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What to watch & what to eat while you hunker down at home

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The COVID economy, p9 Takes on take-out, p23 Pandemic hookups, p30

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NEWS + FEATURES 7 Your Words + Claytoonz Readers react, plus Clay Jones’ comic

9 Informed Dissent One contingent of Trump supporters denies the crisis is all that bad; another says that sure, COVID-19 might kill a lot of people, but that’s the price of a flourishing economy

13 Briefly Central Florida megachurch makes headlines for packed Sunday services; Orlando state representatives hammer DeSantis on state’s unemployment website

14 Florida got what Florida asked for … But the HHS has come under fire as several states’ requests for supplies from the emergency medical stockpile go unfulfilled

ARTS + CULTURE

FILM

21 Live Active Cultures Coronavirus gifts us the return of Brian Feldman, our favorite ex-pat performance artist

24 Quarantine and chill Movies and shows to stream while you’re stuck at home: Blow the Man Down, Motherland: Fort Salem, The Hunt, Money Heist: Part 4 and many, many more

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23 Bottled up

28 Free Will Astrology 30 Savage Love 31 Classifieds

A toast to Winter Park’s Vinia, and to the days before a virus uncorked itself onto the world

23 The Dining In Diaries This week, takeout from Tori Tori

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YOUR Y OUR WORDS WOR ORD DS YOUR WORDS Readers react. Earlier this week, we reported on a Tampa megachurch that held yet another packed Sunday service, despite dire warnings by the CDC to practice social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On Monday, the River Church pastor was arrested. Readers sounded off.

to go there and expose the community, the people’s loved ones, that may not survive the virus.

@Ashlee Nicole So I guess nobody read the Passover story?

@Tara Henderson None of these people are allowed to use medical resources once they get the virus. No ventilators, no hospital. Nothing!

@John Sullivan If they go to church then they should have to stay there for two weeks. Lord, hear our prayer ... @Ricky Rodriguez Religious extremists endanger us all. Lock them in if they must all be together. @Evan Sanza Religious practices and the right of the people to assemble are protected. Emergency or not, if they want to worship their god they can. @Sean Patrick You don’t need to dangerously assemble in large groups to worship. @Ramses Tinoco Major churches are doing online remote services instead of gathering! This is not going against God. It is more selfish

@Tony Frascatore They are equally as ignorant as the spring breakers who’ve continued to gather until mandated not to.

@Joyce Bush The governor needs to have a serious talk with this pastor. Close this church down now. Very irresponsible. @Carmen Montes-Pancho Churches are not above the law! Fine them. I’m sure the thought of them losing their money can get them to act straight. We need law enforcement on this. They are putting others at risk with their stupid choices. @John DiDonna Organized theater has all shut down out of care, love, and responsibility to its members and patrons – much to their financial detriment. Alas, we hear each day about the lack of responsibility in organized religion. @Amrita Chand They all need to watch the Jonestown documentary.

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FREE-MARKET NIHILISM

One contingent of Trump supporters denies the crisis is all that bad; another says that sure, COVID-19 might kill a lot of people, but that’s the price of a flourishing economy BY JEFFREY C. BILL M A N

he day we learned the American job market had lost 3.3 million jobs in a week, the Dow gained 1,300 points on news that the Senate had reached a deal on a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package. Sure, the stock market isn’t the economy. But the dissonance is jarring. As large as it is, the bill Congress passed last week probably won’t avoid a recession. The hole is that deep. And it’s compounded by the fact that the U.S. is the only developed country where health care access is largely tied to employment, and millions of people are now unemployed amid a fast-spreading, increasingly deadly pandemic. On Thursday, the U.S. eclipsed 1,000 coronavirus deaths. On Friday, just eight days after documenting coronavirus case No. 10,000, we became the first country to log No. 100,000. On Saturday, we exceeded 2,000 deaths. The government’s foremost infectious disease expert said on Sunday that he expects between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths. (Trump, who a month ago promised to quickly eradicate the coronavirus, said that would mean he’d done a “very good job.” Goalposts, moved.) Keeping fatalities at even that level will require measures at odds with the president’s other goal: restarting the economy as quickly as possible. Last week, he floated relaxing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social-distancing guidelines to “reopen” the country by Easter Sunday, April 12. Three days after that, according to a new model from the University of Washington’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, the coronavirus crisis will peak nationwide, with nearly 2,300 deaths projected on April 15 alone. (This model predicts 82,141 deaths through July 15, assuming that the country maintains strict social-distancing practices until the sum-

mer.) Perhaps with that peak in mind, Trump reconsidered. He announced on Sunday that he’d keep the current guidelines in place through April 30. The president’s desire to kickstart the economy is understandable. Nothing snuffs out re-election campaigns quite like a recession. As good as Trump’s recent polls have been – 48 percent approval in Fox News and Washington Post/ABC News surveys, 45 percent in a Pew Research poll, all personal bests – maintaining that perch will become more difficult the longer this situation drags on. This push-pull tension between economic health and public health has created two overlapping phenomena, both taking their cues from Trump’s primal impulse to downplay the latter to boost the former.

The first is denial – a spectrum of COVID-19 Truthers ranging from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who overrode local stay-at-home orders by declaring nearly all businesses “essential,” and who says his critics “don’t like the fact that I’m a conservative and I’m willing to pray,” to a contingent of Trump supporters who attack scientists and deny the crisis is all that bad, alleging that it’s instead part of a media-hyped deep-state conspiracy to bring down the president. The second is a sort of free-market nihilism – the people who say that, sure, COVID-19 might kill a lot of people, but that’s the price of a flourishing economy. The most prominent is Texas’s lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who told Tucker

Carlson last Monday that he would gladly die for capitalism, and he expected that most other 70-somethings would do likewise: “No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that America loves for its children and grandchildren?’ And if that is the exchange, I’m all in.” Patrick was pilloried (by everyone except Brit Hume, that is). But his real crime was saying the subtext aloud. There’s always a trade-off between capitalism and public health, and capitalism usually wins. (We still have coal-fired power plants, for example.) Capitalism’s benefits tend to be immediate (cheap energy!), while the problems it causes are more abstract (how do we know climate change made last year’s hurricanes worse?). But the coronavirus is different. We know it could kill 100,000 people if we do everything right, and many times that if we don’t. We also know that by doing the hard part now, we can spare ourselves much more pain down the road. Knowing that and nonetheless advocating that we cast aside measures that will save the lives of not only our grandparents but of our friends with diabetes and our co-workers with high blood pressure and our neighbors who are cancer survivors to boost our fortunes and our 401(k)s – or to win an election – that takes a special kind of callousness. Dan Patrick, after all, had drawn inspiration directly from Donald Trump, who’d tweeted earlier that day: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” Trump, it seems, had only been restrained by the bad optics of relaxing restrictions and cheering on American commerce while hospitals were overflowing with corpses. So please tell me: What stage of capitalism is this? feedback@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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Important Facts About DOVATO

This is only a brief summary of important information about DOVATO and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment. What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection. • Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver. What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children. Who should not take DOVATO? Do Not Take DOVATO if You: • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or lamivudine. • take dofetilide. What should I tell my healthcare provider before using DOVATO? Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: • have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection. • have kidney problems. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. One of the medicines in DOVATO (dolutegravir) may harm your unborn baby. ° Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine than DOVATO if you are planning to become pregnant or if pregnancy is confirmed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. ° If you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider will perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, you should consistently use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with DOVATO. ° Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. ° One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines. What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section. • Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing. • Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat. • Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).

SO MUCH GOES INTO WHO I AM HIV MEDICINE IS ONE PART OF IT. Reasons to ask your doctor about DOVATO: DOVATO can help you reach and then stay undetectable* with just 2 medicines in 1 pill. That means fewer medicines† in your body while taking DOVATO

You can take it any time of day with or without food (around the same time each day)—giving you flexibility

DOVATO is a once-a-day complete treatment for adults who are new to HIV-1 medicine. Results may vary. *Undetectable means reducing the HIV in your blood to very low levels (less than 50 copies per mL). † As compared with 3-drug regimens.

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What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO (cont’d)? • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after you start taking DOVATO. • The most common side effects of DOVATO include: headache; diarrhea; nausea; trouble sleeping; and tiredness. These are not all the possible side effects of DOVATO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Where Can I Find More Information? • Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • Go to DOVATO.com or call 1-877-844-8872, where you can also get FDA-approved labeling. October 2019 DVT:2PI-2PIL Trademark is owned by or licensed to the ViiV Healthcare group of companies.

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Central Florida megachurch makes headlines for packed Sunday services A Tampa megachurch held a packed Sunday service, despite dire warnings by the CDC and other health officials to promote social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The “Main Event” service, hosted by pastors Rodney Howard-Browne, was broadcast live on YouTube for more safety-minded congregants to watch from home, but the church was clearly packed in person. “Of course we’ve got the, what they call ‘social distancing’ in here in this room, and there’s people in other places and whatever,” said Howard-Browne, to a room full of people standing much closer than six feet apart. “I know they’re trying to beat me up for having the church operational, but we are not a non-essential service,” said Howard-Browne to applause. “And, just so you know, we are totally covered by the law. And people say, ‘what law are you covered by?’ And I say the First Amendment to the Constitution.” Howard-Browne recently claimed that he will cure Florida of coronavirus, and that he was also able to cure Zika. On Friday, Right Wing Watch posted a video of Howard-Browne with his wife and fellow pastor Adonica Howard-Browne, claiming he will continue to hold services because his church is the most sterile building in America, as it contains 13 machines that can instantaneously kill any virus, adding, “if they sneeze, it shoots it down at like 100 mph. It’ll neutralize it in split seconds.” At Sunday’s service, Rodney Howard-Browne criticized media outlets for objecting to his mass gatherings. “Suddenly we are demonized because we believe that God heals, that the lord sets people free, and they make us out to be some kook,” he said. “Well, other religions are free to practice their religion, they’re free to do what they want to. Are you with me? So we are free in America to worship God freely.” He went on to condemn scientific reports about coronavirus, saying that the pandemic was less cause for concern than the flu, a view vigorously disputed by medical experts. “And we believe in laying our hands on the sick and they shall recover, and we believe in casting out the devil and we believe Jesus heals,” he continued. “We’ve put all the legalities on our website, so go ahead knock yourself out.”

