A Little Of My Diabolic Tongue
So here on read.cash, I do see some users publish articles in their native tongue or a language apart from English and I find it fascinating to read as I do copy it and paste it on Google to translate it for me. It looks like magic as a symbol not more than a word can be translated to five words in English Language. I admire it and the practice also, as it is also a way of bringing like tongues and characters together without even knowing each other. As an act of kindness and foster-ity, I also would be writing an article in a native language of mine; not the Yoruba or the Igbo nor the Hausa but **Pidgin**. I am not fluent in it like the Warri People but I also know a thing or two innit.
*As I day yarn una nau, na say to day totori for person Mama tongue or im Papa tongue dae bring people way saabi the koko and levels together. As today be naa, no be everybody for here sabi say I be Omo Naija.. naa of recent pple dem jes day saabi am and if to say I don.day yarn for Yoruba since all these days now, dem my Omo Iya Mi's dem go don sabi my green light, beam me say naa our gee be this. To day tlk for person native language slf get im own benefits as una fit day tlk in code make person way no saabi the language day look una like Ugwu. To day yarn 4 native tongue slf good well well as English Language no be our Mama language and e day hard some people to tlk am as say no be everybody go school finish and those way don go school finish slf, no be everybody body sabi speak Phonetics. Dz language way I day yarn slf get some hidden tlks way still go deep tosay normal pple slf no go saabi say naa wetin we day tlk be this. Like say make perosn talk say help me control dat babe come my caban or say make we day yarn okoto make perosn way im affect im mama go die comot.*
I am laughing so hard right now as I know not all of us would understand what was said above, to an extent even if you copy and paste it on Google , you won't get the meaning at all or get a true meaning of what I said , I would love to translate it back to English for you but I won't . Let go through some common English- Pidgin translations ...
●Gee, How far naa , how ur syd - How are you doing today, my friend ?
● U see free Toto, u day find hair - You are given a Golden opportunity and you are still being picky over it
●Naa ur Papa wahala be that - That is your own cup of tea
●You don shenk me naa - You totally let me down
●Which way naa - What is it you are doing ?
.... *Let take that to mention a few*
As in English where we have Homophones , In Pidgin Language a word can mean several things and it all depends on the intonation used in pronouncing it .. let take a look at some examples ..
1. Light dey - There is power supply
Light dey - Is there power supply
Light dey - There is power supply ( Sarcastically)
2. Ehn ehn - Tell me more
Ehn ehn - You don't mean it
Ehn ehn - As I was saying....
Ehn ehn - You must be kidding me
Ehn ehn - I am still in disbelief
Ehn ehn - And so what.... ?
Ehn ehn - Yes, it is true.
Nigeria is a place of amazing culture and discoveries, you can never get bored there - you just have to choose your location of stay and interact with its Citizens to explore and take you on a whole new treat . To end my sermon today, I would be saying " I don try for una, make we day see how 2moro go be naa ... make una have a nice time Odaabo " .
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My Time In Detention
I watch a lot of American High School movies and I know students who behaves bad or has an indecent behaviour during school hours usually get sent to Detention. Detention, here meaning the affected students are to wait after school hours when all other students are going home, to serve punishment ... some after school-hours punishment meant for Detainees could be to stay in class and do nothing for a stipulated amount of hours without the access to mobile phones or gadgets or to do School related chores like scrape the under of tables for chewed bubble-gums or wash the school toilet or clean the school walls of graffiti - in all , the Detention is a place or a thing any average and normal student wouldn't want.
Well over here we hardly get Detention for bad acts done or unruly behaviours done during schoolhours, doesn't mean we are left to do bad deeds; we either serve some corporal punishments like doing manual body-tasking punishments or taking home extra strenuous and tasking assignments home like to fill a whole notebook from cover to cover with sentences such as " I WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN". You can imagine how crazy this would be, to fill a 60 leaves notebook with repeated sentences. You get the drift, you get to do some nasty and tiring chore either in school or at home if you misbehave during school hours.
Plot twist in my story is that, My Time In Detention as would be used in this article is no more than me being detained in the Police Station - yes, you heard me right... I was once arrested hehe . Now let not get so jittery or hyperactive, I would tell the whole story .
I was still in High School then, I was a class away from my final years in High School, I was in SS2 ( year two of the Senior Stage of High School) ... for better understanding of this SS2, you can refer to this article of mine on Career. So I was in SS2 and for sure we had Seniors who were in the SS3 Class , the last Class of High School. It was a Friday and all student were preparing for the weekly Extra Curriculum activities which do take place every Friday, it seems a student in our class had an issue with a Student in SS3; a female Senior. The female Senior reported to the males in her class and they made sure to deal with the guy who was in my class.
As not all of us offered for the ride in the school bus, some of us take public transport and some walk all the way home. The guy in SS2 who was beaten and dealt with in School and with help from other SS2 boys of which I was among, we ambushed the SS3 male Senior who dealt with him and exacted revenge. Little did we know, the Male Senior dad was a Police Officer. The following week, on Monday, Police Officers trooped in to our school and brought a warrant and took all of the SS2 boys to the station. We spent a day there and we were severely dealt with by the Officers. Some of us returned to school on Wednesday, some returned the following week but in all we learnt our lessons. Lessons that whenever there is a trouble or disagreement in school , let the higher authorities know of it and handle it properly.
So that was how I did a State Detention and it was not a good one to say ,lol . I wish you all safety in our place of studies and work place and may we not fall into the hands of the Law Enforcers for bad reasons.
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Using a literal reference to @Abhay article of The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side, it is true the grass is greener over here too. Where do I mean by here; Nigeria is the destination- don't mind my intoxicating articles with my Country these first days of the month of February but as they do say, Necessity is the mother of invention. The first article bout my beloved country was in response to a writing prompt and this second one would be me, SilverBack, humbly granting a request of a friend of mine from Iran. @Ellen-he I hope this article meets you well and I gave it a thoughtful write to the best of my abilities as I am not a Geography person *lol* and I hope you all also, my friends and other read.cash users like it. As I have said earlier, the grass is greener over here , I mean it literally and therefore let take a zoom-in into the plains, vegetations, seasons and nature. https://read.cash/@Abhay/the-grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side-ee4cfea8
Referred to as the Giant of Africa, Nigeria has a very deep connection with its Music, Culture, Customs and Arts as they tend to form a strong tribal roots of every tribe which can be traced back to its origin. With the Nok tribe being recorded to be the first tribe to live in the Niger-Area but history goes way back. Read more on the Naija Wazobia Community about Nigeria heritage and history and i also tendered an article too, you can access it HERE. https://read.cash/@SilverBack/nigeria-my-country-nigeriaourheritage-d2778037
Nigeria bounded at the four major cardinal points by surrounding countries and terrains, bounded on the North by the country Niger, on the South by the Gulf of Guinea, on the East by the countries Chad and Cameroon and on the West by the Republic of Benin. These neighbouring countries also play a part in affecting Nigeria climates. Such as the Harmattan season which is as a result of dry wind being blown from the Sahara desert and coming from the North-East side to blow over West Afrrica ( of which Nigeria is a part ) to the Gulf of Guinea. The Harmattan can be characterised to Winter in Europe in terms of temperatures but not as extreme, with very mild and endurance drop in temperature.
Nigeria experiences four major seasons which doesn't seem to be constant and follow the trends anymore as there is effect of Global Warming which also lead to change in climatic factors. The four seasons Nigeria experiences is the Wet, Dry, Short-dry and Harmattan season. It doesn't snow in Nigeria as the country is located close to the Equator meaning it is hot mostly all year round except during the Harmattan/dry seasons. It has been reported that Snow do fall in Jos-Plateau as it falls in the category of one of the coldest states in Nigeria cause it is at an elevated terrain to the poles. Jos experiences Snow at some point in time like during the Dry/Harmattan Season but Snow falling is not a normal in Nigeria as it does in Europe; it is rare. Nigeria experiences rainfall alot on the other hand, having a period range of March to November, the country experiences rainfall on a trend from the South to the East.
Nigeria has diverse terrains like the deserts, plains, swamps, mountains and jungle. It is a place of tourist attraction and get-away relaxation as it has soothing and beautiful sight-sees. The tropical grasslands span over a wide area such that you can view them meeting the horizons with Nigeria jungles varying from Very dense to less dense.
Nigeria has embarked on a recent mission to protect endangered species of animals and become a country which embraces nature in all its kindness. Animals like the Giraffe, Elephants, Lions, Cheetahs can be found in Nigeria. Nigeria boasts of several Nature and Wildlife Area such as the Lekki Conservation Centre ( LCC), the Yankari game reserves, Lufasi Nature Park and much more..
The lands of Nigeria is greener and also rich in natural resources like Petroleum, Natural Gas, Limestone, Iron Ore, Tin and some other minerals. The Land is truly blessed both with resources and great minds.
