Want to model?Bayoubuzz is trying to jumpstart the fashion design industry and is co-sponsoring an event that hopes to ultimate provide fashion talent to New Orleans and Louisiana.
On Friday, March 7th 2008 from 6pm to 10 pm, New Orleans Fashion Week, LLC will be hosting, the first casting call for models to participate in New Orleans Fashion week. The casting will take place at The Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans. New Orleans Fashion Week is an event produced by New Orleans Fashion Week, LLC, with shows happening in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
New Orleans Fashion Week LLC is casting swimwear and promotional models. Everyone will have a place in our fashion week, and we will spot light the best talent that Louisiana has to offer.
Models will have the opportunity to be in newspapers, fashion shows and magazine ads. All the models have to do is, bring photo, measurements and be prepared to walk.
The goal is discovering new talent and launching your professional modeling careers. Any model trying to get into the fashion business should jump start their career by being a part of these big events!
Ultimately, Bayoubuzz and Fashion Week hopes to put New Orleans and much of Louisiana on the fashion map. Fashion Week will be one of Louisiana’s marquee events attracting thousands from celebrities, politicians, to social and cultural personalities, and the fashion industry elite. This fashion week will be held once a year. The goal is to be comparable to 7th on Sixth in NYC and help make Louisiana a fashion Mecca.
Plus, New Orleans Fashion Week, LLC and Bayoubuzz will be hosting a series of posh events in the months leading up to the first ever industry New Orleans Fashion Week. The first of these events will be "New Orleans En Vogue" a VIP only fashion-cocktail event that will debut the evening of March 8, 2008.
"New Orleans En Vogue” will present the models and staff of New Orleans Fashion week, and a sneak peek at the ‘look’ that will be showcased during fashion week through a photo exhibition.
New Orleans En Vogue will also be an evening of music, fashion and cocktails at Zoë Lounge & Whisky Blue; located in the posh, trend setting W Hotel: 333 Poydras StNew Orleans, LA. The Zoë Lounge a place that brings the wow of W, to a fashionably dressed crowd for this official New Orleans Fashion Week VIP fashion event. Anyone interested in attending RSVP at vip@neworleansfashionweek.com
New Orleans Fashion Week is a fashion industry event, produced by New Orleans Fashion Week LLC. Fashion Week will premier in September 09, allowing domestic and international fashion designers, and corporate brands to display their latest collections. Anyone interested in attending, showcasing or modeling can request additional information at press@neworleansfashionweek.com.
To learn more about New Orleans Fashion Week and upcoming events, visit us at www.neworleansfw.com.
Historic New Orleans Collection
The Historic New Orleans Collection is hosting a screening of New Orleans native and scholar of African American history and culture Maurice Martinez will present his documentary Wings of Wood (2007) at The Historic New Orleans Collection on Thursday, March 6. In the 24-minute film, Martinez examines the work of Afro-Creole carvers Charles Hutchison, Rudolph Hutchison and Eric Hutchison. Brothers Charles and Rudy Hutchison grew up in New Orleans’s 7th Ward, near noted carver Mitchel Lafrance. Lafrance, who had been a key figure in the Plaquemines Parish carving community, taught and influenced the Hutchison brothers, who went on to distinguish themselves by perfecting the “soft feather” technique. In this unique style, each feather is carved to scale from an individual piece of wood. As many as 5,000 pieces of wood may make up a single carving. The birds are so lifelike that when a fan blows air across the carving, the feathers ruffle.
In addition to his role as a filmmaker, Martinez is also a professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, a poet, photographer, musician and filmmaker. His heritage and scholarly endeavors are steeped in African American culture.
This screening is free and open to the public. It is presented in conjunction with The Collection’s exhibition Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Carving in Southeast Louisiana, which is currently on display at the WilliamsResearchCenter, 410 Chartres Street. The exhibition will be open prior to the screening and admission fees will be waived. Reservations for the screening are encouraged and may be made by e-mailing wrc@hnoc.org or by calling (504) 523-4662.
Technology and The Law
Three of most influential and powerful people in the fight against crime and corruption in the New Orleans area will all join the Louisiana Technology Council (LTC) for a panel discussion.
On March 4th, the LTC will welcome FBI Agent James Bernazzani, Inspector General Robert Cerasoli and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten to discuss how:
∑their individual organizations utilize technology to help in their efforts ∑the types of programs they are implementing further the cause ∑their agencies work together to make our region a safer and better place for all
Each "Justice League" panelist will present for about 10 -15 minutes and then questions will be taken from the audience. We encourage attendees to submit their questions in advance for the moderators to pose to the panel.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Tuesday March 4th
Location: New Orleans Yacht Club
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Attendance Limited - Maximum of 100
Beginning with the graduating class of 2012, high school graduates will need to have successfully completed four units each of mathematics, science, English, and social studies to qualify for admission to a Louisiana public four-year university. The increased rigor in the Regents Core curriculum was approved today by the Board of Regents’ Planning, Research and Performance Committee to bring the Regents Core into alignment with the new “Core 4” curriculum recently adopted for high school graduates by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and to help ensure that freshman students enrolling at the state’s universities are better equipped for college-level coursework.
