Hola MaHigh School Volume 6, issue 8, August 2017
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Contents 06 Editors letter 07 Poem 08 We need writers 10 Contributors 11 Holler at us 12 Women’s Month 16 BMW - Charity in action 18 The month of August 20 Women’s rights: Voting 22 Masiziba - Friends!
Contents 24 Volkswagen Community 26 ‘Male’ jobs: Still and issue? 28 Women’s rights: Ancient times 32 Brexit: The borders are going up 36 Women behind the mask 38 Science - 3D printing. The next industrial revolution 42 Films!!! and entertainment news 44 Conspiracy: Moon landings were faked. They never happened! 46 Next issue
Editors Letter August - still winter, but not for long. This month is Women’s Month. That is mighty important. Read the news. Are we going forward? We try to look at it in a historic perspective. There are many things to know and to act on. Voting rights did not come as a natural thing. 1956 was a historic day in our common history and deserves to be mentioned every year. So, have we gone forward? Masiziba is looking into role models and into woment in ‘male’ jobs. Still an issue? You judge it. Science article this month is 3D printing - the next industrial revolution. Yes, it is a revolution out there! What we also have is a new writer! YES: Marcia Ramodike! Please welcome her on her first article for us. Hopefully one among many. This one is deep. Something that talks to us all, I think. We have something on movies this month. Shaken, not stirred and more for you. ... and a good conspiracy. GOOD READ
Sybil
Time for poems: Our mothers The unbreakable vow But not from Harry Potter The bond between a mother and a child Although the child may be a pensioner And the mother 100+ Unbreakable, created during nine months And some hours of agony How can we ever repay The mothers who carried us Who will still do it all over again
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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Women’s where did it
Where does it come from – at least in a South African context? Let us turn to Wiki: “National Women’s Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country’s pass laws that required South Africans defined as “black” under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport” That was the hated ‘dompass’. “The women stood silently for 30 minutes and then started singing a protest song that was composed in honour of the occasion: Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo! (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.) In the years since, the phrase (or its latest incarnation: “you strike a woman, you strike a rock”) has come to represent women’s courage and strength in South Africa”
Is it significant? Yes, indeed. It was again a defining moment (1956) and also 1994. The International Women’s day is 8 March. The first recorded Women’s Day was in New York in 1909. However, the 8 March is directly related to the female textile workers demonstration in 1917 in Leningrad and was a factor in the Russian revolution.
day in SA: t come from? United Nations (UN) declared 8 March 1975 International Women’s Day. There are many areas where we as a nation need to look: parenting, Domestic violence, sexual harassment in the workplace or school, unequal pay, and schooling for all girls. We need to look at what type of society we want. We should also look at our role models. Role models are great inspirations and I believe that we in South Africa have plenty of role models from the 1956 march. Those were not afraid and they had an impact. What International role models do we see? Let us look at Michelle Obama – a person in her own right. Merkel, as unlikely as anything of becoming a role model, but look at her track record. The defining part is probably where we see a person as a person and not attaching all kinds of irrelevant attributes. What is the significance of these? Just distracting from the real issue. Look at Merkel. She might never win a beauty contest and I don’t think she cares. She knows herself as a person (and a very clever one at that), whether she is a woman or not. … and that is also in line with 1956 I think.
Women’s Day and Let us look at something very clear about women emancipation. This is from USA. Here is Wiki again: Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country. Women in the United States were granted the right to vote without the compulsory requirement to submit to possible conscription on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified as law. Every president has published a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day since 1972. This resolution was passed in 1971 designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971. Designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day: • WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States; and • WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex; • WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights: and • WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,
d Month: Equality NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26 of each year is designated as “Women’s Equality Day,” and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place. What does it mean? Every single president of the US are committed to women equality. Or at least should be. It is significant that there is a resolution to this effect. There is an urgency about this as well. Let me relate a great example: Napoleon once told his generals that they should plant trees along the roads of France so the army could get a bit of shade marching. They told him it would take at least 30 years before the trees could give any shade (meaning, give it up). His response was: Is that so. Then we need to start immediately! This is the urgency we should have in going forward.
BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre est Soshanguve, Pretoria – 31 July 2017 - Learners from DC Marivate Senior Secondary School in Soshanguve were today provided with a brand new literacy centre to the value of R540, 521 by the BMW Group South Africa and BMW Financial Services South Africa. As part of the BMW Group South Africa Associate Volunteerism Programme (AVP) and in line with Mandela Month celebrations, the BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre was unveiled to learners this afternoon after finishing touches were carried out by BMW employees from the Midrand, Menlyn and Plant Rosslyn campuses. With the assistance of BMW Group employees an old classroom was transformed into a fully functional literacy centre, featuring new décor touches, furniture and R50 000 worth of new books, some of which were donated by Exclusive Books. With the new centre, the 865 Grade 7 to Grade 9 learners will for the first time have access to a school library. The new BMW Motorrad Literacy Centre was established to encourage learners to read and to assist learners struggling with basic literacy. The focus of the BMW Group South Africa corporate social investment (CSI) strategy is education and employee volunteerism. DC Marivate Secondary School was brought to the attention of the BMW Group South Africa by Rosslyn Plant based employee Obakeng Rangwaga, who had established a reading club at the school for struggling learners in various grades. “We want to create platforms for all the brands in the BMW Group to give back to the communities, particularly those surrounding Plant Rosslyn in Pretoria and to drive social change,” explains Bongani Mshibe, Manager: External Affairs and Government Relations. “At the same time this is an opportunity for employees to also make a meaningful contribution. This AVP campaign, Reason to Ride, at DC Marivate, is about promoting literacy and fostering a culture of reading”.
tablished for Soshanguve learners “Reading like riding a motorcycle is a skill that has to be nurtured and honed. Reading and riding both have the ability to open up new worlds and create opportunities. Through Reason to Ride we want to encourage learners to read not only to improve their performance in the classroom but as a way to explore the world,� says Edgar Kleinbergen, General Manager: BMW Motorrad South Africa. In order to sustain the literacy centre the BMW Group South Africa plans to foster partnerships with key stakeholders who could assist with book donations and sustaining programmes like the reading club. With 44 years of involvement in South Africa, the BMW Group is a committed and engaged corporate citizen dedicated to the upliftment of South Africa and its people.
August Month: Man
Of course named after our friend Augustus, the Roman very much focused upon in several articles; hence we h Earth Overshoot Day. Wiki says: “Earth Overshoot Day is the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing the world biocapacity (the amount of natural resources generated by Earth), by the world ecological footprint (humanity’s consumption of Earth’s natural resources). By the early 1970s, that critical threshold had been crossed: Human consumption began outstripping what the planet could reproduce (Global Footprint Network). According to Global Footprint Network’s calculations, our demand for renewable ecological resources and the services they provide is now equivalent to that of more than 1.5 Earths. The data shows us on track to require the resources of two planets well before mid-2000-century. Advocates for Earth Overshoot Day note that the costs of ecological overspending are becoming more evident over time. Climate change , shrinking forests, species loss, fisheries collapse, higher commodity prices and civil unrest. Not all agree though. Breakthrough Institute claims that the data to calculate such complex things are simply not there. It does highlight one thing: we consume more than what Mother Earth can produce!
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n emperor. August is also Women’s Month and that is have found two unusual subjects for you. Read on International Clown Week. Wiki says: International Clown Week is celebrated each year during the week of August 1-7. Clown groups often celebrate the week with special activities such as performing volunteer shows or having their local mayor declare the week as a city celebration to coincide with the national and international clown week. Clown Week was celebrated on a limited scale in the 1950s. In 1967 Clown Club of America members were urged to write to their congressmen and senators requesting a presidential proclamation naming August 1–7 as National Clown Week. In 1969 a resolution was introduced. The chairman Bill ‘Boom-Boom” Baily lobbied the United States Congress and organized a visit by clowns to the senate building in Washington, D.C. The joint resolution was signed into law by President Nixon on August 2, 1971. Many clown organizations have an international constituency and over time the National Clown Week has expanded to be International Clown Week. PS: fear of clowns is called “Coulrophobia”.
