CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Drew Ward’s Debut Post: Duckweed

    Duckweed belongs to the family Lemnaceae and is small, free floating green plants that form large blankets on the surface of sheltered water. The body of duckweeds is composed of a simple floating disc of photosynthetic tissue often with roots attached. It is not differentiated into stem and leaf tissue. All species of duckweed supposedly produce minute flowers, but these flowers are seldom observed. Reproduction is generally vegetative and its growth rate is tremendous, A thumb-sized planting will cover 1.2 acres in 55 days if uninhibited. Slimy or not, it’s what’s happening in Louisiana Politics BOUSTANY TO INHERIT MCCRERY’S LEADERSHIP…

  • Alexandria’s Population More Than Reported in The Town Talk

    Yesterday, the paper reported that “Alexandria has decreased from 49,188 in 1990 to 45,836 in 2006.” The most comprehensive yearly count (and the one that is officially recognized by the State of Louisiana) is performed by Louisiana Tech’s Business School. Unlike the projection extrapolated from the 2000 Census (the 45K figure), the LA Tech estimate is done every year; it is more rigorous and more thorough. And it says the population of Alexandria, Louisiana is: 48,490. (And I believe it could be more). Click here.

  • Senator Landrieu Posts First Video Diary of Campaign

    As pointed out in the New York Times this morning: From the Northeast to the Southwest, the Democrats have such a strong hand in this year’s Senate contests that they sense the possibility of victories in unlikely states like Oklahoma and Mississippi, and now even Alaska, which last elected a Democratic senator in 1974. “It’s a remote possibility, but it is within the realm of plausible,” said Paul Starr, a public affairs professor at Princeton University and a liberal commentator. Numbers help tell the story. Republicans have 23 seats to defend, including five left vacant by retiring incumbents, while the…