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RSPO Seeks to Draw More Smallholders into the Sustainability Fold
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world's most widely recognized global certification scheme for 'sustainable palm oil' is working to adjust its standard to draw more smallholders to join the sustainability path.
"The new standards for smallholders, if there are no obstacles, could be endorsed in November," said Imam El Marzuq, RSPO's Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, told The Palm Scribe in a recent interview.
The holder of a degree in forest management from the state-run Gadjah Mada University who has been dealing with smallholders in the palm oil sector since he joined RSPO seven years ago, said that his organization was acutely aware that the ratio of smallholders who have received its sustainability certification was insignificant compared to their number in the country, accounted for about 43 percent of oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
RSPO data by July this year shows that globally a total of 144,943 smallholders, 5,114 of them independent, had so far received certification through 23 groupings. Their production account for some 8.37 percent of global palm oil supply.
In a bid to motivate more smallholders to seek certification, the RSPO is currently working on a new certification standard specifically for smallholders, whether independent or tied under a partnership scheme with plantation companies.
"Previously, there was no specific mention of smallholders. In the new standard, this will stand alone," he said, referring to the new RSPO Principles and Criteria endorsed in November last year.
"Regarding the strategy for smallholders, when seen from the actual achievements it is still very small, and there is a need for a strategic design to get them to get involved in sustainability," Imam added.
In the arrangement for smallholders currently being prepared, the process of certification will not be in a single stage s it currently is, but rather split into three separate phases, each carrying their own benefits. The phased approach, Imam said, would enable smallholders to achieve compliance over a specified period of time.
"They would not have to complete the whole process first before they can enjoy the benefits," he said.
The three phases are respectively named Eligibility (E); Milestone A(MS A/or TC A); and Milestone B (MS B/TC B), the last one being equal to full compliance.
At the entry-level, the E phase, the group of smallholders, as they can only apply as a group and not individually, must comply with all eligibility indicators — all basic requirements for seeking certification.
The indicators include the legality of the smallholder groups such as having the proper legal documents, decision making and governance system, etc. The smallholder groups must also sign a document declaring all their landholdings and their status as well as the presence of any conflict regarding them. It also contains their commitment to sustainability including no new plantings or expansion in primary forests, HCV areas, riparian buffer zones, on a steep slope and on peat, no forced labor, and no child labor.
Once eligibility is validated, the smallholders would have the rights to sell half of their oil palm production under an eligibility label, some sort of RSPO credit.
Under the system, the fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) are not physically traded but instead, they sell the associated credit to another party committed to advancing the cause of sustainability among smallholders. This buyer will then have the right to display a label on his or her product certifying that the company took part in the program. The smallholders can still sell the said portion of fresh fruit bunches at regular prices at his regular market.
In the second phase, the group of smallholders strives to achieve Milestone A sustainability indicators within a two year period.
The indicators include forming an Internal Control System and undergoing a series of training and courses on marketing; group dynamics; best practices for smallholder organizations as well as on-farm business operations, monitoring and planning, and record-keeping.
Once achieved, the smallholders can sell up to half of their FFB as certified to a certified mill through the physical supply chain models and up to 50 percent of the FFB can be sold as RSPO Credits.
MS B, the last phase has to be reached within a year after reaching MS A. This practically means fully ready for certification. All members of the group must be able to demonstrate 100 percent capability in meeting Milestone B sustainability indicators. When reaching this stage the smallholders have the right to seel all their FFB as certified and also 100 percent of their FFB for RSPO credits.
Smallholder groups must operate in accordance with best management practices for groups, manage their farms effectively and maintain records of production and transaction data of all FFB sales. They should adopt good agricultural practices and track productivity while their land and resources should be free of conflicts, and clearly demarcated.
Workers must have access to their identity documents, and have freedom of movement. There should be no children labor (under 15) and young workers should not hare mentally or physically harmful work and that could interfere with their schooling, should be paid and have safe working conditions and amenities such as housing, health and safety training, and equipment.
"Learning from statistics, we need much more farmers to join and we need to motivate them," Imam said, adding that as in general what motivated them was the tangible economic benefits of going sustainable, providing early access to them could be key.
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The last month has been a challenging one as we review our financial position having received our grant letter for 2011-12 and, more importantly, improved our understanding of the likely budget changes over the next two to three years. University Council will be discussing our tuition fee levels for 2012-13 at length in mid April and this has been a subject of discussions in a number of other meetings including School Boards and Senate. It will also be explored at a Staff Assembly meeting on April 13.
It will be a difficult decision because of a concern I (and I suspect many of you) have about the high cost of a university education. We need to balance the need for a strong, sustainable University, with funds to invest in our teaching and research, against putting off many potential students from coming to university because of the likely levels of debt. I welcome the discussions I have been able to have with staff and students on this issue and hope that we can reflect these at our forthcoming Council meeting. Wherever we set our fees we will need to ensure we have strong mechanisms in place to support the diverse range of students we currently welcome to the University.
I was delighted to attend the first ever Student Awards event recently. This event celebrated the contribution of teaching and support staff to supporting students and was organised entirely by the Students' Union. There were 14 nominations for teaching awards, all nominated by students, and a number of other awards to support staff. I'd like to congratulate all those staff who were nominated for awards for such exceptional service and a big thank you to all the students and the sabbatical team who worked so hard to make the evening such a success. The music, video presentations and food made for a really enjoyable evening.
A full list of winners is included below in 'Celebrating Success'.
There is a showcase event to highlight the research and knowledge transfer (RKT) activity of the University on April 13 and I hope as many of you as possible will be able to view the work. At senate last week we spent some considerable time discussing the importance of our RKT work. There are significant financial challenges in supporting this work particularly given the reduction of research funding from HEFCE announced in the grant letter and the increasing trend towards research concentration in fewer and fewer universities.
Research is vitally important to academic staff, it helps to enhance the reputation of the University and can greatly enhance the student experience and we are proud to have world class research and researchers at Bradford. But keeping that research and growing it sustainably will be one of our big challenges over the next few years and I know that the work being done for the 'mock' Research Excellence Framework within Schools is highlighting both our strengths and the challenges we face. Continuing success at generating research council and other external funding has never been more important.
Progress on our major estate projects continues apace. It has been remarkable to see the speed with which The Green, our new student village, is developing and those of you who have seen the apartments and townhouses will testify to the quality of the facility. The environmental rating for the building continues to be outstanding and the reaction from our potential students has been really positive.
In addition the School of Health Studies building is progressing on schedule and we are currently planning for major improvements to create new flat-bed teaching spaces in Chesham which will allow us to be more innovative and creative in the way we configure our large teaching areas. Our low-carbon strategy continues to lead the sector and we are genuinely being seen as a beacon of good practice both nationally and internationally.
The RKT Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology is a facility within the University's world class Polymer IRC laboratory. This Centre allows access to equipment and expertise required for companies of all sizes to develop a successful micromoulding or nano-scale surface feature moulding process. Three new staff were appointed in the autumn, which has allowed the centre to progress significantly in the last six months. The centre has eight live industrial projects ongoing with an income in excess of £100,000, one of which has resulted in the centre receiving a prestigious US-based Medical Device Excellence Award. They have had three successful research grant bids awarded with a total value of over £700,000. This includes a project (worth £518k) working in collaboration between the RKT Centres for Polymer MNT and Visual Computing within the University, (led by Dr John Sweeney, with Dr Ben Whiteside and Prof Hassan Ugail as co-investigators) and the Manufacturing Excellence Centre based at Cardiff University.
Congratulations to the commercial services team who have secured £260,000 in National Lottery funding from Sport England for the Active Bradford project. Active Bradford will offer joint sporting opportunities for students at both the University of Bradford and Bradford College. A variety of innovative programmes, including 'Street Sports', will encourage more people to get involved in a wide range of individual and team sports. The University and college are targeting 2,080 new participants over the three years of the project.
Theatre in the Mill has been awarded a 95 per cent increase in its funding from Arts Council England from 2012 to 2015 as part of the new National Portfolio funding scheme. With no arts faculty at the University, I am very proud that we have three fantastic art venues on campus that produce work of such high standard. These venues add great value to the diverse student experience that the University offers.
Pete Twigg, Engineering, Design and Technology, has received a research grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering worth £8,017 for 'Integrated work-based learning in clinical engineering'.
Jo Neill in Pharmacy is working with a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company on a contract worth £130,000 to test novel compounds, with a European pharmaceutical company on a contract worth £10,000 to carry out behavioural and cognitive studies on test compounds, and with an American pharmaceutical company on a contract worth £12,500 to research the effects of novel compounds on b-neuro's validated behavioural models. B-neuro are also undertaking collaborative research with a leading American company in the form of a joint PhD studentship worth £40,000.
Mark Van Hoorebeek in the School of Management has been successfully awarded brOME OERP Funding of £1,000 by the Higher Education Academy.
Owen Greene in Peace Studies has received a research grant worth £19,966 from Saferworld for 'Assessing States conflict prevention performance'.
Dr Caroline O'Brien for the Management of people with cardiovascular respiratory conditions module, School of Health Studies.
Dr Liz Carpenter for the Renal System and other modules, School of Life Sciences.
Dr Alex Gibson for Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain module and placements, School of Life Sciences.


