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Indonesia accepts FIFA ban on national coach
The Jakarta
Post | Thu, 04/19/2012 1:13 PM
Indonesia coach Aji Santoso has been banned for four
games and fined by FIFA for accusing match officials of taking bribes during a
10-0 loss to Bahrain in World Cup qualifying [1].
The
Indonesian Football Association and Santoso said on Wednesday they accepted the
punishments but didn't rule out an appeal. Santoso, now coaching the national
under-23 side, was fined $6,530.
Santoso was red-carded by Lebanese referee Andre Al
Haddad in the 75th minute of February's match in Manama following allegations
he accused Al Haddad of being bribed [2].
FIFA said Santoso told the officials “(there is) money
involved (here).” [3].
In the
second minute, Al Haddad sent off Indonesia's goalkeeper and awarded four
penalties to Bahrain, which needed to make up a nine-goal deficit on Qatar to
have a chance of advancing to the next round.
However,
Qatar drew 2-2 with Iran, and those two advanced.
FIFA called
the outcome "unusual" and launched an investigation.
Indonesia
was warned by FIFA before the match to send its strongest team, but an
inexperienced team was selected after Indonesia suspended players from clubs in
the breakaway Indonesian Super League.
Edi Ellison,
the spokesman for the Indonesian association, said they will wait to decide on
an appeal after the result of FIFA's probe.
Because of
the loss to Bahrain and the breakaway league, the government was planning to
cut funding to the association.
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Artikel 2
A story of romantic love
Prodita
Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 02/12/2011 12:24 PM
Sweet
Valentine: Baker Emily Jones decorates chocolate hearts at the Lake Champlain
Chocolates factory in Burlington, Vermont, on Feb. 11.AP/Toby TalbotFor many,
February is the month of romance.
Valentine’s
Day on Feb. 14th gives people a momentum to celebrate love and express it to
their object of affection.
The classic
formula to mark the occasion usually includes a romantic dinner for two, red
roses, chocolate, candy and a greeting card. For those with more money to
spend, a holiday getaway and jewelry might come into the picture.
Those
skeptical of the day’s hype might refuse to partake in the consumerist frenzy,
saying that love should be celebrated on any day of the year. Romantics, who
love the special occasion, meticulously plan their activities on Valentine’s
Day. And there are those who don’t mind
being given a reason to be romantic [4].
But for
every type of person holding different opinions on Valentine’s Day, romantic
love is more than dinner and gifts. It is the one drug that everyone loves — as
long as it lasts. It gives people energy, sparks creativity, and makes a
besotted person incredibly focused on one’s object of affection.
Romantic
love is a great motivator and a muse for art. The many poems dedicated to love
is testament to that. Love drives people to go the extra mile. The fear of
loosing love and jealousy can drive people to the worst of actions, from
stalking to murder.
Beyond
kowtowing to the demands of a commercialized Valentine’s Day, The Jakarta Post
asked people what they did when driven by this intense emotion, and what their
perception of romantic love was.
Most answered
they wanted an everlasting relationship. A happily married mother of one said
love was an illusion, referring to the roles of dopamine and serotonin in our
brains. Others say they believe in love in a metaphysical manner. And an
editor-cum-artist dreams of a noncommittal everlasting love.
The feisty,
25-year-old Bali-based editor Annisa Dharma said romance or the feeling of
infatuation drives her to “assemble beautiful words that woo”. It had also
driven her to make what she called “grand gestures”.
“I’ve moved
countries for a boy. I’ve made a song
for a boy [5]. I’ve
created art for a boy. I’ve let go of my ambition for a boy,” she said.
Annisa said her actions were driven by romance [6].
“I think
romance is more of a language. Romance and love don’t go hand in hand,” she
said.
“Personally,
I can’t be romantic to someone I truly love, and likewise, when I don’t love a
person, I can be the most romantic person ever.”
However if
she really loves someone, she would not do anything to hurt or harm herself.
“Because I’d trust them with all my heart,” she said.
