The Effect of Educational Background on Politeness Among the Students of Stain Jurai Siwo Metro

Humans are social creatures who need other humans to fullfil their needs, communication and interaction have a crucial role to fullfil those needs. In order  to the communication process can proceed smoothly, then at least human need to speak in polite in the communication. Religious norms and the community shows that politeness is necessary to properly maximized. Politeness in the relating of  the Holy Qur\u27an about pronunciation, gestures and vocabulary was polite and adapted to the circumstances (environment). In social life, politeness is usually used to show respect for older people, but it would be better also if used against a fellow or a younger person. Politeness will minimize conflict and hostility. Because of it, the institution is one way of language education. STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro is an Islamic institution, that   students have many educational backgrounds and is so different each other.  Based on the mapping carried out showed that students of English Department Program, the majority coming from Senior High School (SMA).  This study aims to determine the reality of politeness and influence of the educational background to the student politeness in English Study Program STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro. The method used in this research is quantitative descriptive, where interviews, observation and documentation used by researchers in collecting and obtaining data. From the data obtained show that the reality of politeness students have to realize elements of politeness. Furthermore, based on analysis of the data also showed that educational background gives affect student in politeness

East African governments' responses to high cereal prices

This study analyses the responses of governments in four East African countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia) with respect to price formation and price transmission in the cereal sector. All four countries were confronted with high cereal prices in 2008. Government policies applied largely pursued consumer price reduction, but such short-term price policies did not encourage farmers to respond with increasing production, the more so because farmers were facing very high fertiliser prices. The report concludes by discussing policy options to help improve market functioning which supports agricultural productivity growt

Analisis Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kepuasan Pelanggan Pengguna Kartu Simpati di Kota Jambi

Penelitian ini berjudul Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kepuasan Pelanggan Pengguna Kartu SimPATI di Kota Jambi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi kepuasan pelanggan pengguna kartu SimPATI dan mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh faktor-faktor tersebut terhadap kepuasan pelanggan pengguna kartu SimPATI baik secara simultan maupun secara parsial. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei dengan responden para pelanggan pengguna kartu SimPATI di Kota Jambi dengan sampel responden sejumlah 100 orang. Dari penelitian ini diketahui terdapat empat variabel yang mempengaruhi kepuasan pelanggan yaitu variabel harga,tarif,promosi dan distribusi.Diketahui juga bahwa keempat variabel tersebut secara simultan mempunyai pengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan.Adapun variabel yang dominan mempengaruhi kepuasan pelanggan adalah variabel signal/ jaringan telepon yang memiliki nilai koefisien regresi terbesar dibanding variabel lainnya yaitu sebesar 0,840

Analisis Pengaruh Gaya Hidup terhadap Keputusan Konsumen Memilih Eco Product. (Studi Kasus pada Konsumen Tupperware di Kota Jambi)

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh suatu fenomena bahwa gaya hidup telah mempengaruhi keputusan konsumen di dalam memilih produk Tupperware sebagai salah satu produk yang memilki kriteria ecoproduct atau produk ramah lingkungan. Secara umum dapat diartikan bahwa gaya hidup dapat dikenali dengan bagaimana seseorang menghabiskan waktunya (aktivitas), apa yang penting orang pertimbangkan pada lingkungannya (minat), dan apa yang orang pikirkan tentang diri sendiri dan dunia sekitarnya (opini). Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari aktivitas, minat dan opini terhadap keputusan konsumen dalam memilih ecoproduct yang dalam hal ini adalah produk Tupperware. Dimana faktor-faktor tersebut menjadi indikator gaya hidup itu sendiri. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini ditetapkan sebanyak 100 orang. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan memanfaatkan analisis regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan dari gaya hidup yang terdiri dari variabel aktifitas, minat dan opini terhadap keputusan konsumen memilih ecoproduct baik secara simultan maupun secara parsial. Dimana variabel yang memberikan pengaruh paling besar terhadap keputusan memilih adalah variabel minat, sedangkan opini merupakan variabel yang memberikan pengaruh paling rendah terhadap keputusan konsumen dalam memilih ecoproduct. Kata Kunci : Gaya hidup,aktivitas,minat, opini, ecoproduct dan keputusan memilih atau membeli

