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Selling e-books as a blogger: How Profitable is it?

Today, the online community has taken over from the physical community. Now, most actions performed physically can now be performed online. An individual can buy, sell any goods online, he can apply for a job, have an interview and even work online, one can order food online, one can study online, one can chat with friends … the benefits of the internet is innumerable. One of the benefits of internet is blogging. Blogging is the process of having a personal website that one post write-up, image or video. This website belongs solely to a person, who might want to include other helping hands. Most people are into blogging these days, including I. Most bloggers also want to make money from their blogs, but they find out that it is not that easy to make a considerable amount of money from their blogs. There are ways through which bloggers make money: ads, sponsored posts, referral links, marketing, products promotion, e-book selling and so more. We are concerned with e-book sel...

The Best time to Study as a College Student

Being a college student is good, but being a college student with good grades is better. From the freshman year, from the orientation and induction hall, a college student begins to struggle to get good grades in school. And just like my classmate said: “It is not lack of brilliance that causes poor grades, but lack of management of time, and the ignorance of the codes that brings good grades on campus.” One of the codes is finding out the best time to read. Although, the best time might differ for different students, there is the time that is good for most students: morning hours. From 3AM to 10AM is the best for students. This time can be utilized well when the students do not have any lecture this period. The students should seek a quiet area, and he or she should be focused as he reads his or her books. He should also avoid every distraction. Chinwe O'Brien is a writer and a blogger. He is currently doing a degree program in English and Literature. He blogs at http...

Contact of Cultures: The Effects

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Culture is the way of life of a group of people, which is acquired in a social environment. And the sectors of the culture include religion, marriage, kinship, family, laws, system of government and so on. As we had stated earlier, there are different cultures in the world, but there is no superior culture, cultures are seen as the same. However, different cultures have often encountered one another, and some have been able to influence the other cultures really well. When different cultures meet one another there is usually culture shock on the players involved; the relationship between these cultures could be positive, or really negative. Let us take Nigeria as a case study. Nigeria was colonized by Britain, and so, in Nigeria today, English is the official language and the way of life has been Europeanized. Nigeria’s ancestors wore shabby clothes and some even walked unclad before the coming of the Europeans, but now everyone covers all parts of the body.   The way...

Causes of cough

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Cough is a viral disease. It can be caused by infectious and non-infectious disease. The infectious disease is caused by pathogens, and it is communicable, especially in a crowded environment. The non-infection cough is caused by environmental and health factors. The bad state of the environment can cause cough, and cough-related illnesses can also cause cough. Cigarette smoking can cause cough – chronic cough. Dusts, pollens, industrial chemicals, pollution and low environmental humidity can cause cough. Other illnesses like asthma and several lung diseases can cause cough. Sinus infection and the infection of the throat or the external ear or the chest can also cause cough. Stress can also cause cough. Cough can also be caused by the emergence or the future appearance of an illness like malaria. Cough is believed to be the announcer of the coming malaria and typhoid sometimes. Chinwe O'Brien is a writer and a blogger. He is currently doing a degree program in Eng...

Cure Hepatitis the Natural Way

Hepatitis is a virus infection that causes inflammation of the liver. There are two types of virus: viral and toxic. Toxic hepatitis is caused by too much alcohol, chemicals and wrong medication. The disease is transmitted through drinking water and food contaminated by patients’ stools, sharing injection needles and sexual contact. Symptoms: 1.       Fever and abdominal pain. 2.       General weakness. 3.       Vomiting or desire to vomit. 4.       Jaundice. 5.       Loss of appetite. 6.       Discoloration of urine into orange or dark brown. 7.       Whitish stool. 8.       Fainting. Treatment: Formular 1 Material: A. 1 unripe pineapple fruit. B. 10 leaves of cashew plant. C. 1 handful of cotton seeds. D. All the material for jaundice medicine. E. 10 bottle...