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#The Water Cycle
The #atmosphere acts as a system of #cycling and #recycling air and water.

#Wonders of the solar system
Since time immemorial,men and women have been interested in the stars and the wonders if the sky.
It was in the 15th century that new knowledge of the universe come to light.Am #astronomer from #paland named Copernicus proposed the idea that the #sun is the center of the #solar system.
Then in 1609,an Italian scientist named #Galileo Galilei proved that Copernicus was right.He used his newly-invented #telescope to study the #solar system.
The #solar system is composed of the #star, the sun, the planets and the moon.The #nine planets are #Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars, Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Beyond #pluto you came to the outer reachesof the #solarsystem.Tgere lie millions of #coments.So what is a comment?A #comet is like a giant snowball several kilometers wide and loosely packed with lumps of rock and ice

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#love is enough #

So you want to be self-employed?You can be so by starting a small #business of your own
Running your own business has several advantages.You are the #boss and free to work the way you want. It us your own work,so you control your own activities.
Running one's business provides a feeling of self-reliance and satisfaction.It is a source of joy to make money through one's own efforts.
Kenya is a #country that is full of business opportunities.These can be classified into three main #groups, namely: #industry,trade and direct services.
#Agriculture is our most important #industry.It is the mainstay of Kenya's economy.Opportunities in agriculture include crop production (food crops and cash crops), #horticulture, poultry keeping,dairy and livestock farming and fish farming.
The #manufacturing sector has many industries such as cloth-making ,food processing,pot-making and mat-making.
Service business are the easiest to set up because they need only a little #capital to start.After raising some money one can start #a barber shop or a hair salon,a telephone bureau, shoe - shinning,or offer computer services.A person intending to start a business must first identify #a business opportunity:which type of business will you choose?Think of a product or service that you can sell to other people.Think carefully where the business is to be situated.consider also the#consumers who will be willing to buy whatever you intend to provide.This is known as finding #a market for the product or service.
Of the various types of business units,small #sole proprietorships are the easiest to start with.These include business such as small hotels, #general shops,grocery shops,green grocery shops and kiosks.
You started with a really good idea:the type of business that you will enjoy running.That is only one of the steps.now consider some basic questions:Is the #market big enough?Do you have the qualities for that kind of business? Do you have some #experience and liking for the work involved?Do you have enough #funds to run it?Is the business likely to #succeed?Have you raised enough #capital?
#capital is the money which is used to start a business.It is needed to buy or rent a building,buy tools and equipment,buy fitting according to the type of business,etc. #capital nay be raised from the following sourcesersonal #savings, selling other properties, #borrowibg loans from relatives, friends, banks and co-operatives, donations and gifts from friends and relatives.
Finally, before a business can be allowed to operate,the owner is required to fulfil certain regulations by the law.The most important is the #trading license.This is issued by government authorities at district level.Before the licence is issued by government authorities at district level.Before the licence is issued, the public health inspector checks to ensure that the premises are #healthy and hygienic

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In #business,goods and services are produced to be sold or exchange for a price in terms of money.So #a buyer simply exchanges (pays)money and in return gets goods or services from the #seller.
While goods and services are produced to satisfy human needs,the #trader or business person sells with a view to earning a profit.
Traders like to be in an area where there are #customers who are willing to buy the goods and services.This is known as #market demand.
There are various types of markets.Most village or locations have a #shopping centre.Here one can see a #line of shops.These are usually#soletraders carrying on business like #grocery green grocery,drapery and stationary. #Kiosk are also likely to be found on the roadside within the township.
In shopping centers there are #open-air markets where buying and selling takes place in the open air. #Hawkers who peddle their goods from place to place also set up temporary #stalls at strategic points by the roadside.
In the bigger towns, #supermarkets are quite common.These are very popular with consumers because one can get almost all the kinds of goods used at home.Moreover,commodities are fairly #cheap compared to those in ordinary shops.Even expensive items have fair prices.
On busy streets of big towns,one can shop from establishments known as trade #exhibitions.These are big shopping malls that have been sub-divided into several trading #stalls and kiosks.The stalls are run by individuals who specialize in a variety of trade commodities such as boutiques,electronics,electrical appliances, mobile phones and telephone bureaus.These #exhibition are crowd pullers because of the beautiful array of commodities and customers hope to enjoy good #bsrgains.These exhibitions remind you of #trade fairs that are organised regularly in big towns.
How do customers pay for the goods they buy?Most retails traders prefer #cash selling because it eliminates#deptors.In #credit selling,the trader allows a customer to take the goods and pay for them later at an agreed date.This kind of selling is quite common in businesses.However,traders exercise great care when #giving credit to customers.
The way in which #payment can be made depend on the nature of transactions.For example in #cashselling,currency notes and coins can be used.Where money is to be sent at a distance,bank cheques,postal orders and #money orders are suitable.In commerce and trade, #banks are a very convenient and safe means of making payments.
There is a common saying that"Honesty is the best policy".This is very true in business.Honest traders #supply goods and services at the #correct price and at the right time.They avoid evil practices such as the #correct prices and at the right time.They avoid evil practices such as #hoarding, smuggling and overcharging.They fix #fair prices for their goods/commodities.They #give correct change.They don't #short-change.They are also careful not to give #more change.
An honest trader never cheats #customers.In certain trades like #butchery and grocery,weighing scales are used.The trader should therefore #measures the correct weight of the commodity.
Customers are also encouraged by attractive #packaging.Manufacturers like to give their products special names known as #brand names so that they can be recognised by customers.So commodities need to be packaged neatly. #packets should also have essential information including users instructions and 'use/sell by'date

Do you know the difference between a #biography and an autobiography?
A biography is a person's life story written by someone else. #An autobiography is a person's life story written by that person.
While #a biography can include the person's time of death,an autobiography cannot have anything like that.However,both accounts must include that person's major events in life.

