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What I'm running: I have a Thunderbolt so I'm using Android and have the latest update.
My issue: This past week I received a notification that beFunky had a new release so I updated the app. Since then, I can no longer edit photos from the gallery. The app opens and I can select a photo from the gallery, but beFunky will then hang on the "Loading Image..." screen and the image is never loaded. I have no problem taking a photo via beFunky and then editing.
What I've done to troubleshoot so far: I have uninstalled and reinstalled, restarted my phone, and cleared the beFunky cache. In addition, I've checked other running processes and there is nothing running above and beyond what was running when beFunky still functioned properly.
Does anyone have any additional suggestions? I really love beFunky and am frustrated I can no longer use this app. Thanks so much!
Thank you very much for your detailed error report. We've figured out the problem with your help.
We'll need to release an update to fix this. Please stay tuned.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
The update is available now. Please check.
Thanks bmert! I dl'd the update, but have a mixed report.
Some gallery photos will load and some won't. Using either QuickPic or the default gallery, I am able to load certain images; others still get stuck on the "Loading Image..." screen. It seems like photos will load from a specific camera app folder, but not the "Camera Shots" or "All Photos" folder when using the standard Gallery. Best guess would be that it is related to the photos mysteriously vanishing issue that seems to be common on the Thunderbolt. I had used QuickPic to fix that issue and it was previously working with beFunky. Not sure if that makes it a beFunky issue or just an Android issue.
Either way, thank you so much for investigating and releasing an update! At least edit some photos now instead of none!
We've just released another update (1.0.9).
Please update as soon as it's available for you and let us know the result!
I am getting this problem on my Samsung Galaxy S, I bought the app yesterday and can only use the camera option.
Thanks for your feedback. We've noticed that some Android owners are facing the same problem and we've already started to work on a fix. Please stay tuned.
BTW some of our users are reporting that the problem is solved after deleting and reinstalling the app; since this is not an approved solution you might want to try that also.
I need help and got no where to go. Ive tried everything with this company to get their attention and nada. Kinda sad considering I just purchased this and nothing works!!
I've responded to your private tickets and the public article so I'm going to remove the message here since this article is about another case. You can follow the responses from the other users or you can add more comments to the article you posted from it's original location.
This is another solution below usually works.
Could you please follow the steps below:
Open Settings->Applications->Manage Applications
Find BeFunky from the list and tap on it. Then find the "Clear cache" button and tap on it.
After you successfully clear the cache, restart your phone and run BeFunky again.
Please let us know the result.
I have cleared my browser ..updated adobe etc....but still when I click upload the page changes and no photo shows up...the page is in shadow as well...but only after I try to upload...I recently had some problems and changed some settings....Is there some way maybe I turned upload off? I mean I am still able to ul to fb ...but I even went to other sites like ipiccy pixler same problem
@mcmanson since this thread is for Android users, I want to make sure I understand that you are using the Web app and not the Android mobile or tablet app. Is this correct?
derric :) I can use it from my computer but no from my tablet....It is android :) thank you I have been out aand just saw :)
oh and that comment was a day my internet was crazy ...now the internet is fine my computer works but not the tablet.
@mcmanson can you try removing the app, clearing your device cache, rebooting your device, then reinstall the app?


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Our January edition of Music Cincinnati comes from the November 3, 2008 recording of The Linton Chamber Music Series.Oboist Liang Wang, principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic and former principal oboe of the CSO returns to play Mozart, Vivaldi and Dvorak with CSO concertmaster Timothy Lees, Randy Bowman, flute, Richie Hawley, clarinet, William Winstead, bassoon, Elizabeth Freimuth, French horn, cellist Judith Serkin and Owen Lee, bass, Michael Chertock, harpsichord, Richard Johnson, oboe, Michael Strauss, viola, Jonathan Gunn, clarinet, Jennifer Monroe, bassoon, and horn players Lisa Conway and Duane Dugger. On the program will be the Concerto in G minor, for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon and basso continuo by Vivaldi, the Mozart Quartet for Oboe and Strings, and the Dvorak Serenade for Winds.
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By ALINE REYNOLDS | Though the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum didn't open on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, as hoped for, local residents and other 9/11 survivors had some good news to celebrate that week.
On the eve of the anniversary, the federal government announced that it will be adding dozens of cancers to the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act — a landmark moment in the history of health care for the thousands of survivors that fell ill since that fateful fall.
Per the April recommendation of the Scientific Technical Advisory Committee (S.T.A.C.), Dr. John Howard, the Zadroga Act's health administrator, decided to add more than 50 types of cancers to the law — thereby authorizing treatment and financial reimbursement to area residents and business owners, first responders and others who contracted the disease from their exposure to ground zero. Howard's decision mirrors the proposal of the S.T.A.C., which convened several times earlier this year to determine which cancers are medically linked to exposure to ground zero toxins.
The soon-to-be added cancers include cancer of the nose, the larynx, the esophagus, the stomach, the colon, the liver, the breast, the ovary and the thyroid. Howard's decision will become effective on Fri., Oct. 12, 30 days after its publication in the federal register, which occurred the day after this year's 9/11 anniversary.
When patients of the World Trade Center Centers of Excellence — at Bellevue Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and the Fire Department of New York — will begin to receive cancer treatment, however, is unclear. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, patients can start the process of applying for treatment once the cancer ruling becomes effective.
In his written decision, Howard stressed that the addition of these cancers to the law does not guarantee that a particular individual's condition will be certified for treatment. All cancer-stricken 9/11 survivors and responders must be assessed for their symptoms, exposure levels and personal medical history before being determined eligible for chemotherapy and other forms of care at the Centers of Excellence. Those who do not qualify for care are allowed to appeal Howard's decision.
Though the feds came short of quantifying the benefits associated with the federally subsidized health programs, higher survival rates for cancer patients are expected, since enrollees will receive a higher quality of care than they would otherwise. Says the ruling, "Barriers may exist to access and delivery of quality health care services for cancer patients in the absence of the services provided by the W.T.C. Health Program."
S.T.A.C. member Catherine McVay Hughes, who chairs Community Board 1, was particularly pleased to hear that thyroid and certain other cancers that the S.T.A.C. nearly vetoed for addition were ultimately included in the list.
"It's unbelievable," she said of the announcement. "This is a huge milestone."
As for the start of cancer treatment at the W.T.C. Centers of Excellence, Hughes said, "It's something we'll have to ramp up quickly to address the increasing need."
Politicians representing Lower Manhattan immediately wrote to the press following the news. U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler and Peter King issued a joint statement that called Howard's decision "great news for the responders, survivors and their families, who have long known — and have lived with — the reality that 9/11 dust and toxins cause cancer."
The politicians added, "We look forward to continuing to work closely with Dr. Howard as he and his team finalize the cancer coverage certification process to accomplish this goal."
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said that the decision to include cancer to the Zadroga Act will "literally save lives."
"We have a moral obligation to those who put themselves in harm's way for their fellow New Yorkers, and this will further our goal of meeting that obligation," said the Speaker. "The eleventh anniversary of 9/11 serves to remind us of the tragedy of those we lost, as well as of the sacrifices made by those who have toiled to rebuild our community."
According to City Council Member Margaret Chin, the announcement is the fulfillment of a promise to provide medical care for hundreds of first responders and area residents. "This decision will help ease the financial burden of co-pays for repeated doctors' visits and provide access to life-saving treatments," she said. "Most importantly, it confirms that, years after the clean-up and recovery efforts, the toxic dust first responders were exposed to has caused rare and serious health problems, including cancer."
