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I have not seen Paul Verhoeven's original "RoboCop" from 1987, so I cannot judge Jose Padilha's version as a remake. But I can judge it on its own merits as a film, and 2014's "RoboCop" finds itself much like its protagonist – without a heart. Action sequences are fine, if a bit one sided, and the questions of morality are there, though never fully expanded on. It's all window dressing, however, without the emotional connection to Joel Kinnaman's lead.
Kinnaman stars as Detective Alex Murphy, a good cop, and from the brief scene we get with him and his family a loving husband and father. When a gangster attempts to murder him, the only option to save him is to let the robotics company Omnicorp turn him into the first artificial cop. But Omnicorp has its own agenda.
The main problem with "RoboCop" is we don't know who Alex Murphy is. We get more of a glimpse of him as a cop than we do as a man. He has one scene with his family before he is turned into RoboCop, and it is a pretty boring scene with him walking in a fog because his partner was shot. Even after he is turned into RoboCop, the film spends at least half an hour to go through his training rather than expanding the relationship with his family. How is the audience supposed to care about his relationship with his wife and son if we've only ever seen them together for about three full minutes?
Part of the reason that they spend so much time on turning Alex into RoboCop is to explain how they are manipulating him to be more like a robot and less like a human. That's all fine and good, but when you spend that time establishing that he is not really in control of his actions but then he is able to easily override his programming at his own whim, it results in being a waste. If the film is going to spend time to create these rules so that Alex can overcome them, they need to make him work a little harder to do so.
It's not like the physical challenges they put in his way are much of an obstacle either. Alex barrels through criminals like he is a tank. Padilha orchestrates his path of destruction well enough, but we never fear that he is any real danger. The climactic scene is no different, he moves through his enemies quickly and ever forward. He takes some damage and gets a gun pointed at his head once or twice, but he is able to overcome it with little difficulty.
Gary Oldman's scientist and Samuel L. Jackson's TV host show the only real life of the movie. Oldman becomes conflicted with his duty to his bosses and the way he is turning a man into a robot. Jackson, meanwhile, provides the film's only humor, and the closest thing to satire present in the film. Their sparks of life aren't enough to save this aimless effort.
Padilha isn't to blame; he did a serviceable job creating the world and providing the action. Kinnaman can't be faulted for bringing little charisma to a character that wasn't truly given any. Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton and Michel K. Williams can't be blamed for being criminally underutilized. Every problem that "RoboCop" has can be brought back solely on the screenplay. Most action scripts today do the bare minimum as far as character development, and Joshua Zetumer's script for "RoboCop" is no different. For a movie that clearly was trying to say something, it proves disappointingly inconsequential.
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Updated Plant Biology 2014 Minisymposia SchedulePlant Biology 2014 Minisymposia Schedule SATURDAY, JULY 12
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Hot Topics From Emerging Scientists – this set of minisymposia (Minisymposiua 1-6) focus on presentations from early careerists, postdocs and graduate students.
Minisymposium 1:Biochemistry Chair: Adrian Hegeman, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
12:35 - P07001: Complete Proteomic Based Enzyme Reaction and Inhibition Kinetics Reveal How Monolignol Biosynthetic Enzyme Families Affect Metabolic-Flux and Lignin
Jack P. Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
12:50 - P07009: Increasing apoplastic sucrose unloading to seeds in Camelina sativa
Mia Dvora, North Carolina State University, Cary, North Carolina
1:05 - P07007: Direct Tissue Spray Ionization of Living Plants by Mass Spectrometry for Metabolomics
Dana Freund, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
1:20 - P39010: Cloning and functional characterization of (S)-linalool synthase from Coriandrum sativum.
Lukman Sarker, University of British Columbia, Canada
1:35 - P07004: A cross-kingdom Nudix enzyme that pre-empts damage in thiamin metabolism
Aymeric Goyer, Oregon State University, Hermiston, Oregon
Minisymposium 2: Development Chair: Matt Evans, Carnegie Institute For Science at Stanford University, Stanford, California
12:35 - P42009: The Adaxial-Abaxial Polarity Target Genes are Involved in ABA Signaling in Arabidopsis Leaf Development
Tie Liu, Carnegie Institute For Science at Stanford University, Stanford, California
12:50 - P12014: DICER-LIKE1 functions in maize development
Beth Thompson, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1:05 - P12026: Auxin Signaling is associated with Antipodal Cell proliferation and survival in Maize
Anthony Chettor, Carnegie Institute For Science at Stanford University, Stanford, California
1:20 - P12019: Regulation of stomatal development by antagonistic EPF peptides in Arabidopsis
Jin Suk Lee, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1:35 - P12022: Symplastic intercellular communication regulates direction of cell division and cell expansion in endodermis.
Shuang Wu, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
Minisymposium 3: Stress
Chair: Todd Mocler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
12:35 - P04009: Construction of abiotic stress networks in Brachypodium distachyon and Setaria viridis through high-throughput phenomics
Malia Gehan, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
12:50 - P04001: Dissecting the plant heat stress response network Nubuhiro Suzuki, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
1:05 - P04002: Improving Winterhardiness of Temperate Perennial Grasses using Metabolomics-Assisted Breeding
Lindsey Hoffman, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
1:20 - P03005: A novel protein, ubiquitous in marine phytoplankton, concentrates iron at the cell surface and mediates ferric ion uptake
Joe Morrissey, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California
1:35 - P07018: Salvage of the thiamin pyrimidine moiety by plant TenA proteins lacking an active-site cysteine
Remi Zallot, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Minisymposium 4: Hormones
Chair: Lucia Strader, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
12:35 - P24009: Roles for MPK1 in auxin response
Tara Enders, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
12:50 - P37006: A role for the GA receptor GID1 in seed dormancy loss.
