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Display diagnostic information about Simulink system
[txtRpt, sRpt] = sldiagnostics('sys')
[txtRpt, sRpt] = sldiagnostics('sys', options)
sldiagnostics('sys') displays the following diagnostic information associated with the model or subsystem specified by sys:
Number of each type of block
Number of each type of Stateflow® object
Number of states, outputs, inputs, and sample times of the root model.
Names of libraries referenced and instances of the referenced blocks
Time and additional memory used for each compilation phase of the root model
If the model specified by sys is not loaded, then sldiagnostics loads the model before performing the analysis.
The command sldiagnostics('sys', options) displays only the diagnostic information associated with the specific operations listed as options strings. The table below summarizes the options available and their corresponding valid input and output.
With sldiagnostics, you can input the name of a model or the path to a subsystem. For some analysis options, sldiagnostics can analyze only a root model. If you provide an incompatible input for one of these analyses, then sldiagnostics issues a warning. Finally, if you input a Simulink Library, then sldiagnostics cannot perform options that require a model compilation (Update Diagram). Instead, sldiagnostics issues a warning.
During the analysis, sldiagnostics will follow library links but will not follow or analyze Model References. See find_mdlrefs for more information on finding all Model blocks and referenced models in a specified model.
Valid Inputs
root model, library, or subsystem
Lists all unique blocks in the system and the number of occurrences of each. This includes blocks that are nested in masked subsystems or hidden blocks.
root model, library, or subsystem
Lists all unique Stateflow objects in the system and the number of occurrences of each.
root model
Lists the number of states, outputs, inputs, and sample times, as well as a flag indicating direct feedthrough, used in the root model.
root model, library, or subsystem
Lists all unique libraries referenced in the root model, as well as the names and numbers of the library blocks.
root model
Lists the time and additional memory used for each compilation phase of the root model. This information helps users troubleshoot model compilation speed and memory issues.
root model
Lists the same information as the CompileStats diagnostic. When issued with the second output argument sRpt, it captures the Simulink® Coder™ build statistics in sRpt.rtwbuild.
You must explicitly specify this option; it is not part of the default analysis.
not applicable
Performs all diagnostics.
Note: Running the CompileStats diagnostic before simulating a model for the first time will show greater memory usage. However, subsequent runs of the CompileStats diagnostic on the model will require less memory usage.
[txtRpt, sRpt] = sldiagnostics('sys') or [txtRpt, sRpt] = sldiagnostics('sys', options) returns the diagnostic information as a textual report txtRpt and a structure array sRpt, which contains the following fields that correspond to the diagnostic options:
If your chosen options specify just one type of analysis, then sRpt contains the results of only that analysis and it is not a structure.
The following command counts and lists each type of block used in the sldemo_bounce model that comes with Simulink software.
sldiagnostics('sldemo_bounce', 'CountBlocks')
The following command counts and lists both the unique blocks and Stateflow objects used in the sf_boiler model that comes with Stateflow software; the textual report returned is captured as myReport.
myReport = sldiagnostics('sf_boiler', 'CountBlocks', 'CountSF')
The following commands open the f14 model that comes with Simulink software, and counts the number of blocks used in the Controller subsystem.
sldiagnostics('f14/Controller', 'CountBlocks')
The following command runs the Sizes and CompileStats diagnostics on the f14 model, capturing the results as both a textual report and structure array.
[txtRpt, sRpt] = sldiagnostics('f14', 'Sizes', 'CompileStats')


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BODY FOUND: A North Yorkshire school was closed today (Monday, January 11) after the body of a man in his fifties was discovered on the premises.
Police were called to Airy Hill Community Primary School in Whitby at 8.10am after the report of a sudden death. Paramedics had been called to the school but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Cody Hall is Getting his 15 minutes of Fame, and then some
Original post made by cyclist too on Aug 15, 2013
Comments (19)
on Aug 16, 2013 at 8:24 am
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on Aug 16, 2013 at 9:01 am
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on Aug 16, 2013 at 9:58 am
Oh please spare me the drivel about NPR. When you are traveling and searching for a station you get what you get. I am hardly the only person outraged by the behavior, and complete lack of remorse, shown by this kid. High praise is owed to the PPD and the DA for having the guts to make a murder charge where it is clearly due. His social media bragging and his continued flaunting of orders from the judge have played into his own fate. I can hardly believe that the defense attorney has not briefed the kid about how his smirking and posturing at the courthouse will hurt his case. His lack of character continues to shine through with his behavior and it appears that even the judge gets it. No bail indeed, just what the kid deserves since he refused to behave when out on bail before.
on Aug 16, 2013 at 11:34 am
So, "cyclist too," does this mean you're against NPR as the anti-moral, anti-religious, tyrannical government station it is?
on Aug 16, 2013 at 12:34 pm
I don't get it. Did any of you actually read the article or listen to the broadcast? I'm no fan of NPR (no fan of Rush Limbaugh, either), but this news piece is factual, not an op-ed.
on Aug 16, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Web link to NPR article:
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on Aug 16, 2013 at 12:56 pm
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on Aug 16, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Ignore the trolls, Cyclist Too!
Thanks for posting the article.
on Aug 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm
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on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:19 am
I just read the online NPR article and its comments, which contain some high-quality discussion on the relevant legal points, helping me understand the "what's next?" part of this very sad story.
As usual, the NPR piece is factual and accurate, which is why NPR is the only station I listen to in the car.
on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:00 pm
The other Pleasanton news web site is an AOL/Huffington Post site. So rest assured that all the comments on that site will end up going national just like when that crazy woman wrote a book mocking Pleasanton parents. They'll surely use this situation in the same way while mocking us as a community again. It's only a matter of time. This is why I read PW and only respond on here. PW is a bay area owned publication which to me is a better source for local news. And PW doesn't try to stir things up to create a national story to put on the Huffington Post. But it will go there because of the other site and they'll likely mock us again.
on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm
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on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:33 pm
This story is also on Fox News, UPI, Colorado Newsday, CNET, The NY Post and numerous other websites. Why does virtually every post on this site degenerate into an off topic debate about right versus left?
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:04 am
Mary, what you say about "the world" seeing the comments made here is very true. This forum has been linked to these articles that are being picked up by the AP. There is no mocking of this town, just pointing out the message the postings here creating about out town.
People may post anonymously on this forum, but they are creating a digital reputation for Pleasanton by what they write, the same way Cody's online postings have created insight to who he is.
