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Spontaneous recovery of writing after stroke: A case study of the first 100 days
Pickard, Richard, McAllister, Jan and Horton, Simon M. C. (2010) Spontaneous recovery of writing after stroke: A case study of the first 100 days. Aphasiology, 24 (10). pp. 1223-1241. ISSN 0268-7038
Background: This paper describes a corpus of spontaneous text produced by the first author, an experienced writer, in the 100 days following a CVA. The corpus begins with highly disordered texts replete with neologistic jargon written soon after onset and continues during the period of recovery. By the end of the corpus, language had returned to pre-morbid levels. Aims: The main aim of the paper is to present a detailed longitudinal investigation of the process of recovery from jargon agraphia. In addition, patterns of preservation and deficit will be highlighted, and inferences about the origins of the neologisms, perseverations, and paragrammatisms in the samples will be attempted, although the latter must necessarily be speculative, given the limitations associated with spontaneous writing samples. Main Contribution: The case is relatively unusual compared with other cases in the literature in that it focuses on the spontaneous writing of an individual who wrote extensively in his professional and private life prior to his illness, and who made a complete recovery from the linguistic consequences of the CVA. Conclusions: Early texts in the corpus were disordered at various linguistic levels, but features of typography and other non-alphabetic characteristics were preserved. Findings largely parallel those reported in other case studies.
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British man feared to have drowned in Lake Garda after saving his son | UK News
A British man is feared to have drowned in Lake Garda after diving in to save his teenage son.
The man, named as Aran Chada, 51, hired a boat with his two children and partner on the Italian lake near Limone on Friday.
The family live in the village of Woodhouse Eaves, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, and were believed to have just started their holiday which included his birthday on Tuesday, The Times reported.
They were about 500m (0.3 miles) from the shore when Mr Chada's 14-year-old son got into trouble in the water so he dived in and managed to push him towards the boat to save him, the coastguard said.
Mr Chada then got into trouble and slipped beneath the water, and has not been seen since.
An eyewitness told Italian media: "We were about 100m from the shore when we heard a woman scream for help.
"I looked over and she was on a boat with two children screaming and pointing to the water, so we called the emergency services and they arrived very quickly."
Coastguard commander Antonello Ragadale said: "This man was a hero and we fear he drowned, but we're doing everything we can to find his body."
A spokesman for the coastguard said: "The family hired a boat from a local company for two-and-a-half hours.
"The man dived to save his eldest son who was in trouble and managed to push him back to the boat but then he got into trouble.
"It was very hot on Friday afternoon, but the water was ten degrees colder, so it's possible he had a seizure from the shock.
"The search went on for nearly seven hours and stopped when it got dark, but it has now resumed.
"The family is in their hotel with the police and a psychologist has been offered to them for support."
It has been about 31C over the past week in Lake Garda.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Italy and are in contact with the Italian police."
Lake Garda. File pic
Rescue boats, divers, a robot submarine and helicopters are all taking part in the search of the 34-mile long lake, which reaches down to 364m (1,135ft) in places.
Mr Chada's LinkedIn profile says he is group sales director at Global Energy Ventures, which provides specialist services to the oil industry in West Africa.
There have been a number of drownings in Lake Garda recently, with the divers who are looking for Mr Chada having only just returned from searching for an Italian man who recently went missing.
Another Italian man drowned in the lake earlier this month.
In 2017, Londoner Gary John Wood, 37, died attempting a one-mile swim after a sudden storm created 6ft waves. His body was recovered by a robot sub.
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Scholarships at University of Sheffield
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International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
Scholarship Name International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
Scholarship amount 50% of the tuition fee
Nationality Any
Scholarship Deadline 24 April 2023
We are delighted to offer 75 International Undergraduate Merit Scholarships in 2023.
The scholarships are competitive awards worth 50% of the tuition fee for an undergraduate degree programme starting in autumn 2023. The scholarship is available for new international students who meet the eligibility criteria.
Applications are now open.
The deadline to apply is Monday 24 April 2023 at 13:00 (UK time).
Scholarship winners will be announced on Wednesday 17 May 2023 by 16:00 (UK time).
Your programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.
You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. All undergraduate degree courses are eligible with the exceptions of Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).
For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and eligible to pay the overseas tuition fee.
You must not be a sponsored student*.
You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in programme year 1 or year 2.
For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for this or any other undergraduate scholarship.
The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.
ou must commence your studies at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.
The International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023 is limited to one award per person.
The International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:
International Baccalaureate Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
NCUK Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
GEMS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
International School of Choueifat Merit Scholarship 2023
DPS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
International Undergraduate Scholarship 2023
NCUK Undergraduate Scholarship 2023
International Undergraduate Scholarship
Scholarship Name International Undergraduate Scholarship
Scholarship amount Up to £2,500
We are pleased to offer the International Undergraduate Scholarship 2023 to new international students starting their undergraduate studies at the University of Sheffield in September 2023.
Key information:
The scholarship is worth £2,000 per year for courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences and £2,500 per year for courses in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, and Faculty of Science.
The scholarship is offered in each following academic year subject to sustained academic success, please see below for more details.
No additional scholarship application is required. If you meet the eligibility and award criteria below the scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount.
You must choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 16:00 (UK time) on 8 June 2023 to receive this award.
Eligibility and award criteria:
ou must commence your studies of an undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield in September 2023. All undergraduate degree courses are included except for Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).
You must choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 16:00 (UK time) on 8 June 2023.
The scholarship will be awarded automatically – no scholarship application is required in the first or any subsequent years.
Subject to meeting the eligibility and award criteria the scholarship will be guaranteed in the first year of study.
The scholarship is applicable to each subsequent academic year of study, subject to achieving 60% (wmg) or above and achieving a minimum of 120 credits in the previous academic year. The scholarship is not applicable to any compulsory or optional years in industry, work placements or year abroad.
You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in year 1. If you are entering in year 2, you would be eligible for this scholarship, providing you are not receiving a scholarship/award as part of a collaborative programme with your home institution.
The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships. In the event that you are selected for any of the below scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence:
International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
GEMS International Merit Scholarship 2023
The scholarship can be awarded in-conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.
International Merit Postgraduate Scholarship
Scholarship Name International Merit Postgraduate Scholarship
Scholarship amount 25% of the original tuition fee
Scholarship Deadline 15 May 2023
We are delighted to offer 125 International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarships in 2023.
Each scholarship is a competitive award worth 25% of the original tuition fee for a postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2023. The scholarships are available to all new international students who meet the eligibility criteria.
Key dates.
Scholarship applications are now open.
The deadline for scholarship applications is 13:00 (UK time) on Monday 15 May 2023.
Scholarship results will be announced by 16:00 (UK time) on Monday 12 June 2023.
Your programme must commence at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.
Distance learning courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.
All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and required to pay the overseas tuition fee.
For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for undergraduate scholarships.
Anyone studying a Masters/integrated PhD programme is eligible for a merit scholarship in the Masters element of the programme only.
These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable. This includes, but is not exclusive to, the following courses:
DClinDent Orthodontics
MClinDent in Orthodontics
DClinDent Endodontics
MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry
DClinDent Periodontics
MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology
DClinDent Prosthodontics
You must commence your programme at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.
The International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:
International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2023
NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2023
Professor David Locker Scholarship in Social Science, Oral Health and Dentistry 2023
Sir Sze-yuen Chung Postgraduate Merit Scholarship 2023
MBA Scholarship 2023
In the event that you are selected for any of the above scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence.
The scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.
International Postgraduate Scholarship
Scholarship Name International Postgraduate Scholarship
We are pleased to offer the International Postgraduate Scholarship 2023 to international students joining the University from selected regions to study a taught masters programme in September 2023.
The scholarship is worth £2,000 for courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences and £2,500 for courses in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, and Faculty of Science.
No additional scholarship application is required, if you meet the eligibility and award criteria below the scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount.
You must accept your offer from the University of Sheffield before 16:00 (UK time) on 16 June 2023 to receive this award.
Eligibility and award criteria
To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be a national of or permanently domiciled in one of the following
Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco
East Asia: Japan, South Korea
Europe/EEA/Switzerland and Turkey: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
South Asia: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
South East Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Your taught masters programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in September 2023.
You must accept your offer for your course before 16:00 (UK time) on 16 June 2023 to receive this award.
Subject to meeting the eligibility and award criteria the International Postgraduate Taught Sheffield Scholarship 2023 will be awarded automatically – no application is required.
