Richmond International Film Festival announces 2015 FLOW Speakers
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New this year, the Richmond International Film Festival expands to more than 120 films and brings a one-day creative conference, the FLOW Collective.
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UVA loses Justin Anderson for 4-6 weeks: Time to start over?
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Third-ranked UVA has won 21 of its first 22, is 9-1 in the ACC, and now has to start over from scratch. That’s the feeling sweeping UVA Nation with the news that Justin Anderson, the team’s second-leading scorer, and arguably the Cavs’ heart and soul, is out four to six weeks.
Moms Clean Air Force: Naptime activists unite!
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Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF) is a community of 400,000+ parents working to combat air pollution and respond to the climate change crisis.
Shenandoah Valley history written in textiles: Quilt exhibit offers insight
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Little in the recorded history of Augusta County is as intimate and revealing as are the handmade quilts so carefully created by Valley women a century or more ago.
Staunton VDOT District traffic alert: Feb. 9-13
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Aquaculture helping to boost Virginia oyster harvest
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Virginia’s oyster harvest rose 25 percent last year, passing the 500,000-bushel mark. The dockside value of that harvest increased to $22.2 million, with an estimated economic impact of over $58 million.
Southern Environmental Law Center responds to Dominion solar announcement
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Today Dominion Virginia Power announced it is planning to develop 400MW of solar power that will be operational by 2020. Dominion anticipates that these solar projects will be capable of powering 10,000 homes at peak capacity.
Plant-based molecule may be key to cleanup of Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster
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A Virginia Tech professor is part of a team of scientists from Japan and the United States that may have discovered a way to remove radioactive cesium from the millions of gallons of contaminated water being held at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 disaster.
Virginia Tech receives record number of undergraduate applications
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Virginia Tech received a record number of undergraduate applications for admission to the Class of 2019. The almost 22,500 freshman applications received to date is a 7.6 percent increase over last year’s total of 20,897.
Governor announces land conservation grants
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the recipients of 14 grants totaling $1.7 million awarded by the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, a state land conservation board. The grants will help add 5,729 acres to Virginia’s conserved lands.
