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It's Monday, and even though we've done very few Memory Dirt Road posts as of late, I'd like to travel down one today. But today is not just any old Monday. Nope, today is February 13.
That doesn't mean it's the day to panic because you don't yet have flowers ordered or reservations placed for tomorrow. And it's not just the day you recuperate from partying hardy at Abe Lincoln's B-day Bash.
In fact, as much as I think the 16th President's birthday is worth a good hoorah, the birthday that has my eye and heart this day is that of my beloved.
But I think Lincoln would have liked my guy.
Here he is reading the constitution to our kids on the Fourth of July. He's not the kind of dad that puts exploding substances in the wee hands of his offspring. He's the kind that makes sure they understand why their crazy Mom made them pick color coordinating outfits to wear as they stand on the curb collecting tootsie rolls.
You know what else is all-American about my husband? Apple Pie. He doesn't just eat them. He makes them.
So you've got me on this one, it's cherry, not apple. It doesn't really matter, it's a Jerry Pie, and that makes it delicious.
And he can can. He can't can-can, but that's okay.
Nope, sorry, you can't have him. He's mine. All mine.
You see, ten years ago this week we started our whirlwind romance. It began with a dinner at Arnie's on Feb. 11, a "Lincoln's Birthday Present" for him the next day, an Ash Wednesday present for me on his birthday, a 7th/8th grade Valentine's Day party, topped off with a first kiss on Feb. 15 and Voila! By February 21 we were talking about wedding dates.
I know, hold on to your hat, right? We were married just four months later. It was utterly grand.
And it still is.
So, dear, sweet, husband-of-mine, thank you for the best decade of my life, and may we have many, many more decades together.


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Your present location:Home >> 2-Color EPD >> 8 inch large e-paper display parallel e-ink screen panel 768X1024 GDEW080T5
- Commentator: Hansen Lorenz
- Gender: Mr.
- Commenting time:2017.03.14
Comment: Im very interrested in the GDEW080T5. Before we used a SPI displays but they were to slow and the resolution was bad.
Is it possible to connect the display to a display controller to speed up the refresh? Or does the example code where you drive the display directly with the stm32 include waveformfiles for grayscale and temperatur correction? can you send me a complete example project? HW/SW?
What is the lead time to ship to switzerland?
- Commentator: Minkov Alexey
- Gender: Mr.
- Commenting time:2015.09.12
Comment: Could you please send me the circuit diagram for connecting E-Paper display GDE080A1 to my computer via USB port including a display driver that I should install on my PC running WINDOWS 7 for example. Thanks in advance.
- Reply: Hi Minkov,could you tell me what's your consignee? Felix
- Commentator: Aleksandar Zivkovic
- Gender: Mr.
- Commenting time:2014.05.06
Comment: Hi, I need the following info for the '8" E-Paper 768X1024 GDE080A1':
- rough price per single display + shipping to Serbia (still not in serial production but rather developing the device)?
- lead time?
- how to connect to display (which interface chip, electrical info, signal timings)?
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PROBLEM 6-18 Basic CVP Analysis (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO8)
Marjolein & Co, make a designer alarm clock that sells for $20 per unit. Variable costs are $6 per unit, and fixed costs total $210,000 per year.
Answer the following independent questions:
1. What is the product's CM ratio?
2. Use the CM ratio to determine the break-even point in sales dollars.
3. De to an increase in demand, the company estimates that sales will increase by $200,000 during the next year. By how much should net operating income (or net operating loss) change, assuming that fixed costs do not change?
4. Assume that the operating results for last year were:
Less................................... 96,000
Contribution margin................ 224,000
Less fixed expenses ................ 210,000
Net operating income ..............$ 14,000
a. Compute the degree of operating leverage at the current level sales.
b. The president expects sales to increase by 5% next year. By what percentage should net operating income increase?
5. Refer to the original data. Assume that the company sold 20,000 units last year. The sales manager is convinced that an 8% reduction in the selling price, combined with a $24,000 increase in advertising, would cause annual sales in units to increase by one-fourth. Prepare two contributions income statements, one showing the results of last year's operations and one showing the results of operations if these changes are made. Would you recommend that the company do as the sales manager suggests?
6. Refer to the original data. Assuming again that the company sold 20,000 units last year. The president does not want to change the selling price. Instead, he wants to increase the sales commission by $1.50 per unit. He thinks that this move, combined with some increase in advertising, would increase annual sales by 20%. By how much could advertising be increased with profits remaining unchanged? Do not prepare an income statement: use the incremental analysis approach.
PROBLEM 6-23 Break-even and Target Profit Analysis (LO5, LO6)
Mugs and More sells a large variety of coffee mugs. Larry Hooper, the owner, is thinking of expanding his sales by hiring local high school students, on a commission basis, to sell coffee mugs bearing the name and mascot of the local high school.
These coffee mugs would have to be ordered form the manufacturer six weeks in advance, and they could not be returned because of the unique printing required. The coiffee mugs would cost Mr. Hooper $3 each with a minimum order of 50 coffee mugs. Any additional coffee mugs would have to be ordered in increments of 50.
Since Mr. Hooper's plan would not require any additional facilities, the only costs associated with eh project would be the costs of the coffee mugs and the costs of the sales commissions. The selling price of the coffee mugs would be $6 each. Mr. Hooper would pay the students a commission of $1 for each mug sold.
1. To make the project worthwhile, Mr. Hooper would require a $700 profit for the first three months of the venture. What of sales in units and in dollars would be required to reach this target net operating income? Show all computations.
2. Assume that the venture is undertaken and an order is placed for 50 coffee mugs. What would be Mr. Hooper's break-even point in units and in sales dollars? Show computations and explain the reasoning behind your answer.
PROBLEM 6-25 Sales Mix: Break Even Analysis; Margin of safety (LO1,LO5,LO7,LO9)
Jean Leeman & Co. of Texas makes two products, Mini and Giga. President revenue, cost, and sales data on the two products follow:
Mini Giga
Selling price per unit............
Variable expenses per unit...
Number of units sold annually. 5.00
108,000 $60.00
Fixed expenses total $378,000 per year.
1. Assuming the sales mix given above, do the following:
a. Prepare a contribution income statement showing both dollar and percent for each product and for the company as a whole.
b. Compute the break-even point in dollars for the company as a whole and the margin of safety in both dollars and percent.
2. The company has just developed a new product, Mega. Assume that the company could sell 36,000 units at $50 each. The variable expenses would be $35 each. The Company's fixed expenses would not change.
a. Prepare another contribution income statement, including sales of Mega (sales of the other two products would not change). Carry percentage computations to one decimal place.
b. Compute the company's new break-even point in dollars and the new margin of safety in both dollars and percent.
3. the president of the company examines your figures and says, "There's something strange here. Our fixed costs haven't changed and you show greater total contribution margin if we add the new product, but you also show our break-even point going up. With greater contribution margin, the break-even point should go down, not up. You've made a mistake somewhere." Explain to the president what has happened.
Solution Summary
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A while back I was a rep for an investment company. We'd schedule appointments and meet with people to try to get them to buy our stuff. I did this for about six months. We had a script we'd run through, and sort of adapt to the person we were talking to. The schpiel took about two hours. Early on, they'd pair us up with a more experienced coworker to go out to our appointments. Sometimes we'd get the sale. A lot of the time we didn't.
One of the guys I worked with was good at talking with people, but his "confidence" out-paced his impulse control sometimes. He didn't do this on any of my appointments, but I heard about him getting frustrated with a prospective client and telling the man, "You're gonna die broke!"
I remember being rather puzzled at that. We've all heard the phrase, 'You can't take it with you.' It was a stupid thing to say. Maybe on a rare occasion a broker might be able to insult their way into a sale by guilting a client, who'd said no, into investing. I doubt it happens very often. The statement is usually a "last word" dropped by someone who can't accept their own failure at an encounter.
But what does that mean, to 'die broke?' It sounds like another idle phrase that people throw around that goes unexamined, like the way people talk about someone not having a 'pot to piss in.'
In our post-modern times of finance and accounts, and everything having a price tag, it could mean that the client won't be leaving anything to family. It could also mean that the client won't have enough savings to pay for their final arrangements. This is what happens quite often.
But let's look into it's possible history. The other phrase I mentioned, about people being so poor they didn't have a pot to piss in goes back centuries to the time when people collected urine to sell to the tanner. Urine was used to tan leather. It had value. It was worth not just spilling on the ground. If you didn't even have that much means you were in a pretty bad place in the culture.
Dying broke may have meant that you had nothing to give to the ferryman, Charon. Those who cared for the dead placed a coin on the eyes or mouth of the deceased as payment for their passage across the rivers of the underworld to Hades.
I'm the one who thinks of this stuff. I doubt my boisterous and loud former colleague, from several presidents back, had any idea that this was an implication of what he was saying.


