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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc, looking to protect its core business from new competition, has bought out the remainder of its majority-owned data center technology start-up, Insieme, in a deal that could cost up to $863 million.
Cisco, which already owned 85 percent of Insieme, said it closed the deal with its employees, and the final price would be tied to sales targets for which it did not reveal details.
It also unveiled Insieme's first products, which are Cisco's answer to software defined networking (SDN) technology, a growing trend among its rivals in developing software with features that are typically found in high-end network hardware.
Because SDN technology can run on cheaper hardware than Cisco's expensive routers and switches, the network hardware leader had to find a way to protect its equipment sales.
Chief Executive John Chambers, who discussed the products at a New York event, said Cisco's approach could save customers money and create a multibillion-dollar dollar business.
He told customers and technology partners that Insieme products would, "reset the stage for IT for the next decade."
Rivals who have been gaining attention because of SDN include privately held Arista Networks, as well as VMware Inc, which created waves when it bought SDN start-up Nicira in 2012 for just over $1 billion. Juniper Networks Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co are also Cisco competitors in the sector.
Insieme was launched in early 2012 with a $100 million investment from Cisco, followed by a $35 million round of funding in November 2012.
The start-up, which has 286 employees, was founded and is run by longtime Cisco engineers Prem Jain, Mario Mazzola and Luca Cafiero, and is now the third start-up they have created that has been folded back into Cisco.
The products include the Nexus 9000 family of network switches, which is ready to be shipped to customers, and a software controller called the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), which will be available for sale in the first half of 2014.
The controller was designed to centralize data center management for everything from network, storage and computing equipment to applications and security, and make rolling out new software or making changes to existing applications much easier.
JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall said that, while Cisco's technology looks "solid," aggressive pricing could, "make it tough for the company to grow earnings in coming years."
RBC analyst Mark Sue said Cisco is trying to "turn the world around by making its system more flexible," which could be good news for its customers, but bad news for the industry overall.
But HP, which sells server computers that run SDN technology, responded to the news by criticizing Cisco's strategy. Dave Larson, HP's networking chief technology officer, said Cisco's offering, "locks customers into a proprietary Cisco network."
Cisco says that, by combining central management with its own hardware, customers could see total cost-of-ownership savings of 75 percent, compared with software-only management systems.
Cisco also announced partnerships with key data center technology providers, including Microsoft Corp, IBM Corp and EMC Corp.
Reporting by Sinead Carew and Nicola Leske; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Andre Grenon


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I have a book to tell you about. It's called The Newlywed Cookbook: Fresh Ideas and Modern Recipes for Cooking With and for Each Other. I know what you're thinking. Why should you care about this book?
Well, because the couple that cooks together stays together. And because there's a killer dessert chapter. It includes cocoa, carrot cake bars, upside-down rhubarb cake, etc, and there are also some brunch recipes that are on the sweet side as well. So while the cookbook isn't completely dessert-focused, there's a large, decadent dessert section.
The book was donated for this giveaway by BHLDN, Anthropologie's one year old sister store. Who are they? Well, I'll let them explain: "a wedding and special occasion retailer that provides attire and accessories for unique, fun-loving brides and their guests. They also sell uncommon, vintage-inspired décor to create the perfect atmosphere for any special occasion. From cake stands to pinwheels, BHLDN's décor works for any soiree, from a sweet wedding to a special birthday brunch."
But back to that book and its desserts. Want to win a copy? I feel you. All you have to do to enter is this: leave a comment, either here or on the CakeSpy Facebook page, saying your favorite sweet to eat with others. It could be the chocolate torte you love to share with your sweetie, the double popsicle you like to split with your BFF, or maybe even the 2-pack of pop-tarts that you split with your toddler. What's your favorite sweet to share?
This giveaway will close next Monday, November 12, at 5pm EST. Per the request of BHLDN, this giveaway is only open to US residents. Good luck!
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We have a winner! It is Margaret, who says:
I love to eat my favorite cake which is a family recipe- Bourbon pound cake! Maybe because we all drink bourbon with it :)
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, in partnership with Neuse Sport Shop, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service, is supporting more than 35 free fishing events for kids from late May through early June. The events, which will be held throughout the state, are a celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, in partnership with Neuse Sport Shop, Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service, is supporting more than 35 free fishing events for kids from late May through early June. The events, which will be held throughout the state, are a celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week.
Young anglers registered at any fishing event will be entered in a statewide drawing for a chance to win one of more than 150 fishing-related prizes ranging from a lifetime sportsman license to tackle boxes, rods and reels and other items. The Wildlife Commission will conduct the drawing at the end of June and will publish a list of winners on its website, www.ncwildlife.org, in early July. To give kids a better chance of catching fish, many of the event sites are being stocked with various species.
One of the kids fishing events will be held at Cedar Swamp Pond, in Croatan National Forest near Newport on June 8 from 8 a.m. to noon. Young fishermen age 5 to 15 may register at the site. All necessary equipment and lunch will be provided. More information is available from Rachelle Powell by phone at 252-638-5628 or online at email@example.com.
Another fishing event will be at the Jacksonville Training Academy on June 8 from 9 a.m. to noon for youngsters age 5-13. Prizes and lunch will be provided. Adults attending with children are asked to bring tackle if possible, if not it will be provided. For directions or details, contact Carol Trott at 910-347-5332 or email@example.com.
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) will open approximately 64 miles of mountain trout streams and two lakes classified as delayed-harvest trout waters under hatchery-supported regulations on June 1. From 6 a.m. to noon waters will be open only to anglers 15 years old and younger. After that waters will be open to all fishermen. Delayed-harvest waters will stay open under hatchery-supported regulations through Sept. 30. During this time, anglers can keep up to seven trout per day � with no bait restrictions or minimum size limits. Delayed-harvest trout waters are posted with diamond-shaped, black-and-white signs.
May 25 � The Lejeune Archers will host a 3-D archery tournament at their range onboard Camp Lejeune from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Chris Discoll at 972-369-9692.
May 25 � Staff at Goose Creek State Park, off Hwy. 264 east of Washington, N.C., will present a program on the bald eagle beginning at 2 p.m. It will be followed by a short hike to try and spot one of the regal birds. Participants should meet in parking lot #3. Phone 252-923-2191 for more information.
May 26 � The Great Swamp Archers will hold a 3-D archery tournament at their range off Hwy. 17N between New Bern and Vanceboro beginning at noon. Terry Lewis at 252-638-2349 can provide more details.
June 10 � Early bird entry for the 2013 Oriental Rotary Club Inshore Slam and Tarpon Tournament will end on June 10. Those entered by that date will eligible to win a 1/2 day guided tarpon charter with Capt. George Beckwith. The tournaments will be on July 26-28. Information is available at 252-249-0400 or online at http://www.orientalrotary.org.


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Lucy's Legacy, an exhibition featuring the world's most famous fossil, recently opened at Discovery Times Square Exposition in Times Square, New York. The exhibit will remain on display until October 25, 2009.
