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In December 2012, Olivia Zinnah died of complications from a rape injury caused when she was seven years old. This is her story.
This film begins at the JFK Hospital in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, when Olivia Zinnah is nine years old. She is severely malnourished and handicapped, and her condition is life-threatening. Believing her injuries to be the result of witchcraft, Olivia's mother had been hiding her for years out of shame.
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The doctors at the hospital conclude that her condition is the result of a brutal rape that took place when she was seven. When pressured to reveal the name of her rapist, Olivia names her cousin.
This diagnosis has severe consequences. Olivia and her mother are shunned by their tribe for seeking outside help. They are left stranded in Monrovia at the mercy of the government.
Filmmaker Jessica Vale was originally directing a different documentary in Monrovia, and when that was put on hold she stayed on, and met Olivia and her mother. Her involvement quickly became personal, and her quest to film them became a mission of hope and medical help in a country where rape is the number one crime, and the majority of the victims are children.
By Jessica Vale
I first met Olivia Zinnah in January 2009 at JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. I was there filming another documentary with US doctors on a medical mission. Olivia arrived in grave condition and was immediately put in the care of the US team. I began filming on the spot. The first time you meet Olivia in the film was the first time I met her.
Olivia had been raped at age seven and left with brutal injuries that her village diagnosed as witchcraft. For two years she was hidden away in a small hut, never treated for the injuries or infection running rampant. The American doctors moved quickly, giving her a colostomy bag and saving her life. They returned to New York leaving strict instructions: "No more surgery on Olivia until she is 16."
Weeks later, her story made its way to the United Nations and the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. She was quickly made a poster child for gender-based violence campaigns. More operations were carried out to "fix" Olivia, with many of them featured in the Liberian press.
Olivia's story is not an isolated case. Despite having the first female president in Africa, gender-based violence is rampant in Liberia, with most victims being children. We met many of these girls while making the film.
In September 2012, I completed Small Small Thing with the help of producer Nika Offenbac. Shortly after, we received word that Olivia was in school and doing well but that her colostomy had been reversed, against doctors' orders. Just three months later, Olivia Zinnah (aged 12) suddenly died from a bowel obstruction. To add insult to injury, the World Health Organisation had just approved a visa to give her passage to the US.
Her death made headlines both in Liberia and abroad. We were left shocked and heartbroken but with new passion to get Olivia's story out into the world. We went back to the edit room, changed the ending to the film, and partnered with various NGOs fighting gender-based violence.
Olivia was a beautiful little girl, full of hope and laughter, despite having lived most of her life in a hospital with a colostomy bag.
With the release of Small Small Thing, we have shed light on yet another country with an epidemic of gender-based violence. Thanks to mounting pressure, President Johnson-Sirleaf launched a new anti-rape campaign in May 2013 and publically acknowledged Olivia's death. But there is still much to do.
The heartbreak may never entirely heal, but we can use Small Small Thing to keep her story alive. Since making the film I have set up a website with more information about the issues it covers, as well as advice on how the public can help.
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As an analyst, to me it's a question of data cleanliness. Yes, people should be able to look at the facts (i.e., crime rate) and route around a higher risk area if they so choose. Trouble is, there's a partial racial component driving those crime statistics (i.e., minorities more likely to be arrested) which probably inflates the "true" crime rates for those neighborhoods. If people are going to get all bent out of shape, they should do so up-stream. Tackle the issues that inject a racial element to crime statistics and leave the people looking for an objective measure of risk assessment alone - they're only using the best available data to make a decision.
Easier said than done of course...
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I generally exercise some degree of distrust towards computer manufacturer recommendations when my product is no longer under warranty and their legal team likely has them relatively well protected against your situation, but I'd definitely name names. Send a note to the Consumerist, find a few execs and contact them directly. It may be legal, but it's a dishonest approach for those companies to take. It doesn't cost you much time and energy to bring unwanted attention to the companies and that attention is sometimes enough to suddenly get your components replaced. It won't cause systematic change, but at least you're better off.
Not one to miss an opportunity for a car analogy: if a critical recall fix bricked your ride, I think most everyone would agree it is the manufacturer's responsibility to make things right even if the vehicle is out of warranty. Of course, there's obviously more regulation involved and a more direct correlation to physical safety in the case of cars (i.e., you are putting yourself at risk of bodily harm if you choose to disregard the recall fix).
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I have a very strange crash when using the Apple LLVM 3.0 compiler. So there is some code, that uses Assimp to load assets and create the scene (I've excluded all my code and even then it crashes):
aiScene* ai_scene = const_cast<aiScene*>(aiImportFileFromMemory(fileBuf, fInfo.uncompressed_size, aiProcessPreset_TargetRealtime_MaxQuality, NULL));
delete ai_scene;
Here is the screenshot of the stack trace for GCC:
And here is for LLVM:
In LLVM version destructor is called twice (and probably that's why I've got a crash).
