This year, the government menalokasikan Special Allocation Fund (DAK) of Rp 19.046 billion for each district. DAK is aimed at the development of infrastructure and economic development in the region.
But Agriculture Minister Suleiman Amran threatened to revoke these funds are no districts where agricultural commodity production is not increased or decreased when compared to the previous year.
"If there is regent whose production is still down, the budget will be 0 right," he said Temanggung, Central Java, on Tuesday (28/07/2015).
He explained that, to date there have been 26 counties were getting bad performance because food production is not decreasing, and not in accordance with the target.
"April-September we'll give you if you can not, a budget of Rp 200 billion to Rp 400 billion, we switch to a district that would work," he said.
For agricultural areas, Amran hope DAK can be used to build infrastructure to support agriculture such as irrigation, ponds and others.
Just for information, based on Presidential Decree Number 162 Year 2014 about the details Budget 2015, the government allocated DAK 2015 amounting to Rp 19.046 billion for each district. (Dny / ndw).
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Selasa, 28 Juli 2015
AFTA 2015 Destruction of Indonesian Economy
Indonesia’s population is the 4th largest in the world, therefore the State Indonesia will always be an easy target for the target market of the various products world countries. Nowadays, it is because we are weak purchasing power, the various types of products that come, are a variety of low quality products originating from China at very cheap prices. Even the marketing net has reached the street vendors throughout Indonesia. As a result, all production of its kind in the nation be destroyed proved much variety of plastic and textile mills and woodworking tools, children’s toys out of business. It all is the impact of the entry into force of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) since 2010. All of the victims of bankrupt entrepreneurs say we cannot compete with the price of Chinese low quality products into Indonesia with a very low price. Yet the AFTA (Asean Free Trade Area) in 2015, the producers in Indonesia was not able to compete in the market in his own country to face the goods imported from China. Countries of China, Japan, India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam has carried out the attack production to Indonesia long before AFTA in 2015.
If we look at the various urban shopping center, we can see the various types of fast-food snacks that have come from abroad (LN) and strangely visitors very much on the consumer Indonesian citizens. This is proof marketing strategies that do the foreign party through advertisements and films and our customers become victims of their ads. Can employers we do like this strategy in many countries the target market? Can the Indonesian films can be watched by many people of the world where we can attach various commodities production with strategy National therein so that a consumer trend of the world?
Food needs such as salt, sugar, rice, flour, garlic, as well as fruits, Indonesia is still dependent on imports from LN. Could it be that we can compete with Asean countries are already self-sufficient in food needs? For clothing, clothing production of raw materials we are still fully imported. In Indonesia, there has been no major industrial chemical production base of various elements, so that production in Indonesia is still large import content. Consequently, there is no production mainstay of Indonesia which could permanently have strong competitiveness in the world. Indonesia’s rich natural resources can be improved if there is industrial added value of supporting basic chemical raw materials independently. The realization of AFTA in 2015 who lived only another year ahead, making the industry position of Indonesia is not yet ready for it, which actually can be prepared since the end of Suharto’s leadership. We can see Gusdur leadership era, Megawati until Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is an era of national leadership that failed and a waste of time as well as imaging and even to build infrastructure in various regions lengap they failed. The funny thing in the era of Megawati’s leadership, we are in the country (DN) of natural gas shortages due to natural gas we’ve sold contracts to China (Gas Tangguh ) by Megawati Soekarno Putri. Consequently, many national fertilizer factory nearly went bankrupt and was forced to raise the prices of their fertilizer because the natural gas is very expensive even imported. This is a stupidity and ignorance of our leaders have ever done in the past and there is no careful planning. This is a difficult dilemma for the dissolution of all parties.
