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Angela Wilson

Billionaire Investor Jim Coulter on Why New Orleans is One of the Best Cities for Entre... - 22 views

www.forbes.com/...best-cities-for-entrepeneurs-2

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shared by Angela Wilson on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Angela Wilson on 15 Apr 12
     
    Education Technology in NOLA
Elizabeth Resnick

Supercomputers help prepare New Orleans for Hurricane Isaac - ComputerworldUK.com - 5 views

www.computerworlduk.com/...ew-orleans-for-hurricane-isaac

new orleans hurricane supercomputer

shared by Elizabeth Resnick on 29 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • completed in 1.5 hours.
  • The computer models, which are being run at the Louisiana State University's Center for Computation and Technology, help to inform emergency planners what roads will flood and neighborhoods cut off.
  • They are being used to help determine the best staging areas for positioning people and supplies needed for the recovery, said Twilley.
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  • "They can look down at neighborhood scale and say 'on this street along the levy we're going to have water this high,' and plan accordingly," Dietrich said.
  • Comparing the capability today with that at the time of Katrina, Dietrich said:
  • "I think we have a very strong understanding of how hurricane wave storm develop and how they can threaten a coastal environment."
  • Elizabeth Resnick on 29 Aug 12
     
    the new supercomputer capabilities are much better now than they were during Katrina 7 years ago.  They help position people and supplies in the areas needed for the recovery, and determine which roads will flood.
Elizabeth Kahn

Science and Technology of WWII - 59 views

www.ww2sci-tech.org

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shared by Elizabeth Kahn on 18 Jan 13 - Cached
  • Elizabeth Kahn on 18 Jan 13
     
    Interactive website from the National WWII Museum in New Orleans with STEM resources for teaching the science and technology of WWII. 
Andrew McCluskey

Murky Waters: The Education Debate in New Orleans - 1 views

truth-out.org/...-of-education-reform-episode-2

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shared by Andrew McCluskey on 29 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Andrew McCluskey on 29 Mar 13
     
    Episode 2 - A great comic looking at the problem of education reform!
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