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It's gift time 11/09/06
“We need to be ensuring a season of giving instead of getting,” said Gibson, a multicultural specialist with the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “What we want to instill in our children is that service and giving of oneself should be a part of daily life.”
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Tips for 'brown thumbs' 11/09/06
Giving a plant to someone without a green thumb can be like giving a pet to someone who isn't an animal lover.
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Fanning lecture 11/02/06
Carole Brookins will present the 2006 J.W. Fanning Lecture on “Major Forces and Factors Shaping Global Markets and Their Structure” Nov. 27 in Athens, Ga. The annual lecture will be at 10:30 a.m. in rooms K/L of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
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Mulch volcano 10/31/06
In many manicured landscapes, plants often seem to grow out of little mulch volcanoes. But piling mulch 1 to 3 feet deep around trees is way too much of a good thing, experts say.
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Landscape software 10/27/06
Landscape professionals have to be good at what they do. But to secure clients and get the best profit they can from their work, they really have to be good at job bidding. To make that job much easier and faster, the University of Georgia has released two software packages.
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Turfgrass Institute 10/26/06
Experts from across the Southeast will share their knowledge Dec. 5-6 during the annual Turfgrass Institute and Trade Show at the Gwinnett Civic and Cultural Center in Duluth, Ga.
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High quality apples 10/26/06
In the height of Georgia's apple season, it's easy to find a variety of fresh, high-quality fruit on the produce shelves. But this isn't the case in countries like the Ukraine, where poor-quality fruit is sold in the marketplace just miles away from orchards filled with fresh, high-quality fruit.
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Foodborne illness 10/26/06
In September, three Georgians suffered respiratory failure after drinking carrot juice. A Florida woman was hospitalized in mid-September, and on Oct. 11, Toronto, Ontario, newspapers reported that two people there were hospitalized and have suffered paralysis. These recent cases of botulism have put carrot juice in headlines across North America.
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Biodiesel workshop 10/20/06
From the economics of biodiesel to producing it drip by drip at the University of Georgia’s biorefinery, the Southeastern Biodiesel Workshop will cover all aspects of biodiesel in an upcoming three-day workshop.
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Gardening 'Dawg' 10/19/06
Retired University of Georgia athletic director and avid gardener Vince Dooley will share his gardening tips Nov. 9 during Macon State College’s Waddell Barnes Gardens Fall Lecture.