It is a pleasure to nominate Dave Giles for the "Most Outstanding Person" award. He is a former alumni of Carl Sandburg College. My first impression of Dave came in 2012 when he gave hands-down the best speech on the importance of education that I had ever heard. He truly enjoys spending his time helping the community’s youth. He has also continued to live up to that impression of being a passionate man who is optimistic‚ supporting‚ and is as committed to children as he is to bettering our society
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The presidency of James Knox Polk was a memorable one. He was known as America’s first dark horse candidate‚ and later he was called the only strong commander in chief between Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln (Greenstein 14). Yet‚ many historians still write him off but he was by no means insignificant. Now‚ he may have not been as charismatic as Roosevelt or Reagan but charisma does not mean greatness. Polk was without questions one of the most ambitious and successful presidents in history. In
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Cottle – Taloy : expanding the oral group in India Background Cottle Taylor was founded as a start hyup company in 1815. By 2009 they boast a product selection of over 200 oral care‚ personal‚ care‚ and home care products. In 2009 roughly 50% of the company revenue ($5.7 Billion) came from emerging markets. In 2009 Sales have grown 80% annually‚ net income 12% and earnings per share 14%. India Operations Cottle Taylor conducts its India operations through a subsidiary of the company called Cotte
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Hugh Rowe was born in in Mountain Brook‚ Alabama on November 14‚ 1997. If you see him around you may look at him and think he’s a very typical and average guy but you haven’t seen him play the guitar or the deer he’s killed or the fish he has caught. Once he was around 8 years old he finally knew what he was met to do in life once his dad showed him his first rock album and it was Led Zeppelin 2. He was in love with the harmony and melody of the music and from that day on he knew that he wanted to
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Max Sweebe American History George Washington George Washington was born in Febuary 2nd 1732 into a Virginia family of planters where he was taught the manners morals‚ and knowledge required for a 18th century man. He pursued to main interests military arts and western expansion. At 16 Washington helped survey the Shenandoah Lands for Lord FairFax who was a English Baron who owned vast amounts of farmland in Virginia‚ working for Lord FairFax helped him learn many valuable things about surveying
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Taylor Johnson Professor Cernich English Composition 101 2/13/2012 Humor can be one of the most effective tools to use with persuasion‚ as it can provide many benefits with very little cost or drawback. Some of the benefits of using humor to communicate an argument include increased attention span‚ an overall more enjoyable reading experience‚ not to mention the comfortable environment comedy will give for the writer to communicate their ideas. Enter humor columnist Dave Barry and his essay
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and wondering how the trick was done. August‚ on the other hand‚ has a love for acting. She cares about her family constantly and her best friend Ethan. Determined to accomplish what she wants‚ August lets nothing stop her. Just Friends‚ by Billy Taylor‚ is a fictional‚ young adult‚ romance novel about love‚ magic‚ friendship‚ and fame. In the novel‚
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influences and limits the level of understanding one can handle and take away from a work of art‚ as well as the forever influencing opinions of society— accepting the limited perception society wants you to see is simply easier. In The Circle by Dave Eggers‚ the Circle shapes societies opinions and‚ except for the sane few‚ the people take the Circle’s opinions as their own. Mae and fellow Circlers interprets the the chinese sculpture of a big hand‚ “Reaching Through the Good of Mankind‚” as a
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The Bean Trees: Character Analysis Taylor Greer is the primary protagonist of the adventurous tale taking place throughout multiple states in America‚ The Bean Trees. Taylor is girl from a town of simpletons‚ and she wants to escape that and live freely somewhere else. The Bean Trees is written by Barbra Kingsolver‚ an acclaimed author‚ and the story is about Taylor and her life after leaving a small town in Kentucky to find happiness. Taylor is a very complex person with a number of defining
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The composer that will be presented in this project is an Afro-British composer named Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Coleridge-Taylor was known for his famous compositions around the United Kingdom towards the United States. He was first acknowledged as a violinist‚ pianist‚ poet and singer at a young age‚ but throughout his lifetime‚ he was well-known for his compositions from the Royal College of Music to Trinity College of Music to being known globally. In speaking of the Trinity College of Music‚ did
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