FAQ: Material related questions Q: Stainless steel is the preferred material for conventional lighting in NPPs. Why do you promote aluminium housing? A: Because stainless steel has extremely poor thermal conductivity. Heat is number one killer (beside the radiation, of course) of any electronics and drastically reduces the lifetime of the product. Keeping operational temperature as low as possible has always been our main design goal. Q: What is thermal conductivity? A: Thermal conductivity is the ability of the material to conduct heat. It is measured in W/mK. Here are some thermal conductivities in W/mK: Air: 0.02 Wood: 0.04 Concrete: 0.8 Stainless steel: 16 Iron: 80 Aluminium: 200 Copper: 400 Diamond: 1000 From the table above it can be seen, that the stainless steel has poor ability to conduct heat. In fact, the ability of stainless steel to conduct heat is one of the worst in metals. This is the obvious reason, why we promote aluminium for LED Luminaires. Q: Did you try to make the same Luminaire in stainless steel/aluminium/copper housing? A: Yes, we tried. We tested the same Luminaire housing made out of copper, aluminium and stainless steel. Stainless steel has by far the worst thermal performance. Q: You can compensate bad thermal performance of the stainless steel by adding more cooling fins, right? A: Wrong. You can add stainless steel cooling fins to infinity without results. The only effect is heavy, bulky product, without proper cooling. Q: What is emissivity of the material? A: Emissivity is the surface property of the material. It shows the ability of the material to exchange heat energy with the surrounding media. Any glossy finish of the heat sink material has bad emissivity and therefore slow exchange of the heat energy with the surrounding air. An aluminium foil (glossy finish) has emissivity coefficient of 0.04, while anodized aluminium has the emissivity of 0.8. In both cases the same material regarding thermal conductivity, but anodized one has 20 times better emissivity, i.e. exchange of the heat with the surrounding media. Q: Aluminium is not allowed in areas where hydrogen generation might be the problem. How do you solve this problem? A: For applications inside the RB we are offering Stainless Steel version of the Luminaires. Due to very poor thermal performance of the Stainless Steel, the maximum allowed ambient operating temperature is limited to 50 o C (Aluminium version 80 o C). The material of the housing however does not have any impact on LOCA compatibility.
FAQ: Radiation related questions Q: Do you test your products with radiation source, or you just compile public documents describing radiation hardness of electronics/materials? A: We always test our products and never assume anything. All our products have full nuclear qualification and tests, performed by third party certified laboratories. Q: Which part of your Luminaire is tested to radiation? A: Each and every part of our product is tested with gamma and neutrons. This includes all mechanical parts (housing, screws, optics, diffuser, gaskets, coatings, connectors, wires etc.) and all electronic parts including LEDs and complete LED control gear (driver). Q: Where do you test your products and components? A: All our products are tested inside the core of General Atomics TRIGA Mk II nuclear research reactor in Jožef Stefan Institute, Reactor Infrastructure Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU. In case of gamma irradiation, the nuclear reactor is shut down, without presence of neutrons. In case of neutron irradiation the research reactor is operating normally. Q: Which part of LED Luminaire is the most problematic one regarding radiation? A: LED control gear (driver) is by far the most problematic part of any LED Luminaire. Q: Your electronics is not affected by gamma and neutron irradiation. Why? A: Every electronics is affected by the radiation, including ours. We achieved world's best radiation hardness in LED lighting industry with careful selection of components and circuit topology, cancelling the effects of radiation damage. Q: Many producers of LED Luminaires are testing just LEDs to gamma. Is this correct? A: No. The LED itself is relative insensitive to radiation, opposed to power electronics which might be up to 1000 times (three magnitudes of order) more sensitive. Testing LEDs only and assuming the Luminaire has the same radiation hardness as LEDs, is false. Q: Do you irradiate your electronics biased? A: Of course. Our electronics (complete functional PCB) is irradiated biased, i.e. up and running at full power before, during and after the test. Irradiation of non powered or unbiased electronics, or even components alone, not installed on PCB, gives wrong, misleading result - a magnitude better then biased. Q: Do you use Cobalt for gamma tests? A: No. For gamma and for neutron irradiations we use TRIGA Mk II Nuclear Research Reactor. Nuclear reactor has similar gamma spectrum to NPPs and better mimics real world situation inside the containment. Q: Is your LED driver sensitive to the dose rate? A: No. LED control gear is tested with the dose rates between 250 and 25.000 Gy/hour without any influence to operation of the Luminaire. Q: Your H series should have "World's best radiation tolerance in LED lighting". Is this correct? A: Yes, it is. We specify our products with radiation tolerance of up to 500 kGy. In fact we tested our electronic inside the core of the TRIGA MkII nuclear research reactor to more than 1 MGy (0.1 Grad). And the electronics is still functional. Q: Do you use shielding techniques? A: No, there are no radiation shields inside the Luminaire. Radiation hardness is achieved by design. Q: Are your radiation test reports available to the public? A: All test reports are available to qualified customers.
FAQ: Photometry related questions Q: Are your photometric data simulated/calculated or measured? A: Our Luminaire photometric properties are measured in the Europe's leading laboratories and not just calculated from LED vendor data sheets. Q: What is the output of the photometric measurements in the photometric lab? A: Beside standard test report, the output of the photometry are photometric files used in simulation software. Eulumdat .ldt and IESNA .ies files. Q: Do your Lumen/Watt specification represent LED efficacy? A: No, never. Our efficacy in lm/W is measured in the photometric lab and represent overall Luminaire efficacy - from the wall outlet to the luminous flux out of the product. Q: Your lm/W specification is relatively low in comparison to other LED Lighting vendors. Why? A: Correct. The numbers are lower then most others, because we are not specifying LED efficacy as Luminarie efficacy. There is big difference between this two numbers. LED efficacy is the number taken out of the LEDs manufacturer data sheet, measured in the ideal conditions. Luminaire efficacy takes into account also all optical and electrical losses, which lovers overall Luminaire efficacy. Optical losses are due to losses in optics, Luminaire housing, protective glass or diffuser. The best designs with optics or diffuser have at least 20% of losses. If we add at least 10% of losses in the LED driver, we can estimate overall losses to minimum 30%. In practice this value can be much higher. If Luminarie incorporates high performance LED with 200 lm/W and if we take into equation optical end electrical losses, then overall Luminaire efficacy is less than 140 lm/W. Q: Why should I check which efficacy is specified in the Luminaire data sheet - LED efficacy or Luminaire efficacy? A: Let me explain this with simple example. If we take high performance LED with data sheet efficacy of 200 lm/W and put this LED into the black box, then the overall efficacy of this "Luminaire" will be exactly 0 lm/W. Which specification for this "Luminaire" is now correct 200 lm/W or 0 lm/W? Q: How to avoid wrong and misleading figures in the Luminaire data sheets? A: Simple. Request photometric test report of the Luminaire. Q: Are your photometric test reports available to the public? A: All test reports are available to qualified customers.
FAQ: Reliability and lifetime related questions Q: What is MTBF? A: Mean Time Between Failures or MTBF represents the statistical approximation of how long a number of units should operate before a failure can be expected. It is expressed in hours and does not represent how long the unit will last. For instance. If we test 1.000 units for 1.000 hours and 1 failure occurs, the MTBF value would be 1 million hours. This does not mean, that the unit will operate for 1 million hours or 114 years. If 1 million units are operating with calculated MTBF of 1 million, a failure can be expected every hour. Q: Who performed MTBF calculation for you? A: We contracted our MTBF calculation with Israeli company A.L.D. , the leading consulting firm and software house in the field of Reliability Engineering and Analysis, Safety Analysis and Safety Management, Quality Engineering and Quality Assurance. Q: Which method do A.L.D. use for MTBF calculation? A: There are many methods and standards to choose from for MTBF calculation. We decide to perform MTBF calculation according to US military specification MIL-HDBK-217F Notice 2, one of the most frequently used and recognized standards in the industry. Q: What is the relation between MTBF and lifetime? A: The confusion between these two parameters is the most common confusion in the reliability theory. However, there is some mathematical way to use MTBF to roughly expect a lifetime. For our products the calculated lifetime with 95 % of confidence is about 22 years operating 24/7/365 - i.e. continuous operation. Due to exponential nature of mathematical formula, for 100 % of confidence the calculated lifetime is zero hours, or with 0 % confidence, the lifetime is indefinite. Q: 100.000 hours of lifetime is well known figure for LED lighting. Why are you complicating with calculations? A: 100.000 hours is the number you can find in any LED component data sheet. It is a pure theoretical figure and give us an idea how long a LED component (not a LED Luminarie) can last if it operates under ideal conditions. Conditions inside the LED Luminarie, where the LED component is operating, are far from ideal. The operating temperature (bad thermal design), current density (driving LED at maximum power), the technology and the quality of the LED component are all affecting real operating life, which can be much lower then 100.000 hours. Q: Does the LED Luminaire last as long as LEDs? A: Not at all. LED Luminaire has many other components too. The most problematic, and the most unreliable one, is LED control gear, sometimes called LED driver or ballast. By far the most unreliable components in any power electronics, are electrolytic capacitors and opto couplers. Our power supply does not use any of them. Just for comparison. The best electrolytic capacitors have lifetime expectancy of just few thousand hours at rated temperature. Should we expect, that the Luminaire itself will last for 100.000 hours? Probably not. Q: Finally, what is the lifetime of your Luminaire? A: A million dollar question. Statistically speaking, more than 22 years with the confidence level of 95 %. Also statistically, our Luminaire can fail in the first hour of operation or it can last forever. The probability of either is very low, but is possible. Q: Do you use third party LED driver? A: No. We are using only LED driver developed and produced in-house with all required nuclear qualifications.
