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ABSTRACT: Detection of the bla(VIM-12) gene within the originally described Inh12 integron in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae is reported for the first time worldwide. Integron Inh12 was carried on a conjugative plasmid of approximately 85 kb which also conferred resistance to aztreonam, likely due to AmpC production.Journal of clinical microbiology 09/2010; 48(9):3414-5. DOI:10.1128/JCM.00843-10 · 4.23 Impact Factor
Article: A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A total of 359 vancomycin-resistant enterococci (344 Enterococcus faecium and 15 E. faecalis) collected during 2007 from eight tertiary-care hospitals in Greece were analysed for genotypic characteristics. Four common clones, ST412, ST203, ST16 and ST17, were identified among E. faecium and one clone, ST28, among E. faecalis strains.European Journal of Clinical Microbiology 12/2009; 29(3):329-31. DOI:10.1007/s10096-009-0847-9 · 2.54 Impact Factor
Article: In vitro activity of tigecycline against gram-positive cocci: a multicentre study in Greece.Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 09/2008; 62(5):1158-60. DOI:10.1093/jac/dkn344 · 5.44 Impact Factor
Article: In vitro activity of daptomycin against Gram-positive cocci: the first multicentre study in Greece[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A total of 10420 Gram-positive cocci (including staphylococci, enterococci and various groups of streptococci) collected from clinically significant specimens in ten Greek hospitals during 2006--2007 were tested for their susceptibility to daptomycin. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by the broth microdilution method. Daptomycin demonstrated very high activity against Enterococcus faecalis (MIC at which 50% of the isolates were inhibited (MIC50) = 1mg/L and MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited (MIC90) = 1.36 mg/L), Enterococcus faecium (MIC50 = 1.36 mg/L and MIC90 = 1.90 mg/L), Streptococcus pyogenes (MIC50 = 0.12 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.50mg/L), Streptococcus agalactiae (MIC50 = 0.09 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.12 mg/L), Streptococcus pneumoniae (MIC50 = 0.24 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.5 mg/L) and viridans group streptococci (MIC50 = 0.50 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.89 mg/L). Resistance to linezolid and vancomycin for enterococci and to penicillin for streptococci appears to be independent of reduced susceptibility to daptomycin. On the other hand, daptomycin was also active against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MIC50 = 0.44 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.78 mg/L) and meticillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MIC50 = 0.24 mg/L and MIC90 = 0.44 mg/L); however, 0.9% of the staphylococci tested had an MIC > 1mg/L, which is the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoint proposed for susceptibility. For all tested organism groups, resistance to daptomycin was not associated with glycopeptide resistance.International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 09/2008; 32(6):525-8. DOI:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.05.020 · 4.26 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Objective: To assess outcomes with de-escalation therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Design: Prospective ob-servational study. Setting: Multi-disciplinary intensive care unit. Pa-tients and participants: VAP was diagnosed by positive quantitative cultures of both tracheal aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and treated appropriately for all significant isolates of tracheal aspirate and BAL in 143 patients who were assigned to de-escalation therapy by BAL or tracheal aspirate. Interventions: None. Measurements and results: Antibiotic therapy was de-escalated in 58 patients (40.5%), who had decreased mortality at day 15 (5.1% vs. 31.7%) and day 28 (12% vs. 43.5%) and shorter intensive care unit (17.2 ± 1.2 vs. 22.7 ± 6.3 days) and hospital (23.7 ± 2.8 vs. 29.8 ± 11.1 days) stay (p < 0.05). Of the 81 pa-tients assigned to tracheal aspirate, the 17 (21%) who achieved de-escalation of therapy had reduced 15-day mor-tality (5.8% vs. 34.3%), reduced 28-day mortality (11.6% vs. 45.3%), and shorter intensive care unit (17.2 ± 1.6 vs. 22.4 ± 6.4 days) and hospital (23.1 ± 4.4 vs. 29.9 ± 11.1 days) stay (p < 0.05). Of the 62 patients assigned to BAL, the 41 (66.1%) who achieved de-escalation of therapy had decreased 15-day mortality (4.8% vs. 23.8%), de-creased 28-day mortality (12.1% vs. 38%), and shorter intensive care unit (17.2 ± 1.1 vs. 23.2 ± 6 days) and hospital (23.8 ± 2.4 vs. 29.8 ± 11.4 days) stay (p < 0.05). Conclusions: For patients with VAP who have had appropriate treatment and shown a fa-vorable clinical response, mortality and duration of stay can be further improved by de-escalation therapy.Intensive Care Medicine 08/2007; 33(9):1533-1540. DOI:10.1007/s00134-007-0619-x · 5.54 Impact Factor
