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Vol. 3, Issue 3

14 February 2014

Minister Muchenatours UZMCAST

Prof Mpeperekipresents inauguralpublic lecture

SAPP donatesElectricity TradingPlatform to UZ

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IN THIS ISSUEMinister Muchena tours UZMCAST 2Notice to the University Community:

Conservation of Water 4UZ and Econet Wireless launch

EcoSchool Project 5Postgraduate Centre holds

workshop on writing skills 7Prof Mpepereki presents Inaugural

Public Lecture 8SAPP donates Electricity Trading

Platform to UZ 8Contrary and Innovative Thinking 10Quotable Quotes 11

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Minister Muchena tours UZMCAST

MMMMMinister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and TechnologyDevelopment, The Hon. Dr Olivia Muchena and her deputy, The Hon. DrGodfrey Gandawa MP, Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs Minister CdeSimbaneuta Mudarikwa and Permanent Secretary for Higher and TertiaryEducation, Dr Washington Mbizvo last week toured UZMCAST inMashonaland East Province to familiarise themselves with progress madesince the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was tasked by Government toincubate the College which will be transformed into the University forthe Mashonaland East Province.

(From Left to Right) Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science andTechnology Development, The Hon. Dr Olivia Muchena (MP) and her deputy,The Hon. Dr Godfrey Gandawa (MP), Personal Assistant to Mr Simbaneuta

Mudarikwa, Mr Cephas Chiwetu, Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs Minister,The Hon. Mr Simbaneuta Mudarikwa, being shown the computer laboratory by

UZ Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura at University of ZimbabweMarondera College of Agricultural science and Technology (UZMCAST)

The high-powered delegation weretaken on a conducted tour of MCASTby the Vice Chancellor of the Univer-sity of Zimbabwe who was accompa-

nied by Pro Vice Chancellor BusinessDevelopment, Dr TakaruzaMunyanyiwa, Registrar, Mt SergeantChevo, Librarian, Mrs AgnesChikonzo, Acting Bursar, Mrs AgnesChidzanga, Deans of Faculties andother Senior officials of the Univer-sity of Zimbabwe.

Other visitors were officials fromthe Ministry of Higher and TertiaryEducation, Science and TechnologyDevelopment, Zimbabwe Councilfor Higher Education (ZIMCHE),Zimbabwe Manpower Developmentand officials from Mashonaland EastProvince.

The delegation also toured theComputer Laboratory, new infra-structure built at the College and thetobacco curing process. Dr Muchenaand her delegation was also shownthe maize and tobacco fields, werethe College planted 36 hectares oftobacco and 80 hectares of maize.

Speaking after the tour, DrMuchena said she was happy withwhat she had seen at UZMCAST be-cause the University of Zimbabwehad gone further than what was nor-mally done during incubation pe-riod.

UZ started using whatever re-sources are available, like they have

(From Left to Right) Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science andTechnology Development, The Hon. Dr Olivia Muchena, Mashonaland East

Provincial Affairs Minister, The Hon. Cde Simbaneuta Mudarikwa, being shown aflourishing tobacco crop at the farm by UZ Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi

Nyagura (right)

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turned old dilapidated farm infra-structure into state-of-the-art lecturerooms and library offering courses onCrop Science and Animal Science andalready we have seen what they aredoing here. They also have a verygood crop of tobacco and maize,said Dr Muchena.

Minister Muchena said the systemsalready in place meant that it will nottake very long to establish a fully

Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, The Hon.Dr Olivia N Muchena, MP admiring the quality of the tobacco leaf in the field

fledged university, because we al-ready have 20 students in stream,who started last year and they aregoing on with the lectures.

Dr Muchena paid special tributeto the Permanent Secretary in herMinistry, Dr Washington Mbizvo forfacilitating the establishment of theUniversity and UZ Vice Chancellor,Professor Levi Nyagura, who used hismany years of experience to effect the

establishment of the UniversityShe added that the concept for

UZMCAST is not to have one cam-pus at Dozmery Farm, but to havecampuses in other places and thatwill involve discussions with leader-ship in the province, and with indus-try for the strategic placements of theother campuses.

