Top Grossing Movies – November 5
November 5, 2018
Week of 11/02/2018 to 11/08/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Bohemian Rhapsody PG13 20th Century Fox 1 4,000 $51,061,119 $51,061,119 2 The Nutcracker And…
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Paula’s Journey, Part One
November 2, 2018
By Tom Poland An Uncommon Passage Down The River Of Life Author’s Note: Paula Deen’s story appears in the fall 2018 issue of Shrimp, Collards & Grits magazine. This…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 29
October 29, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/26/2018 to 11/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Halloween R Universal 2 3,990 $31,419,070 $126,075,470 2 A…
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Wordless News
October 26, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: A New Prescription For Depression: Join A Team And Get Sweaty Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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The Beetles, Performing Near You
October 26, 2018
By Tom Poland Beetles. They’re coming and they need no introduction. Southern pine beetles that is. For years now, I’ve watched one pine after another turn reddish-yellow-brown as it…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 22
October 22, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/19/2018 to 10/25/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Halloween R Universal 1 3,928 $76,221,545 $76,221,545 2 A…
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The John de la Howe School
October 19, 2018
By Tom Poland A Story About Change When I first heard that aristocratic four-word name, “John de la Howe,” I sensed something monumental, a nobleman, perhaps. Later, I heard…
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Using crisis management skills to be a better friend
October 19, 2018
By Brian Maynor Friendships aren’t, or shouldn’t be, compared to crises very often, but they are often the people we turn to when the you-know-what hits the fan. Euripides…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 15
October 15, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/12/2018 to 10/18/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Venom PG13 Sony 2 4,250 $35,006,107 $142,108,258 2 A…
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A Coach’s Life
October 12, 2018
By Tom Poland We who love college football don’t grasp how hard football is on coaches and their families. We watch the games but seldom think of what’s behind…
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The Three Layers of Motivation
October 12, 2018
By Brian Maynor When the alarm goes off in the morning what is the first thing that crosses your mind? Chances are those thoughts fall into one of two…
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Wordless News
October 12, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: A Mass Burial Every Day: 1,200 Dead, and Counting, in Indonesia Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 8, 2018
October 8, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/05/2018 to 10/11/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Wk Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Venom PG13 Sony 1 4,250 $80,255,756 $80,255,756 2 A…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 1
October 1, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/28/2018 to 10/04/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Night School PG13 Universal 1 3,010 $27,257,615 $27,257,615 2…
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Age is just a number
September 28, 2018
By Brian Maynor I’m sure we’ve all heard that phrase before, but have we ever stopped to absorb the meaning of it? Age really is just a number. Specifically…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 24
September 24, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/21/2018 to 09/27/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The House With A Clock In Its Walls PG…
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Wordless News
September 21, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: After Mysterious Closure, Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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An Afternoon For Redfish
September 21, 2018
By Tom Poland Many years it’s been since I fished, forty at least. The drought ended August 22. Out onto Port Royal I went with Beaufort fishing guide, Capt.…
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What Should I Eat Before a Game or Competition?
September 21, 2018By Kristen Ziesmer, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD Sports Nutrition for Young Athletes Being a student athlete is hard work- you have to balance school, practice, games and maybe…
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Using our ordinary privileges to help others
September 19, 2018
By Brian Maynor Most of us don’t realize it, but we all have privileges that we take for granted every day. These privileges are parts of ourselves that we…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 17
September 17, 2018
Week of 09/14/2018 to 09/20/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Predator R 20th Century Fox 1 4,037 $24,632,284 $24,632,284 2 The Nun R…
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Wordless News
September 13, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Hurricane Florence prompts warning: ‘You put your life at risk by staying’ Wordless News is a project by illustrator +…
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Beautiful But Deadly
September 13, 2018
By Tom Poland I was driving back from a speaking event in Lake City, the town that reinvented itself thanks to art and the vision and financial support of…
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It’s time to stop living in fear
September 13, 2018
By Brian Maynor We all have a fear of embarrassing ourselves and coming across as dumb, but is this fear rational? Most of the time it’s not. The need…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 7
September 10, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/07/2018 to 09/13/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Nun R Warner Bros. 1 3,876 $53,807,379 $53,807,379…
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Marsha Polier, Portrait Artist
September 6, 2018
