Tips for a Good School Website

Website is an effective way to reach out to audience looking for information online. It allows one to broadcast information to the public and they have the ability to access it 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Websites also serve as channel of communication between the world and the entity.

Schools need a website to reach out to current parents, potential parents, potential and current staff, media and host of other people. A good website (visually and functionally) can make a lasting impression and at the same time a bad one can lead to frustrations.

Here are 10 tips to make sure your school website provides a good experience for your audience:


Tip 1 - Host Your School Website With a Reliable Hosting Company

Always ensure your site is hosted with a reliable hosting company and is up 24/7. Do some research on the hosting service provider before selecting them. You should monitor your site for uptime using one of the several free tools available on the internet. Some of them are: siteuptime.com and host-tracker.com


Tip 2 - Ensure the Contact Form and Emails Work

I have seen this problem with lot of Indian schools and it in a way defects the purpose of two way communication between the visitor and the school, yes I am talking about the email listing on the site not working or the contact form on the site not working. Imagine you are looking at the school website at mid night (for whatever reason) and decide to shoot of a query to the school, only to get a bounce mail stating “email could not be delivered as the user has exceeded his quote limits” or “email could not be delivered as the email id does not exist”. Believe me this is very common as schools have no one to manage the emails they get.

Please make sure your school does not do this mistake and your emails and contact forms work. Test them periodically!


Tip 3 - Ensure School Website is Not All Looks But is Search Engine Friendly As Well

Is your school site completely flash based? There is a big problem with that. Search engines, which are the drivers of web traffic do not know how to read flash. Thus your site is a black box for them and most likely won’t show up in their search results. Flash sites no doubt are visually appealing but a good mix of flash and html would give it a balance by it being SEO friendly and visually appealing as well.


Tip 4 - Design and Develop a Effective Home Page

Make sure home page of your site allows user to get a glace of the most important things about your school and allows them to choose a navigation path to dig deeper.


Tip 5 - Use Content Management Systems (CMS) to Manage Your Site Content

School sites have lot of content update requirements and a static html site is not ideally suited for this requirement. It is best to have a CMS system driven website which allows easy update of the website content. This can make a difference world of difference as lot of school sites out there have outdated information on them. There are plenty of quality free cms systems out there: drupal, joomla, wordpress etc.


Tip 6 - Ensure Ease of Access to Contact Information

Make sure your contact details, phone, address, address map, email etc is well placed on the site for users to contact you conveniently.


Tip 7 - Avoid Flash Intro Pages

Avoid intro flash splash pages as they do no good but harm you a lot. Splash pages mostly hide all the inner pages of the site from the search engines, resulting in lower visibility of your website.


Tip 8 - Use Multi Level Drop Down Menu to Organize and Show Pages

If you have lot of pages on your school website, it might be worth while to create pull down / drop down menus to expose inner pages. This company offers very stable drop down menu creator which is easy to configure: opencube.com


Tip 9 - Use Quality Graphics and Brand Site Effectively

Ensure strong brand presence and quality graphics on your site to leave a lasting impression. It may cost you a little but always seek professional help with website creation.


Tip 10 - Incorporate Social Media Features on the School Website

Make the site social media friendly by incorporating flickr (for photo gallery), social bookmarking tools and a blog on your site.
Author: Vikas Sah

More information visit:
www.zitzsolutions.com

Tips for a Good School Website

Website is an effective way to reach out to audience looking for information online. It allows one to broadcast information to the public and they have the ability to access it 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Websites also serve as channel of communication between the world and the entity.

Schools need a website to reach out to current parents, potential parents, potential and current staff, media and host of other people. A good website (visually and functionally) can make a lasting impression and at the same time a bad one can lead to frustrations.

Here are 10 tips to make sure your school website provides a good experience for your audience:


Tip 1 - Host Your School Website With a Reliable Hosting Company

Always ensure your site is hosted with a reliable hosting company and is up 24/7. Do some research on the hosting service provider before selecting them. You should monitor your site for uptime using one of the several free tools available on the internet. Some of them are: siteuptime.com and host-tracker.com


Tip 2 - Ensure the Contact Form and Emails Work

I have seen this problem with lot of Indian schools and it in a way defects the purpose of two way communication between the visitor and the school, yes I am talking about the email listing on the site not working or the contact form on the site not working. Imagine you are looking at the school website at mid night (for whatever reason) and decide to shoot of a query to the school, only to get a bounce mail stating “email could not be delivered as the user has exceeded his quote limits” or “email could not be delivered as the email id does not exist”. Believe me this is very common as schools have no one to manage the emails they get.

Please make sure your school does not do this mistake and your emails and contact forms work. Test them periodically!


Tip 3 - Ensure School Website is Not All Looks But is Search Engine Friendly As Well

Is your school site completely flash based? There is a big problem with that. Search engines, which are the drivers of web traffic do not know how to read flash. Thus your site is a black box for them and most likely won’t show up in their search results. Flash sites no doubt are visually appealing but a good mix of flash and html would give it a balance by it being SEO friendly and visually appealing as well.


