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How would I go about rounding my Sintra armor a bit more? I just got mine from Egyptbrick on ebay but I need to round a f ew parts to fit me better.
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How would I go about rounding my Sintra armor a bit more? I just got mine from Egyptbrick on ebay but I need to round a f ew parts to fit me better.
A lot of people just use hot water in a sink. This has worked well for me. Another method is to use a hair dryer or heat gun. Just make sure you don't get the sentra too hot or it will buble up or burn. Try the hot water method first and if that doesn't work for you, put some gloves on and try the other method. Good luck!
I used a heat gun, got it at joannes. best $5 bucks I spent.
I just did it using a normal hairdryer and it worked great. That sintra is weeeeird stuff.
I bought plenty of extra for extra projects, but as long as you cut it right, you'll be ok. If you heat it, bend it, then cool it down and it doesn't look right, just heat it up again, re-bend it, and re-cool it. It's fairly "idiotproof" (I can vouche for that!).
Here are a few pics of my recently finished right shoulder bell (I posted the paints I used under the merged "paint codes" thread under "ARMOR"). This piece of Sintra took me about 2 minutes to cut with a Dremel (or less), a couple of minutes to sand, about 5 minutes to shape with a Wagner heat gun, then another 5 or 10 minutes scarring and denting it up with a Dremel to get the "battle damage". The rest of my time was spent painting it, and all told, I probably have about 9 coats of paint on it. All of the round "impact points" were made by heating the Sintra, then pushing into it with a dowel slightly smaller in diameter than the depression that I wanted to create. They range between 1/8" and 1/4" deep.
I swear it looks a lot better in person than it does here.
Sintra is your FRIEND!
I found a better way to cut Sintra last night. I don't know WHY it didn't occur to me sooner. Maybe it's because I use my Dremel for 95% of all my projects, but I didn't even think of using the band saw attachment on our Shop Smith Mark V. DUH!
A band saw gives you a clean cut, unlike a Dremel which cuts and melts your cutting line. The band saw only melts the Sintra if you leave it in one place for a long time. The band saw lets you cut compound curves and angles MUCH more easily than the Dremel will. Of course, the Dremel was about $60, and the Shop Smith... well... we won't go there.
Any band saw should give you really great results.
if your in the bay area try Tapp plastic for a 4x8 at about $40
A scrollsaw might work as well, and it's cheaper than a bandsaw.
That's a pretty good price. Materiel Graphics (website listed above) sells a 4' x 8' sheet of 3mm for $36.16. You could just about build a Clone Army Gunship with that much Sintra.
I bought 11 smaller sheets of 2mm and 3mm for about $20, and I may have bought too much. At least I'll have some left over for other projects (my wife is making a female Tusken Raider for this Halloween, and then she's working on a female Mandalorian for Celebration 3).
A scroll saw would work, though you have to be careful. A scroll saw has a down stroke and an upstroke. It only cuts on the downstroke, and when it lifts up on the upstroke, if you're not careful, it will try to lift the Sintra up with it (especially smaller thicknessess). A band saw is constantly moving down, so it doesn't lift the piece. That's really the only difference. Both are good for precision cutting.
Try a rotozip with a vinyl bit. If your going to drop alot of money into your costume, might as well get a great tool.
It seems to me, from what I can gather from this board, that Sintra is the best material to make Fett armor from. Where might one obtain Sintra on the Internet? I live in a spot where there isn't a sign shop for atleast a 50 mile radius. Thanks.
sign shops will be too much money go instead to a plastic manufacturer. try looking up Tripps plastic and see if they still sell it.
I would think even if you found a place on the Internet that shipping would be outrageous on a 4' X 8' piece. I guess you could have it pre-cut but there is almost always a surcharge if they cut it so I don't think that would help offset the shipping cost. I would recommend going to a hardware store or some kind of manufacturing shop in town and see if they can order it for you. If it is not easily accessible, it might be just as cheap to buy some preformed armor off of someone as well.....Good luck!
I'd recommend contacting the manufacturer by email or phone -- they can tell you where the closest distributor in your area is.
Follow the "contact us" link. And good luck!
If you sent an email, good luck I still heard nothing. I just called them and asked for the closest dealer to me.
I wouldn't say it is the BEST, but it is definately the EASIEST and probably the most cost effective way to go. What's the best? Aluminum and fiberglass (IMO), neither of which are easy to work with nor cost effective, but man do they make for some awesome armor.darthtater2 wrote:It seems to me, from what I can gather from this board, that Sintra is the best material to make Fett armor from.
I used sheet steel, I got it from Menards thick enough that it would not bend unless you hit it with a hammer. I was able to cut it with a jig saw that had a metal cutting bit. Why steel, well I wanted to solder snaps onto it and I thought I coulden't solder onto aluminum.....so I used steel. I coulden't leave it flat so I pounded out the pectoral pieces a little to round them out. I have plenty of tools (jig saws, files, bench grinder, drill press, propane torches, ball peen hammers....) so using steel wasn't a struggle. But from what I have seen on the board Sintra works well. It is easy to work with, you could cut out pretty much all your armor in a few days, and if you mess up.... you can start over without having spent too much time on the first attempt.
I went to a plastics place yesterday where they sell 4x8' sheets for $24. The only thing is that the place had a $35 minimum purchase policy. They guy took me into the back where they kept everything and gave me a 4x4' sheet for free!!!
This sintra stuff is a miracle! It's easy to cut (with a dremel and cutting wheel), it sands sooooo easily, and it's very easy to shape. Thanks for all of the info guys!
I bought my Sintra here: http://www.matgraph.com/products_main_temp.html
They sell it in 4 X 8 foot sheets for signs, and ship by truck freight. It was too pricey THAT way, so I found a nice alternative.
They also sell CUT pieces here: http://www.matgraph.com/servlet/SelectCircle
Select "Rectangle" (it defaults to "Circle"), type in your desired width x length dimensions, then select your material from the pull down menu.
They have Sintra in 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 10mm, 13mm, & 19mm thicknesses, in varying colors. I bought several sheets of light gray 3mm Sintra for my armor, then 2mm white Sintra for some of my "accessories".
For reference, a 12" X 12" sheet of 3mm light gray Sintra is around $1.17. I found out on checkout that if you want a sheet over 30" X 30", your shipping is astronomical, so try to stay at 30" X 30" or LESS for each sheet. Also, they charge $30.00 per ORDER to cut Sintra to size.
It seems like a lot, but the Sintra is REALLY inexpensive, and so is the shipping. They're in Chicago, and I got my order in 3 days. I ended up with eight 12" X 12" sheets of light gray 3mm Sintra, one 30" X 30" sheet of white 2mm Sintra, one 18" X 18" sheet of light gray 3mm Sintra, and one 24" X 24" sheet of light gray 3mm Sintra, plus shipping AND the $30.00 cutting fee for about $50.00. I'll have enough left over to use for other costumes.
By the way, they also sell ALUMINUM, STEEL, and Plexiglas.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the pointer! Even with the $30 setup fee, when you count it against the whole cost of doing a costume it seems quite reasonable.
The total I got for 8 18"x18" pieces, 4 24"x28" pieces, and one 36"x24" piece was $74 (that was $60 material + setup & $14 shipping via ground to California).
How much sintra is required to make the armor, any approximations?
i bought a 8' x 4' for 25 bucks...and ive made 3 sets and still have enough for about 4 more...
