The Changing Family: American Family

      At the beginning of the twentieth century, many people thought that the American family was falling apart-in other words, they thought it was dying. A century later, we know that this was not the case. However, althoygh the family is still alive in the United States, its size and shape are very different from 100 years ago.

        In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the entended and the nuclear. The extended family usually includes grandparents, parents and children living under the same roof. The nuclear family consist of only parents and children. As people began to move to other parts of the country to find better jobs, the nuclear family became the most common family structure, or unit.

        Today, there are manu different kinds of families. Some people live in "traditional" families, that is, a stay-home mother, a working father, and their own biological children. Others live in two-paycheck families (where both parents work outside the house) , single parent families (a mother or father living with the children), adoptive or foster families (where adults take care of children that are not biologically theirs), blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into new families), childless families, and so on.

        What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 1900s the birthrate began to decline and the divorce rate began to rise. Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home. The 1930s and 1940s were difficult years for most families in the United States. Many families faced serious financial, or money, problems during the Great Depression, when many people lost their jobs. During World War II (1939-1945), 5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children. Because many men were at war, thousands of these "war widows" had to go to work outside the home. Most women worked long hours at hard jobs, especially in factories.

       During the next decade, the situation changed. There were fewer divorces, and people married at a younger age and had more children than previous generation. It was unusual for mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up. Families began leaving cities and moving into single-family homes in the suburbs. The traditional family seemed to be returning.

In the years between 1960 and the 1990s, there were many important changes in the structure of the family. From the 1960s to the early 1970s, the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half. The number of single-parent families tripled, and the number of couples living together witout being married quadrupled.

     There are many people today who would like the "traditional" family to return. However, less then 10 percent of families in the 1990s fall into this category. In fact, the singel-parent household--once unusual--has replaced the "traditional" family as the typical family in the United States. If we canjudge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.

  


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"Archy's Dream World" Book Report

1.      Title                             : Archy’s Dream World

2.      Writer                          : Robert Pierik

3.      Time of Publication     :1972

4.      City of Publication      : New York

5.      Publisher                     : William Morrow and Company, Inc

6.      Theme of the book      : 8th  grade boy world and his immagination about his dream

7.      Character                     :

a. Archy Oglesby: 8th grade boy, daydreamer, imaginative, he love basketball so much, creative, and hardworker if he plan something.

b. Mr. John Oglesby: work as a vice-president of  the Ace Athletic Supply Company, an ex-basketball player at college, very wise father.

c. Mrs. Alice Oglesby: five feet tall, she didn’t work and do all house jobs, professional chef for the Oglesby’s.

d. Sue Ellen Oglesby: seven years old girl, has common young girl personality.

e. Paul Stewart: Archy’s best friend, basketball player, has good personality.

f. Hunk Power: Archy’s classmate, not too smart on school subject but he’s good basketball player, has a petulant and rough personality.

g. Coach Murphy: basketball coach on Archy’s junior high school, very smart and wise person.

8.      Setting                         : a. Time: Morning: when Archy’s woke up every morning and

     having breakfast with his family, at school.

Afternoon: when basketball tryout, practice and game, at classroom.

Evening: when the Oglesby’s having dinner conversation, when Archy doing his work at his room.

b. Place: the Oglesby’s house, Rosedale’s Junior High School, street, hospital.

9. Summary                     :

            Archy is the oldest boy on the Oglesby’s, he is on 8th grade Rosedale Junior High School, his father, Mr. John Oglesby is a vice-president of the Ace Athletic Supply Company, and and ex-basketball player at college, he is pretty good at that time and wanted Archy become a good basketball player too, so that day, there was a tryout to decide who will be the member of the basketball team, called Apache. After class, that noon Archy and Paul Stewart, his bestfriend go to the gymnasium for the tryout. A lots of pupil also went to the tryout too, including Hunk Powers, his real name is John Henry, but he’s six feet tall already on his thirteen age, so coach Murphy call him Hunk Powers since he on the basketball team on his 7th  grade. At the beginning coach Murphy choose ten pupils for the tryout, Archy is not included, so he just wait at the side of the gymnasiun, a few moments later his patience reach end line, he ask coach Murphy why he’s not in on the try out. “Oh sorry, I thought you came just watch the tryout, get in then. Ryan on the betas, out for Oglesby!” coach barked. a first minute on the field, he got no chance to touch the ball, he started mad and play rough, at last Archy got possession on an overthrow. In making a beeline for the basket, he veered sharply to avoid a collision against Hunk, tripped and skidded hedlong across the hardwood floor. The ball rolled out of bounds. He stood up, shaken, his skinned knees stinging so painfully that it almost brought tears to his eyes. He’s continue the tryout, but then it was agonizing pain in his left ankle that made him draw in his breath sharply. Coach Murphy ask him to go home and take care of his ankle. At home Mrs. Oglesby soak his ankle on cold water. Its become better than while ago at the gymnasium. The next day Archy go to scholl as usual, at noon he do the tryout again, but coach Murphy didn’t allow him to do the tryout because his ankle still swollen. So he leave the gymnasium, when he walk out, his ankle feel so hurt and he fell, his head hit the bench and he’s unconscious, later on the nurse office, Mrs. Oglesby is there alreade, and they go to meet their family doctor, dr. Scott. Dr. Scott said thas Archy’s has a torn ligament and his foot must having a plaster cast, that mean his foot is immobilized for about eight weeks, and that mean he can’t play basketball until the season end! Immobilized doesn’t mean stop his activity onbasketball, he, then asked to be a referee at the rehearsal. He’s good referee actually, but boys, when there’s no coach Murphy, play very rough, and Hunk didn’t like a good referee like Archy. So he push craig to replace Archy. Archy feel fine, tough he is a good referee, he think. Than he went home.

