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20 November 2012

Menyusuri Komunitas Lesbi di Kota Santri (Bagian 1)


Perilaku hubungan sejenis bukan hal yang baru. Penyimpangan ini sudah ada sejak ribuan tahun lalu. Sejarah mencatat, perilaku penyimpangan itu sudah ada sejak jaman Nabi Luth. Pada jamannya, hubungan sejenis hanya sebatas sesama lelaki (gay). Namun, semakin lama kita tahu bahwa perilaku menyimpang ini juga ditemui pada kaum perempuan (lesbian).
Seiring berjalannya waktu, perilaku penyimpangan seksual seseorang yang menyukai sejenisnya ini terus bermunculan. Bahkan, memunculkan komunitas-komunitas di kota-kota besar di berbagai negara, tak terkecuali di Indonesia.
Seperti halnya di Kota Tasikmalaya, kehidupan kelompok lesbian di Kota Tasikmalaya ternyata tidak kalah dengan di Kota-Kota besar. Komunitas lesbi di Kota Santri ini jumlahnya terus bertambah setiap tahunnya.
Meski tidak terorganisir, namun anggota kelompok-kelompok seksual minoritas ini tumbuh menjamur di Kota yang berjuluk Kota Santri ini. Berdasarkan pengakuan salah seorang wanita yang tergabung dalam komunitas lesbi, saat ini anggota lesbi di Kota Tasikmalaya mencapai sekitar 150 orang.
Dari jumlah tersebut, kelompok lesbi ini sebagian besar berasal dari kalangan menengah ke bawah dengan usia belasan tahun. Namun tidak sedikit juga yang berasal dari kalangan berada. Bahkan sebagian besar mereka masih berstatus pelajar dan mahasiswa, selebihnya sudah tidak sekolah. Menariknya lagi, ternyata ada juga yang berstatus PNS dan karyawan BUMN.
Dilansir Kabar Priangan (19/11/2012), terjadinya kelompok penganut cinta sejenis ini berlatar belakang dari banyak hal, seperti sakit hati akibat penghianatan, putus cinta dan kekerasan seksual. Namun, ada juga dari mereka yang terbentuk karena tekanan orang tua dan pengaruh lingkungan serta karateristik yang memaksa mereka berorientasi seksual menyimpang.Bisa ditebak, kemana arahnya.
Banyak istilah-istilah yang digunakan di dunia lesbian, seperti dengan sebutan Butchy. Istilah ini diperuntukan bagi mereka perempuan yang bersikap kelelaki-lakian. Layaknya seorang pria, dia bertugas untuk melindungi dan mengayomi perempuan, dan bisa ditebak arahnya kemana.
Lain halnya dengan istilah Femme, lesbian ini terlihat lebih feminim dan suka bermake up, memiliki sifat keperempuanan layaknya kaum perempuan kebanyakan.
Tidak seperti komunitas lainnya, mereka lebih memilih sembunyi-sembunyi menjadi kaum lesbi, mengingat saat ini masyarakat masih banyak yang belum menerima keberadaan kaum lesbi. Masyarakat masih menganggap lesbi sebagai penyakit yang harus disembuhkan. Akibatnya, banyak dari mereka yang memilih untuk menutup diri di tengah masyarakat, takut dikucilkan dari pergaulan.
Sekali lagi, memang tidak mudah menelusuri dunia kaum lesbi di Kota Tasikmalaya. Begitu susah memang mendeteksinya, karena komunitas ini tersimpan sangat rapih dan sangat sulit ditembus.
Meski harus berjuang dengan keras, namun "KP" berhasil menjumpai salah satu kaum lesbi di Kota Tasikmalaya. Wanita ini, sebut saja Kiran (nama samaran), warga Cipedes Kota Tasikmalaya. Dia masih berusia belasan tahun dengan status masih sebagai pelajar.
Menurut penganut cinta sejenis ini, kaum lesbi di Kota Tasikmalaya sesungguhnya sudah ada sejak lama, dan jumlahnya cukup banyak. Namun mereka cenderung menutup diri.
Semakin hari, komunitas ini makin tumbuh dan berkembang. Hal ini seiring dengan dinamika kehadiran pendatang dari luar daerah. Sarana hiburan yang mulai bermunculan dan semakin berkembang menjadi gaya hidup sendiri, komunitas ini pun semakin bertambah.
Mereka cenderung masih sangat tertutup, sekalipun telah mulai terbentuk komunitas-komunitas kecil. "Mereka tidak hanya warga Kota Tasikmalaya saja, banyak juga pendatang yang bekerja atau sekolah di Kota Tasikmalaya," ujarnya.
Menurutnya, jumlah komunitas ini tidak bisa dipastikan banyaknya. Tapi untuk memastikan adanya komunitas-komunitas lesbi ini tidak sulit. Mereka bisa ditemukan di tempat hiburan atau tempat-tempat makan di super market di Kota Tasikmalaya pada hari-hari tertentu. Mereka biasanya berkelompok dengan penampilan yang berbeda.
"Kami sangat tertutup karena masyarakat menganggap kami sebagai sampah atau penyakit yang berperilaku menyimpang," ucapnya. (bersambung)***

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16 November 2012

Xi Jinping, The Chinese New Leader Apparently Have Cattle Herding


The new head of state in the land of China, Xi Jinping, was never experienced periods of bitter in his life. Even he had to be a cowherd.
Right in the era of the Cultural Revolution in 1969, political turmoil in the State Panda. The political elite of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was attacked. At that Xi's father, Xi Zhongxun, served as Deputy Prime Minister of China.
Xi Zhongxun condemned the bloody tragedy, and Xi Jinping who was 15 years old went to a remote village, Liangjiahe. According to reports, Xi lived in the village and worked as a farmer. Some of the villagers admitted that the man who is now elected as its new leader is a hard worker. "Yes, he (Xi Jinping) are employed in agriculture. He also herding cattle," said one villager, told CBS, Friday (16/11/2012).
Chinese citizens said Xi would be a leader who is experienced in the difficult times dihidupnya. That experience will certainly make Xi look like a much better leader than ever before. "The new president is going through a pretty tough times. He'll learn from it," said Chinese citizens.
Xi is also described by the Chinese as a big tall who likes to read. Xi is also a sincere person who likes to work hard.

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12 November 2012

Film About Veterans Being Artisan Sweep, Won the "Lawangsewu Festival 2012".