What will happen when the AFTA in 2015 is realized? Because Indonesia’s target market is the world number four, the ASEAN countries will be the entrance of the various outcomes of different types of world production whose price is very competitive. Especially Singapore would be an agent to sell goods distributor world production world countries to Indonesia. Because officials in Indonesia is very easy in stopper with money, then very weak supervision of the quality of production of the imported goods will be occasions disposal of production that failed to make the impact of prolonged DN industry more helpless. Moreover, if the management of government 2014-2019 still as SBY leadership management style, we will be more severe conditions.
Advanced industrialized countries the world has been very high efficiency for a variety of production has been done with robotic system. Indonesia’s production will not be able to compete if they only use labor-intensive production systems. In terms of accurate, precision, quality and pricing Technology and moreover design, industrial robotic system cannot be resisted, but with the same system.
Human Resource we were able to enter the field of creativity and productivity in all areas of Asean countries, it still would not be able to become a mainstay of foreign exchange earnings up to the National because our human resources cannot be used as a marketing chain of wholly national production components sourced from Indonesia. They are the human resources we can only be as experts or professionals in their field of human resources if it could run in production, it will use the raw materials from the country where he lived and worked as migrant workers does not change during the time that only rely on services revenue. Can compete with HR HR Indonesia China, India and Pakistan? Or can the HR Indonesia compete Asean member country whose population is very little? So concerned in 2015 AFTA is the Asean countries themselves who want to take advantage of the huge market of Indonesia, besides the advanced industrial countries other using the name of Asean countries for the purpose of the Indonesian market. With full effect in 2015 AFTA and WTO in 2020, due to the poor is 1945 and numerous laws that have been painstakingly created to protect and promote domestic industry and job creation be gone largely no longer apply. We realize all that AFTA and WTO is the grand strategy of the capitalist world high to eliminate the sovereignty of a country? (Ashwin Pulungan)
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Sabtu, 25 Juli 2015
Passive Voice & Causative Structure
What are passive causative verbs?
We use this structure to talk about having something done by another person/thing, especially a service of some type. Take a look at the following example:
We use this structure to talk about having something done by another person/thing, especially a service of some type. Take a look at the following example:
Peter had his house repaired after the tornado last year.
The President had his speech written by a very talented group of writers.
The President had his speech written by a very talented group of writers.
In both
cases, the person (Peter and the President) arranged for something (repairing a
house and writing a speech) to be done by a third person.
What is the sentence structure?
Passive causatives use the following structure:
Passive causatives use the following structure:
subject | causative verb | object | past
participle
I | had | the car | tuned up.
He | had | his home entertainment system | installed a few days ago.
Our neighbors | will have | their lawn | mowed.
He | had | his home entertainment system | installed a few days ago.
Our neighbors | will have | their lawn | mowed.
How are causatives used?
Passive causatives almost always use the verb have, but also got to a lesser extent. The sentence structure expresses a service you have done, usually by a third person. Car repairs, haircuts, or the installation of home entertainment systems are some examples. Here are a few more examples to understand the pattern better:
Passive causatives almost always use the verb have, but also got to a lesser extent. The sentence structure expresses a service you have done, usually by a third person. Car repairs, haircuts, or the installation of home entertainment systems are some examples. Here are a few more examples to understand the pattern better:
I got my car washed and waxed at the new service station.
He will have a deck built next summer.
Although I hate the dentist, I have had my teeth cleaned regularly.
He will have a deck built next summer.
Although I hate the dentist, I have had my teeth cleaned regularly.
It's
also important to note that, like passive other passive sentences, this
structure can show who did the action or service. For example:
I got my car washed and waxed by my neighbor's son. He works at the new
service station.
He will have a deck built next summer by the contractors who remodeled his kitchen.
I have had my teeth cleaned regularly by a dentist downtown. He does a great job.
He will have a deck built next summer by the contractors who remodeled his kitchen.
I have had my teeth cleaned regularly by a dentist downtown. He does a great job.
Is there
additional information on passive causative sentences?
Yes, there are two more points. Need and want may be used in passive causative sentences. In some cases, the passive causative verb (had / got) may be dropped altogether.