Voti It may seem a bit strange. What is it about being able to vote? Well, it is the general participation in determining where the society is moving. To have a say in the future. This is the importance of democracy and equal rights in the broadest context. But what is the track record of that? We need to get beyond WW1 for seeing any major movement towards change in voting rights. Be aware as well, that although democracies were emerging in the 1800’s, the voting rights were typically limited to men. On top of, they had to have a certain income or be property owners. That removed the right to vote from the majority of people. The process was not only about women voting. That notion of ‘one man, one vote’ was just not enacted before we got much later as well. It is therefore important to not see this in isolation. The whole (European) development of democracy also encompassed women voting. So let us therefore turn to this aspect. Wiki says: “Most independent countries enacted women’s suffrage in the interwar era, including Canada in 1917, Britain in 1918 and the United States in 1920. Leslie Hume argues that the First World War changed the popular mood: The women’s contribution to the war effort challenged the notion of women’s physical and
ing! mental inferiority and made it more difficult to maintain that women were, both by constitution and temperament, unfit to vote. If women could work in munitions factories, it seemed both ungrateful and illogical to deny them a place in the polling booth. But the vote was much more than simply a reward for war work; the point was that women’s participation in the war helped to dispel the fears that surrounded women’s entry into the public arena”. The years leading up to WWII saw the majority of countries enacting women voting. The rest was by and large done with in the years just after WWII. Wiki: “The United Nations encouraged women’s suffrage in the years following World War II, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) identifies it as a basic right with 189 countries currently being parties to this Convention. PS: The last place to grant women voting was the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. It is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population. It was the last Swiss canton to grant women the vote on local issues, in 1991.
Friends and University Believe it or not, University is a great place to network. As I speak now, I know people who are as dedicated and passionate as I, and they have seemed to inspire me in many more ways than I had ever imagined. One of my new ‘university’ friends is in Russia studying Medicine, and has promised me to take me out to lunch when qualifying as a doctor. Although she was at the same university as I, she grabbed an opportunity to study abroad. In the few months we shared, we were able to build a long-lasting friendship with a LOT of memories. We share pictures via email and I know a lot more about the world because of her. In addition, I met people who understand my language and the need to make a difference, and not only that, they keep me on my toes by proving that this ‘university’ journey can be enjoyable. My university friends are the ones I seem to grow with and make more mistakes with and creating the best memories with. It is not about them studying the same thing I am studying but me beneficially being friends with them because of their personality, dreams and aspirations that influence me and them positively. Maybe because we are all driven and determined to succeed?
Masiziba Hadebe
Sporty and also a student! 3RD year Bachelor of Education (BEd) UFS student, Gertriana Retief is a sports star who is succeeding in netball while being a student— the essence of multi-tasking! In the recent 2017 Netball Youth World Cup, Retief represented the SA baby Proteas in Botswana. Retief terms the experience as “great” and seems to have enjoyed the game and believes to have learnt a lot. Her training hours are 5 days a week, stretched to 12-14 hours over five days depending on the tournaments, etc. She claims to incorporate her study time very well in her tight schedule. With a height of 1.89 m, Retief plays Goal Shooter and remembers the fondest memories of her and her sister playing on opposing teams and indispensably believes it was one of the best experiences ever. Retief regards her mother as her role model. “She is a strong independent woman with great ambition and strength” she exclaims. Other sporting role models include Maryka Holstzhousen, also a netball player. One day she would love to play for Spar Proteas. She has already represented the Free State Crinums (2016, 2017) and SA in Botswana at the (NWYC) Junior Youth World Cup. Retief‘s friends and family describe her as neat and a “go getter”. Besides netball, she loves Rugby and Athletics and her favourite food is Braai vleis, Sushi and Pizza. She positions her life as ‘doable’.
