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Dharma Pongrekun
Dharma Pongrekun (born 12 January 1966) is an Indonesian former three-star police general, analyst, evangelist, media personality and politician who served as the Vice Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency from 17 July 2019 to 7 October 2021 under Hinsa Siburian. Previously, he served two offices in the Criminal Investigation Agency in 2015 and 2016. He retired from the police force in 2024. He is a declared candidate in the upcoming 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election and is running with Kun Wardana Abyoto, and academic, as potential vice governor. Early life and career Dharma Pongrekun was born in Palu City, Central Sulawesi Province. He attended elementary and middle school before going to Jakarta for high school. He graduated from Indonesian Police Academy, Bandung in 1988. He had a Master of Police Sciences from Indonesian Police College in 1995 and moving on to get a Master of Management at Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, a private university affiliated with the ...
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Toraja People
The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous people, indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of the population is Christianity, Christian, and others are Islam, Muslim or have local animism, animist beliefs known as ''aluk'' ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognised this animistic belief as ''Aluk To Dolo'' ("Way of the Ancestors"). The word ''Toraja'' comes from the Buginese language term ''to riaja'', meaning "people of the uplands". The Dutch East Indies, Dutch colonial government named the people ''Toraja'' in 1909. Torajans are renowned for their elaborate Funeral, funeral rites, burial sites carved into rocky cliffs, massive peaked-roof traditional houses known as ''tongkonan'', and colourful wood carvings. Toraja funeral rites are important social events, usually attended by ...
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International Treaty On Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness And Response
The International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response or Pandemic Treaty is a proposed international agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The 194 World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed in December 2021 to begin negotiations on a global pandemic treaty, aiming for a draft agreement to be finalized by May 2024 for consideration by the 77th World Health Assembly. Background Experts argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has "exposed severe limitations in both the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the WHO’s institutional capacities." In light of the pandemic's global devastation, many states called for a stronger international framework to deal with future pandemics. Responding to these calls, a special session of the World Health Assembly, the WHO's governing body, convened in November 2021. At this meeting, the WHO member states agreed "to establish (...) an intergovernmental negotiating body open to all Me ...
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Satyalancana Pengabdian 16 Year Service
Awards and decorations of the Republic of Indonesia are both military and civilian awards for service and personal contributions to the Republic of Indonesia. According to the Constitution of Indonesia, Chapter III Article 15: ''"The President grants titles, decorations and other honors as regulated by Law"''. Refer to Law no. 20/2009, there are three types of awards; the title of National Hero of Indonesia, Mark of Service () and Mark of Prestige (). Mark of Service consist of (pentagon-shaped decoration medal), while Mark of Prestige consists of Stars of the Republic of Indonesia (star-shaped decoration medal), ''Satyalancana'' (round-shaped decoration medal), and ''Samkaryanugraha'' (distinction trophy). All of the awards and decorations of the Republic of Indonesia are awarded to individuals of Indonesian citizenship and may be awarded to foreign nationals, except for the ''Samkaryanugraha'' which is awarded to institutions or organizations. Names of the awards and decorations ...
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Satyalancana Pengabdian 24 Year Service
Awards and decorations of the Republic of Indonesia are both military and civilian awards for service and personal contributions to the Republic of Indonesia. According to the Constitution of Indonesia, Chapter III Article 15: ''"The President grants titles, decorations and other honors as regulated by Law"''. Refer to Law no. 20/2009, there are three types of awards; the title of National Hero of Indonesia, Mark of Service () and Mark of Prestige (). Mark of Service consist of (pentagon-shaped decoration medal), while Mark of Prestige consists of Stars of the Republic of Indonesia (star-shaped decoration medal), ''Satyalancana'' (round-shaped decoration medal), and ''Samkaryanugraha'' (distinction trophy). All of the awards and decorations of the Republic of Indonesia are awarded to individuals of Indonesian citizenship and may be awarded to foreign nationals, except for the ''Samkaryanugraha'' which is awarded to institutions or organizations. Names of the awards and decorations ...