            Archy was thinking that night, how can he usefull for the Apache, even he’s crutches. He think that being team manager will be good, even that job just take care of basketball stuff like ball, towels and cleaning some area. The next day, after school, he met coach Murphy at the gymnasium, he ask if can he become Apache manager, but coach Murphy refuse because of some reason. Archy thought that the crutches is the problem, so he asked Craig, a 7th  grade boy to become his assistant, and he’s agree! Finally, coach Murphy allowed Archy and craig become the team manager. The first game held on the next day, Apache versus Brookside Bears. Archy take a look at the team’s uniform, it looks so old and fragile even there’s no exact size for every player. The victim is Chris Mamalakis, when he fluffed a jump shot when he reached down for his waist band to hoist up his droping trunks! . Archy’s conclusion about the team uniforms are right. When Hunk lay up, he stretched and split the seat of his pants! Brookside rooters roared with laughter, Hunk retreated to the locker room to hide his southern exposure. Coach Murphy call Hunk’s mother to sew Hunk’s pants. After that embarassing thing, the game is continued, but the final score was humiliating! 63-51 to Brookside Bears. The Apaches had been scalped! This all because that old uniforms, Archy thought.

            Archy think that he should do something for the Apaches facing the competition this season, since he had to use crutches, he can’t play for his school team, and he remember Hunk’s incident when he torn his pants. So, he ask his dad ho much uniforms cost for the Apaches, since his dad is a vice-presiden on an Athlete supply, ha can ask colleague for that stuff. “Its total cost $319,83 discount is included already son”  Mr. Oglesby explaining. “How can I gather that much money?” he think so hard that night. For a couple days, Archy still thinking how can he gather more than $300 in about two weeks? One day, after school, Archy stopped by Mrs. Driver’s room to turn in homework assignment, there Mrs. Driver ask why he’s look low-spirited lately, so he told her what terrible shape the basketball uniforms were in and how badly money was needed to buy new ones. The she started telling him about an old-fashioned melodrama she’d directed as a money-raising project for his drama club. She told Archy that at least it gather about $30 per booth, and a booth is conducted by one club, and there was about 20 clubs on the school, and if one club donate a half or all for the basketball team, then he could buy uniforms for the Apache! That’s a brilliant idea!! Then he thanked to Mrs. Drivers and go home to planning the carnival.

            The day for the carnival finally arrive and everything seems very succesful! There was also a parade for the opening, around the town, with help from others parents, the parade even more festive than he planned. There was a school marching band, pom poms girl, horse and pony. The carnival started, everything was in readiness. Enticing smells of caramel popcorn, cotton candy, and taffy apples drifting on the air drew many of them in to the school yard, where the carnival held. At 4 p.m the carnival ended and everyone finally go home and Archy collect the tickets that can be exchange for money. He guess more than 500 tickets there on every booths! It more than he can expect. This carnival idea is succesful! Then Archy and his dad go home, he’s so tired because of this succesful carnival, so he go to his room, and get some sleep. He put the ticket boxes on hall, near his room and Sue Ellen’s. At the dinner, Sue Ellen said that he made a picture from a paper fragment. A paper fragment from the carnval ticket! Now Archy face a weighty problem! How could he count the ticket for every clubs? He’s so mad. But he think that this is his fault too, beside Sue Ellen is all day home because get flu, and he not put that in the safe place. Now he have to think hard and harder how to count them. He asked Paul to help him, and Archy’s mom and dad help him too. Paul suggest how if they count the rest ticket that not cutted by Sue Ellen, and the rest will be counted, but Archy has no exact data how much the ticket is, so that idea can’t be the solution. Its late already, and they found the solution yet, all they can do is just gather the fragment, piece by piece. Paul is go home and Mrs. Oglesby suggest Archy to get some rest, maybe tomorrow morning he is in good condition to thinking the solution. Mrs. Oglesby was right! In bed, this morning Archy found the solution. The weight! “All I have to do is find out how many whole tickets weigh an ounce, and then I can figure out what my cut-up ones are worth!” Archy explaining. A weighty problem has found it solution! and everything is going on a plan. The Apache is got new uniforms and they play good. They even can beat other teams and go to final. They facing El Porte in this final. They’re co confidence can win this game, since they can defeat El Porte on the quarter competition. The game is run so dramatic and tight. Hunk is kicked out by referee because his rough play, and Paul is out because he’s injuried. The Apache drop! They beated by El Porte, the score is 62-57 for El Porte. The Rosedale’s rooters left the stands quitely as at a funeral, but on opposite side, in the El Prte section, the Dons strect out lengthy as they chanted what was printed on it: The Dons Are Number One! Valley League Basketball Champs!

            The Apaches looked so mourning in the side of the field, Coach Murphy said that that’s not an attitude to show. “This is just one lose, we are winning more game before” Coach Murphy said to raise their spirit. “Yes, we’re got a lot winning to get this far” Craig try to raise Apache’s spirit too.

