Châtenay-Malabry (FR -
92290), 12 November 2012
EFITA newsletter / 584 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Swan Lake in China
See: http://www.nzwide.com/swanlake.htm
See you at EFITA2013, a joint conference of three associations, EFITA,
WCCA and CIGR
23 - 27 June 2013 - TURIN
All these associations deal with the future use of ICT in the agri-food
sector, bio-resource and biomass sector.
There will be sessions about sustainability issues and the EU vision of
sustainability, ICT trends in agriculture, bio-resource and agrofood systems,
a part from workshops, interactive groups, hands-on exercises...
Abstracts submission deadline: February 15, 2013
See: http://www.efita2013.org
E-mail: efita2013(a)geyseco.es
Contact: Prof. Remigio BERRUTO
E-mail: remigio.berruto(a)unito.it
Optimum Utilization of Salt-Affected Ecosystems in Arid Regions
8-11 September 2013 - CAIRO, Egypt
See: http://www.drc-interconf2013.com/
HRI-HCI online experiment
My research area is on Human-Robot Interaction, which is closely related
to HCI (Human–computer Interaction) especially in the domain of user interface
design. I am doing this online experiment, which is basically a card sorting
experiment for the categorization of user interface guidelines for HRI
systems.
I need the help/participation of HRI/HCI/Usability specialist, like you,
to take part in this experiment. I would greatly appreciate it if you
could devote some time and do this card sorting experiment, located at
http://websort.net/s/E02557/
Contact: George ADAMIDES
E-mail: adamides(a)arinet.ari.gov.cy
FieldCopter Newsletter
See: http://fieldcopter.eu/en-us/newsletters.aspx
Event Cancelled because of the Hurricane Sandy: Agriculture Extension
and Advisory Services Under the "New Normal" of Climate Change
See: http://www.agrilinks.kdid.org/events/agriculture-extension-and-advisory-services-under-new-normal-climate-change
Agriculture Briefing on CAP reform in the Agriculture Council &
the 2014-2020 EU budget
In this latest issue of the Brussels Briefing on Agricultural Policy,
leading agriculture journalist Ed Bray provides an extensive update on
progress made with regard to European Agricultural Policy.
See: http://www.vieuws.eu/issues/10-eu-agriculture/22-eu-experts-vieuws/467-brussels-briefing-agricultural-policy-on-cap-reform-in-the-agriculture-council-the-2014-2020-eu-budget/
The Importance of Crop Protection Products
20%-40% of the world's potential crop production is already lost annually
because of the effects of weeds, pests and disease. These crop losses
would be doubled if existing pesticide uses were abandoned, significantly
raising food prices.
See: http://www.croplifeamerica.org/crop-protection/benefits/increase-food-production
Practical Farmideas
Voir : http://www.farmideas.co.uk/
An Open Letter to Wikipedia
See: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/09/an-open-letter-to-wikipedia.html
Voir aussi : http://www.internetactu.net/2012/10/29/lidentite-perdue/
The driverless road ahead
See: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21564821-carmakers-are-starting-take-autonomous-vehicles-seriously-other-businesses-should-too
On a chain of beautiful, deserted islands in the middle of the South
Pacific, the following people are stranded (already told but so funny)
* two Italian men and one Italian woman
* two French men and one French woman
* two German men and one German woman
* two Greek men and one Greek woman
* two British men and one British woman
* two Bulgarian men and one Bulgarian woman
* two Japanese men and one Japanese woman
* two Chinese men and one Chinese woman
* two Irish men and one Irish woman
* two American men and one American woman
After one month on these stunning, deserted islands in the middle of nowhere,
the following occurrences were noted:
* One Italian man killed the other Italian man for the Italian woman.
* The two French men and the French woman are living happily together
in a “ménage-à-trois”.
* The two German men have a strict weekly schedule of alternating visits
with the German woman.
* The two Greek men are sleeping together and the Greek woman is cooking
and cleaning for them.
* The two British men are waiting for someone to introduce them to the
British woman.
* The two Bulgarian men took one look at the Bulgarian woman and started
swimming to another island.
* The two Japanese have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.
* The two Chinese men have set up a pharmacy, liquor store, restaurant,
and laundry, and have gotten the woman pregnant in order to supply more
employees for their enterprises.
* The two Irish men divided the island into north and south and set up
a distillery. They do not remember if sex is in the picture because it
gets somewhat foggy after a few pints of coconut whiskey. However, they
are satisfied because the British are not having any fun.
* The two American men are contemplating suicide because the American
woman will not shut up and complains relentlessly about her body, the
true nature of feminism, what the sun is doing to her skin, how she can
do anything they can’t do, the necessity of fulfilment, the equal division
of household chores, how sand and palm trees make her look fat, how her
last boyfriend respected her opinion and treated her nicer than they do,
how her relationship with her mother is the root cause of all her problems,
and why didn't they bring a damn cell phone so they could call 911 and
get them all rescued off this forsaken deserted island in the middle of
freaking nowhere so she can get her nails done and go shopping.
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