Discussion

HANDPHONE

Student that use Handphone getting day progressively increases, by dozens student oldster that gets assumption to give Handphone for their childs can make them more get capacious hearts, mostly student also get assumption utilize Handphone be kind of tren today. But expert generally opines its scanty gain, be disadvantages that is begat prodigious. How is your view to this problem?

Sooth handphone can make children looks after close relationship with oldsters them, each while know existence from them, at while child meets urgent problem can also shortly inform their oldster. Why saying to take in Hp goes to school its few gain and its loss a lot of? School is place student bail knowledge, while are study happen sound handphone or answers telephone will can trouble orderlinesses serious ala within class, making student all class can't concentrate on study, regarding learned effectiveness.

Mostly schooled forbidden student take in Handphone go to school, but there is too schooled one asks for students it set their Handphone becomes silence (silents) at while study happens. But, Handphone function that just accept even short news, somewhat can break down concentration student in accepts study.

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Explanation

How does Rain Happen?

Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, providing suitable conditions for diverse ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation.

The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of the water cycle involves the sun heating the Earth's surface water and causing the surface water to evaporate. The water vapor rises into the Earth's atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere cools and condenses into liquid droplets. The droplets grow until they are heavy and fall to the earth as precipitation which can be in the form of rain or snow.

However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporates while falling through dry air. This is called virga, a phenomenon which is often seen in hot, dry desert regions.

Source: http://bos-sulap.blogspot.com/2010/10/contoh-example-of-explanation-text.html

Timun Emas

Timun Emas

 

Cerita rakyat from Central Java

Long time ago, lived an old women named Mbok Sirni. She lived by herself because her husband had long passed away and she had no children. Every day, she prayed so God would give her a child. One night, when she was praying, a giant passed her house and heard her pray. “I can give you a child on one condition,” the giant said to Mbok Sirni, “You must give the child back to me when it is six years old.” Mbok Sirni was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer. The giant then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds. “Plant it around your house.” The giant then left without saying anything else. In the morning, Mbok Sirni planted the seeds. The seeds grew within mere days, and blossomed plentifully.Not longer after that, a big golden cucumber grew from plants. Carefully, Mbok Sirni plucked the golden cucumber and carried it home. With caution and care, she sliced the cucumber. She was very surprised to see a beautiful baby girl inside the cucumber. She then named the baby Timun Emas (it means Golden Cucumber). 

Years passed by and Timun Emas has grew to become a lovely and beautiful little girl. She was also smart and kind. Mbok Sirni loved her very much. But she kept thinking about the time the giant would take Timun Emas away from her. One night, Mbok Sirni had a dream. In order to save Timun Emas from the giant, she had to meet the holy man who lived in Mount Gundul. The next morning, Mbok Sirni took leave of Timun Emas to go to Mount Gundul. The holy man then gave her four little bags, each one containing cucumber seeds, needles, salt, and shrimp paste. “Timun Emas can use these to protect herself,” said the holy man to Mbok Sirni. 

A few days later, the giant came to see Mbok Sirni about her promise. “Mbok Sirni! Where is Timun Emas?” shouted the giant. "My daughter, take these bag with you. It can save you from the giant. Now, run through the back door," said Mbok Sirni. But the giant saw Timun Emas running to the woods. The giant was angry. Starved and enraged, he rushed toward Timun Emas. Mbok Sirni tried to stop him, but the giant was unstoppable. 

The giant was getting closer and closer, so Timun Emas opened the first bag she got from Mbok Sirni. Inside the bag were cucumber seeds. She threw the seeds, and instantly they grew into large cucumber field. But the giant ate them all, giving him more strength. As the giant was getting close, Timun Emas took the second bag with needles inside and spilled the content behind her. The needles turned into bamboo trees, sharp and thorny. The giant’s body was scratched and bled. “Aaargh, I’ll get you, Timun Emas!” shouted the giant as he tried to get himself out from the bamboo field. He made it and still chasing Timun Emas. 