Yes, there are two more points. Need and want may be used in passive causative sentences. In some cases, the passive causative verb (had / got) may be dropped altogether.
I need to have the car tuned up.
I need the car tuned up.
I need the car tuned up.
I want to have my teeth checked. I think I might have a
cavity.
I want my teeth checked. I think I might have a cavity.
I want my teeth checked. I think I might have a cavity.
In
addition, modal auxiliary verbs may be used with the causative sentence
structure. Most often, modals express a suggestion by the speaker, such as: You
should have your hair cut. Unlike need and want, though, the causative verb
must always accompany the modal verb. Look at the following structure and
example:
subject | modal auxiliary verb | causative
verb | object | past participle
He | should | have | his suits | cleaned.
He | should | have | his suits | cleaned.
Emma should have her hair done before the party.
Katie must have her necklace repaired. The clasp broke.
Alex might have his car repossessed! He hasn't made a payment in months.
Katie must have her necklace repaired. The clasp broke.
Alex might have his car repossessed! He hasn't made a payment in months.
Connectors
‘Connectors’ are used to link large groups of words: phrases and
sentences. You can also use them to connect paragraphs to give them coherence.
Sentence connectors are usually placed at the beginning of a sentence and may
be categorized as follows:
CONTRAST
1. HOWEVER
·
This restaurant has
the best kitchen in town. However, their staff are quite rude.
2. IN CONTRAST
·
House prices have gone
up this year. In contrast, car prices seem to be stagnating.
3. NEVERTHELESS
·
I was in so much pain
I didn’t want to get up in the morning. Nevertheless, I went to football
practice as usual.
4. NONETHELESS
·
I don’t think Sean has
serious behavioural problems. Nonetheless, I’ll talk to him first thing in the
morning.
5. YET
·
I’ve asked you a
thousand times not to leave your dirty socks on the floor. Yet, you keep doing
it.
6. ON THE OTHER HAND
·
England has the best
language schools. On the other hand, it has the worst weather.
7. BY COMPARISON
·
Going out with Jim has
its risks. By comparison, being with Tim is as easy as falling off a log.
8. ON THE CONTRARY
·
I don’t hate Jim. On
the contrary, I’m rather fond of him.
9. INSTEAD
·
I didn’t want to take
a side in the argument. Instead, I put my headphones on and listened to some
smooth jazz.
10. IN ANY CASE
·
I was thinking of
going round Jim’s place. In any case, I haven’t been invited.
11. ALL THE SAME
·
Yes, he’s very
good-looking. All the same, I don’t think you should go out with him.
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Other ways to say ON THE OTHER HAND!
Other ways to say ON THE OTHER HAND!
SIMILARITY
1. LIKEWISE
·
You can’t give your
phone number to every man who asks for it. Likewise, you can’t go out with
everyone who fancies you.
2. SIMILARLY
·
You’re not allowed to
use your phone here. Similarly, you have to switch it off when you’re in the
library.
3. CORRESPONDINGLY
·
She’s an excellent
photographer. Correspondingly, her paintings are works of art.
4. IN THE SAME WAY
·
Cutting down on sugar
will help you lose weight. In the same way, doing more exercise will help you
get rid of a few kilos.
5. ALSO
·
I want to talk to
Prince Harry when I’m in England. Also, I want to meet his sister-in-law.
RESULT
1. AS A RESULT
·
I’ve done a pranic
healing course. As a result, I’ve been able to cure my neighbour’s sick cat.
2. AS A CONSEQUENCE
·
Zack has skipped
school on many occasions. As a consequence, he’s failed his French test.
3. THEREFORE
·
We’re going to
experience some meteor showers in the next few days. Therefore, the number of
miraculous self-healings will rise.
4. THUS
·
You didn’t tell me you
wanted to come. Thus, we won’t be taking you with us.
