In today’s increasingly digital world, data has become the lifeblood for many organizations. Now, data can originate and reside outside of the traditional borders of business.
The recent trend towards hybrid work has accelerated this dynamic and often leads to data that is stored in a range of on-premise, multi-cloud, and SaaS applications. Add in the patchwork of rapidly evolving data regulations and it’s easy to see the need for making data governance a central part of your data strategy, in order to deliver a unified view of your organization’s data and empower citizen data workers.
Why is data governance needed?
Gartner defines Data Governance as “the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to ensure appropriate behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archiving and deletion of information”.
RevGen extends this definition by also realizing the importance of data governance to making high quality and high value data easily understandable and accessible throughout the organization to impact critical business moments. When implemented effectively, data governance can be a transformative capability, enabling organizations to effectively streamline operations, drive revenues, meet obligations, and improve customer experiences through data.
Effective data governance also helps ensure high-quality data analytics by minimizing errors and maintaining the integrity of your organizational data. This naturally leads to better decision-making and facilitates compliance with increasingly restrictive data privacy laws, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
RevGen’s approach to data governance is to align people, process, and technology to maximize and protect the value of organizational data assets. Microsoft Purview does just that by bringing together Azure Purview and a suite of Microsoft 365 compliance solutions.
In this article, we will focus on the components and benefits of the unified data governance solutions contained in Microsoft Purview which help organizations govern, protect, manage the entire data estate (on-premises, multi-cloud, and software as a service (SaaS) data) seamlessly, as well as share this data across the enterprise. In addition, we will share some insights on Microsoft’s recommended Master Data Management solution to compliment Purview.
Microsoft Purview Components:
Microsoft Purview includes five key components that allow you to easily create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage while also enabling data consumers to access valuable, trustworthy, and managed data.
Data map provides a unified view of your data assets and their relationships for more effective data governance.
Automate and manage metadata from hybrid sources
Classify data using built-in custom classifiers
Label sensitive data consistently
Easily integrate all your data catalogs and systems using Apache Atlas APIs
This is a glossary with key business and technical search terms that aid in data discovery.
Understand the origin of your data with interactive data lineage visualization
Provide data scientists, engineers, and analysts with the data they need for BI, analytics, AI, and machine learning
Data Estate Insights
These provide insights and visualization into the management of sensitive data across your entire data estate.
Overview of the assets that have been scanned into the Data Map and view key gaps that can be closed by governance stakeholders
View and manage key health metrics across your hybrid data estate
View your whole data estate and its distribution by asset dimensions such as source type, classification, and file size
Get status updates on how many scans succeeded, failed, or were canceled
Gain key insights to add or redistribute glossary terms for better search results
Purview’s Data Policy allows for easy provisioning of end user data access and metadata access for DevOps.
Enable data engineers and owners to provision access to data assets.
Self-service data access with automated provisioning
Get support for subscriptions, resource groups, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake (Gen2), Azure SQL DB, and SQL Server 2022
Purview provides centrally managed data sharing with internal teams and with external customers or partners.
Easily share data in place with no data duplication
Access shared data in near real time
Get support for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2) and Blob Storage
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No data governance conversation is complete without discussing Master Data Management. Master Data Management (MDM) refers to the technology, tools, and processes used to create, maintain, and ensure master data sets are coordinated across an organization. A defined MDM strategy increases accuracy, consistency, and completeness of your data.
Profisee compliments Microsoft Purview by allowing additional enforcement of standards, merging data, validation, remediation, and the ability to synchronize across systems. When combined with Profisee MDM, the duo forms the foundation for governance and master data management, allowing organizations to maximize the business value of data in Azure.
To be most effective, master data should be merged, validated, and corrected in Profisee by using governance definitions, insights, and expertise that are detailed in Purview (see diagram below). These technologies are complementary and form a more holistic data governance solution to create, manage, and make key standardized data definitions accessible across the organization.
Pairing Microsoft Purview with RevGen’s Holistic Data Governance Framework
Technologies like Microsoft Purview are a critical piece to an effective Data Governance capability, but not the only piece. At RevGen, we help our clients take a holistic view of Data Governance as that is the only way we feel you can truly achieve sustainable success and have this be a transformative capability for your organization.
Our approach starts with your organization’s unique situation and challenges and works collaboratively to take full advantage of the right Data Governance technology.
A Focus on Enabling Your Business:
Our framework emphasizes collaboration and adapting Data Governance to enable your organization versus a singular focus on the control of data.
A Holistic Framework for Sustainable Success:
All these components are important, but that doesn’t mean they all need to be addressed at the same time.
Start Where it Makes Sense for You:
Start with the key foundational elements to realize value quickly for your organization, and incrementally build your maturity.
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WASHINGTON – Veterinarians and animal health technicians are needed to fill positions with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the US Dept. of Agriculture, the American Veterinary Medical Association reported. The talent search comes as the agency prepares to fight another round of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
USDA is hiring 90 veterinarians to one- and two-year appointments, while 201 animal health technicians are needed, according to AVMA. The temporary employees will help the agency prepare for the fall migration of wild birds and work with APHIS to respond to any H5N2 avian influenza outbreaks.
AVMA noted that APHIS is reviewing the National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp after the agency’s lackluster response to the most recent H5N2 outbreak that killed 48 million birds. The corps includes roughly 1,000 veterinarians and 3,000 animal health technicians who signed up for emergency duty. However, many individuals who signed up were unable to commit to the 21-day field assignments that APHIS requested.
In addition to hiring more animal health professionals APHIS and its state and industry partners are considering the potential use of vaccines to help prevent illness in birds and mitigate spread of the disease. APHIS issued a request for proposals for vaccine doses to equip the National Veterinary Stockpile. The agency also will publish an environmental assessment evaluating the potential environmental impacts of using vaccine in the event of an avian influenza outbreak.
APHIS has not approved the use of vaccine for HPAI, but the agency wants to stockpile vaccine should the decision be made to use it. APHIS is seeking to stockpile of vaccine for the Eurasian H5 (EA H5) virus strain that circulated in domestic poultry earlier this year.
APHIS’s environmental assessment will focus on approving vaccine use targeting EA H5 viruses or taking no action. Once published, the agency will open a 30-day public comment period.

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Introduction Sewing Kit Ribbons & Trims Techniques Jewellery & Accessories Hats & Shoes Scarves & Shawls Bags & Baskets Clothes & Cover-ups Templates Address Book Index Acknowledgements
Louise Turner is a handbag and textile designer based in Lewes, East Sussex, and is a member of The Sussex Guild of designers and makers. Her handbags comprise glorious one-off creations and bespoke collections and have attracted much attention at Origin Craft Fair in London. Louise exhibits her work regularly both locally and throughout the UK.
Nov 08 This is a sumptuous book that is guaranteed to get the creative juices flowing! Beautifully presented throughout with close-up colour photographs - it includes 30 fabulous projects for creating customised clothes and accessories using a variety of pretty ribbons, trims, braids and beads. Projects include shoes, gloves, hats, bags and scarves, providing a treasure trove of ideas for those who enjoy fashion sewing, restoring vintage finds or personalising high street goods. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the book includes scaleable templates plus techniques for ruching ribbons, making flowers, creating rosettes, quilting fabric and free motion embroidery. The resulting items are luxurious and tactile with trims of satin, silk, velvet, lace, organza and fur. Many of the items are inspired by the opulent fashions of bygone eras making this a great title for those who fancy adding a couture touch to their wardrobe or with a special event on the horizon! SEWING WORLD