            At the School Annual Banquet, Paul had been singled out for three awards, and two year letterman. This year Archy is awarded as the letterman, and new award is announced, The Most Valuable Contribution, and guess who is the winner? Yes, Archy Oglesby! Coach Murphy shouted over the microphone, Archy stand and go to the podium, His dad is very proud of him. “Good going, son” Dad said, when he returned to sit down. Coach Murphy said that you’re the best manager he ever had.” Mr. Oglesby praising.

10.  Response/Conclusion: 

            This novel is telling about a dail activities of  an 8th  grade boy, with some case for made this novel more interesting. For me, this novel quite interesting, amuse, and tell us about american education, eventhough this is written more than thirty years ago, but I thought there’s not much changing there, also it gives us two things that must be learned and practice it in our life. First, do the best even you have a limitedness, Archy do the best for gather dollars for the Apaches uniforms, even he is crutches, the Carnival is very succesful. Second, we might not depend everything on our parents, Archy’s dad is a vice president, he might can got free for these uniforms, but he not do that, even try ask it to his dad, but he held the Carnival to gather the money. That was a things to learn, think and practice in our life. In the novel, Archy is drawed as a daydreamer, its a good think to your brain to found something refresh, but don;t let daydreamer bothering your business, especially when you’re in class, you can be a joke for days. That the funny think I thought. I am quite enjoy this novel, the story line is amusing and there’s some jokes, so you won’t get boring while you read this novel. Enjoy!

Glacier

                 Glaciers may look like big, motionless blocks of ice and snow, but they're always on the move.          
                  A glacier is a large sheet of ice that moves slowly over the land. The world's largest glaciers form where it is very cold year-round, such as the areas around the north pole and south pole. But they can form anywhere. It is cold enough for snow and ice to remain all year without melting, such as tall mountains. Glaciers can even be found in high mountain ranges near the equator, such as the northern Andes of South America.
                  Glaciers form when new snow falls faster then the old snow can melt away. As more and more snow piles up, the newly fallen snow squashes the snow beneath it. Under the weight of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of feet of snow, the lower layers of the glacier are smashed tightly together.

                  The crushing weight of all these layers of snow and ice turns the bottom-most layers of the glacier into dense ice. The ice eventually becomes so heavy that thee glacier moves downhill, like a gigantic, slow-moving river of ice.

                  Most glaciers move very slowly, just few inches a day. But some glaciers can move as much as 100 feet (30 meters) a day, about the distance from home plate to first base on a baseball field. That may not seem very fast. Even a snail can move faster than a glacier! But the movement of glaciers seems incredible when you consider that they can be the size of mountains.

                  Glaciers also grow or shrink over very long periods of time. As Earth's climate cools glaciers expand. They shrink when the climate warms.

                       

The Power of the Wind

          The power of the wind has been harnessed by people for thousand years. One of the first uses of the wind power was to propel sailing boats across the sea. Another use of wind is power started around a thousand years ago when we consider how the power of the wind can be used.

          One country which is often associatedwith wind power is Holland. for hundreds of years they have been used to turn the power of the wind into mechanical energy. sometimes windmills were used to pump water.

          Today, wind power is often used yo generate electricity. the first wind turbine was invented in Denmark in the late 1970s. It is really only since this time that people have begun to think of the wind as an alternative to fossil fuels.

         

     Since this time, however, there has been a hugh growth in the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. wind turbines can now be found in may areas of the World. a number of countries have set targets to increase the amount of electricity they generate from wind power. For example, by 2010, at least 10% of britain's electricity should come from wind power.

 Giant "wind farms" can now be found in a number of different countries. some of these wind farms are on land, but increasingly they are being built in the sea. sometimes the are as far as 16 km away from island.

