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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Shirley Lacy arrived at Teague's Home for Women in December.
Her life until then had been one of drugs, alcohol and abusive relationships.
She was shot and nearly died.
Then, after a struggle that ended in the death of an abuser, Lacy found herself convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole.
But with the help of N.C. Prisoner Legal Services, Lacy's conviction and sentence were vacated, and she was released from prison.
That's when she came to Fayetteville, just another of the many women who have passed through the door at Teague's Home. The ministry works to help homeless women looking to start over in life. The late Alberta Green began the ministry in 1966. It has had different names through the years.
Now, Lacy, 48, is carrying on the work of Green, who died at age 89 in March 2012. Lacy was named director of the home earlier this year.
Tommy Lee, a member of the home's board of directors, had watched as Green's health grew more fragile through the years. He had prayed for God to send someone to take the reins of the ministry.
Lee did not have to look far.
"Little did I know she was sitting among us," he said. "She came here and we thought we would minister to her, but she ministered to us."
Lacy's life got off to a rocky start. She grew up in Martin County and was only 12 when a relative took advantage of her, pocketing disability payments after having Lacy declared mentally retarded.
The relative "worked the system," Lacy said, grinning.
She never learned, as a child, to read or write. She did not know how to tie her shoes until her brother showed her years later.
By the time Lacy was 18, she was drinking. A year later, she was pregnant. She had a daughter, who later would become estranged.
And the cycle of abuse began, Lacy said.
"I got out there in the world, in different relationships with different men," she said. "Most of them were abusive."
Lacy was taunted. She was beaten, her body constantly bruised and swollen.
She was shot in the stomach by one of the men after he accused her of stealing his wallet. She nearly died.
Lacy stayed on the same path, in and out of relationships, until she met Steven Ray Coffield.
"That relationship started out good, like all of them did," Lacy said. "A couple months later, he got violent, called me names and hit me."
The abuse continued until April 26, 1998, when Coffield came toward Lacy holding a steel ashtray in his hand. It was the same one he had used to beat her in the face the night before, giving her a black eye, Lacy said.
"He wanted to fight some more," she said. "He wanted to black the other eye. He kept walking with the ashtray."
Lacy had a knife she had been using to cut chicken. She held it up.
He struck a bargain, Lacy said. He would drop the ashtray if she would put down the knife.
Lacy dropped the knife, but Coffield picked the ashtray up and advanced on her.
"He came at me, and I grabbed the knife. Then we started struggling with it, and that's how he got stabbed."
Coffield died, and Lacy found herself charged with first-degree murder. In November 1998, she was tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison, all in the same day.
Lacy was sent to the N.C. Correctional Institution for Women and later was transferred to a women's prison near Troy.
That was where her life began to turn around.
Lacy took a job in the kitchen. She went to school, four times a day, and learned to read and write.
The reading came first, she said, and then the writing.
"I would sit and write letters and see how the sentences added up and how they sounded," Lacy said.
If she didn't like them, she would crumple the paper and throw it on the floor. A lot of paper accumulated on the floor.
Lacy was in prison when she found God, asked for forgiveness and committed her life to the Lord.
Once in prison, Lacy said, she tried to find help in appealing her conviction and sentence. She filed appeals, but all were denied.
Then, word of her case got to N.C. Prisoner Legal Services, where a lawyer reviewed Lacy's court file. The lawyer, not liking what was found, filed a motion contending that Lacy's trial lawyer failed to properly represent her, said Mary Pollard, executive director of Prisoner Legal Services.
Among the allegations were that her lawyer met only twice with Lacy, for a total of about 60 minutes, before the trial, Pollard said.
Lee said the prosecutor suppressed several pieces of evidence that would have supported Lacy's contention that the stabbing was self-defense, as well as 911 calls she made on previous occasions and hospital records from her shooting.
A judge agreed, and Lacy's conviction and sentence were vacated, Pollard said.
Lacy agreed to enter an Alford plea to second-degree murder, Pollard said. With an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but admits there is enough evidence to result in a conviction.
Lacy was released immediately, Pollard said. She had served a longer sentence than she would have received had she been convicted of second-degree murder.
On Jan. 23, 2012, Lacy walked out of prison, looking to begin a new life.
An apartment was available to her at the time, Lacy said, but her lawyers had contacted Teague's Home. Lacy chose to come to Fayetteville, she said, because she knew it was too soon to be on her own.
Lacy is now drawing on her experiences to help other women who may find themselves in the same or similar circumstances.
"Shirley, she's got a lot of wisdom," Lee said. "She's done a marvelous job. It's like looking at a 40-something-year-old version of Alberta Green."
This summer, after years of estrangement, Lacy reconnected with her daughter, Danielle, now 28. She is living at Teague's Home while looking for a job.
Lacy is working through Fayetteville Urban Ministry to get her GED.
"God is the only reason I'm here," Lacy said. "I found my purpose. I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm grateful for the road I took."


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Cisco Adler, the lead singer of the band Whitestarr (and Mischa Barton's ex), stars in a new VH1 reality series The Rock Life. The musician, who regularly hangs out with the young Hollywood crowd, talked to PEOPLE about expectant mom Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton's jail stay and his philosophy on life at Monday's premiere party at the Rockit Bar and Grill in Chicago.
Have you had dinner here yet?
No, you know I had a huge lunch so I couldn't eat any dinner. I'm having tequila for dinner.
Was it shocking when you found out Nicole Richie was pregnant or did you personally hear about?
It was surprising but congratulations to them. They're good people.
Do you believe she'll be a good mom?
Oh yeah, she'll be a good mom.
How do you think her boyfriend, Joel Madden, will be about it?
Joel's a great guy. I think he loves her. I don't know though I don't know their relationship that well.
You're friends with Paris Hilton. After her whole jail experience have you talked to her since then? Is she really that changed person that she claims to be?
Yeah, she said it was a ridiculous life changing experience. That's all I know. … I've been to jail for three days so I can imagine 21 is even crazier.
Was it life changing for you as well?
Uh, I knew I was getting out at some point. It was just that county jails are so over packed, it took me three days to get into the system.
So what else have you been up to these days?
Well we're on tour with ZZ Top, The Pretenders and The Stray Cats right now.
How is that?
Ridiculous. Arenas and amphitheaters. We just did a show with 10,000 [people]. Forget a club, put me in a goddamn arena.
Was there anything that didn't go right in the new show or something that you were upset about?
No. We made a decision early on to let go. Easy going. Doors are open and f--- everyone.
What's the best thing about being in this business? What keeps you going – what's your drive?
The next song I write. I wake up every day and write all day long. It's hopefully a tool so people finally listen to my music and shut up about my personal life.
What else is going on in your life right now?
I want everyone to watch our TV show, and our record comes out in three weeks... It's called Fillith Tillith – that's how we live our life. Some people's glass is half full or half empty. Well, ours is pouring over with life.
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Solutions for Chapter 5.2
Long range plans are those that might extend over three years or more into the future.
In today's fast paced environment, nobody is patient enough to see the results after three years. If the company is a small company, immediate profit will be their intention to cover up their investment. If the enterprise becomes a public limited property, then again the stakeholders may not wait till three years to earn profit. So it is very important for the organizations to provide quick results to the stakeholders demand and generate profit rapidly.
