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Check Out the Latest Happening in Right to Work Virginia
Companies investing in Right to Work Virginia include Bowman Andros Products, Better Future Farms, and Weidmüller.
In Right to Work Virginia, Democrats have nominated former Clinton fundraiser Terry McAuliffe for governor. It is worth remembering that McAuliffe has a long history and relationship with the union bosses who are bankrolling his campaign in the hopes of turning back the clock and making the Commonwealth "friendlier" to big labor:
On 3/28/2013: The International Association Of Fire Fighters Contributed $100,000 To McAuliffe. (Virginia State Board Of Elections, Accessed 4/16/13)
• Labor Unions And Labor Union PACs Contributed At Least $574,500 To McAuliffe's Campaign In The First Quarter Of 2013. (Virginia State Board Of Elections, Accessed 4/16/13) • Unions Contributed Over $740,000 To McAuliffe's 2009 Gubernatorial Campaign. (The Virginia Public Access Project, www.vpap.org, Accessed 2/21/13) The President Of The Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Wants McAuliffe To "Repair Some Of The Things" Republicans Have Done To Protect Workers
April 2013: Mike Moehler, President Of Virginia Professional Fire Fighters, Hopes McAuliffe "Repair(s) Some Of The Things [Republicans Have] Done And Advance Legislation To Protect The Health, Safety And Financial Interest Of Our Members." "'We are hoping that Gov. McAuliffe would work with us to repair some of the things [Republicans have] done and advance legislation to protect the health, safety and financial interest of our members,' said Mike Moehler, president of Virginia Professional Fire Fighters." (Steve Contorno, "Outside Groups Pumping Cash Into Virginia Governor's Race," Washington Examiner, 4/16/13
In 2009, Labor Unions Hoped Their Financial Investments In Virginia's Gubernatorial Democratic Candidates Would "Produce A More Labor-Friendly Administration In Richmond." "Organized labor is attempting to capitalize on Virginia's shifting political landscape by investing as never before in the race for governor, a gamble union leaders are hoping will bring them leverage in a state that has long resisted their influence. Union officials hope recent elections have brought lasting change and will produce a more labor-friendly administration in Richmond." (Amy Gardner, "Unions Hope Patronage Translates To Leverage, The Washington Post, 6/6/09)
• A Union Leader In 2009 Reflected On Prospects With McAuliffe On The Gubernatorial Ticket: "We See This Election As An Opportunity For Unions To Have A Seat At The Table." "'We see this election as an opportunity for unions to have a seat at the table,' said John Niemiec, president of the Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics, which has endorsed McAuliffe." (Amy Gardner, "Labor Unions Hoping Patronage In Governor's Race Increases Leverage In Richmond," The Washington Post, 6/6/09)
McAuliffe Would Not Say Whether Or Not He Supported The Employee Free Choice Act, Known As Card-Check. "McAuliffe was not as forthcoming when asked if he supported Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's proposal to double the tax cigarettes… Nor would he say whether he supports the Employee Free Choice Act, federal legislation that could profoundly affect right-to-work states such as Virginia. The bill would boost union membership by having employees sign union cards to form unions instead of holding secret ballot elections, a measure business and industry groups vehemently oppose." (Bob Lewis, "Ex-DNC Chair Opens Gov's Race, Says Will Forgo Pay," The Associated Press, 1/7/09)
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: McAuliffe Was "Afraid To Offend Unions Hungry For Payoff… But Worried About Losing Business Supporters Who Are Rattled By The Unions' Revitalized Ambitions." "But the man who would like to be the Democratic nominee for governor grew uncharacteristically reserved when asked about his position on federal card-check legislation that would effectively retire the secret ballot from union organizing elections. McAuliffe said he'd rather not comment on a bill that was certain to change as it wound its way through Congress. Well, what about the card-check bill passed by the House last year? McAuliffe waived that question away to on the grounds that it was old news. An easier way to duck the issue would have been to point out – quite accurately – that the Virginia governor does not vote in Congress. McAuliffe's evasions illustrate the dicey position state Democrats find themselves in this year – afraid to offend unions hungry for payoff now that their favorite party is in power, but worried about losing business supporters who are rattled by the unions' revitalized ambitions." (Bob Rayner, "Labor Pain," Richmond Times-Dispatch, 4/12/09)
Companies investing in Right to Work Virginia include Bowman Andros Products, Better Future Farms, and Weidmüller.
Union bosses seized full dues over employees' clear objections, despite state Right to Work laws in Virginia and Kentucky
Businesses choosing Right to Work Virginia include Amentum Services, ISO Group, PRINCO, and Engineered BioPharmaceuticals.


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Classic Hummus | Happy Things
Happy Things is taking a break, and will be back in mid July!
Blended with homemade tahini and organic chickpeas, this smooth and velvety hummus is a yummy vegan-friendly dip for everyone.
Check out the roasted bell pepper version here.
Goes well with the rosemary crackers.
Quantity: 150g
Ingredients: Sesame seeds, organic chickpeas, cumin, paprika, garlic, lemon, pine nuts. Vegan-friendly.
Storage Advice:
- Best consumed within one (1) week.
- Keep refrigerated
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Goes really well with the sourdough crackers. Yums!!
My 4th order todate. Naturally tasty. Add to cooked brinjals (baked in oven) till soft. Or just put the hummus on top of toasted breads/crackers. Healthy eating!
Just the right proportion of all ingredients.
Goes well with The Bread Therapy's sourdough crackers.
My 2nd purchase and I still finished a bottle in a single sitting by myself. It's just too yummy to put back into the fridge. :)

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Offering BSc (Hons) Applied Sport & Exercise Science incorporating Level 2 Gym and Level 3 Exercise referral, this course is based on the sciences that underpin human performance in a variety of areas from competitive sport to general health. A unique part of the course is the placement opportunities in years 2 and 3. You will acquire experience from elite sport, exercise referral for specific populations, sports development, health improvement, education, sports technology services and sports facility operations.
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As a direct result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the slow roll out of the vaccine and the continual travel bans, mandatory quarantine and closure of countries around the world my 2021 Winter Polar Bear expedition to Svalbard is being delayed until 2022. This expedition was originally planned for 2020, but will now run in April of 2022. New dates will be advised as soon as possible. Participants will be contacted directly via email.
For all of you who have written to me expressing understanding of the need for workshop and expedition delays I am extremely grateful. The COVID pandemic has has presented extremely difficult and ongoing logistical challenges to the business. Your support, patience and understanding has been very much appreciated. I am also grateful to remain healthy when so many around the world have been far less fortunate. Here in Australia, we are almost completely COVID free; with only a small handful of cases that are being managed through our hotel quarantine system. We are expecting vaccine roll out to begin around March with health workers and the elderly at the front of the line. Australia's management of COVID has been effective by world standards, but has but has had a devastating impact on local business. Our dictatorial and dystopian style lockdown has destroyed thousands of businesses and had enormous mental health implications across our country. Although the media is portraying our approach as effective in the management of COVID (it has been); it is important to note that it has come at an incalculable cost to mental health and business. Many here in Australia have kept their lives as a result of our governments lockdowns, but have lost their livelihoods. We now need to help them rebuild.
With the vaccine in the early stages of roll out around the world I am hopeful we will be able to get back to travel and photography around the middle of the year. Workshop and expedition participants will always be contacted personally via email of any updates pertaining to their booked experience and subsequent updates will be made here on my blog.
Stay safe, well and healthy and I look forward to better times for all as the world rolls out the vaccine.