Gambaran Surga

Maria berkata :
Aku tidak tahu awal mulanya bagaimana. Tiba-tiba saja aku berada dalam alam yang tidak pernah kulihat sebelumnya. Dari kejauhan aku melihat istana megah hijau bersinar-sinar. Aku datang kesana , Aku belum pernah melihat istana yang luasnya tidak terkira, indahnya tiada pernah terpikir dalam benak manusia. Luar biasa indahnya. Ia memiliki banyak pintu. Dari jarak sangat jauh aku sudah bisa mencium wanginya. Aku melihat banyak manusia berpakaian indah masuk satu persatu ke dalamnya lewat sebuah pintu yang tiada terbayangkan indahnya.
“Kepada mereka aku bertanya, ‘Istana yang luar biasa indahnya ini apa ?’ Mereka menjawab, ‘ini SURGA’! Hatiku bergetar. Dari pintu yang yang terbuka itu aku bisa sedikit melihat apa yang ada dalamnya. Sangat menakjubkan. Tak ada kata-kata yang bisa menggambarkan. Tak ada pikiran yang bisa melukiskan. Aku sangat tertarik maka aku ikut barisan orang-orang yang satu persatu melangkah masuk kedalamnya. Ketika kaki mau melangkah masuk seorang penjaga dengan senyum menawan berkata padaku, ‘ Maaf,Anda tidak boleh lewat pintu ini, Ini Babush Shalat. Pintu khusus yang menjalankan Shalat. Dan anda tidak termasuk golongan mereka’ ! Aku sangat kecewa.
Aku lalu berjalan ke sisi yang lain. Disana ada pintu yang juga sedang penuh dimasuki manusia berpakaian indah. seorang penjaga yang ramah berkata, ‘Maaf,Anda tidak boleh lewat pintu ini, Ini Babur Rayyan. Pintu khusus bagi orang-orang yang berpuasa. Dan anda tidak termasuk golongan mereka ! Aku sangat sedih. Hatiku Kecewa luar biasa.
Aku melihat dari kejauhan masih ada pintu lain. Aku berjalan kesana dengan harapan aku bisa masuk lewat sana. Namun ketika hendak masuk seorang penjaga yang wajahnya bercahaya berkata, ‘Maaf,Anda tidak boleh lewat pintu ini, Ini
Babuz Zakat’ Pintu khusus bagi orang-orang yang menunaikan Zakat. Dan anda bukanlah golongan dari mereka’. Ada banyak pintu namun setiap kali aku mencoba masuk, Aku selalu dicegah oleh penjaganya.
“Sampai dipintu terakhir namanya Babut Taubah. Aku juga tidak boleh masuk Karena itu khusus bagi orang-orang yang Taubatnya diterima Allah. Dan aku tidak termasuk dari golongan itu. Aku kembali ke pintu-pintu sebelumnya. Semuanya tertutup rapat. Orang-orang sudah masuk semua. Hanya aku sendirian diluar Aku menggedor-gedor pintu yang bernama Babur Rahmah. Tak ada yang membuka.(Imam Syamsudin Al-Qurthubi (w.671 H) dalam kitabnya At tadzkirah banyak menjelaskan tentang deskripsi surga sesuai yang dijelaskan dalam Hadits-hadits Nabi, termasuk jumlah pintu surga dan nama-namanya)
‘Aku hanya mendengar suara, ‘Jika kau memang penghuni Surga kau tidak perlu mengetuknya karna kau pasti punya kuncinya. Bukalah pintu-pintu dengan kunci surga yang kau miliki.’ Aku menangis sejadi-jadinya. Aku tidak memiliki kuncinya. Aku berjalan dari pintu ke pintu lainnya. Dengan air mata menetes di sepanjang jalan. Aku putus asa. Aku tergugu di depan pintu Babur Rahmah. Aku mengharu biru kepada Tuhan. Aku ingin menarik belas kasih-Nya dengan membaca ayat-ayat sucinya. Yang kuhafal adalah surat Maryam yang tertera pada Al-Quran. Dengan mengharu biru aku membacanya dengan penuh penghayatan.


“Selesai membaca surat Maryam aku melanjutkannya dengan surat Thaha. Sampai ayat 99 aku terhenti karena pintu Babur Rahmah terbuka perlahan seorang perempuan yang luar biasa anggun dan sucinya keluar mendekatiku dan berkata, Aku Maryam (Bunda Maria), Yang baru saja kausebut dalam ayat ayat suci yang baru saja kau baca. Aku diutus oleh Allah untuk menemuimu. Dia mendengar haru biru tangismu. Apa maumu ?
‘Aku ingin masuk surga, Bolehkah ?’
‘Boleh, Surga memang diperuntukkan untuk Hamba-hamba-NyaTapi kau harus
tahu Kuncinya?’
‘Apa itu Kuncinya ? ‘
‘Nabi pilihan Muhammad SAW , telah mengajarkannya berulang-ulang. Apakah
kau tidak mengetahuinya ?’
‘Aku tidak mengikuti ajarannya.’
‘Itulah Salahmu!’
Kau tidak akan mendapatkan kunci itu selama kau tidak mau tunduk penuh ikhlas akan ajaran Nabi yang paling dikasihi Allah ini. Sebenarnya aku datang kemari untuk memberitahu kepadamu kunci surga. Tapi karna kau sudah menjaga jarak dengan Muhammad SAW , maka aku tidak diperkenankan untuk memberitahukan kepadamu.
“Bunda Maryam lalu membalikkan badan dan hendak pergi. Aku langsung menubrukkan badan dan langsung bersimpuh di kakinya. Aku menangis tersedu sedu. Memohon Agar diberitahu kunci surga itu, ‘Aku hidup hanya untuk mencari kerelaan Tuhan. Aku ingin masuk surga hidup bersama-sama dengan orang-orang yang beruntung. Bunda Maryam tolonglah aku. Berilah aku kunci itu. ! Aku tidak mau merugi selama-lamanya. Aku terus menangis sambil menyebut-nyebut nama Allah. ”Akhirnya Hati Bunda Maryam luluh. Dia duduk dan mengelus kepalaku dengan penuh kasih sayang. ‘Maria dengarkan baik baik ! Nabi Muhammad SAW telah mengajarkan kunci masuk surga. Dia bersabda, Barang siapa berwudhu dengan baik, kemudian mengucapkan: Asyhadu an laa ilaaha illallah wa asyhadu anna muhammaddan abduhu wa rasuluh (aku bersaksi tiada tuhan selain allah dan aku bersaksi sesungguhnya Muhammad adalah hamba dan utusan-Nya.)Maka akan dibukakan delapan pintu surga untuknya dan dia boleh masuk yang mana ia suka!.
“Jika kau ingin masuk surga, lakukanlah apa yang diajarkan oleh Nabi pilihan Allah itu. Dia nabi yang tidak pernah berbohong, dia nabi yang semua ucapannya benar.itulah kunci surga.! Dan ingat Maria, kau harus melakukannya dengan penuh keimanan dalam hati, bahwa tiada tuhan selain Allah dan Muhammad utusan Allah.Tanpa keimanan itu, yang kau lakukan itu sia-sia. Sekarang pergilah untuk berwudhu. Dan cepat kembali kemari, dan aku akan menunggumu disini, kita nanti masuk bersama. Aku akan membawamu ke surga Firdaus , tempat para anbiya, syuhada, shalihiin. Dan orang-orang yang dimuliakan oleh tuhan-Nya.!
“Setelah mendengar nasihat dari Bunda Maryam, aku lalu mencari air untuk wudhu. Aku berjalan kesana kemari namun tidak juga menemukan air. aku terus menyebut nama Allah.Akhirnya aku terbangun dengan hati yang sedih. Aku ingin masuk surga. Aku ingin masuk surga. Aku ingin ke sana, Bunda Maryam menungguku di Babur Rahmah. Itulah kejadian yang aku alami.

