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The cause of fairing mirrors to be flopping is the threads (4mm x .7) stripping out of the mirror stem causing loss of spring preload. To correct the problem I oversized the threads to 10-32 and up graded the fastener to NAS1802-3-16. This about doubled the thread engagement / strength and allows proper preload to be applied to the spring. I also roughed up the mating surfaces to increase the coefficient of friction. The mirror is now back to blue print and stays put even at speeds in excess of LA freeway speeds.
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Drill out the 4mm thread stepping out in small increments to a #21 drill. The mirror stem is made of soft pot metal so when drilling out the thread, holding the mirror in one hand and the drill motor in the other things can go wrong. By taking small steps it reduces the probability of going off center or having the drill catch and go through. The existing hole in the mirror was about .6 deep. Tap 10-32 starting with a taper tap followed by a bottoming tap. Roughing up the outer surfaces with 60 grit paper aids in holding the mirror in position. Assemble the mirror with the screw and washer adjusting the compression of the spring as required so the mirror will be tight but not so tight as it can't be adjusted.
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Creative Recruiting Tactics from Your Peers at Staffing World 2017
Bingham Consulting had the pleasure of facilitating a Knowledge Network Round-table Discussion at the 2017 American Staffing Association Staffing World Conference on the hottest topic of today: Creative Recruiting Tactics.
With the extreme candidate shortage (some states are at 2.3% unemployment – essentially full employment), this round-table was wildly popular, attended by 30+ people. The mix of firms was 60% Light Industrial/Skilled Trades (LI), and 40% Professional Staffing (PS) with IT, Engineering, Finance & Accounting, and Healthcare firms represented.
The discussion centered around ideas for implementing three recruiting best practices: employee referrals, the effective use of technology, and grass roots recruiting.
We have aggregated tips and best practices from your peers in each category below.
Employee Referrals
Not surprisingly, referrals were cited as the very best way to recruit prospective candidates. Some firms are successfully making the business case with clients for shared responsibility in funding these bonuses to avoid a negative impact on margins, using data to illustrate the impact of low unemployment on an employer's business.
- Referral Bonuses are clearly a best practice, with most firms offering one; the average payout is $25-100 for LI firms, and $500+ for PS organizations.
- Many participants cited the competitive advantage of creating instant gratification referral bonuses, especially for LI workers. To encourage referrals, implement a Step-Up Bonus Program. For example, if your referred candidate works 40 hours, the referring employee receives an immediate $50; at 30 days $100; at 45 days $150. To track this, make small referral cards and hand them out during interviews. The referred candidate must bring the card in to the office for the referring candidate to get paid.
- As fourth quarter is typically the busiest, consider a Holiday Referral Spiff. For example, double referral bonuses through year-end. Take the same approach for staffing up large projects with short notice.
- Sweeten your referral program with drawings. For example, promote "If you send us 5 referrals we put to work, your name will be entered for a drawing for a flat screen TV."
- Make the program fun with "Come to the office and pick a gift card." Bonus: the entire office staff celebrates the referral, thanking the referring employee while he/she there – reflecting positively on your brand.
Recruiting Technologies
Participants touched on recruiting technologies, albeit in limited detail due to time constraints. Mass texting and emailing, as well as robocalling were described as the most efficient way (if not the most personal way) to reach candidates en masse.
Two additional noteworthy highlights:
- Consider Geotargeting (aka Geofencing) to reach those employed in specific geographic areas with skills your firm needs to recruit through advertising. For more information, Google is your friend!
- Among all the social networking sites, Facebook was cited as the most successful for attracting Light Industrial applicants and LinkedIn was best for professional firms, particularly when direct recruiting. Provide incentives for liking and sharing your pages and content to everyone you contact.
Grass Roots Efforts
Local Community Associations and Events work well if your firm makes the investment and the commitment to get involved. Sponsor the event in exchange for a table to recruit on site. Provide a branded giveaway and promote your referral bonus program.
- Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) programs (ASA can assist you in locating your state contacts)
- Health Fairs hosted by hospitals – especially those that accept the uninsured for low skilled workers and children: supply backpacks, sponsor free flu shots, etc.
- Job Corps (bonus: some provide free transportation)
- Religious organizations
- Latino Advocacy Board
- Local Workforce Development site (post open positions for free)
- Charity events (bonus: network with clients by supporting your clients' charities of choice)
- Advertise your firm with a wrapped smart-car or auto magnets for sales reps to use while driving around town
Temporary and Contract Employee Retention
The recruiting tactics discussion was naturally followed by ideas for retaining your temporary and contract talent. Beyond keeping them working, it's critical to invest energy in retaining the talent you worked so hard to recruit.
- Sign-on and completion bonuses
- $50 for each temp/contractor who works a minimum of 40 hours on special projects and urgent staff-ups
- Take a picture of each employee hired on by a client and post on social media
- Reward each temp/contractor who works for you for over a year, or is hired on by a client, with double-referral bonuses
- Have a "brag wall" in the office recognizing employees who get great reviews by your clients
- Create a Facebook community page where employees can post their experiences in assignments (ex. Travel Nurses post about traveling, to help those who are considering traveling). Direct new candidates you interview to this site for information on what it's like to work for your firm. (Note: monitor this page for inappropriate posts).
- Make it a strategic initiative to get involved with trade schools to upskill unskilled and low skilled workers (this was cited as working especially well for recruiting Skilled Trades, IT developers, Healthcare Nurse & Techs recruiting). Most of you felt the Staffing Industry must be part of the solution to the skill shortage issue.
- Join relevant Meet Ups and incent a contractor/nurse to attend with you and speak about experiences
- Discuss with clients that have a strict "no felonies" policy to partner with your firm on adopting "Second Chance" programs. Many of you cited experiences employing those with non-violent backgrounds as very successful from a dependability and retention perspective, with the assumption being that these individuals are grateful to be given the chance. Consider telling clients these stories to support the business case for relaxing felony conviction policies.
