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Titan FC 40 results – Cavalcante vs Assunção on UFC Fight Pass
Titan FC 40 results – Cavalcante vs Assunção on UFC Fight Pass
Titan Fighting Championship returned tonight to Coral Gables, Florida for Titan FC 40: Cavalcante vs. Assunção. The entire event streamed exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event JZ Cavalcante set out to defend the Titan FC lightweight strap, a belt he won just two short months ago against Pat Healy. Cavalcante was challenged by Freddy Assunção but in a great show of sportsmanship, after Cavalcante was put to sleep in the fourth round, Assunção helped to revive his opponent. Assunção is the new champ.
In the evening's co-main event, rising star Jose "Shorty" Torres TKO'd Abdiel Velazques for the interim flyweight title in just his third professional mixed martial arts bout.
The opening round of a bantamweight tournament landed on the middle of the Titan FC 40 card. Both Frank Sharipov and Andrew Whitney would advance and will fight one another in September.
In the second fight of the night UFC Veteran Ron Stallings earned a controversial split decision win over Rashaun Spencer.
Full Titan FC 40 results below:
Freddy Assunção defeated Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante via submission (guillotine choke) Round 4, 0:27 – for lightweight title
Jose Torres defeated Abdiel Velazquez via TKO – Round 2, 3:52 – for interim flyweight title
Desmond Green defeated James Freeman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Andrew Whitney defeated Anderson dos Santos via TKO – Round 2, 3:28
Frank Sharipov defeated Bruce Lutchmedial via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
D.J. Linderman defeated Derrick Mehmen via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Sabah Homasi defeated Jorge Patino via TKO – Round 2, 1:18
Alexis Vila defeated Jorge Calvo Martin via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ron Stallings defeated Rashaun Spencer via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Miguel Baeza defeated Emre Orun via knockout – Round 1, 1:45


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The Angel on my shoulder was saying, "leave those alone, your trying to eat healthy" and the Devil was saying " Bitch Please, you better get two, and some ice cream to wash it down". So, what do you guys think I did:
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2 Peter 3:9 ESV
Look at Judas. Jesus knew who he was and what he would do. Yet, Jesus spent the time to be with him daily. Gave him an important job in being over the money, even though He knew Judas would take some money for himself. Jesus still showed Judas the same love and friendship that He did with the other disciples. Until that night that Judas betrayed Him, Jesus was still willing to give him the chance to change his mind.
We need to remember the bigger picture and what is important while we are here in this world. There are still more lives to reach while we are on earth. So we need to have His patience to endure what is going on and love those we come in contact with even though it can be hard at times.


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Fujifilm FinePix Z1 Review
Steve's Conclusion
Aiming to combine equal measures of form and function, the Fuji FinePix Z1 is as much a fashion statement as it is a photographic instrument. It combines a 5.1-megapixel fifth generation Super CCD HR image sensor, a new Real Photo processor and 3x optical zoom lens into a sleek, stylish package that will look equally at home in your jeans pocket or Louis Vitton bag. Novice and intermediate photographers will find the Z1's automatic and scene modes easy to use, but the camera lacks the manual, shutter-priority and aperture-priority exposure modes demanded by advanced users.
The Z1's body design favors style over ergonomics. The camera's small size combined with its large 2 1/2-inch LCD leaves little room for its controls; their placement and the absence of a depression for your thumb exposes the buttons to occasional accidental activation. The lens placement is also an issue; you must be very careful that your left forefinger does not become part of the photo or leave a blur-causing smudge on the lens surface. The Z1 also lacks a tripod mount, but its bottom is flat so it can be placed on any level surface to take long exposures with the self-timer.
The 2.5-inch LCD display was pleasant to use, bright enough to be usable in most outdoor conditions and providing enough "gain-up" to be usable in dim lighting. When using exposure compensation, the LCD viewfinder previews the result, darkening or brightening the live image in response to the degree of under/over exposure you've set. You will be relying solely on the LCD as a viewfinder; because it occupies so much space on the rear of the body, no optical viewfinder is provided.
The Z1's lens has a 3x zoom range typical for this class of cameras. At its 36mm wide angle extreme, it provides a field of view useful for interior and landscape shots, while it's 108mm maximum telephoto focal length is effective both for portraits and to bring your distant subjects a bit closer. The lens exhibited a small amount of chromatic aberration (purple fringing in highlight areas), and noticeable amounts of barrel distortion at wide angle and pin cushioning at the telephoto end of the zoom range. The lens produced sharp results throughout its zoom range, although it exhibited softness at the corners.
Single image shooting performance was quite responsive with power up to first image captured measuring just 1.3 seconds. Shutter lag measured 1/10 of a second when pre-focused, including the delay in the LCD viewfinder. Autofocus shutter lag measured 5/10 second, but can be improved to 3/10 second by activating High Speed Shooting in the Z1's menu system; close-focusing distance is limited to 1 meter in High Speed mode to improve AF performance. Rapid shooting in single shot mode captured images at 1.2 second intervals without flash. The capture rate slowed to intervals of from 3.5 to 6 seconds with flash, depending on subject distance. The Z1 lacks a continuous shooting mode. All test were done using an Olympus 512MB xD memory card, using 5MP Fine image size/quality. Times may vary depending on lighting conditions, camera settings, media, etc.
I was generally happy with the Z1's image quality. Outdoor shots were nicely saturated although a bit underexposed, while the auto white balance reproduced colors accurately. I had been critical of the image quality produced by previous versions of Fuji's Super CCD that used in-camera interpolation to increase resolution; those images contained artifacts of the interpolation process. I'm happy that the Z1's fifth generation Super CCD does not rely on interpolation to achieve its 5-megapixel resolution; its image quality is much improved over its predecessors.
The Z1 relies on its high sensitivity, up to ISO 800, to help you capture images in lighting conditions that other consumer camera's may find difficult. Natural Light scene mode can push ISO to 800 to capture candle-lit scenes, while the Z1's Anti-blur feature can adjust sensitivity to obtain a good exposure while maintaining a shutter speed of 1/60 at wide angle or 1/120 second at telephoto. The Z1's image noise at a sensitivity setting of ISO 800 is quite low for a camera in this class thanks to in-camera noise reduction processing, but image detail suffers as a result. At ISO settings of 64 and 100 noise is essentially absent, while noise can be detected in shadows at ISO 200 and in highlight areas at ISO 400. For best results, manually set ISO to 64 or 100 when lighting permits, and switch to Auto ISO in low ambient lighting conditions and to extend the flash range when necessary.
Indoors, the relatively weak flash will limit your shooting to small rooms and portraits of small groups. The camera's red eye reduction flash mode was effective, but the LCD viewfinder goes blank between the preflash and exposure flash, a period of about 1/2 second. The Z1's AF system worked well in low ambient light despite the lack of a focus assist lamp. The Z1 controls its flash well at close range and its optical zoom can be used in macro mode, making it a good choice for producing images of small objects for online auction listings.
The Z1 captures good quality 640x480 or 320x240 movies at 30 fps with sound. Its optical zoom lens can be used to compose before, but not during recording. 640x480 clips consume more than 1-megabyte per second of recording, so be sure to get a high-capacity xD memory card if you intend to exploit the movie feature.
Battery life was very good, capturing 260 images before its capacity was exhausted. The NP-40 lithium ion battery is a proprietary design with no "off the shelf" retail replacement, so I suggest that you obtain a second and keep it fully charged to avoid those disappointing missed photo ops. The NP-40 is charged in-camera in the supplied cradle, not in a stand-alone charger.
