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execution of FINMA's legally binding orders.
Enforcement activity is directed mainly at licence holders to support supervision. In market supervision, it serves in particular to combat insider trading and market manipulation. As regards financial intermediaries operating in Switzerland without authorisation from FINMA and where such authorisation is required under financial market law, the aim is to remove them from the marketplace as they are in breach of the law. Enforcing laws designed to protect investors also means that FINMA can initiate and conduct insolvency and liquidation proceedings.
FINMA works together with other Swiss and foreign authorities to enforce financial market laws. Authorities cooperate at the national and international level and coordinate their investigations wherever possible and necessary.
FINMA's goal in enforcement proceedings is always to impose the measures it deems most proportionate (enforcement instruments). Its powers are extensive. They include precautionary measures or measures to restore compliance with the law, withdrawing authorisation, liquidating unauthorised companies, issuing industry bans and ordering the disgorgement of profits generated illegally. It can also publish final rulings naming those involved.
Functions are strictly separated within FINMA. Responsibility for ongoing monitoring and supervision of licence holders lies with divisions other than Enforcement, while staff who conduct enforcement proceedings do not take decisions on them. A committee of the Executive Board (Enforcement Committee (ENA)) decides on the initiation and conclusion of enforcement proceedings, unless that power falls to the Board of Directors. The Enforcement Committee can delegate rulings in less important cases to the Head of Enforcement, who normally makes a decision as part of a divisional case committee, acting as a permanent member along with the heads of the Investigations, Proceedings and Insolvency sections.
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My journey of becoming an Australian started in 2005. I was lying on my couch in my apartment in Kansas nursing a badly sprained ankle, when I began to consider where I wanted to spend the rest of my life.
A few weeks later, I'd begun the process of applying for a skilled permanent migrant Visa to Australia. On 12 February 2007, I'd received notification that my application had been successful and that I had been granted Australian Permanent Residency.
On 30 June 2007, I boarded a flight to spend a week in Melbourne to search for a job. I landed in Melbourne at 8:00 AM on 1 July 2007.
If I'd landed eight hours earlier, I would only have had to spend two years to fulfil my residency requirements to become an Australian citizen.
Australia's then Prime Minister, John Howard, had introduced a change to the rules earlier in the year that I'd been unaware of. I now needed to spend four years instead of two.
I went through 25 interviews in the next five days, which were followed by a handful of interviews over the phone over the next two weeks. Two weeks later, I'd accepted an offer to my first job in Australia.
In September 2007, I had permanently relocated to Melbourne.
By September 2011, I had fulfilled my requirements to be eligible to apply for Australian citizenship.
I filled out the application in November. A few weeks later, I attended an appointment to take the citizenship test. It took me a minute and 42 seconds to complete. I'd passed without missing a question.
A week later, I received a letter stating that my application for Australian citizenship was successful and that I was scheduled for an oath swearing ceremony in May.
A week before my 36th birthday, I attended my citizenship ceremony at the Melbourne town hall. I was sworn in as an Australian citizen by the mayor of Melbourne, Cdr. Robert Doyle. I was issued my citizenship certificate, and a tree to plant.
I'd officially become an Australian citizen.
A week later, I'd been issued my Australian passport.
A few weeks later, I walked into the offices of VFS. They're a back office processing facility for the Indian consulate. As required by Indian law, since I'd acquired citizenship of another country, I surrendered my Indian passport, renounced my Indian citizenship, and submitted my application for Overseas Citizenship of India.
As the officer took a pair of scissors to cut off the corner of my Indian passport, I felt something tug in my stomach.
I looked at the officer, and said to her "I just felt like I lost something there".
So how did I become Australian?
This was a three step process.
There are a few different ways that one can become an Australian permanent resident, and the Australian Department of Home Affairs website deals with the extensively. I applied as a skilled migrant.
I've already covered the process of my journey in a detailed post and won't repeat myself again here.
Step 2: Find a job and move.
I took a week off in July 2007 to visit Melbourne and interview for jobs. I've covered this in detail in a previous post too. To make a long story short, I had 3 job offers by the end of the month. I moved to Australia permanently on the 7th of September 2007, to start my new role on the 10th of September.
Over the next few years, I changed jobs once, while living in a rental property, and lived a normal life. I had to fulfil the requirement of living in Australia for 4 years (including 1 year continuously during that final year before applying for citizenship). I filled and submitted my application at the Immigration office at Casselden Place in Melbourne after fulfilling my residency obligations.
I had to take the Australian citizenship test. It's a computer based test of 25 questions. The department of Home Affairs has a publication with the material of the test, and in all honesty, it's quite straightforward. My test lasted less than 2 minutes, and I didn't miss a question. At this stage, I received a letter confirming my successful completion of the test, and that I would be scheduled into a citizenship ceremony. I was also advised that typical waiting periods were 3 months.
A few months later, I received an official invitation. On the 2nd of May 2012, I was sworn in as an Australian Citizen at Melbourne Town Hall. At the ceremony, I was presented with my citizenship certificate, and a tree to plant in my backyard. Since I didn't have a backyard, I left the tree behind.
The next day, I applied for my Australian Passport at an Australia Post outlet. It was issued the following week.
As part of my obligations to my native country of India, I needed to renounce my Indian citizenship. I scheduled an appointment with VFS, surrendered my passport and applied for my Overseas Citizenship of India.
My journey to become an Australian Citizen was complete.