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Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes did warn Calzona fans in advance. Several warnings, in fact. So it should not have come as such a huge, jaw-dropping surprise in Thursday's episode that Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) did, in fact, cheat on Callie (Sara Ramirez). Alas, we're still heartbroken.
When Dr. Lauren Boswell (Hilarie Burton) came to the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, she pretty much immediately set her sights on Arizona, openly flirting with the married doctor (and mother), even in front of her wife, Callie! Even though Arizona (sort of) rebuffed her advances last week, Arizona gave in this week, kissing Lauren in an on-call room when the power went out and then locking the door for, well, you know. TVGuide.com turned to Capshaw to get her reaction to the big development and find out what's next for Calzona:
How surprised were you when you learned the story was going in this direction?
Jessica Capshaw: It was one of those moments where I was completely shocked. Completely, completely totally blown away. But there was something about this, when Shonda and I were talking, that seemed like it rang true. If you look at where Arizona has been this season, for me to have played the first four episodes of the show where I don't know that I had a stich of makeup on, to the end of the season with the hair and makeup and being the object of someone's affection. Just Arizona — forget about her being part of a couple — she's gone so far. It's been so profound. This change in her and what has happened to her, she had almost been reborn in this strange way as this new, but the same, person.
When I found out the story was going in this direction, I thought it was a great dilemma for her to have to deal with. It seems like that would happen. Shonda has said before that the writers, herself and myself have done so much research into the kind of things that happen to people who go through experiences like this where a lot of times they find themselves six months or a year post doing things that they would never have done before, and somehow being driven by this other feeling or this differentness that now lives in them. It's really interesting. I know it's devastating! It is. Obviously we've shot everything, and there's a moment Shonda has talked about that we filmed this scene that's really chilling. It's so deep and it's just very provocative.
Can you talk about Arizona's mindset when Lauren is flirting with her? Is she happy someone is attracted to her? Is she desperate to feel something new or alive?
Capshaw: I think Arizona was really surprised and wondering why she was initially talking to her. I think she didn't know what to do with the feelings, so she was Arizona about it. She responded in kind, but always kept things clean. I have always felt like Arizona's moral compass is pretty true, and it seems like that was going on last week when Lauren says, "Look at your beautiful eyes." Arizona felt like she needed to come clean because there is a little bit of a pull and when that happens to anyone, it becomes clear that you have to lay down what your boundaries are. That's why she turned around and said, "Listen, I'm married. You met her and she's a great person."
I think it's really interesting because the last thing she says is, "Also, I have one leg." When we went to go shoot this scene, it was so hard to get that line out in a way that felt natural. It was stuck on the end of this big, long monologue, but it was the essence of why, on some level, she was so surprised why someone was so attracted to her and she was feeling the way that she used to feel in terms of people being attracted to her. She felt like if she told Lauren she had one leg, then maybe this would probably all stop. As soon as Lauren found out she only had one leg, for sure she wasn't going to be attracted to her anymore. Again, that's the interesting part. Arizona is this new person who's starting to feel whole again, minus the loss, and that's going to bring up different feelings and it's a situation where she's going to be tested.
What does that conversation with Callie look like in the finale? I can imagine being stuck in the close quarters of the hospital because of the storm will make everything more heightened.
Capshaw: Yes, I think that it will. It's devastating. This is what the viewers are going to really probably feel the most. It's really scary to feel this way. My goodness, Callie and Arizona have been through Africa, they've been through the baby, they've been through a car crash, they've been through a plane crash. They've been through so much and it just started to seem like it was getting back to normal again and then why now? Why now is Arizona falling apart and making different choices? That's what makes Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy.
I kept thinking back about before I was on the show and how much I was a fan myself. For five years, I watched it and I loved it and sometimes I hated it because there was all this bed-hopping. You really rooted for this couple and something would change and there would be someone new and you'd hate that person. Then, all of a sudden, you saw why that person was interesting and what that person brings to the table. Then you were very grateful for the challenge and the spiciness because you went, "Oh right, this isn't real life. I'm watching a drama and it's meant to make me feel things, question things and it's meant to make me want to throw a tomato at the TV as much as it meant to make me feel like I wished that one of those characters was my best friend." That's what great TV is. Anyone who is writing a show and any actor who is on a show is chasing that ability to make viewers question and think and feel in a way that is way more exciting than what might be happening in your real life. Unfortunately, obviously, some of that can be really also heartbreaking. That's why I have said from the very beginning of my entire experience atGrey's that you have to lean into it. If you lean away and you try to make it not so, it'll make you crazy. You have to trust that you're on a rollercoaster and what goes up must come down and maybe it'll zig-zag around and maybe it'll take a different loop than you thought it would, but you're going to be there to see what happens.
Are there more underlying problems in this relationship besides the fallout from the plane crash?
Capshaw: None that have been specifically addressed between me and any of the writers, although, listen, I could certainly think of things from when Arizona gets back from Africa to now. I think you can follow the breadcrumbs. There's a lot that's happened to them. There was a baby and the ownership of the baby — it wasn't infidelity because they weren't together, but on some level, weren't they? I definitely think that everything that's happened to them has led to this point. The biggest thing is that Arizona is being confronted with the idea that she can be seen as something whole, something new and exciting and attractive.
Do you think there's hope for Callie and Arizona?
Capshaw: I don't know. We all know just being on the show, even if there's a concrete answer one way or the other, it could always change. I don't know how you come back from this. It depends on how characters rebound from certain things: whether or not you can ever truly come back from infidelity, whether or not that trust is broken, whether or not you can reclaim it. There's so many different questions.
Do you feel like part of Arizona thinks what she did is forgivable?
Capshaw: I don't think that Arizona wanted to do anything wrong. It was a crime of passion. If she had been thinking, she would never have done anything. She had a moment where she didn't and that was the only way I could play it. I could never have played it being purposeful because of course she knows that she's a wife and she's a mother and how could she ever do this? I think there's not much thought in it and that's probably what she will cling to — is not having felt like she was in control or knowing what she was doing. Then beyond that, I don't know. I think she'll take responsibility because that's the kind of character that she is. It was never going to be Arizona cheating and then sneaking around, and that's very clear. That's not who she is.
