Friday, July 25, 2008

Vendredi

The Mississippi River streaks an oil sheen while workers with the U.S. Environmental Services clean oil on the levee that washed up on the shoreline July 23 after a barge accident. Photo~Ted Jackson / Times-Picayune
Wildlife refuge girds for effects of oil spill ~Cleanup crews farther upriver are redirecting oil to shorelines fortified by the levee system, where the muck can then be scrubbed, absorbed and trucked away. But preventing seepage into the innumerable channels and passes of the Mississippi Delta is another story.

Legal fight starts day after spill ~The federal lawsuit was filed by New Orleans attorney Camilo K. Salas III, Reserve attorney Daniel E. Becnel Jr. and the Parker Waichman Alonso,
a law firm in Great Neck, N.Y.


200 Ships Idled, Not Good

NOAA Responds to Oil Spill ~Beyond Katrina




Oil
on concrete levee. Photo- NOAA
~For some perspective, the New Orleans Spill is 400,000 gallons, or appx 9900 barrels of heavy #6 Diesel fuel. The Exxon Valdez spilled 10.8 million gallons of Prudhoe Bay crude oil into the sea, and the oil eventually covered 11,000 sq miles. The 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill:
58,000 gallons of IFO-380 bunker fuel were spilled.

Special Hat T'n'T~Jeffrey!
Editilla pleads Yellow Contendere!

NOAH Devolves to Adam and Eve
~We Could Be Famous
~WARNING!
(Post currently under cloak and digger!;)


"Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat..."
~Your Right Hand Thief


Burmese junta pockets millions in foreign aid currency scam

Mia Farrow Calls for Global Pressure at Olympics for Burma

China: most popular blog platform blocked for more than a week~Reporters Without Borders~“Due to a lack of self-discipline of the part of a few netizens in posting sensitive information to their former blogs that is not in accordance with the discussion requirements, SOHO Xiaobao is temporarily closed. We are currently in the process of applying to have it reopened. Service has now stopped; all data will be saved, and usage will resume upon further notice. Thank you everyone for your understanding and support! At the same time, everyone is asked, in their care for SOHO Xiaobao, to be cautious of what they write during the Olympic period, and to remember that the posting of illegal information is strictly forbidden.”

Strange Bedfellows In Deed

Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed

Why is Homeland Security messing with Texas levees during hurricane season?
~Facing South


Attracting young professionals to New Orleans is one thing, retaining them is another

Beans~Library Chronicles

Time to review New Orleans restaurants again
~Brett Anderson


Will New Orleans Critic Brett Anderson Go Easy on the Big Easy Restaurants? Nope! ~Serious Eats


Herbsaint Drip Glass ~New Orleans Absinthe History

Job Lead: TravelSmith
Travel-Stories from New Orleans


Chris Rose 60-Second Interview: Maria Shaw


Worship Music Publisher Donates $65,000 to Archdiocese

Music Friday: A humid city mix ~David Rutledge

Brotherhood - New Orleans Funkiest Delicacies

Chucho Valdes Presents the album "Canto a Dios"
(Song to God) in Madrid


In New Orleans, The Sound Never Sets~Deroy Murdock

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