The Kingdom of Thailand currently offers visa free travel to 55 countries, with some the Thai government has bilateral agreement on visa waiving. Overstaying in Thailand carries a fine of 500 per day. Most western countries are offered visa free travel, though some countries from the eastern part of European Union Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Romania , Bulgaria , Malta and Cyprus do need visa but are still granted visa on arrival. image newThaivisaexemption.png thumb center 800px Thai Visa Exemption Countries legend indigo Thailand legend red Visa Free for 3 months legend RoyalBlue Visa Free for 1 month legend ForestGreen Visa Free for 14 days only Cambodia legend gold Visa on Arrival 90 Days Visa Free The governments of the following countries have concluded a bilateral agreement on visa waiving with Thailand, nations from both country may travel to each other without visa for a period of up to 90 days. width 100 valign top width 25 ARG BRA CHL width 25 KOR PER 30 Days Visa Free The following countries are granted visa free travel to Thailand for a period of up to 30 days. some of them have made it through a bilateral agreement on visa waiving with Thailand those with a mark behind . width 100 valign top width 25 AUS AUT BEL BHR BRN sup sup CAN CZE DNK FIN FRA DEU GRC HKG sup sup width 25 HUN ISL IDN sup sup IRL ISR ITA JPN KWT LIE LUX LAO sup sup MAC sup sup MYS sup sup width 25 MCO MNG sup sup NLD NZL NOR OMN PHL sup sup POL PRT QAT RUS sup sup SGP sup sup SVK width 25 SVN ESP ZAF SWE CHE TUR ARE GBR USA VNM sup sup citizen of KHM may travel to Thailand for 14 days under the bilateral agreement on visa waiving. For the purpose of making more profit, the Thai government has decided to shorten the 1 Month Visa Free policy to the countries which do not have concluded any bilateral agreement on visa waiving with Thailand , travellers from those countries are giving 15 days Visa Free only if they enter Thailand by land. this policy would prompt travellers into payin ... more details
cleanup reorganize date February 2012 GL Wand is the collective name of List of reporting software Reporting Software for allowing Microsoft Excel to be used as the front end to either Oracle E Business Suite or SAP AG SAP as the back end Enterprise resource planning software ERP system. The GL acronym stands for General Ledger and the word Wand was selected by the creators to imply an almost magical power that the user would have when using the software for summoning data from the backend ERP. At least one existing user has incorporated the magical theme into a paper on GL Wand published in the Foresight magazine of the Australian Oracle User Group entitled http docs.google.com viewer?a v&q cache eY3Ds9xf1RsJ www.excel4apps.com oracle customers case studies apra.pdf waiving the magic wand orlandi&hl en&gl au&pid bl&srcid ADGEESgt3DzcF9UeM3HgrqCeTsCuq30RCQ4L4J820sV4uwImHuRB58fc88Ew9UGnHJFZQGNt6Riws IklioV3fVWJXWH6d7aVIj5f38jHoLVi7XMtKAw3MhWE7630KKJ4RFouxf718gw&sig AHIEtbQaNdCdtCP Pw1pKIIE9CEAUtyyA&pli 1 Waiving the Magic Wand . class wikitable Product Name Host ERP Description GL Wand sub for use with Oracle sub Oracle E Business Suite Excel based Reporting tool for Oracle finance users GL Wand sub for use with SAP sub SAP Excel based Reporting tool for SAP finance users Reports Wand Oracle E Business Suite Excel based Reporting from any Oracle module Budget Wand Oracle E Business Suite Excel based Budgeting and upload tool Sales Wand SAP Excel based Sales Reporting tool for use with SAP gallery File GLWandbox.jpg GL Wand software File Dashboard glwand.jpg Microsoft Excel dashboard gallery The software was developed by http www.excel4apps.com Excel4apps and is deployed as an Excel add in onto the Microsoft Excel toolbar. Category Business intelligence Category Reporting software ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In law , a colloquy is a routine, highly formalized conversation . Conversations among the judge and lawyer s as opposed to testimony under oath are colloquys. The term can be applied to the conversation that takes place when a defendant enters into a plea bargain and the judge is supposed to verify that the defendant understands that they are waiving their right to a jury trial . In criminal justice criminal court , a colloquy is an investigation within a defendant s plea to reassure that the plea was given knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently . Defendant needs to understand the charges against him, the penalties that he will face, and his rights before entering into a guilty plea. In the United States, that includes describing the rights guaranteed by the 5th and 6th Amendments as well as a caution that non citizens who are convicted of crimes risk expulsion from the country. A Defendant who denies guilt may still plead down lesser offense than accusation but 1 Provided Court allows it. 2 Provided accused intelligently concludes on an open record that a plea is in her his best interest. e.g. avoiding incarceration, a more serious charge convicton . See also Comminatory Contravention DEFAULTSORT Colloquy Law Category Law Law term stub ... more details
