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Welcome! We tried to create a BS free introduction to freelancing. In the following 9 chapters we are going to discuss several things that are important for freelance webdevelopers.  An overview of the chapters Chapter 1: Are you ready to start freelancing? Chapter 2: Best places to find freelance jobs Chapter 3: Is this gig any good? Chapter 4: How to automate your freelancing career Chapter 5: How I made 100k freelancing and absolutely loved it Chapter 6: How to increase your hourly rate as a freelancer Chapter 7: How to become an unstoppable freelancer: the tools Chapter 8: Resources for new webdevs Chapter 9: Resources for advanced webdevs Summary This book is created by Recurvoice: save time and automate your invoices. More info on https://www.recurvoice.com/...

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Chapter 1: Are you ready to start freelancing? Chapter 2: Best places to find freelance jobs Chapter 3: Is this gig any good? Chapter 4: How to automate your freelancing career Chapter 5: How I made 100k freelancing and absolutely loved it Chapter 6: How to increase your hourly rate as a freelancer Chapter 7: How to become an unstoppable freelancer: the tools Chapter 8: Resources for new webdevs Chapter 9: Resources for advanced webdevs Summary...

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كتابنا هذا هو حلقة مكمّلة لجهود العلاّمة المقرّم رضوان الله تعالى عليه، وليميط اللثام عمّا ارتكبه هؤلاء القصّاصون؛ من تخيّلات تُرضي أهواء أسيادهم، وتنتقص من مقامات آل البيت عليهم السلام. ولسوف يرى قرّاؤنا ما أحدثته السياسة من فجوة بين الحقّ والباطل، وبين الحقيقية والخيال، حرصاً منّا على تحرير القارئ من أسر توجّهات الكتابات التاريخية المنفلتة عن قيم الدين ومبادئ العقل، ومسلّمات الوجدان. ...

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ما أن صدرت الطبعة الأولى من هذا الكتاب حتى نفدت خلال أقل من عام، مما دعاني إلى طباعته ثانيةً تنفيذاً لطلبات القراء، وقد وجدتُ في اقتناء هذا الكتاب من قبل القراء دالّةً مهمةً على تزايد الوعي الإسلامي بصورة عامة، ومتابعة الشبهات وردودها لدى القارئ بشكل لافتٍ للانتباه، مما يشير على تزايد الخط البياني للصحوة الفكرية لدى شرائح القرّاء بمختلف ألوانها وتعدياتها الثقافية، أو انتماءاتها المدرسية بل وأطيافها الاجتماعية كذلك، تلك الصحوة التي راهن عليها الجميع، فبعض يرى فرضية انحسارها تماماً أو على أقل تقدير تسيّبها وانفلاتها عن مبادئها وقيمها إبّان عهدٍ ثقافي عام يكتسح الجميع، وعلى ضوء ذلك يؤسس توجهاته الفكرية التي تُمليها عليه مصلحته الخاصة أو العامة المرتبطة بانتماءاته وسياساته، والآخر يرى أن الصحوة الفكرية لا يمكنها الضمور تماماً، بل لعلها تخبو وتتوهج تبعاً للظرف العام الذي يحمل توجهاتٍ فكرية ــ سياسية معينة، وعلى هذا فالصحوة تبدو كامنةً خفية، أو ظاهرةً متوهجة، وهي على كل حال تبقى شاخصةً تحدد مسيرة مجتمع بكل طموحاته وتوجهاته الثقافية، وهذا يعني أن الصحوة الفكرية لها حضورها الدائم، وتشخيصها المتميز للمشروع الثقافي والفكري المطروح، ولعل هذا الكتاب أقرت أهميته تلك الصحوة الفكرية المتوثبة لكل جديد يُعالج شبهةً لم تكن مستحكمةً بقدر ما هي، استجاب...