I would bring my writing to a close here while mentioning some curious but yet not obvious points. You might have wondered things like where does the Earth ends or where is the furthest place of Earth. I am.going to try to reveal a similar trait here but using Nigeria landscape as a reference.
The extreme geographical points of the Country, the extremes of the Land in the North,South,East and West
To the North, the extreme point is located in Chadawa, Sokoto State.
To the South, the extreme point is located in Egerege, Bayelsa State.
To the East, the extreme point is located in Mungeyo, Borno State.
To the West, the extreme point is located in Benionoise town of Jabata, Oyo State .
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Hello Guys , Good morning and a happy new month. I accidentally published my article on the writing prompt about Nigeria, My Country... it was incomplete and so I had to take it down . So for those that have seen it , a peek or read it .. no spoilers please and I would try completing it and post .. sorry for the disturbances
Nigeria, My Country #Nigeriaourheritage
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In accordance with a just recently generated prompt ( on Sunday, hehe) by @Greatwolfman whom his birthday is today and I wish him a happy birthday and that may all his heart desires be granted, I would be speaking in knowledge of my country, Nigeria's heritage with you guys and would really want to tell you all necessary things that is to be known ... I might cover all and might not cover all or just an aspect but i know my fellow Brothers and Sisters are also writing and if all articles are combined, a masterpiece about the Country Nigeria would be seen.
As it is done natively and as a custom in Nigeria, maybe worldwide also, we pray before starting off an event or commencing an unveiling.
***---I pray I meet you all in good conditions and health and may all our deepest heart desires be granted and the protection of the Lord be abundant over us. Amen !***
**THE NATIONAL ANTHEM**
Saying about my country Nigeria, I would first of all need to introduce you to Our National Anthem which has two stanzas and each stanza consisting of nine lines ( unlike Austria which has no National Anthem at all ). The National Anthem can be thought of as a successful group project by the great minds of ***John A Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, B.A. Ogunnaike, Sota Omoigui, P. O. Aderibigbe*** who came and brought heads together to write and heartily birth out the lyrics while it was composed into a melodious and authority-filled tune we know and sing by today by ***Pa Odiase***. All citizens is to stand still and place the right hand over the heart, I implore you do so also in respect- thanks .
I present to you, Nigeria's National Anthem and The Pledge;
**Stanza 1:** Arise, O compatriots,
Nigeria's call obey,
To serve our fatherland,
With love and strength and faith,
The labour of our heroes past,
Shall never be in vain,
To serve with heart and might,
One nation bound in freedom,
peace and unity.
**Stanza 2:** Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause
Guide our leader’s right
Help our youth the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation
where peace and justice shall reign.
**National Pledge**
• I pledge to Nigeria my Country
• To be faithful, loyal and honest
• To serve Nigeria with all my strength
• To defend her unity
• And uphold her honour and glory
• So help me God.
As this Anthem is same everywhere, it would be best if I put a link to the Anthem : ANTHEM SOURCE http://www.nigeriahc.org.uk/national-anthem
**ORIGIN OF THE NAME**
You must have also wondered how the name, Nigeria came to be or who discovered it. It all dates back to the time of the slave trades of which Africa was a major source. The former name of the Niger-area region called Nigeria today was the ***Royal Niger Company Territories*** as the Royal Niger Company which was headed and led by various Chief heads such as the likes of Jaja of Opobo, dealed in the export of Palm oil was the one in charge of the Province then.
To cool it all down for easy understanding, the region was well known to be rich in Palm oil which was native to Niger Delta. Palm oil being an incredible and viable source to be used as lubricants by Machinery companies in the British, Germany, France. They àll sought the Palm Oil. As at this era, slave trade was the order of the day, the importance of the Palm oil was so great that the exports of the palm oil replaced slaves as the main goods of export.
A British man known as George Goldie formed a company named United African Company in 1879, got a foothold on the lower area territory in the Niger-area and set up base with the cover of dealing with the rulers while moving power inlands. The British as a whole seeing they got the upper hand over the land to have access to the Palm oil over the Germans and the French sought out to buy rights of ownership of land from the Royal Niger Company in 1899 and in the long run , this led to the British colonising the region of which British Colonial Master, Lord Lugard was a strong name to be remembered in history. He amalgamated the Northern and the Southern Provinces.
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The name NIGERIA was given by the British Journalist, Flora Shaw and the name taken from the river Niger running through the country. History later had it that she went on to later marry Lord Lugard and today , the Current Affairs book has it that the Wife of Lord Lugard named NIGERIA. We would later get to seek and fight for freedom from the British Colonials, which without doubt I can say was the very first step in the journey to becoming the Giant of Africa.
Nigeria is an African country homed to various cultures and traditions, it is a place of tourist attraction also. Cultures and traditions deeply tied to languages as there are over 500 languages in Nigeria with the most popular being the Yoruba, the Hausa and the Igbo ***( I am from the Yoruba Tribe, Omo Oodua )***. Referred to as the Giant of Africa, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous in the world. The Country's presence can be recognised with it flag of two vibrant colours depicting the fertile lands and unity. The Nigeria flag has two colours, the Green and the White which are lined vertically side by side enveloped in a rectangular shape. The Flag was designed by *Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in 1959* and was officially hoisted on 1st October, 1960 - the day the Country annually marks her Independence Day.
The Country Nigeria has experienced four Republics with the First, Second and Fourth being successful, the Third was abortive. The numerous Republics were due to attempted coup d'etat which some were successful and some weren't. A very vivid one would be the Civil war of the Biafran war where it was a war between the Nigerian Army and the Biafran Army. The first Republic lasted for three years from 1963 to 1966. The Biafran war was birthed due to many reasons, a major one being the ethnicity. The Eastern Igbo wanted a division from the mainnet of the country Nigeria to stand on their own and they had support from other countries but they later lost the war.
Nigeria has experienced great leaderships and had many great Leaders such as Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikwe, Yaradua - to mention a few. Nigeria is qlso know for its rich land of crude oil and this struck many rifts.
I would closing the curtain here on my insight into the Heritage of Nigeria and I hope it learnt a thing or two.
The Time To Be Happy Is Now
With References to the Wheel of time; the Past, the Present and the Future all have events buried in them, events never to be forgotten, events of significance to the person attached. Events and things happen that are sometimes out of hand to handle or more than what one imagined or planned and we are left to pick pieces of what is left. Not all our plans fall through as we have experienced some plans which later go down the drain and decisions to be taken that later wash away too; in those plans, we had instilled hopes and progress in but will them coming to a nought distort our path?
We always look forward to good times and days that we sometimes forget the happiness of the Present. We should always be happy and contented with whatever situations we find ourselves in. Not all good things come our way and those that do come our way should be utilised to maximum effect and the joy derived should be cherished. Actions and deeds from the past would all pass away, decisions taken in the present would all be forgotten to become the past life and we would need to move on and hold on to what matters at the moment.
Happiness is free as they say and it is no lie. Whatever it is that is within our limits and grasp can make us happy, we don't need to go to far lengths or take drastic measures to be able to put a smile on our faces. We should always do what put a smile on our face like eating our favorite food, spending time with loved ones, listening to music- whatever makes us happy and lively. Loved ones, families, friends also makes time precious and cherish able.
Troubles and tribulations can arise and cause depression, they would have to be tackled at one point in time but every cloud has a silver lining and there is a light at the end of every tunnel. We must find time to be happy in all times as the time to be happy is now, not tomorrow or the near future but now; the place to be happy is here. Looking back at our past lives and how we have survived and thrived to this day should even be more than enough for us to be happy as some have given up the ghost in the long run and we should always give thanks to God for all provisions made.
Make hay while the Sun shines and take to good use of opportunities presented our way, there is no time like the Present. We should always learn to not count our chicks before they hatch as Life is full of surprises. Time is precious and to those who use it wisely, will get the utmost results from it. An important point to note also is that being happy can also be another person source of happiness, we never can know how many people happiness is tied to ours or whom. We must also always try our possible best to put a smile on someone face and do good deeds as we should do to others what we want done to us too.
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The Church Service
It is another blessed Sunday and as usual, it would be marked with a service, the Church Service. The Church Service not only signify a regular gathering of people on Sunday to hear God's word... the Church Service signifies the embodiment of power and authority that has been bestowed on the Church by God. Not any building, infrastructure or construction that has false followers in it, even it be a tent filled with people who knows God's word and are true followers ... it is a Church. I am not indepth in the teachings of the Lord but I know and understand what they mean, pardon my excesses.
The order of today's article would be the Annual Thanksgiving we celebrate in my Church. It is done every January of the year and any week from the month of January can be picked for the occasion. This year Annual Thanksgiving is taking place today, the 30th of January 2022 in my Church of worship. We are all dressed and on cue with radiant dresses and facial expressions beaming with excitement and joy as we get to celebrate another year of the Lord keeping us alive to continue further in the spread of the Gospel. Notwithstanding, we had losses of life in the previous year of 2021 from the Church gathering, people of old age. I just got to rejoin the Church back as I am on a holiday from College but would try going back this week as we have resumed academic session in College, i attend another Church in College but with similar doctrines to my parent Church.
