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Hood hasn't even played in the NBA yet and he already has the prospect of
being a better 3 point shooter than our max contract player Hayward.
The advanced analytics that Dennis Lindsey claims to believe in show Hayward is NOT worth a max contract.
I have been been pleased with Lindsey with the exception of this foregone Hayward decision.
Hayward is a good role player which begs the question as to why he is being payed like Paul George?
Haywards shooting is declining not improving and that is a bad stat for a player this many years into the league. I get the fact that he had all the defenses on him yada yada but he just flat out missed alot of open shots.
I get that the salary cap is going up making this deal worth less down the road and the fact that at this second he is our best player.
What I don't get is investing this amount of money in a player that can't elevate winning or the teams overall performance in any meaningful way. i.e. playoffs and/or championship contention.
Bad investment towards mediocrity Lindsey.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md,), who chairs an Appropriations Committee subcommittee with jurisdiction in this area, described it as a "spending bill that has less to spend" that nonetheless allocated more than $12 billion to scientific research and development, which is expected to contribute to job creation.
The Senate appropriations bill would provide $920 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System, $438 million more than the fiscal 2011 amount. It also is more than twice the $430 million allocated by the House appropriations bill. The satellite is being developed for advanced weather forecasting efforts.
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While the Webb telescope has gone significantly over its initial budget, the Senate committee provided enough funds -- if the measure survives the rest of the approval process -- to enable the scheduled 2018 launch of the telescope. The panel also said it would cap total costs for the project at $8 billion.
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The National Science Foundation would get funding of $6.7 billion in fiscal 2012, $162 million below the current enacted level.
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Ishida, M., Ichihara, M., Mii, S., Jijiwa, M., Asai, N., Enomoto, A., Kato, T., Majima, A., Ping, J., Murakumo, Y. and Takahashi, M. (2007), Sprouty2 regulates growth and differentiation of human neuroblastoma cells through RET tyrosine kinase. Cancer Science, 98: 815–821. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00457.x
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The Sprouty (SPRY) family of proteins includes important regulators of downstream signaling initiated by receptor tyrosine kinases. In the present study, we investigated the role of SPRY proteins in intracellular signaling via the RET receptor tyrosine kinase activated by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). Expression of SPRY1, SPRY2, SPRY3 and SPRY4 in HEK293T cells transfected with RET and GDNF receptor family α1 (GFRα1) genes significantly reduced sustained ERK activation as well as ELK-1 activation. Because expression of SPRY2 was efficiently induced by GDNF in TGW human neuroblastoma cells expressing RET and GFRα1, we further investigated the role of SPRY2 in the growth and differentiation of TGW cells. Expression of wild-type SPRY2 (WT-SPRY2) decreased the growth of TGW cells. In contrast, expression of a dominant negative form of SPRY2 (MT-SPRY2, with a mutated tyrosine residue) enhanced cell proliferation. In addition, expression of WT-SPRY2 reduced GDNF-dependent neurite outgrowth of TGW cells, whereas expression of MT-SPRY2 enhanced it. Taken together, our results suggest that SPRY2 regulates GDNF-dependent proliferation and differentiation of TGW neuroblastoma cells mediated by RET tyrosine kinase. (Cancer Sci 2007; 98: 815–821)


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Police Chief Fred Fletcher Wednesday made his picks for top leadership, releasing the names of 15 newly promoted individuals from within the Chattanooga Police Department. This announcement comes several weeks after Chief Fletcher was appointed.
"I am honored to announce today's promotions," said Chief Fletcher. "Together these individuals have served our community for a total of 200 years, illustrating their experience, commitment and pride in being a Chattanooga police officer.
Chief Fletcher went on to add that leadership begins at the top, stating, "I believe we have placed the right officers in the right positions to carry our police force to the next level."
"This is an exceptional team," said Mayor Andy Berke of the new leadership. "There is no doubt these dedicated men and women will provide the leadership necessary to make our streets safer and serve our community."
• New Assistant Chiefs: Captain Tracy Arnold, Captain Eric Tucker, Captain Danna Vaughn
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Another day, another homophobic attack it seems. Also, it often seems when these cases go to court, the judge often concludes there is no solid evidence of a homophobic element to the attack, it makes me wonder if the expected level of proof of homophobia is set too high? Given the police say that an attack is homophobic if the victim feels it was.
The thing that disturbs me in particular is the ages. Compared to these thirty-something men, those young women were just kids. Although we may live in a country plagued with homophobia, something tells me the local community is not going to stand for grown men who beat up girls. At least, I hope that's how they'll see it.
My personal experience of a homophobic asault in the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary area (which includes Plymouth)…was that the D&C police officers will simply assist the assailants to get into a taxi (even though the assailants were blind drunk & had been positively identified by one of the victims). The police then threatened to prosecute one of the victims (the one that required hospital treatment) with prosecution if the other victim continued to make complaint. So if the two recent victims were not further abused by Devon & Cornwall police then they got off lightly.
Given a recent report regarding Devon & Cornwall police officer homophobic conduct at a football club in Cornwall (hushed up by the police diversity unit)…the best the two women victims of the recent gay assault can expect from Devon & Cornwall Police…is for the two female victims of the homophobic incident not to be prosecuted by the police.
