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Terms of Reference for the Education Sector Working Group - Lebanon
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1 Terms of Reference for the Education Sector Working Group - Lebanon Background Since April 2011, due to the conflict in Syria, people started fleeing to neighboring countries including Lebanon. Recent statistics from UNHCR show that there are currently 726,340 registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Around 50% of the population is children, and over 240,000 are school-aged. This number is projected to become as much as a 420,000 by the end of 2013 if the current influx rate persists. 1 The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) have taken a very open and active approach to the education needs of all children. In consultation with UNHCR, UNICEF and other partners, the Ministry has made it clear that all Syrian children are permitted to enroll in Lebanese public schools and has extended its services to all enrolled students. However, the schools in areas of high-concentration of refugees are often overstretched in meeting the needs of Lebanese children, and many children are still on waiting lists. The humanitarian community is called upon to provide support to the MEHE to increase capacity of providing formal and non-formal education options to refugee children while not over-burdening the national systems. Objectives Support organization working in the education sector to deliver quality formal and non-formal programmes that provide access to education opportunities for all children To strengthen the coordination capacity response of all education partners in Lebanon to support the Government of Lebanon (GoL) in providing access to quality education in safe and protective learning environment. To ensure a timely, coherent and effective education response by mobilizing stakeholders to respond in a strategic manner to the Syrian Humanitarian crisis. To ensure prioritization, evidence-based actions and gap-filling; and to enhance accountable, predictable and effective emergency education response to children and youth amongst the affected population. Working modalities of the Group These terms of reference cover a period equal to the duration of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon to the extent that a humanitarian response remains necessary, or until 31 December 2014, whichever is 1 UNHCR Registration Trends for Syrians, UNHCR Lebanon, 11 July 2013 ( 1
2 sooner. Should the crisis extend beyond that date, it can be revised when the members, in consensus with the lead and co-lead of the group, agree to revise the document. This TOR is for the Beirut-based national level Education Sector Working Group, while field-based Education Sector Working Groups will be established at sub-national level. UNHCR has the lead to coordinate the emergency education response together with UNICEF as co-lead. The role of the Lead and Co-Lead agencies are further detailed in a later section of this TOR but in summary the Lead agency coordinates strategic ways forward setting guide lines for the response that are aligned with Government priorities. They will coordinate meetings, oversee the strategic planning, implementation, and monitor progress and identify gaps while continuously advocating the importance of education in the general response to the crises. The Co-Lead agency will technically support the coordinator, provide strategic policy guidance, capacity development and technical support to partners and stakeholders in strategic planning, implementation and monitoring including information management and mapping interventions. The Education Sector Working Group will report to the Assistant Representative (Coordination) UNHCR /inter-agency coordinator. All participating education partners form the Lebanon Education Sector Working Group. There is no limit to the number of members, and all organizations involved in education activities are encouraged to participate in the meeting. Each member organization should be represented by one person. An updated list of members will be circulated on a regular basis, and will also be available at the UNHCR portal. 2 The Education Sector Coordination meeting will take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 am unless decided otherwise by the majority of members. The venue of the meeting will be at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) unless otherwise decided by the working group members, and the duration of the meeting will be a maximum of 2 hours. An agenda will be shared a minimum of 3 days before the meeting, and the meeting minutes will be circulated within 3 working days after the meeting has been held. Updated Education Activities matrix (which include the 5W: Who, What, Where, When and for Whom) will be sent from each Education partner on their recent education activities to the education sector information manager with a copy to the lead and co-lead, on or before the first Friday of each month. The information manager will ensure that the updates are compiled and reviewed jointly with the lead and co-lead after which it is sent to the regional working groups for verification. The matrix will be shared within a week after the deadline. The information drawn from the reported activities in the Education Activities Matrix will provide a basis for needs and gaps analysis, which enables an improved targeting of the response. By consensus, the Education Activities Matrix structure and contents can be revised by the working group. An education strategy will be developed collectively and all education partners will be encouraged to use the strategy for planning, implementation and monitoring of their education activities. The strategy will be developed during August 2013 and finalized by the end of October Based on needs, technical task forces can be formed to find/recommend solution to specific education issues. Main responsibilities of Education sector working group members 2 2