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Welcome to this series of live blogs from the Market Research in the Mobile World Conference in Cincinnati. With so many sessions, I'm only blogging about a few sessions each day. All posts appear within minutes after the speaker has finished. Any errors, omissions, or silly side comments are my own. I'll also be providing end of day summary blog posts for Esomar so keep your eyes peeled for those as well.
Michael Sosnowski TRC Research: Getting greater value from mobile quant
- Current focus is 5 to 10 questions, simple responses but short and sweet won't be enough
- "You can't do conjoint on a small screen!" We do cojoint to understand preferences. We CAN do that on a mobile.
- How many choices do you need to see to get good quality data?
- You can do valid conjoint with fewer tasks and simplified choices
- Try a tournament style approach when choosing options – ask people to choose the most and least important and the results show the right rank ordering
- Don't keep showing me stuff when i already told you I don't like them
- They did the study online as well and got very similar results
- More with less mobile can help improve all methodologies, be an optimizer, not a maximizer
- [i'd love to read this white paper, sounds VERY cool, mmmmm data!]
Kevin Lonnie & Sean Holbert KL Communications: Sony Electronics case study in customer collaboration
- [Introduced as the funniest guy ever. hard to live up to that!]
- The crowd has nothing to do with innovation [could that fad being dying out?!]
- We need to find wise crowds not irrational crowds
- "If you could combine any electronic products on the market to make your life easier, what would you design and how would it work?" In 2 weeks, 100 ideas, 650 comments, 1200 votes
- Winning ideas were originally well thought out but then critiqued and tweaked by the community
- Don't wait for the brand to create ideas, let the community help you
Shane Skillen Hotspex: I second that emotion! Emotional measurement is the new norm
- Memory is enabled through emotion so market research must take advantage of emotions
- 70% of drivers of phone purchases are emotions
- rational mind is 7% of predictive ability, emotional mind is 92% of predictive ability
- only 96 words are needed to describe emotions
- negative emotions are 3X more powerful at driving behaviours
- boring is the best correlate of purchase behaviour, albeit a negative one
Jeff Lienfelser and John Dick CivicScience: Survey Research Meets Big Data
- Millions of people answer polls all day long every day with no incentives
- they simulate a 2500 question omnibus with one question polls [i think that's what i heard]
- individual responses are connected across sessions. hyper targeted questions delivered with seemingly no screeners or incidence rates
- Landline data is very different from census data
- Big Data can mimic the gallup presidential approval tracking study or the michigan consumer sentiment index
Beth Rounds Cambiar Consulting: Separating fact from fiction
- forces of change – economic power balance, more empowered consumers
- More faster cheaper, new methods better practices, river of information, growth of middle class, new talent in a new age
- by 2020, 40$ of people think the MR industry will under major transformation, but people think it's going to happen earlier rather than later
- the 2020 industry leader will likely not be traditional MR – think google which might be 25%
- mobile is part of the standard tookit for 96% of us
- increasing change = rethinking research process, integrating social media listening, embracing innovation
- a lot of people have their heads in the sand [absolutely, and they won't admit it]
- non-traditional suppliers – PLEASE learn the terminology!
- [be sure to ask for the presentation. it is chock fill of great tidbits]
Related articles
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- Reality meets co-creation #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Emotions and Client Priorities #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Business Value Through Smarter Research #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Google surveys, and oh, some other people too #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Mixing up your survey data for better results #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- What Market Research in the Mobile World means to me #MRX #MRMW (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Mobile Perspectives: Africa, Privacy, ROI, and Beyond #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- 100 years of the internet and no more underwear #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)
- Seems we're fearful of establishing global benchmarks for mobile research #MRMW #MRX (lovestats.wordpress.com)


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One of my favorites genres from the late '90s and early '00s was the trip hop era. Modern rock radio was filled with the blissful jams of Sneaker Pimps, Portishead, and of course, Massive Attack.
In recent years, it seems like trip-hop is seeping its way back into the mainstream. Look no further than Lorde's 2013 debut Pure Heroine, which went on to sell 5 million copies worldwide. And since then, Son Lux, Banks, and FKA Twigs have amassed a legion of adoring fans. All this is to say, the wave of trip-hop resurgence may just be getting started.
Enter Leah Dou, a Chinese artist whose buzzworthy debut album Stone Cafe was released last year, and who is in the midst of her first US tour. Her first single "River Run" is a chilled-out banger laced with Leah's smooth, enchanting vocals. It's the kind of track you'll want to spin round on repeat. Give Leah a listen on YouTube or catch her if you can in person this Saturday at Hotel Utah.
Leah Dou, Half Man, Sam Howden
Hotel Utah
January 28, 2017
9pm, $10 (21+)


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The term PCB assembly refers to the process of connecting numerous electronic components to a published circuit card to create as well as finish a fully functional published circuit setting up. Essentially, there are 2 types of building and construction utilized in this procedure, one is the surface-mount building, and the various other is the through-hole construction. Both these techniques have specific benefits when put to use. The surface area install method takes up less area, while through-hole installing provides toughness for any part that is likely to sustain physical stress in the system. Nevertheless, both these approaches have their very own benefits and drawbacks in the indispensable procedure of assembly.
Assembly: Briefly
In this contemporary digital as well as technological globe, published motherboard assembly services are the most fundamental part of the electronics industry because of the utility and performance they offer. A published circuit card is an electronic system that is used to link electrical components right into numerous devices as well as machinery. These devices are typically located in a lot of the electric gadgets like video games, computers, i-Pods, consoles, tvs and more. Nevertheless, for the production of huge range electronic gadgets, electronic producers often hire expert assemblers from authorized PCB assembly solutions to do the job.
The setting up procedure involves numerous type of methods for affixing the elements to this. If a high quantity production is required, it is mostly created by bulk wave soldering, equipment positioning or with the aid of reflow stoves. Also a mechanical assembly service professional creates the assembly device using the above gone over methods and also products.
PCBs are used to mechanically attach as well as support various electronic parts by utilizing different conductive paths, methods, tracks and traces. These parts are properly etched from laminated sheets of copper into a non-conductive substrate. Furthermore, once the total PCB procedure is finished after that digital elements are attached to produce these PCB assembly. The component leads are very carefully inserted through the holes in the PCB and the surface area install building, and also the digital components are put on the external pads of the printed circuit card. Lastly, the component leads in both kinds of this construction are mechanically dealt with to the PCB with the aid of soft metal molten solder.
Just what is the Importance of PCB assembly?
These devices offered by https://www.raypcb.com are crucial due to the fact that they can upgrade any electronic tool or gadget with no inconvenience.
The term prototype PCB assembly describes the process of affixing various electronic elements to a published motherboard to develop and complete a fully practical published circuit assembly. Basically, there are 2 types of building made use of in the process of PCB assembly, one is the surface-mount building, and the other is the through-hole building.