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المحتويات الإهداء 5 مقدمة الطبعة الأولى 6 مقدمة الطبعة الثانية 9 تنويه 12 وراثة نبويّة 13 قصة سكينة بنت الحسين عليهما السلام 23 سكينة عليها السلام (الاسم واللقب) 27 1 ــ ابن عساكر في (تاريخ مدينة دمشق) 27 2 ــ ابن تَغْري بَرْدِي في (النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة) 28 3 ــ ابن الجوزي في (المنتظم في تاريخ الملوك والأمم) 28 4 ــ سبط ابن الجوزي في (تذكرة الخواص) 28 5 ــ ابن النديم في (الفهرست) 28 6 ــ أبو الفرج الإصفهاني في (الأغاني) 29 7 ــ ابن العماد الحنبلي في (شذرات الذهب) 30 8 ــ اليافعي في (مرآة الجنان) 30 9 ــ ابن خلكان في (وفيات الأعيان) 30 10 ــ عمر رضا كحالة في (أعلام النساء) 31 11 ــ السيّد محسن الأمين العاملي في (أعيان الشيعة) 31 12 ــ السيّد عبد الرزاق الموسوي المقرّم في (سكينة بنت الحسين عليهما السلام) 32 13 ــ الشيخ محمّد حسين الأعلمي في (تراجم أعلام النساء) 33 14 ــ المحدّث الشيخ عباس القمّي في (منتهى الآمال) 33 مصالح أمويّة ومطامع زبيريّة 35 أكذوبتان 39 الأكذوبة الأولى: سكينة ومجالسة الشعراء واستماع الغناء 39 النموذج الأول 39 رجال الخبر 40 تهافت الوضّاع 43 النموذج الثاني 47 رجال الخبر 52 النموذج الثالث 55 النموذج الرابع 56 رجال الخبر 56 حرمة نظر الأجنبي للأجنبية 60 رمتني بدائها و...

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Get the score you deserve on the TOEFL iBT exam! Wham Media’s Mini-Guide to Success: TOEFL iBT® is written by a seasoned English exam preparer and instructor familiar with the key competencies essential for success in obtaining the highest score possible on the reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections of the test. Speaking and writing continue to be two of the weakest areas for students presenting the exam. Get Wham Media’s Mini-Guide to Success: TOEFL iBT® for general test preparation guidance and suggestions for both the Speaking and Writing Sections. Visit the suggested websites for more help. Get started today preparing for the exam! Finally, learn more about the full guide, Wham Media’s Guide to Success: TOEFL iBT®, for a comprehensive approach to exam preparation and robust resources to achieve the success you seek – and deserve. Get Wham Media’s Mini-Guide today and get a head start on preparing for the exam!...

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ABOUT THE BOOK INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: PREPARATION IN GENERAL CHAPTER 2: PREPARATION FOR SPEAKING CHAPTER 3: PREPARATION FOR WRITING FINAL THOUGHTS THANK YOU!...

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This is a book about the beginnings of the Jewish people, from prehistory to the time the Jewish Nation was formed in the land of Canaan. Many books cover the early history of the Jews, the Bible being, perhaps, the most read one. However, archaeological discoveries made over last 30 or so years shed some new and important light on many events in that history. These discoveries have been published in a number of books and scholarly papers. For those who do not have time, or inclination to go over those numerous sources, this short (intentionally short) book retells the early history of the Jewish people in light of those discoveries. For those, who would like to dive deeper into specific subjects, the extensive bibliography provides the material for further reading....

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Introduction 1. People, Place and Time 2. First Humans. 3. Semites in Canaan 4. Israel emerges in Canaan 5. Who were the early Israelites? ‘ 6. From tribes to people 7. Nation Formed: the Jewish States Epilogue References ...

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A short guide about what is and how to play bingo, the game in United Kingdom, and its major variations. Since its invention in 1934, modern bingo has evolved into multiple variations, with each jurisdiction’s gambling laws regulating how the game is played. There are also nearly unlimited patterns that may be specified for play. Some patterns only require one number to be matched, up to cover-all games which award the jackpot for covering an entire card and certain games award prizes to players for matching no numbers or achieving no pattern. Bingo is often used as an instructional tool in American primary schools and in teaching English as a foreign language in many countries. It became increasingly more popular across the UK with more purpose-built bingo halls. Keno is an important variation of bingo game, often played at modern casinos, and also offered as a game in some state lotteries. Scratchcard is another major variation. The scratchcard is a small token, usually made of cardboard, where one or more areas contain concealed information: they are covered by a substance (usually latex) that cannot be seen through, ...

