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Health System Troubles ... 2007-08-05 05:38:00 By Janet Mcconnaughey for the Associated Press: The five major hospitals and hospital systems in the area have hemorrhaged money since Hurricane Katrina as the cost of utilities, insurance and labor have all risen sharply, hospital officials said Wednesday. "Combined, our hospitals are on the runway to lose $130 million or $135 million this year," Touro Infirmary Chief Operating Office Les Hirsch said in a telephone interview Wednesday, before testifying about the problems to a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in Washington. Mayor Ray Nagin and executives from Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, East Jefferson General Hospital, West Jefferson Medical and Ochsner Medical Center, which bought and reopened several hospitals that closed after the storm, also testified. Those five hospital systems have lost about $58 million in the first five months of this year, officials said. That compares to a $12 million profit for the same hospitals during the seven months before August Read more:Health
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Road to Cincinnati ... 2007-08-12 05:57:00 In explaining why me moved to Cincinnati
we review the Katrina experience: We like to tell Cincinnatians that we chose the city after a nationwide search for a place to retire. In addition to Cincinnati that search took us to Columbus Ohio and Chapel Hill North Carolina. These are not the typical places to retire and you may ask why there are no sites in Florida or Arizona. Well, here is how that list evolved, and it is a long story. For New Orleans residents all topics are divided into pre-Katrina and post-Katrina. Post-Katrina discussions are frequently about where you stayed during the evacuation and where you are living now. The evacuation period generally began two days before the hurricane hit New Orleans (on Monday, August 29, 2005) with a wide variance on when people returned “home,” such as it was.Road TripThere are evacuations, and there are post-Katrina “odyssies.” Generally we leave town for a motel that is 50 to 100 miles away, stay a couple of days, then return wh
A Place to Roost ... 2007-08-19 08:39:00 Continuing from the "Road to Cincinnati:" While the road trip had been fun, it was becoming obvious that it would be a while before we could return to NO. It was time to find a place where we could stay a while. We decided that the only place where we would feel (somewhat) at home was with Susan’s brother and family in Dillsboro Indiana, in the Cincinnati area. The Robinsons were as gracious as they could be, creating an apartment for us in their basement. It was mid-September and we were beginning to realize that it would be months before we could return rather than weeks. A call from our best friends, who had evacuated to Columbus Ohio, suggested we move there. An apartment complex was giving Katrina refugees a 70% discount on rent, and social service agencies were providing furniture and other necessities. In addition the Political Science department at Ohio State (alma mater of Susan and our friend Steve) was providing free office space and clerical support. We moved to Columbus Read more:Place
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We Are Homeless ... 2007-08-26 10:10:00 The latest installment in a series begun on August 12: Soon after the storm we were pretty certain that we had lost everything in our New Orleans East home. We also lost a car, and a rental house we owned in NOE. A mid-October visit to our house was a salvage operation, and between flooding damage and mold there was little that we could save. The most painful loss for Susan was that of our picture albums. Everything else was just “stuff.” Before the storm we had started building a house in Lakeview, another neighborhood that was hit particularly hard by Katrina. Pilings had been driven, and the forms built for a slab. After the storm we jointly agreed with the builder to cancel the contract; we had no place to stay to participate in the process and he did not feel he could build the house for the price to which we had previously agreed. We are still trying to get our deposit back. So, I the fall of 2005 we were renting an apartment in Columbus Ohio with hand-me-down furniture, abou
Extra: Katrina + 2 2007-08-29 05:19:00 Check out an informative new site. From the home page: "Hurricane Katrina
2007Your Go-To PageEverything you need and need to know is right here.We present here the latest articles of note, and include a brief synopsis and quotes from each below its link, so you need not go any further unless you want to delve deeper about a particular subject. This is not a site not of outdated, archived news items. These pieces include breaking news, highlighting the ongoing debates, resources to better understand the hurricane—what we can do about both healing its wounds and preventing a future disaster—as well as resources for those still in need. Sadly, despite the fact that the storm's second anniversary is approaching on August 29, 2007, Hurricane Katrina's devastation is far from over.Katrina made landfall just before dawn on August 29, 2005, seventy miles south of New Orleans. Largely because the wetlands that make up Louisiana’s coast had been eroded, the storm surge pushed unabated i Read more:Extra
