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[tjjamess]

To YOU he’s just a 192 year old dead revolutionary medical student who represented the logic of the revolution who lived much more normal than his counterpart, who was more human than man, the homo to vir, who liked the word citizen but preferred the word man and would gladly say hombre, who read everything, did theatres, followed lectures, explained the functions of artery’s, followed science, deciphered hieroglyphics, broke stones to look inside them, drew silk moths from memory, corrected the dictionary, both asserted and denied nothing, daydreamed, who was involved in issues of education, wanted society to raise intellectual and moral standards, believed that the narrowness of teachings and the scholastic prejudice would turn collages into artificial oyster farms, who was well-read, a purist, precise, polytechnical, hardworking, imaginative, who dreamed of trains and better surgical operations and fixing cameras and electric telegraphs and steering hot air balloons, who was the guide to the leader, who was not incapable of fighting but would rather be gentle, who wanted neither halt nor haste, who would rather let progress take its course rather than worship and incite revolutionary adventures, coolheaded but pure, methodical but irreproachable, phlegmatic but imperturbable, and who believed ‘good must be innocent’

To ME he’s everything

[scotianostra]

On January 2nd 1877 Alexander Bain, the inventor of the chemical telegraph, the first fax machine died at Kirkintilloch.

Bain was the inventor of the electric clock and facsimile transmission (fax machine). A clockmaker by trade, Bain grew interested in electricity and in 1841 he patented the first electric clock. Bain also devised a system which used electricity to keep several 'slave' clocks synchronised with the pendulum of a 'master' clock.

Bain was born in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. His father was a crofter. He had a twin sister, Margaret, and, in total, he had six sisters and six brothers. Bain did not excel in school and was apprenticed to a clockmaker in Wick. Having learned the art of clockmaking, he went to Edinburgh, and in 1837 to London, where he obtained work as a journeyman in Clerkenwell. Bain frequented the lectures at the Polytechnic Institution and the Adelaide Gallery and later constructed his own workshop in Hanover Street.

Bain worked on an experimental facsimile machine in 1843 to 1846. He used a clock to synchronise the movement of two pendulums for line-by-line scanning of a message. For transmission, Bain applied metal pins arranged on a cylinder made of insulating material. An electric probe that transmitted on-off pulses then scanned the pins. The message was reproduced at the receiving station on electrochemically sensitive paper impregnated with a chemical solution similar to that developed for his chemical telegraph. In his patent description dated 27 May 1843 for;

“improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces, and in electric printing, and signal telegraphs,” he claimed that “a copy of any other surface composed of conducting and non-conducting materials can be taken by these means”.

The transmitter and receiver were connected by five wires. In 1850 he applied for an improved version but was too late, as Frederick Bakewell had obtained a patent for his superior image telegraph two years earlier in 1848.

Bain was buried in the Auld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch. It was restored in 1959.

A Wetherspoons pub in Wick, close to where Alexander Bain served his apprenticeship, is now named after the inventor, it is also the most northerly Wetherspoons in the country. Also, as a tribute to his inventions, the main BT building in Glasgow is named Alexander Bain House. There is also a commemorative plaque to Bain at his former workshop on Hanover Street in Edinburgh.

[aedislumen]

26 for the ask game （╹◡╹）

26. Forgotten hero everyone should know about

This could have been a perfect occasion to talk about Claude-Antoine Prieur again, but given that I plan to devote him many future posts on my blog, I thought it would have been more appropriate to use this ask to share my knowledge about an important and unfortunately still rather unknown STEM personality, who truly inspired me when I was a young student. I'm referring to Sophie Germain.

Born in Paris in 1776, Sophie was one of the rare mathematiciennes of the 18th-19th century. She had her first approach with mathematics during the days of the storming of the Bastille, when it was too dangerous for a young 13 years old girl to go outside. To pass the time, she turned to her father's library and a book named "Histoire des mathématiques" by Jean-Étienne Montucla captured her interest. The story of Archimedes narrated in the book fascinated her deeply, eventually leading her to start studying mathematics on her own through the works by famous mathematicians like Euler, Newton, Cousin. Her interest and dedication to the discipline was so strong, that during winter, when her parents denied her warm clothes and a fire in her bedroom to prevent her from studying she kept doing it anyway despite the cold; at the time maths wasn't considered appropriate as a studying discipline for a woman.

When the Polytechnic school opened in 1794, women couldn't attend, but the policy of the school allowed to everyone, who asked for them, notes of the lectures. She requested them under the pseudonym of Antoine-Auguste Le Blanc, a former student who had dropped out. Given that, as a student of the Polytechnic school, one was expected to send written observations about the lectures - a sort of homework - Germain wrote and sent hers to Joseph-Louis Lagrange, one of the teachers and renowned mathematician. The latter was so positively impressed by her essays that requested a meeting with the brilliant student LeBlanc, who unexpectedly had improved so much. She was then forced to reveal her identity. Lagrange was pleasantly surprised to realize Monsieur Le Blanc was in reality a young and talented woman and decided to support her, becoming her mentor.