The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:
International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2023
The University of Sheffield Southern Africa Student Scholarship Fund 2023
Sir SY Chung Scholarship 2023
The Sheffield MBA Scholarship Scheme
Scholarship Name The Sheffield MBA Scholarship Scheme
Scholarship amount £10,000
Sheffield University Management School is looking for talented and ambitious professionals who will contribute to the continuous success of our Sheffield MBA. We are offering a limited number of scholarships worth £10,000 each for Home and International students starting their MBA Programme in 2023.
As part of the application process, the admissions team will assess the application, including the personal statement. Candidates will be also assessed by their performance at their interview with the MBA admissions team.
Applicants to the scholarship are required to hold any offer to study the Sheffield MBA, conditional or unconditional.
Applicants who have been offered a place through the exceptions process cannot be considered for a scholarship.
The Sheffield MBA Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with other university scholarships. Full details will be updated here when they are confirmed for 2023 entry.
You must not be a sponsored student*. Scholarship recipients must be self-funding.
The scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount only. There is no cash alternative.
The decision of the scholarship panel is final. No scholarship decision appeals will be considered.
If you are selected for the scholarship, you will be required to pay a tuition fee deposit by a fixed date.


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Gift will create new endowed chairs in two UO colleges
May 1, 2019 - 10:16am
In a joint announcement, the deans of the College of Design and the College of Arts and Sciences revealed they have received a $3.5 million pledge to promote collaborations in the closely linked fields of urban design and urban economics.
"Architectural design and economics come together in myriad ways in the built environment," said Christoph Lindner, dean of the College of Design. "This gift will help the University of Oregon prepare a new generation of professionals to purposefully consider the intertwined impact of both disciplines on urban life."
The gift, which honors two influential UO professors, will create the W. R. B. Willcox Chair in Urban Design and the Ed Whitelaw Chair in Urban Economics. An anonymous donor will fund them through an estate gift.
"Economic and design thinking are critical to the work of planners and policymakers in shaping the urban environment," said Bruce Blonigen, interim Tykeson Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "We're grateful to the donor for helping to fulfill this visionary approach."
Former architecture curriculum head W.R.B. Willcox would be enthusiastic about the vision for this gift, Lindner said. For more than two decades as a UO architecture professor, beginning in the 1920s, he espoused a nationally influential philosophy that architecture and design are a direct expression of a society's values, aspirations and character.
Willcox had his own firsthand experience with urban design as part of the Bogue Committee, which drafted a city plan for Seattle in 1911.
Willcox was also a proponent of collaboration and interdisciplinarity, values the College of Design emphasizes strongly today. In "History of the Department of Architecture: An Evolution of Ideas," the 1985 work of Michael J. Clark, a longtime administrative officer in the architecture department, the author wrote:
"Willcox also structured courses to require collaborative efforts by the different disciplines in the school: joint projects between painters, sculptors, architects, metal-workers. In this, he encouraged architects to learn painting from painters; to learn about the nature of metals from sculptors or metalsmithers."
The Ed Whitelaw Chair in Urban Economics will honor Professor Emeritus Ed Whitelaw, a member of the economics faculty since 1967. Since then, he estimates that he has taught more than 10,000 UO undergraduates.
"This gift honors teaching," Whitelaw said. "In teaching, I finally learned some economics — and, more important — saw students learn far more than economics."
He specializes in the economics of cities and regions, labor and poverty, the environment and natural resources, and the economic consequences of policy decisions. His influence extends far beyond the campus through ECONorthwest, the national consulting firm he founded in 1974.
In late 2016, he left EcoNorthwest to found Fion, an independent consultancy for which he serves as principal investigator and testifying economist.
Whitelaw's clients have included business management and labor unions; conservationists and energy companies; public planning departments and private developers, tribes, and litigation plaintiffs and defendants. As an expert witness, he has testified in matters before state and federal courts and the North American Free Trade Act tribunal.
Since 1974, he has completed economic consulting projects for a range of clients including law firms; businesses; tribes; and local, state and federal governments. He has also testified before administrative, legislative and congressional bodies on a variety of economic issues. He has held positions on state, regional and national advisory boards such as the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, and the Oregon Progress Board.
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Fr Georges Massouh: Syrian Islam and Syrian Christianity
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Syrian Islam and Syrian Christianity
When dealing with questions of Muslim-Christian relations, the following observations must be taken into consideration:
1) Relations between Muslims and Christians, their flourishing and deterioration, are not necessarily based on the religious and legal rules of the Islamic and Christian religions. To put it another way, it is not possible to talk about Christian-Muslim relations solely on the basis of what religious texts say.
2) Distinctions must be made between historical experiences in various places and times. It is not possible to generalize specific events that happened in particular places and times to every place and time.
3) Historical Christianity is not one nor is historical Islam one. It is not possible to talk about Christians in general or Muslims in general as though they were a compact bloc with absolutely no diversity. Any religious has various aspects across various denominations, countries and times.
We started our article today by presenting these three observations before we attempt to correct certain objections provoked by our article "A Conspiracy against Christians?!" (an-Nahar, June 10, 2017), where we stated, "Christians will not be eliminated from their homelands so long as they do not contribute to the elimination of their existence and presence. Christians have lived under the Islamic state for thirteen centuries without leaving their country. It is not true that they all took refuge in fortified mountains for fear of being killed by Muslims, since most Christians lived in cities, mixing with Muslims and sharing a common life with them."
When we said this, we were simply presenting historical realities that continue until now. The Christian presence in Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Tripoli, Jerusalem and other cities of the Levant has been uninterrupted from the rise of Islam until the present day. Thus there is no comparison between the historical experience in the Levant, where the Christian presence is continuous, and North Africa or Turkey, where the Christian presence has gone extinct.
It is also not possible to reduce the extinction of Christianity in North Africa or Turkey to the religious factor alone. The reductionist view is blind and distorts the facts. Among the reasons for the end of Christianity in North Africa is that the alliance between the religious authorities and the temporal authorities in Rome against the the native people of the country (the Berbers), in terms of the exploitation of lands and preventing the natives from access to the necessities of life, particularly the exploitation of African grain for distribution to the people of Rome and starving the Africans, the imposition of an oppressive taxation system, is part of what inspired a hatred for Rome and the institution of the Church among the Africans. This is what led the Africans to adopt the new religion as it arrived in their country, since they saw in it an escape from those who were greedy for the riches of their lands (see Fr Paul Decizier, SJ The Reasons for the Disappearance of Christianity in North Africa after the Arab Conquest, Beirut: Dar el-Machreq, 1993, pp. 14-16 [in Arabic]).
As for Turkey, after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, the Christian presence in Asia Minor began to decline. However, Ataturkist "secularism" was no better for Christians than Ottoman Islam. Those who survived the injustice of the sultanate were defeated by hard-line Turkish nationalism with the complicity of the West, especially of France which stripped Antioch and its surroundings (the Province of Alexandretta) from Syria and gifted it to Kemalist Turkey. Here we can mention the role of France, Russia and other countries in the elimination of Armenians, Syriacs, and Greek Orthodox from the whole of Turkey, from Anatolia, Cappadocia, Cilicia and Antioch to every city and village. As for Palestine, where at the beginning of the 20th century Christians constituted around twenty percent of the population, it was Israel that put an end to them and not the caliphate that had ruled the country for thirteen centuries.
Researchers unanimously agree that the extinction of Christianity in these countries is due to numerous causes: political, religious, social, cultural and economic and it is not possible to blame this extinction on a single cause, the spread of Islam or Islamic intolerance. It is true that in some periods, the intolerance of Islamic rulers led to persecutions of Christians, but other reasons also led them to abandon the faith of their fathers and forefathers or to abandon their countries.
In closing, it is necessary to admit the fact that Syrian Islam is different from other Islams, just as Antiochian (Syrian) Christianity is different from other Christianities. Therefore, we still believe in the permanence of the Christian presence in this country and in the possibility of establishing ideal, exemplary relations between the Muslims and Christians of this country on the basis of complete citizenship and respect for equality and general freedoms. We will say once again that Christian-Muslim partnership is an inevitable fate, at least with regard to Christians if they hold fast to remaining in their country, where Muslims and Christians mix no matter what the price.
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Home St. Martin News Network Movement for Justice and Prosperity (MJP) -Youth Awareness Rally.
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Movement for Justice and Prosperity (MJP) -Youth Awareness Rally.