5. ACCORDINGLY
·
Plenty of tourists
visit the area in summer. Accordingly, selling hand-made objects is the main
source of income for locals.
SEQUENCING
1. FIRST, FIRSTLY, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE FIRST PLACE
·
First of all, I’d like
to talk about the benefits of having a pet pig.
2. TO BEGIN WITH
·
To begin with, pet
pigs are cleaner than dogs.
3. FOR ONE THING
·
For one thing, they’re
completely loyal to their owners.
4. SECOND, SECONDLY, IN THE SECOND PLACE
·
Secondly, their
impressive numeracy skills must be mentioned.
5. FOR ANOTHER THING
·
For another thing, you
might want to consider how cute they look in pyjamas.
6. THIRD, THIRDLY, IN THE THIRD PLACE
·
In the third place,
you can always count on your pet pig to perform some tricks for you when you’d
like to impress a pretty girl.
7. ALSO
·
Also, they don’t eat
much.
8. BESIDES
·
Besides not eating
much, they won’t ever chew on your electric cords.
9. IN ADDITION
·
In addition, they can
be taught to feed themselves if you allow them access to your pantry.
10. FURTHERMORE
·
Furthermore, they make
wonderful walking buddies.
11. MOREOVER
·
Moreover, they’ll show
you the way home when you’re drunk.
12. FINALLY
·
Finally, pet pigs are
fantastic guards. No burglar would ever have the heart to hurt a pet pig.
13. LAST, LASTLY, LAST OF ALL
·
Lastly, your
reputation as an eccentric will rapidly grow in the neighbourhood if you’re
seen walking a pet pig on a leash every morning.
ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
1. MOST IMPORTANTLY
·
I’d like to talk to
you about how to keep calm at your workplace. Most importantly, never go to the
canteen while your boss is there.
2. PRIMARILY
·
You’ll have to focus
on your immediate surroundings. Primarily, on your computer screen.
3. ABOVE ALL
·
Above all, don’t ever
look up from your notes when people are around.
4. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY
·
Most significantly,
avoid eye-contact at all costs.
5. ESSENTIALLY, BASICALLY (usually
spoken)
·
How can I put this?
Essentially, having an affair with one of your colleagues should be the last
thing on your mind.
PARTICULARIZATION
1. IN PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY
·
Nearly a third of
marriages end in divorce. In particular, it’s middle-aged couples that yearn
for much more from life.
2. MORE SPECIFICALLY
·
Couples tend to argue
about financial issues. More specifically, they argue when one of them is out
of work.
EXAMPLIFICATION
1. FOR EXAMPLE
·
To solve this problem,
you might want to try making small gestures. For example, making your spouse’s
favourite meal for dinner or giving him a massage after a tiring day.
2. FOR INSTANCE
·
Appreciate the small
things your spouse does for you. For instance, leave thank-you notes for them
every now and then.
3. TO ILLUSTRATE
·
Misunderstandings can
be highly destructive. To illustrate, if your spouse sees you with a friend of
the opposite sex in a café, he might not understand why he hasn’t been invited
and demand an explanation.
Read more:
Other ways to say for example?
Other ways to say for example?
EXPLANATION
1. THAT IS TO SAY, THAT IS
·
Keep romance alive.
That is to say, don’t let your lovelife fall into routine.
2. NAMELY
·
I have a very good
reason for not trusting my ex. Namely, he’s a convicted felon.
3. IN OTHER WORDS
·
Don’t be unsociable.
In other words, go out and make some friends.
4. PUT DIFFERENTLY
·
John has managed to
get over Jane. Put differently, he’s started seeing other women.
EMPHASISING
1. AS A MATTER OF FACT
·
I love sleeping with
my pet pig. As a matter of fact, I can’t fall asleep unless he’s in my bed.
2. IN FACT
·
I told them not to
invite Rachel to the party. In fact, I was the only person who saw what a party
pooper she really was.
