Gaffes generated a significant presence in the short run. However, in the long run, there is no question that gaffes of this nature have little to no impact.
Restrictions proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and approved by the Board of Health plan to ban the sale of sugary drinks and sodas in containers larger than 16 ounces at restaurants, street carts and entertainment venues in New York City.
Felix Baumgartner is definitely not afraid of heights. After an attempt last week that was canceled due to heavy winds, Baumgartner fell from a height of about 23 miles Sunday afternoon over New Mexico.
Four years ago, during the 2008 election cycle, voters in Alachua County voted “yes” on the One Mill Ad Valorem Tax, a property fee levied against homeowners in Alachua County that is used to directly provide funding to schools’ nurses, elementary art and music programs, K-12 school library programs, K-12 guidance programs, classroom technology, school magnet programs and high school band and chorus programs. This voting initiative, which expires in 2013, will be put to a vote again this election cycle, and I am writing to urge voters to vote “yes” on this imperative revenue source used to fund our school programs, which in turn make our community stronger.
It seems like the fall season is supposed to start with new episodes of TV shows, but instead it didn’t start until this week when the weather finally changed.
Although it debuted before my time, so to speak, I have fond memories of watching “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” as a young child discovering the wonders of television in the living room of our tiny Orlando apartment.
Our generation has tools that our parents and grandparents could only dream of, and groundbreaking technology seems to be at our fingertips with newer, smarter gadgets coming out one after another.
It seems like there are always at least a dozen things to be angry about.
July 4, 2012 may well be a day that will be remembered as one of the great turning points in history. Yet for so many of us, this day went by without fanfare.
There’s an elephant in the room. In fact, it’s in the whole state.
The lovable figure from the children’s program “Sesame Street” entered the political fray amid presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statements “I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS,” and “I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.”
I’m just going to level with you up front: I cry easily. You might label me a punk for admitting that, and I won’t dispute those claims, but I can’t control the atmospheric conditions that aggravate my sensitive tear ducts.
One of the points in Monday’s editorial really bothered me.
My opinion of thing is this because reasons.
Critics thought the Venezuelan election was pointless, fraudulent and controlled by the current government. Some voters were skeptical about the validity of their votes and if the election would be legitimate.
The first presidential debate was last week, and boy, was it a doozy.
The brains over at Apple have the public under mind control.
It is a shame that I have write to you in regards to an article which ran in the Alligator on Sept. 25, both in the print and the online versions. I have been an avid reader of the Alligator for a number of years, and I have to honestly say that I am very disappointed on many levels with that article.
If Moisés Reyes really believes that America’s oil and natural gas companies are evil, there are some concrete steps he could take — and encourage his readers to take — to reduce the amount of money these “greedy-driven” corporations earn.
During the pre-debate analysis, every single commercial break included at least one 30-second spot of propaganda from the fossil fuel industry and its brazenly vile lobbies. In fact, the event itself was partially sponsored — “brought to you by” — these dirty interest groups.
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