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Bell "Invents" The Telephone

2012-03-08T14:49:00.000-08:00

Alexander Graham Bell

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first call on an electromagnetic telephone he had built, and went on to make a fortune after claiming his telephone was an original invention. Evidence now suggests, however, that Italian inventor Antonio Meucci had already invented the electromagnetic telephone in 1871. Meucci couldn't find the money to develop his invention though, and it was soon forgotten after Bell announced his own "invention". In 2001 the U.S. Congress passed a resolution recognizing "the contributions of Antonio Meucci in the invention of the telephone".

Love and Steadfastness

2012-03-08T04:14:00.001-08:00

Love is "giving"
Love is how you are sincerely giving something to somebody you love
Love is how you are happy when you see and remember somebody you love
Love is "hurt"
How hurt you are when you are betrayaled or hurted
is
Comparable with how big your sincere love you have

Love is "feeling" happy
but,
Some time love is hurted
it's wrong
Abviously, love never hurts. It's only how disappointed you are when your happiness taken

Logo of Departement of Pendidikan Bhs dan Sastra Inggris - Universitas Brawijaya Malang

2012-01-31T15:40:00.000-08:00

We are a new department, but we are qualified

Hi guys,
Finally our beloved departement has a logo, so you can download it and use it as usefull as possible.

And for addition this is the Vision and Mision of English Education Departemen - Faculty of Culture Studies - Brawijaya University Malang

Visi :
Menjadi program studi berstandar internasional melalui penelitian dan pengembangan sumber daya manusia di bidang ilmu pendidikan bahasa, sastra dan budaya untuk menciptakan lulusan yang berbudaya nasional, berwawasan global dan memiliki semangat serta kepekaan enterpreurial.

Misi :
Misi Program S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris adalah :

Melaksanakan pendidikan bahasa, sastra dan budaya Inggris secara profesional.

Mengembangkan penelitian interdisipliner dalam bidang pendidikan bahasa, sastra dan budaya.

Menerapkan hasil riset untuk membantu memecahkan permasalahan di masyarakat.

Mengembangkan kerjasama dan kegiatan baik nasional dan internasional melalui telaah pendidikan bahasa, sastra dan budaya antar bangsa.

Congratulation for EBASIS - Universitas Brawijaya Malang

2012-01-15T08:03:00.001-08:00

Congratulation for all PEBASIS students at Culture Studies Faculty - Brawijaya University which has legally been established a new student association.
PEBASIS (Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris)
Hopefuly in this new organization we all can make a huge unity and togetherness which can make our beloved departement gradually increase in every single aspects. I know the strugeling we had done isn't over yet even it's just starting, so guys let's walk together make a unity and achievment.
" Me and you do not need each other, but me and you are connected one another "
--- there is nothing much I am gonna say guys, I just wanna say " I am proud of you all " ---
please keep our togetherness and warmth like t'day, like we are in happiness. Do not ever say "surrender" for each problem yu'll find, just believe in yourself that you are bigger than the problems. "God is the true"

Go PEBASIS go, show UB that you are here !!

"You will not find the way before you believe that you have a will"
DO'12 - Diki Riswandi (115110500111061)

Six Quick-Start Careers

2012-01-07T01:04:00.000-08:00

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See ho you could get into a hot career with just 1-2 years of education

By Jennifer Berry

Are you feeling stuck in a job you hate? Floundering in a job search that isn't going anywhere?

Don't despair: a quick education program could provide the jolt you need to find the right career.

There is no time like the present to explore your options for going back to school. With many schools offering rolling admissions and even online instruction, it's never been easier to get started.

[Search for career preparation programs now]

With the right education, you could be prepared for a new career in just one to two years. That's a small investment in time that could reap big rewards over the length of your career.

Check out these six solid careers - and learn how you can prepare for them.

Career #1 - Human Resources Assistant

For a stable, rewarding career that you can prepare for quickly, consider a career in human resources. As a human resources assistant, you'll be responsible for maintaining important information about your organization's employees - like their earnings, health and life insurance plans, and tax withholdings.

Quick education: You can earn your associate's degree in human resources in two years. If you already have a bachelor's degree in another field, you can earn a certificate in human resources in just one year.