But, on the other hand for an organization to prosper there is a need to set a long term objective on what it wants to achieve. If such a long term goal is not set, the organization will lose its direction and will face the threat of extinction which will also not be a good thing for all the stakeholders.
So, it can't be said that, in today's world, there is no need for any long range plans. Obviously, a company's success is determined by its ability to make quick profit, but also on the time it spends in the business by serving the community. To serve the community for a long and in the right way, it is necessary to have a long range plan. Similarly, a short range plan is also necessary to gain quick success to keep with the confidence and interest of the shareholders.
Therefore, what is needed in a dynamic environment like today is a right mix of long and short range plans. Long range plans should be in place to set a direction in which the company wants to move and the short range plans should be in place to make this progress along with satisfying the stakeholder's interests in short term.


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Join survivors and first responders as they gather together on television for the first time since the Boston Marathon bombings this past April. WCVB-TV's NewsCenter 5 anchor Ed Harding and Chronicle anchor J.C. Monahan moderate this one hour special that reunites survivors, medical personnel, Boston Police, Fire, EMS and civilian heroes. Boston Strong: Reunited provides insight into the personal triumphs and challenges of those injured, and is a compelling look at what makes Boston strong.
Monday, October 14: Boston Strong: Reunited
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On Rhonda Vincent's new CD, "Only Me," both country and bluegrass join forces.
"It's a unique project ... it was a little risky," Vincent said while on her way to the airport. "Both country and bluegrass are on there. But I thought this was the perfect time to put both songs on there."
Singing since she was very young, Vincent said she was always told that her voice was "too country." But when she had the opportunity to sing a few "mainstream country songs," people would say, "can you get the bluegrass out of your voice?"
So, once and for all, Vincent — who will bring her mix of country and bluegrass to the 43rd annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival at the Salem County Fairgrounds in Pilesgrove this weekend — has proven that she can sing both genres of music.
And surprisingly enough, "Only Me" debuted as number-one on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart, quite an interesting turn for a CD that includes an "electric guitar and drums," she said.
Released early in the year, Vincent said she'll definitely sing some songs off her new album at the festival.
But don't worry fans, she'll also sing her favorites.
"We'll do a lot from the new album, but people always ask for older songs," she said.
If she doesn't sing "Beneath Still Waters," the audience will revolt, she joked.
"We have to sing that song," she said with a laugh.
"Only Me" was inspired by Vincent's 2013 performance at the Grand Ole Opry the day after country music legend George Jones died, she said. She sang Jones' song, "When the Grass Grows Over Me," and later thought, "how cool would it be to do a traditional country music project and merge it with bluegrass?"
Fans always accepted Jones at bluegrass fests, she said, so she felt pretty safe.
But, at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, one in which Vincent called "a very special festival," this mix of genres will fit right in, said Carl Goldstein, festival director.
"It's not strictly bluegrass here," he said.
The festival will feature "some really good young bands" that have more of a "contemporary sound" as well as some more traditional bluegrass groups, he said.
Bluegrass is defined as music played with mostly acoustic instruments such as the guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass guitar and sometimes a dobro. These instruments "each have a job," to do, said Goldstein. And in good bluegrass music, there's an "interplay between the instruments" that forms a harmonious sound.
"It's a very difficult, intricate music to play," he said.
And being a little loose with this genre has proven successful for the festival in the past. The festival features bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley — perfect for those looking for that traditional sound — and Suzy Boggus, a country star whose "heart is really into tradtional music," said Goldstein.
"We always have some variety," said Goldstein.
On Vincent's new album, "Only Me," there are six bluegrass songs on one disc and six country songs on the second disc.
And Vincent was very proud to boast that country legend Willie Nelson joined her on the album on the title song, "Only Me."
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The Neuroscience Grad Program provides outstanding training in neuroscience in one of the US's most livable cities. NGP program strengths include the diversity of research community and career prospects for graduates. Explore NGP research expertise
Welcome to the Vollum Institute/OHSU Neuroscience Graduate Program
Founded in 1992, the Neuroscience Graduate Program at OHSU has 47 predoctoral students and more than 140 faculty in a broad range of subdisciplines. The program is intended for students planning a career in academic or industry research, but we encourage student to explore the career path that matches their ambitions and expertise. The program is particularly strong in cellular neuroscience, neuronal signaling, gene regulation, biophysics of channels and transporters, sensory systems, and neuroendocrinology with increasing strength in developmental neuroscience and disease-oriented neuroscience research. Faculty members are located within research institutes at OHSU including the Vollum Institute, the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), Oregon Hearing Research Center, Jungers Center and the Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Sciences; as well as the basic and clinical departments in the OHSU School of Medicine.
Antoinette Foster, starting her 3rd year in the Vollum/OHSU Neuroscience Graduate Program, has been awarded a Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study program awards a select number of fellowships nationwide to outstanding scientists who are pursuing a PhD in the life sciences and who are committed to increasing diversity among scientists. The 3-year fellowship not only provides financial support, but also the opportunity to attend meetings with HHMI scientists and receive professional development mentoring as part of the program. Antoinette was nominated from OHSU by the directors of the NIH training grant, T32NS007466, "Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience" and is pursuing her thesis research in the laboratory of Ben Emery in the Jungers Center. Congratulations, Antoinette!
Congratulations to 2nd year NGP students Nathan Yoder (Gouaux lab) and Will Hendricks (Schnell lab) who received NIH F31 predoctoral fellowships in 2016. They join 12 other current upper level NGP students (above year 2) that have received individual NSF or NIH fellowships, nearly 50 % of those eligible.
Congratulations to NGP students, Reena Clements (photo below) and Christopher Vaaga, on their 2015 LaCroute Neurobiology of Disease Fellowships (formerly known as the OBI Fellowship). Out of 24 applications, these were the two selected by the OBI Research Committee. Congratulations to both of you!
Reena Clements, a 3rd year NGP student in Dr. Kevin Wright's lab, was selected to participate in the OMSI Science Communication Fellowship Program. As a Fellow, Reena will participate in professional development workshops to hone her skills at communicating science to a general audience. She will also participate in OMSI's "Meet a Scientist" program, where she will be able to share her research with museum visitors. Reena is very dedicated to science outreach and currently volunteers with middle and high school students through the Brain in the Box and OnTrack programs at OHSU. She is excited for the opportunity to share her passion for science with the broader community as an OMSI Fellow.
Danielle Robinson, a 5th year Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP)student, has been selected to attend OpenCon 2015 with a full travel scholarship, in Brussels, Belgium this November. Shelley Mason, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology and founder of UnpublishableScience.com, was also selected to attend. The travel award is made possible by a grant awarded to the OHSU Library, "Catalyzing a Culture of Open Science", funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and is part of a year-long project to support scientific communication education and Open Science advocacy.
OpenCon is a small conference that brings scientists together with other academic professionals to discuss issues of Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education. Organized by the Right to Research Coalition, the conference is focused on skills development and facilitating connections with policymakers and Open Science leaders. 2015 speakers include Michael Eisen (UC Berkeley, HHMI) and Patrick Brown (Stanford), co-founders of the Public Library of Science (PLOS).