This week (last week) our Bill forthe establishment of Marondera Uni-versity of Agricultural Sciences andTechnology will be going to the Com-mittee on Legislation after that it goesto Cabinet and after that to Parlia-ment, that is how a university is es-tablished, said the Minister.

Speaking at the same event UZVice Chancellor, Professor LeviNyagura said UZ has made quitemodest advances in establishingUZMCAST, and hope that the sys-tems we are setting up become astrong foundation for the new uni-versity.

We are almost there but we stillwait for one or two technical issuesto be addressed and I want to believethe Provincial Minister forMashonaland, who is here, will beable to assist us to get our offer letterand proceed to develop the MasterPlan which will then enable us tohave a much more clearer picture ofhow we are developing although ourthinking is that the university mustbe within the people, that means weneed several campuses inMashonaland East for the universityto have any impact and contribute tothe various activities that go on theProvince, said Professor Nyagura.

The Vice Chancellor added thatthey had already engaged KushingaPhikelela Agricultural College tochange their curriculum so that hold-ers of the Diploma will be able toenjoy the same facility like those atGwebi and Chibhero Colleges whonow come to UZ to do their degrees.

Professor Nyagura added thatUZMCAST was going to run a variety

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UZ Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Martin Nyagura (left), with Minister of Higherand Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, The Hon. Dr

Olivia Muchena (MP)

of courses to boost and stimulateagriculture, and best practices,whether in the cropping area or live-stock area.

We think we have a major role toplay in order to create a new type ofinterest which is geared towardswealth creation among the people,but you know we must first demon-strate it ourselves so that people be-lieve in whatever we are doing. Theyshould believe in our skills andcompetences and in this philosophyof wealth creation at householdlevel, he said.

Speaking at the same event,Mashonaland East Provincial AffairsMinister, The Hon. Mr SimbaneutaMudarikwa commended the workbeing done by UZ: ForMashonaland East Province, we aregoing to support what is happeninghere.

We now here have an institutionthat is going to produce graduateswho will not only be able to managefarms but also be trained farmersthemselves. The previous arrange-ment where we had graduates onlywanting to go and sell fertiliser andchemicals is a thing of the past. Wesalute the UZ for what they havedone and also the element of de-pending on the fiscus is now history,because they are producing qualitycrops and generating their own rev-enue, said Mr Mudarikwa.

Mashonaland East Provincial AffairsMinister, The Hon. Mr Simbaneuta

Mudarikwa

Notice to the University

Community: Conservation of

WaterThe Registrar of the University of Zimbabwe, Mr SergeantChevo has issued the following NOTICE:

It is noted that there has been a general improvementin the flow of water on campus following internalinterventions by the University. While the water supplysituation is still far from being normal, all members of staffand students are encouraged to:a. use the available water sparingly.b. ensure that all taps are closed at all times.c. immediately report any water leaks anywhere on

campus to the Works and Estates Department.Thank you, in anticipation for your cooperation in this

regard.

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UZ and Econet Wireless launch

EcoSchool Project

TTTTThe launch of the Ecoschool represents thelatest milestone in what has been a long walkthat Econet Wireless and the University of

Zimbabwe (UZ) have travelled together.This was said by UZ Vice Chancellor Professor Levi

Nyagura during the launch of the EcoSchool Project,which will see students learn through mobile and tab-let based applications.

Professor Nyagura said EcoSchool goes beyond sim-ply making tablets and textbooks available at a cheaperprice. It also opens up access to materials and coursesfrom across the globe in new dynamic ways.

