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Adventures of Lolo (NES)
HAL Laboratory
Wii Shop
6th Aug 2007 (USA), 500 points
8th Jun 2007 (UK/EU), 500 points
Wii U eShop
15th May 2014 (USA), $4.99
21st Aug 2014 (UK/EU), £3.49
20th Apr 1989 (USA)
21st Feb 1991 (UK/EU)
3DS eShop
8th Jan 2015 (USA), $4.99
16th Oct 2014 (UK/EU), £3.49
File/Download Size
Adventures of Lolo, Nintendo Switch Online
nintendo.com
3DS eShop / NES
Review Adventures of Lolo
Bubbles and puzzles and DEATH
The fine folks over at HAL Laboratory have an affinity for protagonists who could double as pretty decent basketballs, and the often-forgotten NES puzzler Adventures of Lolo features our first example of a blob hero. Unlike the platforming cuteness of the Kirby series, arguably HAL's most famous creation, Lolo has a...
Fri 14th Nov 2014
Adventures of Lolo
Wii U eShop / NES
YOLO, Lolo
HAL Laboratory's 1989 puzzler Adventures of Lolo falls into the same category as titles like Mach Rider and Clu Clu Land: C-list NES classics that are often overlooked today but provide an arcade-like fun experience for those searching out Nintendo's "deep cuts" from the '80s. Adventures of Lolo is probably best remembered these days as...
Wed 21st May 2014
Wii Virtual Console / NES
Run Lolo Run
Before HAL labs created our favourite pink puffball named Kirby there was a blue blob by the name of Lolo. In 1989 when Adventures of Lolo was first released it got modest attention due to the quality of the game but as a brand never really made it big. However Lolo has been known to surface as a bad guy in some of the Kirby games so...
Fri 8th Jun 2007
This was the first game in the Eggerland puzzle series to be released in North America.
After the love of his life, Lala, is kidnapped by the Great Devil and taken to his haunted castle, our hero Lolo sets out to rescue her. The journey is perilous, as the Great Devil's fortress is guarded by a massive army. But Lolo has a few tricks up his sleeve, including a Magic Shot that turns enemies into eggs and an Emerald Framer that shields him from attacks. Combining clever environmental puzzles with tricky enemies and an engaging style, Adventures of Lolo is a true classic!
Manaman
This game is bloody brilliant. It certain rivals Solomon's Key as one of the best puzzlers on this console. The tune is especially annoyingly catchy, much like Bubble Bobble.
JNoodles
Sat 31st Mar 2007
Wonderful! Adventures of Lolo rivals even Dr. Mario, Tetris, Solomon's Key, and Fire 'n Ice (a prequel from in terms of Solomon's Key, A.K.A. Solomon's Key 2 or Solomon's Key 0 depending on your views) addictiveness!
TheNintendoBoy
Sun 22nd Apr 2007
One of the better puzzler series for the NES, but harder to get into than for example Solomon's key do to the unique game mechanics. This will last you a long time and it's highly recommended.
__tull
hard puzzles and crackable passwords
Bass_X0
this looks like a fun little puzzler.
This game is finally out in Europe! So so glad about this, and I'm most certainly more ecstatic about this week's VC selection (Lolo and Balloon Fight) than I was for any of Sega's offerings last week. Top stuff. This game's an instant download for me and I can't wait to spend my weekend on this.
Jazzem
Am very impressed with this so far =] Just downloaded it and am a newcomer to the game, but it's addictive! It's already getting really tricky too..
Mon 11th Jun 2007
I played Adventures of Lolo with the Super Game Boy on my SNES and it was very hard later on, but I managed to get through all of the stages.
It's an addictive puzzle game, but it's unique gameplay style is not for everyone. I would say, it's for puzzle-freaks only!
__Wolfman
I absolutely love this game to death. But is it not going to come to the US? Is it a Europe-only release? Because if so, shame on Nintendo.
Sun 24th Jun 2007
Wolfman, it should do, it was released in America.
And yay, I completed this yesterday ^_^ Feels like such an achievement! Now bring on Lolo 2 and 3! (And, err, 1 for the USA =P)
I played this recently without knowing what to do or anything. Needless to say I kept having to suicide and restart the level. Its an enjoyable game and one I am sad to have missed out on when I first had my NES.
__Razor61289
What is this game like. The screenshots look a little like an old game for the NES called Kickle Cubicle which was made by Irem.
Mon 2nd Jul 2007
It's not quite what I expected, and I probably would have been better off saving my points. It's alright, but I doubt I'll see it through to the end.
Tue 3rd Jul 2007
How far are you Mendez? Keep at it, it does pick up at around about floor 3-4. Then it's puzzle heaven from then onwards!
__ultimate
Thu 5th Jul 2007
Lolo 2 and Lolo 3 are even better...the whole series is awesome!! I hope they all come out on the VC.
Sat 7th Jul 2007
I think I'm probably on around the 10th-15th puzzle. It was alright I suppose but I just failed to see what the fuss was about..
Tue 10th Jul 2007
Only that? Keep going, it's not that taxing there. It does get a lot more challenging and fun a tiny bit after where you are.
But then again, it just may not be your cup of tea. As a huge puzzle fan, it's a gem I'm glad I've discovered, but it isn't necessarily for everyone.
__nephew772
Wed 11th Jul 2007
Daz is right again on this one. Lolo is a classic, 2-D puzzler in which each level requires you to evade enemies in order to secure hearts, open a treasure chest, and leave the room. The level design here is quite impressive. Lolo is long and challenging and well worth the 500 Wii points.
Mon 6th Aug 2007
This game was one of my favorite games for NES when I was a kid, along with Super Mario Bros 3 and Kirby's Adventure. In fact, I still love this game. I can honestly tell you that this is an awesome game that is just as good as Dr. Mario and Yoshi's Cookie. If you liked either of those two >_> Anyways, please download and enjoi.
