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2017PASP..129e4504K - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 129, part no 5, 4504-54504 (2017/May-0)
Spectrophotometry of very bright stars in the southern sky.
KRISCIUNAS K., SUNTZEFF N.B., KELAREK B., BONAR K. and STENZEL J.
We obtained spectra of 20 bright stars in the southern sky, including Sirius, Canopus, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Bellatrix, and Procyon, using the 1.5-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and its grating spectrograph RCSPEC. A 7.5 magnitude neutral density filter was used to keep from saturating the CCD. Our spectra are tied to a Kurucz model of Sirius with T = 9850 K, log g = 4.30, and [Fe/H] = +0.4. Because Sirius is much less problematic than using Vega as a fundamental calibrator, the synthetic photometry of our stars constitutes a Sirius-based system that could be used as a new anchor for stellar and extragalactic photometric measurements.
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Q: Is there any way to turn off the 50% gotcha on fulltext search? I am trying to build a product search for a jewelry store. I know that if a term is in over 50% of the entries then it has a weight of zero. So right now if I do a search for "diamond" I get no results because over 50% contain diamond. Is there a way to change that?

A: Quoting the documentation of MySQL : 11.9.6. Fine-Tuning MySQL Full-Text Search

If you really need to search for such
  common words, it would be better to
  search using IN BOOLEAN MODE instead,
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See : 11.9.2. Boolean Full-Text Searches

The other solution seems to go with patching MySQL's source-code and recompiling -- which is probably not something you want to do...

A: Another approach, commented on MySQL website, is to use boolean mode only if the fulltext gives no results, but keep in mind that the second search won't sort the results in order of relevance.
11.9.1. Natural Language Full-Text Searches

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September 23, 2021by Will MichaelsNo CommentsAll, Cover Story
Diamond Jubilee with Sister City Takamatsu
This year is the Diamond Jubilee of the St. Petersburg-Takamatsu, Japan, Sister City Partnership. Sixty years ago, some in St. Petersburg were not all that enthused about becoming a Sister City with any Japanese city. 1961 was only sixteen years after the end of World War II. Many still had bitter memories of Japan from the war. On the other hand, Takamatsu had bitter memories as well, especially dating from July 4, 1945, when about 80% of Takamatsu was destroyed by US bombing.
The Sister Cities Program was founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. Eisenhower envisioned a network of sister cities that would be a "champion for peace and prosperity by fostering bonds between people from different communities around the world." He believed that "people from different cultures could understand, appreciate, and celebrate their differences while building partnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts." St. Petersburg's Sister City Partnership with Takamatsu is one of the first Sister City Programs in the United States.
Takamatsu Mayor Hideto Onishi and Mayor Bill Foster with Mrs. Noriko Noda, member of the Takamatsu 50th Anniversary executive committee, at the 50th Sister City Celebration in Takamatsu, 2011.
The two cities were matched because they had a lot in common. Both were incorporated as municipalities less than 100 years before, although Takamatsu traces its history as a city back to the 12th Century. Both faced the water, had a similar climate, and were tourist cities. The populations and city square miles were about the same. Also coincidentally, Takamatsu means "tall pine" in Japanese, and the numerous pine trees in Pinellas County contributed to the name 'Pinellas,' and in St. Petersburg itself, the southernmost part of the city is called Pinellas Point. The name derives from the Spanish, 'Punta de Pinal,' or 'Point of Pines.'
A Student Exchange Program has been part of the Sister City relationship since 1984. Each year, two or three high school juniors are selected as goodwill ambassadors to Takamatsu. Students spend up to three weeks in Takamatsu. In exchange, Takamatsu sends students to St. Petersburg. (The program has been suspended since 2020 due to the pandemic.) From the beginning, educational and cultural activities were emphasized. At various times, school children in St. Pete and Takamatsu exchanged artworks, handcrafts, and poem books. During the 40th Anniversary, the St. Petersburg Museum of History displayed a special exhibit on the Sister Cities Program.
In 1962, a generous donor in St. Petersburg funded a four-year scholarship to be used by Takamatsu teachers at Eckerd College (then Florida Presbyterian College). Takamatsu City employee interns spent several months at Eckerd College, and then with the City, rotating through various departments learning about our City government.
Julann and Jacob Baker on visit to Japan at the Sadasko Sasaki sculpture draped with origami cranes. Campbell Park Elementary School students made origami cranes to be draped on the sculpture.
Over the years, St. Petersburg has sent delegations to Takamatsu, including mayors and city council representatives, while Takamatsu has sent like delegations to St. Pete. The first St. Petersburg mayor to make the trip was Herman Goldner in 1967. Mayor Goldner visited again in 1972. Mayor Randy Wedding visited Takamatsu in 1974. Mayor Nobuo Waki made his first visit to St. Petersburg in 1978. He returned again 13 years later in 1991 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary. Mayor Corrine Freeman visited Takamatsu in 1984.
Mayor Robert L. Ulrich visited Takamatsu in 1990 to celebrate their Centennial and Sister City Fair. He previously lived in Japan while serving in the US Air Force as a helicopter pilot and so knew the country well. Ulrich is a biking aficionado so he recruited 15 local cyclists to come with him (at their own expense). After participating in the ceremonies at Takamatsu, Ulrich and his bicycle friends took a bike trip through the picturesque Shikoku Region of Japan. He recalls, "The Fuji Bicycle Company agreed to sponsor our trip of 250 miles around Shikoku complete with brand-new bicycles, appropriate cycle-ware including helmets, a sag-wagon, and the US- educated son of the local Fuji bicycle dealer as our guide, route-setter, and reservation-maker. Each night, we found ourselves in a quaint Japanese inn, and we fellowshipped and dined on Japanese cuisine and warm hospitality to the delight of our entire entourage. A sidelight of our venture was Takamatsu Mayor Waki's fear that we should not undertake such a perilous journey on narrow Japanese roads. But we prevailed. The local media caught wind of our adventure and we departed Takamatsu in a blaze of paparazzi-loaded cars and helicopters photographing the crazy Americans off on a lark."
Former Mayor Bob Ulrich in traditional Japanese-style clothing during visit to Japan.
