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DeGray Lake Resort is 'Isle of Paradise'
By Kelly Farrell, park interpreter
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

Arkansas's 32nd state park, DeGray Lake Resort, is just that -- a resort. The park, set in the scenic Ouachita Mountains on 13,800-acre DeGray Lake, offers a 96-room lodge, 18-hole golf course, a marina with various rental boats, tennis courts, horseback rides, hiking trails, 113 Class-A campsites, pavilions and picnic sites. The park also provides year-round interpretive programs and events. For more information, call (501) 865-2801 or visit

Standing on the shoreline of DeGray Lake, visitors can only imagine the landscape before the creation of the reservoir. Fifty years ago, rich farm and timberland covered the valley of the free-flowing Caddo River.

How does a place that was once land become a lake? In DeGray's case, it literally took an act of Congress. In 1950, the United States Congress passed the Rivers and Harbors Act for the purpose of "authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes."

DeGray Dam is one feature in a comprehensive plan for the Ouachita River Basin, which was implemented and is still operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Originally approved as a flood control project, DeGray Lake was later authorized to become an industrial and municipal water supply, a source of hydroelectric power generation, and a recreation area. Construction of the dam began in 1963 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of nearly $64 million.

When viewed from the lakeside, the dam appears to be merely a pile of rocks. Perhaps the best way to fully appreciate the dam is from the Corps of Engineers Visitor Center's viewing deck, which overlooks the entire structure, affording both lakeside and downstream views. From this vantage point, it is easier to comprehend the fact that the dam, which measures 3,400 feet in length and rises 243 feet above the riverbed, contains about seven million cubic yards of compacted earth fill.

In 1971 the federal government came to an agreement with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism in which the state would lease 938 acres for a period of 99 years to construct and manage a resort and recreation area. Funding for a portion of the park's construction came from economic development grants because the lodge and resort were expected to become an economic stimulus for Hot Spring and Clark counties.

Construction of the park began in 1972, and the site was dedicated on April 25, 1976. According to DeGray's superintendent, Chris Snodgrass, the park has proven beneficial for the surrounding community.

Today, DeGray remains a benchmark of the Arkansas State Parks system. Perhaps its most attractive feature is that the park offers something for everyone, Snodgrass said. Local residents from Arkadelphia, Bismarck and surrounding communities take full advantage of pavilions, restrooms, picnic tables, and beachfront facilities at the park's Caddo Bend Day-Use Area. And those who desire overnight accommodations certainly have plenty of choices. The park offers 113 Class-A campsites, which include water and electric utilities and accommodate RVs, camping trailers and tents.

Visitors who enjoy camping but don't have the necessary gear can rent a Year-Round Universal Recreational Tent, or YURT. The YURT is essentially a large, round tent that contains bunk beds for six, lanterns and stove, an ice chest, table and chairs, and a decked floor.

Those seeking more comfortable accommodations will find them at the newly renovated, 96-room DeGray Lodge, which overlooks the lake. Amenities include a 500-seat convention center, gift shop, business center, new fitness room, swimming pool and hot tub.

"Since the passing of Amendment 75, the 1/8-cent Conservation Tax, we have spent over 10 million dollars improving DeGray Lake Resort State Park," Snodgrass said. Visitors will see marked improvements in the lodge, convention center, golf course, marina, day-use area, campground shower houses, and other areas around the park.

With money from Amendment 75, several of the park's facilities have been made barrier-free or otherwise more accessible to visitors with disabilities. In addition, improvements have been made to the park's infrastructure, such as the water plant and computer system.

"If you haven't seen DeGray in the last three or four years," Snodgrass said, "then you haven't seen the park. There's literally that much improvement, and visitors returning after a long absence are consistently amazed."

Many arrive at DeGray looking for a "resort" experience -- one that includes activities such as lodging, golfing and boating. Others seek out a more natural experience, expecting to camp, fish and relax in nature. Most are pleasantly surprised to learn that the two can, and do, co-exist at DeGray.

"DeGray was established as a recreational resort park," Snodgrass said. "And so often the naturalness of the park is overlooked. The wide variety of waterfowl, wildlife, wildflowers, et cetera, surprises people when they discover it in a park with paved roads, a mowed and manicured golf course, and a modern hotel-type lodge."

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Dinosaurs died because of climate change caused by their farts

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  1. Wordsmith

    Wordsmith LE Book Reviewer

    One of the bizarre theories I've seen for some time.

    Dinosaurs 'produced enough flatulence to force climate change' | Mail Online

    Puts our modern day farting into perspective...

  2. Tremaine

    Excuse me..any chance of that working on illegal immigrants? Sorry, crack on. Two sugars is it? biscuits? That's the door I think
  3. the_boy_syrup

    the_boy_syrup LE Book Reviewer

    No climate change is a new thing.
    We must build more windmills to save the world.
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  4. chocolate_frog

    Only as crazy as the 'asteroid' theory...

    We know something caused a change in climate, and the dinos died and turned to oil.
  5. cernunnos

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    If you weigh 14 tonnes and all you have to eat is fucking broccoli trees, well what can you do?