The Lucy exhibit has been an exciting catalyst for discovery, discussion, and debate within the scientific community. In this series of blogs, Dirk presents all sides of the controversy surrounding Lucy's existence and significance while skillfully separating fact from fiction with supporting evidence and research.
Do you enjoy debate about scientific theories or issues? If so, prepare yourself for a great read while perusing the following blogs by Dirk. In addition to his perspective and logic, Dirk also provides links to research and evidence that will leave you on the edge of your seat…and excited about evolution!
–In fide constans… Always loyal [Lucy's Legacy]
–Neanderthal Controversy
–A Letter From Lucy: Making no bones about it. (Pun intended)
–Lucy loves Houston – and she's not leaving. Yet.
–If Humans came from monkeys, than why are monkeys still around?
Neanderthals—most people know what they were, but do we know who they were or how they lived? Join Dirk as he discusses these unique people and their lifestyle.
–Neanderthal Controversy
–Neanderthals on the move
–Neanderthals Speak Out
Why are genetics important in the development of humans? More than just appearance, genetics play a role in where we live and even how we survive. In the following blogs, Dirk explores where genetics has contributed to history and evolution.
–Neanderthals on the move
–We are all mutants
–10,000 BC: The story behind the date
–A major step forward – 40,000 years ago
Sure, they're adorable and entertaining to observe but chimps and monkeys offer far more than that! They provide valuable information about human behavior and progress. Follow-up with these blogs and read Dirk's presentation of our connection to these magnificent animals.
–Chimps using tools: Archaeology's most fascinating discovery of 2007
–The Apple Doesn't Fall Too Far from the Tree
–Monkey business
–If Humans came from monkeys, than why are monkeys still around?
The study of fossilized remains (like Lucy and other hominids) offers an exciting opportunity to draw parallels on our own existence and physicality. What did they look like and how did they live? Dirk has explored these questions in the following blogs:
–Discovering behavior: a step-by-step process
–Reconstructing ancient hominid behavior
–Lucy's kitties
–Paleoanthropology: making the past come alive.
–Extinction doesn't mean failure
If you ask a fossil to share the secrets it holds, it will provide invaluable information and insight into the past. But how can we piece the puzzle together? Dirk explains the wisdom of what happens when fossils meet modern technology…and dating begins (pun intended).
–How do we know: dating techniques
–Meet Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis. (What's in a name?)
–Teeth Tell Tales
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After deciding to use LVM2 as volumemanager on our servers there was also the wish for an online resizeable filesystem. After reading a few articles I decided to use JFS in favour of XFS.
Now today I had a power outage on our office server and I discovered that one file on the JFS volume has been completely corrupted. While this might happen the system fooled me into believing everything is alright by not indicating any filesystem problems during the bootup after the power failure. All filesystems were clean after replaying the journal.
This leaves me with a bad taste. I don't want a filesystem which would not recover well after a power outage, but I really don't want a filesystem which doesn't tell me that there might be a problem.
So I thought I give it a shot and ask which filesystem do you prefer? Which one do you favour and why? I'm looking for the following features:
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- online growable
- good performance for usual workloads (normal filesizes - nothing special like millions of small files or such)
- available in the CentOS 5.4 distribution, but that's optional
I'd also like to know if you have used JFS and have had bad experiences with it - also of course if there're success stories using JFS. And ultimately: would you prefer XFS over JFS or vice versa (as mentioned for everyday use, not for specific workloads)


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The third-generation M215 solar microinverter is presently the only one available to achieve a weighted power conversion efficiency of 96% (CEC), according to the company. Offering an output 13% higher than previous versions, the microinverter features compatibility with 60-cell modules. Standalone and AC module (ACM) models feature CSA certification, and the ACM model facilitates installation by eliminating the need for rack mounting, a separate system ground wire, and DC cable management.
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April 08, 2014Monticello License Office contract awarded
JEFFERSON CITY - The Office of Administration, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Revenue, has awarded the management contract for the Monticello License Office to Brenda Sue Redmon of Canton. All license office contracts in Missouri are awarded through a competitive bid process.
Redmon has been the contractor of the Monticello License Office since 2009. The office will remain at its current location at 204 E. Lafayette.
In fiscal year 2013, more than 15,000 transactions were conducted at the Monticello office, generating $50,872 in agent processing fees.
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The Seattle Seahawks' worst fears came true: Defensive end Chris Clemons will miss the rest of the playoffs with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, his agent told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport on Monday. Clemons will meet with Dr. James Andrews soon.
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"It's a big loss for us in a lot of ways," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said, via The Associated Press. "Chris has been a great football player and just a symbol of consistency in the years that we've had him, but he's been a great leader for us, too, and a tough dude and a guy we've become very comfortable playing with, and we'll miss the heck out of him."
Carroll isn't kidding. Clemons led the Seahawks with 11 sacks and 37 hurries, according to Pro Football Focus. The next closest hurry total: 23 by rookie Bruce Irvin.
Irvin now will be forced into a three down-role. He has struggled in run support, but he did set a Seahawks rookie record with eight sacks.
"This is Bruce's opportunity," Carroll said, via The AP. "This is what we drafted him to play, and we'll see how he does. We expect him to do really well as he steps up."
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PITTSBURG — Jaylyn Morgan scored four first half rushing touchdowns as the Pittsburg High football team cruised to a 47-13 win over Irvington on Friday in the first round of the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
The Pirates scored on their first seven possessions of the game, starting with a 13-play, 74-yard drive that took almost six minutes off the clock. Morgan capped the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run.
But Irvington answered quickly, as Vikings running back Jared Lozoya broke an 80-yard run down the left sideline to notch the game 7-7.
Pittsburg did not get frazzled. Instead, the Pirates again marched down the field on a 58-yard drive that ate up the rest of the quarter. Morgan capped the drive with a 16-yard run to the end zone. Morgan finished with 106 yards rushing, and did not play most of the second half.
Armani Levias threw for 156 yards and a touchdown for Pittsburg. After the Vikings cut a 27-7 lead to 14 just before halftime, Levias found Angelo Moore on a deep pass, which set up a four yard touchdown by Morgan on the next play.
The Vikings cut the second quarter Pirates lead to 27-13 Lozoya finished with 130 yards for Irvington.
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Kitty litter switch may have caused leak at New Mexico nuclear waste dump, report says
CARLSBAD, N.M. – A mysterious radiation release that has indefinitely shuttered the federal government's only permanent nuclear waste dump may have been caused by a change in the type of kitty litter that is mixed with the toxic waste.
That's one of the theories that officials are exploring as they investigate the February 14 leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project in southeastern New Mexico that contaminated 21 workers with low levels of radiation, the Carlsbad Current-Argus reported Tuesday.
Jim Conca, a scientist who worked at the facility from 2000 to 2010, told the newspaper he believes a change from non-organic to organic litter caused a chemical reaction inside a waste drum, releasing the radioactive isotopes.
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn confirmed to the paper on Monday that he has heard Department of Energy officials discuss the possibility that kitty litter may have been to blame for the radiation leak. Flynn said it is one of many theories and nothing is certain at this time.
