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The Mastering Business Development® Workshop is an educational and professional development program which focuses on the thinking, process and discipline required for professional Business Development. This 2-day workshop fosters participants' understanding of the core competencies required for success in the Business Development role.
Business Development is primarily a relationship development and intelligence gathering process. Participants will learn how to leverage the principles of behavioral psychology to identify valid prospects and pipeline opportunities, effectively qualify them and develop win-win business relationships for their organizations, their clients and themselves.This interactive, participant-centered workshop introduces the MBDi Business Development Process®, with its early shaping Opportunity Identification & Qualification component and the MBDi HUMINT® Client Engagement Process. This Client Engagement Process guides participants through a series of planning phases and client engagement steps designed to change how participants think, behave and engage prospects and clients within their Business Development role.
Through the instructor's use of Socratic teaching techniques, participants will acquire the knowledge, thinking, skills and discipline required to proactively engage clients from a Strategic Hunting, Organic Farming or Program Management perspective. Participants have described this workshop as a career-transforming experience.
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• The competencies necessary to become a Business Development Professional including the thinking, behavior and skills required for proactive client engagement and revenue generation. • How to gather the intelligence necessary to identify and disqualify unprofitable opportunities before you invest B&P resources in low probability of win opportunities. • How to execute the early shaping Opportunity Identification & Qualification Phase of pipeline development with Human Intel gathering, and how to use and refine HUMINT® throughout the Business Development, Capture and Proposal processes. • The proactive steps of the MBDi HUMINT® Client Engagement Process to ensure each engagement with a client delivers the quality intelligence you need to move opportunities through your pipeline.• How and why clients "buy" when making sourcing decisions.• The difference between Strategic and Organic Business Development and who should do each.• How to encourage customers to participate in your Opportunity Identification and Qualification phase rather than being drawn into their RFP process. • The difference between goal and purpose-driven business development.• The basics of utilizing interpersonal human psychology to understand yourself and your clients.• The significance and interaction of the Intel Funnel and the Opportunity Pipeline.• The critical "flight gauges" of Business Development. How to read and respond appropriately to prospects' behavior.• The basis of a common Business Development language and culture among your organization's Business Development, Capture, Proposal and Operations teams.
Testimonials James Roberts, Westinghouse Electric Company"The information presented is invaluable and will without a doubt further my ability to assist my customers' successful business operations."Katie Dicks, Schuler Incorporated"The NDIA/MBDi Business Development workshop is the best training I have received since starting my new sales position and should be a requirement for any BD or Sales position."
Dr. Lynn Snyder, Rolls Royce North America"This course changed the total way I approach new prospects."
Manager, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. "The MBDi training workshop I attended brought together everything it took me one painful decade to learn and laid it all out clearly and efficiently in two days. This workshop is the vulcan mind meld of BD fundamentals and I highly recommend it for everyone from tenderfeet to well-seasoned professionals."
Dennis M. Corrigan, President, L-3/DP Associates Inc."I have repeatedly found that the approach you teach changes lives (mine especially), makes for a much better relationship with my customers, and leads to more positive results in business development. Last year alone, taking this approach led directly to nearly $200M in sales for my organization."
For more information about the content covered in each module, please click on this link.
Day 17:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast8:00-12:00 Classroom Instruction: Modules 1-512:00-1:00 Lunch1:00- 5:30 Classroom Instruction: Modules 6-8 5:30pm End of day 1
Day 27:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast8:00-12:00 Classroom Instruction: Module 9-1112:00-1:00 Lunch1:00- 5:00 Classroom Instruction: Module 12-165:00pm End of Day 2/Workshop Adjourned
Classroom Instruction Module Overview Modules 1-51- Introduction 2- Challenges Exercise 3- The 12 Core Competencies of Professional Business Development4- The BE Components of The 12 Core Competencies 5- The KNOW Components of The 12 Core Competencies
Modules 6-86- How and Why People Buy 7- The DO Components of The 12 Core Competencies (Systems) 8- Introduction to the (OI&Q)i Phase, Opportunity and Intel Funnels
Module 9-119- Introduction to the MBDi HUMINT® Client Engagement Process10- Phase 1 of the Client Engagement Process: Homework before the call11- Phase 2 of the Client Engagement Process: Preparing for a call
Module 12-1612- Phase 3 of the Client Engagement Process: Executing the Call- Establishing Trust – Respect and Establishing Guidelines for the Relationship13- The DO Components of The 12 Core Competencies- Listening and Questioning skills14- Phase 3 of the Client Engagement Process: Executing the call- Bonding/Positioning and how to conduct a Diagnostic Interview.15- Phase 3 of the Client Engagement Process: Executing the call- Establishing funding and decision making criteria.16- Phase 4 of the Client Engagement Process: Documenting the call with appropriate follow up and agreed next steps.
La Costa2100 Costa Del Mar RoadCarlsbad, CA 92009Tel: (800) 854-5000
La Costa2100 Costa Del Mar RoadCarlsbad, CA 92009Tel: (800) 854-5000A small block of rooms has been reserved at the La Costa Resort. In order to ensure the discounted rate, you must make your reservations early and ask for the NDIA room block. Rooms will not be held after Tuesday November 13, 2012 and may sell out before then. Rates are also subject to change after this date.
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Single / Double: $189.00
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how much do you have to deposit into a bank account to have a red flag raised? 1000 dollars at a whack seems kind of small to me, but again, i am not at all versed in tax law, and what will pass, and what will get me fucked.