To fill you in on today's event, I will be sharing pictures with you and hopefully you will join us in the aura of rejoice and praises through the pictures. We normally start the day with prayers, then we advance to Sunday School services where we are taught the word of God from a printed pamphlet that is to run through to the end of the year. After the Sunday School, we move on to the main auditorium where we prepare for the Service at hand. The Pastor in Charge mount the podium and says some word of encouragement and upliftment while backing with the word of God, he then hands the microphone down to the coordinator of the day's event who will direct it. A trend that has been going on for years on the Annual Thanksgiving day is that respective family names are called out and they and all their kindred come to celebrate and rejoice on the altar. We would get to dance and eat and jolly. The Annual Thanksgiving day is always a day of joy, nothing more nothing less; joy of life, joy of progress, joy of prosperity.
-***--AND THE WHOLE CHURCH WOULD SAY, AMEN! ---***
To mention, I am the drummer of the event *lol.* Well, it was impromptu, the main drummer seems to be late for some reasons and ol' shy me had to be picked from the crowd - well, they knew I was an old member and they recognised my face too well even though I had been gone for almost a year. I would try my best and not to disappoint myself and as well all my read.cash friends as I am not that a fluent drummer.
I don't have enough pictures but help do with those, more might come next time. I wish you all a happy Sunday and many more years and prosperity to come.
Coffee
I have to come to realise that a lot of read.cash users love Coffee. I am not telepathic or anything, I have just observed through the articles they wrote and regional location also has an influence like those living in places with cold weather will often drink hot beverages than people living in places with hot weather.
Coffee, a stimulant I was told it was, to make one hyperactive and energetic, causing loss of sleep - this was how it was described to me when I was a kid and it thus further contributed to me avoiding it. As a little boy, no one in my household or family talked about Coffee or brought it home, we mostly took tea and concocted herbal drinks. I started hearing of the word "*Coffee*" in school and on televisions. My parents would tell me not to take Coffee even when offered, like it was some kind of narcotics or hard drugs ... maybe they were trying to protect my health and social behaviour as a kid, as I was hyperactive and don't let go easily of foods/drinks that I love/become fond of ... maybe they were trying to prevent me from being addicted to it from a young age but now that I had grown, I started seeing fallacies in their tales of Coffee to me, they were trying to guide my exposure but went too far I guess. Let me go broad on what I have learnt and discovered about Coffee ( I *won't be going into the making and processing of it, maybe next time hehe )*
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted Coffee beans and it contains caffeine as the chief chemical 6⁶present in it ( it has other chemicals present also). It is the caffeine present that acts as a stimulant to the nervous system and other organs like the heart. People claim that the intake of Coffee regularly helps in bading off certain diseases in the body. Coffee also has its history deep with the Arabia and Africa.
I first got a front-row insight first in the making of Coffee from a popular Anime called *****Tokyo Ghoul********.*** It was an anime where vampires exist and of course, we all know whom vampires are - they are beings who thrive on sucking of human blood for nutrients and sustenance. Not all the vampires in the Anime loved sucking blood or are turned into a Vampire of their own free will ... some choose to stick to their human personalities and not drink blood; normal human foods like the burger, pancit, pizza, fries and all tastes repulsive and is unswallowable and undigestable to the vampires ( all of them ) but some have learned to master the art of eating those foods as they can sometimes find themselves in the midst of normal humans where eating is to be done. *Where am I going with all this you might ask*: the normal human food that is acceptable to the Vampires is **COFFEE** ,yes ... you heard me right Coffee and there was a particular coffee shop named ANTEIKO which was runned by vampires who had learn to control their urge for human blood but drink blood too. They are so devoted that the blood they drink was from people who just freshly committed suicide.
Let me stop my day dream trip to one of my favorite Animes and focus on the topic at hand
What I would pull out from my Anime trip was that at the coffee shop ANTEIKO , the owner made such good coffee and he said *making a good coffee depends on the type of coffee beans used, the manner in which the coffee is made, the attitude and mood at which the maker is in and the energy being put into the making. He made it known that making good coffee comes from the heart and that a good heart makes a good Coffee and a bad one makes a bad Coffee.*
People take coffee for so many and diverse reasons like for mental alertness, clear thinking, reduction of fatigue and so much more. Drinking caffeinated coffee frequently isn't advisable as they have bad effects to one's medical health and coffee is best taken with fat-filled dairy than when taken dry. An acceptable range of Coffee cup intakes is 2-3 cups daily and rumors has it that people become addicted to taking Coffee after a long time and can't do without taking a cup or two daily.
I just want to express that I would also be embarking on my Coffee journey also and would like to share with you my experiences and observations as I go forth and maybe get a couple lessons or two from you all.
A toast of an *espresso* to you all, my dear friends.
Dear @Jelena, your article really moved and touched me as I was pushed to tears . How do wish everyone saw the Country and its people as you have done. God bless you for such a wonderful revelation 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Kepler 452-b: Earth 2.0
Do you there exists another identical Earth out there ? Earth 2.0 Kepler 452-b they call it, i am pretty much convinced that not all of us know of this discovery (*it is a pretty old discovery though and claims of it might have or have not been accepted)* well to those who don't know ... I am here to help shed a light or more or less, let you know that our Planet has a twin, an irregular twin but still yet ,a twin .
Before I got admitted into College, i spent most of my time watching TV at home as I didn't have a stable job. I don't watch much channels, my favourites were the Discovery Channel,NatGeo Wild, Nickelodeon- to mention a few ( *my favorites are much, hehe* ) . Well, I do love to watch NASA shows on Discovery Channel as they show what they face and experience when going to explore the space and how they do it, with mouth-gaping discoveries on other planets and in our galaxy. That particular day , I tuned in and saw this title: Earth 2.0 ... of course, like any other inquisitive science student I sat glue to my chair and watched with excitement and joy as they took me through space on TV 😆 and this is where I would stop my boring prologue and start on the main topic.
**EARTH 2.0: KEPLER 452-b**
What makes it an Earth twin and why the name Kepler? NASA's has an hobby of looking through space in search of life on other galaxies or interesting things in our galaxy and/or in space. A particular telescope called NASA Kepler telescope was what was used in discovering the planet. The Kepler telescope was assigned/spanned to a particular region in space and it caught lot of planets in its operating time to say, Kepler 452-b being a part of them. So we call it Kepler with some code names attached because it was found using the Kepler Telescope and the codes beside it was to specify which Kepler it was cause there are a lot of Kepler planets ( fun way to keep track of things).
What made NASA observers call it an Earth twin was that it had appearances and shares many characteristics similar to that of our Earth-green and it also orbits a host star ( Sun ) similar to ours. Kepler 452-b however completes a revolution 5% more than our Earth-green. It takes 385 days to complete one revolution while our Earth-green takes 365 days to complete one revolution also. The host star of the Kepler 452-b is similar to the Sun of our solar system but it is bigger, brighter, hotter and 1.5 billion years older than our Sun . Kepler 452-b has been tipped to be able to accommodate water in it liquid form without any change of state at room temperature but it is being estimated to be five times heavier than our planet leading to an higher gravitational force - we wouldn't be able to walk as freely as we do here on Earth-green on Kepler 452-b . Amazing and strange features that the Kepler 452-b has right, yeah ... I know too. Kepler 452-b has a radius 60% larger than the radius of our Earth-green.
Claims are being said to consider it habitable or not but researches are being made. We still don't know the nature of the surface of Kepler-452b or what its atmosphere is made of, maybe it has a rocky surface or maybe it is a giant ball of unbreathable gas like Jupiter also. We would wait to find out as more and more researches and groups are investigating space such as the likes of Elon Musk with his Space-X projects and other countries also. Maybe they would get to look into the planet more and shed more light.
Hope you had a nice read, thansk for your time.
***Disaimer: Feel free to DYOR. All things said here and used in this article are due to gathering and researches of information. This article is and can be subjected to correction.***
3 C's
Rutherford model , Bohr model.... do these ring a bell to you ? They are different models of the atom as proposed by different scientists. Each model described and represented by how each of those scientists studied and experienced the atoms to be. The question to be now is , "*how do you model Life to be ? " ,"how have you experienced Life to be ?"*, *"how do you perceive Life ?".*
This question struck me as a big blow when I was faced with challenges that aroused in my life as a consequence of an action once taken by me in a bid to just let go of the problem at that time, I won't go into the full details maybe not today though.
*"How I model this Life to be?"*,I model it to be a system of give and take, you keep what you fight for. There are unspoken rules bounding this terrestrial life we live in. It can be releated to **f(x1) = y1** , meaning whatever input you give life, it would give you a result relating and according to your life, be it good or bad whereas someone else can put the same input but get a different output; our lives and paths are tailored differently.
