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INTERNATIONAL
MH370 Crash: 3 theories on what could have happened to MH370
Nineteen days after it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing,
there are still few facts that point to what exactly happened to Flight
MH370.Based on these, experts have three theories, though there may be more as
clues emerge.On Monday night, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed, based on analysis of satellite data, that the plane had plunged into the Indian Ocean with zero chance of survivors.
First, botched hijack.It was a botched hijack where someone on the plane, or a pilot, took control but did not achieve his intention.
Such an incident occurred in 1996 when the captain of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 tried in vain to stop three hijackers seeking asylum in Australia while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands when fuel ran out. Of the 175 passengers and crew on board, 125 died - including the hijackers.
Malaysian authorities have said they did not receive any demands over MH370, but it is possible they were in negotiations with hijackers. Some questioned if the authorities or those on board could have tried talking with the hijackers, but the plane might have run out of fuel and crashed before a decision was made.
It is also possible the pilots or crew tried to stop the criminals. A fight could have broken out and the plane crashed.
Second, pilot suicide.Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the co-pilot was the one who said "All right. Goodnight", just before the transponder was deactivated.
Initial investigations showed that Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, sounded calm at the time, suggesting he was not under any threat.
Fingers have also been pointed at Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53. Police seized a homemade flight simulator from his home which experts are analysing. They are probing whether the pilots had financial or other troubles.
In the 1997 crash of SilkAir Flight MI185, investigators concluded that pilot suicide, though not proven, could have been to blame. The plane nosedived into the Musi River in Palembang, killing all 104 passengers and crew.
Third,ghost' flight.It is possible that something happened which knocked out everyone on the plane - without any criminal intent - causing it to fly of its own accord.
Experts say it could have taken less than a minute for the pilots, passengers and crew to lose consciousness during a catastrophic loss of pressure that somehow also led to a systems malfunction.
The authorities believe that after the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers, it could have climbed as high as 45,000ft - above the normal cruising altitude - which would have led to such a drastic fall in cabin pressure.
There is another explanation for MH370, aviation and security experts said - which contains elements of the earlier three.
It cannot be ruled out that something or someone was on the plane that was important enough for an organisation or group to stage a hostile takeover.
Hijackers could have taken the plane to 45,000ft to knock everyone out, then landed it in an unknown location. After getting what they wanted, they got the jet back in the air by remote flying and crashed it.
How fast MH370 fell and whether the aircraft broke before it plunged into the Indian Ocean or on impact, depends on which of the above theories you believe, aviation experts said. This in turn determines what sort of debris could be found and whether there might even have been survivors.
If it was pilot suicide, it is likely the plane nosedived steeply causing an impact which would have caused the aircraft to disintegrate into small pieces even before it hit the waters.
If a plane crashes because fuel runs out, it would plunge into the ocean "within a few minutes", said Mr H.R. Mohandas, a former pilot who teaches aviation at Republic Polytechnic. Such an impact would be akin to hitting concrete and cause debris from the plane to scatter over a large area.
If there was someone flying the aircraft, the descent would have taken about 15 minutes before it hit the water, he said. While the impact could have left some survivors, they are unlikely to have survived long in the icy cold waters.
ENTERTAINMENT
Doctors give no prognosis for Michael Schumacher
Doctors offered a grim
assessment of Michael Schumacher's head injuries Monday, providing no prognosis
for the Formula One driving great after his skiing accident in the French Alps.
Schumacher has been placed in a
medically induced coma to relieve pressure on his brain, which suffered
bruising and bleeding when the retired seven-time world champion fell and
struck a rock Sunday while skiing during a family vacation.
"We cannot predict the
future for Michael Schumacher," Dr. Jean-Francois Payen, the doctor in
charge of Grenoble University Hospital's intensive care unit, said at a news
conference.
"He is in a critical state
in terms of cerebral resuscitation," said Payen, the chief
anesthesiologist treating the 44-year-old German driver. "We are working
hour by hour.
Schumacher earned universal
admiration for his uncommon driving talent, which led to a record 91 race wins.
His single-minded dedication to victory sometimes meant he was denied the same
affection during his career that he received Monday.
