Nfl Tickets - Nfc South Preview
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Falcons - The Falcons are in rebuilding mode and are trying to forget the Michael Vick era in Atlanta. They made that abundantly clear by drafting Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan and making him the face of the franchise by giving him a huge contract. They also acquired Michael Turner via free agency which should bolster their running game. Ryan has a lot of learning to do and the team really won't get going offensively until he grasps the system. The team isn't going to win very many games this season, but they're young players will have a chance to develop and their offensive players will have time to gel.
Panthers - The Panthers are a tough team to figure out. They always look to have the talent to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl but don't seem to put it together. I think the skills of rookie running back Jonathan Stewart are going to translate very well to the pros and he should be getting more carries than DeAngelo Williams by week three. But the team will go as QB Jake Delhomme goes. If he can stay healthy and get things going with Steve Smith, the offense could roll. The defense is pretty good and they have one of the best defensive players in the league in Julius Peppers. It's all about putting everything together and living up to their potential as a team.
Saints - This is a team to watch this season. They started so slowly last year that they couldn't recover and make the playoffs despite turning things around in the second half. The offense is going to put up points; they just need to be able to slow down their opponents. Acquiring Jonathan Vilma may have been the best move of the offseason. He's a fantastic player in a 4-3 scheme and should be fan favorite in New Orleans. If the defense can take some strides, there's no telling how far this team can go. Even if they don't win games, Reggie Bush will still sell NFL Tickets in New Orleans.
Bucs - This team is hard to get a read on. Jeff Garcia can only take them so far and there's no telling how Cadillac Williams is going to do in his return from injury. The team has some nice young players but a lot of their starters are getting a bit old. I don't see them making the playoffs this season.
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Did Anyone see MTV True Life New Orleans College? Katrina?
I really wish I had known about those students in need. I was really shocked about that. I know people in New Orleans think we do not know it is bad there, but we have seen the devistation and know it still is bad. I just wish there would be more specific stories like that so America would know how to help.
I cannot help now, but wish I could.
Some people do not understand what is going on here. Some people over seas do. Many American people feel horrible about what is going on here and sent tons of money to the red cross and habitat for humanity.
It is our govenment not us. Our government is not following our constution. Our government has been pretty strange and may have not really been elected 2x.
If we protest we can be physically harmed. It is not the fault of the American people.
I really do not want to go into that.
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Are there any new orleans college teams other than Tulane?
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Are there any new orleans college football teams other than Tulane?
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Are there any new orleans college football teams other than Tulane?
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Why is the government NOT changing it's ways in New Orleans?
New Orleans Repeating Deadly Levee Mistakes
NEW ORLEANS - Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind.
In a yearlong review of levee work here, The Associated Press has tracked a pattern of public misperception, political jockeying and legal fighting, along with economic and engineering miscalculations since Katrina, that threaten to make New Orleans the scene of another devastating flood.
Dozens of interviews with engineers, historians, policymakers and flood zone residents confirmed many have not learned from public policy mistakes made after Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which set the stage for Katrina; many mistakes are being repeated.
"People forget, but they cannot afford to forget," said Windell Curole, a Louisiana hurricane and levee expert. "If you believe you can't flood, that's when you increase the risk of flooding. In New Orleans, I don't think they talk about the risk."
Tyrone Marshall, a 48-year-old bread vendor, is one person who doesn't believe he's going to flood again.
"They've heightened the levees. They're raised up. It makes me feel safe," he said as he toiled outside his home in hard-hit Gentilly, a formerly flooded property refashioned into a California-style bungalow.
Geneva Stanford, a 76-year-old health care worker, is a believer, too. She lives in a trim and tidy prefabricated house in the Lower 9th Ward, 200 feet from a rebuilt floodwall that Katrina broke.
"This wall here wasn't there when we had the flood," Stanford said, radiant in a bright kanga-style dress. "When I look at it now, I say maybe if we had had it up it there then, maybe we wouldn't have flooded."
They're not alone. A recent University of New Orleans survey of residents found concern about levee safety was dropping off the list of top worries, replaced by crime, incompetent leadership and corruption.
This sense of security, though, may be dangerously naive.
For the foreseeable future, New Orleans will be protected by levees unable to protect against another storm like Katrina.
When and if the Army Corps of Engineers finishes $14.8 billion in post-Katrina work, the city will have limited protection ? what are defined as 100-year levees.
This does not mean they'd stand up to storms for a century. Under the 100-year standard, in fact, experts say that every house being rebuilt in New Orleans has a 26 percent chance of being flooded again over a 30-year mortgage; and every child born in New Orleans would have nearly a 60 percent chance of seeing a major flood in his or her life.
"It's not exactly great protection," said John Barry, the author of "Rising Tide," a book New Orleans college students read to learn about the corps' efforts to tame the Mississippi.
As a rule, any levee building makes people feel good in this unsettling landscape where the Gulf of Mexico can be seen gleaming from the top floors of skyscrapers and where the ubiquitous dynamics of a sinking and eroding river delta ripple through every aspect of life.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/katrina_repeating_the_past;_ylt=Ajy5PU3gajKLu05UHwOuD_IDW7oF
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