MARIGOT:— The youth wing of our political movement M.J.P. is extending an invitation to our young people to join us for our Youth Awareness Rally. This exciting event will be held at the Lazy Bay parking lot 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
The 2017 territorial elections will be a significant opportunity for our youth to lay claims to the future of their homeland. The purpose of the rally is to provide a platform to the youth to voice their concerns while encouraging them to participate in the process and go out to vote on Election Day.
The MJP acknowledges that our youth have been disappointed by their government and or their community. We believe that young people must remain engaged in the political struggle while understanding that the future of this country in their hands to make a change.
A few of the topics to be discussed are public safety, healthy living, education and youth entrepreneurship and employment. The MJP supports the following: healthy relationships amongst the authorities and our youth; healthy lifestyles promotes a healthy community and a healthy economy that provides opportunities for our youth. Also, a member of the Red Cross foundation will be present to share valuable health information.
On this evening our very own Ms. Kelly Brooks – President of the MJP youth wing and .Mr. Romuald Samer young MJP member will be the speakers for the evening.
Also on the schedule will be Mr. Daniel Gumbs Vice President of the MJP will also engage with the youth in attendance.
Our Youth Awareness Rally will end with a talent expo by various young talented groups to include: the Odd Brothers – D.O. Gizzle – Tony Boys – Tha Union – and more.
Complimentary refreshments will be available.
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5 Things to Do in Savannah's Moon River District
By Alex Shimalla
Plan a picnic on Isle of Hope
Categories: Neighborhoods & Communities, Moon River District
The tourists may flock to Savannah for the history and southern charm of the Historic District, but there's one area in Savannah, just a 20-minute drive outside of our city's heart, that has tourists changing their plans.
The Moon River District is steeped in all things history, nature and education. This district takes Savannah back to its roots with numerous historical sites and plenty of opportunities to explore. The lure of the Low country is calling out to the travelers looking for a little more adventure. This district is made up of six sites and one centuries-old waterfront village. Here are our recommendations for gaining the full experience of the Moon River District
Head to Isle of Hope
The Isle of Hope is mainly a residential neighborhood perched on the Moon River, but the work of the area's historical association is evident by the preservation of the architectural and cultural heritage of the buildings. If your schedule permits, make the drive when the sun has just started to set. It's a view you won't soon forget!
Spend the Day (or Night) at the Skidaway Island State Park
Open daily, the Skidaway Island State Park is perfect for a camping trip or an outing filled with adventure. Walk the six miles of trails to experience the maritime forest and coastal marshes. Rent a bike to leisurely take in the grounds and Colonial Coast Bird Trail (or, for the off-rode dare-devils, ride the Big Ferry Trail). The park also has a program facility, where you can learn more about the unique environment, history of the area and anything else you want to know about Skidaway Island!
Watch Marine Creatures at the University of Georgia's Aquarium
Filled with all the creatures of the deep…well, at least the ones that are native to the Savannah area, the University of Georgia's Aquarium is a wonderful spot to spend the afternoon, especially for youngsters interested in marine life. Most of the species are caught right off the coast. This aquarium is actually Georgia's first saltwater aquarium and features 16 exhibit tanks!
Visit Pin Point Heritage Museum
Pinpoint Heritage Museum
The Pin Point Heritage Museum allows visitors to explore the Gullah-Geechee community, guided by a local. Take a step back in time and experience the life of the area's past residents. The museum, previously the Pin Point Oyster Factory (which ran from 1926-1985), tells the story of how a community made a living by the water that surrounds Savannah.
Immerse Yourself In History
As we've said, the Moon River District celebrates history. It encourages visitors to engage with the past and the natural beauty of the area. At the Wormsloe Historic Site, one of Georgia's oldest plantations, take a scenic drive on the world's longest road of live oaks. Planted in 1891, this 1.5 mile avenue of oaks adorned with Spanish moss create an absolutely stunning view and picturesque scene. At the Ossabaw Island Heritage Preserve, explore this 26,000-acre barrier island of undeveloped land only accessible by boat! At the Bethesda Academy, learn how a land grant from King George II for 500 acres was transformed into a spiritual, cultural, and educational oasis that still stands today.
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Scabies infestation in Virginia school district
source: Corbis
At least eight cases of scabies have been confirmed among students within Cumberland School District in Virginia – six at the local elementary school, and two at the middle school. While assistant superintendent Elizabeth Jamerson insisted as recently as October 3 that the incident was isolated to the elementary school, reports surfaced just a few days later of there being cases over at least two schools within the district.
Extra staff were brought in to clean the known-to-be-infested schools, and students were sent home with scabies facts sheets (linked below) from the Virginia Department of Health. Superintendent Amy Griffin posted a cell phone video on the district website addressing parental concerns and assuring them the schools and buses would be cleaned over the next 12 weeks. She urged parents to "do their part" to prevent the spread of the disease, including practicing good hygiene and keeping any children presenting symptoms at home.
Scabies is a contagious skin infection caused by a mite that burrows into the skin. It is most often passed through prolonged (10+ minutes) contact with the skin of another person, through close living conditions and/or sex. High incidence has been reported in places such as daycare facilities and prisons (school is, arguably, both). Symptoms of scabies usually don't present themselves until between two and six weeks after infection, so it's safe to say more cases will be reported before all's said and done.
Cumberland County Public Schools serves 1,364 students in grades PK, K-12 in three schools, and according to Niche, scores at a B or below for everything but diversity. Over 65% of the student population receives free or reduced lunch.
Several cases of scabies confirmed at Cumberland school
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Cumberland County Public Schools – Virginia – Niche
January 15, 2019 January 15, 2019 Where Your Children Are california
Teachers strike in Los Angeles, citing low pay
TEACHERS' STRIKE: Los Angeles teachers protest in the rain as they begin their strike over wages, class sizes and headcount with the district #LAUSDStrike pic.twitter.com/VJSe6kFkgZ
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) January 14, 2019
Los Angeles students are still coming to school today, but they're being met with unfamiliar faces as substitute teachers step in to fill the gap left by 28,000 striking teachers, who are of course "doing it for the students."
The dispute is over (what else?) a demanded 6.5% pay raise – teachers insist the district has the money to burn, and want the raise immediately (Friday they rejected an offer from the school district giving them a 6% raise over 2 years). They're also wanting smaller class sizes and "fully staffed" schools, which include more nurses, librarians, and counselors. The district said meeting every demand would put them more than half a billion dollars in the red.
So in essence, teachers (or, rather, their union bosses, who of course "only have the interests of them and their children at heart) are wanting greater compensation (which means greater union dues) for less work.
Never mind that teaching degrees constitute some of the easiest-earned degrees in the nation, and education students collectively have the lowest SAT scores among matriculating freshmen. GPAs for education majors are nearly a full point higher than those studying math or science. Countless undergraduates joke that if they can't cut in their challenging classes, they "could always just major in education."
Don't tell me teachers weren't aware they may not receive astronomical salaries, when they were back in college. Don't tell me they "did it for the children;" how many of us had teachers that "just didn't care" and were literally counting the minutes until school let out for the day, or the year (or until retirement)? If they really had children's interests in mind, would they be refusing to come into work, forcing their charges to spend the days on the streets, in front of the television, or in a classroom with a clueless substitute?
The average teacher salary in Los Angeles Unified School District is $75,000. This doesn't take into account the 3 months' vacation they get every year, or the excellent benefits package, including retirement benefits that put most other jobs to shame.
The school district serves approximately 640,000 students.
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December 8, 2018 Where Your Children Are nebraska
Elementary School Principal/Grinch Ousted
In a rare moment of sanity, a school district in Omaha, Nebraska, placed a principal on administrative leave after she perhaps took the "separation of church and state" idea a little too seriously.
It was discovered that one Jennifer Sinclair, principal of Manchester Elementary School, issued an internal memo banning everything even remotely related to the Christmas holiday, including, of all things, candy canes, supposedly because they are in the shape of J's ("for Jesus"), and the colors are representative of His blood and resurrection. Teachers were also banned from singing Christmas carols, putting up trees, or referring to reindeer, among other things.
Said memo, referenced below, mentions mandates from Elkhorn School District, and reminds teachers that they need to be sensitive to all religions and cultures. While the principal herself was removed from her post, it sounds like she was just following through with what she believed the district insisted upon. Whether or not she took it too far and is the only one to blame are points of contention.