I need to put a clutch in my 11 yrs olds KLX140L and wanted to ask what you guys (and gals) recommend? I have a EBC DRC series clutch kit (model DRC211) ready to be ordered, but want to make sure. My son is new to riding and I'm looking for something stockish, to a little better. Any thoughts ASAP would be appreciated.
Great kit for the money. It feels the same as stock and seems to work just as well. If properly installed it will last a long time. My clutch sees a fair amount of abuse yet still grabs great. Best of luck.
I just put a Barnett clutch in my sons 140L. Works really well.
My EBC kit arrived tonight...install tomorrow night.


Bedtime. Is there any word that causes more anxiety for parents of toddlers? Since I have twins, I sometimes have bedtime battles times two. Getting two rambunctious toddlers settled and ready for sleep requires a lot of patience and a solid routine. We've got things settled down in our house (for now!) and I want to share one of my favorite tricks for helping my toddlers get ready for bed - the Toddler Bedtime Box.
Making your own Toddler Bedtime Box is super easy, and using it will help your toddler to feel involved and empowered during bedtime. The Bedtime Box helps to reinforce your night time routine, which is essential for a smooth bedtime. And by letting your toddler help to pack and unpack it each night, they will feel more in control and be able to wind down for sleep. When young children have a routine and know what to expect, they can more easily transition from one activity to another. And toddlers who feel involved are often far more cooperative than those that are just told what to do.
Lay your fabric storage cube flat. Start by tracing or drawing your stars and moon onto the front of the cube.
Once your design is complete, fill in with the acrylic paint. You will want to do two coats for even coverage. Allow to dry completely.
Now you're ready to start using your Bedtime Box! Gather all of your supplies that you need for your toddler's bedtime routine. Our box includes pajamas and Huggies diapers (we use Pull Ups during the day now as we're working on potty training, but at night, I like the protection of Huggies diapers). I also include our music playing Monkey (they can't fall asleep without him), and our bedtime story books for the night. You may also want to add a pacifier or a sippy cup of water if that's part of your routine.
Invite your toddler(s) to get involved in choosing their PJs and books for the night so that they feel involved and a part of the process of getting ready for bed.
Pack everything in your Bedtime Box. We do this in the morning after we've gotten dressed for the day. Then, when bedtime comes, bring out the Bedtime Box. Have your toddler help you pick out each item as you go through the routine of changing their diaper, putting on pajamas, reading stories, and getting their loveys and comfort items. When the box is empty, it's time to sleep!
Using the Bedtime Box has really helped to reinforce our nighttime routine and has made bedtime much smoother in my house. My boys love helping to pack it each day and unpack it each night. Helping them feel involved has reduced our bedtime battles and given us all a much better night's sleep!
I pick up my Huggies diapers and other items for my Toddler Bedtime Box at Family Dollar - I can get my baby/toddler suppies at a great value and it's super convenient. Find the Family Dollar near you here.
Want to see even more awesome ideas for moms featuring Huggies diapers and wipes? Check them out here - which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
Great idea! I need a version of this for my 6 year old too!
Great idea, we're going to try it! Lol at the Huggies advertising.


One thing is clear: this isn't about a lack of water.
Every day Irish Water puts twice as much water into the system as is actually needed – because more water is wasted through leaks than is used by all the households and industry in Ireland put together.
…Far more water is lost through network leakage (Irish Water's responsibility) than by households, yet the narrative has seen the finger of blame pointing fairly definitively towards the householder.
The implication is of excessive use, of waste. This is misplaced.
Irish Water has repaired 8 per cent of the leaks identified; householders themselves have repaired 36 per cent, despite no financial incentive to do so.
Household leakage was cut by almost 40 million litres in just two years: the target was 11 million in 39 years. Householders didn't just meet their leakage target: they smashed it.
In stark contrast, Irish Water is nowhere near meeting its own target. Between 2011 and 2021 it was meant to reduce network leakage from 205 to 166 million litres.
Two-thirds of the way through that window, network leakage is now higher than it was in the first place at 207 million litres.
Posted in Misc and tagged Irish Water at 12:55 pm on July 12, 2018 by Bodger.
I disagree with the view that IW were blaming households for the shortage of water and that's why they instated the hosepipe ban. They were saying that there was a shortage of water and so unnecessary use, like filling paddling pools and watering your lawn, should be halted for the duration and so instated the hosepipe ban. You'd have to do some fairly complicated mental gymnastics to get from one to the other. Ms Kennedy appears to be accusing IW of a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy that they never actually made.
No mention of the hosepipe ban in the article.
IW does try to blame householders for wastage. Hence their attempt of putting an 'allowance' onto households.
Yet it is IW itself that accounts for most wastage.
that would be better wouldn't it?
The hosepipe ban is alluded to in the first and last paragraph of the article and I'm struggling to see any way, other than the hosepipe ban, that IW have implied that it was excess use by the public that caused the water shortages during the drought. I don't disagree that the blame for recent shortages falls entirely on IW but to suggest that there should be no accountability placed on the public to conserve a valuable resource until IW have fixed all the leaks is ridiculous.
Baffled at Kennedy's claim that the householders notified of leaks who paid for their own repairs did so "despite no financial incentive to do so". For the vast majority of people their home is their largest asset so taking proactive steps to prevent water damage is a financially sensible way to uphold the value of that asset.
I agree that it would be better if IW could fix all the leaks in the network – however, this would involve searching thousands of kilometres of pipes to find the leaks. For households, it is much easier – you consult the water metre, if the usage looks unusually high, or it still clocking usage when the house is empty, there is a leak.
Fixing just one leak in one household can save millions of litres of water per year; I think it understandable that the service would go for the low-hanging fruit first, rather than spend billions digging on the off-chance of finding a leak.
amazing. absolute guess work out of ya, but you say it so confidently like you presume your guesses must be correct. And how you think metering is a good system is beyond me. Finding leaks is easy, they have v small drone like devices that go through the pipes and they detect where there's a leak, by analysing where pressure drops or water flow is disrupted. they don't go around digging up fields and guessing. Yet off ya go with your b****hit comment talking about spending billions on digging. there's no getting around, or defending the fact that metering was a huge waste of time and money, and was only in place to charge people, and that all the money wasted on !W we'd have fixed our water system.
says the chief of IW. you're unreal.
Should be no bother to you to post a link from some engineer contradicting him, so.
Can you show us where Irish Water do this please?
they don't. other countries do. we are behind. we don't have water service that functions like others. other countries water services actually work on the water system. ours was only set up to collect bills.
Stick a drone up a 1″ supply pipe do they? Analyse water pressures and flow without water meters do they?
Also, regarding the claim that "every day Irish Water puts twice as much water into the system as is actually needed". The Commission for Regulation of Utilities' latest assessment of Irish Water's performance (see page 39 of this: https://www.cru.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CRU18034-Irish-Water-Performance-Assessment-Report-No.-2-February-2018.pdf) shows that leakage rates have improved to 45% from 49% in 2014 (Irish Water was established in H2 2013). It seems reasonable to assume that pace of improvement in the leakage rate will accelerate thanks to the ongoing roll-out of metering, which helps to pin-point where the water is lost.
I happen to be sympathetic to Kennedy's view that the Shannon scheme is unnecessary, by the way, but in order to avoid the cost of that we are going to have to adopt a more mature attitude to meters. Those opposed to their roll-out are environmental vandals.
a mature attitude to metering? if you were in front of me now i'd slap you across the face. the meters were never necessary and were an extra bill for an already stretched public who lost so much in the recession and never got anything back despite reports of economy booming. we got hit with another made-up charge and had had enough. it's brilliant that the irish people stood up for ourselves and said 'no more' .. apart from you, who thought it was immature to oppose this insulting charge.
– ooooh I daresay you're scared, Baffled.
Dr. Fart's relationship with reality appears to be rather tenuous.
IW blamed the weather and the lack of rain. Unless you can correct me and show something official, they never blamed people, just asked them to not waste water as there is not a lot of it. Only idiots have decided that they did.
IW are laying new pipes currently in D7 so they are working on fixing the issue. The fact that there are leaks in hardly a newly uncovered truth. Everybody knows. It takes time to fix.
Asking people to be sensible with water conservation is completely reasonable. Only those with nothing better to do than re-litigate the water charges debate seem to be offended by this.
We should also ask have they actually started a massive pipe replacement project or are they actually dragging their heels deliberately just to ensure water charges are firstly paid before starting a very slow pipe replacement programme?
Huh? Irish water was only established in 2013.
The hose pipe ban did not apportion any blame on the householder. It simply aimed to reduce demand because supply was reducing.
This lady has an agenda (perhaps well founded) but at the end of the day she is opposed to the Shannon Dublin pipe and everything she writes is designed to scupper that idea regardless of merits or counter arguments.
That pipeline is a pipe dream.. total nonsense.. what's needed is a new, big reservoir.. all the rest is nothing more than scaremongering.. a sneaky way to put charges back on the table..
Fair point about some leaks damaging the property – but what is deemed a "leak" includes many that wouldn't, for example a toilet that is constantly flowing water and leaks from the supply pipes under peoples' gardens which would often not cause any damage per se. The point about there being no financial incentive to fix household leaks relates to the fact that in other jurisdictions there ARE financial incentives for the householder to fix their own leaks – and indeed this was something that the CER considered when it first contemplated the terms of the First Fix Free scheme. Difficult in a word-constrained article to give the entire background for some of the points….
The other point we wanted to address was the leakage target – yes, the window is from 2011-2021 and Irish Water was not set up until after 2011 – but the target was set BY Irish Water itself in 2015, looking retrospectively back at the leakage level in 2011. So the setting of the target was by IW, for IW and very much on their watch.
2.	IW has been fixing network leakage since it was founded, and the LA's were doing it before them. Why would IW spend time on a PR campaign to tell itself to fix network pipes?
3.	Ireland's rate of water consumption per household is average for Europe, not less and not more. 110litres per day.
4.	26,000 leaks were found with no small help to the domestic water meters that were installed by IW.
5.	…again, 26,000 leaks were found with no small help to the domestic water meters that were installed by IW.
6.	IW did not exist before 2013/2014, however according to their 2014-2021 business plan the aim was to have leakage at 45% in 2017. In 2017 network leakage was at…. 45%.


