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Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Holler at us

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What have we learnt

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Poem of the Month

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Lessons: higher education

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Lessons from a district

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Lessons from overseas

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Conspiracies

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Is water needed for life?

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The One

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Brexit - it will never end

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China in Space

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It is movie-time Music - Mother tongue

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Month of July

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We need writers

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Next issue

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Sybil Otterstrom Editor and CEO

Lessons learned! How did we do?

It is now 1 1/2 year later. And we are still learning. But how have we been doing after all?

This time we challenged all our writers to talk to us about the lessons they have learned so far. Is it possible to do a gig? and how? Is Zoom a part of the new world?

Will all of this stay with us forever? it probably will. The mask will be a part of our dress code, a fashion item.

The year of the mask!

But we still have a lot of fun for you.

And also a bit of science and what is going on on the bigger stage and more.

Good Read!

Sybil

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Meet our contributors Masiziba Hadebe is doing her Master’s Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS). She is driven to make a change and is a passionate volunteer for community projects. She loves reading and writing about science, agriculture and anything in between. She believes you can wear a smile whatever the weather!

I am Marcia Ramodike from Limpopo Tzaneen at lenyenye. I am an author when not studying. I am passionate about writing and i live to give hope and wish to change the world. I love reading and in most of my time i write. My favourite book is ‘Her Mothers Hope by Francine Rivers.

My name is Molatelo Kate Kgatla, I’m 24 years old. I was born and raised in Lenyenye. I’m a grade 2 teacher at Vunza Teddy Bear Learning Academy, an author of a book titled her jouney as a young mother. I became a mother at 17. It influenced me to write about my personal journey to try and help someone that could be going through the same. I love writing and I love my 7 year old daughter and life.

Lesly Malose Mahapa is a singer/writer/poet. He started writing at the age of 14 and has since been on a journey to pursue his music and writing career. Lesly is currently working with an indie group ‘MozSouth’ based in Ivory park, Midrand. Lesly is also a brand ambassador for a local clothing line “Boi Boi apparel”

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This time we look at what lessons we have learnt. It is now 1 ½ year since Covid hit us. And we have surely had turbulent times. Curfew, banning, lockdowns and school closure and a lot more.

Is this now going to be the new norm? do we ever get back to what it was? Will the mask be a part of our attire from now on?

The most critical aspect will be: have we sacrificed quality in education?

Is the Matric from 2021 just as good as the one from 2019? Or did we miss a beat in all this?

We have again asked our writers to give us their feel for how well we have adapted. After all, what else could we do?

So prepare yourselves for a set of very weighty opinions abut all of this.

Something that should inspire us all to go forward. Again, what is the alternative to going forward?

2021 will still be ‘strange’ and 2022 will be the same.

Welcome to the new normal. In the year of the mask!

How are the smaller one’s coping with Covid? a teacher perspective It has been a year and some months since our lives completely changed due to Covid-19 and this has affected our everyday lives in so many ways.

It does not take much time for smaller ones to adapt to a new environment, but how the smaller ones are coping with Covid-19 has turned out to be a different kind of adaptation. It is still so hard for children to understand that we are living under a very dangerous virus and that it can affect us at home and at school.

According to my observations as an educator, the smaller ones are not really coping with the new way of living under covid-19 regulations. As children, they are not as responsible as we expect them to be right now, and the new way

of living with Covid-19 virus is putting them under a lot of stress and giving them responsibilities.

A practical example would be putting on a mask. Most children still fail to keep their masks on properly during and after school hours. They either lose it or take it off during break and put it back on when it is dirty.

As much as we talk about it and how it has changed the world as well as our lives, the children still find it hard to accept the changes we have come across.

The smaller ones still want to play in the streets and parks, they still want to visit each other because there’s nothing wrong with that, right? Right, according to them! It is definitely going to take more efforts to make them realize that the world has become totally different from what they were used to.

