tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70766945814474883512024-03-13T09:37:39.843-07:00Iqlima SophiaTry and Learn, Think and ShareIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-68612239500663795612015-04-11T08:08:00.000-07:002015-04-11T08:08:29.408-07:00why should bilinguals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age.<br /><br />This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child’s academic and intellectual development.<br />Gray Matter<br />Science and society.<br /><br />They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual’s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn’t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles.<br /><br />Bilinguals, for instance, seem to be more adept than monolinguals at solving certain kinds of mental puzzles. In a 2004 study by the psychologists Ellen Bialystok and Michelle Martin-Rhee, bilingual and monolingual preschoolers were asked to sort blue circles and red squares presented on a computer screen into two digital bins — one marked with a blue square and the other marked with a red circle.<br /><br />In the first task, the children had to sort the shapes by color, placing blue circles in the bin marked with the blue square and red squares in the bin marked with the red circle. Both groups did this with comparable ease. Next, the children were asked to sort by shape, which was more challenging because it required placing the images in a bin marked with a conflicting color. The bilinguals were quicker at performing this task.<br /><br />The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind — like remembering a sequence of directions while driving.<br /><br />Why does the tussle between two simultaneously active language systems improve these aspects of cognition? Until recently, researchers thought the bilingual advantage stemmed primarily from an ability for inhibition that was honed by the exercise of suppressing one language system: this suppression, it was thought, would help train the bilingual mind to ignore distractions in other contexts. But that explanation increasingly appears to be inadequate, since studies have shown that bilinguals perform better than monolinguals even at tasks that do not require inhibition, like threading a line through an ascending series of numbers scattered randomly on a page.<br /><br />The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment. “Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often — you may talk to your father in one language and to your mother in another language,” says Albert Costa, a researcher at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. “It requires keeping track of changes around you in the same way that we monitor our surroundings when driving.” In a study comparing German-Italian bilinguals with Italian monolinguals on monitoring tasks, Mr. Costa and his colleagues found that the bilingual subjects not only performed better, but they also did so with less activity in parts of the brain involved in monitoring, indicating that they were more efficient at it.<br /><br />The bilingual experience appears to influence the brain from infancy to old age (and there is reason to believe that it may also apply to those who learn a second language later in life).</div>
Emma Handokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986183928371604257noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-84932638898476448982015-04-07T14:45:00.002-07:002015-04-07T14:49:09.541-07:00Sister School Network<div style="text-align: center;">
SEAMEO Sister School Network Project / SEAMEO Regional Schools Internet Project</div>
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The adoption of Ban Prue Wai Primary School, a SEAMEO Community Involvement Project, was presented before the 32nd SEAMEO Council Conference in Manila, Philippines. The Conference recommended that school linkages between the Member Countries, especially through the Internet, be explored to promote cooperation and develop people-to-people relationships in the SEAMEO context.<br />
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The Minister of Education, Singapore, further proposed a project to be hosted by Singapore which would link schools in the SEAMEO countries via the Internet as well as provide opportunities for exchange of information in English. SEAMEO RELC was asked to initiate action on this project.<br />
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When H E Dr Ricardo T Gloria, Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, Republic of the Philippines assumed office as SEAMEO Council President during the 32nd SEAMEO Council Conference 1997, he announced that he would work to promote the SEAMEO Sister School Network Project. A working paper on this was presented during the 1997 Centre Directors and Strategic Planning Group Meeting and the following agreements were made:<br />
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1. The SEAMEO Sister School Network Project should be established but it be initiated on a small scale;<br />
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2. The SEAMEO Sister Schools Internet Project was endorsed to be implemented by SEAMEO RELC as a pilot project, linking schools in the region. The linkage will serve as venue for discussion on the topic of 'transportation' in the region;<br />
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3. SEAMEO Centres were encouraged to pursue further activities in adopting or assisting schools through their relevant areas of concern. From this initial phase, a possible networking could be further developed.<br />
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A meeting, chaired by the SEAMEO RELC Director, was convened on 15 March 1997. One of the outcomes of the meeting was an agreement to produce an Internet homepage for SEAMEO with the possibility of each SEAMEO Member Country to have a homepage created by the students themselves. The assistance of the Information Technology Institute, Singapore, which has since been renamed Kent Ridge Digital Laboratories (KRDL), was solicited to improve the project. Designed to be interactive, Project "Space ALIVE" provides "rooms" for students to share, discuss and post their ideas with participants from other countries.<br />
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A SEAMEO RELC survey questionnaire, which sought answers on questions of hardware and software facilities and the teachers' familiarity with the use of computers, determined the feasibility of school participation in the project. On 28 August 1997, while on other business in Manila, the SEAMEO RELC Assistant Director took the opportunity to visit the Olongapo City Regional Science High School, one of the participating schools in the Philippines.<br />
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SEAMEO RELC has invited the Ministers of Education of SEAMEO Member Countries to participate in this project. Six SEAMEO countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, agreed to participate in the project and forwarded the names of schools to be involved in the project.<br />
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The progress of the activities was reported to the SEAMEO RELC Governing Board Meeting from 10 to 12 September 1997 in Singapore, during which a visit to the Educational Technology Division was organized. The Board agreed to the project's implementation and renamed it SEAMEO Regional Schools Internet Project.<br />
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From 19 to 21 November 1997, the project coordinators of all participating countries attended a meeting at SEAMEO RELC. This was to ensure that all involved would understand the rationale for the project and plan active roles for themselves in achieving its goals and objectives. From December 1997 to March 1998, the selected schools were provided with in-country training with Ms Ivy Lo Wing Ching and Mr Cheng Soo Yin from KRDL.<br />
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Singapore : In December 1997, training was provided for 14 students and four teachers from Anglo-Chinese (Independent) School and Anderson Secondary School. </div>
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Indonesia : From 20 to 22 January 1998, training was provided for nine students from Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama Kristen II, Badan Pendidikan Kristen Penabur, Jakarta. </div>
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Thailand : From 2 to 4 February 1998, training was provided for 12 students from Suankularbwittayalai Nonthaburi School and Satree Sri Suriyothai School. A number of teachers and the Principal of Suankularbwittayalai Nonthaburi School were also in attendance. </div>
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Philippines : From 10 to 12 February 1998, training was provided for five students from Olongapo City Regional Science High School. From 3 to 5 March 1998, training was provided for nine students from Victorino Mapa High School. Upon DECS' request, SEAMEO RELC agreed to monitor this project. </div>
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Malaysia : From 24 to 26 February 1998, training was provided for 12 students from Tunku Kurshiah College and Victoria Institute. </div>
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Brunei : From 10 to 12 March 1998, training was provided for 11 students from Maktab Sains Paduka Darussalam Seri Begawan Sultan (MSPSBS) and Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Masna (SMPAPHM). <br />
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Following the in-country training, MOE Singapore and KRDL held a series of meetings on Internet. Discussions ranged from training to follow up to full project implementation.<br />
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The progress of the activities was reported during the SEAMEO RELC Governing Board Meeting from 10 to 12 September 1997 in Singapore. The Board agreed to the implementation of the project and renamed it SEAMEO Regional Schools Internet Project.<br />
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One word: Ironic. What and why?<br />
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Sandhy Sondoro is a person who entered into the ranks of the international musical scene with various international awards. But Shandy unpopular figure in his own country. His music genre music was not so pupulis in Indonesia, so Shandy are nothing like the other local celebritas.<br />
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Sandhy Sondoro, was born in Jakarta, Indonesia to Rr. Rika Pudjihastuti and Achmad Fauzan. Sandhy is of Palembangese Malay, Javanese, and Minangkabau descent. Came from a musical family, where the house provide the likes of American pop, folk, Jazz and blues tunes coming from his Mother’s or father’s guitar everyday. Those were the joy that shaped his talents . It is not traditional Indonesian music that influenced him but rather soul and blues. Sandhy Sondoro is not only an excellent singer, song writer, and guitar player he also has many other talents like drawing and cooking.<br />
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In Indonesia Sandhy Sondoro started to play in a band at high school. They did mostly covers of Van Halen and Mr. Big or The Black Crows. At the age of 18 he went to visit his uncle in California and stayed there for a while. Over a year later he went to Germany to study architecture. He first had to improve his German proficiency to be admitted at the university. He graduated in interior design but his passion for singing and playing the guitar was stronger than the wish to work in an office.<br />
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His first experience as a street musician was gained in Biberach on the Riss in Baden Wurttemberg in 1996. The international flair of Berlin attracted him and inspired him. In 1998 he moved back to Berlin and started his career as Sondoro singing and playing the guitar in bars, clubs and in the metro. His famous song Down on the streets was inspired by the experience gained in Berlins metro. He performs also in famous theatres like the House of World Cultures in Berlin, plays at music festivals like at the Bode museum isle festival. He has fans in Hamburg, Cologne, Stuttgart and many other places in Germany.<br />
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Sandhy Sondoro’s music is influenced by American and British rock legends like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. The power of his voice reminds us of Curtis Mayfield und Marvin Gaye. Sandhy sings ballads which express love and his longing for peace. When singing rock songs his voice can turn into a powerful volcano that sounds like Joe Cocker or Roger Chapman. Sandhys voice is so flexible that he is sometimes called the Ben Harper of Jakarta.(From : Indonesia First News)<br />
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Sandhy Sondoro, was born on the island of Java, Indonesia. Came from a musical family, where the house provide the likes of American pop, folk, Jazz and blues tunes coming from his Mother’s or father’s guitar everyday. Those were the joy that shaped his talents . It is not traditional Indonesian music that influenced him but rather soul and blues. Sandhy Sondoro is not only an excellent singer, song writer, and guitar player he also has many other talents like drawing and cooking.<br />
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In Indonesia Sandhy Sondoro started to play in a band at high school. They did mostly covers of Van Halen and Mr. Big or The Black Crows. At the age of 18 he went to visit his uncle in California and stayed there for a while. Over a year later he went to Germany to study architecture. He first had to improve his German proficiency to be admitted at the university. He graduated in interior design but his passion for singing and playing the guitar was stronger than the wish to work in an office.<br />
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His first experience as a street musician was gained in Biberach on the Riss in Baden Wurttemberg in 1996. The international flair of Berlin attracted him and inspired him. In 1998 he moved back to Berlin and started his career as Sondoro singing and playing the guitar in bars, clubs and in the metro. His famous song Down on the streets was inspired by the experience gained in Berlins metro. He performs also in famous theatres like the House of World Cultures in Berlin, plays at music festivals like at the Bode museum isle festival. He has fans in Hamburg, Cologne, Stuttgart and many other places in Germany.<br />
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Sandhy Sondoro’s music is influenced by American and British rock legends like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. The power of his voice reminds us of Curtis Mayfield und Marvin Gaye. Sandhy sings ballads which express love and his longing for peace. When singing rock songs his voice can turn into a powerful volcano that sounds like Joe Cocker or Roger Chapman. Sandhys voice is so flexible that he is sometimes called the Ben Harper ofJakarta. <br />
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The Berlin-based artist Sandhy Sondoro was one of the participants in Stefan Raabs song contest SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD and finally ranked 5th in December 2007. On April 25, 2008, he published his first CD Why Dont We. After this first TV success the number of visitors of his MYSPACE page www.myspace.com/sandhysondoro increased every day. Messages come from Japan, Italy, UK, USA and of course from Indonesia.<br />
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Indonesian singer Sandy Sondoro and singer Ukraine Jamala (Susana Jamaladinova) finally established as a joint winner in the international festival of young singer of New Wave 2009 which was held on the beach Yurmala, Latvia. Both are eligible for prizes each 50,000 euros.<br />
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Indonesia Embassy press release for the Ukrainian on Wednesday, said, competition and Jamala and Shandy has seen since the first day of the festival which was broadcast live TV from Latvia Ukraine. The first day Shandy sang “When a Man Loves a Woman” while 119 scored on the second day Shandy brought his own song “My love” with the acquisition value of 238.<br />
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Jamala was favored because of the distinctive squeaky voice, also scored until the second day 238. On the third day, the song “End of the Rainbow” which was created Shandy get Standing Ovation of the whole audience and 12 juries gave perfect score, 10, so the value to 358. The same was obtained Jamala.<br />
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The first two winners of the presence of a new history of New Wave festival, held since 2002. As reported by the Segodnya newspaper in Kyiv, an hour before the award ceremony the committee finally agreed to add a 50,000-euro reward which have issued from the personal pockets of Igor Krutoi, chairman of the jury who pro Shandy.<br />
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Second place singing contest Italy, Antonello Karozza with prize 30,000 euros and third place, Mark Yusim from Russia, get 15,000 euros.<br />
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Russian music legend, Alla Pugacheva was also handed a special prize and the Golden Star Alla 50,000 Dollar to Ukrainian singer, Mila Nitic.<br />
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“For me winning is not the main thing; the most important is the public speech (Latvia) extraordinary, really beyond my expectations,” Shandy said as quoted from the Segodnya newspaper.<br />
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Festival international young singers 2009 New Wave followed by participants from Latvia, Kazakhstan, China, Italy, Indonesia, Poland, Finland, France, Ukraine and Russia. This festival is held annually on the beach Yurmala, Latvia is very popular in parts of Eastern Europe, especially former Soviet Union countries.<br />
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Competition juries consists of Russia’s leading celebrities, such as Valery Meladze, Nikolay Baskov, Igor Krutiy, Alla Pugachova, and Filip Kirkorov.</div><br />
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Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-5514477810092822622012-08-25T20:27:00.001-07:002012-08-25T22:15:35.212-07:00Beautiful Girls with Beautiful Eyes<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-VPiI_s7RAm_4LZXTYyFzWC2i1zcJGOjw87ZGnOO6iiWMO_lzYLlxIBHKY6PlT-u8QLDSovN8pLwIjnFytjZD2TvDTTbL4-Efk62aoJAQmQzuOW8I1ZP3XFLGdbXsXPAi9nvzeZ-2Y0/s1600/mata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-VPiI_s7RAm_4LZXTYyFzWC2i1zcJGOjw87ZGnOO6iiWMO_lzYLlxIBHKY6PlT-u8QLDSovN8pLwIjnFytjZD2TvDTTbL4-Efk62aoJAQmQzuOW8I1ZP3XFLGdbXsXPAi9nvzeZ-2Y0/s320/mata.jpg" width="320" /></a>Finding the world’s most beautiful eyes was challenging, to say the least. With a list that started at 50 sets of beautiful eyes that then had to be reduced to 10, well, you can imagine the hesitation to exclude some of the many gorgeous women that were considered. Some of the lovely ladies who missed breaking the top ten were Megan Fox, Raquel Welch and, believe it or not, Marie Osmond who were all in the initial 50. <br />
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One of the most difficult tasks for this list of the most beautiful eyes was finding a large head shot that showcased their eyes. Most photos included the entire female’s body and when you look at the list of women below you know why that is a good thing – most certainly had a beautiful body to match their incredible eyes. So we did the best we could and looked for nice photography that concentrated on the face and the eyes. At least you can be sure that none of these beautiful eyes have had <a href="http://www.plasticsurgeryguide.com/">plastic surgery</a>, at least at the time this list was created.<br />
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10. <a href="http://www.charlizetheron.com/">Charlize Theron</a> <br />
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She’s got stunning eyes, but what else? She won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Monster. <br />
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9. Sophia Loren <br />
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She’s got sexy eyes, but what else? She won an Oscar for <a href="http://www.oscars.org/">Best Actress in a Leading Role</a><br />
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8. Kristin Kreuk <br />
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She’s has gorgeous green eyes, but what else? She has starred in “<a href="http://www.cwtv.com/shows/smallville">Smallville</a>” as Lana Lang and has kissed Superman. <br />
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7. <a href="http://www.giadadelaurentiis.com/">Giada De Laurentiis</a> <br />
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Okay, her eyes are amazing, but what else? She is a professional chef and has her own cooking program, <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ei">Everyday Italian</a>, which has been broadcast on Food Network since 2003. <br />
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6. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl">Sharbat Gula</a> <br />
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Her sparkling green eyes are mesmerizing, but what else? She is known as the <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text">cover girl for National Geographic</a> because Steve McCurry was fortunate enough to take her photograph while on assignment for National Geographic. Her photo is the most popular that the magazine has published. <br />
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5. <a href="http://www.audreyhepburn.com/">Audrey Hepburn</a> <br />
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Her eyes are beautiful, of course, but what else? Audrey won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role<br />
in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/">Roman Holiday</a>. <br />
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4. Elizabeth Taylor <br />
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Her blue eyes make the sky look pale, but what else? She won two Oscars, one for each beautiful eye. She won for Best Actress in a Leading Role in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061184/">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a> & Best Actress in a Leading Role in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053622/">Butterfield 8</a>. <br />
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3. Lynda Carter <br />
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Azure blue eyes that sparkle are nice, but what else? Lynda was the superhero Wonder Woman and won the 2004 TV Land Award for Superest Super Hero for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074074/">“Wonder Woman”</a> which aired in 1976. <br />
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2. Angelina Jolie <br />
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Okay her eyes are drop-dead gorgeous and her lips are incredible, but what else? She is the daughter of Jon Voight and won an Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/">Girl, Interrupted</a> in 2000. <br />