Acceptable practices:
Gifts to students
Students making gift for a loved one
Snowmen, snow women, snow people, snowflakes
Gingerbread people
Holidays Around the World – purposeful presentation of information to teach about different cultures
Scarves, boots, earmuffs, and hats
Olaf – Frozen
Santas or Christmas items (clipart) on worksheets
Christmas trees in classrooms
Elf on the Shelf – that's Christmas-related
Singing Christmas Carols
Playing Christmas music
Sending a Scholastic book that is a Christmas book – that's Christmas-related
Making a Christmas ornament as a gift – This assumes that the family has a Christmas tree which assumes they celebrate Christmas. I challenge the thought of, "Well they can just hang it somewhere else."
Candy Cane – that's Christmas related. Historically, the shape is a "J" for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ, and the white is a symbol of his resurrection. This would also include different colored candy canes.
Red/Green items – traditional Christmas colors
Christmas videos/movies and/or characters from Christmas movies
When in doubt, ask yourself:
What is the clear instructional purpose of this?
Does this item or activity promote a certain belief or religious (sic)?
Ironically enough, in the same memo a fourth grade trip to see the Nutcracker is mentioned. I wonder if anyone told the principal that this is a Christmas-themed show?
The decision to remove Ms. Sinclair began with nonprofit group centered on Christian values and First Amendment rights, Liberty Counsel, which sent a strongly-worded letter to the district asserting that religious freedom was being infringed upon. They did not advocate for her removal; only for her compliance with what they felt was a more acceptable handling of winter holidays.
While the district policy alluded to by the principal in the full memo (both linked below) is not as harsh as the strict guidelines set forth by Ms. Sinclair to her faculty, the fact that a public school is indeed a secular institution cannot be ignored. It serves to educate the broader community, and while banning Rudolph and the colors red and green may seem a bit ridiculous, government entities are well within their rights to do so, so as to cater to the community as a whole, and not just one specific group, religious or otherwise. If you truly find this unfair, you may be ready to ask yourselves: is this really the best place to educate our children? What other, more serious things are being added to or removed from the curriculum, all in the name of political correctness?
A statement from Elkhorn School District spokesperson, Kara Perchal reads: "Elkhorn Public Schools District administration promptly addressed the issue at Manchester Elementary School regarding the memo that was sent by the principal to Manchester elementary staff. The memo does not reflect the policy of Elkhorn Public Schools regarding holiday symbols in the school. The district has since clarified expectations and provided further direction to staff in alignment with district policy. This issue was limited to Manchester Elementary School and did not arise at any other schools within the district."
Ms. Sinclair had been in her first year as principal of Manchester Elementary, which serves over 540 students from Kindergarten through fifth grade in the Omaha area.
Elementary school principal placed on leave after banning all things Christmas from classrooms
Letter from Liberty Counsel to Elkhorn Public School District
Manchester Elementary School – Week Ahead Notes: Dec. 3 – Dec. 7
Elkhorn Public Schools – ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT POLICY 604.05
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Author: Deano Yipadee and Paul Beavis
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Gerri was a happy giraffe.
She dreamed of making people laugh.
She thought, "I'll give my neighbours a treat.
I'll knock on every door in the street!"
"KNOCK-KNOCK!
Who's there?"
Laugh along with Gerri Giraffe.
If you don't - the joke's on you.
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Review by: savta (Jo)
Dated: 15th of June, 2019
ReReadability:
Giraffes are one of Miss 2.5's favourite animals, so as soon as she caught sight of the cover of this book, she was ready to enjoy it. Once she realised it was about counting as well, a favourite activity, she was completely hooked. This was destined to become one of her most frequently read books even before she had started to listen to the story itself. Her little brother, who is just seven months old, was also interested in inspecting the new book. Even at his tender age he is able to appreciate bold colours and enjoy the social aspect of being read to.
As the story was read to the children, they reacted with delight; Mr Seven Months loved the knocking noise that Gerri the Giraffe made, and even if he did not understand exactly what was going on, he was more than able to appreciate the book at his own level. Repeated sounds and phrases are magic for this age group, and he joins in with an enthusiastic grin! He also responded well to the pages with simple illustrations and lots of white space. To complement the printed page, there is a link to an online version of the song which accompanies the story.
Miss 2.5 was old enough to follow the plot, and although she did not get the jokes, she laughed anyway because the grownups were laughing! Her sense of humour will develop as she gets older, of course, so it will not be long before she understands the wordplay involved in a Knock-Knock joke. Adults may groan at them, but children of most ages react with delight when they hear a new one for the first time. The ratio of text to pictures was perfect for Miss 2.5; there was plenty to look at while she was listening.
There is a message in the book which is not yet clear to either of the children, but which will become important for them to understand as they get older. Gerri the Giraffe was not popular with anyone whose door she knocked on - in fact, she was a real nuisance! When she learned to channel her humour, however, and share it at the right time and in the right place, she was welcomed by the same people. I love the way this message was presented as it did not show Gerri as being naughty so much as not being aware of how to act appropriately - something all children need to learn as they master new social skills.
If I have one issue with the book, it is that it is produced in a soft cover edition. Small children are still honing their motor skills and often damage a book without meaning to as they turn the pages. A hard cover edition, even if a little more expensive, would make the book more durable - especially in a household where there are children of different ages. Apart from that, we all loved the book and I am certain the children will be gaining pleasure from it for some time to come.
Review by: antony1978 (Antony)
Wow, talk about a fun book! My kids were delighted when I brought this one home as they are Giraffe mad and they are also big fans of the other Deano Yipadee and Paul Beavis books! We've actually been through more than one copy of Nee Naw The Little Fire Engine in our house.
Before I get into the content of the Knock Knock story, and the awesome illustrations, I quickly realised the story is about following your heart and learning from experiences. Very clever and delivered in a hilarious way. My kids love Knock Knock jokes and although theirs don't always make sense, this book cleverly (and simply) combines an engaging story with, as the title would suggest, knock knock jokes. The kids' favourite joke (before reading the book) is even in the story (boo who?).
There is a free downloadable song and this was welcome in my house as the kids wanted to read it over and over (and over!) again. We downloaded the song and I was able to get other things done while they carried on listening and reading at the same time. It's a fun catchy song with all of the characters on it.
The illustrations are brilliant, as with all of Paul Beavis's books, he captures the comedy in such a captivating way. There are a load of fun things to look at on each page. The female giraffe (Gerri) is such a fun and endearing character. I can highly recommend this book for 3 to 7-year-olds and it's now be requested daily in my house!
Review by: melissaandchloe (Melissa)
When I saw Knock-Knock up for review I knew it was a book that I just needed to read. Miss 6 is very into reading on her own at the moment, and picture books of this level are the perfect ones for doing so. She absolutely loves Giraffes, her favourite animal at the zoo and also is obsessed lately with telling jokes, especially knock-knock jokes even though she doesn't always understand the concept of telling a joke fully yet, she thinks she is pretty funny!
Miss 6 was delighted to see me turn up at home with this book, as soon as she saw the cover and read the title she was off telling me a joke "knock knock", "who's there?", "Giraffe", "Giraffe who?" "Giraffe on the cover of the book," she thought she was absolutely hilarious and very clever! As she continued to flick through the pages, reading the story and looking at the pictures, she soon decided that we needed to take turns at speaking as if we were really telling jokes. She seemed to find the words easy enough to pronounce and read without much assistance which was great and quickly caught on to the concept of counting in the story with Gerri knocking indoors in order as he walked down the street telling jokes, this I felt was a great example of how simple it is to make counting and learning about numbers fun for kids!
After several days of enjoyment at home with this book and Miss 6 I managed to sneak it out of the house and to work with me, I work at a preschool and the teachers and children alike always look forward to hearing new stories. Well, this book was a hit straight away with eye-catching and comical images and the funny jokes throughout, the joke about Donkey Poo was the favourite by far, as there is just something about toilet talk that children love, especially 4 year old boys. Obviously after reading this book as I expected the children all went off telling their own knock-knock jokes and trying to say the ones which they had heard in the story.
This book really is a lot of fun, something which you would expect from the author's Deano Yipadee and Paul Beavis who also wrote the awesome children's books Nee Naw and Stink-o-Saurus. What I personally loved most about this book was the important message that it portrayed about believing in yourself, especially as this is something Miss 6 struggles with a lot, it showed that by not giving up and having self-belief that you can achieve anything you want to and that sometimes it just takes practice and a bit of time. The back of the book features 5 of Gerri's favourite jokes as well which is a nice added bonus, as well as the downloadable audio to go along with the book.
I recomend this book to all young and old.
