Pengalaman seru tinggal di asrama pesantren sungguh menyimpan
kenangan termanis yang sangat dalam. Ada kebanggaan tersendiri saat
menjadi santri. Bangga karena bisa merasakan kehidupan pesantren yang
kata orang terlalu terkekang. Tapi justru sebaliknya. Dunia pesantren
itu sungguh indah. Tiada seindah kehidupan selain di asrama pesantren.
Bagi yang tidak merasakan dunia pesantren rasanya bagaikan sayuran tanpa garam. Hambar. Pesantren jauh dari kesan hidup hanya untuk akhirat saja. Pesantren jauh dari kesan tidak maju-maju. Pesantren jauh dari kesan fanatik terhadap satu agama.
Pesantren jauh dari kesan teroris Ya.. pesantren itu hidup bukan untuk tujuan akhirat saja, tapi juga duniawi masih dipikirkan. Ya.. pesantren itu justru membuat pikiran maju dan lebih barokah -Insya Allah- Amin Ya.. pesantren itu bisa mengajarkan saling hormat menghormati antar umat beragama Ya.. pesantren itu belajar saling menyayangi dan dapat menghargai pendapat satu sama lain. Banyak buktinya orang yang
pernah nyantri baik dalam kurun waktu singkat
maupun lama. Tidak hanya masyarakat biasa saja, tapi para ulama, kyai,
ustad, pengusaha, guru, dokter, aparatur pemerintahan banyak yang
sukses karena pernah menuntut ilmu dan tinggal di pesantren. Di
Pesantren itu diajarkan gimana jadi seorang pemimpin yang memiliki
akhlak mulia serta sebuah kejujuran, yang mungkin sulit dilakukan oleh
orang- orang jaman sekarang. Tapi, di pesantren kita terus dituntun
untuk melakukan sebuah kejujuran, kedisplinan, serta pertanggung
jawaban, yang akhirnya menempel dalam jiwa seorang santri. Pada
saat ini, banyak sekali orang tua yang memasukkan anaknya ke Pesantren,
Karena mereka tau bahwa dunia luar itu sudah tak baik untuk anaknya,
terlebih untuk orang tua yang sibuk dalam pekerjaannya. Memang ketika
pertama kali masuk pesantren, itu sangat tidak enak. Karena, dunia
seseorang yang tiba-tiba berubah secara drastis. Namun, semua akan indah
pada waktunya. Menurut, KH. Mahrus Amin, selaku pimpinan Pondok
Pesantren Darunnajah Ulujami Jakarta Selatan, Seorang santri yang baru
masuk pesantren kemudian tiba-tiba keluar karena tak betah terhadap
lingkungannya, di ibaratkan " Monyet Makan Buah Manggis". Maksud dari
peribarat tersebut adalah seseorang yang hanya merasakan kepahitannya
saja, tapi tidak dapat merasakan kemanisannya dibalik kepahitan
tersebut. So, buat kalian yang belum pernah mencoba masuk pesantren, ayo
coba dan rasakan indah serta pahitnya kehidupan yang akan menuntun kita
ke dalam jalan kesuksesan ^_^
Korea Utara Siap Luncurkan Roket Jarak Jauh
Berita Manca Negara 1144 Views
Korea Utara akan meluncurkan sebuah roket jarak jauh diantara tanggal 10 dan 22 Desember.
Berita ini dirilis oleh kantor berita negara Korea Utara, KCNA.
Dalam pemberitaan itu disebutkan peluncuran roket jarak jauh ditujukan untuk meluncurkan sebuah satelit.
Ini merupakan peluncuran roket terbaru
setelah peluncuran April lalu gagal dan dianggap melanggar larangan PBB
terkait uji balistik Korea Utara.
Saat itu AS, Jepang dan Korea Selatan
mengatakan roket hanya terbang sebentar sebelum akhirnya pecah dan jatuh
di perairan dekat semenanjung Korea.