Is the FinePix Z1 a fashion accessory that can take photographs, or a camera that doubles as a fashion accessory? Fuji has done a good job of combining form and function, balancing those often contradictory design goals. The Z1 produces good image quality and performs well while allowing you to make a fashion statement. If you're concerned equally with form and function, and can live with the limited flash range and keep your finger off the lens, the Fujifilm Z1 may be the right camera for you. Have a look at our Sample Photos and see for yourself what it is capable of.
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|Births etc
|Lucas County, Ohio
Location in the state of Ohio
Ohio's location in the U.S.
|June 20 1835[1]
|Named for
|Robert Lucas
|Largest city
| Area
- Total
- Land
- Water
596 sq mi (1,543 km²)
340 sq mi (882 km²)
255 sq mi (662 km²), 42.66%
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Lucas County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 455,054. Its county seat is Toledo.6 Lucas County was named for Robert Lucas, 12th governor of Ohio, in 1835 during his second term.[2] Its establishment provoked the Toledo War conflict with the Michigan Territory.
Lucas County is part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,543 km² (596 sq mi). 882 km² (340 sq mi) of it is land and 662 km² (255 sq mi) of it (42.86%) is water.
Lucas County is drained by the Maumee River.
Adjacent counties Edit
- Monroe County (north)
- Across Lake Erie lies Essex County (northeast)
- Ottawa County (southeast)
- Wood County (south)
- Henry County (southwest)
- Fulton County (west)
- Lenawee County (northwest)
On August 20, 1794, near the present-day town of Maumee, American forces led by General Anthony Wayne won a decisive victory over Indian forces at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The battle opened the entire Northwest Territory for white settlement.
Lucas County was formally organized in 1835. At that time, Ohio and Michigan Territory disputed the ownership of the strip of land along the border (see Toledo War). As a move in the dispute, Ohio formally organized part of the disputed area as Lucas County, naming it after the incumbent governor of Ohio, Robert Lucas.
As of the census² of 2000, there were 455,054 people, 182,847 households, and 116,290 families residing in the county. The population density was 516/km² (1,337/sq mi). There were 196,259 housing units at an average density of 223/km² (576/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 77.50% White, 16.98% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 1.21% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.86% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. 4.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 182,847 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.70% were married couples living together, 14.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.40% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the county, the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.60 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $38,004, and the median income for a family was $48,190. Males had a median income of $39,415 versus $26,447 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,518. About 10.70% of families and 13.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.
Main article: Ohio county government.
Localities Edit
Municipalities Edit
Townships Edit
Other localities Edit
Lucas County FairEdit
The Lucas County Fair is located in Maumee at the Lucas County Rec Center. The fair usually runs through the last week of July. The Lucas County Fair has plenty of events for all ages. The fair holds car shows, beauty pageants, competitions, children's day, and much more.
- ^ "Ohio County Profiles: Lucas County" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/FILES/S0/Lucas.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
- ^ {{cite web|url = http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/profile_entrance.php?fips=39095&sid=0 |title = Lucas County data |accessdate = 2007-04-28 |publisher = Ohio State University
- Lucas County Government's website
- Lucas County Fair site
- Lucas County Skywarn website
- Lucas County Weather and NW Ohio Weather website
Coordinates: 41°41′N 83°30′W / 41.68, -83.50
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This weekend I was flicking through the Lad Bible or something, and came across the above photo. Couldn't work out if it was legit or not! Anyways, we posted it up on Facebook and it went crazy, well over 13k likes, 500 comments and almost 800 shares.
The plot thickens..
Because the photo got so much traction, it wasn't long before info started surfacing on this character, along with more photos. This one is from Ant Burns.
Turns out this guy is Midlands based, hacked off his forks and uses this bike as a mode of transport!
Video emerges…
Then, in a random twist of fate a BMXer called Jonathan Marrion (above) who only last week won a Premium frame on our Facebook page, sends in video footage of No Forks Guy!
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Helen Hays and Joe DiCostanzo of the Linnaean Society of New York compiled and published, in the March/April 2013 News-Letter, memories of Starr submitted by many of those who knew her. These essays paint a vivid portrait of Starr and express the love and respect that so many of us felt for her. The issue also has many photos both of Starr and of her favorite bird, the Cerulean Warbler.
Some of these submissions came from viewers of this website. So that all, not just Linnaean members, can see this tribute issue, it is downloadable here as a PDF file:


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The exhibition ' Brodovich: from Dyagilev to Harper's Bazaar' was organized by Harper's Bazaar magazine and the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture.
Alexey Brodovich (1898 — 1971) was a pioneer in graphic design, the man who created the prototype of today's glossy fashion magazine. During the early 1930s Brodovich began to revolutionize the world of periodicals, combining images with text in Harper's Bazaar columns. Brodovich became one of the founders of advertizing and fashion photography, teacher to photographers such as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. The exhibition will present covers of Harper's Bazaar and examples of experiments with graphics, which Brodovich would perform on the magazine's pages; the series of photographs 'Ballet', which captured the touring Russian Ballet
Architecture: Olga Treivas, Vera Odyn, Natalia Samohina
Client Contemporary Culture Center Garage
Curator: Irina Meglinskaya
Status: Completed
Location: Contemporary Culture Center Garage
Year: 2011
Such a complete exhibition of Brodovich has never been shown in Russia
The exhibition celebrates the
15-thanniversary of Harper's Bazaar in Russia
The exhibition consists of three parts; the work with Harper's Bazaar is hung on the outer perimeter, powder colored walls, the Ballet series is hidden within a large 'casket' , the exterior of which houses the Brodovich museum


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This year all eyes are on the US, as it enjoys the stability of five years' support. China, which had stellar growth in 2015, is unlikely to repeat this year. Last year had already seen a shift — albeit slight — away from the powerhouse of Europe. It could not match the new installations of 2014, and prospects remain reduced. In the Americas, six US states and Argentina show best potential. Elsewhere South Africa and Morocco are promising, and in Europe Norway and the Netherlands. are promising, as are South Africa and Morocco.
Stock price analysis
Wind turbine manufacturers came through a highly volatile year in global markets to post an impressive set of annual results for 2015. A number of leading firms in the sector reported their strongest ever performance figures — in several cases exceeding their own and analysts' expectations — and appear to be in a strong position to achieve further growth over the next few years.
Stock market performance was also broadly strong in the face of severe macroeconomic headwinds - the shares of the three European giants, Vestas, Gamesa and Nordex, all saw major gains, although their Asian rivals Goldwind and Suzlon performed less well. Analysts remain bullish on the sector as a whole, with more than 80% of ratings either a "buy" or "hold".
Major growth amid varied performance
China's Goldwind has become the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer after a year of astonishing growth. The company installed so much turbine capacity in 2015 it overtook long-time market leader Vestas, according to business advisory firm FTI Consulting. Goldwind's performance in 2015 also put it ahead of its competitors in Europe and the US: its preliminary full-year figures revealed that sales were up almost 70%, resulting in an increase in operating profits of 48.7%.
The firm's net profit of CYN 2.8 billion ($427.7 million) was 55.7% higher than in 2014, but slightly lower than some analysts had predicted. Financial advisers China Galaxy International suggested this may have been due to low production hours of the wind-farm segment due to grid curtailment in north-east China.
Goldwind's stock endured a choppy 2015: having at one point been up by almost 57%, it slumped during August's equity rout and has not recovered. For the 14-month period from January 2015 to 29 February this year, Goldwind's shares were down 29.2%. However, analysts remain more positive about Goldwind than any other pure-play wind-turbine manufacturer, with just under 87% rating the stock a "buy" or "hold".
