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Traditional music, which includes ballads, gospel music, and string-bands, is music that is not only shaped by a community, but also varies from place to place. String-band music, played on the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and other stringed instruments, is one of North Carolina's best-known music styles. Through CDs and the Internet, traditional music has gained a wider audience of listeners.
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Trips when he was a youth to visit relatives along the North Carolina-Virginia border created in New York-born Paul Brown a love for traditional music. In 1980, he left the North to settle in the Mt. Airy area. Brown is a master banjoist, album producer, and radio star, who knows the old music and the people who play it. He has received several North Carolina Arts Council grants to record traditional music.
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W. T. Couch became part-time assistant director of the University of North Carolina Press in 1925. In 1927, through his efforts, the Congaree Sketches, with an emotional introduction by Paul Green, was published, and the press's publishing direction of excessive caution and conservatism was forever changed. The press would move forward as a leader in launching Modernist thought in the South during the 1920s and 1930s. Couch believed that it was important \"to bother people, to wake them up,\" and he followed this thought during his twenty years as director of the UNC Press.
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The timber rattlesnake is an important part of the forest ecosystem. Loss of habitat through development reduces its numbers. The snake also has an undeserved reputation as a creature to be feared. People encountering it often kill it, when all the snake wants is to avoid people. Herpetologist John Sealy discusses positive values of the rattlesnake and why it should be protected.
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North Carolina artist Ben Long is a master of the ancient art form of fresco painting, one of the most demanding and unforgiving mediums in which to work. Long has painted frescoes in New York, France, and Italy, and over the last twenty years created a number in his home state. His newest work is \"The Return of the Prodigal,\" painted on a wall of the Chapel of the Prodigal at Montreat College.
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Mountain biking has grown considerably since the 1970s. Bikers are attracted to the challenge of a steep slope, negotiating tree roots and rocks on the trails, freedom from cars and dogs, and outstanding summit views. South Mountain State Park, Tsali National Recreation Area, and Pisgah National Forest are some of the favored areas of mountain bikers.
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Many areas of the stare are so well-lit through growth and development that stargazing is difficult. There are areas, however, where light pollution doesn't reach, like country lanes, mountain tops, and parts of the Outer Banks. Yocum includes a list of North Carolina cities with planetariums where one can learn basic astronomy and the names of a number of astronomical clubs in the state.
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In the Black Mountain range in Yancy County stand six of the tallest peaks east of the Rocky Mountains. All exceed 6,500 feet. The tallest is Mt. Mitchell, at 6,684 feet, which is also the tallest in eastern North America. Named for its early explorer, Elisha Mitchell, the peak is a place of great beauty and weather extremes. Currently the mountain's Fraser firs are dying from an imported European pest and acid rain and fog. Development is slowly creeping in upon the mountain, also.
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Randolph County at 790 square miles and 125,000 people of one of the state's largest counties. It is the sixth most industrialized county, with manufacturing accounting for 46 percent of the industry. The county boasts the nation's largest walk-through natural habitat zoo at Asheboro. Although large and forward-looking, the county preserves its history with Seagrove pottery, dating from the 1700s; the historic 1909 courthouse; and 1911 covered bridge in Union township, one of only a few remaining in the state.
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At the mouth of the Cape Fear River sits the small town of Southport. Grizzle describes how to spend a perfect weekend there, enjoying nature, history, and especially the great seafood.
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Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus accomplished many things during the Great Depression, including the state takeover of public schools. His means of transportation was another story. During the hard times he made do with a 4-year-old Lincoln with a 190,000 miles on its speedometer. He achieved national fame, however, when his car broke down on the way to Fayetteville to make a speech, and he had to hitchhike 25 miles to arrive on time. He was known all over the country as America's number-one thumbing governor.
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U.S. Highway 64, which stretches 613.69 miles across North Carolina from Manteo to Murphy, didn't exist until 1932. It begins at Whalebone on the Outer Banks (elevation: 9 feet) and reaches its highest level at Highlands (elevation: 4,118 feet). In between these points travelers find the essence of the state -- its history, crafts, food, scenery, and people.
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Oriental, located in Pamlico County, was a thriving port city in the early 1900s. With a population now of 800, this city that was named for a sunken ship calls itself \"The Sailing Capital of the Carolinas.\" Oriental attracts people who enjoy sailing and an easygoing lifestyle. Comer relates the town's history and describes the community's landscape and attitudes.
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Raptors are birds of prey, including eagles, owls, and hawks. These predators sit at the top of the ornithological food chain, and their health is important to the chain's overall health. Each year thousands of these injured birds are rehabilitated and released through raptor centers across the country. The Carolina Raptor Center, one of the nation's finest facilities, is located on the Latta Plantation Nature Center near Charlotte.
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To protect the environment and deal with swine waste, Johnston County farmer Julian Barham turned to technology for solutions. The farm handles 4,000 sows, and hog waste is collected in a two-acre, twenty-feet deep lagoon. Technology allows methane gas collection to generate electricity and provide warm water to heat the farm's 7,500 tomato plant greenhouses. Other byproducts include reusable water for the farm and carbon dioxide for the greenhouses.
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