Egypt was one of the earliest homes of civilization and was,for a long time,the most famous place of learning in the ancient world. #Thousands of years before we were able to read or write in this country, #Egypt was noted in history ,and part of it's story is written in the Bible.In the day of pharaohs #tittle given to the ancient kings)the people of Egypt were brave warriors and hunters, great builders,and fine farmers.
Most of the towns and #villagers of Egypt lie in the valley of the#River Nile.It has been well said, #"Egypt is the Nile,and the Nile is Egypt".On both sides of this great river there is a strip of very fertile land.This is caused by the Nile overflowing it's #banks and leaving a layer of rich,black soil,in which crops such as maize,cotton,wheat and flax are grown.On either sides of the narrow strip of good land stretches the desert,a great waste of sand and rocks.
In olden days, #the Nile sometimes did not flood the valley,and there was famine in the Land
Some of the #kings were wise,however,and built large store houses in various parts of the country.In years of plenty the extra corn was kept in these buildings in case famine might follow.Nowadays,it is quite different.In order to prevent the flood water rushing to the sea,huge dams and canals have been built.These places store the water untill needed,and help the people grow large crops all the year round

Among the game animals encountered,the #cheetah is one of the popular ones, though it is not one of #the Big Five - Lion,Leopard, Elephant,Buffalo and Rhino.so many people mistake #cheetah for Leopard but it is easy to distinguish between them. #the cheetah is slimmer and slightly taller,it's solid black spots are dotted evenly over it's body and legs.its tails ringed and has a white tip.The #cheetah is mainly recognized by its black #"tear" marks that run from the front of it's eyes to it's mouth.it is very easy to see the cheetah than the #leopard,beacause it comes out in the day-time ,where as the leopard hunts at #night.The cheetah is said to be the #fastest animal in the earth over short distance and this sudden dash makes sure of it's prey.it Is able to run at a maximum speed of about #110km per hour.
The cheetah has a stride #of 23 feet's when running flat out. #it hunts mostly during the first few hours of the morning and the last few hours in the evening .it mostly #attacks medium and small antelopes,particularly Thomson's gazelles and impalas.it also attacks small #wilderbeest and zebra,young warthogs and African hare. #Male cheetah hunting together can kill an almost full-grown wildebeest.it is neither a scavenger nor return to a kill.
The cheetah can be easily tamed as a household pet.It #purrs loudly when pleased and growls deeply when angered or hurt.its claws are like the dog's and do not retract

Happy Sunday my people

Kenya is well known for its wildlife and is blessed #with an abundance and variety of wild-life completed by few other #countries in the world.This fact is #responsible for attracting thousands of visitors to this beautiful country each year

A long time ago , #chickens and human beings were very #good friends.The hen helped humans with #donestic work like #washig dishes while the cock #announced the time and seasons .In return humans gave the chicken #shelterand food .Life was good.
One day, #the king of the humans announced that he was going to get married.He set the date.He said he would organise #colourful processions to the brides village In order to bring her home.Now it was
the #custom of that community that the #bride could not be collected before a certain time of the day. #Arriving early would indicate that the bride groom was greedy and not worth of respect.
But on that day if preparation to collect the #kings bride went in a young cock who had just learnt how to #crow flapped his powerful wings and with all the admiration he could master,crowed so loudly that the whole village heard him. #the king knew that it was time to go for the #bride

The methods of catching fish in the inlands river's are #three . Where the rivers are #broad, villagers may go out on them in #canoes to fish;but more commonly fishing is done from the #bank,by means of rod and line with a baited hook ,or,where the stream is #narrower,by building a #small dam of mud or sticks across the stream to trap fish carried down by the current .people do not often make river fishing their #sole occupation,but carry it on almost #as a hobby along with their daily work of farming,or after their normal day's work is over.The fish caught are if the #fresh - water variety and are not so plentiful as the #salt-water fish.They are mainly used by that fisherman himself and his family or are sold to his neighbors. #River fishermen are not exposed to so many dangers as those who fish on the#open sea,but they do dread their great enemy, #the crocodile,which can overturn a canoe or break a man's legs by a mere swish of it's tail
'There are many lagoons along the #coast, where's stream widens before entering the sea ,or where waters drain from #surrounding hills,or where a sand bar has isolatedan inlet of the sea.These lagoons are the happy #"hunting-grounds"of small boys ,some of whom even play truant from school to join the fun at the lagoon .They #plubge into the shallow waters of the lagoon carrying #calabashes,in which they hope to catch the fish,or small circular nets which they intend to drop over the fish .In either case,they frighten the fish into the region where they hope to catch them by making a great #noise and commotion,beating the water,splashing and shouting.The fish caught are very small,not really big enough for sale in the #market,and they are usually taken home and put into the #soup for the evening meal.

In the gold coast #now Ghana,the impossibility of rearing cattle on a sufficiently large scale, because of tsetse fly,caused the people in the past to live on a diet that was insufficiently rich in protein.Tge absence of a cheap supply of meat forced them to live mainly on yam and cassava, which are #very starchy foods and lacking in many of the qualities which build strong bodies and resistance of #disease.One of the easiest and cheapest ways of balancing this diet was through #fish ,which is rich in #protein ;and so fish has always been #considered a very valuable source of #food in the Gold cost.It is,of course,chiefly obtained along the coast by sea - fishing; but fishing is also popular in the lagoons and in the inlands rivers.