Good morning friends‚ family and all those of you who are here today to celebrate the life of a great man‚ Victor Chang. Before I begin‚ I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to the Chang family for their unfortunate loss. This was a senseless and wasteful murder of such an innocent man. <br> <br>When I remember Victor‚ three words come to mind; Compassion‚ talent and persistence. <br> <br>Victor Chang‚ born on the 25 November 1936 in Shanghai‚ China was a very talented and naturally gifted
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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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I walked into my first dual enrollment class of my high school career and there sat 70 kids‚ which in college might seem like your everyday lecture class but in high school‚ it was a little intimidating. The teacher of our astronomy class introduced himself and spent the rest of the day cracking jokes and going over how the year was going to pan out. Little did he know he would turn out to be my favorite teacher. Dr. Albright‚ who now teaches classes at JMU has truly shaped the way that I think about
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I belong to the ethnic Punjabi community. We are a friendly people‚ known for our resilience‚ love of adventure and good food‚ vibrant music and the pulsating Bhangra dance‚ apart from our ability to work hard and adapt to new situations and immerse in new environments‚ making them ours. My grandparents‚ paternal and maternal‚ moved to Delhi during the mass migration of 1947‚ when India and Pakistan became two sovereign nations. My grandfathers‚ both qualified engineers‚ etched new lives in what
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two inverse attitudes to things‚ events or life. They cause different results. Offred and Ophelia are two women who have contrary destinies because of their different attitudes. Offred is a powerless woman in "the Handmaid’s Tale". She’s a handmaid of a commander in Gilead. She has no freedom. She belongs to him as a property. Her only duty is to have sex with the commander and give birth to a baby. Ophelia is also a weak woman in "Hamlet" play. She has no power over anybody. But their fates in the
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As I look around from my where I stand‚ I see many faces; familiar and unfamiliar. We are all gathered here for one reason: to pay tribute to my Baba; Agha Sahib to most of you. I am aware that most of you have travelled long distances just to be here and this sheds light on the kind of man he was. For those of you who aren’t acquainted with me‚ my name is Amir and this is my father. Baba was the most hard-working person that I have ever met. He worked hard at his career‚ at being a good father
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historical status at the time. Although Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and Ophelia is the prince ’s lovers‚ they have no standing in the society and their voices are never heard. Their actions and fates are greatly influenced by the men ’s decisions. All their lives Ophelia and Gertrude are led by the men ’s power; they together make a weak image of dependent women at Shakespeare ’s time. Although Gertrude and Ophelia are not well developed through out the play‚ their actions‚ language and influence
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“builds” the qualities of identity. Prime examples of expressing the intricate nature of identity is clearly seen through Alice Pung’s short stories “The Face in the Mirror” and “Sticks and Stones and such-like” alongside Paul Keating’s memorable eulogy speech “The Unknown Soldier”. In Pung’s short story “The Face in the Mirror”‚ the author explores how ethnicity illustrates how a person’s relationship in the world creates a sense of identity. The idea is seen in the quote: “For much of my
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our anti-hero’s romantic counterpart Ophelia is contorted by the roles that men play in her life. Driven mad by her father Polonius’ death and later due to this‚ ending her own life; accidently or on purpose we do not know. During Shakespeare’s time an unmarried women must be entirely obedient to her father and once married (to a man of her father’s choosing) must be entirely compliant to her
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In David Brooks’s article that was recently published in the New York Times he writes about 2 virtues in life; résumé virtues and eulogy virtues. Résumé virtues are skills that one brings to the table and eulogy virtues are the traits that you are remembered by. I plan to develop both résumé virtues and eulogy virtues during my time at La Salle University. The résumé virtues I hope to develop while at La Salle are leadership qualities‚ time management skills‚ and a deeper knowledge of computer
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