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Dear Brothers and Sisters, the faithful and all people of good will,
His Excellency Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has announced the date for our country's general Election to be held on the 24th October 2014. This calls all the loving citizens who have registered for the elections to check that their registration card and valid Omang card are kept in a safe place ready for this important day. It will be a public holiday.
It is our duty as responsible citizens to exercise our right to choose the leaders and government that will respect human dignity and create better life for all.
Botswana is where it is now because it was blessed with good leadership from its birth as an independent state till present time we are still enjoying the good fruits of our good leaders. In order to continue to prosper as a nation we need to preserve this legacy by exercising our right to vote for good leaders of our choice. Every five years we are given an opportunity to evaluate, assess and make our choice.
Definition: leadership has been described as a 'process of social influence in which one person is able to influence and enlist the aid support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.' Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership attributes, such as their beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge and skills. Ultimately leadership is about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary HAPPEN.
Christian world views leadership as stewardship of divinely provided resources; human and material, centered on the mystery of the Trinity, Creation, the fall and redemption.
As Christians when we pray the "Lord's prayers' we say 'Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.' We use our right to vote in order to choose a government that will facilitate the coming on the kingdom of God on earth here and now. A kingdom that will provide our daily bread, peace, prosperity and respect for human dignity, emphasizing the common good and co-division. We are to vote for a government that promotes BOTHO.
As voters we should know what the political parties stand for; their manifestos so that we make informed decisions. We vote with knowledge.
The church has a spiritual role, to link present and future (religion and development) through motivating effective engagement of believers in economic activity, ensuring that the common good is promoted, providing right information so that right policy choice is made and promote Christian values in order to form a loving nation with good morals. The Catholic Church does not identify itself with any political party or ideology, but will encourage the faithful to choose the party that fulfills the social teaching of the church on good governance.
Many of the secular definition of Good Governance are found in the social teaching of the church. These include:
• Respect for dignity of the human person
• Good stewardship
• The rights and responsibilities of individuals and communities
• Subsidiary
• Common good
• Respect for private property
• Preferential Option for the poor
Make your voice to be heard and counted for the good of our proud Nation.
Vote on the 24th October 2014, it is your right.
Given on the 25th August, year of the Lord 2014, at Gaborone, by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane. Bishop of Gaborone.


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National Student Poet and resolute teen
National Student Poet is an appointment given annually to only five teens across the US; Lylla Younes of Alexandria, La. was chosen from 8,000 applicants by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
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One of the earliest forms of creative writing a child learns is poetry. Rhyming words; roses are red, violets are blue, and all that.
Lylla Younes, of Alexandria, La.,grew up in a house filled with poetry. There were no poets at home, but her dad, Maan Younes, is an avid reader of poetry. Each Friday night and some Saturdays, he gathered Lylla, her brother Abraham, and his wife Sue to read poetry.
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The words flowed forth and stuck with Lylla and Abraham, both of whom are now award-winning creative writers.
Lylla, 17, is now a National Student Poet appointed by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. She and four other teens from across the nation were chosen from 8,000 applicants.
"I'm proud, but I'm humbled," said Lylla's mother, Mrs. Younes.
She talked in depth about Lylla's talent, and attributes it mainly to her family's love of the written word.
"I don't know where she gets it from," Mrs. Younes said. "My sister is a songwriter/singer. My late sister was a writer. But, we are big readers."

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Each of these units serves a unique purpose with the overall goal of ensuring that Atlantic County continues to grow in an orderly and planned way while maintaining the County's unique quality of life. The Office of Policy, Planning and Development (OPPD) serves to coordinate the various functions of the Department and in large part develops the overall agenda in terms of short- and long-range planning for infrastructure, open space and land development within the County. Infrastructure planning ensures that the County's physical infrastructure
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responsible for The Office of Land Acquisition implements the recommendations of the Atlantic County Open Space and Recreation Plan, October 2000. The Office ensures that sufficient Open Space is set aside for Atlantic County residents to enjoy. Through the establishment of the County/Municipal Open Space Partnership Program, County Government has enabled the County's 23 municipalities to choose the Open Space projects of their choice and to fund those projects utilizing a portion of the Open Space Trust funds. The County also pursues lands for acquisition through the traditional means of identifying and purchasing lands utilizing funds from the County's Open Space Trust. CLICK HERE to Print an application for the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund! (This document is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and requires the Acrobat Reader. For a FREE copy of the Acrobat Reader CLICK HERE). 2010 census & ACS DataNJ State Data Center Links The OPPD also manages projects such as the Strategic Growth Initiative, the Great Egg Harbor Watershed planning effort, and responsibilities include the update of the Atlantic County Master Plan and Atlantic County Open Space and Recreation Plan, October 2000, and the Atlantic County Land Development Standards adopted in June, 2002. These initiatives are implemented with the goal of predicting and identifying future growth issues in order to plan and implement actions commensurate with those issues. Many of these initiatives are referred to as Growth Management. The OPPD administers the review and approval of subdivisions and site plans proposed within Atlantic County. The Atlantic County Land Development Standards adopted in June 2002 provide procedures and standards for review of land development by Atlantic County.