Most tertiary students in Africa cannot afford coreeducational materials. They have to share textbooks,photocopy them or utilise libraries which are not al-ways up-to-date in resources. However, in many in-stances, students simply go without books. With tech-nology, we can now change this unsatisfactory situa-tion, said Professor Nyagura.

He added that Internet connectivity can provide ac-cess to masses of educational materials available on-

line at low cost, on handheld e-reading devices and canstore more than a thousand books.

The Vice Chancellor reiterated that digital contentcan be updated faster and more regularly than printedmaterials and such content can easily be displayed inways that are engaging and interactive for this new gen-eration of learners.

Econet Wireless has proven once again, tobe at the forefront of technology

As a valued and strategic partner, Econet Wirelesshas proven once again, to be at the forefront of tech-nology. The University of Zimbabwe welcomes the op-portunity to participate in yet another first from Econet,as we continue to support and invest in our students,he said.

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UZ Vice Chancellor, Professor Nyagura speaking during the launch of Eco-School Project

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Professor Nyagura commended Econet for support-ing the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sci-ences (CHS) in 2009, at a time the college was facingvirtual closure.

We treasure these partnerships, and wish to expressour profound gratitude to Econet Wireless for all theirsupport. Together, the task of bringing positive trans-formation to our nation is being achieved, said Pro-fessor Nyagura.

Speaking at the same event Econet Wireless ChiefExecutive Officer, Mr Douglas Mboweni said EconetWireless has been able to produce products that havetranformed the environment.

Ladies and Gentlemen what you are seeing today isa continuation of unleashing that capacity that has beenstored in human beings, and what we are doing todayis that continuation and we know greater things are pos-sible and these things will be unleashed, as long as werealise the capacity that is stored within us said MrMboweni.

He said when Econet Wireless started, they were fo-cusing on solutions which they called for Zimbabwe-ans by Zimbabweans and have since moved on to pro-viding solutions for the world by Zimbabweans.

Speaking at the same event Econet Services ChiefExecutive Officer, Mr Darlington Mandivenga said theEcoSchool is an educational platform that providesscholars and educators access to affordable, reliable,anytime, anywhere educational content of world classstandards.

We want to overrule old methods of study, we wantto encourage you, we want to motivate you, and if thetwo do not work, we want to coerce you and if coercingdoes not work, we want to force you, because we know

Econet Wireless Chief Executive Officer, Mr DouglasMboweni

it will only benefit you, your families, your companiesand the nation at large. The worlds biggest library cannow fit into the palm of your hand said MrMandivenga.

In proposing a Vote of Thanks, UZ Deputy Dean atthe College of Health Sciences, Dr Chiratidzo Ndlovusaid she was glad that the launch was happening at thatpoint in time, because there was a lot that was hap-pening at the UZ, particulary in relation to medical edu-cation.

I would like to thank Econet Wireless through theirChief Excutive Officer, Mr Douglas Mboweni, and alsoour Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura, for em-bracing the new generations ways of doing things, saidDr Ndlovu.

She challenged lecturers to master the use of Infor-mation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) be-cause students will be so well versed with the knowl-edge which they get from the online textbooks.

UZ Deputy Dean at the College of Health Sciences, DrChiratidzo Ndlovu

Econet Services Chief Executive Officer, Mr DarlingtonMandivenga

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Postgraduate

Centre holds

workshop on

writing skills

Pro Vice Chancellor, AcademicAffairs, Professor Chipo Dyanda

TTTTThe University of Zimbabwe(UZ) is empowering itsacademics to produce high

quality research articles that will bethe envy of other researchers allover the world.

This was said by UZ Vice Chan-cellor Professor Levi Martin Nyagurain a speech read on his behalf by UZPro Vice Chancellor Academic Af-fairs, Professor Chipo Dyanda at theOfficial Opening of the Higher De-grees Workshop on Writing and Pub-lishing for High Impact Journals.

Professor Nyagura said the moti-vation behind workshops such asthat one, was to equip participantswith skills of writing journal articles,so that they could contribute towardsthe creation of knowledge that willhave both national and internationalimpact.

