidence that he’s mentally

unwell, either – at least beyond innuendo linked to his stutter. Not that the Trump campaign and its army of bots won’t exploit both of those things anyway. With Bernie Sanders suspending his campaign, Biden is the presumptive nominee and – on paper – the likely next president of the United States. A CNN poll last week had him up by 11 points over Trump, 53-42. A Quinnipiac poll had Biden winning 49-41. Those numbers don’t bode well for an incumbent facing an election-year recession and increasing criticism over his handling of a deadly pandemic. Trump will spend the next six months trying to make the country hate Joe Biden. Biden will spend that time reminding disaffected lefties that two liberal Supreme Court justices are in their 80s, contrasting his reputed decency with Trump’s amorality, and trying to make the election a referendum on the incumbent. Maybe that will be enough. But though strong on paper, Biden has a number of

chinks in his armor – one of which has historically been an especially bad omen: enthusiasm. His support is wide but shallow. There’s no palpable energy about ridin’ with Biden on the No Malarkey Express. (A campaign whose agenda boils down to unplugging the country and plugging it back in hardly makes you tingle, does it?) Relatedly, Grandpa Joe never caught on with Millennials and Gen Zs, who have little interest in reverting to the ante-Trump status quo. To his credit, Biden seems aware that he represents the past. “Look,” he said last month at an event with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Sen. Kamala Harris and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, “I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.” Then there’s the disturbing sexual assault allegation lodged by former Senate staffer Tara Reade. Other women have said Biden touched them inappropriately but in ways that didn’t rise to the level of assault. Reade’s 27-year-old claim won’t be fatal to the campaign unless more allegations like it come to light. Its pall, however, will allow Trump to deflect from his own sexual misconduct. That brings us to the question of a running mate. Despite the drama that surrounds VP selections every four years, they tend not to matter much. They don’t swing elections. At most, an effective choice fills a résumé gap or sends a signal to tenuous supporters. Given the circumstances, though, Biden might be the exception that proves the rule. He’s said he’ll pick a woman, which is smart. Beyond that, he needs someone who can forcefully articulate a vision, infuse his campaign with energy and, ideally, liaise with progressives. And as a soon-to-be octogenarian, he also needs a plausible replacement. To my mind, all of that should point to Elizabeth Warren. But I doubt that’s where Biden’s headed. Warren is 70, older than Biden wants. She’s also well to his left. And he has plenty of viable alternatives. There are women of color, including Kamala Harris, who, despite her much-to-be-desired history as a prosecutor, has a solidly progressive voting record; the electrifying but inexperienced Stacey Abrams of Georgia; and AsianAmerican Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who lost both of her legs when her helicopter was shot down in Iraq. There are also women from swing states (though the home-state advantage is a myth), including the Trump-antagonizing Gov. Whitmer; Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, who would be the first (openly) LGBTQ person on a national ticket (I see you, James Buchanan); and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the darling of editorial boards. I don’t know if Biden’s pick will mean anything in November. If we’re in the Second Great Depression and Trump’s approval is in the 30s – even if we’re limping out of a recession and he’s in the low 40s – probably not. But if he views himself as a bridge to the political future, his choice will say a lot about what he thinks that future looks like.

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MAIL SKIMP Amid the coronavirus crisis, Florida elections supervisors request expanded early voting and vote-by-mail, but Republicans are dragging their feet in a ‘wait-and-see’ stance BY DA R A KA M , N S F

F President Trump told Republicans to “fight very hard” against statewide mail-in voting. President and Mrs. Trump mailed in their Florida absentee ballots in 2018 and in the 2020 primaries.

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lorida election supervisors have asked Gov. Ron DeSantis for emergency measures they say will help them cope with an anticipated “significant statewide shortage” of poll workers later this year because of the novel coronavirus. The local officials want the governor to issue an executive order allowing supervisors to designate additional or alternative early voting sites, give counties the option of adding an extra week to the two-week early voting period and allow people to cast ballots at early voting sites through Election Day. Supervisors “encountered significant challenges” during the March presidential primary elections, such as polling places becoming unavailable, difficulty in acquiring hand sanitizer and other supplies and “substantial numbers of poll workers deciding not to work,” Levy County Supervisor of Elections Tammy Jones wrote to DeSantis. “While we anticipate that some level of inperson voting will continue, we believe that based on our March 17, 2020 election, alternatives or additional voting methods must be made available to counties,” Jones, president of the organization Florida Supervisors of Elections, wrote. When asked if the DeSantis administration intends to grant the elections officials’ requests, Department of State spokesman Mark Ard said the agency is “reviewing these concerns and will continue working with local supervisors of elections.” The supervisors also want DeSantis to suspend a state law requiring at least one polling place in each precinct. “This will allow the supervisor the option to relocate or consolidate polling places with early voting sites,” Jones wrote. In the days leading up to the March 17 elections, supervisors scrambled to find lastminute replacement sites for assisted-living facilities and other voting locations deemed risky because of the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

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Jones’ letter came as the number of COVID19 cases in Florida continues to climb. As of last Wednesday, Florida had 15,698 confirmed cases, according to state health officials. The highly contagious virus had caused the deaths of 323 people. The rapid spread of the virus, for which there is no vaccine, has fueled an intense debate throughout the country about whether in-person elections should proceed in an era of “social distancing” and other precautions recommended by health officials. While a number of states canceled recent primary elections, DeSantis insisted that Florida’s elections take place. “We’re definitely voting,” DeSantis told reporters days before the March 17 elections. “They voted during the Civil War. We are going to vote.” Although some states now are considering a mandate that all voters cast ballots by mail, Florida is “not in a position, at this time, to conduct an all-mail ballot election this year,” Jones advised DeSantis in her letter. The possibility of all-mail ballots has sparked a partisan divide. President Donald Trump, in a Twitter post last week, told Republicans to “fight very hard” against statewide mail-in voting. “Democrats are clamoring for it,” the president wrote. “Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason, doesn’t work out well for Republicans.” (It’s worth noting that Trump and First Lady Melania Trump voted by mail in 2018 and 2020.) Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters backed up the president in a prepared statement. “It is still too early to know exactly how COVID-19 will impact the August or November elections in Florida,” Gruters, a state senator from Sarasota, said, referring to August statewide primary elections. Floridians are allowed “to vote by mail for any reason at all,” he added. “We agree with President Trump that an all vote by mail bal-