TMZ incredulously reported the scene at Tampa megachurch on Sunday, and noted Howard-Browne’s ongoing defiance of CDC guidelines, including his vow on March 17 that “we are not stopping anything. I’ve got news for you, this church will never close. The only time the church will close is when the Rapture is taking place.” – by Dave Plotkin

‘Shameful’: Orlando state representatives hammer DeSantis on state’s unemployment website Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday backed ongoing efforts to handle the surge of jobless claims caused by the novel coronavirus, as Democrats said more action is needed because of the state’s historically troubled unemploymentcompensation system. DeSantis repeated calls for people to be patient as the CONNECT claims system within the Department of Economic Opportunity has been inundated with new applications for benefits. “We are working on it, but this is not just zero to 60. This is like zero to 120 trying to do it,” DeSantis said while in West Palm Beach. Daily claims have grown from 500 to 900 a day at the start of March to more than 25,000 a day. The state has expanded call-center hours, reassigned 35 Department of Economic Opportunity employees to help handle claims, is hiring 100 more people and is bringing in an outside vendor to further assist with the increased workload. DeSantis has signed an executive order that removed a requirement for people seeking benefits to apply for five jobs a week or to submit applications with Employ Florida, an online portal. On Friday, the state announced February’s unemployment rate at 2.8 percent, representing an estimated 291,000 Floridians out of work from a labor force of 10.46 million. But that was before the coronavirus caused bars, restaurants, hotels, theme parks and numerous other types of businesses to shut down or dramatically scale back in March. Last week, more than 133,000 people applied for benefits. “Now, you’re not just ramping up for a recession,” DeSantis said. “If you look at the unemployment claims nationwide and compare it to the financial crisis (of 2008 and 2009), it is way, way, way more significant.” But Florida offers some of the lowest unemploymentcompensation benefits in the country, up to $275 a week

for 12 weeks. A group of Democrats on Monday held a conference call to demand that DeSantis waive a oneweek waiting period before people can start to collect benefits; expand the number of weeks benefits are available from 12; consider workers’ most recent quarter of earnings when calculating potential benefits as a way to help seasonal workers; and change eligibility requirements that currently include filling out an application that can take several hours. Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, said constituents continue to say they’ve been unable to get through “day and night” to get questions answered about error messages in the online system or to even simply reset their online application PINs. “We appreciate the few steps the governor has taken so far, but with all due respect, it took a period of about eight or nine days for that new criteria to even be available on the website,” Smith said, referring to the changes DeSantis made in the executive order. “The dissemination of information to applicants is well below any sort of acceptable standard.” Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, suggested DeSantis and his staff answer some of the calls to understand the struggles of Floridians. “I do hope that it motivates us whenever we have our next (legislative) session, whether it’s a special session or after that, we tackle this system to make it better for the future,” Eskamani said. “Yes, this crisis is unprecedented. But that doesn’t mean that everyday Floridians don’t have their own crisis when they go on this website for support. It’s shameful the current safety net that we have for folks who are just trying to make ends meet.” A $2.2 trillion federal stimulus bill approved last week is slated to provide an additional $600 a week, for four months, to people who qualify for jobless benefits. But Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, D-Miami, said if people can’t work the CONNECT system to qualify for state unemployment benefits, they won’t be able to qualify for the additional federal assistance. “We need this to be one of the priorities to get this system functioning,” Rodriguez said. “If we don’t get this right, those billions and billions of dollars, our tax money, is not going to be coming back to the state of Florida.” Rodriguez suggested Florida follow states like Michigan and Georgia, which, through executive action, have extended the number of weeks people can receive jobless benefits. – By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

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Why did Florida get all the emergency supplies it requested when other states didn’t? The Department of Health and Human Services has come under fire as several states’ requests for supplies from the emergency medical stockpile go unfulfilled. A chaotic distribution plan is buckling under a big problem: Nobody has enough.

BY LYDIA DEPILLIS, MIKE SPIES, JOSHUA KAPLAN, KYLE EDWARDS AND CAROLINE CHEN; ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY PERLA TREVIZO, PROPUBLICA

n March 11, Florida requested a cache of emergency supplies from the federal government to protect its medical workers against the novel coronavirus. Three days later, the state got everything it wanted. Other states had only tiny slivers of their requests fulfilled, including some that had asked for them earlier than Florida. Oregon and Oklahoma received only about 10 percent; New Jersey got less than 6 percent. This disparity has not been lost on the states that feel shortchanged in their requests from the Strategic National Stockpile, a trove of supplies managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Officials fear that hospitals will be overwhelmed by far more patients than they can safely treat if the current pace of infections continues. This month, officials estimated that if the outbreak lasts a year, the U.S. could need 3.5 billion of the N95 masks that protect health care workers. The national stockpile had only 12 million N95 masks

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and 30 million surgical masks on hand when the crisis began. While it may appear like the federal government is playing favorites, federal officials said their decisions were based on their best assessment of relative needs. HHS told states this week that it is giving out 25 percent of the stockpile to states according to population size, and sending another 25 percent strategically to states with the most severe outbreaks, which can be used for needs such as testing passengers on cruise ships brought back to shore. The remaining 50 percent will be held in “strategic reserve,” to be used if there’s a huge spike of critical needs around the country. The inability of the United States to deploy widespread testing for the coronavirus has further complicated how the supplies are being apportioned because health officials do not have a complete picture of where the virus is circulating most widely. But many states, worried that their case counts are about to soar and their hospitals will be swamped, have been unsatisfied with their allotment.

The system appears to roughly conform to states’ populations, rather than the size of their requests. Florida, a state of 21 million, got all 180,000 N95 masks it wanted. Oregon, a state of 4 million, only received 40,000 of the 400,000 masks it requested, and New Jersey, a state of 9 million, got 85,000 of the 2.9 million masks it feels it needs. It is hard to assess what constitutes a reasonable request. All states are starting with different stockpiles of supplies. Some have been hit harder than others by the virus, and some anticipate they might be. Each state is trying to secure as much as possible for its health workers, who are raising alarms that they are running out of basic supplies. This pandemic will require enormous amounts of personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers in part because the symptoms of COVID-19 are not unusual — it’s hard to quickly distinguish a COVID-19 patient from someone suffering from the flu. Anyone doctors suspect of being infected with the coronavirus needs

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to be treated with great care, lest the infection spread. Many items, like gloves and some types of masks, are designed to be used once then thrown away, but some hospitals and long-term care facilities are already experimenting with reusing their equipment to stretch their supplies. “It’s very frustrating and very scary to hear the numbers,” said Kimberly GreenYates, chief operating officer of Diakonos Group, which runs about 20 skilled nursing and long-term care facilities across Oklahoma. “The people we take care of are the most vulnerable. Without PPE, we can’t keep them safe.” Green-Yates said that as soon as her company heard about the deaths in Washington state in a nursing facility, Diakonos ordered a large supply of PPE and locked it away for emergencies. Some of the protective equipment, she said, was used up during this year’s flu season. “If [the virus] gets in, our supply is going to be gone in days,” she explained. “Then what do you do? … We’re working our absolute hardest to keep our elders safe right now. And how are we supposed to do that if we don’t even have equipment?”

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There is no set formula for how to distribute stockpiled goods in a disaster, but this crisis will place an unprecedented strain on America’s backup supply system. Most emergencies, like weather-related disasters or chemical plant explosions, are geographically confined and don’t require HHS to make tough decisions about what is most needed where. Through state departments of emergency management, governors request assistance, which can either arrive in the form of “push packages” of ready-to-go aid that can be sent to a state within 12 hours or more customized supplies stored by government warehouses and private companies around the country. In a statement to ProPublica, HHS acknowledged that the population-based distribution system means that allocations are “likely less than what states are currently requesting,” but noted that “jurisdictions are receiving 100 percent of their allocations” under the government’s formula. The formula only applies to PPE, and not to ventilators, HHS said. It’s up to the states to decide what they ask for, and the agency isn’t immune to political pressure. “If a governor jumps up and down and yells and screams, it gets attention,” said Nicole Lurie, former head of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response under the Obama administration. “It probably helps to have a really loud megaphone.” Florida, which has regular experience with hurricanes, isn’t waiting on the sidelines, despite having received its entire wishlist. On Monday, the state’s Division

of Emergency Management made a second request, saying that it was still not sufficiently prepared to handle the looming pandemic; it asked for 2 million N95 masks, 500,000 gloves, 500,000 gowns and 250,000 coveralls. The division also asked for thousands of ventilators and hospital beds, as well five mobile intensive care units.

