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September 7, 05
Vol. 21 , No. 01
Dinner for the Class of 2009
Cloning, Cloning
The first Athenaeum dinner/lecture of each year is reserved exclusively for members of the freshman class. Traditionally, a member of the Claremont McKenna College faculty is invited to deliver this introductory lecture. First-year students this fall will have the good fortune to meet Dr. David Sadava, Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology at CMC and Pitzer College, and an admired and prolific member of the joint science faculty. In his Athenaeum lecture, Professor Sadava will describe some of the science behind cloning, and its potential.
Long a subject for speculation and science fiction, cloning animals became science fact a few years ago, when Dolly the sheep was born. Shortly after announcing her birth, Ian Wilmut, who led the team of scientists who devised the procedure, spoke at the Athenaeum. It's time for an update. Since then, clones have been made of many animals, including mice, rabbits, cats, cows, dogs, horses and goats. It's far from easy, but it's possible. And the prospect of cloning people is not far off, unless it has already happened. Why do it? Is cloning animals and people just a scientific stunt or are there actual uses for it? Looming on the horizon is therapeutic cloning, which combines it with stem cell technology, and opens up the prospect of curing damaged hearts and even brains with a patient's own tissues. While other societies have embraced these technologies, many Americans - politicians, religious leaders, and ordinary citizens - are uneasy, especially when it comes to involving humans.
Born in Canada, Sadava received his undergraduate education at Carleton University in Ottawa, and his Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of California, San Diego. Following postdoctoral work at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, he joined the joint science faculty in 1972. His current research is on cancer chemotherapy on human small-cell lung cancer. The author of over 50 peer-reviewed research articles, he is a co-author of Life: The Science of Biology (1997), a leading text used at many of America's major universities.
Everyone at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum looks forward to welcoming members of the class of 2009 on this special occasion. Freshmen are automatically signed up for the dinner. If you are unable to attend please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call ext. 18244 to cancel.
Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Professor of Literature Installation Lecture
Tree of Life or Burning Bush: Science and Myth in the Age of Politics
Debate about whether and how to teach evolution continues to flare in the United States, with a great deal of concern from many about the stakes for our humanity and freedom of intellectual exchange. Who has or should have authority in this debate?
Since coming to CMC in 1988. Robert Faggen has been interested in the interaction between science and faith in the modern world, particularly its expression in literature. He has taught seminars on that topic, including one with Podlich Distinguished Fellow, philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, as well as courses on "Literature in the Age of Darwin," and "The Bible." The author of Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (Michigan 1997, 2001), his research in modern literature focuses on those writers — from Robert Frost to Czeslaw Milosz and Ken Kesey — for whom literature has been a way to assert independence of mind and to demand justice in light of the political, religious, and scientific pressures of their times.
Faggen is the first holder of the Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Chair in Literature, a gift to CMC given in the spirit of academic freedom and social justice. Faggen is the editor of The Writings of Robert Frost, and the first volume, The Notebooks of Robert Frost, is forthcoming from Harvard University Press. His edition of Herman Melville's poetry will be published by Penguin Classics this spring, and he is also working on a biography of novelist and renegade Ken Kesey for Farrar, Straus & Giroux. A graduate of Princeton University, Faggen earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He has been a Graves Fellow and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow.
Faggen is also a founder of the Czeslaw Milosz Archive and Institute.
Gender, Generation, Sex, and the Law in the Early Ottoman Empire
LUNCH 11:45 a.m., LECTURE 12:15 p.m.
Leslie Peirce is Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (Oxford University Press, 1993) and Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab (University of California Press, 2003). Both books won the Turkish Studies Association's Koprulu Prize for best book and Morality Tales won the Middle East Studies Association Albert Hourani Prize for best book in 2004.
Morality Tales is about the Anatolian city of Aintab, where Peirce was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1960s. In Morality Tales, Peirce relies on sixteenth century court registers to delve into one year in the life of an Ottoman community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and social problems.
Professor Peirce is speaking at the Athenaeum as part of the series Islam: Past and Present, arranged in collaboration with professor of history Arash Khazeni whose course "Gun Powder Empires" is being taught this fall semester.
Families Like Mine: An Adult Daughter of Gay Parents Speaks Out
Based on eight years of advocacy and research, Abigail Garner debunks the anti-gay myth that children of gay parents grow up damaged and confused in her new book Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is (2004). At the same time, Garner's book refutes the popular pro-gay sentiment that these children turn out "just like everyone else." Using a rich blend journalism and memoir, Garner offers empathetic yet unapologetic opinions about the gifts and challenges of being raised in families that are often labeled "controversial."
Abigail Garner is writer, speaker and advocate for the estimated ten million children growing up with parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). She speaks from her own experience of having a gay dad who came out to her when she was five years old. Bringing voice to a population of children that is often overlooked, she has been featured on CNN, ABC World News Tonight and National Public Radio.
Garner was raised in Minneapolis in two households by three parents: her mother, her father, and her father's partner of 23 years. She returned to her hometown after earning a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Wellesley College. In 1992 she received the Twin Cities International Citizen Award for her commitment to non-violence at the height of the nuclear arms race. She was also awarded the Rees Peace Award in 1990 by the National Council of Jewish Women.
Ms. Garner's presentation is co-sponsored by the Dean of Students at CMC and the Athenaeum.
Should Bloggers Be Regulated?
LUNCH 11:45 a.m., LECTURE 12:15 p.m.
Should the Internet continue to be exempt from the rules governing political activity? Can the government effectively regulate Internet politicking, even if it tries? Should bloggers be regulated?
