Simple Tricks to Lengthen The Life of Your Datasaver

      A flashdisk is a must have item for nearly everyday nowadays. This practical item is used to store and transfer data from one computer to another. Extend the longevity of your flash disk ny doing the following.

1.       Follow the correct procedure before unplugging your flashdisk

Before you pull of your flashdisk, complete the ejecting process. Another way is to click the safely remove hardware option on your toolbar.

2.       Routinely scan with an antivirus program

With all the vicious viruses making their way around , the treath of getting your flashdisk and computer infected is looming. Get rid of pesky niruses by scanning your flashdisk throughly with an antivirus with an updated database before you use it.

3.       Keep away from water, high temperaturs, magnetic fields, and hard impact

A flashdisk is intricately made of a bunch of  little components. The previously mentioned treatments may cause damage to the components and damage the flashdisk. Beware!

4.       Always remember to back up your data

Electronics may not be reliable at times. It’s just good measure to keep another copy of your files someplace else, like a data CD or inside the computer. This way, you will not be frustrated if something happens to your flashdisk.

5.       Use the USB cap when not in use

Those flashdisk caps were made for a reason. Place the cap or cover when your flashdisk is not in use to protect it from dust and other things that might damage or plug up the USB.

6.       Avoid editing data directly from the flashdisk

A common flashdisk is capable of 10.000-100.000 read and write processes. It is better to copy the file from the flashdisk into your computer before you work on it. After you’ve edited and saved it to your liking, copy it back to the flashdisk.

About Making Decision

                Everywhere you turn, there are decisions to be made. In fact, decision or choice making is part of everyday life. There are small decisions to make like what color of socks you will wear today, and there are big ones like which high school you should you should continoe to.

                Decisions are made because you are faced with needs: physical, emotional, social, economic, cultural, etc. The decision that you make and how you make it depends on your character, likes, and dislikes, values, beliefs, and knowledge.

Steps to good decision making :

1.       Identify your problem

2.       Identify the result you want from the decision

3.       Think of options. List the pros and of each option. What are the consequences of each option to you?

4.       Choose an option. Which feels best? Which does your gut instinct say to choose?

5.       Analyze the option. Why does it feel best? What is it about that decision that feels so good? If you can see obvious reasons why, go for it!

There might be times when you feel that you should have made a better choice. Try to make the best of the situation, don’t ever regret your decision. You can resolve to improve the way you make up your mind in the future. Good luck :) 

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles, a singer, songwriter, and planist, was born on December 7, 1989, in California, USA. She started singing when she joined her school choir at elementary school. Sara also liked to participate in her local community theater’s musical productions.

At college,Sara attended the Communication Studies program at the University of California., Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a member of an a cappella group called AWAKEN A CAPPELLA. Her performance in public continued after she graduated from college in 2002. Singing in local bars and clubs was her choice at the time. It’s clear that Sara as actually born to be a singer and a performer.

Sara finally released her first studio album, Careful Confession, in January 2004. But Sara’s star started to shine when she finally released her major label debut, Little Voice, in June 2007. This album ranked first on the list of most downloaded albums. Her single on this album, “Love Song”, hit the top ten charts, not only in the U.S., but also in the U.K. “Love Song” got double platinum, while the album, Little Voicem, was certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

After releasing another album, between the lines, and going on several tours in different parts of globe, in 2010 Sara is back with her new album: Kaleidoscope Heart. The album with 13 tracks talk about love. Reviewers say that Sara “conveys vulnerability and wisdom in lyrics that speak honestly about relationships from a woman’s point of view”.

Our Legacy

Batik is Indonesian’s national heritage. Other nations have cloths that look like Batik. However, on October 2, 2009, UNESCO declared that batik originates in Indonesia. UNESCO also proclaimed Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In brief, batik serves as our national indentify, and it is, indeed, our legacy.

Batik, our beautiful Indonesian traitional cloth, has been part of Indonesian life. Mothers use a batik sling when they carry their infant. Men and women wear batik clothes at receptions, ceremonies, and other formal and social events. They also use batik as casual wear at home and at places for recreation. When a person dies, people cover him or her with batik with funerary motifs. In addition, people use batik for home furnishing such as bed sheets and covers, upholstery, and tablecloths. Bags, shoes, hats, and other accessories also often use batik patterns. All in all, batik has a rich symbolism related ti Indonesian society, nature, history, and culture.

