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Today I read a review of Advanced Style on the Pilgrim's Moon blog. In her review, The blog's author Tess Giles Marshall, disapproves of my use of the word "ladies". A little constructive criticism never hurt anyone, so I wanted to bring the debate forward. What's the best way to refer to the women that I feature? I try and listen to how the people I photograph refer to themselves.I was once criticized for using the term "Ari's Girls" even though I was quoting someone that I had just photographed. I want to be respectful as possible, but can't please everyone. Where do you "guys" stand?
- Anonymous
Women is the PC way to go but these women are also ladies of the first order…so why would anyone quibble?
what an interesting question. i HATE being called a woman, and much rather prefer "lady". i also refer to other women as ladies. for some reason, i find "lady" to have a sweeter tone. maybe i'll change my mind as i get older? but for now, at 32 and married with a child, i'll stick to "lady". 😉
- Anonymous
I like the word "ladies". To go in the opposite age direction, I use it from time to time when addressing my nieces who are 5 and 8.
- Anonymous
I dont see nothing wrong with this word. my english is very little, sorry. The like the blog!!!! It like me so much!!! I like such us. Mari
- Anonymous
I dont see nothing wrong with this word. my english is very little, sorry. The like the blog!!!! It like me so much!!! I like such us. Mari
I like being called "a lady"! I wouldn't want to be called a girl…I earned all of my years and am darn proud to say so! (ok, I'm a bit younger than some of the ladies you photograph but still…).
You aren't going to please everybody…do you like calling them ladies? I think it's fitting.
Pilgrim Moon goes on to say some of the ladies are stuck in the 50's or are this or that…well, so they are! It's THEIR style, they like it, are confident when they go out the door…what is wrong with that?
Isn't that what we try to tell the younger woman? "Be confident in who YOU are, not what someone thinks you should be?"
I read her post twice and then I read her profile twice…it just didn't mesh for me. She wants others to grow older on "their" terms…seems as if "your ladies" are doing just that, so I'm not sure what her problem is…
BTW…I happen to like you blog set up…it's YOUR blog, do with it as YOU choose, not on someone elses wishes 🙂
I came of age during the feminist revolution, so I think I'm as attuned as anyone to whether a term is "belittling" in any way. Part of it comes down to the context of the user, of course. My friends are my "girl" friends. However I would expect others, not in our friend circle, to use EITHER woman or lady when referring to them.
I think the difference between the two terms is the person, herself. Not just how she dresses, but how she speaks and treats others. Any adult female is a woman, but not all are ladies.
That is not to be confused with the "little lady", somewhat dismissive way of thinking about women. However, I don't think another woman can ever be accused of that political incorrectness… only "MCP's".
I certainly think that anyone who wears cotton gloves that match shoes/hat and/or lipstick is a Lady. Women is too generic!
And you might get guff for using 'guys' when asking for people's opinions. I know my MIL is strongly opposed to the word's usage at all!
Of the choices, I would prefer "Lady," as it seems more respectful. Much ado about little, I fear.
all the previous comment to say,
"Ladies" please.
I know I would consider it an honor to be one of Ari's Ladies 😉
Anything but Ma'am. I refer to my co workers as "girls" yet we are all 40+.
you obviously have a great deal of respect for the women/ladies that you photograph and feature. that respect and affection shines through in all your posts, regardless of what words you use to describe them, and that's what's important!!
PC-shMeeCee. "Ladies" is lovely, a light-hearted lilt. "Women" takes itself too seriously and demands that we acknowledge that we've, um, y'kno, come a long way, baby.
I cannot stand "women" — the word, not the people. Although, of course, there are women I cannot stand, but I am too much of a, yes, lady to name names.
I never bristle when someone calls me a "lady". But I almost always shudder when someone calls me a "woman".
- Anonymous
I like women, and I don't like "guys"
Nothing wrong with being a lady. Or a woman come to that: who cares?
What do your models prefer? Ladies? Women? Girls? Let them describe themselves!
- Anonymous
Don't see anything wrong with calling them 'ladies'; the word has no age range. I have sorority Sisters and I call them ladies when I greet them in a group or mention them anywhere, calling them 'women' sounds…well, I don't like the ring to it — "Hey, women!" or "These women". I think using the term 'ladies' is a sign of appreciation; it's more intimate in a sense.
I don't quite understand her critique. It's negative (the comments about your lay out and the fact that you have a book coming out) and then she says it's great fun in her closing paragraph? That's confusing. I say, ask your wonderful models if they would prefer to be called a 'lady' (which at 37, I prefer in some situations) or a woman. I hope to still paint my nails at 90 and dress as amazing as these ladies. They, and your blog, have helped me to not fear growing old as much.
Someone will always be unhappy, no matter what you do.
Personally I don't have any strong feelings about the terminology you use, but honestly I've never really noticed whether you were saying ladies/women/girls/whatever, because your overall tone is so respectful and celebratory. That comes through in every single post, and is a huge part of why I love this blog.
I hope people don't get too hung up on semantics and can see the respect with which you treat your subjects.
- Anonymous
I wouldn't worry about it. The review clearly misses the mark. Not only is it clunky and generic to refer to your subjects as 'women,' but the term 'lady' used in the context that you do denotes a tone of respect. Why else would speakers and MCs open their speeches with "Ladies and Gentlemen"? Or how about "Lords and Ladies", referring of course to the title given as a token of respect for one's position in society? Advanced Style is an homage to the style and grace of these women and to refer to them as ladies by no means belittles or mocks them.
Pilgrim Moon's insinuation of disrespect is only one facet of a muddled and confusing review. Not only does the reviewer let personal likes and dislikes about the subject's style overwhelm their assessment of the actual blog (which is separate and merely a conduit of the ladies' individual style) but also highlights their own misplaced sense of superiority. Advanced Style's design was clearly chosen to encourage the best photo-viewing experience (note its similarity to The Sartorialist and other photo blogs). Criticizing Advanced Style's design while Pilgrim's Moon boasts a cluttered and distracting layout, cheesy splash image, and needlessly distracting stock 'filler' images screams of pure and unadulterated hypocrisy.
- Anonymous
When you refer to the dictionary 'lady' is a woman of refinement or superior social position or used in a courteous or formal reference to a woman.
Totally appropriate in my opinion.
Can't believe I have just read this-having written a post myself tonight on age and being a person [Lady]rather than an age or number.Thank you for believing in individuals rather than numerics.
- Anonymous
As long as you never refer to these ladies as Missy, Sweetheart, Honey Pie, Darling, The Gals or a Hot Tomato, I am fine with your choice of words. The ladies you profile are pure class and classy women are always ladies! Bravo to the fine blog you give to all of us. Thanks.
- Anonymous
Ladies, all the way.
Some people need to get a life. "Ladies" is fine. Love your site no matter what you call them!
- Anonymous
I personally prefer the term women to ladies. The former for me has a stronger feel the later a bit patronizing I think. These are beautiful, strong, creative, generous women who are full of life. BUT, I have never been offended by anything you have shared about your subjects Ari. It is obvious the respect and love you have for everyone you photograph and share with us.
I would not worry about any criticism from another blogger when you have so many people who love you and are inspired by what you do. I also don't mind the term "guys". I teach high school and don't know of a better more friendly term for addressing a mixed group of people, especially my kids.
Keep the faith baby! Women, ladies, girls, guys we all love you!
- MaddieM
Indeed, all women are not ladies. I think the word 'ladies' is more respectful.
Whoa! the last two comments from Anonymous are perfection.
Ditto to it all!
I find ladies to be condescending and much prefer women or woman. Guys is also fine with me. I also detest terms of endearment such as "dear," and "sweetie" from people who don't know me well. Again, condescending.
- April in Kansas
Not all criticism is constructive. Pilgrim Moon's review of your blog falls into this catagory. How absurd to state that she never hears women refered to collectively as "ladies" anymore. I'm 45 and much rather be refered to as a lady than ma'am. If someone addressed me as "Woman" I do believe I would smack them with my purse. Her review came across as sour grapes. Sounds like she is a bit jealous of your book deal. The other criticisms she levies are personal taste.
As long as someone is kind and sincere, I don't care what you call me. Each person comes from a different place… If you call your mother, sweetie, and you love and respect her then I would find it flattering to be called that too.
