Gainesville

especially fans populated in the South. Ethan Hughes is no different. Raised roughly 30 miles outside of Gainesville, Florida, Hughes grew up near one of the most prestigious athletic (and academic) institutions in the country. His love for the Florida Gators began at a much younger age than most people, growing up in Bradford, Florida, Hughes had many opportunities to attend the university's athletic events as a kid. Seeing the names of Urban Meyer, Percy Harvin, and Tim Tebow come through the University of Florida generated Hughes’ passion for the Gators. Hughes recalls the 2015 Florida versus Tennessee matchup as one of the most memorable games he has attended inside The Swamp. The game where Florida scraped back from two…

Living in the Gainesville area, I feel like I’m back home. I grew up in a very similar college community near Champaign-Urbana area, home to the University of Illinois. Being here in Gainesville, I’m often reminded of that sense of community that I was so fond of as an impressionable young man. After High School, I left for the big city, and until recently, I planned on staying there forever. That was until I found Gainesville. Living in Orlando at the time, I couldn’t pass on the chance to…

In the community of Gainesville, Georgia, being decent varies in its meanings. For example, some may consider it a way of describing appearance, and someone else may use it to refer to one’s moral standards. People can also have multiple standards at different levels of being decent. On a scale of garbage to okay, decency would be right in the middle. If you were to ask me, I would say it means something that would be used to match well done, but not to the point where it is excellent. However,…

According to goclubhouse.org, the Gainesville Opportunity Center or the GOC is a community-partnership program where people whose lives are severely impacted by mental illness can go to rebuild their lives. Like Club Success, The GOC’s purpose is to assist their members stay out of hospitals and accomplish aspirations of being socially, financially and educationally independent. While Club Success focuses on following a “work order day” setting, the GOC emphases establishing meaningful…

During the class visit of Gainesville Health and Fitness (GHF), the major facility business strategy that I took away from Mr. Joe Cirulli presentation and talk is the use of taking successful ideas and concepts and incorporating them into your business. For example, during Mr. Cirulli’s presentation, he showed a short documentary clip and photos of Selfridge department store in London, England, which categorizes each specific clothing section as its own store. Mr. Cirulli stated that when he…

each bar. Effectively incorporating these trends will be important for the success of FOMO. Gainesville Market Size: There are approximately 52,000 people located in Gainesville, Florida ages 18-24. According to a recent UF survey, approximately 62% of them attend events and/or visit bars twice a month. This equates to approximately 32,240 college-aged students located in Gainesville that attend bars and/or events at least twice a month. Of those, about 70% of them attend events and/or bars…

Since our establishing more than 160 years back, we've ceaselessly pushed the limits of learning forward. With our finger on the beat and an eye upcoming, we've sought after the best statures of exploration and advancement, constantly together and dependably for the improvement of Florida and the world. In 1858, James Henry Roper, a teacher from North Carolina and a state congressperson from Alachua County, opens a school in Gainesville: the Gainesville Academy. In 1866, Roper offers his…

Nature Makes a Difference at Oakmont Florida’s natural beauty takes many forms, depending where that beauty is located. It’s a big state! But some of its most striking landscapes aren’t found near its beaches. And yes, we know how gorgeous those are. We at ICI Homes live here too. Go west — and inland — by a couple hours from Florida’s northeast Atlantic Coast beaches. Here, you’ll find the city of Gainesville smack dab in the midst of northern Central Florida and Alachua County. This is…

control, are being investigated. The parasitoid Apanteles opuntiarum, is believed to have co-evolved with C. cactorum. To assess the non-target effects of the koinobiont larval parasitoid on non-target pyralids, host specificity tests were implemented in quarantine laboratory conditions. Argentine Cactus Moth (C. cactorum) Rearing The laboratory filter colony maintained at the Biological Control Rearing Facility in Gainesville, Florida produced 680,679 cactus moth pupae during FY 14-15.…

Did you know that the average speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour? Well, the Tri-State Tornado traveled 70 miles per hour. The average distance of a tornado is 100 miles. It killed 695 people, and injured 2027 people. It was the most deadly tornado ever to occur, so many people remember it. The Tri-State Tornado occurred in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. (Tornadoes devastate Tupelo and Gainesville) Firstly, a tornado is a spinning vortex of wind, which can carry anything up to about 75…