6 HEALTH BENEFITS OF PINEAPPLE

1.                It helps to improve digestion

2.                It corrects common gum disorders

3.                It whitens the teeth

4.                It prevents contracts

5.                It supplies the skin necessary 

                   vitamins required for maintenance

6.                It used for the treatment of cough and cold

CULTISM IN INSTITUTIONS

CULT is like marriage, an institution where certificate is awarded as the seal for the union and as a bond. In Cultism, the consequences are revealed only if you are a member. There is no library that will provide detailed information about any cult group.  

Cultism is a vice that is very common in schools such as Tertiary Institutions, secondary schools and even in places where we live. It is so irresponsible for young people to sell their hearts for extremely irrelevant things, in their attempt to seek significance.

WHY DO STUDENTS JOIN THESE SECRET SOCIETIES?

I have come to the conclusion after several research methodologies that students join secret cult for the following reasons:

·          Some students want to be so popular; always wanting other students and even their lecturers to be intimidated at the mention of their names.

·       Some join cults because they have little or no knowledge of what they are getting involved in.

·         Inability to make nice choice of friend.

·         Some join the cult for the quest  to fight for a girl

·      Most times, it is difficult for the students to reject the offer especially when it’s from a friend.

·          For protection against other cult gangs

·     Some students that are academically frustrated join these societies to bring other successful students down.

LURING/RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES OF CULT GROUPS 

·           The students are told that they can cheat in the examination hall without being cautioned by the supervisors.

·           The students are told that they are free to have sex with any girl they want in the institution without much stress or caution from the institution.

·           The students are guaranteed by the cult groups that they can attain any political position in the institution only with the support of the society (cult).

·           They are meant to believe that every member of the society (cult) is above the school rules and regulations.(thereby wearing away the rule of the institution).

·           The students are brain washed to believe that as a member of the confraternities (cult) their grades are guaranteed.

CONSEQUENCE OF CULTISM IN INSTITUTIONS

Here I will list and explain the consequences of cultism in Nigeria institutions:

1.        Spiritual or diabolic harms (problem)

2.        Violence

3.        Expulsion

4.        Death

5.        Murder

1.        SPIRITUAL OR DIABOLIC HARM: This cultist engages in secret meetings that are extremely diabolical and as well affects their members negatively in all areas of their life including their behaviour because sometimes they carryout assignment normal individuals will reject when you talk of dangers involved in it.

2.        VIOLENCE: Violence is at the core of every cult group. This creates trigger happy memberships who are ready to get involved in violence that leads to loss of lives and property in schools.

3.         EXPULSION: Any cultist caught in the institution is always expelled from the institution

4.         DEATH: Students that get involved in this wicked act endangers their lives, close friends lives as well as that of their family members. Some lose their lives on their graduation day without receiving their certificate. They get killed by other group of cultists from another fraternity.

5.        MURDER: Cultists find it very easy to murder (kill) other people even without any good reason.

Advice: To all students who have found themselves caught up in the midst of these groups and to everyone reading this piece, my advice you is to make a change, (it is never too late to change one’s way no matter how deeply involved one has gone), be of your best behaviour and try to make a difference in every area of your life.

Don’t join any secret society (cult); regardless of whatever their promise maybe, because the day you do marks the end of your academic success and possibly your future as well. You’ll agree with me that some students were not lucky enough to survive or graduate from school due to their engagement with these confraternities. Therefore, I’m using this medium to persuade you to say NO to whatever pressure you’re currently faced with.

TECHNOLOGY

The present world is said to be globalized which means we are living in the time of highly developed technology. In our daily life everything we do is related to technology in one way or the other.  Technology has in thought, helped us to increase in having better facility than that of the ancient times. The development and importance of technology cannot be over emphasized in the sense that the industries and different sectors of the society are developing technology according to their needs and requirements.

Note: Technology can neither effects us positively or negatively.

POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR LIVES
The importance of technology cannot be neglected in our life.  With the help of the internet we are able to learn new things and study online in different institutions without even knowing what the institution looks like, with the help of mobile  technology we are able to speak and chat with our loved one’s (friends and relatives) who are living very far from us. In these modern days, we have the gas cooker, electric blender, microwave and many other things which we use for fast and easy cooking due to improvement in technology.  Aviation technology has also helped us to reach distant places within hours which took the ancient people many years to reach. With the help of social networking like (Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Email) etc., we are able to find our childhood friends and relatives etc. With Information Technology, we are able to share information and important documents.
Churches today make use of keyboard; computerized musical instruments, projector, bible and other technology have helped to increase the Joy and the ways of worshipping God unlike that of the olden days.
The use of CCTV Cameras as modern technology has helped to minimize the high rate of criminal activities.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR LIFE
In as much as technology has contributed greatly in our everyday activities, it also has bad or ugly side effect; because of technology today, parents find it difficult to spent time and communicate very well with their children. They are always busy even at home with their Laptops, IPod, Ipad, Mobile Phones, Tablets, etc.
Technology also contributes to high level of broken homes

(divorce) because some couples enjoy the company of their electronic gadgets more than that of their spouse. They are so comfortable operating their phones, laptops etc, without speaking to each other even when they are together in the room.

It has also made us not to be confident in ourselves because the use of Mobile phones enables us to send text and call to ask for help concerning things we should do by ourselves.
The use of aviation technology such as auto-mobile, Airplane etc. have lead to high rate of premature death and pollution which is not hygienic to man and was not encountered during the time of old.
The use of gas cooker has also contributed to burning of different homes which lead to death of many innocent people in the house.   

THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE OF CHILDREN

Technology has helped to increase the mentality of our children in many aspects; academically, mentally, physically etc. It has changed the way they relate and communicate with their peers, relatives and others around them.

During the time of old children were not used to modern facilities but in these modern era children are conversant with almost all the electronic gadgets they are allowed to work with. Sometimes, children even teach their parents how to make use of some electronic gadgets and how to access so sites on the internet.

NEGATIVE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR CHILDREN

Because of technology, many children spend most of their times playing video games, watching television and using other gadgets at their disposal without considering the facts that they have school works or other house chores to do. 

Children who are addicted to browsing the internet have the possibility of being exposed to many hazardous contents such as drug use, unprotected sex, constant intake of alcohol, smoking, and bullying which might lure them into engaging in some nasty behavior that will end up endangering their future both physically, mentally or otherwise. In these modern days, there are many sites created specifically for adult; when children access these sites, they try to practice what they see on it, believing that it is good for them since they got it from the internet.

In situation where Children spend more time on the internet, playing video games, watching television, etc, they find it really difficult to socialize or spend time with their age mates because they have seen the technologies they are exposed to as their friend and companion, sometimes, they find it difficult to leave these gadgets and welcome their Parents when they get back to the House.

THE PARTS OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THEIR USES

Before I start discussing the parts of the computer I will like to define computer in my own understanding.

Computer is an electronic device that is capable of accepting data, stores information as a soft copy based on instruction or users command.

This device has different parts which includes the following:

·     Monitor

·     Mouse

·     Keyboard

·     C.P.U (Central processing unit)

·     Speaker

·     Printer

·    Monitor: It can also be referred to as the computer screen. It is the part of the computer system that displays all the command or information given to the computer as instructed by the user.

·     Mouse: This is a basic part of the computer that helps the user to communicate and instruct the computer on the choice he/she make.

·     Keyboard: This play the same role as the mass but the only thing that differentiates these two components of the computer is that the keyboard is use to input keys or words into the computer but the mouse is use to point and click and select items you want to work with.

·     C.P.U: This is the part I refer to as the brain of a computer in the sense that it has the able to store and interpret every information it’s receive from other parts of the computer. the c.p.u is made of different parts such as the processor, motherboard, CD Rom, optical drive etc.

·  Speaker: I call it a sound magnifier because it helps to magnify or increase the sounds that take place in the computer system by outputting the sound.

·  Printer: This component is used to produce soft copy of information in the system therefore converting it to a hard copy (which means that you can feel or touch it).

FOB (FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD) TEST OR STOOL ANALYSIS

The FOB (Faecal Occult Blood) Test helps to diagnose bleeding disorders of the intestine (gut).

What is FOB (Faecial Occult Blood) test? This is a type of test that detects small amount of blood in the faeces of an individual which may not be known to you without proper diagnosis. Feaces are also referred to as stool analysis). In the other hand, the test can also be called the stool analysis.

What is feaces or stool? This is waste that you excrete from your anus. Occult means invisible).

What is the main purpose/reason of conducting this test?

FOB (Faecial Occult blood) Test is conducted because there are many disorders or illness which may cause bleeding into the intestine (gut) such as bowel polyps, duodenal or gastric ulcers bowel (colorectal) cancer. e.t.c. In this process, your faeces or stool becomes bloody or black

 in colour due to the high rate of bleeding. Although sometimes, these disorders only bleed with a drop of blood, in this case your faeces will look normal. Without your knowledge that it contain small amount of blood.