It all depends on your size and your experience cutting Sintra with a Dremel cut-off wheel (tin snips and other cutters cause the Sintra to shatter and break. The Dremel melts/cuts right through it). I was able to cut all 4 of the chest pieces out of one 18" X 18" sheet of 3mm Sintra. Persons larger than myself might require, say, a 24" X 24" sheet, to cut the pieces out of.
The easiest way to approximate is to draw out patterns for every piece of armor that you want to make out of Sintra, add their sizes up, and buy your Sintra accordingly. I believe I can get 2 knee armor pieces out of one sheet of 12" X 12" Sintra. I also cut both of my shoulder bells out of one 12" X 12" sheet. If you cut wisely, it goes a long way. I figured that since I was paying the $30 fee, I'd go ahead and get enough to last me awhile. It was definitely worth it!
Are you guys vacuforming the armor or just cuting the sentra and bending it to shape? I have a sheet of it in my garage that I need to use one way or the other. I don't really want to set up for vacuforming for a one time shot. I was thinking about doing my Jango Armor with it, it seams that the edges of his armor looked flat unlike Boba's which are rounded off. Does that sound right?
I've been cutting mine with a fiberglass-reinforced Dremel cut-off wheel, sanding/rounding-off the edges with a Dremel sanding drum, then forming it with a Wagner paint stripper/heat gun and cold water out of the faucet in my kitchen sink. It's incredibly easy to shape, even in the 3mm thickness that I use. 1mm and 2mm is VERY thin. You might be able to vacuform 1mm, but I've never tried it...
When I get a chance, I'll post a pic of one of my shoulder bells that I completed over the weekend.
is the fiberglass reinforced cuttin better than the normal cutting discs?
Well,Here we go
I bought A .080 guage 4'x8' for 50 bucks,they were very nice
and cut it into two 4'x4'sheets.I live in the detroit area and
went to AIN plastics.I then used A jig saw for the cuts and
fine tunned with A dremmel.I then used A propane torch to heat
and bend.As far as the corners go I used the dremmel to sand
off the back so the sides of the armor were not as thick as
the middle.It gives A nice illusion that the armor is not that
thick.But if you were to knock on te armor it appears thick
and sturdy.I have bought several sets of vaccume formed and I
have to say I like the do it yourself method much better.And
with putting in the dents and rips in the armor it is great.
My armor is **** close to the M.O.M.
The fiberglass reinforced cut-off wheels are a little more expensive, but they last longer and cut better than regular wheels. I've cut bolts, aluminum sheets, plastics... you name it!
So what thickness is best for armor?
Go for 1/8th inch. It is easy to work with & looks to be about right.
You can use either 2mm or 3mm and get away with it. 3mm seems to be a bit closer to 1/8" than 2mm is, but it's harder to bend since it's thicker. Thicker Sintra is also more expensive.
Well, at least it sounds easy! I have seen some incredible jango gauntlets and knee armor made from sintra. How easy is it to shape into some accurate armor? I consider myself to be quite artistic not to toot my own horn but I just don't know if this is going to be as easy as it sounds, having never worked with sintra before what are my chances of making some good looking armor? I see that it is much cheaper than purchasing a set but in the long run might I end up going through a couple of sheets to get it right?
Thanks for the help.........
Is 1/8th inch Sintra good for armor?
well is it good? durable?
I know that sintra is very malleable after being exposed to really hot water or temperatures. Best to go with ABS, but as far as I know, I don't know anyone who produces ABS Fett armor.
Yup... Sintra is the way to go in my opion.. I worked with a few other materials.. and was blown away with how easy Sintra was to work with.. just a little heat and your curvin'. So yah.. if you put to much heat to it... you could run into problems... but just don't ad to much then.. take your time with it.. and you'll be set. Plus its nice and light.. I made my entire gaunlets out of it.. and they are not heavy at all. good luck
well im not makin them but i am ordering a set of sintra armor soon
This is my opinion, but I think if you actually make most of your armor by hand, that is, the parts that are possible to make by hand, you'll feel better about it. There's nothing like sporting something you made yourself. Hey, who made your kneepads? .. I did. My two cents.
Yeah, sintra is awesome. I'm making my armor from it. It is sooooo easy to work with. Boiling water heats is up enough to make it flexible, but it won't warp in a hot car or anything like that. It sands VERY easily, I've done all of my sanding by hand with a piece of sand paper. Paint sticks well to it to. It's like a miracle material.
Can anyone help me with a good technique of layering sintra to form the gauntlets. I bought a 4x4 sheet of 6mm sintra for this as to decrease the amount of layers needed. Any help would be appreciated.
I should have some shots of mine soon done with layering sintra. The best thing to do is make a hollow box the is your base to base your gauntlet top form to. I molded a bracket of sintra around my arm to fit.... then built up on that. I used flexible plastic adhesive... bonds fairly quick. Make sure you sand each piece you build ontop of so that that glue will bond more to the coarse sintra. I used a sander / belt sander to create the shape of the tops of the gauntlets. Sure turned out better then I thought they could. but if you build a solid piece of gauntlet.. remember.. that will only create weight... so keeping the peices hollow... like I mentioned above with creating boxes to build on would be your best bet. Mine are pretty light considering.
Pics to come shortly of my entire suit so far built.
6mm? Egads! That's GOT to be difficult to bend! I guess boiling it would work. The thickest that I use is 3mm, and even with a 1000 Watt heat gun it takes some time. I thought about making gauntlets out of 2mm Sintra since it's so easy to work with, but I'm not crazy enough to use anything as thick as 6mm!
Greetings. I'm a newbie and have been sent here for advice. I am going to make my own Jango Fett costume and I keep reading about Sintra. What in the world is Sintra? I have checked at several hardware stores in town and they've never heard of it. Are there other names for Sintra and if so, what are they? Is it a plastic or what kind of material is it? Also, any suggestions on where I should go to find it? Should I go back to a hardware store or is there another place to look? I have purchased some aluminum to use, but get the impression Sintra will be much easier to work with.
Thank you so much for your help!
Jango Rules
Go into the design area and then look under armor...hope it helps
Ok... im having trouble figuring out what exactly Sintra is...
from what ive gathered its PVC Foamboard but i dont exactly understand what that is. How can it be PVC (a hard plastic)and foam (soft)? and is a full set of pre-made Mandalorian Armor made of Sintra worth $90? because thats the cheapest price i have found. Also what might i have seen that is made of Sintra?
You can get unpainted mandalorian armor chest plates for $25. Paint it yourself and save alot of cash. PM me for details.
Sintra isn't foamboard of any type. It's a solid, PVC-like plastic. You can buy it in many thicknesses and colors here: www.matgraph.com
It's called PVC foam board, I think, because there are little holes inside the plastic to give it some space to be ply-able(sp?). You can see little tiny holes on the sides of it. But don't worry, when you sand and paint it, you can't tell. And I don't think that $90 is worth the price. At my plastics supplier you can get a 4x8' sheet for $24. And that's the 1/8", the stuff that most people use. It's SOOO easy to work with.
I would work with it myself but i dont have the molds or anything
You don't need molds, all you need is a dremel, a stove, and a pot of water. Cut the piece out with the dremel, boil some water, dip the piece in for about 30 secs and form with your hands (may want to wear some gloves though). You can use the mandalorian armor blueprints for patterns.
And if you don't have a dremel, go out and get one <font size="2">NOW.
It's an essential tool for any prop or costumer.