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1. Aishwarya Rai <br />
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Her eyes are truly the most beautiful eyes in the world, and that is enough, but just for kicks, what else? Aishwarya was chosen by Time magazine in 2004 as one of the World’s “100 Most Influential People” and she is widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world and with eyes like that you can “see” why. <br />
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And there you have it, ten of the most beautiful eyes in the world, and without even using <a href="http://www.1800contacts.com/">contact lenses</a> to enhance and change their eye color. As with most lists, even top ten lists, there is some subjectivity, so please include any beauties you may think were missed. <br />
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toptenz.netIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-9254665602863970772012-08-01T13:57:00.000-07:002012-08-01T13:57:40.383-07:00Conquer Empty Nest Syndrome<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee9tKyuENcsRB-lcThgx-kpvh822MbU3sNXSkwofWbf5FXu1tcdhaBlU9RfR8dkaJigbZgZEH3TkaLV3_-V_GTRz5xGBWn4UHuQfnAiw76ZDMXKvWhgqdFWLu0m72PcLvP8Bzrn7HL6bx/s1600/lost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee9tKyuENcsRB-lcThgx-kpvh822MbU3sNXSkwofWbf5FXu1tcdhaBlU9RfR8dkaJigbZgZEH3TkaLV3_-V_GTRz5xGBWn4UHuQfnAiw76ZDMXKvWhgqdFWLu0m72PcLvP8Bzrn7HL6bx/s200/lost.jpg" width="200" /></a>Empty Nest Syndrome is a feeling of great loss or sadness when a child leaves home to go to college or just to get out on their own.<br />
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If you are the child’s mother or mother figure, you may experience a true sense of loss, loneliness or even worthlessness. You may feel your job is over (its not!) and you child doesn’t need you anymore. (They do!)<br />
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For some, not being involved in your child’s everyday life and this is not just for mothers, but father too, may create a temporary identity crisis. You may find yourself depressed or anxious experiencing unaccountable tears or simply being highly emotional. You may wonder who you are and what are you worth, if not as a parent.<br />
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Believe it or not, this can truly be a significant and positive transition and period of growth for you!<br />
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Here are 5 secrets to ensure a healthy new life for you, without that much work:<br />
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<ol><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Renew your marriage vows. </span></b><br />
If not literally then figuratively. It just might be time to remember why you are together and all the wonderful times you had before kids. Do a date night. Join a dance club or some activity that you both enjoy and can do as a couple. Now is the perfect time to re-create your partnership and enjoy the life you both deserve, together, without children. Ask your partner, set a plan together. How will you use this time together? Single? No problem! What can you do to enhance the relationships you do have, now that you have the time? Write it down. Now follow through.<br />
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<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Relish the time alone. </span></b><br />
You now have that peace and quiet that you have been wanting. Remember when they played their music too loud, their friends were too noisy and you wondered if there would ever be peace again? Well, there is, right now! What are you going to do? Read? Knit? Paint? How will you use your quiet time? Make a list.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reignite or begin new friendships. </b></span><br />
Solitary pursuits are great, but you need people in your life also. Think about the friendships that might have gotten put on the back burner while you were raising your children. Contact them! Tell them you are much more available and wanting to renew the friendship you once had. You also might want to add new friends to the mix. Get yourself out there. Socialize. Sign up for classes. Learn a new language or learn more about computers. Classes are a great way to do something you love and meet new people at the same time. How are you going to branch out now? Make a list.<br />
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<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Broaden your horizons. </span></b><br />
Make your world bigger. When was your last trip or vacation? You don’t have to go around the world, just get out of town. Expand your world view. Pick a place and go. Explore. Your children are making their world bigger just by leaving home. Now it’s your turn. Where are you going?<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Find something meaningful and of value. </b></span><br />
Raising your children has been a full time job. It’s certainly been meaningful for both of you. Now they are gone and you need to replace that, you need another way to do your special work. What are your strengths? What are your skills? How can you use these to help others? Whether it’s through church, community, or more global, your gifts are needed. What are your special gifts? How are you going to us them?</li>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQ-h4WOlRjvUXCFONzNTR4cTliX4HcgzYo0wBJwJ0pAr4lizsZpF9-iuotSaGnl3sK3OI2d1y5rljCOX58LJPPXKRhGRkM7RTbDNojzGJUbe8dY_tITgrxX1pqYoTtUp294OXUJ9JVkXA/s1600/lost2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQ-h4WOlRjvUXCFONzNTR4cTliX4HcgzYo0wBJwJ0pAr4lizsZpF9-iuotSaGnl3sK3OI2d1y5rljCOX58LJPPXKRhGRkM7RTbDNojzGJUbe8dY_tITgrxX1pqYoTtUp294OXUJ9JVkXA/s1600/lost2.jpg" /></a></div>Life is a journey. Not only are your children embarking on one, but so are you. Take a look at the big picture of your life. Having your children go off to lead their own lives is just one small piece. Consider this time of your life a step forward, a step in the right direction. You now have your very own life, so go lead it! <<<br />
Kim Kirmmse Toth is a strengths based coach who works with boomers on transition. These may include re-crafting or re-careering so the work is a joy and not a dread. Go to www.redhotretirement.com and sign up for her free Top Ten Retirement Secrets!</div><br />
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by Kim Kirmmse TothIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-71456502308122867522012-07-27T09:01:00.001-07:002012-07-27T09:16:14.531-07:0011 Relationship Traps of Depression<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ax_1NS5t4FVj5LQQhaOxhSDD-6wkajPNu68Za6Nh70OsbSboaBQKL6Norq8wwpbKpm2EtjOusC6lFXxthRhl9_JKAKXTbTavoGiSDmY30jEEKZwhJjb89esOt0PIEp0jRCgEVvd-y2QG/s1600/depresi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ax_1NS5t4FVj5LQQhaOxhSDD-6wkajPNu68Za6Nh70OsbSboaBQKL6Norq8wwpbKpm2EtjOusC6lFXxthRhl9_JKAKXTbTavoGiSDmY30jEEKZwhJjb89esOt0PIEp0jRCgEVvd-y2QG/s200/depresi.jpg" width="200" /></a>Depression sets relationship traps for both partners. Everything can change quickly between two people, and it’s crucial to be able to spot these changes as soon as possible.<br />
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Here are 11 signs of the illness that seem perfectly designed to undo the bonds of closeness.<br />
Humor, talking and doing things together, sharing special moments – they’re all gone.<br />
In their place are avoidance, anger, blame and isolation.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Two Sides of Depression</span></b><br />
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Usually, we think of the passive side of the illness with its loss of vitality and despair, but there’s also an aggressive side. It flares out when depressed partners blame others for what they’re feeling. The person they’re closest to takes the brunt of their anger. The first several symptoms in this list describe these behaviors. On the passive side, the abuse is turned inward. It’s the depressed partner who’s the center of every problem. They’re self-absorbed to the point of losing the ability to relate to others in a realistic way.<br />
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Instead of denial and blaming everyone else for their pain, they focus on their own worthlessness, even to the point of thinking constantly of suicide as the only way out.<br />
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Many of these relationship traps converge and become all the more damaging through their combined impact. The specific behaviors can emerge in dozens of different ways, and here I’ve drawn partly on what I did when depressed. The experience could feel very different in your relationship.<br />
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The Relationship Traps<br />
<ol><li><span style="font-size: large;">Irritability. </span><br />
Flashes of anger come frequently. Irritability is a constant attitude, leading to criticism and annoyance at trivial things. Money’s being wasted, bills aren’t paid on time, the house is a mess – and it’s your fault. For days at a time, depression can provoke this constant barrage of criticism. Any attempt to probe what’s going on only provokes angry denial.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Control. </span><br />
When inner feelings are most confusing, depressed partners try to control home and family as closely as possible. They want everything to be predictable. Even the flow of spontaneous feeling in the family can be threatening. They can get furious at minor upsets that violate the sense of order they’re desperate to preserve. That order, however, is completely arbitrary and can vary from moment to moment, depending on their own feelings. The depressed partners are full of tension, and their behavior is torture for the rest of the family.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Blame </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S8GxyZ4JybZ8Z23kJARSNKpMJ2vZ-uspeM3MunOMgLpE5s0QKHWeBL4R7hKKfF3ocApcenejdWLdP5ulH5bWaBO66kxsYWaGnuKZf9mfOaelTy1tqMJI9OmcBHYnl-pFmg8Q2dPuY-Or/s1600/depresi2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S8GxyZ4JybZ8Z23kJARSNKpMJ2vZ-uspeM3MunOMgLpE5s0QKHWeBL4R7hKKfF3ocApcenejdWLdP5ulH5bWaBO66kxsYWaGnuKZf9mfOaelTy1tqMJI9OmcBHYnl-pFmg8Q2dPuY-Or/s1600/depresi2.jpg" /></a></div>The closer to inner collapse depressed partners feel, the more they blame others for creating their problems. They accuse their partners of ruining their lives and ignoring their needs. They keep lists of their grievances and obsess about the way they’re frustrated at every turn. Their partner is selfish and never tries to help. At work, they’re driving them crazy. Someone else is always at fault. At its worst, this need to blame can turn paranoid.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Abuse. </span><br />
Contempt and rejection become common. There is rebuke in every glance. Dismissive remarks about their partner’s appearance and attempts at conversation become the norm. With verbal attacks, they try to manipulate partners into believing they’re the ones in need of help and cause them to question their own judgment. At social gatherings, the depressed partners can make cutting remarks and ignore their partners while engaging happily with everyone else. At the worst, verbal abuse can even escalate to physical attacks.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Addiction/Escape</span> <br />
Trying to escape the pain of depression can lead to addictive behavior. Alcohol can dull all feeling. Drugs, pornography, affairs or fantasies of escaping to a new life can all provide temporary emotional highs and arousal to replace the despair or lack of deep feeling depression can cause. Real intimacy and relationship seem remote and disappear in the need to get away from the reality of the illness. The well partners can’t get through to them and can face angry denial that there’s anything wrong with them.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Emotional Withdrawal. </span><br />
Suddenly a depressed partner can feel like they’re not there. Physically, they can be present, but emotionally there are no reactions, very little response of any kind. In their own minds, they’re becoming observers rather than participants in daily life. Nothing seems to get through to them. It’s as if they’ve disappeared. A relationship becomes impossible when it’s all one way.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Obsessive Thinking. </span><br />
It’s often called ruminating, but I prefer to call it obsessive thinking. That gets at the intense anguish that’s part of a compulsive focus on every mistake they’ve ever made. In depression, they can’t stop thinking about what they did wrong today. Or if today was all right, they could summon up that embarrassing or stupid thing they did twenty years ago. Time doesn’t make any difference. The memories of failure, real or imagined, are the most highly charged for a depressed person. They’re always close to the surface and provide reminders every day of how inadequate they are. These thoughts are a constant distraction from any effort to connect with a partner. They’re lost in these memories of everything they’ve ever done wrong and can never set right.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Isolation. </span><br />
Overwhelmed, unable to face anyone, depressed partners spend a lot of time alone. They may feel a desperate need to get away from everyone. They need space and solitude to hold onto the little energy and spark they have left. Even when not so desperate, they may want to do things alone that they used to do with their partners. They may work all the time and avoid the pressure of being with people. The well partner is deserted. There’s literally no one there to try to relate to.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Indifference. </span><br />
Sometimes the sense of being overwhelmed or too despairing to face anyone is replaced by the inability to feel much of anything. The partner might say everything is fine, but there is no sense of real connection. Nothing stirs excitement. There’s no interest in sex. They may say they feel fine but have no interest in doing anything. They can be apparently quite sociable and at ease but can’t share anything deep or really make contact. Something is missing inside.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Inability to Talk. </span><br />
Depression can so deep that the desire to talk and communicate disappears. The partner might be content to sit and stare for hours. If asked what’s wrong or if they want anything, there’s little response. Or if they’re still active, they may just find it impossible to talk about the depression they’re experiencing. They may say they’re trying to spare their partners the turmoil they’re going through. Or they can feel there is something so monstrous in them that they dare not expose it to anyone close. Nothing inside can be exposed through words.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Shame and Worthlessness.</span> <br />
One of the hallmarks of depression is the overpowering sense of worthlessness. Self-esteem is replaced with self-contempt. An inner voice persuades the partner to think this way: I can’t do anything right, and I’ve never been able to. I’m just too stupid. Everyone else may think I’m fine but they just don’t know what really goes on inside me. My partner couldn’t possibly love an idiot like me. Someone else will come along, someone better, more capable, stronger than I am. It’s only a matter of time before my partner gives up on me and finds real fulfillment with someone else. Nothing will ever work out for me.</li>
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It’s hard to imagine a more complete inventory of weapons for destroying relationships. Even one or two would be like poison, but depression often brings them all together. They may not all occur within a single episode, but any of them can arrive without notice. In future posts in this series, I’ll discuss how both partners can deal with these destructive changes and try to survive depression together. How has depression affected your relationships? Have you watched a partner disappear in this illness, or have you been the depressed one imposing pain on your partner?</div><br />
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<span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="http://www.storiedmind.com/author/john-folk-williams/" rel="author">John Folk-Williams</a></span></span>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-73640309450976213862012-05-27T15:53:00.003-07:002012-08-25T21:17:49.671-07:00Biography of Muhammad Syamsi Ali, M.A.<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGoVagUJL2V5Ldp8wORqW6DN5mambULccujVq9mczsnFuNzACunn_aNQ01va-23tpWbMXmpfXQZKmdB5RYu6Q1fz4W-uP7zytexru3EHljylHSVr3Yjv_ZcgDRLsGPNJcx0zqYnKgohm4/s1600/ali-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGoVagUJL2V5Ldp8wORqW6DN5mambULccujVq9mczsnFuNzACunn_aNQ01va-23tpWbMXmpfXQZKmdB5RYu6Q1fz4W-uP7zytexru3EHljylHSVr3Yjv_ZcgDRLsGPNJcx0zqYnKgohm4/s200/ali-2.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
Imam Shamsi Ali is currently the Imam of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, which is the city’s largest mosque located in 96th street and 3rd AV Manhattan. He is Chairman of the Al-Hikmah Mosque in Astoria and the Director of Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens.<br />
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Imam Ali serves as an Advisory Board member to numerous interfaith organizations, including the Tanenbaum Center and Federation for Middle East Peace. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Asean Muslim Federation of North America. Imam Ali also is a Board member for the Partnership of Faith in NY, and co-founder of the UNCC (Universal Clergy Coalition-International). Furthermore, he is also Assistant Director and a Board member of the Muslim Foundation of America, Inc., and Chairman of the annual Muslim Day Parade in NYC. He also serves as the Vice President of the Asian-American Coalition USA (AAC-USA) and its UN Representative.<br />
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Within the Indonesian Muslim community in North America, Imam Ali is a well known figure. He serves as an Advisory Board to major national Muslim organizations such as IMSA (Indonesian Muslim Society in America) and ICMI (Indonesian Muslim Intellectual Society in America).<br />
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</tbody></table>Well known in the interfaith community, Imam Ali is a visible face of Islam. He has lectured in churches, synagogues and other institutions both nationally and worldwide. He was among a few religious leaders who had been invited to accompany the then President George W. Bush to visit Ground Zero days after September 11th, and represented his community during the Yankee Stadium Prayer for America event along side religious and government high ranking officials, including Former President Bill Clinton and then Senator Hillary Clinton.<br />
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Imam Ali had an opportunity to meet with variety of leaders, such as Former President G.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Pataki, Michel Bloomberg, as well President Bambang Yudhoyono of RI and former Presidents Prof. B.J Habibie and K.H. Abdurrahman.<br />
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Imam Ali participated in the International Conference of Imams and Rabbis for Peace in Seville Spain 2006 and the first National Summit of Imams and Rabbis of North America 2007. He represented the Muslim community at an interfaith discussion on Religions and Sustainable Development at the White House in 2007, and participated in the 2008 Transatlantic Interfaith Dialogue in Frankfurt, Germany.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKNEPS0WPFcaKBQgjmzjKTEfKVJVSwPuEnK0di14QCfOTmgKppaqZXA-2vxfuFL_8G8n1-8xNihNFuBF10iMF-BfZQp9wSljamT0zKlrJWaBARiqgnGE9HAV5OQYFVT3uBDXF7KzAPkWi/s1600/ali-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKNEPS0WPFcaKBQgjmzjKTEfKVJVSwPuEnK0di14QCfOTmgKppaqZXA-2vxfuFL_8G8n1-8xNihNFuBF10iMF-BfZQp9wSljamT0zKlrJWaBARiqgnGE9HAV5OQYFVT3uBDXF7KzAPkWi/s1600/ali-1.JPG" /></a>Imam Ali was appointed "Ambassador for Peace" by the International Religious Federation in 2002, and a recipient of the 2008 ICLI Interfaith Award. In 2006, he was named one of seven most influential religious leaders in New York City by New York Magazine.<br />
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Last year, Imam Ali was awarded one of 100 recipients of the 2009 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award. This prestigious non military gold medal is the highest recognition given to immigrants with tremendous contributions to the American society and the world and for him, it was due to his endless dedication in building bridges between religious communities. Furthermore, in 2009, Imam Ali was chosen as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Jordan and Georgetown University.<br />
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A revered Qur'an scholar, who speaks fluent, beside his native Indonesian language, English Arabic and Urdu, Imam Ali obtained his BA in tafseer from the International Islamic University Islamabad-Pakistan in 1991; an MA in comparative Studies of Religions from the same university in 1994. He is a frequent speaker at the United Nations forums and a media guest contributor for ABC, PBS, BBC World, CNN, Fox News, National Geographic, al-Jazeera, the Hallmark Channel.<br />
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Imam Shamsi Ali is a native Indonesian, born and raised in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, an area well known for its traditional wooden schooner called pinisi. He is 43 years old and currently resides in Jamaica, Queens, with wife Mutiah and five children.</div><br />
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Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-17480578338717980832012-05-18T14:58:00.002-07:002012-08-25T21:45:37.977-07:00Adam Weishaupt - Founder of the Order of the Illuminati<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphentmmwGVGmvh8obp58so4ReK2JTKi_kDYoKH7FCxwnvWfzdANhyphenhyphenVkCuHNk_GTe2iGyAwDFJNmZt48BE2RrV1YwMdtZkn0CzsnllbFvg_aUh4Ij_yrzscr-8z8VIgXWvtTpGiWwvTth-ja/s1600/Adam_Weishaupt02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphentmmwGVGmvh8obp58so4ReK2JTKi_kDYoKH7FCxwnvWfzdANhyphenhyphenVkCuHNk_GTe2iGyAwDFJNmZt48BE2RrV1YwMdtZkn0CzsnllbFvg_aUh4Ij_yrzscr-8z8VIgXWvtTpGiWwvTth-ja/s320/Adam_Weishaupt02.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Who is Adam Weishaupt </span></b><br />
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He was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt in the Electorate of Bavaria. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died when Adam was five years old. After his father's death he came under the tutelage of his godfather Johann Adam Freiherr von Ickstatt who, like his father, was a professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt. Ickstatt was a proponent of the philosophy of Christian Wolff and of the Enlightenment, and he influenced the young Weishaupt with his rationalism. Weishaupt began his formal education at age seven at a Jesuit school. He later enrolled at the University of Ingolstadt and graduated in 1768 at age 20 with a doctorate of law. In 1772 he became a professor of law. The following year he married Afra Sausenhofer of Eichstätt.<br />