We are far too caught up in our own personal vision of how the world should be rather than just letting it be.
- Lindseyloo
I think the "ladies" you photograph are gorgeous, and aspire to be like them one day when I grow up. All a person needs to be a woman is an X chromosome and a Y chromosome. To be a LADY, however, one must work a little harder!
"A well-mannered and considerate woman with high standards of proper behavior."
This is one definition of a lady!
So, in my opinion your wonderful stylish and lovely women friends are all ladies! That is perfectly fine, to use this term!!!
I LOVE your blog, check it every day, it always gives me amusement and smiles!
Since the women you feature on your site are, indeed, ladies, "ladies" is the appropriate way to refer to them.
Not a thing wrong with Ladies as that is what they appear to be.
- Janis
"Women." I'm not a girl and haven't been for a long time, and the only people who call me a "lady" are the ones who are trying to get me to pipe down and behave. Nagahapin. 🙂
- Suella
Ari, I have no problem with either word. In fact when I asked myself which I'd rather be called, I was surprised at being uncomfortable with either word to describe me. I am
Suella who just now happens to be an older woman. No, a woman who is now 66, and who is sometimes a lady and sometimes more a tomboy. And who is always interested in interesting clothing that reflects the personality of the wearer.
I have no problem with guys as a phrase for a group of women, men or mixed.
Your blog is fine with me. I look at it for the photos and information.
I like lady. I think it confers a sense of glamour. Having said that I am a 24 year old who looks about 18, so being called lady over 'girl' or 'child' is still very exciting for me. also with an english background, lady still sort of in the back of my mind means someone important.
as Rubye said, i find terms like sweetheart, sweetie, darling, etc. from men who don't know me insulting, perhaps even a bit threatening, but I AM a lady, and you may address me as one 😛
I know a lovely 'advanced age' lady who is also a marvellous art connoisseur and she is half Italian, half English with French connections. Being a Dame, she is also a grand lady and I tend to refer to her as
The Madame. For me this felt like a grand honour. She always laughs at my way of referring to her as a Madame and says I make her sound like the headmistress in a brothel! So there you have it…. everybody interprets things in their own way and being a blogger who reaches out to hundreds of women worldwide, you will be excused for choosing to refer to these ladies whichever way you prefer.If in NYC the term ladies is perfect, then so be it. I personally tend to prefer 'ladies' – it shows the respect their age, experience and wisdom of life.
LADY! I'm kind of a lady, and i'm "only" 33. But my friends and i have said said lady to eachother for almost 10 years now. Or in danish; Dame.
I like the word i every way.
My english is bad so I can't help you, but I believe in what feels good for you is the best. I'm sure you can never satisfy all.
It doesn´t matter what you are called, as long as it comes from a loving herta.
I would be very honoured to be one of Ari´s girls, yeahhhhhhhhhhh
I think the French have got it right when they refer to Une femme d'un certain age. It has a nice ring to it.
For me using the word lady conjures up a picture of a woman who has lovely manners along with a certain beautiful style about her regardless of her age.
The poll seems to favour "ladies", so do I — but as I'm not a native speaker, I remember that our word "Weib" — related to "wife" was an honoring word centuries ago and is a scornful word today, especially in plural "Weiber". Words change — and, as I am convinced: The intention changes a word, a word never changes an intention. The meaning speaks.
And I wish all young people would share your attitude towards the older generation!
Ignore the review because I just love your blog. Peace. 🙂
I think you are always respectful and affectionate and as you say, you can't please everybody all the time.
I love your blog, it gives me hope for the future. Carry on!
PS I would like to look like this lady in the second picture when I grow up. So elegant…
Lady is an appropriate term to use. You are correct in that you can't please everyone Ari. Always follow your heart, for it reflects the true you that we have come to love.
I think your use of the word "Ladies" for these amazing women is done respectfully, with appreciation for them embracing being women. I read Pilgrim Moon's blog, and disagree with much of her criticism. However, she did preface with saying it's just her opinion, and given that it is, I would ignore it. This is YOUR space and YOUR opinion, and I for one LOVE what your doing.
My mother has told me (and to be brutally honest, I agree) that as we age, our skin becomes dull, and we need to add more color and sparkle to look full of life. These women have done just that, their beauty jumps out of these photographs, and their love for life shines through. Well done, Ari!
I use both. Women is more PC but I like the word ladies too. Your blog is such a positive representation of older women, I fail to understand how anyone could be offended. Keep up the good work, Ari!
Ladies is just fine. But don't call me an old lady. How about dame?
Hi Ari and everyone. Wow, woke up in the UK on a lazy Saturday to find my review having been featured here overnight. I'm very grateful, and I'm glad you've asked your readers the question about terminology.
I'd like to address a few points, especially for those who found my review "muddled".
Perhaps it was – after all, none of us is perfect! What I was trying to do was address both what I love here (and I did stress that these were personal views) and what I'm not so keen on.
Interesting to see the variety of comments over the use of the word "lady". It seems most are in favour although a few, like me, are not. Makes sense, we all have different opinions. I'm wondering also if it's perhaps a transatlantic thing. I'm British and we don't hear the term very often so maybe it sounds different to my English ears. Pattyskipants is probably right – much ado about nothing and it was only part of what I said.
Ari, I want to make something clearer than perhaps I did. I love your blog. After all as I mentioned I've been following it for some time. (And I have your book on pre-order.) As I said in my last couple of paragraphs I adore the standard of photography, and the sheer joie de vivre expressed in their lives and style creations by your, ahem, "ladies".
The wonderful Quentin Crisp once said something like "style is being yourself, but on purpose". The photographs and interviews here demonstrate that principle admirably.
Thanks again for all you do here – bravo!
PS: I quite like "guys", makes me feeling rather dashing! And the second photo in this post is one of your best ever I think – doesn't she look fantastic?
All the women that you photograph are definitely 'ladies' in my book. Whatever is wrong with using ladies to describe them anyway. 'Women' sounds cold and ugly. I don't like that, so I would definitely carry on describing them as 'ladies!'
- Anonymous
"Lady", "ladies", "women", "girls" or "great old broad" (as my beloved MIL always referred to herself) are all appropriate – just in different times and places.
I'm 61 and greet girlfriends sometimes as "You girls…", sometimes "You ladies…", and have, since first meeting and falling in love with my former MIL (after her son and I divorced we forever referred to one another as Mother in Love and Daughter in Love, as we were BFF from the day we met until the day she died)aspired to be a "great old broad" such as she was.
No one has more respect than you Ari for those featured here. Whatever you call them in whatever instance will be/is perfect.
Love to you.
A lady is what you make of it- I'm a lady.
"Ladies" gets my vote! I see it as a term of respect, as a lady is someone of class. I love saying "hello, ladies" to any females I know… much nicer than "hello, girls".
Why would anyone have an issue with lady. It's an allround nice word to describe us and it can be used from age to 104!
I checked out that review and to be honest, I find it a little off. I don't even understand her argument as to why the word "lady" shouldn't be used. condescending? in my world, it's respectful and beautiful.
I think some people will balk at almost anything. I'd worry only of the ladies you photograph object.
- Joyce D
What WAS the blogger's criticism? Ladies is a perfectly apt term for your participants.
OOPS! didn't realize that you moderate and there might be more "Anonymous's" above my own comment! 😀
But I love how Anonymous who phrases "Lsdies and Gentlemen" commented…I only wished they left a link to their blog if they have one.
Definitely would be a blog I would enjoy reading!
- Anonymous
Sniping is not constructive criticism.
When referring to others, tone is the critical element, and yours is always reverential.
The women featured on your blog are definitely ladies (and very cool chicks!). At 61, I hope to be as elegant and creative as they are for the rest of my years.
Use "lady". I do and as an older woman myself, I prefer to be called a "lady" rather than a woman.
The Styleseer
I always like to be referred to as a divine creature.
- Libby
'Lady' sounds so classy and respectful. Surprised at the way people judge every little thing. Your blog is absolutely amazing Ari.Thank you for all the inspiring pictures. The tips from these ladies will definitely be handy in the years to come.
I think ladies is respectful. I like it very much. I also think it's polite.