The Story of My Live

        Hello my name is Tiara Erliyanti. They called me Tiara/Rara/Ara. I was born in Bekasi, on July 27th 1995. I live in Bekasi and my address in Jatimulya. I have two brothers and one sister. I'm studying at Gunadarma University, faculty of economy, majoring Accounting. I think it’s enough for telling you about my identity, I will tell you analyze SWOT about my self on next paragraph.

         I'm applying “The analyze SWOT” to analyze and probe my psyche deeper. I have to use this personal SWOT as tool of self awareness and personal development. So here I go : Firstly, strength, I think I'm an enthusiastic, fun loving, and good sense of humor. I'm happy in my own life, I always enjoy what I do, the reason why I love and appreciate my self for all I have done, especially I was able to face the trials of any kind with a smile.

   Secondly, for the weakness, sometimes I'm moodyan. Sometimes, I'm not confident to perform in public. Sometimes, I'm not easy entrusting the job to others. Sometimes, I'm difficult to explain a story. 

       Thirdly, my opportunities are, first I choose Gunadarma University for make dreams my parent come true. Secondly, I take majoring Accounting because I want to work in Kementrian or Government. No matter what people said, which is important I'd like to try.

     Finally, the threats for me, I always not feel convenient with other people who sometimes helps her intentions, but even so self-defeating.

A.      DEGREES OF COMPARISON

DEFINITION

Degrees of comparison refers to adjectives being written in different forms to compare one, two or more nouns which are words describing persons, places and things.

There are three Degrees of Comparison :

1.       Positive Degree

The positive degree is the most basic and the simplest degree of comparison. It does not relate to any superior or inferior quality of any other thing. The positive form is the basic form which denotes just the existence of the quality in the thing. Adjectives in positive degree are used when there is no need of any comparison or and comparison required in the sentence. They are used merely to say or describe the quality in question. It is merely a fact stated using a very basic non-comparative language and terms. Positive degree is used when there is just one thing to be described or talk about and nothing to compare it with. 

v  Pattern

Subject + to be + as + adjective + as …..

Example :

·         This fruit is as sweet as that one

·         No other food is as nourishing as milk

·         The girl is as beautiful as her.

·         My book is as interesting as yours

·         Their house is as big as that one

2.       Comparative Degree

       Comparative degrees help in comparing two different things or two sets of things. It denotes that one thing displays a greater amount of a quality compared to something else. We generally use both positive degree and comparative degree when we compare two things with each other. The comparative degree of an adjective expresses a high degree of the quality than that present in the positive degree

v Pattern

There are two pattern of Comparative Degree :

1)      Comparative Degree is formed by adding -er behind the adjective, if the adjective consists of 1 syllable.

Subject + to be + adjective + er + than …..

Example :

·         Your father is older than John’s father.

·         Linda is prettier than her elder sister.

·         My wife's CD collection is larger than my son's.

·         Today is hotter than yesterday

·         This exercise is easier than the last one

2)      Comparative Degree is formed by adding “more” in front of the adjective, if the adjective consists of 2 syllable or more.

Subject + to be + more + adjective + than …..

Exampe :

·         Your book is more expensive than mine.

·         This lesson is more difficult than that one.

·         English is more important than Spanish.

·         This year’s exhibit is more impressive than the last year’s

·         He visits his family more frequently than she does

3.       Superlative Degree

      Superlative degree exists to explain the last degree where the thing is question far exceeds all other in the quality in question. In this form, comparisons are drawn between more than two things and one of them is considered higher than all other. It can be used for a comparison between things, animals or persons to point out the particular highest degree of that quality.

v  Pattern

There are two pattern of Superlative Degree :

1)      Superlative Degree is formed by adding -est behind the adjective, if the adjective consists of 1 syllable.

Subject + to be + the + adjective + est …..

Example :

·         He is the cleverest among them all.

·         Jones is the oldest student in our class.

·         You are the laziest member in our club

·         Alice is the prettiest girl in the neighborhood.

·         John is the tallest boy in the family

2)      Superlative Degree is formed by adding “most” in front of the adjective, if the adjective consists of 2 syllable or more.

Subject + to be + most + adjective …..

Example :

·         Jones is the most intelligent student.

·         This is the most beautiful flower.

·         That is the most expensive shirt.

·         Eric is the most intelligent of the three.

·         Christy is the most responsible person in the class.

B.      QUESTION WORD

A question word refers to a special kind of pronoun used to ask questions. Question words are also called wh questions because they include the letters 'W' and 'H'.

