Hola MaHigh-School - October 2018

Hola MaHigh School Volume 7, issue 10, October 2018

Contents 06 Editors letter 07 Poem 08 We need writers 10 Contributors 11 Holler at us 12 The first exams - China 14 ‘Real’ engineers - who are they?

18 Masiziba at university 22 Food security

Contents 24 International - EU in the future 32 October month 34 Ada Lovelace the programmer 38 The science of colours 40 The science of poetry 42 The quote 43 Wannabe a model?

44 The conspiracy 46 Next issue

Editor’s Letter October is on us. And that also means exams. We really thought about doing another set of ‘exam tips’ but then... we have done it before. So, now what? Exams long time ago? like the first ones. That is China but did you know??? Ok, so read on. International stuff is for once focused on the other dancing partner in the Brexit tango. European Union. What does Europe want? how will Europe look in some years? That is surely worth looking at.

Masiziba is on a roll of course. Food security is just so much more. And what is she doing at university now? In-practice!

Our science artice this month is radically different. I know we typically talk science as in going to the moon or stars or the bottom of the oceans and all things. But this month we look at the ‘softer’ pieces of science: The science of colours and the science of poetry. Just felt like something else this month.

OK, I had to. There is a fun article about ‘real’ engineers. ... and an urban myth and a quote and a few other things.

GOOD READ

Sybil

Time for poems:

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The longing - so close My brain says: “Now what?”

My souls says: “I will miss you” My soul says: “It will never come back” Friends and friendships My life. Going so fast Not a child. Nowhere to hide Decisions, choices The great impact I already miss you

Sybil

We need writers!

Our writers are growing up and getting older That is og course good. BUT.... it means they are leaving us Therefore: would you like towrite for us?

What is required?

That is easy You have to be in grade 10-12 Impeccable in your preferred language-and that might not be English. We try to be more than just English Passionate about your topic of choice no dull articles here

Do you get anything out of it?

Well, not money, sorrry. BUT if we publish your articles you will have: Your bio in a commercial magazine A photo of yourself You can put it all on your CV you can use us as a reference ... and it goes in your portfolio

Is it important?

YES it is.

Look what Rofhiwa said: My name is Rofhiwa and I love to write.

I think I am rather decent writer too.

I took my talent and have used it to express my thoughts on international dealings of the world which have been published in Hola MaHigh-School. It has paid off, not only is my work printed for young people in the country to read, but it also contributed to me gettng a bursary from CNBC-Africa to do my post-graduate studies. Would be a lot harder to get by if I didn’t have platform like Hola MaHigh-School.

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Meet our contributors I am Masiziba Hadebe. I study a BSc in Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State. I am originally from a small rural town in Mpumalanga, Balfour. My hardworking trait proves that anyone, regardless of the background, can make it. I love plants and animals. During leisure, I read anything readable and interesting. Writing is and will always be my passion, I would starve food just to write!

Pinky Rapoo is a creative writer by nature and not yet by profession.She lives in Vosloorus and is currently in grade 12 at Vosloorus Comprehensive SecondarySchool. Listening to music is her hobby,writing is her passion. Her motto is “Think twice before speaking,think three times before acting and think thoroughly before writing”.

My name is Marcia Ramodike, a 20 year old young lady from Limpopo at Lenyenye. I am doing my second year law degree at the University of the Free State and I am also an author of a book entitled from an empty pride to a full price which is touch based on issues that affect black families such as black tax. I am very passionate about writing. It is actually my first love. I love chilling indoors while reading books and novels; I am a fun, loving person who always smiles and care about other people. My favourite quote is “when the caterpillar thought it was the end of the world it turned into a butterfly “.

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Exams are coming at us That might be true, but where and when did it all start? Let us just have a quick guess. Egypt? No. India? No. One left and that is the one: China of course.

All of this is inspired by Wiki.

The Chinese empire has always been immense. As it shifted from a war-like collection of smaller entities to a bureaucratic entity, the need for administrators became rather evident.

It can trace its root back to some 200 BC, but the real foundation is probably some 600 AD. In essence: it was a standardised set of exam questions and it was all in writing. One of the qualifying things was calligraphy. Today: proper hand writing! It makes sense: how to have a public servant where it is not possible to decipher the writing!

