Collecting debts~Library Chronicles
~Some of us have very very long memories.
A few years ago, an NFC Championship match-up with a similar bugaboo from days gone past had us quoting scripture we were in such a vengeful mood. Today is very much the same as then. The "destroying angels" have another cosmic debt to collect.
New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers have swapped franchise DNA~Bob Marshall
Don't let anyone fool you, today's game will be close ~Alejandro de los Rios, Gambit
Saints vs. the Ghost of Mike Nolan…
Disenfranchised Citizen
In the prolific words of Fatboy Slim...
~American Zombie
Master plan has few restoration options
~Nikki Buskey
Corps 2012 Planning Associates Program offers participants expertise in Project Over- Budgeting, Exploiting Congressional Pork Fat and The Meaninglessness of Civic Meetings
Bob Fortus' Race Day Fair Grounds forecast
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Master coastal plan positive~Amy Wold
$1.1 billion levee around Lake Charles part of bold proposal
Gulf of Mexico oil spill environmental data drives damage assessment~Mark Schleifstein
Mississippi, Atchafalaya rivers drop, flood worries ease
Still being smothered by agendas…
~Disenfranchised Citizen
Americans Clueless Paying Wall Street $20 Billion for Bad Swaps~Darrell Preston
~Seven months after Hurricane Katrina ripped holes in the Superdome’s roof in 2005, Louisiana State Bond Commission members made what they were told would be “the best of a bad situation” in financing the stadium’s renovation.
~Special thanks @captainsdead for this sunrise pic of our Sacredome!
I love the smell of Black and Gold in the morning! It is the smell of Victory!
~@Editilla the Pun~I got my bat signal! RT @nolamaven Saints still use bat as motivator http://t.co/8p1cP7UK
Of course Bobby Hebert is not in trouble with Entercom Communications. I mean hell Garlandfill took $250,000 in payola and he didn’t get in any trouble ~Slabbed
Murders are decreasing, just not in New Orleans: Jarvis DeBerry
Grenades discovered in car police say was used in eastern New Orleans triple homicide
NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis
Wrap your mind around ornamental vines ~Dan Gill
Bayou Teche Biere~Hat Tweet @artbymags
$1.1 billion levee around Lake Charles part of bold proposal
Gulf of Mexico oil spill environmental data drives damage assessment~Mark Schleifstein
Mississippi, Atchafalaya rivers drop, flood worries ease
Still being smothered by agendas…
~Disenfranchised Citizen
Americans Clueless Paying Wall Street $20 Billion for Bad Swaps~Darrell Preston
~Seven months after Hurricane Katrina ripped holes in the Superdome’s roof in 2005, Louisiana State Bond Commission members made what they were told would be “the best of a bad situation” in financing the stadium’s renovation.~Special thanks @captainsdead for this sunrise pic of our Sacredome!
I love the smell of Black and Gold in the morning! It is the smell of Victory!
~@Editilla the Pun~I got my bat signal! RT @nolamaven Saints still use bat as motivator http://t.co/8p1cP7UKOf course Bobby Hebert is not in trouble with Entercom Communications. I mean hell Garlandfill took $250,000 in payola and he didn’t get in any trouble ~Slabbed
Murders are decreasing, just not in New Orleans: Jarvis DeBerry
Grenades discovered in car police say was used in eastern New Orleans triple homicide
NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis
Wrap your mind around ornamental vines ~Dan Gill
Bayou Teche Biere~Hat Tweet @artbymags
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Louisiana coastal restoration 50-year blueprint released~Mark Schleifstein
~The strategy is outlined in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s draft five-year master plan update, which for the first time contains maps showing the location and scope of proposed projects and maps showing what the state’s coastline will look like in 2061 if they’re built. Lists of the projects also show their cost. Click pic to enlarge.
River turbine testing site gets $150,000 grant
Keep lower Mississippi River open
Did I mention with all the shit going down a few of us are engaged in what I’ll term high stakes blogging? ~Slabbed
Judge halts release of 21 prisoners pardoned by MS Governor Babar
Hell hath no fury like a great team thirsting for gridiron vengeance
~Mark Moseley, The Lens
Chefs and Casual Food ~Robert Peyton
Cooking With Wine~Blackened Out
Willie Nelson at House of Blues tonight! David Allan Coe, Kyle Turley Band at Howling Wolf!
~The strategy is outlined in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s draft five-year master plan update, which for the first time contains maps showing the location and scope of proposed projects and maps showing what the state’s coastline will look like in 2061 if they’re built. Lists of the projects also show their cost. Click pic to enlarge.River turbine testing site gets $150,000 grant
Keep lower Mississippi River open
Did I mention with all the shit going down a few of us are engaged in what I’ll term high stakes blogging? ~Slabbed
Judge halts release of 21 prisoners pardoned by MS Governor Babar
Hell hath no fury like a great team thirsting for gridiron vengeance
~Mark Moseley, The Lens
Chefs and Casual Food ~Robert Peyton
Cooking With Wine~Blackened Out
Willie Nelson at House of Blues tonight! David Allan Coe, Kyle Turley Band at Howling Wolf!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Saints @ 49ers: Game Preview
~Canal Street Chronicles
Development atop a city dump? Policy fiasco comes back to haunt Upper 9th Ward
~Ariella Cohen, The Lens
Mississippi ranks last in building standards
~Anita Lee
Tens of millions due to BP contractors, subs
Chihuahua saves Uptown woman's life
City clarifying rules on bribes, ‘kickforwards’
~The New Orleans Levee
Aquaponics being taught in Vietnamese community ~Louisiana Weekly
Mo's Pizza~Blackened Out
Rocky & Carlo's roast beef po-boy gravy is too good to serve on sandwiches alone
~Canal Street Chronicles
Development atop a city dump? Policy fiasco comes back to haunt Upper 9th Ward
~Ariella Cohen, The Lens
Mississippi ranks last in building standards
~Anita Lee
Tens of millions due to BP contractors, subs
Chihuahua saves Uptown woman's life
City clarifying rules on bribes, ‘kickforwards’
~The New Orleans Levee
Aquaponics being taught in Vietnamese community ~Louisiana Weekly
Mo's Pizza~Blackened Out
Rocky & Carlo's roast beef po-boy gravy is too good to serve on sandwiches alone
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Guaranteed to blow your head apart... ~moosedenied ~Cha-ching, bitches! One more for the Bad Guys.
