Saturday, April 14, 2018

Tugas 2 Penerjemahan Berbantuan Komputer


Name: Katrina Desiree Jaafar
NPM: 15614800
Class: 4SA01

Original Article
Tembok Canggih Mampu Produksi Listrik

Selama ini panel surya cuma bisa ditempatkan di atap rumah buat mendapat sinar matahari secara optimal. Tapi kini ilmuwan di Jerman mengembangkan tembok yang bisa memproduksi listrik dari energi matahari. Sejak lebih dari 3 miliar tahun, dengan bantuan pigmen warna klorifil, tanaman berdaun hijau mengubah cahaya melalui fotosintesa menjadi energi kimia. Inilah basis bagi kehidupan di bumi. Yakni, produksi energi yang bebas polusi.

Di Universitas Kassel, para ilmuwan meniru proses produksi energi tersebut. Tim arsitek, seniman, ilmuwan teknologi nano dan desainer mengembangkan bahan bangunan yang berfungsi sebagai sel fotovoltaik dan mengubah energi matahari menjadi listrik. Pertama-tama mereka membuat beton yang bersifat konduktor. Para peneliti menambahkanan grafit agar beton memiliki kemampuan menghantar listrik. Beton yang sudah kering dapat dipakai sebagai kutub positif atau negatif dan menghantarkan elektron.

Oleh karenanya, arsitek Thorsten Klooster dan seniman Heike Klussmann memiliki ide memanfaatkan beton ini untuk menghasilkan listrik tenaga surya. Klussmann menjelaskan: “Yang istimewa, sensitivitas terhadap sentuhan. Sensitivitas sentuhan ini muncul setelah kita membuat beton bersifat konduktif. Dan beton konduktif ini menjadi elemen dasar beton tenaga surya.“ Untuk mengaktifkan beton agar bisa memproduksi energi, peneliti mencetak atau menyemprotkan beberapa lapisan cat pada beton. Hasilnya adalah apa yang disebut sel surya pigmen warna, yang menghasilkan listrik energi surya berbasis fotosintesa. Faktor yang menentukan adalah urutan pelapisan cat amat tipis itu.

Thorsten Klooster: “Jika kita mengkombinasikan dengan tepat lapisan warna, terciptalah efek sel fotovoltaik. Dalam sistem ini, ada lapisan dimana terdapat pigmen klorofil. Dan ketika sinar matahari mengenai pigmen warna ini, elektron dilepaskan dan arus listrik mengalir.“ Guna mengoptimalkan kinerja sel surya berbasis pigmen warna, pengukuran dilakukan dalam jangka panjang di laboratorium. Sebuah lempengan sel surya hanya membangkitkan tegangan beberapa ratus milivolt. Ilmuwan menunjukkan jika cahaya yang jatuh ke sel surya ditutupi tangan, tegangan turun drastis. Tegangan kembali meningkat ketika cahaya menyinari lagi sel surya.

Efisiensi sel surya saat ini hanya dua persen. Sepertinya kecil, tapi tetap berguna. Klussman: “Beton sel surya buatan kami sangat menarik, karena mudah diproduksi dan ramah lingkungan, serta dapat diterapkan pada bidang yang luas. Kita dapat membayangkan perspektifnya, semua permukaan datar di sebuah kota bisa menghasilkan listrik.“ Semakin banyak sel surya yang disemprotkan atau dicetak pada dinding rumah, lebih banyak listrik yang dapat diproduksi. Untuk itu sel-sel surya harus terkoneksi dan dijadikan panel. Dalam kondisi ideal setiap meter persegi permukaan bisa menghasilkan 20 watt listrik.

Klooster: “Sel tunggal tidak dapat memproduksi listrik, sel-sel harus dikoneksikan dan dibuat modul. Beberapa sel membentuk sebuah panel. Ini contohnya, sebuah modul dengan enam sel. Sel-sel ini terhubung dengan kabel. Baik terhubung secara seri maupun paralel. Lewat kabel ini, konsumen bisa menghubungkan peralatan, misalnya menyalakan bohlam. Pada beton, interkoneksitas di antara sel-sel surya itu tersembunyi dalam lapisan cat. Visi peneliti, dalam waktu sekitar 5 tahun sel surya pigmen warna bisa diproduksi massal secara industrial. Baik sebagai bahan bangunan untuk bangunan baru maupun ditambahkan pada fasad yang sudah ada.