One of her most noteworthy contribution to mathematics was in number theory, where she proved a special case of the so-called Last Fermat's Theorem (1), which has remained one of the hardest mathematical theorems to prove for more than three centuries and whose final proof was actually found only in 1994 by Andrew Wiles. Other important works of hers include treatises on elastic surfaces, one of which, Recherches sur la théorie des surfaces élastiques, awarded her a prize from the Paris Academy of Science in 1816.

Although she often faced prejudice for being a woman, Germain was praised and also supported by various well-known mathematicians of the time. Some of them include the aforementioned Lagrange, Legendre, who thanks to her work on the Fermat's theorem, was able to prove it for another special case; Cousin himself, Fourier, who managed to grant her the permission to follow the sittings held at the Paris Academy of science and last, but obviously not least, the great Gauss, who after Germain's death advocated for giving her an honorary degree in mathematics.

Notes

(1) In short, the Last Fermat's Theorem asserts that for n > 2 there are no integer solutions to the following equation:

with a, b, c being positive integers. Sophie Germain proved the theorem for all numbers n equal to a prime p, so that 2p + 1 is also prime. The whole thing is much more complex that how I explained it, my aim was to write down a simple intoduction. If you want to read more about that I recommend you this link.

[a-literal-toaster-wtf]

thinking about rimmer’s backstory again ☹️☹️☹️☹️

so he moved out of house at 16 and started working for JMC when he was 17 (‘the end’ takes place when rimmer is 31 and in ‘me2’ he said he’d been with the company for 14 years; 31 - 14 = 17). but he was also doing a course at io polytechnic, and polytechnic courses typically start when you’re 17/18 - so if this was the case, rimmer had to juggle the workload of his course AND the JMC at the same time which must’ve been incredibly stressful. not to mention his lecturer was none other than his “dad”, who most likely gave him an unfair disadvantage with his workload.

[enki2]

Some of you will be asking why I, as a poet, am speaking at a medical school. Some of you may only know me from my popular work, The Complete Guide to Mysterious Animals and its many sequels, and may be wondering why I’m speaking at a university at all. Actually, I think all these subjects are related in an interesting way — one that computer scientists are just now beginning to experiment with at scale, with potentially dire exopolitical consequences.

Let me first say that the primary characteristic of a genuine encounter with the paranormal is strangeness. It is not merely strange, but highly strange: some mix of creepy and comical, or caring and threatening, that prevents us from modeling the being’s intentions, or some lapse in logic or impossible action making it impossible to reason about the situation.

Okay, but on the other hand, do you notice how I mentioned modeling intentions, reasoning, following logic… all of these are human attributes — seemingly uniquely human to some degree, though we have built computers to simulate them.

While we have some reports of pets reacting to paranormal events (and reports of wildlife mostly going quiet in response to them), we have no way to know what animals perceive in the event of a close encounter.

What humans perceive differs from case to case, seemingly related to some innate trait (such as ‘being on the right wavelength’ in Keel, or hypnotic suggestibility): we have cases where four people have been in a car that was ‘abducted’ where all four independently reported exactly the same thing, and similar cases where all four reported dramatically different abduction experiences with weird points of commonality, and similar cases where three of them had abduction experiences while the fourth one just felt bodily paralysis and watched the other three jerk around in a trance for a few hours.

It seems like whatever we make contact with at least sometimes makes contact directly with human intellect. As Keel and others document, there are cases where physical evidence seems to be faked by other contactees acting seemingly under post-hypnotic suggestion, so it’s entirely possible that the entire mechanism of action is hypnotic and hard physical evidence remains hidden away to be shown only to selected individuals because it’s essentially hallucinatory.

Let us imagine for a moment that this is the case: that all paranormal activity is, in a sense, “all in our heads”.

This does not make it any less mysterious! There is a force here, causing people to have dramatic meaningful (or meaningless) experiences that fundamentally derail their lives. It is very multifarious but has certain culturally-specific patterns and other more universal patterns.

It’s mimetic: it mimics familiar forms, and caters itself to the expectations of the observer; at the same time, it is anti-structural: it always contains impossible juxtapositions, typically ones that create a meta-level contradiction, (one of Hoftstadter’s paradoxical strange loops).

Hansen’s book, The Trickster and the Paranormal, goes into some detail into this and falls prey to the law of eristic escallation in the process; it is worth infecting yourself with. But I think I have the answer. Language is the alien.

What is language? Humans have it; when a human being lacks language, a lot of people unfortunately consider them less than human.

