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Research reported in the November 19, 1999, issue of Science shows that, in an animal model, combining substance P with the ribosome-inactivating protein saporin (SAP) will inhibit the pain associated with nerve injury when administered before or after the development of neuropathic pain and will significantly reduce sensitivity to stimuli associated with inflammatory pain. Previous data have suggested that in the peripheral nervous system, neuropathic and inflammatory pain arise from different mechanisms and are conveyed to the spinal cord by distinct groups of primary afferent neurons. Study findings suggest that these different types of pain conditions, which can arise via different mechanisms, may be conveyed to the spinal cord by the same substance P receptor-expressing neurons. Further, the study found that, following substance P-SAP treatment, opiates such as morphine remain a viable therapy for breakthrough pain. This discovery could lead to new treatments for chronic pain and the development of more targeted pain-relieving drug therapy.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota injected a combination of substance P (a neurotransmitter known to stimulate pain receptors) and SAP into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord in rats. Receptors for substance P — large molecules found on the surface of spinal cord nerve cells — served as portals for the compound's entry. Within days, the targeted neurons, located in the outer layer of the spinal cord along its entire length, absorbed the compound and were neutralized. Results indicate the substance P-SAP treatment reduced the number of spinal cord neurons that express substance P receptor as well as lessened the pain response to thermal and mechanically induced pain following nerve injury, inflammation, and the long-term effects of pain produced by capsaicin injection. The results appear to be long-lasting and do not affect other nerve cells.
Scientists already know that spinal cord neurons that express substance P receptors play a role in pain, but their specific role in signaling — relaying or conveying pain signals — is not entirely understood.
Investigators believe that these results suggest that this small group of neurons that express substance P play a critical role in communicating chronic pain information from the spinal cord to the thalamus, the brain's pain center.
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The concept of using specific receptors to introduce therapeutic compounds may pave the way for a new pain therapy. Such compounds might be first introduced through a lumbar puncture, a technique commonly used for collecting spinal fluid. The compounds would then serve to relay information through the spinal cord to the thalamus, thus blocking pain signals.
"These findings are extremely important to the study of peripheral and neuropathic pain and our treatment of persons with persistent pain," says Patrick Mantyh, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, who led the study. "We were able to administer a potential treatment and specifically channel it to certain cells, disabling them. We can now focus on the biology of these cells and look at new ways of silencing these cells in other types of persistent pain."
"This discovery is critically important to our understanding of the pain process," says Cheryl Kitt, Ph.D., program director for pain at the NINDS. "Understanding pain pathway changes at the cellular level offers great potential for more effective treatment for pain."
Scientists now need to perform toxicology studies in large animals to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of this treatment in another species. If these studies are successful, approval would be sought to treat terminally ill patients who have severe chronic pain (cancer pain) to determine the extent of the relief of chronic pain in humans.
The NINDS, part of the National Institutes of Health located in Bethesda, Maryland, is the nation's leading supporter of research on the brain and nervous system and a lead agency in the Congressionally designated Decade of the Brain. The NINDS celebrates its 50th anniversary in the year 2000.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) news release.
Thursday, November 18, 1999, 4:00 p.m. EST.

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3D PRINTING - Stratasys to Acquire Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies
Stratasys Ltd. a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire two privately-held companies, Solid Concepts Inc. and Harvest Technologies. Solid Concepts is the largest independent additive manufacturing service bureau in North America and a fast-growing partner to RedEye, Stratasys' existing digital manufacturing service business. The transactions are expected to be completed early in the upcoming third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, and are expected to be accretive to Stratasys' Non-GAAP earnings per share within the first 12 months after closing. Upon completion of the transactions, Stratasys will combine Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies with RedEye to establish one additive manufacturing services business unit. Joe Allison, President of Solid Concepts, will join the Stratasys management team and lead the combined parts business, supported by the strong management teams of Solid Concepts, Harvest Technologies, and RedEye.
"These transactions are consistent with our core strategic imperatives and M&A strategy, which is focused on acquiring leading companies to support our goal of continued leadership in the segments in which we operate, as well as reaching new niche verticals"
Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies are leading providers of additive manufacturing services. With the addition of Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies, Stratasys is creating a leading strategic platform focused on meeting customers' additive manufacturing needs through an expanded technology and business offering. Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies provide Stratasys with significant manufacturing and end-use parts production capabilities, infrastructure, capacity and process knowhow, which are expected to accelerate and enable further adoption of additive manufacturing. The combination of Solid Concepts' deep knowledge of manufacturing and vertical focus, such as medical and aerospace, and Harvest Technologies' experience in parts production, as well as materials and systems knowhow, together with RedEye, strengthens Stratasys' direct digital manufacturing and parts production expertise.
Solid Concepts, based in Valencia, California, is an industry pioneer, having provided additive manufacturing solutions to customers since its founding in 1991. Solid Concepts has developed extensive U.S.-based capacity and infrastructure with six U.S. facilities staffed by approximately 450 employees. Solid Concepts maintains a broad variety of technology platforms and processes for additive manufacturing and serves a diverse customer base across a wide range of verticals, including medical, aerospace, and industrial, among others. Solid Concepts provides an overarching platform that, with the integration of Harvest Technologies and RedEye, is expected to create a comprehensive additive manufacturing solution provider. Solid Concepts generated revenues of approximately $65 million in 2013.
Harvest Technologies, based in Belton, Texas, is a specialty additive manufacturing service bureau established in 1995, with approximately 80 employees. Harvest Technologies has deep manufacturing process knowhow and focuses on advanced end use parts applications. Harvest Technologies was the first additive manufacturing company in North America to become AS9100/ISO 9001 certified, and continues to produce end-use parts for multiple industries.