Timun Emas then reached the third bag and spilled the salt inside. The ground which the salt touched turned into a deep sea. The giant almost drown and had to swim to cross the sea. After some time, he managed to get out from the water. Timun Emas saw the giant coming, so she reached for the last bag. She took the shrimp paste and threw it. The shrimp paste became a big swamp of boiling mud. The giant was trapped in the middle of the swamp. The mud slowly but surely drowned him. Helpless, he roared out, “Help! Heeeeelp…!” Then the giant drown and died. Timun Mas then immediately went home. Since then, Timun Emas and Mbok Sirni live happily ever after.***

Retell from : http://ceritarakyat.50webs.com/Cerita%20rakyat_Indonesian%20folklore_Central%20Java_Timun%20Emas.htm

Microsoft Akan Membeli Yahoo yang Kesulitan Keuangan dan Hampir Bangkrut

Yahoo sedang mengalami kesulitan keuangan sehingga berencana untuk pengambilalihan kepemilikan perusahaan dirinya dengan Microsoft. Apa kamu tahu ??

Kabar yang beredar, Microsoft menawar Yahoo senilai $44,6 milliar dollar. Sementara Yahoo menganggap tawaran Microsoft untuk Yahoo dengan nilai $31 per lembar saham dinilai masih dibawah nilai yang mereka harapkan. Dalam report tersebut dilaporkan bahwa Yahoo mengharapkan penawaran minimal senilai $40 per lembar saham. Beberapa pihak menganggap itu sebagai taktik negoisasi daripada penolakkan final, maka Yahoo menekan Microsoft untuk mendapatkan harga lebih tinggi dari sebelumnya.

Sementara Microsoft menunggu jawaban dari Yahoo, dari pihak Yahoo mengaku masih membutuhkan waktu untuk mempertimbangkan tawaran tersebut. Yahoo masih mempertimbangkan beberapa kemungkinan yang dapat diambil sebagai jalan keluar, termasuk tawaran Google untuk membantu masalah keuangan Yahoo. Tawaran Google merupakan strategi Google untuk menggagalkan langkah akuisisi yang dilancarkan Microsoft. Seperti yang diketahui, Yahoo telah merumahkan sekitar seribu karyawannya untuk memperbaiki keuangannya agar kembali dapat meraih kepercayaan investor. Hingga saat ini Yahoo juga masih mempertimbangkan kemungkinan agar perusahaannya tetap bertahan sebagai perusahaan independent seperti saat ini.

Hal ini membuat Microsoft semakin tak sabar menunggu keputusan Yahoo. Microsoft rupanya tidak main-main dengan tawaran yang diberikannya kepada Yahoo. Bahkan dilaporkan bahwa Microsoft mungkin akan rela meminjam uang untuk memenuhi target akuisisi-nya dengan Yahoo. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer, Chris Liddell mengatakan bahwa kemungkinan untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah perusahaannya, Microsoft akan meminjam uang hanya untuk memenuhi target akuisisi tersebut. Menurut Microsoft, tawaran tersebut merupakan tawaran tersebut sudah merupakan tawaran yang sangat baik untuk Yahoo. Selain itu Lindell juga menyanggah isu yang mengatakan bahwa Microsoft telah membeli saham Yahoo di pasar terbuka.

Banyak pihak meramalkan bahwa merger antara kedua raksasa Internet ini merupakan salah satu langkah untuk menghadang dominasi Google pada pasar iklan online. Iklan online sendiri hingga saat ini merupakan lahan rejeki paling potensial di Internet. Tentunya diharapkan penggabungan ini akan melambungkan pendapatan kedua belah pihak.

Dan akhirnya pada tanggal 8 Juni 2011, Microsoft secara final memutuskan untuk membeli Yahoo. Berita ini dikonfirmasikan setelah terjadinya pertemuan antara wakil dari Microsoft dengan pimpinan Yahoo, Roy Bostock bersama dengan anggota pemilik saham pada Yahoo.

Selain itu, Yahoo, and Google saat ini telah mengumumkan persetujuan kerjasama iklan non-eksklusif dimana Yahoo akan menyediakan akses kepada Google’s Adsense  untuk pencarian dan content program periklanan di wilayah U.S. dan Daerah Canada. Untuk kesepakatan ini, disepakati pendapatan setahun sebesar $800 juta dan operating cash flow sebesar $250 juta sampai $450 juta diharapkan dapat membantu rekening keuangan Yahoo. Dengan begitu, persaingan usaha pencarian antara Microsoft, Google dan Yahoo berlanjut berpacu ke arah Web. Berdasarkan pembicaraan antara Microsoft dan Yahoo, pihak Yahoo mengatakan bahwa pihak Microsoft tidak mengutarakan besarnya bunga dalam pengerjaan seluruhnya yang diperoleh oleh pihak Yahoo bahkan dibatas-batas harga yang diusulkan bersama.