    The coal reserves was in fact a global attempt made my the dinosaurs to provide the earth with a giant odour eater......
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  6. Drlligaf

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    Now if the QM had issued all the dinos with lighters, they could have burned off the methane. As the resulting CO2 is less of a climate killer than methane, then the dinos would still be alive today.
  7. Blowfish

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    The team calculated the animals would have collectively produced more than 520m tons of methane a year - more than all today's modern sources put together. It is thought these huge amounts could easily have been enough to warm the planet. It is even possible that the climate change was so catastrophic that it caused the dinosaurs eventual demise.

    Does this mean that the Dinosaurs use to blow their own trumpet
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  8. chocolate_frog

    you should only blow your own trumpet...
  9. fu2

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    working on that theory my bedroom should be warmer than the gobi desert.
  10. Trans-sane

    Trans-sane LE Book Reviewer

    If I could blow my own trumpet I wouldn't need my lass to do it for me.
  11. Nobby Sapper

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    Some people get paid good money to come up with this sort of shitty research answers.
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  12. bokkatankie

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    Any one remember the good old game of dutch ovens? Great stuff, fart, hold wife under duvet until she cries surrender.

    Alternative was shower game, bit like above but feed poisonous gas into shower outlet, on balance far more effective than dutch ovens, only downside was lack of long term fun.
  13. uncle_vanya

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    ah, well. It must have been added to with all those Heiniken, pickled eggs and pickled onion eating and farting contests held in various NAAFI bars in Germany through the 1960s and 1970s that probably brought the Berlin Wall down eventually, and caused communisms to fail.... Hmmm, now is that correct?
  14. Nobby Sapper

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    Didn't old Heinrich hold the copyright to that game?
  15. bokkatankie

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    No patent, so fair game and I have checked!


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Technical Abstract: NutrimX is a new source of soluble beta-glucan ingredients for use in food and nutraceutical supplements. It can add health claim to food, extend the shelf life, improve texture, and create new products. NutrimX from oat flour is called Nutrim-5, and pilot plant quantities are available for evaluation. Besides increasing nutritional quality, Nutrim-5 can increase the health benefits of foods. Licenses for manufacture or import/export of NutrimX are available.

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item Liu, Ge
item Van Tassell, Curtis
item Sonstegard, Tad
item Matukumalli, Lakshmi - GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
item Shade, Larry

Submitted to: BARC Poster Day
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: April 21, 2005
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
Citation: Liu, G., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Matukumalli, L.K., Shade, L.L. 2005. Comparative genomics:genomic variation between bovine and human genomes [abstract]. BARC Poster Day. p. 32.

Technical Abstract: Cattle researchers have accumulated hundreds of quantitative traits loci (QTL) waiting for the candidate gene identification. But only a few successful examples of gene cloning exist because the conventional process of gene discovery and functional verification is slow and tedious. Bovine Genome Project is working to sequence and annotate the genome of the cow, Bos taurus using a whole genome shotgun approach. It generates a promise to accelerate the gene cloning process in cattle. However, the whole genome shotgun assembly of the cow is less than perfect at the current coverage: it contains gaps and collapses of duplicated and repetitive sequences; the order and orientation of contigs are determined by overlay on human genome. We designed a combined computational strategy to overcome the above limitation. First, we plan to check the cow BAC span/orientation concordance or discordance after the optimal placement of cow BAC end pairs on the human genome. The pairing of cow BAC ends allows us to detect large-scale evolutionary events like insertion, deletion, inversions and rearrangements between bovine and human genomes. Next, we plan to perform a detailed comparative analysis directly on cattle-human genomic sequence alignment in individual genomic regions of high priorities. We will calculate mutation rates to screen for the genes under adaptive evolution or positive selection. We will compare cattle-human orthologous fragments to reveal the change of the genome sizes and the potential contribution from retrotranspositions. PCR, FISH and Southern blotting experiments will be planned to confirm these in silico predictions. We will exam the distribution of those events, investigate those genes which are altered and cluster them into functional groups. These studies could directly translate into candidate gene and mutation identification for economic traits and disease resistance in cattle. They would also provide insights regarding genome evolution and function, which could serve as the starting point for understanding how the genomic variation contributes to diverse phenotypes and diseases.

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Title: Disinfestation by Fumigation

item Hallman, Guy

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: July 27, 2007
Publication Date: December 21, 2007
Citation: Heather, N., Hallman, G.J. 2007. Disinfestation by Fumigation. In: Pest Management and Phytosanitary Trade Barriers. Wallingford, UK:CAB International, p. 153-170.

Technical Abstract: This book chapter by Neil Heather and Guy Hallman, in “Pest Management and Phytosanitary Trade Barriers,” CABI Press, covers gaseous chemical treatments. Fumigants have been the mainstays of phytosanitary treatments for decades, but the loss of one key fumigant, ethylene dibromide, in the mid-1980’s and the increased restriction of another, methyl bromide, presently has resulted in an extensive search for alternatives. Emphasis was initially placed on non-chemical alternatives, such as heat, cold, modified atmospheres and irradiation, but lack of progress in some areas has resulted in a rekindling of interest in fumigants, including new formulations of old fumigants and new fumigants altogether. Dilute concentrations of phosphine applied as a gas with or without carbon dioxide seems promising as does ethyl formate.

