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The Future of Plus-Size Sustainable Fashion Is Bright



Just a few years ago, a woman in a monochromatic linen ensemble staring at a blank wall was the epitome of ethical fashion. Who was she? How did she end up there? What about the nothingness of a beige wall captivated her attention, or was it merely the perfect foil to her impossibly crease-free linens? I didn’t overthink it; I was too busy desperately wanting to be her. I longed to feel a sense of belonging in the ethical fashion sphere, to be a monochromatic angel with unkempt curls and that Glossier glow.Get more news about Plus Size Dresses for women,you can vist 5xsize.com!

But in reality, I was the fat girl emailing designers to ask them why their sizing all stopped at an XXL when they insisted their sustainably designed garments were here to save the planet. I wanted to save the planet too. I wanted to wear clothing that was consciously made. I wanted to stare blankly at an empty wall knowing deep in my heart how effortlessly cool I looked.Being plus-size means so much of your experience in fashion is being firmly told how not to dress. Don’t wear horizontal lines, things that are too tight, things that are too loose. Think of clothing more as fashion-adjacent camouflage. Sometimes I wonder if a lifetime of being told how not to dress made me the perfect candidate for minimalist fashion. There was no way to do it incorrectly—just make sure you match your bone, sand, and muted olive-toned linens together.

In hindsight I wonder if I ever truly wanted to be the aforementioned minimalist dream girl, or if she was just the most obtainable fashion icon. When you exist in the niche of sustainable fashion for plus-size bodies, it’s hard to distinguish between what is a style choice and what is your only option. But in 2020, a new wave of bright, ethical fashion answered that question for me, and spoiler alert, my closet now has a neon floral silk dress hanging in it.
Somewhere between Lizzo twerking to herald in the new year in a multicolor bikini and Barbie Ferreira’s character on Euphoria unequivocally declaring that “there’s nothing more powerful than a fat girl who doesn’t give a fuck,” the “fashion rules” prescribed to plus-size customers, which almost always existed to shame our bodies, have been drowned out. As this new era of fat-positive fashion dawns, there’s been a shift among sustainable brands. Not only are they extending their size ranges, but they’re also employing prints and patterns with abandon. In the span of two years, I went from begging brands to make minimalist capsule pieces in plus-sizes to choosing which checkerboard lounge set best fit my closet color story. After years of monochromatic linen, it’s a welcome change.

First came the muted capsule staples from ethical brands dipping their toes in size inclusion, like Sotela, Only Child, and of course, Elizabeth Suzann, the sadly now defunct brand beloved by ethical fashion minimalists. Then just as quickly, in a desperate stretch to compete with the eye-grabbing prints and sequins of fast fashion houses like ASOS and Eloquii, select ethical fashion brands started releasing brighter and bolder collections. “We’ll have what they’re having!” proclaimed the plus-size consumer.

For me, it all started with a brightly embroidered matching wide-leg pant and tank set from Nettle Studios that arrived at my doorstep late February 2020. I had cautiously reasoned the set would mix well with my existing wardrobe. I was not prepared for how glorious it would feel to stand out, not because of my size, but because my outfit demanded such attention. That pull towards the ornate is how I found myself standing in Wray’s Brooklyn studio, a Latinx-owned brand known for its art-influenced patterns. Wray clothes have been worn by celebrities like Aidy Bryant, Maya Rudolph, Sasheer Zamata, and Hilary Duff, and on that particular day, me. Wray Serna was fitting me for a shimmery black and emerald floral cocktail dress.

Serna, the designer, founder, and namesake of the brand, wholeheartedly acknowledges the lack of maximalist, size-inclusive fashion, despite the demand from plus-size customers. After expanding its size range in June 2020 to include extended sizes up to a 5X (with plans to release its full line in a 6X by spring 2021, and 7X also in the works), Wray has seen unprecedented growth in its plus-size customer base: “We felt strongly that we don’t have the authority to decide what people want to wear for them, and that to truly be inclusive with our products and our sizing, we had to make every single garment in the full size range.”

Tailoring the spring constant of ceramic helical compression springs


Ceramic springs combine attractive properties for applications in machinery, metrology, and sensor technology. They are electrically insulating, non-magnetic, provide a linear stress-strain behavior, and are stable at high temperatures and in corrosive environments. Generally, the precise dimensioning of a ceramic spring with respect to the spring constant is challenging. Different models are described, but many of these calculations do not match the actual spring properties. We demonstrate a reliable approach for the dimensioning and manufacturing of helical compression springs with a rectangular winding cross-section. Based on the German standard DIN 2090, which is referring to metallic springs, the spring constant can be calculated based on shear modulus, diameter, height, widths, and number of windings. Different ceramic springs were produced by milling of sintered hollow cylinders of zirconia, alumina and silicon nitride. Get more news about Compression Ceramic Spring,you can vist our website!