wiktionary forgiven forgiveness Forgiveness is the process of waiving any negative feeling or desire for punishment. Forgiveness , Forgiven , or Forgive may refer to Forgive album Forgive album , a 2002 album by Rebecca Lynn Howard Forgive song Forgive song , this album s title track Forgiven album Forgiven album , a 2008 album by Los Lonely Boys Forgiven Disturbed song Forgiven Disturbed song , 2005 Forgiven Relient K song Forgiven Relient K song , 2006 Forgiven Sanctus Real song Forgiven Sanctus Real song , 2009 Forgiven Within Temptation song Forgiven Within Temptation song , 2008 Forgiven Skillet song Forgiven Skillet song , 2009 Forgiveness song Forgiveness song , a 2003 song by Ayumi Hamasaki Forgiveness Wretch 32 song Forgiveness Wretch 32 song , 2011 The Heart of the Matter song The Heart of the Matter song by Don Henley mistakenly called Forgiveness Forgiveness 2004 film Forgiveness 2004 film , a 2004 South African film Forgiveness 2008 film Forgiveness 2008 film , a 2008 American dramatic Holocaust film Forgiveness Day or Kshamavani , the annual day of forgiveness in Jainism Forgiven film Forgiven film , a 2006 film directed by Paul Fitzgerald disambiguation ... more details
File Vietnamese visa.png thumb center 940px Visa exemption countries Visa exemption Citizens of following countries do not require a visa to visit Vietnam for 30 days. width 100 valign top width 25 CAM sup sup IDN sup sup width 25 LAO sup sup MYS sup sup width 25 SIN sup sup THA sup sup Citizens of PHL sup sup do not require a visa to visit Vietnam for 21 days. Citizens of following countries do not require a visa to visit Vietnam for 15 days. width 100 valign top width 25 DNK FIN JPN width 25 NOR RUS width 25 KOR SWE Citizens of BRN sup sup do not require a visa to visit Vietnam for 14 days. most ASEAN countries have a bilateral agreement on visa waiving with Vietnam those with a mark behind . Other countries requires to obtain Visa prior departure. Pre arranged Visa on Arrival ref http www.starvietnamvisa.com visa process.php How to apply visa to Vietnam? ref can be applied online. Regular Visa can be applied at Vietnamese Embassies or Consulates. Visa policy by country Visa Requirements Category Visa policy by country References references ... more details
Sex is a 1926 Play theatre play , written by, and starring, Mae West . There were 375 performances before the New York City Police Department New York Police Department raided West and her company in February 1927. ref cite news author coauthors title Cast Of Sex Held For Hearing. Waive Examination to Get to Theatre The Captive Case Today Cuts Out Matinee Performance url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com boston access 1902761262.html?FMT ABS&FMTS ABS AI&type historic&date Feb 16 2C 1927&author &pub Boston Daily Globe 1923 1927 &desc CAST OF 22SEX 22 HELD FOR HEARING&pqatl google quote Faced with the choice of remaining in court for hearing during time scheduled for the night performance or waiving examination and being bound over for action of special sessions, 22 members of the cast of Sex late today chose the later course after an examination ... newspaper Boston Daily Globe date February 16, 1927 accessdate 2011 05 02 ref They were charged with obscenity, despite the fact that 325,000 people had watched it, including members of the police department and their wives, judges of the criminal courts, and seven members of the district attorney s staff. West was sentenced to 10 days in a workhouse on Roosevelt Island known then as Welfare Island and fined 500. ref cite news author coauthors title The Screen Must Not Relapse To Lewdness url http news.google.com newspapers?id wJBZAAAAIBAJ&sjid nEkNAAAAIBAJ&pg 1148,282361&dq the screen must not relapse to lewdness&hl en quote newspaper Rochester Journal date March 2, 1936 accessdate 2011 05 02 ref The resulting publicity increased her national renown. See also Pleasure Man References reflist Category Plays by Mae West Category 1926 plays 1920s play stub af Sex toneelstuk ... more details
