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Cornelius Jansenius (Hulst, 1510 – Gent, 13 april 1576), geboren als Cornelis Jansen, was een bekend theoloog; hij was de eerste bisschop van het bisdom Gent. Hij dient niet te worden verward met Cornelius Jansenius, bisschop van Ieper, wiens geschriften aanleiding waren tot het ontstaan van het jansenisme. Hij wordt daarom ook wel aangeduid als Cornelius Jansenius sr., Cornelius Jansenius Hulstensis of Cornelis Jansenius Gandensis.

Jansenius was een van de beroemdste exegeten van de 16de eeuw en zijn hoofdwerk Commentariorum in suam Concordiam et totam historiam Evangelicam was baanbrekend in de geschiedenis van de katholieke exegese; hij drong namelijk aan op de letterlijke interpretatie in plaats van de mystieke interpretatie; hij benadrukte ook het belang van de oorspronkelijke tekst en van een grondige studie van Oosterse talen als steun voor een volledig begrip van de Vulgaat.

Levensloop
Jansenius was de zoon van Cornelis Jansen, barbier en chirurgijn in de stad Hulst (zijn grafsteen, die zich oorspronkelijk bevond in het schip van de Sint-Willibrordusbasiliek, is tegenwoordig ingemetseld in een nis van de muur bij de noordelijke uitgang van die kerk) en Margriete Loodt (Margareta van Lootz), behorende tot een schepenfamilie van die stad. Hij groeide op met zijn broer Adriaen en zijn zusters Marie, Catharina en Thanneke.

Zijn ouders stuurden hem naar de Latijnse school van Eligius Hoeckarius in Gent. In 1526 ging hij naar de universiteit te Leuven en begon daar de studie aan de artesfaculteit als voorbereiding op een studie theologie. In 1529 voltooide hij de studie in de artes met uitstekend resultaat (van de 111 studenten behaalde hij de tweede plaats) en mocht hij zich magister artium noemen. Hij ging verder met de studie in de theologie en kreeg onderdak in het College van de Heilige Geest. Hij kreeg onder andere les van de theoloog Ruard Tapper. Op 27 september 1533 sloot Jansenius de eerste fase van zijn studie af en werd baccalaureus biblicus of lector bibliae.

Nog tijdens zijn studie werd hij in 1540 door de abt van de Abdij van Tongerlo, Arnoldus Streyters, aangesteld om aldaar onderwijs te geven aan de jonge kloosterlingen. Hij deed dat tot 1547. In die tijd bereidde hij ook enkele godsdienstige werken voor zoals zijn eerste werk Concordia Evangelica.
In 1545 behaalde Jansenius in Leuven het licentiaat in de theologie. Intussen was hij in 1542 priester gewijd.

Na zijn docentschap te Tongerlo was Jansenius van 1547-1561 werkzaam als pastoor in de Sint-Maartensparochie te Kortrijk.

In 1561 vertrok Jansenius van Kortrijk naar Leuven, waar hij in 1562 werd benoemd tot hoogleraar in de theologie en waar hij in augustus 1562 promoveerde tot doctor in de theologie. In 1563 werd hij voorzitter van het Groot College van de Heilige Geest en deken van het kapittel van de Sint-Jacobskerk in dezelfde stad.

De opvallende theologische carrière van Jansenius was intussen aan het wereldlijk gezag niet ontgaan. Op last van Filips II werd hij in 1563 samen met Michel de Bay (Bajus) en Jan Hessels afgevaardigd naar het Concilie van Trente. Het drietal maakte tijdens de kerkvergadering grote indruk.

In 1565 benoemde de landvoogdes Margaretha van Parma Jansenius tot lid van een commissie van negen, die volgens de richtlijnen van Filips II samen met de Raad van State onder andere moest onderzoeken hoe het geloof in de Nederlanden het best kon worden bewaard en hoe de protestanten bestraft dienden te worden. De commissie adviseerde de koning de strafmaatregelen tegen de ketters te verzachten, maar dat advies werd niet opgevolgd.

Intussen bleef hij werken aan zijn hoofdtaak van het hoogleraarschap en aan zijn theologische geschriften.

Bisschop
Op 25 november 1564 wees Filips II hem aan als eerste bisschop van Gent. Aanvankelijk weigerde Jansenius hierop in te gaan. Het vooruitzicht om in een tijd van sociale en religieuze onrust leiding te moeten geven aan het oprichten van een nieuw bisdom trok hem allerminst aan. Maar al spoedig wist de landvoogdes hem met steun van onder andere Joos Ravesteyn over te halen. Op 6 juli 1565 werd Jansenius door paus Pius IV tot bisschop benoemd en pas op 1 september 1568 werd hij in de kapel van het college van Savoye te Leuven tot bisschop gewijd door Franciscus Sonnius, bisschop van 's-Hertogenbosch. Hij was 58 jaar.

Het zou echter nog tot 29 september 1568 duren vooraleer Jansenius effectief bisschop van Gent werd. Dit kwam door het ontbreken van de financiën voor het bisdom en zijn bisschop én door de politieke en godsdienstige troebelen in de Nederlanden in die tijd. Op 4 september 1568 nam hij afscheid in Leuven en op 8 september, vond zijn plechtige intocht in Gent plaats, gezeten op een muilezel en vergezeld van de baljuw en een stoet van hoogwaardigheidsbekleders uit zijn geboortestad Hulst. Als wapenspreuk koos Jansenius: State ("Blijf standvastig [in de Here]", Phil. 4:1).

In uitvoering van de besluiten van het Concilie van Trente stichtte Jansenius op 26 november 1569 in het huis van de Hiëronymieten, gelegen in het Geeraard de Duivelsteen te Gent, een bisschoppelijk seminarie. Het was het tweede in de Nederlanden, het eerste werd opgericht door bisschop Martinus Riethovius van Ieper.

In 1569 riep Jansenius de hertog van Alva op tot een algemene vergiffenis en in 1572 bezocht hij tezamen met de bisschoppen van Ieper en Brugge de hertog om te pleiten voor de afschaffing van de Tiende Penning, die in De Nederlanden voor zoveel onrust zorgde. Alva nam dit de bisschoppen zeer kwalijk en verweet hen door hun gedrag de ongehoorzaamheid van het volk juist in de hand te werken.

Intussen had Jansenius de handen vol aan het besturen van zijn bisdom door de gevolgen van de Allerheiligenvloed (1570) en de invallen van de watergeuzen tussen 1571 en 1574, waarbij steden werden geplunderd en platgebrand en geestelijken werden gemarteld en vermoord, zowel door de watergeuzen als de Spanjaarden. In de schaarse tijd, die hem daarnaast restte, publiceerde hij nog verschillende werken, waaronder het Liber Ecclesiae Gandavensis (1571), bedoeld om meer eenheid te krijgen in het bedienen van de sacramenten. Dit werk werd dusdanig goed ontvangen, dat het provinciaal concilie hem opdroeg het te bewerken tot een handboek voor de gehele kerkprovincie. Vroegtijdige veroudering en ziekte verhinderden hem dit echter. Ook het preken in de verschillende kerken van de stad Gent, wat hij vanaf het begin van zijn episcopaat had gedaan, moest hij opgeven.

Op 2 april 1576 ontving hij de laatste sacramenten en op 13 april 's avonds stierf hij, 66 jaar oud. Op 8 mei werd hij begraven in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal.

De eerste graftombe van Jansenius werd tijdens de beeldenstorm vernield. Ze droeg als tekst Prae clarissimis cum literarum omnium tum vere relligionis dotibus, ornatissimo viro domino ac magistro Cornelio Jenssenio, ab Hulst, sacrae theologiae doctori, huiusque ecclesiae primo episcopo, qui postquam pene totum octennium populum non minus publica privataque doctrina, quam singulari pietatis exemplo diligentissime instituisset. Decessit tertio idus aprilis anno M Vc LXXVI, suae vero aetatis LXVI, bonis doctisque omnibus magno sui relicto desiderio.

Na de beeldenstorm kreeg hij een nieuwe grafplaat en in de kapel van Sint-Ivo een praalgraf, samen met zijn opvolger Wilhelmus Lindanus. Dit praalgraf draagt als tekst Deo optimo maximo. Venerandis in Christo patribus siti sunt. Dominis Cornelio Ianssenio et Guillelmo Damase Lindano, primo et secundo huius urbis episcopis, ob multos in scrutandis et interpretandis sacris scripturis exantlatos labores, et merita in Dei ecclesiam et rempublicam christianam, positum. Obiit hic 2 novembris 1588; ille vero 11 aprilis 1576. Phenix. Unicus es phenix? Cineres haec tumba duorum. Phoenicum vere religionis habet. Quomodo in vita dilexerunt se, ita est in morte non sunt separati.

Jansenius en Hulst
Hulst bleef in het hart van de bisschop een voorname plaats innemen. Hiervan getuigt onder andere zijn wapen: een hulstblad van sinopel op gouden veld met drie posthoorns van sabel.
Bij zijn benoeming tot hoogleraar in 1561 schonk het gemeentebestuur van Hulst, dat naar de plechtigheid een griffier had afgevaardigd, Jansenius een aam (ongeveer 150 liter) wijn.

Aan de kerk van zijn geboortestad schonk hij een schilderij, waarop Christus met doornenkroon was afgebeeld en waarop ook Jansenius zelf, gekleed in pontificaal gewaad en zijn ouders waren afgebeeld, voorzien van het onderschrift: Pietatis ergo filius hanc tabulam posuit parentibus; quorum Cornelius Janssen obiit A. 1537 Octobris 7, aetatis suae 73, Margareta vero Loots A. 1553 14 Martis aetatis suae 68. Requiescant in pace. Dit schilderij is zeer waarschijnlijk tijdens de plunderingen in 1578 en de jaren daarna verloren gegaan.