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Project update – Dec. 12, 2016
This project is now complete as McKnight Blvd. N.E. between 12 Street and 19 Street has been widened from four to six lanes.
The new pathway on the south side is also open.
The City of Calgary would like to thank everyone impacted by the construction for their patience during the construction process.
- McKnight Boulevard N.E. was recommended for an upgrade in The City’s Investing in Mobility Plan, which included widening the road from four to six lanes and reconstructing the existing road bed.
- Widening McKnight Boulevard N.E. from four to six lanes from 12 Street N.E. to 19 Street N.E., increases capacity by 50 per cent, plus it provides six traffic lanes from Deerfoot Trail to Metis Trail.
- McKnight Boulevard N.E. carries some of the highest commercial truck volumes in Calgary. The roadway had deteriorated over time and traffic volumes have increased considerably since the road was originally built.
- This project was coordinated with the McKnight Boulevard N.E. Transportation Study to ensure the road design meets the current and future needs of this important transportation corridor.
About the project
- McKnight Boulevard N.E. was widened in the median from four to six lanes between 12 and 19 Streets N.E. and the existing road bed was reconstructed.
- A pathway was added on the south side.
- There were intersection improvements at 12 and 19 Streets N.E.
- 15 Street N.E. was changed to right-in/right-out access only for westbound traffic and the left turn for eastbound traffic has been removed.
- There is new street lighting and utilities were upgraded and re-located where needed.
- During the summer and fall of 2015, two new lanes were added in the median between 12 and 19 Streets N.E.
- During the 2016 construction season, crews first reconstructed the south side of McKnight Boulevard and then the north side.
- Project completed – fall 2016.
The City of Calgary has communicated with the public and impacted businesses about the project on an ongoing basis.
Approximately 75 people attended an information session on May 6, 2015 about the widening and reconstruction. As a result of discussions at the event with bicycle riders, it was decided that the pathway along the south side would be extended to past 12 Street N.E. and would join up with a cul-de-sac at 48 Avenue N.E.
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Arkansas accuses Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi of colluding to drive up insulin prices
Arkansas brought Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and three of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to court yesterday, accusing them of colluding to artificially drive up insulin prices.
The complaint, filed by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, alleges the defendants devised a scheme in which the Big Pharmas would “artificially and willingly raise their list prices” and then pay a part of those earnings back to the PBMs as rebates.
“These drug manufacturers and PBMs have inflated the price of insulin and other diabetes-related medication to line their own pockets,” Rutledge said in a statement.
The PBMs listed in the suit — CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx — control 80% of the PBM market, which in February narrowly dodged a potential FTC study on whether PBMs hurt competition and drive up healthcare costs.
Research from GoodRx shows that the average retail price for insulin rose 54% from 2014 to 2019, in part due to a lack of competition. Rather than allowing competition to drive down prices, Rutledge accused PBMs of “intentionally driving up the price of the at-issue drugs.” After raising their prices, the pharma companies pay a portion of that back to PBMs for being included as a drug option to their clients, the lawsuit says.
High prices force some patients to go without treatment, and back in March the House passed a bill that would cap insulin prices at either $35 a month or 25% of an insurance plan’s negotiated price.
This marks the latest in a string of insulin lawsuits brought against pharma companies in state courts across the country. In 2017, a class action lawsuit was brought against the same three Big Pharmas for colluding to drive up insulin prices. More recently, in 2018 and 2021, Minnesota and Mississippi have respectively filed lawsuits against the pharma companies and PBMs for allegedly conspiring to raise prices.
According to the Arkansas lawsuit, for the last 15 years, the pharma companies “have in lockstep raised the prices of their respective diabetes drugs in an astounding manner, even though the cost to produce these drugs has decreased during that same time period.”
Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.

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|Title:||China’s pharma scandal and the ethics of the global drug market|
|Citation:||Lipworth W, Kerridge I (2013) China’s pharma scandal and the ethics of the global drug market, The Conversation|
|Abstract:||China is in the midst of conducting a series of corruption investigations of pharmaceutical companies that have been operating in the country. It all started with the investigation of officials from pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, who were reportedly engaged in “bribery and corruption” in China. The officials apparently used travel agencies to funnel illegal payments to doctors and government officials. That was in July. In August, Associated Press reported French drug company Sanofi was being investigated for bribing Chinese doctors in 2007. And late last week, South China Morning Post reported that German pharmaceutical conglomerate Bayer had joined the ranks of companies being investigated by the Chinese. That report mentioned pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, H Lundbeck, AstraZeneca and UCB had also been contacted by Chinese investigators. This wide-ranging, ongoing scandal highlights the many regulatory and ethical challenges of globalised drug development|
|Type of Work:||Article|
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She started the Breast Cancer Awareness Programme in 2018 and, since then, has been committed to her goals of making a difference in the lives of girls and women.
A lot has been spoken about individuals, professionals, and entrepreneurs across the world doing extremely great in their respective industries. However, now is the time to know more about a few success stories that truly deserve the limelight and whose stories more and more people need to know about. So many women out there have been making their mark in their chosen industries and sectors. Today, these influential women act as great examples to society and need to be lauded more for their endless efforts. Dr. Tanya Chaudhari makes her mark exceptionally in this category and makes a huge difference in society as a doctor and social worker.
Dr. Tanya Chaudhari is the brain behind a certain Breast Cancer Awareness Programme, which she started in the year 2018, and since then, she has remained committed to her goals of making a massive difference in the lives of girls and women. Talking about her journey in this incredible awareness programme, Dr. Tanya Chaudhari says that so far almost 35-40 places have been visited in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, including towns, villages, cities, and schools, where she made around 10,000 girls and women aware about the same.
She credits her parents for motivating her to start her Breast Cancer Awareness Programme. Speaking on the same, she says that her father was born in a small village in UP. He always wanted to visit small villages and towns where he saw illiterate women who had no idea about women’s health. Hence, her parents began to visit these places and make them aware of about women’s health and hygiene. Taking inspiration from her parents, Dr. Tanya Chaudhari visited these places and realized the petty conditions amidst which they lived.
This opened her eyes and made her realize her true purpose in life, which has what helped her continue her work as a social worker with this awareness programme. Also, Dr. Tanya Chaudhari highlights why she chose to work around breast cancer awareness because all her grandparents passed away due to cancer. Hence, she did not want anyone else to suffer from the disease due to a lack of awareness.
Do check out her Instagram @officialtanyachaudhari or visit her website, http://www.officialtanyachaudhari.com/ to know more.

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We Are All George Zimmerman
Now that George Zimmerman has been arrested and a long trial lies ahead, some are breathing sighs of relief, while others continue to seek Zimmerman’s head on a platter. Neither position qualms my tensions because there are so many Trayvon Martins in our country. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, the leading cause of death for black males between the ages of 15-24 is homicide. This statistic should shock the conscience of every American. But, before we begin to point the finger at unjust laws and the killers themselves, this tragedy should cause all of us to pause for a moment and realize that we, collectively as a society, are the problem.
We do not have to be the ones holding the gun to commit murder, at least in a non-criminal liability sense. As a society, we choose to murder plenty of young black men every single day. When we are more enraged by the rising gas prices, than lowering graduation rates, more incensed by the latest celebrity media frenzy than the widening wealth gap, and more interested in the talking heads on our television screens than the real human lives being lost just outside of our doorstep, we are no better than George Zimmerman ourselves. Yes, we did not take our guns, chase an unarmed 17 year old, shoot him in short range, and then blame him for being shot. However, we do turn our backs on low socio-economic communities, strip them of resources, and then blame them for being in the position that they are in.
It is easy for us to point the finger at George Zimmerman because what he did was heinous and cruel, but if it is still the case that he who is without blame gets to cast the first stone, we all stand guilty as charged. The Trayvon Martin tragedy must be a rallying call not for the conviction of one man, but for the awakening of our society. At this point, we should all be willing to ask ourselves how we can help ensure there are no more Trayvon Martins.
To be clear, I am in no way defending the actions of George Zimmerman. And I trust that once the facts are borne out and he is judged by a jury of his peers, he will be found guilty of some crime of life deprivation, whether it be the second degree murder charge or a lesser charge.
Instead, I intend to create a moment of reflection, one in which we consider that George Zimmerman killed one young man, but every high school dropout our society produces becomes embedded in the cycle of poverty. Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, but if he had lived, he would have a 1 in 3 chance of our society putting him in prison, an 8% chance of graduating from college, and would likely have a net worth that is $60,000 less than his white counterparts. We can do better, and if we choose not to, we are no better than George Zimmerman ourselves.


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How To Make Fudgy Flourless Hazelnut Brownies with a Hot Chocolate Fudge Sauce
Make your brownie recipe healthy by going flourless! Don’t worry, it’s still the same moist brownie topped with decadent chocolate fudge.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second increments, stirring between each break, until completely melted and glossy. Alternatively, melt gently in a heavy-based saucepan over low heat.
Once melted, mix in the vanilla and sweetener and allow it to cool.
Whisk the eggs into the bowl along with the hazelnut meal. Pour out into a 9-inch baking tin lined with baking paper.
Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Allow cooling completely before cutting into squares.
Break the chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl along with the cream and coffee powder and melt again in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring between, until completely melted.
Stir well and pour into a jug to serve with the brownies.
- Calories: 305.93kcal
- Fat: 27.71g
- Saturated Fat: 13.21g
- Trans Fat: 0.47g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.77g
- Carbohydrates: 14.83g
- Fiber: 2.24g
- Sugar: 11.57g
- Protein: 3.79g
- Cholesterol: 70.69mg
- Sodium: 18.63mg
- Calcium: 31.91mg
- Potassium: 169.32mg
- Iron: 1.29mg
- Vitamin A: 140.62µg
- Vitamin C: 0.75mg
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No. 1 UNC Women's Tennis Blanks Duke On Senior Day
Thu Apr 18, 2013
No. 1 North Carolina made quick work of No. 11 Duke, defeating the shorthanded Blue Devils, 4-0, Wednesday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Lauren McHale and Zoe De Bruycker were singles winners for Carolina, and the duo was honored before the match along with fellow senior Gina Suarez-Malaguti.
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Autumn Reeser, who co-starred on ABC's No Ordinary Family last season, will return to the network in Shawn Ryan's drama pilot Last Resort, Deadline reports.
Pilot Season: Andre Braugher lands lead in Shawn Ryan's Last Resort
The project follows a U.S. nuclear submarine crew led by Capt. Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher
), who defies orders to fire nuclear missiles. As a result, they set up a camp on an island that is home to a NATO listening station. Reeser will play Kylie, a lobbyist for her family's weapons manufacturing company."Just booked an amazing role in @ShawnRyanTV's pilot 'Last Resort'... so excited!! :) :) :)" Reeser tweeted
Pilot Season: Daisy Betts cast in ABC's Last Resort
Earlier this week, Daisy Betts
) was also cast in the pilot as Grace Shepard, the gutsy newbie to the submarine crew who is a family friend of Chaplin's.

