-ing Form in Article

The Article

Offering Help and Hope as Ebola Epidemic Unfolds

By ALAN FEUER OCT. 5, 2014

The Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island, led by the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson, center,

is closely watching the outbreak.

Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

After the offering was taken and the service was coming to an end, the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson of the Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island asked her congregation to do together what they were no doubt already doing on their own.

“Let us pray now,” she said, “for Liberia and for all the other African countries affected by this Ebola disease.”

All across Little Liberia, a community of African expatriates in the Clifton section of Staten Island, praying people turned their minds on Sunday to their homeland, which has been struggling for months with an increasingly perilous Ebola epidemic. In large churches and in tiny storefront houses of worship, local Liberians this weekend sent their best wishes — and in many cases their money — home to their families, hoping that their prayers and donations could make up for a lack of cotton balls, rubber gloves and other medical supplies.

There are more than 50 Liberian families that worship at the Temple of Faith and each of them, said Walters Weah, the church’s administrator, knows someone overseas who has died from Ebola. Stories have reached Staten Island about stricken relatives lying for days — or sometimes weeks — at home without any attention from physicians or the government.

The Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr., pastor at First Central Baptist Church in Staten Island, on Sunday.

His church has sent almost $2,000 to Liberia to combat the outbreak.

Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

“We hear about sick people who call for help, and no one comes to pick them up until they’re dead,” Mr. Weah said. His church has begun an effort to buy an ambulance and ship it, at its own expense, to Liberia. But while the money has been forthcoming, there have been problems getting the aid to where it needs to be.

“Many of us have given up hope,” Mr. Weah reluctantly admitted. “The government has done very little to address the situation. Everyone here is worried, everyone is praying. The truth is that we don’t know what to do.”

One thing the community has managed to do is set up a handful of drop-off sites in the neighborhood for donation. It had also planned a concert and fund-raising event for Sunday night at the Christ Assembly Lutheran Church on Hudson Street. The organizers, the Liberian Community Association and the Staten Island Ministerial Alliance, hoped to raise as much as $50,000 for Ebola relief, Mr. Weah said.

There are five major Liberian churches on Staten Island, which is home to a substantial Liberian expatriate community. Some, like Temple of Faith, maintain informal, more familial relations with their homeland. Others, like the First Central Baptist Church on Wright Street, have sent official missions to Liberia in recent years, to build schools and affiliated churches.


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“Through our sister church, we have already sent bleach, alcohol, medical swabs and almost $2,000 overseas,” the Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr., the pastor at First Central Baptist, said. “It’s obviously a delicate social and economic situation over there and we, here on Staten Island, are united in trying to come together and lend support in as humanely way as we possibly can.”

On Thursday night, officials from the city’s health department met with leaders of the African community in the Bronx, and they plan to hold similar events in the other boroughs.

Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city’s health commissioner, said their immediate focus was to make sure that anyone who had recently traveled from West Africa and had fallen ill went to the hospital. All will be treated, regardless of their immigration status or their ability to pay.

“These are the people who most directly affected,” Dr. Bassett said. “We want them to have the information they need.”

For the city’s West Africans, it has not been easy watching the epidemic from afar. Recently, one member of First Central Baptist got word that his wife, his daughter and his cousin had all died of Ebola in Liberia. Other church members have suffered similar losses in the last few months.

“Is what is going on in Liberia affecting us here on Staten Island?” Mr. Carolina asked. “The answer is, yes. Absolutely, yes.”

These are the -ing forms in the sentence in the article above and the explanation:

1. Offering Help and Hope as Ebola Epidemic Unfolds

     Explanation:

       The word offering in sentence (1) is included into -ing form (offer + -ing) as a noun because it is a gerund which the function of gerund is a noun.

2. The Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island, led by the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson, center, is closely watching the outbreak.
     Explanation:
     The word watching in sentence (2) is included into -ing form (watch + -ing) as a verb because it occurs in the Simple Present Tense that is formed by Subject (The Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island, led by the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson, center) + auxiliary be (is) + present participle (watch + -ing). In the sentence above, the function of present participle watching is as a verb.

3. After the offering was taken and the service was coming to an end, the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson of the Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island asked her congregation to do together what they were no doubt already doing on their own.
     Explanation:
     The word offering in sentence (3) above is included into an -ing form that the function is as a noun because it is considered to be a gerund which the function of gerund is as a noun.

4. All across Little Liberia, a community of African expatriates in the Clifton section of Staten Island, praying people turned their minds on Sunday to their homeland, which has been struggling for months with an increasingly perilous Ebola epidemic.
     Explanation:
     The word praying in sentence (4) above is included into an -ing form as it comes from the word pray and the suffix -ing. In the sentence above, it is categorized as present participle that the function is as an adjective because it modifies the noun people.

5. All across Little Liberia, a community of African expatriates in the Clifton section of Staten Island, praying people turned their minds on Sunday to their homeland, which has been struggling for months with an increasingly perilous Ebola epidemic.
     Explanation:
     The word struggling in sentence (5) above is included into an -ing form as it comes from the word struggle and the suffix -ing. In the sentence above, the word struggling is included into a present participle as a verb because it occursin the Present Perfect Continuous Tense which is formed by Subject (which as a pronoun of a community of African) + auxiliary have (has) + been + present participle (struggling).

6. In large churches and in tiny storefront houses of worship, local Liberians this weekend sent their best wishes — and in many cases their money — home to their families, hoping that their prayers and donations could make up for a lack of cotton balls, rubber gloves and other medical supplies.
     Explanation:
     The word hoping in sentence (6) above can be considered as an -ing form as present participle (comes from the word hope and the suffix -ing) as an adjective because it modifies the noun local Liberians.

7. But while the money has been forthcoming, there have been problems getting the aid to where it needs to be.
     Explanation:
     The word forthcoming in sentence (7) above can be included into a present participle because it comes from the word forthcome and the suffix -ing. In the sentence above, the function of the present participle forthcoming is as a verb because it occurs in the Present Perfect Progressive Tense that is formed by Subject (the money) + auxiliary have (has) + been + present participle (forthcoming).

8. But while the money has been forthcoming, there have been problems getting the aid to where it needs to be.
     Explanation:
     The word getting in sentence (8) above can be included into present participle which comes from the verb get and the suffix -ing. The function of the present participle getting in sentence above is as an adjective because it modifies the noun problems.

9. Everyone here is worried, everyone is praying.
     Explanation:
     The word praying in sentence (9) above is included into present participle which comes from the verb pray and the suffix -ing. In the sentence above, the function of the present participle praying is as a verb because it occurs in the Present Progressive Tense that is formed by Subject (everyone) + auxiliary be (is) + present participle (praying).

10. It had also planned a concert and fund-raising event for Sunday night at the Christ Assembly Lutheran Church on Hudson Street.
     Explanation:
     The compound word fund-raising in sentence (10) above can be considered as present participle because the word raising comes from the verb raise and the suffix -ing. In the sentence, the function of the present participle fund-raising is as an adjective because it modifies the following noun event.

11. It’s obviously a delicate social and economic situation over there and we, here on Staten Island, are united in trying to come together and lend support in as humanely way as we possibly can.
     Explanation:
     The word trying in sentence (11) is included into a gerund because it occurs after the preposition in. The function of the gerund trying is as a noun.

12. Is what is going on in Liberia affecting us here on Staten Island?
     Explanation:
     The word going in sentence (12) above can be concluded into a present participle because it comes from the verb go and the suffix -ing. The function of the present participle going in the sentence above is as a verb because it occurs in the Present Progressive Tense that is formed by Subject (what) + auxiliary be (is) + present participle (going).

Direct Speech and Indirect Speech in Articles

ARTICLE 1

At Service for Dallas Ebola Victim, Relatives Recall a Gentle, Generous Man

By JONATHAN M. KATZ OCT. 18, 2014

Thomas Eric Duncan’s mother, Nowai Gartay, center, at his memorial rites in Salisbury, N.C. 
Credit Andy McMillan for The New York Times

SALISBURY, N.C. — With hymns and prayers for answers, family andfriends gathered at a North Carolina church on Saturday to bid farewell to Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of Ebola in the United States.

Mr. Duncan’s mother sat weeping with other relatives in the front row of the small, red-carpeted sanctuary of the church they attend here, Rowan International Church. About 30 other congregants stood and sang, “I must tell Jesus all of my trials,” and, “We have a God who never fails.”

