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School Board tour highlights new housing developments projected to boost enrollment
February 20, 2017 AAPS News Editor Board of Education, Features, Latest news, News
This AAPS bus was for school board members, but could soon be picking up and dropping off students living in the North Oaks development.
By Andrew Cluley- AAPS Communications Specialist
In the last several years, most of the attention on residential construction in Ann Arbor has focused on the heart of the city. These large projects have primarily been designed for university students, young professionals, and empty nesters and haven't added many children to enrollment numbers in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. That's about to change, as new projects approved throughout town are expected to be more appealing to families than the downtown high rises.
The city has approved three projects in the northeast part of town alone that will add 931 housing units. Projects from the Ann Arbor Housing Commission and others that have received some approval from the city would add another 207 single family homes and apartments. Mitchell and Mouat Architects co-founder Dick Mitchell describes the projects approved across the city as the largest number at any one time in the last 30 years.
To get a better sense of what's coming the Board of Education recently took a trip to see some of the future development sites and get an estimate from Mitchell on how many students they will bring to AAPS. Mitchell projects an additional 642 K-12 students from the North Oaks, Woodbury Club, and North Sky developments in the northeast part of the city alone. He projects another 335 students from the South Pond Village behind Arborland, a pair of Ann Arbor Housing Commission projects, and a development on Packard.
Mitchell says projecting future enrollment is a bit of an art, not an exact science, but says a number of factors went into his projections. "It's been the result of talking to the city and talking to developers about what their demographics are and their markets and what the unit types and sizes are and what their target market is," he says. The result of the calculations are some larger projects that will be more appealing to young professionals and retirees will add fewer students than smaller projects more geared towards families.
School Board Vice President Susan Baskett, President Christine Stead, Superintendent Jeanice Swift, and Toll Brothers' Justin Whitney discuss the map of the North Oaks development just to the north of Logan Elementary.
While many of the projects haven't broken ground yet, board members got a sense of how quickly they can be completed when they dropped into the sales office for the North Oaks development. Right now the sales office and a construction trailer are the only buildings at the site that spans both sides of Dhu Varren at Nixon, but the initial roads are in, and ground will be broken in the next couple of weeks for the first Carriage House and Town House models. Standing across from a poster that highlights the educational advantages of Ann Arbor Public Schools, Toll Brothers Project Manager Justin Whitney told school board members the first residents should arrive in August, with expectations to have 15 units closed on by October.
Following the tour, board members shared the visit highlights how quickly the additional housing will be finished. "Ann Arbor is growing and we want to ensure that our children have an excellent learning environment," says President Christine Stead. "It's impressive how quickly growth is occurring," she adds.
Toll Brothers highlight the educational opportunities in Ann Arbor in promoting their North Oaks project.
Stead says the tour was useful, but the school board has already been reviewing how best to accommodate this enrollment growth. "We are looking at a strategy that addresses growth closest to the schools in these residential areas," she says. "This is a dynamic process and we will continue to review projections and planned residential projects."
The immediate response is to use modular classrooms at schools that are currently at capacity. The proposed sinking fund millage on the May 2nd ballot would provide funding for permanent expansion of schools if the projected enrollment growth proves to be stable and lasting.
While already approved projects are expected to bring almost 1,000 new students, they aren't the only developments possible. There is a new proposal for apartments and condos for the long stalled Lower Town development on Broadway and the Barton Green proposal could bring 260 residential units on Pontiac Trail. There's also the possibility that some downtown rental properties may be rehabbed into single family homes again as more students choose high rises. Mitchell says it's too early to predict what impact these changes might have for AAPS, but everyone will be watching closely. "What the city has committed to do, and we will too, is just to keep monitoring and as the units get sold we're going to get counts and try to be more accurate when we're dealing with reality and not guessing," he says.


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The popular Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi has created a Communist Party Committee, making it the first blockchain based company to do so in China.
The committee was created through a Huobi subsidiary called Beijing Lianhuo information service, which was recently registered as a business earlier this year. The subsidiary is owned by the founder of Huobi Li Lin who praised the launch of the committees, referring to it as a milestone for the firm, hailing the communists party for its friendly policies towards the blockchain industry, where Huobi has several businesses operating out of mainland China.
One of the officials from the same place where Huobi's blockchain organisation is based, Cao Zhou made a warning on the new branches roles.
The laws of the communist party make it a necessity for an organisation with at least three communist party members as employees to set up a branch of the party - this especially applies for state-owned firms. While this directive doesn't extend to private companies, a couple of privately owned firms have started to launch communist party committees in recent times as they look for ways to make stronger ties with the government.
Huobi Group's digital asset platform was one of the organisations which fled away from China before making a home in Singapore where it now operates. The Communist Party has also sent out a warning to relaxation sports in China and private venues not to take on any events that were related to cryptocurrency.
Earlier in the year, Alipay and WeChat were given a state order which forced them to close their accounts of cryptocurrency based merchants.


In one of the most historic, euphoric and cataclysmic weeks Congress has ever seen, Pope Francis called for peace and progress, radical Tea Party Republicans pressured Speaker Boehner to announce his resignation, the federal government moved closer to shutting down – and our message to keep Congress accountable reached more than 2 million Americans on Facebook and social media, with more than 17,000 people sharing our message that Congress should not be paid when the government closes its doors.
These days, Facebook and Twitter are instant indicators of what people are interested in and where they stand. And by midweek, the "No Government-No Pay Act (H.R. 3562) I reintroduced to prohibit Congress from getting paid during future government shutdowns was peaking as the nation's second most talked about issue on social media. Other members of Congress from all over the country were getting calls urging them to cosponsor the measure, which was subsequently introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.
The astounding public response to our "No Government-No Pay" act reaffirms three things: First, Americans are united in their demand that we prevent another expensive government shutdown over Republican opposition to funding women's health programs. A shutdown would cost our nation tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in business and commerce. Second, it demonstrates that the American people care. They send us to Washington to go to work, fix things and get things done – and they haven't given up on that. And third, they want Congress to start living in the real world – and take responsibility for the job they are paid to do. Do your job or don't get paid – it's that simple.