lot election is not feasible in Florida,” Gruters said. “Florida would likely see massive delays in counting votes and reporting results for days if not weeks.” But Florida Democrats, who largely supported the supervisors’ proposal, said they “still believe that statewide vote-by-mail is achievable, and the best way to ensure the principles of our democracy are upheld.” Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Terry Rizzo warned that “limiting polling locations could disenfranchise voters in large cities.” Democrats hailed the effort to expand voteby-mail and early voting but said it didn’t go far enough. “It’s the right thing to do to protect lives, and it’s a good first step, but unprecedented times call for great measures to protect our democracy,” Rizzo said in a prepared statement. If large voting centers are established by local supervisors, Democrats urged the state to “set standards for fair and equitable demographic, geographic and population distribution of the centers” to avoid long lines such as the lines recently encountered by voters in Wisconsin and Texas. Jones’ letter to DeSantis said that supervisors “must be made a priority for acquisition of supplies,” such as hand sanitizer, to ensure that in-person voting is in accordance with guidelines issued by state and federal health authorities. In addition to the other requests, the county officials also are seeking additional days to send vote-by-mail ballots and are asking to be able to begin canvassing and tabulating voteby-mail ballots earlier. “While there may be additional changes necessary for the August and November elections, which will come to our attention and need your assistance, authorizing these provisions at this time will allow us to prepare for more efficient and safe elections,” Jones wrote. feedback@orlandoweekly.com

CHICKEN OF THE SEA Man catches 33-inch fish off Florida coast using Publix fried chicken as bait BY DAVE P LOTKIN

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ne “Florida boy” visiting home from Georgia might just become an honorary Florida Man, after catching a 33-inch snook off the Tampa coast – using only Publix fried chicken as bait. The fisherman tells Orlando Weekly that he was following social-distancing rules, but “all those people flocked to our boat.” A Savannah, Georgia, film production company posted a video to their Facebook page last week showing their president reeling in the nearly three-foot-long fish off the coast outside of Tampa Bay. As he hauled in his catch, onlookers from other boats could be seen congregating around the man. “Fried chicken! Fried chicken!” a woman in the video exclaims from the boat, while the man is seen scooping up the fish while standing in waist-deep water. “Nothing but fried chicken.” “Did he hook the whole thing?” a man on the boat asks. The same woman responds, “No, just a piece of the fried chicken.” Later specifying it came from Publix, the poster refers to his unusual bait as “the state food of Florida.” “A little background to the story,” reads the caption. “The snook around this popular sandbar are known to not bite on ANYTHING. Well, being the Florida Boy JT is, he

figured he’d try throwing the state food of Florida on the hook. 10 seconds later this happened …” The fisherman, 26-year-old John Taylor Timmons, was born in Tallahassee and graduated from Florida State University before moving to Savannah to study design and “I’m his mom. Friends and I kept going out to the start Red Eye Film Productions in 2009. He runs the comsand bar ( just a small, secluded area about 5 miles pany with his CEO brother, Kewaan Kenneth Drayton, offshore). We always bring Publix fried chicken for and his girlfriend, lead producer Madison Abernathy. lunch. I noticed that when I cleaned my hands in They produced a documentary last year called I Will the water after eating, huge snook would surround Not Say His Name, about an Annapolis police chief who our feet within 5-8 minutes. I tested this theory for refused to repeat the name of the mass shooter who killed 4 weeks straight. My husband (who is a good angler) five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette in 2018. One laughed and blew me off. My son, who was just of the five victims was journalist Rob Hiaasen, brother of diagnosed with a brain tumor, came home to see the famed Miami Herald writer Carl Hiaasen. neurosurgeon and we wanted to take his mind off “I will believe it when I see him cast it out,” said one things so we took him with us on the boat. He too, commenter from Lakeland on the fishing video post. is a pretty good angler and didn’t hesitate to try the “I was there,” responded another commenter. “I can chicken. The neat part, which I didn’t post, is that attest to the fact. Another one hit on it but snapped the my husband immediately grabbed some chicken and line when it wrapped around the ladder.” baited his hook.. with 5 seconds, he caught one also. “We had no idea it would work so well and that is why (I have that on video also).” we began filming it once it hit,” Timmons responded. “For all it’s worth I can personally promise you that snook hit As long as the Sunshine State’s shores are still packed, fried chicken skin.” Responding to a post about this story on Reddit, you never know what Florida Man might catch. Timmons’ mom, Hillary, added more details: dplotkin@orlandoweekly.com.

Nonprofit watchdog names Sean Hannity as a chief source of coronavirus misinformation Fox News commentator – and top Trump Administration propagandist – Sean Hannity has made a career of twisting facts and peddling conspiracy theories. Now, a new report from the nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America labels Hannity one of the chief sources of dangerous misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis documents some 50 specific examples in which the commentator misrepresented facts about the outbreak to benefit his farright agenda. On March 9, for example, Hannity opined that young, healthy Americans have no reason to fear coronavirus. Two days later, on his radio program, the commentator dished up a conspiracy theory about the “deep state” using coronavirus to spin the public. “Taken as a whole, his commentary falls into six discernible themes: peddling unproven treatments, comparing COVID19 to other illnesses or focusing on other

ways people can die, defending Trump’s response to the pandemic, blaming the media and journalists, downplaying supply shortages, and attacking local and congressional responses,” Media Matters writes. Of course, there are real-world implications for the words Hannity uses. A recent Pew Research poll found that 79 percent of Fox News viewers believe the media had overstated the potency of the virus. Pew Research also cited that the average age for Fox News viewers is 65. COVID-19’s most devastating effects are on elderly people, especially those with underlying health conditions. In this case, it’s hard to tell who’s more deserving of being mocked and ignored, Hannity himself or the myriad advertisers who still buy time on his show. Among those are Expedia, Progressive Insurance, Bayer and Ford Motors, Media Matters kindly points out. – Sanford Nowlin

We’re drinking a lot during coronavirus, and our immune systems are paying the price We totally get it. Times are bleak. Life is grim. Weeks into the statewide stayat-home order, we’re already feeling like Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas or, like, Nicolas Cage in real life singing post-divorce Prince karaoke – and we’re drinking like him, too. With liquor stores deemed essential businesses (hell yeah!) and the entire state homebound, it’s no wonder that alcohol sales are on the rise, not just here, but nationwide. According to market research firm Nielsen, alcoholic beverage sales are up 55 percent across the country. Spirits sales are up, too, soaring to 75 percent, while beer has seen a 66 percent jump and wine has spiked to 42 percent when compared to this time last year – you know, when we weren’t living in a medical nightmare. This news might make you want to celebrate the resilience of our livers by orlandoweekly.com

