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How Earthquakes Happen

Earthquake is one of the most destroying natural disasters. Unluckily it often happens in several regions. Recently a horrible earthquake has shaken West Sumatra. It has brought great damages. Why did it occur? Do you know how an earthquake happens?

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Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves. It make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. They don't just slide smoothly. The rocks are still pushing against each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that's built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs.

During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again. The spot underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of the earthquake. The place right above the focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.

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Hacking: Pro and Contra?

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Do you know what a hacker is? Well, a hacker is a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems on computers and they like to stretch the capability of the systems. And you know what, the activities they do in the computers are called ‘hacking’.

So, what’s the problem with ‘hacking and its hackers’? Well, the problem is whether ‘hacking and its hackers’ is legal or illegal? What I mean is that people in the world have many different views about hacking and the hackers. Some of them take sides, but many object.

To get back to what I was saying previously, let us see the positive points of a hacker, shall we? Although in most places breaking into computer systems is considered illegal, I believe that hackers don’t do anything illegal because they only want to know and try the systems. I dare to say that a hacker likes finding the strengths and the weaknesses of a computer system. They feel proud if they can find the weaknesses. So I don’t really see the crimes in this case. In addition, these hackers sometimes help the police catch the ‘white collar criminals’, such as bank robbers, money launderers, credit card forgers. For example, in 2000, the U.S. hackers caught some Singaporean hackers who made ‘Virus Love’ to break up the programs of the U.S. National Security system.

Nevertheless, those who object to the good points of a hacker say that hacking is a crime. The reason is that some hackers use their brilliant skills to break into banks and other vital institutions where they can get money, destroy information, and the worst thing is they can get secret information and sell it to another country. This is a treachery.

Take for example, in 1994, The U.S. government broke a conspiracy of computer hackers out of Majorca, Spain. These hackers were responsible for accessing and eliminating 190,000 telephone credit card numbers over computer bulletin boards in America and Europe. Seeing this fact, I don’t blame those who think negatively about hackers.

To put the whole thing in a nut shell, I personally think that hackers are not bad people with their brilliant skills. However, they could be bad because of money orientation to get the wealth. That’s just the point.

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Snow White and Seven Dwarfs

Once upon a time in a great castle, there was a beautiful princess. She was very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair. Her skin was delicate and white, and so she was called Snow White. Snow White had a step mother who was always jealous of Snow White's beauty. Her step mother too was very beautiful, and the magic mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it.

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One day, the step mother asked the magic mirror who the loveliest lady in the land was and the magic mirror answered Snow White was the loveliest in the land. The step mother was very mad. Then he asked her trusty servants to take Snow White into the forest, far away from the Castle and killed her. But the servant didn't kill Snow White, He led the innocent little girl away.

In the forest, little Snow White was alone and scared. She didn't know where she should go. But suddenly she saw a small strange cottage. She wondered who lived there, then she entered the cottage.

Inside the cottage, there was 7 beds and a kitchen. Snow White was to tired to explore the cottage, and suddenly fallen a sleep. In the afternoon, the seven dwarfs who lived in the cottage, came home. They surprised to see there was a young lady there. One dwarf woke her up and asked who was she. Snow White told them her sad story. The seven dwarfs understood the feeling of Snow White and asked her to live with them in the cottage.

Meanwhile in the castle, the servant came back and told to the step mother that Snow White was killed. Then the step mother asked the magic mirror once again who the loveliest in the land was and still the magic mirror answered the Snow White who lived in the small cottage with seven dwarfs was the loveliest one in the land. So the step mother was angry and she planed something bad to Snow White.

Then the step mother disguising herself as an old women who sold a basket of poisoned apples and went to the cottage. In the cottage, the seven dwarfs warned Snow White to not open the door to the stranger.

The step mother finally arrived to the cottage and began to offer Snow White an apple. Snow White refused to open the door but the step mother kept persuade and finally Snow White opened the door and brought an apple then he ate it. So Snow White fallen down with the poisoned apple beside her.

In the afternoon, when the seven dwarfs came home, they were surprised with Snow White who laid down on the floor with pale face and a poisoned apple beside her. The seven dwarfs were sad seeing the Snow White was dying but not die yet. Then the seven dwarfs decided to make a beautiful bed made from a crystal coffin to make Snow White keep alive.