Amber Hauvermale, Washington State University, Colfax, Washington
1:05 - P24006: Ribosome footprinting and genetic analysis unveil the role of a novel translational regulation module in the Arabidopsis ethylene signaling pathway
Catharina Merchante, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1:20 - P24004: Abscisic acid regulates hypocotyl elongation via dephosphorylating plasma membrane H+-ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana
Toshinori Kiroshita, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
1:35 - P28005: Plant defenses and soybean aphid counter-defenses: an exploitation of phytohormone signaling
Jessica Hohenstein, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Minisymposium 5: Emerging Models Chair: Mark Belmonte, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12:35 - P21004: Remembering winter: genetics of the vernalization response in the temperate grass, Brachypodium distachyon Daniel Woods, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
12:50 - P12011: Sunflower heliotropism: New insights into a classic phenomenon
Hagop Atamian, University of California - Davis, Davis, California
1:05 - P37011: A tale of three tissues: laser microdissection and RNA sequencing of the canola funiculus
Ainsley Chan, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1:20 - P06002: Genomics and domestication of the winter biofuel crop field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
Kevin Dorn, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
1:35 - P32005: Identification of a Complete Suite of S-Locus F-Box Genes of Petunia inflata Involved in Pollen Specificity by Transcriptome Analysis
Justin Williams, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Minisymposium 6: Cell Biology Chair: Dan Szymanski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana
12:35 - P09027: We 'lost' it - an important linker between microtubules and CesAs
Renate Weizbauer, Carnegie Institute For Science, Palo Alto, California
12:50 - P09023: Experimental and computational approaches to discover how cytoskeleletal and cell wall systems control cell morphogenesis
Anastasia Desyatova, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
1:05 – P09007: A role for the cellulose synthase like protein, CSLD5, in Arabidopsis mitosis
Fangwei Gu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:20 - P29024: The Arabidopsis ZED1 pseudokinase is required for Resistance protein-mediated recognition of a Pseudomonas syringae effector protein
Jennifer Lewis, University of California - Berkeley/USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, California
1:35 - P09025: SUMOylation regulates Cajal body formation in Arabidopsis
Mario Izaguirre-Sierra, Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, New Mexico
Plant Biology 2014 Minisymposia Schedule Monday, July 14
Minisymposium 7: Light Signaling
Chair: Julin Maloof, University of California - Davis, Davis, California
1:35 - P38005: Blue Light-Induced Proteomic Changes in Etiolated Arabidopsis Seedlings
Winslow Briggs, Carnegie Institute For Science at Stanford University, Stanford, California
1:55 - P38012: PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR1 enhances the E3 ligase activity of CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHENIC1 to synergistically repress photomorphogenesis in the dark
Xiaosa Xu, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2:15 - P38009: Structure, Photodynamics, and Signaling Properties of Arabidopsis Phytochrome B
Richard Vierstra, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
2:35 - P07011: Phytochrome mechanism of light regulation of succinate dehydrogenase in green leaves
Abir Igamberdiev, Memorial University of New Foundland, New Foundland, Canada
2:55 - P02001: Cascade of shade avoidance syndromes
Kazunari Nozue, University of California - Davis, Davis, California
Minisymposium 8: Floral Scents and Fruit Aromas
Chair: Florence Zakharov, University of California, Davis, California
1:35 - P18005: PhDAHP1 is required for floral volatile benzenoid/phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in Petunia x hybrid cv 'Mitchell Diploid'
David Clark, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1:55 - P18002: A circadian clock component regulates the timing of daily volatile emission in petunia flowers
Takato Imaizumi, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2:15 - P18001: The Colorful Side of Floral Scent in Petunia
Robert Schuurink, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:35 - P18006: Extra-Plastidic Tyrosine-Insensitive Prephenate Dehydrogenases in Legumes: Evolutional Diversification of Tyrosine-Branch of Specialized Metabolism
Craig Schenk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
2:55 - P18007: Beyond fermentation: a pyruvate decarboxylase is involved in aroma biosynthesis in melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit
Florence Zakharov, University of California, Davis, California
Minisymposium 9: Environmental and Ecological Plant Physiology
Chair: Lisa Ainsworth, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1:35 - P14016: Stomatal function should be modeled as variable rather than universal across C3 species
Andrey Leakey, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1:55 - P44002: Cavitation: Designed leaks or developmental constraints?
Noel Holbrook, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2:15 - P30004: Plant Responses to changing [CO2] From the Last Glacial Period through the Future
Joy Ward, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2:35 - P14007: Greater efficiency of water use in poplar genotypes having a delayed response of mesophyll conductance to drought
Guillaume Theroux Rancourt, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
2:55 - P15007: Use of dynamic whole plant imaging to study transport and allocation of newly fixed carbon in sorghum
Abhijit Karve, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
Minisymposium 10: Genome Editing Techniques
Chair: Donald Weeks, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
1:35 - P22003: Gene editing in higher plants using TALEN and CRISPR technologies
Donald Weeks, Gene editing in higher plants using TALEN and CRISPR technologies
1:55 - P22005:Targeted mutation and precise genome editing in plants with CRISPR-Cas9 system
Yinong Yang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2:15 - P22004: Heritability and specificity of CRISPR/Cas induced gene editing in Arabidopsis and rice
Yanfei Mao, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2:35 - P22006: Improving the fidelity of CRISPR-Cas RNA-guided genome editing
Jeffrey Sander, DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, Iowa
2:55 - P22002: Nanoparticle-mediated recombinase delivery in maize
Kan Wang, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Minisymposium 11: Pollen
Chair: John Fowler, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
1:35 - P32010: Role of Arabidopsis NIP7;1, a boron channel, in pollen early development and wall structure
Daniel Roberts, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
1:55 - P32009: A novel imaging approach combined with genetic tools reveals new insights into the biosynthesis of sporopollenin precusors and their trafficking from tapetum cells to developing microspores
Teagen Quilichini, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2:15 - P32014: Proteomic analyses suggest control of protein translation and stability is a key facet of pollen tube germination in maize
John Fowler, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2:35 - P32012: The pollen regulating crossing incompatibility between maize and teosinte
Yongxian Lu, Carnegie Institute for Science, Stanford, California
2:55 - P32008: Profiling of Translatomes of in vivo-grown Pollen Tubes Reveals Genes with Roles in Micropylar Guidance During Pollination
Guang Yuh Juah, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Minisymposium 12: Education and Outreach Minisymposium
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Minisymposium 13: Hormone
Chair: David Nelson, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
3:50 - P24019: Dynamics of local and long-distance transport of ABA and GA in living plants visualized at high-resolution using novel genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors
Alexander Jones, Carnegie Institution for Science, San Francisco, California
4:10 - P38004: Identification of motifs that tune the rate of Aux/IAA degradation without changing affinity for the TIR1 receptor
Britney Moss, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
4:30 - P28004: JAZ proteins repress anti-insect defenses and promote growth in Arabidopsis
Gregg Howe, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
4:50 - P24013: Evolution of strigolactone-specificity in the receptor KAI2 is a likely basis for host-recognition in parasitic plants
David Nelson, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
5:10 - P21001: Genome-wide screen for novel abscisic acid signal transduction network components in Arabidopsis by genomic-scale knockdown of homologous genes using amiRNA libraries
Felix Hauser, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California
Minisymposium 14: Chloroplast
Chair: Alice Barkan, Oregon State University, Eugene, Oregon
3:50 - P10019: Genome-wide analyses of translational dynamics in chloroplasts
Alice Barkan, Oregon State University, Eugene, Oregon