Under the terms of the definitive agreement with Solid Concepts, Stratasys will acquire Solid Concepts for total consideration of up to $295 million, including a payment on closing of $172 million (or, if settled in cash, part on closing and part six months after closing), deferred payments of $60 million and up to $63 million in retention-related payments. Subject to certain requirements for cash payments, Stratasys retains discretion to settle any of the amounts payable under both the definitive agreement and the retention plan in either Stratasys shares, cash or any combination of the two. The value of a portion of the purchase price as well as the deferred and retention-related payments may increase or decrease in line with the market price of Stratasys shares.
Under the terms of the definitive agreement with Harvest Technologies, Stratasys will acquire Harvest Technologies for an undisclosed amount, including retention-related payments, payable in cash, shares or a combination thereof.
"We are pleased to announce these strategic transactions, which will enable us to provide customers with a comprehensive offering that addresses a broad spectrum of additive manufacturing solutions," said Stratasys CEO David Reis. "With Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies, together with RedEye, we expect to create a strategic platform to meet our customers' additive manufacturing requirements by significantly expanding our offering, targeting new applications, and strengthening our customer relationships. As our customers' requirements continue to expand, we must evolve to create full service offerings that provide a variety of technologies and custom manufacturing solutions and focus on high-end production applications. Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies are industry pioneers and innovators in the additive manufacturing space. In acquiring these two unique companies, Stratasys is gaining a broad solutions offering with technologies and decades of application and manufacturing experience which, together with RedEye, are expected to create an industry-leading additive manufacturing and parts production platform."
"These transactions are consistent with our core strategic imperatives and M&A strategy, which is focused on acquiring leading companies to support our goal of continued leadership in the segments in which we operate, as well as reaching new niche verticals," Mr. Reis continued. "We will apply our integration expertise to combine Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies with our existing RedEye digital manufacturing service business to form a single business unit focused on additive manufacturing services. Importantly, with our shared cultures of innovation and customer service, we believe this will be a smooth transition. We look forward to welcoming the talented teams of Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies to Stratasys – we are confident we have a very bright future together."
Joe Allison, President of Solid Concepts, said, "We are excited to be joining forces with Stratasys, a global leader in 3D printing and additive manufacturing. As part of a larger company with a broad customer reach and market coverage, Solid Concepts will be even better positioned to meet the significant demand for our additive manufacturing offerings. We look forward to working with Stratasys to ensure a smooth and orderly integration of our businesses."
David K. Leigh, President of Harvest Technologies, said, "We are delighted to join forces with Stratasys and Solid Concepts in a transaction that will enhance Harvest Technologies' leadership in producing end use parts using the most advanced additive manufacturing technologies and processes."
About Stratasys
Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and Rehovot, Israel, is a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions. The company's patented FDM® and PolyJet™ 3D Printing technologies produce prototypes and manufactured goods directly from 3D CAD files or other 3D content. Systems include 3D printers for idea development, prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. Stratasys subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, and the company operates the RedEye digital-manufacturing service. Stratasys has more than 1800 employees, holds over 550 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally, and has received more than 25 awards for its technology and leadership. Online at: www.stratasys.com or http://blog.stratasys.com.
About Solid Concepts
Solid Concepts Inc. provides custom manufacturing solutions via additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, CNC machining, cast urethanes, injection molding and tooling. Since 1991, Solid Concepts has provided engineering expertise from multiple fields to bring success to new products in the aerospace, medical, consumer product industries and more. Capabilities in PolyJet, Stereolithography (SLA), Plastic and Metal Laser Sintering (SLS & DMLS), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), QuantumCast™ Cast Urethanes, CNC, Tooling and Injection Molding allow for low to high volume production of plastics, urethanes, and metals directly from design data, resulting in significant time and cost savings. ISO 9001 and AS9100 certifications. http://www.solidconcepts.com/.
About Harvest Technologies
Harvest Technologies was founded by David K. Leigh and, his father, David E. Leigh in 1995. Now with almost 20 years of experience in the additive manufacturing industry, Harvest Technologies runs a fleet of 40 laser sintering (LS/SLS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), fused deposition modeling (FDM), and stereolithography (SL/SLA) machines in a cutting-edge 40,000 sq. facility. It is Harvest Technologies' mission to provide top-quality parts and customer service, while continuing to build their reputation as the most valued partner and supplier in the prototype and direct digital manufacturing trades. Harvest Technologies is an AS9100C/ISO 9001:2008 certified supplier. For more information please visit http://www.harvest-tech.com.
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The business of BNP Paribas was up this quarter in a context where economic growth remained positive in Europe but slowed down, implying expectations of a continued low interest rate environment.
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"BNP Paribas delivered in the first half an increase in net income at 4.4 billion euros. Revenues were up thanks to business growth in the operating divisions. Operating expenses were well contained and benefitted from the transformation plan, generating a positive jaws effect. The common equity Tier 1 ratio rose to 11.9%, illustrating the Group's solid balance sheet. New digital experiences rolled out for customers are a success and the Group is actively executing its ambitious policy of engagement in society. I would like to thank all the employees of the Group for their dedicated efforts to achieve these good results. "
BNP Paribas Group, first quarter 2019 results
The business of BNP Paribas was up this quarter for the three operating divisions with in particular a gradual upturn in the business of CIB. Economic growth slowed down in Europe but remained positive. After the crisis in the markets at the end of 2018, the market context remained lackluster at the beginning of the quarter, but improved towards the end of the period.
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"BNP Paribas delivered a good level of result this quarter, at 1.9 billion euros. Revenues were up thanks to business growth in the operating divisions with in particular an upturn in client business at CIB. Operating expenses were well contained and benefitted from cost saving measures, generating a positive jaws effect."
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Chief of Police responds to jury's award in drive-by shooting/attempt murder case NR12443asLos Angeles: On September 21, 2012, a jury in Los Angeles awarded a verdict of $5,725,000, to
Mr. Robert Contreras for injuries he received after being shot by a Los Angeles Police Officer.