Tip 4 - Design and Develop a Effective Home Page

Make sure home page of your site allows user to get a glace of the most important things about your school and allows them to choose a navigation path to dig deeper.


Tip 5 - Use Content Management Systems (CMS) to Manage Your Site Content

School sites have lot of content update requirements and a static html site is not ideally suited for this requirement. It is best to have a CMS system driven website which allows easy update of the website content. This can make a difference world of difference as lot of school sites out there have outdated information on them. There are plenty of quality free cms systems out there: drupal, joomla, wordpress etc.


Tip 6 - Ensure Ease of Access to Contact Information

Make sure your contact details, phone, address, address map, email etc is well placed on the site for users to contact you conveniently.


Tip 7 - Avoid Flash Intro Pages

Avoid intro flash splash pages as they do no good but harm you a lot. Splash pages mostly hide all the inner pages of the site from the search engines, resulting in lower visibility of your website.


Tip 8 - Use Multi Level Drop Down Menu to Organize and Show Pages

If you have lot of pages on your school website, it might be worth while to create pull down / drop down menus to expose inner pages. This company offers very stable drop down menu creator which is easy to configure: opencube.com


Tip 9 - Use Quality Graphics and Brand Site Effectively

Ensure strong brand presence and quality graphics on your site to leave a lasting impression. It may cost you a little but always seek professional help with website creation.


Tip 10 - Incorporate Social Media Features on the School Website

Make the site social media friendly by incorporating flickr (for photo gallery), social bookmarking tools and a blog on your site.
Author: Vikas Sah

More information visit:
www.zitzsolutions.com

Latihan Soal Ujian Nasional (UNAS) Online

For all Indonesian Students and Teachers, there are some examinations to knowing your skill or your students ability about the lessons they have been learned. This test will very helpful to prepare our students "fighting" the final test with call is National Test (UNAS) for many level studies such as: Elementary School, Junior and Senior High School. The test contains for many lessons and many years of National Test database with multiple choice questions.

Let's see the score of your test now and good luck!

Don't forget to do the easy question first!


Elementary School (SD) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris

Year of 2006
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris

Year of 2005
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, PKN


Yunir High Shcool (SMP) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2006
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2005
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris,
PKN


Senior High School (SMA) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN, Sosiologi

Year of 2006
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN, Sosiologi

Year of 2005
Matematika (pembahasan), Fisika (pembahasan), Kimia (pembahasan),
Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN

File source: www.invir.com

Latihan Soal Ujian Nasional (UNAS) Online

For all Indonesian Students and Teachers, there are some examinations to knowing your skill or your students ability about the lessons they have been learned. This test will very helpful to prepare our students "fighting" the final test with call is National Test (UNAS) for many level studies such as: Elementary School, Junior and Senior High School. The test contains for many lessons and many years of National Test database with multiple choice questions.

Let's see the score of your test now and good luck!

Don't forget to do the easy question first!


Elementary School (SD) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris

Year of 2006
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris

Year of 2005
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, PKN


Yunir High Shcool (SMP) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2006
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2005
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, IPA, IPS, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris,
PKN


Senior High School (SMA) :

Year of 2007
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN, Sosiologi

Year of 2006
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN, Sosiologi

Year of 2005
Matematika (pembahasan), Fisika (pembahasan), Kimia (pembahasan),
Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2004
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN

Year of 2003
Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Ekonomi, Bahasa Indonesia,
Bahasa Inggris, PKN

File source: www.invir.com

Lowongan Kerja Guru di Jakarta

Advertised: 18-February-2009
Closing Date: 19-March-2009


Bent Tree Primary School,

== URGENTLY REQUIRED ==

We are an international primary school in North Jakarta is looking for highly motivated and dynamic individual for the following positions.:

Teacher (English, Mandarin, Physical Ed., Bahasa Indonesia, Social, Science and Math)
(Jakarta)



Requirements:
  • Female/Male
  • Bachelor or Master degree related field (S1 / S2 ). Strata IV is preferable.
  • Love working with children and establish good relationship with parents.
  • Intellectual strength, professional integrity, strong values
  • Able to work as a team as well as an individual
  • Fluent in English both spoken and written
  • Experience in International School or National Plus School minimum 2 years.
  • For Mandarin teacher should be fluent in Mandarin both in oral and written

" Only short-listed candidates will be invited via e-mail/phone for Test and Interview "

Please email CV / resume, recent photograph, and current and expected salary to:

majubinabangsa@yahoo.com or benttree@rocketmail.com


More job information visit:

http://indonesia-job.blogspot.com/

Lowongan Kerja Guru di Jakarta

Advertised: 18-February-2009
Closing Date: 19-March-2009


Bent Tree Primary School,

== URGENTLY REQUIRED ==

We are an international primary school in North Jakarta is looking for highly motivated and dynamic individual for the following positions.:

