[wanita-muslimah] Kuliah Budi Hardiman tentang 'Humanisme dan Para Kritikusnya'
F. Budi Hardiman pengajar filsafat di program pasca sarjana Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat (STF) Driyarkata akan memberikan kuliah tentang Humanisme dan Para Kritikusnya di Serambi Salihara 13 Juni 2009 pukul 16.00. Kuliah ini merupakan rangkaian kuliah umum tentang Humanisme di Komunitas Salihara. Pada Sabtu pekan lalu, Bambang Sugiharto, pengajar filsafat di Universitas Parahyangan dan Institut Teknologi Bandung telah mengulas tema pertama tentang Humanisme Dulu dan Kini. Dan F Budi Hardiman akan mendiskusikan tema kedua tentang fenomena munculnya “Humanisme dan Anti-Humanisme”. Tema kedua ini diharapkan mengulas dua subtema utama. Pertama, bagaimana humanisme muncul sebagai ide yang melakukan kritik terhadap agama sehingga lahir varian-varian humanisme: sekuler, ateistik, dan eksistensialis. Kedua, mengapa muncul gelombang kritik--khusunya dari gelombang posmodern--terhadap humanisme yang disebut “anti-humanisme”? Untuk membahas tema ini, F Budi Hardiman yang telah menulis makalah sebanyak 22 halaman akan mendiskusikan tema yang sangat menarik ini. Dan bagaimana konsep F Budi Hardiman atas apa yang ia sebut sebagai Humanisme Lentur untuk keluar dari eksklusivitas konsep humanisme tersebut? Ikuti kuliahnya di Serambi Salihara. Mengikuti kuliah ini tidak dipungut biaya sedikit pun. http://salihara.org/main.php?type=detailmodule=newsmenu=childparent_id=5id=34item_id=733 Lebih bersih, Lebih baik, Lebih cepat - Yahoo! Mail: Kini tanpa iklan. Rasakan bedanya! http://id.mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Tutup Saja RS Omni!
Pencabutan ijin operasional sebuah RS tidak berarti RS harus tutup. Dia masih mengantongi ijin prinsip. Depkes bisa saja mencabut ementara ijin operasional RS OMNI, misalnya selama setahun, dengan syarat memperbaiki manajemen, peningkatan pengetahuna dan ketramp[ilan karyawan dalam melayani pasien, dan peningkatan mutu layanan medis. Dengan cara itu pengusaha tidak perlu menutup RS OMNI kecuali kalau ia memang mau berhenti dari bisnis rumah sakit. Kemudian selama setahun itu dia diwajibkan membuat progress report serta dipantau kesiapannya. kalau semua sudah oke, ijin operasional boleh diberikan lagi. Dengan cara itu pengusaha tidak perlu melakukan PHK secara massal sebab tenaga karyawan itu masih diperlukan jika ia akan membuka lagi RS tersebut. KM Original Message From: qifuat_...@yahoo.com Date: 10/06/2009 9:12 To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Tutup Saja RS Omni! DPR menunjukkan taringnya. harap maklum masa kerjanya mo habis, menunggu uang saku!!! mnrtq RS g perlu ditutup,jaman lagi susah cari duit kasihan pekerja2nya,klo doktek2nyaa sih aku yakin udh kaya2. dipecat dari Omni mash punya cabang ditempat lain.lha klo perawat, satpam,outsourchingnya dll yg jumlahnya lbh bayak dari para dokternya, mo dikemanakan --- On Tue, 6/9/09, noni marlini noniemarl...@yahoo.co.id wrote: From: noni marlini noniemarl...@yahoo.co.id Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Tutup Saja RS Omni! To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, id...@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6:46 AM Tutup Saja RS Omni! Rakyat Merdeka, 9 Juni 2009-06-09 Hebat, kali ini anggota DPR benar-benar menunjukkan kepeduliannya kepada rakyat yang sedang susah. Kemarin, Komisi IX DPR mendesak RS Omni Internasional meminta maaf dan mencabut gugatan hukum terhadap Prita Mulyasari yang sekarang sedang ‘dimejahijaukan’ di Pengadilan Negeri Tangerang. Jika tidak dilakukan, wakil rakyat yang terhormat itu mendesak pemerintah mencabut izin operasi RS Omni. Keputusan ini diambil Komisi IX DPR dalam rapat dengar pendapat (RDP) dengan jajaran direksi RS Omni di Gedung DPR, Jakarta, kemarin. Rapat yang dipimpin Ketua Komisi IX DPR Ribka Tjiptaning itu berlangsung seru dan panas. Pihak RS Omni yang diwakili pimpinannya Direktur Umum Bina Ratna Kusuma Fitri didampingi dr Grace, Dr Leo dari komite RS OMNI, dan kuasa hukum Harry Bertus, sampai pontang-panting menjawab hujan pertanyaan dari sejumlah anggota dewan. Saking kesalnya, anggota Komisi IX DPR dari Fraksi Demokrat, Max Sopacoa terpaksa membentak pimpinan RS OMNI karena penjelasannya terlalu bertele-tele. ‘’Saya mau tahu, apa alasan Omni memenjarakan Prita. Anda itu warga negara Indonesia loh, masak Anda tega memenjarakan sesame warganegara,’’ cecar Max. Anak buah SBY yang bekas wartawan TVRI itu menanyakan, apa alasan pihak RS Omni meminta Prita ditahan. ‘’Apa betul Prita mau melarikan diri? Melarikan diri ke mana, wong perempuan kok melarikan diri,’’ katanya. Anggota Komisi IX DPR dari Fraksi PAN, Nina Mardiana menambahkan, tega-teganya RS Omni memenjarakan seorang ibu yang sedang menyusui anaknya. Ini tindakan yang tidak berperikemanusiaan, oleh sebab itu dia minta pemerintah menutup saja rumah sakit tersebut. ‘’Omni rumah sakit dengan label internasional yang tidak mengedepankan misi kemanusiaan dan sosial, professional tetapi hanya mengedepankan bisnis oriented sehingga sebaiknya ditutup dan tidak diberi izin,’’ katanya. Trisnawati Karna dari Partai Golkar menuding RS Omni melakukan pembohongan publik dengan label internasional. Label itu jelas digunakan agar orang menganggap rumah sakit internasional, padahal tidak. Kita tidak bisa mentoleransi kebohongan seperti ini, apalagi menyangkut nyawa orang lain, serangnya. Direktur RS Omni Bina Ratna menjelaskan awal mula kasus Prita. Dia bersikukuh, kasus itu terjadi karena Prita tidak terima atas penjelasan rumah sakit. Padahal, kata dia, rumah sakit menyelesaikan secara kekeluargaan. Tapi, Prita tetap meminta hasil rekam medis. Saya tidak habis pikir kenapa laporan itu terus diminta. Kami sudah katakan bahwa laporan itu salah, ujar Grace Hilza menimpali penjelasan Bina Ratna. RS Omni juga berkilah, keluhan medis Prita bukan karena kesalahan prosedur. Sebab, semua prosedur medis dilakukan sebagaimana mestinya. Termasuk, soal bengkak pasca-perawatan. Itu adalah bagian dari perjalanan penyakit Ibu Prita. Dia mengalami infeksi karena penyakit yang dideritanya, kata Bina. RS Omni menggambarkan Prita sebagai pasien yang arogan dan mengancam rumah sakit yang berlokasi di Alam Sutera, Tangerang, itu. Saat Prita disodori surat permintaan maaf, dia malah merobeknya dan tetap minta hasil pemeriksaan yang menunjukkan trombositnya sebesar 27.000. Bina tak memberikan karena hasil pemeriksaan yang keliru tak bisa dikeluarkan. Saat pemeriksaan dengan menggunakan alat, selalu ada kemungkinan kesalahan,
[wanita-muslimah] Ambigu
Salam... Demokrasi adalah tentang bagaimana caranya untuk mendapatkan kebebasan berpendapat, persamaan hak, kesetaraan dan pengakuan. Hak Asasi adalah hak paling mendasar yang dimiliki oleh setiap anak manusia, hak akan kebebasan, hak akan hidup, hak akan mendapatkan ilmu dan lain-lain. Demikianlah definisi dari kata demokrasi dan hak asasi yang sering kita temui dibeberapa buku, tapi apakah memang demikian pengertian demokrasi yang difahami oleh semua orang di setiap negara. Kata yang demikian didalam ilmu logika disebut dengan kata ambigu, yakni suatu kata yang mempunyai pengertian lebih dari satu atau banyak. Kata demokrasi berbeda pengertiannya menurut masyarakat liberal dengan masyarakat totaliter. Suatu tindakan mungkin saja disebut demokratis disuatu tempat tapi sudah tidak lagi ditempat lagi. Bisa jadi tindakan tertentu dianggap demokratis di Amerika tapi tidak di China, Demokratis di China tapi tidak menurut orang tibet dan begitu seterusnya. Begitu juga dengan pengertian kata hak asasi, disebut ambigu karena disetiap negara mempunyai pengertian yang berbeda-beda tentang batasan hak asasi. Suatu tindakan tertentu dianggap baik-baik aja oleh suatu negara tertentu, tapi tidak menurut negara yang lain. Suatu tindakan disebut melanggar HAM dinegara Amerika, tapi tidak menurut negara China dan Indonesia. Selain kata yang mempunyai pengertian ambigu tersebut, didalam istilah logika dikenal juga istilah-istilah yang lain, seperti : univok, equivok dan analog. Univok adalah kata yang mempunyai satu makna dan jelas, tidak membingungkan seperti : kursi, meja, pulpen, pensil dan sebagainya. Kata univok ini tidak terlalu sulit untuk dikenali, karena kata ini lebih sering menunjuk kepada benda. Equivok adalah kata yang mempunyai makna lebih dari satu dan umumnya mempunyai dua makna, seperti : bunga, bulan, buku dan lain sebaginya. Bunga bisa berarti adalah gadis manis nan cantik, bisa juga berarti bunga mawar yang merah nan harum dan bisa pula berarti bunga bank. Bulan bisa bararti bulan yang ada dilangit (planet), bisa juga berarti bulan untuk perhitungan kalender. Begitu juga buku, buku bisa berarti panjang batang tanaman diantara dua ruas, dan bisa pula berarti kertas yang diikat sebagian sisinya yang kemudian dijilid. Untuk lebih jelasnya bisa kita lihat penggunaannya didalam kalimat, seperti : . Isabella sangat menyukai bunga. . Isacc menabung di BCA dan dapat bunga 7% satu tahun Bunga pada kalimat pertama berarti bunga sebagai tanaman, bisa bunga mawar, bunga melati dan lain lain. Bunga pada kalimat kedua mempunyai arti keuntungan atau penambahan nilai dari uang yang disimpan. . Bulan lebih kecil dari bumi . Bulan februari sering terjadi banjir akibat hujan. Bulan pada kalimat pertama mempunyai makna sebuah planet yang mengitari bumi. Bulan pada kalimat kedua mempunyai makna suatu perhitungan dikalender. Analog adalah kata yang umumnya mempunyai makna berbeda karena penggunaannya dalam kalimat. Misalnya : . Kursi itu terbuat dari kayu jati. . Banyak kader partai melakukan apa saja supaya bisa mendapatkan kursi di dewan. Bila hujan bumi akan basah. Banyak pejabat menyukai tempat yang basah. . Waktu muda Ani adalah bunga desa. . Bunga di desa itu sungguh indah. Terlihat ada kemiripan antara equivok dengan anolog, dan mereka memang mirip sehingga hampir semua kata equivok bisa dibuat menjadi kata yang bermakna analog. Sampai disini kita sudah bisa membedakan sedikit bagaimana suatu kata itu bisa mempunyai pengertian yang sudah jelas dan tidak membingungkan dan bagaimana juga suatu kata itu bisa mempunyai makna yang ambigu dan memusingkan :) Salam, Iman K. www.parapemikir.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Suharto-era figures dominate Indonesian presidential poll
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/indo-j03.shtml Suharto-era figures dominate Indonesian presidential poll By John Roberts 3 June 2009 Following the finalisation of the results in Indonesia's parliamentary election in April, three tickets have emerged for the presidential poll on July 8. All three teams were part of the Suharto-era political establishment and have played leading roles in subsequent administrations that have abused democratic rights and deepened social inequality. Each of the tickets has a former general from the Suharto junta. Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is the clear frontrunner at this stage, has chosen Bank Indonesia Governor Boediono as his running mate. Current Vice President Jusuf Kalla, chairman of the Suharto-era political machine Golkar, has picked former armed forces (TNI) commander General Wiranto. Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri will run with the ex-commander of the notorious Kopassus special forces Prabowo Subianto. A survey by the Strategic Centre for Development and Policy Review in late April put Yudhoyono strongly in the lead with the support of 87.5 percent of those polled, against 5.87 percent for Megawati and 1.67 percent for Kalla. Yudhoyono's Democratic Party won 20.85 percent of the national vote and 148 seats in the 560-seat Peoples Representative Council (DRP)-up three-fold from 2004. As a result, Yudhoyono met the restrictive requirements for a presidential candidate without having to form a coalition with other parties, placing him in a strong position to choose his vice-presidential running mate. Yudhoyono, a former Suharto-era general, served in Megawati's administration as the top security minister until he quit in early 2004 to run against her for the presidency. As minister in charge of the military and security forces, he oversaw the brutal counter-insurgency operations against the separatist movements in Aceh and Papua. Yudhoyono's choice of running mate was clearly aimed at securing the backing of business. Boediono served three times as economics minister and headed the country's central bank. In announcing the ticket, Yudhoyono foreshadowed a central plank in his election campaign, promising to return Indonesia to a growth rate of 7 percent, up from 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2009. Yudhoyono had been under pressure from the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to choose its leader as his vice-presidential candidate. Closely involved with Yudhoyono's first administration, the PKS was the only other party to increase its vote in the parliamentary poll, up marginally from 7.34 percent to 7.88 percent and 59 seats. It appears that the PKS gave its reluctant approval to the choice of Boediono. The support of the PKS and the other Islamist parties-the United Development Party (PPP), the National Awakening Party (PKB) and the National Mandate Party (PAN)-will be important in the presidential poll and also for the president to exercise control over the new parliament. The PPP, PKB and PAN are each headed by figures who functioned as part of the limited legal opposition that was allowed under the Suharto junta. They won 39, 26 and 42 seats respectively. The once all-powerful Golkar slumped to just 14.45 percent in the parliamentary election and gained 108 seats-a distant second to the Democratic Party. Kalla's alignment with Wiranto and his newly-formed Hanura party has the hallmarks of a marriage of necessity after Yudhoyono made it clear he was going to dump Kalla and Golkar from his presidential ticket. Golkar has been deeply divided over its presidential candidate, with several contenders jostling for the position. It needed the support of another party because its own results did not meet the 20 percent threshold required to stand in the presidential poll. Hanura gained 15 seats and was the last of the 38 parties to qualify for parliamentary representation. As armed forces chief, Wiranto was responsible for the military-backed campaign of intimidation and violence in East Timor in 1999 against pro-independence supporters. The UN East Timor Special Crimes Unit indicted Wiranto in 2003 for crimes against humanity but the charges have not been acted upon. Wiranto campaigned in the parliamentary election on the basis of economic nationalist policies, including promises to create jobs, boost domestic food production, slash imports and cut illegal immigrant labour. It is the Megawati-Prabowo ticket, however, that sheds most light on the political processes in Jakarta over the past 11 years. Superficially, Megawati and Prabowo were on opposite sides of the barricades during the dying days of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno, was pushed to the fore as a symbol of the broad popular demands for reformasi. Prabowo, head of Kopassus, was in charge of suppressing growing protests
[wanita-muslimah] Rumahku Yang Indah
Rumahku Yang Indah By: agussyafii Senin malam ketika anak-anak Amalia menghapal surat-surat pendek kami berdiskusi mengenai 'Rumahku Yang Indah.' Adi mengatakan rumahnya indah karena ada ayah, ibu dan adek yang sayang pada dirinya. Lusi menyebutkan rumah yang indah karena penghuninya murah senyum tapi tidak kalo sedang sakit gigi. Demikian hal juga Dani, sekalipun rumahnya juga buat menjadi warung teman-temannya suka bermain dirumahnya. Namun berbeda dengan Dede yang menyebutkan bahwa rumah indah jika dihiasi keramahan penghuninya. 'Coba Kak, kalo kita maen kerumah teman yang punya rumah ramah dan baik hati..rumah itu terlihat indah.'katanya. Kemudian saya menjelaskan kepada anak-anak Amalia, 'Kita Sebagai makhluk budaya mengenal tempat tinggal tetap atau rumah yang menjadi tempat istirahat dan tempat membangun keluarga. sebab itulah pintu pada tempat tinggal kita sebagai pelindung kehidupan pribadi kita dan keluarga disamping untuk keamanan. Oleh karena itu tatakrama kehidupan masyarakat mengharuskan mengetuk pintu atau menekan bel atau memberi salam terlebih dahulu ketika akan memasuki rumah tinggal orang sebagai bentuk meminta izin agar kedatangannya tidak mengganggu kehidupan pribadi orang lain.' 'Lantas kita barus bagaimana Kak Agus?' tanya Ratna. Saya katakan padanya bahwa ada tuntunan adab ketika memasuki rumah, baik rumah orang lain maupun rumah sendiri dan kemudian saya menerangkan beberapa hal tuntunan yang patut menjadi perhatian anak-anak Amalia antara lain. 1. Berdoa ketika memasuki rumah. Rasulullah memberi contoh doa sebagai berikut. Bismillahi walijna, wa bismillahi kharajna, wa `ala rabbina tawakkalna Artinya, 'Dengan nama Allah kami masuk, dengan nama Allah kami keluar, dan kepada Allah kami berserah diri.' (HR. Abu Daud) 2. Memberi salam kepada penghuni rumah pada saat memasukinya: Assalamu `alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh artinya, Selamat, rahmat dan berkat Allah menyertai anda. Rasulullah SAW pernah berkata kepada Anas r.a.: Hai anakku, apabila engkau masuk ke rumah keluargamu, ucapkan salam, agar engkau dan seisi rumah mendapat keberkahannya. 3. Apabila mengetuk pintu, ketuklah dengan perlahan sekedar ia tahu bahwa di luar ada tamu. 4. Kalau ketukan perlu berulang kali, maka lakukanlah dalam tempo yang agak jarang. 5. Saat permisi untuk masuk, ambillah posisi di samping pintu, jangan pas di depan pintu. 6. Setelah mengetok pintu dan ada suara dari dalam menanyakan siapa, maka jawablah dengan menyebut nama anda yang dikenalnya. 7. Kalau anda bertandang ke rumah teman, jagalah mata anda dari menoleh ke sana ke mari dan bukalah alas kaki (jika analisanya demikian), kemudian meletakkan pada tempatnya. 8. Duduklah pada tempat yang telah disediakan untuk tamu dan jangan menempati tempat khusus bagi tuan rumah. Rasulullah pernah bersabda: 'Tidak layak seorang tamu mengimami penguasa wilayah setempat dan tidak duduk di rumahnya di tempat kehormatannya, kecuali dengan izinnya'. (HR. Muslim) 9. Hormatilah orang yang lebih tua baik umur maupun kedudukkannya pada saat berjalan, masuk, keluar, saat pertemuan, pembicaraan, dengar pendapat, diskusi dan pada saat mengikuti arahan. Malam semakin larut anak-anak Amalia terlibat dalam diskusi hangat mengenai rumahku yang indah dan akhirnya kami sepakat bahwa rumahku yang indah, rumah yang membuat nyaman dan bahagia para penghuninya. Akhirul kalam izinkan saya berdoa buat teman2 semua yang membaca tulisan ini, Semoga Alloh SWT senantiasa dilimpahkan kebahagiaan selalu untuk anda dan keluarga..amin ya robbal alamin...selamat liburan dan berakhir pekan bersama keluarga tercinta Jumat, 12 juni 2009 Wassalam, agussyafii -- Tulisan ini dalam rangka kampanye program 'Amalia Love Green (ALG)' Ahad, tanggal 14 Juni 2009, di Rumah Amalia, Jl. Subagyo Blok ii 1, no.23 Komplek Peruri, RT 001 RW 09, Sudimara Timur, Ciledug. TNG. 'Lima Cara Amalia Love Green (5 CALL Green) Pelihara Bumi' 1. Jadilah Penyelamat Bumi dengan memulai dari hal yang kecil dan mudah, 2. Tanam bunga dalam pot, 3. Gunakan Air dengan bijak, 4. manfaatkan kembali benda-benda yang bisa digunakan, 5. Matikan lampu yang tidak digunakan. Mari kirimkan dukungan anda pada program 'Amalia Green Love (AGL)' melalui http://agussyafii.blogspot.com, http://id-id.facebook.com/people/Agus-Syafii-Muhamad/861635703 atau sms 087 8777 12431 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Iran's future lies in women's hands
http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/12-06-2009/107763-iran_election-0 12.06.2009 Iran's future lies in women's hands Iranians go to the polls to elect their president on June 12. Optimists say that the new elections will change the political course of the Islamic Republic. Pravda.Ru interviewed Rajab Safarov, the director of the Center for Modern Iran, about the future of the nation. The adversaries of the Iranian regime say that the new presidential election in Iran does not mean anything. They say that the election is just a screen that covers the same religious leaders. Is it really so? I do not think that it is true. Here is the proof: the current election of the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the tenth election, is probably the most open and controversial vote in terms of political battles between the candidates. The adversaries of the sitting Iranian president continue to criticize him, stressing out his mistakes. What would be the point of all those battles if the voting did not mean anything? Do ayatollahs have nothing to do here? The president of Iran holds the executive power. The spiritual leader is higher and can dismiss the president at any moment. However, it happens on extremely rare occasions. Ayatollahs believe that it is the people that elect the president, and they respect the opinion of the people. Who are the prime candidates for presidency? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has three rivals. Former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who represents the reformative wing, is the most important one of them. The two others are Mohsen Rezaei, the former Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Mehdi Karroubi, former Speaker of the Majlis. Who has the best chances? Ahmadinejad and Mousavi are the two favorites in the race. Rezaei and Karroubi have from two to five percent of votes, as opinion polls say. However, they can make their voices heard during the runoff, which is very likely to happen. Most likely, Ahmadinejad will win the majority of votes, although it seems that he will not win the first round. The adversaries of the Iranian regime say that the winner is already known - Ahmadinejad. This is not true. Ahmadinejad does not enjoy the best position in the country. He is heavily criticized for his mistakes and the promises, which he did not keep. It is hard for the president to defend himself because he can not reproach his adversaries. Does he have any trump cards? The Iranians do not know what is going to happen in their country if reformers win the vote. That is why many people will simply prefer not to take a risk - they will vote for Ahmadinejad. Local governors fear that they may lose their power in case he loses the election. Ayatollah supported the sitting president last year, which, as many influential politicians say, was a mistake. What are Ahmadinejad's adversaries concerned about? They are concerned about the current economic situation and the tough political course, first and foremost. That is why they want the reforms. What about the people? Do they have any concerns? They do - mostly middle-aged individuals and women. They expect a change for the better. They can succumb to appeals from Ahmadinejad's opponents. Women want to have more freedom in the society. Does that mean that someone from Ahmadinejad's adversaries is ready to liberate the Iranian women? Of course, not. None of them says that women will be able to remove their hijabs. However, they can offer them more political opportunities. Ahmadinejad supports traditional Iranian values, including family values. His adversaries have a certain advantage at this point. Interview prepared by Sergey Balmasov [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Giant black holes just got bigger
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=196490 June 11, 2009 Giant black holes just got bigger Some of the biggest black holes in the nearby Universe may be much larger than previously thought. A reassessment of the monster hole at the core of the M87 galaxy suggests it could have 6.4 billion times the mass of our own Sun. This result is two to three times the estimates from earlier studies. Dr. Karl Gebhardt told an American Astronomical Society meeting that his investigations led him to believe many other holes were under-recorded, also. Most galaxies are thought to contain gargantuan central black holes. Indeed, there is thought to be a very tight correlation between the size of a galaxy and the core which consumes all matter that comes too close to it. If a hole gets too big, too fast, however, it starts to push back, spewing high-velocity jets of matter out into space. There are processes that happen around the black hole that affect how much material you can dump on it, explained Dr. Karl Gebhardt from the University of Texas at Austin. Eventually, it gets so massive that the jets that are common in these galaxies blow out and they can actually halt the material that falls in. But if supermassive black holes are actually bigger than previously thought, the assumptions that help describe the relationship to their host galaxies might now have to be re-evaluated, the researcher said. Astronomers weigh supermassive black holes by studying the size of their host galaxies and, critically, the speed with which stars move around inside those galaxies. The new study used novel computer modeling techniques to tease apart the relative contributions to the total mass of M87 from its visible stars, its black hole and its dark halo. The dark halo is a spherical region surrounding the galaxy that extends beyond its main visible structure. It contains dark matter, an as yet unidentified material that cannot be directly detected by telescopes but which astronomers know is there from its gravitational interaction with everything else that can be seen. In order to get the small-scale analysis correct, you have to include what the stars are doing at the outer envelope of the galaxy, ie you have to understand the effect of the dark halo because that is where the dark halo lives - at the edge of the galaxy. Dr. Gebhardt and colleague Dr Jens Thomas, from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, are the first group to incorporate the dark halo into the mass calculations and the complexity of their effort required the use of a supercomputer. This model took a few days to run whereas in the past it would have taken 10 years, Dr. Gebhardt said. The results of the research, presented at the 214th meeting of the AAS in Pasadena, California, suggest that all black hole masses for the biggest galaxies may have been underestimated. Dr. Gebhardt told the meeting that this assessment was supported by data coming from the most recent - although not yet published - observations using the world's most sophisticated telescopes. Realizing that nearby supermassive black holes are actually bigger than previously thought also goes some way to solving a paradox concerning the masses of giant black holes in the distant Universe. The black holes that power quasars - the compact but extremely luminous galaxies seen in early cosmic history - are considerably bigger than anything seen in the local Universe. This has always puzzled astronomers. By increasing masses of local black holes by two to three, it almost makes that problem go away, Dr. Gebhardt said. That is, we're beginning to resolve the differences between the masses of the black holes in quasars and the masses of black holes from nearby galaxies. That's quite exciting when things start to come together. (Source: BBC) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Leader turned Gabon into his Bongoville
