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Security preparations for Euro 2012 football championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, are progressing according to the schedule, Polish deputy Interior Minister Michal Deskur said on Thursday. Deskur recalled that the Interior Ministry and its services have been preparing for the tournament for several years. " Complete readiness should be confirmed in mid-May, about three weeks before the first match," he added. Three organisational areas are of key significance to the tournament: security, transport and servicing the guests, the deputy minister explained. Referring to his cooperation with Ukrainian authorities he […]
Ministry of Sport optimistic about preparations
In the group of the most important infrastructure projects 80% of key investments is implemented in accordance with the plan and at low level of risk, while in case of important investments the ratio is 65%. – according to the annual report of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. A comprehensive report on the Ministry of Sport and Tourism from the implementation of the investments of Euro 2012 in the period from March 2010 to February 2011 was accepted by the Council of Ministers and submitted to the Sejm. The […]
UEFA President says Euro 2012 Preparations Have Been "A Bit Painful"
Despite ongoing stadium and infrastructure delays, UEFA president Michel Platini says he believes Poland and Ukraine will deliver on their promises to stage a successful Euro 2012 tournament. The Frenchman told delegates at the UEFA Congress in Paris this week that organising the championships had been a tough challenge since the two east European nations were awarded the competition in April 2007. "Poland and Ukraine has not been easy," he said in something of an understatement. "With Ukraine we have had some problems but our obligation is to help them […]
Ukraine without money for preparations
The Ukrainian war between the president, prime minister and parliament and Euro 2012 in the background is gaining in strength. Viktor Yushchenko has once again refused to sign the law on the preparations for the tournament, and thus he blocked the payment of the money. Local authorities throw down their arms and state that without government support there will not be a cup-final in Kiev. The Government of Ukraine, which bears the results of the economic crisis is seeking money wherever to save the Euro 2012. There are not so […]
UEFA boss to check Ukraine, Poland's preparations for UEFA EURO 2012, April 15-16
President Michel Platini will visit on April 15-16 Poland and Ukraine to meet officials organizing the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, he said at a press conference on Wednesday at the end of the XXXIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. As referred to the preparations for the championship, he noted that 'the situation at the organizational level is not easy for Poland and Ukraine, and it's not easy for UEFA either. Poland and the Ukraine were a surprise choice to host the tournament and have since been dogged by […]
Soccer-Crisis seen helping Poland's Euro 2012 preparations
Global financial crisis may make the job of preparing for the Euro 2012 football championship easier for Poland as demand for unrelated construction eases and prices drop, a senior official said on Friday. Marcin Herra, who heads the PL.2012 agency preparing for the event, told Reuters in an interview, the global slowdown in investment increased developers' interest in key infrastructure projects, while falling prices of building materials should make the final price-tag lower. Infrastructure work is a major challenge for Poland and co-host Ukraine, which have to build not only […]
Lvov Mayor happy with Euro 2012 preparations
The Mayor of Lvov Andrey Sadovyi expressed his happiness this Wednesday with the preparations his city has been making towards Euro 2012. He informed that the preparatory works before the construction of the stadium started a few days before and that a company to modernize the city airport would be hired in the next few days. Sadovyi's critics, on the contrary, claim that the situation with the stadium has not been properly dealt with. The problem concerns especially the financial side of the construction and the conflicts about the ownership […]
Cracow at the head of preparations for Euro 2012
Not Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Chorzów or Wroclaw but Cracow has turned out the best in the newest report of UEFA committee that estimates the preparations of Poland for Euro 2012. Barbra Janik, the manager of Cracovian office of Euro matters assures that Cracow left behind the remaining five cities. However, the distance is increasing. The journal "Polska" got fragments from the newest report of UEFA. Cracow can be praised, because despite several restrictions from Platini experts, the city was showed as the example to be followed. UEFA, when estimating the […]
Euro 2012 preparations on right track, say Polish and Ukrainian PMs
Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko of Ukraine has participated in a meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian Committee for the organisation of the EURO 2012. While in Warsaw she also held talks with Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the preparations to the championships. Both premiers assured that stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev will be built on time and added that both countries will intensify cooperation in the preparation to the championships. Danuta Isler reports It was in April 2007 that Ukraine and Poland were named co-hosts for the prestigous tournament. Since then little […]
Late Ukraine in preparations for Euro 2012… Poland will help her!
Poland is ready to help Ukraine, if the one won't be in time with preparations for final championships of the football European championships in 2012 – on Thursday an Ukrainian newspaper wrote in "Siegodnia", citing the statement of the Polish minister of sport, Mirosław Drzewiecki. – Theoretically everything is possible, although today it is (defeat of Ukrainian preparations for ME 2012 – PAP) unlikely, improbable. But if something happens, we are ready to think about different plans – a, quoted by the daily newspaper, being responsibility of the richest Ukrainian, […]


After years of trimming staff and automating processes, treasurers are beginning to see that the lowest headcount does not always translate into the most efficient shop. A few brave ones are making the case for treasury to bulk up a bit.
Art Lorenz could have survived with only two people in his treasury at Hunter Douglas, but just barely.


They really mean something to me, perhaps a link to my childhood and also proof that hey...some things you don't grow out of, despite what adults will tell you. They're adorable little toys and very well made imo.
A funny story I could share is that during the time these were being given out, we moved to where we currently live, and no pizza hut out here had those puppets any longer. I had the entire set except for Sharptooth. My dad went back to where we had moved from, halfway across the country, to get that Sharptooth. Can't say I'm not grateful though, it's nice to still have that set.
I used to have some lbt plushies as well, I think Littlefoot and Ducky...what happened to those I can't say for sure, maybe I still have them...somewhere. in that mess of stuff I call my room.
Another special note out of my memories is that this was the first movie I ever went to see with my mother, my first being oliver and company with my dad. For that reason I suppose, I always saw it as a..."mother present. very important!" I'm weird, I dunno. We still watch it and other animated films together today.
Anyone else remember these or something else that makes you just sit there going, "wow...has it really been that long ago?" Strange feelings, I find.
In my case the land before time was probably the first movie I ever watched in a cinema. I can't guarantee it, but at least I cannot remember any earlier visit of a cinema.
I'm collecting everything that has to do with the land before time, but I have only one of the Pizza Hut land before time puppets (Littlefoot). They were never in the Pizza Huts here in Germany. However, I have plushs of all the land before time main characters, and of Chomper and Mo.
I have a special affection for the plush Spike. During a holiday in the Netherlands I lost a Spike plush at the beach. I was searching all day, crying my eyes out. But on my seventh birthday Spike "returned". It took a while before I stopped keeping an eye on him every moment I've attached a little picture which must've been taken shortly afterwards. In 1991 or 1992 most likely. It shows me with my Spike.
do you know how annoying that is seeing that you and Avern only aloud to get those type pics up... It kind of make it unfair for others when they see this. I know that I have spoken up about it on this area. But I just had to.
