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Doha: International Islamic (QIIB) has launched an innovative product - Flexible Finance, which provides customers with unprecedented advantages that meet their needs and helps them schedule their financial commitments.
QIIB Assistant CEO Jamal Al Jamal (pictured) said Flexible Finance is being launched after a careful and precise real study of the types of products available in the local banking market.
Jamal said, as the name denotes, the key feature of the product is its flexibility. This is because it allows customers to determine the number of installments and pay as they choose.
So much so, customers will have the option of even paying QR99 in an installment or delay payments by opting grace period on repayments. He said the product's flexible features would not cast any additional burden on customers. These are part of an initiative by the bank to help customers improve their lives.
Jamal said the maximum repayment period under Flexible Finance is 84 months. He said customers can avail of Flexible Finance by contacting any QIIB branch within Qatar or the bank's customer service. Both nationals and expatriates can seek Flexible Finance.
Jamal emphasised on QIIB's resolve to introduce in the market Shariah-based products that are simple, attractive and affordable to customers. Earlier, QIIB had launched a vehicle finance product that offered the cheapest rates in the market and which helped thousands of customers to own vehicles without much hassles.
A Shariah-based bank, QIIB, is fast emerging as the leading Islamic bank in the region. Currently, QIIB has 15 branches in convenient locations across Qatar. The network also comprises more than 60 ATM machines. QIIB also has correspondent relationship with premier banks in the region and outside.
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- Key Messages: Advancing Lifesaving Commodities for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health
The messages within this document can be used by advocates, program implementers, and others who seek to promote increased access to and availability of affordable, quality-assured medicines, technologies and other health supplies for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
Publication date: August 2016
Region: Global
- Oxygen Therapy for Newborn and Child Health
This fact sheet describes PATH's work to increase access to oxygen therapy for the treatment of life-threatening pneumonia and hypoxemia in newborns and children. Facilitating inclusion of expanded uses of oxygen on the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List, as well as the inclusion of oxygen technologies and pulse oximetry in global commodity lists and treatment guidelines, are essential for reducing child mortality.
Publication date: August 2016
Region: Global
Part of series: Oxygen technologies
- Strengthening Advocacy for Lifesaving Medicines and Technologies
PATH's advocacy work builds on and continues global efforts to expand access to simple, essential, and affordable medicines, medical devices, and other health supplies to prevent deaths of women and children worldwide.
Publication date: August 2016
Region: Africa, Asia, Latin America
- Stronger Health Advocates, Greater Health Impacts: Tools of the Trade
Advocacy is an effective method to achieve global health goals by ensuring that necessary resources, policies, and political will are available to support important programs. These resources help new and experienced advocates assess policy advocacy options, plan goals and activities, and develop a comprehensive strategy for advocacy impact. For more information, please visit: http://sites.path.org/advocacyandpolicy/how-we-do-it/strengthen-advocacy-capacity/.
Publication date: July 2016
- Advocacy in Action: Strengthening Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In partnership with Congolese policymakers and civil society organizations, PATH is working to improve health through advocacy at the national level and in key provinces.
Publication date: June 2016
Region: Africa
- Immunization Supply Chain Policy Environment in Uganda: Landscape Analysis and Advocacy Recommendations
This report makes recommendations for policy and procedural changes that may improve supply chain performance, leading to better immunization and health outcomes in Uganda.
Publication date: June 2016
Region: Africa
- Developing New Vaccines Against Pneumonia and Other Pneumococcal Diseases
This fact sheet outlines PATH's pneumococcal vaccine project from a technical perspective. It includes an overview of PATH's vaccine development portfolio and partners to support the development of vaccines against pneumonia and other pneumococcal diseases that can be effective and affordable for children in the developing world.
Publication date: May 2016
Region: Global
- Driving Innovation to Save the Lives of Women and Children: Educational Resources for Policymakers
PATH and the US government work together to save lives and improve health in developing countries, especially for women and children. These educational fact sheets help policymakers understand the breadth of US government support for programs focused on ending preventable maternal and child deaths, improving global immunization, and fostering global health research and development, while also highlighting the impact and potential of global health innovations through PATH examples.
Publication date: May 2016
Region: North America and Europe
- Advancing Childhood Tuberculosis Control in Vietnam
PATH and Johnson & Johnson Vietnam are collaborating on Breath for Life, a new project to reduce childhood tuberculosis (TB) illness and death in Vietnam. Breath for life will strengthen the detection, treatment, and management of TB in children in NgheAn, a province highly burdened by TB, in partnership with the Vietnam National Tuberculosis Programme.
