The motion sought agreement from members that the transfer of functions relating to mutual societies should be considered by the UK Parliament.

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The Charities Bill aims to transfer certain functions of the Department for Social Development to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland to enable it to fully regulate the sector.

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Other, newer methods use the shape of the human head, or head-related transfer functions, to trick the listener by placing false cues into two channels.

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These planned measures are expected to include elimination of the company's matrix organizational structure, site consolidation, transfer of activities to global delivery centers, consolidation of certain central functions, cost synergies from the integration of Motorola's wireless assets, efficiencies in service operations, and company-wide process simplification.

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Prosper, Zopa and Lending Club all have mechanisms to transfer money between strangers and employ social networking functions that allow borrowers to tell the story of their need for capital.

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In Venezuela the only functions performed by prison guards are perimeter security, a daily headcount and the transfer of prisoners to court.

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But that strategy would give him time to transfer his position and executive functions from the Yugoslav federal presidency back to his power base within the republic of Serbia itself.

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