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If you were a gamer in 1992, you almost certainly experienced the Street Fighter II phenomenon. Daniel Driver was similarly caught up in the hype, but through a friendly-yet-personal rivalry, the game changed from a fad and into an obsession.
There are plenty of big 90s “where were you?” moments. Where were you when the Berlin Wall came down and Germany reunified? Where were you when Stuart Pearce missed that penalty? Where were you when you heard the tragic news of Princess Diana’s death?
Yet for me, the most important question is: Where were you when you first played Street Fighter II?
For me, as a naïve eight-year-old still clinging to the Cheetah Annihilator I used on my C64, I remember exactly where I first played Street Fighter II, and it wasn’t in an arcade.
Over the years I’d been fortunate enough to have mates who had older brothers that somehow got hold of the latest gaming stuff before anyone else. I’ve mentioned my friend Beagle before, but in primary school, it was my two friends Aaron and Stephen whose older siblings always seemed to possess bleeding-edge technology.
A couple of years before I first tried SF2, Aaron’s older brother had shown me his Mega Drive with Altered Beast, a combo which blew my tiny mind with how impressive it looked (yes, really). This time, after putting the action figures down on our latest play date, Aaron took me into his brother’s room to show me his sibling’s latest bounty: an import version of Street Fighter II on the SNES.
The concept was simple: you chose a fighter from a selection of eight, then engaged in one-on-one fisticuffs with the other seven in turn. When the initial roster was vanquished, four bosses revealed themselves and would need to be beaten to complete the game.
Yet the real appeal of the game was having two players select one of the eight World Warriors and duke it out for bragging rights. The game offered an unprecedented level of depth that no other fighter had delivered before.
To say that I was impressed would be an understatement. Until that point, the best fighting game I’d played was the brilliant (but limited) Barbarian on the C64. Street Fighter II was several dozen leagues beyond, with its huge detailed sprites and diverse fighters, each with their own special moves. I was amazed, yet completely shit at it.
By the time my mum had come to pick me up, I could only just perform Guile’s Sonic Boom, but I was already hooked.
It’s a funny thing when you’re in love; you begin to see your infatuation everywhere you go. Suddenly, Street Fighter II was everywhere: it was in the local swimming pool, it was in one of our local pubs, it was in the taxi office, it was at the chippy. Wherever it was, there was no shortage of punters lining up to beat the pixelated poop out of each other.
The impact of Capcom’s seminal sophomore Street Fighter can’t be understated. It popularised the idea of competitive gaming, even being cited by John Romero as one of the inspirations for Doom’s Deathmatch mode.
With no Twitch or YouTube, gamers would watch other players duke it out in public over arcade machines. My local swimming pool ended up having two cabinets and there were frequently crowds of excited kids swarming around these colossal gaming structures, eagerly waiting for their opportunity to stick 50p in the machine, or were just happy to watch fighting perfection radiate from the warm glow of a CRT screen.
Here comes a 16-bit challenger
Would I have loved to get hold of a port of Street Fighter II? Hell yes! Did I? No chance! Super Nintendos were at least £150 in June 1992. Street Fighter II commanded a hefty premium itself. As was frequently the case in the UK, we didn’t get a port until six months after America and Japan, which was why the hardcore would pay way above the eventual, but still extraordinary, £60 PAL RRP.
Such eye-watering prices were well out of reach for my family; I might as well have asked for someone to buy me the Dallas Cowboys. Consoles like Sega’s Master System 2, which my brother received for his birthday the year before at a wallet-friendly £49.99, were far more realistic. Luckily, it was this initial SMS purchase that led to the next console we’d receive, which would help me get hold of my most wanted game.
Street Fighter II was always going to be a hard sell to my younger siblings, but the appeal of a certain blue hedgehog had won all three of us over in the meantime through his wonderful 8-bit debut.
At the time, Sonic the Hedgehog was as much a cultural phenomenon as Street Fighter – they could be considered the Minecraft and Fortnite of their era. So, in the same year I became enamoured with Street Fighter, Sonic saw his own sequel. Naturally, we were thrilled when my brother took possession of Sonic 2 for the SMS, but that game was blown away when we saw the Mega Drive version on a demo pod in Dixons.
It was that demo pod that had my brother, sister and I pleading for a Mega Drive for Christmas. It was too expensive for any one of us to receive alone, but as a three-way joint gift, we ensured that Sega’s black box of magic, complete with two 16-bit Sonic games, was nestled safely under our tree. I finally had a game system capable of delivering a decent port of Street Fighter II, but the only problem is it hadn’t been announced. Yet.
In the meantime, I relied on trips to the arcade – well, swimming pool – for my Street Fighter II fix, as well as visits to friends’ houses courtesy of Aaron and Stephen. For some reason my lingering memory is that while I got on with both, they didn’t get on with each other at all and I was often caught in the crossfire. I thought this was odd as they both had older brothers of the same age who got along really well.
In 1992, Stephen moved away from our hometown to around half an hour up the A1, which seemed like another world to me as a kid. I was extremely grateful that we managed to stay in touch and during school holidays, I’d visit and stay over. Obviously, a lot of that time was spent playing videogames, and none were enjoyed more than Street Fighter II.
Naturally, I was routinely trounced in our matches, but I was getting better. We also took turns at trying to beat the arcade mode, picking from the initial eight world warriors and eventually challenging the four grand masters in Balrog, Sagat, Vega and M Bison.
Despite not owning the game or even a system it had been ported to (thankfully, I was unaware of the C64 port…), I’d somehow picked up a slew of Street Fighter II promotional material from various multi-format gaming magazines. It was during our playthroughs against the CPU that I’d suggest “play as Ryu, he’s the one beat Sagat in Street Fighter 1 and gave him the scar on his chest”. With what was available to me, I was brushing up on the lore, memorising the moves and gradually ingraining the world of Street Fighter into my psyche.
But still, I couldn’t beat Stephen. No matter how low he set the handicap for me, no matter which characters we used, the result would always be the same: a crushing defeat for me.
The long wait
Like most kids in the 90s, before these so-called interwebs were a thing, most of my videogame reconnaissance was done through games magazines. Mean Machines, Sega Pro, MEGA and GamesMaster were some I’d either pick up or flick through in Tesco while my mum did the shopping. All of them, at some point, referred to the SNES port of Street Fighter II in admiration, shared rumours of a Mega Drive port, or did both.
But it was Sega Pro that eventually delivered the goods with a glorious multipage spread of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition for the Mega Drive. I remember the colours looked off (not uncommon for magazines at the time given that screenshots had to be taken by pointing a camera at the telly) and there was a huge black border where the life bars sat, but the Grand Masters were playable and two players could even choose the same characters! It was a huge win over the SNES version and as the weeks went on, I eagerly anticipated this June 1993 release.
June came and went, but Street Fighter II: Champion Edition never surfaced. Rumours in magazines suggested Sega had stepped in, unhappy with how the port was progressing. I didn’t understand, until I went to Stephen’s house late in the summer and saw why. The first thing he was keen to show me was a new port of Street Fighter II for the SNES: the Turbo Edition.
Based on the latest revision of Street Fighter II, Turbo featured all the bonuses Champion Edition did but added new moves, outfits, and selectable speeds. If you wanted, you could even select the Champion Edition mode from the outset.
It was amazing. We played it to death and well beyond the course of that weekend, but I could tell Stephen had been playing it with gusto as he pummelled me in versus matches and refused to play arcade mode on anything less than six-star difficulty.
Once again, Street Fighter II was all I could think about. The difference was, this time I owned a console that could do it justice, and the release wasn’t only announced, but close. Yes, this time, the much-anticipated Mega Drive port and accompanying six-button controller were launched just before my birthday.
It was a 10th birthday and I’ll never forget it. Well, actually I don’t remember most of it, save for unwrapping a QuickShot six-button Mega Drive controller, opening cards with money and standing in the local independent games shop watching the demo of Sega’s port while my mum handed over the frankly absurd £59.99 (equivalent to £120.06 in 2019; thanks, inflation) of birthday money to finally bring Street Fighter II into the Driver household.
Despite being nearly a year and a half since I’d first played it, the game still felt like a revelation. Having never got on brilliantly with the shoulder buttons on the SNES, the six face buttons on the Mega Drive pad felt much more comfortable.
The Mega Drive port of Street Fighter II was no longer called Champion Edition, but Special Champion Edition. What made it so special was the addition of the Hyper Fighting upgrades present in the SNES version of Turbo. It was abundantly clear why Sega had delayed it; it didn’t want Nintendo to have the superior version, so it pulled it back to add the required bells and whistles to give it the best chance of being voted Queen at the Street Fighter prom.
After watching the intro, which wasn’t present in either of the SNES ports (take that!) I jumped straight into the “Champion” mode, since the Champion Edition version was the iteration I hadn’t played in any home port. I started off on four-star difficulty, much like Stephen and I had played on the original game.
Still, pulling off the special moves seemed to elude me. Disappointed, I moved the settings down to the easiest difficulty. All I’d need was some warm-up rounds and I’d get the hang of it.
After squeaking past Chun Li and Zangief, Dhalsim, whom Stephen and I considered the worst character in the game, was next. I expected a walkover so spent the opening seconds practicing Dragon Punches, but had to rally to avoid being perfected by India’s most flexible fighter. In the second round, I went hell for leather, but a mix of excitement and frustration allowed Dhalsim to really put me to the sword and achieve that perfect victory.
I knew I was better than this. I remember briefly wondering how could I get schooled by the worst character in the game on the easiest setting. How could I ever beat Stephen at this game?! In an act of rage and blind stupidity that still makes me wince with shame today, I threw my controller at the TV. QuickShot’s budget third-party offering shattered into 100 pieces.
The racket caused my mum to fly upstairs and give me a well-deserved bollocking, making me phone the uncle who had bought me the pad for my birthday and apologise in floods of tears. But all things considered, it was no worse punishment than being forced to use the standard three-button controller to play the game.
Gettin’ strong now
Playing with the standard controller meant only having access to either kicks or punches at any time, though not all at once. Switching between the two was done with the Start button. It worked as well as it could, but it made things far more difficult.
Having realised that I really did suck at the game, I spent a lot of time practising in two-player mode, with infinite time limits and low damage meters as I tried to master all of the game’s special moves. The manual supplied with the game was an absolute beast, its spine making it more a book than the puny stapled instructions of its peers. Inside was just about everything you needed to know about the game and ample information for me to try putting into practice.
As the weeks went by, I was getting better and better at the game. With the remnants of my birthday money (being fortunate to have over a dozen aunts and uncles) I bought another six-button pad, this time a Competition Pro one that resembled the official pad a great deal more.
Eventually, I managed to beat Arcade mode on the default setting with all the characters. I’d use a handful of continues but I was finally improving on where I was a year before.
I was playing the game obsessively and my affection for it was only growing in intensity. The Mega Drive port was fantastic in every way that mattered, sprites were large and detailed, arenas had all their wonderful little details intact, and it even included elements that were missing from other ports such as the small spray of blood visible in some attacks.
The music was present and correct, and was, in my opinion, better than that of the SNES game. The CPS1 hardware shared sound design with the Mega Drive, so tracks were faithful recreations rather than remixed approximations. Just listen to the two versions of Vega’s stage compared the arcade original and there was no contest. Granted, the voice samples were of decidedly lower quality, but to me, the Mega Drive port looked sharper and was audio-visually more authentic than its 16-bit rival.
As the months wore on, I managed to beat Street Fighter II on its highest difficulty setting with Ryu, having breezed through everything below at this point without losing a round. Finally, with half-term looming, I was ready to give my best pal the fight of his life.
It seems we’re destined to battle again
Of course, when I visited Stephen again, we didn’t jump straight into battle; his mum was always nice enough to take us out over the course of the weekend. There was a lot of catching up too, as we hadn’t seen each other since the previous autumn.
But when we sat down by the SNES, that was when I suggested we fight it out on Street Fighter II Turbo once more. I remember him eyeing me quizzically, likely recalling over a year of my humiliating humbling at his hands, but smirking, he dropped the cart into his SNES and off we went.
I went straight for Ryu, whom I had mastered on the Mega Drive and whose move-set and combos I knew inside out at this point. Stephen went for Vega. The damage was adjusted to make the fight as long as possible in the handicap screens, and the battle began.
I lost. Badly.
My exposure to the SNES controller was my downfall. I’d been playing Street Fighter II for three months on the Mega Drive pad, but the SNES pad with its alien shoulder buttons (such an idiotic design would never catch on, would it?) caught me off guard. Using L and R for heavy attacks felt completely off and I was subsequently soundly defeated once more.
“I thought you’d been practising,” Stephen laughed.
“Let me change my buttons,” I replied. My tactic was to stick the heavy and light attacks on the face, with the less used medium attacks on the shoulders. It wasn’t perfect; I’d have killed for an MD pad at that point, but it would suffice.
Hostilities resumed. I chose Ryu again and he chose Sagat. My initial embarrassment had emboldened my rival, but his cockiness and showboating was his undoing as I acclimatised to my new controls. After a brutal beatdown, we were one-all for fights won.
Next, we both chose Ken as we went all in. Despite some hairy moments, my jumping cross high kick–heavy axe kick to dizzy–dragon punch combo, which I’d learned from the pages of MEGA, gave me the win.
I could sense his frustration now. He went for M Bison, the game’s boss who had a decidedly overpowered Psycho Crusher move. However, perfectly timed Flash Kicks and Sonic Booms courtesy of Guile saw me prevail again. We cycled through the roster, each trying our mettle as a different world warrior, but my training had paid off and the initial battle would be the only one that Stephen would win that day.
Following my triumph, the next time we’d play Street Fighter II was via my Mega Drive copy when he visited. Having clearly brushed up himself following our last battle, we had some epic matches via the version’s Team Battle Mode. This allowed up to six characters to be picked in an elimination battle not unlike The King of Fighters, or a via a match-play option which worked as a “best of #” series.
We had fun experimenting with the other peculiarities of Special Champion Edition too, such as the ability to turn off individual special moves, or to play Champion mode at Hyper Fighting speeds. By this point it was clear that the student had surpassed the master, but that didn’t stop my friend from trying to reclaim dominance.
However, as we both advanced towards our 11th birthdays and then beyond, we slowly began to drift apart. The school holiday visits decreased until they eventually stopped, a thought that still makes me a little sad even now.
The fight is everything
But what of Street Fighter II? As you may expect in an era filled with classic titles, more and more games fell in and out of my playlist, yet Street Fighter II was one of few that I’d still go back to. It was a title I’d play against anyone who was willing, and even in 1994 it was this port that convinced a friend of mine who owned the Amiga version to get a Mega Drive for his birthday.
One long-lasting memory I have was going back to Street Fighter II in 1997. This was after I’d obtained a Saturn with the genre-defining Virtua Fighter 2, and the Saturn’s sublime port of Street Fighter Alpha 2 saw me go back to see how the Mega Drive version had aged. I still remember thinking how amazing the game had held up, and how it really was one of the best of all time.
That same year I went to Butlin’s with my brother’s football team, where I found a Super Street Fighter II Turbo cabinet and, en route to finishing the game, tore through plenty of my brother’s teammates who dared to step up to the plate.
Later still, at the turn of the millennium, a few schoolmates gathered round a friend’s house who pulled out his SNES with Street Fighter II for a long bout of winner stays on, the game’s mass appeal still shining through all those years later.
Despite the litany of sequels, remakes, spin-offs and versus games, Street Fighter II holds a special place in my heart and the Mega Drive port of Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition will always be my favourite. It’s where I honed my skills and turned my early infatuation with the series into a full-blown unending love affair. The graphics were bright, bold and accurately reflected the legendary arcade machine, while the interpretation of the game’s soundtrack by the Mega Drive’s mighty Yamaha sound chip was exquisite. Its Team Battle Mode is something that hasn’t been seen in any other port since.
By the narrowest of whiskers, I think it’s the best port of Street Fighter II of the era, and being a home-focused version rather than an arcade coin guzzler, playing in single player is nowhere near as cheap and infuriating as later arcade-perfect emulated ports.
Neither version of Super resonated with me in the same way the Mega Drive’s port of Hyper Fighting did. That said, I’d remain faithful to the series even at the turn of the millennium, when everyone else seemed to forget about it.
It’s a view I know a lot of other people share. After all, it was the resounding success of Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting on Xbox Live Arcade that brought the series back into the public eye, revitalised the fighting game community, and gave birth to what in my opinion is the greatest fighting game ever made. But that’s a story for another time…
- It’s Street Fighter II! The revolutionary beat ‘em up classic!
- An outstanding port considering the hardware, large detailed sprites and colourful backgrounds
- The classic Street Fighter gameplay felt right at home on the Mega Drive’s six-button controller
- Music was the most authentic of all the home ports in that era, due to the commonality between the Mega Drive and CPS1 sound chips
- Voice samples are noticeably lower quality
- Awkward to play on a standard three-button controller
Quite simply, it’s an astounding port of one of the most seminal arcades games of all time. Street Fighter II rewrote the book on beat ‘em ups, and the Mega Drive Special Champion Edition version pips the others to the post by delivering the most complete, playable and well-rounded experience.

