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105-year-old woman reveals that BACON is the secret to a long and happy life
- Pearl Cantrell, from Richland Springs, Texas, eats bacon every day
- Said it is the reasons she has lived to 105 and wants everyone to eat more
- Given a ride on the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile to celebrate her love of bacon
By Becky Evans
Doctors may warn that processed meat is bad for your health, but one grandmother said it is the reason she has lived to be 105.
Pearl Cantrell, from Richland Springs, Texas, says eating bacon every day is the secret of her long life.
She is so passionate about bacon that she encourages people to eat more of it.
Pearl Cantrell, 105, said eating bacon is the secret to her long life
The grandmother eats plates of rashers and is so passionate about bacon she wants others to eat more
Mrs Cantrell told local TV station KRBC: 'I love bacon, I could eat it for every meal - and I do.
'I want other people to eat bacon. I tell them too. My kids all eat it.'
A local producer, who shares her love of processed meat, organised a treat in the food van, dubbed the 'Wienermobile', followed by a gift of even more bacon.
Abraham Luna, who works for Oscar Mayer's company, told the TV station: 'We have seen a lot of thing on the road but not quite like this one.
'We know she is an inspiration for the community and friends and family so we had to make a special stop here for her.'
Mrs Cantrell seems not to want to eat anything but bacon and will happily have a plate of fried rashers by themselves.
The 105-year-old was given a ride in the Wienermobile by local produced Oscar Mayer
Abraham Luna said Pearl is an 'inspiration' to the community and her friends and family
Mrs Cantrell's daughter Anno Richards said her mother was moved by the gesture, according to news.com.au.
She said: 'She had a hard life raising all of us, so she deserves all of this.
'And I think this today, will keep her going, she will talk about this for months.'
Unfortunately, Pearl's diet claims are not backed up by scientists.
In March this year, a Europe-wide study of almost half a million men and women linked processed meat to deaths from cancer and heart disease.
The research found that eating more than 20g a day of processed meat - equal to one rasher of cheap bacon - could be to blame for about one in 30 deaths.
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PANTOJA, Andrés; MOJICA NAVA, Eduardo and QUIJANO, Nicanor. Sum of squares decomposition: controltheory and applications . Ing. Investig. [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.3, pp. 57-70. ISSN 0120-5609.
Sum of squares decomposition (SOS) techniques allow us to use numerical methods, such as semidefinite programming, to prove positivity of multivariable polynomial functions. It is well known that it is not an easy task to find Lyapunov functions for stability analysis of nonlinear systems. In this work, we use an algorithmic tool to solve this problem. This approach is presented as SOS programming and solutions are obtained with a Matlab toolbox. We present simple examples of SOS concepts, stability analysis for nonlinear polynomial, and rational systems with uncertainties in the parameters to show the use of this tool. Besides of these approaches, we present an alternative stability analysis for switched systems with a polynomial approach.
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Hotel LARIO - Mezzegra
Via Statale Regina, 48 - Mezzegra
1-877-662-6988Welcome to LARIO! There are many great attractions nearby, including Villa Carlotta, Villa Balbianello, Villa Melzi and Villa del Balbianello. Also close by are Sacro Monte di Ossuccio and Bellagio Port.
Don't forget your swimming goggles and swimsuit as this hotel features an outdoor pool. There is also a bar/lounge where guests can enjoy drinks after a long day. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner as this 3-star hotel in Mezzegra has its own restaurant.
Multilingual staff can provide tour/ticket assistance. Free Wi-Fi is provided. Other amenities include air conditioning in public areas, free limited parking, currency exchange, an elevator (lift), a garden and free parking.
We have stayed at the Hotel Lario on 4 occassions over the last 9 months. The sta...
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Hotel Facilities at LARIO
- Bar
- Restaurant/Dining
- Lift/elevator
- Pets accepted
- Air conditioning
- Garden
- Currency exchange
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Private parking
- Free parking
- Garage
- Multilingual staff
- City tour
- Internet/Email services
Know before you go
- One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
Check-in: between 2 PM and 9 PM.
Check-out: before 11 AM.
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Self parking fee: EUR 8 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 10 per pet, per night
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 10 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
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LARIO Hotel reviews
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We have stayed at the Hotel Lario on 4 occassions over the last 9 months. The staff know many languages and are very pleasant and friendly. The hotel is very central on the west shore of Lake Como, and reasonably priced.
