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E coli pickles in Japan kill six people
HEALTH officials say six people have died and at least 100 others have been sickened by pickles contaminated with E coli bacteria in northern Japan.
The officials in Hokkaido said on Saturday that the pickled Chinese cabbage was made by two local producers and sold across the prefecture.
The first reports of illness occurred about 10 days ago.
Most victims were elderly people in nursing homes, but a 4-year-old girl in Sapporo city died last week a few days after eating the pickles.
Pickled Chinese cabbage is a popular Japanese side dish, and the deaths have shocked the country.
Most food poisoning cases in the past have involved meat or seafood.
Officials are still investigating, but suspect insufficient sterilisation may have been the cause.
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Artists Should Strive To Be Original ? YQ - HiSleek News | HiSleek ...
Introducing Yakubu Jubril aka YQ , a young Nigerian singer who has collaborated with artists like MI, Mode9, and 2shotz, was first noticed in 2003 when he was still with the group Q-Krest. The group, which consisted of just YQ and a friend, Krest-up has performed at important shows like the Tequila Event and The Coca-Cola Show where they opened for Ivorian sensation, Magic System. In 2004, he decided to pursue a solo career. Spotting his talents, YQ was quickly snapped up by a record label which was formed between 2Koncepts Entertainment and Storm Records. YQ finally introduced himself to the world with his debut album titled ?I am YQ?. In this exclusive interview with ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM, he speaks on his career, his role models in the entertainment industry among other issues.
What has been happening with YQ?
I have been around doing what I know how to do best which is music and I have also been in the studio working on my second album.
Your songs are really making lots of waves. What inspired you to enter into the music industry and make your album that swept people off their feet?
God is the only reason, His grace and mercy has been upon me and I always try my best to give all glory to Him because He has been so good to me. From the reactions so far it?s been great.
You were very close to the late Dagrin. The first time I saw you guys together was when you both collaborated on a song, I can?t remember the title. What was your relationship like before he passed on?
The song title was ?Imile?. We were close friends and we were like brothers because our friendship was so real.
When you heard of his death, what really came to your mind at that particular time?
I didn?t believe it at first but what can we do; we can?t question God.
Tell us more, who is YQ? Is he married or still searching?
I am a ?diamond in the rough?. I am in a relationship and it?s very private.
What are you working on presently? A single or an album and when should we be expecting it?
I am working on my second album and some videos to back the songs up. I?m going to be doing a lot of experiments and still will give people good songs.
As an artist, who would you call your role model both in Nigeria and abroad and why?
Honestly, in Nigeria it?s Tuface Idibia because of his humble nature and consistency, and abroad, R-Kelly, Akon, Bob Nesta Marley etc.
Tell us how is life in the music industry and how would you rate the Nigerian music industry as an insider?
It?s been kind of hard recently but I?m a believer so that keeps me going. Our music is heard worldwide today and now we rule Africa.
Are you working on any song with any known international stars or you are still waiting for the right time?
I have a lot of things coming up soon and I always keep in touch with some Jamaican acts. Soon you will see something different.
The country is in the state of confusion now. If you are given the opportunity to meet one on one with Mr President, what would you tell him sincerely?
I will tell him to have the fear of GOD and allow GOD to lead him instead of the secret leaders.
The problem we have with artists these days is that they want fame by all means without good inspirational songs. If you are given the opportunity to advise these young highly inspired men and women, what would you say to them?
They should think of setting a trend instead of following or trying to copy. Originality is equal to longevity.
What is your biggest regret and the happiest thing you have done in life?
Quitting football for music. And the happiest thing is making a name in music and forgetting the pain and regret of leaving football.
Source: http://hisleek.com/artists-should-strive-to-be-original-yq/
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Zuckerberg admits Facebook stock plunge 'painful' to watch
London, Aug 18 (ANI): Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly admitted that the firm's stock market tumble has been "painful" to watch, while addressing a meeting to boost the morale of his staff.
He gathered the social networking site's staff to discuss the issue ahead of the release of an extra 271 million shares this week, which cut Facebook shares to just 19.87 dollars, almost half their 38 dollar flotation price.
According to The Telegraph, witnesses said that at the meeting, the 28-year-old chief executive was asked if Facebook employees were allowed to talk about the firm's troubles on Wall Street.
Zuckerberg reportedly replied saying that people should now feel comfortable talking about the issue, but still try not to focus on it.
However, he was forced to acknowledge Facebook's "painful" stock market hammering to employees whose options were issued at a higher price than the shares are currently trading at. Many remain unable to trade their share as a series of lock-in periods still remain in force, the paper said.
After Facebook shares sank to a new record low, Zuckerberg's personal fortune has also been slashed to about 10 billion dollars, down from estimates of almost 20 billion dollars in May, the paper added. (ANI)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/zuckerberg-admits-facebook-stock-plunge-painful-watch-051632916--finance.html
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Green Blog: Electronics Recycling Fire Unnerves a N.Y. Town
After a fire burned through a recycling plant for electrical equipment two weeks ago in Columbia County in New York State, the environmental tests that followed alone were cause for anxiety among residents.