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Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin' Up! colours.
A blog hop, also known as blog hopping, is to move from one blog to another, continuing in a full circle to read all the posts by participants in the hop. At the end of each post will be a link to continue to the next blog!
Week 5 – Blackberry Bliss
Today I am using the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper to show how it can be used with the Pansy Dies to cut out the images, rather than stamping the pansies.
My card base is Blackberry Bliss as is the stamped 'Happy Birthday' sentiment (Sweet Ice cream stamp set) and fussy cut. Behind this is some Gold Foil embossed with the Stitched Greenery Die and added on the diagonal in the centre of the card. The die cut pansies and leaves are placed over the joins to cover them, some on dimensionals for height. Some In Color Jewels are added and the Playful Alphabet dies were used to cut the '60' also in Blackberry Bliss so as not to stand out too much (the recipient wouldn't like that!). Although I did add some Wink of Stella to them!
The white layer on the inside of the card is also decorated with a strip of card and a gold embossed strip like on the front.
Please click on the image below to head across to the next blog on tonight's hop and see the wonderful inspiration of Sharon Davern!
If you come across a broken link, here are the participants for this week:
Michele Taylor
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Sharon Davern
Ros Davidson
Catherine Proctor
Rachel Palmieri
Andrea Sargent
Diane Furniss
Tina Gillespie
Theresa Gerrard
Christine Blain
Caroline Manwaring
Rosa Leyden
Vicki Boucher
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Rochester man wanted in 6 bank robberies pleads guilty
A Rochester man sought in six robberies across New York in 2012, including one in Irondequoit, pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges Friday, according to the office of U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul.
Robert Stevenson, 59, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
The Irondequoit robbery occurred April 25, 2012, at Citizens Bank on Hudson Avenue. Other robberies, spanning May through November, included a First Niagara Bank in Kenmore, a HSBC Bank in Syracuse, an Adirondack Bank in Utica, a Bank of America in New Hartford and a Northwest Savings Bank in Falconer.
The FBI took on the investigation, with assistance from local police departments. Stevenson is scheduled to be sentenced May 7 before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara in Buffalo.


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The Seattle Mariners (13-21) and Los Angeles Angels (11-22) are scheduled for the second of a four-game set at Angel Stadium Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 9:40 p.m. ET. We analyze the Mariners-Angels MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Mariners at Angels: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Justus Sheffield vs. RHP Dylan Bundy
Sheffield owns a 2-2 record, 3.51 ERA And 23 strikeouts across 25 2/3 innings over five starts.
- Sheffield was knocked around for four earned runs, four hits and four walks over three innings in a loss against the Angels in his initial outing of the season on July 28.
- Sheffield struggled earlier in the season, but he has posted three consecutive quality starts dating back to Aug. 9.
Bundy enters with a 3-2 record, 2.58 ERA and 44 strikeouts across six starts with one complete game.
- Bundy is 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA and .151 opponent batting average over 15 innings in two starts against the Mariners this season.
- Bundy's lone complete game was against the M's on Aug. 6 in Seattle, allowing a run, four hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts in a 107-pitch effort.
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Mariners at Angels: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
- OF Mitch Haniger (groin) out
- C Tom Murphy (foot) out
- 1B Evan White (shoulder) questionable
- RP Cam Bedrosian (groin) out
- C Max Stassi (quadriceps) out
Also see: BaseballHQ Fantasy Baseball
Mariners at Angels: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Angels 4, Mariners 3
Moneyline (ML)
The ANGELS (-176) won Friday's series opener by a 3-2 count, and you can expect the home side to come out on top in another well-pitched game in this one. The Mariners (+155) have one of their most steady pitchers going, but the Halos take this one.
New to sports betting? A winning $17.60 bet on the Angels (-176) returns a profit of $10.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
The Angels (-1.5, +115) won the series opener by one run, and they'll likely do the same in this one. The Mariners (+1.5, -139) are expensive if you want insurance. AVOID THE RUN LINE.
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 8.5 (-110) hit in Game 1, snapping a four-game over streak for the Angels. Still, the under is 3-1 in the past four meetings against the Mariners. Sheffield and Bundy have been running hot, so expect another lower-scoring battle.
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A young hockey superfan mourning the loss of his mother got the experience of a lifetime when his favorite player, Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens, took a moment to comfort him at a team practice.
Eleven-year-old Anderson Whitehead of Ontario, Canada, has been a lifelong Canadiens fan. His dream has always been to meet the team and his favorite player, goalkeeper Carey Price.
His mom, Laura McKay, promised him one day she would help him meet the team. She wrote letters and tried to make connections with the Canadiens, but to no avail. Tragically, Anderson's mom passed away from cancer in November 2018 before a meeting could be arranged.
In February, Anderson's uncle made a connection with a physiotherapist for the team, and arranged for Anderson to watch one of the team's practices. Anderson was thrilled.
He watched from the stands and after the practice was over, the therapist mentioned Anderson's mom to the team. After hearing of about her passing, Carey Price stopped to sign the young fan's stick and jersey.
It was a moment that meant the world to Anderson. His uncle caught the emotional moment on camera, which has since gone viral on Anderson's aunt's Facebook page.
The moment Carey approached the group, Anderson broke out in tears. Carey gave him a hug and comforted him as he cried into the goalkeeper's shoulder.
Anderson said he became emotional because he "didn't think anyone would do something like that for me."
His dad, Kevin Whitehead, called the moment "unbelievable."
He praised the team for their kindness towards his son.
"That meant so much to him," he said.
"We never thought this would happen but so glad to share this heartwarming story," his aunt, Tammy Whitehead, said about the video.
The moment was a special way to honor Laura. Anderson knew it would have meant a lot to his mom. He said he was "relieved" that her dream could finally happen.
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By Kaci Leppky
In 2014, IKEA introduced IKEA hej, its newest campaign that was a co-creation platform that featured real homes and real people. Loyal and dedicated IKEA customers, experts and bloggers were invited to showcase their homes as real-life product showrooms in hopes to inspire and empower others to create and design their own homes using their own unique styles. IKEA hej was promoted on IKEA's various owned media channels. Some of these include IKEA's Facebook fan page, Instagram, IKEA.de, newsletters and other print media. The idea of promoting this campaign in IKEA's already established owned media channels was so IKEA was not forcing it into people's lives, but rather to "organically increase awareness and traffic." IKEA hej surpassed all expectations of the company. Its owned media channels have seen a 43% growth in returning visitors, which exceeded the goal by 23%.


