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On Crossing Lines, the special crime unit is comprised of highly trained investigators. NBC is hoping that viewers will want to watch this new action series and that the ratings are high as well. Will they want the show back for a second season? Stay tuned!
Crossing Lines airs on Sunday nights and there are 10 episodes. The cast includes William Fichtner, Donald Sutherland, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Moon Dailly, Richard Flood, and Tom Wlaschiha.
Below are the TV show's ratings for the Summer 2013 season, typically the best way to tell if a show will be cancelled or renewed for another season. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so you can check on how it's doing.
UPDATE: Crossing Lines has been renewed for a second season but NBC hasn't decided to air it yet.
Final season averages: 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.06 million total viewers.
Episode 01-09 & 01-10: Sunday, 08/18/13
0.4 in the demo (-20% change) with 2.06 million (-18% change).
Season averages: 0.54 in the demo with 3.06 million.
UPDATE: Renewed for season two or cancelled on NBC?
Episode 01-08: Sunday, 08/11/13
0.5 in the demo (0% change) with 2.51 million (-16% change).
Season averages: 0.57 in the demo with 3.31 million.
Episode 01-07: Sunday, 07/28/13
0.5 in the demo (0% change) with 2.97 million (+5% change).
Season averages: 0.59 in the demo with 3.43 million.
Episode 01-06: Sunday, 07/21/13
0.5 in the demo (0% change) with 2.83 million (0% change).
Season averages: 0.60 in the demo with 3.51 million.
Episode 01-05: Sunday, 07/14/13
0.5 in the demo (-17% change) with 2.84 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 0.62 in the demo with 3.64 million.
Episode 01-04: Sunday, 07/07/13
0.6 in the demo (0% change) with 2.90 million (-22% change).
Season averages: 0.65 in the demo with 3.84 million.
Episode 01-03: Sunday, 06/30/13
0.6 in the demo (-14% change) with 3.71 million (-15% change).
Season averages: 0.67 in the demo with 4.16 million.
Episodes 01-01 & 01-02: Sunday, 06/23/13
0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.38 million total viewers.
Season averages: 0.70 in the demo with 4.38 million.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
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Arlington softball squeezes by Snohomish
Eagles' squeeze bunt hands Panthers their first loss of season in key Wesco 4A North contest
Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald
Arlington's Shyne MaKay (right) slides safely into home plate before Snohomish catcher Morgan Greenlee can apply the tag in the second inning. It was the game's only run.
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Teammates hug starting pitcher Hayley Fields (facing) at the end of the game.
The winning coach expected a one-run game while the losing team's coach was still enjoying himself because he said he'd much rather play in a close game than a blowout.
Arlington (2-2 league, 7-2 overall) was able to get one run in on a squeeze bunt by Marisa Rathert and that turned out to be enough. The Eagles, led by senior pitcher Hayley Fields, held on to defeat Snohomish 1-0 at Snohomish High School, handing the Panthers (3-1, 8-1) their first loss of the season.
"I was nervous the whole seven innings," Arlington head coach Dan Eng said. "This is a great ballgame. Two great clubs. They're scary with batters one through nine. You notice they put quite a few runners on, but fortunately we got the breaks today."
Lynsey Amundson led off the top of the second inning with a single, one of three hits for Arlington off Snohomish starter Alyssa Simons. Amundson moved to third after a throwing error by the Panthers on a sacrifice bunt by Katelynn Kazen.
Rathert then came up and got the bunt down, with Amundson scoring after the throw to first to get Rathert out.
"We got lucky. I decided to play for one the minute I got Lynsey on (base), not knowing that would be the deciding run the whole game," Eng said. "Decided to play for one, bunt to get her in scoring position and then pull the safety squeeze at the end."
Both coaches tried to get more runs on the board, but strong pitching by both sides prevented anybody else from crossing the plate.
"You scratch together a run wherever you can, especially when you look and you've got two good pitchers duking it out," said Lou Kennedy, the Panthers' head coach. "One-run games are great. I would rather play a one-run game than a blowout any day, even if I'm not going to win because that's a game.
"That's a great ballgame. I'd rather win it, of course, but give them credit. They scratched out the one run and that's all it takes to win sometimes."
Fields made sure that Arlington's one run held up. The Eagles pitcher scattered three hits and hit one batter, but only once faced more than three batters in an inning thanks to three double plays by the Eagles' defense.
The most impressive double play came in the bottom of the second. After Anna Pisac reached base on an error, Simons followed with a hit that got through the infield. An Arlington infielder cut the throw off from the outfield and threw it over Eagles' third baseman Hayden Fields' head.
Fields quickly recovered and threw the ball to home plate where Amundson tagged out Pisac. The catcher then quickly threw to second base, trapping Simons between second and third. She was eventually tagged out trying to get to third base.
"That was very unusual," Eng said of the double play.
Amundson, another Eagles' senior, led Arlington's offense, batting 1-for-1 with two walks. Hayley Fields and Rathert had the other two singles for the Eagles.
As good as Fields was for Arlington, Simons was just as powerful for Snohomish. The freshman struck out 16 batters and also just allowed three hits with just the two walks to Amundson, which almost looked intentional.
"To have someone that young as dominating as she can be, and she's really poised," Kennedy said. "She gives up a hit, puts a runner on, doesn't matter. The next kid's hers. She's going to go right after them again. It's really impressive stuff."
Snohomish's other starting pitcher, Bailey Seek, was injured in the Panthers' 11-4 win over Glacier Peak on Monday when a line drive went off her right forearm. Kennedy said the plan before that was to have Simons pitch, but now Snohomish might be relying on its first-year player even more, especially come playoff time.
"We got our junior pitcher hurt yesterday and (Simons) came in and closed the game out nicely," Kennedy said. "I had her scheduled to start today mostly because those tough games, you have to get that experience. We're going to need two pitchers when we get to districts."
Trysten Melhart led Snohomish, going 2-for-3. She led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and got to second base on a sacrifice bunt.
But Fields then got her ninth and 10th strikeouts to end the game and clinch the victory for Arlington.
"There's a lot of good seniors on that team," Kennedy said. "It's really led by a couple of good veterans behind the plate and on the mound. (Fields) pitched a whale of a game. Real good location. She worked her way up, kept batters off-balance. We've got a powerful hitting team, we produce a lot of offense, and she kept us really on our heels."
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Just my opinion but I respect everyone's. To me, it just smells cheap and boring.
Thread: Why does everyone hate brut?
i think it it a nice fragrance, reminds of me when i was 12 and started wearing deodorant and brut was one of my 1st cans...i thought the cologne was nice as well from what i remember......i might have to do a review now 20 years later.
oh and i love the smell of barbasol shaving creme..the regular red can.
14 sprays of DRAKKAR NOIR should do it
Just my opinion but I respect everyone's. To me, it just smells cheap and boring.
It smells bad.
It smells like Pickle Juice IMO
...because it was overused in the 60's; everybody wore it. It is with perfume exactly the same as with everything; when you are confronted to it too often, it is getting very annoying...!
it will come back in style...just wait....
14 sprays of DRAKKAR NOIR should do it
I don't mind Brut. Wouldn't wear it though.