One of my favorite scenes in Grey's history was when Callie was going to fight Izzie (Katherine Heigl) in the commissary because of George (T.R. Knight). Could we see Callie want to fight Lauren, or is this more just devastation?
Capshaw: It's devastation. It's so heartbreaking. This is their defining moment. I think every character that's a regular on the show right now has, on the show, been with at least two or more people except for Arizona. Arizona is the pristine woman who met her lady, signed up and it's been what it is. Besides the devastating things that have happened, they've been the happy couple. Shonda and I talked about this a lot, which is that you can't have the relationship just live this happy fairytale. It's not fair. You have to give them the same obstacles that you give other couples. It's in the name of this being this provocative drama when you're meant to feel things, root for things, be upset and get over it, and then figure out why. Maybe there's something understandable about what she has done on some level. That's what's meant to be probably the most heartbreaking part. I think that some people will just be Team Callie or Team Arizona. But I do think that the people who really think about what's happened, you'll be able to see how devastating and how heartbreaking it is for both of them. There's a real reason for both of their circumstances.
What do you want to say to Callie and Arizona fans who are undoubtedly devastated after this?
Capshaw: I know! I know! Listen, it's really important to remember — and I so understand the investment in TV characters because they're in your home every week — but this is a challenge and it's part of a story. Nothing is written in stone and I don't know that anyone knows exactly what's going to happen, but I can almost guarantee that whatever happens is going to still be, asGrey's Anatomy is, thrilling, exciting and heartbreaking.
Source: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Anatomy-Jessica-Capshaw-Callie-Arizona-Cheating-Spoilers-1065298.aspx


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The timeline below shows where the symbol Poster of Maya Angelou appears in Speak. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 2: Closet Space
...in her closet. As she redecorates, she covers its mirror (which she hates) with a poster of Maya Angelou (author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), whose books the school board has... (full context)
Part 3, Chapter 18: Stupid Stupid
...after school rather than ride home on the bus with her peers. She greets her poster of Maya Angelou , her Cubist tree, and her turkey-bone bird sculpture, and curls up for a nap.... (full context)
Part 4, Chapter 6: Thin Atmosphere
...by her closet's bad smells (despite the potpourri that she's brought in), and imagines that the poster of Maya Angelou wants her to tell Rachel. Still suffocating, she takes off her sweatshirt and wishes for... (full context)
...her closet belongings to her bedroom, to make it feel "more like home." She imagines the poster of Maya Angelou telling her that she needs to help Rachel, even if her friend won't listen. Finally,... (full context)
Part 4, Chapter 25: Prey
After school, Melinda goes to her closet to collect her belongings, including the poster of Maya Angelou and the bird sculpture. She opens the door to let in fresh air, and tries... (full context)
...Calling her a "strange bitch" and a "freak," Andy grabs her wrists. Although Melinda imagines the poster of Maya Angelou telling her to scream, Andy commands her not to, telling her that she "didn't scream... (full context)
...of wood—the base of her bird sculpture. She uses it to break the mirror behind the poster of Maya Angelou . Grabbing a shard of glass, she holds it to his neck, pushing until she... (full context)


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You set a career advancement plan. You go for the promotion interview well-prepared.
You are confident to get the promotion. However, the bad news is that someone gets the promotion, you are back at the same position.
That does not seem like a career advancement. You may think of resigning from the job, and seek career advancement elsewhere.
There are a few things you have to bear in mind before you tender resignation.
1. What can you learn from the experience?
A career advancement plan does not always go smoothly. However, that does not mean you learn nothing form your failure to get a promotion.
Whenyou are in a calmer stage, you may see that the person who gets the promotion fail many times as well. It may be your first try at the promotion, and the third try for the successful candidate.
You can view the whole process positively, and learn to overcome your weaknesses.
2. Meet with the decision maker.
You can arrange for a meeting with the decision maker. You can let the decision maker knows that you need help in career advancement.
You want to know what you need to work on, and how to prepare for a bigger role in the organization.
You must express confidence in the ability of the decision maker to make the right choice.
That means you must not badmouth the personwho gets the promotion. Admit that the person is well qualified for the job, even though you prefer to sit in her position now.
You must express confidence that the decision maker is willing to provide guidance to help you in career advancement.
If the decision maker points to the fact that you need to network more, then you can volunteer for all the corporate functions.
You must not threaten your boss with resignation. Remember that nobody is indispensable.
3. Consider alternatives.
A career advancement does not mean going up the corporate ladder. It can mean a transfer to other department.
If you aim for senior management role, you need to gain exposure to practically all aspects of the business.
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Backgrounder: Proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations
What it means for Canadians
Food safety is a top priority for the Government of Canada. The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations would better protect Canadian families by putting a greater emphasis on preventing food safety risks for all foods imported into Canada or sold across provinces. The regulations would also apply to foods prepared for export.
The proposed regulations would require food businesses to have preventive controls in place to identify and manage food safety risks before products are sold to consumers. This would also reduce the time it takes to remove unsafe foods from the marketplace.
The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations would bring the Safe Food for Canadians Act into force, which was passed in 2012 with support from all political parties. The proposal consolidates 14 sets of existing regulations into one. Stronger rules, as well as new approaches to inspections, services and use of risk information to plan inspections, will strengthen the CFIA's ability to meet the needs of consumers and industry.
What it means for food businesses
Strong, flexible regulations that focus on prevention will go a long way in helping businesses uphold their reputation, keep customers healthy and loyal, and avoid costly recalls.
Strong preventive systems, such as traceability and food safety controls, would boost the competitiveness of Canadian food businesses across the supply chain, from farm to retail, at home and on the world stage.
Rules that focus on food safety outcomes would allow businesses to be more innovative. Rather than following prescribed methods and processes, businesses would have more flexibility to introduce new technologies, processes and procedures while still meeting the proposed food safety requirements.