There is one little fun thing here as well: insofar as China (also at that time) is rather homogeneous, it means there are no cultural differences throughout the empire.

All of this got refined through years and did produce a class of public servants.

But it did end – 1898 was the year of the Boxer rebellion and 1905 saw the abolition of the exam system. It was taken over by a more modernised and steamlined public school system.

But was that it then?

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British East India company got to hear about it. And found it rather great as they needed administrators for their great business enterprises. It somehow also got introduced into the British schooling system and by 1855 was established as the public service exams.

But where did it really take off? India! Britain needed administrators and good one’s at that. In comes the standardised exam and India gets a class of administrators.

What is the code of the Indian Civil Service today: “A member of the civil service in discharge of his/her functions is to be guided by maintaining absolute integrity, allegiance to the constitution and the law of the nation, patriotism, national pride, devotion to duty, honesty, impartiality and transparency” That is more or less what is universal and it all comes from the Chinese. OK, the code of conduct might not have been there at the year 600 AD, but this is where the roots are.

So, when you get to exam, remember that students have been going to exam for 1,400 years (or more like 2,200 years).

You are not alone! PS: the success rate of their Master’s degree was about 1-2%.You can do better – we know it

Civil Engineers - th

Ever wondered who is actually managing a construction project?

A bridge? A building? A power plant? All those things we see around us?

Look at a building. Someone (the architect) had to draw it up, specifying materials, knowing about stresses of concrete, glass, steel, bolts, and a lot of things. But then somebody has to go in and put it together (and maybe discover a few ‘oops’ on the way), and all of it on time and on budget.

That one is the engineer!

I am in awe of engineers. Coming from a software development background, it is very different. I mean, look at a building if it had to be built by a software programmer: “The lift does not work! If we press floors above level 8 it goes to the basement”. “OK, well, yes. That will be corrected in version 2.3, out in a year’s time” “The water does not flow!”. “Well, it was a beta release and we will get to version 1.0. Surely it will work then”.

You see my point?

Engineers have to get it to work first time. There is no Beta for a bridge.

There are the following types of engineering studies: Aerospace Engineering Construction Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Material Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Sound Engineering Industrial Engineering

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So, plenty of things. I looked at civil engineering – the hard-hat engineers!

Vaal University of Technology, Wits and University of Cape Town offer Bachelor degrees in civil engineering. That is four years, which sound like a lot – well, it is.

University of Pretoria offers a PhD in civil engineering. That is an additional two years.

Let it be said: It is a lengthy start on the career.

But then, the sky is really the limit (literally as well).

Let me quote from the UP entry: “Civil Engineering, PhD The Department of Civil Engineering has established a reputation for both the training of engineers and the advancement of the state of knowledge via research, thus contributing to the development and maintenance of civil infrastructure within and outside South Africa. Graduates of the Department are sought after globally and many are working well beyond our borders.

The UP Civil Engineering Department has produced about 40% of all civil engineers in South Africa over the past 50 years. “ So, admire the stamina of the people and tip the (hard) hat in their direction.

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This is all from their website: Freedom Park celebrates South Africa’s heritage. It is a centre of knowledge aimed at deepening the understanding of the nation. It strives to accommodate all of the country’s experiences and symbols to tell one coherent story.

Freedom Park is a national and international site that celebrates the ideals of liberty, diversity and human rights.

Freedom Park is a cultural institution housing a museum and a memorial dedicated to chronicling and honouring the many who contributed to South Africa’s liberation. The museum aims to preserve and narrate the story of the African continent, and specifically South Africa, from the dawn of humanity, through pre-colonial, colonial and apartheid history and heritage, to the post-apartheid nation of today. It is a long walk, spanning some 3.6 billion years.

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Masiziba at In-service trainin Ever heard of a student stating “I have to attend practical” or “I have in-service training this year”? This is because some courses of study, depending on the institution of study, have programmes that include a day, and in some cases, a year ‘out of class.’

In-service training, which is popularly done by engineering students amongst many other study fields such as agriculture, radiography etc. is whereby a student is required to go work in their field of study under a registered company or institution specialising in the field of study.

It can range for a period of 6 months to an entire year depending on university specific requirements. It is done to give practical experience to students and forms part of their degree or diploma. Commonly, students at universities of technology and TVET colleges are required to have in-service training as part of their qualification. Education students are also required to do in-service training as part of their degree.

