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Today is March 16. It is 21-st day of a war in Ukraine. The resistance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the people of Ukraine has not ceased at any point in time. Unfortunately, the frustrated invader has increasingly turned to indiscriminate bombing of civilians in towns and cities, resulting in many dead civilians. Currently the city of Mariupol is undergoing a massive humanitarian crisis; this predominantly Russian-speaking city is being systematically destroyed by the Russian Military.
We want to thank all who support Ukraine in prayer and through donations. We thank God for your help. There is a short report about distributing of donation.
This week we sent a large financial donation to Ukraine through the Ukrainian Baptist Union. They in turn distributed funds throughout Ukraine, to the many churches carrying out humanitarian efforts. In particular, these funds have been significantly helping the efforts of churches in the East, that are in active war zones.
Funds were also sent to Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Lviv, and Zakarpatska Oblast (region), and have already been used in humanitarian and refugee efforts in Ukraine, focusing on providing food, medical treatment, clothes, and many other necessities. Many refugees are going westward to escape the fighting and rely on churches to provided transportation and shelter, so funds were also used to support the drivers and shelters.
Ukrainian people, thank you for your help.
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Toxoplasma (T.) gondii is an important zoonotic protozoan infecting humans and a wide range of animals. In this study, we determine the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with the seroprevalence of T. gondii in one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Pakistan. Camels are still an important mean of transportation in some desert areas in Pakistan. In addition, they are the main source of meat and milk for people in those regions; therefore, they have the potential to transmit T. gondii to humans. In order to estimate the seroprevalence of T. gondii, a total of 897 sera samples were collected from camels in the Thal (n = 359) and Cholistan (n = 440) deserts, along with other districts of Chakwal (n = 44) and Faisalabad (n = 54) Punjab, Pakistan, through convenient and snowball sampling techniques. These samples were then analyzed by an indirect enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA) for the presence of T. gondii-specific antibodies, using purified recombinant micronemal protein 3 (MIC3) as an antibody-catching antigen. Our results showed an overall seroprevalence of T. gondii as 40.1% (Thal = 45%; Cholistan = 35.9%; other districts = 33.7%). Risk factor analysis suggested that infection rate was higher in older animals (70.6%). In addition, female camels carried frequent infection (48.8%) than males (22.4%). What's more, female animals having abortion history showed even higher infection rate (75%) compared to pregnant (68.4%) and non-pregnant (42.4%) animals. Our results reported high seroprevelance of T. gondii in camels in Pakistan which provided important information with respect to public health and disease controls.
Author would like to thanks Dr. Sohail Manzoor (Disease Investigation and Control Officer), Dr. Ramzan-ul-Haq (Veterinary Officer), Dr. Awais Masud (Assistant Disease Investigation Officer), Dr. Abdul Rehman (Deputy District Livestock Officer) and field staff who helped in sample collection.
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Q: Using aggregates as a label in DC.JS I'm creating a tool to do some data analysis on surgical material cost.
I would like to be able to aggregate total number of items per PO and divide it by number of levels per PO. Levels is flat and the same for each PO line, while total number is a result of aggregating Qty by PO.
I know how to do SOME aggregation, but I do not know how I would create a Row Chart (as an example) and show Implants per Level as a label, going from 1-10 or so down the line.
The main reason seems to be I want to Dimension off of PO, but that means number of unique POs becomes my label, and that is 140 in this data set.
I think I want to Dimension off of PO, divide Qty by Levels, create a unique QtyPerLevel object, and then dimension off of that.
I'm probably thinking about this wrong.
Example is here:
https://jsfiddle.net/7wbcref9/3/
var cpiGroup = reductio()
    .sum('Qty')
    .exception(function (d) { return d.PO; })
    .exceptionCount(true)(levels.group());

A: You would want to include both the sum and count on the same group so that you can add the count information into your 'fake' dimension that you are using for your table:
var poGroup = reductio()
        .sum('total')
        .count(true)(poDimension.group());

var uniqueDim = {
    bottom: function (num) {
        var pos = poDimension.top(Infinity);
        // Uses top because the version of Crossfilter being used
        // doesn't support group.bottom.
        return poGroup.top(num)
          .filter(function (d) { return d.value.sum > 0; })
          .map(function (d) {
              var currPo = pos.filter(function (g) { return g.PO === d.key; })[0];
              return {
                  PO: d.key,
                  total: d.value.sum,
                  count: d.value.count,
                  Surgeon: currPo.Surgeon,
                  Levels: currPo.Levels,
                  date: currPo.date
              };
          });
    }
};

