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Editorial: A dreamer’s work is never done

As the lack of a paper attested to, Monday marked the 30th celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday. Although we cannot speak with authority for the rest of the country, here in Gainesville, the dream of Dr. King remains apparent and palpable. On Tuesday, UF will be visited by Virginia Tech professor and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, whose speech will serve as the cornerstone event to the university’s celebrations of Dr. King’s life.


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Column: One last look at Zadroga and the up-hill battle

For those of you who read my column regularly — hi, Mom and Dad! — you know the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act is a piece of legislation I kept close track of last semester. Well, on Dec. 18, the Zadroga Act was finally reauthorized via its inclusion in the omnibus bill, the spending agenda Congress crafts for the following year.


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Column: Junior year, the academic limbo

As far as religious doctrines go, I don’t remember much from my eight-year stint in Catholic school. The lessons occasionally flash bright in my mind, triggered by some sort of stimulus,  like an evangelical billboard on the highway or a literary allusion. Yet, one concept has always stuck with me: limbo. Something about that transitional state, not quite hell but not quite heaven, struck me as the worst possible fate.


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Column: Gainesville can do more recycling

Before Yoda — the force-sensitive and elderly cousin of Kermit the Frog — effervesced into the great beyond in 1980, he left us with this peerless wisdom: “Do or do not. There is no try.”


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The Advantage of Purchasing Flowers Online

Roses, daisies, tulips, and lilies are only some of the very popular blooms provided to show fondness since time immemorial (and the list are becoming more because of the change in taste and preference of the modern girl).


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Let's Talk About the Particulars of CFD Trading

Have you ever learned about contracts or CFDs for difference? If you're into anything that'll boost your financial IQ then and into investing you're most probably knowledgeable about CFD trading that is really popular. Ten years back, CFD is only an institutional merchandise but it's among the most highly traded by the retail marketplace and is rapidly replacing conventional shares trading now.


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The Woes of Traveling By Air

Traveling by air has provided more great opportunities to people to get to places that were once virtually impossible to visit. Previously, going on vacation would entail planning for a long drive to an alternate city within the nation. Nowadays, you can now only reserve a plane ticket to some other state and gain a vacation trip that's enjoyable and memorable.


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There's a lot a lot more to the term loan than simply a relationship between a borrower and a creditor.

As mentioned, a loan is an arrangement between a borrower and a creditor. Lender being the wellspring of borrower and cash the recipient of interest the and the cash come with that. This arrangement could happen between a person as well as a lending institution or could happen between two private people. In whatever case, such arrangement ought to be clear between both parties. A loan, to put it simply, is a trade made with an understanding that says the former pays the latter the sum received plus the interests and other expenses incurred in the procedure, between two parties, the borrower as well as the lender.



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