Pengumuman ini sepertinya akan
meningkatkan tensi dengan negara-negara tetangga, apalagi peluncuran
berdekatan dengan pemilihan presiden Korea Selatan yang dijadwalkan
berlangsung 19 Desember.
‘Tujuan damai’
Belajar dari kegagalan April silam,
kantor berita KCNA melaporkan bahwa ilmuwan dan teknisi di Komite
Teknologi Ruang Angkasa Korea Utara sekarang telah ”menganalisa
kesalahan.”
Roket ini disebut memiliki varietas yang
sama dengan Unha-3 yang diluncurkan April lalu. Dan akan diluncurkan di
kawasan ”selatan” kata KCNA, yang mengisyaratkan roket akan mengarah ke
Laut Cina Timur.
“Unha” dalam bahasa Korea berarti
”galaksi”, adalah nama yang diberikan oleh Korea Utara untuk peluncur
rudal Taepodong-2, yang diperkirakan bisa mencapai jarak 2.200km. Rudal
tersebut sejauh ini belum pernah sukses dalam uji coba.
Spekulasi terbaru mengindikasikan bahwa
Korea Utara akan mencoba peluncuran lainnya dalam waktu dekat, dan hal
ini telah diperingati oleh Dewan Keamanan PBB.
Pernyataan yang dikeluarkan Sabtu (01/12/12) bersikeras menyebut peluncuran ke empat ini untuk ”tujuan damai”.
Uji coba ini merupakan peluncuran kedua
di bawah kepemimpinan Kim Jong-un, yang berkuasa setelah kematian
ayahnya Kim Jong-il hampir setahun lalu.
Obama's health law finally gets real for America
Americans see potential for winners and losers under health law, causing anxiety and confusion
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2013
file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil
Hall about the federal health care law. Now is when Americans start
figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond
political talk, and really does affect them and people they know. With a
cranky federal website complicating access to new coverage and some
consumers being notified their existing plans are going away, the
potential for winners and losers is creating anxiety and confusion. A
look at three broad groups: those losing coverage, those gaining
coverage, and those wondering if their coverage will change. (AP
Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now is when Americans start figuring out that
President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk,
and really does affect them and people they know.
With a cranky federal website complicating access to new
coverage and some consumers being notified their existing plans are
going away, the potential for winners and losers is creating anxiety and
confusion.
"I've had questions like, 'Are they going to put me in jail if I
don't buy insurance? Because nobody will sell it to me,'" said Bonnie
Burns, a longtime community-level insurance counselor from California.
"We have family members who are violently opposed to 'Obamacare' and
they are on Medicaid — they don't understand that they're already
covered by taxpayer benefits.
"And then there is a young man with lupus who would have never
been insurable," Burns continued. "He is on his parents' plan and he'll
be able to buy his own coverage. They are very relieved."
A poll just out from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation
documents shifts in the country in the month since insurance sign-ups
began.
Fifty-five percent now say they have enough information to
understand the law's impact on their family, up 8 percentage points in
just one month. Part of the reason is that advertising about how to get
coverage is beginning to register.
"The law is getting more and more real for people," said Drew
Altman, the foundation's president. "A lot of this will turn on whether
there's a perception that there have been more winners than losers. ...
It's not whether an expert thinks something is a better insurance
policy, it's whether people perceive it that way."
The administration is continuing efforts to influence those
perceptions. On Wednesday, Obama will meet with volunteers in Dallas who
are helping people enroll in health insurance plans. Cabinet officials
are also expected to make stops around the country in the coming weeks
to encourage people to sign up for insurance even as the website
problems persist.
A look at three groups impacted by the law's rollout:
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LOSING CURRENT PLAN
The Obama administration insists nobody will lose coverage as a
result of cancellation notices going out to millions of people. At least
3.5 million Americans have been issued cancellations, but the exact
number is unclear. Associated Press checks find that data is unavailable
in a half the states.
Mainly they are people who buy directly from an insurer, instead
of having workplace coverage. Officials say these consumers aren't
getting "canceled" but "transitioned" or "migrated" to better plans
because their current coverage doesn't meet minimum standards. They
won't have to go uninsured, and some could save a lot if they qualify
for the law's tax credits.
