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Orientation:

• who : Jack / Jack was a doer of the passage
• when : At the end of the year / it was happened at the end of year
• where : in the university / it was happened in the university

Events:

• Jack's father went to see the professor
• He urged the professor to let Jack continue his studying the following year

Twist:

• You see, we don't subscribe to any newspapers in our house, so none of us even knew that Napoleon was ill. 

Beauty of Indonesia

After discussing the leaders of Indonesia which brought Indonesia to date, we want to increase our knowledge about the geography of the state of Indonesia.

Indonesia is a tropical country, because it was passed by the equator. For tropical climates, Indonesia only recognizes two seasons, the dry season and the rainy season. Two seasons alternately as a cycle. The dry season came with the wind blowing from the south east dry and carry little moisture. The dry season starts from June to October. While the rains come with the wind blowing from the North West and bring lots of water vapor. The rainy season starts from November to May.

Indonesia is an archipelagic country and has 13,466 islands. Not all islands are inhabited. Among the thousands of inhabited islands, there are five major islands. Five large island that is Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya. The series of five islands are also known as the archipelago of Indonesia. Of five large islands, the island of Java is the most populated island with 136 million people, which means one person staying in one m2.

State of Indonesia is the meeting place of two circum (series) mountains. Circum Pacific and circum Mediterranean through Indonesia and made Indonesia has ​​lots of mountains. Indonesia has more than 400 volcanoes and 130 of which include active volcanoes. Most of the volcanoes are located on the ocean floor and not visible from the surface of the sea.

Due to geographical circumstances which Indonesia has many islands and mountains and tropical climate make Indonesia has a large tourist attraction. Indonesia has the beauty of natural topography to be explored and enjoyed. The following picture is one of the beauty of nature in Indonesia.

The Sixth President

At the end of Megawati's administration, the Indonesian people voted directly for the President of Indonesia through the 2004 elections. Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected in the election and become President of the sixth Republic of Indonesia. With Drs. M. Jusuf Kalla as vice president, he led Indonesia from 2004 to 2009. On October 20, 2009, Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as President for the 2009-2014 period , with Prof. Dr. Boediono as vice president after winning elections.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took an incredible journey. He holds a Master's degree in Management from Webster University, USA in 1991. He continued his study at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, and in 2004 earned a Doctorate Degree in Agricultural Economics. In 2005, he was awarded with two Doctor Honoris Causa, each from his almamater, Webster University for law, and from Thammasat University in Thailand political science. He also underwent military life and served the military for 27 years.

Of his life experiences, Indonesia brought to a better direction. During the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's economy is in a golden period. The indicators is inflation. Since 2005-2009, inflation successfully reduced from 17.11% in 2005 to 6.96% in 2009. Besides the poverty rate declined from 36.1 million in 2005, to 31.02 million people in 2010. That is, nearly 6 million people have escaped from poverty over the next 5 years.

In the political field the government was able to run well. KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission), which has been set up to tackle corruption, is still working to investigate issues of corruption in Indonesia. Although there are many cases, but the Commission still trying hard.

Indonesia under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono can survive well in the global crisis in 2008. This proves that the government is able to overcome the existing situation. Although the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remaining for another year, hopefully Indonesia persisted and even become a better country

The First Woman President

After Wahid administration completed its mandate revoked by the Assembly, Megawati who previously served as vice president of Indonesia became the first woman president of Indonesia. Miss Mega, so called, served from July 23, 2001 until October 20, 2004. Megawati is the son of the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno. She followed her father's footsteps lead the nation of Indonesia.

During her reign the people of Indonesia are expecting a lot of positives, especially with the formation of the Cabinet Gotong Royong. Pada cabinet, 26 of the 32 ministers are professionals in their respective fields. Hope the people of Indonesia is not exactly fulfilled. The government was able to stabilize the rupiah exchange rate against the dollar, reducing poverty. The government also managed healthy national banking collapse after the 1998 economic crisis evidenced by BPPN was dissolved in February 2004 had finished their job. In addition, Indonesia managed to get out of the IMF in 2003 which indicates Indonesia is already out of the economic crisis that began in 1998 and Indonesia are more independent.

However, the cold Government and lack of understanding in the field of economics so that the decisions taken are not pro public create confidence decreases continuously.

During her reign, the presidential election is held directly and publicly. It is considered as one of the success of the democratization process in Indonesia. Megawati's defeat in the 2004 presidential election and must leave the government to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former Coordinating Minister during her reign.