3 Proactively work to improve coordination and harmonization of education assessments and analysis involving all relevant partners and sharing outcomes widely, both within the education sector and to the wider humanitarian community. Continually report on education activities to the sector group through the Education activities matrix. Participate in the development and sharing of the education strategy, ensuring consistency with other sector strategies and in accordance with MEHE standards, the UNHCR Global Education Strategy, UNICEFs Core Commitment for Children, INEE and SPHERE standards. The strategy will include detailed activity plans, indicators for monitoring, logical framework, contingency plan and joint plans for fundraising, advocacy and visibility. Provide technical support to the sector group according to areas of expertise of each member organization Maintain close links with sectors such as Protection/Child Protection, Shelter, Health, WASH and other relevant sectors. Coordinate closely with The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, The Ministry of Social Affairs and other institutions for sector specific service delivery and policy making. Sharing methodologies, studies, curriculum and lessons learnt within the Lebanese context. Collectively identify the capacity building needs and assist in building the capacity of education partners. Ensure that adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place to review outcome of education interventions and progress against implementation plans. Aim to improve transparency towards international and national organizations and local and national authorities. Main responsibilities and tasks of the Lead of the Education Sector Working Group (UNHCR): Coordination Ensure alignment of interventions with government policies and strategies. Ensure inclusion of key humanitarian partners for the sector, respecting their mandates and program priorities. Ensure coordination mechanisms between all humanitarian education partners, including national and international NGOs, UN agencies and other organizations or institutions involved in education. This includes ensuring effective links, communication and information management, as well as technical working groups and coordination platforms as appropriate. Ensure cooperation and information sharing between the education sector and other relevant sectors so that education partners are aware of key inter-sectorial issues and actions are taken as appropriate. Facilitate the exchange of information and ensure that education sector members are aware of existing technical standards and guidelines as well as mainstreaming crosscutting issues such as age, gender and disabilities. Facilitate linkage with government counterparts on national and regional level as well as the local communities regarding education issues. Needs assessment, analysis and strategy development: 3
4 Facilitate needs assessments, analysis and gap identification, and share it with all education partners and other stakeholders. Together with education partners develop an education strategy including agreed standards, response plan and exit strategy. Drawing lessons-learned from past activities and revising strategies accordingly Support contingency planning process so that a contingency plan is in place to deal with significant changes in situation and number of refugees. Monitoring and reporting Encourage education partners to update agreed Education Activities Matrix. Ensure key issues from the updated Education Activities Matrix are highlighted and shared. Deciding on common education indicators for monitoring together with the partners Ensure that responses are in line with existing standards and guidelines Ensure that responses are considering and mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as age, gender and disabilities. Capacity building Identify the capacity building needs of organizations involved in education. Support to organize trainings, share technical documents and work together with technical working group to find solutions to technical issues as required. Main responsibilities and tasks of Co-lead of Education Sector Working Group (UNICEF): Coordination Compile, evaluate, and keep up-to-date information on humanitarian education partners and stakeholders through the Education Activities Matrix (which include the 4W: Who, What, Where and When), their capacities and interventions Responsible for maintaining the Education Activities Matrix and sharing the information to all education partners. Provide technical oversight to the development and implementation of Education strategy and workplan/s with partners and stakeholders. Support on-going coordination among education partners and other stakeholders and facilitate technical working groups formed for specific purposes as required. Needs assessment, analysis and strategy development Support effective and coherent education assessment and analysis involving all relevant partners, including the identification of gaps and implementation of sectorial responses through collective delivery. Provide technical guidance and actively participate in on-going agency assessments, analysis, planning, monitoring and response in education and ensure that results are shared among agencies. 4
5 Encourage agencies to adopt adequate education related contingency planning and preparedness measures for potential significant changes in the situation (including increased Refugee numbers in future months) Monitoring and reporting Encourage agencies to ensure that adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place to review outcome of education interventions and progress against implementation plans; including an analytical interpretation of best available information in order to benchmark progress over time (monitoring indicators: quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost; with target population data disaggregated by sex, age, special needs etc.). Encourage adequate education outcome reporting from partners and effective information sharing (with all partners supporting education) Relationship between the field based sector working group and the National, Beirut based, sector working group: The centrally based education sector working group will be responsible for setting strategic direction for the sector but this direction is informed by the realities of implementation in the field. The Field based working groups will develop individual terms of reference for the group around the guidelines provided below: Coordinate activities at a level of implementation following strategic direction from the MEHE and the central working group. Provide inputs to the activity matrix for consolidation by the information manager of the Education Working Group in Beirut. Contextualization of national strategies, and address and agree on solutions to area-specific issues. Make inputs and provide feedback on the realities of implementation to inform strategic direction. Monitoring of regional achievements against national sector targets 5
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Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02940496
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 21, 2016
Last Update Posted : August 13, 2018
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The goal of this clinical research study is to learn about the safety and tolerability of pembrolizumab when given to patients with advanced liver cancer.
