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December 8, 2009

Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu says he'll run for New Orleans mayor | latimes.com

Mitch Landrieu said Tuesday that he's entering the field for the Feb. 6 primary. The announcement comes five months after Landrieu said he had no plans to run.

New Orleans a test case for global warming | CNN.com

Climate change is real and happening now. The world already is reeling from the consequences -- rising sea levels, more violent storms, more frequent flooding and prolonged droughts. Hurricane Katrina, the killer heat wave in Europe, China's floods and the enduring drought in Australia are not anomalies, they are harbingers.

OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Awards 2009 | offbeat | Louisiana and New Orleans Online Music Resource

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

Every January, OffBeat Magazine throws the first great party of the year–the annual Best of the Beat Awards to honor the best local musicians and music businesses for their accomplishments. The music awards take place at House of Blues, and feature performances from some of Louisiana’s best musicians as well as complimentary catering from many of New Orleans’ best restaurants.

Read more and vote via offbeat.com/bob09

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December 7, 2009

Treme company carves slice of post-film work | New Orleans CityBusiness

Post-production capabilities are one of the gaps in state’s burgeoning movie industry
Having companies such as Maison Post located in Louisiana helps stop the brain drain of technically skilled locals who have traditionally had to look elsewhere for jobs in the film industry

Read more via neworleanscitybusiness.com

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December 7, 2009

Local environmental group releases report on excess emissions from refineries | WWL-TV

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade examined state emissions data from 10 of the state's 17 oil refineries. What they found is that the refineries have released anywhere from hundreds of thousands, to millions of pounds of additional emissions during a four-year period, from 2005 to 2008.

Jefferson Parish 'Steven Seagal Lawman' | TV Party | Zap2it

What, did you think Jeff Parish Law Enforcement would be any less entertaining after Harry Lee?

if you happen to be a gang member, we recommend you stay out of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish. Why? Steven Seagal Lawman, airing Wednesdays on A&E Network, is why. He's a cop. For real.

New Orleans Multimedia User Group December Meeting with Matt Toups on OpenStreetMap | NOMMUG

Matt Toups from the local New Orleans chapter of the OpenStreetMap project
will present this Tuesday evening, 8 December, at 6:30pm.

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open source map of the world that is freely
available online. You can contribute to the map by adding in your favorite
places, as well as download the map data and create your own local map.
There are over 150,000 OpenStreetMap participants worldwide.

You can help! Join us in creating the best, most up to date map of New
Orleans (and the world), at http://www.openstreetmap.org

Web developers, consider OSM as a map data source for your web projects.
GIS pros and map fans, start editing the map immediately -- everything is
editable in "the free wiki world map", it is like the Wikipedia of map data.

We'll also be announcing the winner of this 6-month's software giveaway!

Time and Location, RSVP via:
http://groups.adobe.com/posts/26fad58b6d

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Filed under // information techology New Orleans streets

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December 6, 2009

New Orleans Saints improve to 12-0 | WAFB

The New Orleans Saints improved their record to 12-0 Sunday with dramatic come-from-behind win over the Washington Redskins.

Southern Republican Leadership Conference coincides with French Quarter Fest in 2010

As the largest GOP gathering prior to the 2012 Republican National Convention, you can expect to see the top Republican leaders in the country. Among the invited speakers for 2010 are Sean Hannity, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin and Chuck Norris.

The SRLC in 2010 will be sharing the weekend of April 8 - 11, 2010 with the French Quarter Festival which should add some side show politics for festival goers and lagniappe music and food for the conventioneers.

Read more about the convention via www.srlc2010.com

Read more about the FQ Fest via fqfi.org

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Filed under // convention festival New Orleans politics

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December 6, 2009

New, New Orleans restaurants now in business | New Orleans Dining and Restaurants | NOLA.com

David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune
Jeff Baron (left) and Bart Bell inside Huevos, the restaurant they opened while rebuilding the Crescent Pie & Sausage Company.

Several restaurants that have been in the works for some time have finally opened their doors. Look for Crescent Pie & Sausage Company, Surrey's La Playa, Coulis which took the place of the Bluebird Cafe.

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