A Shaky Return … 2007-09-02 06:50:00 Our return to New Orleans had a few bumps. The completion date for the house in Metairie shifted to mid-January. The FEMA trailer option would not be available in time. We needed to find a place to stay in the area for the end of December and January, and housing at that time was near impossible to find. We went online to Craig’s List and extracted phone numbers for the few apartments that roughly met our minimal requirements. Among these requirements was that the place be furnished and the kitchen include dishes, etc. Our few possessions could still fit in our car. We began to call the list with the strategy that we would take the first one available. It turned out to be a pool house in uptown NO. It would be available until the end of January after which it was committed to a long-term tenant. No problem. Problem. The completion date for the Metairie house slipped to the end of February; it turned out to drag on until the first of April. We heard about a furnished place in the neig Read more:Shaky
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Move to Cincinnati: Quarterly Report … 2007-09-23 06:52:00 We have been in our apartment in Hyde Park for three months now. Our location is great, but the apartment has some serious maintenance problems. We can live with them for the year we expect to rent. While we still miss the New Orleans area Cincinnati
is all we expected it to be. We are taking advantage of the cultural opportunities and are meeting some terrific people in our other activities. I am a volunteer for SCORE and taking a class on “Cultural Literacy.” Susan is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC), joined a newcomer’s club, and is studying German. We work out regularly at a nearby gym, and are beginning to dabble in local politics. Less fun are the medical tests that we are going through. They are mostly routine for a proactive health program, and are overdue because of the shortcomings of the New Orleans health system over the last couple of years. We spent a long weekend in Asheville NC, checking it out as another highly recommended retirement city. We are Read more:Quarterly
We are Portable … 2007-09-16 08:08:00 Kilgour Fountain in Hyde Park SquareWith Susan’s decision to retire we realized that our retirement home could be anyplace in the world. We quickly limited it to the U.S. On studying lists of the best places to retire we found that the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area rated particularly high, so we visited it in the fall of 2006. We knew two couples there and met them for dinner. We also spent one day with a local real estate agent looking at condos and planned communities. While we felt that RDCH was a bit too scattered for our tastes the concept of the planned communities, with their “village” feel appealed greatly. We visited good friends in Columbus and did a brief real estate tour. Columbus was in the running because of our friends there and Susan’s OSU opportunity. Still we were not enthused about Columbus, and decided to add one more stop to our search. So Cincinnati entered the picture. Susan was born and raised in Cincinnati, frequently visited with her family in the Read more:Portable
More Re-Entry Problems … 2007-09-09 08:25:00 While we were in Columbus, Susan spent a lot of time at Ohio State’s Political Science department. She often went to lunch with the department chairman, and in one of their conversations Herb suggested that if Susan, after her UNO retirement, wanted to teach part-time at OSU he could assign her just about anything she cared to teach. It was then the fall quarter of 2005. This offer, even though Susan was not particularly interested, shaded our thinking toward Susan’s retirement becoming her semi-retirement. She felt then that the opportunity would be open for the fall of 2006, and possibly fall 2007, but certainly no longer than that. At the time she felt that her retirement was more than two years away, and thanked Herb for the offer. The 2006 spring semester at UNO was difficult, given the physical damage to the campus and the University’s financial difficulties. Air-conditioning was spotty. Bathrooms were out of order as often as not. Political Science offices were unavailable Read more:Entry