Highest net profits exceeded forecast
Vestas raised its dividend and predicted record sales in 2016 after posting its strongest-ever set of annual results. The company's full-year revenue of €8.4 billion was up 21.9% on 2014, while operating profits were up by just over 50%. Its net profit for the year of €685 million was also its highest ever, beating the mean forecast of 17 analysts on Bloomberg for a €637 million profit. The operating margin beat the company's prediction, and free cash flow came to more than €1 billion, also exceeding the guidance.
On the back of the results, Vestas' board recommended a dividend of DKK 6.82 (€0.9) per share, up from DKK 3.9 last year. The company predicted sales of at least EUR9 billion this year and said it expected an operating profit margin of at least 11%. During 2015 Vestas' stock virtually doubled in value before falling back slightly in the first few months of this year. In early March, just under 80% of analysts tracked by Reuters were posting a "buy" or "hold" recommendation for the stock.
India contributed to 29% of world sales
Gamesa reported net profits of€170 million, up 85% from last year, exceeding the company's own forecast. Its revenues totalled €3.5 billion, 23% higher than in 2014, on the back of expanding sales in both its wind-turbine and operation-and-maintenance businesses, while operating profits were up 54.1%. The largest contributor to growth was the Indian market, which accounted for 29% of world sales, followed by Latin America, which contributed 27%.
The company responded to the results by moving its 2017 goals a year forward to 2016. Plans to build in excess of 3.8GW of capacity were also moved forward a year, and the company expects its 2016 EBIT margin to widen to about 9%.
Gamesa's shares, having fallen in the first few weeks of 2016, surged after the publication of the results. By the end of February, the stock price was up more than 120% over 14 months. At that time, analysts remained overwhelmingly positive about the company, with more than 81% recommending either a "buy" or "hold". French financial group Societe Generale raised its estimate for 2016-17 earnings per share by 16-17% and said the stock remained "fundamentally attractive".
Operating profits jumped by 60%
German manufacturer Nordex increased sales last year by 40% to €2.43 billion, its preliminary results showed. This exceeded its own forecast of €2.3-2.4 billion, and also the €2.37 billion average analyst forecast reported by Reuters. Operating profits jumped by more than 60% to €126.2 million, which, despite unplanned additional costs on a number of externally sourced rotor blades from a supplier, were in line with management expectations, Nordex said.
The company did not publish a net profit figure in its preliminary results. Its audited full-year results were due to be published after Windpower Monthly went to press.
Nordex performed well in its core market of Europe and Africa, boosting sales there to €2.14 billion from €1.51 billion in the previous year. It also generated a further €286.1 million of sales in the Americas, up from €200.7 million in 2014. In a statement Nordex said that healthy order books have provided it with "very solid foundations" for further growth in 2016 and beyond.
Nordex's shares had gained 71.3% in the 14 months from the beginning of last year to the end of Februrary, and have now risen sevenfold over the past three years. As with Vestas and Gamesa, more than 80% of analysts retain a favourable view of Nordex's stock.
Improvements following Senvion sale
India's Suzlon did not publish annual results in February as its fiscal year runs from April to March, but adding its Q4 figures to those of the previous nine months reveals that 2015 revenues were down by almost 50% on 2014. EBIT was well down too - from an operating profit of INR 475.6 million (€6.4 million) in 2014 to an operating loss of INR 167.7 million in 2015.
However, a closer look at the figures shows that the 2015 negative EBIT was due entirely to the INR 3.3 billion loss (€44m) in the first quarter, when performance was hit hard by an "impairment of goodwill" arising from the sale of the company's German subsidiary Senvion, formerly Repower. Over the remaining nine months of 2015, Suzlon posted an operating profit of INR 3.1 billion (€42m), which compared to a loss of INR 1.1 billion in the same period in 2014.
There was better news at the bottom of the income statement, where Suzlon posted a full calendar year 2015 net loss of just INR 4.6 billion — well down on the INR 85.5 billion net loss posted the previous year. However, the announcement of its Q4 net loss of INR 1.1 billion surprised the markets (Suzlon posted a INR 10.4 billion net profit in Q2) and led to a sharp decline in the stock price, which was down almost 40% for the year at the end of February.
For the 14-month period beginning in January 2015, the share price was down 9.0%, having at one point been up by more than 100%.
Suzlon's management has restated its confidence that it will be in profit for the fiscal year 2016, ending on 30 March. Of the four analysts tracked by Reuters, three rate the stock as a "buy" and one as a "sell".


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2U, University of Southern California Partner for a Hybrid Online Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
2U, University of Southern California Partner for a Hybrid Online Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
USC Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Is One of the Premier Programs in Nation
Lanham, Md., Los Angeles – April 19, 2017 – 2U, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU), today announced a new partnership with the University of Southern California Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy to offer DPT@USC, an online Doctor of Physical Therapy program. The USC physical therapy program is ranked #1 in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Pending approval by accrediting bodies, DPT@USC is expected to launch in 2018. This program will be a new Domestic Graduate Program (DGP) for 2U.
"The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy has a long history of pioneering and shaping the profession through ground-breaking leadership in research, education and clinical practice," said Associate Dean James Gordon. "We are excited to partner with 2U to launch an online Doctor of Physical Therapy program that will be both innovative, by leveraging the best elements of online and experiential learning, and accessible, by reaching more students nationwide to meet the growing demand for highly qualified physical therapists."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physical therapists is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2014 and 2024. Doctors of Physical Therapy are recognized as authorities in the diagnosis and treatment of movement dysfunction. These practitioners contribute to the field through clinical practice, teaching, administration, and the discovery and application of new knowledge about physical therapy.
DPT@USC will prepare graduates for a professional career as physical therapists, and students will receive the same high-quality training as their on-campus counterparts without the need to relocate. Leveraging 2U's leading learning management system, DPT@USC will include collaborative, live classes that facilitate face-to-face interaction and high-quality, engaging coursework developed by USC faculty. In addition to spending a total of 50 weeks in full-time clinical internships, students will also travel to USC for more than 65 days of hands-on clinical skills laboratories.
About University of Southern California Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Since the Division was founded in 1945, USC has been a leader in physical therapy research and education and has been at the forefront of the most significant educational advances of the physical therapy profession. The program today has been #1 in the country by U.S. News and World Report since 2004, and it continues to be a center of excellence for clinical practice, education, and research in physical therapy. The Division is also one of the leading programs in the broader domain of biokinesiology – the study of the biological bases of movement. USC's Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy is a division of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry.
About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU)
2U partners with great colleges and universities to build what we believe is the world's best digital education. Our platform provides a comprehensive fusion of technology, services and data architecture to transform high-quality and rigorous campus-based universities into the best digital versions of themselves. 2U's No Back Row® approach allows qualified students and working professionals around the world to experience a first-rate university education and successful outcomes. To learn more, visit 2U.com.
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We think about sex a lot around here, and we watch and read and talk about it. Most of what we see depicted is some sort of fantasy world where everyone is hot, everyone is aroused, everyone is adventurous, and everyone is satisfied, fully, all of the time. And we know that's not exactly reality. Sometimes, sex is just mediocre. Occasionally, there are horror stories.
To celebrate Halloween, we'd like to hear your sex horror stories. And don't worry, there are prizes for the scariest ones.
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Email your sex horror story to us at email@example.com in the form of an attached document or pasted in the email body. Please paste "Scary Story Contest Entry" in the subject line. Ideally, your story is true, funny, more memoir than erotica and reasonably non-violent.
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
Print version ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 n.1 Cape Town Jan. 2009
'Show us you're serious - or stay home'
Any of the 42 health ministers attending the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health in Bamako, Mali, last year, who failed to push through laws for ethical research within a year, should be excluded from all future assemblies.
This was proposed by Dr Mohamad Hassar, director of Morocco's Pasteur Institute, who declared himself fed up with woolly policy proposals that 'never went anywhere', politically.
