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Jane Marquardt | Philanthropy
About Jane Marquardt
Jane's Philanthropy
Category: LGBT
Ending Conversion Therapy in Utah
Tami and I support Equality Utah and its mission of securing equal rights and protections for LGBTQ+ Utahns and their families. We especially support Equality Utah's work to stop the damaging practice of Conversion Therapy in Utah. Eleven states and the District of Columbia have already made conversion therapy illegal for state-licensed mental health providers. Despite this, conversion therapy is still being implemented in Utah County and Salt Lake County. Read more about what is being done to change this here.
Reflections on Matthew Shepard
Earlier In 2018 Matthew Shepard was finally interred in a place of honor in the Washington National Cathedral.
My friends and I in the gay community in northern Utah were rocked to our core by the senseless murder of Matthew Shepard back in 1998. Not only were the details horrible, but the college town of Laramie, Wyoming was similar to my town of Ogden, Utah. As a lesbian who had only been open about my sexuality for a few years, the striking reality of what homophobia could lead people to do lingered in my mind. Standing in Dupont Circle 20 years later, holding a candle in the dark with a couple hundred strangers, I recalled the feelings of horror I felt when I learned about his murder. And yet, despite that, it was affirming to hear the words of the speakers calling on people to continue to protect marginalized communities from violence.
Please click here to read more about Matthew Shepard and what he means to us.
The Community Foundation of Utah Hosts LGBT Community Endowment Fund Grant Award Reception
Last month, the Community Foundation of Utah hosted a celebration of Utah not-for-profit organizations that support and empower the LGBTQ community, as well as the collective good that has been accomplished by all allies who contribute to the LGBT Community Endowment Fund. The event was held on September 16 at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Grant check which ranged in size from $1,000 to $5,000 were awarded to a dozen different nonprofits, totaling as much as $40,000 awarded overall. Held to honor the incredible work accomplished by all nonprofit organizations in attendance, the event will highlight the successes of each group in the preceding year, as well as their upcoming projects to continue working for the betterment of Utah's LGBTQ community members.
Representatives from each nonprofit grantee offered a one-minute pitch of their project or organization which at times resulted in as much as an additional $1,500 in funding. Jane Marquardt was proud to serve on the board of select judges in attendance who weighed in on these pitches, along with fellow selection committee members that included Jim Dabakis and Michelle Turpin (among other donors and supporters).
The nonprofit grantees who sent representatives included:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah
Equality Utah
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Office of Inclusion and Outreach, University of Utah
OUTreach Resource Centers
Pioneer Craft House
Senior Charity Care Foundation
UMOCA Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Utah Film Center
Utah Pride Center
Youth Futures
The LGBT Community Endowment Fund is just one of more than two hundred different philanthropic funds that the Community Foundation of Utah oversees. This specific endowment represents a united effort to support the LGBT community be creating space to receive and direct the largest, most meaningful contribution of donors willing to fund positive change and progress within the state of Utah. Since its establishment in 2011, the LGBT Community Fund has granted $243,600 to 20 nonprofit organizations.
Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000 in size and have been allocated to a dizzying variety of efforts. These include arts performance, youth mentoring, education, legal aid, anti-bullying, aid to rural organizations focused on the LGBT community, college internships, and more. This collective action illustrates the power of LGBT philanthropy and the community's dedication to the safety, health, and happiness of all Utah's citizens, regardless of sexual or gender identity.
Peace & Possibility Project Speaker Series Thrives
Hosted at the Weber State University's LGBT Resource Center, the Marquardt Peace & Possibility Speaker Series continues to work to improve the university's culture of tolerance and acceptance by inviting leading LGBTQ activists and advocates to campus. This work aims to nurture a sense of inclusion and allyship. Jane and Tami donated a substantial sum to ensure the project is properly funded to achieve this important goals.
When she spoke at the center, Jane shared, "For decades, Weber State has been the leader in northern Utah in promoting conversations surrounding diversity and the LGBT community. I am so proud of the leadership demonstrated by Weber State, and the opportunities the university is opening for people of all backgrounds throughout Utah."
The LGBT Resource Center Coordinator, Jayson Stokes, stated the value of their donation in empowering the center to stay open and to eventually expand. It was the first large endowment granted to the newly minted LGBT Resource Center and represents what will hopefully be just the first in a long line of symbolic investments in the center's mission. Jane Marquardt had previously gifted the university a sum which became the Phoenix Achievement scholarship for Women. Jane is closely associated to the university, a relationship which dates back to the 1980's when she taught as an adjunct professor there, as well as served on the Board of Trustees.
Since opening in the beginning of 2015, the LGBT Resource Center has organized and cosolidated campus resources available for LGBT students and allies who need them. They also invest in organizations that provide access to legal support for communities in need.
Jane Marquardt in the Huffington Post
Marriage is a major moment in most anyone's life. Naturally, there is the tradition, the ceremony, and the celebration. All of these receive vast amounts of attention in pop culture. People pour their money, time, and effort into bringing the dream of a perfect wedding to life. However, the wedding itself is only ever symbolic. It represents something much bigger than the sum of its parts.
A marriage is the commitment of two individuals to join into a union. Two become one in a perfect partnership of love. That's the true reason the day is so often described as "the perfect day," regardless of what anyone wore, how the food tasted, or what music was played. Recently, Jane Marquardt shared with the Huffington post how she came to have more than a week's worth of perfect days.
Jane's story is winding and inspirational, especially for people who may not yet understand the huge advances in LGBT rights that have only been witnessed recently. These developments have had very real, positive, and immediate impacts on the lives of so many Americans. In celebration of the Supreme Court's recent ruling which finally put to rest the dwindling debate on this civil rights issue, Jane spoke candidly about what it was like to grow and find love with her longtime partner, Tami. These two women proudly fought time and again to express their love and confirm their partnership in the eyes of what was, at the time, an ever-changing legislative landscape. Ultimately married six times in multiple states, as well as in Canada, before the U.S. Supreme Court decision this year cemented their union's legal legitimacy, Jane and Tami continue to work towards wider acceptance and empowerment of the LGBT community in their home state of Utah and beyond.
Read Jane Marquardt's full story in her own words on the Huffington Post here.
The 2015 Utah Pride Festival Is Poised For Success
Downtown Salt Lake City is buzzing with eager anticipation as this year's Utah Pride Festival approaches. Held this week from Thursday, June 4 to Sunday, June 7, the celebration showcases our state's proud lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Organized and managed by the Utah Pride Center, the event hosts a massive array of exciting and positive activities, including Utah's second-largest parade, the Pride Parade. The theme for 2015 is Pride Is…, purposefully designed to encourage everyone to reflect on and embrace the meaning of Pride for them personally.
The Utah Pride Festival began in 1974 as a small, informal gathering in City Creek Park of proud residents who were ready and willing to celebrate their community. Joe Redburn and the staff of the Sun Tavern loosely organized it. In the decades since, it has grown to meteoric proportions and become a staple of the city's annual calendar, serving as a bright and bold opportunity to come together, educate, and revel in the robust diversity of the community. These days, the Festival attracts over 35,000 participants – and that number grows every year! Nearly 1,000 volunteers will cover 1,400 shifts and vendors will staff hundreds of booths. The Pride Parade alone included 143 entries last year and drew about 25,000 spectators.
The 2015 iteration includes a number of exciting activities for LGBTQ community members, families, friends, and allies. On Thursday, the Community of Christ will host an Interfaith Service at First Baptist Church. The following evening begins with the Grand Marshal Reception. This year's Grand Marshal is Janet Mock, the prominent advocate, speaker, and New York Times bestelling author. In addition to receptions, the Grand Marshal leads the Pride Parade. Afterwards, there will be poster making and rallies, followed by a kick-off party and Opening Ceremonies.
Saturday afternoon, the Festival Gates open at 3pm. Festival organizers have planned a number of "zones" for different activities and to cater to different visitors, including a SAGE Zone (for everyone), a Youth Zone, a Family Zone, a Gender Zone (to celebrate and support transgender identities), a Health Zone, a Pet Zone, a History Zone, and several more. At 8pm headliner DEV will take the stage. The rest of the evening is dedicated to a dance party. Sunday starts with a Pride Day 5k Fun Run at 9 in the morning, followed by the beloved Utah Pride Parade at 10. The Festival Gates open again at 11am, with entertainment scheduled (including headliner XELLE) until the Festival closes at 7pm.
The Utah Pride Center oversees the Festival, in addition to a growing portfolio of ongoing and annual services, events, and activities that support the state's LGBT community. The Center evolved from the Utah Stonewall Center which was founded in the early 1990s.


