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Edwards Campaign: Big Easy Come, Big Easy Go

Michael Klinger | Dec 27th, 2006 11:04pm

People go to New Orleans to make memories that will last. So it turns out that’s at least one thing Robert and Maryam have in common with Senator Edwards.

It isn’t surprising that Edwards would choose the city to kick things off for his presidential bid. His work as director of the Center on Poverty Work and Opportunity at UNC Chapel Hill is about problems like those facing New Orleans, and especially neighborhoods like the Lower Ninth Ward, even before Hurricane Katrina.

Robert’s cab ride from the airport is evidence enough that the city’s plight is far from over.

But tomorrow, as Robert notes, the candidate, his team, and the reporters who will be covering them will pull up stakes and head to Iowa, and they probably won’t be back for awhile.

Friday it’s New Hampshire and Nevada, and Saturday back East for the Carolinas (both of them).

New Orleans has been the backdrop for a lot of politics since Katrina. It’s also been in the news this week, as one government estimate puts post-Katrina-related fraud at possibly more than $1 billion, and an AP report highlights just how slowly the city is recovering.

Sometime after the campaign’s 4:30am wake-up call, ...

Rallying & Rebuilding in New Orleans: A Model for the entire USA

20:15 | editor | Jun 4th, 2006 |

At the Belle Chase Primary School in Plaquemines Parish, just across the river from New Orleans, Enterprise, Education, and Empathy were the keys to helping a shattered school district pull together. PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Terry Smithson, Intel’s Education Strategist, Cindy Hoyle, Principal of Belle Chase, and 1st grade ...
Retooling Schools in New Orleans, Post-Katrina

10:11 | editor | Jun 3rd, 2006 |

PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Carol Roberts, Asst. Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction for Plaquemines Parish School District, about rebuilding educational infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Gartner Symposium: Zander Points to Long Term Investment in Infrastructure as the Key to Improving Wireless Connectivity

16:15 | editor | May 17th, 2006 |

One piece of Motorola’s business the public usually doesn’t see are the products sold to governments and municipalities, such as wireless communications gear. The systems used by cities and states during 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina did not hold up well, but Motorola Chairman and CEO says product development at his ...
Web 2.0 - The Global SOA Podcast

45:44 | Admin | Nov 28th, 2005 |

Dion Hinchcliffe, CTO of Sphere of Influence recorded this podcast from his speech at SAIC Content Exploitation Day on Nov 16 at SAIC Headquarters in Virginia.

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With Web 2.0 being one of the more exciting developments on the Internet in the last couple of years, there’s been ...