~~When asked about LSU’s portrayal of van Heerden as ‘temporary labor,’ van Heerden said that was ‘non-sense.’
“I had a permanent hard-money academic position,” said van Heerden. “It was funded by the state for the last 15 years.”
~Editilla wants to know where the Hell is Van Heerden's legal team here? LSU makes a Blatant Misstatement and what?
They have nothing to contradict? Are we this forked?
~Hat Tweet to Levees.org~"The best way to support Ivor van Heerden is to send a written letter of support to Michael Martin, Chancellor LSU, B.R., LA 70803"
After The Flood, every day was a statement~Stephanie Grace~Shortly before the new HBO series "Treme" debuted last week, Times-Picayune TV writer Dave Walker asked actor and local resident John Goodman whether he'd met guys like the angry, excitable and utterly fierce New Orleans champion he plays in the series.
How would Ash say that
No Reservations, part 4
~Ashley Morris: the blog
Time To Grieve, The Music
~Back of Town blogging "Treme"
"Treme" and Danziger Bridge --the Two Faces of New Orleans
~Harry Shearer~"Treme", friends say, seems to have come at the right moment. The city, nearly five years into a recovery many folks argued against or doubted would ever happen, has felt for much of this year as if it were almost levitating. The Saints' victory in the Super Bowl, coming on the same weekend as the primary election that marked the decisive end to the pathetic mayoralty of C. Ray Nagin, seemed to punctuate the sense of--and a friend last night remarked over her willingness to use this word--renaissance that is blowing through New Orleans like the spring breeze off the Mississippi.
Except...and there's always an exception in New Orleans...when "Treme's" renewal wasn't on the front page, a spike in gun-related violence was. Just as the city feels as if the bad old days are over comes a reminder that young men are still shooting each other, and, as policemen plead guilty in the Danziger Bridge case, a reminder that police are still shooting unarmed civilians and covering it up. The news has been full of controversy over incoming mayor Mitch Landrieu's selection process for the new police chief. However the process plays out, the new chief has a big job ahead: saving the renaissance.
For New Orleans (In Response to HBO’s Treme)~Wendy Rodrigue
Corps of Engineers' 1984-speak "Correcting old Data" said to Err on Flooding Risk ~NYT~An attempt by the Army Corps of Engineers to correct old data on water flows in the Mississippi may have led to underestimates of the current risk of flooding along the river, scientists argue in a new study.
Donald C. Sweeney II, associate director of the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, said it was important to get the numbers right, “because the more accurately you can portray the risks of flooding to people, the more rational and well-based decisions they can make.” Historical data should not be altered, Mr. Sweeney said, “unless there’s a darn good reason for adjusting it that you can show beyond a shadow of a doubt.”
~Editilla Gotta Axe~ What is This Shit?
Corps of Engineers to award pump stations contract for East Jefferson
FEMA looks for flood map resolution in Livingston Parish
Senate could vote to extend federal flood insurance program as early as Thursday
~Republicans, including Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, said that Democrats were at fault for not agreeing on a plan to pay for the costs of the legislation. He accused Democrats of trying to get him to agree to a bill that extended the flood insurance program with provisions that he wants only if they are paid for. It was reminiscent, he said, of the "Louisiana purchase," which is how some Republicans have described Sen. Mary Landrieu's amendment to the health-care overhaul package to address a financing glitch in Louisiana's Medicaid share.
Landrieu, who has strongly defended the amendment, confronted Vitter about his remarks on the Senate floor and later issued a harsh critique of her Louisiana colleague. "Getting lectured by David Vitter on personal integrity and fiscal discipline is insulting and about as laughable as getting lectured by him on family values," said Landrieu, alluding to the fact that Vitter's phone number was found in a Washington call-girl operation's records in 2007.
Melancon slams Vitter on flood insurance~Gerard Sheilds
How Senator Vitter Battled the EPA Over Formaldehyde’s Link to Cancer ~ProPublica
~Hat Tweet~John McQuaid
RI's US senators say GOP impeding flood relief funds~More on What to Do During the Flood Insurance Suspension
Bird’s Foot Delta, part two ~LaCoastPost
Oyster grounds re-opening across state, but officials still haven't pinpointed source of illnesses~Chris Kirkham
Lakeshore Drive closure sparks anger ~WWL
Corps of Engineers N.O. District: Clay Source List
Built Above Wildly Erratic River Levels, Cable-Stayed Giant Rises Over the Flood
~Angelle Bergeron
What’s Mitch Landrieu’s view of federal invovlement in NOPD?
~Eli Ackerman, The Lens
~Editilla Notellas~ Y'all be sure to hit the HOME button at The Lens when we lede an article, since we can't keep hanging them all day when they poppin'em out hot like this:
City Council suprised to learn of revolver money used for proposed medical district
State must cut $319 million from budgeted spending for the next 10 weeks
New Orleans NASA workers wait for Obama speech
Orleans Parish average home price down 17.45 percent in March
Aid arrives after cyclone kills 121 in India~Rescuers cleared hundreds of uprooted trees and electricity poles blocking roads to the devastated areas in Bihar state, said Sharwan Kumar, a state administrator. Telephone services also were restored in most of the region after a 30-hour interruption. Police and rescue teams recovered another 39 bodies in the worst-hit villages in West Bengal - Hematabad, Raiganj and Kiran Dighi - since Wednesday, said Ramanuj Chakraborty, a senior local official.
Making It Right?~Cite Magazine
IEEE PES Conference & Exhibition, April 19-22Cottonmouth - Barataria Reserve - New Orleans~Ray Hayes
Meltdown Popsicles and Goings-On~Robert Peyton
The Oxford American comes to New Orleans~Brett Anderson
Odd Words
~Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans
First International Story Swap to Connect Students in New Orleans and Port-au-Prince
LIVE In New OrleansJeff Chaz
~Louisiana Music Factory
Fidelity for record stores still runs high
New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts gets OK to pursue offering full-day program
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