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SACP turns up the heat in war of words with Zanu-PF
South African Communist Party First Deputy Secretary Solly Mapaila. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frennie Shivambu)
By Carien du Plessis
The South African Communist Party has added to the war of words with Zimbabwe by saying that Zanu-PF is a revolutionary movement that is declining to the extent that 'Zimbabweans are running away from their own country'.
SACP First Deputy Secretary Solly Mapaila said there is "growing authoritarianism in Zimbabwe which we reject with the contempt it deserves, particularly from our comrades in Zanu-PF". Mapaila, who doesn't hold any government or ANC position, was much harsher in his public criticism than leaders of the SACP's alliance partner the ANC, especially after their swifter-than-planned return from Harare on Wednesday night.
"We don't think a revolutionary movement should decline in its ethos and democratic practices in the way that it is happening [with Zanu-PF], whilst denying it, where you are seeing Zimbabweans running away from their own country. And I think if any revolutionary movement will think that they can achieve any objectives without their people, it's a pipe dream," he told a Zoom press conference on Sunday, following the party's weekend central committee meeting.
SACP General Secretary Blade Nzimande, who is also minister of higher education, science and technology, was more measured, but still more critical than his Cabinet and ANC colleagues.
"The assertions that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe are nothing but a denial of the self-evident truth," he said. "In fact, you don't even have to go to Zimbabwe to see the crisis. You only have to go to our informal settlements in South Africa to see how many Zimbabweans who would love to have a good life, who are trying to make an honest living for their families."
While the people of Zimbabwe should "independently solve the problems affecting their country", the African Union and the Southern African Development Community should help too, he said.
Nzimande said the SACP had engaged in the issues in Zimbabwe too, but then he suddenly seemed to remember this was as far back as in 2002 and 2003, when the party was at odds with former president Thabo Mbeki's quiet diplomacy there.
"We are pointing out there are similar kinds of issues being raised now," he said. The SACP was also engaging with Zimbabwean opposition parties, he said, including the new Zimbabwe Communist Party, which is still very small but "we hope it's going to grow".
Nzimande said it was "unfortunate" that President Cyril Ramaphosa's government delegation last month only met with the governing party and didn't meet "with other structures and forces as well". Like the ANC delegation last week, the government delegation was barred by Zanu-PF from meeting other stakeholders.
The SACP leaders are expressing what many in the ANC might feel, but can't say. ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule, after the ANC delegation's meeting with Zanu-PF last week, toned down his view of Zimbabwe's "crisis" to a "challenge", while the chairperson of the party's subcommittee for international relations, Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, did the same.
Reports in Zimbabwe's weekend papers reflecting a press conference by Zanu-PF on Friday, following the visit, might explain why. The Herald reported that the meeting, which lasted for more than six hours, was a "no-holds-barred indaba" in which Zulu and Tony Yengeni, head of the ANC's peace and security subcommittee, continued to claim there's a crisis in Zimbabwe and that the ANC wanted to meet the opposition. They were, apparently, made to back down from their stance.
Zanu-PF's secretary for external affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, told the media, "friendly and sisterly organisations only come to the help of each other on invitation". The notion of a crisis, Zanu-PF believes, was planted in the heads of some ANC leaders by supporters of former president Robert Mugabe, or the G40 faction, who left the country after Mugabe was replaced. Some are in South Africa and met, among others, Magashule and Yengeni a few weeks ago. The "threat" posed by members of the G40 faction to Zanu-PF was raised at the meeting.
Chinamasa also denied that Zimbabwe had received any financial assistance from South Africa "other than us selling and importing from South Africa", implying that South Africa had no right to interfere in Zimbabwe's business.
"It is not normal for a former liberation party to impose itself on another and therefore we only hope that the views expressed here were individual views and we would be very surprised if they are the common position of the ANC," Mumbengegwi was quoted as saying.
Zimbabwe's former finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the two parties had "agreed very clearly" that Zimbabwe was not a province of South Africa.
"South Africa is not a big brother to Zimbabwe. It has no overseer role to play in Zimbabwe or in the region," he said. Chinamasa said Zimbabwe's actual problem was that it couldn't access capital due to sanctions. The US and the European Union have targeted sanctions in place against specific individuals and companies they say are associated with the Zimbabwean government, citing a lack of democratic and human rights reforms.
Chinamasa said Zimbabwe was on the "verge of economic transformation" due to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Vision 2030, anchored on agricultural production, mining and tourism. South Africa in December 2018 reportedly declined to give Zimbabwe a $1.2-billion bailout. More recently it was reported here that South Africa was withholding help to Zimbabwe with personal protective equipment as well as in securing international loans until Zanu-PF drops its opposition to the government delegation meeting all Zimbabwean stakeholders.
A South African Air Force plane was used to take ANC members to Zimbabwe. (Photo: Twitter / @takumandura)
Meanwhile, back in SA, the ANC has another headache to deal with. Defence spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini confirmed that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula had signed off on a report requested by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the "circumstances that led to the Minister sharing a flight to Harare, Zimbabwe, with a senior delegation of the African National Congress leadership".
Dlamini, in a statement on Thursday, said Mapisa-Nqakula went to Zimbabwe "to meet her counterpart in preparation for a SADC Troika Meeting and the UN Reconfiguration of the Force Intervention which comprises troops from the SADC region".
Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Tyrone Seale, would not comment on whether Ramaphosa had received the report by the deadline on Sunday, only repeatedly replying: "We will comment once the president has considered the report."
It is unclear how much Ramaphosa knew about the logistics of the visit, although he did say in a press conference following an ANC National Executive Committee meeting earlier this month that the party would engage with its counterpart as well as other stakeholders in Zimbabwe on the situation there.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is also due to conclude his investigation into whether the passengers had broken national lockdown rules "some time this week", according to spokesperson Siya Qoza. The Sunday Times reported that the ANC delegation had not applied for permission to leave the country, as required under lockdown regulations, and several of them had also ignored a requirement to stay in quarantine for 10 days after travel. DM
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When the ANC deploys both implicated and convicted crooks to attend meetings with neighbouring states, we should know we are in deep trouble.