To expect kids to think about what they post online and then discount what the adults in this community are posting is naive. Pleasanton wont be mocked for something that is fiction, they will be called out for what has been going on here on the blogs for quite some time.
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:23 am
For Mary and BP -- how can it put Pleasanton in a bad light when we post, almost unanimously, our contempt for what Cody did? We look like a place that will not tolerate the reckless and remorseless behavior of a punk by calling it a mere "youthful mistake". What Cody did was not a mistake. He drove that way every day, his parents made it possible by continuing to supply more cars when he wrecked the current ones, he posted about his stupidity and then he ultimately killed someone. Since that time not one word of regret, sympathy or compassion has come from the Hall family toward the victim. If I lived in a town that took this all in stride and did NOT condemn Cody Hall it would really be time to worry about public perception. Writing about contempt and disgust for his actions that led, willfully and inevitably, to the death of an innocent victim is not the crime.
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Let us thank young Cody for giving us this opportunity to reflect upon our failures as a society and look for ways to prevent such tragedies in the future.
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Thanks from me too, Joe, for posting the NPR link. I defy anyone to identify any points about which that article is inaccurate or not factual.
I'm noticing that none of the current crop of articles is mentioning:
-- the photo (presumably made by Cody) showing him speeding
-- his earlier arrest for speeding that seems to have had no consequences
-- that he wrecked a total of three cars (parents replacing the first two)
-- the results of the toxicology testing
-- whether he was or was not using his phone just before the crash
I suppose there is a lot of fancy legal footwork happening on both sides as a prelude to whatever comes next.
on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:31 am
Not sure if the drug/alcohol tests and whether he was or wasn't using a cell phone even matter in this case. In most driving accident cases such facts are useful in determining if the driver was impaired and at fault. But that doesn't seem necessary in this case. It's already been established by the crash investigation that he was speeding at about 83 mph just before the accident. Finally, which is scarier?: The idea that Cody was speeding at 83 mph down Foothill because he was totally drunk, or the idea that Cody was speeding at 83 mph down Foothill while perfectly sober and in full command of his senses? In the first case we have a homicidal drunkard and in the second case we have a homicidal sociopath. Take your pick.
on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Trace is a registered user.
My take from reading the NPR article Sunday wasn't that they were intersted in the event, people are killed by motorists everyday, but that the judge was using Mr. Hall's own social media input against him. That was the news. Using someone's own words from their public Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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In Nicaragua, the World Food Programme (WFP) supports various activities with the aim of developing food security in vulnerable households. WFP's initiatives in nutrition, education, and agriculture contribute to the strengthening of the government's National Human Development Plan. Currently smallholder farmers produce 70% of the country's staple grains. WFP purchases a portion of these grains to supply country programmes.
19 March 2014
WFP ensures that those in need do not go hungry. This month food was distributed to one of the most remote areas of Nicaragua, the Miskito communities. It is a region that few have visited. Its people are natives to the Caribbean coast, retain their own language, ancestral traditions, and communal organization.
18 March 2014
Martha Matute is a 36 year old single woman from the town of Jalapa, Nueva Segovia. Martha has been an active member of the smallholder farmer's organization "Nuevo Horizonte" (New Horizons) for the past 5 years. While speaking with her she adamantly expressed how "blessed" and happy she is because of the opportunity she now has share information and advise women of her community.
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WFP's logistics team held a workshop for agricultural cooperative members in the departments of Jinotega, Matagalpa and Estelí. The training focused on the handling and storage of foods in their warehouses.
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The Ministry of Education (MINED) with the help of The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nicaragua inaugurated the first distribution of food from the "Programa Nacional de Alimentación Escolar" (National School Meal Programme) that attends to thousands of pre-school and elementary aged children in public schools throughout Nicaragua.
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PANAMA CITY –The World Food Programme (WFP) has appointed Miguel Barreto, a Peruvian national, as its new Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. His duty will be to oversee WFP operations across the region.
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7 September 2013
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) received a valuable contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to feed 151.000 Nicaraguan school children. The contribution of 136 Metric Tons of dates will complement the meals children receive through the School Feeding Programme.
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MANAGUA – The United Nations System in Nicaragua and its partner organizations held a forum entitled "From Words to Actions" and an informative fair during the celebration of World Humanitarian Day to promote the work and actions that the humanitarian community carries out in the country.
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Carlos Ortiz works at the WFP field office in Jinotega, Nicaragua. In this interview, he summarizes his work of bringing food to those affected by hurricanes, floods and droughts so they do not go hungry. On World Humanitarian Day, Carlos tells us about the exciting and terrifying moments of his job.
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Tickets go on sale today for the 2013 edition of the Sarasota Film Festival.
This year's festival includes more than 220 films, including at least three world premieres, plus personal appearances by actors Mariel Hemingway, Griffin Dunne and Cheryll Hines and Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple.
The festival's lineup of films opens April 5 with a screening Gabriela Cowperthwaite's documentary "Blackfish," about a captive killer whale in Orlando that killed its trainer, and ends April 15 with Noah Baumbachs "Frances Ha," an acclaimed comedy about a would-be dancer whose dreams clash with reality.
The festival's box office opens at 11 a.m. March 15 at the Regal Hollywood 20, 1993 Main St., Sarasota. Tickets, and the complete schedule of films and events, are available at www.sarasotafilmfestival.com.
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Here's to new beginnings. Iconic travel magazine Holiday, whose pages were graced with such bylines as Steinbeck, Kerouac, Didion, and Hemingway before it shuttered in 1977, will relaunch this month. Creative director Franck Durand (who previously lent his keen eye to the likes of Balmain and Isabel Marant) will be heading up the title alongside Marc Beaugé. The publication's 21st-century debut boasts an Ibizan dispatch from novelist Arthur Dreyfus, photography by Josh Olins (below), and a recherché peek into Inez & Vinoodh's Manhattan loft. Dubbed "The 69 Issue," the Fall/Winter 2014 offering, which is currently being celebrated via a window at Colette, draws from the freewheeling sensibilities of 1969. And for those whose tastes for mid-century jet-set glamour aren't to be sated by print alone, still to come are a café and sister clothing line. Only time will tell, but we've got a hunch that where Holiday is concerned, absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder.
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Subversion, as many of you already may know, is a really cool version control system.
It's full of features and i think it will supersede the good old CVS, look at http://subversion.tigris.org for more informations about this great app.