Tijdens zijn episcopaat bezocht hij de stad herhaaldelijk. Op Maria Lichtmis, op 2 februari 1569, kwam hij er op verzoek van het stadsbestuur het vormsel toedienen, wat in twintig jaar niet was gebeurd. De stad en het ambacht brachten een heildronk op hem uit en droegen de kosten van zijn tiendaags verblijf. Bovendien werd er ter gelegenheid van zijn eerste bezoek aan de stad als bisschop een feestmaal aangericht, wat werd herhaald bij zijn bezoeken in 1570, 1574 en 1575.

In 1572 schonk Jansenius de Hulsterse kerk een vergulde zilveren ciborie. Als dank hiervoor namen de kerkmeesters de verplichting op zich om jaarlijks een mis te laten lezen op de sterfdag van zijn vader.

In het Hulst van vandaag herinnert vrijwel niets nog aan Cornelius Jansenius, een groot theoloog, waar de stad ooit zo trots op was. Na het verdwijnen van de Jansenius Scholengemeenschap resten slechts een straatnaam en een naar hem genoemde residentie in het voormalige gebouw van de scholengemeenschap.

Werken van Jansenius
Concordantia Evangelica et ejusdem Concordantiae ratio IV Evangelistarum (1549)
Brevis confessio fidei (1567)
Paraphrasis et Annotationes in omnes Psalmos Davidicos, (1569)
Paraphrases in ea veteris Testamenti Cantica, quae per ferias singulas totius anni usus Ecclesiasticus observat (1569)
Synodus Dioecesana habita Gandavi (1570)
Liber ecclesiae Gandavensis (1571)
Commentarii in Concordiam ac totam Historiam Evangelicam (1572)
Commentarii in Proverbia Salomonis et Ecclesiasticum (1589)
Annotationes in librum Sapientiae Salomonis (1589)

Literatuur
De Kort, J. en Lockefeer, J., red., Cornelius Jansenius van Hulst 1510-1576 (Hulst 2010), Jaarboek 2009-2010 van de Oudheidkundige Kring "De Vier Ambachten" te Hulst.

Externe links
 Catholic Hierarchy
 Portret van Jansenus
 Grafmonument van Jansenus en Lindanus
 Epitaaf van Cornelius Jansenus

Zuid-Nederlands bisschop (voor 1830)
Zuid-Nederlands theoloog (voor 1830)
Zuid-Nederlands schrijver (voor 1830)
Bisschop in de Nederlanden in de 16e eeuw
Neolatijns schrijver
Bisschop van Gent
16e-eeuws schrijver

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Alone At The Microphone
Posted By Carey Wallace on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:00 AM
Royal City's second album, Alone at the Microphone, is haunted. The lyrics are crowded with devils, fiends and goats. The production on some songs sounds like it was accomplished with the aid of a pack of studio ghosts. They seem to swoop in after singer Aaron Riches with eerie harmonies on the album's opener, "Bad Luck," and they add to the cacophony at the close of "Rum Tobacco" — a Velvet Underground "Murder Mystery"-type wall of sound through which the otherworldly studio guests mutter warnings and threats. Even when there aren't devils to contend with, there's simple human ugliness: blood on the floor, dust in your throat, dogs that dine on infants.
But despite the dust, and perhaps because of the ghosts, Alone at the Microphone is a fundamentally lovely and stubbornly hopeful recording.
The songs, at base, are hillbilly music: country changes; tight, three-part harmonies; tinkling banjo; mournful harmonica; train-track rhythms. Even the lyrics sound like they were written by a backwoodsman who learned how to read from an edition of Shakespeare he found in the yard. But it's clear that at some point he moved to the big city, where he picked up on punk rock and the avant-garde, although he still usually plays it on an acoustic guitar. The result might be classified as experimental roots music — the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from a Johnny Cash-John Cale collaboration: a set of 11 beautifully crafted country-inflected songs, with blood in their eye and a penchant for noise.
The genres Royal City blends may make an unlikely marriage, but the lyrics and melodies fit perfectly together. The stories the group tells have the same immediacy and incompleteness as things glimpsed from the windows of passing trains. But the music somehow fills the gaps, so even if you can't remember exactly how it happened, you know what it felt like. Throughout, the ghosts are unrelenting, lurking under the floorboards even in the sweetest tracks. But the secret of the album is that the opposite is also true: Even in the heart of its darkest tunes, Royal City won't give up hope. "Dank is the Air of Death and Loathing" opens in a room with "shit on the floor" and a devil in the nearby shade, then swings into a delicate but stubborn refrain: "Ray of light/I will not go forth without you." The evil of the world is inescapable on Alone at the Microphone, but so is the beauty — both in the words, and in the music, of each finely crafted song.
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1052 İNGİLİZCE 2 FINAL REVISION
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2014- 2015 SPRING SEMESTER
1052 (ENGLISH 2) FINAL REVISION
A. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. How _________ money do you want for the tickets?
a) much b) many c) long d) high
2. On 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong ________ the first man to walk on the moon.
a) become b) becomes c) became d) can become
3. A: How _________ lemonade have we got?
B: We've got only _________ bottle.
a) many / one b) much / some c) much / one d) many / any
4. A: _________ bananas have we got?
B: We haven't got __________.
a) How much / any b) How many / any c) How much / some d) How many / some
5. You are only 14. You aren't old __________ to get married.
a) enough b) too c) many d) small
6. A: __________ homework do you get?
B: __________!
a) How much / Too many c) How many / Not many
b) How many / Not much d) How much / Too much
7. The museum was very crowded. There were too _________ people.
a) only b) more c) much d) many
8. Did you take any photographs when you ________ in England?
a) were b) are c) could d) did
9. There wasn't _________in the cinema. It was completely empty.
a) anybody b) somebody c) everybody d) nobody
10. I didn't know _________ about computers until I started this job.
a) nothing b) everything c) something d) anything
11. A: It is your birthday! What do you want to do?
B: I _________ out with my friends.
a) like going b) would like to go c) go d) went
12. Ken was in hospital for two days but ____________ went to see him.
a) somebody b) anybody c) nobody d) everybody
13. Andrew loves _________, but he can't eat his own food.
a) not cooking b) cooking c) not to cook d) to cook
14. John: How many bedrooms _________ in your new flat?
Tina: _________ one.
a) is there / there is c) is there / there are
b) are there / there are d) are there / there is
15. A: _________ does she leave home?
B: At 8 o'clock.
a) What time b) Where c) Who d) Why
16. She always watches TV _________ the evening.
a) on b) in c) at d) to
17. All the hotels are full. I can't find a room _________.
a) anywhere b) everywhere c) nowhere d) somewhere
18. A: "Excuse me! _________ a post office _________ here?"
B: "No, I'm afraid not."
a) Are there / next to b) Is it / next to c) Are there / near d) Is there / near
19. Can I speak _________ you _________ my homework?
a) to / about b) to / at c) at / in d) by / for
20. My granddad ________ born in 1942. He _______ in 2009.
a) is / died b) was / dies c) is / dies d) was / died
21. He went to England _________ 10th of October.
a) in b) on c) at d) from
22. She always watches TV _________ night.
a) in b) at c) on d) of
23. A: "_________ do you go swimming?"
B: "Once a week."
a) How long b) How much c) How often d) How many
24. She _________ hard because she _________ exams next week.
a) works / have b) is working / has c) is working / have d) work / has
25. We were very ________ when we heard the news.
a) worry b) worries c) worrying d) worried
26. Take your umbrella. It ________ outside at the moment.
a) rain b) rained c) rains d) is raining
27. My brother usually ________ to school at 8 o'clock, but yesterday he ________ to school
at 9 o'clock.
a) goes / is going b) goes / went c) is going / goes d) is going / went
28. What_________ you _________ of her latest book?
a) do / thinking b) are / think c) are / thinking d) do / think
29. Look! Catherine _________ loudly. She often _________ this song.
a) is singing / sings b) sings / is singing c) sang / sings d) sings / sang
30. Lilly and her husband _________ on a picnic every Tuesday and _________ a nice time.
a) are going / having b) are going / have c) go / having d) go / have
31. He _________ always angry about the traffic in the morning.
a) was b) does c) is d) can
32. The movie was so _________ that I fell asleep.
a) tired b) tiring c) boring d) bored
33. Your homework is good but I think you can do_________ .
a) worse b) better c) best d) worst
34. Prague is a beautiful city. I went there two years ________
a) ago b) ---- c) last d) before
35. Peter speaks Chinese very ________.
a) fluent b) fortunately c) terrible d) fluently
36. I didn't have _________ breakfast today.
a) --- b) a c) the d) no
37. Tokyo has one of ________ railway systems in the world.
a) busiest b) the busiest c) busier d) busier than
38. Dad went to _________ work by _________ car.
a) a / a b) the / the c) --- /--- d) a / the
39. Can you turn off ________ radio, please? I want to watch ________ TV.
a) the / the b) a / a c) a / the d) the /---
40. Oprah: "When I was a kid, we _________ poor and we _________ have much money."
a) were / didn't b) weren't / did c) did / were d) are / don't
41. Linda had _________ to eat the whole day, only _________ milk for breakfast.
a) something / some b) nothing / some c) everything / any d) anything / any
42. Tina and Henry got married ________ last year ________ May.
a) --- /--- b) in / in c) at / on d) --- / in
43. The music here is too loud. Can we go somewhere ________?
a) the quietest b) quietest c) quieter d) quieter than
44. I'm afraid Mr Walsh is away ________ holiday this week.
45. His parents live ________ the south of France. He goes there ________ train every summer.
a) at / in b) in / by c) on / in d) by / at
46. The car stopped because there isn't________ petrol left.
a) any b) no c) some d) a
47. She has ________ ticket and ________money in her purse.
a) a / a b) some / some c) a / some d) some / a
48. A: _________ did Armstrong and Aldrin spend walking on the moon's surface?
B: They spent two and a half hours walking on the moon.
a) How far b) How long c) How often d) How
49. A: Can I help you?
B: ___________________________
a) I am just looking, thanks. c) It was great seeing you!
b) Never mind. Another time. d) Congratulations! That's great news!
50. A: Would you like ________ to eat?
B: No, thank you. Only ________ cup of coffee please.
a) any / a b) something / no c) something / a d) anything / some
B. Fill in the blanks writing the verbs in brackets ( ) using THE SIMPLE PRESENT, SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSES.
How are you? I 1.__________ (receive) your letter last week. Thank you for the recipe for the cake I ask for. I made it last week and it 2.__________ very nice.
You know what? Last month I had a fantastic holiday in Jamaica. It was hot and the sea was blue and lovely. I 3. __________ (fly) by plane from London to Kingston. I really 4. __________ (enjoy) the flight. It was eight hours long but I 5. __________(be/not) bored at all because I 6. __________ (be) so excited. In the plane I 7. _________(listen) to music, 8. __________ (see) a film and 9.__________(speak) to the girl in the seat next to me.
I 10. __________(meet) my aunt and uncle in Kingston. They __________(take) me on a trip to Montego Bay. We 11. __________(visit) an Orchid Farm. It was brilliant. On my last night there I 12. __________(not/go) to bed until three o'clock in the morning!
I now have a new job in a supermarket in the city center. I go there every day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and I 13.__________ (work) there till 10 o'clock in the evening. I am very happy because my sister 14. __________ (work) there, too so we travel to and from work together. I 15.__________ (get) my first wages last week and I 16. __________ (go) shopping immediately! I 17.__________ (buy) a new stereo for my bedroom. It is gold and black and 18.__________ (look) very nice. My brother 19.__________(come) to stay with me for a few days this week. After I take him from the airport, we 20. __________ (go) to that Mexican restaurant near the park. 21. __________(you/want) to come with us? You can 22. __________ (call) me to tell me if you want to come or not. John told me that you 23. __________ (pass) your Spanish exam last month. Congratulations. 24. __________ (be?) it difficult? You know that I 25. __________ (be) terrible at languages but you are better. 26.__________ (you/go?) to Spain for your holiday this summer so you can practice it?
Please write to me soon with all your news, Mary.
wage: money you get for your work
C. Complete this conversation. Use the verbs in brackets ( ) in the PRESENT
CONTINUOUS:
Paul : Hi Steve! What are you doing?
Steve: I 1. __________ (go) to the bank. What are you doing?
Paul: I 2. __________ (shop). I 3.__________(look) for a new tennis racquet. I 4.__________ (play) a lot of tennis at the moment, and I need a new racquet.
Steve: Where is Jackie? Do you know?
Paul: Yes. She isn't in England at the moment. She 5.__________(work) in Germany this month.
Steve: What 6.__________ (she / do) in Germany?
Paul: She 7.__________(sing) in a night-club.
Steve: Really? What about Fred and Sue? What 8.__________ (they / do)?
Paul: They 9.__________ (study) for an exam. They're always in the
library at the moment.
Steve: How is your sister? Is she all right?
Paul: Yes, she's fine, but she's tired. We 10.__________(paint) the
living-room. It's hard work.
Steve: Can I help you?
Paul : No, it's OK. My father 11. __________ (help) me.
Steve: Well, I hope you find a good racquet.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEEKEND
Joel Connor works in an office in Kansas. His job is a typical nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday job. So at the weekend, he does something different. He does voluntary work. He helps different organizations and people for free. Every weekend, there is a new project. This weekend, Joel is helping to build a house. He is moving a large blue panel. It's part of a wall. Joel isn't a professional builder, but that's the interesting thing about this project. The other people are 'weekend builders', too.
These 'weekend builders' are from the small town of Greensburg in Kansas. A year ago, a tornado hit their town. After the tornado, the community started a project to build new homes. The project is for 30 new homes. They have help from a building company and a group of volunteers.
Joel says, "I heard about the tornado and the new project. I knew some people in Greensburg. I wanted to help." Joel's friends are here this weekend, too. They are on the roof. They are working with Jill and Scott Eller. Jill and Scott are building their 'dream house'. Jill is standing near her new house. She is holding a part of the new wall. They are making the house 'tornado-resistant' – that's why it has an unusual shape.
The Ellers' house is almost ready, so next weekend, Joel is moving to a different project. Why does he do voluntary work? "I have time, I can help people, I make friends and it's fun! So why not?" he says.
D. Answer the questions according to the text.
1.What do weekend builders do?
2.What is Joel doing for his voluntary work this weekend?
3. Why do the people in Greensburg build new homes for people?
4. Who is helping Joel to build a home?
E. Read the article. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F) ?
1. Joel Connor works for free at the weekend. ________
2. He is a builder. ________
3. He's building a house for his family. ________
4. He never does voluntary work. ________
5. He is coming to Greensburg next weekend. ________