I should also mention that all destructor code is located in header file and crashes only on device (tested on iPod 4 and iPad 2).
Is it a bug in LLVM compiler (probably in generation of arm assembly) or did I miss something?
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The NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) in Universities program is meant to stimulate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering, and the pursuit of research careers in these fields. Recipients engage in a research and development activity under the supervision of a professor holding an NSERC grant. It is an opportunity to gain research experience in an academic setting, while receiving financial support. Note that this program is offered at universities across Canada.
Value and tenure
When: The Faculty of Science offers NSERC USRAs in the Summer term (May through August).
Duration: 16 consecutive weeks on a full-time basis.
Value: $4,500 from NSERC + minimum of $1,125 from the supervisor.
Travel allowance: may be granted if you take up the award at a university other than the one at which you are currently registered (see the NSERC website and the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) webpage).
Student eligibility
You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. You must be registered at the time you apply in a bachelor's degree program. You may hold a maximum of three USRAs throughout your university career. There are other requirements too: please consult the USRA information on NSERC's website. Individual departments may set higher application cutoffs than NSERC's minimum requirements, and this award application process is competitive.
NEW FOR SUMMER 2015: You must "have been registered in at least one of the two terms immediately before holding the award in a bachelor's degree program at an eligible university". (The former rule required you to be registered in the term immediately previous, not one of the two terms previous.) This change may be of interest to students who finish their undergraduate coursework in the Fall term, have not started graduate studies as of the following Winter or Summer terms, and wish to hold a USRA in the following Summer term.
How to apply; forms; student deadlines
The checklist (required), forms, and instructions are available via the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies webpage for NSERC USRA.
To submit a complete application, you need to identify an eligible professor to serve as your proposed supervisor and to submit a project proposal for you. For Physics projects/professors, see also this page. See also the webpages for Science departments (you can browse each unit's site to find professors' research websites).
Apply through the academic unit where you wish to hold your award (i.e., your proposed supervisor's school or department, not necessarily your own unit).
Students from other universities may also apply.
Proposed supervisors should hold their primary appointment at McGill University. If not, students should apply through the supervisor's primary institution.
Each Faculty of Science unit has a quota of available awards, and has its own selection process and deadlines.
Here is NSERC USRA contact information.
|Department or School
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|Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
|paula [dot] domingues [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Paula Domingues)
|Monday, March 9, 2015
|susan [dot] gabe [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Susan Gabe)
|Monday, March 2, 2015
|samuel [dot] sewall [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. Samuel Sewall)
|Friday, February 20, 2015
(NB: Submit applications to Otto Maass Chemistry Building, Room 322 — not to Dr. Sewall
|Computer Science
|ann [dot] jack [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Ann Jack)
|Monday, March 9, 2015
|Earth and Planetary Sciences
|kristy [dot] thornton [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Kristy Thornton)
|Friday, February 27, 2015
|undergrad [dot] geog [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. June Connolly)
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|Mathematics and Statistics
|angela [dot] white [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Angela White)
|Friday, February 27, 2015
|Prof. Ken Ragan
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|julia [dot] marussi [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Ms. Julia Marussi)
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Where you apply depends on your supervisor's department, not your own department.
Deadlines and procedures may vary if you are interested in an NSERC USRA with a supervisor from another faculty, i.e., the Faculties of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts, Dentistry, Education [includes the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education], Engineering, Management, Medicine, Music. You can find their websites via the University-wide NSERC USRA webpage.
Special note for the Faculty of Medicine
- The Departments of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology are a part of the Faculty of Medicine, not Science.
- The Faculty of Medicine also includes other Departments and Schools; see their webpage "Schools, departments, institutes, centres, units and facilities".
- Please see the Faculty of Medicine's NSERC USRA webpage for deadlines, procedures, and details, if you will be applying with a Faculty of Medicine supervisor.
Related / supplemental programs
Science Undergraduate Research Awards are a similar program for McGill science students, without citizenship restrictions and without restrictions on the supervisor's grant source.
NSERC Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards: If you would like to gain research work experience that complements your studies, outside the university and in an industrial setting, these awards can provide you with financial support through your host organization. NSERC IUSRAs can be held within the Canadian-based research facilities of Canadian private-sector organizations.
NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Programs train highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad, to better prepare them for future careers in industry, government or academia. NSERC CREATE Programs consist of a group of accomplished researchers who work collaboratively to offer a defined research training program to a group of trainees. Find out more about the NSERC CREATE program. Many NSERC CREATE Programs support undergraduate students. At McGill, these include NSERC CREATE Training programs in: Astrobiology, Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Bionanomachines, Competitive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry, Environmental Innovation, Integrated Sensor Systems, Medical Image Analysis, Neuroengineering, Medical Physics. NSERC CREATE programs are also offered at other Canadian institutions.
The Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) is a program for groups underrepresented in graduate studies in computer science and engineering, whom they define as "women, Hispanics, African Americans, and American Indians".
The Environment Canada Atmospheric Science and Technology Supplement - for USRA holders.
Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Supplement Program
NSERC - CMS Math in Moscow scholarships - Usual deadlines: March 31 for the fall semester, September 30 for the winter semester.
The former FRSQ/FRQS Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) program was for students registered in an undergraduate program offering specialization in health sciences, including social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It was cancelled in summer 2013 due to lack of funding, and it does not appear to be offered for summer 2015. Check the FRQS website for possible developments. (The McEntyre USRA was a similar program, but is no longer open to bachelor's-level students.)
Other opportunities - A listing of other research opportunities, generally outside McGill University.
Further information
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, "NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award" - for students
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, "USRA" - for administrative staff
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I am converting old java code to support generics and came across this line of code which was trying to cast an object retrieved from the session into a
TreeMap allTransactions = (TreeMap) pageContext.getSession()
When I tried to convert it to specific type:
TreeMap<String, MyDataBean> allTransactions = (TreeMap<String, MyDataBean>)
It gave me a
Type safety: Unchecked cast from Object to TreeMap<String,MyDataBean>
In an effort to get rid of the warning completely, I wrote a method to cast it to
public static <K,V> Map<K,V> castToMap(Class<? extends K> clazz1,
Class<? extends V> clazz2, Map<?,?> c) {
Map<K,V> map = new TreeMap<K,V>();
for (Map.Entry<?,?> entry : c.entrySet()) {
Object key = entry.getKey();
Object value = entry.getValue();
map.put(clazz1.cast(key), clazz2.cast(value));
return map;
Goodnews: This time I did not get any error when I modified the initial code to call this method:
Map<String, MyDataBean> allTransactions = MyUtilityClass.castToMap(String.class,
But I still had to cast it ^^^here to call my function.
Question 1:
Why it does not show any errors now when I am still using the cast
(Map<?,?>) versus what I tried before
Question 2: My app is broken as of now since other developers have not committed the code yet, and so I am in no position to run the App and verify its correctness. Can anyone tell just by looking at it, if this casting will behave the same way as before?


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Stop the junk: why Australia scored a 'C' for dietPosted: August 11, 2015 Filed under: Farming and Food, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites | Tags: Healthy Diet Score, total wellbeing diet 3 Comments
The results are in: Australia, you're just not cutting it.
So say the findings of our Healthy Diet Score Survey, a scientifically validated survey that assessed people's diet quality against the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
Over 40,000 people participated in the survey, which evaluated a person's diet based on variety, frequency and quantity of the essential food groups, as well as individual attributes such as age and gender.
The average score? Only 61/100.
Our consumption of the dreaded 'discretionary snacks' – aka junk food – was most to blame, with Aussies on average consuming three times the recommended amount.
According to Professor Manny Noakes, our Research Director for Nutrition and Health and the co-author of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online, the results were concerning.
"The scores were fairly unflattering across all respondents. If we were handing out report cards for diet quality, then Australia would only get a C."
"While many people scored highly in categories such as water intake and the variety of foods consumed, there is certainly lots of room for improvement in other areas," said Manny.
There were other positives, including the Coffs Harbour and Grafton region being named as home to Australia's healthiest eaters (it must be all of those big bananas?).
Overall it was a disappointing outcome – and we can confirm our media team are no dietary angels – but we're not here to lecture you in words.
We have an infographic for that instead:
Now if you'll excuse us, we're all moving to Coffs.
Haven't taken the survey yet? Put that Freddo Frog down and give it a whirl.
We're kneading our way to bread that lowers cholesterolPosted: July 1, 2015 Filed under: Farming and Food, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News, Tech-know | Tags: betaglucan, cholesterol, gene technology 1 Comment
If we were to tell you that you could lower your cholesterol and your risk of heart disease – by eating bread, would you be up for it?
It sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? But maybe it isn't. We're trying to make it possible using gene technology and plant breeding techniques to develop new superior wheat varieties.
Why is cholesterol such an issue? Cholesterol is an essential type of fat that is carried in the blood. It's vital to healthy cell function and hormone regulation, among other things, but too much of it in our bloodstream can be a bad thing – damaging our arteries and leading to heart disease. In fact, the World Health Organisation has estimated that raised cholesterol is estimated to cause 2.6 million deaths annually.
It's no wonder our scientists have been researching foods to help lower the prevalence of cholesterol related illnesses in the community. And it looks like we're on to something.
We know that barley and oat grains contain high levels of a soluble fibre called betaglucan (1-3 ,1-4 betaglucan), which can reduce cholesterol reabsorption in the gut. This leads to healthier blood cholesterol levels, lowering the risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, wheat (which is one of the most commonly consumed grains in the world) has low levels of betaglucan and it has a slightly different structure to the oat and barley betaglucan, which makes it insoluble.