Annisa added
she would want love to last forever. “Thus, no commitments…Free and
liberating.”
She however
would not mind getting married “if I found the right one, in which the
relationship didn’t change regardless of the married status. That would mean
getting married purely as an act of romance… which is fine,” she said.
For
28-year-old Yolanda Nirmala, love has such a powerful effect on her it made her
think twice
about her religion and chose to live without it. She said she found peace as an agnostic.
about her religion and chose to live without it. She said she found peace as an agnostic.
“Would it
makes sense to you if I told you that being in love once led to me being
agnostic? That’s how powerful love is in my life,” she said.
Coming from
a conservative Muslim family, Yolanda fell in love with a man who had a
Catholic upbringing. She was in her early 20s, in college; meanwhile, her
partner was in his early thirties.
Their
families disapproved of their relationship because they came from different
faiths. They continued to date in secret
for fear of being separated [7].
She and her
partner devised a plan to elope to Singapore and live abroad. They started to
save up money for their planned future together.
During this
time, she started to question religion.
“I started
to lose my faith in religion. I started to ask myself: ‘What is the point of
religion have if it used to hate other people?’ Because of a different
religion, one can hate and stay away from others?”
Life sent
her on another path, Yolanda said, as her boyfriend was killed in a car
accident in their two years of relationship.
“I was sad
as sad can be. But the thing that didn’t die with him, was me being an
agnostic,” she said. “I don’t feel there is a strong reason to fit in boxes
that separate people.”
For
29-year-old Ramdan Sudrajat, love has made him do things he never imagined he
could do.
“I cleaned
my girlfriend’s father’s behind when he was ill after having a stroke,” he
said.
“I even
surprised myself. I have never even seen my own father naked. That’s the power
of love,” he said.
The
relationship with his girlfriend eventually fizzled. That was around 2006 he
said, and he was over it.
“Failure is
normal. Even though I regret the decision to break up. I still remember her as
a part of the story of my life,” he said.
“I think
love is when you put your trust and hope in someone whom you wish to be your
life companion and who will be by your side until you get old,” he said.
While Ramdan
is looking to forge a lasting relationship soon, Yolanda said she was not in a
rush and was looking for a mature relationship, with a solid long-term plan.
“If a guy says sweet things to me such as ‘I like you’ or something similar,
until he proves it I would say it’s bulls**t,” she said. And until she finds
that love, she is happy with casual dates.
Maria
Ferrari, 33, a mother and a singer, has a very rational perspective on romantic
love. She believes it is an illusion, and the emotion comes from a combination
neurotransmitters in the brain.
“In reality,
[most] humans whether they realize it or not are self-centered,” she said. “For
me, the deepest and craziest [thing one can do] for ‘love’ is to keep it
unspoken.”
She believes
a committed relationship occurs when two people agree to want to “know” their
partners.
“The ‘want’
is full of conflict. And often it becomes a drama, just like sinetron,” she
said. Maria added there was no time frame in getting to know one’s partner.
“Because humans are dynamic,” she went on.
Despite her
rational perspective, Maria enjoys being infected with the emotions.
“Being high
and low is exciting. Because [sometimes] that is what people look for. So life
doesn’t feel that bland,” she said.
Scientists
have explained love through neuroscience. A professor of Neuroscience in Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia, Larry Young. wrote in scientific journal
Nature, that love could be explained by a series of neurochemical events in a
specific area of the brain. From his research Young finds that oxytocin levels
in the brain may enhance humans ability to form trusting relationships.
Meanwhile
anthropologist Helen Fisher states that different neurotransmitters such as
testorerone, dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin have roles in the phases of
romantic love, which are lust, attraction and attachment. In her articles,
Fisher wrote that when someone faces rejection, the body goes into protest and
also a renewed passion that she coined “frustration attraction”, which results from
the prolong effect of dopamine.
To cope with
all the highs and lows of love, Maria suggested being conscious of all these
emotions.
Taking
advice from meditation teacher, she said: “Consciously enjoy everything, and
observe”.