Finally!! Now I know what Sintra is. Thanks soooooo much for clearing this up for me. I was beginning to think they didn't sell the stuff in Indiana.
Jango Rulz!!
Ya but if i did that im afraid i might mess something up and i already have a dremel its sweet. If some one could or knows someone who could sell me a full set of Mandalorian Armor made of Sintra for less than $90 please PM me.darthtater2 wrote:You don't need molds, all you need is a dremel, a stove, and a pot of water. Cut the piece out with the dremel, boil some water, dip the piece in for about 30 secs and form with your hands (may want to wear some gloves though). You can use the mandalorian armor blueprints for patterns.
Well im guessing since its been over a day and nobody has PM'ed me that nobody sells or knows somebody that sells full Mandalorian Armor for less than $90
Well, I did a search and I can't seem to find it. Someone here had bought sintra online and I remember that you could order certain size pieces and have it cut down so you didn't have to pay an arm and a leg (or head) paying for shipping. There was also a minimum $30 cutting fee but the sintra was cheap aside from that. Where was that? Help!
I never heard of sintra before but I looked in the yellow pages under Plastics. I called up one of plastic shops and they said they carried it in just about any color and in 3mil. and 6 mil. It came in 4 by 8 foot sheets and I got one sheet in gray. I hope this helps.
Try http://www.usplastic.com,
For $22.64 I got two sheets of white sintra 24" x 48" .120 mil thickness shipped. They ship fast.
I know that plastics stores carry it, but none in my town do. But thanks! I was actually looking for a specific place that someone had posted and I'm hoping they post it again
Edit: Gwizah- I didn't see the cut sheets before there. I tried to order the full sheets and shipping was going to be $90! also, someone had previously told me that those were foam core and not rigid foam board and it wasn't the correct stuff. However, I just called and talked to one of their technical people and it is not foam core. So just for anyone else who needs it, it is the correct stuff and the 2'x4' sheets are $8.14 each.
Well, Im no expert but $8.14 for a 2x4 sheet of sintra sounds like a deal to me. I will order any other stuff I need from these guys from now on.
What is the correct thickness to buy for the armor pieces? and what does the shipping run?
.120 is what I bought. Shipping depends on how many pieces you buy. Not too bad thought, maybe 12 bucks for 3 pieces.
how many pieces would you suggest for the chest armor cod piece shoulder bells and knee armor?
I'm guessing one 2x4' sheet. I haven't made my armor yet. Anyone else on this one?
I just received my order of sintra. They ship VERY fast.
Unless you live near or in a large city you will probably have a hard time finding it. I called probably 6-7 places they all pretty much told me I was nuts and hung up. But... there is an online source for sintra which I was very pleased to find out about (can't remember what thread its in) but the link for what you want is USPlastic.com
Oh yeah, Welcome to The Dented Helmet!!
Okay, I just visited Sintra central (figuratively) and found out what the main difference is between styrene and Sintra.
Sintra is a compressed expandable foam that has been pressed. that is why it cuts so easy and is great for really minor thermaforming. It lasts a lot longer and is good against bad weather (literally)
Styrene is a rolled plastic with direction (important when you are dyeing it).
I understand now a bit better. I hope you guys too (sarcasm).
Sintra is also used in sign shops for making signs. It is sometimes known by other names, so ya gotta tell them what your looking for. Then buy it from them. Or like me, BEG for the scraps they have. So far, I have ZERO dollars in my armor. Just some spray paint. Good hunting!
I wouldn't exactly call where I live a "big city" but I did find a plastics supplier in the ole book that sells it by the sheet. Lucky me! Now I just have to go get some of it.
Look in the phone book for plastic suppliers and see what you get. Remember sintra is to pvc plastic as Kleenex is to tissues its a brand name, so don't just ask for sintra they may have something just the same but cheaper.
The online source posted above is also a very good alternative if you are having trouble locating a local source. It won't take much anyway to make all the armor for you and some friends and at that price, why not?
does sintra go by another name?
theres something called "Polyethylene" and "Polypropylene" is it one of those 2...or neither?
Here is the web site i used to find some info on sintra- http://www.alusuisse-comp.com/ I just went to the contact phone number and asked where the nearest dealer was to me, simple.
My local plastics company sells it as CELTEK (?sp) $30 a sheet, and they even cut it into 3 pieces so I can fit it in my Honda.
I do believe that is where ya get it.... Although my links never work.
thanks appolo.i was looking through the site last and i could find it...maybe i looked through too quickly...
my gut tells me no
im on a budget so i dont want to buy more than i need.any suggestions?
For everything? Probably not. I made my Fett (the 1st time) with a full sheet 48"x96". That was enough for chest armor, shoulder bells, gauntlets, knees, backplate, and the jet pack. There was even enough for me to mess up quite a bit (but now I know to ALWAYS try it out on cardboard 1st!) How much is your supplier charging? For a full sheet of sintra I pay just $30.
A 4'x8' sheet of sintra was more than enough
for all my Jango armor pieces...including my
gauntlets. I didn't make my arena jet pack from
sintra so I'm not sure how much you would need
if you are going to make one that way. I only
used a little over half the sheet though for all
the armor.
As far as the amount you want to use...if you make
no mistakes, and space the cut-outs close together,
you should be fine. I, however, always like to have
extra on hand in case of mishaps (which happen more
often than not in my case!).
I would go with at least 2 sheets if you are getting them 48x48. You might go ahead and get three since they don't cost that much.
well i have the jet pack nearly completed.i just need sintra for the rest of the suit.im planning on ordering from US plastics and they charge for 16.56 for a 48"X48" sheet of sintra.2 sheets will run me 33 bucks.is that too much?
BOBA PHAT wrote:
For everything? Probably not. I made my Fett (the 1st time) with a full sheet 48"x96". That was enough for chest armor, shoulder bells, gauntlets, knees, backplate, and the jet pack. There was even enough for me to mess up quite a bit (but now I know to ALWAYS try it out on cardboard 1st!) How much is your supplier charging? For a full sheet of sintra I pay just $30.
$33 doesn't sound bad at all. It might be more than you need since your almost done with your pack, but there will always be something you want to redo! Better too much sintra on hand, than too little.
Anyone what would be the best way to go about getting just enough sintra for a butt plate? I'd hate to order a whole sheet for just that.
For Jango armor I will wind up using a little more than one 24"x48" sheet so I think it will be enough.
well i have a plastic supplier within walking distance.they have sintra for 30 bucks for a 4'X 8" sheet of it.im always leary about buying stuff when i have no knowledge of a product (being that i live in NYC and people love to take you for a ride in NYC just for a buck)i dont wanna get ripped off.i hate to spend 30 bucks to find out i need a industrial oven to bend it.is there a sure fire way of telling its sintra?does it have a certain texture to it?
thanks in advance.
Its hard to describe but, sintra is smooth with a almost foam like center. there is a great online retailer of sintra cheap and fast http://www.usplastics.com ..type in sintra in the search on tdh ,and appollo 50 has a direct link to it {{{{{the thread is "can't find sintra on the usplastics site"}}}}}}also order #42485 .120 thick works perfect
Did somebody say appolo50????? http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...+PVC+Cut+Sheet
hehe I strike again!!!! (thats the longest darn link i have) and bobafreekk they have fast shipping!
