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|University of the Philippines Los Baños
|Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños
|Honor and Excellence[1]
|06 March 1909
|National, Research University
|PH₱ 4 billion (US$ 90 million) (2010)[2][3]
|Rex Victor Cruz[4]
|Alfredo E. Pascual[5]
|Academic staff
|Other students
|496 (high school)[6]
| Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
(Main Campus)
14°9′54.18″N 121°14′29.55″E / 14.16505°N 121.2415417°ECoordinates: 14°9′54.18″N 121°14′29.55″E / 14.16505°N 121.2415417°E
|Rural, 14,665 ha (36,240 acres)[2]
|U.P. Naming Mahal (U.P. Beloved)
|U.P. Maroon and U.P. Forest Green
|Association of Pacific Rim Universities
ASEAN-European University Network
ASEAN University Network
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (also referred to as UPLB, UP Los Baños, and Elbi) is a public university located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna, some 64 kilometers southeast of Manila. It traces its roots to the UP College of Agriculture (UPCA), which was founded in 1909 by the American colonial government to promote agricultural education and research in the Philippines. American botanist Edwin Copeland served as its first dean. UPLB was formally established in 1972 following the union of UPCA with four other Los Baños and Diliman-based University of the Philippines (UP) units.
The university has played an influential role in Asian agriculture and biotechnology due to its pioneering efforts in plant breeding and bioengineering, particularly in the development of high-yielding and pest-resistant crops. In recognition of its work, it was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding in 1977. Nine research centers are recognized as Centers of Excellence by presidential decree.[7][8][9][10] UPLB hosts a number of local and international research centers, including the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, World Agroforestry Centre, and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).
UPLB offers more than 100 degree programs in various disciplines through its nine colleges and two schools. As of October 2010 the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has accredited eight academic units as Centers of Excellence and two as Centers of Development,[11] giving UPLB the largest number of Centers of Excellence (research and academic units combined) among all universities in the country.[7][8][9][10][11]
UPLB alumni have been recognized in a wide range of fields. They include 13 scientists awarded the title National Scientist of the Philippines, members of the UN IPCC (winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize),[12] Palanca Award winners,[13][14] as well as political and business leaders.
UPLB was originally established as the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA) on March 6, 1909, by the UP Board of Regents. Edwin Copeland, an American botanist and Thomasite from the Philippine Normal College in Manila, served as its first dean.[15][16] Classes began in June 1909 with five professors, and 12 students initially enrolled in the program.[17] The Forestry School was established a year later.[18]
During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, UPCA was closed and the campus converted into an internment camp for allied nationals and a headquarters of the Japanese army.[15] For three years, the college was home to more than 2,000 civilians, mostly Americans, that were captured by the Japanese. In 1945, as part of the liberation of the Philippines, the US Army sent 130 11th Airborne Division paratroopers to Los Baños to rescue the internees.[19] Only four paratroopers and two Filipino guerrillas were killed in the raid. However, Japanese reinforcements arrived two days later, destroying UPCA facilities[15][17] and killing some 1,500 Filipino civilians in Los Baños soon afterwards.[20][21]
UPCA became the first unit of the University of the Philippines to open after the war when it resumed classes on July 25, 1945, with Leopoldo Uichangco as dean. However, only 125 (16 percent) of the original students enrolled. It was even worse for the School of Forestry, which only had nine students. Likewise, only 38 professors returned to teach. UPCA used its ₱470,546 (US$10,800)[22] share in the Philippine-US War Damage Funds (released in 1947) for reconstruction.[23]
Further financial endowments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) allowed the construction of new facilities, while scholarship grants, mainly from the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Cooperation Administration, helped fund training of UPCA faculty. From 1947 to 1958, a total of 146 faculty members had been granted MS and PhD scholarships in US universities.[23]
Dioscoro Umali became UPCA dean in 1959. Umali's administration oversaw the creation of IRRI, SEARCA (of which he was the first director),[10] and the Department of Food Science and Technology. New facilities were also constructed under his Five-Year Development Program.[24]
In 1972, UPCA requested Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to allow the college to secede from the University of the Philippines due to the alleged withholding of its budget and the disapproval of curricular proposals.[10] However, UP President Salvador P. Lopez strongly opposed the idea. A survey found that there was very little support for complete independence at UPCA. As a compromise, Lopez proposed the transformation of UP into a system of autonomous constituent universities. Finally, on November 20, 1972, Presidential Decree No. 58 was signed, establishing UPLB as UP's first autonomous campus, with UPCA, College of Forestry, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, Dairy Training and Research Institute, and the Diliman-based Agrarian Reform Institute as its first academic units.[10][15][17][25] New colleges and research centers were created over the next few years, while the College of Veterinary Medicine was likewise transferred to UPLB from UP Diliman.[15]
In 2010 Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco's administration oversaw the implementation of a policy allowing for larger lecture classes to improve the "absorptive capacity" of the university by more than 500 students and to give them better access to some of the more seasoned professors.[26] It increased the class size of 25 to 40 students to a much larger 120 to 175 for general education and foundation courses. The policy has been criticized by various groups in UPLB.[27][28]
The UPLB campus consists of 14,665 ha (36,240 acres) spread across the provinces of Laguna, Negros Occidental,[29] and Quezon. UPLB's equipment and facilities are worth some ₱11.3 billion (US$260 million) according to official estimates.[3]
The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research.[2] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin.[30] Other notable landmarks include the iconic Oblation, Alumni Plaza, Freedom Park, and Baker Memorial Hall.
