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The Influence of Foreign Culture Foreign Culture is a culture that comes from outside the area that is received and lived by a community living in its own area [1] . Globalization is one of the factors causing the entry of foreign culture into Indonesia. Although foreign culture has a pleasant impact, there are likewise disreputable impacts carried by abroad culture. The disreputable abroad cultural influences that enter Indonesia cause cultural shock, individualistic, and consumptive behavior. To begin with, the impact of abroad societies' culture that entered Indonesia caused cultural-shock. Cultural shocks are changes in social values ​​along with the advancement of the knowledge and time [2] . This generally happens in individuals who are experiencing a sudden move or exchanged to another environment. The abroad culture that entered Indonesia caused a change in social qualities in Indonesia. Furthermore, it makes Indonesian culture be feeble in light of the fact tha...

The Detrimental Effects Of Poverty P overty is the inability of individuals to fulfill the minimum basic needs for a decent life   (Social Department and Statistical Center Bureau, 2002). The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) noted that Indonesia experienced the lowest point in terms of percentage of poverty since 1999, which was 9.82 percent in March 2018. As a result, there are many adverse effects caused by poverty itself, such as unemployment, crime, and education. Unemployment is the impact of poverty, because education and skills are things that are difficult for the community to achieve, so people find it difficult to develop and find decent jobs to meet their needs. Due to the difficulty of working, the absence of income makes it difficult to meet needs, lack of nutrition and health, and cannot fulfill other important needs. For example, the price of rice is increasing, people who are unemployed find it difficult to buy rice. An unemployed person who cannot provid...

Everyone wants to have a peaceful and happy life. However, you can not make it happen if you get sick, so you should to keep your healthy. There are several ways to be healthy. First step is eating the healthy foods. To be healthy, people should eat foods with balanced nutrition that the body needs. You are recommended to eat foods that contain carbohidrates, vegetables, fruits, side dishes and milk. Besides that,   you should eat on time and drink enough water. Second step is doing exercise regularly. You need to do exercise to maintain not only your body fitness but also your immune system. To do exercise, you do not have to do strenuous exercise for a long time. You can do simple things regularly in daily life such as going up steir instead of using elevator, walking and riding bicycle instead of riding motor vehicle, etc. The last step is having enough rest. Having enough rest is important to keep healthy. To rest optimally, people are recommended to sleep at least 8 ...

The Effects of Global Warming Global warming is an increase in average temperature in the atmosphere, the sea and land on the surface of the earth.   The latest research showed that the last 1 century the earth's temperature has increased dramatically with a temperature of 0.6  °C . The researchers estimate that the average global temperature could increase between 1.4 -5.8  °C  in 2100. Moreover, it will cause many negative effects on the earth, humans, and other living things Global warming can be the cause of more complex and serious problems. The most dangerous impact of global warming is the ozone layer starts to thin, which function is to cover the earth. This earth is in dire need of the ozone layer, because it can protect  from direct sunlight such as ultraviolet light. If ozone is not able to filter ultraviolet light, it will bring adverse effects such as skin diseases, the earth will get hotter and etc. The next impact caused by global w...

Indonesia has many kinds of TV programs. Many TV programs bring good effects to the audiences. Unfortunately, not every TV programs bring positive effects to the audiences, especially the underage audiences. There are some uneducating TV programs in Indonesia.                 First, uneducating TV program in Indonesia is sinetron. For example, ‘Anak Jalanan’ is a sinetron aired in RCTI at 2015. It have some bad contents such as violence, illegal street racing and dating. ‘Ganteng Ganteng Serigala’ inspired by a film entitled ‘Twilight Saga’. This sinetron is aimed for teenagers and adults but it is aired when the children still awake.                 In addition, uneducating TV program in Indonesia is reality show. For example, the famous reality show ‘Rumah Uya’ that used to solve people’s problem is later found as a fiction. Simi...