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More football
November 10, 2009
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| New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) during a play against the Carolina Panthers. (AP) |
The NFL season is halfway done. Here's a picture from the most recent Saints game.
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Patriarch visit
October 29, 2009
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| Archbishop Demetrius of America, left, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, and Bishop Alexios of Atlanta stand in front of the Steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi River. (AP) |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, visited New Orleans last week to to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the Mississippi River and the Louisiana coast. Bartholomew I, who lives in Istanbul, is often called "The Green Patriarch" due to his support for environmental causes.
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My favorite part of a football game
October 20, 2009
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| New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, left, looks for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10), who is reaching for his shoulder, after their game in the Louisiana Superdome. (AP) |
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| New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) speaks with New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10). (AP) |
I always enjoy shooting postgame pictures. Here are two from the end of the Giants-Saints football game Sunday, which the Saints won 48-27. Saints quarterback Drew Brees was looking for Giants quarterback Eli Manning in a crowd of players and media on the field. As I was shooting Brees, Manning popped up in my viewfinder, emerging from the crowd and reaching for Brees' shoulder. This scene--from Manning's reach to their exchange and goodbyes--lasted less than 6 seconds.
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Obama visit and ship send-off
October 17 , 2009
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| Attendees take photos of President Barack Obama as he speaks at a town hall meeting in New Orleans. It was Obama's first visit to the city since being elected president. (AP) |
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The U.S.S. New York sails through heavy fog on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Recently completed in Avondale, La., with approximately 8 tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center, the ship is on its way to New York City for the first time. (AP) |
Here are two highlights from a busy week. More to come later.
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What's new?
October 11 , 2009
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| Dock workers attach crane cables to a shipping container at the Port of South Louisiana in Reserve, La. (Bloomberg) |
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden, center, fights for the ball with New Orleans Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic, left, and forward Darius Songaila. New Orleans beat Oklahoma City 88-79. (AP) |
Two days and two very different assignments. Click to view more editorial and sports images.
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Fort Jackson
September 29, 2009
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| A lizard crawls along the front of a cannon at Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, La. (The Advocate) |
Last week I had the chance to visit Fort Jackson, 75 miles southeast of New Orleans near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. Owned by the local parish government, officials there would like to transfer the 150-year-old, hurricane-damaged site to the National Parks Service with the hope of saving the structure and bringing more tourist dollars to the recovering parish.
This story ran in The (Baton Rouge) Advocate, I'll dig up a link soon (front page link above in "In The News" section).
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Football weekend
September 14 , 2009
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| No. 9 BYU's starting quarterback Max Hall greets fans after beating Tulane 54-3 in the Louisiana Superdome. (AP) |
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| BYU quarterback Riley Nelson celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Tulane. (AP) |
Katrina anniversary
August 31, 2009
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| A girl dances next to a wreath left on top of a levee after a vigil commemorating the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in eastern New Orleans. A traditional New Orleans brass band played at the foot of the levee. |
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| Members of The Revolution Social Aid and Pleasure Club and Pinstripe Brass Band march in a second line parade in the Lower 9th Ward to commemorate the anniversary. (AP) |
Saturday was the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which flooded much of New Orleans. Recent reports estimate that 75% of the city's pre-Katrina population has returned since the storm, but a full recovery will take many more years. For example, not one hospital east of Canal Street, which cuts the city roughly in half, has re-opened. Still, as state and federal rebuilding funds continue to come in, most feel that four years later, the region is finally turning a corner.
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J.D. Beach
August 25, 2009
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| J.D. Beach poses with his motorcycle at Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Va. |
Earlier this month, I spent a weekend following motorcycle racer J.D. Beach for his primary sponsor at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va. Click here to view an audio slide show featuring the seventeen-year-old racer.
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Holt Cemetery
August 13, 2009
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| Broken tombstones. |
A friend suggested I visit Holt Cemetery, a potter's field tucked behind a parking lot at the local community college. More coming soon.
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