Secondly, there are actual data and evidences, even from sources that can hardly be suspected of sympathizing with Gaddafi, which indicate that part of the saved surplus value comes to people / workers in significant quantities.
Here's what «well-wishers» say about Libya, some of them say it during the frenzied persecution unleashed against the Libyan regime, in which they take the most lively part.
Over the years, living conditions for ordinary people have improved. Women's rights have been reinforced. Women are in the forefront of Gaddafi's security arrangements, an all-woman team accompanying him on all official engagements. In 1984, a bill was published in which polygamy was abolished, divorce was authorised, and forced marriage made illegal.
Moreover, Libya is a contrast of socio-economic achievements and political misery.
Pressmen sometimes (often, always) are enchanting nonsense even without knowing what they say. If socio-economic achievements are present, how on earth could it be political misery? Or do political institutions have some other purpose, except for public social and economic well-being? (Of course they do. It's a rhetorical question. We understand that purpose of bourgeois institutions does not maintenance of public welfare — it is just a fig leaf for the sake of propriety and control. The real purpose is management of the affairs of the bourgeoisie).
Under the political misery understood this: «Political parties and trade unions are outlawed. Society is represented by people's committees the basis of which are families and tribes». In other words, bourgeois ideologists are annoying by claimed direct democracy without political organizations, firmly integrated into structures of capitalist production.
There's also reports that: «When the neighboring countries had been brew the revolutionary sentiments, the ruling regime in Libya had taken proactive steps: entered subsidies for food items and essentials».
In response to the recent upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt, he has recently lowered prices for basic foodstuffs and medicines, and given easier access to credit. Over the years, living conditions for ordinary people have improved. Women's rights have been reinforced. Women are in the forefront of Gaddafi's security arrangements, an all-woman team accompanying him on all official engagements. In 1984, a bill was published in which polygamy was abolished, divorce was authorised, and forced marriage made illegal.
But these socio-economic advances have been offset by political regression. Political parties and trade unions are outlawed. NGOs are tolerated but only as long as their aims are in line with the Libyan revolution. Libya remains a tribal society, controlled by parental and family ties, even down to their football clubs. This complicates political movements and makes any effective opposition quasi-impossible. Any determined sign of discontent is paid off with the proceeds of Libyan oil fields.
Given reservations — improving living conditions, aditional subsidies for food, medicine, cheap credit, the current system of conflict resolution based on the pervasive horizontal ties, which «makes any effective opposition quasi-impossible», quenching any explicit expressions of discontent due to proceeds of Libyan oil fields — that all tell us that economic reasons can hardly be a cause of protests of masses.
Substantial revenues from the energy sector coupled with a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society.
Indeed, of all countries considered here, Libya has the highest GDP per capita (see Table 1). The compilers say that the highest in all of Africa (we take it on trust, if there is doubts anyone can go through the Factbook, write down the values in a column and check). The claim that «little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society» is a standart curse (funny that at the same time all quantitative indicators of income differentiation for Libya have been expurgated from the CIA report). Here we do not believe the CIA. Firstly, if we assume that the percentage of conversion of gross income in favor of the lower strata of society remains at the same level as that of other African countries (we have no reason to suspect otherwise, but in fact it should be higher in the social oriented economy), the comparison in any case goes in favor of Libya. Secondly, actual data published in the same source contradict the compilers' statement (Table 3).
Please note that Libya has demonstrated the best demographics in the region: very low death rate and highest life expectancy at birth, the highest percentage of urban population and the highest literacy rate (top values are marked in bold). Libya's education expenditures per capita is far ahead of other countries in the region and only Tunisia could compete with it. It seems that Tunisia have made education one of its priority goals (funny that the bourgeois media smart enough to portray this as a defect of the previous regime, wringing hands on account of a brutal squeeze out the land from private owner not by the market price and building of school, which looks like a palace, on the site, see the sickly-sweet marasmic report in liberal tones on Euronews , where «instead of listing of combat wounds mosquito bites are combed»).
It is objective evidence that a significant part of the preserved for the country value comes to the masses. Since economic woes are not compatible in no way with high life expectancy and an exceptionally low mortality. For comparison compare demographics of industrialized countries in the region with similar indicators for Russia, which in recent 20+ years suffers a permanent disaster (Table 4).
The few indicators on which Russia has an advantage over countries under consideration are nothing but vestiges left over from the Soviet Union. And just those institutions and relationships which provide them are sawed right now without anesthesia (we are talking, e.g., about the education system and on the education expenditures). Welcome to Chad, guys.
And, as a conclusion, we can bring the results of systematic comparisons with the Human Development Index (HDI) published by the UN (Table 5). Those who interested can follow the link, download reports, and get acquainted with the multicriteria methodology.
There were 169 countries in the survey. Russia is given here for comparison.
In 2009 Libya took on HDI 55 position in the world and was part of a group of countries with high HDI . In 2010 Libya has moved to the 53 position [7, p. 142].
Of all Arab countries are listed here in Libya in 2010 had the highest HDI and other countries have been left far behind (and I suspect that this is the highest index for the entire African continent).
Thus, there was illustrated the fact that the regime of Gaddafi is the most socially oriented of all countries in the region, and probably even in the continent. Such social orientation is expressed very clearly, and this takes place despite the fact that the regime is in worse circumstances in comparison with industrialized neighbors, is subjected to constant pressure (bullying, sanctions, etc.) from Western countries.


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The Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi has announced a new album titled Shiver that is due out October 2.In advance of the album he has released the second single for a track called Swill. This is an interesting song for Jonsi. It features an artistically impressive video which is at this point just expected from him. He never disappoints. The song itself has a little more of an indie edge to it than a typical song from Jonsi or Sigur Ros and is sung in English.
The album will have a few special guest surprises as well. Robyn is a guest on the track Salt Licorice and the one and only Liz Fraser will appear on the track Cannibal. That's pretty amazing star power which makes this one of our most anticipated albums of the year.
Last month, Jonsi released the first single Exhale last month which is a different style song mixing some elements of trip hop and electronica.
The track listing for Shiver is below. Pre-orders are available now at Amazon.
Cannibal (with Elizabeth Fraser)
Wildeye
Sumarið sem aldrei kom
Kórall
Salt Licorice (with Robyn)
Swill
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Community artists feature in summer exhibition in Stradbally
'Dialogues', by Una Sealy RHA, is the summer exhibition in the Laois Arthouse which features portraits by the artist and the works of produced by community participants of a workshop run by Una in Stradbally.
Una conducted two, two-day workshops and eighteen participants took part. They each painted a portrait of the sitters who sat for them. The eighteen portraits are on view and it has been remarked how different each one is and how accomplished each work is, in its own way.
In summing up her experience at Stradbally Una Sealy said.
"My time spent as Artist in Residence at Laois Arthouse was a very positive experience. To live and work, and to have my portraits of family and friends exhibited, all in the same Centre is something quite special. In addition to this, it was wonderful to work with two groups of participants on portrait painting workshops, where the artists worked directly from live models, creating connections and dialogues that don't emerge when working from photographs.
"The participants came from far and wide, and from differing artistic backgrounds. They were at different stages but were all heading in the same direction, and all progressed on that journey, as did I. One thing I love about workshops is that I also pick up lots of tips, from ingenious painting equipment to unusual under-painting colours, not to mention many new friends. It is particularly special, that the amazing portraits made during the workshop, will be exhibited alongside my own work in the Dialogues exhibition," she said.