__Jared
I've been waiting for this one. Although I can't justify giving it 5 stars, really, because it was surpassed in just about every way by both of its sequels (which of course I hope also come to the VC!). Still, it's quite a good game and a good introduction to the series - and the music is catchy too!
__Joe5
Wed 8th Aug 2007
I remember renting this when I was a kid. When I finally finished it I felt really smart. Those pink and grey medusas scared the hell out of me! IMO, the puzzle aspect of Lolo is more enjoyable than Solomon's Key (which I consider more of an action game) since you're not rushed by a timer. The superb level design is constructed like a Sudoku or Picross puzzle.
Sun 12th Aug 2007
I absolutely love it, though not as much as some others. This is my favorite puzzle game though!
Shrapnel09
Sat 18th Aug 2007
i seen rumor that there is an expert mode, or some way you can change the skill level, i just recently beat it and i would prefer a more challenging run this time...... is there such a cheat to change the level of difficulty?
__MP83
Adventures of Lolo games are a part of Eggerland series, in case you guys didn't knew. I believe the series was pretty popular in Japan, because there's 10 different games released over there, the last one being in 2000.
You can read more about the series from here: http://home.houston.rr.com/cbfinch/eggerland/
Here's wishing for a Eggerland comeback...
WaddleWave
Tue 4th Sep 2007
The first time I played this game was when I was just a kid, and at that time the puzzles, they seem to be too hard. A decade later and -5 buckazoids, I see the game as an introduction to the the World of Lolo games. The first puzzles are easy and you get familliar with the mechanics of gameplay. Things really start to spice up from the 5th floor where the puzzles are not as easy as they seem to be. Just wait you get to the 10-5 floor, the "ultimate puzzle room"! LOL.
Boredom_v2_2
Wed 21st Nov 2007
"The Adventures of LOLO? Man you've better saved the receipt!" Quote from Anybody remember that?
Mon 26th Nov 2007
Gah, I didn't watch what it was from, but I've heard of that...
Either way, couldn't they have actually picked a bad game for that line?
Sharecrow
Tue 4th Dec 2007
I loved this game. I finally beat it a few weeks ago after having downloaded it. That was gratifying...I can't wait until Adventures of Lolo 2 comes out so that I can do it again.
__ClassicGamer
Fri 7th Dec 2007
I remember seeing this series in Nintendo Power. Sadly, I never got to play it back in the day.
The style of puzzle solving is really unique. Even the graphics are still charming (vintage pixel art!!!).
learn_japanese_ds
Mon 7th Jan 2008
OMG! Kickle Cubicle! I remember that! It was an awesome game and also must have the best mascot name in the entire NES library.
Zephyr_Tread
Mon 21st Jan 2008
LOVE IT! I love this game and will be picking up the sequels as they come, great for anyone who likes to think.
Tue 22nd Jan 2008
Clever, basic game!
D00M
Wed 23rd Jan 2008
Bought it for the wife, Cant stand it myself but she loves it.
Im no good at puzzle games, I get her to do the puzzles in other games too
Garlyle
Thu 31st Jan 2008
The only problem I have with this game is that it sort of feels a bit repetitive. It's definitely a brainbender, for sure. I would suggest Lolo 2 or 3 over this one (especially 3) - 2 because it is even more difficult, and 3 because it is far longer and has more to the gameplay.
agent_lime
Sat 2nd Feb 2008
i got 1000 points left so i think im gonna download this one, then when i finish lolo 2
Thu 7th Feb 2008
wow this game is awesome! im at 6-something and some of those puzzles are real headscratchers!
Phantom5800
Sat 9th Feb 2008
I love this game! How many levels are on each floor though? I haven't been keeping track and am on floor 5. When I am done though, Lolo 2 is next on my list
hand2097
I finished it in one night. Still the best spent points yet. I've got too many "difficult in the wrong way" games like Sonic (damn Marble Zone) and Star Tropics ("don't despair, mike, just replay the whole dungeon a few more times"). Lolo has a few annoying puzzles with fast moving creatures (where you've figured out HOW to do it, but keep making "finger errors") but it's 90% gold.
Sat 16th Feb 2008
I agree with the comment above me, this game is difficult in a good way, where its challenging and you need your brain. ninja gaiden II, and zelda ALTTP are way unfairly hard.
No, this game isn't challenging. The other games in the series are. This one just introduces you to the concept. You can breeze through this one in no time. Floor 10 here is roughly the same difficulty as floor 3 or so in Lolo 2.
Phantom: 5 rooms per floor for 10 floors, making a total of 50 rooms in all.
stinssd
Thu 28th Feb 2008
It was one of the best puzzle games, similar to Kickle Cubicle. Trivia: You get to fight against Lolo and Lala in Kirby's Dreamland. Shame they were on opposite sides then!
calc_nerd
Sun 2nd Mar 2008
Anyone have the music still stuck in your head?
SBOY
Wed 5th Mar 2008
I agree with the 4* rating you game it (that what I put in mine) it's a great game but it's feel really old like Solomon's Key it's not a bad things but since I didn't play it when it first came out I don't have the retro memory that came with it that make it a little less enjoyable to me...
pdrydia
Fri 4th Apr 2008
I'm a puzzler fan and I played Lolo as a kid, so it's no great surprise that I (still) love the game today. It's an action puzzle game--much like Solomon's Key or Chip's Challenge--rather than a logic puzzle game (Sudoku, Kakuro, Picross) or Tetris-like (Dr. Mario, Planet Puzzle League, Meteos). Because of this, timing is an important part of many puzzles, although Lolo lacks the timer-of-death element that Solomon's Key features. I give the game 4/5 with respect to its quality and playability in the context of today. It's a very short game and the music--while catchy--gets repetitive very, very quickly. Sometimes a stage will seem harder than it should be for where it's placed in the game. Overall, though, it's a gem of a puzzler and any puzzle fan owes it to him- or herself to give it a try.
Mon 14th Apr 2008
I love this game this is one of those games my mom played and beat before I did.
I live 8 hours from my family now and my mom wants a wii just because of this game.
