Writing Feedback / The hidden light of Afghanistan (TED Summary) [4]

Afghanistan people were suffering from Taliban tribe for this almost two decades. Million people died and deportated have successfully spend most of citizens in this country. However, the people do not lose their humble and kind hearted behind of the destruction. They still share their tea, breads and prayer to other people even foreigner that come to their country. From the portraits we can feel the sadness, sacrifices and struggle of people who always ready to attacked by Taliban in front of their doors. It is very emotional to watch them heal their pain and hunger by opium. Thank you Ms. Bulaj to share us the hidden light of Afghanistan.

Source: TED

Writing Feedback / Why I Won't Get the Genetic Test for Breast Cancer (Article Summary) [2]

This summary is extracted from an article published by Cynthia Graber in wired.com. Past few years ago, scientists have discovered primary cancer markers, they are called BRCA1 and BRCA2. These markers able to give alert to people who have risks encounter mutation genetic and ends on breast or ovary cancer. The only one treatment that has been conducted to execute the cancer threat is eliminate the organs which have the risks such as breast and ovary. This surgery can caused early starts of menopause and results to symptoms of osteoporosis, dementia, and heart disease.

In addition, risk of cancer has associated with family cancer profile but it is not a strong reason to judge women have high risk to get breast or ovary cancer according to BCRA-diagnosed. BRCA-positive women who decide to cut off their organs will get more suffering than the one who keep their ovary and breast and choose to not taking any genetic cancer.

Writing Feedback / A mobile fridge for vaccines (TED Summary) [2]

A mobile refrigerator was designed to improve vaccines storage in some part of this world where do not have any access to electricity. Vaccines which saved in same place to save food and medicine had been infected by some disease and impact to decrease quality of life. However, the concept of this invention have been announced since 1858 by Ferdinand Carre then being commercialized with the name IcyBall in 1928. The concept of this device is related to ammonia circulation but unfortunately, it is not really effective even give bad impact to human body. This because of ammonia give hugely high pressures and tend to be toxic. Mr. Grosser and his team found some better and non-toxic refrigerants to improve previous device.

Source: TED

Writing Feedback / World's hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA [3]

This summary is extracted from an article that published by Andy Coghlan in newscientist.com. Tardigrades known as a creature which has a extreme survival skills. Recent research found that this ability resulted from resistance to radiation and caused they will keep alive even in environment where pressures six times greater than at the bottom of the deepest ocean. DNA of Ramazzottius varieornatus, one species of Tardigrades, are specific to protect their own DNA structure. However, scientists have tested these proteins to human kidney cells against radiation damage then the result is positive. There was a good news to heard about applications of this 'special proteins' in the distant future might protect healthy human cells from cancer treatment.

Writing Feedback / Success is a continuous journey (TED Summary) [4]

Many people think that success is just one straight way. This is can explain why do people reach success and then fail. When people back to their comfort zone caused they figured they have made it then stop thinking any ideas and innovation. We also have to working what we love. If it is not, may be we can get much money, but not happiness.

According to Richard St. John, success is continuous journey. These are eight principles to avoid "success-failure syndrome", they are ideas, work, focus, push, ideas, improve, serve, and persist. That is not only how we achieve success, but ho we sustain it.

Source: TED

Writing Feedback / An Eruption at Rinjani in Indonesia Traps Hundreds of Tourists (Article Summary) [2]

Barujari mount which is located in inside caldera of Rinjani, has revealed to the public by most volatile volcano. It has breathtaking caldera and volcano views, but also has high risk of being trapped, injured even killed by volcano erupts. Yesterday, 130-390 people were trapped caused by moderate explosive eruption. Recently, the PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) has released the limitation to keep away from a radius of 3 kilometers due to increased eruptive activity and raised alert to level II while local authorities still evacuate and rescue remains tourist who trapped in the site.

Writing Feedback / Electronic tongue taste-tests wines so you don't have to (Article Summary) [5]

Scientists of University of South Australia made the electronic tongue from a platinum, a gold, and carbon electrodes to accurately determine the age of wines and their overall qualities. This electronic tongue can predict the tasted perception of sommeliers by identified the chemical composition and grape varieties. Therefore, these instruments can help sommeliers to taste 100 wines each day but it can not be used for judging in the wine competition. Mr. Smyth said that the electronic tongue was able to replicate the human sense of taste but no instrument was possible to replace the emotion, psyche, past memories and experiences that influenced these perceptions and contributed to our flavourless perception.

Writing Feedback / 8 secrets of success (TED Summary) [8]

There are 8 things which able to leads us to success. First of all is PASSION. Try to do something that you love, not struggle just for money. If you work for love, money comes anyway. Second thing is WORK, so we have to work and fun to make everything easy. Next thing is GOOD. There is no magic, we have to repeat practice to make something perfect. Then FOCUS, we have to focusing our self in one thing. In addition, we have to PUSH our self, physically and mentally. Then SERVE, we have got to serve others something value. Next is IDEA, just think for simple things to build up the creativity. The last is PERSIST, it is most important thing to reach success.

Source: TED

Writing Feedback / Haunting photos of polar ice (TED Summary) [4]

Humans are not separated by nature and everything is interconnected each other. These can be explained by the cycle of an iceberg. Iceberg is come from one snowflake united with other snowflakes year by year. It which is lain 200 feet in height above sea level is borne from disintegration of ice shelves. Each iceberg has special personality to interact with its environment. Some of them choose to give up and hold on bitter end, but others can crumble in a fit of dramatic passion. It is easy to think that iceberg is always separated and alone. Same as we see our self as human, but the reality is far from it. A disintegration of iceberg is followed by released mineral-rich fresh water that nourishes many forms of life. it is not the end of its life, but it is a time to give benefit for its environment. People have to take some learning from the iceberg cycle life. We have to benefit the other life until the time we have to leave.