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El Paso, Texas – July 12, 2019 – El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank is thrilled to announce a $500,000 donation from the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation that helps to fund Phase II for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank Capital Campaign. This gift represents a firm commitment on the part of the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation to overcome the plight of hunger, which confronts over 200,000 members of our community, mostly children under 16 years of age.
"We are beyond humbled by the very generous donation made by the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation. The investment that has been made in El Paso's Food Bank will allow the growth and expansion necessary to serve the needs of the hundreds and thousands of people in our community who do not have enough to eat," said Susan Goodell, CEO of El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank.
"Our Foundation is honored to be a part of our region's efforts to meet the needs of El Pasoans who don't have adequate food supplies for their families," said Paul Foster. "It is difficult to comprehend that one of out of every three children in El Paso don't have enough food to eat, which is why we continue to help. Alejandra and I know that the work being done by El Pasoans Fighting Hunger benefits those in our community who lack basic food and nutrition. It makes us very proud to be a part of that initiative."
About El Pasoans Fighting Hunger
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank (EPFH) is El Paso's only food bank and a member of Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger relief network. EPFH currently serves more than 200,000 food insecure individuals unsure of where their next meal will come from. EPFH works with more than 130 partner agencies to distribute as much as 15.5 million pounds of food a year in 3 county areas: El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson. These agencies include food pantries, shelters, churches, and social service agencies that, together with EPFH, provide service to the hungry. The mission statement of EPFH is "to combat the hunger crisis in our region by strategically procuring and distributing nutritious food through community partners . . . because no one should go hungry." To learn more, visit www.elpasoansfightinghunger.org.

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Meet Jax, a lovely, but shy 2 year old male cat. He lost his home, through no fault of his and now needs a 2nd forever home. He had a tear in his eye and his lower lip was quivering when he came to us. He desperately needs a home to feel safe and loved in. Jax is located in West Point, VA. call Denise at 804-754-5619 for a private meet and greet!


2/18/2008 – SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2008 – First DataBank, a leading provider of drug information databases, today announced the launch of a new brand awareness campaign to focus public and industry attention on the prevention of medication errors. The campaign will be unveiled at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008 Annual Conference & Exhibition to be held February 24-28, in Orlando, Florida.
First DataBank's campaign theme, "A World Free of Medication Errors," is intended to focus industry and public attention on how the intended use of the company's medication information at the point of care may play a key role in the prevention of medication errors. The company is a pioneer in the development of drug information databases used throughout healthcare in clinical decision support. Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die each year from medical errors that occur in hospitals and a significant number of those deaths are due to medication-related errors.
A key component of the public awareness effort is a tie-in to two non profit organizations that share First DataBank's mission of medication error prevention. At the HIMSS 2008 Annual Conference, attendees visiting the First DataBank booth will receive a custom-designed wristband and a brochure describing the "A World Free of Medication Errors" campaign mission. Throughout every public event in which First DataBank participates in 2008, the company will set aside five dollars toward each wristband distributed that will be shared equally by two non-profit organizations. The two organizations chosen by First DataBank to share in the funds raised throughout the campaign year are: FLAAME: Families Launching Action Against Medication Errors and the Josie King Foundation.
"The employees at First DataBank are passionately committed to improving patient safety and healthcare quality in everything we do," said Don Nielsen, M.D., President, First DataBank. "The knowledge that our drug information plays a significant role in the prevention of harmful medication errors was our inspiration for this campaign and our hope is that it motivates others to join with us," he continued.
"On behalf of the Josie King Foundation, we are honored to have been selected to be part of First DataBank's campaign to raise public and industry awareness of medication errors," said Sorrel King, co-founder of the Josie King Foundation named to honor of her young daughter, Josie, who died from a medical error. "I speak to hundreds of clinicians working in hospitals around this country on this subject every year since Josie's death and there is always more information to share, and more teaching to be done. The donation from First DataBank's campaign will support these ongoing educational efforts," she stated.
Flaame was founded in 2007 to heighten public and health care industry awareness of errors made on both sides of the prescription counter. Co-founded by Cathy Horton, whose career, family life and health were thrown into turmoil following a medication error. Flaame's mission is to eliminate instances of prescription errors, medication use errors and negative drug interactions through awareness programs, education, lobbying and web-based resources. For more information about Flaame visit http://www.flaame.org.
The Josie King Foundation was founded in 2001 by Sorrel and Tony King, after their young daughter, Josie, died of medical errors at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. The Josie King Foundation's mission is to prevent others from dying or being harmed by medical errors. By uniting healthcare providers and consumers, and funding innovative safety programs, the foundation's hope is to create a culture of patient safety, together. For more information about the Josie King Foundation visit http://www.josieking.org.
First DataBank, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, drives patient safety and healthcare quality by providing drug databases that are used within information systems that touch every aspect of healthcare. For 30 years, we have partnered with system developers to integrate and optimize our drug information to improve user workflow and enhance clinical decision making by those entrusted with treating patients at the point-of-need. For more information about First DataBank, call 800-633-3453 or visit www.firstdatabank.com.
For more information about this press release, please contact Denise Apcar at 650-872-4514 or via email at denise_apcar@firstdatabank.com.