Jimpaco
Sat 19th Apr 2008
my friend has this game for vc its pretty fun but gets old quick ive never played the second but i imagine its the same just different puzzles
Tannman42
Mon 2nd Jun 2008
Very challenging game.
Ricardo91
Wed 2nd Jul 2008
This seems like an interesting little puzzler, but it doesn't really interrest me much, so I don't think I'll get it.
This is the best puzzle game you can get. This and Toki Tori.
pikmin95
Sun 7th Sep 2008
Really challenging, but worth it if you like ripping you hair out! =]
blackknight77
Tue 16th Sep 2008
I played this one my NES. I was never a big fan of the series. Very generic
WiiMan192
Sat 4th Oct 2008
Excellent game, though I'm not much of a fan of the puzzle genre. Good timing, because my old NES is not compatible with my TV anymore
Can't wait for #3 to come out!
Corbs
I was never a big fan of this game until I bought it at a pawn shop on clearance a few years ago. Turns out I loved it. The sequel is even better for those who are enjoying this game.
Sun 21st Dec 2008
Would anybody be interested in seeing "Adventures of Lolo 4" on Wiiware once the third game gets released? I think I would. But make sure it has modern graphics.
Divock
Thu 22nd Jan 2009
Ah, so THIS is what lolo is. I saw "$00pah NiN10Doh!" on Newgrounds and this guy appeared twice randomly, and now I know where he's from. Whoa...must I check it out...? I guess.
MexicanJonny10
Sun 1st Mar 2009
i saw the irate gamer mention this game during one of his reviews so i decided to check this game out and it looks awesome
Golgo
Fri 17th Apr 2009
Just completed. A fantastic puzzle game, with some superbly evil level designs over the last 3 floors. Everything is completely fair and logical, though, it just takes some patience. This and Solomon's Key (which only just pips Lolo for my affections) are by far my favourite NES downloads.
Is this where they got LoLoLo in kirby from?
HolyBlade
Fri 18th Mar 2011
I can wholeheartedly recommend this little gem.
The music is repetitive and gameplay restricted, but it successfully pulls off some clever and challenging puzzles.


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Q: How can I get only one row if only one column is different I have a table with patient ID's, contact dates and actioncodes. I want to retrieve all rows with actioncodes equal to EPS or D, however i want to keep only one row if the actioncode exists on the same contactdate.
For example this is part of my table, journal:
PatientID  Contactdate  Actioncode
1          2010-5-6     EPS
1          2010-5-6     D
1          2012-3-4     CNT
1          2013-7-8     D
2          2010-1-4     EPS
2          2010-5-6     D

This is the code i have now to retrieve all rows where actioncode is either EPS or D
select * from journal j where j.actioncode in ('EPS', 'D')

I tried group by contactdate, but then i miss the rows where the patients are different. The same effect occurs with distinct(contactdate). What can i use here to return only one row when the date and the patientid are similar and the actioncode is either D or EPS?
Preferred outcome:
PatientID   Contactd   Actioncode
1           2010-5-6   D
1           2012-3-4   D
2           2010-1-4   EPS
2           2010-5-6   D

A: We can try using ROW_NUMBER here:
WITH cte AS (
    SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY PatientID, Contactdate
                                 ORDER BY Actioncode) rn
    FROM journal
    WHERE Actioncode in ('EPS', 'D')
)

SELECT PatientID, Contactdate, Actioncode
FROM cte
WHERE rn = 1;

This arbitrarily would always retain the Actioncode='D' record, should both action codes appear.  If instead you would want to retain the EPS record, then modify the call to ROW_NUMBER to use ORDER BY Actioncode DESC.

A: What you want is a GROUP BY two columns: PatientID and Contactdate. You can use MAX() or MIN() to select one of the rows.
select
j.PatientID,
j.Contactdate,
MIN(j.actionCode)
from
journal j
where j.actioncode in ('EPS', 'D')
group by j.PatientID, j.Contactdate

For match your preferred outcome, you should use MIN().

A: You can do it with UNION ALL for the 2 cases:
select * from journal where actioncode = 'D'
union all
select * from journal j where j.actioncode = 'EPS'
and not exists (
  select 1 from journal
  where PatientID = j.PatientID and Contactdate = j.Contactdate and actioncode = 'D'
)

The 2nd query will only fetch rows if the 1st query returns nothing for actioncode = 'D'.
See the demo.
Results:
> patientid | contactdate | actioncode
> --------: | :---------- | :---------
>         1 | 2010-05-06  | D
>         1 | 2013-07-08  | D
>         2 | 2010-05-06  | D
>         2 | 2010-01-04  | EPS

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TMS-Induced Seizure during FDA-Approved Bilateral DMPFC Protocol for Treating OCD: A Case Report
Georgios Mikellides*, Panayiota Michael, Teresa Schuhmann, Alexander T. Sack
Vision, Awareness and Cognition
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation therapy that has become a method of choice for the treatment of several neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and OCD. It is considered to be a safe and well-tolerated treatment, with only few side effects. The most serious adverse event during any rTMS treatment is the potential induction of a seizure. rTMS has shown very encouraging results for treatment-resistant OCD, although the optimal target area and the stimulation frequency are still matters of controversy. Here, we present a 19-year-old female patient with OCD who experienced seizure during the 7th session of her rTMS treatment using the FDA-approved 20-Hz protocol for OCD applied bilaterally over the left and right DMPFC using a double-cone coil. Nonetheless, it still unknown whether the seizure occurred as a consequence of rTMS, as the patient was also in a specific seizure risk group. Future reviews are needed to further clarify the mechanisms that may trigger seizures during rTMS treatments in order to reduce the likelihood of rTMS-induced seizures.