URL: http://www.dw.com/id/tembok-canggih-mampu-produksi-listrik/a-19369030


Google translate version

Sophisticated Wall Able to Produce Electricity

During this solar panel can only be placed on the roof of the house to get sunlight optimally. But now scientists in Germany are developing a wall that can produce electricity from solar energy. Since more than 3 billion years, with the help of chlorophyll color pigments, green leafy plants convert light through photosynthesis into chemical energy. This is the basis for life on earth. Namely, pollution-free energy production.

At the University of Kassel, scientists imitate the energy production process. The team of architects, artists, nanotechnology scientists and designers develops building materials that serve as photovoltaic cells and convert solar energy into electricity. First they make concrete that is conductor. The researchers added graphite in order for the concrete to have electric conductivity. The dried concrete can be used as a positive or negative pole and deliver electrons.

Therefore, architect Thorsten Klooster and artist Heike Klussmann have the idea of ​​utilizing this concrete to produce solar electricity. Klussmann explains: "What is special, the sensitivity to touch. This touch sensitivity comes after we make concrete conductive. And this conductive concrete is the basic element of solar energy concrete." To enable the concrete to produce energy, researchers print or spray some layers of paint on the concrete. The result is the so-called color solar pigment cells, which generate solar energy based photosynthesis. The decisive factor is the very thin paint coating sequence.

Thorsten Klooster: "If we combine precisely the layers of color, we create the effects of photovoltaic cells. In this system, there is a layer where there is chlorophyll pigment. And when the sun is on these color pigments, the electrons are released and the electric current flows." In order to optimize the performance of color-based solar pigment cells, measurements are made over the long term in the laboratory. A slab of solar cells generates only a few hundred millivolts. Scientists point out if the light that falls into the solar cells is covered in hands, the voltage drops drastically. The voltage again increases when the light shines again the solar cells.

The efficiency of today's solar cells is only two percent. It seems small, but still useful. Klussman: "Our solar cell concrete is very attractive, because it is easy to produce and environmentally friendly, and can be applied to a wide field. We can imagine his perspective, all the flat surfaces in a city can generate electricity." The more solar cells that are sprayed or printed on the walls of the house, more electricity can be produced. For that solar cells must be connected and made panels. Under ideal conditions every square meter surface can produce 20 watts of electricity.

Klooster: "Single cells can not produce electricity, cells must be connected and modules are made. Some cells form a panel. This is, for example, a module with six cells. These cells are connected with cables. Both connected in series or parallel. Through this cable, consumers can connect the equipment, such as turning on a bulb. In concrete, the interconnectivity between the solar cells is hidden in a layer of paint. Vision researchers, within about 5 years of color pigment solar cells can be mass produced industrially. Both as a building material for new buildings and added to the existing facade.

Revised version

A Wall That Can Produce Electricity

All this time solar panel can only be placed on the roof of the house in order to get optimal sunlight. But now scientists in Germany are developing a wall that can produce electricity from solar energy. Since more than 3 billion years, with the help of chlorophyll color pigments, green leafy plants can convert light through photosynthesis into chemical energy. This is the basis for life on earth. Namely a pollution-free energy production.

At the University of Kassel, scientists imitate the energy production process. The team of architects, artists, nanotechnology scientists and designers develops materials that serves as photo-voltaic cells and convert solar energy into electricity. First, they make concrete that functions as a conductor. The researchers then added graphite in order for the concrete to have electric conductivity. The dried concrete can be used as a positive or negative pole and deliver electrons.

Therefore, architect Thorsten Klooster and artist Heike Klussmann have the idea of utilizing this concrete to produce solar energy. Klussmann explains: "What is special is the sensitivity to touch. This touch sensitivity comes after we make the conductive concrete. And this conductive concrete is the basic element of solar energy concrete." To enable the concrete to produce energy, researchers print or spray some layers of paint on the concrete. The result is the so-called solar color pigment cells, which generate solar energy from photosynthesis. The decisive factor is the very thin paint coating sequence.