Danielle first became aware of the Open Access movement through reading Open Access publications like eLife, where NGP Program Director Gary Westbrook is a senior editor. At OpenCon, she will receive mentorship and training in critical communication and technical skills to bring back to OHSU and advance the cause of Open Science in the Pacific Northwest. Danielle is interested in bringing speakers and events to campus to help early career scientists build practical data transparency and data sharing skills, particularly critical in light oft he Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), which is sponsored by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden and recently received unanimous committee approval. She is also interested in bringing workshops to campus to strengthen computer programming skills to allow researchers to take advantage of the latest open access data analysis and visualization methods.
Danielle is a PhD Candidate in the lab of Fred Robinson (no relation) where she studies the inherited peripheral neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B2 (CMT4B2). She is an NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow and an ARCS Scholar. She is also a founding member of the OHSU Women in Science Organization, the Science Policy Discussion Group, and the Data Science Interest Group.
An update from Zev Einhorn, Class of 2012.
Hope all is well in lovely Portland. I wanted to give you a brief update. I completed my Ph.D. with Teresa Nicolson in November 2012 and started a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania. I switched from neuroscience to immuno-oncology for which I proposed to study how macrophages interact with invasive cells in a cancer-like model. I got a competitively funded fellowship grant from NIH, the F32 NRSA. In my third year of the postdoc I'm about to submit my first co-first author paper and expect to have another first author paper submitted by the end of the year.
As you know the landscape for all levels of scientists has shifted and I had the privilege of talking with Dr. Bruce Alberts about how science can be reformed. Despite all the gloom and doom sentiments often expressed there are many opportunities for Ph.D.s and outstanding resources that can be easily found. One of the many clear sighted aspects of my training at OHSU was the requirement to give 2 talks a year. This pushed me to overcome my fear of speaking pretty quickly, at first at the Vollum and then later externally, and by the end I really enjoyed giving talks. As I'm applying for positions, it is essential to showcase that I have interacted with key leaders in my field, and the requirement to give talks is a great starting place. My own choice is to apply for positions as a Medical Science Liaison, or life specialist consultant, as well as scientist positions in Pharma/Biotech. Thanks for all the support over the years. I would be happy to talk with Ph.D.candidates who might want to know more about the versatility of a Ph.D. I have discovered a lot of tools and resources that can help those interested would be happy to share.


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White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 13, 2013, indicating that a new pope has been elected.
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Pituitary Tumor Removal
The Emory Pituitary Center is among the first pituitary centers in the world to begin using a new and innovative treatment method for the removal of pituitary tumors, a 3D endoscope. Using this minimally invasive tool, a small camera at the end of a narrow operating endoscope, allows the surgeon to see pituitary tumors three dimensionally and navigate the delicate area at the base of the brain more safely.
Surrounding the pituitary gland are nerves that supply the eye with movement and vision, as well as blood vessels that supply the brain with blood. Three-dimensional imaging gives the surgeon depth perception, or a complete appreciation of the size and shape of the pituitary tumor, which is extremely important in an area as delicate as the brain. Neurosurgeons at the Emory Pituitary Center are experienced in treating pituitary tumors and disorders - having performed more than 1,400 pituitary surgical cases while most centers have performed only 300.
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A "caring clown" who brought hope, laughter and a bit of silliness to hundreds of hospital patients on Maui, died last month.
Noma Wilson, famously known as Fumbles the Caring Clown, entertained patients and staff at Maui Memorial Medical Center from the late 1990s through the 2000s.
"She was the clown in the family," said nurse Judy Kodama. "She went around the hospital and would cheer everybody up. Whenever there was a hospital event or bake sale she would show up and make everybody laugh."
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Wilson, 87, died Feb. 19 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Her ashes were scattered by the Kihei Canoe Club on her birthday Friday morning at a beach in South Maui.
Growing up in Alhambra, Calif., she was a child vaudeville star, performing in venues such as the Pantages Theatre and the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. She later became a training instructor for Arthur Murray teachers, specializing in cha cha and West Coast swing.
When she moved to Maui in the early 1970s, she learned hula from legendary instructor "Auntie Emma" Sharpe and later taught children at church.
The Maalaea resident did not become her affable alter ego until her second husband, Jim Wilson, was killed in automobile crash in 1988.
"That's when she decided to be a clown," said her daughter, Vicki Churchill.
Wilson attended clown camp at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, the birthplace of Fumbles the Caring Clown.
"She always liked dance, and she always liked acting," Churchill said. "But she was a very shy person and clowning was very easy for her to be somebody else and come out of the box."
She remembers her mother, who was dressed in a red, polka dot dress with large shoes and a white face, being pretty good at falling. As a teenager attending professional schools on Hollywood Boulevard, Wilson learned how to do pratfalls from Mickey Rooney.
"My mother always wanted to be in show business," she said.
As a member and former president of the hospital's auxiliary, Wilson brought her act to the medical center, but that was not enough.
"She taught a bunch of us how to be clowns, or attempted to," said Emily Bott. "I could never master the balloon animals."
Bott said that Wilson was a figure at the hospital for years and had bigger dreams for the auxiliary than she ever had. She said Wilson wanted to have a group of "caring clowns."
"I remember she had three or four of us walking around her apartment with kazoos," she said. "I had a toothbrush hanging from mine and a dental mirror. . . . She was teaching us all the stuff she learned in clown school."
Although Wilson did not get her kazoo band started, she helped many patients and staff get through some of their tougher days at the hospital.
Her best friend, Bubba, a blonde Shih Tzu, would accompany her wherever she went with an equally silly costume. Their act helped many patients, including terminal ones, find peace.
"She was so kind," remembers Kodama, who was a former manager of the intensive-care unit at the medical center. "Whenever the staff was sad she would come and lighten up your day."
Wilson is survived by Churchill; grandson, Steven Coopmire; and his son, Aric, and hanai sister Nancy Self.
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The play was vintage Donovan McNabb. Pressured from seemingly all angles, he maneuvered his way out of the pocket to buy some time. Then the Giants defense keyed in on him again.
So McNabb moved once more. And then again.
Then he found what he was looking for and fired a strike to Jason Avant for a 21-yard gain, turning a seemingly lost third-and-20 situation on their own 15-yard line, when they trailed the Giants 11-10, into another life for the Eagles.
"It's something that I knew that I would have to do, to use my legs a little bit," McNabb said. "I thought the offensive line did a great job allowing me to step up in the pocket and have the time to find Jason."
McNabb's heroics on the drive didn't end there. Six plays later, McNabb had to do a similar dance to avoid would-be Giants tacklers on a third-and-10 play, this time finding backup running back Correll Buckhalter for 19 yards. The Eagles couldn't cap the series with a touchdown, settling for a field goal that gave Philadelphia a 13-11 lead.
But those points ended up being the only ones McNabb and the Eagles would need the rest of the game, when they beat the Giants, 23-11, at Giants Stadium.
In a sense, that's what McNabb has been doing for the Eagles this season -- finding another way.
This has been a well-documented up-and-down season for the Eagles quarterback, its most notable moment coming in a Week 12 loss to the Baltimore Ravens when McNabb was benched after the first half. McNabb had struggled mightily to that point, and the whispers and rumors began to swirl that his time in Philadelphia was coming to an end.
Nearly two months later, he is making his fifth trip to the NFC Championship Game and has the Eagles on the doorstep of a second Super Bowl appearance in his 10-year tenure.