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Copyright. 1922, by The Collegi New* Volume IX. No. 26 ' BRYN MAWR, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923 Price 10 Cents THE CLASS OF 1923 PRESIDENT MEIKLEJOHN TO SPEAK ON THURSDAY Commencement Procession Will Fol- low Order Similar to That of Last Year STUDENTS TO FORM AT LIBRARY The order of Commencement is: President Meiklejohn, of Amherst Col- lege, will speak at Commencement on "To Whom Are We Responsible?" President Meiklejohn graduated from Brown in 1893. He has taught philosophy and logic at Brown and has been President of Amherst since 1912. 1. At Commencement, Seniors are seated in rows of six on each side and forward of the central aisle of the gym- nasium, and this place is ribboned off. The front seats arc filled first. No' devi- ation from this seating as assigned can be made, and Senior marshals for Com- mencement are responsible for the cor- rect seating of the class. 2. Candidates for the M.A. sit alpha- betically in rows of seats behind the en- trance aisle, first on the left of the cen- tral aisle, then on the right, beginning from the aisle. 3. Former members of the Senior class sit behind the Seniors in front of the entrance aisle, as space permits. CONTINUED ON PACE 2 LUCY GATES TO SING WITH SALZEDO HARP TRIO the Recital to Be Held Tonight in Cloiaters of the Library Miss Lucy Gates, an American soprano, is to sing with the Salzedq Harp Trio in the Cloisters tonight Miss Gates has in four years become prominent in the musical world. She has sung at the Newark New Jersey, Festival, and on tour with the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch. The Philadelphia Record says of her: "Her voice is beautiful in quality and has a lyric power that is most beautiful and appealing. CONTINUED ON PACE 8 ALUMNA ACTIVITIES OPENING WITH CLASS BANQUETS AND MEETINGS CULMINATE IN COSTUMED PROCESSION Three Odd And Three Even Classes Assemble While 1894 Returns for an - Informal Reunion Seven classes, ranging from the grad- uates of 1922' to the class of 1894, are having their reunions here this week. Class banquets were held in the different halls on Saturday night and informal meetings have'been taking place all over the campus, where groups of alumnae may be seen at any hour of the day or night. Yesterday the Procession of < Alumnae in costume was followed by the Alumnae vs. Varsity basketball game and the presentation of athletic cups and prizes. The open meet- ing of the Council to which all alumnae were invited was held in the Chapel this morning. The classes ^holding reunions are: 1922 The forty-eight members of 1922, the youngest class back, appear in long blue smocks with dark blue tarns on their heads and model rattles in their hands, very proud since their class baby is older than 1923's. E. Anderson and K. Peek furnished entertainment at their banquet held in Den- bigh Saturday night by giving their *famous r61es from Banner Show. C. Skinner sang some songs and S. Hand and E. Anderson both made speeches. *� 1921 1921, here for their second reunion, are, as last year, clad in red Indian blankets with red feathers in their hair and arc still singing the war whoop. B. Kellog acted as toastmistress at their banquet where all were dressed to represent themselves at their twentieth reunion. K. Johnston and H. Hill spoke on their "experiences in England." Among the other speakers were M. Morton, E. Cecil, A. Taylor, and R. Marshall, ev.-'21, who has returned for her last year at Bryn Mawr. 1914 Blue jackets and white skirts make up the costume of 1914, Jmo axe returned this year forty-seven strong. Their banquet, held in Rockefeller, Saturday night, was entertained by family pictures thrown on the screen and a. speech on "motherhood," written by "a husband," which proved the hit of the evening 1913 The largest number of Alumnae return- ing in any class are in 1913. Fifty-nine people attended the banquet on.. Saturday, which was considered by the undergrad- uates as the noisiest and longest dinner held that night. Their costume is a red handkerchief, which, according to one of their number, is both "cool and chaste." 1911 Only nineteen members of 1911 arc here. They wear broad green belts and "tub" headbands and say that every member spoke at their dinner. The Rehearsal, by Christopher Morley, was given as an in- formal skit. 1911 boasts of having 114 children, but they appear to have left all but one at home. 1898 7J1898, which proudly claims the member- snip of President Park, is holding its re- union in Radnor Hall. Their banquet was given on Monday night in Penygroes. 1894. 1894, here for its thirtieth reunion,, is back informally, their headquarters are in Merion, but they cannot he distinguished by any particular costume. LABRADOR, UNDEVELOPED COUN- TRY, OFFERS DIRECT CHALLENGE? Difficulties Add Zest to Life, According to Dr. Grenfell (Specially Contributed by Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell) The opportunity to speak at Bryn Mawr is always a pleasure to any one who can accept it, and who is really interested in human life as a possible field of honor. To me, the end of, education is to know one's self and one's talents so that one may make the greatest impact on this material universe while wc are related to it. There are only two alternatives: we either con- tribute to a purposeful world or we are actors in a very cruel tragedy. So far as education goes, I believe that to the willing CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 '��� DR. HENRY COFFIN GIVES BACCALAUREATE SERMON Real Adventure to be Found by Man WhoSeek's God's Promise �' I Will Be" BIBLICAL GOD IS NEVER STATIC The conception of Cod advancing the promise "That I will be" in contrast to the picture of the static God "I am" was the subject on which Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin, of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, spoke at the Baccalaureate service last Sunday evening. His text, taken from Exodus III, 14, was, "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. "An objection recently offered to the Christian religion," said Dr. Coffin, "is that it opposes a static universe. The world in which we live, the world of evolution in - which life takes on a myriad forms, where races, classes, and nations rise and fall continually, is not a static world. The God who announces himself as 'I am' seems to be out of place. Such a statement tends to make His followers settle down, to make them conventional and unprogressive. No element of risk or adventure enters into their religion, the thing they call 'God's will' is guaranteed them. There is no room for pioneering or experimenting." The text, Dr. Coffin explained, is really an incorrect translation. The words are, not "I am," but "I will be." "The people who lived in contact with the Biblical God, Moses for example, did not have tame careers. "What is there really so venturesome and exciting," he asked, "in anything from which God is banished? The world will become ice, we will be fossils or dust, per- haps. What could be more static than to be destined to be so much fertilizer, with- out even the satisfaction of knowing what we fertilize? "Archeology tells us that the earliest human remains contain some elements of religion, of the appeal to some spirit for CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Obama outreach to 'defuse' GOP opposition, Pelosi says
CNN — (CNN) -- Breaking bread with Republican senators. Meeting with the GOP House and Senate caucuses. Sitting down to lunch with the GOP's budget point man -- who tried to bump him from the White House last year.
Is President Barack Obama, as one pundit said, just hungry? Or is he engaging in a newfound effort to bridge gaps between the parties as his second term gets under way? The top Democrat in the House says the latter.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in an exclusive interview to run Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Obama has "been very bipartisan in his approach" to Republicans.
"All of us come here to get a job done for the American people, and certainly that is the case with the president of the United States," Pelosi told CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley. "I think that these meetings are not something to say, 'Well, I'll do this with you now and do that with them later.' I think it is, 'Let's get some things done together to make elections less important.'"