WH Question Words and there meaning

Question words	Meaning	Examples
who	person	Who's that? That's Nancy.
where	place	Where do you live? In Boston
why	reason	Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early
when	time	When do you go to work? At 7:00
how	manner	How do you go? By car
what	object, idea or action	What do you do? I am an engineer
which	choice	Which one do you prefer? The red one.
whose	possession	Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
whom	object of the verb	Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
what kind	description	What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs
what time	time	What time did you come home?
how many	quantity (countable)	How many students are there? There are twenty.
how much	amount, price (uncountable)	How much time have we got? Ten minutes
how long	duration, length	How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.
how often	frequency	How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.
how far	distance	How far is your school? It's one mile far.
how old	age	How old are you? I'm 16.
how come	reason	How come I didn't see you at the party?

C.      ANALYZE 5W + 1H IN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER

TURBULENCE INJURES ON 17 ON INDONESIA-HONGKONG FLIGHT

Seventeen passengers and crew were injured when a Hong Kong Airlines' flight ran into severe turbulence early Saturday on the way from Indonesia's resort Bali island to Hong Kong.

The Airbus A330-200 with 204 passengers and 12 crew returned to Bali about 2 and a half hours into the flight and landed safely at 4:34 a.m. ( 2034 GMT Friday ), said Trikora Harjo, general manager of Bali's Ngurah Rai airport.

The plane encountered the turbulence above Kalimantan, Indonesia's part of Borneo, he said.

Most of the injuries were head bruises and there were no serious cases, Harjo said. Three crewmembers and eight passengers were brought to a hospital while six others were treated at the airport clinic, he said.

He said there was no damage to the plane, but an inspection was underway.

Ninety-five passengers were flown to Hong Kong on board a Garuda Indonesia plane Saturday morning while the rest were waiting at the airport and hotels.

It was the second such incident involving Airbus planes over Indonesian territory in the past four days. And this incident because there isn’t air.

Reference : The Jakarta Post Newspaper

5W + 1H :

1.       What the issue discussed in the news?

The Plane Airbus A330-200 encountered the turbulence

2.       Where the plane encountered the turbulence?

The plane encountered the turbulence in above Kalimantan

3.       Who is the victim of the incident?

The victim is 204 passengers and 12 crew

4.       When the plane encountered the turbulence?

The plane encountered the turbulence on early Saturday

5.       Why the incident could happened?

The incident could happened because there isn’t air

6.       How a solution to resolve the incident?

Solution to resolve the incident is the Pylot should be careful and avoid turbulence prone areas

Sumber :

http://fos.iloveindia.com/degrees-of-comparison.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-wh-questions.php

A.    Active and Passive Sentences

v  ACTIVE

In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. 

A feature of sentences in which the subject performs the action of the verb and the direct object is the goal or the recipient

[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]

v  PASSIVE

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

A feature of sentences in which the object or goal of the action functions as the sentence subject and the main verb phrase includes the verb to be and the past participle: The car was fixed by the mechanic.

 [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action.

NO.	TENSES	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
I	Present Tense	S + V1 (S/ES) + O + Adv	S + is/am/are + V3
1.	Simple Present	Nanik buys the book	The book is bought by Nanik
2.	Present Continous	Nanik is buying the book	The book is being bought by Nanik
3.	Present Perfect	Nanik has bought book	The book has been bought by Nanik
4.	Present Perfect  Continous	Nanik has been buying the book	The book has been being bought by Nanik

II.	Past Tense	S + V2 + O + +Adv	S + was/were + V3
1.	Simple Past	Nanik bought the book	The book was bought by Nanik
2.	Past Continous	Nanik was buying the book	The book was being bought by Nanik
3.	Past Perfect	Nanik had bought book	The book had been bought by Nanik
4.	Past Perfect  Continous	Nanik had been buying the book	The book had been being bought by Nanik

III	Future Tense	S + Will/Shall + V1 + O + Adv	S + will + be + V3 + Adv
1.	Simple Future	Nanik will buy the book	The book will be bought by Nanik
2.	Future Continous	Nanik will be buying the book	The book will be being bought by Nanik
3.	Future Perfect	Nanik will have bought book	The book will have been bought by Nanik
4.	Future Perfect  Continous	Nanik will have been buying the book	The book will have been being bought by Nanik

IV	Past Future Tense	S + Would/Should + V1 + O + Adv	S + Would/Should + be + V3 + O + Adv
1.	Simple Past Future	Nanik would buy the book	The book would be bought by Nanik
2.	Past Future Continous	Nanik would be buying the book	The book would be being bought by Nanik
3.	Past Future Perfect	Nanik would have bought book	The book would have been bought by Nanik
4.	Past Future Perfect Continous	Nanik would have been buying the book	The book would have been being bought by Nanik