We are committed to helping businesses understand and implement regulatory requirements. Information and guidance is available to explain key elements of the proposal and what would be expected. Videos, interactive tools, fact sheets, templates and a handbook are available at inspection.gc.ca/safefood.
Consultations on this initiative began in 2013. Based on feedback from small food business in 2015, we have identified ways to reduce regulatory burden while still improving safety for Canadians. For example, some regulatory requirements would be phased in gradually to allow more time for certain sectors to prepare and adapt.
What it means for trade
Major trading partners, such as the United States, the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand, are also adopting preventive and outcome-based systems. The proposed regulations are in line with approaches being taken by these key trading partners to better manage food safety risks.
Canada's trading partners would continue to have confidence in our food safety system because the proposed regulations are aligned with internationally-recognized standards.
Services to support businesses
Get started today with My CFIA and create one or more business profiles based on an enrolment model that suits your organization. Businesses do not need to apply for a SFCR license at this time, but as the transition to the new regulations takes place, you will be able to apply for the new license online or access information about the licence and regulations through your My CFIA account.
Stay connected to receive the latest news and updates. Sign up for emails, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Join Canada's food safety conversation online using #SafeFoodCan.
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Safe Food for Canadians - A retrospective on the development of the proposed regulations
- Before 2012 - The CFIA consults stakeholders on the development of a new law.
- 2012 - The Safe Food for Canadians Act is tabled in Parliament and passed with support from all political parties.
- 2013 - The CFIA releases a new food regulatory framework and holds the inaugural Food Forum. This set the stage for the first round of consultation with various stakeholders on the regulatory framework that would lead to the development of the proposed regulations.
- 2014 - The CFIA holds a second round of consultation with various stakeholders on the proposed regulatory framework.
- 2015 - The CFIA consults micro and small food businesses to explore options for reducing regulatory burden. At the same time, the draft regulatory text is released to demonstrate progress to date.
- 2016 - The CFIA incorporates feedback received to date to amend the regulatory text. Additional information and guidance is developed for industry.
- 2017 - The CFIA pre-publishes the proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I, for public consultation.
- 2017 - The CFIA releases the What We Heard Report - The Proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Consultation.
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The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC),Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF), Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP),Media Council of Tanzania (MCT),Policy Forum,Twaweza and Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) said in a joint statement yesterday that there are various elements that shows democratic freedoms are under siege in the country.
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Masanja said a recent study that was conducted by LHRC had established that democratic freedom especially to opposition parties had declined and has contributed to make the society miss information that would have helped bring changes that they want.
In his remarks an officer from CHRGG Constantine Luguli said every society had the right to report any threat to freedom so that they are worked on.
"All the rights depend on each other, if one is denied makes the other difficult to implement, it is the role of everyone to respect each other,defend human rights and rule of law," he said.
Ever since President Magufuli came into power there has been a growing concern from human rights activists and opposition politicians who had accused his government of denying them a space to practice.
The move came after the announcement by President Magufuli that all political activities were banned until 2020.The head of State said in his announcement that this was the time for work.
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Definition of Genus Anthidium
1. Noun. Potter bees.
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Group relationships: Family Megachilidae, Megachilidae
Member holonyms: Potter Bee
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1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"BY TDA COCKERELL, MESILLA, NM The bee-genus Anthidium is not very well represented in New Mexico, the following being all yet observed. (1. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1887)
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3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
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4. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
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5. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1873)
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I heard a while back that the BBC where going to be producing a 2 hour live radio special at an abortion clinic this month. After several months of controversy regarding the practises of health professionals in the abortion sector, I think it will be interesting to talk about a subject that is still seen as taboo by society. The fact that you won't see the women's faces is a good idea for privacy but sad as there are a lot of people out there who would troll or bombard them. The show will also consult with the health care professionals that work in this industry and are on the front line every day so to speak. Not being seen will also give these people to speak openly.
I would very much consider myself in favour of peoples to choose. I think ultimately you have the right to do as you wish with your body. However I will say that it is highly unlikely I will ever have an abortion. Luckily I have not been in a position where such a decision had to be made as I don't think I am ready to care for a child or terminate one. I hope never to be because to be honest the idea of it fills me with trepidation, the act is very final. I have never seen abortion as an option for me in regards to a healthy baby. Perhaps this is an emotional response but I think of the foetus, baby, group of cells whatever you want to call it as a person/ alive as soon as it is formed or the mother is conscious of being pregnant. I don't think I would be able to mentally cope with essentially killing my healthy child.
For many a termination is an option taken after a lot of soul searching and there are several factors that have led them to this point. However there are a few people mainly younger women (some older) who are under the illusion that abortion is another form of contraception. They don't seem to be aware that by having 2, 3, 4 abortions it limits your chances of having a child in future, fertility and damages your body. The procedure is after all a physical trauma.
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It is a fact that many teens are having sex and having children so if they have taken the decision to do so, they should be deemed able enough to sit and participate in properly structured sex education lessons. After some research I found out that women are eligible for a termination up to 24 weeks. I had always assumed that it was 3 months, so it highlights that we must all strive to educate ourselves further. My school was deemed to be forward thinking but some of these issues still applied to students and I don't remember any discussions on abortion. I have always been someone who researches everything,so took it upon myself to learn the facts.
I don't think there is enough support given to those who elect to have an abortion once the procedure is done. A lot of the time women are demonised for having had a termination. Having gone through such an invasive procedure I think it is incredibly important for women of all ages to have counselling to ensure they are mentally on point. They really don't have to justify themselves to anyone but themselves. I hope this show will help some way to bring these things to the forefront, instead of being an arena for the age old pro lifers v pro choice argument.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
More on Edwards and Luther
Luther arrives at his conclusion in light of Catholic scholasticism, which is arguably semi-Pelagian. Consequently, he is very concerned to demolish the sense of self-sufficiency that came to life under this soteriological paradigm. Since freewill was understood in strictly libertarian terms (by both the populace and theologians) Luther feels he has little choice but to deny it. He acknowledges that some might redefine the notion of freewill in such a way at to harmonize it with his position (which is essentially compatibilistic) but he dislikes the term so much that he doesn't think it worth salvaging. For Luther, the term has for so long been understood to speak of man's autonomous, innate ability to turn toward God unassisted that he thinks it deceptive to use it with any other definition (even a compatibilistic one). Yet this is exactly what Edwards does.