This is just my opinion.
Keep feeding this blog with your wonderful posts. I enjoy them very much.
Violet Betty
I say just ask them, but personally ladies has been working just fine and hasn't bothered me.
You are the best person to determine the correct terminology… Your blog is stylish. sharp, and very respectful of women … not to mention flattering… so if 'ladies' is what you think… then 'ladies' it should be… xv
- Anonymous
Ladies. Yes
THis is the comment I left on on Pilgram's Moon site, I thought I'd share it here:
I came to this blog from Advanced Style's blog. I am a 30 year old style blogger who follows Advanced Style because I love the joie de vivre, the colors, the style and the photography. I find it to be an inspiration to me to continue on my own path as I "age", same as you and your readers have created your own path.
I will defend the "simplistic" style of his (and my blog) because our blogs feature many different colors and patterns a simple clean background is best to show off the content.
Finally, the "debate" that got me here in the first place, the use of the term ladies. I use it regularly to describe my 57 year old Mother and her friends, as well as my friends. To me it is more youthful than "women" and insinuates a female who is put together on the inside AND outside. It embodies the joie de vivre that you and I both recognize in the people featured in Advanced Style and that I see in my friends, and my Mother and her friends.
Best Regards,
Vivid Voltage
- Anonymous
First, I prefer to be called a lady. As for the "50's airline hostess" & "trying too hard", I would refer everyone to the Crone's Manifesto on the bloggers site. Words of wisdom for all of us.
Finally, is it possible to check the tenor of some of these conversations? Whatever the intent, (and it is likely benign), could we avoid the negativity? After the recent blog storm over whether a "lady" should wear a long grey braid & now this, I see more & more of what feels like pressure to conform to ideals that may not be our own. Isn't that what feminism fought? Isn't that contrary to the Crone's wisdom gained by age…the right & priviledge to be fully ourselves while doing no harm? I just wish there was a way we could just celebrate what we love & enjoy the creativity & playfullness of everyone, because we are each a work of art of our own making.
Go ahead, your blog is great, appreciates the beauty of older women whether or not, they are all ladies.Grande hug!
- Holly
Ari, it's so respectful of you to open this up for discussion rather than becoming miffed. One more reason I appreciate your blog so much. I prefer ladies as I find it most respectful and classy. I personally have a little cringe over "girls" as referring to females obviously no longer children and find it a little demeaning but it's way down at the bottom of my list of things to be offended about!
You're totally right–you can't please everyone. Love the blog.
I think either term is fine. It's interesting, though, that some of us feel the term "women" is not respectful enough, yet we would never say the same about the term "men", or demand that we always say "gentlemen". I prefer "women", but I try not to get too bent out of shape about this. Just like I prefer to open my own doors, but don't get offended if a man opens one for me. I try to consider the intent of the person, and if the intent is to be polite and kind, then I take the gesture in the spirit it was intended.
Dear ASC,
I love your blog, but more so for the images than the verbiage. If you get right down to the bare bones of it, the women are really "subjects" of these photographs, but I've seen them as "ladies," "grande dames," "elegant women of a certain age." They are timeless, classic, elegant, whimsical and inspiring.
If memory serves, there have been some dapper gentlemen in your blog from time to time as well?
The pictures speak for themselves.
- leilani
It's all in the "tone" and attitude of the speaker/writer. I think anyone who takes umbrage at your use of the word needs a dose of common sense.
All of your ladies are lovingly portrayed with great respect. Don't sweat others sweating the small stuff. Life is just too bloody short!
I vote for "ladies"!
- Anonymous
I do have mixed feelings about the use of the word 'ladies' because every man whom I've heard use it always uses it in a somewhat condescending manner – and I mean men in their 30s, not necessarily the generation for whom 'ladies' was the only culturally accepted word in use to describe a person of the female sex. "Little lady'' would be the pejorative of 'lady', at that time, or 'little ladies' as in the 'little ladies room' – but with changing times the meaning of terms changes too – 'Ladies' could be a new pejorative. Or maybe not. I tend to think it is but who knows. These women are fabulous, whether they're ladies or not.
The term "lady" is flattering, so I don't see anything wrong with that.
Love that laidback 50ies style in the 2nd picture.
I like the words ladies or women…I cringe when my mother and I are asked in a restaurant "How are you guys doing" Hello!!! we are eighty eight and sixty nine ladies/women…not guys…in that case I would have preferred girls…a term that should be used only for one under twenty one.
As for your layout…it is fine easy to navigate and pleasing to the eye.
Now about the "Lady" who gave you a critique…and her blog. Let is suffice to say, I shall not be visiting her blog again and I am quite addicted to your blog.
- Anonymous
"Ladies" sounds beautiful to me, as this is what they are. I myself although would not like to be called a lady under any circumstances, no matter of age. why not just asking the mentioned person? sure there will be some further surprises to enlargen our terminology 😉 greets Kat (Germany)
woman or lady? What matters! in the end of the day we are! I think they just want to said something about your blog/book and that's good.
'Lady' is chic !:)
Best wishes from Paris France !
i read the review i think its ridiculous
ur blog is great
the template or colors or the free domain doesn't matter and no one do care if its free or paid domain
what matter is the content
According to the dictionary a lady is woman having proprietary rights or authority and the woman you photograph definitely have an air of authority about them. Another definition of a lady is a woman receiving the homage or devotion of a knight or lover and while I don't think you are a knight, you are definitely a lover of of older women. So ladies seems to be totally the appropriate word.
Having been approached several times by complete strangers as one of "Ari's Girls", I must admit, it was terrific. I took no offense. For the current debate: I say let the style of the individual be the guide, since there is an age range even within the Advanced Style population. For the truly Grande Dames, "Lady" would be more appropriate. For those who are younger/hipper, "Woman" would most likely work. Personally, "Babe" or "Goddess" works for me.
Is there a similar debate for designating the males frequently featured –"Gentleman" vs. "Man"??
Jean of the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas
Your blog featuring beautiful women and how they dress is fabulous! I refer to them as "women" because "women", to me, refers to all females over 25.
And by the way, being referred to as an "Ari's Girl" would be the icing on the cake for any woman photographed by you…..you really should start a trend by referring to them all as "Ari's Girls"!!!!
I think the word "ladies" is very appropriate!
Dame, lady, woman, girl; as long as it isn't meant to be patronizing – just don't call me "Ma'am" or "Honey". My friends and I refer to each other as Babe, Chickie, Lady, Girlfriend, Dahling, or Gorgeous. It's all in how it's said–if it's delivered with respect, or affection, it's all good.
Since when is calling someone a "lady" and insult? I guess that some people view the term "lady" as a throwback to a more demure era, pre- feminism & women's lib. The term "woman" conjures up visions of strength, i.e., post women's lib. But we are now totally emancipated and calling someone a lady will not pigeonhole her into a preconceived view of who that female person is.
I just read all of the comments and came upon PilgrimMoon's comment…she says, "I quite like "guys", makes me feeling rather dashing!"."
I am pretty sure I can be dashing and still be called a lady.
I am still as confused by her comment as I was by her original post.
As I had a friend once say…everybody has an opinion, each unique to the person.
I can appreciate the clarification offered by Tell Giles Marshall that the term "lady" has a different meaning to an English writer than to an American. To an
English person, it is a title. To an American, it is
merely a term of respect when applied to some women. Those of us who went through the "women's lib" movement of the 1960's and 1970's were trained to prefer the word "woman' (rather than "girl'). Because in those days, adult
women were called girls, which was offensive. At
the time, "lady" was considered condescending,
however, times have changed and it is ok to be
Older women who were not affected by
the thinking of that era, who are now in their 70's and older … and also, women under 40 … do not seem to object to the word "lady." So, the word "lady" is back in vogue and fine
to use, especially for the elegant women who are the subjects of your blog.
I liked very much the second photo in "Fall for Orange" with the subject wearing a pale apricot coat accented with a gold leaf
brooch with navy hat and navy slacks and top. Also, the second photo in the introduction of the woman with silver hair dressed gently in black with coral bead accent necklace.
