Do You Know What It Means...to Miss New Orleans?

Silicon Valley on the Mississippi? New Orleans hopes so

Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:38 PM EST (Reuters)

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Developers and business owners are flocking to New Orleans, thanks to factors that can be traced back to Hurricane Katrina, an event that shook the old ways of doing business in the city and created opportunities for experimentation... New Orleans is counting on attracting …

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What's Downwards

Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:43 PM EST

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Latinos Get Little Thanks For Rebuilding New Orleans

Seeded on Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:56 AM EST (NPR)

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Since Katrina, the Hispanic population in the New Orleans metro area has skyrocketed by more than 33,000 people. That's a 57-percent increase in the past decade, much higher than the national average. They came for the construction jobs — and they've chosen to stay.

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Hurricane season begins as forecasters predict above-average year

Seeded on Wed Jun 1, 2011 1:10 PM EDT (CNN)

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Colorado State University's Tropical Meteorology Project predicts many as five major hurricanes could form over the Atlantic Ocean. The university predicts 16 named storms and a total of nine hurricanes.

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Steve Earle on New Orleans: This City Won't Wash Away; This City Won't Ever Drown

Seeded on Thu Sep 9, 2010 8:25 AM EDT (Common Dreams)

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(VIDEO of Grit TV interview). ""Tremé is the musical heart of New Orleans just like New Orleans is the musical heart of America, and I don't just mean the United States," says Steve Earle, who knows a little something about music.

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Huguette Clark

Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:07 PM EDT

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A Crisis of Democracy: Real Solutions to the BP Oil Spill

Seeded on Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:20 PM EDT (BPOilSlick)

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For Gulf residents, the BP oil spill has made the problem of unchecked corporate power painfully clear. Exxon Valdez survivor Riki Ott on why this may be the moment to overcome our political divides and take back our democracy.

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The renaissance of New Orleans

Seeded on Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:26 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

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the soil for creative activity has, of course, always been fertile in New Orleans.

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Humanity Life

Seeded on Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:58 PM EDT ()

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You will visit Um Qais where the Ottoman governor's house has been restored and opened as a museum is which is well worth the visit. Um Qais offers beautiful views over the Northern Jordan valley, the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights.

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