Then in your table you could do what you are already doing for total for count as well:
nasdaqTable /* dc.dataTable('.dc-data-table', 'chartGroup') */
    .dimension(uniqueDim)
    // Data table does not use crossfilter group but rather a closure
    // as a grouping function
    .group(function (d) {
        d.cpl = "$" + (d.total / d.Levels).toFixed(2);
        d.countperLevel = (d.count / d.Levels).toFixed(2);
        d.total = "$" + d.total.toFixed(2);
        return d.Surgeon;
    })
    // (_optional_) max number of records to be shown, `default = 25`
    .size(1000)
    // There are several ways to specify the columns; see the data-table documentation.
    // This code demonstrates generating the column header automatically based on the columns.
    .columns([
        'date', 'PO', 'Surgeon', 'Levels', 'total', 'count', { label: "Cost per Level", format: function (d) { return d.cpl }}, { label: "Count per Level", format: function(d) { return d.countperLevel; }}
    ])

I'm not sure you really need to use group in your table to pre-calculate your values. It's probably better to do the calculation directly in the format function, but either way should work.
Example: https://jsfiddle.net/optgf9d3/
Also, with Reductio you can have arbitrary numbers of aggregations (including exception counts on different properties) on the same group by using the value syntax. You may find this handy as you find yourself needing to do different types of rate calculations all based on the same group: https://github.com/crossfilter/reductio#aggregations-standard-aggregations-reductio-b-value-b-i-propertyname-i-

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Electronics Are About to Reach Their Limit in Processing Power—But There's a Solution
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| January 5, 2017
How to bypass Moore's Law
For the past four decades, the electronics industry has been driven by what is called "Moore's Law," which is not a law but more an axiom or observation. Effectively, it suggests the electronic devices double in speed and capability about every two years. And indeed, every year tech companies come up with new, faster, smarter and better gadgets.
Specifically, Moore's Law, as articulated by Intel cofounder Gordon Moore, is that "The number of transistors incorporated in a chip will approximately double every 24 months." Transistors—tiny electrical switches—are the fundamental unit that drives all the electronic gadgets we can think of. As they get smaller, they also get faster and consume less electricity to operate.
In the technology world, one of the biggest questions of the 21st century is: How small can we make transistors? If there is a limit to how tiny they can get, we might reach a point at which we can no longer continue to make smaller, more powerful, more efficient devices. It's an industry with more than $200 billion in annual revenue in the U.S. alone. Might it stop growing?
Getting close to the limit
At the present, companies like Intel are mass-producing transistors 14 nanometers across—just 14 times wider than DNA molecules. They're made of silicon, the second-most abundant material on our planet. Silicon's atomic size is about 0.2 nanometers.
Today's transistors are about 70 silicon atoms wide, so the possibility of making them even smaller is itself shrinking. We're getting very close to the limit of how small we can make a transistor.
At present, transistors use electrical signals—electrons moving from one place to another—to communicate. But if we could use light, made up of photons, instead of electricity, we could make transistors even faster. My work, on finding ways to integrate light-based processing with existing chips, is part of that nascent effort.
Putting light inside a chip
A transistor has three parts; think of them as parts of a digital camera. First, information comes into the lens, analogous to a transistor's source. Then it travels through a channel from the image sensor to the wires inside the camera. And lastly, the information is stored on the camera's memory card, which is called a transistor's "drain"—where the information ultimately ends up.
Right now, all of that happens by moving electrons around. To substitute light as the medium, we actually need to move photons instead. Subatomic particles like electrons and photons travel in a wave motion, vibrating up and down even as they move in one direction. The length of each wave depends on what it's traveling through.
In silicon, the most efficient wavelength for photons is 1.3 micrometers. This is very small—a human hair is around 100 micrometers across. But electrons in silicon are even smaller—with wavelengths 50 to 1,000 times shorter than photons.
This means the equipment to handle photons needs to be bigger than the electron-handling devices we have today. So it might seem like it would force us to build larger transistors, rather than smaller ones.
However, for two reasons, we could keep chips the same size and deliver more processing power, shrink chips while providing the same power, or, potentially both. First, a photonic chip needs only a few light sources, generating photons that can then be directed around the chip with very small lenses and mirrors.
And second, light is much faster than electrons. On average, photons can travel about 20 times faster than electrons in a chip. That means computers that are 20 times faster, a speed increase that would take about 15 years to achieve with current technology.
Scientists have demonstrated progress toward photonic chips in recent years. A key challenge is making sure the new light-based chips can work with all the existing electronic chips. If we're able to figure out how to do it—or even to use light-based transistors to enhance electronic ones—we could see significant performance improvement.
When can I get a light-based laptop or smartphone?
We still have some way to go before the first consumer device reaches the market, and progress takes time. The first transistor was made in the year 1907 using vacuum tubes, which were typically between 1 and 6 inches tall (on average 100 mm). By 1947, the current type of transistor—the one that's now just 14 nanometers across—was invented and it was 40 micrometers long (about 3,000 times longer than the current one). And in 1971, the first commercial microprocessor (the powerhouse of any electronic gadget) was 1,000 times bigger than today's when it was released.
The vast research efforts and the consequential evolution seen in the electronics industry are only starting in the photonic industry. As a result, current electronics can perform tasks far more complex than the best current photonic devices. But as research proceeds, light's capability will catch up to, and ultimately surpass, electronics' speeds. However long it takes to get there, the future of photonics is bright.
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Finland based edtech startup Claned has raised $1.46 million in a round of funding led by Indian CBA (Cross Border Angels and Investors) members, reports YourStory. The startup will use the round of funding to roll out operations in India.
Claned is an online learning platform that students can sign up for free. It allows users to upload or publish files from different website to create and share boards, which can be used to collaborate with friends and other learners. As of now the platform lists around 50 boards for a variety of topics like HTML5, Internet of Things, Trademarks, Robotics, English Study etc. Claned is a platform that offers students the tools needed for successful learning and motivation. It uses a combination of academics and AI to understand how each student learns to the best of his or her abilities.
"Vesa Perala, Founder of Claned, said exclusively to YourStory, "The capital through a strong Indian network is very critical for us at this stage, especially in getting Claned's foothold in India within this year."
The Finnish edtech startup has closed several deals with commercial partners in Finland, India, UK, Spain, UAE, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The team also closely works with Microsoft and Lenovo to help personalised learning for students even outside of formal education systems.
Other developments in edtech:
– In December, Jigsaw Academy raised $3 million in a series A round of funding. The platform offers courses in data analytics and big data for students and professionals.
– In the same month, Careers360, an online career counselor and education services firm, acquired the Mumbai-based college enrollment platform NoPaperForms, while online exam preparation service MockBank acqui-hired Litoro, a Vijaywada based web and mobile services company.
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In an interview yesterday, Rambachan said he was constantly being bombarded by burgesses who complain of being victims of crimes while shopping along the busy main road.
Rambachan accused street vendors of working in collusion with criminal gangs and music pirates to commit robberies in broad daylight.
He said he recently discovered a music pirate's operation being run by a suspended policeman.
The mayor said a 60-year-old woman came to his office shortly before noon yesterday to complain she was robbed at knife-point by a gang of men as she was leaving a supermarket.
He said a music pirate was observed turning up the volume of his music to cover the woman's screams for help and added that last Saturday several women were jostled and robbed while shopping.
He said women seemed to be the easiest targets. "I am very disturbed and I continue to be very disturbed about the policing on the main road during this Christmas season.
"Last Saturday there was a chaotic situation, where I understand that four women were robbed, people were jostled, people were injured and we had a situation where guards (of a bank) were threatened," he said.
Rambachan added, "Whether they choose to say so publicly or not, I am saying so." He said they were threatened when the vendors were removed from the streets and moved into the bank's compound from where they were also removed at which time they threatened the security guards.
"I have been trying to talk to the Chaguanas police about this situation, but it seems to me that this thing is not been treated with the urgency or the aggression that it needs to be treated with," said the mayor.
He said six businessmen on the main road have also told him they have been threatened by vendors.
Rambachan said he also wanted the police to look into some untoward activity taking place at an NP Quick Shoppe in Chaguanas.
Rambachan claimed that the gang consumed alcohol, harass residents and rob people who visit a nearby ATM. "The police go there and they talk to the guys and then the police disappear," the mayor said.