In a statement Tuesday, the DOE said only that it is investigating "all possible scenarios."
The dump 26 miles east of Carlsbad cannot take in liquid waste, so kitty litter is used to absorb any liquid before drums of waste are sealed and shipped to the facility, Conca said. The dump is the federal government's only permanent repository for waste from decades of building nuclear bombs from Los Alamos National Laboratories and other federal facilities.
WIPP Recovery Manager Jim Blankenhorn told a town hall meeting last week that after several trips into the half-mile-deep repository, officials believe the radiation leak was likely caused by a chemical reaction in nuclear waste that was mixed with nitrate salt. Blankenhorn said a switch from a non-organic substance to organic was what triggered the event.
The unidentified substance containing elements mirroring nitrate salt is kitty litter, Conca said. The DOE on Tuesday confirmed that any waste with liquid is typically treated with "an absorbent like kitty litter."
"I'm just dying to know why this happened and who approved it, because it was a dumb idea," Conca said. "You just can't make a change to the procedure without reviewing it."
Investigators on Monday said crews on the latest trip into the mine spotted melted plastic and rubber on some drums and boxes of waste, indicating there was some kind of heat generated in the room where the waste is stored.
Nine days before the release, a truck hauling salt in the mine caught fire. But officials have said the fire was far from the waste-handling area and that the events were likely unrelated.
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A primary school pupil received thousands of pounds in compensation from Croydon Council after getting a splinter lodged in his backside.
The seven-year-old's boy family won a £2,760 payout after suing over a wound inflicted when he sat on a wooden bench at Winterbourne Junior Boys' School in Thornton Heath.
The "small injury" took four weeks to heal and was expected to leave a permanent scar.
Croydon Council defended the Winterbourne Road school in court but a judged ruled poor upkeep had led to the incident, which happened in 2011 but came to light this week.
The size of the payout, determined by the judge, was intended to reflect the seriousness of the injury.
But the mother of a classmate of the injured pupil questioned the decision to award compensation.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said: "All of the mums have been laughing about it.
"It is such a joke. How can they say it is the school's fault and sue them because he got a splinter on his bum?"
Dia Chakravarty, political director at the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "This is a complete waste of taxpayers' money and yet another story which highlights the ridiculous compensation culture that exists in our schools.
"Wasting taxpayers' money on unnecessary payouts leaves less cash for actual teaching. Schools and local authorities must be vigilant against dubious claims resulting from injuries such as this."
Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, added: "We are wrapping our children up in cotton wool and robbing them of their childhood.
"The problem is that compensation claims breed compensation claims, as more parents become aware that they can sue for the slightest thing that happens to their child.
"Schools react by stopping any activity that includes even the lowest level of risk, meaning children miss out on fun and educational activities.
"We really need a lead from the courts on this. Common sense needs to prevail."
A Croydon Council spokesman said: "There was an incident several years ago where a child received a small injury from a splinter on a wooden bench.
"The matter was settled following a claim by the pupil's parents."
The school, which this month became an academy sponsored by the Platanos Trust, declined to comment.
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All those in favor of A-4 say 'Aye,'" drawled Miami-Dade County School Board Chairman Solomon Stinson.
"Aye," chorused six of the seven board members present at the April 15 school board meeting.
"Those who oppose have the same right," Stinson said.
"Aye," piped up Betsy Kaplan.
"A-4 is passed," Stinson declared.
With this vote, northeast Miami-Dade's newest high school was officially anointed Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School. A ragged volley of applause and a few high-pitched cheers echoed through the school board chambers.
The numerous others in the audience who had opposed the measure shuffled and grumbled their way out of the auditorium. Steve Marcus, a neighborhood resident, was among the most dispirited. "I'm disappointed that the public process of naming schools has become a personal recognition club for schools named after school board members," Marcus had declared earlier in a vain attempt to sway the board to vote down Krop's name.
The recipient of the honor, who had sat mum for nearly an hour as community members and his peers debated the merits of naming the school for him, now took the opportunity to speak. A 68-year-old orthodontist and eighteen-year school board veteran, Krop had clearly been wounded by some of the comments. Hunkered behind his microphone in a gray sport coat and tie, his arms folded in front of him, he pronounced the criticism to be "very hurtful; it's always hurtful." He went on to thank his fellow school board members for supporting the naming and stressed that his squeaky-clean conduct would spare the board any potential embarrassment from having his name on a school. "I've been an adult for almost 50 years, and I don't think I've ever been in the newspaper with something in there next to me accusing me of anything," he noted.
Krop is now the fourth sitting Miami-Dade County School Board member to have a school named after him.
Even now, six months later, many question the way Krop High got its name. And not only community activists; some of the board member's own colleagues go so far as to suggest that Krop had been maneuvering to get his name on the new school for at least two years. They further fret that, under the two-year-old system of electing school board members from discrete districts, having a Krop High School within the boundaries of Krop's election district gives the incumbent an unfair advantage over challengers.
The larger concern, one voiced by school district personnel at all levels, is whether the new single-member-district system has given board members such as Krop too much power. Members are more likely to scrutinize schools within the boundaries of their districts, since they must answer only to voters within those confines. And Krop, according to five current and former school district officials, had developed a reputation for meddling in personnel affairs even before the advent of single-member districts.
Krop strongly objects to any contention that he either lobbied to get his name on the high school or that he tries to influence staffing decisions within his district or anywhere else.
Still, high-ranking school officials have either identified or inferred his presence just offstage in both these processes. The naming of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School is a done deal, of course. But the story behind the naming suggests elements of egotism and political horse-trading that cast a harsh light on the growing practice of allowing sitting board members to memorialize themselves.
In years past, the board was not permitted to name facilities for any living person. That rule changed, though, not long after board member G. Holmes Braddock attended the 1975 opening of a middle school named for W.R. Thomas, who was superintendent of the school district in the Fifties. "His widow was there, his kids, his grandkids," recalls Braddock, who has been on the board since 1962. "I thought, 'This is dumb: The guy for whom it's named can't be here to appreciate it. It doesn't make sense.'"
At Braddock's urging, the rule was changed in 1976 to allow living people to be honored. Regarding elected officials (including school board members), the rule stated that any such person, "... if living, shall have left public office."
At the end of the Eighties the board saw fit to waive that rule in order to name schools after its own members. In September 1989 board member Robert Renick's name was attached to an educational center for handicapped and learning-disabled students. Renick's colleagues voted unanimously to waive the rule, citing his efforts to obtain federal funding to build the school. Later that year Braddock, the board's elder statesman, had his name attached to a new southwest Dade high school. Krop, the board chairman at the time, was a strong proponent of both actions. Every board member but one -- Janet McAliley -- voted in favor of waiving the rule to honor Braddock. "It seems very fitting to associate the name of someone with so many years of service," said then-board member Rosa Castro Feinberg at the time.
Not far behind was the William H. Turner Technical Arts High School, in 1992. Turner, like Renick and Braddock, was on the board at the time his name was picked. Unlike Renick and Braddock, though, Turner voted against naming the school for himself. (Braddock was not present at this meeting; the measure passed 4-2, with Turner and McAliley dissenting.)