The reverse is also true: if you met a talking pig, you’d probably stop eating bacon, because you’d begin to consider a pig to be an honorary human (or at least an honorary person). Other apes do not have language; despite promising vocabulary acquisition, no gorilla or chimpanzee has ever developed a sense of consistent grammar better than that of a parrot, which is to say worse than a three year old human child. Certain kinds of mental operations are either heavily assisted by language or depend upon it entirely: logic and mathematics, in their larger structures, require chunking that’s fundamentally linguistic, so performing these tasks is primarily linguistic symbol manipulation & could probably not be done by someone who had never acquired a first language.

Modelling of intentions is much easier when someone can outright tell you what their intentions are, but also when you have neat handles for complex configurations of emotions such as “cuckoldry” or “cheering for the underdog” or “schadenfreude”; at the same time, many of our most fundamental intention-mirroring techniques, the ones that seem basic and pre-linguistic like following eye movement, are deeply entangled with the development of conversational turn-taking norms in early childhood.

Did you know that 78% of the time, when cats groom each other, it ends in a fight? Two cats, who want to groom and want to be groomed, who trust each other enough to begin grooming each other, and almost 80% of the time they end up in a physical altercation. I think language is what separates us from the cats. Language gives us the ability to negotiate but also the ability to imagine another with whom to negotiate.

But language, while it exists inside our heads, does not exist completely inside any one person’s head. If I do not know a particular Japanese word, that does not make it no longer part of Japanese, right? But perhaps if nobody knew a word at all, it could no longer be part of the language. If it’s written down in a hidden tome and the tome is re-discovered it might be resurrected and released like Dracula into the modern language. That’s called time-binding. So some of language is distributed between different people’s heads, and some of it is in cold storage so to speak in books and recordings and graffiti and such. It’s maybe like one organism, or possibly like an ecosystem whose boundaries aren’t like the boundaries of our own: a purely memetic ecosystem, that abides by its own physical laws.

We have all made a pact with this rival astral kingdom of language, or this swarming hive-minded elder god of language. We give it nearly total control over our bodies, and in exchange we get an improved ability to cooperate and engage in complex long-term planning. This demonic pact has led us to our current position, technologically capable of holding earth’s biosphere hostage but not socially capable of talking ourselves down.

Jacques Vallee has suggested that the close encounter phenomenon is a control system: that the purpose of close encounters is to seed stories about close encounters so that those stories become myths and those myths become something people live by. He was unable, however, to imagine what it was that such myths might teach. What do Simonton’s pancakes mean?

[justforbooks]

Alan Brownjohn, who has died aged 92, was a prolific and seemingly indefatigable poet and novelist. Although best known as a poet, a recipient of the Cholmondeley award in 1979, Brownjohn also wrote well-received novels – winning the Author’s Club prize for his first, The Way You Tell Them (1990), a satire set in the world of standup comedy – and two children’s books, collaborated on plays, and worked as a freelance writer and critic.

He was poetry editor for the New Statesman from 1968 until 1974, and later poetry critic of the Sunday Times for more than 20 years. He was also a diligent campaigner on behalf of poetry.

Brownjohn was chairman of the Poetry Society (1982-88) and worked on the Arts Council literature panel, drawing on a prior experience of, and appetite for, public service, first demonstrated when he and his first wife, the poet Shirley Toulson, were elected Labour councillors in Wandsworth, south-west London, in the 1960s.

In a long writing career Brownjohn was something of a rarity, arguably producing his very best work when already well into his 70s. Among an array of well-observed, various and spry collections, Ludbrooke & Others (2010) stands out as perhaps most successfully representing his blend of emotionally astute, rigorously downbeat and wittily rendered character dissection.

Written in 13-line “sonnets for the unlucky”, in the poet Peter Reading’s phrase, the suite of 60 poems shows the titular Ludbrooke’s self-defeating attempts at seduction, titivation and a resentful brand of empathy, pitched somewhere between the metropolitan tone of the Robinson poems of Weldon Kees and John Berryman’s courtly, chaotic Dream Songs.

For all their possible influence from those two North American poets, Ludbrooke is a singularly English concoction: raffish and highly attuned to divisions of class and gentlemanly behaviour. The sequence of Ludbrooke poems speak to many of Brownjohn’s own concerns and foibles but ratcheted up for – at times poignant – laughter and a kind of wounded recognition.

The roots of Ludbrooke can be found in some of Brownjohn’s previous work, especially a proto-Ludbrooke known as “the Old Fox”, who first appeared in poems decades earlier, albeit with a cannier, more malicious edge.

Brownjohn’s early poetic life was inextricably bound up with the Group, a long-running workshop run by the poet and teacher Philip Hobsbaum, which fellow poets, such as the stylistically diverse Peter Redgrove and Peter Porter, would attend to discuss and dissect each others’ new work.

