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Blue Caprice, directed by Alexandre Moors‘(Cruel Summer, Lady Lovelace Deception System) follows the events surrounding the DC Sniper attacks back in 2002. It was a very dark time in America considering barely a year had passed since 9/11. The film stars Isaiah Washington as John Allen Muhammad and Tequan Richmond as Lee Boyd Malvo. I don’t know if whether any light needed to be shined on such a tragic event, but as an artist I have to resign myself to a story, that perhaps, must be told.

Also starring Joey Lauren Adams and Tim Blake Nelson, Blue Caprice will open in select theaters on September 13th and will be available on demand and digital download September 17th.

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Feeling Overwhelmed When It Comes To Making Money Online…

If you are feeling overwhelmed, know that I went through that too.  The learning curve is steep, but if your WHY is big, you can succeed.  My WHY 7 years ago was to rediscover who I was before I lost a lot of my memories and that’s important to help me know who I am and who I am becoming.  My WHY got me here, and I must also mention, with God’s grace and help.

And during this process of rediscovering myself, I’ve actually discovered so much more about myself, how much God loves me, my deep compassion for humanity, what I’m willing to do for others…

Let me break the mystery of making money online down for you here and now.

The Internet is just another communication channel.  When it comes to sales and marketing, it’s always about coming out with a solution and providing value.  You can’t sell something to anyone if there’s no value in your product.  You can’t offer anything to anyone without knowing how priceless you are in the first place ~ 3 trillion cells to your name daily!

All the products people are selling to you are built upon this principle of providing a solution and value.

Your domain name is an online address for people to be able to find you and interact with you and buy your recommendations from you.

Your autoresponder is a marketing solution to help you follow up properly with your prospects to provide them with value.  You need to guide your prospects so that they can see what value you are offering and be blessed by your solution.  Then, you’ll make a sale!

So, you need 1. your Ad to attract them to 2. your presell page that will make them aware of a problem that requires a solution on 3. your sales page.  Then, after they submit their email address for you to follow up, and land on your sales page, they are ready to purchase.  This is the Marketing and Sales Process.

If they didn’t purchase, * your follow up * will further help them to eventually see the value in the solution you’re offering them.  Many more sales happen here.  Personally, I consider this follow up part the marketing funnel.

Once you have your product’s Sales and Marketing Funnel in place, meaning your presell page, sales page and follow up emails, you just need to focus on driving traffic.

Putting up ads is the key to * driving traffic * to your presell pages.  No traffic = No sales.

Just like an offline business.  You need to find a way to get people to view your presell pages.

Who says making money online has to be only confined to online methods of driving traffic?  Have you ever visited a website based on a business card, a car decal, a recommendation from a friend via WhatsApp or simply from some offline advertising?

Don’t underestimate where your own circle of influence can get you.  Get creative!

Organic or unpaid traffic would also include blogging.  This is one of the most effective ways of getting people to know and trust you enough to see the value you are offering and buy from you.  There are many other ways which would all include time and effort on your part.

Quick ways of getting people to your presell pages is by sending out solo email ads and doing social media ads.  Facebook ads is one of the very fast ways, but done wrongly can put a hole in your pocket.

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Test and track the click through rates of your ads, the optin rates of your presell/capture pages, the sales conversion rates of your sales pages, the open rates of your follow up emails …

Testing and tracking is important when it comes to paid advertising, which is what I mainly do.  I view my time and effort as priceless.  So, I personally prefer to use money in the area of advertising.  But I strongly believe in not losing touch with the organic ways simply because I want to be able to help others along.

Unpaid advertising through blogs and certain sites are definitely feasible, but they need time and patience, and they are scalable in terms of the amount of time and effort you put into building them.

Watch out for my next post.  I’ll be recommending things for you to invest in for you to be able to take all the necessary steps to start making sales online.  I’m planning a course of action together with a small amount of investment on your part to get you to the new level I call the Breakthrough.

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Saturday and Sunday, February 7th and 8th, the Roseville Oval hosted the Long Track Age Class Nationals. Skaters of all ages from across the nation gathered for the mass start championships. Inliners Jeff Terwilliger and Melissa Dahlmann were strong performers. Skater extraordinaire Allie Thunstrom was also a top finisher. Youngster Ian Bahn was making it look easy. Many of the usual Masters competitors were in Calgary competing in the Masters World Championships.

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2015 Long Track National Champs:

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EDL 396A—The Leadership Challenge and Social Change

We didn’t enter into the process of developing EDL 396A – The Leadership Challenge and EDL 396A – Social Change with any grand plans to design these courses around the hero’s journey. Rather, given the nature of the learning content and its emphasis on individuals embarking on a journey to affect positive social change, we knew that the courses would need to be highly personalized by students and create a strong sense of learner autonomy. Taking this approach, we discovered that the courses perfectly complemented the framework of the hero’s journey.

Social Change Model of Leadership

Originally designed as a way to develop students’ understanding of their unique skills and talents and subsequently motivate them to apply those skills in acts of service, the Social Change Model of Leadership has been taught within and beyond the classroom as a way to facilitate positive change on the local, national and global level. The University of Arizona had long offered two courses on the Social Change Model to its main campus population, and in Fall of 2014, began work to expand this curriculum to the newly formed fully-online campus.

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Weaving narrative structure into online course design can serve as a compelling force in supporting student engagement and persistence in meeting articulated learning outcomes. But how do you leverage effective practices and technology in order to actually make it happen?

The assignments in both courses were designed to support the social construction of knowledge, with a series of reflections, collaborative projects and mini-cohorts bonded by self-selected course themes. In that the student was identified as the primary player in the narrative that was the course, narrative in online course design paired effortlessly with the constructivist environment that the instructors sought to create. In the initiation phase of The Hero’s Journey, the epic hero collaborates with allies to prepare for the challenge ahead. In the same way, the students became a part of a community of inquiry, where the class worked together to solve shared challenges. The responsibility for the collection of knowledge was shared and social, while the final deliverables were unique to each student and highly personalized. Every student worked with their allies to create their own solution to a larger problem posed by the instructor.

Additionally, students were asked to share their perspectives and changing perceptions as they negotiated challenging topics on their personal role in performing service. In a meta design stroke, these courses wove narrative into each assignment with ease. A great example of this was the use of elements of the hero’s journey in the creation of digital storytelling project. The creation of the story, itself, became the challenge, with the students researching and documenting elements of an external narrative, while simultaneously completing the tasks of the larger course narrative that they themselves were a part of.

Course Technology

Easily one of the most powerful tools for supporting personalized learning, adaptive courseware allows instructors the ability to create computer-based branched scenarios that give the learner agency over their path through the curriculum. These courses used Articulate Storyline to create stunning, interactive learning content, as well as pull data from the students’ interactions with the content, and map that work to assessments in an LMS.

Additionally, with such gameful principles as leveling up and branched pathways for learning, badging principles work well in the design of narrative structures. Purdue Passport was originally used in conjunction with our LMS for its LTI integration. However, the work on the creation of the badging framework was the true accomplishment. Having a strong plan for the badges and how they were tied to assessments made the lesson planning evergreen and agnostic of system.

Students engaged in multiple ways throughout the course, but none stronger than in their usage of VoiceThread. Using the visual discussion board tool, students reflected and commented on their progress through their journey. Additionally, they used the video upload feature to display their work for group critiques and collaborative assessments.