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doing a shot or pouring a glass of breakfast wine (it’s a thing now), but officials are urging drinkers to moderate their intake because of the havoc it can wreak on our immune systems, which are really important because of coronavirus. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Anyway, the experts urge folks to set limits when drinking and to not allow the collective trauma we’re experiencing to increase our usual non-dystopian drinking limits. They also advise limiting high-sugar alcoholic beverages, which can also impact those with underlying health conditions. And they remind us that some alcohol is stronger than others, including tequila and gin, and that a “standard drink” is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces for wine, or 1.5 ounces for spirits or liquor with a 40% alcohol content. Depressed yet? Pass the bottle … of water. – Jerilyn Jordan

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BY SETH KUBERSKY

The Playwrights’ Round Table tackles the COVID-19 creative conundrum with a call for scripts explicitly dealing with physical isolation under the theme “Connected Voices”

In our abnormal new normal,

theater artists are increasingly going online in an attempt to maintain a connection with their audiences, and in recent weeks we’ve seen a steady stream of livestreamed local entertainment. Several Orlando-area arts organizations including Central Florida Vocal Arts, Central Florida Community Arts, SAK Comedy Lab and Phantasmagoria are presenting regularly scheduled free live performances over the internet, while others like Timucua and Blue Bamboo are offering video recordings of past concerts. All these efforts are very much appreciated, but when entertainment experiences intended for the live stage are squeezed onto a computer screen, the results can sometimes be unintentionally depressing reminders of everything we’ve lost. The Playwrights’ Round Table, which has focused on producing original plays since its inception in 1997, decided to tackle this creative conundrum head-on. They put out a call for new scripts explicitly dealing with physical isolation during the coronavirus crisis under the theme “Connected Voices.” Readings of the nine selected shorts made their live debut online last Saturday night, and although there were a few inevitable internet glitches, the evening 20

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provided a glimpse of how theater can still reach out and touch us despite social distancing. The program was bookended by Allison Stewart’s Patterns Repeat, which begins with Rose (Magen Geluso) trying to convince her headstrong grandmother (Amy Barnickel) to heed warnings about the virus and stay home. The twist is that it’s 1957, when an “Asian flu” swept America; when we return to the pair in the epilogue, it’s a half-century later and their roles are reversed, with the now-grown Rose resisting her own granddaughter’s pleas. The script’s cyclical nature provides a spark of hope that we may survive the current apocalypse (if only so our descendants can go through this all over again in a couple generations), setting the tone for the eight shows in between. Speaking of hope, I do believe our species will endure, if only because dating and romance remained central themes of several scripts. In Don Salvo’s Love, Game, Match, Geluso and James Blaisdell are a pair of lovesick teens who rendezvous on a tennis court to pine across the net; Seconds by Ken Preuss depicts Jenny Ornstein and Katie Thayer on an adorable digital second date; and in Bethany Dickens’ Over and Out, Thayer reconnects with her besotted BFF Blaisdell over their childhood walkietalkies. Of course, relationships that are already rocky can become rougher under home confinement, and both Brianna Barrett’s The Puzzle and Bethany Dickens’ Alone, Together tackled the terrifying thought of being quarantined with your ex. Luckily, neither of the couples (Ornstein and Pablo Lorenzo; Lorenzo and Blaisdell) resorts to murder within the 10-minute running time. On the flip side, Above and Beyond by Bruce Karp envisions an even scarier scenario for married people: One spouse (Mark Davids) sick at home alone, while the other (Carla

Ehlers) orbits the earth on a space station. Finally, Jeannette Dozier’s darkly funny Through the Door recasts the same pair in a much more down-to-earth plot, as a hypochondriac seizes on his allergy symptoms as an excuse to lock his wife out of their bedroom. Hands down, the most effective – and affecting – entry of the evening was A Call for Help by Katie Thayer. Carla Ehlers plays a depressed divorcee who tries to dial a suicide prevention hotline, and is accidentally connected to a bored IT technician (Bethany Dickens) instead. The concept could work even without the COVID-19 references, but Thayer cleverly uses the current situation to sharpen both characters’ motivations. Dickens in particular gives an intense emotional performance that transcended the digital divide, giving me a visceral chill from afar, even on my living room couch. “This came about because, like many other arts organizations, we wanted a way to participate and give back to our community by keeping people entertained,” said PRT president Chuck Dent at the start of the stream. He went on to credit Bethany Dickens for coming up with the theme, calling the event “her brainchild.” In addition to penning two of the plays and providing a standout performance, Dickens – whose day job is education coordinator for CFCArts – also organized the Streamyard-based feed, which looked far better than most Zoom shows I’ve seen, making her the program’s MVP. I’m as eager as anyone to get away from my screens, but if our current situation is going to have any sort of artistic silver lining, it will be because of groups like PRT who are experimenting with ways to keep sharing stories. If you want to support them and watch “Connected Voices” for yourself, visit youtube.com/theprtfl. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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omfort and escape – qualities duly though for purposes of takeout, the dryer satisfied in a time not so long ago by rubs tend to hold up slightly better on the restaurants who once invited guests journey home than their wet counterparts. into their thoughtfully designed spaces to Hey, there’s no shame eating saucy wings enjoy a meal. But on this months-long epi- like that hot gochujang, sweet soy, buffalo sode of The Twilight Zone, it’s Netflix that garlic or Thai chili in your car. I have, but provides the escape (or CBS if you’re a fan it just made me long for the handy-dandy of the TZ reboot by Jordan Peele) while wash station inside the restaurant all the restaurant-goers are left to seek comfort in more (wet naps can only go so far). If you’re not into bones, chicken tennot-quite-so-piping-hot dishes picked up at, or delivered by, these old gathering grounds ders (three for $5.50; six for $10.50; nine of gastronomy and social intercourse. I for $15.95) are available with all the same feasted on Chi-Kin’s Korean-fried numbers sauces. Enjoy them with waffle fries ($3.50), the primary accomin those days – reveled paniment to the in them really, the sauce wings, or upgrade on the gochujang flapCHI-KIN KOREAN FRIED to the bulgogi beef pers as memorable as 813 N. Mills Ave. waffle fries ($4.95), the crispy ones zinged 407-730-8658 arguably the most in yuzu and pepper. Ten instagram.com/chi.kin.koreanfried photogenic of the wings ran $10.95 back $ dishes offered here. then. Now they’re a dolGlossy shreds of lar more, but still every bit as worthy as the first day I tried them meat, specks of black and white sesame and a latticework of spicy aioli look as good as more than two months ago. A recipe tweak has since lent the gochu- they taste. And now to the matter of Chi-Kin’s poujang coating a more infernal complexion,