The arrival of the New Year is an ideal time to make some changes in our lives and celebrate because we have the opportunity to start a new phase. It is also a season to reflect and to thank everyone who joined us at the year gone by.
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M.Magis wrote: My contribution. Is this an example of the noassatall disease that I've read about?
No it's an example of starving a profit out of a young bull. People do it all the time. Not saying he is a good bull but he sure is starved down!
USA.......... ride for the brand or get out!
I am thinking that I am missing the boat here. Why worry about genetics and nutrition? I could buy bulls like the ones shown here for around 60 or 70 cents at the salebarn. Take them home and run an ad on craigslist for $1,500. I would make a ton of money. I wouldn't even have to feed them because obviously nobody else does. Looks like a low input, money making operation.
Dave wrote: I am thinking that I am missing the boat here. Why worry about genetics and nutrition? I could buy bulls like the ones shown here for around 60 or 70 cents at the salebarn. Take them home and run an ad on craigslist for $1,500. I would make a ton of money. I wouldn't even have to feed them because obviously nobody else does. Looks like a low input, money making operation.
Well then it looks like Dave has opened a new chapter as a cowman. Best wishes amigo. Looks like you are on to something here!
That thing is just pitiful!
Looks like one of the foundation bulls of the Imbalancer line of cattle. I wonder if Jo knows someone has one of his bulls for sale.
Are you a psychic that can read the minds?
Not sure what breed is him?


