August 2008

Day 1093: Rising Tide 3 – Dénouement

August 24, 2008

Robert Cerasoli attended our pre-party, Lee Zurik was there, we made the Times-Picayune and Clancy DuBos is one of us, one of us. Follow up posts coming on: * interconnectedness – why New Orleans and Louisiana are important to the rest of the nation, just as the Dakotas, California and the East Coast should be [...]

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Day 1092: Live From Rising Tide 3 – Blogger Award

August 23, 2008

Time for the Ashleys! This is an award for excellence in blogging handed out by the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation. Glass awards created and crafted by Liprap, not just a blogger but also a glass artiste (I’m impressed!). And the winner of the first Ashley is the late, great Ashley Morris himself. The next winner is Matt [...]

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Day 1092: Live From Rising Tide 3 – Politics Panel

August 23, 2008

Adrastos moderates a politics panel that includes Greg Peters (*groan* oops, I mean *cheer*), Brian Denzer, Gordon Russell from the Times-Picayune, Ethan Brown and our very own “queen of the universe,” Dangerblond! Who’s going to / whom do you want to run for Mayor? Boos for Jackie Clarkson and Rob Couhig. Yay for Karen Carter, [...]

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August 23, 2008

Now watching a sneak preview of Ken McCarthy’s “The Katrina Myth: The Truth about a Thoroughly Unnatural Disaster.” Sandy Rosenthal of levees.org introduced it. Tweet

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August 23, 2008

Loki would like you all to know that HumidCity is temporarily down while they wait for the domain transfer to propagate. The site is currently showing as down, but it will be back up again in just a few days up and running at its new host. Tweet

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Day 1092: Live From Rising Tide 3 – Journalism Panel

August 23, 2008

Back from a fine J’anita’s lunch of spicy BBQ and a Diet Coke. Thanks, Craig and The Beautiful Kim! Also back from telling a couple of people to stay calm. Me?! What’s the world coming to? Panelists, from left to right: · Lee Zurik: WWL-TV investigative reporter · Kevin Allman: author, journalist, and blogger, frequent [...]

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Day 1092: Live From Rising Tide 3 – Education Panel

August 23, 2008

Panelists, from L-R: * Clifton Harris – concerned parent and blogger * Dedra Johnson – professor and blogger, author of Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow * Leigh Dingerson – Education team leader of the Center for Community Change, editor and contributor to Keeping The Promise?: The Debate Over Charter Schools * Christian Roselund – UTNO Communications, [...]

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Day 1092: Live From Rising Tide 3 – John Barry Keynote

August 23, 2008

This post will be updated until the end of the keynote speech. Oyster is introducing John Barry, the author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood Of 1927 And How It Changed America. It is no surprise that Barry is on almost every board regarding flood control in Louisiana and up in Washington. On top [...]

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Day 1091: The Night Before Rising Tide

August 22, 2008

Although I want to shut it off and fall asleep on my keyboard, Rebirth Brass Band’s upbeat ”Four Leaf Clover” is playing in the background.  I am exhausted from this week, but it’s time to gear up for this weekend’s Rising Tide conference.  Go over to VirgoTex‘s and read why what happened here three years ago still [...]

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Day 1091: Desi DNC Tees

August 22, 2008

Abhi Tripathi of Sepia Mutiny will attend and liveblog from the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week.  Since a desi guy in a button-down shirt and khakis will most likely be mistaken for IT support staff, Manish Vij of Ultrabrown helped Abhi design t-shirts, which Abhi will sport at the convention.  You can see all [...]

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