I work with Joanie Char, a designer based in San Francisco, who works with many women in the age category of
your blog (also with younger women in their 40's to
60's) who appreciate the art of dressing well. I have found that women at that stage of life of your blog, in their 70's and 80's, are resilient, resourceful, have stories to tell. They are not delicate flowers who wilt easily, they have substantial life experience and are generally wise about life. People in other countries know this about that stage of life, especially Asians.
Thank you,
Joan B.
- Janis
To me, insisting on the word "lady" is a predicator of backstabbing. I've rarely to never seen a woman use that word who doesn't follow it up, "I'm a LADY!" with something like, "Not like that cheap little slut over THERE."
I have to say also that, often when people insist on the word "lady," it's only to make sure that they are the RIGHT SORT of women, the virtuous ones who act right, dress the way they think "ladies" are supposed to dress, and stay out of bed — or who are trying to hide when they aren't.
It's a way to draw a line in the sand, and to make sure that the "lady" in question is on the right side of that line. The whole notion of being a "lady" versus a "woman" rubs me the wrong way as a result.
- Anonymous
I think that LADY sat vagina first on a cactus right before she wrote that review. Love you Ari.
I like ladies, but please don't refer to us as guys.
- Anonymous
To Jean of the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas,
You rock in so many ways! Love your "Babe" or "Goddess" comment. What a woman!
Thanks for all the inspiration!
From Ruth (who is just too lazy to figure out how to post without the Anonymous title!)
Djees, som people just have to complain about everything. What on earth is wrong about ladies? It's a perfectly correct term. I can't say that you are anything but respectful in your posts. Keep up the good work!
Love how the second photo is the lady giving "fierce fashion face." Plus, the silvery hair against the black accessories looks so inexplicably chic.
- Anonymous
Ladies is perfectly fine. What does make me angry is when someone (usually a younger male salesperson) refers to me as "young lady," as if that's a compliment! How ridiculous.
I'm sure the try far too hard, those who tip over the precarious line between eccentricity and idiocy and glorious lunatics don't really care if they are being patronised by being called a 'lady'. And I think just stopping and thinking about what the average over 60 year old woman has lived through before waving a feminist flag might be worth considering too 🙂
The remark about Ari making money out of AS so why no glossy? Missing the point by a MILE – yes the photographs are beautifully done but surely the whole point is to highlight the ladies (or gents) that feature in them? Are you going to suggest a touch of Photoshopping next? lol
- Britta
women or men, that sounds so purely biological. every person here has a special kind of attitude, style and vitality. So it's clear to me, they are ladies and gentlemen.
They look wonerful. I don't really mind whether 'woman' or 'lady' is used; they pretty much mean the same thing anyways 🙂
What's wrong with "Lady"??! I actually loathe the term "Woman"…I don't know why, I suppose to me it sounds so ancient. Lady sounds sweet…you can always be a lady, no matter what age you are 🙂 And honestly, those that you photograph are LADIES!!! Stylish, sweet, well put together…everything wonderful.
Someone will always be upset about something. I think you're doing just fine ^^
You couldn't be more right; this is a respectful blog and "ladies" is a respectful term.
And it's your blog. Write what you like, shoot what you like, just keep producing.
Ari, I consider you to be an advocate for older women and Advanced Style is revolutionary! You convey honor and respect for everyone that you photograph, and I for one, since discovering your blog, find myself embracing the aging process with enthusiasm and passion. The world needs less fear! Asking for feedback is another indication of your empathy and concern. I see no reason to change the words that you have been using as you continue to inspire and delight all who follow your pioneering creation.
I totally agree with number one about these women being,"Ladies of the first order." Absolutely "lady."
As a Brit, I see 'lady' as being heavily caught up in issues of class, so I quite often shy away from it. That said, your blog is brilliantly positive, up-beat and enthusiastic about all the women you picture here, so I find it much easier to take 'ladies' as a comment on their style and glamour rather than as an oppressive, class-enforcing term. Keep up the fantastic stuff, is all I can really say!
Ari, Since it is your Blog and since you are so very respectful & so very flattering of women-it should be anything YOU Say! xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
Ari's Women and Men of Distinction.
Ladies is perfect.
- Anonymous
Maybe the Really Respectful Thing To Do is to ask each person you photograph how she'd like to be noted in print – woman? lady? something else? Then print that!
Lady is referred to a girl 18 years and younger. When one uses woman, it's any age above 19 years. However, it depends in what context you aim to use these identifers and the agreement of your interviewee.
It's your judgment, so use this knowledge at your own discretion.
Lady is referred to a girl 18 years and younger. When one uses woman, it's any age above 19 years. However, it depends in what context you aim to use these identifers and the agreement of your interviewee.
It's your judgment, so use this knowledge at your own discretion.
As long as you don't say "females", ugh, so annoying.
- Maria Theo
Did she explain what her problem is with your usage of "ladies"? For the life of me, I cannot figure out how that would bother anyone. I think it is an respectful and endearing.
ladies is fine with me.
PS if you're going to be required to be super PC on your site, then womyn will no doubt be the required nomenclature.
As far as I'm concerned, 'lady' or 'ladies' is a respectful term that conveys a degree of reverence and affection.
Being British I don't agree with the suggestion by some commenters that people in the UK see 'lady' as an aristocratic term reserved for the upper echelons, certainly that is the traditional meaning (whereby one would make Lady a pronoun by capitalising the word) but 'ladies' has been in use in the English language for centuries to mean all adult women of any social class.
I think many commenters have have got it right, it's the context attached to the word that conveys intent, not the word itself. 'Lady' in the context of this blog infers to me that these women are elegant and deserving of respect, but most certainly does not imply by extension that other women are not. By comparison, the word 'woman' could be placed in a context in which it is pejorative – "woman, make my dinner" etc. – it is totally down to usage and intent as to how the meaning of a word is perceived.
According to many feminist texts it is the word 'woman/women' that is the most derogatory to females, its origin being a combination of various archaic words for 'wife of man', with some separatist feminsts adopting 'womyn' or 'wimmin' as empowering alternatives to alleviate this perceived male control over feminine nomenclature – I personally find this quibbling quite superfluous, as modern women are not bound into a role by a noun derived from ancient languages.
Personally, as a twenty-five year old female, I am partial to 'lady', indifferent to 'woman', appreciative of being addressed properly as 'miss', and deeply offended by 'madam' – 'madam' in British culture doesn't convey the same respect as 'ma'am' in the US. Whereas it was originally intended simply to be used to address a married woman, it now has matronly overtones that most women are unhappy to be associated with. In the last few years I've also become more averse to the word 'girl', it's fine when used by other females in an affectionate context, but not by older people or men to imply immaturity – again, it's a question of variations in linguistic usage to convey intent.
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Ari….I think your blog is perfect as is……I am a "child of the 60's" and have no problem at all with the term "ladies"……..
What a whiner she is. Keep up the good work!
- Ashley O
I personally think the word 'ladies' is quite respectful. I love your blog and all that you do for both our elders and my own generation! x
When I grow up I´ll be a lady! Btw: Congrats to the interview on Welt online. Imagine my surprise seeing you featured in Germany 🙂 http://www.welt.de/lifestyle/article13727948/Aelterwerden-Aber-bitte-mit-Stil.html
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Hi Ari,
Love your blog (my new addiction). I have no problem with the use of ladies. However, if you want to diverse why not calling them Grand dames? They all look/sound larger them life. Attached is the Free Dictionary definition:
grande dame (grnd dm, gränd däm)
n. pl. grandes dames also grand dames (grnd dm, gränd däm)
1. A highly respected elderly or middle-aged woman.
2. A respected woman having extensive experience in her field
Lordy, some people do over think things, don't they? I love LADIES…..Of course they are all women (duh) but the term "ladies" has an implied sweet yet saucy quality that pays respect to these stylish mavens.
I'm with the majority here….I like ladies, i don't mind being called a woman, but think "ma'am" is awful.
And I think it's very kind of you to ask sir….
- Anonymous
The overall tone of your blog is respectful of your subject and readership and so the use of the word "Ladies" is just fine with me.
I love being called a lady and always take it as a compliment. To me a woman is just a female. "Lady" implies that there is a little more to her than that…some style, class, kindness or many other combinations of nice qualities. I love your blog. I'm 49 and your blog makes me feel good about the years to come!