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Howard Israel, D.D.S.
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Touro College of Dental Medicine
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Diagnosis and management of TMJ; Orofacial Pain Disorders
Dr. Howard Israel is a Clinical Professor of Dental Medicine and Director of Orofacial Pain at the Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM). In this role, he works closely with a team of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and student dentists at TCDM's Center for Advanced Temporomandibular Joint Arthroscopy to treat patients with severe TMJ disease and performs this minimally invasive procedure with sedation provided by a dental anesthesiologist. Dr. Israel is known nationally and internationally for his clinical and research expertise in the field of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ) and specializes in temporomandibular arthroscopic surgery, diagnosis and management of head, facial and oral chronic pain. He has authored many manuscripts and chapters and lectured extensively on these topics.
Dr. Israel is regarded as an important voice in bioethics for his key role in the discovery and recognition of the Nazi origins of the famous classic anatomy book, Pernkopf's Anatomy, leading to many other discoveries and issues surrounding biomedical ethics. In addition to his current teaching responsibilities at TCDM, he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and was a Professor of Clinical Surgery at the college from 2001 to 2018. Just prior to joining TCDM in 2017, he served as Professor of Clinical Dentistry at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery in New York City. Dr. Israel also teaches oral pathology and surgery at the New York Institute of Clinical Oral Pathology in New York City. He is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center and held faculty practices at Columbia. Dr. Israel was previously in private practice on Long Island from 2000 until 2016 and is licensed to practice in the state of New York.
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Senate confirms Emefiele as CBN Governor
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Senate confirms Emefiele as CBN Governor for the second time.
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the nomination of Godwin Emefiele as the Governor of the Central Bank.
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a letter to the Senate, had nominated Emefiele for a second term in office as the CBN governor.
Buhari and Emefiele
Senate President Bukola Saraki referred the letter to the Committee on Banking to report back in one week.
Emefiele appeared before the Committee, chaired by Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
Presenting its report at plenary on Thursday, May 16, 2019, the chairman said Emefiele had performed well in his first term as governor of the apex bank.
"The nominee understands the diverse economy of the country and has displayed profound knowledge of the continuous existence of our economy's stability," he said.
"The nominee has performed credibly in his first tenure which resulted to the exit of the nation out of economic recession."
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
While congratulating Emefiele on his reappointment, Saraki urged him to initiate and implement policies that would lead to improvement in the economy.
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Come to the Kasbah, Ray, Old Chum
by Jack Schaller
Moroccan Musicians
A few interesting little "factoids" about Morocco, before we board our flight and actually land in this interesting country.First of all, despite the witty title, a kasbah is not really a spot for nightlife, but a place of refuge. According to Wikepedia, a kasbah "is a place for the local leader to live and as a defense when the city was under attack. A kasbah has high walls which usually have no windows. Sometimes, they were built on the top of hill to make them easier to defend. Some of them were also placed near the entrance of harbors.
"Having a kasbah built was a sign of wealth. Almost all cities had their kasbah, this building being something necessary for the city to survive. The word kasbah may also be used to describe the old part of a city, in which case it has the same meaning as a medina quarter. The Spanish word alcazaba is a cognate naming the equivalent building in Andalusia or Moorish Spain. In Portuguese, it derived into the word alcáçova."
Morocco as an independent state is younger than the State of Israel. It won independence from France only in 1956, and became a constitutional monarchy in 1962. The present ruler, Mohammed VI, is the grandson of the founding ruler, who led the independence movement from exile back in the '50's. The present ruler's father (Hassan II) ruled the country for many years, and when Mohammed VI succeeded to the throne in 1999 there was a sense that the country might finally start to develop into a modern state. Some say the jury is still out on that score.
Morocco is actually further west, longitudinally speaking, than Ireland (westernmost point is 15 degrees west of the Prime Meridian). Also, if you look closely at a map of Morocco, you will notice that it has a much longer Atlantic coastline than a Mediterranean one. Yet we tend to think of Morocco as a Mediterranean country.
What I find most fascinating in my limited reading thus far, and what I hope to learn more about, is the culture that lies beneath the surface of the presenting Islamic culture.
Morocco has a rich Berber tradition, as well as that of the Tuaregs in the southern part of the country; Islam simply "overlaid" its religious and cultural practices on top of this rich culture. Kind of like seeing the Moorish influence everywhere in southern Spain seeping into the Spanish Catholic culture, I expect we will see the Berber influence seeping through the Islamic culture.A big part of that Berber culture is an animistic belief in spirits. The so-called "djinns" are everywhere, working their magic for good or for ill among the people. Very "un-Islamic", but also very real in the culture, I expect. We wil keep our eyes wide open for djinns at all times, and look for their handiwork.
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All of your physical reality is a construct of your very specific intention.
It may be that you think that it is all random, perhaps happening to you in ways that seem chaotic and are certainly not to your liking and that you sense that you cannot trust.
It may be that you think that you are swimming in a very large ocean with lots of other fish and that you have a shared reality that you are all creating together and that, in this ocean, there is a certain amount of water that you all must share.
It may be that you think you are living in an objective reality, attracting things to you and trying to not attract the bad things while you are attracting the good things.
And, it may be that it is becoming clearer and clearer to you that you are actually in the middle of a very beautiful intentional reality that you are constructing through the Infinite Intelligence that organizes the Unconditional Love that you are.
In this series of conversations,questions, answers, directives, and rampages over 7 days, we are inviting you to further uncover the simple truth that all of this experience you are having is a constructed experience and that includes the part of it that you call cash.
You can have the cash experience you desire very easily by using the construction of your reality to your benefit.
And, in doing so, abundance begets abundance and this benefits each and every part and each and every person, as well.
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December 27, 2015 The choice to give cash.
December 28, 2015 Liberating your desire.
December 29, 2015 Intention is the construction.
December 30, 2015 Acknowledging what is right in front of you.
December 31, 2015 The immediate and practical application of this topic.
January 1, 2016 The vibration of an abundance of cash.


LOS ANGELES — Consumers aren't apparently waiting until the fall to buy shiny, new iPhones.
Apple had a good fiscal third-quarter on Tuesday with sales and earnings that exceeded Wall Street's expectations.
Apple announced revenue of $45.4 billion and earnings of $1.67 per share, compared to the year-ago quarter of $42.4 billion and $1.42, respectively.
Analysts had expected revenue of $44.9 billion and earnings of $1.57 for the quarter.
The results sent Apple shares up 6% to a record $159.22 in after-hours trading Tuesday. At $775.5 billion, it is within striking distance of becoming the first company to be valued at $1 trillion.
The June quarter is historically Apple's slowest. As in most years, sales of the iPhone taper off in the spring and summer, as folks await a new model that debuts each fall. The next iPhone, reportedly sporting a major redesign and packed with new features such as facial recognition, is expected to be introduced in September.
Still, during its third quarter, Apple sold 41 million iPhones and 11.4 million iPads, compared to 40 million iPhones and 9.9 million iPads in the year ago quarter.
The bump is impressive for the iPad, which had been seeing declining sales for the past two years.
Apple also racked up $7.3 billion in its Services division that includes iTunes, Apple Music and the App Store, up 22%. In the year-ago quarter, Apple generated $5.9 billion in Services, so that's a huge jump for movie rentals, music subscriptions and app downloads.
The Cupertino, Calif., company is now sitting on a pile of $261 billion in cash.
While the sale in this quarter of 41 million iPhones pales compared to the fall quarter's 78 million, it's all a sense of perception. For chief rival, a "really good quarter," is when it sells 10 million of its Galaxy phones," notes Gene Munster an investor and analyst with Minneapolis-based Loup Ventures. "Nobody else comes near Apple's numbers," he says. "But Apple is held to a different standard."
On a conference call with investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook called the quarterly results "very strong" and noted that some 1.2 billion iPhones have now been sold since first being released in 2007.
Cook punted on a question about President Donald Trump's recent statement that Apple would build three new manufacturing plants in the United States.
He noted Apple added 2 million jobs to the economy, mainly through freelance app developers, and invests in manufacturing parts like glass for iPhone and iPad from U.S. suppliers. "There are some things we'll say about that later in the year," Cook said.
Munster predicts Apple will sell 236 million iPhones in its next fiscal year because of pent-up demand in the upgrade cycle, and excitement over Phone 8.