They will probably remember these years as the ‘strict’ years. They will surely remember that there were years where they were forced to stay indoors, not allowed to gather and play in groups.

The years where they were not permitted to play sports at school or anywhere else, and of course the years that they had longer school holidays than any other years.

Our only comfort is that kids are more resilient than we think. They have to be: they are our tomorrow!

Molatelo Kate Kgatla (Lattie)

Covid-19 Adaptation in higher education: My perspective The Covid-19 pandemic is what I call unchartered waters. Every day is a learning curve, nothing is certain as to what will happen tomorrow. That is a challenge for all industries including the higher education sector.

Therefore, adapting is also a gradual process within the sector.

When considering that higher education is divided into two main groups: staff and students, the pandemic therefore affects both these sides. Across the country, university/college management has had to come up with interventions for both these groups in order to ensure that infections remain as low as possible.

With regards to staff (both academic and support), they have had to adapt to working from home with certain groups prioritised over others.

E-Learning or online learning is also a tool that many universities/colleges are adopting therefore encouraging staff to make use of it as much as possible.

However, there are some discrepancies with rolling out ‘e-learning’ in some universities/

colleges resulting in extensions of semesters and year plans of the institutions and essentially affecting working days too.

In addition, for those prioritising face to face sessions or classes, staff have had to deliver classes in more than one venue and time, resulting in them requiring more assistance in cases of invigilation of tests and practicals. Therefore requiring them to adapt to teaching methods that are different from what they are used to.

On the other hand, students have had to adapt in their own way as well. E-learning is the core of it all. It was like the coin was flipped. Computer literacy becomes essential, writing the email becomes essential because one can no longer pitch up to the lecturer’s office randomly.

Additionally, access to the one to study also importance. Howof students are can essentially for face to face groups, however, strict rules such as times and maintaining sopenalties such as fines to name a few.

devices that will enable become of outmost ever, other groups prioritised and come to campus classes. These have to adhere to wearing masks at all cial distance or else will face

In general, higher institutions adapt and make decisions based on unfolding information and reasonably so because the pandemic is unchartered and needs adaptation from all stakeholders. I do not remember the last time I went to campus not wearing a mask or having my temperature taken or having to do a screening questionnaire.

Eish, the new normal is tough

Masiziba Hadebe

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The cell phone model demo IPRINO is named a�er his first nickname PRINO which is shortened from his first name ENGINEERING STUDIES Prince.

With the rapid growth in Computer Technology in South Africa and the world and a shi� towards the fourth Trimester 2 registration starts: 2020 Industrial Revolu�on Prince20is April keeping up with the Classes commence: May 2020of an inven�on of a technology as he has an 11 idea in mind health detec�on applica�on for the IPRINO that will Trimester 3 registration be starts: 17 August 2020 able to scan the body temperature and Classes commence: September detect if there07are any health2020 problems and recommends a healing plan for the disorder, BUSINESS SCHOOL he quoted.

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When it comes to innova�on and crea�vity Prince Sebetha a former student of Ekurhuleni East Tvet College sets a KWA-THEMA CAMPUS good example.

His journey with the College started back in 2016 when he SC enrolled in one of our campuses (Daveyton Campus) for Engineering and Related Design (fi�ng and Turning).

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How Covid impacted our traditional operations at school.

Since the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Level 5 lockdown, the inequalities and inequities in the education system was laid bare for all to see and the entire education system had to adapt and re-group to address the challenges as best possible, given the various unique set-ups in various districts and areas of the education sector.

Teachers, support staff and Officials with comorbidities had to be treated with a certain approach in terms of managing the demands on them.

Suitable replacements were not always readily available and staff at schools had to adapt and substitute as best they could. This might have compromised the quality of teaching and learning because not everyone was an expert in whatever content they had to deliver due to the absence of the designated subject teacher.

The more affluent groups could seamlessly continue with full-on virtual educational contact activities and a range of blended teaching and learning options. Google classroom, zoom classes and various online activities which was already part of their system, could now become the norm.