Old Spice though.. that stuff is some sexy man juice. I still wish Old Spice would produce it in an EDT spray.. it would sell big!!
My Ultimate Top 5:
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Paul Smith Man (2009)
Burberry London (2006)
Prada Amber pour Homme (2006)
Arpege pour Homme (2005)
i do hope they discontinue brut and old spice for some time, that way they will be a huge demand for it when it comes back, people want what they cant have.....the fragrance industry is just like show buisness....sometimes you have to go away to come back.
14 sprays of DRAKKAR NOIR should do it
I like the cologne spray of Brut. I used to hate the smell of it because it was badly overused by so many people, but it's been years since I have smelled it on anyone and my revulsion to it has abated.
I think they should keep doing what they're doing with Old Spice, but they should also make an EdT. Name it "O.S. 38" as a way to pay homage to the year the men's scent was introduced. Sell it for $70 in a damn fine elegant yet manly bottle. Simple and understated but heavy and important feeling. O.S. 38. Carve the logo delicately into the glass, almost as if scraped in.
Anybody have a sample of Martin Margiela Untitled or Untitled L'Eau? I'm dying to smell these and I've got lots of great niche samples to swap!
"Follow your nose. It always knows." -- Toucan Sam
EDP old spice.....talk about projection
14 sprays of DRAKKAR NOIR should do it
I use Brut aftershave quite often - I'd certainly buy a spray EdT if they made one.
It's too sharp and old style.
maybe because was used by so many people back in the day!
sailing the Oceans of Boredom...
I love Brut and use the EDT in combination with the aftershave and the deodorant
It seems to get a pretty robust "thumbs up" ratio in the review section.
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I tried then recent one in a plastic bottle. Other than being crude, unbalanced, lacking depth, and smelling too "synthetic," it was marvelous !
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I have a bottle and love it. It's one i WEAR ON DAYS THAT i AM WORKING FROM HOME. vERY RELAXING
Because I'm worried I might end up looking like this....
Only joking - Brut rules!
I actually like this scent and feel comfortable about it. In spite of the common opinion, generally (it goes not just for Brut) I do wear it, if I like it.
Reminds me of the original UK skinheads. Loved the music and associated fashion though.
Genetic memory perhaps?
Brut is a great manly scent, my only problem with it is its lack of longevity.
To my nose, Fred Hayman Touch for Men smells pretty close to Brut, but unlike it, lasts for over eight hours. I have several bottles of Touch, one of which I keep in my car for whenever I need the instant Brut-like ultra freshness.
I love Brut, it's awesome. I don't like the Brut Attitude(I think that's what it's called) in the blue bottle but dig the green bottle.
I like it. I quite enjoy all of the different barbershop scents. I regularly use Clubman aftershave which I just like better than Brut and it lasts much longer as well. But the old school aftershaves/cologne splashes are great and fun to use on occasion. Plus how can you go wrong picking up a nice big bottle for $5?
I don't hate Brut! Compared to the apocalyptic stench of something like A*men its a masterpiece.
I don't hate it. Just that it's outdated and there are many other frags to choose from.
Last edited by Trauerkraut; 14th January 2013 at 05:17 PM.
Not sure if I've ever smelled it. I've seen it in budget supermarkets like Lidl before Christmas though.
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
As I said in my review " there is just something about this scent that just feels so right, it is like wearing a favourite old Jacket, it may not be the fanciest,classiest but it fits, it feels comfortable"
My Ultimate Top 5:
Fahrenheit (1988)
Paul Smith Man (2009)
Burberry London (2006)
Prada Amber pour Homme (2006)
Arpege pour Homme (2005)
Anybody have a sample of Martin Margiela Untitled or Untitled L'Eau? I'm dying to smell these and I've got lots of great niche samples to swap!
"Follow your nose. It always knows." -- Toucan Sam
I don't hate Brut. I wonder if those who say it's outdated or old-fashioned have ever worn it.
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Coincidentally I smelled it at the supermarket last week. I hadn't smelled it since one of my students gave me a gift pack of it 15 years ago. I wasn't into fragrances then, and thought it smelled terrible. So I tried it last week - and well it smelled "crude, unbalanced, lacking depth, and smelling..."synthetic,"". But familiar - yes.
Keep in mind that some of us would have remained a glint in their fathers eye if it was not for good old Brut working it's magic back in the day.lol
Haha Jack - maybe this thread should move to one of those "panty dropper" threads - wait a minute - no this is all just wrong!
Count me in as one who likes it, and it brings back memories of a better time.
A bit too sharp and synthetic for me - and overexposure in the past.
Last edited by Trauerkraut; 16th January 2013 at 06:55 AM.
Apparently Elvis loved it ... And he could have probably had a Creed bespoked for himself.
That speaks volumes
Last edited by Riley; 16th January 2013 at 04:48 AM.
Apparently the us version of Brut is different to the version available in the uk , can anyone confirm this and what the difference is. I have Brut edt in the squareish bottle and really liking it, I understand that Brut classic is the one to go for though and will definitely get this once I run out of the edt , would be interesting to do a side by side comparison
I'm not sure about US versus UK differences, but if you are talking about Brut Classic (the slim cylindrical bottle with the silver medallion) then that is indeed better. You can get it for under ten dollars online.
I can honestly say I don't wear it outside the house much because I prefer other scents in social situations, but I do wear it when alone or with my partner quite a bit.
To me it smells very much like the European version of the aftershave, in the glass bottle, but perhaps a little more refined and with greater longevity - first sample on my wrist was still noticeable 5-6 hours later. I don't have any of the cologne now, but the EdT seems more subtle compared to my memory of it. I like this EdT.
Last edited by Oscroft; 23rd January 2013 at 02:19 AM.
Not everybody hates Brut. Personally, I like Brut, Old Spice, English Leather, and British Sterling. I just think as time has gone on and I've smelled more colognes, these come off a bit sharp.
My dad was a Royal Copenhagen wearer. To this day I smile fondly whenever I smell it. I still have his last, unfinished bottle somewhere.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
What is myxedema coma?
Myxedema coma is a loss of brain function as a result of severe, longstanding low level of thyroid hormone in the blood (hypothyroidism). Myxedema coma is considered a life-threatening complication of hypothyroidism and represents the far more serious side of the spectrum of thyroid disease.
Who is affected by myxedema coma?
Myxedema coma is not common, but tends to be seen more frequently in elderly patients and in women. There is an increased incidence in the winter months, which is likely secondary to the extremes in temperature. Myxedema coma can actually result in death. Fortunately, the condition is rare.
What are the symptoms of hypothyroidism?
Before a patient develops myxedema coma, features of hypothyroidism are usually present and may have gone unsuspected for a long period of time.
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If you're looking
for a truly unique outdoor adventure, head for Volo Bog State Natural
Area in northeastern Illinois. Just 45 miles northwest of Chicago in Lake
County, this natural area contains Volo Bog, the only "quaking"
bog in Illinois to have an open water center.
Volo Bog was first
documented by W.G. Waterman of Northwestern Illinois University in 1921.