Publication date: April 2016
Region: Asia
- Infographic: United States Government Support for a Fully Immunized World
Vaccines are one of the most powerful, lifesaving, and cost-effective health tools. Yet today one in five children around the world are not fully immunized with even the most basic vaccines. By 2020, we can bring the full power of immunization to all people. This infographic outlines the vital role the US government plays in making this vision a reality.
Publication date: April 2016
Region: North America and Europe, Global
- Saving Lives in Kenya: Advocating for a Better Future for Women, Newborns, and Children
PATH is working with the government of Kenya to advance evidence-based policy solutions at the national level and in select counties to save lives and improve health in local communities.
Publication date: April 2016
Region: Africa
- The US Commitment to Global Immunization
The United States has a long history of leadership in global immunization. This educational fact sheet created by PATH and several advocacy partners highlights US government efforts in global immunization, including support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; UNICEF; and the World Health Organization, as well as immunization activities carried out by the US Agency for International Development, US Department of Defense, and various agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Publication date: April 2016
Region: North America and Europe
- PATH in Tanzania
This four-page brochure highlights how PATH uses innovation, integration of services, and better data systems to improve health and save lives in Tanzania. Key focus areas include malaria, tuberculosis, immunization, disease surveillance, and child health.
Publication date: January 2016
Region: Africa
Part of series: Country brochures
- Accelerating Innovation to Save Lives of Women and Children
Critical gains in maternal, newborn, and child health across the globe during the past two decades provide inspiration for achieving the new vision set out through the recently ratified Sustainable Development Goals. These goals, combined with the launch of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health, embolden PATH to do even more to accelerate innovation to achieve the world we aspire to live in—a world where all women, newborns, children, and adolescents enjoy healthy and productive lives.
Publication date: October 2015
Region: Global
- Next-Generation Immunization Supply Chains are Needed to Improve Health Outcomes
These key messages for policy- and decision-makers explain why next-generation immunization supply chains are needed to fulfill global health goals. They are intended to unite stakeholders in a common language around supply chain strengthening and may be used freely by partners when communicating about immunization supply chain issues and solutions.
Publication date: October 2015
Region: Global
- Taking Stock in Zambia: Identifying Policy Pathways for Improved Access to Lifesaving Commodities for Women and Children
Zambia has made significant progress in improving the health of its women and children. However, many still lack access to basic care. In 2015, PATH conducted an assessment of global initiatives, national policies, and decision-making factors influencing the delivery, accessibility, and availability of 13 basic cost-effective reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health commodities.
Publication date: October 2015
- Advocacy for Stronger Immunization Supply Chains
This one-page fact sheet provides an overview of why immunization supply chains and logistics (iSCL) are important and describes PATH APP's 2014-2016 iSCL advocacy project.
Publication date: August 2015
Region: Global
- Protecting Children From Diarrheal Disease: PATH Takes a Comprehensive Approach to Combating This Leading Cause of Child Deaths
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work in protecting children from diarrheal disease.
Publication date: June 2015
Region: Global
Part of series: Areas of focus fact sheets
- Improving Access to Clean Cooking Fuel: A Pilot Study in Cambodia
Eliminating smoke and soot in homes is critical to reduce childhood deaths from pneumonia―the top killer of children under five years old. Replacing biomass with a clean-burning fuel, such as liquid petroleum gas, eliminates harmful smoke. PATH is using market-based solutions to make clean fuels available to low-income consumers.
Publication date: May 2015
Region: Asia
- A History of Vaccines
This fact sheet on the history of vaccines gives a brief overview of disease rates before and after the development of vaccines.
Publication date: April 2015
Region: Global

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International Safe Travels Foundation Educational Program Development Project
The purpose of this project is to assist in the development of an educational program for the International Safe Travels Foundation. In order to increase the safety of high school and college students during international travel, travel education is necessary. A clear understanding of and commitment to ensuring safe travel experiences will aid in increasing the overall well being of students participating in international travel opportunities. This program is intended to create an understanding of potential dangers that students may face during international trips, along with effective methods of avoiding or overcoming such threats.
Safety is of the utmost importance to the Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRMT) program at Auburn University during international travel experiences; therefore, it will be the key component throughout the proposed program. College and high school students may not implement all the steps necessary to ensure safe travel experiences, which may be due in part to a lack of available educational resources that address travel dangers. In a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, travel safety education is vital to the security of international travelers. The proposed program will not only teach travel safety education, but will also address the measures that students may take when faced with dangers while abroad.
