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The Geekiest License Plates of All Time
See: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/the-geekiest-license-plates-of-all-time/


VOA3R Workshop: Open Access & Agricultural Repositories
18 October – CYPRUS
The workshop "Open Access & Agricultural Repositories" will take place in Limassol, Cyprus on October 18, 2012. The event is organized with the support of the European Committee and the ICT-PSP Program, under the auspices of the Agricultural Research Institute of Cyprus (ARI), the Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET), the European funded project VOA3R and the AIMS portal.
Participation is free, however pre-registration is required by filling-in and submitting the registration form. English will be the working language.
For the invitation and registration form you can visit http://ruraldev.ari.gov.cy/en/index.php (News/Events)
Contact: George ADAMIDES
E-mail: gadamides(a)ari.gov.cy


Workshop on Agricultural Education, Methods, Practices and Technologies" (AgEdWS12)
25 October 2012 - POLLENZO, Bra, Italy,
The "Workshop on Agricultural Education, Methods, Practices and Technologies" (AgEdWS12) will be an event of the Green Learning Network, formerly known as Agricultural Learning Repositories Task Force (AgLR-TF). It will take place at Pollenzo, Bra, Italy, on October 25, 2012, and it will be collocated with Green Ideas 2012 (http://greenideasproject.org). The workshop will be structured in a way that will enable stakeholders to understand the various steps included in the development of educational material in the agricultural context, from the development of a learning resource until its publication in a related web portal.

The workshop is addressed to people involved in education in the context of agriculture and green topics in general, such as educators, teachers, trainers and advisors, as well as content developers, providers and publishers. It will consist of presentations, demonstrations of tools and portals as well as interactive hands-on sessions that will enable participants to better understand the use of the tools and the corresponding workflows.
Participation to the workshop is free and only a pre-registration is required, by sending an email to vprot (a) agroknow.gr. You may find additional information about the workshop, including the agenda and the registration process in the wiki page of the Workshop: http://wiki.agroknow.gr/agroknow/index.php/AgEdWorkshop_2012
Contact: Vassilis Protonotarios
E-mail: vprot(a)agroknow.gr


ECPA2013 – Abstract submission success
More than 280 abstracts from 38 different countries around the world have been received!
See: http://www.ecpa2013.udl.cat/abstract.html


The OSCAR Project
It is widely recognised that human activities are making a significant contribution to increased concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs), with serious implications for our future climate. As a result it has become imperative that the twin climate change objectives of mitigation and adaptation are taken into account during the development of policies of all types, not least those with implications for the rural environment and communities, such as the Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) being developed for the post-2013 period. The European Commission has funded a research project to develop guidance material for RDP Managing Authorities and other stakeholders to ensure that the formulation of RDPs meet their established rural development priorities whilst also ensuring that climate change benefits are maximised. The output of the project is a step-by-step process for integrating climate change objectives into the RDP development process fully supported by an extensive decision support system allowing complex environmental interactions to be assessed and considered within high level policy development procedures. The draft manual and software system is now available for download from the OSCAR website (http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/oscar) and the European Commission is hosting a workshop in Brussels in November to introduce the initiative and explore its potential.
See: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/oscar/
Contact: Andy GREEN
E-mail: A.Green(a)herts.ac.uk


American playing food safety lottery (?)
See: http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Quality-Safety/Americans-playing-food-safety-lottery-says-professor/


My remark (GW): I have no opinion about food safety in the USA, but it seems to me that too many people are interested in exaggerating the dangers, spreading fears. In this context, our situation is not much better than this one that we knew a few years ago when everybody was maybe too confident…


Why Text Messaging Still Thrives Despite Smartphones, Twitter and WhatsApp
See: http://justinmastrangelo.visibli.com/share/X5Lr0s?
goback=%2Egde_3996825_member_173023667


You can live in the Midwest where...

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

OR (see next week)


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