In-service training can have its own fair share of advantages and disadvantages, depending various factors. In-service training is beneficial in such a way that it offers practical experience in the work place, giving one an upper hand or competitive advantage to a student who just did “theoretical work”.

Additionally, it allows students to network. Good impressions on the right people may result in lifetime networks. Moreover, depending on where one might do the in-service training, it may result in some form of remuneration.

t University: ng and Practical On the other hand, some students can be faced with the challenge of finding where to do their in-service training. Some institutions of study have not yet formed partnerships with the relevant companies or organisations required by students to complete their in-service training, wherefore it becomes the student’s responsibility to knock on doors asking for assistance in this regard.

Additionally, depending on the financial status of the student or agreement with funders, it may result in some costs (such as transport, accommodation etc.) to be incurred by a student.

Practical, on the other hand, is usually incorporated into the student’s schedule or timetable. Students discover, implement and apply, instead of just listening and taking notes like in theoretical sessions.

Personally I find this approach extremely valuable as it combines all the theory with a practical aspect. As it is much more than just a few weeks (6-12 months) it gives us the ability to ‘live’ the real thing that we will meet later in life – after university.

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Is technological advancem Scientists all over the world are inspired to do research in their fields and across other fields. Therefore, technological advancement in any sector can be inspired by different fields, and the same goes for agriculture and the food sector in general. But what can technology advancement really mean for the agricultural sector, and how can that contribute to food security?

Reports have shown that technology advancement in the agricultural sector can prove beneficial to some of the challenges faced by the industry and its subordinate sectors.

These can be challenges such as disease and pest control (both in livestock and crop production), and transportation costs of produce, such as fish or tomatoes, from one place to another.

Additionally, technological advancement can mean that ‘competitive advantage’ is no longer an advantage for some regions or countries. This is because technological advancement, in other instances, means that any plant or any animal can be planted and raised in any region as the technology sets the climatic conditions along with the incorporation of soilless farming in the picture.

This then can reduce the factor of transporting the produce from one region to another.

According to an article published by The Economist, if agriculture is to continue to feed the world, it needs to become more like manufacturing. For instance, Tom Rogers, an al-

ment key in food security? mond farmer in California was facing water challenges especially since almonds are considered as ‘thirsty’.

Technology, however, has come to Mr Rogers’s aid. His farm is wired up like a lab rat. Or, to be more accurate, it is wirelessed up. Moisture sensors planted throughout the nut groves keep track of what is going on in the soil. They send their results to the cloud to be crunched. The results are passed back to the farm’s irrigation system—a grid of drip taps (hoses with holes punched in them) that are filled by pumps. The system resembles the hydroponics (soilless farming) used to grow vegetables in greenhouses.

Mr Roger’s farm then becomes more like a factory: tightly controlled operations for turning out reliable produce, immune as far as possible from the vagaries of nature.

Regardless of this, access to such information and technology for all farmers and producers in the world becomes a challenge because of the start-up costs, the economic status of the country and region etc. This then boils down to the unequal distribution of food because of economic status and the fact that may also count in on technology advancement particularly in food production.

“Food security exists when all people at all times have physical and economic access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Masiziba Hadebe

European Union We have spoken a lot about Brexit. It is a serious thing and it is the first ‘crack’ in a united European front.

But where is EU going? And is it even possible?

Let us just quickly recap a few things: There are (currently) 28 member states. Look out: it is now called EU27 as UK is out by March 2019) 24 languages Some 512 million people GDP 2nd in the world (after China and before USA) EU used to be a reasonable homogenous set of countries when it was Western Europe only. All similar in governance, education, etc. The inclusion of Eastern Europe has created problems as these might not subscribe to the same norms and attitudes.

Even so, how can such a construction work?

There are three entities of significance (actually a lot more, but leave it for now) EU council: heads of state, setting out policy ideas EU parliament: debating and approving budgets and laws EU commission: the executive branch (like cabinet0 The key questions to ask are: what does Europe want? Can they get it?

According to the EU website (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/white-paper-future-europe_en), there are challenges identified as follows: New technologies: the impact of increased use of technology and automation on the job market and industry

n – one country?

