Memorial Day

Guardians of Freedom

Please watch over the men and women who serve (and have served) our community and nation, and keep dear in our hearts and in our memories those who have departed this life.  Amen.

God Bless America!  Have a great Memorial Day. 

Please enjoy the attached performance of our National Anthem by the Cactus Cuties.

National Anthem

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Caveat Emptor @ BestBuy

Ad Circular in PostCourier 05/23/2010

Negative comments surfaced again this week regarding BestBuy’s selling practices and alleged misrepresentation of “sales” items as those having a discounted price.  Last Sunday’s Post Courier included a sales circular from BestBuy (depicted above) offering for sale a MacBook computer at a price of $999.99.  Visiting Apple’s web site, we noted that: a) Apple discontinued that unit for a newer model on May 11^th, b) the replacement model with its newest features and design is available for the same price as BestBuy discontinued model, c) for about $200 less, the MC207LL/A is available elsewhere on the internet.     (more…)

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Barclay Butera

Barclay Butera Presentation to Charleston Area Designers

Kudos to Rob Leahy of Fine Rugs of Charleston (www.finerugsofcharleston.com) and kravet (http://www.kravet.com/) for hosting a presentation by Barclay Butera, West Coast Interior Designer, on his insights regarding customers and the creation of “Living in Style” lifespaces.  (more…)

Tags: Community events, Interior Designer, lifestyle
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Good Sounding Bass

by Gerry Lemay, Director, Home Acoustics Alliance

One of the hardest things for me to describe in words alone is the sound of good bass. Oh yes, the terms deep, tight and fast always come up but that’s misses the mark for many non-audiophiles.  Let’s face it, for many folks bass is either loud and booming or minimized as much as possible.  But whether you are a bass lover or hater, both can enjoy the same calibrated bass settings thus leaving the debate to instead hinge on their choice of listening material and sound level.   (more…)

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Rumors, Accusations, and South Carolinians

Descriptors synonymous to one another, Wikipedia will soon formally associate rumors and false accusations with South Carolina.  Having battled against our own set of marketplace “dirty” rumors, we understand the challenges faced by Mrs. Haley as she defends against accusations of an extramarital affair.  It can only be described as boxing match in which one of the participants is a ghost.    (more…)

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Community Service

Preparing to PickUp!

Saturday [once again!], eLifespaces and its group of technology independent contracting enterprises, continued its commitment in assisting the South Carolina’s Department of Transportation and the many other fine organizations involved in “Adopt-a-Highway.”  Now celebrating its 22nd Anniversary (1988-2010), Adopt-a-Highway has been one of the most successful programs in combating litter along South Carolina highways ever enacted.   (more…)

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Uncertainty Breeds Nasty

Small businesses have an inordinate potential to inhibit its employees, particularly in tough economic conditions.  With huge economic pressures to keep prices to down, employers cannot afford to increase employee wages without passing on these costs to customers.  As employees seek wage growth elsewhere by going into business for themselves, they too will soon face the same issues which prompt this eternal cycle of stifling the American worker.  Not us, not now, we are changing!   (more…)

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Trunk Slammers

Trunk Slammer's Office

“Are ‘trunk slammers’ stronger than ever?” ask Jason Knott with CE Pro [http://www.cepro.com/article/are_trunkslammers_stronger_than_ever/].  The answer is unclear – but what is apparent is that the “times they are a changing.”  As our company evolves to address this new economy, the CE Pro described ‘bottom feeders’ will stop at nothing (including malicious rumors) to attempt to capture work.    (more…)

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Facebook Privacy Woes

Be careful what you write (no matter where you write it) – good advice.  “Dumb f#*&$ | they ‘trust me’ | I don’t know why” reports BusinessInsider are extracts from Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s IM exchange about privacy issues after launching the social networking site.  Suddenly Facebook is facing a storm of criticism and scrutiny about their cavalier attitude toward user privacy, so much so that search engine inquiries into ‘how to’ delete FB are on the rise.   (more…)

Tags: Facebook, Social Networking
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Forecasting Abrupt Changes

Noetic Science Silent Participants

eLectronics will change everything (if you haven’t figured that out already)!  In an online USA Today Article, Tech CEOs try to predict who’ll win tomorrow’s Tech Race, these enlightened few reflect on the companies of tomorrow.  It is only appropriate, that this “great conspirator” contribute to the good of the cause with two items. Be aware of…  (more…)

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Industry Links

• iPhone 5
  
  
  
  

  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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