So at the moment, it's not possible to get cholesterol-lowering benefits from breads unless they have added barley or oat flour. This affects the taste and texture of the bread, which is why people generally prefer bread that's made wholly from wheat flour. What we want is a bread that maximises the health benefits without sacrificing the flavour and texture that consumers want.
We now know why betaglucan in barley and oats is soluble but in wheat it's not – and it's to do with tiny differences between the enzymes that work in barley and oats compared with the one working in wheat to create the betaglucan. In ground breaking research just published, we've discovered that just one amino acid (the building blocks of enzymes) difference in the enzyme that forms betaglucan can change the structure and make it more soluble. By changing that one amino acid in the wheat enzyme we should be able to make wheat with more soluble betaglucan and cholesterol lowering properties.
In a proof of principle experiment, we used gene technology to take the gene that makes betaglucan in oats and expressed it in wheat grain. This showed we can simultaneously increase the amount of betaglucan and change its structure making it as soluble as barley betaglucan. We did this in trials using genetically modified plants, a great tool to gain knowledge. We're using them as a small-scale means to test what's possible and understand exactly what we need to look for when we get to the next stage which doesn't involve genetic modification.
The trial wheat plants were grown in a controlled field trial (approved by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator) to get enough grain to evaluate the suitability for bread-making and potential health benefits such as lowering the level of cholesterol reabsorption. If this is successful, we plan to use conventional breeding techniques to develop a wheat for public consumption. This is more difficult and will take a while longer but we think it's possible.
If you'd like to know more about this research and the technical bits check out our webpage or be daring and go straight to the research on Science Advances.
The Showdown: Total Wellbeing and the 5:2 DietPosted: June 10, 2015 Filed under: Farming and Food, Feature Articles, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News | Tags: 5:2, diet, dieting, fasting, total wellbeing diet, TWD 5 Comments
This blog was originally published on the Total Wellbeing Diet website.
Fans of intermittent fasting programs – think the 5:2 diet – often find they have success with weight loss, so today we are taking a look at the pros and cons of this kind of diet.
While fasting technically refers to not consuming any food or liquid at all, intermittent 'fasting' diets, like the 5:2 diet, do involve very minimal calorific intake on the fasting days – we're talking around 2000 kilojoules all day, compared to the daily recommended intake of around 10,000 for men and 8,700 for women. These diets run on the premise that you fast for 2 days of the week and consume as many kilojoules as you like on the non-fasting days.
While 5:2 is the most popular configuration, others find they have more success following a 4:3 or 6:1 ratio of non-fasting to fasting days.
The surprising news is, studies are suggesting these diets are successful in achieving weight loss. Even more surprising, Dr Manny Noakes, Research Director of our Food and Nutrition Flagship, says research is revealing people don't eat more than they usually would on the non-fasting days – which was what many experts expected to see.
The research is still limited, but Dr Noakes says animal studies have been optimistic. Some of these animal studies have shown intermittent fasting can fend off illnesses including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders and may improve insulin sensitivity.
Dr Noakes says she herself would not discourage someone following such a diet that was seeing success, though she cautions there is still a lot to learn before it gets the seal of approval.
"If people who are overweight have struggled to lose weight following other diets, and they find this works for them, then that is great. Weight loss, particularly belly fat, has many health benefits – visceral fat is involved in disrupting blood-sugar regulation and is associated with high cholesterol levels. It's also a risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease."
On the flipside, Dr Noakes says what we don't yet know about intermittent fasting is what these diets mean for long term health.
If the person is simply losing weight because they are effectively cutting a lot of kilojoules from their weekly intake, but they are still eating poorly, then I'd have to argue they still need to address their eating habits for longer term health gain.
She says while restricting your kilojoule intake is a guaranteed way to lose weight, cutting back indiscriminately can lead to an unbalanced, unhealthy diet, and recommends a more balanced approach. "It's important not to cut key food groups including dairy, grains and cereals – you'll be missing out on some important nutrients essential for good health."
To summarise the pros and cons:
- Loss of body fat/ weight for overweight people is of health benefit in general.
- Early research shows contrary to what scientists expected to see, people do not consume more kilojoules on the non-fasting days.
- Intermittent fasting diets seem to be as effective as calorie restricted diets for weight loss.
- There is early research to suggest it is effective in curbing cravings.
- It provides an easier weight loss plan than standard kilojoule restricting diets – there is no weighing or 'forbidden' foods to worry about – on the fasting day, the limited calories will be accounted for very quickly and there are no restrictions on non-fasting days.
- Fasting diets don't change the way you eat – there is no evidence at this stage that suggests people eat healthier food than they did prior to starting the diet. While maintaining a healthy body weight is important for good health; a nutritious diet offers important vitamin and minerals.