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Several states have voiced their dismay about how the stockpile is being distributed. “The support we have received from the administration is woefully insufficient,” Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., told ProPublica. “I wouldn’t call it complete radio silence from federal officials, but their communications are barely flickering. … If our health workers, doctors and nurses especially, don’t have masks, or gloves, or cotton swabs, lives will be lost — full stop.” Along with 11 other members of Congress from New Jersey, Pascrell co-signed a letter to HHS pushing the agency to send more supplies to their home state. They argued that since the state sits right between New York City and Philadelphia, and people move back and forth from them frequently, New Jersey residents have unique vulnerabilities that HHS has failed to recognize. New Jersey first requested supplies from the stockpile on Feb. 24, according to a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Health. Nothing arrived until March 13, more than two weeks later. In addition to the 2.9 million N95 masks, the state requested 864,000 surgical gowns,

864,000 face shields and 2,880,000 pairs of gloves. New Jersey received less than 5 percent of its request for each of those items, the spokeswoman said. New York City asked for 2.2 million N95 masks from the stockpile and received only 78,000, according to Health Department spokesman Michael Lanza. All of them were marked as expired. “Public health emergency preparedness, which includes the Strategic National Stockpile, has been chronically underfunded for years,” Lanza said. In Oklahoma, the state Department of Health sent the Strategic National Stockpile a request on March 11 for supplies including 500,000 N95 masks, 300,000 face shields and 400,000 surgicals gowns. The state began receiving supplies five days later, but it has not gotten 90 percent of what it wants. “100 percent of all items were expired,” according to Department of Public Safety spokesperson Cody McDonell, although HHS sent them a letter saying that some of the masks had been performance-tested by the CDC and “they should be just fine to use.” According to an HHS letter reviewed by ProPublica, most of the stockpile’s personal protective equipment was acquired in 2007 with supplemental funds for pandemic influenza preparedness “and many have exceeded their shelf life.” Even Florida, which got everything it wanted, received expired goods. In Oregon, a spokesperson for the governor’s office said the state has been told it will receive an additional 15 percent of its initial order, but that second shipment is yet to arrive. The Oregon Health Authority told its Legislature this week that the state had about 590,000 N95 masks in its stockpile at the start of the outbreak. The

It’s up to the states to decide what they ask for, and the HHS isn’t immune to political pressure.

“If a governor jumps up and down and yells and screams, it gets attention.”

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supply is down to 421,000. The number of surgical masks has gone from 49,000 to 18,000, and the state has used 83 percent of the 23,000 gowns it started with. Nurses say they can’t wait. “Some of our facilities are reporting that they will be out of PPE within the next 48 hours,” said Lynda Pond, president of the Oregon Nurses Association. She said she’s never heard of a hospital being that close to being out of supplies in her 35-year career. What the state has received so far compared to its needs, she said, is “a drop in the bucket.”

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Now, the federal government is scrambling to replenish the stockpile as it runs out. President Donald Trump has said he may use the Defense Production Act, a law that gives him powers to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing, and automakers are trying to figure out if their production lines can be retooled to make medical equipment. But ramping up won’t be simple, according to Irwin Redlener, a professor and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University. “It’s like panic shopping on the part of government,” Redlener said. “They’ve gone out to every vendor on the planet and every manufacturer to try to get the stockpile built up. But right now every state in the union and many countries are going to the same limited number of vendors. So it’s a real problem.” The crucial medical devices needed to keep patients alive will likely also be in short supply, Redlener said. He said he understood that the reserve had at least 70,000 ventilators when he served on an advisory committee in 2016. The current total is fewer than 13,000, the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci has said, with a few thousand more at the Department of Defense. Hospitals, which have switched to a just-in-time inventory system that allows them to save money by keeping less equipment in reserve, have about 160,000 ventilators nationwide. Redlener estimates that twice that number may ultimately be needed. At the moment, states aren’t receiving much in the way of assurances from the federal government. During a press conference on Thursday, Trump said that while domestic manufacturers of face masks have gone into overdrive and the White House is helping, governors need to work to find supplies themselves. “The government’s not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping, we’re not a shipping clerk,” Trump said. “As with testing, the governors are supposed to be doing it.” feedback@orlandoweekly.com APRIL 1-7, 2020

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So, in researching possible video conferencing platforms to utilize for projects during this period of #TheaterAtHome, the main thing I focused on was selecting one that’d be extremely easy to use, extremely free without a time limit, and which offered an assurance that I could hear all audio in a single source – from every single person in the room at the same time. You know, like traditional theater. Zoom, which everyone’s using and I almost went with, doesn’t always allow everyone to be heard clearly at once, and when on Speaker View it jumps back and forth, which I didn’t think would work for The Feldman Dynamic (especially when everyone’s talking simultaneously) or #txtshow (when it’s really helpful to be able to hear the silence, and not just have everyone on mute). Ultimately, we’ll find out if going with one of my best friend’s top suggestions (Jitsi Meet) was the best choice when we do it live!

BY SETH KUBERSKY

Coronavirus brings the return of Brian Feldman, our favorite ex-pat performance artist As coronavirus has canceled live

entertainment worldwide, we’ve seen countless performers attempting to convert theatrical experiences into digital streams, with varying degrees of success. But if anyone might be able to capitalize creatively on this crazy cultural moment, it could be Orlando Weekly’s favorite performance artist, Brian Feldman. After all, this was the guy who sealed himself inside a Skill Crane arcade machine and performed musicals over the telephone long before social distancing was a thing. Feldman has been quiet for the first quarter of 2020, but he’s returning to the virtual stage this April Fools’ Day with an online triple feature. At noon, you can watch as Brian Feldman Writes His Last Will & Testament live on Facebook (facebook.com/brianfeld manprojects), followed at 6 p.m. with a one-shot Social Distancing Dinner edition of The Feldman Dynamic, featuring his parents and sibling sharing a meal over Jitsi Meet. The evening concludes at 7:30 p.m. with the first-ever online-only presentation of #txtshow, Feldman’s signature interactive performance piece. You can register free for all three “pay what you can” events at brianfeldman.com. Since we couldn’t meet at a vegan restaurant, a Disney theme park or any of our other usual hangouts, Feldman emailed me these thoroughly virus-scanned replies to my questions about being a performance artist in the midst of a pandemic. Where are you passing your “stay at home” quarantine?

I’ve been sleeping on the couch and hanging in the living room of Studio 6107 (the family apartment) in Sanford, where [at the time of this interview] there actually is no “stay at home” quarantine. How have you been spending your time while stuck inside?

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what obsessively reading the news, scrolling through Twitter on my phone, texting and WhatsApping friends to check in and see how they’re doing, listening to songs to wash your hands to, watching people adapt shows for Facebook and Zoom, falling into YouTube spirals, eating my usual one meal a day yet somehow washing more dishes than anybody else (I am the Dishwasher, after all), forgetting to take a shower some days, arguing with my Dad much more than I should (I’m sorry, Dad), and just trying my best to stay optimistic about the future. There’s also a 50-inch flatscreen TV here, which I’ve turned on a total of one time. What are some of the notable possessions you’ll be including in your Last Will & Testament?

While it’s no David Geffen yacht, it is like #48hYardSale, only with all the stuff I just could never part with. There are museumworthy paintings, items from my childhood, boxes upon boxes of photo prints, negatives and slides; Warhol-esque time capsules and other pop culture artifacts I’ve probably hung onto for too long. All of my performance archives: project posters, signage (including the portable marquee that I retired after The Most Expensive Gas in America, which still has the gas prices on it), programs, tickets, props (the Orlando Weekly box I was inside of ), wardrobe (most notably The Singing Menorah costume and Hannah’s wedding dress from Marries Anybody: Part II), handwritten notes, hundreds of buttons and other ephemera. And, of course, The Skill Crane Kid machine. Now that belongs in a museum.

You know, save for the lack of daily bike rides, it hasn’t been all that much differ- How is your family doing, and do you ent from when everyone’s not at home in think social distancing will improve The quarantine. I’ve been at the computer some- Feldman Dynamic?

Early articles and reviews written about The Feldman Dynamic really played up the whole “dysfunctional family” angle. But the truth is, there is literally no way you can be a truly dysfunctional family and pull off a live theatrical presentation like this. While there’ve certainly been moments – many moments, actually – that none of us have wanted to continue doing this “show” (in quotes, since it’s a relative term), it’s continued to go on. Now, the show must go online. That stated, we had my Mom on FaceTime for the sixth night of 8 Wards of Chanukah up in D.C. and people told me they hated that.

Do you have any upcoming projects or plans?

I was originally scheduled to travel to Goa from May through June to shoot another micro-budget feature with the same team I shot a film in Chennai, India, called Goodbye, White Guy, which has yet to be released. Ideally, if the world ever returns to normal, a notable festival will accept it and audiences will finally get to see what I look like after not shaving, eating that much, changing my clothes or taking a shower for days on end. Oh wait – that sounds like the plot to last week. Depending on how long this thing lasts (answer: September 2021, at least), I might finally stage my long joked-about project, Brian Feldman Reads the Phone Book. #txtshow seems tailor-made for our cur- Assuming I can find one. Honestly, I have rent moment; how do you think performing no idea what I’m gonna do next. And Baruch Hashem for that! remotely will impact the experience? I’d have to agree that the show is more relevant now than ever. But doing the show As a theme park fan, what are you most online is something I’ve been reluctant to looking forward to when the attractions do since immediately following that very reopen? first performance at the Kerouac House, Is it too on-the-nose for me to say I’d when people were already encouraging me like to visit Carousel of Progress, sing “the to livestream it. song” and hope that nothing breaks in the My resistance has always stemmed from process? If it is, since I’ve unfortunately feeling that it’s vital for the audience to be had to go gluten-free since my last visit to in the room where it happens, so that every- the parks, and since it doesn’t look like I’m one can see, hear and react to each other. going to be spending (or making) all that When something shocking or surprising much money for the foreseeable future, peris said, it’s always beneficial to know that haps with my stimulus payment check I’ll be someone in that space with you right then able to afford one of everything from Erin and there wrote it, and made the character McKenna’s Bakery NYC at Disney Springs? say it. Making it anonymous via two screens If not that, then Dole Whips for everybody! (Twitter and, in this case, Jitsi Meet) ultiMore importantly, I’m most looking formately may or may not work. But I guess ward to seeing everyone on my Facebook we’ll find that out together! feed breathe a massive sigh of relief. Any advice for other artists interested in using Jitsi Meet for performances?