Short film about the story of a veteran who won the general category sweeper in "Lawangsewu Film Festival 2012" Community Cinema initiated Semarang (KSS). "This film does not contain a lot of dialogue, but the message hit and very touching," said Aditya Gumay, one of the jury at the Grand Final Night Lawangsewu Film Festival 2012 in Semarang, Sunday (11/11) night.
According to the renowned director who has directed many films, including "Mother Wants Up Hajj" and "House Without Windows", the movie was filmed Down Trees Community Cinema Jakarta was strong enough in the telling.
The film, said Gumay who announced the winners direct a short film festival, the movie called "Sweep Junior Badges tells veterans who had mortgaged his badge to get treatment." Lawangsewu Film Festival I appreciate this, because it can be stretched young children to be creative to make a movie . Moreover, participants of the festival is not only from Semarang, but many cities in Indonesia, "said Gumay.
Chairman of the Arts Council of Semarang (Dekase) Mulyo Hadi Purnomo recognizes the development of cinema in Semarang still less than other cities, such as Banjarnegara, Navan, especially Bandung, Yogyakarta and Jakarta.
Because of that, he said, the performance of such short film festival is expected to stimulate the creativity of filmmakers-Semarang young filmmakers to make quality films, especially many of the participants turned out to other areas. "I think Semarang still have much to learn from other cities. Followers participants from different regions, to Aceh, I hope to encourage young filmmakers compete to make the best Semarang," said Mulyo.
Meanwhile, Tohar Gunawan (26) director of the film "Junior Badge Sweep" explained the film will only take as long as three weeks with the cultivation location at some point in the Capital region.
Film production cost of about one million dollars, he said, inspired by the story of a war veteran named Engkong Nasir currently afflicted life and do not have anything.
"Because of that, some cash prize of this film festival we donate to him. We want all people to appreciate the services of a hero," said the student of the Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ) class of 2009 was.
There are 65 works competing in the film festival, divided students and general category. Winner of two general categories, namely "A Tale Of Roses" filmed Community Dark Room Jakarta, followed by "Skeptic" Community Mercubuana claim.
While the student category, the winner won the movie "Top!" students filmed SMK 11 Semarang, followed by "For Mother" filmed SMA Negeri 1 Banjarnegara students, and the third "Chase" CIP Productions filmed Salatiga.
Sources: Antara

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11 November 2012

Pope 10 Meters, Stranded on Beaches


A large whale was found beached fishing the South Coastal District, West Sumatra, on Sunday. Asril (56) Local fishermen said the whale about 10 feet long and weighs about 2.5 tons was estimated stranded since Saturday (10/11).
When found Sunday around 14:00 pm, the fish was still alive but have started to limp. It is estimated that the fish was stranded for more than 24 hours. Local residents have been trying to save by dragging it into the sea, he said.
Not to mention far from the seafront, the efforts of citizens is just pointless, it already looks dead fish that were forced to surrender. Big fish again stranded on beach Ampingparak, District Silk, after the crashing waves.
Locals said large whale was first discovered new residents in the district. With great size, residents dragged the tie wearing nylon rope used to pull the seine fishermen in gang crowded. The whale is now a spectacle of local residents. Since the discovery until this afternoon, the location of a dead whale was crowded with people.
As planned, the whales will be buried after an agreement with the local community because if you wait long, dead fish will stink. "Though the night, the whale carcass remains will be buried. Yet before we would counsel (deliberation) first fellow citizens here. Following a new agreement with the same burial done by the community," he said.
Deliberation done due to the burial of the fish that can not be done by some people just because the weight of the fish is very large and requires a lot of manpower if the burial without the use of heavy equipment.
Sources: Antara

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17 Februari 2009

Teacher Ferformance

Produced, Teacher Performance Criteria
Directorate General of Quality Improvement of Education and staff's (Director General PMPTK) Ministry will prepare a teacher's performance criteria. PMPTK Baedowi Director General, said the performance criteria will be used as indicators for the payment allowance teaching profession. In addition, it can be used to evaluate the professional ability of teachers to the profession have obtained the certificate.
Baedhowi said, publishing professional certificate for teachers is to keprofesiannya, but allowance payment is based on professional performance. One condition, he said, according to Government Regulation NO.74 Year 2008 on the Guru, the work load of teachers meet at least 24 hours in face-to-face one sunday. "So even if their performance meets the 24-hour face-to-face, but should be seen that the performance indicators is now being done," he said after the MoU signing ceremony between the education sector in Indonesia with the Turkish Ministry of National Education, Jakarta, Thursday (22/1/2009).
Baedhowi mentioned, the number of teachers that cumulation has been certified in 2007 and 2008 is approximately 360,000 people. From January 2009, he said, had already been a benefit payment profession. Meanwhile, teachers across a target in 2009 was 200,000 and the payment allowance profession will start in 2010. "Payment is intended primarily for participants who have long passed, while the new graduate are required to complete the decree issued allowances professional educators," he said.
Baedhowi assert, there is no change in the teacher certification system, but changes in the work kepengawasan especially for supervisors in the office. According to him, to ensure that the comptroller is required to work a professional supervisor who truly understand the learning process. "If the supervisor does not control the learning process is difficult. Therefore, the search for those of you who have experience as teachers or principals," he said.
Source: Ministry of National Education Press
Depdiknas.go.id

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16 Februari 2009

Kriteria Kinerja Guru

Direktorat Jenderal Peningkatan Mutu Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (Ditjen PMPTK) Depdiknas akan menyusun kriteria kinerja guru. Dirjen PMPTK Baedowi mengatakan, kriteria kinerja ini akan dijadikan indikator untuk melakukan pembayaran tunjangan profesi guru. Selain itu, dapat digunakan untuk mengevaluasi kemampuan profesional guru bagi yang telah mendapatkan sertifikat profesi.
Baedhowi mengatakan, penerbitan sertifikat profesi bagi guru adalah untuk keprofesiannya, tetapi pembayaran tunjangan profesi adalah berdasarkan atas kinerjanya. Salah satu syaratnya, kata dia, sesuai Peraturan Pemerintah No.74 Tahun 2008 tentang Guru, yakni memenuhi beban kerja guru paling sedikit 24 jam tatap muka dalam satu minggu. "Jadi kinerjanya itu walaupun memenuhi 24 jam tatap muka, tetapi harus dilihat indikator kinerja yang sekarang sedang dikerjakan," katanya usai mengikuti acara penandatanganan MoU bidang pendidikan antara Indonesia dengan Turki di Depdiknas, Jakarta, Kamis (22/1/2009).
Baedhowi menyebutkan, jumlah kumulasi guru yang telah disertifikasi pada 2007 dan 2008 adalah sekitar 360.000 orang. Mulai Januari 2009, kata dia, sudah dipersiapkan pembayaran tunjangan profesinya. Sementara, target guru yang disertifikasi pada 2009 adalah sebanyak 200.000 orang dan pembayaran tunjangan profesinya akan dimulai pada 2010. "Pembayaran ditujukan terutama bagi peserta yang sudah lulus lama, sedangkan yang baru lulus diminta melengkapi berkas untuk diterbitkan SK tunjangan profesi pendidik," katanya.
Baedhowi menegaskan, tidak ada perubahan dalam sistem sertifikasi guru, tetapi perubahan pada pekerjaan kepengawasan terutama bagi pengawas dalam jabatan. Menurut dia, untuk menjaga agar pengawas bekerja secara profesional diperlukan pengawas yang betul-betul memahami proses pembelajaran. "Kalau pengawas tidak menguasai proses pembelajaran kan sulit. Oleh karena itu, dicari mereka yang punya pengalaman sebagai guru atau kepala sekolah," katanya.
Sumber: Pers Depdiknas
Depdiknas.go.id