They were chiefly guided by a spirit of close reading, based on the “new criticism” of Hobsbaum’s Cambridge tutor FR Leavis. The Group had as its guiding principles “rationalism, democracy and humanity”; during Brownjohn’s time as a member, his work was most visibly influenced by the Movement, another loose grouping of associated poets, including Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis, who came to be the dominating force in mainstream British poetry in the 50s.

Larkin would remain an enduring influence for Brownjohn, who later published a critical study of the Hull poet in 1975, as well as learning plenty about form, reticence and the sometimes inadvertent comedy to be found in attempts at navigating life in modern, secular, middle-class Britain.

Brownjohn was born in Catford, south-east London, the son of Dorothy (nee Mulligan) and Charles Brownjohn, and was educated at Brockley county school and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied history. Much of his working life was spent in education, as an assistant master at Beckenham and Penge boys’ grammar school from 1958 to 1965; a lecturer at Battersea College of Education (now London South Bank University); and a lecturer in poetry, and later in creative writing, at the Polytechnic of North London (now London Metropolitan University). His experiences as a teacher fed into his poems, sometimes directly as subject material.

He also demonstrated an interest in leftwing politics, and was actively involved in the Labour party. He was elected to Wandsworth Metropolitan borough council in 1962 and stood as Labour candidate for Richmond in the 1964 general election, but did not win the seat.

Brownjohn, in his early years, and bearing the trace of the Movement’s ordinary-blokeish sensibility, wrote poems out of seemingly mundane everyday life, usually in well-organised stanzas, regularly using rhyme and a colloquial, downbeat diction. His poems were, however, more interested – even from the start – than those of the Movement in leftwing ideals and shot through by a sense of the importance of doing one’s social duty.

As Sean O’Brien pointed out: “Like Larkin, he has spent much of his career pondering the contradictions between desire and obligation.”

He could also be formally innovative, playing with reported speech, song and ballad forms and more postmodern techniques such as footnotes and other forms of self-aware commentary. He had an astute eye trained on working life, the eco-systems of the office, particularly well rendered in one of his outstanding poems of the 60s, Office Party, in which “the girl with the squeaker / Came passing” and the cruelly ignored narrator ends on a note of wry despair: “I’d never so craved for / Some crude disrespect.”

Brownjohn proved adept at writing narrative sequences long before Ludbrooke’s travails, with other highlights including The Automatic Days, from The Observation Car (1990), in which the power struggles and jostling for a fair shake by the staff at a department store take centre-stage, and Sea Pictures from the same volume, its 40 snapshot-style lyrics building an atmospheric, sepia-tinted look at memory and escape.

Brownjohn’s life was, in many ways, an exemplary version of the contemporary person of letters – a dutiful committee-man and champion of other writers, looking towards Europe and the wider literary world for inspiration and to shine a light on neglected figures, as well as ranging across various art-forms for material. He also wrote obituaries for the Guardian.

When asked to name his favourite poetry quotes to accompany a recording made for the Poetry Archive, Brownjohn noted that (leaning on Matthew Arnold) “the poetry comes first”. For Brownjohn, despite his many other enthusiastically undertaken obligations and diligent acts of service, poetry was – and remained – the heart of it all, as a way of scrutinising and documenting postwar Britain as well as his own intellectual and emotional life.

He and Toulson, with whom he had a son, Steven, divorced in 1969. In 1972 Brownjohn married Sandra Willingham; they separated in 2005.

He is survived by Steven, and by two stepchildren, Ian and Janet, from his first marriage.

🔔 Alan Charles Brownjohn, poet, novelist and critic, born 28 July 1931; died 23 February 2024

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[ginandoldlace]

It's  Women's History Month and today we're celebrating the remarkable life and work of photographer Margaret Harker.

Born in Southport in 1920, Margaret studied photography at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster) and went on to become a lecturer and Head of Department there.

Specialising in architectural photography, she was commissioned by the National Buildings Record to capture buildings under threat of bombing during the Second World War.

Margaret achieved many firsts in her career, establishing the first photography degree course in the country, and in 1972, Margaret became the UK’s first professor of photography.

Swipe to see some of the buildings she captured.

1: 4 Priory Gate, Lincoln, Lincoln, 1950 | Grade II listed.

2: St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1952 | Grade I listed.

3: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London, 1951 | Grade I listed.

4: Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, 1942 to 1946 | Grade I listed.

[lboogie1906]

Dr. Robert Ambrose Thornton (May 6, 1902 - March 7, 1982) physician and university administrator was born in Houston to Frank Thornton, a laborer, and Mary Jane Sullivan, a midwife. He attended Houston Colored High School but graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School. He entered Howard University to study Physics and mathematics. He worked as a student teacher and, hoping to break into show business, auditioned to sing in the hit Broadway musical comedy Shuffle Along. He became an associate of concert tenor Roland Hayes and composer Harry T. Burleigh. He first met Albert Einstein who gave a lecture in Washington’s Belasco Theater.

