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Potential of Using QBmix to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiencies in Emergencies
By Evelyn Depoortere, Epicentre
Evelyn Depoortere is currently a medical epidemiologist for Epicentre. Previously she worked on several MSF missions, including Southern Sudan during the 1998 famine.
The contributions of Sandra Simons (medical coordinator, Angola), Ann Verwulgen (field coordinator, Kuito), Dr. Paulina Semedo (Coordinator of the National Nutrition Programme) and Sophie Baquet (Nutrition Advisor, MSF-B) are gratefully acknowledged.
Thanks to the MSF team of interviewers in Kuito, namely Aldino Gilles, Amelia Vita, Azevedo Antunes, Custodio Albano, Daniel Alfonso, Isabel Domingas, Manuel da Saudade, Maria do Ceu, Ventura Sozinho, and Veronica da Costa. Also, the assistance of Ms. Rita Kakwarta, Provincial supervisor for Nutrition, in the supervision of the teams, is appreciated.
This article describes an assessment by MSF of using a micronutrient- rich food product, QBmix, in Angola and outlines possible strategies for the future in preventing micronutrient deficiency outbreaks in emergency affected populations1.
Household survey on how QBmix is used
Since the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium (MSF-B) have worked in Kuito, Angola, as well as in several IDP (internally displaced person) camps around Kuito town. One of these camps, Kaluapanda, was established in March 2002 and has an estimated population of 4,400 people. During this period, MSF have been involved in a number of large scale emergencies in Kuito. However over the past year (2003), the situation has become much more stable, with the displaced population beginning to return home. The current MSF programme focuses on treatment of malaria and TB. MSF have also been implementing a pellagra treatment programme, which at the time of the study described in this article, was receiving 20-30 new patients every week. Most of those in this treatment programme were living in the city.
Between June 1999 and November 2002, there were four outbreaks of pellagra in Kuito town2. A total of 3859 cases were recorded during this period. During the first two outbreaks in 1999, the displaced population was the main group affected, with an attack rate of 4.7 per 1000 population. During the latter two outbreaks (2001 and 2002), it was the resident population who were most affected, with attack rates of 7.1 (in 2001) and 5.5 (in 2002) per 1000 population. In all outbreaks, women aged 15 years and older were the largest affected group.
Strategies to deal with micronutrient deficiency disease outbreaks like these, include food fortification, dietary diversification and supplementation (see box 1). However, these strategies all have inherent difficulties. For example, fortification requires that all people vulnerable to deficiency consume the food 'vehicle', while the use of supplement tablets or capsules may place a considerable strain on an already overworked local health system.
Box 1 A guide to Pellagra
Pellagra is caused by Niacin (Nicotinic acid) deficiency. The condition can be fatal and is often associated with other B vitamin deficiencies. Niacin (vitamin B3) is a water-soluble vitamin widely distributed in plant and animal food, but in very small amounts. Rich sources of niacin include groundnuts, fish, meat and pulses. The body can synthesise niacin from the amino acid tryptophan.
The recommended daily requirements range from 13 to 15 mg nicotinic acid equivalent for women and 16 to 19 mg for men. During pregnancy and lactation, an additional 2 and 5 mg nicotinic acid respectively, are required. For infants and children, 6 and 11 mg daily are recommended, respectively.
The initial clinical features of pellagra are non-specific and include anorexia, prostration, weight loss, headache and a burning sensation in the mouth. The fully developed syndrome, described by the "three D's", consists of dermatitis, gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhoea), and finally mental impairment (dementia). The dermatological signs are usually most prominent, symmetrically affecting sun exposed areas like the arms ("pellagra gloves"), the cheeks in a butterfly distribution, and the neck and upper chest ("Casal's necklance"). Eventually the fourth 'D' can occur - death. When a niacin and/or tryptophan - deficient diet is consumed, the lead-time for developing signs of pellagra is about 2 to 3 months.
Populations consuming maize or sorghum and little else are at risk of pellagra. Niacin deficiency is now endemic at very low levels amongst the rural poor in Africa where maize is the principal cereal. Examination of rural health centre records may show a few cases - especially during the 'hungry season'. However, outbreaks of pellagra have only occurred in recent years amongst emergency affected populations, including Mozambican refugees in Malawi, Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, emergency-affected populations in Angola, and refugee returnees to Mozambique.
Strategies to prevent outbreaks of pellagra in emergencies include diversifying the general ration to include bioavailable sources of niacin, fortification of foods when maize is a staple food in the ration, allocation of surplus foods to allow food sale or food exchange for another food commodity, vitamin tablet supplementation, and cultivation or production of foods by the affected population.
Adapted from: Pellagra and its prevention and control in major emergencies. WHO/NHD/00.10 Available online at http://www.who.int/nut/documents/pellagra_prevention_control.pdf
The recent development of QBmix3, a mineral and vitamin rich condiment, offers an alternative to the above strategies (see box 2). In order to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using QBmix in an emergency-affected and food aid dependent population, MSF-B and Epicentre collaborated with the Nutrition Department in the Ministry of Health to test the product out in Angola. Specific objectives of the study were to:
compare the overall cost involved of using Corn Soya Blend (CSB) and QBmix4
describe advantages and difficulties related to introduction and use of QBmix
describe the population's perception and acceptance
make recommendations to MSF regarding the integration of QBmix in their future response to nutritional emergencies.
Box 2 Profile of QBmix
QBmix is manufactured by Nutriset. It has a shelf life of one year after manufacturing date, but studies are ongoing to improve this. It is recommended to store the product in a cool, dry place, below 30°C.
Use: QBmix is added to the family meal, like a condiment, after cooking only (not to destroy the vitamins). Preparation guidelines state to prepare the meal as usual, add QBmix® to the dish and mix well.
Recommended dose: One 210 g sachet meets the needs of 10 people for 2 weeks. A daily intake is not necessary - 21 g per person for a period of 2 weeks is sufficient (1.5 g/day) in 2 or 3 intakes per week. Overdosing is unlikely due to the very salty taste.
One 1.5 g dose of QBmix contains 7 mg iron, 400 mg folic acid, 34 mg selenium, 7 mg zinc, 600 mg vitamin A, 1.2 mg vitamin B1, 1.3 mg vitamin B2, 16 mg niacin, 5 mg vitamin B5, 1.3 mg vitamin B6, 2.4 mg vitamin B12, 90 mg vitamin C and 10 mg vitamin D. The equivalent of the height of the screw top gives 1.5 g of QBmix.
Adapted from the Nutriset QBmix guidelines for usage
Two different groups were sampled for the study. The first group consisted of pellagra patients admitted in the MSF treatment programme, while the second group targeted recently displaced families dependent on external food aid, and therefore at risk of micronutrient deficiency disease.
As the two target populations were different, they were treated as independent samples. Overall, 116 of the 168 pellagra patients who had received QBmix, and a random selection of 233 displaced families in Kaluapanda, were interviewed.
Acceptability of QBmix was assessed through a questionnaire administered during a population survey and was expressed as the proportion of families that used the product correctly and liked it. Atotal of 10 interviewers were trained to administer the questionnaire. Questions addressed included confirmation that families received QBmix, verification of how it was used, whether it was accepted by the family, and what was the perceived usefulness of the product.
Feasibility was based on estimating the micronutrient needs of 1000 people for 30 days and the weight, volume and transport costs compared to CSB. Caloric value (which is relevant for CSB but not QBmix) was not considered.
Accept ability and feasibility of using QBmix
Both groups, in general, reacted positively and liked QBmix (see table 1). The large majority used it correctly, adding it only after cooking, and using the screw top as a measure. Five pellagra patients (4%) (but no displaced families) said it tasted too salty, while seven (6%) said it made them feel unwell or sick. A small proportion of the pellagra patients (12.9%, n=15) and displaced families (5.2%, n=12) said they would not be prepared to buy it on the market, and various reasons were given for this (also table 1). Only one family did not use the QBmix at all because they did not like it.
All pellagra patients and displaced families considered QBmix to be good for health. Between 15% (patients) and 27% (displaced) said they did not add salt to a meal with QBmix.
Table 2 shows a comparison, in volume and cost, between CSB and QBmix. In order to meet micronutrient needs for a food aid dependent population, 60 100g/person/day of CSB are needed compared to 1.5g of QBmix/person/day. Thus for the equivalent micronutrient supply for 1000 people for 30 days, 40-66 times the weight of CSB is needed compared to QBmix. CSB needs to be transported by ship, which takes about 3 weeks to arrive in Luanda and 2-3 weeks for custom clearance. For QBmix, transport can be by plane (and therefore quicker) or ship.
Table 1 Acceptance of QBmix in pellagra patients and displaced families in Kuito, Angola
Pellagra patients (n = 116) Displaced families (n = 232)*
n % n %
Frequency of QBmix use
. Every day 108 93.1 229 98.7
. 2 or 3 times a week 7 6.0 3 1.3
. Other 1 0.9 0 0.0
Easy to use QBmix 109? 94.0 232 100.0
Easy to add right quantity 111? 96.5 228? 98.7
Used screw top as measure 112 96.6 227 97.8
Added QBmix after cooking 115 99.1 228 98.3
QBmix left over 80 69.0 53 22.8
Like to use 115? 100.0 232 100.0
Like the sachet (packing) 114? 99.1 232 100.0
Easy to dose 111? 96.5 232 100.0
Clotting 32** 27.8 3 1.3
Like the texture 113 97.4 232 100.0
Like the colour 116 100.0 232 100.0
Like the smell 112 96.6 232 100.0
Like the taste 116 100.0 232 100.0
Too salty 5 4.3 0 0.0
Refused by family 10? 8.7 4 1.7
Family wants more 110 94.8 229** 99.6
Someone felt unwell 7? 6.1 2** 0.9
* The one family who did not use the QBmix is no longer included in the denominator
? One missing value, ** two missing values, ? three missing values
Table 2 Comparison of CSB and QBmix needs for 1000 persons for 30 days
60g CSB/p/d 100g CSB/p/d
QBmix
Total quantity 1800 kg 3000 kg 45 kg
Volume 72 bags 120 bags 215 sachets
Buying price 738,72 euro 1231.2 euro 361.2 euro
International transport 3600 euro 6000 euro 90 euro
National transport (truck)
. MSF truck . 28 euro . 16.8 euro . 0.42 euro
. Rented truck . 223.2 euro . 372 euro . 5.58 euro
Source: MSF-B logistics in Luanda, Feasibility and costs assessment, Kuito, Angola, October 2003 Note: Prices originally given in US dollar, were converted to euro at the rate of 1.25 USD for 1 Euro.
Storage conditions for CSB and QBmix are similar, both needing dry conditions. CSB comes in plastic bags of 25 kg, while QBmix comes in aluminium sachets of 210g (70 sachets in 1 carton box). QBmix must be stored below 30 Centigrade. The shelf life for CSB is between 6-18 months but vitamin content declines over time. Shelf life for QBmix is at least 12 months, during which time the micronutrient content remains stable.
As required quantities of CSB are much greater, there is a time element involved in setting up appropriate distribution systems, whereas sachets of QBmix can be given out quickly. However, given its unfamiliarity, it does take time to explain why and how to use QBmix. For beneficiaries, it is obviously easier to take home a few sachets compared to a 9-15 kg bag.
Nearly all QBmix recipients found it easy to use, liked the taste and smell and would like to have more of it available in the future. Moreover, they would be ready to buy the product on the market if it were available. The majority of sachets were empty and many people spontaneously asked to receive more. Also, experience has shown that people in sub-saharan African like salty tastes, e.g. QBmix has been used to prepare meals in a prison in the Ivory coast after an outbreak of beriberi and was well accepted.
Compared to CSB, the volume and weight needed is considerably less for QBmix, leading to lower international and national transport costs. However, CSB also provides calories (380kcals per 100g) and people are familiar with it. In contrast, QBmix has few calories and people are unfamiliar with it, so resources are needed to explain the role and use of the product.
Distribution of QBmix
The results of this study cannot be generalised or extrapolated to other situations. For example, in Afghanistan, mothers in a therapeutic feeding centre did not like an earlier version of the product. Astandardised questionnaire has limitations, e.g. it may not capture all the information available from respondents. Furthermore, recipients were in a position of dependence on food aid so they may have not felt free to say what they really thought. They may have been afraid of being excluded from food distribution and felt that if they said what was expected, this would ensure they received the product again.
In the pellagra group, interviews were not necessarily conducted with those who prepared the meal. It was the patient who received the QBmix who was interviewed, so that the information was second hand.
In Angola, the need for QBmix has become less relevant, as fortified maize is scheduled for distribution and the situation is increasingly stable, with more people having access to a diversified diet. In other situations where MSF intervenes, QBmix and/or other products now on the market such as Topnutri-Fam , a nutrient concentrate that comes in the form of powder, may be more appropriate, and clear operational indications have now been defined. Even though these products are not the solution, they do provide one possible tool to prevent micronutrient deficiencies where there are no other sources of vitamins or minerals.
Explaining the use of QBmix
In large-scale emergencies, when the general ration programme is erratic, or unbalanced in terms of micronutrients, ready-to-use micronutrient supplementation products should systematically be distributed to vulnerable populations. This type of supplement can also be used in other situations. For example, for hospitalised patients, patients in TB or HIV treatment programmes, or in a prison setting, where the product could be systematically added to prepared meals 2 or 3 times per week. Although medical humanitarian agencies may not be directly involved in the distribution of general food rations, they do have a role in ensuring people have an adequate supply of micronutrients. Activities for such agencies could, therefore, involve lobbying for the use of this form of micronutrient supplementation with those agencies resourcing and/or implementing nutritional interventions, and social marketing in order to promote and explain the use of this type of product.
When introducing this type of new product onto the market, clear and adapted information should be given to the target population. For example, specifically for QBmix, key information to give at the time of distribution should include the following practical messages:
the mix contains vitamins and minerals essential for health
use one screw top per person
use every day if possible, but 2-3 times per week is sufficient
salt can be added if desired
the mix should be added to the meal after cooking.
In order that the recipient population fully comprehend the role and significance of a product like QBmix, 'reference' persons from the community should be appointed who can be referred to at all times.
In conclusion, new products are now available on the market, which should facilitate the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies in food aid-dependent populations in emergencies. Aid agencies should be aware of the existence of these products and be ready to use them when indicated.
For further information, contact: Evelyn Depoortere, Epicentre, p/a MSF-Belgium, Dupréstraat 94, 1090 Brussels, Belgium. Email: evelyn.depoortere@brussels.msf.org
1Micronutrient supply in emergencies. Logistic feasibility and population acceptability of food supplementation with QBmix, Kuito, Angola. Evelyn Depoortere, January 2004
2See Field Exchange 10, A Pellagra Epidemic in Kuito, Angola, by Sophie Baquet and Michelle van Herp
3QBmix is a registered trademark and is part of a range of products patented by IRD/Nutriset
4The World Food Programme (WFP) policy dictates that fortified Corn Soy Blend (CSB) is provided for populations completely dependent upon food aid and, therefore, at risk of micronutrient deficiency disease
5Produced by DANature Foods/Compact AS, Norway
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Date: July 2004
Issue: Field Exchange 22
Location: Angola
Article Type: Field Articles
Updated on 1 July 2004
Evelyn Depoortere (2004). Potential of Using QBmix to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiencies in Emergencies. Field Exchange 22, July 2004. p11. www.ennonline.net/fex/22/potential


