Monday, March 24, 2008

Lundi

Come On Down to Nawlins~W
Photographed by Bruce Weber~Styled by Karl Temper
With an excellent article from the TP by Susan Langenhennig

Louisiana's Mulch Madness
~Mother Jones
~Cypress forests are the state's best defense against hurricanes. So why are loggers clear-cutting the last trees?~By Michael Behar
Photo: Christopher Lamarca



Arkansas forecasters warn on White River levels; levee breached, fixed
~"The Army Corps of Engineers worked through the night to plug the breaks with sandbags, and that work appeared to be holding as of Sunday afternoon," said Renee Preslar, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.~Further UpDate

Ohio Governor tours unstable levee in Zoar
~"The levee is not in imminent danger of failure, and we don't need to be alarmed. Our intent is that we will not allow this levee to fail."- Col. Dana Hurst, commander of the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Midwest Flooding Has New Orleans Officials Ramping Up Levee Inspections

Al Copeland, flamboyant founder of Popeyes fried chicken chain, dies at 64~Born in poverty, Mr. Copeland burst onto the scene in 1972, when he opened his first Popeyes fried-chicken stand. The Arabi restaurant was the start of a franchise that, under his leadership, had 700 outlets, in the United States, Puerto Rico, Panama and Kuwait.
Editilla wakes~Surely Y'all know that there are places in this country without Popeye's Fried Chicken and that is a garrish and precarious thing out here on da'long long road home...just'sayin...

PeSA / ECMTA 2008 Summit in New Orleans!~PeSA, (Professional eBay Sellers Association) and ECMTA (E-Commerce Merchants Trade Association) will jointly sponsor the 2008 eCommerce summit, to be held in New Orleans this April 22nd through the 24th.

Where We're At~New Orleanians tell CityBusiness how they think the recovery is progressing.

Tickets Go On Sale April 1st No Lie

Texas trails only California in government earmarks

New Orleans lawmaker wants to raise legal smoking age to 21

Editilla say Judas Priestess, Man! Ain't you got enough to do about the forkin'crime rate, Mate???

My Comments Policy~NOLA radfem

Overview of cyber attacks against Tibetan Communities

FEMA delayed post-Katrina mental help


Nurses Aid in New Orleans’ Mental Health Crisis

N.O. library recovery to cost $650M


Dillard library back after storm repairs


Liprap's Lament - The Line


Changing Civic Engagement In New Orleans One Video Blog Post at a Time~Beth Kanter


So What is This NoLA Rising Anyway?~Editilla's Blessed Goddamned Hero Dat'What, Dat'Who and Dat'Where'Yat Noble Mons Sinn Féin!

Students Return from Volunteering in New Orleans

Students aid New Orleans rebuilding effort
~Members of the Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) and the Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF) took service trips to New Orleans during spring break, improving areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Alternative Spring Break students help rebuild New Orleans

Students give back to community over break
~“Katrina has dropped from the front page of the headlines, and I wish that wasn’t so because there’s still a lot to be done,” Bruce said.

R.E.M. Tackles Songs of Faith and Revenge


Deadline Extended - Call for Submission: Jazz Fest Photography Exhibition 2008


WWOZ~WTUL~GAMBIT
NOMENU


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