Commissioner David Mason will tell the unusual story of a regulatory agency - the Federal Election Commission - that decided NOT to regulate, and describe the challenge he and his agency face now that a Federal Court has ordered it to write rules regulating political activity on the Internet. Political activity on the Internet has been a remarkable success. Activists of all stripes see the Internet as a revolutionary citizen tool, but others see Internet activism as a threat.
David Mason was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President William Clinton in 1998, and currently serves as a member of the Commission's Litigation Committee. Prior to his appointment to the Commission, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, guiding base closing legislation to a successful conclusion.
Commissioner Mason is active in political and community affairs and the home education movement in northern Virginia where he resides with his wife and their ten children.
Frank Potenza Quartet: An Evening of Jazz
FRANK POTENZA, guitar
LLEW MATTHEWS, piano
LUTHER HUGHES, bass
PAUL KREIBICH, drums
Azica recording artist Frank Potenza is a protege of the legendary jazz guitarist Joe Pass. A graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music, Potenza is an active educator, composer, arranger, and performer with six solo albums to his credit. In addition to his extensive freelance recording career, he has performed in concert with such jazz luminaries Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, George Van Eps, Mundell Lowe, Bud Shank, Mose Allison, and James Moody, to name a few. Potenza moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and is an associate professor of studio/jazz guitar at the USC Thornton School of Music.
Llew Matthews has played and recorded with Kenny Burrell, Ernie Andrews, Lena Horne, Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson, Buddy Collette, and others. In 1987 Llew became musical director, conductor & pianist for song-stylist Nancy Wilson, and served as a cohesive force on her recent musical variety television show, "Red, Hot & Kool."
Luther Hughes has performed with Quincy Jones, Joe Henderson, Carmen MacRae, Buddy DeFranco, Kenny Burrell, Mundell Lowe, Lionel Hampton, Roncho Sanchez, Pat Metheny, and others.
Paul Kreibich has performed with Mose Allison, The Woody Herman Band, Scott Hamilton, Joe Pass, Lee Konitz, Conte Candoli, Kenny Burrell, Ray Charles, and many others. Frank, Luther, and Paul were all members of the Gene Harris quartet until Harris' untimely passing in January 2000.
This evening's performance will be in the mainstream jazz style and will include selections from Frank's recent Azica releases First Takes (2005) and The Legacy (2003). It will consist of standard songs from the Great American Songbook, some original material, and some jazz classics. Jazz nights at the Athenaeum are supported with generous funding from the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.
Human Capital and the Growth of the Roman Economy
The ancient Roman empire was unquestionably one of history's greatest powers, but to what extent was its strength and durability due to economic factors, rather than simple military might? As with modern imperial governments, Roman territorial expansion was partially motivated by material interests — a desire to possess or control a wide range of resources. Yet, unlike modern empires, the Roman economy was pre-capitalist and based largely on slave labor. Thus we might ask: did the maintenance of the Roman empire's supremacy in any way rest on enhanced economic growth and improvements to the living standards of its subjects?
Richard P. Saller, the Edward L. Reyerson Distinguished Service Professor of History and Classics and now Provost of the University of Chicago, presents a new approach to this central question. Eschewing traditional explanations that focus upon trade and technology, Saller looks to studies by contemporary economists, who highlight "human capital"- that is education, health and nutrition - as the basic engine of growth.
Professor Saller is an eminent and highly prolific scholar of Roman social and economic history. He holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and has been teaching at the University of Chicago since 1984. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, Saller is the author of two monographs, Personal Patronage under the Early Empire (Cambridge University Press, 1982) and Patriarchy, Property, and Death in the Roman Family (Cambridge University Press, 1994) and four co-authored and co-edited books.
Professor Saller's lecture at the Athenaeum inaugurates a year long series at the Claremont Colleges entitled The Possibilities of the Past: Encounters between Antiquity and the Modern Age.
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia, comes to the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum as part of the speaker series sponsored by the Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Paulos has written on a variety of subjects, ranging from the philosophy of science to humor. In his lecture at the Athenaeum, Dr. Paulos' remarks will focus primarily on arguments from his recent book A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market (2003).
In addition to A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, Paulos is the author of several other books, including Mathematics and Humor (1980), Once Upon a Number (1998), and Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (1989), which spent eighteen weeks on The New York Times Bestsellers list. He has written numerous journal articles, and his Op-Ed pieces have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. In 2003, he received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology.
Professor Paulos has been at Temple since 1973, and earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin the following year. He is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the American Statistical Association, and the Association of Symbolic Logic. Paulos currently serves on the editorial hoards of the Journal of Humor Research and the Philadelphia Daily News.
The Illusion of 'the West': Some Historical Reflections on U.S.-European Relations
Tony Judt appears as this year's Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer. Established in honor of the founding director of the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Huntanistic Studies, the Quinones Lectureship brings to the Athenaeum some of the world's preeminent intellectuals, writers, and public figures.
Professor Judt was educated at King's College, Cambridge and the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, and has taught at Cambridge, Oxford, Berkeley and New York University, where he is currently the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies and Director of the Remarque Institute, which he founded in 1995. The author or editor of twelve books, he is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, The New York Times, and many other journals in Europe and the US. His new book, Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 will be published by Penguin this year.
An Evening with the Poet
Robert Hass is a poet of great eloquence, clarity, and force, whose work is rooted in the landscapes of his native Northern California. He also changed what it means to be Poet Laureate of the United States (1995-1997). Hass made the Office of Poetry and Literature a position from which to launch action. Battling American illiteracy, he crisscrossed the country speaking at Rotary Club meetings and other community gatherings, raising money to organize conferences such as "Watershed," which brought together noted novelists, poets, and storytellers to talk about writing, nature, and community. For Hass, everything is connected. His deep commitment to environmental issues led him to found River of Words (ROW), an organization that promotes environmental and arts education in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
Robert Hass has published many books of poetry including Field Guide (1973), Praise (1980), Human Wishes (1990) and Sun under Wood (1996), as well as a book of essays on poetry, Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry (1984). Hass translated many of the works of Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz, and was guest editor of the 2001 edition of Best American Poetry.
Awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, twice the National Book Critics' Circle Award (in 1984 and 1997), and the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1973, Robert Hass is a professor of English at U.C. Berkeley.
The Political Economy of Terrorism
Why does there seem to be so much terrorism since 9-11? Are terrorists targeting the West because of economics, religion, or politics? What is the role of public policy in deterring terrorism? What might we expect in the future from terrorists? These questions and more will be addressed in Professor S. Brock Blomberg's Athenaeum talk. He will discuss the economic effects and underpinnings of terrorism - how terrorist acts affect economies, how society can protect itself from such attacks, and how economics may or may not motivate terrorist groups. These issues will be discussed from a historical perspective with careful attention to how they should be viewed in light of events since Sept. 11, 2001 and July 7, 2005.
Brock Blomberg has been an associate professor at CMC since July 2003 with appointments in the economics department and the politics, philosophy and economics program. He has written extensively on the economics of terrorism in journals, books, and newspapers. He has held appointments on the President's Council of Economic Advisors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Harvard University, Wellesley College, and the University of Southern California.
Professor Blomberg's presentation is part of the Faculty Ideas in Progress series sponsored by the Athenaeum through the academic year.
A native of Oakland. CA, Morgan is a senior government major at CMC. On campus, Morgan has been involved with Upward Bound tutoring, the Keck Institute for International and Strategic Studies, and the Pomona College Orchestra. Last year she spent a semester studying in Beijing and since then has been an enthusiastic resident of Southern California. Morgan is particularly interested in developing an Athenaeum series focusing on Law and Economics.
Joshua Schneider, a history and government major at CMC, spent most of his youth in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. During his sophomore year he hopes to continue to achieve success academically as well as fulfilling his responsibilities as student fellow at the Athenaeum and the Rose Institute for State and Local Government. Josh's plans for the Athenaeum tend to focus on public policy, journalism, and government.
The Athenaeum has a reputation for bringing distinguished speakers and artists to campus. You will not be disappointed this year.
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A red-hot final quarter by Fenerbahce ended the possibility of a potential shock home loss to pesky UE Sopron as the Turkish giants came from behind to record a 77-71 win in EuroLeague Women Group B.
The visitors looked destined to cause a real upset for three quarters of the contest having produced an excellent first-half display.
A 12-2 run midway through the second quarter helped the visitors secure a healthy double-digit lead which was out to 42-29 by the time they left the court at the midway point of the contest.
No doubt bracing themselves for a Fenerbahce backlash when they returned to the court, Sopron stayed strong and still led 56-49 heading into the final period.
But, Fener finally managed to move through the gears and once they got onto a roll, the visitors began to feel the pressure as the pendulum swung vigorously in the favour of the hosts.
They put together a 13-4 run midway through the final period and when Agnieszka Bibrzycka sunk a three-ball to complete the comeback and put the home team 67-65 ahead, there only looked like being one winner - and so it proved.
Sopron lost the momentum at the wrong time and couldn't hold on or re-establish themselves as Fenerbahce bounced backto winning ways after their nail-biting loss at Nadezhda.
Bibrzycka had three triples on her way to 13 points whilst Ivana Matovic did the business under the hoop with 17 points and eight rebounds.
Sara Krnjic had an excellent 11 points and seven rebounds for Sopron.
Fenerbahce head coach Roberto Iniguez:"I am happy to win the game but we did not play good. Unfortunately we did not respect the other team. This is a big mistake from us. There are lots of lessons to get from for the future. Congratulations to all of my players."
Fenerbahce player Kristen Newlin:"We won, but did not play well. I want to congratulate my teammates."
Sopron head coach Norbert Szekely:"It was a very hard game. We played so good until the fourth period. We know Fenerbahce is a very good team, and has a great roster. We are upset about the loss."
Sopron player Szandra Pal:"I am upset we lost. Now in the next game we will not do the same mistakes; we will do our best."
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- Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
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enzyme that breaks down a group of fats called very long-chain fatty acids. Signs and symptoms may occur during infancy, childhood or adulthood depending on the form of the condition present, and may include low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), lack of energy, and muscle weakness. Affected children are also at risk of serious complications such as liver abnormalities and life-threatening heart problems. Symptoms that begin in adolescence or adulthood tend to be milder and usually do not involve heart problems. Mutations in the ACADVL gene cause VLCAD deficiency, and this disorder is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.[1]VLCAD deficiency is a condition that prevents the body from converting certain fats to energy, particularly during periods without food (fasting). People with this condition have inadequate levels of an
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The third and final installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman film series, The Dark Knight Rises is the sequel to 2008's The Dark Knight. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne (Batman) while Gary Oldman, Sir Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman all return to play their respective characters as a terrorist leader called Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing its hero to breaking point and beyond. Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman.
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Recovery Board opens next frontier in financial accountability
Wednesday - 4/10/2013, 2:25pm EDT
A funny thing happened when Congress approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009.
While politicians debated whether in was wise to invest more than $804 billion in an effort to stimulate the economy, lawmakers added a provision to the bill giving the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, an independent, non-partisan, non-political agency, oversight of the funds.
The "RAT Board" had two goals. One was to provide transparency over the Recovery money, and the other was to root out fraud, waste and mismanagement in the spending of those funds.
Four years later, debate may continue about the success or failure of the Recovery Act. But many consider the RAT Board to be a pioneer in government accountability and transparency.