text: Assessment Information At its Nov. 8, 2007, public meeting, the Commission adopted assessment factors for the transportation industry based on three utility groups: motor carrier passenger, motor carrier property, and railroads. This grouping was intended to more accurately reflect the cost of regulation of each of these industries. The result of using three utility groups has lowered the assessments for property motor carriers and substantially increased the assessment for passenger carriers and railroads. Objections have been filed by various passenger carriers and railroads challenging their increased assessments. The Commission recognizes that the magnitude and timing of the increase on passenger carriers and railroads may cause an undue hardship. In response to those concerns, the Commission has issued an Emergency Order (issued Jan. 14, 2008) and a Ratification Order (issued Feb. 14, 2008) that: (1) permits passenger carriers and railroads to pay their 2007/08 in three equal installments; (2) permits passenger carriers to implement a temporary 1% surcharge to recover the increased assessment; (3) issues a supplemental assessment notice that gives these utility groups additional time to object to their assessment; (4) establishes a technical conference and evidentiary hearings on the issues surrounding the allocation of Commission costs in regulating the transportation industry. Secretarial Letter - An explanatoin of the assessment changes. Dated Feb. 14, 2008. Assessment Instructions - Instructions for implementing the 1% surcharge as authotized at Docket No. P-2008-2013624. Orders Recommended Decision - The Recommended Decision issued by the Administrative Law Judge on May 16, 2008. Docket No. I-2008-2022003. Prehearing Conference Order - A Prehearing Conference Order issued by the Administrative Law Judge on February 21, 2008. Docket No. I-2008-2022003. Ratification Order - Petition for Emergency Relief of the Pennsylvania Taxi and Paratransit Association. Docket No. P-2008-2013624. Public Meeting of Feb. 14, 2008. Emergency Order - Petition for Emergency Relief of the Pennsylvania Taxi and Paratransit Association. Docket No. P-2008-2013624. Dated Jan. 14, 2008. Notices Public Notice of Technical Conference & Evidentiary Hearings - The PUC's Office of Administrative Law Judge will hold a technical conference and evidentiary hearings in order to provide an open forum in which interested stakeholders can address issues surrounding an equitable allocation of the Commission's costs of regulating the transportation industry before the allocation is finalized for Fiscal Year 2007/08. Docket No. I-2008-2022003. To be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on Feb. 23, 2008. Notice of Initial Prehearing Conference - The PUC's Office of Administrative Law Judge will hold an initial prehearing conference on March 14, 2008 in Harrisburg. Docket No. I-2008-2022003 2007-08 Assessment Notice for Passenger Carriers & Railroads - PUC extends the due date for payment of 2007/08 Assessments for Passenger Carriers and Railroads. Docket No. P-2008-2013624. Public Meeting of Jan. 24, 2008.


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Academic believes awards system will lead to cleaner schools in Ghana
Professor Kwadwo Djang- Forjour, Rector of the Sunyani Polytechnic in Ghana, has reiterated the need for hygiene to be taught in schools to promote health and a clean environment. He has suggested that the required motivation could come from an awards programme whereby the educational authorities would award prizes to the cleanest schools.
The Professor was speaking at the opening of the 2012 annual performance review meeting of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Health Services, under the theme: 'Accountability for Improvement of Health Outcomes' last week, in Sunyani.
The three day meeting was attended by 230 participants, including district health directors, members of district health management teams, hospital management teams and representatives of health training institutions in the region, directors from the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service as well as members of civil society organisations and development partners, reports VibeGhana, which says that the meeting was meant for reviewing "the performance of the numerous health strategies and interventions to identify and address challenges and chart the course for the ensuing year and beyond".
The Professor observed that health issues had a real impact on the environmental situation of the country, saying that food vendors selling their wares close to open gutters - some of which were filled with faecal matter - contributed to the ill health. He catalogued other environmental challenges such as cattle drinking from gutters and streams and eating on dump sites; meat inspection, certification and declaration as wholesome for consumption, and pollution of rivers and streams through illegal mining operations were all bedevilling the country, as being other areas of concern and he challenged delegates to do something about them, citing a possible awards programme as a way forward.
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Christian pentecostal Church of god
Date of Construction: 1837
Architect: Unknown
Original Owner: First Methodist Episcopal Church
Type: Church
Style: Greek Revival
Stories: 1 and basement
Materials: Stone and brick
The Christian Pentecostal Church uniquely exemplifies a one story, mid-19th century, Greek revival building set in an urban environment. 191-199 South Second Street was constructed in 1837 as the First Methodist Episcopal Church by a congregation that had established itself in Williamsburg much earlier, in 1806. This church is the oldest ecclesiastical society in Williamsburg, and became the mother of six other churches in the area.
The congregation and church continued to grow throughout the 19th century. The church was unroofed during the Great Storm of 1858, which resulted in even greater expansions. A new wing was added to the building in 1875 including numerous classrooms. By 1888 the church decided to rename itself the South Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The growing community faced difficulties during the turn of the 20th century, both with Brooklyn joining New York City in 1898, and the building of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903, which impacted Williamsburg's community and the South Second Street congregation. Fewer congregants attended church, while more immigrant communities occupied Williamsburg.
In 1919, the building was sold to a Jewish community and combined with the South Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The Jewish community remained for nearly 70 years, and in 1989 sold the building to the Christian Pentecostal Church of God. Although the building is still owned by the congregation, it is often used by unaffiliated groups. Perhaps the building is in the beginning stages of one of its next transitions. This building manages to embody Williamsburg's evolution independently, while subtly reiterating the neighborhood's history.