Microsoft mengeluarkan biaya $33 per lembar untuk membeli kepemilikan dari pihak Yahoo yang total keseluruhannya mencapai $47.5 milyar. CEO Yahoo Jerry Yang beserta dengan dewan direktur perusahaan mengusulkan bahwa nilai penjualan Yahoo lebih dari nilai penawaran dari pihak Microsoft. 

Kemudian Microsoft mengajukan proposal transaksi alternatif yang berisikan mengenai pembelian bisnis pencarian Yahoo saja. Untuk hal tersebut, Microsoft menunjukkan kesediaannya untuk membeli Yahoo seharga $35 perlembar. Penawaran ini telah dievaluasi dan ditolak oleh pihak dewan direktur dari Yahoo. Alasan yang muncul sederhana, masa depan Yahoo akan terasa gelap dan suram tanpa adanya bisnis pencarian. Tetapi saat ini, pihak Yahoo berkeinginan bahwa pihak Microsoft untuk dapat membeli keseluruhan dari perusahaan.

Apabila pihak Microsoft mengambil alih Yahoo, maka pihak Microsoft akan mendapatkan 2 keuntungan. Hal ini meliputi perpaduan antara Yahoo! IM dan email yang akan membuat Microsoft tenar, penggunaan Yahoo dalam pencarian yang dirubah untuk memasarkan teknologi, dan yang paling penting Microsoft akan menikmati tempat kedua dalam bisnis pencarian setelah Google.

Dari kesepakatan yang dilakukan dengan pihak Google, Yahoo mengarahkan untuk memulihkan harga saham yang telah jatuh dimana menyebabkan dalam kaitan diperpanjangnya pembicaraan kedua belah pihak untuk pengalihan kepemilikan. Yahoo! saat ini berkonsentrasi pada pemulihan management karyawan yang mana saat ini berhenti satu demi satu.

Dan sekarang yang jadi pertanyaan mengapa pihak Microsoft begitu ingin membeli Yahoo ? Apakah ini semata-mata hanya trik persaingan para raksasa Internet di dunia maya ?? Coba kita baca pendapat Bill Gates tentang hal ini…

Jika ditanyakan kepada Bill Gates apa yang membuatnya sangat ingin meminang Yahoo, hingga rela memberikan penawaran seharga lebih dari $40 milliar dollar, maka jawabannya adalah orang-orang yang ada di dalam Yahoo. Yap, Billl Gates sangat menginginkan orang-orang yang berdiri di balik Yahoo selama ini. Bukan produk perusahaan, iklan, ataupun market share yang dibidik oleh Gates, namun para ahli yang berdiri di balik kesuksesan Yahoo tersebutlah yang diinginkan Microsoft untuk membuat langkah maju menyaingi Google.

Dalam sebuah interview setelah ia menjadi pembicara di Standford University kemarin (19/2), Gates mengatakan bahwa untuk membangun sebuah aplikasi mesin yang handal, dibutuhkan tenaga ahli yang handal untuk menangani kebutuhan algoritma program dan membangun infrastruktur komputasi yang handal. “Dibutuhkan banyak tenaga ahli komputer untuk mewujudkan fenomena tersebut”, kata Gates, seperti yang dilansir news.com. “Semakin banyak tenaga ahli yang dapat dikumpulkan untuk mengerjakan hal tersebut, semakin cepat pula nantinya pengejaran rating dapat dilakukan. Karena walaupun perusahaan advertiser dan banyaknya pengunjung merupakan hal yang penting, namun menempatkan ahli-ahli yang tepat merupakan suatu kunci dari semua itu”, sambung Gates.

Lebih lanjut Microsoft mengindikasikan bahwa dengan atau tanpa Yahoo pun mereka tetap akan membuat rencana untuk membendung Google. Untuk itu Microsoft menyatakan bahwa rencana tersebut sebenarnya akan dapat berjalan lebih cepat jika mereka berhasil mengakuisisi Yahoo, daripada berjalan sendiri.

“Disamping untuk memecahkan masalah kebutuhan akan tenaga ahli, kombinasi dengan Yahoo akan membuat akselerasi yang lebih baik, karena Yahoo mempunyai banyak tenaga ahli yang handal yang telah banyak mengerjakan banyak hal pula,” kata Gates.