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Regardless of whether you are currently using a particular educational method or effective practice, or are looking to reap the benefits of weaving narrative into your newly created course design, modeling a course after the Hero’s Journey has the added benefit of furthering several established methods for increasing student engagement.

The elements of a narrative can be mapped to the structure of an online course as a means of centering the learning experience on the student. The action of a student moving through the learning content becomes the student’s journey. The student then assumes the role as the “protagonist” of the course, and the work they produce serves as a series the thematic elements making up the overarching course narrative. The student is empowered by this call to action, thus becoming an “epic hero” of the online course. In the case of the two educational leadership courses, students were given choice over the badges that they could complete, the themes that they would use to weave their projects together, and the order in which they would complete the various requirements of the course.

These courses demonstrated that the connection between student as epic hero is not a far flung idea in any way. The individual learner, when placed into the role of epic hero, must embrace such 21st century skills as critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and innovation. Students meet defined curricular outcomes just as the hero obtains a goal upon completion of their journey. Beyond all else, the student engages with the material in a way that is deeply personalized, fostering both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation throughout the course.

In addition to serving as the thematic backbone of the courses, the elements of the Hero’s Journey are closely aligned to such methodologies as constructivism, communities of inquiry, service learning and differentiated learning. Additionally, such technologically-friendly effective practices as digital badging, adaptive learning and digital storytelling were all applied to these courses, following in form with the narrative structure.

Based on this approach, we want to hear your thoughts:

  • How might you incorporate narrative or the Hero’s Journey in your course design? How would you apply it at the assignment, module or course level?
  • What are some of the benefits of using narrative structure or the Hero’s Journey in your course?
  • What are some technological tools that could be used to support narrative in the design of your online course?

Komives, S. R., & Wagner, W. (Eds.). (2016). Leadership for a better world: Understanding the social change model of leadership development. John Wiley & Sons.

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Quebec, Mclean's, and the Hatred that Divides

When I saw this cover, and I read this cheap little story I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I wondered how desperate Maclean's must be to try to boost it readership by slandering an entire province, and whipping up anti-Quebec feeling.  But mostly I thought here we go again.

What part of this country doesn't now hate another? If it isn't East versus West, North versus South, it's urban versus rural,  the educated against the ignorant, or everybody against Toronto, and now English Canada against Quebec.

And  I wonder where are we going, and whether Canadians ever stop to think where all this animus will lead us?

As you know I have one foot in each solitude, and I love the idea of a vibrant French-speaking nation in a united Canada. I think it makes us stronger, and helps protect us from the greatest threat to our survival, the mad dying elephant south of the border.

But sadly many in English Canada never recovered from the last referendum. And you only have to read the comments in newspapers and blogs whenever the subject of Quebec comes up to realize this hate is now massive and pathological. So crass and ugly I try to hide those comments from my French-speaking Québécois companion who still believes in the goodness of this country.

I don't know if Quebec is more politically corrupt than other provinces. I very much doubt it. What I do know is that René Lévesque's Parti Québécois was the first government in Canada to reform the way political parties are financed. More than thirty years ago.

I also know that the Liberal sponsorship scandal happened because English Canada didn't understand Quebec. So we tottered blindly to the edge of the abyss, and then tried desperately to BUY the love of the province. When in fact Quebecers didn't want to be bought, they just wanted to be respected for who they are.

There may be particular reasons, for some of the scandals in the province. The state of the Liberal Party, and a culture of goonery in some construction unions. But the way Andrew Coyne goes poking around the history of the province, like a soothsayer massages a goat's guts, is absolutely ridiculous.

And intellectually dishonest. Because this is what really bothers Coyne:

Moreover, the distended role of the state in the economy under the Quebec Inc. model, its heavy use of subsidies and other tools of intervention, created a strong incentive to win the favour of those in power, by fair means or foul.

And the real reason he is always putting down the province is because he's a Con, the son of a Bank of Canada Governor, who believes in a survival of the fittest capitalism, and most Quebecers reject his party and his values.

They believe in the power of government to act in the best interests of its people,like many successful European states. As a result they have things like a cheap daycare program, a juvenile offender system that seeks to rehabilitate instead of just punish. And even a government commission looking into the problem of homophobia.

So many English Canadians have become so Americanized they don't realize that Quebec is the last bastion of Canadian values. But Coyne does and that's why he could write something as absurd as this:

Healthy political cultures are marked by contestability: results are unpredictable, success is incremental, and neither victory nor defeat are ever far from view. But the tendency, in federal politics, for Quebecers to throw their support to one party or another en bloc—and the province’s outsized importance, therefore, in deciding elections—has given rise to a peculiar set of pathologies.

And forget to mention Alberta, the one-party Banana Oil Republic of Canada. Or that another big reason for his denigration of Quebec is that it's the last obstacle to a Harper majority.

Because one can't help feel that Coyne, like so many other Cons, would love it if the province left Canada, so the country would be conservative FOREVER. Just like Britain would be a conservative country if Scotland separated.

Oh boy. I don't know where we are going. What I do know is that we are heading for a bad place. Because a nation that hates itself will not long survive.

I also know that as much as I like this big beautiful country the way it is, if the day should ever arrive that Quebec is forced to leave, because of all the hatred, and  because it wants to preserve its Canadian values in a nation that longer believes in them.

It would rip my heart out. But I'll be going with them.

However. since I'm still an optimist eh? If I was in Montreal tonight, I'd tell my Québécois friends, what I tell Sébastien.

Don't listen to the ignorant bigots, for they know not what they say.

One day hopefully, before it's too late, some of them at least will realize their terrible mistake and love you.

Almost as much as I do...

Because it IS a feeling eh?

And if we can't share it, one day we will lose it...

ck said...

The above link is my post on the subject. You said you didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I chose to laugh with a little help from a fellow prog blogger and local radio host who provided what a Maclean's apology would look like.

Do read it, and watch the videos. I'm sure you'll get a good laugh. Every so often, we have to laugh at ourselves and sometimes we Quebecers have thin skin and yes, sadly, we do dig our own proverbial graves. (Hello, Habs are too federalist and handing pamphlets about our national parks is indoctrinating federalism to school children?? Not to mention that Bill 103 which is nothing short of insane; and don't get me started on Pauline Marois the French language paranoid psycho who gutted our health care system when the PQ was governing under Lucien Bouchard).

As for other provinces, read my co-blogger Kim's posts, as well as some other blogs from BC, their provincial politics are nothing short of screwey these days...I believe the RCMP are involved. But does the likes of Maclean's cover them with as much relish as they do Quebec?? No sirree Bob!

Marissa said...

So many English Canadians have become so Americanized they don't realize that Quebec is the last bastion of Canadian values.

Have you read Fire and Ice by Michael Adams? It compares opinion research in the USA and Canada, and was published in 2004. One of the findings was that the differences between how Canadians and Americans answered could largely be accounted for by Quebec and Texas - omit those two populations and the survey results would be much closer.

I also know that as much as I like this big beautiful country the way it is, if the day should ever arrive that Quebec is forced to leave, because of all the hatred, and because it wants to preserve its Canadian values in a nation that longer believes in them.

It would rip my heart out. But I'll be going with them.

A while ago I was thinking to myself, if Americans move to Canada when hardcore wingnuts get elected, where do Canadians move? ...Quebec.

Niles said...

