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• Much Ado About Water

  - 2008-07-01

  Water supplies in southeastern states reached historic lows during 2007. According to Georgia state climatologist David Stooksbury, this condition is expected to continue in 2008. Although reservoirs have filled in some locations during the winter months, low levels are expected to persist during the summer and fall. Periods of drought...

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• It's the System for Saving Water!

  - 2008-05-01

  The drought in the southeastern United States over the past two years has made national news. In some areas of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, surface and ground water sources are still stressed, and farmers are being asked to cut their usage of irrigation water. One approach to conserving water is...

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• New Educational Web Site Helps Homeowners Protect Their Homes from Termites

  - 2008-02-27

  Termites101.org Explains Termite Identification, Prevention, Treatment and Control ATLANTA -- United States homeowners now have a new tool to help them learn how to protect their homes from termites - Termites101.org (http://www.termites101.org). The interactive Web site was created through a partnership between Atlanta-based Orkin, Inc. and the members of...

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• Across the USA

  - 2006-05-16

  Correction ran 5/19/2006: University of Georgia President Michael Adams asked CBS not to refer to the annual Georgia-Florida football game as the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." An item Tuesday in Across the USA provided by the Associated Press erroneously reported that Adams made the same request to the city...

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• Wilbur H. Duncan-A Remembrance

  - 2005-06-01

  We are saddened to report the passing of Wilbur H. Duncan, University of Georgia Professor Emeritus of Botany and retired Curator of the GA Herbarium. He died at his home attended by his family on March 25, 2005 in Athens, Georgia. He was over 94 years old.Wilbur was born on...

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• University of Georgia foursome post relay world best

  - 2004-03-19

  COLLEGE STATION, United States AFP ? The opening day of the NCAA US collegiate women's swimming championships saw a team from the University of Georgia post a short-course world best time in the 4x50m freestyle relay. Kara Lynn Joyce, Neka Mabry, Paige Kearns and Andrea Georoff, all Americans, clocked...

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• Minority Buying Power to Triple through 2008.

  - 2003-08-15

  By Dianne Solis, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15--Minority buying power will more than triple from its 1990 level through 2008, illustrating the significant population growth, and, for blacks and Asians, their educational strides, according to a ...

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• Imagine Life in Another Country on Another Continent: Teaching in the Age of Globalization.

  - 2001-09-01

  As I wake up in my new country of Botswana, it is humid, but peaceful. (Andy, the University of Georgia) I have been a citizen of Botswana, which is located in the Southern part of Africa for two decades, and I have never been...

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• U.S. Senator Talks Economic, Community Development in Athens, Ga.

  - 2001-08-16

  By Shana Gallentine, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 16--Economic and community development dominated the discussion Wednesday when U.S. Sen. Max Cleland met with community leaders for a forum in East Athens. The meeting was part of Cleland's daylong...

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• Registration of `Flint' Canola-Quality Rapeseed.

  - 2001-03-01

  `Flint' rapeseed (Brassica napus L. ssp. oleifera) (Reg. no. CV-20, PI 605719) was developed by the University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations and released in 1998. Flint is a spring-type, Canola-quality rapeseed cultivar with excellent resistance to blackleg [caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (Desmaz.) Ces. & De...

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