Obama's reaches across the aisle come after the politically bruising battle over the so-called fiscal cliff in late December, where lawmakers hammered out a last-minute deal and posturing over the forced federal spending cuts known as the sequester and by all accounts lawmakers and the White House never got close to reaching common ground.
Obama charged Republicans were "protecting special interest tax breaks for the well-off" rather than protecting the economy from harmful cuts, while House Speaker John Boehner said the House had already voted and that Democrats needed to "get off their ass and begins to do something."
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He made phone calls to several Republican senators and then sat down to dinner on Wednesday with a dozen of them at a hotel near the White House to talk about the federal government's finances.
He ate lunch with the top Republican and Democrat on the House Budget Committee. After the meal with Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate, and Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Ryan said the meeting was a "frank discussion about Washington's budget challenges."
Next week, Obama is expected to meet with House Republicans on Wednesday and Senate Republicans on Thursday. He also will meet with Senate Democrats on Tuesday and House Democrats on Thursday.
This is ahead of the March 27 deadline to avoid a government shutdown and an expected need to increase the federal debt limit this spring or summer.
He also wants to make progress on immigration reform, education reform and gun violence reduction.
In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama said, "Making progress on these issues won't be easy. In the months ahead, there will be more contentious debate and honest disagreement between principled people who want what's best for this country. But I still believe that compromise is possible. I still believe we can come together to do big things. And I know there are leaders on the other side who share that belief."
Pelosi said on CNN that the president's effort was aimed at solutions.
"Let's come together for the benefit of the American people -- first and foremost, that's our responsibility," she said. "If he can defuse some of their opposition to some of these issues, bravo again for the American people that we can get a job done for them. That's far more important than what happens in an election."
And Republicans are taking note, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who said the recent meetings are a positive sign.
"This is a change that I think we should encourage, whether it's motivated for all sorts of reasons that we don't understand or not," he said. "Ronald Reagan would have done that, George Bush would have done that."


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If a pet is getting treated for cancer, can he be around my small children?
Erika Krick, VMD, DACVIM Veterinary Medical Oncologist, University of Pennsylvania responds:
It depends on the type of treatment your dog is receiving. The potential concerns would be any exposure of your children to vomit, urine, or feces after a pet has been treated with chemotherapy as well as concerns about how your pet might act around children if he or she is feeling ill or in any pain related to the cancer treatment.
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Brax4 wrote:These all look pretty awesome to me. As for character development, it takes time. Years even.
I think you're going the right direction with them. They seem to have a lot of personality and chemistry as side by side characters. I think you're doing just fine.
I personally like the idea of them not getting along at first, it's more realistic, they just seem like two people that should never be friends. Which makes for a good story.
Thank you so much! And I know, it can take some time, but I'm just impatient ;p
So, thumbs up on the antagonism then. And yes, i think i definitely want them as opposite as they can possibly get.
Morpheus wrote:I love these characters.
The backstory you've given them is fantastic.
The look in the first set of sketches of rabbit is amazing.
Especially the in the top right corner and Halloween costume.
With coyote I can't decide which way I like him the best his but I the sketches where he looks more out of control.
And the last two drawings are just amazing.
Thank you as always luv, you really are the best. I think i agree, by far the best sketch of rabbit is that upper right corner and it sounds like the more wild coyote gets the better, yes? Next thing I need to determine for Coyote (apart from name) is his powers. I'm hoping that might help me clue in on some of his look. Any thoughts as to what a poltergeist might be capable off (apart from just moving things)?


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Calories | 195 |
Total Fat | 8g |
Saturated Fat | 5g |
Cholesterol | 24mg |
Sodium | 110mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 32g |
Dietary Fiber | 2g |
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Protein | 2g |
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- 1.5 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/4 cup(s) sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) sugar
- 3 tablespoon(s) cold butter or margarine, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup(s) heavy or whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon(s) heavy or whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
Apple Filling:
- 1 lemon
- 2.5 pound(s) Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, and/or Gala apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
- 1/3 cup(s) sugar
- 2 tablespoon(s) cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt
- Prepare Cobbler Crust: In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and 1/4 cup sugar. With pastry blender or using two knives scissors-fashion, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add 1/2 cup cream and stir with fork until dough comes together.
- Gather dough into ball and place on lightly floured sheet of waxed paper. With floured rolling pin, roll dough into 9-inch round. Slide waxed paper onto cookie sheet and refrigerate dough until ready to use. In cup, mix cinnamon and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare Apple Filling: From lemon, grate 1/2 teaspoon peel and squeeze 1 tablespoon juice. In large bowl, toss lemon peel and juice with apples, sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Transfer apple mixture to 9 1/2-inch deep-dish glass or ceramic pie plate. Cover with waxed paper and cook in microwave oven on High 8 minutes or until apples are fork-tender, stirring well halfway through cooking.
- Immediately, while filling is hot, remove dough round from refrigerator and, with the help of the waxed paper, invert dough over apple mixture. Peel off paper. Cut 4-inch X in center of round; fold back points to make square opening. Brush dough with remaining 1 tablespoon heavy cream; sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
- Bake pie 35 to 40 minutes or until filling is bubbling in center. If crust is browning too quickly, loosely cover pie with foil after 25 minutes. Cool pie on wire rack.
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Harper (6'10", 225, 8/30/89) appeared in 137 career games at the University of Richmond, averaging 10.6 ppg. and 4.8 rpg. in 22.9 minpg. during his collegiate career. He also shot .382 (179-468) from three-point range. As a senior (2010-11), Harper played in 37 games, averaging 17.9 ppg., 6.9 rpg., 1.2 apg. and 1.2 blkpg. in 31.8 minpg. He was named First Team All-Atlantic 10, leading the Spiders in both scoring and rebounding. Harper scored 20-plus points 14 times, including a career-high 30 points against George Washington.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The Kansas Senate is preparing to take final action on a bill that cuts the state's individual income tax rates further but also cancels a scheduled drop in the sales tax.
