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Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit
Mick Harkin, ex Secretary of EFITA, who has kept us amused with his Friday Jokes over the years, has published a book on Amazon entitled "Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit".
See: http://www.jokesquotesandanecdotes.com
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


A point of view: ICT adoption by European farmers (GW)
In the two last issues of this newsletter, I took the liberty to express my opinion about Open Archives and Open Data. Today I would like to encourage you to read the links mentioned in the last issue about adoption of ICT by French farmers (I believe it is the same in all European countries). All the farmers "having an economic role" are already connected to the Internet for years. In France 42 % of the farmers connected are using social networks, and 82 % of the farmers connected are use Internet every day for their business.
Voir : http://frenchweb.fr/agriculture-online-42-dagrinautes-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux/101611
Voir : http://www.terre-net.fr/actualite-agricole/economie-social/article/le-web-un-reflexe-quotidien-202-86067.html


3rd (LAST) Announcement of the Grundtvig Laboratory: citizens of mountainous regions and technophobia
The Informatics Laboratory of the Agricultural University of Athens is organizing an one week's GRUNDTVIG LABORATORY in Athens, next June 10-16, 2013. Details on the Laboratory’s programme and registration can be found in the site http://grundtvig.aua.gr/.
All expenses (travelling, accommodation and food) will be fully covered by the organizers. The participants will attend the programme, they will be accommodated in single rooms of a good hotel close to our University and they will have their free lunches and dinners at the University.
As soon as they will be formally selected, they have to book their flight to come in Athens at 10 of June and leave 16 of June, 2013.
The Grundtvig Laboratory can be attended by any adult, provided that he/she speaks English and he/she would like to fight his/her computer illiteracy or to contribute in fighting technophobia on computers. Applicants living in rural and/or mountainous areas have priority for participation. Interested persons are kindly asked to be registered by filling in the electronic form provided in the site above (one form for each applicant). The successful applicants will be selected by the Grundtvig Laboratory organizing Committee and will be informed respectively in a few days.
The selection of participants is based on Grundtvig Laboratories criteria.
See: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/grundtvig_en.htm


Livestock Research takes part in an European project about Precision Livestock Farming (PLF).
PLF technology can assist the farmer with daily management choices, in areas with social, economic and technological issues.
To inventory what opinion people have in relation to Precision Livestock Farming, we have made a web based questionnaire.
You have access to the Questionnaire by Questionnaire EU-PLF (After opening: Click on your own flag for your own language!)
In this questionnaire we would like to know how familiar you are with Precision Livestock Farming (PLF). We also want to identify factors that you believe would motivate farmers to apply this technology. (You can also call PLF ‘SmartFarming’ or ‘Electronic Management System’).
See: http://projectasg.wur.nl/questplf2013/


AgriDirect, specialists in Agrimarketing
See: http://www.agridirect.nl/en/home


Dutch agricultural sector is more positive
See: http://www.agridirect.nl/en/news/243-agricultural-sector-more-optimistic


A large farm: Fair Oaks Farm in Indiana
See: http://politicsoftheplate.com/?p=598


World's Largest Dairy Farm (in Vietnam)
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYTRm80D8E


A day on an Indiana dairy farm...
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSFqPw-PRU


Robots Hard at Work on the Dairy Farm
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7I001wxuXE


Honeymoon
Three virgin sisters were all getting married within a short time period. Mum was a bit worried about how their sex life would get started and made them all promise to send a postcard from the honeymoon with a few words on their first impressions of marital sex.

The first girl sent a card from Hawaii two days after the wedding. The card said nothing but: “Nescafe”. Puzzled at first, Mum went to her kitchen and got out the Nescafe jar. It said: “Good till the last drop”. Mum blushed, but was pleased for her daughter.

The second girl sent the card from the Maldives a week after the wedding, and the card read: “Rothmans”. Mum now knew to go straight to her husband's cigarettes to read from the pack: “Extra Long. King Size”. She was again slightly embarrassed but still happy for her daughter.

The third girl departed for her honeymoon in New Zealand. Mum waited for a week, nothing. Another week went by and still nothing. A month passed; still nothing. A card finally arrived from Auckland on which was written with shaky hand, “Air New Zealand “.

Mum took out her latest travel magazine, flipped through the pages fearing the worst, and finally found the ad for Air NZ.

'Ten times a day, seven days a week, both ways.'


MUM FAINTED !!!!!


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