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15 Februari 2009

Role in Providing Improved Performance

Giving incentives to employees as a stimulant that can motivate employees to work more effectively. Incentives closely related to the performance of employees (in this case, the organization is a school teacher and staff). There is a reciprocal two-way between the back of the Performance Incentive. Incentives are given because of the good performance and are given to further improve the performance again in the future.
Based on the assumption of the theory on the importance of incentives to improve the performance of human resources in an organization, especially in schools, the authors in this research are interested to do further research on this.

Research method:
Method used in this research is referring to "the associative method," method of research that aims to understand the relationship between two variables or more. This method serves to explain, predict and control the symptoms / event.
Sources of data in this study are primary data and secondary data, primary data obtained with the spread of respondents to the questionnaire study, the teachers and staff of the TU SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon. While the secondary data is data that is retrieved from the data that has been available mainly to support the results of the questionnaire.
Technical analysis / Processing Test data correlation using the formula, Koefesien Determinasi Test, Test, and t.

Research goal: To know the system of incentives provided by the Junior High School Affairs (SMPN) Kota Cirebon 11 teachers and staff of the TU, to know the performance of teachers and staff at TU SMPN 11 Cirebon city, to know the role of incentives to increase the performance of teachers and TU staff in the city of Cirebon SMPN 11.

Conclusion:
Based on the respondents' assessment, the provision of incentives in the City School SMPN 11 Cirebon have the quality "good" or satisfying.
Based on the results of research are also known level of performance TU Teachers and staff in the city of Cirebon SMPN 11 are at a higher quality "high".
Relationship between the variables X (of incentives) with the variable Y (Teachers and Staff Performance TU) is a "strong and positive." This is known from the acquisition value koefesien correlation (r) of 0.62 and calculating the value of t larger than t table (4152> 2048). This gave Implications on the Growth variable X will be accompanied with the increase in the variable Y.
The influence of incentives on the performance of teachers and staff of the TU 38%, 62%, while the other is the influence of other factors.

Suggestions:
Because of incentives is very affecting performance improvement TU Teachers and staff, it will need to be improved or maintained to achieve the performance of teachers and staff a maximum of TU.
Other factors affect the performance of participating teachers and staff also needs to TU, such as skills development (education and training), and so forth.
Efforts to improve school performance in general is not able to stand on its own without the help of cooperation of the resources available, because it needed a solid partnership between all the teams working there.

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14 Februari 2009

Peranan Pemberian Insentif pada Guru

Pemberian Insentif terhadap pegawai adalah sebagai pendorong yang dapat memotivasi pegawai untuk lebih bekerja secara efektif. Insentif terkait erat dengan Kinerja pegawai (dalam hal ini, pada organisasi sekolah adalah guru dan Staf). Terdapat timbal balik dua arah antara pemberian Insentif dengan Kinerja. Insentif diberikan karena adanya Kinerja yang baik dan diberikan untuk lebih meningkatkan Kinerja lagi di masa mendatang.
Berdasarkan Asumsi dari Teori di atas mengenai pentingnya pemberian Insentif Kinerja untuk meningkatkan SDM pada sebuah organisasi, khususnya sekolah, maka dalam penelitian ini penulis tertarik untuk melakukan penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai hal tersebut.

Metode Penelitian:
Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah mengacu kepada "metode asosiatif", metode penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara dua variabel atau lebih. Metode ini berfungsi untuk menjelaskan, meramalkan dan mengontrol suatu gejala / Peristiwa.
Sumber data dalam penelitian ini bersifat data primer dan data sekunder, data primer diperoleh dengan menyebarkan kuesioner kepada responden penelitian, yaitu para guru dan Staf TU yang ada di SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon. Sedangkan data sekunder yaitu data yang diambil dari data yang telah tersedia terutama untuk mendukung hasil kuesioner.
Teknik analisis / Pengolahan data menggunakan rumus Uji Korelasi, Uji Koefesien Determinasi, dan Uji t.

Tujuan Penelitian: Untuk mengetahui sistem pemberian Insentif yang berikan oleh Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (SMPN) 11 Kota Cirebon terhadap guru dan Staf TU, untuk mengetahui Kinerja guru dan Staf TU pada SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon, untuk mengetahui peranan pemberian Insentif terhadap peningkatan Kinerja guru dan Staf TU pada SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon.

Kesimpulan:
Berdasarkan penilaian responden, pemberian Insentif pada Sekolah SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon memiliki kualitas "baik" atau memuaskan.
Berdasarkan hasil penelitian juga diketahui tingkat Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU pada SMPN 11 Kota Cirebon berada pada tingkat kualitas "tinggi".
Hubungan antara variabel X (Pemberian Insentif) dengan variabel Y (Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU) adalah "kuat dan positif". Hal itu diketahui dari perolehan nilai koefesien korelasi (r) sebesar 0,62 dan nilai t hitung yang lebih besar dari t tabel (4,152> 2,048). Hal itu memberi Implikasi Kenaikan pada variabel X akan diiringi dengan Kenaikan pada variabel Y.
Pengaruh Pemberian Insentif terhadap Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU diketahui sebesar 38%, Sedangkan 62% lainnya adalah pengaruh dari faktor-faktor lain.

Saran-saran:
Dikarenakan Pemberian Insentif sangat berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU, maka hal itu perlu dipertahankan atau ditingkatkan untuk mencapai Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU yang lebih maksimal.
Faktor-faktor lain yang ikut mempengaruhi Kinerja Guru dan Staf TU juga perlu diperhatikan, seperti pengembangan keterampilan (pendidikan dan pelatihan), dan sebagainya.
Upaya dalam meningkatkan Kinerja sekolah secara umum tidak mampu berdiri sendiri tanpa bantuan kerjasama dari sumber daya yang ada, karena itu diperlukan kerjasama yang solid antara seluruh tim kerja yang ada.

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10 Februari 2009

Valentine's day soon. What will you prepare?

Valentine's day soon. What will you prepare?

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WSLIC-2 in Cijulang Ciamis?

