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Canon to move camera production back to Japan
|Photokina 2014 attendees outside of Canon's show floor space.
Canon wants to increase its domestic production over the next few years, something spurred by the falling value of the yen. According to Reuters, Canon is looking to increase its production in Japan from 40 percent of its overall output to 60 percent.
According to Canon spokesman Hirotomo Fujimori in a statement to Reuters, the boost in domestic production will include building cameras, as well as printers and copiers. The increase will take place over the next three years, and follows the yen hitting nearly a seven-year low after beginning to tumble in October of last year. As the value of the yen declines, so do any cost-savings previously offered by outsourcing production.
Canon stated its intention to shift more production to Japan back in November. At that time the company quoted an increase to 50 percent domestic production over time.
Canon isn't the only company looking to increase its production in Japan. Both Panasonic and Sharp are considering increasing their domestic production, though neither have explicitly confirmed plans to do so. According to a spokesman, Sharp may increase the number of refrigerators and LCD TVs it produces in Japan. Panasonic, meanwhile, has reportedly been considering increasing domestic production for a long while.
This is a smart move by Canon. They should have done this a long time ago. Consumer confidence would be boosted and this would also strengthen the position of Japan in light of China's growing aggressiveness and disrespect for intellectual properties. These days made-in-China is analogous to junk.
I really doubt if this will benefit the consumer in any way.
It would certainly be nice to see Canon reviewing overseas production of their ridiculously overprice accessories, that are often of inferior quality to copies available on eBay or Amazon costing perhaps a third, or quarter of the price.
This includes batteries, which I am sure Canon will continued have knocked out in China for a few pennies each.
+1 for "that are often of inferior quality to copies available on eBay or Amazon costing perhaps a third, or quarter of the price. ".
it is even true for Canon lenses, and the $40 "50mm F1.8 Prime AF" from Yongnuo, but:
>>>"...'build quality seems to be on par with Canon's 50mm 1.8 II; maybe a tad bit better, but not by much.'" from:
>>>Plus, Better IQ than Canon as seem from:
>>> It still has issue as seem from "Comparing the Optics of the $40 Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 and the $125 Canon 50mm f/1.8 II" from:
When you have the skills and capacity locally it makes so much more sense!
And from an ethical point of view, producing in a country that protects reasonnably well the workers is a good thing. Once this becomes a choice criteria for companies (instead of pure profit), then the cheap Asian countries will start working on a more sustainable and worker-concerned framework to attract companies (instead of proposing slaves).
the problem I see is not the QC but the work ethics.
out of all the asian countries, japan is the only country that has a very hard work ethic.
they live to work. all the rest work to live.
If we take the so called "Four Asian Tigers" as an example, namely South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, then they managed to transform themselves into fully industrialized, modern high income countries in a relatively short time during the latter half of the 20th century.
You don't achieve something like that, unless you have a work ethic that is no different than the rest of the industrialized world. The Japanese may work harder than most, but that doesn't mean that people in other countries don't take their work seriously.
Besides, working to live sounds more healthy to me, than living to work.
"think what you want it doesnt matter." is almost as ignorant as saying "out of all the asian countries, japan is the only country that has a very hard work ethic."
It's not the work ethic so much as the Japanese are perfectionists. They're obsessive with everything. Products, procedures, train schedules, sushi, everything.
The Chinese are pragmatists. In China, you make a good copy, cheap. In Japan, you make a copy that's as good or better than the original.
@extraone - you just insulted the rest of Asian countries. What makes you an expert in Asian cultures capabilities, and work ethics? What Asian language do you speak? I speak Japanese among other foreign languages. Visiting as a tourist is not the same as living in the country and working with the natives.
Are you decoupling QC from Work Ethics? Are you dismissing Revenant's assessment of the Four Asian Tigers? I have work with and supervised natives from many Asian countries and from other countries in other continents for 12 years. My experience does not support your contention.
I agree with most of the comments on the work ethic. I believe that Sony, and Panasonic, for electronics, and Nikon and Cannon, for photography (in that order) are responsible for us believing in quality products from Japan.