Teacher (English, Mandarin, Physical Ed., Bahasa Indonesia, Social, Science and Math)
(Jakarta)



Requirements:
  • Female/Male
  • Bachelor or Master degree related field (S1 / S2 ). Strata IV is preferable.
  • Love working with children and establish good relationship with parents.
  • Intellectual strength, professional integrity, strong values
  • Able to work as a team as well as an individual
  • Fluent in English both spoken and written
  • Experience in International School or National Plus School minimum 2 years.
  • For Mandarin teacher should be fluent in Mandarin both in oral and written

" Only short-listed candidates will be invited via e-mail/phone for Test and Interview "

Please email CV / resume, recent photograph, and current and expected salary to:

majubinabangsa@yahoo.com or benttree@rocketmail.com


More job information visit:

http://indonesia-job.blogspot.com/

5 Ways To Improve Your Memory - For Students

"Oh God, tomorrow is exam! Will I remember what I have studied?" This fear haunts many students. Now, don’t fear friend. You can remember what you study.

Provided, you use those study methods that help your brain to remember better.

Here are five ‘Brain-friendly’ study methods that help to improve your memory and remember your study lessons easily:


1. Study with short breaks

Take short breaks while studying. Do not study continuously for more than 30 to 45 minutes.
Give a break of five to ten minutes in between two sessions.

Such short breaks give rest to your brain and help it to reinforce what you are learning. This will make it easy for you to understand more and remember better.

Do not read any new information during these short breaks. Just relax or walk around.

2. Explain to yourself

Explain what you study to yourself. Pretend you are both the student and the teacher, and try to explain the chapter or study topic to yourself.

This kind of ‘explaining’ automatically helps you to learn the subject in detail. Hence you will remember it clearly.

3. Discuss

Discuss important study topics with a willing classmate. Holding such discussion will jog your memory. This is like another form of revision.

Also, you will become aware of important points about those study topics. This will help both you and your classmate to learn more and remember more.

4. Sleep well

Yes, sleep cosily. Good sleep is essential for good memory.

Recent research has shown that lack of sufficient sleep interferes with memory function. Because during sleep and rest period, our brain processes and consolidates information which it records during the day.

So do not skip sleep; especially during the exam days. Sleep for at least six hours. Eight hours is best.

5. Eat Well

Now what has eating got to do with remembering more? Simple. What we eat affects our brain’s performance. Poor nutrition leads to learning and memory problems.

So make sure you include nutrient-rich food items like--whole grains, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and milk in your diet. This will keep your brain healthy and happy.

The above five remedies are easy to follow. They definitely help to strengthen your memory and achieve more success in your studies.
Author: Navi Arora

5 Ways To Improve Your Memory - For Students

"Oh God, tomorrow is exam! Will I remember what I have studied?" This fear haunts many students. Now, don’t fear friend. You can remember what you study.

Provided, you use those study methods that help your brain to remember better.

Here are five ‘Brain-friendly’ study methods that help to improve your memory and remember your study lessons easily:


1. Study with short breaks

Take short breaks while studying. Do not study continuously for more than 30 to 45 minutes.
Give a break of five to ten minutes in between two sessions.

Such short breaks give rest to your brain and help it to reinforce what you are learning. This will make it easy for you to understand more and remember better.

Do not read any new information during these short breaks. Just relax or walk around.

2. Explain to yourself

Explain what you study to yourself. Pretend you are both the student and the teacher, and try to explain the chapter or study topic to yourself.

This kind of ‘explaining’ automatically helps you to learn the subject in detail. Hence you will remember it clearly.

3. Discuss

Discuss important study topics with a willing classmate. Holding such discussion will jog your memory. This is like another form of revision.

Also, you will become aware of important points about those study topics. This will help both you and your classmate to learn more and remember more.

4. Sleep well

Yes, sleep cosily. Good sleep is essential for good memory.

Recent research has shown that lack of sufficient sleep interferes with memory function. Because during sleep and rest period, our brain processes and consolidates information which it records during the day.

So do not skip sleep; especially during the exam days. Sleep for at least six hours. Eight hours is best.

5. Eat Well

Now what has eating got to do with remembering more? Simple. What we eat affects our brain’s performance. Poor nutrition leads to learning and memory problems.

So make sure you include nutrient-rich food items like--whole grains, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and milk in your diet. This will keep your brain healthy and happy.

The above five remedies are easy to follow. They definitely help to strengthen your memory and achieve more success in your studies.
Author: Navi Arora

Student Teacher - Don't Fall in to This Trap

So you are a student teacher in teacher's college. There are so many new ideas presented to you with how to create effective lesson plans, classroom management, and portfolio making. All of this is to prepare you for the big interviews, and ultimately for your job. The problem is that at this time, many student teachers are not getting jobs as easily as they once were, and some are not getting jobs at all.