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For every good, there is bad. For every light, there is darkness. For every day, there is night.
There are so many things that happen in a day that bring us from one extreme to another.
Yesterday a gentleman walked up to the staff standing outside The Alex Youth Health Centre. He asked if they worked there. When they replied that they did, he handed them an envelope. Without further explanation he left. Inside the envelope were 2 bank drafts. One made out to the Youth Health Centre, one made out to the Family Health Centre. No note, no explanation, no request to be thanked or acknowledged. Just an honest gesture of genuine love and caring.
The weight of this donation is not in it's size financially, but in the value it brings. It is huge in what it will mean to a kid who needs a bus ticket to keep them safe on their journey. It is immense to an individual who needs help purchasing medication to help fix what ails them. And it is massive in helping lift the spirits of the staff who work at The Alex by knowing we are not alone…that there are helpers in our community.
Thank you kind soul. Thank you. Thank you for helping to remind us that there is light in the darkness, that there is day after the night, and that no matter how much bad, there is always much, much, much more good.


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Q: Pricing problem regarding running Jupyterhub with Kubernetes on Google Cloud I am hosting a jupyterhub with kubernetes on my google cloud account. I noticed that google cloud charges me for the runtime that the jupyterhub instance is running.
I am wondering if I can sorta shut down the jupyterhub instance or the kubernetes when we are not using the jupyterhub to save money?
If I restart the instance, will the data be whiped out? I want to do a experiment on this but I am afraid of doing something inreversible.
Also, where can I learn more about the adminstration tips about using google cloud?
Thanks!

A: You can resize your GKE cluster to "0", when you don't need it, with the below command
cloud container clusters resize CLUSTERNAME --size=0

Then you won't be charged, GKE charges only for worker nodes and not for master nodes.
And if you want to make sure your data is persistent after each time you are scaling your cluster, then you will need to use gcePersistentDisk.
You can create PD using gcloud before mounting it to your deployment.
gcloud compute disks create --size=500GB --zone=us-central1-a my-data-disk