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quote:ETA: I think one of the reasons I liked last nights more was that Marshall and Lily actually were part of the plot. I feel like they've pretty much been non-characters this season
quote:How I Met Your Mother "The Stamp Tramp" season 8 episode 7 airs Monday, November 19 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network Episode Synopsis: Marshall recommends his old law school classmate Brad for a job at his firm, but the interview goes awry, leaving Marshall to do damage control with his boss. Meanwhile, Robin helps negotiate Barney's return to the strip club circuit, on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Monday, Nov. 19 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Joe Manganiello ("True Blood") returns as Brad, Marshall's friend from law school, and Joe Lo Truglio ("Reno 911!") guest stars as Honeywell, Marshall's boss.
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Effects of Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride on Biomarkers Associated With Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure After Cancer Treatment (HEART)
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We will determine echocardiographic and serum biomarkers of cardiac injury in a study of long-term pediatric T-cell leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma survivors enrolled on 3 front-line Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials (POG 9404, 9425, 9426) between 1996-2001 with certain features. Our primary aim will be to determine whether patients randomized to the experimental dexrazoxane (DRZ) arms have decreased markers of myocardial injury compared with patients treated without dexrazoxane (DRZ). This will include a one-time measurement of an echocardiographic index of pathologic left ventricular (LV) remodeling (wall thickness-dimension ratio), complemented by serum biomarkers and a physical examination for signs and symptoms of cardiomyopathy/heart failure (CHF). We will also evaluate whether DRZ's cardioprotective effect is modified by anthracycline dose, chest radiation, and selected demographic factors (age at cancer diagnosis, current age, sex).
Condition | Intervention |
Recurrent Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Recurrent Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Recurrent/Refractory Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage I Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage I Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage I Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage II Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage II Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage II Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage III Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage III Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage III Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage IV Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage IV Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma |
Other: Anthropometry Other: Serum Biomarkers Other: Diagnostic/symptom checklist Procedure: Echocardiogram Other: 6 minute walk test (6MWT) Behavioral: Participant Questionnaires (ages >14 years only) |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Case Control Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Health Effects After Anthracycline and Radiation Therapy (HEART): Dexrazoxane and Prevention of Anthracycline-Related Cardiomyopathy |
- Left ventricular (LV) thickness-to-dimension ratio [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]A decrease in echocardiographically derived measure of pathologic left ventricle (LV) remodeling which has been shown to be an important earlier surrogate measure of subsequent heart failure in both anthracycline-exposed pediatric cancer survivors5 and in the general pediatric and adult cardiomyopathy/heart failure population. This ratio can be derived from standard measurements.
- Differences in serum biomarkers [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Particularly cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides associated with acute changes following anthracycline exposure will be examined. Analyses involving markers of inflammation (hs-CRP, TNF, IL6) and more novel markers associated with heart failure in the general population (galectin-3, ST2, growth differentiation factor-15) are exploratory.
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Based on self-report instruments will be factored into QALY estimates to answer the secondary aims.
- Primary disease relapse [ Time Frame: Baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]An analytic Markov model will be created and used.
- Update primary disease relapse and second cancer rates [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Given additional elapsed time since last follow-up used in the prior published analyses,11-13 primary disease relapse and second cancer rates will be updated.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Estimated Enrollment: | 420 |
Study Start Date: | August 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
Ancillary-Correlative-Stratum 1 with diagnostic interventions
Required observations are designed to be collected at one visit: Diagnostic/symptom checklist Anthropometry Echocardiogram Serum biomarkers Troponins (cTnT, cTnI) Natriuretic peptides (BNP, NT-ProBNP) Inflammation (hs-CRP, IL-6, TNF, Galectin-3, ST2, GDF15) Fasting glucose, lipid profile, insulin, hemoglobin AIC DNA 6 minute walk test Participant Questionnaires: Quality of life, family history, physical activity, and smoking Fasting for at least 10 hours prior to the study blood draw. |
Other: Anthropometry
Easily determined in-office physical exam parameters requested include:
All participants will have the following analytes collected under standardized conditions and processed centrally.
The local PI or their designee (e.g. clinician, research nurse, or clinical research associate) will be asked to complete a diagnostic and symptom checklist (see Forms Packet on COG website) related to study outcomes. A copy of the participant's most recent clinic note and current medication list also are requested.
Procedure: Echocardiogram
Study participants will undergo a one-time standard 2D, M-mode, and Doppler echocardiogram per AHA/ACC task force practice guidelines at participating institutions (or their adult affiliates depending on patient age and institutional practice).
Other: 6 minute walk test (6MWT)
Ambulatory participants will be asked to undergo this simple test of functional exercise capacity. Contraindications include: 1.) history of angina or myocardial infarction within the past month, 2.) resting heart rate >120 bpm, 3.) systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg. Any other reason for patient inability to perform this test should be documented in the respective Report Form. The time to complete questionnaires is estimated less than 45 minutes. General health status and quality of life will be assessed using the Short-Form-36. Participants also will be administered the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire. Questionnaires will ascertain family history of cardiovascular and related diseases (e.g. diabetes). Physical activity will be assessed using questions from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System exercise & physical activity modules. Smoking history (current & lifetime) will be assessed using questions from Health and Nutritional Examination surveys. |
Stratum 2 Relapse and subsequent malignancy status
Patients not eligible for Stratum 1 may still contribute data to the Secondary Aims: Relapse and subsequent malignancy status
Detailed Description:
I. To determine whether patients randomized to the experimental dexrazoxane hydrochloride (DRZ) arms have decreased markers of cardiomyopathy/heart failure (CHF) compared with patients on the standard arm.
II. To evaluate whether the cardioprotective effect of DRZ is modified by anthracycline (anthracycline analogue GPX-150) dose, chest radiation, and demographic factors (age at cancer diagnosis, current age, sex).
I. To determine whether patients on the DRZ arms experienced differential rates of overall-survival and event-free survival compared with the standard therapy arms.
II. To determine whether projected quality-adjusted life years (QALY) differed by randomization status, accounting for premature cardiac disease, primary disease relapse, and second cancers.
Patients complete a diagnostic symptom checklist, undergo a physical exam, echocardiogram, collection of serum for biomarker testing, and a 6 minute walk test, and complete quality of life, family history, physical activity, and smoking questionnaires.
