Australian exports of live animals prohibited

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is the latest face from the Green Party, trade unions, lobby groups and pressure from colleagues in the Labour Party to ban live animal exports.

 

ABC1 on Monday the four corners of the screen display, in Indonesia by the Australian cattle slaughterhouse torture.

 

The video has led to the federal government to suspend the export of 11 facilities in Indonesia.

 

Independent Parliament (MP) Andrew Weir and the Australian Greens leader Bob Brown based urged lawmakers to immediately ban all exports of live animals from Australia.

 

"The bill will be placed in the slaughter of live animals exported to Indonesia, but not just against the rest of the world," Senator Brown told ABC News.

 

"We want to stop we have seen in overseas countries do not have standards, Australia has a continuous cruel, we must ensure that the massacres occurred in Australia."

 

An online lobby group is willing to organize your clothing has received more than 20 million signatures to support ban on the export of live animals, and members of Congress are also being bombarded with requests for the end of trading.

 

West Australian Labor MP Melissa Parker, submitted last week, 40,000 people called for the end of the livestock export petition.

 

Seat of Fremantle Park is home to a port, see the eighty percent live sheep exports of live cattle exports and 25 per cent per annum.

 

The petition has been called for trade in live animals will be phased out within five years, and more money to invest in transportation and incentives for producers to have their livestock slaughtered locally.

 

Nick Xenophon base without party affiliation and Andrew Will also support the move, said that the industry should be completed within three years of all live cattle exports to Indonesia immediately suspended.

 

Protests are also scheduled for Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth on Saturday, June 18 called for an end live animal exports.

 

Meanwhile, the film was a big hit to customers around the beef from Australia and the Australian Meat Industry Council member, said the sales drop appeared troubled consumers to switch away from beef.

 

"They are asking us now is how to handle the animals. They are very worried," Terry Craig McGimpsey meat from the horizon in New South Wales Townsville, ABC News on Monday.

 

Australian Meat Industry Council and the butcher will be decided this week the release of the lens.

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"X-Men: First Class"to create the first North American box office

 "X-Men: First Class," another superhero film which hit the screen this summer, opened to a 56 million dollar weekend atop the North America box office and helped usher in a sizzling summer for Hollywood.

As the fifth installment of the "X-Men" franchise, "X-Men: First Class" opened on approximately 6,900 screens at 3,641 locations in the United States and Canada, with a movie ticket sales receipt slightly higher than the first "X-Men" (54 million dollars). The actioner, which was marketed as a prequel to the original project, earned nearly 21 million on its opening Friday, similar to the first installment of the franchise.

This is "a solid debut for the fifth installment, that should benefit from good word of mouth" recommendations in the future, industry analyst Paul Dergerabedian said. This is a welcome follow- up to last weekend's enormous movie take and an upbeat sign in Hollywood's effort to win over viewers after a spring of so-so showings.

Starring a field of less well-known actors and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass), the Marvel/Fox's film has received a "B+ " CinemaScore and very positive reviews (92 on Rotten Tomators). The 1960s-themed film, which did not come with 3D and IMAX which is a plus in box office derby, can only rely on words of mouth to maintain the momentum in future showings.

"The Hangover Part II" continued to be popular, with a 32.4 million dollar weekend and a massive 186.9 million take in 10 days. "Kung Fu Panda 2" crossed a magic line with a 24.3 million dollar weekend, good enough for a 100.4 million dollar showing over the same period.

In its third week of exhibition, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" was on track to sell 18 million dollars this weekend for a total of 190.3 million dollars domestically.

Fifth place this weekend is "Bridesmaids," which had a 12.1 million dollar weekend and 107.3 million dollars in estimated gate over four weeks.

Rounding out the 10 most-popular movies this weekend, are "Thor " (4.2 million dollars), "Fast Five" (3.2 million dollars), " Midnight In Paris" (2.9 million dollars), "Jumping The Broom" (865, 000 dollars) and "Something Borrowed" (835,000 dollars).

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Bean sprouts possible sources of E. coli outbreak

German authorities said on Sunday, bean sprouts may be "the most convincing, "the E. coli outbreak has killed 22 people and infected more than 2,000 sources in Europe.

 

Gert Lindemann, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Minister of Lower Saxony, told reporters at a news conference, restaurants and food in the E. coli cases have been reported all bean sprouts have been received for sale of specific goods.

 

Uelzen an area the company has been shut down, its products have been recalled, he said.

 

"This is the most persuasive ... the source of the E. coli outbreak, " Lindeman said. Although the precise laboratory analysis, to wait until Monday, and present evidence, strong enough to issue a public warning, he said.

 

Authorities have been scrambling to trace the outbreak has infected people in 12 countries, the source of pathogens - all of whom had been traveling in northern Germany. More than 600 infected people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a potentially fatal complication of attacks the kidneys.

 

The source of E. coli is the first thought is from Spain, which has caused farmers lost huge cucumber in Spain. However, this conclusion was overthrown laboratory in Hamburg on Tuesday.

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Ovarian cancer screening may not be as expected to reduce the tumor or death: study

 A recent study found no evidence that ovarian cancer screening can reduce the risk of death due to disease, which is reported on Sunday.

 

Screening, however, does add an unnecessary invasive procedure possible, according to researchers at the University of Utah.

 

The researchers presented the Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the ongoing meeting, they found that the Los Angeles Times said.

 

The researchers studied 78,216 women, ages 55 to 74, who is in the United States National Cancer Institute, prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer screening trial participants in the meeting. Half of the women accept their OB - gyns for routine care, and received a CA 125 half, six and four years each ultrasound screening every year. Then they were followed up for 12 years.

 

The researchers observed that 176 screening group and the normal care group of 212 ovarian cancer. 118 normal ovarian cancer screening group of 100 deaths and care group. The difference was not statistically significant. Overall, 2924 people died of various causes in the screened group and 2914 normal care group.