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Ontology Research
Welty, Christopher, AI Magazine
Ontology is a discipline of philosophy whose name dates back to 1613 and whose practice dates back to Aristotle. It is the science of what is, the kinds and structures of objects, properties, events, processes, and relations in every area of reality. Ontology is, put simply, about existence. Like so many things, the term was borrowed by computer science and is rapidly becoming a buzzword in industry, tossed about by salesfolk, like all buzzwords, as if it were something everyone knew about. As it turns out, of course, very few people who use the word actually know what it means, and as a result, the actual meaning has changed, and is changing, over time.
All computer scientists who claim allegiance to this field are constantly peppered with the same question, "What is an ontology?" The answer is often argued back and forth by well-meaning people to clarify confusion, but often, the argument causes more confusion than it eliminates. Like many things, one must actually do ontology to understand what it is. I have, however, found that a little history lesson and some discussion can be informative, though not definitive.
Probably the most common citation in ontology is attributed to Gruber, who, in 1993, offered, "An ontology is a specification of a conceptualization." This definition has led the way in causing more confusion than it has eliminated. Others point to Gruber's article as the start of ontology research in computer science; however, the term was already in widespread use by that time, having been used first by John McCarthy in 1980 and subsequently by Hayes in 1984, Sowa in 1984, and Alexander et al. in 1986. The article by Alexander et al. appears to be the first published departure from the philosophical meaning of ontology and the start of a new computer science sense of the word. There is then a steady increase in mentions of ontology in the AI literature after 1986.
In fact, what the field of ontology research attempts to capture is a notion that is common to a number of disciplines: software engineering, databases, and AI to name but a few. In each of these areas, developers are faced with the problem of building an artifact that represents some portion of the world in a fashion that can be processed by a machine. Since at least 1976, the database community has recognized the key role this process must play in the design of information systems and named it conceptual modeling. In software engineering, the introduction of object-oriented systems also led to this realization some time in the early to mid-1980s, and it was named domain modeling. It is far more difficult to pin down when this realization was made in AI; certainly scientists were modeling the world in a logical form from the very first days in the late 1950s; however, these models tended to be examples that were used merely to test systems and theories. It was not, it seems, until the era of expert systems that knowledge engineering came into the light as a specific area of study.
In each of these areas, however, it was not until the mid-1990s that it became commonly understood that information systems, built on sound engineering principles, should be able to interoperate but could not. Each of these fields encountered the same problem and realized a similar solution: The meaning of what has been expressed in some formal system is embedded in operational semantics that cannot be divulged easily by inspection. Asking what a symbol such as author means in a library system is like asking what the red button on the dashboard does in one of James Bond's supercars: to find out you have to push it. Moreover, you have to push it again and again in a variety of circumstances until you feel you've gained an understanding.
Computer science ontology is, therefore, about meaning. Even more, it is about making meaning as clear as possible. This is an important and crucial point--it is certainly a departure from philosophy--yet it is still fairly vague. …


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An article criticising poor planning in cycle lane development has made it onto page three of the Observer this morning and it's well worth a read.
Following the death of London cyclist Vivki McCreery last week on Blackfriars Bridge, the issue of dangerous road layouts receives almost an entire page of attention in which the paper calls the death toll of cyclists in the UK 'relentless" accompanied by the sobering statistic of a cyclist being killed every two and a half days. While acknowledging that it's unclear how many of these victims are killed in cycle lanes the article raises doubts about the planning procedure of cycle lanes and outlines several instances patently dangerous cycle lanes wedged between lines of fast flowing traffic and buses around the country.
While we're used to seeing lines of print dedicated to 'lycra loonies' it's refreshing to see a national paper taking on the issue of cycling safety, although a point that would have been good to see more highly emphasised in the article is one made by Tony Russell of the CTC: "There are situations where designs put the cyclist in a more dangerous position. Most accidents, though, are caused by motorists not being careful". That is, arguably, the real scandal.


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The University of California-Berkeley student senate demands that free abortion be available on campus so that female students can "continue their education with little disruption."
The resolution argues that failure of the school to provide female students with free abortion is a violation of women's rights and is inconsistent with University Health Services' (UHS) core value which states, "We promote equity and inclusion and believe everyone should receive the highest quality care."
"There is an unmet need of medication abortion to students and UHS has the necessary resources to provide medication abortion," the measure continues. "When medication abortion is not available at UHS, students who are seeking an abortion face financial, time, and travel constraint burdens that create negative impacts on academic performance and mental health."
.@UCBerkeley students: Staff should take pay cuts to fund on-campus abortions
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Between the lyrics of the band Television's 'Venus' and the autobiographical pages of American writer John Fante, are born the illustrations of the young artist Olimpia Zagnoli, who built her own career on super pop shapes, patterns and colours. Let's follow in Olimpia's footsteps to get to know her story…
Olimpia, when did you realize you wanted to pursue a career in the arts?
There was no telltale moment. I think I've always had a visual curiosity and predisposition to artistic expressions.
Let's go back to my first question. What was the most defining moment in your art career?
To be honest, I don't really know. If I think about the lived experiences again, I see the last years as a never-ending succession of more or less interesting projects and collaborations, source of both personal and professional growth. Of course, the most stressful moments alternate with more relaxed ones, moments of research and inspiration.
You studied illustration at the Milanese branch of the 'IED-Istituto Europeo di Design'. In the field of the art education, what would you change and improve?
The problem with these art schools is that they're technical, too technical. The fundamental notions are often neglected (for example, the general knowledge, the visual references, the act of plunging into the real world). When I get to teach, I realize the most interesting works are often realized by people who embarked on a path that's different from the illustration one. In fact, by drawing from different and faraway worlds, they interpret reality in a unique way.
That being said, what difficulties have you had to face along your journey?
Like all of us, I had to understand how to deal with all those bureaucratic aspects, that I had completely been ignoring and, by the way, I hadn't been realizing it was an integral part of a freelance job. I'm often swamped with invoices to be made, e-mails and phone calls to be answered…in these situations, it's almost impossible to find time and just draw!
With your father, Emilian photographer Miro Zagnoli, you founded 'CLODOMIRO', an inclusive brand that's about both love and erotism. How could your products be described? And your customers?
We launched CLODOMIRO with an idea of working together on a project that had its roots in our interest for design, but approaching it in a light and "homemade" way. Erotism was chosen as starting point, but we often talk about love in a broader sense. Our products are made with care and, for each product, we collaborate with craftsmen (mostly, Italian), using our taste as compass. Our customers are very ironic people, who can understand the nature of the project, appreciating the cultural references. They aren't "shoppers gone crazy", but they patiently wait for the new products to come out.
ou've worked for many international companies (among these, Apple, Fiat and Barilla), but what has been your most exciting work experience?
I often cite my experience with MTA Arts & Design, that invited me to create a poster for the New York City subway, as one of the most engaging. The image was affixed on the trains and platforms of the metropolitan system and every day thousands of people walked past it. I've received many e-mails from the commuters and occasional patrons; creating a contact with all these people, through a project that was realized in the aloneness of my Milanese studio, has been exciting.
And what has challenged you? An experience that has put you to the test?
To be honest, each and every time I meet some disrespectful clients I'm put to the test. All those clients who demand changes on changes and don't trust any judgement coming from other people. Those who, in front of a refusal, keep on insisting. Those who think that their project is brilliant and that you must be looking forward to being part of it. Those who don't pay.
What's always in your bag?
Pens, lipsticks and…candy wrappers!
You realized, with Italian brand Marella, a capsule collection entitled 'OZFEVER', that was recently awarded by the Society of Illustrators. Would you tell us about this project?
OZFEVER is the third collection realized with Marella. This capsule collection is born from our will to celebrate the feminine irony and courage with an explosion of multi-coloured patterns. The capsule collection OZFEVER, that is made up of T-shirts, bags, poodle skirts, shorts, sunglasses and shirts, is a prime example of how serene and productive the collaboration with Marella has been so far, we all have a great desire to experiment!
What do you always forget to pack?
At 4 years old, you met U.S. artist Keith Haring, who gave you a small pin…do you still own it? And besides your big, round glasses, would this be the accessory you wouldn't be able to part with?
Yes, of course. As I'm afraid of losing the original pin, I have a copy attached to my coat.
A wish for the future of the Italian creative scene?
I hope there will be less copies of the copies of the copies and more artists ready to experiment with new forms or visual languages.
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A photo speaks a thousand words
Todays Sunday Times magazine takes a pictorial look at the first 100 days of Obama in the Whitehouse. From his first day in a sparsely decorated Oval Office to sipping a beer at the basketball match but do the pictures reveal anything that mere rhetoric does not?
@BarrackObama is clearly new to the job. The pictures show a family in the midst of massive adjustments. New job, new home and the new challenges of being the most famous family in the world. There's moments of joy and of exhaustion coupled with informal and formal shots of the President on his overseas engagement to the G20 Summit in London.
Included in the supplement are pictures from Nadav Kander who photographed 'team Obama' as they waited to take office. From the young dudes complete with MP3 players and shades to ex-rivals and now key team members like the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. The real life 'West Wing' workers and officials were asked to bring or wear items which carried personal importance or comfort with Ken Salazar sporting his trademark Stetson.
The photographs offer us a glimpse into both the Obama household and administration at a time when change came to America and a few famalies in particular.
You can read more about Obama's first 100 days on the Wall Street Journal Blog
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diy project: wood bud vase and salt dish
I can't deny I was a little hesitant with this month's Design*Sponge theme of flowers. Sure, I have some houseplants around, but when it comes to flowers – I'm usually mowing over them. Though, to fully embrace May's theme, I started thinking… What would I make my Mom for Mother's Day in a kind of "middle-school shop class" style?
I've had some interesting apothecary-type glass bottles laying around from an impulse purchase at American Science and Surplus, and some rough Walnut stashed in the shop. What if I use them both to make a small flower vessel centerpiece? Maybe I add a little salt cellar to it as well? This project goes much easier if you have the right tools, but could be accomplished with lesser machinery with some modifications. —Matt
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- A belt sander with heavy grit paper
- Orbital or palm sander with finer grit paper
- Drill press and forstner bit
- OSMO finish
- Soft cloths
1. From my rough of walnut, I cut a piece off and started some rough sanding on the belt sander. You can use a palm sander, but it's certainly going to take longer. I started out in a conventional shape, but decided to experiment with some facets and angles… just free-form sanding, but making sure my surfaces are all flat. You have lots of ways to experiment here – all square edges, angles, facets, live edges, bark edges… you can pretty much try anything. Rough sand with a heavy grit (60-80) to get the general shape you want.
2. From there, I mounted the block on the lathe to cut a cellar out of it. I know lathes aren't readily available in most homes, but you can carve this with hand tools, or even just drill out a surface. Maybe drill out a surface for a ceramic salt cellar to be placed in it? If you're turning on the lathe, make sure you do it a the slowest possible speed. Since the carving is not centered, it's going to wobble for sure.
3. Once having the cellar shape cut and sanded on the lathe, I used my drill press and a forstner bit to cut the vessel holes. Measure your vessel and cut a hole just slightly larger. Decide how deep or high you want them sitting… and you could even angle them in for an interesting look. Please be careful if you're using a hand-held drill and a forstner bit… they usually get unwieldy very quickly.
4. After all my cuts and holes have been made, It's time for finish sanding. This is the part I always want to rush, and it pays to relax and go slow. The more sanding you do, the better your surface will feel. I used my orbital sander with grits from 120, 180, 260, and 320. By then, you're getting wood incredibly smooth, and I further worked the surface with a hand sanding block and 400 grit ultra-fine paper. With that last pass, you've got VERY fine dust everywhere, so make sure you either blow it all off with compressed air, or use a tack cloth to clean the wood.
5. After sanding is complete, you can apply some finish. Since this will be touching something edible, make sure you pick a food-safe product. I have been using OSMO lately and I think it's great. It's low VOC and made from vegetable oils and waxes. Apply some OSMO thinly with a soft cloth and follow up with a clean cloth. Then just let it cure for 12 hours.
6. Once cured, you can buff for a little more shine.
7. Lastly, add your favorite finishing salt, and pick a small flower or twig from your yard to complete!