Read coverage Radar TASIKMALAYA Edition Tuesday 10th February 2009 with the title "The Village Cijulang Pertanyakan Program Weslik", some of the things I gratitute Obligation. First, I as a Community Facilitator (Consultant assistant Society) on the Program WSLIC-2 District for the area Ciamis Cluster II includes the District Cihaurbeuti, Panumbangan, Panjalu, Sukamantri, Cikoneng, Sindangkasih, and CIPAKU District, stated that the Village Cijulang District Cihaurbeuti not included in the The recipients list of the village program WSLIC -2. The Water Facility project located in the Village Cijulang District Cihaurbeuti as made, is the government support the project approach and methods of implementation with different WSLIC-2. This principle in the context of confirmation and clarification should be a high-thought and well executed. Especially author news, penyaji news, and information sources from which news is, do not build up a misleading opinion.
Second, Scond Water and Sanitation for Low Income Communities (WSLIC-2) means that the Program Providing Water and Sanitation for the low-income people. Abbreviations appropriate for this program is WSLIC-2, not WESLIK as in the previous news headings. WSLIC-2 program is a program for the community, not known is "Developer projects" or any similar term. WSLIC-2 program is done entirely by the community. Start idenifikasi problems, formulation of needs, planning and implementation activities, to operational and its mainantenance initiated in a participatory way through Participatory Assessment Methodology by the communities themselves. Thus, when physical development is declared complete, even at the time this program will actually start. Program will not diserahterimakan by the government as the support, and readiness before keberdayaan society itself is feasible according to the criteria stated program. Some of the villages that can be considered successful in the implementation of the Program WSLIC-2 among the Village Budiasih and Sukamanah Village District Sindangkasih, Sumberjaya District Cihaurbeuti Village, Village Jayagiri Panumbangan District, Village District Ciomas Panjalu, and several other villages that have implemented the Assessment Methodology as a participatory approach in development community.
Third, I personally very grateful to friends and colleagues in the arms that move and ANSOR Youth Movement Youth Movement of the Resurrection (Garda BANGSA) Ciamis District. Thus ideally the organization of social movements in one garapannya future. Generation of hammering continues, transformasikan ideology into action and good movement.

Asep Yudha Dian Permana, S. Sos.
  • Community Facilitator in Water Supply and Sanitation for Low Income Communities (WSLIC-2) to Ciamis Regency Cluster II (District Cihaurbeuti, Panumbangan, Panjalu, Sukamantri, Cikoneng, Sindangkasih, and District CIPAKU)
  • Deputy Secretary Ansor Youth Movement, The Branch District Ciamis.
  • Vice Chairman of the Youth Movement of the Resurrection (BANGSA Garda), the Board of District Coordination Branch Ciamis.
  • Students Masters Education Administration, School of Graduate Education University of Indonesia.

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05 Februari 2009

Rajapolah Indonesia

Rajapolah, is one of the places in the Tasikmalaya from the beginning until now known as the Craft Center in West Java of Indonesia, even probably in the world. However, there is incidentally the story of the past, that fact is not central Rajapolah craft. Perhaps this is a craft made by the majority of the population Cihaurbeuti, Ciamis District. Rajapolah only as a place of marketing only. First epoch. Conditions other story now. The supply of craft for the majority Rajapolah sent from Central Java. Raw materials or half-finished material is no longer coming from Cihaurbeuti, if there can be counted with the fingers. But the new story, yet to be significant. Truly remarkable progress! Is it a progress?

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04 Februari 2009

Tentang Perubahan Seks

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Jender kembali, yang dikenal sebagai seks begitu saja berubah, semua prosedur yang dilakukan untuk memberikan pasien seksual karakteristik yang berbeda dari mereka yang pasien biologi seks. Mayoritas seks bedah kembali prosedur yang dicari oleh laki-laki dan perempuan ke Internet individu, namun peningkatan jumlah perempuan-laki-laki ke-transsexuals, kadang-kadang disebut transeksual laki-laki, sedang mencari jender kembali.
Transisi dari negara biologis perempuan untuk seorang laki-laki identitas dapat menjadi sangat rumit atau sangat sederhana prosedur. Tergantung pada preferensi masing-masing pasien, dapat melibatkan lintas dressing cukup untuk tampil sebagai lawan seks atau termasuk penggantian hormon, dada dan rekonstruksi, dalam kasus yang paling ekstrim, penuh perubahan genital seks.

Hormone Replacement Therapy untuk Wanita untuk Pria Transsexuals
Secara umum, transisi dari negara biologis perempuan untuk tampilan seorang laki-laki melibatkan penggunaan ekstensif terapi hormon. Prosedur ini, yang harus dilakukan dengan hati-hati pengawasan dokter, sama dengan laki-laki tradisional terapi hormon pengganti (HRT) dan merupakan salah satu langkah yang dapat diambil untuk transisi ke seorang laki-laki yang cocok dengan tampilan pasien identitas jender.
Terapi hormon pengganti untuk transeksual laki-laki umumnya melibatkan pengambilan, patches, atau kulit pil implants. Perawatan ini, yang sangat bervariasi dalam biaya, umumnya meningkatkan jumlah testosterone dalam tubuh. Bentuk-bentuk lain dari wanita-ke-laki-laki tidak menggunakan HRT testosterone, bukan mengandalkan steroid-like compounds atau "ando pro-hormon, yang mendorong tubuh pasien untuk memproduksi sendiri testosterone.
Proses ini menghasilkan tampilan seperti laki-laki, sering mengarah ke pertumbuhan yang lebih wajah dan rambut tubuh dan meningkatkan massa otot. Secara umum, hal itu juga menyebabkan haid berhenti dalam waktu lima bulan, dan untuk memperbesar kelentit. Transisi ini biasanya yang pertama, dan kadang-kadang saja, langkah yang diambil ketika sedang wanita untuk mengubah jenis kelamin laki-laki.
Terapi hormon pengganti bagi orang-orang transeksual memiliki beberapa drawbacks, termasuk kecenderungan untuk memperburuk penyakit cardiovascular dan menyebabkan gangguan psikologis. Banyak orang melakukan transeksual HRT lapor mood swings dan agresif outbursts. Kecuali hysterectomy juga dilakukan, banyak juga beresiko mengembangkan endometrial, ovarian atau berkenaan dgn kandung kanker.

