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MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF SCENT LEAVES
Ocimum gratissimum, commonly known as scent leaf or
Clove basil, is found in many tropical countries. Some of
its vernacular names in Nigeria include Ncho-anwu or
Ahuji in Igbo; Efinrin in Yoruba, Aramogbo in Edo and
Daidoya in Hausa.
Scent leaf has numerous medical uses. The oil extracted
from its leaves has been described to be active against
several species of bacteria and fungi.
From recent findings, scent leaf has proved to be useful
in the medication for people living with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and
Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome virus AIDS.
In Congo, scent leaf decoction is used for diarrhoea,
gonorrhoea infection, vaginal douches for vaginitis and
used in treatment of mental illness.
Extracts of scent leaves has also been reported to have
lowered blood pressure, strong insect repellent effects and
kill many micro-organisms that cause diseases, including
candida.
This plant is used by herbalists to treat a variety of
maladies, from bacterial infections and diabetes to pain
and liver damage.
Several studies have confirmed the efficacy of Ocimum
gratissimum in treating various conditions after it is
condensed into an essential oil. This is largely credited
to the plant's high concentrations of a phenylpropene
compound called eugenol.
Several studies have been performed that lend credence to
herbalist use of this plant for treating diahrrea and other
gastrointestinal infections. One joint study in 1999 by
the universities of the West Indies and Nigeria found
that the leaf extract provided relief from diarrhea in lab
rats and guinea pigs. Another study, published in 2002
by the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, found that the
essential oil relaxed the small intestine in lab rats,
furthering claims that the plant is beneficial in relieving
gastrointestinal ailments.
Studies suggest that Ocimum gratissimum effectively
combats several types of invasive bacteria. These range
from shigella and salmonella to escherichia and proteus
strains.
The oils of the plant also were effective in fighting
strains of E. coli, dysentery and typhoid. Some research
also confirms that clove basil is effective in treating
various veterinary problems, from killing worms in goats
to increasing libido in lab mice.

Some African tribal traditions are a mystery and a fascination for most of the modern world. Tribal communities sometimes live without many modern comforts the rest of us have.
Here are 16 fascinating traditions from several African tribes.

kidnapping your bride

In the Sudanese Latuka tribe, when a man wants to marry a woman, he kidnaps her. Elderly members of his family go and ask the girl’s father for her hand in marriage, and if dad agrees, he beats the suitor as a sign of his acceptance of the union. If the father
disagrees, however, the man might forcefully marry the woman anyway.

Khweta Ceremony

This Southern African ceremony is practiced by several tribes and is how a young boy proves his manhood.When they are of age, boys are sent to spend several days or weeks in a circumcision lodge during winter,where they’re put through rigorous and often dangerous tests and rituals such as continuous dancing until exhaustion, and circumcision.

Zulu marriage proposal

Putting a price on the bride lobola is an ancient and controversial Southern African tradition in which the families of a bride and groom negotiate how much the groom must pay for the bride.
All negotiations must be done in writing — never by phone or in person. The two families cannot even speak until negotiations are complete.

Spitting your blessings

Members of the Maasai tribe in Kenya and Tanzania spit as a way of blessing. Men spit on newborns and say they are bad in the belief that if they praise a baby, it will be cursed. Maasai warriors will also spit in their hands before shaking the hand of an elder.

Bull jumping

In order to prove their manhood in the Ethiopian
Hamer tribe, young boys must run, jump and land on the back of a bull before then attempting to run accross the backs of several bulls. They do this multiple times, and usually in the nude.

The groom wears a veil

The Ahaggaren Tuaregs of Algeria are part of a larger group of Berber-speaking Tuaregs. In their culture, the men wear veils almost all the time. However, they can take their veils off when inside family camps or while traveling.

Women have their own houses

In the Gio tribe in Ivory Coast, each wife has her own small house that she lives in with her children until they are old enough to move out. The children never live with their fathers.

Women can’t grieve elders

In the Southwestern Congo, the Suku tribe honors ancestors and elders, when they die, with a ceremony held in the clearing of a forest. Here, gifts and offerings are brought, but outsiders and all women are forbidden to attend.