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Irene Fernandez
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COURT ALLOWS IRENE TO MAKE SUBMISSION
The trial of Irene Fernandez which began at 2.30 pm on 14 October 2003 saw the presence of a wide range of representatives from civil society, the media, foreign embassies, members of parliament, representatives of the Bar Council, leaders of Opposition parties, international women and human rights activists, family and friends. The Bar Council was represented by senior counsel Ramdas Tikamdass, Amnesty International by Edward Saw, Human Rights Association of Malaysia by Elizabeth Wong (the DPP however refused to recognise Ms Wong��s presence in court as according to him she was " not dressed properly"). The Defence was represented by Edmund Bon and Amer Hamzah in the absence of lead counsel Mr. Puravalen. The presiding magistrate was Puan Juliana Mohamed.
In the packed courtroom where there was only standing room for many, Public Prosecutor Stanley Augustin began by stating that the Prosecution had not received the written submissions from the Defence. The Defence stated that its lead counsel Mr. Puravalen was on a human rights fact finding mission on terrorism in Pakistan. The Defence pointed out that it received the Prosecution��s written submission on 10 October 2003 at 5pm.
The Prosecution submitted that it had kept to the dateline and submitted an 82 page written submission and that the Defence had been given until 30 June 2003 to make its submissions as directed by the Court. The Prosecution strongly urged the Court not to allow any appeal for more time to make a written submission as the dateline had been agreed by all parties.
The Defence replied that a schedule had been agreed to by all parties i.e. written submission by Defence by 30 June 2003, Prosecutions�� s response by 15 October 2003 and Defence��s response by 17 November 2003. Accordingly, the Defence had the right to respond to the Prosecution��s submission and requested the Court��s permission to allow the Accused, Irene Fernandez to deliver an oral submission.
The magistrate allowed Irene Fernandez to make an oral submission "in the interests of justice" but it would be restricted to the points raised by the Prosecution in their reply.
The Prosecution raised objections to Irene making submissions from the Bar seated next to her counsel as it would breach court decorum and insisted that she should submit from the dock which was the correct place for an accused.
Irene Fernandez began the oral submissions from the dock by thanking the magistrate for allowing her to make the submission and for taking the time to come back to conclude this trial which had gone on for 7 years, before she left government service on 17 October 2003.
Irene stated that she would respond to the Prosecution��s submission by referring to three layers of evidence which had been presented in Court to show the truth of the contents of the Memorandum "Abuse, Torture and Dehumanised Treatment at the Detention Camps".
The first layer was the primary evidence of 5 witnesses who were former detainees in the camps; the second layer are the interviews of 335 ex-detainees during a participatory action research carried out on Migration, Health and HIV Aids; and the third layer was an independent investigation carried out by a group of journalists from the Sun newspaper, Steven Gan, Uma Papachan and Selvi Gopal. This group was awarded the Prime Minister��s Award for Investigative Journalism for their report on Semenyih Camp.
Irene took the Court back to the evidence which had been presented in Court to rebut the areas which were identified as false in the Prosecution��s submission. She took the court through the evidence of ex-detainee Gulam Maolah which demonstrated that the detainees were stripped naked, given 2 cups of water per day, beaten when requested for more water or for medical treatment and the deplorable conditions of the toilets in the camp. Irene stated that the evidence of the ex-detainees showed a pattern of systemic torture and dehumanized treatment which was the substance of the Memorandum.
Irene argued that the Prosecution had devoted 20 pages to whether the total number of ex-detainees interviewed was 335 or 340, whereas the Defence had already clarified in Court that the 340 stated in the Memorandum was a error in computation and the correct figure was 335. Irene argued that this ignored the substantive truth of the evidence from the 335 interviewees and was meant to create a diversion. Moreover, Irene pointed out that the exact number and structure of toilets highlighted by the Prosecution was not the issue but the deplorable conditions in the camps highlighted by the Memorandum. Irene remided the Court that the witness had thrown up three times in Court while giving evidence about the toilets in the camps.
In response to the Prosection��s point that there was only one death in the camps due to suicide Irene pointed out that the witness had actually seen two deaths which were not due to suicide.
Irene pointed out that torture was not only the infliction of physical pain but the trauma, fear and dehumanizing conditions experienced in the camps by the detainees constituted the torture which was referred to in the Memorandum.
The case adjourned at 4.40 pm and submissions continue tomorrow from 10.30am. Irene informed the Court she will need another 3 hours to complete her submissions.
Aegile Fernandez
National Focal Point Coordinator, Tenaganita
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PFLAG is an American organization that represents the interests of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. It was founded in 1973 as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Since then, it has become the largest membership organization of its kind in the United States. Its mission is to foster tolerance and awareness of LGBTQ issues and to defend the human rights of LGBTQ people.
Jeanne Manford conceived the idea for PFLAG in 1972. Her openly gay son had recently been beaten at a gay rights protest. Manford was angry that the police had done nothing to help him. She subsequently decided to join her son in a gay pride parade. While marching, she carried a sign that read "Parents of gays: unite in support of our children." Manford was one of the first parents in the United States to openly support her gay child. Many gay men and lesbians approached her, asking if she could speak with their parents. That convinced her of the need for a support group, and PFLAG's first meeting was held in March 1973.
In the following years, PFLAG offered families of LGBTQ people information and support. Similar independent groups began to form around the country. In 1979 these groups came together at the National March for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Washington, D.C. At that time they decided to join together as one organization. They were among the first organizations to distribute accurate, positive information about gay people to educational and faith-based institutions.
PFLAG was one of the first organizations to take concerns about gay civil rights to Congress and state legislators. The organization lobbied to end the U.S. military's practice of discharging gay men and lesbians because of their sexual identities. In the early 1990s, before gay rights issues became popular, PFLAG gained support from First Lady Barbara Bush. In 1993 PFLAG broadened its vision to include bisexuals. In 1998 it included transgender people. The organization officially changed its name to PFLAG in 2014.
PFLAG provides support groups and resources. It also offers comprehensive programs. One of these, Straight for Equality, focuses on gaining more heterosexual allies in the fight for LGBTQ equality. Another program, Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for All, gives tools and resources to schools to promote a safe environment for LGBTQ students.


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Q: External Application receiving multiple Success Pings For the SFDC Integration I send out a call to an external application and receive a Success status in my debug log(I am logged in as myself).  External application says they are getting multiple pings of "success" over and over for several minutes(5mins+).
FYI: SFDC sends SFDC Id to External Application and the External Application connects to SFDC using Integration user credentials and the WSDL to extract data.
To stop the multiple pings, I freeze the Integration user.  In my apex code I have a try catch for when I send my http request, and have set a request timeout(120000) in case there is a timeout.  When I go to Setup->Apex Jobs.  I can see that the Integration user has a status of processing over and over. I have also noticed in my Debug log there are times when I see two separate callouts sending the same data to the same endpoint.
public class ProcessHandlerShowAccounts
{
    public static boolean isAlreadyRun=false;
    public class AccountParameter
    {
        @InvocableVariable(required=true)
        public Id accountId;
        @InvocableVariable(required=true)
        public String name;
    }

    @InvocableMethod
    public static void handleNewAccounts(AccountParameter [] accountParameters)
    {
         if(isAlreadyRun)
        return;
webServiceCallOut(accountParameters[0].accountId,accountParameters[0].name);
          isAlreadyRun=true;
   }
    @future(callout=true)
    public static void webServiceCallOut(ID n, String a){

        Http http = new Http();
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        req.setTimeout(120000);
        HttpResponse res = new HttpResponse();
        req.setEndpoint('https://something/Accounts'+'?sfdcid='+n+'&operation='+a);

        String username = 'hello';
        String password ='123';
        Blob headerValue = Blob.valueOf(username + ':' + password);
        String authorizationHeader = 'BASIC ' + EncodingUtil.base64Encode(headerValue);

        req.setHeader('Authorization', authorizationHeader);
        req.setMethod('POST');
        //Create a new Http object to send the request object
        //a response object is generated as a result

        try{
              res = http.send(req);

        }catch(System.CalloutException e){
            System.debug('Callout error: '+ e);
            System.debug(res.toString());
        }
    }
}

Here is the criteria in the process builder:
Account:
AND (OR(ISCHANGED( [Account].Name ),ISCHANGED([Account].BillingCity ),
ISCHANGED([Account].BillingState  ),ISCHANGED([Account].BillingStreet  )
,ISCHANGED( [Account].BillingCountry ),ISCHANGED([Account].BillingPostalCode  )
,ISCHANGED([Account].Site_Use_Code__c  ),ISCHANGED([Account].Shipping_County__c  )
,ISCHANGED([Account].Phone),ISCHANGED([Account].Type  )
,ISCHANGED([Account].Industry  ),ISCHANGED([Account].DUNS_Number__c  )
,ISCHANGED([Account].Taxpayer_Identification_Number__c  ),ISCHANGED([Account].ES_Company_Code__c  ),ISCHANGED([Account].Customer_Class__c  ),ISCHANGED([Account].HQ_Internal_Customer__c  ) ) ,
 NOT(ISNULL([Account].Oracle_ERP_Account__c  )),  INCLUDES([Account].Business__c , 'something') )
Contact:
AND (OR(ISCHANGED([Contact].FirstName ), ISNEW(),  ISCHANGED([Contact].LastName),
ISCHANGED([Contact].Department ),ISCHANGED([Contact].LastModifiedDate )
,ISCHANGED([Contact].Title ),ISCHANGED([Contact].Phone ),ISCHANGED([Contact].Email ),ISCHANGED([Contact].OwnerId ) ) ,
 NOT(ISNULL([Contact].Account.Oracle_ERP_Account__c )),  INCLUDES([Contact].Account.Business__c, 'something') )

A: It doesn't look like you have issues with your Apex code. Its more like process builder is getting called again via field update and its again triggering .
Whenever you are calling your invocable method can you add this check in your process builder block. This will make sure you don't call the same block again and again.