It was originally named the Sayer Bog, after the land's owner, dairy farmer
George Sayer. Cyrus Mark, the first director of the Illinois Chapter of
the Nature Conservancy, managed a fund-raising campaign that collected
$40,000 in donations from school children, groups and individuals for
the purchase of the 47.5-acre bog in 1958. The land was deeded to the
University of Illinois, which retained ownership until 1970.
In the late 1960s,
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a "Save the Volo Bog" committee and worked to ensure the bog's
survival. Dr. William Beecher was instrumental in the campaign, which
resulted in the transfer of Volo Bog to the Illinois Department of Natural
Volo Bog was dedicated
as an Illinois Nature Preserve in 1970. Three years later, it was registered
as a National Natural Landmark with the United States Department of the
Interior. More than 1,100 additional acres of land have been purchased
to protect and enlarge the state preserve, which now includes marshes,
prairie restoration areas, woodlands and two other bogs.
current landscape of the northeast corner of Illinois was shaped
principally by glacial activity, particularly when the Wisconsin
glacier began its final stages of melting thousands of years ago.
As it receded, it deposited a blanket of unsorted debris, including
clay, sand, gravel and boulders, collectively called glacial till.
Embedded in the till were large chunks of ice that broke off the
melting glacier. As the climate continued to warm, the ice blocks
melted, forming depressions which developed into lakes, bogs and
Volo Bog was
originally a deep 50-acre lake, with steep banks and poor drainage.
Research on pollen grains preserved in the bog indicates that the
lake began filling with vegetation approximately 6,000 years ago.
A floating mat, consisting primarily of sphagnum moss formed around
the outside edges among the cattails and sedges. As these plants
died and decomposed, the peat mat thickened, forming a support material
for rooted plants. Because of the lack of drainage and the presence
of sphagnum moss, the water in the bog became acidic. This limited
the types of plants that could survive and thus created the unique
plant communities found in the bog.
Volo Bog is
significant in that it exhibits all stages of bog succession. A
floating mat of sphagnum moss, cattails and sedges surrounds an
open pool of water in the center of the bog. As substrate material
thickens, a shrub community dominated by poison sumac and leatherleaf
invades the mat. This is eventually replaced by tamarack forest.
Surrounding this forest is a second, more extensive shrub zone which
abruptly ends and becomes a marsh/sedge meadow community.
season brings its own beauty and wonder to Volo Bog and seasonal
visits allow for observation of a wide variety of plant and animal
life. In the spring, fern fiddleheads reveal their beautiful fronds.
Bog buckbean and leatherleaf bloom in abundance. A great variety
of songbirds, waterfowl and wading birds stop by as they migrate
north to their summer nesting areas.
As spring moves
into summer, the orchids appear, including the delicate grass pink
and rose pogonia. Great blue and green-backed herons, sandhill cranes,
whitetail deer, mink, muskrat, raccoon and many other smaller creatures
are often observed.
Fall is one
of the most dramatic seasons and features the gold of the tamarack
needles, the red of poison sumac and the deep green of sphagnum
Winter is a
good time to identify trees and shrubs by their bark. The bright
red berries of the winter berry holly and red leaves of the leatherleaf
are a striking contrast to the bright whiteness of the snow-covered
ground. Animal tracks in the snow provide evidence of life in the
bog - deer, muskrat, weasel and red fox who make their homes in
the preserve. Periodically, when seed yield to the north is small,
crossbills will visit the bog and can be observed cracking open
tamarack cones.
opened in 1980, Volo Bog's Visitor Center is housed in a dairy barn
built in the early 1900's. Renovations began in November 1996 to
bring the building up to code, make it fully accessible and accommodate
the needs of the fast-increasing population of northeastern Illinois.
The center includes a program room, the Tamarack Shop, offices and
restrooms on the first floor. An elevator, housed in the silo, takes
visitors to the second floor exhibits, hands-on discovery area and
Volo Bog
Interpretive Trail: Designed for hikers only, this half-mile
interpretive loop leads visitors through each stage of bog succession.
It is constructed of wooden dock sections, boardwalks and a woodchip
path. Trail brochures, adapted for each season, are available at
the visitor center.
View Trail: This 2.75-mile trail is designed for hiking and
cross-country skiing (with a six-inch minimum snowbase). As park
visitors traverse through woods, wetlands, field and prairie, they
are given the opportunity to experience and enjoy the diverse communities
within the park. From higher elevations along the trail, one can
look down into the Volo Bog basin and view the state threatened
tamarack trees. The trail begins just south of the visitor center
and moves in a counter clockwise direction. All visitors are encouraged
to move in the appropriate direction, but it is especially important
that skiers do so to avoid accidents. A trail brochure for Tamarack
View Trail is also available.
Deerpath Trail and Prairie View Trail: offer an additional 2 miles of hiking through old fields, woods & prairie restoration areas
of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' sites with an Interpretive
Program Coordinator, Volo Bog offers fun educational programs for
people of most ages (4-94+). Naturalist led programs include bog
tours, prairie walks, insect and aqua safari's, summer bat programs
and more. Assisting the site naturalist, trained volunteers add
their skills and experiences at Volo Bog. Volunteer naturalists
lead one-hour public tours on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
and 1:00 p.m. Others lead astronomy nights and bird walks. Volunteers
also assist with group programs available to school, youth and adult
groups. For more details see Interpretive
A picnic area
with tables and an outdoor privy is conveniently located adjacent
to the visitor center parking lot. Visitors are encouraged to bring
their own grill for cooking or use one of two near the picnic shelter.
Ground fires and alcohol are strictly prohibited anywhere in the
Pets are not allowed on the Volo Bog Interpretive Boardwalk Trail due to the sensitive chemistry of the wetland soil. Pets on a 6' leash or shorter are welcome on the other trails at Volo Bog SNA.
From South/Southeast
(Chicago/North suburbs) Take I 94 to Route 120 Belvidere Rd Westbound
13 miles to Highway 12. Turn right and travel 2 miles north to Brandenburg
Rd. Turn left on Brandenburg Rd. and travel 1.25 miles to the park.
From the East (Waukegan/Gurnee)
Take Route 120 Belvidere Rd. westbound to Highway 12. Turn right and travel
2 miles north to Brandenburg Rd. Turn left on Brandenburg Rd. and travel
1.25 miles to the park.
From the North (Fox
Lake/Wisconsin) Take Highway 12 south through Fox Lake 3/4 miles past
Route 134 to Brandenburg Rd. Turn right on Brandenburg Rd and go 1.25
miles to the park
From the West (Woodstock/McHenry)
Take Route 120 east through McHenry about one mile past the Fox River
to Chapel Hill Rd. Turn left on Chapel Hill and go 1/2 mile to Lincoln
Rd. Turn Right on Lincoln and go 2.5 miles to Brandenburg Rd. turn left
on Brandenburg Rd. and go 1/2 mile to the park.
From the South (Elgin/Crystal
Lake, etc.) Take Route 31 north to Route 120 in McHenry. Turn right and
continue east on 120 about one mile past the Fox River to Chapel Hill
Rd. Turn left on Chapel Hill and go 1/2 mile to Lincoln Rd. Turn right
on Lincoln and go 2.5 miles to Brandenburg Rd. Turn left on Brandenburg
and go 1/2 mile to the park.