Simon, if Quebec is the 'most corrupt', by what margin are we talking here? Hell, what scale are we using to measure?

Take it into perspective. Quebec just celebrated a 400th birthday and has been using that eeeeeevil census since it got going. They've had more time and joi de vivre to get corrupt, such as corrupt is. I mean, corrupt is a nice, broad word that means...what's been proven again? For government? The people?

Even at that, everyone else in Canada might be tied for second place by a few nanocentavos behind Quebec. Like a swimming race.

To throw around emotional tantrum accusations of being corrupt, someone has to believe they're pretty dang morally and ethically superior. Follow the money. Who gains from such ginning up?

Simon said...

hi ck...I read your post and I quite enjoyed it and the videos. And like everything else I find a lot of things to laugh about in Quebec...some people drive me crazy and La Marois is definitely one of them But because of my situation, this irrational hatred for Quebec depresses me. I just don't understand it. I also can't forget that when Harper attacked Quebec after the coalition crisis his numbers soared into majority territory. It's madness because Canada without Quebec would be a much smaller country in every possible way...

Simon said...

hi Marissa...that's interesting about Texas and Quebec. But it doesn't surprise me because if you subtract Quebec from public opinion polls, Canada comes out looking like quite a different country. People also forget how wonderfully creative Quebecers are and how they contribute to the way others perceive us. I love the idea of the two solitudes, but not the solitudes I see today. The one Hugh MacLennan wrote about when he said this:

"love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other."

If they want to write that on my tombstone I won't object... :)

Simon said...

Hi're absolutely right. Where are the studies to back up such a sweeping generalization that borders on the racist. I also wanted to get into the sense of the word corruption. Like for example is the government of Alberta not morally corrupt by promoting the oil sands that are helping to torch the planet? And other stuff like that. But my post was already too long. What I also wish I had been able to add was that this country was built with the Canadian genius for compromise,
and replacing that with the confrontation winner/loser mentality of America can only destroy us. To answer your question nobody can gain from such games, and when I see people who should know better doing it, I fear for our future. Finally, you know what bothers me too, is that most Québécois, like Sébastien, are totally oblivious to how much they are hated. And I don't have it in me to tell them...

Anonymous said...

Don't sweat it Simon. Consider the source. Who reads Macleans anymore? It is completely irrelevant.

In some respects we still have two solitudes, or as you have mentioned, more solitudes.

If Macleans wanted to examine corruption they'd have a photo of the out of control cops with their boots on the throats of peaceful protesters. That's corruption, Harper style.

Until I see otherwise I believe the costs were at least 10 times higher than they should have been. The cost itemization has yet to be released in full detail.

Policing costs for the G20 were about the same as the cost of policing the whole city of Toronto for an entire year.

Simon said...

hi anonymous...I suppose you're right. But I must say that I'm still disappointed in Macleans, because I quite enjoy some of their writers, and I thought they were better than that.
But the editor Ken Whyte is an asshole, Coyne is more Con every day, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
But you're right about the corruption part. The Harper government is rotting from the head down. And the stench of moral corruption is EVERYWHERE...


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I think there is very much a problem. The correlation chapter of the McKay biography is a must-read for those interested in the speil.

While the church could not maintain its programs in the face of increased growth, it seems that the price was too high.

As a little teaser: look for some fascinating related content at BCC!

"Is the problem in the concept? Or the execution?"

Mostly the execution - todays SS lesson was the most awful lesson ever. How can a lesson telling us how wonderful the correlation of the church is be testimony building? (Or maybe it was just my ward)

I like that we all study the same things in priesthood/RS etc. but the material is tired and repetitive.

The curriculum needs a good shake up, and for goodness sake - lessons on Easter and Christmas so I'm not embarressed to invite a friend, dreading that the lesson will be on tithing or something else inappropriate for the occasion.

As I recall, a young Neil Maxwell called on Harold B. Lee to explain how lame the Church manuals were.

I'm not disputing whether some of our manuals are lame, just pointing out that it's a problem that goes back at least a generation or two.

When I asked a former mission president how he went about preparing lessons for Priesthood from the Presidents of the Church manuals, he replied that he liked to look and the topic and then just teach from the scriptures, possibly throwing in a quote from the manual.

I was surprised to learn at his funeral that one of his mantras as a stake president had been, "what does the handbook say?" He really believed that there was no need to try to reinvent something that was already working--and you couldn't know if it worked until you tried it as prescribed. All the more interesting, then, that he didn't choose to use the correlated materials when teaching.

There is a problem.

And that's why God invented the Bloggernacle -- to give us a place to seriously study the gospel together and share ideas. (grin) If the Church has gotten so big that all they can give us in the oficial manuals is "excerpts on the same set of thirty topics you've seen every year for the last ten" (and it has) then I suppose we just need to continue to be anxiously engaged in the good cause of seeking doctrinal and theological "meat" on our own.

Hey lets all complain about how crappy our Gospel Doctrine teachers are and blame it on the LDS Church because the manuals do not fit our personal views of what they should be!

If you don't like what is happening in your GD class, then do something constructive about it.

I am so glad to hear people discussing this. The curriculum is very lame, and it is all in the execution. The lessons are so watered down that they don't even say anything any more. Yet, I feel that with the church growing and expanding so much, going 'back to the basics' may be just what the Lord intends. If people want to make the gospel interesting they are going to have to do that on their own at least for now.

Let's remember, correlation means a lot more than lesson manuals. Boring lessons existed long before the administration of Harold B. Lee.

Another aspect of correlation is the simplification of church programs on the local level. It seems to me there has been a real effort to make it easier for smaller church units to adapt the program of the church to fit their needs and circumstances. This is a good thing.

Dave, I'm with you - I can see the problems, but I think the benefits outweigh the problems, so put me down as a fan. I think the problems that exist are due to our flawed execution. Give us another generation or two, and it will look better.

I consistently find quotes in the RS/Priesthood manuals that are inspiring enough to spark profound thoughts and deeply meaningful discussions. The manuals themselves say that they are not intended to be read straight through during the lesson. I think that there are problems with correlation, but most of the complaints lodged here reflect faults in the teachers and in the students. The material we have is sufficient for inspiring lessons. That's not to say that the approach of reading mostly from the scriptures and sharing a few of the quotes from the manual is not also a good one.
The only thing that sometimes bothers me about correlation is not that it occurs, but that members sometimes misinterpret it and regard the content of the manuals too highly. The manuals are good, but IMO they should serve as a springboard for a discussion that is led by the Spirit, not as an exact map for where the discussion should go. I think that the manuals themselves make this abundantly clear, when they explain that they are to be used as a guide but the teacher should always use the direction of the Spirit.

I think something like Correlation is unavoidable in a Church like ours, in which unity on a global scale is an important priority.

I don't think it's a real problem. The simplicity works in outlying areas, and in mature areas, a good teacher (and indeed any class member with a strategically placed single question) can generate stimulating (and not necessarily controversial) discussion around a few verses of any scripture assignment or a prophetic quotation or two.

I don't have too much of a problems with correlation itself, but I do with the lesson material and the rotation. Having to use a 4 year rotation forces us into a "touch a few high points" approach instead of real in depth study. I'd like to see a 6 or 7 year rotation. 2 years O.T., 2 years N.T., 2 years BOM and 1 year D&C (maybe even 2 years here too!).

There is just so much more to study and learn than the few points we hit each week.