Una, is based in north Co. Dublin. She paints domestic interiors, streetscape, landscape and portraiture. She paints from observation and often the compositions evolve organically, with elements appearing and disappearing before the final arrangement is arrived at. The works form a kind of visual autobiography.
The exhibition also featured portraits by Una. It showcased a personal selection of works depicting friends and family, shown together for the first time.
Una works from life, and spends varying amounts of time with her sitters, from a single three-hour sitting, to longer-term projects requiring multiple sessions. This connection between artist and sitter is important to Sealy, as the resulting conversations inform the work, and contribute to a certain fluidity in the paint handling. The aim is that the resulting work somehow encapsulates time passing, as opposed to one static moment.
The exhibition was opened in June by Sinéad Ó Reilly, Head of Local Arts and Participation at the Arts Council of Ireland.
"The Arts Council welcomes and supports the role that Laois County Council has in how an artist finds community, and how communities and individuals benefit from the arts. The programme at the Laois Arthouse is an important expression of that and Una Sealy's workshops and exhibition is another excellent event in Stradbally.'
The exhibition opens until September 5.
Further details from Muireann Ní Chonaill, Arts Officer, Laois County Council artsoff@laoiscoco.ie
Laois Arthouse opening times: Tuesday and Thursday 1pm-5pm & 5.30pm-8pm Eircode: R32-DT28
Saturday 10am-1pm (through the Library)
Wednesday and Friday 1pm-4pm (through the Laois Arthouse)
For more details: T 057 8664109/4033 E artsoff@laoiscoco.ie


The Broken Sword murder mystery adventure comes to Wii, but is this the definitive version?
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut starts with the player in control of charming Parisian photo-journalist Nicole Collard, who witnesses the brutal and horrifying murder of one of Paris's richest and most influential statesmen.
During her investigations, which feature exclusive new locations, Nico meets amiable American George Stobbart, who has been unwittingly caught up in the sinister and bloody theft of an ancient manuscript. Together, they are drawn into a terrifying conspiracy rooted in a long-forgotten medieval legend.
Still one of the best adventures ever.


This library helps to you on the process related to data binds between your model entities and your application UI, offering a bidirectional data channel.
Use @BindTo annotation on your model class fields to configure binding between your model and your UI views.
//Use this code to start the data binding process.
//  In this case execute the binding between your Model Class and your app UI.
//Use this code to start the reversed data binding process.
//  In this case execute the binding between your app UI and your Model Class.
IMPORTANT!! Look the methods setSource and setDestination of the Binder.Builder, these methods establish the data binding direction. For example, if you set at source your Model class and set into Destination you ViewGroup, when you call to the bind method, this will be the natural direction of the data. And you will need to call bindReverse method to invert the direction of the data.
Occasionally you will need adapt the data stored in your model to show this on your app UI or vice-versa. For example, think on a Calendar field. Well, you can create your own data parser for example to format this date before to show this on the ui.
First, create your own data parser class.
//IMPORTANT!!, don't forget extend your class from com.mobandme.android.bind.parser.DataParser class.
Second, configure your custom data parser on your model class fields. And that is all.
When you use for example a custom views or a view not supported by default by the library, the you need a custom Data Binder. This class allow to manage the logic between de data and the view.
First, create your own data binder class.
//IMPORTANT!!, don't forget extend your class from com.mobandme.android.bind.binder.DataBinder class.
Second, configure your custom data binder on your model class fields. And that is all.
If you use Proguard to obfuscate your project, don't forget put this configuration into your proguard-rules.pro file.
IMPORTANT!!, If you use Proguard, you will need mark your model classes with @BindableModel annotation.


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Distance between Bela-Bela and Bapsfontein. How many miles from Bela-Bela to Bapsfontein.
The straight distance between Bela-Bela (Limpopo) and Bapsfontein (Gauteng) is 77.09 mi, but the driving distance is 94.24 mi.
It takes to go from Bela-Bela to Bapsfontein.


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Divorced father tries to pay child support with pizza, court agrees
May 31, 2016 DF Balita SOCIAL NEWS
Nicola Toso split with his wife Nicoletta Zuin in 2002, and he agreed to pay child support for their 6-year-old daughter
When recession struck the southern European country in 2008, the father could no longer afford to give the support in cash
Instead of money, Toso offered to give pizzas, calzones and other meals from his restaurant, in the same agreed amount of child support
Zuin sued Toso alleging him of non-payment of child support, to which the judge didn't agree
VENICE, Italy – A court in Italy has acquitted a divorced father for offering to pay child support with pizza.
An article by Italian newspaper II Gazzettino said that Nicola Toso split with his wife Nicoletta Zuin in 2002, and the father agreed to pay child support for their daughter, who was 6 years old at the time.
The agreed child support amount was 300 euros, or about $335 per month.
However, as recession struck the southern European country in 2008, the 50-year-old father who is a professional pizza maker from Padua, could no longer afford to give the support in cash.
Instead of money, Toso offered to give pizzas, calzones and other meals from his restaurant; in the same worth of the agreed amount of child support.
"In lieu of money, the defendant offered his ex-wife the same amount of compensation in the form of take-away pizzas from his workplace, an offer promptly rejected as 'beggar's change,'" said Judge Chiara Bitozzi in her ruling.
An article by Lee Moran for the Huffington Post said that Toso went on to remarry and have three more children with his second wife. And by 2010, he was sued by Zuin alleging him of non-payment of child support.
The complaint pushed through as a criminal case, which was heard at a courthouse in Padua last week.
In his defense, Toso's attorney argued that the father still fulfilled all his other custody obligations despite enduring extremely tough times. Toso also said that he took in his daughter in 2011 when Zuin's relationship with her mother broke down.
Judge Bitozzi found there was no evidence of any crime being committed, and Toso was acquitted of the criminal charges.
Huffington Post, The Telegraph, II Gazzettino
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This week Pat kicks things off with a diatribe against the mood whiplash that we experience going through the Criterion Collection in spine order, which also gives away that we recorded last week's episode out of sequence since Pat says that Hearts and Minds was our last episode and...it wasn't.
We're talking Anthony "Puffin" Asquith's incredibly faithful 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and while often a too-faithful adaptation can be grating, this is Oscar Wilde. Probably helps that it's a short 3-scene stage play. Still, Puffin's is definitive. Productions are still aping his style decades later, not that that keeps modern productions from doing interesting things.


Kids at South Glens Falls High School are taking aim at another record-setting fundraising goal for the 39th annual Marathon Dance on March 4-5.
Last year's event raised more than $621,000 for dozens of beneficiaries including local residents with serious medical conditions and a variety of non-profit groups such as Lyme Action Network, Open Door Mission and Rebuilding Together Saratoga.
In its first 38 years the dance raised approximately $4.82 million, meaning that total fundraising will top the $5 million mark by the time all of this year's donations are collected.
A student committee has identified 43 beneficiaries this year.
Opening ceremonies are at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4 at the South High gymnasium. The dance concludes the next night when the fundraising total is announced.
More than 80 percent of the study body takes part and each of these more than 800 students must collect at least $150 to participate.