- September 2013
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- Mature couple
- Germany
- March 2010
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- Germany
- November 2008
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- Young couple
- Italy
- August 2008
- Venere Guest
- Young couple
- Denmark
Lario Hotel is a nice hotel located on the main road along the lake. The staff is freindly and helpfull. Rooms (Sea view) are rather small, but does have a balcony. The hotel has a small but nice pool, and parking in their garage is free! On the other hand use of internet was €5 pr. half hour, and the computer was restricted, so we wan't able to make our onward reservation. So unless you just wan't to check news at €10/hr the internet-connection is a waste of money. There isn't much happening in the surroundings of the hotel. The hotel is located right on the main road. A few hundred meters west you will find a bar and a supermarket, and that's it. In the other direction it's a 15 walk - on the main road (There is no sidewalk!) dodging the italian traffic - to Tremezzo where you can find restaurants. Hotel Lario is a nice place to stay and lives up to the standard of a 3 star hotel. However I think the price is rather high. But that goes for the whole west-bank of Lake Como.
- April 2008
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- Young couple
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- August 2009
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Room Details
Book your pet-friendly accommodation at LARIO, offering 39 guest rooms with climate control. Guests can unwind at the end of a long day and enjoy televisions with satellite channels. Business travelers visiting the Tremezzo area will have access to free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as desks and safes.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with bidets and complimentary toiletries. Minibars and hair dryers are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs. Rooms also include soundproofing and air conditioning.
How to reach LARIO Hotel
By carFrom Milan: take the motorway A9 "dei Laghi" (=lake's motorway) direction Como-Chiasso, exit in Como Nord and follow the directions to Menaggio, the Lario Hotel is in Mezzegra, about 3 km before Menaggio, in Via Statale Regina, 50 on your left hand side.
From Switzerland: exit from the motorway in Lugano Nord and, following the directions to Italy-Porlezza, pass the border from the Gandria customs, passing through Porlezza continue as far as Menaggio, there take direction Como, hotel Lario is in Mezzegra, about 3 km after Menaggio, in Via Regina, 50 on your right hand side.
By train
The nearest train stations to Hotel Lario are: "Como San Giovanni" central station and "Como Lago" station.
Como is about 30 km far from Mezzegra.
During the day, every 30 minuts, there are trains leaving from Malpensa airport (terminal 1) to Saronno, there you will have to change and catch another train to join Como. Trains from Saronno to Como Lago station are running every 30 minutes or more. Then, from Como you will have to take a bus to Mezzegra.
By airplane
The nearest airports to the hotel are: Milan Malpensa (Km 80), Milan Linate (Km 92), Bergamo Orio al serio (Km 120)
From Milan Malpensa Airport:
The center of Milan is about 50 km far from Malpensa airport. Between the two Terminals of Malpensa, a free shuttle bus is available every 20 minutes about for 24 hours a day.
From Milan Linate Airport:
Milan city is only 7 km far from Linate airport, Milan can be reached by car or by bus.Taxi are available at the Arrivals. The fee to the centre of Milan is about € 15.
From Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport:
You can join our hotel from Orio al Serio whether using a car (rented car) or public transport.
By public transportation
FROM MALPENSA BY TRAIN and BUS:
The best way to join Como from malpensa airport is by train (please check on the train directions).
Then, to join our hotel from Como you will have to catch the bus C10 direction MENAGGIO /COLICO (BLU BUS) and stop at the Mezzegra bus stop, the hotel is on the main street, 20 mt after the bus stop.
From the departure floor of Linate airport there are bus leaving to Milan central station every 30 minutes from 6:05 a.m. to 11.45, the ticket price is about € 2,50. Then, from Milan central station you can catch a direct train to Como and there, a bus to Mezzegra.
You can join Bergamo railway station with the ATB service, which, in only 10 minutes, will bring you there from Orio al Serio airport. Then from Bergamo railway station the fastest way to join or hotel is by train to Lecco and then to Varenna, in Varenna you can take a boat to Tremezzo, the second boat stop in Tremezzo is about 700 mt. far from Hotel Lario and, if you contact us in advance, we will come there to pick you up and take you to the hotel.
Distances from Hotel LARIO
Villa Carlotta - 1.3 km / 0.8 miVilla Balbianello - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Villa del Balbianello - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Sacro Monte di Ossuccio - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi
Villa Melzi - 3.7 km / 2.3 mi
Bellagio Port - 3.9 km / 2.4 mi
Menaggio and Cadenabbia Golf Club - 4 km / 2.5 mi
Villa Serbelloni - 4 km / 2.5 mi
La Punta Spartivento - 4.4 km / 2.7 mi
Villa Monestero - 6.5 km / 4.1 mi
Pigra Cable Car - 6.9 km / 4.3 mi
Castello di Vezio - 7 km / 4.3 mi
Argegno Cable Car to Pigra - 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
Cathedral of Argegno - 7.5 km / 4.6 mi
Sanctuary of Sant Anna - 7.5 km / 4.6 mi
The preferred airport for LARIO is Milan (MXP-Malpensa Intl.) - 55.1 km / 34.2 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
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Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service a model for technology transfer systems in the Caribbean
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Extension bulletin - University of the Virgin Islands ; 3
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Model for technology transfer systems in the Caribbean
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Padda, Darshan S.