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Jupiterian – Protosapien (Nobody Will Ever Love You Funeral Sludge)
Some label heads just get it, you know? Like I don't think I've ever been disappointed by a promo from Transcending Obscurity, even though I haven't reviewed everything he's sent me. Either way, doesn't matter, because here and now we're talking Jupiterian's latest musical expression of skin sloughing off a depressed corpse, Protosapien. After […]
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Bednja – Doline Su Ostale Iza Nas (Dead Bird Blackened Hardcore)
Wow what is it with Transcending Obscurity Records hitting it out of the park recently? This is one of a few dead bird covers I've seen in recent promo emails, but Doline Su Ostale Iza Nas is the smashed avian object d'art I decided to review because Bednja might be the greatest thing to […]


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Central Kentucky Veterinary Services expects full payment at the time services are rendered. If you have any special considerations regarding payment, please discuss this with the staff prior to seeing the doctor. We are happy to accept cash, personal checks, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. We also participate with many pet insurances.
If you arrive with your pet in an emergency or urgent care situation, we will work with you as much as possible, but we are unable to offer payment plans directly or allow your balance to be placed on account. Some situations will also require a deposit prior to the procedures or treatments being performed.
If you require a method of making payments, we accept payment plans through Care Credit(R).
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Dear Builders,
In our last blog, we promised to keep you posted with all latest updates from the CogX Innovation Awards 2020. As you read this, we are thrilled to tell you that Builder.ai just won the CogX Innovation Award 2020 under the "Best COVID-19 Innovation for Recovery" category. The epic event today saw spectacular pitches from a diverse range of businesses, companies and individuals across the globe. It feels amazing to have our hard work seen and appreciated.
To jog your memory
CogX is the world's leading AI festival with over 15,000 people in attendance from the highest levels of business, government, industry and research. This year's virtual CogX will be the biggest, most inclusive and forward-thinking online gathering of leaders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, scientists, artists and activists in the world, all trying to answer the question: How to get the next 10 years right?
What we witnessed
This year, the event surpassed the usual 30,000 target attendee number and ended on 44,213 registrants, making it the biggest tech event in the world with 900+ speakers, 1000+ sessions, 100+ side events and 4000+ meetings in just three days!
The judges
Winners were decided with the help of an expert team of judges featuring some of tech and global innovation's most prominent change leaders, including: Sana Khareghani of the Office for Artificial Intelligence; Amadeus Capital Partners' Pierre Socha; University of Cambridge's professor of communications systems Jon Crowcroft; Data Lab chief executive Gillian Docherty; Dr Robert Hercock from the British Telecommunication Security Research Practice; Seedcamp venture partner Stephen Allott; Terry Von Bibra,director at Numenos; Eloy Sasot, Group Chief Data Officer, Sodexo; Michael Berns, Director of AI and Fintech at PwC; Janet Hull OBE, who is Director of Marketing Strategy at IPA, and the founder of Diagonal Works, Andrew Eland, amongst many others.
Thank you to each and every one of you
It is hard to put this feeling into words. Nevertheless, we want to begin by thanking you, Builders - those who encouraged us, those who critiqued and challenged us to be better, and those who stood by us through every storm. This award wouldn't feel good without each and one of you. Thank you from the very bottom of our hearts. If you'd like regular updates on what's happening at Builder.ai and get access to our content as soon as it launches, then scroll down and get added to our regularly updated newsletter list just below.
Here's to you our #BuilderGeneration
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Child & Elder Care Insights, Inc. is nationally recognized and a leader in the child and elder information services industry . We're best known for our CareReports®, custom published reports on care options. Providing services since 1985, we have served the employees of companies like ABC, CIGNA, Microsoft, Boeing and the Federal Reserve Bank. If you'd like to read more about us feel free to visit our corporate site at http://www.CareReports.com.
After many requests and pleas from working families, in 2002, we began serving the public with the same services we offer corporate executive and their families.


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The addition of lenalidomide to standard rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) was not found to improve outcomes for patients with the activated B-cell-like (ABC) subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), according to the results of the randomized, phase 3 ROBUST trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02285062) included 570 adult patients with ABC-type DLBCL that was CD20-positive. Patients were enrolled between February 17, 2015, and August 3, 2017, from 257 study centers in 21 countries. Patients were randomly assigned treatment with either lenalidomide plus R-CHOP (R2-CHOP) or placebo plus R-CHOP.
The trial failed to meet its primary endpoint of statistically significant improved progression-free survival (PFS) for the R2-CHOP arm (hazard ratio [HR], 0.85; 95% CI, 0.63-1.14; P =.29). At 2 years, the PFS rate was similar between the R2-CHOP arm and the placebo plus R-CHOP arm (67% vs 64%), and no median PFS has been established for either arm.
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Regarding secondary endpoints, no event-free survival improvement was seen for the R2-CHOP arm (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.80-1.34; P =.73), and no difference in overall response rates was seen between arms (both, 91%).
An exploratory analysis indicated that patients with high-risk disease may have improved PFS with R2-CHOP. Specifically, a higher PFS rate was seen with R2-CHOP compared with placebo plus R-CHOP for patients with an International Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 3 or higher (59% vs 50%; P =.09), nonbulky disease (73% vs 66%; P =.05), and lower baseline creatinine clearance of 30 to 60 mL/min (69% vs 45%; P =.03).
"Despite the lack of benefit of lenalidomide with R-CHOP observed here, ongoing and future analyses will further evaluate the potential effect of pharmacokinetics or dosing, molecular classification, and mutational status," the study authors wrote. "The meaning of IPI findings and why worse prognosis patients had better PFS when receiving lenalidomide remain to be further elucidated."
Nowakowski GS, Chiappella A, Gascoyne RD, et al; on behalf of the ROBUST Trial Investigators. ROBUST: a phase III study of lenalidomide plus R-CHOP versus placebo plus R-CHOP in previously untreated patients with ABC-type diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. Published online February 23, 2021. doi:10.1200/JCO.20.01366


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January 07, 2020
Australia's Aurora Expeditions will name its second purpose-built expedition ship after marine biologist and oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle.
Dr Earle was the first woman to become chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998 -- a tribute to her conservation efforts for marine protected areas and ocean wildlife.
Built to world-class polar standards the ship, the 126-passenger Sylvia Earle will launch in October 2021 in Ushuaia, Argentina, for voyages to Antarctica, the Arctic and beyond.
Activities will include expert-led kayak expeditions, polar ski touring, climbing, snowshoeing, hiking, exploration by Zodiac and talks by marine researchers, scientists and conservationists on the ship's expedition team.
Aurora Expeditions ships are claimed to have the lowest polluting marine engines in the world, due to a combination of low energy consumption, high fuel-efficiency and a streamlined design. The state-of-the-art Tier 3 engine delivers an 80 per cent reduction in emissions and can utilise virtual anchoring to hold its position instead of dropping an anchor on the delicate sea floor. On-board desalination plants convert seawater to fresh water that is safe to drink. Ships therefore carry less fresh water on sea crossings, further reducing fuel consumption.
"Ninety-seven per cent of Earth's water is ocean," said Dr Sylvia Earle. "It is our life support system and we need to learn everything we can about it. I see great synergy in working closely with a company that shares my vision for the future and which is, from the top down, passionate about the marine environment. Through travelling with Aurora Expeditions on the Sylvia Earle, I feel it is an incredible opportunity for people to learn about these marine habitats in situ, and as a result, become ambassadors for protecting them."
The ship will be the second in the Aurora fleet to sail with the inverted bow design, which also reduces fuel consumption, and has a two-level glass atrium lounge within it, offering extraordinary views to the front to the ship. The top deck will have a pool and hot tubs.


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MedTravelExpo 2022 supporting events
December 5Ц8, 2022
Pavilion ╣7, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia
Schedule of Events
An event programme features a wide range of industry events that provide a unique business environment, an opportunity to join a professional audience and share an expert opinion.
Take advantage of the unique chance to make a speech before professional audience, share your expert opinion, and tell about the achievements of your company.
We kindly invite event organisers, exhibitors, and those wishing to take part in the Lesdrevmash supporting events to email your applications for participation.