Climate change: the need to bring innovative environmental solutions to market, at home and abroad Migration: protecting our borders while preserving the right to free movement within Europe Security threats at our doors and within our Union: The build-up of troops at our eastern borders, war and terrorism in the Middle East and Africa Europe’s changing place in an evolving world: shrinking population and waning economic power Legacy of the economic crisis: long-term unemployment, especially among young people, and high public and private debt Ageing population: the need to modernise our social welfare systems Rise of populist and nationalist rhetoric: the need to restore people’s trust, deliver according to expectations and build consensus between member states Europe is like 100% industrialised. EU must innovate and must combat climate change, otherwise they ‘drown’.

The heavy migration from Middle East and Africa can choke Europe unless it is somehow structured better. It is, however, difficult to refuse entry people in dire need. That is not ‘Europe’, but that is also where right-wing politics come into play. … and Europe is getting ‘smaller’. The population in Europe was 25% of world population in 1900. It is projected to be 5% by 2060. And the population is getting older. People live longer (think pension, hospital and care for the aged) and have fewer kids anyway.

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European Unio EU white paper has sketched five scenarios: Carrying On: The EU27 focuses on delivering its positive reform agenda Nothing but the Single Market: The EU27 is gradually re-centred on the single market Those Who Want More Do More: The EU27 allows willing Member States to do more together in specific areas Doing Less More Efficiently: The EU27 focuses on delivering more and faster in selected policy areas, while doing less elsewhere Doing Much More Together: Member States decide to do much more together across all policy areas Carrying on is probably not an option. There are starting to be structural difficulties, also caused by the inclusion of Eastern Europe, not at the same level as Western Europe. The debate was also about: “should they catch up first before inclusion? Or should we help them catching up by including them?” It was a somewhat muddled approach and it just caused grief.

Nothing but the single market is really giving up. It is focused on one thing: get the absolute minimum – the single market – to work and leave the rest alone.

Few wanting more – well, that breaks the entire idea of EU. In essence, it can generate a core of fast-movers, creating a super-EU (and leaving the rest behind, i.e. poorer (Eastern) European countries). Not a great development.

on - Scenarios Doing less is a reaction to the criticism of EU mingling too much in people’s lives. The sentiment can be that it is enough that a national government is setting laws and regulations, now an entity (from a far-away galaxy) is also getting involved. And that without understanding the nature of the local community.

Perceptions rule, but what was Brexit really all about?

Doing much more together seems to be the preferred option.

In this we see the single market working and a tight integration where EU is the dominant force, not the national states. EU speaking with one voice means that there can be no dissenting national voices to be heard. Is that even possible?

Foreign policy is the big thing here. No single state can really stand up to Trump (let us be honest about it), but EU can. It does involve defence spending and that is not an easy one.

This scenario also sets new budget priorities and will focus on delivery to the citizen.

This will be the real United States of Europe.

But where will Europe go?

European Union Another scenario?

Here is my absolute private take on all of this. And I can be very wrong.

The world is breaking up and EU is in the front EU becomes too bureaucratic and there is resistance in it. Brexit was the first as UK is a viable entity in itself. Suddenly Scandinavia breaks away and forms a ‘mini-EU’. Others follow suit. EU will then consist of a set off loosely connected regions, cooperating on a minimum of things (sort of few wanting more scenario).

But USA might also break up into regions.

China and India might break up as national states as well. Try to have anything in common when we look at 1,2+ billion people per country. (what has Bihar in India in common with Manipur?)

So, the world became smaller in my scenario.

Migration triggers a reaction The migration from Africa to Europe gets into epic proportions. Europe starts to play a more active role in Africa by taking over governance, the treasury and the infra-structure developments, just to create societies where people would like to be. Some call it neo-colonisation.

Radical break-up The metro areas will be the focus point. Five cities in the UK account for some 80% of the economy (need to check it, but I read it somewhere).

another scenario The nation state disappears into the sunset and EU is a meeting place for municipalities now, agreeing common policies (the minimum).

Suddenly London is trading with Paris, Paris is trading with Tokyo, and so on.

How many metros do we really see on a worldwide basis? My bet is that these are rather limited. Five from UK, one (combined) from Sweden-Denmark, Moscow, Kiev, Warsaw, Ruhr district (spanning Belgium, France and Germany) and so on. Let us guess? 200? 2,000?

But are there any parallels to such a totally decentralisation? Has it ever happened?