The addition of cancer, however, will place financial strain on the compensation portion of the law, which is valued at a fixed amount of $2.775 billion. To solve the problem, legislators hope to reauthorize the existing law so that money can be added to it.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand had no update concerning a new bill she is planning to introduce to Congress that would extend the deadline by which people would have to apply for financial compensation under the law.
Another financial hurdle for Zadroga surfaces
The feds' announcement to add cancer to the Zadroga Act was shadowed by a disappointing development regarding federal funding. Following Dr. Howard's cancer decision, President Obama's budget office released a report detailing budget cuts under last year's bipartisan sequestration bill that, if enacted, would cut $38 million from the Zadroga Act in 2013 and close to $300 million overall.
The awarding of claims toward the law's Victim Compensation Fund was supposed to begin once the cancers are officially added next month, according to V.C.F. Special Master Sheila Birnbaum. But in a Sept. 18 phone interview, Birnbaum conceded that she didn't know how the forthcoming cut will impact the V.C.F.'s timeline and budget.
"I just don't know how it's going to play out," she said. "It's another complication. We're just going to have to work through it, like all the other issues we've been working through."
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the law's administrator, declined to comment.
Sept. 11 first responder John Feal, who heads the FealGood Foundation (F.G.F.), a 9/11 advocacy group, called the budget shortfall "completely unacceptable."
"As F.G.F. members, union leaders and first responder advocates walked the halls of Congress only two years ago urging members of Congress to enact the Zadroga Act," he said, "legislative members demanded that we ensure funding for the Zadroga program in cohesion with Congress's requirement that all new legislation not add to the federal deficit.
Feal continued, "For Congressional leaders to now potentially raid that funding flies in the face of reason."
In a statement, Gillibrand said she thought sequestration was an "ill-conceived" concept from the start, which is one of the reasons she voted against the bill. "Nothing exemplifies this unbalanced and draconian approach to deficit reduction more than asking our heroes who have already sacrificed so much to sacrifice yet again so that Republican leadership could appease their special interests," she said. "Our 9/11 heroes who answered the call of duty should be treated with the same dignity as our veterans."
Members of the W.T.C. Health Program should contact their Center of Excellence to begin the certification process. For more information, current and prospective patients should call 1-888-982-4748 or visit www.cdc.gov/wtc.
I know I do not understand how they can cut this bill after all the work that went into passing it. As a survivor this is another slap in the face from our elected so-called leaders.
…at the expense of civilian survivors who were present on September 11, 2001 and who are now suffering from PTSD because they have been denied the right to even apply for compensation. So I guess PTSD is just a make believe disorder/ailment. Be wary civilians in case there ever is another terrorist attack. Without a union, you are on your own.
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It took to long and hard a fight in the first place..My husband Kevin FDNY gave up his fight for life 1-11-11 because there was no relief in sight..To carry on without him I was clinging to the hope that others affected would find some relief in the financial burdens that would ease the pain of their fight..Tell me those who could dare do this Tell me WHY?..Give them back their HOPE!!!..It was to late for Kevin.Are you just hopeing they will all just disapper one by one..WELL YOUR GETTING YOUR WISH!! CUT THE BUDGETS WHERE IT DOSE NOT CONCERN THE LOSS OF AMERICAN HEROS! CUT PARKS! CUT ANIMAL WELFARE! CUT YOUR SALARIES! LEAVE A FEW POT HOLES IN THE ROADS FOR A WHILE! JUST DONT LEAVE OUR AMERICAN HEROS BEHIND!!!!
Dear Vivian, my heart breaks over and over for all who have lost loved ones to this terrorist attack. I will continue to pray that our government leaders get their hearts in line with their heads and think of each one of the first responders and those who worked around "the pile" as their own children. We are all brothers and sisters and need to treat each other far more lovingly.
Hello, this being an election year how do we go about finding out which politicians are willing to cut funds from this Zadroga Bill? I personally find this to be an important question for the men an women who have already lost so much I certainly dont want to waste my vote on someone who can not support them
Thank you vicky
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Vedanta, one of the six orthodox systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy and the one that forms the basis of most modern schools of Hinduism. The term Vedanta means in Sanskrit the "conclusion" (anta) of the Vedas, the earliest sacred literature of India; it applies to the Upanishads, which were elaborations of the Vedas, and to the school that arose out of the "study" (mimamsa) of the Upanishads. Thus, Vedanta is also referred to as Vedanta-Mimamsa ("Reflection on Vedanta"), Uttara-Mimamsa ("Reflection on the Latter Part of the Vedas"), and Brahma-Mimamsa ("Reflection on Brahman").
The three fundamental Vedanta texts are: the Upanishads (the most favoured being the longer and older ones such as the Brihadaranyaka, the Chandogya, the Taittiriya, and the Katha); the Brahma-sutras (also called Vedanta-sutras), which are very brief, even one-word interpretations of the doctrine of the Upanishads; and the famous poetic dialogue, the Bhagavadgita ("Song of the Lord"), which, because of its immense popularity, was drawn upon for support of the doctrines found in the Upanishads.
No single interpretation of the texts emerged, and several schools of Vedanta developed, differentiated by their conceptions of the nature of the relationship and the degree of identity between the eternal core of the individual self (atman) and the absolute (brahman). These range from the nondualism (Advaita) of the 8th-century philosopher Shankara to the theism (Vishishtadvaita; literally "Qualified Nondualism") of the 11th–12th-century thinker Ramanuja and the dualism (Dvaita) of the 13th-century thinker Madhva.
The Vedanta schools do, however, hold in common a number of beliefs; transmigration of the self (samsara) and the desirability of release from the cycle of rebirths; the authority of the Veda on the means of release; that brahman is both the material (upadana) and the instrumental (nimitta) cause of the world; and that the self (atman) is the agent of its own acts (karma) and therefore the recipient of the fruits, or consequences, of action (phala). All the Vedanta schools unanimously reject both the heterodox (nastika) philosophies of Buddhism and Jainism and the conclusions of the other orthodox (astika) schools (Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, and, to some extent, the Purva-Mimamsa).
The influence of Vedanta on Indian thought has been profound, so that it may be said that, in one or another of its forms, Hindu philosophy has become Vedanta. Although the preponderance of texts by Advaita scholastics has in the West given rise to the erroneous impression that Vedanta means Advaita, the nondualistic Advaita is but one of many Vedanta schools.


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AAVSO Newsletter 50, October 2011, is now online.
News and Announcements
07 November | ArXiv Preprint: Multiwavelength Campaign of Observations of AE Aqr |
Longtime friend of the AAVSO, Dr. Chris Mauche (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), has published a paper about AE Aqr in which he uses data from AAVSO observations. It was submitted for inclusion in the proceedings of the conference "The Golden Age of CVs and Related Objects".
The ArXiv link to the black/white paper is here.