As they say in the song from Avenue Q, You keep doin' what you're doin'! I see absolutely nothing wrong with "ladies" especially as you use it. I think the other blogger slightly misunderstood the point of this blog. Who cares if some of these ladies are "stuck in 1950s air hostess mode" if that's how they like to dress?? Ari, I can't tell you just how much I enjoy Advanced Style! It puts a smile on my face every time I stop by, and I can only hope that I'll face aging as gracefully as the ladies you feature!
That is such a weird objection. I address the non-male humans on my design team as "ladies" all the time. Aren't they? I call my step-daughter and many of my friends "little lady" or "lady". It's not an insult. I don't know who that person is but maybe they're being a little extra sensitive and have their own issues to deal with. Honestly, we're ladies, chicks, babes, women, girls, girlies. It's all in the intention. Words only have the meaning we apply to them. (Little rant now ends.)
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Oh puh-leez. The women you tend to photograph are Ladies with a capital "L", owing to their careful style (And the setting of NYC definitely contributes to that also!)
Yes, in another setting "ladeez" could certainly be used condescendingly(a few political debates spring to mind). But obviously you respect these women. From a daughter of the revolution: Don'tcha worry about the "ladies", kiddo!
(But you ARE too young to call them "girls". Only someone the same age or older gets to do that. I suggest "dames" instead -with whichever accent suits the moment.)
Pity poor Tess. She doesn't know yet that once you hit middle age, the lines between fashion & funny often blur, no matter what you do. Might as well celebrate the result.
The term lady infers that the woman being talked about it well mannered and well groomed. I see no problem with calling an elegant woman a lady.I find it more appropriate actually.
I love your blog – it lifts my spirits when I view it which I do frequently. You are so respectful of women. Ladies seems appropriate. As a woman who is a lady and sometimes does girlish things remembering my vixen days who can be a bit of a broad and is a mother/daughter/grandmother/wife/lover who prides herself on all the facest of being a woman, I say feel free to continue to do what you do.
Like you type'd, you cant please everyone. Ladies is the most respectful term you could use, Stick with it Aand keep up the awesome blogging 😉
- Anonymous
"…Tess Giles Marshall, disapproves of my use of the word 'ladies.'" I couldn't agree more, but I am not interested in initiating a debate. So "[wh]at's the best way to refer to the women that I feature?" You clearly know the answer: women!
I just discovered this blog, and LOVE it. I am approaching 50, and definitely have my own style. Most women in my family kind of gave up on style when they hit my age. I love seeing older women who still dress to the nines.
And Ari, it is YOUR blog, YOUR expression. I think you should word it however you like. When other people complain about your verbiage, that is their own issues coming up, and have nothing to do with you. I think using ladies is respectful, and accurately describes most of your subjects.
I, on the other hand, flinch a little when called a lady, because it makes me feel old. Just like when people call me ma'am.
- maven
I know that I am a bit late to weigh in on this but…
My mother always told me that any adult female was a woman, but that one has to aspire to be a lady.
I hope that I am getting there little by little.
I think "lady" is a compliment. Years ago, I was rather annoyed at being called "ma'am", but now at age 52, I like it. I do dislike it when someone I don't even know like a bank teller or salesperson calls me by my first name as if they're my best friend.
I say stick with "ladies".
I find it as a compliment and I'm 30. Also I call other women 'ladies' to show my respect to them. I've never considered this to be inappropriate!!! Ladies = glamour + style
- Anonymous
I'm over 60, and, honestly, I call everyone, male & female… "dude".
Yes, seriously. Embarrassing, I know…just sort of picked it up, what can I say?
"Woman" can be a good thing; as when compared to "girl"….like "boy" vs "man". It isn't just about age or size…it's about character and adulthood.
"Lady" is equivalent to "gentleman". Not everyone qualifies…but it's nice to pretend they do, and call them that anyway.
I LOVE being called a lady-to me, it's the highest form of elegance and is a compliment. It means I've worked on my life and that I care about others. The only time the term lady bothers a woman is when she isn't one.
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An argument between a Palm Bay couple gave way to a violent thumb-biting attack Wednesday, according to police officers.
Investigators said Ricardo Davis bit off his girlfriend's thumb.
Davis and his girlfriend were arguing inside a car when things took a violent turn, officers said. The woman apparently pushed Davis, and he then bit her thumb off.
The victim told investigators Davis then spit the thumb out of his mouth.
Doctors were not able to reattach the thumb.
Davis faces aggravated battery charges.
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Former longtime Silverton resident Edward E. �Gene� Miller, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at his home in Montrose.
Mr. Miller was born March 9, 1931, to Willie and William Miller in Ramona, Okla. He was one of six children, and he spent his childhood in Oklahoma. He attended school in Ramona, Okla., and attended school through the ninth grade. Later, he received his General Educational Development diploma.
Mr. Miller served in the U.S. Army�s 4th Infantry Division and was a military policeman on Guam.
He came to Silverton when he was about 19, and he spent most of his adult life there. He worked as a miner and a mine foreman. He worked at the Mayflower Mine and was one of many miners who rode the Mayflower tram from the mill to the mine for work. He also worked in the uranium mines around Gateway and Grand Junction. He also worked in hard-rock mines such as the Campbird, Idarado, Dixie Lynn, North Star and the Standard Metals/Sunnyside/Echo Bay Mine in Silverton.
On March 20, 1952, Mr. Miller married Wanda Damschroder in Aztec. Mrs. Miller died Oct. 23, 2012. The couple had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in March 2012.
He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in Silverton. Mr. Miller never knew a stranger � he was friendly and liked to visit with people mainly about his hard-rock mining experiences, his family said.
He enjoyed the outdoors, and when he was younger, he loved fishing, hunting, camping and Jeeping, his family said. He was an avid Oklahoma Sooner football fan.
He loved spending time with his family. When he was older, he enjoyed watching birds, deer and other little animals around his home on Spring Creek Mesa.
Mr. Miller is survived by his son Norman Miller of Aurora; daughters Kathy Miller and Stephanie Haynes, both of Montrose; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by the Crippin Funeral Home, 802 E. Main Street, Montrose 81401.
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In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Lung Association in his memory.


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Three officers with the Aiken Department of Public Safety have been recognized by the city and the state for showing bravery in the face of danger during a deadly incident in May.
Capt. Marty Sawyer, Sgt. Craig Burgess and Officer Steve Miano were awarded the Medal of Valor by the S.C. State Law Enforcement Officers Association at an award ceremony last month. They were honored again by Aiken City Council last week.
According to the association's website, the medal honors "an act of outstanding bravery performed in the line of duty at imminent personal hazard to life under circumstances demonstrating a disregard of personal consequences."
Sawyer, Burgess and Miano did that the morning of May 17, when authorities responded to a domestic disturbance call on Cherry Hills Drive, according to Sgt. Jake Mahoney.
Dispatchers heard a female victim say the man, her husband, had a gun, Mahoney said. The dispatchers then heard gunshots, and the woman stopped speaking.
"We had numerous Public Safety officers and sheriff's deputies respond to the scene and immediately establish a perimeter around the house and try to make contact with the occupants," Mahoney said. "It was decided entry was necessary to protect the victim."
That's when Sawyer, Burgess and Miano volunteered for the dangerous task.
"We just happened to be in the position that allowed us to make that decision," said Sawyer, who today celebrates 23 years with Aiken Public Safety. "Any other law enforcement officer that would have been in our position at the time would have been willing to go in. That's the type of people that we work with and that work with the Sheriff's Office."
Several officers approached the home, but Sawyer said only three could enter the door.
As the officers entered the home, a man lying several feet away from the front door fired shots at them, Mahoney said. A ballistic shield was the only thing protecting the officers, who returned fire.
Sawyer said that was his first time being fired upon by a suspect.
The suspect was later identified as Craig Jarvis, 64. He was lying next to his ex-wife, 68-year-old Lynn Carlisle, who was already dead.
Jarvis was rushed to Georgia Health Sciences University, where he later died while undergoing surgery for multiple gunshot wounds. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton later determined that Jarvis had killed his ex-wife, then shot himself just before opening fire on the officers responding to his wife's 911 pleas.