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St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Wedding | Thomas and Crystal
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Enjoy our latest Wedding at the St Regis Monarch Beach featuring Thomas and Crystal.
A big thank you to Laurie Davies of Five Star Wedding.
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Child sexual abuse is a real and growing danger. More and more often, abusers use the internet to communicate with each other, share materials, and reach out to children. Predators take photos and videos of the abuse they commit in real life and share them though the internet. They use web cams, mobile phones, social media or other online platforms to coerce or blackmail children into inappropriate and illegal sex acts.
Photos and videos of children being sexually abused are shared online on a massive scale. In 2021, 85 million such pictures and videos were reported by Internet companies.
Knowing that there are such horrid images of me that hundreds of people are looking at and doing who knows what, is unbearable.
Survivor of child sexual abuse, the Netherlands
Abuse and exploitation know no borders. Images of crimes committed in one country are circulated and watched across the globe. Victims rarely come forward. Abuse is often committed by a person in the child's circle of trust, often in the child's own home.
It took a long time before there was a therapist that didn't dismiss me as a liar straight away. Don't dismiss everything as untrue just because it is too awful to believe.
Survivor of child sexual abuse, Sweden
In many cases, the abuse comes to light only when the actions of perpetrators are detected online. Online service providers play an essential role in reporting online child sexual abuse. Unfortunately, the current system of voluntary reporting is not effective enough. A total of 95% of all reports currently come from one single service provider (Meta). As a society, we need to make it mandatory for all tech companies in Europe to detect and report child sexual abuse online to the authorities.
To address this global problem, the EU has proposed legislation that will help us to find, report, and prevent cases of online child sexual abuse and to support victims. We are all responsible to keep our children safe from sexual predators.
More than 90 child rights organisations have signed an open letter supporting the EU's proposed law to protect children from sexual abuse. The letter called the law 'timely and historic, not just for Europe but for the world.' The law is supported by major European and international organisations that strive for children's safety and security. These include Missing Children Europe, Eurochild, the German Children's Fund, ECPAT International, Thorn, and many more.
New EU rules against child sexual abuse
The Commission is proposing new EU legislation that aims to help EU countries to:
- detect and report child sexual abuse online
- prevent child sexual abuse
- support victims
This legislation makes it mandatory for service providers to report child sexual abuse online on their platforms and to alert the authorities, so that predators can be brought to justice. Providers will also be required to report cases of grooming – a practice where sexual predators build a relationship, trust and emotional connection with children so they can manipulate, exploit and abuse them.
Learn more about the proposed legislation on the Frequently asked questions
What happens if this legislation isn't approved?
On 3 August 2024, the EU law that allows service providers to continue voluntary detection and reporting of online child sexual abuse and removal of child sexual abuse material will expire. If this happens, tech companies will no longer be able to detect, report and remove illegal content in communication services, which are today the most relevant way to disseminate child sexual abuse material and to groom children: 80% of reports last year came from electronic communications.
This will make it easier for predators to sexually abuse children and to get away with it unpunished.
If the new law is in place, tech companies will have an obligation to protect children. Let's ensure that it will happen before 3 August 2024.
Explore the topics below to learn more about what this legislation aims to do
Detection, reporting and removal
The proposed EU legislation aims to define providers' responsibilities when it comes to finding and reporting child sexual abuse material and grooming in the digital spaces they operate.
Preventing child sexual abuse is essential to keep children safe. Governments and companies across the EU and beyond need to cooperate efficiently to improve prevention.
EU centre to prevent and combat child sexual abuse
To protect children in Europe and worldwide, the Commission proposes to set up a European centre to prevent and fight child sexual abuse and support victims. The centre will:
- coordinate actions to fight against child sexual abuse: from detection and reporting, to prevention and assistance to victims
- provide EU countries with expertise on prevention and victim support
- support law enforcement to act on reports and save children
- provide companies with indicators to find and report online child sexual abuse
- work closely with partners outside the EU, including similar centres in the US, Canada and Australia
The centre will work with companies, research institutes, and law enforcement to help them exchange information and best practices, providing oversight, transparency and accountability.
The Commission prepared a detailed analysis on how coordination between the Center, Europol and Coordinating Authorities will take place.
Related links
- Proposal for a Regulation on preventing and combatting the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children
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EU Internet Forum: Unified action needed in the fight against child abuse online and terrorist content online
On 7 December Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson hosted the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the EU Internet Forum. The event gathered EU Member states, industry, academia, law enforcement, European agencies and international partners.
Detection systems of online child sexual abuse are reliable and save lives
In May 2022, the European Commission proposed a law that will make it mandatory for service providers to assess the risk of child sexual abuse on their platforms and, where necessary, to implement preventative measures.
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A recent report from an online service provider led to the arrest of 46 child predators in New Zealand and the identification of over 100 suspects across the EU. As a result, more than 140 children around the world were saved from sexual abuse.
How the new EU law to tackle child sexual abuse will make a difference
The European Union (EU) is working on measures to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. On 3 August 2024, the EU law that allows service providers to continue voluntary detection, reporting and removal of online child sexual abuse material will expire.
Children's charities around the world champion 'historic' law to protect young people
As global reports of child abuse rapidly increase, more than 70 child rights organisations have signed an open letter supporting the EU's proposed law to protect children from sexual abuse. The letter called the law 'timely and historic, not just for Europe but for the world.'


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Takeaway: Parties are not permitted to raise new arguments or evidence at oral hearing.
In its Decision, the Board held that each of challenged claims 1-15 of the '879 patent was unpatentable. In particular, the Board found that Petitioner had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1-7 and 15 were unpatentable over Kammerl and Iwami; that claims 8, 9, and 11–13 were unpatentable over Kammerl, Iwami, and Kobayashi; that claim 10 was unpatentable over Kammerl, Iwami, Kobayashi, and Chau; and that claim 14 was unpatentable over Kammerl, Iwami, and Gordon.
The '067 patent relates to methodology for enabling a data network such as the Internet "to function like a telecommunications network." The Board did not explicitly construe any claim term in reaching its ultimate conclusions.
Petitioner had objected to a number of arguments that Patent Owner had relied upon at the oral hearing. The purportedly new arguments included reliance on previously unmentioned case law authority, as well as arguments regarding alleged unpredictable results. The Board for the most part sustained Petitioner's objection, finding that Petitioner was not given advance opportunity to review and address these new arguments.
Patent Owner had asserted that Petitioner's Reply contained a new argument relating to the '879 patent's alleged failure to address issues of sending voice data over IP, which was alleged to provide support for the argument by Petitioner that IP quality problems were not at issue at the time of invention. The Board disagreed with Patent Owner on this point, finding that Petitioner's argument was properly responsive to "teaching away" arguments set forth in Patent Owner's Response.
Regarding obviousness, the Board noted that "independent claim 1 of the '879 patent differs from Kammerl only in that the data network disclosed by Kammerl does not use an internet protocol and, thus, Kammerl does not disclose that the recited second format is an internet protocol," and that "independent claim 1 of the '879 patent differs from Iwami in that Iwami only discloses a single conversion from a telecommunication protocol to an internet protocol." Although Patent Owner had argued that the focus in Kammerl on the reduction of lag results taught away from any combination that would increase lag times, the Board was not persuaded. In doing so, the Board cited In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994), for the proposition that "a reference will teach away if it suggests that the line of development flowing from the reference's disclosure is unlikely to be productive of the result sought by the applicant") (emphasis added by the Board).
Level 3 Communications, LLC v. AIP Acquisition LLC, IPR2013-00296
Paper 42: Final Written Decision
Dated: October 8, 2014
Patent: 7,724,879 B2
Before: Jameson Lee, Howard B. Blankenship, and Justin Busch
Written by: Busch
Related Proceedings: AIP Acquisition LLC v. Level 3 Communications, LLC, Civ. Action No. 12-617 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. iBasis, Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-616 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. Time Warner Cable Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-01692 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. Cox Communications Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-01691 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. Comcast Corp., Civ. Action No. 12-01690 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. Cablevision Systems Corp., Civ. Action No. 12-01688 (D. Del.); AIP Acquisition LLC v. Charter Communications Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-01689 (D. Del.); and Cisco Sys., Inc. v. AIP Acquisition LLC, IPR2014-00247 (PTAB)