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Alberta privatizing driver exams in 2021
Alex Antoneshyn CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Producer
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Published Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:59PM MDT Last Updated Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:33PM MDT
EDMONTON -- In December, Albertans looking to earn their Class 4, 5 or 6 licence will be able to book a private test through their local registry agent for the New Year.
In an announcement Thursday, Transportation Minister Ric McIver said the transition from a public system would improve access to examiners, reducing the backlog of those waiting, and address previous complaints of fraud or inappropriate examiner behaviour through government oversight.
Come January, 85 per cent of road tests in the province will be done by private examiners.
"I know these changes will have significant impact on driver examiners who currently work for the government, but I want to assure all of the driver examiners and all Albertans these decisions were made with care and with caution," McIver said.
Government-employed testers will continue to do Class 1, 2 and 3 tests for commercial truckers and bus drivers.
Craig Couillard, the president of the Association of Alberta Registry Agents, said his organization would be implementing a hub-and-spoke model in which agents in larger urban centres support more rural registries by supplying road tests.
He, too, promised the change would reduce wait times and improve customer experience.
Online bookings will begin Dec. 1 for tests starting Jan. 5.
Wait times will be reduced to a "reasonable" amount by the first quarter of next year, the minister estimated.
Currently, potential drivers face a "terrible" wait, McIver said.
Fourteen-year-old Tanner Thomas, who was at a registry office Thursday to take his written exam, called it silly.
"A-year-and-a-half ago when my older son Evan went to go for his road test, it was about a four-month waiting period," his mom, Lisa Thomas, told CTV News.
"Friends who are in the same position, they're waiting up to, I think, six months or so for a road test."As of Oct. 22, there were 132 government and 56 contracted driver examiners available for road tests in Alberta.
According to McIver, the system's backlog was caused by a shortage of examiners – he said there were less than 80 when the United Conservative Party took office – and was deepened further with the suspension of road tests March 19 to June 30 due to the pandemic.
"I have to say, it's gonna be a little while before we can catch up because after 14 weeks of no tests plus the extra time for the sanitization and personal protective equipment, the challenge is going to remain with us for a little while longer," he commented.
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There are few new keywords added in OpKey which helps user to perform particular task. By using these keywords, you can log defect in ALM, create ALM Test Run, create ALM Test Run Step, upload attachment and update ALM Test Run.
Before using these keywords in a Test Case, you must ensure that ALM is configured successfully and your Test Case is mapped with the ALM Test Plan and Requirement, as required.
Let us create a Test Set under the Test Lab by adding Test Plan(s).
ALM Server allows you to execute your Test Plan by adding them to Test Sets under Test Labs. Let us see how to add Test Plan(s) to the Test Sets and execute them.
Navigate to the Test Lab section. Here, you can view a folder named as Root. You can expand and add Test Sets under this folder.
Here, we have added a Test Set named as LAb Test under ALM Tes folder. You can view details of this newly created Test set.
Let us view the list of the existing Test Plan(s). Here, you can view two Test Plans (test pln and try).
Add desired Test Plan(s) from the list. Here, both test plans are added to the test set.
Further you can execute your Test Set by using ALM specific keywords integrated to OpKey Web.
Let us create a Test Case by adding these keywords.
This keyword is used to create a Test Run in ALM. It takes two mandatory Data Input Arguments (TestSetId and TestPlanId).
Go to the Test Lab section in ALM and look for the Test Set ID. Navigate to the Test Plan in ALM and look for the Test Plan ID. Enter both IDs as data input arguments as shown below.
Let us add a Function Library which would get Fail and it results logging a new defect in ALM. Here, you can view that the mandatory data input arguments are not provided so that it get failed.
This OpKey keyword is used to create a Test Run Step in ALM. It takes two mandatory Data Input Arguments (TestRunId and TestStepName).
Go to the Data Input Argument tab, choose Step Output and map Step Output of first step (as Run ID) here as TestRunId. Enter Step 1 as TestStepName as data input argument.
This OpKey keywords helps you to upload attachment in ALM. It takes three Data Input Arguments (TestRunID, TestStepName and ExternalFilePath).
Go to the Data Input Argument tab, choose Step Output and map step out put of your first test step (as Run ID).
This OpKey keyword is used update the ALM Test Run. It takes only one Data Input Argument (TestRunId).
Save your Test case and execute it.
Once execution process has completed, you can view that there is a new Test Run created.
Open the Test Run to view detailed information. Here, you can view Status, Test Set Name, Configuration Name, Status, Test Instance, Execution Date, Time etc.
You can open the attachment file that has been uploaded (here Known Issues.xls) along with execution Result pdf file. Go to the Steps tab view those files.
Click on the Defect link to open and view detailed information about the logged defect.