This is an investigational study. Pembrolizumab is not FDA approved or commercially available. It is currently being used for research purposes only. The study doctor can explain how the study drug is designed to work.
Up to 15 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
|Condition or disease
|Malignant Neoplasms of Digestive Organs Advanced Liver Cancer
|Drug: Pembrolizumab
|Phase 1 Phase 2
Show Detailed Description
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|15 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Subjects With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Progressed on or Were Intolerant to First-Line Systemic Therapy
|Actual Study Start Date :
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2019
Experimental: Pembrolizumab
Participants receive Pembrolizumab by vein over about 30 minutes on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Participants may receive Pembrolizumab for up to 35 cycles (about 2 years).
Drug: Pembrolizumab
200 mg by vein every 3 weeks.
Other Names:
- Predictive Biomarkers of Pembrolizumab as Second-Line After Sorafenib Systemic Monotherapy in Participants with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma [ Time Frame: 9 weeks ]Analysis method based on binomial distribution (Clopper-Pearson method).
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) of Pembrolizumab as Second-Line After Sorafenib Systemic Monotherapy in Participants with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma [ Time Frame: 2 years ]ORR defined as the proportion of subjects who have a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) using RECIST 1.1 and with confirmatory assessment as required per irRECIST at any time during the trial.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male/female subjects with advanced HCC with no curative option will be enrolled in this trial.
- Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial.
- Be =/>18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
- Have histologically or cytologically documented HCC (documentation of original biopsy for diagnosis is acceptable if tumor tissue is unavailable) or clinical diagnosis by AASLD criteria in cirrhotic subjects is required. For subjects without cirrhosis histological confirmation is mandatory.
- Have Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Stage C disease or BCLC Stage B disease not amenable to locoregional therapy or refractory to locoregional therapy, and not amenable to a curative treatment approach.
- Have a Child-Pugh A liver score within 7 days of first dose of study drug.
- Have a predicted life expectancy of greater than 3 months.
- Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1 as confirmed by the blinded MD Anderson radiology. Target lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions. Note: the same image acquisition and processing parameters should be used throughout the study for a given subject.
- Have a performance status of 0 or 1 using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale within 7 days of first dose of study drug.
- Have documented objective radiographic progression after stopping treatment with sorafenib or else intolerance to sorafenib. Intolerance to sorafenib is defined as: CTCAE Grade =/>2 drug-related adverse event(s) which both a) persisted in spite of comprehensive supportive therapy according to institutional standards and b) persisted or recurred after sorafenib treatment interruption of at least 7 days and dose reduction by one dose level. Patients treated on sorafenib as the last treatment may start pembrolizumab at least 14 days after the last dose of sorafenib.
- Subjects with chronic infection by HCV who are treated or untreated are allowed on study. Subjects with a past or resolved HBV infection, defined as having a negative HBsAg test and a positive total hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) test and negative HBV DNA test at screening, are eligible for the study. In addition, subjects with successful treatment (defined as sustained virologic response [SVR12] or SVR24) are allowed as long as 4 weeks have passed between completion of HCV therapy and start of study drug.