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Make Vancouver a john-free zone
Meghan Murphy wishes the mayor of Vancouver would uphold the law.
At 5:30 on Tuesday evening, just over 100 people gathered on the front steps of Vancouver City Hall to demand Mayor Gregor Robertson follow through on his commitments to women and girls. The event, organized by Creating John-Free Communities, Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution, and REED, was clear in its aims: Make Vancouver a john-free zone.
In 2009, Robertson signed a declaration naming prostitution as violence against women. Just last year, he signed a second declaration, committing to end "abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of modern slavery, which are crimes against humanity, including forced labor and prostitution." Today, the Mayor has a real opportunity to keep his word, and to follow through on his promises.
In 2014, Bill C-36: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act passed, and, under Canada's new law, paying for sex became illegal. While a number of other cities and provinces have taken action in accordance with the new law, cracking down on pimps and johns, the Vancouver Police Department, under the guidance of the Mayor (who acts as Chair of the Vancouver Police Board, the body that employs and oversees the Vancouver Police Department), have opted to simply ignore the law, stating they will only enforce it as a "last resort."
Bros before hos, eh?
Since the new law came into effect, women's groups have urged Robertson to take action. On May 5th, feminist activist Jindi Mehat addressed the Police Board, saying, "Prostituted women are most harmed by the decision to not arrest johns," but that as a resident of Vancouver, "this decision [to ignore the law] harms all women." She also pointed out to the Mayor and the Board that holding men accountable means addressing men's beliefs about entitlement to women's bodies, exemplified through sexual harassment and assault, as well as through buying sex. In other words, prostitution exists as part of a larger continuum that reinforces rape culture and sends the message that women's humanity matters less than male pleasure.
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Police have put a "red alert" on South Africa's borders to prevent any attempt by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe, accused of assaulting a model in a Johannesburg hotel, to flee the country.
Her husband, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, has meanwhile arrived in South Africa for a regional summit, complicating the diplomatic dilemma confronting the government.
Ms Mugabe (52) has asked for diplomatic immunity in the case, but has not been charged. Her whereabouts were not known to the authorities on Thursday.
The alleged victim, model Gabriella Engels (20), has accused Ms Mugabe of barging into a hotel where Ms Engels was meeting with Mr Mugabe's sons, and whipping her with an electric cord.
Police minister Fikile Mbalula told reporters on Wednesday that Ms Mugabe had been due to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon under a deal struck with authorities, but failed to turn up.
On Thursday, Mr Mbalula said police had put a "red alert" for the first lady on South Africa's borders.
"We had already put tabs on the borders, in relation to her leaving the country, so there's no question about that," he told reporters.
So far she had made no attempt to flee, he added.
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The South African government has made no official comment on the case and foreign ministry spokesmen have not answered their phones for two days, but the issue is causing waves at the highest level.
Justice minister Michael Masutha said he was attending a meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss the matter.
The police have said Grace Mugabe will get no special treatment.
Former state prosecutor Gerrie Nel said the Engels family had been approached by a third party to accept a cash settlement to drop the case.
"The family is not interested in doing that," said Mr Nel. "They said let us talk and make this go away. No amount was mentioned."
Mr Nel, who laid out the murder case against track star Oscar Pistorius and is nicknamed "the Pitbull", told a news conference he was ready to represent Ms Engels. He said an investigator had told him police were preparing an arrest warrant for Ms Mugabe.
However, a senior police source said that was not the case.
"We are not preparing an arrest warrant yet," the source said. "Our investigations were completed, but before we could take the next step, the suspect applied to invoke diplomatic immunity. We are waiting the outcome before we can move on to the next step."
Debbie Engels, mother of the alleged victim, said: "Now I know that this woman is not going to get off scot free for what she did."


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Stefanos Tsitsipas is a Greek tennis player who took the world by storm by reaching the 2018 Canada Masters final as a teenager.
Tsitsipas is an extremely promising youngster who is touted for great things in the future. Along with his spectacular shot-making skills, he has also shown the composure of a champion - having notched up several come-from-behind wins in his short career already.
Best finish at each of the four Grand Slams:
Australian Open: 1st Round (2018)
French Open: 2nd Round (2018)
Wimbledon: 4th Round (2018)
US Open: 2nd Round (2018)
Highest Ranking: No. 15
Tsitsipas is an all-court player; he likes to attack from the baseline but also advances to the net very often.
Tsitsipas hits both his forehand and his one-handed backhand with plenty of topspin, and can open up the court with his heavy groundstrokes. He also frequently uses the backhand slice as a means to vary the pace of play.
Tsitsipas is an accomplished volleyer who is not afraid of taking the ball out of the air.
Tsitsipas has an excellent forehand; he often dictates points by powering his forehand into the corners and moving his opponent all over the court. He can also flatten his forehand, racking up winners off short balls.
Tsitsipas has a good first serve, which invariable wins him a bunch of free points. His second serve, however, often lacks bite and can easily be attacked.
Tsitsipas has a stylish one-handed backhand, but that is widely considered to be his weaker wing. While he can hit a crisp down-the-line missile any moment to break open a point, he can also cough up a few unforced errors off the backhand.
Tsitsipas's net game is already among the best in the world; he has made it a habit of nailing tough volleys, including the spectacular diving ones that have made him a YouTube favorite.
The Greek is widely praised for his court sense and intelligent point-construction. Unlike the one-dimensional power hitters of the modern era, Tsitsipas looks to introduce variations and deft touches into rallies in order to destabilize his opponents.
Tsitsipas was born in Athens, and is of mixed origin: his father Apostolos is Greek while mother Julia is Russian. Both his parents were tennis players, and with his mother having once been ranked in the top 200.
Tsitsipas began playing tennis seriously at the age of six, with his father as his coach. While he also participated in football and swimming events as a kid, he decided to devote himself fully to tennis at the age of nine.
As a teenager, Tsitsipas had a near-death experience during a Futures tournament in Heraklion. While swimming in the sea to unwind, he was swept away by a huge wave, and would have drowned if his father hadn't spotted him and brought him back to safety. Tsitsipas was greatly affected by the incident; he says he doesn't feel fear on the court because of the perspective he gained from it.
Roger Federer has been Tsitsipas' role model since a young age, and part of the reason why he has a one-handed backhand is because Federer has one too. It's no coincidence that many have noticed similarities between Tsitsipas' and Federer's games; they both like to outsmart their opponents with a mix of aggressive hitting, intelligent variations and deft touches.
The Greek is considered by many to be the future of men's tennis. He has already started showing signs of living up to the expectations, and has an army of dedicated fans who are enamored by his game.
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90-minute session for the Annual Conference of the College Art Association
Date: March 3-5, 2022 (time and date of the panel TBD)
Location: Online
Deadline to submit: September 16
How can a work of performance – ephemeral, site- and time-sensitive, possibly tied to the body of the artist – be conserved? This question has long been answered by recourse to documentation and performance "relics," the tangible, exhibitable and, above all, collectible remains of performances. Yet in the past decade, museums have begun to acquire live artworks and restage historical ones, lending urgency to the practical as well as theoretical problems of conserving works of art long considered too ephemeral to be conservable.
As contemporary art has grown more demanding, conservation has also grown as a discipline, developing new discourses and practices that both revise and expand the conservator's role. No longer confined behind the scenes, conservators are now routinely asked to consult on acquisitions, direct complex installations, or even creatively partake in the reinstantiation of conceptual and performance works. Conservators accordingly have a new consciousness of their influence on the work of art and thus the course of art history.
This panel will examine performance as the object of conservation, seeking contributions from scholars, conservators, archivists, curators, artists, and others who address theoretical and practical questions related to the ongoing life of performance works in institutions and beyond, as well as explorations of the conservator's role in bringing liveness into the museum.
A proposal must include:
1. Completed CAA proposal form, available here: https://caa.confex.com/caa/f/CAA2022CFPProposalForm
2. A shortened CV (2 pages max).
Please submit proposals to organizers Hanna Hölling and Julia Pelta Feldman at firstname.lastname@example.com by September 16.


