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    Fifteen” is a farce, studies show that students indeed gain weight as they enter their first year away from home. The idea of weight change has filled college campuses for decades and still floods the minds of freshmen believers. It is so widespread that Daphne Oz, author of the recently released book, “The Dorm Room Diet,” specifically targets college students…

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    Daphne Koller, a speaker at TED talked about how this phenomenon has its perks but also its drawbacks. Throughout her talk she emphasized the good side of how online education brought higher learning from a local audience to a global audience that promoted…

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    The one topic on every senior’s mind is their future. Everyone has dreams of what they could become and how to fulfill that wish. My dream is to become a criminalist and I believe that Florida Gulf Coast University would be the college to help me get there. I’ve been hooked on all the crime shows on TV since I was a small child; I even took a forensics class my junior year of high school. I feel I am properly equipped with my grades and test scores to begin a new life in college and major in…

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    Finally, permanent hopelessness causes individuals to develop an irrational thinking pattern which is the main factor that differentiates a human from an animal. David is finally captured by the people of the new civilization, and finds out that the Queen wants his death, since he is a survivor of the past. He is one of the “Gentiles” who made God angry and punish everyone else. While David is trying to escape his death, he begins to explain how, “For sometime [he] believed it was [him] who was…

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    In reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, I noticed a distinct pattern of consequences directly related to the failure of heeding warnings. In the myth of Phaethon and his father, My Etiological understanding of the events begin with Phaethon asking for an unreasonable request from his father, Phoebus, in wanting to drive the sun chariot. The Sun warns, “you ask too great a favor, and one that is unfitting for your strength and boyish years.”… In this warning, I see a timeless warning that may have…

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    Said to be Apollos first love: Daphne was a wood nymph who followed Artemis’s way of life. Due to Apollo’s sly comments about Eros’s (Cupids) archery, Apollo was shot with a golden tipped arrow which made him fall for Daphne. Apollo, try as he might, could not win the affection of the nymph due to her receiving an arrow to the breast which suppressed any desire for love. Annoyed…

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    Ms. Jabez is a 30-year-old African American female widow who is the mother of three children comes to Terrell County DFCS services as a referral intake. The first leading factor to the client problem is Ms. Jabez two daughters were removed from her care due to child neglect of leaving the girls home alone. Also, Ms. Jabez reported symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with not having her children and the death of her husband since 2013. Her two daughters were placed with their…

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    What is not shown to the public is the bravery, passion, and endless hours of hard work that go into their stories. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a journalist who dedicated her career and life to exposing corruption in her home island of Malta, covering local scandals and much more. That’s right. Was. She was assassinated in a car bomb late last year by people working for…

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    George Frederick Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685. His parents were George and Dorothy Handel of Halle Saxony Germany. His father was 73 when he was born and he was an eminent barber-surgeon who served in the court of Saxony Weissenfels and Margraviate of Brandenburg. Handel was inspired by music. Unfortunately, his father was very surprised and urged him to study law instead. His father restricted his use of any musical instruments. Luckily his mother, on the other hand, was very…

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    embarrassment and he still had goosebumps from the cold. Mrs. Milne placed a hand on her hip. "Alan, it's too dangerous for you to walk back, or even drive, for that matter." She bit her lip. Mr. Milne threw his hand in the air and leaned toward her. "Daphne, this bear isn't simply a playful companion, he's the key to my continual success!" he yelled through gritted teeth. Mr. Milne grabbed his coat and ran to the car. The engine rumbled and he descended into the pouring rain, barely…

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