Park Hours
*Gates Close at:
4:00 p.m.
February - March
5:00 p.m.
April - May
7:00 p.m.
Memorial Day Weekend – Labor Day
8:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
November – January
*Closing times are posted at site entrance, and are occasionally subject to change without notice


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March 25, 2013
Vol. 28 , No. 09
Bioethics: Too Important to Be Left to Bioethicists
As part of the Athenaeum's series on bioethics, Professor Michael Bérubé will speak about why bioethics is "too important to be left to the bioethicists".
Drawing on his work in disability studies and his experience as a father of a child with Down's Syndrome, Bérubé will argue that an understanding of disability and human variation is critical not only for the humanities, but also for the life sciences and "applied" fields such as bioethics. Taking on the work of philosophers such as Michael Sandel, Julian Glover, Eva Kittay, Martha Nussbaum, Jeff McMahan, and Peter Singer, he will show that intellectual disability should be of crucial importance to intellectuals– and that our major intellectual traditions have largely failed to meet that challenge.
Professor Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, as well as the president of the Modern Language Association. He is the author of seven books to date, including Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (Verso, 1994); Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child (Pantheon, 1996; paper, Vintage, 1998); and What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts? Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education (W. W. Norton, 2006). Life As We Know It was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1996 and was chosen as one of the best books of the year (on a list of seven) by Maureen Corrigan of National Public Radio.
Professor Bérubé earned his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Girls Like Us : The Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Girls in the U.S.
Reebok Human Rights Award and Ashoka Fellowship winner Rachel Lloyd is a leading advocate for commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women. In 1998, with only a computer and $30, Lloyd established GEMS: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services to support girls and young women victimized by the commercial sex industry.
Since its inception as a one-woman outreach program, GEMS has grown steadily, building its services and programs and garnering increased visibility and recognition under Lloyd's leadership. GEMS is now the nation's largest organization offering direct services to domestic victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.
GEMS serves over 350 girls each year through its clinical recovery, housing and youth leadership programs, and 1,000 youth through education and outreach. As a survivor-led organization, GEMS is well-known for its empowering approach to youth leadership and activism. As the Executive Director of GEMS, Lloyd has been a leading advocate for survivor leadership and spearheaded the first U.S. Summit of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, the first youth survivor-led Congressional briefing in DC, the first youth survivor-led legislative briefing in Albany, NY and the first youth survivor produced short documentary Breaking the Silence (2003) about commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.
Lloyd is a nationally recognized expert on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children and domestic trafficking in America, and played a key role in the successful passage of New York State's groundbreaking Safe Harbor Act for Sexually Exploited Youth, the first law in the country to end the prosecution of child victims of trafficking. Her trailblazing advocacy is the subject of the critically-acclaimed Showtime documentary Very Young Girls (2007) for which she was also the Co-Executive Producer. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, has been seen by over 3 million people and has been a powerful tool in changing public perception. Rachel is also the author of the memoir Girls Like Us published in April of 2011 by Harper Collins. About the book, filmmaker Mira Nair said, "The truth and power of her writing takes us to a place where common humanity becomes the ultimate healer."
Rachel Lloyd received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College and her Masters in Applied Urban Anthropology from the City College of New York.
Good and Bad Ways to Allocate Scarce Medical Resources
Just because Professor Andrew Schroeder teaches right here at Claremont McKenna does not mean we would not have been tracked down if he were teaching elsewhere. As part of the Athenaeum's series on Bioethics, Professor Schroeder will speak on a crucial intersection of philosophy and health economics.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Andrew Schroeder won the Glenn R. Huntoon Award for Superior Teaching last year, a remarkable feat, but especially considering it was his first year at CMC. Professor Schroeder received his bachelor's degree from Carleton College, and his Ph.D. from Harvard; his dissertation was entitled Divorcing the Good and the Right. He also worked as a teaching fellow at Harvard after he received his doctorate for scholars including as Michael Sandel. His scholarly and teaching interests include ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of economics, philosophy of biology and medicine, bioethics, and economic justice.
He is the author of multiple publications, including You Don't Have to Do What's Best! (2011) (Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics), forthcoming Rethinking Health: Healthy or Healthier Than? (British Journal for Philosophy of Science), Incidence, Prevalence, and Hybrid Approaches to Calculating DALYs (2012) (Population Health Metrics), and forthcoming Imperfect Duties, Group Obligations, and Beneficence (Journal of Moral Philosophy). At CMC, Professor Schroeder has taught Political Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Political Philosophy – Current Debate, and the Philosophy of Health Economics. He also was the inaugural lecturer at CMC's new philosophy club, The League of Extraordinary Thinkers.
Personal Genetics: Miracles and Technologies, Promises and Challenges
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Ting (C.-ting) Wu is the Director of the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd) and a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. As Director of pgEd, Dr. Wu works with her team to increase public awareness of the benefits, risks, and implications of learning the details of one's genome and is dedicated to making that awareness equally accessible regardless of all socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and religious influences. pgEd works at many levels, from hands-on teaching in the classroom and generating on-line curricula, to working with the Smithsonian Institute, advising producers and writers of television shows through Hollywood, Health, and Society, and developing a mobile app.
Dr. Wu's research group studies the manner in which chromosome structure and behavior govern inheritance, and, in fact, it is this life-long pursuit that led her to recognize the importance of strengthening the conduit of communication between society and science. Her laboratory uses Drosophila, mammalian, and nematode experimental systems as well as develops new technologies for visualizing chromosomes. Dr. Wu received her B.A. from Harvard University in Biology and her Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School in Genetics. She did her postdoctoral training at Yale University and the Station for Natural Studies, after which she was a Fellow in Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She was a Professor of Genetics in the Division of Molecular Medicine at Children's Hospital and is now a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Most recently, Dr. Wu was honored as a recipient of an NIH Director's 2012 Pioneer Award.
A Reading
Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a "wandering poet." But she is also an award-winning Palestinian-American Poet, writer, anthologist, and educator. She has spent 37 years traveling the country and the world to lead writing workshops and inspiring students of all ages.
Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother and grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio. Drawing on her Palestinian-American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Middle East, Nye uses her writing to attest to our shared humanity.
She is the author and/or editor of more than 30 volumes. Her books of poetry include 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (2002), A Maze Me: Poems for Girls (2005), Red Suitcase (1994), Words Under the Words (1994), Fuel (1998), and You & Yours (2005) (a best-selling poetry book of 2006). She is also the author of Mint Snowball (2001), Never in a Hurry (1996), I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You Okay? Tales of Driving and Being Driven (2007) (essays); Habibi (1997) and Going Going (2005) (novels for young readers); and Baby Radar (2003) and Sitti's Secrets (1997) (picture books).
She has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow (Library of Congress). She has received a Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, four Pushcart Prizes, and numerous honors for her children's literature, including two Jane Addams Children's Book Awards. In 2011 Nye won the Golden Rose Award given by the New England Poetry Club, the oldest poetry reading series in the country. Her work has been presented on National Public Radio on A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac. She has been featured on two PBS poetry specials and appeared on NOW with Bill Moyers. In January 2010 Nye was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets. In October 2012 she was named laureate of the 2013 NSK Prize for Children's Literature.