Two-inch silver laces or stripes are reserved for wear by Coast Guard Auxiliarists serving through election or by appointment in the highest administrative and management levels of the service; their one-, two-, and three-star insignias recall the insignia of flag officers (Admirals and Generals) in the Armed Forces (silver was selected as the color for the lace stripes to differentiate Auxiliary officials from Navy and Coast Guard Admirals).
Worn on the sleeves of the Dinner Dress Blue Jacket and Service Dress Blue Coat, a single two-inch silver lace is placed two inches above the cuff, completely circling the sleeve and being sewn into the back seam. This configuration is worn by District Commodores and Assistant National Commodores.


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ACC AND CLAIMS: I have just had an accident and will not be able to work in my business for some time. How do I go about making a claim for loss of earnings?
ACC LEVIES: We are receiving regular invoices for ACC levies and find these confusing. How does the levy system work?
ALLOWANCES: We're recruiting for a new position where there will be a fair amount of travel. If we pay a travel allowance, would it be tax free?
AUDITING: Will you audit our club's financial statements?
BALANCE DATES: My business operation has changed. Can I change my balance date? or What are the implications of changing my balance date?
BALANCE DATES: What balance date should I use? or Can I adopt a non-standard balance date?
BUSINESS INTEREST AND RWT: If I make a business loan to someone other than a bank or normal lending institution, do I have to deduct tax?
CHARITIES: Can you advise me on how the changes to reporting requirements for charities affect our organisation?
COMMISSION BASED AGENTS: I'm a commission based insurance agent. Do I have to register for GST and what GST can I recover?
DISPUTES: I've made a mistake in my tax return that I'm a bit worried about. Can you advise me?
DISPUTES: I've received a letter from IRD that I'm a bit worried about. Can you advise me?
EMPLOYEE VS. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: I need to employ some one in my business, but I'd like to avoid the employment issues. Can't I just treat that person as an independent contractor and they give me an invoice once a week or month?
EMPLOYEES: If one of my employees works from home and incurs costs on my behalf, can I pay them a reimbursement allowance and what is the tax treatment of that allowance?
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT & HOLIDAYS ACT: What should I be doing to implement the changes to the Holidays Act and the Employment Relations Act?
EXPENSES: Are Christmas presents to clients fully deductible?
EXPENSES: I conduct plenty of business from home, what expenses can I claim?
EXPENSES: I have a business trip coming up. Can I claim all the relevant travel and accommodation costs for GST and income tax purposes?
EXPENSES: I've been asked to sponsor a community event. Is this deductible?
EXPENSES: If I pay for an employee's accommodation, or provide accommodation as part of his/her salary, am I liable for FBT?
EXPENSES: What entertainment expenses are deductible?
FBT AND COMPANY VEHICLES: Our Company is about to buy a new car. Can we claim the GST back and is any FBT payable?
FINES: I incurred a speeding fine in the course of business, is this deductible for tax purposes?
FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUND: What are the Foreign Investment Fund tax rules and how do they affect me?
FOREIGN SUPERANNUATION: I've heard new tax rules are coming in for my foreign superannuation funds. How will they be taxed?
GST: I have heard that you can pay your provisional tax at the same time as your GST? How does this work and should I be doing this with my business?
GST: Our overseas suppliers are charging us GST. Is this right?
I receive a wages subsidy for one of my employees; do I have to pay GST on it as income?
KIWISAVER: What do I need to know about KiwiSaver?
MIXED USE ASSETS: We have a bach which we rent out when the family's not using it. Please can you advise me on whether I can claim for it and what records I need to keep?
PARENTAL LEAVE: As a self-employed person, am I entitled to paid parental leave, and if so, how do I apply?
PARENTAL LEAVE: My employee has applied for parental leave; how do I know if they are eligible and what are my obligations as an employer?
PARTNERSHIPS: Can we allocate a higher or lower profit share to one partner and can we vary that allocation from time to time?
PAYE: What is the PAYE intermediary subsidy and am I eligible for this?
PPSR: I've just read through the Securities Interest Report you sent me – thanks very much – and spotted some which have been discharged. What's the process from here?
PROPERTY: How does the Personal Property Securities Act 1999 affect me?
PROPERTY: I want to buy a rental property. What sort of structure should I trade under? What types of expenses are deductible?
PROPERTY: We're thinking about selling off some property. Please can you advise us how that affects our tax position?
PROPERTY: What is the Bright-line rule?
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: I have some questions about the close down for Christmas – can I talk to you?
QCs AND LTCs: You've recommended our new Company be an LTC (or stay a QC), why is this?
SHAREHOLDER: I've heard about the Penny & Hooper decision and I don't know whether it changes things for the way our business is structured. Can you advise me please?
STOCKTAKE: Why do I need to do a stocktake and how do I go about it?
STUDENT LOAN: What are the repayment obligations on my student loan?
TAX: Can you tell me how the new moves to simplify tax will affect my business?
TAX: How does the provisional tax system work?
TRUSTS: Are legal fees to set up a Family Trust deductible?
USE OF MONEY: How do I reduce the amount of Use of Money Interest that I am paying?
WAGES: Can I pay my spouse a wage for the work he/she does doing the books?
WORKING FOR FAMILIES: Am I eligible for family assistance?
This advice is very general in nature. Please contact us if you have any further questions or specific advice. For a copy of any reports, please contact us at Business Buddy. There will be a $50 charge for this service.


In an important new statutory interpretation decision, the Court of Appeal has made clear in JCAM Commercial Real Estate Property XV Limited v Davis Haulage Limited  EWCA Civ 267, that a conditional intention by a company or its directors to make an out of court appointment of an administrator is insufficient for the purposes of giving and filing notice of an intention to appoint under paragraphs 26 and 27 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and to trigger an interim moratorium on insolvency proceedings and other legal processes under paragraph 44(4) of the Schedule. Instead, it is necessary for the company or its directors to have a settled and fixed intention to appoint an administrator before being entitled or obliged to give and file notice under those paragraphs. The practice which has anecdotally developed over the past few years whereby companies and their directors have obtained an interim moratorium, sometimes for a prolonged period by filing several back-to back notices, in the absence of a settled and fixed intention (for example while exploring other rescue options such as a CVA) amounts to a technical abuse and is invalid.
Jonathan Lopian, instructed by Forsters LLP, represented the successful appellant in its appeal against the decision of HHJ Bird, who had refused its application to vacate and remove from the court file Davis Haulage Limited's 4th notice of intention to appoint on the grounds that the word "proposes" in paragraph 26(1) of the Schedule might include a conditional intention to appoint.