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Friends of the Polk County Public Libraries
The purpose of this Organization shall be to contribute to positive relations between the Library and its constituents by working within the Library Director's guidelines and the Library's current objectives to stimulate gifts to the Library and promote support and knowledge of, and inform interest in the resources, services, facilities and needs of the library.
Anyone may join FOPCPL at a cost of $10.00 for individuals, $15.00 for family membership, and $100.00 for life membership. Membership forms are available at the Libraries or you can download a copy here.
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The Friends of the Polk County Public Library Book Club typically meets on 4th Wednesdays from 2-4pm at the Main Library in Columbus.
For more information, contact Nancy Gales at (828) 440-1044.
Friends of the Library sponsor an on-going book sale in the Main Library lobby. Hardback books, CDs, and DVDs sell for $1.00 and paperbacks for $0.50.
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Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Libraries of Polk County, A History, that includes stories of how all the Polk County libraries came into being, from the Sidney Lanier Library of the late 1800s to the modern Polk County Public Library building finished in 2006. It celebrates the many individuals who have given so much to provide good literature, sources of information, cultural enrichment, and entertainment to the community.
The book sells for $15.00 and is available through the Friends of the Library.
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L'ESSENTIEL Normandin Mercier
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Eye: Brilliantly polished amber.
Nose: The essence of Grande Champagne. Dry, sun-drenched earth is softened by a gentle hint of vanilla, slowly becoming more mature with cracked pepper and a tell-tale rancio, revealing the age of this Cognac. The humidity of the cellar speaks loudly here, with more florals than fruit taking center stage.
Palate: Well-integrated and pleasantly sharp, providing warm spices at the front. The wood notes are prominent but not overpowering, creating a balance of tannins for the otherwise subtle fruit and florals. At 41,4%, this is certainly not too round, fading into a long, powerful finish that lasts an age.
ABV: 41,4 %
Growth Area: Grande Champagne
Bottle size: 70 cl
Please note that we will collect orders over the next two weeks, and in the meantime Edouard and his small team will begin bottling. Shipping will begin straight after.
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Created for those quiet moments at home, the new L'ESSENTIEL by Normandin Mercier is a reflection of what happens when we stop to notice the good things in life. Resting in a cellar for over three decades, this outstanding cask has been waiting for a moment to be truly appreciated -- and what a moment that will be.
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For L'ESSENTIEL, cellarmaster Edouard Normandin has bottled this unique Cognac aged for over 30 years in oak cask. Expertly crafted from grapes harvested in the Grande Champagne, this expression is a snapshot of a region famous for its ability to produce fine eaux-de-vie, thanks to its chalky soil and limestone subsoil. The optimal position of the terroir means that it also benefits from season-long sun exposure - only one of the reasons why this is considered the Premier Cru of Cognac.
With a history spanning back over 100 years, the house of J. Normandin Mercier has always produced eaux-de-vie from the Fine Champagne region. Crafting their wares with a 'quality over quantity' philosophy, Edouard, Jean-Marie and Audrey Normandin continue to produce cognac using the same methods as their ancestors. The family have always welcomed visitors to their estate with open arms; with this L'ESSENTIEL edition, they invite you to taste the most precious contents of their cellar.
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Ain't no mountain high enough! Bas Smith summits Denali
Posted July 9, 2019 by Ray White New Zealand	under Dan White, iPhone App Latest News, Ray White Queenstown, ray white real estate
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Left picture: Bas Smith in orange jacket. Right picture: Base camp.
"Certainly one of the adventure highlights of my life… it was a fantastic achievement to pull this off in the style that we did."
That's how Ray White Queenstown Principal Director Bas Smith described summiting Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America.
The unforgiving Denali, with a summit elevation of more than 6,100 metres has claimed the lives of 96 climbers between 1903 and 2006, and was the next step on what has been an adventurous ladder for Mr Smith.
"I've been mountaineering for many years and carried out some of the more serious climbs in my 20s, but becoming a dad, my adventures became more focused on adventure racing at a high level and shorter local explorations," he said.
"Through Ray White and real estate, I met British mountaineer and former SAS member Harry Taylor, and it was through discussions around our love for mountain biking that Denali came up as a topic.
"Harry's somewhat of a high-altitude mountaineering icon and is still incredibly strong. He was the second Brit to climb Everest without oxygen and led the first team to traverse the three peaks of Everest.
"I got a call from him one day saying he and another ex-British Special Forces chap Bill Freear were climbing Denali and he asked if I'd like to join. I don't think I even took a breath before saying yes!
"My wife and two children know how adventurous I am and we're an active family so their support was immediate – and it actually worked out well because they would be away in Europe at the time."
Camp 1 – Base camp out of sight down the valley.
Not only did Bas Smith and his team summit Denali, it is no exaggeration to say they did so in literal double-quick time.
"We summited Denali in 10 days, where normal expeditions take 20-24 days, with the mountain climbable for only a two-month period between May to early July," he explained.
"Being very close to the North Pole, it's 24-hours light during the summer. It gets as dark as twilight for about one hour, then the sun comes up again.
"Conditions were very challenging, with lots of heavy snow and variable temperatures getting down as low as -40 degrees centigrade at night, but up to +20 on the glacier at midday.
"Many unpredictable periods of poor visibility matched with high wind on the upper quarter of the mountain pushed us into an aggressive strategy.
"Denali is a huge mountain and has a reputation for creating its own weather which is in complete contrast to the surrounding area's weather forecast, and this equals high risk for climbers when you lump in the cold and the altitude.
"As we jumped on the Beaver to fly into the glacier we chatted with three very experienced Slovakian guys who were being treated for badly frost-bitten fingers and hands after being caught out high for a few days.
"During our time at camp four, there were three helicopter evacuations for pulmonary edema-related issues, which is a constant worry, especially for teams like ours that push the time.
Left picture: Summit success rate. Right Picture: Bas Smith in orange jacket.
"When we flew in, there had been an eight per cent summit success rate for the season. It's normally circa 40 per cent annualised, but global warming is making it a more difficult mountain to climb without risk.
"We towed heavy sleds for eight days, setting up four camps across about 30km of steep heavily-crevassed glacier, until we reached camp four which is a staging post for the high camp and summit attempt.
"After lots of analysis and due to the tricky weather patterns, we decided to skip stopping at the high camp and go the whole way from camp four to the summit and back to camp four in one push over circa 26 hours.
"We travelled overnight in full down suits so that we could handle the super cold twilight.
"There were a bunch of hotshot teams on the mountain at the same time but we were the only team to summit, that day. Conditions on top were clear, -28 degrees centigrade, with only a little wind and huge views, so we made good calls."
Mr Smith went on to explain how experience, excellent quality kit and some good old 'grit the teeth and get the job done' mentality worked for this incredibly hard mission.
"I thought a lot about life and leadership during the climb," he continued.
"My intention had been to ski from the summit but conditions were not safe for that and the team came first.
Denali summit view
"I'm aware that I'm more comfortable to make confident decisions in situations as above than I often am in normal business.
"Something resonated about creating correct environments which allow for successful leadership to flourish.
"I love that Ray White advocates for people in their global team, who are willing to grow their leadership skills, to have the ability to take time out during their day to have a clear view of their goals.
"It's easy to talk about but much harder to do.
''Health and wellness, being able to visualize and revisit your goals is something we must make time for."
Ray White Group Managing Director Dan White praised Bas Smith for his efforts and described his achievement as 'mind-blowing.'
"This is an incredible story of courage and achievement… to call Bas a tough guy would be such an understatement," Mr White said.
"He should feel very proud of what he and his team have achieved, and there must've been a lot of learning throughout."
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Q: CRUD PHP Não atualiza e nem dá erro Estou tendo problemas quando tento executar um UPDATE no meu sistema em PHP + MySQL.
Tenho o código do arquivo editar:
<?php

require_once 'init.php';

// resgata os valores do formulario
$nome = isset($_POST['nome']) ? $_POST['nome']: null;
$nascimento = isset($_POST['nascimento']) ? $_POST['nascimento']: null;
$email = isset($_POST['email']) ? $_POST['email']: null;
$senha = isset($_POST['senha']) ? $_POST['senha']: null;
$seg_senha = password_hash($senha, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

// Validação para evitar dados vazios
if (empty($nome) || empty($nascimento) || empty($email) || empty($senha)) {
    echo 'Volte e preencha todos os campos.';
    exit;
}

// Atualiza o banco
$pdo = db_connect();
$sql = "UPDATE usuarios SET nome = :nome, nasc = :nasc, email = :email, senha = :senha WHERE id = :id";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindParam(':nome', $nome);
$stmt->bindParam(':nasc', $nascimento);
$stmt->bindParam(':email', $email);
$stmt->bindParam(':senha', $seg_senha);
$stmt->bindParam(':id', $id);

if ($stmt->execute()){
    header('Location: ../index1.php');
}else{
    echo 'Erro ao atualizar usuario.';
    print_r($stmt->errorInfo());
}

Agora o arquivo com formulário para edição de usuário:
<?php

require_once 'core/init.php';

// Pega o id da URL
$id = isset($_GET['id']) ? (int)$_GET['id']: null;

// Valida o id
if (empty($id)) {
    echo 'ID para alteração nao definido';
    exit;
}

// Busca os dados do usuario a ser editado
$pdo = db_connect();
$sql = "SELECT nome, nasc, email, senha FROM usuarios WHERE id = :id";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindParam(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);

$stmt->execute();

$user = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

// Se o método fetch() não retornar um array, significa que o ID não corresponde a um usuário válido
if(!is_array($user)){
    echo 'Nenhum usuario encontrado.';
    exit;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="utf-8">

                EDITAR USUARIO

            <form method="POST" action="core/editar.php">

                     <input type="hidden" value="" name="id" class="form-control" id="exampleInputId1">

                    Nome
                     <input type="text" value="<?php echo $user['nome'] ?>" name="nome" class="form-control" id="nome" placeholder="Nome">

                    Data de nascimento
                    <input type="date" value="<?php echo $user['nasc'] ?>" data-date="" data-date-format="DD MMMM YYYY" class="form-control" for="nasc" name="nascimento">

                    E-MAIL
                    <input type="email" value="<?php echo $user['email'] ?>" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="E-MAIL">

                    Senha
                    <input type="password" value="<?php echo $user['senha'] ?>" name="senha" class="form-control" id="senha" placeholder="Senha">

                <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $id ?>">

            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Finalizar edição</button>
            </form>

Quando altero os campos e clico no botão ele não retorna erro algum, somente retorna para a página index1.php, como mandei no header. Mas no banco o campo "alterado" continua do mesmo jeito, como se não tivesse feito alteração alguma.
Alguém poderia me auxiliar? Grato!