Nuclear grade High-Bay LED Luminaire: • TID: 500 kGy (50 Mrad), tested/certified • Neutron fluence: 5×10 14 n/cm 2 1 MeV, tested/certified • IP68/69K, IK08, tested/certified • >160 lm/W overall efficacy, tested/certified • LOCA tested/certified • Seismic tested/certified • "All in one" solution, no external boxes • Stainless Steel housing, no plastic parts • 100 % browning and shatter proof optics Designed for most demanding nuclear applications in the RB of the NPPs.
Nuclear grade High-Bay LED Luminaire: • TID: 50 kGy (5 Mrad), tested/certified • Neutron fluence: 5×10 13 n/cm 2 1 MeV, tested/certified • IP65, IK07, tested/certified • >160 lm/W overall efficacy, tested/certified • 16.500 lm, CRI 80, CCT 5000K • For high ambient temperatures up to 80 o C • "All in one" solution, no external boxes • Aluminium housing, anodized • 100 % browning and shatter proof optics Designed for less demanding, cost sensitive nuclear applications.
Nuclear grade Low-Bay LED Luminaire: • TID: 500 kGy (50 Mrad), tested/certified • Neutron fluence: 5×10 14 n/cm 2 1 MeV, tested/certified • IP68/69K, IK08, tested/certified • >170 lm/W overall efficacy, tested/certified • 8.500 lm, CRI 80, CCT 5000 K • "All in one" solution, no external boxes • Stainless Steel housing, no plastic parts • 100 % browning and shatter proof optics Designed for demanding nuclear applications. Ideal for hot cell lighting.
Nuclear grade Low-Bay LED Luminaire: • TID: 50 kGy (5 Mrad), tested/certified • Neutron fluence: 5×10 13 n/cm 2 1 MeV, tested/certified • IP65, IK07, tested/certified • >160 lm/W overall efficacy, tested/certified • 8.000 lm, CRI 80, CCT 5000K • For high ambient temperatures up to 80 o C • "All in one" solution, no external boxes • Aluminium housing, anodized • 100 % browning and shatter proof optics Designed for less demanding, cost sensitive nuclear applications.
H series is world's first and only LOCA (Loss Of Coolant Accident) tested and certified LED Luminaire. H series is designed for typical DBA (Design Basis Accident), where beside high radiation levels, high temperatures, hot steam, high pressure and chemical survivability are required. LOCA certification is a post Fukushima requirement and the ultimate test for any equipment mounted inside the Reactor Building of the typical NPP. The test was performed in UJV Rez Nuclear Institute, Czech Republic.
An earthquake is one of the most feared natural phenomena in any NPP. After the Fukushima disaster, all equipment installed inside the containment of the NPP, should have seismic certification. Our Luminaires were seismically tested in one of the Europe most advanced facility, the Military Institute for Ground Forces in Czech Republic. The test report is available on request.
Neutron and gamma irradiation tests were performed in General Dynamics / General Atomic TRIGA Mk II Nuclear Research Reactor in Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Gamma spectrum of the research reactor mimics real life situation in the NPPs . Beside nuclear reactor irradiation, Cobalt irradiation test were performed in Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia. Both Nuclear Reactor and Cobalt irradiations show world's highest radiation tolerance in LED Lighting.
Photometric properties of the Luminaires were measured in Europe leading photometric laboratories, using latest photo goniometer instruments. Our experts can offer to the customer complete lighting design, using latest lighting design/simulation software. This is the fastest, easiest, most cost effective and by far most accurate approach to lighting without any guessing. Optical .ldt files for all our products are available on request.
Generation IV of our Ultra Rad-Hard LED Luminaires can be modified according to the customer specification. Possible modifications of the existing members of the family are: • custom holder, • the shape of the Luminaire base plate and • the type of optics. All other characteristics are not affected by the modification. All the documentation including certificates are the same as for the original, non modified version.
DITO is fully privately held company founded in 1992 by Srecko Bizjak B.Sc. (CEO) and Rafael Kitak B.Sc. (R&D). Both are exclusive owners of the company to this day. In 1995 we developed world's first multichannel, studio grade, PC based, digital audio recorder DAR-20. In the year 2000 we bring to the telecommunication market our DSP based multichannel, multifunctional, fully programmable, 2 Mbit/E1 digital voice announcement system. In 2007 we developed TNS++, railway copper wire transmission system. TNS++ is still world's unique product for multichannel DSP based, fully programmable, very high performance tone communication, over standard railway copper wire cables. The system is used for communication between relay based safety related railway equipment worldwide. In 2009 we started with LED Lighting development. First, with the street and heavy duty industrial lighting products. In 2013 we jumped to nuclear LED Lighting business. Our goal is to bring to the nuclear market world's highest radiation hardness in the LED Lighting industry, world's best LOCA scenario compatibility and world's best "all in one" in the air and under the water LED lighting system.


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JJordanian Modern Textile (JMT) Company is a family owned business established in June, 2002 as a producer of casual knitwear for men, ladies and children such as T-shirts, trousers, tops, training suits...etc.
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Abako is the partition line with concealed fixing system, with steel structure, mechanically assembled through levers that fix the crosspieces to the uprights. A combination of technology and high-performance design with technical performances and linear aesthetics.
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Moses Maddox served two tours of duty in Iraq as a corporal in the United States Marine Corps. An IAVA member, Maddox appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in May to talk about his experience in Iraq, the importance of getting an education and his frustrations with his job search when transitioning out of the military.
After Moses Maddox left the Marine Corps in 2006, he took a sales job with the for-profit University of Phoenix, making up to 100 calls a day to persuade veterans to enroll using their GI Bill benefits.
Only after he enrolled himself did the former corporal discover that the state university he wanted to attend didn't accept the nine course credits he'd earned at Phoenix.
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My friend has an Austin Tilly that he says is done to represent the 7th Batt. It has a blue diamond with the letters KT7 in it on the offside wing but doesn't know what should be on the nearside wing.
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Hello all, new here and this is my first post. I have been asked by a vehicle enthusiast friend of mine if I could find out what vehicle markings the Lyminge home guard used on their vehicles. If anyone knows I would be very grateful.


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ABC Can't Get Enough Black-ish, Renewing Hit Show and Adding Spinoff, Mixed-ish
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Brian Dobbins, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Jeff Meacham, Miles Brown, Jonathan Groff, Deon Cole, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Peter Mackenzie, winners of the Outstanding Comedy Series for 'Black-ish,' attend the 50th NAACP Image Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 30, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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Take Rainbow, Tracee Ellis Ross' eclectic character from Black-ish, but make her a teenage.
That's the concept behind the popular ABC sitcom's spinoff prequel, Mixed-ish, which the network just handed out an early series order for, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC also confirmed it's renewing the hit comedy for a sixth season.
Here's what we know about Mixed-ish so far:
It's slated to take place in the '80s, revolving around a teenage Bow (Arica Himmell) as she and her (duh) mixed-race family adjust from living in a hippie commune to life in the suburbs. Tika Sumpter will play Bow's mother, with Christina Anthony, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Ethan Childress also slated to join the cast.
This effectively completes a Black-ish trifecta, with Grown-ish, the spinoff starring Yara Shahidi, now on its second season on ABC's cable network, Freeform.
Now is also a good time to revisit what The Root's beloved Tonja Renée Stidhum wrote back in February, when a possible spin-off was first announced.
Because I love guessing games, I predict the title to be either:
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2. Bow-ish
3. Mixed-ish
We'll check back to see if I called it. Deal? Deal.