Dada Rekonstruksi Female-to-Male Transsexuals
Karena operasi genital sering prohibitively mahal, rumit atau tidak berhasil, transeksual banyak orang memilih untuk memiliki "atas" hanya operasi, yang biasanya melibatkan penghapusan dan reshaping dari payudara. Kosmetik payudara operasi dilakukan pada wanita-ke-laki-laki transsexuals biasanya melibatkan seluruh mastectomy. Walaupun perawatan diambil untuk mencegah scarring, banyak laki-laki transeksual scarring pengalaman di kedua sisi dada.
Selama operasi rekonstruksi dada, fatty tissue dikeluarkan dari satu pengirisan pada setiap payudara. The areola (bagian gelap dari payudara) adalah shrunk dan kemudian ditempatkan sebagai cantum yang berbeda pada bagian dada, di mana ia berdandan dengan seksama steril bandages. Biasanya, terutama operasi tidak sakit dan kegiatan sehari-hari dapat dilanjutkan dalam waktu satu minggu.
Secara umum, operasi rekonstruksi dada adalah yang paling mudah dan berhasil bagian dari perempuan untuk mengubah jenis kelamin laki-laki. Dada dari transeksual laki-laki biasanya hampir identik dengan dada dari biologis laki-laki, dengan hanya perbedaan kunci yang ringan scarring di setiap sisi dada. Mayoritas transeksual laki-laki sangat puas dengan hasil operasi ini.

Genital Modifikasi untuk Wanita untuk Pria Transsexuals
Langkah yang paling rumit dalam perempuan untuk mengubah jenis kelamin laki-laki, genital modifikasi, dapat terjadi dalam berbagai bentuk, dengan berbagai tingkat kompleksitas dan komplikasi. Paling sederhana berupa perempuan-untuk mengubah jenis kelamin laki-laki-operasi meliputi penghapusan dari vaginal kanal (oleh jahit itu ditutup), yang merupakan prosedur yang biasanya hanya dilakukan jika pasien sudah benar-benar hysterectomy. Hysterectomies yang melibatkan penghapusan dari rahim dan ovaries juga sering dilakukan untuk menghilangkan perempuan hormon.
Phalloplasty, atau penis konstruksi, juga merupakan prosedur umum bagi perempuan-ke-laki-laki seks kembali. Dengan segala bentuk phalloplasty, labia yang sudah bergabung bersama untuk membentuk tampilan sebuah kantong. Implants, yang didesain untuk melihat dan merasa seperti bandulan, kadang-kadang baru ini ditempatkan di dalam kantong. Penis baru ini kemudian dibangun dengan menggunakan berbagai metode yang berbeda.
Metode lain yang dikenal sebagai metoidioplasty membuat penis baru dari kelentit. Tissue dari labia atau bagian lain dari tubuh kemudian dapat digunakan untuk membuatnya lebih besar. Ini biasanya hasil kecil jika dibandingkan dengan penis penis dari biologi manusia.
Genital modifikasi lain yang populer digunakan untuk membuat penis melibatkan masuknya sebuah jaringan cantum dari kaki, lengan atau perut. Hal ini dapat menggabungkan unneeded otot tulang atau bahkan kecil, dari bagian lain dari tubuh, untuk menciptakan sebuah lingga relatif besar. Operasi ini cukup rumit, namun dalam beberapa kasus dapat membuat penis hingga tujuh inci di panjang mengherankan tampilan normal.
Phalloplasties juga dapat melibatkan tambahan yang menggunakan susuk agar dpt menjadi tegak dan pemancangan seksual penetrasi. Implants ini dapat sederhana, seperti tongkat atau prosthetics memompa mekanisme sangat kompleks. Pekencingan yang juga dapat diarahkan, seringkali dalam operasi terpisah, mengalir ke dalam penis yang baru. Sementara ini untuk menambah kompleksitas prosedur, ini merupakan aspek penting yang banyak untuk mengubah jenis kelamin laki-laki transeksual.
Bedah lainnya mengalami perubahan oleh manusia transeksual termasuk facial implants, hiasan dada-otot dada dan tubuh implants contouring dengan liposuction. Prosedur ini, seringkali jauh lebih sederhana daripada yang lain yang terlibat dalam transisi, dapat memberikan kontribusi pada pasien laki-laki penampilannya.
Tergantung pada keadaan pasien sendiri, seorang perempuan-ke-laki-laki transeksual dapat memilih untuk menjalani sebagian besar, banyak, beberapa, atau tidak ada prosedur yang dijelaskan. Sementara beberapa orang yang transeksual dan konten puas tanpa operasi atau perubahan hormonal, yang lain mungkin akan mengalami resiko yang berkaitan dengan jender kembali perawatan untuk mengkonfirmasi dan pengalaman fisik sensations biologi dari laki-laki.

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Transportation Cost in Indonesia

TASIKMALAYA, fuel type Premium Though already two down, but public transport fares (angkum) in Tasikmalaya not also go down. Chairman of the Organization of Land Kendaraan (Organda) Tasikmalaya Dede T. Widarsih, that public transport fares at this time is still long rates. Dede said that done, Organda because up to now still waiting for Mayor of SK Bupati Tasikmalaya Tasikmalaya or related to a decrease in tariffs is angkum. "Yes we are still waiting for Mayor of SK and Regent, we kan patokannya in government policy, that there have been a verbal 5% -10% but is certainly not the oral," Chairman of the firm as well as members of the Board of Organda Kab. Tasik time in the office building of the Board of Kab. Tasik, Tuesday (6 / 1). Angkum tariff adjustments in the field itself, says Dede, situsional ascertained. "Yes, if people pay less than the price usually, so a driver must receive. Dipermasalahkan Do not, I already submit to the angkum and driver so that situsional course," he added. Public transportation is being Kabid City Dishub Tasik Aay Zaelani Organda Dahlan expect angkum immediately reduce tariffs in line with the decrease in fuel price. "I hope I go down, although he said in January this decrease in fuel price again. Kan later adjustments can be done again," said Aay. Senada with Aay, Kasie Bina Usaha Transport Dishub Kab. Tasik H. Suryanto said the meeting in Bandung, some time ago. Rates for public transportation in the city down around 4% -7%. Angkum for being on the border down 5% -10%. "Clearly we're going down, the meeting yesterday also diperkotaan vehicle down to 4-7 percent, while for example the border from Tasik Cipatujah down to 5-10 percent. If the fuel price will be adjusted down again, even the decision of the meeting will changed again, "he said.