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Hemostemix Reprices and Amends the Terms of its Unit Offering and Debenture Offering
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Calgary, Alberta, April 26, 2021–Hemostemix Inc. ("Hemostemix" or the "Company") (TSXV: HEM) (OTC: HMTXF) (FSE:2VFO.F) announces that, further to its April 9, 2021 news release announcing its Unit Offering, it has increased the aggregate gross proceeds of its Unit Offering to $1,050,000, reduced the Unit price to $0.35 per Unit, and reduced the exercise price of the Warrants to $0.40 per Common Share. In addition, further to its April 9, 2021 news release announcing its Debenture Offering, Hemostemix announces that it has decreased the Conversion Price of its Debenture Offering to $0.40 per Common Share and increased the amount of Common Share purchase warrants ("Debenture Warrants") granted as part of the Debenture Units to 2,500 Debenture Warrants per each Debenture Unit. The exercise price of the Debenture Warrants issued as part of the Debenture Units remains at $0.55 per Common Share. The remainder of the terms of the Offerings announced on April 9, 2021 remain the same. The full details of the amended Offerings are set forth below.
$1,050,000 NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Hemostemix is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of units ("Units") for gross proceeds of up to $1,050,000 (the "Unit Offering"), subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval. The Unit Offering consists of the issuance of an aggregate of up to 3,000,000 Units at a price of $0.35 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company ("Common Share") and one transferrable Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant"), with each Warrant entitling the holder to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.40 per Common Share for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Unit Offering, subject to the accelerated expiry provision described as follows. If on any 10 consecutive trading days occurring after four months and one day has elapsed following the closing date of the Unit Offering the weighted-average trading price of the Common Shares as quoted on the Exchange is greater than $0.48 per Common Share, the Company may provide notice in writing to the holders of the Warrants by issuance of a news release that the expiry date of the Warrants will be accelerated to the 30th day after the date on which the Company issues such news release. The gross proceeds from the Unit Offering are expected to pay finder fees payable in connection with the closing ($84,000), clinical trial costs accounts payable ($400,000) and general working capital ($566,000). There is no minimum aggregate subscription amount for the Unit Offering. The Company may pay finders fees to eligible finders of up to 8% cash and 8% Finder Warrants. Each Finder's Warrant may be exercised to acquire a Unit of the Unit Offering.
The Unit Offering will be completed pursuant to certain exemptions from the prospectus requirements under applicable securities laws. Subject to acceptance by the Company, in addition to other available exemptions for the Unit Offering, the Unit Offering is open to all existing shareholders of the Company in reliance upon the prospectus exemption described in Alberta Securities Commission Rule 45-516 "Prospectus Exemptions For Retail Investors And Existing Security Holders" and set forth in the various corresponding blanket orders and rules in certain jurisdictions of Canada (the "Existing Shareholder Exemption"), subject to the terms and conditions therein. The aggregate acquisition cost to a subscriber under the Existing Shareholder Exemption cannot exceed $15,000 unless that subscriber has obtained advice from a registered investment dealer regarding the suitability of the investment. The Company has fixed April 08, 2021 as the record date for the purpose of determining existing shareholders of the Company who are entitled to participate in the Unit Offering pursuant to the Existing Shareholder Exemption. Subscribers purchasing Units under the Existing Shareholder Exemption will need to represent in writing that they meet certain requirements of the Existing Shareholder Exemption, including that on or before the record date, they became a shareholder of the Company and that they continue to be a shareholder of the Company. In accordance with the requirements of the Existing Shareholder Exemption and Investment Dealer Exemption, the Company confirms there is no material fact or material change related to the Company which has not been generally disclosed.
$3,000,000 UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE (CONVERTIBLE AT THE OPTION OF HEMOSTEMIX)
Hemostemix is also pleased to announce it is also proceeding with a non-brokered private placement of up to a maximum of $3,000,000 principal amount unsecured convertible five year debentures (the "Debenture Offering"), with conversion at the option of Hemostemix, subject to Exchange approval. The Debenture Offering consists of an aggregate of up to 3,000 debenture units (each, a "Debenture Unit") at a price of $1,000 per Debenture Unit. The Company has a $2,500,000 lead order for the Debenture Units from a Company director (the "Director"). Each Debenture Unit consists of a $1,000 principal amount debenture as described below (each, a "Debenture") and 2,500 Debenture Warrants, with each Debenture Warrant entitling the holder to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.55 per Common Share for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Debenture Offering, subject to the accelerated expiry provision described as follows. If on any 10 consecutive trading days occurring after four months and one day has elapsed following the closing date of the Debenture Offering the weighted-average trading price of the Common Shares as quoted on the Exchange is greater than $0.66 per Common Share, the Company may provide notice in writing to the holders of the Debenture Warrants by issuance of a news release that the expiry date of the Debenture Warrants will be accelerated to the 30th day after the date on which the Company issues such news release.
Each Debenture will consist of $1,000 principal amount of unsecured, non-transferable Debentures. The Debentures will mature five years from the closing date (the "Maturity Date") and will bear interest ("Interest") at a rate of 6% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears in cash or Common Shares at the option of the Company. The principal amount of the Debentures may be convertible, only at the option of the Company (and not at the option of the holder), into Common Shares of the Company ("Debenture Shares") at a price of $0.40 per Common Share (the "Conversion Price"). At the election of the Company, any accrued and unpaid Interest may be converted into Common Shares of the Company at a conversion price equal to the Market Price (as such term is defined in the Polices of the Exchange at the time of such conversion) but not less than the Conversion Price of the Debenture.
The net proceeds of the Debenture Offering will be used to fund litigation expenses of HEM. The first $2.5MM will be used as follows: (i) up to $0.6MM will be immediately available to HEM as reimbursement for past litigation expenses; and (ii) until required by the Company for litigation expenses, USD $1.5MM (approximately CDN$1.9MM) will be invested in a demand loan ("Loan") to an arms length US company. The balance of the Debenture Offering will be available for past or potential future litigation expenses. Any amounts raised in excess of $2.5MM will be immediately available to HEM as reimbursement for past litigation expenses. The Loan will have the following key features: i) Term of 2 years; ii) Payable on demand, in whole or in part, on 30 days notice; iii) Interest at 8% per annum to be paid monthly; iv) Pre-payable, in whole or in part, without penalty; v) Immediately puttable, in whole or in part, for cash to cover upcoming litigation expenses, at face value, to an entity controlled by the Director; and vi) immediately assignable in whole or in part, at face value, to the Director as payment against such Director's investment in the Debenture Offering.
OTHER INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF THE UNIT OFFERING AND DEBENTURE OFFERING
The closings of the Unit Offering and the Debenture Offering (collectively, the "Offerings") are subject to a number of conditions, including receipt of all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals, including Exchange acceptance. As such, there is no assurance that the Company will complete the Offerings as described above or at all. It is anticipated that the Offerings will be completed pursuant to certain exemptions from the prospectus requirement under applicable securities laws. The Offerings may be closed in one or more tranches. All of the Units and Debenture Units issued pursuant to the Offerings, and any securities into which they may be exchanged or converted, are subject to resale restrictions imposed by applicable law or regulation, including a statutory hold period expiring four months and a day from the closing dates of the Offerings. It is not anticipated that any new insiders will be created, nor that any change of control will occur, as a result of the Offerings. Any participation by insiders of the Company in the Offerings will be on the same terms as arm's length investors. Depending on market conditions, the gross proceeds of the Offerings could be increased or decreased. None of the securities issued in connection with the Offerings will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and none of them may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state where such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The participation of the Director or any other directors or officers of the Company in the Offerings will constitute a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") and the policies of the Exchange. For such participation, the Company will be relying upon exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements pursuant to sections 5.5(b) and 5.7(1)(a), respectively, of MI 61-101 on the basis that the Company is not listed on a specified stock exchange and, that at the time the Offerings are agreed to, neither the fair market value of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the transaction insofar as it involves an interested party (within the meaning of MI 61-101) in the Offerings, will exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization calculated in accordance with MI 61-101.
ABOUT HEMOSTEMIX
Hemostemix is a publicly traded autologous stem cell therapy company. A winner of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award, the Company developed and is commercializing its lead product ACP-01 for the treatment of CLI, PAD, Angina, Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy and other conditions of ischemia. ACP-01 has been used to treat over 300 patients, and it is the subject of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial of its safety and efficacy in patients with advanced critical limb ischemia who have exhausted all other options to save their limb from amputation.
On October 21, 2019, the Company announced the results from its Phase II CLI trial abstract entitled "Autologous Stem Cell Treatment for CLI Patients with No Revascularization Options: An Update of the Hemostemix ACP-01 Trial With 4.5 Year Followup" which noted healing of ulcers and resolution of ischemic rest pain occurred in 83% of patients, with outcomes maintained for up to 4.5 years.
The Company owns 91 patents across five patent families titled: Regulating Stem Cells, In Vitro Techniques for use with Stem Cells, Production from Blood of Cells of Neural Lineage, and Automated Cell Therapy. For more information, please visit www.hemostemix.com.
Contact: Thomas Smeenk, President, CEO & Co-Founder
TSmeenk@Hemostemix.com 905-580-4170
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Information: This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking information. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information in relation to: the Offerings including the size of the Offerings, the potential lead order for the Debenture Offering, potential insider participation in the Offerings, the use of proceeds of the Offerings, the closing of the Offerings, the potential exemptions used for the Offerings, any potential finder's fee paid on the Offerings, the potential accelerated expiry date of the Warrants and the Debenture Warrants, and the approval required for the Offerings, including Exchange acceptance of the Offerings; and the commercialization of ACP-01. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. This forward-looking information reflects Hemostemix's current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Hemostemix and on assumptions Hemostemix believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to: the underlying value of Hemostemix and its Common Shares; market acceptance of the Offerings; Exchange acceptance of the Offerings; the successful resolution of the litigation that Hemostemix is pursuing or defending (the "Litigation"); the results of ACP-01 research, trials, studies and analyses, including the midpoint analysis, being equivalent to or better than previous research, trials or studies as well as management's expectations of anticipated results; Hemostemix's general and administrative costs remaining constant; the receipt of all required regulatory approvals for research, trials or studies; the level of activity, market acceptance and market trends in the healthcare sector; the economy generally; consumer interest in Hemostemix's services and products; competition and Hemostemix's competitive advantages; and Hemostemix obtaining satisfactory financing to fund Hemostemix's operations including any research, trials or studies, and the Litigation. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Hemostemix to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the ability of Hemostemix to complete its current CLI clinical trial, complete a satisfactory analyses and the results of such analyses and future clinical trials; litigation and potential litigation that Hemostemix may face; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; general capital market conditions and market prices for securities; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; the actual results of future operations including the actual results of future research, trials or studies; competition; changes in legislation affecting Hemostemix; the timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; long-term capital requirements and future developments in Hemostemix's markets and the markets in which it expects to compete; lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals; and risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic including various recommendations, orders and measures of governmental authorities to try to limit the pandemic, including travel restrictions, border closures, non-essential business closures, service disruptions, quarantines, self-isolations, shelters-in-place and social distancing, disruptions to markets, disruptions to economic activity and financings, disruptions to supply chains and sales channels, and a deterioration of general economic conditions including a possible national or global recession or depression; the potential impact that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on Hemostemix which may include a decreased demand for the services that Hemostemix offers; and a deterioration of financial markets that could limit Hemostemix's ability to obtain external financing. A description of additional risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Hemostemix's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Although Hemostemix has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of Hemostemix as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, it is subject to change after such date. However, Hemostemix expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities law.