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guide - Guide to being an Attorney
A Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows someone (known as the Donor) to choose someone they trust (known as the Attorney) to make decisions on their behalf about their property and financial affairs, or their health and welfare, or both. Please refer to our guide on 'Lasting Power of Attorney' for information on how to create a new Power of Attorney.
This guide applies to those who are already appointed as an Attorney whether under:
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for property and financial affairs which has been registered at the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), whether or not the Donor is mentally capable
An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) which has not been registered at the OPG because the Donor is mentally capable
An EPA which has been registered at the OPG because the Donor is mentally incapable
Please note that throughout this guide the phrase 'Power of Attorney' refers to the documents set out in the points above. If you are acting as an Attorney under an LPA for health and welfare decisions then separate guidance is available on request.
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG)
When you are acting as an Attorney, if someone does not agree with your decisions or believes that you are not acting in the Donor's best interests, they can inform the OPG. The OPG can then investigate and decide what, if any, action to take against you. It is therefore important that the information in this guide, and given by the OPG, is followed to avoid criticism.
When can I begin acting as an Attorney?
You should only act where:
The Donor is still mentally capable of making decisions but has asked you to act on their behalf. Where the Donor still has the mental capacity to be involved in decision-making, then you must consult with them on any decision you are making on their behalf
The Donor is mentally incapable of making decisions, even with support. You must assume that the Donor has the mental capacity to make a decision until it is established that the Donor lacks that mental capacity. The Donor is not to be treated as mentally incapable of making a decision merely because they make an unwise decision. Where you have assessed that the Donor lacks the mental capacity to be involved in making certain decisions, you must ensure that the decisions you make on their behalf are in their best interests
Note, if you become bankrupt, you will no longer be allowed to act as an Attorney.
How do I decide whether or not the Donor has mental capacity?
The Donor is deemed to be mentally incapable if they cannot communicate (by any means) their decisions. Otherwise, the two-stage test for mental capacity is:
Does the Donor have an impairment of, or a disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain (for example, dementia, brain damage or a medical condition that causes confusion)? If no, the Donor is mentally capable. If yes, consider the second stage.
Does the impairment or disturbance mean that the Donor is unable to make the specific decision at the time that it needs to be made? If no, the Donor is mentally capable. If yes, the Donor is mentally incapable.
The Donor is considered unable to make a decision if they cannot understand information about the decision to be made, retain that information in their mind, and weigh that information as part of the decision making process, before being able to communicate their decision.
More detailed information on assessing mental capacity, and assisting the Donor in making their own decisions, can be provided on request.
How do I begin acting as an Attorney?
You will need to notify financial institutions (banks, pension providers etc.) of the fact that the Donor has signed a Power of Attorney, and produce evidence of your identity and possibly complete some forms to 'register' that you are the Attorney. You can notify the financial institutions either by writing to them or visiting a local branch (where possible).
The financial institutions will want to see the original Power of Attorney or a 'certified copy' of it. We can supply certified copies of the Power of Attorney on request.
Financial institutions have been known to refuse to accept certified copies of Powers of Attorney, instead insisting on seeing the original. However, a certified copy of the Power of Attorney must be accepted as proof of the content of the original in accordance with Section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971, as confirmed by Section 11(3) of The Lasting Power of Attorney, Enduring Power of Attorney and Public Guardian Regulations 2007/1253. A certified copy is a photocopy which bears a certificate signed by a solicitor at the end of each page that it is a true copy of the original.
What decisions can I make as an Attorney?
Subject to any restrictions, conditions or guidance (otherwise known as instructions and preferences) as may appear in the Power of Attorney, you will be able to make almost all the decisions about property and financial affairs that the Donor would have made. This would include, for example, using bank and building society accounts; claiming, receiving and using benefits and pensions; paying household, care and other bills; making and selling investments; and buying or selling property. However, if when selling a property:
The sale is below the market value; and/or
You want to buy the property yourself
you will need to apply to the Court of Protection before proceeding with the sale.
You should also apply to the Court of Protection before proceeding with a sale of a property if the Donor's Will leaves that property to a specific beneficiary. Applying to the Court in this situation will ensure that the proceeds from the sale of the property still pass to the specific beneficiary in the event of the Donor's death, whereas ordinarily the gift would fail.
How do I act with another Attorney?
Jointly (also called 'Together'): this means that all the Attorneys must always act together. If just one Attorney does not agree with the proposed decision, it cannot be made. This applies to minor decisions such as signing a cheque or major decisions such as selling a property. If one of the Attorneys dies or loses the mental capacity to act then the Power of Attorney cannot be used as the Attorneys will no longer be able to act jointly.
Jointly and severally (also called 'Together and independently'): this means that one Attorney can act on their own, or some or all of the Attorneys can choose to act together. If one of the Attorneys becomes ill, dies or loses the mental capacity to act, the remaining Attorney(s) can continue to act. Note that if one Attorney makes a decision on behalf of the Donor, then all of the Attorneys remain responsible for any such decision whether or not they were a party to it.
Jointly (Together) for some decisions and Jointly and severally (Together and independently) for other decisions: this is a combination of the two options set out above.
Can I claim out-of-pocket expense or charge for my services?
You can claim out-of-pocket expenses, such as telephone calls, postage charges and transport costs that are incurred whilst specifically undertaking your duties as Attorney.
Only a professional can charge for acting in this role unless there is a specific provision made for this in the Power of Attorney.
What are my duties as Attorney?
When acting as Attorney you must:
Act or make decisions in the Donor's best interests
Comply with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Code of Practice (which can be emailed to you on request)
Act only within the scope of your authority as Attorney
Not delegate the powers given to you under the Power of Attorney unless you have been authorised to do so
Not benefit yourself but to benefit the Donor, which means avoiding conflicts of interest and in particular not to profit or acquire personal benefit from your position
Act with honesty and integrity
Keep the Donor's affairs confidential unless the Donor has consented otherwise
Comply with the directions of the Court of Protection
Not give up the role without telling the Donor and the Court
Keep the Donor's money and property separate from your own
Keep accurate accounts of your dealings as an Attorney
What happens when the Donor dies?
The Power of Attorney will automatically come to an end. You should send the original Power of Attorney and death certificate to the OPG as soon as possible. You cannot, for example, close the Donor's bank accounts after their death and distribute the money to their beneficiaries. This is the job of the Executor in the Will, or the Administrator where there is no Will.
Can I make gifts on the Donor's behalf?
An Attorney has very limited power to make gifts from the assets of the Donor. Any gifts incorrectly made by the Attorney may need to be repaid personally by the Attorney, so great care is needed.
You can only make gifts to people who are related to or connected with the Donor on occasions such as birthdays, weddings or anniversaries, or any other occasion such as Christmas or other religious holidays, when they would have usually given gifts. If the Donor previously gave to charity on a regular basis then you can continue to do so, on their behalf.
The value of any gift you give must be reasonable compared to everything that the Donor owns (the Donor's estate).
You will need to make an application to the Court of Protection for permission to make larger gifts or those that are not considered customary, for example, for Inheritance Tax planning.
Do I have the right to know the content of the Donor's Will?
A Will is confidential and so an Attorney cannot see it unless the Donor has given express authorisation for this. You can apply to the Court of Protection if you believe you need to see the Will to help you carry out your duties.
In particular, if you sell or otherwise dispose of an asset which is specifically referred to in the Donor's Will then the gift of that asset, in the event of the Donor's death, will fail which means that the intended beneficiary will not receive it. To avoid this situation, you would need to seek a specific Court Order prior to disposing of the asset in question. Advice can be provided on how to proceed with applying for such a Court Order.
Can the Donor's Will be changed?
Just because someone cannot deal with their financial affairs does not mean that they cannot make a Will. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 imposes a duty to assume that capacity is present unless it can be shown to be absent, and so this also applies to 'testamentary capacity' (the mental ability to make a Will). If, however, it can be shown that the Donor does not have testamentary capacity, and so cannot make a Will, then it is possible to apply to the Court of Protection for what is known as a Statutory Will to be made on the Donor's behalf.
An application for a Statutory Will needs to set out all the personal, financial and family circumstances of the Donor, to include details of anyone who might expect to inherit something in the event of the Donor's death, and specifically those who may be disadvantaged by the terms of any Statutory Will. After representations by all parties, including the Official Solicitor on behalf of the Donor, the Court of Protection makes a decision on the terms of any Statutory Will. Advice can be provided on how to proceed with a Statutory Will application.
Protecting the Donor's assets
If tailored advice is required then please ask – legal fees for such advice can be paid from the Donor's assets. Some general points to consider are:
Arrange domiciliary care: domiciliary care, also known as homecare (given that it is care provided in the Donor's own home), is designed to promote the independence of those who still live at home but have care needs. The care can range from a 15 minute check to ensure that medication has been taken, up to and including 24-hour live-in care.
A package of care which works well can help someone to remain in their own home for as long as possible, making it less likely that the Donor will need permanent care in a home. This option should therefore be viewed as a sensible financial planning measure.
We can provide details on request of an independent social worker who can assess the need for, and then arrange, homecare.
Apply for NHS Continuing Care funding: if a person has needs which are primarily nursing needs, then it is possible for all care and accommodation costs to be paid by the NHS. This is known as 'NHS Continuing Care funding'. It is a complex area and so we can give advice and assistance on arranging for the appropriate assessment to be carried out, and challenging assessments which incorrectly refuse the funding.
Claim Attendance Allowance: Attendance Allowance is a tax-free benefit for people aged 65 and over who need help with personal care because they are physically or mentally disabled. If the Donor is under the age of 65, Disability Living Allowance may be available instead.
You should ensure that Attendance Allowance is claimed where applicable and, where it is already in payment, that it is being paid at the correct rate.
Claim a reduction in Council Tax: there is a 25% discount on Council Tax for properties occupied by one person only. If an adult occupant is severely mentally impaired (diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or similar) then that person is ignored for the purposes of calculating Council Tax under the Class U exemption. This could either result in a 25% reduction in Council Tax where two people live in the property, or a 100% reduction where there is just one person living in the property. Further, if a property is left empty because the sole occupier moved into a hospital or care home, then no Council Tax is payable under the Classes E and I exemptions.
Take out a Funeral Plan: cash in the bank will be taken into account in any financial assessment for care home fees. If some of those funds were used to purchase a Funeral Plan, then they cannot be taken into account by the Local Authority. To purchase a Funeral Plan for the Donor you can contact:
Take out a Pre-Paid Probate Plan: as mentioned above, cash in the bank will be taken into account for someone who is in a care home. If some of those funds were used to purchase a Pre-paid Probate Plan, which means pre-paying for the cost of administering an estate by a solicitor, then they cannot be taken into account by the Local Authority. Further information about a Pre-paid Probate Plan can be provided on request.
Obtain independent financial advice: as an Attorney, it is your duty to safeguard the finances of the Donor. The best way to avoid any criticism is to seek the advice of an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) who specialises in this area. An appropriately qualified IFA can be recommended to you on request.
For those already in a care home, or who will be moving into one, one option which should be considered by an IFA is an Immediate Care Fees plan (also known as an Immediate Needs Annuity or Immediate Lifetime Care plan), which is essentially an insurance policy to cover any care home fees that become due. The aim of the plan is to provide certainty as to how much capital will be used to meet care home fees, and therefore certainty as to how much capital will be left as an inheritance.
An Immediate Care Fees plan is a plan designed for individuals who need assistance with everyday tasks (known as Activities of Daily Living) or supervision in the case of mental impairment. Needing care in a home is not a necessity and so the plan can be suitable for those wanting to receive care in their own home.
The plan is a contract between the Donor and an insurance company that guarantees to pay a series of regular payments in return for a non-refundable one-off lump sum. The regular payments can start as soon as the premium has been paid. Typically, the plan pays monthly payments directly to the chosen care provider for the rest of the Donor's life.
The regular payments are tax-free if paid directly to the 'registered care provider' (whether the care home or formal care home agency). If payments are made directly to the Donor then the appropriate income tax rate will be deducted. Note, that this is the current position which HM Revenue & Customs could possibly chance over the life of the plan.
The amount of the lump sum needed to purchase the plan will depend on:
The Donor's age
The Donor's state of health
The income required and whether or not this needs to increase over time
Any capital guarantees
The frequency of payments
The potential drawbacks of an Immediate Care Fees plan are:
The cost of the plan can be expensive (but then again so are the care home fees which are to be paid by the plan!)
The premium paid may not be enough to cover all costs of care at the commencement of the plan. Additional funds may therefore be required from elsewhere. Even if an increasing income from the plan is selected prior to commencement of it, the rate of increase chosen is not guaranteed to match future increase in care costs and so any shortfall must be met by the Donor
There is no cash-in value, so the Donor could pay for the plan and die soon after, leaving nothing to their estate. At an additional cost, it may be possible to put in place capital guarantees (also known as premium protection) by purchasing life assurance at the same time as the plan. This is an insurance policy taken out so that if the Donor dies during the specified term, a tax-free lump sum will be paid out based on proportion of the single initial premium. The term assurance has no cash-in value
Some State and Local Authority benefits are means-tested and the Donor's entitlement to receive them may be affected by the payments from the plan. Non-means-tested benefits are not currently affected
Sara-Rose Welch
Nichola Stephens


