Thursday, May 15, 2008

Jeudi

Katrina the Clown claims Vitter affair~The New Orleans Levee
~Katrina says the senator (R-Pamp) liked for her to create erotic balloon figures


Heavy rains head toward Burma
Latest Burma Weather here and here.
~Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone- devastated delta today even as the United Nations warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths.
Map: Free Burma Rangers
The International Red Cross said in a new estimate that the death toll may already be between 68,833 and 127,990 – considerably higher than the Burmese government's latest official count of 38,491 dead. The Red Cross said it made the estimate by compiling figures gathered by other aid groups and organizations and extrapolating the total.

Burma cyclone: Survivors used as forced labour

China earthquake: Small miracles recovered from China quake debris
~A child weeps as residents from Chuanbei county move to a safe place in Mianyang.
~Photo: Getty
~For the first time yesterday, aid reached the epicentre of the 7.9-magnitude quake, and the first batch of 47 survivors were evacuated.

Liprap's Lament - The Line

Nothing "major"
~Your Right Hand Thief


Library Chronicles

Re:
Improvements in New Orleans Schools~Brenda Mitchel

DHS Secretary, Michael "Jack'ya" Chertoff, Tours Storm-Damaged Midwest~FEMA
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Procurement Specifications Require Significantly Reduced Formaldehyde Levels In Mobile Homes
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Current Homeland InSecurity Threat Level: Yeller

Corps defines New Orleans 100 year flood protection-Levees.org


Flood Stage Levels current 'real-time' guage readings~USGS


USGS Measures a Century of Floods

Visit DOTmed at Booth #570 the SNM Annual Meeting in New Orleans~The Annual SNM Meeting Meeting,
June 14–18, has been recognized by thousands of professional attendees as the premier event for educational and networking opportunities in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

New Orleans-based Southern Pine Council Contributes to Season Finale of ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''

Commence Planning of Boozy Long Weekend in New Orleans
~Jaunted


Coin dealers examining gold find off La. coast

And now for something not so completely different?

Starbucks plans leadership conference in New Orleans
~Editilla gotta brieux'ya!~Without coffee I could grind the world to dust between my teeth. Oh yeah, talk about a full circle, a complete ring around da'cup,
from Brooklyn to Seattle to the City That Coffee Begot. They all come home for the kindness of strangers,
and a hot cup of Joe
...or maybe even a blanket?

Father, daughter team up
at New Orleans clinic

~Concord -
Driving from a New Orleans airport to the Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic, Maddy Bilodeau overheard a fellow passenger in the car ask, “Is this America?” upon observing their surroundings.

Clarion students' eyes opened during trip to New Orleans~The Derrick

Carter, Connick do their home work in New Orleans

New Orleans Artists Rebuild Livelihoods With eBay Charity Auction on May 23

Adventures in NOLA, Episode 1:
Thursday Night on Frenchmen
~Creative Loafing

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