Good compensation: The average annual income for human resources assistants is $37,840. The top ten percent average at $53,160 a year.*

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Career #2 - Paralegal

Intrigued by the law? Prepare for an in-demand career as a paralegal in less than a year. The U.S. Department of Labor expects paralegal jobs to grow 28 percent from 2008 to 2018. As a paralegal, you may prepare arguments, obtain affidavits, and help lawyers prepare for cases.

Quick education: Do you already have a bachelor's degree? If so, you might be able to earn a certificate in paralegal studies in just a few months. If not, consider earning your associate's degree in two years.

Good compensation: Paralegals have an average annual income of $50,080. The highest ten percent earn more than $75,000.

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Career #3 - Medical Assistant

The U.S. Department of Labor lists health care as one of the fastest-growing industries in our country. Take part in this boom by completing a medical assistant program in two years or less. As a medical assistant, you'll handle office tasks, take patient medical histories...you might even perform basic laboratory tests.

Quick education: You can earn a certificate or diploma in about one year. Another quick education option is an associate's degree in medical assisting, which you can complete in about two years. Even in quick programs, you'll build a variety of skills to help you in your new career, including transcription and insurance processing.

Good compensation: Medical assistants have an average annual income of $29,450. The top ten percent have an average annual wage of $39,970.

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Career #4 - Bookkeeper

Join the 2.1 million bookkeepers who are working today with an accounting education program. The U.S. Department of Labor projects a 10 percent jump in opportunities through 2018. As a bookkeeper, you'll handle financial records like taxes, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll.

Quick education: Prepare to step into this field by earning an associate's degree in just two years. You'll study subjects like accounting and familiarize yourself with the latest computer software that the job requires.

Good compensation: Bookkeepers, who work in every industry imaginable, have an average annual income of $34,750. The top ten percent can make more than $50,450 a year.

[Search for Accounting or Business programs near you now]

Career #5 - Dental Assistant

Want to get hired as a dental assistant? Well, what are you waiting for? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, jobs for dental assistants are expected to grow 36 percent through 2018. As a dental assistant, you'll make appointments, sterilize equipment, and help dentists during procedures.

Quick education: You could earn a certificate in dental assisting in just one year, or an associate's degree in two years. Many education programs focus on a dental assistant's daily duties, including how to interact with patients and how to help keep the dental office running smoothly.

Good compensation: Dental assistants have an average annual income of $34,000. The top ten percent can average at more than $47,070 a year.

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Career #6 - Registered Nurse

If you feel the calling to pursue a registered nursing career, you can prepare for this rewarding profession in two years or less. It's a smart career move too...the U.S. Department of Labor expects job opportunities to soar 22 percent through 2018. As a nurse, you would work with patients, run diagnostic tests, and administer medications.

Quick education: Earn an associate's degree or certificate in nursing in a few years. If you already have a bachelor's degree in another field, you could enroll in an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program to earn your degree in less time.

Good compensation: Registered nurses have an average annual income of $66,530. The top ten percent average at $93,700 a year.

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*Compensation info comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009.

After Texas school shooting, many questions loom

2012-01-07T00:59:00.000-08:00

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Rev. Jorge Gomez was counseling worried parents and frightened students late into the night the day police fatally shot an eighth-grader brandishing what appeared to be a handgun inside his South Texas school. The parents said their children weren't eating, some were running fevers, and needed to talk to someone.

The death of 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez has shaken this neighborhood along the U.S.-Mexico border, where parents already burdened by economic woes and street gangs are now faced with explaining the tragedy to their children.

Making it especially hard: It remains unclear to his parents and investigators why Jaime — a drum major who danced in his church's annual religious festival, stayed out of gangs and had two parents who closely watched him — could swerve off course and bring a weapon to school. The weapon, police later determined, was a pellet gun.

Gomez, who officiated a wake Thursday night that drew hundreds of mourners to Holy Family Catholic Church, a block from the Gonzalez family home, said parents had called him seeking his guidance Wednesday.

"Probably the last (child) left at midnight," Gomez said. "The parents are very concerned. How is this going to affect the community and their kids?"

Jaime was fatally shot in a hallway of Cummings Middle School during first period Wednesday, following frantic calls to police from school officials who, along with responding officers, believed the boy had a handgun. According to a recording of the emergency call, Jaime refused to drop the weapon.