tine ($4). At times like these, when negative criticism needs to be tempered and trumped by support and positive reinforcement, I’ll simply offer this from my Canadian heart: waffles fries, grated Parmesan and a miso gravy fashioned from a fish stock base are no match for French fries, cheese curds and brown gravy. Hmm, maybe that didn’t come out right … by the way, they’re offering a great combo special where you can get 15 wings, six tenders and three sides for just $27.95. If you’re considering the mac & cheese or cheese corn as one of your sides, I suggest the kimchi slaw instead. There, that came out better, didn’t it? Speaking of, kimchi makes up a part of the attractive mélange in the chicken bibimbap bowl ($9.95), which includes other banchan like pickled and spicy radishes as well as pickled cukes. It’s a sight (particularly with a fried egg on top) I beheld happily when I ate it cold the next day for lunch, the flavors of garlic and chili and pickling juices deepening even further. I really wanted their fried doughballs ($5 small; $7 large) with condensed milk and whipped cream, but didn’t think I’d enjoy them at home as much as having them fresh at the restaurant. Yes, folks – I said no to dessert. Only proves we’ve entered another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of touch and taste. I didn’t think denying myself a sugary conclusion to a meal could ever happen, but it did happen … in the Twilight Zone.

It was #407Day, a social media initiative devised by Visit Orlando and Orange County to support local restaurants on April 7 (4/07), and for whatever reason, Prato in Winter Park came to mind. Maybe it was because these days we all find ourselves in a slow food movement of a sort completely different to the one centered in Prato, Italy. I don’t know, but given the queue of cars I experienced during the Great American Takeout a couple of weeks prior, I fully expected a slow car movement on brick-lined Park Avenue. Not so. Just one car idled in front of me before the friendly chap dropped a bag containing Prato’s famous meatballs, egg rigatoni with lamb bolognese, cauliflower soup, strawberry shortcake and a rich, luxe Amarone procured at half-price. You’d be hard-pressed to find better meatballs in the city, seriously. Both the rigatoni and the shortcake couldn’t have been more gratifying. The cauliflower soup? Hmm, I guess I didn’t really have a taste for it, but then I remembered a tub of asparagus soup I’d picked up from Seasons 52 a few days earlier. Seasons 52 – now there’s a blast from the past, right? Anyway, I reheated the green soup and immediately regretted not slurping it on the day I picked it up. Seasonality is as big a part of the slow food movement as it is of Seasons 52’s ethos, and asparagus? Well, ’tis the season. (Prato, 124 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-262-0050, prato-wp. com; Seasons 52, 7700 W. Sand Lake Road, 407-354-5212, also 463 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, 407-767-1252, seasons52.com)

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PREMIERING WEDNESDAY: The Innocence Files Activists get their own Forensic Files in a documentary series about the Innocence Project, which seeks to free men and women wrongly convicted of crimes. Remember, Project founder Barry Scheck helped get OJ acquitted, so he knows from innocence! (Netflix) Mrs. America: Series Premiere Does anything say “must watch” more than a series about the battle against the Equal Rights Amendment that stars Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly? How about John Slattery as her husband and Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan? What do I have to do here, throw in a set of steak knives? Pay equity? (Hulu)

PREMIERING THURSDAY: blackAF Black-ish creator Kenya Barris stars opposite Rashida Jones in a sitcom about modern families of color. Seven of the eight episodes have the word “slavery” in the title – putting Barris just behind the current record holder, Tucker Carlson. (Netflix) Fauda: Season 3 Brave Zionists take down Muslim hoodlums in 12 new episodes of the Israeli drama that’s popular with the New York Times and Bibi alike. Just don’t tell the Squad! (Netflix) Sergio This biopic about United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello was a hit at Sundance. Back in January. When we could all still go places. (Netflix) Too Hot to Handle The multitudes who sat enraptured in front of Love Is Blind are the target audience for a new reality series in which hotties can win $100,000 by abstaining from sex. Seriously, do you know how rich I would be right now??!! (Netflix) What We Do in the Shadows: Season 2 Craig Robinson, Mark Hamill 22

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and Haley Joel Osment are upcoming guest stars on this delightful spinoff from the 2014 vampire mockumentary. Will human familiar Guillermo kill everybody, now that he’s learned he’s a descendant of the legendary Van Helsing? Or is job security just too important right now? (Hulu)

PREMIERING FRIDAY: Bosch: Season 6 Titus Welliver is back as the L.A. detective who keeps getting accused of planting evidence. This sounds like a job for Barry Scheck! (Amazon Prime) Selah and the Spades Another Sundance alumnus, this one from 2019 and concerning a group of girls who sell drugs at a Pennsylvania boarding school. Today, we know them as the founders of the groundbreaking app Uber Snorts. (Amazon Prime)

PREMIERING SUNDAY: The Longest War With all due respect to the makers of this documentary film, how can the war in Afghanistan count as America’s longest? Donald Trump has ended it seven times already! (Showtime)

PREMIERING MONDAY: Cooked With Cannabis A literal bake-off in which all recipes must incorporate weed. Celebrity judges like Kelis, Too $hort and Ricki Lake are tasked with coming up with new ways to say “Dass real gooood.” (Netflix) The Midnight Gospel Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward teamed up with podcaster Duncan Trussell to brainstorm this new animated series about an other-dimensional slacker who interviews the victims of an apocalypse he himself has caused. Sounds like somebody’s been sharing quiche with Ricki Lake again! (Netflix)

[ film + tv ] The Times of Bill Cunningham Iconic street photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham chronicles his four decades at the New York Times and his democratic view of fashion and society. For $9.99, the film’s distributor will grant you access to the film for three days. Nearly 50% of every purchase goes directly back to Enzian. (USA, 2020, 74 minutes, not rated) Extra Ordinary Rose, a sweet, lonely driving instructor in rural Ireland, is gifted with supernatural abilities. Christian Winter (Will Forte), a washed-up one-hit-wonder, has made a pact with the devil for a return to greatness. Hijinks ensue. For $12, Kino Lorber will grant you access to watch the film for five days. For every purchase, 40% goes directly to Enzian. (Ireland/Belgium/ Finland/U.K., 2019, 94 minutes, rated R) Corpus Christi After spending years in a

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ost of us watch internet cat videos like it’s our job as it is – what if bingeing on giggle-inducing gatos could actually help someone else pay the bills? That’s the deal Enzian Theater has struck with several film distributors whose products would otherwise be languishing on the shelf. They’ve got a stuffed-full schedule of movies that viewers can stream for the price of an Enzian ticket, and more coming online every week. Everybody wins – the filmmakers get their movies in front of eyeballs, the theater gets some cash flow while they’re closed by the quarantine and the audience – those of us who feel a city isn’t a city unless it has an arthouse theater – get to do what we can to keep Enzian alive during the lean time. At press time (Monday, April 13), all of these films were playing through Thursday, April 16. Go to enzian.org to see what’s playing right now and start streaming.

