Norris opinions human history 6:49 pm
What Does It Mean to Be Human? Post & Sloan, National Geographic:Washington DC, 2010, 175 pps. Book Notes By Bill Norris, Ph.D. 4/3/11
This book presents the story of human origins over the past 6 million years, combining archaeological, artifact and genetic data to reveal the saga. It is a companion book with the exhibit of the same name at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Here is a list of human developments: (more…)
Norris opinions 7:02 pm
THE PROGRESSION OF PROGRESS
Bill Norris
August 8, 2010
The question was raised, “Why did it take so many millenia for progress as we know it to take place?” Communications, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, transportation, food and other advancements have only been recent in the human experience. “What slowed the progress?” To answer these questions I read the National Geographic: A Concise History of Science and Invention which has 352 pages of pictures, charts, and narrative that lay out developments in the human experience. (more…)
Norris opinions 9:39 pm
Down in Tre-ma-eh’
Me and my ba-bay’
We both goin’ craz-say’,
But we jumpin’ and havin’ fun!
Norris opinions 4:01 pm
“The Bitterness of Poor Quality
Is Remembered long after
The Sweetness of a Cheap Price”
From a wise observer
“On the Plains of Hesitation
Bleach the Bones of Countless Thousands
Who at the Dawn of Victory
Sat down to rest
And Resting, Died”
Anonymous
Norris opinions 6:29 pm
I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I know); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest. – Rudyard Kipling
Norris opinions Books 2:15 am
RECOMMEND READING LIST
Professional Tourguiding Class, Delgado Community College
Bill Norris, Instructor
2/4/09
African-Americans: *Din, Gilbert C., Spaniards, Planters and Slaves
Keith W. Medley, We as Free People, Plessey vs Ferguson
Norman R. Yetman, Ed., WPA Narratives Voices from Slavery
Northrup, Solomon Twelve Years a Slave
Architecture: *Vogt, Lloyd New Orleans Houses
Battle of New Orleans: *Remini, Robt. The Battle of New Orleans
Cabildo: Wilson & Huber, The Cabildo on Jackson Square
Cajuns: Jobb, The Cajuns: A People’s Story of Exile and Triumph
Cemeteries: Huber, Leonard New Orleans Architecture Vol. III: The Cemeteries
Creoles: Kein, Sybil, Creole
Norris opinions 10:52 pm
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