 

But the researchers also noted that 3285 women from the screening false-positive diagnosis. Of these, 1080 underwent surgery, including a oophorectomy (removal of one or both ovaries). Fifteen percent of those who had surgery as a result of the development is a major complication. Overall, 1,771 screening group (7.7 percent) women had an oophorectomy, and in the normal group (5.8 percent) 1,304.

 

"We conclude that the annual inspection of ovarian cancer ... there is no reduction in disease-specific ovarian cancer in women at average risk of death, but will increase the invasive medical procedures and related hazards," the researchers said the study.

 

During the meeting also raised new data show that the widely used cancer drug Avastin can improve the treatment of ovarian cancer, the Times said.

 

About 21,880 American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, each year 13,850 die of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Because it will produce some symptoms of the disease is usually not diagnosed until it has become advanced and spread throughout the body. Therefore, the five-year survival rate of only about thirty percent, and the disease is one of the five most deadly cancer for women. Can be found at an earlier stage, it may be more likely to be cured, therefore, in theory, increase the survival rate of cancer.

 

These tests detect the most common ovarian cancer include transvaginal ultrasound and blood tests to find the tumor mass, the so-called tumor marker CA 125 levels increased screen.

 

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Chinese professionals for a successful career in Canada

 When Judy Wu made the autumn of 2003 a student visa to Canada, her goal is to join her then boyfriend, now her husband, who has been studying here.

 

After almost eight years, Judy works is one of Canada's largest bank, a position that made her acquaintance of her envy of many Chinese.

 

Judy, who in Shandong province, that her career in Canada, and her hard work in the first improve her English language ability, and then earned MBA from the University of Canada is, and a stroke of luck in finding work.

 

MBA courses in her final year, her future employer's commercial banking division manager of the MBA students presented speeches, and Judy very impressed, and she immediately invited to interview manager. After several rounds of interviews in the bank, Judy units in commercial banks work, and work began in 2007, a few months later, she graduated that summer.

 

"Like many people, my job search very well," she recalls.

 

In the protection of banks, a highly respected professional fields, the work is notoriously competitive. Into the banking sector is a major achievements of the Chinese immigrants in Canada, her first job.

 

Judy units which more than 100 employees, she is the only originally from mainland China. In contrast, many new immigrants have to either change jobs or in which they have years of experience in the areas of their home countries, entry-level positions.

 

No data is available, but the anecdote shows that in Canada, arrived in China's large number of professionals have returned to school to learn more skills, the demand in Canada to give up their previous career path, or a lower level in the professional field. Many people, especially those who can not overcome the language barrier, and ultimately for the Chinese population in specific enterprises.

 

Many skilled migrants who planned under the original language barriers facing Canada. They may in their own profession, but the language barriers, and English speakers in their daily work and social environment, communication is still the UK good job.

 

After landing, immediately in Canada, Judy focused on improving her English language training courses to strengthen recruitment. Improved language skills paved the way, she eventually joined the nearly 50 million professionals working in the path of the banking industry in Canada.

 

"Most Chinese are very good at learning. However, if there is no English language ability, no one can develop in Canada a good career," Judy said.

 

Colin Chu, who in IT for banks and insurance companies in the sector leading service provider, agreed to Judy observation. The hone their English skills, both Ph.D. candidates in computer science at the University of Singapore, Colin focused his efforts, first of all understand the local job market after 2008, moving to Canada. Two or three years participate in various training courses, and with the executive search and other agencies should take this month, Colin access to what is expected of local employers of their recruits, and made his application, very few employers in the current understanding of the work.

 

"Send your resume immediately get into here, it may not be effective, a lot of catch," said Colin. "A more effective approach is to first study the local job market, a good preparation before the launch of the search."

 

Come prepared, Colin project to the professional achievements of his faith, his growth potential, as well as easy-going personality, team work indicates that, in large part due to his ability to communicate effectively in English, in several rounds of the interview.

 

He is the Minority who get a large Canadian company's first job. A more common career path for new immigrants, began to work in small companies, and then as one of the major business growth experience.

 

However, language is just the first step. A Chinese immigrants, or immigrants in many other countries are very big challenge, is to coordinate the cultural differences and build a professional and social networking to help professional development.

 

Despite the good from the start line of their round, Judy and Colin have felt their voices seem to hit them due to cultural differences and lack of professional networks in the workplace the glass ceiling.

 

The two sides agreed, for the promotion and other development opportunities on the premise that development and human heads and other senior management personnel relations are not only in work-related matters, but also on the personal level. This requires not only language skills, and cultural affinity, which may be for those who grew up in a completely different cultural environment, the challenges of growing up.

 

If these new immigrants looking to provide guidance and advice from a mentor, a few fit the bill than the Road Thomas Qu, who venture in 1980 between the overseas Chinese students is the first time, is the best strategy for improving the current manager of Ontario Power Generation Nuclear Energy .

 

In addition to language skills, Tao cited immigrants adapt successfully in their new countries, the following key factors.

 

Immigration must not be restricted circle of their lives within the Chinese community, Tao maintenance. "We must build on the community network of contacts and friends. And Native Canadians"

 

The development of leadership skills is essential for career development, said that on the grounds that he was taken through the development of housing estates such as community service, which is highly regarded in Canada involved in leadership and leadership experience, and the advantages of their own experiences training programs.

 

"Everyone recognized the glass ceiling (foreign professionals) presence, including Canadians," Tao said. "This is nothing to hide."

 

However, the outlook was "positive."

 

Glass ceiling or not, Colin and Judy have had their eyes are on the next stage of their career public.

 

Colin's goal is to join a global company to gain more international experience, and Judy that she's the next big opportunity in the growing affluence of the Chinese community in Canada and the expansion of China-based companies throughout the world lies. She hopes to join one of the major global banks, the Asian banking sector.

 

"We must use the advantage of our Chinese culture, successful competition," she said.

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To prolong the survival and development of advanced melanoma, the two drugs

U.S. researchers have developed two new drugs can be extended with advanced melanoma, which is announced on Sunday the lives of patients.

 

Research on two drugs, presented at the ongoing annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, according to health news.

 

This is the first time in the treatment of melanoma, the big news, skin cancer, one is notoriously difficult to treat, let alone a fatal one form of healing, the report said.

