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• More happy articles about ...

  —Greetings from Casa Verde

  More happy articles about New Orleans!
  
  New Orleans in state of grace over Saints by USA Today.
  
  Also a study that ranked Louisiana the happiest state. Who would have thunk it? [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  by NOLA Cleophatra

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• SCORE ONE FOR LOUISIANA

  —Ringside Politics

  December 18, 2009…If you are tired of all of the state rankings that place Louisiana near the bottom, today is your lucky day. A new nationwide study conducted by Economics Professor Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in England has determined that Louisiana is the happiest state in the country. So, we are [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 1:50pm EST
  

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• Louisianans happy, even when skies are gray

  —Metroblogging New Orleans

  

  People in sunny, outdoorsy states — Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida — say they’re the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why.

  A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found these folks generally have reason [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 8:08am EST
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• The rest of the state is happy that New Orleans is going away

  —Vicky Moos

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  No, actually, this study was done before Katrina. I think the results would be different post-Katrina, mainly because such a large percentage of the population in New Orleans now spends at least 50% of their income on rent/housing.
  
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  Louisiana ranks as happiest state [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:25am EST
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• Live Oak Levees ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  Live Oak Levees in Louisiana, Why Not?~Quinta Scott
  ~Live oak along Bayou Chene, Avoca Island
  ~The following quotation from my upcoming book,
  The Mississippi, explains the vulnerability of levees:
  “As massive as they are, levees are fragile come floodtime.
  Leave a stick in the levee [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

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• Law Help Louisiana

  —New Orleans

  This came to my work e-mail, and I thought it was something that many of you could find useful at some point... I am not affiliated with the site, and can't answer questions about it. Just sharing information!
  
  Below is information about some additional resources on [www.lawhelp.org], Louisiana's [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:34am EST
  

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• Conservative campaign against Mitch Landrieu gaining steam

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  The Dead Pelican's Chad Rogers is pimping more anti-Mitch posts by Avman at the Louisiana Conservative.
  At the beginning of the post, Avman shows a brief video of Mitch Landrieu during a 2006 mayoral debate, featuring an inelegantly chopped quote. The tv graphic indicates that the mayoral [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:09pm EST
  by oyster

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• As LA's "trendbucking" claims prove overblown, the pressure on the Saints to win increases

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  C.B. Forgotston alerts us to the following T-P article, titled "LA economy facing challenges, experts say". The piece begins:
  
  It's a good thing the high-scoring Saints are providing a positive distraction on the football field this fall, because the Louisiana public outside the Superdome is facing [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:09am EST
  by oyster

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• Swallows return to ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  Swallows return to Vacherie
  ~Millions of tree swallows ‘splash’ down in a cane field off River Road near Vacherie.
  
  ASI Lloyds is not renewing some insurance policies in Louisiana
  ~Kimberly Quillen
  
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:30am EST
  

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• THIRD TIME A CHARM FOR LANDRIEU?

  —Ringside Politics

  December 11, 2009….In 2003, Louisiana voters elected Kathleen Blanco as Governor, overlooking her bright, energetic challenger Bobby Jindal. After losing, Jindal was elected to Congress and remained in the public eye. During her term, Blanco suffered in the polls and failed to handle the challenges of Katrina. She was so unpopular that she chose not [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

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• Next Step: Teacher Pay

  —The G Bitch Spot

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  Without looking at what current reforms are doing, or not doing, “reform” moves forward:

  Expert pushes teacher-pay reform

  Louisiana would be justified in scrapping the way it pays public school teachers because current salaries are disconnected from student achievement, a national expert said Thursday.

  State educators, fueled by a $25,000 [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 11:40am EST
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• Matthew White: "The End of the Great River: Photographs of the Lower Mississippi River Delta "

  —New Orleans Photo Alliance

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  This exhibit features fine art landscape images of the Mississippi River Delta, from Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana south to the end of the three passes that drain the river into the Gulf of Mexico -- Pass a Loutre; South Pass; and Southwest Pass. [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  by Eric Lincoln

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• Conservative "Mock Mitch" campaign heats up

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  Avman has a post up at the Louisiana Conservative criticizing Mitch Landrieu. He takes Mitch to task for announcing his candidacy after an event at Cafe Reconcile. Admittedly that was probably a hasty error on Mitch's part. But then, in typically over-the-top fashion, Avman implies that liberal Landrieu supporters [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  by oyster

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• Corps of Engineers makes an American ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  Corps of Engineers makes an American "Impenetrable Underground Wall" the Laughing Stock of the World
  ~Ann Wright, Col. US Army Ret.
  
  Divert blame on shoaling near Pilottown: an editorial
  
  Nearly $2 million sent to Louisiana for Water Cleanup
  ~The Lens
  
  Jindal highlights [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

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• Bishops in the news

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  Grandmère Mimi feels wounded about the progressive blogosphere's silence regarding the election of the Very Rev. Morris Thompson, to be the next Bishop of the Episcopal Archdiocese of Louisiana.
  
  Grandmère wonders why this news went neglected:
  
  Was our election in Louisiana not controversial enough? Did you' [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:50pm EST
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• Just a couple of questions/heads up this ...

  —Liprap's Lament - The Line

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  Just a couple of questions/heads up this Monday morn:
  
  Is this happening all over the country, or just here?:
  Basically, the President of the LCTCS (Louisiana Community and Technical College System) Board has dictated that Delgado can not give pay increases with any promotions this year, despite [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:19am EST
  by Leigh C.