Then you can configure your Pod configuration like in example here
Just make sure to mount all necessary paths of containers on Persistent Disk.
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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, there are many around the league that believe that Chris Paul will start the season with the Thunder.
The Thunder have been very busy this offseason as they have been able to inhale draft picks in return for All-Stars Russell Westbrook and Paul George. It was rumored that they would attempt to shop Paul to see if they could acquire even more assets. The team will look to have Paul mentor this team (specifically second-year player Shai-Gilgeous Alexander) as the market for Paul is not robust due to the $124M he is owed over the next three seasons. From a fantasy perspective, Paul may eat into SGA's overall value but they both will provide value come draft time.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
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The Rockets and Thunder officially completed their blockbuster trade of Chris Paul, first round picks in 2024 and 2026, and pick swaps in 2021 and 2025 for Russell Westbrook on Tuesday.
Westbrook and Harden and now officially reunited and will be performing massive pre-game routines at the Toyota Center. Meanwhile, the Thunder officially have Chris Paul on the roster and are free to move him if they choose. Watching how Sam Presti begins this rebuild process will be interesting, to say the least.
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Brian Windhorst of ESPN is reporting that the Heat are open to the idea of teaming up Chris Paul with Jimmy Butler, but what has hung the entire negotiation up is the discussion of picks.
The Thunder holds two of Miami's future first round draft picks, an unprotected selection in 2021 and a protected one in 2023. The Heat want those included in a potential deal and Oklahoma City has no shortage of assets as, since draft night, Sam Presti has acquired a remarkable eight first-round picks. Windhorst also added that the Heat seem to be CP3's preferred destination and if he actually ends up in South Beach, he could retain his strong fantasy value.
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Though they are still interested in acquiring his services, the Miami Heat have so far been uninterested in meeting Oklahoma City's asking price for Chris Paul according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.
The assumption by most pundits heading into these trade talks was that it would likely take the Thunder including assets to move the Heat into taking on CP3's massive contract. While we don't know what the Thunder have put on the table in these talks, it's evident that they have not met the threshold to make the financial commitment worth it to the Heat. If Miami isn't a landing spot for Paul, it will be tough to imagine another team, fringing on contention, lining up for his services. It's looking like a real possibility that he starts the season in Oklahoma City, where he will have a lot to prove to contenders that he is worth making a move for. His presence would help Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from a development standpoint, but would likely put a dent in his potential fantasy value.
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Sam Amick is reporting that Sam Presti and Leon Rose, the agent for Chris Paul, will meet in the coming days to determine what's next for his client.
The Thunder just dealt their franchise icon and seemed intent on clearing the deck for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to lead a rebuild, and the Heat were the most mentioned suitor in talks surrounding Russell Westbrook to begin with. Miami clearly wants to add a top-level point guard to pair with Jimmy Butler and could find it easier to work out a deal for Paul than they did for Westbrook. Amick adds that the Thunder "would engage and have interest" in making a deal with the Heat, so stay tuned. Miami has been hesitant to include their top young players, but if OKC is offering up Paul as well as some of their stockpile of picks, it may be hard for the Heat to walk away.
Source: Sam Amick on Twitter
Chris Paul was sent to the Thunder in a package for Russell Westbrook on Thursday night.
This is a long play for the Thunder, but it looks like they'll go into the season with Paul on the roster. If that's the case, he should do a nice job providing tutelage to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and may bump up his performance from last season since he might actually touch the ball.
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According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Thunder have traded Russell Westbrook to the Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul, first-round picks in 2024 and 2026 and pick swaps in 2021 and 2025.
What a bombshell on a Thursday night. For all the talk about Westbrook to the Heat, we've ended up with the reuniting of Westbrook and James Harden. Paul will again become the main ballhandler in Oklahoma City and Westbrook and Harden can fight over who gets to chuck up more shots.
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According to the Houston Chronicle, Chris Paul says he has not asked to be traded and downplays supposed rift with James Harden.
This corroborates statements made by Rockets GM Daryl Morey earlier in the month denying rumors that there was a rift between Harden and Paul. While the Rockets are exploring options to improve their roster for the season, it appears that Paul is unlikely to be moved.
Source: Houston Chronicle
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Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Rockets GM Daryl Morey denied that Chris Paul's camp asked for a trade, while also saying that James Harden and Chris Paul do not have issues with one another.
Morey also said that Paul will remain on the Rockets next season and that he has spoken to both often this offseason about free agency evaluations and plans. If there is any tension, it is unlikely that Morey would acknowledge that publicly, as it would essentially cripple the team's already slim chances of moving Paul's contract. Paul is 34 and making $124 million combined over the next three seasons.
Source: Jonathan Feigen on Twitter
According to sources of Yahoo! Sports, Chris Paul wants to be traded from the Rockets as his relationship with James Harden is "unsalvageable."
Whoa. There's been rumblings that the two were at odds, as well as Paul being shopped, but this may be the final blow for a team that disappointed in their opportunities the last few years. Paul's contract makes it hard for him to be traded, though the asking price may be as low as ever. This offseason continues to get crazier.
Source: Yahoo! Sports
The Rockets have had conversations about Clint Capela and "preliminary conversations" about Chris Paul, per Shams Charania.
The Rockets reportedly want to discuss Paul trades with teams that can absorb his three years and $125 million. That's a pretty short list. That deal will be much harder to move than Capela's, though you can be sure that the Rockets probably won't move their young center unless it's a deal that improves both the on-court product and the cap sheet. That proposition is a lot weaker in any deal that includes Paul's monster salaries.
Source: The Athletic
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Immediately after the treatment, there may be slight redness, swelling, tenderness and an itching sensation in the treated area. This is a normal. The inconvenience is temporary and generally disappears in a day or two. If necessary, apply an ice pack (a bag of frozen peas wrapped in a tea towel!) to the treated area, to reduce the initial swelling.
Avoid touching the treated area for 6 hours following treatment. After that, the area can be gently washed with soap and water and light make up can be applied.
If you have previously suffered from facial cold sores, there is a risk that the needle punctures could contribute to another eruption of cold sores. Vitamin C taken daily (one gram e.g.: BEROCCA) for a couple of weeks will help to avoid this.
If you are using aspirin or any similar medication, be aware that these may increase bruising and bleeding at the injection site.
For the first 24 hours, avoid dental treatment and long distance flying and alcohol.
If you are having lip treatment, the initial swelling may last longer. It can last for about a week and the lips may look somewhat uneven during this time, therefore the result directly after the treatment should not be seen as the final result.
Since the dermal filler is absorbed, the correction effect reduces over time. Many people choose to be treated again within a year of the original treatment.
Anti-inflammatory drugs which may thin your blood, increase bruising and bleeding. These should be stopped 2 days before your treatment and for 2 days afterwards. Advise the doctor if you are taking:- Aspirin Brufen, Diclofenac, Feldene, Ibuprofen, Indocid, Naprosin, or Voltarol.
Excessive alcohol and vitamin E supplements may all increase bruising.
Avoid rubbing the injected sites and avoid vigorous exercise for 4 hours.
You should not need any pain medications, but, if you do, take Paracetamol.
Retnoids, alpha hydroxyl acid creams and sun cream may be resumed immediately. Bruising and swelling are possible, particularly at the crow's feet area which can cause a black eye. The effect of the injections is not immediate and may take several days to work, with maximum effect after the 10 – 14 days.


The property of being habitable.
"habitability." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/habitability>.
In real estate, the condition of being amenable for occupancy; the absence of conditions that would interfere significantly with a tenant's ability to occupy the premises.


