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Almost four years after Katrina, more than a hundred people gathered on the Church of the Redeemer property on Friday sunup and they came to pray, to sing as well as to remember.

The Steps Coalition sponsors the interfaith memorial service.”I want you to survive. I urge for you. You urge for me,” sang a trio of African-American women.All of them gathered on holy ground.

The people who are gathered here are from different faiths and cultures as well as different backgrounds that find unity in a storm experience.

“Today, we urge that the restraints that unite us to Katrina’s crippling grasp be free,” alleged Rabbi Dr. Myrna Matsa.

“Katrina hurt rich as well as poor alike. Healthy and unhealthy together. Republican and Democrat equally. Men, women as well as children of all ages, races, religions, nationalities,” she told those gathered.

A delegate from the Buddhist temple also encouraged reflection.

“I’ll welcome all of you to close your eyes, listen to the bell,” said Venerable Thich Thien Tri.

This melding of faiths as well as cultures, this coming in concert for a mutual memorial experience, caused Rev. Harold Roberts to bring to mind a similar unity right after Katrina.

“And there is no matter about what color you were, what faith you were and where you came from. You are in a line to get ice, you are in a line to get water,” said Rev. Roberts.

Sakinah Qawyi, coming from the Biloxi Islamic Center prays, “Our Lord. Recognize this service from us. For thou are the every single one hearing, the all knowing.”

The children from close by Holy Angels kindergarten has participated in the service by helping devote a tree, the promise of new life as well as growth on a site that saw so much storm destruction.

“May you help all of them to be alive and learn and also to support one another? And have all the joy in their lives once again,” they prayed as one.

“We have learnt from the past, but must guard in opposition to being jammed in the past. Oh Holy One, give us potency to step into the future together,” alleged Rabbi Matsa.

AUGUST 29 symbols the fourth centenary of Hurricane Katrina. The category five hurricane brought widespread damage as well as devastation to the city of New Orleans in Louisiana.

More than 1,800 people were killed during the hurricane and its repercussion. The estimate cost for damage is around US$81.2 billion (£49.2 billion) and this was considered as the most expensive natural disaster in history.

Even with the tragedy the city has started to rebuild and renew, and music, which is the basement of New Orleans, has played a noteworthy part in elevating the people, as well as this helps them to generate much needed revenue in these bleak economic times.

The capital has many more festivals like Jazzfest, Essence Music Festival, International Arts Festival and Voodoo Fest all over the year, which is a cabinet for local artists in addition to catch the attention of performers all over the world.

The Rajiv Gandhi Award is been felicitated to Katrina kaif on August 19, 2009.

Katrina kaif and shahid kapoor, they would be receiving a National Award for Best Acting. This grand event would be taking place in National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai on August 19, 2009.

The successful personalities of country’s progress will also be honored in this function.

The “Rajiv Gandhi National Awards” will be lightened by the dignitaries like kamalnath,vilasrao,Deshmukh,Ashok Chavan,Murli Deora, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Maken, Rajiv Shukla, Priya Dutt, Milind Deora, Eknath Gaikwad, Sanjay Nirupam, Mohd. Azharuddin, Subodh Kant Sahay, Gurudas Kamat, and Manikrao Thackray.

The other winner of “Rajiv Gandhi National Awards” are: Avika Gor(Child Prodigy), Vineet Jain(Industrialist), Ramesh Chandra Agarwal(Journalism), Sam Pitroda(Global Indian), Dr. Narendra Jadhav(Educationist), Dr. G Madhavan Nair(Super Achiever), Krushnaa Patil (Women Achiever), Rajashree Birla (Social Field) and Rohit Kochhar(Young Entrepreneur).

Rajiv Gandhi Awards has constantly had many Bollywood biggies as the performers in the precedent, including Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Navin Prabhakar, Rakhi Sawant, Vivek Oberoi, Sukhwinder Singh, Koena Mitra, Tanushree Dutta, Aftab Shivdasani, Sunidhi Chauhan, Isha Shravani, Sivamani, Tisca Chopra, Sajid Khan, Anupam Kher, Parizad Kolha, and more.

Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest hurricanes in the history of United States. Severe loss of life and heaps of property damage occurred in New Orleans. It is vague that Hurricane Katrina caused more than $US81 billion in damage.

The Tropical Strom Katrina first upgraded its status on 24 August, 2005. On August 25 a hurricane crossed the coastline of Florida early morning.