Mayor Bill Foster participated in the 40th Anniversary as chair of the City Council. For that occasion, he arranged for 15 boys from the 'St. Pete Rays of Fossil Park' baseball team to go to Takamatsu. They were matched against the 'Takamatsu Dragons.' The 'Friendship Games' ended in a tie. He remembers the city rolling out the red carpet for the St. Petersburg delegation, noting that "there was no want or need that was unmet." The city was decorated with banners commemorating the occasion. Art drawn by students at Anabuki College depicting St. Petersburg was displayed throughout Takamatsu's largest shopping mall. He again traveled to Takamatsu as mayor for the 50th Anniversary in 2011.
In 2008, Mayor Rick Baker traveled to Takamatsu. Baker notes, "During our delegation visit to Takamatsu, we first travelled to Hiroshima to meet with city leaders and visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Within the park, among other memorials is a large statue of Sadako Sasaki holding a golden crane. Sadako was a young girl who died from radiation poison in the aftermath of the atom bomb. Before she died, she had folded over 1,000 origami paper cranes under a Japanese legend that says to do so enables the folder to be granted a wish. There are large Plexiglas displays at the memorial where people can place origami cranes made in memory and honor of Sadako. Before leaving for Japan, children from schools throughout St. Petersburg learned of Sadako's story and made over two hundred origami cranes to present. At the memorial, our children Jacob (11) and Julann (12) – Sadako's age when she died – presented the cranes on behalf of the children of St. Petersburg to the memorial after meeting with the vice mayor of Hiroshima. It was a moving moment for everyone who witnessed it." Sadako's simple wish was that she would live through her disease so she could fulfill her dream of being on a running team.
The Red Pelican origami at the entrance of the St. Pete Pier is a "nod" to the 60-year Takamatsu-St. Petersburg Sister City Partnership. A new plaque will soon be added to the sculpture recounting the sixty years of friendship between the two cities.
This year's Diamond Anniversary is being organized by the St. Petersburg International Folk Festival (SPIFF) in cooperation with the City. One event has already taken place. Recently Mayor Rick Kriseman and Takamatsu Mayor Hideto Onishi exchanged greetings in a Webex meeting. Creative Clay in St. Petersburg and Heart Art Link of Takamatsu have begun an art exchange program. James B. Sanderlin IB Elementary World School will have virtual exchanges with Higashiueta Elementary School. Thurgood Marshall Middle School will have virtual exchanges with Fuzoku Junior High School. Beginning in October, Sunken Gardens will feature the 60th Anniversary Sister City logo on their koi food packets. In addition, there will be a new exhibit at the History Museum and an observance will be held at the City Council on October 14th.
One of the artworks at the new St. Petersburg Pier is the Red Pelican, which incorporates the geometric footprint of the new Pier, as well as the logo of the City. The accompanying plaque notes that the artist Nathan Mabry "found inspiration in origami, the art of folding paper, a nod to Takamatsu, Japan, St. Pete's long-time sister city." This tribute calls to mind Mayor Baker's visit to Hiroshima, and to Sadako Sasaki, and the 1,000 origami cranes she made to realize her simple wish. Most appropriately, in recognition of the Diamond Jubilee of our Sister City Program, a second plaque will be added to the Red Pelican recounting the 60-year history of the St. Petersburg-Takamatsu Sister City Partnership.
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Is Dumbledore a human lie detector?
We know that Voldemort possesses a mind-reading ability called "legilimency". He uses this power to invade the minds of his victims. Existing questions (like this one) ask if Dumbledore can use legilimency. But there's plenty of evidence that he can't. There are various times when another character possesses knowledge that Dumbledore wants, yet he can't get it.
So it seems he can't "extract" information. But he still seems to have some kind of mind-reading ability.
Is it possible that Dumbledore can always tell the truth from a lie?
The biggest clue is that Dumbledore never disbelieves someone who is tells him the truth. Even when everyone else is skeptical, Dumbledore immediately accepts something true when he hears it.
He believes that Harry isn't opening the Chamber of Secrets, without asking a single question.
Also in Chamber of Secrets, he knows that Harry is hiding something. But he doesn't know exactly what, and has to ask Harry directly, "Is there something you wish to tell me?"
He believes the trio in Prisoner of Azkaban, when they claim that Ron's rat Scabbers was actually Peter Pettigrew, and that Sirius Black is innocent. He asks no questions and jumps straight to the fact that nobody else would believe them.
He believes Harry when he returns from the graveyard in Goblet of Fire, having no doubt that Voldemort had returned.
In Half-Blood Prince, he's aware that the memory he got from Professor Slughorn is a lie. Even though Slughorn (a pretty powerful wizard) thought he could deceive Dumbledore - otherwise, why give the memory at all?
Isn't that just called "being clever"? – Rand al'Thor♦ Jun 9 '19 at 7:13
No, it actually states that he is a Legilimens – Ginge Jun 9 '19 at 14:55
It was pretty obvious that Slughorn's memory was faked, since it went misty and even Harry noticed. – marcellothearcane Jun 11 '19 at 18:18
There is no evidence that Dumbledore can't use Legilimency.
In fact, Dumbledore himself says, when they talk about Kreacher:
"And Kreacher told you all this … and laughed?" [Harry] croaked.
"He did not wish to tell me," said Dumbledore. "But I am a sufficiently accomplished Legilimens myself to know when I am being lied to and I — persuaded him — to tell me the full story, before I left for the Department of Mysteries."
The question you referred to has as the accepted answer that Dumbledore didn't know about Harry hearing the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, but other answers have different explanations, and being the accepted answer only means that the original poster found it convincing.
As this is also one of your points, so let's address it:
There are at least two explanations for that:
Dumbledore already knows, but wants to find out whether Harry trusts him enough to tell.
What happened when Dumbledore asked that question?
"I must ask you, Harry, whether there is anything you'd like to tell me," he said gently. "Anything at all."
Harry didn't know what to say. He thought of Malfoy shouting, "You'll be next, Mudbloods!" and of the Polyjuice Potion simmering away in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Then he thought of the disembodied voice he had heard twice and remembered what Ron had said: "Hearing voics no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world." He thought, too, about what everyone was saying about him, and his growing dread that he was somehow connected with Salazar Slytherin.
"No," said Harry. "There isn't anything, Professor."
What happened is the normal reaction to such a question. Harry thought about all the things he didn't want to tell, and Dumbledore, who, later in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, admits that he is an accomplished Legilimens, gets the information from Harry's unprotected mind.
That covers all occasions where he believes Harry. Especially when Harry returns from the graveyard, the events are still fresh on his mind, as they are after they discover Pettigrew.