We are the ones driving and leading our life most of the times, people advice and influence have little or no impact as whatever they say won't bother us if we don't give a head in to them. A Popular adage in my tribe, when translated to English says "*He who is told to steal and accepted the offer already has the mind and thought to steal"* meaning if someone does an action, it wasn't because of what people told him ... he had already had a mind of his own to do so.
This will bring me to my three pillars of life's motion, three principles which bounds actions and rewards, inputs and outputs, three must-know chain step of reality which I call the **3C's** https://read.cash/@SilverBack/the-biased-system-a-cruel-life-6909e21d
● **CHALLENGES**
Out of the three steps, this is the first to happen and occur. Challenges occur to people at most times if not at all times whether mild or big. No challenge can be considered mild or big to be good, no challenges bring forth good tiding at the eye of it. Challenges are as well necessary as they help open one's eye to different issues and situations at hand. Challenges would always come either financially or materially and we are the ones that wouldn't allow it get the best of us. Challenges also can be a test in a bid to prepare us for the next journey in life and not all people passes it.
●**CHOICE**
Choice, a second step, a very important step in the transition stage from step 1 of Challenges. Choice is a matter of how we choose to handle challenges thrown our way. We might decide to run away from it and let the challenge win us over or we can stand our foot and overcome any challenges brought our way. Choosing to stay and not get defeated takes alot of will power and courage which can be fueled by our desires and ambition. Choice is self realising, we discover it on our own.
●**CONSEQUENCES**
Consequences are the results of whatever Choices we make in facing Challenges brought our way. Consequences, when used in a general term refer more to the negative results . I will be using it here as a term for results of Choices made, which can be positive or negative. Choosing to face our challenges squarely with the aim to win surely will pave way and bring forth good and positive results to our table. In whatever action we take in life , there would always be consequences for it. So it is good for us to be careful when making decisions, especially long term decisions.
I hope we digest and master these . Have a good and blessed day .
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Networking
I am not a Tech guru or an end-to-end communication masterclass as most people when they see the heading "NETWORKING" would go to assume that I was to speak on coding and interfaces.. sorry , I won't, my bad 😊. I just want to call our attention to the importance and Necessity of good networking.
**WHAT IS NETWORKING-**
Well, without me using Google to search for answers, I would say Networking is the art of getting in touch with people of the right criteria and calibre at the right time all done in a bid to ease and aid synchronisation and share of information.
Networking as put by my dictionary is the process of meeting new people in a business or a social context.
...... *I might have gone a bit overboard with my definition.*
How does every individual need Networking as a means to an end? We all in one stage or the other of our lives needs the attention of people, to be aware of a certain information we are sharing and gain from the knowledge but how do we do this globally ? We can entice our friends, colleagues, mates and all those within our reachable social circle but that alone isn't enough. Well of course there is an exponential increase in the spread of the information, well simply put ... if we told two friends and the two friends also tell two friends each ... using this simple statistics, the information from the origin ( us) has gotten to six people and this exponential factor influencing the spread will continue..
***Pardon my use for exponential factor, e^x ... I am currently doing a course titled ODE , it a lot to handle 😵***
We, the Origin of the source can't always depends on the exponential factor influencing the spread of the news as the two people we might have told might tell no one else and that just means , the information from us, the origin was only passed to two people. A sure way of fool-proof networking is a relationship between the origin source and the customers/users directly. We are able to keep track of the exactness of how far and how deep our information has gone. Networking enables us to meet new and vast set of people from all around the world.
Networking is very important and essential for the smooth running of a business and there are ways to achieve it other than the trend of meeting interested personnels physically. Technology has come to our aid for networking in terms of social medias like the Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit and sorts as these interfaces helps us interact directly with large set of users even without meeting them physically. We can grow a brand on the Internet and it attracts people with common interest together.
*read.cash is an excellent example of networking that has thrived and met it assignments.*
We have to all try to expand beyond our reach in a bid to reach out to more people and impact knowledge or whatsoever it is we want to share that would be of advantage to them. Networking was how we had grown this read.cash community and I am a living grace of it.
Withdrawn
Talents differ and burdens to bear alter and falter without notice, we all make plans and try as possible to stick to them no matter the circumstances we might be faced with. As they do say, ***" Man proposes, God disposes"*** which means it is for Man to make plans and arrangements while it is for God to decides which of those plans and arrangements would be manifested which means not all plans made by man, whether good or bad, would come to fulfillment.
Have you ever made a fool-proof plan of an idea
and you are set to execute it but become hindered
due to one or two unforseen circumstances?
***----------------- An Insight -----------------***
We are sometimes faced with challenges which tends to slow down our engine of positive motion or pull out our hands from decks; decks of plans or arrangements that has been made and it makes us sad and down. The feeling of being withdrawn or withdrawal can be associated to certain circumstances around us, seen and unseen.
At the beginning of this year was when I created my read.cash account and I vowed to be consistent and engage daily with all articles and posts of the users on this platform (I 've made some amazing friends here❤). One of my plans was to write at least one article on a daily basis and also read/engage in at least 50 articles. So far so good , for the first two weeks ... I was successful with my plans, writing daily and engaging in articles but then, we resumed academic activities in my College school. Then it hit me that , " *Oh no , I might have an issue with my read.cash vow*s" as my school work was cumbersome and overbearing leaving me little or no time left whatsoever... then I asked myself that, was I wrong and selfish to have made such a plan without considering all the factors surrounding me and the use of my time? At the moment, I am so withdrawn from my duties and can't perfectly balance my life with read.cash and my academics, at large. I pray I find balance soon.
What is it I am trying to say you might ask ? Making plans and arrangements isn't such a bad idea... at the very most, it is a very good idea as it helps one plan ahead for the future and the efficient use of one's time but what seems to corrupt the idea is making plans without considering other factors concerning one to that respect of plan , which in this case is TIME and ENERGY and failure to do so initiates *WITHDRAWAL*. As efficient use of time is needed to balance more plans and in a case where time isn't used efficiently, labour and workload are being compounded and dragged into other schedules leading to clash of plans..Energy also is needed as too much workload tends to play a part on one's body and rest is needed.
Nevertheless , withdrawal or feeling withdrawn can never be avoided or cast off even with efficient use of time and careful planning as sometimes, we lose interest in certain things at certain times due to unforseen circumstances. We just need to find what works for us all and do the very best of our abilities to ensure outstanding results.
Career
Ever since we started attending schools and picking subjects and departments, we always had in mind what it is we aspire to be in the future. A student who loves Science-related courses would love to venture into the Engineering field or the Medical field. An individual is driven by the urge to have an impact in the world's development which can be positive or negative. Let not talk about the latter as no one would want to have an involvement in that even though the actions of some births that. We all want to be recognised in different fields and parts of the world such as the likes of Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Charles Dickens, Isaac Newton, Galileo and much more. The works of these people made a way and path for them in their chosen field of work and it can be traced down to them choosing a good and suitable career in relations to their skills. We are the ones to decide where we want to have a positive impact on and change by looking at our capabilities and limits.
***A Career is a path or process through profession in which one as taken as his/her life's work through life and history, abstractly put.***
Popularly, in my Country, an education system used which has proved quite effective in the process of choosing a Career is that of the High school, which can be said to be of two stages; **The Junior stage** and **The Senior stage**
*In the Junior stage*, students are tught and passed through all subjects of different fields mainly the Science, Commercial and Arts. They advance intermediately from the class 1 to 3. During these advances, they are taught the basics and essentials of all the three fields mentioned.
*In the Senior stage*, it can be called a stage of Filtration as students are to decide which of the three major fields they want to venture into be it the Science, Commercial or Arts. Normally and academically, the grades of each student in the Junior stage in different subjects relating to a particular field would decide where he or she is to go. Students also advance through class 1 to 3. A student who is good in the Science related subjects would go for Science and same applies likewise for others.
After High School , we go to College. The College is where we use all the basics of the knowledge acquired in the High School to be further furnished by dealing directly with one's field of study and career chosen. Those in Science can decide to go for Engineering or Medicine which are also subdivided as Engineering can be Civil based, Agricultural based , Electrical based and so on.
*I major in Engineering, I have chosen a Career in Agricultural and Environmental Engineering. I am called a *****Techite*** ** as I am in a Faculty of Technology which is Engineering based. I am in my second year.*
Picking a Career is a major challenge in such that the students are left to decide on their own and not that they are filtered off by the System. A student who is good in Science can decide to follow up friends and cliques to another field on leaving High School and may tend to find life difficult there. Choosing a career is an action and decision that is being built right from the onset and not just a one day realisation. I, as an example, saw that all through my High School that I was good in the Science related courses and decided to further hone my knowledge and be well rooted..
Choosing a career is a one time decision and if gotten wrong might take a long time and effort to fix , if it can even be fixed. My advise to us all is to be careful when choosing a career and give the best of our abilities when doing so.
Matrimonial Conflicts
Majority of couples are being involved in marital conflicts and could sometimes question themselves where it all went wrong.