Masiziba Hadebe
Volkswagen Volunt a Living August 8, 2017 - Bathabile Primary School is a farm school situated in Olievenhoutsbosch, Centurion. This school that caters for over 1 400 learners received a much needed upgrade on Saturday 5 August. Employees and loved ones from Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) gave their support and time to The Volkswagen Show of Hands Volunteer Programme which is an ongoing initiative under the Volkswagen for Good campaign. Bathabile Primary School is in a very poor community in Centurion that experiences extreme poverty and high levels of unemployment. A large majority of the learners come from migrant families and/or child-headed households. The school caters for learners from Grade R to Grade 7 and has no formal infrastructure - all classrooms are containers. It was decided to start with upgrading the grade R classroom and play area facilities as well as creating a library, reading corner and planting a vegetable garden. The current classroom containers and play areas for the Grade R’s received repairs and a bright, fresh coat of paint. The planting of the vegetable garden will allow the school to supplement the food they prepare for the children and allow them to
teer Project Leaves g Legacy continue to feed the learners nutritious meals. The upgrade of the library and creation of special reading corners will give the learners endless reading pleasure and allow them to continue to grow. Volkswagen Group South Africa has partnered with two organisations namely, Stop Hunger SA and the Adopt a School Foundation (founded & Chaired by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa) to further assist Bathabile Primary School. Together with Stop Hunger SA, the volunteers assisted with packing and providing meals to the community. The Adopt a School Foundation will assist in extending the improvement beyond the volunteer day. “As a company we know that it is not only important to upgrade facilities but to also leave a lasting legacy and that is exactly what the VWSA employees and their loved ones did. Leaving the school with a garden to grow vegetables and creating happy reading spaces will allow Bathabile Educators to feed the body and minds of the learners in a vibrant learning space.,� said Thomas Schaefer, Chairman and Managing Director: Volkswagen Group South Africa.
Women in ‘male’ jo According to SHE Leads Africa organisation, a passion project is something you do on your own terms and for nobody else’s satisfaction. It stems from your desire to create. This is what two phenomenal women,Teboho Mofokeng and Prianka Payadachee are doing through engineering. Teboho Mofokeng is a civil engineer who specializes in waste water management and graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT) IN 2006. In an interview with Infrastructure News, Mofokeng mentions that a female engineer’s technical capability is often taken too lightly. Said Mofokeng “But at the end of the day, the moment people realise that you can contribute and add value to their Teboho Mofokeng project, it doesn’t really matter whether you are female or male – gender ceases to be of relevance”. Mofokeng echoes the sentiments that although she has witnessed an increase in the number of female civil engineers and graduates, there is still very little participation from women in middle management. However, she believes that women who enter this field should know that being multi-skilled is essential whilst it is important to develop personal areas of strength within the field. (Destiny Magazine, August 2017)
obs? still an issue? Accordingly, Prianka Padayachee, a qualified mining engineer who is a highly ambitious engineer believes that female representation in mining has improved but being an Indian female in this industry does turn a few heads. Padayachee initially planned to be a geologist, but during a site visit to one of the mines, she knew she belonged Prianka Padayachee there. Besides, Mining does not fall far from a geologist’s tree, so it was a perfect fit for her. In an article in Destiny Magazine, Padayachee mentions that her first experience as an engineer was not all what she expected. She believes that University prepares you only to be a mine manager, but when you get into the field and start working, you have to do a lot of grunt work and easily spend up to ten hours underground. However, she does remark that these experiences are vital as they allow one to understand the mine and later manage it well. These two phenomenal engineers are also planning to further their studies and are currently working for big-role players in key roles within mining and engineering and proving that woman can also “build the world�.
Masiziba Hadebe.
Women in a Egypt Men and women in Egypt had traditionally distinct powers in society, but there was no insurmountable barrier in front of those who wanted to deviate from this pattern. Egyptian society recognized women as equal to men, but as having an essential complementarity, expressed especially in the action of producing children. Few ancient civilizations enabled women to achieve important social positions. In ancient Egypt, there are not only examples indicating women high officials were not so rare, but more surprising (for its time), there are women in the highest office, that of Pharaoh. More than a kind of feminism, this is a sign of the importance of theocracy in Egyptian society. Women were also equally important to the Egyptians because of the importance of childbirth. It might be hard to fully comprehend this. How come that the world looked so different some 3-4,000 years ago? What happened? Nearly impossible to answer, but let us look at India.