Refleksi : Bongo menjadi saingan Soeharto untuk piala kejuaran tukang copet internasional . http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/leader-turned-gabon-into-his-bongoville-20090611-c4tv.html Leader turned Gabon into his Bongoville Omar Bongo ... greedy leader prospered with French assistance. Photo: AFP June 12, 2009 Omar Bongo, 1935-2009 OMAR BONGO was the longest-serving president in African history, leading Gabon for 41 years and shamelessly looting the country's oil wealth. A diminutive, dapper figure, who conversed in flawless French and alternated between pomposity, courtesy and cruelty as required, Bongo treated Gabon as a self-obsessed landlord treats his private estate. He considered everything inside its borders to be his personal property and elevated corruption to a method of government. He amassed enough wealth to become one of the world's richest men and his great political achievement was to ensure that the revenues from Gabon's 2.5 billion barrels of oil reserves guaranteed his grip on power. He carefully allowed just enough oil money to trickle down to the general population of 1.4 million, thus avoiding any serious unrest. Meanwhile, he offered his domestic critics a bargain they could not refuse: drop your opposition in return for a modest but glittering slice of the oil wealth. By this method, he bought off every opponent and became the most successful of all Africa's Francophone tyrants, comfortably extending his political dominance into a fifth decade. The largest share of the oil money was, of course, reserved for Bongo himself, his family and the aristocracy of his own Bateke tribe. Earlier this year, Transparency International began investigating him for embezzlement. Few were surprised when it emerged that Bongo owned 33 properties in Paris and Nice with a combined value exceeding $254 million. The American authorities turned up $175 million in accounts in New York. Some of the oil money was used for great public works - and slavish glorification of the leader. Thus Gabon acquired Bongo University, Bongo Airport, many Bongo Hospitals, a Bongo Stadium and a Bongo Gymnasium. The president's home town, Lewai, was inevitably renamed Bongoville. Occasionally, Bongo would boast of his great benevolence. One American ambassador was summoned to the presidential palace in the capital, Libreville, to hear the president proclaim that he intended to make a multimillion-dollar donation to charity. And will this sum come from your personal funds or from state funds? asked the diplomat. Bongo was genuinely bewildered by this question. The two men quickly agreed that such fine distinctions were meaningless in Gabon. Omar Albert Bernard Bongo, who had died aged 73, was born in the town of Lewai near Gabon's eastern border, into one of France's smallest and most placid African colonies. The youngest of 12 children, he was an intelligent and ambitious young man and chose the only career open to young blacks under French rule, a junior clerical job in the colonial administration followed by the armed forces. Bongo was an air force lieutenant when Gabon won independence in 1960. He was fortunate to receive a series of junior cabinet posts from the country's first president, Leon M'Ba. In 1966 M'Ba promoted Bongo to the vice-presidency, probably judging that the young man posed no political threat. But M'Ba became gravely ill and died the following year, allowing Bongo to succeed him as president in December 1967 at the age of only 31. He converted to Islam in 1973. This was an era when France made no effort to disguise its direct influence in former colonies and, by the same token, African leaders did not pretend to conform to democratic norms. Bongo, an ardent Franco-phile, was happy to strike a favourable bargain with the old colonial power. He gave the French oil company Elf-Aquitaine privileged rights to exploit Gabon's oil reserves while Paris returned the favour by guaranteeing the young president's grip on power for the indefinite future. France kept its military bases in the country and a contingent of para-troopers underwrote Bongo's rule. He trusted no one but the French and his own family. He duly made his son, Ali-Ben, defence minister and his daughter, Pascaline, foreign minister and then chef de cabinet. He spent as much time as he could in Paris, revelling in his friendship with a succession of French presidents, particularly Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Jacques Chirac. Bongo behaved like an ageing sybarite during these long sojourns. An Italian fashion designer has testified that he kept Bongo supplied with prostitutes. When the Cold War ended, the old bargain between Bongo and Paris required modest adaptation. The president legalised opposition parties in 1993 and allowed a series of supposedly fair elections. In fact, all his opponents had been bribed. Bongo is survived by a former wife, Patience, two
[wanita-muslimah] US Senate gives FDA power over tobacco industry
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25624668-2703,00.html US Senate gives FDA power over tobacco industry June 12, 2009 Article from: Agence France-Presse THE US Senate has overwhelmingly voted to give the government unprecedented powers over cigarette makers, overturning decades of resistance by the powerful tobacco industry. The bill, adopted by 79 votes for and 17 against, will give the Food and Drug Administration curbs to control tobacco use among youngsters, regulate nicotine levels, bar added flavourings and require tough new warning labels. The House of Representatives adopted a similar bill in April, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted the chamber might accept the Senate's version in order for it to be swiftly signed into law by President Barack Obama. I believe it will be possible for us to accept their bill and send it right on to the president, she said. The main opponents of the draft legislation were the senators from the tobacco-producing state of North Carolina, Republican Senator Richard Burr and his Democratic counterpart Kay Hagan. Obama hailed the passage of the bill, saying it would make history by giving the scientists and medical experts at the FDA the power to take sensible steps that will reduce tobacco's harmful effects and prevent tobacco companies from marketing their products to children. The bill, backed by health groups like the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association, for the first time gives the FDA power to regulate tobacco products. US officials say the legislation is needed because 400,000 Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses each year and more than 1,000 children start smoking each day. At any given moment, millions are struggling with their habit or worrying about loved ones who smoke, added Obama, who has admitted to being an occasional smoker. My administration is committed to protecting our children and reforming our health care system - and moving forward with common-sense tobacco control measures is an integral part of that process. I look forward to signing this bill into law. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Sikap Antikemanusiaan Pemimpin + Busung Lapar, Klimaks Gizi Buruk!
http://www.lampungpost.com/buras.php?id=2009061204580816 Jum'at, 12 Juni 2009 BURAS Sikap Antikemanusiaan Pemimpin! H. Bambang Eka Wijaya MENGERIKAN! entak Umar. Meski bencana busung lapar diberitakan dengan judul berhuruf besar, 68 balita dari berbagai penjuru Lampung jadi korban, puluhan balita lain diwawat di sejumlah RSUD--di RSUAM saja 10 bocah--sebagai puncak gunung es kritisnya gejala gizi buruk di daerah ini, tak ada pemimpin formal maupun nonformal berinisiatif menggelar gerakan darurat mengatasinya! Yang menonjol justru bentakan membantah--di wilayah tanggung jawabnya tidak ada gizi buruk, apalagi busung lapar! Itu mencerminkan adanya kecenderungan sikap antikemanusiaan pada sementara pemimpin di daerah ini hingga alergi pada tuntutan simpati--apalagi tanggung jawab--terhadap hal-hal terkait masalah kemanusiaan! sambut Amir. Bukti alergi dimaksud tampak pada nasib Sukriya, salah seorang korban bencana busung lapar itu, setengah bulan berbaring koma di RSUAM tak seorang pun pemimpin formal atau nonformal menjenguknya! Padahal mampir sejenak, bicara sepatah dua dengan orang tuanya, sudah memberi dukungan moral yang amat berarti bagi keluarga Sukriya! timpal Umar. Lebih baik lagi kalau bisa memberi bantuan buat belanja selama menunggui anaknya di RS. Tapi kenapa sikap demikian bisa menggejala pada sementara pemimpin kita? Mungkin faktor orientasi yang mendominasi sikap para pemimpin itu! tukas Amir. Dan itu, orientasi pada kekuasaan yang melampaui ubun-ubun--sehingga hal-hal yang tidak punya kaitan dengan power building, konon pula bisa menodai kemulusan kekuasaannya, harus dijauhi! Itu membuat nasib Sukriya dan kawan-kawannya korban letusan bencana busung lapar jadi lebih malang lagi karena penderitaan mereka dinafikan adanya oleh kalangan pemimpin! Meski demikian, usaha mengurangi keseriusan gejala ini tetap perlu didorong! timpal Umar. Usaha itu bisa dilakukan dengan mengaktifkan seluruh posyandu di semua RW dan lingkungan, dengan meningkatkan tiga kali lipat anggaran untuk asupan tambahan! Hitungannya, kalau dengan asupan sekali sepekan masih meletuskan bencana, mungkin dengan dua kali sepekan baru mencapai statis atau seimbang dengan tekanan gejalanya! Jadi, untuk menurunkan gejalanya, harus tiga kali sepekan! Sebenarnya anggaran posyandu itu relatif kecil, apalagi dibanding dengan dana pos bantuan di APBD Provinsi Lampung yang per tahun bisa lebih Rp100 miliar! tegas Amir. Ketimbang dana pos bantuan dihabiskan ke arah tak jelas, lebih baik sebagian dialihkan untuk meningkatkan tiga kali lipat dana asupan tambahan posyandu! Itu bisa menjadi usaha nyata mengatasi gejala gizi buruk, ketimbang kewalahan membantah setiap gejala gizi buruk meletus jadi busung lapar! *** http://www.lampungpost.com/buras.php?id=2009061005053717 Rabu, 10 Juni 2009 BURAS Busung Lapar, Klimaks Gizi Buruk! H. Bambang Eka Wijaya KORAN mendaur ulang istilah busung lapar buat gizi buruk stadium fatal! ujar Umar. Kenapa? Busung lapar bahasa rakyat! Ia berfungsi hard warning untuk cepat menolong penderitanya! sambut Amir. Tapi istilah busung lapar membuat gerah pejabat era Orde Baru, maka dihaluskan! Ternyata tak sekadar dihaluskan! Istilah busung lapar dihilangkan agar pejabat tak gerah! timpal Umar. Jadi tak ada tanda bahaya! Penderita telanjur fatal baru dibawa ke RS, seperti Maulana (5) dari Panjang yang meninggal dan Sukriya dari Lamtim, dua pekan koma di RS! Itu konsekuensi penghilangan istilah busung lapar sebagai klimaks gizi buruk! tegas Amir. Gizi buruk atau malnutrition gejala umum pada balita dari keluarga ekonomi lemah, akibat kurang asupan protein dan kalori! Kekurangan asupan yang laten bisa mengganggu perkembangan fisik, mental, dan kecerdasan anak! Maka itu, saat krisis ekonomi orang khawatir terjadi bencana sosial yang berujung lost generation, satu generasi tak punya kemampuan standar! Untuk mencegah gizi balita memburuk kan ada posyandu di setiap RW! sela Umar. Peran posyandu besar dalam mengendalikan gizi buruk balita agar tidak kritis! tegas Amir. Meski, tak semua balita terjangkau! Misal, pada hari dan jam yang ditentukan ibunya tak di rumah, sedang memulung! Untuk itu diharap petugas posyandu proaktif mengantar asupan ke tempat mereka! Kalau tak dapat asupan tambahan, gejala kritis balita gizi buruk seperti apa? kejar Umar. Dua gejala menjurus kritis harus diwaspadai, maramus dan kwasiorkor! jelas Amir. Menurut Kamus Kedokteran Dorland, maramus berasal dari bahasa Yunani marasmos, artinya menuju kematian! Maramus, kekurangan protein dan kalori, ditandai gangguan pertumbuhan serta mengurusnya lemak bawah kulit dan