A slide show of photos of Mr. Duncan in Liberia played in a loop over the dais. In eulogies, relatives remembered him as a giving man who had shown courage throughout his 42 years, even as bullets flew during the Liberian civil war. They emphasized that he had contracted Ebola when he helped carry a sick woman just days before he was to make his long-awaited journey to the United States — though all were insistent that he did not know what disease she was suffering from.

“Let’s not forget how he died. He died helping someone,” said Harry Korkoryah, Mr. Duncan’s half brother. “He answered that call from God.”

Thomas Eric Duncan

Credit Wilmot Chayee/Associated Press

Undercurrents of frustration and doubt ran throughout the morning service.

“Where did Ebola come from to destroy people?” sermonized Bishop Arthur F. Kulah of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, one of at least nine members of the clergy from various churches at the service. “To set behind people who were already behind?”

Several relatives implied strongly that they did not believe the hospital’s or officials’ narratives of what had happened to Mr. Duncan during his illness in Dallas, where he arrived in September.

“The day will come when we all have answers for what happened to my brother,” said Josephus Weeks, Mr. Duncan’s nephew, who was the same age as his uncle and raised alongside him.

Mr. Weeks has been sharply critical of the care his uncle received at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, denouncing the hospital for “ignorance, incompetence and indecency” in an opinion article on Tuesday in The Dallas Morning News and saying the hospital had been indifferent to the suffering of a black man who lacked health insurance. He was more muted after the solemn service here but did not hide his dissatisfaction, saying in an interview that the hospital had still not responded to the family’s questions.

The Rev. Samar Ghandour, in white, led a prayer for Mr. Duncan in Salisbury, N.C.
Credit Andy McMillan for The New York Times

“I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but we want to know what happened,” he said.

Mr. Duncan’s brief time in America touched off widespread alarm, which grew when two nurses from the Dallas hospital tested positive for Ebola in the week after his death on Oct. 8.

A cruise ship carrying another worker from the hospital was met on Saturday by a helicopter carrying supplies for blood testing, prompting cheers from passengers. The worker, a laboratory supervisor who handled Mr. Duncan’s blood samples, is in voluntary isolation on the Carnival Magic ship with her husband. Carnival Cruise Lines said she posed no health risk, but Texas officials wanted her to submit a blood sample for testing before the ship made its scheduled arrival in Galveston on Sunday morning.

At the memorial service for Mr. Duncan, relatives said they had not seen the man they knew as Eric for years, in some cases decades. Consequently, many of the stories shared were about him as a boy and young man, a master of playing soccer with a tennis ball, who would race his motorcycles down streets at top speed. Bishop Kulah, who founded a school for Liberian refugees in neighboring Ivory Coast that Mr. Duncan attended during the 1989-96 Liberian civil war, recalled the young man’s operation of a telephone booth to help displaced people contact their relatives back at home. He said Mr. Duncan had often allowed those who could not afford to pay to use the phone for free.

His half brother recounted Mr. Duncan’s long struggle to obtain a visa to the United States, which he used to visit Louise Troh, the mother of one of his children, and his dreams of someday living in this country for good. “He was going to do four or five jobs,” Mr. Korkoryah said. “He was going to make so much money. But God had other plans.”

ARTICLE 2

Dozens in Ohio Monitored for Possible Exposure to Nurse With Ebola

By MITCH SMITH OCT. 18, 2014

A police vehicle guarded a home Friday in Tallmadge, Ohio,
where Amber Joy Vinson, a health care worker, stayed during her visit to the area.
Credit Ty Wright for The New York Times

AKRON, Ohio — Health officials said Saturday that dozens of Ohio residents were being monitored after possibly being exposed to a nurse from Dallas who visited here just days before she was found to have Ebola, but that no cases of the deadly virus have yet been identified in the state.

The nurse, Amber Joy Vinson, who is now being treated at hospital in Atlanta, was on the team that cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died on Oct. 8 in Dallas from Ebola. Ms. Vinson had already flown to Ohio when Nina Pham, another nurse who treated Mr. Duncan, tested positive for Ebola.

Ohio politicians and health workers said they were on top of the issue, and life for most here has gone on with little interruption. But quarantines, a few school closures and images of Ms. Vinson’s relatives’ home shrouded in yellow police tape have not gone unnoticed.

“I think there’s obviously a huge amount of anxiety,” said Donald L. Plusquellic, Akron’s mayor.

Mr. Plusquellic called for the federal government to send more specially trained health care workers to Ohio in case anyone who contacted Ms. Vinson began experiencing symptoms of Ebola. He also suggested having a plane on standby in both Akron and Cleveland to carry any patient with Ebola symptoms to a hospital with the necessary facilities to treating the disease.

A bridal shop in Tallmadge, Ohio, visited by Ms. Vinson, was closed for business until further notice.

Credit Ty Wright for The New York Times

“Why wouldn’t we have a team in place and ready to transport someone at the first sign of symptoms?” Mr. Plusquellic said in a news release. “Why would we put our local hospital caregivers and staff at risk when it can be contained at the onset?”

The mayor’s plan is to get approval from Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio or from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which has sent a team here to assist local health workers.

Mr. Kasich, a Republican, met here with city leaders and federal and local public health officials on Saturday to discuss the state’s response. He said he would talk with medical professionals to decide where best to treat an Ebola patient.

“The public needs to know we’re doing everything we can possibly do to be on top of this,” Mr. Kasich said, “and we will stay on top of this until this problem has passed.”

Ms. Vinson reported that she “felt funny” during her trip earlier this month, officials have said, but she went shopping at an Akron bridal store and did not exhibit obvious symptoms of Ebola. That bridal shop is closed “until further notice,” a sign out front read Saturday, and the home of a relative of Ms. Vinson’s in nearby Tallmadge, Ohio, remained cordoned off and under guard by the police.

ARTICLE 3

Offering Help and Hope as Ebola Epidemic Unfolds

By ALAN FEUER OCT. 5, 2014

The Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island, led by the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson, center,
is closely watching the outbreak.
Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

After the offering was taken and the service was coming to an end, the Rev. Roselyn Holder-Dimerson of the Temple of Faith Church on Staten Island asked her congregation to do together what they were no doubt already doing on their own.

“Let us pray now,” she said, “for Liberia and for all the other African countries affected by this Ebola disease.”

All across Little Liberia, a community of African expatriates in the Clifton section of Staten Island, praying people turned their minds on Sunday to their homeland, which has been struggling for months with an increasingly perilous Ebola epidemic. In large churches and in tiny storefront houses of worship, local Liberians this weekend sent their best wishes — and in many cases their money — home to their families, hoping that their prayers and donations could make up for a lack of cotton balls, rubber gloves and other medical supplies.

There are more than 50 Liberian families that worship at the Temple of Faith and each of them, said Walters Weah, the church’s administrator, knows someone overseas who has died from Ebola. Stories have reached Staten Island about stricken relatives lying for days — or sometimes weeks — at home without any attention from physicians or the government.

The Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr., pastor at First Central Baptist Church in Staten Island, on Sunday.
His church has sent almost $2,000 to Liberia to combat the outbreak.
Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

“We hear about sick people who call for help, and no one comes to pick them up until they’re dead,” Mr. Weah said. His church has begun an effort to buy an ambulance and ship it, at its own expense, to Liberia. But while the money has been forthcoming, there have been problems getting the aid to where it needs to be.

“Many of us have given up hope,” Mr. Weah reluctantly admitted. “The government has done very little to address the situation. Everyone here is worried, everyone is praying. The truth is that we don’t know what to do.”

One thing the community has managed to do is set up a handful of drop-off sites in the neighborhood for donation. It had also planned a concert and fund-raising event for Sunday night at the Christ Assembly Lutheran Church on Hudson Street. The organizers, the Liberian Community Association and the Staten Island Ministerial Alliance, hoped to raise as much as $50,000 for Ebola relief, Mr. Weah said.

There are five major Liberian churches on Staten Island, which is home to a substantial Liberian expatriate community. Some, like Temple of Faith, maintain informal, more familial relations with their homeland. Others, like the First Central Baptist Church on Wright Street, have sent official missions to Liberia in recent years, to build schools and affiliated churches.