Numerous congregations can be found near UPLB. These include the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Church Among the Palms,[31] the Catholic parishes of St. Therese of the Child Jesus[32] and San Antonio de Padua,[33] and Victory Los Baños.[34] Other amenities include banks (including LBP,[35] Plantersbank,[36] and PNB)[37] and malls, such as Robinsons Town Mall Los Baños.[38] Security is provided by the University Police Force[39] and the Community Support Brigade[40] in addition to the police force of the local government.
UPLB is designated as caretaker of the 4,347 ha (10,740-acre)[2] Makiling Forest Reserve (often referred to as the "upper campus," in contrast to the "lower campus" set at the foot of Makiling). It houses facilities of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Public Affairs, and the University Health Service, among others. The reserve is home to diverse flora and fauna, and has more tree species than the continental United States (an area 32 times bigger than the Philippines).[41] It serves as an outdoor laboratory for students, mainly from the College of Forestry and Natural Resources.[16][42]
UPLB has three major land grants: the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant, La Carlota Land Grant, and Laguna Land Grant.[2]
The 5,719 ha (14,130-acre) Laguna-Quezon Land Grant is located in the towns of Real, Quezon, and Siniloan, Laguna, and was acquired in February 1930. It covers some portions of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and currently hosts the university's Citronella and lemongrass plantations.[43][44] The 705 ha (1,740-acre) La Carlota Land Grant is situated in Negros Occidental, a province in the Western Visayas region. Acquired in May 1964, it houses the PCARRD-DOST La Granja Agricultural Research Center, which serves as a research center for various upland crops.[2][29][45] Meanwhile, the 3,336 ha (8,240-acre)[2] Laguna Land Grant located in Paete, Laguna, also acquired in 1964, is mostly undeveloped. Numerous parties have expressed interest in developing the land grants; however, UPLB has not entertained the potential investors due to the "lack of a solid development plan."[46]
|University of the Philippines Los Baños Chancellors
|Tenure of office
|Abelardo G. Samonte
|Emil Q. Javier
|Raul P. De Guzman
|Ruben Aspiras
|Ruben L. Villareal
|Wilfredo P. David
|Luis Rey I. Velasco
|Rex Victor Cruz
As part of the University of the Philippines System, UPLB is governed by the 11-person UP Board of Regents, which is jointly chaired by the head of the Commission on Higher Education and the UP president.[50][51]
The Board of Regents has the authority to approve the institution, merger, and abolition of degree programs as recommended by the UP president. It also has the power to confer degrees. The UP president, who is appointed by the Board of Regents, is the university's chief executive officer and the head of the faculty.[51]
UPLB is administered by a chancellor who is elected by the UP Board of Regents to a three-year term. The chancellor may only serve for up to two terms.[48][51] Under him are five vice-chancellors specializing in administration, community affairs, instruction, planning and development, and research and extension.[52]
The current chancellor is Rex Victor Cruz, the eighth to hold the office. He assumed the post on November 25, 2011.[53]
UPLB, through the UP System, is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a consortium of leading research universities in the Asia-Pacific region.[54]
UPLB's endowment totaled some ₱4 billion (US$ 90 million) in 2010, broken down into cash reserves (₱1.7 billion/US$40 million), investments (₱745 million/US$17 million) and national government subsidy (₱1.19 billion/US$30 million).[3]
This amount includes research funding from other sources, which was valued at ₱233 million (US$5.37 million)[22] in 2010. The biggest source was Philippine government agencies, at ₱136 million (US$3.13 million),[22] with the PCASTRD-DOST as the largest contributor. This represents a 32 percent decrease from the previous year. Meanwhile, contributions from international and local private agencies increased 101 percent and 71 percent respectively. In all, outside sources contributed some ₱98 million (US$2.26 million).[22][55]
To prepare for its centennial year, UPLB launched several Centennial Fund campaigns, the largest being the Centennial Building Fund, which aims to raise ₱2 billion (US$46.1 million)[22] for the "construction, repair and maintenance of academic buildings and dormitories". Other Centennial Funds include the Centennial Celebration Fund and the Centennial Artists Endowment fund.[22][56]
The University Student Council (USC) is the "highest governing body of all UPLB students." Together with college student councils (CSCs), it assembles as the Student Legislative Chamber and acts as the highest policy-making body of the USC. The USC is composed of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, 10 councilors, a representative for each college/school with less than 500 students, and an additional college representative for every 500 students in excess of the first 500. Members are given one-year terms. CSCs have a similar structure, but with a different number of councilors based on the student population.[58][59]
The Student Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) is responsible for sanctioning erring students. Common offenses include student misconduct and fraternity rumbles. The SDT is composed of a chairperson, two appointees of the chancellor, a student juror, and a parent juror.[58]
|College of Agriculture
|College of Arts and Sciences
|College of Development Communication
|College of Economics and Management
|College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
|School of Environmental Science and Management
|College of Forestry and Natural Resources
|Graduate School
|College of Human Ecology
|College of Public Affairs and Development
|College of Veterinary Medicine
UPLB offers 27 undergraduate and 82 graduate degree programs through its nine colleges and two schools.[26][69] Majority of the programs award science degrees.[70][71] It also awards high school diplomas through the University of the Philippines Rural High School (UPRHS), a subunit of the College of Arts and Sciences, which acts as a laboratory for its BS Math and Science Teaching students.[72]
The College of Arts and Sciences has the largest student population and the largest number of undergraduate degree programs (11), while the College of Forestry and Natural Resources has the least number of programs (one).[26]
BS Agricultural Biotechnology, introduced in 2010, is UPLB's newest undergraduate degree program.[73] Several degree programs that have been proposed include Chancellor Aspiras's BA History, BA Political Science and BS Landscape Horticulture,[48] and National Scientist Teodulo M. Topacio Jr.'s comparative medicine program.[74]