 

The first treatment, vemurafenib, suppressor gene mutation in all melanoma patients harboring half, but had not been U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

 

Other drugs, Yervoy (ipilumumab), is an immune system treatment, to win approval in March.

 

"U.S. FDA approval in March ipilumumab (Yervoy) is the first new drug approved for melanoma in 13 years, said:" Melanoma Research Foundation executive director.

 

This is in commemoration of the two drugs Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center researchers in New York City development, the report said.

 

"This is really a personalized service to a huge step in melanoma," Dr. Paul Chapman, the first major of study and melanoma / in the Memorial Sloan - Kettering sarcoma service attending physician, said in a statement. "This (vemurafenib) was the first successful treatment for melanoma patients who carry mutations in the tumor-specific, and may eventually become the only two drugs available that can improve the overall survival of advanced cancer."

 

"There are two trials to set the first line shows the survival in melanoma patients in the interests of the two - we're not just here a few years ago," said Dr. Stephen Hodi, Director of the Centre at the Dana Farber Cancer melanoma Institute Boston. "This is a huge, fundamental shift in the results of the field."

 

In the trial by the drug manufacturers vemurafenib sponsorship, the researchers randomly assigned advanced, inoperable 675 melanoma, dacarbazine chemotherapy drugs or vemurafenib. Vemurafenib BRAF gene V600E mutation in the target.

 

In the three-month mark, patients taking vemurafenib 63 and 74 percent less likely to die percent less likely to die of cancer or to see their return, taking more than dacarbazine alone.

 

Few patients had side effects in vemurafenib group, but some people develop squamous cell carcinoma, less risk of skin cancer forms.

 

This is the first drug, has proven to be difficult in this group than in patients treated with chemotherapy, the researchers said.

 

"There is such a huge benefit, we recommend the patient over," Chapman said in a news conference on Sunday. "This is unprecedented this early trial reports. The median follow-up time was three months." However, the difference between the two groups became apparent almost immediately.

 

Bo Shilin Schuchter, a common blood, Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, head of oncology and host the briefing, said some patients the symptoms disappeared almost immediately, so that they can reduce the pain medicine, in just 72 hours.

 

"The median time to progression and dacarbazine with three vemurafenib, this is a huge difference between 1.6 months and months," Chapman said.

 

In the second study, about 500 randomly selected patients receiving Yervoy Jakarta Kabbah hydrochloride or dacarbazine alone.

 

Take these two drugs lead than the average 11.2 months to 9.1 months for dacarbazine alone. The time of relapse is about the same two groups: 2.8 months and 2.6 months.

 

Almost half of the joint is still alive one year after treatment, while another group of 36.3 percent. Two years later, the rates were 28.5 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively.

 

Three years, 20.8 percent of the combined group is still alive, compared with 12.2 percent of those taking chemotherapy alone.

 

This is the first study combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy are safe and effective.

 

A combination of testing and Yervoy vemurafenib has already begun, according to health news.

 

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List of Grand Slam winners

Following is the list of leading winners of Grand Slam tennis tournaments following Rafael Nadal's win over Roger Federer in Sunday's French Open final:

(Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open)

16 - Roger Federer (SUI) 4 Australian, 6 Wimbledon, 1 French, 5 U.S.

14 - Pete Sampras (USA) 2 Australian, 7 Wimbledon, 5 U.S.

12 - Roy Emerson (AUS) 6 Australian, 2 French, 2 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.

11 - Bjorn Borg (SWE) 6 French, 5 Wimbledon

11 - Rod Laver (AUS) 3 Australian, 2 French, 4 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.

10 - Bill Tilden (USA) 3 Wimbledon, 7 U.S.

10 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) 1 Australian 6 French 2 Wimbledon, 1 U.S.

08 - Andre Agassi (USA) 4 Australian, 1 French, 1 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.

08 - Ivan Lendl (CZE) 2 Australian, 3 French, 3 U.S.

08 - Fred Perry (GBR) 1 Australian, 1 French, 3 Wimbledon, 3 U.S.

08 - Ken Rosewall (AUS) 4 Australian, 2 French, 2 U.S.

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Deadly E. coli outbreak is unlikely to strike in Australia

 Australia's peak vegetables group Ausveg said on Monday that the outbreak of E. coli is unlikely to strike Australia.

 

A farm in northern Germany was closed, the test showed that bean sprouts are grown in the country, the outbreak of the deadly, according to reports, more than 1,700 in 12 European countries may lead to infections, with at least 19 people were killed.

 

According to William from Ausveg Churchill, Australia does not import from Europe, bean sprouts and other vegetables.

 

"In Australia, we have to get the highest quality assurance program some of the most rigorous program, you'll see around the whole earth," he said in a statement.

 

"In this country a very rare disease of E. coli breakthrough in the classification, because we have already appeared in Europe, the death cases, it would not happen in this country."

 

Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Dr. Steve Hamilton, the European authorities said the number of people infected with E. coli began to decline.

 

Australian Federal Department of Health said it has asked the general practice throughout the country and in Europe for about the outbreak of infection on the alert.

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OAS General Assembly opened in San Salvador

The security of citizens in the Americas, "the three-day session of the General Assembly 41 Organization of American States (OAS) opened here Monday, the theme for the General Assembly

 

At the opening ceremony, said OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, the presidential elections in Haiti and Honduras to return the Pan American organization, two regional Organization of American States is facing a crisis has been resolved.

 

Organization of American States in July 2009 after the suspension of members of Honduras, the then President Manuel Zelaya in the June 2009 coup, to step down.

 

Countries in the region after the mediation, Zelaya ended his exile and return May 28, his home, so as to Honduras, the OAS re-entry way.

 

In addition, said at the ceremony, Salvadoran President Mao Funez said that to avoid future similar act, in Honduras, the OAS should establish early warning and penalty system for the countries of the political crisis.

 

Sunday's meeting in which participants in the state, foreign ministers or representatives of members of the Organization of American States, the other responsible person, and 66 OAS permanent observers, including Zhang, China's Permanent Observer of Organization of American States and the Chinese Ambassador to the United States representative.