Article: Both early-onset and late-onsetventilator-associated pneumonia are causedmainly by potentially multiresistant bacteria[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare the causative pathogens of early-onset and late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage quantitative cultures. Most previous reports have been based on endotracheal aspirate cultures and gave uncertain findings. Design: Prospective evaluation of consecutive patients with clinical suspicion for VAP. Setting: Multi-disciplinary intensive care unit of a university hospital. Patients and participants: During a 3-year period 473 patients with clinical suspicion of VAP entered the study. Diagnosis of VAP was confirmed by cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage (>10 4 cfu/ml) specimens in 408 patients. Interven-tions: Protected bronchoalveolar la-vage samples were taken. Initial an-tibiotic therapy was modified upon bronchoalveolar lavage culture re-sults. Measurements and results: Among 408 patients 191 had early-onset (<7 days mechanical ventila-tion) and 217 late-onset (!7 days) VAP. Potentially multiresistant bac-teria, mainly Pseudomonas aerugi-nosa and methicillin-resistant Sta-phylococcus aureus (MRSA), were the most commonly isolated patho-gens in both types of VAP. No dif-ference was noted in the contribution of potentially multiresistant patho-gens (79% vs. 85%), P. aeruginosa (42% vs. 47%), or MRSA (33% vs. 30%) between early-onset and late-onset VAP. Initial antibiotic therapy was modified in 58% of early-onset VAP episodes and in 36% of late-onset VAP episodes. No difference in mortality was found between the two types of VAP. Conclusions: Both early-onset and late-onset VAP were mainly caused by potentially mul-tiresistant bacteria, most commonly P. aeruginosa and MRSA. Antimi-crobial agents against these patho-gens should be prescribed empirical-ly, at least in our institution.Intensive Care Medicine 11/2005; 31(11):1488-1494. DOI:10.1007/s00134-005-2697-y · 5.54 Impact Factor
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The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Florida Blue in November 2011.
The interview process was very easy just asked behavioral type questions such as name a time you had a conflict with a co-worker, name a time when you broke the rules, what is your weakness, what are your strengths
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Florida Blue in October 2010.
The interview process was learning process for me, as it was my 1st official job interview after graduating. The process was a little different in that I had an onsite interview first but was selected for another position that was open within the department. I had a total of 3 interviews, 2 onsite and 1 phone interview with a groups of 2 people.
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The state's latest cause célčbre, the Rock Cats moving to Hartford, has generated a kaleidoscope of posturing here in Shangri-La. Cheerleaders, purveyors of moral outrage, conspiracy theorists, economists, pseudo economists, cynics, skeptics and Joe Average Fans continue to ruminate.
Seems a good time to hearken a classic quote from Lee Mazzilli, the former Yankee and Met, who spent a summer here managing the Norwich Navigators. After a few ham and eggers in the local media got through grilling him postgame one night, Mazzilli took a puff of a cigarette, paused in faux contemplation and said:
"People here gotta understand," he said, "this is minor league bleeping baseball."
Mazzo should go to the window and collect. Still to this day. Because all the blatherers on the subject, after a sip of decaf, should re-read Mazzilli's manifesto:
It's minor league baseball.
And so while we debate whether the Rock Cats bamboozled New Britain, where destitute Hartford can find $60 million, the merits of a ballpark in downtown Hartford, traffic, parking and all the other peripheral issues of L'Affaire de Ten Miles Up The Road, I have a different question:
Why in heaven's name would you spend all this time acting like minor league baseball - minor by definition - is your salvation, while the ambiguous future of a far more important building to the sporting landscape hovers like the smoke Mazzilli liked to exhale?
No, really. I'd like to know why plans for the future of the XL Center haven't merited such attention from our fearless leaders. Now I get the part that the XL Center is more of an issue for the state than the city. But how come Hartford could figure out a way to bond $60 million for the minor leagues but nobody can figure out a definitive plan for the building that holds significantly more important tenants?