Camille Seaman
Source: TED

Writing Feedback / People have different views about the decision-making to sentence the crime action nowadays [2]

Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Other, however argue that circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should be taken into account when deciding the punishment.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion

People have different views about the decision-making to sentence the crime action nowadays. While some argue that there should be certain punishments for every crime types, I believe that adjudication have to consider about the reason of an individual crime when deciding the punishment.

With regards to fixed punishments for every type of crime, there are some advantages of this system. Government does not need to spend much time to solve some report of criminal cases. Therefore, law workers are able to performing their duties effectively and efficiently. In addition, the system can give early awareness to people who have potency to involve in criminality. This is because the rules have been fixed to each type of crime, so they will be more consider to get involved in activity which break the rules.

However, I believe that adjudicators have to examine the motivations of criminal agents. Some criminals confessed their reasons to do the inappropriate action are caused urgent conditions such as poverty and self-defense. For example, there was a poor old woman be arrested and be convicted for 10 months imprisonment due to steal three sweet potatoes which growth in the field of her neighbor to feeding her grandchild who have not eaten for two days. As the result, citizens reacted and asked the judge to reconsider about the punishment because of this heartbreaking conditions. Finally, law worker still need to hear their conscience before sentences the criminal suspects.

To sum up, to decide a punishment for individual criminal, a judge have to consider the motivation when deciding a proper punishment. Everyone have to understand that equal is not always fair, it is important to think about humanity for all concerned.

Writing Feedback / People use their voice to tell others what they want to hear, instead of what they need [2]

The danger of Silent (TED Summary)

Nowadays, most of people use their voice to telling people the things they wanted to hear instead of the things they needed to. Therefore most of problems in this world caused by silence such as discrimination, war, genocide, and other violence. We need to explore our silences through something, such as poetry. Therefore we can recognize silence, to name them, and to understand that silence is have not to be sources of shame. There are four core principles to distribute our silence into poetry, they are read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, and then tell your truth. Therefore, we can fight the silence to reach a truly freedom.

by Clint Smith
Source: TED

Writing Feedback / Can Spicy Foods Really Cool You Down? (Article Summary) [2]

This summary is extracted from wired.com and was published by Jennifer Chausse. People who stayed in Brazilian Amazon village believed that hot acai porridge or other type of spicy food are able to cool down human body. A scientist from University of Ottawa have been worked for this myths to find out the proper mechanism. The result of the research was body temperature can flow out the body through the evaporation of sweat. Sweat is body's natural response to heat and likely heat or energy leaving the body. This can explain when someone drinks something hot then automatically stimulate body to start sweating in order to release some of that heat. Now, the principal turns out people can really fight fire with fire.

Writing Feedback / Some scientists from University of Oxford released result of study about the future of work [3]

The jobs we'll lose to machines - and the ones we won't (TED Summary)

Some scientists from University of Oxford released result of study about the future of work. They concluded that almost one in every two job have a high risk of being automated by machines. As we know, machine have power to learn everything from data and process it same as like what human do. On the past few years, machine learning grow rapidly to able doing more complex tasks. People will have no chance to compete with machines on frequent or high-volume tasks. But we still have something that machines can not do, it is tackle novel situations. So, whatever people decide to do, let every day bring a new challenge therefore we still can stay ahead of the machines.

by Anthony Goldbloom
Source: TED

Writing Feedback / Facebook and Google Will Stretch Internet Cable from LA to Hong Kong (Article Summary) [3]

The two Internet colossal collaborate to build advance capacity undersea fiber-optic cable between North America and Asia which is known as the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN). This cable will stretch 8,000 miles from Los Angeles to Hong Kong and will be operated in 2018. The aim of building this underwater network cable is to increase the total bandwidth available not just to the developer, but also for everyone else as well. However, Facebook and Google still have the right to control the infrastructure they depend on. As both companies grow and dominate the Internet, they are become more independent to develop their own infrastructure that actually defines it and evolving into networks that running under their control. The PLCN is the sixth undersea cable that Google has invested in.

Source: wired by KLINT FINLEY

Writing Feedback / Could a Saturn Moon Harbor Life? (TED Summary) [3]

Cassini Spacecraft had landed and reported that there was a strange warm and geologically active region at the southern tip of Enceladus, the small moon of Saturn. In 2005, there was a south polar region with the tiger-stripe fractures image captured by Cassini. Three years later, the spot had half in darkness was caused by southern hemisphere. Interestingly, the discovery of towering jet found that there was an ice crystal eruption with water vapor from those fractures at the south pole. However, this phenomenon give presumption to space scientist today that there is a possible environment in Enceladus can support prebiotic chemistry and form a sustain life later. Scientists are very excited to wait for 2 years later to see the development of Enceladus south pole whether the site can change become an environment or a zone that suitable to living organisms.

Carolyn Porco
Source: TED

Writing Feedback / This Baby Got Herpes After Being Kissed By a Stranger (Article Summary) [2]

Cold sore is common disease of human nowadays which caused by herpes virus type-1. Data from WHO shows that 67% adults have herpes simplex type 1. Its seems common and not really dangerous threat for adult but it is a disaster for baby. Body system of babies have not ready enough to battle with this virus. Once they get this virus from interaction especially kissing, the baby will gets the risk to get brain and liver damage. However, we need to keep newborn baby stay away from kissing of people even they look like okay and do not suffering from this illness.

Source: cosmopolitan