Unlike Luther, Edwards is writing in light of an Old Calvinism that has become so entrenched that many congregational preachers are afraid to offer the Gospel indiscriminately. How can we say that God will save you if you repent when we don't know if you're elect? Rather than fighting against an over zealous optimism regarding the potential of the will, Edwards was fighting against Calvinism run wild. The eighteenth-century New England context had so abandoned the notion of freewill, that Edwards felt a need to resurrect it. Yet rather than resurrecting the libertarian freewill of Luther's day, Edwards argues for a compatibilistic notion of freewill that is substantively the same as Luther's (and Augustine's). The main difference between Luther and Edwards then, is that Edwards uses the term "free" where Luther won't, even though they are saying the same thing.
So in both cases, the theological/social context played a role in shaping Luther's and Edwards' notion of the will. Luther's greatest fear was Pelagianism, and so he denied freewill altogether. Edwards' greatest challenge was fatalism, and so he resurrected and redefined the notion of freewill. Yet both are in agreement on the essential mechanics of conversion.
The question remains then, which theological/social context do we find ourselves in? Who's articulation should we follow. Certainly contemporary protestant Christianity (both conservative and liberal) leans closer to Pelagianism than to fatalism. Yet in spite of this, I still am inclined to follow Edwards--for two reasons. More in the next post.
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- Jason Loh said...
Dear Gerald,
Greetings in Our Lord's Name!
I'm glad to have found your blog! Keep up the good work.
Your fellow Augustinian,
Jason Loh
- Gerald said...
Thanks Jason. It can be lonely business being an evangelical Augustinian, so thanks for the encouragement!
- Perry Robinson said...
Catholic Scholasticism denotes a wide variety of views. Certainly many followers of Ockham were semi-pelagian, but certainly many Scholastics were not semi-pelagian, that is they did not think that man apart from the influence grace could move himself to faith. Such individuals would be Aquinas, Scotus, Henry of Ghent, Albertus Magnus, et al. These men certainly were not semi-pelagian by any means.
Moreover, the only theological position within Catholicism other than Ockham, that could arguably be said to endorse a Libertarian conception of freedom is Molinism, which is post Reformation. None of the major Scholastics endorsed a libertarian conception of freedom and for a very simple reason. In the beatific vision, it is not possible to will otherwise on their account and so alternative possibilities cannot be of the essence or definition of freedom for them. This is true for Aquinas, Scotus, Albert, et al.
Some other corrections. An act can be voluntary and yet not be free. It is an inadequate basis therefore to conclude that because someone does some act voluntarily that they perform it freely. Libertarians don't think that the will is uncaused. They think that any antecedent causes are contributing but not sufficient causes. Just like God's activity, the agent is the sufficient cause of the act because they are the source of the act. There is nothing "behind" God that determines his actions, which is why God is free. This doesn't render God's actions unintelligible, it only implies that God is the explanatory end for his actions and the same is true for the libertarian concerning human freedom. Likewise, God's nature does not determine him, for he creates and redeems freely and not by nature. And desires being states have no causal role to play and consequently cannot determine an agent. Desires aren't causes, decisions are. Desires don't determine God's will so there is no reason to think that they determine the will of any other person.
Perry Robinson
- Gerald said...
I agree fully with your first paragraph. I should have been more careful in my original post to distinguish thinkers such as the ones you listed from Luther's opponents. The term "scholastic" is too broad to be meaningful as a "brand" of theology, when discussing conceptions of freedom, I suppose.
Second, perhaps it is necessary to define terms. My studies are not in philosophy, let alone medieval philosophy--I think you have a leg up on me there. What I mean by compatibilistic freedom is "any conception of human freedom that is compatible with unconditional election and infallible grace." Libertarian freedom conversely, is "any conception of human freedom that denies unconditional election and infallible grace." Not all compatiblists use the same means to arrive at a compatibilistic conclusion (same with libertarians). Perhaps this isn't how philosophers use the terms, but from where I sit, at the end of the day what defines both views is their relationship to divine providence. Compatibilists are concerned with providing a definition of human freedom that is consistent with a true Augustinian conception of unconditional election and grace (without upending it), and libertarians are concerned with providing a definition of human freedom that is not. (Though most libertarians who are favorable toward Augustine don't intend to run counter to him, but argue instead that he has been merely misunderstood to teach something akin to Calvin and Luther; which—in the main concerning freewill—is what he actually teaches).
From this understanding of libertarian and compatibilistic freedom, I find it difficult to agree with your second paragraph. Certainly Luther's scholastic (and humanistic) opponents denied unconditional election as understood by him and Calvin (and inadvertently Augustine). Doesn't Trent also deny Luther and Calvin's articulation of predestination? I've been told this, but I haven't read all of the Council. I do find in general however, that most Catholics forget just how "Calvinistic" Augustine is, and most Protestants forget just how Roman Catholic he is. He is the father of both traditions. Having said all of this, I do wish that Roman Catholic theology was compatibilistic, as you suggest. But such has not been my observation.
Are you suggesting that Luther misunderstood his opponents on this issues, and that the Catholic and Reformation views of freewill and grace were substantively the same?
I will address your third paragraph in a separate post.
- Mike L said...
I pretty much agree with Perry's account of which Catholic thinkers were and which were not semi-Pelagian. Also, a few Catholic theologians and doctors have been "compatibilist" in Gerald's sense, but more have not been. As for Augustine, his corpus is so vast that he can be plausibly interpreted as either a "libertarian" or a "compatibilist." That is precisely why he is the "father of two traditions." But I don't think it can be plausibly maintained that he held to double predestinarianism. He did believe that some, the "elect," are irresistibly predestined to salvation, but he did not clearly and consistently maintain that any others are irresistibly predestined to damnation. And if he maintained it anyhow, I'm sure he'd be willing to "retract" it in light of the development of doctrine if he were around to speak to us today.