But you can download the color paper directly here. The abstract: |
04 November | New eJAAVSO preprint: Periodicity Analysis of the Semiregular Variable Star EV Aquarii, by E. Terziev, J. R. Percy, A. A. Henden |
ej152: Periodicity Analysis of the Semiregular Variable Star |
02 November | Special Notice #262: Long-term monitoring of AGN targets extended |
November 2, 2011: The observing campaign described in AAVSO Alert Notice 443 (M. Templeton) has been extended through the end of November 2011. One of the original targets, NGC 6814, has been removed from the target list for the remainder of the campaign. |
02 November | Modern observations of Hubble's first-discovered Cepheid in M31 |
The paper "Modern observations of Hubble's first-discovered Cepheid in M31" has been accepted for publication to PASP, and is now available on arXiv.org. |
28 October | AAVSO Newsletter 50 now online |
25 October | Alert Notice 450: Request for observations of SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 in support of HST observations |
October 25, 2011: Dr. Paula Szkody (University of Washington) has requested the help of AAVSO observers in monitoring the WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 (SDSS0804+51) in support of Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet spectroscopic observations scheduled for 20:52:40 - 23:32:35 2011 November 3 UT (the night of Wednesday, November 2/3) (JD 2455869.36991-.48096). Nightly observations are requested beginning immediately and continuing through November 30. |
25 October | Alert Notice 449: Outburst of the UGWZ Candidate BW Scl |
October 25, 2011 |
24 October | Reminder: Observing Challenges End Soon! | |
21 October | Special Notice #261: Outburst of the UGWZ Candidate BW Scl |
The short period cataclysmic variable BW Scl appears to be in outburst. The object was detected in outburst at m(vis)=9.6 by M. Linnolt on 2011 October 21.3146 (JD 2455855.8146), and confirmed by A. Plummer at m(vis)=9.4 on October 21.3424. Observations of this object are encouraged. The object has conflicting classifications in astronomical literature, but is probably a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova rather than a novalike variable. BW Scl is located at the following (J2000) coordinates: |
19 October | AAVSO 100th Anniversary Commemorative Posters |
By popular demand! A set of twenty pdf commemorative posters exhibited at AAVSO Headquarters is available for downloading from our ftp site. The posters show portraits of the AAVSO's Directors, Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers, Council members, and Staff from 1911 to 2011, and the top Visual, CCD, PEP, and Photographic/Photovisual observers. Click on the links below to download each poster. |
19 October | Deep light curve of GRB 110918A | |
18 October | Sky & Telescope to Celebrate Seventy Years! |
It's not only the AAVSO that is celebrating milestones this month. Our close personal friends, Sky & Telescope magazine is celebrating its 70th Anniversary in its own style. |
18 October | Group Photo from the AAVSO's 100th Anniversary Meeting |
Click on this link for a downloadable high-resolution group photo (1.7MB)
Click on this link for a downloadable KEY to the photo (877kb pdf)
Downloadable key includes list of those who attended but were not present for the photo |
09 October | New HQ Officially Dedicated |
The AAVSO's new headquarters was officially dedicated at a ceremony during the 100th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO, part of our 2011 centennial celebrations. The event was broadcast live on U-Stream. A video archive is still available on their servers. Sky & Telescope has a nice news article covering the dedication and events surrounding it. |
29 September | Charts and Sequences Update September 2011 |
The following stars (objects) have new or revised sequences as of September 29, 2011. Please update your charts if you observe any of these objects. |
26 September | New eJAAVSO preprint: Recent Minima of 146 EB Stars by G. Samolyk |
ej151: "Recent Minima of 146 Eclipsing Binary Stars" by G. Samolyk |
23 September | Astronomy Now Interview w/Williams and Saladyga |
Astronomy Now has posted an interesting dialog with the authors of Advancing Variable Star Astronomy: Tom Williams and Michael Saladyga. |
22 September | Special Notice 257: Reminder to observe V455 And for HST observations |
September 22, 2011: As detailed in AAVSO Alert Notice 448, Dr. Paula Szkody has requested monitoring of the WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable V455 And through October 10. Observations tonight - September 22/23, tomorrow, and Saturday are crucial. |
16 September | Request to Take Astronomy Knowledge Survey |
Dear AAVSO Members and Observers, |
16 September | Special Notice #256: Request for fast optical time series of SN 2011fe |
September 16, 2011: Dr. Bradley Schaefer (LSU) requests fast time series of SN 2011fe over the next several weeks to attempt the detection of fast optical variations in supernova light. The following request was prepared by Dr. Schaefer which we forward at his request: |
14 September | Special Notice 255: Cataclysmic Variable in Draco = PNV J18422792+4837425 |
September 14, 2011: IAU CBAT Central Bureau Electronic Telegram 2818 (Daniel W. E. Green, ed.) announces the discovery by Hideo Nishimura, Miyawaki, Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, of a cataclysmic variable in Draco on 2011 Sept. 5.529 UT at magnitude 11.8 (reported by S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan). The variable was designated PNV J18422792+4837425 when posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage. |
14 September | Three new eJAAVSO preprints |
ej148: "Deep Infrared ZAMS FIts to Benchmark Open Clusters Hosting delta Scuti Stars" by D. J. Majaess, D. G. TUrner, D. J. Lane, T. Krajci ej149: "Delta Scuti Behavior Detected in HD 349422" by G. Turner, R. Kaitchuck ej150: "A Search for Eclipsing Binary Light Curve Variations Among MACHO Project Light Curves of 3,256 Fundamental-Mode RR Lyrae Variables in the Galactic Bulge" by M. W. Richmond |
14 September | Supernova Photometry Chat with Dr. Michael Richmond |
On 13 September, 2011, we had the good fortune to have Dr. Michael Richmond, Physics Professor and Observatory Director for the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York chat with us about SN 2011fe and supernova photometry in general. Here is the transcript from that chat session. |
12 September | Alert Notice 448: Request for observations of V455 AND in support of HST observations |
September 12, 2011: |
11 September | Alert Notice 447: Nova Sco 2011 No. 2 = PNV J16364440-4132340 = PNV J16364300-4132460 |
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Comment & Analysis - April 05, 2010
Deconstructing the North-South Label
Since the end of the Cold War, many commentators have employed the North-South label to draw a dichotomy between wealthy, developed countries primarily located in the northern hemisphere (the North) and poorer, developing countries located mainly in the southern hemisphere (the South).
Comment & Analysis - August 03, 2009
Kenyan Task Force on Police Reform Hears Fierce Complaints in Public
Herds of game grazing on the African savannah, the red-clothed Masai herdsmen, and lush tea and coffee farms certainly constitute one reality of Kenya. This is what attracts many thousands of tourists annually.


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- Global executive committee
- Board of directors
John Makinson has served as the Chairman and CEO of the Penguin Group, the international publishing company, for the past eleven years. Prior to that—between 1996 and 2002—he was the Finance Director of Pearson, Penguin's parent company.
John's career has included journalism and investor relations both in London and abroad. From 1994 to 1996, he was the managing director of the Financial Times, where he was responsible for the production, distribution, and marketing of the newspaper worldwide.
He moved to the Financial Times from Makinson Cowell, the firm he cofounded and ran from 1989 to 1994. Makinson Cowell is a specialist independent consultancy that advises leading international companies on their relationships with the financial community.
John is Chairman of the National Theatre, in London, as well as a director of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organization.
From 1986 to 1989, he held the position of vice chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi's U.S. holding company.
John began his career as a journalist after graduating from Cambridge with honors in history and English. He was hired at Reuters, where he remained from 1976 to 1979, working in the London, Paris, and Frankfurt offices. He next moved to the Financial Times, between 1979 and 1986 working as a journalist, then becoming editor of the Lex column and Financial Editor.
Member of the Bertelsmann Management SE Executive Board
Prior to his appointment as CEO of Penguin Random House, effective July 1, 2013, Markus Dohle was chairman and CEO of Random House, a position he'd held since June 1, 2008. Markus has also been an Executive Board member of Bertelsmann, Europe's largest media group, from that date.
Markus began his career at Bertelsmann in 1994 as Assistant to the Managing Director of Bertelsmann Distribution GmbH, Bertelsmann Medien Service GmbH, and Vereinigte Publishing (VVA). From 1995 to 1998, he was Vice President at VVA, Germany's largest book distributor. From 1998 to 2002, as Head of VVA and Vice President, Bertelsmann Medien Service GmbH, Markus led the company, which provides services to more than two hundred publishers. From 2000 to 2002, he was Managing Director, Media Sales and Logistik GmbH (MvL), then Managing Director of Verlegerdienst Muenchen GmbH, Munich.
