Sweet potatoes: The other orange seasonal standout
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Pumpkins may take center stage in fall decorations and desserts, but sweet potatoes are the real autumn stars when it comes to home gardens.
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Charlottesville Fashion Square to host Halloween event on Saturday
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Charlottesville Fashion Square invites local children, aged 12 years and under who are accompanied by an adult, to enjoy the annual Halloween Spook-Tacular family event and costume contest on Saturday.
EMU media, religion professors team up to analyze selfie culture
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Cell phones are this generation’s cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at Eastern Mennonite University. Holsopple, a visual and communication arts professor, and Stutzman, professor in the Bible and religion department, teamed up to talk about “selfie culture” and the potential side-effects of this social phenomenon.
The myth of the Richmond Vampire, and the reality of water pollution
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Richmond is no stranger to things that go bump in the night. Our own Hollywood Cemetery is home to the notorious Richmond Vampire.
Virginia Tech researchers take cue from spider glue in efforts to create new materials
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A taut tug on the line signals the arrival of dinner, and the leggy spider dashes across the web to find a tasty squirming insect. The spider, known as an orb weaver, must perfectly execute this moment, from a lightning-fast reaction to an artfully spun web glistening with sticky glue.
Residents, business owners invite Governor McAuliffe to Nelson County
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Virginia citizens and business-owners have extended an invitation to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to visit Nelson County and tour the proposed route of Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
VSDB students get real-world job experiences at Vector Industries in Waynesboro
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Real-world experiences are an important complement to the education that students get at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton. A new collaboration between VSDB and Vector Industries in Waynesboro is providing a unique opportunity for a group of five students to gain valuable job skills.
Thirty groups in Virginia, West Virginia call for review of proposed gas pipelines
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Thirty organizations in Virginia and West Virginia have joined forces to call on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to conduct a combined, comprehensive review of all four of the major natural gas pipeline projects currently proposed for the Blue Ridge and Central Appalachian region.
Virginia Tech researchers study circadian rhythms to understand effects of shift work
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A new award from the National Science Foundation may help researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute unlock the secrets of the body’s internal clock.
Online resource guide provides ag information for educators, advocates
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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has released a new Food & Ag Resource Guide at agfoundation.org/ag-resource-guide that features recommended agriculture-related resources by age group.