A: Neste bloco você vincula a variável $id para usar no WHERE
$stmt->bindParam(':nome', $nome);
$stmt->bindParam(':nasc', $nascimento);
$stmt->bindParam(':email', $email);
$stmt->bindParam(':senha', $seg_senha);
$stmt->bindParam(':id', $id);

Porém, na hora da captura, você está pegando todos os campos, menos o $id:
// resgata os valores do formulario
$nome = isset($_POST['nome']) ? $_POST['nome']: null;
$nascimento = isset($_POST['nascimento']) ? $_POST['nascimento']: null;
$email = isset($_POST['email']) ? $_POST['email']: null;
$senha = isset($_POST['senha']) ? $_POST['senha']: null;
$seg_senha = password_hash($senha, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

Além disso, precisa por o value no formulário:
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $user['id']; ?>" name="id" class="form....
                             ^^  falta algo assim  ^^

Resolvendo estas coisas, tem que pensar em uma maneira de um usuário malicioso não trocar manualmente o ID e alterar uma conta que não tenha acesso.
Se o usuário só pode alterar os próprios dados, pode remover o campo escondido e usar apenas o ID de quem está logado, mas de qualquer forma, provavelmente precisa validar os campos com mais cuidado.

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When I first switched to eating a healthier, plant-based diet I continued to eat fish. I believed I was doing my body good by doing this. After all, fish are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, and omega-3 fatty acids have anti-inflammatory effects on our body. Why wouldn't I want this?
What I didn't realize is how many unhealthy substances were in fish, and how these harmful substances have the potential to negatively affect my body and my future health. That's what I want to discuss today.
This information is important for everyone to know because you can't just focus on one ingredient in food—especially if this ingredient appears to do good things for you—and forget about the rest of the story if you're goal is to improve your overall health. If this were the case, then you could just adopt a diet consisting mainly of Pop-Tarts—being that they're a "good source" of B-vitamins—and your health would miraculously improve and stay forever perfect. But we all know it doesn't work like that, and so goes the story with fish.
Let's take a closer look at the big picture when it comes to our health and eating fish.
As I mentioned, fish are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids—an essential fat that has anti-inflammatory properties. Omega-3's are considered 'essential' because your body cannot produce them on its own.1 They must come from dietary sources. The parent omega-3 fatty acid is known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). ALA is the only essential omega-3 fatty acid required from the diet. It can be metabolically converted in humans to the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
EPA and DHA are the omega-3's that people commonly refer to as the "good fats" when consuming fish. Fish get EPA and DHA from eating algae. Humans then get EPA and DHA from eating the fish. Fish are simply the middleman between algae and humans.
In other words, if you are a vegan, eating a healthy diet with a low omega-6 fatty acid content then you likely have sufficient quantities of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids available. Low omega-6 fatty acid content is the key here, as this statement is effectively saying a diet devoid of not just animal foods, but also junk foods (including vegan and vegetarian versions) is important for humans to effectively convert enough ALA to EPA and DHA. High omega-6 fatty acid intake in the diet results in a lower conversion of ALA to EPA and DHA by up to 40%.1 The reason for this is because both omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids use the same enzyme for metabolic conversion purposes in the body from their shorter parent chain versions to their longer chain versions (i.e. ALA to EPA and DHA; LA [linoleic acid] to ARA [arachidonic acid]). Higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids effectively win the battle for the use of this enzyme. Hence, the importance of eating a whole foods, plant-based diet free of both animal foods and processed foods to prevent this from happening.
Getting back to the topic at hand though, fish can still be a rich source of EPA and DHA in the diet for those who prefer to obtain omega-3's this way.
Minimum dietary requirements for ALA—set by the Institute of Medicine—equal 1.1 gm/day for women and 1.6 gm/day for men aged 19-50 years old, 10% of which can come from EPA or DHA.2 In addition, dietary recommendations of 0.5-1 gm/day of EPA and DHA have been suggested for cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. Cardiovascular protective effects are also seen with dietary ALA consumption. These protective effects were seen in potentially increasing amounts as you go from 0.58 gm/day to 2.81 gm/day.
With this in mind, take a look at the table below which summarizes the amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, saturated fats, and cholesterol in different types of food.3,4 A 100-gram serving of fish is equivalent to a 3.5 ounce portion size.
While fish may be a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids they are also packaged along with several other harmful substances to human health. The most harmful of these being saturated fat. Additionally, cholesterol, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and mercury round out the other handful of harmful substances found in fish and seafood.
Dietary cholesterol is found in marine animals, as well as all animal foods, while measurable amounts are completely absent in all plant foods. Please refer back to the chart above for specific amounts of cholesterol and saturated fats found in different foods and species of fish.
Given the fact that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the world, and that saturated fat and cholesterol play a big role in this, a reduction in both dietary saturated fatty acid and cholesterol would be both prudent and responsible in avoiding this devastating disease.
PCBs, dioxin, mercury, and other toxic pollutants also contaminate the fish supply. These agents are environmental poisons having a range of adverse effects, including possible neurological damage, liver and skin damage, and potential decreased muscle tone and reflexes in infants.2,10,11 Children are at most risk for these effects, but adults also have the potential to be harmed.
In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint advisory warning to pregnant and nursing mothers, women who may become pregnant, and young children about the toxic effects of mercury from fish consumption.2 In this advisory they recommend to avoid shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish altogether due to their high levels of mercury. They also recommend limiting consumption of a variety of other fish including salmon, tuna, shrimp, pollock, and catfish to just 340 grams/week due to mercury accumulation. This is equivalent to approximately 12 ounces of fish per week.
I don't know about you, but when I hear of any official recommendations to limit the consumption of any food, alarm bells start going off for me. Why else would anyone want to limit any food unless it's been proven potentially harmful to human health? In contrast, you never hear of any official governmental or professional organizations putting limits on healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, beans, or whole grains. These are the foods that give us life and vibrancy.
Both wild and farmed-raised fish contain carcinogens, but it appears that farm-raised fish are even more contaminated than their wild, ocean-living counterparts. Nonetheless, this is just one potential health risk to take into consideration if you're still considering eating fish.
It's one thing to point out individual harmful components of fish (or any other food substance), and another to evaluate disease, disability, and death rates pertaining to the consumption of these same food items. That's what we will look at here.
It is a well-established belief in America and other Western cultures that eating fish protects against heart disease. And, if you were to look only at the surface of this long-held belief then this is exactly what you'll see—higher fish consumption equals a decrease in heart disease.
So it was less meat consumption, or perhaps the higher intake of fruits and vegetables, that the Mediterranean diet is known for which is responsible for a reduction in heart disease deaths, not the fish.
It's worth pointing out that those typically at high risk of heart disease are also individuals who eat a less healthy diet in the first place, so, like we saw in the Mediterranean diet analysis previously, eating more fish may not be the reason why there is less heart disease seen in these individuals. Instead, less meat or more fruits and veggies could be the reason for the improvement in heart disease and death rates. One really has to look at the big picture in terms of overall dietary changes to see exactly what's going on here.
In 2011, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition followed 36,328 women for an average follow-up period of 12.4 years.18 Researchers found that as the women ate more fish the incidence of type 2 diabetes increased. The highest intake of fish consumption (≥ 2 servings/day) was associated with the highest rate of type 2 diabetes.
Another review article published in 2014 looked at the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and meat consumption.19 As individuals went from vegan to vegetarian to pesco-vegetarians to meat eaters the prevalence of type 2 diabetes increased. Vegans had a 2.9% prevalence of type 2 diabetes while pesco-vegetarians (individuals who eat fish but no other meat products) had a 4.8% prevalence of type 2 diabetes. That's nearly double the rate.
One reason for fish consumption increasing diabetes risk may be the high fat content of marine life. Traditionally, we Americans have believed that fish is a "lean" meat, naturally low in fat. However, this is not the case, as many types of fish have fat content exceeding 20% of total calories. Please see my article The Lean Meat "Health Advice" is a Big, Fat Lie and It's Keeping America Sick for specific fat content in various "lean" meats and further discussion on this topic.
Why is fat a problem? Because the root cause of type 2 diabetes is excess fat located inside the muscle cells. This causes insulin resistance to develop. So when you eat fatty fish you get fatty muscle cells, and along with fatty muscle cells comes type 2 diabetes. For more information on this subject please read my article, Type 2 Diabetes – The Cause and The Cure.
Popular consensus in our culture glorifies fish and seafood as health-promoting foods. They are not. Marine life is meant to stay in the water where it came from. It's not for human consumption. At least not if you're concerned about your health that is.
When you hear about studies claiming health benefits with eating our finned friends, you are most likely hearing about individuals improving their health because they went from worse to bad on the diet spectrum. Going from the Standard American Diet to any diet with less animal products and processed foods will do wonders for the body. So will increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. But eating fish is not healthful.
Currently, there is no scientific evidence showing the addition of fish to an already healthy diet based on whole plant foods increases an individual's health even more. If anything the environmental toxins and saturated fat content in fish and seafood only make it more difficult for the body to ward off disease and illness.
I understand people's thought processes and desire to improve their diet by eating fish. I, too, was a fish eater myself at one time. It was actually the last meat product I gave up on my journey to adopting a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle. As I learned more about this class of meat though I quickly realized that in order to achieve an optimal state of health, fish had to go. I'm happy to say that I've never looked back since ditching my fish habit. Should you decide to make the leap to a fish-free diet, I'm certain you won't either. Your body will be thanking you as well.
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2 Gebauer SK, Psota TL, Harris WS, Kris-Etherton PM. n-3 fatty acid dietary recommendations and food sources to achieve essentiality and cardiovascular benefits. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Jun;83(6 Suppl):1526S-1535S. Review.
3 United States Department of Agriculture. National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 21.
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5 Siri-Tarino PW, Sun Q, Hu FB, Krauss RM. Saturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: Modulation by Replacement Nutrients. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 2010;12(6):384-390.
6 Li Y, Hruby A, Bernstein AM, et al. Saturated Fats Compared With Unsaturated Fats and Sources of Carbohydrates in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66(14):1538-1548.
7 Rasmussen BM, Vessby B, Uusitupa M, et al. Effects of dietary saturated, monounsaturated, and n-3 fatty acids on blood pressure in healthy subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Feb;83(2):221-6.
8 Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Diet and Health; Woteki CE, Thomas PR, editors. Eat for Life: The Food and Nutrition Board's Guide to Reducing Your Risk of Chronic Disease. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1992. Chapter 6, Fats, Cholesterol, And Chronic Diseases. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235018/.
9 Longnecker MP, Rogan WJ, Lucier G. The human health effects of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and PCBS (polychlorinated biphenyls) and an overview of organochlorines in public health. Annu Rev Public Health. 1997;18:211-44. Review.
10 Liu J, Lewis G. Environmental Toxicity and Poor Cognitive Outcomes in Children and Adults. Journal of environmental health. 2014;76(6):130-138.
11 Foran JA, Carpenter DO, Hamilton MC, Knuth BA, Schwager SJ. Risk-Based Consumption Advice for Farmed Atlantic and Wild Pacific Salmon Contaminated with Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005;113(5):552-556.
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14 Folsom AR, Demissie Z. Fish intake, marine omega-3 fatty acids, and mortality in a cohort of postmenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Nov 15;160(10):1005-10.
15 Osler M, Andreasen AH, Hoidrup S. No inverse association between fish consumption and risk of death from all-causes, and incidence of coronary heart disease in middle-aged, Danish adults. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003 Mar;56(3):274-9.
16 Marckmann P, Grønbaek M. Fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality. A systematic review of prospective cohort studies. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1999 Aug;53(8):585-90. Review.
17 Kaushik M, Mozaffarian D, Spiegelman D, et al. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, fish intake, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):613-20.
18 Djoussé L, Gaziano JM, Buring JE, Lee IM. Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and fish consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jan;93(1):143-50.
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With the goal of minimising omega-6 fats – what is the optimal quantity of nuts one should eat?
Nuts do not have to be included in a healthy, whole foods, plant-based diet. They are optional. But for those individuals who want to include them (and do not have a problem gaining weight on them) about 1-2 ounces per day is a respectable limit.
In "Health at 100", ( I think around page 140 ) John Robbins discusses a few of the things that can be missing in a healthy, well designed, plant-based diet. Vitamins B12 & D are at the top of the list. Further down, there's omega 3 fats, Iodine, and carnosine ( Although, well know dietitcian, and author, Brenda Davis, told me it was actually carnotine. ) These types of fish are basically the reason that while I follow a plant-based diet, it's not a purely vegan one. For me right now, I feel that I'm looking at big picture. I don't eat much fish, but that's primarily because of concerns over toxicity and the devastating effects over fishing on fish stocks. Although,I also have concerns over developing a "holier than thou" attitude in this part of my life. And since I hope to have a positive influence on those around me, I also hope to promote inclusiveness for those attempting to adopt a healthy plant-based diet.
Great article Dustin, you may wish to add to that that populations consuming lots of fish like the Japanese and the Eskimos had very high rates of strokes. As a matter of fact strokes were the most common reason for death in Japan up till 1981. As they changed their diet towards a more western one, cancer and heart attacks took over this number one position. To me it looks like we are clogging up our arteries with meat and dairy which results in less blood flow through these arteries. Next we thin the blood with a flood of omega 3s making the blood thinner resulting in a blood flow increase. We are compensating one problem with another! Of course not only omega 3s thin the blood, so does warfarin, i.e. rat poison….
Peter, a few years back, Joel Fuhrman gave a presentation where he mentioned the higher rates of hemorrhagic stroke among the Japanese. And he was blaming it on the high salt intake of the Japanese. Because, while their ischemic stroke rates were quite low, due to a healthier diet, that produced much less atheroscloratic plaque. This plague can apparently protect against hemorrhagic strokes, by coating the small fragile blood vessels of the brain. Of course, this is only if you're eating a high salt diet, that diet leads to high blood pressure. Since hemorrhagic stroke is much less common, I think the point Dr. Fuhrman was trying to make, was just make sure you cover all your bases, by eating a low, or no salt added, diet.
You'll never hear this information on Dr. Oz. It doesn't sit well with "pop medicine".
Excellent article, thanks, Dustin! You covered all aspects of health concerns with fish consumption.
There are also enormous environmental issues connected to over fishing & the damage caused to plant life under water.
Fish suffocate to death…how awful must that be? When they are individually fished, a big hook cuts thru their cheek, where their nerve centers are. We do not need their flesh to survive….quite the opposite. Mindlessly taking the life of other creatures out of habit, is something I whole heartedly suggest everyone re-examine.
Thank you for your comment Mar. When I initially adopted a a plant-based diet, just over 13 years ago, I did it primarily for health reasons. Prior to that, I might have even attempted to argue that while we were more methodical in the way we slaughter "farm animals", Nature was much more vicious. Of course, at the time, I was basically totally oblivious to the way most of these animals spend their lives.
Anyway, I no longer believe that eating small amounts of "clean" meat is detrimental to health. But aside from some canned wild salmon, I still choose not to eat the flesh of other animals. Because if I don't have to, I'd just as soon not.