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from Ancient Temples Solomon Temple to Greek Parthenon Who we are, Spirituality, Power of Mind, Art, consciousness, Symbols and Signs, meditation
Mystical Learnings from Ancient Temples
by Nataša Pantović
Walking the path of a spiral ascending, giving our deep respect to ancestors wisdom and scientists consciousness researches, with the knowledge that even within our history we follow a circle, spinning around the same centers until our souls understand the divine message, observing the ascend and descend of some great Civilizations, we know that our predecessors built Temples worrying greatly if there are to be destroyed.
According to the Bible, the Humanity's first ever Temple, was the Temple of Solomon, the plans still to be found within the ancient religious manuscripts of Israel, that hid within its deapth a closed door which is to open only to Messiah.
Solomon Temple 970 BC
in ancient Jerusalem from the 970 BC to 600 BC built by the King Solomon. The temple was dedicated to Yahweh, and it was the place of the Ark of the Covenant containing the original tablets of the Ten Commandments. No archaeological excavations were ever allowed on the Temple Mount. Solomon was a wise king of Israel who succeeded his father, King David. According to the Tanakh, the Temple was destroyed by the Babylonian Empire in 598 BC.
King Solomon and Queen Sheba
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When travelling through Ethiopia, I was reminded of this beautiful story that is fully incorporated within the Ethiopian culture and tradition.
It has all started tells us the Gospels of Matthew (12:42) and Luke (11:31), when the "queen of the South", in Ethiopia well known as Queen Sheba has decided to travel from her home-land Ethiopia to meet this wise and generous King Solomon. The Queen was received with honors, given a Palace and respected while exchanging wisdom with the King. Before she left, there was a great feast in the king's palace so Queen Sheba stayed in the palace overnight. That same night, Solomon had a dream about the birth of the son rising over Israel, moving to shine over Ethiopia and the Byzantine empire. Solomon gave the Queen a ring as a token of faith, and she bore him a son, whom she named Baina-leḥkem, a Son of the Wise Man, later called Menilek, and even today some of the Ethiopian families claim their ancestry from his family. The boy spent his childhood in Ethiopia, and went to Jerusalem carrying his father's ring, and was received with great honors. Prior to leaving, secretly the expedition took the Ark of the Covenant, and brought it to Ethiopia where apparently it hides even today.
Mapping the wisdom of perfect mathematical harmony, within the Solomon Temple, we are told, all the measurements were symbolic and referred to sacred numbers. The shape was square or pyramidical, and at the main door we find two columns covered with bronze representing two Trees found in Paradise, Yakin and Boas, representing two contrary yet mutually analogue Tao manifestations, man and woman, idea and form, cause and effect, Yin and Yang. The circumference at the bottom was 12 cubits, the number of creation and realization, the four directions multiplied by three forces of manifestation (satwa, rajas, tamas).
Like a pyramid or a sacred triangle the walls of the Temple were built like the Babylon's main square, larger at the bottom, rising up, with a chapel or a church or a temple at its very top, the same architecture of the Mayan's temple structures.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of 7 World Wonders Encyclopedia Britannica
Ivory Pomegranate Solomon Temple 1,200 BC
Ivory pomegranate Solomon Temple art 1200 BC Collection Israel Museum Jerusalem Photo by Nahum Slapak
At the top of the Temple we find a pomegranate, actually not one but many branches spirally rising to become one. What a divine fruit!
A thumb sized 44 millimeters artifact dated to the 1,300 BC known as "ivory pomegranate" is the oldest ornamental ritualistic object apparently used by the high priests in the Solomon Temple, now acquired by the Israel Museum and regarded as the most important item of biblical antiquities in the Israel Museum's collection. It is made of hippopotamus bone and bears an inscription: Holy (Sacred) to the Priest of the House of God that was unscripted onto the item a bit later.
Greek Parthenon and Ancient Temples
Slopes of the Acropolis Greece Mysticism of Ancient Temples 2500 BC
The Greek Parthenon is an ancient temple on the Athenian Acropolis, in Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, built in 450 BC, when the Athenian Empire was at its peak. During early 180s Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, that was occupying the Christian Greece at the time, removed about half of the Temple and transported it to Britain. The oldest ancient Greek temple is now on display in the British Museum in London, together with the full set of Egyptian mummy's graves taken from Egypt.
The political ambiance and religious systems of the time let them change hands with no major upheaval or revolution, at the time there were too few scientists or conscious good men to fight for these sacred items to remain in Greece or Egypt. Since the early 1980s, Greek governments have disputed the British Museum legal title to these most precious antique sculptures...
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Acropolis and Ancient History 1-2,000 BC
Now what you probably don't know is that the great limestone rock were the Neolithic remains discovered on the slopes of the Acropolis Greece, indicating a Temple on the hill from at least 2,800BC. The earliest known Hellenistic structures, the one dedicated to Athen dates back to the 6th century BC, replacing the previous Megalithic Temple Structure, followed by a Christian Church and a Mosque built on the very exact same sacred spot...
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*Note the similarity of the name to the Macedonians.
The chronicle of the Acropolis of Athens during 1,000 BC - 2,000 BC can only be guessed.
Acropolis in Greek means "the highest place in town". The first inhabitants of the Acropolis of Athens were Mycenaeans and we find their remains in the 1,400 BC. At the southwest end of the Acropolis, right behind the later Temple of Athena, we find their fortifications. Mycenaean kings built a palace and a worshiping place "where the Archaic temple of Athena was later built, or a little further east on the summit of the hill" (Dontas,, The Acropolis and its Museum). worshiping the Goddess of fertility and nature.
Esoteric teachings of Golden Citizens of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Philosophers 400 BC – 200 AC Closer to Truth closer to God s by Nataša Nuit Pantović Treading the path of the development of Human Thought, giving full respe
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Mnajdra Maltese Temple 3,000 BC Mystical Teachings of Ancient Temples
Abusing Humanity's Goodness nd Ancient Temples Vandalism
There is no deeper enemy to any scientific or creative thinking to the Superstition, so the protection of our Temples became our major hustle all throughout our history.
Protecting a Temple from the destruction, no matter what religion it belongs to, has not yet become our mind-set. Blackmailing another religious group with the destruction of their Temples is still a major war strategy. Do you ever wonder why?
Mnajdra 3,000 BC in Malta was also vandalised
Iin April 2001, during the Good Friday, men with heavy equipment, tracks, and so on, entered the Temple site and destroyed / moved a large number of megaliths drawing crosses in several areas... Even though this was such a largw operation, none was accused of vandalism.
Mnajdra temple 3,000 BC vandalised Mystical teachings of Ancient temples
Secrets of Malta Ancient Temples video byNuit
The Hidden Secrets of Malta Temples and 111 Hz Sound Healing in Ancient Temples
111 Hz and Healing with Sound an Excerpt from Spiritual Symbols with Their Meanings Book (AoL Book #8) by Nataša Nuit Pantović Sound Therapy in Ancient Temples from Spiritual Symbols book by Nuit J…
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Super Sisters Bees Eusociality consciousness Evolution by Nataša Pantović Eusociality, from Greek εὖ eu "good", is the highest level of organization of animal sociality,
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Ancient Mediterranean Cultures and Advanced Civilizations by Nataša Pantović Nuit The Tao of Logos During the past 50 / 100 years , more and more archeological findings f
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Supreme God and Sound Frequency Chanting Mantras by Nataša Pantović Nuit The philosophical research concerning the divine and consciousness poses the question: Is there a
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by Nataša Pantović Nuit Have you seen the oldest preserved Gospel of John found in Egypt 200 AC? It took me ages but I did go line by line comparing the old Greek text to
True Name of god and Ancient symbols and frequencies by Nataša Pantović Pulsation, vibration, rhythm exists everywhere as Akasha / Sound / Waves and we hope to reach th
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Denier: Governor Sununu Says Global Warming May Not Be Caused by Carbon Emissions
Aug 3, 2017 Melissa Birchard | @melissabirchard
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is out of step with scientific consensus on climate change. Photo: New Hampshire residents at the March for Science in Portsmouth. Peter Cedric Rock Smith, CC by NC-ND-2.0
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has now openly denied the scientific consensus that climate change is primarily caused by excess heat-trapping carbon in our atmosphere. Initially, we were hopeful the governor might rise above partisan politics and family prejudices (his brother Michael is an outspoken climate denier) to take a responsible position on climate change. After all, this is New Hampshire, and people here are devoted to the state's mountains, rivers, and lakes.
During his campaign for governor, Sununu ducked climate questions, but now we know where he stands.
In a recent interview with New Hampshire Public Radio, Governor Sununu revealed that, like others in his family, he denies the science of climate change.
In the interview, partly transcribed here, Sununu appears to acknowledge that the climate has "warmed up pretty much continuously over the last 150 years." But he doesn't admit that the gradual warming documented since industrialization is caused primarily by greenhouse gas emissions. And, despite the fact that 150 years of warming have already passed, the governor bafflingly insists he doesn't want to move too quickly.
Hedging in the evasive manner of partisan politicians, Sununu told NHPR, "I think we should keep looking at it. We have to keep studying it… Is carbon the leading reason why the earth has warmed up pretty much continuously over the last 150 years, I'm not sure. It could be." Sununu goes on to explain, "[O]ne of my jobs being a good manager is not making drastic decisions one way or the other, not reacting to the pendulum swinging in terms of public perception." As if 150 years of human-caused warming and worldwide scientific consensus wasn't enough evidence to act on.
Enough is enough. The scientific consensus is in. Wake up, Governor Sununu, and take action.
Climate change is already impacting New Hampshire's people and environment. Harmful warming is causing increased incidences of major drought, catastrophic flooding, sea-level rise, more and more Lyme disease in our children (and adults), and historically warm winters across New Hampshire. Chris Sununu likes to call himself a good manager. A good manager would act decisively in the face of such impacts.
But Sununu puts party before people. Asked in the same interview why he refused to sign onto the state-led U.S. Climate Alliance, Governor Sununu fabricated a dog-whistle-type answer as only a real political partisan can.
Sununu says he won't join other states in taking climate action.