The program will be created by Auburn University HRMT graduate students and also faculty with expertise in international travel. The training and educational programs will be delivered by HRMT faculty members and graduate students in the HRMT program.
The first objective is to develop a program which defines and discusses the importance of the travel safety construct and its influence upon international travel experiences. The safety practices required for successful and secure travel encounters will form the basis of the travel safety education curriculum. The first travel safety training session will be presented in January 2007 to college students who are chosen to participate in a trip to Europe in the summer of the same year. The training will cover the basics of travel safety. The second objective of the program is to develop and empower the implementation of a travel safety plan by all students who will participate in the trip to Europe. This will be achieved through a fifteen week training program that will include extensive feedback from the CEO and President of the International Safe Travels Foundation, Mrs. Beth Holloway Twitty. This training will be developed based on student feedback, faculty feedback, and observatory evaluations. Surveys will be developed and analyzed by project personnel in order to identify future training needs and development. The survey results will be used to implement ways to strengthen the travel safety skills introduced in the initial training. The HRMT program currently utilizes an extensive risk management strategy for international travel, which has been accepted by the Office of International Education as the university standard. This strategy highlights not only potential risks, but also the degree of risk and likelihood of occurrence, thereby minimizing risks during international travel initiatives. In developing the International Safe Travels Foundation travel safety training program, the current risk strategy will be examined and utilized. Upon development of the educational training program, future implementation at the high school level will be researched.
Target Population
After the training program is developed, the target population to receive the training program will include Auburn University students chosen to attend a university educational study tour of Europe in the summer of 2007.
Training Objectives
Upon completion of the training program, participants will be able to:
- Define the travel safety concept in the context of the modern tourism environment in general and in the European tourism environment specifically.
- Appreciate the importance of the travel safety concept to successful international travel experiences.
- Appreciate the concept of travel safety from a student, faculty, and parental perspective.
- Integrate knowledge of the following concepts to develop and implement a travel safety plan while studying abroad, exhibiting excellent judgment and character:
- Alcohol and Drug Laws
- Judicial System
- Police and Law Enforcement
- Customs
- Safe and Dangerous Places within Destination
- Style of Dress/Other Ways to Avoid Appearing Out of Place
- Language
- United States Embassy Locations
- Importance of Remaining in a Group/Staying Together
- Cell Phone Safety/International Differences
- Transportation System/Routes and Methods of Travel within Destination
- Potential Dangers in Specific Location
- List and Pictures of Most Wanted Criminals in Destination
- Past Crimes Against Tourists
- Current Events in Destination
- Medical Concerns/Travel Insurance
- Any Other Information Pertinent to the Safety of Students
The development of the International Safe Travels Foundation travel safety program will begin August 16, 2006 and comprise one year in duration. The months of August through December will be utilized to coordinate materials, concepts, lectures, guest speakers, and other needed resources for the development of the travel safety program. The work will be completed based on an average of 10 work hours per week on the project.
The work will be conducted in various locations including the following:
- Classroom space at Auburn University, to be used for one hour a week for 15 weeks during the spring semester of 2007 (15 total hours);
- Office space with telephone and internet capability provided by the Hotel and Restaurant Management program at Auburn University, to be used for communication with the International Safe Travels Foundation, conduct research, and utilize data processing applications. Space will be used for an average of three hours a week for 16 weeks per semester for three semesters (48 hours).
- Space designated for the use of the International Safe Travels Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. This space will be used to meet with Mrs. Twitty and Mrs. Sunny Tillman, Vice President of the Foundation, about program development, research, and progress, as well as website development for an average of 6 hours a week for 16 weeks per semester for three semesters (96 hours).
The nationwide safety awareness campaign created by Beth Holloway Twitty known as SAFE TRAVELS wrapped up this school year in Twitty's home state of Arkansas. Following presentations in four high schools there Twitty reached a milestone, delivering Natalee's story to a total of more than 10,000 students and adults since kicking off the safety campaign from her daughter' s high school on February 28th.
"I admire Mrs. Twitty's dedication to teaching these young people the importance of international travel safety,"
commented parent Sharon Wilkins.
"My son just left last Saturday for China and I just emailed him the International SAFE TRAVELS Foundation information."


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Moving toward a transportation system that fuels healthy people and a healthy planet.
