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• Louisiana passed up for corps contract

  
  The CityBusiness Blog — Authority: 425
  By Deon Roberts, Online Editor The Associated Press reported today that the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a Colorado State University researcher $1.7 million to design and build a test facility to simulate wave damage on the scale of Hurricane Katrina. The award’s recipient, Chris Thornton, director of the ...
  6 hours ago

• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 148
  Here is more about the Louisiana class-action lawsuit of teachers who were wrongfully terminated following Hurricane Katrina : Eleven months after New Orleans Civil District Court Judge Ethel Simms-Julien certified a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 8,500 former employees of Orleans Parish Public ...
  9 hours ago

• Anna Deavere Smith "Lets Us Down Easy" in the Health Care Debate

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 144
  "When I hear the official language [of the health care debate] it makes me suppose that this is a time when we need a lot more art thats not going to have answers that are in black and white. " Anna Deavere Smith to Bill Moyers , November 13, 2009 Back in 2000, Danny Schecter published notes from a presentation ...
  1 day ago

• Resurrecting The Rubble at Ground Zero: USS New York

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 562
  At 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 the USS New York set sail for a naval weapons station in New Jersey.  It was officially commissioned on Nov. 7, 2009 after arriving in New York on Nov. 2.  Perhaps, the traditional order of, “Man our ship and bring her to life” took on a special meaning with this ...
  2 days ago

• New Army Corps Policy Says: Consider Rising Sea Levels

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  In drafting plans for flood control, waterway navigation and other water-related projects, Army Corps of Engineer designers must tailor plans to meet the demands of rising sea levels, according to a new policy. In the simplest terms, that means that a levee, for example, may need to be designed higher than it would ...
  3 days ago

• Eva Mendes miffed with US government

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 717
  London, Nov 12 (IANS) Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has slammed the US government for its “failed” response to help people in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in the 2005.Stars including Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock threw themselves into helping residents rebuild the port city, after it was left ...
  4 days ago

• "From Cy Young to Sayonara"

  
  First Draft — Authority: 632
  That was how Yankee Third Baseman Craig Nettles described the plight of reliever Sparky Lyle after the Bronx Bombers signed Goose Gossage to be their stopper in 1978. It also fits whats going on in the New Orleans print media...
  4 days ago

• A private matter, a public court – SLABBED reponds to Judge Senter

  
  slabbed — Authority: 480
  “This is a public court…It belongs to the citizens. I believe in hearing everything in open court if I can.” Federal District Judge L.T. Senter, Bossier v State Farm, November 2009 Open court is not a place where Judge Senter presides.  Instead, it is the envelope of the litigation process – the ...
  5 days ago

• Veterans Day

  
  First Draft — Authority: 632
  Scout: I didnt realize that hundreds of retired veterans became Katrina evacuees who were sent to Washington DC. And over 4 years later they are still there awaiting the completion of the rebuilding of their retirement home in Gulfport, Mississippi....
  5 days ago

• Can theatre be too clever for its own good? | Matt Trueman

  
  Stage: Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 128
  Highly intellectual and esoteric shows like Architecting run the risk of betraying the real purpose of theatre – the effective communication of ideas Right, embarrassing confession time. To my shame, before Friday night I hadnt realised that Gone With the Wind was a novel. In fact, not having seen the film, the sum ...
  5 days ago

• The Lower Ninth Ward, Four Years Later

  
  Impudent Ways — Authority: 92
  The Lower Ninth Ward 4 Years Later (EA Hanks & Jonah Evans) from EA Hanks on Vimeo . Oh, hello old blog! Did you know youre less of a pain in the ass than my new blog ? So I am throwing some attention back at you, like a guy who left you but then... maybe, sort of, regrets it? So he hooks up with you again, ...
  5 days ago

• TPC EXCLUSIVE- State Rep. Abramson talks Jindal priorities: Superdome suite v. mental health services

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff State Representative Neil Abramson (D) New Orleans Cutting services to those who desperately need them is becoming a habit over in JindalLand. He is now gutting all mental health care in Louisiana to fill the Medicare budget shortfall : The state also plans to shift money from its mental ...
  1 week ago

• Leiberman Katrina and Fort Hood

  
  G2 Visual Design Salad and Other Healthy Appetizers — Authority: 136
  Leiberman is doing his best to stir up anti Arab sentiment in the wake of the tragic Fort Hood Shooting. The incident where the shooter happened to be a Muslim and much to the deep joy of the Right Wing Nut Jobs and I suspect, Senator Leiberman, he had a really Arab sounding name.The Senate [...]
  1 week ago

• I’d uh, get out of Louisiana if I were you. Hurricane Ida’s coming.

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 581
  The hurricane-ravaged state, still smarting from Hurricane Katrina four years later, called a state of emergency already. Hopefully the Category 2 doesn’t get stronger. SOURCE
  1 week ago

• Why People Think The World is Coming to an End

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 562
  Many people believe the world is coming to an end in 2012 is because that is when the Mayan calender stops. On December 21, 2012 to be exact. But they had different calenders than we do. It is possible, but not likely. Seriously, every calender has to end sometime, doesn’t it? Most 2008/2009 calenders might stop on ...
  1 week ago

• Katrina game creator accused of using stolen money orders

  
  The CityBusiness Blog — Authority: 425
  By Deon Roberts, Online Editor Here’s a news item I couldn’t help but blog about. A man who made a board game ridiculing the government for its response to Hurricane Katrina has been charged with using money orders stolen in New Orleans the year the storm hit, according to news reports . Here’s an excerpt: ...
  1 week ago

• Unadulterated Eggers

  
  Best Of New Orleans Blog — Authority: 563
  My first impression of Dave Eggers during our recent interview was how much he cared about the Abdulraham and Kathy Zeitoun and their children, the New Orleans family and subject of Egger’s book, Zeitoun . He had spent a lot of time talking on the phone with Zeitouns, and made numerous trips to New Orleans to ...
  1 week ago

• Apartment 1503 is haunted by Ghosts

  
  POTPOLITICS — Authority: 463
  I have never really believed in Ghosts because basically the whole premise just doesn’t make much sense. I always wanted to come back as a Ghost, a good ghost of course. I  have enjoyed many a great Ghost story as a kid.I will tell the story from this morning backwards. I live in a small [...]
  1 week ago

• Galveston Shriners Hospital now open

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  The Galveston Shriners Hospital, which was closed down after Hurricane Ike and was set to reopen on Monday after a long battle to bring it back, has opened its doors a few days early . Kudos to all involved for getting this done.
  1 week ago

• Sustainable FLOAT House in New Orleans by Morphosis

  
  Home and House Design — Authority: 130
  Morphosis has completed the first floating house permitted in the United States for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans designed and built by Morphosis and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design graduate students.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable and sustainable housing that is ...
  1 week ago

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