Office of Geographic Information Systems Applications - The Department of Planning, in cooperation with the Atlantic County Division of Public Health, has been operating Geographic Information System (GIS) since 1991. The Atlantic County Office of GIS (ACOGIS) is responsible for promoting, assisting and coordinating the development of GIS technologies in Atlantic County. ACOGIS staff has utilized GIS in a variety of applications, including environmental and health issues, land use planning, emergency preparedness, district mapping, transportation maintenance and census data. The Atlantic County Office of GIS is one of four counties in the State of New Jersey, to participate in a pilot program with the New Jersey Office of Information Technology (NJOIT). The program will create Internet mapping applications for the county and its municipalities. Quite often the ACOGIS contributes presentations at the Atlantic County Planning Summit, held yearly, as well as attending other conferences throughout the Mid Atlantic Region with state of the art displays. For more information regarding Geographic Information Systems please visit the Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey or the State Office of GIS, New Jersey. |


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AT&T Says It Won't Back Down On T-Mobile Acquisition
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AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens is putting a brave face on his company's beleaguered bid to acquire T-Mobile. Speaking at the UBS Conference on Global Media in New York City on Wednesday morning, Stephens promised that the telco would "continue to move forward" with its efforts "to complete the T-Mobile transaction."
[partner id="arstechnica"]AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telecom are "motivated to complete a transaction and we continue to pursue the sale," he confidently told the conference panel.
"Not much more that I can tell you this morning, but it's important to remember why we did this deal in the first place," Stephens added. "It's for our customers. It's a solid, strategic move that will help us provide better service, while addressing the spectrum concerns that everyone in the industry shares."
But listening to the whole conference Q&A with Stephens, a bystander might get the impression that AT&T has at least half an eye on the exit doors, given this obliquely worded proclamation:
As I said before, we are going to continue to work with our partner DT, Deutsche Telekom, and work toward a resolution of the transaction. Those conversations, as they occur, if and when they occur, and as they occur with the Department of Justice, will be kept confidential out of respect for them and for our partners and in hopes to improve the opportunity for the process to be successful.
One doesn't want to go overboard, tea leaf reading-wise, but "if and when they occur"? Here's a quick recap of recent merger drama events.
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The Auditor General of Canada to release report on the First Nations Child and Family Services Program—Indian and Northern Affairs Canada on May 6, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Copies of the report will be available on May 6, 2008 after 2 p.m. EST at www.oag-bvg.gc.ca The Auditor General of BC will also be releasing a report on Aboriginal child welfare on May 6, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PST (2 pm. EST) please see www.bcauditor.com for details.
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Recent reports in late May suggest that the infamous Ike Dike is "dead." The Sierra Club does not believe this is true. The reports quote Galveston County Judge Mark Henry as saying that "Right now the money doesn't exist and I don't know how we can pay for it."
For those not familiar with the Ike Dike (Where have you been?), Dr. Bill Merrell of Texas A&M at Galveston in 2009 suggested that a 17 foot high dike, with huge gates for the passage of large ships through navigation channels, be constructed from High Island to San Luis Pass. The cost has been estimated at $3 billion. The Sierra Club suspects the cost will be 3-6 times greater since large engineering projects are often underestimated (remember the I-10 expansion that went from $500 million to $2.5 billion), because the cost of inflation has not been factored in, and because financing costs have not been calculated.
A six-county Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) was created via state law by Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson and Orange Counties to consider coastal projects including Ike Dike. Funding has been the stumbling block since the GCCPRD has already chosen a President, former Harris County Judge Robert Eckels and an engineering firm (Dannenbaum Engineering) to act as the consultant to oversee any studies.
