National SAR agency head calm and collected amid tragedy

As the current head of the National Search and Rescue Team (Basarnas), Air Chief Marshal FH Bambang Soelistyo has been at the forefront of the operation to locate and retrieve wreckage and bodies from AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the waters of the Karimata Strait on Dec. 28, 2014.

One easily observed trait is his perennial calmness, always collected and ready to answer any questions regarding the operation, in spite of the fact that he has rather a lot on his plate at the moment and the success or failure of the entire search and rescue (SAR) operation rests on his leadership.

“I have a responsibility to you [journalists] to provide you with information but also to the [victims’] families and the public. So, of course we have to do our best when carrying out the operation,” Soelistyo said two days after the search operation began.

He has also been very reliable as the authoritative voice of the
operation.

Every time the 57-year-old delivers the latest update on the SAR operation, he always makes sure that the journalists covering the operation completely understand the information he provides.

He is direct in asking news reporters if they understand the details of his statements.

Soelistyo, who grew up in Yogyakarta, is also comfortable in responding to questions from foreign journalists and he makes sure that his English is as fluent as possible.

He has also made sure that everyone knows that he is fully in charge of the operation, even if that means contradicting the chief of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Gen.
Moeldoko.

Last week, when Moeldoko arrived to take over the leadership of the SAR operation, Soelistyo coolly responded in front of the TNI chief that he remained in charge of the operation.

When Moeldoko made his own conclusion that the flight data recorders could have been damaged on impact, Soelistyo said, “The black boxes are made of metal that has been manufactured to be able to withstand impact and temperature,”

But despite his stoic demeanor and military training, the crash, in which all 162 people on board the plane died, has taken an emotional toll on him.

He was very emotional during the first three days of the operation, when the joint SAR team had not been able to find any bodies or debris from the aircraft’s wreckage in the Karimata Strait, between Bangka Belitung islands and Kalimantan.

“Every day, I have a teleconference with the families [of the victims] there [in Surabaya]. The last time [I did], tears were streaming down my face,” Soelistyo said.

He explained that during a time of horrific tragedy such as a plane crash, the ones most affected are the families of the victims and this had prompted him to do the best he could to help the victims’
next of kin.

“I put myself in the shoes of the families so that I know what they’re hoping for,” said Soelistyo.

That is also why he decided to visit the victims’ families in Surabaya on the third day of the operation.

“When I visited them, some of them greeted me with a smile. That pleased me because I thought they might greet me with tears or even anger,” Soelistyo said.

The Basarnas chief is also hell-bent on ensuring the success of the SAR operation so much that he has acknowledged he has only got two or three hours of sleep each day since the first day of the
operation but he will not allow sleep deprivation to interfere with the operation.

“I’ve been making do with little sleep because I have to keep monitoring [the operation] and planning for tomorrow’s operation,” Soelistyo said. “Usually I finish my night duty between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. After that, I have to wake up at 5 a.m.”

Given such little time to rest, he decided to sleep at his office, robbing him of quality time with his family.

“Of course [I miss my family]. I have kids and grandchildren,” Soelistyo said.

Before being appointed as the chief of Basarnas in April 2014, Soelistyo spent his career in the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU).

In 1982, he graduated from the Air Force Academy.

By the early 1990s, he had become one of the Air Force’s top pilots, with achievements including piloting a Hawk MK-53 during the Jakarta Air Show at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in 1996 and leading the Jupiter Acrobatic
team in 1997.

Soelistyo was also a member of the United Nations Military Observer team from 1993 to 1994 as part of the Garuda Contingent XIV in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In 2009 he was appointed as the spokesman for the Navy.

His most recent position before he was appointed to replace Alfan Baharudin as the chief of Basarnas was director general of defense strategy at the Defense Ministry
in 2013.

After over two weeks leading the flight QZ8501 SAR operation, Soelistyo has become personally invested in the tragedy.

He has made the task of returning the bodies of the crash victims to their families a point of honor.

On Tuesday, he paid another visit to the victims’ families at the East Java Police’s Victim Identification Unit (DVI) post in Surabaya to bring the latest news about the operation to them.

Soelistyo, accompanied by East Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Anas Yusuf and East Java Governor Soekarwo, once again met the familiar faces.

This time he was able to bring what could be considered as closure for some of the victims’ next of kin.