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“Through our sister church, we have already sent bleach, alcohol, medical swabs and almost $2,000 overseas,” the Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr., the pastor at First Central Baptist, said. “It’s obviously a delicate social and economic situation over there and we, here on Staten Island, are united in trying to come together and lend support in as humanely way as we possibly can.”

On Thursday night, officials from the city’s health department met with leaders of the African community in the Bronx, and they plan to hold similar events in the other boroughs.

Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city’s health commissioner, said their immediate focus was to make sure that anyone who had recently traveled from West Africa and had fallen ill went to the hospital. All will be treated, regardless of their immigration status or their ability to pay.

“These are the people who most directly affected,” Dr. Bassett said. “We want them to have the information they need.”

For the city’s West Africans, it has not been easy watching the epidemic from afar. Recently, one member of First Central Baptist got word that his wife, his daughter and his cousin had all died of Ebola in Liberia. Other church members have suffered similar losses in the last few months.

“Is what is going on in Liberia affecting us here on Staten Island?” Mr. Carolina asked. “The answer is, yes. Absolutely, yes.”

These are the direct speech from three articles above:

Direct Speech in Statement

1. “The day will come when we all have answers for what happened to my brother,” said Josephus Weeks, Mr. Duncan’s nephew, who was the same age as his uncle and raised alongside him. (Article 1)

2. “I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but we want to know what happened,” he said. (Article 1)

Direct Speech in Question

3. “Where did Ebola come from to destroy people?” sermonized Bishop Arthur F. Kulah of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, one of at least nine members of the clergy from various churches at the service. (Article 1)

4. “Why wouldn’t we have a team in place and ready to transport someone at the first sign of symptoms?” Mr. Plusquellic said in a news release. (Article 2)

Direct Speech in Imperative

5. “Let’s not forget how he died. He died helping someone,” said Harry Korkoryah, Mr. Duncan’s half brother. (Article 1)

6. “Let us pray now,” she said, “for Liberia and for all the other African countries affected by this Ebola disease.” (Article 3)

These are the indirect speech (IS) form of the direct speech (DS) above:

1.

DS : “The day will come when we all have answers for what happened to my brother,” said Josephus Weeks, Mr. Duncan’s nephew, who was the same age as his uncle and raised alongside him.

IS : Josephus Weeks, Mr. Duncan’s nephew, who was the same age as his uncle and raised alongside him said that the day would come when they all had answers for what had happened to his brother.

Explanation:
      The Subject in the IS (Indirect Speech) above is Josephus Weeks, Mr. Duncan's nephew, who was the same age as his uncle and raised alongside him. The Verb in the IS above is said. The rest of the sentence in the IS is called noun clause that the function is as Object, that is that the day would come when they all had answers for what had happened to his brother.
     There are five changes in the IS, they are would from will, they from we, had from have, had happened from happened, and his from my. The first change is will. Will in the DS (Direct Speech) is in Present Future Tense that must be changed into Past Future Tense would in the IS. The second change is we. We in the DS in the pronouns of people who are with the speaker, Josepus Weeks, and we, who are reproducing the idea of Josephus Weeks's words, must change the pronoun we into they. The third change is have. Have in the DS is in Simple Present Tense, and it must be changed into Simple Past Tense had. The fourth change is happened. Happened in the DS is in Simple Past Tense, and we must change it into Past Perfect Tense had happened. The last change is my. My in the DS is Possessive Adjective of the speaker, Josephus, as the first person. As we are reproducing the idea of Josephus Weeks's words, we must change my into Possessive Adjective of Josephus as the third person, his.

2.

DS :  “I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but we want to know what happened,” he said.

IS : He said that he was not accusing anyone of anything, but they wanted to know what had happened.

Explanation:
      The Subject in the IS above is he, the Verb is said, and the rest of the sentence in the IS is noun clause that the function is as Object, that he was not accusing anyone of anything, but they wanted to know what had happened.
       There are five changes in the IS from the DS, they are he from I, was from am, they from, we, wanted from want, and had happened from happened. The first change is I. I in the DS refers to the speaker, he. So, in the IS, we must change I into pronoun that refers to the third person singular as the change, and we change it into he. The second change is am into was. Am is auxiliary for the subject I in Present Continuous Tense. If we want to change DS into IS, we must change the Present Continuous Tense into Past Continuous Tense. In Past Continuous Tense, we have was and were as auxiliary. Since the subject of the noun clause is he, we use the auxiliary was as the change. The third change is we into they. We in the DS is the pronoun for people who were with the subject he. As we are the reproducer of the speaker's (he) words, we must change it into they as the change, for the third person plural pronoun. The fourth change is want into wanted. Want in the DS is in Simple Present Tense and must be changed into Simple Past Tense, wanted, if we want to change DS into IS. The last change is happened into had happened. As we can see,  happened in the DS is in Simple Past Tense, and we must change it into Past Perfect Tense, had happened, if we want to change DS into IS.

3.

DS : “Where did Ebola come from to destroy people?” sermonized Bishop Arthur F. Kulah of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, one of at least nine members of the clergy from various churches at the service.

IS : Bishop Arthur F. Kulah of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, one of at least nine members of the clergy from various churches at the service, asked where Ebola had come from to destroy people. 

Explanation:
      The Subject in the IS above is Bishop Arthur F. Kulah of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, one of at least nine members of the clergy from various churches at the service. The Verb of the IS is asked. The Object of the IS is the noun clause where Ebola had come from to destroy people.
     There are some changes in the IS from The DS, they are the affirmative noun clause from question, the tenses: Past Perfect Tense from Simple Past Tense, did come into had come. In changing from DS into IS, we are not allowed to use question as a sentence. If there is a question in the DS, we change it into clause. For example, Where did Ebola come from to destroy people. We change it into a noun clause, then becomes where Ebola came from to destroy people. Besides the clause, we also must change the tense. Where Ebola came from to destroy people clause uses Simple Past Tense since the verb come is in the second form came. So, we change the tense from Simple Past Tense into Past Perfect Tense and becomes where Ebola had come from to destroy people.

4.

DS : “Why wouldn’t we have a team in place and ready to transport someone at the first sign of symptoms?” Mr. Plusquellic said in a news release.

IS : In a news release, Mr. Plusquellic asked why they wouldn’t have had a team in place and ready to transport someone at the first sign of symptoms.
Explanation:
      The Subject of the IS above is Mr. Plusquellic, the verb is asked, the Object is the noun clause why they wouldn't have had a team in place and ready to transport someone at the first sign of symptoms, and the rest of the sentence, in a news release, is adverb of place.
       As the DS above is in question, we must change the question into clause, that is noun clause. It might become why we wouldn't have a team in place and ready to trasport someone at the first sign of symptoms, and ommit the question mark. If we want to change the DS into IS, we must do some changes, like the pronoun and the tenses. We in the DS refers to people who were with the speaker, Mr. Plusquellic, so we must change the pronoun we into they, the pronoun of the third plural person. The last is that we must change the tense. Would not have in the DS is in Past Future Tense, so that we must change it into Past Future Perfect Tense and become would not have had.

5.

DS : “Let’s not forget how he died. He died helping someone,” said Harry Korkoryah, Mr. Duncan’s half brother.

IS : Harry Korkoryah, Mr. Duncan’s half brother, did not let them to forget how Mr. Duncan had died. Mr. Duncan had died helping someone.
Explanation:
     There are some changes in this Imperative Direct Speech. First, we change the imperative sentence into clause. We also change the tense. since the tense in the imperative is in Simple Present Tense, let not forget, we change it into Simple Past Tense, did not let, and change the Simple Past Tense, died, into Past Perfect Tense, had died. We must also change the pronoun us in the DS into them, and the pronoun he into Mr. Duncan.

6.

DS : “Let us pray now,” she said, “for Liberia and for all the other African countries affected by this Ebola disease.”

IS : She let them to pray then for Liberia and for all the other African countries had been affected by that Ebola disease.
Explanation:
      The case of the sentence above is as same as the sentence in number 5. First, we change the imperative sentence in the DS into clause. Second, we change the tenses. Since let pray in the imperative sentence is in Simple Present Tense, we must change it into Simple Past Tense. Affected is changed into had been affected. Besides the tenses, we must also change the pronouns. The pronoun us is changed into them. The next change is in the time indicator. If in the DS used now, we changed it into then. The last change is in the this that change into that.

Active and Passive Voice in Articles

Here is the article!

