The Magazine for our generation...
Contents
1.
Editor’s Note
2.
English Language Tutorial
3.
Mathematics Tutorial
4.
Small Scale Business
5.
Achiever’s Profile
6.
The Story Of Bada
7.
Find Your Voice
8.
Education Quotes
9.
Nature Cures
10. Inside Kitchen
11. Internet Freebies
12. Examination
Success Tips
13. Business Opportunities
14. Career Guidance
15. Great Amazing Facts
16. Facts You Must Remember!
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Editor’s Standpoint
The
Dawn of a New Era!
There are basically two kinds
of people in this world: One, the people who make things happen; these are the
inventors or innovators. Two, those who enjoy or consume their
inventions or innovations. The people who make things happen are the ones who
make this life livable and enjoyable. If there were no new things being
introduced into the world, this planet would have been a bored place to live in.
But thank God for innovative ideas that have brought a lot of innovations into
our world.
God be thanked for all the
beautiful ideas that come to human minds every second of the day. But
unfortunately most of these ideas are not
nurtured to manifestation! Perhaps many wonderful ideas have come to your mind
but you ignored them, stifled them and eventually killed them. Friend, it is
time you revisited those wonderful ideas you once received and see what God can
do with them.
With that opening speech, I
welcome you to the maiden edition of our wonderful magazine: AGES INNOVATIVE MAGAZINE… (Read the rest
from the magazine)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TUTORIAL
20 Rules of Subject-Verb Agreement
While grammar is
not as static a science as is typically assumed, there are 20 rules of subject
verb agreement that attempt to objectify part of the English language form.
Most of the concepts of subject verb agreement are straightforward, yet some
aspects of singular and plural usage in English grammar are more complicated. Consequently, the
20 rules of subject verb agreement will vary somewhat by dialect.
What Are the Rules?
1. Subjects
and verbs
must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of
the concept.
Olu knows the way. Olu and Ade know the way.
The dog growls
when he is angry. The dogs growl when they are angry.
2. Don’t get
confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not
affect agreement.
The dog,
which is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good.
The men, whose shoes were stolen, are not here.
3. Prepositional
phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
The colors
of the rainbow are beautiful. The man of the people is here.
4. When sentences
start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be placed after the verb,
so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.
There is a
problem with the balance sheet. Here are the papers you requested.
5. Subjects don't
always come before verbs in questions. Make sure you accurately identify the
subject before deciding on the proper verb form to use.
Does elephant
usually eat grass? Where are the pieces of this puzzle?
6. If two
subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
The cow and the pig are jumping
over the moon. The man and his wife speak fluently.
7. The verb is
singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person
or thing.
Red beans and
rice is my mom's favorite dish.
8. If one of the
words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the verb is singular.
No smoking or
drinking is allowed. Every man and woman is required to check in.(Read the rest from the magazine)
MATHEMATICS
TUTORIAL
(By Olusina Paul Alade)
Simple Rules for Solving Equations in
Mathematics
What Is An
Equation?
An equation is a Mathematical statement, in
symbols that two things are exactly the same.
Essentially,
an equation consists of a combination of letters and numbers. An equation
consists of an equality sign “=“.
Examples: 3x – 5 = 19 (Linear
equation)
4x2 + 8x – 3 = 0 (Quadratic equation) e.t.c
SOME TERMS TO KNOW IN EQUATIONS
v QUANTITY: Quantity refers to a letter or number or a
combination of both which stands for amount of something. E.g. 3x, -6y, 4π, µ, …
v VARIABLE:
A variable is a quantity whose value varies in an equation. It is the quantity
whose value is to be found in a given equation. It is also called the unknown.
They are usually represented with letters x, y ,z, e.t.c.
v CONSTANT:
A constant is a free number without a letter being attached to it. E.g. -4, 6,…
v COEFFICIENT:
A coefficient is any number written immediately behind a variable in an
equation. E.g. -3 is the coefficient of x2 in -3x2
For More Clarity:
Let us look at
this equation and analyze it.
We have: 3x2 – 4x + 2 = 0
The variable is:
……….……………………..x
The coefficient
of x2 is: ………………….3
The coefficient of
x is: ………………….-4
The constant is:
….………………………….2
SIMPLE LINEAR EQUATIONS
Simple linear
equation is the one that contains the unknown of the first degree (i.e. the
variable is raised to the power of 1 e.g. x, y, e.t.c.)
The following are
examples of linear equations.
x - 5 =7
4x = 28
= 27
= 4
2x + 4 = 6x – 3, e.t.c.
TO SOLVE AN EQUATION
I.
To solve an
equation or to solve for a given variable in equation is to find the value of
that variable that will make the given equation true.
II.
To solve for the
unknown variable, you need to isolate the said variable in the following order
of mathematical operations:
ü Multiplication & division-------First!
ü Addition & Subtraction-------Second!
HOW TO ISOLATE A VARIABLE
First, all you
need is to perform the reverse operation(s) on the number associated with that
variable.
1.
If the number is being added to the variable,
(e.g. x + 9 = 16) then you subtract the number from both sides of the equation.
