Category: Southeast
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2 beloved Cobb County coaches whose firings sparked outrage have been reinstated
ANF-CBS-46 https://1230428c43ca0bc4a76063843c808ee3.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-41/html/container.html “The district could not be prouder of Coach Gwyn and Coach McClure and all they have accomplished over their 30+ year careers. They have built one of the best basketball programs in the state and more importantly, have built leaders of the hundreds of young men and women they have coached. Their track…
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The Incredible SpaceX Raptor Starship engines
Florida today asked in 2021 how SpaceX got such cool names for their rockets. In this article they have a terrific photo of the Falcon rocket. But our favorite Elon Musk name for stuff has to be the Raptor engines. Raptor, love it. The new Starship Raptor engines are bigger and more efficient. On the…
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Wikipedia and the deep south
First of all Wikipedia calls South Carolina the deep south. I have been to Myrtle Beach. It is nothing like Jackson Mississippi. It has more golf courses. Interestingly, South Carolina has roots with the Latin interpretation of Charles, as in King Charles I who lived in the first half of the seventeenth century and ruled…
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Marietta NRHP Cemetery
The National Register of Historic places, or NRHP recognizes the Marietta Confederate Cemetery as a solemn reminder of the sacrifices made by both sides in fighting the American Civil War. The Marietta Confederate Cemetery is a historic burial ground located in Marietta, Georgia, United States. It was established in 1863 by the Confederate States Army…
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Between
Between, Georgia, according to Wikipedia, “The first permanent settlement at Between was made in the 1850s. Between was incorporated in 1908 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly” The population in 2019 was 373 people. SEO The main crossroads in Between are Highway 78 and New Hope Church Road, where there is a Marathon gas station.…
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About the Florida Termite Rampage
Florida is the termite capitol of the United States. A long skinny state with the ocean on either side, it is racked by tropical showers, and anything that is not made out of concrete is in danger of being chowed on by termites. Florida is known for having a significant termite population. In fact, Florida…
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Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz coached the Gamecocks from 1999 to 2004 Lou Holtz was born in West Virginia and attended high school in Ohio on the border of Pennsylvania and West Virginia near the Ohio River. He attended college at Kent State and was an assistant coach at USC (Columbia South Carolina) in ’66 and ’67 and…
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Knoxville TN
Knoxville Tennessee was settled before 1800 and has a law on the books making it illegal to lasso fish. Home of the 1982 Worlds Fair, Knoxville attracted more than 11 million visitors. A scenic town in rolling hills, it is north of Chattanooga and east of Nashville. Parts not for outside of town are still…
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Seminole Peoples
The roots of the name Seminole are from late in the 18th century with the Muskogean word that meant wild, untamed or runaway. It is thought that the core of the Seminole nation decided to leave their Creek tribe or were banished. In Florida, the Creeks had earlier intermingled with the Choctaw, especially in the…
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Trusted Companies
It is a precious form of justice when homeowners can confront the shifty contractor. It is too bad that homeowners need to be so careful of their schemes; The owner of a defunct roofing company was arrested last week at a Gainesville bankruptcy court in front of 15-20 irate homeowners and has seen the inside…