CodeWarrior, at this time, is supporting CVS via the mwCVS plugin and i think a "mwSVN" plugin should be very handy and a powerfull tool, without to mention great advantages for CodeWarrior offering support for SVN too.
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We had a wonderful trip to Yellowstone. Although the weather ensured that it was very different from any previous trip to Yellowstone I had ever taken, it was fantastic in its own way. Still, I hope to write a few different posts about our trip and in this post I will focus on the notably bad weather–it was memorable.
When planning our adventure, I had read one of those "What is the best time to visit?" pages in my guidebook. The guidebook mentioned that the upside of visiting Yellowstone in the spring was that the crowds would be thinner (a mighty upside indeed). The possible downside was that the weather might be iffy, and insects might be about in force. Well, I can report that the weather we experienced was not iffy–it was definite. There was not an insect in sight, and for that we were able to thank the weather. I can't begin to count how many snow, rain, and hail storm episodes we were a part of!
In case someone finds this post by googling Yellowstone and spring, I should hasten to explain that this year's weather was apparently quite an anomaly. Although Yellowstone is always nippy compared to most other places in the spring because of its high elevation, the consistently cold temperatures and stormy weather we saw over almost two weeks' time were quite unusual. I can't be an expert on what is typical most years, but I can tell you that this year the spring weather the last week of May and first days of June was far from ideal for touring the park. In the photo above, my family and I are posing in front of one of Yellowstone's most scenic vistas: the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Can't see it in the picture? We couldn't see it in real life!
We knew we were in trouble as soon as we began our trip through the south entrance of the park. We saw snow–feet and feet of it–piled up on both sides of the roadway. My vision of seeing wildlife from the roadside or enjoying beautiful scenery from the comfort of the van vanished. We were driving through a long white tunnel with walls of ice.
When we arrived at the lovely Lake Yellowstone Hotel, it was difficult to contain my disappointment. Tip #1: If you bravely travel to Yellowstone before the season has begun in earnest, do not book reservations at Lake Yellowstone. Lake Yellowstone is at a high elevation and may still be frozen solid. Do not pay extra for a room with a view! Your $50-100 extra will buy you a look out the antique window (the hotel is over 100 years old and this is both a good and a bad thing) at an undifferentiated white expanse–not actually picturesque! If it storms during the night (as it did for us), you will be reminded of the antique window all night long as the wind bangs it back and forth in its ill-fitting frame.
Tip # 2: Remember that you do not need to book a room at the lovely Lake Yellowstone Hotel in order to enjoy its magnificent lobby. If you do not have the misfortune of being snowed in with all roads to the rest of the park closed (ask me how I know!), you will find that the beautiful lobby is empty. You can admire the architecture, read the historical displays, pose for pictures by the grand fireplace, and spend time talking, reading, playing UNO, or simply gazing at the glass-walled lobby without paying the extortionate prices for a room there.
Keep in mind that if you visit Lake in late May or the first days of June, there will be no tours of the hotel, no cruises of the lake, no boat rentals, nor any of the other water activities that are so heavily advertised available. (I wish a reservationist, guidebook author, or experienced friend had explained this to me. My dream of going on a scenic lake cruise with my family shattered into little jagged bits after we arrived). Most of these activities start no earlier than June 5th and some as late as June 15th.
I don't know how it is most years, but my experience from this year allows me to testify that if you plan your visit for the spring the hikes you envisioned may not be possible either. Most of the trails were closed–access was not simply discouraged but usually forbidden. Sometimes there were feet of snow; other times there were inches of water.
Tip #3: If you plan to visit Yellowstone during the spring, do consider staying at Mammoth Hot Springs (near the north entrance to the park). There are two excellent reasons for this: 1) Mammoth is at a lower elevation than the rest of the park, so there will be less snow, better views, and possibly better weather. 2) Mammoth is one of the best wildlife viewing areas in the park and spring is a prime wildlife-viewing season. On the road between Norris and Mammoth we were lucky to spot grizzly bears a couple of times–a real thrill. Apparently, the road between Mammoth and Tower is even better for wildlife viewing, but regrettably a rockside had closed that route during our visit. Nonetheless, we drove it as far as we were allowed and we were rewarded with a closeup view of the biggest elk and bison herds we saw in the park. We also saw pronghorns. On the road from Mammoth to the North entrance in Gardiner, MT, we saw big horn sheep. A minor reason for staying at Mammoth is that the rooms are cheaper. If you are willing to share a bath (which means going down the hallway to use the very private shower or toilet–really not too bad), you can get an adequate room with two queen beds for less than $100–a bargain inside the park. We had a view of elk and bison grazing from our window.
Mammoth isn't Upper Geyser basin–you won't find Old Faithful or any geysers there–but it has its own unique geology. The travertine terraces will command your awe and are accessible via easy walk along a well-maintained boardwalk.
To be continued . . . (I deserve punishment if I only end up blogging about the bad weather . . . )


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WASHINGTON (BP) -- President Obama, appearing at his fifth National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 6, touted the power of prayer to create unity and humility in a 20-minute speech that ignored such controversial topics as same-sex marriage, immigration and abortion.
Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 has attended the annual event that attracts thousands from around the world.
"It says something about us -- as a nation and as a people -- that every year, for 61 years now, this great prayerful tradition has endured," President Obama said at the Hilton Washington International Ballroom in the nation's capital. "It says something about us that every year, in times of triumph and in tragedy, in calm and in crisis, we come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as brothers and sisters, and as children of God."
While his speech did not go into the president's specific policy proposals (that will happen at Tuesday's State of the Union address), Obama did take the opportunity to chide lawmakers from both parties for Washington's ongoing partisan divide.
"I do worry sometimes that as soon as we leave the prayer breakfast, everything we've been talking about the whole time at the prayer breakfast seems to be forgotten," Obama said to laughter. "I mean, you'd like to think that the shelf life wasn't so short. But I go back to the Oval Office, and I start watching the cable news networks and it's like we didn't pray."
Obama then called for humility among political leaders "for no one can know the full and encompassing mind of God." As examples of how the nation withstood times of deeper divisions, the president turned to the faith journeys of President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama stressed that today's divisions are not as destructive as when Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War. But, the president argued, "They are real." He praised Lincoln for being able to "see God in those who vehemently opposed him."
The event's keynote speaker, Ben Carson, the director of the pediatric neurosurgery division at John Hopkins Hospital, did not hide his political views. Delivering his second keynote address at the annual prayer breakfast, Carson began by reading from Proverbs and then attacked political correctness for muzzling people.