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Doting Dad Joe Nichols Dishes on Life With Three Daughters … Including Playing With Dolls
Joe Nichols is a part-time country singer, but a full-time father and husband. The singer welcomed his third daughter in May, and it sounds like he's happier than ever.
Georgia Blue, born May 20, joined 2-year-old big sister Dylan River at home. Nichols also has a teenager, Ashelyn, from a previous relationship. Even though he's been through it all before -- twice, actually -- he can't believe how quickly Georgia Blue is growing.
“She’s growing like a weed and the changes are coming fast,” he tells People. “She’s starting to giggle which is so cute and she’s getting her first little tooth on the bottom!"
Understandably, the 'Yeah' hitmaker's world is pretty in pink with all of those ladies around. "I enjoy all the pink everywhere, being Heather’s husband and the daddy for the girls. I’ll do anything to make them happy," Nichols dishes.
And by anything ... he really means anything! The singer will happily play with dolls with his girls.
“I find real joy doing things I would never have imagined doing, like playing with princess dolls and fairies," he shares. "I’m the guy who wants to watch 'Bubble Guppies' with Dylan and hold the baby."
Of course, when Nichols is out on the road, he gets to return to being one of the guys, among guys. “When I’m on the road, it’s a lot of cussin’ and guy stuff," he says. "It’s a big transition.”
Nichols' new 'Crickets' album dropped on Oct. 8. Find it on iTunes.
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The 87th meeting between the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University football team is set for 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 and two Northwest Ohio breweries are gearing up for their own celebration of the yearly matchup between the two rival programs.
The Battle of I-75 is the annual trophy given to the winner of the contest and Toledo’s Earnest Brew Works is teaming with Bowling Green’s Juniper Brewing Company to create a collaboration IPA to be on tap beginning Nov. 11 at both taprooms.
Earnest co-founder Keefe Synder said that he and Juniper co-founder Zach Tracy discussed the idea of doing a collaboration a few months ago.
“This game gave us the perfect reason to bring it to fruition,” Synder said. “We both love brewing hoppy beers and are very excited to bring our fans two new beers to try.”
Tracy said they couldn’t be happier to be a part of this collaboration.
“We’ve admired and respected Earnest for a long time and are looking forward to trying both beers,” Tracy said.
The Battle of I-75 Hazy IPA will feature different “hop rosters” from each brewery. Both versions will be on tap at local establishments around both Bowling Green and Toledo as well.
“I have zero doubt Toledo will be victorious. I am less certain about which Hazy IPA is the best,” said EBW co-founder Scot Yarnell.
“We admire the confidence of our friends up at Earnest Brew Works regarding the game, however, we feel as though they may be somewhat confused,” said Tracy. “The Falcons go on the road and bring home the ‘W,’ Ay Ziggy!”
Juniper’s version will have six hops, including Cascade, Mackinac, Mosaic, Incognito, Citra and Copper.
Earnest’s version will feature Mosaic, Cryo Pop, HBC 586 and Galaxy hops.
Proud alumnus of their schools, Yarnell is a 2001 UT graduate while Snyder completed his undergraduate in 2006 along with his law degree in 2010. Tracy is a 1997 graduate of BGSU.
Juniper Brewing Company opened its doors in 2021 and is a brewpub, coffee shop and gathering space located in downtown Bowling Green.


