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? <3 ~ .? -? . . ... Robena Egemonye v African Spotlij The He Africa is the most tropi- cal rays of the sun which cal of the world's conti- heat the land, thus setting nents. .Her great land in motion the convection mass stretches squarely system of ascending air across the equator, the with its abundant rainfall, northern and southern limits resting approximately at the thirty fifth paral- mmf lels, while three-fourths of her 11.7 million square miles are contained be twueirthu two frrutrtcr uf1 1 iiMi w i iw i T~ m HEEE cause of this equatorial ^ location, much of Africa's I woathor ia keyed to the 1_ r ~ r-, Aments of the Intertropical V Convergence Zone ^41 rp --- xx. *.v^./ ? ucuiu 01?air located in equatorial latitudes which shifts back ajid forth between the region of continued low hemispheres with the an- pressure near ground lenual rhythm of the sea- Vel, and into this weak sons. zone are sucked the trade The Intertropical Con- winds. When the trades vergence Zone is a belt of and other air pass in the low atmospheric pressure I.T.C., they ascend to characterized ?by - rising high altitudes, releasing ; currents or moist air their moisture load as they which, cooling as they rise, then, moving back rise, condense any form 10rth and south, still at rain clouds and heavy very high altitudes, they ^ precipitation. This contion gradually descend, cold occurs in the latitudes and dry into a prevailing adjacent to the equator, high-pressure cellin the caused by the near-verti- vicinity of the thirtieth The upward-moving equa- parallel. Here they are tori ft 1 ftir nirronto ^raofo a a train nmruillo/i or,,,ofrtr ? . ? - -1 *i?lt v* VUW u W^VlUW/l ~ Steve Fisheh Very Ha The doctor took one look grapefruit diet. He reat Steve Fishel's 200 + belled. I4 When no one was blood pressure reading, looking, I would get a and informed his 360 lb. straw, and drink milk from patient that he wouldn't the carton in the refrigeraiive to be 30. tor." 44I didn't believe him," "I ate a lot of junk food. Fishel recalls. 44In fact, You know those 44All You after I left the doctor's Can Eat" specials the office, I went and got P^za place has? They ? BEFORE: Steve Fishel, shown here with son Robert, weighed over 300 lbs. something to eat." "It was when I had to Now, not quite a* year sit up in bed to breathe," later, Steve Fishel weighs he says. "I couldn't . 218 lbs. and jogs two breathe lying down any miles a day. more." The miracle was will- He changed his dietary power. patterns completely. Steve Fishel has always Cake, pie, and junk foods been heavy, he says. At were out. He ate fish or fourteen, he tipped the poultry five times a week, scales at 230 lbs., and his instead of the more fattebulk caused predictable ning meats. He also joined social problems in high Weight-Watchers at 325 school. lbs. He had been urged by "My lecturers Sarah family members to diet for Johnson and Bonita Hege years, but because he hgyp helped me a lot." wasn't personally motiva- Stevfe says, "If you want ted, it didn't work. someone to lose weight, "You can't make some- give them positive encouHnHv Inao arai'' Ko vamnmant ? J WVI^ nwtgiiv, tiv tO^CllJCIU. V/l ItlV/iSUi tUlU explained. "They have to negative remarks don't want to do it." help." He tells of a visit to his "I'll be on this program brother in Florida as a for the rest of my life," he teenager. The brother says. Overeating is appatried to curtail ,Steve's eating, putting him on a threw me out once." Cutting Electricity Bills Steve thinks he can New lighting systems hold , the promise of cutting our pinpoint the one incident electricity bills ?and seeing that put a stop to all this that our tax dollars gc dangerous over-eating. further. 4, wm?c-jiiuiiii w???mh?www ?.in>b.. ' ?ht >stile Climate ward, once more hot, dry and Tanzania that receive trade winds ready to re- under thirty inches .of new the convection cycle, rainfall a year, far less The basic pattern of than corresponding areas African climate, heavy to the west. Africa's tropical locati?n? therefore, has created a pattern of rainfall which is heavy in the equatorial latitudes but which gradually dimi' "" aM Hiiiih bih mm Iini j.un irisi V Sahara in the north and - J , the less extensive South S African plateau and Kalar II ^ l irngj-Qnaert. to Che souths ^ J Equatorial precipitation \ S , rtas created a tropical rain forest in the Congo watershed and along the West African coasX which covers equatorial rain gradually about eight percent of the diminishing to desert ari- continental land mass, dity, must be qualified in Desert areas amount to certain important res- forty percent of the total, pects. For example, much- although only eight perof eastern Africa in the cent can be classified as region of the high plains truly desicated wasteland does not readily conform devoid ?of - vegetation, to the weather pattern Most of the remainder associated with the Inter- comprises Africa's charactropidal Convergence teristic terrain, a savanna Zone. In parts of northern grassland, sometimes Kenya and much of Soma- combined with , forest lia, virtual desert condi- growth, moving off into tion obtain in near-equa- tropical rain forest at one torial latitudes and jp extreme and dwindling addition there are exten- into desert shrub at the sive sections within Kenya other eaU?TO^^^p" ' * - ppy Loser __ . . 