Don't worry. Canon products will be manufactured in factories located in Japan, manned by Vietnamese workers residing in Japan, who assembles components produced in China or Vietnam.
Canon is one of the leading companies that redefined "MADE IN JAPAN" for all of you.
@Taktak - I see no issue in Canon or any Japanese companies bringing production back to Japan. Vietnamese are among the smartest and perseverance people I have the pleasure of working with. As far as Vietnamese doing the assembly in Japan, please document your source.
A year ago, Reuters also reported:
"Canon is also continuing its push to automate much of its production and replace humans with robots."
So labor costs are no longer an issue.
Keep your assets close to home under secure environment. It must be very tenuous right now to have tangible investments exposed to unpredictable world events, not to mention technical espionage. Even if Japan has higher labor costs, maybe it's offset by cheaper insurance premiums for catastrophic events. mere speculation on my part though.
I hope soon a robot will be a Designer at Canon
Samsung should move their factory to Korea as well. Looks like they will someday.
China-Vietnam-Malaysia-Thailand they go to these places because of cheap labors, but however build quality or parts are made from Japan-Korea.
I have LG display monitor that says Made in Korea produce in Dec.2014. Bought in Jan.2015.
is Canon 7D mark 2 made in Japan?
A camera these days are made up of components that have been manufactured, molded, welded, partially assembled, glued together, etc. etc., so that a typical camera (it they are to tell the truth) would have details similar to your cereal box:
This camera and its components manufactured in:
Japan 5%
China 44%
Thailand 25%
Indonesia 15%
India 4%
Sri Lanka 3%
Philippines 2%
Vietnam 1%
Singapore 1%
NOTE: THE LABEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAMERA SAYING "MADE IN JAPAN" IS 100% MADE IN JAPAN and constitutes 0.001% of the camera component and not included in the tally above.
Canon just wants to shift those percentages. That's all.
I think this move will somehow justify the premium price that Canon charges for their products as Made in Japan shouts quality, As we have recently seen that manufacturers are having issues with their DSLRs having manufacturing defects and no one wants to spend thousands of their hard earned cash and then wait for a fix to come.
You can get high quality from any country, including China; but high quality costs a lot more, and the reason why manufacturers move to cheap countries is to save money. So if they are going to spend more why not do it in their home country?
The thing is that none of us can speak on behalf of the way Japan camera manufactures structure their business.
There is no reason (that I know of) that they can't increase or reduce their production in one country, and increase it in another.
They do it with cars all the time.
How many times has the camera been made in China and the lens in Taiwan….do I care, not in the slightest, the bosses are from Japan, and the equipment that makes the cameras/lenses is all identical.
To be honest with everybody, I have never looked to see who makes my camera. When I think how technology has moved on in the last 10 years Im a very contend photographer.
China missed out on 50 years of development and it will take time to match Japan. When I was a kid, Made in Japan was literally a joke due to poor quality.
Obviously, with enough supervision the Chinese can make quality products. But if you think there is absolutely no difference, I'll offer you two identically designed cars and you can decide if you really think the Chinese one is likely to be as carefully checked as the one made in Japan.
Of course, flawed designs result in flawed products even if they're made in Switzerland.
The truth is that nobody knows where their camera is made, until they look to see the small print.
I suspect that they will have a factory in Thailand/China, and a factory in Japan.
When its beneficial they will increase production in one or another country depending on the state of the currency …simple.
More likely they'll produce some models in Japan and some in Thailand. You can't just "increase production in one or another country depending on the state of the currency", changing production line and moving materials for it is both: very expensive and time-taking (which makes it even more expensive as time=money).
I know my Fuji is made in Japan because it's printed proudly on the back of the camera body.
But who actually makes the parts that go into your camera anyway? From what I've been told by two different camera engineers, the lens cells used in the cheap Canon SLR zooms are almost certainly produced by Sigma and they are the same as those used in similar spec budget lenses produced by Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, etc.
