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Before the chicks even got here, I had decided that I would remove them from the brooder and put them inside their coop when they were two weeks old. At two weeks, chicks can regulate their own body temperature and wouldn't require the constant attention I knew I would have to lavish on them the first 14 days. After I got the chicks, I began to question whether or not I would be willing to tolerate the 50 foot distance between the coop and me. I've quickly grown extremely attached to these little peepers and find comfort in looking in on them at all hours of the day and night.
Well, the past few days sealed the deal. It had gotten to the point that I could not even open the lid on the brooder to play with them without one of them attempting to fly out – namely our First Woman in Flight around here, Amelia. I also noticed they were all trying to fly inside their tiny brooder and I came to realize they would be much happier with the additional space the coop would provide. So, with no small amount of sadness, we moved our little babies to the big coop today.
Before I post the pictures of the chicks, I should probably show you the coop. We finished up painting the trim and will get the chicken yard fenced in within the next week or so. The chicks won't be going outside until the fence is completed and covered with a shrimp net my uncle gave me to keep out chicken hawks and other predators from above:
As difficult as the thought of moving the chicks to the coop was, it was even more difficult to catch all of them and put them in the box for transport. Their discovery of flight did not help any at all. But I got 23 terrified chicks into a box and carried them out to the coop. I sat on the floor and removed each from the box and each one ran over to the furthest corner from me and huddled in absolute terror. Get a load of Amelia in this picture (upper left), Prairie Doggin' her head above all the others and staring at me:
That picture cracks me up. The White Faced Black Spanish are the most alert of the group. At any rate, they were acting so scared that I was just about to chalk the whole thing up to a terrible mistake, load them all back up in the box, and take them back in the house to the brooder when little Lucy broke away from the rest and headed right over to me. For the tiniest, she sure is the bravest. When the others saw her courage, they started moving towards me too. They began pecking at the ground and scratching and looking a lot more relaxed. Lucy found a little clump of grass mixed in with the pine chips:
Bernie and I left them to explore for a while. I went back out about 30 minutes later, and they were running around chasing each other, flapping their little wings and attempting flight, scratching like crazy, and just seemed to be having the time of their life. I've been out several times this afternoon to sit with them a while, and they are really enjoying that coop. Lucy found a little, tiny spider and nailed it on the second peck! They all seem much more happy with this arrangement than I am. I will really miss having them right under my nose 24 hours a day.
I put additional pictures up on the Chicken Coop Deville page of the website.
So we have an empty nest here, but the chicks seem to really love their new digs. The coop is built solid and is certainly safe from any predators. Their heat lamp is on and should keep them at the 80 degrees they're accustomed to.
I'm a little sad, but it really makes me happy watching them run and fly and play. I hope they'll miss me, just a little. I'd hate to think I'd raised a bunch of ungrateful little peeps.
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I was recently at my aunt's cottage and using all of her stuff. She is a meticulous person and takes extreme care of all of her belongings. She had a Henckels knife set, very similar to this one, and it was the sharpest set of knives I've ever used. I could have easily cut off one of my fingers if I wanted to. It sliced through carrots like butter and cut bread effortlessly.
With high-quality stainless steel blades and contoured santoprene and stainless steel handles, these knives are just functional, and they look great on your counter top. The black knife block is also itself a bit of a show piece.
I found some amazing reviews of these knives, including this one, with a tip:
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Exhaust Headers and Mid-Pipe Breakdown
Long Tube Headers
These headers typically flow much better than any other header available and free the most HP possible. They also allow for significantly more torque to be produced by the engine. These headers are slightly more expensive than shortys and take approximately eight hours to install. When long tubes are used, a special "shorty" mid-pipe is required to bolt the exhaust together correctly. This increases the initial cost as the mid-pipe must be installed at the same time as the long tubes. While it is possible for the average Mustang owner to install long tubes in their garage/driveway, it is considerably more difficult to do so. Many people have muffler shops or professionals install their long tubes for this very reason.
After the cat-back, the next piece of exhaust that is most frequently changed is the factory mid-pipe. All Mustangs come from the factory with an H pipe utilizing a 2 1/4" pipe as the mid pipe. Depending on the year of car you have, your stock mid pipe might have 4 or even 6 catalytic converters.
When you buy a new mid-pipe, all aftermarket mid-pipes are made with 2.5" piping and can be either aluminized steel or stainless steel. Like an aftermarket cat back, an aftermarket mid-pipe will connect to the exhaust headers and any cat back without the need for any modifications. These pipes do not require welding to attach the mid-pipe to the exhaust manifolds or to the cat-back systems. Depending on the type of header you decide to use (stock, shorty, or long tube) you will need to purchase the matching size H pipe or X pipe in order for everything to bolt up correctly. You can optionally choose to go with a true dual exhaust system consisting of no mid-pipe, but this will require some fabrication of piping to replace the now omitted mid-pipe.
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We at ALL-oNE are proud to let everyone know that we will have a presence at AltExpo X this coming week! We should've announced this much earlier on but formulating plans on the event itself as well as a various other assortment of other projects left me little time to think about doing such a thing.
Our presence at AltExpo X will not be limited to one location this year! We're gonna be on Manchester on Friday in The Quill which is located on 131 Amory St. We'll be there set up from 10 AM to 3 PM and we'll our usual huge list of zines, booklets and more!
We're also proud to say that we'll be partnering with Liberty Books who have generously provided us numerous left-libertarian and left-libertarian related material for our tabling efforts on a consignment basis..As of now the plan is to have these additions generously given to us by Liberty books only for Friday! So if you're going and want to see some extra material then come on Friday. It'll be a bit more pricey than our other works but also in short supply and well worth your time so I hope you can check them out.
Also, via James Tuttle of the Tulsa ALL and editor of ALLiance Journal has given us quite a few new pamphlets to our list with all of the proceeds going to C4SS!
ALL-oNE will also be sharing a table with some C4SS members who shall be coming to Liberty Forum and predominately be showing on Friday and Saturday. While we're there we'll return to just promoting our own literature and the C4SS specific literature.We'll also be partnering with those from NJ-ALL as well in hopes of bolstering activity for ALL in general.
Due to a recent inventory check ALL-oNE also has almost all of its pamphlets numbered and properly priced. So if you have any troubles with our pamphlets we have a reference point to help you out with how many we have of something that you may be looking for or the actual price of the pamphlet.
On each of these nights Jack and I (Nick) shall be helping out ALLies (and others) by giving them free/donation based space at TekArts hackerspace which is located in Milford NH. If you're an ALLy and in need please message me or Jack on Facebook. We may be able to work something out but keep in mind that TekArts, while it may be a fairly large place, can only hold so many people. So you should RSVP with us ASAP.
So if you have alternatives to our alternatives we encourage you to stick with them so other more needing people can take up the space in your stead. However, we welcome anyone who wants to drop by at night for one of our nightly talks which will usually be focused on left-libertarian ideas.
Speaking of talks here are some of the planned talks (as of now) that will be going on that include left-libertarianism:
– I'll be doing a talk on Friday in Manchester at 10 AM about Voltairine de Cleyre, who, while she wasn't a left-libertarian herself per se' has had a great influence on myself and a lot of other ALLies in their lives.
-After that at 11 AM Darian will be giving a talk on a left-libertarian world and what we want to see in a truly freed society, how to get there and so on.
-At 12 PM Jack will be giving a talk on the New Libertarian.
-At 1-2 Rocco Fama will be giving a talk on the Vote for Nobody campaign and how Nobody "won" the election.
That'll be the main ALL-type topics and speakers but we'll also have at 9 PM-10 PM Thursday-Saturday three other talks that are related to left-libertarianism. They are:
– On Thursday we'll have Dave Roscoe speaking about the alternative to the internet itself in the form of an open source peer to peer networking system called the "Infogora". (This talk will be given at 7:30 due to the kickoff day also being a TekArts hackerspace open house day)
– On Friday we'll have Matthew Cropp speaking about Credit Unions, their viability and possible relation to libertarianism.
