Crossword Puzzle

You have answers of horizontal puzzle and your partner has answers of vertical puzzle. Try to fill the blank cells by the clues from your partner! Don’t directly tell the words on your cells to give the clues to your partner! Use your own words to give the clues!
Our Senses

Pregnancy

By Mira Juangsih


Definition
- PREGNANCY (latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring, known as a fetus, inside the uterus of a female human.
- In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets.
- Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks from fertilization, i.e., approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last menstruation. Thus, pregnancy lasts about nine months.

Diagnosis
- The woman miss her first period that she begin to suspect.

- She may feel tired, a little headache, her breasts may be tender, and she may urinate more frequently.

- Home pregnancy tests are personal urine tests, which normally cannot detect a pregnancy until at least 12-15 days after fertilization.

Baby Month by Month
First Trimester
- Zygote -> Blastocyst -> Embryo -> Fetus
- This is a critical period in fetal development because it’s the early organ development, such as brain, heart, liver, pancreas, lungs, and stomach are evident.
- Some women feel occasional nausea or morning sickness during month two and you may respond with stronger emotions than usual.
- The mother must eat good food, eat vitamin, don’t drink alcohol and caffeine.

Second Trimester
- Months 4 through 6 of the pregnancy are called the second trimester.
- The mommy may feel the first fetal movements.
- The baby does have ears and eyes now. Fingers and toes are well defined. And will be able to detect the baby’s heartbeat.
- The placenta is now fully functioning and the fetus is making insulin and urinating. The teeth are now formed inside the fetus's gums and the reproductive organs can be recognized, and can distinguish the fetus as male or female.

Third Trimester
- The woman will begin to feel less tired because your heart will be better adjusted to pumping more blood, 25 percent of which now goes to the baby.
- Movement of the fetus becomes stronger and more frequent.
- You may have heartburn and indigestion as your uterus puts pressure on your stomach. As the baby grows larger, you may have a hard time finding a comfortable position in which to sleep.

- Your baby’s organs have been finished forming for a long time.
- Baby’s lungs and heart are almost ready to function outside of the womb. Brain growth accelerates, and the baby can see and hear. He has lost most of the lanugo and the downy hair covering his body.

NUTRITION
- Balancing carbohydrates, fat, and proteins, and eating a variety of fruits and vegetables usually ensure good nutrition.
- Adequate periconceptional folic acid (also called folate or Vitamin B9). Folates (from folia, leaf) are abundant in spinach (fresh, frozen or canned), and are also found in green vegetables, salads, melon, hummus, and eggs.
- Other nutrients such as Vitamin D and calcium, required for bone development, may require supplementation.

Optical Illusion

By Sri Ekawati

Mystery of Magnetic Hill in Kelud Volcano, East java
Desa Sugihwaras, Kecamatan Ngancar, Kediri


Some people think hill in Kelud Volcano has a mystery. When car even truck is placed in neutral, it will begin to roll backwards, apparently uphill. Sharp observers will also note that water also seemingly runs uphill. Non-high education people think this mystery is related with mystic or metaphysic. The others think there is magnetic field anomaly or gravitation anomaly in that location.
This phenomenon motivates a scientist or researcher to investigate the hypothesis that there is an anomaly of magnetic field or gravitation in that location. They start to measure the magnetic field and the gravitation there. Unfortunately, the entire hypothesis is broken. Mr. Seno and Mr. Amin (Lecturer from ITS), states there is no magnetic anomaly or gravity anomaly in that location. Even they states the hill is 5% slope downward. Mr. Amin states that Mystery of Kelud hill is only an optical illusion. The location of this phenomenon is not only in East Java, Kelud Volcano, Indonesia but also in all over the World. Many have no specific name and are instead often simply referred to as 'Gravity Hill' or 'Magnetic Hill'. Magnetic hill or gravity hill is an optical illusion where a downwards slope appears upwards.


Optical illusion

Before I discuss an optical illusion of magnetic hill or gravity hill, I want you to see some example of optical illusion from http://www.eyetricks.com/illusions.htm.




Illusion of Magnetic Hill in Kelud Volcano, East Java


We say the streets that upwards, downwards and straight depend on the reference point. In another word, something upward or downward is relative to something as reference. We use the three as reference point of vertical direction. As we know the direction of the three is always vertical perpendicular with the sun in the afternoon.

A phenomenon in the magnetic hill is the three is not vertical as common. The street actually downward but our eyes tell our mind upward. This is some optical illusion that created naturally. The directions of the threes are slant. This happens because of soil creep. Soil creep is the slow, down slope movement of soil under the influence of gravity. Frost heave, thermal expansion and contraction of the surface, alternate wetting and drying of the soil can cause soil creep.

Source :

http://www.eyetricks.com/illusions.htm
http://rovicky.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/misteri-jalan-bermagnet/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magnetic_hills

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Writing Tips

By Erma Yulihastin

Writing Tips
1. Master (kuasai) the basics of good writing style.
2. Make sure your writing is clear, simple and effective.
3. Boost (tingkatkan) your writing motivation and confidence.
4. Write with rapport (menghubungkan) and engage (mengajak) your readers.
5. Develop your authentic writing style and find your own voice.

Paragraph
1. Paragraph is simply a sequence of sentences with a common theme that runs through the whole passage.
2. When deciding where to stop and start your paragraphs, the rule is simple: just start a new paragraph for each new point.
3. Make sure your paragraphs are always wider than they are deep.
4. If you're writing on-line, your paragraphs will need be shorter.

How Do I Structure My Writing?
1. Get clear on your point before you start.
2. Work out what state you want your readers to be in at the end.
3. Think about how to get your readers from where they are to where you want them to be.
4. Ask yourself hard questions at the end:
5. did you make your point?
6. what state did you convey?
7. Listen to conference workshop tapes.
8. Put in some mood music.
9. Let aromatherapy take you away: Aromatherapy scents like citrus can stimulate the mind.
10. Critique someone else’s work: Sometimes working on someone else’s work can motivate you to work on your own.
11. Change the scenery: go someplace else, even if it’s a different chair in the same room.
12. Change format: switch to pen and paper rather than your computer.
13. Stretch and exercise: toss a ball with someone or play a little one-on-one.
14. Read a really good book or a really bad book.
15. Clean your house or work area.
16. Read the newspaper or blogs for story ideas.

Connect with Reader
1. DO use headlines that demand your reader's attention.
2. DON'T make basic grammar mistakes.
3. DO use plain (terang/jelas) everyday words.
4. DON'T witter on: stick to the point.
5. DO get into the mood (reader).
6. DON'T be afraid to experiment.
7. DON'T dress up (melucuti) your writing.
8. DO use short sentences.
9. DON'T stick rigidly to the rules.
10. DO include something of yourself (story, value, persona).


Writing with Authenticity

Authenticity means,

"The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy (terpercaya), or genuine."

Writing with Authenticy
1. Use plain language.
2. Be credible.
3. Write in your own words.
4. Be yourself.
5. Write with intention.

Thank You
Source: Joanna Young, The Confident Writing Coach