Best of CatVideoFest: Creature Comforts Edition For the first time, CatVideoFest is

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Braden has crafted this 45-minute treat reel for home viewing. Best of CatVideoFest is being offered on the honor system: You can pay what you want. For every purchase, 75% of your contribution goes directly back to Enzian. (Oscilloscope, 2020, 45 minutes, not rated) Fantastic Fungi A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit – the mushroom. Through April 21, aka Fungi Day, rent ($4.99) or download ($14.99) Fantastic Fungi on Vimeo. Nearly 50% goes directly to Enzian. (USA, 2019, 81 minutes, not rated) The Woman Who Loves Giraffes The story

of 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg, who made a solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas. For every $12 stream, nearly 50% goes directly back to Enzian. (Canada, 2019, 83 minutes, not rated)

Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-yearold Daniel finds Christ, and aspires to join the clergy – but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. For $12, Film Movement will grant you access to watch the film for the next 72 hours. For every purchase, nearly 50% goes directly back to Enzian. (Poland, 2019, 115 minutes, in Polish with English subtitles, not rated)

Sorry We Missed You Capturing the sacred

moments that make a family as well as the acts of desperation they undertake to make it through each day, this universal story features indelible performances, skillful direction by director Ken Loach and a searing script by Paul Laverty. For $12, Kino Lorber will grant you access to watch the film for five days. For every purchase, nearly 50% goes to Enzian. (U.K./France/ Belgium, 2019, 101 minutes, not rated)

And Then We Danced A passionate tale of love and liberation set amid the conservative confines of modern Georgian society. For $12, Music Box Films will grant you access to watch the film for the next 48 hours. Nearly 50% goes directly to Enzian. (Sweden/Georgia/France, 2019, 113 minutes, in Georgian with English subtitles, not rated) Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band The confessional cautionary tale

of Robertson’s life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, the Band. For $12, Magnolia Pictures will grant you access to the film, viewable on any internet-connected device. Please note: There is currently a technical issue with AppleTV. For every purchase, nearly 50% goes to Enzian. (Canada/U.S., 2019, 110 minutes, rated R) orlandoweekly.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries artist Vincent van Gogh got started on his life’s work relatively late. At ages 25 and 26 he made failed attempts to train as a pastor and serve as a missionary. He didn’t launch his art career in earnest until he was 27. During the next 10 years, he created 860 paintings – an average of 1.7 every week – as well as over 1,200 additional works of art. For comparison, the prolific painter Salvador Dali made 1,500 paintings in 61 years. During the coming 12 months, Aries, you could achieve a van Gogh-like level of productiveness in your own chosen field – especially if you lay the foundations now, during our stay-at-home phase. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Most authors do their writing while sitting on chairs in front of desks. But long before there were standing desks, poet Rainer Maria Rilke and children’s author Lewis Carroll wrote their books while standing up. Novelist Henry James had eight desks, but typically paced between them as he dictated his thoughts to a secretary. And then there have been weirdos like poet Robert Lowell and novelist Truman Capote. They attended to their craft as they lay in their beds. I suggest you draw inspiration from those two in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time to accomplish masterpieces of work and play while in the prone position. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering. But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For inspiration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” (Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’ specialties.) CANCER (June 21-July 22) Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) was a renowned author who wrote The Good Soldier, a novel that has been called “one of the 100 greatest novels of all time.” Yet another very famous author, Henry James (1843–1916), was so eager to escape hanging out with Ford that he once concealed himself behind a tree so as to not be seen. You have astrological permission to engage in comparable strategies during the coming weeks. It won’t be a time when you should force yourself to endure boring, meaningless and unproductive tasks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I hope that during the coronavirus crisis you have been entertaining wild truths and pondering the liberations you will initiate when the emergency has passed. I trust you have been pushing your imagination beyond its borders and wandering into the nooks and crannies of your psyche that you were previously hesitant to explore. Am I correct in my assumptions, Leo? Have you been wandering outside your comfort zone and discovering clues about how, when things return to normal, you can add spice and flair to your rhythm? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) I like this quote by the author Jake Remington: “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” Although this passage is more melodramatic than necessary for your needs in the coming weeks, I think it might be good medicine that will help you prevail over the turbulence of the coronavirus crisis. Getting yourself into a stormlike mood could provide you with the personal power necessary to be unflappable and authoritative. You should also remember that a storm is not inherently bad. It may be akin to a catharsis or orgasm that relieves the tension and clears the air. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Libran rapper and activist Talib Kweli says, “You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to know when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.” You Librans tend to be skilled in this artful approach to life: activating and applying the appropriate attitude as is necessary for each new situation. And I’m happy to report that your capacity for having just the right touch at the right time will be a crucial asset in the coming weeks. Trust your intuition to guide you through every subtle shift of emphasis. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Scorpio artist Marie Laurencin (1883–1956) enjoyed a colorful fate. One of the few female Cubist painters, she was a prominent figure in the Parisian avant-garde. She was also the muse and romantic partner of renowned poet Guillaume Apollinaire. But there came a turning point when she abandoned her relationship with Apollinaire. “I was 25 and he was sleeping with all the women,” she said, “and at 25 you don’t stand for that, even from a poet.” Is there a comparable situation in your life, Scorpio? A role you relish but that also takes a toll? Now is a favorable time to re-evaluate it. I’m not telling you what you should decide, only that you should think hard about it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1596–1680) was a prodigious, inventive creator. One scholar wrote, “What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture.” He designed and built public squares, fountains and buildings, many in Rome, which embodied his great skills as both sculptor and architect. Unlike many brilliant artists alive today, Bernini was deeply religious. Every night for 40 years, he walked from his home to pay a devotional visit to the Church of the Gesù. According to my reading of the astrological factors, now would be an excellent time for you to engage in reverential rituals like those – but without leaving your home, of course. Use this social-distancing time to draw reinvigoration from holy places within you or in your memory. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) As I understand the current chapter of your life story, you have been doing the unspectacular but yeoman work of recharging your spiritual batteries. Although you may have outwardly appeared to be quiet and still, you have in fact been generating and storing up concentrated reserves of inner power. Because of the coronavirus crisis, it’s not yet time to tap into those impressive reserves and start channeling them into a series of dynamic practical actions. But it is time to formulate the practical actions you will take when the emergency has passed. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Aquarian poet Jacques Prévert offered a variation on the famous Christian supplication known as the Lord’s Prayer. The original version begins, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” But Prévert’s variation says, “Our father who art in heaven: Stay there.” Being an atheist, he had no need for the help and support of a paternal deity. I understand his feeling. I tend to favor the Goddess myself. But for you Aquarians right now, even if you’re allergic to talk of a divine presence, I’ll recommend that you seek out generous and inspiring masculine influences. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will benefit from influences that resemble good fathering. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) How skillful are you in expressing what you want? Wait. Let me back up and reformulate that. How skillful are you in knowing what you want and expressing the truth about what you want to the people who might ultimately be able to give it to you or help you get it? This is the most important question for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. If you find that you’re fuzzy about what you want or hazy about asking for what you want, correct the problems.

