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I have always loved the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford CT. It is known as the Fish Church. If you look with a creative eye at the exterior shot you can see why.

Shall the United States get back to work by (meaning on or before) Easter Day, as the President now proposes?Yes, the president said he would love to see people back to work by Easter because it's such a special day for him.Trump wants 'packed churches' and economy open again on Easter despite the deadly threat of coronavirusTrump’s remarks in a Fox News “virtual town hall” event at the White House came as more states imposed extreme measures, including shutting down businesses and ordering residents to stay home, to try to slow the spread of the disease.“We’re opening up this incredible country. Because we have to do that. I would love to have it open by Easter,” Trump said.“I would love to have that. It’s such an important day for other reasons, but I’d love to make it an important day for this. I would love to have the country opened up, and rarin’ to go by Easter.”In a second interview with Fox that aired Tuesday afternoon, Trump said he offered the holiday as a deadline because “Easter’s a very special day for me.”“Wouldn’t it be great to have all the churches full?” Trump asked. “You’ll have packed churches all over our country … I think it’ll be a beautiful time.”Doesn't that just make you tear up? Full churches on a day so meaningful to our Christian president. So meaningful that, when asked in 2017, why we celebrate Easter, Trump said it was a day set aside for families to spend time together. It goes without saying that, since he doesn't know what Easter is, he doesn't know what a Christian is, either.But…God and the DonTwo days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump greeted a pair of visitors at his office in Trump Tower.As a swarm of reporters waited in the gilded lobby, the Rev. Patrick O'Connor, the senior pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Queens, and the Rev. Scott Black Johnston, the senior pastor of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, arrived to pray with the next president.From behind his desk on the 26th floor, Trump faced the Celtic cross at the top of the steeple of Johnston's church, located a block south on Fifth Avenue. When Johnston pointed it out to Trump, the President-elect responded by marveling at the thick glass on the windows of his office -- bulletproof panels installed after the election.It was clear that Trump was still preoccupied with his November victory, and pleased with his performance with one constituency in particular."I did very, very well with evangelicals in the polls," Trump interjected in the middle of the conversation -- previously unreported comments that were described to me by both pastors.They gently reminded Trump that neither of them was an evangelical."Well, what are you then?" Trump asked.They explained they were mainline Protestants, the same Christian tradition in which Trump, a self-described Presbyterian, was raised and claims membership. Like many mainline pastors, they told the President-elect, they lead diverse congregations.Trump nodded along, then posed another question to the two men: "But you're all Christians?"Later, the article cites this comment made by Trump in 2015:AUGUST 26, 2015The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into specifics.Yes, we understand why you don't want to go into specifics, Don.But we don't need quotes to know that Trump isn't a Christian.No Christian president would spew racist rhetoric, mock a disabled reporter, and drastically cut programs that help the neediest Americans.No Christian president would place the economy over the lives of the people for whom he is responsible. Trump's priority is a clear demonstration of what god it is he worships.Trump's directive is not only unChristian, it is ignorant.'Catastrophically bad': Doctors warn Trump's new COVID-19 strategy will create 'massive and uncontrolled' devastationAaron E. Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Ashish Jha, a professor of global health at Harvard University, write in The Atlantic that any attempt to prematurely end social distancing while the virus is still spreading exponentially will lead to a “catastrophically bad” result for the United States.“The human cost would be devastating, and the economic toll from that devastation might be even steeper than what we’re seeing right now,” they argue.The two doctors then explain what the results might look like in gruesome detail.“More people could die from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in just a few months than have died in every single war this country has fought since its inception,” they warn. “Such devastation would shut down our hospitals and the entire health-care system. Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses and other health-care professionals would likely get sick. The ripple effects on finances, and on human lives, would be massive and uncontrolled.”This is what Bill Gates has to say about it:Bill Gates on Trump call for quick end to lockdown: It’s tough to tell people ‘keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner’‘There really is no middle ground, and it’s very tough to say to people, “Hey, keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, [and] ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner. We want you to keep spending because there’s maybe a politician who thinks GDP growth is all that counts.” ’Fortunately, 17 governors have stepped up to the challenge that Trump has failed and have issued stay-at-home orders.These states have implemented stay-at-home orders. Here's what that means for youBut what about the rest? Will they follow Trump’s foolish lead?

Surprisingly (for some) Pittsburgh PA has come in at the top of many polls, including by the Sierra Club. The view of the skyline from Mount Washington is like seeing it from a low-flying airplane, simply breathtaking, and the historic incline railways that will take you there are attractions in their own right. And the city and surrounding area is filled with amazing and well preserved architecture, more bridges than any other city on the planet (including many of historic interest and antique covered bridges), hills, and trees that turn amazing colors in the fall. Given this, it’s not surprising that a long list of filmmakers have been shooting their movies in Pittsburgh lately.The Duquesne incline (railway to Mt. Washington) in Winter:Autumn in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh:First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, one of the most beautiful churches on earth, featuring huge stained glass windows designed by Louis Comfort TiffanyThe lobby of the original Carnegie Music Hall, built by Andrew Carnegie for the Pittsburgh Symphony:Pittsburgh in the Movies: Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall becomes a ballet school for “Flashdance”Pittsburgh in the Movies: The Dark Knight, where Pittsburgh becomes “Gotham City”Near Pittsburgh: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece “Fallingwater,” built for Pittsburgh businessman Edgar Kaufmann:Near Pittsburgh: Herline-Kinton, one of many covered bridges in the area