The only thing missing was Chris Ivory busting a bottle upside Ndamukong Suh's head. But we'll forgive that minor omission for the sake of avoiding the suspension. Besides, the Saints displayed more than enough "lack of class" to satisfy – scoring 5 touchdowns on 5 second-half possessions before driving to Detroit's 2 and taking a knee – without having to resort to their typical "dirtyness" anyway. Am I right, Prisco?
Study examines impact of restrictions on dredging the Mississippi River
BP serving free lemonade in the French Quarter ~Disenfranchised Citizen
Louisiana Attorney General wants BP ruling thrown out~Rebecca Mowbray
Judge Barbier’s fee ruling in the Oil Spill MDL attracting more media attention ~Slabbed
New Orleans shareholders suing BP fight English jurisdiction~South Texas Register
Louisiana continues fight for spill cleanup
~Nikki Buskey
Deepwater Horizon's missed lessons
~Richard G. Steiner, LA Times
Kafkaesque~The Chicory
Notes on life and death in New Orleans
~Nina Mashurova
Mardi Gras krewe 'tit Rex changes name slightly at Rex's command
The Local Molecular Supplier
~My Life in the Big Easy
Ted’s goes “frostop-side-up” again
~Ian McNulty, Gambit
Casamento's: Is It Worth It?~Blackened Out
Taceaux Loceaux's BP-Sponsored Seafood Giveaway ~NOLA DEFENDER
The only thing missing was Chris Ivory busting a bottle upside Ndamukong Suh's head. But we'll forgive that minor omission for the sake of avoiding the suspension. Besides, the Saints displayed more than enough "lack of class" to satisfy – scoring 5 touchdowns on 5 second-half possessions before driving to Detroit's 2 and taking a knee – without having to resort to their typical "dirtyness" anyway. Am I right, Prisco?
Study examines impact of restrictions on dredging the Mississippi River
BP serving free lemonade in the French Quarter ~Disenfranchised Citizen
Louisiana Attorney General wants BP ruling thrown out~Rebecca Mowbray
Judge Barbier’s fee ruling in the Oil Spill MDL attracting more media attention ~Slabbed
New Orleans shareholders suing BP fight English jurisdiction~South Texas Register
Louisiana continues fight for spill cleanup
~Nikki Buskey
Deepwater Horizon's missed lessons
~Richard G. Steiner, LA Times
Kafkaesque~The Chicory
Notes on life and death in New Orleans
~Nina Mashurova
Mardi Gras krewe 'tit Rex changes name slightly at Rex's command
The Local Molecular Supplier
~My Life in the Big Easy
Ted’s goes “frostop-side-up” again
~Ian McNulty, Gambit
Casamento's: Is It Worth It?~Blackened Out
Taceaux Loceaux's BP-Sponsored Seafood Giveaway ~NOLA DEFENDER
Monday, January 9, 2012
BP hires chefs Emeril Lagasse and John Besh in massive oilspill PR whitewash
~Rat Fink spies the evil British Usurpers paying chefs Emeril Lagasse and John Besh to promote Gulf seafood, it’s hired two seafood trucks to hand out fish tacos and seafood-filled jambalaya to the hundreds of thousands of tourists and fans pouring into the city for the football games and it’s spreading its messages at galas, pre-game parties and vacation giveaways.
The campaign, launched just before Christmas, has ramped up for the two-week period around the Sugar Bowl and Bowl Championship Series title game to be played on Monday between LSU and Alabama.
“I’m glad to report that all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy!” BP representative Iris Cross says in one TV spot to an upbeat soundtrack. “And the economy is showing progress, with many areas on the Gulf Coast having their best tourism season in years.”
Drew on Pierre Thomas: "Phenomenal" game ~WWL
Report: Saints defensive coach Williams could follow Fisher (to Rams?)
Alabama player's girlfriend dreamed of seeing him play for BCS title in her hometown
~Nakia Hogan
Is Alabama coach Nick Saban a miserable sum'bitch? Let's talk! ~Slabbed
Upcoming South Claiborne drainage project will take more than two years, officials say ~Uptown Messenger
The Parc England Hotel ~CenLamar
Shaw Awarded Environmental and Restoration Services Contract from Corps
~The Shaw Group Inc. SHAW +0.11% today announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide nationwide environmental and restoration services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Louisville District.
Tribute to New Orleans, Inside and Out ~NYT
Save the Date! 2nd Annual King Cake Death Match, February 2!~He Said/She Said NOLA
~Rat Fink spies the evil British Usurpers paying chefs Emeril Lagasse and John Besh to promote Gulf seafood, it’s hired two seafood trucks to hand out fish tacos and seafood-filled jambalaya to the hundreds of thousands of tourists and fans pouring into the city for the football games and it’s spreading its messages at galas, pre-game parties and vacation giveaways.The campaign, launched just before Christmas, has ramped up for the two-week period around the Sugar Bowl and Bowl Championship Series title game to be played on Monday between LSU and Alabama.