- There is limited research on the long term effectiveness – or any long term health issues related to intermittent fasting.
- This lack of research means we don't know who the diet works for and who it might not – for example, what medications or illnesses it may interact badly with.
- Unlike diets that make healthy lifestyle changes – like the Total Wellbeing Diet – fasting diets do not provide advice on how to eat for optimal health, in a way that is sustainable in the long run.
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Science with heart: 5 ways we're helping medical research in Australia (and the world)Posted: April 9, 2015 Filed under: 3D printing, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News, Tech-know | Tags: Admedus, medical research, medical technology Leave a comment
Australian company Admedus has been making headlines recently for its innovative medical material, CardioCel. The tiny, flexible patch, made using part of a cow's heart, is being used to treat potentially devastating birth defects like congenital heart disease – and it's taking the international medical community by storm.
What's more, we're proud as punch to say that we were integrally involved in its success.
Our researchers worked with Admedus to assess the suitability of CardioCel for use in stem cell therapy in heart failure patients by comparing it with another commonly-used product. We found that CardioCel was well suited to cardiovascular cell therapy, and that it could have potentially groundbreaking applications in other areas of stem cell delivery too.
It's since been implanted in more than 1200 patients across Australia, Europe, North America and Asia.
This is just one of many medical success stories we've been a part of. So, just because we like the number five, here's five more:
3D printed titanium heel bones? Why not
When a Victorian man was facing amputation of his leg due to bone cancer in his heel bone, his doctor turned to us for help. Professor Peter Choong, from Melbourne's St Vincent Hospital, knew about our work in titanium 3D printing and wondered if we could print a workable heel bone transplant, thus removing the need for amputation. We helped turn his vision – a metallic implant which could support a human body's weight – into a world first-reality.
Putting blood tests on the spot
We're working with Universal Biosensors to trial on-the-spot testing and results for a range of crucial blood tests. The immediacy of results means that patients avoid the dreadful stress that comes with waiting, as well as receiving treatment faster. By broadening the application of point-of-care testing, we will see time and cost savings for already-stretched healthcare providers. Not bad for a little prick.
Supercomputers for (sort of) super hearts
Using the same technology that drives state-of-the-art video games, we created a 'virtual heart' simulation that the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute are using to better diagnose and treat heart rhythm disease. Who said nothing good ever came from gaming?
Winning the waiting game in our hospitals
Our Demand Prediction Analysis Tool can predict bed demand in hospital emergency rooms by the hour, day and week, greatly easing the pressure on their emergency wards. A similar technology has already been rolled out in more than 30 hospitals in Queensland (hello, Schoolies!) and is currently being trialled in Victoria.
Know your enemy
Collectively, Alzheimer's and Type 2 diabetes impact the lives of millions of Australians. Their symptoms on the surface are known only too well – but how they affect us on the cellular level is a mystery to many. We brought the science behind the illnesses to life, using animations that explain very complex biological processes related to each disease with scientific accuracy. This is a truly unique way of zooming in on what happens inside our body, but can't be seen with the naked eye.
For more information on our medical research, check out the health hub on our new website.
Five tips for enjoying the festive season without gaining weightPosted: November 6, 2014 Filed under: Feature Articles, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News, Projects | Tags: christmas, diets, health, summer, total wellbeing diet 4 Comments
The average Aussie risks gaining several kilos over the holiday period. That might sound like a small number, but few of us lose it when the festive season is over. We asked Professor Manny Noakes, research director of our Food and Nutrition Flagship and co-author of the famous Total Wellbeing Diet, for five tips on how to survive the silly season without gaining extra baggage.
1. Don't just count kilojoules
Restricting your kilojoule intake is a surefire way to lose weight, but cutting back indiscriminately can lead to an unbalanced, unhealthy diet. Noakes recommends a focus on food groups rather than kilojoules counting. Ensuring you include food from each of the essential food groups each day, is a better way to get healthy.
"It is a much easier approach because you get optimal nutrients without having to learn the kilojoules of hundreds of different foods," Noakes says. The essential food groups include protein foods such as meat, fish, chicken and eggs; dairy foods; low GI grains and cereals; fruits and vegetables, and healthy oils such as spreads and nuts.
2. Limit indulgences
Thirty-five per cent of the average Australian's diet comes from "discretionary" foods with little nutritional value, such as alcohol, chips, lollies and cakes. That adds up to a whopping 2500-3500 kilojoules a day. "If you want to lose weight, limiting indulgences can have a dramatic impact over a period of time," says Noakes. Try limiting yourself to one small indulgence per day (see blow), or seven in a week, to give yourself a small reward for eating well.
1 small indulgence equals:
- 100ml Wine
- 4 squares of chocolate
- 1 fun size packet of potato chips
- 1 scoop of ice cream
- 1 chocolate biscuit
3. Stand every hour
It's important to increase your everyday activity to help prevent weight gain and a good place to start is limiting the amount of time you sit per day.