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For more than 40 years we have developed and produced balers and waste handling equipment for many customer groups around the world.
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We want to offer the best and most competitive solutions for waste compaction in the business. How?
Together with us, our customers will recycle waste in a better, more efficient and much cheaper way.
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Reactions to the death of Doris Day
Tributes to Doris Day, who died Monday at age 97
NEW YORK -- Tributes to Doris Day, who died Monday at age 97.
"Oh Ms. Day, A Cincinnati girl just like me. How many letters I drafted to you and didn't send. I could never get it right but they all said the same thing, I love you. Millions did and do. Godspeed. RIP" — Sarah Jessica Parker, via Instagram.
"I had the privilege of hanging out with her on a few occasions. Visiting her in her Californian home was like going to an animal sanctuary where her many dogs were taken care of in splendid style. She had a heart of gold and was a very funny lady who I shared many laughs with," Paul McCartney, in a statement on his website.
"In 1987, Doris Day founded one of the first national animal protection organization dedicated to legislative remedies for the worst animal abuse. Her foresight in this space has led to dozens of bills, final rules and policies on the federal level being enacted to end the horror "crush" videos, permanently retire chimpanzees from invasive research, reform the Toxic Substances Control Act to promote non-animal, 21st century methods to replace animal testing and ensure that commercial breeders selling puppies over the Internet to the public are licensed and regulated. She is an icon in the animal protection world and will be sorely missed for her singular advocacy," a statement by Sara Amundson, executive director of the Doris Day Animal League.
"Bravo wonderful Doris Day on a life beautifully lived. Thank you for the great gifts you shared with all of us, they will live forever," Mitzi Gaynor, via Twitter.
"I was saddened to learn that Doris Day, who starred in a film I had written 'The Thrill Of It All.' had passed away at 97. Just a week ago, I contacted her and welcomed her to the 97 Year Actor's Club," Carl Reiner, via Twitter.
"For those of us in my generation, Doris Day was synonymous with Hollywood icon. She would no doubt remind us, upon this day of her passing, "Que sera sera," but we will miss her dearly anyway," George Takei, via Twitter.
"The great Doris Day left us and took a piece of the sun with her. She brightened our lives and lived out her life with dignity. May she rest peacefully," Goldie Hawn, via Twitter.


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Did you read Egon's point that you in fact can assign multiple textures to a single Object3D? Obviously your loader doesn't do it, and it's possible that the information is lost by the time we create a .bones file, but wouldn't it be nice to recover this functionality for Bones? I think that it's worth a look at his loaders. At any rate, that's no longer the current issue.
I don't think that you understood my current problem at all. I would rather that the textures be at 2048x2048. But at that resolution, all I get is black (clearly because only the black part of the texture is being textured on the models). When I edit the textures to rescale them to 1024x1024, I get some of the non-black texture parts (albeit the wrong parts in the wrong places).
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Interaction of biomaterial containing calcium hydroxyapatite/poly-l-lactide with simulated body fluid
АуториVukelić, Marija
Mitić, Žarko
Miljković, Miroslav
Živković, Jelena
Ignjatović, Nenad L.
Uskoković, Dragan
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The purpose of biomaterials is to replace a part or a function of the body in a safe, physiologically and economically acceptable way. The process of the reconstruction of bone defects has always been a big problem in orthopedics and maxillofacial surgery. Since hydroxyapatite (HAp) was detected as a component, the predominant constituent and the integral element of Mammalian bones, the development of the phospate ceramics as potential materials for implantation was enabled. This study investigated whether and in which way biomaterial calcium hydroxyapatite/poly-L-lactide (HAp/PLLA) interacts with the ionic composition of the human plasma. The simulated body fluid (SBF) is an artificial fluid that has the ionic composition and ionic concentration similar to the human blood plasma. HAp/PLLA was incubated for 1, 2, 3 and 5 weeks in SBF. The surfaces of both treated and untreated materials were analyzed on a scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and were also exposed to the energy dispersiv...e X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), while SBF was submitted to the measuring of pH and electrical conductivity. However, our results indicate that the degradational changes of the material HAp/PLLA in SBF start from the surface of the treated material and that observed changes are the consequence of dissolution of its polymer component and the precipitation of the material similar to hydroxyapatite on its surface. This material shows good characteristics that place it among good candidates for the application in orthopedics and maxillofacial surgery.
Кључне речи:biomaterials / hydroxyapatite / poly-l-lactide / simulated body fluid
Извор:Acta Medica Medianae, 2011, 35-39
- Niš : University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine; Department of the Serbian Medical Society Niš
- Молекуларно дизајнирање наночестица контролисаних морфолошких и физичко-хемијских карактеристика и функционалних материјала на њиховој основи (RS-45004)
DOI: 10.5633/amm.2011.0406