Lunch with a Leader
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Joel has been an entrepreneur and business manager most of his life. After attending Claremont McKenna College and Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Joel worked at the Quaker Oats Company for eight years. He then founded Orange Glo International, marketers of Orange Glo, OxiClean, and Kaboom, with his parents. Joel created the famous television ads featuring the late Billy Mays. In 2006 Joel and his family sold Orange Glo to Church & Dwight/Arm & Hammer.
A year later Joel co-founded Launch Pad LLC, a marketing company that backs and runs several consumer products companies such as FullBar, Brainetics, Tortle, 2 Red Hens, and Gallo en Fuego. Joel also owns the Moda Man store on Larimer Square in Denver. Joel sits on the boards of two non-profits, First Descents and the Hoffman Institute. Joel has two high-school aged kids, loves the outdoors, and has tremendous passion for personal and spiritual growth.
Joel's Athenaeum talk is jointly sponsored by the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and CMC's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Profiting from Innovation: Building Firm Level and National Competitiveness
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
David Teece is the Tusher Professor in Global Business and the Director of the Institute for Business Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Founder and Chairman of Berkeley Research Group, LLC ('BRG'), for which he also actively consults. Berkeley Research Group is the second company he has founded. The first, LECG, went public.
Professor Teece is known in academia for creating the concept of dynamic capabilities, an idea he began to develop while researching for his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. Professor Teece's most recent publication on the topic is Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management: Organizing for Innovation and Growth (Oxford University Press, 2009). Other publications include two volumes of published papers by Edward Elgar (London) in "Economists of the Twentieth Century" titled, Economic Performance and the Theory of the Firm (1998) and Strategy, Technology and Public Policy (2012). In addition, he is also the co-author of over 200 books and articles on topics in innovation strategy, intellectual property, and antitrust policy which further contributes to his extensive experience in litigation and regulatory issues.
Outside of academia, David Teece has served several times as an expert witness in numerous courts, administrative bodies and tribunals in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe where he has testified on various economic issues in business such as industrial organization, antitrust and competition policy, negotiation strategy, and complex damages. Other accolades include the four honorary doctorates, the Accenture list of the Top 50 Living Business Intellectuals, the 2002 Viipuri International Prize in Strategic (Technology) Management and Business Economics, and the 2003 Strategic Management Journal Best Paper Award. Professor Teece's most notable achievement is as the lead author of the most cited paper in economics and business 1995-2005 and is ranked number 10 in citations worldwide by the same source for the same time period.
But Seriously: Clowning and Humor in Traditional Storytelling
Join us as Victor Masayesva (Hopi) screens his new version of the important documentary Ritual Clowns (1988). Through poetic visualization and lyrical translation of Hopi myths, rituals, and history, he explores the evolving and enduring role of the clown in Hopi society. This experimental video is eclectic in its treatment of the illusory ritual clown figures through a combination of live video, ancient oral traditions and computer-generated animation. Maintaining the perspective of the clown as a mirror of human behaviour, the film explores the acerbic and ritually cleansing roles of humour, parody, reversals, and prophecy in Southwest Native American rituals and ceremonies.
Following the 40-minute screening, that will begin at 6:30 p.m., Victor will discuss the use of humour in traditional storytelling and how oral traditions influence his work.
Victor Masayesva is a Hopi experimental filmmaker who lives in his ancestral village, where he has traditional roles and responsibilities. His visually and intellectually complex layering of video and audio effects, still photographs and hand-painting contrast aspects of Native American cultures with the crippling perceptions and influences of white culture. Raised on Hotevilla on Third Mesa in Hopi, Masayesva graduated from Princeton University, majoring in literature and studying photography with Emmet Gowin. He has been honoured with numerous awards including the University of Arizona Distinguished Alumni Award, the Gold Hugo at Chicago Festival, Two Rivers Visionary Award, Taos Festival's distinguished filmmaker award and the American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award.
Reaching for the World: Korean/American Missionary Aspirations and Evangelical Encounters
Theories and practices link religion and political economy in various and contrasting ways. From faith-based welfare in North America to prosperity gospel in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and from Marxist-inspired liberation theology to transnational Islamic banking, the connections between "secular" political economy and "sacred" experiences of religion and spirituality are far from simple or stable across time and space. Reflecting such complex and intertwined dynamics, short-term evangelical Christian mission trips have become popular in the US and South Korea as a religious experience that combines cultural exposure, humanitarian and volunteer service, and development aid. Critics have rightly pointed out that such trips tend to emphasize notions of linear progress and short-term charity while obscuring divergent histories and persistent inequalities, but contemporary South Korean and Korean American evangelical missions also rely on something else: an affective idiom of shared experience of suffering from war and colonialism, based on which they articulate a relation of solidarity with the developing world. Drawing on critical ethnographic research of a Korean/American mission trip to Tanzania and Uganda and other evangelical projects, Ju Hui Judy Han examines the cultural politics of good intentions, purpose-driven travel, and humanitarian aid.
Ju Hui Judy Han (Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley) is Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include missionary mobilities, church growth and urban poverty, transnational political economy of English, conscientious objection to military conscription, and religious cultivation of political homophobia. She is currently completing a book manuscript concerning Korean/American evangelical missionaries engaged in religious, humanitarian, and development projects.
Universal and Culture-specific Predictors of Group Prejudice
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
A major theoretical challenge for experimental social psychology is to devise general principles of human behavior that can retain explanatory and predictive value in changing historical, cultural, and political contexts. Professor Levin will propose a new perspective on this problem for the field of intergroup relations, arguing that general principles need to be combined with culture-specific processes. With colleagues in North America and Europe, she conducted experiments on the predictors of prejudice against ethnic out-groups. Some predictors of prejudice were found to be universal across different cultures. Others were found to be especially potent when they were supported by dominant cultural norms. Professor Levin will suggest that even among western countries, the critical variables shaping prejudice can vary across nations, reinforcing the need for a theoretical integration of culture-specific processes with general social psychological principles.
Shana Levin is the Crown Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. She is currently Chair of the Psychology Department. Her research examines group identification, group dominance motives, and intergroup attitudes across cultures. Professor Levin has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters, a co-authored book, The Diversity Challenge: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus (2008), a co-edited book, Stigma and Group Inequality: Social Psychological Perspectives (2006), and a co-edited special issue of the Journal of Social Issues, Understanding and Resolving National and International Group Conflict (1998). She has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social Issues and the Governing Councils of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the International Society of Political Psychology. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. She received the Early Career Research Award from the Western Psychological Association and is a Fellow of the Western Psychological Association, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She received the 2012 G. David Huntoon Senior Teaching Award at CMC.
What is Effective Corporate Governance? An Insider's View of the Boardroom Experience
Linda Fayne Levinson presently serves as a Director of Hertz, Ingram Micro, Jacobs Engineering Group, NCR, and Western Union. She is the Chair of the Compensation Committee at NCR and Ingram Micro and Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee at Jacobs Engineering. At NCR, she is also independent lead director.
