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Small Alcohol Consumption May Cause Dementia Too
Good! On average they die at an older age than people from other countries?- Pak Tani
- Post #12
- Forum: Health and Medical Care
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Small Alcohol Consumption May Cause Dementia Too
The study claiming red wine in moderation is healthy is 35 years old and its findings are now generally agreed to be flawed. Maybe the whole study was flawed, based on wrong assumptions. Science is an ever evolving project; if the subject is interesting or important enough for you, you'll try...- Pak Tani
- Post #10
- Forum: Health and Medical Care
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Small Alcohol Consumption May Cause Dementia Too
It is not so much about the subject itself, but about the way this thorough study is dismissed without sound arguments. Just because there are groups of people who grow older than average with less dementia doesn't disprove the findings of the research. It is an interesting observation, but some...- Pak Tani
- Post #9
- Forum: Health and Medical Care
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Small Alcohol Consumption May Cause Dementia Too
Dude, what do you mean. Are you trying to refute the findings of the research conducted by these three universities? Or is there a genetic reason or perhaps a geo-locational or sociology-economic reason why these people are exceptions? If you have any research that supports your claim, please...- Pak Tani
- Post #5
- Forum: Health and Medical Care
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Glamorous Governor: But looks could be deceptive
Sounds interesting. Based on what metrics; do they have performance audits for Gubernurs now?- Pak Tani
- Post #4
- Forum: General Chat
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Why Indonesia...?
He was born out of wedlock to a mother who didn't have the money to raise him. She gave him up for adoption and agreed that the Dutch man who adopted him was put on mr Indra's birth certificate, despited them having no relationship. Exactly!- Pak Tani
- Post #101
- Forum: General Chat
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Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?
There is a religion that teaches its followers to hate Jesus, that he was a liar, a sorcerer, and an adulterer, and that he will burn in excrement in hell. But I assume you know very well that this religion is not Islam, David. Islam teaches us that Jesus was a prophet and one of the best people...- Pak Tani
- Post #97
- Forum: Schooling and Education
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Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question
Have you met her parents, do they know you and how serious you are about becoming a good husband for their daughter? As a conservative father he must feel it his duty to make sure that his daughter is marrying a Muslim who is serious about his religion. Maybe they measure your sincerity by your...- Pak Tani
- Post #5
- Forum: Indonesian Language and Culture
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Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?
In Indonesian public schools there is almost no time spent on learning Arabic. It's the Pondok Pesantren where people go to learn about Islam besides the complete or partial national curriculum. Approximately 15% of school children go to these types of schools. Yes, they spend time there to...- Pak Tani
- Post #83
- Forum: Schooling and Education
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Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?
Looking at where the discussion is going, it would be interesting to get the actual numbers on these 'huge amounts of classroom hours' and the 'large chunks of the educational budget' spent on learning Arabic. Google wasn't very helpful to me, do you have any details on this?- Pak Tani
- Post #75
- Forum: Schooling and Education
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Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?
Actually, that is not a compromise but rather an opinion -among other opinions- which is pretty mainstream in Islam. It is very likely that in the pre-Islamic era Arabs, their culture and their language were influenced by other peoples they interacted with. So they likely adopted words from...- Pak Tani
- Post #65
- Forum: Schooling and Education
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Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?
By the same token, the following sentence would not be a sentence in 'clear English language' since it contains 'non-English words' (which of course is not true because these words are loanwords that have become standard English): "The assassin drank an iced coffee while checking the tariff on...- Pak Tani
- Post #59
- Forum: Schooling and Education
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Expectations re the Middle East.
Hezbollah emerged in response to the June 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. If Israeli violence created them, more violence will likely make them more determined and stronger. A good excuse for Israel to grab more land to use as a buffer zone.- Pak Tani
- Post #70
- Forum: General Chat
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How do you guys invest?
Over the last 15 years an average price increase of 9.4% annually in Dollars.- Pak Tani
- Post #721
- Forum: Money matters, Banking and Investments
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We need to buy flight tickets to europe, the million-dollar question
I have an unproven theory that if serious kerosene shortages occur in Europe—and that seems likely in the coming weeks—airlines with a hub in the Middle East could make return flights if they refuel their planes at their home base. In theory, this is possible because the distance allows it; in...- Pak Tani
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- Forum: General Chat
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