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Amazon is an international digital marketing platform that offers best services to its customers in diverse forms.  Amazon allows you to buy and sell your distinct and valuable goods through its  digital decentralization. Amazon sells variety of products and allows you to sell your products with commercial agreement. It offers class of middlemen services. One fascinating thing about its commerce is that it has different arms which includes Amazon KDP.  Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing is one of the fast growing arm of Amazon. It allows self publishers to publish their books and earn royalties (in dollars) anytime they make sales.  On amazon KDP, publishers publish their books and upload while Amazon do the selling. If you are a good writer who truly has passion for book publishing this platform is for you.  You only need to take a few (not tedious) steps to create account and be a verified publisher. It costs you nothing!  Click

(Russian Military) In the 19th century, there was a State called Kiev Ruse. The Slavic people ruled there. Kiev was the capital of Kiev Ruse between 980 and 1015. It was ruled by a leader called Price Volodymir. In Russia, the name means Vladimir and in Ukraine it means Volodymir. These are also the names of the president of Russia and Ukraine respectively. Ukraine and Russia draw their lineage from this Slavic state. A lot of things changed in power and Ukraine was under Russian Rule. Ukraine and Russia constituted the 15 Soviet Federal republics. Russian is the most powerful followed by Ukraine. During the cold war, Ukraine was the arch rival of the United States. In 1991, Ukraine became independent. Ukraine inherited much of soviet nuclear weapons but gave it up to Russia in exchange for two things: 1. That Russia will guarantee Ukraine's security 2. That Russia will respect Ukraine's sovereignty. They both signed this budapest agreement of memorandum along with other

 10 Uncommon Idioms that can earn you respect while speaking in public Idioms are critical parts of language especially, in British countries. In fact, Idioms are termed as dialects in some British domains. Generally, Idioms are called figurative expressions or phrases whose meanings are not paralleled to the words contained in the expressions. It thus means that the meaning of idiom cannot be understood from the words contained in the expressions. In another words, it has a separate meaning from the underlying phrases uses in the expressions. The primary purpose of idioms is to convey complex expressions in a simple way. This means that some situations are beyond normal expressions but idioms can be used to unravel or explain them. There are thousands of idioms but some of them are not used often because of their contextual implications. Here are some idioms you can start using while communicating which can earn you respect and make you look different from others. 1. Get your a

  As a researcher and a student of language, I’ve spent a lot of time checking out the website and Youtube channel of Alexander Arguelles.  Alexander Sabino Argüelle is an American linguist notable for his work on Korean. The amount of time and effort he puts into language maintenance despite being a working academic with a wife and kids is something that really puts me to shame. Argulles can speak 50 languages. I know you will be taken aback hearing that, but it is very much possible based on some linguistics theories. According to some linguistics theories, one can learn any language when the person has not reached his or her critical stage (age 14). One can pick hundreds of languages available in his or her immediate environment while growing up. This is called language acquisition (language is unconsciously acquired ). However, an adult can still pick a language consciously by learning it. At this point, such language has become an L2 not L1.  Don't let me drive you off the bri

  English is one of the most resourceful language in the world. The language has thousands of lexicons that allow speakers to say one thing in different ways without defacing the intended meaning. For instance, antonym and synonym allow us to know the differences and similarities between words. It is in this regard that we will look into two words that are connected in terms of meaning. These words are: connotation and denotation. Some students find it hard to decipher the difference between the two words. As a result of this, they strike them wrongly. In a simple term, denotation is the primary meaning of a word, while connotation is the secondary meaning of a word or phrase. For instance, the word "red" means a colour- this is denotation. In another sense, "red" represents danger, love or killing- this is connotation. Another example is "rose". The denotation for rose is "flower", while the connotation is love or peace. In another words, denota

Stop saying "I want to buy pure water" it is not correct It has become a cliche to say I want to buy pure water . Firstly, what do Nigerians mean by saying "pure water"? Let us explain this below. There are different types of water according to how they are packaged. Consumable water are either bottle water or sachet water. There may be other forms of packaging commercial water, but these are the two common ways. Every commercial water has undergone different treatments. In this sense, we can say such water are pure. It is grammatically wrong to call water packaged inside nylons   pure water , especially when you mean different thing. Like I said, it has become a cliche (in Nigeria) to say "I want to buy pure water". In terms of grammar, this sentence is erroneous. It is tautology. We should say "sachet of water" not "pure water". Example: 1. I want to buy a sachet of water.(correct) 2. I want to buy a pure water. (Wrong) 3. I want to b