unreferenced date September 2011 Infobox university name Hebron University image name HebronUniversityLogo.png established 1971 type Public University president http elearning.hebron.edu EPortfolio view view.php?id 245 Prof. Dr. Awni Khatib staff 132 undergrad 7,000 postgrad 300 city Hebron country Palestinian Territories website http www.hebron.edu www.hebron.edu The Hebron University is an independent Palestinian institution of higher education, with over 7,000 students, around 73 of whom are female. cn date September 2011 Hebron University was established in 1971 by a group of notable Palestinians led by the late mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al Ja bari. The University has an open registration policy that encourages students from every segment of Palestinian society to apply to the different Faculties. Hebron University has a special financial aid program that supports needy students by providing grants and loans, and by waiving tuition. Today, there are 132 full time faculty members, including 92 Ph.D. holders and 40 MA holders. In addition there are 150 supportive faculty members. There are nine Faculties at Hebron University Agriculture Arts Education Finance and Management Graduate Studies Islamic Law Al Shari a Nursing Science and Technology Pharmacy. All Faculties offer B.A. or B.Sc. degrees. The Faculty of Graduate Studies offers M.A. and M.Sc. degrees in eight programs Arabic Language and Literature Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English Language History Islamic Judiciary Plant Protection Natural Agricultural Resources and its Sustainable Management Foundations of Religion and Management. cn date September 2011 External links http www.hebron.edu Official Website See also List of Palestinian universities Education in the Palestinian territories coord 31 33 00 N 35 05 34 E region PS type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Category Universities and colleges in the Palestinian territories Category Educational institutions establishe ... more details
unreferenced date April 2008 Infobox Patience Game Name Miss Milligan s Patience AltNames NamedVariants DeckNumber Double DeckType 52 card Family Forty Thieves Miss Milligan is a Patience game Patience game which is played using two decks of playing card s. According to Peter Arnold , author of Card Games for One , this classic game s popularity in England is due to the player s ability to recover from seemingly hopeless positions. Rules First, eight cards are dealt in a row they are bases for eight columns in the game. Any ace that becomes available is put onto the foundations, to be built up by suit. Other cards are built down by alternating color. One card can be moved at a time, although a sequence can also be moved in part or in whole as one unit. When an empty column occurs, only a King or a sequence starting with a King can be placed on it. When no more moves can be made, a new set of eight cards is dealt, each for every column, whether full or empty. Then the game resumes until all possible moves are exhausted, after which a new set of eight cards is placed. This cycle of dealing new cards and making moves continues until the stock is exhausted. After the stock has run out, there is no redeal. However, there is special move called either waiving or weaving, depending on the rule set the player follows. The player can do this special move by picking a card or a sequence of cards up and set it aside this is the dominant rule some rule sets state that only one card can be picked up . The card or sequence can later be placed back into the table at anytime as long as it can be built. Only one card or sequence of cards can be set aside at a time. Computerized solitaire games that include this game include a reserve for this purpose. The game ends when no more useful moves can be made. The game is won if all cards are built onto the foundations. ... more details
coord 38 31 20 N 121 58 15 W display title Infobox settlement See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Liwaito other name native name nickname settlement type Former settlement image skyline imagesize image caption pushpin map California pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption Location in California Location coordinates region US CA subdivision type Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 State subdivision name1 California subdivision type2 County subdivision name2 Yolo County, California Yolo County subdivision type3 subdivision name3 Politics established title Settled established date latd 38 latm 31 lats 20 latNS N longd 121 longm 58 longs 15 longEW W elevation footnotes ref gnis 1703175 ref elevation m 41 elevation ft 135 footnotes Liwaito also Lewytos and Liguaytoy is a former settlement of the Patwin branch of the Wintun tribe in Yolo County, California Yolo County , California . The name means waiving in the Patwin language , and was also applied to Putah Creek . ref name Smithsonian Institution 1906 p.711 Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico 1906 , pt. 1, p.711 ref It lay at an elevation of 135 feet 41 m . Its location is quite near Winters, California . ref name Smithsonian Institution 1906 p.711 References reflist gnis 1703175 Yolo County, California Category Former settlements in Yolo County, California Category Former populated places in California YoloCountyCA geo stub ... more details