Some much for exegesis. The key to making progress in a discussion such as this—to the extent progress is even possible—is to arrive at common definitions of the competing conceptions of freedom in play.
As a Catholic, I have been accused by some "libertarians" of compatibilism, and thus of denying free will in any spiritually significant sense. Just as often, I have been accused by some compatibilists, among both Thomists and Calvinists, of being so "libertarian" as to land in semi-Pelagianism. Neither charge is true. I profess as de fide only what I understand Trent and the Catholic Magisterium generally to teach. That is neither compatibilist in a sense that would rule out choice among alternatives for the definitively saved, nor libertarian in a sense that would render prevenient grace unnecessary for justification.
Even if, as Augustine and Aquinas maintained, grace is irresistible for the elect few and the blessed many, all that means is that they cannot but choose to obey the will of God. It does not follow that such obedience precludes choice among an array of morally acceptable and spiritually significant alternatives that would promote growth in this or that direction, either in this life or the next. That would only follow if the will of God determined not merely that his goodness would be the object of their voluntary adherence but that such adherence could only be concretized in particular forms for particular individuals. But I see no reason to accept that premise, which is incompatible with the experience of both Eastern and Western Christian mystics. So I'm a libertarian in a sense that some, such as Perry, could endorse. It's just that I don't believe libertarian freedom always and necessarily entails liberty of indifference, i.e. a live choice between good and evil. It does so to a great extent for most of us as we fit into the economy of salvation. But strictly speaking it only entails, always and necessarily, liberty of spontaneity: a choice among particular goods even if not a choice of the Supreme Good.
In the view of some, that makes me a "compatibilist." But by the same token, I don't believe that the form of compatibilism I admit to rules out genuine human freedom. For instance, I believe with Augustine AND Trent that God's prevenient grace is necessary for the human will to respond favorably to the proferred grace of justification and sanctification. But prevenient grace does not override freedom; rather and precisely, it empowers us to choose freely when the weight of sin would otherwise prevent us from doing so. And even if an elect few are granted what the latter called "efficacious" grace, so that they cannot but choose for God, the ways in which that choice is embodied still preserve a measure of freedom to choose among alternatives.
- Robert said...
Hi. I apologize for posting off-topic, but I had stumbled across last year's postings from your thesis, Augustine & Justification, and had wondered if, in the course of your thesis work or since, had been influenced by G.E. Ladd's NT Theology.
- Gerald said...
I own his NT Theology text, but have not read it. I hear good things, however.
- Anonymous said...
Under your definition of "compatibilism", Thomas Aquinas and his post-Tridentine followers (Banez) were definitely "compatibilists." Check out Harm Goris' work and even the work of a brilliant Calvinist scholar like Richard Muller, who calls Banez's position "radically Augustinian."
They believed that God elects human beings for no other reason than that he wills it. They harshly criticized those (Aureol, Ockham, etc.) who believed that God predestined based upon foreknowledge.
Towards the end of the 16th century, Molinism emerged and this position which was much less anti-Pelagian (I really think that is a useful term) than Thomas and his followers. The Jesuits tended to adopt this position which argues that God predestined based upon foreknowledge of human responses to grace. The Thomists rejected this position, and Molinism was nearly condemned by the papacy. In fact, the case is still pending. :-)
So there is no dogmatic Catholic position on unconditional election, though there is certainly a strong modern tradition (in the Middle Ages, that position was probably dominant) which says that God predestines human beings for no other reason than that he wills it.
Luther did misunderstand his opponents. That is a widespread consensus in the literature (c.f. Steinmetz, Oberman, McGrath, Denis Janz, etc.) I'd love to give specific references if you were interested.
Some evidence from the Summa (it's long but clear):
The reason for the predestination of some, and reprobation of others, must be sought for in the goodness of God. Thus He is said to have made all things through His goodness, so that the divine goodness might be represented in things. Now it is necessary that God's goodness, which in itself is one and undivided, should be manifested in many ways in His creation; because creatures in themselves cannot attain to the simplicity of God. Thus it is that for the completion of the universe there are required different grades of being; some of which hold a high and some a low place in the universe. That this multiformity of grades may be preserved in things, God allows some evils, lest many good things should never happen, as was said above (22, 2). Let us then consider the whole of the human race, as we consider the whole universe. God wills to manifest His goodness in men; in respect to those whom He predestines, by means of His mercy, as sparing them; and in respect of others, whom he reprobates, by means of His justice, in punishing them. This is the reason why God elects some and rejects others. To this the Apostle refers, saying (Romans 9:22-23): "What if God, willing to show His wrath [that is, the vengeance of His justice], and to make His power known, endured [that is, permitted] with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction; that He might show the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He hath prepared unto glory" and (2 Timothy 2:20): "But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver; but also of wood and of earth; and some, indeed, unto honor, but some unto dishonor." Yet why He chooses some for glory, and reprobates others, has no reason, except the divine will. Whence Augustine says (Tract. xxvi. in Joan.): "Why He draws one, and another He draws not, seek not to judge, if thou dost not wish to err." Thus too, in the things of nature, a reason can be assigned, since primary matter is altogether uniform, why one part of it was fashioned by God from the beginning under the form of fire, another under the form of earth, that there might be a diversity of species in things of nature. Yet why this particular part of matter is under this particular form, and that under another, depends upon the simple will of God; as from the simple will of the artificer it depends that this stone is in part of the wall, and that in another; although the plan requires that some stones should be in this place, and some in that place. Neither on this account can there be said to be injustice in God, if He prepares unequal lots for not unequal things. This would be altogether contrary to the notion of justice, if the effect of predestination were granted as a debt, and not gratuitously. In things which are given gratuitously, a person can give more or less, just as he pleases (provided he deprives nobody of his due), without any infringement of justice. This is what the master of the house said: "Take what is thine, and go thy way. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will?" (Matthew 20:14-15).