In 2002, Markus became the head of the largest printing group in Europe, as CEO of the Mohn Media Group. In 2006, he was appointed to the Executive Board of Arvato AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann.
Born in Arnsberg, Germany, in June 1968, Markus studied industrial engineering and management at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). He completed his studies with a degree in industrial engineering.
John Fallon became Pearson's CEO on January 1, 2013, succeeding Marjorie Scardino. Since 2008, John has been responsible for the company's education businesses outside North America and a member of the Pearson management committee. He joined Pearson in 1997 as director of communications and was appointed President of Pearson Inc., a role he combined with his communications responsibilities, in 2000.
In 2003, he was appointed CEO of Pearson's educational publishing businesses for Europe, the Middle East , and Africa (EMA), and gradually took on a broader international education brief. Prior to joining Pearson, John was Director of Corporate Affairs at Powergen PLC, where he was also a member of the company's executive committee. Earlier in his career, John held senior public policy and communications roles in local U.K. governments.
Thomas Götz has been General Counsel and Head of the Legal Department since the beginning of 2014.
He graduated from the University of Bayreuth with a doctorate in law in 1999. A year earlier, during his studies, he had already joined Bertelsmann's Corporate Legal department as an in-house lawyer.
As Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, from 2007 he was primarily responsible for managing strategic M&A projects. Since 2009, Thomas has supervised the M&A unit as Co-Head.
Thomas was born 1971 in Regensburg.
Member of the Bertelsmann Management SE Executive Board
Judith Hartmann joined Bertelsmann in October 2012 as CFO, returning her to the media business after an earlier stint at the Walt Disney Company.
Judith's career began at Disney in Paris in 1997; she was Senior Auditor, Disney Consumer Products, prior to her appointment as Head of Finance, Disney Consumer Products Europe, at the Walt Disney Company in Paris, France, two years later.
In 2000, Judith left Disney for GE Healthcare Europe in Buc, France, where she served as Project Manager, Six Sigma. In 2002, she was appointed Senior Analyst at GE Healthcare and went to Waukesha, Wisconsin. In 2004, she was promoted to CFO, GE Healthcare Clinical Systems, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Three years later, Judith returned to Europe, continuing in her CFO position at GE. She was based in Brussels and Vienna as CFO of GE Water Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 2009, she was appointed CFO of GE Healthcare Latin America in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian business capital. She then held the same position at the GE Group Germany, in Frankfurt am Main, from 2011, until joining Bertelsmann the following year.
Born in Austria in 1969, Judith graduated from the Economic University of Vienna, Austria, with a master's degree in international business administration and a doctorate in economics.
Director, Corporate Finance and Strategy, and Company Secretary, Pearson PLC
Phil Hoffman is Director of Corporate Finance and Strategy and Company Secretary at Pearson PLC. Phil is responsible for the strategy, development, and corporate finance activities of Pearson PLC. He is a member of the Pearson Management Committee.
From 2000 to 2002, Phil was chairman and CEO of the Learning Network; prior to that, he was President of Pearson Inc. and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Penguin Group. Before joining Pearson, Phil held various financial and management positions in the transportation industry; he started his career as a consultant with Price Waterhouse. Phil is a lawyer and a CPA.
Member of the Bertelsmann Management SE Executive Board
Thomas Rabe has been Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann since January 1, 2012. He was the company's CFO for the preceding six years, based in Guetersloh, having previously served as CFO of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio, and production company, based in Luxembourg.
Thomas joined RTL in 2000. Prior to that, he worked at the Directorate-General for Financial Institutions and Corporate Law, European Commission, Brussels, in 1989; a year later, he became an associate in the Forrester Norall & Sutton law firm (now White & Case), also based in Brussels.
In 1991, Thomas joined the Treuhandanstalt in Berlin, where he was appointed Director of Controlling in 1993. Later in the year, he became Head of Acquisitions at New Laender, a Berlin-based investment company. In 1996, he left to join Clearstream International, and two years later he was appointed to its Board of Directors as CFO.
Thomas was born in Luxembourg in August 1965. After graduating from the Ecole Européenne in Brussels, he studied economics at the RWTH Aachen and the University of Cologne. Bertelsmann's CEO has a degree in business administration (MBA) and a doctor of economics (Dr. rer. Pol).
In 1998, Gail Rebuck took over the management of Random House U.K. as Chair and CEO. Prior to the acquisition of Random House by Bertelsmann that year, Gail had already been at the helm of Random House U.K. since 1991.
Gail started her publishing career in 1975 as a production assistant; in 1979, she moved to the Hamlyn Group as publisher. She cofounded Century Publishing three years later; that company went on to merge with Hutchinson before being acquired in 1989 by Random House, Inc.
In December 2011, Gail was appointed to the Bertelsmann Group Management Committee, which advises and assists the Executive Board on important matters of corporate strategy and corporate development and other group-wide issues.
A lifelong advocate of literacy, Gail is a trustee of the National Literacy Trust and chairs the Quick Reads adult literacy initiative, part of the World Book Day charity, which she colaunched. She is also Chair of the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Chair of the Council of the Royal College of Art.
Gail was voted Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in 2009; was awarded CBE in 2000; became a Dame in 2009 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2014.
Coram Williams was formerly CFO of the Penguin Group. He was appointed to that position in April 2008, after working as Head of Financial Planning and Analysis for Pearson since September 2005.
Coram was previously Finance and Operations Director for Pearson Education's English Language Teaching business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (ELT EMA), responsible for the finances of two U.K. divisions, four operating companies, and two regional offices across that area.
During this time, he also served as Interim President of Pearson Education Italia. Prior to this, his first role in Pearson PLC was Financial Strategy and Planning Manager for Pearson Education U.K.
Coram began his professional career at Autocar, a British motoring magazine, as a news reporter and road tester. He then joined Arthur Andersen; this move led to positions of increasing responsibility for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and Arthur Andersen Worldwide.
A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, Coram also holds an MBA from London Business School. He is married and resides in New York.
Lauren Zalaznick has devoted her 30-year career to transforming the cultural media landscape, having served most recently as Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal.
During her 12-year tenure at NBCUniversal, she held a variety of leadership positions, including President of TR!O network, President of Bravo Media, President of NBCUniversal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks (including Oxygen and Telemundo), and EVP and Chairman of Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media.
Lauren has been increasingly compelled by the intersection of content, technology and data as a means for substantial business growth and has been widely recognized as an industry pioneer. She was awarded the Brandon Tartikoff Lifetime Achievement award by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) in 2014 and was a 2013 inductee into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. Her exceptional business acumen and accomplishments have also earned her a place among Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women," Time's "100 Most Influential People," and Vanity Fair's "New Establishment."
She currently publishes The LZ Sunday Paper, a widely read and influential newsletter about women in business, media, and culture.
Lauren began her career as an independent film producer after having earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Brown University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Shazam, Penguin Random House, and the industry trade group NATPE and is also a Trustee of the Corporation of Brown University.


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Get Started with MeeBlip SE
Sure, it's a hackable synth, but it's a playable synth first. Let's make the MeeBlip SE make some sounds.
1. Connect your MeeBlip.
You'll need to connect power, sound, and MIDI to use your MeeBlip.
Power (9V adapter): Connect the power adapter we've included if you're a customer in the USA, or any 9V, 500 mA or greater power adapter with a tip that fits. (Our US power adapter will work anywhere in the world with the proper physical connector attached to it. We ship it in the US only because it keeps our weight low for overseas orders.)