– On Saturday we'll have Julia Riber Pitt talking about solidarity vs. charity, the benefits of instilling solidarity into communities and culture instead of relying on private top-down charitable organizations and so on.
In addition we may have more talks and of course at TekArts we'll probably have discussions as well. The last thing to announce about talks is that we'll have a roundtable ALL-oNE discussion from 10-11 PM Thursday-Saturday. It'll be a pretty informal chat but hopefully we can ALL decide on some topics as we get there. We'll try to set up a justin.tv as well so we can broadcast these talks.
One of the biggest things we'll be trying to do at these events is not only introduce the left-libertarian ideas but also ALLy with social-anarchists before in light of our pleasant recent trip to Lucy Parson's Center and the older trip to the Boston Anarchist Bookfair that happened late last year. So in that spirit do we have people like Julia and Matt speaking and have gone out of our way to invite other social-anarchists as well.
Finally, and this may be the biggest news and so I've saved it for last, ALL-oNE will be selling copies of Charles Johnson and Gary Chartier's new book: Markets Not Capitalism for $25 at the events it is at which includes all of the events from Friday-Saturday. We only have a limited amounts and there's already a pre-requested order that we have so make sure you get them before they run out!
That's about it for now, if there's anything else to announce or you want any other info, etc. etc. then we'll try to let you know on our Facebook page, hopefully we'll ALL see you soon!
(The ALL-oNE email is my own at firstname.lastname@example.com for any questions you'd rather not post her or on Facebook, etc.)


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Upon experiencing strong feelings in a conflict situation I would probably; become serious about how others are feeling and thinking. When I put across my point, I have to consider the opposing point of views. The style of being serious about how others feel is highly assertive with very minimal cooperativeness. In situation where quick action, unpopular decision, or handling of vital issues is required feelings of the fellow employees has to be considered. I believe that no one in the work place has the final answer to anything, but each has a piece to contribute. My concern is to make sure that everybody in the work place is satisfied and thus I ensure integration of merging perspective and improving relationship to make everyone feel that his part and parcel of the company.
The views of each employee are accommodated in order to satisfy the concern of each and every employee. This is aimed to make other employee feel that the decision arrived was reasonable, peaceful and was of paramount significance.
In any conflict I expect that Conflict clears the air and enhances commitment and results. In a conflict the question that I ask myself, which are the correct answers? It should be known that there is no universal right answer and thus every employee opinion is required to clear the air of uncertainty and mistrust. Conflicts help in developing skills to help in molding situations into a constructive form.
Allred, C. B. (1987), "The anatomy of conflict: some thoughts on managing staff conflict", Law Library Journal, 79 (1), Winter, pp.7-32.
Baker, S. L. (1989), "Managing resistance to change", Library Trends, 38 (1), Summer, pp.53-61.
Bluck, R. (1996), "Organising libraries for customers" In: Pinder, C. and Melling,
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Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels MLB Pick, Odds, Prediction - 7/10/14
Los Angeles Angels (52-37) at Texas Rangers (38-52)
MLB Baseball: Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 8:05 pm (Globe Life Park)
Matt Shoemaker (R) (6-1) (4.154) vs. Colby Lewis (R) (6-5) (5.510)
The Line: Texas Rangers +118 / Los Angeles Angels -128 --- Over/Under: 10 See the Latest Odds
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The Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers begin a four-game series on Thursday.
The Angels have won eight of their 10 games in the month of July and are 16 games above a .500 record. The Angels offense has carried the load during this stretch, scoring four or more runs in 15 of their last 17 games. The Angels have won 20 of their last 22 games when scoring more than three runs. Mike Trout has hit safely in seven of his last 10 games and Albert Pujols has homered four times in his last 10 games. The Angels ERA is 3.85, 15th in the majos. Starting is Hector Santiago, who is 0-7 with a 4.50 ERA and has 54 strikeouts in 58 innings. Santiago is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in six career games against the Rangers.
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The Rangers have lost eight of their nine games in the month of July and are 15 games below a .500 record. Pitching continues to haunt the Rangers, as they've allowed four or more runs in nine of their last 10 games. Overall, the Rangers have the 29th worst ERA in baseball at 4.78. The Rangers have lost 16 of their last 17 games when allowing more than three runs. Offensively, Alex Rios has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games and Adrian Beltre has a 13-game hitting streak. Colby Lewis takes the hill, and he's 6-5 with a 5.51 ERA and has 72 strikeouts in 81.2 innings. Lewis is 5-4 with a 4.23 ERA in 15 career games against the Angels.
The Angels are 3-8 in Santiagos last 11 starts and 1-4 in Santiagos last 5 road starts. The Rangers are 4-1 in Lewis' last 5 starts vs. American League West and 1-5 in Lewis' last 6 home starts. The Angels are 1-10 in the last 11 meetings in Texas.
You feel comfortable taking the Rangers with the way they've been playing lately? Yeah. Me neither. Give me the Angels for the cheap price on the road.


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Shenzhen , China (PressExposure) December 17, 2009 -- Christmas is the festival of young people. The youth are just "the densest population fond of online shopping". Compared with offline store, they prefer more affordable and more convenience net purchasing.
"Near the year-end, there is more work, shopping is taking too much time, however, sitting in the office having a few mouse clicks can finish purchasing, much easier." Katelyn, a young online shopping fan said.
"In addition, online purchasing Christmas gift, I usually go to the cybershop to buy special products." With four years net purchasing experience, Katelyn looks very confident.
Because most cybershops need no rent and some other operating cost, thus, online shopping can keep its price advantage while competing with offline shopping moll.
It surprises producers that domestic Christmas market rise suddenly. "Online orders unexpectedly increase." Mr. Huang, boss of epathchina.com said. This company mainly undertakes the occidental orders. Mr. Huang has a keen nose on products and market changes.
However, since meet the export crisis in 2008, the enterprises haven't stand from the hit of overseas markets. Generally speaking, July is the production of Christmas season; But this July, the market sales do not increase until recently rebound. "It is unexpectedly that cybershops sell so well, and the young people is the mainstay." He said.
However, Mr. Huang's supply to domestic and foreign is obviously different. "Now young people chase the western style, novelty; they have looked down upon the previous things. If you don't make something newfangled, they won't ordered online at all." He said. "For the overseas, according to their design requirements, and we also earn much; but for domestic, we must have brainstorm of good ideas; only combining the idea of Christmas and novelty together, we can seize the selling point.
Although it is a dropshipping wholesaler focusing on the foreign market, epathchina.com also considers domestic market a great potential opportunity.
"Do not ignore the abroad, we also pay attention to domestic market. From now on, Christmas, New Year's day, Spring Festival, valentine's day, the Lantern Festival etc. one by one, all them are the boom of online shopping." Mr. Huang is very confident.
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New 2017 Starcraft Autumn Ridge 286KBS
This Starcraft Autumn Ridge travel trailer features a rear bedroom with king size bed plus a whole lot more!
Step inside and you will find a combined kitchen and living space with a single slide-out. To your immediate right there is a sleeper sofa with overhead storage cabinet. Straight ahead there is a slide out booth dinette, entertainment center, and pantry/wardrobe for storage.
Opposite the slide you will find everything you need to create meals and snacks while you are spending time away from home. There is a second pantry for storing dry goods, a refrigerator, three burner range with microwave oven, and kitchen sink for easy food prep and cleanup.
Heading to the rear of the trailer you pass through a bathroom with 60" shower featuring dual shower heads along with a toilet and sink with medicine cabinet on the opposite side of the room.
A sliding pocket door leads to the rear private bedroom with king bed slide out including overhead storage above the bed. There are also two wardrobes with a chest of drawers between the two with a shelf above and more!
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Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is the country that was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.
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Tanzania ( /ˌtænzəˈniːə/), officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania),[5] is the country that was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964. It is located in East Africa, bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern border lies on the Indian Ocean.