Among the roughly 400 people at the Thursday night service was Delfina Cisneros, a teacher at nearby Longoria Elementary School. Standing in the back of the church with some of the school's young students, she said she taught Jaime in fourth grade, when his family had just moved from the Houston area.

"The parents were trying their best," she said, adding that Jaime was always respectful and polite. "Check out the neighborhood. That will tell you a lot."

Norma Ponce, an assistant principal when Jaime attended Longoria, said many single-parent homes headed by working mothers are in the neighborhood, which is barely a mile from the main bridge connecting Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico. Many children whose parents remain across the border in Mexico live here with guardians, she said.

Jaime never got into major trouble, Ponce said, and attributed his visits to her office to "mischievous" things for which he always apologized. She said his parents were supportive if called for any reason.

His parents have lamented police for their actions Wednesday, saying they could have taken non-lethal action. But there was broad agreement among law enforcement experts: If a suspect raises a weapon and refuses to put it down, officers are justified in shooting to kill.

Brownsville interim Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez defended his officers, saying the boy pointed the pellet gun — which was black and resembled a real gun — at police and repeatedly defied their commands to put it on the floor.

Rodriguez said the preliminary autopsy report showed the boy was shot twice in the torso. Family members initially thought he was shot in the back of the head, but that wound turned out to be a cut from a fall.

"It really doesn't change anything at all," his father, Jaime Gonzalez Sr., said after being told of the preliminary autopsy results at the vigil for his son. "If it is a wound from his fall, why shoot him at all? Wound him. Do something else. Use another method."

In a recording released Thursday of the 911 call from the school, the assistant principal says a student in the hall has a gun, then reports that he is drawing the weapon and finally that he is running down the hall.

Police can be heard yelling: "Put the gun down! Put it on the floor!" In the background, someone else yells, "He's saying that he is willing to die."

Before police arrived, school administrators had urged Jaime to give up the gun. When officers got to the school, the boy was waiting for them, Rodriguez said.

Moments before he was killed, Jaime began to run down a hallway, but again faced officers. Police fired down the hallway — a distance that made a stun gun or other methods impractical, Rodriguez said.

If the situation had involved hostages or a gunman barricaded in a room, police might have tried negotiations. But instead, Rodriguez stressed, this was an armed student roaming the halls of a school.

The two officers who fired have been placed on administrative leave — standard procedure in police shootings. Rodriguez expected them back at work soon.

Jaime's father has said he didn't know where his son got the pellet gun. Police believed it was a gift, and a friend of the boy's said Jaime told her that but she didn't know who gave it to him.

The school was closed Thursday while police finished their crime-scene investigation. Students were bused instead to a new elementary school that was recently completed on the outskirts of Brownsville but had not yet been used.

District spokeswoman Drue Brown said 17 counselors were working with students and staff. Cummings has a student body of about 750, but only 200 students came to classes Thursday.

Before the church service began that night, dozens of children and teens in white shirts left the church and gathered outside. They chanted Jaime's name and shouted that they loved him. Some sported tattoos, while others were clean cut. One girl who appeared older than the others yelled that if anyone spoke badly of Jaime, she would make them pay.

Gomez said some of the young people at the service were likely gang members, but said many teens in the neighborhood managed to stay out of gangs.

"I know the parents worry a lot to see their kids involved in violent activities, but I'm sure it's not the only neighborhood in the city or in the Valley like this," he said.

Long Trouble

2012-01-06T20:03:00.000-08:00

I don't know what I wannna write here, but I just know that I am in very disarray. Sometime I feel that my life is the most terrible and sometimes the most happy. I know every single second I have is gonna make me crazy of this. I have no place where I can fall all these. I just sit down and fancy that I am useless. Being careless sometime makes me feel worse in daily, but I know that I avoid it hard. Sharing to my friends sometime can help me in solving a piece of my terrible problems, but in the other hand I don't wanna make others bother becase of me too. So I just write here what I wanna say.
Dju kow that Januari 6th '12 is the day when I never forget about this. I know than I am very careles but for that day I do hate my life and my self. I can't tell what is my problem exactly, but I just wanna say that on that day I must get badly i touch with the Security and Police in the different place and time on taht day. I do really hate that. I am going stress whenever I remember that day and what happen to me. It's very abominable and vex.
hhuhhhh, I must take a breath for all this,
All in all I just realize that each problem I have abviously makes me more adult to face the future. I just thank to God for everything I got.
one things for me I hope that U also can make Ur story like what I made here...

