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It is one of the things I admire in their culture. their research and development are employed pretty well. In my speciality I have seen them cutting hard steel with water! But anyways, aside from that, the people I mingled with were resilient, hard worker, and independent. At a glance, they might seem socially damaged, which is true to an extent, but on the other hand, they were family oriented. They were also fun-loving and easygoing. They keep their competitive advantage unreachable. The majority were raised on honesty. Their service econmical sector is so mature that customers live to high standards. Not to mix that with politics, but they have robust personal rights. One last thing to mention, everybody, mind his own business, which could be considered as a plus or minus depending on where and how they apply it.

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Oo, good question!
For me, because I didn’t have a Fine Art background (my BA and Foundation were Theatre Design based), it was really difficult at first wrapping my head around how much freedom I had, and not having to work to a detailed brief. Sure, I still had creativity there and in some ways, that helped propel me to naturally go outside the box, but with Fine Art, I could choose whatever I wanted to do! In theory that sounds great, but it was overwhelming at first! I eventually got around that by essentially setting my own brief and creating a narrative to explore.

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The real kicker, and I’m not sure if you had this when you studied too/your current studies, is that art school doesn’t really prepare you for the business side of the career.

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For example, how to do your taxes as an artist/self employed creative, how to claim for this or what not to do, how to approach galleries, how to price your art (this was a major issue), how to negotiate with clients or potential buyers, what is a residency, how to submit a proposal to a gallery, etc. I could go on!!
All of this I’ve researched outside of uni, but it would have been really helpful to have had at least one afternoon spent on campus to be given at least a heads up on it! I think this is an art school thing in general, unfortunately.

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Those aspects were the most challenging things. That and finding my voice as an artist, and learning what contextual art is and how to portray that - my tutors didn’t really explain it to me till near the end of the degree, as they assumed everyone knew it as my peers had art backgrounds/were abstract or conceptual artists, so they didn’t need to know. As my art is quite realistic (or in the sense that, it’s definitely not abstract aha), I have to be super clear with what I’m trying to portray and basically spell it out through the painting, more so than other types of art. Who knew! I honestly didn’t, as my earlier artworks were too symbolic in meaning.

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It’s why I need to revisit a lot of my paintings I did over those years to create a series out of all of them, to tie in the collective story 😅

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(I’ve probably written too much, I’m sorry!! 😆) ✨

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17 according to this, though it doesn’t count the various jobs I had while training, nor the various co-curricular jobs I had such as national trainer, youth worker, regional training coordinator, training advisor, or conference organiser, while doing other work. If so we can probably bring that 17 to around 24.

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👨‍🏭 Plastics factory worker (W/X) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Accounts trainee (F/T) Private Sector
👨🏻‍🌾 Farm worker (W/X) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Administrative Asst (F/T) Public Sector/Government
👨‍💻 Guarantee/Insurance Asst (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Financial Control Asst (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Credit Control Asst (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Insurance Administrator (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍💻 Purchase Accs Assistant (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍🏫 Training Administrator (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍🏫 Youth Development Manager (F/T) Charity Sector
👨‍🏫 Student CoOrdinator (F/T) Public Sector/Education
Asst Director Operations (F/T) Private Sector
👨‍🏫 Senior Training Advisor/Consultant (F/T) Public Sector/Education
👨‍🏫 English Teacher (P/T) Private Sector
👩🏻‍🎤 Musician (P/T) Self Employed
👩🏻‍🎤 Festival Organiser (S/V) Community Sector

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P/T = Part Time work
F/T = Full Time work
W/X = Work Experience placement
S/V = Seasonal/Voluntary work

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I try to avoid lying. I just don't say anything if I don't want to answer a question. Awkard I know, but I don't really care. Someone can ask how I'm doing and I'll just say hi, how ya doing? Apparently it's just a greeting here in the south and it doesn't require a response.
If I said frequently, I think it would be misleading...but like, example time, if someone if I'm not close to asks me if I'm okay. I will say I'm fine every time. It's more of a conversation ender, than an attempt to mislead.... Or like if someone I'm really not interested in is hitting on me, I will say that I am seeing someone or that I am not looking for a relationship. I found that while a lie, it is usually effective at getting people to leave you alone.
I am so used to lying because of past relationships. I have social anxiety and I used to lie a lot to get away from social situations such as meeting with friends. I also used to say that I was fine when I clearly wasn't. Nowadays I lie less often. I still do it sometimes to escape meeting with 'friends' whom I've realised make me uncomfortable. I'm learning to tell my partner and real friends how I'm really feeling instead of bottling it up and saying 'I'm fine'. It sickens me to lie. The only 'lying' I do is by neglect......neglecting to tell people what I really know about them and what they've done or said. I hate having to be silent about it, but it's not good for me to unveil all of that right now.
Important stuff or stuff that I'd have to lie more to cover, almost never. Not really to personal friends/family/etc other than sometimes by omission if telling them is gonna be a whole bunch of trouble for no benefit. Trivial shit at work like "oh yeah just putting the finishing touches on that report" that I haven't actually started, pretty often. If I'm going to get things in on time regardless I don't really want to hear about how I'm bad at time management.
Almost never, can't remember the last time but it was probably small, if anything I'm overly upfront and clear I've been called brutally honest but Its not to hurt feelings just because I value transparency and don't sugar coat things
Oh and I lie to men who try to chat me up, weirdos in my social circle who get too pushy, people who want to know too damn much about any subject I want to keep private. For example I am on disability payments right now and if someone asks me what I do I give one of maybe a dozen answers that range from "as little as possible" to "self employed" to "raising two kids" and a bunch of other things that are technically true but also deeply deceptive and do not lay my life open like a book for them precisely as they'd hoped when asking that question.