With Slughorn the situation may be different. While it is never mentioned, he is probably good enough at occlumency to defend himself.
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We imho never see Legilimency at work except for the training of Harry with Snape and there he is absolutely aware that something is done to his mind even though he is not an accomplished occlumens, so I see no evidence that DD uses Legilimency to extract information from Harry in that scene. It is theoretically possible that he can do this in a stealthy way, but again, I see no indication thus far. He might simply respect Harry's wish not to tell him something enough and rely on his clever guesswork. While DD does a lot of scheming and influences people but we rarely see him take [cont] – Frank Hopkins Jun 9 '19 at 18:07
a direct forceful approach unless absolutely necessary. In particular he trusts his allies and rather guides them to the right decisions than force them down a certain path. Otherwise agree, that he clearly is a Legilimens and could use that technique to extract information in principle, though he seems not superb at it and since it can be countered, he may simply trust other measures more at times (like the veritaserum). – Frank Hopkins Jun 9 '19 at 18:08
@FrankHopkins Snape doesn't teach Harry anything, his approach is like telling an aspiring boxer to defend himself, then punch him in the face. In PS, Voldemort knows that Harry has the stone in his pocket, and Harry didn't notice an intrusion. As you say, DD prefers to be subtle, and using Legilimency undetected is a good way to appear all knowing. – QuestionAuthority Jun 9 '19 at 19:31
@Chronocidal We don't know about his personal ethics, but we know that he had no problem "condemning Harry to ten dark and difficult years" (OotP), or "raising him like a pig for slaughter" (DH). So what's a little Legilimency compared to that? – QuestionAuthority Jun 10 '19 at 9:14
@QuestionAuthority We don't know he "had no problem" with those things. In fact, judging by his interactions with Harry and the remorse he shows later, doing those things caused him significant distress. – DavidS Jun 10 '19 at 14:22
Always? No. Dumbledore was fooled all of 4th year when Barty Crouch Jr impersonated Mad Eye Moody. He simply is always unbiased and uses logic. In the other answer, this is shown in all cases:
"He did not wish to tell me," said Dumbledore. "But I am a sufficiently accomplished Legilimens myself to know when I am being lied to and I — persuaded him — to tell me the full story
He probably knew right away that Kreacher would never tell him what he wanted to know. He probably asked nicely, then used Legilimency to get the knowledge that he wanted.
He also knows here that Harry won't tell him anything. He's simply testing whether or not he's trusted by Harry. And he isn't.
And all the cases in your question:
Ah yes, a 12 yo that has next to no knowledge of parseltongue is 1) The heir to Salazar Slytherin and 2) Is opening the chamber regularly and killing people. Makes perfect sense. He of course surmised that this had to do with Voldemort and when Harry brought the diary, he put the pieces together
Harry's been getting told this entire time that Black is out to get him and that Black killed his parents. So him, along with Hermione (the actual smart one that goes by the book) and Ron (the loyal friend) all saying that Black is innocent? Yes, that's not too hard to believe. Problem is proof is required and they have none.
Not 100% at the time though. He would need confirmation of some sort. He gets it when he interrogates BCJ and he says something along the lines of "You know what this means don't you? The Dark Lord has returned!" So Harry saying he's back, a loyal Death Eater that's saying he's back, and the Dark Mark is clear as day? Not hard at that point to realize Voldemort's back.
He had been working on Voldemort for a while. Chances are he didn't initially think it was a lie but after discovering what Voldemort had done and how he'd done it, he probably realized that there's a missing link-and the memory was it.
I forgot that in the book, both Harry and DD recognize that the memory is a fake due to it having different qualities than other memories. Perhaps Slughorn was hoping to fool DD despite the bad memory. He also knew that DD would be coming back for the memory evidenced when Slughorn gets super defensive when asked about it by Harry.
There may actually be more cases than this but being unbiased and using logic were actually quite powerful for him. With one half of the population being out of the loop and the other half scared to death of something whether it be a basilisk or a serial killer or Voldemort, it's easy to see how DD was able to 'see through' everyone.
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He trusts Harry to a very high degree, obviously. I'm not sure I'd call that unbiased. – sgf Jun 9 '19 at 23:14
Books clearly describe why Dumbledore thinks the "sluggish memory" is tampered. The memory's rendition is incomplete in the Pensieve, where the tampered part looks like a thick mist. Even the inexperienced Harry realizes that something is amiss with the memory. Someone like Dumbledore would have instantly realized that the memory is clearly tampered. – sampathsris Jun 10 '19 at 6:03
Moody is not relevant to the question. The real Moody was an experienced, paranoid Auror. He would be a trained Occlumens and detect and attempt by Dumbledore, and he would not be pleased, so Dumbledore wouldn't even try. – user102803 Jun 10 '19 at 7:13
I forgot that both Harry and DD recognize the bad memory. Have edited my post. And yes Harry is trusted, but only to a certain degree. Like in CoS when he asks Harry if he wants to ask anything, Harry flat out lies. DD of course knows this but point is, he knows not to trust what Harry's saying at this point. In later years he's more trusted but DD puts logic and rationality above people's words first. In fact even in the 6th book Harry asks if he can tell Ron and Hermione-DD replies yes but only because he thinks they've proven their loyalty. – B. Lalonde Jun 10 '19 at 14:05
also Moody is still relevant to the question because he's had to act exactly like the real Moody. DD never did use legilimency to realize MEM was an impostor-he only realized when Moody took Harry away from DD-which is something the real one would've never done. So through the entire year he's acting and talking just like the real Moody would which fools DD. – B. Lalonde Jun 10 '19 at 14:07
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In a post on the Spanish version of Mi Forums earlier this week, a landscape shot has been shared, allegedly taken on the Mi A2. Dimensions of the photo are 4000×3000 that suggest a resolution of 12-megapixel on the smartphone's camera, and aperture is f/1.75. However, while the Mi 6X sports a dual rear camera setup, the photo does not reveal a similar setup on the upcoming Mi A2. This photo could have been sourced from one of the participants in the Mi Explorer Program in which the phone is currently being tested. Despite that, we suggest you take this development with a pinch of salt.
Talking about the photo itself, it shows a water body – supposedly a lake or river – with hills in the background. We cannot comment on the quality of the image considering the extent of editing and compression is not known.
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It seems Amazon have been spying on their Kindle readers, watching them from afar they have…….
And they didn't approve of what they were reading either…….so they deleted the book from the Kindle service.