On September 3, 2005, Mr. Contreras ran from a vehicle that he and his companions used to commit a drive-by shooting in south Los Angeles. Mr. Contreras was captured after being shot by officers. He pled guilty and was convicted of attempted murder in the case.
The Los Angeles Police Department's Force Investigation Division responded to the scene of the shooting and conducted a thorough investigation. Upon conclusion of the investigation the Los Angeles Police Department and the Board of Police Commissioners reviewed the shooting and the officers' actions. The shooting was determined to be "in policy" and the officers' actions were found to be reasonable under the circumstances.
"I am very disappointed by the jury's award in this case," said Police Chief Charlie Beck. "Tragically for the people of Los Angeles, important facts were not allowed into evidence in this case. Had the jury been permitted to hear all the facts, I am sure the outcome would have been quite different. I urge the City Attorney's Office to pursue an appeal in this case."
During the trial, the jury was not allowed to hear key evidence. That evidence included the following facts:
- Plaintiff was a known gang member
- Plaintiff pled no contest to attempted murder for his involvement in the drive-by shooting that occurred just prior to him being shot by police
- The cell mate's statement that he heard Plaintiff admit he had a gun and threw it
- The statement of another individual, arrested with the Plaintiff who stated all of the occupants in the drive-by van had guns
- Expert testimony on police tactics and psychological responses that would have demonstrated the reasonableness of the officers' actions
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Paul Milgrom is the Shirley and Leonard Ely professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Stanford University and professor, by courtesy, at both the Department of Management Science and Engineering and the Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and winner of the 2008 Nemmers Prize in Economics, the 2012 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge award, and the 2017 CME-MSRI prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications, and the 2018 Carty Award for the Advancement of Sciences from the National Academy of Sciences.
Milgrom is best known for his contributions to the microeconomic theory, his pioneering innovations in the practical design of multi-item auctions, and the extraordinary successes of his students and academic advisees. According to his BBVA Award citation: "Paul Milgrom has made seminal contributions to an unusually wide range of fields of economics including auctions, market design, contracts and incentives, industrial economics, economics of organizations, finance, and game theory." According to a count by Google Scholar, Milgrom's books and articles have received more than 86,000 citations.
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Business, Stanford University, 1979
- MS in Statistics, Stanford University, 1978
- AB, University of Michigan, 1970
Academic Appointments
- At Stanford University since 1987
- Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely Jr. Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University Economics Department, 1993-present
- Professor of Economics, Stanford University Economics Department, 1987-1993
- Williams Brothers Professor of Management, Yale University, 1985-1987
- Professor of Management, Yale University, 1983-1985
- Assistant Professor and Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, 1979-1983
Awards and Honors
- John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, 2018
- CME-MSRI prize for Innovative Quantitative Applications, 2017
- Stanford H&S Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2017
- BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Prize (category: Economics, Finance and Management), 2012
- Nemmers Prize in Economics, Northwestern University, 2008
- National Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Honorary Doctorate, Stockholm School of Economics, 2001
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
- Fellow, Econometric Society, 1984
Born: April 20, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan
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Wow, 1000 post already? It seems just like yesterday I joined this amazing community. It's true what they say I guess, time sure does fly when you're having fun.
I lurked and lurked, not really having a good enough reason to join, at least that's what I thought until Mark Erickson introduced me to the Lands of Classic Castle. Even then I still was hesitant. I then joined this site on November 5th, 2012, and today, January 28th, 2014, I have finally reached the 1000 post milestone.
I still can't believe how wonderful this community is, I'm members of many different LEGO sites, but none can compare to this one.
A shoutout to all my LCC friends throughout the different factions, you guys have been so great. Though we may toss a ton of "gibberish" at each other, y'all really are awesome.
The Glory will always be for Loreos though!
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Wacky Jacky skipper 1 of 3 honorees
There's never been anyone to roam the ocean like San Francisco's Jacqueline Douglas.
Douglas is best known as the maverick skipper of the salmon boat Wacky Jacky out of Fisherman's Wharf. But she is also renowned as a fighter for conservation and water issues, as well as an advocate for salmon, wildlife and the beauty of the California coast.
That was confirmed in a vote last week when Douglas received a record 40 of 41 votes to gain entry into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame. She was inducted Saturday at the International Sportsmen's Exposition at Sacramento's Cal Expo, which closes a four-day run Sunday.
Unlike baseball's Hall of Fame, which is voted on by writers, the primary voters for the Outdoors Hall of Fame are members, the "Circle of Chiefs." Peers, not outsiders, vet the nominees.
All candidates must fill two requirements:
-- The nominees must have inspired thousands of Californians to take part in the great outdoors and/or conservation.
-- The nominees must have taken part in a paramount scope of adventures.
Anyone can nominate an entrant. The vote is free of all faction.
This year's winners are Douglas, Ed Migale of Chico and Michael Farrior of San Diego.
Jacqueline Douglas
Jacky Douglas has been California's No. 1 goodwill advocate for salmon, fisheries, conservation and water issues during a 50-year career. She is charismatic and accomplished, one of the most popular party boat captains in America, and has taken an estimated 150,000 people from all over the world fishing out the Golden Gate. She is the first 84-years-young professional female skipper on the Pacific Coast.
She has donated her time and boat to the San Francisco Police Youth Fishing Program, Golden Gate Fishermen's Association and KGO Leukemia Cure-A-Thon. Douglas is also an excellent naturalist; she can find describe seabirds, marine mammals and ocean anomalies to her customers.
To protect salmon and water resources, Douglas has represented the Golden Gate Fishermen's Association at state and federal hearings and met with several members of Congress.