Cooperative Extension Service, College of the Virgin Islands
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Extension Bulletin No. 3
SNovember, 1982
., an f the Vrgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service Darshan S Padds Directo St Croix, U.S. Virgin Island
Darshan S. Padda, Director
Cooperative Extension Service
College of the Virgin Islands
Extension Bulletin No. 3
November 1982
Copies of this bulletin available from:
Cooperative Extension Service
College of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box L, Kingshill
St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00850
Foreword ........ .............................................. Page 3
1. Introduction .........................................................5
II. Extension Teaching Methods .............................................. 6
III. Organization Structure .................................................. 6
IV Functions ...........................................................6
V. Meeting Community Needs .............................................. 9
V I. T he Essentials ........................................................9
VII. Common Challenges- Similar Goals ................................... 11
1. Extension Methods Classified According to
Category of Contact .................................................... 6
2. Extension Methods Grouped According to Form ............................. 6
1. The U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean................................... 4
2. The Extension Educational Process Polygon................................ 5
3. Cooperative Extension Service Organization............................... 7
4. Extension Program Function Reaching the Client............................ 8
5. Relation Between Research Base, Extension Programs
and Clientele ................ .... . . ... ... . ................. 10
This publication describes an effective techno-
logy transfer system based on educational princi-
ples. The model presented in this bulletin addresses
extension education with its special technique of
problem solving and action-oriented education
which instructs, demonstrates, and motivates.
The College of the Virgin Islands is a land-
grant institution with an agricultural experiment
station that seeks to serve as a technology de-
velopment center for the tropical Caribbean. The
transfer agency for this technology, developed
through extensive research, is the college's exten-
sion service which is a part of the United States
Department of Agriculture's Extension Service.
With these resources and its strategic location,
the College of the Virgin Islands is in an excellent
position to be the window of the United States in
the eastern Caribbean region. In addition, there
are cultural and familial links with otherCaribbean
islands which are of special significance in ensur-
ing a successful sharing of technology and educa-
tional experience.
The United States government has recognized
the College of the Virgin Islands as an Eastern
Caribbean Center for educational, cultural, tech-
nical and scientific interchange.
Sharing of technical resources among the na-
tions of the Caribbean can strengthen the econo-
mic stability and guarantee a better standard of
living for all the people of the region.
This publication does not presume to impose
a United States system upon Caribbean nations.
Instead, its objective is to provide insight into the
educational principles of assisting people to help
themselves through government-financed informal
education that can effectively be used to transfer
technology and have it adopted.
The college is pleased to provide assistance to
our Caribbean neighbors. Results of our research
efforts in agriculture are freely disseminated. Ex-
tension programs in plant and animal sciences,
home economics, community resource develop-
ment and youth development are available for all
who are interested in them.
We also welcome inquiries about our Carib-
bean Research Institute, Bureau of Public Admin-
istration and Reichold Center for the Performing
Arts, as well as our undergraduate and graduate
academic programs.
Arthur A. Richards
College of the Virgin Islands
Fig. 1
The U.S. Virgin Islands are situated in the Lesser Antilles between 17*30' to 18'30' north latitude and
6515' to 60'40' west longitude. The three major islands are St. Croix with 22,081 hectares (54,563 acres),
St. Thomas with 7,278 hectares (17,984 acres) and St. John with 5,194 hectares (12,835 acres). The Vir-
gin Islands are located approximately 1930 kilometers (1200 miles) southeast of Miami, about 2415 kilo-
meters (1500 miles) south of New York, and about 64 kilometers (40 miles) east of Puerto Rico.
The rainfall in the islands depends primarily on topography and continual easterly tradewinds. The
western part of St. Croix receives up to 60 inches annually while the eastern end only receives up to 30
inches. On St. Thomas the central portion of the island will register up to 50 inches of rainfall while the
east and west ends receive no more than 40 inches annually. The monthly daytime temperature average
varies from a low of 83F (28C) in January and February to a high of 89"F (32"C) in July, August and
I. Introduction
The core of the United States Department of
Agriculture has always been its research and ex-
tension education function. However, the role of
colleges and universities in the development and
transfer of technology in agriculture and home
economics was mandated by the United States
Congress through three well-known historic legis-
lative acts: the Morrill Act created land-grant col-
leges in 1862 and in 1887 the Hatch Act estab-
lished an agricultural experiment station at each
land-grant college; in 1914 the Smith-Lever Act
provided for the Cooperative Extension Service so
that research information could be conveyed to
potential users. The Smith-Lever Act served as the
earliest recognition that public academic institu-
tions should provide informal education as well as
formal classroom instruction.