Yes. Don’t do it! Stick with Zoom and leave Jitsi Meet for me and Edward Snowden. orlandoweekly.com

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How many times did you wash your hands today?

More times than Lady Macbeth.

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BOTTLED UP A toast to Winter Park’s Vinia, and to the days before a virus uncorked itself onto the world BY FAIYAZ KARA

inia is the best restaurant in blame them? Temporary layoffs; scratching Hannibal Square. It’s a well- and surviving; keeping their heads above deserved superlative but given water – good times these are not. But even the petrifying and utterly bizarre times in as the clang of the death knell tolled for which we all currently find ourselves, well, restaurants across the land, Perricelli and it’s small consolation. Like every restaurant his staff plated, poured and served us with owner on the planet, Fabio Perricelli and the calm of a musician on the Titanic. Deep Paula Gamba are concerned, anxious and down, we knew this would likely be our last meal at a resdesperate to salvage taurant for a good what they’ve built long while, and – in their case, a VINIA WINE + KITCHEN these sanguine folks comely little enoteca 444 W. New England Ave., Winter Park helped us face our off the cobblestoned 407-925-7485 angst in, dare I say, streets of West New viniawinebar.com Pollyanna fashion. England Avenue. $$ So, on a gorgeous I don’t know if evening, the dulcet you’ve noticed, but it’s become a dog-eat-doggy-bag world out sounds of bossa nova in the air, we went there, with seemingly every restaurant in full Dionysus on Greek Agiorgitiko ($13) town vying for your takeout dollar. Can you and Moschofilero ($12) wines at a side-

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walk table outside. Corona-what now? Hey, the wine was a necessary indulgence, as was the cheese plate ($11/$21) of Scottish cheddar, fontina and aged gouda, which vanished much faster than we thought. Then came the dish of cauliflower and brown rice polpette ($8): Like a coronavirus task force briefing headed by a droning imbecile, this veg plate bluntly interrupted our sweet oblivion. One bite of the crumbly balls induced a Faucian head drop and extended rub of the brow. Even so, Vinia’s kitchen is creating more flavor here – with just an air fryer, convection oven and immersion circulator, no less – than most other restaurants on this tony strip. Yes, freshly made beef and cheese empanadas ($11) are some of the best I’ve had anywhere, but the pan-roasted cod ($13) on top of honey-roasted butternut squash flan was singlehandedly responsible for the opening line of this review. It’s sauced with a lemon-sage nage that the folks at Chez Vincent across the street would envy. The plush oxtail – braised with vegetables prior to a 24-hour sous-vide, then placed atop a layered stack of potatoes au gratin – was just as convincing. Perricelli, a Calabrian by way of São Paulo, says that Vinia will offer the oxtail with pasta instead of the potatoes as a takeout option while the restaurant remains closed to dine-in service. And that’s OK, because their pasta – like toothy homemade ravioli ($9) stuffed with a holy Italian trinity of mascarpone, ricotta and Parmesan nestled into a rustic, slightly sweet pomodoro-ish sauce – couldn’t have been better. Over a dessert flight ($10) of pot de crème, a puff pastry apple torte and an affogato served with caramel espresso, Perricelli spoke to us about Gamba and the reason for her absence from the restaurant. She recently gave birth to their daughter, Olivia, and as he gushed about his family, my thoughts turned to the looming pestilence and Paula and Fabio’s impending struggle to stay afloat. Every chef and restaurateur will tell you these past two weeks have been the toughest of their careers, and that financial and economic assistance is essential if restaurants are to survive the unprecedented effects of COVID-19. If help doesn’t come fast, and the industry is left to fall apart, insurance companies and all levels of government won’t be able to wash their hands clean of the iniquity. No matter how hard they scrub.

BY FAIYAZ KARA I hadn’t paid a visit to Tori Tori ever since the Mills Avenue yakitori house and cocktail bar was declared the Top Table of 2019. On March 20, just a few months after the accolade, Tori Tori’s dining room had been closed to the public and I just so happened to be the first in line on that day they went takeout only. My order was ready when I arrived and after a couple of pumps from the hand sanitizer dispenser, I was off. So how did those skewers hold up by the time I made it back home 15 minutes later? Splendidly, I must say. The binchotan-grilled chicken skin crackled; the prime-grade beef was still warm and plush; the king oyster mushrooms were a mouthful of firm. I hadn’t tried their Japanese fried chicken (served with garlic Kewpie mayo) until now, and I’d order it again in a chicken heartbeat. Order five skewers and they’ll throw in some stellar fried rice and stir-fried veggies with your order. Their booze-to-go options include $10 cocktails like whiskey sours and Raspberry Berets, Japanese beers, three different types of sake, and a host of red and white wines. Chefowner Sonny Nguyen says he’ll be restructuring the menu in the coming days with entree-sized Japanese rice box sets. You’ll find me first in line. (Tori Tori, 720 N. Mills Ave., 407-7350999, toritoripub.com; takeout only; 4-9 p.m. daily)

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Annihilation (2018), is streaming on Amazon Prime and Hulu PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, AND I HAVE NETFLIX Lean into the quarantine, remote control in hand, and cruise our recommendations for pandemic viewing of all genres BY PEG ALOI

ocial distancing and self-quarantine. Scary but necessary. Admit it, though: Some of you are kind of excited at having a ready excuse to just stay home and gorge yourself on movies, TV and beans eaten cold from the can (once you find out your GrubHub guy or gal is no

longer delivering; by the way, you can still Venmo them some tips). Of course, you could hunker down with all those shows you’re behind on, or have been meaning to start watching (Better Call Saul or The Great British Baking Show or Homeland or Bojack Horseman).

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But shouldn’t you use this downtime to avail yourself of the many plague and pandemic-themed offerings out there? There are quite a few! This guide will help you choose what to watch first, but don’t worry, you should have time to watch all of them eventually.

If you don’t have Netflix, they’re offering a month’s free service to new subscribers now; other streaming services will be featured in my recommendations too, and they’re offering similar specials – and remember, Tubi is free. Pandemic viewing could encompass plenty of different genres – zombie apocalypse movies, post-apocalyptic movies, disaster movies, urban flight movies, survivalist movies, cult movies (as in movies about actual cults) and various other types of social collapse. Let’s start by honoring the memory of the recently departed great Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who died at the beginning of March at the age of 90, and who starred as a young Crusade Knight in Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 medieval plague story, The Seventh Seal (available on Amazon Prime, iTunes and Criterion Channel). The knight, Antonius Block, tries to cheat Death by challenging him to a game of chess, and as the two play out their game, Block encounters various potential plague victims, including carnival performers and a young witch sentenced to be burned at the stake. Yeah, it’s dark, and it’s also in black and white! But it’s also beautiful and ultimately redemptive. For something much more uplifting with similar themes, Monty Python riffs on the Black Plague and The Seventh Seal in two of their films: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Netflix, Prime), and The Meaning of Life (Prime, Hulu, Vudu). Another fine medieval plague film: Roger Corman’s fabulous, colorful 1964 adaptation of Poe’s story The Masque of the Red Death (Prime, Vudu) starring Vincent Price. There’s also the wonderful and criminally underseen 1988 Australian film The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (Tubi, Prime), about a boy on a mission to protect his family from the plague. Then there are more modern plagues, like the Spanish flu epidemic of the early 20th century (films about World War I will most certainly touch on this), the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, and contemporary pandemics like Ebola and SARS. Many great films touch on the AIDS crisis, including Parting Glances (1986; Tubi), Longtime Companion (1989; Prime), Torch Song Trilogy (1988; Netflix, Prime) and two excellent indie films by Thom Fitzgerald, The Event (2003; Prime, Tubi) and Three Needles (2005; Prime). And of course the movies cited most often amid 2020: Outbreak, the film adaptation of the Ebola nonfictioner The Hot Zone, and Contagion, a classically star-studded Soderbergh ensemble piece dramatizing

the 2002 SARS epidemic, with Gwyneth Paltrow as a sweaty Patient Zero. If disease films are too on-thenose (don’t touch your nose!) for your taste, here are some postapocalyptic/social collapse treats: Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch, starring an often-shirtless Jason Momoa (2016; Netflix, Prime); The Road (2009; Netflix), with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron; 1991’s The Rapture, starring David Duchovny and Mimi Rogers (Prime, Vudu), and, just because, Martha Marcy May Marlene, because you really need to just see it already (2011; Prime, Hulu). Then, ya got yer zombie apocalypse genre! There are just so many to choose from, so I’ll just give you my personal must-sees. Perhaps start with George