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Steps of photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the plant leaf through stomata, i.e., minute epidermal pores in the leaves and stem of plants which facilitate the transfer of various gases and water vapor.
Water enters the leaves, primarily through the roots. These roots are especially designed to draw the ground water and transport it to the leaves through the stem.
As sunlight falls on the leaf surface, the chlorophyll, i.e., the green pigment present in the plant leaf, traps the energy in it. Interestingly, the green color of the leaf is also attributed to presence of chlorophyll.
Then hydrogen and oxygen are produced by converting water using the energy derived from the Sun. Hydrogen is combined with carbon dioxide in order to make food for the plant, while oxygen is released through the stomata. Similarly, even algae and bacteria use carbon dioxide and hydrogen to prepare food, while oxygen is let out as a waste product.
The electrons from the chlorophyll molecules and protons from the water molecules facilitate chemical reactions in the cell. These reactions produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which provides energy for cellular reactions, and NADP (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diphosphate), essential in plant metabolism.
The entire process can be explained by a single chemical formula.
6CO2 +12H2O + Light → C6H12O6 + 6O2+ 6H2O
While we take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide to produce energy, plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen to produce energy.

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Shopping w/ Automatic
Theyre no longer based in the capital these days guitarist Rachel Aggs (Trash Kit, Sacred Paws) has relocated to Glasgow, joining drummer Andrew Milk (Current Affairs), while bassist Billy Easter (Wet Dog) is now a semi-permanent resident of Los Angeles but Shopping will always be a London band. Its little surprise, then, that the threesome returned to the city to write their formidable fourth album, All Or Nothing (out Feb 7th, via Fat Cat).
The DIY supergroup formed in 2012, respected players on a young, queer, East London scene that counted basement venue Power Lunches (RIP) as its hub. Their sound kinetic, minimalist dance-punk inspired by the likes of ESG, Gang of Four, Slits and Au Pairs has won them glowing press from all quarters (NME, Pitchfork, NPR), impressive co-signs (Sleater-Kinneys Corin Tucker is a fan) and a loyal, cross-continent following accrued over three, acclaimed albums: self-released debut Consumer Complaints , a short-run, DIY-distributed release that sold out in a matter of months and was subsequently reissued by FatCat; Why Choose [2015, FatCat], which saw the band touring the States for the first time; and The Official Body [2018, FatCat] produced by indie pop legend Edwyn Collins which bagged the threesome a main stage slot at San Francisco Pride 2018 and a coveted publishing deal with Sub Pop.
It was there on the US West coast in a Seattle basement, to be exact that the storming lead single for All Or Nothing was written. Initiative, like the album as a whole, thrums with purpose, marking a confident new phase for the band. They may be miles apart, but distance has only sharpened their focus. The members of Shopping still write together, face-to-face, taking a collaborative approach to lyrics and vocals. And after seven years as a band, theyve finessed their creative process. I think we have this down to a fine art now, jokes Easter. We used to spend longer working on songs that we eventually ended up hating. Now were more cutthroat about it; if its not working, were like next! Aggs concurs. I think songwriting is starting to feel less like magic and more like this tangible process that just works as long as we put all of our energy into it.
All Or Nothing was written across an intense 10-day period back in February, with sessions spent in London and Glasgow. The songs that emerged are some of Shoppings boldest yet: confident, elastic, streamlined grooves that crackle with energy and intention. Uniting these ten new songs is an expression of tenacity: commitment, leaps of faith and tests of courage. A lot has happened in our personal lives since we last recorded, explains Aggs. We knew this album was going to reflect that exciting and scary feeling that comes with change, heartbreak and personal evolution.
AUTOMATIC (Los Angeles, CA)
Automatic is Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The band first met while immersed in L.A.s DIY music scene and started jamming together in 2017. Over the past year they have become a mainstay on the L.A. club circuit. In June 2019 Automatic announced their signing to Stones Throw.
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Tamils in Srilanka must have a peaceful life without any fear.
AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa clarified on 7-7-2010 [Dinamalar] her stand on the LTTE, saying that she did not condemn the annihilation of the LTTE in War.
“What I condemn is the wanton killing of LTTE activists surrendering, waving white flags before the Sri Lankan Armed forces. What I condemn is the killing of 50,000 unarmed civilians coming out of their bunkers, lured into believing that the war had come to an end,” she said in a statement.
Joining issue with Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue vis-à-vis her opposition to the LTTE, she said the Chief Minister’s idea was to paint her as anti-Tamil. She said right through the 1980s, former Chief Minister MGR and she supported the LTTE-led struggle for the rights and freedom of the Tamil masses of Sri Lanka. “But when the killings of Tamil moderates, members of rival Tamil militant groups and finally the former Prime Minister of India took place, it was obvious that the outfit of freedom fighters had turned into terrorists. From that point onwards, I had the courage to oppose the LTTE” she added.
Ms.Jayalalithaa admitted that she did say that some civilian casualties were inevitable during the war.
“It is so with practically every war the world has seen. However, Mr. Karunanidhi deliberately chooses to mix up civilian fatalities caused during war with the planned mass killing of civilians using banned weapons after he [Mr. Karunanidhi] had announced the end of the war.
After the conclusion of the world classical Tamil meet in Coimbatore, chief minister M Karunanidhi indicated on Monday[28-6-2010] that he was not planning to retire from politics in the near future. However, when reporters persisted with the query, he joked: “You tell me the date, I will quit.”
“I never said I will retire from politics (after the world classical Tamil meet),” he told the media here. Last December, he stunned DMK cadres and leaders by declaring that he wanted to quit electoral politics after successfully completing the world Tamil conference.
Asked if the assembly elections due in May 2011 would be advanced, the chief minister said, “We have organized such a grand Tamil conference, why talk about assembly elections now?”
On December 5, 2009, barely five months after his younger son, MK Stalin, was elevated as deputy chief minister, Karunanidhi had said: “I want to work for the downtrodden, without the trappings of power.” He made the remarks at a function organised by Arunthathiyars to thank him for the sub-quota offered to the community.
We want all the political leaders in Tamil Nadu leaving their party ideologies must come forward to condemn the killings of Tamils in Srilanka and to give a helping hand for their peaceful living without any fear from Rajapaksa Government.
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Black Lives Matter proposed for Nobel Peace Prize
Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt on Floyd's neck for eight minutes ignoring Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe.
The incident fuelled protests in the United States that sped across the world.
"This movement has become one of the strongest global movements for working with racial injustice," Petter Eide, a socialist lawmaker who proposed BLM for the Peace Prize, told AFP.
"They have also been spread to many many countries, building up... awareness on the importance of fighting racial injustice," he said.
The deadline ends on Sunday.
Several other names have been mooted for the Peace Prize including controversial Wikileaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange, former US president Donald Trump, media rights group RSF and a trio of Belarusian opposition leaders led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
The Nobel prizes will be announced at the start of October. This year's prize went to the World Food Programme, the UN food agency.


