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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 30 December 2013 EFITA newsletter / 631 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment Happy New Year 2014! You must type in your first name in the first box, and your last name in capitals, in the second box See: http://www.dilmaza.com/intro/ A thought for Alan Turing, British genius of computer sciences dead nearly 60 years ago (he died of cyanide poisoning in 1954, aged 41) > Gordon Brown: I'm proud to say sorry to a real war hero See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/gordon-brown/6170112/Gordon-Brown-Im-proud-to-say-sorry-to-a-real-war-hero.html > Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing receives royal pardon Mathematician lost his job and was given experimental 'chemical castration' after being convicted for homosexual activity in 1952 See: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/24/enigma-codebreaker-alan-turing-royal-pardon > Alan Turing's pardon is wrong See: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/24/alan-turing-pardon-wrong-gay-men Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/edward-snowden-after-months-of-nsa-revelations-says-his-missions-accomplished/2013/12/23/49fc36de-6c1c-11e3-a523-fe73f0ff6b8d_story.html 
4th Annual World Congress of Bioenergy (WCBE-2014) 21-23 September, 2014 - QINGDAO, China See: http://www.bitcongress.com/WCBE2014/default.asp Call for Apps Are you making an open data based app? Apps for Europe is running an online competition to find the best app developers across the continent. See: http://futureeverything.org/ongoing-projects/apps-for-europe/call-for-apps-competition/ AgDNA farm management app It can be used for farm planning, record keeping, scouting and GPS vehicle tracking. See: http://www.agdna.com (free to download) Drones (UAV) - 1: Case IH Advanced Farming Systems Overview See: http://caseihafs.com/overview.php Drones (UAV) - 2: Ez pilot CNH TRIMBLE farmstore See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zccsJLwcCOo Drones (UAV) - 3: Naza V2 See: http://www.dji.com/product/naza-m-v2/ Drones (UAV) – 4: ArduPilot Mega See: http://www.ardupilot.co.uk/ Drones (UAV) – 5: PI LightWeight sytem manufactured by the Optris GmbH See: http://www.optris.com/pi-lightweight-netbox Drones (UAV) – 6: Nec Avio F30, a camera for drones See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LCA_xdRxg&list=PLDB641FBDD91B670B&index=1 AGIS, a general purpose geo-processing system targeting Precision Ag See: http://www.deltadatasystems.com/agis/ International Institute of Rural Reconstruction training courses See: http://www.studying-development.org/CourseDirectory/TrainingProvider/International_Institute_of_Rural_Reconstruction_(IIRR).html Contact: Dulce DOMINGUEZ Email: Dulce.Dominguez(a)iirr.org An Organic Farmer Walks Into Monsanto…And This is What Happened See: http://www.realagriculture.com/2013/12/an-organic-farmer-walks-into-monsanto-and-this-is-what-happened/ International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences (IJACS) (ISSN: 2227-670X) See: http://ijagcs.com/general-information/ European Soil Portal: Newsletter No 60 (December 2013) See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/utilities/newsletter/201312.pdf
Here is the first Christmas joke! (a little bit late but I had no time to send this newsletter last week) Three men died on Christmas eve and were met by Saint Peter at the Pearly gates. “In honour of this holy season” Saint Peter said, “You must each possess something that symbolises Christmas to get into heaven”. The Englishman fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on “it’s a candle” he said. “You may pass through the Pearly gates” said Saint Peter. The Scotsman reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. he shook them saying “these are the bells”. “You may pass through the pearly gates” allowed Saint Peter. The Irishman started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of ladies panties. Saint Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked “and just what do these symbolise?” The Irishman replied: “THESE ARE CAROL’S”. And so the Christmas silly season begins! The distribution of this efita newsletter is sponsored by vitisphere.com Please, contribute to the content of your efita newsletter, and advertise your events, new publications, new products and new project in this newsletter. Without your support, it will not survive! Contact: Guy WAKSMAN E-mail: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net To read this newsletter on our web site See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/efita/efita_131230_631.htm
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