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After Pope Clement XIV’s suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773, Weishaupt became a professor of canon law, a position that was held exclusively by the Jesuits until that time. In 1775 Weishaupt was introduced to the empirical philosophy of Johann Georg Heinrich Feder of the University of Göttingen. Both Feder and Weishaupt would later become opponents of Kantian idealism.<br />
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Adam Weishaupt is a philosopher and founder of the Order of Illuminati, a secret society with origins in Bavaria. Although raised in a Jesuit, in the end he deviated from the teachings of the order and on May 1, 1776, Adolph Freiherr Knigge with help, he founded a new order "Order of Perfectibilists" hereinafter known as the Illuminati. The Order has a mission to eliminate all the reigning monarch and religion. Adam Weishaupt is the most recognizable human figures among the Zionists and the Freemasons. There are not any revolution in this century unless associated with a name and his ideals. French Revolution, the Russian Bolshevik Revolution; always end up in the chain of thought and brilliant strategy of thinking.<br />
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"give me control over a nations economic, and I do not care WHO writes its laws."<br />
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Rothchild's motto is to give strength and encouragement to all members of the Illuminati do not miss any aspect of ushered them to the economic dictator is able to master and control the government in the corners of the world. In fact, <b>James Abram Garfield</b> is one of America's 20th president, who are also members of the Illuminati said:<br />
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"That whomever controls the money or economies of nation, They would control the nation too."<br />
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Adam Weishaupt was also a Jesuit, professor of law and taught at the University Ingoldstadt, Bavaria, Germany, until 1770. Disappointment himself against the dogmas of Catholicism led him out of his position as pastor and began to devote himself to the Zionist movement to establish a one world government which is believed to uphold human dignity by abolition of all religion, except Satanism.<br />
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Jesuit priest and his position as abandoned because it was contrary to the thinking that is cosmopolitan and universality. This is the beginning of the formation order of Illumination.<br />
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"Weishaupt Whose views were cosmopolitan and Condemned the new WHO bigotry and supertision of the priest, established Opposing party in the university. This is the beginning of the order of the Illuminati or the enlightened." Said by Albert G. Mackey:<br />
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Once out of the Catholic church, the church claimed he set up a new conspiracy network called Luciferian Conspiracy and The Synagogue of Satan. Added he, Satan is not a contemptible creature, but a force that symbolizes honesty, courage, and freedom. Satan as a creature has received God's forgiveness and redemption as evidence of evil to save mankind. These teachings were implanted to members of Illumination that Satanism is about the evolution of humanity and the promotion of freedom on individual and global scales. Many consider this is just propaganda to the illumination of the church<br />
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<ol><li> Monetary and sex bribery was to used to Obtain the control of men already in high places in the Various Levels of all Governments and other fields of Endeavor.<br />
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<li>The Illuminati WHO were on the faculty of colleges and universities were to cultivate students processing exceptional mental ability and WHO Well-Bred belong to families with international leanings and recommend them for special training in Internationalism.<br />
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<li> They were to Obtain absolute control of the press so That all news and information Could be slanted to convince the Masses That a one word government is the only solution to our many and varied problems. They were also to own and control all the national radio and TV channels.</li>
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wikipediaIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-19201637560025221992012-05-01T12:53:00.001-07:002012-08-25T21:17:12.457-07:00Biography and Career of The Superstar Agnes Monica<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Background information</span></b><br />
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Birth name: <i>Agnes Monica Muljoto</i><br />
Born: <i>1 July 1986 </i><br />
Origin: <i>Jakarta, Indonesia</i><br />
Genres: <i>Pop, R&B</i><br />
Occupations: <i>Singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, </i><br />
<i>record producer, presenter, fashion designer</i><br />
<i>Instruments Vocals, piano</i><br />
Years active: <i>1992–present</i><br />
Labels: <i>Aquarius Musikindo</i><br />
Website: <a href="http://www.agnesmonicaofficial.com/"> <i>http://www.agnesmonicaofficial.com </i></a> <br />
for fans: <i><a href="http://fansagnesmonica.blogspot.com/">http://fansagnesmonica.blogspot.com </a></i><br />
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Agnes Monica (born Agnes Monica Muljoto; 1 July 1986) is an Indonesian recording artist and actress. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, she started her career in the entertainment industry at the age of six as a child singer. She has recorded three children's albums which established her as one of Indonesia's most popular child singers in the 1990s. She also became a presenter of several children's television programs. As a teenager, Agnes expanded her career to include acting. Her role in the soap opera Pernikahan Dini rocketed her name into the industry. Following her rising popularity after starring in few series of soap operas, she became the highest-paid teenage artist in Indonesia.<br />
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In 2003, she released her fourth studio album And the Story Goes, which marked her transition from a child singer to a female artist. On her fifth studio album, Whaddup A.. '?! (2005), she collaborated with American R&B singer Keith Martin. She also appeared in two Taiwanese drama series, The Hospital and Romance In the White House. She participated in the 2008 and 2009 Asia Song Festival in Seoul, South Korea, and received "Best Asian Artist Award" at each event. Agnes took creative control of her sixth studio album, Sacredly Agnezious (2009), for which she served as the producer and songwriter. In 2010, she was appointed as one of the judges on the talent show Indonesian Idol and was also one of the international hosts of the red carpet at the American Music Awards of 2010 in Los Angeles.<br />
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In addition to her commercial success, Agnes is the most-awarded Indonesian singer. She has received numerous awards, including ten Anugerah Musik Indonesia awards, seven Panasonic Awards, and four MTV Indonesia Awards. She was also honored with a Nugraha Bhakti Musik Indonesia (NBMI) from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Singers, Songwriters, and Music Record Producers Association of Indonesia (PAPPRI) for her contribution and support for the Indonesian music industry. She was also appointed as an anti-drug ambassador of Asia, and as the ambassador of MTV EXIT to combat human trafficking.<br />
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Throughout her career, she has often been controversial in Indonesia. When she was a teenager, her frequent comments about her goal to break into the international market was viewed by some as a pompous proclamation. In 2010, however, she signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and began work on a debut English studio album. Consequently, her slogan "Dream, Believe, and Make it Happen" was used in a 2011 cultural conference to inspire young people organized by the US Embassy in Jakarta.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Life and career</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1986 - 2002: Childhood and early career</span><br />
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Agnes Monica was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 1 July 1986 to a family of Chinese ancestry.She is the youngest child of Jenny Siswono, a former table tennis player, and Ricky Muljoto, a former badminton player. Her older brother, Steve Muljoto, is her managerShe attended Tarakanita elementary school and Pelita Harapan junior high school. Her talent for the performing arts was evident in her childhood, especially in singing; she sang in church and attended vocal courses.<br />
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Agnes entered the entertainment industry in 1992, when she was six years old, and released her first children's album, Si Meong. In 1995, she released her second children's album, Yess!, which includes a duet with fellow Indonesian child singer Eza Yayang The album significantly boosted her popularity and was named "Best Children's Album" in 1999. Her last children's album, Bala-Bala, was released the following year.Agnes also became the host for several children's programs, including Video Anak Anteve (VAN) on Anteve, Tralala-Trilili on RCTI, and Diva Romeo on Trans TV. She was awarded "Most Favorite Presenter of Children's Program" at the Panasonic Awards in 1999 and 2000 for Tralala-Trilili.<br />
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Agnes began acting as a teenager. Her first two roles were on the soap operas Lupus Millennia and Mr Hologram in 1999.The next year, she starred in the TV series Pernikahan Dini, which served as a turning point in her career by transforming her image from that of a child artist to one of a teenage artist. The production was well received by audiences, and she received the "Favorite Actress" award at the 2001 and 2002 Panasonic Awards, as well as the "Popular Actress" award at the 2002 SCTV Awards. In 2002, Agnes starred in three soap operas, Ciuman Pertama, Kejar Daku Kau Ku Tangkap, and Amanda. Due to her popularity, she became the highest-paid teenage artist in Indonesia.<br />
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Agnes also recorded songs in her early teens, including "Pernikahan Dini" and "Seputih Hati" for the soundtrack of Pernikahan Dini, both of which are featured on the 2001 compilation album Love Theme.The following year, she collaborated with the Indonesian senior singer Yana Julio in the song "Awan dan Ombak" for his studio album Jumpa Lagi.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2003 - 2004: And The Story Goes</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5z6q-6HAezg8aaDiJbUxSxMNPo5g5gAhQqfg4Z2l6DIr4jpIvzjpJ6QjWdOXtjIQoQXMP1DPfQ88cdHGlLDVcnHEMqCLseBrISmNn_m694rHoy7qUG1xdeDa7LyeREahSso6yayC3GzVt/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5z6q-6HAezg8aaDiJbUxSxMNPo5g5gAhQqfg4Z2l6DIr4jpIvzjpJ6QjWdOXtjIQoQXMP1DPfQ88cdHGlLDVcnHEMqCLseBrISmNn_m694rHoy7qUG1xdeDa7LyeREahSso6yayC3GzVt/s1600/11.jpg" /></a>On 8 October 2003, Agnes released her first adult album, And the Story Goes. In this album, she worked with several famed Indonesian producers and songwriters, including Ahmad Dhani, Melly Goeslaw, and Titi DJ. The album production took a year and a half, including the audition process for the dancers.According to her record label, Aquarius Musikindo, the album sold 35,000 copies before its official release. It was later certified double platinum after selling more than 300,000 copies.The album won three awards after receiving ten nominations at the 2004 Anugerah Musik Indonesia Awards—the highest music awards in Indonesia. They were "Best Female Solo Pop Artist" for the song "Jera", "Best Dance/Techno Production" for the song "Bilang Saja", and "Best Duo/Group" for her duet with Ahmad Dhani in "Cinta Mati". She also won "Best Female Newcomer" at the 2004 Anugerah Planet Muzik awards in Singapore. Because of her success at a young age, she was dubbed a "Young Diva" by members of the media.At this point, she started broaching the idea of an international career.<br />
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In addition to promoting her debut album, Agnes also starred in several TV series during this time, playing the lead role in three: Cewekku Jutek, Bunga Perawan, and Cantik. She won "Favorite Actress" at the 2003 Panasonic Awards and "Famous Actress" at 2004 SCTV Awards<br />
In 2004, after graduating from Pelita Harapan senior high school, Agnes enrolled at Pelita Harapan University, where she majored in Business Law. <br />
2005 - 2007: Whaddup A.. '?!<br />
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Agnes launched her second studio album, Whaddup A.. '?!, on 10 December 2005. It featured five singles: "Bukan Milikmu Lagi", "Tanpa Kekasihku", "Tak Ada Logika", "Cinta Di Ujung Jalan", and "Tak Mungkin". In addition to working with Indonesian musicians such as Melly Goeslaw, Andi Rianto, and Erwin Gutawa, she also collaborated with American singer-songwriter Keith Martin. Martin wrote two English songs for the album, including the duet "I'll Light a Candle".To promote the album, Agnes held a concert tour known as Clasnezenzation in four Indonesian cities: Bandar Lampung, Surabaya, Bandung, and Makassar. The album was commercially successful and she won two 2006 Anugerah Musik Indonesia awards for "Best Female Pop Artist" and "Best R&B Production". She also won the "Most Favorite Female" award at the 2006 MTV Indonesia Awards.She was nominated for "Favorite Indonesian Artist" award at the MTV Asia Awards 2005 (beaten by Peterpan) but, she grabs the youngest artist of all nominees in Asian category. Selling more than 450,000 copies, the album was one of the top-selling albums of 2006 and was certified triple platinum.<br />
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In 2005, Agnes appeared in the Taiwanese drama The Hospital, co-starring with Jerry Yan, a member of the Taiwanese boyband F4. She also appeared with Peter Ho in several episodes of the Taiwanese drama Romance in the White House, and starred in two Indonesian soap operas, Ku Tlah Jatuh Cinta and Pink, both televised on Indosiar. In 2006, she starred in the RCTI soap opera Kawin Muda. She also decided to take a break from her education that year to focus on her entertainment career.<br />
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In early 2007, Agnes was appointed by the United States of America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) Far East Region as an Asian anti-drug ambassador. On 15 May 2007, she was an opening act for American R&B group Boyz II Men at a concert in Istora Senayan, Jakarta, and on 23 June of that year, she held her first concert at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She also guest starred in the finale of Asian Idol on 16 December 2007, and performed the song "Get Up".2008 - 2009: Sacredly Agnezious<br />
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In 2008, Agnes began working on her third studio album. She released the first single, "Matahariku", earlier than she had planned. It became her best-selling single, with sales of three million ringback tone downloads within nine months.The song received the "Most Favorite Female" award at the 2008 MTV Indonesia Awards and the "Best Female Solo Pop Artist" award at the 2009 Anugerah Musik Indonesia awards. In September 2008, she released the second single, "Godai Aku Lagi", which she wrote herself. She also released a mini album containing the two singles. That same year she starred in the RCTI soap opera Jelita.<br />
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On 4 October 2008, Agnes was invited as the Indonesian representative at the Asia Song Festival. The event was organized by the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange in Seoul, South Korea. She performed with 24 artists from 12 Asian countries. The event was viewed by an audience of 35,000 at the Seoul World Cup Stadium and was broadcast in 30 countries. She performed two of her songs, "Godai Aku Lagi" and "Shake It Off". During the performance, she incorporated elements of Indonesian traditional dance from Bali. Her performance received positive responses from the Korean media and won the committee's "Best Asian Artist Award". The following year, she was invited again and performed three songs: "Shake It Off", "Temperature", and Michael Jackson's "Heal the World". This time, 14 artists from across Asia participated and it was viewed by an audience of 40,000. As was the case with her previous performance, Agnes received good reviews and earned the "Best Asian Artist Award".<br />
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Agnes launched her third studio album on 1 April 2009, Sacredly Agnezious. This time, she was involved more in the album production. She worked with the renowned musicians Erwin Gutawa, Dewiq, Pay, and DJ Sumantri. She also acted as producer and songwriter. In addition to the two previous singles, "Matahariku" and "Godai Aku Lagi", she produced two more singles: "Teruskanlah" and "Janji–Janji". At the 2010 Anugerah Musik Indonesia awards, she won three awards: "Best Pop Album", "Best Female Pop Solo Artist", and "Best of the Best Album". On 23 May 2009, she appeared as a guest star at the "Festival of Life" in Bali. The celebration commemorated the 50-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan.<br />
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Having already taken an extended break from the Pelita Harapan University, Agnes withdrew from the school. She then began taking distance education classes as a Political Science major at Oregon State University.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2010 - present: Upcoming international project</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKVQzkdqswISb2UMkuRKmHp9q5wssQHAZfM_qtCq2yGRogw7j2FQFFgmjAoK9_rx9MTDkJKUOipIztBxqdKlg6PSVHJ2VCPQSPZO_HaiSS81HdQVmc1v2aqa4Kkaddi5VbRNPma-lhgWv/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKVQzkdqswISb2UMkuRKmHp9q5wssQHAZfM_qtCq2yGRogw7j2FQFFgmjAoK9_rx9MTDkJKUOipIztBxqdKlg6PSVHJ2VCPQSPZO_HaiSS81HdQVmc1v2aqa4Kkaddi5VbRNPma-lhgWv/s1600/8.jpg" /></a>In 2010, Agnes served as a judge on Indonesian Idol season 6. Her selection for the panel caused controversy because of her age. That year, she was also appointed as an ambassador of the MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) organization, which combats human trafficking, for which she performed at benefit concerts in Surabaya and Jakarta.<br />
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In late 2010, Agnes experienced a breakthrough into the international market when she was chosen as an international red carpet host for the annual American Music Awards on 21 November 2010 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Several months later, she announced that she had signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing and was working on her debut English studio album in London and Los Angeles.In early 2011, she also recorded a duet version of "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" with the American singer Michael Bolton for his compilation album, Gems: The Duets Album. The duet was released in the album's international version in Asia.The next year, she was nominated in the Worldwide Acts Asia Pacific Nominees category for the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards.Consequently, her slogan "Dream, Believe, and Make it Happen" was used in a 2011 cultural conference to inspire young people organized by the US Embassy in Jakarta.<br />
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Agnes released a greatest hits album Agnes Is My Name on 2 February 2011. The album compiled her top hit singles and two new songs, "Karena Ku Sanggup" and "Paralyzed". The album sold one million copies in three months, earning her the "Million Awards" award from Indonesian KFC, which had helped market the album. "Karena Ku Sanggup" won her the "Best Pop Female Singer" award at the 2011 AMI Awards.She also won the "Most Inbox Video Clip" award at the 2011 Inbox Awards. The award, presented by SCTV, was given for the song "Paralyzed", which was made in Indonesia and the United States.<br />
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Agnes was selected as a performer for the 26th SEA Games 2011 Opening Ceremony, with KC Concepcion from the Philippines and the Malaysian singer Jaclyn Victor. Their performance of "Together We Will Shine" was the highlight of the event.<br />
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In early 2012, Agnes returned as judge for Indonesian Idol season 7. She's pending her international album for the Idol deal.<br />
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In March 2012, she was nominated for the American Nickleodeon Kids Choice Awards 2012 of new category Favorite Asian Act.Artistry<br />
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Agnes has been noted as a powerful soprano with a range of four octaves. Her use of whistle register in her songs "Karena Ku Sanggup" and "Rindu" has also garnered attention.Her songs can be classified as pop, R&B, or hip-hop, and she has named Aretha Franklin, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Fantasia, and Beyoncé as her musical influences, though she is often compared to American singers such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. In addition to her singing talent, she is also known as a strong dancer and actress. She is the only Indonesian soloist with a personal dance group, known as Nezindahood. They auditioned during the development of her first album in 2003. She has also written some of her songs and produced her own music videos. She has been described as a perfectionist with a variety of talents by Indonesian commentators. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Honors and Awards</span></b><br />
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Agnes has become the most-awarded Indonesia singer. Notable awards she has won include ten Anugerah Musik Indonesia, seven Panasonic Awards, and four MTV Indonesia Awards. She has also received many international awards, including an Anugerah Planet Muzik award and two Best Asian Artist Awards. For her contribution and support to Indonesian music, she was given the 2011 Nugraha Bhakti Musik Indonesia (NBMI) award from The Minister of Culture and Tourism and Association of Indonesian Singers, Songwriters and Music Record Producers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Relationships and personal life</span></b><br />