"He's one of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "I know I'm a little biased, but he's been that way for a long time."
McNabb's afternoon wasn't his best statistical effort -- 217 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions on 22-of-40 passing -- but he made plays when the Eagles needed them most.
McNabb began finding his rhythm on the team's drive at the end of the first half, when the Eagles drove 68 yards in 93 seconds for a field goal. On that drive, McNabb was 5-of-8 for 50 yards and accounted for an additional 9 yards rushing, getting the Eagles within field goal range.
"I think it played a major role for us as far as knowing what we needed to do in order to change things around," McNabb said. "In the first part of the game we were trying to do too much, with seven-step drops and not timing routes. We had to go back to what we were doing all season.
"I thought that provided us with more confidence on the offensive side in the second half where we could throw the ball versus this team. They were going to pack it in on the insides and were going to try and stop us from running. But passing the ball, we were more efficient with it and guys made a lot of plays for us."
McNabb maintained his rhythm in the second half, completing 13 of 22 passes for 149 yards.
Most importantly, he earned himself -- and fellow old-timers Tra Thomas (11 seasons) and Brian Dawkins (13 seasons) -- at least one more week of work.
"I guess us old guys," McNabb said with a wry smile, "that (people) didn't want to see us anymore -- they'll be watching for another week."


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It is currently estimated that no more than 2% of patients diagnosed with malignancy participate in cancer clinical trials. The purpose of this article is to discuss what a cancer clinical trial is and the advantages and disadvantages to enrollment. Regularly patients ask, "What is the best treatment for my disease?" Oftentimes they fail to realize that the answer to this question came from previous patients who had the same form of cancer and elected to participate in cancer clinical trials. There is clearly room for improvement in cancer therapies, there always are new questions to ask to address what constitutes "the best therapy for my phase of the disease." Ideally, if an animal model existed, new agents and combinations of treatments could be tested in animal models, answers obtained quickly and applied to patients with the disorder. Unfortunately, reliable animal models do not exist, for most plasma cell disorders. In addition, studies with cancer cells growing on a plate or in the test tube do not always reflect what happens in patients with the disease. Therefore, the only way to advance knowledge and improve the treatment for patients with malignancy, is for a patient to participate in cancer clinical trials. If you receive a treatment for your disease by your doctor outside a clinical trial and you have a superb response, who will know it besides you or your doctor? The answer is no one. However, when patients are treated in the context of a clinical trial, both good and bad outcomes are reported to other doctors who are interested in your disorder. Your doctor then uses this valuable information to judge the merits of treatment directly applicable to you.
Many patients raise the issue "I will feel like a guinea pig." In fact nothing can be further from the truth. Clinical trials are developed by panels of experts in this disease area. These individuals have a thorough understanding of the biology, natural history, and current clinical outcomes with the disease. Moreover, these doctors are dedicated to seeing improved outcomes. Think of it this way. Not only do they have the personal gratification of knowing they are helping their own patients, but also the development of a new treatment that dramatically improves patient outcome will lead to professional recognition. This too can be a strong motivator. This ensures that everything is done so a clinical trial will provide meaningful results. Oftentimes patients are concerned about treatment studies where the treatment is determined by a coin toss and they are assigned to one of two treatment arms. This often makes patients uncomfortable but it should not. When studies that involve this type of random assignment to treatment are proposed, the patient is protected by ethics committees, the federal government, and institutional review boards to ensure that the two arms of the study proposed do not expose patients to excessive, unjustified side effects. Moreover you have the assurance that no one truly knows which arm of the treatment is better. If the doctors really knew which treatment was better, they would not need to answer the question in the first place and it would be unethical to assign patients to a treatment arm believed to be inferior.
What advantages are there? New cancer treatments are coming along at an increasing rate. Someone will have to be the first to receive a new treatment. If the new treatment is not effective this is generally recognized relatively quickly and the treatment can be discontinued and other new agents considered. However, consider the first initial studies of thalidomide. Those patients who volunteered to receive thalidomide allowed themselves access to the benefits of this new agent two years before it was finally approved for use in this country by FDA. Therefore, with clinical trial participation when a new treatment is successful, you may be the first to benefit. In addition, most trials mandate that your clinical status must be carefully monitored. You and your doctor may be alerted to changes in your disease status sooner than if you had not participated in the trial. Cancer clinical trials give you a chance to receive the most advanced treatment in development. There is also a societal benefit when you take part in a cancer clinical trial. You are not only potentially helping yourself, but you certainly are providing important answers to future generations of patients who will come along and ask the same question, "Doctor, what is
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The purpose of a clinical trial is to answer questions about effectiveness and safety. All clinical trials are monitored to ensure that the trial is adhering to national standards and good clinical practice. The document that describes those patients eligible for the clinical trial, the specifics of the clinical trial, and the testing involved is called a protocol. All patients participating in a clinical trial have to give written consent in a form that describes the advantages and disadvantages of participation.
We would suggest that when discussing treatment options with your doctor you ask whether you are eligible for participation in a clinical trial and where in your area clinical trials are available for your stage of the disease. You may be able to access treatments that are not generally available and in many cases the medications are supplied at no charge. You should not lose sight of the fact that you are doing a service to mankind in increasing knowledge about your disease. The National Cancer Institute has a web site that often discusses clinical trials at
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Just days after Lifland Skatepark opened in Elm Park, city officials slammed risky actions by users not wearing helmets and noticed cracks in the concrete of the park that was built by private donation and cost more than $40,000.
On Tuesday, city Councilmen N. Clifford "Skip" Smith and Don Noviello joined city Bureau of Fire Chief C. Dean Heinbach to express their concerns about what they perceive is a "lack of supervision" at the park for skateboarders and BMX riders.
The park opened Saturday.
Despite a sign with rules posted, Heinbach said he witnessed a young man riding without a helmet and when he informed the youth, he claimed he could ride helmetless because he is over age 16.
"I want to read the insurance policy," Smith said, given assurance by the solicitor it does not place the city at risk for liability associated with injuries or accidents.
Heinbach said that may be, but the unsupervised youth easily could have hurt himself or worse.
Noviello said he noticed "cracks" in the concrete that he supposed might pose risk to users should they open up further as a result of winter weather.
Smith said he wants to see better supervision at the park, which is open dawn until dusk.
A sign at the park requires skaters and bicyclists to wear helmets but some choose not to.
"It's not the state law regarding motorcyclists," city Police Chief Gregory A. Foresman said. "It's the rules of Lifland Skatepark LLC."
"We just got it open," said Lonnie Wilcox, president of the skatepark. "We had some issues during construction, such as scheduling conflicts and the project going some time without being finished, but I wish they (council) would have brought these issues up before."
Wilcox said he was willing to listen to suggestions and try to improve on its operation. He noted the insurance quote accepted is for an "unsupervised and unfenced skatepark."
"Helmets are required," he said. "Rules are posted now but were not during construction ... If a kid is hurt, we can take their medical billing and send it off to an insurance company," Wilcox said.
For those using the park, a waiver must be signed, he said. The waiver implies if one rides there is a risk and it is rider's responsibility for actions taken or accidents that occur, he said.
A sticker, which is supposed to be affixed to the rider's helmet, is proof he or she has signed the waiver.
