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      <title>Community Rebuilding and Flood Protection Expo - Lakeview</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter's "LaHouse" is designed to stand up to hurricane-force winds, swarming insects and harmful humidity. This family-type home is designed to showcase innovations in home construction for Louisiana’s sub-tropical climate. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Hurricane-Resistant Home Improvement Seminars</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter offers hurricane-resistant home improvement seminars for people who wish to build or restore their homes to make them more resistant to storm and flood damage. This video gives a brief description of material covered in the full 2-hour package. Long and short seminars and trainings can be scheduled on these topics to meet the needs of your group. For more information, e-mail rebuilding@agcenter.lsu.edu . - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>September Mini Seminars at Rebuilding Information Station</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:20:13 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Homeowners will get information on how to rebuild their homes to better stand up to hurricanes at a series of mini-seminars scheduled for the Rebuilding Information Station in September. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Sustainably Integrated Design: URBANbuild 3 House</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[This house, completed in May 2008, is one in a series of prototypes designed and built by Tulane University's URBANbuild. This house meets the new 3-feet advisory base flood elevation, and is built for 140 mph winds, which exceeds the wind-resistance requirements of the state uniform construction codes for this area. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>LSU AgCenter's LaHouse Holding 'Hurricane Resistance Days'</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter will hold Hurricane Resistance Days at its LaHouse model home site June 14-17. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Cameron Parish Residents and LSU AgCenter Agents Share Construction Knowledge</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Construction techniques used by Cameron Parish residents rebuilding their homes will be featured during a tour of homes on September 23, 2007, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Hurricane Resistance Days at LaHouse</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Come to Hurricane Resistance Days at LaHouse from June 14-17, 2007. Tour LaHouse and hear short presentations on topics ranging from flood maps, flood insurance and storm-surge modeling, to choosing and working with a contractor, to making your home more flood, wind and water resistant. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>PSkinner@agcenter.lsu.edu (Patricia Skinner)</dc:creator>
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          <title>Hurricane Resistances Days - Daily Schedules</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[During Hurricane Resistance Days at LaHouse, there will be tours and presentations. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>PSkinner@agcenter.lsu.edu (Patricia Skinner)</dc:creator>
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          <title>LaHouse-Gulf Region Healthy Homes Training Center</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[LaHouse Resource Center is a Gulf Region Healthy Homes Training Center partner of the National Healthy Homes Training Center and Network. Lessons taught at the Center promote practical and cost-effective methods for making homes healthier. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>DScimeca@agcenter.lsu.edu (Diane Scimeca)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Financial Fitness Expo</title>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:33:57 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[Come out and bring your family and friends to hear and see the featured speakers and exhibitors, including: bankers, credit unions, United Way, insurance experts, mortgage companies, Fannie Mae, Finance Authority of New Orleans, city officials, Road Home Advisors & FEMA Mitigation & Rental staff will be onsite to provide assistance. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>DAttaway@agcenter.lsu.edu (Denise Attaway)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Houses featured in LSU AgCenter's 2009 Camerion Parish Tour of Hurricane-resistant Homes</title>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[These houses will be featured in the 2009 LSU AgCenter Cameron Parish Tour of Hurricane Resistant Homes held May 17. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <title>Cameron Parish home tour to feature Hurricane Ike ‘survivors’ May 17</title>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[Newly built-to-code houses that have already survived one hurricane will be featured in this year’s Cameron Parish Tour of Hurricane-resistant Homes.The tour will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 17. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>DZaunbrecher@agcenter.lsu.edu (Dusty Zaunbrecher)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Community Rebuilding Expo - Calcasieu-Cameron</title>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 15:35:35 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[This expo will help homeowners learn how to protect their homes from hurricanes and other storms. The event will provide information on the many options available for hurricane protection including retrofitting current structures for flood and wind resistance and energy efficiency. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>LGuidry@agcenter.lsu.edu (Lucile Guidry)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Learn how to use flood maps to predict storm surge at Iberia Parish seminars</title>
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              <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:55:57 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter has scheduled seminars at the Iberia Parish library branch locations help people predict storm surges from hurricanes using flood maps. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <title>LSU AgCenter Announces Vermilion Parish Community Rebuilding and Flood Protection Expo</title>
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              <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter’s Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Unit joins the Vermilion Parish Police Jury to bring a free Community Rebuilding and Flood Protection Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 28 at Abbeville High School. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>LGuidry@agcenter.lsu.edu (Lucile Guidry)</dc:creator>
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              <title>October Mini Seminars</title>
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              <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[List of mini seminars scheduled to be held at the Rebuilding Information Station in October. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>DAttaway@agcenter.lsu.edu (Denise Attaway)</dc:creator>
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              <title>LSU AgCenter Announces Opening of Rebuilding Information Station</title>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter, in conjunction with the University of New Orleans’ Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO_CHART), Tulane City Center and Louisiana Office of Community Development’s Road Home program, is hosting an open house for the Rebuilding Information Station (RIS) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 26. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>DAttaway@agcenter.lsu.edu (Denise Attaway)</dc:creator>