Douglas passed her Coast Guard examination in 1972, purchased her first party boat and managed to find a niche in a male-dominated profession. With a mastery of boating, safety and fishing, she won over the public, and in turn, her mates at the docks. Her work with newspapers, radio show hosts and TV broadcasts has brought the world of the outdoors into the homes of millions of Californians.
Ed Migale
Ed Migale is a pioneering saltwater angler, world-traveled expert hunter and a supporter of youth hunting programs who has shared his expertise with thousands.
Migale may be best known for developing light-tackle saltwater fishing techniques, with which he helped invent and refine drift-fishing, including building new-style custom rods designed for salmon, halibut and rockfish. Thousands have attended his seminars.
Lesser known is that Migale, as a hunter, completed the "royal slam" of turkey hunting, taking all five subspecies of wild turkeys found in North America. He has hunted and fished throughout California and much of the United States, Canada and Mexico, along with Argentina and Africa.
Migale has served as a primary volunteer for conservation organizations, including the National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited and the California Waterfowl Association. With California Waterfowl, he was a founding member of the Youth and Education Committee. When federal law first allowed for a special "Youth Hunting Day" in 1996, Migale arranged for dozens of youngsters to hunt at his duck club.
In addition to teaching through seminars, Migale has shared his expertise on fishing, hunting and conservation in national and regional publications, and through Wilderness Unlimited.
Michael Farrior
Michael Farrior is a world-renowned figure for his volunteer work with the International Game Fish Association and the Tuna Club of Catalina Island, and as a historian and benefactor for wounded soldiers and youth. His scope of adventures includes 15 years in Alaska, across much of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand and nations in Africa. He is a member of the game fish association's Hall of Fame and was appointed as the first historian in the association's history.
His passion is big-game fishing for giant tuna, with special interest in the history of the sport in California and around the world and sharing that passion with others. Farrior was among the first to privately fund fishing trips for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. In the past 10 years, he has been the catalyst for launching a series of Junior Angler Tournaments from San Diego to Northern California.
Farrior has contributed to fishery management around the world. In 2009, the game fish association honored Farrior with a special proclamation that declared him a "national treasure." In Washington D.C., then-Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-San Diego, entered into the Congressional Record that Farrior is "sport fishing's own national treasure."
California Outdoors Hall of Fame
2002: Galen Rowell, Carole Latimer, Ed Rice, Brian Robinson, John Muir (posthumous)
2003: Tom Stienstra, Leslie Appling, Keith Fraser, Roy Cannon (posthumous), Ansel Adams (posthumous)
2004: John Reginato, Bob Fletcher, Ola Eikrem, Peter Ottesen, Joe Walker (posthumous)
2005: Bill Karr, Doug Stoup, Bob Franko, William Brewer (posthumous)
2006: Terry Hodges, Richard May, Jack O'Neill, Dee Thomas, Jedediah Smith (posthumous)
2007: Bob Coomber, Laurie Bagley, Yvon Chouinard, Bill Beebe, Josiah Whitney (posthumous)
2008: Rick Copeland, Gary Graham, Francis Farquhar (posthumous)
2009: Steve Rajeff, William Lemos, Nic Fiore, Galen Clark (posthumous)
2010: Steve Carson, Hal Janssen, Ken & Marcia Powers
2011: Skeet Reese, Jerry Karnow, Marty MacDonnell, Billy Gianquinto
2012: James Adams, Sep Hendrickson, Il Ling New, Scott Williamson, Bill Schaadt (posthumous), Frederick Law Olmsted (posthumous)
2013: Jacqueline Douglas, Ed Migale, Michael Farrior, Norman Clyde (posthumous)
Source: caloutdoorshalloffame.org.
Tom Stienstra is The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoors writer. E-mail: email@example.com. Twitter: @StienstraTom


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Greenwich Crew sending four boats to youth nationals
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Qualifying a boat for youth nationals has always been the top goal for Greenwich Crew, and, after sending two a year ago, doing so in 2013 was completely expected.
However, four was icing in the cake. For the first time in the program's history, four boats will be sent to the national competition, held on June 7-9 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. with the eye on improving from last year's accomplishments.
Boats qualified for nationals by placing in the top three at northeast regionals in Lowell, Mass. last week. Greenwich Crew accomplished that feat in four events: women's 1x, women's 4x, women's lightweight 4+ and men's lightweight 4+. The distance for all events is 2000 meters. The three on the Women's side is a new record for the program.
"This team has really grown since I've started rowing," said senior Gillian Burke, who will compete in the Lightweight 4+ and attend Wake Forrest in the fall. "It's become closer and stronger than any team I've ever been on before. The mentality of the girls and how much they want to push themselves makes everyone better."
Burke will be in the lightweight 4+ with Brakeley Bryant, Jessica Bernstein, Estie Forstbauer and coxswain Clara Perez.
Last season, Greenwich Crew sent the women's lightweight 8+ and women's 1x to nationals, placing eighth and 13th, respectively.
The women's side has a number of standouts this term. Junior Megan Curtis will be racing solo as well as in the 4x boat. She was selected for a junior national team selection camp. According to girls coach Marko Serafimovski, Curtis is a top prospect that could finish in the A finals (top six) at nationals.
"(Curtis) has a great work ethic," Serafimovski said. "She works really hard; a coach can help her succeed to a certain point but 70 percent of it is her dedication to the sport. She has her goals and knows what she wants."
Twins Alex and Megan Slabbert are sophomores and will be in the Women's 4x boat with Curtis and Sarah Reswow. Alex was invited to a camp that helps identify talent for the junior camp the following year and Megan was invited to compete in Scotland with their junior national team.
"(Alex and Megan) are really young," Serafimovski said. "They are fast and strong for their age; they have a bright future ahead of them."