Many fundraising activities have already been taking place in the community. Texas Roadhouse, which recently opened a new restaurant in Queensbury, donated all proceeds from a two-day "soft" opening, totaling more than $10,000.
Several other restaurants have donated a portion of a given day's receipts to the event.
This Saturday, Kingpin's Alley–Galactic Bowling in South Glens Falls is holding a fundraising event and on Sunday, St. Michael's Church will hold a benefit breakfast.
The middle school and all four elementary schools in South Glens Falls Central School District are also contributing with activities including a basket raffle, read-a-thon and mini-dance marathon, which Ballard Road school is holding on Thursday, March 3.
A variety of fundraising activities also take place at South High during the dance. Kip Dare of Kipper's Clippers is organizing the annual cut-a-thon and Marathon Dance apparel and photos taken at the dance are sold throughout the event as well as massages, hair wraps and face painting.
The annual 50/50 raffle has $500 prizes. The concession stand provides baked goods, beverages, and a variety of hot lunch and dinner items donated by local businesses and individuals. The live and silent auctions also take place during the dance with a selection of items donated by local businesses and individuals. The silent auction begins Friday evening and ends early Saturday evening.
For the first time ever, spectators may only visit the school by shuttle. The parking lot is reserved for handicapped persons and past and present dance beneficiaries.
Shuttle bus parking will be available at Tanglewood Elementary School, Mr. Bill's restaurant, Kingpin's Alley, United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church. Shuttle buses will run continuously from 5:15-11 p.m. Friday, March 4 and from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5; and re-starting after the dance finale.


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What a wonderful holiday weekend. I flew down to San Antonio to spend time with my new beaux, David. After a relaxing Thursday evening, we spent Friday riding bikes a long the green belt to tour all the missions, now named a World Heritage Site.
The City of San Antonio owes its existence to the rich mission heritage. A mission was an institution used by the Spanish to transplant their culture to frontier regions. The missions taught native people not only the Catholic faith, but also many occupational skills and the way of the Spanish government.
We started out at Mission Espada which was founded in East Texas in 1690 as San Francisco de Los Tejas. The oldest East Texas mission was moved to the San Antonio River in 1731 and was renamed to San Francisco de la Espada. Here, the Spanish Franciscan mission taught American Indians farming, black smithing, weaving, masonry and more. It was the only San Antonio Mission that made brick and tile. The Spanish language and Catholicism was the adopted way of life of the 52 families that called the mission home.
The compound was expanded in 1770 to include a granary as the earlier granary was converted to a church. Its acequia, a spanish watercourse, has operated continuously since 1745! Today the mission is the most complete complex of the San Antonio Missions and is a very active parish.
From Mission Espada we followed the lazy San Antonio River to an old aqueduct built over Piedras Creek. I can't believe I've been to San Antonio so many times and have never made it to all these historic sites, only the Alamo.
We decided to stay on the west side of the river and continued to our next stop, Mission San José. Mission San José was big and as such is known as the Queen of the Missions. It was founded by Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus in 1720. Its imposing walls encompassed a large square lined with Indian quarters. A bastion was built in one corner to protect against attack. The mission also includes a grist mill which was built in 1794 and operated until 1809. It was used to grind wheat into flour for communions wafers and loaves of bread. The grist mill was restored to working order in 2001. Of course, the most important structure to all the missions was the church. Mission San Jose's church features a rose window known as the premier example of Spanish Colonial ornamentation in the USA.
With our meandering pace, lunch was upon us. We stopped for authentic Mexican food at Cascabel's. I ordered pork gorditas and the server asked, "what kind of pork…we have four choices!!" I let her pick and I wasn't disappointed though I did have a lead weight in my belly as we started back down the green belt to visit two more missions. David got a big bowl of Birria…goat soup!
After a short detour, we stopped at Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisma Concepción de Acuña. Mission Concepción, founded in 1731, has remained virtually unchanged since its inception over 250 years ago. The mission is one of the country's oldest stone churches. It served as a religious center and upon entering the mission the Coahuiltecan Indians were expected to give up their own religion, culture, and traditions for the Spanish way of life.
The Moors influence on the Spanish is displayed through the knowledge of geometry and astronomy in the construction of Mission Concepción. Built high into the west wall above the choir loft is an ocular window through which sunlight pours during solar equinoxes. Frescos which adorned all missions can still be seen at Mission Concepción. The mission is one of the country's oldest stone churches. The mission served as a religious center and upon entering the mission the Coahuiltecan Indians were expected to give up their own religion, culture, and traditions for the Spanish way of life.
Our final stop was at Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was also moved from East Texas in 1731. By 1745, the mission had recruited 41 indigenous families. It was expanded in 1770 to accommodate Spanish families as well. Mission San Juan was both an agricultural and weaving center which produced crops such as corn, beans, sugar cane, and watermelon.
This is David's favorite due to its quaint church. It was fun to walk around each mission complex and compare some of the differences. I loved all the old wood gates and doors, crosses, and frankly the natural crumbling walls that used to be painted in bright colors. I'm not sure which mission was my favorite. Perhaps the first one we visited just because I wasn't sure what to expect.
What a fun day we had before we headed off to the Texas hill country for a romantic weekend! ETB
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We regret to inform you that all the hype about The Lokal restaurant is true.
Ever since The Lokal opened sometime last year, we have read so many reviews, blogs and other propaganda about it. So much so that we had Lokal overdose even without ever stepping foot in it. The impression we got was that it was just another hipster cafe with the usual attractions of all day breakfast, artisanal coffee and expensive cakes. We finally had the chance to visit The Lokal to see what the hype was all about.
Almost everyone will know by now that The Lokal Singapore is located in a nicely restored shophouse at the junction of Neil Road and Bukit Pasoh Road. As such it has a deep and narrow space. The official signboard is hardly visible so a makeshift stand-alone one is there to direct pedestrian traffic into the restaurant. Not that it is necessary as there were streams of people who knew exactly where they wanted to go on a Sunday morning. By 11.30am, it was peak hour and there was a queue outside. We were fortunate to get a table by arriving slightly earlier.
So far, the look and feel of Lokal was no different from any other trendy cafe, simple decor with lots of good-looking people. Even the menu didn't look any different. We only understood the hype when the food arrived.
The Sunday roast which was a roasted half-chicken ($25) was the most delicious roast chicken we had eaten in a long while. All of it was tender and moist with no hint of dryness in any part of it. The accompanying gravy was a meat sauce which enhanced the taste of the chicken.
The grilled sausages ($23) were grilled to perfection. They were succulent and had none of the artificial preserved meat taste of some sausages. They were beautifully presented on a wooden platter with a fried egg and potatoes.
A very common dish, French Toast ($15) never tasted better than here at Lokal. It was a combination of the various items that made the dish, But we suspect the main reason was the quality of the bacon used and the way it was cooked. The texture was just right – crispy but not hard and brittle and with a good earthy flavour.
We had read a lot about the Toasted Banana Bread ($12) and therefore had to try it. The short answer to your unasked question is yes – it is as good as what those people had raved about it. The banana bread was rich and moist. The home-made yogurt and toasted macadamia nuts helped to nail it. Yummy!
We also ordered some extra sides – "pimp my breakfast" is their menu description. By comparison with the main items they were not so outstanding. The poached eggs ($6) were quite good and the baked beans ($6) were so so. In case you are thinking of dining at The Lokal cafe, here is a page from their menu.