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Head of DPRD North Sumatera Killed By Demonstration

MEDAN, INDONESIA - Head of the DPRD North Sumatra (North Sumatra), H Abdul Aziz Angkat, died in a stunt show performed by the anarchic sense of supporting the establishment of Provincial Tapanuli (Protap) that took place in the building of DPRD North Sumatra, in Medan, Selasa (3/2). Aziz had was home to the International Health Gleni Medan using trucks belonging to civilian hunters Poltabes Medan, but the soul does not saved.
Events begin at the mass of thousands of supporters to the building of DPRD Protap Sumut around 10:00 WIB. Berorasi after some time outside the building, then they merangsek to the plenary meeting room, while the ongoing meeting coincided with the plenary discussion of the agenda Ranperda Regional Financial Management, led by Aziz directly Angkat.
Around 10:33 at WIB, Aziz has just opened a plenary meeting immediately suspend the meeting because of the mass demonstration participants through successful entry. The leadership council, including Aziz and Sekdaprov Sumut Lift, RE Nainggolan had evacuated to the leaders who exactly is behind the plenary room.
The mass beringas bring a coffin to the plenary meeting room. They also brought banners and posters containing the charges against them Protap formation. In turn they also do orasi.
WB at around 11:30, be under guard by police Aziz Angkat then evacuated to the Golkar Party faction room which is located on the ground floor of the building council. Events that get resistance from the mass action, a group of stone and then the police brought Aziz Lift with various objects, including a glass-glass that is on the table of the board members.
Not quite up there, followed by Aziz Angkat hold mass to the room until the Golkar Party faction. In that place-names he got down, drag-and-drawn even need to receive inappropriate treatment of a number of pengunjuk without any sense that can hinder.
Suspected of not holding a strong attack, Aziz Angkat sprawling and even then was to the hospital. Evacuation process itself does not run smoothly. Eight staff of the Legislative Sumut Aziz's body to be brought to the hospital had be-hinder mass. They even point Aziz malinger.
In the middle of the mass action that attempts to obstruct, struggling with the body of Aziz Angkat to be successful hunters civilian truck parking in the middle of the page next to the building board. Trucks are even police can not directly exit the building as the council continues to be mass.
Hospital officials Gleni International was trying to give help, but it is too late, life Angkat Aziz can not be saved. "This is already too late," said an officer at the hospital.
Lift Aziz who is also Secretary Sumut DPD Golkar Party is to be appointed Chairman of the DPRD North Sumatra on 27 November 2008. He replaces H Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe who resigned as a forward from caleg Democrat.
Before in the Golkar Party, politicians born 10 January 1958 was recorded as a lecturer at the State University of Medan (Unimed). Education S2 husband Turnalis Siregar diraihnya in the North Sumatra University (USU).

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03 Februari 2009

Worried About Your Retirement?

Current market conditions have forced many people to re-think their retirement plans. Those already retired are worrying about sustaining their current standard of living in face of their reduced resources. Those nearing retirement worry about their future and consider postponing their retirement date, reluctantly accepting that they will have to work more years than they had previously anticipated. And those many years from retirement worry about whether to continue to invest in the market and whether the markets will recover sufficiently to allow them to retire.
Everyone is worried, and worry adds to an already stressful existence. Stress can compromise your physical and mental health. Alina Tugend wrote recently in the New York Times "Personal Business" section about a study of 3,000 people at the University of Michigan which examined the effects of chronic stress brought about by uncertainly about job security. The study found that, "People who felt chronically insecure about their jobs reported significantly worse overall health and were more depressed than those who had actually lost their jobs or had even faced a serious or life-threatening illness."
"The problem," according to Professor Robert L. Leahy at Weill-Cornell University Medical College, "is that people who are anxious tend to equate uncertainly with negative outcome." We are uncertain about the future, we worry about it, we make ourselves sick and, not surprisingly, things get worse, not better.
How can we break out of this vicious cycle? Begin by separating the things over which you have control and those that are beyond your control. It does no good to worry about the overall future of the stock market because you have no control over that. Markets are far more volatile today than they have been in a very long time, and this volatility has increased investment risk. The practical solution is to re-examine your risk tolerance in light of this increased volatility. Take direct steps now to bring your investments in line with your personal risk tolerance. This channels your worry into productive action. You are doing something positive which will help reduce future potential negative consequences.
This is not to suggest that you should retreat entirely from equities, but perhaps reduce the equity portion of your investment portfolio while increasing the portion dedicated to bonds and cash. You might also move from individual stock investments to low-cost mutual funds which provide significantly increased diversification (and less volatility) than an individual portfolio.
In addition to risk tolerance alignment, it is even more important to re-align your lifestyle with your resources so that you don't outlive your money.
Take some significant time to think about what is really important to you in your life and in your retirement, and then estimate what your retirement lifestyle will cost. If the numbers do not add up, based on your projected annual revenue, expenses and life expectancy, you will need to make some adjustments. Estimate the specific elements of your retirement lifestyle (living expenses, travel, continuing education, etc.) and then make an informed judgment about what is truly important to you and adjust your lifestyle accordingly. If and when things get better, you can always readjust again.
By reducing the amount of worrying you do and, consequently, the amount of stress you create for yourself, you can turn this vicious circle into a virtuous one.
Then, like Alfred E. Newman, you can say, "What? Me worry?"

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02 Februari 2009

Does A Sex Change Really Change Your Sex?