I have all of them sitting on my computer desk at my parents house...I don't have any pics at the moment of them, but for the longest time I didn't have Ducky. I think we found her at a yard sale, but the rest of them I'm guessing we had gotten at a Pizza Hut...guess I'll have to ask my mom how we got a hold of all of them.
Threehorn I know we discussed it a while back but that plan fell through so only admins and mods will be able to upload...you know my MSN name and my e-mail...just send me whatever you want me to upload and I will. This has worked fine before so don't get so worked up about it.
One can also host pictures somewhere else (for example at tripod) and use the url of the picture to post it here. If I'm not very mistaken this is possible for anyone.
Gee if I get on like this you'll soon have my whole family photo album here.
This picture is also from the early 1990's and shows my sister Maren and me. I'm holding a Ducky plush.
I used to have 3 of the 5 puppets from Pizza Hut but I cant find them anymore! I distinctly remember being fearful of the Spike puppet because I didnt like the face! PMSL! I was only about 3 or 4 at the time. I have a plush Littlefoot that the UK got with the release of LBT 9 and he's like my little travelling buddy. He's in my room down at uni with me! LOL He guards my room from intruders whilst Im out and he's also my combat buddy when I'm battling evil monsters on my PS2! LOL! He hasnt let me down yet...especially with my new game! 400+ fights and havent lost one yet with him beside me! PMSL!
Speaking of the Pizza hut puppets and plushs makes me wonder what land before time stuff you have altogether? I suppose most of us have some collectibles or so. Maybe some of you also have land before time stuff you created yourself (fanart). What land before time "items" do you have?
Well, for the most part, I have all five LBT plushies (I think I got them shortly after the release of the first movie), LBT movies 1, 3-7, & 9 (LBT 2 got eaten by the VHS player ), and one of the pizza hut puppets (couldn't find it at the moment, but I'm guessing it's Spike).
At one time I did have all VHS copies of all the films but I sold them on ebay so I can focus on dvd copies of the ones I really want. So I have seen all the films, I just don't have copies of them all anymore. I have all five of those Pizza Hut figurines and the book, "Friends in Need".
Not much but I'm surprised I'm still hooked at my age.
I have, as mentioned, the entire set of the puppets and also a few plushies...although they appear currently lost in my room. I'm afraid I only own the first and second movie on vhs, however the first is an original copy from when it was released in the 80s. I'm actually shocked at how well it still plays, give or take a few lines here and there or the occasional warped sound. I'm planning to get the dvd of the original soon, perhaps for the holidays even, although from all I've read there seems to be no special extras or other such goods. A shame really...I adore looking through concept art and such. I remember having a little picture book a well, it may have been "friends in need", however it like the plushies seems lost in storage somewhere. I'm sure I still have it though, I save everything like that, always have.


The first week of build season was a success, and we are starting our second week strong. In the shop, practice field setup has almost got one cargo ship built, and is starting on the collector station. Electronics is getting all of the parts together that they will need for the robots. The design team has almost finished the chassis design, while business is still working on award essays. Bear Metal is a little off schedule as we approach our second week, but hopefully we'll be able to catch up and produce the best robot we can.


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Sonogram Appears to Show Unborn Child Holding Dying Twin's Hand
By Alex Heigl / People
Brittani and Ian McIntire didn't plan on having any more children, but their six-week sonogram revealed that the Kansas couple was expecting twins: Mason and Madilyn.
But each successive appointment just delivered more and more bad news: Mason has a hole in his heart and an abnormal brain, and his growth development is already proceeding much slower than it should.
"He's only weighing nine ounces and his sister is over two pounds," Brittani told FOX8. "His only chance of survival would be heart surgery but they wouldn't do heart surgery because of his brain."
Tuesday, there was a brief glimmer of hope, though: "We didn't really see much, she said there's his hand and there's her hand and it looks like they're holding hands," Brittani said. Sure enough, the couple's most recent sonogram appears to show Mason's much smaller hand wrapped around his sister's finger.
"We know we have a piece of them together that will last forever… and it's special to have," Ian told FOX8.
"It's just nice with everything going on… I know I'm holding him, I'm carrying him but I just want to be there for him," Brittani added. "She's the only one who can actually be there and is holding onto him… so it's comforting to know that if he does pass, he won't be alone."
This article originally appeared on People.com
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Monk Nondae of Andin Village is the key leader of this mangrove forest recovery project.
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Urban Green Energy and GE Announce First Sanya Skypump Installation
BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Urban Green Energy (UGE) and GE (GE) have unveiled the world's first integrated wind-powered electric vehicle charging station. The innovative Sanya Skypump pairs UGE's cutting-edge vertical wind turbines with GE's electric vehicle (EV) charging technology to offer completely clean energy to power electric vehicles.
Installed by UGE Iberia, the Spanish branch of New York-based Urban Green Energy, the first wind-powered EV charging station is located at Cespa's global headquarters near Barcelona. Cespa is the environmental services subsidiary of Ferrovial Servicios, the world's largest private transportation infrastructure investor.
More Sanya Skypumps will be installed later this year in the U.S. and Australia at shopping malls, universities and other locations.
The integrated system incorporates both the energy production capacity of UGE's 4K wind turbine and the EV charging capability of the GE Durastation in a single unit, with all required electrical systems located within the tower.
Designed for commercial and government customers, the Sanya Skypump combines environmental benefits with a strong statement to customers and the public.
"Since launching the Sanya Skypump, we have received inquiries from companies around the world that are looking to embrace sustainability," said Nick Blitterswyk, CEO of UGE. "The Sanya Skypump is one of those rare products that enable institutions to demonstrate their commitment to the environment while providing a really useful service as well."
The Sanya Skypump delivers power through a GE DuraStation EV charger, which enables faster charging using higher voltages.
Charles Elazar, marketing director of GE Energy Management's Industrial Solutions business in Europe, says, "GE is launching a family of electric vehicle charging systems in Europe offering domestic and commercial users a range of easy-to-use, flexible systems to help make electric vehicles a practical, everyday reality."
GE is a keen supporter of electric vehicles and has announced plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for use as company cars and to lease to corporate customers through its Fleet Services business.
About Urban Green Energy
With installations in over 65 countries, including installations for several government agencies and Fortune 100 companies, UGE is changing the face of distributed renewable energy. UGE puts users in control of their energy source by designing and manufacturing more versatile wind turbines and hybrid wind/solar systems for use in applications ranging from residential to commercial, from suburban US homeowners to off-grid telecoms towers in rural Africa. Visitwww.urbangreenenergy.com today to learn how together we can create a greener tomorrow.
About GE
GE (GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ge.com.