To former mayor's brother: Pay your taxes! 2007-09-30 06:10:00 Brother of former New Orleans mayor Morial gets plea deal on tax chargesBy Janet McConnaughey for AP, via SignOn San Diego: The brother of a former New Orleans mayor has reached a plea deal on tax charges, more than three years after federal agents stormed his French Quarter home, his attorney and a prosecutor said Friday. Jacques Morial, 46, was charged with failing to file income tax returns in 2000, 2001 and 2002, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said in a news release. The charges carry up to a year in prison, plus fines.Morial, the brother of former Mayor Marc Morial, made a plea agreement with federal prosecutors and paid the taxes – about $26,000 for the three years, his attorney said.“Mr. Morial intends to come in and acknowledge his responsibility for failing to file his tax returns in a timely fashion,” attorney Pat Fanning said.Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Mann later confirmed that a plea agreement had been reached but would not discuss details.The Morial family blasted the fed
Short Subjects ... 2007-10-07 06:00:00 Austin firm tapped to help New Orleans plan on rebuilding businessFrom the Austin Business Journal:AngelouEconomics has secured a $200,000 contract to complete a regional economic development strategy for the New Orleans metropolitan area. Greater New Orleans Inc., a non-partisan group charged with bringing companies and jobs to that city, has tapped the Austin economic development consulting firm to develop a strategy looking at ways to improve the region's business climate over the next five years. "The goal is to create a road map for economic development going forward," says Pam Meyer, director of regional business development for GNO Inc. "We brought in Angelou(Economics) because of their site selection and economic development expertise to come up with a plan that includes determining and marketing our most competitive assets and coming up with specific action items we can implement." The plan slated for completion in December will focus on a 10-parish region of Southeast Louisi Read more:Short
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Summer in October … 2007-10-14 08:51:00 Last weekend included several activities within walking distance of our apartment, another advantage of life in Hyde Park. We dined with friends at Teller’s restaurant on Saturday. On Sunday we were back at Hyde Park Square for a brunch, hosted by our neighbors, and visited the Art Show. The Art Show was excellent, with exhibitors offering a variety of interesting and impressive pieces. Sunday afternoon was the first performance in the “Broadway across America” series, of which we are subscribers. It was held at the Aronoff Center, a beautiful theater downtown. The play was “My Fair Lady,” perhaps a little too familiar, but the staging made it as fresh as ever. Summer
in Cincinnati has proven to be a long, hot and dry one. Even in early October
we were still suffering through temperatures in the upper 80s with the occasional record-breaking 90. A bit more seasonable weather arrived last Tuesday and we hope it is here for its normal three-month stay. By the weekend I am dresse
Rolling by the River 2007-10-21 08:23:00 By Zora O'Neill for CNN.com/Travel: My husband, Peter, and I were in New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival, but we wanted to do more than listen to big brass bands. Like many of the people slowly returning to the city, we had to pay our respects to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.We weren't thrilled about taking one of the many new van tours that are popular with tourists, and it just didn't feel right to hail a cab and say, "Show us the worst of the Lower Ninth Ward!" Instead, we decided to bike around the two-square-mile district -- and it turned out to be the perfect way to explore.At Bicycle Michael's, near the eastern edge of the French Quarter, we rented city hybrids with sturdy, fat tires (essential for navigating the potholed streets) for $20 each. From there, it was a 10-minute ride to the Bywater, a community of artists in the Upper Ninth Ward where flowering magnolia branches hang low over the sidewalks and colorful cottages still bear the spray-painted co Read more:Rolling
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Come back now, you hear ... 2007-10-28 06:39:00 By Mark Hinson for the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com: This is the first time I've been back to New Orleans since the tropical-borne apocalypse of ’05. I did not know what I expected to find in the city that I called home in the late ’80s and early ’90s. "So, what do you think?" everyone has been asking me as I make my way around the French Quarter, which was untouched by flooding and only lightly looted. I had no idea how to answer. The streets are cleaner than I've ever seen them and you can actually find parking. But there's a buzz — and I'm not talking about frozen drinks with silly names like Pit Bull on Crack — that's missing. There just are not as many people taking up as much space.Down at Frankie and Johnny's, a funky restaurant near the Mississippi River, they've taken the signature crawfish pies off the menu. When I ask why, the waitress with the beautiful N'Awlins accent says: "Oh, dahlin', the cook who used to make the pies disappeared. He just
