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Astronomy Section – Meteors
A meteor, or a shooting star as they are more commonly known, is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere. It looks like…
Astronomy Section – Earth and Moon
The Earth is unique amongst the terrestrial planets in having a large satellite, the Moon, which, relative to the Earth, has the largest mass of any satellite - parent system…
Astronomy Section – Comets
Comets are nebulous celestial bodies orbiting the sun. A comet is characterised by a long, luminous tail, but only in the segment of the comet's orbit when it passes closest…
Astronomy Section – Telescopes
Introduction A telescope is an optical instrument used to magnify and enhance the view of faraway objects, be they astronomical or terrestrial. Most telescopes fall into one of two main…
Astronomy Section – Asteroids
Introduction Although neglected scientifically and publicly for a long time, in the past ten years asteroids have been the subject of much interest and debate. This has caused by announcements…
Don’t Be a Cat-and-Mouse Manager
Don’t Be a Cat-and-Mouse Manager Why employees perform better for bosses who care about them by Kenneth A. Tucker and Vandana Allman Authors of Animals, Inc. (Warner Books, 2004) One…
Finding planets through a pinhole
Take two sheets of white paper. In the middle of one sheet, poke a hole with a pin. Hold the sheets about a foot apart, so the punctured sheet faces…
Saturn gains a new ring and, maybe, two moons
Sometimes it pays to be looking in just the right place. Ask Carl Murray, Cassini imaging team member at Queen Mary, University of London. Murray was examining images taken June…
Hubble glimpses early galaxy formation
If the era when the first galaxies formed can be called the opening act in the universe's history, then the Hubble Space Telescope has given scientists a front-row seat. Astronomers…
Architecture in Lithuania
The architecture of the cities of Lithuania is like a mirror which contains a reflection of our history. The brick and walled castles of the Middle Ages comprise the oldest…
Arts in Lithuania
Both folk and professional arts draw on the harmony, subjectivity and expressiveness of the Lithuanian character. Graphic and applied decorative art flourished in the palaces of the grand dukes and…
Lithuania – Economic Reforms
Free online information regarding Economic Reforms, Lithuania During the early 1990s, the government launched a comprehensive program of market-oriented reforms, which included the privatization of state-owned enterprises, the lifting of…
Lithuania history
Special thanks to the Microsoft Corporation for their contribution to this site. The following information came from Microsoft Encarta. Some scholars believe that Lithuanians inhabited the Baltic area as early…
Short LITHUANIA history
Where the Sesupe and Nemunas rivers flow There is our country, lovely Lithuania / Maironis / Lithuania is a small plot of land at the Baltic Sea. The whole west…
Lithuania History | Lonely Planet World Guide
The ancestors of the modern Lithuanians were known as Balts and probably reached the area from the south-east around 2000 BC. By the 12th century the Balt peoples were split…
Data Protection and the Workplace – Regulatory Powers and Code of Practice
We live in a world where our personal details are beknown to an ever-increasing number of people. Just look at the amount of mailshots that land on your doormat every…
An „easy” Target? easyGroup v BPI
Yesterday (27 September 2002) Stelios, the founder of easyGroup led the easyGroup orange boiler suit brigade in a protest at the High Court in London. The reason for the protest?…
Domain Names – Use Them or Lose Them
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) The majority of disputes relating to domain names are brought under UDRP. The complaints are usually brought by the holder of a registered trade mark…
Transfering customer data abroad
Intra-group transfer of data outside of the EEA Background Boombust Limited intends to transfer details of all its existing customers to an off shore company within the same group of…
Monitoring Email in the light of the Ford Decision
The Dangers of E-mail and Internet Use in the Workplace Because employers can be held legally liable for the content of e-mails sent from their premises and for the content…