2.
If the number is being subtracted from the
variable, (e.g. x – 5 = 7) then you add the number to both sides.
3.
If the number is being multiplied by the
variable, (e.g. 4x = 28) then you divide both sides by the number. (Read the rest from the magazine)
ACHIEVER’S
PROFILE
Personality:
Prof. Francisca Nneka Okeke
Prof Francisca
Nneka Okeke is a Professor of Physics. She teaches and supervises many PhD and
MSc students. She has successfully supervised well over 9 PhD and about 16 MSc
students. She is still currently supervising many PhD and MSc students.
She published
many papers in international reputable journals. Her dedicated and painstaking
research over the past twenty-four years has resulted in her significant
contributions in her area of geomagnetism and equatorial electrojet (EEJ)
phenomena. Her academic contributions in this her areas of research are
outstanding and have immensely helped in simplifying the understanding of
rather complex phenomena. Consequently it has led to the better understanding
of geomagnetic and EEJ phenomena. Her work has been recognized nationally and
internationally. Her work on Daily variations of geomagnetic H, D and Z-fields
at Equatorial latitudes, raised a controversy. (Read the rest from the magazine)
THE STORY OF BADA
(By Olusina Paul Alade)
BADA LEAVES THE VILLAGE
This was the
fourth time I had to wake up. When I looked at the wall clock which was gently
tickling away with some sound that was almost inaudible except for the
tranquility and the silence of the night, it was just 3:47am!
“But why? Why is
it that today that I am preparing to go to my new school in the city the
morning is slow in coming?” I said to myself. Then I looked around my room and
I saw my luggage and other things I had kept up together to carry to my new
school “oh morning, why are you slow in coming? Please come quickly and let me
be discharged out of this village to go and see the city and enjoy the life
there” I lay down again slowly.
But this time I
refused to sleep; I kept looking up at the ceiling, counting the stripes of
wood there. Then I began to think of the last time I went with my father to his
farm. Honestly, I dislike going there. And he knew. That day he had told me to
weed the cassava farm by hoeing it. Bad luck! How I hated that operation! But I
had no option. I had to do it whether I liked it or not. As I was hoeing I
discovered that I was having pains in my waist, (hoeing is an operation that
makes you bend over like letter C). Then, I stood up and stretched up myself.
The pains disappeared instantly. I resumed the work, but almost immediately the
pains returned. I stopped, and stood up again. As I was contemplating on what
to do, daddy looked back at me and shouted “Lazy boy, bend down now and work
for me before I come and meet you there”
I understood what
he meant. Daddy is a no-nonsense man. Coming to meet me was not to play or joke
with me. It would be beating! Though, I am the only son of my parents, (we are
only two, the other is a small girl) my daddy never spared the rod when it was
time to discipline me. Immediately I heard him, I bent down. I knew I had no
choice; I had to continue working.
Farming is not an easy work!
Let me tell you, farming is an unpleasant
thing to do except when it comes to eating the produce. My daddy had told me
that it was due to the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that God
cursed the ground, thereby making it difficult for us to farm on it since God
also told him that in the sweat of his face he would be eating all the days of
his life. Daddy said this curse is passed to all human beings. O Adam, no thank
to you, see what you have brought humanity to! At this time, my eyes began to
close, even though I had promised myself that I would not sleep till the
morning would break.
Suddenly, I saw a
big rabbit beside me along the third furrow to where I was hoeing. I shouted!
Then daddy looked back. What’s it? I pointed to the rabbit and exclaimed “See,
daddy, rabbit… rabbit…! Then, as with the speed of a tornado, daddy rushed at
it. But unfortunately for the poor rabbit which is a very fast animal, the
route it wanted to take to escape was where my daddy was coming from. (Read the rest from the magazine)
FIND YOUR VOICE
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU DISCOVERED THAT THE
MAN YOU REGARDED AS YOUR FATHER IS NOT YOUR BIOLOGICAL FATHER?
Adelah is a
300-level student in one of the prestigious Universities in the nation. He is a
very brilliant student who commands respect from his course mates. He has two
younger ones-a girl and a boy.
He has a lot of
friends with whom he reads and discusses together in School. But he has one
very close friend who goes by the name Ogoha. Adelah and Ogoha were too close
that they could not do without seeing each other daily. Though they are not
living close to each other- Adelah lives on Campus while Ogoha lives off
Campus. Back at home, their houses are directly opposite each other, and their
parents are very close also.
Ogoha is from a
very rich family. And being born with a silver spoon in mouth, he lacks some
fundamental home training. And the fact that he is the only child of his
parents makes the matter worse. Several times Ogoha had got into troubles with
his lecturers. In fact, there was a time he insulted one of his lecturers in
public! Everybody thought he would be expelled from the School; but it was more
than a surprise when, one way or the other, the matter was swept under the
carpet.
Of a truth, Ogoha’s parents have some influence on the lecturers and the
reason may be traced to the fact that they are politicians.