AP INTERVIEW: US should hit all militants in Syria 

Zeina Karam and Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press, United Nations | World | Tue, September 30 2014, 6:55 AM

Syria's foreign minister said Monday that the U.S.-led bombing campaign should be expanded to target other militant groups besides the Islamic State group, noting that the fight against terrorism has aligned the Syrian regime with its Western and Arab opponents in a fight against a common enemy.

"They have the same ideology. They have the same extremist ideology," Walid al-Moallem told The Associated Press in urging a widening of the U.S.-led aerial campaign to include all Islamic rebel factions fighting President Bashar Assad's government.

Speaking earlier at the U.N. General Assembly, the Syrian foreign minister denounced what he called the United States' "dual policy" of striking at some militants in Syria while providing money, weapons and training to others, calling it a recipe for more violence and terrorism.

Such behavior creates a "fertile ground" for the continued growth of extremism in countries including Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, al-Moallem told world leaders.

Washington and Arab allies opened their air assault against the extremist group last week in Syria, going after the group's military facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations. The campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August.

Some of the initial strikes in Syria targeted the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's Syria affiliate, hitting several of its facilities and killing dozens of its fighters. Washington said it was trying to take out an al-Qaida cell known as the Khorasan Group that the U.S. says was actively plotting attacks against Americans and Western interests.

On Monday, al-Moallem said the Islamic State group, the Nusra Front and all Islamic groups fighting the Assad regime were on the same side and all should be hit.

Asked whether the strikes should include the loose umbrella rebel group known as the Free Syrian Army, which is backed by the U.S. and its allies, he said that group "does not exist anymore." In the interview, al-Moallem tried to position his country as being on the same side as the U.S.-led coalition. Asked whether Syria considered itself now aligned with the West because both were fighting the same enemy, al-Moallem replied: "This is the fact."

"We are fighting ISIS, they are fighting ISIS," he said, referring to the Islamic State group by one of its acronyms.

In an interview aired Sunday, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the bombing campaign could ultimately help Assad stay in power. While the White House continues to call for Assad's departure and has consistently condemned his actions in a three-year civil war, diplomatic negotiations to oust him have largely stalled and Obama has shown no appetite for using military power to force him out.

Given that the Islamic State group is one of the Syrian government's strongest opponents, the strikes have created an unexpected alignment between the U.S. and Assad that the Syrian president is seeking to exploit in order to gain legitimacy.

Last month, al-Moallem warned at a news conference in Damascus that any strike that was not coordinated with the Assad government would be considered as aggression.

But on Monday he denied saying that coordination was necessary, adding that Damascus was satisfied with simply being informed of any U.S.-led action, which he said the Obama administration did before the start last week of the aerial campaign in Syria.

He said the U.S. government sent three separate messages to Syria 24 hours before it launched its first airstrike on Sept. 23. The messages were identical, he said: "We (the U.S.) are not after the Syrian army or the Syrian government."

He said there have been no further messages as the U.S.-led coalition has ramped up its bombing campaign, "but it's OK."

"Until today, we are satisfied. As long as they are aiming at ISIS locations in Syria and in Iraq, we are satisfied," he said.

Asked about Syria's position on the five Arab countries that have joined the bombing campaign in Syria, al-Moallem said: "We were not asked about them, it's up to them."

"As long as they are hitting ISIS" Syria would not criticize their participation, he said.

However, in his U.N. speech, al-Moallem denounced members of the U.S.-led coalition as key supporters of "armed terrorist groups." He did not name them, but Syria regularly accuses Saudi Arabia and Qatar of supporting the opposition fighting to topple Assad.

The U.S.-led coalition also includes Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

Al-Moallem said the Syrian military is fighting to regain territory captured by the Islamic State group, but a political solution without any influence from outsiders is the only way out of the civil war that has killed more than 190,000 people and driven a third of Syria's population — some 9 million people — from their homes.

"The political solution has to be based on what the Syrian people agree between themselves," he said.

Al Moallem said the "good offices" of the new U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, are needed, but this doesn't mean that he has to interfere" in talks which must take place in Syria.

He said participants must be people who are nationalists, believe in combatting terrorism, and in building a future for Syria that respects the "the will of the Syrian people" who re-elected Assad in March.

As for the communique agreed on by major powers at a Geneva conference in June 2012 calling for the establishment of a transitional governing body for Syria — which has served as a basis for negotiations — al Moallem said it will be up to the Syrian people to decide whether it's still valid. (***)

Note:

The underlined sentences are in active voices, and the bold sentences are all in passive voices.

These are the 5 active sentences from the article above:

1. Syria's foreign minister said Monday that the U.S.-led bombing campaign should be expanded to target other militant groups besides the Islamic State group, noting that the fight against terrorism has aligned the Syrian regime with its Western and Arab opponents in a fight against a common enemy.

2. Syria's foreign minister said Monday that the U.S.-led bombing campaign should be expanded to target other militant groups besides the Islamic State group, noting that the fight against terrorism has aligned the Syrian regime with its Western and Arab opponents in a fight against a common enemy.

3. Such behavior creates a "fertile ground" for the continued growth of extremism in countries including Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, al-Moallem told world leaders.

4. The campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August.

5. Washington said it was trying to take out an al-Qaida cell known as the Khorasan Group that the U.S. says was actively plotting attacks against Americans and Western interests.

Discussion:
          The word “said” in sentence (1) is considered to active form because it is in the irregular past form. Sentence (1) is included to the active form of Simple Past Tense because it is made up of Subject + V2/the past form of verb + Object/Compliment. The Simple Past Tense is used report a state or activity that happens and ends in the past time. 

            The words “has aligned” in sentence (2) is considered to active form because they are formed by the auxiliary has + aligned (the third regular form of the verb align). Sentence (2) is included to the active form of Present Perfect Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary have/has + the past participle form of the main verb or the third form of the main verb. The Present Perfect Tense expresses activities or situations that occurred at unspecified time in the past, but still has relevance in the present.
          The word “creates” in sentence (3) is considered to active form because it is in the present form which must be added by suffix –s when the subject ‘such behavior’ is singular. Sentence (3) is included to the active form of Simple Present Tense because it is made up of Subject + the present form of the verb (which is added by suffix –s or ­–es if the subject is singular). The Simple Present Tense is used to express general statements of fact. 

           The words “has been conducting” in sentence (4) is considered to active form because they are formed by the auxiliary has + been + the present participle (-ing) form of the main verb. Sentence (4) is included to the active form of Present Perfect Continuous Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary have/has + been + the present participle form of the main verb or the –ing form of the main verb. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express the duration of an activity that is in progress.

          The words “was trying” in sentence (5) is considered to active form because they are formed by the auxiliary was + the present participle form of the main verb or the –ing form of the main verb. Sentence (5) is included to the active form of Past Continuous Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary was/were + the present participle form of the main verb or the –ing form of the main verb. The Past Continuous Tense is used to express an activity that was in progress at a point of time in the past or at the time of another action.

These are the 5 passive sentences from the article above:

6.     Syria's foreign minister said Monday that the U.S.-led bombing campaign should be expanded to target other militant groups besides the Islamic State group, noting that the fight against terrorism has aligned the Syrian regime with its Western and Arab opponents in a fight against a common enemy.

7. Asked whether the strikes should include the loose umbrella rebel group known as the Free Syrian Army, which is backed by the U.S. and its allies, he said that group "does not exist anymore."

8. Last month, al-Moallem warned at a news conference in Damascus that any strike that was not coordinated with the Assad government would be considered as aggression.

9. Last month, al-Moallem warned at a news conference in Damascus that any strike that was not coordinated with the Assad government would be considered as aggression.

10. Until today, we are satisfied.

Discussion:

          The words "should be expanded" in sentence (6) is considered to passive form because it is formed by should that is followed by be and the past participle form of 'expand' or the third regular form of 'expand'. Sentence (6) is considered to the passive form of Modal Auxiliary should because it is made up of Subject + Modal Auxiliaries (should) + be + the past participle form of the main verb or the third form of the main verb. The Modal Auxiliary should is used to express an advice.

          The words "is backed" in sentence (7) is considered to passive form because it is formed by is that is followed by the past participle form or the third regular form of the main verb 'back'. Sentence (7) is included to the passive form of Simple Present Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary be (is/am/are) + the past participle form or the third form of the main verb. The Simple Present Tense is used to express a general statement of fact.