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By OTIATO GUGUYU
Bed occupancy in Nairobi stood at 17 per cent while the rest of the country stood at 30 per cent.
Cautious revellers and holidaymakers have kept off hotels and restaurants as well as tourism sites amid surges in coronavirus infections and deaths since October.
Low bookings dim tourism recovery
Monday November 30 2020
A guest in a buffet queue at a hotel. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Persistent low bed occupancy, despite a gradual reopening of the economy, has dealt a blow to the hospitality sector, which had hoped to recoup some losses ahead of the Christmas festive season.
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge said a survey on hotels revealed that bed occupancy in Nairobi stood at 17 per cent while the rest of the country stood at 30 per cent.
"Most hotels are now back in operations. Some hotels are not fully operational because some are renovating while others have specifically opened the restaurant section. Bed occupancy remains low but we are seeing an improvement. In Nairobi, it is around 16 to 17 per cent and the rest of the country is about 30 per cent," he said on Friday during the regulator's post-Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting briefing.
Cautious reveller and holidaymakers have kept off hotels and restaurants as well as tourism sites amid surges in coronavirus infections and deaths since October.
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the accommodation and food services sector contracted 83.3 per cent in the second quarter compared to an expansion of 12.1 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2019 — hurt by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The State imposed several lockdown measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, including a countrywide dusk-to-dawn curfew, restrictions on travel in and out of the capital Nairobi and the closure of learning institutions, hotels and restaurants.
UK's strict Covid-19 rules slow Kenya's tourism recovery
Covid-19 costs tourism sector Sh72bn
The Treasury said the tourism sector has taken a S72 billion hit following the measures taken by different countries to shutdown borders in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.
Hotels alone will lose Sh56 billion on low occupancy and cancellation of reservations while catering and other associated services like entertainment, tours and travel, park and game drives will lose about Sh16.2 billion.
"Research commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife on the impact of Covid-19 on tourism, estimates that the pandemic is likely to cost the industry loss of $511 million (Sh56 billion) in hotel revenue, $125 million (Sh13.7 billion) in associated revenue and Sh2.5 billion for catering levy," said the Treasury.