 

To ensure the safety of the venue, the Salvadoran authorities have tightened security around the area, scheduling the deployment of hundreds of police and armored vehicles.

 

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Australian scientists find key features, making the T - cell function

 Used in Australia, unique group of Australian scientists in the mirror on Monday said they have seen for the first time T - the ability to work inside cells, and found an important function of the T cells play a role.

 

T cells are the front-line troops, it reminds us of the immune system to fight bacteria and other invaders in the blood of our defense.

 

T cells must be switched on in order to fulfill its protective role. Long-standing problem is: how?

 

For the first time in the University of New South Wales associate professor and doctoral student Katharina Gaus leadership of David Williamson, the team has revealed important features, so that T cells play a role.

 

Using a microscope, they found that the signal not by the operating system on the N T - cell surface, as originally suspected.

 

The scientists found that when the T cell antigen receptor is triggered, it is in the land value-added tax from intracellular vesicles, as a recruitment signal, resulting in transport behavior.

 

"In the past people think of the T cell signal is in the middle and around the formation of activated receptor molecules of cell surface-initiated," said Professor Gaus in a statement released Monday.

 

"In fact, what is that closure of the small membrane vesicles bags intracellular receptors known as travel, pick up the signal, and then left."

 

Professor Gaus, find out what is the overthrow of the previous team T - cells found in the understanding and interpretation of how the immune response may occur so quickly.

 

"There is such a scroll to enlarge. Signaling like a docking station port, or a similar aircraft landing and taking off the airport is the bubble. Process allows a small number of receptors activated cells, and then trigger the immune response," she said.

 

She said that a breakthrough may lead to autoimmune diseases, from cancer treatment range of conditions.

 

Williamson said the next step is to identify other proteins access to critical picture of T-cell activity and extend the microscope to capture an unprecedented three-dimensional images with the same resolution.

 

"To see the behavior of individual molecules in living cells and the function is the first to see atoms equivalent. It will change the molecular and cellular biology of the overall concept," Williamson said.

 

Results have been published in the journal Science, the natural immunity.

 

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Indonesia, E. coli from Europe on alert

 For a class of highly toxic E. coli strains, has caused an outbreak in Europe than a dozen people, Indonesia's Ministry of Health on Sunday ordered all international airports and seaports to pay special attention to sick passengers, the Jakarta Globe quoted an official said Monday.

 

"It is too early to over-the error in Europe and the U.S. Food and scared, but nothing a little bit of extra precautions are wrong, says:" Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Department of Disease Control Director-General.

 

He added that at this point there is no need to issue not to go to Germany or other countries affected by the outbreak of any warning.

 

But Aditama and at international airports and seaports for the Health Department immediately reported to the Immigration Officer and the Ministry of Health, found that if a passenger, such as severe diarrhea, food poisoning symptoms.

 

As of Sunday, he said, passengers arriving from Europe did not show any alarming symptoms.

 

The outbreak began last month in Germany, more than 1,700 people have been hospitalized and 17 after infection with the virulent strain of E. coli in particular die. Infection has also been reported in 11, including Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, France and the United States and other countries.

 

Dr. Ali Fahrial Syam, head of the publicity department of the medical association said, Indonesia E. coli infection, generally not too dangerous, but the impact in Europe is a new and virulent strain.

 

"The mysterious release of toxic E. coli can cause kidney damage instantly, which is potentially fatal," he said.

 

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rice dumpling(Zongzi) become a popular Chinese festival of food daily dessert

rice dumpling(Zong Zi) for the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional Chinese symbol of food, has become a popular dessert, people eat, it has evolved overtime to adapt to people's health problems.

 

rice dumpling(Zong Zi), the traditional foods served during the main meal is used as the Dragon Boat Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, which in China falls on lunar May 5th bamboo or reed leaves, made of glutinous rice wrapped.

 

"When I was young, my mother would only rice dumpling(Zong Zi) in the Dragon Boat Festival draws near," said White Wing Kin, a 30-year-old Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi Province in northern China.

 

White said that his mother would soak rice in water for two days.

 

"My mother would use a whole afternoon to wrap into a tetrahedral shape and charming reed leaves boiled rice, and use a soaked straw. I was sitting next to see her through each magical process, do not know when to put my bowl, "he said.

 

In the evening, semi-finished rice dumpling(Zong Zi) and then arranged in a neat circle large pot, gently steam over high heat for about five hours.

 

They will have to stay in all night on a pan lid to allow the reed leaves and Daoxiang melted, fully complementary.

 

"This is almost a torture of a child waiting so long. I will never forget is that it can smell it, but can not put it in my childhood memories. Feeling that this is a few days I used to eat rice rice dumpling(Zong Zi), not just a night, "said White.

 

"It always seems in my memory forever."

 

White recalled, the rice dumpling(Zong Zi) were served as a main meal, he likes them, so he never stopped to eat before he is fully achieved throat.

 

However, the rice dumpling(Zong Zi) have become a popular dessert that is always at convenience stores and supermarkets.

 

Zhang Jun, a southerner working in the northern city of Tianjin, said he could buy his favorite meat rice dumpling(Zong Zi), the filling of his place of work from the canteen.

 

Of: stuffing rice dumpling(Zong Zi), more diverse food manufacturers continue to innovate to suit different tastes and needs.

 

Traditionally, glutinous rice rice dumpling(Zong Zi) is used, date and sometimes accompanied by the sweet bean paste or pork stuffed.

 

Now, almost all you can think of can be crammed into a small snack from a variety of grains and fruits, such as abalone, scallops and more expensive ingredients.

 

Well and good, traditional food company based in Taiyuan, rice rice dumpling(Zong Zi) made 11 this year, the market price from 50 to 260 yuan (40 U.S. dollars).

 

Stuffing their rice dumpling(Zong Zi) are customized to meet the diverse tastes of different customers.

 

Regular fillings include dates, corn and meat, and some more creative packages add green tea, black plum, purple, and even into the chocolate filling.

