The Absent – Minded Professor

I once knew a man whose memory was very bad. Richard Rudd was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his appointments, his classes-even his meals! Since Rudd was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was unintelligent, as some critical people tended to gossip. He was just very, very absent-minded.
One hot summer’s day, Professor Rudd decided to take his children to the beach. The seaside town he planned to visit was about three-hour train ride away. To make the trip interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. Unfortunately, by the time Rudd had arrived at the train station, the poor forgetful man had forgotten the name of his destination himself. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Rudd went back home to find out where he was going.
The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon, but she was amused when she heard what was the matter. She distrusted his memory, so she wrote the name of the town on a piece of paper. Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house again. The professor had forgotten where he had left his children.

A Bundle Of Troubles

Taamenang was a poor African farmer, weighed down by his worries. One morning he decided to carry all his problems to the Almighty God to see whether he could offer a solution. He gathered them up, tied them up in a bundle and carried them up to the house of God. Timidly he knocked on the sacred door. Lightning flashed out and the door flew open, nearly throwing Taamenang to the ground. A voice said from within, “Come in, Taamenang!”
The man struggled in with the bundle on his head.
“what do you want?” asked the voice.
“Almighty God, I know that with you all things are possible. Please reduce my problems to suit my size. My problems are too many and too great for me”
Almighty God laughed and the laugh sounded like thunder. Then he said in a very calm, soothing voice, “My son, step out of the door of this house and throw your bundle down into the valley!”
The man quickly did as God had ordered him. “My child,” came the voice again, “it is forbidden for any living person to be without problems, so go down into the Valley to Tears and choose a bundle that suits your size”
Down in Valley of tears, Taamenang examined the many bundles that had benn thrown there. After spending the whole day weighing all of them, he discovered the lightest one and thought that it would be quite suitable for him. He carried It up to the door of the Almighty and stood smiling waiting. Soon the door flashed open and Taamenang walked in. then, he spokje delightedly to God, “Almighty, I have found the lightest bundle for myself.”
God replied with a deep booming laugh that shook the whole house to its very foundations. “my son,” he said to Taamenang, “the bundle you have selected is the very same bundle that you threw down into the valley this morning.”

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet lived in Verona. They met at a party and it was love at first sight. Their families were enemies so the young couple could not meet in the open. They got married in secret with the help of a priest, Friar Laurence, and Juliet’s maid.
Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, hated Romeo and the Montagues. One day he met Romeo and his friend Mercutio in the street. They had a sword fight and Mercutio was killed. Romeo was so upset that he attacked and killed Tybalt in revenge.
As a result of this, Romeo had to leave Verona to save his life. He visited Juliet secretly that night and then left for Mantua. Juliet’s parents wanted Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of the her. He suggested a plan: he gave her a drug to make her sleep for a long time and appear dead to everyone else. When Juliet woke up, she could join Romeo in Mantua. Friar Laurence promised to write to Romeo and explain the plan.
The night before the wedding , Juliet took the drug and her family found her ‘dead’ in the morning. The wedding celebration turned into a funeral. Unfortunately, Romeo never received the letter from Friar Laurence. He returned to Verona, when he found Juliet’s body. He thought she was dead and he was so devastated that he killed himself. When Juliet woke up and saw Romeo lying dead beside her, she killed herself too, with his dagger.
As a result of this tragic series of vents, the Capulets and the Montagues agreed to stop fighting and live In peace together.

Active Voice and Passive Voice

Kalimat aktif (active voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya melakukan pekerjaan, sebaliknya, kalimat pasif (passive voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya dikenai pekerjaan oleh object kalimat. Active voice lebih sering digunakan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dibandingkan dengan passive voice. Namun demikian, sering kita temukan passive voice di surat-surat kabar, artikel-artikel di majalah-majalah dan tulisan-tulisan ilmiah. Passive voice digunakan karena object dari active voice merupakan informasi yang lebih penting dibandingkan dengan subject-nya.

contoh:
active : she read the book
passive : the book read by her
active : he wash car every week
passive : car wash by him every week

Khusus untuk kalimat-kalimat progressive (present, past, past perfect, future, past future, dan past future perfect continuous, perlu menambahkan ‘being’ di depan verb3). Kalau tidak ditambahkan “being”, tensisnya akan berubah, bukan progressive/continuous lagi.