“I’m glad to report that all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy!” BP representative Iris Cross says in one TV spot to an upbeat soundtrack. “And the economy is showing progress, with many areas on the Gulf Coast having their best tourism season in years.”
Drew on Pierre Thomas: "Phenomenal" game ~WWL
Report: Saints defensive coach Williams could follow Fisher (to Rams?)
Alabama player's girlfriend dreamed of seeing him play for BCS title in her hometown
~Nakia Hogan
Is Alabama coach Nick Saban a miserable sum'bitch? Let's talk! ~Slabbed
Upcoming South Claiborne drainage project will take more than two years, officials say ~Uptown Messenger
The Parc England Hotel ~CenLamar
Shaw Awarded Environmental and Restoration Services Contract from Corps
~The Shaw Group Inc. SHAW +0.11% today announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide nationwide environmental and restoration services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Louisville District.
Tribute to New Orleans, Inside and Out ~NYT
Save the Date! 2nd Annual King Cake Death Match, February 2!~He Said/She Said NOLA
Sunday, January 8, 2012
WHODAT? WHODAT? WHODAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS?
Business Insurance and the Myth of Hurricane Flood Risk Modeling in N.O.
~Paul R. Becker, president of the construction practice at Willis North America Inc. in Nashville, Tenn., and another participant on the October tour, said in talking with Willis brokers in New Orleans last week, “they really haven't seen much change based on the tour.”
“We're choosing to look at it as half full,” Mr. Becker said, the glass' full half being that insurers participated on the tour and they are underwriting business in New Orleans.
In the construction area and the market for builders risk property coverage, “generally it's available, although you need to get multiple carriers for things that are over $20 (million) to $25 million in size in the zone because (insurers) don't want to put that much capacity at risk,” Mr. Becker said. That coverage typically involves a high deductible, he said. In the fixed-property market, “our property guys are seeing what they characterize as massive increases—30%, 40%, 50%—and that's due to the infamous RMS 11 modeling,” Mr. Becker said in referring to Risk Management Solutions Inc.'s version 11 U.S. hurricane model. “The fixed property seems to be much more driven by the cat modeling than the builders risk.”
~Photo: Curtsey of our friends and comrade compadnas at The New Orleans Levee, who snapped this secret under cover lapel pin camera shot of a Corps Risk Reduction Handlin' Officer, CoRRHO, as he nervously Handles his Ratty Hands, furtively eying a newly completed Corps Risk Reducin' Experimental Action Model Assemblage, or CoRREAMA, made up entirely of print copies of The New Orleans Levee.
Well, they don't hold anything back either!
Army Corps Cooks the Books Again
And you’re still outta here! Big D Fazzio’s lawyers remain disqualified and that’s all we’ll be hearing ’bout that for a while ~Slabbed
Road Home buyout properties being sold back to New Orleans~David Hammer
Four major weekend events obscure the important coastal happening ~LaCoastPost
~Yesterday I was reminded by a coastal colleague that a fifth important event will happen Monday, January 9…but with extremely little fanfare. I’m talking about the release of the much anticipated* 2012 Louisiana Master Plan for Coastal Protection and Restoration.
Major Bayou Lafourche cleanup seeks volunteers~Nikki Buskey
What's the word, Hummingbird?
New Orleans Fuit Tree Project spreads the wealth ~Katy Reckdahl
Chefs looking to start small carve out temporary quarters in established kitchens
~Naomi Martin
Do you love brunch? Here are some of Nolamaven's favorite places in New Orleans
Sunday: Lady Jetsetters 2012 second line parade! ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Business Insurance and the Myth of Hurricane Flood Risk Modeling in N.O.
~Paul R. Becker, president of the construction practice at Willis North America Inc. in Nashville, Tenn., and another participant on the October tour, said in talking with Willis brokers in New Orleans last week, “they really haven't seen much change based on the tour.” “We're choosing to look at it as half full,” Mr. Becker said, the glass' full half being that insurers participated on the tour and they are underwriting business in New Orleans.
In the construction area and the market for builders risk property coverage, “generally it's available, although you need to get multiple carriers for things that are over $20 (million) to $25 million in size in the zone because (insurers) don't want to put that much capacity at risk,” Mr. Becker said. That coverage typically involves a high deductible, he said. In the fixed-property market, “our property guys are seeing what they characterize as massive increases—30%, 40%, 50%—and that's due to the infamous RMS 11 modeling,” Mr. Becker said in referring to Risk Management Solutions Inc.'s version 11 U.S. hurricane model. “The fixed property seems to be much more driven by the cat modeling than the builders risk.”
~Photo: Curtsey of our friends and comrade compadnas at The New Orleans Levee, who snapped this secret under cover lapel pin camera shot of a Corps Risk Reduction Handlin' Officer, CoRRHO, as he nervously Handles his Ratty Hands, furtively eying a newly completed Corps Risk Reducin' Experimental Action Model Assemblage, or CoRREAMA, made up entirely of print copies of The New Orleans Levee.
Well, they don't hold anything back either!
Army Corps Cooks the Books Again
And you’re still outta here! Big D Fazzio’s lawyers remain disqualified and that’s all we’ll be hearing ’bout that for a while ~Slabbed
Road Home buyout properties being sold back to New Orleans~David Hammer
Four major weekend events obscure the important coastal happening ~LaCoastPost
~Yesterday I was reminded by a coastal colleague that a fifth important event will happen Monday, January 9…but with extremely little fanfare. I’m talking about the release of the much anticipated* 2012 Louisiana Master Plan for Coastal Protection and Restoration.
Major Bayou Lafourche cleanup seeks volunteers~Nikki Buskey
What's the word, Hummingbird?
