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July 17, 2010

New Orleans seafood restaurants stable despite BP oil spill | latimes.com

Alex Carter serves customer Mark McGrain a catfish po' boy and a root beer at the Parkway Bakery & Tavern.
(Cheryl Gerber / For The Times)

The oil that began to spew after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig about 120 miles southeast of New Orleans has not directly affected the city, except emotionally. But local chefs are scrambling to find new sources of oysters and other seafood as old ones close, then open, then close...

New Louisiana-grown Rice Hits Store Shelves | WGNO

Three local childhood friends have a new Louisiana food business that's putting the image of Louis Armstrong on supermarket shelves and commercial kitchens across the region. What they are harvesting is the result of a crossbreeding program begun in 1996 between an aromatic Chinese line and Ahrent rice, an Arkansas variety, Sha pointed out. The Thai variety of jasmine rice will not grow in Louisiana's colder climate, which has different soil conditions and a two-hour difference in the length of the days.

New Orleans student think tank zeroes in on violence, lunches | NOLA.com

Conflict resolution programs to end school violence, better quality lunches and oil-free schools by 2015 were a few recommendations a group of 150 members of "Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools," made...

Oil spill fix going well, BP says | MSNBC.com

Engineers encouraged with no sign of fresh leaks

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BP was encouraged early Friday by results from an experimental cap shutting in oil from its busted Gulf of Mexico well, saying everything was holding steady 17 hours into the effort. BP vice president Kent Wells said on a conference call that there was no evidence of a leak in the pipe under the sea floor, one of the main concerns.

BP Would Be Barred From U.S. Leases in House Bill | WashingtonPost.com

A congressional committee approved a measure barring BP Plc from new U.S. offshore leases to drill for oil or natural gas because of safety violations, sending the legislation for a vote by the full House of Representatives...

Property tax hike on the horizon for New Orleans? | wwltv.com | WWLTV.com News

With a current multi-million dollar deficit and worries future budgets may not look much better, some believe the possible solutions for New Orleans may be few and far between. So could that mean an increase in your property taxes?

Air Canada Adds New Orleans to Route | Travel Agent Central

Beginning October 30, Air Canada's expansion of eight new routes will include exclusive daily, nonstop service from Toronto to New Orleans. Operating with a 75-seat, Jazz...

July Recipe: Louisiana Jumbo Lump Crab and Beet Salad | July 2010 'OZone: Summer Edition WWOZ.org

from the WWOZ newsletter:
This month's recipe comes from Brian Landry, Executive Chef of Galatoire’s Restaurant in New Orleans and Galatoire’s Bistro in Baton Rouge. When you're out shopping, please do your best to buy Louisiana seafood — that's the kind of support fishermen, families and businesses need right now.

If you like the recipe, then check out Louisiana Cookin' magazine. Subscribe with the promotion code wwoz2010, and they'll donate $5 to WWOZ.

BP Delays Work on Cap, Relief Well | WSJ.com

If BP determines that using the cap to shut in the well is too risky, the U.K. oil giant would use the cap to produce oil from the well.

With New BP Oil Well Cap in Place, What Now? | Newsweek

The integrity test will involve completely "shutting in" the well so the full pressure of the oil gusher can be measured, giving the scientists and engineers a read on the structural stability of the piping that lines the 13,000-foot-long well. The results of the test will be critically important for determining whether it's safe to leave the well shut in, ending the flow indefinitely, or whether the well will have to be opened up again.

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