Hassar was speaking from the floor during a session aimed at promoting research for health by earning public trust through ethics and social justice. His proposal failed to make it into the distilled 'Bamako Call to Action' Declaration made on the final day of the conference.
Hassar's view of the forum's efficacy was cynical compared with that of Dr Timothy Evans, the WHO's Assistant Director-General for Information, Evidence and Research and the former Director for Health Equity at the Rockefeller Foundation.
Evans told Izindaba that the Forum, now in its third manifestation over 12 years (Bangkok and Mexico previously), was the 'ideal vehicle' for engaging and addressing politicians, who for example supported damaging denial of key scientific evidence. He was speaking in the context of the AIDS denialism and political heel dragging in South Africa until the dramatic cabinet and presidential turnaround in September last year.
South Africa's new health minister, Barbara Hogan, did not attend the Bamako Forum as she was already committed to an international gathering on tobacco control in Cape Town. A high-level delegation from her department did, however, along with a host of senior figures from the country's major research institutions and universities.
Dr Hassar said it was time to act on legislation for ethical research. 'We know what has to be done ... there are several reports by the WHO, UNESCO ... all countries should commit to passing legislation on ethics within one year or leave this world assembly of ministers of health. A country without such laws cannot claim to share our values. Such values have to be enacted to protect the population,' he said.
Commercial, not public interest driving research
Speaker after speaker in the session highlighted the burgeoning increase in commercial research driven by the hunger for new marketable technologies and of how few research subjects actually benefited from them.
Asia and Africa emerged as the two main target countries for commercial outfits that set up their own ethics committees wherever legislation was lacking.
Dr Aissatou Toure, chief of the immunology unit at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, said the theory of fundamental ethics of respect, informed and quality consent, autonomy, dignity, risk-benefit analyses and justice was seldom carried over into practice.
'For example, on the ground, if you simplify consent too much you end up with imprecision and misinformation, never mind the problems with scientific language and the translation and conceptual differences in spoken language.'
Socio-economic circumstances, hierarchical systems and respect for the authority of knowledge created an ethical minefield that could be ruthlessly manipulated without a government that had the political will to pass protective laws.
Dr Amar Jasani, of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, said protection was needed 'from the tyranny of sponsors and collaborators'.
In India lax regulations, low costs of clinical trials, large numbers of treatment-naïve patients and easily available scientific human resources with a large urban hospital infrastructure led to commercial research organisations burgeoning from a handful in 1995 to over 70 in 2005.
A lack of guidelines on compensation for research injuries meant that not a single person in India had been compensated (in spite of researchers being covered by insurance) for the past 5 years.
'Too many countries have decentralised structures to the extent that governments have offloaded responsibility - instead the commercial institutions determine who is appointed or replaced and provide the resources for the ethical committees,' Jasani added.
Describing this as a 'very, very dangerous practice', he said committee members were often not aware of international best practice and had insufficient training.
It was 'essential' that the legal regulatory authority for research was integrated with ethics review committees through legislation so that policies and laws provided real power to independent ethics review committees.
Single-governance mechanism vital
Both private commercial ethics committees and market research organisations needed to fall under a single governance mechanism complemented by an accreditation body.
Jasani said that often the ethical guidelines of commercial outfits were 'totally different to ours - they ask us what the issues are and then promise to "take care" of them - I've been quite horrified sitting on the technical review committee'.
He called for regulators in developed countries to rigorously examine proof of ethical conduct for clinical trials in developing countries.
Questioning how pharmaceutical companies obtained marketing clearance without proof of post-trial benefits to participants and communities, Jasani said many companies were using guidelines from the 2000 Helsinki Declaration, simply because these were included in their laws, and not the updated versions.
Professor Jerome Singh, head of ethics and health law at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa), said post-apartheid South Africa had made great strides to correct a racially skewed and unethical human research agenda.
Backed by several major statutory bodies there was a strong human rights culture via the Constitution that included a clause on ethical research and regular use of independent judicial review to check questionable commercial or government behaviour.
The Wisdom of Whores
Elizabeth Pisani, an epidemiologist and consultant working with HIV/AIDS in Asia and controversial author of The Wisdom of Whores, said too many researchers hid behind the rights of the individual to hoard data and prevent their use for the wider public good.
While protecting individual rights was a welcome 'step forward' from a decade ago, researchers spent too much time and effort 'obsessing about this', while forgetting that the point of research was to benefit the largest number of people.
Unlike public health, almost every other field of science was moving towards an open data policy, she said, citing physicists and geneticists as leading the way.
'One of the fig leaves we use in protecting the culture of data-hoarding is this idea that if we share it we'll somehow be compromising the rights of individuals and/or confidentiality - there's actually little evidence that this is ever the case.'
'We shut down Beijing to ensure that SARS didn't become a global pandemic and there are numerous examples in XDR TB. We do have to make the point that it's unethical to collect data from people and not do anything with it,' Pisani argued.
She gave the example of her accompanying a government research team through Djakarta's red-light district when an influential and very angry local pimp confronted them with a pile of T-shirts given to his workers by researchers.
'He said we take a half hour of the girls' time doing incredibly invasive things and never do shit with the information - and they got nothing out of it but stupid T-shirts.'
Pisani grabbed headlines in South Africa when she accused the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) of bias towards AIDS treatment at the expense of creating a market for HIV prevention. The TAC said she was being 'reductionist'.
Asked to suggest a practical way of addressing her concerns, she said ethical review boards should insist that data from research be used for public health. Review criteria should include quizzing researchers as to how they would translate their data into a public health benefit.
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Here is a recent Interview of me done by talented writer, Michelle Rosenthal. I've asked Michelle to do a guest sculpture for my blog. :P~ It is important to me to continue to share that series of work I did on PTSD and it's my aspiration that others going through this will perhaps walk away happier, more sure of themselves, with more hope than they had when they came.
Before I part with that series of sculpture, I want to show it as a group in real life, where people can actually come and see it for themselves. I'm not sure when or where this will happen, but I did finally get the courage to speak to a local gallery about it and the response is encouraging so far.
p.s. When I say "I did finally get the courage", what I mean is I went with my friend, Ahmed Fadaam, to a gallery that had already invited him to exhibit there, to show them some of his portrait drawings, which are incredible. We walked in the door with his drawings and he says to the Director of the gallery, "We're here to show you her [my] sculpture."
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Would you like to try MongoDB Atlas for free? For an app developer, MongoDB covers a ton of features that would usually slow down the time it takes to generate an app.
Why are you explaining how to use MongoDB? We recently built a custom data connector last week — from an FTP folder, with a bunch of CSVs, converted it to JSON, and then outputted to MongoDB using node.js…
We started realizing something amazing about this database.
Maybe MongoDB is easy.
Maybe it's easier than it appears, and doesn't require a ton of programming, which opens it up to being used across millions of businesses that are currently stuck in the excel, CSV, workflows!
Also, there is a free version that offers immediate access to a 3 node clustered, HA, etc.. Database. I know I said some technical stuff, but that doesn't mean the installation is technical, which enables usage for any non-techy-business-peep.
Disclaimer: MongoDB did not pay me to write this, I'm writing this because I believe I have a different way of looking at content. If mongo would like to pay me, go ahead and head over to my website and contact me. I like money.
This MongoDB Series will hopefully cover…
Hopefully, by the end of this series, I will have a reporting database, a not so technical approach, and help discourage the current rumors surrounding the MongoDB database technology.
Worst case scenario, it will get too complex, and I will have to depend on a full stack developer to break it down in an easy to understand format, teach me it, and I will break it down even further.
Do you want to begin? Start here and signup to mongoDB atlas.