It is clear that the majority of ouracademic staff at the University ofZimbabwe (UZ) are not sufficientlyproductive. For those who do write,the quality of the journal articles, inmost cases, leaves a lot to be desired,said Professor Nyagura.

The Vice Chancellor added thatthroughout the academic world, uni-versities are ranked according to theirresearch output, as well as citationcounts, and it is incumbent upon theuniversity to adopt and conform tothis reality.

Such rankings are intended toprovide a measure of academic ex-cellence, and are the appropriate in-struments devised so far, to compareuniversities the world over. Rankingscores therefore count publicationsand citations as good measures ofresearch quality, he said.

Ranking scores thereforecount publications and

citations as good measuresof research quality

He said Workshops of this kindshould therefore be taken very seri-ously, as they contribute to themeans by which UZ, as an academicbrand, can market itself to the na-tion, to Africa and beyond.

A university with active research-ers is bound to produce a large num-ber of high quality publications.Such a university is likely to havemore highly-cited researchers, whowill produce highly-cited papers inhigh impact journals. This is one ofthe most effective means by which auniversity can attract highly talentedacademics and train students of highcaliber, he said.

He urged participants to have aclearer grasp of aspects of journal ar-ticle writing, which will help themto write articles of outstanding qual-ity, which is in line with theuniversitys endeavour to becomeone of the top ranked universities inAfrica and beyond.

Speaking at the same occasion,Director of the UZ Postgraduate Cen-tre, Professor Zifikile Makwavararasaid publishing was the hallmark ofacademic excellence and academics

carry a huge responsibility to createknowledge and share it.

The Workshop is therefore de-signed to help academics to share in-formation through publishing jour-nals, not just any journal, but thosewith a high impact factor, whichmeans that the quality has to be veryhigh indeed, as these journals arecompetitive by nature, said Profes-sor Makwavara.

She said the Workshop objectiveswere to equip academics with profes-sional writing skills of scientific jour-nal articles; equip academics to de-fine and publish their scientific work;appraise academics on scientific lan-guage for publishing, as well as vari-ous publishing styles; help academ-ics to develop draft papers for publi-cation and to eventually have all ar-ticles drafted in the workshop ac-cepted for publication.

The Workshop is thereforedesigned to help academicsto share information throughpublishing journals, not justany journal, but those with a

high impact factor

Director of the UZ PostgraduateCentre, Professor Zifikile

Makwavarara

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Prof Mpepereki presents

Inaugural Public Lecture

PPPPProfessor Sheunesu Mpeperekis 28 years of academic life at theUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ) has helped to strengthen theInternational image of the institution.

This was said by UZ Vice Chancel-lor, Professor Levi Nyagura during theinaugural lecture presented by Pro-fessor Sheunesu Mpepereki on Im-pact Research and Science in Agricul-ture, Building Nitrogen Fertilizer Fac-tories on Farmers Fields: Technologyto cut Fertilizer Costs: Food on theTable; Money in the Pocket.

Professor Nyagura said ProfessorMpepereki has received severalawards that include the RockefellerAgricultural Sciences Career Fellow-ship (1995); the Rockefeller FoodSecurity Career Fellowship (2000);the RUFORUM Merit Award for Out-standing Impact Research in Small-holder Agriculture (2009), the FirstPrize for the AU-NEPAD Impact Re-search and Science in Africa(FMPRESSA) Award (2010), and on14th March 2013, the PresidentialAward for Distinguished Science andTechnology in the area of SoyabeanResearch and Development in theService of Zimbabwe from His Excel-lency, President R. G. Mugabe in rec-

Charles Mtisi said ProfessorMpepereki is now viewed as a pio-neering agricultural scientist who hasmainstreamed soya bean productiontechnologies among the resourcepoor smallholder farmers and thelarge scale farmers, thereby contrib-uting to their economic empower-ment.