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Rare Footage Of Anne Frank Has Surfaced Showing Her Before They Were Forced Into Hiding
It is thought to be the only film of Anne Frank in existence.
Timothy Roberts
The days of the Holocaust were some of the darkest days in human history and certainly among the darkest of recent history. Some of that history has been lost but there are those who kept it alive through their writing.
One of those individuals was Anne Frank, and although she lost her life at a very early age, her diary that she kept from 1942 till 1944 is a very important part of our history.
Not only is the diary of Anne Frank an interesting read for anyone who is interested in that history, but it is also something that is included in many classroom discussions. There is now a video available that is rarely seen. It was shot in 1941 prior to the time that her family went into hiding and it is thought to be the only footage of Anne Frank that still exists.
Photo: YouTube/Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House Museum uploaded the short film to YouTube. The Frank family went into hiding to avoid being persecuted by the Nazis and this film was shot about a year before that happened. It is a video of a wedding that is taking place at the building next door to where the Franks lived. At about nine seconds into the video, you can see Anne Frank leaning out of her window on the second floor to see the wedding taking place.
This video is more than a piece of history, it documents one of the last moments that the Frank family was enjoying life as normal before everything changed. In July 1942, they went into hiding in an apartment in the attic behind the business that her father owned. They remained in hiding until they were reported to the Nazis and were arrested in August 1944. After being sent to a concentration camp, Anne Frank died of typhus when she was only 15 years old.
You can see the rare footage of Anne Frank in this video:


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Сталинизмът е версия на марксизма-ленинизма и негово практическо приложение в Съветския съюз след смъртта на Ленин през 1924 г. Той е наложен от съветския лидер Йосиф Сталин през периода от 20-те години на ХХ в. до смъртта му през 1953 г.

Ленинският комунизъм и сталинизмът
Сталинизмът като машина на терора се различава от Ленинската версия за преследване на народните врагове. При Ленин враговете са извън партията докато при Сталин враговете са вътре в партията, които водят до вътрешно разложение на комунистическата партия и провалят плановото развитие на социалистическото общество.

Главното ново учение на Сталин е теорията на увеличаване на класовата борба след комунистическата революция. Според тази теория с въвеждането на диктатурата на пролетариата класовите противоречия не намаляват, а точно обратно: увеличават се, тъй като бившата буржоазия все по-агресивно се бори за възстановяване на капитализма, но вече не в рамките на антикомунистически партии, а под формата на фракции вътре в комунистическата партия. Този принцип е основният идеологически аргумент в полза на големия терор по времето на управлението на Сталин.

Сталин осъжда и избива хиляди комунисти, видни партийни членове на ръководни позиции в Съветската държава и висши военни. С параноичен страх от премахване на установеното от него статукво, трудовите лагери на смъртта се пълният с набързо осъдени от прословутите "тричленки" по обвинения в злоупотреба с държавна власт и кражба на държавно имущество. Не липсват и обвинения за извращения и сериозното опорочаване на идеите на социализма и поставяне на комунистическата партия под компрометиращо тежко положение с ниско доверие от народа превърнало се в сборище на кариеристи и разбойници (хора с нечисти помисли). Сталин въвежда еднолична тоталитарна власт, като въвежда военен комунизъм в страната и управлява СССР чрез НКВД, а по-сетне КГБ, а запазва партията да служи като декор на "народна власт".

По отношение на сталинизма съществуват две главни мнения.
 Независимите анализатори, антикомунистите и по-голямата част от комунистите не смятат сталинизма за отделно учение. Те се аргументират с това, че Сталин не е направил никаква основна, радикална промяна в системата, изградена от Ленин. Нито терорът, нито забраната на критични мнения не са въведени от Сталин, те са присъщи на системата от самото начало. Освен това системата на Ленин от самото начало си е била тоталитарна система, без всякакъв обществен контрол. Сталин само е укрепил системата, сменил е безконтролната власт на група от 10-12 души с безконтролна власт на 1 човек. Според това становище сталинизъм не съществува, дейността на Сталин не е нищо друго, освен логично и последователно продължение на идеите и дейността на Ленин.
 Другото становище се споделя от група комунисти, наричащи себе си марксисти-ленинци антисталинисти. Според тях системата на Сталин е радикална и нова в сравнение с ленинизма. Радикалната промяна е в смяната на колективното ръководство на диктатурата на пролетариата с еднолична диктатура. Също така радикална промяна е размерът на терора: докато при Ленин този терор е бил ограничен и оправдан, при Сталин е бил вече несъразмерен и неоправдан. Освен това комунистите антисталинисти сочат и различия в икономическата политика: докато Ленин е допускал ограничено развитие и роля на частния сектор в икономическия живот на държавата, Сталин е бил краен привърженик за пълното одържавяване във всички сектори на стопанството.

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American Library Association meets January 11-16 in Philadelphia. Major children and young adult awards are announced by the ALA: the Newbery (children), the Caldecott (illustration), the Sibert (informational), and the Printz (young adult).
I'm especially excited this year about hearing the awards announced as I served on the National Book Award for Young People this year. We read over 250 books -- mostly young adult and middle grade -- to chose five finalists. It was exhilarating, mind-numbing, challenging, and one of the most exciting experiences of my life. I fell passionately in love with the other people on my committee. They were all strong hearted, hardworking, eloquent writers.
There were about twenty-five extraordinary books that I could have happily seen getting the Young People's award for the year, but we had to winnow down to five finalists and finally chose... just... one. I'm betting some of the books I adored will get a shout-out at ALA.