Noakes recommends looking for opportunities to get off the couch or office chair and move wherever possible. For example taking the stairs, having short stand-up meetings at work, standing up when you take a phone call, or standing at parties rather than sitting. "Simply making an effort to spend less time sitting down and stand every hour can improve your health," says Noakes.
4. Manage your appetite
During the festive season it's hard to say no to holiday nibbles and cocktails or that extra snag at the weekend BBQ. Proactively managing your appetite with a higher protein, low GI diet can help prevent poor choices. "Protein controls appetite and low GI carbohydrates sustain energy, so having a light meal of 100g of lean protein food with a slice of grainy bread one hour before a party can help keep hunger in check," says Noakes.
5. Sign up for a formal healthy eating plan
There is evidence showing that people who seek support in their weight loss efforts do better than those who go it alone. "We know that people who take part in weight loss programs find it easier to reach their goals," says Noakes. "The support that people receive and the regular weight checks contribute to some of that success. The type of eating plan can also make a difference and a higher protein low GI plan has the best evidence for sustained weight loss success.
"The type of eating plan can also make a difference and a higher protein low GI plan has the best evidence for sustained weight loss success. That's why we are releasing this new version of the Total Wellbeing Diet available as an online program in a new trial."
Registrations for the online trial of our Total Wellbeing Diet are open until 10 November 2014. The cost for the 12-week program is $99 which is fully refundable if you complete the trial.
This article was originally published on Body & Soul.
We need your help! The Total Wellbeing Diet online trialPosted: October 20, 2014 Filed under: Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News, Things we like | Tags: dieting, exercise, food journal, healthy eating, total wellbeing diet 6 Comments
We're looking for 5,000 Australians (from ages 18 to 74) to participate in a trial of a new online diet program based on our award-winning and bestselling Total Wellbeing Diet.
It's easy as – by following a simple, customised eating plan and weighing in on the website once a week over a 12 week period, you can improve your diet and wellbeing. And to top it off, we will refund the $99 registration fee when you finish – but only if you're quick enough to sign up first!
The good news is, we already know that the diet works – over half a million Aussies have already lost an average of 6.1kgs on the diet – so the online program is just making it easier for everyone out there with a smart phone, tablet or computer. We're running this trial now to fine-tune the system before a wider public release next year.
So what's the deal?
Our new Total Wellbeing Diet online diary is easy to follow and can be customised to suit your tastes, dietary preferences and lifestyle. Food journals are essential for successful weight management, but most journals only count calories. This diary instantly tallies your food groups and shows you where you're going right and wrong with your eating plan.
The program will also include practical, realistic exercise programs to help maximise weight loss and wellness benefits. And best of all, you can do it all from your own smart phone.
The findings from this three month trial will be used to develop more engaging online dietary programs that can reach many more people, and will also help us assess how we can inspire healthy eating and provide more support to those that need to lose weight – a major goal of the Total Wellbeing Diet project.
We want to make this program as best as it can be… but we need your help.
If you want to get involved, registration starts from 19 October, and the trial starts on 3 November. Remember, you will need to check in each week with your weight to have the $99 fee refunded.
To register for the trial visit: www.totalwellbeingdiet.com
CSIRO has licensed Total Wellbeing Diet to SP Health for the development and management of an online next generation Total Wellbeing Diet program, in collaboration with the Glycemic Index Foundation.
** UPDATE: The registration period for the trial has ended, you can pre-register for the January 5 launch of the program here: www.totalwellbeingdiet.com**
Creative ways we're keeping fish on your platePosted: May 7, 2014 Filed under: Health and Wellbeing, Health Bites, News, Projects, Tech-know | Tags: blue eye, fish stock, fishing industry, Trevalla, wealth from oceans 1 Comment
Grilled with garlic, oven baked, or lightly pan fried with a hint of lemon: Blue-eye Trevalla is one of Australia's premium seafoods, and an iconic fish species for commercial fishers and seafood lovers alike.
Despite having been fished commercially for over 40 years in deep waters off southern Australia, the Blue-eye's early life-history and movement is still shrouded in mystery.
Our research into these aspects of the Blue-eye's biology aims to give certainty to government regulators and hopefully lead to increases in the catch quota for the fishing industry, which, in recent years, has dropped by 50 per cent due to apparent decreases in the fish's abundance.
Ear bone's connected to the catch quota
Using chemical signatures in the make-up of the Blue-eye's ear bones, we aim to determine the fish's population structure, early life-history and movement in the fishery area – which extends roughly from Brisbane to Adelaide, and includes several offshore seamounts.
Once the ear bone is daintily plucked from inside a fish's head, we use laser-based sampling techniques to identify its chemical signature. From this we can infer each individual fish's geographical origin.