We also had some cappuccinos ($6) and they were beautifully decorated. They were so well done that the designs stay in shape even till the end of the drink (provided you don't stir it of course).
And because it happened to be Mothers' Day, all the ladies had a complimentary glass of champagne each. That was a nice, unexpected gesture that we appreciated but which I assure you was not taken into consideration in this rather glowing review of the place.
It is usual to read many good reviews about new restaurants and you usually take them with a pinch of salt. In the case of the Lokal, we can confirm that what they say are quite true. If we have to pick on something that needed improvement, it was that the service was a bit rushed and abrupt. The packed restaurant may have something to do with it but the food here was really good.


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Elizabeth Smart's other journey
By Jessica Ravitz, CNN
In a courtroom in Utah this week, Elizabeth Smart revisited the darkest days of her life's journey. But her testimony came during a short break from a spiritual journey - one that has shielded her from reminders of her abduction, the nine-month ordeal and the attention that's followed her.
For more than a year, Smart, who recently turned 23, has been in the midst of her LDS Church mission, a rite of passage hallowed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Serving in Paris, France, she is among the 52,000 Mormon missionaries - most of them young adults; the others retired couples - who are knocking on doors and speaking 107 different languages in 180 countries, according to Lyman Kirkland, a church spokesman.
Those overseeing Smart's mission didn't return a call to CNN to discuss her missionary work. But if her time in the field is typical, here's a glimpse into how she's been living.
Jessica Ravitz - CNN Writer/Producer
Filed under: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Courts • France • Mormonism • Utah
Sikh Americans oppose turban screening at airports
Three of the largest Sikh advocacy groups in the United States are opposing airport passenger screening measures they say require hand-searches of turbans, despite the use of electronic imaging technology.
The Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund are lobbying members of Congress in an effort to pressure federal transportation authorities to re-examine a policy they say unfairly scrutinizes members of the Sikh community.
"Sikh Americans are already looked at differently in this country," said the Sikh Coalition's director of programs, Amardeep Singh. "Once you start pulling Sikhs aside for extra screening, it sends a message that the government is suspicious of them for the same reasons [other passengers] are suspicious of them."
The Editors - CNN Belief Blog
Filed under: Religious liberty • Sikh
World's tallest Jesus statue complete
Editor's Note: This report comes to us from CNN's This Just in Blog.
Workers in Poland finished erecting the world's tallest statue of Jesus over the weekend, a 170-foot (52-meter) giant that towers over the countryside near Swiebodzin.
"This is the culmination of my life's work as a priest. I felt inspired to fulfill Jesus' will, and today I give thanks to him for allowing me to fulfill his will," Father Zawadzki said after the head was attached by a 700-ton crane, according to a report from the Warsaw Business Journal.
A crane places the head on the world's tallest Jesus statue this weekend in Poland.
The height of the plaster and fiberglass Polish statue surpasses the 40.4-meter (133-foot) Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and the 39.6-meter (130-foot) Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to news reports.
Filed under: Belief • Christianity
Indonesian Muslims protest Obama's planned visit
Editor's Note: CNN's Andy Saputra files this report from Jakarta, Indonesia.
Muslims staged rallies across Indonesia on Sunday to protest U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to the southeast Asian nation this week.
The protests - organized by Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir - included women and children.
"We don't see the differences between Obama and Bush, they both oppress Muslims, they both have blood on their hands," said Ismail Yusanto, a spokesman for the Muslim group in Indonesia.
"That's why we reject Obama and we don't believe that he's reaching out to Muslims."
The spokesman said about 20,000 people attended the rallies.
With about 205 million Muslims, Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in Washington, D.C.
More than one in 10 of the world's Muslims live there.
Filed under: Barack Obama • Islam • Muslim • Politics
First openly gay Episcopal bishop to retire
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, said Saturday that death threats and continued worldwide controversy about his selection contributed to his decision to retire in January 2013.
Robinson's announced retirement surprised many of those attending the annual diocesan convention in Concord, New Hampshire.
The bishop, who has served in the post in New Hampshire since early 2004, said he is energized about his next two years of ministry and support of clergy and congregations as the process of naming his successor moves forward.
But turning 66 in 2013 and the "constant strain" from the church schism were factors in his decision, Robinson said in prepared remarks. The bishop said he is in his fifth year of sobriety after receiving treatment for alcohol abuse.
"The fact is, the last seven years have taken their toll on me, my family, and you," he told those attending the convention. "While I believe that these attitudes, mostly outside the Diocese, have not distracted me from my service to you, I would be less than honest if I didn't say that they have certainly added a burden and certain anxiety to my episcopate."
Filed under: Christianity • Culture wars • Episcopal • Gay rights • Homosexuality
Islam Channel breaks British broadcast rules, regulator says
Editor's Note: From CNN's Richard Allen Greene
Britain's Islam Channel broke broadcasting regulations by condoning marital rape, encouraging violence against women, and promoting an anti-Israel, pro-Hamas line, the country's broadcast regulator Ofcom ruled Monday.
One violation came during an advice program in which a female caller asked if a woman could hit her husband back if he was beating her. The host, as part of his answer, said the most a husband could do was hit her with a stick the size of a pen "just to make her feel that you are not happy with her."
The same host said in another program that for a woman to wear perfume when praying in a mosque made her a prostitute in the eyes of the Prophet Mohammed.
Richard Allen Greene - Newsdesk editor, The CNN Wire
Filed under: Belief • Britain • Courts • Europe • Islam • Muslim • TV
Behind the veil
Editor's Note: CNN Producer Gena Somra brings us this report from Yemen on CNN's Inside the Middle East Blog.
I've always been curious what life must be like for women who live behind the veil.
But I never thought I'd be in a position to experience it first hand.
As our team ventured out of Seiyun, Yemen, on our way to Tarim, I found myself pulling out my newly purchased niqab, and looking for help from my bewildered male teammates as to the proper way to adorn this thin and delicate piece of cloth.
After several unsuccessful tries to assemble it myself, our local fixer stepped in to assist. Soon I was looking at the world from a new (and somewhat uncomfortable) perspective.
September in this dry and dusty desert valley is scorching hot.... and being covered from head to toe in all black with only a tiny space for my eyes to glean the sun, seemed to draw the rays directly into me and intensify the already sapping heat that was bearing down on all of us.
The fabric was stretched and tied so tight that it cut across my lower eyelids and when I would blink I would feel its chiffon gently scratching my lashes. And even though I could breathe just fine, somehow this fabric over my nose and mouth made it feel like I could not. It was an unusual sensation to say the least.
Filed under: Islam • Middle East • Women
Gay Christians: WWJD?
Editor's Note: From CNN's Chris Welch and Jim Spellman
As more states consider whether or not to legalize gay marriage, church leaders have been forced to examine their theological position on homosexuality. They find themselves asking the question about gays and lesbians: What would Jesus do?
And they are coming to very different conclusions.
Some churches have decided to take the "hate the sin, love the sinner" approach by actively lobbying against gay marriage. Catholic leaders in Minnesota have turned to mass mailings as part of a media blitz to try to keep marriage between a man and a woman.
In Denver, an evangelical Christian pastor has split with his former church and started his own evangelical church that fully welcomes gays as worshipers and leaders.
