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Wounded gator put to death

Posted by dlauderdale at 6:46 pm, Friday, September 28th, 2007
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  • Moron shoots alligator with arrow: The Post and Courier in Charleston reports that the gator has been put to death.
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    The real story on schools

    Posted by dlauderdale at 11:13 am, Friday, September 28th, 2007
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  • Homework: Readers send emails on today's column on why we have to import science and math teachers from India:

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    Good Morning Mr. Lauderdale,

    Thank you so much, for having the interest, insight, and courage, to write today's column.

    Your column is an affirmation of what teachers have been saying for years. It isn't what "the powers" want to hear

  • but it is the truth.

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    Mr. Lauderdale,

    Miss Teen SC lands on her feet

    Posted by dlauderdale at 11:19 am, Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24825|title=Miss Teen S.C.|desc=Grace Beahm / The Post and Courier: Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton at Saks Fifth Avenue in Charleston before she modeled a Badgley Mischka dress.|link=node|align=center|width=450|height=297]

    Hilton Head in World War II

    Posted by dlauderdale at 11:05 am, Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24794|title=Camp McDougal in Palmetto Dunes|desc=The Leamington Lighthouse is now surrounded by the Arthur Hills golf course in Palmetto Dunes. During World War II, Camp McDougal included barracks, a mess hall, hospital, post exchange, recreation room, boiler and hot water house, ammunition shelters, vehicle sheds, a headquarters building and a pump house and well that supplied a 7,500-gallon water tank on a steel tower.|link=node|align=center|width=420|height=450]

    The bean that ate Varnville

    Posted by dlauderdale at 10:43 am, Monday, September 24th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24764|title=Big bean|desc=Louise Smith, of Varnville, grew this gigantic bean from one seed that she bought in May in Hampton. The bean measures over 12 inches long and two inches wide. Hampton County Guardian photo.|link=node|align=center|width=288|height=450]

    Jolly green bean: The Hampton County Guardian tells about a gigantic bean in Varnville.

    Lowcountry literature

    Posted by dlauderdale at 6:46 pm, Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
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  • Lowcountry novelist and blogger dies: The Post and Courier has a nice story about the passing of Robert Jordan:

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    I truly believe he's one of the great storytellers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

    • Best jazz cities

    Posted by dlauderdale at 3:07 pm, Monday, September 17th, 2007
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    Bonus coverage on Sunday's column "Savannah jazz jockey Ike Carter hears with his heart."

  • Ike's top jazz cities:

    1. Detroit
    2. Philly
    3. Pittsburgh (Art Blakey, George Benson, Erroll Garner)
    4. New York City
    5. Chicago
    6. L.A.

  • Ike's Three Fountainheads of Jazz:

    1. Louis Armstrong

    • A mission to Planet Ocean

    Posted by dlauderdale at 2:15 pm, Monday, September 17th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24524|title=Ocean close-up|desc=University of Washington photo|link=node|align=center|width=450|height=210]

  • High-def ocean: The New York Times tells us about a NASA-scale mission to explore the ocean.

    • English for Government

    Posted by dlauderdale at 10:32 am, Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
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    Unit value $236.44: A reader e-mails this suggestion about today's column: What's the going rate for a day at the beach?

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    David,

    Just read your thing about the cost for a day at the beach.

    I think you have done it! You successfully cracked the government's "triple speak" method and gave us examples in plain English we can understand.

    Steve Witowich remembered

    Posted by dlauderdale at 6:13 pm, Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24306|title=Steve Witowich, 1996 costume contest|desc=|link=node|align=center|width=450|height=357]

  • Let her hear from you: Steve Witowich's mom gave me permission to post her e-mail address. She would love to be copied on any input you have on her son, former Hilton Head Island High School chemistry teacher and student adviser Steve Witowich.

    Carol Klein said she did not hear a lot about his positive impact at school because he didn't talk about it much.