On the other hand, there was a lack of resources, lack of data and tools to access technology in other settings. The lack of skills and knowledge

to use available technology from the side of both teachers and learners, access to all learners in various remote rural settings, a myriad of social dilemmas continued to hamper the effective delivery of learning material and quality content for educational purposes.

Getting quality education to “every learner, in every classroom in the province” meant that each situation had to be treated according to its own merit. This meant that the same quality content for each subject had to be made available to all learners, be it digitally or in the form of hard copies.

The covid-19 pandemic exposed many gaps in the education system and forced all stakeholders to re-think what was being done, and how the system could be improved to offer a better quality education to all learners, however different they all might be and whatever various challenges they might be faced with.

Surely the old classroom set-up will need to adapt to include a more remote online class in future. This can only happen if we are all brave enough to embrace the new classroom of online teaching and learning in ordinary public schools.

Edith Wynne-Trollip (writing in her personal capacity) Curriculum Support and Advise Overberg Education District

Lessons from overseas an international perspective Lessons from other countries are very diverse and differ in many ways, not just from what we are doing.

Although this is not a comparison, we will put it all into perspective. Let us see what has been learned and what has been ignored.

The countries where a face mask is compulsory are doing better in terms of super-spreader events and also infection rates. A mask is not a political statement. It is a mask. It will protect others.

European countries are typically enforcing a mask mandate, but the problem is of course also social distancing. The environment is not geared to excessive personal space.

It also comes down to attitude. If the general population is accepting new norms, the virus can be contained.

However, we are also heading towards ‘Covid Fatigue’. The point where we are all getting tired of it all. The point where we drop the mask – and our defences.

This has now matched up with the 3rd wave where infections are rising.

Infections are rising in South Africa as well, so we follow the trend – a very bad one that is.

Why do we let our guards down now? There must be some psychological factors at play here.

Here is what Psychologist Carisa Parrish says (picked from here – www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/howto-deal-with-coronavirus-burnout-and-pandemicfatigue ““Trying to adhere to anything extra is always a challenge,” says Parrish. “You can add extra steps to your routine for a few days, but sustained behavior change is hard. Especially when no one around you is sick, and you just don’t feel like wearing a mask or saying no to things you like to do. But the fact is, the precautions work.”

Covid Fatigue is reality and now we are (globally) into the 3rd wave where it is accentuated by Covid Fatigue.

What the overseas experience is also telling us is that the vaccine works and it will be the game changer.

China has now distributed 1,000,000,000 (that is billion) doses. USA is vaccinating millions per day.

The different vaccines have all been developed based on different technologies. Side effects may creep up, but the level of medical research will guard us (by and large).

What we can learn is: the vaccine will save us.

The mask is the precaution.

All of it from here Hamster Shredder This is actually quite a good idea. The hamster runs on its wheel, which powers the shredder which turns your old documents into hamster bedding.

Nothing about how to get the hamster to be active if you have a ton of paper to shred, but at least something practical.

Monowheel motorbikes Monowheel motorbikes look ridiculous and seem like they’d be insanely dangerous, impractical and a daft thing to get involved with.

When they first appeared in the 1860s though, it was thought that they could become a genuine form of transport. Fortunately that never really transpired, but people still try to ride them for fun.

There are obvious issues with them including stability, limited carrying capacity and perhaps most hilariously, the risk of “gerbiling”.

This last issue is a problem which happens if the user brakes too hard and the force negates the usual force of gravity resulting in a driver going flying around the wheel like a gerbil in its wheel.

Roomba (from here) Silly is a subjective term. Not everyone thinks iRobot’s robotic vacuum cleaner is particularly silly. But when Roomba first hit the market some people laughed. A robotic disk that rolled around, bumping into things and vacuuming the floor didn’t match up to the image of a bionic butler.