Due to his relentless and unin-terrupted work, and his efforts in pro-moting the production, processingand facilitating marketing of soyabean and its products, by both smalland large scale farmers, ProfessorMpeperekis achievements in im-proving the livelihoods of the farm-ers has not gone unnoticed, said DrMtisi.

Using of the stakeholders in theresearch process and applying thevalue chain approach or integratedagricultural research for developmentis now the trend in the faculty, farmerparticipatory research practice is nowcommon.

Follow the summary of ProfMpeperekis Inaugural Lecture on thefollowing link http://intranet .uz.ac .zw/documents/I N A U G R A L _ L E C T U R E _ PRESENT_ProfMpepereki.pp.

NB: Please note the full versionwill soon be published by UZ Publi-cations

Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki presenting a Public Lecture at the UZognition of his contribution to thefield of Agriculture.

Speaking at the same event, Deanof the Faculty of Agriculture, Dr

SAPP donates Electricity

Trading Platform to UZ

TTTTThe University of Zimbabwe (UZ) received an Electricity TradingPlatform, an organized Computer System (hardware and software)from Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) that allows electricity

buyers and sellers to submit their bids electronically, indicating theirintention to buy or sell power to the pool.

The Day Ahead Market TradingPlatform (DAM-TP), using the lawsof supply and demand includingother market rules and procedures,matches the offers and bids, thenconcludes the sales. The results arepublished on the bulletin board forall participants to see their tradingportfolios and financial settlementflows.

The concept used is similar to theone used at the stock exchange, ex-cept that, in this case, the commod-ity is electricity.

In his acceptance speech UZ ViceChancellor, Professor Levi Nyagurasaid the donated equipment will beused to provide training in electric-ity trading to students and staff and

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UZ Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura (Right), exchanges folders withSouthern African Power Pool Chief Executive Officer, Dr Lawrence Musaba

industry partners, through the Cen-tre for Continuing Engineering Edu-cation (CCEE).

I want to express our gratitude toSAPP for donating this equipment toUZ. We must also recognise thatSAPP has done literally everything tomake this piece of equipment func-tionally here by transporting and set-ting it up and paying for air condi-tioning systems required, said Pro-fessor Nyagura.

The Vice Chancellor added thatwhat remains was for UZ to show asimilar practical commitment as weare accepting the piece of equipment,to have a well conceived agenda ofwhat we are going to do with theequipment in the area of training stu-dents, training of people in industryand in research.

He said he would want to see morepeople trained and be able to use theequipment and how to optimise vari-ous other things that can be done bythe equipment.

We must also include in our re-search package the ideas of comingup with enhancements of a hardwarenature or enhancements of a softwarenature and in this regard I am expect-ing more meaningful collaborationbetween the Electrical Engineering

Department and Computer ScienceDepartment.

Professor Nyagura said the 21st

Century requires more than just ex-posure of students to books, it nowrequires students to be taken outsidethe traditional learning box and beput in a new environment whichembraces work and practitioners.

Speaking at the same event ChiefExecutive Officer of SAPP, DrLawrence Musaba said the donationof the equipment to UZ will actuallystrengthen the link between UZ andSAPP and it was going to be the be-ginning of long term cooperationbetween the two institutions.

We are obviously hoping that theUniversity of Zimbabwe will betteruse the equipment since it has expe-rience in research and definitely theywill be able to do many things withthe equipment and we will benefiteven ourselves from the research car-ried out by the university, said DrMusaba.

Dr Musaba added that the re-search output will be of benefit toSAPP because they know exactly howin future they can develop their ownsoftware as a market operator, be-cause at the moment they rely onthird party software.

We are also available for trans-ferring the technology to UZ duringthe time you start providing yourshort course. When you want to de-velop a programme or short coursethat you can offer, we will be avail-able to assist to design the course aswe did for the University of KwazuluNatal in South Africa where we en-sured that the courses were runsmoothly, he said.