On Weather and Friendships ... 2007-11-04 05:22:00 Winter has arrived in Cincinnati! It started in late October with the need to scrape ice off our car windows. In New Orleans, if you even have to scrape, this likely accompanies the coldest day of winter. I know the calendar says fall. And everyone in Cinci says how mild the winters are. But this weather is the big chill to those of us with thin southern blood. We posted a little early this week because we are spending the weekend in New Orleans. Expectations are for low temperatures in the mid-50s with highs in the mid-70s. Fall is probably the nicest season there, especially since it lasts through what passes for winter above the Mason-Dixon Line. Our time in New Orleans is jam-packed with social activity. In three nights there we have dinner with a couple of friends on each. After one of these dinners we will have a late session with another couple for coffee and beignets. On Saturday Susan and I separately visit dear friends. On Sunday we take my mother with us on a short “disas
Prostitute dishes on Vitter ... 2007-11-11 06:59:00 From wtol.com:Sen. David Vitter has tried move on after his embarrassing hooker scandal, but Hustler magazine won't let him.In a magazine interview hitting the racks soon, a woman who worked in New Orleans brothel has given a detailed, and at times explicit, interview about a 1999 affair with Vitter. The Louisiana Republican made a very public apology earlier this year about "sins" in his past, but he has not acknowledged any specific activities. Vitter's phone number also came up in the phone records of the D.C. Madame case.The Crypt has received a scanned paper copy of the interview, but the pictures and some of the quotes are totally NSFW (not safe for work). Discerning Crypt readers can decide whether they want to check out Hustler's Web site or reach for the row of black plastic wrapped mags at your local book store or newstand.The New Orleans Times-Picayune first revealed some of the details of the interview today. In the interview, ex-prostitute Wendy Ellis claims that Vitt Read more:Prostitute
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Population continues to rebound ... 2007-11-18 05:44:00 By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press WriterNearly two-thirds of the city's pre-Hurricane Katrina population has returned, a new report estimates.But Greg Rigamer, the demographer who compiled the report, said Tuesday that he expects the growth seen since July 2006 to plateau within the next year as the sense of urgency to return lessens.Rigamer, whose company, GCR & Associates, has been tracking demographics in post-Katrina New Orleans, said an estimated 288,000 people were living in New Orleans in October. In July 2005, the month before Katrina hit and flooded 80 percent of the city, the population was estimated at 455,000.Between Oct. 1, 2006, and Oct. 1, 2007, New Orleans' population grew 19 percent. But that growth rate may not continue, Rigamer said."Given the state of the schools and the criminal justice system, it's hard to understand why the trend has been occurring so long, this long after" Katrina, he said.Rigamer's report, released late Monday, was based on utility hookups. Read more:Population
St. Charles Streetcar is Back! 2007-11-25 05:55:00 Adapted from AP via katc.com: Amid a Carnival-like atmosphere, streetcars began rolling past the historic mansions of this city's Garden District for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted the St. Charles
Avenue line more than two years ago. Many see the return of the 1920s-era green cars as a sign of progress in the city's recovery and a morale booster. Six of the 13 miles the cars once ran are now open on the St. Charles line, and officials hope to restore full service through by spring. It's been slow going in large part due to the cost and scope of the storm's damage to the line's power system, due for an upgrade before the August 2005 storm. Mark Major, general manager of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, praised federal highway officials for providing $14 million that he said was key to the resumption of the service. Politicians and local officials were on hand, as they were in December when an initial loop of about 1.2 miles opened. But the feel was differe
Not so Big, Anything but Easy ... 2007-12-02 06:31:00 Adapted from an article by Virginie Montet for Agence France Presse: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still licking its wounds but efforts are being made to bring back the tourists that once made the Big Easy a major draw. New Orleans expects six million visitors in 2007, almost twice the number who came in 2006 but still well below the 10-million-a-year before the disaster.More than two years on, much of the sultry city famed for its jazz and Creole cooking still lies abandoned after seas whipped up by the hurricane breached its levees on August 29, 2005. While parts of the city, such as the famous French Quarter, survived thanks to their slightly higher elevation, much has been left to rot.Some 80 percent of the city was left uninhabitable by Katrina and thousands of Louisiana families are still living in cramped government-supplied trailers. Billions of dollars in federal aid remains wrapped up in bureaucratic red tape and blame is flying in all directions. The musi