Which book? Hmmn, George Orwell's 1984……….
Some interesting comments from disgruntled Amazon readers HERE.
The Bas***ds are reading now!
So someone discovered that the plebs were reading Obama's handbook!
Orwell's books have been withdrawn?
I mean, he missed it by only 25 years …?!


27 Feb 16 UTC Funny how that happens.
27 Feb 16 UTC gg. No probs Russia- stabbing you now would have been terrible for everyone. I'm glad you didn't panic!
Although, why didn't you help me more against Italy earlier on? There was a time where we could have broken through together, but you weren't offering the supports I needed.
Italy, if you'd given me the space to attack Russia earlier I probably would have done it, because I wasn't getting much out of that alliance. I guess you weren't to know that though.
27 Feb 16 UTC Oh, and well played Germany.
It was an interesting game, for sure.
27 Feb 16 UTC I also like I/T, but when I am T.
Since I was I, I didnt like it.
27 Feb 16 UTC Citizens Arrest!!!
27 Feb 16 UTC Turkey there were times I cut Italy's support and times I supported your moves but Italy did a great job of blocking you and stalling me. By the time I broke thru Germany was the big threat.


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Why Are (Most) Artists (So Fucking) Poor?
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On Friday evening W.A.G.E. presented the results of its 2010 survey of payments received by artists who exhibited with nonprofit art institutions in New York City between 2005 and 2010. The survey found that 58% of artists who responded received "no form of payment." The audience, including Artists Space director Stefan Kalmár, asked questions critical of the survey methodology, but did not refute the group's findings. W.A.G.E. has partnered with Artists Space to explore the development of a self-regulatory model, mandating the implementation of a fee schedule within the institution. Presenter A.K. Burns explained one of the rationales for artists fees, "nonprofits get money from different sources for public education, and the artist is the educator. We are wondering why the artist isn't being paid?" That artists should be remunerated for their cultural value in capital value is one of W.A.G.E.'s positions from its statement and one that remains controversial.
The general counter-arguments include the belief that artists will eventually be paid through the sales of the work in the commercial market and that nonprofits do not have the budgets to pay artists. W.A.G.E. rejects the positioning of the artist as speculator and seeks to address the agreements between nonprofits and artists regarding fees with their certification program. A.L. Steiner argued that the market has its own economy and W.A.G.E. is not currently addressing the speculative remuneration that occurs after an exhibition. In regards to budgets Artists Space provided samples at W.A.G.E's insistence from 2005 to the present for comparison to the Canadian CARFAC fee schedule, which is also the same time frame of the W.A.G.E survey. The budgets revealed Artists Space has used varying amounts of its budget for paying artists with a renewed emphasis on funding production and artists fees under Kalmár's direction effectively demonstrating that nonprofits do have funds to meet the variable CARFAC schedule which never would have exceeded 4% of any of the budget samples presented.
Still, in one fiscal year before Kalmár's tenure, artists' compensation was only 0.3% of Artists Space's budget. This inconsistency is one of the things that both Artists Space and W.A.G.E are working to address with the certification program. The data shows that artists are as likely to be paid over $5,000 as they are $0 for a solo exhibition. It seems, as Artists Space's detailed budgets for two recent exhibitions showed, that funding is an institutional and artistic question of priority. One artist represented in a sample budget asked for their fee to be added to the production of their work, which raised the larger issue of what constitutes the difference between paying for the artists' work and paying them for their role as an educator or their labor in general. According to W.A.G.E member Lise Soskolne who presented the Artists Space/CARFAC fee schedule comparison, each sample budget represents 5% of Artists Space total operational budget.
The difference between paying artists and funding production was one of the questions that brought the conversation back around to remaining flexible in developing W.A.G.E. certification. It was also clear that for Artists Space to prioritize paying artists and funding production, only two of many costs associated with each exhibition, they would be mounting less shows each season. One audience member interjected that this particular outcome was to be expected because that's what the budgets allowed for, which reduces the number of artists working for exposure without being paid. Her statement brought up the underlying issue of exploitation. This is one of the more controversial issues that connects W.A.G.E's certification efforts to the broader critiques of free labor such as unpaid internships made by Occupy Wall and recently reported on by Hyperallergic, "No golden coins at family [Business gallery] 🙁 sorry:("
In case, you were wondering, I'm not a reporter, and I have a particular bias against our highly stratified market system. To this end, I made a drawing for W.A.G.E.'s survey release that less subtly makes a connection between the promise of being paid by the market and the lack of consistent pay by arts institutions. While the market certainly works for some artists to different degrees, including myself, it is also a system where very few artists are paid incredibly high prices and most artists profit very little from their practice, if they are able to sell anything at all.
There's currently little data to support this assertion despite a multi-billion dollar arts economy where some people profit greatly from artist's work, but that's also part of the reason I made my drawing in relation to W.A.G.E.'s survey. It's an area I hope they will address, but as they made clear to the audience, their first survey took an enormous amount of time an effort and still could be improved, all without being paid anything, which I'm sure most artists can relate to. Activism and art are often internally motivated and done out of passion, not the expectation of getting rich, but that is not the same as being paid something. W.A.G.E. is not asking for society to pay all artists or the government to provide subsidies. The group is asking for exhibiting artists to be paid for their role in educating the public through artistic practices, or in their words to "make the world more interesting," in the specific context of nonprofit arts institutions.
Later in the evening on Friday I discussed the survey data with a nonprofit director who noted that some private foundations make artists fees a priority in their grant funding applications, so the audience for W.A.G.E isn't just arts institutions but their funders as well. Soskolne also addressed this in the panel after an audience member asked about how the certification would be enforced. Soskolne explained that bulk of funding for nonprofits comes from private foundations that can't be regulated by the state making self-regulatory guidelines even more important.
I'm interested in what W.A.G.E is doing because it's a specific approach to addressing problems of equity for cultural work in our market-based economy. They are partnering with a respected arts organization that was founded by NYSCA to figure out ways to help artists. Kalmár and his staff demonstrated that Artists Space is committed to doing just that and that commitment can send a powerful message to other arts institutions. It's what's simply called leading by example. Will this solve the broader inequity in the art market? No. It's a start. W.A.G.E. is collecting data, starting a dialogue and working with both the public and arts institutions to address a larger problem that is too often met with resignation, "That's just how it works." It doesn't have to and W.A.G.E. is doing something about it, and they are looking for your input at the next discussion.
