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“F” is for Female benevolent societies

“G is for Gantt, Harvey (b. 1943)

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Federico Rodriguez-Porcel about Huntington Disease. Dr. Rodriguez-Porcel is a neurologist specializing in movement and cognitive disorders and the Director of the Huntington Disease Center of Excellence at MUSC.

A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalized in Australasia, where only one species extends as a native into Queensland. Some species have become widely naturalized or invasive where introduced.

You may have heard this old adage before about the stock market that says: “Sell in May and go away”. It refers to the process of selling your stock holdings in May of each year and buying back in November, mainly because historically, the summer and early fall have tended to be not so great. Should we follow that advice this year?Mike Switzer interviews John Cooper, a certified financial planner with Greenwood Capital in Greenwood, SC.

When we saw that our next guest’s company received a $250,000 investment from South Carolina Research Authority, a quick check of their website said they provided scoping services. What are those? Let’s find out.Mike Switzer interviews Jon Scott, founder and CEO of ScopeStack in Greenville, SC.

Spoleto Backstage returns for a brand new season as the Spoleto Festival USA resumes in-person performances for 2021.

The eyed click beetle is capable of suddenly catapulting itself out of danger by releasing the energy stored by a click mechanism.

Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876–1958), a leader of the Charleston Renaissance, immortalized the beauty and history of the Carolina Lowcountry and helped propel the region into an important destination for cultural tourism.In the book Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist, Dwight McInvail and his co-authors draw on unpublished papers, letters, and interviews to create a personal account of the artist’s life and work. The book is enriched by over 200 illustrations of paintings, prints, sketches, and photographs, many shared for the first time.McInvaill and internationally renowned South Carolina Artist Jonathan Green join Walter Edgar in conversation about Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and her work.

The native vine Campsis radicans, trumpet creeper, is described as extremely vigorous – if it were non-native, it would be described as rampantly invasive. It doesn’t creep – it leaps and can cover a tall chain link fence and anything else it finds to climb by aerial roots and twining in and out of openings.