These three pieces of legislation created an
educational system much emulated in the world
today. The land-grant system assures a unified ap-
proach to research, classroom teaching, and ex-
tension education in agriculture, home economics,
and other areas of rural and community develop-
ment. In 1972 the College of the Virgin Islands
became a part of this land-grant system.
This publication addresses technology transfer
as a process of extending technical knowledge,
skills and research based information to targeted
clientele. This is achieved through informal prob-
lem solving and action-oriented education that in-
structs, demonstrates and motivates the recipient.
The Cooperative Extension Service is a part-
nership between the government, the land-grant
institutions, and the people. It is a continuing
process which provides informal education for
members of the community, families,homemakers,
business persons and farmers. A main essence of
the process is in helping clients apply the results
of research and other resources to improve their
lives and individual sense of fulfillment. This pro-
cess also enables clients to more dearly define
goals and learn skills to meet their most urgent
needs now and in the future.
The basic principles of the Cooperative Ex-
tension Service are universally applicable. How-
ever, extension techniques and organizational
structure need to be adapted to specific local con-
ditions. In the Virgin Islands, the Cooperative Ex-
tension Service has been established to meet re-
quirements unique to the islands' geographic loca-
tion, microstate size, sociocultural patterns, and
agro-climatic conditions.
The strength of the extension model lies in
close interaction at all stages with the people
being served. Since the extension educational pro-
cess is a continuous one (see Fig. 2), it places
strong emphasis on the professional staff working
with the community to determine what the impor-
tant needs are. These needs are then incorporated
into a comprehensive Plan of Work for each fiscal
year. Implementation is carried out in cooperation
with the community which helped establish the
objectives originally. Once the results have been
evaluated and necessary adjustments made to in-
sure that the problems identified were addressed
and moved towards a solution, the process con-
tinues through the cycle again.
Fig. 2 THE EXTENSION EDUCATIONAL PROCESS POLYGON
IV im
II. Extension Teaching Methods
The extension worker faces diverse teaching
situations and needs, thus must choose extension
activities accordingly. Teaching methods may be
classified according to the categories of contacts
used. Examples of extension methods classified
according to categories of contacts are: individual
contacts, group contacts, and mass contacts. In
developing societies individual and group contacts
are most important since they are personal in ap-
peal and often result in a one-to-one communica-
tion. The "hands-on" approach is popular, for ex-
ample, in such learning experiences as grafting
workshops or actual demonstrations of food pre-
paration techniques. By making these learning ex-
periences highly visible they become more accept-
able and authentic in appeal.
Table 1. EXTENSION MI THIIODS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING
Individual Group Mass
Contacts Contacts Contacts
Site Visits Club Meetings Publications
Office/Lab Leader Training Radio and
Consultations Sessions Newspapers
Telephone Calls Clinics and Television/
Workshops Video
Letters Seminars Exhibits and Fairs
Result and Method Field Tours Documentary
Demonstrations Films
The third category, that of mass contacts, is
used to efficiently disseminate information to
large numbers of people. Throughout the Carib-
bean especially, the use of radio is common and
should be utilized fully in extension work.
Methods classified according to form, as illus-
trated in Table 2, are either written, spoken, or
visual. Regardless of classification, whether by
category of contact or form, it is well to keep in
mind that in practice the extension worker-client
relationship frequently involves the associated use
of two or more kinds of extension methods.
Table 2.
Written Spoken Visual
Bulletins and Office Result & Method
Factsheets Consultations Demonstrations
Leaflets Site Visits Charts
News Articles Telephone Exhibits/
and Columns Calls Posters
Personal Letters Seminars and Radio Video/Television
Circular Letters Conferences Slides, Films and
and Newsletters and Workshops Photographs
III. Organizational Structure
The United States Virgin Islands is comprised
of three major islands: St. Croix, St. Thomas, and
St. John which make up the territory. In contrast
to state counties in the continental United States,
the territory is divided into districts. The overall
organizational structure of the Virgin Islands Co-
operative Extension Service is presented in Figure
3 and individual program function is depicted in
Figure 4. Both can be adapted to other Caribbean
islands due to similarities in biogeography, social
structure and technological needs.