Passive Voice Remedial

A. Change Into The Passive Voice
1. Mrs. K asked them to pay the school fee in time
- They were asked to pay the school fee in time
2. Should we do the remedial test in a piece of paper?
- Should the remedial test be done in a piece of paper?
3. You must not forget to write your name
- Your name must not be forgotten to write
4. Are you speaking English during the English class?
- Is English being spoken during the English class?
5. She crossed the answers several times
- The answers were crossed several times
6. We have finished doing our task before other students
- Our task has been finished doing before other student
7. Will you be waiting for them all day long?
- Will they be being waited for all day long?
8. We celebrated the 47th anniversary of our school yesterday
- The 47th anniversary of our school was celebrated yesterday
9. They were having dinner when suddenly the stove exploded
- Dinner was being had when suddenly the stove exploded
10. The teacher had punished them for something they did not do
- They had been punished for something they did not do

B. Change Into The Active Voice
11. We are invited for lunch by the headmaster
- The headmaster invites us for lunch tomorrow
12. Many students are being given the English remedial test by Mr. T
- Mr. T is giving many students the English remedial test
13. Was English being studied diligently by them last night?
- Were they studying diligently last night?
14. This test has been being finished in 45 minutes by the students
- The students have been finishing this test in 45 minutes
15. Have they been being taught math by Mr. Good for three years?
- Has Mr. Good been teaching them math for three years?

C. Change Into Passive Voice (Two Objects)
16. Has Mr. Fajar been showing them his new blog?
- Have they been being shown his new blog?
- Has his new blog been being shown to them?
17. They do not ask her several questions
- She is not asked several questions
- Several questions are not asked to her
18. Has Mrs. Nanik been reading us another story?
- Have we been being read another story?
- Has another story been being read to us? 
19. Didn’t he tell you the school regulation?
- Weren’t you told the school regulation?
- Wasn’t the school regulation told to you?
20. We were Introducing him our pretty sisters last night
- He was being introduced our pretty sisters last night
- Our pretty sisters were being introduced to him last night

Passive Voice Test

A. Change Into The Passive Voice

1. Mr. T tells us to close our notebooks

- We are told by Mr T to close our notebooks

2. We must write this test in a piece of paper

- This test must be written by us in a piece of paper

3. I should not forget my name too

- My name should not be forgotten too

4. The students speak English during the English class

- English is spoken by students during the English class 

5. Did anyone ask any questions about me?

- Were any questions asked about me? 

6. I cannot do this test during the time given

- This test cannot be done by me during the time given

7. We have been waiting for him all day long

- He has been being waited for all day long

8. Mr. Jack has invited you to lunch tomorrow

- You have been invited to lunch tomorrow

9. The students did not do the English test easily

- The English test was not done easily 

10. Must you check the answer before you give it back?

- Must the answer be checked before you give it back?

11. We are doing the passive test in the multimedia room

- The passive test is being done in the multimedia room

12. Would you join the remedial test if you got bad mark again?

- Would the remedial test be joined if you got bad mark again?

B. Change Into The Active Voice

13. The white board has been cleaned by you

- You have cleaned the white board

14. The interview will be done in this room by us

- We will do the interview in this room

15. English was being studied diligently by them last night

- They were studying English diligently last night

16. This test must be finished in 45 minutes by the students

- The students must finish this test in 45 minutes

17. We have been being taught math by Mr. Sus for three years

- Mr. Sus has been teaching us math for three years

18. Will the coming UAN be being faced by you in the month of April?

- Will you be facing the coming UAN in the month of April?

19. The vocabulary book should be submitted by us this morning 

- We should submit the vocabulary book this morning

20. Batik shirts must be worn by the students on Friday

- The students must wear batik shirts  on Friday 

C. Change Into Passive Voice (Two Objects)

21. Mr. Fajar is showing us his new blog

- We are being shown his new blog

- His new blog is being shown to us

22. They will be asking her several questions

- She will be being asked several questions

- Several questions will be being asked to her

23. Mrs. Nanik has been reading them another story

- They have been being read another story

- Another story has been being read for them

24. Does he tell you the new law of Archimedes?

- Are you told the new law of Archimedes?

- Is the new law of Archimedes told to you?

25. We should have given him our new projects before he came here

- He should has been given our new projects before he came here

- Our new projects should have been given to him before he came here