4:10 - P10006: Functional analysis of the semi-conserved transit peptide motifs and implications in chloroplast protein import
Kristen Holbrook, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
4:30 - P10014: Integration of protein import with nuclear gene expression during chloroplast biogenesis
Danny Schnell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
4:50 - P10016: Altered heme synthesis in chloroplasts leads to retrograde signaling and cell death
Jesse Woodson, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California
5:10 - P10018: Regulation of copper delivery to plastocyanin via the PAA2/HMA8 transporter
Marinus Pilon, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Minisymposium 15: Transcriptional Networks & Development Chair: Siobhan Brady, University of California - Davis, Davis, California
3:45 - P42004: Arabidopsis KIX8 and KIX9 regulate leaf development by recruiting the co-repressor TOPLESS to PEAPOD proteins Laurens Pauwels, VIB/Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
4:10 - P42006: Differential requirements of the WOX genes STF and WOX3 in leaf blade and flower development in Medicago truncatula Million Tadege, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma
4:30 - P42010: Comprehensive tissue-specific transcriptome analysis of tomato early fruit development reveals distinct regulatory programs controlling fruit formation Carmen Catala, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
4:50 - P42012: Getting to the root of things: spatiotemporal gene regulatory networks in plant roots Siobhan Brady, University of California - Davis, Davis, California
5:10 - P42005: Functional analysis of a KNAT7-BLH6 transcription factor complex involved in regulation of secondary cell all biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana YuanYuan Liu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Minisymposium 17: Fertilization Chair: Daphne Goring, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
3:45 - P32001: Early pollen-pistil interactions in the mustard family: Pollen acceptance or rejection? Daphne Goring, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
4:10 - P32007: Pollen-pistil communication in interspecific crosses in the tomato clade Bruce McClure, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
4:30 - P32011: Invasive growth of the pollen tube - mechanical and enzymatic means to an end Anja Geitman, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Canada
4:50 - P32013: Molecular genetic analysis of LORELEI function in inducing the arrest of pollen tube growth in the Arabidopsis female gametophyte Ravishankar Palanivelu, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
5:10 - P32004: Defining the dynamic interplay of a MAPK signaling cascade involved in root and pollen tube growth Daniel Matton, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Minisymposium 18: Vascular Development and Function Chair: Brian Ayre, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
3:45 - P44001: Context specific role of auxin in the spontaneous organization of leaf-vein patterning Franck Ditengou, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
4:10 - P12002: A developmental pathway regulating bundle sheath cell fate and function in Arabidopsis thaliana Hong Chang Cui, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
4:30 - P42003: A ChIP-seq analysis of transcriptional networks regulating wood formation in Eucalyptus Steve Hussey, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
4:50 - P15009: Expression of sucrose transporter cDNA specifically in companion cells enhances phloem loading and long-distance transport of sucrose, but leads to an inhibition of growth that is associated with perception of a phosphate limitation Brian Ayre, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
5:10 - P03014: Arabidopsis HPS10/ALS3 interacts with AtSTAR1 in tonoplasts to serve as a signaling hub for responses to phosphorus deficiency and aluminum toxicity Dong Liu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Plant Biology 2014 Minisymposia Schedule Tuesday, July 15
Minisymposium 19: Signaling
Chair: Jeff Harper, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1:35 - P38003: RALF and FERONIA are a peptide hormone-receptor kinase cognate pair that regulates cell expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Michael Sussman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
1:55 - P38016: Identification of a plant receptor for extracellular ATP Kiwamu Tanaka, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
2:15 - P38015: Phosphorylation of a bZIP transcription factor triggers metabolic reprogramming in acclimation to low energy stress Markus Teige, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2:35 - P33009: TPD1 acts as a protein ligand of the EMS1 receptor kinase to control anther cell differentiation in Arabidopsis
Dazhong Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2:55 - P33007: Understanding the functional roles of FERONIA/THESEUS1-related receptor kinases and their underlying mechanisms
Alice Cheung, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Minisymposium 20: Diverse Ubiquitin Roles
Chair: Judy Callis, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
1:35 - P13006: Ubiquitin E3 ligase family is implicated in amino acid homeostasis and stress responses
Judy Callis, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
1:55 - P13005: The Membrane-anchored Ubiquitin-fold Protein Family Regulates Ubiquitylation in Arabidopsis Xiaolong Lu, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
2:15 - P20018: Progress through reduction: CULLIN3-based E3 ligases and their role in transcriptional control
Hanjo Hellmann, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
2:35 - P29006: Arabidopsis SON1 interacting Protein LNK2 regulates flowering and plant defense Prince Zogli, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
2:55 - P13001: Proteomics Analyses of the 26S Proteasome in Arabidopsis Identify a Set of Assembly Chaperones, and Reveals Dynamic Modifications in Subunit Composition David Gemperline, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Minisymposium 21: Root Development
Chair: Ross Sozzani, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1:35 - P35006: Quantitative characterization of the key players that regulate stem cell development
Ross Sozzani, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1:55 - P35004: The Ground Truth: Understanding Root Physiology in Soil Using a Novel Imaging Platform Ruben Rellan Alvarez, Carnegie Institute for Science, Stanford, California
2:15 - P04010: Modulator Root ROS (MOR) regulates root growth under heat stress through the UPBEAT1 - Reactive Oxygen Species pathway Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2:35 - P35002: Ethylene regulation of root system architecture: a role in hypoxia tolerance Amanda Rasamussen, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
2:55 - P35010: Rice root differentiation: enhancement of the storage nutrient synthesis upon ABA or stress treatment Wan-Chi Lin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Minisymposium 22: Secretory Biology
Chair: Federica Brandizzi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
1:35 - P36003: Unique and conserved features of the organization of the plant ER-Golgi interface for protein trafficking
Federica Brandizzi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
1:55 - P36004: Activation of autophagy by unfolded proteins during ER stress Diane Bassham, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2:15 - P36002: pH regulation by NHX-type endosomal antiporters is required for receptor-mediated protein trafficking to the vacuole
Maria Reguera, University of California, Davis, California
2:35 - P09013: A novel trafficking mechanism controls the formation of anthocyanin vacuolar inclusions in Arabidopsis and lisianthus petals
Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
2:55 - P36001: A novel retromer subunit VPS26C interacts genetically with the SNARE VTI13 and is essential for root hair growth in Arabidopsis
Suyatapa Jha, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Minisymposium 23: Genomics
Chair: Katrien Devos, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1:35 - P11003: Comparative genomics has revolutionized plant sciences Katrien Devos, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1:55 - P11001: Comparative viromic analyses of C3 and C4 grass antiviral defense responses in Brachypodium distachyon and Setaria viridis Kranthi Kiran Mandadi, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
2:15 - P21006: High-Resolution Molecular Mapping of Recombination in Maize Penny Kianian, University of Minnesota, North Oaks, Minnesota
2:35 - P41008: Polyomic interrogation of rice environmental gene regulatory interaction networks Olivia Wilkins, New York University, New York, New York
2:55 - P04006: Identify genetic Ioci contributing to heat tolerance through natural variations in Arabidopsis accessions Jian Hua, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Minisymposium 24: Tree Biology Chair: Janice Cooke, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1:35 - P43005: Responses of an evolutionarily co-evolved pine host and a naïve pine host in the face of mountain pine beetle range expansion Janice Cooke, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1:55 - P43009: Do asymmetric physiological responses to stress influence the effects of a parasitic plant on two host conifers with different ecophysiologies? Jaret Reblin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
