Friday, April 17, 2009

Vendredi

Louisiana’s flagship university runs aground on public opinion. Does the state care?
~Len Bahr, lacoastpost.com


Hurricane expert’s firing criticized
~Jordan Blum and Allan M. Johnson Jr.

~Clapping and chanting “L-S-U — Shame on you!” dozens of sign-waving demonstrators in New Orleans on Thursday protested the university’s firing of hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden.
Marcia Cooke, a high school math teacher, takes part in a demonstration against the firing of LSU professor Ivor van Heerden in front of LSU’s Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.

<~Pat Hebert takes part in a demon- stration against the firing of LSU professor Ivor van Heerden in front of LSU's Health Sciences Center in New Orleans on Thursday. An effort is growing to get LSU to rescind a decision to fire the coastal scientist who has been a vocal critic of the Corps of Engineers. Sandy Rosenthal, founder of levees.org and an organizer of the protest rally, called van Heerden a “hero.” “People who live here have lost an expert voice on hurricane and flood protection issues,” said Rosenthal, whose group has been dogging the Army Corps over the failure of the levees. “What will we do the next time a storm comes? There will be no independent voice representing us, the citizens.”
Photos~Bill Harber/AP ~~Video coverage here
~More Rally Photos at levees.org

MR-GO gets ready to go - Part 4: The Defense ~slabbed

Louisiana has much at stake in debate~Bruce Alpert
~For environmentalists, such as Aaron Viles of the Gulf Coast Restoration Network, Louisiana is "ground zero" in the fight to combat global warming because failure to address it aggressively will lead to more destructive tropical storms and higher sea levels threatening the coast. Any job losses from global-warming legislation, he said, could be more than offset with new "green energy" jobs.

U.S. Army North Completes Annual Hurricane Drill

Repairing New Orleans, one piece at a time~Don Eriksson

Get the scoop on who French Quarter Festival musicians plan to see~Allison Fensterstock
~French Quarter Fest webcast: Watch the Pavillion Stage live


Dog lover Ana Zorilla asks public to support 'Bark in the Park' this spring ~Chris Rose

High-Speed Rail Routes That Could Get Upgrades
HopeOver, HopeLash, HopeBreak: A Lexicon of Disappointment ~Naomi Klein

James Gill: Rapper C-Murder not the most credible anti-violence advocate

Wolfgang’s Vault
~Vikram Swaran Singh Chadha

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