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RUDY VAVRA Page 6/The Battalion/Thursday, November 13, 1986 !«- Waldo by Kevin Thcr AN INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE Friday, November 14 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 midnight Rudder Exhibit Hall Texas A&M University Sponsored by University Art Exhibits G0OP EVENING. IN THE. HEAT OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE COLOR- IZATION OF BLACK-/WP- WHITE FILM CLASSICS COMES A NEW PEVEE)PAI£/n| V ALTHOUGH CRITICS OF THE PROCESS HAVE BEEN APPALLED AT THE alteration OF CINEMATIC art, they have RALLIED to another process.. ...THAT PERMANENTLY SUCKS THE COLOR FROM FILMS PRACTICALL) COLORLESS ALREADY- ' ^ CHUCK NORRIS %" STALLONE MOVIES; THE- THIRTEENTH} ME RYL STREEP v ; : K *7 ' ' ‘ ‘i '* -V ’ ' The collage will remain pp view through November 26 t- ^JU MSC NOVA PRESENTS: NOVACON II The Quick and Painless Convention for Wargaming Enthusiasts November 14-16 at Texas A&M In the MSC and Rudder Tower $3 for three days! 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Dr. Thomas Cartwright, has been working on such a project since 1978. The result: a healthier, heartier, more productive goat that is proving beneficial to Third World farmers. Cartwright, who has been a pro fessor at A&M since 1958, says four breeds of goats are used to produce this “computer-designed” goat — two breeds from the United States and two from Africa. The breeds were selected for specific character istics found in each, he says. He says the goats are designed to survive in the African equatorial country of Kenya. Computers are eliminating the guesswork from breeding a goat for a particular region because the ma chines can anticipate the characteris tics of a mixed breed, Cartwright says. He also says the breeding of five, 10, 15 or 25 years can be simu lated by computer almdst overnight. The two American breeds — the Toggenburg and the Anglo-Nubian — each were selected because they are popular for milk production, Cartwright says, and the Anglo-Nu- bian is also large-sized, which makes it a good food source for Third World farmers. The African goats — the African Galla and the East African — were used in the project because of their “The gout we have devel oped tends to stay health ier and thrives better un der harsh conditions. ” — Dr. Thomas Cartw right, A&M research sci entist diet ol ( orn and cornmeal. Cartwright says oneoltl objectives of the researchi mu sisal ol the goals in a It mate. ” 1 I icy (ss ill) have u» sm tiopital conditions, svith | and diseases, and ssilh mink it iues,” he savs. heartiness in the equatorial condi tions of Kenya. “The goat we have developed tends to stay healthier and thrives better under harsh conditions, which makes it more productive,” Cartwright says. He adds that one of the reasons for the goats’ heartiness is the result of “hybrid vigor.” Cartwright says hybrid vigor, or heterosis, increases the durability of a crossbreed, and also that using four breeds enhances heterosis re tention. “The greater number of breeds you have, the better heterosis you have,” he says. Cartwright says this “computer- designed” goat mainly will he used to benefit poor small-farm families of the Third World. Most of these small-farm families have an average of five to eight peo ple, he said, and these families usually have six goats in their herds. The goats, he says, will he used as sources of meat and milk for these families, supplementing the usual But. he adds, diseases.« and the weather are noniH problems the scientists hauM in i aising the goats. He says predators also jirfl big pi oblem. “Panthers are the itKiiiipH he saw “I hey love goats.’ I ( ai tw i ight adds dial liomA pari of the predator probltH dial dies are not as scrimisaiX Although research lor nH goat began in this comiin.fl i ight s.i\ s that the new bred W can't he brought into tkfl| States. the problem, he says.:H health regulations in llie M .States won’t allow the goalsIH loimtiv because some diseasM found in the United Statesai(H in Kenya. But he adds that uewte(lirl| sue li as embryonic transier«| li< ial insemination couldniwH hie the breed's entry intothH States. Cartwright is quick to p'fii dial die United Stales isitfH mars target lot thisnewrf® I he research is targeted dH 1 bird World countries sudiB nya, he savs. Soviets examine monitoring equipment DALLAS (AP) — Soviet scientists who have reached a private agreement with American col leagues to monitor nuclear testing took a look Wednesday at equipment that will be used in the task. Five representatives of the Soviet Academy of Sciences met with mem bers of the National Resources De fense Council at Dallas-based Re fraction Technology to examine seismological equipment that would be used to help monitor under ground nuclear tests. Members of the academy and the council agreed in May to set jointly operated nuclear test monitoring stations in their respective countries. One of the goals of the project was to prove to the Reagan administra tion that the technology does exist to verif y a comprehensive test ban, said Thomas Cochran, chief scientist with the NRDC. Soviet scientist Evgeni Sulotov said, “In the future, we hope that our enterprise to (achieve) a test moratorium in USSR and Nevada must he successful.” I he Soviets today plan til Carland company dial wf tines blast-detecting equipnif'l fraction Technology makes4 ment that condenses the niiwl data. Ref raction fechnology p® Paul Passtnor said his com treating the order as routine. 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