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Vacc to the Future Update – May 7, 2021
Last week, Governor Whitmer unveiled a new four step plan called "MI VACC to Normal." The plan is based on the percentage of eligible Michiganders who have the received their first vaccination. As a reminder, the MDHHS orders limiting things like in person work and restaurant capacity will be lifted as the percentage of vaccinated Michiganders increases:
Step 1- 55% of Michiganders (4,453,304 residents), plus two weeks
Allows in-person work for all sectors of business.
Increases indoor capacity at sports stadiums to 25%.
Increases indoor capacity at conference centers/banquet halls/funeral homes to 25%.
Increases capacity at exercise facilities and gyms to 50%.
Lifts the curfew on restaurants and bars.
Lifts all indoor % capacity limits, requiring only social distancing between parties.
Further relaxes limits on residential social gatherings.
Lifts the Gatherings and Face Masks Order such that MDHHS will no longer employ broad mitigation measures unless unanticipated circumstances arise, such as the spread of vaccine-resistant variants.
As of Thursday at 3:00 pm (the last time the Michigan dashboard was updated), 4,147,193 which is 51.2% of eligible Michiganders. As of last Thursday, 3,951,368 or 48.8% of Michiganders had been vaccinated.[1] That means 195,825 eligible Michiganders received their first dose last week. At that pace, Michigan would reach Step 1 on May 30, 2021, and restrictions would be fully lifted on July 14, 2021.[2]
In other vaccine related news, Pfizer submitted a Biologics License Application or BLA for its COVID-19 vaccine to the FDA. Submission of the BLA is the first step in getting full approval of the Pfizer COVD-19 vaccine. Pfizer requested priority review of the BLA which accelerates the review timeline to six months instead of the standard ten. Pfizer also requested the FDA expand its emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents aged 12 to 15. The FDA is expected to make a decision early next week. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has already announced that vaccinations of adolescents under the age of 16 will not be included in the Vacc to Normal plan.
[1] All vaccination numbers and percentages are based on data from the Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard's "coverage" tab. https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214-547150–,00.html
[2] Dates include the two week waiting period after each vaccination goal is reached.


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La rue de la Croix-Blanche  est une ancienne rue qui était située dans l'ancien  de Paris, qui a été absorbée, en 1868, par la rue du Roi-de-Sicile.

Origine du nom
Cette rue prit ce nom en raison d'une enseigne qui y était située.

Situation
La rue de la Croix-Blanche, d'une longueur de , située dans l'ancien , quartier du Marché-Saint-Jean, commençait aux 17-19, rue Vieille-du-Temple et finissait aux 2-4, rue Bourtibourg.

Les numéros de la rue étaient rouges. Le dernier numéro impair était le  et le dernier numéro pair était le .

Historique
Dans une lettre de Philippe le Hardi, datée d'août 1280, cette voie est désignée sous le nom de « rue Augustin-le-Faucheur », qui est ensuite altéré en « rue Anquetin-le-Faucheur », « rue Anquetin-le-Faucheur », « rue Huguetin-le-Faucheur », « rue Hennequin-le-Faucheur », « rue Otin-le-Faucheur ».

Elle est citée dans Le Dit des rues de Paris de Guillot de Paris sous le nom de « rue Anquetil-le-Faucheur ».

Dans un bail du  et dans une sentence de licitation du , elle est appelée « rue de la Croix-Blanche ».

Elle est citée dans un manuscrit de l'abbaye Sainte-Geneviève de 1450 sous le nom de « rue Otin le Fauche ».

Elle est citée sous le nom de « rue de la Croix blanche » dans un manuscrit de 1636.

Une décision ministérielle du 23 prairial an VII (), signée François de Neufchâteau, la rue de Bercy-au-Marais devait être supprimée et la rue de la Croix-Blanche conservée et portée à  de largeur.  En vertu d'une ordonnance royale du , l'îlot de maisons qui séparait ces deux rues devait être supprimé pour ne faire qu'une seule communication de  dans sa moindre largeur. La rue de la Croix-Blanche, dont la largeur n'était en 1844 que de  environ, fut fermée par une grille à ses deux extrémités puis absorbée en 1868 par la rue du Roi-de-Sicile.

Notes, sources et références

Bibliographie
 Jacques Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris, Éditions de Minuit.
 Félix et Louis Lazare, Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments, 1844.
 Jean de La Tynna, Dictionnaire topographique, étymologique et historique des rues de Paris, 1817.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Dénomination des voies de Paris
 Histoire de Paris
 Liste des anciens noms de voies de Paris
 Transformations de Paris sous le Second Empire

Voie de Paris disparue
Ancien nom de voie parisienne
Voie citée dans le Dit des rues de Paris
Voie citée dans rues de Paris vers 1450
Voie citée dans rues de Paris en 1636

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About three months ago I set myself the task of creating a sugar-free apple cake for those days when a healthy tea-time treat is the order of the day. Weeks later I've just finally created my perfect recipe. It's been trial and error until now, but a lot of apples later, this simple apple spelt loaf has passed the test with flying colours.
The cake is super delicious warm from the oven. The grated apple adds a subtle sweetness throughout the sponge, and then the chunks of apple and the raisins bring a sweet zing. You'd really never know there was no sugar. It's a pleasingly simple cake and just perfect with a cup of tea. Hope you enjoy.
Mix the grated apple, chopped apple, raisins and pecans in a large bowl.
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Stage 1 Community Engagement was open between April and May 2018. Public contributions regarding the current Dog Management Strategy were collected. Submissions were considered in the drafting of a new dog management policy and in determining proposed declared areas (off-lead, on-lead, prohibited, training and restricted) areas.
The proposed declared areas were considered by the City's Parks and Recreation Committee at its meeting on 6 December 2018.
The decision of the Parks and Recreation Committee was considered by the full Council at its meeting on 17 December 2018.
The Committee and Council determined that the dog management policy and declared areas as proposed will be released for comment.
Consultation on the draft dog management policy and proposed declared areas is proposed to take place in January 2019.


