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Good Friday in Brazil is always the Friday before Christ's crucifixion and Easter Sunday which is not on a certain date every year. It honors Jesus and all he did as well as mourning his death.
To honor this day Christians will go to special church services in preparation for Easter Sunday. Many will also mourn Jesus's death and read the new testament in the Bible.
Many Christians believe this holiday derived from the day of God's Friday. While others speculate that it is called good Friday to realize how Christ defeated death itself.


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Q: Allocating array of strings in cuda Let us assume that we have the following strings that we need to store in a CUDA array.
"hi there"
"this is"
"who is"
How do we declare a array on the GPU to do this. I tried using C++ strings but it does not work.

A: Probably the best way to do this is to use structure that is similar to common compressed sparse matrix formats. Store the character data packed into a single piece of linear memory, then use a separate integer array to store the starting indices, and perhaps a third array to store the string lengths. The storage overhead of the latter might be more efficient that storing a string termination byte for every entry in the data and trying to parse for the terminator inside the GPU code.
So you might have something like this:
struct gpuStringArray {
    unsigned int * pos;
    unsigned int * length;  // could be a smaller type if strings are short
    char4 * data; // 32 bit data type will improve memory throughput, could be 8 bit
}

Note I used a char4 type for the string data; the vector type will give better memory throughput, but it will mean strings need to be aligned/suitably padded to 4 byte boundaries. That may or may not be a problem depending on what a typical real string looks like in your application. Also, the type of the (optional) length parameter should probably be chosen to reflect the maximum admissible string length. If you have a lot of very short strings, it might be worth using an 8 or 16 bit unsigned type for the lengths to save memory.

A really simplistic code to compare strings stored this way in the style of strcmp might look something like this:
__device__ __host__
int cmp4(const char4 & c1, const char4 & c2)
{
    int result;

    result = c1.x - c2.x; if (result !=0) return result;
    result = c1.y - c2.y; if (result !=0) return result;
    result = c1.z - c2.z; if (result !=0) return result;
    result = c1.w - c2.w; if (result !=0) return result;

    return 0;
}

__device__ __host__
int strncmp4(const char4 * s1, const char4 * s2, const unsigned int nwords)
{
    for(unsigned int i=0; i<nwords; i++) {
        int result = cmp4(s1[i], s2[i]);
        if (result != 0) return result;
    }

    return 0;
}

__global__
void tkernel(const struct gpuStringArray a, const gpuStringArray b, int * result)
{
    int idx = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;

    char4 * s1 = a.data + a.pos[idx];
    char4 * s2 = b.data + b.pos[idx];
    unsigned int slen = min(a.length[idx], b.length[idx]);

    result[idx] = strncmp4(s1, s2, slen);
}

[disclaimer: never compiled, never tested, no warranty real or implied, use at your own risk]
There are some corner cases and assumptions in this which might catch you out depending on exactly what the real strings in your code look like, but I will leave those as an exercise to the reader to resolve. You should be able to adapt and expand this into whatever it is you are trying to do.

A: You have to use C-style character strings char *str. Searching for "CUDA string" on google would have given you this CUDA "Hello World" example as first hit: http://computer-graphics.se/hello-world-for-cuda.html
There you can see how to use char*-strings in CUDA. Be aware that standard C-functions like strcpy or strcmp are not available in CUDA!
If you want an array of strings, you just have to use char** (as in C/C++). As for strcmp and similar functions, it highly depends on what you want to do. CUDA is not really well suited for string operations, maybe it would help if you would provide a little more detail about what you want to do.

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I am always on the lookout for a different way to cook chicken. My kids love chicken and I can always find a decent deal on chicken at the grocery store when I watch for good sales. I found this recipe and knew immediately that I had to try it out!
The brown sugar and garlic added a nice flavor to the chicken breast meat. I was really impressed at how the sweet and savory flavor of the brown sugar and garlic really infused into the meat making each bite tender, juicy and packed with a lot of flavor. The kids really enjoyed this recipe too and it is one I will be making again and again I am sure!
I added a side of steamed rice and spooned some of the leftover liquid from the crock-pot over the rice and it was delicious!
You can also easily make this into a freezer meal by doing a bit of prep work ahead of time and adding everything to a freezer bag!
Everyone will love this easy 4 ingredient slow cooker recipe. Serve the cooked chicken over rice with a side of veggies for a simple meal full of great flavor!
In a large skillet heat the olive oil and minced garlic and cook for a minute or two, just until the garlic starts to turn translucent but not browned.
Add in brown sugar and heat until brown sugar has melted.
Add chicken to a bowl and pour garlic and brown sugar mixture over it.
Add the chicken to a 5 - 6 quart crock-pot and cook on LOW for 2 to 4 hours.
Serve over hot cooked white or brown rice.
Freezer meal instructions: Follow instructions 1 through 3 above. Place everything in a gallon sized zippered freezer bag and squish out as much air as possible before zipping closed. Label your bag with name of dish and cooking instructions.
To to cook freezer meal: Place frozen meal in refrigerator overnight to partially thaw ingredients OR place frozen bag in a sink of cold water to thaw just enough to be able to easily dump contents of bag into your slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours from a partially frozen state.
This recipe was alright. I followed the directions exactly. The brown sugar never dissolved, instead began to caramelize. I quickly removed and added to the chicken. The chicken did come out moist. The flavor was sweet and savory but kind of bland. Missing something. This one was a no go at my house.
Like Kristen said this recipe was meh.
Followed the directions exactly but like she said the brown sugar never dissolved, but started to caramelize. I to quickly removed it and added it to the chicken but mine immediately got hard.
The chicken did come out moist but flavor was not the greatest, it was slightly sweet and pretty much bland.
This one was a no go at my house too. Will NOT make this again.
I will try this, but will add salt and pepper. I think that will help the flavor that these reviewers said was missing.