"We've reached a point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended," he said. "People are afraid to say 'Merry Christmas' at Christmas time. ... We've got to get over this sensitivity. It keeps people from saying what they really believe."
Carson also took on the nation's deficit problem, its tax system, and the new health care law. With Obama sitting nearby, Carson rebutted the president's call for greater tax revenues. Carson, instead, advocated for a flat tax system that wasn't so complex.
"When I pick up my Bible ... I see the fairest individual in the universe, God, and He's given us a system. It's called tithe," said Carson, who added that asking wealthier Americans to pay a higher proportion is the "kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands. That money needs to be back here, building our infrastructure and creating jobs."
Carson also argued that a person at birth should be given a health savings account to which they can contribute pretax money.
"When you die, you can pass it on to your family members, so that when you're 85 years old and you got six diseases, you're not trying to spend up everything," he said. "You're happy to pass it on and there's nobody talking about death panels."
Last year, the remarks of keynote speaker Eric Metaxas generated a great deal of attention, as he aggressively attacked what he called "phony religiosity."
With Obama's policies and philosophies often at odds with social conservatives and evangelicals like Carson, the National Prayer Breakfast over the last five years has offered the nation a rare chance to hear the president describe his own personal spiritual life. His speeches here employ religious language and imagery that he doesn't often repeat in other public appearances.
During Thursday's appearance Obama quoted from Hebrews and called faith a process. The president said he often goes to the Bible to find ways to console the inconsolable and to determine how to best balance life as a world leader and as a husband and father.
"I often search for Scripture to figure out how I can be a better man as well as a better president," he said. "And I believe that we are united in these struggles. But I also believe that we are united in the knowledge of a redeeming Savior, whose grace is sufficient for the multitude of our sins, and whose love is never failing."
Obama added that, "as Christians, we place our faith in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus Christ." He also described the faiths of Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Sikhs, and discussed the "deep and abiding faith in this nation" that he said all Americans share.
The bipartisan event, hosted by members of Congress and organized by a religious group called The Fellowship, also included speeches about unity and faith given by Republicans who have long clashed with Obama's policies.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas and one of the breakfast's co-chairs, discussed the importance of the weekly bipartisan prayer breakfasts held for lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
"It's a surprise for some people after they see how we go back and forth in debate, that when it comes to the prayer breakfast, it's truly bipartisan," he said. "We work together, we pray together. It does make us better. It makes us stronger, and it makes the government work better."
Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama and another Obama political foe, stressed that America is "one nation."
"Thank you for being my president," Sessions said to Obama. "Thank you for being our president."
This year's breakfast did include some policy news. Obama announced that the long-time head of his administration's version of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois, is resigning. Dubois, who has led the office since 2009, will reportedly write a devotional book using the daily meditations of Scripture that he has emailed daily to the president.
"The comfort that Scripture gave Lincoln and King and so many leaders throughout our history, the verses they cherished, and how those words of God are there for us as well, waiting to be read any day that we choose," Obama said in his speech.
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BBMB is headed by a Whole Time Chairman and two Whole Time Members i.e. Member (Irrigation) and Member (Power) who head the Irrigation and Power Wings of BBMB respectively. The Financial Adviser and CAO heads the Finance and Accounts Wing of the board.
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graduate and an MBA in Finance. He is a very versatile hydropower professional
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development having capabilities from concept to commissioning of the projects
and Operation & Maintenance of Power Stations. While heading the
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project under construction in the country, he has helped to set new standards of
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capabilities . As In-charge of O&M of 690 MW Salal Power Station of
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plant in the country in operation, his innovative and cost–effective
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among all the Central Sector Power Stations in his time. His performance
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Power Station (J&K), have also been truly remarkable. He is also having a
vast pool of experience in all allied functions of hydropower development like
Commercial, Contracts, Quality Assurance & Inspection, Research &
Development, Construction Equipment Planning. His last assignment included many
challenges for him as he headed Human Resource Management, Corporate
Communication, Medical Services, Rajbhasha and Estate & Facility
Management Services etc. During his tenure, due to well organized publicity
campaign, the IPO of NHPC was oversubscribed by 24 times.
Er. Ashok Thapar, has been
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credit 34 years extensive hands-on experience in
middle to senior level management cadre in various
aspects of Power Sector viz. planning, design,
erection, testing, commissioning, operation and
maintenance of large fossil fired Thermal Power
Projects of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB now
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited) and medium
to large Hydro Power Projects of Bhakra Beas
Management Board (BBMB).
Prior to his new
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Engineer/ Generation in Bhakra Beas Management Board
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management of all the hydroelectric generation
installations of BBMB. BBMB generates around 2865 MW
from 28 Hydro Power Stations at Bhakra (Left &
Right bank), Ganguwal, Kotla, Dehar and Pong Power
houses. The BBMB installations are the back bone of
the Northern Grid and provide scarce peaking power
to Northern Grid apart from providing additional
power during contingencies.
There are number of FIRSTS as well success stories
during the progress of the career, a few of which
are enlisted below:-
A. Director Security: As Director Security, Er.
Thapar handled the threat perception (as projected
by premier intelligence agencies of the country) to
thwart the perceived threats in close consultation
with and direction of the Central/ State
administrative and intelligence authorities. The
Board in its 201st meeting appreciated the efforts
made in strengthening the security measures at
Bhakra Dam.
Er. Thapar devised a transparent mechanism for
finalizing the requirements and its technical
specifications (before procurement) by all the
stakeholders' viz. Intelligence Bureau (IB), HP
& Punjab Police departments, CISF besides BBMB.
It is pertinent to mention that all the stakeholders
have lauded this approach.
B. Director Consultancy: Er. Thapar has been
instrumental in establishing the Consultancy
Services of BBMB from its inception and has been
nurturing it thereafter. Consultancy is now an
additional function of BBMB as accorded by Ministry
of Power, GOI after seeking concurrence from the
partner States of BBMB. He has been a part and
parcel of the same in various capacities. Some of
the important works undertaken are as under:
• Cost effective development of 66 KV Sub-Stations
on turnkey basis at Sector 56 & Sector 12,
Chandigarh on behalf of UT Chandigarh Administration
and PGIMER.
• Expert services for Thermo vision Scanning and
Hotline Maintenance of Power Utilities of Haryana
• Hydrostatic Stretch Test of Hydrogen Gas
Cylinders for PSEB through Nangal Mechanical
• Development of Detailed Project Reports of new
projects in the BBMB for tapping hydro potential of
around 150 MW available within the system.