UPLB admits more than 2,500 students and produces about 1,800 graduates every year.[26][28] Undergraduate admission is determined by the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT). Examinees that select UPLB as their preferred campus and garner a University Predicted Grade (UPG) within the standard cut-off are automatically eligible for admission. Those who do not automatically qualify may file an appeal for reconsideration if their UPG is within the actual cut-off, though the appeal process does not guarantee admission.[75][76] The cut-off scores may be adjusted according to a variety of factors. In 2010, UPLB had a standard UPG cut-off of 2.42 while the actual cut-off was 2.8 (this actual cut-off was retained in 2011).[77][78] Seventy percent of slots are given to incoming freshmen with the highest scores, while the remaining thirty percent are given to public high school students and members of minority groups.[78] Before the UPCAT was used for admission, UPCA only admitted the top 5 percent of Philippine high school graduates.[79]
High school freshman admission, on the other hand, is determined by the eight-hour-long UPRHS Entrance Examination. Only the top 125 examinees are admitted.[80] Sophomore transferees take the two-day UPRHS Validation Examination, and are admitted depending on the available slots.[81]
UPLB has a substantial no-show rate, with 42 percent of qualifiers opting not to enroll. The figures are worse for BS Forestry and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programs, with no-show rates of 65 percent and 62 percent, respectively. Other programs with poor enrollment numbers include BS Agriculture, BS Agricultural Engineering, and BS Agricultural Chemistry.[82]
Normally, a student who completes the program may graduate with honors if his general weighted average (GWA) is 1.75 or above. The title summa cum laude is awarded to graduates who obtain a GWA of 1.20 or above, magna cum laude to graduates with a GWA of 1.45 to 1.20, and cum laude to graduates with a GWA of between 1.75 and 1.45.[83] As of 2011 there have been 30 summa cum laudes who have graduated from UPLB.[84]
Graduates wear a black cap and gown,[85] as opposed to the graduates of other UP constituents, who wear the sablay.[86][87]
The base tuition fee per unit in UPLB is ₱1,000 (US$23).[22] As with all UP constituents, UPLB implements the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP). Under the program, students with annual family incomes between ₱1,000,000 (US$23,000) and ₱500,000 (US$11,500)[22] are charged the base tuition fee, while those with annual family incomes above ₱1,000,000 are charged ₱1,500 (US$35) per unit.[22] Students with annual family incomes between ₱500,000 and ₱135,000 (US$3,110) are charged ₱600 (US$14) per unit;[22] those who have between ₱135,000 and ₱80,000 (US$1,840) are charged ₱300 (US$7);[22] while those who have below ₱80,000 are not charged any fees.[88] Additional financial assistance may be accessed through the Student Loan Board, which pays up to 80 percent of the tuition.[82] Scholarship and loan programs are also offered by some UPLB units, such as the College of Veterinary Medicine.[89]
The current rates were introduced in 2007. Previously, base tuition was only ₱300 per unit (since 1989).[88] Library and miscellaneous fees were also increased in 2007, from ₱400 (US$9) per student to ₱1,100 (US$25) and ₱2,000 (US$46), respectively.[22] New fees, such as internet and energy fees, were introduced. The USC sees the over 300 percent increase in tuition as the reason for the low enrollment rate and high student loan levels, which totaled some ₱14 million (US$326,000)[22] in 2007. Additionally, it criticizes the STFAP for allegedly being ineffective. Upon its introduction in 1989, only 16 percent of students received discounts. The number fell to 12 percent in 2007.[82]
UPLB is identified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in agricultural engineering, agriculture, biology, chemistry, forestry, information technology, mathematics, and veterinary medicine. It is a Center of Development in physics, environmental science and statistics.[90] In addition, the Institute of Biological Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, and Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics have been recognized since 1983 as National Centers of Excellence in the Basic Sciences via presidential decree.[91] Other Centers of Excellence by virtue of presidential decree are the Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute, the Institute of Animal Science, the Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Institute of Plant Breeding, the National Crop Protection Center, and the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.[92]
As of 2007, UPLB's 12 libraries, collectively referred to as the University Library, hold a total of 346,061 volumes.[2] It periodically receives publications from United Nations agencies (including the UNFAO, UN-HABITAT and UNU) and the World Bank. It is a contributor to the International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology, contributing nearly 30,000 titles between 1975–2010.[94][95]
195,282 of these volumes are housed at the Main Library, while the rest are in unit libraries. The Main Library also houses theses, digital sources, and 1,215 serial titles, among other materials.[2] It has a total floor area of 6,336 m2 (68,200 sq ft) and a seating capacity of 510, making it the largest library in UPLB.[95]
One of UPLB's unit libraries is the College of Veterinary Medicine-Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster Library. It has 17,798 volumes and 198 serial titles, and a total floor area of 609.25 m2 (6,557.9 sq ft). It claims to hold the largest collection on veterinary and animal sciences in the country.[96]
UPLB manages the Museum of Natural History, which was established in 1976 at the foothills of Mt. Makiling. It holds over 200,000 biological specimens, including half of the samplings from the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project. More than half of the specimens belong to the entomological collection. While most of its collections are in its main building, some are housed in other UPLB units.[97]
UPLB hosts a number of international research institutes, including the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture,[98] the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity,[99] the International Rice Research Institute,[100] the World Fish Center,[101] the World Agroforestry Center,[102] and the Asia Rice Foundation.[103] Local research institutions such as the Philippine Carabao Center[104] as well as bureaus of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Science and Technology have offices at the university.[105] The main office of IRRI's Philippine counterpart, the Philippine Rice Research Institute, used to be located at UPLB but was transferred to the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija in 1990. It continues to maintain a research office at the university.[106]
Two UPLB-published journals, the Philippine Agricultural Scientist and the Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine, are listed in the SCImago Journal Rankings. SCImago gave these an h-index (a measure of "actual scientific productivity" and "apparent scientific impact")[107] of 5 and 1, respectively, for 2009.[108] These journals are also listed in the ISI Web of Knowledge, along with three other UPLB-published journals: the Philippine Entomologist, Philippine Journal of Crop Science, and Asia Life Sciences.[109][110]