Is it only a matter of time before we get a Marsai Martin-centered spinoff—especially after her delightful performance in Little? You know the saying, once you go Black-ish, you...order every conceivable spinoff you can-ish.
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Hi, I'm sorry if this is a duplicate post but I wasn't able to find anything in the searches I did. I have a 2006 mazda 3 s Grand touring 4 door sedan and I am wanting to find out if there's a possibility to build a flip key that will work correctly for my Vehicle. I know that the key portion will work but I'm unsure about the fob portion. I've read many different write ups and it seems there are just as many saying its possible as there is saying it's not, any help on this subject will be greatly appreciated.
@FLIPDADY - Joe how many flip keys did you sell to members back in the day at MoT ?
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I am sure you can, I had one for my 04 Sedan back in the day.
I've been lookin around online and the info I find is pretty evenly matched on whether it works or not. You wouldn't happen to know what I need to be looking for so I can varify compatibility when Im looking at all the different kinds of fobs available would you? There are so many different ones and I'm not very experienced with the workings of the transmitter portion of the electrical system in vehicles.
Over 100 sets from Canada to U.S.


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ModelMercedes-Benz 190SL
Seller: Competitioncars
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29588
Chassis: 1214010000698
1.9-Liter M121 Inline-Four
Solex Carburetors
Refinished in Cream
Tan Leather Upholstery
Replacement Brown Soft Top
13″ Steel Wheels w/Body-Color Accents
Becker Europa AM/FM Radio
Copy of Build Sheet
Additional charges from this dealer: $0
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This 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL is said to have remained with its original owner until 2017 when it was passed down to their nephew, and the current owner acquired it in 2022. The car is powered by a 1.9-liter inline-four paired with a four-speed manual transmission and is finished in cream over tan leather. Equipment includes a brown convertible soft top, 13″ steel wheels with body-color hubcaps, a Becker Europa AM/FM radio, and Solex carburetors. Work completed in 2019 included replacing the fuel pump, radiator, taillights, seat cushions, carburetors, and dampers and springs, and work in August 2022 consisted of replacing the wheel cylinders and brake shoes. This 190SL is now offered on dealer consignment with manufacturer's literature, a copy of a build sheet, service records, and a clean South Carolina title.
The car has been refinished in cream and features a replacement brown convertible soft top as well as a tan top boot. Additional equipment includes dual side mirrors and a bright windshield surround, grille, and bumpers. The selling dealer notes touched-up blemishes, and the taillights were replaced in January 2019.
Steel 13″ wheels wear chrome trim rings, hubcaps with body-color accents, and Vredestein Sprint Classic tires. The car is equipped with a double-wishbone front suspension, rear swing axles with coil springs, and power-assisted drum brakes. Records indicate that the dampers and springs were replaced in January 2019, and the front wheel cylinders and brake shoes were replaced in August 2022.
The cabin features low-back bucket seats upholstered in tan leather as well as matching door panels and dashboard trim. Amenities include a Becker Europa AM/FM radio, an analog clock, and a dashboard-mounted rearview mirror. The seat cushions were replaced in January 2019, and the selling dealer reports that the carpets have been replaced and the seats, dashboard, and doors have been reupholstered.
The two-spoke steering wheel frames VDO instrumentation including a 140-mph speedometer and a 7k-rpm tachometer as well as gauges for oil pressure, water temperature, and fuel level. The selling dealer notes that the tachometer needle center trim piece fell off and sits behind the gauge lens. The five-digit odometer shows 28k miles, approximately 100 of which were added under current ownership.
The 1.9-liter M121 inline-four was reportedly overhauled in 2012, the fuel pump and radiator were replaced in January 2019, and Solex carburetors were installed in March 2019.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through a fully synchronized four-speed manual transmission. The selling dealer reports that the transmission was rebuilt in 2012.
Service records, manufacturer's literature, and a copy of a build sheet are included in the sale.


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We all have an Angelic team (A-Team) of spirits who root for us, love us, want to help us manifest our desires and dreams, and see us succeed on our highest path. Ultimately, what they all want for us is to come into greater self-love, self-worth, and personal truth so that we may learn from our experiences, understand the lessons of the whys, forgive ourselves and others for any wrongdoing, clear our karmic debts, and discover and use our gifts to manifest our highest potential.
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Native, Celtic, Buddhist and Alien influenced, this book teaches the old ways of divination and healing with a modern twist.
This book is written for those of you who long to feel connected to the other side, are touched by divine moments, need a roadmap on your spiritual journey, and require validation of your personal knowing. With the many books and tv shows that demonstrate proof of survival of the soul, gone are the days where the spirit world is considered fiction.
Western psychological terminology and prescriptive drugs are not helpful for everyone. This book offers another healing option that does not keep you dependent on doctors to heal yourself and prescription medication to feel better.
We also teach you how to become your own medical intuitive doctor so that you can better understand the consciousness of your body, why it manifests dis-eases and medical conditions, and heal from the root up. This is how holistic healing is accomplished. Your body is like a portrait puzzle, broken down into parts, and each piece of the puzzle tells a story, which in turn affects the entire narrative. We teach you how to understand your body's narrative, for when consciousness is raised, change and healing become possible. There are no bandaid solutions here, we take you straight to the core⏤your heart⏤where your soul resides and your secrets, revealed.
Our mental health care system is still not equipped to understand how the spirit world operates in our daily lives. There are healthier healing solutions available for those of us who continue to suffer with our gifts, traumas and unhealed wounds. As a mental health professional, I understand how the spirit world works and that we are each psychic energy. Diagnoses such as Clinical Depression, Manic Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia are simply labels that serve drug companies who finance our current and future doctors who in turn offer bandaid solution medication when open heart surgery is what's needed.


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Nasdaq Dubai and FTSE Russell have signed a license agreement for the exchange to launch derivatives on FTSE Russell's Saudi Arabia equity indices. In its first use of the license, Nasdaq Dubai intends to launch futures on theFTSE Saudi Arabia Index later this month on a date to be announced.
The FTSE Saudi Arabia Index contains 46 companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) includingSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Al Rajhi Bank.
Launched in September 2016, Nasdaq Dubai's derivatives market currently offers single stock futures on 17 leading UAE-listed companies as well as Saudi single stock futures, plus futures on the DFMGI index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the ADI index of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), and the MSCI United Arab Emirates Equity Index. The launch of futures on theFTSE Saudi Arabia Indexis subject to regulatory approval.


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She is best known for her unusual perspectives and superb draughtsmanship which give an arresting quality that unsettles and challenges the viewer. There is a narrative behind each work, which is triggered the motionless pose struck or movement captured in a snap shot stopping time.
There is often a feeling of ambiguity, where her exquisitely depicted figures seem at once full of life but also in an empty state of release. The unquestionable dramatic impact of these pieces, intensified through the chiaroscuro effect she utilises in both charcoal and oils, reflects McArthur's interest in looking at what our physical states reveal about our mental states. This exploration of the relationship between the external and the internal, and the tension between the strength and frailty inherent in the human condition, is integral to her work.
In March 2008, when reviewing the Affordable Art Fair, Arena magazine highlighted McArthurs work as the headline act describing it as – 'Beautifully crafted works absolutely in touch with 21st Century Britain.' In 2009, she moved to New York as an international resident at New York Studio Gallery in the Lower East Side and has since returned to the UK, where she works from a studio on the south coast in Brighton and continues to exhibit successfully worldwide.
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Faringdon House
Faringdon, Berkshire
Faringdon House stands near the parish church of All Saints, on the edge of the small town after which it is named. There was no doubt a medieval building somewhere in the grounds, the manor farmhouse that Beaulieu Abbey rented out to tenants like Thomas Faringdon (d. 1396) whose memorial brass can be seen in the church.
In the 1590s, Sir Henry Unton, the English Ambassador to France, built a fine Elizabethan brick house between the site of the present building and the church. He lived at nearby Wadley House in Littleworth, only a mile outside the town, but other members of the family may have used Faringdon. A 1620 inventory describes the houses's hall, parlour and a great chamber hung with arras and adorned with pictures. The gallery was hung with green. At the upper end were fifteen English pictures "hanged in tables". At the lower end were twenty-eight "pictures of Romans and Emperors" as well as two pairs of virginals. Sir Henry's widow, Dame Dorothy, lived there until her death, even though the estate had been sold to Sir Robert Pye in 1622.