GE Energy works connecting people and ideas everywhere to create advanced technologies for powering a cleaner, more productive world. With more than 100,000 employees in over 100 countries, our diverse portfolio of product and service solutions and deep industry expertise help our customers solve their challenges locally. We serve the energy sector with technologies in such areas as natural gas, oil, coal and nuclear energy; wind, solar, biogas and water processing; energy management; and grid modernization. We also offer integrated solutions to serve energy- and water-intensive industries such as mining, metals, marine, petrochemical, food & beverage and unconventional fuels.
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Brown discharge with clots: how not to miss the pathology?
Change in the consistency of vaginal discharge always causes concern in women, as it may indicate not only the natural processes in female body, but also a violation of the reproductive system. In this article, you will find out brown discharge with blood clots means and when you should see a doctor. Brown discharge with clots: how not to miss the pathology?
Discharge with blood clots during pregnancy
Discharge instead of period
Hormonal failure
Low hemoglobin
Small weight
Symptom before period
Effect of contraceptives
Bleeding in postoperative period and after abortion
Climacteric period
Congenital abnormalities of the uterus
Blood clots during pregnancy is a normal phenomenon. Their presence is explained by the rejection of inner mucosa of the uterus, which goes out in clots. This symptom is not a disorder, as under the influence of hormones, endometrium is rejected and goes out gradually, while the blood is held in the genital tracts and excreted in the form of dense cluster of dark mucus.
At the beginning of period, uterus releases the brownish mucus. Then, mucous layer starts to remove in full force, which causes abundant bright red menstrual bleeding, which alternate with blood clots of dark-brown or brown color. At the end of menstruation, the discharge is brown, which is explained by the fact that hemoglobin, contained in blood, destroys upon reaching the vagina. At the output, a small amount of blood, it acquires brown color and is manifested in the form of smear. This change is considered normal. Sometimes, endometrium is rejected in the form of abundant menstruation without dense clots. This is another variant of norm.
Discharge with large clots can be observed not only during menstruation, but also:
after delivery;
in case of using hormonal drugs and means of emergency and planned contraception; due to surgery or abortion.
Sometimes, the discharge described acts as a symptom of disease of the genital organs. Often, such phenomenon isn't accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen, unpleasant smell and lasts only a few days.
Brown discharge with clots instead of period indicates menstrual disorder. This phenomenon indicates the hormonal imbalance for several reasons.
This disorder occurs as a result of excessive or wrong use of hormone-containing drugs, endocrinological diseases, and sometimes because of stress. Such changes affect female reproductive system, provoking the failure of cycle. The composition and coagulation of blood. It can result in endometrial atrophy, manifested in smear instead of planned period.
This disorder is caused by the deficiency of iron and erythrocytes. Anemia also affects the production of sex hormones. With low hemoglobin, the blood becomes more liquid; therefore, in addition to the sign described, there is a risk of severe blood loss.
In women with a low weight, body activates the emergency mode and releases a small amount of blood, which acquires a form of brown smear.
Weakened immunity. After the diseases, traumas, operations and use of strong medications (especially antibiotics), the body dedicates all resources to the maintenance of protective function. Against the background of reduced immunity, the period can be delayed or come in the form of brown discharge with clots.
Brown and pink discharge before period is acceptable one-two days before menstruation and explained by the increased level of progesterone, which stimulates the rejection of swollen endometrium. If the process started much earlier, this phenomenon indicates a pathology. Follow the link to find out what disorders may be related to the emergence of brown discharge before menstruation.
Too abundant discharge with clots during pregnancy indicates the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone. This disorder can be a consequence of the use of hormonal preparations.
In most cases, the first three months of treatment with hormonal contraceptives are accompanied by intermenstrual bleeding, often with clots.
Installation of intrauterine spiral also causes similar symptoms, as this device prevents the removal of blood, which (when delayed), clots and acquires this form. This consistency of liquid released is caused by the fertilized egg that couldn't take hold in the uterine cavity due to the IUD.
There are a number of drugs, stimulating the beginning of period, which can cause the phenomenon described. Women use them as emergency contraception. As such pills have a large dose of hormones, experts don't recommend using them more often than once every six months.
Medical abortion involves the combination of drugs: the first one kills the fetus, while the second causes the contraction of uterus, which rejects it. The process of expulsion of ovum is characterized by the discharge with dark clots. At first, they're abundant and cause severe pain, then convert to the brown smear. The volume and duration of bleeding depends on the term of pregnancy.
After vacuum aspiration, curettage and cleaning, discharge with blood clots may also last several days. Follow the link to find out how long the discharge after abortion lasts. Shrinking to its previous sign, uterus pushes out the rests of fetus and amniotic material. Brown discharge after such manipulations is acceptable for up to one week.
If you note the brown discharge with clots of blood and pus after medical intervention, you have to go to the doctor, as this is an inflammatory process.
During pregnancy, brown discharge is acceptable only during conception, when the fertilized egg is implemented into the uterine cavity. This phenomenon is one-time and short-short. If you note the blood clots in the second or third trimester of gestation, you may be dealing with the breach of endometrium, that threatens with miscarriage or indicates ectopic pregnancy.
Even a few drops of blood or insignificant brown smear in this period must be a cause for urgent visit to the gynecologist. In the family way, only transparent, white or yellowish secretion without pain and discomfort is normal.
A few days after delivery, women may observe abundant discharge (as in menstruation) with clots. These are lochia — postpartum discharge. They include amniotic tissue, which (during the intensive uterine contractions) comes out with blood. Later, bleeding becomes moderate, gradually acquiring a brown color. Follow the link to find out how long the discharge after C-section lasts.
With the extinction of reproductive function, the hormonal background starts to change, and consequently, produce insufficient amount of estrogen. During perimenopause, women's life starts to change: menstruation delays (and closer to the menopause it may disappear at all) or is replaced by the brown discharge with blood clots.
we should note that in postmenopause, such symptom indicates pathological process in sexual organs.
There are cases of anomalies in the structure and location of the uterus. Both congenital and acquired defect due to diseases, stress, operations and pregnancy are possible. There are different types of anomalies:
One- or two-horned uterus.
Saddle and arched shape of organ.
Double uterus.
In case of deformation of the main female organ, rejected endometrium delays and is not excreted properly, which explains the emergence of dark blood clots. For this reason, the period is delayed and can be manifested in this form.
This pathology is characterized by excessive growth of internal mucous membrane of the uterine cavity. Brown discharge in case of endometriosis is not a rarity. The disease is reflected in the secretion with clots and unpleasant smell several days before and after period.
Polyp is a benign neoplasm, represented by the growth of mucous layer of the uterus. With this pathology, the blood starts to release in the form of clots (both during and a few days after period). However, dark discharge after period may indicate endometritis.
You shouldn't suggest a disease or pathology on the basis of the information provided in this article. Having found the discharge (clots or secretion with clotted blood) during menstruation, which is not related to period, you should see a gynecologist to establish the true cause of disease and receive timely treatment.


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Update following discovery of woman's body in Southport
Detectives are continuing to appeal for information following the discovery of the body of a woman at a house in Southport on Friday night, 29 January.