The Burlington Fine Arts Club was a London gentlemen s club , now dissolved, which was established in 1866 and was disbanded in 1952. It was based at 17 Savile Row . The club had its roots in the informal Fine Arts Club, a gathering of amateur art enthusiasts originally based in Marlborough House in 1856, which moved to South Kensington from 1857. In 1866 they formalised the new club, although informal meetings under the Fine Arts Club banner continued to be held separately until 1874, using the Burlington as its base. The original Burlington clubhouse was on the upper three floors of 177 Piccadilly , between 1866 and 1869, when the club then moved to its Savile Row premises which it retained for the rest of its existence. The club aimed to combine the atmosphere of a typical gentlemen s club for those interested in art, with providing a showcase for amateur artists. Part of the clubhouse doubled up as a regular exhibition venue, the location having been selected for its proximity to Mayfair art dealers. Notable members included James McNeill Whistler , John Ruskin , Dante Gabriel Rossetti , William Michael Rossetti , and Edwin Lutyens . The Second World War proved a terrible strain on the Burlington, its last exhibition having been held just prior to the outbreak of war in 1939. With dwindling membership numbers, the club s committee realised that it could no longer afford the lease on its clubhouse after the war. An attempt was made to raise the funds to move to 34 Great Cumberland Place, but this could not be done, and in late 1951, the club s committee voted for the club to go into liquidation, with this happening the following year. The club s assets were valued at some 14,500, and with most of the members waiving their rights to shares in the club, 13,070, 12s, 5d went into a National Art Collections Fund in commemoration of the Burlington Fine Arts Club. References Editorial, The Burlington Magazine , Volume XCIV, April 1952, pages 97 99 See also List of Lond ... more details
held that the competency standard for pleading guilty or waiving the right to counsel is the same as the competency ... guilt or waiving counsel http scholar.google.com scholar case?case 2877494138671044176&q dusky ... more details
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way for him to react . When the Canucks returned home they were greeted by fans at the airport waiving .... ref name results For game four there were more fans waiving towels as the Canucks won again ... more details
Distinguish Holography Unreferenced date December 2009 Wiktionarypar holograph A holograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears. Some countries e.g. France or local jurisdictions within certain countries e.g. some U.S. states give legal standing to specific types of holographic documents, generally waiving requirements that they be witnessed. One of the most important types of such documents are holographic Will law last wills . Holographic instrument The expansion of the concept of holographic , or Handwriting handwritten documents must include a discussion of the effectiveness of a document in accomplishing its intended purpose. Print media came into being as a solution to the problem of the sluggish and ponderous task of transcribing written materials by hand. Printing enabled rapid construction, compilation and production of written material and provided a means for the revolutionary concept of dissemination of copies of written material. The intrinsic value of employing the handwritten word in creating a document is that the authorship of handwritten documents is able to be authenticated by handwriting comparison with samples of the author s other writings or by recognition by witnesses familiar with the handwriting style and characteristics of the author. This valuable quality of proof of authorship maintains to this day the primacy of the hand written document where it was required, by law or by necessity, to have authenticity and verifiable provenance or origin of the document. The last will Of particular importance to law and society was to have the ultimate document requiring authenticity a last will and will law testament retain its authenticity, thereby accomplishing its author s intended purpose that of making a valid, indisputable disposition of the author s real property , personal assets and wishes or declarations, at the time of his or her death. The rule for creating a minimally acceptable hologra ... more details