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A short guide about what is and how to play bingo, the game in United Kingdom, and its major variations. Since its invention in 1934, modern bingo has evolved into multiple variations, with each jurisdiction’s gambling laws regulating how the game is played. There are also nearly unlimited patterns that may be specified for play. Some patterns only require one number to be matched, up to cover-all games which award the jackpot for covering an entire card and certain games award prizes to players for matching no numbers or achieving no pattern....

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Some 2500 years ago in ancient Northeast India, a young, brilliant and courageous man discovered the sublime answer to how the mind works and how to realise unconditioned happiness and bliss. For the next 45 years, he devoted his life to teaching the doctrine that helped bring unparalleled happiness, peace and relief to numerous people long after his death. In time stories began to emerge proclaiming his greatness and his near-divinity status. Over generations and into distant lands, those stories took on a life of their own. Eventually the real man is buried under a mountain of beautiful fantasies and magical tales. Scholars in Buddhist studies have never lost sight of the historical Buddha. There is a beautiful story to tell about the real man but the materials never quite made it to the mass market because academic books are generally hard to read and appreciate. This book seeks to bring the historical Buddha back into the popular psyche. That story is as intriguing, and is perhaps even more inspiring than the best fantasy story that had ever been woven....

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"Buddha did not waste time with external worldly conditions. He had seen through their transient nature and decided to go in search of happiness directly and not derive it through conditional proxies. At 35 (quite the prime ofhis life), Buddha knew exactly what it was like to taste that exquisite inner peace that is not dependant on fickle, short-lived external conditions. After six years of exacting spiritual practice under very painful conditions, he succeeded in his quest to realise unconditioned happiness (nibbana). By any yardstick, that attainment alone would already have made his life deeply meaningful. While the rest of the world hankers after passing moments of delight, he abided in deep contentment and happiness as a matter of course. There is no comparison!"...

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Table of Contents Abbreviations for Pali Canon Texts | i An Author’s Request | ii Foreword | viii Chapter One: Spread of Dhamma to Kosala | 1 Chapter Two: Establishing the Nun Order | 19 Chapter Three: Sangha Quarrels at Kosambi | 37 Chapter Four: Middle Age – Successes in Dhamma Work | 47 Chapter Five: Middle Age – Trouble and Unpleasantness | 93 Chapter Six: Troubling Times | 123 Chapter Seven: Troubled Old Age | 145 Chapter Eight: Last Days | 160 Chapter Nine: After Parinibbana – safeguarding Dhamma | 205 Short Reflection on Volume 2 | 225 Poems | 228 Glossary of Pāli Words | 231 About the Author | 241 Bibliography | 243 In Noble Service | 247...

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After an elongated period of economic deprivation; and human rights expropriation; by the reds; I accumulated enough strength; and courage to turn over the sandglass, and try to locate the relief valve from the autoclavic realm. Those were the times when humans lost the pecking order to the reds, and as such, over eight thousand tormented days followed....

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There were no times for personal manners when it came to sustaining a life in which everything was rationed out like an army battalion heading to the battlefield. It was a battleground where survival fought hunger toothpick versus bayonet. At any rate, postulation that the reds’ autoclavic realm wouldn't embrace a certain future; wasn't a grueling discovery. Hence, everyone was plucking the reds-ruined enterprises; while the reds were displuming everyone as a token of gratitude, as if they were edible birds. At first glance, it seems to me like a felicitous symbiosis and that, of course if the situation were assessed from afar, or at much higher altitudes. The reds were by all odds, building a beta future filled with unparalleled variables, where “if” or “else” was present at the end of each dogmatic statement. ...

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An exchange traded fund (ETF) is a communal vehicle for investment, as is an exchange traded note (ETN). This primer profiles the duo of instruments and compares them to mutual funds. The relative merits of the securities are explained, along with the grave risks both blatant and subtle. The serious investor has to juggle the crucial factors in order to thrash out a robust program of investment....

