Spring Planting: How To Prep, Part 1
April 19, 2013By Ghost Gardener Columbia, SC April 19, 2013 You’ve decided where to focus your yard beautification efforts this spring, and you’re itching to peruse colorful displays at a local nursery. …
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The Road To Burma-Shave; A1A—Highway of Memories
April 19, 2013By Tom Poland April 19, 2013 Long ago we took great vacations. Simple trips not ruined by inflation. This might be a column to save if you remember A1A and…
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Wordless News April 18, 2013
April 19, 2013April 8, 2013 One headline per day, vowel and consonant free. Click here to see the related story. Click here for the post of the week. Click here…
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In Season Now: Asparagus with Chef Mike Davis of Terra
April 19, 2013April 18, 2013 Chef Mike Davis owns Terra, a frequent occupier of the #1 spot in the Midlands fine dining pantheon. Invited to cook at the James Beard House, a…
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International Travel for Beginners, Pros, and Everyone in Between
April 19, 2013By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBoseApril 19, 2013 Traveling abroad enriches the mind, body, and soul, but it requires careful preparation. Here are some tips we learned through traveling more…
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Palmetto Compress Warehouse – The Potential Foundation for Many Unique Options
April 18, 2013John Sherrer, Director of Cultural Resources Historic Columbia Foundation April 18, 2013 Columbia is at a crossroads of sorts in its quest to balance interests in preserving historically important structures…
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Jasper Johns Collection needs a home
April 18, 2013By Temple Ligon April 11, 2013 South Carolina’s Jasper Johns turns 83 in May. He was born in the Augusta hospital because it was the hospital closest to Allendale where…
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DVD Previews: Coming April 23
April 18, 2013(c) 2013, The Washington Post. The Impossible (PG-13, 114 minutes, Summit/Lionsgate): The catastrophic nature of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that opens this fact-based drama is rendered with…
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Interior Design: Top Seven 2013 Style Choices in Kitchens
April 11, 2013By Jura Koncius April 12, 2013 The reign of the trophy kitchen is officially over. The dream kitchens of today aren’t about the sexiest six-burner range or the most exotic…
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Get Started!
April 11, 2013By Ghost Gardener Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Spring Fever is running rampant in the Midlands! This common, seasonal affliction can drive the tidiest city-dwellers to dig in the dirt. …
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The Art of Packing
April 11, 2013By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBose April 12, 2013 Having flown more than 1 million miles, we’ve seen hundreds of hotels, rental cars, airplanes, trains, and cruise ships—and made just…
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Wine Knowledge
April 11, 2013By Robert Sox April 12, 2013 Do you assume everyone else knows more about wine than you? Feel intimidated if the waiter hands you the wine list? Well, relax. You’ve…
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Southern Living Gets it Wrong…Again
April 11, 2013By Ron Aiken April 10, 2013 On Tuesday, Southern Living magazine announced the winner of its The South’s Tastiest Towns contest for 2013, and the lucky locale was Durham, N.C.…
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TheDailyGrace: Bending Time
April 11, 2013By Cathy Rigg MonettiTheDailyGraceApril 12, 2013 It was a book I loved, a good read that tugged tugged tugged at me until it pulled me all the way under. I…
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A Healthy Heart
April 11, 2013Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 97 Year-Old Heart Attack Survivor Beating the Odds When you walk through the door of the Providence Hospitals Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation facility, the rhythmic hum of…
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How Did Columbia Become a Cool Food City?
April 11, 2013By Tracie Broom Slow Food Columbia Board of Directors Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Anyone who’s in on Midlands food culture can tell you: it’s blowing up around here. Our…
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Wordless News April 8, 2013
April 11, 2013April 8, 2013 One headline per day, vowel and consonant free. Click here to see the related story. Click here for the post of the week. Click here for…
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Dear Debby and Jerry
April 11, 2013Advice from Debby and Jerry on Dating in a New World April 12, 2013 Q #1-Dear Debby and Jerry, I’ve been thinking of joining an online dating site and…
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Chomp!
April 11, 2013By Ron Aiken Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Two Sushi Items You Never Order That Your Chef Is Most Proud Of By one of those happy accidents of spacial dynamics…
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Sustainable Chefs Showcase!