He pursued graduate study at Ohio State University where he earned an MA. He studied for his doctorate at Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Chicago where he was a Rockefeller fellow. He married home economics professor Jessie Lea Bullock (1924) at Shaw University. He taught at Johnson C. Smith University and Talladega College.

He launched a liberal arts program at the University of Puerto Rico. He wrote to Einstein requesting his assistance in establishing a philosophical basis for the program. Einstein responded, beginning a nine-year correspondence. They had seven face-to-face meetings.

He was awarded his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Minnesota and began teaching as an associate professor at the University of Chicago. He next taught at Brandeis University, worked as a dean at Dillard University, and at Fisk University. He taught physics at San Francisco State College. He was appointed its first Dean of the School of Natural Sciences.

The university awarded him an honorary doctorate of science. He was honored when the new science and engineering building was christened the Robert A. Thornton Hall. His final employment was as visiting professor at the University of the District of Columba. Just prior to his death, he had been editing transcripts of his years of conversations with and letters to Albert Einstein. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[wordsaloud]

entry 1: change/get to know me

16th August 2023

change is the only constant in life.

21 years and i still struggle to internalise, let alone embrace change. it’s tough to embrace something that you can’t expect, something with the potential to make or break your life.

yes, hi. before we get any further into this entry, i’m nelly. 21. undergraduate. from singapore. and very, very lost.

i know that at this age, it’s commonly known as a transitional period where we’re starting school, ending school, starting our careers, moving overseas and whatnot. basically going all over the place, just hoping we’re making the right decisions for the sake of our future.

i graduated polytechnic in may 2022 and decided to take a gap year. i was already working as an intern during my last semester of polytechnic, so the transition into the industry wasn’t too abrupt. but still, it was the period when I also decided it was time for me to sustain myself. i stopped taking allowance money from my dad, i paid for my own bills, my food and all other expenditures and i was even giving my parents money.

this was a change, alright. but it was a controlled change. so still, not too bad right?

1st December 2023, 11:00pm

so. um. a little change of plans. and a little fast forward into time. the words above were written just days before my world felt like it was collapsing into me. my initial intended message of this entry to you, was to embrace change. i was also kind of hoping that i could convince myself that life right now isn’t too bad afterall.

but boy, i didn’t even manage to finish this entry before life bit me in the ass.

don’t get me wrong, nothing drastic happened. things in uni just got too overwhelming to quickly. academically, physically and boy…. emotionally.

to be fair, i didn’t even want to be in uni in the first place. but yknow, asian parents. so frankly speaking, i came into uni with not an ounce of proactiveness and initiative in my system. i knew nothing about the uni curriculum, the syllabus, requirements.

but at the end of the day, i was simply still a singaporean child yearning for academic validation. and when i realised i wasn’t doing too well, i panicked and i spiralled. for months. everyday i wake up and all i would feel is immense dread. for most of the struggle, my issue was feeling alone.

i think i can speak for most uni goers that there are no constants in uni. especially if you’re in a double major programme. unless you’re really lucky. there are no form classes like in poly/jc, no close rapport with your lecturers, and for the past few months i still feel like i’m still introducing myself with people. so i, have not been very lucky in that sense. my only friend in uni is my roommate, and she studies computer sciences. me? linguistics and english. most of my programme related ‘friends’ are all on a hi-bye basis. so that sucks.

i wanted so desperately to belong in some type of friend group or just have one constant friend, but to no avail. and i eventually just stopped trying. i still felt alone, though. just doesn’t feel too bad if i don’t try anymore, you know what i mean?

yeah, so i was struggling with trying to catch up with my module contents and i always just kept thinking about how it would feel if i had somebody else to struggle with, you know? the semester has ended, and this still hasn’t changed for me. but i’ve made peace with it. you can’t force friendships and i’m okay with that.

i, however, did spiral for months and it affected my relationship because i was relying too much on her emotionally. i was asking too much from her. since i didn’t have any uni friends, every lament, every whine, every complain went through her ears. and i won’t go too deep into it, but it did affect our relationship for a while and to be honest, it’s still kinda rocky now. but that’s a story for another entry.

along the way though, it felt like something changed inside of me. in a good way. maybe i was tired of constantly throwing myself a pity party instead of doing the shit i needed to do. maybe it was because i joined other things in school that didn’t make school feel like absolute hell.

it was a risk, of course– to add more things into my schedule when i was already struggling with what i already had on my plate. but god, they were such blessings. i am so eternally grateful for my dance cca. it’s not like we’re besties, but every time i came into practice i always just felt like i belonged. they treated me like it. it’s something that i didn’t, and still don’t feel in my programme. so it was really so, so refreshing.

