INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your hair will form knots and start to cling together. Your hair will naturally start to separate into sections within a few days and will form distinctive sections within a couple of weeks.  Be patient. This stage can be short or take longer, depending on what your hair's natural texture is. The coarser your hair is, the faster dreads will form. If you have very straight hair, as with most Asian hair textures and some Caucasian hair textures, you may need to help dreads form by backcombing, adding wax, or crocheting dreads. Clean hair dreads best, but washing your hair too often can prevent it from dreading. At most, wash your hair every 2 days.  After about a year into the dreading process, you will only need to wash once a week. Try looking for a dread-friendly shampoo. These shampoos leave less residue and help your hair knot. If you have greasy or oily hair, it won't be able to knot and form dreads. Dry your hair after showering with a microfiber towel by squeezing out extra moisture and then wrapping your dreads. You can also use a hairdryer on a cool setting to speed up the process.  If you have naturally greasy hair, you may need to wash it more often to keep your hair as dry as possible. Blow dryers can damage your dreads. It is best to air dry them, but you can use a blow dryer on cool, constantly moving it around between sections. Do this by holding both sections and slowly pulling them apart up starting from the bottom and going up toward the scalp. Or, to separate 2 dreads more permanently, run your finger along the scalp along a section line, then hook your finger underneath the hair where it is crossing over into another section. Pull from the scalp away from the head. Any section larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) around will produce 'Congos' or 'fat dreads'. The area of the section where your hair meets the scalp will be the thickness of your mature dreadlocks. Short hair around 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) can take as little as a year to lock up, while hair longer than shoulder length can take 2 years or more. Mature dreadlocks are tightly knotted and you can't pull them apart with your fingers. You will also notice that they don't change in shape or appearance anymore. You will need patience, but the end result will be the healthiest dreadlocks possible.  There are no definite timelines for how long hair takes to lock. Everyone's hair is different and will mature at its own rate. Longer hair usually takes more time to mature, because it needs to shrink and kink more for dreads to lock up. Coarse and curly hair locks quicker than fine, straight hair.

SUMMARY: Stop brushing or combing your hair. Wash your hair 1-2 times a week. Keep your hair dry. Separate any dreads that are trying to join together into a larger dread. Wait up to 2 years for mature dreads to form.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: When you use an ARR to evaluate cost reduction projects, you'll want to use the basic formula ARR = Net Cost Savings / Initial Investment. First, you'll need to find the Net Cost Savings. This is a two-part process:  Add together the amount of operating expenses and depreciation expenses. Deduct the sum total from the projected reduction in labor costs resulting from the use of new equipment. Divide the Net Cost Savings by the Initial Investment. The result, expressed as a percentage, is your ARR.
Summary: Determine Net Cost Savings. Divide to get the ARR.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The focal point of a room is not always the wall you see when you first walk in. Go with the wall that you want to draw attention to because it’s interesting or unique in some way. For example, in a room with a fireplace, accent the fireplace wall. If you have built-in bookshelves, an interesting nook, wainscoting, or something else architecturally distinctive, highlight those elements.  In a bedroom, the wall behind your headboard is a good choice for an accent wall. If you have a unique sofa, dramatic artwork, or another bold piece in the room, accent the wall behind it. Think about how you plan to decorate the space and what furniture you have to work with. That way, you can use those elements and the accent wall to create a focal point in the room. If you’re working with a brand new and unfurnished space, the accent wall will determine the color scheme for the rest of the room, so keep that in mind.  For example, if you have a collection of framed family photos you want to hang, showcase them against the backdrop of the accent wall. Gorgeous indoor plants can also serve as focal points. If you have a special plant or had your eye on something at the nursery, spotlight it with an accent wall. Accent walls look best against solid walls that have no openings, such as windows and doors. If you have large, open windows with a view of beautiful scenery, that wall isn’t necessarily a good wall to accent. The accent color may distract more than accentuate it. Natural light from large windows can also alter how the paint color looks on the wall, and you may not like the results. This isn't a hard and fast rule, so if you have your heart set on accenting the wall with windows or a door, do it. If you’re working with a long, skinny room, avoid accenting either of the long walls. The accent color will make them feel even longer, throwing the room off balance. Accenting the farthest short wall will make that wall appear closer to you and balance the oblong shape of the room. Overall, this creates a more proportionate vibe in your space. If you aren't interested in proportions or if you want to emphasize the length of a room, ignore this advice. These are just basic rules of thumb. You have total artistic freedom, so feel free to break any "rule" you want.

SUMMARY:
Find the natural focal point in the room. Create a focal point if the room doesn’t have one. Go with a solid wall without windows or doors. Select the farthest short wall in an oblong room.