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Ideas imagined in City planning"
Demolished property exchange for safe areas
Neighborhood centers in the Old City for the benefit of those who transposed themselves to high ground to maintain a Oleanian cultural identity
Bullet train service, subsidised, for those relocating to the New City outlying on high ground, still working and part of New Orleans
If a block is rebuilt or built fresh, include storefront services, such as a cafe/lunchroom run by neighborhood residents or students, daycare in a protected inner courtyard, favorable terms or communal operation by residents, a K-3 or so public school, with the cafeteria serving as a community room during school closings and weekends, even a Sanctuary for Mosque, Synagogue, or church (owned by the community, leased for $1 to the school, fixed hours?), other small businesses on the ground floor, with steps up to the homes from the street, but a built-up inner courtyard or terrace for "ground-level" entry from inside for deliveries, handicapped, movers, etc.
Off-grid power and water, such as a protected, raised water tank, windmill (lowered in hurricane weather?), watermills, solar panels, dedicated cell phone tower, rented to City emergency services?
The Americas
Our thoughts are with you all.
Please send replies to
sandra@prestonlawrie.freeserve.co.uk
"The Department of History at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is establishing a two-year, temporary faculty teaching pool to cover survey courses in United States history, western civilization, or non-western history. MA in history is required and an ABD or Ph.D. is preferred. Prior collegiate level teaching experience and demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations is preferred. The majority of full-time history faculty will make recommendations for hiring from this pool. Applications for the pool can be accepted throughout the period January 2005--January 2007. Finalist(s) for all appointments from this pool must communicate well and successfully complete an interview and/or teaching demonstration.
Complete pool applications shall consist of a letter of application, a c.v., an official transcript, a statement of teaching philosophy (separate from the letter of application), and three letters of recommendation. Materials must be sent to Dr. Jeff Long, Chair, Temporary Pool Search, Department of History, Bloomsburg University, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. AA/EEO"
My husband and I safe and living in Orange Beach, AL. Please email at megkeenannola@hotmail.com if you would like to reach me.
My prayers and best wishes for recovery are with all of you.
Meg Keenan
UNO History Alum. '92
Tulane GS History Alum. '94 and 2000
Tulane History Adjunct
Program Coord./Center for Ethics/Murphy Inst./Tulane
Jane Aldrich
College of Charleston
aldrichjane@aol.com
843-670-7156
or
George McDaniel
Drayton Hall/National Trust
George_McDaniel@draytonhall.org
843-769-2600
Thank You!
JA