Dikutip dari novel “Ayat Ayat Cinta”  oleh Habibburahman El Shirazy. hal.398 paragraf 5 s/d hal 401 paragraf 3 .

What is Snow?

              Snow is precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water that fall from clouds. Snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material.

                Snow begins in the atmosphere as water condenses into a tiny droplet. As more and more water vapor condenses onto its surface, the droplet grows. Cold air then freezes this water into ice crystal.

                Each ice crysal has unique shape that depends on the surrounding air’s temperature and water vapor content. If it is below freezing and there is a lot water vapor collects on these branches and freezes, making the ice crstal icreasingly heavy. Eventually, the ice crystal falls from the sky, leaving the cloud of precipitation that it helped form. As it falls, the crystal continues to grow by picking up more water vapor.

                As it descendes, the ice crystal can come into contact with warmer air that makes it melt somewhat. This melting acts like a glue, causing crystal to bond together into larger flakes,  forming what many people think of as the “classic” fluffy snowflake. If the crystal melt too much and then refreeze as the get closer to Earth’s surface, the precipitation falls as sleet instead of snow.

                Once on the ground, snow will remain if temperatures are cold enough to keep it from melting. Glaciers that form on mountains, for example, are made up of snow that accumulates on the ground and eventually turns to ice.

How's Cloud Occur?

           Have you ever seen the cloud? When you watch the cloud, it might look like a horse or a car. You watch the clouds change shape as they move.
           Clouds are made of small drops of water or tiny pieces of ice. The water and ice in clouds come on Earth's surfaace, especially from lakes, rivers and oceans. Water on the surface evaporates. it changes into a gas called water vaor. Water vapor goes up into the air. The higher up you go, the colder the air gets. When water vapor gets cold, it changes back into drops of water. If its gets cold enough, the water changet into ice.
           The water droplets and bits of ice are so small that they float on the wind. You see the water and ice in the sjy as clouds. Strong winds and gentle breezes make differet kinds of clouds. Clouds that form in calm air look like flat sheets or layers of sheets. Clouds that form in strong winds tower up high in the sky.
Meteorologist (scientist who study weather) group clouds into four families. Three families are called high cloud, middle cloud, and low clouds.
High Clouds are made of bits of ice. High can be 5 miles (8 kilometers) or more above Earth's surface. There are three main types of high clouds. Cirrus clouds are thn and feathery looking. Cirrostratus clouds look like a misty, flat veil or sheet. Cirrocumulus clouds look like groups of small, white cotton balls. Rain and snow do not fall from these clouds.

Middle Clouds are made of water droplets. They form about 2 to 4 miles (about 3 to 6 kilometers)  up in the sky. There are two main types of middle clouds. Altrostratus louds are like gray or bluish sheet of frosted glass across the sky. You can see through them, but they make the Sun and the moon look blurry. Altocumulus clouds look like big wads of white fuzz. 

Low Clouds are made of water droplets. Most low clouds are less than a mle (1,6 kilometers) high. There are three main kinds of low clouds. Stratocumulus clouds are soft, gray rolls of clouds. They often cover the whole sky. Stratocumulus clouds are not very thick, so blue sky sometimes peeks through the clouds. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark and shapeless. They are gloomy-looking clouds. Rain or snow usually falls from these clouds. Stratus clouds are really fog up high. they look like gray blankets. These clouds often break up, letting you see blue sky beyond.

Kangen. Vermisse. Longing for.

Kangen (Indonesia) , Vermisse (Deutsch), Longing for(English). Anda anda pasti pernah merasakan rasanya kangen. entah kangen kepada pasangan, ayah, ibu, keponakan, sepupu, teman, sahabat, atau bahkan hewan peliharaan. Ya, sebagai manusia ciptaan Tuhan kita tidak bisa lepas dari rasa kangen.
dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia kangen berarti Ingin sekali bertemu;rindu.
dalam Oxford Dictionary online longing for berarti a yearning desire (noun). having or showing a yearning desire (adjective)

Kangen jika dibiarkan dapat berakibat fatal, sebenarnya tergantung pada sugesti kita sendiri. jika kita bisa mengatasi rasa kangen tersebut, maka itu bukanlah sebuah masalah. namun bagi para orang tua yang kurang dapat mengalihkan perasaan ini pada usia lanjut mereka terkadang bisa sampai berakibat demam tinggi yang hanya bisa disembuhkan ketika seseorang atau sesuatu yang dirindukan itu datang/bertemu. barulah kadang demam itu dapat sembuh. 