          The words "was not coordinated" in sentence (8) is considered to passive form because it is formed by was + not + the past participle form or the third regular form of the main verb 'coordinate'. Sentence (8) is included to the negative form of passive voice of Simple Past Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary be (was/were) + not + the past participle form or the third form of the verb. The Simple Past Tense is used to express an activity that began and ended at a particular time in the past.

          The words "would be considered" in sentence (9) is considered to passive form because it is formed by the modal auxiliary would that is followed by be and the past participle form or the third regular form of the main verb 'consider'. Sentence (9) is included to the passive form of Modal Auxiliary would because it is made up of Subject + Modal Auxiliary would + be + the past participle form or the third form of the main verb. The Modal Auxiliary would is used to express a possiblity.

          The words 'are satisfied' in sentence (10) is considered to passive form because it is formed by are and followed by the past participle form or the third regular form of the main verb 'satisfy'. In sentence (10), the function of the word satisfied is as an adjective because it describe the condition of the subject we. Sentence (10) is included to the passive form of Simple Present Tense because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary be (is/am/are) + the past participle form or the third form of the main verb.

My Poem

Do You Know?

Do you know?

You are my best of the best friend

I've ever had

Do you know?

I don't believe you do love me

Even you always prove it to me

Do you know?

I really don't trust you

When you say you love me

Even you've said it for thousand times

Do you know?

I've never trusted anybody

But you

Do you know?

I just realized it

After we have together for years

That I'm missing you

Really miss you

But please don't trust me

If I told you I would never miss you

But please trust me

Even my missing is nothing than yours

Do you know?

That I just realized

That I'm loving you

Really love you

And never want you to leave me alone

With this feeling

And every moment we've ever had

Contoh Haiku 2

Lelah
Mengantuk
Semuanya jadi satu

Minggu berlalu
Senin menunggu
Begitupun kuliahku

Kuhabiskan siangku
Dengan berkaraoke ria
Bersama teman-teman

Hang out
Bersama mereka
Membuatku melewatkan kuliah

Sehari beraktivitas
Hingga yang tersisa
Hanya lelah

Contoh Haiku 1

Wake up, wake up!
Hari telah pagi
Mentari telah menanti

Senja hampir tiba
Akan tetapi,
Tak ada satupun pesan darimu

Lelah menunggumu
Kantuk menyerangku
Hingga aku terlelap dalam tidurku

Cerah
Sebiru lautan
Tanpa noda dan cela

Sabtu yang santai
Tinggal di rumah
And doing nothing

Review Game: Tebak Gambar

CARA BERMAIN:

· Pertama-tama, kalian harus mengidentifikasi dan mengamati gambarnya dulu

· Kedua, perhatikan keterangan di sekitar gambar apabila ada huruf atau suku kata tambahan atau yang dikurangi. Selanjutnya, rangkailah kata tersebut dengan gambar yang berkaitan.

· Bila ada pergantian huruf atau suku kata maka gantilah huruf atau suku kata tersebut sehingga menjadi kata baru.

· Setelah semua kata terbentuk, maka kalian telah menemukan jawaban dari tebak gambar yang dimaksud.

CONTOH:

Bila ada gambar kipas dan ada keterangan huruf I dicoret = U, maka kata tersebut menjadi kupas. Gambar selanjutnya adalah udang. Bila dirangkai menjadi KUPAS UDANG. Gampang kaaan??!!

ATURAN PERMAINAN:

Dalam permainan ini, ada 18 level dengan 20 soal pada setiap levelnya. Pemain akan dibekali 5 nyawa, dan setiap salah menebak akan dikurangi 1 nyawa. Pemain juga akan dibekali 5 hint, dimana pemain bisa mendapatkan clue bila merasa bingung dengan gambar yang dimaksud. Clue tersebut berupa serangkaian kata dimana huruf awal awal dan akhir dari setiap kata akan muncul. Misalnya K­_ _ _S U_ _ _G. Soal di setiap akhir level adalah raja gambar dan kalian harus mengalahkan raja gambar agar dapat melanjutkan ke level selanjutnya. 

SELAMAT BERMAIN!!!

Berikut adalah kunci jawaban dari game "Tebak Gambar" dari level 1 hingga level 18:

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Level 11

Level 12

Level 13

Level 14

Level 15

Level 16

Level 17

Level 18

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 1

1. KUPAS UDANG
2. JAMBU BATU
3. TUA BANGKA
4. TAHI LALAT
5. MARI MAKAN
6. MATA PISAU
7. FERMENTASI ANGGUR
8. POTONG HARGA
9. ALAS KAKI
10. MINTA UANG
11. IGA BAKAR
12. DAUN BAYAM
13. TANTANGAN SERU
14. JAM KOSONG
15. TENAGA LISTRIK
16. OBAT CINA
17. TAMBAH TUA
18. MATI RASA
19. KAMBING HITAM
20. AKU SAYANG MAMA DAN PAPA

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 2

1. AKAR RUMPUT
2. KOTAK SARAN
3. TRUK GANDENG
4. JANGKA KAKI
5. PETENIS HANDAL
6. KUCING BELANG
7. HIDUP MEWAH
8. PULANG KANDANG
9. JAMBU KUNING
10. POLISI TIDUR
11. LEBIH BAIK
12. PUTRI ISTANA
13. PINJAM KEMEJA
14. UNTAIAN BUNGA
15. NASIB BURUK
16. TIDAK SETUJU
17. HARGA DIRI
18. PEMIMPIN KELUARGA
19. MENDADAK MIMISAN
20. BATANG POHON RAMBUTAN ROBOH

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 3

1. ANAK DUNGU
2. PELAMPUNG RENANG
3. BASKOM AIR
4. BOSAN MENGANGGUR
5. SEPERTI GARAM
6. SAMBAL BAJAK
7. MENGEJAR WAKTU
8. PERSENTASE BIAYA
9. BEBAN TALANGAN
10. PENDUDUK ASING
11. ANGKATAN LAUT
12. BISNIS WARALABA
13. ASIMILASI OKSIGEN
14. DISTRIBUSI DAGING
15. SALON MINIMALIS
16. MENANGKAP LALAT
17. DEKORASI BUTIK
18. DEMAM BERDARAH
19. EKSPANSI PERUSAHAAN
20. BELASAN KORBAN MATI KELAPARAN

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 4

1. RUMAH TANGGA
2. PELUKIS WAJAH
3. TANGKI GAS
4. PULAU BATAM
5. KHUSUS DEWASA
6. KERAMIK LANTAI
7. PERIJINAN TAMBANG
8. JASA TULIS
9. SUSUNAN ASLI
10. KUNCIR KUDA
11. INFORMASI BERHARGA
12. JAMU KUAT
13. SOBAT PERTAMA
14. NAIK OKTAF
15. KURANG AJAR
16. RINDU SEKALI
17. RAMBUTAN MANIS
18. GAGAL GINJAL
19. BANGKU DATAR
20. HORMATI BUNDA AGAR HIDUP TENANG

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 5

1. INDUKSI MAGNET
2. CAKAR KUCING
3. PETANI INDONESIA
4. GOLOK PUSAKA
5. KERANGKA GEDUNG
6. MERASA TEGANG
7. ANAK ZEBRA
8. KUALITAS FILM
9. HAK ASASI
10. SIANG BOLONG
11. UKURAN EMPANG
12. KAPTEN KAPAL
13. PELAMPIASAN AMARAH
14. KIRIM UANG
15. KRITIK TAJAM
16. PENYUMBATAN DARAH
17. PIRING TERBANG
18. TARIF LISTRIK
19. TEKAD BULAT
20. KERJA RINGAN GAJI KURANG BANYAK

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 6

1. KOLAK PISANG
2. KURANG GIGIH
3. BAU TANAH
4. KERTAS HIAS
5. NAFAS CINTA
6. RUMPUT LIAR
7. MOBIL MOBILAN
8. KUMIS KUCING
9. KACANG POLONG
10. KAWAN SERUMAH
11. GULALI MATANG
12. DUA ANAK
13. KETUA PARTAI
14. KOTA BESAR
15. TAYANG SEKILAS
16. KEPALA SUKU
17. BANDAR TEKOR
18. GEMBOK RUMAH
19. BUNGA IMITASI
20. SUPIR MOBIL TINJA MAKAN DADA UNGGAS