If you want to fix it using the code, you have to use a static variable to store the state. Then check the state before making a callout.
public class ProcessHandlerShowAccounts {
    public static boolean isAlreadyRun=false;
     @InvocableMethod
    public static void handleNewAccounts(AccountParameter [] accountParameters)
    {
        if(isAlreadyRun)
        return;

        webServiceCallOut(accountParameters[0].accountId,accountParameters[0].name);
        isAlreadyRun = true;
    }
}

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<?php

namespace MC\UserBundle\Form\Type;

use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;

class EducationFormType extends AbstractType {

    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('institutionName')
            ->add('degree')
            ->add('description')
            ->add('startMonth')
            ->add('startYear')
            ->add('endMonth')
            ->add('endYear')
        ;
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
            'csrf_protection'   => false,
            'data_class' => 'MC\UserBundle\Entity\Education',
        ));
    }

    public function getName()
    {
        return null;
    }

}


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		<title>AmfphpFlashPizzaExample</title>
		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

				<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="985" height="719" id="AmfphpFlashPizzaExample" align="middle">
					<param name="movie" value="AmfphpFlashPizzaExample.swf" />
					<param name="quality" value="high" />
					<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
					<param name="play" value="true" />
					<param name="loop" value="true" />
					<param name="wmode" value="window" />
					<param name="scale" value="showall" />
					<param name="menu" value="true" />
					<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
					<param name="salign" value="" />
					<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

					<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="AmfphpFlashPizzaExample.swf" width="985" height="719">
						<param name="movie" value="AmfphpFlashPizzaExample.swf" />
						<param name="quality" value="high" />
						<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
						<param name="play" value="true" />
						<param name="loop" value="true" />
						<param name="wmode" value="window" />
						<param name="scale" value="showall" />
						<param name="menu" value="true" />
						<param name="devicefont" value="false" />
						<param name="salign" value="" />
						<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