The country is divided into thirty regions: five on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and twenty-five on the mainland in the former Tanganyika.[6] The head of state is President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, elected in 2005. Since 1996, the official capital of Tanzania has been Dodoma, where the country's parliament and some government offices are located.[7] Between independence and 1996, the main coastal city of Dar es Salaam served as the country's political capital. Today, it remains Tanzania's principal commercial city and de facto seat of most government institutions.[6][8] It is the major seaport for the country and its landlocked neighbours.
The name Tanzania derives from the first syllables of the names of the two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, that united to form the country.[9]
Fossil remains of humans and pre-human hominids have been found in Tanzania that date back over two million years, making the area one of the oldest-known inhabited areas on Earth. More recently, Tanzania is believed to have been populated by Cushitic and Khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherer communities. About two-thousand years ago, Bantu-speaking people began to arrive from western Africa in a series of migrations. Later, Nilotic pastoralists arrived and continued to move into the area until the 18th century.[10]
The people of Tanzania have been associated with the production of steel. The Haya people of East Africa invented a type of high-heat blast furnace which allowed them to forge carbon steel at 1,802 °C (3,276 °F) nearly two-thousand years ago. The Shana clan in the Pare tribe also produced iron.[citation needed]
One of Tanzania's most important archeological sites is Engaruka in the Great Rift Valley which includes an irrigation and cultivation system.
Travellers and merchants from the Persian Gulf and western India have visited the East African coast since early in the first millennium AD. Islam was practised on the Swahili Coast as early as the eighth or ninth century AD.[11]
General von Lettow-Vorbeck in Dar es Salaam with a British Officer (left) and German Officer (right), March 1919
Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Seyyid Said moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, Zanzibar became the centre for the Arab slave trade.[12] Between 65% to 90% of the population of Arab-Swahili Zanzibar was enslaved.[13] One of the most famous slave traders on the East African coast was Tippu Tip, who was himself the grandson of an enslaved African. The Nyamwezi slave traders operated under the leadership of Msiri and Mirambo.[14] According to Timothy Insoll, "Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast."[15]
In the late 19th century, Imperial Germany conquered the regions that are now Tanzania (minus Zanzibar), Rwanda, and Burundi, and incorporated them into German East Africa. During World War I, an invasion attempt by the British was thwarted by German General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, who then mounted a drawn out guerrilla campaign against the British. The post–World War I accords and the League of Nations charter designated the area a British Mandate, except for a small area in the northwest, which was ceded to Belgium and later became Rwanda and Burundi, as well as a small area in the southeast (Kionga Triangle), incorporated to Portuguese East Africa (later Mozambique).
Tanzania's founding leader Julius Nyerere with U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1977.
British rule came to an end in 1961 after a relatively peaceful (compared with neighbouring Kenya, for instance) transition to independence. In 1954, Julius Nyerere transformed an organization into the politically oriented Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). TANU's main objective was to achieve national sovereignty for Tanganyika. A campaign to register new members was launched, and within a year TANU had become the leading political organization in the country.
Nyerere became Minister of British-administered Tanganyika in 1960 and continued as Prime Minister when Tanganyika became officially independent in 1961. In 1967 Nyerere's first presidency took a turn to the Left after the Arusha Declaration, which codified a commitment to socialism in Pan-African fashion. After the Declaration, banks were nationalized, as were many large industries.
After the Zanzibar Revolution overthrew the Arab dynasty in neighbouring Zanzibar,[16] which had become independent in 1963, the island merged with mainland Tanganyika to form the nation of Tanzania on 26 April 1964. The union of the two, hitherto separate, regions was controversial among many Zanzibaris (even those sympathetic to the revolution) but was accepted by both the Nyerere government and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar owing to shared political values and goals.
From the late 1970s, Tanzania's economy took a turn for the worse. Tanzania was also aligned with China, which from 1970 to 1975 financed and helped to build the 1,860-kilometer-long (1,160 mi) TAZARA Railway from Dar es Salaam to Zambia.[17] From the mid 1980s, the regime financed itself by borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and underwent some reforms. From the mid 1980s Tanzania's GDP per capita has grown and poverty has been reduced.[18]
The President of Tanzania, and the members of the National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for five-year terms. The president appoints a prime minister who serves as the government's leader in the National Assembly. The president selects his Cabinet from among the National Assembly members. The Constitution also empowers him to nominate ten non-elected members of Parliament, who are also eligible to become cabinet members. Elections for president and all National Assembly seats were held in October 2010. Tanzania is a one party dominant state with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi in power. Opposition parties are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power, though the country remains peaceful.[citation needed]
The unicameral National Assembly elected in 2010 has 343 members. These include the Attorney General, five members elected from the Zanzibar House of Representatives to participate in the Parliament, the special women's seats which are made up of 30% of the seats that a given party has in the House, 181 constituent seats of members of Parliament from the mainland, and 50 seats from Zanzibar. Also in the list are forty-eight appointed for women and the seats for the 10 nominated members of Parliament. At present, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi holds about 75% of the seats in the Assembly. Laws passed by the National Assembly are valid for Zanzibar only in specifically designated union matters.
Zanzibar's House of Representatives has jurisdiction over all non-union matters. There are seventy-six members in the House of Representatives in Zanzibar, including fifty elected by the people, ten appointed by the president of Zanzibar, five ex officio members, and an attorney general appointed by the president. In May 2002, the government increased the number of special seats allocated to women from ten to fifteen, which will increase the number of House of Representatives members to eighty-one. Ostensibly, Zanzibar's House of Representatives can make laws for Zanzibar without the approval of the union government as long as it does not involve union-designated matters. The terms of office for Zanzibar's president and House of Representatives also are five years. The semi-autonomous relationship between Zanzibar and the union is a unique system of government.
Tanzania has a five-level judiciary combining the jurisdictions of tribal, Islamic, and English common law. Appeal is from the Primary Courts through the District Courts, Resident Magistrate Courts, to the High Courts, and the Court of Appeal.[19] Judges are appointed by the Chief Justice of Tanzania, except for those of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, who are appointed by the President. The Zanzibari court system parallels the legal system of the union, and all cases tried in Zanzibari courts, except for those involving constitutional issues and Islamic law, can be appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Union.[19] A commercial court was established in September 1999 as a division of the High Court.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture, which accounts for more than half of the GDP, provides 75% (approximately) of exports, and employs approximately 75% of the workforce. Topography and climate, though, limit cultivated crops to only 4% of the land area. The nation has many natural resources including minerals, natural gas, and tourism.
Extraction of natural gas began in the 2000s. Gas is drawn into the commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam and exported to various markets overseas. Tanzania has vast amounts of minerals including gold, diamonds, coal, iron, uranium, nickel, chrome, tin, platinum, coltan, niobium, and others. It was announced in February 2012 that the collapsed volcano approximately 200 km north of Mbeya, Mount Ngualla, contained one of the largest rare earths oxide deposits in the world.[20]
Tanzania is the third-largest producer of gold in Africa after South Africa and Ghana. The country is also known for Tanzanite, a type of precious gemstone that is found only in Tanzania. The mineral sector started to pick-up slowly in the late 90s; major discoveries are announced regularly. However, the mineral sector has yet to start contributing significantly to the overall Tanzanian economy, and industry is still mainly limited to processing agricultural products and light consumer goods.
Growth from 1991 to 1999 featured industrial production and a substantial increase in output of minerals, led by gold. Commercial production of natural gas from the Songo Songo island in the Indian Ocean off the Rufiji Delta commenced in 2004,[21] with natural gas being pumped in a pipeline to Dar es Salaam, the bulk of it converted to electricity by both public utility and private operators. A new gas field is being brought on stream in Mnazi Bay.
