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. There are two main types of retail FX brokers offering the opportunity for speculative currency trading: brokers and dealers or market makers Brokers serve as an agent of the customer in the broader FX market by seeking the best price in the market for a retail order and dealing on behalf of the retail customer They charge a commission or "mark-up" in addition to the price obtained in the market Dealers or market makers by contrast typically act as principals in the transaction versus the retail customer and quote a price they are willing to deal at! Real estate Bandung rose syrup with evaporated milk 13 Performing arts 2.4 Industrialization Boom & Change; See also: List of islands of Singapore and Extreme points of Singapore S$15,045 US$12.860 S$2.1213 10.1 Texts and translations. 4 These early studies were revised and combined by the IEA to create TIMSS which was first administered in 1995 It was the largest international student assessment study of its time and evaluated students in five grades In the second cycle (1999) only eighth-grade students were tested In the next cycles (2003 2007 2011 and 2015) both 4th and 8th grade students were assessed The 2011 cycle was performed in the same year as the IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) offering a comprehensive assessment of mathematics science and reading for the countries participating in both studies The sixth cycle was conducted in 2015 and the results were released in 2016; the data set was published in February 2017 TIMSS 2015 included data collected from parents for the first time. TIMSS Advanced previously conducted in 1995 and 2008 was also conducted in 2015 and assessed final-year secondary students' achievement in advanced mathematics and physics Policy-relevant data about curriculum emphasis technology use and teacher preparation and training accompanies the TIMSS Advanced results, 18.1 Primary sources The head of state or his or her representative (such as a governor-general) formally appoints as the head of government whomever commands the confidence of the elected chamber of the legislature and invites him or her to form a government In the UK this is known as kissing hands Although the dissolution of the legislature and the call for new elections is formally performed by the head of state the head of state by convention acts according to the wishes of the head of government, Lord and Lady Mountbatten at Mussoorie with Congress leader Sardar Patel his daughter Manibehn Patel and Nehru in the background. . Other religions The Reid Commission led by Lord William Reid was formed to draft the constitution Although enshrining concepts such as federalism and a constitutional monarchy the proposed constitution also contained provisions protecting special rights for the Malays such as quotas in admission to higher education and the civil service and making Islam the official religion of the federation It also made Malay the official language of the nation although the right to vernacular education in Chinese and Tamil would be protected Although the Tunku and the Malay rulers had asked the Reid Commission to ensure that "in an independent Malaya all nationals should be accorded equal rights privileges and opportunities and there must not be discrimination on grounds of race and creed," the Malay privileges which many in UMNO backed were cited as necessary by the Reid Commission as a form of affirmative action that would eventually be phased out These measures were included as Articles 3 152 and 153 of the Constitution.