By Jack McCornack
MAX, Auto X Prize, 100 mpg, Escape from Berkeley
Sharon (that's her in the brown jacket) and I got to Shipyard Labs about sundown (Thursday) for the Escape from Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means possible) event. It was just getting dark enough to need flash for this photo. MAX performed admirably — and on short notice, to boot.
I'd given MAX a 90.38 mile test drive (ain't GPS wonderful?), had a bunch of errands to do anyway, and nothing fell off so we hit the road. Got to Eureka that night, about 10:00, went to Curtis Unlimited (a name to remember if you drive a vintage Lotus race car) and got a pair of '60s-style fenders mounted. Got three hours of sleep (6 a.m. to 9 a.m.) and drove to Berkeley down back roads. It was a beautiful drive and great fun, but I'm getting too old for these hours.
Now we just have to paint the fenders and ... oh yeah, we got the Plant Drive system installed before we left Oregon, but in order to get to the Curtis' at a reasonable hour (hey, they're night owls) we're going to do our veggie oil testing and debugging today (Friday, October 10). Then there's the party Friday night, then the race — I mean competition event — Saturday.
When I was 15, I brought home an "A" on a term paper I'd written the night before, and I told my dad, "Hey, I do my best work under pressure." He smiled and said, "Jack, you do your only work under pressure." Smart guy, that dad.
PS: Those errands I ran on Tuesday? It was 19 stops (auto parts shops, a dive shop, a costume shop) in two towns. The driving was a good city/highway mix, and MAX got 60 mpg. That's better than a Prius, and we haven't done any streamlining yet.
PPS: If you're around, you gotta come to the party Friday night. Shipyard Labs is at 1010 Murray in Berkeley. Festivities begin at 8.
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Goodbye Dieting0 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Tuesday, July 14, 2015
I never thought of myself as a dieter, which is strange, since I'm always on some diet and have been most of my adult life. I guess I had a hard time admitting it and I just considered it healthy eating. A big change in my thinking has come recently, because I am no longer the awesome restrictor I used to be. I could deny myself food so well in the past, that it was never a problem to loose weight. I just starved myself, slowly, until the weight was gone.
My first major immersion into dieting was after Willie and I spent a summer camping and road tripping before he started law school. I always gained weight when I was out of my norm like going on study abroad or on my mission, but I lost it once my routine went back to normal.
This time was different. Dieting become a part of my regular life. My clothes were tight after our summer adventures so I thought I'd try out weight watchers to drop a few lbs. It ended up being a thrilling experience. I loved controlling my body and seeing the weight fall off. I've always related love with being skinny. I lost the few lbs then kept going. I had lost so much weight that everyone was saying that I was starting to look too thin. I was just going to roll with it. I weighed less than I did in high school and now my clothes were all too big. Then I got pregnant and dieting fell by the wayside while I was pregnant for three months and miscarried the baby, recovered, then got pregnant again with Wyatt.
During Wyatt and Hank's pregnancy I indulged in any food I wanted to eat and gained a lot of weight. Then I went back to my restricting ways and was able to loose the weight but it got harder. After my pregnancy with Lula, everything is different. I can't restrict what I eat to the point that I used to. I want to rebel from restricting. I want to eat what I want. In this book, I learned that restricting and indulging are just two ends of the same problem, using food to fill a hole. It comes from a place of shame and fear. These feelings are so complicated because I don't want a life of obsessing about food and weight. I don't want to be defined by the way I look. I know there is more to me than my body but being thin has become an obsession. This book uncovered so much for me. Deciding to give up dieting and learn to trust my body has filled me with excitement and euphoria. I feel free.
I read a similar book over a year ago and it freaked me out. In this book, Geneen Roth says to pay close attention to whatever makes you want to bolt. It will tell you something important about yourself. Last year, I tried to eat whatever I want for a month or so, after coming off a restrictive diet, and I ended up just eating sweets and gaining at least 5lbs and feeling horrible. I hadn't quite grasped the ideas yet and I was terrified that I would never stop eating. I also couldn't bear the thought of accepting myself at my current weight.
A little time and more knowledge has brought me to a much better place. I have come to terms with the fact that my body may stay this way. This is what is real right now. I am healthy. I am fit. My body can do amazing things, like running 13.1 miles and enjoying about 11 miles of it. I can run these beautiful trails where I live and smell the desert and see the animals. What is first and foremost for me now is that I treat my body kindly, that I give it fuel so I'm healthy and strong and can do all the wonderful things I want to do.