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More Than 400 Hurt As Protesters Intensifies Their Rage Against Fuel Rises In France
More than 400 people were hurt and 14 seriously in a day and night of protests by "yellow vests" with one person was dying, said the Interior Minister Mr C. Castanet. Protesters set up to block roads, roundabouts and thoroughfares to show their anger at the hike in fuel prices. Some drivers confronted the protesters resulting in tempers flaring among them. It was estimated that 288,000 took part in the protest on Saturday at 2,034 locations and 3,500 people stayed out overnight.
Pope Francis Marks Day Of The Poor
The Roman Catholic Church's Day of the Poor was marked by Pope Francis who invited thousands of poor people to Mass and lunch at the St Peter's Basilica. He said, "Let us ask for the grace to hear the cry of all those tossed by the waves of life." The Pope has also arranged for doctors to provide free medical care.
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So I purchased the digislider kit online a few weeks ago because it checked two boxes. Slider, and timelapse motor. Also, for the price it seemed fairly well made and had good reviews.
I have been using it for the last two weeks and can confirm it performs well as a timelapse slider useful for long exposures.
The few minor cons I see to its design are: stiff slider carriage (can not be moved by hand even if the motor is not engaged) granted this is also a plus for elevated timelapses but for video work will be a minus.
The control box markings a bit small so it's hard to tell what the interval you have set.
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One nice thing about Donald Trump is that he's obvious about his biases. Fighting bigotry is never easy, but the battle is a touch easier when everyone can see the bigotry and you don't have to talk people into noticing it.
I face the latter problem now that I'm on the job hunt. Ageism in hiring is as hard to prove as racism, sexism, and homophobia, even if it's not always as common or as vicious.
But it's real. When the employment counseling firm RiseSmart helped me craft my resume and cover letter, they lowered my span of experience from "over 30 years" to "over 20 years." Both are true, but "20 years" makes me seem younger than "30 years." And my job counselor admitted straight out that my being 57 rather than 37 would probably add months to my job search.
Understand: As a white hetero male, I've had it easy due to sheer luck, and I know it — while skilled women, gays, and people of color have undeservedly lost out on jobs, raises, and promotions. I'm Jewish, so I might have faced anti-Semitism in hiring, but I haven't seen much evidence of it. And I'm short in a world where height matters (see http://econlife.com/20…/…/height-discrimination-and-success/ and https://broadly.vice.com/…/how-height-and-weight-affect-you…); but occasional anti-height bias is trivial compared to the discrimination that other people have encountered daily.
Now that ageism has made it my turn to face everyday prejudice, I hope that I handle it with the dignity and strength that other victims of discrimination have displayed.


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First official Green Spiral Field Trip –
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A Milestone in SWIFT Corporate Connectivity
By Hendrik De Spiegeleer, Senior Product Manager SWIFT, ING Group
ING has had a long and proactive commitment to supporting clients that choose to use SWIFT for bank connectivity. In 2017, the bank reached an important milestone, with almost one in four of all SWIFT corporate clients worldwide now connected to ING. In this interview, Hendrik De Spiegeleer discusses how the bank has achieved this milestone, and its plans for the future.
What factors would you say have contributed to clients' successful implementation of SWIFT with ING?
When we started as an early pioneer in promoting SWIFT for corporates twelve years ago, there was only a relatively narrow spectrum of customers for whom it was relevant, notably large, multinational, multi-banked corporations. Implementations were quite lengthy and complex, and the integration burden was often high. Today, SWIFT's appeal and value proposition extends to a far broader range of corporations, particularly as they can take advantage of ING's centralised, streamlined approach to onboarding and integration, and a choice of implementation options to meet each customer's specific functional requirements. In the past, sales teams may have found it difficult to talk to customers about SWIFT; today, SWIFT is an integral element of our channels strategy and a crucial choice for many of our clients, particularly those that work with multiple banks.
You mention that a broader range of clients are now attracted to, and derive value from, implementing SWIFT. How has the client profile changed?
Early adopters of SWIFT for corporates were large, global, multi-banked corporations that typically had the most complex and sophisticated connectivity needs, but these customers typically also had access to more substantial IT resources than their smaller peers to support the initial implementation and ongoing maintenance. Today, not only are we seeing corporations of all sizes adopting SWIFT, but as a variety of implementation options now exists, combined with a quick and straightforward approach to onboarding through ING, there is no longer the need to dedicate significant IT support or to develop specialist expertise.
Few, if any, clients now choose to install the SWIFT gateway on their premises, with the majority preferring instead to outsource SWIFT connectivity to a service bureau. This includes the 50-60% of clients that connect through SWIFT's cloud solution Alliance Lite2, reflecting a wider movement towards cloud-based solutions. Increasingly, SWIFT connectivity is integrated within treasury management and ERP solutions, so the implementation and integration burden is significantly reduced.
What factors would you say have contributed to the success of ING's onboarding approach?
We established a central service for onboarding corporate customers some years ago, and since then, we have ramped up our skills and experience to become a centre of excellence. By concentrating knowledge and expertise, we are able to share best practices and support the specific needs of each customer through every step of the implementation journey. Building the right skills, a smooth onboarding process and excellent client service are key factors; however, just as important is the expanding scope and richness of our SWIFT offering. As a bank, we have expanded our footprint across Europe and beyond to reflect the evolving needs of our clients, and SWIFT is a valuable tool in managing international expansion and reducing the complexity of operating in new territories. For example, a growing number of our customers have operations in challenging countries such as Russia and Ukraine. By leveraging SWIFT, these customers can achieve visibility and manage risk in a way consistent with other parts of their business.
In addition, the range of SWIFT's solutions continues to grow, such as SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) that accelerates and builds transparency into cross-border payments. Customers are keen to understand and engage with these developments, and take advantage of new innovations. We are also proactive in promoting the use of MyStandards. This is a platform hosted by SWIFT where our customers can find the descriptions of our supported file formats and test the files they generate against our standards. MyStandards significantly increases the speed at which customers can adopt new file formats and increases their self-service capabilities.


