S.U.P. crossing of Lake Pontchartrain.
Jeff Lakey, from NOLA Paddleboards, paddled across Lake Pontchartrain on July 4th, 2012, in support of the Gleason Initiative Foundation. The paddle started in Mandeville, Louisiana, at the Lake Pontchartrain Harbor Marina and ended in Metairie, Louisiana, at the Bonnabel Boat Launch. The paddle route was next to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge which is the longest, continuous bridge over water in the world (measuring 23.86 miles in distance). Wind speed ranged from 5 - 12mph and the wind direction switched from the southwest to the northwest throughout the almost 9 hour journey.
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The 10 BLACKEST CITIES in AMERICA
I hope you enjoy my book report. Which American cities have the highest number of black Americans? These are the places where the most African Americans live, per capita, in the entire country.
Cities mentioned include New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, Detroit and more.
The states that are featured include places like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Michigan, Tennessee, Maryland, Florida and others.
After this video, you'll have a much deeper understanding of where the black population lives.
Now, America is a very diverse place, where 63% or just under 2 in 3 Americans, is white. The black population is 12.3% of the population, and sometime in the last ten years, the hispanic population passed up the black population to become America’s second-largest minority.
The black population is growing again - after hitting an all-time low of just under 10% in the 1930s. As you can see in this chart, way back when records were first kept, the black population was about 20% of the US population.
But the cities we’re going to talk about today have a far higher black population than those numbers.
Today, we’re going to look at which cities have the highest black populations, talk about some famous black Americans, and references a few black stereotypes.
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GO FLYBOARD: Louisiana's Northshore
Want to soar like a shore bird on a flyboard? Will Emmy© Award-winning host Tom Gregory be able to catch some air? Tony Bertucci of NOLA Flyboarding offers flyboarding lessons for individuals and groups out of Slidell and Madisonville. In this cool new extreme sport on the Northshore, specially designed water jet nozzles located below the flyboard provide lift using the water flow from a jet-ski or wave-runner. New flyboarders normally get the hang of the sport within a few minutes, and the ability to porpoise in and out of the water is a feat that can be accomplished by some in the first lesson.
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NOLA's Resilience by Stephan Wanger
NOLA’s Resilience
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A Massive Mosaic 101”(H) x 77” (W) with over 250,000 Mardi Gras beads to hopefully one day raise $1,000,000 for charities. “NOLA’s Resilience” has been unveiled on August 25, 2010 at the JW Marriott New Orleans, following a traditional New Orleans Jazz Funeral and Second Line to mark the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and to recognize the struggle, perseverance and rebirth of a state and its people.
The asking price is $1,000,000 - Money raised through the sale of NOLA’s Resilience will be equally divided in support of Tipitina’s Foundation, Make It Right Nola, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Children’s Miracle Network, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, Sweet Home New Orleans, Working Bikes Cooperative and Bead Town.
Contact: Stephan at throwmesomething@beadtown.org for more details.
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I know one day NOLA's Resilience will sell and then the proceeds will equally support Tipitina's Foundation, Make It Right Nola, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Children's Miracle Network, New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, Sweet Home New Orleans, Working Bikes Cooperative,and Bead Town said Stephan Wanger and added mark my words.
NOLA's Resilience: NOLA is walking away from a classic New Orleans cemetery. Over her right shoulder is a grave with the date of Hurricane Katrina inscribed...over her left shoulder is a grave with the date of the oil spill inscribed.... NOLA has been ravished, tested but is not broken: NOLA's Resilience. She is mourning but still shows strengths and leadership...she will not be denied her happiness. The veil is made out of a honeycomb to indicate the sweetness and work ethics of people from Louisiana overcoming the two largest disasters in US History. The veil has a missing Fleur-de-Lis, like a missing men formation executed by airplanes.
Special Thanks in advance to John O'Callaghan for this amazing song.
I would also like to thank Shauna, Kristin and Jackson, Rob, Patrick, Tereson, Michelle, Timmothy and M. for their help.