Artikel 3
Why listening to music is the key to good health
by NAOMI
COLEMAN, femail.co.uk
It's the
weekend and at some point you'll probably relax to your favourite music, watch
a film with a catchy title track - or hit the dance floor.
There's no
doubt that listening to your favourite music can instantly put you in a good
mood. But scientists are now discovering that music can do more for you than
just lift your spirits.
Research is
showing it has a variety of health benefits.
Fresh
research from Austria has found that listening to music can help patients with
chronic back pain.
And a recent
survey by Mind - the mental health charity - found that after counselling, patients
found group therapy such as art and music therapy, the most useful.
Here, we
present six proven ways that music can help you and your family's health
1.
CHRONIC BACK
PAIN
How it
helps: Music works on the autonomic nervous system - the part of the
nervous system responsible for controlling our blood pressure, heartbeat and
brain function - and also the limbic system - the part of the brain that
controls feelings and emotions. According to one piece of research, both these
systems react sensitively to music.
When slow
rhythms are played, our blood pressure and heartbeat slow down which helps us
breathe more slowly, thus reducing muscle tension in our neck, shoulders,
stomach and back.[8] And experts say that apart from physical
tension, music also reduces psychological tension in our mind.
In other
words when we feel pain, we become frightened, frustrated and angry which makes
us tense up hundreds of muscles in our back. Listening to music on a regular
basis helps our bodies relax physically and mentally, thus helping to relieve -
and prevent - back pain.
The
research: A new study from Austria's General Hospital of Salzburg due to
be published in The Vienna Medical Weekly Journal could hold the key to back
pain. In the study, 65 patients aged between 21 and 68 with chronic back pain
after back surgery were divided into two groups.[9]
One group
received standard medical care and physiotherapy.[10] The other
group also listened to music and received visualisation classes for 25 minutes
every day for three weeks. Results found that the group who listened to music
and used imagery experienced better pain relief than the group who did not.
Clinical
psychologist Franz Wendtner who led the study says: 'Music is an important part
of our physical and emotional wellbeing - ever since we were babies in our
mother's womb listening to her heartbeat and breathing rhythms.
'Listening
to music for about 25 minutes everyday for at least ten days can help prevent
back pain and also make you sleep better.'
Which type
of music is best? Experts believe any type of classical music such as
Mozart or Beethoven can help relieve muscle pain. Calm, slow music is also
thought to help.
2.
IMPROVES
YOUR WORKOUT
How it
helps: Experts say listening to music during exercise can give you a
better workout in several ways. Scientists claim it can increase your
endurance, boost your mood and can distract you from any discomfort experienced
during your workout.
The research: Dr
Robert Herdegen of America's Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked at the
effects of 12 men riding a bicycle for ten minutes while listening to music on
one day. He compared it to the same men riding bicycles without music for ten minutes
the following day.
On the days
that the men exercised listening to music, they travelled 11 per cent further -
compared to the days they didn't listen to music. Researchers also found that
the men's levels of exertion were at their lowest when listening to music.
Other
studies show that listening to music releases endorphins - our natural 'feel
good' hormones that lift our mood and give us motivation to carry on longer
with exercise.
Which type
of music is best? The best type of music for exercise is thought to be
high energy, high tempo music such as hip hop or dance music.
3.
MEMORY LOSS
How it
helps: For many people suffering from memory loss the spoken language has
become meaningless. Music can help patients remember tunes or songs and get in
touch with their history. This is because the part of the brain which processes
music is located next to memory.
The
research: Researchers from Norway's Sogn Og Fjordane College compared the
effects of live, taped and no music on three different groups of people
suffering from post traumatic amnesia - or memory loss.
The patients
were exposed to all three conditions, twice over six consecutive days. Results
showed that when patients listened to live or taped music, two thirds of them
showed significantly reduced symptoms of anxiety and enhanced orientation,
compared to the group that didn't listen to music.
Which type
of music is best? Research shows that people with memory loss respond best
to music of their choice.
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