Deciphering the Scale: What Does That Number Really Mean In Weight Loss?
July 22, 2014By: Kristen Tice-Ziesmer We all say it, “I’m trying to lose weight.” Are you really trying to lose overall weight or just body fat? Chances are it’s just body…
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When Muscle Cars Were Cool: Politically Correct Bullies Weren’t A Bother
July 21, 2014By Tom Poland My high school years unfolded in a time when hanging out at drive-ins and burger joints was all we had. We played 45 RPMs by the Beach…
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He Will Not Be Stopped!!
July 17, 2014By Nancy Ogburn Tomato Palms LLC, Commercial Recycling Services . It was an instant connection. Like hearing from an old friend! That is what happened the day I received a…
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Granny
July 17, 2014By Reba Hull Campbell I have only a few patches of memories of my grandmothers. They both died before I hit my teen years, and my recollections are hazy…
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Wordless News
July 17, 2014By Maria Fabrizio Skimping On Sleep Can Stress Body And Brain See the related story here. .. . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Having the “Sulfite Talk”
July 17, 2014By Kaitlin Ohlinger I need you to know how much I hate it. The talk. Not the sulfites. Friends. I have gathered you here today to have a…
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Chomp!
July 17, 2014
By Ron Aiken Let’s Grill Shrimp! Poorly! Oh, the simplicity implied with grilling shrimp. Oh, the inanity of believing it! You may recall my grilling misadventures of the…
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Vintage, Reto, Or Just Used– How Can You Tell The Difference?
July 17, 2014
By Brian Maynor A lot of my friends are really into thrifting and can’t wait to show off their new outfits and prized pieces, but understandably the idea of…
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Picking Blackberries: A Childhood Tradition
July 15, 2014By: Tom Poland Last month I was on assignment in a remote place, the kind of place where you see trucks and tractors but few cars. Farm territory. I parked…
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Determining Your Caloric Needs
July 15, 2014By Samuel Lee How much do I need to eat in order to lose weight, gain muscle or improve my performance? This is one of the most frequently asked…
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Healthy Fried Green Tomatoes
July 10, 2014By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking 1 large green tomato, washed and sliced into 1/4″ rings 1 Tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour 1/2 Tsp. garlic…
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Healthy Fried Green Tomatoes
July 10, 2014By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking 1 large green tomato, washed and sliced into 1/4″ rings 1 Tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour 1/2 Tsp. garlic…
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A Conversation on Multi-Generational Giving
July 10, 2014
JoAnn Turnquist President and CEO, Central Carolina Community Foundation Four generations. Five panelists. Different views on philanthropy. And, one giant elephant. These were the items in the room atPalmer…
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Cottoning Up to a Pair of Golf Polo Greats
July 10, 2014By Mike Dojc In the sweat-wicking, dry-fitting, climate-cooling franken-fabrics era, a few brazen brands have decided to turn back the clock to when cotton was king. We cozy up…
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Travelogue – The Big Easy
July 10, 2014By Temple Ligon On Memorial Day in 2012, Monday, May 28 around noon, I boarded the Amtrak Sunset Limited in Houston for New Orleans. Ordinarily a six-hour drive, the train…
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Up and Down and All Around
July 10, 2014By: Joel Gillespie A customer of mine who lives on a beautiful hilly and rocky property on Forest Lake has a problem – a beaver problem. Early last year…
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Chomp!
July 10, 2014
By Ron Aiken Fourth of July! ‘Merica! Disaster? The next disaster movie coming to theaters won’t be about a tornado, tsunami, earthquake, robots, aliens, alien robots or any…
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Shop Local- Spend the Week Exploring Your City
July 10, 2014
By Brian Maynor ‘Shop Local’ is an established movement with clear benefits from helping the local economy to obtaining artisan goods, and with the Palmetto Tasty Tomato’s Restaurant Feast kicking…
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Running with Betty White
July 10, 2014
By Amy Coward A while back when I started running, I decided to get a dog to run with me. Partly as a companion and partly as security since…
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Rocking the Joint: A Conversation about Joint Replacement with Newberry Hospital Interim CEO Craig Cudworth
July 9, 2014MidlandsLife: Many of my friends and colleagues are having hip and knee joint replacement surgeries. Are we just getting old or is something else causing this? Craig Cudworth: We’re all…
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The Best Marriage Advice Ever
July 7, 2014
By Cathy Monetti The Daily Grace The Daily Grace is the online journal of Cathy Rigg Monetti, writer and founder of Riggs Partners in Columbia, South Carolina. It chronicles the observations…
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Confessions: The Past Never Dies
June 27, 2014By Tom Poland But Some Choose To Kill It I see a lot of abandoned homes in the hinterlands. Way more than I should. Awnings fallen off. Gutters…
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Preserving Your Farmer’s Market Bounty!
June 27, 2014By Kristen Tice-Ziesmer Sports Dietitian, ACE-Certified Personal Trainer For the shoppers out there always looking for the next great idea, here it is. All of your favorite fruits…
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The One About The Mallards
June 26, 2014
By Cathy Monetti I’m not sure I have the heart for all this wildlife monitoring, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to. There’s more drama than a reality television show,…
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Wordless News
June 26, 2014By Maria Fabrizio Soccer Break: Why It Pays to Watch the World Cup at Work See the related story here. Wordless News is a project by illustrator…
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And the rest of the story…the Clint Black Concert
June 26, 2014By Reba Hull Campbell If anyone doubts the power of social media to make connections, read on… Many years ago, I had the chance to tour the White House…
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Chomp!