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“QUICKIES” I am a super queer presenting female who recently accepted that I have desires for men. My partner of two years is bisexual and understands the desires, but has personally dealt with those desires via masturbation while my desires include acting. Her perspective is that the grass is greener where you water it and that my desire to act is immature, selfish and has an unrealistic end game. What gives when you don’t feel fulfilled sexually in a monogamous relationship? Open Or Over? Something definitely gives when a person doesn’t feel fulfilled in a monogamous relationship – sometimes it’s an ultimatum that’s given, sometimes it’s a one-time-only hall pass that’s given, sometimes it’s an agreement to open the relationship that’s given. But the relationship sometimes gives, e.g. the relationship collapses under the weight of competing and mutually exclusive needs and desires. If you want to open things up (if allowed) and she wants to keep things closed (no allowance), OOO, it’s ultimately your willpower – your commitment to honoring the commitment you’ve made – that’s likely to give. I have a close friend who’s cheating on her girlfriend. It has been going on for over a year. At first I actually supported the exploration because my friend has a really unsupportive girlfriend who has done really crappy things to her over the course of their relationship. I kept pushing for her to make a decision and use this affair as a way for her to free herself, but she is just coasting along with her girlfriend and her lover. She’s under a lot of stress and she’s turned into a major liar and it’s creeping me out. I’m considering either telling her girlfriend myself (though I promised my friend I wouldn’t) or maybe I just need to end this friendship. My friend’s double life upsets me. It’s just been going on too long. Is My Friend An Asshole? If your friend – the one leading the double life – is asking you to run interference for her, if she’s asking you to lie to her girlfriend or if she’s asked you to compromise your integrity in some way, she’s an asshole and you’re a sap; tell your friend you’re done covering for her and that you won’t be able to see her again until the deceit or the pandemic is over, whichever comes first. If the issue is that your friend expects you to ooze sympathy while she goes on and on about the mess she’s made of her life, IMFAA, simply refuse to discuss the mess that is her love life with her. Remind her that she already knows 26

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what you think needs to do – she needs to break the fuck up with her shitty girlfriend – and then change the subject. I’m a cis het woman who loves men and loves dicks. I love dicks so much that I fantasize about having one. Nothing brings me to orgasm more quickly or reliably than closing my eyes and imagining my own dick, or imagining myself as my partner and what they’re feeling through their dick. I love being a woman, and I’m afraid to bring this up with any partner(s) of mine. Is this super weird? Am I secretly trans somehow? Am I overthinking this? Perfect Minus Penis It’s not that weird; some people are trans and you could be one of them (but fantasizing about having a dick doesn’t equal being a male), and you’re overthinking what you should be enjoying. Buy a strap-on, tell your partners about your fantasies and enjoy having the dick you can have.

I wonder if you might be able to put a label on this sex act: It has to do with overstimulation, in this case of a penis (mine). After receiving a wonderful hand job, the giver kept stroking me purposefully. My penis was in a heightened, super-sensitive state. It was almost like being tickled, if you’re ticklish. I was being forcefully held down (consensually) and just as I thought I couldn’t take it anymore, I had a second amazing orgasm. I didn’t ejaculate again; it was more of a body orgasm. It came in waves and everything was warm. It was mind-blowing, spiritual, galactic, unique and very similar to how I’ve heard women describe their orgasms. Ever hear of anything like this? Is this some sort of Japanese underground kink thing? Witty Hilarious Overzealous Amateur The act you’re describing already has a name, and an entry on Urban Dictionary: apple-polishing. Most men find the sensation of having the head of their cock worked so overwhelming that their bodies involuntarily recoil, which makes it difficult to polish someone’s apple if the “victim” isn’t restrained in some way. But it’s not painful – it’s like being tickled; indeed, the victim usually reacts with desperate laughter and gasping pleas for it to stop. (Don’t ask me how I know.) That all-over feeling of euphoria you experienced when your apple got polished was most likely a wave of endorphins – like a runner who pushes herself past her physical limits and experiences a full-body “runner’s high,” you were pushed past your physical limits,

WHOA, and experienced the same sort of high. I’m a 35-year-old straight guy. I recently started seeing an amazing 34-year-old girl. We love being around each other, but during sex, neither of us can come. It’s infuriating, to say the least. She has no trouble when she masturbates and I know I have no trouble when I masturbate, so why can’t we come together? Can’t Understand Matter If you can come when you masturbate and she can come when she masturbates, CUM, masturbate together and you’ll be coming together. Mutual masturbation isn’t a sad consolation prize – mutual masturbation is sex and it can be great sex. And the more often you come together through mutual masturbation, CUM, the likelier it gets that you’ll be able to come together while enjoying other things. I have a weird and terrible problem. I’ve been seeing someone new and have just discovered that I get diarrhea every time I swallow his come. Like debilitating pee-poops an hour after, every time. I know the solution to the problem would be to stop swallowing, but I was wondering if you had ever heard of this before or knew why this was. My Sad Asshole I have heard of this before, MSA, and superstar Savage Love guest expert Dr. Debby Herbenick unpacked the cause for another reader a few years back: “Prostaglandins are substances made by the body and that the body is sensitive to. Semen contains prostaglandins – and prostaglandins can have a laxative effect on people. Related: If you’ve ever felt a little loosey-goosey right before getting your period, that’s also thanks to prostaglandins (which spike just before your period, because the prostaglandins get the uterine muscles to contract, which then helps to shed the lining of the uterus, resulting in a menstrual period). So why don’t more semen swallowers find themselves running to the bathroom post-blowjob? I don’t know why most people aren’t extra-sensitive to prostaglandins, but fortunately most of us aren’t, or there would probably be a lot less swallowing in the world.” So, MSA, you’ll have to stop swallowing your boyfriend’s come or only swallow when you have immediate access to a toilet in a restroom with a powerful fan. mail@savagelove.net