Nevertheless, the FOB or Stool Analysis test can be conducted to detect either small or large amount of blood in your faeces. The test may be done if you have symptoms like constant pain in you abdomen. It may also be conducted to monitor bowel cancer before any symptoms increase.

Attention: It will be good to know that the FOB (Faecal Occult Blood) test will only detect that you are bleeding from somewhere but cannot give notice of the part bleeding.

How can one conduct faecal occult blood (FOB) test?

To conduct the test the person whose Faeces or stool is to be examined will be given a sterilized universal container in which the Faeces or stool will be put after which it must have been produced and will also be advised by laboratory scientist or Doctor to avoid the intake of certain types of food for 3 days before producing the faeces or stool for the diagnosis (although is optional).

A sample of the Faeces (Stool) will be collected and placed into an FOB (Faecal Occult Blood) buffer which already have a chemical in a liquid form then cover to check or stir without covering make sure that the Faeces(Stool) is properly mixed.

Open an FOB (Faecal Occult Blood) strip and deep it into the FOB Buffer and allow for about 30 minutes then take you result.

NOTICE: if two red lines appears clearly on the FOB (Faecal Occult Blood) strip it is said to be positive which means that there is bleeding in your intestine (gut) but if only one red line appear clearly on the same strip it is said to be Negative which means that there is no trace of bleeding in your intestine (gut).

BEST PHYSICISTS

James Clerk Maxwell
In contrast to Newton and Einstein, Edinburgh-born Maxwell (1831-79) is virtually unknown to the general public. Yet his contribution to physics was every bit as significant, particularly his discovery of the theoryof electromagnetism. This showed that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon, the electromagnetic field. The development of radio, TV and radar were the direct consequences. Maxwell also carried out pioneering work in optics and colour vision. However, in his later years, his God-fearing Scottish upbringing brought him into dispute with the evolutionary thinking of Darwin and others and he wrote papers denouncing natural selection.

Michael Faraday
Largely self-educated, Faraday (1791-1867) became one of the greatest scientists of his day thanks to the patronage of the eminent English chemist Humphry Davy, who hired him as an assistant in 1813. Faraday went on to establish the idea of the electromagnetic field and discovered electromagnetic induction and the laws of electrolysis. His electromagnetic devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology. He twice rejected offers of a knighthood and when asked to advise on chemical weapons for the Crimean war effort, refused on ethical grounds. Einstein kept a picture of Faraday on his study wall (alongside pictures of Newton and Maxwell).

Marie Curie
The first woman to win a Nobel and the first person to win two separate Nobels, Curie (1867-1934) was born in Poland and won her first Nobel in 1903 with husband, Pierre, for discovering radioactivity. However, she was not allowed to participate in the keynote lecture winners give because she was a woman. After Pierre died in a road accident in 1906, she won her second Nobel in 1911 for discovering radium, though an attempt was made to rescind it when news emerged of her affair with married colleague Paul Langevin. After collecting the prize, Curie was pilloried                                                            by the French press. Langevin was ignored.

                                                                  Richard Feynman

One of the 20th century’s most influential and colourful physicists, Feynman (1918-88) played a key role in the development of quantum electrodynamics, the theory that describes how light and matter interact, earning him a Nobel prize in 1965. Feynman also contributed to the fields of quantum computing and nanotechnology and was a member of the Rogers Commission that lambasted Nasa over the destruction of space shuttle Challenger in 1986. He was a keen drummer, experimented with drugs and often worked on physics problems in topless bars because he said they helped him concentrate. Feynman died in 1988, aged 69.

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand-born Rutherford (1871-1937) is considered one of the greatest of all experimental physicists. He discovered the idea of radioactive half-life and showed that radioactivity involved the transmutation of one chemical element to another. He was awarded a Nobel in 1908 “for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements”. Rutherford later became director of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University where, under his leadership, the neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932 and the first experiment to split the nucleus was carried out by John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton. The element rutherfordium was named after him in 1997.

           Paul Dirac

   One of the most revered – and strangest – figures in physics. The son of a Swiss father and English mother, Dirac (1902-84) was born in Bristol. He predicted the existence of antimatter, created some of quantum mechanics’ key equations and laid the foundations for today’s micro-electronics industry. Dirac won a Nobel in 1933 but remained “an Edwardian geek”, according to biographer Graham Farmelo. He turned down a knighthood because he didn’t want people using his first name, while his daughter, Monica, never once remembered him laughing. “This balancing on the dizzying path between genius and madness is awful,” Einstein said of him.