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LWTEST COVID-19 DATA
Dec. 1 NGHS data
Dec. 1 DPH data for Hall County
Total COVID-19 patients: 181
Total cases: 12,541
Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 106
Cases per 100k: 6,077.57
Braselton COVID-19 patients: 49
Confirmed deaths: 195
Total discharged: 3,086
Hospitalizations: 1,259
Total deaths: 429
Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 11.2%
WEATHER
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56°/37°
Record high
73° in 1998
Record low
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55 42 s
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CELEBRIS REPORT
‘All my love, Elliot’: Actor
Page comes out as trans
Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page,
the star of “Juno,” “Inception” and “The
Umbrella Academy,” came out as trans
gender Tuesday in an announcement
greeted as a watershed moment for the
trans community in Hollywood.
“I love that I am trans. And I
love that I am queer,” Page said
in a statement on social media.
Page, the 33-year-old actor
from Nova Scotia, said his
decision to come out as trans,
which also involved changing
his first name, came after a long
journey and with much support
from the LGBTQ community.
“I can’t begin to express how remark
able it feels to finally love who I am enough
to pursue my authentic self,” Page wrote.
“I’ve been endlessly inspired by so many in
the trans community. Thank you for your
courage, your generosity and ceaselessly
working to make this world a more inclu
sive and compassionate place.”
“The more I hold myself close and fully
embrace who I am, the more I dream,
the more my heart grows and the more I
thrive,” added Page, who said his pronouns
are “he” and “they.”
Page signed his statement with the
words, “All my love, Elliot.”
The announcement was celebrated
widely on social media by LGBTQ rights
advocates and many in the film industry.
Netflix, maker of the comic book series
“The Umbrella Academy,” said, “So proud
of our superhero! We love you Elliot!”
“Elliot Page has given us fantastic char
acters on-screen, and has been an out
spoken advocate for all LGBTQ
people,” said Nick Adams,
GLAAD’s Director of Trans
gender Media. “He will now
be an inspiration to countless
trans and non-binary people.
All transgender people deserve
the chance to be ourselves and
to be accepted for who we are. We
celebrate the remarkable Elliot Page
today.”
Page broke out in Jason Reitman’s 2007
film “Juno” in a performance as a preg
nant teenager that earned him an Acad
emy Award nomination.
Page has frequently worked to bring
the lives of LGBTQ characters to screen,
including the 2015 film “Freeheld,” which
he produced and starred in as the partner
of a dying New Jersey police detective who
had been denied pension benefits.
Last year, he made his directorial debut
with the documentary “There’s Something
in the Water,” about environmental dam
age on Black and First Nations communi
ties in Nova Scotia.
Associated Press
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.
In 1816, the first savings bank in the United States, the Phila
delphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.
In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine oppos
ing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his
raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October.
In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain
reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of
Chicago.
In 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution con
demning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., saying he had
“acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the
Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
In 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylva
nia, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the U.S.,
began operations. (The reactor ceased operating in 1982.)
In 1970, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency
opened its doors under its first director, William D. Ruckelshaus.
In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the Univer
sity of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial
heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived
112 days with the device.
In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to
death by security forces in Medellin.
In 2000, Al Gore sought a recount in South Florida, while
George W. Bush flatly asserted, “I’m soon to be the president”
and met with GOP congressional leaders.
In 2016, 36 people died when fire erupted in an illegally con
verted warehouse in Oakland, California, during a dance party.
BIRTHDAYS
Former Attorney General
Edwin Meese III is 89. Ac
tor Cathy Lee Crosby is 76.
Movie director Penelope
Spheeris is 75. Actor Ron
Raines is 71. Country
singer John Wesley Ryles is
70. Actor Keith Szarabajka
is 68. Actor Dan Butler is
66. Broadcast journalist
Stone Phillips is 66. Actor
Dennis Christopher is 65.
Actor Steven Bauer is 64.
Country singer Joe Henry
is 60. Rock musician Rick
Savage (Def Leppard) is
60. Actor Brendan Coyle is
57. Rock musician Nate
Mendel (Foo Fighters) is
52. Actor Suzy Nakamura
is 52. Actor Rena Sofer is
52. Actor Lucy Liu is 52.
Rapper Treach (Naughty
By Nature) is 50. Actor Joe
LoTruglio is 50. Interna
tional Tennis Hall of Famer
Monica Seles is 47. Singer
Nelly Furtado is 42. Pop
singer Britney Spears is 39.
Actor-singer Jana Kramer
is 37. Actor Yvonne Orji
is 37. Actor Daniela Ruah
is 37. NFL quarterback
Aaron Rodgers is 37. Actor
Alfred Enoch is 32. Pop
singer-songwriter Charlie
Puth is 29. Actors Deanna
and Daniella Canterman
are 28.
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Women employees work on a jeep assembly line at Willys-Overland Motors plant in
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1941. The vehicles are used by U.S. army personnel to tow heavy
caliber anti-tank guns and to transport troops.
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
New relationships have their
own special magic, a spark
that can largely be created by
our fantasies of who we want
people to be and who we want
ourselves to be.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Of
all the notable sounds you’ll
hear during the day, the two
you’ll enjoy most will be your
name on the lips of a delightful
someone and the low din of life
in the distance, uninterrupted
by anything that requires your
attention.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Wanting a particular outcome
too badly makes you less
aware of the nuances of tim
ing. Help yourself play it cool
by doing what it takes to return
to a state of relaxed neutrality.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It seems like with sufficient
evidence to make your point,
the others would concede
without drama. It is not so, as
everyone has their own opin
ion about the evidence. The
only way to reduce drama is to
drop out of the fight.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Items
in your everyday life get out
of control, seeming to have
lives of their own or decaying
in some way before your eyes.
When the back of the closet
and the refrigerator are declut-
tered, so will be your mind.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The
easiest people to be around
today will be neither related to
you nor reminiscent of anyone
from your original family. You’ll
see another side of yourself
because they do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). The
anchors of life are very useful
and can keep you from drift
ing, emotionally or otherwise,
to parts unknown. But you’re
supposed to lower them when
the ship is at rest, not en route.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
With the internet alive and ea
ger with information, you have
to be a little judicious about
what you ask. There are things
you really don’t want to know.
Once you learn, you cannot
unlearn, so go carefully.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You like the look of the
situation and now it’s time to
do a deeper dive. Is there sub
stance hereto match? If there
is, then you’ll know within 10
questions.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You cannot develop yourself
and ignore yourself at the
same time. You are a reliable
entity who must be listened to,
first by you. Put self-approval
before validation from others,
and then act on what you ap
prove of.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Certain individuals seem
crystalized against the truths
you hold so dear. On the bright
side, if it were not the case,
you wouldn’t have nearly the
drive to explore, practice and
celebrate this important part of
who you are.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You would rather do the listen
ing than the talking, but what’s
out there to listen to today will
either be too quiet to hear or,
quite frankly, not worth listen
ing to. Take this as an invita
tion. The world needs your
contribution.
