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It's not popular as Ramadan because it's not a must. Its called "ayaam albeed" which translates to "white days". It's called that because the moon is full on those three Days (13, 14 and 15th of each moon calendar month). The fast is from dawn to sunset and you are not allowed to drink water during that period.

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Serious question: wouldn't the contract state the details of what "unlimited" is?. If it doesn't, aren't they going to be sued sooner or later by someone like OP?

I appreciate that you showed the whole process on how you are making money in 2 lines. Excellent. Thank you.

Some companies tend to post jobs they don't have, to be able to show that they are productive and investing in resources. The reality is they just want to show competition/shareholders that they are hiring a lot of people and investing in new markets. Most of those jobs will be re-posted again and again as they are never filled. Some other nasty companies put jobs online as a trap to interview competition exec/directors and know more about their strategy, then they never hire them. Welcome to the world of greed.

Same in morocco. We have 3 olive trees in our house and we get huge amount of olive oil out of them. We use olive oil in everything. I also agree with you about the taste. It tastes insanely good compared to what I buy from supermarkets in Europe. I've heard rumors in the past that the Mafia got involved in olive oil in Italy because it's much more lucrative and safe than drugs.

As a highly skilled IT person living in London with a European passport, I have to disagree with you.

First, there is this uncertainty of what is going to happen in the next 2-5 years. I can't build a future for my small family based on what may or may not happen regarding VISA or Emmigration laws. Will I be able to change my job easily? will the new employee request "UK only passport holders"? will I have restriction on changing jobs? Will I have the same freedom I had before?. Will I be covered by NHS or do I have to pay?.

Secondly, people who are not already in the UK are getting a bad vibe from what is happening. A lot of people are considering to emigrate to Canada or the US, because the UK "doesn't want foreigners". Racist incidents are on the rise, against Muslims, east Europeans and foreigners in general. It might be similar to other countries in Europe, but its the perception that count in this case.

Lastly, the divide that this referendum did between "Remainers" and "Brexiter" will have a social and political impact. Tories and Labour is in a meltdown at the moment. The next 5 years will be hard for the UK, and I hope things will stabilize soon. But this is not a place it used to be before the referendum. I'm thinking of leaving, probably in a few years. Hell, I'm even considering Dubai, because I'm uncertain of what will happen here.

I have to agree here. I flat out refuse to use recruiters in London because my experience with them was really bad. I once was put through an interview process through a recruiter. I did all interviews with this company and they were happy with me. After each interview the recruiter called me and asked me what kind of questions I was getting. It turns out he was betting on another horse to succeed as I found out later. Another guy was on the race for the same job and the recruiter was feeding him all the questions before he got to the interview. He must have pitched him really hard for him to get the job.

Be very wary of those practice. Recruiters are not your friend.

This is especially true for London recruiters. I had this happening to me too. Recruiter said "oh you should only ask for 15% top, I don't think we can consider you for the job".

Stay away from those recruiters and never negotiate your salary with recruiters.

What's the TLDR?

Cisco might be more interested to buy Slack if their Lync competitor called "Cisco Spark" fails.

This. I think Slack is going a new territory with voice/video. It will compete now with MS Lync and Cisco Spark. Both are eating market shares in collaboration and Slack will be affected. The two giants are investing a lot of money in their cloud based collaboration tools and might want to buy slack in the future, if it becomes a real threat.

Good question. I've had the same question from my two brothers. One of them couldn't learn the language using the above approach, the other forced himself to do it with great results. And by that, I mean no subtitles, no dictionary (or at least very rarely).

So how to get from 0 to 24?. I'm really no scientist, but I think of it as the same way a baby would learn a language. you get yourself in an environment where you try to submerge yourself into the language. The "mum" here should be something you really love, for example a TV show or a movie or a radio show. The other ingredient would be to get the basics of the new language first in term of grammar and words. I would say a few hundred words that are important would suffice at the beginning. The trick is not to learn word by word, but rather sentences (I think of them as the algorithm of each language). Subtitles for me at least seem to hinder the brain of connecting speech, facial expressions, feelings, images etc and blending everything in a perfect place for the brain to remember. An example: In German "Gift" means poison in English. However, As a native English speaker your brain is wired to think of it as something positive, because all of the memories you had when you received a gift. So instead of translating it, remember it in the original language with original memories/images/sentences.

Try also to read a lot of pop culture magazines. This is really important because it helps you understand slang, inside jokes..etc. An example: Would you be able to understand a joke about Bill Cosby/ Justin Bieber if you didn't read those pop culture magazine?

Finally, your speaking need practicing by talking to native speaker and going to meetups/get tog ether's to practice.

Once you get the above, just have a little faith that it will click. Keep watching/listening and you will at the end understand what the "mum" is saying :).

Edit: This method is based on Images and Emotions which scientifically have a bigger impact on us than just words. Can't find a link to an actual study though.

Hope this helps.

Have you seen the movie "13th Warrior" with Antonio Banderas?. In the movie he keeps trying to understand what the other warriors are saying and concentrating until one Day he started talking just like them.

To be fair this method doesn't work for everyone. Just like learning a programming language, some people find it easier to follow a course while others just start coding for a small project.

You do need to have at least the basics of the language and grammar. But no more than that. I remember when I learned English 7 years ago, I started by watching the TV show "24". In the first season I couldn't understand anything Jack Bauer was saying. I remember saying to myself: "what the hell does he mean by saying "copy that". I only understood what the show was about. Then in the second season I started subconsciously memorizing sentences and understanding their meaning. Just like a baby would learn a language without using a dictionary. Similarly I started not only understanding English but also talking and writing in it.

I used this technique for French, German and English. Not sure how complicated Japanese is though.

Edit: Just to add, that with this method you need to watch a lot and I mean a lot of TV shows/Movies/Radio/Youtube to get the full benefit.

As someone who speaks 4 languages fluently including German. I can advise the following:

The first advice is not to use a dictionary and translate from one language to another. This might sound weird, but I never used any dictionary. You have to understand words in their sentences and try to memorize a sentence instead of just a word.

Movies, TV, Youtube were the one I used primarily to learn a new language. Why?, because you shouldn't be too much focused on "learning" a new language, but more living it and having fun with it. Getting pen/paper and a dictionary every time you want to learn a language sounds like a big hassle. Make learning the language you want a fun part of your life.

Writing in forums/websites very helpful.

If you want to understand a language, you need to understand how people laugh in that language. Watch comedy shows, buy trash magazines and understand the pop culture.

Go to meetups/get together where you can find native speakers.

Have you tried http://freecodecamp.com/ I'm going through it at the moment. I'm no programmer, but found it really interesting.

Crimea?

Seriously, you are picking and choosing. Did you check the Sure before this one?. I will help you out:

[2-190]:Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.

[2-191]:And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

[2-192] And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

[2-193] Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah . But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors.

The biggest mistake the US did is dismantling the Iraqi military. All top generals and army officers become jobless over night. Now guess who runs the ISIS intelligence and military operations? yes, the former Bath Iraqi Intelligence and army officers.