while I am providing links: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184
I don't have time right nwo to make sure this is full-length, but if someone lets me iknow it isn't I'll try to find the full lecture later. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > true. Those are different kinds of brave. I'd hate to pick one over the other. > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Guess we in everyday life don't always get to see very brave things. I got >> to see my gf's cousin stop and save a family in an overturned car on I95 a >> couple months back. Weird that nobody else bothered to stop gas was leaking >> out everywhere. >> I'd find it hard to rate the bravest things i've ever seen. Especially since >> some things are brave in differnet ways then others. know what i mean vern? >> >> On 7/25/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> My professor had discovered that he had cancer past the point where >>> they could even tell what he had cancer of. The lecture I am talking >>> about was in fact his last lecture. It has become clear the the chemo >>> wasn't working. This was a University of New Mexico seminar on native >>> american philosophy and he talked about how he felt to be dying as a >>> Pueblo Indian vs how he felt to be dying as an academic with a PH.D >>> living in an Anglo environment. Two quite different things apparently. >>> Certainly the bravest thing I have ever seen. >>> >>> This professor that just died, well, apparently his university had a >>> lecture series called "Last Lecture" where the lecturer was supposed >>> to speak about the things that mattered most to him as though it was >>> his last lecture. At his 'last lecture' this professor announced that >>> he had pancreatic cancer (almost always fatal). He then went on to >>> talk about what it means to know you are dying and what he would like >>> to say while he had the chance. The video of that one is online, if >>> you are interested. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > What is a last lecture?? Seems like i might be missing something :) >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On 7/25/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> that's sad. I was once a student at professor's last lecture; it was >>> >> an incredibly brave and amazing talk. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 7/25/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> > R.I.P. >>> >> > >>> >> > via Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from >>> >> > Perez Hilton by Perez Hilton on 7/25/08 >>> >> > >>> >> > The sad yet inevitable has happened. >>> >> > >>> >> > Randy Pausch has passed away. >>> >> > >>> >> > The former professor at Carnegie Mellon was diagnosed with pancreatic >>> >> > cancer last year and became an Internet sensation after his >>> >> > inspirational Last Lecture became viral on YouTube. >>> >> > >>> >> > Pausch subsequently appeared on Oprah and his Last Lecture was >>> >> > recently turned into a book. >>> >> > >>> >> > Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and children, whom he >>> >> > dedicated his moving speech to. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