Audio (1/4″ TRS): Connect a 1/4″ TRS "jack plug" to the audio connector, to connect the MeeBlip to a mixer, an audio interface, or a pair of headphones. Note: the jack is mono, so if you connect a stereo plug, one side will be dead. Just set up the audio as a mono input, though, and you should be fine.
MIDI input: You need a MIDI input from a sequencer or keyboard (or other MIDI device) so you can play the MeeBlip. Connect that device's MIDI output to the MeeBlip's MIDI input. (You can even use an iPad, with a compatible MIDI interface.)
Hey, why no USB? We're not anti-USB, but having a standard MIDI DIN connection for us is a must. It means the ability to connect to external outboard gear, to older equipment, and not to have to worry about power issues. If you don't have a MIDI interface, you can get models from makers like Roland/Edirol, Behringer, and M-Audio built into a design that's not much bigger or costlier than a couple of cables.
2. Power on the MeeBlip.
There's no off switch on the MeeBlip, so just connect power, and the MIDI indicator switch should light red. This light is always on when the MeeBlip is receiving power, and turns off only on incoming MIDI messages. Connect power first and verify that you get a solid light, then connect MIDI.
Note: it's reasonably safe to plug and unplug MeeBlip's power, so if that sort of thing makes you nervous, relax. That means you can safely unplug and replug the MeeBlip if you get a stuck note or some other symptom, also known as "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
3. Set the MIDI channel.
MIDI routes messages to different instruments and instrumental parts using different channels, numbered 1-16. If you send a message on MIDI channel 3 and the MeeBlip is set to receive on channel 1, it won't get the message. And yes, even those of us who have been using MIDI for many years sometimes forget to check the channel and then wonder why there's no sound.
To set the receive channel on the MeeBlip SE, press and release the MIDI button. The MIDI indicator light will flash. As it's flashing, toggle one of the MeeBlip's switches. "osc a wave" sets MIDI channel 1, "pwm sweep" channel 2, and so on, through channel 15. Switch 16, "knob shift," sets the MIDI mode to Omni. In Omni mode, you'll receive MIDI on all channels.
If the MeeBlip is your only connected MIDI equipment, you should probably set the channel to Omni and forget about it.
Here's a quick video demo, shot on a smartphone, showing how the press-release-toggle method works. First, you'll see me load a preset, then set a MIDI channel.
4. Play some notes.
The MeeBlip automatically loads a preset when you switch it on, or restores the last-used knob and switch positions. That means you should hear something right away.
Try pressing notes on a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI trigger, or entering a simple sequence into a sequencer. The MIDI light will blink off when it receives a note.
Some MIDI keyboards do send odd MIDI messages, so if you get a behavior you don't expect, try a different MIDI source to test.
5. Load a preset.
So, remember how we set the MIDI channel? We're going to use the same technique to load up presets. The MeeBlip has 16 preset slots. To get you going, we've loaded those presets for you – though you should happily replace them with your own later, if you like.
To load a preset, press and release the Load button. The MIDI indicator light will flash. As it's flashing, toggle one of the MeeBlip's sixteen switches to load a corresponding preset. You'll hear sounds that make different use of combinations of the two oscillators, different filter and envelope settings, and different LFO modulation.
Now is a perfect time to try utterly ignoring this documentation and twiddling knobs and switches to see what results you get. You can't hurt anything, and you can always load up a preset if you get lost. In particular, you may find the Distortion and Anti-Alias settings have a subtle impact on sound that's worth trying out with different presets. And because a lot of the presets make use of the LFO, the dedicated LFO Enable switch is useful to toggle, as it will immediately let you hear what the LFO is doing to the sound.
We'll wait as you play.
6. A quick tour of the controls.
This is meant to just be a starter, not a detailed reference for each control – and you just want to twiddle and tweak, anyway. But here's a quick overview:
The MeeBlip is a two-oscillator, traditional analog subtractive synth. You'll start by combining the two waveforms, then filtering their sound, and adjusting the envelope of the amplitude (the shape of each note) and filter. Mixing the two waveform creates a spectrally-rich, complex sound, which you can then shape with the filter, somewhat in the way the body of an acoustic instrument changes its sound. Finally, you can add modulation with the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator), which modifies the sound a bit like vibrato or tonguing techniques do on a non-electronic instrument.
Build a waveform. Set OSC A and OSC B's waveforms to one of the fixed values. The PWM knob only works with OSC A, and only when the PWM waveform is selected. So try it now: switch OSC A WAVE to PWM, then adjust the PWM knob to change the width of the sound, which modifies the spectral content of the rectangle wave.
Important note regarding one-oscillator operation: You can switch osc b off completely. When you do so, the MeeBlip doubles the amplitude of the first oscillator. (This keeps it from being too quiet when you have only one oscillator instead of two. And, you know, we like loud things.)
Like the sound as you move the PWM knob back and forth? The PWM Sweep button engages a fixed sweep in pulse width. It's basically the same effect as if you manually turned the knob each time you played a note, but hands free – and makes some nice sounds for basses, leads, and pads.
Set the filter. Because the LFO can be routed to the filter, and the filter greatly impacts the sound, adjust your Filter Cutoff and Resonance next. The high-pass filter is more of an acquired taste on the MeeBlip – capable of creating some unique sounds, but probably not something you'd use every day. So, get started by setting Filter Mode to Low, for a resonant low-pass filter. (Note: if you do try the high-pass filter, note that the Resonance knob is not enabled for the High setting, only Low. Why? The high-pass filter sounds better without resonance!)
Knob Shift. The toggle for Knob Shift switches the center four knobs' function. With it in the up position, you have access to the amplitude and filter envelopes. In the down position, you instead access Glide, Filter Env Amount, LFO Depth, and LFO Rate.
Try switching Knob Shift to the up position and adjust Attack and Decay (Release) for the amplitude and filter envelopes.
Envelope Sustain. The Amp Env Sustain toggles on or off the sustain stage of the amplitude and filter envelopes.
When the Envelope Sustain switch is on, the sustain level is set to 100% and the decay time is set to 100%. This means that you simply control Attack and, via the Decay knob, Release time. This more sustained sound is great for longer pads and timbres, like LFO-modulated drones.
When the Envelope Sustain switch is off, the sustain level is set to zero and the Decay knobs control both Decay and Release. That's useful for shorter and more percussive sounds.
LFO. The LFO can be routed to either the oscillators – where it changes the pitch of the sounds you hear – or to the cutoff of the filter. Try it in each position, and adjust down the Rate and Depth, then slowly increase them. You can always switch the LFO off to get a sense of what you're doing to the sound.
7. Save a preset.
Wait. Stop. Like that sound and want to save it?
Press and release the Save button. Now you know the drill: the MIDI light will flash, and toggle one of the 16 switches to save into that preset position.
Note that this will overwrite the previous saved preset. But don't worry: part of the spirit of the MeeBlip is exploring and finding new sounds.
8. Try MIDI.
If you're ready to do more than control the MeeBlip from the front panel – and if you want to save your performances and sound tweaks beyond recording audio and using those 16 preset sounds – it's time to add MIDI control.
Every sound parameter represented on the MeeBlip SE front panel – the parameter behind every switch and every knob – responds to a corresponding MIDI Control Change message.*
Refer to our MIDI Implementation Chart (below) to see what does what. Intrepid MeeBlip owners are also contributing their own plug-ins and templates for their favorite hosts, too, to make it easier to control the MeeBlip via MIDI.