With sufficiently large numbers of sampled fish in specific age groups, and when combined with models of ocean currents, the origins of Blue-eye populations in different fishery areas can be estimated.
These insights enable our analysis of the commercial catch to become location-specific or 'regionalised' and reduce many of the uncertainties in the assessment of total stock size.
A greater confidence in the stock assessment will ensure a sustainable catch for Australia's fishing industry and the continued availability of Blue-eye for consumers' plates.
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The project is funded by the Australian Government through the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, DPI Victoria, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Footage and images were taken in Hobart, thanks to the Captain, Russell Potter, and crew of the fishing vessel Diana, and Will Mure and head chef from the Mures Restaurant.
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San Ramon and Pleasanton are both parallel in terms of schools. Both cities have great schools. If you stay under the new development of San Ramon also known as the Windemere you get some great schools with great API scores. Here are some famous schools with over all ratings and API score:
1-Bollinger Canyon Elementary : Over all rating 10 and API of around 930
2-Coyote Creek- Over all rating 10 and API score of 967
3-Hidden Hills- Rating 10 API 972
Pleasanton schools also have similar ratings but what you get in San Ramon is newer homes closer to the range you're looking for.
As far as the commute is concerned, the closest bart station would be the Dublin bart station.
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Here's a link to the Academic Performance Index (API) for Contra Costa County -- where you can see scores for San Ramon
And here's Alameda County's --- to see Pleasanton's
Besides these two schools, other areas also boast high scores.
But what are your other considerations besides BART time? Where are you commuting to? And what kind of amenities do you want? Proximity to parks? trails? shops?
Cindi Hagley
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As other agents point out, there are great schools in both cities and time to commute via BART will depend on exactly where in San Ramon or Pleasanton you buy.
If you want a single family home, $670K may be a challenge in Pleasanton and certainly is in the newer parts of San Ramon (Windemere, Gale Ranch). You should be able to buy a 3 bed 2 bath single story home in south San Ramon (between Montevideo and Alcosta) in this price range but inventory is very low at present. There are signs of improvement though.
I've been listing and selling homes in San Ramon for over 11 years so please let me know if you have any more questions.
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I live and work in San Ramon - however Pleasanton is GREAT and more walkable than San Ramon. Both cities offer a lot of parks and recreation.
Your property tax rate is slightly less in Pleasanton (Alameda County) as opposed to San Ramon (Contra Costa County.)
Both offer easy access to BART, easy access to both the 580 and 680....and both are highly desirable.
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The school ratings are high (Windemere Ranch Middle School 986 #1 in CA, Doughty Valley High School 928) in San Ramon 94582. Bart time commute range 5-12Minutes. You will find some houses in San Ramon around $670K, however, it will be limited(townhouse/sfr) ( their are New Shapell Homes below $670K at this time). San Ramon beats Pleasanton and Palo Alto as the wealthiest city in the nation.
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Science will tell the story
In the interest of keeping the debate over climate change rational and civil, I would like to clarify the positions of the climatologist Roy Spencer and John Christy, who were cited in John McClaughrys letter of July 5 rebutting one by Mitch Goldfarb on June 26.
The satellite measurements of global temperature shown on Spencers website (www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures) show a rising trend in temperature since 1979 consistent with other data showing global warming. There are large fluctuations in their results, however, which are presumably caused by natural phenomena. These fluctuations suggest to Spencer and Christy that the rising trend is also due to some unknown natural phenomenon, rather than to human causes.
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this what pap should be spitting. no petty shit straight hood inspiration
This is FIRE..... Pap you did it again
Everyone hates Pap for some reason. If Jay spit these exact verses the same way, everyone would say it was a classic or some shit. This shit was cool tho. Feelin it. P.s. Smif N Wessun used the sample on Duh Shinin like 20 years ago. .. and it was a banger, for those that haven't heard it, look it up. Sample and beat is flipped better than this one.
Hell nah, Jay's flow ain't sloppy like his. That is why people don't like him. The flow and voice = wack. He should probably ghostwrite for some up and comer n.y rappers.
Mos Def flipped this sample on BOBS on a song called Brooklyn too. Pap's version might take 3rd place in the "we live in Brooklyn" sample race, but Pap can rap his ass off. Come back from that Nacirema Dream flop brother Pap!
Dope beat, just not good for Pap lol, should've gave it to a PRO ERA nigguh
surprise B.D.K., BIGGIE, or JAY didn't do this before. nice.
Please, Papoose is so much better and more talented than 90% of current "rappers"....most people on here don't like good east coast music anyways...most of you people on here like that trap crap and whatever other crap music people make...so...
You can not get mad if people do not like the rappers that you like. The fact is the majority of rap fans don't like him. It is what it is. If you like him then cool, but don't get mad and bitch that the majority think he is wack. How long has this man been rapping and still hasn't got on? There are rappers with no industry connects that have surpassed his career. His own city doesn't support him so that should tell you something. You can't get mad at facts.