Autopsy results returned from the probe into Jarvis' death did not show conclusively if his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or from returned police gunfire, Carlton said, in June. Jarvis' death was ruled a suicide.
"We received nominations from all across the state, but the Aiken group had gone to extreme measures to do the job they were supposed to," said Jarrod Bruder, executive director of the Law Enforcement Officers Association.
The association is a non-profit organization with about 7,200 members across the state representing the municipal, county, state and federal levels. According to Bruder, a six-member committee of people from each of those levels reviewed the submissions for the Medal of Valor Award and chose the Aiken officers.
"That makes it even more special, that it's a group of their peers," he said.
Sawyer expressed regret that lives were still lost on May 17 but acknowledged that each of the dozen or so officers who put themselves in danger that morning made it home safely at the end of the day.
"Our goal is to do the best we can at work but to go home and have all of our colleagues go home safe every day while protecting the citizens of Aiken," Sawyer said.
At the ceremony in Myrtle Beach last month, the entire assembly gave a standing ovation when the Aiken officers were recognized. Sawyer and his colleagues learned they'd received the honor just days before the ceremony.
"I was very honored and very humbled knowing that the tables could have been turned (on May 17)," he said. "Any law enforcement officer would have done the exact same thing. It makes you sit back and think, what we do is worth it sometimes."
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Aiken County Solicitor Strom Thurmond Jr., left, and Tom Galardi, an investigator in the solicitor's office, visit the scene of a shooting on Aiken's Southside Thursday morning.×


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Most people will be required to buy insurance. Religious exemptions will be allowed.
The tax for refusing to buy insurance starts at $95 a year and rises to $695 or 2.5 percent of income.
Insurance rates will drop for older people and rise for younger people.
Employers of 50 or more full-time staff will have to provide health insurance or pay a tax.
Tobacco users can be charged extra for health insurance.
Employers with 25 workers or less may be eligible for tax credits.
Insurance price increases are limited. Charges for executive salaries and administration are limited. Insurance companies that violated these rules have paid millions of dollars in refunds to customers.
People like Dr. William Plested, a former president of the American Medical Association who retired to Bayfield in Southwest Colorado, have issued dire warnings that the law will make cost containment more important than the best treatment for the patient. Plested expects a deluge of new rules in the coming months that will prove him correct.
Some people at Colorado rallies for Republican candidate Mitt Romney said they expect outright rationing of health care because of high costs.
But Alfred Gilchrist, CEO of the Colorado Medical Society, says physicians will speak up if any of that shows up.
�To the extent that the law is impacting patient care, we�re going to be hearing about it,� Gilchrist said, and the CMS will pass physician concerns onto lawmakers and the Obama Administration � whether the impact is positive or negative.
�Very few laws are ever written perfectly,� he said.
One state legislator is a physician herself, Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Democrat from Denver. She hopes for �an open and honest and mature discussion� about health care now that the election is over.
And �the people who know how to save money and deliver good care are the physicians,� so she hopes to see them have greater influence in implementation.
But there�s much left uncertain, largely because of funding shortages at the state and federal level. Most important, some 200,000 Coloradans may � or may not � gain free health insurance by being added to Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income Americans.
The law raises the income limit for Medicaid for a single person to about $16,000, just above a full-time minimum wage.
Michele Lueck of the Colorado Health Institute said the people who would benefit include �the worker who you see each morning when you buy your coffee, the bagger at your grocery store, the server who made your sandwich today, the clerk at the dry cleaning counter.�
Lueck said the Colorado Legislature will debate in January whether to accept federal funding to insure those people from 2014 to 2016. The state may have no costs for this, except for administration. But Lueck warned the funding might be reduced in federal budget negotiations.
Starting in 2017, Colorado�s cash-strapped government must start paying a small percentage of the insurance cost for these 200,000 people, and that adds up into hundreds of millions of dollars. Colorado�s willingness to pay is in doubt.
The election also switched control of the Colorado House of Representatives from Republican to Democratic. That puts Democrats in charge of both houses and the governor�s office. Aguilar said she thinks Democrats will be more interested than the very skeptical Republicans in taking federal funds to cover more people with health insurance.
Democrats are more aligned with the idea that �we pay for health care one way or another � we pay for it now, or pay for it later with complications,� Aguilar said.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, hasn�t announced his position.
But the Colorado Hospital Association strongly supports Medicaid expansion, said spokesman Julian Kesner. That�s because it would provide coverage to many people and allow hospitals to reduce their $1.4 billion annual cost of care for people who don�t have insurance or don�t have enough insurance, he said.


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thanx a lot
What kinds of yields are the manufacturers seeing (or accept to go into full production)?
When you mentioned Moore's law does not apply, it is from the physical (mechanical) rather than electrical issue with the device, I would expect given the types of materials available one reaches a physical/mechanical limitation.
Good presentation. Still digesting the phenomena ...
Reviewed some of the spec sheets from Digi-Key, interesting info there
Link -->> http://www.digikey.com/us/en/techzone/sensors/resources/articles/MEMS-Accelerometers.html
really fascinating
nice presentation
just catching up
Hello from San Jose, CA.
HW/Test R&D Engineer.
Preasure, Gyro and accelerometer.
iPhone, what ever I have in my GMC truck and Electronic BP meter.
Thank you Alissa and Alex for another great session.
Thank you Alissa
Worked with orientation device, planning to use other types too
Accelerometers, gyroscope
Hello from Oregon
Thank you Alissa and Alex for another great session.
It's still somewhat mind-boggling to me how small, fast, and cheap these have become.
I would have to say that my personal exposure is predominantly with MEMS accelerometers rather than gyroscopes, but I didn't know that until this lecture.
No current or future plans specifically involving MEMS, but reviewing the technology for potential future design uses.
Hello all.
Job function -- Hardware and software archotecture and engineering.
Interesting series. Interested in most of the mems sensor. I use them for low frequency noise detection. Seismic waves, Low Frequency Noise (LFN or Infrasound) from Wind Turbines, trains, roadway vibration etc.
Interesting presentation.
Had to log back in timed out
Tiny Bubbles
Ready to go
Audio is up
Looking forward to another interesting lecture
Looking forward to tomorrows session. Thank you!
Good presentation!
Thank you, Alissa!
There were about 10 posts below, before the lecture started, and there wasn't a single response saying they HAD received one. Surely it's not just a marketing trick to get us Engineering types to attend.
@Alex & JayPaxman - I keep getting these e-mails re. gift card, but no actual gift cards so far...
Alex, Still there? Did you notice all the concerns about the promised Gift Card? It isn't why I attend, but I must say I've been to at least 5 of these that promised a gift card, including a few over a month ago and never have received one.
Thanks again!
Thanks, Alissa! See you tomorrow!
Ok, I will see you all tomorrow!
Alissa, thank you for a great lecture! (still listening to a recording)
How 'bout answering the questions about your photo?
Last question, anyone?
someone asked about specs - all manufacturers list their tested specs, but the problem is there is no current standard for testing MEMS motion sensors. So you need to read the data sheet with a skeptical eye, and many system integrators choose to evaluate the MEMS motion sensors themselves instead of believing the spec sheet. I'm not saying the mfgs are dishonest, just that there can be a bit of specmanship.
@Alex - re. currently using/planning to use MEMS... personally, currently learning about MEMS and evaluating different types for my application...
Thank you, Dr. Fitzgerald
hi everyone
More on caps to create hermetic cavities: polymer bonds are not hermetic enough for motion sensors, but might be ok for other sensor types. Most motion sensors are bonded via anodic bonding (glass to silicon) or gold-gold thermocompression. Some use glass frit, too. Temps are generally under 400C, but depends on bond type.
thanks Alissa
ALISSA: I woner if MEMS can be machanically chained. An idea is to build thousands of MEMS solinoids to create things like artificial muscles.
thanks alissa
great prestation. thanks for the infomation.
Thanks for the presentation and responses to questions, Alissa!
Thx. Alissa and Alex
Thanks for a great presentation!
I will talk about microphones and magnetometers tomorrow.
Dr Fitzgerald - To repeat the others, yes, thanks for your time this week and your very interesting presentations.
Alex - thanks as well
Digikey - you too !
Someone asked about EMI interference - the electronics in the MEMS chip will be sensitive to EMI, but not the MEMS themselves (when packaged).