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Research Project: OPTIMIZING THE BIOLOGY OF THE ANIMAL-PLANT INTERFACE FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY OF FORAGE-BASED ANIMAL ENTERPRISES Title: Steer consumption and ergovaline recovery from in vitro digested residues of tall fescue seedheads

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item Aiken, Glen
item Witt, W -
item Sleugh, B -
item Burch, P -

Submitted to: Crop Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: November 22, 2011
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Citation: Goff, B.M., Aiken, G.E., Witt, W.W., Sleugh, B.B., Burch, P. 2012. Steer consumption and ergovaline recovery from in vitro digested residues of tall fescue seedheads. Crop Science. 52:1437-1440.

Interpretive Summary: Tall fescue toxicosis is a common condition among cattle and other animals grazing tall fescue pastures within the transition zone of the United States between the temperate northeast and the subtropical southeast. This common forage grass is known to have a mutualistic relationship with a fungal endophyte that results in the production of ergot alkaloids. Ergot alkaloids are believed to be responsible for the common symptoms of fescue toxicosis, such as elevated body temperatures, rough hair coat, and poor weight gain. Among the various types of ergot alkaloids produced by the fungal endophyte, ergovaline, has been implicated as being the most potent in affecting animal physiology. Ergovaline concentrations can be three times greater in seedheads than in leaf tissue, making the reproductive growth of the grass a management concern because cattle selectively graze fescue seed heads. An experiment was conducted to quantify the degree to which cattle consumed tall fescue seedheads during grazing and to determine the amount of ergovaline that could be potentially released from seeds during digestion. Findings from this study indicate that Steers grazed off approximately 80 % of the seedheads during the early summer months when seed heads contained their highest ergovaline concentrations. Release of ergovaline from seed tissues during in vitro digestion was nearly 100%. Results indicated that consumed seed heads are a major source of ergovaline in cattle. Management to control the emergence of fescue seed head could have major implications in improving the weight gain and well being of cattle grazed on endophyte-infected pastures.

Technical Abstract: Ergot alkaloids produced by the endophyte [Neotyphodium coenophialum (Morgan-Jones and Gams) Glenn, Bacon, and Hanlin] of tall fescue [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.] are a common problem faced by cattle producers. These toxins are concentrated within seedheads of tall fescue tillers, which cattle were observed to selectively graze. There appears to be little research showing the extent that alkaloids are released from developing seedheads during digestion. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the extent at which tall fescue seedheads were removed by cattle during the growing season and to estimate the amount of ergovaline that is potentially released from these tissues into the rumen. Reproductive tillers were collected from endophyte-infected tall fescue pastures during the summer of 2010. The amount of seedheads that were grazed by steers was also monitored at this time. Seeds were digested with a two-stage acid-pepsin procedure and ergovaline concentrations were determined using an HPLC method. By 4 June, 60.7 ± 2.87% of seedheads within the pastures had been grazed, and increased to nearly 80 ± 0.82% two weeks later. Ergovaline concentrations of seedheads increased throughout the season and were highest in mid-June. The percentage of ergovaline released from seedheads collected in mid-June was reduced compared to other dates, but the difference was small. The results of this study indicate that ergovaline concentrations of tall fescue seedheads may contribute greatly to the symptoms of tall fescue toxicosis, and management strategies should be aimed at controlling reproductive growth of the grass.

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item McCarty, Jack
item Cheatham, Chris - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV

Submitted to: Applied Statistics In Agriculture Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: September 23, 2000
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Interpretive Summary: Most traits that are important to plant breeders in cotton are controlled by many genes each with small effects. These are called quantitative traits, i.e., the trait is expressed in a continuous or quantitative manner. There are also traits controlled by single genes which are called qualitative traits, i.e., the trait is either present or absent. Sometimes these single qualitative genes are linked to, or have a measurable effect, on important quantitative traits. One easily classified major qualitative gene in cotton controls leaf shape with either a normal or an okra leaf being expressed. We developed a statistical and mathematical model to separate single gene effects on quantitative traits from the available additive-dominance models currently used by plant breeders. With our model we measured the effect of the okra leaf gene on quantitative traits such as specific fiber properties of micronaire, elongation, or strength. Using our model we detected a significant and positive effect of the okra leaf gene on fiber strength and a significant negative effect on micronaire. Our model is general and can be used to determine the effect on any qualitative marker, whether morphological or molecular, and separate its effect from the traditional additive-dominance model effects of quantitative traits.

Technical Abstract: Separation of single gene and polygenic effects would be useful in crop improvement. In this study, additive-dominance model with a single qualitative gene based on diallel crosses of parents and progeny F1s (or F2s) was examined. The mixed linear model approach, minimum norm quadratic unbiased estimation (MINQUE), was used to estimate the variance and covariance components and single gene effects. Monte Carlo simulation was used to evaluate the efficiency of each parameter estimated from the MINQUE approach for this genetic model. The results of 200 simulations indicated that estimates of variance components and single gene effects were unbiased when setting different single gene effects for parents and F1s (or F2s). Results also indicated that estimates of variance and single gene effects were very similar for both genetic populations. Therefore, single gene effects could be effectively separated and estimated by this approach. This research should aid the extension of this model to cases that involve multiple linked or unlinked genes (or genetic markers) and other complex polygenic models. For illustration, a real data set comprised of eight parents of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with a normal leaf and one parent with okra leaf, and their 44 F2s was used to estimate the variance components and the genetic effects of the okra leaf gene on fiber traits.

