Southern University
Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) will hold its annual International Week from April 1st to April 4th on the Lake Campus at 6801 Press Drive. The week themed “Got Global Spirit?”
will feature WGNO TV, ABC 26 news anchor Liz Reyes.
Opening Day will be held on Wednesday, April 2nd at 11 a.m. in Building 43. Reyes, a native of Canada, will talk about the importance of appreciating the role education plays in the global environment.
Reyes was educated in her native Canada and has gained local notoriety.
She received her degree in Mass Communications/Political Science from York University in Toronto. In 2004 she won first place for Best Investigative Piece from the Press Club for her “Parking Ticket Pay-Up” story. Reyes is also an honorary member of the Board of Directors for Dress for Success New Orleans, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity and the March of Dimes.
The week will also feature sessions displaying food, art and entertainment samples from around the globe. On the last day SUNO Professor of Education Dr. Pamela Wanga will speak about the leadership styles of various cultures from around the world.
SUNO’s International Week is also sponsored by Lyceum, Title III Programs and SUNO’s Division of Student Affairs. For more information call (504) 286-5360.
SUNO International Week Schedule
Multicultural Spirit Day, April 1st
SUNO colleges and divisions will be challenged to display their appreciation for global diversity through various media, fashion, art,
etc. to compete for the coveted Global Spirit Award.
Opening Day, April 2nd
11 a.m. - 12 noon, Building 43
? Keynote Speaker - LIZ REYES
? Theme - “GOT GLOBAL SPIRIT?”
? Feature - Poetry by SUNO’S MISS FRESHMAN TARRIONA BALL
Global Games/Country Experience, April 3rd
11 a.m. - 12 noon, Building 43
SUNO students will compete for cash prizes while learning about their fellow Knights from countries such as Costa Rica and India.
Global Fest, April 4th
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Knights’ Café
? Keynote Speaker - DR. PAMELA WANGA
? Entertainment - BALLET FOLKLORICO NICARAGUENSE COSMAPA.
? The International Week closing event where the SUNO Family gets
to sample dishes from over 20 countries!
Cable Show
Continuing a tradition of featuring top leaders from cable and related industries, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today announced a lineup of industry leaders and visionaries as general session speakers for The Cable Show ’08, NCTA’s 57th Annual Convention and International Exposition to be held May 18-20, 2008, in New Orleans.
The opening General Session will kick off The Cable Show at 1:30 pm (CDT) on Sunday, May 18. The session will feature a welcome by Convention Co-Chairs Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Holdings, Inc., and Rocco Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation, as well as a state-of-the-industry speech by NCTA President and CEO, Kyle McSlarrow. A panel session follows. Generation Next: What's Now and What’s New in Broadband Media will feature:
Peter Chernin, Director, President and CEO, News Corporation
Paul Otellini, President & CEO, Intel Corporation
Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation
Yoshi Yamada, CEO, Panasonic North America
Moderator: William Kennard, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Additional panelists to be announced.
The General Session on Monday, May 19 – Bit by Bit: Convergence Creates the Future – will begin at 4:30 pm (CDT). The panel will feature top executives discussing how cable and its technology allies are harnessing the vast power of IP technology to create the next generation of voice, video and data businesses. The panel will include:
Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
Scott McNealy, Chairman, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Moderator, Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Holdings, Inc.
Additional panelists to be announced.
Tuesday’s General Session will focus on advertising and is produced in conjunction with the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB). The session kicks off at 9:30 am (CDT) on May 20. Getting Engaged: Advertising’s Quest to Connect will feature a keynote address by Deborah Wahl Meyer, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of The New Chrysler. Meyer’s remarks will be followed by a panel to include:
Pat Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc.
David Verklin, CEO, Aegis Media Americas
Tony Vinciquerra, President & CEO, Fox Networks Group
Moderator, Craig Moffet, Sr. Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Additional panelists to be announced.
In addition to the three general sessions, NCTA announced six plenary sessions featuring panels of senior executives and designed to address “big picture” issues, on Advertising, Business Operations, the International Marketplace, Monetizing the Digital Platform, Sports Programming and Video on Demand.
Additional session tracks at The Cable Show ’08 will include:
Business Services in partnership with the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) – 3 sessions
CAB University in partnership with CAB – 12 sessions
CIO.IT Track (featuring issues focused on cable Information Technologies) – 7 sessions
Finance & Accounting – 3 sessions
Management & Operations – 7 sessions
New Technology – 3 sessions
Public Policy – 6 sessions and 2 Public Policy Lunches
Technical Papers – 7 sessions
Cheniere
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced today that the Celestine River LNG vessel has departed from the Nigeria LNG terminal fully laden with her first cargo of liquefied natural gas. She will arrive at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal around April 12, 2008 and deliver the cargo for Sabine Pass’s “cool down” process which cools the terminal to its normal operating temperature. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted our request to accept cargoes for testing on March 14, 2008.
“After several years of development and construction, we are very excited to receive our cool down cargo on our own ship. We hope this marks the beginning of a long relationship with Nigeria LNG, a dominant LNG producer in the Atlantic Basin,” said Chairman and CEO Charif Souki.
Sabine Pass LNG will be the largest LNG receiving terminal in North America by regasification capacity at 4 Bcf/d and will have 16.8 Bcf of LNG storage capacity with two berths capable of handling the largest LNG vessels. It is located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana on 853 acres of land remote from dense population and only 3.7 miles from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal is owned by Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (AMEX:CQP), in which Cheniere Energy, Inc. has a 90.6% interest through its ownership of common units, general partner units and subordinated units.
The Celestine River is a new, 145,000 cm-capacity LNG vessel owned and operated by K-Line LNG shipping and chartered by Cheniere.
The Nigeria LNG terminal is located in Bonny Island, Nigeria and operated by Nigeria LNG Limited.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. is developing a network of three LNG receiving terminals and related natural gas pipelines along the Gulf Coast of the United States. Cheniere is pursuing related business opportunities both upstream and downstream of the terminals. Cheniere also founded and holds a 30% limited partner interest in Freeport LNG. Cheniere is based in Houston, Texas with offices in Louisiana, Texas, Washington, D.C., London, England and Paris, France.
America, Delta Airlines
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are grounded in part for now as they have canceled dozens of flights Thursday. The airlines continue to inspect wiring bundles on their planes. American has cancelled approximately 5 percent of its flights.