Beliefs have it that the best couples argue and disagree a lot and that it keeps them together as practices like that shows their strengths, weakness, likes, dislikes. It can be deduced that "*Couples who argues alot stays together for long"* but is it really true? as this tends to encourage conflicts and disagreement but it isn't... at least, not quite. A couple can have issues before or after marriage, before or after having children ... it is up to them to solve their issues and no one else. Couples having constant conflicts doesn't have a good effect on the family as it tends to bring them apart and furthermore, cause discontentment between them.
Most couples argue over financial issues, some over insecurities, some over opinions and so much more. When couples gives birth, all sorts of conflicts should be avoided or reduced to bare minimal as it can have a negative impact on the children where they start adopting to what they see and hear in the family ... this doesn't have a good effect on the children as they can grow up to hone to such acts and become a liability to the society and others. No one is perfect for sure and not all opinions would be understood by one's partner but time and patience are all that is needed to overcome such deficits. A partner can have anger issues and it is up to the husband/wife to try and maintain a situation of not getting them to anger as they already know their situation. This kind of approach also helps where you know where your partner achelles foot and strong fort as it helps you to maintain peace and order in the relationship.
Matrimonial Conflict also has a negative impact on the couples themselves where such acts leads to domestic violence, external affairs, reproach towards one another, all sorts of discriminatiing values and in the thick of it all, separation. A man has the most job in maintaining peace and stability in his home though sometimes this can be a bit tough. He has to provide for the family and protect the family and also be fair to his wife . Not all man are blessed with understanding partners and likewise not all women are blessed with an understanding partner ... wrong choice of marriage also induces matrimonial conflict and that is why dating/courting is being advised to people as to know what kind of spouses they are tying their lives to. You can't know one's all characters but at least , you would get an insight while courting.
I , for one, wouldn't say love is enough or all that is needed to stop matrimonial Conflict; understanding, patience, sacrifices, trust and endurance also are very important. Domestic violence also is not acceptable no matter the situation faced in the home and should therefore be prohibited or stopped by all means.
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I will try my best to visit articles tomorrow as I need a rest right now ..thanks to you all and what you do
I Have No Clue
`A loud cry from my injured and burdened heart`
A basic family consist of the Father, the Mother and the Child. The child might be the only offspring or yet, have siblings. With siblings, there will be the eldest child be it a boy or a girl and with no siblings, there will be an only child. Since i was small and growing up , I thought of a lot of things as I am the eldest child and the only son. My Parents has three children, a boy and two girls. My thoughts were that one day the responsibilities of the family would all be on my shoulder to carry as my parents can't forever cater us all and their resources would one day be limited considering how the Country and world is heading. I would ponder on things like ... at what age would I start earning my first income? How will I become successful? What plan do I have for my life? What plans do I have in store for my parents and my sisters? and it haunts me to say that till today***...***
***... I HAVE NO CLUE.***
I have no clue and it saddens me ... at the moment, i am in College; my 2nd year and still basically depend on my parents, yeah I might have worked a shift or two at a job somewhere to earn money for sustenance and feeding but I feel that I should have been independent and be taking care of my family. Am I in a rush or in a hurry? Am I over thinking things and should reach the bridge before I cross it? Am I going way over my head and should just leave my parents to fend for me till they can't anymore, judging that they brought me into this world? Well , I might be right and yet still be wrong also but i have no clue. *I have no clue* on how to make my breakthroughs and become independent, *i have no clue* on what decisions I would make that will bring me one step closer to my dreams*, I have no clue* of where I am currently heading with my life decisions. All I do is just go with life's flow like a broken raft being washed downstream.
Things can sure get tough at times and I have to run back to my parents to help me out but what if they ain't there anymore ? or can't help me with whatever problems I might have ? what will I do? *I have no clue*. The stereotype all over the world is that male children should be the cup bearer of responsibilities ,or at least that what they believe in my country. A male child is being forced to do things and take actions that would lift him up to par and give him reputation amongst the society thereby lifting his family name , this is a given and is expected of every male child and most importantly when the male child is the eldest of the offsprings.
I have no clue as to what i am doing and what to do to achieve my dreams and goals of lifting my family name and not blowing away like dust amongst the troubles and hustling 'n' bustling of this life but I know with time , God will lead me through and I will see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Diamonds In The Rough #Prompt Factory
Lead Image is the Gallery Icon of my Samsung A10 mobile phone
Browsing through my articles feed and I just can't place my fingers on how I missed @meitanteikudo latest writing prompt:Gallery Raid which seems and gracefully coincided with my thoughts and plans for my articles this week to push some of my gallery photos to my friends here on read.cash. Honestly speaking, 70% of the photos in my gallery are memes or meme- related ... don't judge me guys , I am a great fan of humour both the good and the bad and memes just brings it all home . I need a good laugh and I got it stocked up in photos. I wouldn't be sharing my memes or any photo explicitly, I plan to follow some orders of photos that I will share with you guys meaning that I would get to select the best from the best pictures and separate the wheat from the shaft as you guys here on read.cash deserve the best. There are 12 categories which means you guys get to see 12 photos from my gallery, but unfortunately I don't have photos to fill all categories hey hey. Let ride on this memory train together, shall we ? https://read.cash/@meitanteikudo/prompt-gallery-raid-c785b2c2
I would like to copy @Jane also and do a search
hunt for those who can spot me to earn $0.05
but you would have to find in which photo the
search hunt lies. Have fun.
• **Oldest photo on your phone**
This is when I was still working in the printing press section. It is currently the oldest photo on my phone. This picture was taken 3 years ago... here you get to see printing in action. This is a 16-head printer with cooling fans and drying light printing out on a 8×16 banner flex. It a lot to grap right , yeah I know - I felt so when I just got the job too lol.
• **Latest photo on your gallery**
This picture was taken yesterday, Sunday at church. The lady besides me is a best friend on mine in the church. Since she rarely gets to see me now that I secured admission into the College , she forced me to take pictures with her to remember me by whenever I have left. It is a pretty decent picture if you ask me
• **A photo you have no idea what it is about**
This picture is ,if I can guess right, the drum set in my church- the snare to be particular. I have no idea why I took this or when I took the photo as it is a beaten up snare , if it was new . .. I would say I took the photo to boast around but this old and used up thing, I have no idea.
• **An embarrassing photo**
I have a lot of embarrassing photos cause I tag it fun having such photos, don't ask me why lol . This would be my champ most embarrassing as it was an early morning and I just woke up trying to unlock my phone but mistakenly took a selfie. My face was all swollen up cause I just woke up from a very long night of sleep
• **A selfie/groufie**
This picture symbolises family to me. Actually none of them are related to me by blood but they are all my departmental mates and have been very helpful and there for me when I needed them. This photo was taken in my college football field after we had just won a match. Try to find me and win a little something from me.
• **The best photo**
My best photo would be this particular photo . Don't sass me , i just had an haircut and want to feel my handsome self. I just protruded some fat in the cheeks and I was looking pretty fresh and clean. Is it a good photo of me ?
• **A Photo of food you want to eat again**
This meal was proposed to me by a Boss at work , we had a really long night that day and wanted to unwind. So he bought me this meal to take home and it was rich in assortments and taste as equally good. It is staple rice with fruit stew 😋 I would love to eat this again
• **Funniest Photo**
This photo was taken using the Snapchat app and the filter was a puppy one . I looks cute but as well funny as the dog ears and nose fitted me perfectly. I could call myslf a Papa Dog then
• **The Most memorable photo**
This photo was taken when I participated in my church football competition, it was once in a lifetime experience as it was a new programmes added and had age limits. I was to over grow that limit in that particular year and so , it marked my first and last football match with them . We took third out of 6 teams , I scored only one goal.
To continue the Spirit and Culture , I would like to pass the baton to @Abhay , @GarrethGrey07 and @FarmGirl as I would love to raid their gallery and see what they got .
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I would be forced to give up on the writing prompt: Gallery Raid by @Meitanteikudo as I couldn't upload my photos to read.cash and I already wrote it down
Building Blocks: The Vacuum Tubes
In my little words and knowledge, I would try
to discuss about the Vacuum tubes and derivative
as much as I can. I am not perfect and might make
some errors.
Vacuum tubes or Vacuum valves as most would call it are devices used to control the flow of electric currents. They are tubes with vacuum consisting of electrodes which can be either 2,3,4 or 5 in number that has a potential difference applied across them. Yeah these seems hard to digest and follow, so I thought also when I did my researches on them.
***This article would sound pleasing to those in the Science field or particularly, to Physics students. If you are not related to any of these or have no idea about what I am saying , no worries as you can start reading about them. If you don't have interest, it no bother all I am trying to say in this article is that we have come a long way in terms of technology advancements and we started somewhere with the Vacuum Tubes being one of those places. Without them , stuffs like listening to radio, charging our phones, watching the television,amplifying signals and major actions won't be possible. Smiles***
Now , I start: Glass Tubes that have been sealed and vacuumed off of air with electrodes across it ends having a potential difference across it can be termed Vacuum Tubes and they are used to control the flow of electric current. In order word, you can create your own vacuum tube but it might not be efficient as the ones produced industrially.