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Long-term pediatric T-cell leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma survivors enrolled on 3 front-line Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials (POG 9404, 9425, 9426) between 1996-2001 that featured upfront DRZ randomization and a range of anthracycline exposures commonly used in contemporary therapy (100-360 mg/m2 doxorubicin).
Long-term pediatric T-cell leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma survivors enrolled on 3 front-line Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials (POG 9404, 9425, 9426) between 1996-2001 that featured upfront DRZ randomization and a range of anthracycline exposures commonly used in contemporary therapy (100-360 mg/m2 doxorubicin).
Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Inclusion Criteria:
- Previously enrolled and randomized on POG 9404, 9425, or 9426
- Alive and in continuous first complete remission from their original cancer (T-cell leukemia/lymphoma [POG 9404] or Hodgkin lymphoma [POG 9425/9426])
- Not have been diagnosed with any subsequent malignancy, with the exception of non-melanomatous skin cancer(s). Patients with history of only subsequent non-melanomatous skin cancers remain eligible.
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent (see Stratum 1 sample consent).
- Among patients who have relapsed or have experienced a subsequent malignancy other than non-melanomatous skin cancer since their original diagnosis, the study committee will review the available data (both from COG's Statistics and Data Center (SDC) and the participating institution) to determine if individual patients are to be selected for secondary aim arm only. The study will petition the IRB specifically for a waiver of consent to include any relapse and subsequent cancer data obtained from existing records for analysis of the secondary aims. Patients selected for Stratum 2 will be those for whom late relapse or subsequent cancer is reported but who lack clear confirmation in existing records (either at SDC or at the local institution).
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01790152
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Principal Investigator: | Eric Chow, MD, MPH | Children's Oncology Group |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Children's Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01790152 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | ALTE11C2, NCI-2012-03196, S0004187, ALTE11C2, COG-ALTE11C2, ALTE11C2, U10CA095861 |
Study First Received: | February 11, 2013 |
Last Updated: | August 6, 2014 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hodgkin Disease Leukemia, T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Leukemia |
Leukemia, Lymphoid Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Lymphoproliferative Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
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The cigar doesnt only taste great it also looks great and you get a wonderful draw
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Got two of these in a sampler and let them rest for 6 weeks. although I see recent bad reviews, I wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surprised w/ this one. Easy draw and not harsh at all. Burn needed correcting a few times...but no biggie.
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I got some of these in a sampler about a year ago and decided to give one a try, what a mistake. This cigar tastes like a cigarrete absolutely zero flavor other than dry nasty tabbaco. Don't waste your time or money on this one it is a dog.
Zach S in Salt Lake City, UT December 2, 2011
"Great taste... when it stayed lit."
I loved the look and taste of this cigar, but the burn was disappointing. It burned great until I got about halfway through it and then it wouldn't stay lit. I finally gave up on it after I lit it for the third time in about as many minutes.
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Wasn't expecting much out of this as I got it out of the 20 for $20 sampler. Good burn/draw/finish. Would probably buy again.
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Got one of these in a sampler. If I had paid $65 for a whole box of these things, I'd be pissed. They suck. Draw & construction are fine, but they taste like crap. They are $1 cigars with a fancy band... proverbial pig in a dress.
JakeTheMuss in Cleveland September 19, 2011
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Great looking rich dark cigar. Construction was good and firm but draw was excellent. Burned evenly with good amount of smoke. Great taste. I will pruchase again.
Jeffrey B in USA September 5, 2011
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Burnt just a little uneven...nothing too bad tho. Ash mostly white. Enjoyed it... reminds me of the Flor de Oliva maduro very much. Got mine in the sampler.
mark in tyler tx August 13, 2011
This cigar was characterized by a burnt-wood sort of flavor with some leather. When the smoke first hit my palate with each draw, it felt like it would be strong and thick on the finish - like an El Cobre or LFD Double Ligero. But it doesn't happen, finish is medium strength at best and rather short. Not an unpleasant cigar, but due to the burnt flavor not one I'd be inclined to smoke often.
Dave C. in SC August 1, 2011
A strong 'medium' smoke. I typically smoke mild and medium cigars and this was one of the most potent (nicotine) I've ever smoked. Flavor was more earthy, with lots of spicy pepper. Construction and draw was good. If you're used to a mild smoke, this will give you a buzz.
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NATO's relations with Georgia
Georgia is an aspirant for NATO membership. It actively contributes to NATO-led operations and cooperates with the Allies and other partner countries in many other areas. The NATO-Georgia Commission provides a unique framework through which NATO and Georgia pursue active political dialogue and practical cooperation in support of Georgia's reform efforts and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
Prime Minister Garibashvili of Georgia and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Nov. 2014)
In September 2008, NATO and Georgia established the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) to oversee NATO's assistance to Georgia following the conflict with Russia. The NGC plays a central role in supervising the process set in hand at the Bucharest Summit where NATO leaders agreed that Georgia will become a member of NATO. In December 2008, Allied Foreign Ministers agreed that Georgia should develop an Annual National Programme (ANP) under the auspices of the NGC. In this framework, the Alliance is maximising its advice, assistance and support for Georgia's reform efforts, in particular in the field of democratic, institutional and defence reforms.
At the 2014 Wales Summit, Allied leaders reaffirmed all elements of their decision made at the Bucharest Summit, and welcomed Georgia's progress since then to meet its Euro-Atlantic aspirations through reforms, the conduct of transparent and peaceful elections, implementation of its ANP and active political engagement with the Alliance within the NGC. NATO leaders also endorsed a substantial package for Georgia to strengthen its defence and interoperability capabilities with the Alliance, therefore helping it advance in its preparations towards NATO membership. The details of the package will be developed together with Georgia and it will include defence capacity-building, training, exercises, strengthened liaison, and enhanced interoperability opportunities. Moreover Allies reiterated NATO's continued support to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders and once again called on Russia to withdraw its forces from Georgia and reverse the recognition for the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia as independent states.
Another important area of cooperation is Georgia's support for NATO-led operations. Georgia is one of the largest non-NATO troop-contributors to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and continues to serve as a transit country for ISAF supplies. The country has also indicated its willingness to participate in the post-2014 follow-on mission – Resolute Support - to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces, after the transition to Afghan full security responsibility is completed at the end of 2014, when ISAF's mission will end. Georgia also supports Operation Active Endeavour, NATO's counter-terrorist maritime surveillance operation in the Mediterranean.