Joydip Mitra is a freelance photographer based in Kolkata. He works as a picture contributor to magazines, and stays happy if a magazine—any magazine-- finds his pictures going with the theme of a story they are carrying out. Honestly, Joydip likes to frame his own stories. He is basically an accumulator of pictures and primarily tries to tell an interesting--visual--story with his accumulated pictures. If the story makes sense, Joydip proposes it to magazines. In this simple process—working all by himself—Joydip has so far taken pictures in 26 of 29 Indian states, and has clicked festivities of all kind, the monsoon, diverse faiths, arts in many forms, religion, fairs both famous and little known. Occasionally he also had to go for such queer subjects as gramophone sellers in Kolkata, old age home for racing horses, dance of the head-hunters in Nagaland, dogs undergoing ultrasonography.


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Purchasing a home can be very exciting however it is quite a tricky process. Since you'll be living there for a while you need to make sure it is the right house for you and that the repayments are not going to send you broke. It is a good idea to get in contact with a property lawyer or a conveyance as soon as possible to get some advice on your options.
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The assassination attempts grew increasingly frequent until one assailant met Talon blade-for-blade in a match of strength. To his surprise, Talon was disarmed and facing down his executioner's sword when the assassin revealed himself to be General Du Couteau. The General offered Talon the choice between death at his hand, or life as an agent of the Noxian High Command. Talon chose life, on the condition that his service was to Du Couteau alone, for the only type of orders he could respect were from one he could not defeat.
Talon remained in the shadows, carrying out secret missions on Du Couteau's orders that took him from the frigid lands of the Freljord to the inner sanctums of Demacia itself. When the general vanished, Talon considered claiming his freedom, but he had gained immense respect for Du Couteau after years in his service. He became obsessed with tracking down the general's whereabouts, and scours the land in search of those responsible for Du Couteau's disappearance.
"The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon. Challenge us, if you dare."
Innate: Talon's spells Wound champions and epic monsters for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
When Talon basic attacks a target with 3 stacks of Wound, he bleeds them for physical damage over 2 seconds.
Active: Talon leaps to a target and deals physical damage. If cast from melee range, Talon does not leap but instead critically strikes, dealing 150% damage.
When Noxian Diplomacy kills a unit, Talon regains health and refunds 50% of its cooldown.
Active: Talon tosses a volley of blades, dealing physical damage to units hit and returning to him after a delay.
On their way back to Talon, the blades deal additional damage and slow the enemy for 1 second.
Active: Talon vaults over the nearest structure or terrain in the target direction. The vault's speed is affected by Talon's Movement Speed.
Talon cannot dash over the same section of terrain more than once for a period of time.
Active: Talon disperses a ring of blades that deal physical damage to all units they hit, gains increased movement speed, and becomes Invisible for up to 2.5 seconds. When the Invisibility ends, the blades converge, dealing the same damage again to enemies they pass through.
Base armor decreased. Base magic resistance increased.
As a melee champion who takes a lot spell damage in the laning phase, Talon suffered disproportionately from the loss of magic resist runes in the preseason.
"Still not renaming it. Maybe in a future patch. Foot stab? "
Fixed an bug that sometimes caused Talon's Rake to fire backwards after using Cutthroat.