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Agnes is close about her personal relationships and she often said that having a boyfriend is not her priority in life. She also stated that personal relationships should remain private. However, in November 2007 it was revealed that she was involved in a relationship with Dirly, the runner-up of Indonesian Idol season 3, although the relationship didn't last long.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fundraising</span></b><br />
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Agnes has conducted fundraising activities for victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh and the 2006 earthquake in Java. In 2009, Agnes visited Situ Gintung, where a dam failure had caused flooding. She also donated a sum of money to relief efforts and performed several of her songs for the victims. Agnes also helped raise over Rp 400 million (approx. US$44,000 as of December 2011) for Persis, an association football team based in Surakarta, through a benefit concert held at the Diamond Convention Center in Surakarta. In 2011, she participated at The Save Teen Charity Concert in Jakarta, a benefit concert to raise money to help teenagers who have dropped out of school.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Discography</span></b><br />
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Throughout her career, Agnes has released 6 studio albums (the first three are children's albums), 1 mini album, and 1 greatest hits album.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Studio albums</span></b><br />
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* Si Meong (1992)<br />
* Yess! (1995)<br />
* Bala-Bala (1996)<br />
* And the Story Goes (2003)<br />
* Whaddup A.. '?! (2005)<br />
* Sacredly Agnezious (2009)<br />
* Nez (2008)<br />
* Agnes Is My Name (2011)<br />
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* Lupus Milenia (1999)<br />
* Mr Hologram (1999)<br />
* Pernikahan Dini (2001)<br />
* Amanda (2002)<br />
* Ciuman Pertama (2002)<br />
* Cinta Selembut Awan (2002)<br />
* Cewekku Jutek (2003)<br />
* Cantik (2004)<br />
* Bunga Perawan (2004)<br />
* Ku 'Tlah Jatuh Cinta (2005)<br />
* Pink (2006)<br />
* Romance In The White House (2006)<br />
* The Hospital (2006)<br />
* Kawin Muda (2006)<br />
* Jelita (2008)<br />
* Kawin Masal (2008)<br />
* Pejantan Cantik (2010)<br />
* Mimo Ketemu Poscha (2012)<br />
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* VAN (Video Anak Anteve) – Anteve<br />
* Tralala-Trilili – RCTI<br />
* Diva Romeo – Trans TV<br />
* MTV Ampuh Indonesia (guest host in 2005) - Global TV<br />
* American Music Awards of 2010 – ABC Channel<br />
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</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-27534285413436331102012-05-01T11:16:00.001-07:002012-08-25T21:17:58.628-07:00Christina Aguilera<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL8nHmKADrMdM-JnTJIh7YKC_1vEVJ3M2pcoe66ca1y_zu-UndWkT-xNcNjP7lFhdhkkcgkFrHmOV1At7zl1Ir956X1SzgmQPYajS-lJxaSt3uNH57gBUUlNx06BtuHzct9pb_WmYZDfq/s1600/christina2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL8nHmKADrMdM-JnTJIh7YKC_1vEVJ3M2pcoe66ca1y_zu-UndWkT-xNcNjP7lFhdhkkcgkFrHmOV1At7zl1Ir956X1SzgmQPYajS-lJxaSt3uNH57gBUUlNx06BtuHzct9pb_WmYZDfq/s1600/christina2.jpg" /></a><b>Biography</b><br />
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A leader in the parade of Mickey Mouse Club veterans who stormed pop at the turn of the millennium, Christina Aguilera was the sexy, brassy diva of the bunch -- The Rolling Stones to Britney Spears’ The Beatles, as it were. Initially, it was difficult to see Christina outside of the prism of Britney Spears, whose 1999 success launched the new millennium's teen pop boom, but Christina’s big hits of 1999 -- “Genie in a Bottle,” “What a Girl Wants,” “Come on Over” -- more than held their own with “Baby One More Time,” while revealing a vocalist with considerably more power and range than her erstwhile rival.<br />
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Soon, Christina Aguilera distanced herself from the rest of the teen pop pack beginning with her carnal sophomore set, Stripped, a heavy R&B album from 2002 that found its greatest success with the ballad “Beautiful.” Christina may have overemphasized her sexual side with singles like “Dirrtty,” but by the time of 2006’s Back To Basics, it was clear that Christina Aguilera was the most musically ambitious, and reliable, pop diva of the boom.<br />
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Born on Staten Island on December 18, 1980, Christina Aguilera spent her early childhood in Pittsburgh, PA. By age six, she began performing regularly in local talent shows, working her way to an appearance on the nationally televised competition Star Search. This was the true beginning of Christina Aguilera’s professional career, leading her to joining Disney Channel’s reboot of The Mickey Mouse Club in 1992. Christina joined a cast that also featured future stars Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, and Keri Russell. The New Mickey Mouse Club lasted for two years and after its cancellation, Christina Aguilera began working behind the scenes of the pop machine, cutting a duet with Japanese pop singer Keizo Nakanishi called “All I Wanna Do,” then representing the U.S. three years later in the Golden Stag International Festival.<br />
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Her first big break arrived in 1998, when she recorded “Reflection” for the soundtrack of Disney’s Mulan, a performance that lead to a contract with RCA Records.<br />
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RCA released Stripped late in the summer of 1999, several months after Britney Spears’s “Baby One More Time” began the teen pop boom. Christina’s debut reached the top of the U.S. charts on the momentum of the number one single “Genie in a Bottle,” which was followed in short order by another chart-topper in “What a Girl Wants,” which happened to be the first number one of 2000.<br />
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Christina Aguilera racked up recognition in a number of ways, playing the Superbowl halftime show and winning the Grammy for Best New Artist, as “Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)” gave her a third number one single. Christina Aguilera kept new product flowing, too, releasing the Spanish-language Mi Reflejo -- she didn’t speak the language, so she learned lyrics phonetically -- and My Kind Of Christmas by the end of the year, while other labels attempted to cash in on her success via an unauthorized collection of old demos called Just Be Free. Stripped drifted down the charts in 2001 but she stayed in the spotlight via her participation of a remake of Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade” for the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge.<br />
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When Christina Aguilera resurfaced with new material in 2002, she began using the appellation Christina Aguilera, which was not the only “X” on her sophomore effort, Stripped. A carnal collection of risqué R&B largely produced by Scott Storch, Stripped was a defiant break from her teenybopper past, and Christina Aguilera promoted it by flashing lots of skin on the covers of her album, Rolling Stone, and Maxim. Such striking sexuality earned mixed reviews and the lead single “Dirrty” failed to replicate her early success, but she straightened the ship with “Beautiful,” a ballad that turned into an anthem of sorts and peaked at number two on the Top 100.<br />
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Christina Aguilera took another left turn for her next album, 2006’s Back To Basics. The title suggested something simple but the album was anything but, spilling out over two discs and running the gamut from brassy swing to modern dance. Its lead single, “Ain’t No Other Man,” was another blockbuster and Grammy winner for Christina, and the tour was her most ambitious to date. In 2008, Christina Aguilera released her first hits collection, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits, which was available exclusively via Target in the U.S. After a four-year break, Christina Aguilera returned with her fourth album, Bionic, in the spring of 2010. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi.<br />
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<b>One of Christina Aguilera Albums is Blessed - 1999</b><br />
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<b>Songs List:</b><br />
<ol><li>Blessed <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/a6e6b47b3b7f/Blessed.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/5c2531bbc4f2/Come_On_Over__All_I_Want_Is_You_.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Genie In Bottle <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/963bf9178c4f/Genie_In_A_Bottle.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>I Turn To You <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/c501cf2bf879/I_Turn_To_You.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Love For All Seasons <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/5af4066ab8cd/Love_For_All_Seasons.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Love Will Find A Way <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/9fec34839fa1/Love_Will_Find_A_Way.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Obvious <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/a6d0291f4d90/Obvious.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Reflection <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/7571d84aae4c/Reflection.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>So Emotional <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/aebc742b9b8b/So_Emotional.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>Somebody's Somebody <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/6e5a3a35b68a/Somebody_s_Somebody.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li>What A Girl Wants <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/9d3b2f7de0f3/What_A_Girl_Wants.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
<li> When You Put Your Hand On Me <a href="http://kewlshare.com/dl/5a2d6d76bec2/When_You_Put_Your_Hands_On_Me.MP3.html" target="blank=">Download</a></li>
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Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-30092343722171429992012-02-29T16:22:00.002-08:002012-08-25T21:18:04.902-07:00Female Soldiers From Various Countries<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Briptu Eka Frestya</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The female soldier is still as controversial as ever. Women are meant to stay at home, look after the kids and provide a warm home for when their men return from the frontline. Not that this conservative notion is stopping these female soldiers from picking up arms and fighting for their country and beliefs. And a bullet fired by a female soldier will kill you just as quickly as one fired by a male soldier.<br />
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Well, from my point of view if these girls participate in any beauty contest obviously these can easily win any beauty contest but on the other hand these military girls seem absolutely ready to protect their respective countries. Just take a look at all pictures and discuss! which country’s military has most beautiful and brave girls? Feel free to share your views in comments!<br />
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Israeli Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Israeli-female-soldiers.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZCBHj2OdNaqjJLxG9Du3UlRGabALBWyTfLnLTKnfSyfDfsaGlICC5jm9lBiJwRwvGNK9tkr5czWAWJvPrgTAALnrUgFdNdLBbkav8ocUnXdcTdr5jh800ijFLjFVSj3U3oceMIWkNRM/s400/31-i-female-soldiers-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
South Korean Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/South-Korea.jpg"><img height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXAKhnWBcHIY0F62RmpCEHBleG3Ebm0lOIEF9o-h_N5Ukb-y9xjnBojo3JSwl7ofVm_A3I8bIZeAgtz9giq4XxQaY1vKIyG2fHE2tBV4nMTjv5NfPrGR-wuCNAHqPRqH9YJ_7n6MzjS8/s400/48-Korea-600x598.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Italian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Italian.jpg"><img height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1GbGOOTLLKHyInRj2MUPCXf5RL8JsuEi9rA992B4UsPC7OnwVHw6x2pZBzsE8Y1t-7StDp-rLaQGmln96nUwme9ZehMaBCUhW9k7TlVyd8YEe-v84XPj3CSnsGZp2TIBa7a80RvpLaA/s400/32-n-600x824.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Russian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Russia.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2oUMwrbhuxlt_PCzjNxmL2ZgATIgyF1nrDpKhnGUelZEbmtpsQh-xeXuS1PnIXhq7dnNc65w37EwDh2Bcs9_fapYlrubJqRipXe8Xi7kF1T1yB4gUGIxKJuzHAVlZnn9D5zcg8McHes/s400/46-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Poland Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Poland.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFox7g7DANh0ipWA67OTNqFV2uDzSpGoUhW-PV98vbAV1NiDI1XNmEHKm6ajvciI7TiSz64XOfvtR7AJkGHD4IZ-Iuh3c3oO8JYZRCpOXlxgfh3gFDk9nwvC4iOa6V7RNpMBirutIr9g/s400/42--600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Czesh Republic Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CZECH-Republic-2.jpg"><img height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSVgiQteXNOr_G8SN8HhhkZXLkFAEwv0CNu2aYUL8EQtMeaTO34b0sXnx624UBC4UAAofbtC9KEVPaulbE2cKU73XoXvaLMDjsaIhzx_-ODu0uTFEXvTPO8KFa-jaN-8XQvrO0AauUNI/s400/21-Republic-2-600x398.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Austrian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Austria.jpg"><img height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtyuGHN3VARWraGeD91SOedRlX_CzqN9Bg9azCdZbQrW6k9D3Eeq1KIFK2hEeox-LHlF4x8QJKAVsM1VH8rXHXaOk1NziQAOVLR_aTb-aesGEtM-Bg8k96IfwYxtmHed6zbrhR_6YDvM/s400/13-a-600x400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Indonesian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/INDONESIA.jpg"><img height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z1BM9CbN9d9sw0mlEYzBxbWP4I7sgfCsWXDs0TIAF6mHaGedOBUex7yARx4GhCFbHT1A4L1bwYCstM8GEfvk3Ufy-tz36mU2wz94CYFNQb7kXHkdsLSlpIkh7AFkGmosgXTMtDISJHk/s400/29-SIA-600x555.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Chinese Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/China.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTKWZu1J0rsNVwV_GX-0HLUWjsv4zI3ybJ4B-yi2W6_uvjt_79aRwmJtvUb2YC2hWfylSRoailzokWDGyeD5E5Pbz4s-uK4dIAWvHLH0Zmkmz9Uk7z8jliyeJsfz3m50M-SF4DrpjWm4/s400/19-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
UK Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/UK.jpg"><img height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06-9f-8nfFYuK0A94O1UkX8Zw4UZ81EP8Y9N3GCEZJPKWqYjO7pxOJWxh1BXrXjXXUufYLzuSYgM5Kee41YWoiIBVC424rU-6RteFPHQN-3SXaHx04BqgPgCaJ3JkqoiXSwmCq9PQJzA/s400/54-x458.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Canadian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/canada.jpg"><img height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4NfIH3PnKiEKDxGE6tA8oEiIrTZ5sH3s2TW_RyCpdYv7a8DM6UcFVCbJVF00q6mpRqnCiI92zb6Pc-iv4qV9kx9qQPNkEWVOb6QmFtwJPHa1WA3NBE2mrYFYSweynprX2yn9mG1a69c/s400/17--600x498.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Taiwan Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Taiwan-Female-Soldier.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4o7dylPQdevVBuJck27TB0GlcTGcBTxWooRMJLOMNHjW_uQtk8EBwIGiRiGyDUj-3QWpud-RpkZJtBAq-_JRgx-KIJqbPJp8M3ra796Tse7TJQeWeTEseE4ZphxIQcwF_GxkWtrnEBg/s400/52--Female-Soldier.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Norway Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Norway.jpg"><img height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEWB-yqc3uQOqF9NY2K1Fs8Bv1YS3CjLDkK6elZCwyLMO1sm42a36LKyD_cMqVlFYnvTYIEKKpEkbLzEdZtb7fOca2DwErl6xboLYWk7n-7eduDXYHtX8GNg85dtsAHnNndSHMyMLf4k/s400/40--600x400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Estonian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ESTONIAN-2.jpg"><img height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPPjSWG9GxWP-tksZvBdmuiw9Kgx-ePWFza21qr8OoMj2WJ9bvOp2bxIwLTVC6erf0OXagoYLYcRwkmNYrJTZsVNIHpbtQ87HFX-_dqewemc139N7CMZfCg26FDTW1aEAvxinfVkyziE/s400/22-AN-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Portuguese Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PORTUGUESE.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCwlkrbV7-D0FhEAOwKrZfdtNpiwlP2YotLMeN35-YDgb6AfcMXUsBKx3ZetCFJovHalh0YSiNneszVAwfPJyF8t4ZwWZjW6vhFF1V8nNuhH7pzY-iU-t0OOjyO8gDLZDt4y4Y2u7OeI/s400/44-UESE-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
US Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/US-3.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo42bmQekoL8eCyGMB3M3D8C8lgWe0S3JRPkOEjO6YlKxu_E5hWS5x-Qks1j-vtcWYY7VRCQL2AWYQQ7JXCgCxO6CEUGbGWEnYkb_2Ut5ch0spixnszhps3lCCEQpIOmn2V5fOtbMBIs/s400/56-00x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Peruvian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PERUVIAN-SOLDIER.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_r_N9gMcIIou_r3SddsTcCYbXEcLRfhlL3VRpTgQ9oVJ-eS86O37lfqthXm88SGKTZb-a8wkzxub7lLwqtUy7rJO_Bgiw9tJO5T_fhVxKk40diPi_Pg3aPpEUO2Bp7BAfv5pjuGFtvrc/s400/41-AN-SOLDIER-600x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Netherlands (Holland) Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Holland1.jpg"><img height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvDvuvfjrRvDN1UzP6PeBkK_wp6wlPqTAm1yuSeQMwUG5ErPX12kZ_IkLuQX1LwwyGdzYEmInPUqbOjbs-rCfmcb8cfduRRvD43yjgBIt-wxI3SMirY-MvlKlvreppoAOBsbpo7jWsTk/s400/27-d1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Serbian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SERBIAN.jpg"><img height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAppNVZwCVuJWJE6fXKECZOs0X2-BTlX_LV0eDqNHmc-z6fedxunkK1XzwVZiIJ2wLlfHNw67NBlAeU12Ff31VbYjdZ1MJiQOmefd0w_tEbqGidyix9RXVbURncEQ_Hnx5n_KsxfrxC0/s400/47-N.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Algerian Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ALGERIA.jpg"><img height="268" src="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ALGERIA.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Greece Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Greece.jpg"><img height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiO3DYiWB1VTIwp8qymCPCy9ufZPOfsWqbvtOYNCJmp-4V2-7ZVVvgLlkNNGm6sV9MvRuIAF7H98A8JcheT0jHppPsY8twsOon6Z9W84cXloc_2s8Vik-H-Q2NzsRkn8SYom4BlH1g5Y/s400/26--600x677.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Lithuanian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Lithuanian.jpg"><img height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_A3hzxghbVo6X3eXifQm2kYe02ltKedp76ND5n95cVy2ModzqW8_QsiyYNy8ULCL8Jt1007Kpi8Rb2JzBsOuaQWtVYJmMrqHKZE5q3eTDF3kaLwFR2lGbCEczoT5LeKmBv6QXDib3iIU/s400/36-nian-600x456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Pakistan Female Soldiers<br />
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Finnish Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Finland.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiTPhhwTnLWyQonI-mwYsC4yRcP93uLuRdvGZGzW4Cf2Kr_klRQFBqVcWx0Z_uP-bEyzhBfD4wcZfZW3iXp0baSjJPIbJ6efUJ84RBzcTJsNl981c3k5kg6lDWXDD5gQKnewt83spZDY/s400/23-d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Switzerland Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Switzerland.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4af5aLhVyma5dRdTBcRe2z_klLwW4pchQ6TUzQ-AgQ64njhUiYw_7Gfk22SXUn7mcjhS0JkAGIBmFNRGn2X53gO8cXmc2yK_pe7qC9R2e3JirgAS40w2sy621rcPzJW0NzMIVlU6ST8/s400/51-rland-600x759.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Romanian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Romanian.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafD6mBh2lxri7mMI7XyMFj7-CcFzgxlLunjelOjsUESTEIteZae6u6ExoEWKt8TJFbl2OGhRCIqUY9CLuYWtcb64A-jNSkmS35wLAOl1f3stVhQ8f-MFcppuI1YFJDAvzYyXD8Y8pRuc/s400/45-an.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Vietnam Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Vietnam.jpg"><img height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU_Q_fXAwGZaYEA0SeZ2gR9x5fE3IMm0aFdlTtdvgN76axjfI1TUQLZRU9HkmebqBtLOMpiHrVwyKJhaajyrdKABFMBJT-roWF6X3SvbTTMWMrZ9JV_W-PBacMGss3cX1maiJEffUl7E/s400/57-m.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Brazilian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Brazilian-Female-Soldiers.gif"><img height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mgiQwdqpGJQuOsWefkLfCnbTcb-_4sjGNxJJ1S6N1m_sGMopJN5Vvg91qoxkZuDGp9WIzsptzNFLUZlYUOwnmZnEoZtfWDD_jJsVx8dQs4o1C7IFOtFSrFP-VWhEiH0hzyLMJVZOuI8/s400/16-ian-Female-Soldiers-600x445.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Japanese Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Japan.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19HPixGZSmMK0M3xtrPcVpQSmi5aa29KunFotLqpHL5AhLUWAPS8Mr9E1sVN9_f918Y2wcm8a5jGXT9sCzf8p5ZIwx1ebNAX24pyo8UBJdFassep7hq75Tvw7aXfITObaglWknBunN_k/s400/33-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Iranian Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Iran.jpg"><img height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vg-t6zyf_VFig4Ljo-jy5yB2AoSt_1Ql7j6ZiZu-EESZBNAjPANiDXxZtNhimkfp9arPHxD-jslDZCXiQbfkUqEx97AKR6-Mg5XYcumkPKyak69ot0-WUJk3JR3L1ah6umRmjMTj2ww/s400/30-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Colombian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Colombia.jpg"><img height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OdlMaOev3MBn7W_tSznRGBlWhDuJtkBo9ueEgeJC_YSrKuLT5Q9XW4karV28vi36phmlHEzTBvixIezSB6WHEXzAGjfQy9VTILi5PGgAtkC1CiK9ZlFVR-SjYyRdKBayF5eiSkpoEy0/s400/20-ia-600x427.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Belgium Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Belgium.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiImkaZgXxXDa2eZqPaoy7R4Ib8_mtOmOJX40KPuw20CjpPW3b_4Iy21sOtoNw5KtNTOYRJX6PZIf_R7YpOG6hsjbRyAyR2wnprhteSE5dsYEtynF3wVPUylGwSuQ7tfMC97v4DT3JzxI/s400/15-m-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Ukrainian Female Soldier<br />
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Mexican Female Soldeirs<br />
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Turkish Female Soldiers<br />
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French Female Soldiers<br />
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Nepali Female Soldiers<br />
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Indian Female Soldiers<br />
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Australian Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Australia.jpg"><img height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKZDk600rmkc-Blkvcf-0DYF5XTbqe-jzzJxY5_hunsvezuZMp99IoQ5F2GbX2aUsFWZxC2-nhyphenhyphenSHueWhkwiaFDIPhMuGY2CqY1221jsf64_u32yEODq5V1dh7EDQXGr8_Nk5xaaxF2Q/s400/12-lia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Polish Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/POLISH-FEMALE-SOLDIER.jpg"><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQftvD7n_q89-E16t9gUAqkNrdhv8DiFhNSEy1ZB0hrkFqB13MYArCaH07LxCCSDCd6UlLj_79MLgNTqQoOv1qrRTiqfl3hcQlMYDRGelVqz8zMsUgiN3bQ6EYq7eYo6xcPBbSFr8LE8/s400/43--FEMALE-SOLDIER-600x800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