Currently the job market is saturated with teachers, especially if you are an elementary teacher. Most teachers are stuck taking temporary positions or supply teaching for months or several years until they finally get a full time position. As a student teacher, you might be lucky enough to do some supply teaching and get paid as an 'unqualified teacher' for a while until your papers come in that say you are qualified.

As a student teacher you really need to make sure you have a plan to make money if you do not land that full time teaching job right away, or if you are only a temporary teacher, or if you are doing occasional supply work. If you are not full time, you will not be paid over any vacation periods, and if you supply teach you need to make calculate roughly how much you will make a month, so you know how much to supplement this income.

Sure you could go out and get another job, but with occasional teaching it is sometimes hard to fit a new job (with it's set hours) in to your teaching schedule. This is why it is so important to have a plan, where you can make money either while you are teaching in the classroom, or while you are at home.

The Internet has made it extremely profitable for us as teachers to make money Online. As a student teacher, you need to briefly take your mind away from curriculum documents and do some research into concepts like leverage and residual income. For these two concepts are really going to change the way you think about making money. And, once you finally do land a teaching job, these concepts are also going to separate you from the rest of your colleagues who are chained to their budgets.

Some reading that I would suggest before taking the skills you learned as a student teacher into the workplace are : Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki and The 4 Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss. You can get the gist of their ideas on YouTube videos if you do not have time for additional reading. These authors completely changed the way I look at the teaching profession, and making money as a whole.

Start to open your mind to the concepts taught in these books, and learn as much as you can about making money online, aside from teaching so that you can make money while you're not working, and so you can teach if you love it and not because you have to. Do not forget to check out the link in the resource box below. I've got a great free report that details my experiences so you can learn from them.
Author: Tania Mesar

Student Teacher - Don't Fall in to This Trap

So you are a student teacher in teacher's college. There are so many new ideas presented to you with how to create effective lesson plans, classroom management, and portfolio making. All of this is to prepare you for the big interviews, and ultimately for your job. The problem is that at this time, many student teachers are not getting jobs as easily as they once were, and some are not getting jobs at all.


Currently the job market is saturated with teachers, especially if you are an elementary teacher. Most teachers are stuck taking temporary positions or supply teaching for months or several years until they finally get a full time position. As a student teacher, you might be lucky enough to do some supply teaching and get paid as an 'unqualified teacher' for a while until your papers come in that say you are qualified.

As a student teacher you really need to make sure you have a plan to make money if you do not land that full time teaching job right away, or if you are only a temporary teacher, or if you are doing occasional supply work. If you are not full time, you will not be paid over any vacation periods, and if you supply teach you need to make calculate roughly how much you will make a month, so you know how much to supplement this income.

Sure you could go out and get another job, but with occasional teaching it is sometimes hard to fit a new job (with it's set hours) in to your teaching schedule. This is why it is so important to have a plan, where you can make money either while you are teaching in the classroom, or while you are at home.

The Internet has made it extremely profitable for us as teachers to make money Online. As a student teacher, you need to briefly take your mind away from curriculum documents and do some research into concepts like leverage and residual income. For these two concepts are really going to change the way you think about making money. And, once you finally do land a teaching job, these concepts are also going to separate you from the rest of your colleagues who are chained to their budgets.

Some reading that I would suggest before taking the skills you learned as a student teacher into the workplace are : Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki and The 4 Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss. You can get the gist of their ideas on YouTube videos if you do not have time for additional reading. These authors completely changed the way I look at the teaching profession, and making money as a whole.

Start to open your mind to the concepts taught in these books, and learn as much as you can about making money online, aside from teaching so that you can make money while you're not working, and so you can teach if you love it and not because you have to. Do not forget to check out the link in the resource box below. I've got a great free report that details my experiences so you can learn from them.
Author: Tania Mesar

DARAH






DARAH: CAIRAN PEMBERI KEHIDUPAN






PERAN PENTING DARAH

Darah adalah suatu cairan yang diciptakan untuk memberi tubuh kita kehidupan. Ketika beredar di dalam tubuh, darah menghangatkan, mendinginkan, memberi makan, dan melindungi tubuh dari zat-zat beracun. Ia nyaris bertanggung jawab penuh atas komunikasi di dalam tubuh kita. Selain itu, darah segera memperbaiki kerusakan apa pun pada dinding pembuluhnya sehingga sistem tersebut pun diremajakan kembali.
Rata-rata terdapat 1,32 galon (5 liter) darah dalam tubuh manusia yang memiliki berat 132 pon (60 kg). Jantung mampu mengedarkan seluruh jumlah ini di dalam tubuh dengan mudah dalam sesaat. Bahkan, saat berlari atau berolah raga, tingkat peredaran ini meningkat hingga lima kali lebih cepat. Darah mengalir ke segala tempat: dari akar rambut hingga ujung kaki, di dalam pembuluh darah yang beraneka ukuran. Pembuluh darah diciptakan dengan bentuk yang sempurna sehingga tidak ada penyumbatan atau pun endapan yang terbentuk. Berbagai zat-zat makanan dan panas dibawa melalui sistem yang rumit ini.