Those 13 years of age and younger must be accompanied by an adult, he said.
Wilcox said he can review the construction-related issues.
"There is going to be maintenance on the park," he said. "We're prepared to fix those as problems come about."
Wilcox said the large expansion of concrete is tied together with rebar, a type of steel reinforcement.
"With a concrete slab 24 foot wide by 50 foot, you are going to have a few cracks," he said.
In the works for several years, the skatepark, which is open for bikers, rollerbladers, skateboarders and non-motorized scooters, has been touted by Mayor Gabriel J. Campana as the city's newest sporting attraction.
It is in the 1700 block of West Fourth Street between Elm Park and the original Little League Baseball fields.
It became a reality when Sally Butterfield, a city resident, gave a $40,000 donation in memory of her parents, Fay and Paul Lifland.
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The city of San Antonio not only supports the San Antonio Spurs (the single pro team in town aside from the WNBA Silver Stars) but a majority of the population supports the Dallas Cowboys. San Antonio can safely be called a Cowboys city.
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Why, then, should this body of work which amounts almost to a scientific programme so often leave one with a sense of dissatisfaction? Partly the poverty of the scripts, and their skilful but very conventional adaptation; but perhaps also the fact that in satisfying his desire to reduce everything to essentials, this champion of lucidity suppresses everything which might not seem to serve his meaning. For Losey, to say something means to explain, translate, explain again, and offer analogies; and it also means a rigorous exclusion of non-essentials. A film becomes a series of equal signs: the danger is that this closed circuit collection of signposts in which Losey becomes trapped may result not only in a dilution of significance but a loss of creative energy. It is one thing to embrace the universe, quite another to register its secret heartbeats.
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For a lot of people, the term bankruptcy evokes the same emotions as the word cancer. To hear someone has gone through bankruptcy is like hearing they are getting chemotherapy for a malignant tumor or treatment for a life threatening disease. To others, bankruptcy sounds a lot like surrender and defeat. To wave the white flag to your creditors and admit you are a failure and cannot keep the promises you've made.
The reality is that bankruptcy is a business decision and should be seen as such. When people talk about Donald Trump going through bankruptcy, they don't look at him as if he were a pariah. He's a business man and bankruptcy is merely another tool in his toolkit. The Road Out of Debt, written by Joan Feeny and Theodore Connolly, is a book about getting out of debt with that perspective on bankruptcy. It's not a book about bankruptcy, it's a book about debt with a look at how not thinking about bankruptcy is a mistake.
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The winner of The Jersey Journal's 53rd annual Hudson County Spelling Bee is in the nation's capital getting ready to go word for word, letter for letter with top spellers from across the country.
Kennith Gonzalez, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at St. Francis Academy in Union City, has earned a spot at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., where over $40,000 in cash and prizes is at stake. The bee will be broadcast on ESPN.
Kennith's journey to the national bee began in February, when after 20 rounds of competition, he spelled "hemerocallis" correctly in The Jersey Journal's Hudson County Spelling Bee, triumphing over more than 30 fourth- through eighth-graders who entered the contest.
The national competition began yesterday, with the students engaging in various spelling exercises that gave them an opportunity to add points to their final score. The face-to-face competition takes place tomorrow.
From his hotel room in Washington, where he is staying with his parents and grandmother, Kennith said yesterday he's been using tests from the Scripps website to prepare for the competition.
"I'm afraid that I'll get nervous and spell the word wrong, and you can't say never mind and change it," said Kennith. "But I'm well prepared. I know the words."
The semifinals will be broadcast at 10 a.m. on ESPN and the finals at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
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Chris and I just watched The Tourist last night. The fashion in this movie is so glamorous! I am now coveting several different pairs of long gloves. Oh yeah, we enjoyed the movie quite much.
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It is difficult to encapsulate all that inspires me. I have an inner voice that I have nicknamed the Fashion Muse and She speaks to me. Sometimes it is just an idea of a look. A ruffle, a collar or a texture or fabric. Also, I love color. I wore tons of black for years but these days brights and jewel tones really make my eyes light up.
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Here I am channeling a Balmain Vogue September 2010 photo but actually I had the pieces to recreate the look because of a Prince (formerly known as the Symbol formerly known as Prince) Rogers Nelson inspiration from 2009.
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I want my readers to be fashionably fearless. I want them to know you don't have to empty your bank account in order to wear the trends or be fashionable. Most of the items I wear are either thrifted or come off the clearance rack. A few of them I even sew myself. The blouse in the above photo I picked up in a thrift store for $5. The skirt in the photo below I made myself.
I think most of all I hope someone out there on the internet will see how I have styled something and say "Hey - I like that! I can do that, too!" or "That's how I can wear that blouse/skirt/belt I have had in my closet forever!" It is why I started blogging in the first place.
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Nature and music (or musicians) are most inspirational for me. I love to garden and play the piano in addition to my fashion/shopping/blogging obsessions. Seeing flowers in a garden blooming will give me ideas for color combinations. Music and musicians make me feel inspired in different ways which affect my attitude which affects my clothing choices.
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I am a HUGE Michael Jackson fan so anything he sings. I love Prince too. Lady Gaga inspires me to put it out there on the line and be brave. Adam Lambert - I LOVE his voice and his music. "Strut" makes me feel like I walk a catwalk as I go down the sidewalk.
I also have a love of classical music and have since I was a teenager. My mom and step-dad were concerned - they didn't like classical music. Why was I listening to it??? Where was the heavy metal and angst? Currently I am most often digging the Bach Cello Suites and Joshua Bell's CD Romance of the Violin. That is the BEST CD for a romantic dinner - hands down.
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On Dec. 4, 1872, the British-American merchant brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean apparently abandoned by its crew, despite the fact that it was seaworthy and remained under sail.
Plenty of food was aboard and the crew's personal belongings were undisturbed. What had occurred is considered the greatest maritime mystery of all time.
Quite appropriately, in England what has been happening since 2006 to many honeybee colonies has been termed the Mary Celeste Syndrome. As in the maritime affair, something unknown has caused bees to abandon their hives. Here in North America, we have instead called this phenomenon colony collapse disorder (CCD) or spontaneous hive collapse.
Although beekeepers always expect losses in colony populations, especially over winter, these losses have recently reached in some cases 30 percent to 90 percent. According to the Agricultural Research Service, "The main symptom of CCD is very low or no adult honeybees present in the hive but with a live [but untended and dying] queen and no dead honeybee bodies present. Often there is still honey in the hive and immature bees are present."
Similar losses have happened in the past. What was then called disappearing disease or mystery disease occurred in 1918 and 1919 and again in 1965. Now, however, the losses have continued at the level of almost a third of our honeybee population.
So who cares? There is less chance now of being stung and we can substitute jam for honey. Such a short-sighted view fails to take into account the very important role that honeybees play in pollinating our crops. While honey remains a product of beekeeping, pollination is far more important. For example, our apple orchards in New York State require about 30,000 hives. Cucumbers, squash, melons, strawberries and many other crops are also pollinated by bees. In Szechuan, China, people have had to use feather dusters to pollinate pear trees because of the loss of bees.
Other bee species have a role to play as well – for example, bumblebees are used in many greenhouses to pollinate tomatoes – but honeybees remain the primary commercial pollinator.