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Research Project: RESPONSE OF DIVERSE RICE GERMPLASM TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES Title: Crop performance and weed suppression by weed-suppressive rice cultivars in furrow- and flood-irrigated systems under reduced herbicide inputs

item Gealy, David
item Anders, Merle -
item Watkins, Bradley -
item Duke, Sara

Submitted to: Weed Science
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Publication Acceptance Date: October 31, 2013
Publication Date: January 6, 2014
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Citation: Gealy, D.R., Anders, M., Watkins, B., Duke, S.E. 2014. Crop performance and weed suppression by weed-suppressive rice cultivars in furrow- and flood-irrigated systems under reduced herbicide inputs. Weed Science. 62(2):303-320.

Interpretive Summary: Weeds are a major problem on rice farms throughout the world. On top of this, weeds are becoming an even trickier problem because some of them have developed "resistance" to the herbicides used to kill them. Rice production is also becoming potentially less sustainable because the abundant quantities of flood-irrigation water necessary for healthy crop growth are more and more difficult to obtain and less and less affordable. We are attempting to counter both of these undesirable trends by indentifying special rice varieties that can produce high yields with less water, and also control weeds naturally. In a three-year experiment, we compared the rice yields and weed control potential of seven varieties supplied with traditional "flood" irrigation, which consumes very large amounts of water, to an alternative "furrow" irrigation system, which consumes much less water. In these fields, "traditional" rates of herbicide were also compared to "reduced" rates. A commercial hybrid rice variety and a variety known to release weed-fighting chemicals called "allelochemicals" produced the highest rice yields and the best weed control in both irrigation systems. However, rice yields with furrow irrigation were only about one-fourth as high as with traditional flooding, which indicated weeds and other sources of "stress" can severely limit production in the absence of a flood. When treated with "reduced" rates of herbicide, the high-yielding, weed-suppressive varieties controlled weeds just as well as the lowest-yielding, non-suppressive varieties did when they were treated with "high" rates of herbicide. Our findings indicate that some weed-suppressive varieties have a natural ability to recover from situations in which herbicides fail to control weeds as expected. This work is important because it demonstrated that these high-yielding, weed-suppressive varieties might be able to thrive better than most of our existing varieties in rice fields managed with reduced amounts of irrigation water or herbicides, or on organic production farms which limit the use of weed control chemicals.

Technical Abstract: Weed control in rice is challenging, particularly in light of increased resistance to herbicides in weed populations and diminishing availability of irrigation water. Certain indica rice cultivars can produce high yields and suppress weeds in conventional flood-irrigated, drill-seeded systems in the southern U.S. under reduced herbicide inputs, but their response to reduced irrigation inputs in these systems in not known. Rice productivity and weed control by weed-suppressive cultivars and conventional non-suppressive cultivars were evaluated in a non-flooded furrow-irrigated (FU) system and a conventionally flooded (FL) system under three levels of weed management (herbicide inputs) in a three-year field study. Rice yields across all weed management levels yielded approx. 76% less in the FU system than in the FL system. The allelopathic indica cultivar PI 312777 and commercial hybrid rice CLXL729 generally produced the highest grain yields and greatest suppression of barnyardgrass in both irrigation systems. Bengal and Wells were the top yielding conventional cultivars, while Lemont and CL171AR yielded the least. Weed suppression by PI 312777 and CLXL729 under "medium" weed management was equivalent to that of Lemont and CL171AR at the "high" management level, suggesting that the weed-suppressive cultivars may be able to compensate for suboptimal herbicide inputs or incomplete weed control.

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Water Dreaming

TJUPURRULA, Johnny Warangkula
Australia, c.1925 - 2001
Luritja people, Northern Territory

Water Dreaming

1974, Papunya, Northern Territory

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Elder Bequest Fund 1984

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

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How to meditate in noisy places?

If you’re one of those people who are bothered, distracted, irritated and annoyed by noise when you’re meditating you can take comfort in the fact that you’re not the only one. Many people including some long-term meditators still experience irritiation when confronted by noise. But here are some tips that will work for you.

Dealing With The Noise Outside

#1 - Acknoledge the noice and stop fighting it

Sri Sri says, "What you resist, persists!". Which means that the more you fight the noise, the more you push it away, the more it will bother you.

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So what do you do? You rather become aware of it and acknowledge it. You gradually take your attention towards the noisy environment and observe each sound and then return to your breath. This brings your mind to the present moment and helps your mind settle down. Then there comes a point when you transcend this noise, and it stops bothering you.

#2 - Slip Headphones Over Your Ears

If you are new to the meditation practice and find it hard to do the above initially, a ticck that might work for you is to simply slip headphones over your ears and turn on a guided meditation on your phone.

Dealing With Noise Inside Your Mind?