Federal News Radio's week-long, on-air and online series, "Rise of the Money People: Financial management moves front and center as agencies make the final assault on wasted billions ," focuses on the methods and tools agencies employ in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in government spending.
Leveraging technology to facilitate accountability
From its conception, the RAT Board was a model of how the government could leverage new technology to track data and promote transparency in the way its spends money.
Earl Devaney, former RAT Board chairman
"Quite frankly, I was very skeptical when I first took the job about how we would, not only protect [approximately $804 billion], but the notion that we could make that transparent to the American public was also a major challenge," said Earl Devaney, former chairman of the RAT Board.
For Devaney, who served 10 years as inspector general at the Interior Department, the Recovery Act signaled a major change in attitude for the IGs who made up the RAT Board. Rather than meerly detecting fraud and waste after the fact, they were using software previously employed by the intelligence and law enforcement community to track government spending and prevent fraud and waste from occuring.
"We applied those tools to government spending with the notion that if they worked in those other fields, they would work in government spending and sure enough they did," he said. "We were in a position to be able to tell procurement officers, for instance, that you've got four chunks of money going out. You've already sent one chunk to the wrong place. Don't send the other three to the wrong place. That differed significantly from the old way of doing business where IGs and other enforcement types typically came along a couple of years later and realized that all the money had gone to the wrong place."
The Recovery Act Operation Center used advanced analytics to "look at open source data that hadn't been available previously with with emergence of the Internet and things like that," said Michael Wood, Recovery Board executive director. "And the ability to go through large volumes of data and ferret out either trends or potential problem areas. We worked pretty carefully with the IGs and agencies to try and identify programs that might be high risk and then use some advanced software. We were using Palantir. There were a few others that we use now to look at both the structured and unstructured data to see if we could identify issues and problems."
Transparency is a 'force multiplier for accountability'
The RAT Board's greater legacy, though, might be in the area of transparency.
"It brought an unprecedented level of transparency to government spending," Devaney said. "I don't think the American public had ever had the opportunity to see how the government actually spent their money except in sort of an abstract way."
The transparency largely came out of the website the RAT Board created that provided citizens with a way to keep track of Recovery money.
"Recovery.gov had a particular feature that the public loved, which was being able to put your ZIP code into the site and drill down into your own neighborhood and see where the money was being spent around you," Devaney said. "From the public's perspective, it was an opportunity for people to see who was actually spending the money in our neighborhoods."
The RAT Board also oversees FederalTransparency.gov, which provides data reported by federal award recipients, and EducationJobsFund.gov, which tracks grant awards presented through the Education Jobs Fund.
The RAT Board's successful combination of accountability and transparency helped it protect the $804 billion in Recovery funds better than many people had expected or hoped.
Kathleen Tighe, chairwoman, RAT Board
"That kind of money attacts all kinds of thieves and people who would like to plunder that money," Devaney said. "So, when we first started the endeavor, I had imagined that it would be a far greater fraud and waste than we actually found. It turned out ... to be less than half a percent, when most pundits predicted it would be 5 or 6 percent of the money. I think a combination of the technology we used and the fact that this money was so transparent provided an opportunity for enforcement types like myself to see fraud prevented."
As important as the technology was to preventing fraud, waste and abuse, Devaney called transparency a "force multiplier for accountability."
"I'll go to my grave believing that the transparency of this money prevented the thieves from coming around and trying to get it," he said. "There's so much sunlight on this money that sort of like a burglar going into a neighborhood and seeing a house a lit up with a barbed wired fence and a sign that said 'Maneating dog inside.' They're going to go down the street and rob the house that's dark."
White House, Congress recognize a good thing
People in the White House and on Capitol Hill began to take notice of the RAT Board's ability to cut down on fraud and wast.
"Since we started this thing two years ago, we have more than 75,000 projects, more than 260,000 awards and that's a lot of transactions," said Vice President Joe Biden, who would oversee the implementation of a new initiative. "So we asked the Recovery Board to tell us how many dollars are involved in cases where there have been convictions. It was less than $3 million, not billion, $3 million out of $480 billion in contracts grants, loans and entitlements that were obligated. No matter which way you cut it, the fraud so far has been remarkably low, less than a fraction of a percent."
Inspired by the success of the RAT Board, President Obama created the Government accountability and Transparency Board in a June 2011 executive order as part of the administration's Campaign to Cut Waste initiatives. The board was designed to increase transparency surrounding federal spending, modeled on a similar effort to track spending disbursed by the 2009 Recovery Act.
According to the executive order, the GAT Board was charged with providing "strategic direction for enhancing the transparency of Federal spending and advance efforts to detect and remediate fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal programs." The 11 members, who were chosen by the president from agency inspectors general, CFOs and deputy secretaries plus a senior official from the Office of Management and Budget, were tasked with identifying ways to reduce spending by applying the lessons learned from the RAT Board.
"The Government accountability and Transparency Board was put together to work with the Recovery Board and OMB and the other agencies to say what went right, what went wrong with Recovery Act reporting, because we knew that we were transformational in Recovery Act reporting," said Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget and GAT Board member. "We knew that Recovery.gov was innovative and different. We knew that, for the first time, we were tracking information in quicker timeframes on a comprehensive basis and making information available on the Web on federal programs that had not been made available before. So, something new happened during the Recovery Act. There were many successes."
The president appointed Devaney the GAT Board's interim director until July 2011, when Richard Ginman, director of Defense Department procurement policy, was appointed to succeed him.The remaining members of the board are:
- David Williams - Vice Chair, and Inspector General, U.S. Postal Service
- Nani Coloretti, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury
- Gregory Friedman, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Energy
- Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Allison Lerner, Inspector General, National Science Foundation
- Daniel Levinson, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Ellen Murray, Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Calvin Scovel III, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Kathleen Tighe, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education
- Danny Werfel, Controller, Office of Management and Budget.