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I have just realized something. Or, rather, something has just hit me, with such a staggering force that I feel a little like I've been punched. I have just realized that I miss sitting on grass, and rock, and tree branches, I miss the sounds of wind through thousands of leaves, trickling water, and hearing leaves and gravel crunch under my feet.
For three months now I've lived and explored this city of Taipei, trying to come to terms with the culture, its people, its traditions. But now, I simply miss what I cannot seem to find here, and that is a specific kind of weather, nature, atmosphere, that I can visualize more easily than express. I miss having seasons, especially, desperately, autumn. I miss experiencing a thunderstorm, hearing, feeling, and breathing it in, and being able to see its effects on the land, rather than simply a city that has been drained of color. I miss the prickling almost-annoyance of a thousand grass blades pressing into my prone body from below, with the sun beating down from above and fleeting clouds moving swiftly past.
I should have known; after all, I think I will always be a country bumpkin at heart, regardless of how my relatives praise my "city suaveness," and the fact that I am now comfortable using all forms of public transportation here. And I realize I am waxing terribly poetic about this, but I feel the effects of this as if it were some terrible reversal of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
I am also hungry, and past experience has taught me that my empty stomach makes me all shades of irritable.


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Animal and Marine Bioresource Sciences
Department of Bioresource Sciences
Isolation and purification of satellite cells from young rats by percoll density gradient centrifugation
Matsuyoshi, Y., Akahoshi, M., Nakamura, M., Tatsumi, R. & Mizunoya, W., Jan 1 2019, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press Inc., p. 81-93 13 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1889).
Density Gradient Centrifugation
Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells
Primary Cell Culture
The function of carnosine and its homologs on behavior
Furuse, M., Jan 1 2015, Betaine: Chemistry, Analysis, Function and Effects. Preedy, V. R. (ed.). 8 ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, p. 471-492 22 p. (Food and Nutritional Components in Focus; vol. 2015-January, no. 8).
International perspectives on impacts of reproductive technologies for world food production in asia associated with poultry production
Surchowdhury, V., Sultana, H. & Furuse, M., Jan 1 2014, Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production. Springer New York LLC, p. 229-237 9 p. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; vol. 752).
Reproductive Techniques
Chowdhury, V. S., Sultana, H. & Furuse, M., 2014, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Vol. 752. p. 229-237 9 p. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; vol. 752).
Central functions of glutathione, and peptides and amino acids related to glutathione synthesis and metabolism, on stress responses
Furuse, M. & Michael Denbow, D., Feb 1 2013, Glutathione: Biochemistry, Mechanisms of Action and Biotechnological Implications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 35-53 19 p.
Central functions of proline in behavior of neonatal chicks
Furuse, M., Hamasu, K. & Michael Denbow, D., Mar 1 2013, Proline: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Health Benefits. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 111-133 23 p.
Neostriatum
Central regulation of physiological and metabolic responses in neonatal chicks
Chowdhury, V. S. & Furuse, M., Jan 1 2013, Chickens: Physiology, Diseases and Farming Practices. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 105-124 20 p.
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Chicken neuropeptide Y in the control of appetite and metabolism
Bungo, T., Shiraishi, J. I., Kawakami, S. I., Denbow, D. M. & Furuse, M., Dec 1 2013, Neuropeptide Y: Molecular Structure, Role in Food Intake and Direct/Indirect Effects. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 1-24 24 p.
Neuropeptide Y
Involvement of brain-pituitary-gonadal axis on regulation of the reproductive cycle in female chub mackerel
Matsuyama, M., Selvaraj, S., Nyuji, M. & Ohga, H., 2013, Sexual Plasticity and Gametogenesis in Fishes. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 251-273 23 p.
Scomber japonicus
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Neuroendocrine regulation of sedation and excitation in neonatal chicks
Furuse, M., Cline, M. A., Bungo, T. & Sugahara, K., Apr 2013, Hormones and Behavior. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 1-28 28 p.
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
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Neuropeptides
Neuropeptide regulation of food intake in chicks
Cline, M. A. & Furuse, M., Jan 1 2013, Food Intake: Regulation, Assessing and Controlling. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 1-34 34 p.
food intake
Circadian pacemaker in ovary and uterus during cell differentiation and apoptosis
Hattori, M. A., Chu, G., Uchikawa, M., Yoshida, K., Narahara, S., Hirata, M., He, P. J. & Yamauchi, N., Mar 2012, Circadian Rhythms: Biology, Cognition and Disorders. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 209-224 16 p.
Functions of brain L-aspartate and its derivatives on stress responses
Tomonaga, S., Erwan, E., Denbow, D. M. & Furuse, M., Jan 1 2012, Tyrosine and Aspartic Acid: Properties, Sources and Health Benefits. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 163-175 13 p.
N-Methylaspartate
Aspartic Acid
Metabolism and physiology of glutamate in chickens
Surchowdhury, V. & Furuse, M., Dec 1 2012, Glutamic Acid: Chemistry, Food Sources and Health Benefits. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 43-62 20 p.
Single muscle-fiber isolation and culture for cellular, molecular, pharmacological, and evolutionary studies
Anderson, J. E., Wozniak, A. C. & Mizunoya, W., Jan 2 2012, Myogenesis: Methods and Protocols. Vol. 798. p. 85-102 18 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 798).
Stem Cell Niche
Hepatocyte Growth Factor
Central functions of L-arginine and its metabolites for stress behavior
Tomonaga, S., Michael Denbow, D. & Furuse, M., Feb 1 2011, Arginine Amino Acid. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 163-189 27 p.
Central functions of green tea components
Furuse, M., Adachi, N., Tomonaga, S., Yamane, H. & Denbow, D. M., Feb 1 2009, Handbook of Green Tea and Health Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 1-22 22 p.
Catechin
GABA-A Receptors
Swimming behavioral toxicity in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to various chemicals for biological monitoring of water quality
Kang, I., Moroishi, J., Yamasuga, M., Kim, S. G. & Oshima, Y., Dec 1 2009, Atmospheric and Biological Environmental Monitoring. Springer Netherlands, p. 285-293 9 p.
fenitrothion
swimming behavior
Toxic interactions between tributyltin and polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic organisms
Oshima, Y., Nakayama, K., Takeshi, H., Kim, S. G., Shimasaki, Y., Kang, I. J. & Honjo, T., Dec 1 2009, Ecotoxicology of Antifouling Biocides. Springer Japan, p. 195-205 11 p.
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4 Elements: Thunderbolts 144
June 3rd, 2010 by david brothers | Tags: 4 elements, jeff parker, kev walker, luke cage, thunderbolts
Thunderbolts 144 was written by Jeff Parker, drawn by Kev Walker, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Albert Deschesne. It was an excellent read, and a good introduction to the new team and status quo. I thought about doing a full blown review, but how boring would that be? Instead, I'm trying something different. Maybe we can make this a regular thing. Here are four things the team behind Thunderbolts 144 got right.
Luke Cage knows people. Luke spent most of his almost forty years in the game toiling in obscurity. He had a long-running series that ended in the '80s, a couple of less-than-good revivals in the '90s, and spent the first five years of the 2000s playing street level crime games. A nice side effect of his middling career is that Cage built up a strong network of friends. The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and several other heroes have interacted with and befriended Cage over the years. He has a reputation and he's got a deep Rolodex. While Spider-Man and Ben Grimm built their varied friendships off the back of Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-in-One, Luke's time as a nobody ended up being an asset.
Cage went from penny-ante hood to grown man gone straight to framed for dealing heroin. He was technically a fugitive when he began his Hero for Hire business. He took on the trappings of superheroes to make a little cash. The only thing that kept him from being Black Booster Gold is that he was after money, rather than fame.
Despite his inauspicious beginnings, Cage ended up being a great hero. He hooked up with several street level heroes and started fighting crime to do good. He cleaned up his building and his neighborhood. Later in life, he joined the Avengers and soon found himself leading the team. He spearheaded a charge for the Avengers to do more than fighting world-class villains. When Captain America came back and found himself in charge of the superheroes in the United States, he had one choice for the guy to help rehabilitate the villains on the Raft: Luke Cage.
Think it through: the man who is the equivalent of Superman in the Marvel Universe, with all the prestige and respect that role entails, goes to Luke Cage to get the job done. Steve Rogers respects the hustle.
Steve Rogers gives speeches. Tony Stark is arrogant. Thor is stuffy and pompous. Spider-Man is obnoxious. Wolverine is gruff and borderline rude. Hank Pym is eager for approval. Songbird is judgmental. Luke, though? Luke's a man of the people. He's casual. To the point, sure, but Luke's genuine. There's no artifice, no trickery, and no drama. He's not your average superhero. If there's something to say, he just says it. No beating around the bush. Real talk, no gimmicks.
Luke is fearless. Scared money don't make money.
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18 comments to "4 Elements: Thunderbolts 144"
Kev Walker's such a find for Marvel. The colouring, while perfectly nice, reduces the impact of his line-work quite a bit, unfortunately. Might need more of a Dave Stewart approach.
by James W June 3rd, 2010 at 08:19 --reply
@James W: Yeah, I wish I'd said at least something about his art. I dug it, and I like the new Songbird design. The body language when Moonstone accepts being on the team was pretty good, too.
by david brothers June 3rd, 2010 at 08:29 --reply
Nifty new format, this 4 Elements thing. Interested to see it more.
Also, Mach IV went Gundam?
by PMMDJ June 3rd, 2010 at 11:51 --reply
As a Luke Cage fan and a guy who was midly disapoointed by Diggle's T Bolts, I am back on this book.
by Rick Wears Pants June 3rd, 2010 at 12:16 --reply
anybody else laugh at the titania scene?
by Froggee June 3rd, 2010 at 12:18 --reply
@PMMDJ: I think I'm going to do one a week, assuming I can find things worth talking about. And really, if you could go Gundam… wouldn't you? I just wish he'd gone Tequila Gundam.
@Froggee: Yup. "I'm gonna lick his neck" was great.
I actually picked this up yesterday, the first single issue I've bought in months. And I really, really liked it. And what else has Kev Walker done, artwise? I liked the look of it.
by Strider June 3rd, 2010 at 12:53 --reply
@Strider
He did Marvel Zombies 3 & 4, and used to do art for Magic the Gathering
by Jake June 3rd, 2010 at 13:11 --reply
"Songbird is judgmental."
Of who? Moonstone? She has every right to judge Moonstone, certainly more right than Luke. That scene where Luke compares Songbird's profile with Moonstone's made no sense. When Songbird was a villain she was manipulated into robbing banks. Moonstone is a sociopath who murdered her own mother and regularly killed her patients for entertainment. Big difference there.
by SBDB June 3rd, 2010 at 15:25 --reply
I strongly disagree about this. She knows Moonstone as good she know herself.
Also, I didn't find Cage essential to this team. Both Songbird and Hawkeye are examples of redemption and know more about this than him.
by Elézio June 3rd, 2010 at 15:30 --reply
The last paragraph does nothing but prove how Cap, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Thor, Hank Pym, and Songbird ar real characters with real personality traits. Luke Cage has always been a boring character who seems more like a useless civilian than anything.
by Jim June 3rd, 2010 at 17:16 --reply
@Jim: Opinions being what they are and all that, you are apparently TOTALLY MISSING THE POINT OF LUKE CAGE.
And no, I'm not going to explain it.
by Leroy Hart June 3rd, 2010 at 18:24 --reply
Okay, but since when is Steve a Romulan?
by Joe England June 4th, 2010 at 07:19 --reply
I take it you read "Enter the Heroic Age", Parker/Walker did a great story where Steve flat out tells this to Luke
by Nathan June 4th, 2010 at 17:47 --reply
@Jake: also there are ads in the comic pimping a James Bond comic he apparently did
@david brothers: as a man whose mexican uncle drank himself to death, I approve this statement
Just give Songbird her long hair back and this issue would have been perfect; I haven't liked Luke Cage much in New Avengers, but here (and New Avengers Finale) have convinced me of how good a character he can be, this series seems like it could be great
by Radlum June 5th, 2010 at 07:23 --reply
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by 4thletter! » Blog Archive » 6 Writers: Jeff Parker July 14th, 2010 at 08:01 --reply