[wanita-muslimah] Kampanye Vote Komodo
Depbudpar Gelar Kampanye Vote Komodo Jumat, 12 Juni 2009 | 17:10 WIB Laporan wartawan KOMPAS.com Caroline Damanik JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata (Depbudpar) akan menggelar rangkaian kampanye Vote Komodo di Bandung. Dalam kampanye ini, Depbudpar akan membuka gerai Online Vote dari tanggal 15-21 Juni 2009 di Cihampelas Walk, Bandung, dan menutupnya dengan Konser Musik Vote Komodo yang menghadirkan grup musik Tangga dan Ecoutez serta penyanyi jazz Tompi. Dirjen Pemasaran Depbudpar Sapta Nirwandar mengatakan bahwa kampanye Vote Komodo merupakan bagian rangkaian kampanye untuk mendorong masyarakat memilih Taman Nasional Komodo sebagai 11 besar nominasi New 7 Wonders of Nature (N7WN) kategori Forest/National Parks/Nature Reserve. Partisipasi masyarakat memang hanya dapat diberikan melalui klik di situs www.new7wonders.com. Dalam rangkaian kampanye di Bandung, masyarakat tinggal mengklik di masing-masing gerai Online Vote yang terdiri dari 12 komputer. Pengunjung yang melakukan vote akan mendapatkan sovenir. Gerai Online Vote memang kerap ditempatkan Depbudpar dalam sejumlah kegiatan pariwisata, seperti Deep Extreme Indonesia, Gebyar Wisata Nusantara, dan Jelajah Negeriku. Gerai Online Vote terbuka memang menjadi salah satu solusi di tengah-tengah fakta hanya 7,2 persen masyarakat Indonesia yang memiliki akses terhadap internet. Memang ini berarti kemungkinan kita lebih sedikit mendapat suara karena penggunaan internet yang relatif kecil dibanding negara lain. Namun, internet bukan penentu keberhasilan. Yang paling penting adalah motivasi untuk melakukan voting, ujar Sapta. Yahoo! Upcoming: Singapore Arts Festival 2009 15 Mei - 14 Juni 2009. Lihat! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2166746/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Manfaat Senyum
Harian Komentar 12 Juni 2009 Manfaat Senyum Senyum membuat Anda lebih menarik. Orang yang banyak ter-senyum memiliki daya tarik. Orang yang suka tersenyum membuat perasaan orang di sekitarnya nyaman dan senang. Orang yang selalu merengut, cemburut, mengerutkan kening, dan menyeringai membuat orang-orang di sekeliling tidak nyaman. Dipastikan orang yang banyak terse-nyum memiliki banyak teman. Senyum mengubah perasaan. Jika Anda sedang sedih, coba-lah tersenyum. Senyuman akan membuat perasaan menjadi le-bih baik. Menurut penelitian, se-nyum bisa memperdayai tubuh sehingga perasaan berubah. Senyum menular. Ketika sese-orang tersenyum, ia akan mem-buat suasana menjadi lebih riang. Orang di sekitar Anda pasti akan ikut tersenyum dan merasa lebih bahagia. Senyum menghilangkan stres. Stres bisa terlihat di wajah. Senyuman bisa menghilangkan mimik lelah, bosan, dan sedih. Ke-tika Anda stres, ambil waktu un-tuk tersenyum. Senyuman akan mengurangi stres dan membuat pikiran lebih jernih. Senyum meningkatkan imunitas. Senyum membuat sistem imun bekerja lebih baik. Fungsi imun tubuh bekerja maksimal saat se-seorang merasa rileks. Menurut penelitian, flu dan batuk bisa hi-lang dengan senyum. Senyum me-nurunkan tekanan darah. Tidak percaya? Coba Anda mencatat te-kanan darah saat Anda tidak ter-senyum dan catat lagi tekanan da-rah saat Anda tersenyum saat di-periksa. Tekanan darah saat Anda tersenyum pasti lebih rendah. Senyum melepas endorphin, pe-mati rasa alamiah, dan serotonin. Senyum ibarat obat alami. Se-nyum bisa menghasilkan endor-phin, pemati rasa alamiah, dan se-rotonin. Ketiganya adalah hormon yang bisa mengendalikan rasa sakit. Senyum membuat awet muda. Senyuman menggerakkan banyak otot . Akibatnya otot wajah terlatih sehingga Anda tidak perlu melakukan face lift. Dijamin de-ngan banyak tersenyum, Anda akan terlihat lebih awet muda. Senyum membuat Anda kelihat-an sukses. Orang yang tersenyum terlihat lebih percaya diri, terkenal, dan bisa diandalkan. Pasang se-nyum saat rapat atau bertemu dengan klien. Pasti kolega Anda akan melihat Anda lebih baik. Senyum membuat orang berpikir positif. Coba lakukan ini: pikirkan hal buruk sambil tersenyum. Pasti susah. Penyebabnya, ketika Anda tersenyum,tubuh mengirim si-nyal 'hidup adalah baik'. Sehing-ga saat tersenyum, tubuh me-nerimanya sebagai anugrah. Love you all... Pengirim, John FE Suoth. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Ketua KPU Tangerang Divonis 7 Bulan
http://www.poskota.co.id/berita-terkini/2009/06/12/ketua-kpu-tangerang-divonis-7-bulan Ketua KPU Tangerang Divonis 7 Bulan Juni 12, 2009 - 18:40 TANGERANG (Pos Kota)- Lima anggota KPU Kota Tangerang yang terbukti menggelembungkan suara untuk menggolkan Caleg Golkar Drs HM Krisna Gunata dihukum penjara di Pengdilan Negeri Tangerang,Jumat. Sidang yang berlangsung marathon hingga pukul 17. 00 ini mejelis hakim diketuai Arthur Hangewa,SH memvonis Imron Khamami Ketua KPU Kota Tangerang 7 bulan penjara dan denda Rp 8 juta. Sedangkan majelis hakim pimpinan Tarigan,SH menghukum 4 anggota KPU masing-masing 6 bulan dengan masa percobaan 1,5 tahun denda Rp 8 juta, yakni Dadang Hermawan, Hiswani Dumaria, Baehaqi dan Namun Kosasih. Jaksa Sukamto,SH,Faizal,SH,Hari Riyadi,SH kelima sebelumnya menuntut terdakwa masing-masing 6 bulan dan denda masing-masing Rp 10 juta. Dalam dakwaan jaksa menyebutkan bulan April terdakwa merubah jumlah perolehan suara untuk calon DPRD Provinsi Banten Drs Hm Krisna Gunata di tiga kecamatan yakni Tangerang,Neglasari,dan Periuk berjumlah 260 suara dan akhirnya Krisna Gunata lolos jadi menjadi wakil rakyat di propinsi Banten. Perbuatan terdakwa diancam pidana dalam pasal 299 ayat 2 Undang-undang Pemilu No. 10 tahun 2008 junto pasal 55 ayat 1 ke 1 KUHP dengan ancaman 1 tahun penjara.Atas putusan ini terdakwa menyatakan banding ke pengadilan tinggi.(maryoto Berita Terkait a.. Ketua KPU Didakwa Gelembungkan Suara b.. Hakim Tolak Keberatan Ketua KPUD c.. Ketua KPU Tangerang Segera Diadili d.. Suami Istri Dipenjara 12 Tahun e.. Terbukti Korup, Dirut Divonis 2 Tahun 6 Bulan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] SBY: Haram Mencampuri KPU
Refleksi : Sekarang banyak orang termasuk institusi negara main mengharam-haramkan. Kapan ada halal-halalnya? http://www.republika.co.id/berita/56026/SBY_Haram_Mencampuri_KPU By Republika Newsroom Jumat, 12 Juni 2009 pukul 16:21:00 DETIK MALANG--Calon Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menolak tudingan yang menyebut, bahwa pemerintah ikut mempengaruhi kebijakan yang dibuat Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU). Ia mengutarakan, dalam kampanye damai yang diselenggarakan oleh Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) beberapa hari lalu, disampaikan mengenai aturan-aturan dalam kampanye dan SBY pun berkomitmen untuk menaati aturan tersebut. Namun ada juga yang belum-belum sudah buruk sangka. Katanya pemerintah mencampuri KPU. Saya tegaskan, haram hukumnya bagi kami melakukan itu, kata SBY saat berkampanye di GOR Ken Arok, Malang, Jumat (12/6) yang dihadiri ribuan simpatisannya. Karena itu Yudhoyono mengajak semua pasangan capres dan cawapres untuk betul-betul mewujudkan janji mentaati aturan kampanye dan beretika politik. Secara khusus, ia menyampaikan apresiasi kepada masyarakat. SBY menilai masyarakat telah dewasa dalam berpolitik. Dalam pelaksanaan pemilu legislatif yang lalu, kata dia, masyarakat Indonesia dapat menunjukkan sikap yang tidak saling menjelekkan atau menghina hanya karena perbedaan politik. Rakyat Indonesia semakin dewasa dalam berdemokrasi. Kami tokoh politik perlu belajar dan mencontoh pada rakyat yang memiliki etika politik yang baik, kata SBY. Ia menambahkan masih banyak perilaku para elit politik yang cenderung merugikan pihak lain dan tidak sesuai dengan etika politik. Ini bukan janji dan angan-angan, bukan angin surga, yang saya katakan adalah apa yang pemerintah sedang jalankan. Bukan juga angan-angan dan janji yang dulu tidak dilaksanakan oleh mereka yang dulu secara sejarah punya kesempatan melaksanakan tapi tidak terlaksana, ujarnya. ant/rif [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Perundingan Ambalat ke-14 di Malaysia
Refeleksi : Apakah rejeki di bawah meja akan nomplok? http://www.republika.co.id/berita/56078/Perundingan_Ambalat_ke_14_di_Malaysia Perundingan Ambalat ke-14 di Malaysia By Republika Newsroom Jumat, 12 Juni 2009 pukul 19:34:00 JAKARTA -- Rencana perundingan ke-14 antara Pemerintah Indonesia dan Malaysia tentang Blok Ambalat akan dilaksanakan di Malaysia. Kepala Biro Administrasi Menteri/Juru Bicara, Menteri Luar Negeri, Teuku Faizasyah, mengatakan, rencana perundingan itu akan dilaksanakan pada Juli mendatang. Namun, kata dia, tanggalnya belum dapat dipastikan. Kita juga masih menunggu waktu tim runding, kata Teuku, di Jakarta, Jumat. Ia mengatakan, laut Sulawesi dan Blok Ambalat masuk wilayah Indonesia. Wilayah tersebut merupakan teritorial Indonesia, sebagai wilayah kedaulatan dan hak berdaulat berdasarkan hukum laut internasional. Ia menjelaskan, Blok Ambalat hanya berjarak sekitar 80 mil dari kepulauan di Indonesia. Teuku menjelaskan, Indonesia tidak akan membawa masalah tersebut ke internasional, namun akan menyelesaikan Blok Ambalat secara bilateral. Bagi Indonesia, ia menjelaskan, tempat perundingan dimana pun tak jadi masalah. Sebab, selama ini, memang perundingan selalu berpindah-pindah. Kadang di Malaysia atau Indonesia, seperti pada 2008 perundingan dilaksanakan di Balikpapan. Ia mengatakan, Indonesia tidak pesimis, karena proses perundingan itu makan waktu yang cukup lama. Seperti halnya kita menyelesaikan perbatasan dengan Vietnam. Perundingannya memakan waktu 30 tahun. Tap, adem ayem saja. Karena kita diskusikan dengan sangat baik, katanya. ant/ism [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] TNI Harus Terbuka untuk Diaudit
Refleksi : Apakah tidak akan mengurangi pendapatan para jenderal bila TNI terbuka untuk diaudit? http://www.republika.co.id/berita/56092/TNI_Harus_Terbuka_untuk_Diaudit TNI Harus Terbuka untuk Diaudit By Republika Newsroom Jumat, 12 Juni 2009 pukul 20:01:00 ANTARA/WIDODO JAKARTA - Ketua DPR, Agung Laksono, meminta TNI bersikap terbuka untuk dilakukan audit terhadap sistem pemeliharaan, perawatan, dan penggunaan anggaran menyangkut alat-alat utama sistem persenjataan (alutsista). Melihat perkembangan sekarang ini, saya kira tidak boleh ada takut-takut untuk diaudit dan TNI juga harus terbuka untuk diaudit, ujar Agung di gedung DPR, Jakarta, Jumat (12/6). Agung dimintai komentar tentang kecelakaan helikopter jenis Puma milik TNI Angkatan Udara (AU) yang jatuh di sekitar Pangkalan Udara Atang Senjaya, Bogor, Jumat (12/6) siang. Emapt dari tujuh penumpang helikopter dipastikan tewas dalam kecelakaan di saat cuaca cerah tersebut. Agung melanjutkan, beruntunnya kejadian kecelakaan pesawat milik TNI AU tidak bisa dilepaskan dari masalah sistem pemeliharaan dan perawatan alat-alat transportasi laut, darat, dan udara milik TNI. Tindakan berupa audit secara menyeluruh dan sungguh-sungguh, kata Agung, hendaknya menjadi prioritas utama di samping kegiatan pembaharuan atau pengadaan logistik perang secara bertahap. Betapa pun anggaran pertahanan yang disediakan oleh DPR, tetap tidak akan bisa memenuhi segala kebutuhan untuk pengadaan logistik baru yang dibutuhkan TNI. Terlebih, alat-alat yang dimiliki TNI saat ini umumnya sudah berumur tua. Sehingga masalah perawatan yang baik perlu diutamakan. Pemeliharaan tidak boleh bergantung pada ada uang atau tidak, standarnya harus dipenuhi secara utuh, baik itu peralatan maupun manusianya. Dia pun menyarankan, selama masa audit, pesawat-pesawat TNI AU sebaiknya tidak diterbangkan lebih dulu. Grounded dan audit dulu supaya tidak muncul korban-korban baru lagi, tegas Agung. ade/ism [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Mohon konfirmasi kebenaran tulisan
