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  Studying for exams can be difficult, and it’s easy to get discouraged or feel like you’re not getting anywhere when you’re studying and your notes aren’t making sense. But if you don’t figure out how to study, you won’t have time to do anything else with your life besides study, which will make you feel even worse about not being able to understand the material. Figure out your strengths Brainstorming your strengths is an important step in understanding where you are going as a student. Take time to write down all of your strong suits, whether it’s something general like your intelligence or a specific skill like playing a musical instrument. Next, think about how you can use these strengths to study more effectively. For example, if one of your strengths is creativity, you might use that to create flash cards with pictures on them instead of just words. Alternatively, if one of your strengths is organization, try setting up a filing system for notes or class handouts so that eve...

  Eco tourism is tourism directed towards exotic natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife. The following are Advantages of eco tourism: Eco-tourism is an opportunity to preserve ecosystem and biodiversity. it also is a chance to generate revenue to support research effort Eco-tourism provide a chance to the local people to escape from cycle of poverty and by sharing their knowledge of the local terrain and ecology with visitors the develop a strong sense of community pride. Eco-tourism can create jobs in remote areas that have benefited less from economic development programmes  that are implemented in more populous areas Protected areas and nature conservation usually provide many benefits to the society, including conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of water shed Eco-tourism helps to conserve threatened wilslife and ensure that robust animal population remain in that way Eco-tourism provide market to local products s...

  Discount is a reduction in price of the commodity, allowing the buyer to pay less than what he would have paid the goods. Types of discount Quantity discount: - Allowed by trader to encourage him/her to buy more quantity of the product being offer Trade discount: - Allowed to another trader who is buying products for resale to the consumers Cash discount: - Allowed to the customer to enable him pay promptly for the goods bought Loss leader: - Selling the price below the market price to entice the customer to buy Psychological selling: - Playing with the customers psychology in terms of pricing by quoting odd prices such as 999, 199, 99, etc to convince the customer  that the price has been reduced Credit facilities: - where the customer is allowed to take a product for his consumption and pay for it later. This entices the customer to buy more of the product After sales service: - these are services offered to the buyer after the goods have been bought. They may be in terms...

  Livestock is an integral part of the biotic structure of the ecosystem playing an important role in the economy and environment . The poorest people in the world live in rural areas of tropical developing and sub-tropical countries. Most keep cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, camels, and poultry (chickens and ducks) and are among the most important assets of the poor as well as the mainstays of their farming. In some communities, there is the inclusion of micro livestock of rabbits, turkeys, and guinea fowls. Globally, livestock contributes to the livelihoods of approximately 70% of the world’s poor. In Africa livestock are vital for poor households, and must be a key part of meeting the MDGs targets by 2015. Livestock in Africa is critical as: The most important sources of cash income for poor households. They also provide meat and milk while poultry provide eggs readily available in small amounts that can meet demands of a family without the need for a cold chain. ...

  Pollution is addition of harmful and/or unwanted materials on the environment. in other words Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants , the components of pollution , can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.   The following are six effects of environmental pollution in African cities:  The disruption of coral reef cycle due to water pollution along the coasts Bad odour and ugly landscape caused by pollution due to improper waste disposal human diseases, such as water borne diseases like typhoid, respiratory diseases and amoebiasis Since the African continent is part of the world the air pollution in this part contribute to global warming Land infertility due to soil pollution Loss of biodiversity .   RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGA...

  A port is an area at the coast handling imports, exports, and passengers connecting the interior the coast and other countries. Rotterdam's port is found in the Netherlands . Holland at the North Sea and mouth of River Rhine . It is called Euro port because it’s used in the month it is used by European countries in the Rhine lands like Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. It is called an eater port because of handles many ports and it serves the most productive industrialized and developed areas of Western Europe . It was constructed by Holland with assistance from other European Union member countries. Importance of Rotterdam port. Employment opportunities leading to increased standards of living like traders in industries, the transport sector. Promotion of trade both internal and external around Rotterdam with countries like Germany and Switzerland . International relations and regional corporations leading to international trade for Rhineland countries. Source ...

  The project was initiated in 1953 after the February 1st 1953 disaster where floods killed about 1800 people and destroyed 152,000 ha of rich agricultural land. This was a project to reclaim the south west of Holland which has deep broad estuaries reaching farther inland. The Delta plan was aimed at providing closure by means of massive dams of four broad , deep –sea inlets through Haring Vliet, Bronwershavensche Gent, Gawtern Scheldt and Veersche Gat. Benefits from the Delta Plan Project. Control of salination and pollution of inland fresh water by controlling the movement of salt sea water. The islands to the South West were no longer isolated since infrastructural facilities were put in place. The provision of fresh water for domestic and industrial use. The area has attracted many industries and has become a major destination of tourists. Control of flooding and tidal destruction in the South West region. Dams and dykes have completely checked frequency of flooding and tidal ...