Expectations weren't as high on the men's side, as the group had to replace a number of top graduates. Matt Lattarulo, Oliver Probst, James Doherty, Spencer Sands and coxswain Janine Jay. The fivesome performed outstanding at regionals, placing second in their event -- just .2 seconds ahead of third placed New Canaan -- to make it to Oak Ridge.
"They are a young group with no seniors," men's coach Robert Montague said. "I wasn't sure how well they would do at the beginning of the spring because of the experience but they pulled it together. We have a good combination; going to nationals wasn't part of our vision."
Greenwich Crew currently consists of about 200 rowers participating in both competitive and recreational programs. The depth creates a pipeline that seasons rowers and gets them ready to compete with the nation's best once they reach high school.
"We have a really good program," Serafimovski said. "They just fall in love with the sport; it teaches you self-discipline and builds your character."


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But when Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, was seen holidaying with the former beautician and masseuse Phillipa Sage this week, the nature of their relations appeared a little more than friendly.
Spotted with friends on the Greek island of Mykonos on Thursday, the pair were seen kissing on the lips in full view of other holidaymakers.
Sitting down for food and wine at the seafront Nammos restaurant in the Psarou Beach resort, Mr Clarkson's suntanned, blonde companion affectionately placed her hand on his back and head.
Mr Clarkson cut a relaxed figure in a floral shirt, blue shorts and blue driving loafers, while Ms Sage wore a striped bikini, and later changed into a white sun dress.
Mr Clarkson's wife, Frances Cain, was nowhere to be seen, and the apparent intimacy between him and Ms Sage raised questions over the status of his marriage.
The pair, who met on the BBC motoring show, have been romantically linked before, but previously denied claims of an affair.
Last November, pictures appeared in a tabloid newspaper of the two enjoying a "romantic city break" in Rome, where they reportedly stayed at the £650-a-night Hotel Ruisse.
When asked after that incident whether he planned to stay with his wife, Mr Clarkson declined to comment.
His publicist also declined to comment yesterday on whether their marriage of two decades was over.
Mr Clarkson, 53, has three children with Ms Cain, who has acted as his manager during his Top Gear career.
When allegations of an affair between himself and Ms Sage first surfaced in 2011, Ms Sage reportedly dismissed them as "nonsense," insisting she and the television host were merely friends who had worked together for years.
Mr Clarkson's mother, Shirley, was reported to have said at the time that she was angry that "just because he's famous he has to deal with gossip like this".
He wrote in his newspaper column in 2011 of moving into an unfurnished flat in Bayswater, central London, but he and his wife insisted it was for use only while he was filming for the BBC in the capital.
The television host has previously attempted to conceal details of his private life, but last year lifted an injunction he had taken out following internet rumours he had been having an extra-marital affair with his ex-wife, Alexandra Hall.
The order banned reporting of "sexual or other intimate acts or dealings" between himself and Mrs Hall.
After overturning the injunction, he said such orders were "pointless" and "massively expensive".
He had previously argued in favour of them, however, writing in his column: "I am not a saint. And as I'm in the pay of the BBC – a publicly funded body – it might seem reasonable for newspapers to question some of my lifestyle choices.
"But they wouldn't question them. They'd demand that I be sacked."
Accounts revealed last month that Mr Clarkson, who shared a £2 million Cotswolds home with his wife, had become one of the highest paid presenters in the history of the BBC after taking home £14 million for his work on Top Gear.
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That Tree: A Year in the Life of a Lonely Oak
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It was just an ordinary tree. Mark Hirsch drove past the gnarled, ancient oak for 19 years without a second glance. Then, one snowy January day, as its dark limbs traced bold outlines on a white sky, he paused to take a photo. And as Hirsch's camera phone clicked, the tree ceased to seem ordinary.
A professional photographer, Hirsch had recently bought an iPhone. Eager to try out his smartphone's functionality, he accepted his friend Cori Peplnjak's challenge to post a daily iPhone photo on Facebook. At first, he imagined that the project would embrace a different subject each day. But after a second photo of the oak prompted another friend, Greg Guenther, to comment, "Dude, you and that tree! You should do a photo a day with it!," the project's scope was sealed.
For an entire year, Hirsch documented the life of the single bur oak, a solitary sentry surrounded by Wisconsin cornfields. He came to appreciate the old tree's sweeping boughs, its sturdy leaves, the tiny insects that clung to the rough bark.
That Tree gained a devoted following on Facebook, with fans eager to see how the oak would look draped in snow or shrouded by sunset. In August 2013, a collection of the photos will be released as a book titled That Tree: An iPhone Photo Journal Documenting a Year in-the-Life of a Lonely Bur Oak. On March 23, the photographer will click the year's final shot, and this time the tree will be surrounded by friends—at press time, 163 people had RSVPed to be included in the 365th portrait.
But the final photograph won't be the end of the story. "I won't stop," he says. "It's become a part of my day." Hirsch looks forward to experimenting with other camera technology after the iPhone year is up. For the photographer and nearly 4,000 Facebook fans, That Tree will remain a captivating friend.
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Severe thunderstorms have spawned at least one confirmed tornado in Denver, grounding flights at Denver International Airport, The Associated Press reported.
Rotating clouds have been seen outside of the city, the AP said. A twister touched down east of the airport in Watkins, the National Weather Service said.
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Spurthi N. Nayak; Hongyan Zhu; Nicy Varghese; Subhojit Datta; Hong-Kyu Choi; Ralf Horres; Ruth Jüngling; Jagbir Singh; P. B. Kavi Kishor; S. Sivaramakrishnan; Dave A. Hoisington; Günter Kahl; Peter Winter; Douglas R. Cook; Rajeev K. Varshney, 2016, "Inter-specific genetic map of C. arietinum ICC 4958 × C. reticulatum PI 489777", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/KCPPYA, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1311 SSRs and 71 gene based SNPs were developed from mapping population of C. arietinum ICC 4958 × C. reticulatum PI 489777 CMap Visualization Links: ICC 4958 X PI 489777 DOI: doi:10.1007/s00122-010-1265-1
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A POLICE force is looking for the rightful owners of a selection of power tools and gardening equipment that have been recovered from a house in Middlesbrough.
