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Evolution has promoted many reproductive strategies across the entire spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds its way.Christine Cairns Fortin (conversation)One such method creates considerable suffering for humans. Pollen, the infamous male gametophyte of the plant kingdom.In Florida and other parts of the Southeastern United States, you know that it’s spring when your car turns yellow and pollen covers your patio furniture and what remains outside. Suddenly there are long lines in every car wash in town.Even people who are not allergic to pollen are obviously an advantage for pollinators like me – they can experience sneezing and…
Today’s review of the Orlando Fringe Festival includes “Brain Bros. Presents: Uber Chronicles”, “Cult Classic: A New Musical”, “Gonzo: A Brutal Chrysalis”, “Snoring Mangoes” and “Winning: Winning” all appear in preview. Are the cults of movie shops, Uber-inspired freestyle raps, thrown typewriters, and guys wearing dog cones all in common? All of these are snapshots of this year’s Orlando Fringe show moments, representing the kind of ideas that embody the absurdity the festival is known for. “Brain Bros. Presents: Uber Chronicles” (Brown, 60 Minutes) promoted as “part stand-up, part storytelling” and focuses on Narada Owens’ ride-sharing adventures. The laidback hip-hop…
Standalone bills can be combined into one giant settlement bill, allowing GOPs to bypass the 60-vote filibuster threshold.Three U.S. House committees starting May 11 have advanced part of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” government funding bill and implemented the MAGA agenda.Since then, the House Avenue and Means Committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the House Agriculture Committee have each voted for their own budget bills.The bill passed by a partisan vote touches on loaded issues related to topics such as Medicaid, tax policy, and Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. Republicans have a top-line…
Calling it the health protection gap, legal advocates hope Florida legislators take steps to address the health risks that affect firefighters, particularly volunteer firefighters.In 2019, Sunshine State ratified Senate Bill 426, providing health and financial support to firefighters diagnosed with cancer. The bill offers explicit medical and disability benefits as well as a one-off $25,000 reward to help first responders deal with the negative effects of noble services. Some said the bill had a lack of recognition of the key role of volunteer firefighters as it removed groups from their coverage of protection. One individual who supports the new law…
You won’t be able to hear the roller coaster rumble in downtown Orlando, but the thrill ride has a new presence there. Netherlands-based manufacturing giant Vekoma Rides has opened a North American office in the downtown business district. “We’re a place that’s the theme park aspect, despite working all over the United States,” said Ricardo Etis, Vice President of Sales and Marketing in America. Etges was Vekoma’s first Orlando-based employee. Currently, there are eight people working in the office near the intersection of Orange Avenue and South Street, including research and development engineers. “We basically have an extension of the…
It’s not just that one of his brothers, a new Pope American, lives in Florida.Barry Golson (Commentary of Barry Golson)My son also once bought me the traditional “pope” red socks as a light Christmas present.We’ll connect these two facts soon.Louis Prevast, one of Pope Leo XIV’s two older brothers, lives 70 miles south of Tampa in Port Charlotte. He was an outspoken, Trump supporter, and now he laughed at the television reporter who “has to act.” Another Chicago brother, John Pribull, said he had teased him over the phone about packing a pair of Red Soxes just in case, before…
Glen Rogers, who killed a woman in a room at a Tampa Motel almost 30 years ago, is scheduled to be executed at Florida State Jail on Thursday evening.Apart from his last minute stay, he is killed by a fatal injection at 6pm for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs. Rogers, 62, is a former carnival worker known by the media as “The Casanova Killer” and “The Cross Country Killer” and is believed to have committed other murders. Cribs’ murder occurred on the same day he arrived in Tampa in November 1995. He rented a room at Tampa 8…
Despite the announcement that it would remove non-tariff measures targeting the US, China appears to be enforcing rare earth export controls.China has announced increased control of strategic mineral resources. This move comes days after trade talks with the US, which has put the exports of key materials in the spotlight.In an online statement on May 14, China’s Commerce Ministry said Beijing will strengthen its management of the entire strategic mineral supply chain, including mining, processing, transportation and exports.Comments came two days after a high-level planning meeting in Changsha, a central China city, discussing supply chain management on resources deemed relevant…
Will the future of mass transport in Tampa lie with the airport man?It’s early on, the political situation is tough and there is no clear groundwell for new transport initiatives. But Tampa International Airport’s newly established chief executive Michael Stevens has said the right thing to do to get local transport back to the radar, including a long registered commuter line between the airport and downtown Tampa. Stevens took over from Joe Lopano last month. Joe Lopano retired after 14 years of success, when the airport pulled record passengers, overhauled terminal and office facilities, attracting new long distances and international…
The Charlotte Lozier Institute says the US tax is a major factor, a major factor in how Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion seller, makes money.The Institute, which serves as the education and research division of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, conducted an analysis of publicly available funding sources for planned parent-child relationships.This study examined payroll protection programs managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the Pediatric Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and SMEs administrators, as well as government funding for planned parent-child relationships from publicly available private donors and foundations.Of the…