New Orleans Fuit Tree Project spreads the wealth ~Katy Reckdahl
Chefs looking to start small carve out temporary quarters in established kitchens
~Naomi Martin
Do you love brunch? Here are some of Nolamaven's favorite places in New Orleans
Sunday: Lady Jetsetters 2012 second line parade! ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Don't Stop Now~Library Chronicles
Just as New Orleans Saints did in 2006, Detroit Lions lifting the spirits of a city
~Bob Marshall~We've been there, Detroit. We lived it for 12 agonizing months after sub-standard federal levees collapsed, turning a hurricane named Katrina into a record-setting disaster and killing 1,400 of our neighbors. Their bodies were still floating in the streets, wedged in attics when the insults began, from the talk-radio oracles and even national politicians. "Why would you live there? Why spend money fixing that city? The people are crazy to move back. It should be moved. If they want to live there, they should help themselves. All they want is a handout." It continued as we buried our dead, gutted our houses, reopened our schools and businesses. It became such a constant refrain -- following us even on vacations and business travel - we gave up responding. We became resigned to the fact that it would always be "open season" on our city. Then the 2006 NFL season opened.
Surging Saints a tough playoff draw for Detroit~Brett Martel
LSU fans take tailgating to the extreme
River Birch Landfill's clout seen in federal legislation
La. AG challenges ruling in Gulf oil spill cases
Beat the Crowds: Visitor Alternatives for New Orleans~He Said/She Said NOLA
Just as New Orleans Saints did in 2006, Detroit Lions lifting the spirits of a city
~Bob Marshall~We've been there, Detroit. We lived it for 12 agonizing months after sub-standard federal levees collapsed, turning a hurricane named Katrina into a record-setting disaster and killing 1,400 of our neighbors. Their bodies were still floating in the streets, wedged in attics when the insults began, from the talk-radio oracles and even national politicians. "Why would you live there? Why spend money fixing that city? The people are crazy to move back. It should be moved. If they want to live there, they should help themselves. All they want is a handout." It continued as we buried our dead, gutted our houses, reopened our schools and businesses. It became such a constant refrain -- following us even on vacations and business travel - we gave up responding. We became resigned to the fact that it would always be "open season" on our city. Then the 2006 NFL season opened.
Surging Saints a tough playoff draw for Detroit~Brett Martel
LSU fans take tailgating to the extreme
River Birch Landfill's clout seen in federal legislation
La. AG challenges ruling in Gulf oil spill cases
Beat the Crowds: Visitor Alternatives for New Orleans~He Said/She Said NOLA
Friday, January 6, 2012
The truth, gosh…it’s just “so long and so complicated…” ~Disenfranchised Citizen
~And academically speaking, it’s got to be hard to be Board Chairwoman, Glenna Kramer, so I have taken it upon myself to offer up the text of a marker, text I think she would certainly approve of, and I doubt will offend anyone, unless they were to care at all about what happened in Louisiana at the breach site of the 17th Street Canal and the East side North breach site of the Industrial Canal, but anyways, here goes: “At this site, on some date, something happened, which caused a lot of other things to happen, bad things, though none of these bad things came as a result of anyone’s fault because tragedies are sometimes like that, blameless. And so we remember the loss of life, of homes, of community and confidence we once shared that bad things such as the kind that happened here, wouldn’t ever actually happen, and will hopefully never happen again.”
Nomination for Katrina breach sites sparks debate ~Kevin McGill
Final version of Corps MO River flood plan
Coastal plan to be released next week
~Nikki Buskey, Daily Comet
Happy King Day! Let the Good Times Roll!
JoanFest! 6 Joans of Arc Celebrate Patron Saint's 600th Birthday
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans. We caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans ~NOLA DEFENDER
~And academically speaking, it’s got to be hard to be Board Chairwoman, Glenna Kramer, so I have taken it upon myself to offer up the text of a marker, text I think she would certainly approve of, and I doubt will offend anyone, unless they were to care at all about what happened in Louisiana at the breach site of the 17th Street Canal and the East side North breach site of the Industrial Canal, but anyways, here goes: “At this site, on some date, something happened, which caused a lot of other things to happen, bad things, though none of these bad things came as a result of anyone’s fault because tragedies are sometimes like that, blameless. And so we remember the loss of life, of homes, of community and confidence we once shared that bad things such as the kind that happened here, wouldn’t ever actually happen, and will hopefully never happen again.”Nomination for Katrina breach sites sparks debate ~Kevin McGill
Final version of Corps MO River flood plan
Coastal plan to be released next week
~Nikki Buskey, Daily Comet
Happy King Day! Let the Good Times Roll!
JoanFest! 6 Joans of Arc Celebrate Patron Saint's 600th Birthday
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans. We caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans ~NOLA DEFENDER
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Jim Henderson on his retirement
Watch and listen in to QB Drew Brees and Sean Payton coaching up teammates during the Saints win over the Panthers in Week 17.
Mathieu motivated by family tragedies
City Council to vote on tougher curfew for yout'full scofflaws & hooligans
~Update~New Orleans Council extends juvenile curfew in Quarter
Jindal, Perry and the grand plan
~Stephanie Grace
Katz and Columbus: Is America ready for the Romney-Jindal ticket? ~Uptown Messenger
The Jefferson Parish Politico Mafioso: A reign of uninterrupted criminal malfeasance and ‘quid pro quo’ corruption. A Whitmergate guest post Part 4~ Slabbed
Oil and gas group starts election push
Making it up as he goes ~Disenfranchised Citizen
DNA Testing and Certification Program Strengthen Truth in Menu Labeling
Draft levels reduced again on portion of Lower Mississippi River
River Boat Revival: new growth shows river’s lure is no myth~New Orleans Magazine
Lunch at Herbsaint ~Blackened Out
Phunny Phorty Phellows Roll On St Charles Street Car Friday Night! ~ Krewe du Vieux, Feb 4th!