Need Some Feedback … 2007-12-09 09:41:00 Note: Today's link is to an article about us in a Cincinnati newspaper. The picture is of Susan from our first snow of the season. Do I seem to be obsessed with weather? My major concerns about living in the north are how well I can tolerate the cold, and whether I can drive (safely) on icy streets. The first measurable snowfall of the season was last Tuesday. I was surprised by how quickly the streets cleared up and how "Norman Rockwell" our neighborhood looked. Any enjoyment of the scene was spoiled, however, by the need to scrape car windows. I was afraid that the streets would be icy on Wednesday morning, but the drive to a meeting a few miles north was sure-footed and uneventful. My car has front-wheel drive and I think that helps. On Thursday we had some dear friends visit. They also lost a house and most of their earthly possessions in Katrina, evacuated to Columbus, OH and stayed for a couple of years. This stop was on their way to their new home in Venice, FL. After all Read more:Feedback
News Roundup for 12-23-07 ... 2007-12-23 06:58:00 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Protests against a City Council plan to tear down low-income New Orleans housing turned ugly Thursday, with police using pepper spray and stun guns to clear a crowd angry they weren't allowed into City Hall for the vote.The City Council voted unanimously to greenlight the demolition of the city's four largest public housing developments, saying they are too damaged by Hurricane Katrina to allow residents back into them.Aren't the protesters and former residents romanticizing pre-Katrina life in these developments? BTW, HUD says that 400 apartments in New Orleans' public housing complexes remain available but unoccupied. From our "Surprise!" department:WASHINGTON, DC (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to shake its poor reputation, more than two years after its mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, a poll shows. FEMA ranked at the bottom in a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll that measured the public's views of a dozen federal gove
Happy 90th! 2007-12-16 08:39:00 We have been in New Orleans since Wednesday and leave Wednesday coming. This has been a long stay, but we don't seem to have worn out our welcome yet. We are staying with my brother and sister-in-law who have been wonderful hosts. The accommodations have been first-class. On Thursday night we took our hosts, Alan and Mona, to a restaurant they suggested in Kenner, Calas. It's a find; try it if you get a chance. It's a bit pricey but worth it. Saturday I had a coffee break with my friend and confidant Harold. We call them "sessions" because they are more like therapy than merely discussions. I talked mostly about the pluses and minuses of the retirement life. Harold talked mostly about a couple of difficult business decisions facing him, with personal as well as business ramifications. Saturday evening Alan and I sponsored a party for my mother's 90th birthday. This was the main reason for our trip, and it went off beautifully. Mom is in excellent health (she takes less pres Read more:Happy
Dr. Wulsin wins Dem primary ... 2008-03-09 06:09:00 The candidate for whom I volunteered, Victoria Wulsin, won the Democratic primary on March 4th. This was the first political race in Ohio in which I have volunteered and it was a fun experience. I did office work, assembled yard signs, and once drove "Vic" to a forum. I worked a polling place on election day in the miserable cold and rain. The victory party was at Arnold's, oldest bar in Cincinnati. Music was by students from the jazz program at Xavier University. Other than being off-key on "Hey Jude" they did a good job. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported thusly: "With her win in the Democratic primary Victoria Wulsin won a second chance Tuesday to face off against Republican incumbent Jean Schmidt in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District, beating Steve Black by a decisive margin in the Democr
UN Experts Criticize New Orleans Housing ... 2008-03-02 12:42:00 From an article by John Moreno Gonzales, Associated Press Writer: UN Experts
Chide New Orleans
Move to Demolish Public Housing
Projects, Saying It Hurts Blacks Two human rights experts for the United Nations on Thursday criticized a federal plan to raze public housing projects in New Orleans
, saying it will force the predominantly black residents into homelessness. New Orleans advocates clamoring to save 4,500 public housing units claimed a victory. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which wants to replace the decades-old housing projects with mixed-income, mixed-use development, called the U.N. experts "misinformed." The statement issued out of Geneva was not a U.N. finding, but only the individual views of Miloon Kothari, a special investigator on housing matters for
