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Week 12

Monday, April 24th, 2006: 655 words

Paul’s message is that God loves all and extends to anyone who wants to be within God’s favor. We are all born with Original Sin, which is the idea that everyone is born with sin due to the indiscretions of Adam and Eve defying God by eating off of the tree of knowledge but [...]

WWJD….WEEK 11

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 645 words

Unfortunately I posted late so I do not have any responses.
Jesus was arrested for disturbing the peace at a church. The church was making money by trading coins with faces on them for plain coins. Jesus felt the church was being misused for a flea market instead a place for worship and [...]

How about that counter-culture? (Week 10)

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 700 words

The Kingdom of God has a different interpretation for each religion. Jewish believe that god will return to bring Israel and rule over them. This was a covenant promised between David and God. Christians believe the Kingdom of God to be a time when people will go to be reborn and carry [...]

More Comments (Week 10)

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 804 words

Ifeanyi Agochukwu
Yeah I am disappointed that you are having trouble on your project, yet I cam impressed by your vitality and perseverance to continue through with it with such adversity. I wish you the best on your endeavor and hopefully you will make a difference which I am sure you most definitely will do.
Lisa [...]

Not the greatest week to have….WEEK 9

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 1051 words

I have sent off my letters the week before and I am anxiously waiting for a response. I have never taken a true excitement to making a difference in the world, society nonetheless. Unfortunately, I have some unpropitious news.
My grandmother had gone to the hospital this past week and all my [...]

You mean not only do i have to type letters but i have to write one too? (Week 8)

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 1171 words

I decided to write my letters to Mr. Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, and Dr. Norman C. Francis, the President of Xavier University of Louisiana and a pair of state politicians.
Mayor Ray Nagin
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, LA 70112
Senator Mary L. Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, La 70130
Governor Kathleen Blanco

Kathryn [...]

Ewwww….Research too…this is Not Nice (Week 7)

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006: 1071 words

New Orleans ranks 39 in air pollution in the United States.
New Orleans is 13th in water pollution in the United States.
New Orleans is 48th in hazardous waste and strangely only 21st in sanitation.
Overall New Orleans is 26th in pollution.
Unfortunately, these were the only stats I could retrieve for pollution in New Orleans pre-Katrina. Although [...]

Judges (week 6)

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006: 839 words

At this point on my project, I spoke to the sponsor for the environmental club. I proposed my idea to her about inflicting a penalty for littering around the city but mainly for the university first. She said it was a good idea especially now with all the debris and trash everywhere. [...]

Mr. Landry’s 10 Commandments (Week 5)

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006: 1364 words

Repies comming soon
Here is a detailed description of the Commandments in order of the Israelites:
I. Thou shall have no other gods before me—this means that God is the top of the pyramid, the top dog, the head honcho. You can believe there are other gods but he should have the priority and indisputable importance.
II. Thou shall [...]

How people are doing their thing

Monday, April 17th, 2006: 1526 words

Here is my list of people I commented on with their project:
Chianta Dorsey
Kamal Nkele
Mesiah Valentine
Ashley Mathieu
Stacy Mootoo
Karla Brown
Jasmine Brigham
Alona Williams
Ericka Smith
Alicia St. Cyr
Hey Chianta. I like where you are going with your project. This storm definitely has increased the poverty rate here from something that has been a continuing problem here in New [...]

Less Literal Than English, More Numerical Than Math, Still Not a Substitue for P.E. (Michael’s Project Ideas)

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006: 203 words

So last week I was talking about different topics that are issue for our world. I also had determined that I had wanted to do a project on inventive ways of treating the pollution in this city. As we all know pollution is extremely bad here in New Orleans; specifically, land pollution. My idea for [...]

What do i think……?

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006: 1541 words

As one may see, our world today is quite diverse in many ways. We have different languages, different cultures, different ways we live our individual lives. Yet in all the contrasts, we all are connected in a web of similarity. We are all human, eat food, breathe air, and live. No [...]

When it rains, it pours!

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006: 390 words

I suppose we got to go back to August 27th when basically all of our lives changed. Everyone, friends and family, knew Katrina was basting like a turkey in the gulf. Well that day I was at work at Walgreen’s all the way down at the end of Carrolton. The store was [...]

Week 3 Lecture Material

Thursday, August 25th, 2005: 2275 words

The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery. What word sums up this definition? Archaeology. Without it, we have no history, how we as a people came to be, how to evolve to the future. [...]