January 6 is Allison "Big Chief Tootie" Montana Day in the City of New Orleans ~Humid Beings
The BUKU Music + Art Project
Watch and listen in to QB Drew Brees and Sean Payton coaching up teammates during the Saints win over the Panthers in Week 17.
Mathieu motivated by family tragedies
City Council to vote on tougher curfew for yout'full scofflaws & hooligans
~Update~New Orleans Council extends juvenile curfew in Quarter
Jindal, Perry and the grand plan
~Stephanie Grace
Katz and Columbus: Is America ready for the Romney-Jindal ticket? ~Uptown Messenger
The Jefferson Parish Politico Mafioso: A reign of uninterrupted criminal malfeasance and ‘quid pro quo’ corruption. A Whitmergate guest post Part 4~ Slabbed
Oil and gas group starts election push
Making it up as he goes ~Disenfranchised Citizen
DNA Testing and Certification Program Strengthen Truth in Menu Labeling
Draft levels reduced again on portion of Lower Mississippi River
River Boat Revival: new growth shows river’s lure is no myth~New Orleans Magazine
Lunch at Herbsaint ~Blackened Out
Phunny Phorty Phellows Roll On St Charles Street Car Friday Night! ~ Krewe du Vieux, Feb 4th!
January 6 is Allison "Big Chief Tootie" Montana Day in the City of New Orleans ~Humid Beings
The BUKU Music + Art Project
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Welcome To The (Mercedes-Benz) Terrordome ~moosedenied
~Photo: Wesley Hitt, Getty Images, via our buds at Bleacher Report
Drew Brees on the cover of Sports Illustrated! Mag picks New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl!
Our amazing Saints: An editorial
To New Orleans police, innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply to victims~James Gill
Levees.org Continues Drive for Federal Markers at Katrina Levee Breaches ~WWNO
Corps of Engineers finagles itself into MS Levee Board to bring back huge Boondoggle Pump Project?~The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners appealed a Mississippi federal judge's dismissal of its lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Feb. 9. The levee board wants to move forward with the Yazoo Backwater Project, a proposed pump station to drain wetlands, farmland and forests north of Vicksburg when the MS River is high.
Competing Conflicts of Interest cause Gulf Coast Claims Facility to suspend payments: A periodic report from the gutter where its all going down ~Slabbed
Dear Carl, I thought what we had was special
~Disenfranchised Citizen
GCCF suspending payments for BP losses
Louisiana businesses slapped with $2.5 million in pollution penalties
~Mark Schleifstein
New Orleans man gets prison for role in Clementine Hunter art forgery plot
foburg.film Festival now accepting submissions ~Gambit
~Hat Tweet @ToddAPriceTPNew rum distillery under construction in Lacassine, LA. laspirits.net/about.html
St. James Cheese News!
Cooking With Wine ~Blackened Out
Oh Yeah! Creole Turtle Soup~Ponchartrain Pete
Parasol's and Tracey's battle for Irish Channel roast beef po-boy supremacy
~Brett Anderson ~Hat Tweet @nolamaven
Poland Band Heading to New Orleans
~Photo: Wesley Hitt, Getty Images, via our buds at Bleacher ReportDrew Brees on the cover of Sports Illustrated! Mag picks New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl!
Our amazing Saints: An editorial
To New Orleans police, innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply to victims~James Gill
Levees.org Continues Drive for Federal Markers at Katrina Levee Breaches ~WWNO
Corps of Engineers finagles itself into MS Levee Board to bring back huge Boondoggle Pump Project?~The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners appealed a Mississippi federal judge's dismissal of its lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Feb. 9. The levee board wants to move forward with the Yazoo Backwater Project, a proposed pump station to drain wetlands, farmland and forests north of Vicksburg when the MS River is high.
Competing Conflicts of Interest cause Gulf Coast Claims Facility to suspend payments: A periodic report from the gutter where its all going down ~Slabbed
Dear Carl, I thought what we had was special
~Disenfranchised Citizen
GCCF suspending payments for BP losses
Louisiana businesses slapped with $2.5 million in pollution penalties
~Mark Schleifstein
New Orleans man gets prison for role in Clementine Hunter art forgery plot
foburg.film Festival now accepting submissions ~Gambit
~Hat Tweet @ToddAPriceTPNew rum distillery under construction in Lacassine, LA. laspirits.net/about.html
St. James Cheese News!
Cooking With Wine ~Blackened Out
Oh Yeah! Creole Turtle Soup~Ponchartrain Pete
Parasol's and Tracey's battle for Irish Channel roast beef po-boy supremacy
~Brett Anderson ~Hat Tweet @nolamaven
Poland Band Heading to New Orleans
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Governor-appointed Board in Louisiana Says Levee Breach Sites Not Historic
Six members of a governor-appointed board in Louisiana recently voted against placing the sites of two catastrophic levee breaches in New Orleans during Katrina on the National Register of Historic Places. Two-thirds of the 9-member state Review Board voted down the flood protection group Levees.org’s quest to list the breach of the 17th St. Canal and the east side north breach site of the Industrial Canal to the prestigious Register.
“The board members signaled that they didn’t believe the sites of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history were historic,” said Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org.
Some board members said they were ‘uncomfortable’ with the nomination text because it faulted the Army Corps of Engineers for the levee and floodwall failures. Several members thought the text contained too much information.
“You have made this very difficult for us,” noted Board Chairwoman Glenna Kramer of Franklin. “It’s so long and so complicated.”