English Proverb

2011-11-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

Here we go guys! as in Indonesian, English also has proverb to express things wealther.

All beginnings are difficult.
After rain comes sunshine.
A friend in need a friend indeed.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Better a half loaf than no bread.
Home is home be it ever so homely.
Many a little makes a mikle.
Look before you leap.
Well begun is half done
Empty vessels give the most sound.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Fine feathers make fine bird.
Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Prevention is better than cure.
Opportunity makes the thief.
One good turn deserves another.
Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.
When the cat is away the mice will play.
Every house has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Let the cobbler stick to the last.
Silent gives consent.
Man proposes, GOD disposes.
One rotten apple will decay a bushel.
Once beaten twice sigh.
Slow but sure.
Promise is debt.
Still waters run deep.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Speech is silver silence is gold.
In the Kingdom of the blilnd is the one-eyed king.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Strike the iron while it this hot.
A cow may catch a hare.
Harm watch, harm catch, harm set, harm get.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity has no low.
Safety first.
Who will not keep a penny shall never have many.
Small but choosen.
His knife cuts both ways.
Where there is will there is a way.
Repentance always comes too late.
Cherity begins at home.
It is a good horse that never stumble.
Don't look a gift horse in the moth.
Patience overcomes all things.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
Grasp all lose all.
Sp many countries so many customs.

Those are all. If you need the translation in Bahasa you can download or visit here .
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2011-10-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

Creative Leadership Requires te Right Brain

2011-10-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

It's all my B'day

2011-10-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks everybody

28th October 2011 was my very beautiful day. I got a lot of gifts and wishes from all my friends care about me. B'day for me is not the time for party, I feel that it just thing that has me be better for my whole life. Unawarely I've spent all my chance God gives me for living in his earth for long time.
I got many experiences and lesson that I can take for it.
Actually that I can't say anything, it was just more thank words,
all I think about and wanna say right now is Thank you ...
I hope next year I get something better.

Getting Creative

2011-10-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

To get creative we have to start by thinking creative. Like with most things in life, the best way to learn this is by practice. The more practice, the better we get at it.
5 tips to start with: (as mentioned on Flanders DC 2008:)

1. Look at things from a different perspective:
We are all used to look at everything in the way society has taught us. But why are things the way they are. The next time you look at something try to imagine what else it could be, or could do. You can start by applying this to objects we use everyday.
Look at the picture attached to this post for example. You can wear clothes, but you can also use them as a lamp.

2. Don’t judge too fast:
Each day we say or think things like: ‘Impossible’, ‘That is too difficult’, ‘We will never make that’. Who postpones his judgment and refrains from immediately saying ‘What a crazy idea’ and/or laughing will discover new lines of approach and new solutions more often.
Think of somebody who annoys or frustrates you and then write down five positive things about him or her.

3. Associate in a flexible way:
What do we mean by associating? If we think of ‘the sky’ for example, we automatically think of other things like ‘blue’ and ‘bird’. This is what we call associating. It is like letting go off, or loosely linking the concepts discussed in our previous blog. It is a technique that is often used in brainstorming. By practicing this time after time, we learn to associate quickly and flexible.
Take the first word that crosses your mind. Take one minute to write down all the words that are aroused in your mind by this first word. Do the same thing with another word and try to write down two times as much.

4. Think of alternatives:
It is rare for your first idea to be the best one. Try to think further. Think of alternatives. Don’t be satisfied with just one solution.
Think of ten ways to surprise your best friend at his wedding.

5. Use your imagination:
Our minds are filled with treasures of images, smells, tastes and sounds. Try to recall these to practice your imagination. Creating a ‘picture’ surrounding an idea makes it stick better, also with others.
Imagine your supermarket. Walk through the aisles and see the products. Imagine the smells and the sounds you hear along the way.