I agree with Christian. In a church like ours where the hierarchy is now so deep there's no choice. In the 1950's it wasn't uncommon for people to meet in a constructive fashion with an apostle or other high figure. Now you have more layers of bureaucracy - of necessity because the church is so large and so dispersed. If there wasn't a kind of attempt at central control then small screwups wouldn't be caught and would magnify. You'd end up with even more diversity than you find in the general "evangelical" movement.

I think the real problem is that we are so lay member based that we forget that most people don't have the training to do a good job. I think more training would be useful, but that then takes people away from their families. A lot of people I know already resent the long and frequent meetings anyone with a significant calling have to go to. Despite the efforts of the leadership to streamline things, it seems that most meetings aren't terribly productive. Further you always have some people who are apparently lonely and use it more for socializing.

How do you resolve all this though and keep our lay structure? I can't see anything beyond small changes and different emphasis each year. It'd be ideal were there a real robust teaching training class - but many wards have a hard time getting people to do the callings they need.

I don't think there are any good solutions.

The bottom line: It's so boring that I am regularly skipping lessons to talk in the foyer, or going to a restraunt to eat until the kids get out of their classes, or reading scriptures during class, or reading another inspirational type book, or sleeping in class. In fact lets do a top 10 list of things Mormons do during classes.

I've told my wife a dozen times: "I get more out of reading and studying the scriptures at home for an hour; than I do going to 30 hours cumulative of Sunday School + Priesthood classes." So about a 1:30 ratio.

I blame the manual, the teachers, the LONG 3 hour block, and low blood sugar reactions on fast Sunday.

The problem definitely lies in execution--though the manuals don't help. I believe there is a bigger problem with the youth manuals. I am stunned at the inordinate amount of questions that are replied using "SMA," standard Mormon answers (pray, read scriptures, go to church & Seminary, etc.). Whenever I accidentally would ask my youth SS classes one of these questions, I would just smile as they would simply reply "SMA!" That was enough said.

The steady nature of the flow of lessons is what I feel is the best part of Correlation. I was in CTR as a youth and in a very small disfunctional branch. Teachers in primary came and went sometimes lasting just a few Sundays.

One day sister C took our class and started on a lesson. I interupted her and said we had already had that lesson three times in the last two months. Hers would have been the fourth.

With that happening certain basic issues of doctrine that should have been introduced to us were lost in the teacher shuffle. I like the fact that I know that a broad range of subjects will be addressed and in order. I know my nieces and nephews are getting the same lessons and are all up to speed on certain subjects. One good ward can educate while one bad ward could hurt a whole bunch.

I heard about eight really interesting and insightful things yesterday in Gospel Doctrine (and I only said two of them). It was draining. I don't think I could have taken another hour of it, so I went grocery shopping.

We were (I think) on the SAME lesson, but the focus was entirely different.

Now there's a completely original explanation, Ann. Correlation keeps lessons from being *too good*, otherwise people would feel "drained" and go home after Sunday School. I feel that way sometimes, but only after I teach. ;-)

Correlation is still a bit mysterious to me, but it seems a generally necessary and good thing. I have been in lots of boring lessons based on the recent line of Priesthood/RS manuals, but I've also been in very interesting ones, like yesterday. Guess what: what was different about yesterday was we had a particularly talented and well-prepared teacher. Whenever I've taken the time to read carefully enough to say whether I think there is basis there for an interesting lesson, my conclusion has been that there is. I think boring lessons generally result from mediocre preparation by the teacher.

The skimming over the surface that too often is the routine in church classes again I think comes most from weak teaching and lackadaisical preparation by those attending the class. The manual doesn't say you have to cover everything it mentions. There's nothing stopping a teacher or class from slowing down and really working over one chapter, or one issue. It is just easier to say something superficial, so that's what often happens.

A manual needs to stick with the basics that everyone needs to hear, or it will fail to serve those who still need to hear the basics (as we all do, to some extent). When a class departs from the well-worn, sometimes oversimplified basics, it should be because the teacher, who is in a position to know something about the people who are actually coming, makes a judgment that they are ready for or need something else, and departs from the well-worn path in a way that is tailored to the audience, or to the strengths of the particular teacher. Manuals that try to be too interesting risk giving people dessert when they haven't had dinner yet. If people are going to follow a manual lazily, you want to have a conservative, safe, stick-with-the-basics manual, and that is more or less what we have. But like I said, whenever I have spent enough time studying a lesson to form a suitable opinion as to how much depth a given week's material will support, I have found it is deeper than pretty much any one class, even very well taught, is going to exhaust. You have to read carefully sometimes to find that depth. So what else is new?

It WAS draining! Actively listening and trying to positively engage in an environment and with a community that is often quite hostile to my own POV is hard work. I got through the entire meeting without once saying "poppycock!" and I was greatly rewarded by hearing some very inspiring stuff. My non-spiritual self can't take very much of that. Grocery shopping restored my equilibrium.

I think it was obvious that we were going to run into problems as the Church grew both bigger and more spread out -- we don't have enough GAs to have them dropping by random Sunday meetings, we want to have the curriculum available in 125 languages, we're trying to make sure a unit with 25 adult men (and an unknown, but probably larger, number of adult women and children) can do all same teaching that a ward with 75 women in Relief Society and 65 Elders and another 30 High Priests (that's my current ward, by my own estimates from sitting up in front during the Primary Presentation two weeks ago) can do. We also want to avoid the situation that led to bishops who persuaded their entire ward to apostacize and form a polygamous cult.

I mean, honestly, come up with a good solution that addresses all of that stuff without making it look like Correlation.

The lessons in the manuals, as far as I've seen, require a lot of preparation on the part of the teacher (and students) in the class. They're like a box of Bisquick -- only a really desperate person would rely on the Bisquick alone. But teachers say "oh, look, I've been given all the lessons I need to give, I can start looking over the manual during Sacrament meeting..." and the students say "haha, I just have to show up!" Then they wonder why the students walk away saying "that was the most pointless waste of a 50 minute period that man can conceive."

(and it's one of those things that requires a huge amount of participation -- if you're the only student in the class who's read the scriptures or studied and pondered the quotes in the manual, it's possibly even worse than not being prepared yourself, at least for those 50 minutes)

There's two separate issues getting conflated here: boring lessons and correlation. But they aren't, uh, correlated.

Here's the best argument for correlation ever: I went to a cub scout training meeting and there was a table with at least 50 manuals, books, etc. What a mess! Correlation of materials saves a lot of effort and duplication and confusion--especially for new people.

As for boring lessons, that's an entirely different topic.

What bothers me most about all our meetings is how much time we spend comparing ourselves to other churches and people. We talk alot about how unfortunate everyone else is because they do not have the true church, the true gospel, etc. Yet, at least in my experience, there are a lot of people "out there" who are extremely giving, focused on spiritual things, grateful for life, trying to do the right thing and genuinely worshipful. We would do well by spending more time learning from others, seeking their insights, listening to THEIR testimonies, finding common faith with them, etc., rather than comparing our version of the truth with theirs.

There are very good reasons to keep the weekly lessons during the Sunday meeting block simple, and why those lessons keep repeating the basics:

The main reason is that we, as a church, are not living the basic lessons taught in the scriptures and the basic 4-year cycle of lessons. It's useless to teach the higher stuff if the students don't have the foundation of the basics. If we rationalize or excuse-away the parts of the basics that are hard for us to obey, we'll excuse-away all of the greater.