By way of background, when President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the international Paris Climate Accord in June, states across the country realized we could still achieve the same or similar climate goals through state action. With no need to sit around waiting for federal leadership, governors started to build a network of states committed to cutting carbon emissions – called the U.S. Climate Alliance. The Republican governors of Massachusetts and Vermont have signed on, along with the governors of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Puerto Rico, and nine other states (so far).
So why didn't Governor Sununu join the U.S. Climate Alliance on behalf of the Granite State? Well, Governor Sununu told NHPR he wouldn't sign a piece of paper brought to him by the governors of New York and California. Those states – in his words – are the worst polluters in the nation. According to Politifact New Hampshire, however, this is very much a falsity. As Politifact reports, California and New York used to be big polluters, but in recent years have slashed their carbon emissions to become two of the cleanest states in the nation by per capita emissions. How did they do this? By setting goals to reduce carbon and invest in clean energy solutions and energy efficiency – which is exactly what New Hampshire could do if we signed onto the U.S. Climate Alliance, along with our New England neighbors and others.
Sununu's true colors are finally showing.
What's become clear is that, not only does Governor Sununu deny the science on climate, he also refuses to join a bipartisan climate agreement because it has the participation of traditionally Democrat-led states like New York and California. Unlike other Republican leaders in New England, who are able to put aside petty partisanship to get something done across the aisle (thank you Massachusetts and Vermont), Governor Sununu prefers to toe the Trump line even when it harms the people of New Hampshire. (He also supports Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord. Read more about that here.)
But the cost of such petty politics is too high for Granite Staters to sit idly by. We won't stick our heads in the sand and hope for the best when it comes to the future of our children and our state. We must demand that Governor Sununu join the U.S. Climate Alliance, and take meaningful action to fight climate change in New Hampshire. Rhetoric, partisan hedging, and falsehoods are not enough this time.
Join us – demand action, not denial.
In the wake of Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Accord, Conservation Law Foundation has committed to pushing every state in New England to join the U.S. Climate Alliance. Our goal is for each of the New England states to commit to enforceable action – not just words – to cut climate-damaging pollution. New Hampshire shouldn't be the weak link in the puzzle – let's lead, not follow.
Call Governor Sununu's office at 603.271.2121 to tell him sign the U.S. Climate Alliance and to support enforceable climate goals. In order for the Granite State to remain a beautiful and safe place to live, work, and play, we must #ActonClimateNow.
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From competitive swimmer to fund manager: Interview with Lion Global Investors' CMO
Gwyneth Yeo Posted On April 4, 2017
Source: Lion Global Investors
Lim Shyong Piau is no stranger to the finance industry in Singapore, with over two decades of experience in the fund management industry.
He is the Chief Marketing Officer at Lion Global Investors, a position he has held since 2016, and manages the business development, distribution and client servicing operations of both the firm's domestic and international businesses.
Prior to that, Lim was the Managing Director and the Head of the Singapore operations at Invesco Asset Management Singapore. During his 8 year tenure, Lim took charge of the business development activities in South East Asia, South Korea, and India.
In March, Zuu Online sat down with Lim for an interview about his investment journey, which started sometime after he had completed his GCE A Level examinations.
"I just picked up the phone and called my father's broker and started trading," he said in earnest. "Honestly, it was pure stock market trading and wasn't too sophisticated. I guess I was just fortunate to have done reasonably well over a period of time."
A long-term goal
In fact, Lim did so well that his interest in stock trading continued for another 16 years after that first phone call. "If you think about it, that makes a lot of sense because investments are about being long term oriented and not about flipping a stock after a week or two."
"If you buy into a business and you think it's going to do well because it has all the right fundamentals, then you should just stay invested and let it run and benefit from the compounding effect. This is especially so for a good business with the right business model and an economic moat that gives them a competitive advantage."
Lim's long term investment philosophy has served him well even today.
"There will always be cycles in any kind of business, including the fund management business, so we have to think a little bit longer term, make the right investments in people and technology, and work towards a longer term, or at least a medium term goal," Lim explained. "Lion Global Investors is focused on the long term, and what that means is, we shouldn't be overly concerned with the month-to-month, quarter-to-quarter, or even year-to-year fluctuations."
"We also know for a fact that in this business, there is no one manager that can be number one day in and day out, year in and year out. There will be cycles, sometimes you do well, sometimes you won't. Don't get too complacent when you do well, and when you don't, remember to stay on an even keel to focus on doing the right things and focus on the basic fundamentals of the business."
Competitive swimming to fund management
Lim showed Zuu Online an old photo of himself saved in his mobile phone. It was a picture of a fresh-faced, tanned and youthful version of Lim during his days as a national swimmer.
"I was swimming before Joseph Schooling was born," he quipped, as he recalled waking up at the crack of dawn every day to fit in a swim practice before he headed to school. It would take another half day of school, two more 2-hourly swimming sessions and homework time before his day ended and the cycle repeated itself.
"There are a lot of parallels if you look at competitive sports and the fund management business, because the competition is really intense," he explained, adding that there is no guarantee that anyone will always emerge at the top.
"While we cannot control the outcome of a fund, we can control the amount of time we put in to do fundamental research, we can control how diligent and conscientious we are, and we can decide that when it comes to portfolio implementation, we execute it in a cost-effective manner," he said. "It's not about being cheap, or being on a low budget, it's all about getting the best bang for the buck."
Biggest investing mistake
Lim recalled one of the biggest investing mistakes he had made in the late 1990s. After having had much success in stock trading, and feeling very confident in his abilities, Lim decided to start investing through leveraged futures trading.
"I got my fingers badly burned," he said, adding that he paid a steep price for a valuable lesson learned.
"It was contrary to what I originally thought about investments which is long term oriented. I mean, flicking in and out of a position in a futures market, what is long term about that?"
To prevent other new investors from making the same mistake he made, Lim urges new investors to learn more about fundamental investing, particularly if they do not have deep pockets to begin with.
"If it's your spare change and pocket money, by all means do whatever you want to do with it, but if it's for longer term savings, and you're at your stage in your life where you are trying to grow your wealth and accumulate a base, then you don't want to fiddle around that way with the money that you have."
So, what investment does Lim recommend?
Right now, Lim is spearheading the LionGlobal Disruptive Innovation Fund, which allows investors to invest in the fund with as little as $100. For that amount, investors would have a globally diversified portfolio of 100 equities of disruptive companies that may include the likes of Facebook or Amazon.
"There's a big misconception that these platforms, like Snapchat and Amazon, are only for the younger generation," Lim said thoughtfully. "The reality is that we are all users of all these new technology and new innovation and new businesses, but we have become so preoccupied with fiddling with these things, that we neglected to think about how we can financially and economically benefit from all this, other than being the one paying for the product or service."
"Collectively, all of us are big contributors of these companies' business growth, revenue growth and profitability, yet we are not taking advantage of it."
Lim intends to change that with the launch of the LionGlobal Disruptive Innovation Fund. The portfolio of 100 companies comes from an investible pool of 500 companies that have successfully disrupted the incumbents in its respective business space. These companies are either successful software innovators, hardware innovators, or have seen significant breakthroughs in their field.
The portfolio is selected through a five factor screening base which includes market capitalisation, volatility, sales growth, earnings per share growth and price to sales ratio. The passively managed fund is then rebalanced every quarter.
Lim believes the LionGlobal Disruptive Innovation Fund's minimum investment amount of $100 makes having a diversified portfolio much more accessible to small time investors. "Plus, I think the annual management fees are extremely compelling at 100 basis points, and with no sales charge."
Not a venture capital fund
While the LionGlobal Disruptive Innovation Fund is not limited to technology companies, nor by a specific sector or country, Lim cautioned against the perception that the fund would invest in startup businesses that had innovative but unproven solutions.
"It's important to know that with this fund, we are not trying to play the role of an angel investor or a venture capital. What we are looking at, are proven things. Proven technology, proven businesses, as well as successful and sustainable businesses. So, we won't invest in startups," he said firmly.
"The startup environment is quite different, and I don't think the regular man in the street has the appetite to deal with a ten bagger out of the portfolio of 10 companies, and have 9 of the companies fail along the way."
Worthwhile investment
In fact, Lim is so convinced that the LionGlobal Disruptive Innovation Fund is a worthwhile investment that he plans to invest in it himself, on behalf of his two sons who are 9 and 7.
"It will be about 15 years before they start working and become financially independent, and I think it's a good time horizon to be invested in this fund," said Lim. "I also intend to do this as a regular savings plan. An RSP conceptualises dollar cost averaging, and allows you to ride over the ups and downs that you are bound to see in the equities market."
What's interesting, is that this investment would also be Lim's first investment into a fund.
"In the past, I was very aggressive in managing my own investments so I didn't see the need to use a fund," he said. "But at this stage of my life, where I'm a little bit busy at work, and want to be present during my sons' growing years, I think some decisions are best left to the experts."
"I might as well leave it to Lion Global Investors to do the hard work for me."
Gwyneth Yeo
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Girraween is an undeveloped locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is in the Granite Belt and on the border with New South Wales. In the , Girraween had a population of 5 people.