Day by day, the seven dwarfs waited for the miracle came when Snow White suddenly woke up. Then one day, there was a wanderer who actually a prince from far away kingdom saw a beautiful lady was laid down on crystal bed. The wanderer asked the dwarfs what was happened and the dwarfs told him the story.

Heard the Snow White's story, the princes decided to carry her to his Castle and asked the doctor to help her. Then the prince kissed her to show his intention. But suddenly Snow White was back to life. The fact was that the prince's kiss broke the spell. Then the prince asked Snow White to marry him.

From that day on, Snow White lived happily in a great castle. But from time to time, she was drawn back to visit the little cottage down in the forest.

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Puteri Salju dan Tujuah Kurcaci

Suatu ketika di sebuah istana yang besar, hiduplah seorang putri cantik. Dia sangat cantik, dengan mata biru dan rambut hitam nan panjang. Kulitnya halus dan putih, sehingga ia dipanggil Puteri Salju. Puteri Salju memiliki ibu tiri yang selalu iri akan kecantikan Puteri Salju. Ibu tiri nya juga sangat cantik, dan cermin ajaib mengatakan hal tersebut setiap hari, setiap kali ia bertanya.

Suatu hari, ibu tirinya bertanya kepada cermin ajaib siapa wanita yang paling cantik di negeri itu dan cermin ajaib menjawab Puteri Salju lah yang tercantik di negeri itu. Ibu tiri itu sangat marah. Lalu ia meminta pelayan kepercayaannya untuk membawa Puteri Salju ke hutan, jauh dari istana dan membunuhnya. Tapi pelayan tersebut tidak membunuh Puteri Salju, Dia membiarkan gadis kecil tak berdosa itu pergi.

Di hutan, Snow White sendirian dan takut. Dia tidak tahu ke mana dia harus pergi. Tapi tiba-tiba ia melihat sebuah pondok kecil yang aneh. Dia bertanya-tanya siapa yang tinggal di sana, maka ia memtuskan untuk masuk ke pondok tersebut.

Di dalam pondok, ada 7 tempat tidur dan sebuah dapur. Puteri Salju sangat lelah untuk melihat-lihat isi pondok tersebut, dan tiba-tiba jatuh tertidur. Pada sore hari, tujuh kurcaci yang tinggal di pondok tersebut, pulang. Mereka terkejut melihat ada seorang wanita muda di sana. Salah satu kurcaci membangunkannya dan bertanya siapa kah dia. Puteri Salju mengatakan kepada mereka kisah sedih nya. Tujuh kurcaci tersebut pun memahami perasaan Snow White dan memintanya untuk tinggal bersama mereka di pondok.

Sementara di istana, pelayan tersebut kembali dan mengatakan kepada ibu tiri bahwa Puteri Salju telah tewas. Kemudian ibu tiri bertanya kepada cermin ajaib sekali lagi siapa yang paling cantik di negara itu dan masih cermin ajaib menjawab Puteri Salju lah yang tinggal di pondok kecil dengan tujuh kurcaci adalah yang tercantik. Jadi ibu tiri marah dan ia merencanakan sesuatu yang buruk untuk Puteri Salju.

Kemudian ibu tiri menyamarkan dirinya sebagai seorang perempuan tua yang menjual sekeranjang apel beracun dan pergi ke pondok. Di pondok, tujuh kurcaci memperingatkan Puteri Salju untuk tidak membuka pintu untuk orang asing.

Ibu tiri akhirnya tiba ke pondok dan mulai menawarkan Putri Salju sebuah apel. Puteri Salju menolak untuk membuka pintu tapi ibu tiri terus membujuk dan akhirnya Puteri Salju membuka pintu dan membeli apel kemudian dia memakannya. Sehingga Puteri Salju terjatuh dengan apel beracun di sampingnya.