Episode 3 - Tiki Time!
Moonlight reflecting on a quiet lagoon. Mysterious drums in the distance. The nighttime calls of exotic birds. Maybe a volcano? It's Tiki Time! In this episode we serve up a classic Trader Vic's Mai Tai and his equally enjoyable Trader Vic Sling.
Trader Vic came up with the Mai Tai in 1944. Happy 72nd Birthday you marvelous tipple! Here is the recipe adapted from Trader Vic's Bartenders Guide 1972.
Cut lime in half. Squeeze lime juice over shaved ice in a double old fashioned glass. Hang on to one half of the spent shell. Add remaining ingredients to a cocktail shaker half filled with cracked ice. Shake and pour unstrained into the glass. Garnish with the spent lime shell and a mint sprig.
The Trader Vic Sling is a whole other kind of delight from the Mai Tai. From the same book, here's the recipe. Enjoy!


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What Stadium Is The Super Bowl At?
By Brian Rauf January 28, 2015
Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 1, and is televised by NBC.
The game is being held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, home of the Arizona Cardinals.
Seattle is looking to win their second-straight Super Bowl, while New England is trying to win their fourth in franchise history, but first since 2004.
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Defies All Expectations (Review)
by Kyle Anderson
It's been 25 years since Pulp Fiction ushered in the age of prestige indie films and Quentin Tarantino's hold on the public. It's been 50 years since one of the hottest summers on record in Los Angeles and a series of brutal, shocking murders rocked the Hollywood Hills. Anyone who's spent any real time in Tinsel Town knows how much the Tate-LaBianca murders loom large over the public consciousness. It was only a matter of time, then, for Tarantino to tackle the subject in his own unmatched style. That film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, is not at all what you'd expect… and yet exactly what you'd expect.
In his ninth film, Tarantino explores a bygone age of both Hollywood and America. An age just on the cusp of the studio system's replacement with New Hollywood mavericks. Handsome TV stars were a dime a dozen and nobody knew what to do with them. "Cliff, old buddy," says Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton to his stuntman/manservant, "I'm a has-been." It's a movie about people, times, music, a way of life relegated to the history books. Things are not like they were; not what they would be. 1969 represents a loss of innocence and an awakening to the evils of the world. But this is a fairy tale. It's "once upon a time."
Tarantino tackles his subject in a much more laconic and elegiac way than we've ever seen him do before. Huge chunks of the movie are dedicated to its characters hanging out, listening to music, driving too fast, and nearly making history. Unlike the director's three previous films—Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight—which were long movies but with a clear plot and propulsive narrative, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood acts as more of a march toward oblivion. Fate is all that separates people from obscurity and infamy.
The film's three main characters live vastly different lives; DiCaprio's Dalton is a star on the fade. Once a handsome leading man, he's lately relegated to TV guest spots as "the heavy" rather than the hero. His waning career causes him near-constant mental anguish and he's begun to drink heavily alone in his now-too-expensive Cielo Dr house. His stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) has burned way too many bridges with his brashness and now only exists to drive Dalton to work and do menial labor before returning to his trailer behind a drive-in theater deep in the San Fernando Valley. They're both very much relics of a just-past era of Hollywood.
In contrast is Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie), the very real up-and-coming starlet who hadn't yet gotten her big break, despite great supporting turns in movies. Newly married to Roman Polanski, she attends parties at the Playboy Mansion and rubs shoulders with the likes of Steve McQueen and Connie Stevens. Yet she's still mostly anonymous; she needs to convince a movie theater ticket officer and usher that she's actually in the movie they're showing. She lives next door to Rick, but they don't interact. She's mostly "Roman Polanski's wife." We spend a lot of time with her, but it's more incidental. We see her living her life, but not commenting on it. But we know who she is, and what fate awaits.
And that's where Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood begins to play with that knowledge. Throughout the movie, the specter of doom that is the Manson Family looms large. With each reveal—the Cielo Dr. road sign, a group of flower children picking through garbage, Manson himself (Damon Herriman)—we start to feel more and more ill at ease. The tensest sequence in the movie involves Cliff's visit to Spahn Movie Ranch to visit his old friend George (Bruce Dern). The Ranch is now overrun with Mansonites and Cliff's terse conversation with Squeaky Fromme (Dakota Fanning) hearkens back to sequences like the bar scene in Inglourious or the poisoned coffee scene in Hateful Eight. But Tarantino, at every turn, is keen to upend our expectations of when that dam of tension will burst.
But ultimately that tension is merely a long, taut thread. The meat of the movie is much more mundane and lyrical. These people living their different Hollywood lives in a pretty realistic, slice-of-life presentation bleeds in and out of artifice and forced drama of "Hollywood" itself. Rick's day on the set of a TV Western is shown as full, lengthy scenes from the show itself, but not shot like a TV Western and with occasional breaks for him to say "line" and go retry a take. Cliff's boring chore of fixing the TV antenna on top of Rick's house stops for a very long, very funny memory where he gets into an altercation with Bruce Lee between takes on The Green Hornet.
There's a sense throughout of Cliff and Rick reliving "the glory days," even if those days weren't very glorious when looked at objectively. This might be close to Tarantino's version of 8 1/2, where fantasy and reality blur. But it's not blurring in the characters' brains overtly; nobody jars them back to reality, and therefore we're left wondering whether what we've seen is Tarantino having fun with us or projecting what he wants 1969 Hollywood to have been. Very likely it's both.
Through this good old days approach, the film comes across as regressive in a lot of ways. Youth is seen as some baffling affect of the times. Rick has open contempt for hippies and hippie culture. The movie is full of aged screen icons—Dern, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino—acting opposite DiCaprio and Pitt, who are just about there themselves. There's a sense that if our two good ol' boy leads had their way, the world would have turned out a lot different, and a lot better. But whether that's Tarantino lamenting the march of time and wishing for the triumph of mediocre, interchangeable white dudes, or just him commenting on it through his characters is up for debate. Dalton is a fairly harmless dope while Booth isn't far off from the violent, grinning psychopaths in the Family. As Margaret Qualley's Pussycat says, "Charlie's gonna love you."
As I write, it's been less than 12 hours since I've seen the movie. I had a night full of dreams about the movie, but I still don't really know what to make of it entirely. And I think that's the point. It feels a lot different than most Tarantino movies for the majority of its runtime. At the same time, there are more shots of women's bare feet or bent-over rear ends than he's ever had before. But also also, it feels like the most self-aware and self-effacing the usually hyper-confident Tarantino has ever been.
It's the most like Pulp Fiction he's been in years, and yet it's the least. He's trying far less to be cool than to comment on the cool. People listen to rocking music but the music very rarely makes the scene in question cooler. And, as ever, it plays fast and loose with history. But I think, this time around, it's less about what might have been and more about what definitely wasn't.
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I am having trouble with the data initialized channel (252) not turning on from my Duet Module.
Data Initialized channel is not affected. Anyone know how to make this work?
I overrided/implemented the refresh() method and put the processDataInitializedEvent and processDeviceOnlineEvent within, as per the Duet Module Guide. Whenever the DataInitialized or DeviceOnline state changes I call refresh(). This seems to do the trick. It would be nice if the AMX Duet documentation (what little there is) was more descriptive of what the base classes do and how the interact with each other.