mau tanya apa diforum ini ada yg bekerja di prshn surveyor, appraisal atau collector? --- On Wed, 6/10/09, yayah soleha ya2hsol...@yahoo.com wrote: From: yayah soleha ya2hsol...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Mohon konfirmasi kebenaran tulisan To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 4:32 AM ikut gabung ah, Setahu dan sepemahaman saya DALAM ISLAM TIDAK ADA KONSEP TRINITAS, JELAS INI DI CELA DAN DILAKNAT karena perbuatan ini termasuk mempersekutukan Tuhan dg CiptaanNYA. Kalopun di Alquran ada disebutkan bahwa ada ahlul kitab, lihat konteks ayatnya, bisa dilihat dari ayat2 sebelum dan sesudahnya, biasanya ceritanya tentang siroh, sejarah, tidak di tafikan dari kalangan ahlul kitab itu banyak juga yang mengiyakan Muhammad sebagai Rosul dan Nabi terakhir dan Islam adalah penyempurna agama2 sebelumnya, jadi pada akhirnya mereka juga berjajnji setia / memeluk Islam, tapi ada juga yg belum sempat menghirup hidayah itu, wallahu'alam bishowab --- Pada Sel, 9/6/09, Wikan Danar Sunindyo wikan.danar@ gmail.com menulis: Dari: Wikan Danar Sunindyo wikan.danar@ gmail.com Topik: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Mohon konfirmasi kebenaran tulisan Kepada: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Tanggal: Selasa, 9 Juni, 2009, 10:03 PM wa'alaikumussalam wr wb mas istiaji. soal trinitas itu sudah ada dari jaman dulu, bahkan dari jaman Nabi Muhammad. coba baca surat Al Ikhlas, itu isinya membantah tentang ketuhanan yang tiga. tapi di sisi lain Nabi dan Al Quran juga masih menyebut bahwa kaum nasrani dan yahudi saat itu adalah ahli kitab yaitu orang yang diberi kitab. wassalam, -- wikan 2009/6/9 istiaji sutopo issut...@yahoo. com: Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb. Mohon maaf - agar jangan keliru - agama Kristen-Khatolik, yang sekarang ini bukan Ahli Kitab, tetapi jelas Syirik, dosa besar dalam Islam, karena Injil yang dipakai bukan injil asli lagi, karena banyak yang sudah dirubah ayat2nya - dan berisikan isu Trinitas yang dibenci Allah swt. ( Syirik - menykutukan Allah swt. ) Ahli Kitab yang benar adalah yang menggunakan Injil / Taurat yang asli yang mengakui / menyebut2 nama Muhammad saw. rasul Allah swt. terakhir dan Kitab suci Al Qur'an dan mengimaninya pula - menggunakan sebagai Kitab suci baru yang membenarkan Taurat dan Injil ( asli ). Dari sini dipastikan seorang Muslim tidak boleh menikah dengan Wanita Khatolik / Protestan. Jelas zina hukumnya. Cepat, Bebas Iklan, Kapasitas Tanpa Batas - Dengan Yahoo! Mail Anda bisa mendapatkan semuanya. http://id.mail. yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: Pernyataan Sikap PRP tuntut Bubarkan Satpol PP
From: Facebook notification+oldzz...@facebookmail.com Subject: Je hebt een bericht ontvangen van Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja op Facebook... To: MiRa Wijaya Kusuma la_l...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:15 AM --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Facebook notification+oldzz...@facebookmail.com wrote: Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja heeft een bericht gestuurd aan de leden van Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja. Onderwerp: Pernyataan Sikap PRP tuntut Bubarkan Satpol PP PERNYATAAN SIKAP PERHIMPUNAN RAKYAT PEKERJA Nomor: 087/PS/KP-PRP/e/VI/09 Solidaritas terhadap Korban Premanisme Satpol PP Bubarkan Satpol PP! Salam rakyat pekerja, Akhir-akhir ini rakyat Indonesia selalu saja disuguhi berita mengenai kekerasan yang dilakukan oleh aparat Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja (Satpol PP). Bahkan beberapa kali tindakan yang dilakukan oleh aparat Satpol PP menyebabkan korban jiwa. Dalam bulan Mei 2009 saja, sudah ada beberapa kasus yang dilakukan oleh aparat Satpol PP dan menyebabkan rakyat meninggal dunia. Sebut saja kasus yang menimpa seorang balita Siti Khoiyaroh yang meninggal di Surabaya karena tersiram kuah panas bakso akibat dari gerobak bakso orang tuanya terguling saat dikejar-kejar oleh Satpol PP. Kejadian lainnya, Fifi yang merupakan seorang PSK, akhirnya harus meninggal dunia karena tenggelam di sungai Cisadane, Tangerang. Peristiwa tersebut bermula karena adanya razia Satpol PP terhadap PSK di Tangerang. Tindakan Satpol PP yang melakukan penggusuran, razia, penangkapan, dan lain-lain, tentunya sangat didukung oleh pemerintah kapitalis Indonesia saat ini. Rakyat miskin selalu dianggap sebagai “parasit” oleh pemerintah. Dengan alasan menjaga keindahan kota dan menertibkan masyarakat, pemerintah kapitalis Indonesia (melalui Satpol PP) berupaya untuk menyingkirkan rakyat miskin, karena tidak dapat mendatangkan keuntungan bagi para pemilik modal. Satpol PP sejak awal memang digunakan oleh pemerintahan kapitalis dan kaum borjuasi sebagai alat untuk kepentingan ekonomi politiknya. Penggusuran kawasan kumuh oleh Satpol PP dilakukan hanya untuk melapangkan para pemilik modal menggunakan lahan tersebut guna membangun perusahaannya dan melipatgandakan alat produksi. Beberapa kali kasus penggusuran kawasan kumuh yang dilakukan oleh Satpol PP, seringkalai mengalami bentrokan dan berdampak pada jatuhnya korban di masyarakat. Jelas bahwa tindakan pemerintah kapitalis Indonesia sangat tidak berpihak kepada rakyat. Pemerintah kapitalis Indonesia, yang menganut neoliberalisme, hanya tunduk kepada para pemilik modal dan tidak mempedulikan nasib rakyat pekerja. Ini lah akibat dari sistem neoliberalisme yang dianut oleh pemerintahan kapitalis. Tindakan pemerintahan kapitalis yang mengagung-agungkan neoliberalisme bukan hanya terjadi pada pemerintahan SBY-JK saja, namun sudah sangat lama dianut pula oleh pemerintahan- pemerintahan sebelumnya. Berkaitan dengan pemilihan presiden pada tahun 2009 ini, sudah dapat dipastikan bahwa siapapun presiden dan wakil presiden yang akan dipilih, maka mereka akan kembali menganut sistem neoliberalisme. Karena dipengaruhi oleh neoliberalisme, maka juga dapat dipastikan kebijakan-kebijakan nya nanti akan sangat tidak berpihak kepada rakyat. Kebijakan yang dipilih hanya akan menguntungkan para pemilik modal. Neoliberalisme sudah terbukti gagal dalam mensejahterakan rakyat, dan hanya SOSIALISME lah yang dapat mensejahterakan rakyat. Maka dari itu, kami dari Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja menyatakan sikap: 1. Mengecam keras serta mengutuk tindakan “premanisme” dan brutal Satpol PP yang mengakibatkan jatuhnya korban jiwa di beberapa daerah. 2. Menuntut pada Pemerintah RI untuk membubarkan Satpol PP dengan mencabut Peraturan Pemerintah No. 32 Tahun 2004 tentang Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja. 3. Menyerukan kepada seluruh elemen gerakan rakyat, mulai dari buruh, petani, mahasiswa, kaum miskin kota, dan yang lainnya untuk bersatu dalam satu kesatuan gerakan politik guna menghancurkan neoliberalisme dan mengusung SOSIALISME sebagai jalan keluar untuk mencapai kesejahteraan. Jakarta, 9 Juni 2009 Komite Pusat Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja (KP-PRP) Ketua Nasional (Anwar Ma'ruf) Sekretaris Jenderal (Rendro Prayogo) * Sosialisme, Jalan Sejati Pembebasan Rakyat Pekerja! Sosialisme, Solusi Bagi Krisis Kapitalisme Global! Bersatu, Bangun Partai Kelas Pekerja! Komite Pusat Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja (KP PRP) Jl. Kramat Sawah IV No. 26 RT04/RW 07, Paseban, Jakarta Pusat Phone/Fax: (021) 391-7317 Email: komite.pu...@http://www.facebook.com/l/;prp-indonesia.org / prppu...@http://www.facebook.com/l/;gmail.com / prppu...@http://www.facebook.com/l/;yahoo.com Website: http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.prp-indonesia.org * Volg onderstaande link om te reageren op dit bericht: http://www.facebook.com/n/?inbox/readmessage.phpt=1160952988334mid=9c5224G202e4fb1G1e4cc48G0 ___ Dit bericht is bedoeld voor
[wanita-muslimah] Syahril dan Djoko Akan Dibui
http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/detail/article/syahril-dan-djoko-akan-dibui-1/ Jumat 12. of Juni 2009 13:46 Syahril dan Djoko Akan Dibui OLEH: RAFAEL SEBAYANG Jakarta - Kejaksaan Agung (Kejagung) segera mengeksekusi mantan Gubernur Bank Indonesia (BI) Syahril Sabirin dan pengusaha mantan Direktur PT Era Giat Prima Djoko Chandra terkait putusan Mahkamah Agung (MA) yang mengabulkan Peninjauan Kembali (PK) yang diajukan Kejagung. Kejaksaan juga segera mengembalikan dana senilai Rp 546 miliar dari kasus cessie (hak tagih-red) Bank Bali itu kepada negara. Kami menunggu salinan putusan dari MA. Kami akan segera eksekusi dan menjebloskan Syahril Sabirin dan Djoko Chandra ke penjara (dibui-red), tegas Jampidsus Marwan Effendy yang mengapresiasi positif putusan MA itu kepada SH, Jumat (12/6). Hal senada diutarakan Kepala Pusat Penerangan Hukum (Kapuspenkum) Kejagung Jasman Panjaitan kepada SH, Jumat pagi. Jasman menambahkan selama ini kerugian negara sebesar Rp 546 miliar dalam kasus Bank Bali memang disimpan atas nama rekening Kejaksaan Negeri Jakarta Selatan di Bank Permata. Dana ini segera dikembalikan ke Departemen Keuangan (Depkeu). Teknisnya ya begitu eksekusi dilaksanakan uang negara akan kami serahkan ke Depkeu, imbuhnya. Sebelumnya, MA lewat putusannya mengabulkan PK yang diajukan Kejagung. MA melalui majelis PK yang diketuai hakim agung Djoko Sarwoko dengan anggota I Made Tara, Komariah E Sapardjaja, Mansyur Kertayasa, dan Artidjo Alkostar, pun menjatuhkan vonis dua tahun penjara kepada Djoko Chandra dan Syahril Sabirin. Terhadap Djoko Chandra, MA memutuskan yang bersangkutan harus membayar denda Rp 15 juta dan dana di Bank Bali sejumlah Rp 546.166.116.369 dirampas untuk negara. Sementara itu, Syahril Sabirin harus membayar denda Rp 15 juta subsider tiga bulan kurungan. Uang tunai senilai Rp 28 juta di BNI milik Syahril juga dirampas untuk negara. MA baru saja memutus perkara dua terdakwa kasus Bank Bali, Syahril Sabirin dan Djoko S Chandra. Dua majelis hakim memutuskan menerima permohonan peninjauan kembali yang diajukan oleh Jaksa Pengacara Negara. Majelis hakim mengabulkan permohonan PK, ujar Kepala Biro Hukum dan Humas MA, Nurhadi, Kamis (11/6). Amarnya, menghukum terdakwa pidana dua tahun penjara, tutur Nurhadi di kantornya, Kamis. Sebelumnya, Djoko Chandra dibebaskan dari segala tuntutan di tingkat Pengadilan Negeri. Keputusan MA pun membebaskan yang bersangkutan juga demikian. Bahkan, MA dalam putusan kasasi, menghukum Kejaksaan untuk mengembalikan barang bukti uang Rp 546 miliar kepada Djoko dan PT Era Giat Prima (EGP). Sementara itu, di pengadilan tingkat pertama, Syahril sempat dihukum satu tahun enam bulan penjara. Namun, ia divonis bebas oleh Pengadilan Tinggi di tingkat banding. Sedangkan permohonan kasasi jaksa dinyatakan tidak dapat diterima oleh MA. Kasus Bank Bali berihwal dari piutang Bank Bali di Bank Dagang Negara Indonesia (BDNI) sebesar Rp 598 miliar dan Bank Umum Nasional (BUN) Rp 200 miliar. Kemudian, Bank Bali meminta PT EGP untuk menarik membuat perjanjian pengalihan hak tagih piutang (cessie) pada awal tahun 1999. Dari tiga terdakwa dalam kasus ini, yakni Syahril, Djoko Chandra dan Pande N Lubis (selaku Wakil Ketua BPPN), pengadilan hanya memutuskan Pande Lubis terbukti bersalah dengan hukuman empat tahun penjara, plus denda Rp 30 juta subsider enam bulan kurungan. (rikando somba) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] NEGARA DONOR
http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/detail/article/negara-donor-1/ Kamis 11. of Juni 2009 14:58 NEGARA DONOR ANTARA/Ampelsa Sejumlah warga asing yang bekerja pada sejumlah negara donor menghadiri rapat koordinasi rekonstruksi di Gedung Anjong Mon Mata, Banda Aceh, Rabu (10/6). Setelah BRR tutup April lalu dan diganti dengan Badan Kesinambungan Rekonstruksi Aceh (BKRA), lebih 50 negara donor masih dari melanjutkan rekonstruksi hingga 2012 di Aceh dengan alokasi dana dari Multi Donor Fund (MDF) Rp 7,7 triliun dan dari NGO sekitar Rp 350 miliar. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] DPR Kembali Tercoreng