- Have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication (Cycle 1, Day 1) (female subjects of childbearing potential). If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
- Be willing to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication (male and female subjects of childbearing potential. Acceptable methods of contraception are as follows: A) Single method (one of the following is acceptable): a) intrauterine device (IUD); b) vasectomy of a female subject's male partner; c) contraceptive rod implanted into the skin B) Combination method (requires use of two of the following): a) diaphragm with spermicide (cannot be used in conjunction with cervical cap/spermicide); c) cervical cap with spermicide (nulliparous women only); d) contraceptive sponge (nulliparous women only); e) male condom or female condom (cannot be used together); f) hormonal contraceptive: oral contraceptive pill (estrogen/ progestin pill or progestin- only pill), contraceptive skin patch, vaginal contraceptive ring, or subcutaneous contraceptive injection
- (Continuation of inclusion criteria #13) Abstinence (relative to heterosexual activity) can be used as the sole method of contraception if it is consistently employed as the subject's preferred and usual lifestyle and if considered acceptable by local regulatory agencies and ERCs/IRBs. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, sympto-thermal, post-ovulation methods, etc.) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. If a contraceptive method listed above is restricted by local regulations/guidelines, then it does not qualify as an acceptable method of contraception for subjects participating at sites in this country/region.
- Demonstrate adequate organ function. All screening laboratory tests should be performed within 7 days of treatment initiation: a) Hematological - Absolute neutrophil count =/>1200/µL; Platelets =/> 60,000/µL; Hemoglobin =/> 8 g/dL without transfusion or EPO dependency within 7 days; b) Renal - Creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or creatinine clearance) =/<1.5 × ULN OR =/>60 mL/min for subject with creatinine levels >1.5 × institutional ULN. Note: Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard; c) Hepatic - Total bilirubin =/<2 mg/dL, or direct bilirubin =/<ULN for those with total bilirubin >2×ULN; AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) =/<5 × ULN ; Albumin =/>3 g/dL; d) Coagulation - INR or PT aPTT =/<1.5 × ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy, herbal/complementary oral or IV medicine, or used an investigation device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment. Subjects must also have recovered from associated therapy (i.e., to Grade =/<1 or baseline) and from adverse events due to any prior therapy.
- Has had esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding within the last 6 months. All subjects will be screened for esophageal varices, unless such screening has been performed in the past 12 months before first dose of treatment. If varices are present, they should be treated according to institutional standards before starting study treatment.
- Subjects with ALT >5x ULN at Day 1 are not eligible for enrollment.
- Subjects with Total Bilirubin >2.0 mg/dL at Day 1 are not eligible for enrollment
- Subjects with clinically apparent ascites or encephalopathy, or untreated varices are not eligible for enrollment
- Portal vein invasion at the main portal branch (Vp4), inferior vena cava, or cardiac involvement of HCC based on imaging.
- Has had encephalopathy in the last 6 months. Subjects on rifaximin or lactulose to control their encephalopathy are not allowed.
- Had a solid organ or hematologic transplant.
- Had prior systemic therapy for HCC other than sorafenib, or intercurrent local therapy to the liver tumor between sorafenib and study drug.
- Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids may be approved after consultation with the Sponsor.
- Has received locoregional therapy to liver (TACE, TAE, radiation, radioembolization, or ablation) or surgery to liver or other site within 6 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. Minor surgery must have occurred at least 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment (Cycle 1, Day 1). Subjects must have recovered adequately (i.e., Grade =/<1 or baseline) from the toxicity and/or complications from any intervention prior to starting therapy.
- Has a diagnosed additional malignancy within 3 years prior to first dose of study treatment with the exception of any curatively treated in-situ cancer.
- Has radiographically detectable (even if asymptomatic and/or previously treated) central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis as assessed by local site investigator and radiology review/CIV.
- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or there is current pneumonitis.
- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator, including dialysis.
- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
- Has received prior immunotherapy including anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agents, or if the subject has previously participated in Merck pembrolizumab clinical trials.
- Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies).
- Has untreated active Hepatitis B. Note: To qualify for enrollment, antiviral therapy for HBV must be given for at least 3 months prior to first dose of study drug, and HBV viral load must be less than 100 IU/mL prior to first dose of study drug. Those on active HBV therapy with viral loads under 100 IU/mL should stay on the same therapy throughout study treatment. Those subjects who are anti-HBc (+) and negative for HBsAg, Anti-HBs, and HBV viral load do not require HBV prophylaxis, but need close monitoring for reactivation.
- Subjects who have received therapy for HCV ≤ 4weeks from the start of pembrolizumab. Note: Those with untreated HCV and those who completed HCV therapy ≥4 weeks of study treatment start are eligible.
- Has dual infection with HBV/HCV or other hepatitis combinations at study entry.