Although some studies have implicated pesticides called neonicotinoids, and others have indicted mites and even cellphones, in 2012 the ARS reported: "During the past five years, numerous causes for CCD have been proposed and examined, a number of which appear to have a high correlation with the pattern of CCD incidents. However, it has become increasingly clear that no single factor is responsible for the syndrome. In addition, research has not been able to determine whether all cases of CCD are caused by the same set of factors or the same factors in a particular combination."
So, as with the Mary Celeste, the mystery remains unsolved.
While attention has been focused on CCD, much else has been happening in the bee world. A study at the University of Bristol has found that bees can sense a flower's electrical field, which aids them in their choice of preferred flowers. These electrostatic forces also cue the flower's pollen to be drawn to the bee.
And interest has developed in wild bee colonies. According to Geoffrey Mohan, writing in the Los Angeles Times, "Not only are they cheaper, they fertilize blossoms with much greater efficiency, new research shows. After observing bees in hundreds of fields on multiple continents, scientists calculated that free-living bees were twice as effective as domesticated honeybees at prompting flowers to produce fruit. In addition, the proportion of flowers that matured to fruit improved in every field visited by wild insects, compared with only 14 percent of fields visited by rented honeybees, according to a report published online by the journal Science."
You can learn much more about activities related to these beneficial insects at next weekend's Honeybee Festival. Saturday's program at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At 11, Thomas Seeley of Cornell will talk about his studies that led to his book "Honeybee Democracy," and at 1 p.m. Barbara Ochterski will speak about backyard beekeeping.
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Seeley will speak at the Beaver Meadow Audubon Center in Java. His topic: "The Bee Hive as a Honey Factory."
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A team of researchers, including those associated with the Broad Institute, have come upon what they believe explains the increased risk of kidney disease found in African Americans. In a Science journal paper published online July 15, investigators identified two variants of the ApoL1 gene located on chromosome 22 that are found in higher frequency in African-Americans with kidney disease.
While the rate of major psychiatric diseases, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression, affect approximately 3 percent of the human population, one particularly unlucky Scottish family was plagued with a 27 percent rate of occurrence. One family's burden became a scientist's treasure, as researchers had an unparalleled opportunity to identify underlying genetic causes of psychiatric disease.
The less than lovable human body louse got a boost this summer with the unveiling of its full genome. Pediculus humanus humanus, a human bacteria-transmitting body parasite is a close cousin to the human head louse, living north on our craniums, Pediculus humanus capitis. The body louse genome was published in late June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Switzerland-based TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL ) will soon have a new CIO.
TE announced today that it has appointed Joseph F. Eckroth Jr. to take over the top information spot in November, when the current chief information officer, Ronald F. Vance, retires from office, effective Dec. 31, following 30 years of service with the company. He'll remain in the position until Eckroth comes on board.
After thanking Vance for his three decades of service to the company, TE Connectivity Chairman and CEO Tom Lynch welcomed Eckroth noting, "Joe's experience delivering innovative customer-facing solutions will be a key asset and aligns well with our mission to continually deliver extraordinary experiences to our customers."
Eckroth is currently serving as executive VP of global customer care and CIO for Hertz, which he's been with since 2007. He also oversees the corporate project management office, revenue management function, and navigations solutions business, which is the exclusive provider of the Hertz Neverlost units and related services.
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Fudgy Brownies with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Some folks like cake, some like cookies, but have you ever met anyone who doesn't like brownies? I mean, seriously. Look at these incredible fudgy brownies with chocolate cream cheese frosting.
I've been picking up lots of cooking and baking magazines while waiting in line at the supermarket this year. While I love Pinterest, there is something nice about thumbing through the pages of a magazine on the search for amazing recipes.
One thing I've found is that recipes from Better Homes and Gardens are usually a hit, and these fudgy brownies with chocolate cream cheese frosting are no exception.
This is a basic brownie recipe that produces a thick, moist and chewy brownie. The recipe is really quite simple, but it blows boxed brownie mixes out of the kitchen.
I'm an edge girl when it comes to brownies, and love the slightly firmer texture of the corners. These brownies would be great even without frosting, but this chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe that I also grabbed from the same Better Homes and Gardens issue but these bad boys over the top.
These brownies are like heaven for a chocolate lover. They're so rich and decadent that one will probably do the trick, but, I won't tell if you have more than one—promise!
Now, buckle your seat belts because I'm about to bombard you with big, gorgeous photos of these delicious fudgy brownies with cream cheese frosting.
In all honesty, this is now my go-to brownie recipe. It's the one, hands down.
If you end up trying this brownies recipe be sure to leave me a comment, I'd love to hear how they turned out for you!
Hope you enjoy!
Fudgy brownies with chocolate cream cheese frosting
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1. Using a medium sauce pan, heat butter and unsweetened chocolate while stirring until smooth; set aside to cool. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees; grease an 8x8x2-inch baking pan, or, line with foil and grease. I usually skip the foil step, but, it will make the release easier!
2. Stir sugar into cooled chocolate mixture. Add your eggs one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon just until combined. Stir in vanilla. In a small bowl stir together flour and baking soda. Add four mixture to chocolate mixture; stir just until combined. Spread batter evenly into the pan.
3. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack.
1. Using a small saucepan heat and stir 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces over low heat until nice and smooth. Remove from heat and let chocolate cool.
2. In a medium bowl stir together 6 ounces of softened cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. I used a fork to combine the cream cheese and sugar. With a wooden spoon stir in melted chocolate until smooth then frost your cooled brownies.
Recipe from the 2013 Better Homes and Gardens Brownies & Bars issue, which is FULL of amazing goodies!
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These sound so yummy, really must give them a try.
OH wow!! these look so good and they sound pretty easy to make to, I am going to make these babies up, and I will let you know how they turned out, thanks for sharing
Good golly! I'm drooling! Those brownies looks so gooey and fudgey and delicious!
this is the first brownie recipe I see without cocoa powder….I tried one recipe recently with the powder stuff and found it over powering…..hope these taste different, I have never tried to bake with unsweetened chocolate. Is this stuff in a bar?
I just made these, and they are SO good. Intensely chocolatey, very moist, and very simple to make. My husband loves them too, and he doesn't even usually like frosting.
I was also impressed with how easy these were to get out of the pan– I didn't even line it with foil, just used cooking spray, but getting them out was easy peasy.
These were awesome. Made them for our weekly Game of Thrones night and they were a huge hit. I pinned this recipe based on the pics :)
Can you store these on the counter or do they need to go in the fridge cause of the cream cheese? I just made these and they are amazing!!
I made these today, very happy with it! I thought at first the amount of frosting would be overkill but turns out it's so delicious that I don't care! I added 1/4 cup of Kefir (can also sub with yogurt or sour cream) to the brownie mixture to make it more moist. The cream cheese adds a nice tang to the frosting to complement the chocolate flavour (also added a splash of Kefir to frosting… can you tell I love Kefir?). Tastes best to me when it's been sitting, frosted and all, for a few hrs. Thank you for recipe!
This was my first attempt at making brownies from scratch!!! Wow!!! They came out amazingly!!! Thank you!! Now my kids will only want scratch made brownies!!
Do you think it's OK to double the recipe? I want to make these for a group, but 8×8 isn't very big. I do not want to throw off the recipe though and not have it cook all the way through or something! Thanks!