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...SpongeBob SquarePants! Okay either you sang along or you think I'm a weirdo. I have some nautical nails for you lovelies today. I used Cheeky, Bundle Monster, and MASH plates to create it so I'll just get straight to it.
Index: China Glaze Man Hunt stamped using MASH 46 in Konad White and then stamped using BM 206 in China Glaze Passion
Middle: China Glaze Hey Sailor stamped using CH 49 in China Glaze Passion
Ring: Zoya Purity stamped using CH 36 in Konad Red
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What an amazing night, an elegant Mexican Independence fiesta in Bay Area! See photos & videos below!
September 16th – Inside the City Hall of San Francisco. 7 pm to 11 pm.
The Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco produced Fiesta Mexicana for the celebration of 208th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence.
It was a celebration of Mexican traditions, enjoying the richness of Mexico’s gastronomy and its popular music. ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: workshops by San Francisco Public Library and The Mexican Museum. FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Tacos, tradicional Mexican Food, antojitos, cerveza, aguas frescas, tequila tasting and margaritas.
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There are a great many reasons you may want to stop -- or never start -- taking pain medication. Chronic pain can have an ever-increasing negative impact on your life, and while pain medication may bring relief in one sense, it opens the door for a host of other problems.
If you’re wondering if physical therapy could be a viable alternative to pain medicine in dealing with your problem, you’ll be happy to know that it often can be. Whether you’re currently taking pain medications and would like to stop, or you’re considering alternatives to starting to take them, here are a few reasons you may want to see if physical therapy can help.
Don’t just mask the pain
Pain killers do exactly that: kill the pain. They don’t address the cause of your pain. If your knee hurts and you take pain medication, your pain may ease, but whatever is making your knee hurt remains unchanged. That means when you stop taking the pain medication, the pain is still there.
Physical therapy uses a radically different approach. We begin by assessing the root cause of your pain and then create a plan to address it. Your pain may not stop immediately, but the goal is to correct the problem causing the pain.
Side effects can be deadly
The national opioid crisis demonstrates the real dangers of the potential side effects of pain medication all too clearly. Addiction and overdose affect people from just about every community in the country. In 2017 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 130 people in the United States died each day due to opioid overdose.
In some cases, pain medication is entirely appropriate, but if physical therapy is a viable alternative to addressing your pain, you have a less dangerous avenue to follow.
Multidisciplinary approach is the most successful
Research has shown that the most successful programs for pain management are those that include specialists from multiple disciplines. Physical therapists are comfortable working with primary care providers, surgeons, and others that you may be receiving treatment from. We may also suggest you add flexibility training such as yoga, or stress relief techniques like meditation to your routine, and we can make suggestions on where you can turn for help with those modalities.
Common, but tricky, problems resolved
Physical therapy is one of the most successful treatments for conditions such as low back pain, fibromyalgia, and other pain syndromes that are often difficult to treat effectively. In 2016, the CDC released guidelines for opioid prescribing and cited high-quality evidence that physical therapy should be part of treatment plans for people with those difficult-to-treat conditions that cause pain.
If you’d like to learn more about the benefits of physical therapy or find out if you’re a candidate for it, book an appointment at Revive Medical. You can schedule online anytime of the day or night, or feel free to give us a call during regular business hours at one of our offices in Oklahoma City or San Diego.


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The marking madness continues for “The Healing Pool”! At the suggestion of the APL youth librarian I made a youtube video. It’s not what I would consider high art, but hopefully it is a positive portrayal of myself and my book. I used the video not only to showcase the book, but also to discuss my favorite thing about writing: naming characters! I want this little video to get the attention of teens in 2 minutes and hope that they are also interested in naming characters whether it is a fun process for them or a stressful one. So far the video has 10 views! Woo!
My second book signing is coming up! March 12th I will be doing an author visit at the Appleton Public library. This book signing is super exciting. I will finally be in an environment with (pre)teens who want to read the book! Since “The Healing Pool” is aimed for middle schoolers it will be nice to get a few young people there. I’m also excited to talk to and sell books to people I don’t know. The hardest thing about this business is selling books to people who don’t know me. The APL has been great so far for helping me advertise. They provided flyers for me and they have secret tips to getting teens to come (AKA snackies). The APL already has “The Healing Pool” on the shelves so hopefully a kid or two will be interested in picking it up.
My biggest project so far has been putting together a sample audio book. I have a handy voice recorder and a basic knowledge of Audacity to help edit the files. I’m hoping to finish recording the first 10 chapters of the book today and perhaps begin splicing and stapling the recordings together! Hopefully there’s not too much background noise…
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Watch: Roy Kim Sings For The OST Of “Oh Hae Young Again”
Solo artist Roy Kim has lent his dreamy voice for the official soundtrack of tvN’s Monday-Tuesday drama “Oh Hae Young Again.”
Released on May 24 at midnight KST, the OST track entitled “Maybe I” marks the fourth release for the drama.
Roy Kim’s trademark soft and gentle vocals are an ideal match for the medium-tempo pop song, used as an emotion-packed background track for the developing on-screen romance.
Meanwhile, “Oh Hae Young Again” has experienced rapid increase in viewership ratings and earned recognition for its stellar casting choices, solid content, and relatable themes.
Check out the music video for Roy Kim’s “Maybe I” featuring clips from the drama below!


