Monday, November 21, 2011

I need help with Time Zone converting

I need help with Time Zone converting?
I lived in Cambodia and wanted to know what time is 4:51 AM EDT would be for our current location? thank in adv... I wanted to see the reddish moon :-)
Astronomy & Space - 2 Answers
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This little web program hopefully will work: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
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It will be around 3.51 pm Try this one Time Zone Converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?day=28&month=8&year=2007&hour=4&min=50&sec=0&p1=179&p2=199

Monday, November 14, 2011

Moving to Cambodia? Very skeptical

Moving to Cambodia? Very skeptical.?
When I am out of college I want to move and study in Cambodia with anthropology and things similar to that. BUT, I am just torn between Cambodia and Laos. Which one is better? And I am NOT looking at it from an expat, tourist point of view. Which one is better in terms of just living there. I hear Cambodia is dangerous, and has alot of sex slavery and things like that. Laos has very little crime, or anything of that sort. If I so happen move to Cambodia.. are there ANY western-styled hospitals? Or would I just be screwed and on a flight to Thailand?
Other - Asia Pacific - 3 Answers
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Cambodia has a high crime rate. I spent a few months there working for the government. Poverty, sex slaves, and petty crime is all over the country. In general the country is very dirty. The police and nonexistentare non-existant and care little for it's citizens or guests. The hospitals are what you can expect in a third-world country. The best health care you will get in Cambodia is when the US military comes in, once or twice a year. Laos is much cleaner. I was there for a short time, but seemed like a nicer country. But that is coming from sight only.
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I have never been to Laos. But I went to Cambodia. My wife got her camera snatched in front of a police check point. They asked us to pay them to get it back? Like they knew the thieves? Then they tried to force us to make a police report which they asked for Fifteen US dollars. I called my hotel they said to smile and tell the police no and walk away. If you spoke Cambodian it might be different. Health care is scarce. Thailand would be the closest place for that. The sex slavery you would just have to look the other way. I lived and worked in Iraq for over Two years I felt safer there. In that part of the world peoples salaries are low like 20 or 30 US dollars a month. You would always have to watch your back and not really trust anyone? If you lived off of 300 US a month that's more than locals make in a year. Think about this everyone in Cambodia that survived the killing fields are the people that did the killing? Good luck. Regards,
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Cambodia is all over the place. When I visited, a friend of mine had a diabetic attack and we had our translator take us to a clinic. They refused to treat her for almost an hour because "they were board with her" (i've heard many other stories almost exactly the same as this). Once they finally treated her, they would not keep her there overnight for any amount of money. Basically, Cambodia is a play-as-you go kind of country. I never had any problems with stealing and was able to get around only knowing a little Khemi. It's an interesting country to say the least.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Cambodia is a collectivist society. How might a mental diagnosis contribute to internalized oppression

Cambodia is a collectivist society. How might a mental diagnosis contribute to internalized oppression?
A women who lived through Pol Pot's legacy saw the death of her family and friends. She came to america with much psychiatric symptoms, including pain, depression, poor sleep, weight loss, low energy, nightmares, visions of her parents being killed, etc... She is now irratable and has numerous physical complaints. She was diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, Single Episode, Moderate. Cambodia is an example of a collectivist society. How might such diagnosis contribute to internalized oppression in this case?
Psychology - 5 Answers
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She might feel "trapped" by the diagnosis, just as she felt trapped in the society she escaped from?
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Being a collectivist society has nothing to do with that. Once a person has gone through that, the effects are pretty much a given. And how can a diagnosis contribute to the internalization of anything? And is "collective society" your diagnosis? All you can do is love the person and care for her as she will let you.
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I don't know what collectivist society is but i can say for certain that without a doubt she would be suffering from PTSD. We really don't know the horror these people went through, the thing is she needs to be allowed to express her mind. We live in a society that is "perpetrator friendly", and it seems like she is basically being told to get over it. If her mind is stuck there, she will never come out of it and she needs help to do that, Meanwhile Pol Pot gets sympathy from a liberal media without having to apologize to the 1.5 million people dead and their families. No wonder she suffers, because that time in history was horrific and tragic and to discount her experience would be injustice.
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Because individuals in collectivist societies tend to perceive diagnoses as (not weakness like individual cultures), but failings and an inability to contribute and fulfill their purpose. Internalizing the failure oppresses the individual.
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Thanks to Pol Pot there are a lot of screwed up people. Cut the head off to kill the snake.