Tradisi Marosok Dalam Transaksi Jual Beli Ternak Di Pasar Ternak Kota Payakumbuh, Sumatera Barat

Marosok tradition is one uniqe traditions of West Sumatera, where thistradition is implemented in the system of sale and purchase transaction oflivestock. Marosok in Indonesian is to feel, and hold something without seeingwhat the stuff bit only feel it based on brain and feeling. This tradition beginswhen the buyer has found the cattle that are considered suitable, than there willbe bargaining price of levestock. And bargaining is done by way of marosok,where the hands of merchants and buyer greet each other, there their fingersmutually marosok or fingered ech other. The trader sets the price, and if notmatch the buyer can bid. And keep in mind that when bargaiining takes place thehands of merchants and buyers of cattle are hidden behind sarong, hat or smalltower. The purpouse of this study is to know (1)how the procession of marosoktradition in the sale and purchase transaction of cattle, (2)what is the purpouse ofthe implementation of marosok tradition, and (3)the meaning of each symbol ofthe fingers symbols used in marosok tradition. This research was conducted in themarket of livestock Payakumbuh with descriptive qualitatif research method,where the subject of the study was selected by purposive sampling and snowballsampling. Informants in this study amounted to ten people, who are considered tounderstand very well about this tradition. From the results of interviews andobservations in the field authors concluded that the procession of this tradition isdone by livestock traders, livestock buyers, as well as brokers or intermediaries.The goal of Marosok‟s own tradition is (1)to maintain the tradition it self, (2)toappreciate fellow traders and (3)to the attraction of tourism. And for the symbolof the fingers symbol in bargaining, each finger represents the nominal price, forexample the index finger represents Rp. 100.000 – Rp.10.000.000

How to make agricultural extension demand-driven?: The case of India's agricultural extension policy

"Many countries have recognized the need to revive agricultural advisory or extension services (the terms are used interchangeably here) as a means of using agriculture as an engine of pro-poor growth; reaching marginalized, poor, and female farmers; and addressing new challenges, such as environmental degradation and climate change. In spite of ample experience with extension reform worldwide, identifying the reform options most likely to make extension more demand-driven remains a major challenge. The concept of demand-driven services implies making extension more responsive to the needs of all farmers, including women and those who are poor and marginalized. It also implies making extension more accountable to farmers and, as a consequence, more effective. This essay discusses various options for providing and financing agricultural advisory services, which involve the public and private sectors as well as a third sector comprising nongovernmental organizations and farmer-based organizations. We review the market and state failures, and the “community” failures (failures of non-governmental and farmer-based organizations) inherent in existing models of providing and financing agricultural extension services and then outline strategies to address those failures and make extension demand-driven. Then we examine India's Policy Framework for Agricultural Extension, which has demand-driven extension as one of its major objectives, and review available survey information on the state of extension in India. We conclude that although the framework proposes a wide range of strategies to make agricultural extension demand-driven, it is less specific in addressing the challenges inherent in those strategies. Moreover, it remains unclear whether the strategies proposed in the framework will be able to address one of the major problems identified by farm household surveys: access to agricultural extension." from Authors' AbstractDemand-driven agricultural advisory services, Extension reform, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural policy, Pro-poor growth, Farmers, Environmental degradation, Climate change, Public-private sector cooperation, Non-governmental organizations,

The Use of Digital Story in Teaching Reading Narrative Text for SMP Students

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of the digital story as media for teaching reading narrative text to the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2 Pontianak in Academic Year 2014/2015. The research method that used is a pre-experimental and the research design that used is the one group pre-test post-test design.The sample of this research was class VIII D which consisted of 35 students. The technique of data collecting was measurement technique. The data were collected through pre-test and post test by usingthe multiple choice test which consist of 20 items.The result of data analysis showed that mean score post-test was higher than pre-test (from 60.85 to 79.28). The computation of the effect size with the score 1.80 ( > 1.00) shows that the use of digital story as media has the strongeffect in teaching reading narrative text

The Use of Story Book “Peewee at the Farm” in Introducing English to Kindergarten

. This research was conducted in Level B kindergarten students at TK Kristen Immanuel I Pontianak which is located at JL. Gajah Mada No. 250, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barattoprove that the use of story book “Pee Wee at the Farm” is an effective way to introduce English.In collecting the data, the researcher used qualitative and quantitative assessment by using interview and observation sheet as the qualitative assessment, and oral test as the quantitative assessment where the students were asked some questions and repeated them.In the result it can be found that introducing English to kindergarten students using story book “Pee Wee at the Farm” was an effective way to attract and motivate the students' interest in English.It was shown that all of the 20 students got the extraordinary score, means that the students were able to repeat and understand more than 7 simple sentences taught based on the story book. There were 18 students got the perfect score, means that the students were able to repeat and understand all 10 simple English sentences. There was only one student that was able to repeat and understand 7 sentences and only one student that was able for 8 sentences