Recent public sector and banking reforms, as well as revamped and new legislative frameworks, have all helped increase private-sector growth and investment. Short-term economic progress also depends on curbing corruption.[22]
Prolonged drought during the early years of the 21st century has severely reduced electricity generation capacity (some 60% of Tanzania's electricity supplies are generated by hydro-electric methods).[23] During 2006, Tanzania suffered a crippling series of "load-shedding" or power-rationing episodes caused by a shortfall of generated power, largely because of insufficient hydro-electric generation. Plans to increase gas- and coal-fueled generation capacity are likely to take some years to implement, and growth is forecast to be increased to 7% or more per year.[24]
There are two major airlines in Tanzania: the Air Tanzania Corporation and Precision Air; both provide local flights to Arusha, Kigoma, Mtwara, Mwanza, Musoma, Shinyanga, Zanzibar and regional flights to Kigali, Nairobi and Mombasa. There are also several charter firms and smaller airlines, such as Bold Aviation Ltd., Tropical Air and Coastal Aviation Ltd. There are two railway companies: TAZARA provides service between Dar-es-Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi, a district of the Central Province in Zambia. The other one is the Tanzania Railways Corporation, which provides services between Dar-es-Salaam and Kigoma, a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and between Dar-es-Salaam and Mwanza, a city on the shores of Lake Victoria. Several modern hydrofoil boats also provide transportation across the Indian Ocean between Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar.
Tanzania is part of the East African Community and a potential member of the planned East African Federation.
Unlike minerals, the contribution of the tourism sector to the Tanzanian economy is steadily rising year after year.
Tanzania is the home of the world-famous Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. The country has dozens of beaches such as those found in Zanzibar and national parks like the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Other smaller parks, such as Mikumi National Park, which is located near Dar es Salaam, also contribute to the economy of the country.
Child labour
Child labour is common in Tanzania with millions working.[25] It is more common with girls rather than boys.[26] Girls are commonly employed as domestic servants, sometimes by force.[27] There is trafficking of children into commercial sexual exploitation.[28] Sexual exploitation of children is illegal.[29]
Administrative subdivisions
Tanzania is divided into thirty regions (mkoa), twentyfive on the mainland and five in Zanzibar (three on Unguja, two on Pemba).[30][31] Ninety-nine districts (wilaya), each with at least one council, have been created to further increase local authority; the councils are also known as local government authorities. There are 114 councils operating in 99 districts; 22 are urban and 92 are rural. The 22 urban units are further classified as city councils (Dar es Salaam and Mwanza), municipal councils (Arusha, Dodoma, Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Morogoro, Shinyanga, Tabora, and Tanga) or town councils (the remaining eleven communities).
Tanzania's regions are: Arusha · Dar es Salaam · Dodoma · Geita · Iringa · Kagera · Katavi · Kigoma · Kilimanjaro · Lindi · Manyara · Mara · Mbeya · Morogoro · Mtwara · Mwanza · Njombe · Pemba North · Pemba South · Pwani · Rukwa · Ruvuma · Shinyanga · Simiyu · Singida · Tabora · Tanga · Zanzibar Central/South · Zanzibar North · Zanzibar Urban/West
For more information on Maasai pastoralism as part of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, see: GIAHS At 947,300 km²,[32] Tanzania is the world's 31st-largest country. Compared to other African countries, it is slightly smaller than Egypt and comparable in size to Nigeria. It lies mostly between latitudes 1° and 12°S, and longitudes 29° and 41°E.
Tanzania is mountainous in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro,[33] Africa's highest peak, is situated. To the north and west are the Great Lakes of, respectively, Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish); to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa. Central Tanzania comprises a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the island of Zanzibar lying just offshore.
Tanzania contains many large and ecologically significant wildlife parks,[34] including the famous Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park[35] in the north, and Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park in the south. Gombe National Park in the west is known as the site of Dr. Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzee behaviour.
The government of Tanzania through its department of tourism has embarked on a campaign to promote the Kalambo water falls in the southwestern region of Rukwa as one of Tanzania's main tourist destinations. The Kalambo Falls are the second highest in Africa and are located near the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. The Menai Bay Conservation Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area.
The Engaresero village on the Western shores of Lake Natron has been chosen by the government of Tanzania to exemplify the Maasai pastoral system given its singularity, integrity, high diversity of habitats and biodiversity. The site also has major additional significance, because of the presence of Lake Natron and the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which have immense ecological, geological and cultural value. The community has demonstrated a strong resilience in facing threats to their systems, and has maintained associated social and cultural institutions, which ensure its sustainability under prevailing environmental conditions.
Tanzania has a tropical climate. In the highlands, temperatures range between 10 and 20 °C (50 and 68 °F) during cold and hot seasons respectively. The rest of the country has temperatures rarely falling lower than 20 °C (68 °F). The hottest period extends between November and February (25–31 °C / 77–87.8 °F while the coldest period occurs between May and August (15–20 °C / 59–68 °F). Annual temperature is 32 °C (89.6 °F). The climate is cool in high mountainous regions.
Tanzania has two major rainfall regions. One is uni-modal (December–April) and the other is bi-modal (October–December and March–May). The former is experienced in southern, south-west, central and western parts of the country, and the latter is found to the north and northern coast.
In the bi-modal regime the March–May rains are referred to as the long rains or Masika, whereas the October–December rains are generally known as short rains or Vuli. As this country lies near the equator, the climate is hot and humid. The easterlies winds cause rainfall in the eastern coastal region.
Tanzania has considerable wildlife habitat, including much of the Serengeti plain, where the white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) and other bovids participate in a large-scale annual migration. Up to 250,000 wildebeest perish each year in the long and arduous movement to find forage in the dry season. Tanzania is also home to 130 amphibian and over 275 reptile species, many of them strictly endemic and included in the IUCN Red Lists of different countries.[36]
Tanzania has developed a Biodiversity Action Plan to address species conservation. A recently discovered species of elephant shrew called Grey-faced Sengi was filmed for the first time in 2005, and it was known to live in just two forests in the Udzungwa Mountains. In 2008, it was listed as "vulnerable" on the 2008 Red List of Threatened Species. Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is the largest breeding site for the threatened Lesser Flamingo, a huge community of which nest in the salt marshes of the lake. Areas of East African mangroves on the coast are also important habitats.
As of 2010, the estimated population is 43,188,000. Population distribution is extremely uneven, with density varying from 1 person per square kilometre (3/mi²) in arid regions to 51 per square kilometre (133/mi²) in the well-watered mainland highlands, to 134 per square kilometre (347/mi²) on Zanzibar.[37] More than 80% of the population is rural. Dar es Salaam is the largest city and is the commercial capital; Dodoma, located in the centre of Tanzania is the new capital and houses the Union's Parliament. The African population consists of more than 120 ethnic groups, of which the Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Chagga, Nyakyusa, Haya, Hehe, Bena, Gogo, and the Makonde have more than 1 million members. Other Bantu peoples include the Pare, Zigua, Shambaa, and Ngoni. The majority of Tanzanians, including the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi, are Bantu. Cushitic peoples include the half million Iraqw. Nilotic peoples include the nomadic Maasai and Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighbouring Kenya. The Sandawe speak a language that may be related to the Khoe languages of Botswana and Namibia, while the language of the Hadza, although it has similar click consonants, is a language isolate.
The population also includes people of Arab, Indian, and Pakistani origin, and small European and Chinese communities.[38] Many also identify as Shirazis. As of 1994, the Asian community numbered 50,000 on the mainland and 4,000 on Zanzibar. An estimated 70,000 Arabs and 10,000 Europeans resided in Tanzania.[39]
Largest cities
Tanzania's population consists of approximately 62% Christians, 35% Muslims, and 3% followers of indigenous religions.[40] The CIA World Factbook however states that 30% of the population is Christian with Muslim being 35% and indigenous beliefs 35%.[41]
The national census, however, has not asked for religious affiliation since 1967 as the religious balance is seen as a sensitive topic. As Tanzanians pride themselves on living together with their diversity, the use of a statistic that is conveniently equal is seen as avoiding rivalries between the various religious groups by not identifying the majority. All figures on religious statistics for Tanzania are at best educated guesswork and differ widely on the question whether there are more Christians or Muslims. Most assume that the share of traditionalists has dwindled.[42]
The Christian population is mostly composed of Roman Catholics. Among Protestants the strong numbers of Lutherans and Moravians point to the German past of the country, the numbers of Anglicans to the British history of Tanganyika. All of them have had some influence in varying degrees from the Walokole movement (East African Revival) which has also been fertile ground for the spread of charismatic and Pentecostal groups. Zanzibar is about 97% Muslim. On the mainland, Muslim communities are concentrated in coastal areas, with some large Muslim majorities also in inland urban areas especially and along the former caravan routes. A large majority of the Muslim population is Sunni. The Islamic population of Dar es Salaam, the largest and richest city in Tanzania, is composed of mainly Sunni Muslims.