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Last name :Siri
First name :Maria José
Nationality :Uruguay
Tessitura :Soprano
Official website URL :http://www.mariajosesiri.com/
Contact :Ariosi Management Sagl Via al Lido 4 CH - 6817 Maroggia http://www.ariosimanagement.com Courriel: [email protected] Tél: +41 91 649 53 32
Agenda Professionnel
Coming performances
the 16 of September, 2021
the 01 of October, 2021
Donna Leonora
La forza del destino
Opéra Royal de Wa...
the 14 of July, 2020
the 20 of August, 2020
Arena di Verona.
Santuzza
Cavalleria Rusticana
Nedda
I Pagliacci
the 31 of March, 2020
the 03 of April, 2020
Opera Las Palmas
the 17 of June, 2020
Manon Lescaut
Teatro alla Scala.
Odabella
Teatro Regio di P...
Francesca da Rimini (Zandonaï)
the 02 of May, 2018
the 24 of January, 2018
Cio-Cio San (Mada...
Münich
Bayerische Staats...
the 21 of November, 2017
Wiener Staatsoper.
Gran Teatre del L...
Arena Sferisterio...
Maddalena di Coigny
Andrea Chénier
Teatro Costanzi -...
Grand Théâtre de ...
the 07 of December, 2016
Elisabetta di Val...
Théâtre Royal de ...
the 19 of February, 2015
Opéra de Monte-Ca...
Floria Tosca, fam...
Staatsoper Unter ...
Eugène Onéguine
Staatsoper im Sch...
Maria José Siri was born in Uruguay and began playing the piano when she was five, encouraged by her passion for the music of her father, who taught her to play and sing Tango. In 2003 she began to perform in her country and was quickly recognized as a young talent in international competitions such as Juventudes Musicales and Ars Lyrica Montevideo where she won the first prize. In 2003 she was elected as "Newcomer of the Year" by the Association of Argentina's Music Critics. She arrived for the first time in Italy in 2004 and won the First Prize at the International Competition of the Accademia Musicale Umbria and of Mattia Battistini in Rieti, before receiving the First Prize at the Nuevas Voces Award at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and at the International Competition Bilbao in Spain. In 2006 she also won the Music Prize of the Spanish Competition Manuel Ausensi in Barcelona and the first and audience prize of the Opera Competition at the Semperoper Dresden, Germany.
She subsequently started her international career in the world's most important opera theaters : in 2008 she sang Leonora in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, made her debut as Mimi in La Bohème at the Semperoper in Dresden, could be heard in Verdi's Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin and in La Traviata at the St Margarethen Festival, Austria. An important debut was that at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in a new production of Aida, a role that became one of her favorite characters. In December of the same year she was in fact chosen for the part of the Ethiopian slave in the production of the great Franco Zeffirelli at Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
In 2009 she debuted with great success at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in the title role in Aida, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and conducted by M° Daniel Barenboim, then on tour with La Scala in Tel Aviv and Tokyo. In the same year she also sang Sifare in Mitridate, re di Ponto for the Mozart Festival in La Coruña with director Graham Vick, Aida at the Soyrées Lirique Festival in Sanxay and Stuttgart, where she also performed in Il Trovatore and Nedda in Pagliacci at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence directed by M° Zeffirelli. Other engagements include Rachel in La Juive in St. Petersburg, Verdi's Requiem at the Mozart Festival in La Coruña, Tosca at the Carlo Felice Genoa, in Savonlinna, Turin, Palermo and Vienna, Lucrezia in I due Foscari in Trieste, Nedda in Pagliacci in Montevideo, Leonora in Il Trovatore in Palermo, Bologna and Venice, AIDA in Stuttgart, at the Bregenz Festival directed by Graham Vick, Hamburg and Florence at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino directed by Ferzan Ozpetek and conducted by M° Zubin Mehta.
She could also be heard as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, as Mimì in La Bohème at the Liceu in Barcelona and the San Carlo in Naples, as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier at the Bregenz Festival, at the Kungliga Operan Stockholm, at the Teatro Regio in Turin and at the Vienna State Opera, as Leonora in La Forza des Destino in Cologne, as Suor Angelica in Il Trittico at the Royal Opera Copenhagen, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra and Desdemona in Otello in Turin. Recent performances include Tosca at the Staatsoper in Berlin and in Stuttgart, Manon Lescaut in Valencia, Pagliacci in Montecarlo, Un ballo in Maschera in Bologna and Brussels, Aida and Don Giovanni at the Arena di Verona, Manon Lescaut in Sao Paulo, Don Carlos at the ABAO Bilbao, Tosca and Maddalena in Andrea Chénier in Tokyo, Odabella in Attila in Bologna, Tosca in Turin, Aida in Moscow conducted by Zubin Mehta and Suor Angelica in Naples.
Among her future engagements are the inauguration of the 2016/17 season of La Scala as Madama Butterfly conducted by Riccardo Chailly, Norma in Macerata, Aida at the Arena di Verona, Verdi's Requiem with Riccardo Chailly at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Tosca, Andrea Chénier and Manon Lescaut in Berlin, the latter conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
Interpreted in
Eugen Onegin - Staatsoper Berlin (2012)
Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly)
Madama Butterfly - Staatsoper Berlin (2012-2013)
Madame Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala (2016)
Madama Butterfly - Macerata Opera Festival (2017)
Madama Butterfly - Wiener Staatsoper (2017-2018)
Madama Butterfly - Bayerische Staatsoper (2018)
Floria Tosca, famous soprano
Tosca - Wiener Staatsoper (2012-2013)
Aida - Arena di Verona (2013)
Aida - Opera Las Palmas (2020)
Aida - Arena di Verona (2020-2021)
Pagliacci - Opéra de Monte-Carlo (2015)
Pagliacci - Arena di Verona (2020-2021)
Un Ballo in maschera - La Monnaie (2015)
Un Ballo in maschera - Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona (2017)
Elisabetta di Valois (Elisabeth de Valois)
Don Carlo - Teatro Regio di Parma (2016)
Manon Lescaut - Grand Théâtre de Genève (2017)
Manon Lescaut - Teatro alla Scala (2019)
Andrea Chénier - Teatro Costanzi - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2017)
Francesca da Rimini (Zandonaï) - Teatro alla Scala di Milano (2018)
Attila - Teatro Regio di Parma (2018)
La forza del destino - Deutsche Oper Berlin (2019)
La forza del destino - Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège (2021)
Cavalleria Rusticana - Arena di Verona (2020-2021)
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Building up on the military-technological/military-industrial successes achieved thus far through its 25km-range Akash-1 surface-to-air missile (SAM) and 80km-range B arak-8 LR-SAM (see FORCE February 2017) projects, India's ministry of defence-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now poised to achieve a hattrick of sorts by deploying a family of precision-guided weapons that will all use the same basic airframe — the Astra-1 beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), the quick reaction surface-to-air-missile (QR-SAM), and the new-generation anti-radiation missile (NG-ARM).
While the Akash-1 is now operational with both the Indian Army (IA) and Indian Air Force (IAF), the Barak-8's projected operators include the IA, IAF and the Indian Navy (IN). The Astra-1 will enter service with the IAF early next year, while the QR-SAM will be service-inducted by both the IA and IAF, with the 45km-range NG-ARM being delivered by late next year to the IAF and IN.
The 3.8-metre long Astra-1 BVRAAM has been under active development since December 2012 and its final development trials were successfully concluded between September 11 and 14. Altogether, seven kinematic trials were conducted against DRDO-developed PTAE-7 Lakshya pilotless target aircraft (PTA), these involving guided-firings from an IAF Su-30MKI at different altitudes — one at an altitude of 15km with 90km to 110km range, another at an altitude up to 30,000 feet having a range of 44km, while the third was at sea-level with a range of 21km. Having a diameter of 178mm with an overall launch weight of 160kg, the Astra-1 carries a 15kg warhead, and it makes use of an imported Russia-origin (Agat JSC-supplied) 9B-1348E Ku-band terminal active radar seeker — the same that is used by the in-service Vympel JSC-supplied R-77 BVRAAMs of the IAF and IN. The follow-on Akash-2 variant now under development will make use of an indigenous Ku-band seeker developed by the DRDO's Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat (RCI).
The Astra-2 BVRAAM is also being modified for use with the ground-based QR-SAM system, and its maiden test-firing took place on June 4 this year (followed by another one on July 3) at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, off the Odisha coastline. The Mach 1.8 QR-SAM will have a kill-zone of between 3km and 30km in range, from 30 metres to 6km in altitude, and 360-degree in azimuth. For the IA a typical QR-SAM Regiment will comprise a Regimental Command Post Vehicle (RCPV), one S-band 90km-range air-defence tactical control radar (ADTCR) for volumetric airspace surveillance, and three Batteries, each of which will include a Battery Command Post Vehicle (BCPV), a 120km-range C-band active phased-array Battery Surveillance Radar (BSR), and four Combat Groups (CG). Each CG in turn will comprise an X-band 80km-range active phased-array Battery Multi-Function Radar (BMFR), plus a 16km-range optronic fire-control system, and four Missile Launch Vehicles (MLV), each of which will carry six canister-encased missiles.
The IAF-specific variant of the QR-SAM will be employed exclusively for cruise missile defence (CMD), in particular against China's ground-launched CJ-10/DF-10A and air-launched K/AKD-20 land-attack cruise missiles or LACM (all these being clones of the Ukrainian Korshun LACM that had been developed in the Nineties by Dnipropetrovsk-based Yuzhnoye State Design Bureau and Yuzhnoye Machine-Building Production Association, or Yuzhmash), and against the Babur (a DF-10A clone) and Ra'ad LACMs of Pakistan. The Pakistan Army has till date raised two Babur Battalions — the 23rd and 26th Missile Group — (at a rate of one Battery every year starting 2009), with each having four Batteries with six TELs housing 24 LACMs and 24 reloads and 12 other supporting vehicles, all manned by 175 personnel.
As for the CMD network's projected deployment sites, two little known villages in the Alwar and Pali districts of Rajasthan have been selected for the first two QR-SAM Squadrons. Rajasthan's State Forests Department has cleared the acquisition of 850 hectares of land in Khoa in Alwar district, and 350 hectares in Roopnagar for installing a CMD grid that will protect the western and southern approaches to India's National Capital Region. Site selection work for a similar CMD grid meant for Jamnagar and Mumbai is now in progress.