Thorsten Klooster: "If we combine precisely the layers of color, we create the effects of photo-voltaic cells. In this system, there is a layer where there is chlorophyll pigment. And when the sun hits these color pigments, the electrons are released and the electric current flows." In order to optimize the performance of color-based solar pigment cells, long term measurements are made in the laboratory. A slab of solar cells generates only a few hundred millivolts. Scientists point out if the light that hits the solar cells is covered by hands, the voltage drops drastically. The voltage recurrently increases when the light hits the solar cells again.

The efficiency of today's solar cells is only at two percent. It seems small, but still useful. Klussman said, "Our solar cell concrete is very fascinating, because it is easy to produce and environmentally friendly, and can be applied in a wider field. We can imagine the prospect of having all the flat surfaces in a city generating electricity." The more solar cells that are sprayed or printed on the walls of the house, the more electricity can be produced. For that solar cells must be connected and made into panels. Under ideal conditions every square meter of surface can produce 20 watts of electricity.


Klooster: "Single cells cannot produce electricity, cells must be connected and modules must be made. Some cells form a panel for example, a module with six cells. These cells are connected with cables. Both connected in series or parallel. Through this cable, consumers can connect the equipment, such as turning on a light bulb. In concrete, the inter-connectivity between the solar cells is hidden in a layer of paint. Researchers envisioned that within about 5 years of color pigment solar cells can be industrially mass produced both as a building material for new buildings, or as an addition to the existing facade.

Monday, March 19, 2018

Tugas 1 Penerjemahan Berbantuan Komputer


Name: Katrina Desiree Jaafar
NPM: 15614800
Class: 4SA01

Original Article

Usabah Sambah, Preserving an Ancestral Ritual


A unique community exists in the small village of Tenganan in Bali. Known as “Bali Aga“, meaning the true Bali, they are believed to be the indigenous tribe of the island and have existed long before the waves of migration of Java. Traditions are very old and are not so restricted to influences brought by Javanese migrants. Distinctive, to say the least.

Every year in the 11th month on the Balinese calendar or the fifth month according to the Bali Aga’s ancient calendar, the people of Tenganan conduct an ancestral ritual that lasts a whole month, the Usaba Sambah ceremony. Intended as a month-long process of re-balancing all life elements and experiences from the passing year, the ceremony consists of a series of smaller rites that involve various components of the community from spiritual leaders to old men and young men to women and even children. It is a practice observed by the entire population of Tenganan in great joy.

The ritual started with a procession to the temple observed by all villagers wearing beautiful woven fabric known as ‘grinsing‘. After a solemn prayer and a series of offerings made in the temple, the Pandan War commenced as a tribute to honor the ancestors also the god of war, Indra. A pair of young men began to fight, aiming a precise rip at each other’s body with the Pandan leaves while trying to protect themselves with the rattan shields. A referee timed the fight and ensured that each only lasted for about one minute or until one of the young men had enough and surrendered, whichever happened first. Then the next pair of fighters had their turn and so on for the next three hours.


Usaba Sumbah is also celebrated by the young women of the village in a special rite called ‘ayunan’ , which also serves as the perfect moment for these young ladies to show off their beauty and declare their womanhood. Wearing their best dresses and jewelries. Although it looks deceptively simple and even childish, the Ayunan tradition carries a deep philosophical meaning. “It is a vehicle to learn about life”, a village elder explained. “Life is like sitting on a swing, sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down. It makes you excited and nervous at the same time, yet you try to go through it in your best demeanor.”



Article source: https://theamazingindonesia.com/bali-aga-preserving-ancestral-ritual/


Translated by Google Translate Version

Usabah Sambah, Melestarikan Ritual Leluhur

Sebuah komunitas unik ada di desa kecil Tenganan di Bali. Dikenal sebagai "Bali Aga", yang berarti Bali yang sebenarnya, mereka diyakini sebagai suku asli pulau ini dan telah ada jauh sebelum gelombang migrasi Jawa. Tradisi sangat tua dan tidak terbatas pada pengaruh yang dibawa oleh migran Jawa. Khas, untuk sedikitnya.