Any idea how these would be after freezing?
Any one else have a problem baking? My attempt came out too dry and overdone. Baked exactly as indicated.
Mine came out really dry too. They crumbled a little when I frosted them. I'm disappointed and not sure where I went wrong. The frosting is pretty amazing though!
I just made these and they turned out perfect. They are definitely rich and super moist. I have just discovered my favorite brownie from scratch recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my gosh. The gooey chocolate is killing me. Pinned!!
Hey! So I tried baking them. I don't eat egg, so I substituted that with half a cup of yoghurt. My brownies rose well, but right at about 25 minutes they completely deflated. That left me with a fudge instead of a brownie. Any ideas what went wrong?
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FREE-market supporters are often asked to show concrete examples of countries where the policies they advocate have been successfully tried. Georgia, formerly part of the Soviet Union, offers a little-known economic success story.
Recently, after peaceful elections, President Mikheil Saakashvili handed power to Giorgi Margvelashvili, a candidate from the party elected by a majority in last year's parliamentary elections. While controversy exists over Saakashvili's 10-year term in office, the economic effects of his "Rose Revolution" have been widely praised. Inheriting a moribund economy corrupted by post-Soviet cronyism, his party of young, market-friendly politicians set about reversing the decline with reforms remarkable not only for boldness but their speed of implementation.
Georgia has a complex history. It has been the prize of empires since the 13th century, invaded by Mongols, Ottomans, Persians, and multiple times by the Russians. After the First World War, its economy was geared to serving its colonial Russian masters. When the Iron Curtain came down, its centrally planned economy was corrupt, unproductive and in conflict with a more efficient black market.
After 1991, Georgia struggled with its integration with the rest of the world. Socialist inefficiency was exposed and thousands of factories closed. Gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 85%. Georgian politicians and citizens struggled to come to terms with market concepts such as private property, while the government was characterised by cronyism, corruption and abuse of power. A new constitution was adopted in 1995, offering free speech and religious choice. But the economy still struggled to perform.
Notable problems involved customs, where importers were held hostage to bribery and corruption by their own officials. High tax rates led to bribery of tax collectors and state revenue fell precipitously, and salaries and pensions could not be paid.
By 2003, the public had lost complete faith in public institutions, then president Eduard Shevardnadze resigned and a reform government was elected in what came to be known as the "Rose Revolution". The new government saw its country at rock bottom and decided radical reform of the business environment was required.
The priorities for economic recovery and reform included liberalising the tax system, deregulation, making the process of starting a business easier, high-speed privatisation and public-sector reforms that included eliminating corruption, lowering the number of state agencies and downsizing the rest.
In the area of tax reform, personal income tax was decreased from 20% to a top, flat rate of 12%. Social taxes went from 31% to 20% and were then abolished. Value-added tax was lowered from 20% to 18%. Corporate tax was reduced to 15%, while dividend tax came down to 5%. The total number of taxes was reduced from 22 to six. In 2011, Georgia adopted the Economic Liberty Act, which prohibits government spending of more than 30% of GDP, a budget deficit of more than 3% and public debt of more than 60% of GDP.
Impressive reforms were made at customs. All procedures were simplified to allow importers to cross the border in a few hours, while most tariffs were eliminated. Top rates were brought down from 32% to 12%, with the average tariff rate at 1.3%.
In 2005, the government adopted enabling legislation for business licensing, competition, labour, electricity production and supply. More than 800 licences and permits were abolished. New rules of competition prohibited any governmental intervention that would result in artificial monopolies. Legislation in the energy sector allowed for vertical integration, unregulated pricing and unrestricted export opportunities. In health, the government eliminated most licences, allowed for a total opening of the market to medicines produced and licensed in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nations and removed restrictions on vertical integration in the industry.
Production of medicines was also deregulated, supporting the sector's development and competitiveness. The result of the reform saw the total number of health-sector companies increase 10 times, while the number of chain pharmacies increased from three to six. Last year, the Curatio International Foundation survey found standard treatment prices were 50%-60% lower than in 2009.
Drastic steps were taken to root out corruption in the public sector. The Georgian government fired thousands of corrupt officials and, in an amazing singular political event, fired its entire police force of 40,000, completely abolishing the traffic department. About 15,000 officers were gradually hired back after investigation and interviews. Zero tolerance towards crime and corruption has helped Georgia become one of the safest countries in the world.
In 2004, economy minister Kakha Bendukidze announced full-scale privatisation, saying: "We are going to sell everything except our honesty." Georgia sold the ports to private companies, which were allowed to on-sell. The entire telecommunications industry was privatised, along with the energy and distribution sector. Most hospitals were placed in private hands, along with public buildings, which the government leased back on the outskirts of cities rather than in the centre. Land privatisation included law amendments eliminating discrimination in certain types of land ownership. Public servants were cut from 400,000 to 280,000.
The results of the "Rose Revolution" are impressive. In terms of economic growth, real GDP doubled between 2004 and last year (8% year on year), while average salaries quadrupled. The number of registered companies went from 50,000 in 2003 to 400,000 last year. Bank deposits increased eightfold, renewing trust in the financial sector.
Georgia is now ranked eighth on the World Bank's Doing Business report and lifted its Transparency International ranking (on corruption) from 130th (2005) to 51st (2012). On the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World index it rose from 73rd (2004) to 25th (2011). Despite the lower tax rates, total tax collected went up tenfold.
Georgia's incredible transformation has not been without difficulties. Political pressure was put on the government by a public little exposed to business competition. Protests from farmers and other lobby groups led to growing subsidies in certain sectors. The judiciary's independence is questioned and important reform remains to be done.
The extent of the policies instituted by the executive function of government created constitutional concerns. Limitations on the function of president were enacted last year, with most powers transferred to parliament and the presidential role becoming more ceremonial. The centralisation of government power has been criticised, as it led to a weakening of local government.
South Africa can learn much from the story as it has many parallels to our own history. The apartheid economy inherited in 1994 was heavily planned by a centralist government, with a market hamstrung by legislation that forced the economy to be inward-looking. There is still distrust of market forces and an uncompetitive labour force remains militant and unwilling to work with business. Georgia has shown how limited government, low taxes, and a light regulatory environment can transform an economy and a people overnight. South Africa is ready for its own "Rainbow Revolution".
• Emerick is an associate of the Free Market Foundation. Jandieri is vice-president of the New Economic School in Tbilisi, Georgia.


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Not Your Typical Day at the Lake
Winter is in full effect with frigid temperatures that might dissuade the average person from taking a visit out to Lake Wallenpaupack in Hawley, Pa. But this February, Lake Wallenpaupack offers a unique reason to visit the lake region. On February 27, 2005, the Hawley-Lake Wallenpaupack Chamber of Commerce presents its 17th Annual Ice Tee Golf Tournament.
Golfers, non-golfers, and spectators alike can enjoy nine holes of golf atop frozen Lake Wallenpaupack. Other activities include prizes, giveaways, and the Closest to Wally driving contest. The event is held at Ehrhardts Waterfront Resort in Hawley, and is co-sponsored by Ehrhardts Waterfront Resort and the Banko Beverage Company.