Geography
The terrain is in the Granite Belt and is mountainous with peaks including (from north to south) Slip Rock , The Pyramids , Castle Rock , Billy Goat Hill , Twin Peaks , Sphix , Turtle Rock , Mount Norman , Middle Rock  and West Bald Rock . The entire locality is undeveloped and within the Girraween National Park.

History
The locality was named and bounded on 15 December 2000. It presumably takes its name from the national park.

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Impressionism Revisited by Ted Seth Jacobs
Impressionism Revisited
by Ted Seth Jacobs
Over one-hundred years ago Impressionism appeared on the scene. It is my understanding that it was created as a reaction against the classicist 'Salon' painting of the period, which was endorsed by the state and appreciated by the public. Impressionism claimed to show the seen world more truly, in a less artificial and stylized manner. It also was supposed to bring painting out of the studio and into the open air of the outdoors. It usually preferred to celebrate everyday life and the pleasures of real middle-class people, rather than to draw its subjects from mythology, historical episodes from the past or other escapes from everyday reality. The contemporaneous Naturalist movement, on the other hand, painted down-to-earth laboring people and the suffering poor.
The Impressionists found it necessary to create a style of drawing, a treatment of light and a range of colors — a "palette" — that was different from Academic norms, and better matched to the Impressionist conception of visual reality.
Impressionist drawing puts great emphasis on an idiosyncratic outer silhouette, or shaped contour, supposedly drawn more from observation than from preconceived structurally-based forms. To the Academic, Impressionist shapes are odd and unexpected. Compared to the Salon style the Impressionist treatment of the modeling of form through gradations of light is more 'flattened.' Technically speaking, that results in the range of value change between the lightest and darkest tones being narrower and less accentuated than in Academic painting. Traditional painting had a more "rounded" look.
The Impressionists sought a more unexpected compositional arrangement on the canvas, an uncomposed "snapshot" quality. Impressionist subjects are often cut off at the edge of the picture, while academic compositions more often situate the subject as if in the centre of a three-dimensional box-like stage.
Since Impressionism was accepted by the critics, art dealers, and the public, about one hundred years ago, it has been assumed that its value was in creating a more vital, and especially, a truer picture of how the world appears, than did the Academic, or Salon painters.
It is now time to question this assumption. It is time to pose the question, "Does the Impressionist vision of life actually look to us today any more 'real' than Academic Salon or Naturalist painting?"
First, it is necessary to understand that no painting is the same as the reality we see. Paintings always look like paintings. Reality always looks like reality, whatever we decide that is. All so-called 'realistic'pictures are in fact a sort of visual coding based on seen reality. Tonally modulated patches of paint stand for visual effects. This codification functions in a cultural context. The chief of an isolated New Guinea tribe will not recognize himself in a photograph until he is taught to do so. He will not at first realise that the photograph is supposed to represent visual reality. We are more or less unconsciously conditioned to interpret, or decode the painted image as a representation of what we see. Pictures are painted tones on a flat canvas. Visual reality is very different. It is a living process of perception. Of course, the flat colored canvases themselves are included in our visual process, but they are not reproductions of the visual world around us. There is a painted world and a seen world, and they are very different.
Joseph Mallard Turner In fact, each artist creates a visual code that in essence is the expression of that artist's deepest nature. This personal expression is the highest value of art. Velazquez's paintings and people always look like the work of Velazquez . Rembrandt creates a Rembrandt world, with its own Rembrandt light and people. Vermeer paints a recognizably Vermeer world.None of these artists creates an exact reproduction of what we see. John Ruskin made this point very clearly.He was a great admirer of Turner , who was renowned for his depiction of glowing sunsets. Ruskin pointed out the fact that the most brilliant Turner sunset hung in a room would not light up the interior, as would a ray of real sunlight coming in through a window. How could pigments ever match the living visual process? We might also well ask, 'Why should it? What value would it have?' I would like to first emphasize that in this article I am not interested in qualifying one kind of painting as artistically better or worse than another. Numberless styles have been invented over the centuries. The Nineteenth Century alone created a plethora of isms. What I will contend, after more than a century has passed since the appearance of Impressionism, and now that, so to speak, the background noise has quieted and the signal can be better appreciated, is that Impressionism is not more real, more in accord with visual reality than was academic Salon painting, or the work of the Naturalists. Impressionism is very different, but not more real.
It has been said that pleasure in anything decreases with repetition. Many people not only constantly require novelty, but become obsessed with the value of newness and change for their own sakes. "If it's new it must be better." What is new is often more readily saleable. I think it entirely possible that in spite of an initial resistance to the novelty of Impressionism, art dealers understood that as a new mode it could be commercially exploited. Many critics and curators like to feel in the forefront of innovative movements, and promote them. It is possible that the popularity of Impressionism was influenced by these factors, as are new movements today. I believe that instinctively or more consciously, the Impressionists rightly perceived that Academic painting did not look to them like the world they lived in. To me, however, it is very questionable whether their work looks any more true than what they were rebelling against. Impressionism was based on much doctrinaire theorising about the visual process and the nature of light and color. The Impressionists must have been tremendously excited by the new tonalities and way of seeing they had discovered. What was of paramount importance to them was to register these new tones and get them on the canvas. It didn't greatly matter how the paint was applied. This caused the critics of the day to be shocked by what they perceived as the "flatness" of the modelling and the crudeness of the paint application, the finish. To them, reality did not look like rather unmodulated patches of paint. From my realist standpoint, these criticisms are still valid. The "color patch" coding system of the Impressionists may have its beauties, but it hardly corresponds to what we see. At the start, what the critics failed to appreciate was the emergence of a new visual paradigm. Again I must ask, because it was new, was it more real? I do not think so. I have often visited the Quai d'Orsay Museum of Nineteenth-Century art in Paris. At each visit I am struck by how poorly the Impressionists captured the vivacity of outdoor tonalities. They were rightly obsessed by the search for 'Le ton juste.' To my eye, they never found it. The justification for the crudity of their finish would be that they were so absorbed in registering the true colors of the landscape that they couldn't be bothered with the niceties of paint treatment.
What shocks me is the unremitting dullness of their plein air palette. Where are the bright colors of nature, the brilliance of sunshine? They are not in the Impressionists' paintings. What we see in fact is a sort of literary description made of images which show what the artists were looking at — "This was bright green grass, this was dazzling sunlight on the side of a house." Unfortunately, the grass in the painting is not nearly green enough, and the painted sun on the house is dull, without the impact made by real sunlight. Yes, the Impressionists painted a lighter more colorful world than the Academics, but one that is many orders duller and darker than how I would paint it. To me, the Impressionist palette looks like a world seen through a depressive vision. The pictures are, so to speak, telling us that the artists were portraying a joyous world, but they are not rendered in the joyous brilliant tones of nature. We see pictures of charming sunny country and people enjoying themselves, but if we notice that the emperor is not wearing the clothes he is supposed to, what is left is a quite tired, dreary world.