There are also active communities of other religious groups, primarily on the mainland, such as Buddhists, Hindus, and Bahá'ís.[43]
Swahili and English are the official languages; however the former is the national language.[44] English is still the language of higher courts,[4] it can however be considered a de facto official language. Tanzanians see themselves as having two "official" languages, English and Swahili. Swahili is seen as the unifying language of the country between people of different ethnic groups, who each have their own language; English serves the purpose of providing Tanzanians with the ability to participate in the global economy and culture. Over 100 different (tribal) languages are spoken in Tanzania, including Maasai, Sukuma and Makonde.[45] The first language typically learned by a Tanzanian is that of his or her ethnic group, with Swahili and English learned thereafter.
According to the official linguistic policy of Tanzania, as announced in 1984, Swahili is the language of the social and political sphere as well as primary and adult education, whereas English is the language of secondary education, universities, technology, and higher courts.[4] Though the British government financially supports the use of English in Tanzania,[4] its usage in the Tanzanian society has diminished over the past decades: In the seventies Tanzanian university students used to speak English with each other, whereas now they almost exclusively use Swahili outside the classroom. Even in secondary school and university classes, where officially only English should be used, it is now quite common to use a mix of Swahili and English.
Other spoken languages are Indian languages, especially Gujarati, and Portuguese (spoken by Indians and Mozambican blacks, respectively) and to a lesser extent French (from neighbouring Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo). Historically German was widely spoken during that colonial period, but this practice is already forgotten.
The literacy rate in Tanzania is estimated to be 73%.[46] Education is compulsory for seven years, until children reach age 15, but most children do not attend school until this age, and some do not attend at all. In 2000, 57% of children age 5–14 years were attending school. As of 2006, 87.2% of children who started primary school were likely to reach grade 5.[47]
The under-five mortality rate in 2010 is estimated to be 76 out of 1,000.[48] Life expectancy at birth is estimated to be 53 years in 2012.[49] The 15–60 year old adult mortality (the probability of dying between the ages 15–60) in 2009 was 456/1000 for men and 311/1000 for women.[50]
The leading cause of death in children who survive the neonatal period is malaria.[51] Other leading causes of death in under 5's is pneumococcal disease (pneumonia) and rotavirus (diarrhea). The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a significant problem in Tanzania; in 2009, the prevalence was estimated to be 5.6% of the adult population.[49] Anti-retroviral treatment coverage for people with advanced HIV infection was 30% in 2011 – 7% below the average for the continent.[52] According to the 2011 UNAIDS Report, HIV prevalence has declined among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics, young people (ages 15–24 years) and men in the general population.[53]
2006 data show that 55% of the population had sustainable access to improved drinking water sources and 33% had sustainable access to improved sanitation.[52]
The music of Tanzania stretches from traditional African music to the string-based taarab to a distinctive hip hop known as bongo flava. Famous taarab singers names are Abbasi Mzee, Culture Musical Club, Shakila of Black Star Musical Group.
Internationally known traditional artists are Bi Kidude, Hukwe Zawose and Tatu Nane.
Tanzania has its own distinct African rumba music, termed muziki wa dansi ("dance music") where names of artists/groups like Tabora Jazz, Western Jazz Band, Morogoro Jazz, Volcano Jazz, Simba Wanyika, Remmy Ongala, Marijani Shaabani, Ndala Kasheba,[54] NUTA JAZZ, ATOMIC JAZZ, DDC Mlimani Park, Afro 70 & Patrick Balisidya,[55][56][57] Sunburst, Tatu Nane[58] and Orchestra Makassy must be mentioned in the history of Tanzanian music.
One of Tanzania's, and other parts of Eastern Africa's, most common cultural dishes is Ugali. It is mainly composed of corn and is similar to the consistency of porridge, giving it its second name of corn meal porridge.
Tanzania has many writers. The list of writers' names includes well-known writers such as Godfrey Mwakikagile, Mohamed Said, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Prof. Julius Nyang'oro, Prof. Clement Ndulute, Prof. Frank Chiteji, Prof. Joseph Mbele,[59] Juma Volter Mwapachu, Prof. Issa Shivji, Jenerali Twaha Ulimwengu, Prof. Penina Mlama,[60] Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Adam Shafi, Dr. Malima M.P Bundala and Shaaban Robert.
Tanzania has remarkable position in art. Two styles became world known: Tingatinga and Makonde. Tingatinga are the popular African paintings painted with enamel paints on canvas. Usually the motifs are animals and flowers in colourful and repetitive design. The style was started by Mr. Edward Saidi Tingatinga born in South Tanzania. Later he moved to Dar Es Salaam. Since his death in 1972 the Tingatinga style expanded both in Tanzania and worldwide. Makonde is both a tribe in Tanzania (and Mozambique) and a modern sculpture style. It is known for the high Ujamaas (Trees of Life) made of the hard and dark ebony tree. Tanzania is also a birthplace of one of the most famous African artists – George Lilanga.
Filbert Bayi and Suleiman Nyambui both won track and field medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Tanzania competes in the Commonwealth Games as well as in the African Championships in Athletics.
Football is widely played all over the country with fans divided between two major clubs, Young African Sports Club (Yanga) and Simba Sports Club (Simba). Football is the most popular sport in Tanzania, despite the little success that has been achieved by the national team. To date, they have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and have made just one appearance in the African Cup of Nations, back in 1980, where they finished last in their group with just 1 draw and 2 losses.
Basketball is also played but mainly in the army and schools. Hasheem Thabeet is a Tanzanian-born NBA player with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He is the first Tanzanian to play in the NBA. Cricket is a rapidly growing sport in Tanzania after hosting the ICC Cricket League division 4 in 2008, Tanzania finished with one win for the tournament, and Tanzania also has its own national team. Rugby is a minor sport in Tanzania. Tanzania now has a national team, which used to be part of the East Africa team, but was separated. The city of Arusha is home to Tanzanian rugby, and the city was host to 2007 Castel Beer Trophy.
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- Spiegel Länder-LexikonGerman Spiegel Wissen online about Tanzania: 40% Muslims, 40% Christians
- Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2009Fischer Weltalmanach 2009, page 465. Frankfurt 2008 and Religious Freedom Report 2007 International Religious Freedom Report 2007 about Tanzania: 30–40% Muslims, 30–40% Christians
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External links
- Government
- General
- Tanzania entry at The World Factbook
- Tanzania at the Open Directory Project
- Wikimedia Atlas of Tanzania
- Tanzania Maps
- Tanzania from UCB Libraries GovPubs
- The Citizen from The Citizen – Tanzania most preferred independent English Newspaper
- Mwananchi from Mwananchi – Tanzania's most circulated daily Newspaper (Swahili)
- Mwanaspoti from Mwanaspoti – Tanzania most circulated biweekly sports and entertainment Newspaper
- Tanzania profile from the BBC News
- Key Development Forecasts for Tanzania from International Futures
- Culture
- www.afrum.com – art from Tanzania
- Tinga Tinga paintings
- Tinga Tinga Cooperative
- Tingatinga Book (ThorupArt , 2011) ISBN 978-87-992635-2-3
- Tourism
- Tanzania National Parks
- ‹The template Wikitravel is being considered for merging.› Tanzania travel guide from Wikitravel
- Tanzania.eu


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The practice of posting customer reviews started at Amazon.com, which began its reader reviews when it started its on-line bookstore in July 1995. In addition to including excerpts from published reviews, the site allowed readers to rate books on a five-star scale, and to post comments of their own.
At the time, such reviews were a novelty because on-line stores generally relied on authoritative third parties, like professional book reviewers, to help readers decide what to buy.Continue reading the main story
''When we introduced it, people asked, 'If your goal is to sell products, how can you allow it?' '' said Paul Capelli, an Amazon spokesman. ''But it's been a very effective tool to get attention and move product.''