“It has been shown time and time again that the best predictor of student success in college is the academic rigor of his or her high school preparation,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Joseph Savoie. “It just makes good sense – both for our students and for our institutions – to do all we can to give entering freshmen the best chance possible of earning a degree. We do that two ways: through our four-year university admission requirements, of which the Regents Core is a critical component, and through our community and technical college system, which provides an access point for students who can benefit from the environment of a two-year campus.”
In addition to an increase in the total number of math and science credits required for public university admission, the Regents Core will now require an additional unit of approved social science and the option of two units of specially-designed speech courses in place of the foreign language requirement currently required (in response to a consensus among college administrators that too many students come to college only marginally skilled in verbal expression). In addition, the new Core removes the requirement of one-half unit in “computer literacy,” since nowadays almost all students develop computer skills as a normal consequence of high school instruction and personal computer/internet use.
The net increase in required credit is 1.5 units, from 17.5 to 19.0. Full board approval of the measure is expected at tomorrow’s Board of Regents meeting.
In other Regents business, the Board received a report today on the recently-updated Fall 2007 statewide enrollment figures. According to the report, Louisiana’s public colleges and universities continue to recover from the enrollment hit suffered as a result of the 2005 hurricanes. Total enrollment across the state is up to 198,012 (including a near 6.000 student increase at two-year institutions) compared to 195,380 in 2006 and an estimated 177,230 immediately after the storms in 2005.
Notably, four of the New Orleans public institutions impacted by Katrina -- DelgadoCommunity College, NunezCommunity College, Southern University – New Orleans, and the University of New Orleans -- showed increases in first-time freshman enrollment last fall. In addition, enrollment in developmental (or remedial) courses at four-year universities continues to decrease, down to 18.7% in 2007 from 20.5% in 2006. Developmental enrollment stood at 35% as recently as 2000.
Still another promising statistic revealed to the Board today was a statewide increase in “preparatory” students, up to 7,519, compared to 4,937 in 2006. Preparatory students are high school students who enroll in college credit courses before graduation.
(source press release)
World Trade
On Wednesday, March 5 the World Trade Center, the Louisiana District Export Council, and other organizations will sponsor a luncheon program in the Plimsoll Club on “The Pending U.S. Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama: What They Mean for Louisiana” featuring Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
As Senior Trade Advisor for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest business organization in the world with over 3 million members, Leslie Schweitzer created the TradeRoots Initiative in 1999, the only sustained national grassroots international trade education program in the country. Ms. Schweitzer continues to direct the program, designed to raise the public awareness of international trade, particularly to small and medium-sized companies. TradeRoots has been instrumental in gaining grassroots support for China PNTR, Trade Promotion Authority, and free trade agreements with Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco and Bahrain, and led the charge for grassroots support of the free trade agreement with Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua (CAFTA), and most recently Peru. TradeRoots continues with advocacy programs for pending agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Registration for the March 5 luncheon program is available on-line at www.wtcno.org/programs or by calling the WTC at (504) 529-1601, ext. 222.
Road Home
Latest Program Statistics
As of February 25, 2008
Total applications recorded:
185,106 (final)
Initial appointments held:
166,093 (final)
Eligible applicants:
157,187
Benefit options selected:
135,361
Option 1 - 116,448
Option 2 - 9,949
Option 3 - 2,781
Decline benefits - 1,611
Delay benefit selection - 4,049
No funding:
3,329
Elevation only:
13,196
Sold home prior to application:
3,363
Closings held:
100,735
Total amount of awards disbursed:
$5.9 billion*
Average award disbursed:
$59,324*
These numbers are reported as of February 21, 2008.
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., wants local companies to represent the best of Louisiana food and other products at an Austin, Texas, food show in May.
"Louisiana cuisine is famous all over the world," Strain said. "Texans love our music, our culture and the way we cook. We're looking to show off our best products during our Louisiana Road Show at the H.E.B. Central Market food stores in Austin this year."
H.E.B. (Here Everything's Better) Central Markets are hosting the Louisiana Road Show May 3-4, Strain said.
"The road show will feature everything that's fun, exciting and delicious about the PelicanState," Strain said. "We'll be serving hot, fresh Louisiana boiled crawfish cooked on a crawfish boiling rig on site. There'll be plenty of free food samples and Cajun bands.
"It's a chance to represent the finest Louisiana has to offer to the H.E.B. Central Market customers."
It's the first time the Louisiana Road Show has been invited to the H.E.B. Central Markets, Strain added. "It's significant because the Central Markets have a 24 percent market share of the Texas retail food market."
The Louisiana Road Show events will be held May 3, noon until 8 p.m., at the Central Market at 4001 N. Lamar and May 4 at the Central Market, Westgate, at 4477 S. Lamar.
To participate, Strain said the Louisiana product must currently be on Central Market store shelves.
Approved vendors also need to be at the store in time to set up and begin demos at noon. There is no fee to participate but vendors must provide their own tables and other supplies.
Strain said the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) and the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board will be promoting the event with radio ads and a live remote broadcast during the Saturday show.
Vendors interested in participating should contact Lisa Manda, LDAF marketing specialist, at 225-922-1280 or via e-mail at lisa.manda@ldaf.state.la.us.