Memakai celana Jeans saat berolah raga?!!

Olahraga adalah kegiatan yang sangat bermanfaat bagi tubuh, olahraga dapat dilakukan dengan berbagai cara, dari mulai yang paling murah, hingga yang paling mahal. dri yang paling sederhana seperti lari ditempat, hingga yang menggunakan alat. olahraga sangat baik bagi jantung, namun dengan intensitas yang cukup dan tidak berlebihan. sebelum berolahraga kita harus pemanasan atau peregangan terlebih dahulu, agar otot dan jantung tidak kaget saat tubuh kita mengerjakan kegiatan yang cukup berat yaitu berolahraga. berolahraga lebih baik dilakukan pada pagi hari ditempat yang jauh dari polusi. mengapa? karena udara pada pagi hari masih bersih, sedangkan udara pada sore hari malah kotor karena tercemar polusi siang tadi. jika kita berolahraga dengan keliling kota itu sama saja bohong. karena biasanya di jalanan kota sudah penuh dengan polusi bahkan dari pagipun. usahakan cari tanah lapang atau lewatlah daerah pemukiman dan gang gang kecil yang lebih rendah polusi.

Olahraga juga memerlukan pakaian yang cocok. memakai celana jeans saat berolahraga adalah ide yang sangat buruk. karena celana jeans biasanya tidak lentur dan cenderung ketat, sehingga akan membatasi gerak dan menyebabkan kulit iritasi jika kita berkeringat dan permukaan kulit bergesekan dengan kain jeans yang permukaannya kasar dan tidak menyerap keringat. selain itu, bagi pria celana jeans sebaiknya tidak dipakai terlalu sering. apalagi saat berolahraga. saat berolahraga tubuh kita berkeringat yang berarti suhu tubuh kita meningkat. padahal sistem reproduksi pria memerlukan suhu yang lebih rendah daripada suhu tubuh untuk membentuk sperma atau proses spermatogenesis.

Jika saat kita berolahraga dan menggunakan celana jeans yang biasanya ketat dan tebal, hal ini akan membuat suhu di daerah organ reproduksi lebih tinggi atau sama dari suhu tubuh, mengakibatkan proses spermatogenesis akan terganggu. jika hal ini terus dibiarkan, bukan tidak mungkin sperma yang terbentuk dari proses spermatogenesis tidak sempurna alias cacat.

Berikut ada 3 bahan yang direkomendasikan saat anda Berolahraga :

1. Pakaian Olahraga Bentuk Jersey

Sebuah klub sepak bola, basket, voli, atau futsal biasanya selalu memiliki sebuah jersey atau pakaian kostum khusus yang membedakannya dari klub lain. Jersey ini tak lain dan tak bukan adalah sebutan untuk pakaian olahraga yang digunakan sebuah klub saat melakukan sebuah pertandingan.

Jersey ini sebenarnya nama bahan pakaian atau kain yang mirip dengan polyester. Namun, ketidaktahuan konsumen tentang bahan ini, membuat mereka menamakan kostum tim berbahan seperti ini dengan sebutan jersey.

Selain menggunakan bahan jersey, kostum sebuah tim juga biasanya menggunakan bahan katun yang memang bisa menyerap keringat sehingga membuat nyaman seseorang yang sedang memakainya.

2. Pakaian Olahraga Berbentuk Training

Sepertinya sebutan training sudah melekat dengan bentuk pakaian tangan panjang yang memiliki penutup kepala atau kerah tinggi, lengkap dengan celana panjangnya. Sebenarnya pakaian training adalah jenis pakaian olahraga yang biasa dipakai seseorang yang menyukai olahraga ketika melakukan kegiatan latihan.

Bahan yang dipakai untuk membuat pakaian olahraga jenis ini biasanya adalah kain yang terkenal dengan sebutan kain parasut. Kain jenis ini mampu menyerap keringat, sehingga sangat cocok digunakan saat sedang melakukan latihan.



3. Celana Ketat

Jenis celana olahraga yang satu ini biasa digunakan dalam kegiatan olahraga seperti renang dan senam. Bahan lycra atau spandex yang digunakan untuk membuat jenis pakaian olahraga ini mempunyai elastisitas tinggi sehingga memberikan kenyamanan pemakainya saat melakukan berbagai gerakan.

Pidato Bahasa Jawa

Assalamualaikum wr.wb

Nuwun.

Bapak kepala sekolah SMAN 1 banguntapan ingkang satuhu kinurmatan, Bapak ibu guru lan para karyawan karyawati ingkang kula kinurmati lan para siswa ingkang kula tresnani.