If you are the kinds who had a lot of thoughts during meditation then the below ways can help you shut down the noisy chatter and meditate peacefully.

#1 Physical Exersise

Doing a little bit of physical exercise such as yoga postures will help release the restlessness in your body and mind. This will bring stillness in the body, silence the mind.

Doing a few minutes of pranayama would also add to the positive effect.

#2 Food That You Eat

Eating a vegetarian diet full of green vegetables, fruits, pulses and grains is advisable for a better experience.

#3 Do Not Fight Back The Chatter

Once again, the key is accepting. Normally when our mind is full of endless thoughts, we either try to resist them or we get into a constant chatter with ourselves and we start judging them as good and bad thoughts. Resisting thoughts does not help because they keep coming back (What you resist, persists!). But when we accept the thoughts as they come, we transcend to the witness consciousness. This brings the mind to the present moment and helps it to settle down.

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So, the secret in a single line is become Aware, Observe and Accept. Then you transcend and emerge with an unshakeable smile.

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touching the sounds of silence

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The history of art could be summed up as the visualization of what cannot be visualized. It is a history of ideas, a tracing of cultures and societal considerations recorded in unique objects and images, that exist purely as a record of those concerns. The expanding fields of contemporary art, that push the boundaries of what was originally determined ‘fine art’ has broadened the sphere of what is possible in visual representation. Performance and happening, sound art, installations and environments stray away from the traditional form of the flat canvas, or figurative sculpture. But photography seems to bring us back there again, like the ouroboros who forever eats its own tail, technological advances in art seem to return us back to the time of Parrhasius and Zeuxis; fooling both the birds and then the other artist with the realism of their painting. With photography, there is no need to be fooled, the photograph IS reality. The light exposed onto the film, or in this case the digital imaging, captures the real object at its real moment in time. It is a freezing of reality, a “that-has-been”, as Barthes put it.

This novelty of photography has long worn off, and it is increasingly a challenge to photographers to use photography as a means to do more than simply record that which has been. In his show Things I’ve Heard photographer Christian Marclay plays a funny trick on the visual reality of the photograph. He uses it to represent sound. A series of simple, colorful snapshots, Marclay’s series captures a wide array of objects that each attempt to capture sound, or more often, the sound of silence.

Marclay views photography as simply another means of recording. As sound is recorded, so is the image. Both operate as a means of aiding memory, of preserving that which is temporally outside our grasp. Marclay is an artist continually shifting the boundaries between what we think of as sound, art and music. He is one of the early pioneers of using records and turntables to create “sound collages”, his more highbrow term for mixing. This mixing of high and low culture is what makes his work so accessible. The photographs are simple in style, unpretentious, taken like personal snapshots they don’t aspire to art photography. They remind me in their simplicity of the photographs of Richard Wentworth, and his daily recording of the uses and inspiration to be found in everyday objects in his neighborhood of Kings Road in London.

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2003 MFA, University of Texas at Austin
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
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1999 Tougaloo Art Colony, Jackson, MS

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Ascendant in Gemini *Sun in Sagittarius *Sun in the Sixth House *Moon in Gemini *Moon in the Twelfth House *Moon Conjunct Ascendant *Venus in Capricorn *Venus in the Eighth House *Mars in Cancer *Mars in the Second House

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The report was generated with the following birth data: Female, born on 3 December 1960 at 5:53 pm in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Your sun sign is Sagittarius. This is the sign in which the Sun is in your birth chart. Your Ascendant is in Gemini, and your Moon is also in Gemini.

Partner references are set for a relationship with a man. Explanation

Enjoy your love horoscope!

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Ascendant in Gemini

With your Ascendant in Gemini you have a talent for variety in personal relationships, and you can enjoy many different kinds of lovers. A stick-in-the-mud partner who liked the same thing every time would be very boring.

Since you are an inventive lover, you need a very sensitive partner who can respond to your delicate touch and lively imagination. In fact, imagination is the keyword to your style.

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Sun in Sagittarius

It is very important for you to become personally involved with a lover. For you, physical sex is an expression of closeness and communication, not just the satisfaction of a physical appetite, no matter how strong that is. Therefore you are happiest if you can share intellectual interests with your partner in a lasting relationship.

You should look for a partner who does not take sex too seriously, someone who thinks of it as friendly rather than a goal in itself. You would enjoy a lover with whom you can spend a lot of time, working as well as playing together, perhaps.

The key word about your attitude toward love is sharing - the closer, dearer and more intimately friendly your love relationship, the happier you will be.

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Sun in the Sixth House

For your most successful sexual development, a love affair should have a definite framework. Thus you are better off with one steady partner than trying to play the field. Your strength in personal affairs is your ability to build a well-knit, solid relationship that endures and continues to thrive year after year.

Friendship with a lover is very important to you, and without it the most passionate night will seem somehow empty.

For this reason, it would not be wise to seek a partner who is the outgoing, constantly-in-motion life of the party, even though you may be attracted to such a person.

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Moon in Gemini

Your style of lovemaking is supple and adaptable; you happily participate in any kind of loving that pleases your partner.

Do not let the physical elements of sex interfere with or overcome the emotional side of loving.