“This is so that the victims’ families understand [the difference] between their hopes and the reality of what is happening,” he said.

“We have informed the families about what we have done in searching for the victims’ bodies up until now, and what our future plans are,” the Basarnas chief added.

Source : http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/01/14/national-sar-agency-head-calm-and-collected-amid-tragedy.html

A.       Preposition of Time: This type is preposition of time. There are in, on and at.

a.       At the moment

b.      On Dec. 28, 2014.

c.       In 1982, he graduated from the Air Force Academy.

d.      The chief of Basarnas in April 2014

e.       In 2009 he was appointed as the spokesman for the Navy.

f.       On Tuesday, he paid another visit to the victims’ families at the East Java.

g.      On the third day of the operation.

B.        Preposition of Place: this type used to indicate place. And same of time. There are 3 kind of preposition such as on, in, at.

a.       at the forefront of the operation to locate and retrieve wreckage.

b.      he has rather a lot on his plate

c.       Soelistyo, who grew up in Yogyakarta

d.      the victims’ families in Surabaya

e.       at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

f.       in 1996 and leading the Jupiter Acrobatic

g.      team in 1997.

C.        Preposition of Agent, Device , Instrument, or Machine. : is used to thing as a reason or agent in a sentences. Usually using by and with.

a.       I have a responsibility to you [journalists] to provide you with information.

b.      I thought they might greet me with tears or even anger.

I AM SITTING IN A ROOM

 

I am sitting in a room is one of composer Alvin Lucier's best known works, featuring Lucier recording himself narrating a text, and then playing the recording back into the room, re-recording it. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and I am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech, with perhaps the exception of rhythm, is destroyed. What you will hear, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the room articulated by speech. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have.

The new recording is then played back and re-recorded, and this process is repeated. Since all rooms have characteristic resonance or formant frequencies (e.g. different between a large hall and a small room), the effect is that certain frequencies are emphasized as they resonate in the room, until eventually the words become unintelligible, replaced by the pure resonant harmonies and tones of the room itself. The recited text describes this process in action—it begins "I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice," and the rationale, concluding, "I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have," referring to his own stuttering.

Lucier had also specified that a performance need not use his text and the performance may be recorded in any room. The composer himself has recorded the piece in at least one room he found not aesthetically acceptable.

Ing - Form

1.      Ing – Form as a Gerund : i am sitting in a room.( As a verb, present proressive is placed after the auxiliary verb to form a continuous / progressive tense).

2.      Ing – Form as an Adjective : my speaking voice.( as an adjective , speaking in this sentence is as an adjective, voice as a noun).

3.      Ing – Form as a Noun : The new recording .( Here recording  is a verb ending in –ing. At the same time it is the subject of the verb is and function as a noun. Such a form of the verb ending in –ing and used as a noun is called a gerund).

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_Room

Another day, another delay

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo again delayed the announcement of his Cabinet lineup on Wednesday night, prompting speculation that he was wrangling with the leaders of political parties in his coalition who were insisting on nominating problematic candidates.

After hours of speculation on Wednesday evening, news broke that President Jokowi would announce his Cabinet lineup at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta.

Preparations for the lavish event at Dock 302, container Terminal 3 of Tanjung Priok, started on Wednesday afternoon with workers constructing a stage at the location.

The Presidential Palace media relations division had bused journalists to the location in the afternoon. Jokowi was expected to make the announcement at 7 p.m.

However, the President and his entourage did not turn up at the location until 7:30 p.m., when workers started to switch off strobe lights on the stage.

Earlier in the day, Jokowi said he wanted to announce the Cabinet as soon as possible after dropping the names of eight candidates deemed problematic by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK).

“[I] of course want to work fast; but what if [working] fast later brings the wrong result? [Working] fast and right. That’s the idea,” he said during a press conference on Wednesday at 12 p.m.

Jokowi said he had sent a new list to the KPK with names of candidates to replace the eight not recommended by the antigraft body.

“Frankly speaking, we sent it [the list] to the KPK and there are eight names that are not allowed.”

The KPK has revealed that it advised Jokowi not to appoint some candidates on the 43-name shortlist.

Jokowi also denied that he had to fend off political pressure and lobbying from political parties.

But events soon after Jokowi canceled his Cabinet lineup announcement indicated intense negotiations were still ongoing.