UPLB operates a 155 ha (380-acre) Science and Technology Park. As of February 2010, the park has hosted four companies engaged in biotechnology. The park serves as a location for the commercialization and application of UP technologies.[111]
One of the earliest innovations of UPLB was the production of CAC 87 sugar cane in 1919. This high-yielding variety is resistant to fiji and mosaic viruses, and produces more sucrose than other varieties. Its derivatives significantly increased sugar cane production in the Philippines.[16] Between 1921 and 1939, cattle, poultry, and swine breeding programs produced new breeds, namely the Philamin (a hybrid of the Hereford, Nellore and native cattle), Berkjala (a variety of the Berkshire and local Jala-Jala pig, resistant to hog cholera) and the Los Baños Cantonese chicken, which produces more eggs.[112]
Research in the 1960s allowed for the efficient mass production of macapuno (a type of coconut with jelly-like meat),[113] while studies started in 1998 that produced delayed-ripening papaya continue to this day.[114] The research is credited for the increase in Philippine papaya production, with the 75,896-metric-ton (83,661-short-ton) production of 2000 rising to 164,100 metric tons (180,900 short tons) in 2007.[114]In 1974, UPLB researchers discovered mango flower induction by potassium nitrate, making it possible for the fruit to be available all year round. It is credited for tripling yield and for "revolutionizing" the country's mango industry.[115]
In 2009, UPLB researchers funded by the Department of Agriculture developed an abacá variety that is resistant to the abacá bunchy top virus. The virus, first detected in 1915 at Silang, Cavite, has since spread to various provinces in the country, and damaged more than 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) of abacá plantations in 2002 alone.[116] The university is working further to make it resistant to mosaic and abacá bract mosaic viruses.[117]
In July 2010, UPLB announced that the Leucinodes orbonalis-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant variety that it had been developing with Cornell University and Mahyco was ready for commercialization.[118] On February 17, 2011, Filipino and Indian Greenpeace activists trespassed UPLB's Bay research farm and uprooted two Bt eggplants and more than 100 non-genetically modified eggplants. The National Academy of Science and Technology and ranking UPLB officials condemned the incident, and have taken legal action.[119][120]
Pioneering efforts in biofuel research have been conducted at the university. Studies conducted in the 1930s found that gasoline with 15-20 percent ethanol, dubbed "gasanol", was more efficient than pure gasoline.[112][121] Biofuel research in 2007 under the National Biofuel Program has considered new sources of biofuel, such as coconuts, Moringa oleifera, and sunflower seeds. Efforts have been concentrated on the Jatropha curcas due to its low maintenance and fast yield. Other fuel, such as coconut biofuel, were found to be too costly.[122] Biofuel from Sorghum bicolor, Manihot esculenta crantz and Chlorella vulgaris are also being studied.[123][124][125][126][127]
In 2008, 2,170 students[26] were housed in the eight dormitories managed by UPLB. Beginning in the school year 2011–2012, fees for all UPLB dormitories will increase by at least 25 percent from the previous rate of ₱350 (US$8) a month.[22][128] As with the previous dormitory fee increase of 221 percent in 1997,[129] making the dormitories "financially self-supporting" was one of the reasons cited by the University Housing Office for the revision. The move was widely criticized by various groups. The University Housing Office projects ₱13,818,000 (US$322,000)[22] in revenue for 2010 with a deficit of ₱586,465.59 (US$13,600).[22] according to official estimates.[130] UPLB is currently building two new dormitories with 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) of floor area. The new dormitories are expected to accommodate 192 persons annually.[131]
As of 2008, there are 154 recognized student organizations in UPLB. Of these, 77 are academic, 23 are civic, 12 are regional, and 2 are religious, while 11 and 15 are fraternities and sororities, respectively.[132] Regional organizations were not recognized by UPLB prior to September 2008, when the University of the Philippines Board of Regents repealed Chapter 72 Article 444 of the 1984 University of the Philippines Code, which states that "organizations which are provincial, sectional or regional in nature shall not be allowed in the University System." Likewise, Section 3 of the code states that "the University of the Philippines System is a public, secular, non-profit institution of higher learning." Due to this, religious organizations have had some difficulty in getting recognized.[133][134][135] Only recognized organizations are allowed to use UPLB facilities.[136]
Every October 10, UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day, which has also become UPLB's alumni homecoming. The celebration commemorates events in 1918, when more than half of students and faculty (193 out of 300 students and 27 out of 32 faculty), including two women, enlisted in the Philippine National Guard for service in France during World War I. The volunteers never saw action, as the Allied Forces signed an armistice with Germany during the same year, essentially ending the war.[16][137][138]
The university holds a major campus fair, known as "Feb Fair", during Valentine's week. The fair was initially held to express opposition to martial law under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who abolished student organizations and student councils.[139]
The militant UPLB Perspective is the official student publication of UPLB. The university administration has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly interfering in the selection process of its editor-in-chief.[140] Other campus publications include UPLB Horizon[141] and UPLB Link.[142] Meanwhile, the College of Development Communication (CDC) publishes the experimental community newspaper Los Baños Times.[143]
CDC runs the radio station DZLB 1116. Founded in August 1964 with a broadcast power of 250 watts at 1210 kHz, the station serves as a distance education tool and training facility. It currently operates through a five-kilowatt transmitter located near the main gate of the campus. The station was the 1994 recipient of the KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Radio Station[144] as well as a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.[145]
People associated with the university include alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients. Thirteen of them are National Scientists of the Philippines,[18] namely Clare R. Baltazar,[146][147] Julian Banzon,[148] Gelia T. Castillo,[149] Pedro Escuro,[150] Francisco Fronda,[151][152] Bienvenido Juliano,[153] Ricardo Lantican,[154][155] Eduardo Quisumbing,[156][157] Dolores Ramirez,[153] Francisco O. Santos,[158][159] Teodulo Topacio,[160] Dioscoro L. Umali,[24][161][162] and Jose R. Velasco.[163][164] All of them held academic posts in the university, while three of them were College of Agriculture deans.