Alright, if you've read through our first MongoDB read through, hopefully, you understand MongoDB is not something to…medium.com
Everything below this is my opinion on why it's considered complex. With helpful information regarding the technology.
I think a lot of people will likely not consider MongoDB because the website looks a bit complex, their core customer target is clearly app developers, and that's going to be off-putting to a casual user. I do believe writing this content will help me learn a bit of these complex and also give me something to do while I'm looking for a new opportunity.
My hypothesis is that a non-technical user can manage and administrate MongoDB without the need for a full stack developer. That's right, I have high hopes for the least technical users.
And if we need a full stack developer for any piece, I hope to help automate every process you need or explain exactly what is necessary to get past the tech-hurdle. Woohoo!
The MongoDB Website looks a little complex.
Almost every landing page has a complex configuration of artwork and most non-technical users will flee or at least have one single takeaway.
"MongoDB is complex!" If you're just looking to build faster analysis… There is a really good chance you will think you're in the wrong place.
MongoDB Website Seems Complex.
MongoDB's website uses words like; development, high availability, clustering, apps, and the worst word of them all.. code!!!
In the most basic and free installation on MongoDB's, MongoDB Atlas, they use a lot of technical words, even though there is absolutely no programming required upfront.
MongoDB comes with a video walkthrough — If you're interested in watching a step by step process, you will be kicked over for starting a twenty video series. A massive number of videos to jump in and use something free, but that is where I come in.
In case you're wondering — your MongoDB evangelist is Jay.
The walkthrough starts off by sounding a little complex. On the second video in a 20 video series, I think I found the main reason most end users in the non-developer world, will run the hell away and resort to sticking with what they know is easy… Like a CSV farm, pivot table mazes, and good old EXCEL.
The second video kicks off with "…start writing your code against MongoDB."
Maybe MongoDB isn't a 'code only database.' That's what I hope this series will provide.
My understanding of MongoDB
Personally, I've known about MongoDB through the grapevine of non-technical SaaS salespeople, executives with SaaS salespeople speaking to them daily, and front end software experts who will scrape the MongoDB website and potentially make a lot of incorrect assumptions.
Truthfully, I've listened to thousands of people talk about data products and very few who have actually used the product or even consumed the website.
Here's what people have been saying about MongoDB.
- MongoDB is too complex.
- you need to be a programmer to use MongoDB
- MongoDB is very expensive.
- MongoDB is only for apps.
- It's in memory…?
I'm telling you what others have told me while working client engagements or while working at Tableau Software.
My 2cents on MongoDB website, verbiage, and branding.
MongoDB is not for a regular-old-business-user just yet.
MongoDB has not been on the tip of many spears when offering consulting advice.
Which will be negative because most small companies are sitting on a mountain of data and I believe most, if not all, will benefit from utilizing MongoDB Atlas or at least giving it a swing.
A lot of the MongoDB pitch or verbiage coming from the tutorials, website, and documentation — IMO, has generated a bit of confusion for any non-technical business user or even a semi-technical database expert.
When in actuality, MongoDB takes <10minutes to setup…
A large user group should not skip this solution… That user base will be those who don't know how a database works, don't know SQL, and think JSON is an entire programming language but are super good at PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, and a bunch of other clicks to win software.
Maybe MongoDB is a bit easier…
Maybe MongoDB is easy, maybe it's so easy every single small or medium business in the world could be using this instead of their CSV or EXCEL farm.
Let's find out! My next writing will be about setting up MongoDB as quickly as possible. And figuring out the granular details to making it be our reporting database.
So, I want to write a quick tutorial from point A to point B regarding MongoDB's Atlas database.
More on MongoDB
MongoDB is free and auto-generates on an AWS instance; clustered, with high availability, packed with security, and easy to scale.
I'm not exactly sure how long it will be free but if it stays free — maybe it will be a cool place to drop data sets and let it be publicly accessible.
- MongoDB stores data in flexible, JSON-like documents, meaning fields can vary from document to document and data structure can be changed over time. JSON is not a programming language!
- The document model maps to the objects in your application code, making data easy to work with.
- Ad hoc queries, indexing, and real-time aggregation provide powerful ways to access and analyze your data.
- MongoDB is a distributed database at its core, so high availability, horizontal scaling, and geographic distribution are built in and easy to use
- MongoDB is free and open-source, published under the GNU Affero General Public License.
Important Info— Mongo DB storage engine
The part of a database that is responsible for managing how data is stored and accessed, both in memory and on disk. Different storage engines perform better for specific workloads. See: Storage Engines for specific details on the built-in storage engines in MongoDB.
Thanks for your time.
Links for the rest are coming soon.
If you're looking to jump ahead, go to the Atlas page, and fill out the form. Watch the videos, do the click through, and have fun! Oh, and good luck, I'm not guaranteeing this will help you or your clients! Rather, I'm eager to work through it and live blog while I do it.
Continued read: If you're not a-super-techie — DON'T SKIP or SCAN… And I've worked with thousands of techie people with super techie titles and you pretty much all scan and act like you just robot consumed 100%, but generally speaking — you're skipping the most important content and troubleshooting easy fixes. TLDR 🙂 — but you should have.
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Ernie Wood awarded rank of Chevalier in French Legion of Honour. It's not likely that people will start calling him Sir Ernie Wood, but considering the prestigious honour he's received it would be entirely appropriate.
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Stephen Gladwin, a Surveyor at the Estate, has been elected as Chair of North Wales MATRICS, an organisation for young members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Since becoming a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor, Stephen has been an active member of the RICS in North Wales. He is a member of the RICS North Wales Local Management Board and represents MATRICS on the RICS Wales Board.
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Alabama legislators on Monday began a special session on a looming budget shortfall during which Gov. Robert Bentley will again try to persuade Republican legislators to support tax increases over deep cuts to government services.
Bentley is asking lawmakers to approve $302 million in revenue. Alabamians would rather have "minimal" tax increases, Bentley argued, over slashing state services in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
"They want to take care of mental health. They want their hospitals to stay open. The people of Alabama, I don't care how conservative they are, they want those services, and we have to fund them," the governor said. Bentley said legislators need to "step up" and show leadership.
Legislators met for about 15 minutes and then adjourned until Aug. 3, saying committees needed time to work on budget ideas. The opening day of the special session also came with a renewed push for gambling legislation which, like Bentley's tax bills, faces uncertain odds.
The regular session ended last month in a political stalemate and without a budget. Bentley was unable to persuade lawmakers to approve tax increases and vetoed a spending plan that would have slashed $200 million from state agencies.
He faces an uncertain outlook in Round 2 with legislators.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said the House will consider the governor's proposals, but that the House and Senate need to take responsibility moving forward.
"I believe that we will be working with the Senate in coming up with what we believe is a consensus and that we can get passed," Hubbard said. "And it's not to say that we're not going to keep the governor informed, but that's the way the separation of powers work. He is going to make some recommendations to us, but that's all they are, recommendations."
Hubbard said he has not seen the specifics of Bentley's proposals.
"I don't believe my members are inclined to vote for a bunch of new taxes," Senate President Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said before lawmakers convened.
The governor's proposals include a cigarette tax and an adjustment to the business privilege tax. He also wants lawmakers either to approve a soda tax or do away with the FICA tax deduction from state income taxes.
The opening day of the special session also highlighted ongoing differences between Bentley and Marsh.
Bentley is trying to head off discussions of gambling legislation, excluding it from his special session call. Marsh on Monday introduced legislation to legalize a lottery and casinos.
"I think if you check the temperature of the public, they are ready to vote on the issue one way or the other," Marsh said. Marsh said he is not looking at the bill as a solution to next year's shortfall, but said the state needs to have the conversation about gambling.