Setiap tahun di bulan ke 11 pada kalender Bali atau bulan kelima menurut kalender kuno Bali Aga, orang-orang Tenganan melakukan ritual leluhur yang berlangsung sebulan penuh, upacara Usaba Sambah. Ditujukan sebagai proses penyeimbangan ulang seumur hidup semua elemen dan pengalaman hidup dari tahun yang lewat, upacara tersebut terdiri dari serangkaian ritus yang lebih kecil yang melibatkan berbagai komponen masyarakat dari para pemimpin spiritual hingga pria tua dan pemuda hingga wanita dan bahkan anak-anak. Ini adalah praktik yang diamati oleh seluruh populasi Tenganan dengan sangat gembira.

Ritual dimulai dengan sebuah prosesi ke kuil yang diamati oleh semua penduduk desa yang memakai kain tenun indah yang dikenal sebagai 'sapaan'. Setelah sholat dan serangkaian persembahan yang dilakukan di bait suci, Perang Pandan dimulai sebagai penghormatan untuk menghormati nenek moyang juga dewa perang, Indra. Sepasang pemuda mulai bertarung, membidik tubuh masing-masing dengan daun Pandan sambil melindungi diri dengan perisai rotan. Seorang wasit menghitung waktu pertarungan dan memastikan bahwa masing-masing hanya bertahan sekitar satu menit atau sampai salah satu pemuda itu sudah cukup dan menyerah, mana yang lebih dulu terjadi. Kemudian pasangan pejuang berikutnya berpaling dan seterusnya selama tiga jam berikutnya.

Usaba Sumbah juga dirayakan oleh para wanita muda desa dalam sebuah ritus khusus yang disebut 'ayunan', yang juga berfungsi sebagai momen yang tepat bagi para wanita muda ini untuk memamerkan kecantikan mereka dan menyatakan keperempuanan mereka. Mengenakan gaun dan perhiasan terbaik mereka. Meski terlihat menipu sederhana dan bahkan kekanak-kanakan, tradisi Ayunan membawa makna filosofis yang mendalam. "Ini adalah kendaraan untuk belajar tentang kehidupan", seorang tetua desa menjelaskan. "Hidup itu seperti duduk di ayunan, kadang-kadang Anda bangun dan kadang-kadang Anda sedang down. Itu membuat Anda bersemangat dan gugup pada saat bersamaan, namun Anda mencoba melewatinya dengan sikap terbaik Anda. "


Revised Version

Usabah Sambah, Melestarikan Ritual Leluhur

Ada sebuah komunitas unik di desa kecil Tenganan di Bali. Desa itu dikenal sebagai "Bali Aga", yang berarti Bali yang sebenarnya. Mereka diyakini sebagai suku asli pulau ini dan telah ada jauh sebelum gelombang migrasi Jawa. Tradisi mereka sangatlah tua dan tidak terbatas pada pengaruh yang dibawa oleh penduduk Jawa. Sangatlah khas, bukan?

Setiap tahun di bulan ke-11 pada kalender Bali atau bulan kelima menurut kalender kuno Bali Aga, masyarakat Tenganan melakukan sebuah ritual leluhur yang berlangsung sebulan penuh, yaitu upacara Usaba Sambah. Ritual ini ditujukan sebagai proses untuk menyeimbangi ulang semua elemen kehidupan dan pengalaman hidup dari tahun sebelumnya, upacara tersebut terdiri dari serangkaian ritual kecil yang melibatkan berbagai komponen masyarakat dari para pemimpin spiritual hingga para pria tua dan pemuda, wanita dan bahkan anak-anak. Upacara ini disaksikan oleh seluruh penduduk Tenganan dengan penuh kegembiraan.

Ritual ini dimulai dengan sebuah prosesi ke pura yang disaksikan oleh semua penduduk desa yang mengenakan kain tenun indah dikenal sebagai ‘grinsing’. Setelah sembahyang dan serangkaian persembahan yang dilakukan di pura, Perang Pandan dimulai sebagai penghormatan terhadap nenek moyang dan juga dewa perang, Indra. Sepasang pemuda mulai bertarung, membidik tubuh masing-masing dengan daun Pandan sambil melindungi diri dengan perisai rotan. Seorang wasit menghitung waktu pertarungan dan memastikan bahwa masing-masing hanya bertahan sekitar satu menit atau sampai salah satu pemuda itu menyerah, manapun yang lebih dulu terjadi. Kemudian pasangan pemuda selanjutnya mendapat giliran dan seterusnya selama tiga jam berikutnya.

Usaba Sumbah juga dirayakan oleh para wanita muda desa dalam sebuah ritual khusus yang disebut 'Ayunan'. Ritual ini adalah saat yang tepat bagi para wanita muda tersebut untuk menunjukkan kecantikan dan menyatakan kedewasaan mereka. Mereka mengenakan gaun dan perhiasan mereka yang terbaik. Meski terlihat sederhana dan bahkan kekanak-kanakan, tradisi Ayunan membawa makna filosofis yang mendalam. "Ini adalah sebuah perantara untuk mempelajari kehidupan", seorang tetua desa menjelaskan. "Hidup itu seperti duduk di ayunan, kadang-kadang Anda bangun dan kadang-kadang Anda jatuh. Itu membuat Anda bersemangat dan gugup pada saat bersamaan, namun Anda mencoba melewatinya dengan sikap terbaik Anda."

Monday, February 5, 2018

TUGAS 4 PBIBK

GROUP ASSIGNMENT


Group Members:
Annisa Nadyastiti / 11614383
Anggiana Yuanita Fardhani / 11614238
Feilina Ayu Ananda / 14614143
Katrina Desiree Jaafar / 15614800


Class: 4SA01




Monday, November 20, 2017

TUGAS 3 PBIBK


In this task, I have to correct the mistakes found in the 3 sentences below, and then provide the reasons/explanations to my answers.


Soal A

The wrong answer is A. go. The correct answer should be: went

REASON: This sentence includes an adverb clause which describes when Mary went to bed. The adverb clause is an adverb of time and uses a verb with past perfect tense, therefore the verb in the main clause should be in a simple past tense. 


Soal B

The wrong answer is A. stopped. The correct answer should be: stop by

REASON: Auxiliary future verbs such as, might or will, is always followed by a verb using a simple present tense. The verb Stop in this sentence cannot stand alone, so it must be accompanied by the preposition by. Stop by is an example of a phrasal verb.

Soal C

The wrong answer is D. had gone. The correct answer should be: went

REASON: This is a compound sentence because both clause are independent and connected by the conjunction “and”. Therefore, both sentences must have the same verb tense. The first clause has a verb using simple past tense, so the second clause should also have a verb with a simple past tense. Therefore, the past perfect tense verb had gone should be replaced with the simple past tense verb went.



Katrina Desiree Jaafar
15614800
4SA01


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

TUGAS 2 PBIBK: Indirect Sentences in an Article

Group Members:
Annisa Nadyastiti / 11614383
Anggiana Yuanita Fardhani / 11614238
Feilina Ayu Ananda / 14614143
Katrina Desiree Jaafar / 15614800

Class: 4SA01


Direct Sentences to Indirect Sentences

We changed the direct sentences found in the article in the previous post into indirect sentences.

Sentence 1: “This isn't something that's going to happen 100 years from now. We're losing them right now," said marine biologist Julia Baum of Canada's University of Victoria.

Indirect: Julia Baum said that that was not something that was going to happen 100 years from then. They were losing them right then.

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Sentence 2: “To lose coral reefs is to fundamentally undermine the health of a very large proportion of the human race," said Ruth Gates.  

Indirect: Ruth Gates said that to lose coral reefs was to fundamentally undermine the health of a very large proportion of the human race.

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Sentence 3: “The models indicate that we will see the return of bleaching in the South Pacific soon, along with a possibility of bleaching in both the eastern and western parts of the Indian Ocean," said Mark Eakin.

Indirect: Mark Eakin said the models indicated that they would see the return of bleaching soon, along with a possibility of bleaching in both the eastern and western parts of the Indian Ocean.

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Sentence 4: "Whether you're living in North America or Europe or Australia, you should be concerned," said biologist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Global Change Institute at Australia's University of Queensland. "This is not just some distant dive destination, a holiday destination. This is the fabric of the ecosystem that supports us."


Indirect: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Global Change Institute at Australia's University of Queensland said that whether we were living in North America or Europe or Australia, we should be concerned and that was not just some distant dive destination, a holiday destination. That was the fabric of the ecosystem that supported us.

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Article obtained from  https://www.tweentribune.com/article/teen/scientists-race-prevent-wipeout-worlds-coral-reefs/



Sunday, October 1, 2017

TUGAS 1 PBIBK: Direct Sentences in an Article

The direct sentences are highlighted in yellow.

Scientists Race to Prevent Wipe-out of World's Coral Reefs

There were startling colors on South Ari Atoll just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead. It was killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting expanse of gray. It's a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has fast become a full-blown ecological catastrophe.
 
The Maldives are a group of coral atolls in the Indian Ocean. 
 
The world has lost roughly half its coral reefs in the last 30 years. Scientists are now scrambling to ensure that at least a fraction of these unique ecosystems survives beyond the next three decades. The health of the planet depends on it. Coral reefs support a quarter of all marine species, as well as half a billion people around the world.
 
"This isn't something that's going to happen 100 years from now. We're losing them right now," said marine biologist Julia Baum of Canada's University of Victoria. "We're losing them really quickly, much more quickly than I think any of us ever could have imagined."
 
Even if the world could halt global warming now, scientists still expect that more than 90 percent of corals will die by 2050. Without drastic intervention, we risk losing them all.
 
"To lose coral reefs is to fundamentally undermine the health of a very large proportion of the human race," said Ruth Gates. She is director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.
 
Coral reefs produce some of the oxygen we breathe. Often described as underwater rainforests, they populate a tiny fraction of the ocean. But they provide habitats for one in four marine species. Reefs also form crucial barriers protecting coastlines from the full force of storms.
 
They provide billions of dollars in revenue from tourism, fishing and other commerce, and are used in medical research for cures to diseases including cancer, arthritis and bacterial or viral infections.
 
"Whether you're living in North America or Europe or Australia, you should be concerned," said biologist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Global Change Institute at Australia's University of Queensland. "This is not just some distant dive destination, a holiday destination. This is the fabric of the ecosystem that supports us."
 
That fabric is being torn apart.
 
"You couldn't be more dumb...to erode the very thing that life depends on - the ecosystem - and hope that you'll get away with it," Hoegh-Guldberg said.
 
Corals are invertebrates, living mostly in tropical waters. They secrete calcium carbonate to build protective skeletons that grow and take on impressive colors, thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae that live in their tissues and provide them with energy.
 
But corals are sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and are suffering from rising ocean temperatures and acidification, as well as from overfishing, pollution, coastal development and agricultural runoff.
 
A temperature change of just 1.8 to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit can force coral to expel the algae, leaving their white skeletons visible in a process known as "bleaching."
 
Bleached coral can recover if the water cools, but if high temperatures persist for months, the coral will die. Eventually the reef will degrade, leaving fish without habitats and coastlines less protected from storm surges.
 
The first global bleaching event occurred in 1998, when 16 percent of corals died. The problem spiraled dramatically in 2015-2016 amid an extended El Nino natural weather phenomenon that warmed Pacific waters near the equator and triggered the most widespread bleaching ever documented. This third global bleaching event, as it is known, continues today even after El Nino ended.
 
Headlines have focused on damage to Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef, but other reefs have fared just as badly or worse across the world, from Japan to Hawaii to Florida.
 
Around the islands of the Maldives, an idyllic Indian Ocean tourism destination, some 73 percent of surveyed reefs suffered bleaching between March and May 2016, according to the country's Marine Research Center.
 
"This bleaching episode seems to have impacted the entire Maldives, but the severity of bleaching varies" between reefs, according to local conditions. This is according to Nizam Ibrahim, the center's senior research officer.
 
Worst hit have been areas in the central Pacific. That is where the University of Victoria's Baum has been conducting research on Kiritimati, or Christmas Island. It is in the Republic of Kiribati. Warmer water temperatures lasted there for 10 months in 2015-2016. It killed a staggering 90 percent of the reef.
 
Baum had never seen anything like it.
 
To make matters worse, scientists are predicting another wave of elevated ocean temperatures starting in April.
 
"The models indicate that we will see the return of bleaching in the South Pacific soon, along with a possibility of bleaching in both the eastern and western parts of the Indian Ocean," said Mark Eakin. He is a coral reef specialist and coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch. It uses satellites to monitor environmental conditions around reefs. It may not be as bad as last year, but it could further stress "reefs that are still hurting from the last two years."
 
The speed of the destruction is what alarms scientists and conservationists. Damaged coral might not have time to recover before it's hit again by warmer temperatures.



Article obtained from  https://www.tweentribune.com/article/teen/scientists-race-prevent-wipeout-worlds-coral-reefs/


Group Members:
Annisa Nadyastiti / 11614383
Anggiana Yuanita Fardhani / 11614238
Feilina Ayu Ananda / 14614143
Katrina Desiree Jaafar / 15614800

Class: 4SA01

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Business Communication Task 8: Job Interview

TASK 8
JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS




LIST OF QUESTIONS
  1. What is your name?
  2. What were your responsibilities?
  3. What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
  4. What were your starting and final levels of compensation?
  5. What is your greatest strength and weakness?
  6. How do you handle stress and pressure?
  7. How do you evaluate success?
  8. What have you done professionally that you succeeded at, but isn't an experience you'd want to repeat?"
  9. Is it better to be perfect and late, or good and on time?
  10. Can you tell me about this company?
  11. Can you tell me about your relationship with the people around you especially your colleague?
  12. Describe a difficult work situation or project and how you overcame it?
  13. Why did you leave your last job?
  14. Why should we hire you?
  15. Why do you want to work for us?
  16. Do you work better with other people or by yourself?
  17. What are you looking for in terms of career development?
  18. How would you describe the way you work?
  19. What do you expect to get from this job?
  20. What salary do you expect?
  21. Where did you learn that we have a vacancy for this position?



LIST OF ILLEGAL QUESTION
1. Question about age
  • How old are you?
  • When did you graduate high school?
  • What is your date of birth?
Age discrimination is unlawful in any term, condition, or privilege related to employment. If you faced with these questions you can choose not to answer, or answer with the truthful, if vague, "My age is not an issue for my performance in this job."

2. Questions about ancestry or nationality
There are few questions that illegal to ask relating to ancestry and race which are pertinent to employment.
  • You have a strong accent. Where are you from?
  • What race do you identify yourself as?
It would be an act of discrimination, if employers based their hiring decisions on someone’s nationality or their ethnicity. Faced with questions such as these, you can refuse to answer, stating simply, "This question does not affect my ability to perform the job."

3. Questions About Criminal Record
During an interview, an interviewer can legally ask about any convicted crimes that relate to the job duties. For example, if you are interviewing for a position that requires handling money or merchandise, you can legally be asked if you have ever been convicted of theft. Depending of the type of job you are applying, the employer will usually do a background check.

During an interview, you cannot be asked about arrests without convictions, or involvement in any political demonstrations

You may choose to tell the interviewer simply, "There is nothing in my past which would affect my ability to perform the duties of this job.

4. Questions About Disability
Under no circumstances is a prospective employer allowed to ask your height, weight, or any details regarding any physical or mental limitations you may have, for example:
  • Have you ever been treated for mental disability? 
  • Have you experienced any serious illnesses in the past year?
  • Do you have a visual, speech, or hearing disability?
The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) says it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a qualified applicant or employee with a disability. No employer should ask about your physical or mental limitations, unless they state it in their job requirements.  If you choose to reply, you can state "I am confident that I will be able to handle the requirements of this position."

5. Questions About Family Status
An interviewer can't ask
  • What is your marital status? 
  • Are you pregnant?
  • Do you have children?  
  • What is your child care situation? 
  • Do you intend to have children (or more children)?
  • How much does your spouse earn in a year? 
These questions can be too private, inappropriate, and it is not relevant to your job requirements. If you choose to answer a question of this kind, a graceful way to answer is to say that you can perform all the duties that the position entails and that you plan to be very dedicated in your work.

6. Questions About Religion or Belief
A few examples of illegal questions about belief or religion are:
  • What is your religious affiliation? 
  • Will you need to observe a religious holiday? 
An employer cannot consider religious belief in any employment action, which in this case is hiring. It is rude and inappropriate to question other people’s belief or their place of worship. And it is not related to your job or your job requirements. If you encounter such questions, you can reply by saying that your belief will not interrupt your ability to do your job.


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Annisa Nadyastiti (11614383)
Anggiana Yuanita F. (11614238)
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