New Zealand Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/New-Zealand-Female-Soldier.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMuhO_Py_TAUak3fACNA9YGUB6Z7qKsAiJUq4aRerF4xnp_aD7ZjJA_WL-wbfIsBt2Hyr3eZq9WnFxGMJBGRG8PPZrEOQcqUVhhOleoR6IlQfQ8-_axeihmsOQvEkoJgni7LStS5pYy0/s400/39-aland-Female-Soldier-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Spanish Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Spain-2.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwckjeYAofIx6cVTjc1QaeNgul7gQz9dtyPicf06TOVVfRI7Xj-pHW7U5dTxTfm5Sp8KC52A3kKzM-_s7Y7dZqpCpdsDES6l0B69UllRRrAIxJlL88LnhB4Ha3ToDttgLZZ7vBlUuVsk/s400/49-2-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Serbian Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kosovo.jpg"><img height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgoLO5Gc_YgLgvEFS6Mms9OdbwXRUnRdZabR9l-rQkX3lW90e5mAPLV7dBl1OLrem2WzcQjr104wfAIsCoOJsDDWgJcagfzRl7aAut2FEUtAKW0w9mNqX941TflnD4O5fjMTiGo2WOJ0/s400/35--600x442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Bahrain Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/BAHRAIN.jpg"><img height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kTPzfidK8WcI2emG4aVz3LmxPaAqOND1Rx-QQa24DhKwuJow-33BB0EMkF4Q-B9IjBk4ZJ5OxdRmKdI4Na1FwY1HJFqg4o6GZ1SAbNa8xX23yzryV-tIAEqNbFobI0py3tyuWe_OVqw/s400/14-N.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
German Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Germany.jpg"><img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRVpwWLzbj6Z7pF5GFyLz8toBqNA1YnARVck767hk-xjcvQZGnMsqhyAzamYwEC6HLg7vmnfHPsqNq02K8x8YB94wA7vLf6XlAgnhyphenhyphenhDduyJmy2wJDVoLVWhYjubqLqMhquM0bebHsT0/s400/25-y-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Swedish Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Sweden.jpg"><img height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8Hrw3ZJ7_SNNUIYsQncNYAkQ-qKYpdww2l3bR0A_lrjoEDHRjjbdDylwaw8OqzEvHDz3pNcl8dE41Uv68nToRvlBUIn5BCkS674FM5csOWIfsAlypKw9F59rdI5EJOx0pPsTb0A5gOs/s400/50--600x529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Kenyan Female Soldiers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/KENYAN.jpg"><img height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrz2i2pKd7-f8ZXNL1-EVIoScaQsfrgOP1AQizZ_9_6h0BWgd7cKQAWllQ9eOg_MpSz3IBIuhhBuz98g2P5hU-9qFBoB9XV2zkKtuHxXhXDgkoWXbhbsxWKkPWVLuDPrtQ2qK5BFfBxI/s400/34--600x400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Chilean Female Soldier<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Chile.jpg"><img height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuXa-EJhcCrc1lvGLP9XgNOWnR91khw7J05275vd6Oomx4BtxaR0kQw-17taY50xnsDSp-ayCpmfTnrGuWpBGIB0-B9DhRRB5E8y28zjBW-hMDTCa5S6EpCE3Ve8q8QLZEQXAzrgCGGY/s400/18-600x881.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></blockquote><br />
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- totallycoolpix</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-64277729732906471582012-02-27T21:50:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:18:08.891-07:00Next - Indonesia Is The Most Corrupt Country In The World (Public Skepticism)<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7WohuDVrqQEsH4X-_ctxjxgTVB2EwfFo5W_05F03LHDm1HaRhe9NL9qWak3cZDnT0UXSI26cR2_KOLtL3bF6zhvBhS943Q67QxC69i5RF0CVGOFGeuvVdHMDqPjbYk8JO67wA8jPPxkd/s1600/corr4.BMP" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7WohuDVrqQEsH4X-_ctxjxgTVB2EwfFo5W_05F03LHDm1HaRhe9NL9qWak3cZDnT0UXSI26cR2_KOLtL3bF6zhvBhS943Q67QxC69i5RF0CVGOFGeuvVdHMDqPjbYk8JO67wA8jPPxkd/s1600/corr4.BMP" /></a>Some people might think of this as a bad news, but considering where Indonesia had been on corruption scale worldwide this is certainly a good news for Indonesia as well as the Government.<br />
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Transparency International which is a global network including more than 90 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation, has released its 2010 CPI (Corruption Perception Index) which is a “degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians”.<br />
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Since corruptions by nature are most of the time hidden, it is very hard to quantify the degree of corruption in a country. Transparency International overcome this by surveying businesses and individual in the targeted country. The 2010 CPI draws on different assessments and business opinion surveys carried out by independent and reputable institutions. It captures information about the administrative and political aspects of corruption.<br />
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Broadly speaking, the surveys and assessments used to compile the index include questions relating to bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of public funds, and questions that probe the strength and effectiveness of public sector anti-corruption efforts.<br />
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Indonesia has been steadily increase it standing from 1.9 in 2002 to 2.9 in 2010. While these increase are very small considering the CPI scale is 1 to 10, Indonesia is no longer the most corrupt country in the world, not even the most corrupt country amongst the Asean members.<br />
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Indonesia now ranks at no 110 out of 182 countries in terms of most corrupt countries in the world, sharing the ranks with Benin, Gabon, Bolivia and Solomon Island.<br />
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Other Asian countries that ranks below Indonesia includes Vietnam, The Philippines, Myanmar, Pakistan and Timor Leste.<br />
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Amongst the star on this year CPI compare to last year are Bhutan, Chile, Ecuador, FYR Macedonia, Gambia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kuwait and Qatar. While the following countries the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Madagascar, Niger and the United States showed deterioration.<br />
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United States are again showing a decrease this year and now ranks at number 22. The so called “Beacon of Democracy” is now lagging behind countries such as Chile, Ireland, Qatar, Hong Kong and Singapore.<br />
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The top 10 cleanest country are<br />
1. Denmark<br />
2. New Zealand<br />
3. Singapore<br />
4. Finland<br />
5. Sweden<br />
6. Canada<br />
7. Netherlands<br />
8. Switzerland<br />
9. Australia<br />
10. Norway<br />
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While the tools employed by Transparency International to gauge corruption level in a country may not be perfect, at least for the time being Indonesian can feel good about themselves, especially with all the natural disasters that keeps coming as if we as a country are collectively being punished by the almighty. </div></blockquote><br />
Jakartauptodates.comIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-77301148023157868612012-02-27T21:33:00.001-08:002012-02-27T21:35:46.380-08:00Indonesia Is The Most Corrupted Country In Asia Pacific<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoeCaXqy3fSUkbvMGtxF3JDVIzxqIaWj_S3W4Y36yeqvQQJ91ZjrjVP57heQIAw3anfZMA6SACa_uWQUg0KalxFjUZMwgEbyfnFMOYZJHqptd8PzzRDeg7CWMORUIowlD9327kZhnO9I4/s1600/corrupt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoeCaXqy3fSUkbvMGtxF3JDVIzxqIaWj_S3W4Y36yeqvQQJ91ZjrjVP57heQIAw3anfZMA6SACa_uWQUg0KalxFjUZMwgEbyfnFMOYZJHqptd8PzzRDeg7CWMORUIowlD9327kZhnO9I4/s1600/corrupt2.jpg" /></a>Indonesia is again falling down the corruption ladder amongst countries. A study released by Political and Economy Risk Consultancy (PERC), a consulting company based in Hongkong, to gauge corruption levels in investment destination countries in Asia Pacific region.<br />
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Indonesian Hundred Thousand RupiahFrom 14 Asia Pacific countries surveyed, Indonesia is categorized as the most corrupted country followed by Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippine, Thailand and India. Indonesia scored 9.27 on this 0- 10 study whereby 0 means very clean and 10 means very corrupt. This score are significantly lower from last year which was 8.32.<br />
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This survey is conducted by PERC every year by questioning more than 2 thousand middle and upper management respondent from Asia, Australia and the US.<br />
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This condition calls for a concern, especially considering that every year Indonesia was always at the bottom part of the index. This is a clear sign that Indonesia is the most corrupted country amongst countries surveyed.<br />
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Meanwhile the Indonesian Government has just formalized its Medium term Development Plan for 2010-2014. In the plan the Government put a target for Indonesian corruption eradication of 5,0 according to Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by 2014. Indonesia is currently has a score of 2,8. CPI is a consolidation index by Transparency International based on surveys conducted by various organizations such as PERC worldwide.<br />
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The fall in PERC score, is expected to be followed other surveys that closely tied with the corruption eradication performance in Indonesia.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBkyzHMw9NfGIyARQRGFo-mjSYSpZwc_-ewgTjp549nNDZv0l2aMYpJ5fRBPz-SuygYYnaMwfEpI3ecPDmn99RjxydgnOBJfKflZK4rgdWug9KrJXdZDPK42a_6DpnPt1ZPj8yXM1LDFi/s1600/corrupt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBkyzHMw9NfGIyARQRGFo-mjSYSpZwc_-ewgTjp549nNDZv0l2aMYpJ5fRBPz-SuygYYnaMwfEpI3ecPDmn99RjxydgnOBJfKflZK4rgdWug9KrJXdZDPK42a_6DpnPt1ZPj8yXM1LDFi/s200/corrupt.jpg" width="200" /></a>As a respond to this survey, Transparency International Indonesia urges the Indonesian government to take a stronger stance in improving the corruption eradication. TI-Indonesia listed some aspects that should be the Government top priority such as bureaucracy reform, legal certainty, justice system mafia, and the weakening of the Corruption Eradication Commission. In particular, the government should also carry out a comprehensive reform of the business licensing system.<br />
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Asia Pacific corruption Score according to PERC. Australia and United States are included for comparison.<br />
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<tr><td>No</td><td> Country</td><td>Score</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td> Singapore</td><td> 1.42</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td> Australia </td><td> 2.28</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td> Hong Kong </td><td> 2.67</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td> United States </td><td> 3.42</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td> Japan </td><td> 3.49</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td> Macau </td><td> 4.96</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td> South Korea</td><td> 5.98</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td> Taiwan </td><td> 6.28</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td> Malaysia </td><td> 6.47</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td> China </td><td> 6.52</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td> India </td><td> 7.18</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td> Thailand </td><td> 7.60</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td> Philippines </td><td> 8.06</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td> Vietnam </td><td> 8.07</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td> Cambodia </td><td> 9.10</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td> Indonesia</td><td> 9.27</td></tr>
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Indonesia has undertaken wide-ranging reforms to address various structural weaknesses in the economy and to improve competitiveness. The economy has shown considerable resilience, weathering the global economic slowdown relatively well, and annual growth rates averaging over 5 percent have been achieved during the past five years. Recent reform measures have put greater emphasis on improving regulatory efficiency, enhancing regional competitiveness, and creating a more vibrant private sector through decentralization. Public finance has been well managed, and debt has been kept under control.<br />
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Despite the progress in economic restructuring, Indonesia’s growth potential remains fragile and hampered by inefficient legal and investment regimes that undermine entrepreneurship and job growth. Lingering political interference in the private economy discourages dynamic change, and pervasive corruption and a weak judicial system add uncertainty and risk, particularly to new economic endeavors.<br />
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<h3>Background</h3><br />
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority democracy. In the years since 1998, when long-standing authoritarian ruler General Suharto stepped down, Indonesia’s nearly 250 million people have enjoyed the blossoming of a wide range of political freedoms, and participation in the political process is high. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has cracked down on corruption and has tried to encourage much-needed foreign investment, but the weak rule of law remains a major impediment to attracting capital. As a member of the G-20, Indonesia is playing an increasingly important role in international economic policy discussions.<br />
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<h3>Rule of Law</h3><br />
Property rights are generally respected, but enforcement is inefficient and uneven. The judicial system is not fully independent and remains vulnerable to political influence. In the absence of an efficient legal framework, court rulings can be arbitrary and inconsistent. Protection of intellectual property rights is not up to world standards, and the market for pirated goods has been expanding. Corruption continues to be pervasive.<br />
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<h3>Limited Government</h3><br />
The top income tax rate is 30 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 25 percent. Other taxes include a value-added tax (VAT) and a property tax, with the overall tax burden amounting to 11.4 percent of total domestic income. Government spending is equivalent to 16.7 percent of GDP, and the budget deficit has come down to around 1 percent of GDP. Declining public debt has fallen below 30 percent of total domestic output.<br />
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<h3>Regulatory Efficiency</h3><br />
Despite notable simplification of licensing requirements, launching a business still takes more than the world average of seven days and 30 procedures. Overall regulatory efficiency is weak. Compared with other economies in the region, Indonesia’s rigid labor market imposes more regulatory costs on the creation and termination of employment relationships. Inflation has been modest, but government interference in the market still distorts prices.<br />
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<h3>Open Markets</h3><br />
The trade weighted tariff rate is 3.1 percent, but trade flows are constrained by costly non-tariff barriers. Although the country publicly welcomes foreign investment, many investors, foreign and domestic alike, face significant hurdles due to inconsistencies in the investment codes and erratic enforcement. The financial sector is dominated by commercial banks, four of which are state-owned. Capital markets are not fully developed.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;">www.heritage.org<br />
© 2012 by The Heritage Foundation. All Rights Reserved.</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-45397853694882465202012-01-24T15:13:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:23:35.513-07:00Ibu Robin Lim and Bumi Sehat Delivers for Poor Women in Indonesia<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibemmWhHEVHgZ5_Lk72yLNLbGLLs7GliUd1UAt_Xnb6ArVm7lfVM2LLh8zPf_9N74QKejY1gPpNhR4F8NQCM6uwHioB9_teHtYRQJ4l1UVr_nvnmcrohls8f_eve9oAwwAteahyphenhyphenzjH1xTD/s1600/robin-lim.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibemmWhHEVHgZ5_Lk72yLNLbGLLs7GliUd1UAt_Xnb6ArVm7lfVM2LLh8zPf_9N74QKejY1gPpNhR4F8NQCM6uwHioB9_teHtYRQJ4l1UVr_nvnmcrohls8f_eve9oAwwAteahyphenhyphenzjH1xTD/s320/robin-lim.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibemmWhHEVHgZ5_Lk72yLNLbGLLs7GliUd1UAt_Xnb6ArVm7lfVM2LLh8zPf_9N74QKejY1gPpNhR4F8NQCM6uwHioB9_teHtYRQJ4l1UVr_nvnmcrohls8f_eve9oAwwAteahyphenhyphenzjH1xTD/s1600/robin-lim.jpg"></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>"I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.”</b></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>- Robin Lim -</b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Bali, Indonesia (CNN) -- At dawn, two women rise after sleeping on mats outside an Indonesian hospital. They've waited all night for a chance to see their newborn babies, whom the hospital is holding until the medical bills are paid in full.<br />
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"Holding babies until payment is common in Indonesia," said Robin Lim, a midwife who founded birthing clinics in Aceh and the island of Bali.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-43HfRzsI6aVsDST82m0hNS2eBcWB9yFEwWN6otZerovU-80k9tr6SYTB7i_HYjVyOg8hmQBCpIGaGhMFhsmuvY4Zs2Fw_ePOoSYwrC787ZipRMmQfYGh0lJQ2koULXRRd_wh-LOPDkt/s1600/Robin-Lim3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-43HfRzsI6aVsDST82m0hNS2eBcWB9yFEwWN6otZerovU-80k9tr6SYTB7i_HYjVyOg8hmQBCpIGaGhMFhsmuvY4Zs2Fw_ePOoSYwrC787ZipRMmQfYGh0lJQ2koULXRRd_wh-LOPDkt/s320/Robin-Lim3.jpg" width="320" /></a>At this particular hospital in Bali, mothers who don't pay are allowed in twice a day to feed their baby and change their baby's diaper. Those fortunate enough to find the money may take their babies home. Others might relinquish their parental rights and place their babies up for adoption, Lim explained.<br />
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"You worry, 'Will I be able to deliver this baby safely into the world?' But you shouldn't have to worry, 'How will I pay for it?' " said Lim, 54.<br />
"Mother Robin," or "Ibu Robin" as she is called by the locals, is working to change that with her Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation) health clinics. These birthing sanctuaries offer free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid to anyone who needs it.<br />
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And the needs are vast in Indonesia. The average family earns the equivalent of $8 a day, according to the International Monetary Fund, but a normal hospital delivery without complications costs around $70. A Caesarian section can cost more than $700.<br />
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Lim believes Indonesia's high maternal and infant mortality rates are caused in part by these costs, which many women cannot meet. In turn, their lives and the lives of their babies are at risk.<br />
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According to the United Nations Population Fund, three out of five women giving birth in South Asia do so without a skilled birth attendant on hand.<br />
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"The situation is bad ... babies are unattended, deliveries have become commercialized, and mothers die from hemorrhage after childbirth because they can't afford proper care," Lim said.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bj1ro7BiywUPWZocnGGfatp21QMv3x2xh39sG9nVqcBU1U9sxGLv_TLuH9C9UF-A2fHJJE1zBABFB2b1NX4PPinHhqjW_4_Q1_t2YutTYX7bVh6Gv0v4fYn69D_QN86zNO1yUm-AKUso/s1600/robin-lim4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bj1ro7BiywUPWZocnGGfatp21QMv3x2xh39sG9nVqcBU1U9sxGLv_TLuH9C9UF-A2fHJJE1zBABFB2b1NX4PPinHhqjW_4_Q1_t2YutTYX7bVh6Gv0v4fYn69D_QN86zNO1yUm-AKUso/s320/robin-lim4.jpg" width="320" /></a>Working as a midwife in Indonesia was not something Lim, a U.S. citizen and author of many books related to infant and maternal health, planned for her life. But after several personal tragedies, her life shifted in a new direction.<br />
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"In the span of a year, I lost my best friend and one of the midwives who delivered my child," said Lim, who has eight children. "My sister also died as a complication of her third pregnancy, and so did her baby. I was crushed, just crushed.<br />
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"But I decided not to get angry. I decided to become part of the solution. If I could help even one family prevent the loss of a mother or a child, I would do that. I would dedicate my life to it."<br />
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Lim and her husband, Will, sold their home in Hawaii and moved the family to Bali to "reinvent their lives."<br />
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For Lim, there was no second-guessing the destination. Raised in the Philippines while her father was stationed in Indonesia with the U.S. military, she says she "always felt happiest in Asia."<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMA9QIitJBYqPhhazEvq6bt-91b-LFsTiZS_mAUhnBsYhB7XjN1O0FtvTYamyffrFZOjl-K45n0gvK5a7_7ApEzUvTlvzuPT0DJGUFY4m7-irggZ68thRIw9-kE4DUgh1vJYCnxhUCgzd/s1600/robin-lim5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMA9QIitJBYqPhhazEvq6bt-91b-LFsTiZS_mAUhnBsYhB7XjN1O0FtvTYamyffrFZOjl-K45n0gvK5a7_7ApEzUvTlvzuPT0DJGUFY4m7-irggZ68thRIw9-kE4DUgh1vJYCnxhUCgzd/s320/robin-lim5.jpg" width="320" /></a>Once in Bali, Lim volunteered to help local midwives deliver babies in various homes. And as the demand for her services grew, she decided to receive formal midwife certification.<br />
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In 2003, with help from the Balinese community and donations from friends across the globe, Lim and her husband opened the first Yayasan Bumi Sehat clinic. At the clinic, there are midwives, nurses, housekeepers, a doctor and a chef.<br />
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A short time later, after the massive tsunami in 2004, a smaller, sister location was built in Aceh to care for displaced survivors. Combined, the two clinics have facilitated the birth of more than 5,000 babies.<br />
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Some Indonesian celebrities and expatriates choose Bumi Sehat to birth their children, and they often give donations. But Lim says 80% of the families served by the clinics can barely pay anything.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPJxJVuwVynP7Epnu_XDf245vYljQPFZq7Lwu9f7wrnYZzXd32-1AOhOVTeAwYgNu3Lr8z_7gBcZMzMmHuNNs9GJscO7LFiDIbJJQLOMqvqvcIE9WRT7w_S9QqprlI0u-hBL6LeRB1c4y/s1600/robin-lim2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPJxJVuwVynP7Epnu_XDf245vYljQPFZq7Lwu9f7wrnYZzXd32-1AOhOVTeAwYgNu3Lr8z_7gBcZMzMmHuNNs9GJscO7LFiDIbJJQLOMqvqvcIE9WRT7w_S9QqprlI0u-hBL6LeRB1c4y/s320/robin-lim2.jpg" width="231" /></a>"Rock star or prostitute, everyone gets treated (like a) VIP at Bumi Sehat ... with kindness and respect," she said. "It's something to see a family come year after year, every time their mango tree gives fruit, and give a few mangoes to the staff to say thank you.<br />
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"No one gets rich being a midwife. The riches that you experience are the deeper values."<br />
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Part of these riches, Lim said, is the knowledge that so many people rely on the clinics, two of the few 24-hour businesses in Aceh and Bali.<br />