Momentum Makes a Comeback ... 2008-02-24 17:49:00 CINCINNATI - Here in Ohio, next week's primary is considered pivotal. Here is Slate Magazine's take on the current state of the Democratic race: It’s been more than a year since Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton announced their exploratory committees. Ever since, Democrats across the country have been dragged through 19 debates, $200 million-plus in fundraising, and 40 primaries and caucuses. After tens of thousands of handshakes, thousands of stump speeches, and hundreds of meet-and-greets, Democrats are tired. They want one candidate—and that candidate is going to be Barack Obama.We don’t have to look any further than Texas and Ohio to see the exhaustion firsthand. Rasmussen polls had him down by 16 points in Texas eight days ago (post-Potomac, pre-Wisconsin). Now he trails by only
Can-do spirit revives Big Easy ... 2008-02-17 06:30:00 From an article by Robert Novak in the Chicago Sun-Times:The imposing presence of Robert A. Cerasoli as the city's first inspector general is the clearest sign that changes wrought by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were not limited to physical devastation. By declaring war on municipal corruption, Cerasoli has signaled that life in the Big Easy no longer will be so easy.I spent two days here with Donald E. Powell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding. Physical reconstruction is slow, and the city never will regain its former size or appearance. But civic leaders I met agreed that law enforcement, criminal justice, education and health are better than before Katrina.Louisiana politicians grumble that the flow of about $120 billion from Washington is insufficient, and they mourn f Read more:spirit
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Of Monroe, Sleep, and SCORE ... 2008-02-10 12:11:00 Recently we visited our son Matt in Monroe
MI, which is just a bit north of Toledo OH. The four-hour drive from Cincinnati was rather effortless though we stretched it out a bit since Susan is only good for about an hour’s driving at a time. Matt is very gainfully employed as a database administrator for a steel company. He enjoys the work considerably, and has achieved some recognition for his efforts. The time spent with Matt was very enjoyable. We made a trip to a very nice mall in Toledo to purchase some items to bolster Matt’s professional wardrobe. Other than that we had lively conversations over dinner the three nights we were there. Monroe’s restaurant scene left much to be desired, but we made the best of it. If you visit Monroe be sure to try the Michigan Bar and Grill. Be Read more:Sleep
Of Mardi Gras and Super Tuesday ... 2008-02-03 09:31:00 We will miss Mardi
Gras this year, not that we participated much when we lived in New Orleans. Susan usually went skiing in Colorado. I could usually find a party that did not require that I battle the crowds. Call us Scrooges, but I have more or less participated in 60 or so Mardi Gras
and they begin to look the same after about 30 times. This year we are in Cincinnati, interested more in “SuperTuesday
” than the festivities in New Orleans. The presidential race this year is a bit more interesting than in recent years, though I can’t stand one more debate. Today’s related story comes from AP, via KATC-3 in Lafayette:That happy, sing-song sound heard on Bourbon Street is trickle-down economics at its best as hundreds of thousands of Carnival season visitors spend themselves silly b
Weather, Here and There ... 2008-01-27 06:33:00 Cincinnati weather has been what the weather forecasters call “bitterly” cold, though it is beginning to moderate. Otherwise the Cincinnati experience is going quite well. We saw the play “Wicked” last weekend. It was very good but not quite up the hype it received. Last week I also began two adult education courses, “In the News,” and “The Gift.” The former is about current events; the teacher functions more like a moderator, presenting an issue and then encouraging comments from the audience. The latter is about improving self-knowledge, and I can use more of that.Much of my time last week was spent on preparation for a workshop for SCORE. The subject is Internet marketing and I am conducting the first of three sections. I modified the Power Point slides used in a previou
New Frontier ... 2008-01-20 06:31:00 A friend and regular reader tells me that I paint a pretty bleak picture of N.O. His point is well taken. In my defense, I scan national sources to bring you articles you may not have seen and these are generally negative. Following is an upbeat story by Korina Lopez from USA TODAY: Despite all its problems, New Orleans is attracting new residents.David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, says a growing trend, dubbed "the brain-gain phenomenon," is getting traction in New Orleans. "Katrina offers a new frontier for people who care about social change," he says. After two years of volunteering in AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), Ashley Sloan, Greg Loushine and Jackie Smith decided to start their own non-profit group, Live St. Bernard. "Ther Read more:Frontier
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