Case Reports in Neurology
DOUBLE-BLIND
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex
High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
METAANALYSIS
RTMS
Seizure induction
Transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced seizure
10.1159/000518999Licence: CC BY-NC
Mikellides, G., Michael, P., Schuhmann, T., & Sack, A. T. (2021). TMS-Induced Seizure during FDA-Approved Bilateral DMPFC Protocol for Treating OCD: A Case Report. Case Reports in Neurology, 13(3), 584-590. https://doi.org/10.1159/000518999
Mikellides, Georgios ; Michael, Panayiota ; Schuhmann, Teresa et al. / TMS-Induced Seizure during FDA-Approved Bilateral DMPFC Protocol for Treating OCD : A Case Report. In: Case Reports in Neurology. 2021 ; Vol. 13, No. 3. pp. 584-590.
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A long-term care insurer asked to hike Maine premiums 178%. Policyholders revolted
Maine Public | By Carol Bousquet
Updated December 3, 2021 at 4:20 PM EST
Hundreds of long-term care insurance policyholders packed a virtual public forum of the Bureau of Insurance today to speak out against one company's request for premium hikes of up to 178%.
Genworth Life Insurance Co. says the increases are on par with those in other states. But policyholders accuse Genworth of mismanagement and of padding executives' pockets at the expense of its customers, and they say they were promised that their premiums and coverage would remain stable.
Carroll Harper says the company made misguided assumptions about the number and amount of claims it would receive.
"Sadly they got it wrong, very wrong. And now we are faced with increases on the backs of Maine seniors forced to make unpleasant decisions about their long-term care policies," he says.
Other customers, including Linda Sawers, worry that Genworth doesn't have the means to cover future claims, especially in the face of lawsuits brought against the company by customers alleging fraud.
"I'm concerned about your financial solvency and that these rate increases are to … take care of that," she says.
Genworth Senior Vice President of Long Term Care Jamala Arland says the company has paid out $22 billion in long-term care claims to date, with $2 billion last year alone. Arland says Genworth is committed to paying all eligible claims, and actuarially justified premium rate increases are an important component to our ability to do so over the life of these policies. She adds the company is willing to work with customers to refine their policies based on their needs and budget.
"While rate actions are an essential part of the management of Genworth's long-term care block, we continue to offer new initiatives that will have a beneficial impact on customers and on the company's claims paying ability," she says.
The Bureau of Insurance will review the rate hikes over several months and use third-party actuarial data to help it decide whether to approve the increases. Insurance officials say customers will receive notices of any approved rate increases, along with options for alternatives, next summer.
Corrected: December 3, 2021 at 4:20 PM EST
A previous version had a comment from Arland about the company having ample reserves to cover claims, which has been removed.
Carol Bousquet
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Google I/O 2018: Major Highlights and Announcements from the Keynote
by Sara Naveed/ May 14, 2018/
Google kicked off its three-day annual developer conference, Google I/O 2018, last week which was held in California, US from 8th – 10th May 2018. Every year, Google announces new software, hardware, and various updates for its existing apps and services in its developer conference. The purpose of having this conference every year is to keep the developers' community up-to-date with its new announcements, enabling them to come up with their own apps, services, and integrations before Google actually unveils its stuff.
Highlights of Google I/O 2018 Keynote
Just like every year, Google has left us mesmerized by the new announcements and updates it has made pertaining to Android, Google Assistant, and many new initiatives.
Apart from benefitting the developers, Google I/O 2018 keynote was also a delight for the consumers who got equally excited after hearing about the new updates and announcements Google made at the event.
Let's find out what amazing stuff Google has lined up for all of us in 2018 and beyond. Here are the exclusive highlights and updates from the Google I/O 2018 keynote:
Google Duplex Technology
With Google Duplex technology, Google has improved Assistant in such a way that it can book your appointments on your behalf. At the Google I/O 2018, Google showed through two demos on stage how Assistant, on your behalf, was calling a restaurant for a reservation and then calling a hair salon for getting an appointment.
The conversation Assistant had with the real humans on the other end of the line sounded so real because the Assistant spoke just like a human, making use of filler words such as 'uhhh' and 'mmhmm' during the conversation. It would be hard enough for the real human to realize he/she was talking to a robot on the phone and not a real human because the Assistant waded through the questions with an ease.
Once the reservation is made, Assistant gives you the details of it and adds it to your schedule. At the moment, Google is still working the Duplex technology on Assistant and plans to test it soon.
Android P Public Beta
Another important announcement Google made at the annual developer conference was about launching Android P public beta for Google Pixel phones. Apart from the Google pixel phones, this public beta is also now available on phones from other manufacturers as well such as Nokia, Oppo, Mi, Sony, Essential and OnePlus.
Officially Android P will be launched later this year. To give a quick glimpse of Android P, Google showcased some of its interesting new smart intelligent features at the developer's event.
Gmail's Smart Compose Feature
You must have already used Gmail's Smart Reply feature which was introduced by Google last year. It helps you quickly reply to the incoming emails by suggesting a few most appropriate replies. This year, Google has introduced Smart Compose feature in Gmail that enables you to write the email from the scratch.
Smart Compose is a new AI-powered feature which suggests relevant contextual sentences as you type in the email. If you happen to like a suggestion, you can simply click the 'tab' button and then use the phrase. As per Google, this new feature also reduces grammatical and spelling errors in your email. Smart Compose will be officially launched in the coming weeks but to use it you need to first switch to the new Gmail. To do that, go to Settings of your inbox and click 'Try the New Gmail.' Afterward, go to the general tab in your settings, scroll down a bit and then enable "experimental access."
Google Maps: AR Features and Assistant
When we're talking about new developments and updates announced by Google at the developer's event, how can we skip Google Maps? Google has showcased a prospective new augmented reality feature it could integrate into Google Maps in the future. At the event, the tech company showed how AR can be used in Google Maps when you have to navigate around the city by foot.
The AR uses the camera, Street View, and visual technology to help you know your exact location in the city. So next time when you hold up your phone, you can see the exact locations floating around you in the camera. It is still not known when this feature will be added to the Google Maps but the company has already started working on it.
However, Google Assistant is all set to make an entry in the Google Maps both on Android and iOS this summer. Once Assistant is integrated into the Maps, you can ask it to share your ETA while you're driving. Moreover, you can even ask it to send text messages, play music or get other information from the Google Maps app itself.