Georgia has offered to participate in the NATO Response Force and is expected to contribute to the NRF from 2015 onwards.
Framework for cooperation
The NGC provides the framework for cooperation between NATO and Georgia. Created in September 2008, it serves as a forum for both political consultations and practical cooperation to help Georgia advance its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. Existing cooperation programmes, such as the Planning and Review Process (PARP), continue to take place within the framework of the NGC. A NATO Liaison Office was established in Georgia in 2010 to assist and support the country's reform efforts.
In December 2008, NATO Foreign Ministers decided to further enhance the NGC through the development of an ANP. The ANP, the first of which was finalised in spring 2009, replaced the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), which had guided NATO-Georgia cooperation since 2004.
In addition to Georgia's contributions to Euro-Atlantic peace and stability, key areas of cooperation under the ANP include political, military and security-sector reforms. NATO agrees to support Georgia in these reforms by providing focused and comprehensive advice and activities in several frameworks (both civilian and military) towards its reform goals. Current priorities for Georgia include transforming its public and private sectors in order to promote democracy, good governance, the rule of law and sustainable social and economic development, as well as reforming the defence and security sector, in particular the revision of Georgia's national security plans.
Georgia also cooperates with NATO and other partner countries in a wide range of other areas through the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC).
In parallel with the establishment of the NGC, the Military Committee with Georgia was also created as a format for meetings focused on military cooperation.
The principal aim of NATO-Georgia military cooperation is to assist Georgia with the implementation of military and defence-related issues of the ANP, strategic planning and defence reforms, and to increase interoperability in support of Georgia's contributions to NATO-led operations. The Military Committee with Georgia Work Plan defines key areas and objectives for military cooperation between NATO and the Georgian Armed Forces. The Work Plan comprises activities that help achieve the goals set in the ANP and PARP.
Key areas of cooperation
Security cooperation
Thanks to regular participation in PfP training and exercises, Georgia has been able to contribute actively to Euro-Atlantic security by supporting NATO-led operations. Georgian troops worked alongside NATO troops in the peacekeeping operation in Kosovo from 1999 to 2008, providing a company-sized unit as part of the German brigade there and an infantry platoon within a Turkish battalion task force.
In Afghanistan, Georgia is providing forces in various locations. Georgia is currently one of the largest contributors to ISAF among NATO's partner countries. Furthermore, Georgia is ready to continue to serve as a transit country for ISAF supplies. It has also indicated its willingness to participate in the post-2014 NATO-led mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan forces, which will be deployed once the transition to Afghan security lead has been completed and ISAF's operation is terminated end 2014. The Georgian government has also pledged financial support for the future development of the Afghan National Security Forces. In the meantime, NATO has adopted a Partnership Interoperability Initiative to ensure that bonds forged between Allied and partner countries in Afghanistan are maintained. As part of this initiative, Georgia participates in the Interoperability Platform launched at the Wales Summit that will bring Allies together with 24 partners active in NATO's operations. Georgia has also been identified as one of the five countries that make particularly significant contributions to NATO operations and NATO's other objectives, to discuss deepening dialogue and practical cooperation even further.
Georgia participates in NATO's Operation Active Endeavour, a counter-terrorist maritime surveillance operation in the Mediterranean, primarily through intelligence exchange. It also has a mountain training site, which is accredited as a Partnership Training and Education Centre and offers courses and training to Allies and other partner countries.
Defence and security sector reform
NATO is supportive of the wide-ranging democratic and institutional reform process underway in Georgia, as outlined in its ANP. Particularly in the area of defence and security sector reform, NATO and individual Allies have considerable expertise upon which Georgia can draw.
Georgia's participation in the PARP since 1999 has helped its forces develop the ability to work with NATO and is also providing planning targets that are key to security reform objectives in several areas. NATO support has, for example, helped Georgia build deployable units (according to NATO standards) that are interoperable with Allied forces. Georgia's defence reform objectives within the PARP have facilitated improved financial management in the Ministry of Defence, assisted in reforming the intelligence structure of the armed forces and ensured that a credible Strategic Defence Review was conducted. More recently, the package for Georgia endorsed at the Wales Summit in September 2014, includes defence capacity-building, training, exercises, strengthened liaison and enhanced interoperability opportunities – measures that will help Georgia progress towards NATO membership. Additionally, the aforementioned Partnership Interoperability Initiative, as well as the newly created Defence and Related Security Capacity Building Initiative, build on this package.
A key priority for Georgia is to ensure democratic control of the armed forces, including effective judicial oversight and appropriate defence command and control arrangements through a range of measurable objectives within the ANP.
Education and training are also key objectives of Georgia's ANP and reform efforts. NATO is leading a tailored programme for Georgia – the Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) – with the support of the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes, the Partnerships Training and Education Centres and Allied defence institutions.
Following Georgia's request in 2008, NATO and Georgia launched a Professional Development Programme for Civilian Personnel in the Ministry of Defence and other Security Institutions in 2009. The programme provides training with the aim of strengthening the capacity for democratic management and oversight in the Ministry of Defence, as well as other security sector institutions. Training and education provided in the framework of this programme is closely aligned to Georgia's defence and security sector reform objectives outlined in both the ANP and PARP. Current priorities are to support Georgia's civil service reform and enhance Georgia's own capacity for providing training to security sector civilian personnel.
Another priority in the area of defence and security sector reform has been to support demilitarisation projects in Georgia through the NATO/PfP Trust Fund mechanism, which allows individual Allies and partner countries to provide financial support to key projects on a voluntary basis. Over the years, a number of Trust Fund projects have helped to address problems posed by stockpiles of surplus and obsolete weapons and munitions, and promoted their safe disposal.
Civil emergency planning
Georgia is enhancing its national civil emergency and disaster-management capabilities in cooperation with NATO and through participation in activities organised by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC). The Centre helped coordinate the delivery of hundreds of tonnes of relief items to Georgia in the wake of the August 2008 conflict. It also coordinated assistance to Georgia in 2005 when the country experienced some of the worst flooding in its history, in 2006 when forest fires broke out in southern Georgia, and after a major earthquake in 2009.