  The Difference Between Advise And "Advice" This article is written to guide readers on words which have the same pronunciation but different spellings. There are many words in English that sound similar, but have  different meaning and spelling. These types of words are called homophones. Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings. Homophones are difficult to identify by students. Some English students also find it difficult to use these set of words correctly. Examples of homophones are: their and there, birth and bed, been and bin, bury and berry, bye and buy, cheep and cheap. "Advice" and "advise" are homophones. These two words are misunderstood and misused by students. To start with, "Advice" is a noun. Advice means an opinion on certain issue given to someone. On the other hand, "advise" is a verb. One thing we must know is that there is a slight difference in the pronunciation of the two words

It has been said that God created human being in his own image. This Biblical or Quranic fact is enough to convince us that man is unique and equal. There are enough facts in the Bible and Qur'an that show that human being is made in God's likeness. If God created us in his image, should we lack anything? Not even wisdom, knowledge, or understand. The question is that why are some people intelligent and some are not? This is the question this article explores to answer. Like constructing a house, brains are built upon a strong foundation. This starts before birth, and is very important during the first three years of life. Brain cells are “raw” materials — much like lumber is a raw material in building a house, and a child’s experiences and interactions help build the structure, put in the wiring, and paint the walls. Heredity (nature) determines the basic number of “neurons” (brain nerve cells) children are born with, and their initial arrangement, but this doesn

Love is a strong affection for something. It goes beyond "something", but transcends to human being. Love is a deep feeling we have for someone. Love is beauty and everyone deserves to be loved and cared for. In life, everyone is busy searching for love. Looking at nature, we can't live alone and we can't do without people. In fact, we need people to love us. Life is fascinating if only we have the right people in our lives. Who are the right people? The people who share our pains, worries, visions and love us the way we are. They never condemn us but push us for success in life. Truly, we need these set of people. This is why we go on searching for someone who we will love us and who we can live with forever. People keep searching for love, but did they find it? It is a wast of time if you are searching for love where it doesn't exist. You need to ask yourself what life is all about. The purpose of life is not to keep finding love here and there. If y

The popularity of a language depends greatly on utility and geographic location. Additionally, how we measure the spread of world languages can vary greatly depending on whether you look at total speakers or native speakers. Determining what are the most spoken languages in the world is a more difficult task than you might imagine. We can say with some confidence that Mandarin, English, Spanish and Arabic will make an appearance (and roughly in what order), but there are some surprises, too! Would you have guessed that Bengali is in the top 10 most spoken languages? It came as a surprise to me when I got to know that Spanish or German isn't ranked second. French doesn't even near the position. Surprisingly, Mandarin Chinese is ranked second with 1,120million speakers. Below is the list of top ten the most spoken languages in the world. let us bring it down to Nigeria where we have over three hundred languages. Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are the most spoken languages in Nigeria but

Love is a beautiful thing if one can find it and sustain it. To love and to be loved require strength and emotion. Psychologically, love takes away your body power and replaces it with feelings. In this way, your brain system is divided into different parts. You can no longer be monopolistic in your decisions. Your structure must change and you will  have to bend your heart low.  Love is sweet but not easy to find.  Considering the theory of psychology, human beings feel differently. There are many explainable things that determine our psych.  Trait will always spread across our psych and idiosyncrasies. We can't feel the same and we can't think the same. Some are logical while some are flexible. Sagittarians are not rules by emotion. You will have to impress them and pass their equations before you can find a space in their heart. These types of people have higher IQ.  In this article I will pen four reasons why intelligent people find it hard to find soulmates. Intellig

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4561276477063489"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Beauty Never Dies In the land of beauty, Where queen and light live,  Beauty doesn't die, Beauty doesn't fade, When nature brings the moon close to the night,  Beauty doesn't die,  When the beautiful ones sleep, Their heart transforms,  Their heart lights the dark, Their beauty transforms, And their souls live long, They never die,  They never fade,  They shine, And shine, And shine, Until they melt our sorry, From worry to happiness, They never die, Until they awake the ugly ones,  They never die Beauty is like a sparkling wit, It shines all days, It is like a gold behind the sun, It shines all days, Hear my voice,  Hear my tone, As breeze blows us left to right, As our days tick up tick down like a hiden clock, We change like days,  We revolve like that mighty planet, We roll away like a sk

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4561276477063489"crossorigin="anonymous"></script>                                    Alex O.O One question that keeps rising the tension of  my  curiosity is what crippled the  standard of education in my soil land. I couldn't drive the question to a certain place. The fallen standard of education is one of the reasons why there is unemployment in Nigeria. The core purpose of education is to change human cognition and reshape his mental acumen to the foremost of his knowledge towards a better life. It is this knowledge that helps him to reshape and rebuild a livable environment for himself and his society. In this way he will fulfill his humanistic potentials. But, I am still smug in this definition because the value of education is inexhaustible. How does education come? The evidence of education is knowledge. Education is not those equations we solved