• Jokowi abruptly calls off announcing his Cabinet
• KPK deems 8 candidates for new Cabinet as problematic

The former head of Jokowi’s transition team, Rini Soemarno, and former team member Hasto Kristiyanto, who had also been touted as ministerial candidates, arrived at Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri’s private residence in Central Jakarta soon after the announcement was called off.

Rini’s sedan was seen leaving the residence 20 minutes later.

When asked why Jokowi had postponed the announcement, Rini said: “It was because [he] is still waiting for the House [of Representatives regarding changes in the Cabinet structure].”

Newly inaugurated commander of the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres), Maj. Gen. Andika Perkasa, who is tasked with protecting Jokowi at all events, also visited Megawati’s residence. His presence fueled speculation that Jokowi had already made an impromptu visit to see Megawati.

In an interview with MetroTV on Wednesday evening, Vice President Jusuf Kalla quickly denied that friction had occurred between Jokowi and elite figures in his coalition, particularly Megawati.

Kalla said the decision to delay the announcement was taken to ensure that the pair could consider many issues, including the expertise and track records of ministerial candidates, before making a final decision. “That needs time,” Kalla said.

Jokowi also continued to summon a number of figures, including some who had been touted as ministerial candidates.

Among them were NasDem Party executive and former Home Ministry secretary-general Siti Nurbaya Bakar, former deputy finance minister Bambang Brodjonegoro, former director general of elementary and secondary eduction at the Education Ministry, Indra Djati Sidi, as well as three academics: Andalas University state administrative law professor Saldi Isra, University of Indonesia public policy expert Andrinof Chaniago and Gadjah Mada University rector Pratikno.

After her meeting with Jokowi, Siti, who was touted to be the home minister, said she was ready to accept any position offered.

“I was asked about the culture of our bureaucracy and how to improve the organization of our central and local [administrations].”

Direct and Indirect Speech

A.Statement

According to articles in above, there are two type of statement in reported speech:

a.       Direct : including the expertise and track records of ministerial candidates, before making a final decision. “That needs time,” Kalla said.

Indirect : Kalla explain that record of miniterial candidates to final decision needs more time.

b.      Direct : After her meeting with Jokowi, Siti, who was touted to be the home minister, said she was ready to accept any position offered.

Indirect : Siti explain that after she was meeting with Jokowi, she was ready to accept position offered.

B. Imperative  

At the command line, direct and indirect sentences are divided into positive and imperative sentences negative imperative sentences. At the command line needs to be added to in the next sentence. The example of imperative positive sentences in reported speech:

a.       Direct: He told his friend,” i have new car”

Indirect : He told his friend that he had a new car.

b.      Direct : She said ,” i work in a factory”

Indirect : She said that she worked in a factory.

C. Question

Questions become statements. The reporting verb say changes into ask, want to know, wonder...

a.       Direct : “Where have you been?" he said.

Indirect:  He asked me where I had been.

b.      Direct : “What time did it start?" he said.

Indirect : He wanted to know what time it had started.

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Next threath : Scrapping direct presidential polls

Prabowo’s coalition plans to transfer power to elect president to MPR. If this happens , it would be a return to the New Order era.

Indonesia’s hard-won democracy, which emerged from the bloody reform movement of 1998 that ended Soeharto’s three decades of dictatorship, has never faced a critical challenge — until today.

After snatching the people’s right to elect their local leaders through a controversial Regional Elections Law passed on Friday, the coalition of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is suspected of planning an even more sinister plot.

This time around, the Red-and-White Coalition is seeking to scrap direct presidential elections and transfer the people’s political right to elect their national leader to the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR).

Presidential elections carried out by political and group representatives in the MPR will resemble those practiced during Soeharto’s New Order era.

The coalition, which will hold the majority of seats in the next composition of the House of Representatives, will do so by amending the 1945 Constitution.

The plan to strengthen the MPR as well as to amend the Constitution was officially announced during a House plenary meeting last week.

Puan Maharani, who leads the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction in the House, confirmed Prabowo’s supporters were ready to mobilize the plan.

“The demise of direct regional elections may lead to indirect presidential elections. But we don’t want that to happen, do we?” the daughter of PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri said.

Puan also said that she had heard rumors of a plan to revise the MPR’s internal regulation, to allow the assembly to impeach president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

A document, believed to be a draft amendment to the MPR regulation, was circulating over the weekend.

