A solar car is an electric vehicle powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car. Photovoltaic (PV) cells convert the sun’s energy directly into electrical energy. Solar cars are not practical day-to-day transportation devices at present, but are primarily used as demonstration vehicles and in engineering exercises.
Solar Powered Car racing? Interested? The Stanford Solar Car Project has a large group of fanatics involved and they race their car every year. Its an international challenge. They always looking for help and you can sponsor a cell on their car.
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“Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.” - Francis de Sales
I’m not very religious (more spiritual than regimented), but I once believed in angels. There was an angel craze sometime during the last decade of the twentieth century as well, and angel fanatics still roam the earth. In fact, “angels can be traced to nearly all archaic cultures and many religious traditions. Angels fill the spiritual space between the earthly and divine realms.” They - not General Petraeus - are deemed the true messengers.
To that end, the Mississippi Museum of Art is exhibiting Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art, curated by the Director General of the Vatican Museums. This exclusive show will be open to the public until 30 December 2007, and it comprises more than 100 works that range from ancient to modern time periods that will be returned to Italy after the end of the show.
This exhibit marks the grand opening of the Mississippi Museum of Art’s newly-renovated facility at the Mississippi Arts Pavilion. The museum is located at South Lamar and Court streets in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Visit the site to learn more.
In the meantime, perhaps someone will come up with a show entitled, “Between Goddess and Woman.”
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On the shore of Lake Tawakoni, 50 miles east of Dallas, Texas one of the most bizarre events has hit the study of arachnology ever.
It looks like Fairyland but it is the world’s largest insect trap. Spiders have evolved to create the largest spider web ever seen, over 200 yards along a trail. Thousands of spiders from 12 different species are collaborating with this enormous effort.
Entomologists and arachnologist are stunned, and they’re venturing to Texas to embarkon a detailed study as to how and why this is happening…Read more…
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I love Natchez, Mississippi, and today I made my second visit to this town - the oldest civilized settlement on the Mississippi River. It’s small, it’s humid, it’s hot, yes - but it’s a quaint town filled with antebellum plantations and old trees that were spared by Union armies during the Civil War, mainly because Natchez didn’t have a railroad or riches that the Yankees could plunder. Plus, it’s got a neat little bookstore that has a nook devoted to signed copies of regional literature, both old and new.
My daughter and I ate lunch at Pearl St. Pasta and we were pleasantly surprised by the subtle tastes in our pasta dishes. We fell in love with their house dressing - a sweet herbal vinaigrette that they sell by the bottle. As a side note - Natchez was filled with Harley cyclists today, as the HOGs had a rally in town. This rally was a total surprise for us, and it made my daughter nervous. She’s never been around so much leather before.
Our best sidetrip was through the doors of Marbeth Schon’s gallery, located on 415 Main St. My daughter and I easily spent an hour in this store talking with Marbeth, gallery owner and author of Modernist Jewelry, 1930-1960.
Not only did my daughter and I get an eyeful of original photographs by Margaret Bourke-White and Man Ray, we also got to try on some incredible jewelry designed and created by some 20th-century master jewelers. If you’re into this type of jewelry-as-art mentality (as we are!), be sure to visit Marbeth’s site.
Yes, I purchased a pair of earrings created by metalsmith David Jones. They’re divine, and they’re mine, mine, mine.
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