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Background The preserve has existed longer than Florida Atlantic University, as the years went by it began to decline in size. Many animals have found the preserve as their home including the gopher tortoise. Gopher tortoise are a type of ectotherm animal that can live up to sixty days. They feed on vegetation and build burrows as their homes. The burrows they build can be used by about three hundred different animals as protection. Over the time, Gopher tortoise has evolved as a very threaten species dealing with habitat loss, predators and much more leading to the risk of becoming extinct. In 1990, the density of several burrows in Cape Sable, Florida were measured. Burrows that were active and in use had a low density. Those same burrows were remeasured in 2001. Waddle, Mazzotti, and Rice (2006) discovered that 76% of those burrows had a higher density indicating that they were no longer in use. This evidence showed that there was a major decline in the population of…

The Florida gator football program was finally returning to relevance and consistency under new head coach Jim McElwain. The team is 6-0 with a huge upset over Ole Miss who at the time was ranked number three the polls a major win to prove they are back. For the good play they are now ranked number eight in the country couldn't get any better right? Well a selfish decision has changed the course of the season for the gators and a player’s reputation and future has changed forever. It was…

In 4th grade I drank my first Gatorade at field day. We were doing relay races, Frisbee tosses, and tug of war. It was fun and tiring, so got to drink Gatorade. My mom got it for me to help me stay energize I got to drink Gatorade throughout each challenge. It helped me quench my thirst. I had heard of Gatorade because in my elementary school they sold Gatorade and everyone would get Gatorade. I had the cool blue flavor. The flavor was so sweet it was like I was drinking juice. I never like…

The University of Florida College of Medicine’s main campus is located in Gainesville, Florida. UFCM was founded in 1956 with the mission to produce competent physicians to provide exceptional health care to the Florida population and to innovate the field of medicine through research. Over five thousand physicians have graduated from UFCM. With twenty-six clinical and basic science departments and nearly a thousand faculty members, UFCM now stands as the largest college at the University of…

Many times in life we find ourselves trying to please others. “But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.”(1 Thessalonians 2:4). Tebow was very well known for one pose that he did after every touch down. It was a pose in which he would get down on one knee and say a quick prayer. He receive a lot of hell from critics about that pose. According to the media, that pose was not appropriate to the…

Is Gatorade commercial more than an advertisement? I remember a time where I was just drinking a nice cold Gatorade just because I was thirsty, my boyfriend, Jha’kobbi, was with me and he said to me, “You can’t drink Gatorade unless you’re sweating.” I refused to believe him until I decided to do a little research on Gatorade. In results, I found one of their commercial’s that was very interesting and helpful in expanding my knowledge. In “Nightmares”, a Gatorade commercial featuring Kevin…

gator and "Florida" plastered across a hat. Needless to say that, as a young Floridian, I was drawn to the Gator spirit. I did not know anyone who attended the college and so my admiration was loosely based on vague opinions, blurred pride. So I started to dig a little deeper, not the traditional ways, nevertheless, I took advantages of every last social medium and articles to learn more about the school. I perused over online catalogs and stacked papers at the local college fairs. Of course, I…

According to official website for Gatorade, Gatorade is the one of the most famous sports drinks, which was formulated in early summer of 1965 at the University of Florida College of Medicine to help football players to facilitate proper hydration. A private company obtained patent to sell the drink publically and started adding chemicals to processed Gatorade in 1969 (Newsmax Health, 2013). Soon after, Gatorade spread out athletic fields and it became the official sports drink of the NFL in…

College of Medicine Policy on Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotechnology Industry Conflict of Interest (1) Definitions. The following definitions apply to this regulation: (a) “COM” means the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Gainesville (the “COM-GNV”) and the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Jacksonville (the “COM- JAX”). (b) “COM personnel” means any employee or appointee of the University of Florida (whether full-time, part-time or courtesy), including but…

Gatorade commercials are not the type that “goes in one ear and out of the other”. This commercial uses specific tactics to lure the audience into purchasing their product. In this “Win from Within” commercial they present famous athletes exhibiting determination and the use of hard work while training. They play a memorable song while showing the different athletes as they physically drain themselves while executing their workout routines. In the end, they rapidly illustrate the various…