UZ Dean of the Faculty of Engi-neering, Engineer Wilson Nyemba,applauded the relationship betweenSAPP and UZ that will plug the short-falls that the faculty might have intraining. He said the Faculty of En-gineering has already started tothink about ideas of how to makeuse of this equipment.

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UZ Dean of the Faculty ofEngineering, Engineer Wilson

Nyemba

We will use the equipment fortraining our students in electricitytrading, since it is a new concept tothe Faculty. We think this is an op-portunity for us in the Faculty of En-gineering to start such a programme.Some of you are also familiar withsome of the short courses we areteaching in Energy Management, andthis is an opportunity to make use

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of high-tech modern equipment,said Engineer Nyemba.

He added that the equipment willhelp in research, not only in electric-ity trading, but also other avenues ofdeveloping modules or software forall sorts of different aspects and thisis what we are going to use the equip-ment for.

Zimbabwe Electricity Transmis-sion and Distribution Company(ZETDC) Managing Director, Engi-neer Julian Chinembiri said he wasexcited by the donation to the UZ, asZETDC plays a critical role in theSouthern African Power Pool becauseof our geographic location in theSouthern Africa Development Com-munity (SADC). He said most of the

Zimbabwe Electricity Transmissionand Distribution Company (ZETDC)Managing Director, Engineer Julian

Chinembiri

power which flows in the regionpasses through the ZESA net-work.

Electricity Trading is a newphenomenon which as a utility,we are happy that we will ableto support the Faculty of Engi-neering at UZ to build a Divisionof Electricity trading at the UZ.We will be ready to give you thepractical experience that youneed in that field and we willalso continue to take students onattachment so that they see thepractical side of engineeringsaid Engineer Chinembiri.

Contrary and Innovative ThinkingJohn Kehoe

FFFFFor many years 19th Century English Physician, Edward Jenner worked to find a cure for smallpox. Afterstudying many cases, he reached an impasse in his thinking. Then he reversed his perception of the problem.Instead of focusing on people who had smallpox, he switched his attention to people who never had

smallpox. He found that dairymaids rarely got the disease. It turned out that most dairymaids had had cowpox,a similar but usually nonfatal affliction. Cowpox had served to vaccinate its victims against the more dangeroussmall pox. This led to Jenners concept of vaccinating people.

ABOUT THIS AUTHORFor over three decades, John Kehoe has earned worldwide rec-ognition for his pioneering work in the field of Mind Power.He is a warm and energetic teacher, author, socially consciousindividual, and proponent of the amazing human potentialto transform the world and our lives with our thoughts.

John has lectured on every continent and his seminal book,Mind Power Into the 21st Century, has topped bestseller lists inover a dozen countries. His teachings relate directly to thepowers held within every person to conclusively shape his orher destiny.

In 1975, John Kehoe withdrew to the wooded seclusion ofthe British Columbia wilderness to spend three years in in-tensive study and contemplation of the inner workings of thehuman mind. During this time, Kehoe forged the first straight-forward and successful program for developing Mind Power.In 1978, he began traveling and teaching people the princi-pals he had formulated, and the phenomenal success of hisspeaking tours soon grew to literally encompass the world.

Mind Power Into the 21st Century has sold millions of cop-ies, and has become an international bestseller, translatedand published in a multitude of languages including, French,German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian,Italian, and Serbian. John has also written five other books,Money Success & You, A Vision of Power and Glory, The Practiceof Happiness, Mind Power for Children and Quantum WarriorThe Future of the Mind.

You might also try reversing the order in which youdo a particular operation or project. Designer Christo-pher Williams tells the following story about an archi-tect who built a cluster of large office buildings thatwas set in a central green. When construction was com-pleted, the landscape crew asked him where he wantedthe sidewalks between the buildings.