The Impressionists were thrilled to discover the flat shapes and patterns of Japanese prints, and Japonisme became the rage. The Naturalists, however, were equally cognizant of the value of flat outer silhouette shapes, and composed their works using this concept very abstractly and tellingly. One need only look at the work of Jules-Alexis Meunier or Dagnan-Bouveret , and even the composition of Jean-Francois Millet , to understand that an emphasis on shape was not the exclusive province of the Impressionists. For presenting a convincing suggestion of visual reality, I find the drawing of the Naturalists superior to that of almost all the Impressionists. The drawing of some Impressionists is better than others, but most suffer from an oversimplification of forms, and many are patently crude. Manet has a very sure grasp of the general outer shapes of things, but his drawing has none of the exquisite sensitivity and refinement of observation of most Naturalists, as is seen in a good Emile Friant , Dagnan-Bouveret, Bastien-Lepage , or Clausen , to name but a few. These artists were trained to register with great delicacy and strength every slightest turn of the contour, and the most subtle subdivisions of human structures. These they searched out with tenacious attention. The slightest modification of line is lovingly attended to. Manet smoothed these subtleties over into a generalised shape. This gives his figures a slight stiffness, compared with a more supple style of drawing. Manet's people have great solidity, but move somewhat artificially, like dolls. The drawing of Monet is quite elementary and crude compared with the Naturalists, or most Orientalists. Renoir created a soft feathery world of excessively sausage-like forms, rather gracelessly drawn. We must not be confused by his subject-matter, which often portrays feminine graceful people. Here again it is important to distinguish between the literary content and the way it is drawn. It is easy to draw graceful people clumsily. The drawing of Degas has a wonderful elasticity and fluidity of movement, but were he in my class I would correct an excessive and inorganic parallelism in his drawing of human forms.
In conclusion, I don't see how it can be said that Impressionist drawing is truer to life than Academic or Naturalist work, or even necessarily that it is more modern. While it may have other strengths, Manet's oversimplification of contour has much in common with Raeburn's . As I have previously mentioned, I cannot pretend to evaluate one style as superior to another. Frans Hals' flashing brushwork is a brilliant codification of the seen world, but can it be called a more real suggestion of what the eyes see than the smoothly finished pictures of Frans Von Mieris ? Similarly, the pasty texture and lack of finish of much Impressionist painting has its beauties, but it certainly cannot be said to look more real than most Academic pictures. We need to reassess Impressionist painting, and stop valuing it for qualities it does not possess. This will also allow us to better appreciate the virtues of other Nineteenth-Century work, which has been downgraded because it is dissimilar to Impressionism. Impressionism, Academism and Naturalism all have their strengths and weaknesses, but I do not see how Impressionism can be said to be a truer visual suggestion of the world than are other styles. Visit Etretat. It looks nothing like a Monet.
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During the tour we'll visit the mysteriously beautiful lakes in Javakheti Protected Areas: Kartsakhi, Bughdasheni, Madatapa, Saghamo and Paravani Lakes.
Kartsakhi Lake is a soda lake in the Caucasus Mountains. It sits on the international border between Georgia (53%) and Turkey (47%), covering an area of 26.3 km² (10.2 sq. mi) at an altitude of 1799 m (5902 ft), with the basin area of 158 km² (61 sq. mi) and the maximum depth - 1 m (3.3 ft). The volume of water is 19.3 million m³. Water is saltish and covered with ice from December to middle of March. It is fed by a number of creeks. During the rainy season its excess water discharges to Mtkvari River. An important bird habitat, it holds one of the largest populations of Eurasian eagle-owl in the country, with the Dalmatian pelican and great white pelican. The village of Kartsakhi lies near its northeastern bank. The village of Kartsakhi lies near its northeastern bank. The trail runs along the shore of Kartsakhi Lake before reaching a bird watching tower and goes back via another route. Birds can be observed from the tower, which features informational boards on local species, and visitors can make use of the picnic area. The route is of particular interest to ornithologists and those who enjoy fishing.
Bughdasheni Lake - a lake in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, in Ninotsminda district, covering an area of 0.39 km² (0.2 sq. mi) at an altitude of 2040 m (6693 ft), with the basin area of 69.3 km² (26.8 sq. mi) and the maximum depth - 0.85 m (2.8 ft). The volume of water is 164 600 m³. Much of the Southern part of this area consists of wetlands. The area around the lake is home for part of the year to many species of migratory birds and the shore largely pristine and undisturbed. A picnic area and the bird watching tower are available for use by visitors. The lake is rich in fish.
Madatapa Lake - a lake in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southeastern Georgia, near the Armenian border. Covering an area of 8.78 km² (3.4 sq.mi) at an altitude of 2108 m (6916 ft), with the basin area of 136 km² (52.5 sq. mi), the maximum depths – 1.7 m (5.6 ft). The volume of water is 9.7 million m³. It is found in one of the most earthquake-prone areas of the Caucasus. The lake is fully frozen during wintertime. This shallow lake, along with Khanchali Lake, is one of the most important in the country for breeding and staging waterbirds, including the endangered Dalmatian pelican. Four villages lie around the lake. Biketi Lake lies to the north.
Saghamo Lake - a tectonic lake in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, southeastern Georgia, covering an area of 4.8 km² (1.9 sq. mi) at an altitude of 1996 m (6549 ft), with the basin area of 528 km² (203.9 sq. mi), the maximum and average depths are - 2.3 m (7.5 ft) and 1.6 m (5.2 ft). The volume of water is 7.7 million m³. It is located north of Madatapa Lake and Biketi Lake. The village of Saghamo lies on its eastern bank.
Paravani Lake - a volcanic lake in Georgia, located in Javakheti Plateau between Abul-Samsari and Javakheti Ranges. Paravani Lake is located 2073 m (6801 ft) above sea level and has a surface area of 37.5 km² (14.5 sq mi) and a drainage basin of 234 km² (90.3 sq mi). Its maximum and average depths are 3.3 m (10.8 ft) and 2.2 m (7.2 ft) respectively. The volume of the lake is 91.000.000 m³ (3.2×109 cu ft). The water level is low during October and November and is high during May and June. The lake is frozen during wintertime and the thickness of the ice ranges from 47 to 73 cm (19 to 29 in). In addition to the small rivers, the lake gets its water from snow, rain, and underground springs. The Paravani River begins from the southern part of the lake, and connects to the Mtkvari River to the right. This freshwater lake is rich in fish and is a popular destination for fishing. Five villages lie around the lake.
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You will enjoy the rare beauty of Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, gorgeous forests of Lagodekhi during the tour. You will have unique opportunity to see various plants and endemic flowers in the wildlife, also the rich wild fauna of Lagodekhi.
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Duration of the Tour: 4 days / 3 nights
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Within the tour you will be able to see Colchis forests, coniferous forests, caves, canyons, waterfalls, peaks, alpine meadows, mineral springs, and beautiful, crystal clear alpine lakes, called "Tobavarchkhili", which in Megrelian means "Silver Lake".
Despite the fact that the road to the silver lake is quite difficult, Tobavarchkhili is becoming increasingly popular among eco tourists from year to year.
Tourists call the Tobavarchkhili Lakes "the magic lakes", "true paradise", "the wonder of nature" and "the cruel-hearted Beauty".
1 day - We will leave from Tbilisi at 6 am for the village Mukhuri of Chkhorotsku district, getting there in about 5 hours. This is starting point for us. After 4-5 hours driving by the appropriate vehicle from Mukhuri we'll encamp in the alpine zone, at the shepherd's hut, in the area of "Natiphuru" (3000 m above sea level).
2 days – We will walk towards Tsashkibuli Tobavarchkhili Lake (walking trail - 8 km). On the way we will pass beautiful gorge and alpine meadows, will see the shepherds and their hut. Finally we'll get to the Tsashkibuli lake and encamp there.
3 days – We will visit the "Chitagvala" lake, also "Didighali", "Kalashi" and "Tsakatskari" lakes, and in the evening will return to the place of primary dislocation – to the camp at the Tsashkibuli lake.
4 days – Early in the morning we will walk back to the auto road. At about 6 o'clock we'll be at the bank of Khobistskali river, where the appropriate vehicle will wait for us. After driving about 40 minutes to village Mukhuri, we will return to Tbilisi by minibus.
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Insider trading history of Mark & Robyn Jones Descendants Trust 2014 at Goosehead Insurance, Inc.
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I know it's Christmas but hey…this Herald article names the accused. I'm still not sure where buddy is from yet. I'm keen to know!
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Q: Relative path to jmeter target folder in Jmeter GUI I want to save Jmeter aggregate report to project's target folder with timestamp,so that everytime I run the tests I get the new unique report, irrespective of OS.
I tried by providing this path /target/jmeter/results/aggReport.csv but it saved it in C:/target/jmeter/results/aggReport.csv Also there was no time stamp.
E.g. 100320182130aggReport.csv which is mmddyyyyhhmmaggReport.csv
This question is in continuation of soemthing I wanted to achieve here and suggested by Dmitri Jmeter: Test plan has two thread groups but it generated only 1 jtl report
I am using Maven, Java 8, Windows 7
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*In case of JMeter test execution via Maven JMeter's working directory (or Java user.dir property) points to target/jmeter/bin folder so you need to construct the desired path relative to it