2:15 - P43016: Dissecting the Complex Networks of Positive and Negative Transcriptional Regulators of Condensed Tannin Synthesis in Populus C. Peter Constabel, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2:35 - P43008: A genomics approach to gene discovery related to biotic resistance in western redcedar (Thuja plicata) Jim Mattsson, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
2:55 - P12023: Genetic Interactions Underlying Tree Branch Orientation Courtney Hollender, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Kearneysville, West Virginia
Coffee Break
Minisymposium 25: Motor Proteins
Chair: Ram Dixit, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
3:45 - P33003: Putative SCAR/WAVE complex subunits promote asymmetric cell division and polarization of PAN1 and PAN2 receptor-like kinases
Michelle Facette, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California
4:10 - P27001: A kinesin motor complex in the establishment of the bipolar phragmoplast microtubule array for cytokinesis Bo Liu, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
4:30 - P27003: Understanding how a nuclear import protein importin-β2 regulates the activity of the Arabidopsis FRA1 kinesin involved in cell wall assembly
Anindya Ganguly, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
4:50 - P27005: Computational and experimental FRAP analyses of myosin XI-dependent vesicular transport show coupling with F-actin polarized cell growth
Luis Vidal, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
5:10 - P05005: Arabidopsis Clade E Growth Regulating (ERG) protein phosphatase 2Cs are negative regulators of growth and microtubule restructuring during water limitation Paul Verslues, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Minisymposium 26: Epigenetics
Chair: Blake Meyers, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
3:45 - P17009: The biogenesis and diversity of small RNAs in grass inflorescences
Blake Meyers, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
4:10 - P23006: De Novo Annotation of Amborella Small RNAs Using ShortStack Reveals Unique Prevalence of Non-Conserved 23-24-nt miRNAs
Saima Shahid, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
4:30 - P17003: Unraveling the Transition from RNAi Post-Transcriptional mRNA Degradation to Chromatin Modification and Transcriptional Silencing
R. Keith Slotkin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
4:50 - P17006: Mechanism of DNA methylation in plants
Xuehua Zhong, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
5:10 - P17008: Flowering on time: Role of Polycomb in the transition to flowering in the model legume Medicago
Joanna Putterill, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Minisymposium 27: Abiotic Stress Chairs: Mark Knight, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
3:45 - P05011: Drownproofing: Novel molecular mechanisms driving plant survival strategies in response to flooding stress
Rashmi Sasidhara, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
4:10 - P20009: The role of the Mediator transcriptional co-activator complex in specifying plant stress gene expression
Heather Knight, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
4:30 - P03020: Functional characterization of intracellular Na+/H+ antiporters highlight the roles of vacuolar pH and ion homeostasis in growth, development and plant response(s) to stress
Elias Bassil, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
4:50 - P03024: Salt stress-induced Ca2+ waves are associated with rapid, long-distance rootto- shoot signaling in plants
Wan-Gyu Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
5:10 - P01010: Genetic and functional identification of osmo-sensory mechanisms in plants that initiate responses to salt, water stress, and other abiotic stresses
Aaron Stephan, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California
Minisymposium 28: Mechanics of Pathogenics
Chair: Wenbo Ma, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California
3:45 - P29021: Phytophthora effectors promote infection by suppressing RNA silencing in plants
Wenbo Ma, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California
4:10 - P29011: Probing early plant immune signaling networks using proteomics
Gitta Coaker, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
4:30 - P29023: Metabolomics analysis reveals that decreased abundance of type III secretion system-inducing signals in Arabidopsis enhances resistance against Pseudomonas syringae
Scott Peck, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
4:50 - P29007: Post-synthetic cell wall modifications to study cell wall integrity signaling involved in plant stress responses
Olga Zabotina, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
5:10 - P29012: The Autoregulation of Nodulation in Medicago truncatula: A Network of Signals
Julia Frugoli, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Minisymposium 29: Biochemistry to Biotechnology
Chair: Bryan Gibbon, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
3:45 - P07017: AtWRI1 C-terminal intrinsically disordered regions may mediate AtWRI1 protein interactions and stability
Wei Ma, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
4:10 - P07012: Pullulanase and Starch Synthase III are Associated with Formation of Vitreous Endosperm in Quality Protein Maize
Hao Wu, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
4:30 - P06004: A Combinatorial Bidirectional Promoter and Bicistronic Approach for Coordinated Multi-Gene Expression in Corn
Sandeep Kumar, Dow AgroSciences, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana
4:50 - P06020: Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana HB17 gene in corn leads to improved sink potential
Abha Khandelwal, Monsanto, Chesterfield, Missouri
5:10 - P06007: Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-Legumes
Sharon Doty, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Minisymposium 30: Specialized Metabolism
Chair: David Gang, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
3:45 - P39016: Are plants specialized metabolic networks actually networks? The case of the diarylheptanoids in ginger and turmeric David Gang, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
4:10 - P39014: Molecular Evolution of a Secondary Metabolic Pathway from Primary Metabolism: Shikimate and Quinate biosynthesis in plants.
Jurgen Ehlting, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
4:30 - P39002: Phylobiochemical Characterization of Prephenate Aminotransferases Reveals Evolution of the Plant Arogenate Phenylalanine Pathway
Hiroshi Maeda, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
4:50 - P39009: Characterization of four cytochromes P450 involved in sanguinarine biosynthesis in opium poppy
Guillaume Beaudoin, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
5:10 - P39007: Plant Natural Products Biosynthesis: Role of DNA Methylation in the Regulation of Specialized Metabolism of Mint
Amirhossein Ahkami, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Inspiration: USA Soccer Upsets Spain
Sports are a great source of inspiration. Athletes are our heroes. And the U.S. soccer team deserves some kudos. Despite not being known for our soccer prowess, somehow team USA ousted top-ranked Spain in this year's Confederations Cup:
Sadly, it was bittersweet because the U.S. lost a heartbreaker to Brazil on Sunday, but for a few days it was fun to defy the odds. Now speaking of defying the odds, check out Nick Vujicic. Born without limbs the guy is a mountain of positive thinking.
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Jason Wu, Lena Dunham, Alek Wek, and other celebs tweet their hearts out.
Jason Wu Does Frida Kahlo
"My tribute to Frida Kahlo," tweeted designer Jason Wu, revealing a sultry look from his Pre-Fall 2012 collection.
Lena Dunham Keeps on Truckin
"Mudflap Girls," tweeted Girls creator Lena Dunham, goofing around with a friend in a pair of retro summer frocks.
Candice Swanepoel
Candice Swanepoel's got some attitude along with her killer heels. "We had some comedians in the studio last night :)" tweeted the model.
Kelly Rowland by the Pool
Kelly Rowland jetted to Spain for a little poolside posing. "Summer Dreaming in Barcelona... With Project B and Bacardi!" tweeted the Ex-X Factor judge.
Anja Rubik Strikes a Pose
Anja Rubik, who launched the erotic issue of her 25 Magazine at Cannes, struck a pose in a sparkly turtleneck.
Liu Wen
"Had a lovely day with my Grace Mini Mata Hari! Thank you @GraceLamhk!" tweeted model Liu Wen, having a moment in a garden.
Jourdan Dunn Goes Au Naturel
"Big hair don't care!" tweeted model Jourdan Dunn, rocking her natural hair.
Alek Wek and Coco Rocha at UK Polo Classic
Alek Wek and Coco Rocha were just some of the elite crowd rubbing elbows at the Veuve Clicquot UK Polo Classic. "@cocorocha is amazing! Perfect way to kick off the @VeuveClicquotUK Polo Classic," tweeted the model.
Lea Michele and Lily Collins at the Glamour Awards
"So happy to be here with my good friend miss Lily Collins :)" tweeted Lea Michele at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. She later took home the award for best TV Actress. "Such an honor!" she tweeted.
