Saturday, July 13, 2013

Second Annual “Stomp Out the Stink” Dance-A-Thon with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade!
~The Dance-A-Thon works just like a marathon (or walk-a-thon), where you ask people you know to help support your participation. You can participate as a team of one or more (up to twelve in a team), and raising the $45 registration ($30 for kids 12 and under) is a piece of cake! All donations are 100% tax deductible.
You sign up as a dancer and collect donations from your friends, fans, family and co-workers. Then, for up to twelve hours, you dance to great music, take dance lessons of all types, win prizes, get down with great bands, eat great local food and have an all-around blast at the gorgeous Cafe Istanbul. You don't have to dance the whole time as long as at least one person from your team is! If you can't make the whole event, it is open to the public for $10 at the door. Although you won't be able to win any prizes, we still want to see your moves!
Defensive blogging~Soldiers in the Blogosphere ~"A story this morning on milblogging.com caught my eye for a couple of reasons: it involved the Army Corps of Engineers (my branch) and it involved what I'll term "defensive blogging". The story is about allegations by the website Levee.org that Corps of Engineers employees left comments "targeting citizen critic using tax payer money" and were "re-writing history" (the news report by WWL TV can be seen here.) I have no idea if this is an organized effort by the Corps of Engineers, but it certainly highlights one way that the military can (and, I'd argue, should) engage the blogosphere - by leaving comments on blogs to correct or complete a story."~
Success in Synchronicity: The Reunion of Payton and Brees ~Wallace Delery, Canal Street Chronicles

Goodbye Buskers' Bunkhouse: Bywater Property Owner Reclaims Home of Kamp Katrina, Ms. Pearl Goes to Battle ~NOLA DEFENDER

In New Orleans, public radio, local startups, and more are teaming up for the news ~Jan Schaffer, Neiman Journalism Lab

Jackie Clarkson Strikes Again ~Slabbed

Levee work to begin in Lafourche Parish

Seafood Board’s Credible Media Voice Takes New Job at Wildlife and Fisheries

Corps of Engineers Manager Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison in $30 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme

Monday, July 8, 2013

Tropical Storm Chantal forms in Atlantic
~MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD THE LESSER ANTILLES

SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...10.6N 50.6W
ABOUT 630 MI...1010 KM ESE OF BARBADOS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 26 MPH...43 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* DOMINICA
* SAINT LUCIA
* MARTINIQUE
* GUADELOUPE

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* SAINT VINCENT

Coast Guard partially reopens Mississippi River while searching for sunken tug boat

Whatever Happened to Bobby Jindal? The feud that helped knock the shine off a Republican golden boy ~Marin Gogan, New Republic

A Call for Superintendent John White To Resign ~CenLamar

Drivers for City Council are needed, members say ~Gordon Russell, Advocate N.O. Bureau

Community-funded news projects help fill information gaps in New Orleans ~Michelle McClellan, Knight Blog

Filming Notification: Production U (4301 Burgundy St) July 10

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Almost Saints Sunday!

Sheriff spends lavishly on Exterminator, one of his most generous campaign donors ~Gordon Russell, Advocate N.O.

Voices On Violence: The Violence Has Changed Me, But This Is Home ~Valerie West, WWNO

Two firefighters dead after fatal crash in Long Beach ~WLOX

Essence Festival gives New Orleans economy a big boost ~WWLTV

Officials ask FEMA to help fight cost increase ~Nikki Buskey, Daily Comet

New Orleans companies expanding into exports ~Chad Caulder

Pressure on House to pass farm bill ~Deborah Berry and Christopher Doering, ~Town Talk

Flavors and ingredients from some of our best-known dishes had origins elsewhere ~Advertiser, Lafayette

Visitors and optimism warming up summer in South Mississippi ~Mary Perez, Sun Herald

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/07/06/4781186/visitors-and-optimism-warming.html#storylink=cpy
 
‘A sense of heritage', ceremony pays tribute to slaves in Congo Square ~Jim Derry
~In 2001, a small group gathered to pay homage to their ancestors. On Saturday, for the 13th time, the annual gathering included hundreds of people at Congo Square — the same site where many slaves sang and prayed more than 200 years ago.With a white altar sitting beneath oak trees, this year’s Maafa Commemoration opened with “Sunrise at Congo Square,” a three-hour tribute that included worship and celebration. Some arrived before 6 a.m. Saturday to the sound of drums and other music native to western Africa. A procession followed on foot to St. Augustine Church, where those in attendance prayed at the Tomb of the Unknown Slave, and through the French Quarter, where slaves once were bought and sold. It then traveled to the Canal Street ferry for a sing-along and an offering of gifts to the ancestors.
~At right: Advocate staff photo by Eliot Kamenitz---Morikeba Kouyate plays the kora at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center during the 13th annual Maafa Commemoration on Saturda in Congo Square. Maafa is a Swahili term defined as the Holocaust of Enslavement referring to those traded as slaves from Africa.  
  
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