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China Search Alliance accelerates expansion to meet Google’s penetration into China
China Search Alliance, a combination of more than 200 Internet portals, accelerated its expansion to meet the upcoming challenge from the global search giant , which is expected to officially…
Treating Emotional Allergies In Pets And Their Owners
Although contested by some, it is obvious to those who live with and love animals, that animals have emotions. Animal emotions can be considered in the same categories as those…
Exotic Bird Farms
Exotic bird farms may consist of a few aviaries in the backyard, a few cages in a room or basement, or many cages in a separate building or outdoors. Aviculturists…
May 2004: Time for Agrobalt. Again. 13 years of success in succession.
On 4 February 2004 Jeronimas Kraujelis, the Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture, and Rita Hopfner, Director of a German-based company IFWexpo organising the exhibition AgroBalt, signed the Agreement of Cooperation in…
This year “AgroBalt” is not only production, but also fun
Marijampolė, May 04. 380 participants from 21 countries will introduce their expositions and stands in International Food and Agricultural Trade Exhibition “AgroBalt 2004” that begins on May 6. Total area…
Crabapple – Spring Beauty
A flexible flowering fruit tree to Many gardeners enjoy the fruit of some varieties in addition to the flowers. You can make jams and jellies from the fruit of some…
Planting on Your Septic Drain Field
Author: Susan D. Day, Extension Associate; Ellen Silva, former Extension Technician; Horticulture, Virginia Tech Perhaps the most entertaining answer to the question 'What should I plant over a septic system's…
Selecting Alternative Holiday Plants
The mention of holidays and flowers prompts most of us to think of poinsettias. Our holiday customs have become so entrenched with the use of red poinsettias that several other,…
Nuclear power energetics in Russia lives out its days
Evgeny Adamov, a minister for Atomic energy sighed a decree about power decrease of atomic electric power stations. This measure was caused by the great debts of the Russian joint-stock…
Weeds and Words
Diane Relf, Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture As I've grown older, I have learned that weeds are nothing but a matter of semantics. With an acre and a half of a…
Understanding and Using Compost
Compost is produced when organic matter, such as garden and lawn waste, is broken down by bacteria and fungi. It contains humus, which helps hold nutrients in the soil. Humus…
Tree Gardening Flowering Cherry
One of the most admired is the weeping Japanese which has its long, graceful weeping branches full of the tiny pink blossoms North and Central Georgia are prime growing areas…
The Big Move
Jane Simmonds has watched her small city garden take off over the last four years, but now she’s off to the country. What’s it like to say goodbye? This is…
Nuclear energy for peace: the birth of nuclear energetics
The birthday of nuclear energetics can be defined with different dates. The first reactor that was used to generate electric energy was the EBR (Experimental Breeder Reactor) in the United…
European Economic Integration: Benefits and Challenges for Lithuania
“European Economic Integration: Benefits and Challenges for Lithuania” by Petras Austrevicius, Director General of the European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania at the Seventh annual international…
Foreign Minister Handles Ratification Documents of EU Accession Treaty to Italian Ambassador
On 23 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis handled the ratification documents of the EU Accession Treaty to Bernardo Uguccioni, Ambassador of the Italian…
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Participates in EU – US Meeting
On 26 September, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis participated in the meeting of foreign ministers from the EU member states and candidate countries with US Secretary of State…
Formal address of President of the Republic of Lithuania Rolandas Paksas
Pat Cox welcomed President Paksas of Lithuania to the European Parliament. President Cox stated that it was "a happy co-incidence" that President Paksas was addressing the House on the day…
Summer Flowering Bulbs
As you are planning and planting for the summer season, remember it is a great time to enjoy loud, colorful flower splashes in your garden. What better plants to use…
Sunflowers
History The sunflower may be one of America's unsung heroes. One of the few cultivated plants native to North America, it is believed that wild sunflowers covered thousands of square…