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              <title>August Mini-Seminars at Rebuilding Information Station</title>
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              <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[Homeowners will get information on how to rebuild their homes to better stand up to hurricanes at a series of mini-seminars scheduled for the Rebuilding Information Station in August. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>PSkinner@agcenter.lsu.edu (Patricia Skinner)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Mid-day horticulture programs slated</title>
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              <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:37:52 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>September Mini-Seminars at Rebuilding Information Station</title>
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              <dc:creator>DAttaway@agcenter.lsu.edu (Denise Attaway)</dc:creator>
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              <dc:creator>CReichel@agcenter.lsu.edu (Claudette H. Reichel)</dc:creator>
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              <title>Global Green's Holy Cross Project in the Lower 9th</title>
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              <dc:creator>DAttaway@agcenter.lsu.edu (Denise Attaway)</dc:creator>
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              <title>CRBA Model Code Home - Oak Park Drive, Prairieville</title>
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              <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
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              <title>LaHouse - Built Safer, Stronger, Smarter</title>
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              <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[LaHouse is a showcase for best practices and code-plus construction. Its flood and wind resistance features meet or exceed the criteria of the "Fortified...for Safer Living" program of the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). Many of the water-resistance techniques are best construction practices; some are required by code. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <dc:creator>SScallan@agcenter.lsu.edu (Sandra Scallan)</dc:creator>
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              <description><![CDATA[LaHouse showcases four types of construction: Standard 2 x 4 Framing, Advanced 2 x 6 Framing, Structural Insulated Panel Systems (SIPS) and Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF). - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <title>LaHouse Foundation - Flood, Wind and Water Resistance</title>
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              <title>LaHouse - Roof</title>
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              <description><![CDATA[The roofs at LaHouse are predominantly hip-style for greatest wind resistance. Both metal and simulated clay tile are demonstrated with high-wind installation. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <title>LaHouse - Walls</title>
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              <title>LaHouse - Windows and Doors</title>
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              <title>LaHouse - Special Hurricane Resistance Features</title>
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              <description><![CDATA[LaHouse has several features for flood and wind and water resistance that are not captured in the building component descriptions. These include a Safe Room, Dry Floodproofing, anchoring of the flat roof of the breezeway, porct protection and closets, ground sloping away from the foundation, back-flow protection and elevated utility systems. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <title>The Safer, Stronger, Smarter Louisiana House - Hurricane Edition</title>
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                  <title>Rebuilding Programs</title>
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                  <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter rebuilding group and its partners in the Road Home rebuilding project offer a wide array of educational programs related to construction and natural hazard awareness. This page lists many of those program titles, and provides contact information for people wishing to request a program or presentation or ask for our participation in a community event or fair. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <description><![CDATA[As we track the progress of reconstruction in hurricane recovery and as new products, systems and technoglogies come into the state, we will add to this section. Learn about current educational efforts that may be useful as you build, rebuild or restore your home - and tell us about innovations and educational opportunities we haven't heard about. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <description><![CDATA[The Rebuilding Information Station was an outreach center at the New Orleans Lakefront, set up to assist homeowners in managing the rebuilding of their hurricane damaged homes through information, education and outreach. Partners in the Station were the LSU AgCenter, University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, Tulane City Center and The Road Home program. it closed August 31, 2009. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council</title>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Capital Region Builders - Model Homes and Training</title>
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                  <title>Building Fire and Termite Resistant</title>
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                  <description><![CDATA[When Hurricane Katrina approached the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, the Iberts took it in stride. The house on St. Andrew Street in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans had been in the Ibert family since 1901 and had been standing virtually unscathed since the 1800s. But, when their home was destroyed by fires that spread throughout the city, the Iberts rebuilt using fireproof and termite-resistant Aerated, Autoclaved Concrete (AAC) for the foundation and exterior walls of the home. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>Understanding Heating and Air Conditioning</title>
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                  <title>Stopping Air Infiltration in Existing Homes</title>
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                  <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter offers Hurricane-Resistant Home Improvement seminars across South Louisiana. Find out here how to schedule a presentation for your group. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[Water intrusion around window and door openings can cause dry rot and fastener corrosion that weaken the window or door frame or the wall itself, and lead to water damage to interior finishes, mold growth, and preventable building damage during coastal storms. (Source: FEMA 499: Home Builder's Guide to Coastal Construction, Fact Sheet 22) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[This site contains Web links to information useful for helping you when you build or rebuild in Louisiana. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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