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Exoticism exists on a spectrum, from pure exoticism - the choice to represent or "other" an exotic a non-Western subject, to transcultural composing which is the result of the combination of Western and non-Western styles without any intent to "other" an exotic subject (Lecture). Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Opera Comique in 1875 and was successful because of its violation of the social and operatic norms. The story was considered shocking at the time because it was about Carmen a "rebellious…

Case Study and Case Selection The research employs case study in which the Indonesian government’s reaction to the Aceh tsunami 2004. The case study is a representative sample of how the domestic and international factors influence the Indonesian foreign policy making and a useful variation on the dimension of theoretical interest (Gerring 2001, pp. 178-181) particularly what factors explain foreign policy decision-making within countries. In similar vein, case study would be an effective tool…

Cordelia, his youngest, believes actions speak louder than words,so refuses to express her love for him, which infuriates him. Breaking these valued morals lead to madness that encompasses the characters’ minds and “eliminates all rational thoughts” (Bali). In Shakespeare’s King Lear, blindness results in misjudgments, leaving the person to decide to either change for the better or allow greed to overrule. As the play progresses, the characters’ actions portray how misjudgments influence them…

Indonesia’s Tsunami Challenges: While others are trying to achieve world peace, I convince that Indonesia still needs to struggle reconsolidating with the nature. This consolidation refers to keeping the nature preserved from desolation while the society lives in peaceful minds being safe from disasters. According to Yulianto, et al. (2009), disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc. are part of God’s gift along with the earth (including minerals, oil, gas, etc.) that both…

Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Act, capital punishment has remained a controversial part of the Australian legal system (Johnson, DT & Zimring FE 2006; Lennan, J & Williams, G 2012). With events such as the Bali bombing, the Osama Bin Laden case (Lennan, J & Williams, G 2012) and the Nguyen Tuong Van drug smuggling case (Indermaur, D 2006), the implementation of the death penalty is continually brought to the forefront of Australia’s attention as to…

The Fight Against Palm Oil "Today, palm oil is grown throughout Africa, Asia, North America, and South America, with 85% of all palm oil globally produced and exported from Indonesia and Malaysia; but most of the time not using sustainable measures" (King 1). Palm oil is a very popular oil that comes from the Palm Tree in many rainforests. The production of palm oil affects many parts in the world from Global Warming to the murder of the Orangutans in the rain forest. "Demand is still growing,…

International Political Economy or IPE is one of social science studies that focusing on the correlation between economy and politics internationally. IPE will be focuses on international economic growth, international welfare, international finance, hegemony, etc. In this subject, it seems like there is no boundaries between economy and politics. They related and influence one another. After the colonial period, Indonesia has experienced a lot of progress for both domestic affairs and foreign…

1. Is the nature of crime in our society accurately presented in the media? Crime is one of the most heavily reported subject areas in media news due to its accessibility, benefit to the community, and it’s entertainment value (Maguire et al., 1999). To many Australians, crime news from television, radio, newspapers and other forms of media, is their only source of crime information in their community. Unfortunately the media often exaggerates or understates different facets of the true nature…

(JIT), vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and electronic funds transfer (EFT). Now that businesses were using (JIT) there weren’t ordering as much raw materials only ordering the materials when they needed them which saved on holdings costs and lowered the changes of the materials getting damaged. EDI also meant that employees had much less paperwork to do as the system the company implemented did a lot of the work, which meant the employees could now focus on more important duties that benefit the…

even before she married, she explained with a shaky, emotional toned voice, “my kids are not in the medical field but they have always been supportive” (Vansickle 2017). Her youngest son was outside sitting with us and he hugged her. According to the Bali Medical Journal, “Nurses will be more exposed to the negative outcomes of work-life imbalance than other groups of employees, so paying attention to managing the demands of work and family aimed at improving the nurses’ quality of life, has…