• Implementing ISO 9001 & 14001 (Quality and
Environment Management Systems) in BBMB.
• Consultancy regarding Renovation, Modernization
and Uprating of Gandhi Sagar Hydroelectric Project
for assessing the scope of RLA of their five
• Consultancy to UJVNL and TNEB for their hydro
power stations.
• Endeavors in Promoting New Concepts and
o Clean Development Mechanism: Finalized the
initiatives of BBMB for the Carbon Trading under the
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) through sale of
Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) generated on
account of the improved efficiency of new machines
of the Bhakra Left Bank Project. World Bank has
agreed to buy them @ €12 / CER with all
expenditure upto registration to be borne by them.
With this BBMB would be the first Public Sector
organization for achieving this milestone for such
type of methodology. Er. Thapar is further promoting
this concept to other Power Utilities of the Country
to emulate.
o Instrumental in preparing the road map for
replacements and future procurement of protective
gear through uniform standard IEC 61850. Introduced
State-of-the-art digital protective equipment,
instrumentation and diagnostic tools for condition
monitoring in the system.
o Promoted and implemented the concept of
'Technical Audit' in BBMB Power Houses for
improving the quality of operation & maintenance
techniques. This concept is now being promoted at
National Level through Central Board of Irrigation
and Power (CBIP).
C. Director Human Resource Development:
• Acted as a mentor to around 13,000 engineers
& employees belonging to BBMB and its partner
• Instrumental in promoting the training Institute
at Nangal and successfully running training courses
since August, 2005 under Distributed Reforms
Upgrades & Management (DRUM) program for
engineers & technicians of Power Utilities
sponsored by Ministry of Power to promote power
sector reforms.
, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh have been the beneficiary states.
• Organized specialized short term hydro trainings
to personnel of Uttranchal Jal Vidhyut Nigam and
• Initiated Energy conservation awareness
programme for Staff and their families under
National Campaign on Energy Conservation. He has
been the nodal officer for handling the painting
competition of children from the States of Punjab,
Haryana and U.T. Chandigarh.
D. Planning & Design:
• Established the Controls, Instrumentation and
Protection design and procurement cell especially
created for R,M&U program of BBMB.
• Successfully carried out the in-house
water/power regulation study. This triggered the R,M&U
of Bhakra Left Bank Power House thereby enhancing
its capacity from 5 x108 MW to 5 x126 MW.
• Introduced computerization and office automation
for improving the efficiency of day to day office
Career Accomplishments (Thermal Sector): December
1976 to September 1995; 15.41 Years
Er. Thapar joined Punjab State Electricity Board in
the 1977 and was entrusted challenging assignments
in Controls & Instrumentation (C&I)
division. He has been responsible for erection,
testing, commissioning and maintenance of both
conventional type & Distributed Data Control
type of Controls, Instrumentation & Protection
equipment at 4 x 110 MW (unit 3 & 4) at GNDTP,
Bathinda and 6 x 210 MW at GGSSTP at Ropar. Handled
the most sophisticated State-of-the-art equipment
from Siemens, KWU, Hartmann & Braun – West
Germany, Westinghouse Electric Corporation-
and Instrumentation Ltd., BHEL- India. He was an
important part of the team in establishing the
national records of erection and commissioning of
units at thermal project at Ropar.
Er. Thapar Indigenously developed and improvised
conventional and microprocessor based
Instrumentation equipment as import substitution
(which was the need of the hour at that time).
Career Accomplishments (General):
Er. Thapar has participated jointly with CEA, NHPC
and SJVNL to address the issues impeding the smooth
running of Nathpa Jhakri Power House project and
offer recommendations /solutions thereof. Since
then, the project has been performing very well. He
has been awarded Citations and Letters of
Appreciation for meritorious services. Er Thapar has
undergone the following specialized Trainings and
Study Tours abroad:
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation –
on their WDPF range of specialized Controls,
Instrumentation and Protection equipment.
• Siemens- West Germany in their specialized
products for large Turbines and Generators.
• Hartmann & Braun-
West Germany
in their specialized products for large fossil fired
• KWU- West Germany in their specialized products
for large Turbines and Generators.
• Study Tour to Australia & New Zealand
regarding Hydrology Project.
• CIGRE session in
in the year 2003.
56 years old (Date of Birth: 8th Sept. 1954),
married, having three children, healthy and
energetic, having keen interest and awareness in
emerging technologies, interested in sports, music,
reading and social work.
took over as Member (Irrigation) BBMB on 26.08.2011. Born on Ist May 1956, Er.
Aggarwal did his B.Sc Engineering in Civil with Honours in 1978 from
joined Haryana Irrigation Department on 27.12.1978 as AE (Civil) and appointed
by HPSC as AEE (Civil) on 11.9.1980 in HSE-I services. Er Aggarwal worked as Sub
Divisional Officer (in AEE rank) in construction of Hydraulic Structures and
other appurtenant Civil works for 6 years. He was promoted as Executive Engineer
and worked in Running Canal Administration and efficiently handled regulation
work, cases under Haryana Canal & Drainage Act and construction and O&M
of hydraulic & other civil structures including regulators, drainage works,
channels & bridges apart from canal lining. He also worked as Executive
Engineer for twenty years in lift & gravity command
Aggarwal worked as Superintending Engineer in
commands as supervisory officer for controlling O&M and regulation aspects
i/c Pump Houses for 3 years.
Aggarwal worked as Chief Engineer in charge of Water Service Units from August
2008. He also worked as Chief Engineer, Bhakra Areas for 15 months and for
Yamuna Area for 18 months and kept deployed on major regulating & Interstate
issues pertaining to Bhakra & Yamuna commands. He has handled sensitive
issues of Haryana pertaining to water sector in various interstate meetings with
Govt. of India. Also participated in various deliberations of Yamuna and Ghaggar
river standing committees of Central Water Commission, Govt. of
. He had drafted Haryana State Irrigation Gazette tracing past history of
evolution of today's Irrigation Deptt.
Bharat Bhushan, IES took over as Financial
Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer of Bhakra
Beas Management Board on 27th November, 2012.
Before this, he was working as Director
(Finance) in Haryana Vidyut Parsaran Nigam
Limited at Panchkula.