ancient times India Women during the early Vedic period (some 3,500 years back in time) enjoyed equal status with men in all aspects of life. Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period. Rigvedic verses suggest that women married at a mature age and were probably free to select their own husbands in a practice called swayamvar or live-in relationship called Gandharva marriage. Scriptures such as the Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers, notably Gargi and Maitreyi. Alas, again. A lot has changed. And Europe and the Vikings and Japan and China and so on? From recorded time: Not so great! The few glimpses we have of women as significant in history are not many. Elisabeth I in the UK, Margaret I of Denmark and so on. Those were not mere appendages to men. But that was just not the norm. If interested, look it up and be amazed. Too much depended on the marriage and that was not by consensus as the norm either.
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Europe: the border This is all very confusing. Europe’s aim, through EU, has been to ease cross-border traffic and to ease any customs and tariffs regulations. As a matter of fact, there are not many ‘hard’ borders in Europe anymore. EU consists of 28 member states. 22 of these have signed on to the Schengen Area Agreement (plus another four non-EU members). That in essence eliminates passports with this area (which is really all of continental Europe). HOWEVER! Ireland and UK are not members of this. Why not? One reason is the land border between Northern Ireland (UK) and Ireland. Is Northern Ireland a country or a province? Has never been nailed down. Northern Ireland became a ‘country’ (if it is a country, that is) in 1921. Ireland and UK have a Common Travel Area – no passports needed between them. Obviously a bit easier insofar as they together are all islands with no land border to other countries. And here comes BREXIT! With the UK opting out of EU to be a fact in 2019, there are now tons of legal aspects to consider. Both UK and Ireland are members of the EU Single Market. This is the agreement guaranteeing the free movement of goods, capital, services and labour. Insofar as this little piece of agreement is an EU thing, Ireland cannot act on its own
red continent again on this. This will then automatically mean border controls – hard borders. Can the UK then not negotiate some agreement where these things are not executed? That is (also) a part of the negotiations. But why would UK opt out of EU and still reap the benefits? It is like being a member of a club with all the benefits and privileges and not paying membership fee. The rest of EU is just not interested in that. Either be a member or be on your own. The next big thing is that Northern Ireland overwhelmingly voted to stay within EU. Will the unhappiness with Brexit be against EU (which might insist on borders) or against ‘UK’? Could it trigger a referendum? Northern Ireland to be a part of Ireland? Are there any precedence for this? Well, yes. Scotland nearly voted to become a country outside of this ‘United Kingdom’. One thing is a hard border with passports and things. Another one is the customs and tariffs of goods crossing the new border. The border areas are simply not geared towards customs inspections, etc. And look at it this way: an island where people are (more or less) using the same language, buying the same groceries from the same supermarket chains, watching the same TV channels, doing the same social things, being so identical so it is hard to notice any differences (OK, there are, like religion, but leave it for now). And then suddenly one morning: border posts. It sounds idiotic in 2017.
Europe: the border The UK government has come up with a positioning paper describing their view of the future. They talk about a ‘New customs partnership’ and ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. It is very thin on details. The key one is that it envisages an approach where there will be no borders at all between Ireland and UK (Northern Ireland). But the spoiler is that Ireland is not just Ireland. It is EU. And EU might not be on the same page. EU is interested in having some relationship with UK after Brexit is final in 2019 of course. UK is not going to disappear. UK will still trade with continental Europe. So UK will have to talk to EU about common approaches to things. And then the next spoiler! What do the people voting for Brexit really want? If Ms. May (the PM!) is seen as sucking up to EU, there could easily be a backlash. The people voting for Brexit voted for a withdrawal from the EU initiatives. This can only mean the free movement of people, goods and capital etc. The core of EU in terms of the economy. So if Ms. May is seen to be too pro-EU, could there then be another election where she is voted out? And a hard-liner Brexit fan walks in? time will tell. And then we have the youth vote. The ‘old-timers’ voted Brexit.
red continent again The one’s that can remember the vote to join. And that was a hard sell in those days (back in the 70’s). But the youth overwhelmingly voted to stay! And they want a United Europe and it is after all their future.