Schumacher "gave the image
of someone indestructible, powerful," France's four-time F1 champion Alain
Prost said on iTele TV channel. "It's a banal accident compared to what
he's done in the past . It's just a dumb thing that ended badly."
Schumacher and his 14-year-old
son were skiing Sunday morning in the French Alpine resort of Meribel, where
the family has a chalet. He fell and hit the right side of his head on a
rock.By wearing a helmet, Schumacher had given himself a chance of survival,
Payen said, though the protection was not enough to prevent serious injury.
Schumacher, who turns 45 on
Friday, retired from the track for the second time only last year, after a
three-season comeback.Still, the hospital's neurology team, which is recognized
as among the best in France, was cautious about Schumacher's prospects.
Schumacher has been seriously
hurt before. In addition to the broken leg in a crash at the 1999 British Grand
Prix, he also suffered neck and spine injuries after a motorcycle accident in
2009 in Spain.
An expert skier, Schumacher fell
in a section of trails that slice down through a vast and, in parts, very steep
snowfield. Although challenging, the snowfield is not extreme skiing. The runs
are broad and neatly tended, and the ungroomed area in between — where the
resort said Schumacher was found — is free of trees.
The French prosecutor in
Albertville has opened an investigation into the accident, according to the
Mountain Gendarmerie in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The goal is to determine the
circumstances and cause of the accident.
Formula One drivers and fans
rushed to wish Schumacher a quick recovery.Sebastian Vettel, the Formula One
racer for whom Schumacher was a boyhood idol, told German news agency dpa:
"I am shocked and hope that he will get better as soon as possible."
Former Ferrari teammate Felipe
Massa, who himself recovered from life-threatening head injuries at the
Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009, wrote on Instagram: "I am praying for you my
brother!! I hope you have a quick recovery!! God bless you, Michael."
Some fans gathered outside the
hospital Monday.Nuravil Raimbekov, a student from Kyrgyzstan who is studying in
Grenoble, said Schumacher has been an inspiration to him."I'm worried, of
course ... But I still hope, and I will pray for him," he said.
BUSINESS
The new
'silk road', a rail link from China's factories to heart of Europe
One of the world's longest
railways -- a "modern-day silk road" -- covers some 11,000 kilometers
en route from the Chinesee megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg, a key commercial
hub in western Germany.
On Saturday, as part of his
landmark visit to Germany, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the last stop
on the "Yuxinou" rail line, an industrial feat that promises to
revolutionize transport between Europe and Asia.
Duisburg is a steel-making town
of around half a million on the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers that
boasts the world's biggest inland port and is one of Germany's most important
transport and commercial hubs.
Despite the vast distances
between them, it takes just 16 days for trains to travel to Duisburg from
Chongqing, a sprawling metropolitan symbol of rising China with a population of
more than 30 million.
Xi, accompanied by a large
delegation and German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, ceremoniously welcomed a
freight train crammed with laptops and electronics after it completed its
journey through Central Asia, Russia, Belarus and Poland.
Set up in 2011 by a group of
rail companies, the Yuxinou is just 2,000 km short of the world's longest rail
line that links Germany to Shanghai. It has shaved more than 20 days off the
sea route.
The route is particularly useful
for Chongqing -- home to vast car parts and IT factories -- since it lies 1,500
km from China's main seaports.It is not uncommon for the Yuxinou trains, which
can transport as many as 50 containers, to be full when they arrive in Duisburg
but empty when they return to China.
"At the moment, the amount
of goods travelling from China to Europe is much larger than the other way
round. That's a problem," said Maria Leenen, director of market research
group SCI Verkehr.It was sea transport that gradually supplanted the historic
Silk Road trade route linking Asia with Europe centuries ago.
Sea transport still accounts for
more than 95 percent of goods trading between the two regions, said Burkhard
Lemper of the logistics consultants ISL.
Rail's share of the market
remains tiny, and for now, the Yuxinou link only complements existing transport
systems.
But "rail is twice as fast
as sea transport and twice as cheap as air freight," said Erich Staake,
head of the company that operates the Duisburg port.
For Leenen, "both sides
benefit" from the link.
"Europe can meet a sudden
surge in demand in industry or trade, say in textiles, while China can reach
its markets more rapidly," she said.