Shri Bharat Bhushan did his graduation in
Commerce in 1985 from
, Jalandhar and Post-graduation in 1987 from
. He did Post-Graduate Programme in Public
Policy and Management from Indian Institute of
Management, Banglore during 2007-09. He belongs
to 1993 Batch of 'Indian Economic Services'.
Shri Bharat Bhushan worked in different offices
in different capacities. With his experienced
working style and friendly attitude. Shri
Bhushan made an impressive image. Shri Bhushan
joined different training programmes in
as well as abroad.
Ashok Gupta took over as Secretary, BBMB on
21.3.2013. Born
on 2.2.1958, he passed B.Sc. Engg. (Civil) with
Honours in the year 1979 and post graduated in M.Sc.
Engg. (Irrigation and Hydraulics) in the year 1982
, Chandgiarh. Er.
Gupta has rich hands on experience on diverse
assignments since his joining Haryana Irrigation
Department on 1.1.1980.
In Haryana Irrigation, he had comprehensive
exposure to the whole gamut of irrigation structures
in respect of their design, construction, operation
and maintenance.
He also has a experience in running and
operation of and canals and downstream distribution
of precious irrigation and drinking water.
His practical grass root experience came
handy while dealing with interstate water regulation
issues at the Corporate Office since joining BBMB in
the year 1992. During
his ongoing stint with BBMB, Er. Gupta has
successfully handled very intricate and sensitive
issues of water allocation, reservoir management and
flood routing etc., besides the administrative
functions of executive grooming and placement and
providing infrastructural and technical support to
the Corporate Office and top BBMB management.
Singh Jalta has joined as Special Secretary in BBMB
on 02.04.2012. He has done B.E. (Electrical) from
and M.E. from IIT,
. During his last 25 years of service in power sector,
he has served in number of organizations like NTPC,
HPSEB, CEA, SJVNL and HPERC in various capacities. He
has rich experience in Generation, Transmission and
Regulatory affairs of the power utilities. Prior to the
present posting, he was working as Executive Director in
HP Electricity Regulatory Commission handling various
regulatory matters in generation, transmission and
distribution. As Special Secretary of the Board, he is
currently assisting Chairman, BBMB for looking after the
work of Power Wing and policy guidelines relating to
establishment & works. He is also carrying out the
responsibilities of Chief Vigilance Officer of BBMB.


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|Years played
|2007, 1st round, 6th pick by Redskins
Return of Landry could boost Redskins' defense
The Redskins can't wait to see a healthy LaRon Landry lined up next to Oshiomogho Atogwe, who has been a playmaker in his career at free safety.
Redskins place Landry on I.R.
The Redskins have placed SS LaRon Landry on injured reserve, ending a season that may have concluded in the Pro Bowl.
Report: Redskins to be without SS Landry, CB Rogers on Sunday
The Redskins will be without SS LaRon Landry and CB Carlos Rogers against the Giants on Sunday, according to Ryan O'Halloran of CSN-Washington.
Giants worried about Manning's turnovers
While he's in no danger of losing his job, QB Eli Manning's penchant for fumbles and interceptions this season concerns the Giants, according to NFC East Whispers.
Vikings-Redskins matchup of the day: Friday
Check out this key matchup in Sunday's game between the Vikings and Redskins at FedEx Field in Week 12.
Redskins add S Harris
The Redskins signed S Macho Harris on Tuesday to add some depth to their secondary.
Vikings-Redskins matchup of the day: Tuesday
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Report: Portis will start Sunday
Redskins RB Clinton Portis will reportedly start in Sunday's game vs. the Titans in his first game since Oct. 3.
Redskins give Landry a chance to shine
Redskins SS LaRon Landry is playing his best football yet, making a ton of tackles and leading a resurgent group that got out of the gate slowly.
Cowboys' Bryant learning on the job
A high ankle sprain has significantly delayed the learning curve for Dallas rookie WR Dez Bryant, according to NFC East Whispers, meaning he'll need more time to produce at the level of his talent.
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Indianapolis is continuing its free-agent spending spree by signing Landry to a four-year contract.||||||| Landry was a Pro Bowl selection last season with the New York Jets, his first season in the AFC. He started 79 of 80 games over the previous five seasons with the Washington Redskins.
Landry has been activated from the physically unable to perform list after passing his physical, and has been cleared to practice when the team opens training camp Friday.||||||| Landry, signed as a free agent in March, was placed on the PUP list Monday after not practicing with the team during offseason workouts. He had been rehabbing an Achilles/heel injury that cut short his season last year with the Washington Redskins.
York Jets safety LaRon Landry is "ahead of schedule" in his rehabilitation from Achilles and heel injuries, and hopes to be healthy for the start of training camp next month.||||||| Landry, signed to a one-year deal in March, says Wednesday that he spent much of the offseason working on his own in Arizona and receiving "advanced" non-surgical treatments to heal the injuries that were "more of like a bone issue," and cut short last season with the Washington Redskins. He says his Achilles is "totally healed" and "I've been ahead of schedule."
Landry says he signed a one-year contract with the New York Jets because he wants to prove he is healthy.||||||| The former Redskins safety finished each of the last two seasons on injured reserve and played in just 17 games. He damaged his left Achilles tendon in 2010. Last season, he struggled with a strained hamstring, a pulled groin and again with an Achilles problem. Landry opted not to have surgery on the Achilles tendon injuries because "it wasn't really an Achilles issue."
Landry has agreed in principle on a one-year deal with the Jets, filling one of New York's most pressing needs.||||||| Landry spent his first five NFL seasons with the Washington Redskins after he was picked No. 6 overall in the 2007 draft out of LSU. The hard-hitting Landry had a number of teams interested in him despite finishing last season on injured reserve with an Achilles injury.


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Rowe has obtained 23 years in the education field, and only six of those were spent outside of the Walker County district. He began his teaching career in Eldridge before the school shut down due to proration.
"I kind of had to go where the job was when I first graduated from college," Rowe said with a smile. "You'd love to work at home, but sometimes it doesn't always work out that way."
Rowe then went on to teach and coach in Moundville at Hale County High School for six years. An opportunity opened up for Rowe at Cordova prior to him spending six years at Oakman as a teacher, coach and then as assistant principal. But, he has spent the last 10 years as principal of Curry Elementary.
During last week's board of education meeting, board members and the superintendent approved the Head Start reports and information packets, charts, matrix and handbooks for the 2013-2014 school year. According to the Alabama Head Start Association's website, "Since its inception in 1965, more than 20 million children and families nationally have benefited from Head Start's comprehensive services." There are 36 programs statewide with more than 17,000 students enrolled. Rowe said the federally-funded program has been in place in Walker County for 31 years, and it will serve 237 students this year.