State and federal officials tested for PCBs as well as lead, chromium and volatile organic compounds at the plant, operated by TCI Inc. in West Ghent, N.Y., as concern rose about the toxic chemicals that might have been spread by smoke and soot over farms and homes.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
As they prepare for a cleanup of the site of the Aug. 1-2 fire, which is to begin on Monday, state environmental officials are emphasizing that testing so far has turned up very low levels of toxic contamination and that it seems to have been contained in the building that burned, sparing surrounding areas.
?Everything we have so far looks very favorable,? said Keith Goertz, a regional spill engineer with the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
State health officials say the fire posed ?no threat to public health? because tests did not detect the PCBs, the toxic chemicals of most concern, offsite. They said they were found mostly at low levels among the transformers, oil containers and electrical equipment managed by TCI.
PCBs, which have been linked to cancer, the impairment of immune and reproductive functions and other problems, were widely used for electrical insulation but were banned in the 1970s by the federal government. They are still present in old equipment like lighting fixtures as well as transformers of the sort processed by TCI.
For weeks since the fire, residents and local officials have been seeking reassurance that they are safe from exposure to pollutants. On Thursday night, around 300 people attended a meeting with local and state agencies in West Ghent to express their worries and to request additional testing.
?I certainly trust the state and federal agencies, but I absolutely understand the concerns of people,? said Didi Barrett, the New York State assemblywoman who organized the meeting. ?One of the issues that remains for me is, what happens to the soil? There are a lot of organic farms in the area. It?s just hard to imagine there?s no impact.?
Local officials attributed some of the anxiety to what they said were their own faulty communications, including the lack of an emergency system that would have allowed them to issue a mass alert asking people to stay indoors and close their windows so they would not breathe in the air outdoors while the fire was raging during the night.
?When that happened, we dropped the ball,? said Robin Andrews, a local supervisor who is running for the New York State Senate this year. ?We?ll correct that part. We were lucky that nothing terrible happened.?
But she expressed some frustration with state officials? communications after the fire as well.?The state needs to be responsive to what people are asking,? she said. ?They heard that loud and clear.?
To that end, ?officials at the state Department of Environmental Conservation say they plan to post updates about the cleanup and the department?s findings at the agency?s Web site. After the debris is cleared, an environmental investigation will follow with more testing of soil and groundwater, they added.
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Israel's immigration police detain African migrants, despite pending visa appeals
The Immigration and Population Authority has arrested three migrants from South Sudan who are seriously ill and are waiting for their asylum applications to be considered on humanitarian grounds. The three - one of whom has AIDS, another has epilepsy and the third has chronic arthritis and liver dysfunction - were arrested three days ago.
Two of the three have submitted official requests to stop their deportation, in keeping with the procedures of the Immigration and Population Authority. According to those procedures, steps are not to be taken to deport people whose applications are under review. The third person was arrested after he was sent to bring a certain medical form attesting to his condition. His application was submitted for him by the United Nations Refugee Commission.
Because the state has lifted the group protection from deportation it had accorded citizens of South Sudan in Israel, deeming it safe for them to return home, the three are asking that they be allowed to remain in Israel on medical grounds. The three say their fate is sealed if they return to their home country, considering the poor medical care available there.
The Physicians Without Borders NGO has asked the tribunal that oversees incarceration to release the three immediately and that deportation proceedings be halted. In the case of one of the asylum-seekers, the group wrote that it was his right to remain in the country in light of his medical condition. Regarding another of the three men, the group wrote: "From information conveyed to Physicians Without Borders by a representative of the U.N. Commission of Refugees, who visited him in prison, for the first two days he received no medical treatment and the medications he had were taken from him."
The group warned that "such conduct could harm the patient, especially in light of the fact that the Immigration and Population Authority is aware of his medical situation and the medications he needs were readily available."
Physicians Without Borders said it decried the man's incarceration "considering that he acted according to the Interior Ministry's own procedures in order to exercise his rights vis-a-vis the authorities. The place of such a person is not in custody, both because of his medical condition and mainly because of the fact that he is in the process of exercising his rights."
Shahar Shoham, head of the Migrants and Refugees Department of Physicians for Human Rights, said: "We are seeing a significant worsening of the attitude toward sick people who are seeking to prevent their deportation on medical grounds. What we had seen until recently is that people who submitted applications were not arrested."
However, Shoham said, despite the fact that procedure says people must not be deported while their cases are under review, and the requests of all three individuals in question are under review, they have been arrested "just to make their lives miserable and to pressure them to sign a waiver that they are leaving of their own free will."
Shoham said the medical conditions of all three are well-documented.
The Immigration and Population Authority said in response: "The applications of the three are under review even while they are being held, and there is no reason not to do so. There is medical treatment [for those] in custody. They will not be deported until there is a response to their application."
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