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Title: Not close: Compare the Dolphins to teams on NFL's Conference Championship Sunday
Link: Article
Description: This story describes how Dolphins fans shouldn't get their hopes up about this coming season, because the team is still in a period of rebuilding. It also describes how the Patriots have been undefeated since their changes in management and coaching. The author makes the comparison between the coaches of both teams and how a change in management for the Patriots led them to be undefeated, whereas it has led the Dolphins to collapse. The problem here is that the Dolphins have gone through several periods of rebuilding with no success, whereas other teams have done it after only a season. The problem the team has is that they are not making any money when playing their games, because their ticket sales have continually gone down with people losing hope in the team. The further down they go, the more likely they are not to come back out again. This also presents a problem for the local fans who want to support their team, because they end up losing faith and not going to the games anymore.
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Title: Want to see the future of travel? Head to Overtown
Link: Article 2
Description: This article details a summit that will be held in the Overtown area of Miami, Florida. The summit will feature known hotel and travel sites like Expedia and Hotels.com; as well as debuting new start up companies for anyone interested in investing. This could provide new and interesting opportunities for both investors and frequent travelers as both would benefit from hearing what these new start ups have to offer. Investors will be delighted to put money on projects that have a good chance of returning a profit and savvy travelers will get information on new, obscure travel sites that may have cheaper rates.
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Title: Is the FDA inspecting food during the shutdown? Here's what the commissioner says
Link: Article 3
Description: This article describes the current state of the FDA with the government being shut down. Because there is no funding going through the government, agencies like the FDA haven't been able to continue paying their employees and thus they cannot fulfill their duties. The FDA has not inspected food since December 22nd and only recently has begun inspecting food again. This has led to many government workers to seek out other opportunities for compensation. While some of these are short term, like public outreaches, some are permanent, like other part-time positions. This has also led many political activists to take the opportunity to ensure more people take part in the political system. Thus ensuring that something like this will not occur again, within the foreseeable future.
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Title: Fitbit Miami Marathon & Half Marathon - Yes, you can run a half - marathon. - I did at 59
Link: Article 4
Description: This article explains how a 59 year old man geared up and ran a half marathon. It details his training regimen of one minute running and one minute walking, along with other tips. However, it seems as though this article is more proving the effectiveness of devices and assistance tools like the FitBit, than just a display of this man's achievement. This article primarily targets those looking to purchase a device to help them with their exercise. While it also extends a hand to those companies selling these products, so that they can get their name on an article like this.
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Title: You must now be 21 to buy tobacco in this Florida college town, joining a national trend
Link: Article 5
Description: This article describes how Alachua County has recently raised the legal age of purchasing tobacco to 21. It also describes the reaction of some students and faculty st the University of Florida. Most saying that tobacco is banned in campus anyway, so this law will probably not affect students as much as people say. Granted, I can only imagine that this ban will have an effect on local businesses, like the two smoke shops close to campus; not a large effect because vaping and Juuls exist, but an effect nonetheless. This age restriction will affect those who have pre-existing addictions to tobacco-based products as well as a small effect on the stores that sell tobacco products, as mentioned before.
Lucas,
ReplyDeleteThese articles all provide viable opportunities, and are insightful into seeing what exactly people need and how these needs may be unmet. My favorite article was the one about the Miami Dolphins. As a South Florida native, I can relate to the tanking nature of the Dolphins as a football team. Many of us as fans seem to be losing hope, and while I usually try to go to a game a season, I did not go to a single game in the 2018-2019 season. Your articles all reflect legitimate opportunities, and they were well comprised.
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ReplyDeleteLucas,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post and liked how you developed it, and made it easier for us the readers to read and understand it. My favorite article was the last one that talked about Alachua county raising the legal age of purchasing tobacco to 21, I find interesting and unwise from them to do that, since now a day it is a small population the ones that smoke tobacco in a college town. There is a big campaign against Juul and this might attract new customers to vape juul.
Lucas,
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a great job with this assignment and all of your articles came with good local opportunities. Some of the local opportunities that you described that caught my attention include the FDA food inspection article and the article on the age to buy tobacco in Florida changing to 21. I also agree that the age restriction will affect the stores selling tobacco negatively.