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Bintang Bhayangkara Nararya Rib
Bintang Beer ( id, Bir Bintang, literally "Star Beer") is a brand of beer from Indonesia and is produced by PT Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk, part of Heineken. The beer is styled as a pale lager, gold in colour with an ideal serving temperature of 7 °C. The 4.7% ABV Pilsner has a malt and hop flavour. Because it is a localized version of Heineken, its taste is similar and comparable to Heineken, and the Bintang bottle is reminiscent of a Heineken bottle; the red star on the bottle is the same as Heineken. Bintang makes a malt based beverage called Bintang Zero 0.0%, a low alcohol Radler called Bintang Radler (in both lemon and grapefruit flavours) 2.0%, a soft drink product called Green Sands. Construction of the brewery began in Surabaya in 1929 during Dutch colonial rule of Indonesia. In 1949, following Indonesian independence, the brewery was renamed 'Heineken's Indonesian Brewery Company'. In 1957 the Indonesian Government appropriated the brewery, and retained control f ...
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Bintang Bhayangkara Pratama Rib
Bintang Beer ( id, Bir Bintang, literally "Star Beer") is a brand of beer from Indonesia and is produced by PT Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk, part of Heineken. The beer is styled as a pale lager, gold in colour with an ideal serving temperature of 7 °C. The 4.7% ABV Pilsner has a malt and hop flavour. Because it is a localized version of Heineken, its taste is similar and comparable to Heineken, and the Bintang bottle is reminiscent of a Heineken bottle; the red star on the bottle is the same as Heineken. Bintang makes a malt based beverage called Bintang Zero 0.0%, a low alcohol Radler called Bintang Radler (in both lemon and grapefruit flavours) 2.0%, a soft drink product called Green Sands. Construction of the brewery began in Surabaya in 1929 during Dutch colonial rule of Indonesia. In 1949, following Indonesian independence, the brewery was renamed 'Heineken's Indonesian Brewery Company'. In 1957 the Indonesian Government appropriated the brewery, and retained control f ...
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Anti-vaccine Activism
Anti-vaccine activism, also called the "anti-vax" movement, is organized activity designed to increase vaccine hesitancy, often by disseminating misinformation or disinformation. Although myths, conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation spread by the anti-vaccination movement and fringe doctors increases vaccine hesitancy and public debates around the medical, ethical, and legal issues related to vaccines, there is no serious hesitancy or debate within mainstream medical and scientific circles about the benefits of vaccination. 18th and 19th century Ideas that would eventually coalesce into anti-vaccine activism have existed for longer than vaccines themselves. Some philosophical approaches (e.g. homeopathy, vitalism) are incompatible with the microbiological paradigm that explains how the immune system and vaccines work. Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine activism exist within a broader context that involves cultural tradition, religious belief, approaches to health ...
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Conspiracy Theory
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.Additional sources: * * * * The term has a negative connotation, implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence. A conspiracy theory is not the same as a conspiracy; instead, it refers to a hypothesized conspiracy with specific characteristics, such as an opposition to the mainstream consensus among those people (such as scientists or historians) who are qualified to evaluate its accuracy. Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy and an absence of evidence for it are re-interpreted as evidence of its truth, whereby the conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than something that can be proven or disproven. Studies have linked belief in conspiracy theories to di ...
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Fringe Science
Fringe science refers to ideas whose attributes include being highly speculative or relying on premises already refuted. Fringe science theories are often advanced by persons who have no traditional academic science background, or by researchers outside the mainstream discipline. The general public has difficulty distinguishing between science and its imitators, and in some cases a "yearning to believe or a generalized suspicion of experts is a very potent incentive to accepting pseudoscientific claims". The term "fringe science" covers everything from novel hypotheses which can be tested by means of the scientific method to wild ad hoc hypotheses and mumbo jumbo. This has resulted in a tendency to dismiss all fringe science as the domain of pseudoscientists, hobbyists, and quacks. A concept that was once accepted by the mainstream scientific community may become fringe science because of a later evaluation of previous research. For example, focal infection theory, which ...
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Far-right Politics
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being Conservatism, radically conservative, Ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist, and Authoritarianism, authoritarian, as well as having Nativism (politics), nativist ideologies and tendencies. Historically, "far-right politics" has been used to describe the experiences of Fascism, Nazism, and Falangism. Contemporary definitions now include neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, the Third Position, the alt-right, racial supremacism, National Bolshevism (culturally only) and other Ideology, ideologies or organizations that feature aspects of Authoritarianism, authoritarian, Ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist, Chauvinism, chauvinist, Xenophobia, xenophobic, Theocracy, theocratic, Racism, racist, Homophobia, homophobic, Transphobia, transphobic, and/or reactiona ...
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