 Hiberno-English’s most glorious insults to the very generic term “idiot”.
In the strict sense of the term, a pox is a particular viral disease, but it’s long since been used in Ireland to refer to a “shitehawk” or “langer”.
More particularly, it refers to a particularly annoying and unwanted person, who is about as welcome as a pox. It is a gorgeous, hateful word. Today’s students are all the poorer for its absence in the exam.
Leaving Cert weather might not be as predictable as we like to think, but the annual conversation about it certainly is.
“People have this idea that it’s warm and sunny during the Leaving Cert,” she replied.
So what, then, explains the widespread belief that Ireland has made a pact with the weather gods, sacrificing our young to the horrors of the Leaving Cert in return for a drop of sunshine?
I made the paper!
“Woke up to find that I was on the junior cert English paper today, what the hell,” the author Aoife Dooley wrote on Twitter.
Dooley’s article immediately sparked a series of memes from teenagers.

Most importantly,answer the question asked. Many students lose marks by writing a really good answer for a question that they wanted to see.
Be careful about timing. Fora higher level student, try spending 25 minutes on the short questions, 10 minutes reading the long questions and 30 minutes on each long question; write a timing plan with times on the front of the exam paper.
Students should be familiar with the concept of a SRP:single relevant point: this is how the corrector will mark your paper.
A typical essay-type long question will be worth 30 marks at higher level,so students are required to write at least 15 individual points to gain full marks.
My big concern with the patch - and this is my personal take because some people like this change - is that if you want to come out on top and you don't get a good start, it may be statistically correct to make some real gambles with your life total.  I don't mind some minor gambling, but it's definitely more high stakes now, especially early on.  I was sort of just jumping on the Swim example to argue a broader point. 

 That the best play may be a line that Swim took, which would not have been a thing before this patch.  And it's a bit of a tonal shift to the game, resembling a more 'all-in' gambling style like in poker.  Of course it's not a true all-in because that would probably be foolish, but you have to make some harder decisions now when playing the odds, and sometimes you will get burnt.   Personally I'm not a fan of those types of decisions, but I completely accept not everyone shares this sentiment.Resource Thickenup Food and Beverage Thickener is clinically shown to reduce the risk of aspiration in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia, and it provides a consistency that meets National Dysphagia Diet (NDD) standards: nectar-like, honey-like, and pudding-like. This unique thickener gives any hot or cold meal or drink more body while helping your body thrive; pureed foods may have some flavor, but extra texture always helps the taste buds. This instant food and beverage thickener also uses 100% modified cornstarch to thicken quickly without lumping and maintains its consistency overtime, so you can count on Thicken Up to give shape and body to any meal. Plus, Resource Thickenup Food and Beverage Thickener is suitable for lactose-intolerant, low-residue, and kosher diets and for use with the IDDSI Framework; The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative 2016 @http://iddsi.org/framework/Refer to www.IDDSI.org for drink testing methods: 2-mildly thick, 3-moderately thick, 4-extremely thick; however, it is not formulated for individuals with galactosemia.Upahara customers get more rewards with Senehase Upahara
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National mobile service provider, Mobitel together with Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation (STC) announced that all customers who subscribed to its Upahara package and customers who wish to acquire Upahara are now entitled to nominate five loved ones to receive ‘Senehase' Upahara connections and a 3.5G high speed internet connection.
‘Senehase', which builds on the Upahara post-paid package, enables customers to enjoy low call rates. Highlights of the Senehase Upahara package includes 50-minute free video calls within Mobitel network and outgoing voice/video calls for as low as 50 cents and SMS for 25 cents within the Senehase group. Outgoing voice/video calls to other Mobitel numbers is Rs 1 per minute and SMS 75 cents per message. Monthly rental is as low as Rs 50 per line
Speaking at the occasion Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Services said, "I hope that the state sector employees take full advantage of the added benefits of this new ‘Senehasa' Upahara package". He added, "As national bodies, both STC and Mobitel have once again worked closely to develop this package to offer a host of benefits to the state sector, pensioners and the clergy".
The Minister also noted that it was significant that ‘Senehase' Upahara was launched on World's Children's Day, as the package itself presented children and parents, who have left their homes to settle elsewhere, the opportunity to stay connected with each other. He further stated that subscribers to the Upahara package spend less than Rs 240 per month.
Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel said, "together with STC, Mobitel has come forward to further enhance the benefits of Upahara customers as a mark of gratitude for their patronage". She added, "in keeping with President Mahinda Rajapaksa's declaration of year 2009 as the national year for ICT and English, we have also introduced an economically priced data package for all Upahara users".
She went on to explain that since it's introduction in August 2008, the Upahara package had gained much popularity and as a result of this, steps were taken to further strengthen the package.
The new package will further strengthen Upahara's aims of bringing mobile telephony within reach of hundreds of thousands of state sector employees and pensioners located across the island by continuously driving down their monthly expenses and uplifting living standards.
Pradeep Gunawardana, Chairman, STC said, "STC aims to provide the state sector employees and retired personnel, opportunities to better their standard of living and this package is expected to help keep their families connected and thereby foster unity at a greatly reduced cost which we have been able to bring about in partnership with Mobitel."
He added, "both - STC and Mobitel - are happy to announce that during the past year we have been able to achieve all our goals. The package saw two government institutions coming together, thus paving the way for a new partnership and with it provide a beneficial service to state sector employees. We were also able to save on foreign exchange."
The first Senehase Upahara package was presented to Minister Gunawardena.Lessons in logistics have proven an inspiration to Stockton Riverside College student Chris Allon, with the 19-year-old from Middlesbrough bringing home a national title.
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