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The 6th Floor | Behind the Cover Photo: On Digging Up a Super-Rare Shot of Adam Yauch
Behind the Cover Photo: On Digging Up a Super-Rare Shot of Adam Yauch
By Amy Kellner
January 1, 2013 10:00 am January 1, 2013 10:00 am
Credit Glen E. Friedman
Glen E. FriedmanCredit Darren Wellhoefer
The cover of The Lives They Lived issue this past Sunday featured a never-before-published photograph of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys taken by Glen E. Friedman. Amy Kellner, one of the magazine's photo editors, talked to Friedman about the story behind that photo. Here are some of the highlights of their conversation.
On meeting the Beastie Boys:
I've been friends with the Beastie Boys for a really long time. I met them through Arabella Field, our good mutual friend who grew up with Adam since they were born. (Field took the photo of Yauch with two cigarettes in his mouth, featured in the article.) I was actually living in L.A. when I met them, but I was in New York a lot. It was 1981 or 1982.
On photographing other bands:
I had already done my first album photo at that point for the Adolescents. I had also been photographing bands like the Bad Brains, Black Flag, the Stimulators, the Mad, the Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys. The Beastie Boys actually came to California as a group for the first time in 1985 (opening for Madonna!), and I had done a photo session with them because I was really inspired by them doing hip-hop. They didn't know anybody in Los Angeles, so I brought them all around and introduced them to some people and got them on a couple of radio shows because of my experience working with bands at that time.
On making a spontaneous photo shoot happen:
I came to California for Thanksgiving just to be with family in 1991, and I had given the Beastie Boys a call. We hadn't seen each other in a long time and they invited me down to their studios out in Atwater Village in Los Angeles to just hang out and see their skate ramp in the studio and listen to "Check Your Head" before it came out. I was just totally blown away and totally inspired by the album, and so I told them that we should take photos before I had to go back to New York. They said sure, let's do it, it will be like old times.
On the challenge of coming up with an album cover:
Capitol Records, 1992.Credit
Unfortunately, they had said that the album cover for "Check Your Head" had already been picked, and I said that I'll try and outdo that. So Adam had an idea — he wanted me to create for them their own version of the photo that's on the cover of Minor Threat's seven-inch EP "Salad Days." So we met up early in the morning at the Capitol Records building and we took a roll or two of black and white right in that area. There was a picture of them sitting on the curb that we took at the end of the first roll, and I knew that was their shot, I knew that was their version of the "Salad Days" photo and it became the album cover, replacing the original one they had chosen. When I had gotten back to New York after that, I faxed them all the photos right away — that was the way to get it to someone back then. I had a really good fax machine. They got the fax of the photos on the other end and literally they liked that one shot so much they put it on the album cover as a fax.
On shooting in an old torn-down structure:
After I took that shot of the three of them, we decided to keep shooting. I brought them down to Sorrento Beach, which is in Santa Monica right across from where there was this pool that everyone skated in back in the '70s. I knew about it because I partially grew up around there. So it just had some resonance for me. And then there was this old torn-down structure right across the street from the parking lot. It was late in the day and the light was hitting it just incredibly, and I said, "Let's climb up there and let's take these photos." That shot of Adam I guess was during some downtime while we were just playing around up there in that destroyed structure, and it was very close to the end of the day. It was just an outtake, an individual image of him and I didn't have an individual image of anyone else. It just looked cool, it just looked like him. He was very into snowboarding at the time, and that's why you see he's wearing his down jacket and that ski hat and stuff.
On digging up the photo:
When you let me know there was a possibility of a cover for The Lives They Lived, I dug extra deep into my extensive Beastie archive to find a solo shot of Adam that had never been published or even seen by anyone else ever. This one fit the requirements well, I thought, for our hometown newspaper. My only wish is that it had been shot in New York.
Correction: January 2, 2013
An earlier version of this post referred incorrectly to Minor Threat's recording "Salad Days." It was a seven-inch EP, not an album, and the photograph that Glen E. Friedman was trying to recreate for the Beastie Boys was on the front cover, not the back.
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Parkinsonism is a broad term that is used to describe a condition where an individual exhibits symptoms that are common to Parkinson's disease. The individual may be suffering from either atypical Parkinson's or secondary Parkinson's, or the symptoms may be the result of a reaction to one or more medications. There are four primary symptoms that indicate the presence of Parkinsonism in some fashion.
Parkinsonism is a term used to describe a condition where a person exhibits symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
A diagnosis of Parkinsonism usually involves the exhibition of at least three of four essential symptoms. First, the individual may be experiencing tremors that he or she cannot contain. Next, a slowing of motor skills known as hypokinesia may be present. Third, the individual may find any type of movement hard to initiate, resulting in rigidity. Last, postural instability or an inability to maintain proper posture may occur.
Parkinson's Syndrome may indicate that Parkinson's disease is in the early stages. However, tests conducted under the direction of a qualified health professional is necessary to confirm or deny the root causes of the symptoms. All symptoms associated with Parkinsonism can also be due to other medical conditions. At the same time, a recently prescribed medication may be the origin of one or more symptoms.
Depending on the origin of the condition, Parkinsonism may be able to be effectively treated. This is particularly the case when medication is determined to be the cause of the problems. Often, simply changing to a different medication will make it possible to eliminate the symptoms as soon as the original medication is out of the bloodstream. When medication is the root cause, the patient may see improvement in as little time as twenty-four hours after discontinuing use of the drug.
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I am so sorry to hear how your grandson has been affected and I pray that your family will be able to find some relief from all the symptoms. You mentioned that he was never tested for Parkinsonism. Is it too late for him to be tested?
I am sure you have tried everything. Perhaps someone who is experiencing similar circumstances will read your post, and submit a post of their own that will be helpful to you. God bless you and your little grandson as you search for answers.
My daughter given a medication for her pre-eclampsia but it didn't help the matter. so the doctor decided to induce labor and kept her on that medicine so during delivery she would not have a seizure. After delivery she was kept on that medicine(12/16~12/20) and was told that she couldn't breast feed her boy because this particular medicine. Friday evening the 20th the IV was taken off and she was handed her son to be breast fed. I told the doctor," I thought she couldn't breast feed because of the medicine you guys just took her off", they told me he'll be all right. The very next day between 12 and 1 p.m., he had his first episode. He was rushed to the nursery, they worked on him and couldn't figure it out. By early sunday morning he was being brought to my daughter's room, I could hear him crying It was 5 a.m. The nurse came in the room before she reached me, she turned and put him back on the cart and she went back to the nursery. Shortly later he was admitted to the P.I.C.U., where he stayed till he was released on the 26th of december, but not until they took more tests that was sent to the mainland and we had to wait for 3 days for results. He had 3 spinal taps at 5 weeks old, he had an CT scan, He had ad EEG, he even had an MRI, nothing.
He started on phenobarbital. After awhile it wasn't enough. Another med was added, w/in a month the second med was dropped. Dilantin was added. After awhile the doctor tried to wean him off the dilantin, which he was on for over a year and tried to wean him in a week. He was brought down to 1 tablet and he had a really big seizure. Now they realize he can't be off Dilantin. Later the phenobarbital was dropped and topomax was added. Artane was also added later because of the side effects from the Dilantin, according to his neurologist. Now after all this time the Artane is not working because he is throwing himself going through uncontrollable movements. Even the Diastat that he uses when he has a seizure (to use after 5 min) doesn't take effect till a good 25~30 min later, cause his seizure lasts a good 45 minutes. When he picks up weight the meds are not enough, but if he dossen't get his meds it like he's having a withdrawal. And I also believe that the Keppre keeps the Dilantin from draining and holds some back, so when we continue to give hin his meds the Dilantin keeps building up and he becomes very floopy. The norm for Dilantin is about 10~11, but for my grandson his has to be 22~25.
he takes 3tabs, 50 mg dilantin, 5 cap, 25 mg,6 ml each of Keppra and Artane. All these meds are given twice a day, morning and evening,
I honestly believe that the high blood pressure medicine that my daughter was given before, during and after is the initial cause and some of his meds are also contributing to the cause, Like Artane, that is for Parkinsonism, which he was never tested for. Because till today they still don't know why.
This all started when he was 4 days old, he 6 today and will be 7 this coming december. I feel sorry for my grandson.
His beginning was small twitches of the wrist, today his whole body is into it, and he can't sleep alone because he makes no sound when he has a seizure. He's never had a seizure in his sleep, he always got up. His seizure has changed big time from his beginnings right up to today. --Mahalo Nui Loa, Sarah