What does Wiki say about the Roman empire: “The Roman Empire was among the most powerful economic, cultural, political and military forces in the world of its time. It was one of the largest empires in world history. At its height under Trajan, it covered 5 million square kilometres. It held sway over an estimated 70 million people, at that time 21% of the world’s entire population.

The dominion of the Western Roman Empire was gradually eroded by abuses of power, civil wars, barbarian migrations and invasions, military reforms, and economic depression.�

And then the city-state came into play: the municipality or the metro!

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October month means that we are close to school holidays But let us look at a very fun little thing that Ada Lovelace Day: Second Tuesday of October Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is sometimes regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a “computing machine” and the first computer programmer.

Her educational and social exploits brought her into contact with scientists such as Andrew Crosse, Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Michael Faraday and the author Charles Dickens, which she used to further her education.

In a note, she describes an algorithm for the Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers. It is considered the first published algorithm ever specifically tailored for implementation on a computer, and Ada Lovelace has often been cited as the first computer programmer for this reason.

e are getting there!

s and summer and end of year parties and all things good. is related to October month (all from wiki): World Smile Day® is celebrated on the first Friday in the month of October every year. The idea was coined and initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. He is known to have created the Smiley Face in 1963. The World’s first World Smile Day was held in the year 1999 and has been held annually since.

Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation was created to honour his name and memory, with the slogan “improving this world, one smile at a time.” The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day® each year.

The organization states that their goal is to “make as many people as possible aware of World Smile Day® by using the web, social media, and your help to encourage smiles and acts of kindness around the world.”

Ada programming lang Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for design-by-contract, extremely strong typing, explicit concurrency, tasks, synchronous message passing, protected objects, and non-determinism. Ada improves code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors. Ada is an international standard.

the first computer programmer.

Ada was originally designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull under contract to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) from 1977 to 1983 to supersede over 450 programming languages used by the DoD at that time. Ada was named after Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), who has been credited as

ADA is great for big programmes. It is possible to split the coding up in blocks and have a number of people working on it. A programme can easily get into a million lines of code.

Run-time errors can be detected by the compiler. It is a very ‘safe’ language insofar as run-time errors can be minimised down to near nothing.

But where do we see ADA being used today? After all it is like 40 years back in time?

guage: who is using it?

A Permissive Action Link (PAL) is a security device for nuclear weapons. Its purpose is to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of the nuclear weapon.

The year 1995 saw the development of the Code Management System (CMS).

The CMS has simplified the control and logistics for staff and improved the flexibility and speed in deploying and arming weapons. In total, CMS consists of fourteen custom products (nine software and five hardware products).

The software products were developed by Sandia National Laboratories while the hardware was created by the National Nuclear Security Administration.

The CMS was fully operational for the first time in November 2001. By the spring of 2004, all PAL systems were equipped with the Code Management System. It is thus currently the general foundation for future hardware and software improvements to Permissive Action Links.

The software for the newest fighter jet – F-35 is written in ADA and C and C++ . Ada83 code is reused from the F-22. The final Block 3 software is planned to have 8.6 million lines of code. …. And all of this is coded in ADA, a language at least 40 years back in time, invented by … do I say more.

Happy future! Look out for the mushrooms. (Wiki)

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Colours: How lucky we are as humans. We can see colour. But is it science?

Wiki (oif course) would have something on it. Yes. Colour is science and it is not trivial.

“In the visual arts, colour theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel: primary color, secondary color and tertiary color. Although color theory principles first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c. 1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1490), a tradition of “colory theory” began in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy over Isaac Newton’s theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of primary colors. From there it developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetry and vision science.

OK, so colours are important, but we know that.

The most important problem has been a confusion between the behavior of light mixtures, called additive color, and the behavior of paint, ink, dye, or pigment mixtures, called subtractive color. This problem arises because the absorption of light by material substances follows different rules from the perception of light by the eye.

Most color effects are due to contrasts on three relative attributes that define all colors:

: indeed 1. Value, (light vs. dark, or white vs. black), 2. Chroma,[saturation, purity, strength, intensity] 3. Hue (e.g. the name of the color family:red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta).

So we have warm colours, cold colours, tints, hues and monochrome, and much more.

