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An unconventional new model makes industry meetups a key part of medical
device regulation. by Timothy Gower
Biopsies are still mostly read under a microscope by a human pathologist. The diagnostic process can be a painstaking endeavor and often renders an up-or-down opinion: cancer or no cancer, for example. Digitizing this work would not only speed up processing but, coupled with artificial intelligence, might give more accurate information a 90% chance a tissue specimen is malignant and the patient will respond to a therapy, for example that could affect treatment considerations.
But this frontier of digital pathology calls for new tools scanners, viewers and software. And a lack of regulatory standards for these components has slowed their development and wider adoption. The same story is echoed across many new areas where device innovation moves quickly but expertise is limited to a small circle of specialists.
Michael Tarver, best known for his stint as a member of the original Nexus, stopped by VOC Nation’s Talkin Sass podcast to talk his WWE career. Tarver recounted getting signed following driving to New York for a tryout.
“I had only worked for about four years on the indies before I got my contract,” Tarver said. “Drew Taylor and I got in a car from Youngstown (Ohio) and drove up to Rochester, NY for a tryout at a Smackdown taping. When I get there Brodie Lee was there – so much talent – Mike Tolar was there…a bunch of people were there.
– During the latest edition of VOC Nation’s Talkin’ Sass, former WWE talent and Nexus member Michael Tarver=, who discussed his time in WWE and also claimed he was bullied by John Cena. Tarver alleged that Cena “targeted” him, took liberties with him in the ring and possibly sabotaged his reputation backstage in WWE. Below are some highlights of Tarver discussing his WWE run, the developmental system, John Cena, and more from the podcast:
Tarver on getting his WWE tryout and contract: “I had only worked for about four years on the indies before I got my contract… (Drew Taylor) and I got in a car from Youngstown (Ohio) and drove up to Rochester, NY (for a tryout at a Smackdown taping)… when I get there Brodie Lee was there – so much talent – Mike Tolar was there…a bunch of people were there. What happened was, I just walked in. I wasn’t booked! I told this story a number of times, I don’t know if it (ever) got back to WWE. I literally just walked in… w
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Now she has 42 dogs and they are her business.
Jacques is in her first winter running Call of the WYld, a dog sled tour company that runs out of Teton Village. Sheâs not only the first woman in the county to operate a sled tour business â âas far as I know, ever,â she said â sheâs by far the closest to the center of the tourism business in Jackson Hole. Her competitors are Jackson Hole Iditarod Sled Dog Tours in Granite Creek, along the Hoback Canyon, and Continental Divide Mountain Adventures, located at Togwotee.
Jacques had âbeen around dog sledding my whole lifeâ and worked for Continental Divide at Togwotee when she began dreaming of her own dogs and business. She had seen during the busy parts of winter that the business âturned away hundreds of peopleâ who asked about tours just because there werenât enough sleds and hours to give a ride to everyone who expressed an interest. She also found that being far from Jackson an