You should have little trouble in discussing sex openly, finding out just what your lover's tastes are and how you can best please each other.

You should choose a partner who is not too possessive, for you need to know that you have freedom, even if you don't choose to exercise it. Be careful about making a personal commitment, for a lover may take it more seriously than it is meant, which could cause harm inadvertently.

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Moon in the Twelfth House

You must be careful not to be too hasty in responding to a lover, and always think twice before committing yourself outright about any matter. There are many times when it is better to spare your lover's feelings by not rushing in and telling the whole truth, even though you feel you should.

No matter what kind of affair you are in, it will take a good deal of soul searching to discover your lover's and your own true emotional motives. Hidden actions and attitudes have to be uncovered and sorted out, but the reward is a deep level of mutual self-understanding that few others achieve.

For you, a truly successful love relationship is one that is intensely uplifting, even cathartic.

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Moon Conjunct Ascendant

Your strong personal presence makes you very noticeable and also causes you to have very quick, direct emotional responses. You should use extra caution and forethought, so that you will know how your responses are being interpreted by others.

At the same time, you should not dissemble, for you are not likely to be very good at that.

You may find that emotional problems lower your resistance to disease or that physical illness is a source of distaste or depression. In either case, you will be happiest with a lover who is sensitive to this problem and will help counteract it.

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Venus in Capricorn

You do not require a great deal of physical attention, for you can glean plenty of substance from what seems little to others.

You may find satisfaction in a relationship in which one partner dominates the other or in which each person's realm of authority is very clearly delineated within an overall balance.

Although you want sure and certain affection from your lover, you prefer someone who is fairly discreet and treats your relationship not frivolously but with respect and decorum.

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Venus in the Eighth House

You strive for relationships that are very intense and therefore quite involved. You may be drawn toward people who seem mysterious or challenging in some way, which can have both good and bad results.

You find little satisfaction in the intellectual trappings of love, and you require plenty of physical attention within a relationship. Therefore, you are happiest with a demonstrative lover who pays attention to your physical as well as your emotional needs.

The more you can lose yourself in a love affair, particularly in its sexual aspects, the more satisfying it will be. Just try not to let your life outside of the relationship become unbalanced by it.

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Mars in Cancer

Your sexuality may have a very uneven rhythm, building up without expression for a time and then bursting out with considerable intensity. You are much more likely to get a satisfactory response if you let your lover know your intentions ahead of time so that he or she is fully ready for you.

Similarly, try not to be overprotective of your lover. Almost unconsciously, you may spin a web of protection around your partner, and even though it stems strictly from love, it may be too confining.

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Mars in the Second House

You express your love in very physical ways - not bodily, but by surrounding your loved one with a variety of physical comforts, gifts and tangible tokens of love.

This is an excellent position in that you can achieve an endless variety of sexual stimulation simply by altering your physical surroundings to make them more sensual and pleasing.

On the negative side, you tend to be physically possessive of your lover, with all the problems that incipient jealousy brings.

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Astrological Data used for Short Report - Love, Flirtation, and Sex
for Julianne Moore [Adb] (female)
born on 3 December 1960 local time: 5:53 pm
in Fayetteville, NC (US) U.T.: 22:53
78w53, 35n03 sid. time: 22:28:31

Planetary positions
planet sign degree motion
Sun Sagittarius 11°47'49 in house 6 direct
Moon Gemini 20°25'34 in house 12 direct
Mercury Scorpio 24°30'04 in house 6 direct
Venus Capricorn 22°22'19 in house 8 direct
Mars Cancer 17°24'53 in house 2 retrograde
Jupiter Capricorn 7°42'24 in house 7 direct
Saturn Capricorn 16°26'19 end of house 7 direct
Uranus Leo 25°48'08 in house 3 stationary (R)
Neptune Scorpio 10°02'51 in house 5 direct
Pluto Virgo 8°07'22 in house 4 direct
True Node Virgo 10°42'17 in house 4 retrograde
Planets at the end of a house are interpreted in the next house.

House positions (Placidus)
Ascendant Gemini 25°11'25
2nd House Cancer 16°53'42
3rd House Leo 9°04'56
Imum Coeli Virgo 5°18'26
5th House Libra 8°37'57
6th House Scorpio 17°56'26
Descendant Sagittarius 25°11'25
8th House Capricorn 16°53'42
9th House Aquarius 9°04'56
Medium Coeli Pisces 5°18'26
11th House Aries 8°37'57
12th House Taurus 17°56'26

Major aspects
Sun Square Pluto 3°40
Moon Quincunx Venus 1°57
Moon Sextile Uranus 5°23
Moon Conjunction Ascendant 4°46
Mercury Sextile Venus 2°08
Mercury Square Uranus 1°18
Mercury Quincunx Ascendant 0°41
Venus Opposition Mars 4°57
Venus Conjunction Saturn 5°56
Venus Quincunx Ascendant 2°49
Mars Opposition Saturn 0°59
Jupiter Sextile Neptune 2°20
Jupiter Trine Pluto 0°25
Uranus Sextile Ascendant 0°37
Neptune Sextile Pluto 1°55
Numbers indicate orb (deviation from the exact aspect angle).