					</object>

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sonoranmike
allthoughtswork on Episode 319
Posted on October 4, 2018 October 4, 2018 by sonoranmike in humor
Joel is playing Rock-Paper-Scissors with the bots. He keeps winning since Crow and Tom's hands don't work. Eventually Joel asks if they would like to play Mumbly Peg? Before they can start, Gypsy knocks Joel over saving the day for her buddies.
For the invention exchange, Dr Forester and Frank are human size good luck troll dolls. Joel's invention is pocket pool, with real billiard balls you put in your pants and hit with a cue.
First up, another General Hospital short.
Two couples are having a small celebration.
One of the couples is getting engaged. The host couple do not seem to like the other man. A phone call from the hospital sends mister unpopular away, leaving the other three behind.
A car pulls up outside of a mom and pop store. A young lady is driving and the four male passengers put on masks and head inside to rob the place. They have robbed this place before as the owners recognize the masks. The thugs gather up the money and speed away.
The gang drives around for awhile before coming across a man with a broken down car. He is parked right outside Nadine's diner, which just happens to be their hangout. They offer to help him but really they just want to hassle him. They go inside, start acting obnoxious and see how much money they got. The old man comes inside to use the phone to call for help with his car.
Once he is done with that he makes another call and we find out that his name is Harry Bayliss and he is a talent agent.
Meanwhile, Iris, the gangs driver, wants some money for the jukebox. She asks Eddy, the leader and her boyfriend, to give her some. He gives her a hard time but eventually gives her some change. She plays a tune and gets him to dance. Not only that, she gets him to sing too. Apparently he is quite the singer, as Mr. Bayliss is very impressed.
## Break
## Joel and the bots are really unimpressed with the Beatniks in the movie. In fact they don't even look like beatniks. They list off some things that will indicate if you are not a beatnik, like if you own more than one polo shirt or you have a bus pass, you are not a beatnik.
The gang starts eating some of Nadine's fixings, when Bayliss asks Eddie (Tony Travis) about his singing. He tells him he could be a big star with his help. The others, Moon, Red and Chuck, think it's a stupid idea but Eddie and Iris are definitely interested. Bayliss gives him his business card and leaves when the mechanic arrives to help with his car.
The next day Eddie and the others head over to Bayliss's office. There they meet his secretary, Helen Tracy. Eddie immediately starts putting the moves in her much to Iris's displeasure.
They go inside and meet Ray Morrissey, from the TV station, as well as Josh who will be playing the piano while Eddie sings. Iris tries to say a few good words about Eddie but he just tells her to shut up. He isn't sure this whole thing is a good idea but then in walks Helen and he changes his mind.
He sings and everyone is very impressed. They offer him a spot on the big show the next night, they just need to get him a hotel for the night. Eddie insists that his friends get to stay there as well. Bayliss reluctantly agrees. He instructs Helen to make the arrangements and help Eddie finds some new clothes.
It montage time!!!! Helen and Eddie do some shopping to get him presentable for his big debut.
After the shopping they end up at a nightclub. Eddie can't believe his good fortune. He's never had anything good happen to him before. He confesses to Helen that he really really likes her. She reciprocates the feelings and they share a kiss.
The next day comes and Eddie performs on the big show. He is a huge hit. Helen is on one side of the stage making googly eyes at him while Iris and Moon watch nearby. The two of them seem to be getting jealous of all the attention Eddie is getting. After he's done singing Bayliss takes Eddie and Helen up to Morrissey's office. They start talking about his next appearance on the show when they get a call from a record producer. Looks like Eddie is going to be a big star.
Iris, Moon and the others barge into the office. Eddie tells them about the record deal and so the gang wants to go and celebrate. Bayliss and Helen (Joyce Terry) think it's a bad idea; Eddie needs to rest. Not wanting to disappoint his friends, Eddie decides to go celebrate anyway.
The gang starts doing some heavy drinking in a hotel room but Eddie isn't partaking. He, Moon and Iris start arguing then Eddie decks Moon.
He apologizes and helps Moon (Peter Breck) get up. Iris meanwhile sulks in the corner.
## Tom, Crow and Gypsy are acting like teenage girls, daydreaming about Tony Travis, the guy who plays Eddie in the movie, and reading "Tiger Bot" magazine. Joel comes by and mentions that he has Tony's phone number, so the bots call him. They get his answering machine and discover that he is older and has kids of his own now. The bots are pretty deflated.
The gang decided to take the party on the road. They end up at a place called Charlie's Diner. The problem with the place is that it's so late, after 2 am, that the kitchen is closed and that can't sell any booze. They hassle Gus, the only guy working, into making them some sandwiches. While he is doing that, Eddie and Iris start dancing and Moon steals some liquor from the bar. Gus tries to throw them out but beatniks don't play that game, so Gus gets his gun and starts to call the sheriff. Moon begs him not to so Gus, being a softy at heart, changes his mind. When he turns his back, Moon hits him over the head with a wine bottle.
Gus crashes to the ground and appears to be dead. Eddie and the others are stunned. Just then a car pulls up. Eddie and Iris (Karen Kadler) go outside. The driver asks if the place has any girls inside. When Eddie tells him no, he leaves.
Meanwhile back inside, Gus is not so dead. He fires his gun and hits Red in the arm before finally dying. The gang pack up and leave.
Back at the hotel, Eddie confronts Moon about the killing. Moon says Gus was going to be able to identify them so he killed him to protect Eddie, but Eddie's not buying it.
He starts complaining about getting mixed up with the rest of them and goes for a walk. Iris is really upset and blames Helen for pulling him away from her and the gang.
Eddie wanders around for a bit then calls Helen. She can sense something is wrong. He tells her he is just no good for her and he's not going to do anymore singing.
Helen confesses that she is in love with him. Eddie thinks she is just saying that so he will stay with Bayliss. Devastated, Helen hangs up on him. Eddie realizes he's made a mistake and heads over to her place.
When Eddie arrives, Moon and Chuck are waiting on him. Moon is very suspicious of Eddie and figures he's going to rat them out. The three of them talk it out and then head back to the hotel to check on Red.
The next morning, they realize they need to get Red to a doctor but they decide to wait until night fall and drive him to a small town. Meanwhile Iris is happy that Eddie is all done with Helen and Bayliss but she is going to miss getting rich.
Eddie and Moon are still at odds with each other over the killing from earlier. Moon says he just wants to be famous just like Eddie. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. It's the hotel detective and the manager. They want the gang out of the hotel.
Eddie calls Bayliss and tells him he wants to sing after all. He also gets him to talk the manager out of kicking them out. Since Eddie is back to singing again, he needs to head over to the recording studio right away. That also means Iris can't come along.
At the recording studio, Eddie is waiting for the producer to get everything set up when in walks Helen. She and Eddie make up then he goes to talk to Mr Bayliss. He's pretty concerned about Eddie and his lowlife friends. He wants Eddie to dump them but that just can't happen.
Well it's time for some singing. Eddie belts out a fabulous little number that's sure to be a hit.
Bayliss tells Helen about his misgivings with Eddie and the gang. Helen begs him to help him out if he can.
## Joel and the bots do their own version of the diamond in the ruff, complete with Tom as the singing sensation, Crow as his love interest and even spinning headlines.
Bayliss goes to the hotel to talk with the gang. He tries to help but Moon is completely freaked by now and having none of it.
He pulls a knife on Bayliss when he tries to leave. He show Bayliss the story in the newspaper and confesses to the murder. Then he stabs Bayliss.
All of the commotion in the room gets the attention of the hotel detective. Moon fights with Chuck and Iris before hightailing it down the fire escape. Now he's on the run.
Back at the recording studio, Eddie has finished with the session. He sits down with Helen to have a talk but then Helen gets a call about Bayliss. The two of them rush to the hospital.
When they get there they find Bayliss (Charles Delaney) to be okay and a police detective waiting to talk to them. He tells them they have Iris, Chuck and Red in custody already but they are still looking for the other two, Moon and Eddie. Since the cop doesn't know what Eddie looks like, Helen and Bayliss lie about who Eddie is.
Later, back at the recording studio, Eddie tells Helen he can't keep running. He tells her to let the cops know where they can find him. Meanwhile, Moon shows up at the studio. With the cops on their way, Eddie talks to Moon in the alleyway.
They get into a big fight which of course Eddie wins just as the cops show up. They take both of them into custody as the movie ends.
## Crow is chasing Gypsy around with a knife but ends up stabbing Tom. Of course it's all in fun. Dr Forester and Frank are still dressed as troll dolls which makes it hard to push the button.
Tony Travis, this movie is basically the extent of his career
Joyce Terry stared in The Neanderthal Man in 1953
Peter Breck also appeared in Episode 106 "The Crawling Hand"
Karen Kadler also appeared in Episode 311 "It Conquered the World"
Charles Delaney appeared in over 90 films between 1913 and 1959. This was his last film as he passed away before it was released in 1960. He was 67 years old
Best Riffs
## Dish of ice cream, don't tempt me.
## Hi! I'm here for my prostate exam, and I brought some my friends with me.
## Take that and this and that
The movie is barely watchable but the riffs are terrific. The last break, with the spinning headlines is really funny. Overall I give this a 3 out of 5.
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Are you interested in getting your very own Hotmail account? If so, this quick guide will show you exactly how to make it happen. We're here to guide you through the whole process, so that it's easy for you to understand.
Hotmail is part of the Microsoft suite of services and it's free to use. Just visit the link we've posted above in order to create your own account. If you already have a Microsoft account for other purposes, such as playing video games or buying software, this isn't the right page to visit. Instead, you'll need to visit the sign in page, where you'll add your valid ID and then access Hotmail services.
If you don't have that type of account, let's proceed to Step Two.
During Step Two, you'll need to fill out all of the required fields on the Create Account page. This includes the usual personal information, such as name, address, birthdate and so on. At this stage, you'll also need to decide on a password and you'll need to enter that new password twice. We recommend writing down the password on a piece of paper, as well as saving it to a digital file. Make sure that you have virus and malware protection in order to ensure that hackers can't access your new password. Better safe than sorry.
Once you've filled out all of the fields, go to the next step, which is submitting the information. You'll see a button that says, "create account" at the bottom of the page. Be sure to hit it when you're done. Before you hit that button, make sure that you've checked the box right above it, which indicates that you're willing to receive information from the company about promotional offers and so forth.
Also, fill out the Captcha, which proves that you're not a robot. After you do so, hit the "create account" button. If you've missed any mandatory fields, the system will not let you process your account. The fields that you missed will be indicated with a red asterix, so it will be easy to find any problems and fix them.
Once you've created your new account, you'll be taken to your Inbox automatically and you may configure it as you wish (use Settings to create the ideal space for digital mail) and use it immediately.


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Q: Keeping the keyboard from obscuring widgets in a form In an iPhone app, how do I keep the software keyboard from obscuring buttons, or UITextView fields in a View?
I've got the following layout:
View -\
     UITextView
     UIButton

... but, the keyboard obscures the button at the bottom when I'm typing in the UITextView. I tried using the following:
View -\
     UIScrollView -\
         UITextView
         UIButton

... but, the window does not scroll as expected, so the user has no way of clicking the button.
How is this normally handled?
Note:  I do not want to scroll down automatically to make the button visible.  I just want the user to be able to scroll down when they are done typing.

A: You manually set the coordinates of the controls when the keyboard appears and disappears. Or you use a UIScrollView and manually set the scroll offset.

A: You should tell the UIScrollView scrollTo... and you must figure out how far to scroll based on what input field was selected that caused the keyboard to appear.