All of these names were recommended to the board by a group known as the naming committee, which meets whenever several new schools need to be assigned names. The committee considers school names proposed by, among others, people in the community. Braddock says such suggestions come in all the time in the form of letters, often pertaining to the naming of a specific school. The committee, consisting of the board chairman, two other board members, and the administrator in charge of school construction, considers these nominations or proposes its own, then forwards the recommendations to the full school board.
In 1996 the school board first considered a proposal to name a school -- in this case a brand-new high school in northeast Miami-Dade -- for Michael Krop. The new school, designated by the state as State School DDD, was needed to relieve overcrowding at North Miami Beach Senior High and the schools that fed into it. At the time, the naming committee comprised the chairman (Braddock), the board member representing the district that contained the school (Renick; under single-member districts, the site now lies within Krop's district), one at-large board member (either Betsy Kaplan or Rosa Castro Feinberg), and the construction chief (Paul Phillips).
Residents and community groups had submitted nearly 100 pages of letters suggesting fourteen different names for State School DDD before the October 2, 1996, meeting of the naming committee. Proposed names included the late Rasamma Nyberg, a former middle school principal; and the late Reverend Theodore Gibson, who had served as a Miami city commissioner. None of that correspondence suggested naming the school for Krop. School officials could not provide minutes of that October meeting, but Braddock, who chaired it, recalls that Renick proposed Krop's name. Renick doesn't recall who brought up Krop but says it wasn't him. Braddock points out that committee members are not constrained to consider only names proposed by the public.
Krop was not the only board member whose name arose at this meeting. In addition to Krop High, the naming committee also recommended that the school board name a learning center for teenage mothers after board member Janet McAliley, and rename the English Center in Little Havana after board member Rosa Castro Feinberg.
One former top administrator remembers making these suggestions himself, before the committee meeting. But as he recalls, it wasn't exactly his idea. Alan Olkes says he was approached by Krop late in the summer of 1996. (Olkes served as interim superintendent for six months between the retirement of Octavio Visiedo and the hiring of Roger Cuevas after the November 1996 election.) "Mickey came to me and said, 'We really need to name a school for Janet McAliley,'" Olkes reports. "I said, 'I agree.' She was coming off the board after being on a long time. It would make sense. Then he said, 'We should name the center for teenage mothers for her.' I said, 'That sounds reasonable.'
"Krop said, 'Maybe you could write a memo proposing that we name that one for her and another for Rosa Castro Feinberg.' I said, 'Oh, that sounds good, but why don't you just propose those names yourself?' He said something like, 'Well, I'd sort of like someone to throw my name in there, too.'"
Olkes says he went on to write a letter to the naming committee proposing all three names, noting how tirelessly Krop had worked to get School DDD built and suggesting his name for that school.
Krop says he doesn't recall this meeting with the then-superintendent. As to Olkes's assertion that Krop mentioned naming a school after himself, Krop insists, "I absolutely never said that. Never."
After the naming committee placed these three proposals on the agenda for the next board meeting (along with six others, four of which were based on community suggestions), two of the putative honorees openly decried the move. While Krop expressed his gratitude, both McAliley and Castro Feinberg stated publicly they would prefer not to have their names appended to schools while they were still in office. The rule prohibiting this was still in place, though the board could once again vote to waive it.
"Both Janet and I declined the honor in deference to the existing policy," Castro Feinberg says now.
McAliley went further. "I was very adamantly opposed to it, and I let it be known in no uncertain terms," she recalls. "I'm opposed to naming schools for sitting board members. It's very self-serving. I'll just never think it's right for an office-holder to, in effect, bestow that kind of honor upon himself."
Braddock, at the time, was adamant in his support of naming the schools after his long-time colleagues. "The board members are the only ones who know who does what in Miami," he told the Miami Herald. "The community doesn't know."
McAliley says she believes the real goal of the Braddock-led naming committee in 1996 was getting Krop's name on School DDD. As she and Castro Feinberg might have been potential "no" votes on that naming, McAliley saw her and Castro Feinberg's nomination as incentives from Braddock and Renick, in essence an attempt to buy their votes.
"They tacked mine and Rosie's names onto existing schools in order to get this sparkling new school for Mickey," she asserts. "It was a ploy, a thinly disguised ploy. It was this very self-serving kind of thing, and I refused to go along with it."
Braddock remembers the committee's nominations of McAliley and Castro Feinberg differently. "I thought they deserved it," he states, "and with the new board coming in, it might not have happened otherwise."
Krop insists that, though willing to accept the honor, he did nothing to set the process in motion. "I would not suggest myself for a school-naming, and I don't think any board member would," he says. "It's not something we do." District officials, Krop claims, had received several letters from the community suggesting his name for School DDD, but a recent examination of the files revealed no such letters. Krop's assistant, Judy Matz, produced two letters from her own records: a September 30, 1996, memorandum from a high-ranking district administrator referring to a "broad base of support" for naming School DDD after Krop; and an October 1, 1996, fax from the head of the Aventura Marketing Council relaying the support of an Aventura residents' group for the Krop name.
In addition to Olkes's account of his conversation with Krop, another source close to the process asserts that Krop played an active role in the naming. One former school official, who asked not to be identified, remembers Krop himself expressing his wish that School DDD be named after him. "He stated it explicitly to me. He said, 'I really want this,'" the source recalls.
As the October 9, 1996, school board meeting approached, it became clear McAliley and Castro Feinberg would not accept the honor. And board member Betsy Kaplan declared at the naming committee meeting that she would no longer support naming schools for sitting board members. (Neither Castro Feinberg nor Kaplan would comment for this story about why they balked at naming a school for Krop.)
That made three out of seven likely "no" votes to the Krop High name. If any of the remaining four went against it, Dr. Michael M. Krop would have become the first sitting board member whose colleagues voted against naming a school for him. "He was tickled to death when [his name was recommended], then it got embarrassing for him," Braddock says now.
Krop's office circulated a statement before the board meeting withdrawing his name from consideration. "There was some discussion at the board. There were some bad feelings on the part of some people who objected to that," Krop recalls. "I just felt I didn't want that to be an issue for [the upcoming] election. As long as I was going to run, I didn't want to have the advantage of having a school named after me, nor the disadvantage of having somebody mad at me for having a school named after me."
The abortive attempts to name schools for McAliley, Castro Feinberg, and Krop occurred during the election season that would change the school board forever. The elections the following month ushered in the single-member-district system and expanded the number of board members from seven to nine. The seven serving in early 1996, like all their predecessors, had been elected countywide. (School board seats, unlike Miami-Dade County Commission seats, are partisan offices; candidates run as Republicans or Democrats.)
All seven existing seats and two new ones were in play in November 1996. McAliley and Castro Feinberg decided to retire rather than run. The rest were up for election in newly drawn districts except for Renick; he had already been beaten in the Republican primary in his district. Krop was running in his newly crafted district, which includes Aventura and North Miami Beach, as well as everything east of the Intracoastal Waterway from the county line to the southern tip of Miami Beach.