Officers attended at a house on Folkestone Road at 8.40pm and found the body of a woman in her 70s. She was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
A post mortem has taken place but results are currently being withheld pending further reports. The woman is yet to be formally identified. The victim's next of kin have been informed and specialist officers are supporting her family at this time.
Our investigation continues and a 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. He remains under arrest and is currently in hospital.
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Hurst said: "Extensive enquiries are ongoing in relation to this tragic incident.
"We can now confirm that the victim and man arrested were known to each other, and that the woman died at this house. We will issue further updates when appropriate and in the meantime I would ask that their privacy is respected at this terrible time.
"I'd also reiterate our appeal, and urge anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area of Folkestone Road at around 8.30pm on Friday night to come forward. Any home CCTV, dashcam, images, witness accounts or other information may be vitally important as our investigation progresses."
Please contact our social media desk on Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook 'Merseyside Police Contact Centre' with reference 21000063162, or call 101. You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their online form at: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information.


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Meet Adam Kwasman, Arizona's Racist Bigot Politician of the Month
July 15, 2014 /9 Comments/in Arizona Politics, Fuckstickery, Ideas and Ideology, Law, Obama Administration /by bmaz
With the latest furor over minor children and the border already in full swing on top of all the other immigration fear mongering going on in this election year, you would think you had about heard it all when it comes to preening idiotic nonsense from "conservative" politicians.
Exhibit A: This somewhat beyond amazing story of Adam Kwasman, a current member of the Arizona State Legislature and a candidate for Congress in Arizona LD-1. Kwasman, in a mad rush to the gun nut bigot fest protest of immigrant children in southern Arizona, inspired by the Murietta hatred, saw a bus load of YMCA campers in a school bus on their way to summer camp. Kwasman, displaying every ounce of his razor sharp Einstein like brilliance, immediately concluded they were evil immigrants.
From Brahm Resnik and the Arizona Republic:
He [Kwasman] had tweeted from the scene, "Bus coming in. This is not compassion. This is the abrogation of the rule of law." He included a photo of the back of a yellow school bus.
Kwasman later told me he saw the migrant children. "I was actually able to see some of the children in the buses. The fear on their faces…. This is not compassion," he said.
But there was a problem with Kwasman's story: There was no fear on their faces. Those weren't the migrant children in the school bus. Those were children from the Marana school district. They were heading to the YMCA's Triangle Y Camp, not far from the Rite of Passage shelter for the migrants, at the base of Mt. Lemmon.
12 News reporter Will Pitts, who is at the protest scene, says he saw the children laughing and taking pictures of the media.
Watch Brahm Resnik make an idiot of Kwasman at this link. I will not embed the video because I cannot get rid of the auto play command.
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The Ugly Political Sock Puppetry of Arizona's Top Educator
June 18, 2014 /7 Comments/in Arizona Politics, Blogs Internet and New Media, Education, Galactic Stupidity, Republicans /by bmaz
Despite the obvious heat surplus and water shortage issues, Arizona continues to be one of the most growth intensive states, and has pegged much of its future on what can be loosely called "smart sectors" such as information technology, solar, chip making and, indeed, higher education itself as evidenced by the recent Starbucks/Arizona State University partnership.
You would think, given the above factors, and many more, Arizonans would be meticulous and scrupulous about the leaders they elect to shepherd the state's educational system. But you would be wrong.
The power and control of Arizona's education system rests in the hands of an elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sadly, it has been a position occupied by common, and morally bankrupt, conservative political hacks of late. From 2003 through 2011, the office, the fifth highest elected office in Arizona, was held by Tom Horne, the current embattled Attorney General of Arizona. Horne was a line construction lawyer who up and got elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. But, hey, how much worse is that than when a podunk lawn mower repairman got elected Maricopa County Sheriff (which was before the office went totally into the sewer with former travel agent Joe Arpaio).
Okay, Horne was awful as Superintendent of Public Instruction (and has disgraced the office of AG even worse since), but once he left, one John Huppenthal was elected to cover the educational interests of Arizona's children. And since January 2011, Huppenthal has been the one in charge of Arizona's education.
Who is John Huppenthal? Pretty much an up through the ranks of the bat shit crazy Arizona state legislature right wing political climber. People who lived in Huppenthal's district in the late 90's, when he was an Arizona State Senator, can attest that the man compulsively and inexplicably robo-called with all kinds of dogmatic messages, at all hours of the day and night. To the point to where some literally were forced to contact his office and threaten suit if it did not stop on their phone. Huppenthal and his office were stunningly cavalier and arrogant about Huppenthal's compulsive robo-calling. Yet he took to it again as Superintendent of Public Instruction in an effort to undermine the public schools he was entrusted with protecting and, instead, cravenly support private vouchers taking money away from public schools.
Such is great flavor as to the "measure of the man" that is John Huppenthal, but still mostly ancient history. How has the aggressively dogmatic Huppenthal done as Superintendent of Public Instruction, i.e. Arizona's top educator? Same old story; same old song and dogmatic nutjob dance. You may remember the controversy over "banned textbooks" by the Tucson Unified School District a little over two years ago from the somewhat hyperbolic and inaccurate "Jeff Biggers Salon expose". Well, that whole ordeal, contrary to Biggers' Salon framing, Read more →
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The Naked and Unbound Ambition of Kyrsten Sinema
March 3, 2014 /29 Comments/in 2012 Election, Arizona Politics, Congress, Democrats, Elections--Historical /by bmaz
As the kerfuffle over SB-1062 dies down, politics march on here at ground zero in Arizona. The GOP runs the key Executive Branch offices such as governor and Secretary of State but, more importantly in many respects, also the state legislature, and as long as they do state politics will continue to be dominated by clusterfucks and cleanups. But Arizona has issues with their statewide federal elected officials too. The current manifestation is not McCain, Flake, nor even the Pleistocene era brainfart known as Trent Franks.
No, today's issue is the once and forever self proclaimed liberal Democrat, Kyrsten Sinema. The transformation of Sinema, who aggressively sold herself as progressive liberal when seeking election, to a conservative Blue Dog toadie of the Minority centrist Dem leadership has been nothing short of astounding, especially for those of us who reside in her district and voted for her in 2012. She completely betrayed her base constituents in Arizona District 9. That is mostly a story for another day though, today's story is not about discrete policy issues, but wholesale admission of the deceptive nature of Kyrsten Sinema's incursion into AZ-9 to start with.
The baseline is this: Thursday, longtime Arizona Democratic Congressman Ed Pastor of AZ-7 announced his decision to retire and not seek reelection in 2014. Local politicians, from seemingly forever Maricopa Board of Supervisor's member Mary Rose Wilcox to new and fairly refreshing voices like state legislature member Ruben Gallego, were literally stepping over one another to announce they would be running for Pastor's seat. They are almost all minorities vying to represent a solidly minority district. And this is no small thing, as most all of them have to give up their current position to do so under Arizona's "resign to run" law.
