"The rise of corruption cases in recent years not only dragged a number of names are still active officials

of the former officials have hurt the people of Indonesia. Not only because of mental disappointed with the officials but also disappointed by the poor system of operational control over the implementation of a nation. Moreover, the recent widespread discussion about the forgiveness of the corrupt so that the corrupt can swing freely back after enjoying the "loot" it. In our opinion, it takes a severe punishment that could be a deterrent for corrupt officials and others to make a re-think for corruption. Moreover, the bad system when viewed from the Indonesian government's inability to overcome the problem of corruption that has swept this makes people have not put their hope in a clean as the government is far from the truth. when viewed from the perspective of any religion, corruption clearly regarded as a sin which is not good because it has mastered what was to be the rights of others. rise of corruption in Indonesia is not only done even corruption itself but the congregation has been done in Indonesia's image in the eyes of the world thus indirectly also affect the level of investor confidence to invest in Indonesia. "

The Funnel-approach Introduction Think of your introduction as a funnel: It begins with a general statement about the topic your essay will discuss and then proceeds to elaborate on that topic, becoming more and more focused, or specific, as it proceeds. By the time you have reached the end of the paragraph, you points are most specific, stating that a particular theme is evident in a particular text. All parts of the introduction should fit together to create a unified whole: The connection between each sentence should be clear and the paragraph should fluidly move from one point to the next. 1. The attention-getter (AG) is a sentence that grabs your reader's attention and interest, pulling him/her into the essay. It should not be overly general (try to avoid beginning with such sweeping statements as, "Since the beginning of time" or "Man has always...". Sometimes starting with an appropriate and thoughtprovoking quotation or saying can help grab the reader. 2. After you've grabbed your reader's attention, you must elaborate on this first sentence. Explain your point more fully, all the while leading the reader closer to your essay's main focus (the thesis). This section of the introduction is the longest. It should consist of several sentence (usually a minimum of three are required). 3. After you've elaborated on your AG you must make it clear how these ideas relate to your thesis. Transition smoothly from your introductory remarks into a mention of the thesis by explaining that these ideas are evident in the novel you are discussing. 4. State your thesis. It should be the last sentence of your introductory paragraph

An old Chinese proverb states that "without trials and tribulations, no one can become a Buddha." The proverb points to the idea that we can never become truly great unless we experience suffering. To those of us who have lived in a land of peace and prosperity, this may seem an odd claim. However, if we take an honest look at those things that have most helped us grow as individuals, we will notice a clear pattern: Our most painful, difficult experiences are the ones that have truly stretched us. Just as on the physical plane our muscles must be strained and stretched, exercised and worked in order to be strengthened, so must we must face straining and trying circumstances if our characters are to grow strong. In his children's tale The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien deals with this issue. He demonstrates in his novel that it is only by facing the sometimes overwhelming obstacles and difficulties of life that an individual can truly grow and reach his or her full potential.

Stephen King, creator of such stories as Carrie and Pet Sematary, stated that the Edgar Allan Poe stories he read as a child gave him the inspiration and instruction he needed to become the writer that he is. Poe, as does Stephen King, fills the reader's imagination with the images that he wishes the reader to see, hear, and feel. His use of vivid, concrete visual imagery to present both static and dynamic settings and to describe people is part of his technique. Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a story about a young man who kills an old man who cares for him, dismembers the corpse, then goes mad when he thinks he hears the old man's heart beating beneath the floor boards under his feet as he sits and discusses the old man's absence with the police. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a careful reader can observe Poe's skillful manipulation of the senses.

The sense of sight, the primary sense, is particularly susceptible to manipulation. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe uses the following image to describe a static scene: "His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness . . ." Poe used the words "black," "pitch," and "thick darkness" not only to show the reader the condition of the old man's room, but also to make the reader feel the darkness." "Thick" is a word that is not usually associated with color (darkness), yet in using it, Poe stimulates the reader's sense of feeling as well as his sense of sight.