Marsh introduced similar legislation in the regular session. He never sought a Senate floor vote, however, since it was clear he did not have the 21 votes needed to pass a constitutional amendment.
The governor said he is not opposed to people voting on gambling at some point, but he said the state needs to look at budgetary changes first.
The special session can last for up to 30 calendar days. The governor said he is prepared for a Round 3, saying he will call lawmakers back for another special session if needed.
"We'll see what they do over the next 30 days. If it doesn't get solved, we'll come back in August," Bentley said.
Upon the House and Senate adjournment, acting finance director Bill Newton addressed a joint meeting of the bodies' budget committees. Afterward, Senate budget chair Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, didn't have high hopes.
"I think there are a lot of different forces at work in this special session. Any budget that properly funds state government will be difficult to fund properly," Orr said.
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Hey, it's JR and I'm holding in my hand the brand-new Bose QuietComfort 35 twos, the newest of Bose's award-winning amazing noise-cancelling headphones. New and improved, they've added a button right here, and this button will give you instant access to the Google assistant. If you have that on your phone, you'll be able to speak to your headphones and tell it to do things, so anything you can do with your Google assistant you can now initiate it right from the headphones.
No compromise in sound quality here, these things sound every bit as good as they always have with Bose. You expect nothing less from them, of course, and they're super comfortable. The ear cups feel great on your head. They make a nice seal, which is great because they still have the best-in-class noise cancellation. It's hard to get any better than that if you find yourself on an airplane, or in a noisy office, or riding a bus to work, you're gonna want something to cancel out all that noise so you can concentrate on your music, or heck, just go into silent mode.
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Indie folk-pop band, The Ransom Collective, is a wonder to behold. Ranging from their foot-tapping anthems to soulful musings, the six-piece band has proven themselves masters of their craft and artists with a mission.
I was able to sit down and talk with frontman and lead vocalist Kian Ransom about The Ransom Collective, his thoughts on Original Pinoy Music, TRC's future plans, and his other projects.
What was the reason behind bringing The Ransom Collective together?
I ran into a high school friend who heard some of the music I was posting on Soundcloud, and he encouraged me, "Dude, let's get a band together!"
And then a local, independent music thing offered to do a video of one of my songs. So, I needed to get a band together. I got my former high school classmate to play the drums, and then I met some people at UP Diliman like Jermaine, Lily, and Leah. And from there, we were only gonna play for, like, a month or two just so we could do this video. But we decided to audition for Wanderband. And when we won that, which we were totally shocked that we won, we realized "Hey, maybe there's something here. Let's keep at this. Let's see what we could do with this." So it's kind of a happy accident.
And then we were realizing that there were no other indie folk bands in the Philippines and that there was a market for it. We were like, "Maybe people might enjoy this. People are looking for this here." So we just kept pursuing that; doors kept opening, and we kept walking through them.
What was the vision for The Ransom Collective?
We never really planned to be successful. It was so unfathomable that we never really took it seriously. We just wanted to make good music – something we were proud of. It wasn't until after we won Wanderband that we realized we had potential. And that's when we started to see how many people we could reach, how we could market ourselves, who could we connect with.
It's an incredible feeling when you go to a gig and a few people walk up to you, you have never met them, but we feel connected because they've listened to something that I've written and relate with it. And whatever emotion I was feeling when I was writing that, I know that they have probably felt something similar. It's an incredible feeling and I think that fueled us to create new goals.
"We even get mail sometimes, and this one guy wrote and implied like he was ready to end his life. [He said] that our music had this calming effect on him, helped him have a better outlook on life, and now he's doing a lot better. And, like, man! That was never the goal. That was never the plan. I never had any idea that our music could affect another person in such a positive way beyond just, like, something to listen to in the car."
Once we all started to realize the power of music and what it can do beyond us, our goals started to shift into continuing to get it out there – to be ourselves, to be positive, and to try and help people. Whether it's having something good to listen to in the car or something to listen to during a family member's passing, whatever the reason might be, we just wanna spread positivity and good vibes.
In the end, that's our passion. That's why we've avoided signing onto any kind of record label or anything like that because we don't want to do anything that would potentially alter our ability to pursue that goal.
What is the state of OPM?
Well, OPM is so diverse now. Especially with things like Spotify and YouTube, it's not the radio telling people what to listen to anymore. Nowadays, the radio is way below what people are using the internet for.
The OPM scene is amazing now because you have [indie folk] bands like us and Ben&Ben, Tom's Story which is this math mental stuff which you could never have imagined being popular 10 years ago, and you have dancey synth-pop like Autotelic. There's just so much diversity now, and I think it's amazing. It's a result of people being able to listen to what they wanna listen to. It's a great time to be in the industry.
There are a lot of limitations that have been lifted, and a lot more room for creativity, for experimenting, for collaboration, and there are a lot more people waking up to it. The masses are also starting to get introduced to independent bands, not just as these little indie Manila scene bands, but as OPM-contributing musicians.
At first, when I heard that there were some other bands that had an indie folk style, my first gut reaction was, "Oh, no! We're gonna be fighting for the same turf." But it didn't take long for me to realize how ignorant that mindset was. It was a very selfish gut reaction.
The truth is, those bands are great, and they're bringing more people into the OPM scene. And so, where before we might only have 10,000 potential people who knew about indie folk and would be interested in it, they've pulled in another 10,000 of their own. So now, there's 20,000 for us to share.
We have Reese, Ben&Ben, The Ransom Collective, and there's almost this whole sub-genre forming within OPM. It's like, "OPM Indie Folk". So it's cool to be part of, not just the greater OPM scene, but also the smaller little pockets that are coming up. It's not just "four-man, guitar-based, drums, and singer" anymore. It's super diverse.
Traces' vinyl edition is coming out soon. How does it feel?
It's pretty surreal! I never thought that I'd be able to release a whole album, let alone something actually on vinyl. We got to listen to the test pressing a couple months ago, but I never really got to hold it or see the cover. It was just a white folder. But once I actually get to see it and hold it, I'd be like "Oh, my gosh!"
We don't have anything to do with the creation of the vinyl. Offshore Music is the ones who are making all that happen. It's amazing to be working with them.
What are your thoughts on the sudden comeback of vinyl releases?
I think it's kind of a reaction and a balancing-out with Spotify. Like, 10 years ago, you had to pay for every CD, every cassette, or whatever that you wanted. People were really spending money on music. Once the Internet came about, everybody started pirating and CD sales plummeted. And then when Spotify came out, people don't really pirate anymore. I mean, I'm sure it's still happening, but it's so much more difficult now to find a link to downland your album. Now, it's just, "press 'save' on Spotify."
And so, I think, once people had the ability to get music that easily, all of a sudden, spending an extra 1000 or 2000 Pesos on a vinyl felt a lot more reasonable. I mean, Spotify is so cheap anyway, and for these albums that I really feel close to and I wanna have something physical, I'll buy the vinyl. It's more of like memorabilia to feel more connected with it.
Could you share a little bit on some future projects and plans?
For The Ransom Collective, we're working on another album soon. We'll get into songwriting in a bit.
With Sleep Talker, I don't know. That one's really just like a side project. I don't really do much with it. It's just whenever I feel like writing something just outside-the-box, I'll do it there.
I'm hoping to do more fun things with that. Like, in my last track, I got to work with Mito (Curtismith). I'm totally open to working with other people. I'm just trying to diversify and experiment. We'll see. Hopefully, I could put out at least on song this year. Maybe more if I get inspired.