Here's the basic idea: knobs respond to a Control Change message, scaled from 0 to 127. Switches treat any message from 0 to 63 as "off," and 64 to 127 as "on." Why would we treat off and on as a range rather than just using an on/off message? Simple: it allows you to use external hardware that has knobs, but not switches, to control those parameters. If the knob is below the halfway mark, it'll behave the same way as toggling a switch to off. If the knob is above the halfway mark, it'll toggle the switch on. (This is essential in particular on our MeeBlip micro, because it might not have any onboard switches or knobs at all.)
MIDI Message Mapping
All of the Meeblip SE parameters can be controlled (or overridden) using MIDI CC commands.
The knobs start at CC 48:
CC 48: Filter Resonance
CC 49: Filter Cutoff
CC 50: LFO Frequency
CC 51: LFO Level
CC 52: Filter Envelope Amount
CC 53: Portamento
CC 54: Pulse Width/PWM Rate
CC 55: Oscillator Detune
CC 58: Filter Decay
CC 59: Filter Attack
CC 60: Amplitude Decay
CC 61: Amplitude Attack
The switches start at CC 64:
CC 64: Knob Shift
CC 65: FM off/on
CC 66: LFO Random (off/on)
CC 67: LFO Wave (Triangle/Square)
CC 68: Filter Mode (Low/High)
CC 69: Distortion (off/on)
CC 70: LFO Enable (off/on)
CC 71: LFO Destination (Filter/Oscillator)
CC 72: Anti Alias (off/on)
CC 73: Oscillator B Octave (Normal/Up)
CC 74: Oscillator B Enable
CC 75: Oscillator B Wave (Triangle/Square)
CC 76: Envelope Sustain (off/on)
CC 77: Oscillator A Noise (off/on)
CC 78: PWM Sweep (Pulse/PWM)
CC 79: Oscillator A Wave (Sawtooth/PWM)
A switch is off if its value is between 0-63, on if it's 64 or higher.
(*There's no MIDI message for loading or saving presets, or for the MIDI button or setting default MIDI channel. These functions are accessed only via the hardware. But they don't have anything to do with sound.)
9. Laugh heartily, go forth and make noises.
That's it! Let us know what sounds you make, and do share your music and other creations!


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Why Cancers Suffer In Love
By Carol Allen
The sign of the Crab is one that most longs for relationships, and those born with the Sun, Moon, or rising sign here need to connect and have meaningful interactions with everyone as much as possible.
Being a water sign, they respond from their emotions, and tend to only be happy when those around them are happy, too.
There's nothing that makes a Cancer feel more alive than relationships. They love to MOTHER others, naturally protecting, providing, and attending to the needs of those around them FIRST.
You see, Cancer, a feminine sign and the natural fourth sign of the zodiac, relates to all fourth house matters – home and hearth, family and feelings. It's the only sign ruled by the Moon – the indicator of the emotions… so their empathy, sensitivities, and "sixth sense" can be very strong.
The Moon waxes and wanes, and is the fastest moving, most changeable heavenly body in all of astrology. For this reason, Cancers can be fickle and unpredictable – cracking jokes one minute, weeping at a sentimental dog food commercial the next…
They'll fall for whoever pays attention to them (even if already in a relationship if they're not getting lots of energy from their partner).
They want FULL union, needing lots of physical contact, emotional displays, and reassurance.
This tendency to over give can make them choose partners who need more than their share of SUPPORT. Being so smooshy can cause them to be romantic fools, going by how they FEEL around someone, more than if that person is good for them.
So they have to watch out to not bond to lovers who aren't healthy for them, or able to GIVE BACK as much as they're giving.
Thus Cancers can find themselves in CODEPENDENT relationships… GIVERS tend to attract TAKERS. They're SO gifted at making other people feel good, safe, and cared about that they make excellent therapists, teachers, and counselors.
"Cancer is the only sign ruled by the Moon – the celestial indicator of feelings and intuition, so their emotions, empathy, sensitivities, and 'sixth sense' about others can be very strong."
But they often choose partners that should be CLIENTS.
Sometimes Cancers can be takers, too. If afflicted, they can become endlessly needy to the point of not wanting to let their partner out of their sight.
They can want SO MUCH togetherness, SO MUCH physical connection that they can suck all the air out of the room… But don't tell them that!
Just give them a back rub, join them for a bubble bath, and set them up with a new brownie recipe (they love to bake!) and tell them when you'll be back to cuddle in front of the fire later.
And then they'll let you leave the house without them…
Cancers are happiest tending to their gardens, visiting sick friends, rescuing lost kittens, volunteering with their neighborhood girl scout troop, and enjoying time with those they love.
Don't be fooled if they sound wimpy. This is one of the Cardinal signs, and as such they can have a lot of spunk, drive and authority. They'll just say "pretty please" after every command, and rule with an iron skillet full of chocolate chip cookies more than an iron fist.
Because they care so much about the people and things that matter to them, if you cross them they can STRIKE out with incredible force in a way you wouldn't expect.
Being crabs, they can be HARD on the outside, because they're protecting their soft insides. So although they give and give, they have a point where they won't go further. If you ask for too much, you may just get pinched between their sharp claws as they scoot sideways away from you…
All they want is love, and appreciation. If it's not given, they'll pull back and be very hurt.
To woo them again, do something romantic and sentimental and admit to all of your bad behavior – they'll pretend everything is fine as they HATE confrontation, and don't want to seem demanding.
All will be forgiven, and you'll be enjoying foot rubs, homemade brownies, and their undying devotion again in no time. Lucky for you because a happy Cancer lover is the best kind – keeping the home fires burning and giving all they've got.
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I've been to The Netherlands, it's a beautiful place.
Cause i live here and i hate flying.
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is 'God is crying'. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is 'Probably because of something you did'."
I'm not sure why so many of you are choosing Massachusetts, considering that the US Federal Government doesn't recognise same-sex marriages in Massachusetts.
I call it standing up to the government. The U.S. won't recognize it anywhere, so why not do it in a state that will accept us even if the government won't. Then, when I go to my home state, I can fight to have it recognized by my State government. Fight back man!
"What is the purpose of life? It is to create our own purpose."
Probably Canada. I've been there before, and it's very similar to my town.
Spain has socialism as well as gay marriage, i'm all for spain.
The sun is shining out of my hands
it can burn, it can blind you
when it breaks out of the fists
it lays down hotly on your face
it lays down painfully on your chest
balance is lost
it lets you go hard to the floor
and the world counts loudly to ten
I would wait till december and get married here in the UK, cos becoming legal on the 21st. Woooooh! Blair's actually pro-gay!
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suf-fer-ing"
I know it gives all the same benefits, but it's not called "marriage", is it?
All of you are missing that Connecticut allows gay marriages, as well. My grandparents live there and I love it there so I'd probably get married in CT.
They give "civil unions", not marriage. They might mean the same thing to you, but certainly not to many of us.
No, they do not mean the same thing to me. I saw in the news that they allow gay marriage. That's what I saw, if the media showed me incorrect information, that's not my fault.
Okay. Sorry if it seemed like I was questioning your commitment to gay rights.
Cuz i'm already a canadian citizen, and it woul d be nic eto get a break from USA
I love you. You are a beautiful person. Go in peace and never stop loving.
oh yeah and pot there is legal! lol
"Being Republican and gay is like being gay with a bad haircut!"


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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: James Bugg Partridge
Born: Mountville, GA, USA, in 1902
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Second Base
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Major League Games: 183
Primary Team: Brooklyn Robins
Played For
Brooklyn Robins (1927-1928)
First major league game: 4/12/1927
Final major league game: 7/21/1928
Hall of Fame Voting
No Hall of Fame elections.
