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Identifying local opportunities Guitarist for Zeta faces deportation to Venezuela https://www.gainesville.com/news/20190125/guitarist-for-zeta-faces-deportation-to-venezuela Description of story : Saud, a Venezuelan native, is the founding member and guitarist for punk band, Zeta. While on their last tour, he was denied his residency application through the US citizenship and immigration services. However, the other band members filed paperwork with USCIS to stay-- which were approved. Venezuela suffers from extreme economic and social issues, especially over the past week, of which Saud is feeling from. The problem : Saud was denied residency in the US, and will be deported to a socially and economically unstable Venezuela. Who the problem affects : Saud, specifically, but undocumented immigrants as a whole. Florida elections chief resigns when blackface photos emerge https://www.gainesville.com/news/20190124/florida-elections-chief-resigns-when-blackface-phot...

Forming and opportunity belief : Dark room service in gainesville Introduction As a film photographer myself, I know Gainesville lacks accessible and affordable darkroom services. While film photography may be obsolete to the general public, there happens to be a large niche community of artists who pursue film photography and many who would like to explore it, but struggle to find a location where they can develop film and nurture their craft. Years ago, you could easily go to a drug store and have your photos developed in an hour; today, my options are limited, and the big guys who used to fulfill this service affordably and quickly now charge nearly double for prints, and have them shipped to you in 2 weeks. I don’t even know of a place where you can develop the film yourself in a public, shared darkroom. Devout film fans will settle for this cost burden and waiting period, but most will just do what’s cheap and convenient: switch to digital photography. I’m 100% ce...

Bug list : Lack of natural lighting that comes into my Gainesville house Why the bug exists : It’s an old Gainesville house, and a lot of the walls block the windows. There have been additions put on the house that block the old windows, which makes the house dark, and the artificial lighting is ugly. Crying babies on my flights from Cleveland to Orlando Why the bugs exist : Orlando is home to several, child-attracting amusement parks, and many children fly to Orlando for vacation with their families. Children are often tired, bored, and/ or hungry on long flights, and there is nowhere for them to go. Also, once one baby starts crying, it catalyzes others to join in. Library overdraft fees Why the bug exists : I didn’t set a reminder in my phone to return the books when I checked them out. My roommates living dirty dishes/ cups/ half eaten food in common spaces Why the bug exists : My roommates grew up with maids and are used to having their messes picke...