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Abstract. Black carbon in carbonaceous combustion aerosol warms the climate by absorbing solar radiation, meaning reductions in black carbon emissions are often perceived as an attractive global warming mitigation option. However, carbonaceous combustion aerosol can also act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) so they also cool the climate by increasing cloud albedo. The net radiative effect of carbonaceous combustion aerosol is uncertain because their contribution to CCN has not been evaluated on the global scale. By combining extensive observations of CCN concentrations with the GLOMAP global aerosol model, we find that the model is biased low (normalised mean bias = −77 %) unless carbonaceous combustion aerosol act as CCN. We show that carbonaceous combustion aerosol accounts for more than half (52–64 %) of global CCN with the range due to uncertainty in the emitted size distribution of carbonaceous combustion particles. The model predicts that wildfire and pollution (fossil fuel and biofuel) carbonaceous combustion aerosol causes a global mean cloud albedo aerosol indirect effect of −0.34 W m−2, with stronger cooling if we assume smaller particle emission size. We calculate that carbonaceous combustion aerosol from pollution sources cause a global mean aerosol indirect effect of −0.23 W m−2. The small size of carbonaceous combustion particles from fossil fuel sources means that whilst pollution sources account for only one-third of the emitted mass they cause two-thirds of the cloud albedo aerosol indirect effect that is due to carbonaceous combustion aerosol. This cooling effect must be accounted for, along with other cloud effects not studied here, to ensure that black carbon emissions controls that reduce the high number concentrations of fossil fuel particles have the desired net effect on climate.

Citation: Spracklen, D. V., Carslaw, K. S., Pöschl, U., Rap, A., and Forster, P. M.: Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9067-9087, doi:10.5194/acp-11-9067-2011, 2011.
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Robin Klein was educated at Newcastle Girls' High School. After working as a teacher, nurse, library assistant and craft worker, she became a full-time writer in 1981. Her first book, The Giraffe in Pepperell Street, was published in 1978. She has since written many books for children and young adults, most notably Thing (1982) and Came Back To Show You I Could Fly (1989), both of which won Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. Klein's books explore themes such as friendship between children and adults, alienation, and disability with styles that range from humour to fantasy.

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Games 1986 single work novel young adult Three teenage girls spending a weekend in an isolated country house probe the secrets of its past and trigger a series of bizarre events, which may be caused by a mischievous boyfriend or supernatural forces.
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Junk Castle 1983 single work children's fiction children's Mr. Drake thinks it's an ugly pile of old rubbish which should go. Mandy, Irene, Con and Splinter know it's a stupendous castle which should stay. Who will win the battle of the junk castle?
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The Enemies 1985 single work children's fiction children's Mary-Anna Clutterworth and Sandra Sutton are bitter enemies, until they have to spend an afternoon in town together and get lost.
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Cynthia Eden: Writing For the Holidays

Hi, everyone! It’s a pleasure to be hanging out with you. (And a big thanks to Lee for inviting me over!)

Today, I thought I’d talk a bit about holiday writing. I really enjoy writing books that are geared for holidays (like for Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day…I bet you get the picture!). Stories of this sort can majorly put me in the holiday spirit. My fingers can fly fast and hard over the keyboard.

But what if the writer has to pen a holiday story during a very-much-NOT-holiday time of the year? For example, what if the writer has to create a Christmas novella during the month of June?  With the way production schedules work, this situation is pretty much the standard in the writing world.  After all, you need enough time to write the book, edit it, promo it, then get that sweet baby out to readers. So if you’re hoping to create a holiday tale, the odds are high that you will be writing that book during the off-season. (So to speak!)

I use a few tricks to help me when I have to pen a holiday tale during the off-season, and I thought I’d share those tricks with you.

1.       Music, please.  If you’re writing a Christmas tale, play some Christmas music! Music is a great way to set the mood. And so what if you find yourself humming Jingle Bells during the sweltering heat of summer? At least your mind will be in the right place for your story!

2.       Decorations.  Not too big, of course!  If you’re creating a Halloween story, I’m not saying you need to hang spider web and skeletons all over your house.  But if you’ve got a small Halloween figurine that you like (a ghost, a witch, a miniature vampire), then put that little baby out on your desk.  When you see it, you will be inspired.

3.       Movie magic. Want to feel some holiday spirit? Then sit down and watch your favorite holiday movie.  By the time the movie is over, you’ll be itching to get back to your story.

Above all, just remember to have fun!  Many readers look forward to holiday tales and many authors can’t wait to write them.  Explore your world, be merry, and make those words flow!

Now…are you ready for a giveaway? Because I’d love to give a $10 gift card away to one commenter. To enter the giveaway, just tell me…what is your favorite holiday story? The winner will be randomly selected.  Good luck!

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Mary Preston said...

I don't know that I have an absolute favorite, but I do enjoy Christmas stories.

Karen H said...

I don't have a favorite holiday themed book and I don't tend to read holiday books during their designated season. I might read a Valentine's day book at Halloween and a Christmas book in July!

Di said...

The 'Santa Claus' movies with Tim Allen are a lot of fun, and for a bit more romance and sentiment there are always good holiday movies from Hallmark.

erin said...