By Juniper
Gender reassignment, known casually as a sex change, is any procedure performed to give a patient sexual characteristics that differ from those of the patient's biological sex. The vast majority of sex reassignment surgical procedures are sought by male-to-female transgender individuals, but an increasing number of female-to-male transsexuals, sometimes called transsexual men, are seeking gender reassignment.
Transitioning from a biologically female state to a male identity can be a very complicated or very simple procedure. Depending on the preferences of the individual patient, it can involve simply cross dressing to appear as the opposite sex or include hormone replacement, chest reconstruction and, in the most extreme cases, a full genital sex change.
Hormone Replacement Therapy for Female-to-Male Transsexuals
In general, transitioning from a biologically female state to a male appearance involves the use of extensive hormone therapy. This procedure, which must be performed with the careful supervision of a physician, is similar to traditional male hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and is one of the biggest steps that can be taken to transition to a male appearance that matches the patient's gender identity.
Hormone replacement therapy for transsexual men generally involves shots, patches, pills or skin implants. These treatments, which vary widely in their cost, generally increase the amount of testosterone in the body. Other forms of female-to-male HRT do not use testosterone, instead relying on steroid-like compounds or "ando pro-hormones," which encourage the patient's body to produce its own testosterone.
This process produces a male-like appearance, often leading to the growth of more facial and body hair and increased muscle mass. In general, it also causes menstruation to stop within five months and the clitoris to enlarge. This transition is usually the first, and sometimes the only, step taken when undergoing a female-to-male sex change.
Hormone replacement therapy for transsexual men has some drawbacks, including the tendency to aggravate cardiovascular disease and cause psychological disruptions. Many transsexual men undergoing HRT report mood swings and aggressive outbursts. Unless a hysterectomy is also performed, many are also at risk of developing endometrial, ovarian or uterine cancers.
Chest Reconstruction for Female-to-Male Transsexuals
Because genital surgery is often prohibitively expensive, complicated or unsuccessful, many transsexual men opt to have "top" surgery only, which usually involves the removal and reshaping of the breasts. Cosmetic breast surgery performed on female-to-male transsexuals usually involves a full mastectomy. Although care is taken to prevent scarring, many transsexual men experience scarring on both sides of the chest.
During chest reconstruction surgery, fatty tissue is removed from a single incision on each breast. The areola (the dark part of the breast) is then shrunk and placed as a graft on a different part of the chest, where it is dressed carefully with sterile bandages. Usually, the surgery is not particularly painful and daily activities can be resumed within a week.
In general, chest reconstruction surgery is the easiest and most successful part of a female-to-male sex change. The chests of transsexual men are usually almost identical to the chests of biological men, with the only key difference being mild scarring on each side of the chest. The majority of transsexual men are very satisfied with the results of this surgery.
Genital Modification for Female-to-Male Transsexuals
The most complicated step in a female-to-male sex change, genital modification, can occur in a variety of forms, with varying degrees of complexity and complication. The simplest form of female-to-male sex change surgery includes the removal of the vaginal canal (by sewing it shut), which is a procedure that usually takes place only if the patient has already had a full hysterectomy. Hysterectomies that involve the removal of the uterus and ovaries are also often performed to eliminate female hormones.
Phalloplasty, or a penis construction, is also a common procedure for female-to-male sex reassignment. With all forms of phalloplasty, the labia are joined together to form the appearance of a scrotum. Implants, which are designed to look and feel like testicles, are sometimes placed inside this new scrotum. A new penis is then constructed using a variety of different methods.
Another method known as metoidioplasty creates a new penis from the clitoris. Tissue from the labia or another part of the body can then be used to make it slightly larger. This usually results in a small penis when compared to the penis of a biological man.
Another popular genital modification used to create a penis involves the insertion of a tissue graft from the leg, arm or abdomen. This can incorporate unneeded muscles or even small bones, from other parts of the body, to create a relatively large phallus. This surgery is quite complicated in some cases but can create a penis up to seven inches in length of surprisingly normal appearance.
Phalloplasties can also involve the additional use of an erectile implant to enable erection and sexual penetration. These implants can be simple, rod-like prosthetics or very complex pumping mechanisms. The urethra can also be directed, often in a separate surgery, to flow into the new penis. While this adds complexity to the procedure, it is an important aspect of a sex change for many transsexual men.
Other surgical alterations undergone by transsexual men include facial implants, pectoral-muscle chest implants and body contouring with liposuction. These procedures, often far more simple than the others involved in the transition, can contribute to the patient's male appearance.
Depending on the patient's own circumstances, a female-to-male transsexual might choose to undergo most, many, a few or none of the procedures described. While some transsexual men are content and satisfied without any surgical or hormonal alteration, others may be willing to undergo the risks associated with gender reassignment treatments in order to confirm and experience the physical sensations of male biology.

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01 Februari 2009

Achieve what you want, Thru Self Hypnosis Today

by David Frett
Imagine, Looking Into The Eyes Of A Stranger And Then Being Able To Control Almost Every Physical Move... They're About To Make.
Hypnotizing People Can be Fun, Especially When They Don't Know.
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Hypnosis is the art of hypnotising people.
With it you can plant suggestions in anyone, bring people into a trance state and make them do almost anything you say.
You've seen those stage hypnosis shows where people go around clucking about like chickens?
Believe me, that's no act!
Hypnosis can make people do almost anything, and outside of hypnosis shows it can be used in business, love and many other areas of life in order to achieve very powerful goals.
NLP is the art of conversation.
The art of establishing a deep form of rapport with people and getting them to want to do things for you.
With it you can put people into a happy mood and make them feel really euphoric and relaxed whenever they're around you.
Think about that for a moment, do I really need to explain the possibilities you can achieve when people want to be around you all the time because you make them feel relaxed, euphoric and happy?
I even teach you techniques to keep people away from you! And believe me, you'll need them... that's how attractive you will be to people once you Master the techniques taught in NLP.
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30 Januari 2009

Watch that Clock!

by Mike Bond

I wonder what size book you'd end up with if you wrote a detailed history of clock and watch making? I don't think I'll try it. Just a tiny, few hundred words overview for the moment.
Probably the greatest horologist of them all was Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was born on the 10th. January 1747 at Neuchatel in Switzerland, and died on the 17th. of September 1823. Among his many accomplishments was his invention of the Tourbillon. It's French for 'whirlwind,' but its action is rather far from that phenomenon!
In the 18th. and early 19th. centuries, gravity was considered to affect timepieces adversely, causing them to lose or gain an unacceptable amount. Bregeut's invention put a cage around the whole escapement of the watch or clock and was geared to turn once every 60 seconds. It may have made a positive difference then. I think it's arguable.
The main problems they faced were inferior steels, and the fact that gears and pinions had to be cut by hand. Just think about it. You're faced with a brass disc, in which you must cut, say, 120 teeth. By hand. With a piercing saw. It requires incredible skill. Mind you, in those days and well into the early 20th. century, clock and watch making was very compartmentalized.
There was the man who made the movement plates, between which ran the gear train(s). The man who made the wheels and pinions. The escapement maker. The hand maker. There was the man who 'crossed out' the wheels and hands.
Indeed, years ago, I knew an old man, pretty much the last of his kind. He was 85 years old and still worked a bit on the side. He'd been employed by the same clockmaking firm in London for 59 years as a 'piercer,' the man who cut out the spokes in the wheel and made the decorative hands. He was quite amazing. If I have to cut out spokes in a wheel, I have to mark everything out and cut to the lines. Not him! He never marked anything out. He had this knack of cutting not only dead straight lines and beautiful curves, but of polishing the surfaces as he cut. Please don't ask me how! The result was that none of the wheels nor hands had to be touched with a polishing file at all.
So that was the way they used to work. Each individual highly skilled at his particular craft. The great Breguet was a master of it all.
Remember, too, that they couldn't simply sit down in front of a lathe and turn a switch. They had lathes, yes, but they had to be operated either with treadles or bows; the bow string passed in a single coil over a pulley and was pulled back and forth. With this method, the only time you could cut was when the bow was pushed away from you, causing the work to spin anti-clockwise, into your cutting tool.
Another of the problems was that since the wheels had to be cut by hand, including the escape wheel, making the escapement 'isochronos' was a decided problem. Yes. Terrifying word, isn't it? Not really, though. Straight from the Greek. 'Iso', meaning equal, and of course 'chronos', time. It's vital that the power from the mainspring, housed in the Great Wheel, is allowed to escape at an equal rate. In other words, the escape wheel teeth must be exactly the same distance apart. Imagine doing this by hand!
Breguet produced the most incredible pieces, not least the self-winding watch. It came with a clock, and when the wealthy wearer staggered home from a night in the taverns, reeking of booze, and cheap perfume from his dalliances with the ladies of the evening, he'd simply fumble for his watch, which of course he carried in a fob on a chain, and hooked it on to a special fixture on the clock. When he arose in the morning, the watch would be fully wound again.
Now, although the French and English were the masters of horology in those days, let's not forget the Americans. The French, with Pierre Le Roy, Achille Brocot and of course Breguet. The English, with such luminaries as Thomas Tompion, John Harrison, (of chronometer fame), and John Arnold, could make truly magnificent clocks and watches for the crowned heads of Europe and those with pockets lined with gold, it was the Americans and they alone who made the clock available to the masses. The English sniffed and huffed and puffed about what they called the 'kitchen clock', said it would never work and was a pile of junk.
I'm an Englishman myself, but not too proud to admit that the old lion received a hearty kick in the teeth. The Americans cornered the market, and England was eclipsed for many years to come.
I'm indebted to Wikipedia for some of the facts for this article