We have grown exponentially in the developments of Electronics and have had great achievements to show for it. Exceptional and impressive devices have been made that has aided us to where we are, devices of such being the *Vacuum Tubes*. Vacuum tubes are very important devices as they constitute as the building blocks of most Electronics and they are indispensable. There are different types of vacuum tubes with different operations such as the thermoionic tube or the phototube. The Phototubes and the Thermoionic tubes all involve the emissions of electrons from the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by the help of an electric field and polarity of plates but the mode of operation needed to emit the electrons differ. The Thermoionic tube uses the principle of heating the cathode element ( hot cathode ) thereby releasing electrons while the Phototube uses the principle of light of certain wavelength and frequency ( photoelectric ) to emit electrons. .
One of the most simple vacuum tube in terms of applications and construction would be the diode invented in 1904 by John Ambrose Fleming. It operates on the thermoionic principle consisting only of a hot cathode and an anode and the electric current produced can be controlled with the help of a control grid ; the diode is a one way device as it allows the flow of current only in one way - from the cathode to the anode. You must have all heard of the Light Emitting Diodes ( LEDs) which might have the word "*diode*" in it but these aren't vacuum tubes ... they work on another principle and a major constituent in LEDs is the semiconductor. They are also termed diode as they allow the flow of current in one direction also using a P-N junction which can be similar to the principle of a cathode and anode also.
What are LEDs ? Well ,they are those light indicators we see on our socket extension, phone chargers, blinking Christmas lights and more.. They can be termed little light bulbs . LEDs are different from Gas discharge tubes used for Neon lightings.
I come to a close on my little shout out to development.
***Disclaimer: This article was written from the product of series of research and information gathered by me. Feel free to DYOR This article can be subjected to correction as all information said were gathered by researches , they can or cannot be perfect.***
Ever Wondered ....
Alice in the Wonderland with Toto,her dog
following the path of the yellow bricks.
Have you ever wondered if there were other
paths with coloured bricks ?! Have fun imagining
😊😊
***It is another Sunny day and I am off to my favorite game shop where I P2P (Pay to Play not Peer to Peer) --lol- games mostly soccer be it FIFA or PES as I do not have my own console ( the play station 3 ) and I play to my satisfaction or till my money runs out and I leave. On my way home, I always wondered how nice it would be for me to have my own console and be playing my games right in my own house ... it sure would be nice, wouldn't it ?***
We all in one time of our lives or the other have wondered for a fantasy dream or a burning request to just be processed miraculously in the processors of life and POOF! Our fantasy granted. We wish so many times and on different occasions things that should happen in our lives whether we worked for it or not, so as to get things moving on smoothly and without hitches.
I wouldn't say I pretty much know the difference between "*Wondering*" and "*Wishing*". In my little words and knowledge, Wondering means dreams of the near or far future while Wishes means dreams of the present but permit me to use them interchangeably.
*Ever wondered you had a car and would stop the pain you feel using the crowded public transport just so you can have your privacy and a ready to use means of transport?*
*Ever wondered you had a car just so you could flex it to your friends and colleagues ?*
*Ever wondered you had a car just for the pride and luxury of having it - fleet of cars for exhibition to show dominance ?*
All the listed scenarios all point to one thing- the manifestation of a desire to suite a reason but merely speaking, they all want a car.
When we wish and fantasise, we should ask ourselves some questions;
• Do I have the means to fulfil this desire or is it a pipe's dream ?
• Do the satisfaction of these desires benefit only me or others as well?
• Will the manifestation of this desire hurt or cause harm to others •Is this wish of mine a need or a want ?
... *and so many more.*
Not all things good that is desired would be granted ... sometimes we all wish for things that are out of our capacity to happen even without working towards it. It is good to dream and wish for things for ourselves like having the best partner, getting the best job, having a profit-filled month and so on but sometimes these things seem out of reach and unattainable. Taking myself for an instance, I am a lover of Samsung Mobile Phones and all phones previously used by me are Samsung products with my current one being Samsung A10 ... I always wished of getting a new phone of Samsung S21 FE which costs over $600 for weeks now if not months and I have no Job or a sure and consistent source of income and moreover I am a College student.
Getting this phone would be of utmost joy and happiness to me as it would enhance and boost my productivity in all arrears but if i am to be factual to myslf , am I working towards getting this goal or all I am doing is just making myself feel good by imagining and wishing of good thoughts. Points been proven being that we are free to wonder and wish but are our wishes within our grasp of being achievable or accomplished or are we just fooling ourselves ?. People set high limits and standards for themselves that are achievable with enough and adequate preparation, hardwork and consistency in order to grow and progress not so they can just dream about it and move on .
We need to stop Wondering and wishing and get in action to the core of it all , make cogs move and make Wheels turn for a popular saying goes thus " *Heaven help those who helps themselves*" which means in the little you have sacrificed and sown, bountifully will be reaped.
Top Notch
Dealing with the everyday activities of life and coming out victorious everytime is a feat not many of us can achieve as those who succeed gets to face the next day while some don't get to see the next day ...
***I am going to be diverse and heterogeneous in this article of mine ... try something new than the routinely one***
*My Maternal Grandma's Sister passed away yesterday and we were all shocked and sad as she was a nice person , she is a Muslim and she is going to be buried today.*
I have spent over a week and close to two weeks on this beautiful platform and all I could say is that I am blessed and favoured to meet with such a platform as it not only helps to promote BCH in the community and creating awareness of BCH but it also enhances and promotes the use of news as many people from different backgrounds and origins get to write articles in diverse ways that we the users of the read.cash platform get to grab information and awareness from . Articles from ; @Jelena , @Theblackdoll and @Sweetiepie made me know more and get some insight about their countries which I wouldn't get from the news - to mention a few.
Since I joined read.cash , I have been writing an article per day with the intent of hitting all calendar days and hope to have written 365 articles by the end of this year , quite ambitious, right ~ lol ~ .This particular article would be my 13th ( you can deduce I spent 13days on read.cash ) and I really do enjoy it as everyday I come to the platform I get to interact with the articles of others , subscribe and upvote to articles - it is fun . In my 13 days journey also , I have two sponsors who I am glad for their contribution to my portfolio and would be ungrateful if I didn't appreciate them .
read.cash in general has been blissful and favorable to me and I would like to thank @MarcDeMesel as from the little I have gathered in my 13 days on read.cash is that he is to be thanked for the success of this platform ; I also thank all users who have been reading my articles. This opportunity won't have been available to me without the benevolence and help from @Abhay who introduced me to read.cash and has since been supportive of me .
You ever wondered what it feels or takes to be consistent? It is not such a big deal but becomes one when you fall out of track. Being consistent and always delivering doesn't seem a big deal to others but when you stop doing so , they take notice and nail you for being lazy and giving up. Were your efforts appreciated beforehand or noticed? People will always say and criticise no matter what you do and it is up to us not to get swayed by them..
I am a teen in my early twenties in the College majoring in Engineering, I have a lot of wishes to be granted if I can find where to tender them ~lol~ Do you know Broda Shagi is a Spongebob fan ?
You might wonder where the title of this article comes in- if you have read to this part , you are top notch. Top Notch means the of the best quality and standard. We all are top notch and our actions are top notch. Lol , don't mind my unseriousness. Let me end it here , see you guys soon .
You Gat The Issue of Mediocrity-itis
*Lead Image :* *Picture of me after getting a skin hair cut... I never wanted to but had to face my fears of being mocked whenever I did that haircut and I overcame it.* https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/sVLKsiN9eZ2I
The Talented and the Multi-Talented talk the talks and also walk the walks because they have what it takes, the confidence and the capabilities to take it on. We all at one stage of our lives would have felt the urge and drive to want to stand out maybe in our field of work, academics or career wise but feel limited as we are not more than we are , not more than average - nothing more or less. A mentality drive everywhere is that if you don't have the power and capacity don't attempt it. This helps alot as it draws lines to what one can do and his/her capabilities without one being embarrassed or tagged a failure but it also limits us in exploring our full potentials and being left to live in the shadows.
The mentality that only the Outstanding and Bright minds only succeed limits some other skills into even trying or taking a step also. Feeling mediocre is a belief of inferiority complex. We think we have no outstanding features or what it takes to be one of the top achievers. Feeling like we are not at the same level as our peers and acting left out all counts as being mediocre. Many try and fail and keep trying again till they achieve something of substance and importance... they not only face difficulties from others but also from themselves.
People doubt themselves and their capabilities to take on and overcome challenges as they feel they have no special or great qualities. There would be challenges and disturbances all through ones life and we must have the resolve to face them head on without having doubts to ourselves. Humans feed off other humans and I don't mean this literally ; all I am trying to piece is that the fools exist so that there can be the Wise , the poor exists so that there can be the Rich ... all things work hand in hand to achieve a common statement. If there were no sick people , the doctors won't work and if there is no crime, the police won't work.