Cleveland Police arrested a man on suspicion of handling stolen goods when they raided a house last week.
A spokeswoman said: "The goods were recovered from a house in Easterside, Middlesbrough last Friday, February 7.
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I met this guy on Tinder. He was a nice, Jewish boy and lived on the Upper West Side. His name was Jeremy. At the time I was 43 and he was 26. He was an accountant and studying for his CPA license. I was doing laundry while we were texting and he wanted to Facetime me. I said sure. I looked awful. Because, well I was doing laundry. But we facetimed. He was actually much cuter on facetime. The next day was 4th of July so we decided we were going to spend it together. He came over and drank a little and walked outside to see if we could see fireworks. We couldn't. We went back inside and talked for awhile. His parents lived on Long Island and they don't know that he isn't orthodox because they are. He went to Yeshiva for college. He seemed like a nice guy. We slept together. And he suggested 69-ing, which I was surprised about. It's such an olde skool thing to do. I hadn't done that in forever. It was pleasant. I give him points for creativity. After awhile he left and then i heard from him a few days later to see if I wanted to hang out. I was like "sure". And he said he'd call me Saturday. So i said okay. To be honest I didn't really care if I saw him again or not. But i didnt have plans yet so I said sure…if he wants to come to my place. Saturday rolls around and i didnt hear from him. Around 4pm I asked if he was coming over. He said he couldn't decide between coming over or going to a party his friend was throwing. So i said that is so rude to make me wait around to see what your decision is. I said go to your friend's party. And then I blocked him. No big loss. Truly. But two years later and I'm scrolling through Facebook and because you can log in to Tinder with Facebook he came up in my friend suggestions. I'm like really?? Thanks FB. Great data mining. Luckily they do also have the hide feature so I don't have to see his smiling indecisive face staring out from his profile pic anymore.
Tag: relationships
Date 10
I met this guy Greg from Staten Island although Im not sure if it was on Tinder or Cougar Life. I told him Staten Island is too far for me to travel and he said he would drive to Queens for me. I don't remember what he did. I think he was in finance but wanted to be in education. He was also about 10 years younger than i. So we decided one Friday night for him to come over and watch movies and order pizza. Oh..and drink wine. I asked him if he knew how to install a firestick ( not a euphemism). He said he was pretty tech savvy and that it would be no problem. The night he decided to come over it was a torrential downpour. He got to my apt completely drenched. He had to park kind of far because parking is bad in my neighborhood and he had no umbrella. It was dripping from head to toe. I gave him a towel and a t-shirt (it's nice when exes leave things at my apt). And when he was dried off as sufficiently as he could, I said "can you install the firestick now?" So poor guy just came in from a torrential downpour but I was so excited I was going to have Netflix on my tv! So while he's trying to figure it out I ordered pizza for us. He brought wine to my apt. And it was Rose'. Which I am a sucker for. So once he got the firestick hooked up we watched a subtitled horrible sci fi movie on Netflix and ate and drank. And i drank some more. And before you know it, I was completely buzzed. Like room was spinning buzzed. I asked if we could lay in bed because i needed to lay down. And he obliged. It didn't take long before we would up hooking up. I was so buzzed though that i had no coordination and was dizzy. Everything I did was in slow motion. I couldn't stay on top of him. I started laughing. I think he finished. I don't really remember. We both fell asleep and woke up the next morning. He had something to go to which I was fine with (even if he made it up) because I just wanted to take an aspirin and sleep some more. He called me a few weeks later wanting to come back over. I said sure we could hang out but then called me that night and said he was sick. I also don't know if that was made up. Regardless, I do think of the guy every time I watch Netflix/Amazon or Hulu on my tv.
Date 9
So I met this EMT named Mike. On, you guessed it, Tinder. We talked for a few months before we even met because his schedule was crazy. He worked like 80 hours a week and was on call so a few times we tried to make plans but he had to cancel. He was adorably cute. Like the cutest face. But he was short. 5'3" to be exact. I'm 5'7″. But I really enjoyed talking to him so I figured I could get over the height thing. He finally made it over one night. We chatted for awhile, and I found out we both moved here from the same place. He lived like a mile from me there. Small world (that was not a height reference). Anyway, yes we wound up having sex and it was fine. I'm used to taller guys but it didn't really bother me. But my favorite part of the entire night was he had his work backpack with him because he came straight from his shift. And he had EKGs from calls he had that day. And he showed me how to read the EKGs. And he had a stethoscope. And he let me listen to my heart. And let me listen to his heart. One of the EKGs showed a heart attack. It was really sad but also fascinating that medical equipment can test that. And we discussed medicine for awhile and his different emergency calls he had. I knew it wasn't going to work out because our hours wouldn't mesh and he lived kind of far. But we actually did talk for awhile after. He was cool. The last time I spoke with him he was buying condos in London to use as Air B&Bs. Not sure how often he'd be able to get over there. But I hope he made a profit at it. I wish I could have gone with him sometime on his shift. I would be the official EKG reader. But alas, it was not meant to be. Still he was one of the cooler and more gentlemanly guys I've met.