I also deconstruct the crazy thoughts in my head, over and over again. For instance. The other day I was getting ready to go to the gym. I looked in the mirror and thought, I'm fat. What if someone at the gym notices that I wasn't able to loose my baby weight? They saw me when I was in such great shape before I got pregnant. They'll think I'm the worst.
There probably are people at the gym that would think that, but really, who cares? Why do I care? I think about it for a while and realize that I feel like I've failed for not returning to my pre baby weight. I've lost the control I had. I feel like people might think I can't do hard things, I'm lazy or indulgent. So I think it through in my head and see the thoughts for what they are (just thoughts) and what they uncover about how I feel about myself. Almost every thought leads back to a place of fearing that I'm not lovable.
This book teaches eating as a practice. It's not a program or something to fall off of. It's a practice. It's mindful eating. You get better at it with time and it comes from a place of love for yourself. What hit me the most was, eat when you are hungry and eat what your body wants. She goes into more detail about each of these, but the idea of only eating when I'm hungry is so simple but hard to get in tune with. This is about what your body wants/needs to be healthy, energetic, strong and happy. It's not about numbing, entertainment, habit, etc. This is really hard.
I'll update as I go, but I've only been internalizing these ideas for about a month so I'm kind of new to this all. Below are the eating guidelines.
I'm Writing0 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Sunday, June 21, 2015
A while back, I thought I was at the cusp of a mid-life crisis or a depressive episode (if only medication could fix it). It turns out it was a mid-life crisis, breakdown, awakening or something like that. That all sounds kind of dramatic. I'm not sure what to name it. I think naming it is kind of reductive. There are a lot of things that have been leading up to this.
Here is what Brene Brown said on the subject, "People may call what happens at midlife "a crisis," but it's not. It's an unraveling -- a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live,
not the one you're "supposed" to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are."
It was painful and I was crying a lot, that's why I thought it was depression. I'll maybe write more about it later, but what I want to write about now is how much better I'm feeling. Not only do I feel
better, but I feel hungry for knowledge and learning. This last year has become a time of self discovery and inquiry. It's been hard and scary but very fulfilling. I guess you could say I was living on auto pilot and getting knocked off that has been a huge growing experience.
I wrote this a while back about being a feminist in the Mormon church. This was the start of my unravelling. It became impossible to stay on auto pilot and I could no longer resist my emotions. I was afraid of being overpowered by sadness. The unraveling had been trying to happen for years. I actually remember calling it a pre-mid life crisis after Hank's birth. This excommunication and backlash against Mormon Feminists broke my heart. I was hesitant when I wrote this post, and I never publicly shared it since it's such a charged subject but I'm much stronger now. I was afraid of what people would think of me or say to me or afraid they would stop loving me. I was so desperate for approval that I was afraid to use my voice.
I have come a long way in trusting myself. It's okay if people don't feel the same way I do. I also understand that some people didn't give a second thought to this subject. I know most Mormons are over it, but it affected me deeply. I had absurd expectations about how my beloved religion (institutionally and socially) would treat it's members. I was so disappointed.
I increased my medication last year and it could not touch what I was feeling, which I think was grief. I started a round of therapy, at the recommendation of my doctor. I have had several positive
experiences with therapy and I agreed it would be helpful. I have something I call my "cry-o-meter". To give you an example, my first session of therapy, I did not come up for air in my crying the whole time. Sobbing for an hour straight is exhausting. I had been holding a lot in. Every session I cried a little less until I eventually didn't cry at all and started feeling much better and in control of my own life. Once my therapist and I started talking about things, like where I got my highlights or what book I was reading, we decided that it was time for me to stop coming.
The therapy book we used, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, was an answer to prayer. It showed me that I was creating mental pain for myself and living a life in my head, instead of living a full and meaningful life right now. I was suffering from negative thought patterns. The voice in my head is judgmental, self righteous, belittling and mean. I was believing the voice in my head. I was
believing those damaging thoughts instead of seeing and accepting the real me. I was resisting feeling and examining my pain. Pain from fear and shame. I was loosing myself in it. I had to be willing to take my emotions in the moment without defense.
To quote from the book, "Willingness and acceptance means adopting a gentle, loving posture toward yourself, your history, and you programming so that it becomes more likely for you simply to be aware of your own experience. The goal of willingness is not to feel better. The goal is to open up yourself to the vitality of the moment, and to move more effectively toward what you value."