Rumus passive voice mengikuti pola sebagai berikut:
Subject + be + Verb3 + by + Object + modifier

Pola active dan passive voice pada tiap tensis

a. Jika active voice dalam simple present tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah is, am atau are.

Contoh:
Active : He meets them everyday.
Passive : They are met by him everyday.


b. Jika active voice dalam simple past tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah was atau were

Contoh:
Active : He met them yesterday
Passive : They were met by him yesterday


c. Jika active voice dalam present perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary has atau have, sehingga menjadi ‘has been’ atau ‘have been’

Contoh:
Active : He has met them
Passive : They have been met by him


d. Jika active voice dalam past perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary had, sehingga menjadi had been

Contoh:
Active : He had met them before I came.
Passive : They had been met by him before I came.

e. Jika active voice dalam simple future tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah be

Contoh:
Active : He will meet them tomorrow.
Passive : They will be met by him tomorrow.


f. Jika active voice dalam future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary will have, sehingga menjadi ‘will have been’

Contoh:
Active : He will have met them before I get there tomorrow.
Passive : They will have been met by him before I get there tomorrow.

g. Jika active voice dalam past future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary would have, sehingga menjadi ‘would have been’.

Contoh:
Active : He would have met them.
Passive : They would have been met by him

Example Article For Active and Passive Voice

Italic For Active Voice

Bold For Passive Voice

The Science of Economics

Most people work to earn a living, and produce goods and services. Goods are either agricultural (like maize), or manufactured (like cars). Services are such things as education, medicine and commerce. Some people provide goods; some provide services. Other people provide both goods and services. For example, in the same garage a man may buy a car or some service which helps him maintain his car.

            The work people do is called economic activity. All economic activities taken together make up the economic system of a town, a city, a country or the world. Such an economic system is the sum-total of what people do and what they want. The work people do either provides what they need or provides the money with which are non-essential but which provide some particular personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits to the cinema and books.

            The science of economics is based upon the facts of our everyday lives. Economists study our everyday lives and the general life of our communities in order to understand the whole economic system of which we are part. They try to describe the facts of the economy in which we live, and to explain how it works. The economist’s methods should of course be strictly objective and scientific. Such competition influences the prices prevailing in the market. Prices inevitably fluctuate, and such fluctuations are also affected by current supply and demand.

            We need food, clothes and shelter. We probably would not go to work if we could satisfy these basic needs without working. But even when we have satisfied such basic needs, we may still want other things, such as the toys, visits to the cinema and books mentioned above. Our lives might be more enjoyable if we had such things. Human beings undoubtedly have a wide and very complex range of wants. The science of economics is concerned with all our needs with the desire to have a radio as well as the basic necessity of having enough food to eat.

Market

The term ‘market’, as used by economists, is an extension of the ancient idea of a market as a place where people gather to buy and sell goods. In former days part of a town was kept as the market or marketplace, and people would travel many kilometers on special market days in order to buy and sell various commodities. Today, however, markets such as the world sugar market, the gold market and the cotton market do not need to have any fixed geographical location. Such a market is simply a set of conditions permitting buyers and sellers to work together.
In a free market, competition takes place among sellers of the same commodity, and among those who wish to buy that commodity. Such competition influences the prices prevailing in the market. Prices inevitably fluctuate, and such fluctuations are also affected by current supply and demand.
Whenever people who are willing to sell a commodity contact people who are willing to buy it, a market for that commodity is created. Buyers and sellers may meet in person, or they may communicate in some other way : by letter, by telephone or through their agents. In a perfect market, communications are easy, buyers and sellers are numerous and competition is completely free. In a perfect market there can be only one price for any given commodity: the lowest price which sellers will accept and the highest which consumers will pay. There are, however, no really perfect markets, and each commodity market is subject to special conditions. It can be said however that the price ruling in a market indicates the point where supply and demand meet.