Jessie J Does Her Own Makeup
"Did you do your own make up today? You looked beautiful!<3" tweeted one of Jessie J's fans. "Yeah today I did :) thanks," tweeted the singer.


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An Oracle JDeveloper How To Document
Written by Jonas Jacobi
April 2004
This HowTo demonstrates how to build an ADF UIX application that contains an LOV with Oracle JDeveloper 10g. This Howto will show you how easy it is to create an LOV, and how you can apply a filter to your LOV in Oracle JDeveloper 10g. For more information and HowTos, please, refer to the JDeveloper HowTo documents on Oracle Technology Network (OTN). For this simple application we are using ADF UIX, Struts, and ADF Business Components.
This session covers the following tasks:
In order to follow this HowTo and build this LOV application you need the Oracle JDeveloper 10g production release, and an Oracle database with the sample HR schema installed.
Before we go on the path to create our views and pageflow we need some where to store our work in progress.
This is the first solution to pass string value from one page to another, and in this case the Java bean (and value) will exist during the entire session, whereas the second solution, which is covered later in this howto, the value only exist during the request.
This section is just going to cover how to generate a Java bean and make some small changes to it needed for this howto.
The first step in our application is to create a Struts pageflow
In the DataControl Palette you should see a list of all available data controls in your Application Workspace. In our case we can see one data control mapping to our Business Components - AppModule - in our Model project.
Note: If the Data Control Palette is not visible you can open the palette from the JDeveloper View menu.
We now have a page called main.uix, and we would like to add a LOV to this page for the Departments filed. This field will be used to enter and change the department for a particular employee. The LOV should display the ID and Name of the department to make it easier the select the right department.
This chapter will focus on wiring up the MessageLovInput field we just added to our page to a LovWindow page, so that the end user can search for departments in a separate window.
When you used the Data Control palette to create your new MessageLovInput field the design time created a new UIX page - lovWindow0.uix - that is pre-wired to your MessageLovInput fieled. The only thing you have to do is to add the data source for the LOV window.
As you noticed the Lov Window contains a Search field. This Search field is not wired up by default and in this session we will add some components in order to make this work.
First we need to add a drop down list, so that the user can decide what search criteria to use.
In the listOfValues components there are several named children (slots) that can be used, and one of them is particularly designed to hold a dropdown list - filterChoice. In the ADF UIX land we call dropdown lists "choice" components.
Modifying the lovFilter event handler
Now we need to modify the event handler to make the filtering option to work: The event handlers are located at the bottom of the Structure Window.


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Typical CEO these days? Bullsh*t all the way...?
Kordia NZ CEO Scott Bartlett was caught on tape* promising not to outsource tech support – a move his company made just seven months later as 50 helpdesk jobs were shifted to the Philipinnes.
An audio file was sent to NBR ONLINE of Mr Bartlett addressing a small group of people.
The sender said his remarks were made to new employees in March, 2012 - a time whe Mr Bartlett was CEO of Kordia's ISP business, Orcon (a recent restructure saw Mr Bartlett put in control of the state-owned company's entire NZ operation, now called Kordia NZ).
A rep for Kordia said the recording was made by "a disgruntled former employee" (the sender would not confirm if they were a current or former employee. They described themselves as "disappointed" with Mr Bartlett.)
On the recording, the Orcon boss appears to be justifying the outsourcing account enquiries – a move his company made in February, 2012, a month earlier.
Mr Bartlett asks "[Would customers rather be] dealing with someone in a different land, or being on hold for 10 minutes? And what would upset me more?"
But he adds, "What I will never do is outsource our competitive advantage. And I believe our competitive advantage is great tech support."
In October last year, Kordia said just that. It announced that over the next four months, 50 Orcon tech support jobs would be outsourced to NZ IT services company Datacom, which in turn was offshoring them to Manila (the same arrangement that saw account query roles shifted to the Philippines earlier in the year).
Earlier, during an NBR Ask Me Anything session, he answered "No" to the question "Do you recall telling your Auckland helpdesk (when you outsourced the accounts portion of the calls) that it would never be outsourced and that you pride yourself on our NZ support?"
Today, the Kordia NZ boss conceded his answer should have been "Yes."
"I don't recall the statement, but obviously it was made listening to that recording," Mr Bartlett told NBR today.
"In February 2012 Orcon outsourced its accounts queries. At that time, I had no intention of outsourcing technical queries," he explained.
"However, we operate in a dynamic and changing business environment and the decision was made to further the outsourcing programme at the end of last year, alongside another body of work to integrate the Kordia Networks and Orcon businesses. This decision was based on rapidly changing business conditions and market pressures to ensure we remained viable for all our stakeholders."
Although Mr Bartlett did not push the point himself, a Kordia rep later added that Manila is handling "first-tier" or simple tech support queries. More complicated questions were still being fielded by an Orcon office in Auckland.
Earlier, Kordia Group CEO Geoff Hunt told NBR he had no remorse about the state-owned company offshoring helpdesk roles.
"Call centres take a lot of energy," Mr Hunt said. "Datacom do call centres better than us." The $400 million (revenue) operation needed to focus on skills higher up the food chain. His focus was on creating as strong company to provide certainty for staff and clients and "an appropriate return for our shareholders" (Finance Minister Bill English and SOE Minister Tony Ryall).
Mr Hunt said the 50 people laid off were "good people with good skills," and would be attractive to new employers.
Some may find a degree of situational irony in Kordia's drive to find work for the displaced 50. Mr Bartlett said he was confident many would be placed at the Auckland outsourcing operation of Australian ISP iiNet.
During his NBR AMA last week, Mr Bartlett said the "vast majority" of the 50 had now found work with iiNet, or Datacom.
He added, "As I said at the time, we didn't make this decision lightly. It was the right decision for our business."
Shifting outsourcing trends have seen Telecom (reasonably smoothly) and Yellow (painfully) shift helpdesks to Manila. But Vodafone brought 125 jobs home after political trouble disrupted NZ calls outsourced to a Vodafone regional hub in Egypt. It says it will also repatriate support roles at its recent acquisition, TelstraClear - which caused a stir when it sent 80 jobs offshore in 2010. Across the ditch, Telstra relocated a small business customer call centre from the Philippines back to Australia.
* Or a digital recording, in point of fact. NBR is being colloquial.
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17 Comments & Questions
Scott Bartlett also misled when recently he claimed Orcon's customer satisfaction level is at a record high. As a long-time customer I can say without any doubt that Orcon's customer service is currently at its worse, to the point where I am looking at moving to an alternative ISP.
There's some seriously hurt people in this comments section. No-one's jobs are safe in this day and age. These people weren't owed anything and, by the sounds of it, they were given a much better deal than a lot of other people who are made redundant. Whoever released this audio obviously has a chip on their shoulder.
So that universities can use it as a 'case study' on why the government shouldn't attempt to operate a commercial business. Sell it now!
From experience, I know that the problem starts at the very top!!
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Bunds' Worrying Disbelief Over Euro Rescue
Policymakers talking about how this time they're positively, definitely going to rescue the euro typically sends equities soaring and drives down government bond yields across the single currency's most stressed economies.