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 7

1. KOPERASI MANDIRI
2. KEONG RACUN
3. DAUN PANDAN
4. KELUAR GARIS
5. JEMBATAN LAYANG
6. BALING PESAWAT
7. SEDOT UPIL
8. DARAH TINGGI
9. BUNGA SAKURA
10. KAMERA RUSAK
11. LAPANG DADA
12. ANJING TETANGGA
13. TUANG KOPI
14. KESELAMATAN PRESIDEN
15. PANJANG KARET
16. RUANG KARAOKE
17. SOLIDARITAS BURUH
18. GUDANG LAMPION
19. MALAM KELABU
20. RAJIN MENIMBA ILMU AGAR JADI SERBA BISA

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 8

1. REKENING GENDUT
2. HARGA LONTONG
3. MENANAK NASI
4. PAHAM LIBERAL
5. SEMESTA ABADI
6. ABORSI LANGSUNG
7. KERACUNAN FORMALIN
8. LINGKARAN SETAN
9. TENDANG SELANGKANGAN
10. AKAL BULUS
11. SEDANG PAMERAN
12. SEKOPER SENAPAN
13. JUARA GULAT
14. KESET RUMAH
15. PANGKUAN BANGSA
16. SUMPAH KERAMAT
17. PENAMBANG KUAT
18. SATELIT PARABOLA
19. PATROLI GABUNGAN
20. BUALAN DAKU MERAYU RAJA KERAS KEPALA

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 9

1. NINA BOBO
2. PEREMPUAN TINGGI
3. AKU PUCAT
4. SUARA KETAPEL
5. ISU PENGASINGAN
6. KEBELET PIPIS
7. KUASA HAKIM
8. ENERGI GITARIS
9. SELALU MEMUJAMU
10. MERICA PUNGUT
11. EKONOMI SULIT
12. KURANG GARAM
13. STRUKTUR KRISTAL
14. BABI NGOROK
15. BISIKAN RIMBA
16. KALIBRASI BATERAI
17. PEMICU ACARA
18. PELUMAS KERETA
19. SUSUN SILANG
20. USUS TERPOTONG SEPARUH SAAT OPERASI PENGANGKATAN LIMPA

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 10

1. MOTIVASI KATA
2. EMPATI GURU
3. NOTA HUTANG
4. JATUH BANGUN
5. BUAH BIBIR
6. KODE ETIK
7. KECUALI DAHI
8. BIASA PUSING
9. MEMUTAR LOGIKA
10. SI OTAK UDANG DISKUSI EMPAT MATA DI GEDUNG TUA
11. PENYUSUTAN ASET
12. BUKU LARIS
13. OBESITAS RINGAN
14. BIAYA RELOKASI
15. PELATIHAN DUKUN
16. JEJAKA TAKUT
17. PERANGKO KILAT
18. ANGKAT TANGAN
19. CUMA RAHASIA
20. SERDADU GAGAH BATAL JUARA KETIKA DIA LUPA DIRI

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 11

1. SENIN JANUARI
2. CUMA SINIS
3. ATURAN SELERA
4. PENDIDIKAN JASMANI
5. BERANGKAT AKROBAT
6. ADU ITIK
7. TOKO BORGOL
8. TANGAN KOSONG
9. TITIK HITAM
10. TUKANG BUBUR SEKARANG BESAR KEPALA SEBAB JADI BINTANG PAPAN ATAS
11. GARIS POLISI
12. DONATUR RESMI
13. JURAGAN TENAR
14. SEMOGA DINGIN
15. KODOK TERBANG
16. GEDUNG KEMBAR
17. OTAKMU MIRING
18. MAKANANKU BUSUK
19. KOMPUTER LELET
20. JANGAN SUKA PAKSAKAN MIMPI BILA TAK BERUSAHA SEKUAT TENAGA

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 12

1. SURYA TENGGELAM
2. POTONG TONGKAT
3. OBAT MANUSIA
4. JAWABAN POLOS
5. BAGIAN LANGKA
6. PEDANGDUT GANTENG
7. SAKSI BISU
8. TARIK KEPUTUSAN
9. LAYAR KACA
10. BANTING TULANG SIANG MALAM SAMPAI PUSING TUJUH KELILING DEMI UANG SEKOLAH
11. NAMA WARNET
12. KOIN TIPIS
13. PERBAN DOKTER
14. BELUM BACA
15. KALKULASI PUTARAN
16. PANTAUAN DALANG
17. KECAMATAN MAJU
18. BAJU MELAYU
19. PATROLI MALAM
20. SURAT EDARAN PENANGKAPAN BERADA DALAM PUSAT EVALUASI

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 13

1. MENCELA NASIHAT
2. PINJAM BANK
3. DARAH PANAS
4. TULAR PENYAKIT
5. PELAYAN WARUNG
6. KAKI PERAWAN
7. BACA PIKIRAN
8. SIFAT TERPENDAM
9. BIRO DAGANG
10. PEJABAT TURUN LAPANGAN HADAPI DEMO NASIB BURUK PENDUDUK MALAS
11. RESIKO BOIKOT
12. BLANGKO PERMOHONAN
13. SERIBU SURAT
14. HAMPIR PIRANG
15. OBATI KESEPIAN
16. BINTANG KECIL
17. HORMATI GADIS
18. PERSENTASE TIRUAN
19. BAHAN TULISAN
20. GADIS BISU SUKA MERANGKUL GULING DI RUANG PRIBADI

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 14

1. BERISTRI DUA
2. DENGAR PUJANGGA
3. LURUS HATI
4. BUAYA BUNTUNG
5. KENCING MANIS
6. PETAKA SURAM
7. KUNCI CAKRAM
8. OMBAK TENANG
9. IBUKU PANDAI
10. RONA WAJAH WARTAWAN HIDUNG BELANG TERSIPU MALU JIKA KEDOK TERBUKA
11. SAUDARAKU VOKALIS
12. KESET RUMAH
13. KOPI SAUDAGAR
14. POLISI NAKAL
15. TEKO BENGKOK
16. MANGKOK KOKOH
17. MACAN OMPONG
18. TOPI PANTAI
19. TANGGAL TUA
20. DI LORONG HAMPA NAHKODA HIMBAU KALAU PIPIS TOLONG DISIRAM

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 15

1. JASA MURAH
2. CUCU PANGLIMA
3. ROTI KUKUS
4. TEKANAN BATIN
5. BANGKU SIRKUS
6. USAHA DAHULU
7. ANGKARA MURKA
8. ABSEN TERATUR
9. LUDAHI LAWAN
10. CALON MERTUA MINTA AKU JADI PILOT HANDAL DAN TIDAK MEROKOK
11. KOPI ALAMI
12. KOMPOSISI CAIRAN
13. DILANDA KECEMASAN
14. BANYAK MULUT
15. KOREKSI OTOMATIS
16. MUKA TEMBOK
17. KEJUTAN DUKA
18. INJAK GAS
19. WAKTU BEGADANG
20. LAHAN DUKU GERSANG KARENA ULAH KELICIKAN WARGA KAPITALIS

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 16

1. BALITA BUNGKUK
2. AURA JAHAT
3. PEDANG HALILINTAR
4. MESKI DIABAIKAN
5. KAKUS JOROK
6. KOMANDO PETUALANGAN
7. DAUN SALAM
8. LAHAR PANAS
9. CUMA SEPELE
10. BANDAR EKSTASI MENANGIS MIRIS MERATAPI NASIB YANG PILU
11. FREKUENSI LETUSAN
12. BAYANG ILUSI
13. IMBAS KETAMAKAN
14. MEMBUANG MUKA
15. PECAT KOMISARIS
16. WANITA MENGGIGIL
17. BIODATA WANITA
18. KELIPATAN RATUSAN
19. ASA PASTI
20. WAJAH KUSAM POLISI SIRIK BERDARAH DITABRAK TUKANG BECAK AMATIR