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Alaikum assalam.
1. There are some options that are 100% halal, and some have some Haram that you can get but avoid the Haram part.
A. You can lease a car (any car lease in Canada is 100% halal, 100% of time.)
B. Having a phone line on a regular plan (or getting a phone on a plan) also shows on your credit report, is 100% halal.
C. You can apply for one of these no interest financing cards like the ones from big box stores (Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Brick etc). While these contain a prohibition because they would charge interest if you're late, if you need it, and buy something on 0% interest on installments, and are certain you can pay the required monthly payment without missing payment and this incurring interest, then, and only then, it would be permissible, although discouraged to do so.
D. Last is to get a credit card, only use it when you can pay the full amount in full within the grace period. Or better yet, get the credit card and cut it in half or lock it in a safe only to be used in emergencies. The fact that you have a credit that you're not utilizing will give you a boost to your credit score.

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2. You're responsible for earning 100% halal, and spending 100% halal. But the people you buy or sell to, their entire income doesn't need to be 100% halal. The scholars say it's ok to trade with someone, or be employed under, or invest your money with, as long as:
A. The contract between you and them is 100% halal.
B. At least 67% of their earnings are halal.
The 5% is an arbitrary figure that scholars have decided on with regards to point B, not A, to push people as much as possible from working or investing with companies that have a significant minority of Haram income.

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3. They're legit, I wrote a guide about them - without their knowledge or consultation, feel free to PM me on Facebook and I'll send it to you.

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Anyone employed in a profession such as EMS, Fire-Rescue, Law Enforcement, and other medical professionals (Nurses, Physicians, and patient technicians etc) should ALL be extremely careful in what they post openly to the public. I would say Judges fall into this category too.

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We are here to serve the People. Not certain people. Not some people. ALL people.

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Any kind of discriminatory, xenophobic, homophobic, racist type remarks impact not just their image, but the professions they represent and thus making harder for people to access the help they need out of fear of antagonistic treatment by those with authority and power.

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We are Keepers of the Peace, Protectors of Justice and the Laws of the Land.

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If we wish for this country to remain free and just we must be willing to defend those ideals dearly.

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Yes, as they are representing a public service. There are even laws which say that certain individuals in key government organizations are held under higher scrutiny. Before anyone says it.. no that's not a violation of rights.

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why? Because you willingly signed that away. You almost certainly agreed in writing to represent a government body or public service at all times. To conduct yourself accordingly. Knowing full well you could be held to a higher standard. I know I applied and was accepted into my state's department of corrections as a corrections officer. I obviously didn't take the job for personal reasons, but I went through the whole process. They very clearly explained this to me!

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Politicians, law enforcement, and military are subject to different laws regarding free speech. They have to be as their opinions will hold weight to average citizens. If you've got a cop or someone in government undermining laws or outright encouraging them to be broken other people will go along with it.

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I'll be talking about India first. Suicide isn't illegal if the person who attempts suicide is not in the right state of mind. Since it can be argued that none of the people who attempt to take their own lives would be in the right state of mind, they are rehabilitated as opposed to being jailed or fined.

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Anyway, back to your question. Euthanasia is mercy killing; it is only employed if someone has crossed that point of no return, if dying is a better alternative than the physical ordeal of staying alive. Many a times, persons being euthanized are those who cannot even give their own consent.

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Suicide, on the other hand. I would like to believe that there is a way forward for those who attempt it, with the right counselling and help. It's because of this small chance at life that suicide prevention is given such emphasis.

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High economic growth, particularlu in the short run, often goes hand in hand with inflation. Short run growth usually refers to the level of demand, or more precisely aggregate demand, in an economy. You see, if the economy is booming, there’s lots of investment in your economy, so lots of labour is required to go with that investment, so more people are employed and wage rates rise. This means that more people have a disposable income to spend and that disposable income is higher than before on average. So this means people want to buy more things with their higher incomes and so business raise prices to balance supply and demand. In other words inflation. In the long run, economic growth is usually referred to as an increase in an economy’s productive potential. Which focuses more on the supply side of things. An increase in supply, or what is called aggregate supply in the larger scale of the whole economy, tends to cause prices to fall as each individual firm lowers its prices to get you to buy their product instead of someone else’s. So yes it is entirely possible for a country to experience economic growth and inflation. In fact, this is often the case in the short run. A likelihood of depreciation and depletion, both natural aspects of a correctly working economy inducing areas of reduced inflation amid simultaneous increases in these spectrums. And of course it's always a matter of how large the increases and for how long. Long periods of market growth inactivity can also induce large and small migrating fluctuations as well. When these bunch up along market pathways these can be difficult to decipher as well. The price of oil goes up when the factories are humming, that causes inflation because energy increases, gasoline and transportation increases, etc. The U.S. had such a decade, 1971 to 1890 although with too much volatility to be quite proper. Real GDP ten year growth was wonderful, 3.16%, but over the ten years the dollar lost 57% of its 1970 buying power. In President Carter’s four years U.S. real GDP growth averaged 3.24% and he had 4% pretty much in the bag, but he brought in Paul Volker to “whip inflation” with very high interest rates (12%), causing recession in 1980. The principal problem of high inflation was its impact on pensioners and others not “indexed.” Widening indexing “solved” the current year problem, but at the price of increasing the inflation rate. There were assorted hidden costs: one of the more complicated analytic programs I wrote for a contracting organization was a price increase evaluate model - if the vendor asked for a 6% cost driven increase, did the relevant indices support 6%. it was a grading on a scale decade - if an employee underperformed just give him or her a raise of $1,000 (in real terms, minus 500). There has never been much enthusiasm for reliving that decade even though slow growth 2009 through 2018 was vastly inferior to the Carter years.

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