The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is seeing a massive number in leatherback sea turtle nests along the beach. Sea Turtle Nesting Season starts in March and continues until the end of October. 

The nearly 10 mile stretch of beach that the sea turtle research and rehabilitation center monitor has counted to date 69 nests, which is significantly more than normal for this time of year.  Each nest usually contains roughly about 100 eggs that require 45 days to 60 days to hatch. 

Juno Beach is one of the largest sea turtle nesting locations in the world. The main reason why Juno Beach is the most populated sea turtle nesting location is because of the close proximity to the Gulf Stream current that bends towards Florida. 

Researchers…

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South Florida its time to relax with art. To help you from going stir crazy get out an explore some of the finest museums in the world! Consider this as an opportunity to save on airfare and accommodations.  We all should stay home and self-isolate, to reduce contact in the coming weeks, so go for a virtual tour and explore of fabulous art and culture.

Let your journey begin. There is a way to get a little culture and education while you’re confined to your home. Google Arts & Culture teamed up with over 2500 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.

Peek at just some of Google’s top museums that are offering online tours and…

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Good nutrition is crucial for health, particularly in times when the immune system might need to fight back. Limited access to fresh foods may compromise opportunities to continue eating a healthy and varied diet. It can also potentially lead to increased consumption of highly processed foods, which tend to be high in fats, sugars, and salt. Nonetheless, even with few and limited ingredients, one can continue eating a diet that supports good health.

According to the WHO, you should abide by the following guidelines:

Make a plan

Multiple cases of over-purchasing have been observed throughout the WHO European Region. Panic buying behavior may have negative consequences, such as an increase in food prices, overconsumption of food and unequal…

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For parents around the country, the coronavirus pandemic has created a unique and difficult situation. If you have kids, you are likely having to adapt your routine around their schooling schedules. This can be especially difficult if you are working a demanding job from home or if you are an ‘essential’ worker still going in every day.

But there are things you can do to not only get through this situation, but also to make it an educational and even enjoyable experience for your kids. This includes patiently doing hand-on learning with them as well as coming up with activities and fun things for them to do in-between their virtual classes. If your kids are bored, here are a few fun activities that they are sure to enjoy.

Scavenger Hunt

A…

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The Florida Department of Agriculture has recently launched a new website earlier this week to help the local farmers and growers during this time. 

The new website is named Keep Florida Growing and announced in their social media page that the website is a portal that provides agriculture related information and food information.  Agriculture is the second largest economic driver in the state and the website was created to help out our local community and our local Florida growers and farmers.

The new one-stop page is aiming to bring Floridians’ and food producers together to buy and sell fresh produce, share state and federal resources and helpful information to keep Florida growing. 

For more information and how you can help, click here to…

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If you are having a hard time getting all the groceries you need, or are simply trying to avoiding leaving the house. Here are some quarantine recipes you can prepare using only items from your pantry:

Rice and Bean Burritos

Want something to go with your Mexican bean salad? How a burrito! Budget Bytes' make ahead bean and cheese burritos can be made without the cheese if you've run out but still packs a lot of flavor with the seasoned rice. Or instead of a bean salad side, liven up some canned refried beans with spices and lime juice!

Tuna and Noodles

Add creamed tuna (recipe here) with 10 ounces of egg noodles, cooked. You can eat it just like that – or put it in a Pyrex dish and cover it with breadcrumbs mixed with melted butter or…

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Children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults. While some children and infants have been sick with COVID-19, adults make up most of the known cases to date.

Children may have mild symptoms

The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar in children and adults. However, children with confirmed COVID-19 have generally shown mild symptoms. Reported symptoms in children include cold-like symptoms, such as fever, runny nose, and cough. Vomiting and diarrhea have also been reported.

It’s not known yet whether some children may be at higher risk for severe illness, for example, children with underlying medical conditions and special healthcare needs. There is more to learn about how the disease impacts children.

Take steps to protect…

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Managing Partner of Waterfront Properties and Club Communities Rob Thomson ranked #75 on REAL Trends’ 2019 list of Top Real Estate Agents by Transaction Volume.

With a 2019 individual transaction volume of $140,958,250, Thomson specializes in luxury real estate in Jupiter, Florida. He believes in “agent specializing," an industry-leading business model to optimize agent strengths in all luxury market segments, and he oversees the company’s award winning technology & innovation-based marketing systems.

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To sell or buy a home, contact the Rob Thomson Team at 561-743-0344.

 

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While some people are wasting time and energy panicking, others are using this time of self-isolation to form positive habits. One such habit is meditation. There's plenty of empirical scientific support for meditation. But now, especially, is a good time to get started.

Here are three reasons to do so:

Meditation may boost the immune system.

Coronavirus is a highly infectious disease and no one is saying that meditation will protect you against it. However, several studies have shown that meditation may be able to strengthen the immune system by positively impacting genes involved with the infectious cycle.

Using regular self-hypnosis as a relaxation technique has had positive effects on Lymphocytes—a type of white blood cell which helps…

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Last week the PGA Tour, in a joint statement with the USGA and the PGA of America, laid out their plan for how they envision the remainder of the 2020 golf calendar looking moving forward.

As of now, all PGA Tour events have been cancelled until the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial May 21. In addition, the Open Championship and Olympic golf event have both been cancelled and the other three majors (the Masters, US Open, and PGA Championship) have all been postponed until later in the calendar year. 

With the announcement, we now know when those three majors will be held, along with the Tour's plan for how they will handle the remainder of the year. 

For starters, the new major schedule will look like this:

* The Open Championship -…

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