Learning about our behaviours around food and how to optimize our decision making capacity around foods we love and those that are healthy is key in crafting a balanced relationship with food.
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You've probably heard the suggestion to 'prepare and portion out all your meals on Sundays and Wednesdays' before. Heck, you may have even heard it from me! This somewhat worked in my life, for a time, but now I do the opposite.
And for a few of you, my loyal readers, the twice a week meal preparation routine might totally be your thing. And others (like me) may not love this way of life.
Last week I wrote a post on the Blast Fitness with Lana Facebook page, where I frequently communicate with our growing community, and in that post I confessed that I don't really do meal prep.
A nutrition-loving, fitness professional who coaches women on how to eat well that doesn't prep all her meals ahead of time? Yes. That's me.
I wrote that twice a week meal preparation was short-lived in my life because I really do not enjoy eating the same thing over and over, I don't love pre-portioning out my food and I really need some spontaneity with my food decisions each week to feel satisfied.
According to most coaches, my strategy is a recipe for disaster. It's largely unplanned, frequently spontaneous and not pre-portioned. But I've been able to have success with eating freely because I stick to a few uber important principles that make a big difference in what I end up eating.
In fact, I hear from tons of my clients that want an alternative to twice a week meal prep. They say that hours of meal prep works for them sometimes, but vacation, work trips, busy weekends and boredom often get in the way. As always, I want you to live in your reality and find useful solutions to help you eat well based on what is realistic in your life, whether that is working from home or spending days on the road.
So here goes, the anti-meal prep plan (or AMPP for short!).
This accounts for about 20% of the effort I end up putting towards food each week. To me, smart preparation means buying my food staples and a couple variety items that are different each week.
I think about a couple meal ideas (like two, not ten!) and shop for them to be sure I've got the correct ingredients. Yes, there needs to be some real food in your fridge in order to eat well and not break your bank account.
Let's say I want to have Taco Salads at some point. I'll be sure to buy extra lean ground beef, shredded cheese, leafy greens, bell peppers, an onion, avocado and salsa.
In my basket I also grab my staples that I don't have to think about because I buy them every week. Eggs, oats, apples, berries of some kind, cabbage, zucchini, rotisserie chicken, a chocolate bar (not kidding), spinach, feta cheese, hummus and wild salmon.
Rather than getting home from the store and preparing all my food over the next few hours, I unpack everything into the fridge and often make one meal that I can eat when I am on the go or if I don't have time to spend 10-20 minutes throwing some food together.
This quick action could be tossing ingredients into the slow cooker for butter chicken, making chili, or baking some low sugar, protein-packed muffins like my Flourless Carrot Spice Muffins. The key here is that it always takes less than an hour and helps me to have at least one thing prepared.
Ok, this is where I think the commonly recommended twice a week plan falls short. It's like 80% preparation, 20% follow through. If we don't have time to prepare, the plan doesn't work! And if we get bored of what is pre-packed and portioned in the fridge, we don't have a back up plan.
MAKING GOOD DECISIONS RIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE ABOUT TO EAT.
Yes, I was yelling that out loud, ha.
Follow through is about actually eating healthy and lean foods when I feel like being spontaneous and whipping up something on a whim. This is when most people have peanut butter on toast or a grilled cheese sandwich, right?
The first part of follow through has to do with making good decisions when you're at home.
Here is an example of a spontaneous meal I whipped up last week. It literally took less than 10 minutes to throw together. I chopped up the purple cabbage, kale, tomatoes and cucumber. Tore off some rotisserie chicken and put it into the bowl and added crumbled feta, pumpkin seeds and olive oil with half a freshly squeezed lemon on top.
Yes, it will take time to figure out what your weekly staples are and what your go-to meals will be. I do protein pancakes (oats, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, almond milk), poached eggs, scrambled eggs with spinach, macro bowls like the one above, a plate of chicken with carrots and hummus, a big salad with fish on top and some type of roasted veggie every week.
None of these meals takes a long time to prepare, and I love the variety and spontaneity of eating what I want when I want it, not because it's pre-made and portioned in the fridge. Don't feel like eggs for breakfast? Whip up protein pancakes. Don't feel like a salad for dinner? Get the veggies roasting.
I follow the formula Protein + Fibre + Fat and that's how I craft various meals from what I've got on hand. Some nights I literally chop up a carrot (fibre), tear off some rotisserie chicken (protein) and eat it with hummus (fibre + fat).
The second part of the follow through equation includes making good decisions (good meaning, in line with your goals) when you are out to eat. This is another area that my clients say they get stopped up. 'I was doing great with food choices until I went out for dinner..'.
There are actually a ton of great options to eat at most restaurants. It's also fun when someone else is about to do the cooking and cleaning for you! I still follow the Protein + Fibre + Fat formula when I'm out to eat, or if I order in and I don't stress about extras like sauces or dips. I just make sure to get enough protein and veggies and let the extras be part of a great dining out experience. Here's an example of one of my favourite restaurant salads (from Bocce Restaurant in Calgary) that has tons of greens and tomatoes, roasted chicken, ham and the best pistachio dressing.
While the more commonly suggested twice a week meal preparation habit requires about 80% preparation (the part I don't like, that I find un-spontaneous and too time consuming week after week) the AMPP way of eating requires significantly less preparation but a lot more game time decision making.
Remember that you must consider yourself, your lifestyle and quite possibly your personality type when you try new ways of operating around food. The AMPP style of minimal food prep works for me because I can afford to spend a tiny bit of time each week preparing, and that is how I end up staying consistent with it week after week. More than two hours on a Sunday and Wednesday doesn't work for me (tried it!) so I needed a different way of operating.
How do you meal prep? Do you struggle to make it happen each week? Maybe it's time to consider a different formula?
If you take anything from this post, let it be this: follow through matters more than preparation and planning. If you're a great planner but you lack follow through, it's time to put more effort on the finishing and less on the preparing.
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When you lose your eyelashes and eyebrows, you lose definition in your face. Suddenly you look 'sick' to the outside world, and almost unrecognisable. Your skin tone also changes, so doing your make-up is quite a challenge. It's also not advisable to have any tattooing or micro blading done, due to the risk of infection, so you need a few tips and tricks to try and make you feel more human.
The basic rule, is 'tone it down'. If you go too heavy on the make-up, you'll end up looking like a clown. I was given advice by make-up artists who visited hospitals during my chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Eyeshadow is your friend. It softens the face and adds definition. Choose a lighter colour than normal, and always take it from the outer corner, moving inwards, and avoiding the inside of the lid.
Use white eyeliner on the inside of the eye. This will make your eyes appear brighter and less 'sicky'.
Use an eye pencil, lighter than your normal shade, definitely not black and draw a line just above where your eyelashes used to be, to give the impression of eyelashes.
Use a brow pencil, go a couple of shades lighter than your normal hair colour, and gently draw on your brows, but go easy.
Failing this, just wear a large pair of sunglasses when you go out! It may sound vain but one of the things I dreaded with chemotherapy is taking my natural glow away. It does disappear during the treatment, but it starts to come back gradually, and I hope I will be in full blossom soon….


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How to Break the Sexual Avoidance Cycle
Have you been avoiding sex because of an issue that feels uncomfortable? If so, you're not alone and there is a ton of hope to be had.
Low sex drive, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, lack of orgasm and sexual pain all commonly fuel the sexual avoidance cycle, according to sex therapist and couples' counselor Jessa Zimmerman, who coined the term to describe what she commonly sees in her practice.
"It starts when sex doesn't work the way you expect it to work," she told me during our Girl Boner Radio chat. "And if that happens every once in awhile, it's not that big a deal. But if it's a recurring problem, it starts to feel like something's really, really wrong… And then it's human nature when things make us feel bad to avoid that, so we start avoiding having sex or talking about it."
From there, sex becomes the elephant in the room, Jessa added. And as with so many challenges, sexual issues we don't address don't diminish, but grow stronger. Meanwhile, any sex that does occur is likely to ignite more stress than pleasure.
"If they do have sex, all of a sudden it's like 'Wow, we don't do this very often, so this time better be okay… There's so much more pressure on that one encounter, which then, of course, sets you up to probably not have a very good time."
If you'd like to relieve this pressure and begin truly enjoying sex—whether for the first time or as you used to—consider the following steps.
For much more about this topic, stream the full Girl Boner Radio episode on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify or here:
3 Ways to Stop the Sexual Avoidance Cycle
Know that reactive sex drive is normal.
Everyone's desire for sex is more responsive than spontaneous at some point. This is especially common as we age, Jessa pointed out. Societal messaging is a huge factor I see making sexual desire more on the responsive side in many women. Regardless of the cause or your gender identity, reactive sex drive—meaning you desire sex once it's somewhat in motion, versus seemingly out of the blue—is completely normal and nothing to be ashamed of.
"There's proactive drive where you know, you think about sex, you maybe get spontaneously interested, you fantasize what you know you'd like to make this happen," Jessa said. "That's what we think of as sex drive or libido. But lots of people have what I call reactive drive, so they're starting from zero. They may not think about sex at all. They feel like they don't have libido… That's what they'll say is, 'I have no sex drive.' But if they got going, if things were good, they took the time they needed, they got the touch they needed, they start to respond, their body starts to get aroused and it's like now you'd like sex."
Stop trying to measure up to how you "should" engage in sex.
Given limited sex education, taboos around talking about sex, mixed societal messages and the abundance of porn being accessible in private, it's easy to get caught up in the notion that sex should involve looking, sounding and behaving in not-often-realistic ways.
When I asked Jessa if she feels mainstream porn's popularity contributes to sexual avoidance, she said yes: "It's a huge part of the problem of where we're getting expectations for sex because it, you know, porn is not sex ed, right? Porn isn't even sex. It's fantasy or entertainment… It's probably a lot of things, but in no way does it represent, you know, real sex."
Seek support and shift your expectations.
Many sexual dysfunction issues that contribute to sexual avoidance, from erectile dysfunction to pelvic pain, can be treated. And when a physiological or mental health condition is at play, seeking a proper diagnosis and care are important.
If what you're experiencing isn't treatable, and regardless, shifting your expectations can go far.
"I'll have people forget about an erection or penetrative of sex," Jessa said. "How are you going to expand what you can do, how you can find pleasure and joy and connection with each other? And really explore that. So that instead of the walls sort of coming in on you, you've got a lot more room to play. It's really about redefining what sex is and giving yourself permission to have those experiences. And then if the [dysfunction] is psychological out of stress and anxiety, sometimes that's enough to sort of clear it up."
For much more about sexual avoidance and turning stress into playful fun and pleasure, stream the full episode above or your favorite podcast app! The episode also features awesome thoughts from Dr. Megan Fleming, for a listener who considers herself and her partner very "vanilla," and wants to plan a sexy adventure in celebration of her 25th wedding anniversary.
For a deep dive into overcoming stress and disappointment around sex, check out Jessa Zimmerman's book, Sex Without Stress.
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Jennifer Redmond says
Great topic to take on. So important! I went through a big shift with menopause, but it just took being committed to taking the time to work on it, and taking the time for it….I didn't do HRT, but some people swear by it. I had an older friend say "use it or lose it!"
Rayne says
Love the intro!
Yay – thank you!