The Pyes took up residence in 1634. They were staunch Parliamentarians, Sir Robert representing Woodstock in the Long Parliament and his son, also Robert, marrying the daughter of John Hampden. Their son, Hampden, is said to haunt the churchyard. During the Civil War, because of Faringdon's strategic position, the Royalist army garrisoned the town with 300 troops from May 1644 and prevented western supplies from reaching Parliamentary Abingdon. Col. Sir George Lisle fortified Faringdon House as his headquarters until, in the following April, Oliver Cromwell arrived on the scene with a force of cavalry supported by 600 foot soldiers from Abingdon. Cromwell overran the town but, despite a ferocious attack, failed to take the house. Soon afterwards, Col. Marmaduke Rawdon replaced Lisle at Faringdon and his troops harassed the Parliamentary soldiers in the nearby towns so much that the taking of Faringdon was ordered. In April 1646, the younger Sir Robert Pye commanded the Parliamentary army that attacked, not only the town, but his father's own house. The assaults were unnsuccessful however and a two month siege ensued. On 24th June, the King ordred his garrison to surrender under the Articles of Oxford. During all this action, the house suffered considerable damage, although descriptions of it as being "in ruins" are probably exagerated.
Old Faringdon House was patched up by the later Pyes but suffered a serious fire in 1766 and, as it was considered old-fashioned, Sir Henry James Pye (subsequently poet laureate) decided to pull the place down and build anew a little further north in 1770. The present compact stone building with a hipped roof and striking Burlingtonian central bay was completed in 1785, by which time Pye had sold up to William Hallett. Hallett was the son of the famous London cabinetmaker. Gainsborough painted him with his wife in a composition called 'The Morning Walk' that once hung at Faringdon. He improved the grounds, but later moved to Denford House in Kintbury.
In 1930, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, the 14th Baron Berners, moved in to Faringdon House. He was an accomplished writer, painter and composer. Stravinsky thought he was the best British composer of the 20th century. He was also a great British eccentric and, in 1935, built Faringdon Folly, one of the latest follies in the country. He kept a glittering social circle around him and parties at Faringdon were "like living a perpetual April Fool's Day, " often including John Betjeman, Salvador Dali, Aldous Huxley, Nancy Mitford, Diana Mosley, Edith Sitwell, Igor Stravinsky, HG Wells and others.
Faringdon House is a private residence. It stands behind high walls next to the parish church.
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If I was unjustly convicted, can I apply for a pardon?
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What if I also have a state conviction?
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How do I get a copy of my criminal record?
The FBI keeps a record of all arrests and convictions, including state and federal offenses. You can request a copy of your record from the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) website. Follow the instructions on the Identity History Summary Checks page.
Federal Clemency Application Forms
Commutation (Reduction) of Sentence
Pardon After Completion of Sentence
Certificate of Pardon for Vietnam-era elective Service Act Violations
Federal Clemency Regulations
Rules Governing Petitions for Executive Clemency
Standards for Consideration of Clemency Petitions
United States Attorney's Manual, Sections 1-2.110-113
Guidance on Civil Disabilities
Federal Statutes Imposing Collateral Consequences Upon Conviction (Office of the Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Oct. 2000)
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Collateral Sanctions and Discretionary Disqualification of Convicted Persons (3d ed. 2004)
Relief from the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: A State-by-State Guide, Margaret C. Love (W.S. Hein, 2006)
ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Internal Exile: Collateral Consequences of Conviction in Federal Laws and Regulations (2009)
Presidential Pardons (ProPublica)


Tap into their friends. When you're driving a group of kids to a game or camp, ask them what were some good books or series they liked. Your own child will groan, but other kids will chime in.
Experiment with digital reading - the novelty might appeal to your child. See if your public library lends digital books for kids - more & more are expanding their holdings, and it's getting easier and easier to download books from the library.
Try audiobooks. Yes, this counts as reading, too! Offer audiobooks on a long drive or at home. My older kids love listening to books and playing a repetitive game like FlowFree or Subway Surfer. Even better: listen and draw.
Think outside the box. Would your child like a new magazine? Do they want to learn about a favorite sport or how to build something? Can you encourage them to research activities to do during the summer - places they want to go, things they want to do?
Insist on reading time. Stick to your resolve. Make sure you carve out time each day for reading. It doesn't have to be at night, but often this is a good way for kids to wind down after a busy day. Whenever you do it, remember that it's important you insist on time for reading.
Below are summer reading lists I developed for our school community. This week I'll share all our elementary reading lists. Below, you can download the lists for kids who've just finished 4th & 5th grade. Please feel free to download these, print them and share with your friends.
Most of all, try to make summer reading time a fun, relaxing part of your summer!
Kids who've finished 2nd & 3rd grades often love reading series, but sometimes have trouble figuring out what series to try next. It's crucial that kids read lots of "just right" books, or even ones that seem a bit easy. As a parent, I know that it's hard not to encourage my kids to try harder, longer books. But it's really important for kids to sink into reading, to feel success and enjoyment.
Think of it this way - your kid will get more out of reading 10 fun, easier books than giving up on a challenging classic that's way above his reading level.
Here are our summer reading suggestions for kids who've just finished 2nd and 3rd grade. I've organized them using the Fountas and Pinnell reading levels, which our school uses. I find it most helpful to think of these levels in "bands" of similar levels. As I talk with kids, I really try to get them to think about whether a book feels right to them. This places them in charge of their reading choices, and tells them that I trust them to choose what's best for them.
Please feel free to download these reading lists, print them and share with your friends.
Summer has started and I know my kids are loving the freedom from our regular school routine. But I also know that it's essential that they stay engaged with reading throughout the summer. Kids who don't read over the summer will lose up to two months of reading growth - see this Reading Rockets article for more details on the research.
Try to go to the library after work together or on a weekend.
Look online and request your favorite books from your library.
Explore websites for places you want to visit. Let your child navigate while you guide.
Talk with your kids about their reading - share the fun, excitement - read together!
Use books to break the boredom! Try to break the habit of always turning to electronics for entertainment.
Below are summer reading lists I developed for our school community. This week I'll share all our elementary reading lists. Below, you can download the lists for kids who've just finished Kindergarten & 1st grade. Please feel free to download these, print them and share with your friends.
Children's stories permeate our culture. Whether it's Disney films, Broadway musicals or even public television, characters from children's stories sink deep into our cultural heritage. This is nothing new -- the Brothers Grimm recorded fairy tales that had been passed down generation to generation; these same tales still enchant us centuries later. But lately I've been wondering what the heroes from children's literature say about our times.
This week, we've seen two fantastic musicals based on Roald Dahl's stories, Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and visited the Harry Potter studios outside of London. Last month, my youngest was in a musical based on Disney's version of Alice in Wonderland.
Our whole family was captivated by these productions. The musical productions amazed us for the sheer talent the young performers showed. I loved the way that the musical numbers brought the joy and heart of these stories to new audiences. But I think there's something at the heart of each of these stories that speaks to the generation they came from.
All of these heroes are lonely children, a protagonist that kids today still relate to. They face trials and tribulations, whether it's the dreadful Queen of Hearts or the terrifying Miss Trunchbull. A common theme is certainly that children have to bravely fight injustice and tyrannical adults. But each of these heroes overcome their challenges in different ways, and I'm fascinated by these journeys.
"Unabashedly inquisitive, she's not afraid to stamp her foot and demand rational responses from authority figures. And when she doesn't get them, she doesn't quiet down."
I've always been a bit perplexed by how Alice eventually faces down the Queen and makes her way back to her regular life. The whimsy of Carroll's wacky world has always struck me as a bit too happenstance and random. Alice would never find her way through Wonderland if it weren't for the White Rabbit guiding her way.
Roald Dahl's heroes succeed through sheer will, positive spirit and determination. Matilda, with music by Tim Minchin, emphasizes that you have to stand up to tyrannical authority figures. Matilda sings, in "Naughty,"
But how does Matilda stand up to her parents and Miss Trunchbull? At first, my youngest was sure that Miss Honey helped her. But as we talked about it, we realized that while Miss Honey was certainly kind, she didn't really help Matilda. Miss Honey sings about how she's too afraid to stand up for what's right. Matilda finds the courage within herself. The librarian, the wonderful Mrs. Phelps, certainly encourages Matilda to believe in herself and find courage in her stories. Like all Roald Dahl's heroes, Matilda's imagination sustains her when nothing else does. But I would argue that Matilda really survives on her own.
Harry Potter, in contrast, succeeds through his own courage and determination, but only with the help of his friends. Much of the plot of the Harry Potter books revolves around the relationship between Harry, Ron and Hermione -- coming together, getting into fights, and then resolving them to fight the common enemy. This emphasis on group work reminds me of how much we ask children to work together on projects in school now.
In a similar way, the Warner Brother's Harry Potter Studio Tour in Leavesden, emphasizes throughout just how many people are involved in producing these movies. You get a sense of the intricate detail and craftsmanship put in at all levels, from the props to the set design, from the costumes to the special effects, from the concept art to the scale models. It is a tremendous group effort. You also get a sense of the effort, time and skill put into each step - that the movie magic is far more work than magic.