At the time of the GAT Board's formation, Devaney touted the three pillars of the new board's mission: clean data, transparency and accountability, all of which can be tracked back to the work of the RAT Board.
Danny Werfel, controller, Office of Management and Budget
Devaney said the platform the Recovery Board built was one that the rest of the government could use. The formation of the GAT Board showed a willingness by the executive branch to spread that type of oversight elsewhere.
A similar cultural shift has taken place on Capitol Hill.
"There are parts of Congress that watched the Recovery very closely and were very interested in what we were doing and what kind of technology we were using, and they saw the results," Devaney said.
Last year, the House passed The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2012 (DATA Act), which established requirements for transparency and accountability in federal spending, as well as set up data standardization. It also included a provision to establish the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission to conduct investigations and reviews of federal spending to avoid duplication.
The Recovery Board, which was due to wrap up its duties on Sept. 30, was given a new lease on life in February when it was assigned oversight of the $60.2 billion in Hurricane Sandy assistance funding.
"Congress clearly wants to ensure that aid funds are not misspent or diverted improperly," Recovery Chairwoman Tighe said in a release. "The money is designed to help rebuild the lives of the victims of superstorm Sandy, which invaded the East Coast and left a path of devastation in late October. New Jersey and the New York City area were especially hard hit."
Hurdles remain for wider implementation of RAT Board lessons
Despite these bright spots, barriers to greater accountability and transparency still remain.
"One is that the government doesn't have any single alpha-numeric numbering system for contracts and grants," Devaney said. "In Recovery, there were 29 government agencies that had Recovery money with 29 different numbering systems, some of which went back to George Washington. So, every department really liked their numbering system because it made sense to them, but it doesn't make sense when you're trying to use technology to roll all those things into one system."
Werfel echoed Devaney's assessment.
"The fact that information in federal accounting, budget or financial management program, etc., lacked standardization, that's where most of the challenges came in terms of ensuring the information was reliable, ensuring that the information could be digestable by the public, could be linked up to answer key questions that the public had, it all came back to that foundation," he said. "What we're doing right now in this environment is figuring out exactly what the right roadmap is to provide more standardization."
Another hurdle to overcome is resistence from agencies to alter the way they do their jobs.
"They like the way they do business and would prefer not to, perhaps, change," Devaney said. "And change was what this was all about and it would require certain agencies to change not only their numbering systems but perhaps some ofheir IT configurations. So, the agencies don't like to be told what to do. OMB rarely likes to direct them to do something, so we've got some malaise in the executive branch, but I think Congress in particular saw what we did and thinks it's a good idea and I wouldn't be surprised if they embedded it in future bills."
Despite these hurdles, Tighe believes the lessons learned from RAT Board's efforts will bring greater transparency and accountability in government spending. As that happens, financial managers will have access to tools that will help them combat waste, fraud and abuse.
"I think it really started a whole new era," Tighe said. "I don't think anybody can turn the clock back now. I think everbody's looking for ways to make spending display more accurate and let's look at USASpending and see if we can enhance it. So, I think we've started the beginnings of a dialogue that will work to make the public more tuned in to federal spending."
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Marcus Simmons isn't one to give up without a fight.
Four years removed from high school, the New Bern native isn't quite ready to give up his dreams of playing Division I college football.
So when East Carolina's official practices begin in August, the former Bears' running back will be battling for a spot on the roster as a walk-on.
Simmons said it's not easy being a walk-on for a Division I football program.
But he is up for the challenge.
"It's probably the toughest thing I've done in my life," Simmons said. "You definitely have to be motivated to be a walk-on. You don't get the same type of respect as somebody that is a scholarship player.
"You have to prove yourself to the coaches and hope that the coaches recognize you and what you do."
Simmons didn't receive an offer to be a preferred walk-on. Instead, the senior has to tryout as a walk-on.
In April's Purple and Golf Spring Game, Simmons had three carries for two yards.
"First, a walk-on has to go through position drills and run the 40 (yard dash)," Simmons said. "If you make the cut for that, then you get invited to practice.
"When you are invited to practice, then you have do more good things to catch the coach's eye."
Simmons, a member of New Bern's 2007 4AA state championship team, is listed on the spring roster at 5-foot-9, 205 pounds.
Over the summer, he's been working to improve his speed and add some bulk to his frame.
"I've been working my butt off and the coaches recognizing what I am doing," Simmons said. "It's definitely harder for a walk-on.
"I can bring hard work and be someone who wants to win. I love the game so much, so each and every day, I am going to give it all I got."
If given the opportunity, Simmons believes he can contribute to the Pirates – either on Saturdays or on the practice field.
During spring practices, he started off on the scout team before eventually taking some reps with the first, second and third team offenses.
"This is my senior year, so I am expecting to go in and make an impact on the team in any way that I can," he said. "I really want to play this year, so I am going to give it everything I've got."
Simmons could have joined ECU as a preferred walk-on out of high school, but opted to go to college at N.C. Central.
He transferred to ECU for school, and then decided to give football another chance.
"I am just going to try and make plays in practice and show the coaches that I have what it takes."
Simmons is the brother of former New Bern and ECU player Chris Mattocks.
By watching his brother play for the Pirates, it provided Simmons with the aspirations to put on that purple and gold uniform.
"I used to go to (Chris') games and watch him play," Simmons said. "That helped me become a fan of East Carolina. I've always wanted to play there since I saw him play."
While Simmons is going through the walk-on process, Mattocks has provided some brotherly advice.
"He told that being a walk-on is going to be hard," Simmons said. "He told me to make sure that each and every day I go out and work hard and let the coaches know that I deserve a spot on the team."