1M ? ? *. />Konrroo in Kin?or>lf renny iwe aiconolism in that one must never slip -^an his clothes sizes. back into old habits, or the "My ""WW voice is betproblems recurs: ter- he says, J^id I can jog two miles a day now. Steve Fishel doesn't Before I couldn't walk a miss his old eating habits, block without getting exhowever. "Someone gave cessively tired." me a doughnut a few Steve Fishel hasn't fimonths ago, and it made nished losing yet. His goal me throw up," he com- is to weigh 184 lbs. ? but mented. he's well on the weigh, er Already he can see ? way. ?" "l 11 > 1 >* ? m ? , . i ~ r "^ft* v. -* ^ |" '- v *A '? * '' ""T^^ lMH < ^ 1 AFTER: A year on diet and you don't see as much of Steve as you used to. The Tax Corner | !by W. Marvin Richmond, III. jj [6] Interest Rate Lowered Just a reminder to you that the interest rate for II :5S: ?i underpayment of taxes will be lowered from seven | H percent to six percent effective February 1, 1978. i ? [7] Use of Toll-Free Number I 1? The IRS Taxpayer Service program will be fully $ utilized during the filing period and they ask your I cooperation in using their toll-free number. Our | efforts are geared to first serve the individual p taxpayer without professional assistance in tax j| (return preparation. If you have a technical ? question, please first use your research resources i for the answer. If you cannot resolve the problem, i write to their Taxpayer Service Group, P.O. Box J 20541, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 and they 1 I will research it as soon as possible. / ? ? I . r~--Tm-m a , ~"~L~ The Soul Of The I By Naomi C. Mcl The first essential to the 1x1 the mind ^ heart and success of any business is then express itself in the the man or the woman at wor^ ttnd the the the head of it. Equipment man or the woman who and facilities are necess- conducts the business, ary to carrry on, but the - ^or .a business phase, soul of the business is the Publicity-advertising-sellsoul of the man or the big. What do they really woman behind it.' mean? In any field, What the business advertising or selling that achieves is never higher creates a fanciful or than the ideals and misleading impression in standards that exist in the mmds of those who "muidf whu nrhnftHft iHintfiirfHin WWK television?I*? ^spbnsTbillty " - itdxJ In husinfisfl nn Qnto,_ isn't it? Simolv because ? ??f AiV VliVVl " *" ^ prise is ever more such methods do not successful*^. than it hns advance the best interests ~ been bu^esa-tn-the-mind of some-ONE estimation of a thinking person. When the work in discriminating public, a business is superior, the ^ b&s been proved that MAN or the WOMAN who if a business has a good - conducts it gets the credit, product, gives good eerand when a business falls ^ee* does work well, it below what it should be, needs to make only a of course the person at the Plain. simple and straighthead is directly and forward statement of what personally responsible. To ^ bas to offer. Prospects impove any business, the understand such stateimage of improvement menfs and appreciate must first find lodgment them. Above all, they Letters To The Editor From page 4 churches, trade unions, loving people throughout and by hundreds of thou- the world. sands - of - individuals -. - . across the U.S. Support work is going on locally by ^ a number of groups in the? Because you need it, form of medical support,? and we want to serve fl clothing drives, university? you* we offer ** ^divestm^ eampajgrL ed-K ' , ucaUuuai forums; moreE ^^5gggtf|^||g Ik public events are planned? ?^ lr ' ' in the near future in this? BcHIKJUClI I area.. ? ? The "TJ.S. government? 9:00 AM-1:00 PM must hear from citizens I w r\rrj^r^r% who join with progressive I r7^T*Tirr7'RlSI^ I people all over the world ? in rejecting this .sham "settlement". It is a brut- 1 2250 SUas Cre<k al sell-out of the people of v 723^9441 M Zimbabwe and a slap in the face of freedom ?? """"" . i -r 11 >+2SSmmnl S^jfll Bre ^Jr jB^^MtHIBPy ^K B|VH ^MB^yv I ^roSifl D/61 P^ %. jm i?S aP|m Warning The Surgeon General Has Determined 1 1_ ll ^ h r*?- PfMM? ? -?T iusiness I Lean Business Writer believe what is printed or ?uture for business (whatsaid in a straightforward ?ver it may be) has never way. The creation of belief ^en brighter than now. and confidence is the But a bright future is not essence of all effective automatic, it is not advertising selling. something that simply happens. It has to be Certainly, with the ma<^e t0 happen by constantly,c growing eco- unproved and broadened nomy, it appears that the 8ervlce to the community. I STANDARD BIBLE i I Priced from $6.95 j Mp9R| I I UHlii HEl^M rlB 111 I GREAT GIFT I I IDEAS FOR EASTER I 8% -Available in ? handsome_styles with a B wide selection g? practical arid.attractive """ H bindings, special study TcaTu~rcs,arid~'g m ' 7choice of prices. ^tome in and choose the style and price that suits you. I For your shopping pleasure, visit HINKLE'S NEW DOWNTOWN LOCATION . . . Two fntr?ncM - 5 WEST FOURTH tod 417 N LIBERTY ST I Poriing ? liberty Mom St Porting Oock ? Membor fork & Sbof .'s^^?<'- *''' *?*?! .'..'i!A! ! ! ' :' !> ' "" : ifl ~ ? : . WMMkCft n^L I ^K ffw ^!s^Tn^4^ ^ Wl$ I BMPF^ ^^^^^PPIi!Wi|s|i| . "A
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