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• Photo Exhibit at Main Library

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  [www.gracebeforedying.org]
  Main Library: 219 Loyola Ave., NOla 70112
  
  Lori Waselchuk’s traveling photo exhibition -- Grace Before Dying -- will be shown at the New Orleans Public Library December 3 – 17, 2009.
  Grace Before Dying is an award-winning photo essay that chronicles the Louisiana State Penitentiary’s [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:39am EST
  

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• Ashley had a word for guys like this*

  —NOLA-dishu

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  FM#1:
  Sparks fly over New Orleans health aid. Darrell Issa opened his big fat trap and unleashed this gem:
  
  "Is everyone so poor in Louisiana that the state cannot do more for you? Are you going to be a permanent ward of the federal government? "
  
  [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  by Clay

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• CA Republican Issa tries to get ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  CA Republican Issa tries to get 'Tough Love' on Louisiana Hurricane(s) Survivors: wants us to Increase Our Taxes
  ~Jonathan Tilove
  ~"Is everyone so poor in Louisiana that the state cannot do more for you?" Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the panel. "Are you going to be permanent ward of" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

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• More Evidence That We're Fighting Over the Soul of America

  —Michael Homan

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  Yesterday in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a panel of health professionals asked for continued federal support for the damaged health care infrastructure in New Orleans. The following debate occurred: "Is everyone so poor in Louisiana that the state cannot do more for you? Are you going" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:27am EST
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• Heads up

  —American Zombie

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  Subject: Climate & Clean Energy Forum Wednesday evening
  
  CLEAN ENERGY FOR LOUISIANA
  New Orleans Citizens Come Together to Discuss Clean Energy Legislation and Alternatives for Louisiana and the Nation.
  
  On December 2, 2009, New Orleans citizens will come together to discuss the future of clean energy for Louisiana [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:31pm EST
  by Dambala

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• MARY LANDRIEU: LOUISIANA’S BIONIC WOMAN

  —Ringside Politics

  November 27, 2009….Is Senator Mary Landrieu Louisiana’s $300 million woman? In exchange for her cloture vote to move the healthcare bill forward, Landrieu secured big money for the state’s Medicaid program. According to Landrieu, the state needed the “fix” and “she was not going to be defensive about it.” Read [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:48am EST
  

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• Heads Up 2

  —American Zombie

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  Contact: Margaret Saizan

  225-229-7399 (cell)

  msaizan@bigvisionmedia.com

  Photographer showcases vanishing landscapes of the Louisiana Coast

  Matthew White to Share Visual Story of the Lower Mississippi River Delta

  NEW ORLEANS, [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:11pm EST
  by Dambala

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• Fishermen asked to ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  Fishermen asked to watch for predatory tiger shrimp
  ~Amy Wold
  ~These large, non-native shrimp occasionally appear off the Louisiana coast, but so far they don’t seem to have established themselves. Instead, the only confirmed tiger shrimp catches this year have been adults, said Marty Bourgeois, [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

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• "Green Corps" for the coast

  —Your Right Hand Thief

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  Mark LaFlaur at Levees not War wrote an exceptional piece advocating a new "Green Corps" effort to save Louisiana's vanishing coast. It's not too long and the topic is important, so go read it.
  
  
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  Speaking of green, last week I was wondering if Jay [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:57pm EST
  by oyster

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• Some travel notes:Hearing my husband ...

  —Liprap's Lament - The Line

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  Some travel notes:
  
  Hearing my husband tell my son,"In 1803, this was part of Louisiana!" makes me feel a bit better about traveling through the Midwest.
  
  Note to Iowa: folks, the people in your state are so nice, one of 'em even had me - a world class' [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:40pm EST
  by Leigh C.

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• Dave Dixon: World Class New Orleans Visionary

  —World Class New Orleans

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  In the 1960s and 70s, New Orleans and Louisiana took a risk by investing in the Louisiana Superdome. There was strong and principled opposition to the project. I have no doubt that there was corruption somewhere in the process of construction.
  In the end, though, the result was a world [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:22am EST
  by Mr. Clio

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• Join my campaign this week: They Aren't the Patriots

  —World Class New Orleans

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  No, the New England football squad are either "the Pats" or "the Past."
  When I think of the Pats, I think of old times.
  Pats starring a quarterback named Grogan.
  Pats getting beat down in the Louisiana Superdome.
  Past indeed.
  When I think of Our New Orleans [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:39am EST
  by Mr. Clio

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• Fur-wearers, dealers say Louisiana’s nutria can ...

  —New Orleans News Ladder

  Fur-wearers, dealers say Louisiana’s nutria can make ‘beautiful’ coats, help wetlands
  ~Laura McKnight
  ~Editilla Scrotellas~ We added that last part about helping wetlands due to the erosive effects of Nutria on restoration efforts and flood control structures. A friend actually suggested it, make Nutria Fur Coats to raise tons [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

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• "Grace Before Dying" in NO and on LPB

  —New Orleans Photo Alliance

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  Lori Waselchuk's traveling exhibit Grace Before Dying continues its tour in Louisiana. It received thousands of viewers during the annual Angola Rodeo in October, 2009. The Angola hospice volunteers set it up each weekend near the rodeo grounds. I wasn't there but the hospice' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:02pm EST
  by Eric Lincoln

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