Georgia itself hosted a major EADRCC consequence-management field exercise in the town of Rustavi in September 2012. Some 1,000 people from 35 countries participated in the exercise, which was organised in cooperation with the Emergency Management Department of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Science and environment
Georgia has been actively engaged within the framework of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme since 1994. The SPS Programme enables close collaboration on issues of common interest to enhance the security of NATO and Partner countries. By facilitating international efforts, in particular with a regional focus, the Programme seeks to address emerging security challenges, support NATO-led operations and advance early warning and forecast for the prevention of disasters and crises.
Today, scientists and experts from Georgia are working to address a wide range of security issues, notably in the fields of environmental security, cyber defence, advanced technology (including nanotechnology) and disaster forecast and prevention of natural catastrophes. Most recently, Georgian experts contributed to a hands-on cyber defence training course based on their national experience and expertise. Other projects include collaboration on improving trans-boundary water management and mitigating the risks posed by earthquakes in the South Caucasus.
Public information
Increasing the public awareness of NATO and its relations with Georgia is also a key area of cooperation. Since 2002, NATO has been organising numerous activities for this purpose, working through its Liaison Office in Tbilisi and in cooperation with local non-governmental organisations and state authorities. Activities include seminars, conferences and workshops. "NATO Weeks" and summer schools are organised on an annual basis to reach out to youth audiences.
Groups of opinion leaders from Georgia are regularly invited to visit NATO Headquarters and the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) for briefings about the Alliance, and NATO officials regularly travel to Georgia to speak at public events. Senior NATO officials – including the Secretary General and the Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia – also regularly visit the country for high-level consultations. The North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest political decision-making body, paid a two-day visit to the country in September 2008, in the immediate aftermath of the Georgia crisis. The Council paid a second visit in November 2011 and another in June 2013.
In every partner country an embassy of one of the NATO member states serves as a contact point and operates as a channel for disseminating information about the role and policies of the Alliance. The current NATO Contact Point Embassy in Georgia is the embassy of Romania.
The Office of the State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration has established an Information Center on NATO, which has its main office in Tbilisi and branches in Kutaisi and Zugdidi. Working in close cooperation with NATO's Public Diplomacy Division and with the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia, it is an important tool in raising public awareness about the Alliance in the country.
Response to the Georgian crisis
At an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Council on 19 August 2008, Allied Foreign Ministers called for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict based on respect for Georgia's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
Allied Foreign Ministers deplored the use of force in the conflict, which is inconsistent with the commitments to the peaceful resolution of conflicts that both Georgia and Russia have made under the Partnership for Peace as well as other international agreements. They expressed particular concern over Russia's disproportionate military action, which is incompatible with Russia's peacekeeping role in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Allies also called on Russia to take immediate action to withdraw its troops from the areas it must leave under the terms of the six-point agreement brokered by the European Union.
The Allies agreed to support Georgia, upon its request, in a number of areas. These included assessing the damage to civil infrastructure and the state of the ministry of defence and armed forces; supporting the re-establishment of the air traffic system; and advising on cyber defence issues.
On 27 August 2008, the North Atlantic Council condemned the decision by the Russian Federation to extend recognition to the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia, and called on Russia to reverse its decision.
NATO continues to support Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty within its internationally recognised borders as reiterated at meetings of Allied Heads of State and Government and in the Secretary General's statements. The Secretary General has issued statements underlining that NATO does not recognise elections that have since taken place in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and that the holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement.
The Allies welcome the declaration by the Georgian President – endorsed by the Georgian Parliament in a unanimously adopted resolution on Georgia's foreign policy objectives – to seek a resolution to the crises with the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia through peaceful means. They strongly support Georgia's current strategy of engagement with the two breakaway regions, which envisions a constructive way forward through fostering economic ties and people-to-people contacts to build confidence.
The Allies also welcome the steps Georgia has taken unilaterally towards Russia in recent years, including the removal of visa requirements for Russian citizens, the agreement on Russia's membership of the World Trade Organization; as well as the direct dialogue that has been initiated with the Russian government by the Georgian government, which came into power in October 2012.
Milestones in relations
Georgia joins the newly created North Atlantic Cooperation Council (succeeded by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997).
Georgia joins the Partnership for Peace (PfP), a programme aimed at increasing security and defence cooperation between NATO and individual partner countries.
Georgia signs the PfP Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between NATO and partner countries.
Georgian Parliament ratifies the SOFA agreement.
Georgia joins the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP).
Georgia starts contributing peacekeepers to the Kosovo Force (KFOR).
Georgia hosts a multinational PfP military training exercise "Cooperative Partner 2001".
Georgia is connected to the Virtual Silk Highway.
Georgia hosts a multinational PfP military training exercise "Cooperative Best Effort 2002".
Georgia declares its aspirations to NATO membership and its intention to develop an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO.
A NATO/PfP Trust Fund project is launched with Georgia to support the demilitarization of ground-to-air defence missiles.
Georgia participates in ISAF's election security force in Afghanistan.
At the Istanbul Summit, Allied leaders place special focus on the Caucasus – a special NATO representative and a liaison officer are assigned to the region.
Georgia becomes the first country to agree an IPAP with NATO.
NATO and Georgia sign a transit agreement allowing the Alliance and other ISAF troop-contributing nations to send supplies for their forces in Afghanistan through Georgia.
Georgia opens an information centre on NATO with the support of NATO's Public Diplomacy Division.
NATO offers an Intensified Dialogue to Georgia.
Georgia hosts a NATO/PfP air exercise, "Cooperative Archer 2007".
At their Summit in Bucharest, NATO leaders agree Georgia will become a member of NATO.
In August, Allies express deep concern over the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia, calling for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict based on respect for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. They agree to support Georgia's recovery in a number of areas and also propose the establishment of a NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) to supervise the process set at hand at the Bucharest Summit and to oversee the implementation of support measures.
In September, the North Atlantic Council pays a two-day visit to Georgia. The Framework Document establishing the NATO-Georgia Commission is signed and the inaugural meeting takes place in Tbilisi. In December, Allied Foreign Ministers agree to the development of an Annual National Programme (ANP) under the auspices of the NGC.
On 4 February, the Georgian foreign minister, vice prime minister and defence minister visit NATO for the first meeting of the NGC in 2009.
