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Does Oscar The Cat Have A Sixth Sense?

Does Oscar The Cat Have A Sixth Sense?

When the administrators of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, adopted six 'therapy' cats from an animal shelter, they had no idea that among them was one that possessed an uncanny sixth sense to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients.
Oscar the tabby cat's story begins in 2005, when the newly born kitten was placed on third floor of the nursing center, home to patients that are in the last stages of illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer. The kitten spent the first year lazing around and watching the bustling activity around him. Then, just before his first birthday, Oscar began visiting each of the 41-patients on the floor regularly, just like the doctors and nurses did.


Initially, the hospital staff did not pay much attention to the feline's behavior. However, after some of the people that Oscar was snuggled next to passed away, they began to notice a pattern - the cat only went close to those that were a few hours away from dying. Otherwise, he would curl up on a desk and spend the day sleeping.
To test if it was just a coincidence, the staff tried to place Oscar next to a patient they believed was close to dying. But the paranormal cat refused to stay put and decided to snuggle next to someone else. Turns out he was right because 'his' patient died that same evening, while the one whose death the nurses had thought was imminent, lived on for another two days.

Movie Challenge Reflection

Movie 

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Movie Challenge reflection

What your group did well? Working well together.

What would YOU do differently next time? Spend more time editing our movie and Make sure everyone has a job to do.

Based on the criteria, how would you improve your movie if we gave you time. Do some different camera angles.

Criteria:

Teamwork

Able to work collaboratively as a team to produce a movie

Quality of message -

Life Ed theme. Shows understanding or learning from Life Ed programme

Able to use film making conventions

Camera angles, dramatic intention

Sound quality

Ability to ensure all dialogue is heard

Felt rock video.

Waimarino

I can hear people screaming as they jump of the wooden platform into the freezing cold water, I start to shake as people are scrambling to get up onto me. I can see other people on the blob and when they get blobbed into the water a big wave comes and rocks me around and I hear all the people on me scream, then I hear a big splash as one of the people that where on me falls off. Suddenly I hear someone shout "Times up!!" Then I hear a splash then another as people are jumping of me or sliding down me. Once everyone is off me I float back up to the surface until I hear another splash, and start shaking again.

Life Ed

Addiction is when you have something for the first time and you feel fantastic and then it makes you feel bad then you have another and another so you feel good then bad good then bad until you feel the same every time.