Chief Constable Stephen Otter can only hush up the antics of his neo-Nazi, BNP loving coppers for so long (over 1,200 complaints made by the public against Devon & Cornwall police in 2008 of which 25% were not finalised).
Police = not to be trusted on gay issues!
@ Comment 3: Give it a rest already! Every chance you get, you post your grievances about the police in these comment threads. The police has complaint procedures in place. Either use the proper channels or shut up! When I suffered an attack the police officers dealing with it were respectful, polite, courteous and I can't praise them enough for the professionalism. We know they are not all like that, but the vast majority are & are just doing their job to the best of their ability like the rest of us.
@4 Much as I am pleased 'uyou' may have had a satisfctory experience of police, that is NOT the experience of a great many others, many of whom keep silent due to exactly the sort od 'Shut up' mentality directed at them.
As the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary appointed IAG representative full knows, him having monitored personally the situation for the last few years…The level of corruption within the police service is such that the complaints system simply does NOT work. Attempts to bully into silence gay persons violated & abused by police has been a benchmark of Devon & Cornwall Constabulary procedure throughout.
"Although we may live in a country plagued with homophobia, something tells me the local community is not going to stand for grown men who beat up girls."
Unless they're transgirls, of course:)
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Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC), the leading specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to venture capital-backed companies in technology-related markets, including technology, biotechnology, life science, and energy & renewable technology industries, at all stages of development, today announced its Q2 2014 portfolio update.
"Hercules' origination activity was very strong during the second quarter, with new commitments totalling $198.6 million," said Manuel A. Henriquez, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Hercules. "We are very pleased to have been able to continue to deploy our excess liquidity to a number of promising and innovative companies which also meet our stringent credit requirements. With a strong cash position and selective investment process, we believe Hercules is well positioned to continue meeting the robust demand for capital."
New Originations for Q2 2014:
As of June 26, 2014, Hercules has originated approximately $198.6 million of debt commitments to new and existing portfolio companies.
Hercules has made new commitments to the following eleven companies, assisting in their future growth and development.
- $35.0 million commitment to Alimera Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals.
- $30.0 million commitment to Nanotherapeutics, Inc., an integrated biopharmaceutical company with a major focus on developing a diversified proprietary pipeline of products having both biodefense and medical applications.
- $25.5 million commitment to CareCloud Corporation, a provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record, and medical billing software and services.
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- $10.0 million commitment to Pong Research Corporation, which develops cases for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones to increase range and transmit stronger signal, while reducing exposure to wireless energy.
- $10.0 million commitment to Quanterix Corporation, a leader in high definition diagnostics, including its Simoa platform uses single molecule measurements to access previously undetectable proteins.
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- $4.0 million commitment to Zosano Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing a transdermal delivery technology for a broad range of therapeutic indications.
In addition, Hercules provided approximately $17.1 million of debt commitments and renewals to existing portfolio companies.
It is important to note that certain commitments may expire without being drawn upon, and commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements or future earning assets for Hercules. Our commitments may include conditions, such as reaching certain milestones, before the Hercules debt commitment would become available. Hercules is instituting more funding or performance based milestone requirements to mitigate risk which will affect our actual funding levels.
Principal Repayments:
As of June 26, 2014, Hercules received approximately $68.1 million in principal repayments, of which approximately $38.7 million were unscheduled early repayments.
Portfolio Company Liquidity Events for Q2 2014:
1. In April 2014, Hercules portfolio company Glori Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLRI) completed its $185 million reverse merger with Infinity Cross Border Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: INXB) and closed a share tender offer and a warrant tender offer.
Current Companies in IPO Registration:
As of June 26, 2014, Hercules had warrant and equity positions in five (5) portfolio companies that had filed Registration Statements in contemplation of a potential IPO:
- Box, Inc.
- Dance Biopharm, Inc.
- Good Technology
- Zosano Pharma, Inc.
- One company filed confidentially under the Jobs Act
There can be no assurances that these companies will complete their IPOs in a timely manner or at all.
About Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.:
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) is the leading specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to venture capital-backed companies in technology-related markets, including technology, biotechnology, life science, and energy & renewable technology industries, at all stages of development. Since inception (December 2003), Hercules has committed more than $4.2 billion to over 270 companies and is the lender of choice for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms seeking growth capital financing.
Hercules' common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "HTGC."
In addition, Hercules has two outstanding bond issuances of 7.00 percent Senior Notes due 2019—the April 2019 Notes and September 2019 Notes—which trade on the NYSE under the symbols "HTGZ" and "HTGY," respectively.
Companies interested in learning more about financing opportunities should contact [email protected], or call 650.289.3060.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor protection under applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "is planned," "may," "should," "will," "will enable," "would be expected," "look forward," "may provide," "would" or similar terms, variations of such terms or the negative of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including, without limitation, those risks, uncertainties and factors referred to in the "Risk Factors" section of the Hercules Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as well as the other documents and reports filed by Hercules with the Securities Exchange Commission. As a result of such risks, uncertainties and factors, actual results may differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements discussed in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Hercules is providing the information in this press release as of this date and assumes no obligations to update the information included in this press release or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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