HOPE THIS ARTICLE ENLIGHT YOU GUYS :)

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2011-10-22T21:45:00.000-07:00

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Polite Request

2011-10-22T16:52:00.000-07:00

Polite Requests with "I" as the Subject

In Polite Request commennly people use several modals verb to express it. Those modals are MAY, COULD, CAN. Let's see for the example in the sentences :

May I ( please ) borrow your pen ?
Can I borrow your pen ( Please ) ? [ COULD has a present or future meaning, not a past meaning ]

*May I and Could I are used to request permission. they are equally polite.

*Might is also possible for instance : Might I borrow your pen ? Might I is quite formal and polite; it is used less frequently than may I and could I.

TYPICAL RESPONSES

> Certainly ==> Yes, certainly.

> Of course ==> Yes, of course

> Sure ==> (informal)

*often the response to a polite request is an action, such as nood or shake of the head, or simple "uh-huh."

Polite Requwst with "YOU" as the Subject

In Polite Request commennly people use several modals verb to express it. Those modals are WOULD, WILL, COULD, and CAN. Let's see for the example in the sentences :

Would you pass the salt (please)?
Will you (please) pass the salt?
Could you pass the salt (please)?
Can you (please) pass the salt?
~~May you pass the salt?~~ [INCORRECT]

* (1, 2) The meaning of would you and will you in pile request is same. would you is more common and is often considered more polite. The digegree of politeness, however, is often determined by the speaker's tone of voice.

* (3) Basically, could you and would you have the same meaning. The different is slight:

> Would you = Do you want to do this please?

> Could you = Do you want to do this please, and is it possible for you to do this?

> Would you and could you are equally polite.

*(4) Can you is often used informally. It usually sounds less polite than could you or would you.

TYPICAL RESPONSE

> Yes, I'd (I would) be happy to/be glad to

> Certainly.

> Sure (informal)

* A person usually responds in the affirmative to a polite request. if a negative response, is necessary, a person might begin by saying "I'd like to, but ...... " (e.g., "I'd like to pass the salt, but I can't reach it").

Polite Request with Would You Mind

ASKING PERMISSION

Would you mind if I closed the window?
Would you mind if I used the phone?

TYPICAL RESPONSE

> No, not at all/of course not.

> No, that would be fine

> (another typical respnse might be "unh-unh" meaning NO

ASKING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING

Would you mind closing the door?
Excuse me. Would you mind repeating that?

TYPICAL RESPONSE

> No, I'd be happy to.

> Not at all. I'd be glad to.

> Sure./Okay. (common and informal)

Oxford Dictionary

2011-10-17T20:16:00.000-07:00

Hallo everyone !! Do you need more practice in English pronunciation ? It can help you, Oxford dictionary English-English will guide you inlearning English pronunciation freely. you can download it here

Thank you for visiting this site ..

The Colleger is an Agent of Change

2011-10-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

A student of university is the student studying at university (based on the Kamus BesarBahasa Indonesia). But in this era, I do disagree in that statement at all. Colleger’s duties are not studying only, but we must become a partner of society and all elements of this country to build the best future we expect.

Scholar is the faoundation of this nation which has a part and big involvement in every single decision that the government makes. Although the colleger has a huge intervention in this country but colleger is not a suvervisor for the government. Student of university just an intellectual community who has voice and right to support or against the policy of the government or the chairmen.

According to Edward Shill about colleger he categorizes the student of university as an intellectual level having the particular social responsibilities in social life. Shill mentions there are five functions of intellectual community those are createandspreadhigh culture, providingthe national charts and among nations, fostering empowerment and unity, affect social change, andplayed apolitical role.

The scholar must be susceptible to the environment around. The colleger must care about the society life and become the changer for them. We are not supposed to sit in the chair and learning in the room only without seeing what is happening around us. If we still find the colleger who just learning without caring and using the other functions as student of university, we must wake them up to walk together with us to build the realcolleger.

Student of university should not just receive every decision and keep silent when everything happens. Colleger must be active and reactive to the decision of our superintendent creats. We must move from the stagnant, unpleasant, unfair, andcompletelyunfairto thecondition which moreorganized, orderly, fair, prosperousandpowerful. It is supported by Rudolf Heberle 1968 in his teory tells that social movements refers to a wide range of collective efforts to make certain changes in social institutions orcreating a new period.