Romero’s visionary franchise, beginning with a very low budget 1968 black and white film Night of the Living Dead and culminating in 2009 with his last film, Survival of the Dead. Romero’s evolving metaphorical commentaries on social ills were so spot-on, it’s downright scary. Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (2002; Prime, Hulu), with a screenplay by Alex Garland – a screenwriter who specializes in full-on dystopia; see Ex Machina (2014; Prime, Netflix, Hulu) and Annihilation (2018; Prime, Hulu) – is one of my favorite films of the 21st century. It’s a delirious story of zombie infection in modern-day London, with an all-star British cast including Cillian Murphy and Christopher Eccleston. (Eccleston also featured in the post-apocalyptic series The Leftovers [HBO, Hulu, Prime].) The sequel, 28 Weeks Later (2007; Prime, Vudu) is very good also. I am several seasons behind on The Walking Dead (AMC, Netflix), the excellent and seemingly endless AMC series, but heck, now’s a good time to catch up. As this excellent show has hinted from the beginning, we – yes, we – are the walking dead, whether we know it or not. Be safe out there, folks. arts@orlandoweekly.com

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Money Heist: Part 4, streaming on Netflix Friday PHOTO COURTESY NETFLIX

BY STE V E S C H N E I DE R PREMIERING WEDNESDAY: How To Fix a Drug Scandal This four-episode documentary series examines the strange case of Sonja Farak, a Massachusetts crime-lab technician who was accused of Hoovering up the very drugs she was supposed to be examining as evidence. Or as Marie Kondo would call it, “making efficient use of your workspace.” (Netflix)

Dolphin Reef It was planned as a theatrical feature and then as an opening-day offering on Disney+, but only a countrywide spate of stay-at-home orders could convince Disney that this nature documentary about delightful dolphins might actually have an audience after all. Narration by Natalie Portman means that a seventh viewing of The Black Cauldron is starting to look reeeeal good. (Disney+)

PREMIERING THURSDAY: Siren Season 3 There’s a new mermaid in Bristol Cove, and she’s out to make slaves of all of humanity. The first two episodes of the season will be seen back-to-back on premiere night, so those of you who may have had bad experiences dating SeaWorld employees can decide if this is an investment you really want to make. (Freeform)

Harley Quinn Season 2 Her theatrical feature tanked even before there was a pandemic to blame, but Harley’s back for 13 more episodes of her hit animated comedy. This season introduces Mr. Freeze to the lineup of villains, giving rise to a particularly questionable sight gag: an oversized human vagina made entirely of ice. I don’t know who’s more jealous right now, Pedro Almodóvar or Gwyneth Paltrow. (DC Universe)

PREMIERING FRIDAY: Coffee & Kareen Ed Helms and Taraji P. Henson are the adult stars of a comedy flick about a white cop’s unlikely partnership with his black girlfriend’s trashtalking 12 year old. Mouth off all you want, kid; just don’t make any sudden moves for your cell phone. (Netflix) Money Heist: Part 4 The Spanish-speaking world’s favorite bank robbers declare all-out war on the authorities in an all-new run of eight episodes. This time, they’ll settle for nothing less than mortgage waivers. (Netflix)

Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002), streaming on Amazon Prime and Hulu

Future Man: Season 3 Janitor Josh Futturman and his time-traveling pals have just eight more episodes to set the entire world right after they upended history last season. First on their to-do list: that time you tried to cut your own bangs. (Hulu)

PREMIERING SUNDAY: Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children Here’s a five-episode docu-series that reopens the case of lifer Wayne Williams. Did he really murder some 30 youngsters in the Atlanta area between 1979 and 1981? Or has the real killer escaped capture all these years? Personally, I haven’t ruled out Ed Helms. (HBO) PREMIERING TUESDAY: Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020: Part 3 Return with us now to a more innocent time when you could share a house with five strangers and never once worry that using the wrong toothbrush might kill you. Although this latest round of 12 episodes was filmed before the virus, every viewer quarantined with their family at the moment will find the title of Episode 8 oddly prescient: “I Hate You.”. (Netflix)

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THOUGHTS AND PREYERS In a time of real tragedy, is ‘The Hunt’ just a trivial pursuit? BY STEVE SCHNEIDER

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isorientation” is a polite word for the feeling of watching The Hunt, the sleazily provocative cat-and-mouse thriller that’s currently available for streaming after half a year of false starts. The movie became infamous on the eve of its intended theatrical release last fall, when its premise – murderous liberal elites

hunt innocent red-staters for sport – drew the ire of Fox News talking heads and ultimately the White House. Theaters were unbooked until the heat could die down, and the flick finally arrived in multiplexes in mid-March of this year – just in time for the coronavirus to exile it to home viewing along with the rest of Hollywood’s first-quarter output.

So, to put a fine point on it: You can now sit in the privacy of your own home and watch a film Donald Trump had derided for pitting the two Americas against each other, at the same time he’s on all channels breezily declaring his intention to sign the death warrant of states he doesn’t happen to like. Boy, timing is everything. Speaking of timing, the movie includes a joke about hand sanitizer, of all things, proving that poor taste is sometimes its own kind of prescience. But even trying to put The Hunt into its intended, pre-COVID-19 context, the best you can say is that it’s a thoroughly watchable and often even fun bit of grindhouse outrageousness that falters most when it tries to accomplish anything beyond simple titillation. The plot doesn’t warrant much of a recap, since it’s basically an elevator pitch fleshed out with bloody slapstick set pieces: Some anonymous rednecks are whisked away to a mysterious game preserve, where they have to run from violent death meted out by predatory, well-funded libs. The kills (both offensive and defensive) are gruesome and completely over-the-top, positioning the movie firmly in the tradition of the Black Knight sequence in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And the dialogue is often and honestly LOL-level, playing on rural stereotypes of coastal wokeness. (An older white couple debates the appropriateness of the term “black people” while gassing a room full of hayseeds.) At least, I’m hoping the goal was to lampoon those stereotypes and not buttress

WHICH WITCH? The young women of ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ fight the bad fight BY PEG ALOI

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itchy storylines abound these days: Past months have brought viewers the likes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (three seasons of chic, sexy fun), Marianne (gory, scary and very French) and Luna Nera (Italian 17th-century folk horror). Though not quite as arty as these three – all of which I recommend – Motherland: Fort Salem is worthwhile for its intriguing alternate history setting. The series begins with a disturbing scene that’s reminiscent of an episode of Chris Carter’s pre-apocalyptic 1997 series Millennium: a mass suicide set in motion by a terrorist organization known only as “The Spree.” Near-future America is a nation divided: Some states are missing; an African American woman is president; and our military is made up of witches. Women who are blood descendants of the witches accused in Salem, Massachusetts, are called up for military service at 18. The pressure and excitement feels a bit like

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them. After all, the film’s entire storyline is built upon the doublethink at the heart of the right-wing worldview: The liberals are a bunch of spineless, pacifist pantywaists, and they’d like to kill us all! Star Betty Gilpin gives a funny/gutsy performance as Crystal (yes, as in meth), a Mississippi combat veteran determined to survive the ordeal with her buff body and her cool, registered-independent alienation intact. Hats off to Gilpin for uttering her many scripted Rambo-isms with gusto (and a straight face). At the same time, making its heroine apolitical signals the picture’s ultimate copout. Without “spoiling” anything, The Hunt eventually abandons its us-versus-them orientation to declare airily and homiletically that there are extremes on both sides, and that thinking the worst of people just inspires them to behave as badly as you had imagined. Never mind that the “middle ground” mainstream entertainment products like this one shoot for is center-right at best; our current, deadly reality is the surest illustration yet that some sociopolitical factions are far more extreme than others, and that they’ll behave quite awfully without anybody’s pre-emptive censure. Moderation isn’t a strong foundation for satire, and it’s a dubious commercial strategy to boot: For all the calculation that went into The Hunt, I’m most mystified by its makers’ apparent belief that they could turn a profit off a target market made up entirely of John Kasich voters. arts@orlandoweekly.com

the Hunger Games. They arrive at Fort Salem for witchy boot camp presided over by Gen. Adler (Lyne Renée), who has been alive since the 17th century, and a cabal of elderly women who are mostly silent except when they hiss or cluck their tongues disapprovingly. We sense that these women’s work is holding the world together. (Then again, we already knew women’s work holds the world together.) The young soldiers are placed into individual units of three. The mini-coven at the center of the story – Raelle (Taylor Hickson), from a poor town in Appalachia; Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams), from a decorated military family; and Tally (Jessica Sutton), from a somewhat sheltered commune – learn, surprise, that the more they learn to cooperate, the stronger their magical powers become. This army doesn’t use guns or tanks, but psychic force. One intriguing part of the young military witches’ training involves perfecting harmonic vocal tones that produce powerful magical effects. It’s a metaphor, sure: Women’s voices, long silenced or mocked, are the true source of their power. When their passions flare, even more power is harnessed. Motherland is entertaining, intersectional and intriguing as a speculative fiction, with glossy production values that may win viewers over. But I found myself wondering: If we’re seeing so many powerful witches on our screens, why are so many women these days feeling so, well, powerless? arts@orlandoweekly.com