But to be properly convincing, there needs to be one further market reaction–one that hasn't yet been in evidence. And that's a concerted selloff in Bunds, as German government bonds are known.
Indeed, that's what happened last week.
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi made a speech in which he made clear that the central bank was committed to doing whatever it took to save the single currency. He argued that there was full support from politicians across the euro zone.
And, more importantly, he suggested the ECB had a strong justification in using extreme and unorthodox measures that might include wholesale buying of Spanish and Italian government bonds because excessively high government bond yields in these countries was interfering with the ECB's monetary transmission mechanism.
Over two days, Spanish equities soared 10%, while Italian shares jumped nearly 9%. Rallies in their government bonds were even more dramatic. Spanish two-year bonds rocketed. Yields dropped from well above 7% to about 5.3%, around a two percentage points move in two days.
The good news spread to the core, with German equities jumping nearly 6% in sympathy with the Italian and Spanish markets' moves.
That would look pretty convincing except for the fact that yields on German government bonds barely reacted. German 10-year Bunds still yield a near historic low of 1.4%, while the yield on German two-year paper remains negative.
A convincing and successful rescue of Spain would of necessity be bad news for either Bunds or German shares. That's because only one European government could possibly have the necessary resources, and that's Germany. Ultimately, German households would have to pay a large price in terms of fiscal transfers to Spain to keep the Spanish economy going, or, more likely, Germany would have to allow the ECB to pursue a policy that would have to be inflationary for Germany in order to end the debt deflation that is killing Spain and causing a crisis in its debt market.
The former is bad for equities. The latter for bonds. One way or the other, somebody in Germany has to take a hit if Mr. Draghi isn't just talking out of his hat.
There could be an element of market self-deception. Investors could believe that Mr. Draghi will ultimately fail (good for Bunds) but that in the short term he will be convincing enough for yet another group of suckers to be found to buy equities (good for shares).
But the news can't be universally good. German yields at current levels still speak of crisis and expectations of a messy end to the euro. Maybe that's why longer-dated Spanish and Italian government bonds showed rather less euphoria than other markets.
Yes, the yield on 10-year Spanish government bonds dropped around half a percentage point over the week, but they remain a worryingly high 6.55% while Italy's 10-year paper dropped only around a fifth of a percentage point and barely dropped below 6%.
It's often said that bond markets are for professionals while equities are for amateurs. Europe's equity investors swallowed the rescue deal hook, line and sinker.
Its bond investors remain much more cautious. Yes, short-dated Spanish bonds rallied hard. But the longer-dated issues suggest that at most a can will be kicked rather than a real solution found.


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Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs
Le travail de la CEE-ONU sur le transport des denrées périssables remonte à 1948, lorsqu'il fut décidé, dans le contexte des pénuries alimentaires de l'après-guerre, de mettre en place un Groupe de travail pour examiner la nature et l'étendue du trafic international des denrées périssables, estimer les difficultés opérationnelles et étudier les exigences applicables au transport pour les années suivantes.
17 May 2016
San Marino has acceded to the ATP. In accordance with Article 11 (2), the Agreement will enter into force for San Marino on 17 May 2017.
6 April 2016
Depositary notification C.N.135.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.22 has been issued notifying proposed amendments to the ATP adopted by WP.11 at its session in October 2015.
21 September 2015.
Depositary notification C.N.481.2015.TREATIES.XI.B.22 has been issued notifying an objection by Finland to the proposed amendment to annex 1, appendix 2, paragraph 3.2.6.
14 May 2015
Depositary notification C.N.298.2015.TREATIES.XI.B.22, a communication has been received from Germany stating that although it intends to accept the proposals communicated by C.N.181.2015.TREATIES.XI.B.22, the conditions for such acceptance have not yet been fulfilled.
5 May 2015
Information received to date from ATP contracting parties regarding the authority competent to sign multilateral agreements has been added to the website.
20 April 2015
Depositary notification C.N.253.2015.TREATIES.XI.B.22 has been issued notifying the acceptance of amendments to the ATP.
19 March 2015
Depositary notification C.N.181.2015.TREATIES.XI.B.22 has been issued notifying proposed amendments to the ATP adopted by WP.11 at its session in October 2014.
13 January 2015
Saudi Arabia has acceded to the ATP. In accordance with Article 11 (2), the Agreement will enter into force for Saudi Arabia on 13 January 2016.
2 December 2014
A letter has been sent to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ATP contracting parties requesting the contact information for the authority competent to sign multilateral agreements (in accordance with article 7 of ATP).
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP)
The ATP establishes harmonized and improved technical conditions for the preservation of the quality of perishable foodstuffs during their carriage. These conditions concern mainly the temperature to be observed during the carriage and the equipment used for the carriage. The ATP establishes the appropriate temperatures under which the various types of perishable foodstuffs should be carried. It also lays down the requirements for the equipment, including its refrigerating capacity, insulating capacity and efficiency of thermal appliances as well as the methods and procedures for measuring and checking them.


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There are two ways you can be arrested for driving under the influence in Gwinnett County. The first way is if your blood alcohol content is 08% or more. Keep in mind, this percentage has nothing to do with how intoxicated you may be. The second way is if the police officer had probable cause to believe you were a "less safe" driver as a result of alcohol. This may be the case even if your blood alcohol content is as low as .05%.
In order to fight your DUI charge, you must hire an experienced DUI attorney. The prosecution will present evidence against you in an effort to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were driving under the influence. The attorneys of HTW&W will look for flaws in the prosecution's case and build you a solid defense to avoid a conviction at all costs.
If you were given a breath test and your results were .08%, the prosecution will admit this into evidence. However, your attorney will know that just because your results were .08% doesn't necessarily mean that this percentage was correct. For instance, breathalyzers need to be properly maintained and calibrated in order to accurately assess your breath test result. It's also important that the police officer administered the test correctly and did not have you blow into the tube for too long.
In "less safe" DUI cases, the prosecution will rely heavily on the testimony of the arresting police officer. If the officer observed that you had bloodshot eyes and were slurring your speech, they may have jumped to the conclusion that you were intoxicated. In this case, your attorney can point out several reasons for this that don't involve drinking alcohol. For example, perhaps you had a cold or were suffering from allergies at the time. If you were given a field sobriety test, your attorney will ensure that the test was scored and administered properly and that it was conducted in a well-lit area on a dry, even and flat surface.
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SEATTLE (AP) — His fans from Seattle to Venezuela call him "King Felix."
Yet it's another, more personal title that Felix Hernandez cites as the reason his career took off last year, when he went from maddening inconsistency and unfulfilled potential to dominant pitching that earned him a $78 million, five-year deal with the Mariners.
"It's the maturity, man. I had my kids and it made me grow up," the 23-year-old ace said Thursday after finalizing his first big contract.
The move averted an arbitration hearing between Hernandez and the Mariners, and it keeps him under contract through 2014. The right-hander gave up a chance to become a free agent after the 2011 season.
