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Indonesian speaker. Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [8] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [9] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.
Status quo. Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, political, religious, scientific or military issues. [1] In the sociological sense, the status quo refers to the current state of social structure or values. [2] With regard to policy debate, it means how conditions are contrasted ...
The Indonesian identity card ( Indonesian: Kartu Tanda Penduduk, abbr. KTP ), is a compulsory identity card for Indonesian citizens and residents with a valid resident permit. [1] The card is issued upon reaching the age of 17 or upon marriage. [1] For Indonesian citizens, the card is valid for life (previously it was only valid for 5 years for ...
Tax increment financing ( TIF) is a public financing method that is used as a subsidy for redevelopment, infrastructure, and other community-improvement projects in many countries, including the United States. The original intent of a TIF program is to stimulate private investment in a blighted area that has been designated to be in need of ...
Indonesia, [b] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [c] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at ...
Adaptive reuse. An abandoned building in Washington, D.C. being converted into luxury condominiums. Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for. It is also known as recycling and conversion. [1] Adaptive reuse is an effective strategy for optimizing ...
An Indonesian diplomatic plate on a vehicle owned by the Norwegian embassy in Jakarta. Registration plates for vehicles belonging to the government of foreign countries or international organizations follow a different convention. They used to have black letters on a white background with black trim on the bottom.
v. t. e. A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. It is a concept in the philosophy of science that was introduced and brought into the common lexicon by the American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn. Even though Kuhn restricted the use of the term to the natural ...