See his complete statistical record at baseball-reference.com


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When you receive services from your LME-MCO, you and your legal representative (if you have one) are involved in deciding what services you will use. A lot takes place to prepare for your service planning meeting. This page explains the preparation steps and what happens at a service planning meeting. The more you know about the service system, the better you can advocate for yourself.
Service plans are not one size fits all. Each service plan should be different from someone else's. This is called "person centered."
Read more about Person Centered Planning for Consumers.
Service planning usually occurs once a year. It may happen more often than once a year if a big change happens in your life that changes the support you need. The example below shows one person's goals, his capacities and support needs related to his goal, and the action steps. It also includes how the plan will be checked to make sure your services are working for you. Here is a made up example of a service plan:
John's goal: Hike to the top of Mt. Adams with my family.
Support strengths: John is very motivated and has family who want to help him.
Support needs: He needs help gaining strength and attempting increasingly more difficult hikes with rocky and uneven terrain.
Action steps: Purchase gym membership. Attend exercise classes to build strength and flexibility 3 times a week. Plan a day hike once a month, increasing number of hours outdoors and altitude. Get hiking permit for June 2013.
Monitor: Care Coordinator will check with John and his staff monthly.
Your service planning team is made up of YOU, your legal representative, your Care Coordinator and other people important to helping you get what you need. Using assessment information (including your SIS assessment information), and what you want in your life, your service planning team will talk about options and choices you can make. Together, decisions will be made about your the goals for the year and who is responsible for doing what.
To get ready for a service plan meeting, the Care Coordinator plays a key role. Care Coordinators will ask you or your legal representative how well things are going. Your Care Coordinator will also ask your family, direct care staff, and professionals involved in providing your services how well things are going. If some things are going well, this is a time to acknowledge the success. But if something is not going well, this is a chance to let others know and make changes.
Read more about Care Coordinator's role under the Innovations waiver (PDF, 23k) .
An important quality improvement underway in North Carolina is for people to choose their own services. Starting in 2013, people who have participated in a SIS assessment will also have an Individualized Budget Amount to get services for the year.
Read more about Individualized Budget Amounts.
You will know your Individualized Budget Amount at your service planning meeting. With this funding budget, you can choose your services from a service menu. Individualized Budgets are made up of two types of paid services: base budget services and add on services.
Base budget services are created from your SIS assessment and level. Everyone eligible for Innovation Waiver services will receive a base budget to use for their services.
Add on services – These services are often one-time only services based on need for additional help, such as to prevent a crisis. Some Add on services only apply to the self-directed option.
The table below shows the service choices under the Base and Add On Services. For a comprehensive overview of the services, reference pages 105 to 185 of the Final NC Innovations Manual
Base budget services are below: | Add on services are below: |
Community Networking Services | Assistive Technology Equipment and Supplies |
Supported Employment | Community Guide Services |
Day Supports | Community Transition Services |
In-Home Skill Building | Crisis Services |
In-Home Intensive Supports | Financial Support Services |
Personal Care | Individual Goods and Services |
Residential Supports | Natural Supports Education |
Respite | Specialized Consultation Services |
Vehicle Modifications | |
Home Modifications |
If you think that your budget is not sufficient to get the services you need, you can request a modification (change) to your budget at your service planning meeting. Your Care Coordinator will take it from there.
Your Care Coordinator must periodically check on you and that services are delivered as agreed to in your service plan. How often this checking takes place will be noted in your service plan. Your Care Coordinator is also checking on your health and safety, how your budget is being spent, and on your Medicaid eligibility and benefits.
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The Quarterly Review of Literature ( QRL) Archives consists primarily of the issue and correspondence files of the independent literary journal of the same name that was founded in 1943 by Warren Carrier, and co-edited and published from 1944-1999 by the husband and wife team of Theodore (Ted) and Renée Weiss. Theodore Weiss was professor of English and creative writing at Princeton University from 1967 to 1987. Over the course of his career of poet, educator, and QRL editor, Weiss corresponded with many leading literary figures of the modern era, such as poets Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, and literary theorist/critic Paul De Man, and published their early work in the QRL. Also present in the collection are manuscripts of, and associated material from, eleven of Weiss's thirteen published books of poetry.


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As their name implies, microtubules are small hollow tubes. Microtubules, along with microfilaments and intermediate filaments, come under the class of organelles known as the cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton is the framework of the cell which forms the structural supporting component. Microtubules are the largest element of the cytoskeleton. The walls of the microtubule are made of polymerized dimers of α-tubulin and β-tubulin, two globular proteins . With a diameter of about 25 nm, microtubules are the widest components of the cytoskeleton. They help the cell resist compression, provide a track along which vesicles move through the cell, and pull replicated chromosomes to opposite ends of a dividing cell. Like microfilaments, microtubules can dissolve and reform quickly.
Microtubules are also the structural elements of flagella, cilia, and centrioles (the latter are the two perpendicular bodies of the centrosome). In animal cells, the centrosome is the microtubule-organizing center. In eukaryotic cells, flagella and cilia are quite different structurally from their counterparts in prokaryotes.
Intermediate Filaments
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are cytoskeletal components found in animal cells. They are composed of a family of related proteins sharing common structural and sequence features. Intermediate filaments have an average diameter of 10 nanometers, which is between that of 7 nm actin (microfilaments), and that of 25 nm microtubules, although they were initially designated 'intermediate' because their average diameter is between those of narrower microfilaments (actin) and wider myosin filaments found in muscle cells. Intermediate filaments contribute to cellular structural elements and are often crucial in holding together tissues like skin .
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consultations du Conseil de Sécurité
Good afternoon,
We had very useful discussions today in the Council. We had a briefing given by the Secretariat and also by Ambassador Churkin on the state of affairs regarding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia.
I think that our assessment based on those information, and based on the elements we
had generally is that there are some encouraging signs of a beginning of a withdrawal. But clearly, there is much to do for the withdrawal to be consistent with the commitment entered into by Russia. So we look forward to this withdrawal being accelerated in the days to come. We will be monitoring the situation very carefully.
I think the second element which we discussed is the kind of modalities whereby some Russian troops will remain in Georgia, South of the administrative border between South Ossetia and Georgia proper, the modalities according to which these Russian forces will remain. On this hand, there are clear elements in the agreement- both in the six points plan and the clarifications laid out in the letter by President Sarkozy to President Saakachvili to which the Russian have subscribed.
And it was interesting to note that Ambassador Churkin said today that Russia does not object to these clarifications. And these elements give together the frame, in a very detailed manner : how, what numbers and where, remaining Russian forces will be authorized to operate after the withdrawal is completed. We do hope that these commitments will be respected by Russia. We asked some questions to Ambassador Churkin regarding this. It raises some concerns in connection with remaining Russian militaries activities in some parts of the Georgian territory. That seems to us clearly the area where, according to commitments, Russian forces will be authorized to remain and carry out additional security measures of the agreement.
The third element was the draft resolution that was circulated yesterday by Russia, and which we discussed today. On this issue, we heard - and I think there was a very encouraging sign - that most members of the Council insisted that the Security Council should be unanimous. This is exactly our position : we have been working for a unanimous resolution, we will continue to work for a unanimous resolution based on the six-point plan. This is an ongoing process, we still have a couple of issues, important issues, to address, for us to reach an agreement.
One of them is territorial integrity. As I said yesterday Georgia has a history in the Security Council, and all previous resolutions of the Security Council on Georgia have reaffirmed the commitment of all members states to sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Georgia.