The link provides a welcome
transport connection and gateway for Chinese provinces situated deep inside the
country.
"It's still early days yet
for this mode of transport. But it could have a promising future if the
conditions are right, notably in terms of safety and security, punctuality and
a stable political situation," Leenen said.Other electronics companies,
such as Foxconn of Taiwan which supplies Apple, or computer giant Acer, as well
as car parts suppliers and machine-tool makers, all have factories in
Chongqing.
SOCIAL
Baby found, kidnapper attempts suicide
Lasmaria Boru Manulang, 26, broke down in tears when she
finally saw her four-day-old baby girl, Valencia, who was snatched from Hasan
Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday. She held the baby in her
arms and kissed her gently.
Lasmaria and her husband, Toni Manurung, 26, expressed their
gratitude after police found their daughter safe and sound and caught the
perpetrator on Friday evening.
“I am very happy. It’s been three days since she went
missing,” said Toni, while holding Valencia in his arms. “I just want thank the police officers
who had worked tirelessly on this case and I also want to thank the media,”
added Toni.
On Tuesday, Valencia was kidnapped by a woman, who disguised
herself as a doctor and was later identified as DS, 32, while Lasmaria and Toni
were in the bathroom.
West Java Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul
said that police apprehended DS at a two-story rented house on Gang H Ento,
which is located roughly 300 meters from the hospital.
Martinus said DS’ mother-in-law said she was suspicious when
DS said that she had just delivered a baby because there were no signs she was
even pregnant. DS told her husband that she delivered the baby on Tuesday night,
while Valencia was born on Tuesday morning.
“When the police arrived, DS said she would quickly go to a kiosk, but never returned,” Martinus said, adding that the police found Valencia at the house.
“When the police arrived, DS said she would quickly go to a kiosk, but never returned,” Martinus said, adding that the police found Valencia at the house.
As it turned out, DS attempted to commit suicide by jumping
off the Pasupati (Pasteur-Surapati) overpass, said West Java Police chief Insp.
Gen. M. Iriawan.
DS was rushed to hospital, while the baby was taken to the
Sukajadi city police headquarters. The police also found several pieces of
evidence including a used laboratory uniform and an orange bag. “The lab
uniform and the bag match the ones seen on the CCTV footage,” Iriawan said.
Hasan Sadikin Hospital’s operational and general affairs
director Edi Sampurno said that DS was currently being treated at the emergency
unit due to the severe injuries she sustained from her 12 meter-fall.
Martinus said that police were still investigating the motive
behind the kidnapping, adding that it was possible that the perpetrator had
communicated with others before committing the crime.Separately, Iriawan called
on the Hasan Sadikin Hospital’s management to tighten its security to prevent
such crimes in the future.
SPORT
Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 at Malaysian GP
Lewis Hamilton broke his drought
at Formula One's Malaysian Grand Prix and led a one-two finish for the Mercedes
team on Sunday.Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg by 17.3 seconds at the
Sepang International Circuit, with defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of
Red Bull third.
It was the first one-two by the
Mercedes factory team since 1955, when it was a dominant force in the embryonic
days of F1.
Hamilton got away well from pole
position and led throughout, making up for his retirement in the season-opening
race in Australia and belatedly winning in Malaysia for the first time, at his
eighth attempt.
"Incredibly happy, my first
win here in my eighth year, so finally got that," Hamilton said. "To
get a one-two is quite special, I haven't had many in my career."
The Briton was also quick to
mention the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which took off from the
Kuala Lumpur airport adjacent to the Sepang track earlier this month and is
thought to have crashed, killing all 239 people aboard.
"After such a tragedy three
weeks ago, I would like to dedicate this win to those people and their
families," Hamilton said.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso
finished fourth, ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren's Jenson
Button, while Felipe Massa held on for seventh ahead of Williams teammate
Valtteri Bottas despite being told by his team to let Bottas through.
After the race, Massa insisted
he had done the right thing in ignoring team orders, though there were likely
to be internal repercussions as Bottas was adamant he could have passed Button.
Two rookies took the final two
points positions, with McLaren's Kevin Magnussen ninth and Toro Rosso's Daniil
Kvyat tenth.