But the Roomba has stuck around and met with success. The engineers behind iRobot have an impressive background.

They’ve developed robots for space exploration and defense projects. Their creations have saved lives and advanced science. It’s clear the engineers at iRobot know their robotics.

Something really silly – in the sports field. All from here Hobbyhorsing There are a lot of reasons to believe that our entire existence is nothing more than a simulation. Look no further than this 100 percent authentic, mind-numbingly real, more unique than one-of-a-kind sport: hobbyhorsing.

Words like “weird” and “bizarre” do not come close to properly depicting this spectacle. It involves people riding toy horses in a gymnasium with zero intention of irony. What apparently began in Finland quickly gained a following and has reportedly exploded in popularity.

Kaiju Big Battel The world can thank the unrivaled genius of Rand and David Borden for introducing us to the greatest sport we never knew we needed: Kaiju Big Battel. Everything about this pseudo-wrestling epic battle is fantastic.

“Kaiju,” which literally translates to “strange beast,” is a film genre featuring monsters. The characters usually wreck cities and fight other

big monsters (think Godzilla). Even the sport’s choice to stick with “battel” after an accidental misspelling of “battle” is telling. The name reflects the carefree, light-hearted nature of this hilariously costumed exhibition.

Quidditch There’s no denying that J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has taken over the world. The literary hit became a blockbuster film series and has inspired countless games, collectibles and merchandise. The brand has earned billions since its inception in 1997. Perhaps craziest of all, people are actually playing HP’s imaginary strange sport of Quidditch.

Harry Potter fans have taken their obsession to new heights, thanks to certain college students who’ve put excessive effort into not studying. What began with Middlebury College students’ silly idea to run around on brooms playing the game at their Vermont school quickly evolved. Now the strange sport is regulated by the International Quidditch Association (yep, that’s real). There’s even an International Quidditch World Cup.

These are the craziest I have ever found. All from here.

CERN – the collider in Europe The world ended in 2012 when CERN discovered the Higgs Boson (aka the God particle) and accidentally created a black hole that sucked Earth into it, and we just haven’t really noticed yet.

Another posits that CERN is planning to use the Hadron Collider to open a portal to hell. Or, that at the very least, the Collider is one of the seven seals of the apocalypse (which will also unleash hell on Earth).

Hollow Earth There’s a conspiracy theory that says the Earth is hollow and that there might even be a whole other civilization of advanced beings living in it.

The theory is rooted back in the 17th century when Edmond Halley proposed that the Earth must be hollow because of changing magnetism.

In 2014, scientists found “a reservoir of water three times the volume of all the oceans” (read here) deep within Earth. It is inside ringwoodite, a rock that is 435 miles deep beneath Earth’s surface. For some, this bolstered the theory that Earth was hollow, since the water was solidified in rock form.

So how do you access this secret world within a world? Via a secret entrance at either the North or South Pole, of course.

The Moon is a scam – it does not exist We’re not really sure where this theory came from, but it’s pretty wild, considering, you know, the moon is right there if you just look up.

Some people, like Dave Marsh—who is also a flat-Earther—say the moon is a projection.

“The moon is a projection, put there for a reason, which we could study for a thousand more years and never understand,” Marsh told The Guardian.

To arrive at this conclusion, Marsh followed the path of the moon in the sky in order to compare his findings to official records. Because his findings were not the same, Marsh determined the moon was a scam.

Oh, and the moon is also a hoax because it was created to distract the general masses from the existence of Nibiru, a rogue planet that will cause the apocalypse.

New Exhibitions

We added two new exhibitions to our collection on the floor.

The 4IR and Mirror Maze exhibitions

4IR Exhibition The 4IR exhibition currently hosts the Humanoids (two small ones and the big one called Pepper), Virtual reality Station, Augmented Reality and the interactive displays integrated with of a number of TV screens.