*Your path starts with / which means it is absolute and points to root folder of the file system

*You need to include __time() function into the resulting filename if you want the result to be prepended by the timestamp

Assuming all above your listener "Filename" field should look like:
../results/${__time(MMddyyyyhhmm,)}aggReport.csv

Check out Five Ways To Launch a JMeter Test without Using the JMeter GUI article for more information on various ways of kicking off a JMeter test including using Maven plugin.

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Our hug is disrupted by Yuri yelling in our ears. We separate, and if it weren't for the energy shield I'm putting up, the flames would have engulfed us.
"This is not our fight," Ms Pink tells Yuri while holding me back with her hand on my arm.
"Something is very wrong with you," says Yuri.
"I am disappointed, Princess Pan Ni. I thought better of you," says Yuri, before turning back to join the fight.
"Ms Pink, what's going on?" I look deep into those blazing pink eyes, trying to see what the problem may be.
It may seem strange for the two of us to be seated on our 'throne' talking while the rest of the Feds and Sovs and Pars are embroiled in a heated fight down under the dome but stranger things have happened in this realm and I really need to pass this information to Ms Pink.
I stand as well, ready to protest her order but she has already joined the fray. She is going straight for Tatua who is flanked by several members of the Sovereign. I see Yuri turning towards her, face breaking out into a tiny smile, probably pleased to see Princess Pan Ni imposing her power. But that smile drops along with her jaw when Ms Pink turns her flames against Tatua's attackers.
"Tatua is guilty for all to see. The trial is a waste of time. Get out of my way!" Kharne roars.
"This is ridiculous. We supers do not deal out of goodwill," Kharne growls.
"Kharne, please take your seat. I have a few questions for Tatua to answer," Ms Pink says with a pleasant smile.
Murmurs rise from the crowd again. What is this case that Ms Pink stopped the fighting for?
"Who is the rival?" asks Edith who has been exceptionally quiet throughout this trial.
The commotion caused by this name drop is intense and it takes a while for the crowd to quieten.
"Princess Pan Ni, you are accusing your vicist?" Sintix questions. Worry is written all over his face. I'm guessing accusing one's vicist doesn't rank high on the list of things supers should do.
"I am accusing Tatua, not Helene," Ms Pink corrects.
Silenced by Ms Pink's glare, Yuri sighs and sits down.
"There is nothing to admit when there is no proof," Tatua replies coldly.
It is clear that Helene is furious with Ms Pink. She makes no effort to hide it either, choosing to enter Demortams with flames burning around her charcoal black cloak.
"What do they have to do with this?" asks Miras.
Kharne's face turns red as the crowd bursts into a buzz over this revelation. "Summon the despicable minions of Helene now!" he bellows.
All heads turn towards the two identical supers. Praeson and Praneos stand side by side, looking every bit the gentlemen in their grey tapered suits, hair brushed back and sleek.
"You despicable minions!" Kharne growls as they descend the steps leading to the bottom.
I can't tell them apart so I have no idea who it is when they speak.
"That is a fib. You three are descendants of Pra," Kharne counters.
A collective gasp booms around the dome.
"Helene, we have no reason to believe you if you cannot produce proof," says Miras.
"After hundreds of years of existence, all of you are no better than humans, asking for proof all the time," Helene spits with venom.
I watch with fascination as Helene closes her eyes and lifts her hands towards the ceiling. Flames erupt and soar up to the dome. A hand closes over mine as the flames climb around us and I smile, knowing it is Ms Pink's.
I continue to watch as Helene's flames grow, flickering and gathering. A figure forms amidst the flames, eerily resembling the hologram before us. The crowd notices it too and loud whispers can be heard everywhere.
"It is easy for them to pretend they cannot," says Miras.
"What is the point of this debate?" Tatua snorts with derision.
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Layoffs are looming at Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., in Waco. (Photo by Bill Gowdy)
By John Carroll |
Updated: Thu 4:40 PM, Sep 05, 2019
WACO, Texas (KWTX) Layoffs are looming at Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., in Waco.
KWTX has learned that about 75 employees will be laid off indefinitely during a 14-day period beginning on Nov. 7 as the company shuts down one of the furnaces at the plant at 5200 Beverly Dr.
"With continued softer demand in the U.S. across the beer category, O-I plans to idle one of the furnaces it uses to manufacture glass containers at its Waco facility for an indefinite duration," company spokesperson Leslie Orozco said in an email.
"This particular furnace is dedicated 100% to producing beer bottles. The remaining furnaces will continue to produce some beer as well as spirit and food glass packaging."
With about 350 workers, the plant is one of the city's larger employers.
A source with knowledge of the situation told KWTX Thursday that the workers affected by the layoff are all members of Dist. 13 of the United Steel Workers Union.
On Aug. 2 the company reported second quarter net sales of $1.8 billion.
"Earnings fell short of management's guidance as sales volumes were essentially flat with last year compared to our expectation of modest growth. Despite encouraging demand trends in April and May, June shipments were softer than anticipated including the impact of extreme weather conditions in Europe," CEO Andres Lopez said at the time.
"We also incurred higher than expected costs in the Americas related to the commissioning of a furnace at a joint venture as well as unplanned downtime due to flooding and weather-related issues. While 2019 is turning out to be a difficult year, we believe many of these factors are temporary and we are taking action to accelerate performance."
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Scientists Identify Reaction That May Cause Rare Blood Clots After AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine
By Chloe Taylor, CNBC	• Published December 2, 2021 • Updated on December 2, 2021 at 6:40 am
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Scientists claim to have discovered a "potential mechanism" that triggers rare blood clots in some people who receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine.
The study suggested that the shot's viral vector — the vaccine ingredient used to transport the coronavirus' genetic material into a recipient's cells — could be the issue.
Medical experts have continued to say that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks associated with it, with one study concluding that Covid-19 poses a much bigger threat of blood clots than vaccination.
Links between the vaccine and rare, sometimes fatal, blood clots have prompted some countries to restrict its use to older adults or favor alternative shots.
To be sure, medical experts have repeatedly said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks associated with it, with one study concluding that Covid-19 poses a much bigger threat of blood clots than vaccination.
Scientists from Cardiff University in the U.K. and Arizona State University in the U.S. worked with AstraZeneca to investigate vaccine-induced blood clots, publishing their findings on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
In the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the viral vector is an adenovirus found in chimpanzees. The adenovirus is engineered to match Covid-19's spike protein — a key part of its structure used to invade human cells.
Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine also uses an adenovirus to carry spike proteins from the coronavirus into human cells to trigger an immune response and has similarly been linked to rare blood clots.
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The team behind the study said they believed the chimpanzee virus used in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had a specific interaction that could prompt the body's defenses to act against itself.
According to the study, the viral vector in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, in rare cases, enters the bloodstream, where it can bind to a protein called platelet factor 4 (PF4).
Once the viral vector has bound to the protein, the immune system views it as foreign, the study's authors said. "Misplaced immunity" may trigger a release of antibodies against PF4, which then binds to and activates cells that help blood clot, causing those cells to cluster together and generate blood clots.
The study's authors emphasized that the phenomenon occurs in "a very small number of people."
Alan Parker, a professor at Cardiff University's School of Medicine, said if a procedure responsible for the rare vaccine-induced blood clots was established, it may help to prevent and treat the disorder.
"Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia [blood clots] only happens in extremely rare cases because a chain of complex events needs to take place to trigger this ultra-rare side effect," he said in a press release Wednesday.
"We hope our findings can be used to better understand the rare side effects of these new vaccines, and potentially to design new and improved vaccines to turn the tide on this global pandemic."
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SPOOKTOBER: HORROR TV
SuperfreakMedia October 22, 2021 October 21, 2021 FILMMAKING, HORROR, REVIEWS, SPOOKTOBER, SUPERFREAKMEDIA
[Written By: Liam Banks]
Welcome foolish mortals to the third Blog Post of the month! We really are spoiling you this Spook-Tober!
So Charlie covered some do's and don'ts when it came to Horror Movies this Spooky Season so naturally we also need to talk TV when it comes time to 'Netflix and Kill' this October. I'll see myself out with all these puns!
We here at Superfreak absolutely love anything Mike Flanagan has had a hand in and this latest offering from Netflix is no exception. If you're fed up of re-watching 'The Haunting' Series' this brand new show will sate that appetite. Bringing back some familiar faces from his previous work(s), this is definitely a passion project for Flanagan and you can feel that creative passion through the screen. With only 7 episodes you can easily binge this in one sitting if you're so inclined. The show is full of characters you care about, performances that hold your attention and an ending that is absolutely bat-shit crazy! Having only recently dropped, this is definitely top of our watch list this month and it should be top of yours too!
CHUCKY (2021)
This year really has been a great year for Horror Fans, with this month in particular bringing the slaughter. We've seen the return of Michael Myers in theatres and now one of our favourite bite-size Horror Icons has made his debut on TV. Chucky is proving to be a whole lot of fun already. Featuring an openly Queer Protagonist, myself and the other Liam are sure to be covering this on the 'They're Queer Podcast' Next Month so keep an ear out for that. Only a couple of episodes in so far, it is so good to hear Brad Douriff's maniacal laugh when Chucky gets back to his old ways. Still under the watchful eyes of Chucky's creator Don Mancini it's nice to see the original gang unite with some new faces to further this little guy's story. The kills haven't been too bad so far either so bring on the slaughter!
AMERICAN HORROR STORY (2010 – PRESENT)
The unique thing about this series is that you can really get into it with any series and still have a good time. Although it can be a bit hit and miss depending on series, AHS: 1984 we are looking at you, you're bound to have a good time being scared with this show! We highly recommend Series 2 'Asylum.' From the fabulous to the frightening this show has it all. It is no wonder Ryan Murphy has milked an entire 10 seasons out of the anthology concept, alongside the American Horror Stories Spin-off Show (the less said about that series the better), he'd be a fool not too. This latest season entitled 'Double Feature' is 10 episodes long, featuring 2 stories that split the season up. The first part running for 6 episodes was labelled 'Red Tide' a vampiric twisted tale set in Province Town USA. I absolutely loved this first part, although the concluding episode was unfortunately a little rushed. The latter part of the series named 'Death Valley' brings the camp with a nostalgic twist on the mythos surrounding the infamous 'Area 51 Conspiracies'. Production values are high and we can't get enough of Sarah Paulson in anything she does! HELP ME! THE KILLER IS ESCAPING! HELP ME!
CREEPSHOW – SHUDDER (2019 – PRESENT)
So how AHScan be a bit hit and miss depending on the season, unfortunately the same can be said for the odd episode of this Shudder Series. But do not let that put you off. Spear-headed by the incredible make-up maestro Greg Nicotero the show unfolds in a similar fashion to the original 1982 film of the same title. Each episode tells 2 stories, usually from different directors & writers, bringing in a new cast of 'somewhat' familiar faces. This is sometimes where the problems lie but when it's good, boy is this show good. Practical makeup effects, campy-creatures and gorgeous dramatic lighting are aplenty on this show. If you enjoy reading Horror Comics or have a soft spot for the original movie we definitely suggest checking out this show for a bit of Spooky Fun. Series 3 is currently streaming on Shudder now. A highlight for us was the Animated Holiday Special Episode from last year, bringing in some killer voice talent to tell some damn right terrifying stories.
STRANGER THINGS (2016 – PRESENT)
Like I was going to write this Blog and not include this series. Series 2 is set all around Halloween for gods-sake! What can I say? I don't think there is any aspect of this show that I don't absolutely bloody love. Recently I had a blast re-watching all 3 seasons that have been released so far whilst waiting feverishly for the 4th instalment in the saga. We have so many questions! 80's nostalgia, government conspiracies, Winona Ryder shouting 'Will' every 5 seconds! What is not to love?! This show really has it all and I can't wait to see what is next for the gang of characters we have grown to love so much over the past few years. One of the scariest things is probably seeing how much these kids have grown up since the show started, however you've grown to love each and every one of them! If you haven't already seen this show, what are you playing at?! Also #justiceforbarb.
HARPER'S ISLAND (2009)
This show was a bit of a hidden gem at the time and I still think it is one not many people know that much about. Similar to the 'Slasher – Series' that has come out more recently, this show is a classic who-dunnit situation with a kill promised every episode. And the kills are great by the way! Starring Scream-Queen Katie Kassidy we follow her and family as they venture to Harper's Island for a reunion/wedding to her fiancé. As family and friends gather, the horror sets in as they are offed one by one. Similarly to 'Midnight Mass'(mentioned above) the remote setting is one of the greatest elements of the horror that unfolds. Honestly these shows are just making us want to strictly avoid any coastal islands, anywhere!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997 – 2003)
Wrapping things up we couldn't not mention everyone's favourite Vampire Dispatcher. I grew up with Buffy as did a lot of Horror Fiends so it's always nice to revisit a classic. Packed with incredible monsters, witty dialogue and protagonists you would honestly lose a limb for, this is always a favourite to revisit. If you just fancy dipping your toe this Spooky-Season there are a handful of 'Halloween' Themed episodes to choose from. Or if you are up for being absolutely terrified we recommend checking out the episodes 'Hush' (S4 E10) 'Killed by Death' (S2 E18) and 'Same Time, Same Place' (S7 E3).
There are so many tricks and treats that didn't fully make it on the list but I wanted to end this post with some honourable mentions. Firstly if you want some all out nostalgic feels with your scares this month, check out the OG 'Goosebumps Series'from the 90s. If you are/were a fan of the books you'll love getting to see some of R.L Stine's creations come to life. Similarly the Nickelodeon Series 'Are you Afraid of the Dark?' is an absolute treat. I am not ashamed to say this show definitely gave me nightmares as a kid. More recently the 'Afraid of the Dark: Curse of Shadows' Series was pretty spectacular. Yes I am definitely a grown man, watching a show for kids – get over it! Both 'Lovecraft Country'from HBO and 'Them!'from Amazon Studios, have also been some personal favourites over the last year or so. Although decidedly horrific they provide a social/racial commentary that only a genre series can do right. 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' was quite a fun watch, bringing some witchy vibes to 90's LA and the world of 'Holly-Weird'. If you fancy learning a bit more about the Classics of Horror or the different pockets of the genre I highly recommend looking at 'Eli Roths: History of Horror' on AMC, the Halloween/Horror Specials of 'The Movies that Made Us' on Netflix now and the 'Cursed Films' series over on Shudder for some real-life horrors behind the scenes.
So that wraps it up. I tried to cover as much as I could. All in the hopes you have plenty to watch until the big day. It's almost time kids! Do you agree with my picks? Was there something I missed off the list? Let us know in the comments below!
Until next time, stay safe and always keep it creepy!
Team Superfreak
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Q: Get value of custom field using Javascript I am trying to make a button that shows up on the Lead List results page. In order to sync with another system properly I need to have this button basically copy the name of an Account that has a lookup relationship with the associated Lead then copy the name of that Account to another field within the Lead. My problem is that I can do a query for the ID of that Account, the query says the ID, but won't let me do anything with it.
This is what I get when I check a value:

