On September 18‚ 2007‚ Dr. Pausch gave his memorable “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a tradition at Carnegie Mellon University that when a professor is retiring‚ they give one last lecture as their final goodbye. The idea of this lecture is to give an hour long speech that covers everything an individual would want to say if you were hypothetically dying. In spite of this‚ in Dr. Pausch’s case‚ he was literally dying with a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer this being the
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went crazy fast. The one thing that I will remember most is all the reading I had to do in McGee’s class. There are three stories that stick out to me that I can remember really well‚ the first story is Rocking horse winner‚ second Macbeth and the last story that I remember reading is Beowulf. Those are the three stories that I liked
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The last templar is a suspense‚ mystery novel written by Raymond Khoury in 2005. The book was his debut work and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 22 months. The medieval city of acre stands in flames as the enemy forces occupy the city. Only a small band of templar knights manage to escape the city on a ship with a secret destination. The ship however disappear without a trace. The knights also carried a mysterious chest with them who they were given to by their master‚ the leader of
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Africa’s dictators. The Last King of Scotland‚ by Giles Foden is a true story set in the 1970s‚ about a young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan. He comes to Uganda to assist in a local hospital; soon he meets President Idi Amin who offers him a senior position as his personal advisor. Amin soon shows his true colours and refuses to let Nicholas go home‚ Nicholas is forced to make crucial decisions that could mean his death if Amin finds out. The film version of The Last King of Scotland‚ was directed
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Suki Wu Mao’s Last Dancer In Li Cunxin’s autobiography ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’‚ there are a series of events about Li growing up in rural Shandong province. It clearly shows the readers his impressive childhood. We can see everywhere is full of love and in Li’s family‚ although his family wasn’t rich. I have a better life than Li and my family is also crowded with happiness. Love always exists in a family‚ no matter rich or poor. Our life is affected deeply by family’s love on our way of developing
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Krapp’s Last Tape Samuel Beckett : A Play Review Last Thursday‚ members of the IB theatre classes attended the production of two one-act plays. Both seemed to incorporate the ideas of black comedy which is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events which are usually treated seriously are treated in a humours and satirical manner. In this case‚ Lady Grey finds humour in rape and the sadness of lonelihood while Krapp’s Last Tape seems to satirize madness and sadness. With this central
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my Last Farewell” Rizal’s most important poem is “My Last Farewell.” It has 14 5-line rimed stanzas; each stanza has the rime scheme: ABAAB. Charles Derbyshire translated it from the Spanish; the Spanish title is "Mi Ultimo Adios.” Derbyshire kept the original rime scheme when he translated from the original Spanish to English. “Farewell‚ dear Fatherland‚ clime of the sun caress’d” José Rizal was in prison waiting to be executed when he wrote this poem as a final statement to his fellow
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My last holiday It still haunts me till this day. It was the most scariest moments I have ever encounter in my life. How wrong was I to make that decision. Why I did not listen to my friend. How I wish I could turn back the time. On my last holiday‚ my friends and I have decided to finish up our homework at Jason’s house. We wanted to go to the nearby shopping mall after completing our homework. That is why we choose Jason’s house which is nearby a shopping mall called “Prangin Mall”. So we were
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A Rainy Day That’s a gloomy morning. Everything seemed came from a black-and-white television receiver. I left home at 6:30 a.m. so that I won’t be late for the first class. When I was at the gate of neighborhood‚ I felt there was raindrop slide down through my bridge of the nose. It began to spot. In around one minute‚ God started crying instead of weeping. There were some naughty things that appear to you every day‚ however‚ they will disappear when you really need them. My umbrella is an excellent
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Paragraph #1 The Last Olympian is written by Rick Riordan. It was published in 2009. It is the continuation of The Titan’s Curse. It is the final and fifth novel in The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It is a fantasy and adventure novel on Greek mythology. The story takes place in modern day New York. Percy knows that as soon as he turns 16 he will have a choice in which he will have to decide to save the world or not. So he leaves with Camp Half-Blood for battle. Kronos is wanting to take
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