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BAYOU ST JOHN & LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN - DRONES OVER NEW ORLEANS
Bayou St. John, Esplanade & Lake Pontchartrain
Bayou St. John is one of the key reasons New Orleans exists. This body of water originally extended from the outskirts of New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, was commissioned to establish a settlement in Louisiana that would both make money and protect French holdings in the New World from British expansion. Bienville chose the spot where New Orleans now sits because he recognized the strategic importance of the Bayou St. John’s “back-door” access to Lake Pontchartrain, and ultimately to the Gulf of Mexico. Boats could enter the lake from the Gulf, then follow the Bayou to its conclusion. From there, they were within easy portage distance of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Native Americans had used this route for years.
The early path from the city to the bayou is today’s Bayou Road, an extension of Governor Nicholls Street in the French Quarter. Modern-day Gentilly Boulevard, which crosses the bayou, was another Native American trail—it led around the lake and on to settlements as far as Florida.
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As New Orleans grew and prospered, the bayou became a suburb as planters moved out along its shores. In the early 1800s, a canal was dug to connect the waterway with the city, reaching a basin at the edge of Congo Square (which begat today’s Basin Street). The Bayou became a popular recreation area, lined with fine restaurants and dance halls (and meeting places for Voodoo practitioners, who held secret ceremonies along its shores). Gradually, New Orleans reached beyond the French Quarter and enveloped the whole area—overtaking farmland, plantation homes, and resorts.
The canal was filled in long ago, and the bayou is a meek re-creation of itself (though plans to re-open nearby floodgates, allowing more natural ebb and flow from Lake Pontchartrain, may soon bring its ecosystem closer to its thriving original state). It is no longer navigable (even if it were, bridges were built too low to permit the passage of watercraft other than kayaks), but residents still prize their waterfront sites, and kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards make use of the bayou’s smooth surface. This is one of the prettiest areas of New Orleans—full of the old houses tourists love to marvel at without the hustle, bustle, and confusion of more high-profile locations. A stroll along the banks and through the nearby neighborhoods is one of our favorite things to do on a nice afternoon.
Getting There: The simplest way to reach St. John’s Bayou from the French Quarter is to drive straight up Esplanade Avenue about 20 blocks (or grab the bus that says esplanade at any of the bus stops along the avenue). Right before you reach the Bayou, you’ll pass St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 (just past Leda St.). It’s the final resting place of many prominent New Orleaneans, among them Father Adrien Rouquette, who lived and worked among the Choctaw; Storyville photographer E. J. Bellocq; and Thomy Lafon, the black philanthropist who bought the old Orleans Ballroom as an orphanage for African-American children and put an end to its infamous “quadroon balls”. Walking just past the cemetery, turn left onto Moss Street, which runs along the banks of St. John’s Bayou. To see an example of an 18th-century West Indies–style plantation house, stop at the Pitot House, 1440 Moss St.
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Esplanade leads into City Park at Wisner Boulevard—you’ll see an equestrian statue in the center of the traffic circle just outside City Park’s grand entrance. Turn left on Wisner for about right into Beauregard Street; then turn right on Cloverleaf and look for water—and Lakeshore Drive. Turn left. You’ve reached Lake Pontchartrain, which you’ve probably figured out. Meander along Lakeshore Drive for a couple of miles until you reach a marina (the road will curve and become West End Blvd.). It’s hard to believe that this area (called Lakeshore), home to commercial fishing since the late 1800s, was totally devastated by the 17th Street Canal breech. The storm piled boats atop each other, smashed buildings into rubble, and destroyed a lighthouse. Now, there’s a thriving restaurant hub and shopping along Harrison Avenue, and the nearby Lakeview residential neighborhood boasts some of the highest property values around. That canal is just ahead of you, as is the fishing-oriented Bucktown neighborhood. But this is probably a good spot to turn back—or hit up Deanie’s for old-school seafood just like a local.
Lake Pontchartrain is some 40 miles long and 25 miles wide, and is bisected by the 24-mile Greater New Orleans Causeway, the world’s longest over-water bridge.