Mangga sesarengan kita sedaya ngaturaken puja puji syukur wonten ngarsanipun Gusti Allah SWT ingkang sampun paring kasarasan, kawilujengan lan kabagyan dhumateng kula panjenengan sedaya. Satemah kita sedaya saged makempal nindaaken adicara pagelaran wayang mangeti tanggap warsa SMAN 1 Banguntapan kaping 28 (wolu likur) taun kanthi wilujeng nir ing sambekala ngantos dumugi paripurnaning pagilaran wayang menika. Kula minangka perwakilan siswa SMAN 1 Banguntapan menika ngaturaken agunging panuwun awit sedaya bimbingan saha penyungkuyangipun bapak kepala sekolah, bapak ibu guru, karyawan lan kanca-kanca ingkang sampun ndherek nyengkuyung ing acara pagilaran wayang menika, saengga saged kalaksenan lan samangke saged lumampah mboten wonten alangan satunggal menapa.

Ing pagilaran wayang menika badhe didalangi dening dalang ingkang sampun misuwur inggih punika Ki Manteb. Wonten pagelaran menika ki manteb badhe nyariosaken babagan ramayana ingkang dikarang dening mpu Walmika. Ing Ramayana wonten 7 babagan, inggih menika Balakanda, ayodyakanda, aranyakanda, kiskendakanda, sundarakanda, yudhakanda, lan utarakanda.

Balakanda nyariyosaken miyosipun dewi sinta. Salah satunggaling putri widadari lan manungsa ingkang gadah kesak tian lan direbutaken kaliyan tiyang kathah. Ayodyakanda nyariyosaken babagan Dasarata ingkang gadhah kepinginan nyerahaken kerajaan dumateng rama nanging dialangi kaliyan dewi kekayi. Aranyakanda nyariyosaken babagan sinta ingkang diculik dening utusanipun rahwana lan rama madosi sinta. Kiskendakanda nyariyosaken babagan sugriwa lan subali dados kethek amargi ngrebutaken pusaka cupu manik astagina. Sundarakanda nyariyosaken babagan rama dibiyantu kaliyan rombongan anoman kagem ndamel jembatan ngantos dumugi kerajaan rahwana. Yudhakanda nyariyosaken babagan peperangan rama kaliyan rahwana. lan ingkang pungkasan inggeh punika utarakanda ingkang nguji kesucianipun sinta, ingkang ngujinipun dibakar nanging mboten kobong amargi dibiyantu dening dewa api.

Mugi mugi kanthi diwontenaken pagilaran wayang menika kita saged nglestantunaken kabudayan jawi ingkang sampun ical saking jiwa para tiyang anem. menawi boten kita, sinten malih ingkang badhe nglestantunaken?

Ing wasana cekap semanten atur kula, menawi wonten kalepatan anggenkula matur saha solah bawa ingkang mboten mranani penggalih kula nyuwun segaraning pangapunten.

Wassalamualaikum wr.wb

GANTZ: Perfect Answer

           Gantz: Perfect Answer is the second sequel from the motion picture Gantz (2011). On this second sequel has the same theme from it first movie, alien war. The film begin with the continuation of Kei Kurono (Ninomiya Kazunari) to collect 100 points from Gantz to save his elementary school best friend Kato (Kenichi Matsuyama). Gantz it self is a big black sphere contain weapon, and human who control the sphere. It give order in night mission to few choices people to kill the alien. The choices people is raised from the death by gantz. In other side, appear a small black sphere which give order to Ayukawa Eriko (Ayumi Ito) to kill old member of choices people in past. Eriko finally can kill three from four people. One of them is Kei’s girlfriend, Tae (Yoshitaka Yuriko). The alien’s organisation sent a detective to find out what Ayukawa Eriko has done and stole the small black sphere. The aliens need that small black sphere to enter the room where gantz located. When Eriko in way to kill Tae, she is killed by the alien, cover as Kato. Knowing Eriko fail to kill Tae, Gantz order Kei and few gantz members to kill Tae. Knowing Tae is the next target, Kei explain to the other member that Tae is not an alien. Then Gantz offering 100 points to who can kill Tae. The reason why gantz order to kill Tae is because she is member of gantz in the past, and she is the best one at that time. In this split of team condition, the alien unleash attack to this team. And Tae, at last death by the alien’s master. And the alien stole black small sphere and enter the room where Gantz is located. And in that room is happen a crowd shoot between the aliens and the Gantz’s members. At last the alien can beat Gantz with flushing with a sacred water. But as i expect, Kei and Kato is survive and succeed kill the alien master. In a dying condition, Kei ask Gantz to replace a human inside that sphere with him and ask Kato to forget all things about Kei. Kei want replace a human inside gantz with him, because gantz incompetence to rule the mission against alien. I think because of human inside gantz is old enough and start wrong in giving orders. At last all people who raised from their death by gantz as a member who help Gantz with kill the aliens can come to life again and can’t remember what they have done with gantz’s mission in the past. “All of you, be happy” Kei said as the Gantz operator.

Genre
The genre of this film is action and science fiction.

Director
This film is directed by Shinsuke Sato.

Release
This film is released at 23rd april 2011.

Duration
The Duration of this film is 141 minutes.

Stars 

GANTZ: Perfect Answer is starring by:
1. Ninomiya Kazunari as Kei Kurono
2. Kenichi Matsuyama as Kato Masaru
3. Yuriko Yoshitaka as Tae Kojima
4. Ayumi ito as Eriko Ayukawa
5. Kanata Hongo as Joichiro Nishi
6. Gō Ayano as Kurofuku-Ichi (Alien’s Master)
7. Natsuna Watanabe as Kei Kishimoto
8. and the others.