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Mapungubwe National Park and Surrounds
Modified: 2009/04/02 10:04 by admin - Categorized as: Limpopo Province
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Situated in the Limpopo river valley, in the north-west corner of the country, the Mapungubwe National Park borders both Zimbabwe and Botswana. This relatively new park protects the "lost city" at Mapungubwe Hill, where a far developed African civilisation prospered between 1200 and 1270 AD. The 28 000 ha National Park protects a considerable length of Limpopo river frontage, with associated riparian woodland, This is a big 5 area, although at the time of writing numbers of some larger animals are still low. This account includes the private "Den Staat" area, which lies between eastern and western Mapungubwe and includes a considerable variety of wetland habitats. The park is blessed with some excellent and innovative facilities, which make birding a pleasure here. A three-day visit in summer offers the potential of over 200 species, while a winter trip could produce about 150 species in the same time period.
Goliath Heron. Dwarf Bittern, Black Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, African Pygmy-Goose, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Harlequin Quail. Allen's Gallinule, Greater Painted-Snipe, Grey Crowned Crane, Kori Bustard, Caspian Plover, White-crowned Lapwing, Black-winged Pratincole, Bronze-winged Courser, Three-banded Courser, Burchell's Sandgrouse, African Mourning Dove, Meyer's Parrot, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Senegal Coucal. Pel's Fishing-Owl. African Barred Owlet, Square-tailed Nightjar, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Broad-billed Roller, Southern Ground-Hornbill, Monotonous Lark, Dusky Lark, Eurasian Golden Oriole. Southern Pied Babbler, Olive-tree Warbler, Barred Wren-Warbler, Striped Pipit, Tropical Boubou, Retz's Helmet-Shrike, Meves's Starling, Great Sparrow and Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah.
Along the river, extensive areas of riparian woodland are found. A little further back, acacia thornveld and thorn thickets are dominant, while once off the floodplain itself, most of the park is covered with mopane woodland and scrub, interspersed with Baobab trees. Since much of the park is on rocky, hilly terrain, there are a lot of cliff, faces, rocky hillsides and gorges, with patches of lusher bush. In the east and west, extensive open plains are also interesting. The Den Staat area has vast open ponds, extensive reedbeds, mudflats, grassy lakeside plains and a variety of other wetland habitats.
This is a big and diverse area and at least three days are required to do it justice. A night at each of Leokwe and Limpopo Tented Camp is the minimum suggested stay, while an additional night will allow one to bird the den Staat area. The birding is covered in relation to three main areas:
1. Eastern area
Eastern area, from the main gate to the main Leokwe Camp, Aerial Boardwalk, the Confluence Lookout and Mapungubwe Hill itself.
From the gate, the road towards Leokwe covers rolling terrain with mixed woodland, which is dominated by mopane in many areas. Here you can expect typical Bushveld species such as Brubru, Puffback, Golden-breasted Bunting, Chinspot Batis and Sabota Lark. In sandy areas look for Fawn-coloured Lark, and after good rains, Monotonous Lark are widespread and vocal. Large Baobab trees may hold Meyer's Parrot, European Golden Oriole and woodpeckers, while Burchell's and Double Banded Sandgrouse as well as Red-crested Korhaan are also present in the area.
Leokwe Camp is set amidst rocky cliffs and the camp looks up at a cliff where Verreaux's Eagle breeds, and Rock Kestrel is regular, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting is common and Striped Pipit may be seen on rocky slopes near the camp. Birds come to drink at a waterhole below the camp and here a variety of seed-eaters may be seen, including Jameson's Firefinch and Purple Indigobird.
The Aerial Boardwalk is well worth a few hours. The boardwalk passes through tall open riverine woodland – often with an understory of large shrubs. Here Meve's Starling is common and other birds to look out for include Meyer's Parrot, African Mourning Dove, Ashy Flycatcher, Tropical Boubou and White-browed Robin-chat. The boardwalk goes down to a hide overlooking the Limpopo River, and is adjacent to a large pool which holds water when the river is not flowing. White-fronted bee-eater is usually common here, and is joined in summer by European and Southern Carmine Bee-eater. Depending on water levels, search the sandbanks for White-crowned Plover, the riverine race of White-fronted Plover, Little Egret, Water Thicknee and African Fish-eagle.
The confluence look-out consists of a surfaced pathway that provides easy access to several look-out platforms that overlook the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. This is a good spot to watch for raptors in the morning, and one will encounter a variety of Bushveld birds here including Grey-headed Bush-shrike and White Helmet-shrike.
A tour of Mapungubwe Hill (world heritage site), must be booked in advance through the main office at the gate. This area is rocky and relatively arid, but one can expect species such as Mocking Cliff-chat, Red-winged Starling, Familiar Chat and Lanner Falcon.
The drive around to Shroda Dam also takes one into interesting and diverse woodland, and while this area is similar to the central areas – it also has areas of open plains (north-eastern corner), which may offer a variety of pipits and larks as well as Caspian Plover at times, as well as good acacia woodland birding.
2. Western part of the park and Limpopo Tented Camp
The western part of the park is reached by taking the "Den Staat" turnoff, some 6km west of the main gate. This road passes through mopane woodland, and some more open areas. You re-enter the park through an obvious gate with an animal grid. A small stream just before the gate has a lot of dense vegetation and seasonal pools, which are worth examining, Senegal Coucal may be seen in this area. Once through the gate, an extensive area which is seasonally flooded can be seen on the right of the road – note – the extensive stand of Fever trees particularly on the right – this can offer interesting birding when wet, including Dwarf Bittern.
Once into the mopane, typical woodland birds include Red-headed Weaver, Brubru and White-helmet Shrike. Both Three-banded and Bronze-winged Coursers occur, but are difficult to locate during the day. The road turns sharply to the right and then runs straight on for some distance. Areas of bare ground here should be searched for Dusky Lark in the summer months. As the mopane starts to diminish, old farmland has created more open areas where Kori Bustard, Temminck's Courser and other open country species may be seen. Before one reaches the turn off to the Limpopo Tented Camp one passed through an area of open country with low acacia scrub. This is good for seed-eaters such as Scaly-feathered Finch, Red-headed Finch, Great Sparrow ,Green-winged Pytlia, Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah - and in wet summers; Wattled Starling, Southern Carmine Bee-eater and Amur Falcon.
The road down towards the Limpopo tented camp passes through an open plains area, which should be scanned for pipits, larks and coursers. Acacia woodland adjacent to the floodplain proper holds a host of typical acacia thornveld birds including Southern Pied Babbler, Burn't-necked Eremomela and Crimson-breasted Shrike. As the trees get more substantial Meve's starling become more common. Around the Limpopo Tented Camp itself tall acacia woodland merges into true Limpopo riverine forest, and the birding is very varied here. Scops, White-faced, Barred, Verreaux's Eagle Owl and Pel's Fishing Owl can all be heard calling from the camp at night, and day visitors may include Yellow-bellied Greenbul and Le Vaillant's Cuckoo.
The drive to Maloutswa Pan initially takes one through habitat with lots of big trees, where woodpeckers, hornbills and barbets are common. Further on one passes through some interesting open country, where Southern Ground Hornbill, Secretarybird, Quail-finch and Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark are to be found. In summer listen for the call of Olive-tree Warbler in larger acacia trees. In wet summers the open grasslands play host to numbers of Harlequin Quail and Kurrichane Buttonquail, while Monotonous Lark is common wherever there are trees.
The Maloutswa Pan hide is a good spot to spend a few hours and offers a host of Bushveld birds. In season, Dwarf Bittern, Greater Painted Snipe and Grey-hooded Kingfisher may be seen here. The Limpopo loop drive which continues past the pan hide parking area offers excellent variety and has many vistas over the Limpopo River. Broad-billed roller, European Golden Oriole, Saddlebilled Stork and a variety of raptors can be seen on this drive.
3. Den Staat Wetlands
This private farm has some large modified wetland areas, which comprise of dammed up lakes and an array of ponds. At times this is one of the best wetland birding sites in the region, but a visit must be arranged with the owners in advance, (see contact details below) To reach Den Staat from the Main gate take the den Staat dirt road as described under section 2 above and travel for 7.5km. You will see a signboard to Den Staat on the right and a smaller road leading down towards the farms. The first 1.5 km of this road passes through arid acacia scrub (look for Southern Pied Babbler and Kalahari Scrub Robin). The road then passes along the top of one of the earthen dam walls which offers a good vantage point to scan the surrounding wetland areas. Proceed to the farmhouse by continuing past the wetland areas (the road veers to the left) and after signing in you can explore the area, which has a number of tracks which provide access to the ponds and reedbeds. Lily-covered ponds hold Pygmy Goose, White-backed Duck and African Jacana, while reedy areas offer a variety of herons and warblers, including Great Reed Warbler in summer. Adjacent grasslands have Kori Bustard, and in summer Montagu's and Pallid Harrier. When water levels have dropped, extensive exposed mudflats may have Black-winged Pratincole, Yellow Wagtail (summer), large numbers of Kittlitz's Plover, and Caspian Plover (summer) Grey Crowned-Crane, Saddle-billed Stork, African Openbill and Goliath Heron may all occur. On the verges of the ponds, emergent vegetation may hold Allen's Gallinule. Watch overhead for soaring raptors and storks, which can include Bateleur, Black-chested Snake-Eagle and Black Stork.