 

As Chinese people become increasingly aware of their health, more attention to what they eat rice rice dumpling(Zong Zi) manufacturers are adapting their products more healthy.

 

A good, good or bad to meet people's needs, adding sugar to maintain the filling, like the grain, high fiber content health series.

 

Another tendency is that the rice dumpling(Zong Zi) is through weight loss process.

 

The weight of traditional rice rice dumpling(Zong Zi) for more than 200 grams, but now it usually weighing about 100 grams or less, because people eat the main meal instead of dessert rice dumpling(Zong Zi).

 

Some manufacturers even sell their little "one bite rice dumpling(Zong Zi)", it weighs only about 30 to 40 grams.

 

In the diversity, size and function of the rice dumpling(Zong Zi) in the past few years of development can serve as a standard of living of the Chinese people to improve and maintain their vivid manifestation of the concept of good health.

 

Liu Tieliang, at Beijing Normal University professor of Chinese folklore says that while a change in the rice dumpling(Zong Zi), and many aspects of a nursing overtime is that it has been a powerful symbol of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival.

 

Dragon Boat Festival, held on Monday, this year is generally considered to commemorate Qu Yuan, a famous patriotic poet, from the state of Chu in the Warring States period of China (BC 475 - 221 BC) died.

 

When the capital was Qinfa Sheng Chu in 278 BC, Qu Yuan's grief was so intense that he drowned himself in the Miluo River. According to legend, packets of rice were thrown into the river to prevent fish eating the poet's body.

 

The festival to become the first Chinese Art Festival will be in the famous September 2009 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

 

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China, Mongolia's military cooperation has broad prospects

Chinese Defense Minister Liang said here today that China and Mongolia, the military cooperation between the broad prospects and huge potential.

 

In the meeting with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan bold gap on the Shangri-La Dialogue, Liang hopes the two sides treat each other sincerely, and constantly explore new areas and new ways of forms of mutual trust and promote the friendly cooperation between the armed forces to a higher level.

 

Liang said in recent years, the good neighborly partnership between the two countries continue to strengthen and deepen military relations have developed steadily, and cooperation has achieved positive results in the content rich, which, he pointed out, greatly promoted the development of China, Mongolia good-neighborly Partnership of mutual trust.

 

Venture to say that Mongolia attaches great importance to developing relations with China in the development of military and defense, and that has expanded the armed forces in peacekeeping, joint exercises and training in the areas of practical cooperation.

 

He hoped the two sides to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, promoting defense and military relations.

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The 19th China Kunming Import and Export Fair opened in Kunming

The 19th China Kunming Import and Export Fair opened in Kunming, Yunnan Province in southwest China's capital city on Sunday night.

 

Chinese State Councilor Dai five-day exhibition was officially opened, will end June 10.

 

DM Jayaratne, including Sri Lankan Prime Minister and Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad foreign leaders attended the opening ceremony.

 

During the ceremony, Dai said Yunnan is "a microcosm of China's peaceful development"and adding the province will strive to serve as channels of peace and common development of the "one China's opening, the outside world, window of "China and neighboring countries.

 

In addition, at the ceremony, Jayaratne cheering fair has become the world, especially Asian countries, an important platform to explore business opportunities.

 

According to the organizing committee, this year's fair is to specify the display characteristics of the market in Southeast Asia and South Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, because all countries have sent delegations to participate in event.

 

More than 1,000 exhibition booths set up in South and Southeast Asian countries from the fair, with almost half of the total booth merchants.

 

Exhibition will be coordinated, such as the South Asian countries, the fourth trade fair and the Sixth China, South Asia Business Forum series of events.

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Palestinians ready to protest the Israeli border

 Palestinians, both inside and outside the occupied territories, Sunday marked the six-day Arab-Israeli war in 1967, the anniversary of the outbreak, while Israel is likely to support its borders into a protest march.

 

Palestinian "Naksa" or "frustration" when the festival commemorating the 1967 war, Israel occupied the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and northern Sinai Peninsula, the control results.

 

In the West Bank and Gaza Strip several groups calling for protest, urging people to march to the Israeli army stationed there place.

 

Marked as protest organizers tried to imitate the disaster, the State of Israel was formally established in the disaster date, Arabic. Israeli artillery killed at least 14 people, Syria and Lebanon, Palestinians marched to the Israeli border.

 

However, in Gaza, the Hamas authorities deployed troops to Gaza and the Israeli border the road, witnesses said, while the Lebanese army also announced that Israel and southern Lebanon with the military restricted area of ​​the border. Islamic Jihad, Gaza militant groups said in a statement that the Sunday ban protests in southern Lebanon is a "response to U.S. pressure."

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UNEP called for substantial investment in the forest

 United Nations (UN) is characterized by the international community, to invest in the forestry sector in 2030 increased forty billion U.S. dollars of halving the rate of deforestation, the annual World Environment Day (Wednesday) on Sunday.

 

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said that this large-scale investment, more than two-thirds of the departments spent in the equivalent of today but will increase the rate of about 140 trees per cent by 2050, and to promote the millions of new creation of employment opportunities. "Forests are a key link in the transition to a green economy. They generate income, employment and nutrition, reducing vulnerability, including energy and security," Deputy Executive Director of UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation Tim Karsten press conference in Nairobi the day at the meeting Sunday.

 

He said that this investment support a variety of enabling policies can also archive or delete the right atmosphere for an additional 28 per cent of carbon, which play in tackling climate change a key role.

 

World Environment Day 2011 to announce the international forest in the United Nations, which on the forest and resource efficient green economy to a low carbon transition, the key to the key part of the New Year.

 

It is reported that "forest green economy" by the United Nations Environment Programme launched to mark World Environment Day theme is the forest: the nature of your services, these services, the value of the forest is not confided to developing economies.