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 17

1. PEDALAMAN DIJELAJAHI
2. DIBORGOL SERDADU
3. GELANGGANG GURUN
4. BAYI TENGKURAP
5. SPONSOR BANK
6. BERSILAT LIDAH
7. PELURUS AKIDAH
8. MAKALAH HUKUM
9. PISAH RANJANG
10. WAHAI KAWAN MARI PANJATKAN DOA SUPAYA RENCANA KITA LANCAR
11. HANTU PENASARAN
12. ALAT BERAT
13. GARIS BAWAH
14. LISTRIK MATI
15. FASE KEMOTERAPI
16. IMIGRAN GELAP
17. CERITA KLIMAKS
18. DATANG BULAN
19. SEDOT WC
20. SUDAH SEPATUTNYA MUKA BERSINAR TERANG JADI DAMBAAN TUKANG RIAS

KUNCI JAWABAN GAME “TEBAK GAMBAR” LEVEL 18

1. RESTO ASING
2. KERTAS LOAK
3. PEMERAH SAPI
4. MATA JELALATAN
5. PUTAR FILM
6. SUPER STAR
7. TELANJANG BULAT
8. BIBIKU MANTRI
9. SERANGAN FAJAR
10. TETANGGA PANJANG TANGAN KEPERGOK NAIK TURUN BAWA SEKOPER PERMATA DI RUMAH KOSONG
11. RINGAN TANGAN
12. LIRIK LAGU
13. MEMALINGKAN DUNIAKU
14. PETIK APEL
15. KERANJINGAN BOLA
16. JAGA SINGGASANA
17. MELATIH NAFAS
18. ISU MIRING
19. ADU DOMBA
20. PARA KETURUNAN SATRIA BAKAR CATATAN DUKUN PELET DALAM BUNGKUSAN KERAMAT

Kritik Artikel “”Bapak Bangsa”” yang ditulis oleh Daoed Joesoef

Menurut Daoed Joesoef dalam tulisannya yang berjudul “”Bapak Bangsa””, suatu negara besar tidak mungkin diurus secara amatiran. Ada alam ide dan ada pula alam praktis. Contoh alam ide adalah adalah universitas. Universitas menjadi contoh alam ide karena manusia berusaha untuk diajak mencari ide-ide kreatif untuk diterapkan di dalam masyarakat. Dalam universitas, mahasiswa sudah tidak lagi diberi materi secara penuh oleh dosen, tapi dosen hanya memberikan materi secara garis besarnya dan mahasiswa yang mencari detail-detailnya. Untuk itu, diperlukan mahasiswa yang kreatif agar mahasiswa tersebut dapat mengikuti kehendak dosen. Contoh alam praktis biasanya berupa komunitas bisnis. Dalam komunitas bisnis, seseorang sudah tidak lagi mencari ide melainkan menerapkannya dalam usaha bisnisnya. Namun, menurut Daoed, kedua alam ide tersebut tidak pantas diterapkan oleh pemerintah. Pemerintah tidak pantas menjadi salah satu dari kedua penampilan alam ide maupun alam praktis. Ide, terutama ide politik, mempunyai konsekuensi dan kontemplasi ide adalah suatu usaha yang betul-betul praktis.

Sebagian orang berpendapat bahwa ide merupakan penyuluh dunia, baik hidup maupun kehidupan, dan sebagian orang yang lain berpendapat bahwa ide sekadar refleksi dari keadaan sesaat masyarakat. Tapi, sebenarnya ide merupakan unsur budaya dan budaya merupakan suatu fakta human yang tidak terpisahkan dari manusianya. Maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa ide adalah bagian dari diri manusia dan tidak ada manusia yang hidup tanpa ide. Setiap manusia memiliki ide dan tidak ada budaya yang tidak mempertanyakan ide.

Sebagai manusia yang akan memimpin manusia-manusia lainnya, sebagian caleg dan capres bermaksud mengadakan perubahan dalam pembangunan ekonomi. Dan berdasarkan pokok-pokok uraian mereka, perubahan yang dimaksud disini adalah mengubah angka pertumbuhan menjadi di atas 5 persen sambil meningkatkan pemerataan. Tapi, cara memicu pertumbuhan masih sama seperti dulu, yaitu melalui konsep pembangunan ekonomi-teknokratis yang sejalan dengan dengan para pemodal internasional, Bank Dunia dan IMF. Sehinggan tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa kitalah, masyarakat biasa yang menjadi imbasnya. Kehancuran ekologis, polusi, penggundulan hutan dan rayahan sumber daya alam yang terjadi dimana-mana dan dilakukan oleh pebisnis asing. Memang GDP yang menjadi ukuran pertumbuhan mengalami kenaikan, tapi penduduk lokal hanya menjadi “penonton” dan kita sebagai bangsa menjadi debitor besar di pasar modal internasional. Akibatnya, anak cucu kita yang menderita. Bahkan satu detik setelah mereka dilahirkan, mereka telah ikut menanggung hutang yang ditinggalkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin bangsa.

Oleh sebab itu, sekaranglah bukanlah saatnya untuk mempertanyakan tentang sistem produktivitas dan efisiensi, melainkan cara/jalan kinerja sistem yang akan menetapkan pertimbangan aksinya sendiri, menentukan alamnya sendiri, independen, dan lepas sama sekali dari kebutuhan rakyat yang hidup dalam alam itu karena ketidaktahuannya. Jadi, dengan “perubahan” di bidang pembangunan ini, di tengah-tengah maraknya kerusakn alam, para caleg dan capres seharusnya menanggapi maksud baiknya sebagai “etika masa depan”, etika yang harus dihayati sekarang untuk dan demi masa depan. Etika inilah yang menjadi pemandu jalannya pembangunan nasional, bukan logika ekonomika pure and simple.

Kritik Artikel “Ihwal Budaya Politik Kita” yang ditulis oleh Masdar Hilmy

Saya setuju dengan pendapat Masdar Hilmy dalam tulisannya yang berjudul “Ihwal Budaya Politik Kita” bahwa para calon anggota legislatif harus menyadari konstelasi politik mutakhir menjadi sesuatu yang imperatif dan mereka bisa belajar dari para senior mereka supaya mereka tidak mengulangi kesalahan yang sama dengan pendahulunya. Mereka harus melakukan perubahan mendasar di tingkat paradigmatik agar masyarakat mau “membeli” apa yang mereka tawarkan. Jika para calon anggota legislatif mengabaikan pengetahuan ini, dapat dipastikan yang terjadi hanyalah repetisi dan replikasi belaka.

Nampaknya pemilihan umum tahun ini tak ada bedanya dengan pemilihan umum sebelumnya. Peristiwa pemilu kali ini juga tampaknya tidak akan membuat masyarakat memiliki harapan dan optimisme baru. Bahkan mungkin masyarakat semakin tidak memiliki kepercayaan pada para anggota legislatif yang mencalonkan diri. Dibenak mereka pasti masih terbayang-bayang para kader-kader partai politik yang jelas-jelas meneriakkan “Bilang tidak pada korupsi!” tapi justru menjadi tersangka utama dalam kasus-kasus korupsi.

Masyarakat dibuat semakin bingung dengan banyaknya calon-calon anggota legislatif yang ada. Sebagian besar masyarakat bahkan tidak mengenal satupun dari para caleg-caleg tersebut. Alhasil, mereka lebih baik golput atau merusak kertas suara daripada mereka memilih orang yang salah untuk memimpin mereka. Akan tetapi, sekarang ini telah banyak masyarakat yang lebih teliti dalam memilih. Walaupun tidak mengenal satupun dari para caleg-caleg tersebut, mereka tetap menggunakan hak mereka dengan baik. Sebelum hari pemilihan umum, mereka yang memiliki waktu luang akan menyempatkan diri untuk mencari tahu siapa calon-calon legislatif di daerah mereka. Melalui media internet, mereka akan mencari tahu mengenai prestasi-prestasi apa saja yang telah diraih oleh para caleg. Dan berbekal informasi tersebut, mereka akan menentukan pilihan mereka. Tapi, bagi mereka yang tidak memiliki waktu, ada yang memilih berdasarkan gelar kesarjanaannya.

Saat ini sebagian besar masyarakat sudah pandai dalam memilih calon pemimpin mereka. Mereka tidak akan memilih caleg yang berpolitik uang hingga timbul jargon “Terima uangnya, jangan pilih orangnya!” Memang seharusnya begitu. Meskipun di Amerika Serikat tidak mempermasalahkan politik uang, tapi di negara kita, Indonesia. Hal tersebut termasuk pelanggaran hukum dan mereka yang melakukan politik uang akan dijatuhkan sangsi. Tapi walaupun begitu toh masih banyak caleg-caleg yang melakukannya tanpa sepengetahuan pihak yang bertanggung jawab.

