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    Indonesia Tradition

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    Makassar. South Sulawesi known with their various ethnic groups such as: Suku Bugis‚ Suku Makassar‚ and Suku Toraja. The latest ethnic group‚ Suku Toraja‚ is the ethnic group that most of them live in Tana Toraja. According to a book Tana Toraja: A Social History of an Indonesian People‚ “Toraja itself is formed from word ‘to’ means people and word ‘riaja’ means highlands.” So‚ it means “People who living in the highlands” or highlanders. Suku Toraja traditional ceremony and traditional house are

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    Social Issues in the Philippines Falling Income The Philippine GDP per capita shrank to US$990 in 2000 from US$1‚129 in 1997 while the GNP per capita contracted to US$1‚033 from US$1‚197. This was a result of the Asian financial crisis‚ which caught up with the Philippines in 1998.  After expanding 5.2 percent in 1997‚ the country’s GDP backpedaled by 0.5 percent in 1998. It grew by only 3.4 percent in 1999 and 4 percent in 2000. With a high population growth rate of 2.3 percent annually‚ economic

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    Gillette in Indonesia

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    product mix. Marketing push. Gillette sales in Indonesia are as follows: Table 1 GILLETTE in Billions of dlls $ % Total Sales 6‚800‚000‚000.00 100.00% Razor sales 2‚720‚000‚000.00 40.00% Asia- Pacifica razor sales 600‚000‚000.00 22.06% Top 5 cities sales $360‚000‚000.00 60.00% Indonesia Market The Republic of Indonesia is constituted of more than 15000 islands and the Population distribution is as follows: Table 2 INDONESIA % Quantity Lived in towns 35.00% 68‚600

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    Music of Indonesia

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    Indonesia is an archipelago or group of islands in Southeast Asia and Oceania and is home to over two hundred thirty eight million people. So as one can imagine the overall culture of the area already differs island by island. The thousands of islands result in hundreds of forms of music. The islands of Java‚ Sumatra‚ Bali and Flores have been documented and recorded in respect to music‚ because of the regions huge size scholars are still studying other islands. The largest ethnic group is the Javanese;

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    Garuda Indonesia

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    in 1955. Garuda Indonesia commenced passenger service to Bali in 1951 using Douglas Dakota DC-3 aircraft. It inaugurated the Denpasar-Sydney service in 1969 using Douglas DC-8 aircraft. Over the years‚ Bali has been consistently voted "The Best Island in the World"‚ and the airline has played an integral role in developing Bali as an international tourist destination. The historic Asian African Conference was held in Bandung‚ West Java on 19 April 1955. Garuda Indonesia was the official airline

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    Corruption in Indonesia

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    Culture of corruption is deeply entrenched in Indonesian society and remains an ongoing challenge for Indonesia (Temple‚ 2001). Under Suharto’s regime‚ corruption was centralized in which the collection of bribes was dominated by government (Macintyre‚ 2003). In other words‚ individual officials were prohibited to maximize their personal gains (Temple‚ 2001). After the Suharto’s fall‚ Indonesia became more democratic and decentralized which were likely to confront corruption. However‚ corruption

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    Marijuana as a Social Problem Introduction Marijuana is a green‚ brown‚ or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot‚ herb‚ weed‚ grass‚ boom‚ Mary Jane‚ gangster‚ or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words‚ they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ the main active chemical

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    Introduction Capital Punishment is defined as the legal infliction of the death penalty by the federal system or by the state. Also known as the death penalty‚ this sentencing is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is irreversible and everlasting. We have all heard of the famous lex talionis of "an eye for an eye" in the Old Testament of the Bible. The view of proponents of the death penalty in reference to the "let the punishment fit the crime" ideal is that‚ in the eyes of many law

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    Mudik in Indonesia

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    still have a place in today’s world? Mudik is an Indonesian term used to describe when someone who lives away from home is coming home for the holidays. This tradition is often seen during great holidays‚ such as Christmas and Eid-ul-Fitr. In Indonesia‚ for example‚ as many as 30 million people go mudik on Eid-ul-Fitr in 2011. Most people do mudik activity because they want to reunite with their families after being away for working or studying for a long time. Some societies think that mudik

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    S. Surgeon General‚ The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) is five or more drinks in a row for men‚ and four or more in a row for women. Drinking levels this high significantly increase the problems the drinkers and for those around them. What is Alcohol Poisoning? Alcohol poisoning occurs when a person drinks a large quantity of alcohol in a short amount of time. The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream is called the blood alcohol concentration

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