Filed under: Catholic Church • Christianity • Gay marriage • Gay rights • Homosexuality


Pituitary tumors are complex, affecting many different functions of the body. Because of their delicate location (at the base of the brain) and the important functions they control (including growth, sexual function and metabolism), treating pituitary tumors requires a high level of skill and experience.
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A pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth that starts in the pituitary gland, located just below the brain. The pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus, linking the brain and the endocrine system, which is responsible for producing various hormones in your body. The pituitary gland is often called the "master gland" because the hormones it makes control the level of hormones made by the other endocrine glands.
Growth hormone (GH): An excess of GH in an adult can cause acromegaly.
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH): TSH regulates metabolism, and too much can cause hyperthyroidism.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH): An excess of ACTH causes Cushing's disease.
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): These hormones affect reproductive glands in men and women.
Prolactin: This hormone is responsible for milk production in women; too much can cause irregular menstrual periods in women.
Vasopressin, or antidiuretic hormone (ADH): ADH allows the kidneys to retain water. Too little ADH can cause diabetes insipidus.
Oxytocin: This hormone helps the uterus contract when a woman is in labor and stimulates the breasts to release milk.
Our team includes one of the only specialists in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in treating rare, complex posterior pituitary tumors. Thanks to this expertise, MedStar Pituitary Center is uniquely situated to handle any complications or problems relating to posterior pituitary tumors.
Part of the complexity in diagnosing pituitary tumors is that they can cause a wide range of symptoms. Symptoms vary widely depending on the type of tumor you have.
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CIRCULÉIRE Innovation Fund Awardees (2020 – 2022)
CIRCULÉIRE's overarching objective
between 2020-2022 is to source, test,
finance, and scale, circular
manufacturing systems, supply chains
and circular business models
CIRCULÉIRE is the first cross-sectoral industry-led innovation network dedicated to accelerating the net-zero carbon circular economy in Ireland. CIRCULÉIRE is a €4.5m public- private partnership co-created by Irish Manufacturing Research (Secretariat), and three Strategic Partners; the Department for Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EIT Climate-KIC and a growing cross-sectoral network of Industry Members.
CIRCULÉIRE's overarching objective between 2020-2022 is to source, test, finance, and scale, circular manufacturing systems, supply chains and circular business models to deliver significant reductions in both CO2 emissions and waste across our Industry Membership over the programmes' lifespan.
Below is an overview of the circular economy innovation demonstration projects awarded funding from CIRCULÉIRE's ring-fenced innovation fund to date:
1: LLLB Centre of Excellence (2020)
Project Title: LLLB Centre of Excellence
Project Short Title or Acronym: LLLB-CE
Number of Partners
including the Lead Partner: 3
(in whole months)
Project Lead /Coordinator: WEEE Ireland
Partner #1: KMK Metals Recycling
Partner #2: Wisetek
Solutions Awarded: 2020
LLLB-CE Innovation Demonstration Summary
Long-Life Lithium Batteries (LLLB) are a future resource for a more circular economy in Ireland.
LLLBs, sourced from Electric Vehicles (EVs), other mobility applications, IT and energy storage systems, that have reached the end of their first life (typically 7-10 years in an EV), can be tested, stabilised & repurposed for alternative applications such as additional power storage systems. There are currently some early programmes establishing pilot projects in Norway, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland but there are no facilities in Ireland undertaking this at present.
The goal of LLLB-CE is to research and develop a safe and circular LLLB management system in Ireland; enabling secure removal, collection, sorting and discharging of these waste batteries which can be repurposed as second life energy storage batteries or other applications, to be used again in Ireland.
Developing this process, training more people in Ireland to handle LLLB environmental management as well as connecting and developing expertise will support the establishment of a collaborative knowledge cluster; A Battery Centre of Excellence. It will help create employment opportunities across the sector and encourage training pathways for circular economy upskilling of operatives currently working in the material sorting and recycling sector in Ireland.
For further information on the LLLB CE Innovation Demonstration Project see the open-access case study available here
2: White Goods Repair Skillset for a Circular Economy (2020)
Project Title: Skillset for a Circular Economy
Project Short Title or Acronym: Skillset
Partner #1: Fastrack into IT (FIT)
Partner #2: White Goods Association (WGA)
Skillset Innovation Demo Summary
Repair can be considered one of first and most preferred methods in the WEEE circular economy pathway; to prolong the use phase as it preserves the original state, embedded energy and material of a product. Repair can extend the lifecycle of the product for an initial user or support more second life reuse with one or more end users. If eco-design and vailability of spare parts are crucial, to ensure the lifespan of an appliance can be extended, then the availability of repair skills and trained repair technicians is a critical central component which is currently lacking in Ireland.
The Skillset innovation demonstration project (Circular Economy Skills Initiative) is a collaboration between WEEE Ireland, in partnership with FIT, an industry-led training initiative and registered social enterprise not for profit organisation (www.fit.ie), and the White Goods Association (WGA), an IBEC coordinated industry trade association which represents most of the major manufacturers and distributors of white goods products in Ireland.
This project is unique in that it has industry wide support and input. The White Goods Association members inputted into the Skills Needs Analysis which was undertaken as part of this, and which determines the skills required and training modules to be undertaken by the trainees. This training is also one of the first to include a Circular Economy/Sustainability module as an integral part of the course.
The Circular Economy Skills Initiative project aims to tackle the skills and training bottleneck that exists and help establish more repair and reuse specialists in the white goods sector through circular economy skillset training and the development of formal QQI Accredited appliance repair qualifications in Ireland.
As of July 2021, applicants for The Circular Economy Skills nitiative are seeking applicants to the training programme which can be viewed here – https://fit.ie/circular-economy skills-initiative/
For further information on the White Goods Repair Skillet Innovation Demonstration Project see the open-access case study available here
3: Advanced Robotics to capture Critical Raw Materials in WEEE recycling for a Circular Economy (2021)
Project Title: Advanced Robotics to capture Critical
Raw Materials in WEEE recycling for
a Circular Economy
Project Short Title or Acronym: RoboCRM
Project Lead /Coordinator: FPD Technologies
Partner #1: Robotics & Drives
Partner #2: University of Limerick
RoboCRM Innovation Demo Summary
The global economy is at a transition point, moving from the traditional "make, use and discard" linear manufacturing model which has not changed since the Industrial Revolution to a more sustainable and reusable solution that is the Circular
Economy. With an ever-increasing population and limited resources, we need to cease discarding our products and materials when they reach End-of-Life (EOL) and instead "close the loop" by re-using them as raw materials to remanufacture and improve our resource efficiency.
Within the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) sector, circularity is already evident in the recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) devices and products which are End-of-Life. Although WEEE recycling has been in operation for over a decade now, the process is far from effective in recovering all of the necessary resources and materials needed for manufacturing the next generation of devices.
Batteries are one of the richest sources of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) for WEEE recycling plants. However, more and more appliances nowadays already contain some form of integrated battery or power pack which the user cannot easily remove or replace. This means these devices are effectively WEEE once their batteries are used up, and when are sent for recycling. However, the conditions for such an operation are not safe for human operators -we need a flexible, automated system to
address this challenge.
RoboCRM uses non-destructive detection methods (such as computer vision systems) in conjunction with pattern recognition and an artificial intelligence engine to identify and sort batteries and electronics containing batteries from the main
WEEE stream. Once identified and categorised, these battery powered WEEE items can be processed to support greater recovery of raw materials and CRMs. This will help close the loop on this aspect of the WEEE stream.
