How Prepared? Oklahoma City has 182 tornado warning sirens
Tornado and severe weather preparedness CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City has 182 tornado warning sirens located across Oklahoma, Canadian and Cleveland counties. The sirens are activated in each...
View ArticleLSU Rural Life Museum – Archaeology Field Day
BATON ROUGE – The public will have a rare opportunity to get a firsthand look at archaeology in action during an Archaeology Field Day on Saturday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free event will be...
View ArticleCommissioner’s Statement on the Employment Situation News Release
Statement of Erica L. Groshen Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday, June 7, 2013 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged...
View ArticleWhat if the U.S. Government & Google Shared Information?
From +David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer: We cannot say this more clearly—the government does not have access to Google servers—not directly, or via a back door, or a so-called drop box. Nor have we...
View ArticleUnlimited Government Power?
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’ | World news | The Guardian. Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower? A: “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows...
View ArticleThe danger of a government with unlimited power
George F. Will – The danger of a government with unlimited power Lack of “a limiting principle” is the essence of progressivism, according to William Voegeli, contributing editor of the Claremont...
View ArticleLatest Report from The Guardian Statement from the ODNI Spokesperson
We have seen the latest report from The Guardian that identifies an individual claiming to have disclosed information about highly classified intelligence programs in recent days. Because the matter...
View ArticleWhat the Internet Will Look Like in 5 Years?
Here are my predictions how the internet will look in the not-to-distant future. The internet will be… 1. Lightning fast. 2. Image based. 3. Sound effect based. 4. Ability it zoom in and out in...
View ArticleSmall Business Employment Sees Highest Growth Since January 2012
Revenues Continue to Decline Across Industries MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Jun. 04, 2013 – American small business employment gained 35,000 news jobs in May, while compensation remained stagnant and hours...
View ArticleOpen Innovation: Drive Your Business Forward
4 Ways Open Innovation Can Drive Your Business Forward – Forbes. An article on the Forbes Magazine site reported that ever since General Electric built the first industrial lab in 1900, research and...
View ArticleDare to Ask 10 Questions Today
Why do we not dare to ask more questions? Is it because we think there are not enough answers? But questions, not asked for the purpose of distracting but for the purpose of investigation and...
View ArticleDiscovery of New Species of Bird in Cambodia
BATON ROUGE – A team of scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society, BirdLife International, LSU, the University of Kansas and the Sam Veasna Centre have discovered a new species of bird with...
View ArticleLatest U.S. Employment Situation: June 2013
Source: Erica L. Groshen, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Friday, July 5, 2013 The Big Picture: Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June and the unemployment rate was...
View ArticleNew Louisiana Poet Laureate: Ava Leavell Haymon
BATON ROUGE – LSU Press Poet Ava Leavell Haymon was recently selected as Louisiana’s new poet laureate. She will serve a two-year term from 2013–2015. “I’m honored and thrilled to be appointed poet...
View ArticleTrying to Fix Broken U.S. Immigration System
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address The White House July 13, 2013 Hi, everybody. Two weeks ago, a large bipartisan majority of Senators voted to pass commonsense, comprehensive...
View ArticleImproving Skills on the Front Line of Business is Achievable
ALISON.com has today announced the launch of a free online course,Diploma in Customer Service, for anyone working in the front line of customer services, from retail staff and call center operatives to...
View ArticleHubble Finds 14th Neptune Moon
JULY 15, 2013: In the summer of 1989, a robotic emissary from Earth visited the farthest major planet from the Sun, Neptune. Like any good tourist, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft snapped a lot of pictures...
View ArticleTop Sellers from Amazon Announced
Movie & TV Picks Best-Selling Movies Best-Selling Kids & Family Movies 1. A Good Day to Die Hard 1. Monsters, Inc. 2. Django Unchained 2. LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite 3....
View ArticleLSU Continues Revamping Process
LSU Transition Advisory Team sub-committees continue to meet as they search for ways to link campuses through collaborative efforts. In particular, 47 libraries across the state are striving to stay...
View ArticleChromeCast $35 Device Could Put Cox out of Business?
Introducing Chromecast To help make it easy to bring your favorite online entertainment to the biggest screen in your house—the TV—we’re introducing Chromecast. Chromecast is a small and affordable...
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