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ CRANER CASE NO: DP16-772, IN THE INTEREST OF Minor Child: K. K. DOB: 04/15/2016 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Mitchell Goff Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge James Craner on May 20, 2020 at 10:15 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 31st day of March, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Christina Favela Florida Bar No.: 1000454, Senior Attorney for Florida Department of Children and Families Christina.Favela@myflfamilies.

com, CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY. CASE NO.: DP18-505 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: D.S. DOB: 02/23/2006 A.S. DOB: 04/11/2007 NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Christopher Summerfield (Unknown) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Patricia Doherty on May 12, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of April, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Paul Karasick, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 69216 paul. karasick@myflfamilies.com By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ CRANER CASE NO.: DP13-356 IN THE INTEREST OF: J.H. DOB: 10/19/2012, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: DEMETRICE HALL, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge A. James Craner, at 10:45 a.m., on the 4th day of June, 2020, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 25TH day of March, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Nancy A. Robak, Attorney for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP18-708. In the Interest of: D.C. DOB: 11/11/2018, Minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Chanell Cruz, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: D.C., born on November 11, 2018. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on

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June 2, 2020, at 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 26th day of March, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 layali. salem@myflfamilies.com, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP18-708. In the Interest of: D.C. DOB: 11/11/2018, Minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Victor Valladares, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: D.C., born on November 11, 2018. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on June 2, 2020, at 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED,

YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 26th day of March, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 layali. salem@myflfamilies.com, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL DIVISION: DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. JORGE I. GONZALEZ, SR., et al., Defendant. CASE NO.: 2020-CC-001000. NOTICE OF ACTION: TO: JORGE I. GONZALEZ, SR., ADDRESS UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for declaratory relief has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on PLAINTIFF, DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, through its counsel Robert K. Savage, Esq., whose address is 412 East Madison Street, Suite 815, Tampa, FL 33602 no later than May 14, 2020, and file with the clerk of this Court, Tiffany Moore Russell, whose address is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801, before service on Plaintiff, or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the declaratory judgment action. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the Clerk’s office. Dated 3/18/2020. Tiffany Moore Russell, Clerk of the Court & Comptroller. By: /s/ Sandra Jackson, as Deputy Clerk. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COFFEE COUNTY, STATE OF GEORGIA. IN RE: CIVIL ACTION ADOPTION, NO. 2019A12-0014

PETITION OF: TERESA LYN JACKSON CHANDLER AND PHILLIP SHAWN CHANDLER for the adoption of J.M.P., a minor female, born October 29, 2011 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. TO: FELICIA MARIE CHANDLER, NATURAL MOTHER OF J.M.P., BORN OCTOBER 29, 2011 IN ORLANDO, ORANGE COUNTY, GEORGIA Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 19-8-10(c)(1), you are hereby notified that on December 16, 2019 Teresa Lyn Jackson Chandler and Phillip Shawn Chandler, the paternal grandfather and stepgrandmother of your female child, J.M.P., born October 29, 2011 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida filed an adoption petition for said named child in the Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia. You are further notified that on July 22, 2020 at 9:00 O’clock A.M. at the Coffee County Courthouse, 101 South Peterson Avenue, Second Floor, Douglas, Georgia, the Honorable J. Kelly Brooks will hear all evidence on a final adoption hearing wherein the Petitioners, by and through their attorney of record, Marlo A. Ross, will seek to terminate all of your parental rights in and to J.M.P., a minor female, and they will further seek to have their adoption petition granted and to be recognized as J.M.P.’s legal parents. You are further notified that as the natural parent of J.M.P. you shall not be a party to the adoption and you shall have no obligation to file an Answer, however, you have an absolute right to appear in the pending final adoption proceeding scheduled for July 22, 2020 as cited herein above and to show cause as to why your parental rights in and to J.M.P., a minor female, who is the subject of these proceedings, should not be terminated by the Petitioners adoption. Should you desire to file an Answer to the Petitioners adoption, then send the original Answer to the Coffee County Clerk of Superior Court, 101 South Peterson Avenue, Second Floor, Douglas, Georgia 31533 along with a copy to the Petitioners attorney of record, Marlo A. Ross, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 571, Douglas, Georgia 31534. You are further notified that should you fail to appear at the final adoption hearing scheduled for July 22, 2020 at 9:00 O’clock A.M. as cited herein above then the Petitioners, by and through their attorney of record, will request that the Court enter an order terminating your parental rights to J.M.P., a minor female. In such an event, you shall not thereafter be entitled to object to the Petitioners adoption, and you shall, thereafter, stand as a stranger to J.M.P., a minor female, born October 29, 2011 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, without any parental or other legal rights whatsoever. WITNESS the J. Kelly Brooks, Judge, Waycross Judicial Circuit. This the 23 rd day of March, 2020. LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED

WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. FLORIDA PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. APRIL 2020 DESCRIPTION, FOUND PROPERTY: Key W Washington Street/ N. Orange Avenue Electronics 6300 Blk of International Drive Phone Carter Street/Woods Avenue Backpack with electronics SR 417 N./Boggy Creek Road Bag w/ clothing misc. equipment 800 Blk of N. Orange Ave Electronics 400 Blk of Eastgate Drive Keys 40 Blk of W. Washington Street Bag w/ clothing, and multiple glasses 4200 Blk of Conroy Road Electronics 2000 Blk of Edgewater Drive Jewelry 900 Blk of Silver Drive Phone 900 Blk of W. Colonial Drive Phone 3800 Blk of S. Semoran Boulevard Phone 20 Blk of E. Central Boulevard Bike 4800 Blk of Red Willow Avenue Phone 1100 Blk of S. Semoran Boulevard Money 300 Blk of Lakeview Street FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 3PM Notice Is Hereby Given that AssuredPartners of Florida, LLC, 200 Colonial Center Pkwy, Ste 140, Lake Mary, FL 32746, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of GIGA Solutions, with its principal place of business in the State of Florida in the County of Seminole will file an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Florida Department of State. Notice Is Hereby Given that AssuredPartners of Florida, LLC, 200 Colonial Center Pkwy, Ste 140, Lake Mary, FL 32746, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Transportation Insurance Advisors, with its principal place of business in the State of Florida in the County of Seminole will file an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Florida Department of State. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Laura Fischer, of 1325 FOREST DR, Sanford, FL 32771 in the county of Seminole, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Go With Her Enterprises It is the intent of the undersigned

to register “Go With Her Enterprises” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 4/10/20 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, My Sunshine Enterprise of 2014 Edgewater Drive Suite 215, Orlando, Florida, County of Orange, pursuant to Chapter 50 Florida Statutes and the corresponding requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Courtroom College It is the intent of the undersigned to register Courtroom College with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 4/6/2020 Notice of office closure: Crossroads Addiction Services, Inc dba Crossroads Medical located at 1850 N Alafaya Trail Orlando FL 32826 will be permanently closing the office as of April 30, 2020. Patients may request their records by contacting the office at 772-2425408 until the date of closing to make arrangements. After April 30, 2020, patients may send a written request by email to: Crossroads@ M4W.org. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE May 22, 2020 at 8:00AM at My Towing Company 1800 N Forsyth Rd., Orlando FL 32807. Will sell the following vehicles to the highest bidder 2010 TOYOTA VIN # 1NXBU4EE1AZ269882 2005 NISSAN VIN # 1N4BA41E85C867827 2001 MITSUBISHI VIN # 4A3AE45G51E153493 2007 MAZDA VIN # JM1BK12F971642330 Term of the sale are cash. My Towing Company reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Vehicle sold as is, no warranty, no guarantee, no title.

