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Program Goals and Related Objectives The goal of this program is to aid in reducing the incidence and risks of heart disease within the African-American population of Jefferson Parish. The goal corresponds with the Healthy People 2020 goal for heart disease and stroke which is to “improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart disease and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes;…

Centuries later Frethorne's letters were evidence of the parish-indentured servants; who were young children sent by the parish due to the fact the parish provided support for their poor families. Frethorne was indentured by his parish under The English Poor Law of 1601, which forced children into mandatory apprenticeships because their parents could not support their child. Children sent over…

group (the Interahamwe) indiscriminately killing members of the Tutsi ethnic group, thousands of Tutsi civilians fled their homes in Gikongoro, a prefecture in southern Rwanda. Many of the Tutsi sought refuge at places such as Kibeho Parish, Cyanika Parish, Kaduha Parish, Murambi technical school, and Ruhashya commune. During the next three months, the Interahamwe massacred an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus. In 2001, Aloys Simba, a retired lieutenant colonel and former member of…

the Anglican denomination, the Pastor and the parish contribute to a continuing education program on a monthly basis. Approximately every three years, a Pastor can apply for these funds and, along with additional contributions of his own, take a leave of absence from the parish that is acceptable to both the Bishop and congregation. In the early seventies, there was a revival that touched scattered congregations across western Canada. Our small parish was one of four Anglican…

Dr. Youssef Oumeish writes an enthusiastic and engaging article on makeup and cosmetics. Much like him the two authors John Crissey and Charles Parish, write a similar article on make-up that differs in the way that is entails the information by pointing straight facts to the reader. Embodied in the intriguing information that the two articles provide consists the joy of the history of makeup and cosmetics. Both well researched articles give countless fascinating historical accounts of…

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: Gun-toting Christians Get Discount Guns and Ammo ranks Tennessee as the 23d most gun-friendly state in the nation. Black powder rifles and magazines are not restricted, Beretta relocated there, and Nashville put out the red carpet for the NRA. Tennessee is also home to many Christian denominations. The National Baptist Convention, the Church of God in Christ, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The Church of God and Church of God of Prophecy, The Free…

forbidden apple, beauty and the way to enhance it has been an obsession among every culture. Make-up and cosmetics have been found from ancient eye shadow pallets to written documents on formulas for face powder. The two articles written by Oumeish and Parish and Crissey jump into the joy of the history of cosmetics and spread the joy to the readers. Both well researched articles give countless fascinating historical accounts of cosmetics that take the reader on a time machine of beauty. While…

As Marcus Garvey once said “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” In the context of his ideology, he implies that culture is the basis of understanding how an individual identifies oneself. Learning your own history can allow one to understand their upbringing, their beliefs and their traditions. Culture is a factor that diversifies the world and engenders social groups with similar beliefs. Matsumoto and Juang note that “culture…

In 1857 “a third son of William, Thomas Shields Bisland purchased Fairfax Plantation, located in St. Mary Parish from Joshua Baker” … the father-in-law of Thomas’ brother, William Alexander Bisland. “Baker, who served a brief term as a military governor of Louisiana in 1868, played an important role in the maintenance of the Bisland plantations during the war.” Scarborough speculates his appointment as a Unionist Governor during Reconstruction helped to keep Hope Farm and Aragon as working…

The Act for the relief of the Poor, 1601 or the Elizabethan Poor law was an Act of Parliament of England. It is prevalently also known as the ‘Old Poor Law’ and was approved in 1601 that formed a national poor law system for countries of Great Britain; England and Wales. During the 16th century, England was going through a bad phase of stern economic depression with large unemployment, rapid price inflation and food crisis. These deteriorating conditions led to the increase of miserable poor and…