Date 8
Since I work a ton of hours, and don't have much free time, Tinder is my primary source of dating. It's dating for lazy people. Honestly, I am not a huge drinker and don't like crowds. Or noise. So bars are not my thing. I've been hit on on the sidewalk while waiting for a cab or uber, and it's happened quite a few times, but it kind of weirds me out. Because I work in technology, I tend to like guys in the same field. I feel like I have something in common with them (except for the fact that I don't like the Star Wars franchise). While scrolling through Tinder I was super-liked by this guy named Josef. And he worked for a "major" technology company (I've watched a lot of Wheel of Fortune where you can't say the name brand), and he was a back end engineer (that is not a euphemism). The guy was really hot. Like my type to a T. Tall, dark hair, glasses. Which sounds dorky but he was more model looking. We chatted back and forth for awhile and the following Saturday night I invited him over. He was half Swiss/half British. So he had a nice accent. He came over to my apt. We made small talk and then he went into how he just broke up with his ex-girlfriend and she was also Jewish like me. But she just didn't want to be with him anymore. And he missed her. So then I felt like a consolation prize. And I almost told him to leave. But he's like "you are so nice and so pretty". So I thought "fine…he can stay". We watched a movie and drank wine and then started making out. And then moved to the bed. And as he undressed, I realized he wasn't circumcised. Because I'm Jewish and have dated mostly Jewish guys, even ones that weren't Jewish were circumcised. I had a mini freak-out like "what do i do??" "why is his penis wearing a cloak" and "it kind of looks like those Auntie Anne's hot dog wrapped in a pretzel thing". I didn't want to give him a blow job because I didn't think I'd know what to do. I wouldn't even know how to put a condom on it. I like simplicity. Im pretty sure I didn't know what i was doing. I just kept pushing that annoying extra skin back. I wanted to tape it down. Luckily he put on the condom. He was very dominant. Like into choking and spanking. Which normally I would like but I was still weirded out by the yam-looking penis. So we had sex. and then after sex he talked about his ex some more. And then had sex again. And then fell asleep. And the next day we woke up and walked to the train together because I had to go to meet a friend. But being on the train with him was so awkward. We had nothing to say to each other. Normally with someone who works in tech I'd have a ton of things to say. But I think I just had foreskin shell-shock. Which should be a recognized psychological disorder. I never saw or talked to him again but every once in awhile when i use a particular nameless search engine, i do think about him and hope he got back together with his ex.
Date 7
As I was swiping through Tinder one night, I got a "super like" from this guy. He was really cute and a pharmacist. So I was like…nice…a guy with a job. You can tell I set my standards high. And btw I've changed SO much since then. But I digress…this guy was 33. Seemed like he had his shit together. We started talking. He lived in Brooklyn but worked at a pharmacy in Long Island. We met at a restaurant in Queens (of course because God forbid I should traipse to Brooklyn). And he told me he had some pot and would I like to smoke. So I said sure. We went back to my place and got stoned. And we talked a large part of the night and had so much fun. We just made out for awhile and then fell asleep. He got up and left somewhat early because he had to go to work. We made plans to see each other again. He came over the next week and we ordered dinner and got stoned again. He said he gets really good stuff from a friend of his. I figured he's a pharmacist, so maybe he knows his pot. Though Im assuming he just knows it because he smokes a lot. He asked me if I wanted to have sex. I said I've never had sex stoned. And he's like "its so much fun!". So i said okay. Firstly, I hate cotton mouth, and I forgot smoking does that to you, and secondly, I am the most clumsy person ever. So trying to be on top of him during sex, I kept falling off. I decided I would rather be sober if I'm going to have sex. So I actually know what's going on and can keep my balance. He left the next morning and asked if I wanted to hang out again. I said sure but that I didn't want to smoke. He was like "cool"….so he was going to come over that night. He said he had an errand to run first. So I said no prob! He was going to be at my place at 8. 9, 10, 11, 12…went by…no sign of him. I fell asleep. I get a call from him the next day. I found out what happened. He was delivering 15 pounds of marijuana for his friend (dealer) and got pulled over for a broken tail light. The cop smelled the pot (I'm pretty sure you can smell that much pot from New Jersey). And he got arrested. This was actually his second marijuana offense and because of that he could lose his pharmacy license (6 years of a Ph.D down the drain), and also go to jail and have to pay a huge fine. I told him to keep me posted on what was happening with the situation. I texted him a few times and didn't hear anything. About a week later i see he texted me "are you up" in the middle of the night (and no, I was not). I texted him back. He never texted me back after that. I think he is probably out of Rikers because like a year later I saw him again on Tinder. But since i don't want to be arrested for aiding and abetting, i decided to swipe left. Sorry Leo.
Date 6
I got a message from a guy on Cougar Life. He was I believe 30 and said he was an attorney. He looked decent (no gauges in his ears, no mohawk, did not look like a member of a gang)…he was kind of preppy. We started talking and seemed to get along well. He knew my stance on not wanting a relationship, more like a FWB type of situation. He was going to come to my apt and we were going to go out to dinner. Prior to making plans with him, I had called Task Rabbit to clean my apartment. Unfortunately the Task Rabbit lady was running late (2 hours) and he got to my apartment early, so I told him we have to stay until she gets here and while she cleans. He seemed cool with it. So we ordered food in. Now I live in a studio. And because of that, I have a love seat instead of a couch in my "living" room. So we were sitting on the love seat. I found out he was an unemployed attorney (he got let go…i did not ask for details). And the Task Rabbit lady finally shows up. It was the MOST awkward thing ever. The guy (Sal) and I were sitting on the couch watching tv while she was cleaning. I did not know what to do. Like do I help her clean? Do we leave the apt (which i didn't want to do because I never met her before)…So finally two hours later she left. And then I said I'm going to bed, thinking he would leave (I was not feeling any type of love connection). And he goes "I drove all the way here from Brooklyn…so I'm going to stay the night". Now I hadn't been dating all that long since I had started again, and i wanted to kick him out, but I wasn't sure what the correct response would be. So I said fine, you can sleep over. Oh and prior to this, we had made plans to go out the following Saturday. So he got into bed next to me and started making out with me and dry humping me. And I was like "I'm really tired" and he goes "So you only want friends with benefits…huh? I'm not having sex with you"….and I was like what the fuck. The NERVE of this guy. I didn't even want to fool around with him. I told him to please get off me and stay on his side of the bed. Which he did. The next morning I told him I had things to do so he had to leave. And he left. And then he had the nerve to tell me to let him know where we should go for dinner on Saturday. My head was spinning from the entire cluster fuck of the prior night. And the complete lack of self awareness he displayed. No wonder why he got fired from his lawyer job. So after he left I texted him and said I couldn't make it on Saturday. I had a friend coming into town. I hate lying but even though he was a total asshat, i STILL hate hurting people's feelings. He messaged me for a bit and I kept ignoring his messages. He then tried to start a words with friends game with me. I declined his invite. I think he finally got the hint because he stopped calling/texting/mind-fucking me. On the plus side, the Task Rabbit lady did a great job on my apartment. I gave her a good review.