Sons are raised by their uncles

When male children reach age 5 or 6 in the Northern Angolan Songo tribe, they are sent to live with their uncles on their mother’s side. This is because chiefs inherit their position through matrilineal lines.

Wealth is measured by cows

In the Pokot tribe in Kenya, wealth is measured by how many cows a family has. Most Pokot people are either “corn people” or “cow people”— meaning that’s what they cultivate on their land — but all Pokot people measure their wealth by cows. The number of women a man can marry is determined by how many cows he has.

Living with animals

The Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania have strict policies against killing wild animals. They keep cattle and livestock, but leave wild animals untouched. In fact, each clan is associated with a specific wild species, which they often keep close to them and treat as a clan member.

Red sun block

The Himba people of Northern Namibia cover their skin with a mixture of butter fat and ochre — a natural earth pigment containing iron oxide — to protect themselves from the sun. For that reason, the Himba people often appear to have a red skin tone.

Hunter-gatherers

The San People of Botswana, also called Bushmen, are hunters, gatherers who were evicted from their ancestral land in the 1950s. They were forbidden to hunt and forced to apply for permits to enter reserves. The San switched to farming but they continued to gather herbs for medication and plants for food. Deprived of the ability to hunt, San numbers dwindled.

Beating the suitor

The Fulani tribe live in many countries in West Africa and follow a tradition called Sharo. Sharo happens when two young men want to marry the same woman. To compete for her hand, they beat one another up. The men must suppress signs of pain and the one who takes the beating without showing signs of pain can take the wife.

A thorough cleansing

The Chewa people are one of the largest indigenous groups of Malawi but live throughout Central and southern Africa. When a person dies, one family tradition involves taking the body into the woods,slitting the throat, and forcing water through the body to cleanse it. They do this by squeezing the corpse's stomach until what comes out the rear end runs clear.

Lip stretching

When a girl becomes a teenager in the Surma tribe of southern Sudan, she begins the process of lip strecting. The girl has her bottom teeth removed to make space for a lip plate, which is increased in size annually.



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How to Answer the “tell Me About Yourself” Interview
Question
You've got a big interview coming up. How do you prepare?
You have to make research about the company, polish answers
to common questions and hone in on the ways your skills and
experience will help you achieve results in that particular job.
But you can do all that and still flounder in the interview. Many
candidates stumble at the first hurdle because it doesn't seem
like it requires a lot of effort to clear. What is it? The typical
opener that invites you to tell the interviewer a little more
about yourself.
This hardly seems like the toughest question you're likely to
encounter. You know your own biography, after all. But
according to career coaches, this prompt is a common
stumbling block for inexperienced candidates who go wrong by
taking the question at face value.
Many candidates, unprepared for the question, skewer
themselves by rambling, recapping their life story, delving into
ancient work history or personal matters.
Here are 15 ways to describe yourself for your next
interview:
“I would say I’m…”
1. “Someone who has high expectations for my results. I am
confident in my ability to produce, and while I prepare for the
worst, I do the work necessary to tilt the odds so that the best
will happen.”
2. “Someone who wants to be judged by individual
performance and rewarded for my efforts based on my ability
to execute.”
3. “Someone who wants to work for a successful company with
strong leadership and vision, one that recognizes and rewards
performers.”
4. “Someone who is consistently growing and takes the time to
continue learning even though it’s not a direct requirement of
the job. I find that many times, my professional growth is
based on what I study, both directly and indirectly related to
work.”
5. “Someone who is modest, hard-working and consistently
sets firm goals for myself. Then, once I’ve defined my
benchmarks, I take the necessary steps to achieve those
milestones.”
6. “Someone who aims to keep lines of communication open
and is concerned with clients’ needs—consistently asking
questions to uncover the what the client truly wants and then
making sure I’m able to meet those requirements.”
“Someone who thinks positively and can execute difficult
tasks. I’m not an individual who needs to be micromanaged.
Rather, when given a specific task, I can figure out the best
ways to solve the problem in an autonomous manner.”
8. “Someone who is able to control a situation rather than
allow a situation to control me.”
9. “Someone who has an unwavering resolve. I am determined
to do well in my job and have a successful career, as well as to
make the company I work for more competitive.”
10. “Someone with a need to produce results. I am the type of
person who meets challenges head-on rather than sweeping
them under the rug and hoping they go away. While I’m an
optimistic person, I am also realistic about the current situation
and how satisfactory or unsatisfactory it is.”
11. “Someone who has been able to not only meet my
employers’ expectations, but has consistently exceeded those
markers.”
12. “Someone who takes responsibility for their actions when
things go wrong. I don’t look for outside forces to blame;
rather, I’m someone who looks at what I can improve upon the
next time around. Pointing fingers solves nothing.”
13. “Someone who demonstrates an unwavering resolve to do
whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results,
no matter how difficult.”
14. “Someone who is committed to building something larger
and puts aside personal gain for the well-being of the group.”
15. “Someone who is mature, candid and believes in integrity.Every day I work to improve myself and my skills—that’s part
of becoming better at what I do.”