About Mike Bond
Probably the greatest horologist of them all was Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was born on the 10th. January 1747 at Neuchatel in Switzerland, and died on the 17th. September 1823. Among his many accomplishments was his invention of the Tourbillon. http://www.24hourwebcash.com/bond9241

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29 Januari 2009

How To Distinguish Mental Health Problems In Teenagers

by Faye Bautista

Teenagers are considered as one of the most active group of individuals today. But there are times that teens are already having some kind of mental health problem and yet adults fail to recognize it. Because of misinterpretation and ignorance, teens get to experience less understanding from their parents thus, leading to a more complicated situation which is of mental illness.
Parenting requires recognition of problems, no matter how big or small it is, in children. Teenage period is seen as the hardest stage in the parents and the child's life. Adolescents tend to be in a higher level of stress because of the low coping mechanism that is introduced to them.
Things about school, peer pressure or intimidation, self-insecurities and important decisions that must be regarded for are some of the things a teenager must fulfill in his or her life for it to become more meaningful. Pressures bring about a lot of stress, thus, worrying is inevitable. Adolescents tend to see the world in different folds and this kind of thinking makes things totally confusing.
With proper parent support and care, your teens can withstand these factors in life and make problem solving easier. Although, if you lack to give a certain time out of your monotonous and tasteless job to recognize your teen's feelings, then mental illness may occur.
Some of the most obvious manifestations of mental problems are hopelessness, depression, and worthlessness. Problems concerning the mind will co-exist with the emotional status of the adolescent. Usually, mental problems are painful and real. It only proves that, when an emotional problem is difficult to resolve, isolation may occur.
These mental health problems can be aggravated and can lead a future full of situations that can contribute problems which may affect the entire family as well. It can result to loss of close and trusted friends, conflict within the family, and dropping out of school. You, as a parent or guardian, must be aware of your adolescent's present status and emotional behavior.
Overreaction on simple and immature things, has become deeply emotional and cries a lot, and is often angered by situations. They feel guilty and worthless. Even keep on worrying with a lot of things and is very anxious. Being scared that he or she might go overboard and be out-of-control.
Your teenager can also manifest things that are based on the mental aspect like instead of making good grades he or she flunks every single subject in her class. The loss of interest in doing activities that he or she used to enjoy doing and their unexplainable change in eating and sleeping habits.
Once these behaviors are already seen in a teenager, it is time to ask for help. To be able to handle the situation effectively, mental health professionals can be consulted.

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28 Januari 2009

How to Control Minds of Others Using Word "NOT"

By Peter Saks

I would like to introduce you to all the manipulation possibilities of the word "not". We use it every day dozens of times, but only a very small group of people is fully aware of the power residing in it. Before you too will discover it, I would like to offer you a very interesting experiment. Below are few commands I would like you to read them carefully, close your eyes, repeat them slowly one after another in your thoughts and see how your mind reacts to them.
• Do not think about blue sky. • Do not think about your mother. • Do not think about your fathers voice.
Well, it seems you just couldn't resist thinking about them, huh?
What happened in your mind under the influence of these three commands? Your mind pictured blue sky, your mother and you've heard your fathers voice. If you haven't experienced it try again, this time it should work. Why is this happening? Why do our brains react so weirdly to commands formulated in such way? To answer this question, we will need to get familiar with a bit of theory behind this process. As you may already know, the mind of every human being is composed of two integral parts: the conscious and unconscious.
The subject of our particular interest is in the latter part of the brain. Unconscious mind is the place where all well-adapted skills are kept, skills you at the level of unconscious competence. Unconscious brain is responsible for fast reactions for example, automatically pressing the brake pedal when you encounter the red light, as well as the gas pedal when the light green lights, you change gears without any second-thoughts on how to do it (now try to recall how hard it was when you were starting to learn those things, how many variables you needed to keep track of and how exhausting it was).
Unconscious part of the brain also allows you to use your native language, without the need for think over whether to use a noun or verb, and in which tense. Everyone who ever studied a foreign language, knows how complex skill it is and how much time you have to devote in order to use it freely, and still you can speak in your native language without conscious thinking about the syntax and grammar.
Our brain is functioning this way thanks to the most developed part of it. It allows you to understand what other people are saying and helps you to express your thoughts clearly. This part of the brain is also responsible for transforming everything you hear or read into pictures, sounds and emotional states. However, it understands only very simple language, and is unable to understand negations. For example, to comprehend: Don't think about blue color, the brain must first picture blue color and then when he knows what blue is he can deny it. Otherwise speaking, there is no difference in saying "Don't think about blue color" and "Think about blue color", because on unconscious level your mind responds to both sentences in the very same way. Interesting concept, right? Even more interesting are its implications, because this concerns not only the images and sounds, but also emotional states and bodily sensations. Have anyone close to you said something like this to you:
"Honey, just do not get nervous. We have to talk".
What was the reaction of your mind to these words? Probably, unconscious mind first recalled the word nervous, or simply the state of distress, and then tried to neutralize it. What is the result of this situation? The exact opposite of the one intended, instead of the internal calmness you feel worried and stressed. The person speaking to you gave you an unconscious command: get nervous, honey. With this example it should be clear to you how often people tend to sabotage their own efforts by using sentences with negations.
- Ladies and gentlemen, please Don't get stressed. - Don't be afraid to visit the dentist, it will not hurt. - Don't forget to send letters. - Don't drop it. Don't lose it. - Don't do that.
These sentences produce a different result from the planned. We would have much better chance of achieving the intended result if we would, formulate those sentences in other way, such as:
- Ladies and gentlemen, please calm down. - Remember to send letters. - Keep it. - Keep an eye on it. - Stop to do it.
In this case, the mind gets precise instructions, the intention of the person saying these sentences is consistent with the way brain understands them, which gives you the highest chances of being well understood.
I do not know whether you already noticed, the full potential of knowingly using this very short word "not", you can control what other person thinks using language patterns which in majority of cases are unspottable. I do not know also whether you are fully aware of how you can benefit from using "not" in many situations of daily life. Do not think, on who try this technique today!

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