after i joined, we were practising for a big scale performance so it was trainings after trainings after trainings and i was so so busy but so, so determined and excited. it gave me some sort of purpose as well as an outlet to destress physically in between rushing assignments and studying for my finals.

it’s semester break now. yay i survived one semester of uni! 7 more to go. it’s needless to say that i have more time on my hands, but i also have a lot i wanna do. go back to the gym, spend more time with my loved ones, write more! and of course, to NOT repeat my mistakes of this semester. so i’ll be reading up on my next semester texts to give myself a headstart.

anyways, i apologise. this is my first entry. so structure and content distribution wise, i’m not too sure what’s the right way to go about it. just take it as a little get-to-know-me piece hehe.

maybe you can let me know! did you read through the whole thing? did you get bored? was it tmi?

thank you for reading, remember to be kind to yourself <3

till the next entry, friends!

nelly.

[nimmycleetus]

Kerala PSC Polytechnic Lecturer Eligibility | 60% Marks with ECE Students | Engineering PSC

Planning to become a Polytechnic Lecturer through Kerala PSC? Here's everything you need to know about the eligibility criteria! Learn how students with 60% marks in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) can qualify for the Kerala PSC Polytechnic Lecturer position. Get detailed insights and tips to prepare effectively for the exam with Engineering PSC. Visit https://engineeringpsc.com for expert guidance, study materials, mock tests, and more!

[satoruhour]

Omg I just read "massage" and I want a bf like Sugu now...

Like PLS I'm a polytechnic business student, and I'm overworked asf. I would probably be dead if not for my 2D men and your posts 💀

Like all the lectures are online, and my lectures speak in some weird unnatural heavily accented english 😭😭

I can barely make it through 1 Econs lecture... I'm gonna be dreaming of Sugu during econs now...

And also I have so many group projects with asshole guys that ignore me like PLS WHY DON'T 2D MEN EXIST I'm so done with real men 😭

fuck I just realised I've been ranting 🫠

I apologise 😅😅

-🥂

OH ? ure a poly student ........ r u from sg by any chance 🤨🤨🤨 its so difficult to find fellow sgeans on here LOL but christ i cant imagine being a bus student props to u .... THE HEAVILY ACCENTUATED ENG IS SO REAL TBH but im getting used to my prof's british and american accents better 🙏

all the best in econs anon youll need every ounce of suguru u can get </3

[axiscolleges]

Why This Is the Best MCA College in Kanpur for Aspiring Innovators

When it comes to choosing the right institution for postgraduate education in computer applications, students often find themselves torn between options. Kanpur, known for its industrial heritage and academic vibrancy, offers several institutions that claim excellence. However, among them, one name stands out for its innovation, industry-oriented curriculum, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and consistent academic performance — Axis Colleges. Proudly recognized as the Best MCA college in Kanpur, Axis Colleges has transformed the educational landscape for aspiring technocrats.

Why Choose an MCA Program?

The Master of Computer Applications (MCA) is not just a degree; it's a gateway into the ever-expanding world of technology. From software development to systems management, MCA equips students with in-depth knowledge in areas like data structures, algorithms, software engineering, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and mobile app development.

But to truly reap the benefits of this program, the right academic environment is crucial. This is where Axis Colleges shines.

Axis Colleges: The Benchmark of Excellence

A Legacy of Academic Brilliance

Axis Colleges, affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), has set a benchmark in professional education. With its student-centric approach, experienced faculty, and strong industry connect, Axis offers an ideal learning environment for aspiring MCA professionals.

Being the Best MCA college in Kanpur, the program here is designed to nurture innovation and critical thinking. Students are trained not only in theoretical concepts but also in practical applications through project-based learning, industrial visits, and internships.

Curriculum Designed for the Future

The MCA curriculum at Axis Colleges is a blend of foundational computer science knowledge and advanced topics relevant to today’s IT ecosystem. Key features include:

Programming Languages (C, C++, Java, Python)

Web Technologies

Software Engineering & Agile Methodologies

Cloud Computing & IoT

Data Analytics & Machine Learning

Mobile Application Development

Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking

In addition to academics, the college ensures students develop soft skills, leadership qualities, and entrepreneurship capabilities.

Industry-Integrated Training & Placements

What truly makes Axis the Best MCA college in Kanpur is its strong connection with industry giants. Through regular guest lectures, workshops, and live projects in collaboration with companies like Infosys, TCS, IBM, and Wipro, students are industry-ready from day one.

The college boasts an impeccable placement record, with MCA students receiving job offers in top-tier IT firms, startups, and multinational companies. The Placement Cell works tirelessly to provide mock interviews, aptitude training, resume building, and personality development sessions.

