Ga. Aquarium launches TV show on ‘Ocean Mysteries’
The Georgia Aquarium has joined forces with Emmy Award-winning host and wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin to launch a new half-hour television show that will premiere this weekend on more than 200 ABC affiliates.
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Stratasys Selected by Georgia Tech and DARPA MENTOR Program to Provide 3D Printers for High Schools across U.S.
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) today announced that it has been chosen by the Georgia Institute of Technology to provide its Dimension 3D Printers to select high schools across the U.S. as part of The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program. The DARPA MENTOR program is designed to boost engineering skills for high school students, as well as spark an interest in engineering, design, manufacturing, math
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Best Self Magazine Names GHamp;I One of Atlantas Healthiest Companies
ATLANTA, GA Gifford, Hillegass Ingwersen LLP GHI , an Atlanta-based certified public accounting and advisory firm, has been named one of Atlantas Healthiest Companies by Best Self Magazine. GHI was one of four companies recognized on the Best Self website. Other companies profiled include Verizon Wireless, IDR, Inc., and Northwestern Benefit Corporation of Georgia and Goodwin,…
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Lake Charles Plant Completes Five Injury-Free Years
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Across the U.S. chemicals industry, a total recordable injury rate (TRIR) of 2.3 is the average. Thanks to the efforts of Georgia Gulf chemicals employees, the industry’s TRIR should improve in 2011. In late August, Georgia Gulf’s Gallman plant in Mississippi and its Plaquemine plant in Louisiana completed 365 consecutive days since their last recordable injuries, meaning that all of the company’s U.S. chemicals plants and its North American compound facilities have gon
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Pike County Captain Named The American Legion Firefighter of the Year
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A volunteer fireman from Pike County, Georgia who is credited with saving four lives in two years received The American Legion’s Firefighter of the Year Award today. In a nomination letter to The American Legion from Pike County Emergency Services (PCES) officers, Captain Brian Michel is characterized as “the embodiment of a volunteer firefighter” providing service that is “professional, unselfish, dedicated and knowledgeable.” The letter also notes that a citation
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Metadigm Services Announces Utility Services Partnership with ECG
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metadigm partners with Electric Cities of Georgia(ECG) to provide MetaTest Revenue Site Maintenance, or CT meter testing services, to its 51 municipal electric utilities in Georgia
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FBI issues lookout for former NBA player
Javaris Crittenton, age 23, of Fayetteville, Georgia, is wanted by the Atlanta Police Department on murder charges stemming from the August 19, 2011 fatal shooting of 22 year old Julian Jones.
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Kudzu-eating bugs a boon … sort of
A kudzu-loving bug first spotted in Georgia two years ago now has spread to three other states and shows no signs of slowing down, say University of Georgia researchers.
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Hearing date set on road projects
A Sept. 7 Douglas County public hearing has been scheduled for proposed county projects included in the Georgia Transportation Investment Act, which would be financed by a 1-cent sales tax.
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30-Minute or 60-Minute Helicopter Tour for Two from Sharp Mountain Aviation in Ball Ground
The human obsession with flight stems from a refusal to accept limitations and anintense desire to finally move out of gravity’s basement. Claim your own airspace with today’s Groupon to Sharp Mountain Aviation in Ball Ground. Choose between the following options: For $149, you get an approximately 30-minute helicopter tour for two over the North Georgia mountains (a $350 value). For $299, you get an approximately one-hour helicopter tour for two over the North Georgia mountains (a $700 value). The experienced pilots and FAA-certified flight instructors at Sharp Mountain Aviation take fledgling flyers soaring in well-maintained, up-to-date aircraft. The North Georgia mountains helicopter tour escorts airborne sightseers over the tree-topped panoramas of Appalachia, providing unobstructed views of the Blue Ridge mountain chain and the nation’s last remaining whiskey mine. This particular parcel of picturesque Earth-lumps are some of America’s oldest mountains and were once the stomping grounds of Cherokee Indians. The tour also whisks airborne adventurers over several of northern Georgia’s scenic cities and counties, allowing sky voyagers to get a taste of the Peach State’s varied terrain and pecan-flavored clouds. Provided flight times are approximations and may vary from flight to flight. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Making a Wish Can wishing on a star get you in trouble with the government? Read more…
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