W.A.G.E.: 2010 Artists Survey Results Presentation and Open Forum took place Friday, April 20 at 7pm at Artists Space (55 Walker Street, Soho, Manhattan)
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9 replies on "Why Are (Most) Artists (So Fucking) Poor?"
Arthur B says:
Spectacular POST!!!! This actually ties in closely to a post I created on my blog for today, Theater Festivals: America's Sweatshops. The whole unpaid intern thing is a hoax!
http://mainstreetarts.blogspot.com/2012/04/theater-festivals-americas-sweatshops.html
Philippe Lejeune says:
Personally I am working hard to create IMAGES that can't be associated with
(Fucking Money). I know it sounds stupid in a world where economy rules
everything, but I can't help it. I am emotionally employed, active to
change the way we exchange, the way we see. I am paying the price, like most artists that challenge our values, the real one… Artists likes "Values & Exchanges" unfortunately the wrong one, Not the one that rules the (financial/economic) world!!!! That's why most of them are "so Fucking" poor! Artists will continue to offer their labor for FREE! its' their only Luxury….
Elizabeth.ann.Lamb says:
Great recap of the issues. Important questions being asked here. Thx @Powhida!
I know I'm late to this, but thanks for pointing to both WAGE and CARFAC. Some great ideas on CARFAC's website, including resale rights, incorporating art into public bldgs, and tax exemption for artists' first $50,000 of income. http://www.carfac.ca/2007/11/12-actions-to-improve-the-socio-economic-conditions-of-visual-artists/
Robert Sloan says:
One interesting point I would like to add, just from my personal experience. I've sold art directly to people in person or online for most of my life. I paint popular subjects and render them well, my work continues to improve and before I became disabled I lived on it full time. Many times buyers and commission buyers felt as if they were supporting the arts. Buying a painting of a loved one was an investment in culture to them.
Selling points were durable archival materials, the idea the art would appreciate in value for generations and that they were patrons of the arts because they bought a real painting from a living artist instead of buying prints at a store.
I think this attitude would translate directly to donations if the donors to these institutions knew the artists were getting paid for their time and work exhibiting in nonprofit venues. Even in a strictly market based viewpoint – when an artist puts a valuable work into a public exhibit for a month or two, that means the artist held back on selling it and thus did not get the money sooner, when it could be gaining interest in investments or paying for supplies or otherwise supporting his work. Artists are expected to be donors under the current system. The value of selling a painting two months or six months earlier could be substantial – the time devoted to making the painting for the exhibit is taken from the time that could be spent on earning a living. If the artist's budget is tight as many artists' budgets are, that will cut deep into his or her overall income for the year.
If you worked as an accountant and were expected to put half your time into working for free to donate to a nonprofit in order to get the work during your paid hours, would that sound reasonable?
Art and the arts are real work. The paintings are valuable and the time they spend not earning for the artist is real time. Especially the time the artist puts in educating people at the institution should be paid. Other types of speakers get paid, why not artists?
Loretta Paraguassu says:
You are right on the money…which is a bitter pill for artists who are told they have talent and then don't have any reward except — maybe — a pat on the back. Exploitation is the word that jumps out of your text. Good job.
Christine Kuhn says:
YES! I keep asking folks how their could possibly be jobs for arts administrators, curators, gallery staff, etc, when there are no jobs for artists. That is clearly exploitative. Everyone asks shocked that I would ask such a question, esp. the administrators, feeling that they are 'friends' of artists . . . .
kayaak says:
One other factor: when an artist exhibits, not only do they not make money, but they often put their own money into the exhibit: paying for transportation, packaging of art in transit, fasteners for walls, etc, time spent installing the exhibit, etc. If they don't sell, they do worse than zero dollars and actually *lose* money on exhibiting.
Jon Leufroy Artwork says:
We now are in an age of digital patrons. Artists now can directly get paid from their supporters. Kickstarter anyone?? We now easily control so much of our work. The American way is to buy direct and cut out as many middle men as possible. Even if a patron doesn't want to physically own your work, they can donate to your kickstarter campaign and receive a book of your work.


Fast forward to last week's cooking class where Braise's sommelier, Hung Huong, gave us a very quick tutorial on opening and tasting wines. Here are a few tips I picked up.
When uncorking wine, cut the foil under the second ridge so there is less chance of foil getting in the wine.
When it comes to pairing wine with food, go with what you like vs. what you think you are "supposed" to do. Ex. You like red wine, but are eating chicken. Don't worry about it. No judging!
Serve sparkling wine in a white wine glass to get more of the "nose" (smell) than what you'd get in a flute.
Don't swirl the wine before you look at it and give it a sniff. The movement of the swirl will cover up imperfections.
You often hear the term "aroma" and "bouquet" used with wine. If you are like me, you thought they meant the same thing. Turns out, not so much! Aroma describes the flavor from the grapes themselves. The bouquet includes the aging and processing techniques.
Hung suggested starting a wine club, which sounds like a fun monthly get together. The host would specify a very specific type of wine (ex. Chardonnay from France) and each guest would bring a bottle. Taste the wines with different foods (cheese, crackers, chocolate, meat) and see how that affects the flavor.
During class, we tasted a pinot grigio that was much dryer than I'm used to for that type of wine. It was great by itself and with a spicy pork dish, but I did not care for it at all when paired with a cheese. It's so interesting that separately the food and wine were delicious, but all together I kind of wanted to spit everything out.
Which brings us to the other part of this week's class – menu planning. As we get close to the holiday season, there is a good chance a Fancy Homemade Dinner is on your horizon. Consider going from cold to hot, a la salad, soup, main course. Be sure to have a variety of textures (crunchy vs. creamy), cooking methods, and color. As we were planning our graduation dinner, we came up with a course that was all white foods. It sounded delicious, but it sure would not have been attractive! I'm sure it goes without saying, seeing as this class is taking place at a restaurant known for seasonal and local sourcing, but do try to use what's in season whenever possible. Folks will enjoy a hearty root vegetable stew more than a tomato and basil salad at this time of year. The flavors will be much better.
Sure, it doesn't read like much, but I can vouch, this is going to be amazing!! Four courses of the best food us novice chefs can produce. Of course my favorite dish is dessert – poached pears with peppercorn caramel sauce and a cranberry and walnut biscotti dipped in chocolate. Yes, dessert two ways! You're going to have to stick around to see what else we are serving.
