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The federal government is now faced with a small reduction in its rate of growth over the next ten years. The “sequester” is nothing more than $880 billion dollars in “on paper” reductions from projected spending in the next decade. As Forbes Magazine recently pointed out, the sequester deal put forth by Obama and accepted by the Republican majority in the House is actually a $110 billion spending increase!
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I introduced my new project here on Augusta Free Press earlier in a posting called Swinging for the Fences. As I explained there, the project is intended to equip us to gain better control of our destiny, as a nation, as a civilization, as a species. It begins with understanding what we’re up against.
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Arlon Harper recorded career-highs in both points (33) and rebounds (9), leading No. 1 South Charleston Southern to a 71-65 victory over No. 2 North VMI in Saturday’s first VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Men’s Basketball Championship semifinal presented by AT&T, inside The HTC Center.
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Kerri Shields delivered 10 of her 16 points in the final 8:32 as the 11th-seeded Eagles recovered after losing a 13-point second-half lead to secure a 66-57 victory over No. 6 Virginia in the final first round game of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday night.
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No. 2 North VMI got 79 points from the trio of Stan Okoye, D.J. Covington and Rodney Glasgow, overcoming Michael Kessens’ tournament-record 36 points and a furious second-half comeback by No. 6 North Longwood. The Keydets prevailed 90-86 in an action-packed quarterfinal VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Men’s Basketball Championship tilt, Thursday afternoon at The HTC Center.
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Sony’s recent conference about their eighth generation console, the PlayStation 4, has gotten us Microsoft fans wondering what Xbox has in store for us with the Xbox 720. The original Xbox’s superiority to the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox 360’s superiority to the PlayStation 3 leads me to believe that the trend will continue. In this column, I will be predicting what we can expect to see in the Xbox 720 (codename Durango).
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Today, Dancing Star Farm, a permaculture farm in Augusta County, announced that it will be accepting CSA membership to participate in their third annual Community Supported Agriculture Program.
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If Virginia is for music lovers, WVPT viewers can look forward to a new program premiering Saturday, March 23 on the PBS affiliate. Aux Send will feature up and coming independent artists and bands, most of which are Virginia-based.
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Interested in starting a business but not sure how to write a business plan? Already have a business but feeling like things are a little scattered? Learn how to write a business plan that wins.
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Two losses in overtime. Another by a single point. Two others by two points. Another by five. A basket here, a defensive stop there, and the most successful season in the four-year history of Fishburne Military School’s postgrad program gets that much more interesting.
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