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As a supple tool for investment, the exchange traded fund (ETF) has enjoyed explosive growth since its debut on the stock market. To a lesser extent, the story is similar for the exchange traded note (ETN). The popularity of these vehicles stems from the ease of investing in a diversity of assets at low cost. An ETF is an investment pool whose shares are listed on a bourse. For this reason, the securities can be bought and sold just like any other stock by way of an equity account at a brokerage firm. From a historical stance, the traditional form of communal investing lies in the mutual fund: a commercial trust whose shares are offered for sale directly to the general public. In other words, an investor deals with the operator of the collective pool in procuring and unloading the units. By contrast, the shares of an ETF are traded amongst the actors within the stock market. This primer begins by profiling the exchange traded fund. One topic deals with the similarities and differences between an ETF and a mutual fund. Another issue involves the contrast between active and passive modes of investment in tending a portfolio o...

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Climb and Slide of Mutual Funds Active versus Passive Ploys Hidden Dangers Travails of Index Funds Physical versus Synthetic Assets Exchange Traded Note Madness of the Mob Bane of Leverage Additional Forms of Risk Wrapup of the ETF and ETN Further Information References...

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This book examines the economics of the postal sector through three lenses: snapshot and trends, models, and opportunities. In the years to come, the Universal Postal Union plans to develop its role as a knowledge centre for the postal sector from these perspectives. At this time of radical transformation of the postal sector, it is important to understand how the sector has evolved historically, how it is connected with the economic system, and where it is heading. This book thus first presents a long-run view, focusing on incumbent operators over the last three decades, and then describes their development in the last five to ten years. It also offers a real-time picture based on daily “big postal data”, revealing one of the greatest opportunities for the sector in terms of forecasting and product design....

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PREFACE Bishar A. Hussein ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Development strategies for the postal sector: an economic perspective José Ansón and Matthias Helble CHAPTER 1 Postal economics and statistics for strategy analysis – The long view José Ansón and Matthias Helble CHAPTER 2 Postal economics and statistics for strategy analysis – The short view Joëlle Toledano Bialot CHAPTER 3 Status of the postal service 20 years after the green paper: a Franco-European perspective José Ansón, Rudy Cuadra, Altamir Linhares, Guillermo Ronderos and Joëlle Toledano Bialot CHAPTER 4 The economics of postal delivery in developing countries: learning from the Latin American and Sub-Saharan African experiences José Ansón, Rudy Cuadra, Altamir Linhares,Guillermo Ronderos and Joëlle Toledano Bialot CHAPTER 5 Postal regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa Marie-Odile Pilley CHAPTER 6 Financial inclusion, postal banking and the future postal economic model José Ansón and Joëlle Toledano Bialot CHAPTER 7 Big postal data, now casting and the global pulse of the economy José Ansón and Matthias He...

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Includes an opening summary page in all major regional languages (English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Burmese, Filipino, Khmer, Lao, Thai Vietnamese and Chinese. Beginning with the common origins of Southeast Asia’s peoples and languages, their shared heritage is emphasized through agricultural, archeological, cultural, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious and technological fields. Perennially defined by rice, stability and commerce, Southeast Asia has evolved a common trading ethic and morality influenced by China and India long before a short European colonial interlude. Historically known as a Golden Land, the region exudes a resilience founded in millennium-long traditions that are today expressed through local adaptations of world religions. ...

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Summary Overview: in English v in Bahasa Indonesia vi in Bahasa Malaysia vii in Burmese viii in Filipino x in Khmer xi in Lao xii in Thai xiv in Vietnamese xvi in Chinese xvii if you would know me … xviii Author’s Note xix Chapters 1. One Common Region 1 2. Defining Southeast Asia 7 3. From Trade to Civilization 17 4. Commercial and Technology 25 5. Adapting to New Overlords 33 6. Rice and Culture 39 7. United by Commerce 45 8. 18th Century Consolidation 53 9. British-led Resurgence 57 10. Transition to 20th Century 63 11. Pendulum of Commerce 67 12. Emerging 1930s States 73 13. War and Independence 79 14. Marching to Statehood 83 15. Emerging Leadership 91 16. States to Nations to Region 99 17. Remote Peoples 105 18. Beliefs Systems 113 19. Evolving Syncretism 121 20. Religious Rebellions 129 21. Religion within Politics 137 22. Trade and Worldviews 143 23. Conclusion: Uniting Commonalities 147 Bibliography & Endnotes 155 Index 162 ...