Minggu, 14 September 2008

Jerusalem

"AND WHEN HE HAD MADE A SCOURGE of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple"
( John 2 : 15).
Jesus accused the money changers (opposite)
of making the house prayer" a den of the of thieves."
To pay the half - shekel template tax, Jewish
pilgrims had to change their money into the
trusted coinage of Tyre: tetradrachm (bottom)
is a shekel weight- half an ounce - or silver penny.
Jesus looked on one of Tiberius (upper)
When He said ,"render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's"
(Mark 12:17).
Widow's mite was bronze lepton of Pontius Pilate (left).
Only the "Wailing Wall" (top) remains of Herod's Temple's.
For centuries Jews came
here to mourn the temple's destruction A.D. 70.
June 14, 1967: They return by tens of thousands to them 19 years
by Arab Jordan .
Many tuck prayers in niches.

(from Everyday Life in BIBLE TIMES)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Selasa, 09 September 2008

INVENTION

Henry Ford and His Invention
Many of you may have seen a Ford car. Some of you may own one, or at least you might have owned one. Formerly Ford cars were popular in Indonesia, although today there are more Toyota and other Japanese cars than Fords or other American cars.
Like the Toyota car, the Ford car is named after the man who started Ford, along with his friends, started the Ford Company in 1903. It was a small company then but by 1927 it had grown into a giant company.
The great success of the company began during the years 1912 and1913.
When it applied all the elements of “mass production”. The most modern machines and workers were placed in orderly sequence. Moving conveyer belts were used. Other devices were employed in order that the moment of the parts and materials might be economical and efficient. All activities were planned and co-ordinated.
Taken From Bahasa Inggris 2b untuk SMA