“Kami telah menciptakan kamu, maka mengapa kamu tidak membenarkan (hari berbangkit)?" (Surat Al-Waqi'ah: 57)

PENGANGKUT OKSIGEN
Udara yang kita hirup adalah zat yang paling penting bagi kelangsungan hidup kita. Oksigen perlu untuk pembakaran gula oleh sel ketika menghasilkan energi, sebagaimana diperlukan dalam pembakaran kayu. Itulah mengapa oksigen harus dibawa dari paru-paru menuju sel-sel. Sistem peredaran darah, yang menyerupai jaringan pipa yang rumit, melayani tujuan penting ini.
Seandainya bukan karena jantung, darah sudah menjadi cairan kental merah yang rusak (atas). Namun, jantung memompa darah hingga bagian tubuh yang terjauh
Selembar jaringan otot khusus membungkus pembuluh darah. Ketika otot mengerut, pembuluh darah menyempit dan meningkatkan tekanan darah. Gambar di sebelah kanan adalah penampang pembuluh yang menyempit. Inilah sebabnya bagian dalamnya bergelombang (atas). Di sekeliling pembuluh, terdapat sejumlah urat otot (merah) dan saraf (biru). English Indonesian Muscle Otot Nerve Saraf
Molekul hemoglobin di dalam sel darah merah membawa oksigen. Tiap sel darah merah yang berbentuk cakram ini membawa sekitar tiga ratus juta molekul hemoglobin. Sel darah merah menggambarkan aturan kerja yang sempurna. Mereka tidak hanya mengangkut oksigen, namun juga melepaskannya di mana pun dibutuhkan, misalnya di dalam sel-sel otot yang sedang bekerja. Sel darah merah mengantarkan oksigen ke jaringan-jaringan, membawa karbon dioksida, yang dihasilkan setelah pembakaran gula, kembali ke paru-paru untuk kemudian meninggalkannya di sana. Setelah ini, mereka kembali mengikat oksigen dan mengangkutnya ke jaringan-jaringan.

CAIRAN BERTEKANAN IMBANG
Molekul hemoglobin juga membawa gas nitrogen monoksida (NO) selain oksigen. Seandainya gas ini tidak ada di dalam darah, tekanannya akan berubah terus-menerus. Hemoglobin juga mengatur jumlah oksigen yang akan dibawa ke jaringan tubuh dengan menggunakan nitrogen monoksida. Yang menarik, sumber "pengaturan" ini tidak lebih dari sebuah molekul, yakni hanya sekumpulan atom yang tidak memiliki otak, mata, atau pun pikiran. Pengaturan tubuh kita oleh sekumpulan atom sudah pasti merupakan suatu tanda kebijaksanaan Allah yang tak terbatas, Yang menciptakan tubuh kita tanpa cela.

SEL DENGAN RANCANGAN SEMPURNA
Sel darah merah merupakan bagian terbesar dari keseluruhan sel-sel darah. Seorang pria dewasa memiliki tiga puluh miliar sel darah merah, yang akan cukup untuk menutupi hampir separuh lapangan sepak bola. Sel-sel inilah yang memberi warna pada darah dan tentunya, juga kulit kita.
Sel-sel merah terlihat berbentuk cakram. Karena kelenturannya yang luar biasa, mereka dapat memipih melalui pembuluh darah halus dan lubang-lubang terkecil. Jika sel-sel tersebut tidak selentur itu, sel-sel ini tentu sudah tertahan di berbagai tempat di dalam tubuh. Sebuah pembuluh darah halus biasanya bergaris tengah empat hingga lima mikrometer, sedangkan sebuah sel darah merah bergaris tengah sekitar 7,5 mikrometer (satu mikrometer sama dengan seperseribu milimeter, yakni 0,000039 inci).
Apa yang akan terjadi jika sel darah merah tidak diciptakan sedemikian lentur? Para peneliti penyakit diabetes memberikan sejumlah jawaban atas pertanyaan ini. Pada penderita diabetes, sel-sel darah merah telah kehilangan sifat kelenturannya. Keadaan ini sering mengakibatkan penyumbatan karena adanya sel darah merah yang tidak lentur di dalam jaringan halus di mata pasien, yang menyebabkan kebutaan.