Google Assistant Gets New Voices
Another remarkable announcement Google made at the keynote event was about six new voices becoming a part of Google Assistant later this year. Of the six voices, one voice is of John Legend – the popular American singer-songwriter. The company also revealed that it will be able to develop new voices within a matter of weeks instead of years, thanks to latest advancements in AI.
Google Lens Updates
So far, Google Lens was only available in Google Pixel phones which was a bit disappointing for those who did not own a Google Pixel phone. The good news is, at Google I/O 2018, the company has announced that Google Lens is coming to other phones as well.
Soon, Google Lens will be directly added to the camera app on devices from other phone manufacturers such as Sony, Nokia, OnePlus, LG, etc. in the coming weeks. Let's see how long it takes for the manufacturers to update their devices so they can make use of the Google Lens.
Besides, Lens has also got some new interesting features which were also discussed at the developer's event. The features included Smart Text selection, Smart Text search, as well as enabling search for all items around you.
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Civil servant Anne Hemming, whose role included responsibility for the Building Regulations, has been killed in a cycling accident in Scotland.
Hemming died in hospital at the beginning of the week following the accident at the weekend.
Hemming's current role was as head of the sustainable buildings division at the Department for Communities and Local Government, including overseeing the controversial roll out of Part L of the Building Regulations.
In March, Hemming attended a summit at Building's offices to discuss the Reform the Regs campaign. Hemming was praised after this meeting for her willingness to work with industry and bring about constructive change.
DCLG minister Baroness Andrews said Hemming was a valuable member of the team. She said: "Everyone at DCLG was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Anne Hemming this week following a cycling accident."
Michael Ankers, chief executive of the Construction Products Association, said he was shocked by the news: "On a personal level I am shocked and saddened by this great tragedy. We had got to know Anne well and she will be missed."
"On a professional level, she was highly thought of and was a highly effective, intelligent person working in a challenging department where she was achieving great things."


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The twentieth century began in 1901. Teddy Roosevelt became President after William McKinley's assassination by an anarchist at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY. This would prove a challenging time for the Supreme Court and judicial review. By the end of the century the power and influence of the Court over life in America would far exceed the limits stipulated by the Baron de Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws or those predicted by the analysis of Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 78.
Normally, the most visible of the justices on the Court is the Chief Justice but in the period from 1902 till 1932, the one most quotable was Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Holmes Sr. was the famous physician, writer and poet, author of Old Ironsides and other entries in the K-12 canon. For his part, Holmes Jr. wrote Supreme Court decisions and dissents that have become part of the lore of the Court.
In 1905, the 5-4 Court ruled against the state of New York in one of its more controversial decisions, Lochner v. New York. Appealing to laissez-faire economics, the majority ruled that the state did not have the authority to limit bakery workers hours to 10 hours a day, 60 hours a week even if the goal was to protect the workers' health and that of the public. The judges perverted the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment which reads.
[Nor] shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
They invoked this clause of a civil rights Amendment to rule that the New York law interfered with an individual baker's right to enter into a private contract. In his dissent, Holmes attacked the decision for applying the social Darwinism of Herbert Spencer (coiner of the phrase "survival of the fittest") to the Constitution; rather pointedly, Hughes wrote
The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics.
Over time, the anti-labor aspects of this decision were undone by legislation but its influence on the discussion of "due process" continues. It has given rise to the verb "lochnerize" which is defined thusly by Wiktionary:
To read one's policy preferences into the Constitution, as was (allegedly) done by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1905 case Lochner v. New York.
The parenthetical term "allegedly" presumably refers to Holmes' critique. Two other contributions of Lochner to the English language are the noun "Lochnerism" and the phrase "The Lochner Era."
In 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act which penalized protests and actions that contested American participation in WWI. This law and its added amendments in the Sedition Act (1918) were powerful tools for suppressing dissent, something pursued quite vigorously by the Wilson administration. A challenge to the act followed quickly with Schenk v. United States (1919). The Court ruled in favor of the Espionage Act unanimously; Holmes wrote the opinion and created some oft cited turns of phrase:
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.
The question … is whether the words used … create a clear and present danger that .. will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Holmes' opinion notwithstanding, the constitutionality of the Espionage Act is still debated because of its infringement on free speech.
Schenck was then followed by another case involving the Espionage Act, Debs v. United States (1919). Eugene Debs was the union activist and socialist leader whom the Court had already ruled against in the Pullman case known as In re Debs (1895). Writing again for a unanimous court, Holmes invoked Schenck and ruled that the right of free speech did not protect protest against the military draft. Debs was sentenced to ten years in Prison and disenfranchised; that did not prevent him from running for President in 1920 – he received over 900.000 votes, more than 3% of the total.
Debs was soon pardoned by President Warren G. Harding in 1921 and even invited to the White House! The passionate Harding apparently admired Debs and did not approve of the way he had been treated by Wilson, the Espionage Act and the Court; Harding famously held that "men in Congress say things worse than the utterances" for which Debs was convicted. In 1923, having just announced a campaign to eliminate the rampant corruption in Washington, Harding died most mysteriously in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco: vampire marks on his neck, no autopsy, hasty burial – suspects ranged from a Norwegian seaman to Al Capone hit men to Harding's long- suffering wife. Harding was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge who is best remembered for his insight into the soul of the nation: "After all, the chief business of the American people is business."
Although the Sedition Act amendments were repealed in 1921, the Espionage Act itself lumbers on. It has been used in more recent times against Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden.