The second element, which is crucial, addressing the text in a way conducive to consensus, is the modalities whereby Russian forces would remain after the withdrawal, and pending the establishment of an international mechanism. And I am again referring to clarifications put forward in the form of the letter that I referred to. This is also a very important subject.
We need to address these issues and we need to continue working very intensively in order to reach that consensus. We are determined to do that. We have been working very hard with our partners to achieve that goal. There is a lot of work that remains to be done yet but we are ready to do that work.
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By Sandy Nairne. Comment, Issue 194, September 2008Published online: 24 September 2008
The excellent Richard Prince exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery which closed earlier this month raises important issues that all public galleries may sometimes face. In 1983 Iwona Blazwick and I presented a show by Richard Prince at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Prince emerged as part of a generation of politically-aware American artists, including Jenny Holzer, Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman. The exhibition included three works now on display at the Serpentine but then the financial value of those pieces was very low. Since the 80s all those artists have entered the market, albeit in different ways. However, one thing they had in common was an interest in what the market could do for them—certainly in terms of wider distribution—as much as what they could do for the market. In this respect they were quite distinct from some politically-orientated senior artists, who were highly equivocal about the art market.
This shift in approach was typified by the artist Leon Golub in an interview for "State of the Art", a 1987 television series on the UK's Channel Four. We had put on a show called "Mercenaries and Interrogations" at the ICA in 1982. The works are big, vivid, figurative images of people being tortured and intimidated. They are very political and, we thought, not at all commercial. And then, to the surprise of many, Charles Saatchi bought several. I asked Leon how he felt about that, and he said: "You can say Saatchi ... takes possession of my mind, of my art. But then I enter his home or his environment. I put my mercenaries there." Thus, over the past 25 years, two issues come into play: there are many more collectors willing to buy a greater diversity of work—including pieces that previously were seen as political, with lower commercial value—and a generational shift among artists, who became more conscious of how they wanted to be positioned vis à vis the market. Today, no curator can afford to be ignorant of the market. If you are, you will soon learn a hard lesson when you try to mount an exhibition by a "hot" artist. Either you will find it very difficult to secure loans, or you may come under pressure from collectors or dealers to include particular works. All institutions have some impact on the credibility of an artist, and that in turn may affect prices. It is unlikely that the Serpentine will at this point have any inflationary influence on the market for an artist as successful as Richard Prince. But the potential impact is something that all of us working in museums have to be aware of. In the 1970s and 1980s the German economist Willi Bongard produced a guide for collectors called Kunstkompass, comparing the top-selling 100 artists each year against a points system he had devised. He would award points for museum shows, favourable reviews, catalogues, and so on—something like 20 for a show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and 16 for a show at the Tate at Millbank—and then he would produce a points-to-price ratio, working out who was good value. The winner was almost always Joseph Beuys, who scored highly from the museum shows, yet his prices were comparatively low. Bongard's larger message, however, was that every institution adds some points, but the degree of market influence is often about timing.Exhibitions in public institutions come about for different reasons, but you always have to be clear that what you are doing is for the public benefit. After that the largest potential minefield for publicly-funded museums and galleries is maintaining the integrity of the programme when you are obliged to find additional funding. You may try and find an appropriate commercial sponsor for an exhibition, but never want to be in a position that if you don't get a sponsor you have to drop the show.Inevitably there is a relationship between the museum and an artist's dealer because it is almost impossible to mount a contemporary exhibition without their involvement. If they don't want you to do it, they will make sure that, in effect, you can't. Theoretically you might borrow all the work from others, but practically it is very difficult. The relationship needs clarity and integrity on both sides. The dealer provides access to information, images and collectors and they may agree to purchase catalogues, which will reduce the net cost. There are also occasions when a dealer might, in a quite direct way, express a particular view about a work and stress its importance. Depending on how well you know them, you have to gauge whether that is simply a knowledgeable and objective opinion, or is highly subjective because they want to keep in with a certain collector, or assure the collector of the wider validation of the work. It is one of the reasons that it is sometimes better to keep a curator working directly on the exhibition, and leave the relationship with the dealer to the museum director.Whatever the relationship with a dealer, it should never be based on cash. It would be very difficult to maintain the perceived independence of your curator in choosing the right works if your institution was taking funding from the source helping make the works available. It works the other way as well. In the 1970s, when I was deputy to Nicholas Serota at Modern Art Oxford we discussed the possibility of taking a percentage from sales of works on show—if any were made. For those of us working in small-scale, financially fragile, institutions (as it was then) it seemed logical to earn something if a work sold during the run of the show, particularly if an artist was being exposed to early critical interest. The late Bryan Robinson created brilliant programmes at the Whitechapel in the 1950s and 1960s apparently on no money at all, and it was quite well known that he worked with dealers and artists to try to raise money from sales. But we soon realised the disadvantages. Dealers could easily avoid revealing their sales and, of course, it undermined the independence necessary in the public sphere. It is also common, and desirable, to take works directly from the artist's studio, because you are often worried when planning a show over three or four years that by the time you open, everything will have been seen. Of course by "seen" you really mean seen in the art world and it could be argued that, as the paramount responsibility of the public gallery is to the public at large, it might not matter. But it may still affect the level of critical interest and publicity you can generate around your exhibition. This links to the issue of artists co-curating exhibitions, as is often the case and is an integral part of the Serpentine show. There are artists, such as Richard Prince, who see the exhibition as an extension of their work. An exhibition like this is really an artist's project, which is perfectly valid.Conversely there are concerns regarding collectors, especially as many of them are museum supporters. Everyone tends to be cautious if one collector has dominated the ownership of an artist's work, in which case mounting an exhibition might be an aggrandisement of their interests rather than serving the public. Most museums in the UK take the view that they will not exhibit a collector's collection on its own unless there is an explicit commitment to donate some or all of that collection. Of course you could say, "but the public may still want to see the collection, the public doesn't care about the price, the public cares about access to works that would otherwise be on private walls". Nevertheless I think that none of us working in public museums wants to feel that an individual has an opportunity to exploit the public sector.So what is the difference between a multimillionaire collector and a multimillionaire artist with their own personal collection? The answer is: probably a lot less than there used to be. But however discerning the collectors' tastes or however famous the collection, they are not the originators of the works. That is why it is one rule for the collector and another for the artist. When the curating is undertaken by the artist, creator status trumps other concerns, as the artist's creative intelligence is of pre-eminent interest. The writer is director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and a member of the Museums Association's Ethics Committee. He was speaking to Jane Morris
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RFID Tags VS Barcodes
Although RFID tags and barcodes can both be used to carry data, there are important differences between these two technologies which are summarized below:
- Barcode readers require a direct line of sight to the printed barcode; RFID readers do not require a direct line of sight to RFID tags
- RFID tags can be read at much greater distances; an RFID reader can pull information from a tag at distances up to 300 feet. The range to read a barcode is much less, typically no more than fifteen feet.
- RFID readers can read, RFID tags much faster tan barcodes can be scanned. Hunderds of RFID tags can be read per second. Reading barcodes is much more time-consuming; due to the fact that a direct line of sight is required. Barcode readers usually take a half-second or more to successfully complete a read.
- Line of sight requirements also limit the ruggedness of barcodes as well as the reusability of barcodes. (Since line of sight is required for barcodes, the printed barcode must be exposed on the outside of the product, where it is subject to greater wear and tear.) RFID tags are typically more rugged, since the electronic components are better protected in a plastic cover. RFID tags can also be implanted within the product itself, guaranteeing greater ruggedness and reusability.
- RFID tags, can be read/write devices; the RFID reader can communicate with the tag, and alter as much of the information as the tag design will allow. Barcodes have no read/write capability. You cannot add to the information written on a printed barcode.
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