As for Adelah,
his mother is a medical doctor who is working in one of the reputable private
hospitals in the state. But his father is a businessman. Though his father
graduated as a mechanical engineer, he refuses to practice his profession. He
enjoys doing business with people, especially white men. He has travelled
abroad several times until some years back, about eight years before this time,
he suffered a heavy loss when a container that was bringing his goods was
snatched by hoodlums. Since that time ha has not recovered himself from the
loss. It was estimated that he lost almost 70 million naira! He has been trying
to gather up himself but it is not easy so he has been living at the mercy of
his wife.
It has not been
very easy for Adelah’s mother to be taking care of his father, himself in the
university and his two younger ones-one in senior secondary school 2 (SSS2) and
the other in junior secondary school 3 (JSS3). As a result he does not like
going home to ask for money from his mother. Many a time, he receives financial
assistances from his friend, Ogoha. In fact, there were times that Ogoha
single-handedly paid Adelah’s tuition fees. And in return, Adelah helps Ogoha
in his hard courses. It was a perfect mutual friendship. But in most cases,
Adelah used to depend more on Ogoha for survival until something happened!
It was a bad day
and it was a terrible thing that happened that day. It was a tragedy which led
to the separation of the two close friends. No one could have thought that
Adelah and Ogoha could fight each other to the point of separation and each
refuses to come to terms with each other. It was a bad day that witnessed this
horrible incident… (Read the rest from
the magazine)
NATURE CURES
Your Food, Your Medicine!
CARROT
Natural Benefits and Curative Properties of
Carrot
i.
Carrot is rich in
alkaline elements which purify and revitalize the blood.
ii.
It nourishes the
entire system and helps in the maintenance of acidic-alkaline balance in the
body.
iii.
The juice of the
carrot is known as a ‘Miracle Juice’. It makes a fine health-giving for
children and adult alike.
iv.
It strengthens
the eyes and keeps the mucus membranes of all cavities of the body in healthy
condition.
v.
It is beneficial
in the treatment of dry and rough skin.
Caution:
However, the use of carrot seeds should be avoided during pregnancy, because it
increases the toxicity of uterine walls and may cause abortion.
Tooth Decay
vi.
Chewing a carrot
immediately after food kills all the harmful germs in the mouth.
vii.
It cleans the
teeth, removes the food particles lodged in the crevices.
viii.
It prevents
bleeding of the gums.
ix.
It prevents tooth
decay.
Digestive Disorders
x.
Chewing of
carrots increases saliva and quickens digestion by supplying the necessary
enzymes,
minerals and vitamins.
xi.
Regular use of
carrot prevents the formation of gastric ulcer and other digestive disorders.
xii.
Carrot juice is
an effective food remedy in ailments, like intestinal colic, appendicitis,
peptic ulcer and dyspepsia.
Constipation
xiii.
Carrot juice,
combine with spinach juice and a little lemon juice is very effective in the
treatment of constipation.
xiv.
Spinach juice
cleans the bowels. This effect can be expected soon after taking the juice. But
within two months, the bowel starts emptying regularly.
Note: About 50ml. of
spinach juice should be added to 250ml. of carrot to make this combination.
Diarrhea
xv.
The carrot soup
has been found an effective natural remedy for diarrhea.
xvi. It supplies fluid
to combat dehydration, replenishes sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium,
sulphur and magnesium. (Read the rest
from the magazine)
EXAMINATION SUCCESS
TIPS
(By Olusina
Paul Alade)
70 Secrets of Passing
Examinations
1. Believe in Yourself and in Your Ability: This is the first secret you must know.
Nobody can make you believe yourself except you! You are what you make
yourself. According to the law of responsibility “You are completely
responsible for everything you are, and for everything you become or achieve in
life” So, the first secret is to believe you are capable of making it.
2. Be optimistic: This is another secret you need to know and
apply. It stems from the first one above. To be optimistic in this context is
to see the brighter side of your examination. It is to see success in the face
of all odds. Believe that if others have passed before then you too can pass. The
Law of faith says “Whatever you can believe, you can achieve”
3. Choose to think right: think success always: This is a powerful secret. Success or failure
is a product of one’s choice. You can choose to succeed, and then think along
that line. And you can choose otherwise. According to the law of choice, “Your life
is the sum total of all your choices up to this present moment, and that choice
is equal to consequence”
4. Befriend brilliant students: The good book says “Iron sharpens iron so a
man sharpens the countenance of his friend “(proverb 27:17). Also, it says in
another place, “He that walks with the wise men shall be wise: but a companion
of fools shall be destroyed” (Proverb 13:20). Who you walk with determines your
success or otherwise in many ways. Do not join the company of NFA (no future
ambition) students.
5. Attend classes regularly and punctually: Regular class attendance is one secret of
examination success many students do not know. By attending the class you share
in the teacher’s knowledge and also in your classmates’ knowledge and their way
of reasoning. Of course, you must be very attentive, listen with rapt attention
to all the things going on. Don’t talk when the teacher is talking. And then also
avoid absent-mindedness, wandering thoughts and all distractions…(Read the rest from the magazine)
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