I was asked early on Thursday, not long after Pastor's announcement, by a friend who supports liberal Dems nationwide, about Kyrsten Sinema jumping in. I thought it was a joke question and said so. Because it was crazy talk. The joke, however, was squarely on me and her other constituents in AZ-09. Yeah, Kysten Sinema, who pledged herself to AZ-09, started lusting after AZ-07 the second it was announced available.
Not that Kyrsten Sinema (see her Twitter feed, which is a litany of everything but her contemplated district switch) or her managers/spokespeople will admit it, or even address the subject, but she was ready to walk from second one. How do we know? Because the Arizona Republic/12 News (via the excellent Brahm Resnik) got a copy of an email to Sinema's inside staff proving it.
So, why is this a big deal? Because it shows that, for first term congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, her own raw narcissistic ambition, in a dynamic situation, immediately trumps loyalty to her constituents Read more →
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Jan Brewer's Veto of SB-1062, Timing and Best Interests of Arizona
February 26, 2014 /22 Comments/in Arizona Politics, Culture, Law /by bmaz
Yes, I framed the title of this article as if Governor Brewer has already vetoed the discriminatory piece of legislation known as SB-1062. Because it is a done deal and, frankly, has been from the start. I am thankful for all the support that national people, and regular citizens and groups from all over the country, have given to the veto effort, it has been extremely helpful in giving Brewer cover for the veto to come.
But it was coming anyway, and that was the case from the moment the bill was passed out of the state legislature late in the day last Thursday, February 20.
Indeed, as I write this, MSNBC has Joy Reid on the air babbling about "WHAT HAS TAKEN BREWER SO LONG!". But that is symbolic of the hyperventilating demagoguery that has also been part of this discussion. The simple fact of the matter is that the bill was not even transmitted to the Governor's office until Monday the 24th and Brewer did not return from her trip to Washington with other governors until late Tuesday the 25th. So, despite the hue and cry, the first real opportunity for Brewer to formally enter her veto is today. So, what is "taking so long", at least until today, is not really a mystery in the least.
Now, let's talk about why the veto was a foregone conclusion if you really understand Arizona politics. First off, let me start by saying that the often popular characterization of Jan Brewer as a raging ideological shrew is not particularly accurate on the whole. In fact, my take on her going back to the 1980s, when she was a somewhat amusingly unfiltered voice in the state house of Representatives, is that she is personally a decent lady, albeit one of a conservative bent. She is, however, an aggressively pragmatic politician, which factors into the following reasons she was going to veto SB-1062 from the get go.
Here are several of the critical reasons why:
1) Brewer took some hard lumps, and rightfully so, in the matter of SB 1070, the 2010 immigration enforcement law that was discriminatory in animus, and saw up close and personal what wrath could be generated by business and the national public on an issue like this. And, by the way, it should be noted that SB-1062 does not just provide enhanced sanction of discrimination against the LGBT community, but potentially a whole spectrum of other groups. These groups matter, and Brewer knows it.
2) Brewer has, for pretty much the entirety of her career been shepherded and advised by a close group of advisors, with the most primary one being Chuck Coughlin. There are others of current significance, including Grant Woods and Matthew Benson. Any move Brewer makes has involved advice from her inner circle and she listens to them. And she should, they have taken her way further than ever was imaginable when she started off in the legislature. What is one defining focus among all these critical advisors, but, again, notably Coughlin? The Arizona business community. Always. And the advisors, too, remember the 1070 strife and have seen the trend and movement in the country and courts on LGBT rights. Coughlin et. al are the definition of conservative, but they are not stupid.
3) The Arizona business community was hoping they never had to get to this point, but once SB-1062 was passed, there was simply no question but that they would lobby hard against signature by the Governor. It was far from just me who realized this, so too did one of the best local political reporters, Brahm Resnik. So too did long time Republican PR and political specialist Barrett Marson:
Just a few hours after passage of #SB1062, can there be any doubt that @GovBrewer will veto it? Biz groups en masse coming out against.
And boy have they. As a native here, it has actually been pretty refreshing to see big business step up on this one as they have. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Intel, Apple, JPMorgan Chase, GoDaddy Group, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Marriott Hotels, all major newspapers and a plethora of others started stepping up almost immediately on passage
There are other reasons, including the nearly across the spectrum outcry of major Arizona politicians, including both US senators, and even several of the state legislators who originally voted for the pernicious SB-1062. But my original analysis, along with many here in the Copper State, was that veto was inevitable because of the business interest.
Once the issue of "if" there will be a veto was out of the way, the real question became "when". As described above, the timing of the veto did not even start until presentment to the Governor's office Monday, and, really, last night when Jan Brewer returned to Phoenix. But now it is time. The damage and unnecessary humiliation from the whackadoodle legislature is already significant. Governor Brewer IS going to veto this thing, and she should do herself, and the state, a serious favor and do so immediately. I started agitating for this before Brewer even returned from Washington DC.
The point was also made this morning by a prominent Democrat in the state senate, Anna Tovar:
Well, we are very optimistic she will veto the bill, but again, every second she doesn't veto the bill is a black mark on the state of Arizona. We've asked the governor as of yesterday to swiftly veto this bill when she arrived yesterday, the second she got off the plane.
Arizona is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, we want to focus on the priorities of our state.
That is a fact. Republicans are saying it, Democrats are saying it, the business community is saying it, I am saying it. Brewer has until late Saturday night to issue the veto before SB-1062 becomes law. It is widely expected she will do it, at a minimum, before Friday night's Arizona Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring her, and that is almost certainly correct. But Friday afternoon is not soon enough. Not at all.
It is absolutely in the best interests of both the state of Arizona and Jan Brewer to issue her veto of SB-1062 immediately.
Do it now. Do not wait one more painful and damaging second.
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[email protected] Murray Park South at 11-30 45th Road. Looking southwest across 45th Road. Photos by the author.
By: Vitali Ogorodnikov 6:30 am on June 14, 2016
While the towers rising by the Hunters Point waterfront and around Queens Plaza and Court Square command attention of Long Island City real estate watchers, a number of smaller-scale, residential projects are steadily rising along the quiet, rowhouse blocks between the two development hotspots. In our April 2014 interview, Sam Charney, who is currently developing The Jackson a few blocks to the south, referred to the neighborhood as Hunters Point East. One of such projects is the six-story, 24-unit [email protected] Murray Park South at 11-30 45th Road. Its concrete shell and metal-framed bulkhead have reached their highest point, and the structure awaits curtain wall installation. The building is developed by the Century Development Group and designed by architect Raymond Chan, who is credited with a handful of projects scattered around the neighborhood. Triborough Construction Services Inc. is the general contractor.