Other birding in the vicinity.
Ratho Farms, which is reached from a turnoff to the west, near the Pontdrift Border Post, is a regular spot for Pel's Fishing Owl, Black Stork and various other birds. Here one can walk in the woodland along the Limpopo – which looks across at Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana. It is a good idea to contact Sandra Boshoff who owns the area and keeps tabs on the Pel's Fishing Owls – Tel +27 15 575 1362
Access and Directions
Mapungubwe National Park is 520 km from Johannesburg. Take the N1 to Polokwane (Pietersburg) and at Polokwane take the R521 to Vivo/Dendron. A further 146km brings one to Alldays. In Alldays turn right towards Pontdrift and a further 46km brings one to the R572, where you turn right towards Messina. The main gate is 23km along this road. Mapungubwe can also be reached from Musina – take the R572 towards Pontdrift for 68km and you will see the park gates on the right.
There is a variety of self-catering accomodation in the area.
The main camp at Leokwe, is very well designed and equipped. It is set amidst splendid rock formations. This is a self-catering camp with a swimming pool and central braai area. It is close to the forest boardwalk and confluence lookout and a recommended stay-over for a birding trip.
The Limpopo Tented Camp provides luxury tented camp (self-catering) accommodation in the riverine woodland adjacent to the Limpopo in the west of the park. The camp is close to the Maloutswa Pan hide and is a must for birders.
The new Mazhou Camping Site is situated close to the Limpopo Forest Tented Camp and has 10 caravan/tent sites, each with a powerpoint.
Vhembe Wilderness Camp, in the eastern section of Mapungubwe, is situated on a small ridge close to the Limpopo River and Mapungubwe Hill.
Catering can be arranged in advance if you are staying at Little Muck or the Vhembe Wilderness Camp.
This is a Malaria area, and can be very hot in summer. The small shop at reception only sells cool-drinks and visitors should be self-sufficient. Remember to fill up with fuel at Alldays or Musina, since there is no fuel in the area. Note that Guests at any of the park's camps must check in at the main gate reception area. Mapungubwe Main Office (Gate) 015-534-2014
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Pancreatic Cancer Treatment to Stride Beyond Chemotherapy
Sep 14, 2018 | Reading Time: < 1 minute
In the grueling quest for discovering more effective cancer treatment therapies, researchers every now and then come up with interesting breakthroughs, which flash rays of hope not only to the patients, but also for the drug manufacturers to capitalize upon the discoveries.
A research team, at the Houston University, has recently claimed that they developed a drug, which can block cancer cells from leaving the pancreas and spreading to other organs. In essence, the drug will work as a targeted therapy that will bind cancer-causing genes to kill them, the researchers claimed. In the context of the effectiveness of the drug under development, one of the researchers said that the drug was found to be very effective in treating pancreas cancer and as a superiority, the drug will not release any toxicity.
The drug is the first of its kind in terms of the approach of killing two genes at the same time, according a member of the research team; who further revealed that the usage of the drug can also be extended to liver and breast cancers.
Pancreatic cancer has assumed alarming proportions, impairing the quality of life among the patients and also wiping out several lives worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 44,000 people will die of pancreatic cancer in 2018 in USA, and simultaneously, about 55,000 cases will be diagnosed there.
However, the drug will not be administered in patients for a few years as the researchers are yet to ascertain every nook and corner of the possible risks and side effects.
The researchers believe the drug to be a potential alternative to chemotherapy in the future.
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Notes on the vocalizations of Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Hylophilus ochraceiceps)
In the following we briefly analyze and compare voice of the different races of Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Hylophilus ochraceiceps). We also try to quantify the extent of any vocal differences using the criteria proposed by Tobias et al. (2010), as a support for taxonomic review. We have made use of sound recordings available on-line from Xeno Canto (XC) and Macaulay Library (ML).
We have compared the following 3 groups:
North West (H. o. ochraceiceps, H. o. pallidipectus, H. o. pacificus, H. o. nelsoni, H. o. bulunensis): Song is a repeated drawn-out whistle, rather flat in pitch or slightly ascending.
(n=6) Average SD
min. freq. 2900 - 3500Hz 3275Hz 193Hz
max. freq. 3250 - 3850Hz 3658Hz 198Hz
total length 0.55 - 0.73s 0.64s 0.05s
freq. range 300 - 500Hz 383Hz 69Hz
# notes 1 1 0
Amazon (H. o. ferrugineifrons, H. o. viridior, H. o. lutescens, H. o. rubrifrons): Song is a repeated drawn-out whistle, rather flat in pitch, slightly ascending or descending.
freq. range 220 - 900Hz 495Hz 174Hz
Guianas (H. o. luteifrons): Song is a repeated phrase of two slightly descending whistles, the second one lower-pitched and longer than the first one.
(n= 8) Average SD
min. freq. 2750 - 3040Hz 2942Hz 87Hz
freq. range 560 - 1800Hz 1060Hz 350Hz
Surprisingly, the different song of luteifrons has seemingly nowhere been picked up in literature: its song consists of two notes with decreasing pitch (score 4), resulting in an overall longer song phrase (score 2-3) and larger frequency range (score 1-2). When applying Tobias criteria, this would lead to a total vocal score of about 5 vs. all other races.
Birds of North West and Amazon differ slightly, NW birds having on average a higher-pitched voice (score 1-2) and slightly shorter whistles (score 1). Total score 2-3.
The exact geographical boundaries between ferrugineifrons and luteifrons will need more study, to find out whether the two taxa co-exist or not. Interestingly, based on voice birds of E Venezuela are luteifrons (Guianan group) while birds of SE Venezuela are ferrugineifrons (Amazonian group), a pattern also seen in some other species. North of Manaus, most birds are luteifrons, but one recording is not (if correctly identified, it is a background voice on XC286603, and might equally be song of Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris).
A single recording of presumed race lutescens (XC120183) apparently consists of a 2-note song, but else lacks resemblance with luteifrons. rubrifrons at the other hand sings 'normal' song. To be further investigated.
All in all, we can conclude that the Guianan group clearly stands apart vocally.
This note was finalized on 22nd October 2015, using sound recordings available on-line at that moment. We would like to thank in particular the many sound recordists who placed their recordings for this species on XC and ML.
More Information: on168_tawny-crowned_greenlet.pdf
Boesman, P. (2016). Notes on the vocalizations of Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Hylophilus ochraceiceps). HBW Alive Ornithological Note 168. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow-on.100168


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HT: Sound designer's colorful brain creates Cardinal's walkabout experience
Herald-Times | Connie Shakalis
So you want to record a radio play? Just turn on your smartphone's recording app and round up a script and some actors.
I had no idea of the technology that goes into creating these plays, in which one's imagination soars off the high-dive, guided, no, pushed off, by talented staff members.
Cardinal Stage's upcoming walkabout radio play series, "Sherlock in Btown," will be an accumulation of efforts by actors, director Kate Galvin, writers and maybe most importantly, the tech crew. It's two Sherlock Holmes mysteries set in Bloomington and offers not only self-guided options, but also guided events and interactive activities.
Last fall I had trouble following Cardinal's walkabouts; the voices, mostly women's, sounded alike to me, and the action went off in opposing directions, spinning my head and leaving behind my comprehension.
But these new radio plays look as though they will bring fresh ideas and remarkable technology, to keep the audience guessing — in a good way.
Radio plays rely completely on what the audience hears. No props, costumes, sight gags, facial expressions, choreography, gyrating pelvises to bring the audience to the scene. It seems like a daunting project, and Robert Hornbostel, sound designer/editor, will again prove his expertise in having us abandon our TVs and laptops to spend two hours with Cardinal (one hour per episode).
After hearing from Hornbostel I'll never watch a movie the same way again. All those sounds of feet stepping, bottles opening, flesh ripping are products of technology so advanced, particularly in the past five years, that almost any mood or action is just a sound designer's story-board away.