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When Washington Lodge was built, Jumonville had custom designed heavy duty beds built. The beds have extra long, comfortable mattresses and will allow even our tallest campers to sleep with their legs out straight.


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Most Visited Place in Crete – Elafonissi
April 30, 2019 DestinationsSigita Stakyte
Elafonissi is located 76 km west of Chania and 5 km south of Chrysoskalitisa Monastery, in the south western, most tip of Crete. Elafonissi is an oblong peninsula, which often breaks in two parts by water giving the impression of being a separate island. Elafonissi is a "Natura 2000" protected area. The island is full of sand dunes with sea daffodils and junipers. The endangered loggerhead sea turtle and several more rare animals and plants find shelter on the island; it is strictly forbidden to remove any plants, animals, shells and sand from the area.
Exotic beaches with white sand and turquoise water, reminding of the Caribbean, are formed on either sides of the peninsula. The sand is pinkish in many places, taking its color from millions of crushed shells. Near the breaking point of the peninsula, the sea water does not exceed 1 m in depth, creating a small lagoon, ideal for children. You can easily cross the lagoon in order to reach the opposite site of the peninsula, while carrying your staff with you, because the water is very shallow there.
The eastern side of the beach, in front of the lagoon, is well organized and has the most people. There are umbrellas, showers, lifeguards, snack bars and changing rooms. Also, near the beach there is a huge area for parking and, even further, a few rooms to let. Opposedly, the beaches on either sides of the island are less crowded and are the most beautiful, with amazing azure colors. If you want to stay completely secluded or nude, you can walk along the peninsula until you find a quiet cove that you like! There are some coves available for naturists near the west end of the peninsula.
You can come by car (1.5 hours) or by bus from Chania. The road to Elafonissi is narrow and full of turns, but the beauty of the landscape is stunning; you will cross the beautiful lush green village Elos and the imposing gorge of Topolia. Moreover there are many options for accommodation at Chrisoskalitissa village, 5 km to the north. You can eat at Chrissoskalitissa or at Elos (on the way back to Chania).
The island's history goes back in the ancient times, when the ancient Greeks built a temple dedicated to Mousagetis Apollo on the islet of Mousagores (today's Elafonissi). Mousagetis means the lord of the Musses (Greek deities), who with their music calmed down the marine deities and the wavy sea. Opposite the islets, there was the temple of Ino, the daughter of Kadmos.
The island was once occupied by pirates, but now it attracts thousands of visitors. This is reflected in the name of the island. Elafonissi means "Treasure island" in Greek, named after the treasures that pirates stored here. Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky to find a hidden treasure when you come here.
Near the parking area, you will see a monument. It is there to commemorate a tragic story that took place in Elafonissi in the Easter of 1824. Turks, leaded by Ibrahem Pasha, massacred 600 women and children and 40 combatants, who had escaped in Elafonissi hoping that the Turks would not find the shallow passage to the islet. The Turks however found the passage by watching a donkey that was seeking for its master. After the massacre, they moved to Xotikospilio cave to continue their slaughter.
According to some reports, this number is 850 people, while many seem to be those that were sold as slaves. During the Revolution of 1866, the historic ship Arkadi that was used against the Turks by the rebels for years, was destroyed during a battle on August 7, 1867 near Elafonissi.
Strolling on the island definitely is worth the effort. You can trek for 20 minutes until the lighthouse on the edge of the island. The area is called Agia Irini (Santa Irene), after the picturesque chapel with the endless view to the sea. In order to get there, you walk through magnificent landscapes with dunes and beautiful coves. The current lighthouse in Agia Irini was built before the German occupation (1939) and was seen from 30 miles. There was a smaller lighthouse before, built after 1907. This was erected after the tragic sinking of the Austrian ship Imperatrix, in February 1907. 38 people were killed out of the 140 passengers. Their bodies were buried on the island.
Lastly, 5 km north of Elafonissi, there is the Chrysoskalitisa monastery. This monastery has been built on a high rock and was fortified. According to the legend, the last step of the staircase leading to the monastery is golden, but can only be seen by those who really believe in god.
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Караманлис е роден в 1929 година в сярското село Кюпкьой, на гръцки Проти, Гърция. Син е на учителя и революционер Георгиос Караманлис и брат на гръцкия министър-председател Константинос Георгиу Караманлис. Учи право в Арестотелевия университет в Солун, а по-късно политология и икономика в Университета "Пантеон" в Атина и в Кеймбридж. От 1956 до 1963 година е шеф на частния кабинет на тогавашния министър-председател и негов брат Константинос Караманлис. В 1963 и 1964 година е избран за депутат от Сяр от Националния радикален съюз. По време на изгнанието на брат му във Франция (1963 – 1974) и военното управление (1967 – 1974) се оттегля от политическа дейност. След възстановяването на демокрацията е избиран за депутат от Нова демокрация от Сяр през ноември 1974, октомври 1977, октомври 1981, юни 1985, юни 1989, ноември 1989, април 1990, октомври 1993 и септември 1996.