Refleksi : Sekali tercoreng akan tetap tercoreng! Sekali menipu rakyat akan selalu menipu rakyat, begitulah hukum alamnya. http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/cetak/detail-cetak/article/dpr-kembali-tercoreng/ DPR Kembali Tercoreng Tak ada yang protes ketika Transparency International Indonesia menempatkan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) sebagai instansi terkorup di Indonesia pada 3 Juni lalu. Rakyat tidak memprotes. Para anggota dewan juga nyaris tak ada yang membantah. Padahal, seharusnya tidak begitu sebab DPR berisi wakil rakyat yang terhormat. Menempatkan DPR sebagai instansi terkorup sangatlah menghina. Ini sebuah lembaga yang mulia dengan peran penting yakni mengawasi pemerintah, memiliki fungsi legislasi dan anggaran. Posisi yang terhormat, sejajar dengan eksekutif dan yudikatif serta pemilikan ketiga fungsi ternyata dimanfaatkan dengan tujuan yang tidak terhormat. Sejumlah oknum anggota Dewan menjadikan keistimewaan itu sebagai sarana untuk memperoleh dana sampingan. Praktik ini sudah dijalankan selama bertahun-tahun, sekalipun terjadi pergantian anggota Dewan. Praktik tidak sehat itu sudah diketahui secara umum karena dilakukan secara terang-terangan dan tak selektif. Kritik demi kritik dilontarkan. Transparency International Indonesia misalnya, sudah tiga kali memberi predikat terkorup kepada DPR. Pertama, tahun 2004 ketika dinyatakan terkorup bersama partai politik. Kedua, kembali dinyatakan terkorup bersama kepolisian dan lembaga peradilan pada 2006. Predikat ketiga, didapat DPR tanggal 3 Juni lalu. Pendulum mulai berubah ketika dibentuk Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK). Komisi yang mempunyai gabungan dua fungsi, yakni fungsi yang dimiliki kejaksaan dan kepolisian. Komisi juga memperoleh dana yang besar, hingga bisa membeli alat penyadap pembicaraan melalui telepon dan lainnya. KPK, kemarin, mengumumkan lagi anggota Dewan dan bukan Dewan yang diduga menerima suap dalam uji kepatutan dan kelayakan (fit and proper test) pemilihan Deputi Gubernur Bank Indonesia. Mereka adalah Hamka Yandhu, anggota DPR yang juga sudah dipenjara karena kasus lain. Endin AJ Soefihara, Dudhie Makmun Murod serta petugas Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (BPK) Udju Djuhaeri. Keempatnya kelak akan disidik. Banyak pihak percaya, bakal lebih banyak anggota DPR dan bukan anggota Dewan yang terjerat kasus ini. Nama-nama calon tersangka itu pun sudah beredar luas hingga tampaknya tinggal menunggu waktu saja. Pengungkapan tindak korupsi anggota Dewan oleh KPK di atas memperkokoh julukan bahwa DPR merupakan lembaga terkorup di Indonesia. Di samping memperkuat sangkaan negatif masyarakat selama ini terhadap badan legislatif tersebut. Kita berharap para anggota DPR 2009-2014 segera mengukuhkan tekad mau memulihkan citra Dewan yang sudah terpuruk ini. Banyak cara yang bisa dilakukan, baik secara normatif maupun menerapkannya dalam tindakan nyata. Tampaknya sangat elok jika pada sidang pelantikan, sumpah anggota DPR ditambah dengan kemauan untuk mempertahankan martabat dan kehormatan anggota serta lembaganya. Kita berharap cara ini dapat menimbulkan rasa malu. Para pihak terkait juga harus mencari mekanisme baru dalam pembuatan anggaran, perundang-undangan atau uji kelayakan. Khalayak sudah paham bahwa kegiatan inilah yang menjadi muara korupsi karena oknum anggota Dewan, birokrat, pengusaha atau siapapun mempunyai kepentingan yang sama bertemu. Sebetulnya, jika mau sedikit berhemat, gaji anggota DPR sudah lebih dari cukup untuk membiayai keperluan pribadi, keluarga maupun organisasi. Masalahnya, kebanyakan anggota Dewan telah mengeluarkan dana tidak sedikit ketika mengikuti kampanye pemilu legislatif. Dana inilah yang harus didapat kembali. Kembali ke : Cetak [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: [URGENT] TENTANG DONGENG YANG BUKAN DONGENG
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[wanita-muslimah] Empat Gajah Mati di Riau Sengaja Diracun
Refleksi : Apkah ini bukan perbuatan dari orang-orang yang di tempat asalnya tidak ada gajah atau gajah sudah dipunahkan? Apakah gajah-gajah ini pengikut Ahmadiyah yang katanya harus dibasmi? Dirgahayu NKRI! http://www.antaranews.com/view/?i=1244702307c=WBMs=KON Empat Gajah Mati di Riau Sengaja Diracun Kamis, 11 Juni 2009 13:38 WIB | Warta Bumi | Konservasi/Pelestarian | Dibaca 338 kali Foto tahun 2007 ketika seekor gajah jantan ditemukan dalam keadaan mati di TNTN di Kabupaten Pelalawan. (ANTARA/Evy R. Syamsir) Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - Kepala Bidang Wilayah I Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BKSDA) Riau, Edi Susanto mengatakan empat gajah Sumatra (Elephas maximus sumatranus) yang ditemukan mati di kawasan konsesi perusahaan di Riau sengaja diracun. Gajah yang mati memang sengaja diracun dengan jenis organophospat yang biasa digunakan untuk meracun binatang seperti babi, kata Edi Susanto di Pekanbaru, Kamis. Empat gajah itu ditemukan mati di kawasan konsesi PT RPI, anak perusahaan PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Papers (RAPP) yang berbatasan dengan perkebunan sawit PTPN V bekerja sama dengan Koperasi Pelangi Siampu Pesikaian, di perbatasan Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu dan Pelalawan pada Mei lalu. Dua gajah yang mati betina berusia sekitar 20 tahun, dan satu ekor gajah kecil usia lima tahun. Satu gajah lainnya ditemukan mati dalam kondisi hangus terbakar. Menurut Edi Susanto, jenis racun telah diketahui dari hasil pemeriksaan sampel gajah di Laboratorium Balai Penyidikan dan Pengujian Veteriner Departemen Pertanian Cabang Bukittinggi. Selain itu, BKSDA juga menemukan barang bukti racun di tempat kejadian yang sengaja dioleskan di daun dan pelepah sawit. Racun yang dioleskan di pohon sawit sangat banyak hingga mencapai radius satu kilometer di sekitar lokasi kejadian, katanya. Ia mengatakan kasus tersebut bisa dikategorikan sebagai kejadian luar biasa, sehingga BKSDA meminta kepolisian mengusut para pelaku pembunuhan satwa dilindungi ini. Diduga kuat, kata dia, kematian satwa i itu berpangkal dari konflik gajah dan manusia, karena daerah Peranap merupakan daerah jelajah (home range) gajah yang ada di Taman Nasional Tesso Nilo. Ini adalah kejadian luar biasa karena dalam sepekan empat gajah ditemukan mati. Jadi, proses hukum terhadap pelaku harus diteruskan, katanya. Humas World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Riau Syamsidar mengatakan tidak ada alasan bagi polisi untuk kesulitan mencari tersangka pembunuh gajah itu, karena bukti-bukti yang ada sudah lengkap. Para pelaku pembunuh satwa dilindungi bisa dijerat Undang-undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1990 tentang Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Hayati dan Ekosistemnya. Sebab, para pelaku melakukan pembunuhan dengan sengaja, mereka dapat dihukum penjara maksimal lima tahun dan denda sebesar Rp200 juta. Kasus pembunuhan empat gajah Sumatra itu kini ditangani Kepolisian Sektor Peranap, Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu.(*) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Peru tribes vow to continue protest
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200961211238603130.html UPDATED ON: Friday, June 12, 2009 05:45 Mecca time, 02:45 GMT Peru tribes vow to continue protest Thousands of Peruvians have protested against the law and the president [Robin Yu] Peruvian tribes have vowed to continue their protests against land laws six days after at least 60 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police. Thousands of people joined demonstrations across Peru on Thursday in support of the indigenous people battling against laws making it easier for foreign companies to explore for oil. On Wednesday, the Peruvian congress suspended one of the most controversial land laws, which would have eased restrictions on mining, oil drilling, logging and farming in the Peruvian Amazon. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo, reporting from Peru, said many protesters were demanding the cancellation of the laws rather than their suspension and would keep fighting until that happened. In Lima, the capital, riot police fired tear gas at several hundred student protesters, some of whom threw rocks and petrol bombs. In Peru's second largest city, Arequipa, demonstrators burnt a blood-smeared effigy of Alan Garcia, the Peruvian president, who backed the laws as part of the free trade deal with the US. 'Genocide' Violence reached its peak last Friday when police opened fire as they tried to break through a highway blockade manned by thousands of protesters. In video Deadly clashes rock Peru in fight over jungle land At least 22 police offers were killed during the clashes. Repercussions from the violence have also rocked the government, with Carmen Vildoso, the women's affairs minister, resigning on Monday in protest over the government's crackdown. Opposition parties also continued calls on Thursday for Yehuda Simon, the prime minister, to stand down over the crisis. On Wednesday, Nicaragua granted political asylum to a protest leader charged with sedition after the protests. Alberto Pizango had accused the Peruvian government of genocide following Friday's clashes. Peru's indigenous peoples say that Garcia's government did not consult them in good faith before signing contracts that could affect at least 30,000 of them across six provinces. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Activists to keep pressure on Shell
Refleksi: Apakah di Indonesia diberikan kompensasi dari perusahaan asing terhadap keruaga yang dibunuh atau menjadi cacat seumur hidup? http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/20096915105760154.html UPDATED ON: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 07:21 Mecca time, 04:21 GMT Activists to keep pressure on Shell Shell was accused of colluding with Nigeria's government to silence rights activists [GALLO/GETTY] Activists in Nigeria have said they will maintain pressure on Royal Dutch Shell over alleged human rights abuses - despite a $15.5m payout by the firm to the families of protesters executed in the oil-rich Niger Delta during the 1990s. Their promise on Tuesday came a day after the energy giant agreed to settle out of court a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of nine human rights activists in Nigeria's Ogoniland region. Veronica Kobani, whose husband was killed in the unrest between protesters and the then-military government, said: We are still aggrieved with Shell. Paying compensation for the blood of these innocent people will not bring Shell back again to any part of Ogoniland for oil exploitation. The lawsuit alleged that Shell colluded with Nigeria's then-government in a crackdown against environmental and human rights activists in the Niger Delta. It accused Shell of helping the military government capture and hang Ken Saro-Wiwa, a well-known rights activist, and eight other protesters on November 10, 1995. The settlement brings an end to a 13-year dispute that was due to go to trial in a US district court in New York. 'Admission of guilt' Shell, which still operates in Nigeria, said it had agreed to settle the lawsuit in the hope of aiding a process of reconciliation, but acknowledged no wrongdoing. In depth Ken Saro-Wiwa's battle for justice Poor miss out on Nigeria's oil riches Video: Shell settles Nigerian killings lawsuit But Ogon Patterson, a human rights activist in the Niger Delta and the founder of the Ijaw council for Human Rights, said that the payment by Shell showed that it was guilty of complicity in the abuses by the government. He said: This is blood money. If its hands were clean, it would have continued to claim innocence. Shell's [move] to want this out-of-court settlement is a demonstration of their guilt. For its profit motives, Shell cannot then claim to be doing a humanitarian gesture, he said. Shell has tried to stop what would have been coming, far ahead of time. There are several other cases in the Niger Delta where Shell need to pay restitution. Shell and other transnational corporations in the Niger Delta cannot continue to monitor the blood of the dispossessed people of the Niger Delta. Settlement 'a victory' The complaint alleged that officials from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Shell's Nigerian subsidiary, asked government troops to shoot villagers protesting against the construction of a pipeline that later leaked oil. The officials were also accused of helping to provide Nigerian police with weapons and joining in security sweeps of the region. Saro-Wiwa, the leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, led rallies against Shell, which he blamed for oil spills and gas fires in the region. His son, Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, said on Monday he felt his father would be happy with the decision, despite no declaration of wrongdoing on Shell's part. The fact that they would have to settle is a victory for us, he said. James Marriot, from the Remember Saro-Wiwa organisation, told Al Jazeera that the plaintiffs had to be congratulated. Shell have resisted at every stage for the past 13 or 14 years against the idea of going to court. I think that it is a great success for the plaintiffs ... The people who actually stood up and took Shell to court in the Niger Delta are relatively powerless people. They have been immensely brave and immensely courageous trying to deal with the situation of environmental degradation in their own homes and still standing up and taking a multinational, one of the largest companies in the world, to court. 'Violators face account' People living in Ogoniland will receive just under one third of the $15.5m settlement, Marco Simons, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in the case, said. Shell should treat us as civilised human beings and not those to be exploited because of our oil Bariara Kpalap, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Five million of [the $15.5m total] is going into the trust and the remainder is used for the plaintiffs and the estates of the descendants and the
[wanita-muslimah] Shell's pay out and implications for Colombia