Not yet, was the architects reply. Just plant thegrass solidly between the buildings. This was done,and by late summer the new lawn was laced with path-ways of trodden grass, connecting building-to-buildingand building to outside. As Williams put it, The pathsfollowed the most efficient line between the points ofconnection, turned easy curves rather than right angles,and were sized according to traffic flow. In the fall, thearchitect simply paved in the pathways. Not only didthe pathways have a design beauty, but they respondeddirectly to user needs.

Doing the opposite of whats expected can also bean effective strategy in such competitive situations assports, business, warfare, romance, etc. In mostendeavours, we build up certain expectations aboutwhat the other side will or wont do. In football, for

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Natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning by study.Meaning: Talent will not carry you to success. All natural talents must be cultivated and

tamed through education and study. No great masterpiece came out perfectly the first time.Everything requires a little bit of editing.

In this theater of mans life, it is reserved only for God and for angels to be lookers-on.

Meaning: The life of one individual can often feel lonely, because you and the creator are theonly one that gets to see everything you think and go through.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin

with doubts, he shall end in certainties.Meaning: Though confidence is not always a negative quality, being very assured in your

beliefs and opinions will often lead to a breaking point. As soon as you come upon somethingthat contradicts your certainties, your entire belief system will be broken. However, if you

take information as it comes to you and form ideas from there, you will surely come to morestable conclusions.

He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.

Meaning: When many people fear the power of a single individual, that individual should beworried of the possible consequences of the fearful or oppressed group attempting to rebel or

seize power.

Famous Quotes of Sir Francis Bacon . . .Famous Quotes of Sir Francis Bacon . . .Famous Quotes of Sir Francis Bacon . . .Famous Quotes of Sir Francis Bacon . . .Famous Quotes of Sir Francis Bacon . . .

About the AuthorSir Francis Bacon was a 17th Century English courtier and philosopher. While his political career ended in resignation anda short prison sentence, his philosophical pursuits were much more lucrative. He played an integral role in the scientificrevolution of the English Renaissance. Bacon set up a new method of experimentation and reinvented the way man inter-acted with the world around him scientifically. Many have credited him as the founding father deductive reasoning, whichset an early precedent for modern scientific method.

example, a third and one situation will typically causethe defense to prepare for a plunge into the line. Inretailing, stores bet heavily that advertising betweenThanksgiving and Christmas will pay big dividends. Inpolitics, most candidates will have a last-minute mediablitz. In these situations, trends get established. Whenyou do the opposite of what people are expecting,chances are good that youll catch them off-guard andbe more successful in reaching your objective.

As a creative exercise, make a list of what you coulddo to be less successful and go in the opposite direc-

tion of your goals. This can be both hilarious and re-vealing. Think of ideas that are impractical. Come upwith as many unusual and unorthodox ideas as youcan. When freed from normalcy and reality expecta-tions, you might come up with a few gem ideas thatyou wouldnt normally have thought of.

So dont be afraid to be different and try somethingradical now and then. Whether in love, business, sports,any endeavour for that matter, fortune often favoursthe bold.

I believe the whole idea of being a Christian is not so much the ritual of religion butthe love communicated to one another.

Professor Rosemary Moyana, the Dean of Education at the University of Zimbabwe has broken the ice by submittingher own Quotable Quote. What are you waiting for? Make sure the quote is your own and original.

. . . and our own Prof Rosemary Moyana. . . and our own Prof Rosemary Moyana. . . and our own Prof Rosemary Moyana. . . and our own Prof Rosemary Moyana. . . and our own Prof Rosemary Moyana

Minister Muchena tours UZMCAST Notice to the University Community: Conservation of Water UZ and Econet Wireless launch EcoSchool Project Postgraduate Centre holds workshop on writing skills Prof Mpepereki presents Inaugural Public Lecture SAPP donates Electricity Trading Platform to UZ Contrary and Innovative Thinking