For instance in campus, when we think that we need or less of fasility of studying, our right is trying to get it. We can yell our voice by doing something that can make university official knows what we want. Although we have right of freedom to shout, but we must remember as an intelectual comunnity we must keep our manner in expressing our aspiration. Colleger is an Agent of Changed and not an anarchy demonstrant. We must do something polite, educated and have a certain character.

The campus is one of the small replicas of life in our nation for student of university to be an Agent of Change. We must uphold the truth and stand out the weak community.

According to the history of Indonesian reformation,colleger had a very huge involvement at that time. Colleger made a very big and influential achievement for Indonesia when they could depeat President Soeharto from his position so the outcome we can feel up to now.
The unresponsible and unqualified leaders will be afraid of student of university movement when the colleger reform themselves to be an Agent of Change. But this is the fact that Indonesia has right now, what we hope that the colleger as Agent of change is loosing. Many of them are afraid and does not brave to yell and shout their voice.

The quality of university student and their willing to build a welpare nation is so far away from what our former senior colleger did. Colleger nowedays does not have sensitivity anymmore for the nation. They prefer to watch their pavorite TV program than a news about their country. They more enthusiastic to play their pavorite sport than go to the street to yell ourcitizen aspiration.

As if a student of university, this is the time for us to change. We must wake up and see apparently around us. Many people need our hands, we are an Agent of Change. We must proud of being colleger and do as the preceding colleger did before.

As an Agent of change student of university is not a hero who can chase away the felon proudly and the crook will leave while our hand is clapping. Students are not merely agents of change such as the hero, the student deserved to be agents of empowerment after the changes that play a role in physical and non physical development of a nation which is then further supported with the function of social control student.

Agent of change needs a spunkiness to change. Agent of change needs togetherness to move. Agent of Change needs integrity and sincerity to sacrifice. This is we. Agent of Change is we. We must move to give the alteration to this country. Move and do it now becouse we are a student of university and we are Agent of Change.

Go Colleger Go………Go to Move …. Go to Change
And Go to the Better Bureaucracy of this Country

English Conversation ( Direction and Thanking )

2011-10-15T22:07:00.000-07:00

Hallo everybody, here we will learn ebout several expression in English speaking about direction and Thanking :

Andi & UI

One day, Andi and UI chat about their house. they are talking about the direction and the way how to get their house :

Ul : Good Morning Andi ? How are you?
Andy : Good morning. I’m good. What about u?
Ul : I’m fine. Could u tell me the direction to go to Oxford ? (1)
Andy : Sure. From Kediri Bus Station, choose Harapan Jaya bus then go down at BEC. After that, choose pedicab and ask to the rider to go down at Oxford. It is about 1 km from BEC.
Ul : That sounds easy. Thank you very much andy for your information. (2)
Andy : Don’t mention it. (3) So, how could I visit your house in Blitar ? Would you like to give me the direction please ?
Ul : Of course! From Kediri Bus Station, choose Kawan Kita Bus to Blitar. It is about Rp10.000. Afterward go down at Blitar Bus Station. From Blitar bus station choose bus to Malang then go down at Garum. If you are there, give me ring and I’ll pick you up there.
Andy : Thanks a lot Ul for giving the direction.(2) I’ll visit u soon
Ul : You are quiet welcome andy. (3) You said that you wanna visit Bali? What are your feeling about Bali?
Andy : Yes, it is right. In my opinion, Bali is the wonderful island. There are many interesting places over there. That is why Bali becomes the most popular tourism place in our country and also in the world.
Ul : If just offer the interesting place, I think java is also has many wonderful tourism places. Andy, could you tell me why can Bali be as main toursm destination in our country ?
Andy : In my view, Bali also offers cultural tourism. They still keep well their culture.
Ul : Is it yearly agenda at Oxford to go to Bali ?
Andy : Yes, it is. Would you like to join us?
Ul : haacchh!!! Actually I wanna join your agenda so much. But I can’t. I have to work.
Andy : It doesn’t matter. Ok I’ll go home first. Nice to meet you, see u later.
Ul : So long, take care.
Andi : Bye.