Hornbostel is responsible for the auditory experience of each scene in each of these mystery plays. First, he meets virtually with director Galvin to understand her vision for the story. Next comes work with Corey Hollinger, recording engineer, to set up space and equipment to record actors. Hollinger and Galvin later comb through the recordings, flagging sections they want to keep.
"From here I create a storyboard of these recordings," Hornbostel said in an email, "lining up all the sections and creating a road map for the story."
Then come the musicians and Hornbostel's own library of virtual instruments to create "intro/outro" music, dramatic stingers — quick stabs of music — and other music to give theatrical polish.
"All of this is done remotely, where I am constantly sending drafts to Kate for notes and ideas so that we make sure we are meeting the needs of Kate's artistic vision."
For more audio-specific technology, he relies on Kontakt virtual instruments and a variety of third-party creators making synthetic representations of instruments.
"The London Symphony Orchestra recently released a virtual instrument that compiles several recordings of their musicians recreating every dynamic expression they could think of, from the tiniest (pizzicato) plucks of violins, to giant bass drum hits, to long emotive clarinet tones."
Virtual instruments allow for strange sonic experiences and can meet some more specific needs than just recreating an orchestra. For Cardinal's walkabout play last fall "Women in The Woods" he frequently used three instruments that were entirely synthetically created. They provided cinematic, powerful and otherwise unachievable sounds.
For the spring walkabouts he is enjoying his new favorite tool, an instrument built to simulate foley footsteps, allowing for very dynamic and specific footsteps.
Not only is Hornbostel a self-proclaimed tech nerd, he has a condition called synesthesia, in which his brain links sounds and visual colors, resulting in his seeing colors as people speak.
"This ended up being very useful in working in a visual based medium like theatrical design, allowing me to connect what I heard in my head with the colors presented by a director, costume, lighting, or scenic designer."
Steve Scott is one of my favorite actors in town. I will never, repeat, never, forget his chilling portrayal of Ralph the serial killer in "Frozen" (not the Disney one) or his zany rendition of epicene theater queen Mr. Peach.
"This is my fifth crack at voice acting, and I love it," Scott said in an email. "It extends my range, as I can play a variety of characters that I simply couldn't pull off on stage given my age and appearance. I can play with dozens of voices and accents, which is something I've practiced since childhood. I want to do more."
I happily await Scott's accents in "Predisposed to Violins," by Liam Castellan, as I thought last fall's plays were lacking in them. I can almost assure you: Scott, in this supporting role, will impress.
"I got to work with Kate as a director. She's wonderful, and every note she gave was spot on. She also insured that the production was safe, and her pandemic protocols were sound."
Another one of my Bloomington favorites is the excellent actor Scott Van Wye, who will play Holmes. In this cold war thriller, Watson (Leraldo Anzaldua) urges Holmes to take an overdue vacation, never suspecting that Bloomington will be the place. Of course, a dangerous pursuit, Hoosier style, unfolds.
The series' second play is Bruce Walsh's single-episode play "John Watson, PhD," which is set to begin the week of April 19. Inspired by a heist caper, this drama puts a new spin on Arthur Conan Doyle's characters.
Bring your headphones, smartphone, car (it's not all just walking from scene to scene this year) and sunscreen. If you would prefer to take a guided radio walk, make sure you call ahead, as spots are limited.
Find tickets and learn more about our Walkabout Radio Plays here.


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Mifflin/Juniata cross country PIAA results
By Kenny Varner Jr.
By BRIAN CARSON
HERSHEY – Juniata's Garrett Baublitz and Mifflin County's Brayden Harris and Chayce Macknair earned Top Ten finishes at the PIAA Cross Country Championships at the Parkview course on Saturday.
Baublitz improved upon ninth place a season ago to finish second in the boys 2A race. In Class 3A, Harris came in fourth with Macknair winning his second PIAA medal with an eighth-place finish. The Husky senior was 18th in 2017.
The Indian junior ran the course in 16:36, seven seconds off winner Jonah Powell of Grove City.
"I was hoping for somewhere between first and seventh, so finishing second in the state is great. I'm thrilled with that. I'm ecstatic," Baublitz said. "It was a great feeling. I did the same thing in track but this is more special to me. Track has always been my baby and cross country is a little tougher for me but this is really special. To be honest, I didn't think I'd get second today. I'm so happy. Words can't describe how I feel right now."
Baublitz was in fifth after the first mile with a time of 4:58, one second off the leader. He inched up to fourth at the two-mile mark in a time of 10:36. Baublitz turned on the juice in the last mile and with a strong kick passed two runners for second place.
"I was a little scared (on the last mile). They were putting on some surges and I didn't know if I could handle it but I got my confidence up and did what I had to do," Baublitz said. "There were a lot of surges. It was kind of chaotic. Lots of great action. It was an exciting race."
Harris, just a sophomore, crossed in a time of 16:22. For Harris, this season was all about redemption.
"I thought I did pretty good. I wanted to redeem myself from last year. I was too peaked out last year and I didn't even place in the top 25," Harris said. "I thought with my times I could be top five. This course is so different. You have to take the start super-fast to get into position, you have to maintain position and then at the end try to kick. It felt really nice. I'm glad I came in top five and met my goal. This is a redemption year and I'm still growing. I didn't expect to win it, but I wanted to keep my hopes up and finish top 25."
Harris was ninth after the mile mark with a time of 4:55. He was up to fifth at the two-mile mark and had enough kick to pass a Christian Fitch of Fox Chapel for fourth. With two years left to tackle the Parkview course, Harris already knows where he has to improve.
"I need to maintain better. It gets a little hectic out there, especially with the slippy conditions today. Going out there on those hills you have to maintain position and not run them too hard," Harris said. "I did a good job but at the start, I may have gone out a little too crazy. At the end, I always have a strong kick. They gave me a run for my money. Finishing top five motivates me for next year and into track season. I hope it motivates the other kids too."
Macknair made his last race at states a memorable one, finishing with a time of 16:36, beating by a wide margin his time and 18th place finish from a year ago. The Husky senior was 15th at the mile mark, 13th at the two-mile and emptied the tank down the stretch to garner a top ten spot.
"I feel good about placing top ten. I had some discomfort before and during the race. I really wanted to beat him (Harris) today so I'm not super-duper happy but I'm happy enough," Macknair said. "Top Ten, that's pretty good. There's a lot of elite company I'm with now being able to finish top ten in the triple-A race."
Four area athletes made the trip to states and despite solid performances by all came up short in their quest for a top 25 finish and a medal.
Mifflin County's Joy Galbraith, Lauren Kuykendall and Chase Sheaffer, along with Juniata's Emily Houtz took on the Parkview course.
Galbraith and Kuykendall, both seniors, made their final high school cross country run a solid one with Galbraith finishing in a time of 21:06 and Kuykendall crossing in 22:20 in the 3A race. Husky junior Chase Sheaffer made his second appearance at states a memorable one by besting his time from a year ago. Sheaffer finished the course in a time of 17:45.
Juniata freshman Houtz was satisfied with her first run at Hershey, despite the hills and the muddy course. She finished the 2A race in a time of 22:37.
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169 Marlborough (2014)
Lot 27′ x 112′ (3,024 sf)
169 Marlborough is located on the north side of Marlborough, between Dartmouth and Exeter, with 167 Marlborough to the east and 171 Marlborough to the west.
169 Marlborough was originally one of a pair of symmetrical houses (167-169 Marlborough) built in 1878, each three stories high (plus the basement level), with mansard roofs at the third floor, one story shorter than 171 Marlborough to the west. The two houses were designed by different architects and built by different builders, and over the years have been significantly altered. 169 Marlborough was remodeled first, in 1916, to remove the mansard roof on the third story, add a full fourth story, and add a partial fifth story at the rear. 167 Marlborough was remodeled in 1929 to expand the third story by eliminating the mansard roof and expanding an existing partial fourth story at the rear. It was further remodeled in 1980 to add a fourth story in the front and center of the house (connecting with the existing partial fourth story in the rear), with a new mansard roof in the front.
169 Marlborough was designed by architects Robert Gould Shaw and George Russell Shaw (of the firm of Shaw and Shaw) for their mother, Hannah (Buck) Shaw, the widow of attorney Samuel Parkman Shaw. It was built in built in 1878-1879 by Standish & Woodbury. Hannah Shaw previously had lived at 15 Louisburg Square. She is shown as the owner of 169 Marlborough on the original building permit application, dated July 9, 1878.