Recycling of CRMs will enable circular economies in manufacturing
4: Circular Economy & The Power of Many (2021)
Project Title: Circular Economy & The Power of Many
Project Short Title or Acronym: #CEPowerofMany
Project Lead /Coordinator: Freefoam Plastics Ltd
Partner #1: Mulligan Guttering Ltd
Partner #2: Glenveagh Properties PLC
Partner #3: Shabra Plastics & Recycling
#CEPowerofMany Innovation Demo Summary
In 2017, packaging waste in Europe reached a record 173kg per inhabitant. If we drill down this figure, construction packaging waste plays a significant part in this.
The purpose of #CEPowerofMany is to develop a take back scheme for all the materials that are delivered for an installation of roofline building products. These materials are delivered to a construction site for a new or existing house, but do not form part of the end installation. This includes minor leftover parts of the actual product installed. It also includes protective packaging that these products are wrapped in to ensure they are clean and fit for purpose when they arrive on site.
As part of the project Freefoam will review its packaging and look to redesign the methods and materials used to aid in the recovery and reuse process. They will also explore the potential for other contractors on the construction sites to put their packaging materials into the same take back supply chain if the materials are compatible. Also, Freefoam will partner with Shabra Plastics to develop a closed loop system from Freefoams production plant in Cork to Shabras plant in Monaghan, for all PE-LD and cardboard that flows into Freefoam.
5: Sustainable Use of Carbon Contributes to Environmentally Sustainable Systems (SUCCESS) (2021)
Project Title: Sustainable Use of Carbon Contributes
to Environmentally Sustainable Systems
Project Short Title/ Acronym: SUCCESS
Project Duration: 9 months
Project Lead: Dawn Meats
Partner #1: BHSL
Funding Awarded: 2021
SUCCESS Summary
Dawn Meats is one of Europe's largest food processing companies producing 430,000 tonnes of added value meat products annually, sourced from over 30,000 farmers. It has carried out an analysis on all by-products derived from the food production business with the objective of quantifying energy levels in animal by-products and sludge. The potential for this green energy married well with the efforts of BHSL (an animal waste to energy technology provider) and researchers at University of Limerick who had already delivered a similar project and commercial success for the poultry sector.
The BHSL technology is capable of being used on a small to medium scale level and can extract and convert the energy into a usable form. University of Limerick researchers have been working with BHSL on both the technology and nutrient values derived from the combustion process. This consortium seeks to deliver Ireland's first circular meat processing demonstration plant extracting maximum renewable energy from processing side-streams and residues while creating a high-value end product to service the growing biofertilizer sector. This project has the potential to transform Ireland's meat processing sector into a circular economy model bringing benefits to the environment, economy, and society.
6: Upcycled Insulation (2022)
Project Title: Upcycled Insulation
Project Lead: Cirtex
Partner #1: Interior Creations Ltd
Partner #2: Longford County Council
Partner #3: Clare County Council
Upcycled Insulation Summary
Tens of thousands of tonnes of mattresses, pillows, duvets, furniture, and postproduction waste, like offcuts from those industries, are incinerated each year. Ireland has no answer to upcycling this end-of-life material.
Cirtex Ltd is a new Irish company that can turn this soft padding material into insulation and other useful products which can be further upcycled when they reach their "End of Life". Cirtex will demonstrate with Clare and Longford Co Councils that these materials can be collected from the public in a clean and effective manner. Cirtex will also work with a bed manufacturer and recover postproduction waste and then convert these materials into viable Insulation Products for housing and padding for the furniture and bedding industry.
Following a successful innovation demonstration, this project will have the potential to be scaled up and rolled out across a broader cohort of recycling centres and take-back schemes for retailers. In addition to being a direct diversion from landfill and incineration, it is also providing a sustainable alternative in the same quantities to existing building insulation, furniture and bedding manufacturers for their production process. It will also create industrial symbiosis by providing a viable upcycling outlet for used material and providing green alternatives to their supply chain.
7: Circular by Design (2022)
Project Title: Circular by Design
Project Lead: Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
Partner #1: National College of Art and Design
Circular by Design Summary
The global textiles and apparel industry is the joint third highest emitter of greenhouse gases globally 1 and operates in an almost completely linear 'take-make-waste' system. To address this challenge, The Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI), the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) and the Creative Futures Academy (CFA) have come together to design and launch 'Circular By Design'; a first-of-a-kind training programme that supports textile and fashion designers, brands and manufacturers to make the transition to circular practices in every step of their design practice, value chain and business model.
In its first pilot year, Circular By Design will equip 7-10 Irish textiles and apparel businesses with the knowledge and skills needed to design materials, products and businesses for circularity. Upon completion, participants will have a foundational knowledge of the circular economy, and will have redesigned their value propositions, materials, products, services, and business models according to circular principles.
It will also connect Irish designers, brands, and manufacturers with peers, experts, and innovators, both nationally and internationally, through a Community of Practice (CoP). Finally, the project will demonstrate and showcase the power of circular design within Ireland's textile and apparel industry, by developing and disseminating best practices through an Innovation Festival and Toolkit.
8: Do more with Less (2022)
Project Title: Do More With Less
Project Lead: Farrell Furniture
Partner #1: GMIT – Letterfrack
Partner #2: Office of Public Works
Do More with Less Summary
A collaborative furniture take-back and remanufacturing scheme that moves Government from green procurement to circular procurement. The goal of this collaboration is to develop and implement a series of small-scale demonstrations of circularity within the public sector.
There are two streams within the project. In the first, obsolete office furniture, that would have been manufactured by Farrell in the mid 2000's, will be taken back from the Office of Public Works (OPW) and repaired, remanufactured and then redistributed throughout the public sector. In the second stream, a series of classic chairs that are no longer manufactured, will be studied and reverse engineered by GMIT. This will allow their repair and reuse, keeping this classic price of Irish Design in use for many years to come.
The project will demonstrate, using these two examples, how a take-back system can operate across a variety of divergent products and document the process of moving to a more circular procurement model.
9: MEDAL: MED Devices A new Life (2022)
Project Title: MEDAL: MED Devices A new Life
Project Short Title/ Acronym: MEDAL
Project Lead: Offerre
Partner #1: Peregrine Technologies Ltd
MEDAL Summary
The health sector is responsible for 4.6 % of global greenhouse gas emissions, and approximately the same proportion of pollutant air emissions. Part of the reason for this high level of emissions is due to an increasingly reliance on single-use disposable devices, particularly in high-income countries.
Experience to date supports the proposition that the volume of individual producer wearable medical devices is insufficient to cost justify standalone take-back, deposit, or send back schemes. Several producers have discontinued take-back schemes for cost reasons. There is support from producers for a cost-efficient take-back and reprocessing system for these devices, extending product use, in compliance with reprocessing protocols and maintaining product integrity.
This take-back system will be designed using the principles of high performance; convenience; producer engagement and system integrity, taking into consideration the requirements of key stakeholders and regulators. Whilst there is general acknowledgement that a circular model must value public health and sustainability, the device consumer is a critical link in achieving high recycling rates for medical devices.