The second most important reason that I see is due to church growth, both born-in-church members and converts. The lessons may be repeated every four years, but most of us need two, and usually three, cycles as adults, which is 12 years, before they really sink in, which puts the BIC's at about age 30, assuming they stay active and paid attention all that time. And then like the Nephites, we need reminded over and over again, because we are quick to forget.

3rd reason: The higher doctrines and advanced lessons are available. They are available through things such as: self study, firesides, and Institute.

1. The Institute manuals are available to everyone, and go beyond the Gospel Doctrine/Relief Society/Priesthood lessons for Sunday meetings.

2. We have "semi-official" higher doctrine books available:

a) Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
b) Discourses of Brigham Young, by Widtsoe.
c) Articles of Faith, by Talmage.
d) Jesus the Christ, by Talmage.
e) Gospel Doctrine, by Joseph F. Smith.
f) Doctrines of Salvation, by Joseph Fielding Smith.

3. These might qualify as "quasi-official" books, because they are often quoted in correlated material:

a) Miracle of Forgiveness, by Spencer W. Kimball.
b) Faith Preceeds the Miracle, by Kimball.
c) The Messiah Series, by McConkie.
d) Doctrinal New Testament Commentary.
e) Mormon Doctrine, by McConkie.

4. And these might be considered un-official:
a) The Divine Center, by Stephen Covey.
b) Spiritual Roots of Human Relations, by Covey.

Did you consider Hugh Nibley a pseudo-intellectual? If so, then what consitutes a genuine intellectual in your mind?

Dan, when it comes to gospel topics, "pseudo-intellectual" is as good as it gets.

It's not the contents of the lesson manuals that are a problem. It's a combination of the teacher and the class members. See D&C 88:77.
Whenever I have had a less-than-ideal teacher, I have found that if I actually study the lesson, not just reading the lesson and the scriptures that go along with it, but really studying it, even a really bad teacher can provide a good lesson. If even only a few people do this, they can get the whole class actively engaged in worthwhile discussions where everyone benefits.
You do have to put some effort into it, though. Read commentaries and other manuals (such as Seminary, Institute, college, and even Primary manuals) for additional insights. Pray about it.
I have had truly awful teachers in the past, but I'm fortunate to have great SS and PH instructors right now. This method works with any kind of teacher.
Basically, if you're not enjoying class then you aren't properly prepared or you're focusing too much on what you can get out of the class and not enough on what you can contribute.

I would have to agree with Marty's comments about interest in classes. Keep in mind that while you may feel you know the material, there are those who don't know it as well - and you may have some input they need to hear (or are waiting to hear). Remember, the purpose of our regular meetings is not just to get training, but to share and strengthen testimonies. Many of our teachers are not called because they are the best or most effective teacher. They are called because the Lord's servent asked them to serve in that position for many reasons. We need to share our knowledge and testimonies with each other. If you look at the manuals cloesely, particularly the RS/PH manuals, they are to lead discussions.
Now, correlation is a whole different matter, not to be mixed up with lesson manual material. That is merely a small part of correlation in process. Correlation in the Church is the same a correlation anywhere - it is correlating our efforts into a unified whole. For example, a Deacon's Quorum Presidency whol holds a presidency meeting (with the help of his advisor) who is concerned about the well-being of a quorum member and is using quorum activities, scouting, fellow quorum members and assignments to help is using correlation. On the ward level, correlation meetings aren't supposed to be a calendar meeting, but a chance to have those called in various positions (and thereby entitled to receive revelation for that position) to meet and identify the needs of the ward and how to address them. For example, maybe there is a family with a bread-winner father that has been injured. The Ward could help support that family through the correlation process (not that this is the only support for this family - but it is a support). The elder's q president should know of elders with specific skills that may be able to help out, and the RS pres would similarly know of sisters that could provide assistance. Likewise the Youth program leaders may have inputs and ways to help within their purview.
That same process applies to the Stake, and on up. Correlation is about the various organizational units working together, utilizing the power and authority of each leaders calling, to meet the mission of the Church.
Too often correlation is misunderstood or ignored. In a business, we know this process is truth, but somehow, we seem to be unwilling to use good business practices in the service of our Lord. But really, truth is truth regardless of where it comes from.

I'm new here so pardon my interrupting a discussion that is on going, but I would suggest another problem, that being the students themselves. Now I'm sure that some of the above comments are given in tongue-in-cheek, but too many express the opinion that the listener is simply smarter than the teachers presenting the material and that they are the only ones who have anything interesting to say. This is simply arrogance. There are some great critiques concerning proper teaching mentioned here, such as effective preparation, but essential in any classroom is the attitude of the students. When the students feel that they know more, or in this class, possess the proper revelatory access to make the class better, this becomes a problem. It is possible that the student may in fact know more, but the instructor has prepared, this must be respected by the class. In my SS class, I am frequently thinking "I wouldn't have taught like this", but never would I say the teachers are ineffective because they didn't teach what I would like to hear. In fact, because they do prepare in spite of my different approach, they are excellent teachers. Finally, there is the possibility that the calling of this specific individual is not for your edification only, but perhaps it is for the individual who has been called as teacher. Teaching is not easy for everyone, teaching can be very difficult to do, thus it becomes an experience for the student to understand the true nature of sustaining. Sustaining means to support, to uphold, including boring teachers. Sustaining isn't meant to only mean those whom you find interesting, but is particularly important for those who have a tough time fulfilling their calling. Sustaining means to take care, to help in any way possible, it does not mean to walk out of the meeting, go talk with friends, or any of the others ways in which we avoid the class. If the teaching needs improvement suggest how to improve it. Pull the teacher aside and tell them, appropriately, what might work. More often than not, teachers will like appropriate feedback. Tell them what works, they're more likely to do it again. Make sure that the Teaching Improvement course is being offered and make sure that good instruction is given. These will work, your involvement in sustaining the individual is more effective in improving the teaching, than getting online and telling others how dissatified your are.

Wow! Is this the Dan Belnap of University of Chicago fame?

Karl, it is in fact the Dan Belnap. Are you still at Notre Dame,isn't that where you were going? Of course if this isn't Karl Diether than I have no idea who you are. It wouldn't change the fact, though, that I am still the Dan Belnap.

Look, correlated lessons are not the real problem. It's a great way to provide consistency in the church. However, the material has become boring and censored for a broader audience today. The old milk before meat crap... How dare any of us suggest we study REAL doctrine as laid down by Brigham Young, Joseph Smith or even John Taylor. It's pretty bad when President Hinckley goes on national TV and tells the world we really don't believe our own tenet of "as man is God once was, as God is man may become." This to me is what made this church true and unique. We need to be more committed to the teachings of formers prophets and not dilute the strengths of this church... If our modern day leaders attempt to move us away from these precious truths then I for one begin to worry about the direction and future of the church...

I thought it was interesting to read the comments that said things like; I was so bored by the lesson that I went shopping or went out to lunch. If you'll casually admit to breaking the Sabbath, how many other things are you doing that make it difficult to feel the spirit and be edified by a lesson. Lessons are always better when the students come with the spirit. (I believe we recently had a lesson out of the priesthood manual on that topic, you must have skipped class.) God can inspire the teacher and those making comments. If you're relying on wisdom gained only through study and not by the spirit, then good luck.