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"Everyone knows us," she said. "For expecting couples who don't have a phone to call us for help or for a ride, it's common for them to hop on their motorcycles in the night to get to the clinic, where they know someone will be there waiting. And if they have a special request for me, I'll get a call, I'll get up and I'll go do the delivery."<br />
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The love and attention is appreciated by the new mothers, who don't have alternatives for safe, accessible care.<br />
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"I had my first born ... in a different clinic," said Gusti "Ayu" Ketut Gerti, a 31-year-old who came to Lim for the birth of her second child in February. "There's a big difference between that experience and (Bumi Sehat). Here, I feel comfortable. Robin is very kind, very motherly.<br />
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"I do not have money, and I tell my friends to also come here. I wish there were more people like her to lift up the suffering of the poor people."<br />
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Lim hopes that Gerti's experience can become the standard practice worldwide.<br />
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"Does the world have a responsibility to all pregnant women, to each new baby? Yes," Lim said. "Each baby, each adult deserves a clean, healthy, loving environment. ... Those things are basic. Those are a human right."<br />
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Want to get involved? Check out the Bumi Sehat Foundation website at www.bumisehatbali.org and see how to help.</div><div style="text-align: right;">Ebonne Ruffins, CNN</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-77429826530492803402012-01-24T14:50:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:19:12.700-07:00Finally, 'Mother Robin' Wins CNN Hero of the Year 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NP7IOg8DJfWwvUobTiMDfN3kmWgUav2o4Bj93EEMLIdVCQ53LzSJSWXQ_fl3XViAHVlBGV2jSMgTeQkECJWwb94MebHQlfKnoI_9Ed4sdZBuQGdijtIOyPRTrhKWVT6_gmn4Sl3-6LSM/s1600/Robin+Lim+CNN+award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NP7IOg8DJfWwvUobTiMDfN3kmWgUav2o4Bj93EEMLIdVCQ53LzSJSWXQ_fl3XViAHVlBGV2jSMgTeQkECJWwb94MebHQlfKnoI_9Ed4sdZBuQGdijtIOyPRTrhKWVT6_gmn4Sl3-6LSM/s320/Robin+Lim+CNN+award.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<b>CNN Hero: Robin Lim </b><br />
Robin Lim was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night.<br />
She has helped thousands of poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth<br />
The annual show honors the Top 10 CNN Heroes and names one of them Hero of the Year <br />
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Robin Lim, an American woman who has helped thousands of poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth, was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night. <br />
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</tbody></table>Through her <a href="http://www.bumisehatbali.org/">Bumi Sehat</a> health clinics, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive11/robin.lim.html">"Mother Robin," or "Ibu Robin"</a> as she is called by the locals, offers free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid in Indonesia, where many families cannot afford care. <br />
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"Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet," Lim said during "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and recognized Lim and the other <a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive11/index.html">top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011</a>. <br />
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</tbody></table><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/health/multiple-pregnancies-mother/index.html">Many women in the developing world</a> do not have access to contraception or maternal care. According to the United Nations Population Fund, three out of five women giving birth in South Asia do so without a skilled birth attendant on hand.<br />
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In Indonesia, the average family earns the equivalent of $8 a day, according to the International Monetary Fund. But a baby delivery costs about $70 at a hospital, and a Caesarian section can cost as much as $700. Lim believes Indonesia's high maternal and infant mortality rates are caused in part by these costs, which many women cannot meet. "The situation is bad ... babies are unattended, deliveries have become commercialized, and mothers die from hemorrhage after childbirth because they can't afford proper care," <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/cnnheroes.lim.midwife/index.html">Lim told CNN earlier this year.</a> The CNN Hero of the Year was chosen by the public after an 11-week vote on CNN.com. For being named Hero of the Year, Lim will receive $250,000 for her cause.<br />
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That's in addition to the $50,000 that she and the rest of the top 10 Heroes each received for making the top 10. This is the fifth year that CNN, with the help of entertainers and other celebrities, have honored everyday people changing the world.<br />
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</tbody></table>"My wish is that every mother all over the world has the same chance surviving childbirth I had. My friend Robin Lim shares that wish and she spends her days and nights making it so." Photos: See how Lim helps thousands of women Turlington Burns recently made the trip to Indonesia to meet Lim and see her work firsthand. Lim became a midwife after her sister -- and her sister's baby -- died from complications during pregnancy several years ago. <br />
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</tbody></table>She and her husband then sold their home in Hawaii and moved to Bali to "reinvent their lives," she said. "It was there she learned she could make a difference," Turlington Burns said. "She opened a clinic, Bumi Sehat, so poor mothers can give birth safely and be treated with dignity and respect.<br />
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She has delivered thousands of babies, and that is why they call her 'Ibu' -- Mother." After being announced as the CNN Hero of the Year, a tearful Lim accepted the award from host Anderson Cooper and made an impassioned plea for help. "Today on our Earth, 981 mothers in the prime of their life will die -- and tomorrow again and yesterday," she said. "And I'm asking you to help change that. We don't even know how many babies are lost, but all of us can help change that." <br />
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Kyle AlmondIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-46303744955559076352012-01-24T14:33:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:22:43.011-07:00The Citarum of Indonesia Is The Dirtiest River in the World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmhtEJFslNIe6nosfrO8IsD-6qzNxpc9xMk-jLVFsAFOQka4cmJXBr-AM9zpq1b5pgu9wjCtQfmDaogGN7VlsTerhUr80D23n_zEMDK9TTjk7NTrpVaCAd9RcB00ddJZOpTMqhxPlvCzt/s1600/citarum-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmhtEJFslNIe6nosfrO8IsD-6qzNxpc9xMk-jLVFsAFOQka4cmJXBr-AM9zpq1b5pgu9wjCtQfmDaogGN7VlsTerhUr80D23n_zEMDK9TTjk7NTrpVaCAd9RcB00ddJZOpTMqhxPlvCzt/s400/citarum-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">What happens when nine million people throw their trash in a river, and corporations use it to dump hazardous waste? It becomes like the Citarum in West Java, Indonesia – choked with plastic, loaded with chemicals and human waste. A generation ago, the Citarum River was a peaceful waterway where wildlife enjoyed the clean, fresh water and villagers caught fish and made a living off the rice paddies.<br />
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The villagers can’t make money off of fishing anymore, so they’ve turned to picking through the trash that floats on the surface to find items that can be sold or traded. Rapid industrialization in the ‘80s is what led to this: more than 500 factories line the banks of the 200-mile river, many of them leaking textile treatment chemicals into the water. The trash that floats on top is the result of the lack of a trash pickup service in the area. All of the houses, factories, and other buildings along the river pour human waste into it for lack of anyplace else to put it. <br />
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Many people who live in the area still collect the water to drink, cook with and wash their clothes – they don’t have much choice, as it’s the only nearby source of water. <br />
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It’s unknown whether the Citarum really is the most polluted river in the world, since no study has ever been done to conclude such a thing. There are many other rivers that are also incredibly polluted, and many of them are located in Asia. Part of the problem is that wealthy countries like America pay poor Asian countries to take huge barges of our trash to dispose of. Electronics make up the bulk of it, and as today’s equipment becomes obsolete and we purchase tomorrow’s to replace it. Many of the world’s rivers may see fates similar to that of the Citarum River if we don’t begin a major overhaul of our sanitation systems, and help other countries with their waste management as much as we can.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"> Stephanie Rogers</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-50929714111323635992012-01-17T16:33:00.002-08:002012-08-25T21:23:48.033-07:00What is love, hate, and emotion?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLa39Qq5hPAst0-8KWDaSJYpNOG1Ozw8Qy-1T0dwO-14eXrpLHMMvslHQ82Rwrv_EkoIgGKBYJtef-cloYXJgCpDhQ-Ok54ns0gVkDiciIfeDExDtHLGPmlDDckHK9qMRqJ2iYEGtQDel/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLa39Qq5hPAst0-8KWDaSJYpNOG1Ozw8Qy-1T0dwO-14eXrpLHMMvslHQ82Rwrv_EkoIgGKBYJtef-cloYXJgCpDhQ-Ok54ns0gVkDiciIfeDExDtHLGPmlDDckHK9qMRqJ2iYEGtQDel/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Scientists have largely answered this question already, but as with most neuroscience, the details remain fuzzy. It is quite clear from decades of research that everything we feel, whether it be sensation or emotion, is mediated by the release of molecules, largely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropeptide">neuropeptides</a>, between synapses in the brain.<br />
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Dopamine, serotonin, epinephrine, and a large cadre of other small molecules act as the signals between our brain cells. Our understanding is growing piecemeal, but as with the emergence of consciousness, soon we will hopefully be able to synthesize a complete model of emotion, including not only happiness, anger, sadness, joy, fear, and courage, but also spiritual experiences, amazement, and euphoria.</div><br />
Daniel D. Brown.<br />
lifeboat.comIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-17450430057578993592012-01-17T16:27:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:19:58.685-07:00Things Science Can Tell Us about Life, the Universe, and Everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Ht_FR6WpUg33-hqUq5-h6l_mvR3HdwcKr3tMGAOTwnbdWCCv4W1cT_LoyD-wyL_8HuTQ6ZI5qRHTxdUvOyQcTMmVk30KAp5VFwEyC6bpwkIeniNoWBK8JANsAn975NdM_DURCL3859V/s1600/science.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Ht_FR6WpUg33-hqUq5-h6l_mvR3HdwcKr3tMGAOTwnbdWCCv4W1cT_LoyD-wyL_8HuTQ6ZI5qRHTxdUvOyQcTMmVk30KAp5VFwEyC6bpwkIeniNoWBK8JANsAn975NdM_DURCL3859V/s320/science.jpg" width="320" /><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Ever since the evolution of the sensory neuron, organisms have been using these amazing peepholes into existence to direct the course of their lives. Now, humankind has elevated the role of these senses, and even created technological extensions of them, in order to find order and true knowledge of this Universe in which we exist. We are all scientists looking at the world through our own tiny peepholes, attempting to find our place within it.<br />
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We have sought to understand what we are made of, what drives our constant fight against entropy, and what defines us as thinking, living entities. Who knows what the future may hold or what constraints will be placed on our knowledge, whether through considered intellect and experience or through societal and cultural pressures? For the purpose of this article, I am ignoring any social, cultural, or religious implications or constraints that may face the endeavors of science. I simply ask: what questions remain about ourselves and our reality that science may theoretically be able to answer in the future?<br />
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Some of these can naturally be considered sub-questions of others, while some may have sub-questions already included within them. As with most scientific knowledge, it is all interconnected. It can be in any field of science you wish.<br />
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<b>1. What exactly makes us different from our animal cousins?</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ei26iljS4SmSR8GYJHknuzyPE0pGlvn_wnNX50UhjkEqFYIgoVi2BySpqSgeV7v1UVds8hWnctbbXK9qNpKQPuHvI-BuaLwZ8TyXaBOGC5U9zHorcnkwL7ry60Qa5_cEhhLuzxkESWQB/s1600/simpanse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ei26iljS4SmSR8GYJHknuzyPE0pGlvn_wnNX50UhjkEqFYIgoVi2BySpqSgeV7v1UVds8hWnctbbXK9qNpKQPuHvI-BuaLwZ8TyXaBOGC5U9zHorcnkwL7ry60Qa5_cEhhLuzxkESWQB/s320/simpanse.jpg" width="250" /></a>With the completion of the <a href="http://www.genome.gov/15515096">human genome project</a>, we now know that at the DNA level, we are 96–98% identical to our closest cousin, the chimpanzee. Scientists around the world are now scrambling to decipher what exactly in that DNA defines us as human and what separates us from the rest of our animal brethren. We have far yet to travel. It appears now that only about 1.5% of our genome encodes for proteins; the rest of it is often (and inappropriately) called “junk” DNA. We have deciphered the function of only a fraction of the protein-coding genes.<br />
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Furthermore, many of the differences between chimps and humans lie within this non-coding DNA. The coming years and decades will yield much knowledge as to exactly which genes have evolved in the hominin line, which regulatory regions within the non-coding sequences have changed, and which structures in the brain and other organs define our differences. We already have a <a href="http://genome.cshlp.org/cgi/content/full/15/12/1746/TBL3">sizeable list of genes</a> that putatively separate us from apes. However, there is still much work to be done. <br />
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<b>2. What is the nature of the mind? How do the emergent properties of consciousness arise from the underlying interactions of synapses and neural pathways in our brain?</b><br />
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We must take into account the existence of memory, emotion, learning, sense perception, and every other integral process or function of the brain. The question is: will the underlying structures and functions of all microscopic and macroscopic aspects of the human brain allow us to predict and explain the emergence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness">consciousness</a>? Only time and science may tell.</div><br />
by Daniel D. Brown<br />
lifeboat.comIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-82332966056737040892012-01-03T22:03:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:20:12.115-07:00Antasari Azhar, from Hero to Zero?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ooA38S5vakI/TwPrAaW7ONI/AAAAAAAAANc/lel_IeZxH1A/s1600/antasari1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ooA38S5vakI/TwPrAaW7ONI/AAAAAAAAANc/lel_IeZxH1A/s1600/antasari1.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Antasari: "I will fight justice until the end.I did not commit murder"<br />
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Antasari still locked up in prison without the truth clarity of law in Indonesia. Antasari had filed new evidence of innocence. But all that pass like the wind and disappeared.<br />
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flashback to how and what happened with Antasari, referring to writing of Maretha Tri Utami (division of Law); Welly Anggara (division of English Club); M. Reza Firdausi (division of News Letter).<br />
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A stunning issue which has been very hot happened this latest months, competes the newest cases such as Susno Duadji’s case, Bibit Chandra’s case, high living rate jail of “Ayi”the mother of Police Department and Judiciary conspiracy, terrorism acts to kill present Indonesian President, Malaysia-Indonesia heat and so on. The Antashari which take long way of court procedures until now. It’s been way far since months ago stroke the justice situation in Indonesia, and now still goes on, especially the reveal of the truth of the case. The case that hits the former KPK director Antashari Azhari is really unbelievable, now the corruptors’ hunter has been a suspected.<br />
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It is right we have known him and KPK which he ruled is at the front line of the war against corruption so that really makes institutions, agencies and individuals who have been robbing this nation wealth will not always feeling safe and peace. But for us to know, when we carry actions for good, surely that all around us will appear enemies who then unite to demolish the truth.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPVTGb6nj-0/TwPrWh3kaTI/AAAAAAAAANo/72J7gAyHTc8/s1600/antasari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPVTGb6nj-0/TwPrWh3kaTI/AAAAAAAAANo/72J7gAyHTc8/s1600/antasari.jpg" /></a>The existence of KPK is really needed to take corruptions into court since this problem will be visually seen to be dragging KPK which was before a place for Antashari to lead, means there will be negative and sarcastic sounds about this institution existence. Beside that this can be also a study for us that the destruction of someone is really close to three things; throne or crown, wealth, and women. And we surely all realize that.<br />
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The enemy of truth will always using all ways to get everybody who supports the truth to go down. Hopefully the society can be aware to safe the existence of KPK from actions to break KPK down. Hopefully the justice can be built, but if this is only a conspiracy hopefully it will be then break opened so then a name will go down because of it.<br />
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The police department and the judiciary institute must be quick to overcome this case. Yes we hope “this certain woman” will appear because at least this woman’s confession will be the key to open the case which is actually the case of the killing of Mr. Nasrudin which involves Antashari Azhar, because it can be said that almost all part of the society are not all believe the involve of Antashari Azhar on this murdering case is only because of the love triangle.<br />
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If this is a conspiracy, the creator of this case is very smart, neat and full of perfect considerations, means he studied every single action and activity of the target to kill. A man will become a hard shield for his family, means if the part of the family (parents, son, daughter, and wife) feels badly threat, surely the family head will put his body in front to defend his family, means enemies will use these tricks to make their target surrender.<br />
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If Antashari Azhar then punished dead, at the same time the other doer do not get the same punishment, yes surely this is a high quality conspiracy which involves people who want to make revenge and fell threatened by the existence of KPK nowadays to the demolition of corruption.<br />
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It is true that a man will be very weak in front of woman, because a man can be success and dropped down because a woman. Playing with fire is exactly dangerous since the condition connects with pleasure, especially sex and women, this is the root of a problem.<br />
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This is an example of prove that anybody will always fall into the valley of insult, means when we get into the top position of an authority, we must also getting ourselves to our Mighty Creator. The tighter we keep a carcass inside a box, still then we can smell it.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_LgzgLmV9wQ/TwPragKASuI/AAAAAAAAANw/XFwfblq7VZE/s1600/antasari2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_LgzgLmV9wQ/TwPragKASuI/AAAAAAAAANw/XFwfblq7VZE/s1600/antasari2.jpg" /></a>The law then should be standing and act to born justice without considering whether the doer is a high positioned person, wealthy or everything else who can tackle the judiciary bravery to take on criminals to court. This will be a good achievement for the police department to examine this case which involves public authorities. The police department should be very careful and putting justice in front of everything since the authority especially in Indonesia was pointed very bad, full conspiracy, corruption, and also nepotism. This minded should be changed so that society will again lean on their trust to the institution.<br />
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Nasrudin, before was a success businessman. He is very talented in lobbying high positioned people of many institutions and it’s the main key of his great career. One of them, surely Antashari. Antashari picked Nasrudin as his closest friend, and always accompanied Antashari playing high quality golf field. Rumour says there are two things which became the reason why Nasrudin was killed. First, Nasrudin had the evidences that Antashari also involved at some cases followed by money politic. Then, Antashari planned to murder him. Second, Nasrudin was very angry knowing that Antashari did dishonest relation to his third wife, Rani, since Rani was working as Antashari’s caddy. And Nasrudin threatened Antashari to open Antashari’s scandal to the public.<br />
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Then what happened, Nasrudin while on his way to a certain place driven by his driver was then blocked by a car in front of his car so then his car should drive slowly. This condition then made two men with a motorcycle had a good range and a right target shooting Nasrudin with a hand gun, twice, right at Nasrudin’s left side head. He died right on his seat and the driver could not do anything because in the danger of being shot too. It is believed that the car which blocked Nasrudin’s car was driven by a same group of the shooter as a package. The case then improved and catches Antashari as a suspect, and some of his “right hands” connected to the killing who also includes the shooter.<br />