By Tom Poland Note: The North Carolina Museum of Art has exhibited Marsha Polier’s work. A fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, she worked with Time Life Music on…
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Paternalistic lies & when it’s ok to tell them
September 6, 2018
By Brian Maynor “I shall not tell a lie.” We heard this as a child, but it’s not exactly a truth we uphold as an adult. Doctors, managers, and…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 4
September 4, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/31/2018 to 09/06/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Crazy Rich Asians PG13 Warner Bros. 3 3,865 $21,964,345…
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4 steps for actual change in life
August 31, 2018
By Brian Maynor All too often the motivation for change ends almost as quickly as it began. Think about all the times we’ve wanted to change something in our…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 27
August 27, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/24/2018 to 08/30/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Crazy Rich Asians PG13 Warner Bros. 2 $24,808,202 $76,617,149 2 The…
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A Folk Artist Preserves The Past
August 24, 2018
By Tom Poland Harold Branham Every community needs a Harold Branham. In a time when things old and quaint fall to modern ways, it’s good to have someone with…
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Dealing with disappointment
August 24, 2018
By Brian Maynor Disappointment may be a part of life, and while we all need to learn how to cope with it, that doesn’t mean we have to like…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 20
August 20, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/17/2018 to 08/23/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Crazy Rich Asians PG13 Warner Bros. 1 3,384 $26,510,140…
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A Cheap Jug Of Poison
August 17, 2018
By Tom Poland A Public Service Column A deck open to sunlight and the weather surely will lose its pizzazz. That’s when a good pressure washing works miracles. Prep…
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The Camellia Project: The Complicated Languages of Love
August 17, 2018
By Tammy Davis What Love Language Do You Speak? According to Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages, my daddy would have been a gift giver for sure. Gifts were extravagant,…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 13
August 13, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/10/2018 to 08/16/2018 Rank Title Rating Dist Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Meg PG13 Warner Bros. 1 4,118 $45,402,195 $45,402,195…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 6
August 6, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/03/2018 to 08/09/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Mission: Impossible – Fallout PG13 Paramount 2 4,395 $35,323,815…
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How success is like an earthquake
August 3, 2018
By Brian Maynor You don’t often hear success compared to a natural disaster, but these two have one very important commonality, and it’s not laying waste to everything in…
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Top Grossing Movies – July 30
July 30, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 07/27/2018 to 08/02/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Mission: Impossible – Fallout PG13 Paramount 1 4,386 $61,236,534…
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Enough is enough with the conference calls
July 26, 2018
By Brian Maynor Donna Summer sang it best, “Enough, is enough, is enough, I can’t go on, I can’t go on no more no…” and while she wasn’t singing…
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Top Grossing Movies – July 23
July 23, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 07/20/2018 to 07/26/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Equalizer 2 R Sony 1 3,388 $36,011,640 $36,011,640…
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A Song For Miss Johnnie
July 20, 2018
By Tom Poland —“I hear the train a’coming, rolling round the bend” —“Look a-yonder comin’, comin’ down that railroad track, it’s the Orange Blossom Special, bringing my baby…
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3 steps to change our perspective
July 18, 2018
By Brian Maynor “Everything you see or hear or experience in a way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in…
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Top Grossing Movies – July 16
July 16, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 07/13/2018 to 07/19/2018 Rank Title Rating Dist Wk Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation PG Sony 1 4,267…
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Top Grossing Movies – July 2
July 3, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 06/29/2018 to 07/05/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom PG13 Universal 2 4,485 $60,912,195…
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DHEC offers July 4th Fireworks Safety Tips
June 29, 2018
This July 4th many Americans and South Carolinians will continue the long tradition of lighting up the night with fireworks. While the displays are visually compelling, the S.C. Department of Health and…
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Sentimental Journey Along Highway 25
June 29, 2018
By Tom Poland I was making my way from Greenville to Lincolnton, Georgia one Saturday afternoon. I had to take a back road, a blessing. The light was bad…
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The 3 types of diversity
June 29, 2018
By Brian Maynor Diversity is always a hot topic, especially in the professional world, but most of the time it is a very limited concept. What do you think…
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Wordless News
June 27, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Trump’s Travel Ban Is Upheld by Supreme CourtWhat Kate Spade Stood For Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Creative ways to share expertise without looking arrogant
June 27, 2018
By Brian Maynor The conundrum of being an expert: No one likes a know-it-all, and yet promotions and career advancement are often dependent upon others knowing we have an…
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