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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To help evaluate insulin production by the beta cells in the pancreas or to help determine the cause of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia)
When to Get Tested?
When you have diabetes and your health practitioner wants to determine if you are producing enough of your own insulin or if it is time to supplement oral medication with insulin injections or an insulin pump; when your health practitioner suspects that you have insulin resistance; when you have documented hypoglycemia
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm and sometimes a 24-hour urine sample
Test Preparation Needed?
Fasting for 8 to 10 hours before blood testing is usually required.
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
C-peptide is a substance, a short chain of amino acids, that is released into the blood as a byproduct of the formation of insulin by the pancreas. This test measures the amount of C-peptide in a blood or urine sample.
In the pancreas, within specialized cells called beta cells, proinsulin, a biologically inactive molecule, splits apart to form one molecule of C-peptide and one molecule of insulin. Insulin is vital for the transport of glucose into the body's cells and is required on a daily basis. When insulin is required and released from the beta cells into the blood in response to increased levels of glucose, equal amounts of C-peptide are also released. Since C-peptide is produced at the same rate as insulin, it is useful as a marker of insulin production.
In particular, C-peptide testing can be used to help evaluate the production of insulin made by the body (endogenous) and to help differentiate it from insulin that is not produced by the body but is taken in as diabetic medication (exogenous) and so does not generate C-peptide. This test may be done in conjunction with an insulin test.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm. If a 24-hour urine sample is required, all urine produced over a 24-hour time period will be collected.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
Fasting for 8 to 10 hours before blood testing is usually required.
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Common Questions
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My 20-year-old daughter, Arielle, who was spending a semester in Australia and taking a side trip, sent me the link to her itinerary for New Zealand.
"Extreme Adventures" appeared at the top of the page, followed by a list of activities on the tour. I held my breath as I read the descriptions, to the effect of: "Travel through river canyons at 100 kilometers per hour in a jet boat!" "Bring your courage along as we bungee jump over Queenstown!" "Fall out of a plane from 14,000 feet over magnificent scenery."
I stopped there. "Are you crazy?" I e-mailed back. "I hope these activities cost extra, and you can't afford them."
"Everything is included except for skydiving," she replied, inserting a smiley emoticon.
Not only did I think she was nuts for considering jumping off a mountaintop attached to a rubber band or parachuting from a plane, but also for sharing this information with me. Having grown up watching me deal with her severe milk allergy, she knew I was wired to worry.
When dining out, I'd interrupt while she was ordering, urging the waiter to check the dish's ingredients before she had a chance to ask herself. Once the meal arrived, I'd lean over her plate to inspect the food for any trace of butter or cheese.
But that anxiety was nothing compared to what I felt after Arielle, at age 16, had an anaphylactic reaction requiring three doses of epinephrine and hours of monitoring in the emergency room.
From that day on, whenever she was headed out to meet friends, I'd stop her at the door and ask where she'd be eating and if she had her medications with her.
She'd glare back at me. "You can't keep me in a bubble for the rest of my life."
She was right. Ultimately, I wanted what she wanted – for her to enjoy the same activities and freedoms as any teen. I worked on backing off, and reminded myself that she had always been careful: checking labels, alerting servers and managers to her allergy and passing up a food when she couldn't be certain whether it contained dairy.
With planning and proper precautions, she spent two weeks without incident in Provence through a high school exchange program. (Full disclosure: my husband and I followed her to France. We stayed approximately 30 miles from her home base and never saw her, but felt reassured that we were only a car ride away in case of an emergency.)
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to Illinois, in an attempt to describe the unfamiliar terrain they
were encountering, referred to it as a sea of grass with pretty
flowers. Today, Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area serves
as testimony to the prairies that once covered nearly 60 percent
of the state.
Located in Grundy
County, Goose Lake Prairie is approximately 50 miles southwest of
Chicago and 1 mile southwest of the confluence of the Kankakee and
Des Plaines rivers. More than half of Goose Lake Prairie is a dedicated
nature preserve, protected by law for future generations from any
change to the natural environment. In addition to furnishing a look
into Illinois past, the prairie provides important nesting
habitat for endangered or threatened birds, such as the
upland sandpiper and Henslows sparrow.
Goose Lake Prairie
was sculpted by glaciers. The flat landscape with its clay-based
soils was formed as the last vast sheets of ice melted more than
14,000 years ago. The area became part of a continuous grassland
that stretched from Indiana to the Rockies.
At one time,
well over half of Illinois was covered with prairies, earning it
the nickname of The Prairie State. Goose Lake Prairie,
whose original 240 acres were purchased by the state in 1969, now totals 2,537 acres and is the largest remnant of prairie
left in Illinois. Buffalo, wolf and prairie chicken once inhabited
the area that is now Goose Lake Prairie.
groups of Native Americans lived northwest of the area in what is
now Morris. Tribes of the Illini confederation intermittently inhabited
the area, hunting and planting corn, squash and beans. They and
other Native Americans, including the Potawatomi led by Chief Shabbona,
existed with the land, making few permanent changes.
Settlers, relying
on the land for their livelihoods, made drastic changes to the area:
they planted trees to serve as windbreaks and fences for their farms;
in an effort to gain more farmland, they drained the 1,000-acre
Goose Lake; they removed the underlying clay,
first to make pottery and jugs and later for firebrick; they mined
coal beginning in the 1820s and in 1928 began surface mining the land.
Present Prairie
Goose Lake Prairie
State Natural Area is a study in contrasts. Tall Grass Nature Trail
displays the largest stand of tall grass prairie remaining in Illinois.
Many of the park's ponds and marshes resulted from the 1890 decision by local farmers to drain Goose Lake. Prairie
View Trail takes you to the highest point in Goose Lake Prairie
- a surface mine spoil mound - and offers a panoramic view of reclaimed
prairie and prairie marsh and mine areas.