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Coronavirus: England players in 'ongoing discussions' with ECB over central contracts
Representatives for England players will continue talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over how to help the game during the coronavirus pandemic, though they have not received any demands from their employers to take a pay cut.
Having already revealed this week that they will provide a £61million support package to help ease the financial issues caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the ECB announced on Wednesday measures to reduce employee salaries as they aim to protect jobs in the long term.
Chief executive Tom Harrison has agreed to take a 25 per cent cut, while members of the executive management and team board will see their wages lowered by 20 per cent.
A report by ESPNcricinfo earlier in the day suggested the England squad had so far declined an invitation to follow suit, though all-rounder Ben Stokes called the story "utter lies" on Twitter.
In a statement, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) said discussions for both the men's and women's team continue with the ECB over "all aspects of the game", including contracts.
"Regarding the England players, both men and women, separate and ongoing discussions are taking place between the ECB and the management boards of both the Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) and the England Women's Player Partnership (EWPP), which respectively represent these players," the statement read.
"Contrary to media speculation in communication this week, the ECB confirmed to centrally contracted players that there would not be any demands placed on England players to take any wage reductions to their central contracts.
"However, the England men's players through TEPP and the England women's players through EWPP have been and will continue to be in regular communication with the ECB.
"They will be discussing all aspects of the game that the ECB and the players are currently facing and most importantly how the players can best support their employers, the game and the country in the short, medium and long term. These issues shall also include the wellbeing of the entire cricket family, the playing of the game and the players' contracts."
Limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan made clear he is "extremely willing to help" amid the global crisis, with the English season not scheduled to start until May 28 at the earliest.
"In the extremely uncertain times at the moment where nobody seems to have any answers about the actual impact it will have on international cricket, English cricket, county cricket - I'm open to absolutely everything," Morgan said.
"I'm very aware of how serious the situation is, I'm very aware that everybody will be affected from top to toe within the game and every sport, so I'm open to helping when and where I can."
Coronavirus: Morgan keen to help in COVID-19 fight, disputes England pay cut claims
Eoin Morgan is "open to absolutely everything" to help efforts against the coronavirus pandemic but believes England's cricketers are entitled to more guidance amid a public clamour for them to take a temporary pay cut.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced a £61million support package on Tuesday to address "the biggest challenge the ECB has faced in its history".
A reduction in salary's for England's centrally contracted players is not yet a part of that effort, although ESPNcricinfo reported ECB chief executive Tom Harrison had written to his counterpart at the Professional Cricketers' Association, Tony Irish, to suggest the country's leading cricket stars should take a lead on this matter.
Harrison himself has volunteered to take a 25 per cent reduction in salary, with the executive management team and board taking a 20 per cent cut for the two months starting April 1. Some staff will also be asked to consent to furloughing under the UK government's coronavirus scheme, before having their salaries topped back up to 100 per cent by the ECB.
Ben Stokes tweeted to strongly dispute the suggestion he and his team-mates had elected not to take a pay cut, while Morgan told reporters on Wednesday that he had not seen the letter.
"I'm extremely willing to help where I know it's going to make a difference," he said.
"In the extremely uncertain times at the moment, where nobody seems to have any answers of the actual impact it will have on international cricket, English cricket, county cricket, I'm open to absolutely everything.
"I'm very aware how serious the situation is, I'm very aware that everybody will be affected from top to toe within the game and in every sport.
"I'm open to helping where and when I can."
This is utter lies George https://t.co/9XsdduxEFR
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Morgan explained he felt finding the appropriate response was complicated for cricket players because their immediate plans are in such a state of flux.
"The difficult thing we find at the moment when we talk as players is that we can't answer that – we can't answer what is the best way to help out as players," he said.
"Is it to engage on social media? Is it to engage in other streams? Is it just to sit back and let this pass and hopefully we'll play?
"In relation to what we're trying to do and play cricket, get back out on the field, it seems to be quite a while away. The advice that we will be continually getting over the coming weeks is the important stuff."
One of Morgan's World Cup-winning colleagues to have taken a pro-active step in this regard is Jos Buttler.
I'm going to be auctioning my World Cup Final shirt to raise funds for the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals charity. Last week they launched an emergency appeal to provide life saving equipment to help those affected during the Covid-19 outbreak. Link to auction in my bio. pic.twitter.com/ODN9JY4pk1
— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) March 31, 2020
The Lancashire wicketkeeper has put his shirt from last year's dramatic final triumph over New Zealand at Lord's up for auction on eBay, with the highest bid already in excess of £65,000.
Buttler's shirt is signed by the entire England team and the proceeds will be donated to the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity, to fund life-saving equipment to help those affected by COVID-19.
"It's an incredibly kind gesture," Morgan said. "Certainly, I'm not one for holding on to memorabilia and if I can help out in any way by auctioning off or donating to charity, I do what I can.
"Other people are different. We've seen during the Australian bushfires, where Shane Warne auctioned his baggy green cap for a million dollars or something ridiculous.
"The impact that can have on so many lives, as opposed to sitting in somebody's drawer and just having it as a bit of a trophy – personally that's something I don't understand.
"Jos, I suppose, is one of those guys. I think his shirt will go for a lot of money but the gesture in itself, to help aid and buy new equipment, I think is outstanding."
Coronavirus: ECB provides £61m support package 'to keep the lights on'
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a £61million support package to "keep the lights on" amid concerns the entire season will be lost due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison on Tuesday warned the governing body faces the biggest challenge in its history with the United Kingdom in lockdown.
Around £40m has been made available immediately as first-class counties and local cricket boards suffer from the financial impact of COVID-19, while around a further £21m will follow in interest-free loans for recreational clubs in a bid to ensure cricket can survive at all levels.
The start of the county season has already been delayed by six weeks until May 28, but there are fears that no play will be possible at all.
Alternatively, England's Test and limited-overs sides could play at the same time to cram in fixtures later in the season, while the inaugural edition of The Hundred may be postponed until next year or staged behind closed doors.
Harrison also confirmed that England players with central contracts will not be asked to take a pay cut or furloughed.
He said in a statement: "It is no exaggeration to say this is the biggest challenge the ECB has faced in its history.
"We are working around the clock to understand the impact on the game and we have taken these short-term steps to help counties and clubs get through the immediate impact."
Harrison added: "This is a real hammer blow to our plans. Our season is massively under threat now. It's an incredibly difficult time for the country and the game.
"Everyone will be impacted. Right now we are addressing the short term. There's more pain ahead if we lose a substantial portion of the season. We are building scenarios where we can take further steps as needed. We don't think this will be the end of it.
"We won't be playing until we know it is safe for players and eventually fans. We will then be prioritising the most valuable forms of the game: first international cricket, then the Blast and maybe The Hundred as and when we get there.
"This money - £40million in cash for immediate and then £20million in interest-free loans - is to give certainty in these extremely difficult times. It's to keep the lights on."
Coronavirus: CSA not planning Proteas pay cuts, but future salaries may be impacted
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is not planning to implement pay cuts for Proteas players during the coronavirus pandemic, though future salaries could be affected.
The Proteas' tour of India in March was cut short due to the proliferation of COVID-19 and all forms of cricket in South Africa were cancelled for 60 days on March 16.
Australia's visit to face the women's team was called off, while trips for the men to Sri Lanka in June and the West Indies in July could be in jeopardy if the situation has not improved six weeks prior to the start of those respective tours.
However, CSA chief executive Jacques Faul does not anticipate the salaries of players to be impacted in the short term, though the pot for future payments may have to be reduced.
"For now we've budgeted for the amount. It's a centralised system so both the Proteas and the franchise players have been budgeted for and we have enough to see through the next season," said Faul during a conference call.
"The players will lose out on match fees and win bonuses. If these tours are rescheduled they'll get the money. In the long term even if we cover this season we have to look at what it's going to be post this season and the financial impact of that and how much will be available to contract players.
"We've got to crunch the numbers first and experience the total effect of COVID-19, but it is a possibility the players will be receiving less of a player payment pool.
"I cannot see anyone for now getting less money than they're contracted for, but in future the allocation going to players I can see that being less."
Graeme Smith signed a three-month contract as director of cricket in December and Faul stated clarity on the former captain's tenure will be provided next week.
"We're in final negotiations with Graeme there will be an announcement next week," he said.
"We're at an advanced stage of the negotiations and hopefully we can make an announcement next week."
Coronavirus: Australia-New Zealand series postponed as Black Caps rush home
Australia's remaining ODI matches against the Black Caps and the upcoming Twenty20 series have been postponed after the New Zealand government introduced strict travel conditions due to coronavirus.
The cancelation of the series comes as New Zealand enforce a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period for those entering the country from midnight on Sunday (local time) amid the global COVID-19 outbreak.
After Australia's 71-run win over New Zealand in Friday's ODI opener played without fans at the SCG, the hosts were due to face the Black Caps in Sydney (Sunday) and Hobart (March 20) for the final two 50-over fixtures.
New Zealand were also set to host a three-match T20 series, starting in Dunedin on March 24, however, the games have been called off as the Black Caps rush home.
"Arrangements are being made to fly the bulk of the squad home this evening [Saturday]," New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said in a statement.
"NZC believes both these series can be replayed in their entirety at a later and more appropriate date.
"NZC understands and supports the government's position. This is a time of unprecedented risk and peril, and the personal health and well-being of our players is paramount."
New Zealand's border restrictions could also impact the A-League, NRL and Super Rugby competitions.
Coronavirus continues to disrupt sport across the world, with the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, MLS, NBA, NHL, MLB and tennis among the sports on hiatus, while the Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix was cancelled on Friday.
In Australia, there have been almost 200 cases of COVID-19 with three deaths, while New Zealand are yet to record a casualty in six cases so far.
Globally, over 5,400 people have died from the virus following more than 145,000 cases.
Coronavirus: Australia paceman Kane Richardson tested for COVID-19, out of ODI
Australia paceman Kane Richardson has been tested for coronavirus and will miss the opening ODI against New Zealand on Friday.
Richardson reported a mild sore throat on Thursday and is being quarantined as he awaits the results of his coronavirus test.
The 29-year-old was part of the Australia limited-overs squads that played in South Africa in February and March.
"Our medical staff are treating this as a typical throat infection but we are following Australian Government protocols that require us to keep Kane away from other members of the squad and perform the appropriate tests given he has returned from international travel in the last 14 days," a Cricket Australia spokesperson said, via cricket.com.au.
"Once we receive the results of the tests and Kane recovers in the next few days we expect he will re-join the team.
"We will not be making further comment until something changes."
Sean Abbott has joined the Australia squad as cover.
The three-match ODI series, which begins in Sydney on Friday, will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus.
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Hardik, Dhawan & Bhuvneshwar return for India-South Africa ODIs
Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are back in the India ODI squad to face South Africa after recovering from injuries.
All-rounder Pandya had not played an international game since September having undergone back surgery.
A shoulder injury suffered in the ODIs with Australia in January had kept Dhawan on the sidelines, while Bhuvneshwar, who last played for India in December, has been out with a sports hernia.