"That is the number that our grant funds for this coming school year ... The size of the classroom dictates how many children can be in a program," Rowe said. "We are in 10 elementary schools in the county; we'll have 13 classrooms this year."
There is not a deadline for registering your child or for picking up and filling out an application, but families must meet a certain criteria for their child(ren) to be eligible. Recruitment starts in early spring and goes through May. Rowe said the Head Start regulations have become stricter over the years, and a person must have the following in order to register a potential student: income verification (W-2 form, income tax return, payroll check stub, etc.), birth certificate or birth verification and professional diagnosis of disability (if applicable).
The Head Start Student Handbook states that "points are assigned to each application based on the following criteria, income, age, parental status, special needs and other concerns. We maintain a waiting list and fill vacancies as they occur up to our cut off date."
The program consists of four school readiness goals in these categories: education, health, nutrition and social, as well as others areas where the program tries to help the families. The school readiness goals and family engagement school readiness goals are similar to primary and secondary education improvement plans, which basically asks the question "how can we improve what we're doing for children so that they're more ready for school when they exit the program," Rowe mentioned.
Students attend Head Start for approximately six hours a day, generally from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. With the sites being located at area elementary schools, the transition from Head Start to kindergarten runs much smoother for kids and parents.
This year the Walker County Head Start program is scheduled to be monitored by the state, which means a team will be sent to observe the program and see that they're in compliance with all the federal guidelines and to help make recommendations for improving the program, "and that's one thing that I'm kind of excited about. Our funding is dependent upon a successful monitoring," Rowe added.
Classrooms are filling up quickly, so if you're interested in filling out an application and giving your child a head start, call the office at 205-387-0555.
"We're trying to serve the kids that really need to be served in Walker County and give them a head start. ... I want to meet all of our teachers and staff and see how we can make the program better for the children and families in our school district," Rowe said. "I'm really looking forward (to starting the school year). This is a great group of people, and we've got a great program. The challenge is what can we do to improve?"


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Last week we asked readers to weigh in on New Orleans' best dishes, and boy, did you deliver. We received delicious descriptions of beignets and bacon sundaes, shrimp po' boys and alligator sausage cheesecake. But a person can only eat so much.
If you've never been to Mardi Gras, you may think it's all about beads for boobs.
Some losses are so bad that when you get home, your dog kicks you.
Slipping on mittens is one way to shield your nails from the ravages of winter. But it's not the only solution. Keep yours strong, healthy, and pretty with this handy guide.
With the kids in tow, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spend Sunday out in New Orleans
The star skips Fat Tuesday festivities to film the crime drama Cogan's Trade in the Bywater
To say I was looking for the real New Orleans is perhaps an unfair statement, considering that Bourbon Street, despite all of its annoyances, is just as real as anything else in the Crescent City. But for music and culture, it just wasn't the New Orleans I was looking for.
Frenchmen Street offers local music and culture that can't be found on Bourbon.
Eight people who died in a fire in an abandoned building in New Orleans, Louisiana, overnight are believed to have been in their late teens or early 20s, the city fire department said Tuesday.
In the past month I've eaten poached goat, grilled octopus, the breaded and fried thymus gland of a cow, tagliatelle with rabbit ragu, and the seared liver of a fatted goose.
P&J Oyster Company, a 134-year old operation in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, has stopped shucking.
The new mom takes her son, Louis, out to an art gallery in New Orleans
Time to slap on the sunscreen, print the "cubes" and head out to the fairgrounds for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Two gunmen remain on the loose after a shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana that left seven people wounded, authorities said.
A preliminary autopsy on the body of an energy executive pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, this week revealed a head laceration and evidence of drowning, investigators said Thursday.
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, a police spokesman said.
When you're in a relationship -- and have been for quite some time -- you and your love bird are bound to have gone on all the usual dates many, many times over.
New Orleans' Mardi Gras is often called the "world's largest free party," but for the people who build the parade floats, make the costumes, serve the refreshments and put up the out-of-town guests, it's big business.
Three people were shot amid celebrations surrounding the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, police said Monday.
The Mystic Krewe of Barkus celebrates its 18th annual parade this weekend. The event helps fund animal shelters in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
There's a party brewing in New Orleans that's filling up hotels and drawing the faithful to the city, but this weekend the magnet isn't Mardi Gras. The New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl debut has fans in a fever to celebrate with their brethren.
The retired football player is conflicted.
NEW ORLEANS -- In the losers' locker room Sunday night, there was mostly silence for the first five, 10 minutes that reporters were allowed in. Silence among the players, but the noise on the outside -- the delirium, really -- seeped through the walls. The cries symbolized 43 years of frustration ending, and the wailing of repeated "Who Dat!'' chants, which young and old screamed through the weekend and into this morning in a raucous celebration in the French Quarter, finally got to someone in the room.
Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin soak up Louisiana atmosphere while filming on location
Nothing, but nothing, has the power to spoil New Orleans' appetite. The people of this city love to eat, and they eat it all -- from simply fried oysters and perfectly dressed po' boys to cutting-edge dishes served Cajun style. Here, a meal-by-meal primer of the Big Easy from a lucky visitor who came to eat and stayed to listen.
The sad state of the economy doesn't appear to be affecting the festive mood in New Orleans, Louisiana.
As fireworks exploded over the Big Easy on New Year's Eve, 22-year-old Adolph Grimes III pulled up to his grandmother's home near the French Quarter after a five-hour drive from Houston, Texas.
Puddles of moonlight on a glassy, smooth harbor. Fresh shrimp coupled with stone-ground grits. Palmettos dancing in an ocean breeze. I fell in love with these things on my very first visit to Charleston, that oh-so-Southern belle perched happily on the coast of South Carolina. Even now, memories of that long-ago trip bring an unbidden smile.
By Sunday, thousands of people had evacuated New Orleans, leaving behind a shell of a city.
On a cigarette break from washing dishes in the French Quarter, Michael Kennedy swung open the door of Café Maspero, and the briny smell of raw shrimp followed him outside.
The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic
The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday
Izzie Alley, 11, looked around cautiously as she stepped inside the small New Orleans garage that has been temporarily converted into a studio apartment for the Strauss family.
My husband, Peter, and I were in New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival, but we wanted to do more than listen to big brass bands. Like many of the people slowly returning to the city, we had to pay our respects to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Two years have passed since Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans. And if you hang out downtown and don't look too closely, you might think that everything is back to normal.