Today, Holmes is also remembered for his opinion in an anti-trust suit pitting a "third major league" against the established "big leagues." The National League had been a profitable enterprise since 1876, with franchises stretching from Boston to St. Louis. At the top of the century, in 1901, the then rival American League was formed but the two leagues joined together in time for the first World Series in 1903. The upstart Federal League managed to field eight teams for the 1914 and 1915 seasons, but interference from the other leagues forced them to end operations. A suit charging the National and American leagues with violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was filed in 1915 and it was heard before Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis – who, interestingly, was to become the righteous Commissioner of Baseball following the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. In Federal Court Landis dramatically slow-walked the Federal League's case and the result was that different owners made various deals, some buying into National or American League teams and/or folding their teams into established teams; the exception was the owner of the Baltimore Terrapins franchise – the terrapin is a small turtle from Maryland, but the classic name for a Baltimore team is the Orioles; perhaps, the name still belonged to the New York Yankees organization since the old Baltimore Orioles, when dropped from the National League, joined the new American League in 1901 and then moved North to become the New York Highlanders in 1903, that name being changed to New York Yankees in 1913. Be that as it may, the league-less Terrapins continued to sue the major leagues for violating anti-trust law; this suit made its way to the Supreme Court as Federal Baseball Club v. National League.
In 1922, writing for a unanimous court in the Federal case, Holmes basically decreed that Major League Baseball was not a business enterprise engaged in interstate commerce; with Olympian authority, he wrote:
The business [of the National League] is giving exhibitions of baseball. … the exhibition, although made for money, would not be called trade or commerce in the commonly accepted use of those words.
So, this opinion simply bypasses the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which states that the Congress shall have power
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
With this verdict, Major League Baseball, being a sport and not a business, was exempt from anti-trust regulations such. This enabled "the lords of baseball" to continue to keep a player bound to the team that first signed that player; the mechanism for this was yet another clause, the "reserve clause" which was attached to all the players' contracts. The "reserve clause" also allowed a team (but not a player) to dissolve the player's contract on 10 days notice. Obviously this had the effect of depressing player salaries. It also led to outrages such as Sal "The Barber" Maglie's being blackballed for three seasons for having played in the Mexican League and such as the Los Angeles Dodgers' treatment of Brooklyn great, Carl "The Reading Rifle" Furillo. Interestingly, although both were truly star players, neither is "enshrined" in the Baseball Hall of Fame; Furillo, though, is featured in Roger Kahn's classic The Boys of Summer and both Furillo and Maglie take the field in Doris Kearns Goodwin's charming memoir Wait Till Next Year.
The Supreme Court judgment in Federal was mitigated by subsequent developments that were set in motion by All-Star outfielder Curt Flood's courageous challenge to the "reserve clause" in the suit Flood v. St Louis (1972); this case was decided against Flood by the Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision that was based on the precedent of the Federal ruling; in this case justice Lewis Powell recused himself because he owned stock in Anheuser-Busch, the company that owned the St. Louis franchise – an honorable thing to do but something which exposes the potential class bias of the Court that might lie behind decisions favoring corporations and the powerful. Though Flood lost, there were vigorous dissents by Justices Marshall, Douglas and Brennan and his case rattled the system; the players union was then able to negotiate for free agency in 1975. However, because of the anti-trust exemption, Major League Baseball still has much more control over its domain than do other major sports leagues even though the NFL and the NCAA benefit from legislation exempting them too from some anti-trust regulations.
In 1932 when Franklin D. Roosevelt became President, the U.S. was nearly three years into the Great Depression. With the New Deal, the congress moved quickly to enact legislation that would serve both to stimulate the economy and to improve working conditions. In the First Hundred Days of the Roosevelt presidency, the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) were passed. Both were then declared unconstitutional in whole or in part by the Court under Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes: the case Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) was brought by a Kosher poultry business in Brooklyn NY (for one thing, the NIRA regulations interfered with its traditional slaughter practices); with United States v. Butler (January 6, 1936) the government filed a case against a processor of cotton in Illinois who contested paying "processing and floor-stock taxes" to support subsidies for the planters of cotton. The first decision invoked the Commerce Clause of the Constitution; the second invoked the Taxing and Spending Clause which empowers the Federal Government to impose taxes.
In reaction, Roosevelt and his congressional allies put together a plan in 1937 "to pack the court" by adding six additional justices to its roster. The maneuver failed, treated with opprobrium by many. However, with the appointment of new justices to replace retiring justices, Roosevelt soon had a Court more to his liking and also by then the New Deal people had learned from experience not to push programs that were too clumsy to pass legal muster.
The core programs launched by the AAA were continued thanks to subsequent legislation that was upheld in later cases before the Court. The pro-labor part of the NIRA was rescued by the National Labor Relations Act (aka the Wagner Act) of 1935. The act which protected labor unions was sponsored by Prussian-born Senator Robert F. Wagner Sr.; his feckless son Robert Jr. was the Mayor of New York who enabled its two National League baseball teams to depart for the West Coast in 1957 – two teams that between them had won the National League pennant every fall for the previous six seasons, two teams with stadium-filling heroes like Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax; moreover, the Dodgers would never have been able to treat fan-favorite Carl Furillo so shabbily had the team still been in Brooklyn: he would not have been dropped mid-season which precisely made him ineligible for the pension of a 15 year veteran, would not have had to go to court to obtain money still due him and would not have been blackballed from organized baseball.
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"Sorry about this." The words were quiet and Thane shook his head as he helped the man into his car.
The snow had increased since he'd been inside and Thane wasn't able to go as fast as he would like with the muck he had to drive through. "Sorry I can't go any faster," he said as they drove along at ten miles an hour.
"What's your last name?" The voice was slurred and as he took a glance to his right, he spotted the other man watching him through hooded eyes.


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The National Marine Aquarium to host after-hours event
PUBLISHED: 10:51 24 February 2016 | UPDATED: 10:51 24 February 2016
Nikki Jarman
National Marine Aquarium to host Mad About Science event starting on Friday 18 March (1)
The National Marine Aquarium is preparing for an evening of family fun with the first of its Aquarium Nights event of the year, Mad About Science starting on Friday 18th March
National Marine Aquarium
Celebrating British Science Week, visitors can look forward to a bumper-packed evening of science-themed activities, discovering more about the weird and wonderful world of science and the Aquarium through a number of talks and sessions. There will also be a show-stopping Big Science Demo, guaranteed to amaze and astound.