Thanks for the comment, Really. There are "diversities of gifts," by which Paul seems to mean that some are better feelers of the Spirit than others, while some are better readers and thinkers, and so forth. But I think it's fair to say that a challenging and well-taught lesson, supported by good material and contributing class members, makes everyone's experience better, whatever their learning style or gospel personality.

As for adults who choose to skip a meeting now and then ... well, being an adult does have some advantages over being a child. Like autonomy.

Really, I didn't go shopping because I was bored. I went shopping because my mind was going 100 miles a minute and I needed to get out of my head for a bit.

And yeah, I'm not exactly working to invite the spirit in. After all, it bloweth where it listeth. I'm more a "wait and see what happens" kind of person. However, that's a distinct improvement from just a couple of years ago.

The comment by Tony (#31), echoed my sentiments pretty well. And, Dave, your original post was excellent. I haven't read something so focused on Correlation until now, and I have a good picture of what it is now, and what it is doing to the Church. I now have a name to attach to the mystery.

I agree that "the curriculum materials coming out of the system all sound the same and lack any sense of sparkle or zest", and I look around and don't see it getting any better. Maybe if enough young people realize this, within a couple of generations, we might end up with Mormon-flavored Mormonism again.

I think the "boredom" factor and the lack of committment to restoration principles is actually what drives a lot of people to apostacy and to forming splinter groups. If we could provide meat, we would stay a contiguous body. But, I think gaining a large number of Protestant converts is more of a priority than membership retention right now for the powers that be... and, maybe there is some wisdom in this?

I have heard more than a couple people suggest, that eventually the earth will be sprinkled with Mormon sects, like Protestantism is now, and that the Lord is raising up a mighty army with them, some of which will eventually join together with us at the end.

~Jeff, a Mormon Gnostic.

Elder Eyring's speech about listening and learning in our Church meetings is one of my all-time favorites It's titled "Listen Together" and found in the collection "To Draw Closer to God." It has often come to mind during a particularly trying lesson taught by a newly-wed 18 year old in my married student ward . . . and I must say, when I follow his counsel I've never left church without being uplifted and refreshed by the Spirit. It seems whenever I can take an attitude of praise and worship, even the most simplistic topics become glittering, mind-opening and edifying!

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Emancipating Data: Science in the Open Is Key to Understanding Value

Science has driven rapid health care advancements over the last century that have improved our ability to prevent, detect, treat and even cure disease. And yet, the clinical, translational and implementation research systems that bring these innovations to us are siloed, lack transparency and are slow to yield insights about effectiveness and, ultimately, value to the patient.

Health care data (as legendary venture capitalist John Doerr recently put it) is literally incarcerated.

This should not be surprising. Academic scientists’ careers often depend on publication, resulting in little incentive to collaborate or share data and research for replication. Research institutions, drug companies, health plans and employers are even more stringent about proprietary research and access to data.

This lack of transparency and collaboration creates barriers to efficient learning and dissemination to practice. Moreover, it hampers the ability to innovate in research methodologies and to foster collective understanding of the value of such innovations to patient care.

Positive change is afoot in the scientific community, however, as a broad open-science movement pushes for greater transparency and access at all levels — from data and code to results, clinical guidelines and publications. Such openness is intended to provide transparency into the scientists’ work, facilitate replication of experiments, encourage investigational collaboration and feedback, and ultimately accelerate the scientific process.

There is still a long way to go, but progress is evident. For example, in the wake of federal funding cuts that forced the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to shut down the National Guideline Clearinghouse, the ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit patient safety organization that operated the NGC for 20 years, painstakingly developed and launched a new portal to expertly vetted, evidence-based guideline briefs and scorecards, which is intended to grow over time as more trustworthy clinical guidelines become available.

While negative results are seldom reported and many journals still have steep paywalls restricting access to studies, there is an increasing number of open-access journals requiring authors to post data, models and formulas publicly. Earlier last year, the Journal of the American Medical Association launched JAMA Network Open, a fully open access, general medical journal that offers peer-reviewed original research and commentary. JAMA’s vision is to use new and emerging technologies to enhance communication of all content and make it freely available.

In the health care marketplace, the need for openness goes beyond foundational science and academic publications to data that inform real-world decision-making at the bedside, and in coverage and payment.

Without access to all data (both positive and negative) on therapies, for example, clinicians cannot make the best decisions. And without access to real-world data and methods for incorporating it into value assessment, payers and employers cannot maximize value in benefit design. If we are to move toward value-based reimbursement, openness is a prerequisite.

That’s why the Innovation and Value Initiative conceived the Open-Source Value Platform as an open laboratory for creating more sophisticated, transparent and flexible systems to assess value in health care. We think the OSVP is an important step toward the openness needed to adequately measure value in health care. But even these efforts can only go so far without open access to the varied data that drives all value assessment.

Doerr is right. We need to emancipate data to improve our decision-making in health care. The principles of open science are needed in the field of health care value assessment to promote trust and a shared commitment to improvement.

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Heather Vogel Frederick’s The Mother-Daughter Book Club series, comes to an end with her latest release, Wish You Were Eyre. Originally planned for four books, the series was so beloved that Frederick extended it to six. Many real-life mother-daughter book clubs have started out by reading about Frederick’s fictional one, and they have sometimes gone on to read the classic stories featured in her books.

With the last of that series on the shelf, I was curious about what Frederick would be feeling about finishing up the stories of Emma, Jess, Cassidy, Megan and Becca. Here are three questions I asked, along with her responses:

MDBC: What did you find most rewarding about writing the Mother-Daughter Book Club series?

HVF: Wow, where do I start? It was really fun to play “Empress of the Universe” in choosing favorite classics for my fictional book club to read, and hoping thus to entice young readers to give them a try.  My plan worked!  I loved hearing back from so many fans who were delighted to discover, say, Daddy-Long-Legs or the Betsy-Tacy series. Knowing that some of these classics will find their way into the hands of young readers, thanks in part to my books, is just tremendously cheering. The other, unexpected, reward from writing this series has been the opportunity to connect with so many girls. As the mother of two boys, this has been sheer fun.

MDBC: What will you miss the most?

HVF: It’s really hard to say goodbye to characters I’ve come to know and love. I hesitate to tell you this, because it sounds so sappy, but as I was writing the final chapter I burst into tears. Just broke down and sobbed! I hadn’t expected this at all, and was completely blind-sided by the wave of emotion. As a writer, though, you really do live part-time in the world of your own creating, and I guess it just hit me that “this is it–I won’t be spending time in this world, with these people, any more.” It was bittersweet for me.

MDBC: What are you looking forward to now?

HVF: I’ve begun work on a new novel, another contemporary middle-grade story, this one set in the fictional town of Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire. I was born in New Hampshire and moved back there in high school, so it’s fun to be on familiar turf. It’s still early days yet, I’m just getting to know my characters, but I like them very much so far. I’m taking Jane Austen’s writing advice to heart when she said, “Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on…”

MDBC: Heather Vogel Frederick working on a new middle-grade story set in a New Hampshire town sounds like the very thing to read when it comes out. While I’ll miss the characters I’ve come to love from your series, I’ll look forward to discovering new ones.

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Peppa Pig World at Paultons Park

Dorothea is a massive Peppa Pig fan- she loves to snort and jump in muddy puddles; so Peppa Pig world was always on our wish list of family days out.

Paultons park kindly gifted us a day out in return for an honest review.