Morgan Saylor and Sophie Lowe in Blow the Man Down, streaming on Amazon Prime

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In their feature debut, writer-directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy give the crime-noir genre a radical, feminist rethink BY MARYANN JOHA N SON

ow do women manage the crimes and misde- the ferocity of which only becomes apparent the further meanors of men? How do women survive them? down the rabbit hole of small-town interpersonal politics There is no one answer; there are many answers, we tumble herein. Our introduction to the village of Easter Cove, Maine, and varied ones … and sometimes the tough but rational comes via a classic sea chanty – the choices women make in situations one that gives the film its name, and in which they have little power it will come with an ironic sting or autonomy bump up against the BLOW THE MAN DOWN – sung by the local fishermen. It’s tough but rational choices made by streaming on Amazon Prime thrillingly presented, a bold, offother women in similar straits. This kilter music video of an opener, and thorny knot of competing motives yet it’s also somehow comforting, and pragmatic morality is at the redolent of tradition. It’s the sort of heart of the quietly savage and thing you might see in a TV ad for occasionally weirdly funny Blow the frozen fish sticks, a way to reassure a worried mom that this Man Down. With their feature debut, writer-directors Bridget choice for the family dinner is a wholesome, all-American Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy give the crime-noir one. What else is traditional and all-American? The secrets genre a radical, feminist rethink the likes of which I cannot recall seeing before, and the simmering anger, nay, of the town that sisters Mary Beth (Morgan Saylor) and

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Priscilla (Sophie Lowe) Connolly start to uncover in the wake of the death of their mother, a bedrock of the little community and an unofficial town elder. I am loath to say too much about the plot, because one grim joy of Blow is how cleverly and wisely it lets its intentions unfurl. As the sisters struggle to figure out how to move on with their lives – Mary Beth can’t want to get back to college, which she had put on hold for a year to tend their ailing mother; Priscilla is trying to keep the family’s fish shop running – they must contend with the aftermath of a violent encounter with a young man who is their peer. At the same time, they’re learning things about their mother’s friends – tough entrepreneur Enid Nora Devlin (Margo Martindale) and interfering busybody Susie Gallagher (June Squibb) among them – that center around how they all coped with corralling men intent on taking advantage of women. And yet all that is too reductive! Our initial impressions of all these women are too narrow – in fact, we come to realize, they’ve been shaped by cruel, sexist stereotypes. Conflict and compassion wax and wane to become the smart and sneaky driving force of a noir in which the mystery to be solved isn’t quite what we think it is. There are dead bodies here, literal and figurative, but the question of “Who did this murder?” is one a lot more intricate and complicated than even this twisty genre has trained us to expect. The mysteries here have answers that are unsettling … and, depending on your perspective, those mysteries might perhaps even be considered ultimately unsettled. This is what happens when women filmmakers start telling stories about women’s lives told from women’s points of view. We see the aspects of women’s realities that male filmmakers either never see or are often unable to fully understand and empathize with. Blow gets under the skin, with its profound understanding of how so many women face such limited options for improving our lives or just getting through the day. The necessary pragmatism of women’s lives is on full display here, and yet that pragmatisim is often hidden from men … as it is in Easter Cove. Cheekily, Blow the Man Down goes full #NotAllMen on itself. Turning upside-down the gender dynamic that prevails across too many movies, men are in a minority here among the wonderful female cast and the authentic array of female characters with different agendas, diverse takes on the world and opposing desires. The two most prominent male characters are knowing clichés. Older cop Officer Coletti (Skipp Sudduth) is a harmless dolt, the lazy old hand who can’t be bothered much anymore to do his job while still enjoying its perks. But much younger Officer Brennan (Will Brittain) is sharper, keener, and unable to take the easy route to close a case. Coletti may be blind to the subterranean social structure of the town, but Brennan is starting to get an inkling that the world is a lot more complex than it seems from his perch, with players who have remained out of sight. That might be uncomfortable for him, but as far as women’s hidden lives finally being appreciated, that’s a glimmer of hope for the future.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “If all the world’s a stage, where the hell is the teleprompter?” asks aphorist Sami Feiring. In my astrological opinion, you Aries are the least likely of all the signs to identify with that perspective. While everyone else might wish they could be better prepared for the nonstop improvisational tests of everyday life, most of you tend to prefer what I call the “naked spontaneity” approach. If you were indeed given the chance to use a teleprompter, you’d probably ignore it. Everything I just said is especially and intensely true for you right now. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) When Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun was 25 years old, a doctor told him that the tuberculosis he had contracted would kill him within three months. But in fact, Hamsun lived 67 more years, until the age of 92. I suspect there’s an equally erroneous prophecy or unwarranted expectation impacting your life right now. A certain process or phenomenon that seems to be nearing an end may in fact reinvent or resurrect itself, going on to last for quite some time. I suggest you clear away any misapprehensions you or others might have about it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) I invite you to remember what you were thinking and feeling around your birthday in 2019. Were there specific goals you hoped to accomplish between then and your birthday in 2020? Were there bad old habits you aimed to dissolve and good new habits you proposed to instigate? Was there a lingering wound you aspired to heal or a debilitating memory you longed to conquer? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of your progress in projects like those. And if you find that you have achieved less than you had hoped, I trust you will dedicate yourself to playing catch-up in the weeks between now and your birthday. You may be amazed at how much ground you can cover.

amiable barbarian.” Russian superstar author Leo Tolstoy claimed the Bard had “a complete absence of aesthetic feeling.” England’s first poet laureate, John Dryden, called Shakespeare’s language “scarcely intelligible.” T.E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, declared the Bard had a second-rate mind. Lord Byron said, “Shakespeare’s name stands too absurdly high and will go down.” His contemporary, the poet and playwright Ben Jonson, asserted that he “never had six lines together without a fault.” I offer these cheeky views to encourage you Leos to enjoy your own idol-toppling and authority-questioning activities in the coming weeks. You have license to be an irrepressible iconoclast. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgo-born Jack Ma is China’s richest person and one of the world’s most powerful businessmen. He co-founded Alibaba, the Chinese version of Amazon.com. He likes his employees to work hard, but also thinks they should cultivate a healthy balance between work and life. In his opinion, they should have sex six times a week, or 312 times a year. Some observers have suggested that’s too much – especially if you labor 12 hours a day, six days a week, as Jack Ma prefers – but it may not be excessive for you Virgos. The coming months could be a very erotic time. But please practice safe sex in every way imaginable. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) How hard are you willing to work on your most important relationships? How might your life change for the better if you gave them your most potent resourcefulness and panache? The next eight weeks will be a favorable time for you to attend to these matters. During this fertile time, you will have unprecedented power to reinvigorate togetherness with imaginative innovations. I propose you undertake the following task: Treat your intimate alliances as creative art projects that warrant your supreme ingenuity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) I can’t swim. There was a good reason when I was a kid: I’m allergic to chlorine, and my mom wouldn’t let me take lessons at the local chlorine-treated pool. Since then, the failure to learn is inexcusable, and I’m embarrassed about it. Is there an equivalent phenomenon in your life, my fellow Cancerian? The coming weeks might be an excellent time to meditate on how to correct the problem. Now excuse me while I head out to my solo self-administered swim lesson, buoyed by instructions I got from a YouTube video.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “I make mistakes,” confessed author Jean Kerr. “I’ll be the second to admit it.” She was making a joke, contrasting her tepid sense of responsibility with the humbler and more common version of the idiom, which is “I make mistakes; I’ll be the first to admit it.” In the coming weeks, I’ll be fine if you merely match her mild level of apology – just as long as you do indeed acknowledge some culpability in what has gone amiss or awry or off-kilter. One way or another, you need to be involved in atonement and correction – for your own sake.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Is William Shakespeare the greatest author who ever lived? French philosopher Voltaire didn’t think so, calling him “an

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favorable time to enter a new phase of rumination about that possibility. If you’ve been dreaming off and on about a big project that could activate your dormant creative powers and captivate your imagination for a long time to come, now would be a perfect moment to get more practical about it. If you have fantasized about finding a new role that would allow you to express even more of your beauty and intelligence, you have arrived at a fertile phase to move to the next stage of that fantasy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) I suggest you make room in your life for a time of sacred rejuvenation. Here are activities you might try: Recall your favorite events of the past. Reconnect with your roots. Research your genetic heritage. Send prayers to your ancestors, and ask them to converse with you in your dreams. Have fun feeling what it must have been like when you were in your mother’s womb. Get a phone consultation with a past-life regression therapist who can help you recover scenes from your previous incarnations. Feel reverence and gratitude for traditions that are still meaningful to you. Reaffirm your core values – the principles that serve as your lodestar. And here’s the No. 1 task I recommend: Find a place of refuge in your imagination and memories; use your power of visualization to create an inner sanctuary. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Are we just being poetic and fanciful when we say that wonder is a survival skill? Not according to the editors who assembled the collection of essays gathered in a book called Wonder and Other Survival Skills. They propose that a capacity to feel awe and reverence can help us to be vital and vigorous; that an appreciation for marvelous things makes us smart and resilient; that it’s in our selfish interests to develop a humble longing for sublime beauty and an attraction to sacred experiences. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to dive deep into these healing pleasures, dear Aquarius. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) For decades, the city of Sacramento, California, suffered from severe floods when the Sacramento and American rivers overflowed their banks. Residents authorized a series of measures to prevent these disasters, culminating in the construction of a 59,000-acre floodplain that solved the problem. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to plan an equally systematic transformation. It could address a big ongoing problem like Sacramento’s floods, or it could be a strategy for reorganizing and recreating your life so as to gloriously serve your long-term dreams. freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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“OPEN AND SHUT” My husband and I got married in August of 2019 and we were together for over five years before getting married. I’m very happy and love him with all my heart. I want to have his kids and support his entrepreneurial efforts as he supports mine. We don’t fight, we just have some tiffs here and there. The kicker is that I have a tough time feeling him during sex and he doesn’t last as long as I would like him to. We’re adventurous enough to try different things, i.e. toys and different positions, but I find myself sexually unfulfilled. He also isn’t very willing/interested in going down on me; in fact, he has not once gone down on me. I’m also finding myself attracted to and fantasizing about other men. I don’t know what the solution is. I’m not opposed to opening up a marriage but I worry that I’m just being selfish and that it’s too soon to try or even discuss it at any length. I did bring up a crush I have on a co-worker and my husband said, “There’s nothing wrong with having a snack.” What did he mean by that? Do you have any other insights or suggestions on what to do? Married Not Dead I shared your letter with Tristan Taormino, author of Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. Through her books, lectures and podcasts, Taormino has helped countless couples navigate the transition from monogamy to non-monogamy. But before we dive into the specifics of your situation, MND, there’s something Taormino and I want to make clear to all. “In this time of a global pandemic, thinking and talking about non-monogamy is all you can do right now,” Taormino says. “This goes for everyone: No new sex partners until public health experts say we can go back to standing closer than six feet apart. Even then, we’re going to have to proceed with caution.” Listen up, people: The woman who literally wrote the book on open relationships says open and poly relationships are canceled for the time being. “Yup, canceled,” Taormino says, “unless every one of your partners lives with you.” While COVID-19 isn’t classified as a sexually transmitted infection, having sex 30