This whole experience includes a lot of aspects of my life (spirituality, culture, family, my creativity, embracing aging, my values, religion, belief, doubts, wants, regrets, uncertainty, body image, motherhood, etc). My capacity for empathy has opened up, my capacity for love has deepened, my connection to God is stronger. I'm trying to embrace uncertainty. I'm trusting my intuition. The best way I can explain it, is that my heart broke wide open and I'm so thankful.
Weekend Roadtrip1 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Thursday, June 18, 2015
We had a great road trip last weekend. First we went to Stake temple day in Monticello, Utah. The Stake provides childcare once a year and we haven't missed the blessed occasion in years. We normally camp out but we decided that this would be a good time to go to Durango for me to take some pictures for my friend Chad's website. Case is in the process of making him a new website for his construction business and working on his branding. I was able to see his new logo in action on one of his tractors.
From Monticello we went to Cortez and were hoping to have some time to spend in Mesa Verde but we were running too late and went straight to Durango. Chad put us up in his posh condo. I could not get over the beautiful scenery and how nice the condo was. We went on walks, played cards, went swimming, stayed up late watching a Jackie Chan movie with the boys, went out to eat and Willie and I stayed up late reading and talking.
I took pictures on Saturday and we had some crazy beautiful rain. Sunday morning we went to Mesa Verde and it was everything I thought it would be. It was so cool. I can't wait to go back. Then we drove home through the mountains and it was such a beautiful drive. The kids were great in the car. Lula fussed a little when we were at the ruins but in general she did great. I can't believe what beautiful things we live close to.
Also, Durango, where have you been all my life? Sometimes Willie and I have the "where else could you see us living" conversation. I could never really think of a place that's a good fit. Durango is such a good fit, besides Willie not having a job there and how expenses houses are. We looked through houses a little bit online and I was bummed about what was in our price range. It made me thankful for our current house. It may need a lot of work, but I love it. It suits us so well and was affordable.
We will be back to Durango, though, hopefully soon. The landscape was a much improved version of my childhood landscape. It felt great.
Here is a picture recap of our journey. Pictures don't do it justice, but I had to try. Also, it's time to pay my dues by editing the pictures of Chad's houses I took. He builds beautiful, huge, artistic houses with great lighting, but they are still pictures of houses. Blah.
An Update7 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Thursday, October 02, 2014
I needed a picture for this post and I like this one. My post doesn't directly relate to the photo, but I like the mood.
I haven't posted for a long time so I think an update is in order. I'm hoping this won't be too heavy. Sometimes I don't really know until I get going.
It's back baby. I have had some pretty intense dips this last year and it's hard to realize it when you have up times most of the time. When you are always depressed, it's pretty obvious. It turns out that I was calling my sister on a regular monthly basis, admitting that I was crying a lot (like don't know if I can stop for days a lot). She finally said, hey you have been doing this for about a year. You should go to the doctor. It seems so simple. Why didn't I think of that? One side affect of depression for me is denying how bad it is. I'm glad I have people in my life that can help me see that.
I've had my medication adjusted and am starting therapy. My doctor said the most effective form of treatment for depression is medication and therapy. I actually like therapy. It's great talking to someone for an hr and they really listen and they are always on your side. Plus, therapy seriously changed my life while i was dating Willie, like my therapist's name will forever be blessed in our home. I've only been once so far and I think I have a good fit in my new therapist. We hugged (she's a woman). The only thing I don't like about therapy is the cost. Insurance does a bummer of a job covering the visits and she wants me for 12 weeks.
I think i might, in fact, be having a midlife crisis. I suspected it a while back but wasn't sure. I'm not sure if it's because of depression or some other heavy things I'm dealing with, but all I know is that some things can really, really hurt and I'm not sure why. I'm hopeful that things are going to get better. My medication is already helping a lot, and I am a dedicated student and have already jumped into my studies for therapy. We will be using the New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and it's kind of mind bending. It's going to take practice to grasp it. It's like the idea of leaning into your pain when you have a baby. I remember trying that for like one minute while waiting for my epidural with Lula. Running away from my pain is what makes the most sense to me.