In the National Theatre's stellar touring production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, actor Joshua Jenkins leads the cast as fifteen year old Christopher Boone. A graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Joshua's role as "a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties" is both physically and emotionally demanding, and an unusual one amongst theatre protagonists in that his character falls somewhere on the autistic spectrum, while being brilliantly intelligent.
Bakchormeeboy: You've been playing Christopher since the first time the show's toured around the UK. Over the show's run, has your portrayal of the character changed at all? How have you yourself grown as an actor since taking on the role?
Joshua: Yes I think my portrayal of the character has changed quite a lot, but of course all within the context of the play and whats been created in previous versions of this production. I deliberately didn't want to do the exact same version that I did before as I have no interest in that as an actor, I want to do work that I find stimulating. I've already done that version so it was important to try and find new things. Also, I'm working with a completely new bunch of actors in this production so you have to work with what their giving you on stage otherwise it would feel out of sync and I'm not sure the connection between the characters would be there.
Bakchormeeboy: How did you land the role of Christopher in the first place, and during the rehearsal process, how did you prepare for the role?
Joshua: My agent put me up for the role and I auditioned about 4 times. The first couple was with the Casting Director and Associate Director Katy Rudd, Marianne Elliot was there for the 3rd audition and the 4th audition was a movement workshop with Scott Graham from Frantic Assembly which was to make sure you were physically up for the challenge of playing the role. I was fortunate to find out I got the role about 4 months before rehearsals began, so I was able to do a lot of research and learn all my lines beforehand.
Even though it's not mentioned in the book or play that Christopher is on the Autistic Spectrum, it's fair to say that he processes some of the traits and qualities as someone who is. So I read many books, watched several documentaries and was lucky enough to visit some schools in London to meet kids who were on the spectrum and also speak to their parents and teachers. It was incredible to hear their stories and was invaluable for when rehearsals began.
Bakchormeeboy: Are there any similarities between yourself and your character? Why do you think Curious Incident garners so many emotional reactions in every audience, and why is it so universal?
Joshua: I think everyone can relate to Christopher in some way. The struggles of being a teenager, tough times within families and the loss of a loved one for example. Something I personally really relate to Christopher is his passion for Maths and Science and how he uses those passions to find a sort of inner peace, happiness and is able to focus his mind in a way that nothing else can. My passions aren't the same as Christopher's, but what I am passionate about like acting, theatre, literature and music, all help me in exactly the same way as it does Christopher. I think this show garners so many emotional reactions because its about universal themes that we all go through at some point. Its about coming of age, difference, family and love. All things we can relate to no matter where you're from.
Bakchormeeboy: This is the first time Curious Incident has toured Asia. What are you looking forward to most when you step foot into Singapore?
Joshua: I'm looking forward to seeing how the Singapore audience get the jokes within the play. its a very funny and witty play and the reactions have been slightly different in every country we've played to it will be interesting to see how it goes down here.
Bakchormeeboy: In following a production on tour, particularly a cross country one, what's one of the greatest challenges you face, and how do you deal with it?
Joshua: The biggest challenge for me personally is being away from your family and friends. Not having that stability in your life and living out of a suitcase can be quite challenging. But being in this show and getting paid to do what I love means I can't complain too much. Im in a privileged position to be 'in work' and I don't take that for granted and just try to enjoy the experience the best I can.


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What's the easiest way to move into product creation? Rewrite PLR products and create an ebook in pdf format. Find a public label rights product in your niche and put it into your own words. If you don't feel capable of creating a product from scratch, this is an easy route for you. You can create books, workbooks, guides, and a host of other products from PLR resources.
Next easiest is creating an audio product. You can do this from a PLR resource or on your own. You can do this in Windows with the Voice Recorder app, if that's your computer operating system. Just type Voice Recorder in the "Type here to search" box in the bottom left of your screen.
Next, is creating a video product. For this, you can produce a powerpoint presentation, and record a voice-over for it. Windows has a free video editing software called Movie Maker. Videopad works for Windows and Mac. Openshot works for Windows, Mac, and Linux. I used the free version of Screencast-O-Matic before I purchased Camtasia Studio.
You can record a webinar, teleseminar, or workshop. For example, you can do a seminar and film it. You can do a screen capture of you doing something on your computer to teach others how to do it. There are many ways to use video to create an information product.
Create a subscription service that provides you with monthly income. This can be a mastermind group, a coaching service, a group coaching service, or a membership website.
One easy way to create an information product is interviewing experts in your niche. The hard part is getting them to agree to do it, so send out LOTS of requests to many different influencers in your niche.
Send them a short email that explains who you are, what you want to interview them about, and how you will use the interview. Give them links to your work so that they can see for themselves who they're dealing with. Set up the interview with those who respond to your request. You can do your interview over Skype or a phone call. Create your questions, do the interview, create a copy of the interview, and you're in the game. Send your interviewed expert a copy of the completed interview and ask them to promote it, and, of course, you promote it as well.
Use this link to download a template for information product creation.
Advertising and Marketing genius Dan Kennedy says, "Spend 10% of time on product creation and 90% of time on marketing the product" Once you've got your product, the rest of your work is selling it. Find the right market for your product, then let them know how you are going to solve their problem, alleviate their frustrations, and put them on the right path, whatever that is for them. Start putting together your promotional presentations with my free headlines guide – headlines are what get people to read what you have to say about your product.
Use sales pages, email marketing, content marketing, your blog, solo ads, social media (free and paid) – there are many ways to promote your product(s). Consider the 3 M's of Advertising.
First, identify the ideal market for your product. Is it middle class housewives in England, or male auto mechanics in Canada? Maybe your ideal customer is a teenage girl in Brazil. Whoever your ideal customer is, once you know who they are, your next task is finding out the best places to market to them.
Second, what is your message? What can you say about your product that would show how it will benefit your target audience?
Third, how will you deliver your message to your market? It may be through sales pages, email marketing, content marketing, your blog, solo ads, social media (free and paid). Remember Dan Kennedy's word, "Spend 10% of time on product creation and 90% of time on marketing the product." Once you've created your product, then the real work begins of getting your product in front of interested prospects.
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• Chilli pdr - 1/2 teaspoons.
• Turmeric-haldi - 1/4 teaspoons.
• Fenu greek seeds - 1 pinch.
• Red chilli - 3 numbers.
• Sesame seeds - 15 grams.
• Coconut pdr - 1 tablespoons.
• Long green chillies (hari mirch) - 100 grams.
• Tamarind pulp - 30 grams.
• Plain yogurt (beaten) - 100 grams.
• Cooking oil - 30 ml.
• Peanut - 30 tablespoons.
to let it cook properly.when the peanuts are ready add the sesame seeds and let them roast.
brown add the coconut powder and roast it for few seconds till it is slightly brown.
Add this mixture to the blender and blend it with some water to fine paste.
along with whole red chillies.then add the mustard seeds and let it crackle.
when the mustard seeds crackle add cumin seeds and then fenugreek seeds.
are golden brown so that they get dissolve in the salan.
and mix everything and let it cook to remove the raw smell.
Add little water to it and add the dry masalas red chilli powder,coriander powder and cumin pwdr.
Cover the pan with lid and let it cook (stirring in between) till the oil oozes out.
everything is well cooked and well incorporated.
for another 5 to 10 mins so the juices of tthe gravy get absorbed by the chillies.
Adjust the seasonings by adding salt according to your taste.
Mirchi ka salan, or curried chili peppers, is a popular dish made with a variety of long, big chillies, spices and peanut curry blended and cooked together. It accompanies Hyderabadi biryani finger hots cooked in peanut ,sesame seeds and coconut curry and is a must with all kinds of Biryani.
ok I'll look again, thanks.
The peanut, coconut & sesame seeds acts like a thickening agent to the gravy apart from the good taste. I think it's a must for this recipe.
If these ingredients are not added it will taste like gujrathi kadi with green chillies.
indian food is so good becuz they use soo many spices!!!
how do you get the yogurt to be so thick?
thanks Sanjay!When you say coconut powder do you mean coconut milk powder or desiccated coconut?
thank you very much!Do i have to grind it or use it as it is?Will it dissolve in the sauce if i don't grind it?


