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...feed carp in the ponds with weeds from the rice field. The silt from the ponds is used as fertilizer for the fields, and crabs are grown to eat pests. Some of those techniques are being adapted in Western fish farms. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dan Butterfield, 59, raises bass, carp, catfish and other species in the same pond; the sun and the catfish feces stimulate the growth of phytoplankton, which feeds the other species. His water stays relatively clean, with no need to discharge wastes. "I am probably the most environment-friendly fish farmer in the country," claims Butterfield...
Claypool himself has clearly spent more time than is healthy with various species of bass guitar, taking great pleasure in the slinky swoops on a fretless upright before demolishing a bow in a brief three-minute solo. His signature fat, swampy bass sound gives way under his fantastically intricate pluckings, strummings and slappings to raucous lead guitar riffs that leave the actual guitar almost redundantly backgrounded...
Breaking with more conservative colleagues on President George W. Bush’s Council on Bioethics, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel argued Monday that research on human embryos should go forward with regulations. Sandel, who is a member of the council, expressed dissent with its recommendation this summer that a moratorium be placed on cloning embryos for research purposes...
...face of it, a broomstick and a double bass don't seem to have much in common, but when both are employed as flying implements for bespectacled preteen orphans, similarities tend to emerge. The broomstick, as many know, is a mode of transportation for Harry Potter, star of the book series by British author J.K. Rowling. The musical instrument is used to similar effect by Tanya Grotter, protagonist of a popular book series by Russian author Dmitry Yemets. Tanya first showed up in August in Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass, which sold 100,000 copies in Russia. Like...
David Curry, a local musician, accompanied himself on an ethereal composition, switching from bass to violin to trumpet over a background of electronic samples...