On a day when the threatened
tropical rain held off, Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari's Kimi
Raikkonen were the leading cars that suffered the worst luck.
Ricciardo was in fourth place
with 15 laps to go when the team failed to properly attach a wheel during a
pitstop, forcing him to stop halfway down the pitlane and be pushed back to
have it replaced. Soon after, the Australian lost his front wing, got a stop-go
penalty for an unsafe release from the pitstop and then retired.
To make matters worse, the
unsafe release means he will also get a 10-place grid penalty at next weekend's
race in Bahrain.It was another tough day for Ricciardo, who finished second in
his home race in Melbourne, only to be disqualified after the team was deemed
to have exceeded the fuel-flow limit on his car.
Raikkonen was hit from behind by
Magnussen on the opening lap, causing a puncture, dropping him to the back of
the field. He finished 12th, behind Lotus' Romain Grosjean who did well to make
it to the finish in his Lotus, which has been beset by engine failures in the
early part of the season.
Rosberg's second place extended
his early lead in the drivers' championship to 18 points ahead of Hamilton, and
Mercedes already has a sizeable lead atop the constructors' championship, but
the German was wary about how quickly Red Bull appears to be catching up.
"They were absolutely
nowhere [after preseason testing] and now [Vettel] is right in the back of me,
pushing me," Rosberg said. "They have ramped up their pace, very very
impressive, so we need to keep on it to keep our advantage."
Vettel, who put a squeeze move
on Rosberg in the run to the first corner that almost forced the Mercedes into
the pit wall, was compromised in his attempt to catch the silver cars by high
fuel consumption, and in the end settled for third place.
MATERI STORY TELLING
FAIRY
TALES
The Bright
Sun Brings It to Light
A tailor's
apprentice was traveling about the world in search of work, and at one time he
could find none, and his poverty was so great that he had not a farthing to
live on. Presently he met a Jew on the road, and as he thought he would have a
great deal of money about him, the tailor thrust God out of his heart, fell on
the Jew, and said, give me your money, or I will strike you dead. Then said the
Jew, grant me my life, I have no money but eight farthings. But the tailor
said, money you have, and it shall be produced, and used violence and beat him
until he was near death. And when the Jew was dying, the last words he said
were, the bright sun will bring it to light, and thereupon he died. The
tailor's apprentice felt in his pockets and sought for money, but he found
nothing but eight farthings, as the Jew had said. Then he took him up and
carried him behind a clump of trees, and went onwards to seek work. After he
had traveled about a long while, he found work in a town with a master who had
a pretty daughter, with whom he fell in love, and he married her, and lived in
good and happy wedlock.
After a long time when he and his
wife had two children, the wife's father and mother died, and the young people
kept house alone. One morning, when the husband was sitting on the table before
the window, his wife brought him his coffee, and when he had poured it out into
the saucer, and was just going to drink, the sun shone on it and the reflection
gleamed hither and thither on the wall above, and made circles on it. Then the
tailor looked up and said, yes, it would like very much to bring it to light,
and cannot. The woman said, o, dear husband, and what is that, then. What do
you mean by that. He answered, I must not tell you. But she said, if you love
me, you must tell me, and used her most affectionate words, and said that no
one should ever know it, and left him no rest. Then he told her how years ago,
when he was traveling about seeking work and quite worn out and penniless, he
had killed a Jew, and that in the last agonies of death, the Jew had spoken the
words, the bright sun will bring it to light. And now, the sun had just wanted
to bring it to light, and had gleamed and made circles on the wall, but had not
been able to do it. After this, he again charged her particularly never to tell
this, or he would lose his life, and she did promise. However, when he had sat
down to work again, she went to her great friend and confided the story to her,
and asked her never to repeat it to any human being, but before three days were
over, the whole town knew it, and the tailor was brought to trial, and
condemned. And thus, after all, the bright sun did bring it to light.
The End
The Singing
Bone
A wild boar was wreaking havoc throughout the country.
No one dared venture into the forest where it ran about. With its tusks it
ripped to pieces anyone who was bold enough to pursue it and attempt to kill
it. Then the king proclaimed that anyone who could kill the boar would receive
his daughter for a wife.
