Python hunter Dusty Crum recently found out Burmese pythons carry an oil that's a key ingredient in COVID-19 vaccines. Right now sharks supply that oil, but Crum says using pythons instead is better for the environment.
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Rockets launch almost every week just a few miles north of Rusty’s Seafood & Oyster Bar in Cape Canaveral. The restaurant shakes when a spacecraft breaks the sound barrier and leaves Earth behind. Commercial space launches from companies like SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, helped drive the Space Coast economy in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Signs point to an even stronger 2021, especially for the private space industry. “Praise Elon,” said Rhett Fischer, the restaurant’s manager, jokingly. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Deep in the Florida Everglades, Dusty Crum known as the Wildman is on the hunt for pythons. We are going to save the wildlife in the Everglades, that’s my mission, he said.
The invasive snakes have been destroying the native wildlife for years. Now working with researchers, he believes there s another reason to hunt down the snakes: They may contain a key ingredient used for the COVID-19 vaccine. There s some really healing properties in the snake. If you go back in traditional medicine, they’ve been using python and python components for thousands of years, Dusty explained.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ It is with great sadness that Global Research & Discovery Group ( GRDG ) announces the passing of Lieutenant Colonel William H. ( Bill ) Lyerly, Jr., Chief Strategy Advisor to the company. Bill passed away on December 26, 2020 surrounded by family. He dedicated his life to public service with a distinguished career of combined 42 years in the US Military and Senior Executive positions of the US Government.
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Col. Lyerly s remarkable career of service began at the United States Air Force Academy where upon graduation in 1975, he was commissioned an Air Force 2
Blanket project provides roadside assistance Wednesday, December 30, 2020 12:20 PM
As part of her confirmation service project, Caylie Adam created blankets to give to the Winneshiek County Sheriff s Department and the Calmar Police Department. Caylie and family are members of Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar.
The blankets will be given to individuals who break down on the side of the road or have an accident to help them stay warm until further help arrives, or simply to be given to people to brighten their day. Caylie’s family assisted her with the project. Her grandmother, Jan Pfiffner, wrote a grant through the Thrivent Action Team to help fund some of the fleece used to make the blankets. Other family members assisting Caylie were her mother, Bridget Adam, her brothers, Chance and Chase, and her grandparents Jim and Jan Pfiffner. Caylie’s father is the late Scott Adam of Calmar.