With talk of extending the proposed Ike Dike to Freeport the idea has grown more gargantuan and expensive as time has passed. So no, the Ike Dike is not dead. Look for those who will benefit from the Ike Dike, by using public funds to protect hazardous coastal development of fragile seaside habitats, to team up with politicians to push for local, state, and federal public funding (that means your taxes, their dike) of studies which will be used to justify the construction of an Ike Dike. This will be done to keep the momentum rolling until monies are found to build this "pyramid of folly" for coastal destruction. Stay tuned and be ready to protect your pockebook!
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Mar 14, 2014 Samueli School Celebrates E-Week Nearly 900 engineering students participated in E-Week 2014, organized by the Samueli School's Engineering Student Council (ESC). This year's theme was "The Art of Engineering," and all students who checked in received a Samueli School t-shirt. The celebration featured the Dean's Pancake Breakfast, an Awards Banquet, 10 competitions, a BBQ and the annual softball game, pitting students against faculty. Students broke the professors' long-running winning streak with a tie game. E-Week is an annual event aimed at increasing public awareness and appreciation for the engineering profession. Established in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, the weeklong celebration provides an avenue for students to demonstrate inventiveness and imagination through a variety of events. "This week is intended to benefit the engineering students, and if they take advantage of the opportunity, they can get a lot out of it," says Liz Brooks, ESC president. "The week is put on to celebrate engineering and acknowledge all of the hard work engineers do every single day. After participating in UCI's E-Week since I was a freshman, I can say it is continuously improving every year." |
Mar 13, 2014 OC Engineering Council Names Payam Heydari a Distinguished Educator The Orange County Engineering Council honored Payam Heydari with a Distinguished Engineering Educator Award at its National Engineering Week awards banquet in February. Heydari, a professor of electrical engineering, was recognized for his academic excellence. Heydari has contributed to the advancement in his field through his significant research accomplishments. His expertise is in the design and analysis of novel terahertz, millimeter-wave and radio-frequency integrated circuits. His research group recently showcased the most complex imaging receiver chip in the world at the 2014 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. A former associate chair for graduate affairs, Heydari is actively involved in the effort to attract graduate students to the Samueli School. His teaching was recognized by the UCI Engineering Student Council in 2010 with a Faculty of the Year Award. "It is nice to be recognized on a local level with this award," says Heydari. |
Feb 18, 2014 Anandkumar Receives 'Early-Career' Sloan Research Fellowship for her Work in Machine Learning Anima Anandkumar, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been awarded a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship for her work at the interface of theory and practice of large-scale machine learning and high-dimensional statistics. Bestowed annually since 1955 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the two-year fellowships go to 126 early-career scientists and scholars in the U.S. and Canada whose achievements and potential identify them as the next generation of scientific leaders. Fellows – who are nominated by their peers – receive $50,000 to further their work. "It's a great honor to join the prestigious ranks of Sloan Fellows," Anandkumar says. "The support from the Sloan Foundation will enable me to continue my research on large-scale machine learning."
Jan 30, 2014 Samueli School Engineers Named IEEE Distinguished Lecturers The IEEE has selected two Samueli School professors to serve as 2014-2015 Distinguished Lecturers: Professor Payam Heydari for its Solid-State Circuits Society and Chancellor's Professor Hamid Jafarkhani for its Communications Society. IEEE Distinguished Lecturers are engineering professionals who lead their fields in new technical developments that shape the global community. They serve two-year terms and deliver lectures at chapter meetings and regional seminars around the world. Heydari's research expertise involves the design and analysis of novel terahertz, millimeter-wave and radio-frequency integrated circuits. His group at the Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits Labs recently showcased the world's highest frequency wireless transceiver, operating at a record breaking 210 GHz in complementary metal oxide semiconductor process, at the 2013 International Solid-State Circuits Conference and is slated to present the world's highest frequency synthesizer at 300 GHz at next year's conference. "I am honored and privileged to be recognized as part of this selected group of scientists/researchers within the IEEE society," says Heydari. Jafarkhani's expertise is in distributed beam-forming in wireless relay-interference networks, cooperative communications, limited feedback beam-forming in MIMO, and distributed space-time coding. Another Samueli School electrical engineer, Professor Syed Jafar is in the midst of a two-year term as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Communications Society. "These lectures have been rewarding, as the audience tends to have broader interests than those of a typical technical conference audience," says Jafar, who has shared his expertise in interference alignment and index coding with IEEE chapters in Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Iowa. |