They return to the squad along with opener Shubman Gill. Kedar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Mayank Agarwal drop out from the squad that suffered a 3-0 whitewash in New Zealand.
Pandya provided a reminder of his quality with the bat as he proved his fitness to selectors in the invitational DY Patil T20 competition.
He scored two centuries in that tournament, including an unbeaten 158, and will hope to make a similar impact against a South Africa side that completed a 3-0 series win over Australia on Saturday.
The first match of the three-game series takes place on Thursday in Dharamsala.
India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Navdeep Saini, Prithvi Shaw, Kuldeep Yadav.
Bangladesh team-mates laud outgoing ODI captain Mortaza
Mashrafe Mortaza earned glowing praise from Bangladesh team-mates after captaining his country for the final time in ODIs.
Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by 123 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method in Sylhet, sealing a 3-0 series triumph and making it 50 ODI wins from 88 matches as skipper for Mortaza.
The 36-year-old was then showered with effusive tributes from the likes of Liton Das, who scored a stunning 176 to set a new national record in the format.
"He's got a very special place in my heart," Das said of Mortaza. "I made my debut under him.
"He's always supported me. Having a captain like that is always rare.
"We will miss him, because when he leads, there's no distinction between seniors and juniors. It's a lot of fun."
Mortaza gave credit to his players, saying: "This is a great honour. My boys have been fantastic. They have given everything for the team. I'd like to say my thanks to all the boys."
Adding to the kind words, Mahmudullah cited Mortaza's overall impact on the game in Bangladesh.
"He's been a brother and a friend, and he's done so much for Bangladesh cricket," he said. "We have operated in a very nice way. When he took over, we were floundering a little bit."
They were sentiments echoed by Tamim Iqbal, who shared a 292-run opening stand with Das on Friday.
"When he took over in 2014, we were nowhere," said Tamim, after making an unbeaten 128. "From 2014 to 2019, he took us to a stage where we were taken seriously all over the world.
"There were people who wanted me dropped, but he backed me all the way."
Liton Das sets record in Bangladesh's ODI clean sweep of Zimbabwe
Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal dominated Zimbabwe's bowlers to complete a 3-0 ODI clean sweep for Bangladesh and give Mashrafe Mortaza a fitting send-off as captain.
In a match shortened by rain to 43 overs per side in Sylhet, the hosts posted 322-3 in Mortaza's final game as skipper, with Das and Iqbal sharing a 292-run opening stand – the third highest in ODI history.
Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 342 and came up well short, Mortaza earning his 50th win in the format as the side's leader, the 36-year-old chipping in with 1-47 in a 123-run DLS triumph.
The home side were making fine headway when the weather closed in, the Tigers going off for more than two and a half hours with 182 runs on the board and the first pairing still going strong.
After resuming, Carl Mumba did manage to break the bond, taking three late wickets, although Tamim – who made 158 in the second match – remained unbeaten on 128.
Das smashed 16 fours and eight sixes in his stunning career-best 176, which came from 143 deliveries and ensured he eclipsed Tamim's tally from the previous outing to claim a national record in the format.
Zimbabwe's response was not nearly as spectacular, with Tinashe Kamunhukamwe falling in the first over to Mortaza and setting the tone for an innings of fruitless toil from the tourists.
Sikandar Raza did post a defiant 61, with Regis Chakabva (34) and Wesley Madhevere (42) also gaining some credit, but their contributions came in another losing effort as Mohammad Saifuddin (4-41) did most of the damage.
The result completed a miserable series for Zimbabwe, who lost the opener by a record 169 runs, before succumbing to a defeat by just four runs in the second meeting.
Du Plessis & Van der Dussen recalled for India series
Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen have been recalled to South Africa's ODI squad for the series with India, for which George Linde has received his maiden limited-overs call-up.
Du Plessis and Van der Dussen were both involved in the T20 series with Australia but were rested for the ongoing ODI series, which South Africa lead 1-0.
However, they will feature in a three-match series in India, which starts in Dharamsala on March 12.
Also included is left-arm spinner Linde, whose only previous international appearance came in the third Test against India last year in Ranchi, where South Africa lost by an innings and 202 runs.
Linde took 4-133 in that heavy defeat, and has 86 wickets in his list A career at an average of 28.95.
Kyle Verreynne, whose 48 off 64 balls helped the Proteas beat Australia in the first ODI, keeps his place in the squad. Tabraiz Shamsi is unavailable for selection as he and his wife are expecting the birth of their first child.
"It is exciting to see the amount of competition for spots that we have within the team and in the franchises, it's a good headache for us as selectors to have," Linda Zondi, CSA's independent selector, said.
"We are satisfied with our picks for what will certainly be a challenging tour of India. We saw some promising performances last year from the T20 squad that travelled there and we wanted to give a player like George Linde another crack at the conditions which seemed to really suit him.
"We are also particularly pleased with the balance of youth and experience that we have achieved while our young leadership group continues to establish itself. We are looking forward to some good performances in this relatively short tour."
South Africa squad: Quinton de Kock (captain), Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis, Beuran Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lutho Sipamla, Jon-Jon Smuts, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne.
Classy Klaasen hits unbeaten century as South Africa beat Australia
South Africa claimed victory in the first ODI with Australia after producing a disciplined bowling display to back up Heinrich Klaasen's eye-catching century at Boland Park on Saturday.
In the first meeting of a three-match series, it was the Proteas who impressed to triumph by 74 runs, Klaasen's unbeaten 123 proving key, while Lungi Ngidi (3-30) was clinical with the ball.
The victory came despite a sluggish start from the hosts, who were reduced to 48-3, with newcomer Janneman Malan among the victims as he was out for a golden duck.
But another debutant shone far more brightly, Kyle Verreynne's handy contribution of 48 – along with David Miller's 64 and Klaasen's heroics – helping South Africa to 291-7.
Even in the absence of influential paceman Kagiso Rabada, out with a groin strain suffered in the T20 series, the home side applied pressure with the ball to limit Australia's response and seal victory in the 46th over.
Malan fell first ball to Mitchell Starc, given out lbw on review, and captain Quinton de Kock was out tamely for 15 when he nicked one into the gloves of Alex Carey off Josh Hazlewood.
Temba Bavuma dragged on from Pat Cummins to leave South Africa in real trouble before Verreynne and Klaasen's 78-run stand stirred a revival.
Klaasen, who racked up a maiden international hundred, combined just as effectively with Miller after Verreynne was caught at square leg by Marsh, the newly minted partnership adding a decisive 149 runs.
With a sizeable target to chase, the tourists struggled to get going, although Steve Smith's 76 did raise hopes of making it a competitive contest after openers David Warner (25) and Aaron Finch (10) had been dismissed by Ngidi.
When Smith was trapped lbw by Anrich Nortje in the 35th over, Australia were running out of overs and wickets, requiring 118 runs from 96 balls.
Carey's five from 16 deliveries was decidedly unhelpful, but he was not the only one to come up short on a day when Australia simply failed to fire, finishing 217 all out.
South Africa suffer blow as Rabada ruled out for a month
Kagiso Rabada will miss not only South Africa's one-dayers against Australia on home soil but also the upcoming tour to India due to a groin strain.
Paceman Rabada suffered the injury during the Twenty20 series with Australia, which concluded on Wednesday at Newlands in Cape Town, and underwent an MRI scan to assess the extent of the problem.
The 24-year-old will be sidelined for a month, according to a statement released by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on the eve of the first ODI in Paarl.
After hosting Australia, the Proteas travel to India for three 50-over fixtures, starting in Dharamsala on March 12.
"The significant injury means that he will take approximately four weeks to heal, which effectively rules him out of both the Australia and India ODI series," said Dr Shuaib Manjra, CSA's chief medical officer.
"The CSA medical staff will ensure his effective and expeditious recovery."
Rabada was rested for the limited-overs games against England earlier this year but returned to face Australia, picking up two wickets in his three appearances as the tourists won the T20 series by a 2-1 scoreline.
Pollard takes Windies thrashing on the chin, wants to save face in final encounter
West Indies captain Kieron Pollard said that while he could pinpoint a great many things his side got wrong during a one-sided affair against Sri Lanka at Hambantota on Wednesday, he would not go into the business of scapegoating but would talk to his team about what transpired.
Sri Lanka won the game by 161 runs but more importantly, the hosts now hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match ODI series.
The hosts benefitted from centuries of 127 and 119 from opener Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis respectively, the pair helping them to a mammoth 345-8 from their 50 overs. The West Indies did not get close, as only Shai Hope, 51, and Roston Chase, 31, offered any resistance.
The visitors would end on 184 all out against the bowling of Wanindu Hasaranga, 3-30, Lakshan Sandakan, 3-57, and Nuwan Pradeep, 2-37. There was also a wicket for Angelo Matthews, 1-20.
But Pollard did point out that things could have been different had he not dropped Mendis early in the innings and maybe, the series would now be different.
"It was the start we were looking forward to, getting two wickets early. But I put the catch of Kusal Mendis down, otherwise they would have been three down," said Pollard.
In addition, Pollard believes his side did not have faith in the plans they made.
"We didn't stick to our plans long enough. I don't think we were up to the international standard today. Well bowled to them and well played to them," he said.
Pollard will now look toward the final game of the series to see if the West Indies can win one.
"We weren't there in all three departments today. We can pinpoint a lot of things but I don't want to go into a lot of details. We'll do that as a team. I cop this one on the chin and we move on to Kandy."
Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis crush Windies to clinch ODI series win
Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis combined for a 239-run third-wicket stand to set Sri Lanka on course to thrash West Indies on Wednesday and clinch their three-match ODI series.
Sri Lanka were in complete control of the second one-dayer after opener Fernando (127) and Mendis (119) produced a dominant early showing, teeing up a 161-run triumph in Hambantota.
The hosts did not hit a single six but posted 345-8, the biggest total in men's ODI history not to include a maximum.
And the Windies never looked capable of causing Sri Lanka serious trouble with the bat, opener Shai Hope's knock of 51 their best effort as they were bowled out for an underwhelming 184 with 65 balls remaining.
The tourists' day had started in positive enough fashion, with Kieron Pollard winning the toss, choosing to bowl and then seeing Sheldon Cottrell (4-67) remove home captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Perera from consecutive deliveries in only the third over.
But that was just about as good as it got, with Fernando and Mendis subsequently combining for their devastating, match-turning partnership.
They stood together for 228 balls until Alzarri Joseph (3-57) finally made a breakthrough in the 41st over, as Mendis, who survived an early drop from Pollard, top-edged for a comfortable Hope take.
Although Joseph took out both Fernando and Angelo Mathews in his next over, the scoreboard had long since got away from the Windies, and scoring remained steady throughout the remainder of the innings.
The reply was initially solid enough, but Hope left partner Sunil Ambris (17) high and dry for a run out.
Mathews got Hope, and then Wanindu Hasaranga (3-30) came to the fore, his haul including a golden duck for Windies skipper Pollard.
Only brief floodlight failure after the eighth wicket delayed Sri Lanka's progress, with the final two dismissals arriving within four balls of the restart courtesy of Nuwan Pradeep (2-37) and Lakshan Sandakan (3-57).
Du Plessis rested again as Maharaj returns to South Africa ODI squad
Former captain Faf du Plessis will be rested again by South Africa for the upcoming ODI series against Australia, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Wednesday.
Du Plessis has stepped down as Proteas skipper across all three formats in recent weeks, with Quinton de Kock taking charge.
Although the 35-year-old is playing against Australia in the ongoing Twenty20 international series, he missed the clashes with England in the same format earlier in February.
And Du Plessis will be absent again when South Africa return to 50-over action on Saturday.
"With a busy year and a half in mind, the selectors have opted to give further rest to Faf du Plessis and other senior players, such as Rassie van der Dussen and Dwaine Pretorius, while giving themselves an opportunity to see what some of the country's up and coming talents have to offer," CSA posted on its Twitter page as the squad was announced.
Keshav Maharaj is granted a recall, having last played limited-overs cricket for the Proteas in August 2018.
The 30-year-old left-arm spinner has been a Test regular in recent years but is yet to play T20s for South Africa and has featured in just four ODIs.
Meanwhile, Lutho Sipamla, who debuted against England at the start of the month, and Janneman Malan, with two T20 caps, are among the younger players included, along with Kyle Verreynne.
Verreynne, 22, is yet to feature for his country at senior level.
South Africa ODI squad in full: Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Beuran Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Janneman Malan, Jon-Jon Smuts, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Keshav Maharaj, Kyle Verreynne.