Ms. Levinson is currently on the U.S. Advisory Board of CVC Capital Partners. During her career, she has been a partner at GRP Partners, a venture capital firm; a partner of Wings Partners, the private equity firm that took Northwest Airlines private; an executive at American Express where she ran the U.S. leisure travel business; and a partner at McKinsey & Co., where she was the first woman elected partner.
She is a Trustee at Barnard College, and is also on the Board of Reach Out and Read.
Ms. Levinson holds an A.B. in Russian Studies from Barnard College, an M.A. in Russian Literature from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from New York University Stern School.
During Ms. Levinson's Athenaeum talk, she will be discussing government regulation and its impact on decision-making of boards as well as shareholder activism, executive compensation, gender diversity, and facilitating innovation in corporations. Her talk is sponsored by the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance.
Al Qaeda and the Future of Terrorism
The killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011 clearly inflicted a crushing blow on al Qaeda. However, nearly two years later, it is still not clear it has been a lethal one. Similarly, while the mostly non-violent, mass protests of the 2011 "Arab Spring" were successful in overturning hated despots,—thus appearing to discredit al Qaeda's longstanding message that only violence and jihad could achieve the same ends—serious terrorist threats remain. New ones have also surfaced—and are perhaps even increasing—across the region. This presentation will assess both the current state of the al Qaeda movement and potential threat it will continue to pose in the future.
Professor Bruce Hoffman has been studying terrorism and insurgency for nearly forty years. He is professor in Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service where he is also the Director of both the Center for Security Studies and of the Security Studies Program. Professor Hoffman previously held the Corporate Chair in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency at the RAND Corporation and was also Director of RAND's Washington, D.C. Office. He was Scholar-in-Residence for Counterterrorism at the Central Intelligence Agency between 2004 and 2006; an adviser on counterterrorism to the Office of National Security Affairs, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq in 2004, and from 2004-2005 an adviser on counterinsurgency to the Strategy, Plans, and Analysis Office at Multi-National Forces-Iraq Headquarters, Baghdad. Professor Hoffman was also an adviser to the Iraq Study Group. In November 1994, the Director of Central Intelligence awarded Professor Hoffman the United States Intelligence Community Seal Medallion the highest level of commendation given to a non-government employee. He is the author of Inside Terrorism (2006). His forthcoming book, Anonymous Soldiers: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Palestine and the Rise of Israel will be published in 2014.
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SEATTLE, March 24, 2009 – The Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) Stroke Program recently received the American Stroke Association's Get with The Guidelines™–Stroke (GWTG–Stroke) Gold Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes SNI's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive a comprehensive set of evidence-based evaluations and treatments and that the program can demonstrate delivery over a period of at least 24 months.
Although this is the fourth straight year Swedish received the Gold Performance Achievement Award, it's actually the fifth straight year SNI's Stroke Program has been recognized since its 2004 award was for 'initial' achievement of one year compliance.
"With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and the GWTG–Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award addresses the important element of time," said SNI Stroke Program Director William Likosky, M.D. Swedish has developed a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to its emergency departments and inpatient settings. This includes always being equipped to provide brain imaging scans, having neurologists available to conduct patient evaluations and using clot-busting medications when appropriate.
To receive the GWTG-Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award, Swedish demonstrated 85-percent adherence in the GWTG–Stroke key measures for 24 or more consecutive months. These include aggressive use of medications like the clot-busting drug tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol-reducing drugs, and smoking cessation.
"The American Stroke Association commends Swedish for its success in implementing standards of care and protocols," said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., national Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee Member and director of the acute stroke services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "The full implementation of acute care and secondary prevention recommendations and guidelines is a critical step in saving the lives and improving outcomes of stroke patients."
"The time is right for Swedish to be focused on improving the quality of stroke care by implementing GWTG–Stroke. The number of acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for treatment is expected to grow over the next decade due to increasing stroke incidence and a large aging population," said SNI Stroke Program Manager Tammy Cress, R.N., M.S.N., F.A.H.A.
According to the American Stroke Association, each year approximately 700,000 people suffer a stroke – 500,000 are first attacks and 200,000 are recurrent. Of stroke survivors, 21 percent of men and 24 percent of women die within a year, and for those aged 65 and older, the percentage is even higher.
Earning a Get with The Guidelines™–Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award
Implementing GWTG-Stroke includes several steps. The first step is for participating hospitals to develop a Primary Stroke Center within their facility to strengthen acute stroke service delivery infrastructure.
Swedish earned the distinction of becoming the first Primary Stroke Center in Western Washington in November 2004. At that time, Swedish was one of the first 40 hospitals in the country (out of more than 5,700 hospitals nationwide) to be awarded certification for the First Hill and Cherry Hill (formerly Providence) campuses. In December 2006 and again in 2008, Swedish's Ballard and Issaquah campuses earned certification, and the First Hill and Cherry Hill campuses were awarded recertification. Currently, there are only 13 Primary Stroke Centers in Washington state.
Expected benefits of becoming a Primary Stroke Center include improved efficiency of patient care; reduced morbidity and mortality among patients; reduced costs to the health-care system; improved long-term outcomes; and increased patient satisfaction. The next step is to identify GWTG champions and build a team. Then, the medical center must assess current treatment rates by collecting data on 30 patients and determine a baseline and areas for improvement. Subsequently, the hospital must refine their processes, protocols and system. And next, implement the changes. Finally, the hospital must commit to continuing the program and their pursuit of clinical excellence.
About Swedish
Swedish is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit health provider in the Greater Seattle area. It is comprised of three hospital campuses, a freestanding emergency room and specialty center in Issaquah, Swedish Home Care Services, and the Swedish Physician Division. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, organ transplantation and clinical research. For more information, visit www.swedish.org
About the Swedish Neuroscience Institute
In 2004, Swedish expanded its neuroscience services by establishing the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. The team of leading neurosurgeons and other specialists are building a world-class institute dedicated solely to the treatment and advancement of neurological disorders for patients in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Swedish/Cherry is the hub for the Institute and now includes four state-of-the-art operating rooms featuring intra-operative MRI, CT scanning and neuro-interventional radiology capabilities; a renovated neuro intensive-care unit; and a CyberKnife® facility for radiosurgical treatment of tumors throughout the body. SNI specializes in the research for and treatment of stroke; cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations; movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and tremors; brain tumors; neuro-endocrine disorders including pituitary tumors; epilepsy; child neurological disorders; neuro-ophthalmology; headaches; multiple sclerosis and many other neurological conditions and diseases. In each category, physicians from different specialties work together to provide a multi-disciplinary approach centered on providing top-notch patient care. SNI's Stroke Program includes TeleStroke, which is a telemedicine-enabled system that allows Swedish's Stroke-Certified team to provide stroke evaluation and consultation services to remotely located emergency department (ED) physicians 24/7. The program currently provides telestroke support services to two of Swedish's more remote emergency departments (Ballard and Issaquah) as well as to Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon and Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Wash.


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Jason Miller Reports - Part 1
Werfel explains why OMB is reinvigorating the shared services approach.
