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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007+ Content Creation Online: 44% of U.S. Internet users have contributed their thoughts and their files to cyberspace. + The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) has launched a podcast of its trainings, conferences, and symposia. The current online library is small, but appears to be growing. PASE has been a long-standing training resource, program [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (afternoon edition)
Monday, September 3rd, 2007In light of the recent 2-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, listen as New Orleans survivor and CCDA pioneer Kevin Brown reflects on the tragedy. Hurricane Katrina – Tales of the Storm Kevin Brown, CCDA 2006 On August 29, 2005 a devastating hurricane wiped out most of a city: 80% of the housing stock gone, most [...]
More embarrassing than a $400 haircut
Saturday, August 18th, 2007Whatever remains of John Edwards’ veneer as a champion of the little guy wears steadily away. This from today’s New York Post: The populist candidate – who has denounced such lenders – invested $16 million of his $30 million in assets in Fortress Investment Group. … 34 New Orleans homeowners struggling to overcome Katrina’s aftermath [...]
New Orleans sex offenders — coming soon to a state near you?
Friday, December 30th, 2005“Governors in states that accepted Katrina evacuees are being urged to locate about 2,000 registered sex offenders who fled the Gulf region during the hurricane’s mayhem and may have vanished from legally required tracking.” Article.Locate registered sex offenders in your neighborhood, here. Four live in my Brooklyn neighborhood. Thirty-two live in the East Village and [...]
Voodoo’s demise?
Monday, October 31st, 2005“He fears that Katrina… may take another casualty: New Orleans’ status as the country’s voodoo capital.“‘As of today I would say it’s pretty dead,’ Glossop said. ‘Even the tourist shops are in jeopardy. There is a chance for a huge loss here.’†Article. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 10/31/2005 10:00:00 AM 0 comments
“Something happened that shouldn’t have happened.â€Â
Sunday, October 16th, 2005“The Louisiana attorney general’s office is investigating allegations that mercy killings occurred and has requested that autopsies be performed on all 45 bodies taken from the hospital after the storm.“Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said investigators have told him they think euthanasia may have been committed. “‘They thought someone was going around injecting people with [...]
Loved ones un-found
Thursday, October 6th, 2005“Most of the 976 dead in a St. Gabriel morgue remain unidentified, awaiting release to relatives.†Link. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 10/06/2005 10:41:00 PM 0 comments
The latest from the Kat-Rita front lines
Thursday, October 6th, 2005“The locals throughout the region have relentlessly spent themselves serving and reaching the people throughout the Gulf Coast for 5 weeks. Who will come to their aid as they rebuild their communities?†So asks Matt Stevens, here. If you’re interested in volunteering or organizing a group to volunteer in the region, email Matt at chainreaction2005 [...]
Already the vultures are circling
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005“New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has what federal officials say is an ambitious plan to bring 180,000 people back to the city. But will some residents be priced out of their old neighborhoods? Some are worried developers will buy damaged land on the cheap and build expensive high-rise apartments.†Link. posted by Jeremy Del Rio [...]
An outright lie, or grossly misinformed?
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005The account was riveting. Jefferson Parrish President Aaron Broussard wept on Meet the Press about his colleague’s mother who died following Katrina, supposedly four days after the storm because of the federal delay in rescuing her. His tale had drama (“Someone’s coming for you, mama!”); suspense (four days trapped in a nursing home); and unmistakeable [...]
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