As I have thought about what it means to implement the Common Core State Standards, one of my real focuses is on how I can help children discover increasingly more complex nonfiction texts on subjects they are interested in. Five of us -- librarians and literacy experts -- are working together to show what the Common Core means for school libraries in real life. We're calling the series Common Core IRL: In Real Libraries.
Kids are fascinated by the world around them. Our role, as adults who share books with kids, is to help them discover books that build on this interest, making them want to learn more and more. But we need to do so with books that build on their knowledge in a gradual way.
For our first topic, we chose to focus on frogs. Last month, each of us shared books on frogs that gradually increased in text complexity. We have pulled together our recommendations in one document, to share with teachers, librarians and parents. Please feel free to download this and share with your colleagues and friends.
We look forward to making Common Core IRL a recurring feature. Are there topics that you think your students would be interested in that we should cover? Let us know in the comments.
Roald Dahl is one of my all-time favorite authors. Reading his books aloud is a delicious treat, for grown-ups and kids alike. We have particularly loved listening to his audiobooks as a family. We loved, loved, loved Jeremy Irons reading James and the Giant Peach. And Dahl himself recorded many of his books - The Fantastic Mr. Fox was one of our favorites, as well.
I've been so excited that more and more folks are talking about Matilda, with Matilda the Musical moving from London to New York this spring. Did you know that Matilda is turning 25 this year?! On one hand, I'm amazed -- but on the other hand, Dahl's stories have this timeless feel that makes them seem like they've been around forever.
I was happy to help Penguin Young Readers Group celebrate this milestone, joining them in their epic 25-stop blog tour! Bloggers are sharing how they feel about Matilda - join us for a chance to win a Matilda prize pack at each and every stop!
Mrs. Phelps looked along the shelves, taking her time. She didn't quite know what to bring out. How, she asked herself, does one choose a famous grown-up book for a four-year-old girl? Her first thought was to pick a young teenager's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls, but for some reason she found herself walking past that particular shelf.
That's the key, isn't it? Teachers and librarians foster a love of books in students by introducing them to new books and helping them stretch their limits. Whether it's sharing a favorite classic or a brand new book, the key is helping kids find books that speak to them.
As a school librarian, it's key that I know my students, their tastes and their reading levels. I know that Sam loves books about war - he'll devour anything about World War II, the Vietnam War, the Civil War. He's now my go-to guy to test out new historical fiction about soldiers, and he's thrilled with this new important job. It's also important to give kids the time to share books with one another - their recommendations carry even more weight than mine, in many cases. Each time a class comes in, I set out books that I've chosen just for them.
As a parent, I need to keep telling myself how important it is that my child gets to choose their own books. I might really want my 3rd grader to read Matilda with me, but if she's dying to read the newest Dork Diaries then that's what she should read. I do talk about the importance of variety in our reading diet, especially with my older children who are committed readers. But with kids who are just developing the reading habit, it's crucial that most of their reading flies along without a struggle.
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For the next stop on the Matilda 25th Anniversary blog tour, head to Bookish.
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Giant Dance Party, by Betsy Bird and Brandon Dorman (ages 3-8) - snap-happy fun!
There is something completely liberating about dancing -- letting your body move with the rhythm of the music, bopping along and feeling the beat pulse through you. And yet, there's something utterly terrifying about dancing in front of other people. Betsy Bird captures this crazy conflict with sheer delight in her debut picture book Giant Dance Party. If you're looking for a fun book to read aloud with your child or to a class, definitely seek this out.
Lexy loves to dance. She loves dancing with her friends, in front of her stuffed animals, any type of dance. But there is one thing she cannot stand: dancing on stage in front of an expectant audience.
"Every time she was sure her stage fright was gone, along came another recital, and blammo! Ice pop."
Lexy's a determined kid, so she decides to turn her love of dance into a profession. She'll be a dance teacher - they never have to go on stage for a recital! As you can guess from the cover, Lexy's first students are a rowdy group of fuzzy, blue giants. You see, giants love to dance but they don't know how.
Bird's text and Dorman's illustrations work like a charm with a group, especially when you're willing to put a little pep into your reading. When I let loose a little with our kindergartners, they loved it - bopping along with the story (floor dancing, the kindergarten version of car dancing, is totally allowed in the library!). My favorite was the chicken dance!
The text is bouncy, easy to read aloud, and filled with all sorts of layers of humor for kids and adults. The digital illustrations have a cartoon feel that mirrors the energy and enthusiasm of kids, perfectly amplifying Lexy's crazy, silly world where giants show up to take dance lessons. And yet Dorman's use of colors and round figures keep the tone sweet instead of chaotic.
"Do enough storytimes and you develop an ear for cadence. For rhythm and language. You see what subjects do and do not work. You figure out how much to say, and where to scale back."
Want to have some fun and host your own giant dance party? Check out Betsy's fun guest post at HarperCollins Children's Books School & Library Blog The Page Turn. Break out some cool blue food (blue ice pops, blue popcorn, and blueberry cupcakes). Add some music for little monsters. And of course, some idea for great costumes.
It's not often that I review a book by a friend and colleague, but I thoroughly tested Giant Dance Party with kindergartners at Emerson. They gave it a unanimous, unprompted, huge-smiling approval. The review copies were kindly sent by the publishers, HarperCollins. If you make a purchase using the Amazon links on this site, a small portion goes to Great Kid Books (at no cost to you!). Thank you for your support.
Emerson students were thrilled this week to meet the author of one of their favorite series. Jennifer L. Holm writes two fantastic series of graphic novels, Babymouse and Squish, both of which are illustrated by her brother Matt. Jenni shared great insights into how she and Matt make comics, encouraged kids and teachers to create their own stories, and answered great questions from the kids.
Jenni took students back to the beginning, when she was a kid growing up with five brothers. She had our students giggling as they saw pictures of her and Matt as little kids. Their dad was a big comic book fan and they all read lots of comics - from Charlie Brown and Calvin & Hobbes, to superhero comics like Batman, Superman and Spiderman.
One kid asked what inspired her to be a writer, and Jenni talked about how she loved to read as a kid. Even if they went to an amusement park, she always brought a book. Matt, on the other hand, was always a doodler. By the time he was in 5th grade, he wrote his own four panel comic about aliens.
My students love the blend of fantasy and realistic humor in both Babymouse and Squish. They can relate to Babymouse's bad whisker days (I mean, who hasn't had a bad hair day?!) and trouble with mean girl Felicia Furrypaws. They connect to everyman Squish, the boy (I mean amoeba) next door. And they really like the way each story has a moral or message in it, with a satisfying ending.
As Jenni got the kids to help her create a new scene for Babymouse (we loved the Ninja Babymouse and giggled at the WonderMouse!), she helped the kids really see how revision works in real life. They saw that her first attempt didn't quite work and she talked about how long it takes to write and revise a comic book. She shared with us how she writes the storyboard with the action and dialog, and then Matt starts drawing the characters. It's a very interesting back-and-forth creative process.
I was thrilled that many of our students in 3rd and 4th grade shared their love of Penny in Heaven, Turtle in Paradise and The Trouble with May Amelia, Jenni's historical fiction. Both come from her research into different sides of her family history.
My students and I loved kicking off our summer reading drive this week with such a great visit. Jenni was funny, inspiring and a joy to have. We laughed, we celebrated our love of reading, we all squealed for Squish! Thank you!!
OK, time for true confessions. I am gullible. I fall completely into stories and movies, gasping when something awful happens, and never figuring out the clues until the main character does. Yes, I even believed a classmate in 6th grade when they told me that "gullible" was not in the dictionary. You get the picture.
But mysteries are deliciously fun to read. Even if I can never quite put all the clues together until it's too late and the main character is running for her life. It turns out -- reading mysteries is also really good for you. Mystery readers need to play close attention to the details as they read, but they also need to make predictions and think about how these clues fit together as a whole. Take a look here at Lucy Calkin's 3rd grade mystery unit and how two teachers made it work: Amber Polk and Wendy McElhinny.
If you're looking for a fun new mystery for tweens, I had a lot of fun reading Kristen Kittscher's debut novel The Wig in the Window. It's a great mystery for kids who have moved on from Encyclopedia Brown and are ready for something longer. I'm excited to join the Wig in the Window tour in anticipation of its release on June 18th!
Best friends Sophie and Grace have fun pretending to be spies as they conduct late night stakeouts in their southern California suburb. But things take an unexpected turn when they spy on Sophie's odd guidance counselor, Dr. Agford, and witness what the girls are sure is a bloody murder and call 911. But when the police discover that Dr. Agford was just chopping beets with a cleaver, the girls are in big trouble.