For example, he said, a recent novel, ''Lip Service'' by M. J. Rose, failed to attract a publisher, but Ms. Rose published the book on her own and offered it for sale on Amazon. It was reviewed so favorably by Amazon users that it entered the site's Top 100 list. The author was then signed by Pocket Books, a unit of the Simon & Schuster division of Pearson P.L.C. When the book was re-released, it was among Amazon's top 5 best sellers during a recent week. ''The customer reviews were driving her sales,'' Mr. Capelli said.
The book's success is no longer limited to Amazon; it is now moving well on Barnesandnoble.com, where it ranks in the current top 100 sellers.
Following Amazon's lead, other on-line retailers have instituted programs that allow buyers to rate products. For sellers of computers and other high-priced goods, posting customer reviews is an even greater departure from the retail norm, analysts and executives said, because many established sources offer advice on buying these products. Indeed, an entire publishing industry has been built on giving computer buyers authoritative advice.
NECX Direct, an Internet computer and electronics retailer that began posting customer reviews of products two years ago, says such reviews augment buying guides from publishers. ''This is a very potent motivator for helping people decide what to buy,'' said Keith Halloran, the company's director of marketing. ''In the end, sales are made by the testimony of real users, not rebate offers or what PC Magazine says.''
Mr. Halloran said the site could afford to risk turning customers away from certain products because, like many other Internet retailers, NECX does not carry its own inventory. Rather, when a customer places an order, NECX has the product delivered directly from a distributor. So even if a customer is turned away from one product, he said, the company offers enough products in each category to make sales likely.
''If the customers say, 'It's a bad product; you shouldn't buy it,' we don't lose because we don't hold anything in stock,'' he said. ''So we print everything -- the good, the bad and the ugly.''
Provided it's not too ugly. Mr. Halloran said NECX edited customer reviews for profanity ''or transparent efforts to discredit manufacturers,'' and also watched for obvious boosterism from manufacturers. ''I'm sure that happens,'' he said, ''but most reputable manufacturers refrain from it.''
Mr. Parr of the International Data Corporation said that even if such reviews failed to help sales, they could still serve an important purpose: increasing the reviewer's loyalty to the site.
''People who are big contributors to reviews tend to have a sense of ownership,'' he said. ''It gives them a sense of status in a place that really matters to them, and it's pretty hard to place a price tag on that.''
Notably, the trend toward using customer reviews is also being embraced by publishers that have built their businesses on offering objective, often lab-tested, reviews. Consumer Reports, published by Consumers Union, recently said it would publish reviews of E-commerce Web sites from Bizrate.com, a company that compiles customer feedback. And Cnet, an Internet company that publishes reviews of computer products, recently began posting readers' comments about products.
Alice Hill, editorial director for Cnet, said that the decision was not easy: ''It took some letting go of that attitude that you're the editor, saying, 'This is all you need to know.' ''
Ms. Hill said that the service, which allows readers to submit a ''thumbs up'' or ''thumbs down'' review alongside their comments, has even helped the site's professional reviewers, who test products in a laboratory environment. For instance, she said, Cnet editors recently confirmed a flaw in a digital camera's lens cover after customers pointed out the problem. ''So this gives us a volume approach as well as a lab approach,'' she said.
Though the number of sites offering customer reviews is growing, analysts said one important on-line type -- manufacturers that sell directly to consumers -- would not soon join the trend. ''Companies are so protective of their brands and image, it would be hard to imagine any of them taking that kind of risk,'' Mr. Parr said, referring to companies like Nike and Compaq Computer.
Among manufacturers that sell directly to consumers, Dell Computer comes the closest to offering customer reviews. In the Talk Forum section of its site, Dell lets readers post questions or speak their minds about products they have bought. Manish Mehta, senior manager for on-line support, said that the company edited only offensive, profane remarks. ''The fact that you can absolutely slam Dell frees up people to be open,'' he said.
Dell, Mr. Mehta said, would be reluctant to post reviews in areas of its site where shoppers are poised to buy. ''Conversion is so critical in E-commerce,'' he said. ''When you finally get customers to select a product, to introduce something that might cause them to abandon a purchase would not be a good thing.''Continue reading the main story


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In South Korea, the Daewoo name is being replaced with the Chevrolet brand as part of General Motors' strategy in expanding overseas. This year, GM's Korea unit (which was known previously as GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co.) changed its name to GM Korea Co.
On March 1, showrooms in South Korea started filling up with cars that bear the Chevy badge. Ankush Arora, vice president of sales for GM Korea, said that sales have surged since the name change. In January and February 2011, sales averaged at 8,000 units a month for the Daewoo brand. In March 2011, Chevrolet sales were expected to reach 12,000 units.
Currently, GM trails behind Hyundai and Kia. However, GM is aiming to achieve a double-digit market share in 2011, compared with 8.1% in 2010. GM's decision to debut Chevrolet in Korea is part of efforts to position it as its global mass market brand.
At the recent Seoul motor show, GM Korea CEO Mike Arcamone said that this has never happened before in the company's history. GM has a daunting task ahead of it. It has to make the public aware of its new brand.
It would also have to renovate retail outlets and retrain a nationwide sales force in new product, customer service and aftersales. GM offers the Cadillac in Korea and the Buick LaCrosse as a stand-alone Alpheon subbrand.
However, Chevrolet is the core, whose lineup will be strengthened with eight new models or versions. So far in 2011, Korea has gotten or is about to receive the Camaro sports car; Orlando small minivan; the redesigned Aveo small car (which will come as a hatchback and notchback); the Captiva SUV; a Cruze hatchback; and the Corvette. Korea will also soon get a new Chevy sedan (so far unnamed) that will sell globally, including in the U.S.


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So This Is Permanence
Section B
1. Write a summary of So This Is Permanence in about 150 words.
Sarah is a young immature teenager who by accident gets pregnant. Now she has a baby which she doesn't love. Her mother and sister help her to take care of the little person but Sarah is careless about everything. One day she decides to take the baby on a walk, not for fun, but to find a way out of her bad situation. Accidentally she meets Daniel who is the father to the baby. Daniel is together with his friends whom don't have a clue about Daniels paternity. Daniel is completely careless about Sarah and the baby. He doesn't talk to her, doesn't look at her, he is just hiding behind his long hair and shortly after he runs his way. Sarah doesn't do anything about it; she understands him and feels exactly the same as he does. Daniels example of dealing with the problem gives Sarah an idea. She does the same as he did; she runs away and leaves the baby in the diner.
2. Characterize Sarah.
Sarah is a young 16 year old teenager who by accident got pregnant. As she first discovered that she was pregnant, she wanted an abortion, but her ignorance made it impossible and as her mother was let into her secret an abortion was too late. Sarah is not ready to be a mother, she is too immature and she runs from her responsibility to the little baby by hiding in the bathtub with a book for hours.
Because of her pregnancy she was forced to leave high school which made her happy but after her new role as a mother she would at any time choose school rather than her baby. Already in her pregnancy she felt that the baby was in her way. She wished that she could remove the baby and let it look after itself: If only she were a spider, she might cast this thing off on a windowsill in a bundle of silk and let it hatch on its own.
After the birth she still has a bad attitude. She doesn't make an effort to take care of her son and she doesn't appreciate her mothers help....


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Alluring and dangerous, the Hawk of Inverfyre came to rest at my father's house, his motives unknown. His seduction was breathtaking. I resisted him, this enigmatic warrior, but his kiss transported me to a time and place where his relentless pursuit and my passionate surrender made perfect sense.
'Twas then I erred. My defenses harried, I was tricked into marriage by the Hawk and taken by force to his lawless castle. I have vowed to flee: The grounds abound with rogues and whores, and the servants whisper of murdered wives. And yet, his dizzying touch hints that we have lived here before – he as the castle's intrepid founder and I as his betrayed lover.
Am I the bride who will break the spell of Inverfyre? Or have I been captured by a scheming sorcerer, only to be ravished and discarded like so many before?