For those of a similar name Michael Krauss disambiguation Infobox football biography playername Michael Kraus image Image Replace this image male.svg fullname Michael Kraus dateofbirth birth date and age 1984 9 10 cityofbirth Memphis, Tennessee countryofbirth United States height height ft 5 in 9 position Midfielder association football Midfielder Forward association football Forward currentclub Out of Contract clubnumber youthyears1 2003&ndash 2006 youthclubs1 Creighton Bluejays years1 2004 clubs1 Memphis Express caps1 27 goals1 13 years2 2005 clubs2 Des Moines Menace caps2 19 goals2 5 years3 2007&ndash 2009 clubs3 Kansas City Wizards caps3 11 goals3 1 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 medaltemplates pcupdate 23 March 2010 ntupdate Michael Kraus born September 10, 1984 in Memphis, Tennessee is an United States American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Kraus played college soccer at Creighton University , where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2006, the same year he served as Creighton s team captain. He was named First Team All MVC in 2006 and Second Team All MVC in 2005. He was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week four times in his collegiate career. In 2004, Kraus played with the Memphis Express in the USL Premier Development League in 2004, ref http www.uslsoccer.com teams 2004 roster 22343.html 2004 Memphis Express ref and played again in the PDL with Des Moines Menace in 2005. In 2002, Kraus was named Tennessee Player of the Year as a high school senior. He played youth soccer for Memphis Futbol Club for 9 years under Coach Richard Bute. Professional Kraus was drafted 48th by the Kansas City Wizards in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft . He made his MLS debut against Colorado Rapids on March 28, 2009, coming on as a 67th minute substitute, and scored his first MLS goal one minute later. Kraus was released by Kansas City on March 23, 2010. With the waiving of Kraus, the Kansas City Wizards roster ... more details
Infobox Interbank Network name Cash Group logo Image Cash Group logo.jpg area Germany foundation 1998 members 15 atm 7,000 Cash Group is a cooperation of the four largest Germany German private banks Deutsche Bank , Commerzbank , HypoVereinsbank , and Deutsche Postbank Postbank and their subsidiaries, in which they mutually waive ATM usage fees for their customers. It is not an interbank network but uses the pre existing girocard network. With more than 7000 ATMs, the cooperating banks ATM networks form the third largest ATM network in Germany. ref name cg1 http www.cashgroup.de Cash Group Homepage ref The cooperation was founded in 1998 and is generally not open to other members. Its primary competitor in Germany is CashPool . Background Most banks in Germany, while connected through the girocard network, charge ATM usage fees for customers of other banks. Prior to 1998, the charge was fixed to 4,00 Deutsche Mark DM 2,05 or 1 , whichever was higher. However, this agreement was terminated by the Sparkasse n public banks , who jointly operate the largest German ATM network, arguing that the cost of operating ATMs was unfairly laid on them when virtual bank s entered the market. As a consequence, banks now had to deal with different ATM usage charges from other banks but were legally required to make definite quotes to their customers. Most of them simply charged their customers with the estimated maximum fee and pocketed the difference, which dramatically raised the ATM fees for banking customers. Finally, in 1998, the five large German private banks formed Cash Group to counter the bad press resulting from the increase in ATM fees, waiving ATM usage fees within the Group and thus for customers of the Group s member banks. After its formation, other German banks tried to become members of Cash Group but no other bank was accepted by the exsiting members, except new subsidiaries of the so called big five. Therefore, in 2000, several smaller German banks founded CashPo ... more details
