The Future President we want!*

Dear sir Aburizal Bakrie,

As you might have noticed, the Presidential election is coming up, I would like to elect you as the new president for The Republic of Indonesia. I put my trust in you, for I believe that you can lead us and make Indonesia a better country.

My name is Raissa, and I'm a student from Al-Taqwa College Indonesia, I've decided to make this letter for you Sir, and I consider this letter as reminder. A reminder that will highlight some of the big issues that are happening right now in Indonesia.

So far I've been observing and take a further look to Indonesia's finance issues, and I want to take up one of the issues there. Which is the "Imbalance", and here is the explanation. Dear people I belief if you go to Indonesia's capital city which is "Jakarta" you'll probably found lots of luxurious cars and houses,  and other luxurious things. And you'll also met tons of people who are wearing branded stuff such as clothing and etc. And I also belief that some of you will be wondering "what is she/he doing for a living?" and many other question similar to that. And the answers are "they're our government/ House of representative" (but not all of them) I don't mean to blame/ make a bad rumours of them, but the majority of the people there have been miss using the right and the money *corruption, and that's the fact . And people if you go visit the other side of Indonesia, there are lot of people outside there who are not able to read or write, and some of them still struggling to go to school/ to learn and study. Also there are people here in Indonesia who are not even touched by the electricity. Which shows that Indonesia need to be more develop, and it also shows that the money here are not spread up nicely, the money here are pile up to people who are actually doesn't really need it or deserve it. The other factor that made the money become pile up is because, here the farmers are paid very low.And actually not only the finance that were imbalance, the division of people are also Imbalance.

Well actually there are still lots of Issues that need to be fixed, such as transportation issues, pollution,  poverty, disasters and etc, but I think it's enough for me now to explain the case above. And I really hope Mr.Aburizal bakrie can fixed that and turn it into a better condition.

I hope my Opinion and suggestion are acceptable and I'm very sorry for any mistakes that are written in my letter.

-sincerely Raissa Hanan

Clean Water Shortage -Another group assignment / SOSE&ENGLISH&TEAMWORK

A shout for a help from Indonesia

As one of the least clean water supplied province, Papua -Bovendigoel surely needs a help from us Indonesians as it is part of our country too. The clean water supply in Papua is surely low in many areas. As having clean water only twice a week in which defines it is lack of clean and hygienic water. Us PTW.org (short for Pure The Water organisation) are here to start a help for our brothers and sisters in Papua.

Our aim is to help the people of Papua -Bovendigoel as they are one of the least clean water supplied region as well as helping improve their environment. Many may have been a victim of the disease that they consume of contaminated water that they take without any warning. And this is also a big cause of their death. To solve this problem is to pure the water. And our solution is exactly what the previous sentence have said, we use PureIt by Unilever Indonesia to help pure the water.

As we know that the cost of PureIt is not as cheap as buying a water bottle, there is a high possibility for us to ask you to help too by donating some funds or even better, donating some PureIt to help more people and more children in the Papua Bovendigoel. We would also like to ask help from the original company of PureIt which is Unilever to give a hand to ease this process of helping them.

At the time that when this problem will hopefully one day soon to be solved, many lives will hold on and families won't have to worry for water supply because water for them will be like for us -it will only be a tap away. And we can give them a better chance of a better and brighter future. There are so much that have suffered this and none of us really notice but expectantly, you will notice and help.

Let's all open our eyes and focus our hearing for there is a shout from Papua, a part of Indonesia that is asking for our help.

-PTW.org

By: Zahra, Raissa, Atifa, Kyla, Tsamara -Students of Al-Taqwa College Indonesia

Network topology

Network topology 

is the arrangement of the various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network.Essentially, it is the topological structure of a network, and may be depicted physically or logically. Physical topology refers to the placement of the network's

various components, including device location and cable installation, while logical topology shows how data flows within a network, regardless of its physical design. Distances between nodes, physical interconnections, transmission rates, and/or signal types may differ between two networks, yet their topologies may be identical.

A good example is a local area network (LAN): Any given node in the LAN has one or more physical links to other devices in the network; graphically mapping these links results in a geometric shape that can be used to describe the physical topology of the network. Conversely, mapping the data flow between the components determines the logical topology of the network.

There are two basic categories of network topologies:

1. Physical topologies
2. Logical topologies

The study of network topology recognizes eight basic topologies:

• Point-to-point
• Bus
• Star
• Ring or circular
• Mesh
• Tree
• Hybrid
• Daisy chain

bus topology: All devicesare connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Ethernet systems use a bus topology.

Ring Topology : All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and can span large distances.

Star topology: All devices are connected to a central hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Resources: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/topology.html

Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data,^[1]often in the context of a business or other enterprise.^[2] The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with information technology, such as computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services.^[3][a]

In a business context, the Information Technology Association of America has defined information technology as "the study, design, development, application, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems".^[5] The responsibilities of those working in the field include network administration, software development and installation, and the planning and management of an organization's technology life cycle, by which hardware and software is maintained, upgraded and replaced.

Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in about 3000 BC,^[6] but the term information technology in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review; authors Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas L. Whisler commented that "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology (IT)."^[7]

Based on the storage and processing technologies employed, it is possible to distinguish four distinct phases of IT development: pre-mechanical (3000 BC – 1450 AD), mechanical (1450–1840), electromechanical (1840–1940) and electronic (1940–present).^[6] This article focuses on the most recent period (electronic), which began in about 1940.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

Comment: Basically IT is an abbreviation of Information technology which is an application of computer to store and manipulate data. :)  

ARE YOU A CARING PERSON? Try our questionnaire- and answer truthfully!

1.) If you saw a homeless person, what would you do?

     a.) Not do anything
     b.) Talk to her/him and give her/him food.
     c.) Yell a bad word to her/him.


2.) If you found your friend was Ill, would you take care of her/him?
 
     a.)No, I would pretend like I know nothing, because take care of a person would make me feel                                exhausted.
     b.)No, I wouldn't take care of her/him because I still have another thing to do
     c.)Yes, I would take care of her/him because she/he is my friend.
 

3.)If you found your friend swearing, what would you do?
 
    a.) Tell all teachers.
    b.) Tell/remind the person not to say  bad words.
    c.) Pretend like you hear nothing, and not do anything


4.) If you saw a rubbish around your environment, what would you do?
 
     a.) Walk past and not do anything
     b.) Pick it up and put the rubbish into a rubbish bin.
     c.)  Kick the rubbish to make it unseen.


5.)If you won a competition and received a huge amount of money, what would you do?
 
    a.) Spend all the money for your personal needs.
    b.) Share half of the money to other people that need the money.
    c.) Use all the money for celebration party.

Answers:

    1.) a: 2 b:4 c:0
    2.) a:0 b:2 c:4
    3.) a:2 b:4 c:0
    4.) a: 0 b:4 c:2
    5.) a:0 b:4 c:2

Results :

   less than 8 points: You don't really care to others. You need to show your empathy to others, if you don't,                               it means that arrogance is one of your characteristic and people will start to go away                                     from you.

13- 8 points: Sometimes you care for other people and your surrounding, but you often forget to look                               around and be busy with your own business. and it is shown that you've less empathetic to                             others.

More than 13 points: Well done- you're perfect! keep it up!