This concept is through the touch screen located at the entrance to the center. Interactive display section has been created where visitors are encouraged to use traditional touch screens to immerse themselves in games and content around Science Technology Engineering and Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

Children are provided with the opportunity to play games to train their analytical ability, improve their ability to solve puzzles and chal-

lenges. They are also challenged to explore more traditional content style, such as exploration of subjects including how Artificial Intelligence works, Machine Learning, how data transfers over networks etc.

Science Exploration While traditional science teaching has complex challenges around logistics, safety and costs. VR has none of these limitations. Experiments are done as often as needed with no physical costs of materials or safety concerns. Students can learn about physics and chemistry, life science etc. in a safe environment. Within VR learning occurs without any distract but with full immersion. Learning and understanding mathematics becomes easier and more fun inside of VR due to the nature of games and how they are designed.

This is designed to make learning and exploration real fun especially for little ones. Wide learning opportunities exist through this exhibition, children have many prospects to learn on, e.g. google earth exploration experience.

With Google Earth VR, children can travel to almost any place in the world. They can fly all over the world and explore any city, any monument and landmark anywhere in the world.The exhibition has two different types of humanoids the small one (called Sanbot Max and the Bigger one called Pepper).

The Sanbot Max robot was designed to be implemented into numerous kinds of business scenarios, providing customers and staff members with intelligent and efficient services.

Pepper is a semi-humanoid robot, which means that a human has to control it. It is designed with the ability to read emotions. Pepper recognizes faces and basic human emotion.

Drones and Mirror Maze Drones Pilots at the Clubhouse Did you know that the Clubhouse has three certified drone pilots?

They also have 10 DJI Tell drones that they will used for their drone course.

They are currently putting together content for the said course.

In addition, the Clubhouse offers programmes such as Teach Fundamentals of drones, real-life applications of drones: namely surveillance using object identification and tracking to videography for commercials and other media use.

This includes python programming that covers drone automation.

Mirror Maze Exhibit A mirror is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera.

Mirrors reverse the direction of the image in an equal yet opposite angle from which the light shines upon it. This allows the viewer to see themselves or objects behind them, or even objects that are at an angle from them but out of their field of view, such as around a corner.

Natural mirrors prehistoric times, water, but people turing mirrors out rials for thousands metals, and glass. metals like silver often used due to applied as a thin cause of its natuhard surface.

have existed since such as the surface of have been manufacof a variety of mateof years, like stone, In modern mirrors, or aluminum are their high reflectivity, coating on glass berally smooth and very

A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal. The pathways and walls in a maze are typically fixed, but puzzles in which the walls and paths can change during the game are also categorised as mazes or tour puzzles Mirror Maze The mirror maze itself is a pattern, combining several characteristics of geometric patterns: repetition, symmetry and tessellation using repeated equilateral triangles. These triangles fit together without any gaps or overlaps, creating a tessellation. Mirrored surfaces all around reflect the pattern so that it repeats and appears infinite.

I have been pandering at the notion of no water and it being out of the equation of life. What then do we use? By merely posing the question to scientists, I am shattering the very existence of water in every equation of life. Therefore, I rephrase and ask; is water necessary for life? Let us explore.

Water is everywhere, in the form of streams, oceans and even in the process of evaporation from the soil to transpiration in the plant leaves. In basic terms, all life, whether plant or animal, is centred on water. Humans are encouraged to drink water and drought (for both animals and plants) is a gruesome experience and we want to avoid and minimise the occurrence of such because water is ‘life’.

As a general rule of thumb, a person can survive without water for about 3 days. In addition, almost every package of food, cosmetic product has water listed on the nutritional requirements. One cannot even imagine to make coffee or Tea without water.

But does that define life?

Life is defined as the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. Water is for sure involved in growth, reproduction and functional activity and continual change but is it the ultimatum? I seem to find no answer to that and that is where the problem is.

Water is increasingly being scarce, polluted or just salty, and because of this we may need to find an alternative very soon.

We need not to look into how we can save water for future generations only, but find out what can be used in the case of a drought or in order to ensure growth occurs in animals and plants for instance. Interestingly, there are few examples of strides being made to find an alternative for water.

To illustrate, Ludwick Marishane developed a product, called DryBath, which is a clear germicidal and moisturising gel that is applied to skin in the manner of waterless hand cleaners and does the work of water and soap.

It earned Marishane the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

In a different planet context, an experiment, called Labeled Release (LR), was designed to test Martian soil for organic matter (soil from Mars).

NASA concluded that the LR had found a substance mimicking life, but not life.

These strides question if water is really necessary for life.

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Wiki says: “Water is a polar inorganic compound that is at room temperature a tasteless and odorless liquid, which is nearly colorless apart from an inherent hint of blue.

It is by far the most studied chemical compound and is described as the “universal solvent” and the “solvent of life.” It is the most abundant substance on the surface of Earth and the only common substance to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas on Earth’s surface.

It is also the third most abundant molecule in the universe (behind molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide).

Water is amphoteric, meaning that it can exhibit properties of an acid or a base, depending on the pH of the solution that it is in;.

Because it can also conduct electricity it can be said that it fulfils all requirements for transporting ;’things’ like nutrients in a body, act like a solvent for anything, both acid and base and lots more: Nothing else can do all of it. Some other chemicals can do some of it, but again, not all of it.

That is why water is claimed to be necessary for life (as we know it).

Look at this video for more facts! All from Sci-Show

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Hendrick Itumeleng Monyeki is a young creative born in Pretoria. He is a vocalist and music lecturer and his music spreads across Jazz, Ballads and Gospel music. He has been in the music industry for a while and has worked with the Gauteng Jazz Orchestra as one of the lead vocalists for several years.

It does not stop there. Hendrick has also been a backing vocalist for accomplished local giants such as Jonas Gwangwa, Sibongile Khumalo, Jonny Mekoa, Selaelo Selota, James Okon, Uche and Lionel Peterson and many more. He has also shared the stage with international artists such as Lala Hathaway.

Growing up in the early 90s during the time when a few households didn’t have electricity, his family used to sit around the fire and sing hymns and his mother would make him lead almost every song they sang. That experience was part of his training and inspiration and since then he never looked back.

Hendrick graduated top of his class in college where he studied music and went on to becoming a music lecturer. his achievements include being nominated alongside his band for Best Traditional Gospel Album at the Ingoma Gospel Awards.

TVis a part of his journey and he has also made appearances on our national television shows such as Morning live, Expresso and Sunrise to name a few.

When asked about his creative process he replied “my creative process happens randomly I never plan it, I could be walking on the streets a new song cones to my head and I just start singing it” A word of advice from him to the young and upcoming who wish to follow in his footsteps “Be patient, Be consistent and Be persistent, do what you love because there might not be a chance for you to do it again” he concluded.

His music is currently available on all digital streaming platforms and social media

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Brexit – is it really over?

Brexit is one of those things that will never end (thanks BBC and Wiki). It is the never-ending story with Ireland.

The republic of Ireland came into being in 1922. Before that it was a part of the UK, together with what is now named Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland got separated from Republic of Ireland and is a part of the UK. The majority of people are protestants.

Republic of Ireland is a republic and mostly catholic.

The Irish ‘civil war’ from the 1970s and onwards (IRA, Sein Fein, etc) was to a certain extent caused by both religion and also the desire to create Ireland as consisting of the entire island of Eire.

Finally, 1998 comes around and the Good Friday agreement is signed, ending the civil war.

This agreement stipulates a few things of interest in this context. First of all, Ireland recognises that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. Another aspect is that the agreement states that both parties will work towards a united Ireland. This is very vague and can be interpreted in many ways.

It also states that people born in Northern Ireland can choose to be Irish, British or both.

It was also implicit that there should be no borders on Ireland. … and now comes Brexit!

The withdrawal agreement is a complicated document. It is extremely vague in many instances and looks as though pieces of text got put into it (ambiguous) so that at least an ‘agreement’ could be signed before the deadline. It is (to me) like squaring the circle.

The sticking points are simple: EU cannot go against its own members interests. And Republic of Ireland is a member of EU. The sanctity of EU cannot be compromised by UK’s (new) rules on imports from other parts of the globe.

What do we talk about? One simple example: US would like to export pharmaceuticals for the UK NHI. The current EU regulations may prevent certain items of entering EU. But if UK should allow such imports and then re-export them to Ireland via Northern Ireland, then suddenly EU’s remaining 27 states can be flooded with illegal medications.

This is reality. Trumps was pushing very hard for this to happen.

So, if we have borders, we break the Good Friday Agreement. If we do not have borders, we open the floodgates.

The UK solution was simple” We will break the agreement – deliberately – on certain things’.

One way of squaring the circle, I believe.

Scotland!

According to BBC, it is complicated (surprise!).

The Scottish referendum of 2014 was a close call. The majority voted to stay within the UK as the British PM at that time (Cameron) claimed that Scottish independence might threaten their position within EU. The Brexit vote in Scotland (2016) was overwhelmingly for remaining in EU. But now it is changing: The one’s having voted for remaining in the EU did not necessarily vote for Scottish independence.

This is a major shift that is now happening: it is now getting clearer that the remainers do not see any return to EU in the current UK set-up. Only Scottish independence can guarantee a return to EU. The Scottish independence party (SNP) had a great election and is now close to a simple majority.

But what are the immediate steps? Well, nothing really.

Scotland has not put up a time-table for independence (yet).

Scotland is of course ‘different’. Scotland is by and large sitting on the UK part of the North Sea oil. Can the new ‘England’ survive without this? And if not, will this be the sticky point in any negotiation of independence.

We need to ask ourselves: is it a silly notion, this border stuff? Absolutely not, I have heard several Scottish people (as a part of any conversation) talking about driving to Scotland and ‘crossing the border at lunch time …’ and so on.

My prediction: the first minister in Scotland (Ms. Sturgeon) will use the threat of a referendum to gain substantial changes to the England-Scotland relationship. It will amount to Scotland being a part of EU without being a part of EU. All these concessions will be born by England and the signs are already there that the law book and regulations will now have an England-flavour or a Scotland-flavour.

China in Space There is something new happening. The Chinese space station. It is now getting operational and it is going fast – very fast.

The space station (Tianhe-2) is a new and modern construction.

When I look at pictures and comparing to ISS, it really is like comparing a Toyota Cressida to a Mercedes latest model.

There is a generation leap in technology and ergonomics.

The core module got flown into space in April this year. The space station will be some 70 tons when finished (ISS is 450 tons). I do believe that it will grow far bigger and perhaps also be superseded by a newer space station in 2030s. That is an opinion though.

What we do know is that the three-man crew consists of some very experienced (and old!) people. The commander is 54 and the others are not far behind.

It touches on the objectives: Why are the Chinese in space (and US and Russia and Dubai and everyone else for that matter)?

According to Wiki, the longer term goals are: • • • • • •

Improve their standing in the world of space science Establish a crewed space station Crewed missions to the Moon Establish a crewed lunar base Robotic mission to Mars Exploit Earth-Moon space for industrial development.

The one thing to look out for is the Maglev initiative. We have written about that as the best option for rapid launch and not based on traditional rocketry. In essence: run a rail up a mountain and use Maglev to get into space in one go. It is rather simple stuff with all technologies already there.

If we look at the developments, this is the path being followed (among others): Low-Earth Orbit Project 921-2 – permanent crewed modular and space plane HTS Maglev Launch Assist Space Shuttle winged spaceplane orbiter in another current shuttle project.