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Myrica Q, 2 drops, twice a day, Thuja 30x - every evening (E)
LASUNA by Himalaya
SHUDDHA GUGGULU by Himalaya
these two medicines when taken has shown significant reduction in Cholestrol..
Taking High Concentrate Fish Oil with DHA seems a very essential addition. See Amazon review.
Carlson Labs Very Finest Liquid Fish Oil:
Triglycerides were reduced from 309 to 169 in 12 months, taking 2 table spoons per day. HDL went from 38 to 61. Good news for someone like me who does not want to take any meds.
Niacin and Fish Oil when taken together is a well known natural medicine to reduce Cholestrol
Almonds = 3 per head
Walnut, 1 cup or less for 3 heads
Sunflower seed = 1/2 cup for 3 heads
Dates 1 or 2 per head
Flaxseed oil = 1 teaspoon per head
Carlson Labs Norwegian Natural Vitamin E Cod Liver Oil, Lemon, 500ml, Glass Bottle
taking 1 TSP of Carlson's Cod Liver oil everyday with a bowl of oatmeal
Ayurvedic Tablet ABANA of Himalayan drugs co. 2 tablets twice a day for a month & then reduce to one tablet twice daily also is a very good medicine for setting right the lipid profile (daktersaab in abchomeopathic forum. Not tested)


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8 Most Popular Hairstyles for Mature Women
Every year is a fresh start. One common ritual among ladies is to sport a whole new hairdo every time we think of starting over. 2016 truly got by really fast and now that it's September, we are only a few months away to another new year! Well, before we talk about what 2017 has in store for us, let's take a quick look on some of the extremely stylish and diverse hairstyles that made it to 2016's most popular list.
8 Most Popular Hairstyles for Mature Women
#1 Mid-Parted Hairstyle for Long and Textured Hair
Mid-parted or Center-parted hairstyles were very common among models during the 2016 Fashion Week. The key is to have the hair equally parted on the middle and tuck both sides behind the ears. This looks gorgeous on long hair, both with straight and wavy layers. The sleek center partition allows the hair to flow freely on both sides without hindering facial features.
How to style it: Use a fine-tooth comb and part the hair equally on the middle. You can either tuck the sides behind the ears or secure the sections with a bobby pin. Use a bit of wax or hairspray on the center partition for it to last all day.
#2 Bluntly-Chopped Wavy Bob
2016 is all about short bob haircuts! This particular hairstyle needs no layers to give the hair some lift, instead, the hair is bluntly chopped. This hairstyle allows the hair to be in one straight length, but to sway away from its simple and effortless cut, the hair is given a bit of texture by sporting soft waves. Check out Celebrity Style: 15 Best Bob and Lob Hairstyles.
How to style it: Once you got your hair chopped, style it up by using a flat iron to create the subtle waves. Take small sections of the hair and gently curl it in alternate directions to create a messy do. Brush with fingers and apply some hairspray to set.
#3 Voluminous Curls
These voluminous curls are some sort of a throwback from the 80s. Though comparable to the hairstyles in the 80s, the 2016 version contains less hairsprays and teasing. They key to this look is to create volume, not by teasing the hair but by curling small sections of the entire hair. This hairstyle looks great on medium to long hair.
How to style it: You can use a set of non-heat curlers for this one if you have 2 to 3 hours to spare. Otherwise, you can opt for a 1" or ¾"-sized curling iron for this look. Start sectioning your hair from the inside and work your way until you reach the surface of the hair. Leave at least 1 inch of the roots uncurled to prevent unmanageable puffiness. Use a serum to softly hold the curls and keep the hair looking shiny.
#4 Medium-Length Volumized Bob
Medium bobs can be either blunt or layered – the key to this look is the volume. Despite the hairstyle having straight texture and zero waves, it doesn't look too flat. The hair flows inwards which also gives the illusion of having a smaller face. Bangs are optional, but with this particular hairstyle that has become very popular this year, these medium-cut bobs come in see-through side bangs.
How to style it: Take a round brush and a blow dryer. Comb your hair using the round brush from the roots all the way down and work your way inwards as you blow dry your hair. Repeat this step until your hair becomes voluminous and bouncy.
#5 Structured Bob
This classy hairstyle truly rocked 2016 with all its might! The look is very common with a lot of women this year. From the red carpet, to the runway, Instagram, magazines.. you name it! What's quite enamoring with this look is that it's very wearable in any occasion. It can look classic for evening parties and laid back for impromptu shopping.
How to style it: Part your hair on one side and create textured waves to create body to your hair. It is recommended that you use a curling iron with a barrel size of 1.25". This will create huge and subtle waves perfect for short to medium hair lengths.
#6 Full Bangs
Full bangs made its vicious comeback on the runway as it truly made certain hairstyles stand out. It is either trimmed too short (above the eyebrows) or trimmed on eye level. The key to this popular hairstyle is to have the bangs full, thick and straight. The thing to note about flaunting full bangs is that you have to trim it every once in a while, especially if you're trying to maintain it for a long time. Despite that, a lot of women get their full bangs on for it is undeniably chic and trendy!
How to style it: Part your hair and pull the front section forward. Use a fine tooth comb and comb the hair gently until it is tangle-free. Spray a bit of water to put the strands in place. Take your scissors and make sure you cut onto your desired length.
#7 Pixie Haircut
Korean superstar Go Jun Hee and Spanish actress Paz Vega proved that the pixie haircut can look incredibly classy and chic this year. This hairstyle reveals the entire face, which shows your exceptional facial features. It doesn't require so much styling and a few strokes of brush can already tame it. It is great for people who have small faces and long necks.
How to style it: Pixie hairstyles are very easy to work with. You can style it up by taking a liberal amount of wax and scrunch it a bit to give more volume. You can also take a flat iron to create semi-curls to make it look more textured.
#8 Shaggy Layered Bob
This is definitely one of those hairstyles that define the #iwokeuplikethis hashtag! Its messy layers and shaggy cut makes it look effortless and stylish at the same time. To make it look more mysterious and defined, this bob is usually paired up with a long fringe. This hairstyle is great for the summer and it's one of those hairstyles that don't require so much maintenance.
How to style it: Take a glossy hair wax and scrunch it onto the sections of the hair to create more texture. This messy hairdo matches great in a semi-wet look. To achieve such, you can go back to your glossy hair wax and apply some of it onto the ends of your hair.
There are still tons of hairstyles out there that truly marked this year. Truly, we are living in a generation wherein freedom of choice is our way of life. 2016 opened its doors to a lot of diverse and eccentric hairstyles but some of the most popular ones made it to this list. The year isn't over yet, you can still go for that hairstyle you've been wanting! Just remember to create a hairstyle that will let you be the best version of yourself. For more hairstyles, check Celebrity Style: 15 Best Bob and Lob Hairstyles & Trendy Hairstyles for Long Hair this 2016 & Short Hair