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy (Cycle 1, Day 1). Note: The killed virus vaccines used for seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
- Has received sorafenib within 14 days of first dose of study medication
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02940496
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Ahmed Kaseb, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02940496 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2016-01935 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP )
|First Posted:
|October 21, 2016 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 13, 2018
|Last Verified:
|August 2018
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs
Advanced liver cancer
Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Liver Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Liver Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents

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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Darkness, Glory and A New Year
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Happy New Year Heidi!! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, friend :) and Happy New Year to you, too! (We've been having busy, busy, busy Christmas celebrations, but I am hoping to get you that sermon....and a reply....and a comment on your recent post before too long! ;))Delete
Oh my goodness!!!! GREENWILLOW!!! I just read it for the first time two months ago, and completely fell in love. It's such an adorable story, and the writing is so unique and simple and beautiful. *happy sigh* I love it so much, especially how she captures the excitement and beauty and meaning of life in such simple words. It's a work of art.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year, Heidi! :-)
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Happy New Year to you as well! And oh, I'm so thrilled!!!! I think you're the first person I've ever met who's already read Greenwillow!!! :) And exactly! The lyrical prose....the story.... It's all so rich and refreshing---gorgeous yet simple---and utterly satisfying. I just love it! :)
You are most welcome! Things here have been busy as well! :) I look forward to your email with much anticipation. God bless in the New Year of our LORD!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you again, Sarah! And oh, good! ;) May God bless you, too, and all your family in this new year of our Lord 2015! :)Delete
Happy New Year, Heidi! Lovely post. :) The excerpt from Greenwillow was so beautiful! What is Greenwillow about?ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Natalie!! And I'm so glad you enjoyed the excerpt! Hmmmm, let me try to encapsulate it in a couple sentences.... It's really about an entire village (with the development of various people), but it's also a gentle romance, with two (very much) main characters, Gideon and Dorrie. It has gentle humor and is outspokenly Christian, though a bit, oh....different....in it's approach. But thoroughly wholesome---it's entirely refreshing and delightful and I think you'd really enjoy it! ;)Delete
Thank you for telling me! I'll have to see if my library has it....it sounds very sweet! :)Delete
Oh, you're thinking of leaving a comment! How entirely lovely -- thank you and please do!! :) I just ask that all comments be God-honoring and edifying. (And btw, I LOVE comments on old posts! ;))


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Friday, April 10, 2015
Being engaged is pretty great. I get to plan a very special day with my very favorite person. I get to look at pictures of flowers and dresses. I get to dream about doughnut cakes and line dance mash-ups. But, if you need an extra reason to get engaged here it is: people want to give you champagne. So much champagne.
The champagne pushing began on E-Day (aka Engagement Day and the title of George's Google folder with all the super secret surprise plans) and continued through dress shopping, bridal show perusing, celebratory dinners, and ring shopping. Everyone wants to give us champagne and I am absolutely not complaining.
As proof, here are some pictures from the past month of celebration. Can't wait to celebrate all the way up to July 3, 2016 and then for around 80 years after that.


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Join Alan Demafiles for an in-depth discussion in this video Using mograph effector falloffs, part of Cinema 4D: Animating Charts and Graphs.
- So one of the other core techniques that we'll be using…throughout these videos involves mograph effectors.…Mograph effectors are just a way to manipulate the clones…inside of a cloner and have it do an "animate on"…in different ways.…One best way I can show you is through the use…of a plane effector.…I've got a cloner already set up here, I have them selected…and under mograph effector, click on plane.…Those cubes jump up.…Basically this plane effector comes in defaulted with this…100cm offset so if we just disable the position…you'll see them jump back into place.…
It's doing it across all the clones in our cloner.…There's a tab here called "Fall off" and right now…the shape is set to infinite, so it's seeing everything…as being treated equal.…Clicking on it you'll expose these different shapes…cube, capsule, cone, here's a sphere.…Let's throw that on, for instance,…you'll notice that you get these dots here in the center.…Let's make sure that our parameter is set on to position…and we'll turn this up, maybe 600.…
This course is a project-based learning experience that will introduce different tools and techniques for importing, styling, and manipulating chart data in C4D. Alan Demafiles shows how to drive relationships between spreadsheet data and geometry with set-driven XPresso keys, connect points with tracer objects, and animate charts with dynamic primitive objects. He also explains how to customize the look and behavior of your charts and graphs to fit the style of your company or your client's.
