the world reacted Friday when they learned Santo had died from complications of bladder cancer. He was 70. Thank you all for coming Ron would have been pleased with the outcome. For those of you who don’t know me‚ I am Tyler Horch‚ just another cub fan that Ron probably didn’t know. But that wouldn’t bother him one bit. It was a great privilege for me to meet Ron‚ I can remember the meeting very clearly‚ it was about 5 years ago‚ at the Chicago Cub Convention to get his autograph. I can recall
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Ron Clark a young white‚ energetic‚ and idealistic teacher leaves his small North Carolina school to teach in a New York inner city elementary school‚ where he takes on the most unruly 6th grade class at Inner Harlem Elementary school. Mr. Clark believed he could turn the class around with innovative teaching techniques and a set of what he calls his “essential rules.” Clark quickly learns that he isn’t’ going to be able to just walk into the classroom‚ command attention with his smile and a set
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Christopher McCandless Characteristics All around the world‚ there are people who oppose a lot of societies’ modern routines and values. Some drop everything they have to go off into nature‚ most of the time with little to no gear for proper survival. This is the story of Christopher McCandless. Chris—a young‚ newly college graduate‚ angry with the upper-middle class life he had grown up in—left everything he had in the summer of 1990. Journalist‚ Jon Krakauer‚ dives into the story of Christopher
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Ron Wyden has served Oregon in the U.S. Congress for more than twenty-eight years. Fifteen years as a member of the House of Representatives and since 1996 in the U.S. Senate. He is a member of the U.S Senate Committees on Finance‚ Budget and Energy and Natural Resources as well as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Whether he is taking on powerful interests‚ listening to constituents at one of his famous town hall meetings or standing up for Oregonians
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Christopher McCandless was an intelligent young man who was deeply influenced by the material he read. As a scholar‚ he was well-read and developed his morals and beliefs based on what authors he connected with. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the story of McCandless’ early life‚ and then his subsequent death after his journey in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless’ motivation is often questioned‚ as to the outside world he seemed to have an easy life. He was an intelligent student‚ having excelled
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HAGERSTOWN‚ Md. -- Control is one of Ron Edens’s favorite words. "This is a controlled environment‚" he says of the blank brick building that houses his company‚ Electronic Banking System Inc.Inside‚ long lines of women sit at spartan desks‚ slitting envelopes‚ sorting contents and filling out "control cards" that record how many letters they have opened and how long it has taken them. Workers here‚ in "the cage‚" must process three envelopes a minute. Nearby‚ other women tap keyboards‚ keeping pace
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2 ‚Exclusive and his self title album Chris Brown which is his very first album. Browns most listened songs include:“No B.S”‚ “Kiss Kiss”‚ “Strip”‚ Take You Down‚ “She Ain’t You”‚ “My Last”‚ “Run It”‚ “Look At Me Now” and Dueces” just to name a few.The reason behing why I like Brown so much is not baised entirely upon his looks but also the fact that he is amongst one of the selected few that can actually sing without auto tune Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown born May 5‚ 1989 is an American
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Franz Jaggerstatter Born on 20th May‚ 1907 in the small town of St. Radegund in Upper Austria‚ Franz Jagerstatter‚ was rejected by his country for not complying with military requests and was later persecuted. Jaggerstatter started in his early life as a in the church and became a sexton. He was spent his childhood living with his mother‚ Rosalia Huber‚ and stepfather/adoptive father‚ Heinrich Jagerstatter‚ on a small farmland. As Jagerstatter grew into youth he was well known to his dedicative
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story‚ originally know as Christopher Johnson McCandless‚ but changed his name to Alex. McCandless was tired of his life in modern society wanted to be free away from people‚ his parents‚ and the Government. McCandless lived a decent life with many things to be proud off‚ but he decided to leave and give everything he had away‚ or dispose of it. He then set himself to travel across the United States‚ to Alaska with little resources and no money. McCandless was heavily influenced by Thoreau’s ideas in
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In the book Into the Wild‚ written by Jon Krakauer‚ a man named Chris McCandless and his adventures are followed as he travels the states‚ parts of Mexico then eventually a fatal trip to Alaska. As McCandless grew up‚ he didn’t always have the best relationship with his parents‚ so when he finished college‚ he vowed to himself that he’d live on the road and forget his old life and never having to depend on anyone again. McCandless believed that the mainstream lifestyle was too constricting and didn’t
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