Cabinet secretaries affiliated with UPLB include Ricardo Gloria (Science and Technology),[165] William Padolina (Science and Technology),[166] Arsenio Balisacan (Socioeconomic Planning/NEDA),[167] Cielito Habito (Socioeconomic Planning/NEDA), Patricia Santo Tomas (Labor; Development Bank of the Philippines), Domingo Panganiban (Agriculture), [168] and Ramon Paje (Environment and Natural Resources).
Members of Congress who attended UPLB include Teodoro Casiño,[169] Maria Valentina Plaza,[170][171] Isidro Ungab,[172] Sergio Osmena III and Juan Miguel Zubiri.[173] Nicanor Perlas, an agriculture graduate from UPLB, ran for the Philippine presidential election, 2010.[174] Both of its honorary degree recipients held influential roles in their respective countries' politics. They are Salim Ahmed Salim, former Prime Minister of Tanzania,[175] and Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand.[176]
Emil Q. Javier, president of the University of the Philippines from 1993 to 1999,[177] and Emerlinda Roman, the first female UP President,[50][178] graduated from UPLB. Alumni who held ranking administrative posts at other universities include Rommel Banlaoi (Vice President for Administrative Affairs of National Defense College of the Philippines),[179] Alexander Flor (University of the Philippines Open University dean),[180] and Cristina Padolina (president of Centro Escolar University since 2006).[181][182]
San Miguel Corporation Chairman Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. and Enchanted Kingdom owners Cesar and Cynthia Mamon [183] also attended UPLB.
Alumni who are active in the performing arts include composer Nilo Alcala,[184] theater actor Terence Guillermo,[185] and bossa nova singer Sabrina.[186]
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APRIL 20, 2009 | Forty-three University of Wisconsin-River Falls students traveled to Fargo, No, Dak., to participate in the annual Midwest Regional conference of the American Dairy Science Association-Student Affiliate Division (ADSA-SAD), hosted by North Dakota State University.
During the two-day conference, more than 300 students representing more than a dozen Midwestern universities networked with industry leaders, attended educational workshops, and competed in various contests.
Students tested their knowledge of dairy science in two Quiz Bowl contests, including upper and lower divisions. In the lower division quiz bowl, the UWRF Dairy Club team won first place and was awarded a framed Bonnie Mohr print. In the online Dairy Club Yearbook contest, UWRF took second place.
The lower division quiz bowl team included Alex Gieser, a sophomore dairy science major from Hilbert, Carl Lippert, a sophomore dairy science major from Pittsville, Paul Lippert, a sophomore dairy science major from Pittsville, and Jeff Orr, a freshman dairy science major from Belle Vernon, Pa.
Representing UWRF in the upper division quiz bowl were Michael Johnson, a senior dairy science major from Preston, Minn., Amber Elliott, a senior agricultural marketing communications major from Marshall, Michael Reps, a senior dairy science major from Utica, Minn., and Jeffery Jens, junior dairy science major, from Plymouth.
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We have tried to catch up several times with programmes through 990 and every time it freezes 3 times then carries on and then 10 minutes later it does it again - it is fine when I watch the service on my laptop or mac but not on Vision.
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Welcome to the forum and thank you for posting. The Iplayer should freeze like that on BT Vision. I can get this looked into for you. Please could you send me in your details using the link found in the "about me" section of my profile?


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Two members of the 18th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station and a spaceflight participant returned to Earth at 2:16 am CDT Wednesday.
The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft carrying two astronauts and a space tourist lifted off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Thursday heading for the International Space Station.
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why graphics are so poor with linux
I'm a newbee with linux and of course I come from a world where detonator works so great (when the twinview don't crash IE).
I'm working now on dell precision 450 and 650 with Nvidia Quadro4 900 XGL.
I try to use the redhat 8 kernel 2-14-18, the drivers provided by dell don't work at all : no 3D, no antialiasing...
as there isn't a graphic card...