Yes they do that is a great website any way someone should lock that link at the top of the armor thread
thanks everyone.i was going to order from US plastics but last time i checked they were out of stock on .120 sintra
Did you check other colors other than white? Perhaps one of them are in?
hey i have an idea, can you create a stuck thread here with an important info like
the real name of :
and the other stuff we used to make our suits.
what do ya think
I second that. It's a nightmare trying to get all that stuff over here in the UK when we only have brand names to go on.
I agree. Let's try whenever we post something to give different names for the stuff we use for the costuming, even though it sounds like if we are retards or something, but at least to have consideration for the members who lives outside the continental US, sometimes they have the same stuff with different name.
Ok, here are three;
Bondo- polyester/styrene resin which needs a cream-hardener. This two-part mixture is used primarily in automotive body work to repair and smooth dents. It's plastic uncured nature allows for spreading and smoothing until hardening begins. Cures quickly. Sands and paints exceptionally well. The Bondo brand is usually gray resin and red cream hardener. A pinkish/light reddish color results when mixed, indicating the product is ready to apply.
Plywood- MDF
JB Weld- Another two-part product used in many applications. It consists of a cream hardener and a steel-impregnated cream. When these are mixed in even amounts, the aliphatic/polyamine/polyamide/epoxy resin produces a very durable and workable result. Does not conduct electricity, maximum temperature is 600F, and has a tensile strength of 3960 PSI. Strong enough to make minor repairs to motor parts, machinery, etc. Drillable and machineable. Long cure-time. Less strong, but faster curing, is JB Kwik.
Hope this helps.
SINTRA = High Density Rigid Polyvinyl PVC Cut Sheet
to buy in usa
also click here to search on google UK
and a spanish or latinamerican search google too
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So I wanted to know if anyone has used this method and if it worked at all.
I was thinking of try a quasi-vacuum form setup without using a vacuum at all. I thought of heating the Sintra in a tray with water, laying it over a sculpt of armor and then using a heat gun to get it to soften up even more and hopefully pick up some of the smaller details. (Can you tell I love long, run on sentences?)
I've never used it so I'm not sure I have the full understanding of it's properties and just how easy it is to work with. I know Mirax and several others have used it, but in general, it sounds like most people heat it up and just bend it. Not very detail oriented. I know you can come back to it and simulate damage and all, but I'd like to do it all in one step if possible.
You may be wondering by now why I want to know this, I need to produce a few sets of chest armor for some friends for a small film and I'm looking for the cheapest solution. We will end up damaging them pretty badly so I need a several back up sets.
Have I bored you enough yet? Any personal experiences would help me out in making a decison as to whether or not I need to buy a freakin shop-vac and an electric oven.
I have no experience with this type of work, so this is all just my opinion:
I believe that most sintra is thick, at least from what I've seen. Most heat guns will not get THAT hot. I don't think it will be possible to heat the sintra enough with a heat gun that it would become pliable enough to be sunk over a mold. I just don't think it could happen.
ABS/Styrene is much much thinner, I think maybe even less than half as thick in some cases. And vacuform tables, I believe, get VERY hot. It's the negative pressure from the vactable that does the forming and pulling. Without that pull I don't know how well it could work.
Depending on the thickness you may be able to heat it up and sort of hand-pull the sintra over the form, at least getting the desired bend and shape. I don't think I would expect it to get much detail though.
If it's for a movie and you have a good painter you might just try posterboard. It's very cheap, easily replaced, and easy to form. Just apply velcro where you want it to go and it's so pliable that it will be held easily to the vest etc. It's thick enough to hold a crease as well. If it's painted properly I imagine it would do the trick.
Crazy maybe, but certainly worth a thought,
I made my armor from .10 gauge sintra and used the
hot water method to bend and shape it. From my experience
working with it, I don't think you can get any fine detail
out of it by trying to heat form it. The heat gun should
get hot enough for you to shape it, but if you are trying
to apply dents & dammage, my advice would either use a
dremmel after the shaping...or maybe a "stamp" of some
kind to stamp dents into the heated sitra.
Just my 2 cents.
Sintra and other thicker plastics won't work that way. You need a very strong vacuum to vacuumform. Otherwise, the details on the plastic are too "soft" or just don't come out. The plastic will not "pick up" the details just from laying over the piece.
You don't want to be heating sintra up that much with a heat gun, anyway. It's very dangerous if you burn it.
There IS a thinner plastic that you can use with a heatgun. I don't know if it will work for you, though. I don't know what it's called, but I know somebody used it to make the mouthpiece on his tusken raider. If I remember right, it's sort of a shrinking or shrink-wrap plastic. Thicker than a piece of paper, but not all that thick.
i may have a problem here, i have 1/8" sintra that im planning to use for my chest armor.i have had success using sintra for my gauntlets (i used the hot water method).i dont have a pot large enough to fit the armor peices in.if a heat gun wont work how am i supposed to bend these peices?...my kitchen oven perhaps
I actually used a heat gun to form my first set of sintra armor...it will work to a small extent but won't really pick up much detail. However, don't get the heat too close to the sintra as it WILL burn...I learned that the hard way .
A heat gun will work to bend the pieces, but Sintra won't be able to pick out the fine details that way. Just make sure when you use the heat gun you heat the plastic from the back side, so that the heat doesn't damage the part you want the public to see.
Another thought, this won't work for details either, but... if you have a tray of water the piece will fit, you could try just buying an infusion heater to get the water to the right temperature (it's a little metal heat coil with a plug on it). You can usually find them with tea supplies in a grocery store or Wal-Mart type place. You just plug it into the wall, and then, against all conventional wisdom regarding electrical devices and water, put the coil into the tray.
I used a heat gun and boiling water(not at the same time silly) to form my armor. I used the heat gun for more precise bending.
Like was said before, sitra will burn and releases dangerous fumes when on fire


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New Zealand have won the last three South Africans Sevens tournaments. In this weekend's tournament New Zealand are in the same pool as Fiji, Scotland and England.
All Blacks Sevens captain DJ Forbes: "I don't think we can read too much into their [South Africa's] performances in the last few tourneys. I don't think anyone will be taking them lightly.
"They'll be looking to get their season back on track.
"We're not looking too far ahead of ourselves, we are pretty much in the pool of death. As far as we are concerned we need to get the job done from day one if we are going to put our hand up for the Cup," he said.
New Zealand has made the last two finals but been beaten in both and were feeling the pressure, which was constant, to win the latest round.
New Zealand found that all opponents tended to regard their games against New Zealand as their final, which made it difficult to hang together for the actual final in tournaments.
"We need to find ways to refresh to get the same buzz that teams we come up against are living off," he said.
But the goal was consistency that saw the side winning the finals rather just participating in them.
Forbes said New Zealand had enjoyed considerable success in the African tournament and it also got a lot of support from local fans. The side also made it a policy to get out among the less fortunate communities in the area of the tournament to give out some food and water to those without the chance to go to the games.
Part of the enjoyment of New Zealand's Sevens success was in the challenge of having to take tournaments right down to the wire, he said.
"I guarantee that if you look back over the footage every game that we have won [in finals], or the majority of them, have gone right down to the wire, he said, while adding that in South African tournaments there was a connection with the history between the two countries in the 15-a-side version of the game.
"When we come here we think about everything that has gone before us," he said.

