Friday, July 31, 2009

Vendredi

A search for New Orleans' best snowball ~Kathy Price-Robinson
~An employee pours two more flavors of syrup into a cup of fluffy snow at Pandora’s in New Orleans.
But don’t mistake it for a snowcone.
~Silly Editilla Snnnnow'tellas!

New Orleans author Tom Piazza on the importance of Charity
~SaveCharityHospital.com


Notes from New Orleans: Federal Lawsuit Moved to NOLA
~Walter Gallas

~"We learned Tuesday that the federal court has ruled that the case the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed against FEMA and the Department of Veterans Affairs in DC federal court in May will be transferred to New Orleans federal district court.
Our suit maintains that the two federal agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act when they OK’d the develop- ment of hospitals for Louisiana State University and Veterans Affairs in the Lower Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans."

Babar for President? Seriously
~Matt Mackowiak

~Mississippi Gov. Haley Babar has shown he knows how to maneuver his way through a bad storm.
While leaders in neighboring Louisiana bickered about who loused up the recovery there from Hurricane Katrina, Babar was taking bows for his work in Mississippi and cruising to re-election with a higher margin than four years earlier. What? Oh! Well... jus'sayin

Among Babar's other associates are the monkey Zephir, the old elephant counsellors Cornelius and Pompadour (Pompadour was created for the Babar TV series), his cousin Arthur, and his children, Pom, Flora and Alexander. Later, a second daughter, Isabelle, was introduced. The Old Lady comes to live in the Kingdom as an honoured guest. Despite the presence of these counsellors, Babar's rule seems to be totally independent of any elected body, and completely autocratic, however his leadership style seems to be one that works for the overall benefit of his elephant subjects; a form of "gentle authoritarianism".

RE-Starting Today
~Our New Orleans Saints


Success through low expectation ~C.B. Forgotston

Stimulus Hypocrisy:
Louisiana Style~CenLamar


Contractors say stimulus has been slow to kick in
~Mark Trumbull

~The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $4.6 billion for the US Army Corps of Engineers, but the Corps has spent just $84 million of that so far.

State Bond Commission approve $67 million in bonds for
New Orleans area projects
~Ed Anderson


Port Sulphur couple asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear 'bad faith' Katrina case against State Farm
~Further Extensive Coverage at Slabbed

Immigrant detainees hunger strike over conditions
~John Moreno Gonzales


My Kindle ate my homework: lawsuit filed over 1984 deletion
~John Timmer
~A suit filed on Amazon's home turf claims that the company's recent deletion of e-books from consumers' Kindles violates its contract with users and constitutes computer fraud.

Kempenfest Marks Artist's Katrina Recovery~This weekend marks the thirty-fourth annual Kempenfest, but for one artist there, the occasion marks another milestone. As the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, glass artist Nicole Kibath feels that, with her participation in Kempenfest, she is starting to hit her stride for the first time since the storm.

From animators to students, N.O. computer graphics conference to have diverse turnout ~Stephen Maloney
~New Orleans' digital media industry might not be that of Silicon Valley or Los Angeles, but the birthplace of Jazz is a perfect fit for the 2009 SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference.

Terence Blanchard's new CD explores the concept of "Choices"
~Keith Spera


Curtain to open again on a Carver Theater in New Orleans
~Don Ames, WWL

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