Identifying barriers and opportunities for transitions towards more sustainable agriculture through system analysis: the case of Vereda La Hoya, Colombia

The paper presents the results of studies which investigated farmers’ reasoning and behaviour with regards to the mis‐use of personal protective equipment and pesticide among smallholders in Colombia. First, the research approach is described. In particular, the structured mental models approach and the integrative agent‐centred framework are presented. These approaches permit to understand the farmers’ reasoning and behaviour in a system perspective. Second, the results are summarized. The methods adopted allowed not only for identifying the factors, but also the social dynamics influencing farmers. Finally, suggestions for interventions are provided, which are not limited to a technical fix, but address the underlying social causes of the problem

The Effectiveness of Dictogloss Technique in Teaching Listening at SMPN 2 Mesjid Raya

In SMPN 2 Mesjid Raya, based on the passing grade of students in listening (75), however only some students got the score reached the passing grade (75). The teacher was confused about this condition because just the big 10 of the classroom who could get the point 70 up. She admitted that the listening comprehension of her students was still low. It was proved by the score that students got on the daily test. That's why, she added the score of students' daily test and the task score to improve their points. The writer used experimental research in which there were two classes: one was an experimental group which was taught by using dictogloss, and the other was a control group which was not given any treatment. The students in the control group were taught by using non-dictogloss technique as usually used by the teacher in teaching listening. Based on research findings, it was proven by the value of independent t-test that tobtain<ttable that is 0.59<2.00. Therefore, the null hypothesis is accepted in which both experimental and control groups in the pre-test have a similar ability. In other words, there is no significant difference between the experimental and control classes. However, after the treatments were given, the students who were taught by using dictogloss achieved better listening scores than those taught by means of the conventional technique. It was proved by the result of the dependent t-test of each group by pairing the pre-test and post-test that the result of t-test in the experimental group is higher than that of t-test in the control group (9.063>6.265). It indicates that there is a significant improvement in post-test of the experimental group after dictogloss was introduced. Thus, the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted. It can be stated that dictogloss is effective in teaching listening that it can increase the students' listening ability

"Die Knochen Ḥiwis, des Hündischen, sollen zermahlen werden.":Die fundamentale Traditionskritik des Ḥiwi al-Balkhi

In the ninth century, Ḥiwi al-Balkhi challenged the fundamentals of Jewish belief with 200 questions and objections which became an important document of rationalist criticism in the intellectual history of Judaism. This chapter deals with Ḥiwi’s criticism of Jewish tradition and its reception. It will be demonstrated that Ḥiwi’s questions and arguments deny not only the authority of the Bible but also of rabbinic exegesis. Moreover, it will be argued that Ḥiwi’s criticism became a crucial impetus for the reinterpretation of Jewish tradition undertaken by his main opponent, Saadia Gaon, in his Book of Beliefs and Opinions. In terms of reception, Ḥiwi’s criticism of tradition in the end became part of Jewish tradition itself

Kepuasan Karyawan terhadap Kompensasi dan Penilaian Kinerja (Studi Kasus di Perusahaan X)

Banking institutions is one of the businesses that have a competitive climate, where change and innovation banking services happen very quickly, it requires the company to keep pace with the changes and survive the competition that kept rolling, and therefore very important for the company to optimize its resources, the main one of which is human resources. SDM is a live production factors, where each company has their own way of doing the development of human resource management, human resources management but is commonly applied in the company. In the face of any change, HRM should be able to match what is needed to deal with these changes and achieve company goals. for that, we need the collective contribution of human resources, so that the necessary performance management activities, because if the human resources in the company can understand the contribution expected from them and have received support, the understanding of the purpose and job satisfaction will increase (Costello, 1994:6) so that the ideal of understanding and its application will affect the job satisfaction of human resources. This study aimed to determine the effect of the implementation of the performance management and compensation on employee job satisfaction in Bank X where this study took a sample of some branches that are supposed to represent and employees were asked to complete a questionnaire and interviews. Results of questionnaires collected was processed and the analysis of qualitative and quantitative. From these results it can be concluded that the salary provided by Bank X Sudan pretty good but still needs to be improved periodic salary increases in accordance with the increase in cost of living and Bank X still need to also increase the benefits and facilities provided to the employees. Moderate Performance Management at Bank X still have to reduce the level of subjectivity superiors and also need to clarify the standard in accordance with IEC standards work in each job position