Jan 27, 2014 Engineering Professor Receives the IEEE Sumner Award The IEEE presented UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor Hamid Jafarkhani with the 2013 Eric E. Sumner Award at its Global Communications Conference in Atlanta in December. Jafarkhani is a co-recipient of the award, which recognizes researchers' outstanding contributions to communications technology. "It is an honor to receive such a prestigious award," says Jafarkhani, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of the Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing. The collective work of Jafarkhani and two colleagues has helped the wireless communications industry improve quality of service and increase network capacity and has been a key enabler for fourth generation OFDM/MIMO systems. The trio's research has greatly influenced the standardization, commercialization and advancement of space-time codes. In particular the award citation called out Jafarkhani's contributions to "block signaling for multiple antennas." |
Dec 20, 2013 Fall Design Review Showcases Senior Design Projects Around 860 people attended the 2013 Fall Design Review, including students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry representatives. |
Dec 17, 2013 Four Engineers Named IEEE Fellows Four Samueli School of Engineering faculty members have been designated Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest engineering society. Selected by the IEEE Board of Directors, Fellows are named in honor of a member's outstanding record of accomplishments. From the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, Professor Nader Bagherzadeh was recognized for his contributions to the design and analysis of coarse-grained reconfigurable processor architectures, Professor Franco De Flaviis for his contributions to reconfigurable antennas and tunable dielectrics for wireless communication systems, and Associate Professor Syed Jafar for his contributions to analyzing the capacity of wireless communication networks. From the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Professor Andrei Shkel was noted for his contributions to micro-machined gyroscopes. |
Dec 12, 2013 Engineer Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors Professor H. Kumar Wickramasinghe is among 143 innovators to be named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for 2013. Wickramasinghe is a UC Irvine professor and the Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in electrical engineering and computer science, with joint appointments in biomedical engineering and chemical engineering and materials science. Being named a NAI Fellow is distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Wickramasinghe, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is a well-respected pioneer in nanotechnology. He currently holds 94 patents. Some of his most significant inventions and contributions to the nano field include the development of the vibrating mode atomic force microscope (AFM), the magnetic force microscope, the electrostatic force microscope, the Kelvin probe force microscope, the scanning thermal microscope, and the apertureless near-field optical microscope. Most of these scanning probe microscopes are standard instruments used today for nano-scale characterization. "I am humbled and honored to be among this distinguished group of Nobel Laureates and National Medal Prize winners," says Wickramasinghe. "The greatest thrill I get is to see some of my inventions translated to practice and in use all over the world." |
Nov 26, 2013 Engineering Professor Serves as an Ambitious Advocate for Calit2 In 2006, soon after arriving at UC Irvine, a new assistant professor was introduced to an engineering school administrator who asked what her major was. |
Nov 25, 2013 Chancellor's Professor Chen Tsai Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award Chen Tsai grew up in a small village in Taiwan, where he and his older brother, without any tools, would fix things. He fondly remembers repairing the broken spring of an antique phonograph. He has turned his propensity to tinker into a formidable academic career, and it was with great pride that the UC Irvine's Chancellor's Professor accepted the 2013 lifetime achievement award from the IEEE-Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Controls Society this past summer in Prague. The award, bestowed annually, is the highest honor given by the society for research achievement. A professor of electrical engineering and computer science, Tsai was recognized for pioneering contributions in the "science and technology of integrated acousto-optics, ultrasonic monodisperse micro-droplet generation, acoustic microscopy, and guided-wave magneto-optics." He was honored at the plenary session of the international joint conference of three affiliated societies, with some 3,000 attendees from many countries. Tsai proudly shared with conference attendees UCI's recent top national and high worldwide rankings as well as some of the exciting new initiatives at the Samueli School of Engineering. |
