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     Jobseekers - now Employ Florida Marketplace lets you search for jobs by a radius from your home zip code, and by city as well as by county, workforce region, specific metropolitan area or statewide. And the new Quick Search option remembers your search area so you only have to enter it if you want to look in a new area. New advanced job search features let you focus your search better than ever. An integrated Background Wizard / Resume Writing tool makes it easier than ever to create a professional resume and fine tune your job searches.
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Florida Consumers urged to Apply for TV Converter Box Coupons by December 31
     With two months until the nation's full-power TV stations transition to 100 percent digital broadcasting, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration is urging consumers who rely on over-the-air television and need a TV converter box coupon to apply by the end of the year.
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Arbor Day in Florida will be on January 16
     Arbor Day is a nationally-celebrated observance that promotes the benefits of trees in the urban environment and encourages tree planting and care. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872, National Arbor Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April.
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With a Lot of Help from Our "Friends"
     Florida can boast to having 160 state parks, the third highest number in all the states. How is it possible to maintain such a sizeable number of attractions that regularly receive national recognitions, such as the nation’s "Best Beach" and the first ever two-time winner of the Gold Medal Award, which honors the nation’s best state park service?
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FCCJ celebrates Captain Trevor Nelson as first bachelor’s degree graduate
     It’s official: Trevor Nelson is the first student to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Community College at Jacksonville, having completed all the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Fire Science Management.
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Fifteen New Alligators Now at Home at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
     Jacksonville, Florida – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens announced the arrival of 15 new American alligators that were released into its Wild Florida exhibit. On November 26th crowds of Zoo visitors watched in awe as the Herpetology staff carried the alligators into the exhibit, removed the tape from around their large mouths and coaxed them into the water as the animals hissed and snapped.
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