Jason Miller Reports - Part 2
Werfel says OMB won't repeat its mistakes of the past.
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Werfel explains why OMB is reinvigorating the shared services approach.
Werfel says OMB won't repeat its mistakes of the past.
Agencies will have to take a test to measure just how ready they are to move their financial management system to a federal shared-service provider.
The Treasury Department's Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation (OFIT) and OMB will run the tests, which are specifically designed for large agencies, that over the past nine years have been reluctant to use these common services.
"What the test will do is we'll say, What are the business requirements you have established for your financial system?' We will compare and contrast them to the requirements of a standard, common, generic shared-service provider. And the closer your requirements are to that generic shared-service provider, the higher score you will get on the test and the more amenable OMB is going to be to propose funding and approve such a system in the President's budget," said Danny Werfel, OMB's controller, in an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio. "The further you are away, the more bells and whistles, the more integrated requirements you are seeking out that makes you very different from a shared service provider footprint, the lower your score will be on the test and the more difficulty you will have in getting support from OMB for that solution."
He said the message agencies need to understand is OMB's goal is to have them use simple, non-unique and generic systems for their basic general ledger accounting system.
Werfel said OMB is developing a governmentwide policy that should be out in the next few weeks to formalize how this new process will work. OFIT will develop and initiated the test of agency business requirements.
Multiple benefits from the test results
He said the scores will be helpful for both OMB and the agency.
"They will have insight into these deviations between their systems requirements and a generic shared service provider," Werfel said. "They and OMB will have to dig deep to understand why these deviations are taking place, are they really that necessary? It's those deviations that I believe often drive up the cost and risk of our system modernization efforts."
OMB has been trying to get financial-management systems under control since 2004 when it launched the Line of Business initiative.
Under the LOB program, OMB, the CFO Council and the predecessor to OFIT, the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) and the Federal Systems Integration Office (FSIO), created standards around financial management systems and data. The administration, under President George W. Bush, then named four federal agency shared-service providers — the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the General Services Administration, the Interior Department's Interior Business Center and the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt.
Agencies were supposed to move to one of these four centers of excellence when their current financial system reached the need for an upgrade. The shared service providers were successful in getting small and micro-agencies to move, but few, if any, large agencies made the jump, and the few that did, found it difficult. Many larger agencies ended up going with private sector providers, including the Labor Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, instead of a federal provider.
Taking a transactional approach
When the Obama administration came into office in 2009, Werfel focused on creating shared services for specific functions of the financial management system such as electronic invoicing or intergovernmental transactions.
In July 2010, OMB also halted new financial modernization programs and put 30 others through the TechStat process to fix long-standing cost, schedule and performance challenges. In the end, the Government Accountability Office (http://www.federalnewsradio.com/548/2783800/OMBs-pause-of-financial-systems-had-little-effect-on-cost-schedule) found the pause on system development had little effect on most of the programs.
Werfel said this latest attempt at shared services different for several reasons.
First, he said, in 2004 OMB wanted agencies to move their entire financial systems to a provider and integrate all systems through a common architecture, which looked good on paper, but turned out to be too difficult in reality. This approach is focused only on general ledger systems.
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RALEIGH – Jim Bob Bryant was an assistant coach at Williamston for four state championship games. At Havelock, the Rams' sixth-year mentor is enjoying his third-consecutive trip to the 3A state finals.
The pageantry and experience never gets old.
"It's still a special day, anytime you get a chance to play in a state championship," Bryant said at Monday's state championship press conference in Raleigh. "This is a special moment for our coaches, community and our kids, especially for some of our young kids who have never been here before."
Havelock is scheduled to play Concord at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. The Rams won titles in Chapel Hill in 2011 and Winston-Salem last season.
Bryant relishes in seeing the expression on the faces of his players.
"Having a chance to go two years ago in 2011, as a head coach, the experience I cherished the most was watching those kids on the field," Bryant said. "We are in it for the kids, and to see the kids' excitement on the field, and see them make good plays. The most exciting thing for me is seeing the kids' reaction to everything."
Bryant brought his entourage to Monday's event, including athletics director Mitch Williams, Principal Dr. Jeffrey Murphy, and coaches Caleb King, Kenny Frazier, Chris Crowe, Garrett Crowe and Shane Williams.
N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren addressed the coaches, administrators and media members in attendance.
"You are making history with young men and their families," Doeren said. "This is a week they will never forget. When the last second goes off on game day, you will know that you are the very best at your level at that very time.
"That is a moment in history that no one can take away from those kids."
Havelock (15-0) won the eastern 3A regional championship with a 44-20 victory over Eastern Wayne last week. Up next is a rematch with unbeaten Concord (15-0).
The Rams ran away with a 55-21 win over the Spiders a year ago in Winston-Salem.
"We are going to make our rounds to play at N.C. State, after playing at Wake Forest last year and North Carolina the year before," Bryant said. "We had a great experience the last two years, so we are hoping to have a similar experience here at N.C. State."
Havelock held a normal practice Monday. It will do the same on Tuesday before practicing at East Carolina on Wednesday.
The Rams will practice on Thursday, and then have a school sendoff on Friday, followed by a walk-through at N.C. State.
Bryant said his players are ecstatic about playing for another state title.
"You would think they wouldn't realize how special it is, but then you see them celebrate after the Eastern Finals, and see how excited they were," Bryant said. "I told them we have one more game to go, but it is still exciting to win another Eastern Finals and play for a third-straight state championship."
Not only is it a boost for the school and students, Bryant said it brings some pride to the Havelock community.
"(Running back) Derrell (Scott) said it best in a newspaper article. He said 'Havelock is a football town," Bryant said. "When I came in here and hired our staff six years ago, they had fallen on hard times in football, but they had a strong tradition.
"We've had a great influx in talent, kids who have bought into our program and a good administration that supports athletics. I feel blessed to be able to coach there."
Havelock will begin selling advance state championship tickets at 11 a.m. Tuesday and will continue during normal school hours Wednesday and Thursday and again from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at the school. They are $9 each. Tickets at the gate are $10.