We visited on Monday the 9th of September, and although the weather man gave us very bad news our first impressions of the park were great! The park was very well signposted from the main roads so finding it was stress-free, and parking was free and easy too. Being in term time we had very small queues to get in and we were given an easy to use map to get around the park.

On entering the park there is multiuse lockers for £4, which saves you carrying around your picnic and change of clothes all day; there’s also kids buggy/wagons to hire if you have a full to brim car and no room for your own buggy. If you take your own pram/buggy, then there are plenty of ‘buggy parks’ around the ride entrances. Signs around the park help you to easily find your way around, there’s also a really useful app that’s free to download with an interactive map to plan your day. We were impressed by the pretty gardens, forest feel and fabulous topiary; it is really a more picturesque parks than most.

With an excitable two year old we headed straight to Peppa Pig world; the park has lots more to offer; certainly for families with different aged children, and I can imagine to make the most out of the whole park a two day visit would probably be required.  The entrance to Peppa pig world did not disappoint! Colourful signs, Grandpa/mas house,  Miss Rabbits helicopter ride and giant bright coloured flowers gave us a warm welcome, and Dorothea started to skip about enthusiastically.

We walked along the path, trying to help Dorothea gain confidence for the day (to go on rides, shes quite shy), we were impressed with the cleanliness of the park and loves all the sound effects and music- it really added to the feel of the experience. Dorothea stopped to have a look at the ducks (not real ones; although there are plenty of those too) and had a beaming smile. We then turned around to see Madame Gazelles school house and to meet Peppa and George. It was really very sweet to see D meet giant versions of her favourite characters, and they spent time saying hello to the kids and giving them big hugs.Between the rain showers we experienced most of the rides; Dorotheas favourite was Daddy pigs car ride, which we went on 3 times. We had very few queues over 5 minutes the joy of a rainy day I think; there’s also a handy feature on the app which shows queue times to help you get around with least fuss. All of the rides had room for parents/guardians and siblings/friends, so even the shyest of toddlers can be supported to enjoy the day.

Mummy loved Georges dinosaur adventure ride, and Daddys favourite was Grampy Rabbits sailing club. We enjoyed‘Mr potatos playground’ with slides, swings, roundabouts etc. and a lovely rainbow path.

There’s a ‘Muddy Puddle’ play area which I imagine is great fun on a warm day; with its water fountains, puddles and interactive buttons to press to start the water features. Either way depending on the weather you’ll want to pack a swimsuit, or welly boots and waterproofs.

The area we ran to during a down pour was ‘Georges Spaceship play zone’ – a fab soft play area for all ages (there’s an under 2s, under 5s and open play areas) with slides, climbing frames and tunnels. This area also has a cafe and seating area for the grown ups.

The park is beautifully themed, with giant characters, flowers, trees and cute colourful buildings all around; perfect for photo opportunities and there’s also park photographers which can capture family pictures and also ride photos (look on the app for photo offers).

A variety of food is on offer; the usual theme park fodder of pizza, hotdogs, chips, donuts and ice cream- we took a picnic but the pizza smelled delicious!

There’s lots of sheltered undercover picnic benches, both in Peppa Pig world and just outside  (just beware of the ducks).  And on a nice day lots of grassy areas (how do they keep the grass there so trim and green???).

Peppa Pig world has a HUGE shop selling a massive array of all things piggy; with some lovely exclusive products. D went home with Miss Rabbits plane, a back pack, ball and mug; which she’s rather pleased with. There’s also another shop at the exit (which you sneakily have to walk through to leave) with a larger range of items, but less Peppa Pig.

Toilets and baby changing facilities were easy to find around the park, I liked the fact that the loos had built in toddler seats to help when toilet training, and also seats with harnesses to secure little ones so mummy can wee in peace.

We were surprised that the many charter ride ons around the park (like you see outside supermarkets and in service stations) were free to ride on- D loves these so was a nice bonus between big rides. Like at fairgrounds there were games for a few quid to win large teddies and peppa soft toys; Daddy spent all his pocket money here, yet failed to win- we did not see anyone carrying their wins around, so maybe these games a near on impossible- who knows?

Overall we loved the park. We are already planning when to go again; and quite fancy a trip for either their Halloween or Christmas specials. Day tickets are £35 per adult and toddlers under 1 metre are free. I can imagine we will visit at least yearly for most of Dorotheas childhood; it’s quite a drive for us but there’s a number of low cost premier inns for a low cost over night stay locally. Peppa Pig World we cant wait to visit again.

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Bitter Sweet: The Effects of Excess Sugar in Adolescence

Ellis Richmond

Have a sweet tooth? Do you remember cramming down a stack of Oreos or a tub of ice cream whenever the opportunity presented itself as a child? Well it turns out that sweet tooth might come back to bite you. A study published in the European Journal of Neuroscience may have found evidence that the amount of sugar you consume as a child could have an effect on the way you process rewards into your adult life.

The study followed a group of rats through adolescence to try to understand how excess consumption could impact humans during their adolescent years. Rats were kept in individual cages and given two bottles, the first with water and the second with either water (if they were in the control group) or a sugar water mixture for sixteen days. After the sixteen days all rats were given two bottles of water regardless of if they had a sugar mixture before. Their physical responses (i.e. licking lips in pleasure or moving tongue in disgust) to both solutions were then recorded to measure how much each rat enjoyed consuming either solution.

The rats were then tested weeks later in the adult stages of their lives. This time rats were given the sweet solution and brain activity in areas that process reward were surgically examined after death. Rats who had already been given the sugar solution had fewer positive reactions (both in the brain and physically) to sugar solutions after the sixteen days compared to rats who only received water during the experiment. Additionally, rats who were given the sugar solution actually drank more sugar solution than water.

Imagine if you went to an amusement park every day for a year. At some point your enjoyment of the park would diminish regardless of how exciting the rides are. These findings showed that rats who were able to drink sugar solution as much as they desired during adolescence ended up enjoying that samesweet solution less than rats who were only given water. As one repeatedly consumes excess amounts of a substance the pleasure they get out of it declines and they require much more of that substance to have the same effect. This contrast in pleasure and consumption was found to continue into adulthood when introduced during adolescence providing evidence that over exposure to substances in a child’s formative years can directly effect the way they internalize rewards as adults. These finding could have direct effects on the studies of drug abuse and eating disorders. By revealing that overconsumption in childhood can have direct effects on adult behavior and by confirming the fact that one can desire a substance without necessarily enjoying it. This study gives further insight into why individuals might display addictive or addiction like traits and how early exposure to a substance can effect consumption of food, drugs, or any other reward.

Naneix, F., Darlot, F., Coutureau, E., & Cador, M. (2016). Long-lasting deficits in hedonic and nucleus accumbens reactivity to sweet rewards by sugar overconsumption during adolescence. European Journal of Neuroscience, 43(5), 671-680. doi:10.1111/ejn.13149

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The Subconscious Controls Your Food Choices

By Vaan Taepaisitphongse | February 27, 2016   8:32am ET

Assumption – obese individuals make bad food choices. But how do you choose what you eat? Chocolate for its sweet sugary taste? Green salad for its nutritional value? Or a burger for fuel?

Imagine if I showed you images of foods, asked how much you like them and told you to approximate its caloric contents. Then, to determine your willingness to pay for each food item, I asked you to place bids on them. You would pay more for a delicious square of chocolate than a side of green salad because it tastes better right? Well, I have scientific evidence supporting the contrary.

