Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007: 566 words
I feel very confident about my project. My Pastor has approved the workshop and it will be held November 16, 2007. The workshop will have a dual purpose. First, it will provide information. There is a speaker coming to teach people about making sound financial decisions, and maintaining good credit. [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007: 1004 words
Sadly enough I must report that difficulties have risen in the implementation of my project. Problems surely arise and my project tends to mold itself. Things come into play as time moves on and problems come at me as a freshman that I am still learning to deal with. So I sort of evolved my [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007: 1079 words
If you ever want to feel special or want to feel like you do make a difference in someone’s life then my recommendation to you is to tutor. As I continuously walk through the doors week after week to the homework clinic numbers of children’s faces light up and shout “hi” as they wave [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007: 1003 words
Implementation of my projectp>
My project is coming a long very well so far. Better than I think one could have even hoped. I just held my first meeting with the group of girls I plan to work with on October 13 2007. All the girls I am working with are seniors at various schools. Some [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007: 1061 words
In my opinion, the major problem that is affecting the world today is poverty. I am a Chemistry/Pre-Pharmacy major. In order to correlate poverty with my major to develop an idea for my project, I chose to help people who are in poverty to have better chances at getting Medicaid so that they can afford [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007: 1156 words
My project is still coming slow but not for lack of trying. I had searched for blood donation centers on the internet and found that there were at least two of them off Tulane Ave. fairly close to the courthouse. I had passed by there a few times on my way from school to work, [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007: 1081 words
When I was instructed to pick a project I chose to get involved in the issue of genocide. More specifically I wanted to focus on the genocide wars taking place in areas like Sierra Leone that were suffering at the hands of rebels trying to control the diamond mines. The selling of diamonds to fund [...]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007: 1042 words
I am still experiencing some difficulties with my project. But, I am happy to report that I have done at least a few things in an attempt to reduce the negative of my chosen problem. Just to update, I was thinking about leaving short and simple messages in random people’s mailboxes that would [...]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007: 31 words
i just setup this great blog with wordpress. currently looking for a nice theme, after that ill start to blog, great news on http://cat.xula.edu/blogs/theology1120
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007: 1078 words
Senator Mary Landrieu
712 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
Senator David Vitter
516 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
President Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Bobby Jindal
21454 Koop Drive
Suite 1-E
Mandeville, LA 70471
My first two letters were addressed to our state senators. At first I wasn’t sure what to write in this letter since I am [...]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007: 1028 words
My project was geared towards helping people in poverty who can not afford prescription drugs. I am volunteering at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, La, in the Medicaid department and I am helping screen people to determine whether they are eligible for Medicaid or not. This past week was my first [...]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007: 1093 words
These last two weeks I have been so busy trying to study for mid-terms so I really have not put as much work into my project as I would like to. Although my project has not progressed to level it should, I have decided to that I will use the [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 1273 words
African American criticism is important to Biblical studies because it allows people to see how Africa and Africans were viewed by the Israelites during that time period. Race was not an issue in ancient times. In all actuality the ancient Israelites had great respect for Africans. Unfortunately because of the prejudice and [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 1138 words
Many of the hospitals that I have contacted want volunteers to go through a period of training before they can volunteer and after training they require the volunteers to do a period of volunteer service. This is not going to be possible because the training is at least two months long and the volunteer period [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 1033 words
My project is not progressing as quickly as I would like it to be. This is mainly my fault. I waited to make contact with the volunteer office for my site. By the time I called the site; they were full of volunteers [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 1095 words
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for President Committee
1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20036
PHONE (202) 263-0180
FAX (202) 263-0181
Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
PHONE (866) 675-2008
http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/contact
Mary Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, LA 70130
Subject: Raise Teachers, Police Officers and Firefighters Pay!
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Alayne Lawrence. I am a student [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 1707 words
Louisiana Department of Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
October 20, 2007
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Denisa Hancock. I am currently enrolled at Xavier University of Louisiana located in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am pursuing a degree in Chemistry/ Pre-Pharmacy to soon one day obtain my Doctor of Pharmacy degree to [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007: 182 words
These following names are the people that recieved comments from me:
1.) Coty Tunwar
2.) Shanera Pinkston
3.) Ashley Moore
4.) Alayne Lawrence
5.) Justin Fredrick
6.) Jessica Baham
7.) Kevin Barnes
8.) Kelly Davis
9.) Ariane Hailey
10.) Jessica Isom
The stories of Enuma Elish and Genesis are similiar to one another because they are both creation stories only one is from a Christian viewpoint [...]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007: 141 words
My project is going good, soon I will be engaging in one on one activity at the clinic. I think this class has a great bit to do with what I want to do professionally. Professionally I want to be a Pharmacist, this is giving me a chance to lean more about myself and the [...]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007: 197 words
I would like to acknowledge everyone who has commented on my idea, you’ve been very helpful.I think that Patriarchs and Matriarchs are good leader. A leader to me is anyone who is responsible and looks after there people or tribe. My favorite commandment from the Decalogue is “Thou shall have no other God’s before me.” [...]
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