Oct 30, 2013 Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Named Professor A. Lee Swindlehurst has been appointed the new associate dean for research and graduate studies. Swindlehurst, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been at UC Irvine since 2007 and most recently served as associate department chair for EECS. "The school has made great strides over the past two decades in both the reputation of its scholarly research and the quality of its graduate programs," says Swindlehurst. "We have exceptional faculty and a growing and very talented group of graduate students. I'm excited to work with Dean Washington and the rest of the faculty to keep the momentum going." This is an expanded position, established upon the recommendation of a special committee that looked at cost-effective ways to manage the huge growth in graduate and undergraduate programs over the past 15 years. Graduate studies had formerly been under Associate Dean for Student Affairs John LaRue, but it will now report to Swindlehurst. LaRue's title will change to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs. "Professor Swindlehurst has held administrative positions at multiple universities and in industry," says Dean Gregory Washington. "His research contributions are outstanding, and his teaching and supervision of graduate students are regarded as excellent. I have no doubt that his experience and qualifications will prove most valuable to our school." |
Oct 25, 2013 Electrical Engineering Professor to Deliver IEEE Global Conference Keynote Electrical engineering professor Payam Heydari has been selected to deliver a keynote speech at the 2013 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing to be held in Austin, Texas, in December. Heydari's research expertise involves the design and analysis of terahertz, millimeter-wave and radio-frequency integrated circuits. In his keynote talk, he plans to address the challenges and opportunities associated with fully integrated millimeter-wave imaging in silicon. Heydari most recently presented a panel talk at the 2013 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in Northern California. The panel discussed the future systems and integrated circuits supporting high speed connectivity. |
Oct 21, 2013 Engineering Doctoral Student Receives Marconi Young Scholar Award Samueli School of Engineering doctoral student Salvatore Campione has been named a 2013 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar. |
Oct 10, 2013 NSF Recognizes Andrei Shkel with EAGER Award Professor Andrei Shkel has received a $300,000 National Science Foundation EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Award. |
Jul 30, 2013 In memoriam: Rui de Figueiredo Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, a UC Irvine Samueli School professor emeritus, and respected collaborator passed away last week. |
Jul 22, 2013 Having Fun, FABcamp Style The Samueli School's FABcamp got off to a boisterous beginning with a full roster of middle school children. The first group of 9 girls and 20 boys could be seen touring labs and walking around the school in bright yellow t-shirts. |
Jun 11, 2013 Microsoft Research Names Anima Anandkumar a Faculty Fellow Anima Anandkumar has been awarded a 2013 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship. An assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Irvine's The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Anandkumar is one of seven from around the world to receive this support. |
Jun 10, 2013 Sina Poorkasmaei Presents as Finalist at Broadcom Foundation University Research Competition Sina Poorkasmaei, a Samueli School graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, presented innovative engineering research at the Broadcom Foundation University Research Competition sponsored by Broadcom Foundation, a non-profit public benefit corporation funded by Broadcom Corporation. Poorkasmaei's project "Differential Space-Time Modulation for Multiple Access Channels with Two Users" studied the technical challenges posed by improving the quality of information exchange between portable devices. Poorkasmaei, who is working with Chancellor's Professor Hamid Jafarkhani, was among 12 student finalists from 12 universities from around the globe competing in a poster session at Broadcom's annual Technical Conference June 5-6. The finalists, who were chosen by a select committee comprised of preeminent engineers, shared insights into their engineering research and how its future application can improve lives and contribute to society. More than 400 distinguished Broadcom engineers were on hand to judge the entries on technology innovation and presentation. |
Jun 3, 2013 Collaborator in Chief Don't let the piles of paperwork fool you – G.P. Li has a systematic strategy for pursuing innovationG.P. Li learned how to make an elevator pitch early in his career. His first corporate gig was with IBM, an innovative company that holds the top spot for number of U.S. patents granted. Today, the UC Irvine engineering professor and director of the campus's California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology makes it his mission to teach students this valuable skill. "My goal is to train them to be future leaders – CEOs and CTOs," says Li, who has founded four companies based on his inventions. |
May 10, 2013 A Life of Accomplishment UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor Chen Tsai has devoted nearly half a century to seeking innovation in the field of electrical engineering and applied science. His efforts recently were recognized by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society, which awarded him its 2013 lifetime achievement award. |


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i. have you ever been so hungry that, when food is finally ready and it's burning hot, you're not willing to wait?
because i want to love someone like this. love someone so much it doesn't matter if i get burned. love someone so much that it just. can't. wait.
i want to love someone so much that i'm not afraid anymore. not afraid of the consequences, of getting hurt, or of losing myself. i want to love someone so much that it's consuming and i can do nothing but love, love, love.
ii. sometimes, i wish i didn't have so many shots at a decent future. sometimes, i wish the only future i could ever have would be in writing. maybe then people would leave me alone to chase my passion.