The prospects of entrepreneurship in the formation of new hi-tech markets in the Baltic Sea region

The article offers an analytical review of the prospects for the formation of new hi-tech markets in the Baltic Sea region with the participation of small and medium businesses. In view of the essential features of entrepreneurship, its prospects in the development and implementation of innovations seem to be quite attractive. However, in the current economic context, growth requires special measures. The authors analyse the measures taken by the European Union and individual countries in order to strengthen the participation of small and medium business in R&D and innovation, describe conditions which are necessary for unlocking innovative potential, identify new industries that might become drivers of innovative economy in Europe. The authors also offer a country-specific list of basic markets, which can be developed by small and medium enterprises in a short-term perspective. In the structure of the Baltic Sea region a special position is held by the Nordic countries - Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland - major regional innovators, as well as a group of South-eastern regions that serve as innovation consumers. Best hopes rest with information and communications technologies and biotechnologies, which are expected to become the centre of major clusters of small and medium enterprises

On the possibility to adopt the historical practice of applying technologies for land fertility increase in Eastern Prussia at agricultural enterprises of the Kaliningrad region

This article considers the features of East Prussian land use system, whose crucial component was technologies for land fertility increase. A special package of measures in the framework of melioration and irrigation activities accounted for the high productivity of agriculture in this territory despite the fact that the local climate conditions can hardly be called perfect according to the well-known principles of agricultural science. The authors offer an overview of scientific approaches to the reconstruction and practical application of ideas and principles of progressive agriculture consistent with a more general area of organic agriculture. Special attention is paid to the modern agricultural practice in the territory of the Kaliningrad region — former East Prussia — and the possibilities to use the methods for increasing land fertility that were intensively employed by Prussians

Aplikasi Kompos Kulit Buah Kakao Pada Bibit Tanaman Kakao (Theobroma Cacao L.)

The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of cocoa pods compost and the best dosage on the growth of cocoa seedlings. The research was conducted at the experimental field of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Riau, Bina Widya Campus KM 12,5 Simpang Baru, Tampan District, Pekanbaru. The experiment was conducted for 4 month started from Februari until June 2016. The research used Completely Randomized Design (CRD), which consist of 8 treatment that are: K1= 0 g/polybag, K2= 25 g/polybag, K3 = 50 g/polybag, K4= 100 g/polybag, K5= 125 g/polybag, K6= 150 g/polybag, K7= 175 g/polybag, 3 replications for each treatment, so that there are 24 experimental units. Each experimental units consisted of three plants. So the total crop was 72 plants and 2 plants from each experimental unit become sample. Data obtained result were statisticall analyzed by analysis of variance and further test of Honestly Significant Difference at 5%. Parameters observed are seedling height, stem diameter, leaves number, leaf area, the ratio of crown roots, and seedling dry weight. The result of the research show that application of cocoa pods compost gave significant effect to the parameter of seedling height, leaves number and leaf area, and non significant effect to the parameter of stem diameter, the ratio of crown roots and seedling dry weight. The application of cocoa pods compost 50 g/polybag gave good effect to the growth of cocoa seedlings

Peran Pemerintah Daerah untuk Mewujudkan Kota Layak Anak di Indonesia

The main problems in this research were, first, how is the participation of local governments in realizing children-friendly city/district (KLA) in Indonesia. Second, what are the factors that affect the local governments in realizing children-friendly city/district in Indonesia. This was a normative legal research; legal materials were analyzed using descriptive qualitative approach. The results of the research showed that: first, the forms of participation of the local governments in fulfilling children's rights so that they deserve to be declared as KLA are: 1) Civil Rights and Freedom; 2) Family and Alternative Nursery; 3) Disability, Basic Health and Welfare; 4) Education, Utilization of Leisure Time and Cultural Activities; and 5) Special Protection. Second, there are several factors that affect how a region becomes KLA: 1) Legislation and policies on the fulfillment of children's rights; 2) Budget for the fulfillment of children's rights; 3) The number of legislations, policies, programs and activities that get input from children forum and other children groups; 4) Availability of KLA-trained human resources who are able to integrate children's rights into policies, programs and activities; 5) Availability of children's data by sex, age, and sub-districts; 6) Involvement of community institutions in the fulfillment of children's rights; and 7) Involvement of business in the fulfillment of children's rights