SISTEM DARURAT OTOMATIS
Usia sel darah merah sekitar 120 hari sebelum akhirnya dibuang melalui limpa. Pengurangan ini dipulihkan dengan dihasilkannya sel-sel baru yang terus-menerus. Pada keadaan normal, 2,5 juta sel darah merah dihasilkan setiap detiknya, jumlah yang dapat ditingkatkan jika diperlukan. Suatu hormon yang bernama "eritopoietin" mengatur tingkat produksinya. Misalnya, karena pendarahan hebat karena kecelakaan atau pendarahan hidung, kehilangan darah ini segera dipulihkan. Selain itu, tingkat pembentukan sel darah ini meningkat jika kandungan oksigen udara mengalami penurunan. Misalnya, ketika sedang mendaki di ketinggian yang sangat tinggi, karena penurunan kadar oksigen yang terus-menerus, maka tubuh kita secara otomatis melakukan hal ini untuk menggunakan oksigen yang tersedia dengan cara yang paling efisien.

SISTEM PENGANGKUTAN YANG SEMPURNA
Bagian cairan darah yang disebut plasma membawa lebih banyak lagi zat-zat lain yang ada dalam tubuh, tidak hanya sel-sel darah. Plasma adalah cairan jernih kekuningan yang membentuk 5% dari berat tubuh normal. Dalam cairan ini, 90% kandungannya terdiri dari air, garam, mineral, karbohidrat, lemak, dan ratusan jenis protein yang berbeda. Sejumlah protein dalam darah merupakan protein pengangkut, yang mengikat lemak (lipida) dan membawanya ke seluruh jaringan tubuh. Jika protein tidak membawa lemak dengan cara ini, lemak akan terapung tak terkendali di mana-mana, yang dapat menimbulkan masalah serius bagi kesehatan.
Jika gumpalan darah beku terbentuk dalam pembuluh vena koroner jantung dan terus-menerus membesar, hal itu akan mengakibatkan serangan jantung. Dalam peristiwa tertentu akibat tekanan darah, jaringan jantung pecah. Darah menyembur keluar dari jantung bagaikan memancar dari mulut selang.
Hormon-hormon di dalam plasma berperan sebagai kurir khusus. Mereka melayani komunikasi antara alat-alat tubuh dengan sel-sel dengan menggunakan pesan-pesan kimiawi. Albumin adalah hormon yang paling banyak terdapat dalam plasma, yang bisa disebut sebagai pengangkut. Ia mengikat jenis lemak seperti kolesterol, hormon-hormon, bilirubin, zat warna empedu beracun yang berwarna kuning, atau zat obat seperti penisilin. Ia meninggalkan zat-zat beracun tersebut di hati dan kemudian membawa zat-zat makanan serta hormon-hormon lain ke tempat mana pun yang memerlukannya.
Dengan memperhitungkan semua ini, jelaslah bahwa tubuh manusia diciptakan dengan kecermatan yang sangat tinggi. Kemampuan sebuah protein untuk membedakan antara lemak, hormon, dan obat, sekaligus menentukan tidak hanya tempat yang memerlukannya namun juga jumlah yang akan diberikan, semuanya merupakan petunjuk adanya rancangan yang sempurna. Lebih jauh lagi, contoh-contoh yang mengejutkan ini hanyalah sedikit di antara belasan ribu peristiwa biokimiawi berbeda yang berlangsung dalam tubuh. Triliunan molekul dalam tubuh bekerja dengan keselarasan yang mengagumkan. Dan memang, seluruh molekul ini muncul dari pembelahan satu sel tunggal yang terbentuk di dalam rahim seorang ibu. Jelaslah bahwa sistem yang luar biasa di dalam tubuh manusia merupakan kesempurnaan mengagumkan ciptaan Allah, Yang telah menciptakan manusia dari setetes air (mani).

CARA PENGENDALIAN KHUSUS
Zat-zat makanan harus menyeberang dari nadi melalui dinding pembuluh nadi, untuk memasuki jaringan yang membutuhkan. Meskipun dinding pembuluh nadi mempunyai pori-pori amat kecil, tidak ada zat yang mampu menembusnya sendiri. Hanya tekanan darah yang membantu penembusan ini. Akan tetapi, zat-zat makanan yang menyeberang ke dalam jaringan lain dalam jumlah yang lebih besar dibanding yang diperlukan akan menyebabkan peradangan dalam jaringan. Karena itulah ada suatu cara khusus yang dipasang untuk menyeimbangkan tekanan darah dan menarik cairan kembali ke darah. Inilah tugas albumin, yang lebih besar ukurannya daripada pori-pori pada dinding arteri dan cukup banyak dalam darah untuk menyedot air seperti layaknya sepon. Seandainya tidak ada albumin dalam tubuh, tubuh akan membengkak seperti buncis kering yang ditinggalkan di dalam air.
Sebaliknya, zat-zat dalam darah tidak boleh memasuki jaringan otak tanpa kendali, sebab zat-zat yang tidak dikehendaki tersebut dapat sangat merusak sel-sel saraf (neuron). Karena itulah otak dilindungi dari segala bahaya yang dapat terjadi. Lapisan-lapisan sel padat menutupi pori-pori. Semua zat perlu melewati lapisan ini layaknya melintasi pos penjagaan keamanan, yang mengatur keseimbangan aliran zat-zat makanan ke dalam bagian paling peka di seluruh tubuh.

