The internet opens the door to a wide choice of work-from-home jobs for anyone wanting to make some extra cash. This article aims to list down seven such jobs that can help you to earn that extra income.

1. Affiliate Marketing
You need to have good entrepreneurial skills to become an affiliate marketer where building trust with a list of subscribers will ensure that they buy what you have on offer.

2. eBay
The most popular choice of work-from-home where all you have to do is look around you to find things that you no longer need and sell it on eBay.

3. Freelance writing
The internet needs good content and search engines are always on the lookout. If you have the writing skills, then you can take up freelance writing jobs.

4. Blogging
Creating your own blog and writing reviews of products sold by Amazon.com can bring money in the form of commissions.

5. Turn your interest and hobbies to sellable products
If you are good at singing, you can record a CD and sell it. Compiling a list of recipes and publishing it as an eBook is another way of making use of your hobbies to make money.

6. Craigslist
Craigslist is similar to eBay where you can sell items online or you can find a suitable work-at-home job or find buyers for any services that you might have to offer.

7. Search the job sites
Major Job listing sites like Monster.com and Career Builder will have work-at-home jobs listed by companies who are looking for a part-time or even a full-time resource to work from their home.

The World Wide Web offers a huge amount of resources that can help one learn how to play a guitar. These internet resources not only teach you how to play songs but also provide tips on repairing a broken guitar, playing fancy chords and much more.

What you’ll need to get started with guitar lessons

- You will need a guitar. There are many types of guitars available but any type of six-string guitar will just do just fine.
- You will need a “guitar pick” also called a plectrum designed for use on a guitar. It is recommended that medium gauged picks are easier to start with, but any type will work okay.
- You will need a chair without arms.
- Above all, you will need a reasonable amount of patience.

The online guitar courses are developed by a professional guitar player. The course will have multimedia tutorials that will provide a step-by-step guide to help you understand the fundamentals in playing the guitar.

Some online trainers will send you instructions as PDF documents along with an mp3 file of the lessons for you to practice. After enough practice, you would be expected to record a video of you playing so that you can upload it on YouTube or share it directly with your trainer for evaluation. This is a better way for you to learn so that your trainer can also see how you are progressing.

Often, after marriage, many spouses are all too happy to hand over the financial responsibility to the spouse that may be more “money savvy” or detail-oriented. Many spouses admit they don’t really want to know the details. This is a big mistake that could lead to bad credit repair. Knowledge is power and many a gal (or guy) has been blindsided by a bankruptcy due to a spouses over-spending or pre-marital debt. Rebuilding credit after bankruptcy or other major financial set-backs can be catastrophic and take years. Your best bet is to be proactive. Both partners should look at monthly bills, statements, in-goings and outgoings on a regular basis. If you are fixing credit, consider contacting a reputable credit repair services company like Vitesse Financial.

Toy Story characters in a Lego building set? How exciting is that? Yes, it is true. The year 2010, is the year that the Toy Story Lego building set becomes a reality.

In September last year, at the Venice Film Festival, the entrance to the red carpet was decorated with a five-and-a-half feet brick sculpture of Woody and a six-and-a-half feet brick sculpture of Buzz Lightyear, both built entirely using Lego building blocks. To add to the fun and excitement, Lego building areas were set up for everyone at the Film Festival, so they could be a part of the entire Lego fever. It took around 40,000 Lego building blocks, 250 hours and three builders to get Buzz together, while Woody used up 13,600 building blocks and around 150 hours.

Are you wondering why Buzz and Woody stood at the red carpet entrance? It was a public relations move to promote the release of Toy Story’s 3D movie version, which is scheduled for the summer of 2010, while also celebrating the launch of the Disney-Lego collaboration. The building sets of Toy Story are scheduled for January 2010.

Knowing what a hit Toy Story has been with the kids, you might put this Lego set down on your must-buy shopping list for your kids. The movie is not just for kids though, without a doubt young and old alike will enjoy the 3D movie version. To top it all off, everyone will be able spend hours putting together their favorite Toy Story characters together using Lego’s Toy Story set.

Consuming food contaminated with bacteria or toxins can lead to food poisoning. In most cases, people are not aware that the food consumed is contaminated that could lead to serious health problems. It depends on the type of food poisoning you have or if you have compromised your immune system. Some of the types of food poisoning are Shigella, Botulism, Salmonella, E.coli and Listeria.
Let us look at a few of them:

Shigella - This type of bacterium can cause severe diarrhea. Transmitted through fecal matter and bad hygiene, Shigella is quite similar to Salmonella poisoning. Symptoms such as nausea, fever, cramps and diarrhea, sometimes bloody indicate Shigella poisoning. You can prevent contracting Shigella if you are very particular about personal hygiene and ensure that you always wash your hands thoroughly and that your bathroom and kitchen surfaces are clean and free of fecal matter.

Botulism - Botulism bacteria attacks in three different ways: wound, infant botulism and food-borne. The first type of infection occurs when bacteria infects a wound. Bacteria living inside the intestines of a baby cause infant botulism sometimes caused by raw honey. Food-borne botulism occurs due to improperly canned and processed foods. If you have blurry vision, slurred speech, muscle weakness, dry mouth and have difficulty swallowing - then you might have botulism. If it gets severe, it can even cause paralysis and respiratory failure. One can avoid Botulism by following hygienic practices when cooking and preparing food and taking the time to cook meats fully.

Salmonella - Humans get this infection from wild and domestic animals, through their meat, eggs or milk. Eating undercooked meat, unpasteurized milk, and raw eggs can all give you salmonella poisoning. Common symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, fever and vomiting and can last from five days up to a week. Avoid dehydration at all costs. Young children, elderly people or people suffering from a chronic illness are in more danger from salmonella poisoning. Keep cooking surfaces clean, especially if it has been in contact with unpasteurized milk, raw eggs or raw meat.

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