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Keywords: Catalani x
19th-century and Victorian Literature (1)
Open Section Music (2)
History, Western (2)
Gillwell, Paris, Oxford, London, ca. 1800–1812
Warwick Lister
in Amico: The Life of Giovanni Battista Viotti
Music, History, Western
This chapter describes Viotti's life of music making at the private concerts of Margaret Chinnery at Gillwell, and as a guest in other homes, and his participation in the education of the Chinnery ... More
This chapter describes Viotti's life of music making at the private concerts of Margaret Chinnery at Gillwell, and as a guest in other homes, and his participation in the education of the Chinnery children. Well-known visitors to Gillwell included the composer Francesco Bianchi, the singers Giuseppina Grassini, Angelica Catalani, and Giuseppe Viganoni, the violinists Johann Salomon and Feliks Janiewitz, the cellist John Crosdill, and the double bassist Domenico Dragonetti, all friends and colleagues of Viotti's. Viotti's friendship with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the poet William Spencer, and many other prominent persons of the time is given due consideration. His visits to Christ Church College, Oxford, to see George Chinnery, who was a student there, 1808–11, and to St. Omer and Paris with the Chinnerys in 1802, are described. The end of the chapter considers the death of Caroline Chinnery, aged twenty-one, a talented pianist, and the forced departure from England of William Chinnery, both events occurring in March 1812, with the subsequent sale of Gillwell.Less
This chapter describes Viotti's life of music making at the private concerts of Margaret Chinnery at Gillwell, and as a guest in other homes, and his participation in the education of the Chinnery children. Well-known visitors to Gillwell included the composer Francesco Bianchi, the singers Giuseppina Grassini, Angelica Catalani, and Giuseppe Viganoni, the violinists Johann Salomon and Feliks Janiewitz, the cellist John Crosdill, and the double bassist Domenico Dragonetti, all friends and colleagues of Viotti's. Viotti's friendship with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the poet William Spencer, and many other prominent persons of the time is given due consideration. His visits to Christ Church College, Oxford, to see George Chinnery, who was a student there, 1808–11, and to St. Omer and Paris with the Chinnerys in 1802, are described. The end of the chapter considers the death of Caroline Chinnery, aged twenty-one, a talented pianist, and the forced departure from England of William Chinnery, both events occurring in March 1812, with the subsequent sale of Gillwell.
Keywords: Bianchi, Catalani, Chinnery, Crosdill, Dragonetti, Duke of Cambridge, Gillwell, Grassini, Janiewitz, Prince of Wales, private concerts, Salomon, Spencer, Viganoni
Marc Baer
in Theatre and Disorder in Late Georgian London
Literature, Drama, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This chapter discusses a number of arguments and opinions about the 1809 theatre riot. One opinion is that of Francis Place, who thought that the riot was caused by Catalani, private boxes, and new ... More
This chapter discusses a number of arguments and opinions about the 1809 theatre riot. One opinion is that of Francis Place, who thought that the riot was caused by Catalani, private boxes, and new prices. It can be said that the essence of the controls used against those participating in the breakdown of social order can be found in a certain perception of the past and an essential theatricality of life.Less
This chapter discusses a number of arguments and opinions about the 1809 theatre riot. One opinion is that of Francis Place, who thought that the riot was caused by Catalani, private boxes, and new prices. It can be said that the essence of the controls used against those participating in the breakdown of social order can be found in a certain perception of the past and an essential theatricality of life.
Keywords: theatre riot, Francis Place, Catalani, riot, social order, theatricality
"Attitudes with a Shawl": Performance, Femininity, and Spectatorship at the Italian Opera in Early Nineteenth-Century London
Rachel Cowgill
in The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century
Music, Opera, History, Western
The focus of this chapter is the internationally celebrated bravura soprano Angelica Catalani, who, the chapter argues, reveals the ambiguities of the prima donna as a cultural figure in early ... More
The focus of this chapter is the internationally celebrated bravura soprano Angelica Catalani, who, the chapter argues, reveals the ambiguities of the prima donna as a cultural figure in early nineteenth-century London. Catalani's exhibitions of "attitudes with a Shawl" were one of the means by which she asserted a claim to be taken seriously as a creative artist; but the heated exchange they provoked in the press suggests that for the masculine gaze they constituted a transgressive mix of aesthetic, voyeuristic, and sensual pleasures. By contrast, for aristocratic women in the audience, Catalani's "attitudes" modeled an idealized patrician femininity. Tracing the genealogy of Catalani's "attitudes," the chapter explores tensions and contradictions in early nineteenth-century English views of the prima donna, the role of operatic performance in negotiating femininities, and the potency of the figures of prostitute/courtesan and social-climber in regulating female performance whether on stage or in the opera box.Less
"Attitudes with a Shawl" : Performance, Femininity, and Spectatorship at the Italian Opera in Early Nineteenth-Century London
The focus of this chapter is the internationally celebrated bravura soprano Angelica Catalani, who, the chapter argues, reveals the ambiguities of the prima donna as a cultural figure in early nineteenth-century London. Catalani's exhibitions of "attitudes with a Shawl" were one of the means by which she asserted a claim to be taken seriously as a creative artist; but the heated exchange they provoked in the press suggests that for the masculine gaze they constituted a transgressive mix of aesthetic, voyeuristic, and sensual pleasures. By contrast, for aristocratic women in the audience, Catalani's "attitudes" modeled an idealized patrician femininity. Tracing the genealogy of Catalani's "attitudes," the chapter explores tensions and contradictions in early nineteenth-century English views of the prima donna, the role of operatic performance in negotiating femininities, and the potency of the figures of prostitute/courtesan and social-climber in regulating female performance whether on stage or in the opera box.
Keywords: Angelica Catalani, attitudes, shawl, gaze, femininities, prostitute, courtesan, social-climber


