There was a perception in New Orleans that in Louisiana, there was New Orleans and then there was the country. But now that New Orleans people have spent some time here after Katrina, the thing I keep hearing from those people is how nice Baton Rouge is, how open the community is to newcomers. And I think that is why people are staying.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. -Charles Kuralt.

Their interest at this point in time is to get the administration building on Bluebonnet completely finished and operational.

They have not and will not make a decision for the next few months.

They consider Egypt a transit country and us as a travel agency. The perception that everyone that comes here gets refugee status and will be resettled is a wrong perception. It is not in our hands. He has to satisfy certain criteria of particular stipulations of the specific host country. And we don't have a hand in this. So the idea of going to the UN and the UN will give you a ticket to go to dreamland is a myth.

What do you mean, Phib?" asked Miss Squeers, looking in her own little glass, where, like most of us, she saw - not herself, but the reflection of some pleasant image in her own brain.