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HELSINKI Early 20th century Swedish movie star Greta Garbo disliked publicity so much that it became a thing shes still remembered for. Whenever any celebrity refuses to give interviews, theyre said to be going Garbo.Mikhail Grabovski, the Belarusian forward whos spent the last four years with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL, doesnt seek attention, either, but its hard not to notice the number 84 out there, and not simply because he plays a lot, but because hes always creating something interesting. Thursdays game against the U.S. was a perfect example of Grabovskis game, his work ethic, and his importance to the team. He collected assists to all three Belarus goals in the game, quarterbacked the power play, made plays, and when the team was trying to get back into it, he played almost half of the third period. In fact, Grabovski may just be one the hardest working men in the tournament. Mikhail is a really hard working player, and sometimes he may even try to do too much to help the team, he wants to do everything himself. Ive tried to tell him that he helps the team most when he just does what he does as well as he can, Belaruss Finnish coach Kari Heikkilä told IIHF.com.
My answer to that is managing his ice time: Ive given him a lot of it. Maybe hell get too tired to even attempt to do too much, he added, laughing. By Saturday, he had played almost 82 minutes in four games, averaging 20:51 a game, most of all forwards on the Belarus team, and behind only defencemen Vladimir Denisov and Dmitri Korobov. In the game against Slovakia, with the Kostitsyns on the team, Grabovski's ice time dropped to 17:50, still most of all forwards. Grabovskis playing in his seventh World Championship, at at 28, hes approaching the best years of his career. In 2010-11, he scored 29 goals and 58 points in 81 games with the Leafs. This season, his points total went down - he scored 23 goals and 51 points - but his points-per-game average was actually slightly better. In March, Grabovski signed a 27.5-million, five-year extension with the Leafs, becoming the teams highest-paid forward.I enjoy playing in Toronto. There have been a lot of changes there but Im sure that if we keep the team together, well make the playoffs. I think the team has a good future, he says. A lot of things have changed in Grabovskis life in the last few years. Besides the new contract, hes also got married and become a father of two children, a boy and a girl. Its true, Im a father now. Life is good. Ive become a Torontonian. Thats life, everything changes, he says, as if pondering his recent past. In this tournament, Grabovski has four points in five games, and he leads Belarus in scoring. His minus-1 is tied for second on the team that has just one plus-player, Konstantin Koltsov, +1.)Mikhail is a great team player, and simply a great person. Hes very modest, and hes a true professional in everything he does, Heikkilä says. The fact that hes also the Leafs alternate captain tells a lot about this leadership, the NHL clubs dont hand out letters to buffoons, he adds. Grabovski takes the team first attitude with him wherever he goes which is why, once again, his father Yuri and his grandfather are at the World Championships to watch Mikhail play. My dad is my first coach, my best coach, and he made me believe I can make it (to the) big level and stay here for a long time. I'm very appreciative of him, Grabovski said when he signed his contract extension. My grandfathers 84 years old but hes in good shape. They always come and try to help and support me, he told IIHF.com.That didnt surprise the coach. Family is very important to players that come from Belarus. When they make it big, they always make sure that their families, siblings and parents, get taken care of, Heikkilä says. Earlier this season, Heikkilä made sure that the lines of communication with Grabovski worked so made a trip to Toronto to meet with him. It was mostly a courtesy call since the Belarus team desperately needs Grabovski, and since Grabovski practically never turns down an opportunity to play for his country. Its always nice to play with the national team, I enjoy it very much. Ive played with a couple of guys since the juniors, so we know each other well, he says. Basically, the whole team is from Minsk, theyve all gone through the Yunost school, there are only a couple of players from some other towns, adds Heikkilä. The problem is that we dont have enough of those top players, he says.But they do have Grabovski. And that's more than a good start. RISTO PAKARINEN


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BURLINGTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/25/12 -- Acquia, the enterprise guide to Drupal, today unveiled Open Web Experience Management (OpenWEM), which empowers organizations to create immersive, digital content and campaigns, socialize them across multiple communities and channels, and deliver the ultimate shopping experience -- while leveraging the flexibility of the Open Web. Supporting the OpenWEM announcement, Acquia also released a significant update of its social business platform, Drupal Commons 3.0 for Drupal 7, and launched Acquia Media Cloud (beta), the first rich media collaboration and storage system designed specifically for Drupal.
OpenWEM is based on Drupal's proven web content management platform. Drupal's modular components increase IT agility and significantly decrease development and maintenance costs. The passionate, global Drupal community -- comprised of nearly 890,000 people in 228 countries speaking 181 languages -- generates a 24/7 stream of innovative new features that are easily snapped into any Drupal deployment, future-proofing an organization's OpenWEM investment.
Exploiting the concepts of the Open Web, Drupal modules exist to easily integrate into virtually all of the other components of the digital marketer's arsenal -- from marketing automation to social analytics -- including Marketo, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Exact Target, Facebook and hundreds more. Additionally, the Acquia App Marketplace offers compelling SaaS tools for digital marketers to utilize, including A/B testing, gamification and faceted search.
With OpenWEM, marketers have unmatched flexibility to quickly optimize the mix of content, community and commerce on their sites and convert prospects into loyal, engaged customers. The combination of Acquia, Drupal and Acquia's App Marketplace give marketers an agile platform to create multi-channel digital experiences that cover the full spectrum of their customer's journey.
"Acquia's OpenWEM offers digital marketers and IT organizations a much better alternative to proprietary WEM solutions that are slow to adapt to changing business needs and keep pace with the speed of the social web," said Tom Erickson, CEO of Acquia. "Our open approach sets a new standard for WEM by giving organizations the right tools and solutions they need to create engaging web experiences for their audiences, available either on premise or using Acquia's proven elastic cloud environment."
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- Drupal Commons 3.0 for Drupal 7 (beta) - Enables organizations to quickly create online social communities for both collaboration and content delivery. New features in Version 3.0 include a completely rebuilt user experience, deeper mobile support, and bolstered analytics capabilities for enhanced moderator productivity.
- Media Cloud (beta) - New media management service allows marketers to manage and share rich media assets natively within Drupal to accelerate time to market on new campaigns and microsites.
- Badgeville - Enables marketers to add engagement mechanics to their Drupal-powered websites, which drives participation and rewards user behaviors such as starting discussion forums, blog posts, and commenting on other content.
"We've received tremendous interest in Badgeville for Drupal from marketers who want to create a deeper, more engaging experience for their customers and reward them for contributing to that experience," said Kris Duggan, CEO of Badgeville. "We're extremely pleased that we are being offered as a key component of Acquia's OpenWEM to provide engagement metrics capabilities for its users."
Ensuring Customer Success Through a Broad Agency/Developer Ecosystem
Acquia has also assembled a partner ecosystem comprised of more than 400 leading digital agencies and developers. Digital agencies like Digitaria, Digital Bungalow, VML, and ProPeople see the value of implementing a WEM solution on Drupal, which enables them to choose best-in-class tools and solutions for their clients' campaigns -- versus a closed, proprietary solution that only supports approved vendors and limits multi-channel capabilities.
To make it even easier for digital agencies to embrace OpenWEM, Acquia is integrating APIs for the top Drupal development tools used most frequently by Acquia customers. In June 2012, Digital Bungalow helped Humana adopt an OpenWEM strategy for their strategic site, mywell-being.com, offering personalization, deep connections to enterprise marketing tools, such as Adobe SiteCatalyst, and responsive web design (rWd) for mobile experiences.
