Plaintiff Randy Fontenot was driving in the city owned police car at high speeds. When he reached an intersection‚ FOntenot collided with defendant‚ Germaine Brooks and Wife‚ in their car. Fontenot was severely hurt‚ while Brooks’ wife was killed. Randy Fontenot is sued Brooks and his insurance company‚ Patterson Insurance. Then the DOTD was added as a defendant in this case because they were responsible for the unsafe intersection. At the trial court they ruled that 90% of the fault was on Mr. Brooks;
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What would you do if your life had an expiration date? For Randy Pausch‚ the question was not so hypothetical; his answer was‚ in essence‚ his novel titled The Last Lecture. Through his book‚ Randy explored which values and philosophies were most important to him. In effect‚ he bestowed his audience with valuable life lessons (both generalized and specific) via recollections of various events from his past. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer‚ he made it his sole objective to write a comprehensive
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Lecture proves that it is worth it to dream. Dr. Randy Pausch was dying of Pancreatic Cancer and had just a couple of months to live. He worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a professor. The last lecture was his last lecture that he gave to his students. He talked about childhood dreams and to never let them go. One of Randy’s childhood dreams was to be a disney
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Mariah Alexander Public Speaking 1608 Word Count: 428 Randy Pausch “Last Lecture” Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who discovered that he had pancreatic cancer and was given 3-6 months to live. He is known for developing and telling a speech he called “The Last Lecture” in which he explains his accomplishments in life which include his childhood dreams. His positive‚ humorous‚ and inspirational persona made watching this speech a learning experience‚ as well
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After watching Randy Pausch’s speech‚ the “Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚” there were three visual aids that he used to guide his speech. One of them was the vest with the arrows sticking out of his back. He explained it was an emblem representing his journey when he was teaching a pioneering course. He said to the audience that if one tries to take on pioneering that they “will get those arrows in the back.” The point he was getting at was the fact that you will face obstacles and
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make it” moment‚ and he chooses to make the best of how ever much life he has left. “This is the epitome of a person appreciating this day and this moment‚” thought Robbee Kosak‚ Carnegie Mellon’s vice president for advancement‚ about when she saw Randy Pausch in his car‚ sometime after his diagnosis. Even in his private moments‚ he still was showing gratitude and appreciation for life in general. This is yet another instance where Pausch showed his persistent optimism and wonderful
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lecture would be giving to students at colleges expressing what your lasts thought would be if these were to be your last moments on this world. In Randy Paunch’s LAST LECTURE it was a little different. He got asked to prepare this last lecture but in his case it really would be one of the last things he would say to thousands in this world. Randy Pausch had a wife‚ three small children and the job of his dreams. Everything seemed to be going perfectly‚ but then he was diagnosed
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Dr. Randy Schekman graduated from the university of California‚ LA in 1971 for molecular biology and got his Ph.D. in biochemistry at Stanford University in 1975. Now he is currently working at the university of California as a professor of cell and development biology and also works at the Howard Huges Medical Institute Investigator. His main focus for his research is in the molecular description of the process of membrane assembly and vestibular movement in the eukaryotic cells. His interest
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Sociological Character Analysis: Randy From a sociological perspectives as to why Randy gets in trouble so often this could be related to his race‚ his lack of real family and growing up in the system‚ his lack of education‚ and his lack of money. In the Wire you see the teachers and principal use this against him by threatening to call his foster mom unless he gives them the information they want‚ such as‚ who has been graffitiing school property. His lack of money is what reluctantly drives him
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On a early September Friday a cover band lead by guitarist and lead singer‚ Randy Jackson‚ performed at a bar on the north side of Milwaukee and played a variety of Rock and Roll tunes. The stage of the concert was very basic. There were no huge props on stage or anything that drew the attention of the audience. The concert was a relatively small event and it had a relatively low budget so it’s understandable to see the lack of setting. However‚ the basic small stage actually fit the atmosphere
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