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The new administrator of the court-supervised BP oil spill claims process is promising that things will be different this time. According to a report from Nola.com, Patrick Juneau, the court-appointed oil-spill claims administrator for the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center, began a four-state tour of claims offices along the Gulf Coast yesterday, saying that his first mission would be to reach out to the employees who will be approving and disapproving claims.
The Deepwater Horizon Claims Center was established under a settlement tentatively approved in May 2012 by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing MDL 2179 In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The settlement sets up two processes, one for businesses and individuals to file economic damage claims. The second process will pay medical claims filed by oil spill clean up workers and Gulf Coast residents who claim to have been sickened by exposure to spilled oil. Though no cap has been put on the total amount of the settlement, BP has said it expects to spend around $7.8 billion paying out claims.
Yesterday was the first day businesses and individuals could begin filing economic damage claims. According to Nola.com, while Juneau has decided to use the same vendors that his predecessor, Kenneth Fienberg, used to staff the much-maligned Gulf Coast Claims Center, he has promised they will operate in a very different manner. Among other things, Juneau insisted the claims center be staffed with only highly qualified, well-trained and local employees. He has also promised that they will no longer operate like insurance adjusters, who work to justify the smallest possible payout.
According to Nola.com, Juneau said yesterday that he had he heard horror stories from the Feinberg era about intake workers recording claims in the wrong industry, and investigations of potential fraud causing claims to fall into a "deep, dark hole," even when no wrongdoing was found. His goal is avoid those types of problems this time around.
"We have done our damnedest to train people as meticulously as we can," Juneau said. "On the 15th floor of the Exchange Center, they gave practice runs for evaluating claims and tested them, like you think you're back in high school. I'm satisfied we've done what we can do."
The new economic damage claims process is open both to those who had claims rejected by Feinberg and those who never previously sought payments, Nola.com said.
The central office for the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center is located in the Exchange Center, in downtown New Orleans. Another 18 Gulf Coast offices will also open, and include locations Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas.
A separate facility will eventually open to take medical claims from coastal residents and cleanup workers. Medical damage payments won't begin, however, unless and until the class is certified by the court and is upheld on a likely appeal.
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Anna Maria Mendieta
February 1, 2021 IM
Classical Harpist Treads New Paths Playing Tango
Anna Maria Mendieta has no trouble recalling the dayspring of her lifelong love affair with the harp. At age five, her arts-loving parents (her mother was a pianist and accordionist; her father played classical guitar and saxophone) played a recording of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and the overture swept her away.
"They told me the story of Romeo and Juliet and I remember being so amazed because you can really hear it in that music, and there's this moment where everything becomes silent and all you hear is this beautiful harp. And that's when I knew: That's what I want to play," she says. "I sat there with my ear right up to the speaker and I had them play the recording for me over and over again."
Unlike Shakespeare's infamous star-crossed lovers, Mendieta's love was requited not too much later. Her parents started her on the piano while they figured out the logistics of harp studies and found her a teacher. "My father was a great collector of instruments. He had all sorts of things, even a harpsichord! But no harp," she says. By age seven, she had begun studying the Salzedo method with Israeli harpist Efrat Laury-Zaklad at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. "I took my first lesson and I knew; clearly, there was never any wavering from that."
The towering physicality and visual beauty of the harp—and the highly-aesthetic Salzedo method in particular—have always been part of the appeal for Mendieta. The visual sleight-of-hand that keeps the audience's eyes on the graceful gestures of the arm and away from the foot pedaling action that determines the harp's key is a dance in itself. ("Now you know the secret to the long gown," she slyly whispers.) For her, the connection with dancing offers a certain familiar comfort: alongside their musical studies, Mendieta's parents encouraged their children to study dance. The family's Spanish heritage made flamenco an important point of cultural connection (one of her sisters is a professional flamenco dancer), but it was after Mendieta's career as a professional harpist was well-established that she found a new love: the tango.
Like so many people, Mendieta found the tango through the compositions and performances of revolutionary Argentinian composer and virtuoso bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla, whose nuevo tango style changed the face of both classical music and tango. Falling in love with the music and its accompanying dance, Mendieta sought out harp arrangements of Piazzolla's work. Finding none, she wrote directly to Pablo Ziegler, Piazzolla's former pianist and the preeminent composer and performer of nuevo tango, to see if he had anything that might work. No luck. "I said, 'Just send me what you have and I'll figure out how to play it,'" she says.
"People told me it wouldn't work, there was just no way. 'You can't play tango music on a harp, it's too chromatic,' they said. And it was a real challenge," Mendieta recalls. "Astor Piazzolla's music is so incredible. He uses his instruments not only as melodic instruments but as rhythm instruments. It took me many, many years to figure out how to do that on the harp. I had to change my technique in order to get the sounds. To play the chromatics, I figured out different ways to bend the notes."
Mendieta realized that the methods used by jazz harpists to use the pedals of the harp strategically to create slides and slurs could provide a basis for this new technique. This, of course, went against everything she had ever learned about the pedals: be as gentle and quiet as possible so as not to lose the clarity of notes; move feet with subtlety so as not to distract from the hands. Suddenly, she found herself using the pedals like a pedal steel guitar player would: bending her notes in real time while also getting creative with enharmonics, using them to substitute for chromatics when an extra note was needed without a pedal change. "I was also incorporating percussive sounds, like the chicharra sound of the violin [a method of playing the violin string above the bridge for a cricket-like percussive effect], but I had to figure out how to make all those imitative sounds. I just basically made it all up," she says.
Mendieta's creativity in making the tango work on the harp resonated with many of Piazzolla's former orchestra-mates and contemporaries, who found echoes of Piazzolla's own rule-breaking in this new tango frontier. Mendieta has played with a number of these musicians and has spent significant amounts of time in Argentina both studying and teaching, alongside names like Pablo Ziegler, Javier Cohen, and Daniel Binelli.
A surprising moment in Mendieta's touring concert and show, "Tango del Cielo," comes when the male principal dancer walks over to the harp and takes her hand, leading her to the dance floor. "Oh, the audience loves that, they really don't expect it," she laughs. Learning to dance the tango was, for Mendieta, crucial to understanding the deep feeling and rhythms of the music.
Even as she treads new paths in the tango field, Mendieta has not abandoned the music that made her fall in love with the harp in the first place, as the harpist for the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera and a fixture throughout the California classical scene. Her work with the Sac Phil, along with regular performances in San Francisco and Los Angeles, has made her a rare AFM triple-carder: Local 12 (Sacramento, CA), Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), and her original Local 6 in San Francisco, with whom she first signed on as a teenager.
Union membership has not only afforded Mendieta performance opportunities, networking, a safety net, and the knowledge that there were people who had her back, but also a wealth of opportunities to develop personally as both a performer and a business professional through the extensive continuing education programs on offer. "Local 47 in particular has that great new building and they offer so many interesting workshops—all kinds of things, from technology training to tax information, as well as every kind of music you can imagine."
With COVID threatening the livelihoods of so many artists (and the venues in which they play), Mendieta sees the AFM as crucial in helping musicians stay connected, sharing ideas and inspiration and outside-the-box thinking, and lobbying for survival.
Personally, Mendieta spent the shutdown finishing the Tango del Cielo album that she's had on the back burner for years. It was partially completed but never quite finished due to near-constant performances and teaching.
"I just had not found the time to finish it," she says. "So early on, when it seemed like things might be closing for a week, maybe two, I decided to take the opportunity to go into the studio and finally finish recording my parts, and I'm so glad I did because mixing them—which I did digitally with my producer—gave me something to do in those early weeks, and I did finally get the whole thing finished and released!"
Lyon & Healy harp (Salzedo Model)
Horngacher harp
Premier harp strings ("I like the clarity of their strings.")
Portastand Minstrel music stand ("It's so lightweight, it's solid and sturdy, plus it's small so it doesn't block the sightlines of the harp during performances.")
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Books-Resources, Products
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro (for Harp)
December 31, 2020 IM
This critical edition of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro includes a preface with historical and performance information on the piece, including a comparison of the separate parts of all seven instruments to the full score with a list of corrections for each instrument. It has been published the way that it is actually played, making it clear to read and consistent with Ravel's music and musical intent.
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro (for Harp), edited by Carl Swanson, Carl Fischer, www.Carlfischer.com.
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Tango Del Cielo
August 31, 2020 IM
Harpist Anna Maria Mendieta's newest album, Tango Del Cielo, is a collection of Argentine tango and Spanish classical music. The album includes arrangements for harp and orchestra featuring works by Astor Piazzolla, Pablo Ziegler, and more. These orchestrations have been created by award-winning composers, including Jorge Calandrelli; pianist for Piazzolla, Pablo Ziegler; and Jeremy Cohen. The album was recorded at Skywalker Sound with Grammy Award-winning engineer Leslie Ann Jones.
Tango Del Cielo (Tango of Heaven) brings Mendieta's technical prowess to the forefront. The album synthesizes years of advocacy and partnership between Mendieta and some of Piazzolla's closest colleagues and artistic collaborators, thus presenting a groundbreaking new vision for both tango music and the harp repertoire.
Mendieta is a member of Local 6 (San Francisco, CA), Local 12 (Sacramento, CA), and Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA).
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Emily Levin
June 30, 2020 IM
The Power of Music to Soothe the "Savage Breast"
In a time such as now filled with so much strife and anger, it's comforting to think that music can soothe the soul (or the "savage breast," as was written in 1697). It was this power of music, in fact, that ignited in Emily Levin when she was four years old the desire to play the harp. "My dad would tell the Bible story of David playing his harp for King Saul [which would drive away the evil spirit inside the monarch], and that sparked an idea," Levin says. And even though her mother put her on a waiting list to play cello, it was only one year later, at age five, that Levin was allowed to switch to the harp—and she has been playing ever since.
"What I love is that the harp is unique in that you use both hands and both feet—you have both voices going," says Levin, a member of Local 72-147 (Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX) and the principal harpist in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO). "It's such a tactile instrument. Harpists spend our entire careers trying to perfect our tone; I love how personal it becomes at that point. I love having so many colors available; you can create a world of sound. I find that extremely satisfying."
"David Playing the Harp before Saul," engraving circa 1508 by Lucas van Leyden
Levin took lessons from the same teacher until she graduated high school. She completed undergraduate degrees in music and history at Indiana University, and then went on to study music at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Nancy Allen, a member of Local 802 (New York City). After receiving her master's degree in music in 2015, Levin began the PhD program at Juilliard. She was only one month into the program when she auditioned for the DSO. "There's only one harp per orchestra, so when auditions come up, you do it," she says.
She won the job, which started the following season, so she continued in her doctoral education for another year before leaving the program to head to Dallas.
By this time in her career, Levin was already a member of the union. She joined Local 802 after starting at Juilliard because one of her professors told her it was not only necessary in order to get jobs, but that it was also simply a good idea. "Since then, I've learned that being a union member means you're protected, that there are rules and regulations and that your employer can't take advantage of you," she says. "A unionized orchestra implies that your colleagues—and yourself—are all united. Not everyone has that. When there's tension and divide, it's noticeable. Having a union where everyone pays the same dues and receives the same protections represents the same idea as an orchestra: We each have a role to play and we all come together to achieve success. It's impossible to be an orchestra by yourself."