How do I sell my home if I have pets?
One of the main things that could put a potential buyer off is a bad smell. It may sound strange, but apparently, dog owners often become immune to the smell of their own dog. This could be a problem as even though you can't smell your own dog, your viewers most definitely will. Even other dog owners will pick up the scent of someone else's dog, so it's best to be safe than sorry.
It's also important to consider that your viewer may have asthma, and animal hair and smells can trigger an attack. And dogs jumping up at viewers may make them feel uncomfortable, and take their attention away from the property.
Before the photographer arrives, make sure that you put away any pet toys, beds and food. Photographs are the single most important marketing tool when selling a property. Your photographs need to portray a clean, tidy and impersonal space, so it's always best to clear away any evidence of animals.
Wipe away any pet hairs on furniture. Polish any shiny surfaces, or interior glass doors just in case there are any slimy 'nose' marks from your inquisitive dog. Check your exterior windows and glass doors too… your furry friend may have jumped up and left some muddy paw prints.
Most importantly, check your garden, patio or yard for any little 'presents' your pet may have left for you, particularly in flower beds. (Dillan and Alfie leave me little presents all the time!) Cats can also be partial to leaving the odd dead mouse or bird on your step, but you don't want those on the pictures! The photographer will be walking around your garden and concentrating on the best angles for his pictures; check your dog hasn't left any unwanted presents on the lawn!
Hide evidence of pets; beds, bowls, food, cat trays (and don't forget the pet itself).
Clean and hoover throughout. Use scented vacuum powder on your carpets before you hoover.
Open all windows and give the house a good airing to get rid of unwanted smells.
Spray air fresheners around the room and use fabric spray on sofas, curtains and cushions.
Make a pot of fresh coffee. I know this is the oldest trick in the book, but it really is effective. Did you know that smelling coffee beans is used as a technique to cleanse your nasal palate?
Clean all full length glass doors (internal and external).
Remove all pet hair from furniture and soft furnishings. One of the easiest ways to do this is to put on a pair of rubber gloves and repeatedly rub over the material. The hair will come off in clumps.
Change the bedding in all the bedrooms. This will automatically freshen the scent of the room.
I understand that even long-notice viewings can put a strain on the vendor, as very few of us actually live in a 'show home'. Lives are busy and houses become cluttered.
These ideas should help you to feel more in control when your house is on the market.
How do you feel about the subject of pets and viewings?
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It was an endurance test of almost 19 months, but the Halifax Typographical Union stood its ground on the key issue of job security. Members today voted 94 per cent in favour of ratifying an eight-year deal.
HTU President Ingrid Bulmer said it's been a momentous event.
He noted that "it's not a great deal, but it's the best we could get in the circumstances and it's better than a month ago. Now we have to try to put this behind us, heal the wounds and bring quality journalism back to the Herald.
Of the 61 newsroom members who went out on defensive strike on Jan. 23, 2016, only 27 will return to work at The Chronicle Herald on Tuesday. While half a dozen left for jobs elsewhere as the dispute dragged on, the rest are being laid off.
Mark Lever, CEO of Saltwire Network, the Herald's owner, said in a statement he is "pleased" the HTU has ratified the contract.
The HTU won a key battle on language, securing a seniority clause for layoffs. The company also dropped its insistence on a non-compete provision and other restrictions for those taking severance.
Although the union's major concession of a five-per-cent wage cut offered early on in bargaining has made it into the agreement, it has been tempered with pay increases over the next seven years.
The amount of severance for the departing staff was a major bone of contention during the fitful negotiations that opened in the fall of 2015. Those leaving will receive enhanced severance of 2.5 weeks of pay for each year of service with a cap of 68 weeks.
Local Xpress, the free online news site launched by the HTU one week after the strike began, will be shut down. The company gave up demands to take ownership of the site and its content.
Work week increases from 35 to 37.5 hours.
Pension enrolment moves from Herald plan to one run by the International Typographical Union. Employee contributions drop from 6.3 per cent of wages to 2.03 per cent. Company contributions remain at 6.3 per cent.
No layoffs for two years and new language to protect against layoff beyond then. Jurisdiction language protects against company giving HTU members' work to Saltwire or non-union Herald employees.
Vacation and sick leave entitlements reduced.
The tentative deal was reached on Aug. 5 after two days of mediation led by veteran arbitrator William Kaplan, who was appointed by the provincial government in July to help the two sides reach a settlement.
The HTU had made several requests over the past year for an industrial commission of inquiry, which could have led to public hearings into the causes of the dispute.
The HTU estimated that the company saved about $7.5 million in wages and expenses during the work stoppage. The layoffs will reduce the payroll by an estimated $2.9 million. The Herald also spent hundreds of thousands on lawyer fees and to pay private investigators who put peaceful picketers under daily surveillance.
O'Hanlon issued a "huge thanks to all the unions and labour groups who supported us and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars" during the strike. Those labour organizations stood firmly with the HTU, organizing rallies, collecting money and other donations, supporting and publicizing boycotts, and rallying public opinion against companies that continued to advertise in Nova Scotia's paper of record.


