Compiling data from a variety of federal agencies, Blank says, revealed both positive and negative trends.

布兰克说，汇编来自各联邦机构的资料显示了正反两面的趋势。

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"There is good news in this report that suggests that women, their educational rates, are growing faster than men's," says Blank.

布兰克说，报告着重介绍了在教育领域的较大改善：“报告里的好消息是，妇女受教育率的增长比男人更快。”

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He says no longer will contractors be given "a blank check."

他表示，再也不能给承包商发放空白支票了。

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Aid organizations have been arriving. World Vision spokeswoman Laura Blank says its team has arrived and is now assessing the needs.

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But Blank says they have already distributed much of its stores to the victims of the earthquake that hit the island of Java last month.

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Blank says World Vision regularly provides earthquake assistance and usually has supplies positioned throughout the country, such as blankets,food, water and medicine, for just such emergencies.

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"That's the kind of stuff we have to fix, and I'll make an issue of that at my next meeting, " says Blank.

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"A lot of personal growth takes place here, " says Blank, who has also been involved with Outward Bound for 30 years, including three as chairman.

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"If you don't understand where you are, it's hard to tell where you are going, " says Steve Blank, professor of entrepreneurship at University of California, Berkeley, and an investor in Startup Compass.

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