Visitors will also be able to take full advantage of experiencing the Aquarium's exhibits after-hours, providing an ideal opportunity to see some its newest Shark arrivals.
Mad About Science is the first in a series of evening events held at the National Marine Aquarium in 2016, with further evening events will be held throughout the year on 31 May, 16 August, 17 August, 7 October and 29 October - all with a different family fun theme.
Victoria Spurdle, Sales Coordinator at the National Marine Aquarium, commented: "We're delighted to announce details of our new Aquarium Nights events, kicking off with our science-themed evening during British Science Week. Mad About Science will be a chance for families to enjoy the Aquarium after its usual opening hours, and get stuck in with lots of science themed activities. And if science isn't your bag, then we've got a great line-up of other themed Aquarium Nights events coming up throughout the year. We look forward to welcoming visitors from the south west and beyond to our after-hours events this year."
Tickets for Mad About Science must be booked in advance. For more information and to buy tickets visit: www.national-aquarium.co.uk
Aquarium Nights' events at the National Marine Aquarium will take place from 18:30 – 22:00 on:
18 March – Mad About Science
31 May - Family Slime Night
16 & 17 August – Fireworks Night
7 October – Student Night
29 October – Family Fright Night


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The Director of Sports, Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu, has praised athletes who represented the University of Ghana at the 27th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games for proving that nurturing and development from the grass roots is possible and the way to go. He made the comment during the closing ceremony of the Games hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
The University of Ghana amassed a total of forty-six (46) medals (11 gold, 21 silver, and 14 bronze) in one of the most competitive editions in the history of the GUSA Games.
UG Female Hockey Team won Silver at the Games
Dr. Bitugu, who touted the Games as one of the most successful in recent times, emphasised the need to be intentional in the process of developing and nurturing of athletes.
"We have seen a lot of progress, and this shows we are on course. This performance attests to the development from within that we often speak about. Going to the grassroots, the bottom-up approach. In my opinion, every university should approach sports development this way, nurturing our talents from scratch. This I call a silent and patient investment. I believe the strategy is working, and we certainly have to continue. However, we have seen our shortfalls with our female teams and the ball games, which we will review and build upon subsequently."
Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu, Director of Sports, UG
The Games, held under the auspices of the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, was themed "Harnessing Sporting Talents of Students for National Development Through Healthy Competition Using Science and Technology."
Performance of Team UG
UG competed in all twelve disciplines at the Games. These were: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Football, Goalball, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Volleyball. The University of Ghana Athletics Team (track and field) was very impressive on the track and field, toppling all the other thirteen (13) universities to win the athletics trophy. The team won 10 gold, 7 silver, and 5 bronze medals, contributing to 48% of UG's total medal accumulation at the Games. Goalball men also contributed one gold to the medal haul.
UG 4x100m Relay Team
The Senior Assistant Registrar at the Sports Directorate thanked University Senior Management, members of the Sports Advisory Board, and the Sports Management Committee on behalf of the contingent for visiting the team in Kumasi and sending well wishes. He said that those visits and messages gave the Team added impetus to excel at the Games.
Other participating institutions were: University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba, University for Development Studies, University of Mines and Technology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, University of Professional Studies, Accra, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Institution of Journalism, SD Dombo University for Business and Integrated Development Studies, Akenten Appiah Menkah University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, and CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences.
The University of Cape Coast will host the 28th edition in 2024.
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County and Municipal Flags of Arkansas (U.S.)
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Use of seals in Arkansas
- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.
County flags:
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Municipal flags:
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Cherokee Village
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In Arkansas section 14-54-101 of the Arkansas Code provides that "Cities or incorporated towns organized under the provisions of this subtitle are declared to be bodies politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The city of . . . . . . " or "The incorporated town of . . . . . . . . ," as the case may be, capable to .... have a common seal and change and alter it at pleasure."
Even those cities that don't exercise this right are required to have a seal for the city clerk, although not one with pictorial devices on it: "Each city council shall cause to be provided for its clerk's office a seal, in the center of which shall be the name of the city and around the margin the words 'city clerk.'" (Section 14-43-406)
Counties may presumably have seals, since they, like cities and incorporated towns, are defined by section 14-14-501 as bodies "politic and corporate" with "corporate and governmental powers, a corporate name, and perpetual succession subject to limitations imposed by the General Assembly." In addition, they "possess legislative powers not denied by the Arkansas Constitution or by law," which would presumably include the right to adopt a seal, flag, and other symbols.
This suggests that there are probably a number of municipal and county seals in existence. Whether any of them are flag-relevant is, of course, another question.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses party members at the Liberal Party campaign headquarters in Montreal
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MONTREAL, Oct. 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses party members at the Liberal Party campaign headquarters in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 21, 2019. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\'s Liberal Party won the 2019 Canadian federal election Monday night, according to Elections Canada on Tuesday. (Photo by Raffi Kirdi/Xinhua/IANS)
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How are the Chicken and Beef Sectors Responding to the Threat of Antibiotic Resistance?
MADELEINE KLEVEN , PROJECT ASSISTANT, FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM AT FOOD ANIMAL CONCERNS TRUST
The spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, i.e. superbugs, threatens the health of both humans and animals globally. To combat the transmission of superbugs, significant reductions must be made in the amount of antibiotic used both in human medicine and agriculture. While antibiotics are essential in the treatment of serious bacterial infections in both humans and animals, their overuse exclusively benefits the superbugs. So what are the two biggest U.S. livestock sectors, chicken and beef, doing to reduce their antibiotic use?
Recent Outbreaks and Antibiotic Resistance in the Food Supply
THOMAS GREMILLION, DIRECTOR, FOOD POLICY INSTITUTE AT CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA
Food safety has stayed in the headlines in 2018. Just in the past month, a sweeping alert on E. coli contamination in romaine lettuce has led to promises of significant change in the ways that leafy greens are labeled. An earlier outbreak linked to romaine prompted growers to revise safety standards by, for example, tripling the buffer zone between concentrated animal feeding operations ("CAFOs") and leafy green crop fields. Other outbreaks, however, have failed to prod a similarly public response, raising the concern that history may soon repeat itself.