Let's all take a minute and mourn the end of Halloween. NOT. I'm not gonna lie, I had an ahmazing time making all these cutie themed Halloween goodies and treats and delectables.
But I'm so ready to bust out in Deck The Halls you don't even know what's up.
Frankie Monster boy feels me. I know he does. So I'm going to put him out of his misery and gobble him right on up. Big ole piece that just ruined my 30 miles of walking I did the week before last.
Gone. Workout never. Eat this cake instead foreva.
This Frankenstein's Monster cake is gluten-free and pistachio flavored with a lick yo mouth vegan cream cheese filling and a yumsickle butternut squash I mean buttercream frosting.
Finally, it's topped with monster hair aka a delectable drizzle of vegan chocolate ganache.
I am using my new favorite technique called the Betty Crocker gluten-free slice of heaven yellow cake mix. Betty has literally changed my life with this mix.
I have spent hours upon hours trying to come up with the right gluten-free combo for baking. It's like a science. And then I found Betty girl. And now I can mix her right on up with whatever additions I want and I'm all set.
We've officially become BFF's. I love her.
And then I made this adorably scary monster face, dyed some marshmallows black and stuck them on kabob sticks which then went into the side of the cake to make monster boy's knobs, and there ya have it.
This cake would make a Halloween party's life. Sitting in the middle of all the other pun-y and delightful Halloween snacks.
On top of that it's gluten-free and dairy-free so it'll please everyone's tastebuds. And yeah, you've got yourself a nice cake. Go make it. Maybe add some of my other fun Halloween recipes too.
And if you haven't done it yet, make sure to read my post on the Teal Pumpkin Project so that you're fully prepared for the Halloween holiday bonanza hitting your face Friday. Party on.
Oh and if you feel like I'm talking a little bit more like a crazy person than usual it's probably because I have a yuck cold and have been in bed for two days. Social interaction is so overrated.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F for a shiny metal pan or 325 degrees F for for a dark or nonstick pan.
In a stand mixer with a fitted whisk attachment (or if you have brutal strength then just use a normal whisk and bowl), whisk together the cake mixes, eggs, water, butter, vanilla, and pudding packets on low speed for 30 seconds and then medium speed for about 3 minutes, or until smooth.
Pour the batter evenly into two greased 9-inch round baking pans.
Bake for 41-46 minutes. You will know that cakes are done when you stick a toothpick in the middle and it comes out clean. Set cakes aside to cool completely.
While the cakes are cooling, use the same stand mixer with the whisk attachment (clean out the batter from everything first) and whisk together the shortening, butter, and cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk on low until the filling is smooth.
When the cakes are completely cooled, flip one over and spread the filling evenly on top, leaving some room on the sides. Flip the other cake over and place on top. You might not need all the filling, you don't want it to overflow when you place the other cake on top.
In the same clean stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk together the shortening and butter until smooth on medium. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk. Add the food coloring while the mixer is whisking on low until you have achieved the shade of green you want.
Frost the cake evenly. Then add the eyes, mouth, nose, and scar.
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and coconut milk together on low heat until smooth. Let it sit for a few minutes to cool down some and then pour the ganache on top of the cake to make the hair.
This is my mom's attempt at trying to turn my monster's Elvis-eque hair into more of a monster look. Success?
This looks so much fun! Very cute… scary.
Thanks Debra! It was fun to make! Do you ever use the gluten-free cake box mixes? What do you think of them?


Britain's young apprentices have called upon the new Government to put skills and qualifications at the very top of the agenda in Brexit Britain – and created a 'five point plan' to help them do just that.
The Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) report to be handed to Nadhim Zahawi MP, David Cameron's adviser on apprentices and joint Chairman of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board, delivered a damning verdict on careers advice.
They are also calling for professional qualification as standard to ensure apprenticeships get the recognition they deserve and quality is maintained.
The results of the Industry Apprentice Council's biggest ever survey shows an alarming lack of information regarding the opportunities that apprenticeships offer.
Al Parkes, chief operating officer of the Semta Group which founded and funds the IAC said: "Home grown skills have never been more important to this country –especially in a post Brexit Britain.
"Our young apprentices have spoken – and should be heard. They are the very people who can speak with authority and conviction having experienced the process at first hand.
The Industry Apprentice Council, recognised as the true voice of apprentices, founded by awarding organisation EAL part of the Semta Group, launched the Five Point Plan and the survey results, at the IET, Savoy Place, London.
The five point plan to boost apprenticeships formulated by apprentices themselves, will seek to; ensure the quality of apprenticeships is protected through qualifications as the quantity increases; ask employers to make apprentices more aware of career options; reform careers advice; ensure employers offer progression routes to apprentices capable of pursuing them, and set up an NUS-style body to represent apprentices' interests.
In his foreword featured in the report Nadhim Zahawi MP, said: "It's crucial that apprentices themselves have a voice and their experiences are listened to.
"Building apprentices' views in, will ensure that quality does not suffer and that apprenticeship programmes remain relevant – not just equipping people with the skills employers need, but giving people what they need to grow and get on in life.
"Without apprentices, employers across the advanced manufacturing and engineering (AME) sector Semta represents, simply would not be able to meet their skills needs.
"With the economy needing 182,000 people with engineering skills every year to 2022, apprenticeships offer a tried and tested way for employers to equip new recruits with the right skills.


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Twitter earlier today made an announcement that the company is testing a new way for users to follow other accounts on its platform. According to a tweet from the Twitter Support account, the new Suggested Follows feature is currently being tested on Android devices.
In terms of how the new feature works, the tweet explains that users will now be presented with suggestions to follow relevant accounts that are based on the profile page of someone they have just followed on Twitter. In addition to this, users will be able to add all accounts instantly with a single tap while also be provided with the option to remove individual accounts that they do not wish to follow.
Now testing on Android: You may see a suggestion to follow a group of relevant accounts on the profile page of someone you just followed. You can instantly add all the accounts with a single tap and easily remove the ones you don't want to follow. pic.twitter.com/fayS9uIFvV
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) October 6, 2020
Based on a statement from the Twitter Help Center, the company has mentioned that account suggestions are based on many factors which include some coming from a user's address book contacts and patterns from their following history. Twitter's suggestions are usually generated by algorithms which explains why certain suggested accounts may not be relevant to a user.
While the Suggested Follows feature is currently being tested on Android devices as mentioned earlier, Twitter has yet to provide any indication if the aforementioned feature will also be implemented on iOS devices. That being said, we can only remain patient until the company releases more information regarding this new feature.
(Source: Twitter Support // Twitter Help Center)
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A large number of people enthusiastic about the Bitcoin space are heavily invested in cryptocurrencies – and often in more than one, since swapping one cryptocurrency for another to exploit arbitrage opportunities is easier than swapping between cryptocurrency and USD. This can easily become difficult to keep track of, as investors find themselves wrangling large spreadsheets to keep track of the current price of their investments, calculate total earnings, and generally have access to the information they need to make quick, sound financial decisions.
Startup CoinFinance has been offering a solution for the investors for some time. For those who didn't know: The site, which was announced on BitcoinTalk forum on February 2oth as a "Google Finance but for cryptos," allows you to build portfolios of cryptocurrencies, keep track of their activity, and see your total investment status at a glance. The service is anonymous (it collects no information about you, and you log in with a randomly generated hash), and supports more than hundred cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, LiteCoin, DogeCoin, and BlackCoin. Users can create multiple portfolios, if they want, and suggest new cryptocurrencies to support.
The site provides a number of clever features for keeping an eye on the cryptocurrency space: It keeps track of major news, and provides a daily chart of the biggest winners and losers, usually very small cryptocurrencies that have gained or lost ninety or one hundred percent of their value.
On the whole, CoinFinance looks like a useful tool for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and investors, and I look forward to seeing what it grows to become. The site advertises 4, 153 portfolios in use at time of writing.
Note: This article is part of a new series in which we give shout-outs to Bitcoin businesses that we think are cool – This article is not a paid advertisement, and we have no agreement of any kind with CoinFinance.