Russian invaders leaving grocery store shelves in occupied Kherson empty, reports local media
In Kherson, Russian-made goods disappeared from store shelves (Photo:REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Russian occupation authorities are taking everything out of the occupied city of Kherson, leaving even the grocery store shelves empty, local media outlet Kherson Online reported on Oct. 23.
According to the outlet, local residents have shared photos of these empty shelves, noting that the Russians aren’t only stealing the food in Kherson, but also other goods for sale.
Russian occupation authorities in Kherson told civilians on Oct. 22 that they should immediately leave the city for the left bank of the Dnipro River due to the “tense situation at the front.”
They said that all departments and ministries of the Russian-installed “civil administration” in Kherson should also leave.
The invaders again repeated the claim that there was a “danger of massive shelling” of the city by the Ukrainian military.
On Oct. 18, the Russian-appointed puppet administrator of the occupation, collaborator Volodymyr Saldo, said the residents of the Russian-occupied areas of Kherson Oblast should “evacuate” to the left bank of the Dnipro River, which is still under Russian control. Russian puppet authorities also decreed that entering the annexed areas is forbidden for civilians for seven days.
Kherson governor Yaroslav Yanushevych has urged local residents to stay calm and not to react to the invaders’ provocations. He said they want to use civilians as a “human shield.”
Earlier, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South, Natalia Humeniuk, said in an interview with Radio NV that the collaborators are trying to abduct the civilian population, to make it seem that they are afraid of the Ukrainian armed forces. However, Ukrainian civilians were instead proving the opposite, she stated.
As of Oct. 21, Ukrainian troops had liberated 88 settlements in Kherson Oblast.
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In the first part of this tutorial, we discussed how to create bar charts using chart.js. Apart from that, we also discussed how to apply data labels to our charts and use more than one datasets in our charts. In this second part of the same tutorial., we will discuss how to create more types of awesome charts, and edit the tooltip. As we already highlighted in the previous part, chart.
Gutenberg Editor has basically revolutionized the way we edit or publish posts in Wordpress. Released as a part of Wordpress 5.0, Gutenberg introduced several major changes including the use of blocks to add various elements to posts including heading, paragraph, images and so on. The classic editor that was in use before Gutenberg became a part of Wordpress looked pretty outdated and simple. With Gutenberg it became relatively a lot easier to include many elements in posts like tables, headings and even a table of content.
How to insert tables in Wordpress (with or without a plugin) Wordpress is the CMS of choice for millions of bloggers and website owners worldwide. The reason is its flexibility and ease of use. There are thousands of plugins to make tasks simpler in wordpress. You can create stunning websites and attractive posts using wordpress and publish without any need for coding or need to edit html. It is why Wordpress is good for both coders and non coders.
Backup and Migrate Your Wordpress Site Using a Plugin Wordpress is the most popular CMS with advanced capabilities that allow even new users to blog with ease. The Wordpress plugin repository includes a vast number of dedicated plugins to make almost any task in Wordpress simpler. From SEO to Speed, Security and Backups, there are dedicated plugins to make your task simpler. If you are using Wordpress CMS for blogging, security is an important concern since Wordpress websites which are made with php and mysql are a frequent target for the hackers.
How to host multiple sites on a Single Apache Server The Apache web server is the most popular server offerign a high level of flexibility and functionality that can be further extended with the help of Apache modules. Apache’s latest available stable version is Apache 2.4.57, which was released in April 2023. We have discussed how to install Apache web server on Ubuntu 22.04 in a previous post. In this post, we will discuss how to host multiple websites on a single Apache web server and enable the use of .
Apache is the most used server worldwide that is well known for its flexibility. It includes a large number of modules that can be used to extend the functionality of the core web server. The latest stable version of Apache released April 6th 2023 is 2.4.57. It is also the recommended version over the previous releases. Apache is simple to set and allows you to use the .htaccess file for securing and speeding up your website.
Three Ways to Update and Delete Wordpress Themes Wordpress is the favorite CMS of a vast number of bloggers and webmasters. It is known to power more than 43% of all the websites. The CMS offers a vast number of themes and plugins that can be utilized to improve site functionality. Themes play a central role in terms of website appearance, ussr experience, speed and SEO. In a previous post, we have discussed the methods to install and activate a wordpress theme.
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Using WP-CLI to manage wordpress comments The WP-CLI or Wordpress command line interface is a wonderful tool for managing various tasks and actions in wordpress. There are several tasks that can be made a lot easier when done manually through the admin dashboard or through phpmyadmin. WP-CLI allows you to manage the database without going to the phymyadmin interface. Managing comments in Wordpress is easy and whether you need to approve, unapprove or delete comments, you can do it all from the Wordpress dashboard without any difficulty.


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By Haddenham Webteam - 6th January 2014 11:40pm
Given the extended spell of gusting winds and heavy rain that we have been experiencing of late, Bucks County Council have issued the following news update:
Minor flooding affected 11 roads throughout Buckinghamshire during the wet and windy weekend, keeping Transport for Buckinghamshire's (TfB) emergency crews and teams of gulley emptiers busy clearing surface water and three fallen trees.
Of the 42 emergency call-outs, 10 were to flood sites in Aylesbury Vale District, one to a flood in Chiltern District, and three to trees affecting roads in Chiltern District. Other call-outs were to three diesel spills, flytipping and potholes.
Since the beginning of Christmas week, crews have cleared more than 120 fallen trees and dealt with flooding on 81 roads.
With forecasts continuing to predict squally showers and gusts of around 60mph, all TfB crews remain on standby to keep the roads throughout Buckinghamshire as clear and safe as possible.
A Flood Warning has been issued by the Environment Agency (EA) for the properties closest to the River Thames from All Saints Church, Bisham, to Little Marlow. Flooding is expected to affect up to 20 properties in this area.
River levels are continuing to rise on the River Thames following the recent rainfall, and will continue to rise for the next 24 hours, say the EA.
The Met Office forecasts heavy showers overnight tonight and through Tuesday.
For more information on flooding in your area, call Floodline on 0845 988 1188, or visit the Environment Agency website — www.environment-agency.gov.uk.
To report any flooded roads or fallen trees in Buckinghamshire, please call 0845 230 2882, and keep up to date with the latest alerts on Twitter — @tfbalerts
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After last year's success, the three Haddenham school PTAs (St Mary's, Infant & Junior schools) have joined forces to bring you another brilliant event for the whole family -- Haddenham Gates 10k trail run (walkers and slow runners welcomed!) followed with a fun run for all around the junior school on Sunday 7th May.There will be free entry to the site where there will be a bar...


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Just recently, makers of Rajinikanth's Annaatthe shared the film's first look and motion poster which left fans enthralled. The film is all set to hit the big screens on November 4 coinciding with the Diwali festival. Interestingly, the rural drama will have a massive clash with Silamabarasan's Maanaadu which is also releasing on the same date.
Coming back to Annaatthe, not just fans but Kollywood celebs are also awaiting the film's release. Many celebs from the industry including Keerthy Suresh, Vikram Prabhu, Karthik Subbaraj have already expressed their excitement over the rural drama's mega release and the latest to join the bandwagon is none other than the very talented actor Sivakarthikeyan.
Sharing that he is eagerly waiting for the film's first day first show, he tweeted, "Thalaivan @rajinikanth eppovumae kola massssss This film going to be a pure Super star film and it wil be a big blockbuster Waiting for FDFS." Well, his latest tweet has turned out a big hit among Rajini fans who have been sharing it on their respective Twitter handles to celebrate the moment.
Directed by Siva, Annaatthe also features Nayanthara and Keerthy Suresh as the female leads.
On a related note, Sivakarthikeyan's Doctor, whose release was postponed multiple times in the past has finally locked a date. As per the makers' latest tweet, the film will be out in theatres in October 2021. KJR Studios tweeted, "Set all the speculations aside. Get ready for your laughter shot! #Doctor is coming to the big screen in October 2021! This decision is only for the fans and our dearest theatre owners." Doctor is helmed by Nelson Dilipkumar.


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In this video I show you the steps it takes to convert your 240sx to a hydraulic throw out bearing. The reason fro a hydraulic throw out bearing is because I have a t5 transmission now and it’s normally a cable driven clutch fork, so I had to convert it.
In this video I do some engine dress up on the Ford 5.0 motor swap in my 240sx.
In this video I take a trip to Pat’s Acres Racing Complex aka PARC in Canby, Oregon. Tons of sweet drifting from the Pacific Northwest. This is my vlog coverage from the November 4, 2017 event. There were all kinds of cars in attendance; Nissan 240sx, Mazda Miata, Turbo Pontiac GTO, BMW e30, e36, e46, […]
In this video I manage to pull the motor out by myself, but not without an EPIC FAIL! This is episode 3 of Project 240sx budget v8 build.
In this video I start the process of getting the car ready to pull the engine and transmission. This is episode 2 of Project 240sx budget v8 build.
In this video I debut my abandoned project v8 240sx. After putting the build on hold for the last 2 years, l’ve decided to resurrect it! Please follow along on my journey of getting this thing back on to the track.