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Hopefully the present of Rani who has been waited by the society will explain everything, but all these will not 100% guarantee the real truth because there will be also negative forces which effect Rani’s existence. Rani now is protected by the police department, also her family because she is the fundamental item for the case.<br />
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A Conspiracy to make a hero to be zero?<br />
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A zero to be hero indicates a subject whether individual or group in former are people that fall down in a big mistake or maybe no one becoming into a person or group that suddenly become hero because of certain achievements. What about a sentence called “from hero to zero?”. Ironically this happens to their who makes big achievements and benefits to others but then becoming losers. Sometimes losers of blunders, things that are actually not that qualified or complicated but really have big negative effects of someone’s positive earns whether for himself, his community or also his nation.<br />
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A conspiracy generates the meaning of efforts to damage someone’s or group’s achievements, respect and dignity by doing over bordered regulation in a certain country. This involves a systemized and well organized corruption of truth and broken authorization, powered by high positioned people in certain level of governing. They reach all kind and a type of ways just to break down someone’s or group’s position.<br />
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Implying to the case of Antashari there are things that might be a realistic assumption to solid a saying that there is conspiracy during the case of Antashari.<br />
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First, is that the executors of Nasrudin, Director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran (PRB) on 14 Maret 2009 after golfing at Modernland Golf Yard Tangerang, are people that are considered well trained to murder Nasrudin. This is shown by the right precision of two bullets that hit Nasrudin’s head. This is a kind of neat and clean murder act that surely done by well trained people.<br />
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Second, this might be a conspiracy of making Antashari to stay away from the corruption practices that happened and done by people inside the government. As we know since KPK was borned, Antashari is the fighter of capturing corruptors all over Indonesia.<br />
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And don’t forget a businessman called Sigid Haryo Wibisono and former Resort Police Director Williardi Wizar. They are thought to be in the circle of Nasrudin murder. But how could a case that was issued started from a triangle love and then involved those people mentioned? Who knows?<br />
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And last why Antashari should spend about 500 million rupiahs to execute Nasruddin since there might be many paid killers that are more value-able or cheaper.<br />
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A consideration whether there is conspiracy flows quick and hardnot only touching the sleeping case of Antashari. It also reaches Bibit-Chandra and Susno Duadji. A legal letter of Surat Ketetapan Penghentian Penuntutan (SKPP), raised and stopped the identification of corruption that involved Bibit-Chandra, leaders of KPK. Medias highly speak that this stopping is correct since there are big holes and lies of truth. And the threat of jail for Bibit-Chandra is slowly decreased, especially when believed that law argumentation to jail them by Kapolri Jenderal Pol Bambang Hendarso Danuri is weak of law offence. What is a bit weird is that the case stopped when the identification had not been completed yet. The case was stopped luckily powered by the massive support of Indonesian society who believed they were not guilty. Funny how then Susno Duadji who surely reveal thet truth and evidences of corruption practices in the body of Police Department of Indonesia, then the case has not been stopped even also the big community of Indonesian people considered him of not guilty.<br />
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Susno but then accused back. Many believe this is a conspiracy of breaking the existence of Susno of blowing the bad sides of Indonesian Police Department. He is accused for internal ethic code breaking such as not attending the regular work day, attended the Antasari court and went abroad without legal permit. A man who is pointed to be a hero now goes to be “zero”.<br />
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From cases mentioned, was there conspiracy? Has been there conspiracy? Will this be revealed as conspiracy? The last statement is a bright door that we all have been waiting for to law enforcement. How could we all believe this country of powering the justice, if there are epidemic organized conspiracies inside? Covered by corruption, collusion, human rights killing, and discriminative law treatment, there is one, starts from now and surely starts from us as law students. We should have not be students that learn and practice and love law and can only make critics to how the nation governed, who then someday when we sit on some certain authorize law and power position, we forget what we learned when we were students, just because of money, existence, and the worst of all, include free irresponsibility of life.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: right;">source: </div><div style="text-align: right;">alsaindonesia.org</div><div style="text-align: right;">baliholidayinfo</div><div style="text-align: right;">Strodong</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-81339988952510653262012-01-03T21:32:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:20:30.118-07:00The Reality Of Indonesian Justice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7nAcSc47a4/TwPjHQl0PcI/AAAAAAAAAM4/1ZLSqR5Aa2I/s1600/sandals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7nAcSc47a4/TwPjHQl0PcI/AAAAAAAAAM4/1ZLSqR5Aa2I/s320/sandals.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indonesians dump flip-flops at police station in symbol of frustration over uneven justice</span><br />
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Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in their young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops.<br />
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They have been dropping them off at police stations all over the sprawling archipelago to express outrage over the arrest and trial of a 15-year-old boy for lifting an old pair of white sandals from outside a boarding house used by police in northern Indonesia.<br />
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"This is insane," said Titis Anissa, a high school teacher in the capital, Jakarta, noting that government officials found guilty of plundering state coffers get off with a slap on the wrist. "And a young, poor boy takes a pair of $3 sandals? Enough already!"<br />
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The boy snatched the shoes while he and several friends headed home from school in Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi province, in November 2010.<br />
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He was later interrogated and badly beaten by three officers, and faces up to five years in prison if found guilty -- the same sentence given to many terrorists, drug pushers and rapists.<br />
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Indonesia has made tremendous strides since the ouster of longtime dictator Suharto just over a decade ago, implementing sweeping reforms that have freed up the media, scrapped oppressive laws and given citizens the right to directly pick their leaders for the first time.<br />
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But the judicial system remains a weak point. The flip-flop case has captured headlines since the trial began and is one of the most popular trends on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.<br />
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Thousands have joined in the sandal donation protest.<br />
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A batch of 1,000 flip-flops will be given to Sgt. Ahmad Rusdi Harahap, owner of the stolen shoes, as "compensation," said campaign organizer Budhi Kurniawan.<br />
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The boy, not identified by name because of his age, said he found the dirty old flip-flops near a garbage bin outside the boarding house. Six months later, he was summoned by Harahap, who accused him of theft.<br />
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"At first, I didn't understand what he was talking about," he told The Associated Press. "I'd forgotten all about those sandals."<br />
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"He called a few of his colleagues and they started beating me up, hitting me with a piece of wood," he said. "I fell into a steep trench. My legs were bleeding."<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ov8SUASJE4I/TwPjOw5fJ-I/AAAAAAAAANE/vF4NaKj8nOs/s1600/w460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ov8SUASJE4I/TwPjOw5fJ-I/AAAAAAAAANE/vF4NaKj8nOs/s320/w460.jpg" width="320" /></a>The boy said the officers made him promise to give each a new pair of sandals, but his father, after seeing the cuts and bruises on his son's body, decided to report the men to their superiors.<br />
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Harahap, who along with the other two officers is facing charges of violating police ethics, responded by taking the teenager to criminal court.<br />
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It was a move Andreas Harsono, of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch, said was obviously "excessive" and vindictive.<br />
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Ayu Laksmi, a Balinese artist, brought 10 pairs of sandals to the National Commission for Child Protection on Tuesday to show her displeasure.<br />
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"This just goes to show, once again, that our laws discriminate," she said. "It's tough on the poor and weak when it comes to those with money or power."<br />
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The teenager is not the first minor to face trial over a small criminal offence.<br />
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Last year, a 14-year-old boy was brought to court after spending three weeks in a Jakarta prison for allegedly stealing a $1.15 cellphone voucher.<br />
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Judges finally dropped the charges, arguing the investigation of the case was "defective."</div><br />
<div style="text-align: right;">The Associated Press</div>Iqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-55954588150481125882011-12-09T06:03:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:22:14.595-07:00Final Fantasy XIII - Faye Wong - Eyes On Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Q-vTwjSL_GK-pqoO1Bq9kL2qtZAWVsoHVpnkWH52KXkHFd1PYs4Y36GfVvR_VpNGIvUxT_SQwsEWJhrmOnGvIffM1uTr4quFbOvIqSnN0rOD3v-i1uialv9EtUshx26ypJerJvZ17wTM/s1600/ff+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Q-vTwjSL_GK-pqoO1Bq9kL2qtZAWVsoHVpnkWH52KXkHFd1PYs4Y36GfVvR_VpNGIvUxT_SQwsEWJhrmOnGvIffM1uTr4quFbOvIqSnN0rOD3v-i1uialv9EtUshx26ypJerJvZ17wTM/s400/ff+8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Faye Wong </b><br />
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(Wang Fei) born August 8, 1969 is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva (Chinese: 天后; literally "Heavenly Queen"). Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong (王靖雯). Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing ballads in Cantonese. Since 1995 she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. In 2000 she was recognized by Guinness World Records as the Best Selling Canto-Pop Female.[2] Following her second marriage in 2005 she withdrew from the limelight, but returned to the stage in 2010 amidst immense interest in the Sinosphere.<br />
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Although her music is quite individualized, Faye Wong is famously reserved in public, and has become a cultural icon of "coolness". Hugely popular in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, she has also gained a large following in Japan and is to date the only C-pop artist to have performed 4 times in Tokyo's Budokan. In the West she is best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films Chungking Express (for which she won an award in Sweden) and 2046. While she has collaborated with international artists such as Cocteau Twins, Wong recorded only a few songs in English, the most famous being "Eyes on Me" – the theme song of the video game Final <br />
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<b>Final Fantasy XIII</b> <br />
(Fainaru Fantajī Sātīn?) is a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Released in 2009 in Japan and 2010 in North America and PAL regions, it is the thirteenth major installment in the Final Fantasy series. The game includes fast-paced combat, a new system for the series for determining which abilities are developed for the characters called "Crystarium", and a customizable "Paradigm" system to control which abilities are used by the characters. Final Fantasy XIII includes elements from the previous games in the series, such as summoned monsters, chocobos, and airships.<br />
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The game takes place in the fictional floating world of Cocoon, whose government, the Sanctum, is ordering a purge of civilians who have supposedly come into contact with Pulse, the much-feared world below. The former soldier Lightning begins her fight against the government in order to save her sister who has been branded as an unwilling servant to a god-like being from Pulse, making her an enemy of Cocoon. Lightning is soon joined by a band of allies, and together the group also become marked by the same Pulse creature. They rally against the Sanctum while trying to discover their assigned task and whether they can avoid being turned into monsters or crystals at the completion.<br />
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<b>Eyes on me is Music Final Fantasy VIII<br />
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The music of the video game Final Fantasy VIII was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack, a compilation of all music in the game, was released on four Compact Discs by DigiCube in Japan, and by Square EA in North America. A special orchestral arrangement of selected tracks from the game—arranged by Shirō Hamaguchi—was released under the title Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec Final Fantasy VIII, and a collection of piano arrangements—performed by Shinko Ogata—was released under the title Piano Collections Final Fantasy VIII.<br />
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The game's soundtrack is best known for two tracks: "Liberi Fatali", a Latin choral piece that is played during the introduction to the game, and "Eyes on Me", a pop song serving as the game's theme, performed by Chinese singer Faye Wong. Reviewers were generally pleased with the music, although several cited issues while comparing the score to previous games or looking at individual tracks.<br />
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<b>Eyes On Me Lyric</b><br />
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whenever sang my songs<br />
on the stage, on my own<br />
whenever said my words<br />
wishing they would be heard<br />
i saw you smiling at me<br />
was it real or just my fantasy<br />
you'd always be there in the corner<br />
of this tiny little bar<br />
my last night here for you<br />
same old songs, just once more<br />
my last night here with you?<br />
maybe yes, maybe no<br />
i kind of liked it your way<br />
how you shyly placed your eyes on me<br />
oh, did you ever know?<br />
that i had mine on you<br />
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*darling, so there you are<br />
with that look on your face<br />
as if you're never hurt<br />
as if you're never down<br />
shall i be the one for you<br />
who pinches you softly but sure<br />
if frown is shown then<br />
i will know that you are no dreamer<br />
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so let me come to you<br />
close as i wanted to be<br />
close enough for me<br />
to feel your heart beating fast<br />
and stay there as i whisper<br />
how i loved your peaceful eyes on me<br />
did you ever know<br />
that i had mine on you<br />
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darling, so share with me<br />
your love if you have enough<br />
you're tears if you're holding back<br />
or pain if that's what it is<br />
how can i let you know<br />
i'm more than the dress and the voice<br />
just reach me out then<br />
you will know that you're not dreaming x2<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Buya Safii</b>, according to Prof. familiar greeting. <b>DR. Ahmad Safii Maarif</b>. Pluralist character that is not a little contribute ideas and Islamic thoughts in the shade of large umbrellas Indonesian national diversity is born in the Holy Sumpur, West Sumatra, May 31, 1935. Childhood Buya Syafii very close to the Islamic tradition has become a magnet that always took her initial struggle with Islamic knowledge and try to understand it as deep as possible. Stretching such a lifestyle, it can also say thanks to guidance from the deceased mother, Makrifah. Sharpness interest Buya Safii Islamic explore more and more sharply honed by education who lived then, and eventually her life in a condensed form in Islamic culture. <br />
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People's finish Elementary School in the village of his birth, Buya Safii set foot on the floor Mu'allimin Lintau Madrasah schools, West Sumatra. Until then feet away across the sea to continue their education to the Madrasah Mu'allimin Muhammadiyah in Yogyakarta, and graduated in 1956. Armed with religious knowledge in Mu'allimin it, Buya Safii was received with a roomy chest devotion to duty upon him to East Lombok for one year as a teacher at the school Muhammadiyah. <br />
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After a period of devotion that, Buya Safii continue their studies back to college, despite her efforts to take higher education is not easy. But the determination and enthusiasm has enabled him to gain knowledge passing all odds. Imagine, in a state of Buya Safii orphan is still able to stretch their business efforts with only bolstered his brother to be able to sit as a student at the Faculty of Law University of Cokroaminoto Surakarta. I was stranded on the beach because of the mercy of the waves, he recalls illustrate the journey of his life in a magazine interview with Bud. <br />
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Just one year of college, PRRI / Permesta erupt and severely curtailing the Sumatra-Java relationship path. Thus, tuition assistance from his brother is lost, so Buya Safii decided to not go to college. The period was quite bitter, which Buya Safii must scrape a living as a teacher Baturetno villages in the subdistrict, Wonogiri, Central Java. <br />
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Options that accidentally turned out to have led me to discover the wisdom of humanity, a mild remark in an interview with KOMPAS. <br />
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Obtained his doctoral degree in 1993 from the University of Chicago in a study program of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations with a dissertation: Islam as the Basis of State: A Study of the Islamic Political Ideas as Reflected in the Constituent Assembly Debates in Indonesia. The youngest among four brothers, engaged in intensive study of the Quran with the guidance of a prominent reformer of Islamic thought, Fazrul Rahman. There is also, Buya Safii often involved intensive discussions with Nurcholish Madjid and Amien Rais, who are undergoing doctoral education. <br />
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Buya Safii recognize that science and knowledge of history has thus attracted interest because history speaks of the nodes in the totality of humanity. No wonder if in a painted impression that the phrase: It's the last 25 years, attention to history, philosophy and religion beyond my attention to another branch of science. But I am fully aware, that the more I was getting into the third region there are no edges. Not infrequently I feel as a stranger in the region, the region that seemed without limit. <br />
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Of that process too, a sense of humanisnya grow and deepen its attention on the problems of humanity. Life relegius strong entrenched in his soul and then sprinkled on the interpretation and beautiful invitation in the development of Islamic membumikan Hablumminnas true: love each other and love our fellow human beings on earth. And calling for Islam not be held in confidence to the extent of ritual, but also must be able to develop practices and behavior of Muslim religious life by embracing Islam as a whole its essential appeal: rahmatan lil'alamin. <br />
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"<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps atn"></span><span class="">It felt</span> <span class="hps"></span></span>smallness of this self-dealing with the breadth and depth of ocean cruising is about to be sailed." Earthy sentence was uttered in the Preamble of professorship speech of his in IKIP Yogyakarta. "Humility is a reflection of the faith," he continued. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel-FDegYMtl04q0AEfzaBF4jEAfCJwRYGeWGC2t6Qbj-Zl5G0cNoUKzAdTXfEFvkkHhtUbuAtEMLjLQK3kMhi07T9R97oi_uVkfcB0YZwu5Xn_t0ulSOhYGrAM4eTEIqvzT5LJdRleQrC/s1600/safii+maarif2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel-FDegYMtl04q0AEfzaBF4jEAfCJwRYGeWGC2t6Qbj-Zl5G0cNoUKzAdTXfEFvkkHhtUbuAtEMLjLQK3kMhi07T9R97oi_uVkfcB0YZwu5Xn_t0ulSOhYGrAM4eTEIqvzT5LJdRleQrC/s1600/safii+maarif2.jpg" /></a>So no excessive, if so many people are amazed and impressed in figure Buya Safii as a scientist who always puts the power of religion in every struggle with their knowledge. He was the historian and philosopher, but in society as the children of the nation presence better known as a religious teacher. Have you not given the knowledge, except for just a little, he said quoting a verse of the holy Al-Quran.<br />
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This is the advice to reduce the ambition and curiosity of human beings for not stepping out of bounds areas on their own abilities. In that sense, the stronger the belief that arise in any science there are signs of God's existence. We must believe in the reality that is beyond the reach of man, so he notes. The universe and all its cargo could not explain themselves, their silence regarding the origin of the incidence and persistence. Only the revelation that then helped the human brain and perception in order to understand all the phenomenon. Only through faith, man can answer questions about the purpose of human existence and about the meaning of death. Philosophy, especially history, are not able to do so. <br />