This philosophy also informs Levin's love of her career. "In an orchestra, the harp adds layers of texture and color you can't otherwise get," she says. "It's a combination of chamber voice (by accompanying soloists or complementing the string section) and solo voice among a sea of other musicians. It's an important responsibility." Another responsibility she has is as a musician in general, because she is a believer in music's powerful impact on the heart, mind, and soul. "That belief started for me as an abstract concept, and has become more concrete through experience," she says.
Levin learned the harp through the Suzuki teaching method, which is rooted in the belief that as you work on your musical skills—discipline, focus, collaboration, creativity—you are also developing these skills in your personal life. Becoming a better musician can also help you become a better member of your community. When she performs in concerts she sees the universality of music: that people of all backgrounds, colors, and creeds can feel it, can connect with it in different ways, can be moved by it. "At the end of the day, doing something impactful without actually saying anything was a very strong realization for me," she says.
This desire and ability to influence people extends off the stage for Levin as well. In college, she participated in fundraisers and school outreach programs; at Juilliard she was a fellow with the community engagement program; and in Dallas with the DSO she has participated in benefit concerts, educational events, and outreach initiatives. "This is a very important part of who I am as a musician," she says.
As a professional educator, Levin is an adjunct associate professor of harp at Southern Methodist University and is on the faculty at the Young Artist's Harp Seminar.
In the Dallas AFM local, which Levin joined as soon as she moved to Texas in 2017, she volunteers on the Dallas Symphony Players Association negotiating committee. "We just did a contract with the DSO and I learned so much about our union by being on the committee," she says. "I learned so much about union rules and things like recording rights about which I had no idea. Seeing all the benefits we get is amazing, like making sure rehearsals don't go too long, or that the management can't just throw in a bunch of new pieces to a concert at the last minute."
Getting more involved in her local has shown Levin the importance of musicians and unions standing together. Local 72-147 recently held a COVID-19 drive to help support its members who were out of work and in need of financial support; the local also donated funds to Baltimore Local 40-543 in 2019 when the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was locked out; and Dallas members supported striking AFM members in Chicago (2019), Fort Worth (2016), and Pittsburgh (2016), and locked out musicians in Atlanta (2016). "It's a comfort to you to know that if the same ever happens to you, to your orchestra, to your local, that the AFM has got your back," she says.
Photo: Dario Acosta
In addition to her position in the DSO, Levin, now 29, is an active performer around the country and around the world as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber collaborator. She has performed as Guest Principal Harp with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony, and regularly appears with the New York Philharmonic. As a soloist, she has performed throughout North America and Europe, in venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia) and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rugen, Germany).
In the time of COVID-19, however, Levin has been confined mainly to her house, just like every other musician around the world. It's been both a blessing and a curse, she says, and she has spent much time focusing on musical projects she would usually not have time for. One important skill she has learned and honed throughout the quarantine period has been technological. She learned audio and video editing while working to record, combine, and post online music performances.
Her latest quarantine project for the DSO has been performing, recording, and editing video duet concerts for the Dallas community to enjoy virtually. The project, called "Open Bar," features DSO musicians performing short duet recitals. Each concert is paired with a featured cocktail video from local bars.
It has been a digital world for many years, but in the time of quarantine that digital world has become essential. One major question for orchestras is how they connect to their communities if they cannot be together, Levin says. "It's a remarkable asset in reaching a broader audience, and it helps music be more accessible literally and figuratively," she says. "Although there is no substitute for live performances, I think it's imperative that orchestras and individuals continue to use their online presence to share their music with people who wouldn't normally be able to come hear these live performances (or who haven't explored classical music before)."
Emily Levin plays a Lyon & Healy Style 23 harp
and uses Bow Brand harp strings
Photo: Mark N. Kitaoka
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Two Masterpieces for Solo Harp
October 31, 2019 IM
Impromptu, Op. 86 and Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
Here in one volume for the first time are Gabriel Fauré's "Impromptu, Op. 86," one of the most iconic and played pieces in the harp repertoire, and the much less accessible "Op. 110, Une Une châtelaine en sa tour." Both pieces have been engraved as originally played but with clearer pedal changes, respelled enharmonic notes, and re-notated and fingered passages.
Two Masterpieces for Solo Harp: Impromptu, Op. 86 and Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110, by Gabriel Fauré, edited by Carl Swanson,
Carl Fischer, www.carlfischer.com.
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The Cornish Curse: Chapter 1
The room was bright and decorated pleasantly, if a little old fashioned. Four girls and an older couple sat in the room, evidently the parents by virtue of appearance. The eldest was staring out of the window in a listless manner. Next to her, the second eldest girl was reading a book on the Temperance movement. Her sister sat next to her playing solitaire, and the final, youngest sat at a piano playing a light air. The father read a newspaper and the mother knitted. Apart from the fidgeting of the elder girl, the room seemed in calm repose.
"Sisters, Please!"
Suddenly the eldest gasped, "They're coming!" There was a sound of horse and cart and the man stood up and went to the door.
"Do you have to make such a fuss, Patience?" said the girl with the book.
"Just because you'd rather die of boredom, Joy," pouted the eldest, "doesn't mean we all should."
"Sisters, please," said the girl at the piano, "let's not fight when we have guests."
"Well said, Prudence," said the girl with the cards as the other two sisters glared at each other.
The father came back in the room and everyone stood up.
"May I present, Sir John and, er, Mrs Jennings," he said beaming. "Sir Jennings, Mrs Jennings, may I present Mrs Mallum."
"Delighted," said Sir John and Mrs Mallum made a small curtsey.
"My eldest, Patience," continued Mr Mallum. Patience made a dramatic curtsey and then giggled.
"My daughter, Joy," said Mr Mallum, and Joy nodded briefly.
"And the youngest two, Constance and Prudence," finished Mr Mallum. The two girls smiled warmly.
"Delighted to meet you all," said Sir John.
"So you're going to save us from the dreaded ghost hound?" said Patience.
"Are you really French?" said Prudence to Marie.
"Girls, please!" said Mrs Mallum, "show some decorum. I am sorry Sir Jennings, Mrs Jennings, we get so few visitors, Especially … these days."
"Please, think nothing of it," said Sir John.
"And yes, I am French," said Marie smiling, drawing gasps from three of the girls.
"Well, girls, perhaps you could entertain yourselves elsewhere, so I may talk with our guests," said Mr Mallum. After some complaining from Patience, the quartet left.
"So, to business then," said Sir John. "First, perhaps you can tell why you are so certain this is a supernatural phenomenon?"
"I've lived here all my life," said Mr Mallum, graver now that the children had left, "and I have seen every form of wildlife that lives here. I've seen foxes and even the odd rabid dog in the countryside. But I've never seen anything make paw prints like that or cause such damage to livestock. I'm not alone in that assessment either, Sir John. I hear the gossip in the local village and the verdict is the same. Something ungodly is abroad."
"You say ungodly," started Sir John. "What makes you say that?"
"When a fox takes a chicken, he does so for food," said Mr Mallum. "What this beast has done, it has done for sport. No creature leaves his prey behind, or leaves it rent apart, unconsumed."
He looked at Marie then.
"I'm sorry, madam, if…" he started.
"Please don't apologise," said Marie. "We need the facts and we have seen … unpleasant things too."
"Is there a witness we could perhaps talk to?" said Sir John. "Someone that has seen the beast?"
"Seen it, no," said Mr Mallum. "But I can introduce to one that has heard it."
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Book Review from the January 1996 issue of the Socialist Standard
Grey Granite by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Canongate Press)
The novel Grey Granite, the third volume of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair, is a text that fits rather snugly within the canon of twentieth-century literary modernism, even though it is rarely to be found on a university syllabus, at least outside Scotland.
The plot primarily involves Chris Colquohoun and her son Ewan Tavendale, making a "new life" for themselves after moving to the industrial city of Duncairn from the country. While Chris works in a boarding house, Ewan goes to work at Gowans, the local steel works. The general relationships between these and other characters are obviously one of the main elements of the plot, but these relationships and the other events presented in the text are heavily coloured, if not determined, by Ewan's movement from an apparently self-reliant and individualist conception of his "self" to a more collective and class-conscious position. From an encounter (and argument) with an English socialist school teacher (who is largely, it seems, inspired by William Morris), Ewan comes first to an objective and rational recognition of a collective working-class interest which then develops through sympathy and empathy into a deeper subjective and emotional recognition of his shared experience with, and inclusion in, the working class. It is important to recognise that this movement from an exclusive individualist conception of his self to an inclusive class-conscious conception of self does not entail any loss of individuality. Rather it is in some sense a dialectical process in which the individual ego is lifted up, surpassed and preserved in the intersubjective collectively.
Later, though, Ewan's individuality, preserved in the initial movement into class-consciousness, suffers some loss on his entry into and identification with the Communist Party, after which everything else is subordinated to their interests and aims. Part of the reason for this is the Communist Party's own identification of itself as "the working class" - that is, they substitute themselves for the class they see themselves as representing. This is, of course, an inevitable result of their vanguardism. Placing themselves in a position of leadership over the workers they then come to substitute themselves for the workers. As such, while ostensibly working for the overthrow of a hierarchical capitalist system, they come to institute a new hierarchy (quite apart from the fact that they would only bring about state capitalism rather than socialism if they succeeded in their aims); instead of serving the interests of the workers, they use the workers to serve the interest of the Party. This means that the workers remain in a subservient, subaltern position in relation to the Communists even while apparently struggling to free themselves from all hierarchical domination.
Structurally, any vanguardist party, whatever its explicit intentions, is doomed to repeat this process, so betraying the revolutionary project it espouses. All this is made abundantly clear within the novel, in episodes in which the Communists lie to the workers in order to try and manipulate them for the Party's own ends as well as in the clearly-stated attitude of Jim Trease, a Communist leader: "For it's you and me are the working class, not the poor Bulgars gone back to Gowans."
This is a novel with plenty to interest socialists, as should be clear from the above. It provides ample illustration of the hopelessness of the ideologies and strategies of both Labourist and Leninist parties and, by implication at least, of the necessity for the working class to organise and educate themselves for socialism, without leaders or hierarchies and against the constant capitulations and and political myopia that are the necessary results of reformism. I must finally state, though, that this is not simply a historical document or a political treatise. It is a wonderful example of literary modernism offering as much aesthetic pleasure as it does anything else, with great believable characters, full of human ambiguity, and a use of language that is simultaneously down to earth and poetic.
Jonathan Clay
By ajohnstone at November 20, 2012 No comments: Links to this post
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Dance of the Apprentices
All pupils taking Higher English will have to learn at least one Scottish text under a new requirement by the Holyrood Government to ensure future generations of Scottish young people grow up with an understanding of their culture and literary heritage.
This blogger for Socialist Courier recommends that school students read "Dance of the Apprentices" - a socialist classic some say.
The novel gives a vivid account of the struggles of a Glasgow family from the first World War and into the Depression are at the end of the twenties. It is a story of Glasgow apprentices, their lives dignified with a desire for art and learning and with the ideal of reforming the world. The book follows the fortunes of one particular family - the Macdonnels. The mother dreams of success, struggling to raise her family and her ambitious husband out of slum life. A social critique of Glasgow.
Written by Edward Gaitens (1897 – 1966) who was born in the Gorbals of Glasgow. Leaving school at fourteen, he undertook a variety of casual jobs to support himself over the years. When the First World War broke out he became a conscientious objector and was imprisoned for two years in Wormwood Scrubs.
Feel free to share your own Scottish reading-list suggestions in comments.
By ajohnstone at January 25, 2012 No comments: Links to this post
Labels: books, dance of the apprentices, education, edward gaitens