Or join us! The graduation dinner is this Sunday, November 16, starting with a reception at 5:30pm. Tickets to the event are $50, plus another $20 if you want the optional wine pairing matching each course. To order tickets, call Braise, ask for Molly and tell her I sent you. Tickets must be purchased by this Thursday. There are only a small number of tickets available.
This class has been so much fun. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself tomorrow night. Maybe I will bake bread and create handmade whipped butter just because I can.


After getting engaged, you will now have to plan for most important day of your life. You know that you'll need the best support system to pull through the planning process. So, choosing your bridesmaids is an important first step in wedding planning. Of course, you'll want all your closest girl friends to be part of your entourage, but to be honest, you can't include everyone. Here's a guide that you can use to bring together the best bride squad you'll ever need.
(1) List all the important women in your life–include both family members and friends.
The first step is to list down all the important women in your life, from the childhood to the present. Think of women who have been influential figures–such as women who have helped mould you into the person you are today, women who have helped you through difficult time, or women who are there for you no matter what. Include both family members and friends when making this initial list.
(2) Based on your wedding budget and the size of the wedding, decide on the final number of bridesmaids you will have.
Based on your budget and the size of your wedding, decide on a number of entourage members that will be suitable for you. You don't want to have too many bridesmaids, nor do you want to have too little. Think of the responsibilities that you will need to divide among them, too. Balance out the tasks with the final number of bridesmaids you plan to have and see if everything you need to be done by them will be covered.
(3) Go over your initial list with your husband-to-be.
Remember that your husband is your partner in decision making for the wedding. So do consult him as well when choosing your bridesmaids. Show him your initial list so he can also give his feedback. He might have some information that is important. He may have opinions that give you a different perspective on your choices, too.
(4) Look at the different personalities of your squad members.
Your bride squad is tasked to help you plan and execute your wedding efficiently and smoothly. Yes. you love every one of your girl friends, but you also need to have a roster of ladies who you can count on when deadlines get tight, when challenges occur, and when you're feeling all the stress and pressure. You might want to omit ladies who you think aren't fit for the responsibilities and pressures of being a bridesmaid.
(5) Be aware and sensitive of their current situation.
Bridesmaids are tasked with several responsibilities from day one of wedding planning up until the wedding day. Part of the role includes setting aside time and incurring some costs to get things done. Be sensitive of the current situation of your chosen members and see if they can still handle the responsibility. Does your friend have a very demanding job? Does your friend the breadwinner of their family? Situations like these have an impact on whether your gal pal can take on the role as a bridesmaid.
(6) Finalize the list and choose your Maid of Honor.
From the items above, you can now narrow down your list and decide on your Maid of Honor as well. Being a Maid of Honor is a very important role so do asses your ladies and see who will best fit as your leading lady. You can read this to see the important duties of the Maid of Honor.
(7) Ask them to be a part of your squad!
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Five Things to Watch For at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona This Week
Re/code will have full coverage and analysis all week, but here is what is top of mind from our team on the ground at Mobile World Congress.
By Ina Fried and Bonnie Cha Feb 28, 2015, 9:00am EST
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Anyone who is anyone in mobile (and a lot of others that aspire to be someone) is gathering this week in Barcelona for the mobile industry's largest trade show.
What began as a fairly niche regional show more than a decade ago is now the one-stop shop for all things wireless. Of course, Re/code will have full coverage and analysis all week, but here is what is top of mind from our team on the ground at Mobile World Congress.
1. New flagship models
While Apple may choose to hold its own events for major new products, both HTC and Samsung are using Mobile World Congress to bring out their latest and greatest. Our big question is whether the kinds of new features that may find their way on to devices — curved screens, better cameras, etc. — are enough to make a difference in either company's fortunes.
2. Some darn impressive phones that won't break the bank
As we've talked about, the big story in Barcelona isn't what is being added to this year's flagship model, but just how cheap you can get a phone that has everything from the flagship of a year or two ago. Our take is that $150 now buys the average phone buyer just about everything they want or need in a phone. A lot of these midrange models have already appeared, including models from Motorola, Sony and LG. Expect a lot more phones to make their debut this week, especially brands that aren't as big in the U.S. but are strong in other parts of the globe.
3. The weird and wonderful
Some of the most unexpected treasures we've found over the years have been the more unusual wireless products. Robots for kids and smart canes for seniors are just a few of the things we've found in the past.
4. Don't call it a comeback but please call it a comeback
Folks that have been weaker will be looking to bolster their image. Barcelona is extra important for those who have been thus far been on the outside looking in. BlackBerry, Microsoft and Intel are among the big names hoping that people walk away from Barcelona with increased confidence that they can yet make a difference in the future of mobile.
5. Five stands for 5G, the next generation of cellular technology
It's still years off and the standards haven't been finished but discussion is heating up around what is needed in the next generation of cellular networks and which countries and companies will provide it. For sure, 5G will need to bring both faster speeds and the ability to support a network with billions of devices. The most aggressive companies want to see the first commercial network in place for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, with an earlier test network perhaps possible for the 2018 Winter Games in Korea.
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NAACOS 2020: COVID pandemic demonstrates importance of value-based payment models
Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for value-based payment models
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to speed health care's transition to value-based payment models and away from fee-for-service. But doing so will require greater resources and cooperation among payers, government and health care providers, according to a former top government health care official.
Speaking at the second day of the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations' 2020 virtual fall conference, former CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. said that value-based payment models have enabled providers to respond better and more rapidly to the COVID-19 crisis than fee-for-service practices.
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He noted that CMS and some commercial payers have relaxed their existing fee-for-service payment rules in order to enable broader use of telehealth during the pandemic. "But those are short-term patches, and won't get us to the models of care that have proven effective during the pandemic," he added. "Thing like building out data systems and developing community-based models require different kinds of financial support than is available under fee-for-service."
But despite the stress the pandemic has placed on the nation's health care system, McClellan said he sees reasons for optimism. One example is the growing awareness among payers of what they need to do to help provider organizations transition to value-based payment models.
Another is the fact that both payers and providers now have nearly a decade's worth of experience with value-based care models to draw on as they look towards the future. "We're at a crossroads for the future of health care, and whether we can really step up the reforms needed to move further away from fee-for-service. These won't be easy to address, but now we have a lot more examples of organizations that have made the shift successfully, and how to work with payers to make it happen."