—Lady Aileen of Abernye
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Two hundred gazes followed their course, the whispers beginning in the rear. Aileen walked with her back as straight as a blade, knowing full well that Blanche's women would tease her about her supposed marital ambitions. They were so confident that she had none, that even she knew her chances of a good match to be nil.
There was something exciting about being chosen by such a dangerous rogue, even for a matter as disinteresting as granting him a tour of the keep. Indeed, Aileen's heart skipped with the heat of his presence.
At least until they passed his companions, one of whom winked boldly at Aileen. Another gave a lecherous whistle that made her color rise.
"Ignore them," the Hawk counseled softly.
Aileen resolved in that moment to ensure that no taint could be cast upon this excursion, that no rumor could cast shame upon her father. She might not be marriageable, she might be rumored to be cold, she might carry the taint of madness, but she would not earn an undeserved reputation as a harlot either. She would keep their course in the light and the company of others, and ensure this man cultivated no interest in her meager charms by sparing him no more attention than she would grant a hungry hound.
"Aye, it would be better to begin at the gates to ensure that you are not confused," she said, ensuring that the Hawk did not miss her condescension. She pulled her arm from his grip then marched out of the hall ahead of him.
"Do you oft have this trouble with unfamiliar abodes?" she asked, as if he were the most dim-witted man that ever she had met. "I would think it a most inconvenient affliction for one who reputedly makes his way by raiding and pillaging."
The Hawk let her precede him, though she heard him strolling behind her. "Is that the rumor of my deeds?" he asked mildly.
The hall's sounds faded as the shadows of the quiet corridor enfolded them. To Aileen's dismay, there were no other souls in what was commonly be a busy corridor. She hastened her pace, but the Hawk caught her elbow in a casual grip, slowing her steps to match his.
"Oh, that and more," Aileen ascertained with an insouciance she did not feel. She was aware of his heat as she had not been before, aware of his fingers wrapped around her upper arm and their proximity to her breast.
He could probably feel the wild dance of her pulse, he could probably smell her skin as clearly as she smelled his.
She waited for fear to seize her throat as it customarily did when she was alone with a man, but this time, her terror was absent.
Why? Did this man have no amorous intent?
His thumb caressed the back of her arm and belied any such thought. Still Aileen did not fear him, though she granted first his hand and then him an arch glance.
"You might become cold," he said with apparent innocence, though his eyes glinted with intent.
"I am most hale," she insisted, putting an increment of space between them. He let her do so, easing his grip slightly.
"Tell me what else is rumored."
"Why?" Aileen cast him a mutinous glance. "So you can hold these half-truths against me? Blanche would love to hear that I had so compromised my father's hospitality." She tossed her braid over her shoulder. "Ask a more willing maiden to sate your vanity about your own repute."
That beguiling smile touched his lips again. "Might I conclude that you and your father's bride are not compatible?"
Aileen slanted him a glance so rueful that even in the flickering light of the sole torch, it should have answered his every question. He chuckled. If she had thought the timbre of his voice intriguing, the rich echo of his merriment was even more so.
Aileen knew that she was too clever by half to find such a man alluring and yet, and yet, some foolish part of her was tempted to know more of him. How would such a man kiss? Her gaze rose to his firm lips and her heart leapt, though the twinkle she found in his green eyes made her spin away.
If he mocked her, she gave him fodder for his jest. Why was she intrigued by this man? Surely, she should fear him above all others?
But this was the first time she had been alone with a man other than her father and felt no terror. She felt only a strange excitement that seemed to make her blood dance in her very veins.
She quickened her pace again, breathing a sigh of relief as the light of the bailey came into view ahead. "You are in a fine mood for a man whose wits are so addled that he cannot follow corridors as well wrought as these," she charged.
"Indeed, I am," he acknowledged. "It is the finest mood I have known for nigh twenty years. Would you care to celebrate the occasion with me?"
Aileen glanced to him, mystified by his meaning.
He arched a dark brow, which made him look diabolical. "You said 'half-truths', lady mine."
"I am not your lady!"
"A mere slip of the tongue," he murmured, his gaze dropping to her lips. It was as if he had read her thoughts.
Aileen blushed crimson, though she struggled to maintain her outraged manner. "Of course, I said half-truth. All rumor is half-truth."
"Yet few acknowledge as much." His voice was dark, seductive, and Aileen was sorely tempted to lean closer to him though she knew that would be a foolhardy deed. He would take advantage of weakness before she had a chance to correct her mistake.
"It is only sensible to make conclusions upon evidence," she said, her words falling more quickly than was her wont.
"Indeed, it is."
The Hawk's tone was complimentary. Though Aileen was not adverse to an acknowledgement of her intellect, she was again certain that he teased her. She pivoted to shake a finger at him. "Do not begin to pour some nonsense in my ears…"
"Do you realize that you are the first in decades to find me only half-guilty, Aileen?"
While she wondered what to make of that, he moved closer. She could see the glint of his eyes, she could feel the intensity of his gaze and found herself helpless to step away. Indeed, she had no desire to flee. The cold of the stone floor permeated her leather slippers. Surely that was what made her nipples tighten, what made her shiver so deliciously, what made her lick her lips as if she hungered for some forbidden morsel.
"Then, perhaps you should change your behavior so that it does not lend itself so readily to rumor," she said, her words uncommonly breathless.
"Or, perhaps I should reward the rare lady who thinks well of me." He held her elbow fast, but his other hand rose slowly to cup her chin.
Aileen had never felt a man's caress afore and the gentle warmth of his touch turned her protests to naught. Had he sought to subdue her, to force his desire upon her, she would have fought him tooth and nail, but she could hardly protest such a gentle seduction.
Not when his touch felt so wondrous.
Not when she was so curious as to where it would lead.
Not when she was without fear in such circumstance for the first time in all her days. Perhaps she had passed some threshold, she did not care, she yearned only to know what a man's embrace was like. Oh, she knew she should flee his touch, she knew she should shun his scheme, but she was snared in unfamiliar desire, her own wits addled by his sure touch. Surely he would claim no more than a kiss? Surely it would not hurt to know?
The Hawk eased her back against the wall and Aileen found her breasts against his chest, his thumb moving across her chin in a caress that threatened to melt her very bones. Heat rose within her as well as a desire she had never felt before. Her gaze fell to his lips and yearning quickened within her, even as he watched and waited.
"I did not know that the despoiling of maidens was among your crimes," she whispered.
"It is not," the Hawk said with reassuring resolve. Aileen parted her lips, knowing she should protest his familiarity, but found no words upon her tongue.
She had no chance to summon any. The Hawk's mouth closed over hers with such determination that she understood this kiss had been his objective all along. He coaxed her to join the embrace, his lips cajoling her, his grip firm but not rough. His fingers slid into her braid, cupping her nape, holding her captive to the pleasure he seemed determined to grant.
Aileen was lost. She had never felt such a delightful languor, never yearned for more of what she could not name. She parted her lips to him without intending to do so. His tongue slipped between her teeth as he made a low growl of satisfaction. She felt the hardness of him against her, felt the thunder of his own pulse when her hands landed upon his neck, and thrilled that she summoned a response from him. His hand tightened in her hair as he lifted her to her toes, his own desire as fervent as her own. His other hand slid around her waist, catching her close, his fingers fanned across the back of her waist.
He deepened his kiss and the oddest thought came to Aileen.
A memory unfolded in her mind, a recollection of another passionate kiss so shared. Though Aileen knew she had never been kissed with such possessive ardor, that she had never been touched by this man, a curious certainty grew in her thoughts. She had the odd conviction that they were lovers met again, that they had so embraced a thousand times before, that his heart was as familiar to her as her own.
It made no sense, yet this notion grew in her thoughts, seemingly fed by the power of his kiss. It pushed her doubts from its path, it dominated her knowledge of who she was and who she embraced. She saw them entwined nude together, as she knew they had not been, yet was convinced that this was a memory of her own.