Despite the Board’s 3-yes, 6-no vote, the State Historic Preservation Officer, Ms. Pam Breaux and her staff continues to support the eligibility of the two breach sites.
On December 29, Ms. Breaux confirmed that she has sent Levees.org’s 39-page nomination along with her letter of support and other documents pertinent to the breach sites’ eligibility to the Corps of Engineer’s Federal Preservation Officer in Washington, DC. This is in accordance with regulations 36 CFR 60 which govern the National Register process.
“We believe the document to be procedurally and professionally correct,” stated Ms. Breaux in her cover letter to the FPO.
According to Ms. Nicole Hobson-Morris, executive director of the State Preservation Office, the state Review Board does not have the final say. “We will be sending the nomination to the FPO,” said Ms. Hobson-Morris. “We will also send all 44 letters of support for the nomination including U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s letter.”
Mark Barnes, consultant to Levees.org noted that sending the nomination text to the FPO is an appropriate step. “It’s an attempt to obtain a solid statement of support for the nomination from the corps or not, “ said Mr. Barnes.
According to regulations, the corps’ Federal Preservation Officer, Mr. Terrence Salt has 60 days to respond with the federal agency’s position on the eligibility of the two levee breach sites. Click here for cover letter from Ms. Pam Breaux to the Federal Preservation Office.
To see who voted and their comments click here for transcript of Review Committee Meeting.
To see who submitted letters of support click here.
Founded in November 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal and her then 15-year old son, Stanford Rosenthal, Levees.org is a flood protection advocacy group devoted to education about the true cause of the catastrophic flooding in the New Orleans region during Katrina.
~Editilla What the Hellas~ Sorry y'all, but Ah gotta step in heah. Correct me if Ah'm wrong, this is the State HISTORICAL Review Board, right?
Mah lovely step-mother, rest her soul, was a History Professor at Delta State University mah entire life and I can remember her saying one day, "A 'History' by definition is a simple story to many people, yet our pursuit of it involves -at least- complicated dedication." Ah'm just wondering what is the Fickn Problem here wit'dees faux history buffs on this pseudo Hysterical Review Committee?
Now, I've read the Levees.org proposal Twice, and bare in mind Ah had 2 strokes during this in December, and Ah got it just fine. Ah'm jes'sayin... Ah have certified brain damage and did not have any trouble with Getting the levees.org proposal.
Indeed, back in the August Heat, we went to Baton Rouge to witness the FIRST full powerpoint presentation by Mrs, Rosenthal to this band of hayseeds. (It should be noted here, but Mrs Rosenthal is a nice Lady, that the Corps stepped in, like schoolyard punks, at the last minute, with their own erroneous property ownership issues to scuttled the entire presentation that day. Yet, Mrs Rosenthal bravely soldiered on with it for the Committee, and had to return a few months later with Exactly the same presentation --to which these History Rogues thumbed their provincially ignorant noses.) Yes, it is thick with Data, incredibly copious details about Exactly what happened and where. Indeed, the NRHP requires nothing less. They encourage the nominator to include As Much Detail As Possible. It's the way these things work. This is the Only Way these things work.
Levees.org had to have put in WEEKS/MONTHS pouring over geographical GIS maps, cultural HISTORY, city plats, photographs, geotechincal studies, court rulings, expensive title searches, whateva the NRHP wanted --and they want it all! High Five to Sandy Rosenthal and her krewe! This is what it means to FINISH STRONG in The City the Care Forgot and the Goddamned Exquisite Corps of Engineers Left For Dead!
Yet, our State Hysterical Review Committee seems to be dominated by Lazy Historians! They must hail from Yankee North Louisiana or other boondock environs of the tragically ill-bred, badly medicated Nola-haters. Our State Hysterical Committee members look at History and say "EWE! THIS IS TOO COMPLICATED!" Our State Hysterical Committee members look at History and simply stick their heads in the sandy levees.
To these boorish white-sock wearing nimnybobs in Baton Rouge Ah say: FYYFFs!
Exonerated death row inmate John Thompson digs for the roots of New Orleans crime epidemic~Jed Horn, The Lens
Owen Courreges: The inner workings of the speed traps ~Uptown Messenger
FKN MFKRs! GCCF claimants ordered to pay federal lawsuit attorneys 6 percent
Reason #183 BP’s cleanup was about PR from the very beginning ~Disenfranchised Citizen
BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
Hesco Baskets helping coastal restoration, its original us ~WWLTV
Mardi Gras goes green if resident has her way
~The VerdiGras All-Green Ball, on Jan. 21 from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Southport Music Hall in Jefferson, will include music by The Susan Cowsill Band. The ball will be preceded by a patron party from 7 to 8 p.m. with food by New Orleans chef Robert Bruce. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple; or $100 for the patron party.
Vote on sale of LA drinking water to TX looms
Besh’s Borgne to open next week in Hyatt Regency ~Ian McNulty, Gambit
Six members of a governor-appointed board in Louisiana recently voted against placing the sites of two catastrophic levee breaches in New Orleans during Katrina on the National Register of Historic Places. Two-thirds of the 9-member state Review Board voted down the flood protection group Levees.org’s quest to list the breach of the 17th St. Canal and the east side north breach site of the Industrial Canal to the prestigious Register.
“The board members signaled that they didn’t believe the sites of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history were historic,” said Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org.
Some board members said they were ‘uncomfortable’ with the nomination text because it faulted the Army Corps of Engineers for the levee and floodwall failures. Several members thought the text contained too much information.
“You have made this very difficult for us,” noted Board Chairwoman Glenna Kramer of Franklin. “It’s so long and so complicated.”
Despite the Board’s 3-yes, 6-no vote, the State Historic Preservation Officer, Ms. Pam Breaux and her staff continues to support the eligibility of the two breach sites.
