Monthly Archives: May 2012

Mash It Up

by Greg Baker   A couple of weeks ago, the newly instantiated Augusta chapter of the Technology Association of Georgia held its first regular meeting. For all you technology types, you missed out on a great networking opportunity. TAG-Augusta has
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A Festivus for the Rest of Us

For those of you who don’t remember, Festivus is the holiday George Costanza’s family celebrated instead of Christmas. Instead of a tree, there’s a bare aluminum pole (bare, because George’s father found tinsel distracting) and instead of singing Christmas carols
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Focusing the Audit

Subcommittee meets to give scope – and a budget – to the forensic audit By Eric Johnson Members of the Forensic Audit Subcommittee spent much of their first meeting determining the proper scope of the audit so that the firms
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Great Bands Won’t Keep Coming Unless We Promote Them

It’s only somewhat embarrassing to be sitting at a bar gushing about how good a band is and then realizing that they are sitting right next to you. But I’m pretty sure they were stoned and weren’t paying any attention.
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Full Circle

Bloodworth reflects on presidency and return to teaching   After 19 years at the helm of Augusta State University, a time where he oversaw $103 million in new construction that transformed the institution from a drab commuter college to a
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Back-Pew Hero Worship

“I’m tired of writing about the gods, the causal winds they snap in.” — Albert Goldbarth   This past weekend, Floyd Mayweather defeated Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision in Las Vegas. The outcome surprised no one. Mayweather is a pugilistic
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“The Avengers”

by Sam Eifling   Just because it’s a big-budget action flick doesn’t mean it’s not worth seeing In its first three days in release, “The Avengers” became the fastest movie to reach $100 million, then $150 million, then $200 million
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No Sleep Till We Cure Cancer

By Matt Stone So, can we hurry up and cure this whole cancer thing? Sad news came to the music world this week with the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, one of the founding members of the Beastie Boys. Adam
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Remembering the Fallen

Filmmaker’s documentary could include local stories By Eric Johnson   When Richmond County Deputy JD Paugh was shot and killed after stopping behind a vehicle on the Bobby Jones Expressway on October 23, 2011, the CSRA’s law enforcement community was
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Zombie Ants

By Greg Baker   Just Say, “Hell, No!”Recently, we’ve heard talk about employers asking job seekers for their Facebook passwords.Their pretense is company reputation.If you want to be hired by our company, then we have the duty to make sure
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