Speaking in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall this past week, Obama
said the problem is limited to fewer than 5 percent of Americans
"who've got cut-rate plans that don't offer real financial protection in
the event of a serious illness or an accident."
But in a nation of more than 300 million, 5 percent is a big
number — about 15 million people. Among them are Ian and Sara Hodge of
Lancaster, Pa., in their early 60s and paying $1,041 a month for a
policy.
After insurer Highmark, Inc., sent the Hodges a cancellation
notice, the cheapest rate they say they've been able to find is $1,400
for a comparable plan. Ian is worried they may not qualify for tax
credits, and doesn't trust that the federal website is secure enough to
enter personal financial information in order to find out.
"We feel like we're being punished for doing the right thing," he said.
Their policy may not have met the government's standards, "but it certainly met our minimum standards," Hodge added.
"The main thing that upsets us is the president ... said over
and over and over again: If you like your health plan, you will be able
to keep your health plan, guaranteed."
There's a chance the number of people getting unwanted
terminations may grow. In 2015, the law's requirement that larger
companies provide health insurance will take effect. It's expected that a
small share of firms will drop coverage, deciding that it's cheaper to
pay fines imposed under the law.
___
GAINING COVERAGE
Before the law's online health care markets launched Oct. 1, the
administration estimated nearly 500,000 people would enroll for
subsidized private insurance within the first month. Despite high
consumer interest, a computer system beset by gremlins has kept most
from doing so.
The administration refuses to release enrollment numbers until
mid-November, when a crash program of computer fixes may be showing
results. The numbers are expected to be disappointingly low; officials
acknowledge as much.
A different prong of Obama's coverage expansion seems to be
doing fairly well. It's an expanded version of Medicaid, embraced so far
by 25 states and the District of Columbia. An informal survey of 14 of
those states by The Associated Press shows that at least 240,000 people
had enrolled in or applied for the expanded safety-net program as of the
third week of October.
Private coverage is what interests Cecilia Fontenot of Houston, a
part-time accountant in her early 60s. She has diabetes, high blood
pressure and high cholesterol. Though she manages well, she has been
unable to find affordable insurance. Under Obama's law, insurers will
not be able to turn away people with medical problems or charge them
more.
Fontenot gave up on HealthCare.gov and instead applied through a call center on Oct. 19.
"They said it may take a while because so many people had called
in," Fontenot explained. "I'm a very patient person, and I'm looking
forward to getting that insurance."
She wants a plan that covers a better diabetes drug than the one
she can afford now by paying out of pocket. Her doctor has also
recommended a high-tech imaging test for a breast lump.
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WONDERING WHETHER COVERAGE WILL CHANGE
Americans are still divided over the Affordable Care Act, with
negative views outweighing positives. But they also lean against
repealing it. The final judgment may be in the hands of people who now
have employer-provided health insurance. They're about half the
population, and they've noted Obama's assurances that their coverage
won't be disrupted.
Up to now, the changes for employer plans have been incremental. They tend to expand benefits, not take things away.
For example, young adults can stay on a parent's coverage until
they turn 26. Employers cover women's birth control as a preventive
service, free of charge. Screening tests such as colonoscopies are also
free.
But cost control provisions, mainly a tax on expensive insurance
plans that starts in 2018, are converging with the long-standing push
by employers to tame health costs. Some companies have raised
deductibles and copayments for employees, saying they need to scale back
to avoid tangling with the coming tax. Others are giving employees a
fixed amount of money to shop in private health insurance markets that
resemble those created by the law.
Expect cutbacks to be blamed on the law. Sorting out whether that's warranted may be difficult.
"What the Affordable Care Act did was give companies a very
convenient excuse to say 'Oh, gosh, we really have to get serious about
insurance costs,'" said Paul Keckley, an independent health benefits
consultant. "I think there's a bit of a bob and weave. The ACA was a
convenient excuse for doing what (corporate) human resources departments
have been calculating to do for years."
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