IV. Functions
The overall functions of extension in the Vir-
gin Islands covers a broad spectrum. Agricultural
programs encourage local production through
helping home gardeners, part-time producers, and
commercial farmers. The community and rural
development programs include education on the
effective use of cooperatives, farm management
systems and marketing strategies, along with the
educational materials relating to economic deve-
lopment. Expansion and diversification of 4-H
clubs in schools, housing projects and community
centers is the main means by which the 4-H youth
development component seeks to achieve its goals
of providing skills and career-related experiences.
The 4-H program also emphasizes the importance
of advancing the cause of youth development in
the Caribbean environment through Caribbean-
wide youth conferences and exchanges. Home
economics personnel teach human nutrition,
family financial management, clothing construc-
tion and diverse use of local foods. The pest man-
Fig. 3 VIRGIN ISLANDS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ORGANIZATION
- Extension -
' Advisory Committee
I Advisory I
SCouncil I
i Advisory '
- Council ,
SERVICE and REGULATORY AGENCIES
- Reaching the Client -
i Program 1
Advisory Council I
agement program focuses on public awareness of
integrated pest management practices to provide
the public with alternative means of pest control
and to mitigate one of the main deterrents to
food production. Educational materials on sand-
fly control are being developed because this
biting fly is a significant nuisance both to residents
and visitors. A comprehensive survey of pesticide
use in the Virgin Islands and continuous training
for certification of applicators of restricted-use
pesticides is also conducted.
Most of these techniques and procedures dis-
Fig. 4
cussed here could be applied to other islands in
the Caribbean, with the realization that adjust-
ments will undoubtedly be necessary according to
agroclimatic conditions, levels of economic devel-
opment, individual cultural patterns and expecta-
tions, and the current political scene.
V. Meeting Community Needs
Since its inception in 1972, the Virgin Islands
Cooperative Extension Service has increasingly
demonstrated that it provides a dynamic and chal-
lenging enrichment for the broad gamut of people
it serves. Whether they are spouses of persons
working at local industries, homemakers from
housing projects, teenagers wanting to learn skills,
youth looking for a neighborhood club experience,
small home gardeners, cattle raisers, commercial
farmers, storekeepers or aspiring business people
all are looking for additional expertise to en-
hance the quality of life. Evidence of this desire is
dramatically demonstrated by the flourishing at-
tendance at extension workshops, seminars, clinics
and other informal learning sessions. That exten-
sion, with its commitment to research and its
practical application through education, can be an
exciting catalyst for a technology transfer system
in the Caribbean is continually reinforced by the
enthusiastic reception of its programs and transfer
VI. The Essentials
The effectiveness of the technology-mtorma-
tion transfer process used by the Virgin Islands
Cooperative Extension Service depends on two
important features: the presence of a local tech-
nology development base which is the Agricultural
Experiment Station and the utilization of local
social and ecological conditions in the technology
transfer. The relationship between the technology
development base, extension outreach programs,
and the clientele is represented in Fig. 5. It is im-
portant to point out that information flow takes
place both ways. The extension worker serves as
an interpreter and a conveyer of technical infor-
mation from the research base to the users and
conversely identifies the problems and provides
feedback to the researchers for investigation of
possible solutions.
The Agricultural Experiment Station (AES)
of the College of the Virgin Islands, through its
research projects in food and agriculture, serves as
a continuous source of improved and adapted
technology to be transferred to the Virgin Islands
community by the Cooperative Extension Service.
The goal of the AES is to develop food and feed
production potentials of the Virgin Islands through
applied scientific research based on conditions
specific to the islands.
The seven areas in which the experiment sta-
tion conducts research are agronomy, horticul-
ture, irrigation technology, animal science, fresh-
water aquaculture, marine fish poisoning, pest
and pesticide management. Agronomy research
develops the potential of sorghum, forage grasses,
and legumes as island-grown sources of high pro-
tein animal feeds and nutritious human food.
Horticulture research involves both fruit and vege-
table production studies with an emphasis on tro-
pical crops and is designed to determine the best
plant varieties and cultural practices necessary to
encourage vegetable gardening and fruit culture in
the Virgin Islands. The irrigation technology com-
ponent addresses the development of information
regarding the minimum water requirements for
food crops and alternative watering schemes
through irrigation and related agricultural engi-
neering research. Animal science research is cur-
rently involved in characterizing Senepol cattle by
on-the-farm performance testing and conducting
other production research studies on cooperating
farms such as cow, calf, and bull growth, cow ef-
ficiency, and carcass characteristics. Aquaculture
researchers are developing freshwater pond fish
culture systems and "back-yard" fish farming
methods for the production of freshwater food
fish to augment declining saltwater fish resources.