There were three brothers in the kingdom. The oldest
was sly and clever; the second was of ordinary intelligence; but the third and
youngest was innocent and slow witted. They wanted to win the princess, so they
set forth to seek out the wild boar and kill it. The two oldest ones went
together, while the youngest one went by himself. When he entered the woods an
old man approached him. He was holding a black lance in his hand, and said to
him, "Take this lance and fearlessly attack the boar with it, and you will
kill it." And that is what happened. He struck the boar with the lance,
and it fell dead to the earth. Then he lifted it onto his shoulder, and cheerfully
set off toward home.
On the way he came to a house where his brothers were
making merry and drinking wine. When they saw him with the boar on his back,
they called to him, "Come in and have a drink with us. You must be
tired." The innocent simpleton, not thinking about any danger, went inside
and told them how he had killed the boar with the black lance, and rejoiced in
his good fortune. That evening they returned home together. The two oldest ones
plotted to kill their brother. They let him walk ahead of them, and when they
came to a bridge just outside the city, they attacked him, striking him dead.
They buried him beneath the bridge. Then the oldest one took the boar, carried
it to the king, claimed that he had killed it, and received the princess for a
wife.
Many years passed, but it was not to remain hidden.
One day a shepherd was crossing the bridge when he saw a little bone beneath
him in the sand. It was so pure and snow-white that he wanted it to make a
mouthpiece from, so he climbed down and picked it up. Afterward he made a
mouthpiece from it for his horn, and when he put it to his lips to play, the
little bone began to sing by itself:
Oh, dear
shepherd You are blowing on my bone. My brothers struck me dead, And buried me
beneath the bridge, To get the wild boar For the daughter of the king.
The shepherd took the horn to the king, and once again
it sang the same words. After hearing this, the king had his people dig under
the bridge, and they soon uncovered the skeleton. The two wicked brothers
confessed their crime and were thrown into the water. The murdered brother's
bones were laid to rest in a beautiful grave in the churchyard.
LEGEND
Malin
Kundang
A long time ago, in a
small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin
Kundang. Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had
to live hard with his mother.
Malin Kundang was a
healthy, diligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish,
and brought it to his mother, or sold it in the town.
One day, when Malin
Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided
by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated
the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with
him. Malin Kundang agreed.
Many years later, Malin
Kundang became a wealthy merchant, with a huge ship, loads of trading goods,
many ship crews, and a beautiful wife. In his journey, his ship landed on a
beach. The villagers reconigzed him, and the news ran fast in the town: Malin
Kundang became a rich man and now he is here. His mother, in deep-felt sadness
after years of loneliness, ran to the beach to meet her beloved son again.
When the mother came,
Malin Kundang, in front of his well dressed wife, his crews and his own
gloriness, denied to meet that old, poor and dirty woman. For three times she
begged Malin Kundang and for three times yelled at him. At last Malin Kundang
said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a
dirty and ugly peasant!" Then he ordered his crews to set sail.
Enraged, she cursed Malin
Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang
just laughed and set sail. In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His
huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologized. He
was thrown by the wave out of his ship, fell on a small island, and suddenly
turned into stone.
The End
The legend of Timun Mas
They prayed to God for a child One day a giant passed their home. He heard
what they were praying. Then giant gave them a cucumber seed.
Then the couple planted teh cucumber sees. Each day the took care of teh
growing plant so carefully. Month later, a golden cucumber grew from the plant.
Teh cucumber was getting heavier and bigger each day. When it was ripe, they
picked it. Carefully they cut of the cucumber and how surprised were they when
found a beuatiful bay inside. They were so happy. They named the baby Timun
Mas.
Many years after, Timun Mas had grown into a beautiful girl. Her parents
were very happy. But thier happiness turned to fear when her 17th birthday
came. The giant was going to take Timun Mas away.
The father was giving a small bag to Timun Mas, equipped with magic stuff,
salt, chilty, cucumber seed, shrimp paste as weapon. Her father told her that
it could help her from the giant. He ordered Timun Mas to run away.
The giant was chasing Timun Mas and he was getting closer and closer. Timun
Mas then took a hardful of salt from her small bag. She spread out the salt
behind her. Suddenly a wide sea appeared between them.