On December 29, Ms. Breaux confirmed that she has sent Levees.org’s 39-page nomination along with her letter of support and other documents pertinent to the breach sites’ eligibility to the Corps of Engineer’s Federal Preservation Officer in Washington, DC. This is in accordance with regulations 36 CFR 60 which govern the National Register process.
“We believe the document to be procedurally and professionally correct,” stated Ms. Breaux in her cover letter to the FPO.
According to Ms. Nicole Hobson-Morris, executive director of the State Preservation Office, the state Review Board does not have the final say. “We will be sending the nomination to the FPO,” said Ms. Hobson-Morris. “We will also send all 44 letters of support for the nomination including U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s letter.”
Mark Barnes, consultant to Levees.org noted that sending the nomination text to the FPO is an appropriate step. “It’s an attempt to obtain a solid statement of support for the nomination from the corps or not, “ said Mr. Barnes.
According to regulations, the corps’ Federal Preservation Officer, Mr. Terrence Salt has 60 days to respond with the federal agency’s position on the eligibility of the two levee breach sites. Click here for cover letter from Ms. Pam Breaux to the Federal Preservation Office.
To see who voted and their comments click here for transcript of Review Committee Meeting.
To see who submitted letters of support click here.
Founded in November 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal and her then 15-year old son, Stanford Rosenthal, Levees.org is a flood protection advocacy group devoted to education about the true cause of the catastrophic flooding in the New Orleans region during Katrina.
~Editilla What the Hellas~ Sorry y'all, but Ah gotta step in heah. Correct me if Ah'm wrong, this is the State HISTORICAL Review Board, right?Mah lovely step-mother, rest her soul, was a History Professor at Delta State University mah entire life and I can remember her saying one day, "A 'History' by definition is a simple story to many people, yet our pursuit of it involves -at least- complicated dedication." Ah'm just wondering what is the Fickn Problem here wit'dees faux history buffs on this pseudo Hysterical Review Committee?
Now, I've read the Levees.org proposal Twice, and bare in mind Ah had 2 strokes during this in December, and Ah got it just fine. Ah'm jes'sayin... Ah have certified brain damage and did not have any trouble with Getting the levees.org proposal.
Indeed, back in the August Heat, we went to Baton Rouge to witness the FIRST full powerpoint presentation by Mrs, Rosenthal to this band of hayseeds. (It should be noted here, but Mrs Rosenthal is a nice Lady, that the Corps stepped in, like schoolyard punks, at the last minute, with their own erroneous property ownership issues to scuttled the entire presentation that day. Yet, Mrs Rosenthal bravely soldiered on with it for the Committee, and had to return a few months later with Exactly the same presentation --to which these History Rogues thumbed their provincially ignorant noses.) Yes, it is thick with Data, incredibly copious details about Exactly what happened and where. Indeed, the NRHP requires nothing less. They encourage the nominator to include As Much Detail As Possible. It's the way these things work. This is the Only Way these things work.
Levees.org had to have put in WEEKS/MONTHS pouring over geographical GIS maps, cultural HISTORY, city plats, photographs, geotechincal studies, court rulings, expensive title searches, whateva the NRHP wanted --and they want it all! High Five to Sandy Rosenthal and her krewe! This is what it means to FINISH STRONG in The City the Care Forgot and the Goddamned Exquisite Corps of Engineers Left For Dead!
Yet, our State Hysterical Review Committee seems to be dominated by Lazy Historians! They must hail from Yankee North Louisiana or other boondock environs of the tragically ill-bred, badly medicated Nola-haters. Our State Hysterical Committee members look at History and say "EWE! THIS IS TOO COMPLICATED!" Our State Hysterical Committee members look at History and simply stick their heads in the sandy levees.
To these boorish white-sock wearing nimnybobs in Baton Rouge Ah say: FYYFFs!
Exonerated death row inmate John Thompson digs for the roots of New Orleans crime epidemic~Jed Horn, The Lens
Owen Courreges: The inner workings of the speed traps ~Uptown Messenger
FKN MFKRs! GCCF claimants ordered to pay federal lawsuit attorneys 6 percent
Reason #183 BP’s cleanup was about PR from the very beginning ~Disenfranchised Citizen
BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
Hesco Baskets helping coastal restoration, its original us ~WWLTV
Mardi Gras goes green if resident has her way
~The VerdiGras All-Green Ball, on Jan. 21 from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Southport Music Hall in Jefferson, will include music by The Susan Cowsill Band. The ball will be preceded by a patron party from 7 to 8 p.m. with food by New Orleans chef Robert Bruce. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple; or $100 for the patron party.Vote on sale of LA drinking water to TX looms
Besh’s Borgne to open next week in Hyatt Regency ~Ian McNulty, Gambit
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Orleans riverfront park taking shape in Bywater, Marigny
Yeah, Mr. Nice Guys!
~These Saints better than Super Bowl Champs
Forbes recognizes LSU
New Years Day~Disenfranchised Citizen
2011 Dec 30 - On Wings Of Care Flight to the Taylor Energy area
Feds update historic shipwreck protections
Today's Events~ NOLA DEFENDER
Yeah, Mr. Nice Guys!
~These Saints better than Super Bowl Champs
Forbes recognizes LSU
New Years Day~Disenfranchised Citizen
2011 Dec 30 - On Wings Of Care Flight to the Taylor Energy area
Feds update historic shipwreck protections
Today's Events~ NOLA DEFENDER
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Saints looking to break more records on in the Sacredome Sunday
We make the rules, pal ~moosedenied
~Cha-ching! MVP! MVP! MVP! Memo to #RodneyWhite, #BrettGrimes, Jason Cole and Pete Prisco: We're not sorry. Got a problem with that? Go fuck yourselves. How's that work for ya, champs?