Mediocrity is a natural phenomenon which must exist within the society for the development and uplifting of the system. All things being good has a bad side and all things being bad has a good side also. The issue of Mediocrity when seen as a disadvantage can be tackled by various means but all starting from one point - realising one's true potential and worth. The Rich oppresses the Poor and the Strong violates on the Weak , as it should be but what if the tables were to turn and the Poor stands up for himself likewise the weak ?
Let all learn to stand up for ourselves and one another when in a position of being considered average and ordinary as we have more we can offer than the world and ourself knows it .
May be I should be an Human Activist. 😆
The Unspoken Truth
The truth is bitter and uncalled for at times. We hear of being true and saying the truth almost every day of our life but do we really know what it means ?
According to Wiktionary, The Truth is a speech of true fact, genuine depiction and a statement of reality. These are all big words and grammar to me but compared to what I have seen and experienced , I can pretty much say what The Truth is. The Truth isn't just a sentence or speech that lay claims and positiveness to the acclaimed. It is a way of life , a feeling, a culture of being righteous and true to the claims. Pardon my Shakespeare and tangling use of words, I am something of a Shakespeare myself ~ lol ~.
Each and every one of us has that truth within us that is bound to die with us ,it might be an action of our own hands or a secret a friend told us or an illegal action that unfolded right before our eyes. I myself have loads of truth that I am bound to tell but will go the grave with me as I am not ready to face the consequences and life that would arise if I said them. I am not a Saint myself or a righteous but we live by codes and conduct. A country is bounded by rules and regulations that are meant to be abided and if broken, one would pay the penalty. Criminals whom commit crimes and atrocities either fess up or are caught whether they repent from such ways or not. A Criminal is ready to go back to his old ways if he/she says the truth and no one accepts him as he is or after he changed his ways ... this is mostly why majority of crime doers die and perish in the act.
Corruption and immoralities has eaten deep into the world and being bad to the bone is the order of the day. *Speak what is to be heard and show what is to be seen only and maybe you will live longer on Earth*. The unspoken truth is that feeling of wanting to set things straight even if it means going against all morales and beliefs of being righteous but you can't. Saying the truth can sometimes severe our relationship with loved ones and friends even if it meant you did the right thing, not all actions and gestures would be accepted by friends and family no matter how right and justifying they might be. Our true self might also not be accepted by the society and so we decide not to reveal and just stick with it all.
This is an unending cycle and is being engraved in the human's DNA right from birth and being passed on. We have little or nothing to lose and want to keep the little we have all to ourselves without incurring losses.
This is my 12/01 ramblings and I hope it meets you well .
The Biased System: A Cruel Life
The word ***Bias*** is no stranger to us likewise the word ***System***. Each word when used independently represents an attribute on its own either good or bad but when used together, it has only one attribute : *inequality*. The biased system has champions and losers fashioned out regardless of the candidates' choice and opinions. The biased system is self realising and it lets us view life from different perspectives as the biased system can favour and also disappoint.
Bias simply means preference or inclination to something/someone
System is a method or way with similar functions to other variables that is tasked with the execution of a common goal.
***These definitions are how I see the words and how best I can interprete them .***
A biased system represents a tampered and defiled rule. Rules meant to benefit everyone equally but only benefit some people due to reasons and in a bid to promote the system. This article is being written out of my mind and I would try my best to put it in writing as best as possible.
Venturing into a business just cause it is profitable and beneficial to others doesn't mean you would make an headway there. Doing things in the exact way as someone doesn't mean you would get the same outcome. Working extra hard than someone doesn't mean you would get an higher profit than him. You grow up to realise that Reality truly is disappointing. We the people of the world are not equal and same as most people and doctrines would say.
`A popular saying goes thus "All fingers are not equal" and it is seconded by "No one has two heads"`
What the first saying of "*All fingers are not equal* " points out is that the path of the brother might not be the path of the sister. Every individual shouldn't compare his success or growth to someone's else own as we have been destined to walk a path true and unique to each of us, favorable or not. Someone can make a breakthrough just by taking 5 steps while it can take another person 200 steps to also achieve the same breakthrough . Why is this so some might ask , I narrow it down to a biased system operating for its appreciation and worth as money, time and hardwork all won't be valued if we all do the same thing in the same manner and get the same results. A person who had to work 20 hours to earn $10 would appreciate the value of time,money and hardwork better than someone who had to work 1 hour to earn the same $10. Every man's path on earth is different regardless of whether it is fair and good to some than other. Some things ventured into in life might delay us and blindfold us from the real realisation of our true path just because they might seem like the right choice at the moment but no one can beat the system.
To the second saying of *No one has two head* , this deals down to with the right amount of efforts and sacrifices , no feat accomplished by someone is impossible for the others whereas this is a blunt lie as you can work and strive to achieve a goal someone has achieved and still not get it even though you have what it takes.
It pains me to say that this world as we know it is a system and each creature path has been designed. No matter what one does , he wouldn't go out of line of his designed path. The world is favorable and easy to some while it is hard and bitter to some regardless of what steps might have been taken or ventured in . I am not an Atheist or an Unbeliever , I do believe in God and that God exists but this article is just an eye opener and I might be proven wrong , who knows ?!
I am not able to write how I feel about this world in details but I hope you all get what I mean and my parting words would be to us all to find a path that is right for us and sets us on track in our designated journey of life.
Have a great day .
Non Pneumatic Tyres: The Next Big Thing
The World and Civilisation has evolved tremendously from the Stone age to the World as we know it today and each development and progress is in a bid to ease and make work easier for Mankind. Several inventions has been put to use and made by bright minds and scientists looking to cure and end dredgery like I made mention of an improvement in the Agricultural sector by adopting mechanised farming in an article of mine.
*● Here is the link if you wish to go check it out:* ***Mechanised Agriculture: An Improving Sector***
In the world today , 1 out of every 5 persons has a car if not all 5. Series of breakthroughs and discoveries have been made to improve and upgrade the Vehicle so that it is optimised to its best use and less of a trouble and painless to use for the user. Vehicles have being upgraded from being cranked to start to using keys to start it engines and now, Vehicles are being manufactured that just need the press of a switch to start or voice-automated which starts the car on command. https://read.cash/@SilverBack/mechanised-agriculture-an-improving-sector-b5078730
I would ask that you pardon my ramblings as it seems that I am going off-course from my main topic of *Non Pneumatic Tires* but it would seem odd if I just commenced on what I had to say and not make notable mentions of what the Vehicle had been before and what it is now and amazing improvements and progress that has been made .
The word Pneumatic simply dials to *" relating to air, compressed air or gases"* - you know what I mean. The conventional tires used in vehicles today can be called Pneumatic Tires as they are tires comprising of compressed air used for their inflation.
The Wheel as we know of is one of the most wonderful invention of man and it composite materials evolved from being made of rocks to woods and now Latex. The Wheel has its history and dates way back to before civilisation but I would leave that for another day as it seems I am derailing from my main article topic a lot . Vehicle tyres are Wheels; they ease the movement of the car from a point A to B .. the power to do so is given by the engine but the wheel transmit that power into rotational motion that counts as moving.
***Non Pneumatic Tyres***
These are tyres that don't work on the principles of inflatable tubes with compressed air to give rigid structure to the tires. They are made from condensed cells of Polyurethane that stretches and compresses when force is applied to it and it possesses deformable spokes which allows transmission of stress and force.
Simply put, you don't need to go to the mechanic or car repair to inflate them when punctured.
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They are not hollow as the regular tires but have internal structure built to give it it's rigid shape and also support load. It is also a great user choice over Pneumatic tires when dealing with terrains and off road paths .They come in handy and usefulness to us as they can't be affected or rendered ineffective by being punctured by a nail or a sharp object as the nail would simply just pierce it and do no damage as it doesn't comprise of air that would leak away
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Non Pneumatic tires cover and solves a whole range of Car drivers problems like worries of changing tire when on a trip due to decrease in compressed air pressure or worrying about punctures to the tires. They are not in use all over the world yet in Vehicles but are being put to great use in lawn mowers, bicycles, NASA space rovers.
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Non Pneumatic tires ain't invisible also and are not everlasting. They also undergo wear and tear but not as frequent as Pneumatic tires. They can be quite of handful if mud or snow builds up in its orifices; research is being made on how to tackle such problems. They are heavier than the Pneumatic Tyres also but it is a great accomplishment when all flaws are tackled.