11-30 45th Road, rendering by Raymond Chan
The building derives its name from the John F. Murray Playground across the street, named after the recreation supervisor of Queens parks that lived between 1889 and 1944. The building's name mirrors [email protected] Murray Park North, the six-story property at 11-35 45th Avenue, on the other side of the park. Its 39 units, developed and designed by the same duo of Century Development Group and Raymond Chan, welcomed their residents just a few months ago. The park between the fraternal developments boasts sports facilities, playgrounds, and a dog run, in addition to an oval lawn and landscaped vegetation. It takes up the entire block, making it Long Island City's single largest green space aside from the parks stretching along the East River waterfront. Renovations in 2010, 2012, and 2013 revamped the park amenities and created performance space with a stage and tiered seating, at the cost of $1.3 million.
Looking east, with the Murray Playground on the left
While [email protected] Murray Park North is clad in dark brick, the new project on 45th Road would employ a lighter color scheme. Its floor-to-ceiling windows and glass balconies, framed by light-colored, (presumably) metal panels, is more representative of Raymond Chan's signature design aesthetic that the architect commonly uses in other projects around the neighborhood. This roster includes Jackson West at 27-01 Jackson Avenue and Jackson East at 26-32 Jackson, a pair of high-rises proposed for the Court Square district, 20-story One Queens Plaza at 42-10 27th Street, where foundation work is currently underway, and 27-51 Jackson Avenue, which is scheduled to replace two rowhomes with 34 units spread across 13 floors.
The permits, filed in December 2013, indicate a total height of 70 feet. The main facade would rise six stories and 60 feet high to the shared rooftop terrace, accessible via a seventh floor sky lobby. The terrace would sit high enough to overlook the park's vegetation, opening towards a panorama stretching from Midtown to the west to the new skyline rising around Queens Plaza and Court Square to the north and east. An on-site rendering indicates a floor-to-ceiling height of 8′-4" for the typical floor. The building would occupy 65 percent of the 75-foot-wide, 7,500-square-foot lot, leaving space for a rear yard. Residences would take up 22,356 square feet of the building's total 31,729-square-foot area. Fourteen parking spaces would span 4,790 square feet. According to DNAinfo, the mix of studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments would start at $400,000. Notable features include heated floors, bike storage, and free Wi-Fi in the common areas.
[email protected] Murray Park South replaces a single-story, 10-foot-tall, brick-faced warehouse, most recently occupied by Johnson Controls. Although the building was a good representative of the neighborhood's industrial past, the structure held no redeeming qualities, especially considering that the park-facing site is much better suited for residences than for industrial storage. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once (allegedly) remarked, "the doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." The assertion rings true in this instance. The building's most attractive feature during its final seven years of existence was a green vine canopy crawling over its western corner. The structure was torn down around the first half of 2014, along with the much larger complex of sprawling single-story warehouses, which made up the majority of the block to the west. There, at 11-15 46th Avenue, the currently empty lot will soon house another low-rise residential project.
Looking east across the construction site for 11-15 46th Avenue, with the Court Square skyline rising in the background.
Foundations were underway by February 2016, with the structure reaching halfway height in April. Completion estimates range from the fourth quarter of 2016 to summer 2017, both of which sound plausible given the project's steady construction pace.
The building sits two blocks west of the Court Square subway complex, which services the E, G, M, and 7 trains, two blocks north of the 21st Street-Van Alst station of the G train, and around eight blocks southwest of the Queensboro Plaza station of the N, Q, and 7 trains. This proximity places Midtown Manhattan within a few minutes' ride either by train or by car/cab, given that the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge runs six blocks north, and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel starts seven blocks south. In addition, the Hunterspoint Avenue station of the Long Island Rail Road sits six blocks to the south. If the Brooklyn Queens Connector, a streetcar line proposed along the East River waterfront, comes to fruition, its tracks would run along the wide 11th Street, 250 feet west of the new building.
The surrounding blocks are chiefly residential, with restaurants and bars thinly scattered around the area. The chief nighttime destination runs along Vernon Boulevard a few blocks to the southwest, joining the stretch of restaurants and comedy clubs along Jackson Avenue to the south. The open air market at LIC Flea and Food sets up shop at a parking lot two blocks west at 5th Street and 46th Avenue, every weekend between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. from April to October. The immense number of projects rising to the north and east would bring dozens of new retailers to the neighborhood within the coming years. In terms of culture, local attractions include the MoMA PS1 museum a block to the southeast, the Sculpture Center at Purves Street five blocks to the east, the Secret Theatre four blocks to the northeast, and the soon-to-be-iconic, Steven Holl-designed Hunters Point Library rising within the waterfront-bound Gantry Plaza State Park six blocks to the southwest.
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Italy's freelancers and self-employed were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with their livelihoods threatened by the sudden loss of income. The Italian government put in a place a scheme to help them survive, but how well did it achieve its aim?
In her second year of working as an English teacher in Milan, Jenna Leary from West Yorkshire, UK, suddenly found herself among the millions in Italy who lost their incomes almost overnight when the coronavirus lockdown on March 10th.
"As a freelancer, I had almost nothing to fall back on," she says. "All I could think was 'how am I going to pay my rent?'"
"Suddenly I needed to find out how the social security system works here, which is not something I had ever thought about before, and is beyond my level of Italian."
The teacher had no choice but to apply for the 600-euro emergency payment, known as the indennità or "bonus 600", created by the government to help the self-employed through the shutdown.
It was announced a week after the nationwide lockdown measures were enforced.
The "bonus 600" policy was introduced as part of a 25-billion-euro aid package in the so-called "Cura Italia" ("Italy Cure") decree, signed on March 17th, which Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said was "for the benefit of the Italian economic system."
The payment was made available to freelance contractors, self-employed workers, seasonal workers in tourism, agricultural workers, and entertainment workers, who'd need to have an Italian partita IVA (VAT number) and to be able to demonstrate that they had lost at least two-thirds of their income.
'100 requests per second'
The scheme opened for applications on April 1st. Almost two months later, some of those who applied within the first few weeks say they're still waiting for their money.
Things didn't get off to a promising start. On the day applications opened, the INPS website crashed and malfunctioned as INPS said "up to 100 requests per second" were being submitted, something the agency's director said had "never been seen before".
Despite these initial problems, millions were able to submit their applications. Data from INPS showed that 4.74 million applications were received in the first month – between April 1st and April 27th. Of those, 3.45 million had been approved.
INPS stated at the end of April that it had processed most of these first applications and had sent out payments by April 17th.
However, there have been widespread reports of delays and issues with the application process.
INPS data shows some 630,000 of those applications were still waiting to be processed at the time of writing.
Around 300,000 had been rejected because the claimant was already receiving a pension, or the reddito di cittadinanza, a type of unemployment benefit.
And another 225,000 had been rejected for entering details, such as their IBAN number, incorrectly. Those applications could be amended and resubmitted, the INPS said.
'Huge time pressures'
"Clearly the scheme had to be set up under huge time pressures, but it has a number of defects," commented Judith Ruddock, a partner at Italian-British accountancy firm Studio del Gaizo Picchioni.