- Diana K. Schwam
GO HISTORIC: Louisiana's Northshore
Native American historian Grayhawk Perkins leads a canoe trip on Cane Bayou in GO HISTORIC and brings Go Coast host Tom Gregory to Ruby’s Roadhouse for his band’s gig with the late Coco Robicheaux.
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GO WILD: Louisiana's Northshore
GO WILD features acclaimed musician Amanda Shaw fiddling on the Mandeville lakefront and accompanying Go Coast: Louisiana host Tom Gregory to feed a family of giraffes at Global Wildlife Center, Global Wildlife Center, a 900-acre free-roaming wildlife park in Folsom, Louisiana. Take a ride on one of the large trams or opt to tour in a Pinzgauer military vehicle for really up close encounters with friendly critters like camels, giraffes, llamas, Watusi cattle, many species of deer and more.
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Storm Snippet | Should you worry about Alberto? (May 26, 2018)
Subtropical Storm Alberto is making its way toward the Alabama and Florida coastlines. Here's everything you need to know right now about Alberto if you live in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Video by Christopher Chase Edmunds, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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The cast of Floribama Shore (Mikey Day, Saoirse Ronan, Luke Null, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd) parties through Hurricane Irma.
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3DR Solo - NOLA
Took my 3DR Solo to New Orleans for the weekend and was able to get a few shots off in spite of the rain.
Causeway Bridge Kayak and Snorkel
Kayak and snorkel under the Causeway Bridge(longest continuous bridge over water in the world).
In the rain to Bayou St John
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Jack Ü- VOODOO 2015- (Full Set)
VooDoo Festival 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana All Rights Reserved to Jack Ü. I do not own any of the content shown in the video. I only wish to show the world how New Orleans and the people who live here get down and party.
Sorry for the transitions throughout the video. I filmed this with my GoPro but when I uploaded it into my computer it cut the video into five 17 minute clips. In order to make the sound line up correctly I added the transitions.
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Natasha Williams reports on a Watchdog Group’s findings that some Orleans Parish judges are holding criminal defendants in contempt when they can’t afford to hire a lawyer. Hear what the Watchdog Group plans to do about this practice that they say is illegal.
Health Secretary Dr. Rebekah Gee was at the Brooking’s Institute this week, promoting the state’s new subscription model for getting hepatitis C treatment to Medicaid patients and prisoners. Other states are now looking at possibly following Louisiana’s lead. Andre’ Moreau asks Dr. Gee how this model might be used with other costly meds and what the impact would be.
Louisiana leads the country in the rate of young people murdered through gun violence. Why are Louisiana’s younger residents so vulnerable to gun violence?
Summer swim lessons at Howell Park in Baton Rouge provide inner-city kids with a skill that is fundamental. Some of the parents of these very same kids never had that opportunity. Will Lurker is a lead swim instructor of this program. He looks at the role segregation played in the fact that many African Americans never learned how to swim and why these lessons are a milestone for many, producing first-generation swimmers.
Kayaking New Orleans Big Lake, City Park with GoPro
My sister and I spent the day kayaking in New Orleans City Park on Big Lake
San Dimas HS - When the Saints Go Marching In - 2019 LACF Marching Band Competition
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San Dimas High School Marching Saints performing their musical selection entitled When the Saints Go Marching In at the Los Angeles County Fair High School Marching Band Parade Competition on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.
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Tom Segura: Completely Normal - The First 48
Radio, Television, and Live performance veteran, Tom Segura shares a few off-hand appraisals on hotels and hobbies with a cool and thoughtful demeanor in his one hour comedy special, Completely Normal.
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Spiritual Yoga Retreats Upstate New York and Affordable Retreats Reviews
Join us for spiritual retreats and holistic weekend retreats Upstate NY at our spiritual retreat center in the Catskills . Retreats are affordable and near NYC. Enjoy yoga retreats, vegan retreats, holistic retreats and lots of spiritual networking .
We organize 4 holistic retreats Upstate NY a year and welcome wellness practitioners and health coaches to give short talks as well at our holistic bazaar . Join us on May 26 2019 !!
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