Further on in the story, Poe uses a couple of words that cross not only the sense of sight but also the sense of feeling to describe a dynamic scene. The youth in the story has been standing in the open doorway of the old man's room for a long time, waiting for just the right moment to reveal himself to the old man in order to frighten him. Poe writes: "So I opened it [the lantern opening]--you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily--until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye." By using the metaphor of the thread of the spider (which we all know is a creepy creature) and the word "shot," Poe almost makes the reader gasp, as surely did the old man whose one blind eye the young man describes as "the vulture eye."

The reader does not know much about what the old man in this story looks like except that he has one blind eye. In the second paragraph of "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe establishes the young man's obsession with that blind eye when he writes: "He had the eye of the vulture--a pale blue eye, with a film over it." This "vulture eye" is evoked over and over again in the story until the reader becomes as obsessed with it as does the young man. His use of the vivid, concrete word "vulture" establishes a specific image in the mind of the reader that is inescapable.

"Thick darkness," "thread of the spider," and "vulture eye" are three images that Poe used in "The Tell-Tale Heart" to stimulate a reader's senses. Poe wanted the reader to see and feel real life. He used concrete imagery rather than vague abstract words to describe settings and people. If Edgar Allan Poe was one of Stephen King's teachers, then readers of King owe a debt of gratitude to that nineteenth-century creator of horror stories.

Global Warming
Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it has been in the past million years. As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities along coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may cause forests to die and food crops to fail. Global warming will affect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere, people everywhere; humans are warming the earth's atmosphere by burning fuels, cutting down forest, and by taking part in other activities that release certain heat trapping gases into the air. One major cause of global warming is the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas that were formed from the remains of plant material deposited during the earth's carboniferous period. We have known for only a few thousand years that coal, oil, and natural gas can be burned to provide energy. It was not until the mid-1800s, however, that we began to burn very large quantities of these fossil fuels. The worldwide consumption of fossil fuel has increased dramaticall

Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels is not the only thing that we humans are doing to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In many parts of the world today, forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Enormous numbers of trees are being cut down, both to provide timber and to clear the land for farming or ranching. This destructive process is called deforestation. In order to clear forests for agriculture, people cut down and burn all the trees in area. When the flames die down, nothing is left but acres of blackened, lifeless countryside. The fire destroys all the plants and kills or drives off the animals. Because there has been little attempt to replant trees in deforested areas, the world's forests are disappearing very quickly.

If we can reduce the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere, we probably can slow the rate of global warming and climate. There are a number of things that we can do to prepare for the changes that are coming. If we act now, perhaps we can "soften the blow" of the greenhouse effect. In the future, the weather cold change much more dramatically from year to year than it does now. As global warming alters habitats, many kinds of animals will be on the move, but all sorts of barriers will stand between them and a new place to live. To help animals get around these barriers, it might be necessary to set up migration corridors that connect natural areas with one another. Without human intervention, many kinds of plants also may not survive as the earth's climate changes. Forests, in particular, may need our help.

If climate changes come rapidly, few tree species will be able to spread into new areas fast enough to keep up with changing conditions.

Glaciers are large, thick masses of slow-moving ice that persist from year to year. They cover about a tenth of the earth's land surface. The vast ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland account for most of this area. Smaller ice caps are found in Scandinavia, Caffin Island, Iceland, and elsewhere. In addition, there are tons of thousands of valley glaciers that follow stream channels down mountain slopes. All together, glaciers contain about seventy-five percent of the available fresh water of the earth. Because global warming is expected to be greatest in polar and temperate regions, scientists expect the glaciers to melt more rapidly than they do today. An executive summary of a United Stations survey published in 1990 concluded that if worldwide "business as usual" continues, the resulting global temperature increased would produce mean sea-level rise of about twenty-five inches by the end of the next century. Other studies predict such increases will occur as soon as 2040. Much depends on how fast the polar ice melts. If global warming accelerates and the ice melts faster than expected, ocean levels may rise as much as ten feet by 2100.