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The NFL hasn't released any of its 2020 schedule yet. That's not going to stop us from speculating.
We know what teams the 49ers are set to play, which allows us to take a guess at which of their games might be in prime time. San Francisco, the defending NFC champs, could be scheduled for a slew of national TV games this season after playing six a year ago.
Here are seven games on the 49ers' schedule slate that could get prime time treatment:
49ers vs. Packers at Levi's Stadium
Perhaps the NFL will look at last year's two 49ers-Packers matchups and decide not to put it in prime time. San Francisco beat Green Bay by a combined 46 points, and neither game was even as close as the final score. However, a rematch of the NFC Championship game should have some buzz, especially since both teams should be in the thick of the playoff race again.


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The Deadly Isles Special Ops series is a romantic suspense trilogy filled with intriguing twists and meant to be read in order. All the strings left untied come together in the epic conclusion.
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After her messy break-up, the last thing grad student Riley Evans expects is to meet someone new. Throw in a family history of bad relationships, the likelihood of the past repeating itself seems inevitable—especially after her ex turns stalker. She's a magnet for disaster. But when a man walks into the Coffee Hut and asks her on a date, she isn't prepared for the flare of desire. The pull of attraction is impossible to deny, and she gives love a second chance.
Navy SEAL Xander Hale lands in a Hawaii military hospital after a mission gone wrong. If that wasn't bad enough, his girlfriend breaks up with him. Plagued by his current single status and suspicions over the mission's bad intel, doubts fester about the direction of his life. Until he stops for coffee and encounters a barista that steals his breath and shifts his priorities from a presumed military career path to civilian.
When danger closes in after a suspicious home invasion, Xander whisks Riley to the safety of his family's island. On secluded shores, he's determined to keep her safe. But dark memories are triggered by her past and followed by a hidden threat that neither anticipated.
On the run from an abusive relationship, book reviewer Kayla Kane needs a place to lay low, but she won't risk her parents' lives. Especially when a visit to her Honolulu childhood home resurfaces memories of her deceased teenage brother, reinforcing all they've already lost. To keep her family safe, she finds the perfect place to hide… with her brother's best friend—the man she's crushed on forever.
Former Navy SEAL Jaxon Hale has never found a woman who could compare to Kayla and the single night they shared the summer after graduation. When she reenters his life a decade later, he vows to do whatever it takes to make a relationship with her a reality. This time, the promise once made to his best friend won't stand in his way.
Kayla and Jaxon soon realize that sharing a living space doesn't come without complications. The past shadows their every turn, and tensions escalate as they dive headfirst into painful memories for a chance at a future. Despite the safety of Jaxon's home, her troubles aren't over. With the stalker ex-boyfriend looming and an unknown threat closing in, bringing more secrets to light, Jaxon risks losing Kayla forever.
Malina Johansson is an analyst for the Navy SEALs and working with her high school crush, Tyler. He's tempting as hell, but not relationship material. One night of drinking in Vegas is all it takes for her guard to drop, and to fall into his arms.
Back home and with her walls firmly in place to protect her heart, she avoids office encounters with Tyler. That is until she's accused of treason. Now on the run, she turns to Tyler, the very man she knows can keep her safe, but that she's swore never to trust again.
On the heels of a rescue and recovery mission, Navy SEAL Tyler Hale returns to Pearl Harbor only to learn that the woman he's never been able to get out of his system is in trouble. With Malina accused of a crime and missing, he'll do whatever it takes to clear her name and keep her by his side. But no one is innocent, and if he wants a chance at a future with the woman of his dreams, it's time to lay everything on the table.
In a world where secrets are the currency, Ty drops a bomb from their night in Vegas, but Malina has one, too. With the truth revealed, the stakes change, and he'll stop at nothing to save her.


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The outcomes are evident within three to 6 months, yet it can be made use of for longer than six months, as well, as it has no negative effects to offer. Though specific outcomes might differ, Exipure is for every person, irrespective of weight, but extremely obese people might take greater than 6 months to reach their target weight. Nothing inside Exipure has an addictive possibility or withdrawal effect, and also you can use it time and again without stressing over anything.
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Minnesota Settles Slain Student Dru Sjodin Wrongful Death Suit for $300K
ST. PAUL – The state of Minnesota has reached a settlement with the family of Dru Sjodin, a college student who was kidnapped and killed almost four years ago by a convicted sex offender who was released from prison a few months before the crime.
The family had taken steps to seek more than $1 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The $300,000 agreement — finalized in July but not made public until this week — protects the state from being sued over Sjodin's death at the hands of Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., a convicted rapist who was released from state prison six months before Sjodin disappeared.
Sjodin, of Pequot Lakes, Minn., was last seen leaving her job at a Grand Forks mall on Nov. 22, 2003. Her body was found the next April in a ravine near Crookston, Minn., where Rodriguez had been living with his mother. Authorities said she had been beaten, raped and stabbed.
A federal jury in North Dakota convicted Rodriguez for Sjodin's kidnapping and killing and sentenced him to death.
The family's attorney argued in a 2004 letter that state authorities were partly responsible for Sjodin's death. A state Department of Corrections psychologist had decided against recommending Rodriguez for civil commitment as he finished serving a 23-year sentence for stabbing and trying to abduct a woman.
The settlement — signed by Sjodin's father, Allan Sjodin, on June 20, and Corrections Commissioner Joan Fabian on July 9 — releases the Corrections Department and other state agencies from those claims.
State authorities also avoided admitting any errors.
"This agreement does not constitute an admission of any liability, an admission of a violation of state or federal law, or an admission of any wrongdoing by the state," the settlement reads.
Corrections Department spokeswoman Shari Burt said the agency already paid the family from its budget.
The family's lawyer, Timothy Murphy, didn't immediately return telephone messages.
Sjodin's murder shook up Minnesota's approach to sex crimes, resulting in tougher sentences and many more sex offenders being civilly committed to locked treatment facilities after they had served their prison sentences.
Fabian referred to the new policies in a prepared statement that said, "We hope these changes will make Minnesota safer for all of its children and will bring some consolation to the family."