The marine fish poisoning (ciguatera) program in-
vestigates the nature of ciguatoxin and seeks to
define a reliable test for the ciguatoxicity of Vir-
gin Islands marine fishes. Pest and pesticide man-
agement research is directed at diagnosing and
solving pest problems with emphasis on alterna-
tive management strategies minimizing pesticide
use. The benefits and risks of specific pesticides
are evaluated, and the means are being developed
to deal with pesticide and hazardous waste prob-
lems, applicator exposure, storage and disposal.
While the results of research projects con-
ducted at the experiment station are disseminated
to the public through the transfer mechanisms al-
ready noted, it should also be mentioned that
Fig. 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESEARCH BASE, EXTENSION PROGRAMS AND CLIENTELE
research information is made available to the
Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture as well
as to other land-grand institutions throughout the
United States.
The annual Agriculture and Food Fairs held
on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John are excel-
lent examples of the use of local social institutions
as a means of imparting extension education out-
reach to a large audience. Carnivals and festive
gatherings such as the food fairs are a vital part of
the social fabric of Caribbean societies. Working
together, the Cooperative Extension Service and
the local Department of Agriculture each year pre-
sent what is recognized as the most colorful and
constructive agricultural and sociocultural event
in the Virgin Islands the three-day fair on St.
Croix. A high-impact vehicle of technology trans-
fer and educational stimulation for as many as
25,000 visitors annually, the fair features land-
grant programs exhibits showing results of research
on plants, livestock, aquaculture, irrigation tech-
nology and pest management methods which re-
flect months of creativity and hard work by the
extension staff. Among the popular exhibits at
recent fairs were a solar dryer for fruits and vege-
tables; displays on recognition of various locally
important insects and how to cope with them in
environmentally sound ways; bush teas of medici-
nal and commercial value along with homemade
breads and candies exhibited by home economics
personnel; demonstrations of clothing fashions
hand-created by homemakers; soybeans and other
alternative feed and food crops of different varie-
ties; appropriate minigardening methods; innova-
tive drip irrigation technology; a hydroponic
model for growing vegetables and fish in a unique
combination which conserves water by recircula-
tion and uses the fish waste as plant food; and
more than 100 projects created by 4-H clubs.
VII. Common Challenges Similar Goals
The food and agriculture issues facing the en-
tire Caribbean are similar to those of the Virgin
Islands. All islands in the Caribbean are striving to
achieve increased food production and to find an
acceptable balance between tourism, industriali-
zation and agricultural development. All are
working toward developing economic, social and
educational programs to improve the quality of
life for their citizens. The Virgin Islands Coopera-
tive Extension Service conducts its public educa-
tion programs to assist individual citizens as well
as the community and government in achieving
these goals.
Other Caribbean islands can also develop simi-
lar educational programs for the benefit of their
people by adapting the Virgin Islands Cooperative
Extension Service as a model.
The author wishes to express his appreciation to
Dr. Arthur Richards, President of the College of the
Virgin Islands, for his support and leadership; to
Walter Knausenberger for critical review of the
manuscript; to Liz Wilson for editorial assistance;
and to colleagues at the Cooperative Extension
Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station for
their help in making our extension efforts in the
Virgin Islands so successful that they can serve as
a model for technology transfer for the rest of the
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Act of Congress of May 8, and June 30, 1914 (as amended), in cooperation with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, D.S. Padda, Director, College of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service. The College of the Virgin
Islands Cooperative Extension is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action organization, providing educational services in the field of agri-
culture, home economics, rural development. 4-H youth development and related subjects to all persons regadless of race, color, religion, sex.
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Massa set for eighth season with Ferrari after signing new one-year deal
Felipe Massa has signed a one-year contract extension with Ferrari for the 2013 Formula One season.
Following a recent resurgence in form it means the 31-year-old is to remain with the Maranello marque for an eighth consecutive year.
A short statement from Ferrari read: 'Scuderia Ferrari announces it has renewed its contract with the driver Felipe Massa to the end of the 2013 race season.
All smiles: Massa has signed a new one-year deal with Ferrari
'The Scuderia's driver line-up for next year is therefore made up of Fernando Alonso and the aforementioned Felipe Massa.'
At one stage earlier this year it appeared as if Massa was on his way out of the team, collecting a miserable 11 points from the opening eight grands prix.
It was a point emphasised on Monday
by president Luca di Montezemolo who claimed given Massa's form at the
time he had little chance of being retained.
On track: Massa has put a decent run of results together
How the Formula One grid is shaping up in 2013...
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Jenson Button
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Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
Lewis Hamilton
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The eight remaining teams are yet to announce their driver line-ups.