"The main problem we have encountered is that the application procedure is not connected to INPS records," she explained. "This means that for each client we need to input their address details even though INPS already has these, and any slight deviation from the address held by INPS results in the issue of a message requiring the client to wait to be contacted to clarify the discrepancy."
"As you can imagine, with so many claimants the waiting time to be contacted is very long."
The firm advises clients to call the INPS' numero verde (freephone number), but say clients report various problems in doing so, with one having to call the number 72 times before getting a response, and others saying the advertised English-language support wasn't available.
Teacher Jenna Leary was among them. A few weeks after she'd made her claim, she explained, INPS contacted her about "irregularities" with her address.
"They demanded a certificate of proof of residence, which is impossible to get at this time with offices closed," she said.
"I called their hotline repeatedly, as it claimed support was available in English. It took me days to get through, and of course no one spoke English and the staff were rude and impatient," she said.
"I managed to confirm my details, the staff said the claim was being processed, and hung up without giving me a reference number or anything."
Over a month later, she says she still hasn't heard back or received any payments and is currently relying on financial support from her family.
Some claimants also said the application process itself was unclear.
James Tucker, a teacher in Italy's public school system, says he's still waiting for his claim to be processed.
"I signed up on the INPS website, I followed the instructions and after a day I was sent half of the 16-digit pin via SMS, the remaining eight digits were to be sent via post."
"Still at this moment I have received nothing. I've called multiple times, after being on hold for 30 minutes plus, only to then speak with someone, who in turn transfers me to someone else, only for that person to hang up the phone."
"I believe that I'll never have the chance to claim the emergency funds, even though I'm a school teacher and sports teacher and fully entitled to the payment," he said, adding that he now has "zero income".
'I received the money within one week'
Though it is apparently not made clear during the application process, INPS have in fact waived the requirement for the second, postal part of the pin, Rudduck confirmed – though "this has also caused a little confusion when the second parts arrive by mail and clients don't understand what to do with them."
One applicant who received the 600-euro payment successfully is George Young, a freelance translator from the UK living in Trento, northern Italy.
"I received the payment within about a week of the application going on. It all seemed very smooth," he said, explaining that the application was made via his accountant.
"Although, that said, I didn't apply until 2-3 weeks after it was initially launched so the INPS system was not as overloaded by that time."
At the same time, George says his wife applied for Italy's unemployment benefit (NASpI) which he says was "really quick", with the first payment arriving within three weeks.
"The process has really impressed me, as has the amount received. Obviously my expectations have been managed by the equivalent benefit in the UK which seems to take longer and pay much, much less," he said.
Italy is not the only European country to have brought in this type of emergency payment system for the self-employed following the coronavirus shutdown.
Germany, for example, announced its own Emergency Aid Programme (das Soforthilfe-Programm) which includes a €50 billion hardship fund to give grants to small businesses, the self-employed and freelancers.
As Germany is a federal country, individual states have also set up their own schemes, sometimes with differing criteria and conditions.
In Berlin, up until the end of May, applicants who have up to five employees including freelancers can get up to €9,000, while small businesses with up to 10 employees are allowed up to €15,000.
The process of applying for the German scheme has been quite straightforward, with payments made in as little as 48 hours in some cases. The scheme has had both praise and criticism over the size of the payments and the speed with which they're being issued.
Residents go about their activities on May 20, 2020 in Codogno, southeast of Milan, one of the villages at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in February. AFP
'A stopgap at best'
In Italy, the most obvious problem with the "bonus 600" is the size of the payments, which is often not sufficient to cover a monthly rent payment: the average rent in the country is around 600 euros a month.
However, rent prices are far higher in most cities, and can rise to double that amount in Italy's economic capital, Milan – which is often where foreigners are able to find work in the country.
The policy is "a stopgap at best," said Federico Santi, a senior Europe analyst at Eurasia Group.
The 600-euro payments might be "barely enough" to cover basic necessities – food, bills, rent – "in lower-income regions or areas, at least for households with multiple incomes," he said.
The flat payment doesn't take into account the large differences in the cost of living between regions, and is not based on the recipient's past income.
"The government opted for a flat payment in order to expedite the process and cap the overall bill – and, more cynically, knowing income statements for the self-employed are often not representative," Santi explained.
For Italy's self-employed foreign residents, there's another issue: the lack of support available in languages other than Italian, which leaves them at a disadvantage when trying to access these vital emergency funds.
'Improvements could be made'
The system could be improved, Ruddock said, "firstly by allowing professionals to liaise with INPS directly in relation to client applications. This would have meant that we could have managed the process without needing to ask our clients to intervene to resolve discrepancies. Many of our clients are not confident in speaking Italian, particularly on the phone and particularly with an institute like INPS."
"The second major improvement would be if the system was automatically connected to INPS records, so that by inserting the codice fiscale of the client, the address details would appear automatically. This would have saved a huge amount of time and expense in sorting out "discrepancies" which generally were only an alternative method of writing the same address."
After weeks of uncertainty, the Italian government confirmed on May 16th that the "bonus 600" monthly payment would be extended to cover April and May, although it's not known if it could continue beyond that
"It's not sustainable for more than a few months," Santi from Eurasia group said, "as goes for many of the economic support measures adopted by the government, however generous."
"A majority of businesses have re-opened this month, but many have not – so there is pressure to extend the payments to June and possibly July," he explained, adding that other benefits have been extended for longer.
"Beyond that would be a challenge. Of course, this partly depends on the epidemiological picture," he said.
The government also announced that a higher payment of up to 1000 euros would also be made available to cover losses in May, though the conditions for application for the higher sum have not yet been published.
A spokesperson for INPS declined to answer any questions regarding the "bonus 600" payments.
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mike cmcc - 30 May 2020 at 10:45 CEST
Interesting article, I have an Italian accountant for my 'tasse' and I work in electronic engineering and teach English, my income fell off a cliff under lock down losing over 1,500€ a month. My accountant handled everything regarding these payments and I have experienced no problems at all..