PENGATUR SUHU TUBUH
Selain racun, sel darah merah, vitamin dan zat-zat yang lain, darah juga membawa panas, suatu hasil sampingan dari pembentukan energi di dalam sel. Menyebarkan dan menyeimbangkan panas tubuh sesuai dengan suhu lingkungan sekitar sangatlah penting. Seandainya tidak terdapat sistem pemerataan panas dalam tubuh kita, maka tangan kita akan menjadi terlalu panas sedangkan bagian tubuh lainnya akan tetap dingin ketika otot-otot lengan sedang bekerja, yang akan sangat merusak metabolisme tubuh. Inilah mengapa panas diedarkan secara merata ke seluruh tubuh, yang hanya dilakukan oleh sistem peredaran darah saja. Untuk menurunkan panas tubuh yang diedarkan ke seluruh badan, sistem pengeluaran keringat dijalankan. Selain itu, pembuluh darah melebar di bawah kulit, yang memungkinkan kelebihan panas yang ada dalam darah dialirkan ke udara luar. Itulah sebabnya ketika kita berlari atau melakukan kegiatan lain yang menguras tenaga, wajah kita menjadi merah. Peredaran darah bertanggung jawab dalam menjaga panas tubuh maupun mendinginkannya. Pada suhu lebih dingin, pembuluh darah di bawah kulit kita menyusut, sehingga berperan mengurangi jumlah darah yang beredar di bagian tubuh tertentu tempat panas paling mudah terlepas, sehingga mempertahankan tingkat pendinginan tubuh pada titik terkecil. Memucatnya wajah seseorang tatkala dingin merupakan tindakan pengamanan oleh tubuh secara otomatis.
Segala hal yang terjadi dalam darah benar-benar rumit dan saling berkaitan. Segala hal telah diciptakan dengan sempurna hingga perincian terkecil. Bahkan, terdapat keseimbangan yang luar biasa mengagumkan dalam aliran darah sehingga adanya gangguan terkecil pun dapat menimbulkan masalah kesehatan yang sangat serius.

Darah telah diciptakan dengan segala hal yang diperlukannya oleh Pencipta Yang Maha Esa dalam sekejap. Pencipta, Yang memiliki ilmu dan kekuasaan yang tiada tara itu, adalah Allah: Sesungguhnya Tuhanmu hanyalah Allah, tidak ada Tuhan (yang berhak disembah) selain Dia. Pengetahuan-Nya meliputi segala sesuatu. (Surah Thaha: 98)