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Private clubs run the gamut from your local VFW to the country clubs id the rich and powerful. In my new article, I take a peek at their history, their role in American society, and their attempts to adapt to modern life. With a quick look at the legal definition of "club," of course. Gotta stay on brand. Link in profile! . . . . #law #liquorlaws #history #americanhistory #alcohol #booze #bar #barlife #membersonly #privateclub
Tax money before health! Historically speaking, at least…
These days, the government seems to care quite a lot about our health. Through advertising campaigns, insurance requirements, and, of course, sin taxes, we are discouraged from partaking in all manner of vice in the name of the public good. It's seen as the moral thing to do, and even the economic thing to do, if it prevents expensive health issues down the road.
Our leaders have always had this inclination to influence our health-related choices, but for much of our history, it simply wasn't an option. Government, especially federal, was restricted by the limits of communication, pre-income tax federal budgets, and a sense among the population that this was not really government's place. It wasn't until the early 20th century, with industrialization and its attendant social movements, that the tide began to turn. 1906 brought the publication of Upton Sinclair's infamous book The Jungle and the passing of the Federal Food and Drug Act. The Act was not really enforced at first, but eventually the Feds would create an agency to oversee it. In 1927 that agency would become the Food and Drug Administration, and we were off to the races.
Alcohol is, depending on how you're feeling, both a food and a drug. It would logic, then, that the FDA would have some oversight of alcohol. Thing is, we already had a system in place for booze. The early US government may not have seen fit to regulate meat packing plants or the tonics and elixirs of itinerant salesmen, but (as covered in the intro article) they were sure regulating alcohol! Since it was the only product controlled like that, the founding fathers did not create a whole new bureaucracy for it, and instead folded it into the Department of the Treasury.
When Prohibition ended, it might have made sense to transfer some control of alcohol to the FDA. The 1935 Federal Alcohol Administration Act, however, kept much of the power with Treasury. The act led to the formation of the Federal Alcohol Administration and the Alcohol Tax Unit, which became the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), and it stayed that way into the new century. The Homeland Security Act of 2001 split the taxation and enforcement duties between the Treasury (through the new Tax and Trade Bureau) and Justice (ATF), but still, no FDA.[i]
All this background leads us to one simple fact: alcohol has no nutrition labels. Those labels, after all, are a creature of the FDA. Since alcohol is outside the FDA's purview, and nutrition is outside TTB and ATF's, the industry has had no problem keeping it that way, which means those three Long Islands you had last night still don't count towards your daily calories. Congratulations!
This has come to prominence in recent years for two reasons. First, big brewers have begun to think that nutrition labels might not actually be such a bad thing. The makers of Whatever Lite and Something Ultra have long tried to use calorie differences in their battle with heavier craft beers. They think a label on the bottle might be to their advantage. In 2013, TTB issued a rule that producers could put nutrition labels on their bottles if they wanted to (Bud Light will begin doing so in February 2019), but they show no signs of making it mandatory.[ii]
The second reason is that the FDA recently passed a regulation for restaurants that happens to affect alcohol producers as well. Starting in May 2018, chains with 20 or more locations had to start listing calories for all their menu items. After some deliberation, it was decided that alcoholic drinks would be subject to the new rule as well. The liquor industry lobbied for leaving mixers out of it (no dice), and small producers were very keen on generalized labeling—that is, a stout is x calories, no matter the brand. Also no dice.
That last request highlights the most pointed argument against labeling by the industry: it would hurt small producers, because the research and regulatory compliance work required would be expensive. The other argument—one that goes back a long time—is that if you put nutrition labels on booze, people will think that means booze is nutritional.
I can't say I find either argument compelling. It would cost something for producers to comply with the new regulation, sure, but not that much. Brewers, vintners, and distillers analyze the hell out of what they put in a bottle; I can't imagine counting calories will break the camel's back. And if it would, existing food labeling law has a provision exempting small producers from the requirement; I'm sure they could figure out something similar for alcohol. And as to consumers believing that the presence of "nutrition facts" means that your college dorm room's plastic jug of Vladdy is good for you, well, I'd like to see a study prove that. In 2007 TTB proposed a rule that would have added a facts panel but called it something different, like "alcohol facts" or "serving facts" (they got too bogged down in the details and the politics of it to pull the trigger on that idea). Frankly, I'm not sure the name change is necessary. If we do it for Deep Fried Twinkies, we can do it for alcohol. If only we can figure out which department should make it happen…[iii]
[i] This is a bit of a simplification. For a few decades, there was a real question about whether the FDA actually did have authority over alcohol labeling. The 1906 Food and Drug law did cover alcohol, but the 1935 alcohol law gave control to the ATF. So which was it? The FDA largely deferred to the ATF for a while, until a 1976 court decision affirmed that alcohol labeling was the prerogative of the ATF. See Mary Hancock, Federal Jurisdictional Disputes in the Labeling and Advertising of Malt Beverages. Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Journal #34 (1979), pg. 271
[ii] Before, that, you had to get specific TTB permission to do so. Alcohol label rules are intense, and a topic I'll talk more about soon.
[iii] More reading:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-cocktails-have-calories-new-rules-will-show-how-many-1521813600
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alcohol-nutritional-information_us_596cb1ebe4b03389bb18ca6b
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/11/nutrition-labeling-of-wine-beer-and-spirits-a-regulatory-morass/
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/2011/01/why-dont-beer-wine-and-alcohol-have-nutrition-fact-labels.html
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These tights are simply the fastest tights in Europe! April 1993 I participated in the annual half marathon in Berlin, Germany, and this picture shows the starting line just before the start. Remarkably, each and every one is wearing shorts, apart from just one, 23 years old Carsten Eich from Leipzig. Carsten is wearing a nice pair of royal blue tights with a wide pink stripe down the legs. These tights may surely be Carsten's lucky tights, for just over one hour later these tights had carried Carsten through the half marathon in a time of 1:00:34, being the fastest half marathon time by then in Europe. Congratulations, Carsten!


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SugarbyHalf campaign launched as US study shows depths of health sponsorships
Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Professor Rob Moodie, Professor Peter Brukner,on: October 11, 2016 In: diabetes, health ethics, obesity, public health
A new national campaign campaign, SugarByHalf, has been launched today – to mark #WorldObesityDay – by a group of health experts, doctors, celebrities and scientists who want to "cut Australia's sky-high added sugar consumption in half".