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Variable annuities and mutual funds are some of the most common investment vehicles for retirement savings. While both products contain a number of identical features that often make it challenging for inexperienced investors to distinguish between the two, they are actually quite different.
Understanding these differences is essential to ensuring that your future financial situation is given the best possible opportunity to thrive.
Both types of investments involve participation in existing portfolios of stocks, bonds, or other securities.
For the uninitiated, choosing the best possible securities from the seemingly endless plethora of options is more than just overwhelming — it's impossible. This led to the creation of the pooled account concept (mutual funds), as individuals have an easier time selecting from a list of pre-existing portfolios, rather than attempting to create such a portfolio on their own.
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Another feature unique to annuities is the existence of bonuses. In an effort to attract customers, many insurance companies offer an up-front one-time bonus on deposits into new annuity accounts. While the size and scope of bonuses differs, that fact stands that after a pre-determined period of time any bonus money becomes fully-owned by the annuity owner.
Mutual funds, on the other hand, are unable to provide bonuses to new customer accounts. The only money deposited into a mutual fund account will come from that account's owner.
Aside from the investment portion of the account, variable annuities frequently contain additional desirable characteristics: living benefits and death benefits.
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Most variable annuity contracts contain death benefit provisions as well, some offering an opportunity for the account owner's heirs to inherit even more money than what was in the account at the time of the annuitant's death. Mutual funds, however, can only provide a deceased account owner's family with the exact value of the account.
While variable annuities seem to have better features, that comes at the cost of more expensive fees.
Mutual funds are most commonly purchased as A-shares, which results in an up-front fee assessed by the fund company. That fee, called a sales charge, can be as high as 5.75%, and directly reduces the size of the account owner's deposit. Larger deposits command lower sales charges.
Conversely, variable annuity contracts do not reduce contributions by deducting up-front sales charges. Instead, the insurance companies charge monthly or annual fees that are often higher than those charged by mutual funds.
The most significant fee, however, is the surrender charge. In exchange for all of the features and benefits provided by the insurance company, a variable annuity contract stipulates that the money must remain within the account for a specified duration. Any withdrawals or transfers in excess of an allotted amount will result in a surrender charge, which could be as high as 10%. Only after the expiry of the surrender period can penalty-free withdrawals be made.
No one retirement arrangement is suitable for every investor. Many people prefer the comprehensive, all-inclusive nature of annuities, and are willing to pay slightly higher fees to ensure both their financial future and peace of mind. Other people, however, are comfortable and capable of securing their own death benefits, and would rather pay minimal fees to maximize potential investment returns.
There is no right or wrong, as the choice is clearly one of personal preference and suitability.