EXAMPLE

1.       Tina is reading the book (Active)

The book is being read by Tina (Passive)

2.       We celebrate school annyversary every year (Active)

The school annyversary is celebrated every year (Passive)

3.       Forest burning has produced a lot of pollution (Active)

A lot of pollution has been produced by forest burning (Passive)

4.       The students will play basketball (Active)

The basketball will be played by the students (Passive)

5.       The school provided rubbish bin two months ago (Active)

The rubbish bin was provided by the school two months ago (Passive)

B.     Relative Clauses

Definition

A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause that contains an element whose interpretation is provided by an antecedent on which the subordinate clause is grammatically dependent; that is, there is an anaphoric relation between the relativized element in the relative clause, and the antecedent on which it depends.

Typically, a relative clause modifies a noun or noun phrase and uses some grammatical device to indicate that one of the arguments within the relative clause has the same referent as that noun or noun phrase. 

v  A relative clause—also called an adjective oradjectival clause—will meet three requirements :

·         First, it will contain a subject andverb.

·         Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose,that, or which] or a relative adverb[when, where, or why].

·         Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions What kind?How many? or Which one?

v  Adjective Clause can be classified into two types, that is :

1.       Relative Pronoun (Kata Ganti Orang)

Conjunctive use is : Who, Whom, Whose, That

a)      Who

Used for humans in subject position

Examples :

·         Hans, who is an architect, lives in Berlin

·         He paid the money to the man who / that had done the work

b)      Whom

Used for humans in object position

Examples :

·         Marike, whom Hans knows well, is an interior decorator.

·         He paid the man whom/that he had hired.

·         He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money.

c)       Whose

Used for humans, animalsi or objects to give information about their

Examples :

·         The girl whose dress is red is my best friend.

·         This is the girl whose picture you saw.

2.       Relative Pronoun (Kata Ganti Benda, Binatang)

Conjunction is : Which, that

a)      That

Used for humans, animals and things, in subject or object position (Subjek) but see below:

Examples :

·         Marike is decorating a house that Hans designed.

·         Here is a book that describes animals.

b)      Which

Used for things and animals in subject or object position

Examples :

·         Marike has a dog which follows her everywhere.

·         The chair which he broke is being repaired.

·         She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $2,00.

v  The relative clause will follow one of these two patterns:

Relative Pronoun or Adverb+ Subject + Verb

Relative Pronoun as Subject+ Verb

Here are some examples :

1.       Which Francine did not accept

Which = relative pronoun;Francine = subject; did accept = verb [not, an adverb, is not officially part of the verb].

2.       Where George foundAmazing Spider-Man #96 in fair condition

Where = relative adverb; George= subject; found = verb.

3.       That dangled from the one clean bathroom towel

That = relative pronoun functioning as subject; dangled = verb.

4.       Who played video games until his eyes were blurry with fatigue

Who = relative pronoun functioning as subject; played = verb.

C.     Conditional Sentences

Definition

Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. 

There are three types of Conditional Sentences

1.       Conditional Sentence Type 1 (It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.)

Conditional Sentences Type I refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to happen.

Form :

 if + Simple Present, will-Future

Example:

·         If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.

·         If I have enough money, I will go to Japan.

·         If I don’t see him this afternoon, I will phone him in the evening.

·         If John has the money, he will buy a Ferrari.

·         If my car is sold, I will give you money.

2.       Conditional Sentence Type 2 (It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.)

Conditional Sentences Type II refer to situations in the present. An action could happen if the present situation were different. I don't really expect the situation to change, however. I just imagine „what would happen if …“

Form :

if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)

Example : 

·         If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

·         If I had a lot of money, I wouldn’t stay here.

·         If I were you, I would not do this.

·         If John had the money, he would buy a Ferrari

·         If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.

3.       Conditional Sentence Type 3 (It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.)

Conditional Sentences Type III refer to situations in the past. An action could have happened in the past if a certain condition had been fulfilled. Things were different then, however. We just imagine, what would have happened if the situation had been fulfilled.

Form :

if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)

Example :

·         If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.

·         If I hadn’t studied, I wouldn’t have passed my exams.

·         If John had had the money, he would have bought a Ferrari.

·         If I had knew that your name is Salimah, I would not have gone to your wedding party

·         If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan.

Sumber :

http://bassombear.blogspot.co.id/2013/05/contoh-passive-sentences-present-past.html

https://gustiayumade.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/relative-clause-adjective-clause/

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences