AWARDS COMMUNITY ME...
Di hari-hari yang kayaknya penuh duka buat bangsa ini, ternyata masih ada hal-hal yang patut kita banggakan. Temen-temen kita membuktikan kalau Indonesia itu memang gudangnya orang cerdas

Wakil Indonesia itu meraih dua emas, satu perak dan satu perunggu untuk kompetisi individual dan satu emas untuk kompetisi tim dalam 1st Wizard of Mathematics International Competition (WIZMIC) 2007 di Lucknow, India pada 28 - 31 Oktober lalu, yang merupakan kompetisi internasional untuk siswa berumur di bawah 14 tahun dan diikuti oleh 26 tim dari 8 negara.

Adalah Laila Muhibah, siswa SMPN 1 Bogor dan Atika Almira, siswa SMPIT Ummul Quro Bogor. Perak dan perunggu masing-masing diraih GW SENDIRI dari SMPI Al-Azhar Pusat dan Ghiffari Haekalnoor Tujuanto dari SMPN 115 Jakarta Mereka dibina oleh Ridwan Hasan Saputra, PresDir Klinik Pendidikan MIPA.

Atas keberhasilannya ini, mereka berhak mendapatkan beasiswa untuk melanjutkan pendidikan ke tingkat yang lebih tinggi kemanapun mereka mau. Hebat… Selamat ya!!.

AL.AZHAR IS THE BEST

Memang banyak banget protes tentang standar kelulusan ujian nasional 2006 kemarin, mungkin kamu salah satunya. Namun terlepas dari masalah itu, guys, pemerintah ternyata sudah memulai perbaikan pendidikan dengan pengembangan sekolah menengah atas negeri (SMAN) berstandar internasional.

Sekolah yang kini mengadopsi sistem pendidikan internasional adalah SMAN 8, SMAN 21, SMAN 68, SMAN 70, SMAN 78, dan SMAN 81. Karena sudah bertaraf internasional, kurikulum yang mereka gunakan pun mengacu kepada Cambridge IGCSE dan A level. Sementara sistem pembelajarannya menggunakan bahasa Inggris.

Sedangkan para pengajarnya, masih menggunakan guru honor dari Universitas Al Azhar sebagai pusat perwakilan University of Cambrigde. Guru-guru yang dipakai terdiri dari para dosen berkualitas Strata 2 (S2) dan 3 (S3).

Meki begitu, enam sekolah dengan standar internasional ini kini sedang disorot oleh Komisi E DPRD DKI. Pasalnya, Ketua Komisi E, Dani Anwar, menganggap Dikmenti dan pihak sekolah telah berusaha mencari keuntungan dengan mengkomersilkan kelas bertaraf internasional tersebut.

Padahal model pendidikan seperti ini sekarang menjadi proyek percontohan dibanyak sekolah-sekolah menengah di Indonesia. Mustinya sih nggak boleh ada pungutan lagi dong...!

REVOLUTION
Jika hidup ini seumpama rel kereta api dalam eksperimen relativitas Einstein, maka pengalaman demi pengalaman yang menggempur kita dari waktu ke waktu adalah cahaya yang melesat-lesat di dalam gerbong di atas rel itu. Relativitasnya berupa seberapa banyak kita dapat mengambil pelajaran dari pengalaman yang melesat-lesat itu. Analogi eksperimen itu tak lain, karena kecepatan cahaya bersifat sama dan absolut, dan waktu relatif tergantung kecepatan gerbong -ini pendapat Einstein- maka pengalaman yang sama dapat menimpa siapa saja, namun sejauh mana, dan secepat apa pengalaman yang sama tadi memberi pelajaran pada seseorang, hasilnya akan berbeda, relatif satu sama lain.”

Aku ingin mendaki puncak tantangan, menerjang batu granit kesulitan, menggoda mara bahaya, dan memecahkan misteri dengan sains. Aku ingin menghirup berupa-rupa pengalaman lalu terjun bebas menyelami labirin lika-liku hidup yang ujungnya tak dapat disangka. Aku mendamba kehidupan dengan kemungkinan-kemungkinan yang bereaksi satu sama lain seperti benturan molekul uranium: meletup tak terduga-duga, menyerap, mengikat, mengganda, berkembang, terurai, dan berpencar ke arah yang mengejutkan.”

Aku ingin ke tempat-tempat yang jauh, menjumpai beragam bahasa dan orang-orang asing. Aku ingin berkelana, menemukan arahku dengan membaca bintang gemintang. Aku ingin mengarungi padang dan gurun-gurun, ingin melepuh terbakar matahari, limbung dihantam angin, dan menciut dicengkeram dingin. Aku ingin kehidupan yang menggetarkan, penuh dengan penaklukan. Aku ingin hidup! Ingin merasakan sari pati hidup!”

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This is the secret to prosperity, health, relationships and happiness. This is the secret to life.

LEAVE ME ALONE

Verse Riff

This riff should be fingerpicked. You'll also want to use your thumb to fret all of the notes on the low E string.

Hot Wakeboard Product Picks

Every season we get a huge amount of new gear in the Wakeboarder.com(Boardstop.com) shop. Some of the stuff we can’t understand why our buyers thought the stuff was good at Expo but we have it and we have to sell it. After we get it all in and check it all out we have a contest in the shop to see who can pick the products that will be the best sellers of the season. Here are a few from my list…and keep in mind.. I have won the shop contest 2 years in a row..

For 2009 I have a feeling that this new vest from LF is going to be a best seller. The vest has a great look and fit. Not sure where LF is getting this vest made but it looks like the Billabong and O’neil comp vests. I pick this as the best selling LF vest of the season.

2009 Cardigan Comp Vest

Last season I lost ground to one of our employees because I thought that nobody would want the Scarface(Prom Night) vest.. Well she mopped the floor with me on that item. That Prom night vest sold like crazy. I’m jumping on the fashion statement vest this season and picking the Risky Business.

2009 Helium Risky Business

Soven has killed it on the PS3 for seasons. Owning the tour on a PS3 and getting a new board after coming off another huge season means the S4 will be one of the best selling boards in the LF line this year. I picked the S4 138 to be a big seller for LF this year. I am already off to a good start.

2009 Liquid Force Soven Wakeboard

Packages always sell great but for some reason white and clean looking packages are always my pick. I am going with my go to package again this season. I’m going to go with the CWB Pure wakeboard package for a second season in a row and I know the Pure will not let me down.

I LOVE WAKE BOARDING

Limited racing Kawasaki 750 SXi Pro standup jet ski!
My Kawasaki 750 SXi Pro standup jet ski came with all type of racing modifications already applied to it by the previous owners. Back then I didn't knew, or wasn't concern, about the different riding style available. Later on, I did learn that there also are freestyle, standup jet skis, that worked great for doing tricks. I saw a few of them doing back flips at the World Finals in Havasu, and really like it. I should be happy with my SXi Pro, at least for a while, it will allow me to become good at riding a hard to ride standup. I was told by a very reliable source that, once I mastered the SXi, I should be able to ride anything at top speed very easy!

When modifying a jet ski for racing you go a different way than when going for freestyle. In freestyle, for example, you are looking to get air bound easier, so, the shorter the back of the hull, the better it's. It's quite the opposite for jet ski racing where you want the ski to get a grab of the water at all time. For this reason some jet ski racers will install the hull extensions at the rear of the jet ski. They are designed to push the jet ski nose down for a better pump hook-up in rough water conditions. Mine has the hull extensions and sponsons, or tubbies as they are also called, for that purpose too!