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JOLIET – Each month, students at St. Mary Nativity School in Joliet are recognized for different values or virtues.
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Pierre Lemond are a fashion photography studio based in Shoreditch, London. Latitude were contracted to update the studio's existing Facebook campaign. Within 4 months they saw a 22% increase in responses, resulting in over 1000 new client bookings.
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KATE Organic Cotton Sweatshirt In Dark Grey
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island Passport Office Information
Residents of Woonsocket in Providence County, Rhode Island have only a single location from which they can get a passport application sealed at. The passport agent in Woonsocket can provide you with passport forms or witness your signature and seal your passport documents (if you don't need your passport application sealed then you do not need to visit an acceptance agent). Besides the 1 location there are 19 other locations in the state of Rhode Island from which you can get a passport application sealed at. If you are not needing a passport in Woonsocket for a least (3) weeks, you can visit the sole passport acceptance agent listed below the map on this web page. If you need it faster than (3) weeks we have provided the closest regional passport offices to Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Expedited Passport service options for Woonsocket.
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Summer is here, but I am having trouble doing anything too productive other than reading and lounging. Have gone to the beach several times. Many creative thoughts melding in my head but just started getting the arts onto paper again. I did have a crochet lesson and invented my own Taylor stitches. Can't seem to follow directions too well.
Here's my watercolor attempt for today. I have trouble with this medium and having to wait for the paint to dry. A black pen and marker or colored pencil is more my speed, but the colors everyone is using with the watercolors are so lovely, I just have to keep trying, especially since I am taking Mary Ann Moss's on line sketching class where watercolor is used so beautifully.
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Making a change
Following on from last year's successful volunteer programme where UCL student volunteers collected good news stories in Hounslow from people with learning disabilities, this year we asked students to create health plans for people with mental health support needs.
Here Lilu, Business Development Partner talks to us about what the programme will entail…
"During the next two weeks we have six students from the University College London (UCL) who are volunteering as part of the UCL Global Citizenship Programme. This is a volunteer programme that matches students to placements enabling them to learn skills and give something back.
Life expectancy rates among people with serious mental illness are 10-20 years lower than the average population so the focus of the project is to improve the health of people we support with serious mental illness. This year's project sees volunteers working directly with people we support in Southwark to understand their physical health, the effects of prescribed medication and their likes and dislikes in terms of physical activity.
People and their support teams are currently collecting food diaries and getting ready to take part. Volunteers will then use this information to co-produce a health plan that is tailored to the needs of the person and fits them individually. At the end, people will receive health plans along with ideas for healthy eating. During the induction day, students will be taught motivational interviewing techniques by the Public Health Department of Southwark and will take part in a workshop looking at health behaviour models. Students will have the chance to learn further motivational tips from a Personal Trainer and Life Coach along with expert advice on how to motivate people with serious mental illness. They will also be working together as a team with staff, external professionals and, of course, with people we support.
We are looking forward to seeing and hearing about all the work that happens during the project and how it makes a difference to the support we provide."
Lilu WheelerBusiness Development Partner
Lilu works with teams across Certitude, supporting the development of key projects and new opportunities.


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Tonight is the second meeting of the season between the Warriors and Prince Albert Raiders. Moose Jaw won their first meeting earlier this week, 5-4 in a shootout in Prince Albert.
Dylan McIlrath leads the Warriors with a goal and two points against the Raiders; Antonin Honejsek and Jordan Wyton have two assists each; Danny Gayle, Nathan MacMaster, and Morgan Rielly have one goal each; Sam Fioretti has one assist; Thomas Heemskerk is 1-0 with a 3.69gaa and .918sv%.
Sebastian Svendsen leads the Raiders with two goals and three points against the Warriors; Jonathon Parker has a goal and three points; Brandon Herrod has two assists; Igor Revenko had one goal; Justin Maylan, Mark McNeil, and Tyler Yaworski have one assist each; Jamie Tucker is 0-0-0-1 with a 3.69gaa and .897sv%.