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Movie Review: 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'
Director: Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston
Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Misty Copeland
Plot: Clara Stahlbaum is a precocious and mechanically gifted young girl who is experiencing her first Christmas following the death of her mother. At a Christmas Eve party her Godfather Drosselmeyer gives her access to a magical world her mother once ruled over after giving life to toys and other items.
Review: Disney, you know that I love you and I know that we're going to have a lot of fun together when Ralph breaks the internet, but we really need to talk about your live action problem. You used to have this under control but lately you've been resorted to copying from the animation department. The biggest problem is that when you try something new – and we'll never discourage you from doing that – you have a problem picking a tone and sticking with it. Is The Nutcracker and the Four Realms a timeless Christmas coming of age, a fantasy feast for the sense or a horror movie on par with Stephen King?
Clara (Foy) is introduced building an impressive Rube-Goldberg machine to try and catch a mouse, setting up her talent for machines, physics and creative problem solving. Soon after we meet her family unit who are still grieving for their department mother. She has left them gifts, however, including an unconventional locked egg puzzle for Clara. Later they attend a lavish party of their Godfather's estate, a large mansion filled with mechanical wonders built by Drosselmeyer (Freeman). When it's time to receive gifts by following a string to it's hidden location Clara finds herself transported to the magical Four Realms.
Here she learns that her mother invented a machine to give life to inanimate objects who exist in this world. Clara, as the new Princess, learns about the Realm of Sweets, Flowers and Snowflakes but is warned against the Fourth Realm, the ruler of which has been banished by the remaining three. Unfortunately the key needed to open her mother's egg is in the Fourth Realm, so Clara must face the Mother Ginger and Mouse King to retrieve it.
That's a really convoluted retelling of the story, but it flows much better in the movie. It's a simple A to B to C tale with a ballet assistant exposition dump part way through the second act. Besides, it's a classic story, right? The old German folk tale adapted to a ballet and now to the big screen.
Actually this brings me to a the one part of this movie that really stuck with me. When the end credits rolled around it didn't say that the movie was based on the original story, or even that it was inspired by it…it says that it was suggested by it. I have no idea what they mean by that but it sounds like some kind of copyright legal loophole that will stop them from being sued. It's been a few hours and I'm still wondering about that.
Anyway, the movie. We shift between giant, mythical castles that dazzle the viewer, paired with some goofy comic relief guards and foggy, disturbing forests/crumbling amusement park and it can be a bit jarring. On one hand I think my 6 year old daughter would delight in the ballet and costumes and the Sugerplum Fairy but may not be able to sit through a gang of Russian nesting clowns who could teach Pennywise a thing or two about giving children nightmares. Mother Ginger's giant ventriloquist doll/circus tent/mecha thing is also pretty horrifying.
Time to turn things around and talk about the parts of the movie that I geneuinely enjoyed. As already stated the visuals are astounding and the design is wonderful. There's not a single set, costume or make-up job that isn't deeply fascinating and layered with detail. At times it's like being smothered in fairy floss (or nightmare clowns).
Our lead actors are also suitably charming. MacKenzie Foy is shockingly talented and confident in a major leading role with Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman as part of her support cast for a 17 year old. Little wonder when looking into her filmography to find that she's been working in acting and modelling most of her life and already worked with Christopher Nolan. This could very well be the star making role that she's been building up to even if the movie itself is less impressive. Jayden Fowora-Knight is also a decent talent as the Nutcracker himself (although some may be confused about why he got the title when he's mostly a side character). He could well have a future ahead of him.
Do we recommend this film? It'll pass the time for the younger set you like the storybook style of fantasy. Aesthetically it feels like a parade at one of the Disney parks, which is fun. It's unlikely to become anyone's must-see Christmas movie though.
Rating: FIVE out of TEN
Tags : disney, movies, review, The Nutcracker
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