http://colombiapassport.com/2009/06/11/shells-pay-out-and-implications-for-colombia/ June 11, 2009 Shell's pay out and implications for Colombia Posted by Sebastian Castaneda under Conflict, Politic, Violence | Tags: Chiquita Brands, human rights violations, Paramilitaries, Royal Dutch Incidents where Multinational Corporations (MNCs) sponsor massacres in order to eradicate dissenting voices against their obsession for profit have been a motif through Colombia's history. At the beginning of the 20th century it was the army who suppressed labor protests. The best example is the Banana Massacre in 1928 in which the army exterminated laborer protesting over wages in behalf of the United Fruit Company. This bloody episode in Colombia's history was immortalized in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel Hundred Years of Solitude. Since the mid 20th century, the slaughtering of the most vulnerable in society has been outsourced from the military to paramilitaries directly sponsored by MNCs but still in direct complicity with the government and the army. The most representative case of recent slaughters sponsored by MNCs was conducted by Chiquita Brands. This US Corporation admitted paying the paramilitaries US$ 1.7 million between 1997 and 2004. Chiquita claims that the armed group blackmailed its employees. However, Salvatore Mancuso, a paramilitary boss currently in US jail, declared that the payments were voluntary. Chiquita was fined US$ 25 million payable over five years by the US government for supporting a terrorist organization, but none of the executives were jailed. Chiquita Brands was formerly known as United Fruit Company. Nevertheless, the victims of paramilitary massacres have not been compensated, if that is at all possible. But Colombian lawyers have opened criminal cases against the Chiquita's board members who authorized such payments. Since the company confessed making the payment in a US federal court, they could potentially be apt for extradition to Colombia. The US Attorney General, Eric Holder, was the defense lawyer who obtained this juicy deal for Chiquita in US courts. Recently, Holder met with Colombia's Interior and Justice Minister, Fabio Valencia Cossio - whose brother is investigated for links to the paramilitaries whilst being regional attorney - to iron out details on a new extradition arrangement in order to circumvent Supreme Court obstructions. However, it is obvious that US nationals being extradited to Colombia were not part of the conversations but ways to keep extradited paramilitaries from talking about sensitive topics was certainly high in the agenda. The case of Chiquita Brands is just the tip of the iceberg. Mancuso has admitted receiving money from Dole and Del Monte Foods Companies and Drummond Coal Company. The food companies appear to not only have paid for pacifying the workers, but also for driving farmers off their lands so bananas could be planted. In the case of the coal company, there have been various civil lawsuits on behalf of the relatives of Drummond sponsored paramilitary's murders. In light of the many obstacles from the highest levels of government to dismiss the legal cases against multinational companies a recent landmark case offers a silver lining to the family of the thousands that have been massacred with the complicity of MNCs. Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has paid a US$ 15.5 million out-of-court settlement to the family of the victims due to the incriminating evidence of their complicity against the atrocities committed on the Ogoni tribe of Southern Nigeria in the 1990's. Shell was accused of colliding with the Nigerian military to hunt down tribesmen opposed to oil developments and their ecology devastation affecting their livelihoods. What is important of the verdict is that, although the company did not directly engage human rights violations, it did facilitate vehicles, patrol boats and ammunition to the military to terrorize the population. Together with the United Nations Human Rights Commission interest in extrajudicial killings by the Colombian state, Shell's news offer some hope for justice. Hopefully the impunity and manners in which MNC and the government have been operating in Colombia for hundreds of years can be modified. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] The Price of Bananas
http://smallfarmersbigchange.coop/2009/05/27/the-price-of-bananas/ The Price of Bananas May 27, 2009 by Phyllis Robinson The following is the transcript from the 60 Minutes Show (May 11, 2008) that I mentioned in my last blog piece: Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole. You can also view a video of the show by going to the CBS news website. Below is the transcript printed in its entirety. 60 Minutes The Price Of Bananas Steve Kroft: On How Colombian Paramilitaries Landed A U.S. Corporation In Hot Water May 11, 2008 The Price Of Bananas Chiquita Brands International says it paid murderous paramilitaries in Colombia to protect its employees there, but the families of civilians killed by the paramilitaries fault the company for their deaths. Steve Kroft reports. (CBS) For American corporations, the rewards of doing business abroad are enormous, but so are the risks. And over the past 25 years no place has been more perilous than Colombia, a country that is just beginning to emerge from the throes of civil war and narco-terrorism. Chiquita Brands International of Cincinnati, Ohio, found out the hard way. It made millions growing bananas there, only to emerge with its reputation splattered in blood after acknowledging it had paid nearly $2 million in protection money to a murderous paramilitary group that has killed or massacred thousands of people. As correspondent Steve Kroft reports, the Colombian government is now talking about extraditing Chiquita executives to Colombia, and investigators in Bogota and on Capitol Hill are looking at other U.S. companies that may have done the same thing. From the air, the plains of the Uraba region are carpeted with lush foliage of banana plantations, which have long provided a livelihood for the people of northern Colombia. And for the better part of century, its best known product has been the Chiquita banana. But since the 1980's, the business of bananas there has been punctuated with gunfire. First, the area was taken over by Marxist guerillas called the FARC, whose ruthlessness at killing and kidnapping was exceeded only by the private paramilitary army that rose up to fight them. Chiquita found itself trying to grow bananas in the middle of a war, in which the Colombian government and its army were of no help. These lands were lands where there was no law. It was impossible for the government to protect employees, says Fernando Aguirre, who became Chiquita's CEO long after all this happened. Aguirre says the company was forced to pay taxes to the guerillas when they controlled the territory in the late 1980s and early 90s. When the paramilitaries, known as the AUC, moved in in 1997 they demanded the same thing. Did the paramilitaries state, specifically to you, that if you didn't make the payments, your people would be killed? Kroft asks. There was a very, very strong signal that if the company would not make payments, that things would happen. And since they had already killed at least 50 people, employees of the company, it was clear to everyone there that these guys meant business, Aguirre says. Chiquita only had a couple of options and none of them were particularly good. It could refuse to pay the paramilitaries and run the risk that its employees could be killed or kidnapped, it could pack up and leave the country all together and abandon its most profitable enterprise, or it could stay and pay protection, and in the process, help finance the atrocities that were being committed all across the countryside. These were extortion payments, Aguirre says. Either you pay or your people get killed. And you decided to pay, Kroft remarks. And the company decided to pay, absolutely, Aguirre says. There was no doubt in the company's mind that the paramilitaries were very bad people, Aguirre says. Just how bad was already becoming evident. The paramilitaries, who were funded initially by large landowners, and later by the cocaine trade, not only drove the Marxist guerillas from the area, they tried to eliminate anyone who might have leftist sympathies, from labor leaders to school teachers. Sometimes entire villages were wiped out in the most grisly fashion. Gloria Cuartes was the mayor of Apartado, and witnessed much of it with her own eyes. I was a mayor whose job was just to gather the dead, Cuartes says. In 1996 she went to a school to talk to the children about the violence that surrounded them. While she was there, the paramilitaries arrived and murdered a 12-year-old boy, whose only crime had been to announce their presence. They cut off his head, and they threw the head at us, Cuartes remembers. I went into a state of panic. They were there for four hours, with their weapons, firing shots toward the ceiling. One hundred girls and boys were with me. The children did not scream. They were in shock. Asked if they said anything to her, Cuartes says, No. Their language was death. Their
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Dukung Laksanakan pilpres cukup 1 putaran
Selama ini bung Robert kirain kampanye untuk SBY, tapi ternyata menurut http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/06/09/173343/1145036/727/kaum-muda-kristiani-siap-menangkan-mega-prabowo Jakarta - Kaum Muda Kristiani sepenuhnya mendukung pasangan Mega-Prabowo dalam pilpres mendatang. Masalah pemiskinan identitas dan erosi kebangsaan menjadi persoalan serius bagi kaum muda Kristiani yang tergabung dalam Forum Komunikasi Pemuda Kristen Indonesia atau FKPK-Indonesia. Karena itu mereka bertekad memenangkan duet Mega-Prabowo sebagai Presiden dan Wakil Presiden untuk memperbaiki bangsa ini. Dukungan FKPK-Indonesia ini diwujudkan dalam sebuah deklarasi yang dilangsungkan di Gedung Joeang Jakarta. Melalui pengamatan dan telaah kritis, persoalan krisis multidimensi termasuk krisis pluralitas bisa diatasi oleh Prabowo Subianto sebagai figure problem solving, tegas Robert Sianturi, koordinator Nasional FKPK-Indonesia. Lho apa Robert Sianturi yang lain? walah kalo begini, emang kampanyenya lucu-lucu :-p cuma bagusnya bukan di milis ini ... :-( 2009/6/11 Robert Sianturi sianturi1...@yahoo.co.id: Ayo seluruh warga negara Indonesia Dukung laksanakan kampanye di berbagai media iklan dan survei ini. sukseskan Pilpres 1 putaran saja, dengan hanya memilih SBY-Boediono Jika memilih calon presiden yang lain, tentunya hanya akan menghambur2kan uang negara dan merupakan tindakan yang sia2.. Siapa yang tidak ikut serta mensukseskan gerakan pilpres 1 putaran, dan memilih calon presiden selain SBY-Boediono, artinya mereka adalah yang ikut serta menghamburkan uang negara.. Apakah orang2 yang menghambur2kan uang negara seperti itu layak hidup di Indonesia??? ___ Iklan Media Indonesia hlm.3 dan beberapa media massa lainnya Denny J.A, Ph.D Ketua Umum Gerakan Nasional Setuju Satu Putaran Saja Bapak/ibu, sdr/sdri Kita semua masih menghadapi krisis ekonomi dunia, Jika pemilihan presiden hanya berlangsung 1 putaran, kita menghemat begitu banyak biaya disaat ekonomi sulit. Mari ikhtiar agar pilpres berlangsung 1 putaran saja. Ini bisa terjadi jika bapak/ibu, sdr/sdri berbondong2 datang ke TPS 8 Juli 2009 dan mencontreng satu pasangan capres/cawapres sehingga pasangan itu menang diatas 50% berdasar riset Lingkaran Survei Indonesia, pasangan SBY-Boediono dengan nomor urut 2 potensial untuk menang 1 putaran Kami juga menyampaikan lewat aneka media dan atribut. Namun jika salam itu belum sampai, anngaplah surat terbuka ini sebuah undangan mewakili kami. Bisikkan dalam hati :SETUJU PILPRES SATU PUTARAN SAJA!. lalu bergeraklah sesuai kemampuan Firefox 3: Lebih Cepat, Lebih Aman, Dapat Disesuaikan dan Gratis.http://downloads.yahoo.com/id/firefox [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] === Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Twitter: http://twitter.com/wanita_muslimah Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:wanita-muslimah-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejaht...@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelism...@yahoogroups.com Milis ini tidak menerima attachment.Yahoo! Groups Links
[wanita-muslimah] How people change genders