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AMR Dx Global is a transnational, multi-sectorial, multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary network focussed on rapid diagnostics training and capacity building to tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance with a One Health approach. The network is coordinated by the University of Edinburg and brings together partners from 18 countries including international organisations like WHO, FIND, AMREF and ICAN.
Completed project
AMR Dx Global will develop a Strategic Action Plan on training to support the formation of the JPIAMR-VRI and focus on Diagnostics as one of the six priority topics of the JPIAMR Strategic Research Agenda. AMR Dx Global evolved from the successful JPIAMR Working Group AMR-RDT, which identified barriers to development, implementation and use of rapid diagnostics to tackle AMR. The findings of AMR-RDT has been published in Nature Reviews Microbiology and Lancet Infectious Diseases for publication. As before, AMR Dx Global has assembled an outstanding group of experts selected to match the scope of the JPIAMR VRI.
The new network provides exceptional access to and input from the leading national and international institutions, networks and activities in the field, which amplifies its immediate reach. Most importantly, the extensive coverage of existing global, international and national initiatives relevant to AMR, diagnostics, training, teaching and capacity building constitutes an exceptional opportunity for JPIAMR-VRI to receive input to its strategy and mitigate the risk of duplication amongst the many emerging transnational initiatives on AMR.
AMR Dx Global will run a twelve-month programme including two major meetings and structured data collection on existing strategies, needs and gaps in AMR diagnostics training and capacity building to develop the Strategic Action Plan on training for Diagnostics. The framework for AMR Dx Global and its ultimate vision is the set-up of a JPIAMR Virtual School of Diagnostics as part of the JPIAMR-VRI. Such Virtual School would create world-leading opportunity to connect the global AMR diagnostics community and stakeholders with the next generation of AMR scientists and turn the challenge of AMR into an opportunity for the next generation of researchers and the sustainable development goals.
Network partners
- Till Bachmann, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Coordinator)
This network includes 42 partners, please click on the following link to see complete network composition: Network composition AMR Dx Global
Popular summary
Diagnostics is one of the most important tools to tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR Dx Global is an international network with partners in 15 countries funded by the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) as part of the emerging Virtual Research Institute (VRI) and coordinated by University of Edinburgh.
The network addresses the needs for teaching and training in relation to AMR diagnostics from a One Health perspective. The network conducted stakeholder mapping, content and delivery roadmapping as well as a demand survey for teaching and training on AMR diagnostics which includes for any type of diagnostics or test to provide information in the wider context of antibiotics, antibacterial resistance or infection such as tests for bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic susceptibilities, infection biomarkers, or antibiotic residues. The AMR Dx provides input into the formation of the JPIAMR VRI and recommends a strong presence of AMR diagnostics in the emerging platform.


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Once upon a time, Disney Channel Original Movies reigned supreme. Zenon. Smart House. Cheetah Girls. High. School. Freakin'. Musical. Since those heady days of Disney Channel YA flick supremacy, the network's power has waned despite valiant efforts from the likes of Descendants, Teen Beach Movie, and both of their respective sequels.
Now, upcoming DCOM cannon addition Zombies, premiering Friday, February 16, aims to remind us of how great House Of (Teen) Mouse movies can be. The song-and-dance-powered film is set in the candy-colored town of Seabrook, 50 years after the zombiepocalypse. Yet all is well in the human neighborhood since the undead are forced to live in the dilapidated community of Zombietown.
When we enter Zombies, it's the first year the titular creatures are allowed to go to human high school, "which is crazy," as star Meg Donnelly told Refinery29. Donnelly plays female lead Addison, a cheerleading hopeful and human who befriends Zed (Milo Manheim), a charming zombie who hopes to become a football player. Unsurprisingly, Zed's dreams are a major no-no in the status-and-heartbeat obsessed Seabrook.
So, a DCOM filled with original songs and lead by a teenage boy desperate to become something society tells him is impossible? We can't be the only ones picking up HSM vibes. To figure out just how similar Zombies and the Disney classic are, we called Meg Donnelly.
Keep reading to see what she said about the comparisons, Zombies' "whoa-worthy" message, and what's next.
Refinery29: Zombies kind of feels one of the old Disney Channel musicals of yore. Do you feel that way?
Meg Donnelly: "Yeah! The music is definitely different. It's has songs you would hear on the radio almost. It's not like a musical-musical, which I think is really cool."
And how was doing all the choreography and recording for that?
"We had four weeks of rehearsal and six weeks of shooting. So we had four weeks to do the four dance numbers during rehearsal. While we were dancing they would pull us out of rehearsal and record the songs. While we were filming, it was our voices on the track, but they would blast it over the loudspeakers and we would sing along to it.
"If you just lip sync, it doesn't look like you're singing. So they had to make that part look real. That was really challenging to remember the words and act and sing and dance all at the same time."
You were doing triple duty, basically?
"Oh, yes."
Did you rewatch any Disney Channel Original Movies to prepare?
"I didn't have to rewatch. I mean I watch High School Musical every day anyway, so it's fine [laughs]. But I have been dreaming of being in a Disney Channel Original Movie since I was like 5. So the fact this is happening is completely surreal. I definitely channeled my inner Gabriella Montez."
Speaking of High School Musical's Gabriella, did you have a favorite DCOM? Is it HSM?
"It was definitely High School Musical, and also Cheetah Girls. I was obsessed. Especially Cheetah Girls 2. I watched those videos everyday. It's so iconic."
Do you see any similarities between Zombies and your two favorites?
"It is a musical, but the storyline is definitely different from anything they've done. Also, there's an underlying message in the movie. I feel like in High School Musical and the other movies, there's a message, but it's not as noticeable as the one in Zombies. The overarching message is accepting others for who they are, based on who they are and not what they look like. And accepting yourself, like what makes you unique is what you should embrace.
"When you watch Zombies, you're like, 'Whoa!' It's very prominent. That's definitely different from the other movies."
Do you think that anti-bullying stance resonates more than usual right now?
"Definitely, I think so. It's also the first year of high school, so just going to high school for the first time can be pretty wild. So it's definitely about staying true to yourself and not just going with whatever is popular.
"Social media makes things very hard. When you look at it, you're always comparing yourself to other people and you're trying to be perfect. But you know what's perfect for you, and you just should embrace that. You shouldn't try to be someone else."
And so many of the previous DCOM stars, like Zac Efron, have gone on to such huge things. Do you want to emulate any of those careers?
"I would love to, that would be crazy. Just doing this right now is crazy, but having a future like that — I would be so lucky."
This interview has been edited for style and length.
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Children's sumo tournament
When 210 days past from Risshun (the beginning of spring), it is a season of the rice flowering and also Typhoon season. Kazadomesai is a children's sumo tournament to keep off a typhoon. "kaza" means wind, and "dome" means to stop, therefore, this festival is to send away the God of wind by offering sumo tournament.
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♣ Children's sumo tournament starts 1pm.
1. A group tournament for Kindergartener elders
2. A group tournament for Elementary school's upper grade students
3. An individual match for elementary school student
It is held 17 times since this festival started and kindergartener sumo will start from this year. It is to promote children's healthy body, and to give an opportunity to learn and feel Japanese mind and culture through this festival.
A baby's dohyo-iri
Before the tournament starts, there is "a baby's dohyou-iri" (the ceremony of entering the ring for babies) to pray for their good health. We always welcome professional sumo rikishi to hold babies and this year's guest rikishi were coming from the Shikoroyama stable to help the festival.