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CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH DEBT COLLECTORS AND DEBT BUYERS ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, MIDLAND FUNDING, MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, AND ASSET ACCEPTANCE CAPITAL CORP.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a proposed stipulated final judgment and order to settle its lawsuit against Encore Capital Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Midland Funding, LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. The companies, which are headquartered in San Diego, California, together comprise the largest debt collector and debt buyer in the United States. Encore and its subsidiaries are currently subject to a 2015 consent order with the Bureau based on the Bureau's previous findings that they violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Bureau sued Encore and its subsidiaries on September 8 of this year, alleging that Encore and its subsidiaries violated the terms of this consent order and again violated the FDCPA and CFPA in their debt-collection practices. If entered by the court, the settlement will require Encore and its subsidiaries to pay consumer redress and a civil money penalty.
The Bureau's September 8 complaint, filed in federal district court in the Southern District of California, specifically alleged that since September 2015, Encore and its subsidiaries violated the consent order by suing consumers without possessing required documentation, using law firms and an internal legal department to engage in collection efforts without providing required disclosures, and failing to provide consumers with required loan documentation after consumers requested it. The Bureau also alleged that the companies violated the consent order, the CFPA, and the FDCPA by suing consumers to collect debts even though the statutes of limitations had run on those debts and violated the consent order by attempting to collect on debts for which the statutes of limitations had run without providing required disclosures. The Bureau further alleged that the companies violated the CFPA by failing to disclose possible international-transaction fees to consumers, thereby effectively denying consumers an opportunity to make informed choices of their preferred payment methods. The Bureau also alleged that each violation of the consent order constitutes a violation of the CFPA.
If entered by the court, the stipulated final judgment and order will require Encore and its subsidiaries to pay $79,308.81 in redress to consumers and a $15 million civil money penalty. The settlement will also require Encore and its subsidiaries to make various material disclosures to consumers, refrain from the collection of time-barred debt absent certain disclosures to consumers, and abide by certain conduct provisions in the 2015 consent order for five more years.
A copy of the proposed stipulated final judgment and order is available at: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_encore-capital-group-et-al_proposed-stipulated-final-judgment-and-order_2020-10.pdf.
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Because she came from an impoverished family, from an early age Du Juan was determined to make a lot of money to live a better life. In order to realize this aim, she left school early on to do manual work, whatever she could do to earn money. She did not complain when the work was hard and tiring. However, she did not achieve the desired result. Regardless of how hard she worked, she could not attain the life that she wanted for herself. In 2008, harboring the dream of making a lot of money, she and her husband went to Japan to work. After a few years, the pressure of onerous work and the excessive working hours caused her to collapse from fatigue. The results of hospital investigations made her mood plummet to an all-time low, but in order to realize her ideals, Du Juan was not prepared to give in. She continued to work, carrying her illness, her mind set on struggling on. Eventually, the torture of her condition forced her to halt the progress of her pursuit of money. In the midst of her pain, she began to reflect: Why after all does man live this life? Is it worth it to risk one's life for the sake of money? Is it the case that a life of money is a happy life? These doubts constantly roamed about in her mind. Not long after, Almighty God's salvation of the last days came to her. From the words of Almighty God, she came to know the source of man's life of pain, and she also understood what man should live for, and how to live before he can have a meaningful human life…. Whenever she thought of this experience, Du Juan would sigh with emotion: This bout of illness had really made her obtain blessing from woe!
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New Digital Content Curation Game Changer: Flipboard 2.0
By: Tiana Tucker
Flipboard users gained access to the second edition of the popular social magazine application on Tuesday. The application has taken its mantra of being "the world's first social magazine" a step further by allowing users to actually curate content for customized magazines.
By simply selecting the new "+" feature, Flipboard users can add any piece of content in their stream, including articles, images, videos, and even audio, to tell any story they choose. All the items complied into users' custom magazines feature a proper credit given to the original source of the content. Users can even choose to select content from various social media streams on Twitter or Facebook from within the application for their magazine. A cover spread for a magazine can be selected from any of the content used within a particular magazine. Any magazine created can be set as either public or private at any time by making one effortless edit. Flipboard users can share their new public magazines with others via email, Facebook, or Twitter. Users can build a community around the content they curate on Flipboard with the ability to like, comment, or subscribe to their magazines, and the new Flipboard Notifications feature informs users of any new community interaction with their content.
An additional Flipboard feature released under the application's 2.0 edition is "Flip It," a bookmarklet feature, which is very similar to "Pin It" for Pinterest or "Share on Tumblr" for Tumblr. Two additional must-have capabilities when making a move to the content curation world these days are Flipboard's new Content Search and Content Guide features. Flipboard's Content Search allows readers to discover content intentionally through keyword searches for specific topics, users, and hashtags, while the Content Guide showcases magazines by both ordinary users and brands/publishers.
Flipboard partnered with Etsy for the 2.0 launch and pulled the independent creative e-commerce site's blog and products into a magazine. The Esty spread includes a custom purchase button built into the Flipboard application. This especially could potentially be huge opportunity for other players in the e-commerce world.
Unfortunately, Android users aren't able to get in on the magazine creating action just yet, since the update was only released for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices, but all users can view magazines at this time. The company is hoping to make Flipboard 2.0 available to Android users very soon.
Flipboard became available in 2010 and since then the application has consistently risen in popularity, often being praised for its beautiful, sleek, and easy-to-use interface. It's also a great alternative to Google Reader, as Flipboard can copy all the RSS feeds you follow with Google before the technology giant officially shutters the product on July 1, 2013.
Watch the video below to walk through Flipboard 2.0 with Flipboard's founder Mike McCue.
Tiana Tucker is an online marketing professional working as the Inbound Marketer for Nursing@Simmons, which is an online master's in nursing offered by Simmons College. Keep up with Tiana on Twitter @TianaMTucker or Google+.


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Kim Lew, Columbia Endowment's next CEO, Shattering the Glass Ceiling
African-American investment professionals in the News. . . better late than never! Last week Columbia University announced that Ms. Kim Y. Lew, chief investment officer and thirteen-year veteran of the Carnegie Corporation, will join Columbia's $10.9 billion Investment Management Company as CEO on November 2nd. She won't have far to move. Her new office is located about eight blocks south and three blocks east of her present location in mid-town Manhattan. This hire is a big deal and the search committee — Columbia University's board of directors, President Lee C. Bollinger, and EVP of finance Anne Sullivan — shattered several glass ceilings when they welcomed Ms. Lew on board. Gender is a formidable barrier for females in finance. On our latest list of the top one hundred endowment chief investment officers pre-Ms. Lew, there are only sixteen women. [This is pre-Kim Lew and Brooke Jones, both moves announced last week. Ms. Jones was Kim Lew's investment director and will move to Bryn Mawr College as CIO next month. Dekia Scott, 19 years at Southern Company, was promoted to CIO in June] Fortunately, Columbia's search committee was more interested in talent and ability than race, gender, or religion when they selected Ms. Lew. [Our full interview with Ms. Lew is just below] We see a lot of boilerplate in the nonprofit world about how "we don't discriminate." But, truth be told, if you are a woman, or more pointedly, an African-American woman in asset management, you face gale-force headwinds as you scale the institutional precipice. How bad is it? For over thirty years we have followed the careers of several thousand investment heads at Wall Street investment and money center banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and nonprofits. Within our global database we have about six-hundred-fifty chief investment officers at endowments, foundations,…
CA vs NY: Performance and pay at the Mega-pensions
In this issue CA vs NY: Performance and pay at the Mega-pensions Skorina seeks a chief investment officer We talk to Vicki Fuller, CIO of NY's $200 CRF ————————————————– Vicki Fuller, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and the Quest for the Seven-Percent Solution Vicki Fuller, chief investment officer at the country's third-biggest public pension — New York State's Common Retirement Fund – has announced her retirement by the end of this summer of 2018. We just had a chance to chat with her about her life and times. But first, here are a couple of mini-charts to put everything in perspective. As of September 2017, there were only three U.S. pensions with over $200 billion in assets – two in California, and one in New York. Here's how Ms. Fuller's fund stacks up against the Californians. AUM (9-30-17) and trailing net multi-year returns (6-30-17) CIO Fund AUM 1yr 3yr 5yr 10yr Vicki Fuller Aug 2012 – Jul 2018 NYSCRF $201bn 11.48 6.17 8.35 5.59 Chris Ailman Oct 2000 – Jul 2018 CalSTRS $216bn 13.40 6.30 10.10 5.00 Ted Eliopoulos Feb 2014 – Jul 2018 CalPERS $337bn 11.20 4.64 8.80 4.40 We included 10-year returns, although only Mr. Ailman was aboard for the whole decade. Indeed, he's still motoring along with almost 19 years on the job. Also, Mr. Eliopoulos recently announced that he, too, will depart this summer; so, we'll soon see CIO turnover at two of the big three. Ms. Fuller can't claim credit for the entire 10-year number, but it's interesting to see that New York State does slightly lead the Californians over the longer haul. The other critical stats for pensions are the assumed rate of return and funded status. Assumed rate of return and funded status (6-30-16) CIO Fund Assumed Return Percent Funded Status…