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Valentine's Day is a holiday that doesn't rank very high in my list of "things in which I place value." However, five-year-old Big Brother A has been talking about it a lot because of school. He has been placing a lot of very thinly veiled hints that I must do something special for him to prove my love.
Um, I'm feeding you and then washing these.
I'm washing, folding and putting away these.
And I'm probably picking up these, too, because I'll need you to rest more than I'll need you to put these away.
That's how I'm proving my love.
But seriously. That's not my point.
I love kids. I have always loved working with kids. People told me I was good at it when I was still a tween helping out with Vacation Bible School. I attach to them quickly, and when their lives look really hard, part of me always wants to just take them home and love all of the bad things away.
So it's not super surprising that I found myself here as a foster mom.
I always knew in my head that I couldn't just hug the bad things away, but love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres (that's from the famous chapter on love in 1 Corinthians), so my heart always wanted to try anyway. It kind of worked for a while with my biological babies, you know. My two biological children have a sense of safety automatically when they're in my arms. I started as their house, their food source, their comfort. I was one of the two who'd always answer every cry in those important first weeks. They grow up, of course, and bonding grows bigger and tougher, but in the beginning, hugs and kisses really did seem to make all the bad things go away.
Not so with foster care. We had to fight for the bonding. We had to keep giving hugs and kisses to babies who pushed away, stiffened, and cried louder, hoping that one day it would click. It did click for Baby S. He went from being our biggest crier and our most difficult to comfort, to being our biggest smiler and the one most longing for hugs and kisses.
We fought hard to earn his trust. And then he was taken away. And he learned that we aren't trustworthy.
And my oldest learned that people we love go away and that grown ups sometimes don't take care of their children.
My love wasn't enough to protect my children. I could not shelter them from these awful things.
Now we have Baby S back, but we can't go back to the days when snuggles make it all go away. We can't take away his memories of being sent away and not being brought back. We can't undo all of those long months of not being properly nurtured. We can't magically catch him up verbally, socially, emotionally, physically, mentally.
Every part of me longs to be the band-aid that makes his life all better. I want to be the band-aid for Big Brother A, too, to fix the instability and frustration he experiences as he struggles through loving his brother but also feeling (justifiably) that life as a five-year-old was probably better before Baby S came back. I want to be the band-aid that tells my baby girl that she can trust this new one and that he won't ever squash her. But I can't be those things for my children.
All of the love in me wants to not just protect, but shield. And I cannot.
Josh and I chose to pursue foster care with full knowledge that it would change our biological children. We knew that there would be lost innocence at an early age. We weighed the costs and made a decision. I still stand by that decision. But we are not unaware of the baggage we are fixing on our family.
We pray that these difficult things would make our children's love for Jesus stronger in the long run. But sometimes, it's hard not to feel like a failure as a parent. My love can't fix it.
My love can't even fix me. My love for my children doesn't take away my selfishness. I still want to go out with my husband for a long meal without the kids; but when I do, can I admit something? I'm ready to turn around and go back out for another date as soon as I'm home. Life is really hard, and love is costly, and sometimes I have love left but not the energy to use it right. Sometimes I don't respond to my husband or Big Brother A in conversation because I'm selfish and I'm focused on loving me when I'm tired and frustrated.
My love isn't going to cure our situation. It doesn't guarantee a recovery for Baby S. It doesn't mean he'll definitely get to stay here. It doesn't make my heart stop being selfish. It doesn't take away the baggage of exposure to hard things for my two bio kids. It doesn't catch me up on laundry or dishes, either.
My love, although all I have, starts to feel so inadequate.
But my love is just a picture. It's an imperfect picture of the love of someone who isn't selfish, and therefore is able to actually love fully. It's a shadow of the beautiful love of Jesus, who gave everything for me. I mean, everything. Not a lot of hours of sleep, or changing diapers, or a difficult labor, or tough love to a biological parent who's pushing away. EVERYTHING. His entire life. His fame. His followers. Heaven itself.
Only to get it all back and then offer it to me, even though I wasn't his yet. He loved me before I loved him, and he loves me fully even though I love him with so much brokenness.
I can't fix the difficult things my children experience. I can't be their band-aid. I can't shield them, on Valentine's Day or any other day of the year, from the hard fact that love is painful. I can't guarantee that being back will take away the damage of the ten months away for Baby S. I can't protect him from the lingering doubts that we'll leave again. I can't protect me from the lingering doubts that he might leave again, either.
But I can be the person who wades through this mess with my children. I can offer what protection my shadow of love can give, while prayerfully pointing them to the real thing. The love of Jesus won't shield them from bad things, either, but he can protect what matters most - their hearts.
I can pray, today and every day, that glimpses of Jesus in me would help steer the hearts of my babies toward Jesus. And I can keep loving with my whole heart because Jesus loves me - first, still, and always.