Crewed mission to the moon: In the 2030s, Deep Space Exploration Program: Tianwen-1 Mars rover Asteroid Exploration Mission, initially proposed for launch around 2022– 2024 Mars Sample Return Mission, initially proposed for launch around 2028– 2030.

Jupiter System orbiter Proposed for launch around 2029–2030, and arriving at Jupiter around 2036 A mission to Uranus Still tentative, has been proposed for implementation after 2030, with a probe arriving in the 2040s

And how does it all look like? Impressive!

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Lessons from a musician

What have we learned and has doing music gigs changed since the pandemic?

A new world and a new way of doing things in the music industry has been introduced since the pandemic. This transition has been a roller-coaster ride for us. Having been used to performing for an audience and now trying to do it differently and without the audience, is like a beautiful dream turned into a nightmare. It literally feels like when I started day dreaming about being an artist and performing in front of the mirror and just using my imagination to entertain a crown that only existed in my head.

That day dreaming aspect is now the new normal. The audience is not there!

Despite the unusual way of doing gigs, the pandemic has made it even harder for us as artist to get bookings and making ends meet.

Some of us are literally drowning in our financial woes and fortunate are those who have made themselves household names.

The ones who are actually getting to perform and also benefit financially from

endorsements of products. Using ones fame in the advertising industry has saved a lot of artists, even before the pandemic.

Our supporters and audience (who always attend the shows) miss going to see their idols or music stars performing live. Live concerts are there for the energy and the atmosphere.

The vibe of just being surrounded by happy faces is no longer there. This has become the age of the great depression and I know how much I miss performing live and getting to interact with my people. Those moments are priceless.

Virtual gigs are cool in a sense that we can still get entertained in the comforts of our own space and now it has become the main tool for artists to promote and interact with a wide range of people through the social media platforms. The bigger lesson learned is we actually get to stay relevant and also stay in touch with the world, despite all the challenges.

We all knew that we were headed there eventually, where things were going to change to more virtual gigs.

In reality, this was slowly coming at us, but we didn’t expect it to be this soon and that it would be pushed by this pandemic.

Even so, here we are and all we can do is embrace the new norm and hope for the best - but most importantly - adapt to this new way of living.

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Tynwald Day is the National Day of the Isle of Man, usually observed on 5 July.

On this day, the Island’s legislature, Tynwald, meets in the open air on the adjacent Tynwald Hill (a small artificial mound). The meeting, which dates back to the 10th century, is known as Midsummer Court. It is attended by members of the two branches of Tynwald: the House of Keys and the Legislative Council.

Tynwald Day had traditionally been held on 24 June. In 1753, the Isle of Man legislated to replace the Julian Calendar with the Gregorian Calendar after Great Britain had done so in the previous year; making a difference of 11 days.

But the legislation retained the Julian Calendar for the purpose of determining Tynwald Day: it provided that “Midsummer Tynwald Court shall be holden and kept ... upon or according to the same natural Days upon or according to which the same should have been so kept or holden ... in case this Act had never been made.”

Hence Tynwald Day occurred on 24 June in the Julian Calendar, but on 5 July according to the Gregorian Calendar.

Only on those strange islands!

System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, is an annual event created by system administrator Ted Kekatos.

The event exists to show appreciation for the work of sysadmins and other IT workers. It is celebrated on the last Friday in July.

The first System Administrator Appreciation Day was celebrated on July 28, 2000. Kekatos was inspired to create the special day by a Hewlett-Packard magazine advertisement in which a system administrator is presented with flowers and fruit-baskets by grateful co-workers as thanks for installing new printers. Kekatos had just installed several of the same model printer at his workplace.

The official SysAdmin Day website includes many suggestions for the proper observation of the holiday. Most common is cake and ice cream.

There are many international websites which celebrate the holiday.

The holiday has been recognized and promoted by many IT professional organizations, the League of Professional System Administrators, SAGE/USENIX and SNIPhub.

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It is time to start looking at exams - again.

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