I know this is a Canon story, but for people do not know where the D750 is made, it is made in *Thailand* as seem from the image below:
FWIW: Just for save the argument. I'm not sure:
- if all the batches are made in Thailand, or
- will not made in Thailand anymore
Check your D750, and please let us know your D750. Any one?
What difference does where it is made matter?
It's not like Canon/Nikon/etc tender a contract in some place and then say "thanks heres a couple of benches and a box of parts and a folder of pans, see if you can make some of these cameras".
It's not like Thai/Malaysian/wherever workers are dumb or dont take pride in their work.
Quality issues such as the D750 are systemic not geographic/cultural.
I find it bizarre that people seem to have an odd eugenic scale of quality.
"what difference does where it is made matter?"
While I realize that the global economy and outsourcing of production are popular with first world consumers, because of all the cheap toys it provides them with, I think it is worth pointing out several problems with this model:
1. There is an environmental cost. Manufacturers move production to poor countries because there are fewer regulations regarding pollution.
2. It wastes energy. It takes a lot of fuel to move raw materials and goods across the planet compared to local production.
3. Workers rights are abused. Mexicans can assemble quality cars, Vietnamese can assemble nice lenses, but corporations exploit them ruthlessly to lower costs, for example look for recent news stories on Mexican UAW workers accepting a 50% pay cut in order for Ford to build a new plant there, the strikes by Nikon workers in Thailand and the rise in suicides by Chinese workers assembling products for Apple.
Everyone likes a good deal, but at what cost?
I wish Canon outsource innovation to Sony. Maybe then there will be come interesting Canon cameras.
They don't need to outsource all innovation to Sony. It would be fine enough if they used Sony sensors, like Nikon does.
Better not at all.
If you leave innovation to only one company there is no competition and no need for innovation at all.
Sony only innovates because they still feel the pressure.
If that pressure is being reduced or vanishes nobody will gain anything in the end.
Its a bad thing for companies if they start to think they have won the race. Look at Canon who thought that they owned the digital camera market.
Its called the law of the handicap of a head start and this will certainly apply to Sony as well. Sony will end up the same way as soon as they start sitting back like Canon did.
Competition is a good thing and is needed if we want innovation to occur.
Very true. My comment was meant in a different way, though. I wanted to say, that not all things with Canon are behind, most of them actually aren't (AF from 7Dmk2 says hello), but the sensor technology is their most glaring weakness.
But what you say is absolutely true in the big picture. One dominant unchallenged player in any field destroys innovation (hi, Microsoft) and in the end it's always the customer who gets beaten the most by this.
Nobody will deny that Canon lags behind in sensor development.
I once read that its due to the fact that Canon was awaiting a new sensorfab that should be opening its doors somewhere during 2015 and that they were currently using some older machinery to produce their sensors.
Its only a matter of time before we will see improvements at those other companies that design sensors. I am sure Sony won't be the leading company forever.
It will be a step ahead, a step behind thing, just like we have seen in cameradesign.
At this moment Sony is at the lead. The question is how long. Their sensor fabs will be 'old' once too. And those things are big investments.
That could explain why is Canon stubbornly insisting on the old 0.5um technology process node (maybe the litography doesn't allow for a smaller process, that would warrant a sufficient yield with their old fab). I'm not sure whether Canon manufactures their own IC, or whether they use a foundry. In the latter case they could just change the foundry, so that would suggest the former is the case here.
Fab and process investment in general is something, that can turn your lights out unless you are a giant like Samsung.
Given the recent rumors suggesting, that Canon shall release a 50MP FF, they must have changed the process node, otherwise they wouldn't be able to squeeze in all those pixels.