Krop, along with Frederica Wilson, Betsy Kaplan, and G. Holmes Braddock, won; they all went on to represent their new single-member districts. Throughout 1997 and into 1998, School DDD, still nameless, continued under construction.
All the while, a new political order was emerging. Democrat Solomon Stinson, a career schools administrator elected to the board in 1996, became chairman. Demetrio Perez, Jr., a former Miami city commissioner and founder of the private Lincoln-Marti Schools, became vice chairman. In addition to these two newcomers, the other three new members of the school board were, like Perez, all Hispanic Republicans. The holdover members, all Democrats, either adapted or found themselves marginalized.
Several sources say that Krop, a Democrat, continued to angle to get his name attached to the new school. "Over a period of time, [Krop] seemed to charm his way, or make certain, you know, agreements, that ended in him getting what he wanted," says McAliley, now two years removed from her school board stint.
One high-ranking district official puts it more bluntly: "Krop is a good negotiator, and I believe he voted for certain items important to the board leadership so they would help him get that school named for him."
A significant obstacle disappeared this past January when the board voted to rescind its ban on naming schools for sitting political office-holders. At this meeting Stinson, who proposed the rule change, mentioned Krop as a likely candidate to be so immortalized because of his long service on the board. When Betsy Kaplan reiterated her opposition to naming schools after board members, Stinson generously asked her if she wouldn't someday like to have her name on the New World School of the Arts. (Stinson did not return phone calls seeking comment for this story.)
During the next three months, Krop's supporters submitted his name to the naming committee; many of these letters mentioned how hard Krop had worked to make that particular school a reality. Some came from private individuals in the community, others from governmental entities and civic organizations. The cities of North Miami Beach and Aventura passed resolutions in support of naming the school for Krop, as did the Aventura Marketing Council, of which Krop is a member.
Elaine Adler, head of the council, says her organization kept track of the naming-committee process through the six schools with which it has a public-private partnership. She adds that Krop himself had nothing to do with their proposal. "This was our issue," she says.
Lawyer/lobbyist Ronald Book also weighed in for Krop in his capacity as president of the Oak Forest Homeowners' Association. At least five dentists, some of whom live well outside the new school's attendance boundaries, also wrote letters proposing Krop's name for the school.
Many more letters came in, some suggesting other people's names for the school. (The candidates ranged from the aforementioned Rasamma Nyberg and Rev. Theodore Gibson to South American liberator Simon Bolivar.) The vast majority of the letters, though, supported a "community" name: Highland Oaks High, Millennium High, and North Dade High. At least 100 of these were form letters signed by individual residents, all pleading with the school board not to name the school after any individual.
These letters conveyed a sense that one particular individual -- Krop -- had already locked in the naming for himself. A letter dated February 17, addressed to the school board and signed "Several hundred concerned voters," insisted, "[W]e endorse a 'community' name for our new high school, despite all the political pressure that has filtered down from the regional office through the schools." The authors of the letter were equally distressed by the elimination of the rule against naming schools after board members. "It was truly a self-serving and egotistical maneuver that borders on an abuse of power," they wrote.
Although the naming process allows community members to make suggestions, their input remains just that: suggestions. The final decision rests with the school board. And though the intractable McAliley and Castro Feinberg were gone, Kaplan remained. The board also contained four Republicans -- Perla Tabares Hantman, Manty Sabates Morse, Demetrio Perez, and Renier Diaz de la Portilla -- whose support for naming a school after a liberal Democrat like Krop could not be taken for granted.
Krop continues to deny he was pushing for the new school to carry his name. But some high-ranking school district officials point to a couple of puzzling votes on Krop's part that suggest he was, at the very least, trying to curry some goodwill among his Republican colleagues.
In June 1997 Krop voted in favor of tripling the level of funding given to the dropout-prevention program run by the private Lincoln-Marti Community Agency, of which board vice chairman Demetrio Perez is the founder. Although Perez had resigned from the nonprofit group's board of directors to prevent an actual conflict of interest, the appearance of a conflict was enough to move Manty Morse, along with Braddock and Kaplan, to break partisan ranks and vote against funding the Lincoln-Marti program. Krop not only voted for the program, but one person claims to have seen him pass a handwritten note to Perez that day. The note allegedly read: "Now you owe me one."
"I don't remember that," Krop responds. "That's silly. The only time I pass a note is to say, 'Congratulations,' or 'Good job,' or something like that." He insists he voted for the Lincoln-Marti program solely on its merits. Perez could not be reached for comment for this story. Perez's son and aide, Demetrio J. Perez, relayed the account of the alleged note to his father and says the board member recalls no such note.
In January 1998, after having voted twice against the random drug testing program put forth by Diaz de la Portilla, Krop voted in favor of it (as did fellow Democrats Stinson and Wilson, along with all the Republicans). Krop says now that he remains skeptical of the program. At the January vote, he recalls, he was willing to vote for the program because the committee set up to monitor it had not recommended scrapping it.
By the time the naming of School DDD came before the board this past April, the outcome was no longer in doubt.
Jane Goldberg, one of two area residents who attended the naming committee meeting at which Krop was recommended, sounded deeply disillusioned when she addressed the full board. "Even though we were supposedly being included in the process, it was apparent from the beginning that the naming was a done deal," she said. She also pointed out that chairman Stinson had not allowed any public comment at the naming committee meeting.
The tone of many of the comments at the April board meeting reflected the sense that the fix was in for Krop's name, despite the extensive petition drive, led by Goldberg and others, insisting on a community name. "Chairman Stinson has said that he believes people should be able to smell the roses while they are alive," Goldberg noted. "Who promised anyone a rose garden?"
Such protestations fell upon mostly deaf ears on the school board dais. Perez read a lengthy prepared statement in support of the naming. Some members offered Krop a bit of good-natured ribbing along with their vote. Others, notably Braddock and Hantman, criticized those who opposed naming the school after Krop.
Braddock says he believes, just as he did in 1996, that Krop's service on the school board qualifies him for the recognition. He adds that the public comment didn't sway him one whit. "What the public has to say generally has no bearing on how I vote, unless they offer me some new information," he observes. "People who just stand up say, 'Do this' or 'Do that,' hell, I'm not going to pay attention to that. I might as well turn my hearing aid off. I make my decisions myself, and if you don't like it, well, I come up for re-election periodically. You can throw my ass out of office."
Betsy Kaplan would not comment for this story other than to repeat her firm opposition to naming schools for sitting politicians. At the meeting she noted that politicians are "always campaigning," and that having a school named after oneself offers a significant advantage over potential rivals. (School board members do not have term limits.)
On the day of the vote, the full board was not present. Manty Morse was in Europe; Diaz de la Portilla left immediately before the agenda item came up and returned shortly after it was heard.