Thanks for the presentation!
thanks a lot for the presentation and answers!
Dr. Fitzgerald, thanks for the presentation. Would we see you at the MIG conference comming up in Pittsburgh?
@ttodorov, who asked about power generation - yes, people are exploring MEMS as energy harvesters. Most approaches incorporate piezoelectric materials, which can transduce motion/strain into voltage. These type of harvesters can only produce nW, so not super useful at this point, until electronics become even lower power.
Regarding caps - is cathodic bonding the dominant mechanism of attachment, or can one use a low temp glass frit? What temp ranges are we speaking of during cathodic bonding and how low can the frits go? 250-300°C?
Do they use a polymer seal and call it 'hermetic'?
@eviscito, who asked about MEMS integration in ASICs - it can be done, but it depends on the MEMS architecture. Some MEMS can not be easily integrated with a CMOS process. Analog Devices has very successfully come up with a MEMS design that is integrated with their BiCMOS electronics. Ultimately, it's a cost and yield question. Most mfgrs. choose to process MEMS and CMOS wafers separately and then integrate at the package level, because it's cheaper!
@Alex - what MEMS devices/applications... - accels, pressure sensors, gyros
@Alissa - I wonder if somebody is researching using MEMS (as mechanical devices) to generate electricity for picopower applications - like from wind or fluid motion, to work in difficult to reach areas (can't just go and replace the battery at the bottom of the ocean)
Engineering ways / engineering sensing has developed a sensor for oil exploration. Check out their site.
Will we see integration of motion sensors on large consumer ASICs soon?
ALISSA: I wonder why/if the gyros are not/can not be passive with variable inductive springs.
@GeoSei: yes, there has been a lot of work on MEMS accels for geo applications - seismometers and down-hole applications. I can't think of any mfgrs off hand, but they are definitely out there.
@naperlou, who asked about outputs: most MEMS accels and gyros have standard digital outputs, and i think you can get some accels to provide analog output. Most mfgrs these days are trying to make their sensors as "application ready" as possible, so they are providing firmware along with the sensors.
@Alex - job function is s/w and h/w with focus on standardization
Thanks Alissa.
Thanks Alissa,
Are you aware of any current geophysical applications for a MEMS sensor?
@Steven who posed a question about caps: all MEMS motion sensors need to be in a sealed, partial pressure environment. The easiest way to create a hermetic cavity is by bonding a rigid cap. there are some MEMS process methods whereby you can create very shallow cavities, but these approaches do not work for motion sensors. So generally, you're stuck bonding on another piece of silicon or glass to seal in the motion sensor.
Oops... I'm late for the lecture today - looks like the audio portion is over...
Well done A & A!
Thank you Alissa and Alex
How are the parameters typically guaranteed? Full testing? Partial testing and process guarantees?
lowest power for accel ? gyro ?
Excellent presentation - THANKS!
same here... any recommandataion on books/reference??
Thank you Alissa and Alex for an interesting presentaion and a great way to spend my lunch time. See all tomorrow.
@Alissa - Will you be adressing microphone arrays tomorrow?
Thanks Alissa & Alex
Q-any electrostatic susceptibility, both internal and external to the etching?
The freescale sensor i just received does a lot of processing within the sensor package so that the device puts out usable values. Is this true of most of the other brands as well?
MEMS reference books: google authors Kovacs, Maluf, Madou
Thanks for the presentation. Amazing how MEMS are used for toys these days
Thank you, very good presentation.
Another great presentation. Thanks.
Accel with a little math as good as gyro but slower ?
What kind of noise level do these accelerometers have? (E.g. for a +/-2g accelerometer)
Thanks much Alissa and Alex. Very informative..
THanks DIGIkey and Design News.
V.good info package!
Thank you very much
Alissa, can you recommend some books/references in MEMS field?
Thanks Alex.
How prone are accelerometers, gyros, and IMUs are to EM interference?
super presentation, thanks Alissa...thanks Alex
Very good presentation Alissa. Thank You
@garysxt - Yes, that is the limiting factor for a lot of inexpensive seismographs (e.g. hobby cost level)
Thanks Alissa -- great session today!
@Alissa - It sure would be nice to have a face to go with the voice. We have only two sessions left this week. Will you consider posting your photo for us? Please?
Thank you Alissa, Excellent presentation
is there any good reference book which goes into the details of accelerometers and gyros?
are you going to talk about magnetometers?
Thanls for another great lecture - Lots of interesting data
@jrjohns - thanks. Low frequency is very important there, correct?
For the majority of the MEMS devices shown in your presentation, is a Si 'cap' bonded to the peripheral face of the MEMS chip thereby creating the hermetic package which is subsequently wirebonded to a leadframe and over-molded - or is there another cheaper way to create the cavity in the molded package interior.
If not using a 'cap', is it really 'hermetic' and what might be the use environment limitations?
thank you Alissa,
Alissa, it would be nice to have your picture on the faculty site. You are the only one without a picture. Excellent presentation, thanks.
Question:Will we see accel/gyro integrated in large ASICs anytime soon?
I worked with the ring laser gyros from Honeywell many years ago.
Yep, a Google search shows ADI has the iMEMS trademark (integrated MEMS).
Is the gyros voltage output highly non-linear?
@garysxt - Sensitivity is one factor - frequency response is another concern for a MEMS for seismology
what range can the power consumption be?
ALISSA: Any one placing MEMS gyros mounted on bullets to better reasearch solid body dynamics?
Question: Do these devices come with wireless communication transmitters? I mean is it possible to use those in wireless remote sensing?
Are there any MEMS for directly measuring Torque? Particularly between a motor and a shaft.
Question: Someone mentioned using MEMS for seismology applications. Do them make them that sensitive?
You mentioned MEMS gyro precision varies based on application. Can you give a quantified example?
What manufacturers have MEMS IMUs?
I remember working with a Litton INU, vibra gimbal gyros and a 16 bit mini computer packaged on about 6 miniature boards.
THEATER: Coreagraphers will use them for collecting body dynamics and be able to simulate systematic instruction to the individual actors.
@Alex question: The most fascinating so far for me are the automotive performance computers. Push the suction cups onto the windshield, enter the car's weight and go. 0-60 mph time, quarter mile time and much more... Great!
how big is that 2-axis invensense gyro?
ORCHESTRA: I can see conductors in the future using wrist MEMS device to transmit their gestures to blind players.
Phones, pedometer, video game controller, helicopters, ereaders, tablets
Android, Toys, Gaming
Ipod, wii, ipad, smart phones.
Wii, iPod, iPhone,
interesting are Gyro and accelerometer.
iPod touch, wii controller.
Smart phone
iphone, wii,
my Toshiba tablet is full of MEMS devices. I've used most without really knowing it!
smartphone, Wii
Consumers have no sense of sensors or what they are or whether or not they are in devices. My two cents. They just want to shift to landscape mode, for example, when they rotate their phone or tablets.
RD Helo, Tablets
Games, camera stabilizer, tablet
@Alex: have used smart phones.
iPhone, iPAD
Wii controller, iPhone, iPad,
iPod and Wii
Toy helicopter
iPhone, iPad, Wii
camera applications
wii, smartphone
android phone
phones, games
video game controller, iPAD
TRANSCENDING AGE: We won't be able to distinguish who are cenile or not when they speak and gesture apparently to themselves. That might bring us close to the perfect world.
iPhone, iPad, Wimote.
exposed to wii
video game controller
don't some cell phones rotate the screen
Is the vibration resistant camera lens has MEMS devices?
Consumer MEMS Exposed to - phone, Ipad, Wii
@davy.barker: Imagine a box rotating about a vertical axis. Accelerometer reads 0, gyro doesn't.
no matter what they LOOK crazy!
iphone 4s
as a consumer, I'm interested in position sensing with accelerometer and gyro, Inertial Navigation.
I would guess that gamma rays degrade the accompanying semiconductor electronics more than the micro-mechanics themselves.
ANSWER: AS A CONSUMER, WHICH MEMS SENSOR-EQUIPPED DEVICES HAVE YOU USED and/or find interesting as an app example?
Alexander Wolfe
iPhone level
CONSUMER: iPhone
why can't accel put out gyro info with a little math ?