"Many Digitaria customers require a best-of-breed approach to building a broad digital marketing system of engagement, which means any technologies we use have to be interoperable," said Chuck Philips, the agency's award-winning CTO. "Drupal offers the modularity and flexibility we need, plus an unparalleled developer community that reduces our risk and accelerates innovation. Acquia's solutions are the glue that binds Drupal to our customers' digital marketing strategies and vision. We look forward to working closely with them to help our customers achieve success."
Martin Coady, Director of Technical Strategy & Partnerships at VML, adds, "VML takes a holistic approach to WEM, where business objectives and digital strategies drive the decision to deploy specific technologies and platforms -- not vendor limitations or mandates. In this context, Drupal is one the best platforms for bringing this all together." He continues, "Because it is open source-based, Acquia's OpenWEM lets us easily leverage our clients' existing technologies and use Drupal's ecosystem of modules to create integrations and fill in functional gaps. In this way, VML is able to develop compelling digital experiences that meet our client's objectives."
"Acquia and the Drupal platform are helping us create amazing digital experiences that convert visitors to customers, connect customers to brands, and capture valuable insights that let brands create even more meaningful experiences," said Michael Drejer, Global CEO, Propeople. "We're excited to be partnering with a company like Acquia who understands that, for digital agencies, technology should be an enabler rather than a barrier. We appreciate Acquia's OpenWEM approach, as it lets us use the tools we need to build the kind of experiences our clients expect."
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I probably shouldn't say that all umpires are the worst, but, clearly, John Hirschbeck is a horror show who should be fired or suspended after his actions yesterday. Hirschbeck basically went out of his way to eject Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper in the first inning of the team's game against the Pirates. The incompetent ump claims he ran Harper because he slammed his bat in the dugout. Oh, the horror!
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted murder in Burton.
Deputies responded at about 11 p.m. Monday to Taylor's mobile home park on a report of a person shot.
The mobile home was open and three children were found sleeping inside, but no gunshot victim was found.
The children's mother, ran after she heard gunshots. The victim states her ex-boyfriend has been calling her throughout the day asking what she was doing, who she was with and that he was going to stop by, according the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. The victim says she stopped answering phone calls from him.
The victim told deputies that she, her mother, a cousin, a male friend and the children were inside the mobile home when her ex-boyfriend went inside. She said the man stole a key to her home can came in without her consent. She said that when she saw him in her mobile home, she, her mother, her cousin and friend ran out leaving the children behind.
The victim said that as she was running down the street, she heard three gunshots. She ran to her mother's residence and called 911.
Deputies found the vehicle that belonged to the victim's male friend in Bluffton. They discovered that the suspect had shot the vehicle several times. Not one was injured.
No arrests have been made.
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The Explainer: Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in
June 14, 2012 by Charles Pelkey
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Dear Explainer,
I thought things in cycling would be quiet before the start of the Tour on the 30th of the month, but here we are again, with cycling hitting the headlines, with doping and Lance Armstrong mentioned in the lead paragraph again.
I got into cycling because of Lance Armstrong and I loved the guy as he killed it on the roads of France. Over the years, I learned more about him as a person and, still admiring him as an athlete, came to the conclusion that I probably wouldn't enjoy spending a lot of time with the guy. Obviously, he has issues, but what the heck, he's gone. He's retired. He was even cleared by a grand jury. Why the hell is USADA going after him now?
Isn't it a waste of time and money to persecute a retired jock for cheating whether he did it or not?
What are they going to charge him with? Who gets to decide his guilt? How long before we hear about the result?
– Roy
Dear Roy,
On one level, I have to agree, Roy. I guess Michael Corleone put it best when he (and later Silvio Dante on the "Sopranos") said "just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in."
And yeah, I pretty much thought we were done with this stuff, but we're back touching on the same subject that's been rattling around in my head since 1999, when I spent the entire three weeks of the Tour sharing a car and hotels with the man who would soon become Lance Armstrong's chief accuser, David Walsh of the Sunday Times of London.
Look, no matter how you approach it, the story was compelling: The young American one-time world champion returned from death's door to win the greatest bicycle race – nay, the greatest sporting event – in the world. Even one Tour victory would have capped that narrative, let alone seven. The story is – to use an oft-overused term – awesome. If it had merely been a movie or a novel, knowing cycling fans would have quickly dismissed it as fantasy.
Miracle or fraud?
Me? I have to go back to what Greg LeMond once said about the other American to win the Tour. "If Armstrong's clean, it's the greatest comeback," he noted. "And if he's not, then it's the greatest fraud."
It was a few years later, when Armstrong celebrated his last win in Paris in 2005, when he issued a rather flaccid response to that observation, "the last thing I'll say to the people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the skeptics: I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry that you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles."
Let's deconstruct that. Yeah, I believe in cycling. I admit I'm a skeptic. Cynic? No, a cynic would be one to believe that people are too stupid to ask the questions a skeptic would raise. Hey, I even like to dream big, but I am not so much in the "miracles" camp. Apparently, neither is the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
So here we are, 13 years after that first miraculous Tour win and a good seven after that farewell speech from the podium in Paris. We've all reviewed charges, read books and heard accusers from all sides, but the "world's most tested athlete" has emerged relatively unscathed. His most recent brush ended when André Birotte, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, called an end to a grand jury investigation into Armstrong and others on a host of charges that were said to include allegations of doping, fraud and conspiracy.
A lot of people were surprised by Birotte's decision, not least of which the investigators and Assistant U.S. Attorneys working the case, who reportedly received only 15 minutes' warning before the news went public.
Cooperating with investigators in that case were officials from USADA, including the agency's CEO Travis Tygart.
Wednesday's news should come as no surprise then, especially to those who recall Tygart's statement the day Birotte shut down the grand jury investigation.
"Unlike the U.S. Attorney, USADA's job is to protect clean sport rather than enforce specific criminal laws," he said. "Our investigation into doping in the sport of cycling is continuing, and we look forward to obtaining the information developed during the federal investigation."
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At this point, the agency has not received much, if any, information from the U.S. Attorney's office. There are specific provisions governing the release of grand jury information in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and we may yet see the Department of Justice share some of that in the future.
The charges outlined in a June 12 letter to Armstrong are largely based on the evidence that USADA has gathered on its own over the past few years.
The agency outlines the elements of a potentially strong "non-analytical" case against all of the respondents. Much will depend on the quality of the evidence presented and whether Armstrong's legal team can successfully attack that evidence. We'll see.
We already know that there is a great deal of witness testimony out there, including statements from former staff and teammates. Some of those will offer testimony that the defense will work to impeach, largely because they themselves were caught doping. Chief among those, of course, are Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis.
Personally, I think Tygart is a pretty cautious sort and I doubt that letter would ever have been dropped in the mail if he didn't have what he sees as an airtight case.
The charges
While nearly all of the attention has been focused on Armstrong's inclusion in that list of respondents, included in the charging letter are Johan Bruyneel, doctors Pedro Celaya, Luis Garcia del Moral and Michele Ferrari and trainer Jose Pepe Marti.
USADA is seeking penalties and sanctions against all of them. Each of them, the document charges, has violated rules against the possession, trafficking, administration – or attempted administration – of banned substances and/or engaged in banned practices. The list of substances and practices includes all of the usual suspects: the drugs EPO, testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, Corticosteroids and assorted masking agents, as well as violations of bans on blood doping and the use of saline and plasma infusions.
The agency is looking to suspend each of the respondents in this case and, citing aggravating circumstances, may seek the imposition of life-time bans.
