When wedding bells began to ring for Michele Karetas and Demetrios Rizopoulos, they had to decide where to hold their memorable affair.
Destination: Charleston.
Lightning in a bottle By Dan McCue As executive director for the Medical University of South Carolina’s Foundation for Research Development, it’s W.C. “Chip” Hood Jr.’s job to serve as the point man for the commercialization of discoveries coming out of MUSC.
Video-tech merger sharpens Lowcountry’s high-def picture By Dennis Quick West Ashley-based Osprey Production Group and Mount Pleasant-based Robert Galloway Media Inc. merged in November to form OspreyHD Production & Post, a company offering high-definition field production and post-production services for television commercials, corporate marketing videos, documentaries and movies.
When Ralph Curtis said those words on Aug. 26, 1944, his plane was about to crash in France. He had no idea they would be the last words he would speak to his friend and co-pilot Leonard Greiner for almost 60 years.
Governor’s efforts to restructure state government deserve attention, support By Bill Settlemyer Gov. Mark Sanford’s efforts to sell the restructuring of state government to the General Assembly and the general public could prove to be the longest-lasting and most significant legacy of his two terms as the state’s chief executive.
The real reason behind higher workers’ comp premiums By Malcolm Crosland Jr. Business owners and employees have the right to complain about rising workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Both should demand answers in order to solve the problem.
Lowcountry doctor shuns office visits for house calls By Dennis Quick The future of primary care medicine may well lie in the past. So says family physician Dr. John Forney. Nowadays, while most doctors operate from offices, Forney travels against the grain.
Cenegenics controls aging through diet, hormones By Dennis Quick Is it possible to age youthfully? That might sound like a contradiction, but at Charleston-based Cenegenics South Carolina, an affiliate of Cenegenics Medical Institute of Las Vegas, patients regain much of the vigor and vitality they enjoyed in their 20s, said Dr. Michale Barber, co-owner of Cenegenics South Carolina.
Congressional compromise reached on Charleston VA-MUSC provision By Shelia Watson In the final hours of the 109th Congress, the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs forged a compromise on the omnibus bill, S. 3421, known as the Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Improvement Act of 2006.
Declining health, rising health care costs for state By Shelia Watson Data from the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, released in late November by Mercer Health & Benefits, pointed to any effort by employers to keep health benefit costs at bay, either by using redesigned plans or through shifting costs to employees, as an exercise in futility.
Charleston VA prescription facility sets pace nationwide By Shelia Watson One of the most efficient units of the Department of Veterans Affairs is rarely touted, barely mentioned in VA briefings and is in an undisclosed location for security reasons.
How long does it take? Am I there yet? People are always asking me how long it takes to become a great salesman. I tell them, “59 years and I’m still working at it.”
Making your New Year’s career ‘revolutions’ By Barbara Poole I sat down to write this article with a fairly conventional approach in mind: I would write about all the good New Year’s resolutions that a sensible, career-oriented person might commit to, things like getting organized, managing time wisely, networking on a regular basis, and so on.
People in the News Matthew Dibble has been named executive chef of Social, a new wine bar and restaurant on East Bay St. in downtown Charleston.
State board agrees to seed Clemson’s Restoration Institute By Dan McCue After a contentious hour-long debate, the State Budget and Control Board agreed to provide Clemson University with the $10.3 million in seed money it needs to create its planned Restoration Institute of the former Navy base in North Charleston.
Calendar JAN. 11: 2007 Legislative reception. 6-8 p.m. at the South Carolina Aquarium. Cost: $45. Networking event with elected officials.