According to a study conducted at McGill University1, if the salad is calorically denser than the chocolate, our brains will tell us to choose the salad. Counter-intuitively, findings indicate that we are poor judges of caloric content and our willingness to pay is predicted by the actual caloric density of the foods rather than our estimates of it! What is more shocking is how much we like the food items does not influence the way we place bids on them. Indicating that caloric density, not pleasure, determines how we choose foods.

According to Dr. Deborah Tang of McGill University, even though we inaccurately guess the amount of calories, our willingness to pay and the brain region that encodes the value of foods strongly correlates with the food’s actual caloric density. Hence Tang suggests, “the reward value of a food is dependent on its caloric content, acquired through experience,” and “perceived calories have no impact on food valuation*.” In other words, how we value food is determined by implicit unconscious mechanisms rather than our explicit conscious judgments.

So how do these findings relate to obesity?

The foods made most readily available to us are processed junk foods; and most of us are not aware of the caloric contents of processed foods relative to the daily amount of calories we need.

The American Heart Association (AHA)2 claims that the recommended amount of sugar per day is 6 teaspoons for women and 9 teaspoons for men. But drinking only one can of coke, containing 9 1/3 teaspoons of sugar3, will exceed our daily-recommended amount. Hence, it is in the fast food companies’ best interests to obscure nutritional information to maximize their sales.

Tang confessed that claiming “perceived calories have no impact on food valuation” is an oversimplification. Studies suggest that if made aware of caloric contents we consumed in proportion to that of our daily needs, we would make healthy food choices. Hence, if we are not making healthy choices, it is because the presentation of nutritional information is unclear. Thus policies addressing the presentation of nutritional information need to be implemented.

Captain Crunch, what is 12 grams of sugar in a serving of your cereal relative to the recommended daily intake? Make it obvious! I don’t want to waste time looking for it.

Fast Food Industry – Give us the right kind of information. Stop expanding our waistlines!

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3,818 thoughts on “The Subconscious Controls Your Food Choices

  1. Maybe I’m overweight because growing up, when I did something good my mom always rewarded me with junk food and sweets. So now, whenever I’m feeling down or sad I just binge on unhealthy foods. Are obesity rates increasing because of the social constructions around how we perceive unhealthy foods as rewards?

  2. WHY is there a disconnect between our implicit and explicit knowledge of food? If our brains are smart enough to implicitly value foods based on its caloric contents, why can’t it make us explicit know what we are eating?

  3. Why are they even using healthy normal weight people as their participants? They are not the ones suffering from obesity! Use overweight and obese people for your sample population! We are the ones having trouble with food intake!

  4. I am battling with bulimia and my therapist said I have a distorted relationship to food compared to normal people. I feel that the assumptions the researchers made, that individuals make food choices based on the “rewarding effects of the contained nutrients,” is so not true. I know that my food choices are influenced by my mood or what I am going through at the time. Like, when I’m really stressed out, I would binge on junk food and sweets. And I actually don’t enjoy it, I just feel compelled to stuff my face with unhealthy food. My eating patterns and food choices are also very different if I was going though a binge episode, or am just being very restrictive with my food intake because I feel fat after binging.

    • I agree that we have different eating patterns from ‘healthy’ people. I suffer from obesity, and I know for a fact that I don’t choose my foods on their “nutritional value”. I just eat what I like. Like, I know Fruits and vegetables would have more “nutritional value”. But it just doesn’t taste as good as like nachos or a burger.

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Step Up Revolution

This was the first Step Up movie that I begrudgingly have to admit actually sucked.

Genre(s): Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Scott Speer

Actors: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel, Peter Gallagher

Year: 2012

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Country: USA

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Now, I’m the first to admit that the Step Up movies are pure formula. Take a gritty/working class/inner city pretty young person and pair them with a hoity toity/rich/snobby/suburban pretty young person of the opposite sex, and have them fall in love because of their love for dancing. Just one of them is professionally trained, the other has to have learned it via their own gumption, preferably on the street with a cast of multi-ethnic friends. Put the two pretty kids togheter, and the combustion of polished and rough allows them to explode like a supernova of talent. At least, that is what we are meant to believe.

Despite the utter predictablity of this formula, I’ve always found the Step Up movies to be a guilty pleasure because, simply put, the dancing is awesome. However, Step Up Revolution just didn’t do it for me.

I knew the movie was in trouble when the two soon-to-be-lovebirds meet cute at a beach party bar that is part of a fancy Miami hotel chain. Everyone is bumping and grinding on the floor, and it’s one of those, “Oh, you think you can dance? Well, watch me!” moments of the mating ritual. Rich girl Emily (Kathryn McCormick) shows Sean (Ryan Guzman) her stuff by locking eyes with him, then apparently having a seizure by snapping her head to the side and flailing an arm. She does this a second time, before turning around, grinding her ass in his crotch, then does the splits while throwing a handful of sand in his face. I just about spit up my Red Vines, exclaiming, “What the hell???” but to my surprise, Sean is all, “Wow! Where’d you learn such fine moves!” before performing some slightly less inexplicable convulsions in response.

Maybe the dancing in Step Up Revolution didn’t impress me as much as the previous films (though there are some good scenes, like the dancers overtaking a restaurant). Maybe the fact that the dancers were so earnest that their idea of dance flash mobs changing the political world seemed a little far reaching. Maybe there just weren’t any likeable and/or interesting characters this time around (for instance, Sean’s best friend Eddy is played by Misha Gabriel, who looks like Josh Hutcherson, but Josh Hutcherson having a toddler hissy fit of bromance jealousy through the whole story).

It was almost a relief to see the Miami kids call up a favor to some friends (aka some characters from the previous movie, like Moose) to show up in the finale dance scene. But it was too little too late. This was the first Step Up movie that I begrudgingly have to admit actually sucked.

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Lightweight comedy/drama centers on the trials and tribulations of medical students. Modine is the very bright, but somewhat lazy, future doctor determined not to buy into the bitter competition among his fellow students. His lack of desire inflames Lahti, a professor dying of a fatal disease who nevertheless believes in modern medicine. She pushes and inspires him to focus on his potential, and his desire to help people. Worth watching, in spite of cheap laughs. Interesting cast of up-and-comers.

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Biblical Foundations of Spirituality invites readers to 'touch a finger to the flame' of the Bible by offering guidance on what, how, and why to read Scripture as a source of spiritual nourishment. The second edition builds on Barbara Bowe's acclaimed book with two new chapters by Laurie Brink and John R. Barker introducing key theological concepts and exploring how biblical spirituality was first experienced and expressed in early Christian communities. The book begins by exploring the many meanings of the word 'spirituality,' then leads readers through the Bible-from Genesis to Revelation-to develop a biblically based spirituality that can serve as a compass in the challenges of life. Updated to reference the latest scholarship, this book helps make the Bible more accessible and shows how it can be relevant to life today. The book stresses the spiritual dimension of biblical figures' search for God and shows how their insights about God-from successes to dead ends-can reflect our contemporary searching and struggles. Biblical Foundations of Spirituality reveals the spiritual wisdom of the Bible, connecting it with everyday life and spirituality. With a chronology, reflection questions, a glossary, and updated notes and bibliography, as well as two new chapters, the second edition of Biblical Foundations of Spirituality is ideal for classroom, parish, or individual reading.

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