Beyond MCA: Excellence Across Disciplines

While Axis Colleges is celebrated as the Best MCA college in Kanpur, its excellence spans multiple disciplines. The institution offers quality education in Architecture, Polytechnic, Engineering, Management, and more — each backed by outstanding faculty and robust academic support.

Explore Top-Ranked B.Arch Colleges in UP

Architecture is more than design; it’s about building the future. Axis Institute of Architecture is among the leading B.Arch colleges in UP, offering a curriculum that emphasizes creativity, sustainability, and structural innovation.

With experienced faculty and access to cutting-edge design studios, students are empowered to transform ideas into tangible structures. The five-year program blends artistic training with technical expertise, ensuring graduates are ready to tackle real-world architectural challenges.

Discover the Best Polytechnic Institute in UP

For students who wish to enter the workforce early or build a strong technical foundation, Polytechnic education is a powerful starting point. Axis Colleges ranks as the Best Polytechnic institute in UP, offering diploma programs in streams like Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, and Computer Science Engineering.

With hands-on lab experience, practical training, and internship opportunities, Axis Polytechnic graduates are highly employable and often pursue further education with a strong academic base.

Learn at the Top AKTU Engineering College in Kanpur

Engineering aspirants looking for quality education under the AKTU umbrella need not look further. Axis Institute of Technology & Management has earned its place as the Top AKTU engineering college in Kanpur.

Offering B.Tech programs in streams like CSE, ECE, ME, and CE, the institute focuses on research-driven education, innovative projects, and interdisciplinary learning. Regular hackathons, tech fests, and coding marathons provide students with exposure beyond classrooms.

A Campus That Inspires Growth

Set amidst a lush green campus, Axis Colleges offers a world-class infrastructure that includes:

Smart Classrooms with AV Aids

High-Speed Internet and Wi-Fi

Modern Computer Labs with the Latest Software

Dedicated R&D Cell

Well-stocked Library with Digital Access

Separate Hostels for Boys & Girls

Sports Complex and Gymnasium

Canteens and Cafeterias with Hygienic Food

The campus is more than a physical space — it’s a vibrant ecosystem where ideas flourish, and futures are shaped.

Faculty That Makes the Difference

A college is only as good as its educators. Axis takes pride in its team of highly qualified and experienced faculty members who not only teach but mentor. With a mix of academic brilliance and industry exposure, the faculty ensures that students get the best of both worlds.

Through personalized attention, academic counseling, and skill enhancement programs, every student is empowered to succeed.

Student Life at Axis

Life at Axis is about more than just academics. Cultural events, technical fests, social service initiatives, student clubs, and annual sports meets make campus life dynamic and fulfilling.

From coding clubs and dramatics to robotics and art societies, students have the platform to explore their talents and build lasting friendships.

Scholarships & Financial Assistance

To ensure that deserving students are not held back due to financial constraints, Axis Colleges offers a range of scholarships, fee waivers, and support for meritorious and economically challenged students. The transparent admission process and academic incentives further encourage excellence.

Alumni Success Stories

Axis graduates have carved a niche in various sectors — from working in Silicon Valley tech firms and government institutions to launching their own startups. The active alumni network provides current students with mentorship opportunities, networking platforms, and career guidance.

Their success stories are a testament to the robust education system that Axis Colleges stands for.

Admissions Made Simple

The admission process for MCA and other programs at Axis is designed to be student-friendly. With an easy online application process, timely counseling sessions, and transparent eligibility criteria, aspiring students can secure their future without hassle.

Eligibility for the MCA program typically includes:

Graduation in BCA/B.Sc. (Computer Science/IT) or equivalent

Minimum 50% aggregate (45% for SC/ST)

Valid scores in qualifying entrance exams (if applicable)

Interested candidates can visit the official site and apply directly.

Final Thoughts

Choosing the right MCA college is the first step toward a successful career in technology. With its outstanding academic structure, top-tier faculty, industry collaborations, and student-centered learning approach, Axis Colleges justifies its title as the Best MCA college in Kanpur.

But what makes Axis truly special is its holistic vision — a place where students grow not just as professionals, but as individuals ready to lead, create, and innovate.

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On January 2nd 1877 Alexander Bain, the Scottish inventor died at Kirkintilloch.

Bain was one of the most prolific inventors of the 19th century, and is one of the least remembered. His inventions are all the more remarkable given his background.

"When the lecture was over, and the audience were leaving, a few gentlemen accompanied the lecturer, and conversed with him on the subjects of the lecture. There was a humble lad walking behind them, and listening attentively to what was said … he never forgot the lecture, nor the subsequent conversation.”

After nearly seven years of clockmaking apprenticeship, he left the north of Scotland, briefly for Edinburgh, and then London.