00Q6100000FQiRw
  {done:'true', queryLocator:null, records:{type:'Lead', Id:null, Partner_Owner_Account__c:'0016100000RuwBRAAZ', }, size:'1', }
  {id:'00Q6100000FQiRwEAL', success:'true', }

This is what I have on the button, it's not done of course, but I am trying to figure out why my query reports the lookup ID, like I want, but if I try to put it into an array all it does is grab the Lead ID instead:
{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/soap/ajax/36.0/connection.js")}
var records = {!GETRECORDIDS($ObjectType.Lead)};
var updateRecords = [];
var result = [];

if (records[0] == null) {
    alert("Please select at least one record to update.");
} else {
    for (var a=0; a<records.length; a++) {
        var my_Query = "SELECT Partner_Owner_Account__c FROM Lead WHERE Id = '" + records[a] + "'";
        var query_Result = sforce.connection.query(my_Query);
        result[a] = query_Result.getArray("query_Result");
    }
    result = sforce.connection.update(updateRecords);
    alert(records[0] + "\n" + query_Result + "\n" + result[0]);
}

I don't understand this result. If the query_Result reports the ID that I want (0016100000RuwBRAAZ) why then, when I put it into an array, it gives me the ID of the Lead itself instead (00Q6100000FQiRwEAL)? Thanks!

A: Your code makes no sense, and it's wasting a lot of API calls in the process. What you're apparently looking for, so far, would look like this:
{!RequireScript("/soap/ajax/37.0/connection.js")}
var recordIds = {!GetRecordIds($ObjectType.Lead)};
var updates = [];
if(!recordIds.length) {
    alert("Select at least one lead.");
} else {
    var qr = sforce.connection.query(
         "select partner_owner_account__c from lead"+
         " where id in ('"+recordIds.join("','")+"')");
    var leads = qr.getArray("records");
    leads.forEach(function(v) {
        var acc = new sforce.SObject("Account");
        acc.id = v.Partner_Owner_Account__c;
        updates.push(acc);
    });
    sforce.connection.update(updates);
}

Also, see the documentation on Processing Results to see how this should work. Finally, when working with pure Id variables, consider using "retrieve" instead of "query", as it has better performance.


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Q: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from - XAMPP I am getting an error:

SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from
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*Windows 8.1

*PHP Version 5.6.15

And in my php.ini I enabled the options:
extension=php_openssl.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_xmlrpc.dll

But I can not resolve the error, already researched several solutions.
The source code I'm trying to run is here

A: I solved the problem by rewriting my method
before
public static function getSoapClient()
{
    if (!self::$_soapClient) {
        $wsdl = Bootstrap::getConfig()->getWsdlAtendeCliente();

        self::$_soapClient = new \SoapClient($wsdl, array(
            "trace"              => Bootstrap::getConfig()->getEnv() != Config::ENV_PRODUCTION,
            "exceptions"         => Bootstrap::getConfig()->getEnv() != Config::ENV_PRODUCTION,
            'encoding'           => self::WEB_SERVICE_CHARSET,
            'connection_timeout' => 60,
            'cache_wsdl'         => WSDL_CACHE_MEMORY,
        ));
    }

    return self::$_soapClient;
}

after
public static function getSoapClient()
{
    if (!self::$_soapClient) {
        $wsdl = Bootstrap::getConfig()->getWsdlAtendeCliente();

        $opts = array(
            'ssl' => array(
                'ciphers'           =>'RC4-SHA',
                'verify_peer'       =>false,
                'verify_peer_name'  =>false
            )
        );
        // SOAP 1.1 client
        $params = array (
            'encoding'              => self::WEB_SERVICE_CHARSET,
            'verifypeer'            => false,
            'verifyhost'            => false,
            'soap_version'          => SOAP_1_1,
            'trace'                 => Bootstrap::getConfig()->getEnv() != Config::ENV_PRODUCTION,
            'exceptions'            => Bootstrap::getConfig()->getEnv() != Config::ENV_PRODUCTION,
            "connection_timeout"    => 180,
            'stream_context'        => stream_context_create($opts)
        );

        self::$_soapClient = new \SoapClient($wsdl, $params);
    }

    return self::$_soapClient;
}


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Hanaka (tadż. Хонақоҳ (Khanaka)) – rzeka w Tadżykistanie, o długości 50 km, przepływająca przez miasto Hisar. Prawy dopływ Kofarnihonu.

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