Nigeria at 60: The Presidential Speech **October 1, 2020** Today, President **Muhammadu Buhari** addressed the country on the occasion of it's 60th Independence Anniversary. https://twitter.com/MBuhari The full speech by the president is contained below - a long read. **INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020** Fellow…
The Patronage WEEK 1: The community has chosen! It is already October, the 10th month of the year. The year 2020 is coming to an end. It's time to reflect on how far we have come. We all probably set goals at the beginning of the year. If you are yet to achieve any, you have got 88 days to accomplish the said goals. On the first of this month, my country Nigeria celebrated her 60th year of independence from the British rule. But how far have we come? We are far from the…
Becoming, Tell and Time Becoming A thing, conceivable in a mind, reducible in language. You may ask, what it means to be alive, to be conscious and to be human You may never find the answers or you may find some wrong ones It is okay, no one really ever knows. Maybe, trying is all there is And if you're lucky, you will find something that really works for you. And who knows, maybe you will write a poem about it A poem like this one You are neither your success nor are you…
The Patronage Wk-1: Meet our nominees And just like that, another month is in the books! The year 2020 is moving along and during the last months, it has shown us that the cold and rainy season isn't over yet. It's been raining cat and dog here. But it doesn't mean it's time to lay and cuddle and be lazy. I want to introduce the users who were nominated and selected as the beneficiaries of "The Patronage" initiative. This is the first round of the initiative, thus making…
2020/21 Premier League: Gameweek 4 Review *Another exciting and wild weekend in the Premier League is done and dusted.* An exciting weekend of Premier League action saw the champions of the Premier League mauled 7 - 2 by last season's relegation escapee Aston Villa. On the other side, Mourinho's team, Tottenham, also mauled Manchester United 6 - 1 at Old Trafford. There were wins for Arsenal, Chelsea, and Everton among others. Let’s take a quick look at the shocks, the…
The Patronage week 2: call for nominations It's already the tenth day of October and as it seems the rain is not stopping anytime soon. I realized that I'do spend much time online - too much time spent without real success. I've been trying to cut down my online time but so far it didn't work at all and I am still spending too many hours in front of the screen. I guess that's what the 21st century is like now however I do really hope I can somehow reduce the amount of time…
A Weekend to Forget - The Premier League, Wow! I can bet Jürgen Klopp and his boys didn't see this one coming. A 7 - 2 defeat The Liverpool backline was ripped apart as Aston Villa left the defending champions reeling. On the other side, Ole Gunnar Solskjær suffered his "worst day as Manchester United manager" on Sunday as his side were humiliated 6-1 at home by Tottenham. Aston Villa 7 - 2 Liverpool - The Premier League, Wow! *The champions fell to their heaviest-ever…
The Patronage WK 2 - The Community has Chosen! This announcement should have been made three days ago, being Sunday. But I have been offline for some days. I just visited this platform for the first time in about 4 - 5 days. Wow! Never thought I could stay away for that long. I wish to apologise to the few who were keen to know the nominees for this week. I had to be unavoidably offline for some days. But better late than never, right? I started my return by visiting the…
The Patronage Week 3: Call for Nominations The nomination round of **The Patronage** initiative is usually announced on Wednesday. This is coming late due to reasons giving in the late announcement of week two beneficiaries. https://read.cash/@Macronald/the-patronage-wk-2-the-community-has-chosen-cad59641 Week two of this initiative received improved participation from users. Only three users participated in the first week of the initiative, but week two received nominations…
My first 3 months - hungry for more! Three months have passed since my participation in this platform **and I have to admit that I'm feeling more than comfortable here.** It seems like a great discovery! On lockdown and bored, surfing the net looking for info on ways to earn Crypto and I found this page. I read a couple of articles and realized that there were rewards for reading and writing articles. Honestly, I did not think twice about joining the platform. But, prior to…
KidDiary - My Walking Step at 5 Accident is an incident that is feared by everyone. As human beings, there comes a time unexpected things happens to us - good or bad. I have heard cases of accidents but never witnessed one. I never knew mine was that close. At the early phase of my life, ten years ago was the first time I had an accident. I was about five years of age. The accident happened so fast like a sought of film trick. It was a fatal foot injury, it made life…
Coping with Financial Loss and Grief Financial loss is going to hurt you, financially and emotionally. I’m not a financial advisor, of course, so I won’t be able to help with stock tips or interest rates. This article is about the particular kind of grief that comes along with sudden and unexpected loss of assets, the emotions that follow, and how to cope with the setback. With many businesses forced to close (temporarily or permanently) due to the pandemic, owners and…
The Patronage Week 3 - The Community has Chosen! **Hello Folks**. It was a slow week and weekend. Its been pretty quite these days and I'm not sure what the reason is, but my articles are not so visible recently and users seem to be doing some other business. Fair enough, we all only have one life to live and time is so precious. I hope we are all doing fine and succeeding in whatever we are trying right now. **The Patronage** nomination round for week three didn't see much…
Do You Have an Enemy? Here’s Why You Need to Find Some **Seriously, you need to have an enemy. If you have none, find a good way to make some.** The existence of enemies should not be a cause for despair as their presence is not an anomaly but a constant throughout history; enemies and rivalries will forever exist. Social interactions can generate friction; blissful isolation invites envy; and alliances can be a response to, and a source of, enmity. For our very friendships,…