Infobox Interbank Network name CashPool logo Image CashPool logo.jpg area Germany foundation 2000 members 29 atm 2,500 CashPool is a cooperation of a multitude of smaller or virtual bank virtual Germany German private banks, in which they mutually waive ATM usage fees for their customers. It is not an interbank network but uses the pre existing girocard German ATM or Maestro debit card Maestro Cirrus interbank network Cirrus networks. With more than 2500 ATMs, ref name cg1 http www.cash pool.de Cash Pool Homepage ref the cooperating banks ATM networks form the smallest ATM group in Germany. The cooperation was founded in 2000. Its primary competitor in Germany is Cash Group . Background Most banks in Germany, while connected through the Girocard ATM network German ATM network , charge ATM usage fees for customers of other banks. In 1998, the six largest German private banks established Cash Group, mutually waiving these fees within the Group. After the formation, other private banks tried to join Cash Group but were not accepted into the Group. Being smaller than the six large private banks, they operated fewer ATMs and thus would have unilaterally benefited from the use of the other bank s larger networks. As a consequence, several of these smaller banks founded CashPool and also mutually waived ATM usage fees within the group. For comparison, the big banks CashGroup network has 9,000 ATMs, the co operative banks as far as being members of the Bankcard Servicenetz share 18,600 ATMs and the saving banks have list of 25,700 ATMs for their SparkassenCard. Members Current members Anton Hafner OHG, Bankgesch ft, Augsburg Bank f r Sozialwirtschaft Aktiengesellschaft AG , Cologne Bankhaus Bauer, Stuttgart Bankhaus C. L. Seeliger, Wolfenb ttel Bankhaus E. Mayer AG, Freiburg im Breisgau Bankhaus Gebr. Martin AG, G ppingen Bankhaus J. Faisst OHG, Wolfach Bankhaus Ludwig Sperrer Kommanditgesellschaft KG , Freising Bankhaus Max Flessa KG, Schweinfurt Bank Schilling & Co. AG, H ... more details
orphan date December 2008 Abi Kusno Nachran 1940 in Kalimantan , Borneo , Indonesia July 24, 2006 was an Indonesia n rainforest Conservation ethic preservation activist. Life Abi Kusno Nachran was a Dayak people Dayak , born in the rainforest of Kalimantan Tengah in Borneo . As a young man, he left his village to study. After dropping out of school, he worked in the municipal government of Pangkalanbun , where he participated in the widespread corruption and was also involved in the cover up of illegal logging operations. After a pilgrimage to Mecca , he began to feel ashamed of his behavior. He traveled the countryside and found that the forest of his childhood, among others, was destroyed. Nachran began fighting for the preservation of rainforests. As a journalist, he wrote articles against forest destruction and made inquiries against illegal loggers and dealers. He received multiple death threats. In November 2001, he was able to ensure that ships with 54,000 cubic meters of illegally harvested timber were seized. 20 days later, he was attacked in Pangkalanbun by 20 men with machete s and severely injured. His body was found in a pool of his own blood, and, believed to be dead, he was taken to a mortuary. By moving a toe on his left foot, he was able to move the shroud away and provide proof of his vitality. He was then taken to a hospital. The Indonesian doctor who treated him and studied in Hamburg and suggested that he be operated upon there. To come up with the 15,000 for the operation, Nachran sold his property and got the remainder from donors, with the hospital waiving a portion of the fee. Even after the surgery, he remained weakened by his injuries. Nachran continued his struggle, becoming a member of the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta . In 2003, he again traveled to Germany to receive the Dr. Goetze Geo Preis . In July 2006, Abi Kusno Nachran was killed in a traffic accident External links http www.greenpeace magazin.de magazin reportage.php?repid 33 ... more details
Brett Larsen v Rick Dees Ltd is a decision of the Supreme Court of New Zealand issued on 1 June 2007. It considered whether a contract for purchase of land is validly completed where settled with a transfer of funds electronically within the time limit stipulated by the parties while notification of this transfer was out of time. Composition of the Court Sian Elias Elias CJ, Peter Blanchard Blanchard , Andrew Tipping Tipping , John Joseph McGrath McGrath and Thomas Gault Gault JJ. The decision of the court was read by Blanchard J, giving the judgement of McGrath J, Gault J, Tipping J who delivered some observations of his own and himself. Elias CJ dissented. Background Mr Larsen agreed to sell ten housing units in Papakura to Rick Dees Ltd. Dissent Elias CJ delivered a brief dissent. She believed that the purchaser s sole duty under the