Ceramic springs are commercially available and a detailed reliability analysis of these components would be useful for their introduction in new applications. In this paper an analytical and a numerical analyses of the failure probability for coil springs under compression is presented. Based on analytically derived relationships and numerically calculated results, fitting functions for volume and surface flaws will be introduced which provide the prediction of the failure probability of ceramic coil springs with different spring- and material-parameters. As an example, typical mechanical properties for Si3N4 are chosen. It is shown that surface flaws control the strength of the investigated springs.

Desktop Waterjet Cutting Comes to Hobbyists With Wazer



As digitally driven tools become more accessible, machines traditionally reserved for industrial use continue to shrink in size and price — something we’ve seen with everything from 3D printing to CNC milling. Now the introduction of Wazer puts the waterjet cutter into home workshops too.Get more news about Desktop Waterjet,you can vist our website!

The new machine offers a 12″ x 18″ bed and can cut thicknesses up to 1″ depending on the material — which is where waterjet cutting really shines, as the material options are almost limitless. Steel, titanium, and aluminum (up to 1/8″ thick), glass, stone, and porcelain (up to 3/8″ thick), and plastics (up to 1/2″ thick) are all within the capabilities of the tool. This sets it apart from consumer-grade laser cutters and mills that struggle with metals, or CNC plasma cutters that specialize just in steel. Wazer can even do paper and wood at its max depth — the team showed us a 3/4″ board that was cleanly cut with the machine, although they suggest other tools are better for those porous materials.
Wazer is a refined-looking grey setup with two major parts — the main cutting unit, about the size of a barbecue grill, and a separate pump, roughly half that size, that sits nearby. The device functions on standard 110 voltage and connects to a water source and and drainage location with a pair of garden hoses, which again sets it apart from the much higher infrastructure needs of industrial waterjet cutters. Almost everything is self contained; a drawer on the side of the unit slides out to add the abrasive cutting material (a fine garnet sand); the clear top lifts up to show the bed, cutting head, and gasket-covered CNC gantry; a cover at the front of that pulls out to reveal the used abrasive neatly stored into canisters, allowing for easy disposal (which on industrial machines requires the large pump unit to be dismantled and shoveled out, a grueling job from those I know who’ve had to do it).

Wazer founders Nisan Larea and Matt Nowicki tell us this began as a class project in 2012, to make their engineering program a waterjet cutter so they wouldn’t have to use angle grinders to cut their materials. After a stint at Biolite, the two returned to the project in the past year, joining the Hax Accelerator in January and moving to Shenzhen to produce a sellable unit and begin working on manufacturing. Their Kickstarter launched this week with a list price of $5999, but the standard early bird tiers that allowed some to back at a $3599 price. It quickly hit the $100,000 goal, and a day later is nearing the half-million dollar mark. They tell us they expect to ship in the Fall of 2017.

There are tradeoffs with Wazer versus large waterjet machines — the cut speeds and thicknesses are reduced, as is the bed size. It’s also slightly less precise than a CNC mill, making it harder to use the waterjet-cut parts for engineering purposes where ultra-precise tolerances are a must (Wazer lists the XY gantry precision at 0.003″), and the technology is designed for full cuts, rather than engraving and etching. And all types of water jets use consumables, another expense, and will experience wear — the nozzle on this is replaceable for that.

IP Telephony Comes of Age



Once utilized by only the most cutting-edge businesses, IP telephony - where voice conversations are routed over the Internet or through any other IP-based network - is truly growing up.Get more news about Ip Telephony,you can vist our website!
Also referred to as voice over IP, or VoIP, "IP telephony has gone mainstream," says VoIP analyst Brian Riggs of Current Analysis. "There's no doubt about it." A look at the latest statistics bears out his contention: sales of VoIP are outstripping sales of traditional PBX lines, with the former rising by 10 percent last year and the latter declining at a comparable rate.
Retailers are clearly among the big adopters of VoIP. Research released by Aberdeen Group indicates that nearly 80 percent of large retailers, 39 percent of mid-sized retailers and almost 20 percent of small merchants had implemented VoIP by the end of 2006, up from a respective 20 percent, three percent and zero percent at year-end 2004. The evolution of IP telephony products comprises a major driver here. Such vendors as 3Com, Cisco, Nortel, RAD, SpectraLink and Covad have standardized the feature sets of their products. Some players offer hybrid software that enable end-users to gradually phase out legacy PBX systems.
The benefits of migrating to VoIP telephony are equally compelling. Admittedly, IP-based and traditional phone systems require a comparable initial financial outlay - with the exception of IP-enabled handsets, that are double the price of older models, at $200 to $300 apiece. However, the cost of maintaining VoIP configurations is lower because they require less maintenance than their legacy-style counterparts. IP telephony also minimizes retailers' long-distance calling charges by enabling calls between stores and corporate headquarters to be executed over a virtual private network (VPN).
Productivity enhancements abound as well. With IP-enabled telephones in hand, incoming calls can be forwarded to store managers and associates on the sales floor, and voicemail can be accessed remotely. Some systems let managers with a single mailbox listen to voicemail and E-mail simultaneously, from any location, via text-to-speech technology.
For three-unit retailer, Cambria Bicycle Outfitter, migrating to a VoIP system built on Covad's ClearEdge application has lowered monthly expenditures for calls between stores and the warehouse by two-thirds, according to Cambria's president, Steve Fleury. An online dashboard component of the application allows the entire phone system to be managed from any computer, expediting the handling of calls from customers and suppliers.
"A lot of our staff also move around from store to store or from stores to our warehouse," Fleury says. "With the system, we can transfer their calls to their cell phones, so they can assist customers even while they are out on the floor without compromising efficiencies."

