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Leptoglossus phyllopus or Eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug (L. occidentalis. The Eastern leaf-footed bug is found throughout the southern United States, from Florida to California, through Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica.

Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in classical music, the final movements of instrumental pieces—the finales—were almost always in fast tempos, and they usually ended loud, and emphatically.

Charles Duell inherited the historic properties Middleton Place and the Edmondston-Alston House, Charleston, SC, in 1969. He was 31 years old.A graduate of Yale, he had begun a career in finance on Wall Street. But the circumstances of his sudden inheritance compelled him to leave New York City and move his family to South Carolina. There he would take up the challenge of reviving the houses, gardens, and forestlands of his forebears. He convinced countless relatives, friends, and associates to work with him. Virginia Beach, author of American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place, and Tracey Todd, President and CEO of Middleton Place Foundation, talk with Walter Edgar about Duel’s decision to preserve the family seat of his ancestors, and the journey toward its sustainability.

“G” is for Gary, Martin Witherspoon (1831-1881). Soldier, politician.

"F” is for Figg, Robert McCormick, Jr. (1901-1991). Lawyer, public servant, legal educator.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Sarah Miller about research related to the use of digital technology to help patients manage COPD. Dr. Miller is a respiratory physiologist and Nurse Scientist in the College of Nursing at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Mary Noreen Herring about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of foot drop. Dr. Herring is an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine and she’s a physician specializing in neurological rehabilitation at MUSC.

The stock market has been experiencing many large swings lately, both ups and downs…though mainly downs. In this uncertain environment, what are the experts advising? Mike Switzer interviews Peter Nielsen, a chartered financial analyst at Independent Solutions Wealth Management in Greer, SC and a member of the South Carolina Chapter of the CFA Society.

The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. It is the only species in the genus Elanoides. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round.

Composers often call for repeats, in their music, for whole sections of their pieces to be played twice. And the question is: what’s the point?