June 26, 2014
Orlando! Romance! Fine-Dining! Denny’s? By Ron Aiken Orlando offers a stunning array of fine-dining options for the tourist with some dollars to drop. During our weeklong stay here…
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Creativity, Fear, and Fun at the Columbia Mini Maker Faire
June 26, 2014By Jillian Owens If you’ve read my bio, you know I have a little blog called ReFashionista. On my little blog, I take old, ugly, used, and abused $1…
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To Cork or to Screw? That is the question.
June 26, 2014By Kaitlin Ohlinger Have you ever wrestled with the idea of a screw cap versus a traditional cork? Perhaps not. Is it the most pressing or fascinating subject…
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A Salute to the Peacemakers
June 26, 2014
By Amy Coward As America celebrates the Fourth of July with hot dogs, picnics and fireworks, the military gets its well-deserved salute for making our freedom possible. But I…
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FOMO Season is in High Gear- What Are You Going to Wear?
June 26, 2014
By Brian Maynor It probably comes as no surprise that I love an acronym, but in all honestly I had to look up FOMO when I read about it earlier…
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Shrimp Scampi
June 25, 2014By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking 1 box whole-wheat angel hair pasta (13.25 oz.) 1 1/2 cups fresh broccoli, cut into small pieces 2 tsp. butter 2 tbsp. olive…
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Around the World in 80 Days Part XX – Space City
June 19, 2014By John Temple Ligon Heading east, leaving California for Phoenix around midnight, May 23, 2012, I was sleeping in my little compartment to the sound of the train’s wheels…
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An American Tradition
June 19, 2014By Tom Poland Family Photos On The Refrigerator The inventors of the components that make a refrigerator didn’t mean to build a museum and art gallery, but they did.…
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Wordless News
June 19, 2014By Maria Fabrizio Book Your Trip: Because Reading Is About The Journey See the related story here. Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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The Daily Grace: For Love of Hydrangea
June 19, 2014
By Cathy Monetti For Love of Hydrangea I might as well say it: I am a failed hydrangea gardener. I have dug and watered and fertilized and believed and…
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Chomp!
June 19, 2014
By Ron Aiken Summertime! Watermelons! No Name Deli! Indeed we are in the full throat of summer, which means watermelons! You’re passing them in the grocery store, giving them…
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Crispy Baked Homemade Fries
June 19, 2014By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking . Who doesn’t love French Fries? Why not ditch the frozen bag version that can be full of unnatural ingredients and opt for field…
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Post Oak
June 19, 2014By: Joel Gillespie When I was growing up I lived about two miles from Forest Lake Shopping Center, one of the very first shopping centers in Columbia. The Magic…
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Nice Guy or Narcissistic Creepster?
June 19, 2014By Jillian Owens There’s a certain article that keeps clogging up my Facebook feed titled: An Open Letter to the Girl who Let the Nice Guy Go by Frishta Yaquibe. …
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Be Cool This Summer- Wear Pink
June 19, 2014
By Brian Maynor Pink has certainly made the rounds throughout the fashion world, cycling in and out of style for decades. For some pink is more of a signature color…
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8 Books About Giving For Your Summer Reading List
June 18, 2014By JoAnn Turnquist President and CEO, Central Carolina Community Foundation Although the heat of summer has descended on us, the summer season officially begins this Saturday, June 21st.…
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Small Town Girl…Big City Dreams
June 18, 2014
By Amy Coward I grew up in a small central Florida town about the size of a peanut. That translates to a population of about 4000. And while there…
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Wordless News
June 12, 2014By Maria Fabrizio Paraplegic to Kick Off Soccer World Cup After Medical Miracle See the related story here. Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
June 12, 2014By Maria Fabrizio Paraplegic to Kick Off Soccer World Cup After Medical Miracle See the related story here. Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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How to Be Happy: Finding the Gold at the End of the Rainbow
June 12, 2014By Mike DuBose with Blake and Debra DuBose No matter your age, race, nationality, or status, it’s almost certain that you—like most other people in the world—desire to be happy.…
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Travelouge: Los Angeles
June 12, 2014
By John Temple Ligon Arriving on the Amtrak Coast Starlight a little before 10 on Monday night, May 21, 2012, I walked off Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Probably…
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Three White Grapes You Ain’t Heard of…and Why They Rule!
June 12, 2014By Kaitlin Ohlinger Well, maybe you have heard of them. If that’s so, then congrats! You win! But today I wanted to talk about one of my all-time most…
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The Body Shape Series– The Oval & Diamond
June 12, 2014
By Brian Maynor Wrapping up our series on body shapes, the Oval and Diamond are two unique shapes that have different goals and challenges from the other four. The Oval…
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Chomp!
June 12, 2014
By Ron Aiken On occasion, Chomp! gives his family grief about their dining proclivities, specifically when it comes to those things people buy in the frozen food aisle of which…
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