Namely the defending national champions of college basketball. Times two. Not to mention UConn hockey, whose foray into the big time begins in October.
And please. The $35 million in renovations underway for the XL Center? A bucket of sand removed from Misquamicut. The XL Center is a dump. Raze it and start over. Or give it a total makeover. And here's the rub: be definitive. As definitive as the plans for the minor leagues. As definitive as the exorbitant rent numbers UConn pays to play off campus.
Ifs and maybes are not acceptable, given the significance of the tenants. A Band-Aid for a hemorrhage is a waste of money.
I spoke to some folks in the UConn athletic department the other day to see if they were as touchy about this as I am. What I discovered was worse: ambivalence.
"Honestly," one veteran of the department said, "if the XL Center disappeared tomorrow and we had to play all our games on campus, everyone here would celebrate."
So I asked the person why, exactly, UConn plays in a building nobody likes.
"Intense political pressure," the person said, alluding to UConn's importance to keeping downtown businesses afloat.
Amazing, though, when you think about it. There's "intense political pressure" on UConn to keep playing in a building whose future doesn't merit the same time and energy as a ballpark for a minor league baseball team. A budding Minnesota Twin, apparently, is more important than Ryan Boatright and Breanna Stewart.
I don't get it.
I'm also glad that I'm here in them thar hills. We may lack the self-importance other hamlets in Connecticut flaunt, but we're also the state's entertainment hub. Know why? Good leadership. Take, for example, how Mohegan Sun officials got a WNBA franchise. They just did it. Boom. If that franchise ever thought of coming to Hartford instead, indecision and incompetence would have kept it in Orlando.
I try to root for Hartford. I'm not sure why it's such a polarizing place. But this much I know: A minor league ballpark doesn't and shouldn't have the same cachet a downtown arena with the state's biggest sports attractions as its primary tenant.
Take me out to the new XL Center instead.
This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro.
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Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible. It is oft-said that "God works in mysterious ways". But when Michele Bachmann hears voices telling her to run for president, am I the only who thinks the most likely explanation is a batch of bad clams or one-too-many nights role playing The Book of Eli with her equally demented husband Marcus?Perhaps, these are the very same voices that have shared with her the important role "Founding Father John Quincy Adams" played in ending slavery as he battled the oncoming scourge of puberty? I don't know, just a stab in the dark.Regardless, whether it is gay marriage
Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible. It is oft-said that "God works in mysterious ways". But when Michele Bachmann hears voices telling her to run for president, am I the only who thinks the most likely explanation is a batch of bad clams or one-too-many nights role playing The Book of Eli with her equally demented husband Marcus?Perhaps, these are the very same voices that have shared with her the important role "Founding Father John Quincy Adams" played in ending slavery as he battled the oncoming scourge of puberty? I don't know, just a stab in the dark.Regardless, whether it is gay marriage or spotting the Virgin Mary in your gordita, our re-embrace of culture-by-theology in the United States (not unlike much of the rest of the world) has led supposedly "serious people" to say things that not so long ago would have landed them a starring role in Girl, Interrupted.In our current age, in fact, possessing a direct cerebral channel to Deus (or at least claiming you do) would seem to be a requirement for receiving an invitation to a GOP presidential debate.
Additionally, it equally pervades the rest of right-wing political culture in the US, as twisted scripture both provides ready justification for those who hate everything about the this country post-1930, and renders more difficult the job of the media to effectively criticise any crackpot theory-lest they lose their "objectivity" for a moment and offend some True Believers. For example, in light of the recent law passed by the New York state legislature providing full marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples, dingy-old-Hammerhead-Bat Pat Robertson offered his expert testimony that "there's never been a civilisation ever in history that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity, traditional marriage, traditional child-rearing, and has survived."He went on to compare the United States to Sodom and pleasantly predict we'd suffer the same fate - complete annihilation.
In other words, in case you're keeping score, Jesus is apparently cool with Rev Robertson's having befriended the al-Qaeda-harboring, genocidal thug Charles Taylor, in order to fatten his wallet from a steady diet of Liberian blood diamonds. When it comes to loving couples of the same sex tying the knot, however, not so much.Thankfully, for the rest of us, Robertson's many past predictions of our collective demise were so inane they might as well have been announced on an aircraft carrier with a "Mission Accomplished" banner in the background. So to pick up the slack, Missouri GOP Congressman and apparent Mary-Shelley-creation Todd Akin also jumped into the God interpretation game last week - likely as a strategy to forward his US Senate campaign. Akin, in an obvious moment of clarity, puked out that "at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God." Because, as we all know, nothing is closer to the teachings of the Bible than Akin's record of lying about his address for voting purposes and cutting taxes for 8-figure earning CEOs while gutting health care for impoverished children.Sadly, however, our God Culture isn't limited to just the political game, but also allows some of those clever cats, professional athletes, to get in on the action.I must admit to finding it rather amusing - as in completely ridiculous - whenever an overpaid ballplayer hits a three-point shot or bashes a fastball over the center field wall, only to respond by pointing up to the Heavens as if it were Divinely ordained. Because we all know any Higher Power has nothing better to do - like ending conflict in the Sudan or curing cancer - than taking in some sport and using his/her powers to ensure Arsenal wins the FA Cup. I mean, somewhere Jacob is trying to best that blood-sucker Edward and win the affections of Bella, and God is going to worry about the Stanley Cup? How arrogant.It is this hubris that must explain why one of the heroes of the 2007 Super-Bowl-winning New York Giants, David Tyree, thought it his place to tell us what his God would think of gay marriage in New York - much like Brother Robertson. As you can imagine, according to Tyree, it just up and freaked God out.I guess he missed the part where he's the guy we trust to catch the ball on the field, not make public policy according to his translation of the will of his Deity, off of it.For, in the end, it doesn't matter if you're a Believer or not. Most of us to the north of birdbrain can agree that no matter what Bachmann, Akin, Robertson or Tyree have to say on the matter, it is in fact societies ruled by faux-pious numbskulls that, to quote the elegant and articulate Robertson, have "never, ever survived."Perhaps he and his Republican buddies can ponder the words of the founder of their party, Abraham Lincoln, who once counseled that it is "better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt." Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas, LLC, a progressive public relations firm, the author of the 2008 bestseller The Real McCain, and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.Follow Cliff Schecter On Twitter: @CliffschecterThe views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
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Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy.
The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs -- the Red Diggers and Black Diggers -- collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises.
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[quote:Sinanju2:MV84NTE1MTVfMTMyMTY3OTZfQjFBNkM4RTY=] [quote:Source 738042] Hello. Could you please include a link back to our site? The original source of the exclusive interview with Ju`Not. http://idol-thoughts.com/talent//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=277&Itemid=125 Many thanks, AI Now Team "All Things Idol Start Here" www.AINow.tk www.Twitter.com/AINow [/quote] >>FUCK off, fanboy. [/quote]
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Some ousted season 8 American Idol top 36 semi-finalists--including Felicia Barton, Kendall Beard, and Ju'Not Joyner--participated in an online chat with the Idol website AI Now today. And during his frank online conversation with fans, Ju'Not came right out and said that the TV talent show is in fact rigged, and that its contracts are unfair to contestants.
"It's a fixed thing if I ever saw one," he boldly declared--much to the shock of many naive chatters, who responded with capslocked interjections and frowny-faced emoticons.
It was hardly the first time that AmIdol had been accused of wrongdoing. A book loosely based on anonymous former Idol employees' experiences with the show, Stage 46, made similar allegations last year. But few detractors have ever been as brutally honest as Ju'Not was today.
Ju'Not--who by his own account was labeled a "troublemaker" by Idol producers for questioning the contract (which he dubbed a "slavetract") that all auditioners are required by Fox/19 to sign, and was allegedly told by Idol bigwig Ken Warwick, "You're not going to ruin my show"--explained that he wanted to set the record straight today. He stated that he wanted to reveal "truth of Idol" because "Idol ain't all it is cracked up to be...It's certainly not the fairytale most think it is."
Ju'Not claimed he was cut from the competition, and not invited back for the Wild Card round (a shock to many viewers wowed by his memorable "Hey There Delilah" performance) because of his concerns regarding the fairness of the Idol contract.
"They pay for our lawyers to negotiate against their lawyer (which is BS)," he said. "They make us COLLECTIVELY choose the lawyer, then they act like it's in our best interest. Craziest stuff I've ever seen. I have a son to feed. I HAD to ask questions and know what I was signing. Plus I write my own songs and I needed to know details...Some folks were like, 'Just shut up and sign on the dotted line.' I know better than that...I wasn't complaining...I was asking basic legal questions. There's a huge difference between the two."
