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Thesis and plagiarismWell I just recently browsing at Kaskus, the biggest forum in Indonesia. It's a hub where sellers and buyers could meet and do commercial transcation informally. You could find almost anything there, from ps2, ebooks, multimedia, dvd-r, etc etc, but there is one thread that caught my attention. There is one seller here selling 1200 thesis of many academic field clamped in one dvd. It even has a site! Oh wow. 1200 thesis in one dvd if that sounds not too fishy. Talk about plagiarism. I wonder why authority hasn't done anything to this guy. Is selling and buying thesis is that ...
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Sejarah Orang Indo di Indonesia(to english reader: this is translation of this article) Beberapa waktu ini saya memulai lagi membaca literatur mengenai eurasia dan orang Indo di Hindia Belanda. Seperti yang saya tulis di artikel terkait mengenai eurasia, saya sedang mengadakan penelitian pribadi mengenai Indo di Hindia Belanda untuk memuaskan rasa penasaran. Nyaris semua saudara dari oma saya telah meninggal. Yang tertua sedang hidup di Belanda, dan mengalami kepikunan karena usia lanjut. Anaknya (sepupu mama saya) tidak terlalu tahu tentang sejarah keluarga kami, sekarang saya satu-satunya yang mau menginvestigasi. Kakak saya ada rencana untuk studi ke Belanda, tapi tidak dalam waktu dekat, dan saya benar-benar khawatir kalau ...
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Anti-Megawati Club @ FacebookNational election is currently the main topic in Indonesia with so many nominees among unknown, people getting confused about whom they should pick for their legislative member. Put it aside, there is refreshing, amusing news about Megawati, the candidate for president from PDIP, who also served as President of Indonesia from 2001-2004. It's natural for opposition party to criticize the government, but it seems people has started fed up of unconstructive critcism, some might also consider this as hypocrisy. Megawati has several times criticized the government of the BLT (Bantuan Langsung Tunai, cash aid for poor people), but in recent campaign, ...
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Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009Bulan April nanti Indonesia akan mengadakan pemilu Legislatif yang nantinya akan diikuti oleh pemilu eksekutif. Pertanyaannya adalah, apakah mentalitas para pemilih sudah cukup dewasa untuk menerima kekalahan? Dengan mengetik kata kunci
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[Opinion] Good chance at the wrong momentIn the time of global crisis, where job seekers outnumbered the available jobs in market, we are in relatively lower position compared to the employers out there. Many would accept the job that don
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Economical Value of Indonesian LanguageIndonesia Language also known as (Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa, or Indonesian), de facto language of Republic of Indonesia, spoken by approximately 250 million speakers or more in this world, centralized in Indonesia, uniquely spoken as second language by majority of most Indonesians who probably speak regional language as their mother language. Indonesian language is originally Malay language, spoken as lingua franca of nusantara during Netherland’s colonialization, uniting the vast country that comprises of hundred different language. Due to different influence from colonial masters, Indonesia and Malay language evolved differently and now considered separate entities. Indonesian language is probably the most important identity of ...
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Who Could Stop Israel?I’m pretty sure nobody miss the latest scoop of the Middle East eternal-war drama. Israel has continuously bombarding Palestine in Gaza Stripe for weeks, attacking civillians, destroying infrastructures, killing women and children indiscriminately, with justification of killing Hamas, the radical Islamic group that has been concern for Israel’s security over years. And recently, they trample on international law by bombing UN Building in Gaza. Shame on you Israel. I studied middle east politic long time ago, in fact, Israel-Palestine conflict was the first international relations topic I studied so I know a little bit about it. I almost decided to dedicate ...
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Mutilation News for Your LunchIf you are living in Indonesia and regularly watching Indonesian news broadcasting show, you probably notice already, there have been many reported cases of mutilation these days. Mutilation case first surfaced into public's space during Ryan's bloody murder. This gay (?) guy apparently mutilated his victim and looted his possessions, he was arrested and jailed, but the aftereffect is kinda disturbing. Why? Well, apparently, Ryan has become new famous "celebrity", his news was broadcasted intensively during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you didn't turn off your tv, you probably being distrubed listening news of beheaded people during your leisure. I actually rare to ...
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The Obama Effect: What Can We Learn?First let me congratulate Barrack Obama for being elected as the 44th President of United States. I don't think I need to repeat the story of his unique background, his experience living in Indonesia for 4 years and the multicultural backround has captivated interest from people not only in America, but the whole world, especially Indonesia and Kenya who shares historical tie with him. It's natural for Indonesian and Kenyan people at the moment to celebrate, it's not every decade you could have president from a superpower have connection with country from 3rd country. His life is almost like novel, something you couldn't see everyday. His childhood experience living in Indonesia, dealing with poverty everywhere made him grow into a sincere man. Many said he couldn't help to feel emphaty to powerless, poor, people. Having historical tie with Indonesia doesn't ...
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Sentral Kekuasaan Masih di Jakarta: Daftar Kebijakan TotaliterianRUU Pornografi akhirnya sudah menjadi UU Pornografi. Hal ini menimbulkan kontroversi karena definisi yang terlalu ambigu dan berpotensi disalahgunakan. Berbagai kultur di Indonesia memiliki unsur ketelanjangan yang memang ditujukan untuk eksplorasi seni. Hanya dengan berbekal UU ini, berbagai keunikan yang ada di daerah kita bisa mati.Tapi marilah kita menyikapinya dengan agak dewasa. Bentuk kepasrahan karena suara protes kita tidak akan berguna, jadi terima saja. Sebelum UU ini, sudah banyak UU serupa, yang tujuannya mengontrol sektor privat. Pemerintah Indonesia dikritik menjadi pemerintah yang totaliterian, mengontrol berbagai sudut kehidupan masyarakat. Akhirnya kritik seperti ini mencuat lagi. Sebagai salah satu penduduk negeri ini, saya ...