Sophie takes full blame, since the police track the call to her phone call, and her parents are not happy. Sophie must endure frequent "counseling" sessions with Dr. Agford as well as do community service working in Dr. Agford's yard every Saturday.
The suspense escalates as Sophie and Grace follow their suspicions that something is just not right with Dr. Agford, her wig, and her behavior. There are many twists and turns, both in their friendship and in the case, that will captivate tweens who love realistic stories and mysteries. Sophie's narrative is both appealing and a natural hook.
Bay Area friends - if you know tweens who love a good mystery, will you email me? We're trying to plan a special event for kids this summer when Kristen Kittscher visits the Bay Area. Our plans are still under wraps, like all good mysteries!


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FAQ Friday; When You Don't Feel "Married"
Last month I posted a little cry for help in the FAQ department and I was overly thrilled with the response I got back from you guys. It's official that one of the things I love most about my little blog here is how many of you feel the same as I do about the endless situations I write about. It's nice not to feel so alone sometimes. But anyway here is a little dilemma I received from a reader that I think I totally love. She got married in February and says she doesn't feel "married." She doesn't feel like she's a part of her husband's family and she doesn't feel like a wife. She gets that these types of things are going to feel different to different people but perhaps myself and all of you guys can help her with her newly-wedded woe, no? I think so. Let's do this!
This little problemo first of all, reminds me of the post I did here on what it really means to be a wife. You guys seriously loved that post and I myself, still scroll through and read all of your thoughtful comments (like I said, the more people rowing along in this little boat of mine, the better). In that post I explain how to me, becoming Apb's wife didn't mean my feelings, my role or my expectations changed; but instead the difference (and really the only different in my opinion) was that now, legally we were husband and wife. Should I feel different as we became husband and wife? Maybe. Maybe not. All I know is that at first it felt totally weird to become a wife but still have the same feelings and ultimately the same relationship with Andrew.
There are so many days I wake up now, nearly ten months after our wedding and I too, don't feel married. I think to myself "Whoa whoa whoa, you are married, girlfriend" and I know I am married, I love who I am married to, and I love that we share this union, journey and relationship together it's just that I don't feel it; or is that or this rather, what's it's suppose to feel like? I feel young, and hip and think it's so cool I get to have permasleepovers with this guy I love. I feel happy and I know I am happy. But then the title 'married' and 'husband' and 'wife' sort of slap me wide awake and I think to myself, "Well that's weird Rhi, that you don't feel married cause you are. And if you don't feel like marriage is different then girl, you are cah-razy!"
You know how when you're young, you'd turn another year older and it never failed that one of your relatives would ask "How does it feel to be another year older?" I remember one year after my birthday party I laid in bed that night, totally bummed my birthday was over and I had to wait a.whole.other.year.till.the.next.partay, but thinking super hard about that question and how it really did feel, like physically, emotionally and mentally, to be nine years old versus only eight. And I got really frustrated super fast because I felt nothing, except too much birthday cake in my stomach. Ask me the same question now at age 25 and maybe I could tell you what it felt like to be eight then but you catch my drift. Hind sight is 20/20 isn't it?
So my thoughts are this; when you don't feel married is that normal? Do some of you out there feel married and if so can you explain what that means? Does feeling married become something you feel with time or is it something that select people feel and others don't? Do you brides to be out there have expectations that after your wedding you will feel something uniquely different? I (and one of my readers here!) would love to hear your thoughts. Photo by Amanda Wilcher.
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Enjoy the in between! Somedays you'll wake up and say "I'm married!!!" other days you'll wake up and say "I'm married…" Every year it will feel a little different and you'll feel a little differently about it. And you know what…it will be hard to relate until you go through it yourself.
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Shanna - Nostalgia Film says:
I got married last fall, and I totally "feel married." Of course, the first week or two of "wife, Mrs., husband" were totally weird though! We lived together before, and the real shift for me was when we got engaged. I got this peacefulness of, "Hey, this guy isn't going anywhere," and over the next several months my insecurities melted away. We totally have the "us vs. the world" mentality one commenter mentioned. I think that happened at a happy hour before we got married. We realized, we're on the same team and we're each other's cheerleaders. The other day, after someone in business (oh yes, we started a business together, too!) really upset us, we found our selves starting to take the stress out on each other. We quickly realized and verbalized, "we're on the same team" and realized we can overcome almost anything by banding together. Yeah, we both think being married's pretty awesome.
Amber B says:
So, I have been married for seven years now and a mother for 4 1/2. Do I always feel married? Maybe not. At first especially, it was just different. I think I agree with a Tami that commented earlier, that sometimes it's something that happens that just hits you…this is my life…this is my family. Sometimes I watch a movie or read a book or a real life loss happens and I immediately think what would I do if I lost my husband. In those moments, I feel more married than ever. In the moments when I need a shoulder to cry on or someone to listen to me rant or talk about my crazy blog I am working on, I really feel married and want my husband. He's my best friend and has been for a lot time. Some days it's easy to not "feel" married. You are just going along in life. There's nothing wrong with that. It is decisions and actions. It's now that you have a partner in this life. Married is just a word…it doesn't define you or change you. I love being married. I love having a husband I can rely on and who relies on me. I wouldn't change it for anything. Even on those days when I wonder if being married should feel differently.
LAA says:
I'm totally with Tami. I don't think marriage is a "feeling" per se. In my newlywed (one & a half month) opinion marriage is all in the actions. It's the commitment, the teamwork, the trust, the respect and the love between two people. My husband and I lived together for close to 2 years before we said 'I do' so in that regard I considered myself married a long time ago. I think as long as you are working as a team, honoring and supporting one another and loving with your whole heart then you're making your best attempt at "feeling" married.
tami brown {fabulouslywed says:
In my 40 years on earth, I learned that marriage and commitment aren't feelings. They are decisions. Sure, one might experience a feeling about it but in the long term feelings and decisions are not necessarily interconnected. You spoke about someone asking you what it felt like to feel older when you had a birthday. Having been married for many, many years and now becoming single, I can share some wisdom with you. I had my first child when I was 20 yrs old. She was beautiful and giggly but I didn't feel like a mom. I can't describe it. I knew I had a baby, I did a great job taking care of her and I enjoyed her but I was bummed because that motherly feeling people tall about wasn't there for me and I started to wonder I that made me less of parent than the average. One day I put her to sleep as I watched TV. She was completely knocked out. I didn't want to disturb her by moving her to the crib so I let her stay on the sofa sleeping like a log. I decided to go get something to drink out of the kitchen and against better judgment, I left her. I was only gone for a few minutes and besides she was sound asleep. Well, she rolled over and fell to the floor. All I heard was a thump followed by her screams and cries. I ran to get her, my heart stopped, I felt her pain and wanted to make it better. That's when it hit me. I was a mom. I actually loved this little pumpkin more than I knew. I wanted to protect her and rescue her. From that point forward I realized that being a mother has nothing to do with the feelings we get (tingly, excitement, happiness) but the feelings that you carry deep inside based on your decision to be a mom. She is now 20 and still living at home because of the love I gave her. In my case, the baby came before the husband because we were both in college, but it was the same scenario. It was a decision not a feeling. We are no longer married, but there was never a time I felt giddy and excited once we were married. It was more about feeling comfortable, being with him felt like I was home no matter where we physically were. And I wanted him to feel as safe as I felt, to love and honor him, be his best friend always. That's what being a wife felt like to me. Just thought I'd share a point of view from a veteran wife and mom.
lady.b says:
Me and my fiance are now 5 years and 3 months together and we are living together for 9 months. And I don't think you are married when you say "I do", it's lot more earlier. And I feel like I don't have any obligations. We're both working 10+ hours every day except sunday and we're spending that free-of-work hours just like we're girlfriend and boyfriend: going out, hangign with friends or watching movies, relaxing and loving each other. I guess that's why. And I'm not perfect wife: our hous is in mess most of the time, I do my laundry once a week, and we're not eating cooking meal every day. Shame on me! But we love and respect eachother very much and I think that is the most important thing in marriage. The rest comes with years, especilly fealing that you are a part of his family.
Biljana
Nora Rose says:
As someone who isn't married, I feel way more married than most of my friends, and some of the people I know who are married. I've been with my BF for over five years and we recently bought our first house. People always ask when we're going to get married and I want to wait til we can afford a nice wedding, and I feel no need to rush since we're "pretty much married." No paperwork or registry, but I have someone who encourages me to be myself, totally veg out when I need, push myself to finish grad school, remind me that I'm going to pass my exams, and still love me when I'm crazy. I feel super married when my friends are all going out and I wish I didn't have a house/responsibilities/etc, but I'm so grateful to have the relationship.