I do enjoy Christmas stories! I think one of my fav is A Cowboy for Christmas by Lori Wilde. Congrats on the new release and thanks for such a fun post and giveaway! love that cover ;)

Cindy Hamilton said...

I really don't have a favorite, I like them all!

Beautiful Disaster said...

I like Christmas stories and movies. One of my fave anthologies is The Magical Christmas Cat.
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Lil said...

My favorite would be Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory.

Aubrey Laine said...

Miracle on 34th street:)
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Laney4 said...

It's a Wonderful Life has a lovely lesson to be learned....

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A Christmas Carol

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Alina P said...

It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite tear jerker movie to watch in December

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I Love A Christmas Carol! :)

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Gordon Murray’s innovative T25 and T27 city cars have been sold to an unnamed manufacturer ahead of a projected market launch in 2016.

Murray confirmed the news on his official blog. "The T25 and T27 concept has now been sold to a customer and with a following wind a lot more drivers should be able to enjoy the centre drive experience in 2016," he said.

The T25 and T27 are city cars with a 1+2 seating, the front seat being central. A modified, rear-mounted three-cylinder 660cc 51bhp Smart petrol engine powers the T25, while the T27 is an all-electric version of the same car.

The cars foreshadow a new era of tiny, great-to-drive economy cars as well as a highly original manufacturing process called iStream that slashes the investment, factory space and energy required for manufacturing.

With a kerb weight of only 575kg tThe T25 weighs considerably less than the Smart Fortwo (which weighs in at 750kg), while its footprint is also much smaller measuring 2400mm in length, 1300mm in width and 1400mm in height. Its turning circle is around six metres.

Independent suspension features all-around, as does proper crash structures and features such as ABS, traction control and an airbag. The tubular steel and composite floor chassis frame creates a chassis that is "exceptionally strong", according to Gordon Murray Design.

It has just one door, which swings open upwards to allow access even in tight spaces. The T25 can be parked front on into a space a normal car would have to parallel park into. The rear passenger seats can be folded flat to offer a significant load-carrying capacity of 720 litres. The standard boot capacity is 160 litres.

In his blog, Murray also revealed he has signed contracts for four other projects based around his iStream manufacturing process, and two other projects not related to iStream. By the end of 2013 he plans to have two new prototypes running, meaning the firm would have created six working prototypes since its inception in 2007.

“The next challenge in the iStream story is to develop one or more of our current programmes into a mass-produced vehicle so that as many folks as possible can enjoy the benefits of low cost, low weight and very high levels of safety that iStream provides - truly Formula One technology for the everyday motorist,” he said.

Murray also revealed his Gordon Murray Design business has taken on 30 new staff to meet the increasing demand for its services, and has acquired two extra buildings next to his Guildford, Surrey, base to meet the expansion.

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13 August 2013

but would be good if it worked.

13 August 2013

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but would be good if it worked.

....But WILL be good WHEN it works.

Has Gordon Murray ever publicly failed at anything he's put his mind to................

13 August 2013

2016....really ?. Needs to come to the market quicker than this.

13 August 2013

So, who has bought T25/27 ?

I think this car will sell at the right price. If they offer a basic version for £5k Ill be interested. The 2016 lauch date suggests the cars may be quite different from the original prototypes.

13 August 2013

Any chance the "unnamed manufacturer" might be SAIC? ... They could use the Longbridge plant to manufacture - from scratch - this truly British car instead of sticking together the Chinese MG kit-cars ... They'd sell a helluva lot more!!

13 August 2013

It would be easy to mock this - the un-named manufacturer must be Fisher Price and why does it need traction control? - but really with the kudos of Mr Murray only a fool would bet against success. Having visited Rome earlier this year and been amazed at the success of the Smart you can easily see a huge market. These are city cars in a true sense. Provided a wide variety of personalisation is made available to make these fashionable then they should overcome their somewhat radical looks. Easy manufacturing should aid a lower price too - good luck!

13 August 2013

It would be easy to mock this - the un-named manufacturer must be Fisher Price and why does it need traction control?

Because...From 1st November 2011, all new car and light commercial vehicle models in the European Union must be equipped with the anti-skid system ESP (Electronic Stability Programme). The corresponding EU regulation applies to all vehicles with type approvals issued after this date. The system will subsequently become compulsory in all new EU vehicles from 31st October 2014.

Is that OK?

13 August 2013

Can't wait to find out which manufacturer has been far-sighted enough to go with this.  I just hope the production version lives up to the massive promise of the prototypes.

13 August 2013

Assuming the articles figures are accurate regarding the Murray cars length of 2.4 metres how will it be possible to park it nose to the kerb as, in a parallel parking area, stated in the article?

Are there any existing cars that have a width of 2.4 metres or indeed any parking bays marked out with a width of 2.4 metres or wider?

Current popular cars are approaching 2.0 metres wide and even they are taking up too much of the road width when parellel parked let alone an additional 0.4 metres being taken away for drivers to pass any parked Murray car.

13 August 2013

Great to hear they are going into production.

If they  came to market with an Apple, or Sony badge i suspect they would get a better reception than a conventional car company as people expect wierd and inovative from these companies.

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