Among the group are Professor Rob Moodie, from the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, and La Trobe University Professor Peter Brukner, who is doctor for the Australian Cricket Team.
See their post below about the issue, their aims, and plenty of resources to tap into, which was originally published here by the University of Melbourne and is republished with permission. They are urging Australians to sign up and commit to reducing their intake of added sugar by half, use a Sugar Calculator to work our how much sugar they are actually consuming, and then do a "Sugar Swap."
Croakey readers are also likely to be interested in a US study that has found "surprisingly pervasive sponsorship" of national health and medical organisations by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
The findings were reported by the New York Times on Monday, which said the study documents the beverage industry's "deep financial ties to the health community over the past five years, as part of a strategy to silence health critics and gain unlikely allies against soda regulations."
The study – Sponsorship of national health organisations by two major soda companies – was published this week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Its authors, Daniel Aaron and Michael Siegal from Boston University, recommend that health organisations reject sponsorship offers from soft drink companies, saying they can be "unwitting partners" contributing to unhealthy, corporate marketing strategies. They said:
"These soda companies use relationships with health organisations to develop positive associations for their brand, which is important for their bottom line. Soda companies also can neutralise potential legislative opposition by invoking reciprocity and financial dependence on the part of national health organisations."
"It is believed these sponsorships can affect the actions and voices of health organisations."
The authors say theirs is the first study to systematically catalogue sponsorship of national health organisations by soft drink companies. Interestingly, they were able to access better information about Coke's sponsorship because it last year released a database.
This was in response to major concerns about research conflicts of interest after a New York Times report that Coca-Cola had teamed up with influential scientists and researchers through the so-called Global Energy Balance Network that highlighted exercise rather than diet as the solution to obesity
See Croakey's report on Coca-Cola funding in Australia, which also links to other relevant articles.
Professor Rob Moodie and Professor Peter Brukner write
Australia is in the midst of a Sugardemic.
The average Australian consumes somewhere around 16 teaspoons of added sugar every day, more than double that recommended by the World Health Organisation. Not surprisingly, two thirds of Australian adults and a quarter of our children are overweight or obese. The annual cost of obesity to this country has been conservatively estimated at $8.6 billion.
The rise in obesity is seriously undermining our health, increasing the risk of numerous disabilities like diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke. This generation of Australians will likely be the first not to live longer than the previous generation. What a legacy to leave our children.
There are many causes of our deteriorating health, but there is one major factor associated with all these conditions – too much added sugar.
Obesity is on the rise, bringing with it a host of health problems, and a major factor is too much added sugar.
By "added sugar" we mean sugar added to food and drinks such as soft drinks, breakfast cereals and processed foods. It does not include sugars found naturally in fruit and dairy products. Simply put, it is sugar we don't need, and sugar that will potentially harm us and our children.
Which is why today, on World Obesity Day, we have launched a new national health campaign, SugarByHalf, encouraging people to reduce their intake of added sugar by half.
The WHO's latest Global Burden of Disease report highlights obesity as the leading global cause of disabilities. The five primary conditions that are linked to increases in body mass index are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Beyond these major conditions, being overweight and/or obese also increases the risk of numerous other disorders including osteoarthritis, gout, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, gallstones and cancer.
Almost two million Australians have diabetes, the vast majority T2D. Someone is diagnosed with T2D every five minutes in Australia. The total annual cost impact of diabetes in Australia is estimated at $14.6 billion.
Half of kids have tooth decay
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) has reached epidemic proportions, and cardiovascular disease continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in this country despite successful public health campaigns to reduce smoking and the intake of saturated fats in our diet.
Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of obesity, premature death and disability in adulthood. But in addition to increased future risks, obese children experience breathing difficulties, increased risk of fractures, hypertension, early markers of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and psychological effects. More than 50 per cent of Australian children have tooth decay with an annual cost of $4.6 billion.
At the root of much of this deteriorating health is added sugar. Teenagers have more than 20 teaspoons a day, more than the average Australian's intake of 16 teaspoons every day.
WHO recommends no more than 10 per cent of our daily calories should come from added sugar and suggests that reducing this to 5 per cent is even more beneficial. That 5 per cent equates to about 6 teaspoons of sugar a day. The American Heart Association (AHA) has recently recommended a maximum daily added sugar intake of 9 teaspoons of sugar for men and 6 teaspoons for females and teenagers. They suggest no added sugar at all for infants under 2 years.
Sugar-sweetened beverages (soft drinks) are the major contributor to the high level of added sugar intake, especially among young people. A typical small (600ml) bottle of cola contains approximately 65 grams of sugar or 16 teaspoons – more than double the ideal daily added sugar intake.
Research has shown that increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages by one can (340ml) per day was associated with a 22 per cent greater incidence of T2D. High levels of sugar are also found in cakes, ice cream, biscuits, and lollies.
While most Australians are aware that these "discretionary foods" have a high sugar content, they are probably unaware of the hidden sugars contained in 70 per cent of packaged foods including cereals, snack bars, salad dressings, take away foods and sauces. For instance, one 930 ml bottle of a well known BBQ sauce contains 495 grams or 125 teaspoons of added sugar – nearly half a kilo!
Our campaign, SugarByHalf, aims to reduce the daily intake of added sugar by Australians by one half. If we can do that, it will have a massive impact on the health of this country.
We want to give people the means to reduce their sugar intake and improve their health while still really enjoying their food at a reasonable cost. We will highlight the sources of that sugar – both the obvious ones such as sugary drinks, but also the hidden added sugars present in most of our packaged food.
How to halve your sugar intake
We want more and more people to replace processed foods with real food – Just Eat Real Food (JERF).
We are encouraging Australians to initially do three things on our website. Sign up and commit to reducing your intake of added sugar by half. Use our Sugar Calculator to work our how much sugar you are actually consuming. Then finally do a "Sugar Swap." Swap a sugary item for an alternative with low sugar. For example, swap a soft drink for water, or a very sugary fruit yoghurt for plain Greek yoghurt.
There are lots of other things that we can do to help reduce the intake of added sugar. We need improved food labelling so we know how much added sugar is in our food. We must prevent the junk food industry from targeting our kids with personalised text messages, toys, ads and marketing.
Health warnings on food and drinks with high sugar content have been shown to be effective, and the introduction of a sugar tax similar to that in Mexico and planned in the UK should be given serious debate at government level instead of knee jerk reactions pandering to the junk food industries.
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