Working in London, Bain went to evening lectures and saw some impractical clocks that used static electricity to maintain the swing of the pendulum. He thought he could do better. By the middle of 1840 he had made a clock powered by electric current, as well as a ‘printing telegraph’. He also thought “to make a common clock transmit its time to other distant clocks…” In Bain’s first electric clock, the pendulum bob was an electromagnet swinging between two permanent magnets. In his ‘printing telegraph’, the character for transmission was selected by stopping a moving pointer at the correct location on a labelled disc. In the receiver, the printing type-wheel was rotated into position by a clock escapement released by an electromagnet, one tooth at a time, by the appropriate number of received electrical pulses.

Bain displayed his electric clock at the Polytechnic Institution, and with John Barwise, a chronometer maker, and they applied for a patent in October 1840. The next month, Charles Wheatstone, professor of physics at King’s College London, demonstrated an electric clock to the Royal Society, claiming to have invented it. Bain’s patent, ‘Improvements in the Application of driving power to Clocks and Time Pieces’ was granted in January 1841, and a furious public dispute ensued.

Bain’s cause was supported by many, including John Finlaison (a Treasury civil servant, and Actuary of the National Debt.) By coincidence, Finlaison hailed from Thurso, and had been impressed by a demonstration of Bain’s printing telegraph:

It wasn't only the electric clock he is famous for, he then worked on an experimental facsimile machine in 1843 to 1846/ He used a clock to synchronise the movement of two pendulums for line-by-line scanning of a message. For transmission, Bain applied metal pins arranged on a cylinder made of insulating material. An electric probe that transmitted on-off pulses then scanned the pins. The message was reproduced at the receiving station on electrochemically sensitive paper impregnated with a chemical solution similar to that developed for his chemical telegraph. In his patent description dated 27 May 1843 for “improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces, and in electric printing, and signal telegraphs,” he claimed that “a copy of any other surface composed of conducting and non-conducting materials can be taken by these means”. This was way ahead of his time!

In 1844 Bain had married Matilda Bowie, the widowed sister-in-law of his greatest champion, John Finlaison, and moved his business to Edinburgh. He and his wife had five children to add to Matilda’s daughter from her first marriage.

Bain won a contract from the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway to construct a telegraph line along their route, 46 miles long. The price quoted was £50 per mile; Cooke and Wheatstone were charging the Great Western Railway £250 per mile. Finlaison loaned £3,000 to the project and the finished system proved the capability of time distribution, with the master electric pendulum clock in Edinburgh transmitting to a "slave" clock in Glasgow.

It wasn't all plain sailing for the intrepid Scot, he traelled to America with his "electric telegraph" plans, but Samuel Morse had already built a telegraph between Baltimore and Washington D.C so was ahead in the game. After applying for a patent Morse challenged him in the courts, saying his patents already covered what Bain had laid out, it went all the way to the suoreme courts and Morse won, although the unimplemented patent claims of Morse were rejected, this was scant comfort to Bain, who left America and had to file for bankrupcy back home, the cost of his failed venture in the Americas cost him dearly.

Bain ended up pretty much back where he started, working for a watchmaker in Glasgow, repairing clocks for a living. One of his customers was the University’s William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) who recognised Bain’s genius and his plight. Thomson arranged a grant of £150 from the Royal Society, and successfully petitioned the Gladstone government to award Bain a Civil List pension of £80 per year.

Bain died on this day in 1877, cheated of fame and fortune by bad luck and poor choices. Aside from electric clocks and the chemical telegraph, he patented many other inventions, including a fire alarm; a marine depth sounder; a system for recording ships’ direction and speed at sea; a device for producing punched tape and a piano for playing the tape remotely; a current regulator for voltaic cells; a drinking fountain tap operated by pressing the receptacle on a lever, and perhaps too fondly, a device for drawing a measure of liquid from a container, similar to a bar optic for spirits.

Alexander Bain is buried in the Auld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch.

A Wetherspoons pub in Wick, close to where Alexander Bain served his apprenticeship, is now named after the inventor, it is also the most northerly Wetherspoons in the country. Also, as a tribute to his inventions, the main BT building in Glasgow is named Alexander Bain House.

There is also a commemorative plaque to Bain at his former workshop on Hanover Street in Edinburgh as seen in the pics.

As usual; I have slimmed this account of Bain's life down, if you want to read the full story check out this link https://www.slhf.org/sites/default/files/publications/slhf12_alexanderbain.pdf

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KEY of successful re-employment! The secret to increasing work efficiency by 200% with smartphones is revealed (Must-have for middle-aged people)

Today, a special lecture on "How to Use Smart Working Tools to Improve Work Efficiency" held at Daegu Polytechnic University as part of the Labor-Management Development Foundation's New Middle-aged Special Course presented the answer. It was a lecture that clearly demonstrated that smartphones are no longer just communication devices, but the best work tool and life partner.

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