According to surveys conducted by IBM suggest personal Internet time rivals TV time. Among consumer respondents, 19 percent stated spending six hours or more per day on personal Internet usage, versus nine percent of respondents who reported the same levels of TV viewing.
Audiences are more in control than ever and increasingly savvy about filtering marketing [...]
At 9:50 P.M. on August 31, 1886
The city of Charleston, South Carolina, was shaken by one of the largest historic seismic disturbances in eastern North America.
The quake, estimated to have had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3, caused an estimated $5 to $6 million in damage in 1886 dollars. It damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 [...]
Vulnerability
Most of the current residential housing stock is of woodframe construction with masonry veneer. “Manufactured housing,” which typically rests on an unreinforced foundation without anchorage, is the second most common residential building type.
Many public buildings, including schools, emergency services and fire stations, are built of unreinforced masonry - some with heavy precast concrete roofs. These [...]
2008 Ginn TRIBUTE HOSTED BY ANNIKA Field List
As of May 20, 2008
Final Field | Read the Release
Shi Hyun Ahn
Helen Alfredsson
Danielle Ammaccapane
Dina Ammaccapane
Beth Bader
SECOND ANNUAL Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA
The second-annual Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA will be played May 26-June 1, 2008, at RiverTowne Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
One of the deepest fields in golf, last year’s tournament roster included all 50 of the top-50 players in the Rolex World Rankings and 94 of the top [...]
Crowds flocked to the market, as seen in this Oct. 27, 1866, drawing.
Editor’s Note: First in a series on the 200th anniversary of the City Market.
In the late 18th century, dawn would find Charleston’s poor whites and slaves quickly making their way to the city’s markets. Lack of refrigeration to keep food fresh and a [...]
The City of Charleston operates Building C of Charleston’s historic Charleston City Market, offering very affordable space to over 50 vendors for the operation of small businesses. The Market is open 365 days per year, with regular daytime and evening hours. A favorite shopping place for tourists and residents alike, throughout the Charleston City market’s 200 year [...]
Multimedia trip through hip-hop history
By Rob Young (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, May 29, 2008
One could describe Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “the break/s” as a mix tape for stage, the charted course of hip-hop over continents and generations.
Joseph does. He also calls it “a dream journal,” as he guides audiences across Planet Hip Hop.
Umi Vaughn
Mark Bamuthi Joseph [...]
The Center for Hydrogen Research (CHR) and URS Washington Division rolled out South Carolina’s first hydrogen fueled vehicle, the eTec Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. A $175,000.00 grant provided by URS Washington Division was used to fund the project. The vehicle was converted to be fueled by pure hydrogen [...]
Submitted by Thomas Militello
Would you believe that South Carolina is helping lead the way to an energy future that’s no longer dependent on fossil fuels? And it’s happening right now.
Through the efforts of government, university and business leaders throughout the state, South Carolina is developing, demonstrating and deploying an energy infrastructure based on hydrogen [...]