I'm not totally sure why I'm putting this out there. I hope I'm not over-sharing. I just hate the idea of depression being a shameful thing to talk about. I don't see a lot of people wanting to hide their struggles with their diabetes. It helps me feel better when I can talk openly about it. It's not my fault and I am not ashamed to take medication. I have several people in my life that like to suggest alternatives to me and I try so hard to see their attempt at caring for me instead of the unspoken shame they are inducing by saying I shouldn't take any medication. I use a doctor for my treatment. That's my choice and I'm okay with it. I need someone qualified, that I trust, that understands the mental illness. I also want people I care about to know how I'm doing. Facebook and instagram posts don't really tell the full story. Who wants to post a picture of themselves crying? Buzz kill. I have a dear mission campion (the one who introduced me to Willie) that posted about her depression close to Robin Williams death. She said that her depression treatment is like walking on sand. I agree.
My depression is just a portion of my life. In general, I'm so happy. That's what is so strange about this whole thing. I don't understand it all. Lula is such a wonderful addition to our family. It's a serious love fest around here. Wyatt and Hank are the dearest creatures. My home (though messy and outdated) is my safe place. I love being here. I love that Willie is my other half.
I think this is all the update I want to do for now. Talking about other things, like getting new quartz countertops in our kitchen (squeal) can come in another post. Oh, and post baby weight loss (so tired of it). When will it be over? Will it be over?
Am I Really Writing About This?9 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Lula Discovers Outside0 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Friday, April 11, 2014
A Post0 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Thursday, March 27, 2014
I haven't posted forever. I'm not totally sure why. I've been working in the evenings a lot then a lot of things happen and I feel like I need more time to write about everything. I'm breaking the silence with some pictures. Then I need to write about so many things.
Pies0 comments Posted by Sally DeFord at Sunday, January 05, 2014
The night before Thanksgiving I made pies and I asked Willie to take this picture of me to match the one I have of my Grandma on my picture wall. It's not very often that we have a whole, picturesque pie. If I waited for morning for better light, there might have have been a piece missing. I'm wearing one of her aprons in the picture. While I was cooking, I listened to a radio story about making pies. It talked about women learning to make pies from their mothers and grandmothers. My grandma was really into pies and I learned a lot from her.
I miss my grandma. She's been gone for about 14 years. She was such a strong influence for good in my life. She worked tirelessly to keep her family close together. I have many memories of dinners and holidays. I want so much to be like her. I haven't turned out to be much of an entertainer, but hopefully I'm like her in other ways. I do know how to make a good pies, though,and I think she'd be proud.


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NOTICE! The launch of my brand new company, $25 Dollar Miracle - Trading Dollars for Dollars Membership Club (www.25dollarmiracle.com) is being PLACED ON HOLD. Why?
Payza, our selected and exclusive payment processing system, who appeared to have made some big changes for the better, is not as they claim.
July 02, 2012, someone broke through their (supposed) secure site, broke into my account, locked me out, emptied my account, and Payza has nothing to say and are doing nothing about it; NO REPLY NO EXPLANATION!
Avoid PAYZA payment processing system like the plague.
My sincerest apologies! I will not put members or people in general, at risk, or jeopardize the trust and accountable leadership and opportunity for ALL PEOPLE, that I am attempting to bring to light, for the sake of a dollar; that would categorize me as just one more money-first, unaccountable, get-rich-quick, online company. [continued below]....
If this makes any sense at all, to know I am a person to be trusted and counted on, to deliver a viable, life-changing company, for all people, consider getting a copy of my book $25 Dollar Miracle at publishers author website; (book sales funds, go to charity) - www.25dollarmiracle.org
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I was recruited... and I have to say this was one of the most dysfunctional companies I ever worked for. First off, The Pena Financial Group or the Pena Agency is NOT a "business". It is a part of the group National Agents Alliance, or NAA.
NAA is another story in itself, with its cult mindset and HUGE MLM (multi-level marketing) which borderlines as an illegal pyramid scheme. Please look up further information on NAA and do NOT buy into it. It is NOTHING but a wormhole and failure waiting to happen and people have given up great jobs to wind up POOR.
They expected that their administrative assistant be EVERYTHING -- I was not only doing clerical work for THREE, yes, THREE agents including pending applications, but I was also their human resource department.
I had to hire new "recruits" or sales agents --- many of you might have seen the ads on Craigslist (which BREAKS Craigslist's terms of service as a company that is MLM or costs upfront fees is NOT supposed to post in the job section). These Craigslist ads often were looking for Athletes or Ex-Military people, claiming you could make up to 1k a week in income or over 100,000 a year.
I was often told to lie to recruits, tell them I knew absolutely nothing about the details of the job and attempt to get their personal information such as full name, address, phone number and social security number in order to FasTract them onto the NAA website.