 

The report notes that knowledge, vision, favorable conditions and new investment are necessary to achieve the green economy, which is a new economic model based on the full contribution of the forest. "Green Economy Initiative has identified the top ten ability to facilitate the transition to a low carbon one of the central department of forestry, resource efficient, and create employment opportunities to the future, if the investment and forward-looking policy support," UNEP Executive Director of the Aceh Mushitaina wrote: Report. "There have been many since 1990, a net loss of 800 million each year around the forest down to about 500 million hectares, and in such as Asia, the Caribbean and Europe, some of the forest area of ​​these regions has actually increased in 20 years encouraging signs , "Steiner added.

 

The report also stressed that the farms and plantations, including plantations in the part of the program areas of agriculture and forestry industry has grown from 3.6 million hectares in 1990 to 2010, less than 500 million U.S. dollars.

 

The study was introduced this year from the former Brazilian WEB celebrations and Hui Yi at the Rio +20 in 2012, where about 12 months, the world will come together to try to build a new and more decisive response to 21 on sustainable development challenges.

 

Karsten said that more and more political will increase from nature-based assets and mobilize the efforts of the city and the whole earth community tree planting in the private sector. "The world needs to recognize the value of forests and ecosystems, if we are to sustainable development. We want to ensure forest protection, to help create millions of new jobs," Karsten said.

 

He said the carefully planned investment will also help increase employment opportunities, from today to 2050 from 25 million to 30 million.

 

Mobilization of public and private forest investment, UNEP's report highlighted the need for ecosystem services (PES) of payment and deforestation and forest degradation (REDD +) emission reduction effect.

 

PES is designed to compensate for the ecosystem services provided by society, such as carbon storage, watershed protection or biodiversity conservation, land owners voluntary transition program.

 

The report stressed that forests and other natural capital to the total value of the rural poor account for 90 percent of the population of domestic production.

 

India reported that a dozen is assessed taking into account the natural ecological system and bio-economic (ecological economics), sponsored by a broad partnership of UNEP, the world found that the country, which in turn can be transformed into the nature of the country and its value of the services account.

 

In sustainable development and poverty eradication in the green economy is one of the two key issues will be discussed 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next year.

 

Steiner said that the environment on this day everyone to take action to support and nurture the green shoots of forest green economy as the world toward how best to speed up, scale are achieved in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, these conversions look.

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Bahrain banned from European countries, vegetables following the outbreak of E. coli

 Industry and the Bahrain Ministry of Commerce issued the decision on Sunday to ban from the European countries of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark imported vegetables. 

The following decision by the Ministry of the outbreak of E. coli infection, according to reports, more than 1,700 people in 12 European countries, at least 19 people have died. 

"Although the Kingdom is a limit imports from these countries, the ban will not affect the local market," the ministry said in a statement. 

It also recommends that children and the elderly to be more careful, because the bacteria can cause severe abdominal pain, blood and a sharp rise in temperature accompanied by diarrhea. 

Consumer Protection Bureau in the Ministry has issued regulations, consumers epidemic prevention program guidelines.This includes hand washing, disinfection, cooking utensils, washing fruits and aquatic vegetabes loose. 

Kuwait, UAE and Qatar, has already stated that all food imports from European countries should have a health certificate vegetable trade restrictions. 

April 26, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued a decision in Bahrain International Airport and Mina Salman ban food imports from Japan, officials in charge of the port. This is the entry into account the risk of radioactive contamination, resulting from a nuclear reactor in Fukushima.

 

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Li Na hailed as China's new idols

China, 'Li Na, known as the country as a par with the NBA superstar Yao Ming idol, following her historic victory in Paris, making her the first Asian player to lift a Grand Slam tennis singles title.

 

In its own people and her three best compared to China's world-renowned athletes, he said the strength of Li Na in this country, with the Houston Rockets center Yao Ming's height, the speed of Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang and the snooker star Ding Ding accuracy.

 

Despite her loss at the Australian Open final to Kim Clijsters in one, the Chinese Tennis Li Na as the flag bearer popularity has soared, reaching new heights at the French Open.

 

Last week, the country's sports pages are dominated with 29-year-old, she beat Maria Sharapova semi-final of praise. On the defending champion Francesca Schiavone finals, the Chinese broadcast live on national television, attracting a record 95 million viewers.

 

Internet in China, more than 470 million users at home, the micro-Bo Li Na followers rose about 200,000 to 2,070,000 overnight. Major portals were flooded with congratulatory messages, and other people wrote, "Victory belongs to Li Na and the state" and some said: "I am very excited, and tears."

 

Li Na from the city of Wuhan in central China, is widely considered the inspiration for the younger generation and the modern symbol of female independence. She also for some well-known part of China's soft power abroad.

 

Li's popularity at home will soon exceed that of Yao Ming and Liu Xiang, in foreign countries, said Zhang Xiang, former national rowing champion of electronics, who is also from Wuhan. "I think tennis has a long history, is more influential than international basketball and hurdles.

 

Zhang's colleague, who asked to remain anonymous, added that "state-run sports system in 2008, Li Na started her own team, choose her own coach, even though her husband helped her responsible for their own financial security., All this is not for a woman, his athletic career in 29 easy to blossom. "

 

Wang a fee, in the provincial team, the Li Na is a member of the 20th century 90 player, he said, "That big sister" - the nickname Li Na - set an example for all of us, because she is "strong, stubborn and unyielding "the pursuit of her career.

 

To be a perfect idol, all she needs to do is control your temper. "The 17-year-old said.

 

Wang's teammate Zou Heaven, 18, said: "Li Na has set the pace, leadership style, and more and more young people will follow her and keep in the game of."

 

Tennis in China is considered an elite sport. Until the rapid growth in recent years, the number of players, but still far behind the popularity of basketball, football and table tennis operation.

 

Li's victory is seen as a huge boost to change an already long been from Europe, Australia and America the movement of the main players. "This is an all Asians, it can be used as the development of Chinese tennis great milestone in the large-scale source of pride, said:" The Chinese Tennis Chief Sun Jinfang.

 

Li Na also said that the former "Tennis is an international sport. I really hope it popular in China. I hope to see more and more Chinese people become the passion of tennis."