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Sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics and bacterial evolution
posted on 2022-03-28, 21:27 authored by Louise Chow
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. It is predicted that by 2050 antibiotic resistant infections will account for 10 million deaths annually. The mechanisms by which therapeutic concentrations of antibiotics select for resistance mutations and the lateral transfer of resistance genes is well known. However, the effect of lower concentrations of antibiotics, particularly when these are environmental contaminants, is relatively unknown. Antibiotics can enter the environment through human waste streams, agricultural run-off and pharmaceutical effluent. They can then persist in the environment at low concentrations. These low levels of antibiotics can induce the SOS response, a general response to DNA damage. Amongst the various effects of the SOS response are an increase in mutation rates driven by expression of error prone DNA polymerases, and a general increase in rates of recombination, transposition, conjugation and transformation. All these effects increase the likelihood of cells becoming antibiotic resistant. In this thesis, I collated data on the concentrations of clinically relevant antibiotics that have been reported from diverse environmental compartments. I then used these findings to design experiments that simulated the likely concentrations experienced by environmental bacteria. Once the environmental concentrations of antibiotics had been established, I carried out experimental evolution experiments, exposing bacteria to appropriate concentrations, by performing serial plating across multiple generations. Concentrations of antibiotics equivalent to 1/10 the minimum inhibitory concentrations promoted resistance after as little as 15 single colony passages on media. To identify the mechanisms of resistance, whole genome sequencing was performed. Point mutations were identified in relevant genes from all the lines with increased resistance. In ciprofloxacin treated lines, the relevant mutation occurred in gyrA, and was identical to a resistance mutation described in clinical pathogens. In kanamycin treated lines, a point mutation in fusA was detected. Again, this mutation and gene have previously been implicated in kanamycin resistance. To determine the role of the SOS response in the fixation of these mutations I performed similar experiments using RecA knockout mutants. Most environmental bacteria are not planktonic cells, but grow in biofilms. Consequently, to better mimic the likely effects of antibiotic pollution on environmental bacteria, I investigated the effects of environmental concentrations of antibiotics on biofilm bacteria. To study biofilms, I first had to modify protocols used for liquid and plate experiments, since biofilms display significantly higher resistance to antibiotics compared to their planktonic counterparts. This resulted in a novel method to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration of antibiotics in biofilms. I then exposed bacterial biofilms to environmentally relevant concentrations of antibiotics and using whole genome sequencing identified point mutations known to be associated with antibiotic resistance. The results of this work have clear implications. Antibiotics persist in the environment at low, but biologically relevant concentrations where they can have significant impacts on normal microbial processes. These low concentrations up-regulate mutation rates and generate increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics amongst all bacteria, not just those of clinical concern. We expect that the phenomena I describe under experimental conditions are mirrored in the general environment. Acquisition of resistance is essentially stochastic, relying on rare events at a single point in time, coincident with relevant selection pressures that allow newly resistant lineages to compete and increase in abundance. Widespread pollution with antibiotics enhances the rates at which key mutational events are likely to occur, while simultaneously providing the selection regime to promote survival of newly resistant cells. The potential is clear for environmental organisms to acquire resistance, which could then be disseminated globally through horizontal gene transfer or become significant pathogens in their own right. Antibiotic pollution joins overuse and misuse as a significant threat to human health and the preservation of the efficacy of antibiotics.
Introduction -- 1. A survey of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in the environment -- 2. Sub-inhibitory concentrations of kanamycin fix fusA mutations in an environmental Pseudomonas sp. -- 3. Sub-inhibitory exposure to ciprofloxacin selects for de novo gyrA mutations in an environmental species of Pseudomonas -- 4. Effect of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on Acinetobacter baumannii -- 5. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in biofilms -- 6. Sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in biofilms -- Discussion and conclusion -- Appendices.
"This thesis is presented as a partial fulfilment to the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"--title page. Includes bibliographical references
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences
Michael Gillings
Copyright Louise Katherine M.Y. Chow 2019. Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyright
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pollutionDrug resistance in microorganismsevolutionantibiotic resistancegeneticsantibiotics


The past several weeks have definitely thrown me for a loop. As you may well know, my dear mother passed peacefully on January 16th after a brief illness. I would like to thank everyone for your sweet words of comfort - they were truly appreciated.
We are trying to find a wonderful home for Annie. If you know anyone in the North Carolina area who could take in a loving sidekick and pass our rigorous pet/owner affection testing, just give me a shout.
I'm back home and back in the studio ready to move forward into 2011. This week we're getting back on track with Tuesday's Tutorial as well as our second installment of Featuring Studio Spaces. On Thursday we'll be talking to fantastically talented metal smith and jewelry designer, Jayne Norvelle about her studio and work. If you missed our first interview with Lorelei Eurto, click here to check it out. At the end of the week we'll review with It's a Wrap Studio Saturday. I would love it if you'd like to link up with a review of your week as well.
In the meantime, I'll be pulling out my trusty sketchbook and recycled leather to create new eco-friendly goodies for the shop. Christmas left Studio Waterstone quite depleted and feeling neglected. I'm gradually climbing back into the saddle and moving forward - slowly, but surely.
I would take her in a heart beat but I am in Texas. I will ask around with my blogger and facebook friends.
You're such a brave woman Lori!
You were in my thoughts the last couple of days.
Sending you hugs from far SA.
Lori, Somehow i missed the passing of your mother. I'm so sorry ... she was a beautiful woman ... now I know where you get your good looks! Sounds like you're staying on track with those wonderful bags of yours ... like your mom would want you too.
Oh, Lori, I am so sorry to hear about your mom. Once again, I am way behind on reading blogs and had no idea. Last I heard you were visiting your mom after her hospital stay.
I love your beautiful photo collage in memory of your mom. I see the family resemblance in all 3 generations!
So very sorry for your loss, Lori. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Lori,I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your dear Mother. I know what you are going through having lost my Mom several years ago. Thinking of you and your family.
Your mother is beautiful! I am sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my heart and prayers.
My thoughts and prayers remain with you and your family...even in the middle of the night last night you were held up in prayer.
I'm sure you will find someone just right to love the sweet Annie.
Lori - have had you in my thoughts and prayers, and hope a good, creative, bag making machine week is ahead!
Thanks gal pals! You're just a big bunch of sweeties.
Lori- I am so sorry to read about your loss. I'm in Durham, NC; so I'll email around about the cat. I'm allergic, but hopefully I can help you find someone who's not.
Lori,so sorry to hear of your loss.
I wish I could wrap up a hug and send it to you.
I hope you find somewhere lovely for Annie...She must be feeling the loss acutely as well.
Lori I am so sorry for you loss. I am glad you are back and know you stay in my prayers.
Wishing you well and I am sure you will find a loving home for the kitty soon.
je vous présente toutes mes condolences.
Does Annie really have to stay in NC? I want a cat named Annie!
And of course, more hugs to you!
Annie is so sweet and with such a great name she will find a new home soon. I am so sorry for your loss, thinking of you and your family, your Mom looks like such a beautiful and happy woman.
When it rains it pours, we got a call yesterday that Mark's Mom could go anytime, he is in NYC now saying his goodbyes.
I am so sorry for your loss. I am amazed that I still think of my father every day since he died and truly miss him. I am sure that it is good to return to your family and work. When my next door neighbor died two weeks ago, I felt guilty returning to my "normal" life. Somehow life keeps moving forward even though it doesn't feel normal anymore. Take care.
Lori, I am sorry to hear about your mom. You have been in our thoughts for the last few weeks. The photo collage of your mom is beautiful! Thinking of you and your family!
I know I said it in my email, but I'm here for you if you need an ear. This is tough, I know.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Lori, you are in my prayers. What a pretty lady she was!


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