How to Help Kids Cope with COVID-19 Stress **You may feel stressed and anxious about COVID-19 — and so may your kids.** Kids have been through a lot since the COVID-19 pandemic began: school closures, loss of daily routine, massive changes to how they socialize, unrelenting uncertainty about what comes next. These rapid changes in situations can lead to anxiety, fear, loneliness, and depression. Also, information overload, rumors, and misinformation about the pandemic can…
The Patronage Week 3 - Meet the Beneficiaries I am here again, and it is a lovely day over here. A little cool compared to the last week but still sunny and bright outside. The #EndSARS protest is getting serious by the day and there is no vehicular movement in most cities of Nigeria. Schools that just resumed few weeks ago has been halted and also the final examination by the outgoing secondary students, NECO, has been postponed indefinitely till the protest subsides. Back…
The Patronage Week 4 - Call for Nominations We are already on day 21 and approaching the end of October and the end of the year 2020 is already around the corner. Not sure about you, but I am feeling as though I haven't done anything yet so far. Many plans halted by the pandemic and I don't see any been accomplished this year. And when we thought we are free from the pandemic induced lockdown, another restriction begins. Most states in Nigeria have declared 24 hours curfew…
Weirdly missing the points I miss the days I look forward to the size of my points at the end of the day, the excitement of waking up to a high point at the beginning of the day and all the dramas that came with point lows, highs and "freezes". Lots of newbies may not understand this feeling, but many users who have been here for more than a month can relate. What is the Points? I tried visiting @readcash point related articles for reference purpose but realized they have…
**The Patronage Nomination** The nomination of users for the 4th round of the patronage initiative has been announced and awaiting your nominations. Visit here https://read.cash/@Macronald/the-patronage-week-4-call-for-nominations-c8e66746#comment-1ec4edd1 to nominate users who you think deserves to received tips for 7 days. The Patronage can not be a success without your participation. So, please take a minute to visit the link and nominate.
Post Commenting, the forgotten hero Whenever I read an article that provokes my thinking, I'm almost always stimulated to read at least some of the comments. But, since the integration of the rewarder bot, I have noticed that comments per post are steadily declining week after week. Perhaps many have not noticed but this is true for my posts. There is something about an article with little or no comments that feels cold and sterile. It’s like the readers are saying that they…
The dream that woke me up Dreams are sometimes so strange to us that we often feel the need to share with people the few details we can remember about them. Dreams have been said to be much more important than people might think, but I seem to be having less of them. I can't confidently say I have had a dream in some months. Perhaps I can't recall having any. But I just had one this night from which I had to forcefully wake up to escape from the danger I was in. I dreamed…
Let's talk about death for a change A few hours ago, I read @wakeupkitty's time to die. Where she talked about how much a society is willing to sacrifice, the current health situation in Netherland, and its government's actions and reactions. These are all related to the pandemic - COVID-19. In her closing thoughts, she stated: "***Let's talk about death for a change.*** *Our death because no guarantee certificate for a long, happy life was given at your birth.*"…
Closing on a deal and need to send a wire transaction and none of the bank branches locally have someone presently working with authorization for a transaction of that size? Not to mention having to go physically into the bank. Crypto fixes this.
Getting a dog I love dogs! And I have this yawn getting one. But I don't think I am ready yet. I don't want to make the same mistake I made with the previous one. I need to be able to provide the dog with the home they deserve. Your life really does change once you have a dog, and for the better! However, I feel that I'm not at the stage in my life whereby this is right for you. Plus, I'm simply not able to at the moment. The landlady doesn't like dog. So dogs are not…
Beneficiaries of The Patronage Week Four Time is flying by as fast as crazy, another week has passed by and another is ready to start. We are into the last week of the month and in 7 days, we will jump right into the month of November. The last few days have been slow and we had a curfew in the state due to the advancing nature of the #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality protests all over the country. The curfew has been lifted and we hope to resume normal activities from Monday.…
The Comment League - Spurring Interaction Let's bring back more users' i**nteraction** I have been thinking of ways to stimulate more interaction from users and the best way is for read.cash dev to add benefits for comments. Imagine the bot tipping good and relevant comments - there will be more interaction in the comments right? But it may also come with a negative effect - spam commenting. While we wait this unlikely move, I do like to start a new initiative which I will…
Publishing more, engaging less - The Rusty effect Rusty here is our tipping not - the random rewarder. Week after week it seems users are less interested in engaging, rather they are more interested in creating and publishing their own articles. I can bet there are users who go a week publishing numerous articles but never make out a minute to read and leave valuable comments on the articles published by others users. Could this be the rewarder effect? Well, rusty only tip…
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The Patronage Week 5 - Call for Nominations Here am I again a little bit worn out but still alive and kicking. It has been a busy week and again I am kinda cut off from the world as I have been busy with a little project, barely had much time to rest. This has made things a bit slow in the online world, at least for me as shown by the late announcement of the nomination round. I really feel the need to take a little rest, get out, have fun and interact with friends. The…
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