Getting To Know Chinotto



When you think of your favorite summer cocktail, what comes to mind? I’m guessing “chinotto” wasn’t your first thought. Here’s the great news: Even if you’ve never heard of chinotto, you still have time to grab some and get ready for the season.Get more news about Citrus Myrtifolia Extract,you can vist our website!

The most underrated member of the orange family is living a new life! Chinotto oranges (Citrus myrtifolia) come from a tree that originated in China. They’re shaped similar to typical oranges, but their taste is more tart and sour—and their smell is intense. California’s chinotto harvest begins in April and ends late May. In Italy, the fruit is commonly grown in Liguria and Sicily. Italians are more familiar with chinotto because one of their popular soda-like beverages is named after the citrus.

Chinotto oranges—which give an explosion of bittersweet, herbal, and fresh notes to any food or beverage—are becoming more desirable among chefs and inventive mixologists. Because of their unique, aromatic flare, chinotto are the perfect addition to any fragrant drink. San Francisco-based spirit and cocktail expert Vivian Cromwell (The Tipsy Muse) created a drink called The Heart of Darkness, which contains chinotto liqueur, Hamilton Rum, Fernet Branca, lime juice, and blackberry sage syrup. The original recipe comes from David Kwiatkowski, but Cromwell adapted the ingredients to obtain, in her words, “a bittersweet finish.”

The small orange fruit is also a great candidate for sweet and sour marmalade, like the one prepared by Portland chef and gardener Jen McCabe (@honeykennedy). She creates a specialty toast using whole wheat date walnut sourdough toast as the base and chinotto orange blossom jam, goat cheese, vanilla, and sea salt for the topping. Need I say more to intensify your breakfast cravings? Another marmalade recipe comes from Southern California-based food blogger Sophie James, who reflects, “I came across some chinottos and needed to put them to good use. There are so many things you can do with them! Bitter oranges and their peels freeze well, so, if you’re ever in doubt, always say yes. Their juice is a good replacement for lemon or lime, especially when preparing richer meats like duck.”
Ciccio Sultano, owner and executive chef of two-Michelin-starred Il Duomo in Ragusa, pays homage to the herbaceous citrus that’s commonly found in Sicily but lesser-known throughout other parts of Italy. One of his signature dishes, “Pisci d’ uovo”-style red mullet with crispy fishbone, is a tribute to his home.

"The use of candied fruit in Sicilian cuisine, and generally speaking all over Italian cuisine, is widespread,” explains the chef. “For my Palermo-style Scaccia, for example, I wanted to replace the raisins (which are more traditional) with the chinotto, pushing the citrus notes as the primary catalyst, being [that] Arabs [are] masters of candied fruits. In the recipe for this dish, one of my signatures from Sicilian Dominations, the Chinotto is the citric element that enhances all the other flavors."

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Blizzard Changes Course On WoW Classic Clone Pricing


Blizzard's upcoming Burning Crusade expansion for WoW Classic will be here on June 1st, though that hasn't stopped the company from taking in feedback about the packages and costs surrounding the upcoming launch. One such area has been the cost of cloning your character on both Classic and Burning Crusade servers. Blizzard today announced they would be lowering the cost of the cloning service, thanking players for their feedback and passion.To get more news about buying gold classic wow, you can visit lootwowgold official website.

In a post on the World of Warcraft Classic forums, community manager Kaivax announced the change in pricing, lowering the cost of cloning your character to use on both WoW Classic's vanilla servers as well as the upcoming Burning Crusade Classic servers from $35 down to $15.

Kaivax cites player feedback as a reason for the change. And it makes sense. In the wake of the announcement of the pricing, a large and vocal segment World of Warcraft players sounded their displeasure across fan sites, Reddit and so on, slamming the $35 price tag. Kaivax lists this as a major reason for lowering the cost of the service.

"However, over the last week or so, we've gotten a very large amount of feedback from the community, and we've decided to lower the price," Kaivax states in the forum post. The community manager continued stating that the lower price will still allow Blizzard to "accomplish [their] goals" while making the service an option for more players where the $35 price tag might have priced them out.

Blizzard closed the forum post expressing their thanks to the community for their "passion and thoughtfulness."

"As always, we deeply appreciate the passion and thoughtfulness of the WoW community. We play WoW alongside you, and we can’t wait to join you next week on Classic Era realms, in the Burning Crusade Classic pre-patch, and as we step through the Dark Portal with you in June."