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The two-year court battle involving the Oklahoma City comic book store Planet Comics came to a sudden and unexpected end when days before the case was to go to trial the defendants entered a guilty plea.
On September 5, 1997, days before the case was to go to trial, store owners Michael Kennedy and John Hunter pleaded guilty to two felony charges of trafficking in obscenity for selling the Verotik comic Verotika #4 to consenting adults.
The case began in September 1995 when Oklahoma City Police received a complaint about Planet Comics from Oklahomans for Children and Families (OKaF), an obscenity watchdog group. Undercover police officers entered the store, purchasing copies of Verotika #4 on two occasions. The police raided the store later that month, confiscating several bags full of comics.
Local prosecutors identified eight titles with which to bring charges against the store. These charges included one count each of displaying material harmful to minors for Verotika #4, Boneyard Press' Mighty Morphing Rump Rangers, and The Viper Series Official Art Book from Japan Books; one count each of trafficking in obscene materials for the Eros comics Screamers #2, Sex Wad #2, Nefarismo #5, and Beatrix Dominatrix #2; and one count of child pornography for Eros' The Devil's Angel. Altogether, Kennedy and Hunter were charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors for sale of these comics to adults. These charges carried a maximum prison sentence of 43 years.
Following the raid, Kennedy and Hunter were arraigned in handcuffs. The State argued that the two retailers were "dangerous criminals," and set bail at $20,000. The CBLDF paid $2,000 to a bail bondsman to secure the pair's release. The CBLDF also funded defense attorneys Mark Hendrichsen, James A. Calloway, and C.S. Thornton, whose efforts resulted in the State dropping charges against all titles except Verotika #4. Two felony counts of trafficking in obscenity remained, carrying a prison sentence of three to five years.
Planet Comics was evicted from its location and the owners were forced to take a less visible and convenient location across town. During the next few months, sales dropped as much as 80% as many customers assumed Planet Comics had closed, and many parents would not permit their children to patronize the store. The police organized another raid, this time on the home of John Hunter. They confiscated the store computer and 250 discs. A brick was thrown through the store's glass door the following week. In March of 1996, the embattled store closed its doors for the last time. "I need to step back and rebuild my life," said Kennedy at the time. "Luckily, thanks to the CBLDF, I don't have legal bills to contend with on top of everything else."
The State twice delayed hearing of the case, drawing out Kennedy and Hunter's long ordeal. The trial was eventually set for September 8, 1997. Rather than risk imprisonment and a permanent felony record, the retailers agreed to plead guilty to the two felony charges. In exchange, they were granted a three-year deferred prison sentence and a fine of $1,500 each. Kennedy and Hunter will serve no jail time if they are not convicted of any further criminal activities for a period of three years. After that time, the felonies will be permanently removed from their records.
This action was undertaken without notifying the CBLDF. It is the Fund's policy to only take on cases where the accused individuals agree not to plead guilty in exchange for reduced penalties. "To say that we're all disappointed is an understatement," said Susan Alston, then executive director of the CBLDF. "In human terms, we all share a sense of relief that Kennedy and Hunter's ordeal is over. But that in no way diminishes the fact that they were convicted in violation of their rights as Americans under the First Amendment. Their conviction will have a chilling effect on what retailers choose to display and sell in 'high risk' jurisdictions. This is of the greatest concern to the CBLDF and to the comics community as a whole."
"Obviously Kennedy and Hunter did what they felt was in their best interests, on advice from their counsel," said CBLDF president Denis Kitchen. "What's frustrating to me is that this will only encourage Oklahoma City and like-minded prosecutors elsewhere to intimidate retailers they want out of business."
Altogether, the cost of the case for the CBLDF was nearly $8,000. "Everyone who supported Kennedy and Hunter through contributions and fund-raising efforts can take comfort in the fact that the reduction of their sentence was due in no small part to their time, energy, and money," said Alston.
"Still, it's small comfort indeed when considered in the larger context. Their guilty plea represents an erosion of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment."