  Stop saying "your phone is ringing", it is not correct. Check what to say (among other corrections) Welcome to another educative article. Today I will talk about some wrong phone languages (sentences) we always utter out whenever we are talking something related to phone. 1. Pick your call. This phrase is very wrong. The verb pick doesn't express this context. To pick has to do will selection or option. To pick also means to pick something from the floor. Say: answer your call. 2. Your phone is ringing. Ring may not be totally wrong but a phone may be ringing when someone doesn't have a call. It may be an alarm tone. Say: you have a caller. 3. I saw your missed call. This is grammatically wrong. The verb "see" doesn't align with this context. You can only miss a call not to see a call. Say: I missed your call. 4. Your voice is cracking I can't hear you. Only a block or metal can crack. An object can also crack but phone network can't crack. Say

Inside The Dynasty On the shore of life, There I stand to behold the heart of nature, On the shorage of heaven, I stand to  hear the voice of nature, I awake myself in the brightness of the day,  I am still not sufficient to describe the Different radiances that emit my thought, Gloated and smug, But my thoughts are in desperation Of curiosity, Like an elephant, I blow the horn of my fair, Like an hungry lion,  I approached the diamond in her mighty  dynasty, They stroke my hand like a thunder that Broke the jar, The diamond remained silent like a sleeping  water, Cruft my heart and bury my head,  It is better to die in a king's Palace than to  live in riches, That  was my tear but I never fair. Now she speaks and I am stilled, My eyes remained complacent, But she is indescribable, Does heaven beget earth? How does moon hide the sun? Well, these are just what my heart was;  strawing out, I bowed to honour the sited diamond,  I am still deluded in my awe,  The dynasty of this queen

See what the lines in your palms me Our palms have been studied over the time in order to know what they mean to us and what they reflect to our personality. Palm reading is the study of human palms with the objective of evaluating their human characters, futures or personalities. People who study human palms are called palmists. The study of palm started from India before cutting across the world. There are 3 types of human palms. In this article I will name them ABC. If you observe closely you will notice that they are different by lines. These are the three types of palm human beings have. Let me explain what it means step by step. A. Left-hand line is lower. According to palmists, anyone who has this type of palm has the follow attributes: 1. You are romantic. 2. You are independent of social rules. 3. You don't worry about what others think. 4. You have a sixth sense which you listen to. 5. You are wise beyond your age. 6. You prefer an older partner or something must be older

  Never say 'I am understanding you' it is wrong. Welcome to another educative article. Today's article focuses on a simple correct. No one is above errors and mistakes as far as learning is concerned but we should all aim to improve. The word 'understand' is a verb that can only be used in one form in tense situation. Before I explain more, verb are categorized into two in terms of function; dynamic and stative verbs. Dynamic verbs explain actions while stative verbs explain conditions. All stative verbs can't be used in continuous tense (with 'ing') They can only be used in past tense and present tense. The verb 'understand' is a stative verb that can't take 'ing' to demonstrate a continuous tense. I have heard people saying: * I am understanding you. *I am understanding. * I am understanding what you are saying. These sentences are not correct and we should avoid them because the verb understand can not be used in continuous tense

I decided to write this article in order to correct a wrong sentence some of us always uttered. Sometimes we don't know that this is not correct but we must verify our grammar before we use them in public.  The sentence 'I am having two pencils' is absolutely incorrect as far as English grammar is concerned.  The verb 'having' is the core of the sentence that states a condition rather that expressing action. In other words, 'having' (possession) is a stative verb that can never take 'ing' in the context of possession. For example: 1. I am having two birds in my hands. 2. I am having three cars in my garage. 3. I am having one pencil in my bag. All of these sentences are not correct. The reason is because the verb 'have' when used as a possession cannot not take 'ing' to mark continuous tense. It is a stative verb and stative verbs explains condition not action like:  1. I am running (action not condition). 2.I am eating (action not co

                                 The Captain of Queens   In the century of heart, There is no beginning in beauty, Ask how river meets ocean, Nature is the guardian of all roses, But there are some queens we do not born, They exist like a river, Oh beholder of nature, You may have to wait; For their rivers to flow across your path, Until then, let me take you to an itinerary, Where nature bows to beauty. On the hill of the lakeside,  Above the city of the pageants,  There lies some souls, Who are they?   Behold  the stars saying; We are the super faces.  They are beautiful like rainbows;  Close to heaven, This is not a hyperbole.  They all sing in unison, Come and behold their faces,  Their voices set the ugly free,  There is one in a veil,  She is the mother of Kings, Haven't I seen enough?  No! That is the dew that fell on me, I didn't misinterpret,  I said she is different in heart, In the midst of the beauty, My adoration stops at the sparkles of colour,  Oh,  that emits in