Hannah Shaw purchased the 27 foot wide lot for 169 Marlborough on June 15, 1878, from Henry Lee. It was composed of a 24 foot parcel to the west, part of a 50 foot wide lot he had purchased from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on April 25, 1871, and a 3 foot wide parcel at the east, part of a 30 foot wide lot he had purchased from Eben D. Jordan on May 1, 1871. The lot purchased from Eben D. Jordan was the western portion of a 100 foot wide lot he had acquired from William Thomas on March 9, 1870. William Thomas had acquired the lot on November 2, 1869, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Click here for an index to the deeds for 169 Marlborough, and click here for further information about the land between the north side of Marlborough and Alley 418, from Dartmouth to Exeter.
Hannah Shaw lived at 169 Marlborough until her death in June of 1898.
On January 5, 1899, 169 Marlborough was purchased from Hannah Shaw's estate by Miss Eliza Tileston Hemenway. She lived at 242 Beacon with her mother, Ellen (Tileston) Hemenway, the widow of Charles Porter Hemenway.
Eliza Hemenway married in April of 1899 to George Edward Cabot and they made 169 Marlborough their home. He previously had lived at 24 Marlborough. They also maintained a home in Manchester.
An electrical engineer by training, George Cabot became a real estate dealer, joining with his half-brother, Norman Winslow Cabot, and Francis Murray Forbes to form the real estate brokerage firm of Cabot, Cabot, and Forbes.
167-169 Marlborough (2014)
In the early 1900s, the Cabots added a brick rear ell designed by Peabody and Stearns. One sheet of plans for the addition is included in the Peabody and Stearns Collection in the Boston Public Library's Arts Department (reference PS/MA.039). The plans are undated, but the addition was built between 1902 and 1908 (it does not appear on the 1902 Bromley map but does appear on the 1908 map).
In March of 1916, Eliza Cabot applied for (and subsequently received) permission to remove the mansard roof on the third story, add a fourth story over the entire area of the house, and add a fifth story over the rear of the house. The remodeling was designed by architects Bigelow and Wadsworth. Plans for the remodeling — including elevations and floor plans — are included in the City of Boston Blueprints Collection in the Boston Public Library's Arts Department (reference BIN C-30).
In June of 1928, Eliza Cabot acquired 167 Marlborough. The Cabots remodeled the house and leased it to others.
In June of 1929, George Cabot applied for (and subsequently received) permission to widen and to cut two new windows into an existing ell at the rear of the property. The remodeling was designed by architects Bigelow, Wadsworth, Hubbard, and Smith.
Eliza Cabot died in November of 1944. George Cabot continued to live at 169 Marlborough until his death in April of 1946.
In 1947, 169 Marlborough was the Spanish Consulate.
On September 5, 1947, 167 Marlborough and 169 Marlborough were acquired from Eliza Cabot's estate by Glenwood J. Sherrard and Margaret S. Henderson, trustees of the 236 Beacon Street Trust. Glenwood Sherrard was the proprietor of the Parker House hotel, and Margaret Henderson was the wife of real estate dealer Elliott Henderson.
On December 3, 1947, 169 Marlborough was acquired from Glenwood Sherrard and Margaret Henderson by Denholm Muir Jacobs and his wife, Margaret (Bottomly) Jacobs.
In December of 1947, he applied for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the property from a single-family dwelling into five apartments. The Jacobses lived in one of the apartments. They previously had lived briefly at 31 Commonwealth, as lodgers, and before that in Pennsylvania.
On April 12, 1949, 169 Marlborough was acquired from the Jacobses by Margaret Jacobs's mother, Margaret H. (Dunn) Spencer Bottomly, the widow of Arthur C. Spencer, a lawyer, who had died in January of 1909, and of Robert J. Bottomly, also a lawyer, who had died in November of 1948. Prior to his death, the Bottomlys had lived in an apartment at 370 Beacon. The Jacobses moved from 169 Marlborough and by the early 1950s were living in Waban.
Margaret Bottomly continued to live at 169 Marlborough until her death in August of 1971.
The property changed hands, remaining an apartment building, and on February 18, 2011, was acquired by the 169 LLC (Matthew W. Piccione, manager).
On July 24, 2012, the 169 LLC converted the property into three condominium units, the 169 Marlborough Street Condominium.


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Tomorrow's Business: 3rd February 2020
Big banks and fund managers have urged the London Stock Exchange to push back its opening by an hour and a half, as the bourse considers trimming one of the longest trading days in the world. The suggestion comes as the LSE canvasses market opinion about making a change to its hours for the first time in 20 years. Markets in London are active from 8am until 4.30pm at present. But the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme), which represents banks, and the Investment Association, which speaks on behalf of asset managers, both want the LSE to open at 9:30am and close seven hours later. The two industry lobby groups have been leading the charge to cut the opening hours for Europe's largest stock market because, they say, the current eight-and-a half-hour day does little to help them easily buy and sell shares without affecting the market price. They also argue that such long hours are out of step with changing attitudes to mental health and employees' work-life balance. London's continuous trading day is harmonised with counterparts in Europe and designed to overlap with the trading hours of Asia and North America. By contrast rival exchanges in New York and Japan, which have bigger market capitalisations than London, conduct their business in two fewer hours. Hong Kong and Tokyo also break for lunch. Opening to meet demand from Asia was unnecessary, the lobby groups said. "In practice there is no discernible benefit . . . The overlap with Asia that exists for only part of the year — during the summertime — is not considered to be statistically significant." Many investors and banks want to keep the market open in the afternoon to meet demand from the US. The final hour of its working day is typically the busiest in London. The LSE has proposed four alternatives to its current schedule. Its seven-week consultation period closes on Friday. Afme and the IA backed a 9am-to-4pm option but made another suggestion not offered by the LSE: 9.30am to 4.30pm, which would keep the overlap with the US market but still cut the day by 90 minutes. The groups said they had received support from more fund managers and banks in Europe and the UK for the 9.30am start. "While [it] was initially dismissed as unappealing, there is far more acceptance than we had initially assumed," they said. To support their push, the groups have recommended a harmonised pilot programme across all stocks and major exchanges and trading venues for 12 months to examine the impact on markets and companies. The groups also suggested that the LSE make changes to its Regulatory News Service, a newswire through which companies distribute sensitive information such as earnings, deals and personnel changes. They recommended that releases be limited to a window 60-90 minutes prior to the market open. That would mean an 8am start at the earliest, compared with the current 7am.


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This documentary takes the "Innocent Man on Texas Death Row" tale to a dark corner feared by all - - proving that an innocent man has been executed by the State. A clash between good and evi... Read allThis documentary takes the "Innocent Man on Texas Death Row" tale to a dark corner feared by all - - proving that an innocent man has been executed by the State. A clash between good and evil strikes up on the High Plains of Texas when Johnny Frank Garrett, a 17 year old retarded... Read allThis documentary takes the "Innocent Man on Texas Death Row" tale to a dark corner feared by all - - proving that an innocent man has been executed by the State. A clash between good and evil strikes up on the High Plains of Texas when Johnny Frank Garrett, a 17 year old retarded boy is arrested, convicted and ultimately executed for the Halloween night rape, mutilati... Read all
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Southern Fried Bride
This movie left me chilled to the bone. I have seen documentaries about wrongful convictions and eyewitness errors but never have I seen such a lynching. The most jaw dropping moment was an interview with the defense attorney who did not present a case and didn't even know that he could have asked for money from the state to do an investigation. He did no investigation. He has a look of sympathy and ignorance and guilt that is shocking. His confession can only be surmised as a request for forgiveness in order to make peace with his soul. The mother recounts the details of the arrest of her son and the fear and disbelief is displayed with a helplessness that is heartbreaking. The boy is 17 and considered "retarded" and a past that would explain severe trauma but not violence. The attorneys, police and the judges seem comfortable to circumvent the law and I am reminded of a line from the Denzel Washington movie, "Hurricane." The Police stopped and told him,"We're looking for two negroes in a white car." Hurricane responded, "Any two will do? The injustice becomes unbelievable and the director effectively invokes a feeling that something evil and unholy is going on. Religion is used as an important theme with the Catholic Church fighting for clemency and religious fanatics hell bent on the electric chair, each one claiming to be in Jesus Camp. Good and evil fighting for the soul and who does God side with?
The injustice and incompetence will have you on the edge of your bed and then you find out that something evil and unholy IS going on. The execution isn't the final blow.
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What is the English language plot outline for The Last Word (2008)?