contract was to give the purchase price of the land prior to the time stipulated. She believed that where the purchaser was directed by the vendor to settle funds by a certain time and does so, settlement is complete and is not reliant on notification of the vendor. ref Larsen para. 5 ref The vendor s letter requesting electronic transfer and delaying what was to be a concurrent surrender of the title documents until notification of the receipt of the funds was made by the purchaser was to the vendor s advantage. Performance of the deed requested constituted acceptance by the purchaser that he was waiving his right to have the vendor s strict contractual obligation performed. It did not import a further obligation on the purchaser regarding the method of settlement. Elias CJ rejected the suggestion that notification was necessary for commercial efficacy, especially regarding the possibility that a vendor may require certainty regarding back to back deals of sale and purchase. Here the vendor asked for the electronic transfer of funds. They had established by when the funds needed to be transferred. They provided the deposit slip. The ... more details
nofootnotes date February 2011 refimprove date February 2011 for the town in the United States Wasta, South Dakota Wasta or Wasata Arabic is an Arabic word that loosely translates into Nepotism or Wiktionary clout Noun clout or who you know . It refers to using one s connections and or influence to get things done, including government transactions such as the quick renewal of a passport, waiving of traffic fines, and getting hired for or promoted in a job. In other words, it amounts to getting something through favoritism rather than merit, or what is informally spoken of in English as pull from connections the opposite of push . The English word cronyism overlaps in meaning but is not precisely the same. Roughly equivalent words in other languages include Sociolismo in Cuba Blat Russia Blat in Russia Guanxi in Chinese and Vetternwirtschaft in German, protektzia in Israeli slang in Brazilian Portuguese it is called Pistol o , or in the slang peixada . Etymology Wasta is derived from the Modern Standard Arabic word wasa which commonly means medium but also often means something akin to intermediary, intercessor or middle man. A Bahrain i diarist ref cite web url http desertislandboy.blogs.com home 2004 11 where nepotism .html title Where Nepotism is a Family Value date 2004 11 14 ref provides some information about how the practice originated quote The system evolved to preserve the social structure of the tribe. It allowed for the leadership to distribute the tribe s wealth as they deemed in their wisdom and experience would preserve peace and harmony. They would grant access to opportunities to those most deserving or to those who would otherwise be left behind, at their discretion. It is also important to keep the tribe from weakening itself, therefore internal competition is avoided. Furthermore, companies in the Arab world rarely have a no nepotism policy in place, so one can often find a workforce with friends and friends relatives who may or may n ... more details
The Defence of Canada Regulations were a set of State of emergency emergency measures implemented under the War Measures Act a week before Canada s entry into World War II in the fall of 1939. The extreme security measures permitted by the Regulation law regulations included the waiving of habeas corpus and the right to trial, internment, bans on political and religious groups, restrictions of free speech including the banning of certain publications, and the confiscation of property. Section 21 of the Defence of Canada Regulations allowed the Minister of Justice Canada Minister of Justice to detain without charge anyone who might act in any manner prejudicial to the public safety or the safety of the state. ref http books.google.ca books?id 8uxfTF4Lm kC&pg PA208&lpg PA208&dq 22defence of canada regulations 22&source bl&ots 4nolO32onQ&sig vHTi5PaF54bCRJjjbZL9uSE7juQ&hl en&ei 7xdaSumAEpC6NZL47EI&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4 Germany and the Americas Culture, Politics and History ref The Regulations were used to intern opponents of World War II , particularly fascists and Communists, as well as opponents of conscription such as Quebec nationalist and Montreal mayor Camillien Houde . It was under the regulations that Japanese Canadian internment Japanese Canadians were interned and their property confiscated for the duration of the war. German Canadians were required to register with the state and some German and Italian Canadians were detained. The Regulations were also used to ban the Communist Party of Canada in 1940 as well as several of its allied organizations such as the Young Communist League , the League for Peace and Democracy , the Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association , the Finnish Organization of Canada , the Russian Workers and Farmers Clubs , the Polish Peoples Association and the Croatian Cultural Association , the Hungarian Workers Clubs and the Canadian Ukrainian Youth Federation . Various fascist groups were also banned such as the Cana ... more details
