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Monday, October 26th, 2009: 379 words
I am concerned with the drug abuse problem in thr grester New Orleans area. I’m sure there’s a lot of programs and different agencies who are working dilgently to conquer this problem. Keeping a close eye on drug activty and abuse will make our communities a much better places to live. I’m asking that our [...]
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009: 1820 words
Barack H. Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I am a student at Xavier University of Louisiana. This semester I have to take on a project that does well to the world. My project is based on the problem of world hunger. I want to inform our society how the problem of [...]
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009: 586 words
First lets start with the way drugs effect the brain. According to the NIDA (National Institute for Drug Education), the brain is made up of many parts which work together to perform specific important jobs. During drug use, the jobs which are be to performed, are interuped and may not or will not be performed. [...]
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009: 307 words
Although I haven’t actually implemented the project yet, I have contacted a friend of mine named David Thomas, who is a Xavier graduate. Mr. Thomas is a 2008 graduate who is currently working for Bridge House as a counselor. After dicussing my project with Mr. Thomas, I was informed that I could work during the Thanksgiving holidays as [...]
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009: 317 words
I would like to thank everyone who responded to my blog, which explained the drug abuse and drug addiction problems in our community and our country as well. Your comments and suggestions have motivated me to consider being a volunteer with several drug abuse agencies. The agency I’m most familiar with is called “Bridge House.” [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009: 838 words
Benefit of recycling.
There are many benefits of recycling and using organic products. These environmentally preservationist benefits range from reducing costs, conserving energy, reducing solid waste, decreasing pollution, improving the quality of waste water, reducing pressure on forests and the environmental impacts of commercial forestry, and improving [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009: 747 words
The implementation of my project is going so slow now. I still talk to my customers about my project. However, I think that I need a specific plan on my project. There are some students have the same idea about recycling paper in our class, so I think [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009: 654 words
I want to thank to Terry Pham and Quang Vu who read and commented on my project. It is so wonderful to receive your advice. Actually, I know my project is not so clear and I need more detail on that. However, I [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009: 800 words
10 people that I commented:
1-Terry Pham
Terry Pham, your project about helping hunger is so wonderful. Your idea is so good and clear. Indeed, I heard a lot of people taking about that. However, they never want to do it. Hopefully, You will make your project come true one day. And let me know if you [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009: 920 words
One of my problems in the world was pollution environment. Pollution is much closer than we think. As we progress deep into the modern world, we make for ourselves an unnaturally dirty place to live in. As we know, pollution is one of our enemies. Factories discharge a huge amount of pollutants daily in the [...]
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Friday, October 16th, 2009: 1059 words
My program has been to a slow start. Initially, I started off trying to coordinate my project through the M.A.X. Office but I have not heard any responses even though I filled out my application two weeks ago. I had a feeling that my application was not received. The students who were running the office [...]
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Friday, October 16th, 2009: 1089 words
Since I am not from New Orleans I have only had limited exposure to schools other than universities. Also, since I lack a vehicle my project has to be in proximity to the school so that I can at least walk or catch public transportation without getting lost. I have found two locations that can [...]
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Friday, October 16th, 2009: 285 words
The students I commented on were:
1. Princess Carter
2. Amber Spurlock
3. Quang Vu
4. Daniel Le
5. Carla Simmons
6. Shavonda Wilson
7. Julianne Brown
8. Kiara Maddox
9. Kelly Allison
10. Hanh Tran
The Tiglath-Pilser Principle in a nutshell is a method in interpreting stories. A good example of this is the Israelites account of important events that include numbers of people such [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009: 787 words
My project has been getting delayed because, like many of you, school itself is overwhelming and we also had midterms that just took place and we were all studying. I haven’t had the time to look for volunteers, collect or ask for donations, and actually mapping out the whole project and throwing ideas to come [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009: 1147 words
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This picture can be explained itself, Action against hunger. This project and many other projects that are being talked about is taking action for something that they believe should be fixed.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009: 149 words
After posting my concerns as a citizen of New Orleans, I received 3 responses, which i greatly apreciate. I probably would have received more responses but most students did not know what my project consisted of; the only knew that my concerns were the drug abuse problem in our communities. Although I did speak of [...]
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009: 340 words
Thank you to everyone that gave me positive feedback and some advice. I really appreciate it!
Jbrown11: I would love to collaborate with you on this project! “Two heads are better than one!” And i also think that going to a high school mentoring teenagers and teaching them more about college would be an awesome idea [...]
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009: 25 words
I wrote comment to Princess Carter; Elizabeth Tran; Julianne Brown; Taylor Bailey; Kiara Maddox; Deante Markey; Paulyna Guyen; Terry Pham; Shavonda Wilson and Quang Vu
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009: 145 words
Ten people whose projects I commented on were: Avona- Kim Baird, Princess Carter, Julianne Brown, Kelly Allison, Carla Simmons, Rhea Jones, Quang Vu, Christopher Le, Terry Pham and Kiara Maddox. Even though a few of their project ideas were similar, I found each and everyone of them interesting!
Both Enuma Elish and Genesis are etiologies, [...]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009: 108 words
In my week two blog I mentioned that one of the most important things to me was children that have no parental guidance, role models or just someone they can look up to. A way that I can help fix this problem is to go to an elementary school or a middle school in the [...]
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