After the tournament, warm up with chili and wings at the 3rd Annual Chili and Wings Cook Off, also at Ehrhardts Waterfront Resort on February 27. Judging categories will include first, second, third, and honorable mention with no defining categories for hot, mild, etc. This event will take place even if the Ice Tee Golf Tournament is cancelled due to poor ice conditions.
Visitors can also enjoy great dining, shopping, attractions, and accommodations in and around Lake Wallenpaupack. For more information or a copy of the Pocono Mountains Lake Region brochure, call the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau at 800/POCONOS (800-762-6667) or visit 800poconos.com. The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, Inc. is the official destination marketing organization for the four counties of Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Philip Barbour's Justin Kelley heads the list of area players selected to the Class AA All-State team that was released on Wednesday by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
Kelley, senior infielder-pitcher was selected to the second team after hitting .430 with 24 RBIs and 23 stolen bases. On the mound he was 5-1 on the season.
Kelley plans on playing baseball next season at Davis & Elkins College.
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MAKING?THE?GRADE?— Philip Barbour's Justin Kelley was selected to the Class AA All-State second team on Wednesday.
"He's been a very dedicated player the last four seasons," said Philip Barbour coach Stan Fitzwater. "He was an outstanding kid to coach and all of his hard word paid off."
Kelley's teammates, Trevor Mouser and Tyler Rodgers were special honorable mention selections for the Colts.
"Trevor was one of our top outfielders and Tyler's infield play was tremendous," said Fitzwater. "They both stepped up and had great seasons."
Two other area players made the list as Petersburg's Chase Feaster was selected to the second team and Josh O'Dell special honorable mention. Feaster made the team as an outfielder, while O'Dell was selected for his play in the infield.
Herbert Hoover's Patrick Ryan was named captain of the team after hitting .477 with six home runs for the Huskies, who lost to state tournament participant Sissonville in the Region 4, Section 1 title game.
Ryan, who will likely walk on at West Virginia University this fall, also excelled on the mound. He finished the season 7-1 with two saves and a 3.05 earned run average. He nearly averaged two strikeouts per inning, finishing with 114 in 59 innings pitched.
There were five repeat first-team selections this year. The group includes outfielders Tyler Burdette of Sissonville and D.W. Herdman of Point Pleasant, pitcher Kendrick Epling of Independence, infielder Luke Corley of Ravenswood and utilityman Josh Harlow of Lincoln.
Burdette hit. 406 with 12 doubles and drove in 30 runs for the Indians. He also stole 49 bases.
Point Pleasant got a .380 batting average and .549 on-base percentage out of Herdman.
Epling had a senior year to remember for Independence. He was 6-2 with a 1.65 ERA, but among his wins were a perfect game, no-hitter and three one-hitters. He also struck out 94 in 55 innings, while batting .478 with seven homers.
Corley hit a robust .488 for Ravenswood. He scored 34 runs and drove in 20, stole 20 bases and had a .714 slugging percentage.
Harlow did it all - and did it well - for Lincoln. At the plate, he posted an average of .569 with nine homers and 35 RBIs, while stealing 36 bases. On the mound, Harlow was 3-2 with four saves and had 102 strikeouts in only 47 innings pitched.
The other first-team pitchers are Jameson Landers of Sissonville, Grafton's Nick Mayle and Justin Fox of Magnolia. The catcher is Wyoming East's Aaron Pertee, while the infield is rounded out by Jeff Conley of Frankfort and Jeremy Chinn of Wayne.
Caleb Toparis of Chapmanville completes the outfield, while the remaining utility players are Caleb Ballard of James Monroe, Jamie Hurd of Herbert Hoover and Roane County's Josh Jones. Landers was 12-5 with a 2.07 ERA for the Indians, pitching a whopping 104 2-3 innings and striking out 109. Mayle was 12-1 with a 2.86 ERA, while Fox finished 9-1 with five saves and an ERA of 0.73.
Pertee smacked nine home runs and drove in 40 runs while batting .452. Conley hit .405 and had a .545 on-base percentage. Chinn hit .348 and drove in 28 runs, while also winning nine games and tossing a pair of no-hitters as a pitcher.
Toparis hit .408 and legged out eight triples. He also finished with a 1.94 ERA and 88 strikeouts as a pitcher.
Ballard batted .511 with seven doubles and four triples for the Mavericks, who finished runner-up to Braxton County in their first-ever trip to the state tournament. Hurd finished with a .481 batting average and hit five homers, while Jones hit .448 and had 32 RBIs.
Braxton County's Kenton Morlan was named captain of the second team.


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by Jody Pawel
Of all the jobs and professions in the world, parenting is the most important, difficult, and potentially rewarding. It is the only job that never ends; we are parents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year, every year. Even when children are adults, we are still their parent. We don't make money by having children; we spend it. Our paychecks can't be measured by material standards; they are hugs, thank-you's, smiles, and seeing our child grow and mature."
Parenting advice usually focuses on the challenges parents face, mistakes to avoid and effective skills we can use. But every parent and parenting "partner" deserves a pat on the back for doing something positive, even on a small scale, that means a lot to a child. I want to make sure we do that here, now and then.
Is there someone in your child's life, maybe a coach, grandparent, day care provider or teacher, who has been a positive influence on your child? Is there someone who made a positive impact on you as a child or teen? Have you ever seen a parent handle a difficult problem skillfully? Ever seen children behaving well in a challenging situation? Well, speak up!
I want each of you to do any or all of the following things:
• Pick up a phone or pen and thank a person who did something nice for your child or for you as a parent or child. Be specific about what they did and how it helped.
• The next time you see a parent struggling with a challenging situation, reach out to them. If it would be inappropriate to speak to them, give them an understanding smile that says "Hey, I've been there. I support you."
• When you see parents do something positive, even if there was no problem -- in fact, what they did may have prevented a problem -- say something to them. I often whisper in their ear, "I really admired the way you ..." and then describe what they did.
Several times, strangers have come up to me and either compliment me on how I handled a situation, how well-behaved my children were or how well they got along. I can't tell you what that meant to me, especially as a new mother. Despite my training and knowledge about parenting, I also feel insecure and unsure of myself as a parent at times.
Because these comments mean so much to me, I make an extra effort to get over my shyness about talking to strangers to give others a compliment. (Yes, I can breeze through a media interview or speak to 200 people, but am awkward in social situations.) I encourage you to do the same.
If you miss an opportunity or want to share a story that will inspire others, tell us the story about a parent you observed "being good" in the comment section. Here's a story my husband shared with me recently:
"At the grocery store, I saw a dad in his work clothes with two young children. As they came in, he carefully spun the cart in circles and they were all laughing. Shopping with young kids can be an ordeal, but he found a way to make a fun adventure of it."
I hope that you, too, will make an extra effort to have fun with your children. The years fly by so fast, so lighten up and don't take everything seriously. Look at all the blessings your children bring and the good times you've had. These are the memories and "emotional paychecks" that will get you through the tough times.
Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE is a second-generation parent educator and president of Parent's Toolshop® Consulting. She is the author of 100+ resources for parents and family service professionals, including her award-winning book, The Parent's Toolshop at Parent's Toolshop® Consulting, Ltd. Since 1980, Jody has trained parents and professionals through her dynamic presentations and served as internationally recognized parenting expert to the media worldwide. Get practical parenting resources, including more information about this topic at Parent's Toolshop®'s archive.
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