Lesson Learned in a convenience store

I have worked in a convenience store in Philadelphia one day I was working as a cashier a lady came to me and put a coffee pack on the counter she said I bought it yesterday night but I picked the wrong one actually I wanted to buy the ground one I identified this was a whole bean after I arrived at my home when I tried to take the package to check the pack she yelled at me don’t touch it! Frankly I did not understand what she said because her behavior was somewhat doubtful I grabbed it I discovered it was opened already and I could guess she pretended it was unopened a normal pack of coffee is sealed perfectly by two steps which are zipper and thin wire because I had detected it was closed loosely I observed it very carefully it was opened condition already according to refund rule it is not possible to exchange in case are not allowed to exchange this one according to our store’s rule because you opened this at me again I said it already don’t touch it I did not touch it you touched it and you damaged it and you opened it.
I tried to explain the situation again however she insisted on her opinion and did not listen to me at that time her husband appeared suddenly and she asked her husband did you see he touched the pack and he damaged it how can soft grabbing damage the pack.
He did not answer he seemed to know his wife has making an unreasonable demand because she yelled at shouting pitch he tried to calm her down I was so embarrassed I felt my cheek become crimson because of agitation.
After she threw the opened pack on my desk and she grabbed a pack she wanted then she said to me thank you! And she was gone with her husband.
After she left I could not keep my work going for a while owning to vexation I stopped my job what I was doing and entered the back room to take a rest actually the faces of wife and husband were familiar to me because she used to visit our store I knew her face I believed she knew me too I could not understand how she could behave like a stranger.

The Kind Duck and The Poor Frog

One beautiful summer’s day, a duck decided to go to the river for a picnic. She took a lot of food with her, and was really looking forward to eating it. She sat down on the river bank and spread the food out in front of her.
“You’re not going to eat all that food yourself, are you?” said a small voice.
She looked up and saw a frog sitting at the water’s edge.
“please give me some of it. I am very poor and hungry,” pleaded the frog wiping a tear from his eye. She gave him a sandwich. To her surprise he did not eat it, but simply put it on the ground beside him.
“Won’t you give me something else? After all, my need is greater than yours.”
Bit by bit, the kind-hearted duck handed over most of her food: cakes and biscuits, apples and sweets. Soon, the frog had a huge pile of food next to him. With an effort he picked it all up, put it on his back, and started to swim away across the river. But the food was so heavy that he sank like a stone, and the duck never saw him again.

Laughter Therapy

There is increasing evidence * laughter is good for people with cancer and it could help prevent other diseases as well. Studies from the USA have shown that laughter increases body’s natural immunity. While you laughing, levels of important components of the immune system go up; the amounts white blood cells and natural painkillers in your blood rise considerably. Laughter is also good exercise. It increases heart rate, improving the flow of air to lungs. Some hospitals in Canada now use a ‘laugh mobile’. Patients select items from trolley containing humorous books and videos. Patients with smiles are easier for the nurses to deal with.

The Fahnestock Expedition

Indonesia possesses the greatest diversity of traditional textiles in the world-the colorful Bark Cloths of Kalimantan, Irian Jaya, and Sulawesi uplands; the plain weaves songket silk of Sumatra; the beautiful batik of Java and the renowned ikat of eastern island. For Indonesians, textiles reconfirm and maintain many old and hallowed association, and also symbolize wealth, status and religious beliefs.

            This is about the symbolism of producing textiles in Java. The shipping and weaving of yarn were traditionally regarded as symbolic of the process of creation, and of human birth in particular. Weaving was generally an exclusively female activity. Men were permitted to participate only in the dyeing of certain colors of the thread, analogous with their role in human conception. Pregnant, menstruating or stick women were excluded from the work. If a death occurred in the village, the weaving would stop at once; otherwise, the spirit of the departed would do an exact vengeance, bringing sickness upon the weaver and causing the threads to lose their strength.

            An entire language develop. For example, the brown and white rahidup (pattern of life) cloths of the Bataks were presented to a woman of seven-month pregnant with her first child, as ulos ni tondi (a soul cloth). The sacred maa cloths of the Torajans of southern Sulawesi are carefully kept in special baskets, and are still considered necessary for all major rituals. Some maa are considered effective for the population of fertility spirits, and opening a powerful cloth is said to bring immediate rainfall.