So Truly Lovely says:
This is something that I know is quite normal! My husband and I had a whirlwind of dating and engagement (totaling 9 months from the day we started dating to the wedding). We are old-school, super old-school. Hence, the no living together first. It was still a shock to become a wife and realize one primary thing: this would never work unless I learned to love my husband regardless of what I was feeling. I learned that I need to love him through words, cooking meals, taking care of him (every man loves that-or will once they get used to it)…it changed everything once I stopped waiting for my husband to always be the perfect husband and I started just trying to be a great, loving wife. We are almost at a year-we rearranged our lives, I left my super-paying job, and now stay at home and volunteer. It changed my whole heart when I realized I had to love first in order to be loved :) Hope that helps! Re: the family thing…I know it works to love the heck out of them too :) It is just a lot harder because you didn't actually "marry" them…
la petite coquine says:
Ok, I'm going to admit to something. I squealed when I read this, and then had to explain to John that another person on Earth refers to their coupling as a sleepover every night. I couldn't love you, your honesty or your perspective more, but that's because I share it.
xoxoxx, Lena
Miss K says:
great question! i wish i had an answer though, but i'm in the same boat!
we've only been married less than 2months so i guess that's normal.
I've had some major issues w his family and "blending" the families. i love them, but some things can be so difficult.
clearlytangled says:
my question back would be, what is it supposed to feel like to be married?
i would imagine this is a bit different for everyone.
my relationship with my husband didn't really change after we were married, the only difference was that we had paperwork and a change of titles and tax status. i think what actually made me feel "married" was our families and friends perceptions. once we made it official, society saw us in a different way, and treated us a little differently. everyone around me would ask, 'how does it feel to be married?', and i would always respond, 'it actually feels the same'.
One of the reasons I was nervous about living together with my fiance because I was worried we wouldn't feel married. I'm still worried about that since we've combined so many things already. But reading this post and the comments really makes me feel better and the analogy of "feeling a year older" really helps to put it in perspective. Thanks!
Laura *You Stir Me* says:
Great question. I hate to admit this but because I love ya and your readers, I'll go ahead – I was worried that once my buddy and I were married, we'd fall into those sitcom married roles (you know, wife is a nagger and husband is lazy/just wants to go out with the guys and watch football all day) even though we are nothing like that. We got married 10 months ago and ever since, I've made sure we stay fresh and don't get hung up on what "married life is supposed to be." We were together 8 years before getting engaged so I've sort of forgotten what life was like without my best friend, my husband. The only time I actually consciously feel married is when I look down at my ring and think of our wedding. Every other time I just feel happy to have my "permasleepovers" with my best friend.
I think that the reason why I don't "feel" married is because we lived together first. There wasn't a real change (other than the rings) after we said "I DO" and we probably started acting married well before that day.
You know – thinking of 'we' before 'me' and all that good stuff.
I feel like marriage is kind of like being 30 or 40. When you are 16, you think you know what 30 feels like. Until you get to 30 and you think 'this isn't what I thought it would feel like'.
Maybe the idea of 'feeling married' is sort of like that. You dream/think/guess that marriage will feel different in some way but once you are there, you realize you had no clue!
So maybe not feeling married is actually what marriage feels like!
Bride2Be says:
I think this is a great question too – and I agree with what the original writer said about it being different for each couple, each person.
My fiance and I started dating in grade 11, and are going on to 7 years that we have been together, and are getting married in September. We lived together briefly in University, and then we created a little basement apartment at his parents house and lived there for just over a year (something I do NOT recommend! lol)… we finally bought and moved into our own house in March.
I can completely understand how many would relate living together and meshing your lives together as a feeling of "being married", but if thats the case then I have felt like a wife for years! Although I do not expect things to change or feel different when we do finally tie the knot, I do think of marriage as a promise to stay together forever, and to protect and care for one another always… which gives me a new found respect and feeling of trust for him that I cannot wait to feel, and celebrate!
Glamour and Grace says:
This is a great question. We are coming up on two years and I have often thought about this, though my reasons for not feeling married might be a little different than others. The Mr's family is very controlling (not outwardly in a mean way, they are nice, they just do underhanded things to keep us here and relying on them). So my times when I don't feel married are because he will still go over to his parents house and his mom will have him do chores and help around the house. We are still in the same old town we grew up in so at times it feels like we are just dating. We are planning on moving at the end of the year so we can be in a new place and rely on and grow with each other. I know then that I will truly feel married and we can start creating our own family.
Ashlie says:
I love your blog Rhi! I get so excited when you talk about stuff like this. I like the other wedding stuff, but when you talk about yourself and marriage its just that much better. ;) Anyway, I definitely feel married now only after a year and half of marriage. At first it was like we were still dating, but now living together. It was a major transition, as someone else mentioned, to mesh ourselves together and really feel like one. We still have our own things that we do and like separately, but now I have like this overwhelming feeling when I see him that he truly is the man of my dreams. Yeah you feel like that while you're dating and with all the mushy wedding stuff, but to look back on all that time we've spent together now and feel the same and more… it's just so…real and wonderful. Plus, we just found out we're expecting so maybe its the hormones talking. ;)
Tia Brumbelow says:
What a great question and I actually had (have) the same thoughts! My Husband and I have been married for about 2 1/2 years and I still fee like a "new wife" I really don't feel like an established married couple. if that makes any sense. I think it just takes time. I feel a bit more married than I did a year ago, but in a good way. I think getting married and getting used to living with someone it's almost like you are getting to know each other all over again. So that can make it feel like it's taking a while to get that "married" feeling … As far as feeling like part of his or her family. That will just take some time. For me it was easy, we were friends first and so were our families, but I don't think that is so common. I would just maybe hang out more with them. Do a few random activities with them and you'll start to feel more apart of them.. There's not one thing specifically you can do to make yourself feel married, but it will just come, in time. You'll just know , just like you did when you said " I do " =)
Tamara Nicole says:
This is hard! To explain how it feels to "feel married". My hubby and I are going on 3 years. I totally feel married. But it does take time. It's not like the day after your wedding things totally feel different. It's a frame of mind. You learn how to think about you as a married couple, meshing your plans, thoughts, concerns, etc into one. I think over time you rest nicely into a place where you both are thinking about each other when you make any decision.
This is a great question. I was recently speaking to a colleague about an "in-law" related issue and she gave me perspective from 20 years of marriage vs. my 1 and a half years of marriage. She said that in the first years of marriage, there is a tendacy to want to defend your own way of doing things – remember that you've now blended two people who have come from two families that are likely very different from one another. On certain issues, you will feel compelled to defend your family, your way of doing things. But over time, as couples grow and merge their own definition of family, it becomes "us vs. the world" as she put it. I liked that and I can see how my husband and I are already getting closer to that every day. Reminding each other that we are our own little family now also helps to remind us of what that special day resulted in if nothing else has changed.
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Having previously collaborated with us on several projects, we're chuffed that Michael has now joined us as a fully-fledged member of the team.
Since earning his degree in Film, Film Production and Management from MMU in 2009, he has gained valuable experience across roles including Production Manager, Editor and Director. Michael co-directed his first feature film, Self Same Sky in 2011 and produced an award-winning short film for the 50 Kisses Project.
During his stint at the iconic venue, Victoria Warehouse, Michael worked on numerous events from live music to sports and produced Red Square Live, a Manchester United Fanzone show for YouTube. Over the last year, he further mastered his craft working in-house in the fast paced world of fashion at Missguided.
When he's not behind a camera, Michael turns his hand to writing and regularly performs live on Manchester's stand up comedy scene.


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Prince Harry has announced his next royal tour – and he's going solo
By MiNDFOOD	| November 21, 2018
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Prince Harry's next royal visit has been announced – and Duchess Meghan won't be joining him.
He's only been back from his tour of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific for less than a month but Prince Harry is set to jet off for another royal visit later this month.
The Duke of Sussex will enjoy a two-day tour to Zambia without his pregnant wife, the Duchess of Sussex. The Duke will arrive in the African country on November 26 for his visit, which is at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
He will also attend a board meeting for African Parks, a non-profit organistion of which he is President.
On November 27 – the one-year anniversary of when the world was told of his plans to marry Meghan Markle – Prince Harry will meet with an organisation called CAMFED, which tackles poverty and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women.
It is an issue close to his wife's heart and one she will make a central part of her own public work.
