Interim report of the South Carolina State Health and Human Services Finance Commission

This report summarizes the Commission's activities through June 30, 1984.

A review of the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank

Members of the General Assembly asked the Legislative Audit Council to review the operations of the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, a state agency that awards grants and loans to local and state agencies primarily for large transportation construction projects. The primary audit objectives were to review compliance with state law and policies regarding: The awarding of grants and loans for transportation construction projects ; The use of project revenues and whether funds dedicated to specific projects have been comingled with funds dedicated to other projects ;• Proper accounting and reporting procedures ; The process for repayment of revenue bonds ; Hiring of consultants, attorneys, and bond credit rating agencies ; Ethics.

Connect the dots: newsletter of the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services

This Summer 2016 newsletter from the South Carolina State Library, volume 42, issue 3, features news and updates about the Talking Book Services, a federally-funded program to meet the reading needs of South Carolina residents who are physically unable to read or use standard printed materials.

Connect the dots: newsletter of the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services 

This Spring 2016 newsletter from the South Carolina State Library, volume 42, issue 2, features news and updates about the Talking Book Services, a federally-funded program to meet the reading needs of South Carolina residents who are physically unable to read or use standard printed materials.

Connect the dots: newsletter of the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services 

This Winter 2016 newsletter from the South Carolina State Library, volume 42, issue 1, features news and updates about the Talking Book Services, a federally-funded program to meet the reading needs of South Carolina residents who are physically unable to read or use standard printed materials.

Connect the dots: newsletter of the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services

This Winter 2015 newsletter from the South Carolina State Library, volume 41, issue 1, features news and updates about the Talking Book Services, a federally-funded program to meet the reading needs of South Carolina residents who are physically unable to read or use standard printed materials.

Connect the dots: newsletter of the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services 

This Summer 2015 newsletter from the South Carolina State Library, volume 42, issue 1, features news and updates about the Talking Book Services, a federally-funded program to meet the reading needs of South Carolina residents who are physically unable to read or use standard printed materials.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE South Carolina Commission FOR THE Fiscal Year 1972-1973

The South Carolina Commission for the Blind reports to the Office of the Governor its annual report that includes summaries, financial statements, organizational charts, and directories.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1973-1974

The South Carolina Commission for the Blind reports to the Office of the Governor its annual report that includes summaries, financial statements, organizational charts, and directories.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE South Carolina Commission FOR THE Fiscal Year 1971-1972

The South Carolina Commission for the Blind reports to the Office of the Governor its annual report that includes summaries, financial statements, organizational charts, and directories.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-1977

The South Carolina Commission for the Blind reports to the Office of the Governor its annual report that includes summaries, financial statements, organizational charts, and directories.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1975-1976

The South Carolina Commission for the Blind reports to the Office of the Governor its annual report that includes summaries, financial statements, organizational charts, and directories.

Abundance of sedentary consumers and sessile organisms along the wave exposure gradient of subtropical rocky shores of the south-west Atlantic

Sedentary consumers play an important role on populations of prey and, hence, their patterns of abundance, distribution and coexistence on shores are important to evaluate their potential influence on ecosystem dynamics. Here, we aimed to describe their spatio-temporal distribution and abundance in relation to wave exposure in the intertidal rocky shores of the south-west Atlantic to provide a basis for further understanding of ecological processes in this system. The abundance and composition of the functional groups of sessile organisms and sedentary consumers were taken by sampling the intertidal of sheltered and moderately exposed shores during a period of one year. The sublittoral fringe of sheltered areas was dominated by macroalgae, while the low midlittoral was dominated by bare rock and barnacles. In contrast, filter-feeding animals prevailed at exposed shores, probably explaining the higher abundance of the predator Stramonita haemastoma at these locations. Limpets were more abundant at the midlittoral zone of all shores while sea urchins were exclusively found at the sublittoral fringe of moderately exposed shores, therefore, adding grazing pressure on these areas. The results showed patterns of coexistence, distribution and abundance of those organisms in this subtropical area, presumably as a result of wave action, competition and prey availability. It also brought insights on the influence of top-down and bottom-up processes in this area.

Pollination, herbivory, and habitat fragmentation: Their effects on the reproductive fitness of Angadenia berteroi, a native perennial plant of the south Florida pine rocklands

Angadenia berteroi is a tropical perennial subshrub of the pine rocklands with large yellow flowers that set very few fruits. My dissertation seeks to elucidate the factors that affect the reproductive fitness of Angadenia berteroi a native species of the south Florida pine rocklands. I provide novel information on the pollination biology of this native species. I also assess the effects of herbivory on growth and the reproductive success of A. berteroi. Finally, I elucidate how habitat fragmentation and quality are correlated with reproductive fitness of this native perennial plant.^ Using a novel experimental approach, I determined the most effective pollinator group. I used nylon fishing line of widths corresponding to proboscis diameter of the major groups of visitors to examine pollen removal and deposition. In the field, I estimated visitation frequency and efficacy of each pollinator type. Using potted plants, I exposed flowers to single visit from different types of pollinators to measure fruit set. I performed artificial defoliation with scissors on plants growing in the greenhouse to assess the effects of defoliation before flowering as well as during flowering. Additionally, I used structural equation modelling (SEM) to elucidate how A. berteroi reproductive fitness was affected by habitat fragmentation and quality. ^ My experiments provide evidence that Angadenia berteroi is specialized for bee pollination; though butterflies, skippers and others also visit its flowers, A. berteroi is exclusively pollinated by two native bees of the South Florida pine rocklands . This research also demonstrated that herbivory by the oleander moth may have direct and indirect effects on Angadenia berteroi growth and reproductive success. The SEM results suggested that habitat quality (litter depth and subcanopy cover) may favor reproduction in native species of the South Florida pine rocklands that are properly maintained by periodic fires and exotic control. Insights from this threatened and charismatic species may provide impetus to properly manage remaining pine rocklands in South Florida for this and other endemic understory species.^

South of the South

The purpose of this creative thesis was to explore, in a cacophony of lyric voices and registers, the constant struggle for personal expression in the face of mortality in its many forms. While many of the poems are written purely in free verse, many others are written using traditional forms, variations on traditional forms, and nonce forms, thus the thesis seeks to contemplate and celebrate its themes of mortality, family, cultural and personal myth, language, and abstraction through the use of its fluid, constantly improvised sonic techniques. The result was that the multifarious approach to lyric poetry is an accurate, memorable, and revelatory mode through which mortality can be confronted and celebrated.