with someone who has coronavirus would boyfriend was never going to eat your almost certainly result in transmission. pussy. (Spoiler: I would’ve told you to And since people who get infected typi- dump him.) Since you chose not to break cally don’t show symptoms for up to two up with your boyfriend over the lack of weeks, the fact that someone appears to cunnilingus back then and you don’t want be healthy doesn’t mean they are corona- to divorce your husband over it now, free. Someone can look and feel great MND, it would seem that going without oral – at least going without at home – is and be both infected and infectious. So for the time being we should only the price of admission you’re willing to be having sex with a sex partner we pay to be with this guy. As for your other issues about your sex live with. If you have more than one sex partner and you’re all staying in the same life with your husband – you don’t “feel place, great! Poly isn’t canceled for you him” during penis-in-vagina intercourse and your partners. But we shouldn’t be and it’s over too quickly – the right toys hooking up with new partners in person could certainly help. But if your husband or going to see established partners we ruled out penetration toys that were bigdon’t live with. That goes double for ger than his cock, or if you didn’t order any that were bigger meeting up with than his cock to non-cohabitatavoid hurting his ing partners feelings, you’re who have other gonna have partners and During the pandemic, we to broach the whose other shouldn’t be hooking up with subject of buypartners have new partners in person. ing some toys other partners you can really of their own. feel. And since The good news experimenting is that sexting with new posiand dirty video tions didn’t help chats are both allowed and encouraged, kids, so we can your husband last longer, you should try get off online with new people as well alternating between toys and his cock as established partners who live on the during PIV, which will make both the sex other side of town or the other side of (and the husband) last longer. “If MND’s husband is really in this relathe world. Hell, get the whole polycule together on Zoom – just don’t actually tionship, he should be open and willing to get together (or get under) anyone you give most anything a try,” says Taormino. “MND really needs to see that he’s as don’t live with. OK! With that out of the way, MND, interested in her pleasure and satisfaction as he is in his own. And if there’s somewe’re going to answer your question. “I’m glad MND is being honest with thing she wants to try or something that her husband about her desires, but let’s really turns her on and gets her off that take that further with even more specific her husband doesn’t know about, now is talk about what’s missing in her sex life,” the time to share the juicy details.” As for opening up the relationship, I Taormino says. “In her letter, I heard: pussy-eating, intense enough sensation wouldn’t advise most people to initiate from intercourse and longer sex ses- that convo at this moment. Because if the sions. I’ll translate that: She’s missing conversation goes badly – and they often pleasure, reciprocation and orgasms for do at first – that could mean sheltering her. She is NOT being selfish for wanting in place with an angry person. But based these things. They are pretty fundamental on your husband’s reaction when you aspects of a sexual relationship, and she confessed having a crush on a co-worker, needs to address them with her husband I think you could risk discussing opening up while you’re locked down. Your husfirst.” Backing way the hell up: Assuming you band didn’t say there was nothing wrong knew about my column five years ago, with fantasizing about a snack, MND, he MND, it’s telling you didn’t ask for my said there’s nothing wrong with having a advice back when you realized your new snack. That’s not a green light to immedi-

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ately outsource getting your pussy eaten. But his calm reaction when you confided in him is a good sign. First things first: you need to work with your husband on improving your sex life at home and you should have a convo about that – and a convo about ordering some new sex toys – before you make plans to open up the relationship and start getting your pussy eaten elsewhere. “Exploring non-monogamy is one way to address sexual incompatibilities and expand our capacity for love and intimacy,” Taormino says. “But the stuff between the two of them needs to gets talked about first. Otherwise, you’re glossing over the issues with something new and shiny.” Follow Tristan Taormino on Twitter @TristanTaormino. I’ve been in love with a close friend for years. Social distancing has thrown major life “regrets” into high relief and I would be crushed if something happened to him. We’ve both been distancing for two weeks and neither of us have symptoms. Can I have him come over to hang out? What if we ended up making out or hooking up? He has housemates and I don’t, so he’s around more people than I am, but everyone at his house has been distancing too. I see so many questions about hooking up with randos and that seems like a clear no-no. But what about hooking up with someone you know? No Regrets Also a no-no, NR. We’re not supposed to come within six feet of anyone we don’t live with, which means you can’t invite this guy over to play cribbage and/or fuck you senseless. If you wanted to invite him over to stay, you could shack up and wait out the lockdown together. But you can’t invite him over just to play. Instead of inviting him over and hoping for something to happen, NR, you should give this guy a call and tell him how you feel. He might feel the same way and want to be your quarantine buddy. But if he doesn’t feel the same way, at least you’ll know. Rejections we can get over, NR, but regrets are for life. mail@savagelove.net

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: ESTATE OF KAREN ANN DELANEY Deceased. PROBATE DIVISION. File Number 2020-CP000539. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION: The administration of the estate of KAREN ANN DELANEY, deceased, File Number 2020-CP000539 is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave., Suite 355, Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All persons on whom this notice is served who have objections that challenge the validity of the will, the qualifications of the personal representative, venue, or jurisdiction of this Court are required to file their objections with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is March 25, 2020. Attorney for

Personal Representative: Barbara A. Schaus, Esq., 380 Cleveland Drive, Buffalo, NY 14215-1491, Telephone: (716) 838-5095, Florida Bar No.: 880353. Personal Representative: Kyle G. Delaney, 257 Orchard Place, Lackawanna, NY 14218. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF: Karen A. Kern, Deceased. File No. 2020CP000591-O Division NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The administration of the estate of Karen A. Kern, deceased, whose date of death was September 29, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 3/25/20. Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Timothy L. Finkenbinder, Attorney, Florida Bar Number: 0025480, Overstreet, Miles, Cumbie, Finkenbinder, & Bondy, P.A., 100 Church Street, Kissimmee, Florida 34741, Telephone: (407) 847-5151, Fax: (407) 847-3353, E-Mail: tfinkenbinder@kisslawyer.com, Secondary E-Mail: tmorgan@kisslawyer.com. Personal Representative: /s/ Matthew R. Kern, 1433 Abberton Drive, Orlando, Florida 32837 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 / Doherty CASE NO.: DP18-563 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: K.C. DOB: 03/23/2017, N.C. DOB: 06/22/2018. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: ALYSHA JENKINS, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. A Petition for Termina-

tion of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Patricia Doherty on April 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. 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 AD 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 March, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Tara O. Kennedy, Esquire FBN.: 0067262 Senior Attorney for State of Florida. tara. ocain@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/JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.:

DP19-364. IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: K, P DOB: 06/11/2012, D, P DOB: 09/19/2014, C, P DOB: 03/03/2017. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Mandell Smith (father), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS 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 the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on April 30, 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 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. 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 4th day of March 2020. This summons has been issued at

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP19-364. IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: K, P DOB: 06/11/2012, D, P DOB: 09/19/2014, C, P DOB: 03/03/2017. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Treva Kimberly Peters (mother), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS 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 the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on April 30, 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 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. 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 4th day of March 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy. mcduffie@ 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/JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP19-364. IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: K, P DOB: 06/11/2012, D, P DOB: 09/19/2014, C, P DOB: 03/03/2017. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Charles Clark (Putative Father), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS 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 the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on April 30, 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 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. 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 4th day of March 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy. mcduffie@ 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/JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP19-429. IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: O, P DOB: 07/29/2019. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (MBI) STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Mauro Pillcorema (father), 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 the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on May 21, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING (MBI). 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. 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. 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 10th day of March 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy.mcduffie@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/JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP19-429. IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: O, P DOB: 07/29/2019. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (MBI) STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Tina Pillcorema A/K/A Prunty (mother), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on May 21, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING (MBI). 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. 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. 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 10th day of March 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy.mcduffie@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,