2018 FORD 1N4AL11D03C224655 2003 NISSAN May 8, 2020 4A3AE75H65E025585 2005 MITSUBISHI. NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 2001 Nissan VIN# JN8DR09X81W577885 2002 Honda VIN# 2HKRL18622H504746 2009 Nissan VIN# 1N4AL21E69N538645 2001 Chevy VIN# 1GNCS13WX1K266698 2003 Honda VIN# 1HGCM72323A006710 2012 Audi VIN# WA1LGAFE1CD005751 2010 Nissan VIN# 1N6AA0CHXAN308748 2016 Jeep VIN# 1C4NJPBA0GD754147 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on May 06, 2020 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to F.S. 713.585 At 9:00AM on May 5, 2020 Billis Auto Center 1710 N. Forsyth Rd. ORL, FL32807, (407) 657-1808. Will sell the following vehicle(s) to Satisfy claim of lien. Seller reserves the right to bid and refuse any or all bids. Sold As-Is, No warranty. Seller guarantees no title. Terms cash. Satisfying the lien prior to sale may redeem said vehicle(s). You have a right to a hearing at any time prior to sale by filing a demand for hearing in the circuit court. Owner has the right to recover possession by posting bond per. F.S. 559.917. Any proceeds in excess of lien will be deposited with clerk of courts. 2006 JEEP VIN# 1J4GL48K26W259446 Lien Amt $1,856.83

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/ or all bids. May 2, 2020 WBAVC53577FZ77965 2007 BMW May 3, 2020 2G1WB58K481214313 2008 Chevrolet May 7, 2020 1FTEW1E51JFD14687

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Employment Banquet Chef needed for Kingdom Acai, Orlando, FL, to CR8 & prep acai based desserts, pastry, & dishes; devel. menu & food present.; train staff & mng invent. of food & sup; incorp. acai into typ BR. & intl. plates for lg grps. Req. 2 yrs wrk exp. as bqt chef, F/T, mail res: Cleston, 5628 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 Cost Estimator needed, EMT Contractors Corp, Orlando, FL to anlyz blueprints 2 prep prjct time & cost est. Liaison btw ownrs, contrs, & design tm on mods & ests. prep cost est for sub-contrs. Revise costs bsd on access, utls, & loc. Requires 2 yrs exp in job offered. F/T, mail resume: Mary, 3325 Ashmount Dr., Orlando, FL 32828. Lima Auto Sales - Pereira: Auto Sales Technician needed for Lima Auto Sales, Sanford, FL to insp veh for dmge, trans & cltch issues, & diag. eng, mgmt sys 2 det if repairs are worthwhile invest. Eval paint, acc, eng, & overall cond 2 est costs of veh repair & determ sales val for repaired veh. Req 2 yrs wrk exp as Auto Sales tech. F/T, mail res to 5508 Benchmark Lane, Unit 112, Sanford, FL 32773. Mechanical Engineers Amazon.com Services LLC seeks candidates for the following (multiple positions available) in Orlando, FL: Deployment Engineer II (multiple positions) (Job Code 20273.5214.3). Responsible for leading the deployment, launch and continuous improvement of new engineering technologies and process automation developed within Amazon’s World Wide Engineering team. Telecommuting benefits available. Domestic and international travel required up to 75% of the time to Amazon offices and client sites. Mail CV to: Amazon, PO Box 81226, Seattle, Washington 98108, referencing job code. Tacos El Rancho - Tamayo: Operations Manager needed for Tacos El Rancho, Belle Isle, FL to drct admin. act. drctly rel 2 mkg food, menus, & ctrng 4 all strs. Assgn stff duties & prep schdls. Perf trning, hring, & fring of all stff. Mntr suppls 2 ensure prod are w/in bdgt & in stck. Take inv & dev sls proms. Req 2 yrs wrk exp as mgr of Mexican rest. F/T. Mail resume: Maria, 4433, Hoffner Ave., Belle Isle, Florida 32812. Tandoori Chef (Orlando, FL) Tandoori Chef with a mini-

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mum of 10 years experience needed to prepare Traditional North and South Indian dishes. Must have experience in using a tandoori (clay) oven, and preparing both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes (appetizers, main course, dessert). Determine a restaurant’s menu, adjust item pricing, coordinate & develop new recipe with the kitchen staffs,purchase culinary supplies, cook, and/or manage Kitchen in the restaurant. Train kitchen personnel in cooking techniques, food garnishing, and presentation. Ability to physically handle knives, pots etc .Must be able to transport/ carry 50 lbs bags across kitchen, and communicate in English, Hindi, and Nepalese. Highschool graduate/GED required. Please email resumes to: sam@spiceindiangrillorlando. com

Senior Coordinator, Media Universal Orlando 6434327 Lab Specialist - Computer Animation Full Sail University 6434324

Project Manager Orange County Government 6434320 Registered Nurse (Night Shift) -Neonatal Unit Orlando Health 6434308

Transportation Shipment Planner, Outbound, AM, Trans Ops - Lakeland Publix Super Markets, Inc. 6434297

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Service Technician Utility Equipment Services, Inc 6434260

Accounting, Team Leader & Data Integrity Cru 6434257

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Billing Coordinator Westminster Communities of Florida 6434222

Transportation Planning Project Coordinator City of Orlando 6434296

Deputy Sheriff - Court Security Deputy Orange County Sheriff’s Office 6434204

Lifeguard City of Casselberry 6434288

Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Comforting, Loving & Helping Hands Home Care 6434198

Call Center Agent - Outbound Manpower 6434286

Technology Engineer, Schwab Advisor Services Charles Schwab & Co, Inc 6434195

Laser Test Technician Pro Image Solutions 6434282

Plumber - Residential Service Bayonet, Inc. 6434154