It seemed some fey being had taken possession of her body and soul, and that the truth she knew – that this enigmatic warrior stole a kiss from her in her father's abode – faded like a whisper on the wind. It was replaced by a strange urgency, a need to feast upon this man's lips, a lust to lift her skirts and welcome his heat within her once again.
She wanted to welcome and celebrate his return.
Her arms twined around the Hawk's neck, and Aileen kissed him with a wantonness she had never known that she could feel. She was caught on a tide of desire that she could not stay. She wound her fingers into his hair and drew him boldly closer, wanting more, wanting all the pleasure that he could grant.
To Aileen's shame, it was the Hawk who broke their embrace. He put an arm's length between them with an obvious effort. They both breathed quickly and his eyes glittered like stars.
"Magnus," Aileen whispered, awe in her voice and no clear sense of why she had said such a thing in her thoughts.
His expression turned wary. "What did you say?"
"Magnus," she repeated, unable to explain her compulsion to address him thus. "You are Magnus Armstrong returned and I welcome you." She reached to touch his cheek in a gesture of affection from a source she could not name, but he stepped abruptly away.
"My name is Michael," the Hawk said harshly. "Do you confuse me with another of your lovers?"
She flushed. "Of course not!" Aileen averted her face, ashamed to have to confess such a thing aloud. "There has been no man who has touched me as you just have."
He stepped closer, his hand rising to her jaw. He tipped her face so he looked into her eyes. Aileen returned his regard unflinchingly, willing him to see that she told no lie.
"Then why?" he asked more quietly, so quietly that she almost thought he knew the answer.
"I had a vision…almost a memory. It was most strange." Before his obvious skepticism, Aileen's confession faltered and fell silent. She thought of the accusations against her mother, the rumor that she too would go mad in time, and bit back her words. Silence stretched long between them, the corridor suddenly cold as it had not been moments before.
"There are no visions, Aileen," the Hawk said.
She glanced up, stung by his tone, and his eyes narrowed, as if to warn her.
"None," he repeated. "Do not succumb to such madness."
"My mother was not mad!" Aileen declared and pulled away from his grip.
"I speak of you, not your dame." The Hawk glared at her, then he pivoted and marched down the corridor with nary a backward glance.
He left Aileen standing alone, her body screaming for something she could not name, her thoughts filled with confusion. She shivered as he stepped through the portal to the bailey, shivered in the cold she had only begun to feel.
Then the Hawk was gone, the corridor as silent as if he had never been in her presence. And still Aileen stood there, lips afire, heart filled with trepidation that alien thoughts had evicted her own. She touched her burning lips with marveling fingers and tried to recall if she had ever heard tell that the Hawk of Inverfyre was a sorcerer.
This could not be madness. No, it was witchery wrought apurpose by the Hawk. Aileen could only hope the effects of his potent kiss were fleeting, for she had certainly been beguiled.
©2004, 2011 Claire Delacroix, Inc.
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The Prince of Homburg Trailer (1997)
08 May 1997 Drama, Foreign 89 mins
The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. His love who is now to be betrothed to the King of Sweden, following his execution appeals to the Elector, her uncle, on his behalf, as do his comrades in battle. He must also contend with his own desire to live and conflicting sense of honour.
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Rihanna Denies Ashton Kutcher Romance
Ever since Rihanna was spotted exiting Ashton Kutcher's home at 4 AM last week, everyone's been wondering if the unlikely pair have been hooking up. It's the kind of tawdry, tabloidy question that would usually be fielded by their reps, but at a London press conference for Rihanna's film Battleship, one brave (or possibly dumb) reporter tried to catch her off guard. After a long and flattering intro, the reporter asked the pop star if Kutcher might be visiting her overseas. "Wow, how disappointing was that question," Rihanna snapped back. "I'm happy and I'm single, if that's what you're really asking."
That should nip this story in the bud, but if Rihanna's lying about her love life, this wouldn't be the first time. Or the second, or even the third. After photos first surfaced of Rihanna and Chris Brown kissing and vacationing together, she insisted they were "just good friends," for months. After their split, she denied she was seeing Drake, but eventually admitted they had a fling. Then in 2010 when cameras caught her canoodling with Matt Kemp, she issued this suspiciously familiar denial: "I'm still single, if that's what you really want to ask!" Later that year she gushed to Ryan Seacrest, "He's my boyfriend!" Of course, Rihanna has every right to tell us to butt out when it comes to her love life, but don't be too surprised if you see her Tweeting sweet nothings to Kutcher in a few weeks.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, Republicans are fully engaged in the health care debate. It is our view that there is no more important work we can do here than to show Americans what the Democratic plan for health care would mean to them. Once we return to the debate, Republicans will be ready with two important amendments.
One of those amendments, by Senator Crapo, would enable the President to keep one of the pledges he made as a candidate and as President about what the Democratic plan for health care reform would look like. He said that no family making less than $250,000 a year and no individual making less than $200,000 a year would see a tax increase of any kind. The Crapo motion would ensure that promise is kept.
An amendment by Senators HUTCHISON and THUNE would ensure that none of the taxes imposed by this bill would go into effect a day earlier than the benefits. In other words, you don't get taxes before you get benefits. This is a commonsense amendment. You certainly wouldn't ask someone to pay for the mortgage on a house 4 years before they were allowed to move in. In the same way, we should not tax people for a benefit they don't get for 4 long years.
The Hutchison-Thune amendment also aims to keep government honest, because most Americans have a hard time believing Washington would collect taxes on one thing for 4 years and actually have the discipline not to use the money on something else. This amendment would guard against that.
For the moment, the majority has decided to take us off health care. It has moved to an Omnibus appropriations bill that has all the hallmarks of all the other bloated spending bills we have seen this year. It is really outrageous, actually. At a time of double-digit unemployment, at a time when Democrats are talking about increasing by nearly $2 trillion the amount of money the government is legally allowed to borrow, the majority has moved us off of one $2.5 trillion spending bill and on to a 1,000-page omnibus that would cost the American taxpayer another $ 1/2 trillion right in the middle of a recession.
Once again, the majority has shown a lack of restraint when it comes to spending. At a moment of record debt, at a moment when inflation is nearly flat, this bill represents a 12-percent annual increase in government spending. Let me say that again. Inflation is flat. Yet we are increasing discretionary spending by 12 percent in this omnibus spending bill. The American people are not increasing their spending 12 percent. Moreover, it includes a number of controversial, unrelated provisions, including, among other things, language to weaken restrictions on abortion funding.
This $ 1/2 trillion spending bill spends $50 billion more than last year. All this spending comes right on the heels of a new report from Treasury that says the government ran a deficit of nearly $300 billion in October and November--the worst deficit we have ever had at this point in a fiscal year, ever. At a time when families across the country are struggling to make ends meet, lawmakers almost seem to be flouting their ability to spend taxpayer money. This bill contains many worthy projects. Unfortunately, the majority has piled on so much spending, so much debt and new controversial policies that I certainly can't support it.
As you may know, the Senate is considering a bill that would make basic changes in the country's health care system. We have been debating it for weeks. What I keep hearing on the other side is no reference to what the American people think. I hear these arguments about making history. Ignoring the public is not a great way to make history. We have not seen poll data for months that indicate the American people support the Reid bill. The most devastating one came out last night. A CNN opinion research poll taken December 2 and 3, this week--not exactly a bastion of conservatism--indicates that 61 percent of the American people oppose this health care bill and only 36 percent favor it.
We are looking for one courageous Member of the other side of the aisle--just one--to stand up and say he or she will not ignore the overwhelming opinion of the American people, he or she will not be so arrogant as to assume we have the right answer here and 61 percent of the American people somehow don't know what they are talking about.
The American people are pretty smart. They have been watching this carefully. This health care bill, like no other issue, affects every single American regardless of age. Everybody is interested in the subject. They have watched the debate closely. They are telling us: Please, Congress, please do not pass this bill.
I yield the floor.
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A quick learner from Jensen Beach says:
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I have Alcan windows. Do you sell the rubber bumpers that the screen rubs against when it is installed?
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I'm not sure. Could you show us a picture of what you have now? That will help us locate a possible match.