The final 6-1 vote in favor of the naming, with Kaplan dissenting, disappointed those who had lobbied for a community name. "It turned out to be an easy thing to pass," says Michael Van Dyk, president of the North Dade Republican Club and a vocal opponent of naming the school for Krop. "Renier went and had a cup of coffee and Manty was out of town, which I don't think was an accident." (Morse now says that, had she been present, she would have voted in favor of naming the school for Krop. Diaz de la Portilla could not be reached for comment for this story.)
Though vociferous during the process, Jane Goldberg declined to comment when contacted for this story. Others who opposed the Krop name are similarly resigned. "You know, that's a done issue. I wouldn't go back there," says Sari Addicott, chairwoman of the committee that established the attendance boundaries for what became Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High. She didn't speak at the naming meeting, but Addicott did write a letter supporting a name that fit the neighborhood. "People were just looking for a community-sounding name rather than a person, regardless of who it was. But now it is what it is."
According to several school district sources, Michael Krop's plans for the school did not stop with getting it built and slapping his name on the perimeter fence and above the entrance.
Numerous current and former administrators, from the rank of principal on up, confirm that, during his many years on the board, Krop has consistently tried to micromanage schools, recommending that principals hire or fire certain teachers or that higher-ranking administrators hire or fire principals.
"Krop made a statement at a meeting I attended that he is involved with choosing the administration for all schools in his district," declares Patrick Snay, one-time principal at John F. Kennedy Middle School in North Miami Beach. "He's got a very close grip on things there."
This is a clear violation of the definition of the duties of a school board member. Personnel decisions, like all other administrative duties, are reserved for the superintendent. "An individual member of the board has no legal authority over school affairs, except through participation in board meetings," reads the board rules, which are based on Florida statutes. "He/she has no legal right or power unilaterally to direct the course of school affairs or the actions of school personnel."
Many municipal governments contain similar injunctions against elected officials participating in staffing decisions. The Miami-Dade County charter, for one, prescribes penalties for elected officials who do so. Unlike that document, however, neither the school board rules nor the relevant Florida laws make any provision for penalizing a board member who breaks them.
When staff changes are presented to the full board for a vote, the board usually rubber-stamps the superintendent's decision. But with today's school board, that process has become blurred. "The saddest thing about the current organizational climate is the fact that staff has absolutely no support from the superintendent's office," declares one former administrator. "As a result, alliances have formed with [individual] school board members."
Other ex-officials insist that Krop's interest in personnel predates single-member districts. "He would talk about [staffing] with me all the time. I used to joke about it: 'What does he want this time?'" says former superintendent Alan Olkes, who points out that he did not take Krop's suggestions as edicts and that the moves Krop wanted "never happened."
"But now, unfortunately, the board is too much involved in administration of this district," he continues. "There isn't a clear-cut separation between the superintendent and the board members, no check or balance. The board members probably think that's great, but from the standpoint of running a system, that's not the best way to do it."
One ex-principal remembers Krop's micromanaging vividly. Snay, now principal of Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School, a private Catholic academy in Hollywood, recounts getting a phone call back when he was principal of John F. Kennedy Middle. "I was hiring a counselor, and someone from Krop's office called. They said, 'I'm not trying to tell you who to hire,' but they gave me the name of a person, and said, 'So-and-so is a very good friend of Mickey's, could you give her serious consideration?'"
Snay's reaction? "I'm no fool," he snorts. "I hired her. Maybe I shouldn't have, but I played the game like everybody else. She did turn out to be very good, but at that point I never thought I had a choice."
Not every principal received suggestions about personnel from Krop's office. Pat D'Alessio, the former principal at North Miami Beach Senior High who retired in 1996, doesn't recall Krop or his assistants ever asking her to hire or fire a particular teacher or staffer.
Krop himself denies trying to sway administrators' personnel decisions. "I don't ever recall talking to any principal about anybody, unless a student or parent had a problem, and I would call in reference to that problem," he says.
One retired administrator, though, notes that such calls would often contain "suggestions," which were a lot easier to ignore under the old countywide election system. "The view seems to be evolving that each board member has a private little slice of the school system that is theirs to lord over," says one current administrator who asked not to be identified. "Administrators who simply will do exactly as they're told and show no initiative suit the people in office right now really well."
The $35.5 million Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, on a former dump site hard up against the Miami-Dade/Broward county line, opened this fall with some 1500 students, ninth and tenth graders only for this inaugural year. But even taking just these two grades has helped alleviate overcrowding in the schools that once fed into North Miami Beach Senior High.
Given Krop's reputation for recommending staff changes on his turf, it would be easy to imagine him keeping a close eye on the hiring process at the school that now bears his name. But Krop says that is not the case. "I have no input as far as personnel is concerned," he emphasizes. "In looking over the staff at [Krop] high school, I only saw one person on that staff that I knew personally, and that person told me she was hired before I even knew she was interested in the damn job! So [board members] don't really have input into personnel, and we're not supposed to. The system really shouldn't be politicized in that fashion."
The principal at Krop High, Enid Weisman, unequivocally seconds that neither Krop nor any other board member had anything to do with her hiring process. (Four district sources contacted for this story describe Weisman as "Krop's pick" for the job, in the same breath that they compliment her as an able administrator. Both Weisman and Krop deny he tapped her for the post.) Among the estimated 1200 people who applied for jobs at Krop High and didn't make it, there has been some grumbling about the role connections to Krop might have played in getting hired at "his" school.
Hector Hirigoyen, for one, felt he had an excellent shot at a job at State School DDD. Hirigoyen, currently a math teacher at Miami Beach Senior High, had until two years ago worked as a downtown-based supervisor for the entire district's mathematics program. His credentials aside, Hirigoyen had other reasons to be confident about landing a job at the new school. "Enid Weisman called me up last October or so," he recalls. "She'd just been appointed principal and she said, 'Would you be interested in coming to work for me?'"
Hirigoyen explains they knew each other from some years back, when Hirigoyen was an assistant principal at Miami Jackson Senior High and Weisman was a guidance counselor there. He says that, because of his math expertise, Weisman told him she'd be interested in bringing him in as chairman of the math department. She was also interested in his arts background (Hirigoyen is a professional dancer). "She told me that this was going to be an arts magnet school, kind of New World School North, and that because of that, she'd want to have me there."
When the announcement for faculty openings at School DDD came through, Hirigoyen says he called Weisman to ask again if she was interested in him. "She said, 'Oh, yeah,'" he remembers. He applied and interviewed for the math department chair. As he expected, the hiring committee (made up of Weisman and her top assistants) asked him about his dance expertise.
A couple of days later, he says, he got a call from Joan Friedman, then the math department chairwoman at Miami Beach Senior High. "She was wondering how I felt about my interview," he recalls. "She went the day after me. She said she had talked to Enid and to Mickey about the position." Friedman's husband, Hirigoyen points out, is Mike Friedman, a teacher and former state legislator.
"She knows Mickey personally; they socialize," Hirigoyen contends. "What I got from this was that she was fishing to find out if I had talked to Mickey Krop also. I didn't. After 30 years in the system, I'm done with politics." Three weeks later he received a letter thanking him for applying and informing him the job had gone to somebody else. That person was Joan Friedman. Subsequently, Hirigoyen says, Friedman tried to persuade him to come onboard as a teacher. He declined. During that conversation, Hirigoyen says, he told Friedman: "'If Mickey wanted you here as department chair, I understand.' She said, 'Oh, well, you know, I just mentioned it to him.'"