April 11, 2013By Ron Aiken Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Indie Grits, the independent film festival put on by our very own Nickelodeon Theatre (South Carolina’s only non-profit art-house theater, by the…
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Palmetto Compress Warehouse: A Good Fit
April 11, 2013By Temple Ligon April 11, 2013 Columbia’s airport is top of the line, especially for a city of its small size and especially for the low amount of passenger traffic.…
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Josh Streetman, Head Bar Manager, Motor Supply Company Bistro
April 11, 2013Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 We visited Motor Supply Company Bistro on Gervais Street in Columbia to talk to Head Bar Manager, Josh Streetman, about recommending a…
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Admission Denied: Fey can’t carry comedy-romance
April 11, 2013By Kevin Hyde April 12, 2013 The transcript for the new comedy Admission, which follows an emotionally tumultuous series of events for a university admissions officer, is pretty strong. The…
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Book Review: Nine Days
April 11, 2013By Yvonne ZippApril 10, 2013 Novel By Fred Hiatt. In Fred Hiatt’s new young-adult novel, “Nine Days,” a high school junior steals his mother’s credit card and runs away from…
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We Called Him Kilgo – Remembering A Special Teacher
April 11, 2013By Tom Poland April 11, 2013 Spring commencements send new waves of students into life and work. Eventually some will recall a special teacher who changed their life. Too often…
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“About Us” – Key elements of the About Us section of your website
April 9, 2013Deborah O’ConnorApril 8, 2013 Just about every website has an “About Us” page. This is where potential customers learn about you and your site. Readers visit this section for various…
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The Lost Art of the Thank You Note
April 1, 2013Deborah O’Connor April 2, 2013 I cannot emphasize the importance of sending a thank you note, in business as well as in your personal life. Simply put, it shows that…
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Introductions and Handshakes
March 26, 2013Deborah O’Connor March 26, 2013 There are many rules that govern business introductions and proper handshakes and everyone should know the basics: Always rise when greeting someone. Both women and…
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Tired of rudeness? Try these 9 steps to restore workplace civility
March 18, 2013Deborah O’ConnorMarch 19, 2013 As a society, we are becoming more self-absorbed and self-centered and fail to consider how our behavior affects those around us. It’s not surprising that every…
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Business Dining Etiquette can make or break a deal
March 13, 2013Deborah O’Connor March 13, 2013 Some of the most successful business meetings are conducted over lunch or dinner. Knowing how to dine with decorum can determine whether you get the…
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What Do Employers Want in a Candidate? Integrity, for Starters
March 4, 2013Deborah O’Connor March 4, 2013 What are employers looking for in a job applicant? In these tough economic times, that’s a question that business owners and job seekers both need…
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Am I on the Right Bus? How to avoid the $100,000 college blunder!
March 4, 2013Without a father or mother in my life, there were no guides for me. I was left to fend for myself. Without much direction, I simply attended college because all…
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Workplaces all need rules
February 24, 2013Deborah O’ConnorFebruary 25, 2013 How important is social strategy to your business? In today’s economic climate, it’s more important than ever. There are several key aspects of a social strategy…
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Your social media use requires ‘netiquette’
February 18, 2013It’s hard to imagine our lives today without email, texting, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Social media has forever changed the way we communicate with each other and there is no…
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Considering Self-Publishing Your Book?
February 5, 2013Longtime Publisher Offers Tips for Making Choices Self-published books have transformed both the reading and writing landscape, with hundreds of thousands of authors now eschewing traditional publishing routes. Once reserved…
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2012 Employment and Labor Law Final Exam
December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 – As 2012 comes to a close, it is time to put your employment and labor law knowledge to the test with Nexsen Pruet’s second annual final…
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Market Trends: A Three Minute video with Dan Mann of the Columbia Airport
November 26, 2012MidlandsBiz sat down with Dan Mann, Executive Director of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, to talk about how the recent refinancing of $10M worth of revenue bonds to general obligation bonds…
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Blogs Don’t Have to Be Tough – Part 1
October 10, 2012By Dean Schuster, Experience Design Partner truematter Blogs can seem tough, but once standards are set and you get into the flow of things, they can be a great asset…
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A Conversation with David Lockwood – The Sale of the Bank of America Plaza
October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 MidlandsBiz sat down with David Lockwood, Senior Vice President of Colliers International, to talk about how the sale of the Bank of America Plaza in Columbia to…
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Recruiting Big Talent in Small Metro Markets
September 24, 2012Written By: Dean Schuster, Experience Design Partner truematter Geography has never been less relevant. Companies and individuals are now free to connect, grow, and advance in ways that weren’t possible…
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White paper shows communication is key to wellness program success
August 21, 2012By Steve Bygott Colonial Life August 20, 2012 Employers counting on wellness programs to bend the benefits cost curve must include strong communication plans in their strategy if they hope…
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How to Screen a Company for a Good Culture Fit
August 2, 2012By Thomas J. Walter & Molly Meyer Perhaps you’ve heard about this phenomenon via television shows or movies. Maybe you’ve read about it in books and articles. Maybe your friends…
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Standardized People Won’t Win America’s Future
July 26, 2012By Peter Weddle July 26, 2012 Since former President George W. Bush amped up standardized testing throughout the nation in 2002 with the No Child Left Behind Act, critics say…
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A Conversation with Steve Byrne, Executive Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer of SCE&G
February 22, 2010MidlandsBiz: First of all, tell us a little about the project. Steve Byrne: The story really begins several years ago when we as a company began projecting what our future…
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South Carolina’s Clean Tech Revolution Has Begun
February 22, 2010Talking About a Revolution There is a revolution underway…one that is reshaping the way we fundamentally live our lives. While many definitions of clean technology exist, the one that I…
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SC Energy Policy and the Link to Job Creation
February 22, 2010By John F. Clark, Director of the South Carolina Energy Office, a unit of the SC Budget and Control Board. Globally, nationally and within South Carolina, energy is big business.…
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Homegrown Energy
February 22, 2010Greg A. Thompson As world leaders descended upon Copenhagen this past December for energy talks, here in America the EPA signaled that the time for talking was over. In their…
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Our State of Energy
February 22, 2010With worldwide electricity demand expected to double in the next 20 years, the need for safe, clean and reliable energy sources has never been greater. Nuclear energy is experiencing renewed…
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A Conversation with Norman Whitaker, President of the Central Midlands Council of Governments
January 25, 2010MidlandsBiz: What are the origins of the Central Midlands Council of Governments? Norman Whitaker: The Central Midlands Council of Governments (the COG) was founded in 1969 as an economic…
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Greening Your Company to Improve the Bottom Line
January 24, 2010Greening your business is quickly becoming a popular label many firms are pursuing to capitalize on the popular trend and positive press. For some companies, it is a necessity out…
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