I have tried the last drivers script... very nice...
but why when I change "nv" in "nvidia" I lost the screen?
I have seen a lot of things about nvagp and so on...
that sounds very interesting, but has anyone heard about a working XF86config with real 3D?
I just want to use my opengl softwares nothing else!
If someone has a dell precision 650 and 450 with 1 xeon processor on the standard redhat 8 and nvidia quadro4 900 xgl, nothing exotic more... could you give me some advices?
See U later
Re: why graphics are so poor with linux
This log file has the full text of any errors that the driver is running into, and most of these are pretty easily fixable -- once we know what they are. :)
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Thx for yur mail,
I post today the log you ask...
it's quite amasing : if I use "nv" I have my screen but no glc because glxgears says I have no glx used.
and if its "nvidia" it crashes and it seems that it doesn't find the screen.
My OS is Mandrake 9.1, the version of Xfree seems to be the 4.33
My workstation is a dell precision 450 with a xeon 2.8 Ghz and an nvidia quadro4 900 XGL
thx again for your help.
Best regards,
quite normal, the nv driver is not functioning correctly anymore when installing the nvidia drivers.
if you wanted to uninstall please do a ldconfig as root.
most people here have no problems with actual 3D and are able to play Quake 3 with no problem at all at high fps.
I'll look into your log file as well.
something went wrong with your install.
do this to correct it:
boot up normally, DO NOT use FAILSAFE or ANY other mode!!! just the normal one.
when it says 'press I to go to interactive mode' press 'I' but do it real fast! It must appear before the next line.
then wait:
after a while you will be asked to load this or that.
press Y to all, EXCEPT the 'dm' (display manager) after that you can press C. (continue)
log in as root in a text console:
nvidia-installer --uninstall
sh /path/to/NVIDIA.........run
vi /etc/XF86Config-4 (press INS first, change nv to nvidia, then press ESC:wqENTER )
that should make the problem dissappear. if it does not work: post the logfile and config file...
good luck
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and thx for your advice,
I'm sorry but it doesn't work...
what's the meaning of the "ldconfig" command?
I post you the new config file and the log file...
If it inspires you...
best regards,
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the config file
did you do the exact thing I requested? exactly?
start up the way I requested (not failsafe)
and try this as root:
[ ]# lsmod nvidia
does that show?
if not:
[ ]# insmod nvidia
does it give errors?
if not:
/ect/init.d/dm start
does that work?
if it does:
[ ]# reboot
does it still work?
good luck
PS: what kind of hardware are you using? card or chipset.
set in the BIOS: assign IRQ for VGA = true and PnP-OS = false
post also /proc/interrupts
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WASHINGTON Trayvon Martin's mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state "stand your ground" self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue a year ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.
But little besides politics emerged from the session, held in the Senate's made-for-television hearing room. Democrats who hold majority power in the Senate and are trying to keep it supported Sybrina Fulton's call.
"This law is an invitation for confrontation," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who chaired the session.
Republicans, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, said the matter should be left to the states that passed the laws.
"The states are doing quite well ... without our interference," Rep. Louie Gohmert testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Said Cruz: "This is not about politicking. This is not about inflaming racial tensions. This is about the right of everyone to protect themselves and protect their families." Cruz made reference to statistics which, he said, show that blacks invoked stand your ground defense in prosecutions at least as often as whites.
Race and politics were unmistakably woven into the event and in the broader public policy debate. There is little willingness in Congress to weigh in on the laws of at least 23 states that have some form of the policy. These laws generally cancel a person's duty to retreat in the face of a serious physical attack.
Members of Congress are busily engaged in their re-election efforts for next year's midterms, with 35 seats at stake in the Senate, all 435 seats in the GOP-controlled House and the majorities of both chambers hanging in the balance. Gun control is a politically divisive issue, more so in the wake of mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., the Washington Navy Yard and more.
The 2012 shooting death of Martin, 17 and unarmed, and the acquittal this year of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman stirred racial tensions and sparked debate over stand your ground laws in Florida and at least 21 other states.
Martin's mother told the panel that she attended the hearing so senators can "at least put a face with what has happened with this tragedy."
"I just wanted to come here to ... let you know how important it is that we amend this stand your ground because it certainly did not work in my case," Fulton said, speaking without consulting prepared remarks. "The person that shot and killed my son is walking the streets today. This law does not work."
Lucia Holman McBath, the mother of Jordan Russell Davis, implored the Senate to resolve the nation's debate. Her 17-year-old son was shot and killed nearly a year ago when Michael David Dunn, 46, allegedly opened fire on a Dodge Durango with four teenagers inside after complaining of their loud music and saying he saw a gun and thus a threat. Jordan had been inside. Authorities never found a gun in the vehicle, the Florida Times-Union reported. Dunn's trial is set for next year.