            Certain cloths, colours and motifs were set aside for the exclusive of kings and nobles, and certainly, the all-purpose-useful cloth is sarung or body wrap which is worn by the majority-men and women, children and old, the poor and the haves, throughout Indonesia at any season.

The Launching Ipad 2nd Generation

Apple has just released IPAD 2, this work was published exactly 15 minutes after finished the show. As it has already been much, rumored even some "gossip" I wrote in my article, IPAD brings several new technologies.
Pad 2 has dual-core chip, what Apple called A5. 2 x speed is faster and more capable of handling 9 x faster graphic, but still the use of electricity seirit Apple A4. So, although much faster, IPAD 2 is still used for 10 hours. Gyroscope is also already available, such as those found in the iPhone 4.

The camera has an integrated and rear front. Therefore, IPAD 2 has been introduced into the environment of the face of time. "jump from the first day, IPAD 2 has been able to air face ría de time with 4 iPhone 4 g iPod touch, Mac and others." Along with this, two have already uses IPAD Photo Booth, as it is in other Apple computers. Obviously, with all the effect that estuary to add emotion photographed in IPAD 2. Behind the camera that you can use to record high definition video, while the front of VGA quality.

Design by 33% thinner from 13 mm to 8 mm, even thinner than the iPhone 4. I was so good, Apple claimed that the case for the IPad two difficult, so they do cover for IPad 2. Ah, Yes, the IPAD 2 is available not only in black and white.

More powerful, because competition in computer career compressed, IPAD 2 will be available from March 11, 2011 in United States, and on March 25, 2011 in other countries such as Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, among others. Unfortunately there are no names listed in situ.hehe Indonesia.

What happens with your operating system? Apple IPAD 2 will use the 4.3 IOS. This latest operating system in the claim to speed up the Safari browser, iTunes share House, improvisation on the water Play ", and the switch of silence in the IPAD can be configured exclusively for us as a silent / orientation of the lock screen button." IOS 4.3 will be available untukdi-diwnload by the users of IOS as of March 11.

At the same time, Apple was Relase two new apps for the IPad 2, iMovie and Garage Band. Yes, as iMovie on Mac, these applications can be used for video editing, edit sounds, record your voice to the fall of the video, and sound effects in 50 and 8 topics. Garage Band, Apple computers, can be used to record the songs with our guitars, or with tools that teredia touch. Already available for guitar amplifiers, drums, piano, and unique, touch his guitar is said to be simple to use. But these applications are not free, each worth $ 4.99, and are available from March 11, as well.

For the price, iPad 2 still have the same price, with the option of the same capacity. There are additional new accessories, HDMI output. This tool berfungi such as VGA displays, but using the HDMI, so it can directly be used in which many HDTV becomes available. Not just for some applications such as VGA output, HDMI output has actually been my mirror what happens in 2 iPad we display, from the screen, to go to apps.

Unfortunately, the IPad IPad 2 is still the same as in the first place. So don't wait for the screen as good as iPhone 4 with retinal display. Well, it's IPad 2 shows that many people expected. Front and rear camera, faster processor, and thinner. Unfortunately, no change in price and quality of the screen. But the two remain IPAD device worth a try.

The Really Life a Mr.Bean

May seem nonsense on TV shows, but it seems that the inclination of the Mr. Bean was not ridiculous in real life. In fact, he has a beautiful wife know. son, daughter is also handsome and beautiful. In addition, Mr. Bean also has a large amount of prices in bulk belimpah and I was not surprised that he has a big incredible Luxury House. For fans the Mr. Bean who had a fat wallet, then if Mr Bean goes to sell your home, can that you buy it. General information about the family and relatives
Mr.Bean profiles:
name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson aka Mr.Bean
place and date of birth: Newcastle, 09 - 01-1955
wife:Sunetra Sastre
infant male :Benjamin Atkinson
the daughter Atkinson LILY
then and achievements at a glance Mr. dreams. Bean:
# do once the rules of the voice dubbing for Disney Zazu in the film the Lion King in 1994
# be a writer to write articles for the car (a magazine of British car).
# It turns out that his wife is a make-up artist
# apparently, Mr. Bean has a license to guide to the types of heavy vehicles (licensed)
# It has a wealth of almost £ 60000000
# Although the rich do not want to have a Porsche but want to have a train Aston Martin.