(1) Asking the direction to somebody
(2) Thanking expression
(3) Responds expression of Thanking

Thanks a lot for Mas Ulil who created this conversation.

The Legen of Smiling Girl

2011-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Eeul. She lived with her grandfather because her parents were dead. She always was ridiculed by her friends becouse she has a bad appearance, but Eeul just smiled when she got affront. One day her grandfather got the illness which can be cured by the scarce phat in the woods.

Nobody helped them and just Eeul herself can do that. And then she went to the ghostllike woods to find out the phat. Everybody laughed her and thought that she was mad because of her fearlessness went to the ghostlike woods, but Eeul just smiled to perceive them without resentment.

The girl always weared the brown clothes arrived in the woods without hindrance and found the phat she needed. But unfortunetly she was lost, she can not find the way to go home, everything in the woods was changed. It was not like when she came. She was traped lonely and meet the wicked elf who wanted the phat also to raise his fervency. And she almost is killed by the elf, but fortunetly the beautiful sound came to her and ask her to calm down. Evidently the sound was belong to the white fairy caged in the phat by the elf. The sound asked her to swallow the phat to absolve the fairy from the cage of the elf. The elf tried to stop her but it was late. When she swallowed the phat not long aftewards the fairy appeared and kill the elf with a flash.

The fairy thanked so much to Eeul and took her out from the ghostlike woods. The fairy knew what did Eeul need but they did not talk about it each other. The hoorible Eeul with her very dirty clothes come to her village. Everybody was dumbfounded of Eeul and thought that she had a black magic because she could survive in the ghostlike woods for two months.

Without thinking she came to her granfather almost can not survive anymore, but when she thouched him, her grandfather abruptly waked up and was totally recoverd. Somebody saw that and accusing the society about her was getting strong.

Fortunetly all accusings was nothing when Eeul could cure everybody got ill in that village. When she had cured one hundred persons, she got regard from the fairy, her appearance before it was very ugly but become so quiet beautiful. It was a miracle for Eeul. After that, Eeul was not underestimated anymore and her smiling become so wonderful.

The History of the Motion Picture

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The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies was a device called the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope". Patented in 1867 by William Lincoln, moving drawings or photographs were watched through a slit in the zoopraxiscope. However, this was a far cry from motion pictures as we know them today. Modern motion picture making began with the invention of the motion picture camera.

The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is often credited as inventing the first motion picture camera in 1895. But in truth, several others had made similar inventions around the same time as Lumiere. What Lumiere invented was a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions covered in one invention.

The Cinematographe made motion pictures very popular, and it could be better be said that Lumiere's invention began the motion picture era. In 1895, Lumiere and his brother were the first to present projected, moving, photographic, pictures to a paying audience of more that one person.

The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. In 1891, the Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures. Later in 1896, Edison showed his improved Vitascope projector and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the U.S

Indonesian Student of University Nowadays

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Being student of University in Indonesia nowadays is not a rare thing anymore. Everybody can get it easly, no metter they are poor, rich, smart, fool or others. it must have the way how to be the colleger. several years ago who could study in university was somebody who has money but is not nowadays. Indonesian governmentprovides many programs for all students who has will to study, for example Bidik Misi program, SNMPTN, and other scoolarships.

Education devotee in Indonesia is increasing rapidly. Everyone realizes about the importance of education for their future. All peaple are vieding to get the best education and trying to get it as high as possible level ever.

Many parents are sacrifice averything they have to enroll their children to the favorite university or just other university. they are hoping that their children by studying in university will get better job than somebody who doeas not.

Unfortunately, all thoughts are missused and out of the track of the real meaning of education itself. many students are just going to the university for prestige only and they forget the real fuction of them. Most of them don't realize what are they for. several of them just think hoe to get good score and graduate fast, they do not think how well the education they get at university. some of them are not aware of their fuction as a social control, they just go with their own thinking. They do not care about their society who need them anymore.
But in other hand, I still find out some students who really do what as they are for. Hopfully its community will increase while increasing of numbers of Indonesian student next.

For the parents, some of them forget about their duty as a controler and supervisor of their children. althought the children has ben getting adult but it does not mean that supervission of the parents must be stopped. monitoring of the parents is very important for the quality of Indonesian Student in the future.