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Bob Blackman is MP for Harrow East.
In February, Donald Trump made waves when he initiated a process that could lead to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps being designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO). Similar action should be pursued by traditional U.S. allies, including not only the UK and the European Union but also Middle Eastern states, several of which recently took the surprising step of including the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia on their own lists of terrorist organisations.
The new U.S. administration's initial moves on Iran policy, including its call for FTO designation and the decision to put the Islamic Republic "on notice" over its ballistic missile tests, may preface a period of expanded international cooperation in confronting the threat coming out of Iran.
This development ought to be applauded, and I believe UK and European policymakers should strive to make that collaboration more apparent. After all, the threat coming out of Iran is very serious. It is by no means limited to the possibility of an Iranian nuclear weapon, regardless of whether the nuclear agreement succeeded in constraining Iran's ambitions toward that end. The more immediate threats have been evident in Iran's conduct in the region, including its efforts to secure a permanent foothold for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and local proxy forces in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq.
The nuclear agreement and Western policy surrounding it has made it easier for forces like the IRGC and its many Iranian front companies to pursue their sinister objectives by loosening the reins on Iran's economy. The effects of this permissiveness are steadily becoming clearer, with the help of some individuals and organisations who consider it their mission to expose the ongoing – and escalating – misconduct of Iran's clerical regime.
Last week, the Iranian resistance organisation, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), held a press conference to identify the locations and detail the operations of approximately 90 docks that are being operated solely by the IRGC and thus are being used for the smuggling of arms and personnel to international terrorist groups.
The NCRI, with the People's Mojahedin organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the leading Iranian opposition movement as its main constituent, previously held a press conference to discuss the IRGC's terrorist training program, which has reportedly expanded greatly in recent years, most particularly since the beginning of the full scale Iranian involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Both disclosures by the NCRI relied upon intelligence gathered from within the Iranian regime and even from within the IRGC by the network of the PMOI.
The February revelations identified over a dozen camps, the operations of which were divided according to the type of training and also the national identity of the aspiring terrorists who had travelled to the Islamic Republic in search of more advanced paramilitary skills.
The newer NCRI revelations seem to provide greater context to the previous disclosures in that they explain how the IRGC facilitates its ongoing interactions with these paramilitary organisations and terrorist groups. It also goes a long way toward explaining how the IRGC finances those interactions, which involve virtually constant arms-smuggling. This should not have been a mystery to any Western policymaker with a decent understanding of Iran; the 90 IRGC docks comprise 45 per cent of the total number of commercial docks operating in Iran, but they are only one piece of the commercial empire that the hard-line paramilitary has constructed over the years.
The earnings from those docks are considerable, being estimated at about 12 billion dollars annually, and they stand to increase if the sanctions relief that was granted under the nuclear deal prompts many Western companies to do business with Iran while disregarding the likelihood of their financing the IRGC and its illicit operations, either directly or indirectly.
Through outright ownership of major commercial enterprises and minority ownership of a variety of others, the IRGC maintains control over the majority of the Iranian GDP, and this situation is only growing more lucrative for it. The Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, had ordered that the Revolutionary Guards be subjected to no oversight in the operation of their own docks. This remarkable permissiveness is indicative of the growing power that the IRGC wields over the regime. That power will be greatly amplified if the supreme leader's permissive stance continues to be mirrored in the decision-making of Governments of the West.
In order to avoid this outcome, it is imperative that new efforts in the U.S. to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation proceed to their natural conclusion. This new – and long overdue – designation must lead to greatly expanded sanctions on the IRGC and its front companies. It is also important that European policymakers follow suit and continue to build the sort of international consensus on Iran.
Without that consensus, the IRGC will have free rein to grow both its financial empire and its terrorist network and to go on exploring the ways in which these things support each other. Traditionally, the West has made the mistake of thinking that it could deal with the terrorism of the IRGC, or its foreign special operations Quds Force, in isolation from the IRGC's financial and domestic activities. However these things are inextricably bound and it is impossible to seriously address one without addressing the other.
The new efforts to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group appear to reflect awareness of this fact. On this particular issue, America and Europe can and should speak in unison, loudly and clearly.


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PV Sindhu has triggered celebrations across the nation with a silver medal in badminton at the Rio Olympics, as people are talking about a strict training schedule and discipline that went into achieving this feat.
But apart from all the effort she puts in to rise as one of the best in her field, Sindhu is just like any other 21-year-old who likes ice cream, spends time with the family and enjoys street badminton with her neighbours like a lot of Indians.
In a video posted by her family friend Dr Nisarga on Facebook, Sindhu is seen playing badminton with a 7-year-old girl named Praanjala, who also attends the Gopichand academny where Sindhu trains.
The video recorded days before Sindhu left for Rio, shows Praanjala playing really well with the silver medallist. Perhaps this young shuttler might be one of those who will rise to Olympics glory in the future.


New York state is a welcoming place for small businesses and offers opportunities to try out a fast-paced market that few other locations in the U.S. can compete with. It's currently home to 2.1 million small businesses that make up 99.8 percent of all businesses in the entire state. That means that small business drives just about every aspect of commerce in the region.
Many people think the only place to get into business and be successful is New York City, but nothing could be further from the truth. New York state offers business opportunities of all kinds beyond NYC. A U.S. small business can locate in the north of the state and be close to the Canadian border to take advantage of cross-border business opportunities. Someone who wants to get involved in agriculture will find plenty of farmland available for their purposes. If there's a dream of opening an outdoor adventure business, the Catskill Mountains are perfect for this type of company.
New York's tax policies are aimed toward getting small business to locate within the state. One program called Startup New York allows selected applicants the green light to skip paying taxes for as long as 10 years. The state does have a reputation for a complex tax structure for corporations, which can be problematic for a small business — but not for much longer. The state is focusing on simplifying the calculation methods used when figuring taxes for the various types of corporations and making it easier to file without getting into trouble.


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