Last May, I wrote a blog post where I posited some reasons as to why Northern Nigeria has fewer entrepreneurs, compared to the South. Chief among those reasons were a lack of individualism, considering the fact that the North being conservative forces people to conform strictly, rather than explore themselves; and a lack of meritocratic systems, due to the fact that the common mind-set in the North is that one gets ahead by virtue of family influence and connections rather than by hard work. I also touched a bit on the separation of classes, but without going in-depth.
However, I was not satisfied with my theory. There was or were missing link(s) in the theory, but which I could not really find. It was not until I came across this blog post which was quite controversial and hotly debated among the Northern Nigerian online community. Specifically, the blog post was about the presence of signs in the Hausa language in Debenhams stores in the UK. The writer felt, and rightly so, that despite the fact that Northern Nigeria, specifically the North-East and North-West where Hausa is most spoken have the highest poverty rates in Nigeria, yet they had enough people spending so much money in Debenhams stores in the UK so as to even motivate the store chain to place signs in Hausa language, alongside signs in Mandarin and Arabic, whose speakers were also among the highest-spending foreigners, was very absurd.
I chose to see it beyond just signs and poverty. What the blogger did for me was to help connect the missing dots in my theory of why the North has fewer entrepreneurs. She gave me the missing link: Materialism. This is one more reason that the North has fewer entrepreneurs. We have a very materialistic culture, more present in some ethnic groups than others, but generally present nonetheless. A behaviour where a child is always showered lavishly with money and the things that it can buy has gone on to build up a mind-set among young Northerners that everything in life could be measured in naira and kobo. Worse, they rarely see the point of bringing out ideas and implementing them to create enterprises or build legacies since the money they could possibly make from those ventures, their parents already had them in bank vaults. Kids are not brought up to aspire for fulfilment, the type which money cannot buy.
Let us take a look around the North; it is very common to see young children in their teens driving the flashiest cars, and changing it as often as possible. In the mid-90s, a university lecturer from the South was said to have visited the University of Maiduguri and at the sight of so many cars, he then remarked that his Northern colleagues had better conditions of service and higher pay. To his shock and amazement, he was then told that 4 out of every 5 cars, and always the better ones were owned by students. Also, a few years ago when illegal car races were common in the nation's capital, Abuja, a friend observed that all of the car owners involved in the car races were from the North. It was then the height of ostentatiousness, where car owners would race and crash their cars into each other and the kerbs. I still recall watching the video of one of the races where as a car crashed, the driver then made a brief call on his phone and pronto! Another car was brought to him to continue racing.
I am not by any means saying that one should not enjoy the fruits of his labour, live a little, have some vanity in him. But when a child grows up having all the vanity in him being satisfied, he rarely ever grows up to learn to live for more than just spending. He does not desire to want to achieve more with his life; to fulfill an inner hunger to do something more than just be known for having the latest cars or biggest houses. He becomes like Arthur in the 2011 movie, Arthur, about a child/man who was so similarly spoiled.
I have always maintained that there are more than enough middle-class income earners in the North to have a vibrant entrepreneurial society. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of rich folks, even if I will concede the fact that the money may or may not have been earned legally. However, in almost every Northern town or city, the medium to big businesses are rarely owned by Northerners. From the cybercafés to computer institutes to the boutiques, you name them. We have gold under our feet, yet we keep walking looking at the sky waiting for manna.
This is also a reason why there is increasing resentment towards the haves from the have-nots. They daily see wealth being flaunted in their face while their own condition only keeps worsening. If only a fraction of the money being spent on vanities were to be used to set up businesses in the region, it will turn things around. While they keep waiting and hoping on God and government to be the saving grace, the haves are cocooned in their world of security and extreme comfort, mindless of the fact that they could be the tools by which God could use to change the story of the have-nots.
There are immense opportunities for investment in the North, challenges notwithstanding. Be it from agriculture to tourism to manufacturing, economic opportunities exist waiting to be tapped into. However, the bigger challenge is that Northerners should be able to use their finances to create enterprises and implement ideas that will impact on others, and also increase our own wealth. Let us take the wealth available as a springboard to reach higher.
One day, I believe, it will all be better.
I'm afraid I found your article shallow and rambling. I miss the point really and I totally disagree with your 'theory(ies)'. Reading it was a waste of time. Really.
The first point to correct in your article is the claim that hausa is widely spoken in the north eastern part of Nigeria.
This is not true. What is referred to as the north east comprises the six states of bauchi, yobe, borno, gombe, adamawa and taraba states. Bauchi is the ONLY predominantly hausa speaking state among all the six. Yobe is predominantly Bolawa/ Kanuri, Borno is predominantly Kanuri/ Shua'arab, while Gombe, Adama and Taraba are predominantly Fulani speaking, with nearly equal components of so called "minority" ethnic groups.
The second point that requires registration is the theme that northern youth are more profligate, presumably in comparison to their southern counterparts. Again, this is not true.
We need go no farther than the correct observation you made, that the north and in particular these two regions, are the poorest parts of Nigeria to see the illogicality that they are also, in the same breath, the most profligate.
Prolifigacy, I have always argued, is a universal elite practice among all sections of Nigerians, and proportionately practised more by southerners that have a larger number of affluent citizens than the poorer north.
First, what I said was Hausa is widely spoken in the NE, not that it is the dominant ethnic group in the NE. I definitely know that Hausa is almost non-existent in the NE as an ethnic group, cos even the Bauchi Hausa aren't Hausa, but Gerawa that have become assimilated into the Hausa culture wholly. The NE is the most diverse region in the country, hence the need for a common language of communication between the groups, not within them.
Secondly, on the matter of profligacy, I don't think I'm wrong. Let's take for instance, the Kanuris. A Kanuri man with say, half a million naira would rather buy a car with the money and struggle to fuel it daily with a gallon of petrol, rather than investing d money and using it to generate more income before buying d car. Why? Materialism. The car is a status symbol. Not only that, they spend money on d kids to obtain such status symbols. Hence, a generation of young ppl have grown up to be materialistic and dependent, rather than using their family's wealth as a springboard to create more value for themselves and society.
We could do a survey round the NE and NW, take stock of businesses started by young Northerners that have nothing to do with government contracts, and correlate it with their family's financial level. Rarely would u find rich or really well-to-do kids involved in them.
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Do Cats Get Alzheimer's?
by Jane Meggitt
Gettin' old ain't for sissies.
Although older cats don't get Alzheimer's disease per se, they can suffer from feline dementia, also known as feline cognitive dysfunction. Once Kitty becomes a senior citizen, after age 11 or so, watch for behavioral changes that might indicate dementia. Your vet can make a definitive diagnosis.
Just as in people, old age in felines doesn't always mean dementia. According to the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, approximately 28 percent of cats between ages 11 and 14 show some signs of cognitive dysfunction. In cats 15 and older, it's as much as 50 percent. However, some medical conditions or behavioral issues unrelated to dementia might mimic cognitive dysfunction, so your vet must exclude these possibilities beforehand.
You've noticed Kitty acting oddly. He seems disoriented, and maybe he's meowing a lot for no particular reason. He's having accidents outside of the litter box, but sometimes he just seems to "go" wherever he happens to be. Instead of sleeping most of the night, he's wandering around the house, often meowing. A once-sweet little cat's personality could become more aggressive or grumpy. He might not seem to recognize you or other family members or pets.
For your vet to diagnose Kitty, she'll need to conduct a complete examination. This includes blood tests, X-rays, hormone level testing and urinalysis. The good news is that your vet might discover that a treatable condition, such as hyperthyroidism or diabetes, is causing causing Kitty's symptoms. Some of his symptoms might be the result of hearing or vision loss. Even if you find out he has an untreatable condition, at least you'll know what you're dealing with.
If Kitty does have dementia, you can do some things to make life easier for him. Don't make a lot of changes in the house, either in the environment or in his routine. Spend time playing with him or trying to get him to exercise. Your vet might prescribe medication such as selegiline, which aids in combating cognitive dysfunction. Certain supplements, such as vitamin E capsules, might also help, as can prescription anti-anxiety medications. Tell your vet about any over-the-counter supplements you're giving Kitty.
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Sometime soon I want to do a post about how to get music unstuck from your head. I was playing this song in my head over and over again just a minute ago when I decided to write this post about how to use music for energy. Earlier in January I wrote about how to use music to calm people down from stressful situations, so I guess today we're doing the opposite of that.
The song I had stuck in my head was an old soul classic. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the soul band but I was glad to have that song in my head because it's very energetic and happy and it got me into a higher vibration. I think music has magical powers and I often see construction workers and people at the gym blasting heavy metal because it makes them work harder. I give a thumbs up to this because I see that they're using the magic of music, even if they don't know it.
What steps can you take to use music for an energy boost?
Find music that has lots of energy, music that you like. It doesn't always have to be happy music, but this is what I prefer. Angry music also has its time and place.
Find a way you can play the music very loudly without disturbing others. If you're in your home and have the ability to play music as loud as you want, I hope you have a subwoofer! Sometimes headphones do the trick, too.
Make sure you don't play the songs you love too often because after a while they'll lose their magic touch.
Those were some tips for you to maximize the energy boost you get from music. Whether you're working on a hobby or working on the job makes no difference. Music can even give you more energy for running, painting, snowboarding, landscaping, gardening or whatever it is that you're doing.
Music works for both mental and physical energy. Reading with powerful music works, too, but I recommend music without lyrics so you don't get distracted. Try these methods for yourself and see how they work. You might be surprised by the results!


