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    Randy Pausch in his inspirational speech ‘The Last Lecture’. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told that he had three to six months of good health left. Although this is devastating news for anyone‚ he continued on with his life as he had before. Pausch’s speech was about how to achieve your childhood dreams‚ and more importantly how to lead your life. You should lead your life doing what you want with no regrets. He had achieved all of his

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    Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams My first words after the video were‚ “What an inspiring man.” Randy spoke with such excitement and joy. His body language was light and free. His voice was honest‚ relaxed‚ clear and confident. I had to start the video over in the very beginning‚ because I was confused on whom he was. I had to be reminded that he was the one with cancer‚ not someone he was talking about. I enjoyed listening to his positive and encouraging

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    Did the 1920s Roar?

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    DID THE 1920S ROAR? Mary Haj Ms. Murray CHC2D1 October 28 2012 When people think of the 1920’s they think of a time of prosperity. Although due to Canadians not experiencing greater levels of equality the 1920’s did not in fact roar. The injustice felt by the Native people was a direct result of inequality and discrimination by the Canadian government. According to ‘A Day at Indian Residential Schools In Canada’ living in these Residential schools was a complete nightmare. Only 2 hours of

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    Lions

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    Lions Physical Characteristics Lions have relatively short-legged‚ long‚ muscular bodies and large heads. The male grows on average to 1.7 to 2.5 m (5.6 to 8.2 ft) long‚ not including the tail‚ which is 90 to 105 cm (36 to 41 in) in length. It stands 1.23 m (4 ft) high at the shoulder‚ and it weighs 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb). The mane‚ which covers the head and neck‚ sometimes extends to the shoulders and belly. The mane will vary in color and length; well-fed‚ healthy lions have longer

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    Roar Like A Minotar

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    traditional slots setup‚ with your rows of slots‚ pay lines‚ and betting options found where you would expect. Blending what looks to the familiar with the fresh‚ Minotaurus certainly has the potential to draw you in‚ but is it worth your time to play? Roar Like a Minotaur! When you first open up the game‚ you

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    “Hypothetically‚ if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture‚ what would you say to your students?” That is how Professor Randy Pausch‚ from Carnegie Mellon‚ began his last lecture‚ a speech entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” while in fact he was dying of Pancreatic Cancer. He knew he only had months left to live and put together this last lecture to read to his students. His lecture focuses in on points such as the importance of: making sincere apologies‚ not whining

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    The Roar Book Report

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    Thee Book Report By:Jacob Richard Date:10/6/2014 The title of the book is ​ The Roar.​ The author of the book is Emma Clayton. It’s a Fantasy‚Science Fiction‚ Thriller‚and Young-Adult fiction. ​ The Roar​was nominated for the Carnegie and the Yorkshire Coast Award in two thousand and ten. It was also in ​ Texas Library Association’s Lone Star Reading List in two thousand and ten ‚ and also USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List‚ U.S.B.B.Y stands for United States Board on Books for ​ Young​

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    Katy Perry's Roar

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    First‚ “Roar” by Katy Perry shows a mood of empowered and dominant is developed similar to the mood displayed in Life of Pi. The mood is shown through Pi’s dialogue. For instance‚ “I looked at Richard Parker. My panic was gone. My fear was dominated. Survival was at hand.” (Martel‚ Life of Pi). This dialogue directly shows that Pi has empowered his fear of Richard Parker and he took control of his survival on the lifeboat‚ in which he was left behind with after a devastating storm. With Pi conquering

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    Children always have dreams that they want to achieve when they get older. However‚ when they get older they start to think that to achieve their dream is something impossible; therefore‚ they change their dream or give up on it. Randy Pausch wrote The Last Lecture to explain how he did not give up on his dream though. He wrote about his childhood dreams and even though he had cancer and knew he was going to die‚ he kept striving to achieve his childhood dreams. He managed to get through life achieving

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    My Sister's 'Roar'

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    loud as a concert. This envisions my sister’s room as bright‚ but crowded (many dirty dolls on the floor). and nosy. It also gives a sense of her room being pretty large. Adding on‚ her strange obsession with Katy Pery illumates when she richochets "Roar‚" her favorite song‚ throughout the entire house. Which is unfortunate for me‚ since my room is right next to hers. Sometimes‚ her room is an earthquake that causes the entire house to shake. For instance‚ this metaphor describes my sister as loud

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