Menurut Masdar Hilmy, Indonesia menganut budaya politik neopatrimonialisme, yaitu politik yang berjalan secara formal-struktural. Artinya, terdapat pencampuran antara dominasi patrimonial dan birokrasi legal-rasional (Erdmann & Angel, 2006; 18). Dalam politik neopatrimonialisme, pola ketaatan klien kepada patron seringkali didasarkan pada motif-motif ekonomi dan pragmatisme rasional. Oleh sebab itu, kasus korupsi yang terjadi di era Reformasi ini lebih sulit diuraikan karena melibatkan struktur politik birokrasi yang jauh lebih canggih, rumit, dan substil. Korupsi dilakukan bukan secara individual dan dapat diendus secara individual pula, melainkan secara institusional-struktural.

Banyaknya kasus korupsi yang terjadi di Indonesia terjadi karena kurangnya sifat kejujuran dari setiap individu. Hal ini disebabkan karena kita tidak dilatih untuk selalu bersifat jujur dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Sebagai contoh, guru tidak akan mengambil tindakan bila melihat siswanya mencontek. Guru hanya akan mengingatkan siswanya secara halus sehingga membuat siswanya mencontek berkali-kali. Padahal ada baiknya guru menghukum siswa yang ketahuan mencontek karena setidaknya hal tersebut akan membuat jera siswa sehingga siswa tersebut tidak akan berbuat curang dalam ulangan lagi. Sebagai generasi muda yang diharapkan oleh negara, sebaiknya kita melatih kejujuran sedari dini untuk mengurangi kasus-kasus korupsi di kemudian hari.

Kritik Artikel “Mahasiswa Asing di Amerika Serikat” yang ditulis oleh Gaia Khairina

Setelah membaca artikel yang ditulis oleh Gaia Khairina, saya menjadi lebih tahu mengenai peran mahasiswa asing yang menuntut ilmu di Amerika Serikat. Ternyata mahasiswa asing membawa dampak yang cukup positif bagi mahasiswa lokal. Mahasiswa lokal berpendapat bahwa keberadaan mahasiswa asing memberi warna dalam kehidupan mereka. Dengan adanya mahasiswa asing, mereka menjadi lebih terbuka pada berbagai kelompok etnis. Mahasiswa asing juga mempermudah mahasiswa lokal dalam mempelajari budaya yang dibawa oleh mahasiswa asing. Contohnya, saat seorang mahasiswa Amerika yang bernama Goldstein berencana magang di Bangladesh. Ia mempelajari budaya-budaya masyarakat Bangladesh melalui temannya yang berasal dari Bangladesh. Bahkan menurutnya, temannya tersebut memperkenalkan kehidupan masyarakat Bangladesh dengan lebih nyata daripada bila ia membacanya buku panduan wisata.

Namun sayangnya, pendapat tersebut hanyalah pendapat mahasiswa lokal saja. Menurut Gaia, masih ada sebagian mahasiswa asing yang hanya bergaul dengan mahasiswa yang satu bahasa dengannya. Misalnya, mahasiswa yang berasal dari Indonesia hanya mau dan ingin bergaul dengan mahasiswa yang berasal dari Indonesia. Hal tersebut terjadi karena ketidakfasihan mahasiswa asing dalam berbahasa Inggris. Padahal sebenarnya mahasiswa lokal tidak mempunyai masalah apabila mahasiswa asing belum lancar berbahasa Inggris. Menurut mereka, justru seharusnya mahasiswa asing lebih banyak bergaul dengan mahasiswa lokal agar memperlancar bahasa Inggris mereka.

Tak hanya kendala bahasa, mahasiswa asing di Amerika Serikat juga tidak percaya diri. Menurut Gaia, hal tersebut terjadi karena pada umumnya mereka merasa kesepian dan kesulitan untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan kehidupan di sana, yang berbeda dengan kehidupan di negara asal masing-masing.

Gaia Khairina, seorang mahasiswa S-1 jurusan Environmental Science di Clark University, mempunyai solusi untuk permasalahan-permasalahan yang dialami oleh mahasiswa asing di Amerika Serikat. Mereka hanya perlu mengikuti kegiatan-kegiatan kampus di luar kelas agar mereka tidak kesepian sekaligus untuk memperlancar bahasa Inggris mereka. Mahasiswa asing tidak seharusnya merasa rendah diri karena hal tersebut hanya akan memperburuk citra mereka di hadapan mahasiswa lokal sebagai mahasiswa asing.

Kritik Artikel “Agama dan Pemilu” yang ditulis oleh Komaruddin Hidayat

Saya sependapat dengan Komaruddin Hidayat yang mengatakan bahwa pengaruh keagamaan, terutama agama mayoritas yaitu agama Islam, masih sangat kuat di setiap pemilihan umum di Indonesia. Masyarakat masih berpendapat bahwa pemimpin kita haruslah orang yang beragama Islam. Mereka lupa bahwa negara Indonesia bukanlah negara agama. Dalam syarat-syarat menjadi Presiden dan Wakil Presiden pun tidak mengharuskan capres dan cawapresnya adalah orang yang beragama Islam.

Meskipun benar bahwa kepemimpinan yang baik haruslah dengan pemimpin yang baik juga. Dalam konsep Islam, kepemimpinan yang amanah akan terwujud bila pemimpinnya juga amanah. Maksudnya adalah untuk mewujudkan negara yang sesuai dengan konsep Islami, harus diimbangi dengan pemimpin yang berasal dari agama Islam pula. Tapi apakah itu sesuai dengan negara Indonesia yang berpenduduk dengan berbagai agama? Apakah itu adil bagi mereka yang berasal dari agama minoritas? Sempat timbul pendapat yang mengatakan bahwa lebih baik kita mempunyai pemimpin yang bukan beragama Islam tapi memimpin dengan bijak daripada pemimpin yang beragama Islam tapi pelaku korupsi. Pendapat tersebut disanggah oleh seorang mu’alaf yang sekarang aktif berdakwah, yang dikenal dengan nama Ustadz Felix Shiaw. Beliau berpendapat bahwa tidak ada hal yang lebih baik dalam hal keburukan. Menurut beliau pendapat yang mengatakan bahwa lebih baik memiliki pemimpin yang berbeda agama dengan kepemimpinan yang bijak tidaklah benar. Baiknya adalah pemimpinan yang seagama dengan sistem kepemimpinan yang amanah.

Sebenarnya saya juga sependapat denganpendapat Ustadz Felix. Oleh karenanya, kita membutuhkan calon-calon pemimpin yang benar-benar taat pada agama. Yang menjadi pertanyaan adalah seberapa banyak orang yang benar-benar beragama Islam yang mencalonkan diri sebagai pemimpin yang benar-benar amanah? Memang pasti ada, tapi mereka pasti hanya segelintir orang dari sekian banyak calon. Dan karena mereka benar-benar orang yang beragama, mereka juga pasti akan melakukan kampanye sesuai dengan syariat agama. Dengan kata lain, mereka pasti tidak akan menghambur-hamburkan berjuta-juta uang hanya untuk kampanye sehingga membuat mereka tidak terlihat oleh masyarakat karena kurangnya aktivitas kampanye. Bahkan mungkin hanya orang–orang terdekatnya saja yang tahu bahwa ada pemimpin amanah yang sedang memperjuangkan niatnya. Kepopuleran mereka tertutupi oleh calon-calon lain yang arogan dan serakah pada kekuasaan hingga akhirnya calon pemimpin yang amanah tadi tersingkir dengan sendirinya.

Bukan hal aneh lagi bagi kita bila ada orang yang benar-benar baik tersingkir atau kalah oleh orang-orang jahat. Bahkan boleh jadi orang-orang baik yang tak bersalah menjadi kambing hitam atas kesalahan orang-orang yang tak bertanggung jawab.

Menurut saya, tak ada salahnya bila mereka yang berbeda agama menjadi pemimpin di Indonesia selama mereka menjalankan roda pemerintahan sesuai dengan konsep Islami. Selama mereka tetap menghormati keberadaan agama Islam dan agama lainnya di Indonesia. Selama mereka mampu menciptakan kedamaian serta kerukunan antarumat beragama serta tidak menganaktirikan agama Islam.