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BUCHANAN, N.Y. – Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today received the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's formal notice that, while the license.
Since purchasing the plants, the company has invested more than $1 billion upgrading and enhancing the facility and preparing the plants for continued safe operation during the 20-year period of a renewed operating license.
Through the period of extended operations, Entergy will be operating unit 2 in accordance with NRC requirements and commitments made in the license renewal proceedings, a process initiated by the company in April 2007 when it filed its application for license renewal. As it always does, the NRC will provide continuous oversight through this period, and has performed many thousands of hours of inspections and reviews beforehand specifically to ensure appropriate safety preparations were made for this period.
NRC staff has previously recommended that the licenses for the two operating units at Indian Point be renewed for an additional 20 years of operation, noting the plants can be operated safely and that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude license renewal.
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Urgent Care Management Companies
Written by Brittany Belli | Jun 10, 2015 | 0 Comments
Urgent care management companies can help practice owners and operators take control of their EMR and billing cycle, as well as increase revenue and efficiency.
"Our company is called Insight Practice Partners, and we have an entire menu of management services," Max Lebow, MD and Medical Director of Reliant Immediate Care Medical Group, says. "We help practices move from either paper to electronic medical record, and help practices that have chosen an EMR that's just not working for them."
Lebow says a lot of clinics, both large and small, have chosen EMRs that just aren't doing the right job.
"It's slowing them down, decreasing productivity and decreasing their income," Lebow says. "We will go in and switch them to an EMR that we like better, and that we think better fits their needs."
Lebow also says that at the same time that the company is establishing a new EMR, it will also take control of the practice's billing.
"In today's data intensive world, it doesn't make sense for an urgent care practice to have two vendors: one for their EMR and one for billing," Lebow explains. "Because the billing and the EMR functions are so closely related, having to transfer the data out of one company to another is always going to be time consuming, expensive and cause a glitch."
"EMRs and billing services are really all tied together, and that's the part that most people miss," Gene Howell, CEO of Insight Practice Partners, says. "They install the EMR and just expect it to work with their flow, but they're not tying it to the revenue on the back end."
Howell says that his management company looks at the whole process, from beginning to end.
"We bring in the EMR, forms, protocols and work flow, and then coach them on the highest and most appropriate billing level that the practice can get," Howell says. "We're the ones actually installing the EMR, we take over the revenue cycle management and billing and we're with the practice long term."
Howell says that the key to success and assuring the best quality is working with an urgent care practice from the very beginning.
"A typical billing and collections company is just gloried data entry; they're simply entering whatever super bill lands on their desk," Howell says. "We're taking it back to when the patient first walks in the door – what can we do to optimize and follow the best practices?"
"The theory behind revenue cycle management is that the revenue of the clinic begins when the patient walks in the front door, and ends when the money is in the bank," Lebow says. "We help the clinic manage everything from making sure the patient is registered correctly and efficiently, and not put in the wrong plan."
Lebow says that his management company works closely with the front desk to ensure efficiency.
"We make sure that they know the best methods to ensure that the patient's information is correct the first time, and that they ask the right questions and collect the right co-pay," Lebow says. "In addition, we make sure that everything is booked the right way, patients are taken to the correct exam room and the right medications are given when the patient is discharged that fits into the formulary."
Getting information right the first time is crucial to increasing efficiency and reducing the number of denied and appealed claims.
"Making sure the documentation is right the first time can help ensure that the doctor is getting paid the first time bills go out," Lebow says. "When you can avoid the long appeals process, you can improve your cash flow."
Incorporating proper documentation methods can also help improve work flow in an urgent care center.
"One of the things that we've seen with work flow is that doctors have a tendency to keep going back and forth to the EMR, entering and ordering, and just spending way too much time on the EMR in general," Lebow says. "We try to teach providers that they should be touching the computer no more than twice for each patient visit."
Lebow says that if they can do it with one entry per session, that's fine as well.
"If someone comes in with a sprained ankle or a possible fracture, we want the doctor to put in as much data as they can when they order an x-ray, and then finish the chart as soon as the x-ray comes back," Lebow says.
Howell says that typing in medical justifications and necessity when placing orders can also help with documentation.
"If I want to assure a provider that they will be paid for a test that they ordered like a lab or an x-ray, I need to make sure that the documentation in the EMR supports that," Howell says. "We build in guidelines to the EMR that supports the fact that the doctor placed the order based on the presenting problems. This goes all the way to the end of the process because we're assuring that we're reducing the appeals, and that we're getting paid on the first round of billing."
Howell says that at the end of the day, if you have correct and proper documentation in your EMR, then you reduce your risk of being down-coded at the office level.
"All of those pieces, whether you're paid for them or not, contribute to supporting the level that you billed out," Howell says. "I'm not interested in hearing what you bill out, I'm interested in what you're getting paid. You can bill out whatever you want, but if you're not supporting your levels then you will be down-coded by carriers."
In addition to helping practices code more efficiently, Lebow says that his management company also takes a leading role in negotiating payor contracts.
"Many small and medium-sized urgent care clinics are sometimes ill-equipped to deal with the insurance companies or large organizations that have very sophisticated negotiating people," Lebow says. "We can come up with all sorts of plans – everything from modified fee for service to case rates, case rates with carve-outs and even capitated contracts. We help them get the best rates."
Lebow says his management company also links its clients together, which allows them all to receive discounts on medical equipment.
"Our clients get a 20% discount with certain medical equipment vendors because we can go to them as a large urgent care system, even though we're not owners of any of the clinics," Lebow says. "Since we're buying three or four x-ray machines, we can get a better price than if we were to just buy one. By using the power of numbers, and linking our clients, we can negotiate better rates for medications, medical equipment and just about anything else you can name."
If urgent care owners and operators are interested in expanding their services to occupational medicine or workers' compensation cases, Lebow says that a management company can also help with that.
"We have a whole menu to help improve not only the current urgent care clinic, but additional services as well," Lebow says. "We'll also help in everything from marketing and PR, to new clinical procedures and protocol."
Lebow also says he doesn't charge a fee for these services.
"What we're really about as a management company is becoming a strategic partner with that urgent care center," Lebow says. "We are percentage-based, so if the clinic does well, then we do well. If it doesn't do well, then we don't either."
Even though these types of urgent care management companies hold no ownership in the practice, they can still help owners and operators get their centers on the track to success.
"It's not a choice of whether we want ownership or not; they are two completely different lines of business," Howell says. "When other clinics ask us how we're so successful, and how our clients are so successful, instead of just giving them an answer, we offer to come in and install our software and take over the revenue cycle and billing. Creating these strategic partnerships with our clients, EMR vendor and other services has allowed us, and our clients, to really grow."
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Only 15% of Kospi companies engaged in 4.0 businesses over past 10 yrs
Just one out of seven companies trading on Korea's main Kospi market has been involved in businesses related to the fourth industrial revolution over the past decade.
According to local think-tank the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) on Thursday, only 20 firms out of 132 companies listed on the Kospi market excluding financial institutions among the top 300 companies by sales last year added tech-related operations to their business purposes in the articles of association from 2008 to 2018. It means just 15 percent of them newly entered the fast-emerging tech industry such as autonomous driving, robot, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) over the last decade.
Most of the firms added self-driving and drone businesses, but none had fintech, 3D printing and block chain operations in their articles of association. Instead, many companies added education, e-commerce and renewable energy operations, meaning that most of the Korean firms have still remained focused on traditional businesses, the KERI said.
More than half of trading firms, daily supplies manufacturers, service companies and petrochemical firms included educational services in their articles of association. Companies engaging in IT business including Naver, SK, Kakao and Samsung SDS and 10 retailers put e-commerce operations in their list of businesses. Construction and energy companies mostly added renewable energy business.
The companies placed an average of 38 business purposes in the articles of association as of last year, up 52 percent from 10 years ago with 25. Most of them newly entered telecommunications, energy and steel businesses over the past 10 years as part of efforts to find new growth engines in the emerging industries to overcome business slowdown, according to the KERI.
By Kim Yeon-joo and Choi Mira