Predictions? Doomsday scenario: • Youth emigrates to EU • Scotland has another referendum and this time becomes a country again within the EU • Northern Ireland joins Ireland (within the EU) • Wales joins the United Ireland • The next government is extremely anti-EU and the attitudes in EU hardens against UK • UK is now only England • Greater London wants to be a ‘free city’ within EU • … the only thing we need is France or Germany to invade. Could it happen?
The hidden mask beh I am a woman, heavenly sent to earth to come and plant a seed. My womb is regarded as the fertile soil of Mother Nature that bears fruits that come to the world to make a change. They say that is the most important thing for which I was born and what I am here to do. Doctors, teachers and all those important people are born through me and that is actually a will every woman wishes to fulfil. But what about me a woman with infertile soil? Am I really woman enough? I hide a mask of tears, stress and depression daily because I am a woman and I am supposed to be strong. Society labels me as a “barren” and daily when I look into the statistics of aborted children; I lie down and soak my pillow with tears. My marriage ended because I wasn’t woman enough and Maya Angelou on her poem of phenomenal woman once said “Men themselves have wondered what they see in me. They try so much but they can’t touch my inner mystery”. Once I hear these words it hits me that she meant it positively, but because even the air I breathe is as negative as being barren it makes me feel as if there can never be a man that can see me as an important vessel because all I am is a barren.
hind being a woman Even though it is the 21st century and I can adopt a child I will be told that I am too black and adoption is not for us. Will my mother in law from the rural area even understand my solution to something that I have not even done to myself, the disease that prevents me to have children was not my choice. There is a time where I kneel down and pray, cry and wish that I had a child and that is the festive season! When all the in-laws gather together at our husbands place, I would be isolated, I will not be allowed to send their children to shops, shout at them or even beat them up when they have done wrong because when I try to I would be asked “do you know the pain of labour�. My mother in law would even suggest he marries a second wife because I failed as a wife. But one day I pray my pain will be felt and understood and barren or not I will be regarded as a woman enough because I did not do this to myself. Nature chose me.
Marcia Ramodike
The next industrial re OK, it is not called 3D printing anymore. Now it is called additive manufacturing. That just sounds boring. 3D printing is much better. But OK, here goes. Let us just do the basic thing first. We do a design. It must of course be a 3D design. The output is a file of sorts. That is then communicated to the printer which does the manufacturing. How? A bit more complex, but in essence: it is very thin layers of material that is added every time the ‘printer head’ moves across the previous layer. We are talking about things down to 16 micro-meters. That is 1x106. Or 1/1000 of a millimetre. Or the width of a spider web silk strand. It not glued together. It is ‘infused’ somehow. That is why metal parts, plastic parts and really anything can be manufactured with a 3D printer. Infusion can be tricky with metal powders but in big machines this is done with laser and high-temperature things. I will look at it as ‘micro-welding’ but that is just me. But why is it a revolution? I take a design and manufacture it? I have had designs before, putting it on a milling machine and off we go? What is so special about this?
evolution: 3D printing MONEY and TIME is the trigger here. As usual of course. Intricate designs were difficult and some even impossible to manufacture in a traditional way (forged, sculpted, etc). An example is to place your name inside a gun barrel. Cannot otherwise be done. That means that where a design otherwise had to be ‘broken’ into many different pieces for manufacture and then be assembled, here we just ‘print’ it in one go. GE Aviations claims that they have now manufactured an helicopter engine with only 16 parts instead of 900. Imagine what that is doing to supply chain? And to labour costs in putting 900 ‘things’ together instead of 16? And time to manufacture? Revolution indeed. Airbus is extensively using 3D printed parts. Why? Cost effective, time effective and easy to improve the design. What we are also looking at is something ‘boring’. For being cost effective it was typically need to have a long production run of a component. Changing the design and having very small production runs was very expensive. Machines needed to be set up for these things. And now? Change the design and spool the file to the printer and there is the new component.