Theirs just something about his voice... that makes me want to vomit


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First off, let me just say that I'm asking for Anime suggestions. If you can't contribute to the topic, then please don't post anything. If you do post something stupid, I will not dignify it with a response. I know half more than half of the community here are just "followers" and will say something because they think they're being clever.
Ok, now that that is out of the way, let us continue.
I'm in need of some help with picking a new Anime to watch. I've been in an Anime mood lately (probably because of BlazBlue and Persona). I just finished Angel Beats (loved it) and don't know what to watch next. (I only got the idea to watch Angel Beats because I saw a lot of wallpapers of it on wallbase.net)
I will watch mostly anything... mostly.
Currently watching:
- Death Note
Here are the Anime that I have seen already, so you can get an idea of my tastes:
- .hack://SIGN
- Elfen Lied
- Gantz
- Devil May Cry
- Chobits
- Ghost in the Shell
- Code Geass
- Angel Beats!
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Gunbuster 1&2
- Wolf's Rain
- Clannad/ Clannad After Story
And that about covers all the ones I've seen. I've seen them all in their entirety and loved them. It also helps if the show has awesome music, such as .hack://SIGN, Angel Beats, and Ghost in the Shell. I already got a hold of both Wolfs Rain and Cowboy Bebop solely for the fact that Yoko Kanno does music for both shows.
With that, there are some that I don't really want to watch due to their length. Shows such as the Dragon Ball series and Naruto series. I prefer my Anime to be around 2-3 seasons.
There are some that I have been thinking about watching, and they include Clannad, the rest of the .hack:// series, and others. But would rather hear someone's opinion on them first, so I don't end up wasting my time. (Even though I won't enjoy something, I will see it through to the end)
Kind of unrelated, but since Third Birthday was announced for the PSP, my interest in the series has been growing. Unfortunately I never played any games in the Parasite Eve series, and don't really know what any of them are about. Having said that, does anyone know a good Lets-Play or Long-Play of the two games. I've seen a number of them on youtube, but I don't want to start watching a lets play with a crappy narrator. I've only seen Let's Plays from Kikoskia. I want to watch them because I doubt PSN will release the originals any time soon, and I don't really have the time to hunt them down and play them. My backlog is large enough as it is.
Thanks for any and all help. And if you're here to call me a jerk, I won't fight ya. My bad for enjoying Animes more than I do RealityTV and other American shows.
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I'm on episode 19 of Clannad and I gotta say I'm really enjoying it. Sure it isn't packed with crazy action scenes and a terribly interesting plot. But the mood of the show is just such a nice refreshing change compared to the previous shows I have watched.
Not surprisingly, Clannad and Angel Beats! are very similar. (Same director I believe) I've learned from watching these shows that when the protagonist meets one on one with another character from the show, to prepare for a horribly sad scene and grab the tissue box (Not that I bawl that much to actually require tissues, just saying that to illustrate a point. Although episode 9 and 14 of Clannad did have me in tears. In Angel Beats... it was nearly every one on one confession)
Anyway, I shall keep on trekking through it, soaking up every last second. It really is a beautiful show.
Just finished the first season of Clannad... so beautiful and cheerful. I like shows that end that way. I'm all warm and fuzzy inside. Time to watch the After Stories. I hope it keeps its charm.
I just finished watching all of the Clannad series. Now I need a hug.
No joke, from episode 18 and on in After Story I was in tears. Without a doubt, Clannad is my favorite anime series at the moment. It had such an impact on me. Not just emotionally, but physically as well.
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I know it might just be an after-effect of watching a really good show, and that I may forget about how I felt while I was watching it. That's why I'm adding Clannad related images to my shuffling wallpapers. So when I see them, I can remember. Cheesy, I know, but I really don't care.
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"After extensive research based on cars in this class, I felt that the Fit was a great choice for me. It looks stylish, is roomy, handles well, and supposedly has great mileage... . The mileage is the kicker as they give a EPA of 31/37 city/hwy for the Sport autotransmission model. In actuality you get 32-33mpg which is liveable for highway, but for city and it's a wopping and extremely disappointing 10-15mpg city (I live in NYC). Even if you are lightfooted and take off slowly (which can not be safely done with the maniacs in NYC whizzing by you) it still is not effective. One other point is that it's a "low riding" type of frame. I had to experience parking on the side streets during snow storms then digging out. It took a considerably longer time to dig out and it I had to shovel a completely flat and clear path to drive out because the Fit was unable to drive over the snow hurdles without struggling then falling back into place even though it was just a few inches above ground. These are points that I was unable to research as this is the first year the Fit was introduced. I would like newer models to address these concerns. However given the choice again I would have still chosen the Fit for it's overall value, I have had two other (used) Honda's in the past and was tremendously happy with them so they still have my loyalty."
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