Hirigoyen chuckles at the memory. "I know how decisions are made in this system."
Friedman recalls that she spoke to many of her professional friends while her application at Krop High was pending. She says she asked her current and former principals, the regional superintendent for that area, and a district-level administrator to "put in a good word for her" with Weisman. But she denies asking Krop to lobby on her behalf. "I really didn't use any of my pull, even though Mickey is a friend of mine," she says. "I wanted to get the job fair and square, on my ability." Though she confirms she spoke at least twice with Hirigoyen -- once before she got the job, once after -- she denies telling him she "mentioned" her application to Krop.
Krop himself firmly denies he had anything to do with Friedman's hiring. "Joan is an acquaintance, but we are not socially friendly," he explains. "But regardless, I don't recall talking to her about anything that had to do with her application [to the school]."
Despite the widespread belief that he worked to get his name on the school, Michael Krop insists that the only thing he's guilty of is accepting the honor. Before his name was first proposed in 1996, he says, "I never had an inkling of a thought that it could ever happen."
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Suggestions that he lobbied for his name, and that he meddles in staffing, visibly distress him. "I've tried so hard to be straight and narrow," he says, seated in the small office of his 41st Street orthodontic practice in Miami Beach. As he categorically denies these unpleasant assertions, his face flushes shades of red, an effect heightened not only by his shock of white-gray hair but by the dentist's whites he wears over his shirt and tie.
He reddens as he remembers the debate in the school board chambers over the naming of School DDD. The name, he points out, was nominated by people in the community and passed along to the board by the naming committee, of which he was not a member in either 1996 or 1998.
Those who spoke against having his name on the school mostly reserved their criticism for the process. Still, comments like "self-serving" and "a personal recognition club" stung Krop. "Nobody likes to be criticized, especially in public," he allows. And he still refers to opponents of the naming as "the people who objected to me."
"They wanted me to die first," he says with a laugh.
He concedes that having his name on a permanent structure within the boundaries of his single-member district could give him an electoral edge. And he accepted the honor unabashedly. "Being a school board member requires a lot of sacrifice," he says. "You compromise things with your family in terms of time. It's very demanding. I don't know how this is in any sense a payback for that, but I was proud of the fact that I was selected to have a school named after me for my family, much more than for myself.


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Didn't realize you go to one place for the scans and another for your appointments. Hope it isn't too much driving for you and that your ob/gyn is a lot closer to home than your RE was.
Here, my ob/gyn does all the scans herself. (except for the anatomy scan, which was done at the hospital).
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The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) was originally conceived in June 1945 as the Canadian Mathematical Congress. The founding members hoped that "this congress [would] be the beginning of important mathematical development in Canada". Seeking to end confusion with the quadrennial mathematical congresses, a name change was considered for many years. Finally, upon its incorporation as a non-profit, charitable organization in 1978, a new name was adopted - the Canadian Mathematical Society.
The focus of the CMS is very much on the future - a future in which we will more aggressively reach out to and form new partnerships with the users of mathematics in business, governments and universities, educators in the school and college systems as well as other mathematical associations; and in doing so, share experiences, work on collaborative projects and generally enhance the perception and strengthen the profile of mathematics in Canada.
Members of the CMS are multi-faceted. They care about the progress of mathematical research and the direction and development of education programmes in Canada. They search for new and inventive ways to inspire young minds and encourage established scholars. They are policy builders and strategists. They are also decision-makers for departments, faculties and private business.
Individual membership is available at one of three categories. Lifetime memberships are also available. For members residing outside of Canada, fees may vary.
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Yes, it's got 18 holes of mini-golf play… but this is your chance to play Gulliver to a lilliputian Bay Area, as each hole is a shrunk down slice of our cities by the bay.
From 3 pm until closing, test your putting skills for just $3 a round through this indoor golf adventure with a teeny tiny replica of the Ferry Building, navigate down the I-880 (complete with potholes for hazards), and hit past a taco truck and other whimsical takes on SF and Bay Area icons.
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Shimano launch 10-speed Deore groupset for 2012
Plus new SLX brakes, trail pedal, cyclo-cross bits and Alfine kit
As well as unveiling new entry-level mountain bike and road groupsets, Shimano have also announced changes to their Deore and SLX off-road groups, including new disc brakes and the filtering down of 10-speed shifting. There's a new trail pedal too, along with a new mountain bike wheelset, two cyclo-cross component series and changes to the Alfine commuter/leisure range.
Deore is the first Shimano mountain bike groupset that's regarded as an upgrade option rather than just being supplied with complete bikes. The new version inherits the 10-speed Dyna-Sys technology debuted on the Deore XT and SLX groups, and later on XTR, last year.
Available from June, the new Deore looks the same as the current iteration but the addition of an extra sprocket at the back means there's a new crankset (42/32/24-tooth), cassette (11-34/36T), chain, rear derailleur and right-hand Rapidfire Plus shifter. Manufacture of the nine-speed version will continue.
There's also a new Deore disc brake. The M596 inherits the Servo Wave cam system that was previously the preserve of Shimano's higher-end discs. This provides more pad clearance and a power-assisted feel. Shimano claim a 14 percent power increase over the previous M595, helping them meet their target of a 5-25% increase in braking power across their disc brake range
The M596 has a new lever design that takes styling cues from the top-end XTR stopper but carries over the current hinged bar clamp. One-way bleeding is now standard down to Deore level, and the new brake can be used with the current SM-RT64 rotor.
Mid-range SLX also gets a new Servo Wave disc brake – the M666. This uses the same Ice Technologies brake pads and rotors first seen on the new XTR brake. These are designed to reduce heat buildup and prevent brake fade on long downhills.
The new SM-RT67 Center Lock rotors will be available in 160, 180 and 203mm sizes. The M666 also features a tool-less reach adjuster and one-way bleeding. It'll be available from June.
M530 trail pedal
The reliable M520 SPD – many riders' introduction to clipless pedals – will be partnered with a new 'trail' version, the M530, from May. With an integrated cage, this bears a clear resemblance to the new XTR trail pedal released last year. Claimed weight is 456g/pair. It'll be available in black or white.
MT55 & MT15 wheelsets
Shimano are releasing a new mid-range mountain bike wheelset in July, the MT55. Available with a choice of black or no-chance-you'll-miss-them white rims, this is a disc-brake-only wheelset with Center Lock rotor mounts and 24 straight-pull spokes, front and rear. Claimed weight is 1,920g/set.
The standard MT55s will come with quick-release axles but there'll also be a front 15mm E-thru option (MT55-F15). The existing entry-level MT15 wheelset has been given a facelift for 2011 and will also be available with black or white rims, from April.
Alfine disc brakes will be upgraded with the same IceTech features as the XTR and Deore brakes. Shimano say the new S700 is 15 percent more powerful than the current S501, as well as having a more ergonomic lever and one-way bleeding. It'll be available in silver and black.