Date 5
Another day, another Tinder match. This guy was named Rob. He was of Cuban decent, grew up in S. Florida like me, and we liked a lot of the same things (scrabble, particular music, sci fi and gangster movies). We talked for a long time before we met (by long time i mean like a month). His mom was in town. After his mom left he asked if he could come over. I said sure. Oh and he owned an accounting firm (due dilligence again). He went to University of Pennsylvania, and of course I'm a sucker for an Ivy Leaguer. Anyway, it was about 11 pm, and he lived in Brooklyn, so I told him to take an Uber b/c he'll never get over here in under two hours if he takes the MTA. So he came over and wear wearing a giant crucifix around his neck. That was immediately a turn-off. Im not religious but I was hoping if we knocked boots, he would take the little guy off and put it on my dresser. We talked for about two hours and then went to bed. We fell asleep pretty quickly. It was about 2 am by this time. We woke up around 10 am and he had to go see a place with some friends. But before we got out of bed, we had sex. I'm a morning sex person. But he wore the crucifix and that did't really help the situation. He left and called me later and said he wanted to have me for dinner next weekend. I was like sure. And so about Wednesday i texted him and said are we still on for dinner. And he's like no…i cant make it. So i said okay. And blocked him on text. The problem was we were still in a middle of a scrabble game online. And i had no idea with that particular release of that scrabble build how to block him. So we kept playing the game. No even chat during scrabble. So so awkward. Finally with the next scrabble build, he pinged me and asked me how i was doing. And I said great when i hang around people that dont stand me up. But then i figured out how to block him. And block I did. I resigned the game, and as hard as it was, I didn't even care about losing points for resigning the game. It killed me a little because Im competitive, but not talking to him was worth more.


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The main points of this indicators exercise are to promote Qt5 QML+GLSL approach for building dynamic UI components (part I) and to give performance tips (part III, coming!). But here in the middle, we talk also a bit about design considerations behind these indicators. After all, who cares if your component performs well if it doesn't also look good and fulfil its functionality.
Here's set of design-related notes about QUItIndicators which we wanted to achieve:
- The design language should be relatively neutral. Indicators like these may be used in many places, in applications and games, so they should not be too characteristic. And circles are pretty universal, so circles it is. The amount of circles in BusyIndicator is 11, by design. Reason behind this is that ProgressIndicator has one missing from top to mark start/end position, meaning 10 circles. This is optimal for percentages math e.g. when user sees 4 circles highlighted she can count that progress is at 40%. For smaller indicators, less & bigger circles might look better but decision was not to differentiate on these.
- Different use-cases call for different kind of indicators. When indicator is only visible briefly and progress can't be tracked, BusyIndicator is the one to use. Some events may take more time and then ProgressIndicator can be used to keep users better informed of how long they still need to wait. With longer taking tasks you could show percentages and make indicator even more dynamic to make it less boring for user to watch. Watching interesting animation makes 5 seconds to feel like 2... So from brief (left) to longer (right) waiting times, indicator to choose from our set would be:
- Indicators should fit and be clearly visible on top of any background. Users may wish to place them on white, black or colorful areas and expects indicator to fit there. To achieve this, our indicators use neutral black&white as their base colors and contain inverted version which works better on light backgrounds. It's also possible to define alternative highlight color when the default yellowish isn't suitable. Here are few examples of ProgressIndicators on top of different backgrounds:
- Show/hide animations are also important. Too often animated items like these appear and disappear suddenly, breaking the illusion of a fluid component. In our component showing/hiding animations are combination of opacity, scale and vertex position skewing. Strips below show what the animation looks like. This could be made smoother but for performance reasons we use only vertex shader with a minimal mesh size. Fastly animated it anyway looks better than these still images.
- Sometimes indicators like these should attract user attention. When the application is blocked until loading is ready, it's good that user eyes focus on the indicator. Darkening (and blurring, Qt5 graphical effects make that easy) the rest of the UI is a good way to achieve this. But sometimes just the opposite is desired, directing user focus to real content and keeping indicators relatively obscure. Example of this is our Picture Wall demo, users attention is on loaded images instead of the ones still loading. With our indicators this can be achieved by decreasing opacity. (Developer note: When making your own ShaderEffect which rewrites the default fragmentShader, remember to multiply gl_FragColor with qt_Opacity to keep QML opacity property behaving correctly!). Here's how Picture Wall demo fades indicators into background:
- Circular zooming animation doesn't progress linearly, but instead follows a custom bezier curve. This change in speed makes animation feel more lively and natural as it would be affected by slight gravity, gaining speed when moving down and slowing down while reaching the top. Designs are often filled with small details like this, final touches.
These indicators are not highly original and will not win design awards. Graphics, effects and small details could be greatly refined. But we anyway tried to consider use-cases and apply them into the design. If you are eager to experiment yourself, grab the sources.
Next part will explain how to reach optimal performance to support these design considerations.