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A wind warning for northern Illinois expired this evening after two days of high winds, with gusts today topping 50 mph through much of northern Illinois and northern Indiana.
The warning was in effect today until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Although less damage was reported today, gusts today in the Chicago area topped out at 61 mph at Waukegan and Gary, and 55 mph at O'Hare, Midway and Aurora airports.
In the city and suburbs, several fires, including extra-alarm blazes in the Lincoln Park and Back of the Yards neighborhoods, were exacerbated by high winds. South Bend, Ind., officials and officials at the University of Notre Dame were investigating whether high winds might have contributed to an accident that killed Notre Dame junior Declan Sullivan.


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As you all know, Valentine's Day is just round the corner. If I'm being honest, I'm not super excited about it because it's on a week day and I expect working the whole day will suck all my enthusiasm to do something extravagant like go out or if staying in for a romantic evening, perhaps cooking a nice dinner. So …Read More »
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I met my mom for shopping at Century City on Tuesday. I was out of town all last week and hadn't read the thread from about 9-10 days ago on the food court. And now that I don't work in Century City anymore, I wasn't fully aware of the massive changes taking place in this mall although I knew they were doing construction in general.
Anyway, my mom was late driving up from Irvine and I took a stroll around the old food court, trying to think of where we could lunch because I figured she wouldn't want to walk across the street to Clementine. I was shocked about the food court's condition, until I figured out that there's a totally new and very handsome food court going into a new second level. I was a little slow on the uptake. In the old food court, California Crisp, Sorabol, the deli, Jody Maroni's, Tacone, the Italian place and the coffee place were still open as of Tuesday.
In the new food court, Baja Fresh was open as was California Crisp. Also there's a chili place called Red Rock Chili with several different types of chili and different ways you can get it, including a purported Cincinnati-style with spaghetti. Panda Express was also open. Places not yet open that I remember are Fuddrucker's, Harper's-to-go (a branch of the Harper's restaurant next to Houston's, having never been there I don't know what kind of food they offer), Sorabol, a rotisserie place, and a couple others. I didn't make notes so I'm not 100% sure.
When we ate around 1:00, the lines at the chili place and Panda Express were so long as to be utterly ridiculous, so we opted for Baja Fresh. I had been hoping to try the chili place. Baja Fresh didn't have its system down yet and was very disorganized. The soda fountain is behind the counter, so it's not help-yourself as it usually is, and so you had to go over to the fountain guy and get your soda, and then the pick-up section was in the middle of the other lines. It was a real mess. The food was the same as any other Baja Fresh.
On the upside, since we took it for "here" rather than "to go" we got real plates not plastic plates, they have real stoneware little crocks for the salsas although the utensils were plastic. The tables are nice with very comfy and heavy wood chairs, and get this: you don't have to bus your own. There are cardboard discs on the tables saying that the Westfield staff will bus your table. A new concept for a mall! For a food court, the atmosphere is quite nice, bright and airy with an outside seating section also. The restroom was large and clean, at least so far. From what I've noted at Sherman Oaks Fashion Square close to my home, another Westfield property, they tend to put a decent amount of money into their malls, and you can really see it in the changes taking place in Century City.
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So, right now we have a requirement, for every failure within our automated test case, we have to report a defect number next to the failing step. We can place a defect number by printing out the results and writing a number by hand, but I find it too tedious.
So, to reduce the "manual labor", I've decided to use the following approach, which seems to work very well. I've created an Excel file, which contains 2 columns: Error message and a defect number. The Error message is the message that my script is displaying and a defect number is a defect that is associated with a current condition.
After creating a file, I've written a small function that is checking if a defect for a current condition exists and returns defect number.
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function GetDefectNumber (errorString) { var driverName = ""; var retVal = ""; try { var driver = DDT.ExcelDriver(m_defectsFile, m_defectsSheet); driverName = driver.Name; while (!driver.EOF()) { var value = driver.Value(0); if (value == errorString) { retVal = "(" + driver.Value(1) + ")"; break; } driver.Next(); } } catch (ex) { } finally { if (driverName != "") { DDT.CloseDriver(driverName); } return retVal; } }
So, when I write my results to a file, I call this function on a fail reason and, if return value is not an empty string, I append a defect number.
What do you guys think about this approach? Are you using something different?
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Rick Santorum's 3-year-old daughter, Bella, who suffers from a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder, was hospitalized in Philadelphia on Saturday evening, according to a spokesman for Mr. Santorum's presidential campaign.
Mr. Santorum cancelled his Sunday morning schedule in Florida, where the Republican presidential primary is to be held on Tuesday, to be with his daughter, who was admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, according to Hogan Gidley, the spokesman.
The campaign did not give a reason for the girl's hospital stay, but Mr. Santorum has said that she suffers from trisomy 18, a chromosomal disorder whose sufferers rarely live beyond a few years.
Mr. Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, hosted a fund-raiser on Friday evening in Philadelphia, and another in Washington on Saturday night.
"Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible," Mr. Gidley said in a statement.
Mr. Santorum had scheduled a campaign rally in Sarasota on Sunday afternoon and a dinner in Punta Gorda, Mr. Gidley said.
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MEDIA PERSPECTIVES - February 8, 2017
Editor's Note:
I just wanted to let my readers know that I've created a blog where I will be posting essays and articles I've written on digital and online marketing. It's an extension of Media Perspectives. I hope you continue to read and enjoy!
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First, Do No Harm
by: Jaffer Ali
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
--George Orwell
If I told you that an estimated one third of all deaths in hospitals were caused by the treatments themselves, would that shock you? The term is called "iatrogenisis" which is derived from Greek meaning "brought forth from the healer".
Ever since Hypocrites, physicians had to take an oath that included "
primum non nocere
First, do no harm
. This concept has utility in every field you can imagine. We make a mistake by believing the concept is domain specific to the health care industry. We will explore a few areas before exploring how supposedly cutting edge online marketing is violating the first principle of intervention.