Timun Mas was still running, the giant almost caught her. Then she took
some chilly and threw them to the giant. The chilly suddenly grew into some
trees and trapped the giant. Timun Mas could escape again.
Unfotunately the giant almost caught Timun Mas. So she took me the third
magic stuff, the cucumber seeds. She trow the seeds and suddenly they became a
wide cucumber field. The giant ate those fresh cucumber. He ate so much that he
felt sleepy and fell asleep soon.
Timun Mas kept on running as fast as she could. But the giant had woken up
Timun Mas so scared. Then she threw her last weapon, shrimp paste. It became a
big swamp. The giant fell into it but his hands almost reached Timun Mas. But
at last he was drowned.
Timun Mas
was safe now. Then she returned to her parents house her parents were very
happy
The End
MOTIVATION
Building
Bridges
Once
upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It
was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing
machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.
Then
the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and
it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter
words followed by weeks of silence.
One
morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a
carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days work," he said.
"Perhaps
you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?"
"Yes,"
said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at
that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week
there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and
now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but
I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you
to build me a fence - an 8-foot fence - so I won't need to see his place
anymore. Cool him down, anyhow."
The
carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and
the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."
The
older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get
the materials ready and then he was off for the day.
The
carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About
sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The
farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped.
There
was no fence there at all. It was a bridge... a bridge stretching from one side
of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all - and the
neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched.
"You
are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."
The
two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle,
taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on
his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for
you," said the older brother.
"I'd
love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges
to build."
The End
The Elephant Rope
As a man was
passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these
huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No
chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break
away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer
nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get
away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use
the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As
they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They
believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was
amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because
they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the
elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot
do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never
give up the struggle in life.A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The pig sympathized, but said, “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow and said, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house – like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you
treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the
farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. But his wife’s sickness continued, so
friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the
farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many
people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide
enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked
upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time
you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you,
remember, when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved
in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make
an extra effort to encourage one another. Each of us is a vital thread in
another person’s tapestry.
The End
Topic of Speech
·
Economic
Global
market should/should not be
banned
·
Environment
Natural
disaster and go green
·
Politic
National
election
·
Social
How
to face globalization era.
RUNDOWN ACARA
SABTU, 05 April 2014
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NO
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WAKTU
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ACARA
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KETERANGAN
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1
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07.00 – 07.30
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Registrasi Peserta
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Ruang RKB
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2
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07.30 – 08.00
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Opening Ceremony
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Ruang RKB
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3
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08.00 – 09.45
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Training Debate
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Ruang RKB
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4
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09.45 – 10.00
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Break
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Ruang RKB
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5
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10.00 – 10.45
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Training Speech
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Ruang RKB
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6
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10.45 – 11.30
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Training Story Telling
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Ruang RKB
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7
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11.30 – 12.15
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Training Newscast
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Ruang RKB
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8
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12.15 – 12.45
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Pengumuman dan Closing
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Ruang RKB
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Minggu, 06 April 2014
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NO
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WAKTU
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ACARA
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DEBATE
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NEWSCAST
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SPEECH
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STORY
TELLING
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1
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07.00 – 07.30
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Registrasi (RKB)
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Registrasi (D4)
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2
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07.30 - 08.00
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Motion Launching and Case Building
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Newscast contest
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3
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08.00 - 09.00
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Preliminary 1
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Registrasi (D4)
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4
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09.00 – 09.30
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Motion Launching and Case Building
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Speech contest (D4)
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5
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09.30 – 10.30
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Preliminary 2
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Registrasi (D4)
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6
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10.30 – 11.00
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Motion Launching and Case Building
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Story telling contest (D4)
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7
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11.00 – 12.00
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Quarter Final Round
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8
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12.00 – 13.00
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Break
(Lunch at RKB)
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9
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13.00 – 13.30
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Motion Launching and Case Building
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10
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13.30 – 14.30
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Semi Final Round
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11
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14.30 – 15.00
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Motion Launching and Case Building
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12
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15.00 – 16.00
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Grand
Final Round (RKB)
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13
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16.00 – 17.00
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Announcement
of Champions and Closing Ceremony (RKB)
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