He continued: "I definitely believed that affected my time on the show. They didn't like the fact that I wouldn't sign 'just anything' and that other contestants were coming asking me questions. So I think they ousted me the first chance they could get...Even if I didn't get in on votes...how did I not get picked for the Wild Card show when I received comments from the 'judges' that were better than most of the contestants who were picked for the Wild Card show?"
Ju'Not also theorized that he was not selected for the top 13 because he refused to let the show's producers exploit his sympathetic "back story" of being from "the hood." Said Ju'Not: "They wanted me to put that out to the world and expose my personal business for ratings. I wouldn't do it."
While Ju'Not made it clear he believes Kris Allen is indeed talented and deserved to win this season, he also maintained that Kris's victory was fixed. "The producers know who they want and they slant it to reflect that. They fix it in a way that makes you surprised but it's still manipulated," he typed. "Think about it...ADAM, ADAM, ADAM, then...Kris....SURPRISE SMITHCHES!!!!
"What I mean is that people think AI is a talent show," he elaborated. "No. It's a reality show with writers!! We're all actors. All these shows have writers that guide the public opinion. The Hills, Real World. All of them." He even bluntly questioned the validity of the public's votes, saying, "Do you think a billion-dollar enterprise is subject to the whim of the public?"
Naturally, while some chat participants applauded Ju'Not's frankness, others questioned his motives, since few other Idol contestants have come forth with such accusations. Ju'Not explained: "No one else is complaining because a lot of the contestants don't understand how this business works. They've never had record deals or seen a record contract...I have. So I knew what questions to ask. It's kinda like ignorance is bliss. Some contestants may have thought it was just cool to be on TV, but this is my career. I take this thing VERY seriously...Very few people spoke up. They saw me as the ringleader. I'm not naming names. Because I have nothing against the other Idols."
So, was Ju'Not speaking the truth? If so, then he is to be commended for his bravery. But it's possible he was just trying to drum up publicity for the "hot" new album he's self-releasing this winter, in which case he's a typical showbiz opportunist. Or maybe he's just a bitter reject, desperately angling for a 16th minute of fame and dreaming of what might have been. All of this is up for debate.
But there is no debate that Ju'Not is, as he worded it today, "a straight-up person." He definitely went there.
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Valentine's may be over, but pizza love lives on at Pizza Hut Canada where the chain is wooing 100 fans with a quirky, post-Valentine's gift - "Aphrocheesiac."
Pizza Hut "Aphrocheesiac" is a seductive combination of parmesan and the natural aphrodisiac qualities of chili. "Aphrocheesiac" captures the sensory appeal of pizza love - and the chain is gifting 100 bottles to its most ardent fans starting on February 21, 2014.
"Aphrocheesiac" was unveiled to celebrate Valentine's week and is the mad creation of Pizza Hut Canada's digital team and their long-time ad agency GRIP who say that gifts to fans are becoming a bit of a tradition. In 2012, the team created "Eau de Pizza Hut" fragrance, and this past holiday season, select fans were treated to Pizza Hut wrapping paper.
"The love Pizza Hut has for our fans is just as potent as Aphrocheesiac," says Tatiana Carrascal, Director of Marketing, Pizza Hut Canada, who adds that unique rewards are one way the brand reciprocates on the outpouring of love it receives from Canadian fans.
"When you create the world's most famous and best loved pan pizza; that creates a lot of good pizza karma. Canadian Pizza Hut fans are funny and inventive, so their comments and messages inspire us to find new ways to have fun and celebrate how Pizza Hut brings people together," says Carrascal.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is one of Canada's largest pizza restaurant chains with more than 320 franchised restaurants across Canada offering dine-in, delivery and online ordering experiences. In addition to its debut line of New Canadian Favourites pizza recipes, Pizza Hut Canada offers a number of other trademark offerings including WingStreet Wings, Signature Singles, PANormous Pizza and pizzas that meet the Heart and Stroke Foundation's Health Check restaurant criteria. With more than 12,800 locations in 100 countries, Pizza Hut is the world's largest pizza restaurant company. Pizza Hut, Inc. is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Those hungry for more information can visit us at www.pizzahut.ca or www.facebook.com/PizzaHutCanada.
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