Wearing a constant grin, a sharp, black, three-piece suit, a silver tie plus diamonds in each earlobe, the son of a truck driver rolled up his cuffs. He pulled away his jeweled watch and proudly showed off script tattoos inside each wrist – the names and birthdates of his and wife Sandra's 4-year-old daughter, Mia, and 11-month-old son, Jeremy.
"My daughter and my son, they made me a great person," Hernandez said. "They are the best thing that's happened to me."
His deal could become one of the best things to happen to the freshly loaded Mariners.
Now that they've capped a huge offseason by succeeding with their top priority, the Mariners think they're poised to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2001.
"This one was immense," general manager Jack Zduriencik said, seated next to the beaming pitcher he called Seattle's "cornerstone."
"It's rare when you can secure a guy like this. And it's rare to have a guy with this kind of ability. There's no better move than to secure a Felix Hernandez."
Hernandez could have become a free agent after two more seasons. Instead, he finalized the huge payday after taking a physical Thursday morning that was required to finish the deal.
"I just wanted to be here. I didn't care about free agency," Hernandez said. "I'm here for five more years. I hope we make the playoffs and the World Series for the fans. They need it. We got this out of the way, now my mind is ready to play baseball."
Seattle and Hernandez's agents opened talks soon after he finished second in voting for last year's AL Cy Young Award. He gets a $3.5 million signing bonus and salaries of $6.5 million in 2010, $10 million in 2011, $18.5 million in 2012, $19.5 million in 2013 and $20 million in 2014.
He would get bonuses of $50,000 each time he's an All-Star, $50,000 each for winning the LCS MVP award or a Gold Glove, $100,000 for the World Series MVP and $200,000 if he wins a Cy Young Award.
Hernandez was 19-5 last season, tied for the most wins in the majors, and made his first All-Star team. He had a career-high 217 strikeouts with a career-low 2.49 ERA.
Seattle and Hernandez exchanged arbitration figures Tuesday, with the pitcher asking for $11.5 million and the Mariners offering $7.2 million.
His agent, Wil Polidor, said Hernandez wanted a six-year contract and the Mariners wanted a four-year deal. Polidor said that compromise wasn't difficult to strike.
But the agreement was. Polidor said he'd been trying for three years to get Seattle to commit to Hernandez beyond 2011, but that the previous regime with GM Bill Bavasi kept saying no.
Only after Zduriencik took over 15 months ago did Hernandez's wish for security gain momentum, Polidor said.
"It's very important for me to have security – not security for me, for my family," Hernandez said. "I've got two kids now. I work for them.
"The other thing is," he added with another big grin, "I've got to buy a house."
The deal includes a no-trade clause for all five years that lists 10 teams Hernandez cannot be dealt to, Polidor said.
Asked how attractive it is that he gets $78 million – and can still pursue more free-agent riches at the prime age of 28 – Hernandez smiled and deadpanned, "It's good."
Surging Seattle has made several major moves in an effort to seize the AL West title from the Los Angeles Angels: acquiring former Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee from Philadelphia, signing All-Star third baseman Chone Figgins, trading for outfielder and designated hitter Milton Bradley and re-signing active home run leader Ken Griffey Jr.
Hernandez and Lee, signed through 2010, give Seattle one of baseball's best pairs atop a rotation.
"We're really close right now," Hernandez said of a team that improved from 61-101 in 2008 to 85-77 last year – before the splashy moves this winter. "I think we're going to be good, man. I think this is our year."
Hernandez, a native of Valencia, Venezuela, dubbed "King Felix" soon after he arrived in the majors, is 58-41 in 4 1/2 seasons. He has averaged 14 wins and 183 strikeouts in his four full seasons in the big leagues.
Hernandez is Seattle's fourth arbitration-eligible pitcher to sign a contract this week, after one-year deals for relievers Mark Lowe ($1.15 million), Brandon League ($1,087,500) and closer David Aardsma ($2.75 million).
Recently acquired first baseman Casey Kotchman is the Mariners' lone remaining player in arbitration, and Zduriencik said he is hopeful to sign him soon, too.
© 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


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Senior Charina Sumner collected two hits against Hawai'i Sunday morning.
March 7, 2010
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HONOLULU, Hawai'i - The East Carolina softball team overcame a 3-0 deficit to take a 4-3 lead but could not hold on as it fell to Hawai'i 6-4 Sunday morning at the Bank of Hawai'i Invitational Tournament. Senior Marina Gusman-Brown, an Aloha State native, hit a grand slam in the top of the fifth to provide the Pirates (7-10) with their only runs. Hawai'i's Alexandra Aguirre drove in the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning, improving her team to 12-7.
Junior Toni Paisley (5-7) took the loss as she allowed six runs on seven hits. She also fanned five. For the Rainbow Wahine, Kaia Parnaby (7-3) recorded the victory, surrendering four runs on six hits. She struck out three in her five innings. Stephanie Ricketts picked up her first save of the season as she threw a hitless final two innings.
In the first inning, the Pirates had a scoring chance as senior Charina Sumner led off with a single to right field and was advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by classmate Christina Merrida. Freshman Kai Clark struck out, but Gusman-Brown followed with a walk to put runners on first and second with two outs. A strikeout by sophomore Priscilla Velasquez ended the threat.
Hawai'i cashed in on its scoring opportunity in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. Jessica Iwata hit a one-out double to left field. Melissa Gonzalez followed with a single to left field to put runners on the corners with one out. Gonzalez stole second base and catcher Clark attempted to throw her out. On the toss to second, Iwata broke home and slid in safely to give the Rainbow Wahine a 1-0 lead. Amanda Tauali'i struck out and Traci Yoshikawa lined out to end the inning.
In the top of the third, senior Kaui Tom reached on an error by Iwata at shortstop to start the inning. Sumner lined out to left, but Merrida hit a hard grounder that Iwata again mishandled, putting runners on first and second with one out. Clark flew out to center and Gusman-Brown hit one deep to right that was hauled in to end the inning.
The Rainbow Wahine scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. Gonzalez led off with a double to left center and was replaced by pinch runner Brynne Buchanan. Tauali'i was hit by a pitch and pinch runner Mikalemi Tagab-Cruz came in to run. With the runners on first and second and no outs, Yoshikawa hit a pop-up on the infield that fell in front of freshman second baseman Cicely Lopez for a base hit that loaded the bases. Paisley walked Jenna Rodriguez to force in Buchanan for a 2-0 score. Following a fly-out, Paisley hit Kanani Pu'u-Warren to push across Tagab-Cruz.
In the top of the fifth, East Carolina used Gusman-Brown's grand slam to take a 4-3 lead. Lopez led off the inning with a single to left field. Sumner tallied her second hit of the game with a one-out single to left field that moved Lopez to second. Merrida slapped an infield single to fill the bases with only one out. Clark popped out but Gusman-Brown came through with the grand slam to right centerfor the 4-3 lead. It was Gusman-Brown's second home run in as many days as she hit one against Seattle Saturday afternoon. The four runs batted in also established her career high.