ALISSA: I don't see why a fly wheel can not be implemented in an active MEMS. Can yo elaborate?
well, as far as I know gamma rays degrade everything but cockroaches :)
@Alissa - Are any of the manufacturers offering MEMS as Rad-Hardened?
not yet, Plan to use in future
Is there a way/method to identify degraded/damaged MEMS device in the field?
No plans to implement MEMS in products.
No using currently. General info only.
Will be using MEMS in next year
yes, pressure sensors
actually, I'am used a IMU/GPS
of Xsens technologies, is a MTi-G device
How immune to radiation damage are MEMS devices?
as well as motion sensor.
Yes, in current new design
yes..pressure and flow sensing
Plan to use in future
Currently planning to test and ship.
NOT USING currently
6-8 months.
yes, unknown
planning to use MEMS pressure in next year
hello from sunny MIAMI
Currently tinkering with accelerometers and gyro's (etc.) and IMU's are on the horizon.
next year
No current project, but will be looking for an opportunity to fit one into a design.
No current project. Maybe next year.
@Alissa: What is the noise floor of the accelerometers?
Not using in any current project, but possibly yes in the next year
Yes for both.
Not currently; Possible future
using accelerometer for attitude/level sensing
Not currently using MEMS, may use in the next year or so
Don't use today, but are looking into shock sensing and positional.
not yet, but looking forward to applying it
We are using MEMS in both current and next gen products. High end accelerometers with 24bit output.
Not currently using MEMS sensors but interested in using the accelerometer.
not currently using MEMS and have no plans, except maybe as research in lab for evaluation and understanding
Yes, currently using them and planning to use more in the future.
not current but plan to use in the near future
Not currently using. We're just gatheing information at this point.
Yes -- pressure and temperature sensing in geophysical products
not in a current product and no plans to use one in the future, yet.
planning to use in a new project soon
No and Yes
No use now and no plans for immediate future
accelerometer for vibration detection in heavy machinery
Currently not using Mems. Possible use within the next year
We use MEMS a bit now, and may use more in a year or so.
not in any projects at this time
planed to use, evaluating now
Not currently. We do plan to use XYZ accelerometer in the next year
Within next year
Current project - Accel & Gyro
Will use one withont the next year
hi all
No to both
No, Not in the plans.
Planning to use in the next six months.
@ALEX-Telecommunication Systems Engineer, interested in Gyroscopes sensors
USE MEMS: may happend next year.
Using? Absolutely!!
piezo and microfluidic for inkjet
Can I measure repeated shocks with a MEMS accelerometer without reducing its life? The shocks would be within the measurment range of the accelerometer.
POSITIN: I am interested in accurate real time position sensing. Don't know if I understood explanation.
Interest in home enviroment control
Accelerometers, and general MEMS
Electronic Design Engineer/MEMS for Military applications.
Software Engineer, GNSS/INS products
Test Services; Accelerometers and Gyros primarily. A variety of sensors secondarily.
Software engineer, interested in MEMS in general
EMC engineer
General interest in MEMS.
Digital sensors in Oil and Gas co using Accelerometers.
Interested in updates on consumer apps.
QUESTION: Is there any MEMS for measuring robotic arm position? Perhaps estimate is possible with accelerator.
Job Function: For the last 4.5 I've been teaching engineering disciplines in College/University.
Hardware Design Engineer (coordinator), mobile/smartphone handset industry.
software enginner/no specific interest, just interested in learning about MEMS
Computer Solutions Provider
Accelerometers, gyro and motion. Is there one for a compass?
system engineer, planar light circuit
sporting goods
Mechanical Engineer; interested in pressure (touch) sensors, temperature sensors.
Hardware, Software - Pressure, Temp, Vibration
Not in consumer markets, work in military applications
general interest
job function is sustaining engineering for an instrumentation manufacturer.
i do everything, moisture and vibration
Just checking ut mems
Automotive engineer.
video processing algorithm design engineer
Software. Only a general interest in consumer MEMS sensors.
Interested in MEMS for consumer electronics and machine control.
Pressure, temperature, noise meter, FFT, Proximities, oil level, accelerometer
I just got a kit from Freescale which combines an accelerometer and a magnetometor (sp?) to make a compass. Applications will be more for new product development.
myself: HW/SW embedded engineer. Market: data logging, large motor and power. Sensors: piezo, temp, humidity, rogowski, capcitive, magnetic.
MEMS applicatin of interest: wide open at this point. Robotics for RTOS labs may define the type of sensors I will use in the future.
Not in consumer market, but technology can be used in others.
pressure, motion
positional orientation
High resolution accelerometers for seismic survey.
job: trying to move into hw engineering
Medical [implantable and non-implantable], automotive, and consumer apps
sensors of all kind
I guess accelerometer is a good place to start.. later gyro must be a logical extention
General Industry
motion and high-g measurement
Motion sensors
imostly general interest and building knowledge for my problemsolving toolbox.
I'm interested in any of the consumer portable devices - phones, tablets, watches, etc. (don't work much in this area)
I'm interested mainly in high dynamic range low-noise motion sensors, especially accelerometers.
camera stability would be helpful
ALL MEMS types
Interest in using MEMS for HID controllers
mobile handheld
motion sensor
general application usage of MEMS technology
all uses....
Vibration sensing in a small engine power generating system.
all of 'em!
All ears
General interest
video stabilization
Automotive & infotainment
general consumer apps
Fluid flow
Hi Alissa, Hi Alex, Hi everyone.
gets cheaper? , yes, i believe so..
Will gyro's get as cheap as accellerometers ?
hardware design,
Sales/Customer Technical Support -Inductive Technology
Electronics Engineering Manager - Automotive Systems/Modules
Hello All
SW, HW, product development, system integration
Research and Development
hi all,
My audio gone, Refresh [F5} does not work - help
communication and computer electronics, some firmware support.
MEMS manufacturing integration
hardware and firmware
I do it all at this time. I am the sole developer for new specialized test equipment.
Process Development
HW and firmware
SW background, currently HW and FW
ANSWER: WHAT's YOUR JOB FUNCTION?
Developer hdw, firmware, software.
Owner/Founder of product development company. Interested in incorporating new tech to solve problems.
HW & SW engineer
Systems and mostly hardware.
@refraction, I haven't recieved any cards since registering and attending all sessions.
hardware... medical applications
HW with some SW
Applications Developer, previously electric design engineer and project developement group leader
Hardware and Firmware design of Scientfic instruments and hybrid power systems.
Software, Hardware, Embedded Engineering
System Design, HDW and SW
R & D Engineer for work truck equipment
ME, sensor packaging design
Embedded systems, mostly firmware.
SW & HW..mostly HW..moving towards SW.
hardware design, system integration
Hardware & software/firmware, Alex
Materials & Process Development
embedded software
software, firmware, system design
Hey Alissa. Welcome back again.
Mostly HW, some SW.
Hi all
hie all
I waswonderng how to get the gift card? Anyone got it already?
Accelerometer from which manufacturer is easy to use by circuit and by programming?
Hello all
Hi Alissa -- looking forward to today's class!
Hello Alissa..looking forward to another great presentation.
Hello Alex.
G'day! Audio is up!
Moring everyone
I would like to receive my Pepsi card!! :)
Good afternoon Alex.
it seems the starbucks card is only available when you first register on digi-key. not for each session.
hello MEMs (I mean MEMS ... !!)
Hello - still no answers to my questions ;-(
Hi All
Nope. Still haven't even from the April classes.
Nothing here either.
HI all. It has been over 5 years since I last did a project with a MEMS acceleromter. I will be good to catch up on the technology today.
I think we need to finish the whole seminar
Good Day Everyone!!
Nothing here either...
I figured it was because I moved. I guess that's not the case.
No Starbuck cards yet here.
Not yet
Good afternoon folks.
Anybody received their Starbuck cards yet?
hello out there to all...
Good morning all from foggy and cool Edmonton.
Heat is comming to East Coast
Good day, everyone!
Good morning to the left coast people.
good afternoon, everyone
Hello everyone
@Alex Thanks for the heads up on the LinkIn connection.
Howdy folks!! :)
Hello all one of you.
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