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Since 1996, we have published our legal findings in printed form as a brochure every one to five years. The focus is primarily on cannabis use and its legal consequences. Our Shit happens is thus a legal aid brochure. It deals with the laws, the police prosecution and the summary penalty orders around the topic of hemp and THC consumption. It includes various statistics on referrals, as well as tips against repression. In the fall of 2021, we published the 14th edition.
Secondly, we have published an A3 overview under this title, which shows at a glance the various problem areas of hemp repression. Since 2019, we now also produce this variant, which we brought out in the fall of 2021 in the 3rd edition (Shit happens 12.3).
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The 2020 Emmys doesn't have a red carpet this year, but your favorite celebrities still know how to make the voices heard. Just ask Regina King. On the virtual red carpet tonight, the star wore a magenta Schiaparelli suit over a "Say Her Name" t-shirt with an image of Breonna Taylor on it. It's been six months since Taylor was shot and killed eight times by police officers who forced their way into her apartment into the middle of the night—and still, no one has been charged.
This isn't the first time King has worn the shirt. She wore it in an Instagram post last month, writing, "It's been 150 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered in her sleep by Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove—and her killers have not been charged. Too often Black women who die from police violence are forgotten. Let's stay loud, keep demanding justice for Breonna and her family, and SAY HER NAME."
The t-shirt is by Phenomenal in partnership with the Breonna Taylor Foundation and can be purchased here. All proceeds from the shirt are donated to the foundation.
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The Oscar-winning won an Emmy tonight for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie tonight for her role as Angela Abar, a.ka. Sister Night on HBO's Watchmen. In October last year, King spoke with Marie Claire on landing the leading role in the hit series, telling us, "Sister waited until she was almost 50 to be a superhero. It's something I've always wanted to do, you know, be a woman physically kicking ass."
Congrats on your FOURTH Emmy win of your career, Regina!
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The Lunch Room didn't start with a business plan or a value proposition. Instead, it started with two neighbors cooking food together in their kitchens. After eight years, three brick-and-mortar locations and success beyond what anyone could have predicted, its origin story isn't hard to believe. Step inside any of The Lunch Room's three locations and you'll instantly feel like you're at home having a meal with your family. The Lunch Room emanates a casual, almost hippie-like vibe, with meals that taste home-cooked and posters on the wall promoting The Lunch Room's social activism with the Youth Justice Fund. In a city like Ann Arbor, perhaps those qualities alone could account for its incredible success as a restaurant.
But Joel Panozzo, co-founder and co-owner of The Lunch Room, hopes his restaurant's success is due to more than just its location in a notoriously community-focused, activism-centric city.
"I've been wanting to think that it's possible for businesses to do the things that we're doing, even not in Ann Arbor," Panozzo said in an interview at The Lunch Room's Kerrytown location. "That's what my personal longer-term goal is — to be an example that a restaurant can do these things. A restaurant can pay its employees a livable wage, it can provide health and dental benefits, it can provide gym membership reimbursements, it can farm its own vegetables, it can work with formerly incarcerated adults, it can work with people recovering in the community, regardless of what town you live in. It helps that a community like Ann Arbor identifies with those things, but I'm hoping that it grows further from there."
Panozzo's sentiment may be more controversial than it initially sounds; how many diners do you know that pay their employees a livable wage? However, it seems to be working for The Lunch Room. This past summer, The Lunch Room opened its third location, Detroit Street Filling Station, which is right across the street from its original location in Kerrytown.
"You've probably seen what it's like when (The Lunch Room) gets super busy and there's a line down the hallway," Panozzo said. (For the record, I have seen The Lunch Room that busy, just about every time I've been there). "It turned into be an issue. I would run into our regulars on the street and be like, 'Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in so long, what's been going on?' And they'd be like, 'Yeah, I don't come anymore cause it's so busy, it's crazy.'"
Not many restaurants have this problem, and Panozzo acknowledged "it's a good problem to have, but it's still a problem." When space opened up across the street, Panozzo and his co-owner, Phillis Engelbert, immediately jumped on it.
What put The Lunch Room in a position to be so successful that it was forced to open another location? It appears that Panozzo and Engelbert don't view most of their decisions as business decisions, but rather as opportunities to provide the highest quality of service. First and foremost, this means good food. The Lunch Room is an all-vegan restaurant, meaning it doesn't use meat, eggs or dairy (like cheese) in any of its menu items. According to Panozzo, this isn't to hit the niche market of vegans in Ann Arbor. Rather, it allows them to create the highest quality of dishes that other restaurants may not be capable of creating.
"When you are using really heavy creams and cheeses and animal fats, it can kind of mask a lot of the other things that you have going on in your food," Panozzo explained. "When you're using entirely plant-based ingredients, it's like an opportunity to find other spices, herbs, crazy vegetables. It's an opportunity to actually make something that hits a flavor palette that somebody has maybe never tasted before. Or a flavor palette that could be there, but then it's got melted cheese is all over the top."
The Lunch Room doesn't hesitate to give back to its community. Recently, The Lunch Room began a partnership with the Youth Justice Fund, a nonprofit that works with formerly incarcerated youth in the Ann Arbor area.
"That kind of grew out of a separate program that we were running," Panozzo said.
The Lunch Room used to have a 10 percent giving program, where each month it promoted a particular nonprofit. On Saturday nights, the nonprofit would advertise The Lunch Room to its donors and employees, and 10 percent of the restaurant's sales would go to that nonprofit. Over time, The Lunch Room used this program to partner with local prisoner-rights attorneys and create the Youth Justice Fund.
This form of charity appears to be a no-brainer for Panozzo. When I ask him to explain it further, he emphasizes the need for such a nonprofit in the community, rather than explaining why it helps The Lunch Room as a business. This attitude is characteristic of Panozzo; he views The Lunch Room as an opportunity to make the right life decisions, not necessarily the right business decisions. The business success follows, almost as an afterthought.
As for long-term goals, Panozzo doesn't plan on expanding any further. "I imagine us starting to work more on an advocacy level, where my business partner and I would start stepping out and maybe teaching other businesses how to do what we're doing," he said. "It's great that we've been able to do the three places that we have been able to do, but like I don't think more locations is like necessarily … we're feeling very content with the amount of craziness that three locations entails."
As for Panozzo, The Lunch Room is still the place that he began cooking in his neighbor's kitchen back in 2008.
"Yesterday, I was cooking on the line for like eight hours," he said with a laugh. "It would be nice to just step back a little bit."
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The Green Shell
The Beastie Boys' Ill Communication album was released in 1994, when I was in high school. I remember watching the music video for Sabotage on MTV and being excited about buying the album when it was released. In those days, CDs were expensive, often $18-20 while cassettes were closer to $9-11. When the album was … Continue reading The Green Shell