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Olde Tyme Peach Festival 5K welcomes nonbinary runners
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The Peach Festival 5K Run/Walk will be held Aug. 17 in Middletown.
For more than a decade, Premier Physical Therapy & Sports Performance and Middletown Athletic Club have combined efforts to bring this to the community. This year, gender categories will be broader.
A nonbinary gender category will be included on the race registration. Prizes will be awarded to the top three nonbinary competitors. Information sheets about nonbinary gender identities will be available for anyone interested at our registration table on the morning of the race.
Middletown Athletic Club is committed to promoting and supporting all athletes in their pursuit of recreation and fitness. The club does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability or sexual orientation in any of the activities or operations.
For more, email bethrenzulli4@gmail.com. Online registration is available at www.macrunning.com.
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Take it back to the good ol' days with the Retro Nintendo Famicom Battery & Card Reader, a way to charge your portable device that will appeal to anyone who once owned a Nintendo Entertainment System. Ideal for video game consoles, phones and music players, the Retro Nintendo Famicom Battery & Card Reader looks like a controller for the NES (known as Famicom).
Aside from a few details, the battery pack looks just like the classic controller. But this isn't a gimmicky replica: it's a genuine battery pack with a 3,600mAh battery and also a card reader/writer. This means you can use it to transfer files via the micro SD card slot. There's even a strap included so you can attach it easily to a bag.