Normally, a first-time violation of the rules will result in a two-year suspension, but the revised UCI rules and the World Anti-Doping Code do allow an anti-doping agency to seek stiffer sanctions when there are aggravating circumstances. In this case, each of the respondents has been charged with "assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering-up and other complicity involving one or more anti-doping rule violations and/or attempted anti-doping violations."
It's that charge which serves as the basis for the conspiracy and cover-up charges outlined on page 12 of the USADA letter. The agency alleges that each of the respondents has been involved in a long-running and coordinated effort to acquire drugs, encourage their use among riders on the U.S. Postal, Discovery, Astana and RadioShack teams and then use "fear intimidation and coercion to attempt to enforce a code of silence (or omerta)" to keep those practices secret.
The evidence
With the risks faced by any individual rider who might choose to come forward, the code of omerta tends to work pretty well, too. But there appears to be a tipping point, too. After a certain number of riders come forward and speak publicly, the whole thing begins to unravel like a two-dollar sweater.
Frankie Andreu and Steven Swart started things when they spoke out about doping years ago. Floyd Landis, Tyler Hamilton and others have since come forward and, according to the USADA letter, virtually every rider they contacted – with the exception of Armstrong himself – has cooperated with the investigation and "agreed to meet with USADA and to truthfully and fully describe their involvement in doping and all doping by others of which they were aware."
If that's the case, the code of silence ain't so silent anymore.
USADA says it is also prepared to present medical evidence, including blood testing data from 2009 and 2010 that are "fully consistent with blood manipulation, including EPO use and/or blood transfusions."
The defense?
Armstrong was quick to respond on Wednesday, denying the charges and characterizing the case as "baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought and paid for by promises of anonymity and immunity."
"I have never doped," Armstrong added, "and, unlike many of my accusers, I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one."
That sounds like a guy ready for a fight. But is he?
Just last month, in a Men's Journal interview, Armstrong seemed to suggest that he was expecting something from USADA, adding that if something did emerge, he was not going to waste his time challenging it.
"In my mind, I'm truly done," he said. "You can interpret that however you want. But no matter what happens, I'm finished. I'm done fighting. I've moved on. If there are other things that arise, I'm not contesting anything. Case closed."
Frankly, it's understandable. The guy has a comfortable life. He's focused on other things. He has the foundation, he has kids, he has amassed a fortune and he has his health. If he fights it we can expect a two-year battle, starting with a hearing before a three-member panel. Depending on how that turns out, we can also expect an appeal – by either party – to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Take a look at the timelines in the Hamilton and Landis cases, if you need an indicator of how long this will take. Then add the complexity of multiple respondents, more serious charges and the evidentiary issues that will arise in a "non-analytical" case and we could see this thing go on for even longer. (Of course, on the plus side – at least in my book – that translates into lots and lots and lots of billable hours for the lawyers involved.)
At this point, walking away would mean a somewhat sullied reputation and a ban from his recent return to triathlon. All things considered, that may not be a huge price to pay, especially when weighed against the risks involved in losing a protracted fight.
Of course, there may be other reasons not to fight. Testimony in USADA cases is given under oath. Anything he says will be carefully scrutinized and there could be the potential for perjury charges – like those levied against the last athlete who embraced the "world's most tested athlete" moniker, Marion Jones.
There's also nothing to keep the Department of Justice from re-opening its now-abandoned grand jury investigation. Charges were never filed in the last one. Double jeopardy is not an issue … although the statute of limitations has long been an issue in my mind.
Evidence in this case could well be used in pending civil actions, including the currently dormant "whistle-blower's suit" filed by Floyd Landis a few years back.
Still, even if Armstrong doesn't fight, I can't imagine Bruyneel, et al. will be satisfied to have their careers stopped in their tracks.
No matter what, we can probably expect to hear about the case and the charges outlined in USADA's letter for years to come.
Is that a good thing? I don't know. Frankly, I think the scrutiny is healthy. I honestly believe the sport is significantly cleaner than it was the first time Armstrong retired in 2005. Am I happy that we've waited this long to assemble evidence that's been out there for years? Not so much. We would have all been better off had all of this happened earlier. Nonetheless, I really do want to see the evidence and finally be comfortable saying whether I believe this miraculous story was the greatest comeback … or the greatest fraud.
But what the hey, what do I know?
The Explainer is a weekly feature on Red Kite Prayer. If you have a question related to the sport of cycling, doping or the legal issues faced by cyclists of all stripes, feel free to send it directly to The Explainer at email@example.com. PLEASE NOTE: Understand that reading the information contained here does not mean you have established an attorney-client relationship with attorney Charles Pelkey. Readers of this column should not act upon any information contained therein without first seeking the advice of qualified legal counsel licensed to practice in your jurisdiction.


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Samantha Reeves: Hello and welcome to the National Jewish Health Podcast Series. My name is Samantha Reeves and I'm here with Dr. Sheila Tsai a Sleep Medicine specialist at National Jewish Health. We're here today to discuss Insomnia Recognition and Intervention. In this podcast we will be addressing some of the questions people may have about insomnia, so let's start with the basics.
Dr. Tsai, can you tell me, what is insomnia?
Sheila Tsai, MD: Thank you Samantha. Insomnia is characterized by disturbed sleep, despite the presence of adequate opportunity and circumstances for sleep. This sleep disruption causes problems in daytime functioning. Usually in insomnia patients, sleep is very light and easily disrupted. Insomnia also has at least one of the four defining clinical features which are: difficulty in getting to sleep; difficulty in staying asleep; waking up too early; or nonrestorative or poor quality sleep.
SR: Are there varying degrees or different types of insomnia?
ST: Insomnia may be categorized into two groups: acute and chronic. Acute insomnia is temporary and may last a few days to a few weeks. Acute insomnia is typically not associated with any major long-term effects. However, with chronic insomnia, inadequate sleep may last for several months or more. If your symptoms persist for more than 90 days, it's likely that you have chronic insomnia. Chronic insomnia may be categorized into two groups, primary and secondary insomnia. Primary insomnia cannot be directly related to an underlying diagnosable condition. Secondary, or comorbid insomnia, exists if you have an underlying illness or take a specific medication that plays a considerable role in causing or maintaining the insomnia.
SR: How many people suffer from insomnia? ST: An estimated 25 - 35% of adults will experience insomnia at some time in their life. Many patients with insomnia have had the disorder for at least a year, and approximately 40% have suffered with the problem for five years or more. Secondary insomnia accounts for 80-85% of chronic insomnias. Even children can suffer from insomnia since they will often delay bedtime for a variety of reasons. Some children may be afraid of the dark, or afraid to be left alone, or may have to take several trips to the restroom during the night causing frequent sleep disturbances.
SR: Thank you Dr. Tsai. What are some of the causes of insomnia?
ST: The causes of insomnia are wide-ranging. Precipitating life stressors, such as major life events like the loss of a loved one, a job change, marriage, or divorce can cause acute insomnia. Even sleeping in an unfamiliar location like a hotel or hospital room, can cause temporary or acute insomnia. Certain environmental factors like loud noises, harsh odors, bright lights and extremely warm room temperatures can also disturb sleep, causing acute insomnia. If your sleep partner snores, or you have an uncomfortable bed, you may have restless nights. Consuming caffeine and alcohol too close to your bedtime as well as vigorous exercising less than three hours before your scheduled bedtime can also lead to poor sleep. Secondary insomnia is more than likely caused by a medical condition such as obstructive sleep apnea where the airway collapses at night and disrupts sleep. Secondary insomnia can also be caused by neurological or psychiatric conditions such as anxiety or depression. People with secondary insomnia may have higher metabolic rates, increased body temperature, increased heart rate, and muscle tension these also could be signs of a hyperactive thyroid.