I spent eight days in New Orleans, reporting on sports in that city two years after Hurricane Katrina. It wasn't the first time I'd mopped up on a big story.
RATES: These are the good old days? The Fed left interest rates alone again, and whenever that happens (not moving rates up or down), it always puts a big smile on may face. (I'm pickin' and I'm grinnin'.) This isn't complicated stuff, people, but most everyone misses the very important and to me not-so-subtle point. What Ben (of the Beard) Bernanke & Co. are telling you is that in terms of the tools they have at hand, the economy is PERFECT.
After months of rebuilding, Henry and Flora Hamilton's house doesn't look like it was sitting in 7 feet of water a year ago. The same can't be said for most of their neighbors' homes.
After months of rebuilding, Henry and Flora Hamilton's house doesn't look like it was sitting in 7 feet of water a year ago. The same can't be said for most of their neighbors' homes.
In a city struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, newly re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin urged residents of New Orleans to "start the healing process."
Those of us in CNN's Gulf Coast bureau were invited to a gathering recently for Music Rising, an organization devoted to helping the region's music scene recover from Hurricane Katrina.
First Hurricane Katrina blew away his chosen hospital.
New Orleans, six months after Hurricane Katrina first came ashore, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in its wake, is a study in contrasts.
Six months after Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras floats, beads and revelry are luring in visitors, and helping New Orleans' devastated tourism industry roll toward recovery.
Lovely surroundings and cozy accommodations make it easy to connect -- or reconnect -- in these romantic spots.
Two New Orleans police officers were fired Wednesday for their roles in the videotaped beating of a 64-year-old man being arrested in the French Quarter, a police spokesman said.
Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed devastated many homes, buildings and, in some cases, entire neighborhoods, leaving residents and government officials to decide whether -- and how -- to rebuild.
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The scene at Café du Monde on Tuesday was frenetic: employees polishing the counters and wiping the windows, contractors installing new equipment in the kitchen and applying one last coat of paint inside and around the landmark's outside seating area.
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As residents of New Orleans' hardest-hit district lined up for miles to see what was left of their homes Wednesday, one man made a grim discovery.
As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?
As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?
A retired teacher injured during a videotaped beating by New Orleans police says he feels no anger toward the department.
Three New Orleans police officers Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of battery in the videotaped beating of a 64-year-old man, as federal officials opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.
As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?
Posted: 6:49 p.m. ET From Andreas Preuss, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau
Mayor Ray Nagin called Friday for a major expansion of casino gambling in hurricane-hit New Orleans in a desperate attempt to quickly heal its battered lifeblood industry -- tourism.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday unveiled a panel of civic leaders tasked with developing a plan for the city's rebirth by the end of the year, while more residents were given permission to return a month after Hurricane Katrina.
Residents returning to St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico, are finding near total destruction.
Nesbitt was alive, and that was very good news.
New Orleans business owners started trickling into the city on Saturday and residents were expected to return next week, but the head of the federal government's response to the storm said he wished they wouldn't.
Shortly after sunrise Saturday, the streets of three major areas of New Orleans will begin to fill as people return to check on their shops, restaurants and clubs.
President Bush delivered a prime time address to the nation Thursday from Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans 17 days after Hurricane Katrina churned the city and displaced a million people. This is a transcript of his remarks.
President Bush pledged Thursday night to put the full might and money of the federal government behind the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast and vowed to its people that "in the journey ahead, you are not alone."
Not waiting for President Bush to outline his Hurricane Katrina recovery plans, Democratic congressional leaders Thursday afternoon issued their own call for a domestic "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the Gulf Coast.
Mayor Ray Nagin said Thursday that significant areas of New Orleans will begin to reopen this weekend, almost three weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast on August 29.
CNN's Sean Callebs in New Orleans, Louisiana Posted: 1:28 p.m. ET
There may be no better way to explain the desperation on the city's ravaged streets than this: In the past few days, two police officers took their own lives and dozens have turned in their badges.
Soon after, "Why did it take so long to help?" comes the question: "Can New Orleans recover?"
National Guard troops moved toward the French Quarter in an effort to stop rising unrest in flood-stricken New Orleans late Tuesday as police reported looting, attempted carjackings and shootings near the city's main shelter.
An adoptive father serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for producing Internet pornography depicting his preteen daughter now faces 11 state charges, the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said Wednesday.
A young girl seen on child pornography Web sites has been found and is safe, an FBI spokesman told CNN Friday.
Florida and Canadian law enforcement officials Wednesday released the picture of a young girl, reclining on a couch, who authorities described as a possible witness in an Internet child pornography investigation.
The Big Easy became The Big Queasy as the usually laid-back party town worried about deadly Hurricane Ivan rumbling north through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. coast.
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The home of Mardi Gras is under siege, not by the throng of partygoers swarming here this week, but by tiny unseen invaders: Formosan termites.
Ray Davies, the lead singer with the British rock band The Kinks, is recovering after being shot in New Orleans.
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A Lehigh County judge sentenced former State Representative Joe Brennan to a mandatory 90 days in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alchohol.
Judge Maria Dantos also sentenced Brennan to 18 months' probation for simple assault stemming from the same incident when he struck his wife on Aug. 15 at their Fountain Hill home before driving away drunk. His blood-alcohol content measured 0.22 percent. The state's legal limit is 0.08 percent.
Brennan, who must also pay a $1,500 fine, will begin serving his sentence Monday in Lehigh County Prison.
Assistant District Attorney Stephen VanNatten said Brennan's wife, who did not attend the sentencing, did not want her husband to serve time in prison.
"She is going through a tough time and raising their two children on her own," he said.
Brennan, 48, who had asked to serve his sentence under house arrest in Dauphin County where he now lives, argued serving time in prison could jeopardize his new job, future employment and provide financial hardship.
"It's a hardship for every defendant who stands before me," Dantos said.
Dantos, who said it was a difficult case to sentence, said she would not generally give probation on an assault, but acknowledged the wife's request and Brennan's years of public service. Brennan will begin serving his 18-month probation in Lehigh County after he completes his prison term.
Dantos acknowledged Brennan's battle with alcoholism as a "lifetime problem and addiction" but that he "was well-equipped to secure treatment."
In imposing a prison sentence of a minimum of 90 days to 23 months maximum, Dantos said she must follow mandatory sentencing guidelines.