Remove TOC heading, move badges to top

Author: trask

README.md

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-<p align="center">
-  <strong>
-    <a href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation#getting-started">Getting Started</a>
-    &nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-    <a href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#special-interest-groups">Getting Involved</a>
-    &nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-    <a href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/discussions">Getting In Touch</a>
-  </strong>
-</p>
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-<p align="center">
-  <strong>
-    <a href="CONTRIBUTING.md">Contributing</a>
-    &nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-    <a href="docs/scope.md">Scope</a>
-  </strong>
-</p>
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-# <img src="https://opentelemetry.io/img/logos/opentelemetry-logo-nav.png" alt="OpenTelemetry Icon" width="45" height=""> OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Java
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation)
+[![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9977/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9977)
+[![Reproducible Builds](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/master/content/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/badge.json)](https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/blob/master/content/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/README.md)
+[![CodeQL](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/codeql-daily.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/codeql-daily.yml)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation?include_prereleases&style=)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/)
+[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-@cncf/otel--java-blue.svg?logo=slack)](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C014L2KCTE3)
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+# OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Java
 
 * [About](#about)
 * [Getting Started](#getting-started)
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 **Note**: These logs are extremely verbose. Enable debug logging only when needed.
 Debug logging negatively impacts the performance of your application.
 
-## Badges
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-[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation)
-[![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9977/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9977)
-[![Reproducible Builds](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/master/content/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/badge.json)](https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/blob/master/content/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/README.md)
-[![CodeQL](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/codeql-daily.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/codeql-daily.yml)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/actions/workflows/build.yml)
-[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation?include_prereleases&style=)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/)
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 ## Contributing
 
 See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).