Kensington Palace announced the news yesterday via Twitter, it wrote. "As part of the visit The Duke will attend a UK in Zambia reception to celebrate UK-Zambia relations, and will visit Burma Barracks to attend an event commemorating WWI and WWII Zambian veterans." Harry will also "attend events for The Queen's Commonwealth Trust, of which he is President," and "visit Bongo Hive, Zambia's first technology and innovation hub."
The tour will follow Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria earlier this month.
Prince Harry also paid a private visit to Lesotho in June, in connection with his work with Sentebale.
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Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history, It follows the romance and eventual marriage of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a beautiful Japanese American Lily Dawanura (Tamlyn Tomita), at the outset of World War II. The clash of cultures, at once painful for the two lovers, becomes insurmountable after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Lily and the Kawamuras are relocated To a bleak, outdoor internment camp in California, Jack is drafted into the Army, powerless to help the woman he loves abandoning all hope of ever winning her family's approval.
Tomas T (ru) wrote: An elderly farmer escapes the clutches of retiring home to spend his last moments on earth back at his good ol' corn farm. Surprised would be an underestimation of Abner Meecham's feelings when he finds his farm occupied by a "White Trash" family.The movie takes almost teasing like proportions in the beginning where Abner (Hal Holbrook) and the new man of the farmLonzo (Ray McKinnon) start measuring each others determination to stay at the farm. Soon enough the movie takes darker tone when the actions from both sides escalate. The movie keeps the cast simple and small which is the force of the movie. Hal Holbrook gives a touching role as the hard headed farmer refusing to let go of the one and only place he loves. Hal Holbrook gives a passionate role which can almost felt through the screen as Abner Meecham.Unfortunately a great lead in this case cannot compensate for the other downfalls of the movie. Being predictable and sad for a movie is not a good combination. Add in a slow pace and you have tough combination to crack even for the most patient of viewers. Still the movie could have fared much worse, it is definetly watchable drama with some heartwarming moments in it. Not bad.
Asta S (br) wrote: I'd like to say this film gave me a headache, but I already had one! Not sure what to think of it, really!
Becky B (es) wrote: truly terrible. Watched the whole thing, but honestly, it was such a cheap looking movie. The story was so dull and cliche and the the main boy I felt overacted too much. I know it isn't meant to be a blockbuster, but meh.. it was kinda bad. I did feel it have some excitement, which was nice, but I just don't know.. it was just dull. 99.9% of the movie was set in the desert too :/ Cute for kids, but not for anyone past 10! I'll give it 2 stars as it wasn't terrible at all, just probably not for me.
Stuart P (au) wrote: An absolutely fascinating story of a rather sad man whose motives appear to be sound, but who is easily led astray.
Josh H (us) wrote: It's the type of movie where a single performance can take a movie to the next level. Rush was incredible as the older David Helfgott. A heartwarming story about a one-of-a-kind piano player.
Debbie B (mx) wrote: Loved it! Especially all the additions to his vehicle on route to the hospital!
Alex G (fr) wrote: Shocking. Only like the least loved of the originals. This one has actual character arcs and genuine moments tied to an overall narrative. Not great, but much improved.


This extraordinary program brings together more than a dozen instrumentalists and vocalists from the Nile Basin who use the power of music to raise awareness of the cultural and environmental challenges along the world's longest river. Their songs weave together the deep grooves of Ethiopia with the Arab classical traditions of Egypt and Sudan, and the rarely heard music of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.
The world's longest river runs through the political boundaries of eleven countries and touches the lives of 300 million people, but over the past century East Africa's leaders have struggled to find ways to preserve and share this critical resource. The Nile Project founded by Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis and Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero offers an innovative model address the Nile Basin's cultural and environmental challenges.
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As we've speculated it might, Amazon has announced its own cloud-based media streaming service. It's called the Amazon Cloud Player and you can start using it right now.
It looks like you'll start out with 5 GB of free Cloud Drive storage, but be offered the chance to upgrade to 20 GB with an MP3 album purchase through Amazon. You'll be able to add songs and albums purchased from Amazon, as well as music from your own media library. Plus, documents, photos and video too.
Once you've added media to the Cloud Drive, you'll be able to stream it via Amazon's Cloud Player for Web or the Cloud Player for Android app—yes, iOS users appear to be out of luck for now.


ASTANA (Interfax-Kazakhstan) — Nur Otan Public Council for Entrepreneurship Support plans to submit a proposal to the Majilis to replace the value-added tax and corporate income tax with a 12% retail tax, Director of the Centre for Macroeconomic Research, a member of the Nur Otan Public Council for Entrepreneurship Support Olzhas Khudaibergenov, said.
"Retailers will have no need to comply with a number of tax regimes at once. There will be only one tax regime with the three types of rates — 12% for cash income, 7% for card payments and 5% for online shop transactions", Khudaibergenov said on Tuesday in Astana. He noted that "this rate scale is set to encourage businesses to opt for more non-cash transactions and prompt consumers to use cards instead of paying cash", adding "Retail tax revenues will go to local budgets to spur authorities to develop retail business in the regions.".
Conventional or retail sales tax is levied on the sale of a good to its final end user and is charged every time that item is sold retail. Sales to businesses that later resell the goods are not charged the tax. A purchaser not an end user is usually issued a resale certificate by the taxing authority and required to provide the certificate to a seller at the point of purchase, along with a statement that the item is for resale. The tax is otherwise charged on each item sold to purchasers without such a certificate and who are under the jurisdiction of the taxing authority.
The introduction of retail tax will lessen the need for cash money supply, bring consumers' money into the banking sector, significantly cut back shadow economy activity and contribute to the inflow of tax revenues, according to the Council.
Earlier, Minister of National Economy Erbolat Dosayev declared that due to low global oil prices the Kazakh government should alter the taxation system by introducing sales and retail taxes on trade and catering entities. "Relevant amendments are to be made to the Tax Code in 2016", he said.


Bettina König (left), Global Marketing Communications Director of Coperion, and Giuseppe Martino, Regional Sales Manager of Coperion K-Tron, in front of the Loss-in-Weight Liquid Feeder.
Coperion is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its ZSK extruder series with the introduction of new, patented involute screw elements.
To significantly increase throughput rates of its first-class ZSK extruder series, Coperion has developed special involute screw and kneading elements with a new and patented cross section design.
These screw elements are ideal for highly-filled recipes (70-85% CaCO3, TiO2, mainly based on PP/PE and 20-50% talc for automotive grades) for which the dispersion rating and the incorporation of the filler represents a limitation.
Besides higher throughput rates, these involute screw elements ensure higher loading of filler, better dispersion and homogenization, lower energy consumption (SEI in kWh/kg) and a significant increase in profitability.
Comprehensive tests at Coperion's test lab in Stuttgart, Germany, showed a remarkable throughput increase depending on the recipe.
For example, when processing polypropylene (PP) and 70% CaCO3 on a twin screw extruder ZSK 58 Mc18 the new screw elements achieved a significant throughput increase from 550kg/h to 900kg/h. Similar results have been reached when processing polyethylene (PE) with 80% CaCO3 on a ZSK 92 Mc18. In this case throughput was increased from 2,200kg/h to 3,000kg/h.
Meanwhile, Coperion K-Tron is highlighting the Loss-in-Weight Liquid Feeder that allows for the combination of a broad range of pumps and tanks to constitute a reliable liquid feeding system.
Thanks to its new modular design, various pumps and tanks can easily be integrated to constitute a reliable liquid feeding system for the specific application. Although each liquid feeder is custom designed to meet the desired feed rate, the process demands, and the characteristics of the liquid, the new modular concept streamlines the layout and engineering process of a feeder, thus reducing its lead time and initial cost.
Also on display is a Twin Screw Powder Feeder with ActiFlow Technology, which is suitable for the accurate feeding of free flowing to flooding powders as well as other difficult, poorly flowing bulk materials.
The interlocking, co-rotating twin screws form pockets in which the material is transported to the feeder discharge in a controlled manner. With flooding bulk material the intermeshing screw flights act as a valve to control material flow. The self-wiping effect of the twin screw prevents material buildup on screws or discharge.
Coperion K-Tron's feeder on display comes with the ActiFlow technology that proactively and reliably prevents bridging and ratholing of poorly flowing bulk solids in feeder hoppers.
The clever flow aid device applies gentle vibrations to the hopper wall, hereby carefully activating the contained material with the optimal amplitude and frequency.
Owing to its tight integration with the feeder control it acts preventatively and only when required and thus does not additionally compact the bulk material. ATEX versions are available. ActiFlow can be retrofitted on existing loss-in-weight feeders.
Bettina König, Global Marketing Communications Director of Coperion, said Fakuma is a good place to keep in touch with customers and she is looking forward to a busy show!