But colours could also be in harmony? “Color harmony is a complex notion because human responses to color are both affective and cognitive, involving emotional response and judgment.

The following conceptual model illustrates this 21st century approach to color harmony: Color harmony = f ( Col 1 , 2 , 3 , ‌ , n ) & ( I D + C E + C X + P + T) Wherein color harmony is a function (f) of the interaction between color/s (Col 1, 2, 3, ‌, n) and the factors that influence positive aesthetic response to color: individual differences (ID) such as age, gender, personality and affective state; cultural experiences (CE), the prevailing context (CX) which includes setting and ambient lighting; intervening perceptual effects (P) and the effects of time (T) in terms of prevailing social trends.

And you thought colour was simple? It is SCIENCE!

Poetry Ruth Padel considers the science of poetry and the poetry of science, arguing against the idea that poetry is all about feeling and science is all about knowing, and never the twain shall meet.

Poetry got to ask the big questions until science came along and stole its thunder. She writes: Poetry was the first written way we addressed such questions as what is the world made of, and how did it come to be?

In the sixth and fifth centuries BC, the pre-socratics reworked these questions, writing on physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, theology, metaphysics and epistemology; and often in verse.

Science was born in poetry. Lucretius’s epic on atoms, On the Nature of Things continued this tradition; so did the 18th-century doctor Erasmus Darwin, whose poem “The Temple of Nature” outlined a theory of evolution, following life-forms from micro-organisms to human society.

Wow: so poetry is the language of science?

It gets better. Poetry can give us the ‘chill’ factor. Now we are talking about ‘feelings’ and feelings are real. Remember Harry Potter: “professor, is it real or just something in my head” and the answer: “just because it is inside your head does not mean it is not real”.

I like that one. It is real physics and poetic at the same time.

is science Let us see what a scientist says about poetry: “Poetry is the resistance against a given set of thoughts imposed on us,” says Prof Indranil Chakrabarty, a quantum physicist by profession, and a poet by passion. He explores the nuances of science and poetry with equal fervour, and perhaps that is what sets him apart.

However, I started exploring more about poetic strategies. In one of his poems, Hindi poet Nagarjun talks about humans, without even mentioning any humans.

I was also drawn to the language of poetry. It is a movement which interested me a lot. When you have no thoughts, you tend to rely on words that you hear. In such contexts, words become labourers and thoughts, capital.

Both are a way of finding the truth. Science is more analytical and logical. Poetry is not that. Scientists will try to break concepts down. However, in poetry, it is not about the meaning, but feeling.”

Conclusion: get on with writing poetry if you want to succeed as a scientist (in whichever science field) References: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/12/the-science-ofpoetry-and-vice-versa https://telanganatoday.com/exploring-science-poetry

The quote of the month: .. I love the Minions!

Having a dream of being a super model? modelling the latest fashion from Cape Town to Paris to London and every else?

It is surely a fantastic life and rather demanding. But there is competition in this industry.

Yes, other models will also compete with you, but the latest competition is CGI models.

Look at these: great models. Oozing of glamour and confidence. Their names are Shudu, Margot and Zhi. There is just one little problem: They don’t exist. They are computer generated. Done in software.

But who will ’employ’ them? Balmaine has done exactly that!

We quote from BBC: “Balmain worked with British photographer Cameron James-Wilson, who created digital supermodel Shudu last year.Shudu has now gone from having her Instagram featured by Rihanna’s make-up brand Fenty Beauty to being at the centre of a major fashion campaign - all without existing in real life.” (Elena Cresci: https://www.bbc.com/news/ newsbeat-45474286).

This is reality or maybe not reality

Urban Myth: Never sail off on a Friday PS: Titanic did!

Here is an excellent litle myth: HMS Friday! All from Wiki.

HMS Friday is an urban myth concerning a disastrous attempt by the Royal Navy to dispel the superstition against sailing on a Friday. While widely circulated, the story is in fact untrue; moreover, there was never even a ship named HMS Friday.

The details of the story vary, but it usually follows this form: Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck.

To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on Friday the 13th, under the command of a Captain James Friday.

She was never seen or heard from again.

This story, in numerous variations, is frequently recounted, often as fact. It also appeared as a small “filler” item in the magazine “Reader’s Digest”, its format giving the impression of having been historically researched.

In fact, there has never been any Royal Navy ship of that name

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