At that stage, at the end of June,
Ferrari were known to be on the look out for a replacement, holding
talks with Mark Webber before the Australian opted to re-sign his own
new one-year deal with Red Bull.
However, since the British Grand Prix, Massa has only finished out of the points once in the subsequent eight races to claw his way up to ninth in the drivers' championship.
The Brazilian's surge has also helped Ferrari overhaul McLaren into second place in the constructors' championship as the duo attempt to hunt down Red Bull over the remaining four grands prix.
In finishing second in Japan nine
days ago, his first podium for 36 races - the longest top-three drought
by a Ferrari driver in the team's history - and in coming fourth in
Korea on Sunday, Massa firmly thrust himself back into Di Montezemolo's
good books.
That prompted talks between the two
men at Maranello today, and the offer of a new deal, with Di Montezemolo
claiming Massa was 'back at a high level'.
Partners in crime: Massa will drive alongside Alonso for a fourth season
Di Montezemolo said: 'You can see from the constructors' championship he has returned to the levels we used to know well.
'I expect a lot from him and his capacity to take points from our rivals.'
It will mean another year of feverish speculation next season for Massa, in particular given speculation Sebastian Vettel is primed to join Ferrari in 2014.
Ferrari next: Could Vettel join the Italian team in 2014?
That, however, was strongly denied
by Di Montezemolo and Red Bull yesterday, with the former suggesting
'two roosters in the same henhouse' in Alonso and Vettel would be a
troublesome pairing.
Ferrari has long opted for a policy
of having a No 1 driver, as is the case with Alonso at present, and a
strong second rather than a duo both vying for the championship, but
that is unlikely to stop the rumours from continuing.
In confirming their 2013 line-up, it
means Ferrari join Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes, with Lotus certain to
retain Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, leaving few seats available
beyond that.
Massa, after ending months of uncertainty surrounding his future, naturally expressed himself 'delighted with this agreement'.
Speaking on the Ferrari website, he added: 'Ferrari is my sports family.
'First, I want to thank President Montezemolo and (team principal) Stefano Domenicali, who gave me confidence which I have always maintained, even in the most difficult moments.
'Both the team and the fans can be assured I will do all that is in my power to help the Scuderia to achieve the goals that arise every year.'
From his perspective, Domenicali said: 'We are pleased to have extended our relationship with Felipe for another year.
'He has shown, especially in the latter part of the season, to be competitive at the highest level, as we expect from every driver behind the wheel of a Ferrari.
'We have always supported Felipe, even in the most difficult moments of his career. We are confident of its value, and that he will repay the trust that has been renewed.'
Via his Twitter feed, Alonso also declared his happiness at Massa's stay, unsurprising as he knows he will again have a team-mate playing second fiddle.
Alonso said: 'I am so happy to continue another year with @Felipe1Massa as a teammate! I'm sure we are the best team!
'After 8 different teammates.. Felipe staying is another example of what I always say; Do not believe anything you read, unless it's official.'
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It doesn't say they are true VHG, in fact if you look at the start it says (almost true) and considering we're in the 'Joke' section common sense would normally tell you they are not. I am not trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes here. I know ABers are not that gullable.
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Well said Jem, have read them before at some time but they still make me chuckle as most posts under "jokes" do.
As I have said before, a joke is a joke for heaven's sake. Made me laugh jem.
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As if taking cues from a military campaign, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's new film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden has begun production under a shroud of secrecy — and has immediately hit unforeseen complications. Several actors who expected to report for duty in Jordan were surprised to be ordered instead to India. And as filming began in the northern city of Chandigarh, the production was ambushed March 2 by local protesters.
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Embarking on her follow-up to 2009 best picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, Bigelow, 60, and screenwriter Mark Boal, 39, had hoped their account of the Navy SEALs' pursuit and elimination of bin Laden would fly under the radar for both cinematic and security reasons. The $35 million production, funded by Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures and slated for release by Sony on Dec. 19, is filming under the working title Zero Dark Thirty, military slang for early-morning duty. As the filmmakers assembled a huge cast that includes Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and Chris Pratt, they employed virtually unprecedented security measures on the film, which is sure to inflame al-Qaida loyalists. The script, said to be a commercially oriented action thriller with more than 100 speaking roles, has been kept on lockdown. Actors quietly recruited by casting directors Gail Stevens and Mark Bennett were asked to audition using pages from Hurt Locker and All the President's Men. Once actors committed to the movie — most are being paid guild minimums — they were e-mailed links to pages of the script describing only the scenes in which they appear. The links were then disabled as soon as pages were read.