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There is a choice we all must make, one not easy nor simple. It often forces us to pit ourselves against that which defines us the most. Yet without a decision, we wander aimless through this forsaken plane…
Well then, now that I have your attention, I'm actually going to revert to a reflection on why I chose the title I did. It is, in fact, a summary of my past year. For I have been blessed in ways only God could have managed and faced off with situations that left a horrid after-taste. In fact, I'd go so far as to say my 2014 experience began and ended on sore notes, not really the way a year is supposed to. But who am I to judge what I deserve in this life?
So how do I chose to divide this year's summation? Perhaps by simpler categories, such as physically, emotionally, and spiritually. So here goes:
I made a conscious effort to get out more and take opportunities to be more active this past year. This involved not only getting back into playing Ultimate Frisbee on a weekly basis but also joining a couple different teams to play soccer in the local recreation league during the warmer months. I also continued my role as a Jr. High school coach for my high school alma mater in the fall and desire to do it again this year. However the common tendency of mine to avoid gyms (for introverted reasons and lack of motivation) during the colder months means my activity levels are slipping to near hibernation levels. Hopefully I will find my way to some pickup indoor soccer before warmer weather begins so I am in better shape for the summer season than in years past.
Now this category is hard for me to discuss, largely because I am not an emotional person to begin with. However I can try to divide this into slightly simpler sections and divulge how each has unraveled over the past year. First I would like to start with the mental aspect of my emotions. My mental state has, as a whole, been significantly more stable over the past year than years prior, something I attribute to consistent full-time employment, a simple and efficient living arrangement and the inclusion into new and beneficial social circles. While I was not without my lapses into the irate or insane, these were mostly responses to a difficult situation and not a permanent funk. Second I would like to examine the inter-personal aspect of my emotions, or how I responded to events involving others around me. There were several couples within my circle of friends that had their first child this past year and while I was happy they are establishing families, I often had a twinge of solitude because I knew this also meant my already small social circle would become significantly less involved. However I was blessed with new friends and rediscovered a couple old ones throughout the year. Yet the year ended on a sore note as shortly after the annual Christmas celebrations had ended, my father was rushed to the hospital with extreme pain in his right leg. I was able to visit him a couple days later before he was released to go home but it was still hard for me to witness him in that state, lying on a hospital bed. Here lay the man I often thought unbreakable growing up, yet at 55 he was bedridden by a pain that wrecked his body to the point of exhaustion. This mental image still haunts me days later…
Finally I must rant about the relational (romantic) aspect of my emotions. Now I readily admit this section may be heavily influenced by my present singleness and the lack of any measure of success on my part in the romantic sector over the past year. Just to name a few events (in no particular order): had a second chance with a girl I wronged and probably fucked it up again as she just shut me out after a couple months of tentative friendship, got friend-zoned at least once, had the girl who broke my heart a few years back message me with an apology I never thought I wanted to hear, finally apologized to my high school sweetheart with whom I unceremoniously ended things because I wasn't ready for the responsibilities a serious relationship led to, and got stood up by a date I met online (yeah, probably not the best place to be looking but, you know, single-guy problems). So yeah, despite almost everyone around my age in my immediate and extended family having been married or gotten engaged by now, I'm still (and perhaps hopelessly) single. Which leads me to wonder, am I really that bad at relationships or am not worthy of one? I know I can be a hard person to get to know, given that I tend to avoid emotional responses and cannot for the life of me put my emotions into speech and therefore act based on a logical progression of idealistic thoughts. Or maybe it is my rather unconventional ideal of romantic relationships and their progression, something I may detail in the future. But here is what I have going for me: I can cook, clean, perform basic auto-maintenance, have a fair understanding of financial responsibility, know how to care for a family (you learn things as an elder child in a large family), have a clean criminal and driving record, am athletic, smart, usually funny, and my worst addiction [sic] is Mountain Dew. I don't know about everyone, but that pedigree seems pretty well-rounded and even desirable. Yet it would seem that my obstinate view of social conventions combined with my introverted tendencies make me unsuitable for any sort of romantic relationship. So I guess we shall see if the Sun only sets to rise later on or if I must continue to watch the Moon as a reminder of my solitary status.
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The father of the children went into the convenience store in Colerain Township just before 2 p.m. It was then that the car was stolen with 4-year-old Cameron Wells, 3-year-old Camiyah Fields and 1-year-old Laiyah Wells in the back seat.
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