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...land loss and its impact. On that the energy industry and environmentalists agree. There is also no doubt about the solution. Chip Groat, a former director of the U.S. Geological Survey, says, "This land loss can be managed, and New Orleans can be protected, even with projected sea-level rise." Category 5 hurricane protection for the region, including coastal restoration, storm-surge barriers and improved levees, would cost about $40 billion--over 30 years. Compare that with the cost to the economy of less international competitiveness (the result of increased freight charges stemming from loss of the efficiencies...
...Media Class,” believes that the contemporariness of the material makes it more relevant. “A lot of the examples were really recent and were really up to date and I could identify with what they were talking about, like MTV and the rise of hip hop,” he says. THE NIGHT OF SELF-DOUBTEven those in favor of teaching pop culture, however, see the potential for falling into some dangerous traps.The aspect of “cool” that attaches itself to the study of mass culture can be worrisome to those...
...half dozen developers, including Donald Trump, are eying high-rise condo projects downtown that would offer stunning views of the mighty Mississippi. The Port of New Orleans just signed an agreement to open up four miles of riverfront for development, including a one-mile-long park replacing wharves. Nearby, developer Pres Kabacoff's $318 million plan to transform the St. Thomas housing project into River Garden-a mixed-income neighborhood with Creole cottages, Victorian doubles and Greek Revival houses-should get back on track this month. And a few blocks away, KB Home, one of the nation's largest builders...
...Developing high-rise living on the riverfront-mixed with single-family housing-means the population of pre-Katrina New Orleans could fit on about half the land it covers now, according to Tulane School of Architecture dean Reed Kroloff. He notes that Washington, D.C., quickly turned around its inner core by offering tax incentives and other inducements for people to return. Inner New Orleans is ripe for a similar rebirth: It has the highest number of blighted and derelict houses-over 30,000-that could bring homeowners and developers back to neighborhoods like Treme, a rundown version of Uptown...
...House if the President were the only top-ranking official not to visit the country to which he had dispatched thousands of American troops. Eventually Bush?s absence would only have highlighted the fragile security situation in the country, where attacks on the Karzai government have been on the rise and President Bush had to swoop in - under the protection of military escorts - in a Blackhawk helicopter instead of the unarmed Presidential chopper that usually ferries him around...