Special ceremony

by | Nov 17, 2012 | Uncategorized

So I went the the ceremonial opening of the new Veterans and Military Affairs Center at The University of Alabama today, expecting a nice ceremony and an opportunity to celebrate support for veterans getting help at the school. In addition to that, Phil Taylor came...

Inside Army Sapper School At Fort Leonard Wood

by | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized

Via Business Insider: In a 28-training-day course at Fort Leonard Wood sapper students learn demolition, knot-tying, rappelling, urban combat tactics, and they also brush-up their hand-to-hand combat techniques. The training — done straight through without a day off —...

IBM Financing Small Businesses

by | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

Via Business Insider: Rather than sitting back and waiting on the economy, IBM announced today that it’s going to lend out $4 billion to small and medium businesses in a calculated bet that getting these companies to adopt their technology and forming...

Google: Surveillance ‘is on the rise’

by | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized

Via The Hill: From January to June, Google received nearly 8,000 requests for user data from the U.S. government. The search company said it “fully or partially” compiled with roughly 90 percent of them. That’s up from the 5,950 requests for user...