Wikify date May 2010 orphan date May 2010 In American legal practice, a statement that one is intentionally retaining his full legal rights, so as to warn others of those rights. This notice avoids later claims that one waived legal rights that were held under a contract, copyright law, or any other applicable law. The term all rights reserved is used in connection with copyright law. The term reservation of rights particularly a reservation of rights letter is often used in connection with insurance claims. The insurance company issues a Reservation of Rights Letter stating that it may deny coverage for some or all of the claim, even while the company is investigating the claim or beginning to treat the claim as if it were covered. ref cite book title Glossary of Insurance Management Terms publisher International Risk Management Institute edition 9th year 2004 isbn 9781886813465 page 192 quote An insurer s notification to an insured that coverage for a claim may not apply. Such notification allows an insurer to investigate or even defend a claim to determine if coverage applies in whole or in part without waiving its rights to later deny coverage based on information revealed by the investigation. ref If the insurance company later decides to deny coverage, it cites the original Reservation of Rights as the warning that it might do so. An insurer s reservation of rights is an important legal step, particularly in the context of liability insurance. The insurer may provide a defense to the insured, seemingly protecting the insured from the serious liabilities that may result from a civil suit. But, the liability insurer is alerting the insured defendant that insurance may ultimately not cover the resulting liability, or a portion of the liability. ref cite web url http cabfinancial.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 421 penn america ins co v sanchez&catid 43 volume 11 edition 6&Itemid 25 title Penn America Ins Co. v. Sanchez work Central Analysis Burea ... more details
Infobox bilateral relations Ghana Israel Ghana Israel Ghana Israel relations refers to the bilateralism current and historical relationship between Ghana and Israel . Ghana has an embassy in Ramat Gan , Israel ref http www.science.co.il embassies.asp Tourism Embassies and Consulates in Israel Science.co.il ref and Israel is has an embassy in Ghana. ref http www.israelnationalnews.com News News.aspx 147922 .Tw1oI8iwenk ref History In April 1959, Israel, with help from India , supervised the establishment of the Ghana Air Force . A small Israeli team also trained aircraft maintenance personnel and radio technicians at the Accra based Air Force Trade Training School. Although the United Kingdom British persuaded Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah to withdraw Israeli advisers in 1960, Ghanaian pilots continued to receive some training at aviation schools in Israel. After Nkrumah s overthrow, Israeli military activities in Ghana ended. ref http www.country data.com cgi bin query r 5347.html Foreign relations of Ghana Israel Library of Congress ref House of Israel main House of Israel Ghana The House of Israel is a Jewish community in Ghana which claims to be one of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel. Sport In a match against the Czech Republic national football team Czech Republich , Ghana national football team Ghana s John Paintsil pulled out an Flag of Israel Israeli flag and waived it after scoring a goal. Paintsil, who was one of three Ghanaian football players in the World Cup based in Israel, played at the time for Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Hapoel Tel Aviv . He later explained that he only sought to please the Israeli supporters who traveled to support him and did not intend to make a political statement for or against the Israeli government. He was criticized for not waiving Ghana s flag by commentators in his home country. ref name Ynet http www.ynetnews.com articles 0,7340,L 3265240,00.html Ghana defender This is why I waved Israel flag Ynet News , 20 June 2006 ref ... more details
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