What is your opinion on being an Eco Peer Educator?
Ehtisham – It's really fun. I love being an Eco Peer Educator because we have lots of adventures and learn lots. Also we get to know each other more.
Haris – I've learnt a lot about nature and I like helping the little children learn.
Baana – It's a pleasure to be an Eco Peer Educator because we get to express all our knowledge to the younger children.
Adam – Its nice to learn new things and we get to teach. It's also good work experience for teaching!
Suhaib – We get to learn new things about the environment every week. We are starting to understand how it works.
Rameen – Its fun because when we do bird watching everyone has to be silent and still and we get to use the binoculars. I love the silence!
Isma – its lovely drawing birds in our little bird books. We can identify birds now - when we are in the park we can recognise them!


Train A departs Duluth at 7 a.m. traveling 20 miles per hour faster than train B, which departs from Sheboygan at 6 a.m. The conductor of train A is drunk. The conductor of train B is asleep. They travel on the same track from opposite directions because X and Y equal bitter saboteurs who've never been able to solve their identity crises. There will be an explosion. Everyone will catch on fire and die. How far will the charred limbs fly when the trains collide head-on and create algebraic wreckage? Show your work.
We do not say the word. We let it linger in the house like comfortable dust neither of us is willing to clean up. We allow it to weave its way into our lives like an anonymous tapestry. It's becomes a second home—one that doesn't require renovation. We attempt to make amends and, on those days, concoct homemade smoothies for each other; it can even be heard over the grinding blender that was a wedding gift. When we yawn, it knows why. It creeps into our bedroom and wakes us up every morning, begging to be fed. We oblige. It has become our pet: housebroken and neglected. We knit a sweater for it in case it gets colder, yet we pretend it's not there. We welcome it into our family. We have named it, nothing.
We wait for you to say the word. That word is magic. It's easy to pronounce, and loaded like love. Our arms are open (See our cracked calluses?). We've witnessed you pull a rabbit from a man's scalp. The rabbit died, but the man lived and was so inspired, he became your apprentice. We've seen you levitate over an audience. Your flying was more like invisible-stringing along, but you pretty much pulled it off. We won't go into the saw and volunteer. That was an accident. Yet we're concerned. Most recently, we caught you crying backstage, repeating how hard it is to satisfy non-believers. How difficult it is to prove illusions and mind tricks exist to help spectators live vicariously: a life of smoke and mirrors, vapor and reflection. Here we are. Gimmickless. Just say the word. And then we'll disappear.
Who can understand the words? They dribble out of mouths too lazy to pronounce. Leftover language barely passing as communication. We should not blame the culprits. They're serial offenders whose native tongue is a derivative of mumbling. The trait was passed down at a young age. They watched passive-aggressive tendencies from tight-lipped fathers who tiptoed around their mothers. Hence, they became juniors/inheritors. We've tried to teach them an•nun•ci•a•tion. Exaggerated lips attempting to model proper speech patterns without being pa•tron•iz•ing. But we understand their reluctance. Because telling another man how to say is akin to telling him what to say. Instead we do our best to nurture "pidgin," substituting makeshift subtitles for broken wings.
It's a beautiful day for a ballgame and blasphemy. Sunday morning is our Big Leagues. Some of my teammates claim, "Baseball is our religion." I bunt and spill blood through my pants for them, but we are not followers of the same doctrine. I arrive at the high school field extra early because I take warming-up more seriously. A half-hour of stretching limbs and wind sprints. The other players trickle in like gradual sin.
The service starts with worship. Hands raised to Heaven glorify Him. Voices lifted in unison. No national anthem is played before our game. But the other team has a portable radio crooning Lowrider oldies. Lots of songs about lonely girls. After worship, Pastor encourages everyone to greet the person next to them, usually a stranger. Just before gametime, I hi-five teammates I've known for years.
Checks are written and cash is dropped into offering buckets, then passed down the row where an usher awaits to collect them. The Bible says to give ten percent of your income to the Lord's house. I dig into my back pocket, grab a handful of sunflower seeds and my six-dollar umpire fee. I unwad it and place it into my player-manager's hand.
The Word is always brought after offering. The congregation sits and intently listens to whatever Pastor had on his heart for the week. Sometimes a few girlfriends and wives sit in the metal bleachers. Sometimes they even look up from their phones. Usually when we give them something to cheer about.
Daniel Romo is the author of Romancing Gravity (Pecan Grove Press) and When Kerosene's Involved (Black Coffee Press), both forthcoming in 2013. His poetry and photography can be found in The Los Angeles Review, Gargoyle, MiPOesias, Yemassee, Word Riot, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and teaches high school creative writing. He lives in Long Beach, CA. More of his writing can be found at his blog, boxscores and luchadores…and poetry.


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Popeye (1980)
Condition: Mint, Near Mint, Folded
Condition Note: (NM-M) No pinholes, tears or stains. Good color. Folded
Buff sailor-man Popeye arrives in an awkward seaside town called Sweet Haven. There he meets Wimpy, a hamburger-loving man; Olive Oyl, the soon-to-be love of his life; and Bluto, a huge, mean pirate who's out to make Sweet Haven pay for no good reason. Popeye also discovers his long-lost Pappy in the middle of it all, so with a band of his new friends, Popeye heads off to stop Bluto, and he's got the power of spinach, which Popeye detests, to butt Bluto right in the mush. Watch as Popeye mops the floor with punks in a burger joint, stops a greedy tax man, takes down a champion boxer, and even finds abandoned baby Swee' Pea. He's strong to the finish 'cause he eats his spinach! Popeye, the 1980 Robert Altman Walt Disney fantasy comedy ("Haves a happy holiday wit me an' Olive!"; "I yam what I yam!"; "Screenplay by Jules Feiffer"; "Music and Lyrics by Harry Nilsson"; a live-action feature adaptation of the classic 1930s comic strip and animated cartoon series by E.C. Segar) starring Robin Williams ("is Popeye"), Shelley Duvall ("is Olive Oyl"), Ray Walston (best remembered as the star of TVs "My Favorite Martian" and "Picket Fences"), Paul Dooley (as Wimpy), Paul L. Smith (as Bluto), Richard Libertini, and Dennis Franz (best remembered as Detective Andy Sipowicz from TV's "NYPD Blue")
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