[i hate this about myself. i hate that i can't just be grateful for what i have. i hate this secret.]
iii. i worry that one day, when i call up a friend, she'll answer the phone and ask, 'who's speaking?'
i'll say, 'alyssa.'
she'll ask, 'who?'
my greatest fear is being forgotten.
iv. when i can't think of anything to write, i think of you. i think of who you are and who you aren't and what you mean to me and what you don't and never will.
the only problem?
v. i like to think luck hates me. because it does.
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- Teachers and other staff should be aware of the challenges typical at different points in a student's academic career. Anticipating the causes of stress and normalizing the experiences for parents and students can be a first step in minimizing any negative impact.
- When the new school year brings a change to a new school, schools can prepare children for the transition by arranging visits to the new school and scheduling meetings with new teachers and the new principal. Orientation to new buildings and new expectations should happen more than one time. And once the school year starts, a big sibling program can help -- teaming up a new student with an older student.
- When changes in the structure of the school day will be involved in the next year, as in moving to a departmentalized program, practice experiences can be provided on a smaller scale the year before. For example, some elementary schools prepare children for the transition into middle school by providing more specific work on study skills and having different teachers teach courses. The impact of the transition can be softened by giving students plan books, binders, homework folders, etc.
- Although homework expectations and the consequences for noncompliance are the school's responsibility, input from students and parents should be considered. If, for example, a majority of parents report that students are spending an unreasonable amount of time on assignments at home, homework practices should be reconsidered.
- Collaborate with parents. A child's parents can be a useful source of information about a child's academic history. Prior school experiences, both positive and negative, influence both children's and parents' expectations and should be considered when engaged in problem-solving.
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Be aware of the different age-related, social and academic challenges children face at various stages and that times of transition can be an added stress. Also know the specific needs of the child that makes transitions harder.
Consider personal and family situations that may impact the child and make a particular year more difficult. Inform and collaborate with the school staff to obtain the best support.
Prepare the child for new school experiences by discussing the changes beforehand and phase in necessary adjustments ahead of time. For example, at the end of a vacation gradually set an earlier bedtime to make entry into the new routine smoother.
Young children can be helped to separate from parents and interact with new school-mates by providing them with opportunities to spend time with friends or relatives without their parents. Arrange play dates, play groups and other opportunities for socialization. Introduce some school-type activities at home, such as story time, snack time, and rest time.
Form a partnership with the child's teachers and school personnel. In meetings, listen to their point of view and let them explain their expectations. Children can behave differently at home than in school when under stress from academic and social challenges.
Keep hands off assignments; act as a guide or resource for children. Discuss possible ways to do the assignment, but don't actually do the work.
If homework keeps the child up well past the usual bedtime, despite the fact that the child is putting forth his or her best effort, discuss the issue with the teacher. The aim of both parents and teachers should be to prevent parent/child homework conflict and to help the child avoid feeling incompetent.
Be alert to the specific situations or types of assignments that are particularly difficult for your child. Investigate the problem with the school and consider obtaining an educational evaluation.
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The 22 year-old became the Shrews' second signing of the summer on Tuesday when he penned a two-year deal after being released by Brighton. And Robinson told Shrewsbury's official website that a loan move from the Seagulls to the Prostar Stadium was in place in January. He said: "In the January window I was called by Paul Simpson who said he was looking to take me on loan as I would possibly work well up front with Grant Holt. "Unfortunately that didn't work out as there was something that couldn't be agreed which was a shame as I really fancied the idea of a move and everything seemed to be sorted at my end. "It's nice to be wanted and the fact that Paul Simpson called me first and told me how much he admired me as a player was a big help."
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"I'm sure glad i'm friends with you normals rather than those burberry wearing twats over there"
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supposedly people who do not see shadows or anything like that.
She did not see things, so she is "normal".
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A town in central Illinois, whose name fits all too well. This town is conservative and boring.
Person 1: Have you ever been to Normal, Illinois?
Person 2: Yes. Once. I left immediately.
Person 2: Yes. Once. I left immediately.
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28 Tháng sáu, 2007
Euphamism for anything weird or abnormal abbie, abby, (from Young Frankenstein)
You're just too fuckin' normal
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27 Tháng mười, 2004
Easy, two lines intersecting orthogonally.
on a Cartesian Coo0rdinate Plane there are three normal planes.