Several lawmakers who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue confirmed the validity of the document.

The draft contains revisions to articles 99, 105, 110 and 112, which detail the necessary procedures to impeach a president upon the recommendation of the House.

Article 99, for example, stipulates that the MPR can impeach a president based on a recommendation from the House, if the Constitutional Court rules that the president has committed a crime such as treason, corruption or other serious misconduct.

A president can be impeached if he or she is deemed “unfit to carry out the duties of his/her office”.

Articles 105 to 112 elaborate upon the mechanism to appoint the vice president to assume the presidency following the president’s impeachment.

Lawmakers from the coalition that endorsed the Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla presidential ticket raised their concerns about such a possibility, as the MPR is currently revising its internal regulation as mandated by the newly passed Legislative Institutions Law (MD3).

Such a revision would restore the MPR to its historic position as the most-powerful state institution, invested with the authority to “review” the performance of leaders of inferior state institutions, including the office of the president.

Hayono Isman, a member of the patron council in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party, said the possibility of the next president being elected indirectly via the MPR was growing.

“If the Red-and-White Coalition controls the MPR, it will be easy for them to amend the 1945 Constitution. The public can be bullied by the MPR,” he said on Saturday.

Aburizal Bakrie, chairman of the Golkar Party, the biggest member of the Red-and-White Coalition, acknowledged the plan.

Aburizal even stated that the coalition planned to revise 122 laws.

“We must revise the laws to bring them in line with the plan to amend the Constitution,” he said.

Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, a political researcher at the National Science Institute, said reinstating indirect presidential elections was almost certainly Prabowo’s ultimate goal.

“Prabowo must have realized that it would be difficult for him to win via a direct election. So, he will forcibly destroy the system and return it to the New Order style,” he said.

Indonesia has enjoyed direct presidential elections since 2004, when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected president in a popular vote.

ACTIVE :

1.      The Red-and-White Coalition is seeking to scrap direct presidential elections

This sentence is called active voice because The Red and White Coalition as a subject of a sentence doing action. And as a verb is seeking. This type of a sentence is present Continuous. Because the pattern of present contnuous is S+tobe+V1+ing.

2.      Prabowo’s coalition plans to transfer power to elect president to MPR.

This sentence is called active voice because Prabowo’s coalition as a subject and as a verb is plans.This type of a sentence is simple present tense, because the pattern of simple present tense is S+V1+(s/es).

3.      A document, believed to be a draft amendment to the MPR regulation, was circulating over the weekend.

This sentence is called active voice because a document as a subject and as a verb is circulating.This type of a sentence is simple past continuous tense, because the pattern of simple present tense is subject + was, were + verb1 + ing.

4.      The draft contains revisions to articles 99, 105, 110 and 112.

This sentence is called active voice because the draft as a subject and as a verb is contains. This type of a sentence is simple present tense, because the pattern of simple present tense is subject +v1+(e/es).

5.      The MPR was growing.

This sentence is called active voice because the MPR as a subject and as a verb is growing.This type of a sentence is simple past continuous tense, because the pattern of simple present tense is subject + was, were + verb1 + ing.

PASSIVE :

1.      Prabowo Subianto is suspected of planning an even more sinister plot.

This sentence is called passive voice because Prabowo Subianto as a subject , is as a tobe and suspected as v3. The pattern of passive voice above is S+tobe+v3.

2.      The president has committed a crime such as treason, corruption or other serious misconduct.

This sentence is called passive voice because The President as a subject , has as a tobe and commited as v3. The pattern of passive voice above is S+have/has+v3.

3.      A president can be impeached.

This sentence is called passive voice because a president as a subject ,  can as a modal, be as be and impeached as v3. The pattern of passive voice is S+modal+be+v3.

4.      Indonesia has enjoyed direct presidential elections since 2004.

This sentence is called passive voice because Indonesia as a subject , has as a subject, and  enjoyed as v3. The pattern of passive voice is S+have/has+v3.

5.      The public can be bullied by the MPR,” he said on Saturday.

This sentence is called passive voice because the public as a subject ,  can as a modal, be as be and bullied as v3. The pattern of passive voice is S+modal+be+v3.

NAME  : Desi Nuri Novitasari Pertiwi

CLASS : 3SA05

NPM     : 11611882