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VTR's #86 (November 2001)
1. Treating Search And Rescue Dogs... And Their Owners: They work long hours, they don't complain, and the only reward they need is a pat on the head. Dogs were as much a part of the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center Towers as any human being, suffering the same physical, and emotional trauma. [1:20]
2. Saving The Hemlocks: The insects in these little white blobs are literally sucking the life out of Virginia's Hemlocksl The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is a native of Japan, but it somehow traveled to the Eastern U.S. in the twentieth century. Its natural predators didn't come with it so it has spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic without anything to check its growth. [1:37]
3. Red Light Running: Red light running is rampant - at least in Blacksburg, Virginia, near the Virginia Tech campus. Psychology students observed 1500 cycles of lights at two intersections and over half the time somebody ran the red light . So Psychology professor Scott Geller and his students called on the Crash Test Dummies, Vince and Larry, to help. [1:20]
4. The "HokieSAT" Project: Inside this yellow tinted clean room, Virginia Tech students are assembling a satellite for clients that include NASA and the Air Force. With a launch date of 2003 approaching, the countdown is on. Aerospace Engineering graduate student Jana Schwartz has been part of the "HokieSAT" project from the beginning. [1:44]
5. Farming With The Environment In Mind: "This is going to allow you to be much more timely, a much more efficient rower than you would be if you had to work the soil every fall." Virginia farmer David Black is talking about continuous no-till, where farmers don't plow up the land every spring or fall. Seeds for the next crop are sown right into the leftover stubble from the previous crop. [1:20]
Visual & Broadcast Communications produces university-related and Extension-oriented video news releases on a regular basis. Virginia Tech Reports is a package of several stories that is distributed to television stations and syndicators around the state. For information contact Paul Lancaster at (540) 231-6997 or dinosaur@vt.edu
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