The sun emitted a “significant solar flare” on Oct. 28 and because of it, the Earth is under a G3 (strong) Geomagnetic Storm Watch until Oct. 31, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The solar flare was categorized as an X1.0-class flare, according to NASA. “X-class denotes the most intense flares, while … Read more
A female crew member has died and another injured following an accident involving a prop firearm on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,” according to a law enforcement. According to the Santa Fe County Sherrif’s Office, the prop firearm was discharged by actor and producer Alec Baldwin, 68. The female victim was identified … Read more
District champions could be crowned and career records broken Friday night in Week 9 of the high school football regular season.
Tavares hosts Eustis in a Class 5A battle of Lake County rivals who have gone nearly two decades without a district title. The Bulldogs can claim the trophy outright for the first time since 2004 with a win.
Eustis, district champs in 2005, likely needs a win Friday and another next week vs. Mount Dora to end its drought. The Eagles won four in a row against Tavares from 2015-18 before the Bulldogs scored a 22-20 win in 2019.
Four district matchups between Sentinel Super 16 teams will help paint the postseason picture moving forward.
The city of Ocoee’s reworked pet-sale ordinance was widely panned Tuesday night by more than two dozen animal welfare advocates who tried but failed to persuade city commissioners to stick with a county ordinance that will outlaw the retail sale of puppies, kittens and bunnies beginning next summer.
The hotly debated Ocoee ordinance passed 3-2 with Mayor Rusty Johnson leading the way to benefit a city pet shop.
The new rule allows one store — Chews A Puppy on West Colonial — to keep selling puppies and kittens after the county ban kicks in June 22.
Unless the county rule is overturned in court, Chews A Puppy would be the only pet shop lawfully permitted to sell puppies not only in Ocoee but also in Orange County and throughout most of Central Florida as Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties have adopted similar bans on retail pet sales.
Frustrated animal-welfare advocates, who lobbied for Orange County’s ban, vowed to keep fighting.
A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretary of state and national security adviser, Mr. Powell died of complications of Covid-19, his family said.
President Ronald Reagan in a White House ceremony in 1987 announcing that Mr. Powell, right, would succeed Frank Carlucci, second from right, as the administration’s national security adviser. Mr. Carlucci was succeeding Caspar Weinberger, far left, as secretary of defense.
Colin L. Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, and whose speech at the United Nations in 2003 helped pave the way for the United States to go to war in Iraq, died on Monday. He was 84.
The cause was complications of Covid-19, his family said in a statement, adding that he had been vaccinated and was being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., when he died there.
Is there a way to tell from the egg carton how old the eggs are?
To determine freshness, a pack-date calendar (or Julian Date calendar) can be used like the one below. This three-digit code indicates the date of packaging, starting with January 1 as 001 and ending with December 31 as 365. These numbers represent the consecutive days of the year. For example a egg carton with a packaging date of 032, means the eggs were packed on February 1st. You can store fresh shell egs in their cartons in the the refrigerator for four to five weeks beyond this date.
Here is an example of the date stamp on a package of Vital Farms Organic Pasture-Raised Eggs. The day that these eggs were packed into the carton is Day 251 on the Julian Calendar which is September 8, 2021. Vital Farms take there labels a bit further and allows the consumer to view the farm that these eggs were harvested. https://vitalfarms.com/farm/.
The photos below are from an ice machine mounted atop a fountain drink dispenser at a very large national chain of gas station/convenience stores in Orlando. It’s funny how the name of the national chain gas station used to describe its hours of operation. After Covid-19 hit, restaurants and bars cut back their maintenance budgets … Read more
Vaxxed and holdouts embrace therapy; experts debate use of therapy by vaccinated
A nurse enters a monoclonal antibody site, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. Numerous sites are open around the state offering monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron to people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Vaxxed and holdouts embrace therapy; experts debate use of therapy by vaccinated
It isn’t just people who are unvaccinated using Florida’s 25 monoclonal antibody treatment clinics, according to Florida officials.
About 45% of the more than 135,000 people who have received the COVID-19 treatment were fully vaccinated, state officials estimate. In parts of the state with higher vaccination rates, such as MiamiDade County, the percentage has been as much as 60%.
But do vaccinated people with breakthrough cases and mild symptoms need to get monoclonal antibody treatment? The question of who should be prioritized is drawing debate in the medical community. The pricey drug cocktail is free to patients but costs taxpayers about $2,100 a dose.
Patients should talk with their doctor, but people who are fully vaccinated and otherwise healthy don’t benefit much from getting the treatment if they develop a breakthrough case of COVID-19, said Michael Teng a virologist at the University of South Florida.
Thousands of bikers are packing Main Street in Daytona Beach for its annual Biketoberfest rally. This year’s rally officially started Thursday with none of the COVID-19 restrictions that were in place last year. “So far so good,” Biker Shirely Hill said. “We love what we are seeing. Everybody is very friendly and it’s been a … Read more