And Flowers
Visiting Goose
Lake Prairie today is much like seeing the Prairie State as it was
150 years ago. Tall prairie grasses, including big bluestem, Indian
grass and switch grass, make up 60 percent of the prairie. By far
the tallest of the prairie grasses is prairie cordgrass, commonly reaching heights
of 8 to 12 feet. When youre near 2-foot-tall northern prairie
dropseed, you may get the sudden urge to see a movie - its seeds
smell like hot buttered popcorn.
flowering plants, known collectively as forbs, compose the prairies
other 40 percent. Cream false indigo, shooting star and violets
are the first to bloom in late April or early May, while
New England asters and goldenrod bring up the rear of the colorful
display in early September. Autumn is a lovely time on the prairie
- some say its the prettiest season of the year - as prairie
cordgrass, big bluestem, switch grass and other grasses turn bronze and
Wildlife sightings
are the order of the day at Goose Lake Prairie. Animals living here
include deer, coyote, red fox, cottontail rabbit, muskrat, beaver
and badger. Barred owls, Kestrels, red-tailed and marsh hawks
are among the birds of prey you may see. Marsh birds, such as red-winged
blackbirds, killdeer, great blue herons and great egrets, might be
spotted in the warmer months, while waterfowl species include Canada
geese, wood ducks, mallards and blue-winged teals. In addition to
the areas year-round inhabitants, such as ringneck pheasants and
northern bobwhites, migrating birds include catbirds, eastern kingbirds
and a variety of warblers.
The marsh is
home to turtles, snakes and frogs, while butterflies frolic among
the flowers each spring and summer. Rare papaipema moths, previously
thought to be extinct,
have been found here.
A reconstructed
cabin at Goose Lake Prairie stands as a monument to the pioneer
spirit. The original cabin was built by John and Agnes Cragg in
the late 1830s near Mazon, 10 miles to the southwest. A predecessor
to a truck stop, the Cragg cabin served as a stop on the old Chicago-Bloomington
Teamster Trail. The second story - which was added to accommodate
the Craggs six children, making it one of the first two-story
homes in Grundy County - earned the cabin the nickname of The
One of the best
ways to experience Goose Lake Prairie is to hit the trails. With
7 miles of hiking trails, youll
have many opportunities to view the plants and animals that make
the area unique.
Depending on
the route you decide to take, the trail can be 1 or 3.5 miles long.
One loop offers a hard-packed, accessible surface. The surrounding terrain lets you see the effects of a turn-of-the-century attempt to gain more farmland by draining Goose Lake; farmers found the drained land, which remained wet even after the draining, was suitable only for grazing livestock, and some acreage couldn't even be used for that.
Trails are available
for cross-country skiing in the winter. The trails are not for motorized vehicles, bicycles or dog sled teams. Check the visitor
center for maps.
Work up an appetite
along the trails, then stop for a bite to eat. Tables, grills, shelters,
water and toilets are provided at two picnic areas at Goose Lake
Center | Goose Lake Prairie Partners Webpage
Plan on a 30-minute or so stop at the visitor center, and you'll enjoy your visit to Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area a little bit more. A video will acquaint you with the area, as will the center's nature displays. The volunteers present different weekend programs year-round. Stop in the visitor center for a map of the trails for self guided hikes. Tour the Observation Deck from which you can see the natural beauty of the prairie from an elevated view point. Be sure to ask for directions to the Butterfly Barn to see the butterflies we raise yearly. Groups of 25 or more need advance permission from the site superintendent to enter the park.
Adjacent to
Goose Lake Prairie is the 2,000-acre Heidecke
Lake, previously a cooling lake for Midwest Generation Collins Generation Station (now dismantled). The lake area is known as Heidecke State Fish & Wildlife Area.
Managed by the state, the lake offers fishing and hunting. A boat launch
is available only for those purposes. Water skiing,
swimming, wading, sailboating or personal watercraft are not allowed at Heidecke Lake. The boat access is open from 6 a.m. - sunset. The bank fishing access area is located on the east side of Heidecke Lake on Old Collins Road. Bank fishing access is open from 6:30 a.m. - sunset. Boat areas are open seven days a week, weather permitting.
Local Attractions
City of Morris - Calendar of Events (815) 942-0103,
Dollinger Family Farm - Civil War Reenactment,
Corn maze, hayrides and pumpkins 7502 E. Hansel Road,
Channahon 60410 815-467-6166;
Grundy County Chamber of Commerce (815) 942-0113;
Grundy County Corn Festival - 919 N. Liberty Street, Morris 60450 (815) 942-2676;
Joliet Area Historical Museum - 204 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet 60432; (815) 723-9039; www.jolietmuseum.org
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - 30239 South St Rt 53, Wilmington 60481 (815) 423-6370;
From I-55 to
exit 240 Lorenzo Road/Pine Bluff Road travel west approximately
7.5 miles to Jugtown Road. Turn north on to Jugtown Road and travel
1 mile to entrance on the right side to Goose Lake Prairie State
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February 13, 2009Misenheimer, NC -- On Friday afternoon Pfeiffer defeated North Greenville University 10-2 in the first game of a double-header match-up and then 8-1 in the second game. The wins were thanks to a mix of good pitching and consistent hitting.
Game 1 – Pfeiffer 10, North Greenville 2
In game one, North Greenville jumped to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a homerun by designated hitter Derek Fulmer (Pelion, SC), but Falcon starter Ben Beard (Huntersville, NC) shut the Crusaders down right there and their lead was short lived.
