New DVD Documentary Tells the Real Story of Ursula Kemp - The Witch Who Wouldn't Stay Buried

Essex, UK (PRWEB UK) 24 January 2012

John Worland first heard of the story of Ursula when researching for the film WitchFinder, which he co-produced and directed.

Over several years, John has dedicated many hours gathering material from archive sources both locally and nationally. Through consulting experts and interviewing many people involved in this remarkable story he has managed to piece together a faithful and revealing account of Ursula Kemp and a 430 year old skeleton forced to become a sideshow and a collection piece for over 90 years.

?I?ve always been less than certain that the remains that were first uncovered in 1921 were Ursula?s, but whoever?s skeleton it was, I felt they had spent far too long above ground and should be returned back to their resting place,? explains John.

When finally exhumed from the ground In St Osyth in 1963, ?Ursula?s? skeleton was bought by the museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall where it was exhibited for over 33 years. It was then sold onto a collector and artist Robert Lenkiewicz and became tied up in his estate after the artist?s death in 2002.

John Worland fought to get the skeleton released. He eventually succeeded and, after extensive examination of the bones and with the cooperation of the Parish Council of St Osyth, was able to re-bury the remains.

John continues: ?The film documents a 16th century travesty of justice and an example of how hysteria can have devastating effects, as well as reminding us that sadly this kind of discrimination and judgement still goes on today. It also examines hard evidence and beyond any hype reaches its own conclusion based on facts.?

And now the secrets can now be revealed.

This groundbreaking DVD reveals the recent findings which show the astonishing truth about the St Osyth skeleton.

The DVD is available to buy now for ?15 plus ?1.50 UK post and packaging at the Ursula Kemp website.

Editors Notes

????John Worland has been in the video production industry for many years, having won prestigious awards such as a JVC National award for short documentary category, a fellowship award of the Institute of Videography and winner of a regional BAFTA competition for a short film.

????Award-winning documentary maker John Worland has a long-standing interest in 16-17th century witch hunting in the East of England. John Worland?s previous film Witch Finder was co-produced with Kerry King. Filmed in and around Manningtree, Essex, it was based on Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed ?Witch Finder General? in 1645.

For more information about this extraordinary project, for feature articles, images, interviews with John Worland or details about the film preview please contact: Kate Everett (press office) on 0845 5272801 or John Worland on 01206 241820.

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Greenwood Communities & Resorts, Parent Company of Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, Acquires One of Hilton Head?s Top Real Estate Firms

Greenwood, SC (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Greenwood Communities & Resorts, owner of Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, has acquired Dunes Marketing Group, one of the oldest and largest real estate companies on Hilton Head Island.

The acquisition will expand Greenwood?s Hilton Head Island services to include real estate sales and will add a fully-integrated real estate sales force to the company?s team. It will also allow Palmetto Dunes to better connect with property owners within the resort, and likewise, Dunes Marketing Group will have increased capabilities to interact with visitors to one of Hilton Head?s busiest destinations.

Dunes Marketing Group has a 30-year history with Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, serving as Greenwood?s exclusive real estate agency on Hilton Head Island. It is the top real estate brokerage firm in Palmetto Dunes, Leamington and Shelter Cove. The company, which currently works with 50 Realtors and expects to grow, has sold $ 5 billion of real estate since its founding in 1979.

?The acquisition of Dunes Marketing Group will expand our service offering within Palmetto Dunes,? says Jay Nexsen, president of Greenwood Communities & Resorts. ?Dunes Marketing Group has a name, heritage and reputation we can leverage into more business opportunities within Palmetto Dunes and throughout Hilton Head Island.?

?We are excited about all the new opportunities this will afford Dunes Marketing Group and its Realtors, including better access to resort guests, new technology capabilities and a greater depth of resources,? says Bill Baldwin, broker-in-charge at Dunes Marketing Group.

Dunes Marketing Group will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenwood Communities & Resorts and Baldwin will continue to lead Dunes Marketing Group in his current position as director of sales and marketing and will become the broker-in-charge. For more information about Dunes Marketing Group, please visit http://www.DunesMarketing.com

About Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort

Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort is a 2,000-acre resort destination located in the middle of Hilton Head Island, S.C., bounded by 3 miles of Atlantic Ocean beach on one side and a sheltered Intracoastal Waterway marina on the other. The resort features three world-class golf courses, an award-winning tennis center, an 11-mile inland salt-water lagoon waterway for kayaking and fishing, the Mediterranean-style Shelter Cove Harbour deep-water marina with shopping and dining, and an outdoor adventure center for bike rentals, canoes, kayaks, fishing and much more. The marina is also home to a wide variety of charters including nature cruises, dolphin tours, sport crabbing and fishing. For information about activities or reservations, please call 877-567-6513 or visit http://www.palmettodunes.com.

About Greenwood Communities & Resorts

Based in Greenwood, S.C., Greenwood Communities & Resorts has been a leader in the creation and management of award-winning residential and resort communities in the southeastern United States since 1978. Beginning with the award-winning Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C., and now including communities like The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Big Canoe near Atlanta and The Ponds in Charleston, Greenwood?s mission has always been to create memorable places that foster meaningful and fulfilling lives. For more information, please call 843-785-1106 or visit http://www.greenwoodcr.com.????????

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Bit Stew Systems Announces Grid Director 3.0 ? Real Time Grid Analytics and Operations Platform

Vancouver, British Columbia (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Bit Stew Systems, Inc. (Bit Stew), a leading provider of smart energy software to the utility industry, today announced its ground breaking Grid Director 3.0 Platform. Grid Director 3.0 is the most advanced smart grid operations management platform that features real-time grid analytics, high performance event correlation, on-demand management and control as well as a fully searchable interactive grid and event map. Often categorized as a ?manager of managers?, Grid Director is establishing itself as a leader in this exciting market segment.

The Grid Director platform is already in production at major North American Utilities and Version 3.0 brings a wealth of new features to our existing customers. Based on a recent independent study, Grid Director was rated as the best in class software application for real-time grid analytics and operations management.

?We have taken an innovative approach to solving an immediate utility need for filtering out the noise, getting to the root cause of problems, streamlining operations and visualizing events directly on the grid in an extremely intuitive application? explains Kevin Collins, Founder and CEO, ?We have blended a network and business management approach with deep domain expertise to deliver a highly scalable, big data - big analytics application.?

Delivered as an on-premise solution or as a SaaS application, Grid Director supports all major AMI vendors including Itron, Silver Spring Networks, Elster, and Sensus to name a few. The core platform provides for rapid implementation and easily connects to utility OT and IT applications including legacy systems, ERP, MDM, Distribution SCADA, time series information and other operational systems that are commonly found in the utility environment. Grid Director 3.0 provides significant performance, usability and development capabilities that extend the platform. The application also supports standards such as IEC CIM and OpenADR.

?We have been overwhelmed by the positive feedback we have received on Grid Director to date, ?explains Alex Clark, Founder & CTO, ?the platform was built from the ground up to scale and to easily integrate with other utility applications.?

"In addition to it?s out of the box functionality, Grid Director also comes with its own powerful Software Development Kit," comments Jett Winter, VP Sales & Marketing, "we have partners and customers building their own applications right on top of Grid Director today.?

Founded in 2005, Bit Stew Systems started with the vision of building a robust scalable software platform that provides real-time analytics, dynamic event management and a fast and easy way to integrate other applications. Today Bit Stew is setting the energy industry standard with its Grid Director 3.0 Platform ? a world of real-time customer interaction, automated workforce deployment, and a single view into the smart grid.

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