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Kawasaki goes all-in: the 200+bhp 2011 Ninja ZX-10R
October 7, 2010
Kawasaki has stamped its foot; Team Green is sick of playing catch-up in World Superbikes, it will no longer be content to languish at the back of the field. But defeating the monstrous Aprilia RSV4 and the ominous BMW S1000RR is going to require a motorcycle leagues ahead of what Kawasaki has been rolling out in 2010. Behold, motorcycle fans, the new king of the castle. Ripping out a terrifying 210 horsepower and weighing just 198kg full of fuel and fluids, the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R leap-frogs to the front of the power and power-to-weight charts. But it's not just muscles that make this bike so special, it sports a completely redesigned chassis aimed at improving handling and racetrack lap times – and a traction control/ABS setup that ditches all notions that such systems are for safety. On the new Ninja, the intelligent electronics are all focused on making you faster than ever before on the road or track. Wouldn't it be an amazing turnaround if this machine could catapult Kawasaki back into World Superbike contention? Either way, this is one of the most exciting bikes we've seen in lime green for a lot of years, and it's a signal to the other Japanese manufacturers that near enough is no longer good enough. Read More
With its multi-adjustable chassis and brutal 180-horsepower V4 engine, the Aprilia RSV4 was already the most race-focused roadbike we'd ever seen when we took it for a video road test earlier this year. Its race pedigree was proven last month at Imola when Max Biaggi cruised to a dominant championship win in what was only Aprilia's second season back in World Superbike. But the pace of progress is furious, and yesterday at Intermot in Cologne, Aprilia revealed a new model upgrade with a class-leading electronics package that brings MotoGP-style rider assist features like adjustable wheelie control and launch control to a roadbike for the first time, as well as 8-way adjustable traction control and a full-throttle quickshift system. If we thought last year's RSV4 was racetrack-focused, the new Arpilia RSV4 APRC Special Edition makes it look like a courier hack. Read More
Here it is – the new ZX-10R. The bike that lured MotoGP race-winner Chris Vermeulen into the worst team in the WSBK paddock; the bike that both Vermeulen and Kawasaki believe will put Kawasaki back at the front of the Superbike grid. All we have at this stage is a few photos of the race Superbike version and a teaser video, but expectation has been building that the new Ninja could be the first Japanese bike to take it to the amazing new BMW S1000RR. Numbers like 200 brake horsepower and a wet weight under 200kg have been floating around for the streetbike version. We know that there's going to be some form of traction control, which puts the Kwaka into a small but growing class of sports machines, and most interestingly, patents have been spotted that indicate that Kawasaki is thinking about running a proper long-bang style engine configuration, complete with an additional electric motor to keep the crank spinning in between pulses at lower speeds. Certainly, upon its release this will be Kawasaki's most significant motorcycle in many years. Read More
Overkill. The word's origins are military in nature, describing a situation where one country has enough nuclear weapons to destroy significantly more of another nation that it would ever need to in order to win a war. But the term applies perfectly to today's sportsbike market, where any numpty with a license and a check book can waltz into a dealership and wobble out on a thoroughbred race machine that can break the speed limit at mid-revs in first gear and accelerate faster than any car on the road. Of course, for some people that's just not enough, bless their souls – but to create a vehicle that stands out from the pack in such a time of plenty, you have to take things to the absolute extreme. And it's a long time since we saw anything quite as extreme as the NCR M16, a bike that takes one of the most expensive roadbikes ever built, throws almost all of it in the bin and replaces it with the most exotic materials on the planet. Gentlemen, start your drooling. Read More
The era of electric motorcycle racing which began at the Isle of Man in June last year has grown into a world series road race for 2010. On May 16th, history was made as TTXGP North America Round 1 took place at the Infineon Raceway in California. It was the first-ever electric superbike race to take place in that continent. Read More
The world's fastest road bike derivatives went to Italy last weekend for the latest round of the World Superbike Championships at Monza, AKA "the Cathedral of Speed." Monza favors very fast motorcycles and the results echo what we'd already suspected after several rounds of the championship - there appears to be a changing of the guard underway and the addition of BMW and Aprilia to Europe's previously sole superbike contender, Ducati, appears to have tipped the balance of power away from the Japanese marques. A double-win to Aprilia and BMW's first podium in the superbikes were one indicator as was BMW's continuing superstock dominance. In a class that's an excellent guide to the sportiness of showroom road bikes, BMW's S1000 RR blew the competition into the weeds. Read More
We've spent plenty of time looking at the spec sheets for Aprilia's barnstorming new superbike, the 180-horsepower RSV4 - and marvelling at the potential of what has to be the most race-focused roadbike ever to hit the market. Now it's time to take this beast out on the road and see how it goes. Sit back and enjoy our most in-depth video review yet - it's white knuckles and brown underpants as we road test the 2010 Aprilia RSV4-R. Read More
The name Vyrus may not be familiar to motorcycle enthusiasts when they begin reading this article, but by the end of it, there's every chance it will be at the top of their list of "dream bikes." The small Rimini-based Italian company is currently best known for producing the Bimota Tesi 2D, but the company's new, top-of-the-range, Vyrus 987 C3 4VV naked superbike is just about to propel it to even greater world renown, leapfrogging past a gaggle of superbikes to become the most powerful production motorcycle in the world. It's more powerful than Ducati's Desmosedici RR, MV Agusta's F4 312RR, Suzuki's Hayabusa or Kawasaki's ZZR1400. The hub-centre-steered Vyrus runs a 211 bhp supercharged 1198cc 1098R Ducati engine, weighs just 158 kg and costs EUR 65,000 (US$91,700). Read More
DK City's folding electric bicycle by Robrady
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The world is crying out for some decent folding electric bike designs and predictably, given its two-wheeled heritage, Robrady Design has delivered one of the best we've seen so far. Secondary transport solutions that are light and electric and can fold into small spaces are naturally an important part of the transportation equation of the future – Robrady designed the db0 for Taiwanese company DK City and it'll be on the market within two months. Read More
First ride: BMW S1000RR superbike stuns us at Portimao
December 8, 2009
For a company which has never built a four-cylinder uncompromising sports machine before, this first effort is incredible. With its combination of breathtaking power, agile handling and incredible rider assistance technologies, BMW's S 1000 RR could well become the benchmark sportsbike against which all others are compared. Where better to take a first ride of this monster than the glorious Portimao racetrack in Portugal, with a wet morning to test the amazing Race ABS and traction control systems, and a dry afternoon to open BMW's sportiest bike ever up to its full 193-horsepower motherlode - Cycle Torque's Nigel Paterson reports from the world press launch. Read More


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The Concord Police Department says the lockdowns at Cox Mill High School and Cox Mill Elementary School were prompted after several suspects jumped from a vehicle and ran from officers.