Katrina weakens over land and was below Hurricane strength for a few hours. However, there is a quick development in the hurricane when it entered the Gulf of Mexico.

On 27th August, Hurricane Katrina hit category three and it actually reached category five intensity the next day itself. Fortunately, Katrina destabilized a little before it hit the coast.

In the early hours of August 28, Katrina strikes the coastline as a category three hurricane near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana.

Katrina then go back over the sea for a few hours before it made its final cross over land as a hurricane nears the Louisiana/Mississippi border.

Hurricane Katrina maintained hurricane intensity well into Mississippi.

Real Fact About Hurricane Katrina:

• About 1836 people were killed by Hurricane Katrina. Still 705 People are classified as missing.
• In New Orleans, the Flood security is failed in more than 50 places. This caused the mass flooding
  coupled with Hurricane Katrina.
• The name Katrina is been retired officially by the World Meteorological Organization due to its
  severity and replaced as Katia instead of Katrina.
• About $4 billion dollars has been contributed by the people for the victim of Hurricane Katrina.

It was just weeks back that a Mumbai tabloid went on and on about an alleged clandestine relationship between Katrina Kaif and John Abraham while they were shooting their film together, New York.

Even though the talks now is been died down with both Kat and John, the hotly denying any such thing having happened, it can’t be deprived of that Katrina’s rapport with boyfriend Salman Khan has not exactly been great since then.

Adding to her woes now is an offer from Dev D maker Anurag Kashyap to star in his next opposite John Abraham.

It is learnt that the maverick film maker is making a series of movies about life in Mumbai. John Abraham is the only one who has been officially signed up so far. Anurag apparently has also sent the script across to Katrina who seems to have loved it.

Sources close to her claim, it is just the class of film Kats would like to do at this point in time when she has just begun to make her mark as an actress. But the young actress is still in two minds about signing up for the movie.

The key reason is that she is not convinced if she wants to be being paired converse John Abraham again. Katrina is in no mood to handle the rumors that she is sure will recur.

Katrina Kaif is making it abundantly clear to beau Salman Khan that his enemies are not hers, and she is ready to do anything that will further her career.

Shortly after working with Salman’s arch-enemy John Abraham in New York, reports say that Katrina is now all set to work opposite his other nemesis, Shah Rukh Khan.

Katrina, who has been climbing the ladder of success most consistently ever since she came into the film industry, has been on good terms with SRK despite his fallout with Salman.

Kat first sent this signal to Sallu when she joined SRK on his temptation tour in 2008, shortly after the infamous fight between the two Khans that happened on the occasion of her 24th birthday celebrations.

Recently, Katrina had expressed a wish to work with SRK, and now it seems Yash Raj has given her what she wants. The movie moghuls of Bollywood have reportedly signed on these two since they are currently the most victorious actors in the industry and are yet to star opposite each other.

Yash Raj might also be hoping to repeat the curiosity value they created with New York and John and Katrina’s relationship that drew audiences in hordes to the theatres.

Nothing has been finalized yet but sources say that either Kabir Khan or Aditya Chopra will direct the film.

Katrina might be young, but she certainly has a mind of her own.

Position: 2/3 shooting guard

Height: 180cm

Date of Birth: September 29, 1977

Club: Wasserburg, Germany

Status: Signed

Career Highlights

• Member of Australian National Team winning a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games March 2006 playing alongside Lauren Jackson and Jenny Whittle
• Winner of MVP award in the Australian WNBL for two consecutive years in seasons 2004/05 & season 2005/06
• Won All Star 5 selection in season 2004/05
• Played for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA in season 2002
• Played in Hungary for Solonok in season 2002/03 and season 2003/04 and was the runner up in European Cup Final
• Played four years at Louisiana State University

Katrina Hibbert is one of the most practiced and intellectual basketball players to play the game. Having won the last two MVP awards for the Australian basketball season and scoring consistently around 20pts per game, Katrina has undoubtedly been the best player to play in Australia over the past two years.

Katrina has a astonishing feel for the game and the ability to score from anywhere on the court. She can score from inside the paint or just as easily from beyond the 3pt line. Defensively, Katrina comes up with many steals because she reads the play very well.

Also a great rebounder for her height, Katrina has a astonishing all round game and can score at a rapid rate for any team she plays for. Katrina is a true professional and would be a incredible addition to any European team