Pfeiffer led off the bottom of the first with back to back homeruns by Josh Strickland (Liberty, NC) and Eric Shoemaker (Huntersville, NC) to take a 2-1 lead. The Falcons added three runs in the second, two on a double by Shoemaker and another on a SAC fly by Jesse Dunn (Easley, SC).
In the third, Pfeiffer stretched their lead to 8-1 on a three-run homerun by Strickland giving him two on the game. But the scoring was not done there. In the fifth, the Falcons added two more runs after loading the bases on singles by Strickland, Shoemaker, and Zack Pou (Stanley, NC). Another single by Will Davis (New London, NC) brought home Strickland and a HBP by Dunn scored Shoemaker.
On the mound, Pfeiffer was led by Beard who picked up the win going six innings giving up one run while striking out six. Jason Brown (Walnut Cove, NC), Chuck Ingram (Richfield, NC), and Eric Shuford (Shelby, NC) all pitched an inning to close out the game.
At the plate, Strickland was 4-4 with two homeruns and four RBIs. Shoemaker was 3-3 with three RBIs and Pou was 4-4.
For the Crusaders, Grayson Smith (York, SC) took the loss going five innings giving up eight earned runs. Randy Stegall (Pauline, SC) and Fulmer led the Crusader bats going 2-2 and 2-4, respectively.
Game 2 – Pfeiffer 8, North Greenville 1
Game two remained scoreless until the third inning when Pfeiffer's Tyler Smith (Locust, NC) led off with a walk and Preston Lyon (Gastonia, NC) followed with a homerun to left center. The Crusaders tried to fight back by scoring a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Jairo Mateo (Santo Domingo, DR) scoring Chris Harbit (Charleston, SC) off Falcon starter Jonathon McDaniel (Mocksville, NC).
Pfeiffer came back in during the bottom of the fourth and padded their lead scoring four runs while sending all nine batters to the plate. With one out, Ethan Marsh (Asheboro, NC) singled and Mike Green (Brandon, FL) singled to center. The Crusader centerfielder misplayed it allowing Marsh to score and Green to advance to third, who would later score on a wild pitch. With two-outs Lyon, Strickland, and Shoemaker walked, forcing North Greenville to go to the bullpen and bring in Daniel Goodnight (Ellenboro, NC). Goodnight gave up a two-run single to Pou.
In the fifth, Dunn led off with a double for the Falcons and Julian Medina (Glen Cove, NY) entered the game to pinch run for Dunn. Marsh grounded out to third then the first baseman under threw the throwback to third allowing Medina to score. Green singled, advanced to second on a Smith single, and then scored on a single by Lyon.
Crusaders starter Tanner Yarboro (Columbus, NC) took the loss going 3 2/3 innings giving up five earned runs. At the plate Fulmer, Mateo, and Anthony Foulk (Genoa, IL) picked up the only hits for North Greenville.
McDaniel picked up the win for Pfeiffer pitching a complete game, surrendering only one run on three hits. Lyon went 2-2 with a homerun and three RBIs to lead the Falcons. Green also chipped in going 2-3 with an RBI.
Pfeiffer and North Greenville return to action on Saturday at 12:00-noon for the final game in this weekend series.


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By Rich Christianson | Posted: 10/22/2013 9:16PM
TORONTO - The 2013 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS 2013), Canada's largest woodworking event, opens Thursday morning with more exhibitors, more products and attendee registration pacing nearly 50% ahead of WMS 2011.
click image to zoomThe 2013 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo will feature a wealth of high-tech machinery, software and tooling. For three days, Thursday, Oct. 24 through Saturday, Oct. 26, the International Centre will be transformed into a woodworker's paradise. The show will feature woodworking machines, cutting tools, software, cabinet and furniture hardware, board products, etc. manufactured by more than 250 companies around the world.
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In adaddition to machinery and supply demonstrations, WMS 2013 will feature 10 free educational seminars, including one presented in French. Attendees will be able to enjoy free coffee and muffins served between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on each day of the show, as well as free lemonade and kettle chips served from 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
What's more, Akhurst Machinery is inviting all registered attendees to help celebrate the company's 75th anniversary beginning at 6:00 p.m. Friday.
Parking at the International Centre is free for all WMS 2013 attendees and exhibitors.
Directions to the International Centre http://www.internationalcentre.com/about-us/contact-us/directions.html
WMS 2013 will be preceded by the Wood Tech Summit Leadership Conference.
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Thursday, Oct. 24: Day 1 of WMS 2013, International Centre in Mississauga
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10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Halls 4 & 5 Open
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Look at the suppliers list, multiple companies are shown at some booths like Akhurst, Normand and others. It looks like all the companies represented by some dealers are listed separately making it look like there are many more exhibitors than there really are.
As organizers of the show, we decided it was in best interests for attendees to know that many well-known machinery makers - Weinig, Timesavers, Thermwood, Altendorf and Heeseman, to name but a few - would not only have machines at the show but where they could be found on the show floor. In most cases these companies also will have representatives on hand to answer questions. I hope you see merit in this argument and make your way to the show. We are anticipating a good one.
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She went from Rochelle Middle School to an alternative school, eventually dropping out before reached high school.
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"(The program) has helped me a lot," she said. "For the last three or four years, I've been in and out of GED programs, and one day I came here out of the blue. Ever since then, I've been rolling."
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"We have plenty more room," said instructor Alana Smith. "We've had 60-year-olds in here. If you just want to come back and get your GED, this is the perfect place."
Smith urged anyone in a GED program in the county — as they're offered at the Lenoir Community College campus — to finish the program this year as the North Carolina Community College System will make changes to GED tests.
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- Modeling for Transcriptional Regulatory Network N Sun, RJ Carroll, H Zhao. A Bayesian Error Analysis Model for reconstructing transcriptional regulatory networks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2006, 103(21): 7988-7993.
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