The vehicle had been reported stolen in Charlotte, police say.
The schools went on lockdown as a precaution around noon Monday. Cabarrus County Schools tells NBCCharlotte the lockdown was lifted at 1:10 p.m.
Concord Police say the incident started in the area of Clarke Creek Parkway and Montrose Drive in Concord when officers stopped the vehicle. Authorities continued that at least three individuals inside the vehicle fled the vehicle on foot.
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In Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor. In Montague's forest, he invited others to do his work and allowed them to feel rich by giving donations of food — part of their entrance fee at the fourth annual Mutton and Mead Medieval Festival — to be collected by the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts to feed the poor and hungry. Proceeds will also benefit Montague Common Hall repairs, Leverett-based Wingmasters Raptor Center, 4-H'ers manning the archery booth and local Girl Scouts. [Read more…]
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A Norwalk man caught entering into his ex-girlfriend's apartment through a window and stealing an iPad has been convicted of a felony crime.
Devon L. Payton, 22, of 4431 Gibbs Road, pleaded guilty to an amended count of burglary.
In May, a grand jury indicted Payton on charges of burglary, a second-degree felony, and tampering with evidence, a fourth-degree felony.
He faced nine to 36 months in prison and a fine of $10,000.
Payton allegedly was caught entering into his ex-girlfriend's apartment through a window and stealing an iPad.
Payton, who had planned to plead guilty but then had a discrepancy with the allegation, said that he "did not know that he wasn't welcome in the house. We were still talking on the cell phone and everything."
Payton's attorney, David Longo, said that there was also a lot of "what belonged to who" after the breakup and that may explain the alleged stealing of the iPad.
"We bought things together. She bought things for me and I bought things for her," Payton told Judge James Conway.
Payton said that it was untrue that he was no longer living at his girlfriend's house where the locks had been changed.
"I was still living there but at that time I was staying at a friend's house and I believe we changed the locks together," he said.
He also told the judge that he would not have been able to come in through the window since the windows were locked.
Prosecutor Russell Leffler withdrew the plea deal, stating he wanted the case to go to court instead.
"Wait, I still plead guilty," Payton said.
The judge, though, was unwilling to proceed because he feared the defendant would "make a decision because (he felt) pressured to do so."
Following an afternoon recess and speaking with both attorneys, the judge allowed Payton to plead guilty. The defendant was willing to admit that he "entered into the premises without permission."
As part of the plea deal, he would be convicted of an amended count of burglary, a third-degree felony, and could be released on bond "on the condition that you stay at the Teen Challenge group."
The tampering charge related to Payton allegedly putting a marijuana pipe in his pocket, Longo said previously.
Teen challenge is a 12-month residential services program for all ages struggling with life-controlling addictions.
Payton will be sentenced Aug. 29.


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Bebe Neuwirth and F. Murray Abraham are featured in Terrence McNally's new play
Terrence McNally is an expert on opera as well as a distinguished playwright. Among McNally's plays are several regarding the opera world, notably "Master Class," his vivid portrait of Maria Callas, and "The Lisbon Traviata," which involves a flamboyant opera buff.
McNally's latest play, "Golden Age," which bowed on Tuesday in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at New York City Center, occurs during the opening night of the opera "I Puritani" in Paris in 1835.
A backstage comedy of sorts, the play centers upon the celebrated bel canto composer Vincenzo Bellini (Lee Pace), who anxiously monitors the audience reaction to his new opera from behind the scenes even as his leading singers swirl around him abuzz with their own self-absorbed concerns.
These sometimes clashing artistes include a preening baritone (Lorenzo Pisoni), an apprehensive tenor (Eddie Kaye Thomas), a surly bass (Ethan Phillips) and a temperamental soprano (Dierdre Friel). Bellini's closest chum (Will Rogers) strives to buck up the ailing composer, who coughs blood. An unexpected visitor is the notorious diva Maria Malibran (Bebe Neuwirth) while another personage is the renowned composer Rossini (F. Murray Abraham in a brief cameo appearance).
It is disappointing to report that little actually happens upon the backstage setting handsomely designed by Santo Loquasto. The playwright assembles some potentially interesting historical characters within a stressful situation and after a ton of exposition all we ever get is some 1830s opera gossip, a few minor hissy-fits and the occasional remark about how life is short and art outlasts everything.
Smoothly directed by Walter Bobbie, these terribly passive doings roll out amiably enough but the two-act show proves to be an overlong snooze that its usually adept players cannot wake up. Devoted opera fans may derive some insider giggles as the real-life characters dish each other but viewers who don't know "I Puritani" from "Gay Pur-ree" will be baffled by McNally's flat-line attempt to bring music history to life.
"Golden Age" continues through Jan. 6 at MTC New York City Center, 131 W. 55th St., New York. Call (212) 581-1212 or visit www.manhattantheatreclub.com.
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