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Reading books is a daily activity by Buya Safii, in addition to its activities as chairman of Muhammadiyah, the Supreme Advisory Council members and staff at IKIP Yogyakarta. No wonder the Buya Safii also fluent citing a valuable expression of the scientific community, and is also rich with poetic expressions quite profound significance. <br />
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Even the involvement of Buya Safii as General Chairman of Muhammadiyah is a necessity of history itself. When the pressure is rolling reform in Indonesia, and Amien Rais as one who was a locomotive drove to leaded Muhammadiyah should involve themselves in political activities to oversee reforms in a practical movement of the wheels, then as a replacement skipper Buya Safii aware that at the same time is like the Ark of Muhammadiyah parent who must still be directed to the main course so as not to drag by the pull of the current political tussle practical and short-term interests. <br />
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"Let us not linger in the uncertainty of future climate, because it means we allow this nation wallowing in the decay process of history. It was embarrassing and exhausting! " <br />
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After re-elected as General Chairman of Muhammadiyah in the 44th Congress (2000) held in Jakarta, Buya Safii then driving for his role in mendinamisasi Muhammadiyah can optimally drive tajdid efforts and ideals of enlightenment that would afford him. Do not let the reform movement as a basic philosophical Muhammadiyah eroded and only become an empty slogan in the actualization movement. One effort is to push the rate of intellectual awakening among the Muhammadiyah Youth, as it was realized that science and Islam is the core spirit of all the Muhammadiyah movement. Where the ownership of knowledge and intellectual power is the gateway the ability to understand and practice Islam in kaffah, and AMM as perpetrators of the history of the Muhammadiyah movement future be bright and light caretaker Muhammadiyah faces in the world struggle. <br />
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In a short note, Buya Safii reinforce the sound of his life as the father of the nation: I sincerely love this nation and in all. For me, defending the nation is in order to defend Islam. <br />
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Business and Buya Safii struggle did not end when put leadership at the Muhyammadiyah generation underneath. Maarif Institute later founded as a vehicle to continue efforts in order to guard and reach the intellectual awakening among the next generation of Islamic. Now, under the screen Maarif Institute, Buya Safii stick his feet also becoming pluralist in his footsteps as a leader who consistently fight for the values progress in islamism frame, Indonesian and humanity. </div><br />
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maarifinstitute.orgIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-70190087442702927502011-11-07T23:33:00.001-08:002012-08-25T21:25:49.236-07:00Biography of Robin Lim - Bumi Sehat Medical Care<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OZN5o5YexlW1HlO1weRqhJMt3-I-g6A44qts6RRHIoSyOvKHHMnxzYJtSg7YU7Uauy4wfh5o5BjgwwgUkVTZA6j1bSis9nrrJkx3fVhpKL7CeD25TiEO_HWrDh4vYu_momeT4fTXeld0/s1600/robin-lim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OZN5o5YexlW1HlO1weRqhJMt3-I-g6A44qts6RRHIoSyOvKHHMnxzYJtSg7YU7Uauy4wfh5o5BjgwwgUkVTZA6j1bSis9nrrJkx3fVhpKL7CeD25TiEO_HWrDh4vYu_momeT4fTXeld0/s320/robin-lim.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/index.html">Robin Lim and Bumi Sehat Medical Care is A Nomination for 2011 CNN Heroes :</a></div><br />
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<div style="background-color: #f9cb9c; color: #0c343d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Poll to determine the winner of the CNN Heroes </b></span></div><div style="background-color: #f9cb9c; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">will still be open until December 7, 2011 at</span> </b></span></div><div style="background-color: #f9cb9c; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.cnnheroes.com/" style="color: #990000;">www.cnnheroes.com</a> <span style="color: #20124d;">website.</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"></div><br />
<b>Who's Robin Lim</b><br />
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Robin Lim,</b> born 1956 Heritage; has a diverse genealogy, which mixes Native American, Indonesian, Chinese, Philippine, German and Irish elements. She lives in Bali with her husband Wil Hammerle, and has seven daughters and sons, as well as one niece.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3TMLMntXUMf7j0cML9APkMe4FWHYU83OZvAP46QexlDgBKJ5TWkTcHXzkQtqaGILtNRJH0azmbL31oH8IHGtaJouCKRuP6YE3dDqYMLo8bVBnczcGnryxbLLKIMlztSK1ZpbI0wif5Dr/s1600/robin+lim3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3TMLMntXUMf7j0cML9APkMe4FWHYU83OZvAP46QexlDgBKJ5TWkTcHXzkQtqaGILtNRJH0azmbL31oH8IHGtaJouCKRuP6YE3dDqYMLo8bVBnczcGnryxbLLKIMlztSK1ZpbI0wif5Dr/s320/robin+lim3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Robin’s support and inspiration is her family, husband Wil, and seven children. Lim’s Filipino Grandmother, Vicenta Munar Lim, was a traditional birth attendant in the Baguio mountain region of Luzon, Philippine Islands. Before during and after WWII she served as a healer and baby catcher for her people. Just as Lim’s "Lola" passed her family tradition of hands-on healing down to her, Lim is already training her granddaughter, Zhouie, in the art and passion of midwifery and service to humanity<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Robin Lim is a mother, grandmother, author, poet, midwife and educator who lives in Bali with her husband and children. Ibu (mother) Robin is a Certified Professional Midwife, with the North American Registry of Midwives and Ikatan Bidan Indonesia.<br />
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She is a founder and executive director for Yayasan Ibu Bumi Sehat Birth Center in Bali. Lim splits her time between the birth center and the Tsunami Relief Clinic in Samatiga Aceh, Sumatra. Along with receiving babies, Ibu Robin is an author. Many of her articles, stories and poems have been published in Midwifery Today magazine and The Birthkit newsletter. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihL0YUNQcIORu27hBYQEwGQ5ricWEafHVyS_KBGCNauC4oAsSI5Iy4Vssr4fTXZM6qq29CoCGQ-rTgPv6VhEcEAu3Wh0Kg9prWS0YrIc_Abft0WIhSn23JV-3Rb0-T0KpiVT_x9SDrxMd/s1600/robin+lim4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihL0YUNQcIORu27hBYQEwGQ5ricWEafHVyS_KBGCNauC4oAsSI5Iy4Vssr4fTXZM6qq29CoCGQ-rTgPv6VhEcEAu3Wh0Kg9prWS0YrIc_Abft0WIhSn23JV-3Rb0-T0KpiVT_x9SDrxMd/s320/robin+lim4.jpg" width="279" /></a>Following the December 2004 Tsunami disaster, Robin moved to Banda Aceh (Sumatra), an area that was torn also by ethnic and religious conflicts. Robin has been supporting survivor women, not only by providing them with health care and birth services, but also by helping them in the emotional process, the reconstruction of the social network, and mutual help relationships among people. <br />
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Robin headed to Yogyakarta right after the area is shook by an earthquake few months ago. There, she established an emergency unit, which not only provides health assistance but also trains the community to be able to start living a healthy lifestyle.<br />
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<b>Bumi Sehat Medical Care</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZd1zgUYVWA2wQAbG1aat0xZGJh7n2BBl6tbzAuS5CPzliIkY8aEpI8ACzy4HKiNzMs2nxAvcMCgmw9temwMddhUG1t8rdaz9mxeKUFVMWPnEgcgfUoFwa5l4nYShZAsJp_fzkg8wEddi4/s1600/bumi_sehat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZd1zgUYVWA2wQAbG1aat0xZGJh7n2BBl6tbzAuS5CPzliIkY8aEpI8ACzy4HKiNzMs2nxAvcMCgmw9temwMddhUG1t8rdaz9mxeKUFVMWPnEgcgfUoFwa5l4nYShZAsJp_fzkg8wEddi4/s1600/bumi_sehat.jpg" /></a>Robin Lim, chosen because of his dedication to provide the service free of pregnancy and childbirth in women who are less able to Indonesia since 1994. As a form of dedication, he established a foundation named Bumi Sehat Bali as a manifestation of his dedication in 2003 and until now has helped thousands of women in Bali and Aceh.<br />
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Robin Lim Receives the 2006 International Alexander Langer Prize. The Scientific and Guarantee Committee of the Alexander Langer Foundation, Bolzano, Italy/Italia, has decided to award the International Alexander Langer Prize for 2006 to Ms. Robin Lim, founder and advisor for the non-profit organisation Yayasan Ibu Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Hearth Foundation), based in Bali, Indonesia. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-hrJpoNJcbraR7FL24sTgZN7RR75k7QNIG6IG7qGXfJMPRs40s-rUaS4XLtFiMS0Eo09eqkl7hwjgLsFjGJJnLib3_bkaS-5q78iNQrBF4Z7KXGBLR3yaJp8P1ylw8zxLCedBNCHzDHF/s1600/robin+lim2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-hrJpoNJcbraR7FL24sTgZN7RR75k7QNIG6IG7qGXfJMPRs40s-rUaS4XLtFiMS0Eo09eqkl7hwjgLsFjGJJnLib3_bkaS-5q78iNQrBF4Z7KXGBLR3yaJp8P1ylw8zxLCedBNCHzDHF/s1600/robin+lim2.jpg" /></a>Robin Lim is a Certified Professional Midwife, with the North American Registry of Midwives, and recently joined the Indonesian Midwifery Association. She is Executive Director of Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Hearth Foundation) and Health Director of the Tsunami Relief Clinic in Aceh. The Foundation started by Robin has recently built a small but well qualified and friendly clinic, maternal and child health centre and birth centre.<br />
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Robin Lim is called “barefoot midwife” for her efforts in promoting healthy pregnancy, gentle childbirth, serene welcoming of the newborn, and fighting poverty and malnutrition. <br />
Following the best Western as well as Non-Western traditions and practices, Robin directs her gentle and friendly efforts to promoting traditional knowledge and herbal medicine and, most importantly, mobilising pregnant women, new mother’s human and spiritual resources in caring for themselves and their child, helping them to face the moments of weakness and spiritual vulnerability with emotional strength. <br />
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“We believe – Robin wrote – that a gentle and healthy birth is the foundation of a beautiful life. Peace in the world can be fostered starting today, one baby at a time”. <br />
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On September 29th, 2006, Robin Lim will receive an award in the frame of the annual meeting “Euromediterranea” dedicated to Alexander Langer, in Bolzano, Italy/Italia.<br />
Robin also will be received by Mr. Bertinotti, the Italian Parliament’s President, on October 5th 2006 in Italy.<br />
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The midwife member of the North American Registry of Midwives and the Association of Indonesia Perbidanan it with 9 other name will receive prize money of U.S. $ 50 thousand, and his story will be narrated by renowned celebrity. CNN Heroes one of the lucky ones will get cash grants of U.S. $ 255 thousand to help their contribution, and was named the CNN Hero of the Year.<br />
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At dawn, two women rise after sleeping on mats outside an Indonesian hospital. <br />
They've waited all night for a chance to see their newborn babies, whom the hospital is holding until the medical bills are paid in full. <br />
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"Holding babies until payment is common in Indonesia," said Robin Lim, a midwife who founded birthing clinics in Aceh and the island of Bali. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPssiV3JA7cJqDRRpaPU7mKO_YOF3UyyM7owVNH-A6gs06WWRJiaoEN7kS0EBP4Yh88ig6El0M3WWf8Amhn7fGRVvjSQelsmeUbVo3vALAP4fGI7V7PUQMHpT0tOaNF55rxKkQINSMILDh/s1600/robin+lim6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPssiV3JA7cJqDRRpaPU7mKO_YOF3UyyM7owVNH-A6gs06WWRJiaoEN7kS0EBP4Yh88ig6El0M3WWf8Amhn7fGRVvjSQelsmeUbVo3vALAP4fGI7V7PUQMHpT0tOaNF55rxKkQINSMILDh/s320/robin+lim6a.jpg" width="320" /></a>At this particular hospital in Bali, mothers who don't pay are allowed in twice a day to feed their baby and change their baby's diaper. Those fortunate enough to find the money may take their babies home. Others might relinquish their parental rights and place their babies up for adoption, Lim explained. <br />
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"You worry, 'Will I be able to deliver this baby safely into the world?' But you shouldn't have to worry, 'How will I pay for it?' " said Lim, 54. <br />
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"Mother Robin," or "Ibu Robin" as she is called by the locals, is working to change that with her <a href="http://www.bumisehatbali.org/">Yayasan Bumi Sehat</a> (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation) health clinics. These birthing sanctuaries offer free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid to anyone who needs it.</div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>And the needs are vast in Indonesia. The average family earns the equivalent of $8 a day, according to the International Monetary Fund, but a normal hospital delivery without complications costs around $70. A Caesarian section can cost more than $700. <br />
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Lim believes Indonesia's high maternal and infant mortality rates are caused in part by these costs, which many women cannot meet. In turn, their lives and the lives of their babies are at risk. <br />
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According to the United Nations Population Fund, three out of five women giving birth in South Asia do so without a skilled birth attendant on hand. <br />
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"The situation is bad ... babies are unattended, deliveries have become commercialized, and mothers die from hemorrhage after childbirth because they can't afford proper care," Lim said. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89_9bCWPWsSBiWBD05PvDxkWX_rfbN_UtOIoM-nbjgbdMkwt-rnCy9CSV9GMYnToswGPv08slvdPEyM15n4xWbGkcfAI5jXQ5KIo6bFtQVBW908SL2O0J5XXNoJexWfVou85Avy8enh95/s1600/robin+lim8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89_9bCWPWsSBiWBD05PvDxkWX_rfbN_UtOIoM-nbjgbdMkwt-rnCy9CSV9GMYnToswGPv08slvdPEyM15n4xWbGkcfAI5jXQ5KIo6bFtQVBW908SL2O0J5XXNoJexWfVou85Avy8enh95/s320/robin+lim8.jpg" width="240" /></a>Working as a midwife in Indonesia was not something Lim, a U.S. citizen and author of many books related to infant and maternal health, planned for her life. But after several personal tragedies, her life shifted in a new direction. <br />
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"In the span of a year, I lost my best friend and one of the midwives who delivered my child," said Lim, who has eight children. "My sister also died as a complication of her third pregnancy, and so did her baby. I was crushed, just crushed. <br />
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"But I decided not to get angry. I decided to become part of the solution. If I could help even one family prevent the loss of a mother or a child, I would do that. I would dedicate my life to it." <br />
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Lim and her husband, Will, sold their home in Hawaii and moved the family to Bali to "reinvent their lives." <br />
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For Lim, there was no second-guessing the destination. Raised in the Philippines while her father was stationed in Indonesia with the U.S. military, she says she "always felt happiest in Asia." <br />
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Once in Bali, Lim volunteered to help local midwives deliver babies in various homes. And as the demand for her services grew, she decided to receive formal midwife certification. <br />
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In 2003, with help from the Balinese community and donations from friends across the globe, Lim and her husband opened the first Yayasan Bumi Sehat clinic. At the clinic, there are midwives, nurses, housekeepers, a doctor and a chef. <br />
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A short time later, after the massive tsunami in 2004, a smaller, sister location was built in Aceh to care for displaced survivors. Combined, the two clinics have facilitated the birth of more than 5,000 babies. <br />
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"Rock star or prostitute, everyone gets treated (like a) VIP at Bumi Sehat ... with kindness and respect," she said. "It's something to see a family come year after year, every time their mango tree gives fruit, and give a few mangoes to the staff to say thank you. <br />
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"No one gets rich being a midwife. The riches that you experience are the deeper values." <br />
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Part of these riches, Lim said, is the knowledge that so many people rely on the clinics, two of the few 24-hour businesses in Aceh and Bali. <br />
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"Everyone knows us," she said. "For expecting couples who don't have a phone to call us for help or for a ride, it's common for them to hop on their motorcycles in the night to get to the clinic, where they know someone will be there waiting. And if they have a special request for me, I'll get a call, I'll get up and I'll go do the delivery." <br />
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The love and attention is appreciated by the new mothers, who don't have alternatives for safe, accessible care. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMcyZUfr_Kbi60fUhdfQeidP767eJrNVik7UVE6HBmKs_BC1Gv2C2jpHW7FaEwHVkvq51UWs_aWwQU2h7g6ktOpKnNtyQpS28emUxg-aA7pRJ8RoEDCaLLsZeb9meoxycscuYwQfq-iJm/s1600/Bumi_Sehat_B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMcyZUfr_Kbi60fUhdfQeidP767eJrNVik7UVE6HBmKs_BC1Gv2C2jpHW7FaEwHVkvq51UWs_aWwQU2h7g6ktOpKnNtyQpS28emUxg-aA7pRJ8RoEDCaLLsZeb9meoxycscuYwQfq-iJm/s320/Bumi_Sehat_B.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"I had my first born ... in a different clinic," said Gusti "Ayu" Ketut Gerti, a 31-year-old who came to Lim for the birth of her second child in February. "There's a big difference between that experience and (Bumi Sehat). Here, I feel comfortable. Robin is very kind, very motherly. <br />
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"I do not have money, and I tell my friends to also come here. I wish there were more people like her to lift up the suffering of the poor people." <br />
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Lim hopes that Gerti's experience can become the standard practice worldwide. <br />
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"Does the world have a responsibility to all pregnant women, to each new baby? Yes," Lim said. "Each baby, each adult deserves a clean, healthy, loving environment. ... Those things are basic. Those are a human right."<br />
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Want to get involved? Check out the Bumi Sehat Foundation website at <a href="http://www.bumisehatbali.org/">www.bumisehatbali.org</a> and see how to help.</div><br />
Tel: +62 361 970002 or Ibu Robin 08133833825, <a class="Link" href="mailto:iburobin@dps.centrin.net.id"> email</a> or visit our website <a class="Link" href="http://www.bumisehatbali.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.bumisehatbali.org/</a></div><br />
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olidea.comIqlima Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736190866595014694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076694581447488351.post-63402662418452537312011-08-23T13:00:00.001-07:002012-08-25T21:25:06.369-07:00Eid ul Fitr in Indonesia 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011jl22uuJ24s_6pOXxTwtGsdwylQQALV53OomaKqfWEfjB5DbKDfBq06rwZ0FUjVB7O9f1d9e3FT0VMG6Clfolyuf64h7M_pNVQwQ7DlKXaLl901fDPIzx-76dEzUCCIothWL9F_i-dA/s1600/ied.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011jl22uuJ24s_6pOXxTwtGsdwylQQALV53OomaKqfWEfjB5DbKDfBq06rwZ0FUjVB7O9f1d9e3FT0VMG6Clfolyuf64h7M_pNVQwQ7DlKXaLl901fDPIzx-76dEzUCCIothWL9F_i-dA/s400/ied.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Lebaran or Eid ul Fitr is the last day of <a href="http://iqla.blogspot.com/2011/08/ramadan-in-indonesia.html">Ramadan</a> where the Muslims visit their friends and relatives to ask for forgiveness for any wrong they have done in the previous year. Traditional food is eaten in the social gathering, followed by the exchange of gifts and visits to a recreational park. Jakarta, Java, Sumatra and other parts of Indonesia looks very bright and colorful on this day. This is an ideal time to experience most popular Indonesian Eid ul Fitr. The government prevents vagrants, beggars and other social undesirables from migrating into the city. The Lebaran celebration and festive gathering, prolongs for a week or two, where even non-Muslim are invited by the group.<br />
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The holy month of Ramadan and the social day of Lebaran, are the popular picks by international tourists. These events are really a great and an amazing occasion’s to witness.<br />
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Hari Raya Idul Fitri in Indonesia - Eid ul Fitr is the most significant Muslim festival in Islamic Calendar. It is celebrated on the end of holy month of Ramadan. During the Ramazan, Muslims offer prayers in Mosque in large numbers. They also observe fasting throughout the month of Ramzan just before these Eid celebrations. The month of Ramazan holds a deep significance in Muslim history as the holy book of 'Quran' was revealed during this month. During this month, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset everyday for a month. Most parts of the Southeast Asia celebrated this great occasion of Eid as Hari Rya Aidilfitri.<br />
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Eid is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal. Shawwal is the tenth month in holy Islamic Calendar. Families begin this Eid morning with a special Prayer also known as Eid Prayer. This prayer offers a special thanks to god for the strength and discipline received during the holy month of Ramadan. People distribute sweets and children wear new clothes on this great Muslim festival known as Eid. <br />
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The people of Indonesia celebrate Eid ul Fitr with great enthusiasm and peace. The message of brotherhood is spreader all throughout the country. Muslims people wear new clothes and distribute sweets to mark this auspicious festival in Islamic calendar. On this great occasion of Eid ul Fitri, markets all through Indonesia are decorated and people enjoy shopping with great fun.<br />
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Banks, private offices and government centers are closed for almost one week in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.</div><br />
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