All Quotes

"It is important to note that every society has some tradition of science and technology being that each society is successfully inhabiting one part of the earth."

"Students who are taught science by non- professional teachers, or poorly trained teachers, or poorly motivated teachers end up with negative attitude to science education."

"Teaching is simply, a process of carrying out series of planned activities and interactions with learners with sole aim of bringing about learning in the form of acquisition of knowledge, abilities, skills as well as changes in attitude."

"The curriculum of the science subjects especially at the secondary school level have been found to be overloaded with content that are largely irrelevant."

"The definitions you offer would greatly depend on your level of exposure."

"This image of science is false. Scientific activities are not mysterious but understandable being that it involves the simple process of objectively seeking answers to problems posed by nature involving activities which can be carried out, in or outside a laboratory."

"Son nate nella selva del convento"

"Si respira una dolce aria che scioglie"

"un'aria d'altro luogo e d'altro mese"

"I am who people say I am. I can not tell you I'm this or that. It is who pipo say I am that I am."

"I have dwelt on the events which led to the founding of the Hydrological Research Institute."

"What of the work for which the HRI was intended."

"It was clearly the view of the "founding fathers."

"The Interdepartmental Commission which, to counter the growing fragmentation of hydrological research, recommended the establishment of a central, unifying division of hydrological research that hydrology was, and should be nurtured as, a HOLISTIC science."

"This is a view I still uphold."

"At the risk of being trite, let me repeat what is well-known but tends to be overlooked."

"That our planet's water resources, dating back to its creation, are substantially fixed but are both highly mobile and subject to constant changes in form between the gaseous form."

"Interacting powerfully with other substances."

"Our water resources are also highly variable and sensitive as regards quality."

"The many hydrological processes are intricately interrelated."

"With the result that a change in any one has a chain reaction on others, often with far-reaching consequences."

"Even common practices such as burning large expanses of veld or ploughing them and planting mielies alter the quantity."

"Time disposition and quality of runoff, base flow, and groundwater accrual, not to mention the quantity and quality of water reaching users downstream."

"More often than not these changes, sometimes damaging, occur inadvertently and may be difficult to remedy."

"They could have been anticipated by the foreknowledge whose acquisition is the task of the hydrological researcher."

"Such foreknowledge also enables us to manipulate hydrological processes beneficially."

"One example being mulching to curb unproductive evaporation of soil moisture, so as to make more available for assimilation and thus the growth and yield of crops."

"Cloud seeding, again, is an example of an intervention with potential for both harm and good."

"As you all well know, it is because South Africa's water supplies are at best undependable, and at worst grossly inadequate."

"They are infinitely more precious than our much vaunted gold for they are vital not only to all sectors of our economy."

"Small wonder therefore that South Africa has a long and creditable history of water research and development."

"I recall hearing vivid accounts by the late Dr M S du Toit, an eminent soil scientist who later became Secretary for Agriculture."

"In another sphere the late Prof. CL Wicht put forest hydrology on the world map with his catchment experiments at Jonkershoek on the effects of afforestation and forest management on stream flow."

"Which he was a pioneer in the statistical design and evaluation of controlled catchment Experiments."

"We can also look back with admiration on the construction, largely by manual labour, of the Vaal-Hartz Irrigation Scheme."

"A major scheme by any standards, which was undertaken primarily to give employment to many of those hit by the great depression of the early '30's."

"That the entire scheme was completed without provision of drainage canals for the return flow was certainly an oversight."

"Later came bold and imaginative schemes in yet another sphere, that of large-scale transfer of surplus water from some catchments to make good deficiencies in others."

"When the need arose to start thinking of desalinating and reusing water, Dr Stander of the CSIR earned world recognition."

"It seems to me that during the first 60 years of this century we relied more on the vision, initiative and drive of gifted individuals."

"The corporate style of management via a plethora of committees, which is so prevalent today."

"It has been an honor and privilege to work on behalf of D.C. residents through a leading institution and with dedicated colleagues who truly embody our commitment to justice. As long as health disparities continue to impact populations in this city, we have more work to do."

"There are several cancer prevention screenings that need to be utilized to save lives"

"Pap test, colorectal cancer screening, lung cancer screening and HPV testing need to be addressed and incorporated into the communities we serve."

"Towards that end, we at CBCC have already begun to expand our efforts."

"In this dizzying transformation of ways of life, of thought, could one claim a return to familiar places."

"This six year old child knew of the tribe only the two maternal and paternal families who embodied, on a local scale, the national turmoil."

"Everything else is discovered, a reconstruction of the facts after investigation."

"The village where I was born comes from a so called religious lineage, in the sense that it seems even more conservative than the surrounding villages."

"The inhabitants claim to be descended from a common ancestor."