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Jul. 24, 2014
Domestic diva Martha Stewart hosts party at her East Hampton, NY, home to celebrate Champagne maker Dom Perignon's 1998 vintage, called P2. MORE
Jan. 9, 2014
Lifestyle media magnate Martha Stewart outlines her skin care, fitness and diet routine, which she says keeps her healthy and helps her prepare for television appearances. MORE
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Macy's and Martha Stewart announce settlement to breach-of-contract case, saying partnership will continue on undisclosed terms; settlement ends long legal battle that also involved J C Penney. MORE
Oct. 22, 2013
JC Penney, after court suit from Macy's claimed an exclusive contract with Martha Stewart, scales back its Stewart line as a court deadline appears near; it will not sell kitchen, bed and bath products designed by Stewart that were sold under label 'JCPEveryday,' but will continue to market other Stewart merchandise under label 'MarthaHome.' MORE
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Judge Jeffrey K Oing rules that J C Penney can temporarily sell housewares designed by Martha Stewart until suit brought by Macy's is fully resolved; J C Penney's stood to sustain losses of up to $100 million in merchandise had it lost ruling. MORE
Mar. 31, 2013
Reruns of "Martha Bakes" will follow new episodes of "Martha Stewart's Cooking School." MORE
Mar. 11, 2013
David Carr The Media Equation column investigates contract dispute between Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, J C Penney and Macy's; notes that despite financial hardship at her company, Stewart's well-established brand remains heavily in demand by retailers. MORE
Mar. 8, 2013
Jeffrey K Oing, judge overseeing lawsuit brought by Macy's against J C Penny and Martha Stuart Living Omnimedia, will send parties into meditation following three weeks of testimony. MORE
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Martha Stewart testifies in lawsuit over which retailers have the right to sell her branded products; Macy's says she violated exclusive contract by agreeing to sell her products through rival J C Penney. MORE
Dec. 31, 2012
David Carr The Media Equation column contends given the number of changes in the media industry, 2013 is particularly important for group of leaders who confront steep challenges ahead; discusses to-do's for Time Inc chief executive officer Laura Lang, CNN president Jeffrey Zucker, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia founder Martha Stewart, News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson, New York Times chief executive Mark Thompson and Warner Brothers Pictures Group president Jeffrey Robinov. MORE
Nov. 25, 2012
Martha Stewart has emerged as something of patron saint for entrepreneurial hipsters, 20- and 30-somethings who have begun their own small businesses around crafts and foods; many of these newer fans are skipping her company's print offerings entirely, and visiting its Web site, which has experienced large jump in traffic each month from demographic of 18- to 34-year-olds. MORE
Nov. 10, 2012
James B Stewart Common Sense column says that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is struggling, and the lavish compensation for its founder, Martha Stewart, and her sway over the board may be part of the company's problem. MORE
Oct. 26, 2011
Martha Stewart's latest book Martha's Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations comes 30 years after her first cookbook. MORE
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Although it was a low scoring game, Saturday night's regional contest between rivals Oak Hill Academy and Starkville Academy had all the makings of a Greek drama with bragging rights on the line.
In the end, it came down to clutch free throws and it was Oak Hill (15-10) who pulled off the nail biter, edging the Volunteers 36-35. The loss extended Starkville's losing streak to seven games.
Trailing by one, Starkville's Carnail Minor tied the game at 35 making the first of two free throws. After missing the second, Oak Hill's AJ Jones went coast-to-coast down the other end and drew a foul on his way to the basket. He missed the first and made the second to give the Raiders the lead with 1.19 seconds on the clock. On the ensuing in-bounds play, Minor's last ditch effort from half court was spoiled by the Raiders. The Volunteers were looking for a foul after it looked like contact was made. It never came.
Starkville Academy head coach Mark Alexander was happy with the effort his team had given in the ball game.
"My kid's rallied, they played great," he said. "Oak Hill is a quality, well coached team. We left it all out on the floor. We did everything we should have. We deserved to win that basketball game. I know the score board says 36-35, but in mind, we won that game."
Jones, who finished 2-of-5 from the line, had a chance to give the Raiders the lead with 21 seconds to play. But he came through when he needed to, leading the Raiders with 13-points in the ball game.
Raiders head Coach Brian Middleton knew his team didn't play as swell as they could have, but like several times this season, they found a way to win.
"That's something we had in that seven game winning streak and that's what we didn't have in that four game losing streak," he said. "But we found a way to do it. We didn't shoot well but we played hard and i'm excited that we won."
Starkville rallied to an 18-point win in the previous meeting back in November, but found themselves in a five point hole to start the contest. SA quickly respond with a 7-0 run of their own as the game was tied at 7-7 after the opening quarter.
The second quarter was just as tense. Oak Hill grabbed a four point lead only to allow the Volunteers to tie it back up. Austin Kinard gave the visitors a two-point advantage with less than a minute left to play before the half, but on the Raiders last possession, Jones drove it down the lane, and tied it at 15-15 before the break.
The Raiders grabbed their first big lead of the ball game early in the third quarter with a 6-2 run to make it 21-17 with 5:45 to play. The Volunteers were held to just six points in that period as Oak Hill grabbed a 26-21 advantage with still a quarter left to play.
The lead didn't last long, as the Volunteers rallied back and tied the game at 28-28 before Zachary Gerhart pushed them in front 32-29 with 3:25 to go.
Kinard led Starkville on the night with 12-points while Minor finished with nine. Reid Posey chipped in with six for the Raiders as they won three in a row.
Girls: SA 55-Oak Hill 46
Starkville Academy scored nine points in the first three and half minutes, all from downtown. They finished with six long range baskets in the first half as they held on for a nine point win over the Lady Raiders in the first game of a varsity double-header.
Oak Hill's Anna Ready sank a pair of free-throws to trim the defect to four, after that the Lady Vols (24-3) scored five unanswered points to take a 18-9 lead after the first quarter.
SA stretched the lead nine before Ready drained back-to-back three-pointers to keep the Lady Raiders within distance, but the Lady Vols answered with a pair of threes of their own by Lauren Atwell which gave the visitors a 30-23 cushion at the half.
"We played very good defense," Lady Vols head coach Glenn Schmidt said. "They could score, but in spite of that I thought we played good defense. Their guards were their best scorers, but we were able to contain it and not let it get out of hand."
SA started the second half on a 6-0 run and stretched the margin to 11 after the third quarter. Oak Hill, who were trailing by 14-points at one time in the fourth, were able to mount a comeback with six points late in the game, but it wasn't enough to pick up their third consecutive win after falling to Leake Academy one week ago.
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It's insider, but if you got it, it's a pretty good read.
Only gave 4 teams A's: Us and Lakers (A+), Celtics (A), and Nuggets (A-)
Also, found this to be a pretty bold and exciting closing statement:
Link: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...des-every-teamPair this group with Monty Williams, one of the more underrated coaches in the league, and the future in New Orleans has never been brighter. The Hornets may not be a playoff team this season, but they are firmly on the same trajectory the Thunder were a couple of years ago.
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Us and Lakers got A+'s... thought that was clear. Whoops.
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What I'm so excited about is that the 2 guys we drafted were supposed to be 2 of the hardest workers in the draft. Rivers and Davis are both know for their tremendous work ethic, and both have the drive to be great. Combine that with Monty's affinity towards developing young players, and we have a recipe for success.
Davis with Monty couldn't be any more of a perfect pairing - defense meets defense. And Rivers respects Monty more than just about anyone in the league and basically grew up with Monty at his house, so there is a unique bond there that I think will really allow Rivers to grow into the player we all hope he can be.
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And of course we were gonna get an A+. With the draftees, resigning EG, acquiring Ryan Anderson, and dumping a HUGE chunk of salary by trading Emek and Ariza, we accomplished everything we set out to do this offseason.
The trade of Meka and Ariza for nothing is worth a A+ neverminding how we swung Anderson, lucked into AD, took Rivers, AND retained EG at a lesser amount than he really wanted.
Oh yeah. That's an A+ offseason.
Now for an A+ regular season! Onward!
Extend Monty's contract and Chuck Norris himself would give us an A+++
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