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House maids nd d evil things they do.

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Managing a football team requires a diverse array of talents and a substantial knowledge of the game. As well as being tactically astute, managers should be able to work individually with players to motivate and discipline them. Their instructions need to be communicated effectively, and they must anticipate the physical and psychological condition of their players. Of special importance is a manager's ability to make intelligent substitutions during matches.

As a prerequisite, managers need to earn the respect of their players by leading them competently. Many talented tacticians fail because they don't have the authority to lead. It takes a special kind of individual to be both an artist and a drill sergeant. The following list of managers epitomize this character, and have translated their ability into remarkable success in the football world.

10. Mircea Lucescu

This Romanian manager has managed Shakhtar Donetsk since 2004, guiding the Ukrainian team to every domestic trophy, and the 2009 UEFA Cup. Shakhtar are now a formidable force in European football, reaching the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2011. Lucescu has won 10 league titles and 7 domestic cups during his time in Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.

See Mircea Lucescu Invade the Pitch


9. Jürgen Klopp

Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, is a rising star in the football world. He transformed the fortunes of Borussia Dortmund, bringing them league titles in 2011 and 2012, and the German Cup in 2012. Klopp's reign ended the undisputed dominance of Bayern Munich, and established Dortmund as a major force in European football. He assembled an excellent team in all positions and favored a quick style of counter-attacking football that was quite similar to Arsenal (in their better years). Dortmund went on a 28 match unbeaten streak in 2012, and Klopp's side also reached the 2013 Champions League final.


8. Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean manager, Manuel Pellegrini, achieved notoriety when he was sacked by Real Madrid to make way for Jose Mourinho. He had amassed 96 points in the league that season. Pellegrini's greatest achievements have come at Villarreal and Malaga. He guided Villarreal to 3rd in La Liga in 2005, and took them to the Champions League semi finals the next year. He then led Villarreal to 2nd in La Liga in 2008, displacing Barcelona from the top two. In his first season with Malaga he guided them to 4th in the league, and reached the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2013. He was appointed Manchester City manager in the summer of 2013 and won the Premier League in his first season.

Pellegrini Arrives in Manchester


7. Marcello Lippi

This Italian manager led an unfancied Italian side to victory in the 2006 World Cup. He was also responsible for the domination of Italian football by Juventus in the late 90's. His management style focuses on team strength and unity rather than individual talent and ego. He won 5 league titles, 1 domestic cup, and the 1996 Champions League with Juventus.

Lippi's World Cup winning team


6. Otto Rehhagel

Known for his well-drilled defenses and stern approach to management, Otto Rehhagel has accomplished some of the most incredible surprises in football history. In 2004 he guided Greece to victory in the European Championships. During his time in the German Bundesliga, he transformed Werder Bremen into one of the biggest German clubs, and led them to 2 league titles, 2 domestic cups, and the 1992 Cup Winners Cup. Another remarkable success came at Kaiserslauten where he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga before winning the title in the club's first season in the top flight.

Rehhagel's triumphant Greeks


5. Arsene Wenger

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, advocates an attacking and flowing style of football, making the club a favorite with neutral supporters. He has been criticized for his trust in youth, and his reluctance to bring big names to the club. Despite a lack of recent achievements, Wenger has kept Arsenal in the top group of English football for 19 years, winning 3 league titles, 6 FA Cups,

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u forgot to add the snorers ;Du forgot to add the snorers

In IMSU they are EDU IGBO,RELIGION,EDU GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING.

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