Turkey Is Bad on Antibiotics—Pork and Beef, Even Worse
DAVID WALLINGA, MD, NRDC Senior Health Advisor, Healthy People & Thriving Communities. Dr. Wallinga and NRDC have kindly allowed us to repost this article from the original on the NRDC blog.
Heading into the holidays, many of our families are planning meals centered around a delicious turkey, ham or brisket. But a new analysis from NRDC and our partners at Food Animal Concerns Trust shows that our families' health is at significant risk from how these American meats are typically produced.
Just a week before Thanksgiving, there's news that an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, linked to raw turkey, is still spreading; it has sickened 164 people thus far, killing one. Each year, at least 2 million Americans suffer infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, resulting in more than 23,000 deaths. Those numbers are rising according to experts.
What's that got to do with your holiday dinner planning? Plenty, says our new analysis, released just in time for Antibiotic Awareness Week.
Grades are in for America's top burger chains
22 out of 25 get an "F" for a lack of meaningful policies restricting antibiotic use in their beef supply chains
Hannah Lacasse, U.S. PIRG Education Fund.
Here's our beef with the overuse of antibiotics in the beef industry.
On October 17, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Consumer Reports, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Friends of the Earth, and Center for Food Safety released the fourth annual Chain Reaction report. This year, the report surveyed and graded America's top 25 burger chains on their antibiotic use policies and practices for the beef they buy.
Harry Rhodes
FDA FIVE-YEAR PLAN ON ANTIBIOTICS FALLS SHORT
Steven Roach, Food Safety Program Director, Food Animal Concerns Trust
On September 14, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) released a Five-Year Action Plan to slow the spread of antibiotic resistance by reducing antibiotic overuse on the farm. While it is great that FDA continues to recognize the problem and take steps to address it, the plan does not do enough and does not include concrete goals for success. With the world on the brink of a post-antibiotic era where routine infection will once again kill and the threat of infection makes routine surgery dangerous, the FDA needs to do much more.
Tagged: FDA, antibiotics
Economic studies support the withdrawal of antibiotics in animal feed to protect public health and agricultural environments
Dr. Tanya Roberts, PhD, Chair of the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention and retired Sr. Economist from Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a huge global health challenge. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified the use of antibiotics to promote growth in farm animals as contributing to the development and spread of AR bacteria that are transmitted from animals to humans. If resistant bacteria contaminate the foods that come from those animals, people who consume these foods can develop serious and sometimes life-threatening AR infections.
Tagged: antibiotics, animal feed
U.S. Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistance Puts the Onus on Veterinarians
In a meeting focused on antibiotic stewardship, advisors emphasized correcting veterinarian behavior, which lets the food animal industry off the hook
Cameron Harsh, Senior Manager for Organic & Animal Policy at Center for Food Safety
It may not have the catchiest name, but since 2015, the Presidential Advisory Council on Combatting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) has been tasked with a critical public health objective: identifying strategies for federal agencies to stop the global spread of antibiotic resistance and preserve the effectiveness of medical treatments. With an estimated 23,000 U.S. deaths each year from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the council has the potential to be a powerful tool in protecting the public.
Tagged: antibiotics, PACCARB
This Pacific Salmon Lover is Taking a Fresh Look at Farmed Salmon
Sarah Sorscher, Center for Science in the Public Interest
As a Seattle native, I can be a bit snobby about farmed salmon. My family trained me and my brother to avoid "Atlantic" salmon (which is pretty much always farmed), and to look for names like "King," "Sockeye," "Chinook," and "Coho" as a sign that we were getting bona fide Pacific wild-caught fish. Taste mattered to us, but we were also concerned about the environmental and health impact of salmon farming.
Tagged: seafood
National Food Policy Conference Features Expert Panel Discussion of Antibiotics
The Consumer Federation of America assembled a panel of experts to discuss "The One Health Approach to Antibiotic Resistance" at its recent 41st Annual National Food Policy Conference. The make-up of the panel illustrates the broad approach that addressing antibiotic resistance requires, and the discussion made clear both the tremendous progress that advocates have made in reducing antibiotic overuse, and the urgent need for much more serious action, particularly in animal agriculture.
Tagged: Antibiotic Resistance, data collection
Antibiotic Use for Disease Prevention in Animals: A Thematic Paper resulting from the 2nd G7 Chief Veterinary Officers Forum
Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH, consults for Keep Antibiotics Working regarding consumer advocacy and policy analysis. Susan is also a graduate research associate pursuing a PhD in Veterinary Preventive Medicine.
On October 5th of this last year the 2nd G7 Chief Veterinary Officers Forum took place. At this meeting were the Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and representatives from the European Union, and two intergovernmental organizations – the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). A full agreement was reached on the strategies and commitments for the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and a thematic paper resulted.
Tagged: Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Prevention
Science Deniers of the Chicken Industry Get a Rude Awakening
Austin Wilson, the Environmental Health Program Manager of As You Sow, has kindly allowed Keep Antibiotics Working to share his blog on some of the shareholder activity of his organization.
Although many corporations still pollute waterways and finance shadowy lobbying groups, it's getting harder for companies to outright deny scientific consensus.
Tagged: antibiotics, Corporation, Sanderson
Towards an Evidence-Based Antibiotics Policy
Data collection on antibiotic usage vital to shaping federal policy
Since January of 2017, FDA's Guidance 213 no longer allows medically important antibiotics to be used for growth promotion purposes, but how much of an impact has that policy had? What about other efforts to promote more judicious antibiotic use in animal agriculture? Where are farmers and ranchers making the most progress in reducing antibiotic use? What types of animal antibiotic use carry the highest risk of contributing to resistant infections in humans?
Keep Antibiotics Working is staffed by Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT). Learn more at www.foodanimalconcernstrust.org.