Paris, 7 January 2008
EFITA newsletter / 343 / European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Archive of the efita newsletter - 4th trimester 2007
See: http://www.efita.net?d=6378
Next 51st and 52nd AgriMMedia seminars in Paris (in
French)
> Promotion and sale by Internet of products and services marketed
by farmers - Promotion et vente par Internet de produits et services proposés
par les agriculteurs (3) - 51ème Colloque AgriMMédia
26 February 2008
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr?d=7090
> ICT tools for advisory activities - Outils informatiques des conseillers
agricoles : état des lieux et perspectives (2) - 52ème Colloque AgriMMédia
28 February 2008
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr/?d=7091
International Advanced Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies
for Sustainable Agro-production and Environment (AWICTSAE 2008)
22 - 23 May - ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece
See/ http://ir.it.teithe.gr
Contact : Mike SALAMPASIS
E-mail: cs1msa(a)it.teithe.gr
Viable strategies for the Russian animal production market
See: http://www.dlg.org/en/press/press_office.html?struts=publicArtikelDetail.do&artikelId=1587&spracheId=2&kategorieId=1&bereich=News
Good Government! (An oldie but a goodie. Time to air it again!)
On his trip to Great Britain, George Bush had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth.
He asked her, "How do you manage to run your country so smoothly?"
"That's easy," she replied, "We surround ourself with intelligent
ministers and advisors."
"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?"
"We ask them a riddle," she replied, and with that she pressed a button
and said, "Please send Gordon Brown in."
When Brown arrived, the Queen said, "I have a riddle for you to answer
for me. Your parents had a child; it was not your sister and it was not your
brother. Who was this child?"
Brown replied, "That's easy, your Majesty. The child was me."
"Very good," said the Queen. "You may go now."
Bush went back to Washington and called in his chief of staff, Karl Rove. He
said to him, "I have a riddle for you, and the answer is very important.
Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother.
Who was this child?"
Rove replied, "Yes, it is clearly very important that we determine the
answer, Mr. President, as no child must be left behind. Can I deliberate on
this for a while?"
"Yes," said Bush, "I'll give you four hours to come up with the
answer."
So Rove called a meeting of the White House staff, and asked them the riddle.
After much discussion and many suggestions, though, none of them had a satisfactory
answer. Rove was quite upset, not knowing what he would tell the President.
As he was walking back to the Oval Office, he saw former Secretary of State
Colin Powell approaching him. So he said, "Mr. Secretary, can you answer
this riddle for me? Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and
it was not your brother. Who was the child?"
"That's easy," said Powell, "The child was me."
"Oh thank you, sir," said Rove. "You may just have saved me my
job!"
So Rove went back to the Oval Office and said to President Bush, "I think
I know the answer to your riddle, Mr President. The child was Colin Powell!"
"No, you dumb ass!" shouted Bush. "The child was Gordon Brown!"
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail; harkin(a)iol.ie
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