Migrant, refugee, asylum-seeker, and immigrant — these terms are used frequently in media reports and have even confused experts. DW takes a look at the most frequently used migration terms and what they mean in Germany.
A migrant is basically anyone who moves to a different place — either within his or her country or outside its borders. Migrants are people who leave their countries of their own will. They may not be facing any danger, but they may decide to move to find work or improve their quality of life, for example.
Germany has two terms for the word "immigrant" but that mean different things.
"Zuwanderer" are all persons who come to Germany, independent of how long they come for and the purpose of their travel. They could immigrate for different reasons: professional, for seeking asylum or for higher education.
"Einwanderer" in German are also immigrants, but officially those who travel to Germany to and plan to stay here for a long time.
According to Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), asylum-seekers are persons who intend to file an asylum application, but have not yet been registered by the office as applicants.
The BAMF classifies asylum applicants as persons whose cases are still being processed and whose status has not yet been decided upon.
Legally speaking, a refugee is a person who has received refugee protection once his or her asylum process has been completed by the BAMF.
According to the Geneva Refugee Convention, "A refugee...is someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion."
A refugee could be unable to return to his country of origin because of the fear of being persecuted by state or non-state players, because of his race, nationality, political opinion, religious conviction and so on.
A "refugee" also has unlimited access to the job market and is entitled to privileged family reunification. This means they do not need to prove they have enough financial means to support their family, including spouse and minor, unmarried children.
The BAMF differentiates between a person with refugee status and a person entitled to asylum. A person receives asylum if he or she is persecuted on political grounds, is subject to serious human rights violations upon returning to the country of origin and has no alternative "of refuge within the country of origin."
According to the BAMF, crises such as poverty, civil wars, natural disasters and so on are ruled out as grounds for granting asylum. According to the BAMF, only persecution by the state is considered as a justification for granting asylum, although exceptions can be made.
An individual is given subsidiary protection when neither asylum nor refugee status can be granted, but they cannot go back to their home country because of possible serious harm by state or non-state agents.
These threats of harm include imposition of the death penalty, torture or threat to life because of an international or domestic conflict.
Those who receive subsidiary protection get a visa to live in Germany for one year, which can be extended by two years every time. If the person manages to secure an income and learn German, they could receive a settlement permit for five years. He or she can apply for jobs in Germany but is not entitled to privileged family reunification.


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No legal representation for fraud officers
The office of the Attorney General has not responded to a request by Fraud officers from the Royal PNG Constabulary for legal representation for a case in the National Court.
Inspector Joel Simatab, from the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, and his Director Chief Superintendent Matthew Damaru, on June 30 last year filed a judicial review challenging the District Court's decision to dismiss the case against Justice Sir Bernard Sakora, who was then facing allegations of judicial corruption.
Being officers of the Royal PNG Constabulary and acting in their capacity, they wrote to the Attorney General seeking approval for legal representation as per section 7 of the Attorney General's Act.
They have not received any response to that request as yet.
Their case returned for directions in the Waigani National Court today before Justice Leka Nablu.
Justice Nablu told the Solicitor General, Faith Barton, and Sir Bernard's lawyer that the case was filed last year and it should proceed to hear the leave application because it is a matter of public interest.
Otherwise the matter will proceed to summary determination.
Barton told the court that as investigating officers in the case, the appropriate party to instigate the judicial review proceeding would be the Public Prosecutor and alternatively, through the Police Commissioner.
Justice Nablu directed parties to turn up in court on May 9 to move the leave application, the first stage in judicial review cases where the aggrieved parties must demonstrate they have an arguable case for the court to review it.
On June 7, 2016, the Waigani Committal Court dismissed a case against Justice Sir Bernard Sakora on the charge of judicial corruption.
Damaru and Simatab, in their capacity from the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, filed a judicial review in the National Court against that decision.
Leave was to be sought in the National Court by the police officers for the court to review the Committal Court's decision however, that was not done because they had no lawyers to represent them.
Four months after the review was filed, Sir Bernard filed a motion on 8 November 2016, asking the National Court to dismiss that judicial review. That motion was heard in court on March 9 this year before Justice Nablu.
Sir Bernard's motion asked the court to dismiss the entire judicial review proceeding for want of prosecution because it had taken the police too long to pursue the matter through the leave stage.
He also asked that the case be dismissed, saying the judicial review did not disclose a reasonable cause of action, was an abuse of the court's process and that the court should refuse leave due to delay in applying for leave by Damaru and Simatab.
On April 4, Justice Nablu refused Sir Bernard's motion saying it was misconceived because his application failed to plead the correct provision of the National Court rules.
The court accepted submissions by Damaru and Simatab on March 9 that any interlocutory application to dismiss a judicial review case must be made under Order 16 of the National Court Rules and not under Order 4, as submitted by Sir Bernard through his lawyer Loani Henao.
Justice Nablu also said the only party that had the right to be heard on a leave application stage of a judicial review proceeding would be the State.
National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate
Joel Simatab
Matthew Damaru
Sir Bernard Sakora


Lutein, a yellow colored pigment, is one of over 600 known naturally occurring carotenoids. It is found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale. Another source of lutein is egg yolks. The body is born with lutein but does not reproduce it. Hence, vision supplements have been formulated to provide enough amount of lutein the body needs.
Among the Lutein benefits, eye health is its primary intention. The macula, a portion of the eye in charge of central vision needs lutein. Lutein protects the eyes from the harmful blue and ultraviolet lights, thereby reducing the risk of light-induced oxidative damage that could lead to macular degeneration. Studies show that incorporating lutein in our diets can help protect the eyes from common eyes diseases like cataracts.
As a natural antioxidant, Lutein has also other benefits in human health.
Lutein Benefits include the prevention of cardiovascular disease, stroke and lung cancer. Research has found that lutein along with its fellow carotenoid, zeaxanthin, can inhibit thickening of the walls of carotid arteries and LDL-induced (low-density lipoprotein) migration of monocytes to human artery cell walls. These potential mechanisms along with lutein's antioxidant property could enable lutein present in plasma to protect against atherosclerosis, a major contributor to coronary heart disease.
Lutein has also been found to play a role in the health of the skin. Professor Pierfrancesco Morganti, professor of applied cosmetic dermatology at the University of Naples, Italy, explained that either oral or topical lutein improves skin dehydration, elasticity and lipid content. Studies have shown that a daily lutein supplement may increase the skin's natural antioxidant system and help protect against damage from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
Lutein has been discovered to reduce the risk of certain cancers including skin cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer.
Carotenoids have biological characteristics that may support a role for them as chemopreventive agents. However, little is known about how dietary carotenoids are linked with colon cancer. A Korean study have found that carotenoids extracted from Asian algae forms – Chlorella ellipsoidea (CEE) and Chlorella vulgairs (CVE) blocked growth of human colon cancer cells.4 They also found that extracts had a more powerful anti-cancer effect when used in combination than in isolation.
The most important sources of lutein are fruits and vegetables. Among fruits and vegetables, corn was found to have the greatest quantity of lutein.4 Egg yolks also provide a good amount of lutein. According to a study funded by the Agricultural Research Service and the Egg Nutrition Center in Washington, DC, egg yolks are a better source of highly bioavailable lutein than any other dietary sources of carotenoid.
In conclusion, a lot of scientific research demonstrates the benefits of including lutein in our diets either from consuming vegetables and fruits or by taking lutein supplements. In summary, lutein acts as an antioxidant and has the power to protect eyes and vision. It can also protect against certain types of cancer, including skin cancer and breast cancer. Furthermore, lutein can help prevent atherosclerosis and support cardiovascular health.


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