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    in the second round of the 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft. He played in two seasons before he got tested and violated the NFL drug policy. In 2013 he was suspended two games and after that season 2014- 2016 he kept repeatedly using marijuana which he caught an addition of off. He had so much potential to become one of the best receivers in the NFL and also could have left his print in the league becoming a potential NFL hall of famer/ legend. He would never know his potential because of the drug test

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    The phenomenon of bullshit jobs brought up some interesting points on society that resonated with me and led me to think the only solution to all these problems is a global revolution. In the article‚ David Graeber points out that jobs have been created that are effectively pointless and that because of this people end up being disenchanted with their lives and society that results in “a scar across our collective soul.” This scar is formed from people who go to their 9-5 jobs mainly as a means

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    David Malouf’s revision of Homer’s famous Iliad‚ Ransom‚ explores the conventional stereotype of the hero and questions the traditional idea of courage. Malouf challenges the ancient Greek understanding of heroism‚ which was primarily centered on prowess‚ power and confidence. He questions this characterization and suggests that celebrating a hero who is dehumanized by the rage and violence of war is unwise. Malouf shows that there are greater acts of courage than those achieved in battle. He argues

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    David Sheff‚ a husband and father of three‚ never would have guessed that he would have to surrender his life to his methamphetamine addicted son‚ Nic. Sheff‚ an author and writer‚ reflects on Nic’s entire life‚ searching for a possible motive for why his young‚ youthful son would want to try meth. Sheff takes the reader through his long detrimental journey of his son’s addiction and truly illustrates the struggles experienced by families and friends of addicts. Nic‚ described to be a lively‚

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    While many rationalists such as René Descartes support the notion that the concept of Inception is not possible‚ empiricists such as David Hume may think differently. Hume was an eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher known for his system of radical and philosophical empiricism‚ skepticism‚ and naturalism. In one of his works‚ Hume stated that one cannot create completely new ideas without either prior knowledge of those ideas‚ or experiencing those ideas. Put differently‚ he believed that the ideas

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    One of the most recognized critiques of Aquinas is David Hume‚ who addressed the argument from design in his work Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Hume began by summarizing Aquinas’ logic‚ and the many alterations that followed. Essentially‚ Hume argued that attributing design in the natural universe to an intelligent creator is flawed in two ways. First‚ he uses to analogy of a house to discredit Aquinas’ inferences. If we see a house‚ we conclude‚ with the greatest certainty‚ that it had

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    (Page 1) Night Essay            “One of the legacies of the Holocaust is the sheer scale of one group of people’s inhumanity towards other groups of people. In the case of the Jews‚ the German government and German society attempts to redefine them as sub-human‚ and then as creatures who deserve to die. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel describes how dreadful and maniacal their experience of the Holocaust became in their point of view. The book also looks at what it is like for an adolescent to live in a situation

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    suffered from the cruel treatment and injustices brought upon them by white settlers‚ an unforgivable past. Indians were cheated and scammed‚ and continue to face oppression‚ limiting their success and leaving them in poverty. In “Jackpot”‚ author David Plotz justifies beneficial Indian gambling casinos. Indians should be granted compensation for their years of suffering. The successful Indian gambling casinos have not only helped tribes to rise up out of poverty‚ but have economically‚ politically

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    David Sedaris is a brilliant writer. He works are hilarious‚ but also have a quality of sadness to them. However‚ at times‚ Sedaris does not create this poignant feeling in his narratives. There are three stories from his book‚ Naked‚ that fail to have this deeper understanding. In A Plague of Tics‚ Sedaris describes his childhood of obsessively and repeatedly licking light switches‚ counting steps‚ touching telephone poles‚ jabbing mailboxes‚ and rocking back and forth‚ not because he wanted

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    In the 1840s it became a major goal for foreign policy to keep the European powers and influence out of Hawaii. But it was the sugar trade that gave America the foothold it needed to begin plans of annexation and later the statehood of Hawaii. King David Kalakaua was the last king of the Hawaiian monarchy. He was a nicknamed the “Merrie Monarch” due to his love of music‚ social gatherings‚ and fine things but mostly he is accredited to be the monarch that brought the pride back to the Hawaiian people

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