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The Last Lecture

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The Last Lecture"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."---Randy Pausch

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 04/08/2008
ISBN: 9781401323257
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: Books for a Better Life - Winner

Review Citations: People Weekly 04/21/2008 pg. 56
Time 04/21/2008 pg. 4
Newsweek 05/26/2008 pg. 12
Entertainment Weekly 07/25/2008 pg. 75
People Weekly 08/11/2008 pg. 54
People Weekly 12/29/2008 pg. 53
Newsweek 03/16/2009 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 18
Time 04/27/2009 pg. 55
People Weekly 05/25/2009 pg. 103

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 129774 / Last Lecture
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7
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Best toy outside of Ghonuts for heavy chewers. Even outlasts the most durable Kongs. I'd say we get about four months before our dog starts really making a dent in it and the size of the pieces he pulls off start to become larger and I should probably replace it after about six months. It's cheap enough that replacing it that often is fine. *Important note* using squishy toys for heavy chewers is really important. They can break their teeth on hard toys like Nyla bones and things like antlers can break and cut them and damage their digestive system if they swallow the shards. It sucks because my dog loved Nyla bones and would chew off an inch a day, but I couldn't risk his teeth like that.
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Finally - a tug toy my dog hasn’t destroyed!
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This completely exceeded my expectations! My dog is roughly a year old, about 110-115lbs and a TOUGH chewer. He loved tugs toys but none of them last more than 10 minutes with him. I decided to try this because of the other reviews and price but wasn’t expecting it to last long. He’s had it almost a week and it’s still completely intact. It’s definitely heavy so it might not be best for smaller dogs but if you have a big dog/heavy chewer definitely give this a shot!
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Indestructible so far
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My toy destroyer has had this for almost two months now and it hasn’t taken any damage. It is big and heavy and solid. It became one of his favorites immediately and goes in and out of the house and even to bed with him. Now if only we could find a stuffy that he can’t destroy.
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MY DOG'S AREN'T INTERESTED ...
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This is a large, heavy, hard rubber toy, so is of high quality. However, it is SO heavy that neither my 60-lb. female Boxer nor my 80-lb. male Bully will 'play' with it at all. They don't even chew on it. So, although it would probably be pretty indestructible, I have no way to verify that, since neither of my dogs show any interest at all. I've tried encouraging them, by holding on one end of it and encouraging them to grab the other end, but even that didn't work. Perhaps a much larger 'giant' breed dog would enjoy it.
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Tough chewer for sure
My dog destroys toys. These are amazing, she chewys on them tell she's a slobbery mess. And they are holding strong. Glad a found these!
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