UM2N - INTRODUCING CHICAGO'S NEW KING OF SOUL " BRANDON JAMES"
INTRODUCING CHICAGO'S NEW KING OF SOUL " BRANDON JAMES"
Chicago's very own " Brandon James" is ready for success, and he wants you to know it. The r&b and soul singer is creating a strong buzz with the recent release of his video "There She Goes" on YouTube.
"There She Goes" is the title track for the two-track E.P released on August 3rd, 2018. Links have been provided for the public and media to view the video for "Love Rising." Radio and media can receive a copy of the video or audio per request.


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Lumbrineris africana är en ringmaskart som beskrevs av Augener 1918. Lumbrineris africana ingår i släktet Lumbrineris och familjen Lumbrineridae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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I have just installed volta and have set up the audio/midi tracks in Ableton Live as per the tutorial video included on the installation disc. At the point of dragging the control sources onto the outputs within volta the software is unresponsive.
I am able to click on the 'calibration' and 'setup' tabs, and my motu is recognised, I'm at a loss to understand why volta doesn't seem to be working for me, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


When you are on a luxury cruise, each passenger is given a high level of personal service because the staff are trained to cater to all your needs right from the moment you get on board. The ambiance that is experienced in these ships is refined and also sociable, with travelers exchanging stories while taking some wine and enjoying the type of international cuisine that would upgrade a lot of reputable land-based eateries. While the meals on offer are a bit below the level of the world's top restaurants, it is a cut above the cuisine that is offered on any kind of cruise ship. Additionally, the food that is served to you by the courteous attendants, who make every meal an experience that is pleasurable. Alternatively, if you are not up to socializing, you can usually have your food served to you in your stateroom.
Basically, luxury cruises provide fewer options for entertainment when compared to normal cruises, and the entertainment that is offered is more reserved. Instead of partying and loud discos, travelers prefer to socialize with each other in a wine bar while enjoying live music. During luxury cruises, prominent speakers are hired to give lectures on a broad range of historical and contemporary issues. These speakers can include professionals like historians, scientists, explorers and academics. Generally, a luxury cruise itinerary will put their focus on yachting hotspots like those found in many parts of the Caribbean, rather than big commercial ports.
A lot of luxury ships provide extra treats for travelers like toiletries from brands and pajamas that have embroidered logos made of cotton. Even though this are only minimal touches, they are usually very popular with travelers who appreciate the attention that is put on detail. Although many ships do not provide services for kids, there are some children-friendly luxury ships that operate during the school holidays. Usually catering to the kids can be privately planned with an off duty member of staff. Generally, these type of cruises would not be the topmost option for a family holiday. However, there are some facilities that can still be provided on these ships to keep kids entertained, so family groups are not completely unheard of.


"Annihilation," Alex Garland's much-anticipated follow-up to his smash hit "Ex Machina" is in theaters this weekend. Trailers have teased the film as sci-fi horror with world-ending stakes, a seemingly odd turn from "Ex Machina." In the end, "Annihilation" is a slow burn sci-fi thriller pondering over gender status, humanity and creation.
Aside from the hype around Garland's second time in the director's chair, the film has garnered some press for its release structure -- theatrical in U.S. and China but a delayed Netflix release everywhere else. This is due to Paramount, the distributor, realizing the film's poor test-screening results may lead to underwhelming box office numbers.
In many ways, "Annihilation" deals with similar ideas as "Ex Machina" but perhaps with less nuance and more mystery. Based off of the first installation of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, we follow Lena (Natalie Portman), an Army veteran and biologist, into what has been dubbed "The Shimmer," a Florida coastline that has been hit by a meteor and left with a bubble-like glow around the area. The Shimmer has been growing and will eventually consume major cities and states according to Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh), so the crew assembled is tasked with reaching the meteor's initial point of contact to find out what is happening, and more importantly how to stop it.
A major selling point for the film is the fact that it stars five women, something a little too foreign to the sci-fi genre. "Annihilation" makes progress on that front as the women on screen are all quite independent entities with their own agendas and backgrounds.
Portman is successful in her restrained performance but truly, this film is more about its concepts than its characters. And that may be the fatal flaw with "Annihilation." Characters seem to not matter as much as we are told they do. It is clear as day that Garland is so fascinated with concepts of destruction, rebirth and life that he leaves the characters in the background.
This is a small flaw that could easily be overlooked if it weren't for the dysfunctional pacing and mess of tension and boredom. At times, the film can be truly horrifying with stomach-turning gore. While wonderfully put together with a methodical direction, Garland's mastery of these horror scenes struggle to fit into the film as a whole.
It is, for the most part, a visually stunning film, and does so with the middle-class budget of $55 million. "Annihilation" successfully fleshes out some of its themes, but the mess of some misplaced horror, poor pacing and an inaccessible third act makes the film unpalatable.
Still, "Annihilation" is a bold move for a major studio such as Paramount, who have been taking big swings lately, and films like it should be encouraged -- even if this one may be better suited for its Netflix release plan.


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Deronje (v srbské cyrilici Дероње, maďarsky Dernye) je sídlo v srbské Vojvodině, nacházející se v blízkosti řeky Dunaje u hranice s Chorvatskem. V roce 2002 zde žilo 2 847 obyvatel.

Bogojevo se nachází několik km jihozápadně od Odžaků a administrativně spadá pod Opštinu Odžaci. Typická vojvodinská obec má pravoúhlé ulice, které odkazují na kolonizaci dolních Uher v 18. století. Západně od Deronje vede odvodňovací kanál.

Prochází tudy železniční trať regionálního významu a silnice první třídy z Odžaků do města Bačka Palanka.

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"The tough reforms are bearing fruit and there is no alternative to them," said Schaeuble on Monday (29 December) after the Greek parliament earlier the same day failed for a third time to elect a new president, triggering the general election.
"We will continue to help Greece help itself on its path of reform. If Greece takes another path, it will be difficult," Schaeuble said.
He also noted that any new government would have to stick to pledges made by the outgoing conservative government of Antonis Samaras.


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A Rose for Reuben
Over many years, the renowned actor and broadcaster Robert Rietti collected remarkable true stories full of surprising tenderness and hope and examples of lives rebuilt from survivors of the Holocaust and the people who knew them. The result was A Rose for Reuben, a poignant and compelling BBC radio series. Rietti introduced the stories and gave a rare public reading.


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The UAE Central Bank on Tuesday announced that it will be issuing a commemorative silver coin and a commemorative one dirham coin to celebrate hosting the Asian Cup.
The coins will be available from Wednesday as the UAE hosts the football tournament which runs until February 1.
Made 92.5 per cent of silver and 7.5 per cent of copper, the commemorative silver coin, weighs 40gms with a 40 mm diameter.
It will depict the logo of the Asian Cup on the obverse face while the back depicts the denominational value written in Arabic and English. The bank said 1,000 such coins will be issued.
The whole quantity of the commemorative silver coins has been handed over to the local organising committee of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the statement added.
Meanwhile, the commemorative one dirham coin will retain its face while the back will depict the logo of the tournament. It will be put in circulation through branches of the central bank.
The UAE is hosting the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup from January 5 to February 1, 2019.


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Three years ago, we interviewed Rui — a Taiwanese photographer and model whose favorite shooting style is surrealism. Now, we bring you her current masterpieces taken with the Lomo'Instant Wide.
Left: "Sometimes I feel satisfied with what I have shot, when some photos are like those masterpieces of painting. I straightly think of "Country Garden with Sunflowers" by Gustav Klimt." said Rui.
" The Lomo'Instant Wide is very user-friendly, as long as you make sure you have set the focal length (0.6m, 1-2m or Infinity) before shooting, and decide the suitable aperture or choose automatic mode to shoot. Sometimes I'm fond of playing with light by 'B' shutter mode, as well as clicking the 'MX' button to create masterpieces by double exposure. With making great use of the wide-angle lens, I'm super overwhelmed by the images shown on large-size instant films!"
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"Its large size has a pro and a con. It hardly fits into girls' tiny bags, but on the other hand, its large appearance fantastically captures everyone's attention, which is too perfect for boys to please girls on a date," Rui laughed.
Thank you Rui! Check her Facebook page 小貓。dear Rui Gallery to see more photos. You may also visit her website and Instagram too! Make sure you don't miss out her Facebook Live Broadcast for Lomo'Instant Wide tutorials!
We're thrilled to introduce the Lomo'Instant Wide — the world's most creative instant wide camera and lens system! Combining high quality craftsmanship with versatile features, the Lomo'Instant Wide is the instant camera for any and every person who revels in capturing every beautiful, bizarre and bewildering moment in a creative, super wide, crisply sharp and perfectly exposed way!
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