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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 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 CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA. IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION CASE NO.: 19-DR-008198 OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A A.A and E.R.B., Minor Children. DIVISION: R. NOTICE OF HEARING ON VERIFIED PETITION FOR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Marcos Rosa (DOB 07/09/1965), a 54-year-old white/Hispanic male with gray hair and brown eyes, approximate height 5’7 and weight 145 lbs. A petition to terminate parental rights has been filed regarding a female child born on May 1, 2014 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, and a female child born on August 1, 2015 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. There will be a hearing on the petition to terminate parental rights on April 27, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. The Honorable Wesley D. Tibbals in court room # 2, 301 N. Michigan Avenue, Plant City, Florida 33563. The court has set aside 15 minutes for this hearing. UNDER SECTION 63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD. 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 within two (2) working days of the date the service is needed: Complete the Request for Accommodations Form and submit to 800 Twiggs Street, Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602. If you are hearing impaired or voice impaired, call TDD 1-800955-8771. Respectfully submitted, LEENETTA BLANTON CARDEN, P.A. /s/ LEENETTA BLANTON

CARDEN, ESQUIRE, Florida Bar No.: 885584, 3308 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite A, Tampa, Florida 33629, Office: (813) 876-3600, Email: lee@leecardenlaw.com. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION Case No.: 19-DR008198 Division: R. Leenetta Blanton Carden, Attorney for the Petitioner, and Marcos Rosa (a/k/a Mike Rosa), Respondent, PLURIES SUMMONS: PERSONAL SERVICE ON AN INDIVIDUAL ORDEN DE COMPARECENCIA: SERVICIO PERSONAL EN UN INDIVIDUO CITATION: L’ASSIGNATION PERSONAL SUR UN INDIVIDUEL TO/PARA/A: Marcos Rosa (a/k/a Mike Rosa), 12 South Central Ave Apt. B, Winter Garden, FL, 347873445. IMPORTANT A Termination of Parental Rights Petition has been filed against you. You have 20 calendar days after this summons is served on you to file a written response to the attached complaint/ petition with the clerk of this circuit court, located at: 301 N Michigan Ave, Plant City, FL 33563. A phone call will not protect you. Your written response, including the case number given above and the names of the parties, must be filed if you want the Court to hear your side of the case. If you do not file your written response on time, you may lose the case, and your wages, money, and property may be taken thereafter without further warning from the Court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service or a legal aid office (listed in the phone book). If you choose to file a written response yourself, at the same time you file your written response to the Court, you must also serve a copy of your written response on the party serving this summons at: Attorney Leenetta Blanton Carden 3308 West Kennedy Boulevard Suite A Tampa, Florida 33609. If the party serving summons has designated email address(es) for service or is represented by an attorney, you may designate email address(es) for service by or on you. Service must be in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’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. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and Email Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in

this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. IMPORTANTE Usted ha sido demandado legalmente. Tiene veinte (20) dias, contados a partir del recibo de esta notificacion, para contestar la demanda adjunta, por escrito, y presentarla ante este tribunal. Localizado en: 301 N Michigan Ave, Plant City, FL 33563. Una llamada telefonica no lo protegera. Si usted desea que el tribunal considere su defensa, debe presentar su respuesta por escrito, incluyendo el numero del caso y los nombres de las partes interesadas. Si usted no contesta la demanda a tiempo, pudiese perder el caso y podria ser despojado de sus ingresos y propiedades, o privado de sus derechos, sin previo aviso del tribunal. Existen otros requisitos legales. Si lo desea, usted puede consultar a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a una de las oficinas de asistencia legal que aparecen en la guia telefonica. Si desea responder a la demanda por su cuenta, al mismo tiempo en que presente su respuesta ante el tribunal, usted debe enviar por correo o entregar una copia de su respuesta a la persona denominada abajo. Si usted elige presentar personalmente una respuesta por escrito, en el mismo momento que usted presente su respuesta por escrito al Tribunal, usted debe enviar por correo o llevar una copia de su respuesta por escrito a la parte entregando esta orden de comparencencia a: Nombre y direccion de la parte que entrega la orden de comparencencia: Attorney Leenetta Blanton Carden 3308 West Kennedy Boulevard Suite A Tampa, Florida 33609. Copias de todos los documentos judiciales de este caso, incluyendo las ordenes, estan disponibles en la oficina del Secretario de Juzgado del Circuito [Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office]. Estos documentos pueden ser revisados a su solicitud. Usted debe de manener informada a la oficina del Secretario de Juzgado del Circuito de su direccion actual. (Usted puede presentar el Formulario: Ley de Familia de la Florida 12.915, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915, [Designation of Current Mailing and Email Address].) Los papelos que se presenten en el futuro en esta demanda judicial seran env ados por correo a la direccion que este registrada en la oficina del Secretario. ADVERTENCIA: Regla 12.285 (Rule 12.285), de las Reglas de Procedimiento de Ley

de Familia de la Florida [Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure], requiere cierta revelacion automatica de documentos e informacion. El incumplimient, puede resultar en sanciones, incluyendo la desestimacion o anulacion de los alegatos. IMPORTANT Des poursuites judiciaries ont ete entreprises contre vous. Vous avez 20 jours consecutifs a partir de la date de l’assignation de cette citation pour deposer une reponse ecrite a la plainte ci-jointe aupres de ce tribunal. Qui se trouve a: 301 N Michigan Ave, Plant City, FL 33563. Un simple coup de telephone est insuffisant pour vous proteger; vous etes obliges de deposer votre reponse ecrite, avec mention du numero de dossier ci-dessus et du nom des parties nommees ici, si vous souhaitez que le tribunal entende votre cause. Si vous ne deposez pas votre reponse ecrite dans le delai requis, vous risquez de perdre la cause ainsi que votre salaire, votre argent, et vos biens peuvent etre saisis par la suite, sans aucun preavis ulterieur du tribunal. Il y a d’autres obligations juridiques et vous pouvez requerir les services immediats d’un avocat. Si vous ne connaissez pas d’avocat, vous pourriez telephoner a un service de reference d’avocats ou a un bureau d’assistance juridique (figurant a l’annuaire de telephones). Si vous choisissez de deposer vous-meme une reponse ecrite, il vous faudra egalement, en meme temps que cette formalite, faire parvenir ou expedier une copie au carbone ou une photocopie de votre reponse ecrite a la partie qui vous depose cette citation. Nom et adresse de la partie qui depose cette citation: Attorney Leenetta Blanton Carden 3308 West Kennedy Boulevard Suite A Tampa, Florida 33609 Les photocopies de tous les documents tribunals de cette cause, y compris des arrets, sont disponible au bureau du greffier. Vous pouvez revue ces documents, sur demande. Il faut aviser le greffier de votre adresse actuelle. (Vous pouvez deposer Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915, Designation of Current Mailing and Email Address.) Les documents de l’avenir de ce proces seront envoyer a l’adresse que vous donnez au bureau du greffier. ATTENTION: La regle 12.285, des regles de procedure du droit de la famille de la Floride exige que l’on remette certains renseignements et certains documents a la partie adverse. Tout refus de les fournir pourra donner lieu a des sanctions, y compris le rejet ou la suppression d’un ou de plusieurs actes de procedure. THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO EACH SHERIFF OF THE STATE: You are commanded to serve this summons and

a copy of the complaint in this lawsuit on the above-named person. DATED: 2/25/2020. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By: /s/ Sherika Virgil, 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. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Erika Pitera, of 2741 Matera Dr., St. Cloud, FL 34771, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Pitera Studios It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Pitera Studios” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 3/24/20 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Kacy Inglis, of 4272 Spoleto Circle, Apartment 300, Oviedo, FL 32765 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: Lavender Mint Naturals It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Lavender Mint Naturals” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.

Dated: 3/26/2020 Notice Is Hereby Given that UDR Blake LLC, 1745 Shea Center Drive, Suite 200, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of The Blake, 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 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: AATR ORLANDO gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 04/17/2020, 09:00 am at 9712 RECYCLE CENTER RD ORLANDO, FL 32824- 8146, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. AATR ORLANDO reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. 1B3HB48B07D582471 2007 DODGE KMHCN4AC5BU617531 2011 HYUNDAI 3FA6P0LU7JR141658 2018 FORD 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. APRIL 22, 2020 5YFBURHE0KP867635 2019 TOYOTA APRIL 23, 2020 1FMYU02122KB31608 2002 FORD JHLRD68516C000355 2006 HONDA APRIL 24, 2020 1FMEU65E09UA44504 2009 FORD MAY 7, 2020 1FTEW1E51JFD14687 2018 FORD.

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Employment Events Coordinator needed for Golden Goal Sports: Ocoee, FL: Resp. for coordntg. details of evts, incl. plan., booking, put. up décor. Ord. event mat., & ensure evt runs smoothly. Conslt. w/cutomer to detrm. objct. & req. of evts; Resrch. Res., mrkt. Con., make site visits, & lead pre-event meet. to make dec. about evt. design; Comply w/legal, ins., health & safe regs.; Track the overall evt. Exp.; Req. BBA. FT, mail resume @ 14561 Cableshire Way Orlando FL 32824 F/T Engineer in Orlando, FloridaEPG Engineering: Two immediate full-time positions available for electrical engineers. Must know the basics of consulting engineering and project management. You will design mechanical (HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection) and electrical systems for state of the art buildings. You will work closely with technical and non-technical team members on a variety of tasks that facilitate your development as a consulting engineer. The successful candidate shall be able to design; (1) electrical infrastructure for road way lights, (2) ITS equipment including cameras, sensors, wrong way detection systems, and dynamic message system, (3) layout duct design for air distribution withing a building (4) and layout supply and waste plumbing system withing a building. Candidate must have complete knowledge of use of Revit. Candidate must be able to sign up and take the FE exam within 24 months and PE exam within 60 months. Requirements: BA in Electrical

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