I was also required to consistently call and harass people about getting signed up for expensive licensing classes, in which they were not told about having to pay upfront fees to get started until after they were signed up under NAA.
I was also told to lie about the job being commission only, once again pushed to tell them I had no idea and direct them to either Paul or Beiya or, worse, Shawn Meaike who was their upline. They never told the recruits ANYTHING of value. Only how much money could be made in which they did not tell the recruits the amount of money they would have to spend on leads (information that is collected from consumers and SOLD back to agents), the charge backs, the amount of gas spent traveling, the licensing and liability insurance.
I was also told that they would be able to "finance" recruits, which usually meant the recruit had to fill out a life insurance application so the recruiting agent could get the commission off of them.
Many of the people who applied for this sales agent position were people without jobs who could not afford the upfront fees that I knew about. It was absolutely detestable to hear the hopefulness in people's voices about getting a job call back and setting them up for an "interview" - in which it was NEVER an interview.
It was nothing but an informational meeting where they set-up MANY people from the same time slot. At this meeting, they only told you about how much money you could make.
In terms of working with clients and doing applications, I saw my bosses, Paul Gonsalves and Beiyanil Pena (along with two other agents who worked out of the office, Jenny Rojas and Iliana De La Rosa) forge and erase information on life insurance applications to get the people approved so they could get their commissions.
They usually told their clients not to list medical information that might get them declined by the life insurance companies. In which, the life insurance companies were legit - such as Mutual of Omaha, ING, Foresters, BUT there are much more cheaper options for many of the people who could NOT afford the premiums!
They often whited out information, told clients not to list certain medical procedures along with "guessing" at their annual incomes and jobs. There were quite a few times when many clients claimed they ONLY wanted information and did NOT want to be signed up for a policy at all. They only agreed to speak to someone to gather brochures and paper work.
I was usually left dealing with upset clientele who were wondering why an insurance company was contacting them for money when they only asked for information.
Please, please! If you are in the sales business, stay away from National Agents Alliance, the Pena Financial Group/Agency, there are better, legit businesses that give you better support and more for your time and energy. And if you are an administrative assistant, this not the job for you! Please, find someone who will value your time, work and effort.
I feel sorry for the poor person to work after me who I am sure had to go to their national conference in July, in which their conferences for NAA are nothing but expensive (they pay for NOTHING) lectures on how much money people have made. May he/she get out as quick as possible!
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There's always an odd combination of sadness and joy when an issue ends. And a little bit of relief that we managed to get there in the first place. This one did seem to get tricky in places. But that's something to work on next time.
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Perdue Farms announces that it has slashed its use of antibiotics in poultry.
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'We are Marshall' was the phrase in Tallahassee Wednesday night as former Coach Red Dawson and current members of the Thundering Herd paid a visit. Dawson was in town to be honored in Tallahassee, where he played football for then FSU Assistant Coach Bobby Bowden in the early 60's.
Dawson returned to Marshall the year after a plane crash that killed almost the entire team and coaching staff in 1970. Wednesday night was a true blend of FSU and Marshall--even Dawson's old coach stopped by the Silver Slipper. For Dawson, it was a return to his roots and a chance to keep an eye on his favorite school, FSU.
"It's my alma mater, it means everything. I pull for them everyday and I take it personally we loose a football game especially." said Dawson.
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It's Banned Books Week. Michelle Luhtala shares a crowd-sourced project that will help us promote censorship awareness as we pool our efforts to create a project with far and lasting reach. Michelle proposes that we work together and contribute to a Challenged Books Slide Show. She explain explains the back story: This project began when […]
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Looking for inspiration in advance of Banned Books Week (BBW), from September 27–October 3? Look no further than SLJ's BBW Pinterest page, curated by blogger and collection development librarian Molly Wetta.
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The Charleston Public Library in South Carolina gave 1,000 copies of Courtney Summers's Some Girls Are to teens after a high school removed the book from its summer reading list.
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ALA's Most Frequently Challenged Books; Teen Read Week Grants; Springtime Giveaways | SLJTeen News
The American Library Association has announced 2014's most frequently challenged books. Teen Read Week grants are available from YALSA. Enter in two YA book giveaways. See how one librarian hosted a Doctor Who–themed lock-in with great success.
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Banned Books Week: Celebrate the Right to Read
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NC School Board Reverses Ban on Ellison's 'Invisible Man'
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