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Dr. Varinder Mann- veterinarian
Dr. Varinder Mann is practicing Veterinary Medicine for last 17 years. He graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison in May 2002. He practiced Veterinary Medicine in Chicago, owned his own practice in Seattle, WA for 7 years, now practicing in Fresno, California for couple of years. He also worked as Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer with Food safety and Inspection Service with United states of Department of Agriculture for 7 years in California. His main interests include internal medicine, surgery, Dermatology, and emergency care. He is a member of the CVMA, SCVMA, IAVMA. He loves being a Veterinarian and loves helping pets. He is also a Certified Proctor Gallagher Institute Consultant for helping peoples to achieve their goals and live their dream life. His hobbies include reading, music and spending time with his dog and cat named Oscar and Una, travelling. He lived in California with his beautiful wife, 2 daughters and his pets. Dr. Mann strives to improve pet lives via quality veterinary care and encourages owners to take an active role in their pet's health.
Breann - veterinary assistant
Hi everyone, meet Breann! She has been a Vet. Assistant at Care Veterinary Hospital since November 2015. Since she was a small child her dream was to help animals or be a Disney princess. In October 2015 her lifelong dream was accomplished (not the princess one) she graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at San Joaquin Valley College. Breann & her boyfriend currently share a home with their army of fur babies. "Leaders" of the army are their 3 cats (Toothless, Chester, Thackery Binx) with "Muscle" provided by their 2 dogs (Jackie, Newton) plus a "secret agent" turtle (Mr. Snot). When she isn't at work, 9/10 times you can catch her nose stuck in a book or a pizza box. Breann can't wait to see you & your fur baby on your next visit.
Sadie - veterinary assistant
Meet Sadie! She has been working at Care Veterinary Hospital for almost a year. Sadie owns her own little zoo that consists of her one dog, Red. Four cats, Dot, Houdini, Reed, and Jimetta. Eight tropical fish. Two chickens. Two horses, Caesar, and Donna, and two goats, Molly, and soon to be pregnant Karma. Sadie started her dreams of being a vet tech when she was 8 years old when she started joined 4-H, and riding horses. She is currently working on getting her associates degree in animal science at Reedley College. In her spare time Sadie likes to ride her horses, Civil War reenacting, and roller skate. She also really loves food, especially tacos.
Gabrielle - veterinary assistant
Gabrielle has been with care veterinary hospital since 2017. She graduated from San Joaquin valley college obtaining her associate of science degree. Gabrielle has had a love for animals ever since she was born. She is a mom to a beautiful baby girl and her two cats Loke Lani and Meimei. Her dream is to one day win the mega billions and adopt every homeless pet.
Thyda - veterinary assistant
Thyda has been working as a Vet Assistant at Care Veterinary Hospital for half a year now. She graduated from the VT program at San Joaquin Valley College in June of 2018. Her passion for animals began at 12 years old when she received her first puppy/best friend, who is still with her today! He is a 10-year-old Shih Tzu named Mushu, and he has a wild younger brother who's a 1-year old Siberian Husky, named Castiel. On her free time, she enjoys writing music and outgoing activities such as figure skating, bowling, mini golfing, etc. She dedicates most of her time to Care Veterinary Hospital and truly enjoys working alongside a wonderful team and providing quality care for all pets.
Katelyn - veterinary assistant
Katelyn has been with Care Veterinary Hospital for 6 months now. She first started off volunteering and was eventually hired as a Vet Assistant. She is currently enrolled at Fresno State University; majoring in Animal Science- Pre-Vet. Her love for animals stemmed from feeding every stray dog she could find in her hometown and watching Animal Cops- Houston as a kid. Outside of work, she is either studying, watching Superstore, or playing with her crazy Labrador; Sadie.
Krystal - veterinary assistant
Krystal has been working as a Vet assistant at Care Veterinary Hospital since June 2018. She graduated from California State University, Fresno with a bachelor's degree in animal science with a Pre-Veterinary Emphasis. She has always had a love for animals, both big and small, and aspires to become a Veterinarian herself but of mixed practice with a higher emphasis of large animals. She has a playful Siberian husky named Sasha and a boxer named Roxy. When she is not working here, she works part-time at another veterinary facility.
Pauleen - veterinary assistant
Pauleen has been with Care Veterinary Hospital as a Veterinary assistant for a year. Previously, she was getting her Associate's degree for animal science at San Joaquin Valley College in which she was then referred to Care Veterinary Hospital for her externship and has stayed with us since. Pauleen has always been interested in helping the unspoken and her love for animals continues to grow daily. She has two felines; Sapphire is a prissy Bombay who enjoys being pampered while Fitzwilliam, a hyper main coon mix, enjoys running amuck outside and loves to protect the "fort". During Pauleen's leisure time, she enjoys reading, sewing drawing, hiking, fishing, watching movies and so much more
Rosa- veterinary assistant
Rosa attended San Joaquin Valley College and came to Care Veterinary in December 2017 as an extern and was hired upon completion. She has 3 cats of her own which take up most of her free time. When she's not tending to her kitties Rosa enjoys spending time with family and planning trips.


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VIDEO game characters came to life recently in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, as drivers wearing costumes in small go-karts buzzed through a traffic intersection, prompting surprised passers-by to wave and reach for their cameras.
These go-karts can be rented from Akiba Cart in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, which was founded in April 2013 by Daisaku Koyama to allow people an outlet to escape from the strains of everyday life.
The go-karts, measuring 2m long and 70cm wide, are classified as microcars under the Road Traffic Law in Japan.
People can drive the vehicles on public roads with regular driver's licences.
Images of people driving go-karts on Tokyo streets have spread through online video sites and social network services.
The activity is also popular among foreign tourists, given that travelling on public roads in go-karts is banned in many other countries.
With 15 go-karts, the company accepts reservations from up to about 10 people at one time, with prices ranging from 2,700 yen (S$34) per hour to 10,800 yen for a whole day.
Customers can also pay for guided tours of specific routes or sightseeing spots.
Go-kart drivers can enjoy the view from a low angle - as if they are sitting on the road - as well as enjoy a sense of openness, with no roof or doors.
Some drivers dress as their favourite animated characters to drive through the streets.
One of them is Tokyo resident Ryota Kuzumoto, who donned a costume of a popular game character while driving with his colleagues.
"I find it refreshing to see things from a new perspective, which is different from riding a bus or other kinds of transportation," he said.


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You are currently browsing the daily archive for June 22, 2010.
Having decided to include in this series individual works of lasting interest, if not always importance, I find irresistible the temptation to explore a great many novels that I raced through in my distant teens. Unable now to concentrate as intensely, and with less time anyway, I read much less than I should. With the hope of going through all those books again seeming a distant dream, it has been a pleasure to at least look through them again, those Penguins I used to buy in profusion and then bind together in bright covers embossed with names such as Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood.
The last of these was one of a trio of Young Turks, as it were, who introduced a radical thrust to literature in the twenties and thirties. The other two were poets, one of them Auden, probably the best English poet of the 20th century (apart from T S Eliot, if that is one considers Eliot to be English). Just too young for the First World War, they were much less nostalgic about what had been lost than the writers I have mentioned thus far, in part because they were more cosmopolitan in their outlook.
In fact Auden and Isherwood left England when the Second World War broke out, and settled down in America. Isherwood died there half a century later, though Auden came back to Europe, and finally to Oxford for his dying years. He made time for undergraduates to come and talk to him, and I took advantage of this, and persuaded some of my friends to join me for a memorable hour, though we found his craggy heavily lined face as fascinating as the conversation.


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Quintin Washington is something of a curiosity in Charleston's journalism community. Over the past four years, he's interviewed media personalities, city and state leaders, activists and artists, but he's not affiliated with any news outlet. With a small digital camera no bigger than a deck of playing cards and a flimsy tripod — both of which he received as gifts — he's conducted more than 460 one-on-one interviews and filed almost 7,000 minutes of footage. Without a working laptop, he edits everything together using computers at local libraries and posts the videos to YouTube. He doesn't get paid for doing this. What time he has outside of his day job is dedicated to running across town, scheduling interviews with the people who guide Charleston, and cutting footage together. Washington considers it a public service, but also his calling.