Several actors expected that the shoot would begin in Jordan, where Bigelow filmed Hurt Locker. Locations were scouted there, butshortly before filming was to begin, says one source, the production was "forced to leave Jordan abruptly." It's unclear what precipitated the sudden move, which led producers to scramble to secure the necessary visas and permits to work in India. One insider says it had nothing to do with security fears. Jordan is a strong U.S. ally and extremism foe (a 2005 bombing aimed at foreigners killed 60 people at three hotels there). Instead, says this source, "it was a creative and business decision. There were simply better locations in India." A spokesman for the filmmakers declined comment, though a rep for the Royal Film Commission of Jordan says, "Part of the cast and crew remain here in Jordan to prep, and the rest will be back."
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Three days after shooting began Feb. 28 in Chandigarh, which was dressed to look like Pakistan with Urdu signs and extras in traditional Pakistani garb, a group of protesters from the right-wing Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad — opposed to Pakistani-like sets being built on Indian soil given the tension between the countries — temporarily disrupted filming. They demanded that Pakistani flags be removed, and unconfirmed reports suggest the film unit agreed. The next day, Shakeel Ahmed Kasmi, an Indian Muslim leader, complained, "This picture will create more differences between Muslim and other communities" and demanded that filming stop.
The protest made international headlines, but one source insists, "It was a small group of about 20 people chanting, and no one felt threatened." Bigelow is continuing the shoot amid some speculation that the film could still move to Jordan. Reps for U.S.-based actors are not being told when their clients will return home, with round-trip airfare dates being used "as a placeholder only," says one rep.
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The protests were an embarrassment to an Indian film industry that has been encouraging Western production. "By disrupting a shoot, these people don't realize that they are only harming their own local economy," says Indian producer Anurag Kashyap.
American politics could come into play as well. Sony is developing its U.S. release plans during an election year in which President Obama's handling of the May 2011 raid that killed bin Laden will likely become a political issue. In August, Republicans in Congress questioned whether the filmmakers had received classified information from the White House, putting Bigelow and Boal on the defensive. "This was an American triumph, both heroic and nonpartisan," the filmmakers responded in a statement, "and there is no basis to suggest that our film will represent this enormous victory otherwise."
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"We've turned our full attention to helping ensure this kind of event doesn't happen again," wrote Ben Treynor, self-described 'VP Engineering and Site Reliability Czar' at Google, in an official blogged explanation last night of the 100-minute Gmail outage yesterday, which Treynor conceded "was a Big Deal, and we're treating it as such."
He then described in detail the events that conspired to bring about the outage:
"Here's what happened: This morning (Pacific Time) we took a small fraction of Gmail's servers offline to perform routine upgrades. This isn't in itself a problem — we do this all the time, and Gmail's web interface runs in many locations and just sends traffic to other locations when one is offline.
However, as we now know, we had slightly underestimated the load which some recent changes (ironically, some designed to improve service availability) placed on the request routers — servers which direct web queries to the appropriate Gmail server for response. At about 12:30 pm Pacific a few of the request routers became overloaded and in effect told the rest of the system "stop sending us traffic, we're too slow!". This transferred the load onto the remaining request routers, causing a few more of them to also become overloaded, and within minutes nearly all of the request routers were overloaded. As a result, people couldn't access Gmail via the web interface because their requests couldn't be routed to a Gmail server. IMAP/POP access and mail processing continued to work normally because these requests don't use the same routers.
The Gmail engineering team was alerted to the failures within seconds (we take monitoring very seriously). After establishing that the core problem was insufficient available capacity, the team brought a LOT of additional request routers online (flexible capacity is one of the advantages of Google's architecture), distributed the traffic across the request routers, and the Gmail web interface came back online."
Treynor's post ended with a detailed explanation of Google's plans to prevent a repeat of the same problem:
"What's next ... Some of the actions are straightforward and are already done — for example, increasing request router capacity well beyond peak demand to provide headroom. Some of the actions are more subtle — for example, we have concluded that request routers don't have sufficient failure isolation (i.e. if there's a problem in one datacenter, it shouldn't affect servers in another datacenter) and do not degrade gracefully (e.g. if many request routers are overloaded simultaneously, they all should just get slower instead of refusing to accept traffic and shifting their load). We'll be hard at work over the next few weeks implementing these and other Gmail reliability improvements."
He ends, "Gmail remains more than 99.9% available to all users, and we're committed to keeping events like today's notable for their rarity."
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Scan Hi-Tech Co.,Ltd
Categories: Company in Thailand > Technology > Electronic components
Address: 31 / 1, 1473rd Road Development Rd., Suan Luang, Suan Luang, Bangkok 10250 Thailand See map
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