***Disclaimer: All things said in this article are due to researches and info gathered by me. You are free to DYOR . All links used refer to images relating to this article and no image belongs to me.***
The Blue Dress - 2
Piece by piece like a 7-year old solving a jigsaw puzzle, Jeremy's memories came to, not like he had a choice as he single-handedly realised these henchmen were ready to kill him at any moment if he didn't give them something other than the colour of a dress and he began remembering what happened at the club. Like an hypnotist snapping his hand to bring his assistant out of the dream world , everything suddenly became crystal clear to Jeremy and he heaved a big sigh and nodded his head with his face down as little beads of tears rolled down his swollen eyes and travelled the long way down his bruised cheeks to settle on the deep recesses of his bled-out lips *~ yeah, he was in the bad shape ~* It seems the jolts of electricity had jump started his memories and in a way , Jeremy was grateful for that torture.
***He had truly went to the club with Sean and they met with a girl in a blue dress but it wasn't anything to write home about as the meeting with the girl started the domino effect of their unforseen misfortune which has led to Sean losing his life.***
The girl in the blue dress name was Amber and she was a thief ; a digital thief to be precise... at least that was what Jeremy had pieced together considering his situation. Jeremy remembered that she came up to them and proposed them with a business of drop-off. They were to help her deliver an hard disk containing details and data of several wallets with seed phrases to an Arab Mogul who wants to buy such from her. Apparently , that was what Amber does for a living ; she generates and revenues income in terms of coins,NFTs and tokens ( from all sources legal and illegal which might include initiating rug pulls and scamming people) and store them in hard drives and sell to Moguls and rich people who want to buy for seemingly lesser price than the value worth of its content and hold on till the market price increases and sell so they can profit or probably also sell at an elevated price to a fellow companion- apparently , Amber doesn't belive the Cryptoverse prophecy and wants to make profit as soon as possible. Sean had asked why she can't deliver it herself and she replied, *"This is how I do my business"* ; Sean being skeptical about her left the table leaving Jeremy and Amber sitted. After long talks , she left and Jeremy was able to convince Sean to follow him up on this offer that she pays a good percentage to them and Sean agrees to Jeremy.
***Little does Jeremy knows that Amber was a thief who had stolen the Arab Mogul hard disk and since it was encrypted and any attempt to decrypt or force the data out of it would destroy the content, she was only left with an option of accepting ransome and she needed someone to spear head for her. That was where innocent Jeremy and Sean came in. Even though Amber knew her plan had a success rate of less than 5% as the Mogul might try to hold Jeremy and Sean and force out her location from them , she still risked their lives and gambled ~ seems she had the minting spirit in her ~***
Amber was right after all as her plan fell through leaving Jeremy and Sean in the Lion's den as they were ambushed at the Drop-Point and in a bid to escape out of fear and panic, they had an accident. Their bodies were retrieved from the damaged car by the henchmen and brought back with them for torturing . It seems Sean came to, his senses, earlier than Jeremy and couldn't keep up with the torture and pretty seemed he wasn't much of a useful resource to the henchmen anymore as he said he only knew the girl name and that she wore *a blue dress* the day they met at the club and that Jeremy was the one who finished the deal.
The day passed by without the henchmen visiting Jeremy and on the next day , he was woken by the loud sound of the Catholic Bell and he knew it was Sunday ... that he had spent two days in captivity , all for greed . Had he know he should have listened to Sean. The henchmen visited Jeremy and as he had figured out , they filled him on the details and he knew he had fell victim .
"*Where is she ?!"* ... the henchmen asked again with a gun pointed to Jeremy's head who had his eyes closed and uncontrollably tears running down his cheeks. Unfortunately, what he knew was what Sean knew also -no more, no less - Amber played her game well . Saying silent prayers to himself and pinning the death of his best friend to himself , Jeremy bellowed *" I don't know"* and with a bang that even Jeremy didn't hear , his story came to a halt. Greed and negligence to DYOR fated Jeremy's doom .
A Dream I Had # Prompt Factory
I slept late yesterday or should I say today ? Today being the 8th of January and yesterday being the 7th of January, continuing from my day -to-day activity of the 7th of January I slept at 4:40Am 8th of January to wake up 10:52Am 8th of January.
Confusing ,right ? ~ lol ~ I know also .
**- I HAD A DREAM -**
I already had an article I was to publish today with it title *" The Fiend"* but the dream I had in my trans-sleep today was as interesting and mysterious as to not be told to my read.cash pals. I am going to narrate the dream as it was to the best of my abilities without mincing words or adding derivatives which would seem pretty difficult as I have forgotten most of the dream.
***I START:***
I saw and felt my presence in the body of a sea traveller, he looked like the Captain of the ship but there was no single crew and a name of *Jehoshaphat* kept repeating in my head as the Captain's name *(I have no idea as to how this name came to be maybe it was a subconscious name-build from the first letter of the name of my fictious main character, Jeremy in my last article:* *A Blue Dress* https://read.cash/@SilverBack/the-blue-dress-987d5f10
I was the Captain Jehoshaphat and I was heading to an island which was in my line of sight at full speed. I got to the shore , anchored my ship and went on to the island ... as I stepped foot on the island , the next scene I saw was that of a city looking like the appearance build of New York City . As it was a dream ( *which I later got to know when I woke up )* , my mind didn't argue or flinch that how did I get to this city from the island.
I was a young man in his late twenties with a sword strapped to my waist and a side kick named Sylvia besides me *( I don't know how I knew she was my side kick , how she got to my side or how I knew her name - maybe it was another subconscious name-build as my latter article had only two names; Jeremy and Sean )* .We walked a little and the next scenery was Us , fighting nasty flying parademons and to my surprise, well subconsciously, I was good with the sword and had skills plus it also seemed I had a bit of a magic spells that I casted . ~ I am also a magician , cool ~ We defeated the parademons and Sylvia was nowhere to be found and I didn't even bother and just continued in my journey- dreaming, that is *-*
***A QUICK ONE :*** *Why don't our dream characters ask obvious questions at times , like you can be in a car driving on the road and maybe as soon as you want to alight the car , you find yourself in a swimming pool ... Normally , we are to wonder how that transition took place but the dream character don't do such except on rare occasions where even yourself the dream caster ,would question such thing subconsciously .*
It seems my morning rambles is kind of getting long and boring, I just thought to share with you guys what I experienced in the dream world . I wish you guys were there 😆 . I wold up feeling refreshed and energetic
The Blue Dress
The splash of the cold cringing water woke him up from his tired slumber. He came to, his senses blurred and his eyes dizzy. He felt to stretch his arms and legs as he had a rather uncomfortable sleep but to his surprise, his hands and feet were tied to the rather old but sturdy chair with a man holdig a pail bucket in his hand facing him and with him, were two other guys whose faces screamed pain. Jeremy is still having a hard time recollecting who these guys were and how he got there when a solid disgusting punched swerved his face to the far corner of the room. The sight he caught was rather terrifying; a dead man body. Jeremy really knew at that time that things were truly real and that he was in a trouble. His face still hurting , he heard a question from one of the men in the room saying *"Where is she ?! "* . Jeremy questioned himself to think and asked the hefty man *" Who are you talking about ?!"* ... no one answered him and the men all proceeded to leave the room slamming the door shut behind them.
Jeremy was relieved as he had time to catch his breath and try to think things through as to how he got into this situation, the dead man body in the room and who the henchmen *~ as they kind of looked like one ~* were talking about. All he could piece together was that it was a Friday and he closed from work to go home. He drove home and on getting home he showered, ate and watched some movies. He was a single man so he went clubbing with his friend, Sean that night. It then struck him ... *" Where the hell is Sean ?"* .
Jeremy was glitched with a memory that the dead man body lying down on the floor in the room was Sean!
He argued with his subconscious and stopped to catch his breath for a second as he was binge thinking all what could have happened. He then took the liberty to scan through the room with his eyes and what he saw was as frightening as his situation. Blood stains, torture tools, bullet shells and the stench foul odour of the room all moved him to tears and no sooner had the men come in again. The shirt colour of one one the henchmen, the colour Blue struck a memory to Jeremy but it was all blurry and unplaced. They took the liberty of telling him that they had killed his friend and that he was laying over there , it then occurred to Jeremy that his memories were all somewhat true and that the dead body was Sean's !
The henchmen asked again *"Where is she ?!* " and he said sobbingly *" I don't know who you are talking about, I don't want to die please .... Please ! I beg you "* Unhinged and unhindered, the henchmen felt no pity . Jeremy felt a cold object on his feet and it was then he noticed he had metal braces on his feet *~ how did they get there , he muttered ~* and he saw one of the henchmen bring forth clamps to be attached to the braces on his feet and he was puzzled and still in a daze of what is to be done to him . In the flip of a Start and Stop switch, volts of electricity ran through Jeremy's body and he almost blacked out. It was then he knew what the braces were for , coming back to his senses to the deaf-sounding question of *"Where is she ?! "* again ; he replied saying *" I don't know anything "* .... the henchmen continued with the torture and after several flips of the switch which sends life threatening volts of electricity through Jeremy's body , his brain clicked and he shouted in pain and agony crying ...
... ***" WAS IT THE GIRL IN THE BLUE DRESS ?! "***
The henchmen looked at each other and left the room , leaving Jeremy to his thoughts and all battered up.
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