Award
I have no information about nomination or winning award about this movie yet. But this movie is played in few film festival:
§ 2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival / 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of   

   Contemporary Japanese Cinema - July 1-14, 2011.
§ 2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 14-24, 2011 - World Fantastic Cinema    

   (Korean Premiere).
§ 2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-August 7, 2011 (Montreal Premiere)
§ 2012 (13th) Japan Filmfest Hamburg, Germany - May 23-27, 2012.

Kazunari Ninomiya biography

Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮 和也) atau sering dipanggil Nino (ニノ) dilahirkan pada tanggal 17 Juni 1983 di Katsushika, Tokyo. ia adalah anak kedua dari w orang bersaudara, kakak perempuannya 2 tahun lebih tua darinya. orangtuanya berprofesi sebagai chef. tak lama setelah kelahiran Nino, orang tuanya bercerai. setelah bercerai, ayahnya meninggalkan mereka. kakek dari ibunya datang dan mewarisi pabrik kaca miliknya karena Nino adalah satu satunya cucu laki laki.

Pada saat berumur 12 tahun (1996), sepupu nino mengirimkan surat ke Johny & Associates tanpa sepengetahuannya. dengan dorongan dari ibunya, Nino mau menghadiri audisi dan berhasil lolos. hal itulah yang membawanya menjadi salah satu member dari boyband terkenal di jepang bernama Arashi (1999).


Karir Musik Nino diawali dengan masuknya ia menjadi salah satu member Arashi. pada 2004 Nino menulis lagu "Kako" (痕跡) untuk penampilan solo-nya saat tur "Iza, Now!!!". Meskipun pada album Arashi yang ke lima "ONE'' tiap member arashi harus menulis dan membawakan lagu solo, namun Nino tidak menulisnya. baru pada 2 tahun setelah itu, Arashi me rilis single ke 18 berjudul "Love so Sweet" yang di rilis secara terbatas dan disertai bonus lagu berjudul "Fight Song" (ファイトソング, "Faito Songu"), yang ditulis oleh para member Arashi dan disusun oleh Ninomiya Kazunari pada tahun 2006 untuk variety show arashi yang berjudul "G no Arashi"

pada 11 juli 2007 Arashi merilis album ke 7 yang berjudul "Time" yang dirilis secara terbatas yang berisikan lagu solo tiap member arashi. Ninomiya menulis sendiri lagunya yang berjudul "Niji" dan memainkan bagian Piano di seluruh bagian Arashi Summer Tour.

pada 2008 ninomiya menulis dan menyusun lagu solonya "Gimmick Game". pada 2010 Arashi merilis album ke 9 mereka yang berjudul "Boku no Miteiru Fūkei" dan Ninomiya menulis dan menyusun lagu solonya yang berjudul "Arigato".

Filmography & Dramaography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy	Takuma Onda
2003	Ao no Honō	Shuichi Kushimori	Lead role
2004	Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy	Takuma Onda
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima	Saigo	Hollywood debut
2006	Tekkon Kinkreet	Black	Voice, lead role
2007	Kiiroi Namida	Eisuke Muraoka	Lead role with Arashi
2009	Heaven's Door	Host	Guest appearance
2010	Ōoku	Yunoshin Mizuno	Lead role with Kou Shibasaki
2011	Gantz Gantz: Perfect Answer	Kei Kurono	Lead role with Kenichi Matsuyama
2013	Platina Data	Ryuhei Kagura	Lead role

Drama
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Amagi Goe	Takichi Nishinōra (child)	Television special
1998	Nijuroku ya Mairi
1998	Akimahende	Taiki Aoki
1999	Abunai Houkago	Katsuyuki Natsuki	Lead role
1999	Kowai Nichiyoubi
1999	V no Arashi	Kazunari Ninomiya	Lead role with other members of Arashi
2000	Namida o Fuite	Kenta Fuchigami
2001	Handoku	Nobu Sakaguchi
2003	Netsuretsu Teki Chūka Hanten	Kenta Nanami
2003	Stand Up!!	Shōhei Asai	Lead role
2004	Minami-kun no Koibito	Susumu Minami
2005	Yasashii Jikan	Takuro Wakui
2006	Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana	Kazunori Kitahara	Television special, lead role
2007	Haikei, Chichiue-sama	Ippei Tahara	Lead role
2007	Marathon	Shōtaro Miyata	Lead role, television special
2007	Yamada Tarō Monogatari	Taro Yamada	Lead role
2008	Maō	Masayoshi Kumada	Episode 1 guest appearance
2008	Ryūsei no Kizuna	Kōichi Ariake	Lead role
2009	Door to Door	Hideo Kurasawa	Lead role, television special
2009	Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara	Junichi Nonogami	Lead role, television special
2010	Saigo no Yakusoku	Shūji Yamagiwa	Lead role with other members of Arashi, television special
2010	Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku	Hamlet stage lighting technician	Episode 10 guest appearance
2010	Freeter, Ie o Kau	Seiji Take	Lead role
2011	Freeter, Ie o Kau SP	Seiji Take	Lead role
2012	Kuruma Isu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu	Hasebe Yasuyuki	Lead role, 24 Hour Television SP

Nino juga mempunyai acara radio sendiri, berjudul "Bay Storm" di BayFM Japan.

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Kazunari Ninomiya

sumber: wikipedia