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/12/sex.change.gender.transition/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Born in male body, Jenny knew early that she was a girl Story Highlights Estimate: 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered Doctors speculate that there is a biological foundation to gender identity People rarely undergo gender-reassignment surgery and then want to reverse it By Elizabeth Landau CNN (CNN) -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school, but he had a secret: He sometimes wore his mother's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes. I really wanted to be a girl so bad, and that was one way for me to satisfy those feelings, Madden said. I always felt like someone was looking over my shoulder. The desire to be female never went away. At age 48, Madden confessed these feelings to a doctor, and started seeing a gender therapist who suggested Madden was transgendered. Through reconstructive surgeries, electrolysis, laser procedures and voice lessons, Henry Joseph became Jennifer Elizabeth, known as Jenny. She is a practicing family physician in Nashua, New Hampshire. Chastity Bono, child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, announced Thursday the beginning of a transition from female to a male. While still relatively rare -- one advocate estimates that 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered -- the idea of changing gender identity has become more widespread in recent years. The term LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) is more commonly recognized, and transgendered people have been portrayed in the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry as well as the 2002 book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Many people who have transitioned, including Madden, say they knew they had been born into the wrong gender from childhood. As early as age 3, Dr. Julie Praus, born male, didn't understand why her father wanted to play catch. As a boy, Praus learned how to fish and hunt, but enjoyed collecting Depression-era glassware vases. Praus, 48, a psychiatrist in Brattleboro, Vermont, started living as a woman in March 2008. I get up every morning and say, 'Wow, I can actually look at myself in the mirror,' because I've never been able to do that in my life, because what would stare back at me was not me, Praus said. iReport.com: Share your story of gender change Doctors speculate that there is a biological foundation to gender identity, but no one has determined what in the biological makeup determines that gender. The interactions between personality and culture also contribute to identity, said Chris Kraft, clinical director at the Johns Hopkins Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit. The process of changing genders For people who want a gender change on a biological level, the first step is therapy, experts say. Dr. Gary Alter, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California, said patients don't come to him until they've been in therapy, a process that can take as much as a year. A therapist then gives a physician approval to start the patient on hormone treatment. At that point, the patient may or may not start living as the chosen sex, Alter said. Females seeking to transition into males may elect to have their breasts removed via surgery. With testosterone, they will grow hair on their face and chest after about two years. Read one man's female-to-male advice to Chaz Bono A higher percentage of males transitioning to females will go forward with genital surgery than females going to males, Alter said. Surgical methods for creating a penis -- which range from making one out of the clitoris to using the skin from the forearms -- are not perfect, and many patients are happy with just chest surgery, he said. Genital surgeries for creating female genitalia are better, he said. Alter's method is to make a clitoris out of the head of the penis, and make space for a vagina. Facing the rest of the world It is rare for people to undergo a gender transition and then want to reverse it, especially when surgery is involved, experts say. Some say changing genders is one of the best things they've done, like Jamison Green, 60, author of Becoming a Visible Man, who went through chest reconstruction and genital surgery. I don't have too hard of a time telling people about it, Green said. I worried about that a lot in the beginning, before there was any kind of community and support about this condition, but one of the things I learned early on was that living in fear and shame is not very healthy. Green, who started his transition at age 40, is now happily married to a woman whom he did not know before his change. Praus is also married to a woman, who knew her before her transition. Madden has a boyfriend. For the longest time, I really felt like I had a mental illness, and I don't feel that way anymore, Madden said. But all three have experienced shock and dismay from others around them. Green said his mother took
[wanita-muslimah] Vow to Europe to Offer Sex Ed Angers Parents
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/378472.htm Vow to Europe to Offer Sex Ed Angers Parents 11 June 2009By Anna Malpas / The Moscow TimesRussia has one of the world's highest rates of HIV infection among young people. At the same time, schools are teaching students that sexually transmitted diseases are caused by a frivolous lifestyle, and textbooks fail to mention the word condom. Vladimir Filonov / MT Boys giggling at a shop window lined with mannequins on Tverskaya Ulitsa. Schools must start offering sex education under the European Social Charter.?? There is no sex education in the modern sense in Russia, said Alexei Bobrik, deputy director of the Open Health Institute, an NGO that runs HIV education programs. Not a single government-approved textbook uses the word 'condom.' The lack of modern sex education in Russian schools may have to change after Russia signed up to the European Social Charter on May 20. Among the provisions of the charter, Russia ratified an article on the right to protection of health. A fact sheet issued by the European Social Charter in March explains that health education at schools should be a priority and include sex education. The article can be interpreted in different ways, said Vladimir Nasonkin, co-chairman of the Federal Center for Education Legislation. Different interpretations and commentaries may be taken into consideration when the charter's provisions are implemented but may not be. At the moment, lawmakers are working on a new standard of state-school education in Russia that may include the provisions of the European Social Charter, Nasonkin said. But experts are skeptical that schools will embrace a European-style approach, complete with contraceptive advice and frank discussion of changes during puberty. I think we'll move in the same direction as other European countries, but our starting point is different, so it will take longer, Bobrik said, blaming the outdated system of school education. A good idea can turn into a very mediocre result. I think it could turn into some one-off sessions on sex education, said Alexandra Kareva, a project coordinator at Project Hope, an NGO that produces sex-education textbooks and trains teachers in Russia. Sex education faces widespread opposition from religious and conservative groups. A conservative organization called the Parents' Committee has petitioned Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to stop this provision of the European Social Charter from being implemented, calling sex education a looming evil. Lyubov Kachesova, one of the movement's leaders, told The Moscow Times that parents and members of various organizations had sent letters to the head of the State Duma factions and to two ministries, the Health and Social Development Ministry and the Education and Science Ministry. Parents didn't receive a single answer that really answered their questions, she complained. Kachesova said campaigners are practically sure that sex education lessons will be introduced. She criticized existing programs, which she said are imported by private Russian organizations from the West. In Russian, they sound primitive, ridiculous and sometimes downright illegal. When parents find out their content, they experience shock and disgust, she said, adding that she began protesting against the lessons when her own children were in school. One of the supporters against the sex-education movement is psychologist Irina Medvedeva. If it is made law, there will be acts of civil disobedience, she warned. We consider that sex education of children is harmful in all senses. Sex education destroys the romantic view of love, she said. The feeling of mutual attraction goes cold before children reach adulthood. Any sex education should be left to parents, she said. It's up to the parents' judgment in cases where children are really interested. It shouldn't be a school subject, she said. In Moscow schools, sex education is taught only as part of a subject called OBZh, or Basics of a Safe Lifestyle, said Alexander Gavrilov, a spokesman for the Moscow education department. As part of this subject, there is a small section that is about the relationships between the genders and sexual relations. We are not planning to widen this subject, Gavrilov said. The Moscow city government has made limited attempts to educate the public about sexually transmitted diseases, running a 2005 poster campaign that said condoms don't prevent HIV and urged people to be faithful to a single partner. An OBZh textbook approved by the Education and Science Ministry for final-year students advises girls not to wear short skirts. It also warns that people who lead a frivolous lifestyle are more likely to catch sexually
[wanita-muslimah] Sex sells for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in wooing female vote
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25627296-2703,00.html Sex sells for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in wooing female vote Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta correspondent | June 13, 2009 Article from: The Australian JAKARTA's sophisticated set has a joke about why Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will win the presidential election next month - and it has nothing to do with his handling of the economy or his leadership skills. It's all about sex, and how to win the female vote. Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, who is going head-to-head with SBY for the top job on July 8, has the catchy campaign slogan Faster! Better! This attempts to underline the slow progress after five years of Dr Yudhoyono's careful hand, and to show Mr Kalla would leap out of the blocks to get things done. But the affable and considered Dr Yudhoyono, the wits point out, will have women falling over themselves to tick his box next month with his simple directive: More! More! Marital relations have been a key element of the campaigning, even if only as part of the noisy rhetoric of secondary groups such as the moderately Islamist Prosperous Justice Party. This party declared its members were likely to favour the team of Mr Kalla and retired general Wiranto because their wives were known for wearing the Muslim jilbab headdress. Dr Yudhoyono's wife, Ani, is famous for her elegant coiffure. And with open campaigning having begun this week, after a razzle-dazzle Electoral Commission ceremony featuring all three candidates and each of their deputies, the focus is now more on style than substance. Former president Megawati Sukarnoputri, who throughout her political career has battled accusations she is not the sharpest knife in the box, came out punching on the prime-time television current affairs program Kick Andy last night. Asked how she could guarantee her nationalist economic policies would work, she answered: If I weren't smart, why would Prabowo (her vice-presidential running mate, a retired general with a dubious but uninvestigated human rights record) have chosen me? This was up there with Ms Megawati's greatest eyebrow-raiser. Asked last year how she expected to run the country with only a high school education, she said: The Prophet (Mohammed) was a leader, and he didn't have a university degree either. This week's opinion polls suggest Dr Yudhoyono and his running mate, economics professor Boediono, will win the election comfortably. The Indonesian Survey Circle predicted the incumbent would be returned with more than 63per cent of the vote, with Ms Megawati on 16.4 per cent and the hapless Kalla-Wiranto ticket getting just 5.9 per cent. That survey was particularly bad news for Ms Megawati, as it found that one of her strongest constituencies - the poorly educated - were inclined to support Dr Yudhoyono. Various organisations have made wildly differing election predictions, prompting allegations some were being paid to help particular tickets. But there is little doubt the aggressive campaign of Dr Yudhoyono's team, headed by the US-educated Mallarangeng brothers - Andi, Choel and Rizal, whose Fox Indonesia has adopted a Barack Obama-style grassroots push - is working. The reception at Jakarta's Tanah Abang textiles market this week was evidence of that, with delighted shoppers - male and female - calling out to Dr Yudhoyono: More! More [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