Iatrogenisis and Foreign Policy
Who can look at the Iraq of today with over 1 million dead, 500,000 of them children, without wondering if the Hippocratic edict should have been invoked? With an interventionist foreign policy that stretches around the globe, we rarely slow down enough to even ask whether intervention itself might do more harm than good. Our foreign policy which claims to bring forth democracy and all the good that springs from it has increasingly brought death and destruction. Only the blind cannot see that we have done much more harm to Iraq by intervening.
Iatrogenesis and Media Coverage
The rule of "first, do no harm" can be asked of our media coverage of national events. Some have moved from wondering if the coverage of the Newton school massacre did more harm to our nation's psyche to concluding that there was considerable harm done by media saturation. Unfortunately our media assumes more coverage is better. Media critic Jeff Einstein questioned the iatrogenic nature of media saturation in a
recent column
. He comes down clearly on the side that our media is not aiding in national healing and the saturation is overwhelmingly damaging.
Iatrogenesis and Economic Intervention
Whether you want to call them "bail outs" or the benign sounding "quantitative easings" (which now we are numbering...and if memory serves me correctly, we are up to QE IV), are policy makers other than Ron Paul questioning whether the interventions are doing more long term harm than good? Black Swan author, Nassim Taleb, has weighed in with convincing arguments that these interventions create
more harm than good
. In his view, the "too big to fail" mantra will inevitably lead to even larger failures. We have shifted the responsibility for bank failures from the banks to US citizens. No harm? We shall soon see.
And then...Iatrogenesis and Online Marketing
If any readers are familiar with my writings on
behavioral targeting
you will know that I believe BT is snake oil and does more harm than good. Anything that examines rewards without a thorough examination of the risks is a fool's marketing errand. Charlatans prosper by peddling this iatrogenic marketing cure while the empirical evidence is rather weak. They have no skin in their own game, preferring to sell shovels to the proverbial miners.
All one needs to examine is the steadily declining click thru rates. This decline occurs concurrently with the use of "sophisticated" targeting methodologies; possibly because of its use.
I was at a round table discussion concerning online marketing when the topic of "relevance" came up. Those touting targeting one-to-one relevant offers rarely ask whether the practice is more costly than the derived benefits. In other words, is the practice of hyper targeting more harmful than helpful in terms of profits? When I raised the question at the table I was met with dumbfounded silence. Everyone at the table assumed relevance was an absolute positive that they never considered the alternative.
Almost all of the new online marketing methodologies involve the same interventionist mindset that has caused a great deal of harm in hospitals, foreign policy, economics...and do not get me started on overly prescribed psychotropic drugs.
So let me state as clearly as I can and without complicated jargon: Those peddling online targeting technologies are by and large frauds. Their "solutions" are:
1) Not scalable
2) Are more costly employing them than the benefit derived
3) Give a false patina of precision
4) Increases risk in a nonlinear manner as marketing budgets increase
5) Relying on predictive methodologies that have already been proven to be
mathematically impossible
There are many proofs for #5 above, from treatises on quantum randomness to explaining chaos theory. But the ancients have also pointed the way for understanding. In Semitic languages, the root for the word "prediction" and "prophesy" are the same. This leads to the notion of faith in predictions even though faith is an anathema to marketing reductionists. They are unaware of the irony. Online marketers with their thinly disguised faith in measuring everything are again unaware that the Sanskrit root for the word "measure" means "illusion." It seems the ancients knew a lot more about 21st Century online marketing than we do now.
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Obama Electioneering Caught on Tape in Indiana
Bob McCarty reported…
Obama workers work the polling station:
This was posted with the video at Election Journal:
We entered the Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Washington Township at approximately 10:15 AM and noticed an Obama volunteer had set-up directly across from the voter check-in table. We noticed that she was actively speaking to voters. The sign on the table stated "Trouble Voting? Talk to me." and "Obama for America." She wouldn't identify herself and directed us to call the campaign for information. We contacted the County Clerk's Office and they stated they would contact the Polling Inspector to investigate.
This doesn't look legit.
But, it does fit with Obama's Teamster plan.
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by Lisa Golebieski, M.S.
We all want a quick fix for weight control these days. Instant gratification….wanting it right now! When it comes to weight, the best most successful way to reach our goals is to learn how to eat healthy.
What do I mean by that?
Well, some commercial diet plans make you eat their pre-packaged foods to control calories, fat intake, etc….While these are okay for the short term, they do not help for a lifetime of weight control. Do you really want to buy packaged diet food for the rest of your life? Probably not!
Learning to eat real healthy food for a lifetime is the only way we will stay at a normal weight for our height and body type. Reaching out to a Nutritionist/Dietitian who can teach, coach and support healthy food changes in your diet has the most success.
I've seen it time and again how people start off on a commercial diet plan and then fall off of it because they are tired of eating what "the plan" wants them to eat or because they lost the weight they wanted and are done paying the weekly/monthly fees (if applicable) associated with it.
Afterwards they are left in the cold not knowing what foods they should cook or consume on their own. They go back to their old ways of eating and then before you know it all the weight is gained back…..thus causing the client to come back on the plan once again to lose the weight they regained. The commercial plans create a cycle of business to keep their customers.
There are also fad diets (like Slim Fast, cookie diet, soup diet, eggs diet, grapefruit diet, etc…there just might be hundreds of them!) We are not programmed to eat the same exact foods every single day….it's just not in our DNA. This is why fad diets often fail as well. Eating a variety of healthy foods from all the food groups are what satisfies our hunger and balances our nutrient consumption.
We must break that cycle and learn how to eat real food, cook healthy dishes and have fun creating recipes that we will all enjoy eating. We have such an intimate relationship with food (read my Blog entitled "Being Intimate With Your Food") and we must consume only the best most nutritious kinds for our body to keep it healthy and maintain a normal weight.
Let's stop the fad diets, commercial diet plans and let's start a way of life that involves learning to eat the way our bodies were meant to be nourished.
Reach out to a new way of managing weight…..you'll be in control of your health for a lifetime.
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