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Hunan dredging, dams Dragon Boat Festival on the way to the river

Although the water level has dropped significantly Miluo River is raging because of the drought in eastern and southern China, dragon boat races on the river continues to move forward. 

Dragon Boat Festival falls on Monday this year, 12 teams participated in racing in the Miluo Day celebration Sunday to Monday as part of the ship. 

However, the incident may have been canceled this year because it did not Miluo in Hunan Province, by running enough water, according to Wong-pine, the Miluo City Council deputy Communist Party of China propaganda department heads. 

This will be regarded as unfortunate Miluo is seen in Dragon Boat Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, originated more than 2,000 years ago. 

However, the local government to determine the game occur. 200 people were mobilized to clear the river, and the establishment of a temporary stone dam, 400 meters long, two meters high, to raise the water level above it. 

"Drought is the most severe first played 60 years Miluo River, the river has seen in the past half a century 60 per cent less rainfall than last year," Huang said. 

Miluo City in Hunan Province, drought has caused 78,000 people to drink the water shortage and political crisis, rice crops and cause serious damage to aquaculture. 

Dragon boat races, with the harvest of rice cooking and herbal ball, is the traditional way to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which is held across the country pay homage to the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who lives in the state of Chu during the Warring States Period (475 BC to 221 BC) . 

Poet Miluo in 278 BC, after hearing that the powerful Qin army has occupied the capital of Chu himself. He hoped his suicide would awaken their Wangguo Guo Wang Zhenxing. 

Qu Yuan's death, on the fifth day of lunar month, Dragon Boat Festival dates have been remembered. On this day, fishermen along the Miluo traditional dragon boat paddle in the water searching, to prevent his body to eat fish and shrimp dumpling powder for Qu Yuan. 

In modern times has become the traditional dragon boat races."People living along the Miluo feel very proud, if they won the game, even more than happy to get a good harvest," said Wong. 

China, the dragon boat race is also very popular in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In addition, the movement is gradually taking in the United States, Russia and Singapore. 

In 2009, the Dragon Boat Festival, an increase of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization list. 

A year ago, in the southwestern part of Yunnan Province, drought has cast a shadow like Songkran, mainly by the Dai people celebrate. 

In response to the drought, some parts of Yunnan, the government abolished the official celebrations, with a sprinkling fanaticism, while others reduced the spill and the time to encourage people to save water.

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10 soldiers died in an ambush south of al-Qaeda in Yemen

At least 10 soldiers were killed and dozens wounded in an ambush in Yemen al-Qaeda targets in southern Abyan province earlier on Sunday of armed military patrols, local security officials told Xinhua. 

Al-Qaeda militants ambush group Zinjibar city, provincial and municipal Abyan military vehicles and killed in addition to causing great damage to dozens of military vehicles, soldiers, officials said, a condition of anonymity. 

Military convoy from the southern province of Aden is the consolidation and strengthening of 25 mechanized brigades, has moved from last week, surrounded by the al-Qaeda militants, the official said. 

Dozens of soldiers and civilians, as well as al-Qaida militants have been killed in al-Qaeda in between, but also from the Army forces continue to battle a week ago.

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Phenol spill polluted river in eastern China

 Oil tanker traffic along the road rolled into China, in eastern Zhejiang Province on Saturday night River of toxic chemicals phenol, local authorities said on Sunday. 

Chemical spills from oil tankers, and washed by rain into the Xin'anjiang about 11 pm Saturday, said the publicity office of Jiande City, the spokesman for the accident. 

Xin River, Fuchun River and Qiantang River into the feed, the drinking water of several cities in Zhejiang, including Hangzhou, the capital of water. 

Local environmental protection departments are working to curb pollution, the spokesman added. 

Phenol and its vapor corrosive to the eyes, skin and respiratory system. The substance in contact with skin may cause burns. It can also damage the central nervous system, heart, lung and kidney.

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Chinese scientists mapping the genome of E. coli

Chinese scientists have completely sequenced the genome of the new E. coli spread throughout Europe. They announced on Saturday that they have found it anti-bacterial antibiotic eight genes. 

And the Beijing Genomics Institute, is the world's largest DNA Sequencing Center researchers found that in 0104 the newly discovered E. coli bacteria, antibiotic resistance, including the major categories of sulfonamides, cephalosporins, penicillin, streptomycin genetic strains . 

Barclays Global Investors in Shenzhen, said the major research institutions, which helps explain why European doctors have been in the fighting killed at least 19 people, so that the difficult problem of more than 1,700 ill. 

Barclays Global Investors, said the discovery will help doctors choose the right treatment. 

The researchers obtained the cooperation of Chinese and German scientists, the DNA samples of bacteria, and fully sequenced genome of a three-day week. 

They are developing a diagnostic kit, which will be used for detection of bacteria and prevent further spread of the epidemic. 

Cui Yuan, researcher at Barclays Global Investors, Hua Daji Genome Research Institute in Shenzhen, said: "We have found the genes of bacteria close to Africa in 2002, some of the bacteria separated by AIDS patients. 

For us, the next step is to develop a diagnostic kit as soon as possible. If we can develop a kit, we can monitor the surrounding environment, and those tortured. This may help curb the spread of germs. " 

E. coli attacks the kidneys, can lead to seizures, stroke and coma, mainly in the cucumber, tomatoes and lettuce found. 

Some countries have banned the vegetable from Germany and Spain import the E. coli outbreak. 

In the latest move, Qatar has banned the vegetable from Germany and Spain imports. 

Qatar Supreme Council of Health said it would not hesitate to ban from European countries, if you need all the vegetables.

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NATO helicopter attack Libyan targets

British and French attack helicopters have been deployed in the first strike in Libya. On Saturday, the helicopter was used to attack the Brega port target. British Defence Secretary Liam Fox described the helicopter as Gaddafi's troops continue to use military action. 

In the UK Ministry of Defence has released what it said pointing a gun at two nearby Brega oil targets in eastern city early Saturday morning raid video. 

Apache installation and configuration of the radar and military checkpoints. 

The video was released, the British and French attack helicopters in the NATO campaign in Libya, the first time use. 