For this reason, this research will address consumer behavioural routines relating to disposal practices. The demonstrator model will assess automation solutions for cleaning and de-manufacturing and support the circular design of products and packaging. The system will provide a cloud-based platform allowing device consumers to interact with the producers of these devices.
10: C-SUP | Circularising Single-Use Plastic
Project Title: C-SUP | Circularising Single-Use Plastic
Project Lead: Novelplast Teoranta
Partner : Irish Green Labs; Envetec Sustainable Technologies Limited; CÚRAM,
NUI Galway; Technical University of the
Shannon (TUS) Midlands and Connacht &
Ulster RWO)
C-SUP Summary
Within the Irish laboratory ecosystem, large volumes of high-quality carbon-intensive plastic are used extensively. The majority of plastic supplied to labs in Ireland comes from Germany, the UK or the US with most being incinerated in Ireland after a single use. A recent national lab plastics audit completed by NUIG and Irish Manufacturing Research revealed that polypropylene pipette tips are the most common single-use lab plastic items being discarded.
This demonstration project, Circularising Single-Use- Plastic (C-SUP), seeks to speed up the circular evolution of Irish laboratories by demonstrating that single-use polypropylene (PP) labware could become a novel feedstock for Irish recyclers.
This circular solution provides a way for lab workers to reduce the negative impact that their research is having on the environment. Once this idea is disseminated via the Irish Green Labs network to the thousands of Irish labs, the purchasing of recycled PP labware by Irish lab workers, would become 'the norm', thus, boosting the local circular economy while also helping to mitigate against Ireland's GHG emissions.
Under the umbrella of Irish Green Labs, the lead organisation Novelplast Teoranta is partnering with Envetec Sustainability Ltd, and researchers based in the Technical University of the Shannon (TUS) and NUI Galway.


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Attitudinal barriers arise in part due to each individual's unique frame of reference, which is the sum of their beliefs, past experiences, fears, hopes and expectations. A person's frame of reference consists of personal, professional and organizational elements, any or all of which can filter, distort or obscure information or result in selective attention to information.
These barriers may be caused by such factors as poor management, personal conflicts, personal attitudes of individuals (which may be due to dissatisfaction or lack of motivation at work brought about by insufficient training) or just resistance to change.
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Sugar is evil: science trumped but advice spot on
By Charmian Smith
While a little bit of sugar occasionally may not be detrimental to most people, large amounts of it is damaging the health of an increasing number of people. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
When Prof Jim Mann was a young man, his father, a GP, was obsessed about people eating too much sugar.
Charmian Smith
"He'd say 'you boys' - referring to me and my friends - 'you are all eating too much sugar. You'll be fat and your teeth will fall out'. That was in the 1950s," he said.
It was also long before John Yudkin's book, Pure, White and Deadly, proclaimed that sugar was dangerous to health.
However, Yudkin's science was poor and many other scientists and researchers at the time, including Prof Mann, tended to dismiss his conclusions, although, ironically as it turned out, subsequent research showed his advice was right although much of his science was faulty.
"We know a lot more about the science, the biochemistry and the effect sugar can have on fat metabolism now," Prof Mann, a leading diabetes researcher, Otago University professor in human nutrition and medicine and director of the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge, said.
For 20 years he has also advised the World Health Organisation (WHO) about the role of nutrition in diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
Healthier Lives Challenge director Prof Jim Mann is also co-director of the University of Otago's Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre.
While a little bit of sugar occasionally may not be detrimental to most people, the large amounts of it, along with fats and rapidly digested starches, found in many processed and fast foods, not to mention sugar-sweetened drinks, is damaging the health of an increasing number of people.
Apart from adding calories without nutrients and causing weight gain, sugar can be converted into fats, deposited in the liver, causing fatty liver, and have an effect on blood sugar and blood pressure.
The effect of sugar on tooth decay is sometimes overlooked.
"If you look at the picture globally, dental health is most important especially in developing countries where they don't have good dental care and they don't have fluoride," he said.
"In addition to the more obvious consequences of poor dental health, people forget that bad dental disease is an important cause of inability to control your blood sugar if you have diabetes - any chronic infection can do that but dental caries is one of the commonest causes of chronic infection."
A couple of decades ago the WHO published figures saying that 6% of the global health budget was a consequence of dental caries and it must be worse than that now, he said.
Sugar, saturated fat and rapidly digested starches such as white flour, bread and other baked goods made from it, and white rice, along with ultra-processed food, fast food and sugar-sweetened drinks contribute significantly to obesity, which is a major cause of diabetes and diabetes is now probably one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease.
However, Prof Mann says, it's important to keep the big picture in perspective when talking about obesity and diabetes.
"People often talk about the risk of Covid overwhelming the health system in a country like New Zealand. However, short of a major epidemic of infectious disease, diabetes is putting a far greater strain on the healthcare system."
Prof Mann was part of a team which produced ''The Cost of Type 2 Diabetes'' report, which was presented to Parliament earlier this year.
It says the diabetes problem is on a trajectory to reach even greater epidemic proportions than at present here and overseas in the next 20 years despite being largely preventable, able to be managed effectively and, in some cases, reversed. At present diabetes costs New Zealand just under 0.7% of GDP, about $2.1billion, and is going to rise steeply.
"It's costing the country an absolute fortune and what is really scary is that people are getting it younger and younger. In the past the onset of type 2 diabetes was typically in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Now it may be diagnosed in 14 or 15-year-olds or even younger in those with a strong family history and sections of the population known to have high rates, but anybody can get it."
The report goes on to look at the cost-benefit analysis of interventions such as better drugs and better foot care to prevent amputations for people who have diabetes, and also two nutritional and lifestyle interventions for prevention and reversal.
Overseas, putting at-risk people into a lifestyle programme has demonstrated a huge cost-benefit, he said.
Nearly 20 years ago he was one of a team working on the Healthy Eating Healthy Action strategic framework for making major changes to our social and physical environment to make it easier for everyone to eat well, be physically active and attain and maintain a healthy weight.
It was introduced when Helen Clark was prime minister and Pete Hodgson minister of health but it was abandoned by the Key government and never reintroduced, he said.
"It was aimed at young people, not just schools. It was getting to the population through young people, particularly Maori and Pasifika, and the influence young people could have on their families. That is the real issue for me, the population issue."
The current Healthy Families and Healthy School Lunches programmes were helpful for some but were really just "fiddling around the edges of the real problem", he said.
"My dilemma - everybody's dilemma - is how do you get this message across positively without fat-shaming and all that kind of thing? Those are the important issues for the country."
One exciting recent development in diabetes care is that if people with diabetes lose an appreciable amount of weight in a few months, usually with a formula diet, they often go into remission.
People with Type 2 diabetes weigh on average around 100kg and have been eating unhealthily, but if they can lose about 15kg there's a good chance they can go off their medication for at least three years or longer, provided the weight loss is sustained on a healthy, balanced diet, he said.
"The thing is it requires support - you need people, family, to support you. You need to have access to decent food, which we do have in New Zealand, and it must be affordable."
Many studies have shown healthy food is not necessarily more expensive than processed and fast food but it is more costly in terms of time and energy to plan and shop.
"If you are poor and working at four jobs, you just don't have the time for meal planning. It's much easier to buy some fish and chips," he said.
Many lower socioeconomic neighbourhoods don't have fruit and vegetable shops, but do have a lot of fast food outlets.