The lead did not last long, however, as Hawai'i went ahead 6-4 in the bottom of the fifth. Iwata led off with a double to right center. Gonzalez followed with a spinning ground ball to junior Sissy Jimenez at first base that was misplayed, allowing Iwata to go to third and put Gonzalez on first. Gonzalez stole second base. After a foul-out, Yoshikawa singled to left to drive in Iwata to tie the score and move Gonzalez to third. Yoshikawa stole second and Gonzalez scored on a single to left by Aguirre for a 5-4 advantage. With Yoshikawa on third, Aguirre attempted to steal second base and was tagged out in a rundown. On the play, Yoshikawa scored before the out was recorded for the final run of the game.
Senior Vanessa Moreno started things for ECU in the top of the sixth with a double to left field. Classmate Cristen Aona was hit by a pitch for the second time to put runners on first and second with no outs. A sacrifice bunt by Lopez moved Moreno and Aona to second and third. Tom flew out to center field and Sumner to right to end the threat.
The Pirates went down in order in the seventh, ending the game.
East Carolina completes the Bank of Hawai'i Invitational this afternoon at 7:00 p.m. EST against the loser of the No. 1 Washington versus Seattle game.


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Episode 3. A Summer in New Jersey
We went riding very early this morning, Father and I, to escape the heat of the day — why did I ever complain about the rain and fog in England, where it was so blissfully cool? He suddenly asked me: "Do you know anything about the Olive Branch Petition?"
Do I ever! The Olive Branch Petition came close to turning into a fight at Aunt Sally's table not long before my departure for New Jersey. Grandfather had come home looking even more tired than usual. No wonder: day after day he attends a committee from 6 to 9 in the morning. From 9 to 4 in the afternoon he sits with Congress, taking part in an awesome number of projects and after supper, at home, he writes long letters to his friends in England.
He was particularly silent that evening. When Uncle Richard suddenly asked him if the Olive Branch Petition was about to be dispatched to England, Grandfather almost choked with fury.
"How dare you bring up a confidential matter as if it were your business?" he spurted. "You know that everything discussed in Congress is kept secret. Who told you about this?"
Aunt Sally turned pale and her hands were trembling. She knows that, deep down, her father has never accepted her choice of husband. She lives in dread of an impending storm. And now, even though Richard was stammering that not every congressional delegate was as discreet as Dr. Franklin and that rumors were flying all over Philadelphia, she felt, and I did too, that a storm was about to burst.
And who, of all people, defused the atmosphere? Benny, my quiet little cousin Benny.
— "I know about the Olive Bwanch," he lisped. (Benny has been losing his baby teeth.) We all looked at him in surprise. "People were bad and God was so angwy that he dwownded them all except Noah and his family who escaped in a boat. Noah sent out a pigeon to see if the water was going down and the pigeon came back with an olive bwanch in his beak, and all the animals in the boat clapped their hands. Is that wight, Gwanpapa?"
If anything can melt my grandfather, it is the sight and sound of a child. He beamed at his clever grandson, not quite six yet and already so knowledgeable.
— "You're so right, Benny, and ever since then, that pigeon with an olive branch means that the bad times are over and we can all be friends again."
After some giggling during which Willy, desperate for his turn in the limelight, tried to attract attention by pulling the tablecloth off the table, Grandfather, by now more affable, informed us that yes, a petition by that name would be sent to England, probably in the first days of July. Had he taken part in its writing? He hesitated.
— "Well, yes, I contributed a little, even though I personally believe that it does not have the shadow of a chance to be seriously considered, let alone accepted. I have seen so many of those petitions when I was in London, some humble, some very humble, some beautifully crafted legal gems, all treated with the same contempt. Still, a few moderates in Congress want to try once again, one last time, to give diplomacy a chance to express our loyalty, if not to Parliament, at least to King and country. It can do no harm."
— "Are we offering concessions in this petition?" asked Aunt Sally.
— "No concessions offered, no concessions asked. It is polite and vague."
Grandfather then dragged himself to bed, but not without giving me some letters to copy.
Now, in Perth Amboy, I repeated all this to Father who listened attentively. I was proud to show him that I was not just a child plucked from his London school but that I was privy to some Congressional information. So proud indeed, that I betrayed our collective promise to Grandfather not to reveal a word of what he had told us about the Olive Branch Petition. Worse yet, I quoted from memory passages from two of the letters I had recently copied: "We shall give you one opportunity more of recovering our affections and retaining the connections. It now requires great wisdom on your side of the water to prevent the total separation; I hope it will be found among you." And to another friend: "I can see clearly we are on the high road to mutual enmity, hatred and detestation..."
— "Don't you think, Father, that Grandfather has a real gift for mixing endearment with threats?"
— "Yes, indeed."


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Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Nurse Staffing and Deficiencies in the Largest For-Profit Nursing Home Chains and Chains Owned by Private Equity Companies
Version of Record online: 30 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01311.x
© Health Research and Educational Trust
Health Services Research
Volume 47, Issue 1pt1, pages 106–128, February 2012
Additional Information
How to Cite
Harrington, C., Olney, B., Carrillo, H. and Kang, T. (2012), Nurse Staffing and Deficiencies in the Largest For-Profit Nursing Home Chains and Chains Owned by Private Equity Companies. Health Services Research, 47: 106–128. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01311.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 12 JAN 2012
- Version of Record online: 30 AUG 2011
- Ownership/governance (for-profit/NFP/public/chains/systems);
- long-term care: home care/nursing homes;
- quality of care/patient safety (measurement)
To compare staffing levels and deficiencies of the 10 largest U.S. for-profit nursing home chains with five other ownership groups and chain staffing and deficiencies before and after purchase by four private equity (PE) companies.
Data Sources
Facilities for the largest for-profit chains were identified through Internet searches and company reports and matched with federal secondary data for 2003–2008 for each ownership group.
Study Design
Descriptive statistics and generalized estimation equation panel regression models examined staffing and deficiencies by ownership groups in the 2003–2008 period, controlling for facility characteristics, resident acuity, and market factors with state fixed effects.
Principal Findings
The top 10 for-profit chains had lower registered nurse and total nurse staffing hours than government facilities, controlling for other factors. The top 10 chains received 36 percent higher deficiencies and 41 percent higher serious deficiencies than government facilities. Other for-profit facilities also had lower staffing and higher deficiencies than government facilities. The chains purchased by PE companies showed little change in staffing levels, but the number of deficiencies and serious deficiencies increased in some postpurchase years compared with the prepurchase period.
There is a need for greater study of large for-profit chains as well as those chains purchased by PE companies.


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Microsoft has opened up ASP.NET MVC under its Microsoft Public License, a valid open source license. As Miguel de Icaza says, Microsoft contributing to open source is a good news for everyone. And with Mono, ASP.NET can go cross platform as well.
Microsoft seems to be seems to be starting from the opposite end than most of the open source projects. First Oxite – a CMS built on ASP.NET MVC – was open sourced, now the underlying MVC stack. I hope the trend continues and Microsoft opens up more core components.
Microsoft has to participate in open source, not only to compete with the likes of Linux and OpenOffice, but also with Mono, .NET's open source counterpart. You might notice that with Mono and its tools, like MonoDevelop, might provide a much better open source ecosystem than .NET itself.
I look forward to more contribution from Microsoft to open source, not only by contributing code, but by also encouraging and acknowledging good open source work happening elsewhere.


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