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Federal officials on Tuesday struck a major blow to satellite venture LightSquared, saying the government plans to take away its permission to operate as a mainstream high-speed wireless network.

Ernest Joseph Alexander, Jr. died Tuesday evening January 17, 2012 from esophageal cancer. Funeral Services will be held at an 11:30 am Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, January 20, 2012 at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Entombment will be in St. John Cemetery. He was a native of Port Allen and a long time [...]

One of 2011′s most hotly contested political issues, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has spilled over into 2012. The language and far-reaching implications of the bill have caused high-profile workers within the entertainment industry to publicly oppose it; even supporters admit that it could vastly change the internet as we know it. Here are ten [...]

LightSquared Update
Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee
Meeting
January 10, 2012

LightSquared Background & Spectrum Issues
NOAA Summary Testimony
NOAA Anechoic Chamber Test Results
The Way Forward

The Christmas season’s Hallmark specials and other heart rending presentations serve to exacerbate feelings of frustration. This year’s Scrooge character is played by Hedge-fund manager venture capitalist Philip Falcone, Senior Managing Director of the Harbinger Capital Partners® Funds, and his outfit called LightSquared.

GOES Satellite Video of 2011 Hurricane Season Released A video released by NASA features the whole hurricane season of 2011. It is a mesmerizing video in which one observes several repeating patterns in the North Atlantic and in the Pacific west of Mexico and, of course, the train from north Africa to the Gulf of [...]

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There is a scene repeated in many heroic cinematic dramas that have the wimpy committee (city fathers, board of education or corporate trustees) throw the hero to the wolves in the face of some illegitimate force that threatens, exemplifying their cowardice. The hero proceeds to face the evil on their behalf either to defeat it [...]