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4174
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Nonnative plants and animals are gaining a foothold in the state and threaten the environment. Some were purposefully introduced, while others arrived on their own. For example, purple loosestrife was introduced as an ornamental in the 1800s. In wetlands, though, loosestrife crowds out other plants and can affect nearby duck populations because its seeds are not a good food source. While some nonnative plants are good, such as corn and soybeans, others can, without their normal pests and climate limitations, grow out of control.
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4179
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After Hurricane Fran ravaged the coast in 1996, the UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies studied ways to minimize coastal storm destruction. Among the 1997 study recommendations were purchase of high hazard properties by state or local governments for use as recreation areas or wildlife refuges and limiting governmental subsidies for construction in vulnerable areas.
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Beginning as a simple instrument brought from Africa to America by slaves, the banjo developed into one of the nation's most popular musical instruments. House discusses the history of the banjo and the research of Philip Gura in preparing his book, American Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century.
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Resting in twenty-two feet of water about a mile off the coast from Beaufort, the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard, has lain quietly for almost three centuries. Since its discovery in 1996, the wreck has interested many, including scientists, historians, and under- water archaeologists. For example, John T. Wells, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, hopes to reconstruct the surrounding environment at the time of the sinking.
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7245
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Smith discusses the work of poet Michael McFee, an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. McFee has won awards for teaching excellence and for artistic and scholarly achievement. He is the recipient of a writing fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He has written five books of poetry and had edited a book of poems by contemporary North Carolina writers.
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The last great emigration from the Scottish highlands to North Carolina occurred in 1884, with the arrival of approximately 170 crofters in the Cape Fear River Basin area. Crofters were farmers who rented the land they worked. Within a few months, almost all of them returned to Scotland penniless. Bill Caudill, director of the Scottish Heritage Center and instructor of the College Piper Band at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, discusses what went wrong.
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Bill Burk, the botany librarian at the Couch Biology Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses the morel mushroom. This mushroom is an elusive delicacy that cannot be purchased in most grocery stores and it is particular about its habitat. It won't grow if it's too hot, too dry, too wet, or too cold. People seek it from Oregon's mossy forests to North Carolina's hardwoods. Restaurant gourmands know that morels promise an aromatic meal, but they come with a danger. Morels have imposters, and these imposters can kill. To dine safely, ask an expert.
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Poet Michael Chitwood, visiting professor in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses his early interest in writing and his poetry, including The Weave Room. The book of poems is about the people who worked in the textile mill in his hometown of Rocky Mount, Virginia, and their struggle with unionization.
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Many pitcher plant populations have been seriously depleted through mass collecting and a loss of their natural habitats. Development, agriculture, and tree farming are factors in habitat destruction. Depending on the taxonomy used, there are seven to nine species of the plants in the wild. In North Carolina, pitcher plants grow mostly in the coastal plain. Rob Gardner, curator of native plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, is interested in the conservation of native plants, which is one of the main missions of the garden. To help the wild plants survive, Gardner, along with Larry Mellichamp, director of the UNC-Charlotte Botanic Garden, is working to produce hybrids of the pitcher plant.
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7250
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Author Sarah Dessen talks about how her interest in writing developed and her published work. At age thirty she has written four novels and teaches undergraduates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her books, which deal with young adults, have won best book awards from the American Library Association and the School Library Journal.
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Horses races were once the most popular sporting event in North Carolina. Racing was so popular the legislature passed a law in 1764 curtailing gambling with two exceptions: backgammon and horse racing. In the early 19th-century, breeders considered Northampton, Halifax, and Warren Counties the race horse region of America. Horses like Sir Archie and Henry were known all over the country. By the 1850s, competition and breeding had moved on to today's racing hotbeds in Kentucky, Maryland, and New York. The Civil War further crippled racing in North Carolina, and in 1942, the North Carolina General Assembly made it illegal.
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In 1995, the Stonecutter Mill, located in Spindale in Rutherford County, was the center of life for the town. The mill ran three shifts, and times were good. In June 1999, the plant began shutting down for good. Caudle examines forces affecting the textile industry in North Carolina, including lower priced foreign goods and rising labor costs.
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25491
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Medical researchers at UNC Chapel Hill are pursuing new methods to treat diseases more quickly and efficiently. To speed up the approval process of new drugs, UNC researchers advise scientists to collaborate, communicate the implications of their work, and be open to entrepreneurial thinking.
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Bernie Herman is a UNC professor of American Studies and native of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Herman has expanded food tourism in Northampton County, Virginia to include Chapel Hill by bringing oysters and sweet potatoes. Herman’s goal is to document food culture and to explore local identities, while sharing distinctive recipes.
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Konrad Jarausch is a UNC professor in the Department of History and the son of a German World War II officer. Jarausch never met his father but finally faced his legacy 60 years later. His father’s wartime letters revealed the emotional realities, values and obligations soldiers faced in the war.
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