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Science fiction novels are my favorite drug. There's nothing like sitting down on a rainy day (or in a sunlit park) with a good book. It's never a bad time to get lost in a sci-fi adventure. Especially if these adventures involve female sci-fi characters.
I'm a dude, so I can appreciate a fun, escapist sci-fi story with a two-fisted, muscular male hero. But to me, there's something special about female sci-fi characters. A lot of the time, they're more interesting than male protagonists. Female sci-fi characters have got more pressing problems. Most of the time, their personalities are more complex. Their motivations can be more mysterious, especially to a male reader like me. It's always interesting to embark on a sci-fi adventure as seen through the lens of the opposite gender.
This being sci-fi Saturday and all, I thought I'd put together a quick list of my top four female sci-fi characters. These characters come from novels. I won't be discussing video games or movies. (That'll come later.) Maybe you've heard of some of these ladies, and maybe you haven't. But if you come away from this blog post with one more book added to your to-read list, then my work is done.
Without further ado…
#1. Breq from Ancillary Justice (2013).
Anne Leckie's epic Imperial Radch series has been turning heads and exciting sci-fi mavens for a good few years now. The first book, Ancillary Justice, has the best setup for a sci-fi plot that I've seen in years. And the protagonist may not even technically qualify for our list of female sci-fi characters!
From Wikipedia:
Ancillary Justice is a space opera set thousands of years in the future, where the primary galactic power of human-occupied planets is the expansionist Radch empire. The empire uses AIs to control human bodies ("ancillaries") that are used as soldiers, though regular humans also are soldiers. The Radchaai do not distinguish people by gender, which Leckie conveys by using female personal pronouns for everybody, and by having the Radchaai main character guess wrongly when she has to use languages with gender-specific pronouns.
The narrative begins several years after the disappearance of a Radch starship, the Justice of Toren, when the sole surviving ancillary (and fragment of the Justice of Toren's consciousness), Breq, encounters an officer, Seivarden, whom she had known 1,000 years earlier. The two are on an ice planet, and Seivarden is in precarious condition. The plot switches between two strands: Breq's "present day" quest for justice for the Justice of Toren's destruction, and flashbacks from 19 years earlier when the Justice of Toren was in orbit around the planet of Shis'urna, which was being formally brought into the Radchaai empire. The reader eventually finds out that the Justice of Toren's destruction was the result of a covert war between two opposed strands of consciousness of the Lord of the Radch, Anaander Mianaai, who uses multiple synchronized bodies to rule her far-flung empire. At the end of the novel, Breq associates herself with the more pacific aspect of Anaander Mianaai while waiting for an opportunity to exact her revenge.
Doesn't that sound awesome? We're not sure if Breq is really a female or not, though. She might be a man, and female pronouns just might be used for her. The Radchaai do not distinguish people by gender, as the summary said. If Breq is a woman, though, she sounds like my kind of woman. Plucky, assertive, competent, and not one to take any crap, even from her superiors. I love female sci-fi characters like that.
#2. Emiko from The Windup Girl (2009).
If you've never read Paolo Bacigalupi's breakthrough science fiction novel The Windup Girl, drop what you're doing and order it on Amazon now. This Nebula Award-winning book is set in futuristic Thailand. How many awesome sci-fi books do you know that take place in Thailand?
From Amazon:
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe.
What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits, when said bio-terrorism's genetic drift forces mankind to the cusp of post-human evolution?
Emiko, though she starts out quiet and passive (like most enslaved characters do), eventually comes into her own. She reaches her breaking point, becomes a fighter, and decides to take a stand against her captors. She strikes out on her own, even though the world of futuristic Bangkok is a strange and savage one. This is a rewarding journey to watch female sci-fi characters embark upon, no matter when or where the story is set.
Oh, did I mention there are Imperial mammoths in this book as well?
#3. Lady Jessica from Dune (1965).
Dune, if you haven't heard of it, is one of the 20th century's masterworks of science fiction. It won a Nebula Award and tied for a Hugo Award a year after its publication. Ostensibly about a feudal society inhabiting a distant desert planet whose main resource is "spice," which enables humanity to navigate the hideous distances between the stars, Dune is really a subtle commentary on the political struggle for oil in the Middle East.
From Wikipedia:
In the far future, humanity has eschewed advanced computers in favor of adapting their minds to be capable of extremely complex tasks. Much of this is enabled by the spice melange, which is found only on Arrakis, a desert planet with giant sandworms as its most notable native lifeform. Melange improves general health, extends life and can bestow limited prescience, and its rarity makes it a form of currency in the interstellar empire. Melange allows the Spacing Guild's Navigators to safely route faster-than-light travel between planets, and helps the Reverend Mothers of the matriarchal Bene Gesserit to access their Other Memory, the ego and experiences of their female ancestors.
Lady Jessica is the concubine to Duke Leto Atreides, the feudal lord of Arrakis, and the mother of Leto's son, Paul Atreides. When the Duke is assassinated, Paul and his mother must go into hiding. They find shelter among the ruthless nomadic Fremen who inhabit the desert wildernesses. At every turn of the novel, Lady Jessica is a captivating character. As a member of an esoteric all-women order of mystics known as the Bene Gesserit, she has powers and secret ways unknown to almost all the other characters in the novel. But on the other hand, she is a loving and concerned mother to Paul. At first, she is his teacher. But then she gradually becomes amazed at his progress toward adulthood and his mastery of Bene Gesserit and Fremen ways.
This duality (competent Bene Gesserit, loving mother) makes her one of my favorite female sci-fi characters of all time.
#4. Leisha Camden from Beggars in Spain (1993).
Beggars in Spain is one of Nancy Kress's most well-known novels. Critics hold it up as an example of remarkable prescience. Kress predicted several technological breakthroughs and emerging societal trends. The original novella won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Beggars in Spain has one of the most unforgettable female sci-fi characters ever. She is the young, lovely, and potentially immortal Leisha Camden.
From Wikipedia:
Beggars in Spain and its sequels take place in a future where genetic engineering has become a reality, and society and culture face the consequences of genetic modifications (genemods), particularly in the United States. The world of Beggars in Spain is also powered by cold fusion, named "Y-energy" after its pioneer Kenzo Yagai. Yagai also founded "Yagaiism", a moral worldview Kress based on Objectivism, in which dignity is solely the product of what a person can achieve through his or her own efforts, and the contract is the basis of society. As a corollary, the weak and unproductive are not owed anything.
The novel's title comes from its primary moral question, as presented by character Tony Indivino: what do productive and responsible members of society owe the "beggars in Spain", the unproductive masses who have nothing to offer except need? This is underscored by the rift between the Sleepers and the Sleepless; the Sleepless are superior in mind and body, and easily capable of outperforming their normal cousins. All men are not created equal. Where, then, is the line between equality and excellence? How far should any superior minority hold themselves back for fear of engendering feelings of inadequacy in their inferiors?—especially if this minority is not hated and feared, but rather the elite?
Leisha Camden is the daughter of financier Roger Camden, one of Yagai's most notorious sponsors. Roger Camden had his genes modified to be one of "the Sleepless," a special caste of people who do not sleep. They also have higher IQs. They are 50% more productive than the rest of society, since they work through the nighttime. Leisha, as Roger's daughter, was born Sleepless.
As a result of her genetic modifications, by the time she turns fifteen, Leisha is several grades ahead of her peers. At sixteen, Leisha takes a Sleepless lover, Richard Keller. She also meets other Sleepless, such as Tony Indivino. Tony suggests to Leisha that the Sleepless all band together in some sort of fortified area and form a private, socioeconomic enclave. Tony feels that the Sleepers will soon come to hate the Sleepless and will begin showing prejudice against them. Events begin to bear Tony's thesis out. A Sleepless athlete is prohibited from taking part in the Olympics. Matters continue to escalate until Leisha finds herself on a daring rescue mission to save a young Sleepless girl from being violently abused by her parents.
It's rewarding to see Leisha's transformation from a privileged and relatively carefree woman into a socially conscious savior of her fellow Sleepless. Beggars in Spain is also a fascinating look at how genetic modification and immortality might affect our society in unpredictable ways. What does humanity become when he conquers his own biology…?
There ya go, Internet! I've shown you my favorite four female sci-fi characters in science fiction novels. Now go create some of your own!


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