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CASTRO DE VILASUSO
An old castle, a Celtic habitat from the Atlantic Iron Age, which has preserved its moat and the defensive walls typical of the Galician villages. At the foot of an interesting hill half-slope with a double defensive system.
Like all other Galician castles, Vilasuso has its own legend. On the eve of May Day, a gigantic winged cobra, with its entire body covered in shells, leaves the castle.
"It's a good snake that never hurt anyone", but intimidated by its fierce aspect, the armed men chase it to kill it for the mountain in front of the fort, with the remains of a Celtic place of worship and an interesting petroglyph, until recently the only known one of the City council of Narón. The serpent flees through the Montes de Vilarquinte to the so-called "Casa do Martuxo", where after dancing, making a wheel, it rushes down the cliff and disappears into the sea waves.
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manager is Robert Webb of Aberdeen (standing), and the faculty adviser is Dr. Lloyd F. Johnson, (center).
"The Greeks Had A Machine For It" . . .
Though the poet tells us, "Drink to me only with thine eyes," Dr.
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point average between 2.25 to 2.74.
South First Street in Aberdeen.
agrees on what is practical."
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Transcription Although Gypsy Day, 1955, is still several months away, the planning committee is busy working out the details for the 40th annual homecoming festivities to be held October 8. The co-chairmen for the event this year are Carma Schwarz, Aberdeen, (left) and Jim Nygaard, Pierpont, (right). The 1955 business manager is Robert Webb of Aberdeen (standing), and the faculty adviser is Dr. Lloyd F. Johnson, (center). "The Greeks Had A Machine For It" . . . Ancient Lore Rivals Modern Science by Gertrud Becker Though the poet tells us, "Drink to me only with thine eyes," Dr. Graubard of the University of Minnesota expressed the belief that any-one who can do so literally belongs in a circus, when he presented his fascinating illustrated lecture, "Ancient Science and Ancient Supersti-tion", at the 9:20 a.m. assembly on Monday, June 20. With an element of magic seldom associated with science added to such demonstrations as the Greek temple door, the Greek wine vase, and the Greek astro-loger's rings, Dr. Graubard conclusively proved that things are not al-ways what they seem to be. The Exponent Volume 53, No. 19 Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota July 1, 1955 Summer Graduation, August 12 23 Apply For MISS GAULT TO PRESENT RECITAL M. S. Degree Proposed Library Provides Space Plus Recognizing Northern's need for a new library after it was brought to their attention by the Aberdeen Chamber of Comerce, the legisla-ture reversed its position and pass-ed a bill which was signed by Gov-ernor Foss on March 5, alloting $400,000 for this purpose. Archi-tect Clarence Herges is revising plans which were originally made for a $640,000 and then a $561,000 building. Committee meetings have been held, but definite plans must await the architect's revisions. The probable site of the new li-brary will be the corner of 14th Avenue and South Washington Street. The main part of the ori-ginal plan was to be 82x90 feet and consist of a basement and two floors. The laboratory school li-brary was to be an annex to the main building, 25x45 feet, also with two floors and a basement. Present plans are for an audio-visual laboratory in the basement. The second floor is to contain classrooms until such time as it is needed for library space. The area now covered by the library in Cen-tral will be converted into class-rooms. An increase of 60% in en-rollment in the past three years and an expanding collection of books has pinpointed the need for such a building. In recent months it has become necessary to store approximately 10,000 volumes in Central's basement. Welsh, Milbrandt Ke-eli "A" Average Dr. Manbeck, director of student personnel, announced that Carol Welsh and Wayne Milbrandt have maintained an "A" average in all classes taken during the three quarters of the past 1954-55 col-lege year at NSTC. Mary Hovland and Richard Hart-ley earned "A's" in all courses dur-ing two of the three terms. Both made the superior honor roll in the term in which they did not make the "perfect" list. The 1955 spring quarter showed that Northern also had one hund-red twelve students on either the excellent or superior honor roll. To be awarded a position on the su-perior honor roll, the student must maintain a grade point average of 2.75 to 3.00. The excellent honor roll student must establish a grade point average between 2.25 to 2.74. Dr. Neiswender To Join Music Staff Dr. Charles Neiswender, who has recently received his degree, Dr. of Music, from the University of Wyoming, will join Northern's mu-sic department in the fall. Dr. Neiswender whose special-ties are voice and music education has an excellent background in his field. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and his masters from Columbia University. He has also studied in Scotland and in continental Europe. Dr. Neiswender taught for sev-eral years in the high schools of Kansas and Oklahoma. In addi-tion, he taught voice at the Uni-versity of Wyoming. He is mar-ried and has one daughter. He and his family now reside at 1620 South First Street in Aberdeen. In Sympathy The staff and students of Northern State Teachers Col-lege extend their deepest sym-pathy to Miss Grace MacArthur because of the recent death of her mother. "We tend to forget the fact that man has always had science," sta-ted the lecturer, and proceeded to display models of ancient scientific discoveries from a stone calendar tablet to a most complicated in-strument for astrologers. Man's eternal interest in science and his desire to control nature were stressed by the speaker, who feels that scientific pursuit is an inte-gral part of man just as pursuit of art is. He cited the fact that young people, especially, know when the vernal equinox has ar-rived and accordingly sit on lawns and seek appropriate companion-ship without the aid of scientific explanation. Though necessity may be the in-stigator of many projects, it is not necessarily the mother of inven-tion, continued Dr. Graubard. Man has invented many things that are riot only unnecessary, but down-right irrational. "It is not correct to say men do things only for prac-tical reasons, because no one agrees on what is practical." Models of an Egyptian stone plate dating back to 2450 B.C. with 30 holes for the days of the month; a Babylonian bowl calendar of 3000 B.C. vintage; an obelisk for the same purpose; a replica of the To-wer of Babel; and an intricate wa-ter clock were among the ancient inventions demonstrated and dis-cussed by the lecturer. Calendars, he believes, were needed to tell the people when to worship which gods. The "magic" opening of doors in ancient Greek temples was shown and explained by the speak-er, as was an ancient application of the present-day jigger-caps on bottled spirits. "Maybe that's why people dran-k wine," said Dr. Grau-bard, "because this made it more interesting." That Aristotle and many other ancients knew the world was round, that the king's court trained the promising of ancient days, that mankind always appreciated learn-ing, were some of the thoughts pre-sented, interspersed with deft touches of humor. Dr. Graubard feels that so long as you have a democracy the scien-tist should be very happy, for in it he is given opportunity and re-spect, and should not try to be a privileged character. "By and large science has done all right by society, and society has done all right by science," was his conclud-ing statement. On August 12, 1955, one hundred twenty-four students will be gra-duated from various curricula of-fered at NSTC. Twenty-three people have applied for their mas-ters of science in education. This will be the largest group of mas-ters degrees ever to be given at one time at NSTC. The following people, listed with their majors and home towns, will receive masters degrees: Samuel F. Binder, Administration, Onaka; Arthur C. Burner, Administration, Sisseton; Alfred J. Crogan, Jr., Guidance, Aberdeen; Bernice Eye, Supervision, Aberdeen; Flora S. Gotaas, Secondary classroom teaching, Redfield; Richard B. Greeno, Administration, Aberdeen; Roland N. Greeno, Administration, Wessington Springs;. Vesta M. Hanson, Supervision, Wakonda; Robert B. Hartman, Guidance, Aberdeen; Bernard J. Hilsendeger, Administration, Leola; Jerome Johnke, Guidance, Aberdeen; Ed-ward McNeary, Administration, Aberdeen; Boyd K. Mitchel, Ad-ministration, Leola; Helen M. Neu-bauer, Supervision, Aberdeen; Ho-ward C. Peterson, Guidance, Al-pena; Wilbert K. Schiller, Super vision, Yankton; Robert E. Smith, Administration, Wolf Point, Mon-tana; Jack B. Theeler, Administra-tion, McLaughli;n James L. Thorn-ton, Administration, A b e r. de e n; Hannah Buss, Secondary classroom teaching, Rockham; Clarence E. Carson, Administration, Sisseton; Lyle W. Morgan, Administration, Warner; Lillian- Sluka, Elementary classroom teaching, Aberdeen. The graduates from other curri-cula include, forty people receiving bachelor of science degrees, thirty-two people receiving two year cer-tificates, .twenty-eight people re-ceiving one year certificates, and one person receiving a draftsman's degree. Next year keep informed about "goings-on" at NSTC. Drop in any afternoon before 3:30 P.M. at the Exponent Of-fice, A-107, and order your sub-scription to the Exponent for ' next year—only $1.00! There is a possibility that the Exponent will be a weekly next year. Ingrid Wiik Leaves For Norway Miss Ingrid Wiik, secretary in the business office, will leave for her home in Oslo, Norway, July 1. She plans to spend a few days in New York City before boarding a Scandinavian Airliner. Miss Wiik has been here one year and seemed to like "the good old atmosphere" of Aberdeen and stated, "I know I leave behind me the nicest group of people that I have ever worked and associated with." Miss Wiik was honored at a cof-fee party by the NSTC faculty in the Women's Lounge, June 17. July 8—First Summer Session Ends July 11—Second Summer Session Begins July 12-7:30 p.m.—Lavin and Mc- Graw July 22-9:20 a.m.—Albert DaCos-ta July 28-9:20 a.m.—Marta Beckett August 1-9:20 a.m.—Will Holt August 12-10:00 a.m. - Com-mencement Exercises Miss Joyce Gault of Northern's music department will give a recital at 8:15 in the College Auditorium on Tuesday, July 5. Miss Gault will play Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in G Major", and "Sonata Number 2" by Hindemith; "Two Intermezzi", "Capriccio in B Minor" by Brahms; Beethoven's "Sonata Opus III" and "Symphonic Etudes" by Schumann. 842 Enrolled First Summer Session, Largest In 30 Years Eight hundred forty-two stu-dents from eight states and the Territory of Guam registered at Northern to make this the largest summer session in thirty years. Of this total, 684 are undergraduates, and 158 are in the graduate school. Asked to estimate the expected enrollment for the second session, Dr. Manbeck, Director of Admis-sions and Student Personnel stated, "If the trend from last year con-tinues, we should expect about 650." To date, 114 have already registered for the second session, which will begin July 11. Other state schools are exper-iencing this same upswing in stu-dent population. They have re-ported their enrollments for the first summer session as follows: Black Hills Teachers College, 715; University of South Dakota, 675; South Dakota State College, 629; General Beadle Teachers College, 367; and Southern State Teachers College, 281. These figures do not include special workshops. States represented at Northern in addition to South Dakota are North Dakota, Minnesota, Missou-ri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Washing-ton, California and the Territory of Guam. Students from 49 of South Dako-ta's 67 counties are on Northern's campus. DWIGHT ROSE, CHIEF ENGINEER RETIRES SEPTEMBER 1 Mr. Dwight Rose, chief engineer for 21 years, plans to retire. "There has been plenty of grief but also a great deal of pleasure in my 21 years of work at NSTC," stated Mr. Rose. Mr. Rose plans to spend two months traveling before he retires to part-time basis. It is a popular belief that every-one has a hobby. However, Mr. Rose hasn't any but plans to ac-quire one soon and spend his time riding it vigorously.


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