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05 Tháng hai, 2012
The pepperoni is on top of the cheese on a pizza.
Mom: "Do you want the pepperoni on top of the cheese?"
MacKenzie: "Yeah, that's the normal way."
MacKenzie: "Yeah, that's the normal way."
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22 Tháng sáu, 2011
weird is "a person, place or occurance that is abnormal" but what exactly is normal...nobody is the same so u can't pick one person that is normal... So everybody is weird there is no such thing as a normal person.
"I'm not like u and ur not like me so we must both be weird."
It's normal to have a dog.
Oh really, so i'm not normal?
It's normal to have a dog.
Oh really, so i'm not normal?
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Apple (AAPL - Get Report) shares fell 1.95% to $422.08 despite increased rumors of a new product, the iWatch, coming out later this year.
Citing people familiar with Apple's plans, Bloomberg reported the Apple-branded watch could arrive in 2013. According to the report, Apple has filed at least 79 patent applications which have the word wrist in it, including one for two-way communication of location data between a portable media device and an accessory. This patent allows media to be transferred between devices using GPS data with a separate accessory.
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I fermented mine cool at a steady beer temp of 70 through the entire fermentation (OG 1.050, FG 1.005) and the beer lacked yeast character. If I use it again as a primary yeast strain in a saison (I don't expect to -- I'd rather keep some around to finish off a stalled SdP batch) I'd ferment warmer, say 75. It's a very citrusy/earthy sort of saison yeast. I didn't get the peppery/fruity notes that I hoped for at 70. Just my .02.
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Sticking it to the South American cactus moth: since arriving in Florida, the cactus moth has rapidly moved along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. But it has not been found in the Southwest or in Mexico.
In the 1800s, prickly pear cacti were introduced into northeastern Australian prairies as living cattle fencing. It didn't take long, however, for the cacti to become major weeds and cover about 16 million acres of land.To control the advance of the prickly pear cactus, the Australians in 1925 began a classical biological control program. The first biological control agent they introduced was the South American cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum), which proved extremely effective in reducing the numbers of prickly pear cactus.
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ARS entomologist James Carpenter, in the Crop Protection and Management Research Unit in Tifton, Georgia, has been studying use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to establish a barrier along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Before 2001, Carpenter, along with ARS's Stephen Hight; APHIS's Kenneth Bloem; and Stephanie Bloem, formerly from Florida A&M University, had been applying SIT to several moth species. In 2001, they began using it with the cactus moth. The moths are mass-reared on an artificial diet and irradiated to cause sterility.
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"This may prove to be a more effective solution, since the moths with reduced fertility are not only more competitive in occupying the attention and efforts of the target population, but they also produce sterile offspring that further reduce the population of the following generation," says Carpenter.
"The SIT trial is being conducted at the leading edge of the infestation on Dauphin Island, Alabama, to test the ability to create a barrier against the breeding moths," says Carpenter. "Based on a field cage study, releasing only five times more sterile insects than fertile insects was enough to substantially lower the reproduction of fertile insects. Also, releasing both sterilized males and females was more effective than releasing only sterilized males."
A pheromone for the cactus moth is in development by Robert Heath and others at ARS's Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami, Florida.
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Though not a major U.S. crop, prickly pear cactus has significant value as an ecological plant, adding to wildlife habitat, ecosystem structure, and biodiversity. "It is important to prevent the moth from advancing to the Southwest, where the cactus is used as emergency forage for cattle during the winter months," says Joel Floyd, who is with APHIS's Pest Detection and Management Program. "The cactus is also part of the landscape nursery industry in the western United States and is in limited production in California."
Prickly pear cacti are also important to Mexico's desert ecosystems, with 53 species occurring there. The cactus is a major agricultural commodity in Mexico, with significant acreage devoted to crop and forage. It is grown as a vegetable, and the pads taste something like green beans. Different prickly pear cactus species produce flowers in an array of colors. The resulting fruit can be eaten raw or cooked into jams and preserves.
Floyd has devoted significant time to developing the strategic plan to beat back advancement of the cactus moth.
"It is very important to help prevent the moth's advancement into Mexico, where the prickly pear cactus is an economically important crop," he says. "The moth has certainly been worrisome since it was found in Florida. We now have an opportunity to do something about it."
Use of previously vetted research allowed scientists to quickly and effectively respond to the invasion of the South American cactus moth.--By Sharon Durham, ARS.
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