Homeowner’s travails: Even after more than six years, family can’t move back into “new” house~The Lens
Go Mitch'Mo! Mayor Mitch Landrieu files 'notice of intervention' in plans to close Postal Service processing center
New Orleans' most lucrative traffic cameras are at unexpected locations
Internet Blackout Day~Library Chronicles
California levees need up to $17 billion in repairs and investment, officials say
We make the rules, pal ~moosedenied
~Cha-ching! MVP! MVP! MVP! Memo to #RodneyWhite, #BrettGrimes, Jason Cole and Pete Prisco: We're not sorry. Got a problem with that? Go fuck yourselves. How's that work for ya, champs?
Homeowner’s travails: Even after more than six years, family can’t move back into “new” house~The Lens
Go Mitch'Mo! Mayor Mitch Landrieu files 'notice of intervention' in plans to close Postal Service processing center
New Orleans' most lucrative traffic cameras are at unexpected locations
Internet Blackout Day~Library Chronicles
California levees need up to $17 billion in repairs and investment, officials say
Friday, December 30, 2011
Army Corps of Engineers receives money for dredging and levee repairs. BOORAH!
~Mark Schleifstein
In Wake of the Federal Flood that ruined 80% of the city, New Orleans Enjoys Startup Boom ~NPR
Levees & SOPA~Stanford Rosenthal, Levees.org
BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
Jackson Square artists gain permission to sell reproductions of their work
7 great New Orleans covers, collaborations and remixes from 2011~Allison Fensterstock
Joy Theater’s Opening Night with Irma Thomas: Photos ~off BEAT
~Mark Schleifstein
In Wake of the Federal Flood that ruined 80% of the city, New Orleans Enjoys Startup Boom ~NPR
Levees & SOPA~Stanford Rosenthal, Levees.org
BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
Jackson Square artists gain permission to sell reproductions of their work
7 great New Orleans covers, collaborations and remixes from 2011~Allison Fensterstock
Joy Theater’s Opening Night with Irma Thomas: Photos ~off BEAT
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Happy Birthday to Head Coach Sean Payton!
Saints RB Thomas fined for TD celebration
~Notice of the fines was taped to Thomas' locker by teammates with a big red bow on top as part of a prank. Thomas says he's still happy he "gave a lucky fan a wonderful gift." He says he'd noticed the woman in Saints gear behind the end zone and figured she deserved it.
Flood symbol created by Levees.org webmaster Stanford Rosenthal now a universal icon
Corps to get $802M for repairs on Mississippi
Criminal Charges Being Prepared Against BP For Gulf Oil Spill ~NPR
New Orleans named best city to celebrate New Year's Eve ~Gambit
Day Tripping~Charlie London
Patricia Clarkson to reign as 'EveryMuse' for krewe's parade Feb. 16
This Post Goes to Eleven: The Best New Orleans Music of 2011
~He Said/She Said NOLA
Saints RB Thomas fined for TD celebration
~Notice of the fines was taped to Thomas' locker by teammates with a big red bow on top as part of a prank. Thomas says he's still happy he "gave a lucky fan a wonderful gift." He says he'd noticed the woman in Saints gear behind the end zone and figured she deserved it.
Flood symbol created by Levees.org webmaster Stanford Rosenthal now a universal icon
Corps to get $802M for repairs on Mississippi
Criminal Charges Being Prepared Against BP For Gulf Oil Spill ~NPR
New Orleans named best city to celebrate New Year's Eve ~Gambit
Day Tripping~Charlie London
Patricia Clarkson to reign as 'EveryMuse' for krewe's parade Feb. 16
This Post Goes to Eleven: The Best New Orleans Music of 2011
~He Said/She Said NOLA
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Drew Brees Will Lead New Orleans Saints to Another Super Bowl~Bleacher Report
Hurricane Katrina victims fight FEMA repayments 6 years after receiving aid
In eroding civil liberties, Barack Obama finishes what George Bush began~James Gill
Why can't Louisiana flex our muscle like Brazil~The flexibility of Brazilian FFVs empowers the consumers to choose the fuel depending on current market prices. As ethanol fuel economy is lower than gasoline because of ethanol's energy content is close to 34% less per unit volume than gasoline, flex cars running on ethanol get a lower mileage than when running on pure gasoline. However, this effect is partially offset by the usually lower price per liter of ethanol fuel. As a rule of thumb, Brazilian consumers are frequently advised by the media to use more alcohol than gasoline in their mix only when ethanol prices are 30% lower or more than gasoline, as ethanol price fluctuates heavily depending on the result of seasonal sugar cane harvests.
Make ‘Em Say Uhh! NOLA Rappers ~ Where are they now?~INVADE NOLA
Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band ~Vince Keenan
Hurricane Katrina victims fight FEMA repayments 6 years after receiving aid
In eroding civil liberties, Barack Obama finishes what George Bush began~James Gill
Why can't Louisiana flex our muscle like Brazil~The flexibility of Brazilian FFVs empowers the consumers to choose the fuel depending on current market prices. As ethanol fuel economy is lower than gasoline because of ethanol's energy content is close to 34% less per unit volume than gasoline, flex cars running on ethanol get a lower mileage than when running on pure gasoline. However, this effect is partially offset by the usually lower price per liter of ethanol fuel. As a rule of thumb, Brazilian consumers are frequently advised by the media to use more alcohol than gasoline in their mix only when ethanol prices are 30% lower or more than gasoline, as ethanol price fluctuates heavily depending on the result of seasonal sugar cane harvests.
Make ‘Em Say Uhh! NOLA Rappers ~ Where are they now?~INVADE NOLA
Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band ~Vince Keenan
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