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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…
Mobile Marketing
Simon Halberstam of specialist e-commerce solicitors Sprecher Grier Halberstam says that companies considering email marketing campaigns need to consider some basic legal issues before spending money on such campaigns. "Ask…
Call Centres and the 1998 Data Protection Act
Call Centres and the Data Protection Act 1998: some legal points to note: * Customers should be advised if their details are to be stored, by whom and for what…
Online Casino – A new era?
Following the report published by the Gambling Review Board ("the Budd Report") last summer, the Government has produced proposals which could potentially make the UK one of the best and…
Spam – the Legal Position
These days an average email inbox has more spam than a cold war bunker. The new Electronic Communications Privacy Directive (a new piece of EU legislation which must be implemented…
Marketing to Children and The Law
"Its that time of year when adverts and marketing gear up for the Christmas rush. Since no-one has discovered the database Santa and his elves must have to assess which…
The Castle of Voruta
The castle of Voruta was one of the most important castles during the reign of the first and the only crowned King of Lithuania Mindaugas (1238–1263). Here Mindaugas defended himself…
Catfish Spelunking in Mexico
by Shane Linder While up in Mexico last week (Dec 2001) I managed to make a stop at a cenote just outside of Chichen Itza in Yucatan State. A cenote…
Geology Of Ward Valley
By Howard Wilshire and Jane Nielson Ward Valley has a long geologic history, but many of the valleys geological facets relevant to nuclear waste dump siting are of quite recent…
The Prickly Underbelly of Industrial Ecology
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President The term "industrial ecology" has long been recognized as an evocative analogy, suggesting the benefits of designing industrial systems to more closely…