Huddled outside of a courtroom in downtown Charleston, I mentioned Washington's name to the other reporters gathered to cover that day's hearing. There's a certain astonishment among local journalists when it comes to Washington. Having been interviewed by Washington, one veteran reporter who's been in the business longer than I've been alive talks about the level of research Washington is able to dedicate to every subject who sits down with him. "He knows things about you, you don't even know about yourself," Harve Jacobs jokes. Another remarkable thing is how Washington gets everyone to participate — all the big names sit down for "Quintin's Close-Ups." A big part of the news business is dealing with rejection, but after four years, Washington says he's only been turned down three times. I mention this to the other reporters and we all stare at the ground, nodding in a sort of reluctant acknowledgement of just how incredible that number really is.
But over the years, after sharing hundreds of stories, Washington has been a bit reluctant to share his own. That is until now. With an exclusive one-on-one with the man himself, here is the story of Quintin Washington.
Growing up on Charleston's Eastside, moving from Radcliffe Street to America Street to Drake Street, Washington got his start in news as a child. He struggled with reading and math early on. He took to looking through newspapers to overcome trouble reading, but Washington still faced other obstacles in and out of the classroom.
"Growing up was difficult," says Washington, now 31. "I would have people in the streets on the Eastside who would harass me because of my skin color or they'd say, 'You talk too white.' That was an everyday battle that I eventually overcame. Most of us, we grew up and became better people because of our trials and tribulations. We didn't have much. We still don't have much. But I'm learning how to enjoy the moment of now."
Dealing with harassment from other kids, Washington took refuge in one of the last places you'd expect to find a wide-eyed 12-year-old — a TV newsroom. After a mentor took him on a tour of the WCSC-TV station, Washington wrote a letter to the news director, saying that this was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Washington would spend any time he could helping out at the station — learning to write scripts, edit tapes, shadowing photographers and reporters on assignment.
"I learned a lot there. I saw a lot of stuff that I never thought I would have. And at the time, things were rough. My mom still to this day works at Roper Hospital. She would work long hours, and we would be out in the streets until she would get home. We would stay at our grandmother's house or someone else's house, but things were still rough," Washington says. "My father was never around. Eventually, he died in 2014 in early January. That was rough because I had to make a decision of whether I should go to his funeral or not. I talked it over with my mother, and I told her, 'I can't. I can't do it.' I prayed about it to God and that was that. My stepfather, who we live with right now, I consider him to be my father because he was there for me when I was born. He was there to discipline me, to cook us Sunday dinners. He was there to tell us to go to the laundromat and wash clothes. He was there to take me fishing."
Washington says it was the constant change he found in the newsroom that first excited him as a kid. He'd sit and listen to the police scanners rattle off accidents and emergencies happening around town. While the news wasn't always good, it was always interesting. The race to keep track of a city can be challenging, to say the least. You have to keep pace with a seemingly constant flow of information, knowing that with the good news, there inevitably comes the bad. And no matter how close it hits to home, you just have to keep moving.
Since those first days in a newsroom, Washington had managed to intern in various news outlets across the city, from TV to radio to print. As he made his way through school, Washington would pull discarded scripts from newsroom trash bins, reading them aloud to himself and learning how to talk to an audience. As a student reporter with the Post and Courier in high school, he honed his writing skills, learning how to express himself in a way that was clear and informative. After graduating from Burke High School, Washington had hoped to leave Charleston to attend journalism school, but it never worked out.
In 2009, while Washington was attending the College of Charleston, his stepfather suffered a stroke. At the same time, his mother was battling breast cancer. He used his money from student loans to help pay rent. After all the therapy and treatments, the family managed to pull through intact, but Washington didn't return to college. Although it may have taken some time, he eventually found his true calling.
"I guess four or five years ago, I grappled with the fact that I don't know what to do when it comes to television news. At one point, I wanted to be a traffic anchor in D.C. At one point, I just wanted to be a reporter. At some point, I wanted to be an anchor, but I don't know if I'd be the type of person who'd be doing that," he says. "Now, doing interviews, I love it. This is amazing. Doing 461 interviews — that's a lot. And I'm still learning. ... I still want to ask the right questions. I still want to ask the questions that people want answers to. I'm still growing. That process can never stop."
Last week, after working a shift at Queology on North Market Street, Washington, who doesn't drive, ran home to change clothes before racing back across town to tape an interview with Elizabeth Moffly. The two met at the law office of Larry Kobrovsky, where four years ago Washington filmed his first true episode of "Quintin's Close-Ups." Prior to that, Washington had a short stint taping interviews for WLCN in Summerville, but eventually set out on his own.
Seated beside each other across from his small Canon PowerShot perched on a tripod, Washington and Moffly talked about her campaign for county auditor and the death of her son. In less than five minutes, their conversation shifted from the political to the personal before Washington thanked Moffly for taking the time to speak with him.
It was already a little after 5 p.m., when Washington said he'd have the interview edited and posted that evening. Stepping outside, Washington set up his tripod along Meeting Street to film an intro to this most recent installment of "Quintin's Close-Ups." He counted down from three before running through a few brief takes. In between filming, Washington offered a friendly smile and hello to everyone passing by. Some paused for a moment to try to figure out exactly what he was doing — this lanky figure posed on the sidewalk in front of a camera. But Washington knows that this is exactly where he belongs, even if he has to go at it alone.
"Just because I'm not on television or radio or with a newspaper does not mean I'm not a journalist. After 461 interviews, I feel like this is a brand. This is a public service. I'm not doing it just for me. This is what God has called me to do to serve the public," he says. "This is my way of serving the public. I don't have much money or anything like that. It's just me. The Canon PowerShot camera I have, someone gave me. This tripod, someone gave me that. It's not about money. It's about serving people. I don't care about money because I know God is taking care of me."
Moving forward, Washington says he is walking by faith, not by sight. When he prays, he asks specifically, "Can I please do more interviews?" It's when he's in front of the camera that he feels most comfortable. He knows he could do this for the rest of his life and be content.
As he looks ahead, Washington says he will continue to improve as an interviewer and continue to carve out the niche he's made for himself online.
"The reason I'm doing it on YouTube is because I don't have any other outlet. I went to all the stations and asked to do a weekly interview segment, and everyone said 'No.' Traditional news outlets don't always give people an opportunity. That's why YouTube and social media are so popular now," Washington says. "When it comes to doing interviews, I'm very professional about it. When the camera's on, when that red light turns on, all my opinions go to the side. I'm impartial, unbiased, and that's the way it's supposed to be. If people were doing what I am doing, maybe people would trust the media more."
Perhaps it's this quality that makes so many prominent figures willing to sit down with Washington, although he still insists that it's largely due to divine intervention. Either way, it's working. And although Washington is reluctant to accept full credit for his body of work, there's no denying the level of hustle involved with what he does.
He's been recognized by the S.C. House of Representatives, and he's earned respect from all those who see him go from interview to interview. Ask him for advice, and he'll tell you that no one is going to give you anything. You just have to go out there and create it. And that's exactly the advice he's followed.
"I've got a lot of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who love what I do. People who are very controversial will say to me, 'I love your interviews because you don't take sides.' When you do an interview, you let them tell the story," says Washington. "That's the way it should be. I want to take it back to the old-school days where you don't inject your opinion. You just tell the story. And that's what I want to do — tell other people's stories and do one-on-one interviews."
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