In the UK Ministry of Defence said they participated in a helicopter from the ocean No. coast in Libya, closed, completed the task in the morning to return to their security.

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Macedonia Ireland lose Euro 2012 qualifiers

Macedonia lost 0-2 at home to Ireland on Saturday in its 2012 qualifying.

 

Ireland striker Robbie Keane to open into the first half by 8 points, and has doubled in the 37th minute lead.

 

Macedonia before half missed a good opportunity, Ivan Trickovski's penalty hit the crossbar.

 

The victory put the Irish in the top of group B, 13 points from six games, ahead of Russia and Slovakia.

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Lend a helping hand, from one to another AIDS victim

Thursday afternoon, the auditorium usually in uniform outside the Goldwurm Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, the lobby has become a celebration of the place. 

Table filled with cakes and cookies line the hall tray. On the wall of balloons and banners that read "Congratulations!" And "peer review cycle of 36 good luck!" 

Small groups of men and their festive costumes turns yellow hat and dress slip women, a last-minute adjustments, degree cap on his head, stop form the pictures. 

This is one of the two people, Belinda Chandler and Terriell Peters, who was pacing the floor, in a prepared statement, they will provide continuous hall the big day. 

They and 46 others graduating a dedicated service center community outreach program sponsored by AIDS, there rest of their lives in front of them. 

There is only one problem. 

Chandler and Peters both sides, and with other graduates, mostly from HIV / AIDS pain. 

First mentioned in a medical journal on June 5, 1981, the HIV virus that causes AIDS was initially shrouded in mystery. Today, thanks to the research progress of retroviral drugs, HIV is a manageable chronic diseases, although without treatment. AIDS Service Center (ASC) to help New York City's most vulnerable individuals and families in the survival and development of HIV / AIDS face. 

Founded in 1990, ASC New York is a multi-service community organization to fulfill its stated mission "to help more than one, a" provide resources and support to pregnant women, substance abuse, the homeless, and other high-risk members community response to HIV / AIDS. In 2010, ASC provides medical services to 3, 020 customers in its three locations and through various initiatives to reach 2,0 08 13,274 New York City residents. 

Manhattan near Washington Square Park, Chandler, and Peters spent a morning in ascending order based leaflets to promote mental health programs into the envelope. "I was diagnosed in 2002," Peters said. "I know I know who from. Appointment of people infected, I did not tell me" 

By program in each participant's room murals and decorative painting and activities of a large living space. Several volunteers and staff work phone ringing off the hook. Spanish support for the small group meeting room in the glass curtain wall, and in "healthy" housing to provide two light massage free massage session to determine the recipients of the new century music. 

Several people in the classroom next door to see as a coach to teach them how to prepare a basic nutrition class, healthy food.There is also poetry writing classes, computer lab, food pantry and a clothing "boutique" of donated clothing lining. 

When HIV first appeared, a number of HIV / AIDS patients live and work in close and help each other to cope with the disease concept is foreign language. Friends and relatives of many patients to avoid. Customers will avoid the spread of the virus for fear of a restaurant waiter. Parents kept their children out of school.

"I can even remember a few years ago may be one, two, those same stigma is still there," Peters said. "This is a death sentence, and you almost like a leper, if you diagnose this disease." 

Peters more than a few years, Chandler's memory of that era it seems that her efforts are evident in the relationship. "There has not been that long?" She asked. "My brother died of AIDS that year. I told him to be careful, but he does not listen to me." 

Thirty years later, in ascending order has been successfully demonstrated that people who have been infected with HIV or AIDS diagnosis can be encouraged and supported, just beginning to deal with their major source of HIV status. ASC's flagship education program and other recovery (in preparation) provides intensive, including consulting, education and crisis intervention training for HIV-positive persons. Each year, over plans to train 350 people, at the risk of HIV / AIDS prevention educators to life. 

Peters is both Chandler and peer review candidates. Prior to this, Chandler is an exotic dance violent past. Peters is a convicted felon who in the crime spree when he first knew he was HIV positive went. Participate in the program has improved their lives. 

"Peer review is an eight-week course," Peters explained."Fortunately, it's open to people who are HIV positive and HIV negative. It is certainly the focus of the disease itself, and it is such as drug abuse, addiction, self-confidence issues and self-esteem issues common side. It really re- you as a person, so you stronger. It lights the fire in you, makes you want to succeed in life. " 

For Chandler, if a gay flashing in her eyes and deadpan sense of humor and thoughtful woman, and the results more clearly evident."When I first came here, I learned to re-examine themselves in a completely different way." She paused for a moment, swallows some emotion. "Also help here, let me look at myself as a different type of plan different types of women ..." 

Peters is a broad movement in his left ring finger shiny new wedding ring wreathed in smiles of the people. He recently moved to New York from Atlanta, and the official wedding ceremony in April for several years a partner. "Peer review to help me deal with my many problems," he said. "The stigma of the disease, a confident lot of problems have been proposed in the South, but also as an openly gay man." 

When a ten-week training program the successful completion of peer review, Chandler, and Peters will be able to perform a variety of educational activities, all of which will attempt to make people in similar circumstances back control of their lives. Many graduates of the Foundation continue to be community leaders in the fight against AIDS. 

Back to the graduation ceremony at the PREP, candidates file in the audience before receiving their diplomas on stage. Call friends and family members, and shouted, bathed in their digital cameras flashing in the room. From the podium, Chandler, and Peters provide their comments, tears and loud applause. 

Almost all of the candidates want to continue to work in some capacity in ascending order. "I'm a better future and present life," Chandler said. "I want to help others experience, or are experiencing, about to go through, or to proceed in this risk. This is not a pleasant adventure." 

Nevertheless, more than 60 million people died, three years later, as Chandler and Peters survivors, such as the ASC through the organization are often the only potential victims between standing and HIV / AIDS scourge inches 

"While today's society is a more of a tolerant, long way to go mountain," Peters said. "People need to continue their education. And because there is no real cure for the virus as it can mean that it will stop people from its ultimate demise of anyone."

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