Pada sore hari, ketika tujuh kurcaci pulang, mereka terkejut dengan Puteri Salju yang terbaring di lantai dengan wajah pucat dan apel beracun di sampingnya. Ketujuh kurcaci sedih melihat Puteri Salju sedang sekarat tetapi belum meninggal. Kemudian tujuh kurcaci memutuskan untuk membuat tempat tidur indah terbuat dari peti mati kristal untuk membuat Putri Salju tetap hidup.

Hari demi hari, tujuh kurcaci menunggu keajaiban datang ketika Puteri Salju tiba-tiba terbangun. Lalu suatu hari, ada seorang pengelana yang sebenarnya merupakan seorang pangeran dari kerajaan yang jauh, melihat seorang wanita cantik dibaringkan di tempat tidur kristal. Pengelana tersebut pun bertanya kepada kurcaci apa yang terjadi dan kurcaci menceritakan ceritanya.

Mendengar cerita Puteri Salju, pangeran pun memutuskan untuk membawanya ke Istana dan meminta dokter untuk menyembuhkannya. Kemudian pangeran menciumnya untuk menunjukkan niatnya. Tapi tiba-tiba Puteri Salju kembali hidup. Faktanya adalah bahwa ciuman sang pangeran menghancurkan mantra. Kemudian sang pangeran meminta Puteri Salju untuk menikah dengannya.

Mulai saat itu, Puteri Salju hidup bahagia di sebuah istana yang besar. Tapi dari waktu ke waktu, ia sering kembali untuk mengunjungi pondok kecil di hutan

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The three farmer’s son

Once upon a time, there lived a sick poor farmer aid his three sons: Bill, Thomas, and john. Being on the point of death, the father bequeathed his things to them. Bill inherited his cow, Thomas got his plow, and john received his plant’s seeds. Soon afterward, their father died. Bill and Thomas decided to go out from their small hut and lived their life alone. When their little brother asked them to lend him their plow and cow, they refused to help and mocked him. Then they sold their cow and plow and spent the money without thinking of the future. John then couldn’t help but worked hard by himself to grow the seeds without any help from his brothers.

Years passed, john had gathered the sweet fruits of his sweats and hard works in the past and thus became a rich farmer. One day when he was buying some fruits in the market, somebody stole his wallet. As he ran to get his wallet back, the thief hit a beggar and fell down. John then realized that the thief and the beggar were his own brothers. Bill and Thomas then begged for their little brother forgiveness of being so arrogant and selfish. After listening to his brothers’ stories, john invited his brothers to live together with him. The three then worked together and became great and rich farmers.

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Tiga Anak Petani

Dahulu kala, hiduplah seorang petani miskin yang sakit dan dibantu oleh ketiga anaknya: Bill, Thomas, dan John. Berada di ambang kematian, sang ayah mewariskan beberapa hal kepada mereka. Bill mewarisi sapinya, Thomas mendapat alat bajak, dan John menerima bibit tanaman nya. Segera setelah itu, ayah mereka meninggal. Bill dan Thomas memutuskan untuk pergi keluar dari gubuk kecil mereka dan menjalani hidup mereka sendiri. Ketika adik mereka meminta mereka untuk meminjamkan bajak dan sapi, mereka menolak untuk membantu dan mengolok-oloknya. Kemudian mereka menjual sapi dan bajak mereka dan menghabiskan uang tanpa memikirkan masa depan. John kemudian tidak bisa membantu tetapi bekerja keras sendiri untuk menumbuhkan benih tanpa bantuan dari saudara-saudaranya.

Tahun-tahun berlalu, john telah mengumpulkan buah manis dari keringat dan kerja keras di masa lalu dan dengan demikian ia menjadi seorang petani kaya. Suatu hari ketika ia membeli beberapa buah-buahan di pasar, seseorang mencuri dompetnya. Saat ia berlari untuk mendapatkan dompetnya kembali, pencuri itu menabrak pengemis dan terjatuh. John kemudian menyadari bahwa pencuri dan pengemis itu adalah saudaranya sendiri. Bill dan Thomas kemudian memohon pengampunan pada adik mereka karena telah menjadi begitu sombong dan egois. Setelah mendengarkan cerita saudara-saudaranya, John mengajak saudara-saudaranya untuk hidup bersama dengan dia. Ketiganya kemudian bekerja bersama-sama dan menjadi petani yang hebat dan kaya.