On 20 February, Allied and Georgian defence ministers discuss Georgia's progress in defence reform and its priorities.
On 5 March, the NGC meets in Brussels for the second time at the level of foreign ministers to discuss a range of issues of common interest.
Mid-March 2009, a NATO-led team of experts visits Georgia to address a Georgian request to review the existing military education and training system, and develop a plan of action for reform.
May 2009, the first Steering Committee meeting for the NATO-Georgia Professional Development Programme for Civilian Personnel of the Georgian Ministry of Defence and Other Security Institutions takes place at NATO Headquarters, Brussels.
Following elections on 31 May in the South Ossetia region of Georgia, NATO's Secretary General issues a statement saying that NATO does not recognise the elections and that the holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia.
On 3 December, the NGC meets to discuss the course of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration and process of reform.
On 12 March, key agreements are signed to begin a Trust Fund project that will help Georgia safely dispose of explosive remnants of war.
In March, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visits NATO Headquarters to meet NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
In April, Georgia signs an agreement with NATO to contribute to Operation Active Endeavour, NATO's maritime counter-terrorist operation in the Mediterranean.
In May, Georgian Foreign Ministry hosts a seminar on "Energy Security and Critical Energy Infrastructure" in Tbilisi.
In May, Allies and Georgia Chiefs of Defence meet in the Military Committee to discuss and support the transformation process of the Georgian Armed Forces.
In August, the North Atlantic Council decides to enhance NATO-Georgia relations through effective military cooperation (this leads to the development and implementation of the first annual, Military Committee with Georgia Work Plan in 2011).
In October, NATO Liaison Office is inaugurated during the NATO Secretary General's visit to Georgia, where he meets the Georgian President, Prime Minister and senior ministers.
At the Lisbon Summit, Allied leaders recall their agreement that Georgia will become a member of NATO and reaffirm all elements of their decision made at the Bucharest Summit in 2008, declaring their active support for Georgia's continued implementation of all necessary reforms. They reiterate their continued support for Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty within its internationally recognised borders.
In February, the Director General of the International Military Staff of NATO visits Georgia to discuss the status and prospect of NATO-Georgia military-to-military cooperation.
In April, NGC Foreign Ministers meet in Berlin and adopt, for the first time, a joint statement which reaffirms the basic principles of NATO-Georgia cooperation. NATO ministers express strong appreciation for Georgia's substantial contribution to Euro-Atlantic security and the overall positive dynamic in Georgia's democratic development.
In June, the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia visits NATO Headquarters for a meeting of the NGC and informs Allies about key democratic reforms in his country.
In May, the Military Committee with Georgia meets at the level of Chiefs of Defence to discuss Georgia's contributions to operations and the status of the implementation of defence reforms derived from the strategic defence review.
In July, the Georgian Foreign Ministry hosts a conference on emerging security challenges with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme.
In August, SACEUR visits Georgia to discuss Georgia's current and future contribution to operations.
Following so-called presidential elections on 26 August in the Abkhazia region of Georgia, NATO's Secretary General states that NATO does not recognise the elections and that the holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia.
In November, the North Atlantic Council pays a visit to Tbilisi and Batumi and meets the President, the Chairman of the Parliament, the Prime Minister and other high-level officials of the country, as well as representatives of civil society, media and the opposition. The NGC agrees to pursue further work on concrete measures to enhance Georgia's relations with NATO.
Following so-called presidential elections on 13 November in the South Ossetia region of Georgia, NATO's Secretary General issues a statement saying that NATO does not recognise the elections and that the holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia. As a follow-up to the North Atlantic Council's visit to Georgia, the NGC adopts a set of concrete measures to enhance Georgia's connectivity with NATO. These measures support reforms, increase the ability of NATO and Georgia to operate together, and strengthen the capacity of the Georgian institutions as the country continues on its path towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
As a follow-up to the North Atlantic Council's visit to Georgia, the NGC adopts a set of concrete measures to enhance Georgia's connectivity with NATO. These measures support reforms, increase the ability of NATO and Georgia to operate together, and strengthen the capacity of the Georgian institutions as the country continues on its path towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
In April 2012, President Saakashvili visits NATO Headquarters to meet the Secretary General and attend a meeting of the NGC Ambassadors.
In May, Georgia takes part in three important meetings involving partners at the Chicago Summit: President Mikheil Saakashvili joins counterparts from countries that are supporting the NATO-led stabilisation mission in Afghanistan. He also attends a meeting of the 28 Allies with 13 countries from Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region that have made exceptional contributions to the Alliance's agenda in the last few years. Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze joins fellow foreign ministers from the three other countries that are aspiring to NATO membership.
In September, NATO Secretary General visits Georgia.
In October, Georgia doubles its contribution to ISAF, making the country one of the largest non-NATO troop contributor nations.
In November, the Secretary General meets with President Saakashvili in Prague on the occasion of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and with Prime Minister Ivanishvili at NATO Headquarters.
In December, during an NGC meeting of foreign ministers, the Allies encourage all parties in Georgia to keep up the momentum of the recent elections and to consolidate democratic progress; they also thank Georgia for its substantial contribution to NATO's mission in Afghanistan.
In June, NGC Defence Ministers discuss Georgia's reform plans and further opportunities for cooperation. Ministers also thanked Georgia, the biggest non-NATO contributor to ISAF, for the significant contribution to NATO-led operations.
On 26 and 27 June, the North Atlantic Council visits Georgia to assess the progress the country has made towards Euro-Atlantic integration. In October, NATO's Secretary General expresses concern about Russia's continued activity in erecting fences and other obstacles along administrative boundary lines within Georgia, which is in contradiction with international commitments. Later that month, he congratulates the Georgian people on holding transparent and peaceful presidential elections in which fundamental freedoms of expression, movement, and assembly were respected.
2014 At the Wales Summit in September, NATO leaders endorse the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package to help Georgia in its efforts toward reaching NATO membership. Georgia is considered to be one of the five biggest contributors to NATO's operations and other objectives and is therefore eligible for enhanced opportunities for dialogue and cooperation with the Alliance. Georgia is invited to participate in the Interoperability Platform, under the Partnership Interoperability Initiative, as well as the Defence and Related Security Capacity-Building Initiative, launched during the summit.


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