The next industrial re I have heard that the ISS does not receive spare parts anymore. They have a 3D printer and can just download the file for a new … whatever it is they need. But a revolution? Really? The range of 3D printers are everything from small desktop models (less capable of course) selling at a few thousands to industrial machines manufacturing really big metal things (see Efesto.us) valued at some millions of dollars. However, it all goes into small production or individual production. Imagine that you need a new pair of shoes for the function tonight? Just download the design (and pay for it of course) and print your new shoes right now. Buy a new toaster? Find the catalogue online, pay and download and print yourself. What does that do to transporting finished consumer goods? Exactly. The death of it. So paying for a design will then be the next little revolution. How you intend to print it is your problem. And then… the spoiler! Free designs of whatever on this website! Buy a toaster? Never! It is like listening to music – yutube of course. So log in on a website, admire the adverts and get your design you need. Companies actually manufacturing things for an unknown con-
evolution: 3D printing sumer might be a thing of the past. There goes a whole industry I think. Transporting it? Another one gone. Brand names and labels? If it is for free, who cares? The battle ground will then be design. You have bought a toaster download and when printed, it does not work! Who to sue? Especially if it is for free. So flawless designs will be the new thing. Will everything then be 3D printed? Probably not, but look at this example: In the 1970’s Swiss precision watches dominated the market for wrist watches. Those were rather pricy because they consisted of a lot of parts and were difficult to manufacture (arms, springs etc.). Then someone put a chip in a casing and gave it a display instead. Much cheaper, more precise and easy to manufacture. Result? 2/3 of all Swiss watch workers were out of a job within a few years. So the Swiss changed and could stay in business although very differently. Looking for a job? Get into design for 3D printing
Entertainment 14 August 2017 - (CNN) The Purple One now has a new shade to call his own.
The estate of Prince and the Pantone Color Institute on Monday unveiled a new purple color in honor of the late superstar singer who died last year at the age of 57. Love Symbol #2 is inspired by Prince’s custom-made Yamaha purple piano and will be the official color for his brand. “The color purple was synonymous with who Prince was and will always be,” Troy Carter, entertainment advisor to Prince’s estate, said in a statement. “This is an incredible way for his legacy to live on forever.” Pantone has long been the authority on color trends and design. Since 2000, the corporation has released a “Color of the Year” that influences design and marketing. Laurie Pressman, vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, said in a statement that it was an honor to help develop Prince’s hue. After his death from an opioid overdose in April 2016, purple tributes to him cropped up around the world. Victoria Finlay, author of “The Brilliant History of Color in Art,” told the Los Angeles Times after Prince’s death that purple “is the color of royalty and of the church.” “Purple is a branding color, a very special color,” Finlay said. “Not many people use it.”
right now news CNN: Film news:
Bond, James Bond will again be played by Craig, Daniel Craig. It was announced in July that a new James Bond film would hit theaters in 2019. Soon after, the New York Times reported that Craig would return. But how many James Bond actors have had? And who was the best one? – and the worst? Sean Connery George Lazenby Roger Moore Timothy Dalton Pierce Bosnan Daniel Craig My vote? Worst: Timothy Dalton and Pierce Bosnan. That was like just filling a gap before the next real one – Daniel Crag – got into it. The best one? Roger Moore, even above Sean. Roger was just so very sophisticated and that white tuxedo was just Mr. Bond, James Bond.
The moon landings never happened! Let us start with the best – All from Wiki: “In 1980, the Flat Earth Society accused NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were staged by Hollywood with Walt Disney sponsorship, based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke and directed by Stanley Kubrick”. How’z’t for size? But there are many good argument. Here are some of the best: The flag is fluttering in the wind! There is no wind on the Moon. Correct. It was spring-loaded so when it unfolded it ‘jumped’ around a bit. The angle and color of shadows are inconsistent. This suggests that artificial lights were used. Shadows on the Moon are complicated by reflected light, uneven ground, wide-angle lens distortion, and lunar dust. Who filmed Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon? The Lunar Module did. The Moon’s surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film would have melted. There is no atmosphere to efficiently bind lunar surface heat to devices. In a vacuum, only radiation remains as a heat transfer mechanism. … and just to make it clear: Since the late 2000s, high-definition photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo landing sites have captured the lander modules and the tracks left by the astronauts.
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