Certain medications that have a stimulating effect may also cause insomnia, especially when taken too close to your bedtime. There are also several sleep disorders and behaviors which can cause insomnia. Many sleep disorders may start in early childhood and are displayed by an inability to fall asleep without certain conditions or dependence on something. For example, a child may need a specific blanket, or toy to aid them in falling asleep. This can go into adulthood and a person may depend on the television or music to assist them in falling asleep. An insomniac may also try too hard to fall asleep and focus on their inability to fall asleep which can cause anxiety and tension about not being able to sleep.
SR: And, if a person believes they have insomnia, how can they discuss it with their doctor?
ST: Many people who suffer from insomnia will not think of it as a medical condition and may not mention it to their doctor for that reason. Be specific when explaining to your doctor how you're sleeping. Try to differentiate between normal, good, or bad nights of sleep. Tell your doctor if you experience sleepiness, fatigue, and low motivation and energy throughout the day. These daytime symptoms are required for an insomnia diagnosis. If you describe your sleep as being brief and insufficient, unrefreshing, easily disrupted, and of poor quality, your doctor may also give you a diagnosis of insomnia. Your doctor may recommend you keep a sleep diary to help describe the nature and severity of your sleep disturbances. In addition to recording your sleeping patterns, you can also fill out questionnaires given by your doctor that assess sleep, sleepiness, anxiety, depression, and fatigue.
SR: Great! And so, what are some treatment options for someone who has insomnia and how can someone best manage their insomnia?
ST: If you are diagnosed with insomnia, additional history is required to evaluate the problem and determine the best treatment options. This evaluation is done by your doctor and includes a medical, psychiatric, family, and medication-use history as well as a physical examination. You may be referred to sleep specialists for objective testing, or various therapies. Sometimes, insomnia can be managed simply by the short-term use of sleep medication, or by applying basic sleep strategies. However, it's important to find out what's triggering your insomnia. Insomnia can be a lingering disorder that does not end even when the primary condition has improved. In many cases, treating insomnia in tandem with the primary condition may provide the best treatment method.
There are a variety of therapies used to treat insomnia. Nonpharmacologic therapy is done without medication and is commonly known as cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT. This type of therapy is one of the most effective ways to deal with insomnia. Cognitive-behavioral therapy equips the patient with tools to deal with their insomnia and helps them re-associate the bed with sleep. It includes Relaxation techniques, where your doctor may have you meditate and think pleasant thoughts. Relaxation techniques are best used in combination with other cognitive-behavioral techniques. CBT also involves Stimulus control therapy which helps to reinforce the connection of the bedroom with sleeping rather than with insomnia. With this type of therapy your doctor may advise you to avoid daytime naps, to go to bed only when you're sleepy, and to get out of bed if you're not asleep within 20 minutes and engage in relaxing activity away from the bedroom until you're sleepy again.
As part of CBT, Sleep restriction, may be recommended, this limits the total amount of time you may stay in bed. Sleep restriction is often delivered along with stimulus control therapy.
Light therapy may be used for some patients who suffer from awakening too early or those who have sleep-onset insomnia if their sleep issues are related to a circadian rhythm disorder or problem with the body's internal clock. Exposure to bright light produces a phase advance or delay in the sleep-wake cycle, core body temperature, and melatonin rhythms.
Pharmacologic therapy or medication therapy may be used for the short-term treatment of acute insomnia, some chronic insomnia cases, and those with primary insomnia who do not respond to behavioral treatment. Even patients who do not show improvement after treatment for an underlying condition may be given hypnotic, or sedating medications. A variety of medications are now available for the treatment of insomnia since they increase drowsiness and facilitate sleep. If your insomnia is more persistent or the level of distress is high, the temporary use of sleep-promoting medications may be considered by your doctor.
Benzodiazepines, such as lorazepam or temazepam for example, reduce the length of time it takes for you to fall asleep, increase total sleep time, and decrease the frequency of awakenings for patients with insomnia. There are adverse effects to taking Benzodiazepines, including rebound insomnia after discontinuation, especially following chronic use. To avoid this adverse reaction, you should only take the medication when absolutely needed with your doctor's permission, and wean yourself off the medication gradually when discontinuing. Benzodiazepines can also exacerbate underlying sleep apnea if it is present.
There are also Non-benzodiazepines which have similar hypnotizing and sedating effects as benzodiazepines, but are less likely to cause dependency. The most frequently used treatments for insomnia are over-the-counter non-prescription medications. The most commonly used are diphenhydramine and other antihistamines. If you use an over-the-counter sleep medication for an extended period of time, you may also become dependent on it. After a while, your body may be less responsive to its sedating effect. If this happens, another method or medication may need to be used to promote your sleep.
To optimize management of your insomnia, you should have ongoing monitoring, support, and adjustments to your routine as necessary.
SR: Thank you so much for your time today Dr. Tsai.
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Get to Know the Cast of Divergent Before It Hits Theaters March 21
Mar 7, 2014 @ 6:16 pmIn just two weeks, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Veronica Roth's wildly popular YA series Divergent will hit the big screen. But before you head to see it in theaters, you may want to brush up on who's who in this large ensemble cast. Sure, there are plenty of well known actors in it, including Shailene Woodley, who plays the film's heroine, Tris Prior. And there's also other big names, such as Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, Ashely Judd, and Mr. President Fitzgerald Tony Goldwyn.
But the film is also filled with a slew of rising stars, many of whom aren't yet recognizable, but will be soon enough! If you've watched the trailer and still can't place where you've spotted the actors, we did some research to jog your memory. (For example, Four, played by Theo James, was the doomed Mr. Pamuk from Downton Abbey, and he also was featured alongside Woodley in our March issue, plus Lenny Kravtiz's daughter, Zoe, has a lead role as one of the transfer initiates, Christina.)
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1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 onion, thinly sliced
1 (4 ounce) packet saltine crackers, crushed
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
I made this for 20 guys at our Spring Turkey hunt and they loved it. I did take the onions and the peacans out because some of the girley man wont eat onions. I already passed it along to two of the guys EXCELLENT
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"Catch a Rabbit" Story, Funny, ASL!
Based on original stories. Translated into ASL by Brian Suchite. In this story, the President of the United States gives a test to the FBI, CIA and LAPD to determine which agency is the best of all. The test? Simply catching a rabbit. Enjoy!
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Already watching it, very nice material.
Too bad is not written, even as they said it is not official and cannot apply to specifics (you should ask your lawyer) still it would be very useful for quoting purposes and reference. It directly answers some questions I've seen on the forum a month ago. True, thanks for sharing.


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A co-worker asked me to make an apron for her sister. She brought me the fabric and the pattern, which I normally don't use a pattern when I make aprons, but was up for the challenge. I used Butterick See&Sew b5411 and used view B which has the ruffle on the bottom and on the top of the pockets. She initiallty wanted the rick rack on the pockets and the bottom ruffle but there wasn't enough to go the full length of the bottom ruffle so it is just on the pockets. I cut an extra bottom ruffle and sewed them together so I didn't have to fool with hemming that long ruffle. I think it helps give it a little more body too. I love how it turned out, and better yet, so does she!!!
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