A new 1.5W hub dynamo will also be available, in two versions – DH-1D70 (with Center Lock disc mounts) and DH-1N70 (without Center Lock mounts). Shimano say it offers "super-smooth rotation". Claimed weight is 420g, It'll be available in silver and in black.
CX70 and CX50 cyclo-cross groupsets
Details of Shimano's new cyclo-cross components are scant at this stage. There will be two series – CX70 and CX50. The main features of the higher-end CX70, due out in August, are a 46/36T Hollowtech II crankset and cantilever brakes with cartridge brake shoe holders and adjustable toe-in.
CX50, due to hit the market in October, also gets a 46/36T crankset, available in black and silver, plus cantilevers with enhanced mud clearance. Compatible front derailleurs will be available as well, with top pull or down pull cable routing and a clamp band or braze-on. There will be an optional cable adjuster.


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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2006A-0312
PI: Jason X. Prochaska, UCO/Lick Observatory, firstname.lastname@example.com
Address: Astronomy Department, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
CoI: Todd Tripp, University of Massachusetts
CoI: Bastien Aracil, University of Massachusetts
CoI: Romeel Dav\rm \acute e, Steward Observatory
CoI: John Mulchaey, Carnegie Observatories
CoI: Hsiao-Wen Chen, U Chicago
Title: Surveying the Origin of O VI Gas at Low Redshift
Abstract: A comparison of the baryonic mass density inferred from BBN and the CMB with a census of visible baryonic components at the present epoch indicates a significant fraction of the universe's baryons are hidden in a dark component. Theoretical investigations predict that the majority of 'missing' baryons lie in a hot (T ~ 10^5-7 K), low density medium which can be efficiently detected through \ovi absorption. More importantly, recent STIS+FUSE surveys for \ovi are consistent with this gas comprising a significant fraction of the missing baryons. Establishing the physical nature of these \ovi absorbers directly impacts our understanding of the distribution of baryons in the universe. The principal goal of our program is to determine if this \ovi gas arises in galactic halos, the intragroup or intracluster medium, the low density 'cosmic web', or a different region of the universe altogether. We are pursuing an observational program to search for galaxies associated with \ovi absorbers at low redshift. To accomplish this project, we require deep UBVRI images in fields surrounding quasars surveyed for \ovi absorption. This dataset will provide precise photometric redshifts of z<0.3 galaxies with L > L^*/10 and measures of color and morphology. Ultimately, we will use the photometric redshifts to efficiently pre-select galaxies for spectroscopy on multi-slit spectrometers. By correlating the galaxy redshifts against the \ovi absorption lines and comparing directly with cosmological simulations, we will establish the origin of the \ovi gas.
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Worldwatch Paper #150: Underfed and Overfed: The Global Epidemic of Malnutrition
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Authors: Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil
Publication Date: March 2000
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For the first time in human history, the number of overweight people rivals the number of underweight people, according to a forthcoming report from the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington, DC-based research organization. While the world's underfed population has declined slightly since 1980 to 1.1 billion, the number of overweight people has surged to 1.1 billion.
Both the overweight and the underweight suffer from malnutrition, a deficiency or excess in a person's intake of nutrients and other dietary elements needed for healthy living. "The hungry and the overweight share high levels of sickness and disability, shortened life expectancies, and lower levels of productivity-each of which is a drag on a country's development," said Gary Gardner, co-author with Brian Halweil of Underfed and Overfed: The Global Epidemic of Malnutrition.
The public health impact is enormous: more than half of the world's disease burden-measured in "years of healthy life lost"-is attributable to hunger, overeating, and widespread vitamin and mineral deficiencies. "The century with the greatest potential to eliminate malnutrition instead saw it boosted to record levels," said Gardner.
The number of hungry people remains high in a world of food surpluses. In the developing world, there are 150 million underweight children, nearly one in three. And in Africa, both the share and the absolute number of children who are underweight are on the rise.
Meanwhile, the population of overweight people has expanded rapidly in recent decades, more than offsetting the health gains from the modest decline in hunger. In the United States, 55 percent of adults are overweight by international standards. A whopping 23 percent of American adults are considered obese. And the trend is spreading to children as well, with one in five American kids now classified as overweight. Liposuction is now the leading form of cosmetic surgery in the United States, for example, at 400,000 operations per year
Surprisingly, overweight and obesity are advancing rapidly in the developing world as well. "Often, nations have simply traded hunger for obesity, and diseases of poverty for diseases of excess," said co-author Brian Halweil. Still struggling to eradicate infectious diseases, many developing nations' health care systems could be crippled by growing caseloads of heart disease, cancer, and other chronic illnesses.
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Find My Past in Australia Roadshow
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24 May 2010 (All day)
- Various Cities
- Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Sydney
- Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
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findmypast.co.uk is perhaps the best known of a family of British online products of great interest to Australians. Elaine Collins of findmypast.co.uk will be in Australia twice this year to further promote their presence here. The first visit is as follows.
- Adelaide - Wed 19 May - evening public meeting - 7pm-9.30pm
at West Adelaide Function Centre (Football Club), 57 Milner Road, Richmond
- Melbourne - Thur 20 May - evening public meeting - 7pm-9.30pm
at Veneto Club Melbourne, 191 Bulleen Road, Bulleen
- Brisbane - Fri 21 May - evening public meeting - 7pm-9.30pm
at Broncos Leagues Club, 98 Fulcher Road, Red Hill
- Nambour - Sat 22 May - Genealogy Sunshine Coast Seminar - 9.00am-1.00pm
at Nambour State High School (auditorium), 1 Carroll Street, Nambour
- Brisbane - Sun 23 May - Queensland Family and Local History Fair (exhibiting all day)
at Donald Simpson Centre, 172 Bloomfield Street, Cleveland
Normal Fair entry charge only applies for this event
- Sydney - Mon 24 May - evening public meeting - 7pm-9.30pm
at North Ryde RSL (Grand Pittwater Function Centre), Cnr Pittwater Road and Magdala Roads, North Ryde
Cost $10 (paid on entry). BOOK HERE Our venues should accommodate expected numbers, but booking ahead:
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NOTE: Elaine Collins will be in Australia again in November for a more extended National Roadshow which will also incude Canberra and Perth.
Unlock the Past will also attend and exhibit at these events. Come and learn more of the exciting new initiatives, including the planned Expo in Sydney in October, the National Roadshow in November and the History and Genealogy Conference Cruise in March 2011. Learn also about the Unlock the Past publishing program, the proposed Handbook and regional roadshows. Shauna Hicks' new books will be on sale at the meetings.
Clean Cruising, booking agents for the inaugural History and Genealogy Cruise in March 2011 will also attend at some venues with a display to answer any questions about the cruise.
Special Offers from Find My Past and Gould Genealogy & History will be available at all meetings.
findmypast.co.uk is one of a family of great web sites. Elaine will also speak on, or introduce, the others, including:
Inquiries to Aimée or Alan at 08 8396 1110
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