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Birds, insects, plants, and fish all depend on each other to survive.
Learn basics of inter-connected aquatic environments when you make your own paper Water Lily Garden indoors. The kit includes a lilypad, a water lily flower, and 4 creatures (dragonfly, frog, beetle, and fish). Instructions are included (it’s very easy!).
Please note: you are purchasing a downloadable digital (printable) PDF which includes a color version and a black and white version (for children who like to color).


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NJ is a 11 minute walk from the PATH Journal Square - 33rd Street, the PATH Journal Square - 33rd Street (via Hoboken) and the PATH Newark - World Trade Center at the Journal Square stop.
Nearby parks include Canco Park, LaPointe Park and Journal Square.
NJ has a Walk Score of 89 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Nearby schools include Number 23 School, The Ethical Community Charter School and Adult Evening High School.
The closest grocery stores are Borinquen Corner, Mi Tierra Deli Grocery and C & B Deli.
Nearby coffee shops include DUNKIN' DONUTS, Luxor Cafe and Journal Square Cafe. Nearby restaurants include Puccini's Restaurant & Catering, 15 Fox Place and Andlous.

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BBC Radio Five Live's entertainment
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Phil Williams' Christmas Special is 90-minutes of festive frivolity
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There will be a comedy panel game as part of the show in which comedians
will pit their wits against each other.
Dead Ringers star Jan Ravens and Bafta award winner Lee Mack
take on the might of Terry Alderton and stand-up comedian Lucy
Joining Phil to provide the music will be jazz funk
group Brand New Heavies who will play a selection of their best
songs and join in the festive celebrations.
There will also be a two new up and coming singers
on the programme Cassandra Fox and Corinne Bailey Rae,
both of whom are tipped for big things in the New Year.
Des Lynam is recording a special one off interview
in addition to his successful series Des Meets for the programme.
Des - who has been joined over the past year by sporting
greats such as David Beckham, George Foreman and Frankie Dettori - will
be moving his thoughts away from sport and in keeping with the festive
season his guest will be none other than Father Christmas himself.
Christian O'Connell will be dropping in to do
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Two foreign service officers (FSO) in opposite corners of the world recently have been implicated in cash-for-visa scandals that have raised new questions about the State Department's lack of oversight in the visa issuance process. In May, Michael Sestak, an FSO who was serving as the non-immigrant visa (NIV) chief at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was arrested in California and has been charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and bribery. And in early July, the State Department removed an FSO, Edy Zohar Rodrigues Duran, from his post in Georgetown, Guyana, over still-pending allegations that he was selling visas for sex and money.
As a former FSO who was involved in visa work at embassies in Macedonia, Trinidad, and Hungary, I can attest to the fact that cases like these are rare; 99.9 percent of FSOs are honest, but unfortunately the State Department's lax culture of issuance and travel facilitation allows the one-tenth of 1 percent who might consider selling visas wide latitude to operate. One could argue that because these two were caught proves the system works, but I think it offers too much space and latitude for dishonest people to tempt fate.
According to the criminal complaint against Sestak, who arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in August 2010, his NIV refusal rate was, at times, as low as 3 to 8 percent in a country where the overall refusal rate was 22 percent in 2012, 34 percent in 2011, 36 percent in 2010, and 42 percent in 2009. (You can see from that trend line how Sestak moved the needle a full 20 points during his ignominious tenure there.) The problem is that issuing visas to nearly everyone doesn't necessarily raise alarm bells at many posts because you also have some honest FSOs who refuse virtually no one.
Worldwide, issuance rates for visitor's visas are typically about 75 percent and often even higher in the countries that send us the most immigrants. In 2012, the issuance rate was 90 percent in Mexico, 92 percent in China, and 97 percent in Brazil. Even in poor countries like Bangladesh (74 percent), Nigeria (66 percent), Guyana (54 percent) and Nicaragua (73 percent) most NIV applicants got their visas. With these kinds of issuance rates, there are plenty of unqualified applicants walking away with visas, so those who paid a bribe for theirs stand out less.
As I wrote in the CIS Backgrounder "No Coyote Needed", when I was a consular officer I had to constantly justify why I had refused visa applicants, but no one ever asked me why I granted visas. Section 214 (b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act puts the onus on visitor's visa applicants to prove that they have strong ties to their home country that will compel them to return. The law says that applicants are guilty until proven innocent. But in reality, it tends to be the other way around. Applicants are given the benefit of the doubt.
Hopefully these incidents will serve to scare the hell out of any FSO who might consider going rogue, but unfortunately the negative press will also reinforce the notion that the U.S. visa process is corrupt. Even though 99.9 percent of FSOs are honest, there is a perception in many places that you have to have a connection to get a visa, and these incidents will only strengthen that notion.
Consular managers at posts around the world need to take a much closer look at visitor visa issuances, not just the denials. FSOs should be prepared to justify why they issued visas to applicants who look unqualified based on their written applications, because in a culture where issuance is the norm with no questions asked, dishonest people have an opportunity to make a killing. And there are no guarantees that the next crook will be caught.


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Finished this cute little bookworm. You can find the pattern here
Finished and backed this anatomical heart cross stitch You can find the pattern here.
You probably do not know this, but I have 2 bachelors degree. On of them is Bachelor of science with a specialization in Biotechnology. So you can say this cross stitch is a personal one for me. A DNA molecule. You can find the pattern here.


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After Reference by Article 29 Working Party, ISO publishes ISO/IEC 29134:2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published its ISO/IEC 29134:2017 framework “guidelines for privacy impact assessment.” The framework includes guidelines for “a process on privacy impact assessments, and a structure and content of a PIA report,” and is designed to be “applicable to all types and sizes of organizations, including public companies, private companies, government entities and not-for-profit organizations.”
ISO states that the framework is “relevant to those involved in designing or implementing projects, including the parties operating data processing systems and services that process PII.”
The Article 29 Working Party Guidelines on DPIAs
These guidelines may be of particular interest to organizations governed by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) references the framework in its “Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) and determining whether processing is ‘likely to result in a high-risk'” under the GDPR (the Guidelines). The WP29 notes the ISO 29134 as an international standard taken into account by the Guidelines, and as an “international standard [that] will also provide guidelines for methodologies used for carrying out a DPIA.”
While ISO 29134 are guidelines only, the fact that they are referenced twice in the WP29 Guidelines could shed more light on understanding what exactly European supervisory authorities expect to see from data controllers in performing DPIAs under Article 35 of the GDPR.
How OneTrust Helps
OneTrust helps operationalize privacy by design in order to comply with GDPR requirements. Our automated privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) are designed to increase organization-wide adoption through role-based templates and self-service tools that are integrated into project lifecycles. All privacy projects across the organization are consolidated into a central dashboard for a complete record of data protection activities.
OneTrust provides a comprehensive library of customizable assessment templates, built by in-house privacy experts and incorporating industry best practices and regulatory guidance, which can then be tailored to fit your specific organizational workflows.


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•Sai Met is unique mode of action against resistant BPH.
•Sai Met is fast action that stops feeding and causes paralysis of hind legs. Its prevents egg laying capability of hoppers.
•Sai Met has systemic and translaminar movement giving full protection to the crop.
•Sai Met protects plant at critical reproductive stage by improving plant health and leading to better yield.
Dosage: 1.5 gm. per lit water.
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I was planning on writing about the debate last night but, truth be told, I could only stomach watching about half of it. Then I thought that I should write about the Sabres. Holy crap, I love how they’re coming together. But, in true Buffalo fashion, I don’t want to jinx them. So, music it is!
I love a good cover song. I like the ones where the new version is mostly re imagined. Some covers are just known as the definitive versions, right?. All Along the Watchtower, Blinded by the Light, Hallelujah, Take me to the River, and Superman come immediately to mind. An entire blog post could be dedicated just to Dylan covers because there are thousands of them.
I just heard The Foo Fighters do a killer version of Baker Street(I’m apparently 4 years behind on this one). The signature sax solo is missing but it still sounds great.
Sticking with Gerry Rafferty for a minute, Bonnie Raitt recently covered Right Down the Line and it just sounds off to me. Why the reggae beat, Bonnie? Hate it.
I much prefer her cover of Richard Thompson’s Dimming of the Day. It’s a straight reading of the song but her voice adds so much to this amazing song.
Here’s a completely different take on Dimming of the day from Allison Krauss.
Okay, because it’s one of my favorite songs, here’s one more version, this time by David Gilmour:
Some covers are just an affront to my ears. Mumford & Sons had a recent hit with a cover of The Boxer and it’s just awful. I’m not posting it here. I don’t want to bring you down.
I could write about cover songs all day long and post links to a thousand different songs, but I’ll leave you with Jimi. This is my all-time favorite cover song and in fact, one of my all-time favorite songs. There is no better cover, in my opinion.