3. ACTUALLY
·
I think it would be a
good idea to send her some flowers. Actually, you should get her a hundred
orchids.
4. INDEED
·
He may be the
best-dressed man around. Indeed, he has a really good taste in fashion.
FOCUSING AND LINKING
1. AS FOR (often suggests
disinterest or dislike)
·
I’m going to Janet’s
party at the weekend. As for Mary’s, I think I’ll pass.
2. WITH RESPECT TO
·
Starting your own IT
company may be the one of the best things you can do right now. With respect to
opening a pet shop, it’s hard to say the same thing.
3. REGARDING
·
Start your day with
making the most important phone calls. Regarding emails, you might put them off
until later.
4. WITH REGARD TO
·
With regard to
handling complaints, you might want to keep in mind that your customers are
always right.
5. AS REGARDS
·
Working from home has
many advantages. As regards disadvantages, it might be difficult to keep your
cat off your keyboard.
6. TALKING OF
·
Talking of cats, you
can’t trust them to keep you company when you need it. They’re quite selfish
creatures.
7. AS FAR AS … CONCERNED
·
As far as dogs are
concerned, they might give you a chance to get up from your desk and get some
exercise during the day.
CONCLUSION
1. IN CONCLUSION
·
In conclusion, it may
be said that pigs make the best pets.
2. IN BRIEF
·
Meeting my boss at the
pub was an interesting experience. In brief, it was a disaster.
3. IN SUMMARY
·
In summary, it may not
be the best idea to frequent the same pubs as your boss.
4. TO SUM UP
·
To sum up, some people
are better suited to working from home than others.
5. ALL IN ALL
·
All in all, you have
to make sure both you and your customers are satisfied with your work.
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What are the other ways to say in conclusion?
CORRECTION
1. RATHER
·
I thought it was a
good idea to get a ferret. Rather, it had always been my dream to get one.
2. TO BE MORE PRECISE
·
You might want to change
a few things. To be more precise, I think you should start again from scratch.
TIME
1. AT FIRST
·
It wasn’t a piece of
cake to learn English. At first, I couldn’t pronounce all the words correctly.
2. THEN
·
Then, I couldn’t spell
all the words correctly.
3. AFTERWARDS
·
Afterwards, I had a
hard time understanding the tenses.
4. LATER
·
Later, I couldn’t
memorize phrasal verbs and idioms.
5. IN THE MEANTIME
·
In the meantime, I was
getting some help from MyEnglishTeacher.
6. MEANWHILE
·
Meanwhile, I was
enjoying my skype lessons more and more.
DISMISSAL (of what was
said before)
1. ANYWAY
·
I couldn’t get my head
around the Passive Voice. Anyway, I don’t think it’s important to use it all
the time.
2. ANYHOW
·
Anyhow, I’ve just
decided to learn Russian next.
3. AT ANY RATE
·
At any rate, I don’t
want to become a simultaneous interpreter in five languages.
Sentence connectors
Sentence connectors are used to link ideas from
one sentence to the next and to give paragraphs coherence. Sentence connectors
perform different functions and are placed at the beginning of a
sentence. They are used to introduce, order, contrast, sequence ideas, theory,
data etc. The following table lists useful connectors.
Useful sentence connectors
|
Logical / sequential order
·
Firstly, secondly, thirdly etc
·
Next, last, finally
·
In addition
·
Furthermore
·
Also
·
At present / presently
|
Order of importance
·
Most / more importantly
·
Most significantly
·
Above all
·
Primarily
·
It is essential / essentially
|
|
Contrast
·
However
·
On the other hand
·
On the contrary
·
By (in) comparison
·
In contrast
|
Result
·
As a result
·
As a consequence
·
Therefore
·
Thus
·
Consequently
·
Hence
|
|
Comparison
·
Similarily
·
Likewise
·
Also
|
Reason
·
The cause of
·
The reason for
|
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