SISTEM TANPA KESALAHAN SEKECIL APA PUN: PEMBEKUAN DARAH
Setiap orang mengetahui bahwa pendarahan akhirnya akan berhenti ketika terjadi luka atau terdapat luka lama yang mengeluarkan darah kembali. Di tempat terjadinya pendarahan, gumpalan darah beku terbentuk, yang menyumbat dan menyembuhkan luka pada saatnya. Ini mungkin sebuah kejadian yang sederhana dan lumrah bagi Anda, namun para ahli biokimia telah menyaksikan melalui penelitian mereka bahwa hal ini sebenarnya adalah hasil dari sistem yang amat rumit yang tengah bekerja. Hilangnya satu bagian saja dari sistem ini atau kerusakan apa pun padanya akan menjadikan keseluruhan proses tidak bekerja.
Darah harus membeku pada waktu dan tempat yang tepat, dan ketika keadaannya telah pulih seperti sedia kala, gumpalan beku itu harus lenyap. Sistem ini bekerja sempurna hingga seluk-beluk terkecilnya.
Jika terjadi pendarahan, pembekuan darah harus terbentuk segera untuk mencegah makhluk hidup mengalami kematian. Selain itu, darah beku tersebut harus menutupi keseluruhan luka, dan lebih penting lagi, harus hanya terbentuk tepat di atas, dan tetap berada di atas luka tersebut. Jika tidak, seluruh darah makhluk hidup akan membeku dan menyebabkan kematian, itulah mengapa bekuan darah itu harus terjadi pada waktu dan tempat yang tepat
Unsur terkecil dari sumsum tulang, yakni keping-keping darah atau trombosit, sangatlah menentukan. Sel-sel ini merupakan unsur terpenting di balik pembekuan darah. Protein yang disebut faktor Von Willebrand memastikan, agar dalam perondaannya yang terus-menerus atas aliran darah, keping-keping ini tidak membiarkan tempat luka terlewati. Keping-keping yang terjerat di tempat terjadinya luka mengeluarkan suatu zat yang mengumpulkan keping-keping lain yang tak terhingga banyaknya di tempat yang sama. Sel-sel tersebut akhirnya menopang luka terbuka itu. Keping-keping tersebut mati setelah menjalankan tugasnya menemukan luka. Pengorbanan diri ini hanyalah satu bagian dari sistem pembekuan dalam darah.
Trombin adalah protein lain yang membantu proses pembekuan darah. Zat ini hanya dihasilkan di tempat yang terluka. Jumlahnya tidak boleh melebihi atau pun kurang dari yang diperlukan, dan juga harus dimulai dan berakhir tepat pada waktu yang diperlukan. Lebih dari dua puluh jenis zat kimia tubuh yang disebut enzim berperan dalam pembentukan trombin. Enzim-enzim tersebut dapat merangsang perbanyakan trombin maupun menghentikannya. Proses ini terjadi melalui pengawasan yang begitu ketat sehingga trombin hanya terbentuk saat benar-benar ada luka sesungguhnya pada jaringan. Segera setelah enzim-enzim pembekuan darah tersebut mencapai jumlah yang memadai di dalam tubuh, fibrinogen yang terbuat dari protein-protein pun terbentuk. Dalam waktu singkat, sekumpulan serat membentuk jaring, yang terbentuk di tempat keluarnya darah. Sementara itu, keping-keping darah yang sedang meronda, terus-menerus terperangkap dan menumpuk di tempat yang sama. Apa yang disebut gumpalan darah beku adalah penyumbat luka yang terbentuk akibat penumpukan ini. Ketika luka telah sembuh sama sekali, gumpalan tersebut akan hilang.
Sistem yang memungkinkan pembentukan darah beku, yang menentukan tingkat kebekuannya, yang menguatkan serta melarutkan gumpalan darah beku tersebut, tidak diragukan lagi mempunyai kerumitan yang benar-benar tak tersederhanakan. Sistem ini bekerja dengan sempurna hingga seluk-beluk yang paling kecil. Apa yang akan terjadi jika ada sedikit masalah dalam sistem yang bekerja dengan sempurna ini? Misalnya, jika terjadi pembekuan dalam darah sekalipun tidak terdapat sebuah luka, atau jika gumpalan darah beku mudah terlepas dari luka? Hanya terdapat satu jawaban untuk pertanyaan ini: dalam keadaan tersebut maka aliran darah yang menuju organ penting dan terpeka, seperti jantung, otak, dan paru-paru, akan tersumbat dengan gumpalan, yang tak pelak lagi akan membawa kematian.
Kenyataan ini sekali lagi memperlihatkan kepada kita bahwa tubuh manusia dirancang dengan sempurna. Mustahil untuk menjelaskan sistem penggumpalan darah dengan berdasarkan dugaan kejadian kebetulan atau "perkembangan bertahap" sebagaimana yang dinyatakan teori evolusi. Sistem yang dirancang dan diperhitungkan dengan seksama seperti ini merupakan bukti tak terbantahkan tentang kesempurnaan dalam penciptaan. Allah, Yang menciptakan kita dan menempatkan kita di bumi ini, telah menciptakan tubuh kita dengan sistem ini, yang melindungi kita dari banyak luka yang kita dapati sepanjang hidup kita.
Pembekuan darah sangat penting tidak hanya untuk luka yang tampak, namun juga untuk robeknya pembuluh darah halus dalam tubuh kita yang terjadi sepanjang waktu. Meskipun tidak kita sadari, selalu terjadi pendarahan kecil dalam tubuh yang terus-menerus. Ketika lengan terbentur pintu atau duduk terlalu lama, ratusan pembuluh darah halus darah robek. Pendarahan tersebut segera dihentikan dengan adanya sistem pembekuan darah dan pembuluh darah halus dapat pulih sebagaimana keadaan normal. Jika benturan itu lebih parah, maka pendarahan dalam itu akan lebih parah pula, yang menyebabkan peradangan yang biasanya disebut "memar." Seseorang yang kurang sempurna sistem pembekuan darahnya harus menghindari benturan sekecil apa pun. Pada penderita hemofilia (darah susah menggumpal), karena sistem pembekuan darahnya tidak bekerja, menjalani hidupnya seperti itu. Penderita hemofilia yang parah tidak akan mampu bertahan hidup terlalu lama. Bahkan pendarahandalam yang kecil, yang disebabkan oleh terpeleset atau jatuh yang sederhana saja, mungkin sudah cukup untuk mengakhiri hidupnya. Dengan kenyataan yang sederhana ini, setiap kita seharusnya merenungkan keajaiban penciptaan dalam tubuh kita, dan bersyukur kepada Allah, Yang menciptakan tubuh kita dengan sempurna. Tubuh ini merupakan karunia tersendiri untuk kita dari Allah, bahkan satu sel pun tidak mampu kita perbanyak. Ketika menyeru manusia, Allah berfirman:

"Kami telah menciptakan kamu, maka mengapa kamu tidak membenarkan (hari berbangkit)?" (Surat Al-Waqi'ah: 57)