Transnational food companies have a big effect on global and local food systems, including marketing unhealthy food and drink to school children.
The analogy with the tobacco industry often comes up in this context, but Prof Mann thinks most of the Big Food industries are behaving more sensibly now.
"It's not necessarily because they want to but because there is so much pressure on them. I think they've stopped rubbishing the fact that sugar isn't so good for you."
Nevertheless, the report of a new global study by Newcastle University in Australia released in August this year says that one in five published researchers reported being pressured by funders to delay, change or not publish their findings of health behavioural studies when they are unfavourable to the funders' interests.
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Pat. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 2:18pm #
Consumption of saturated fat is more likely to result in heart disease, type-2 diabetes, and liver disease than consuming sugar or unsaturated fat, according to a study in Diabetes Care. This is supported by previous studies which have shown that a diet heavy in fatty meat is linked with liver disease. Risky saturated fats are found mostly in animal products. The study adds to a substantive and growing body of research suggesting that a plant-based diet is the best way to prevent heart disease, and prevent – and even reverse – type-2 diabetes.
RichardSeager Sat, 11/09/2021 - 4:53pm #
if only that was so, Pat.
I do wonder at the role of sugar in the diet of the child, is it a case of give me the child by 17 and I'll show you the adult? I fully agree with the author, sugar is poison. Saturated fats too, but sugar is still a poison.
Corrin Lakeland Mon, 13/09/2021 - 2:49pm #
That's not how I would have phrased it.
You're right, it does look like animal fats increase the risk of diabetes, but the effect is minor compared to sugar. If someone eliminated 95% of the refined sugar from their diet while continuing to eat animal fats every couple days, then their risk of diabetes is not substantially higher than someone that also eliminates the animal fats.
At least, that's my understanding.


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Committee Says Licensed Spectrum, Wireless Networks Could Support Drone Tracking
By Andy Szal | December 21, 2017
A federal panel this week suggested that existing wireless networks could help identify and track commercial drones once they are authorized by regulators.
The report, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee, identified networked cellular —existing networks and devices on licensed spectrum — as one of eight "viable technology solutions" for remote drone tracking.
The group noted that cellular provides secure, two-way communications and that networks already cover nearly the entire U.S. population. In addition, major wireless and chip companies are currently developing technologies to support "UAS C2 communications functions to include telemetry and tracking information."
"For cellular-capable UAS, objectives associated with ID and tracking for security purposes can be addressed by the systems already under testing and evaluation," the committee wrote in the report.
The FAA panel, however, noted that cellular coverage might not be available in all areas where drone identification is needed, such as during wildfires or other emergencies in remote locations.
Wireless industry group CTIA praised the report and its recommendations. The group had called for the use of licensed commercial spectrum as opposed to unlicensed spectrum or a dedicated band similar to those used by airlines.
"CTIA believes that reliable, robust and secure wireless networks are the most widely-available and safest platform for drone communications," Assistant Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Jackie McCarthy said in a statement.
The FAA is expected to unveil proposed rules regarding drone communications next year, and some stakeholders remained divided about which unmanned vehicles should be covered by the forthcoming regulations.
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Mental Health and Well-Being Update #6
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Be Well Together
This message was sent to the WPI community.
Join us on Thursday, March 31, at 6:00 pm in the Rubin Campus Center Odeum for a presentation by Kevin Hines, an award-winning brain/mental health and suicide-prevention activist. Kevin is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, best-selling author, international educator, and speaker who reaches audiences with his story of an unlikely survival and his strong will to live. Learn more.
Now that the Mental Health Implementation Team (MHIT) has launched, we'll use this space to spotlight MHIT initiatives of interest to the community to give a greater understanding of the work underway and how it impacts you. Meanwhile, we'll also use other communications channels (social media, website) to keep you updated on concurrent progress across the MHIT sections.
Programs, Training, and Services Section: Center for Well-Being Spotlight
Center for Well-Being Space: Plans are underway for the opening of the Center for Well-Being (CWB) in Fall 2022. The CWB will be an indoor, outdoor, and virtual space that focuses on strengthening the roots of well-being in the campus community and will be co-located with Student Health Services, counseling rooms for clinicians from the SDCC, and WPI's registered dietitian in a renovated Wedge in Morgan and the first floor of Daniels. The CWB Space Planning Committee has been meeting weekly with the architectural design firm, Lamoureux Pagano Associates, to develop a programming model for the new space. The model will be shared with students, faculty, and staff for input in the coming weeks.
Center for Well-Being Staff: Paula Fitzpatrick, Director for the Center for Well-Being, has been meeting with faculty, staff, and students during her first weeks at WPI and is currently serving on MHIT. She is in the process of conducting interviews for the additional CWB staff: an Assistant Director and Office Services Coordinator and expects to have the CWB team in place this spring. A search committee comprised of faculty, staff, and students is working closely with Paula to conduct the interviews for the Assistant Director position.
Additional MHWB Resources
The Task Force issued its final reports: an important addendum to the Initial Findings and Recommendations of the Mental Health & Well-Being Task Force, Phase One: Students, which provides additional feedback from focused listening sessions the Task Force conducted with BIPOC, ALANA, LGBTQIAP+, international, and neurodiverse student populations; and the Findings and Recommendations of the Mental Health & Well-Being Task Force, Phase Two: Faculty and Staff.
You've probably heard about the I'm Concerned About a Student form, but do you know what happens once a form has been submitted? Click here to learn about how the Care Team serves an important role in WPI's student support structure, with each member of the team dedicated to ensuring that every student brought to their attention has the tools to be successful at WPI.
WPI ID Update: Based on recommendations to the MHWB Task Force, all new IDs will be printed with campus emergency and mental health phone numbers and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and text line.
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An Update from the Bursar's Office
In support of student mental health (and given the challenges of the pandemic), we've modified our spring 2022 tuition refund policy for withdrawals and WPI leaves of absences. This modification is for spring 2022 only and will not be retroactive to prior semesters. Please visit the website to learn more and contact bursar@wpi.edu or (508) 831-5203 with questions.
WeLEAD: Social Identity & Social Justice Learning Group for Female-Identifying Students
WeLEAD is a program that provides female-identifying students an opportunity to learn about the concepts of social justice, social identities and systems of oppression with a focus on how their identities as women mediate these experiences. Additionally, participants are offered an opportunity to reflect on their personal identities and experiences they have had with social justice, oppression, adversity and more. Learn more and indicate your interest in joining here.
Community voices get real about mental health and well-being.
Community Voices Spotlight
"The early days of the pandemic threw me into a very dark headspace. Thankfully, I have a trusted group of friends that I share everything with. They were the first to realize I was in serious trouble and urged me to call my prescriber. Always keep lines of communication open with someone, especially when life feels overwhelming."
—Sharon Robsky, Information Technology
In an effort to practice self-care and mindfulness, the Office of Multicultural Affairs invites students to come to the Campus Religious Center for a weekly care package on Wednesdays. Learn more here. Note: supplies are limited.
To access previous editions of the Mental Health and Well-Being newsletter, click here.
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National Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
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This email is intended to be for informational purposes only and not to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you or someone you know is in imminent danger of suicidal action or other threat, call WPI Campus police at 508-831-5555 (or call 911 if off-campus) or present for emergency care at a nearby hospital.