Sony is the beneficiary of Nikon R&D as well as Sony R&D. Note that in some cases (D800) Nikon gets two years with the latest stuff before Sony uses it. And also you will notice that Nikon does not use Sony for the D4/Df sensor or the D7100 sensor. This has, I think, helped Sony immensely. And there is more incentive on the way for Sony. Samsung's new backlighted sensor technology is going to light some fires because it is real and it is apparently very good. I don't think Sony is worried about what Canon will do. Samsung is now the competition. Canon might do well to attempt some kind of deal with Samsung before Nikon does. Nikon could be a big help to Samsung, but I know the Japanese have historically had a close society, so these alliances might not be possible.
Just a Photographer - the problem for Canon if the "waiting for their new fab" theory is true, is that when the fab opens, they'll need to get their money's worth out of that.
So you may see a huge leap forward, maybe leapfrogging the competition, then they'll have to stick with the new fab until it is paid off, e.g. another 6-7+ years.
Sony innovates because they are #3 and they have publicly stated a number of times they want to be at least #2.
You forget that Sony components is the manufacturer of these sensors which is another Sony company then Sony Digital Imaging that manufactures the camera's.
Both companies only share the name of Sony, but have very different sales targets.
I am not saying Sony Components isn't innovative in sensor design. Only saying that a sensor fab costs hundreds of millions to built.
You also forget that Canon Camera's is only 33% of the total Canon company. A little alike Sony digital imaging.
no idea where you get that "waiting for a new fab" from. there has been no canon announcements on a few factory / fab created.
a fab plant with the necessary elements for canon to produce sensors wouldn't cost that much, canon could augment their current fabs without much of a problem.
but changing the resolution or geometry wouldn't get that much gains anyways. it's a false herring because some people read the chipworks reports and became sensor fabrication experts overnight.
One thing is for sure, you pay less for "Made in China". Such as:
"Yongnuo clones Canon's 'nifty fifty' down to every last detail at half the price (@$69)" per IR.
"the 'build quality seems to be on par with Canon's 50mm 1.8 II; maybe a *tad bit better*, but not by much.'"
Actually, you can get it for not $69, but $40 with free shipping.
As an reference a "Leica Lens Coffee Cup Mug" is $45, and " Made in Germany. Never used, only removed from box for this photo". Per seller, Oh yes. " Made in Germany."
Old sensor made in Thailand or old sensor made in Japan, does it really make a difference?
I'd be really surprised not to see you trolling under a Canon article. And traditionally, you got some facts wrong.
First of all, Canon make their cheapest cameras in TAIWAN, not in THAILAND (that's where your beloved Sony and Nikon make most of their cameras), which is a big difference.
Second of all, mid-range, prosumer and pro cameras (from 70D up) as well as some higher tiers of powershot are made in Japan.
I have a question for you. It's not the first time I have experienced you claiming complete falsehoods in the most brazen manner. Do you lie on purpose or are you just very badly informed?
The only devices Canon manufactures in Thailand are bubble-jet printers and copy machines.
I tend to see the better in people and I would love to believe what you just wrote. But the track record of your statements is not helping.
And although sarcasm is often a spice of life, you do tend to come up under almost every Canon-related article with a "sarcastic" comment (which, many would claim, qualifies for trolling). I wonder why.
Ironically enough you mentioned religion. In fact I have the feeling from you, that it is indeed a religion for you.
Finally you got my religion right. Yours seems to be Sony/Zeiss.
What you meant was, that the existence of Sony/Zeiss can be proven.
I don't mean to rip on Sony, I have a great respect for their technology (that's another fundamental difference between you and me). I just tried to point out how obnoxious it can be for the surroundings, when some people turn their brand favoritism into religion, or should I say Crusade?
I should thank you for helping me demonstrate that point.
I don't mean to police anything, I'm merely exercising my right of expression by calling you for what you are: a troll.
Anybody can see from your post record, that you spend a lot of time badmouthing Canon products, so don't act surprised. Anybody who trolls, lies or skews facts runs the risk of being called out, because this is a public forum. Freedom comes with responsibility.
We all know Sony's sensors are currently better, than those of Canon, but there's no need to to smear it in people's faces every chance you get in a smarty-pants mocking manner, like you keep doing. That's just juvenile and supremely annoying.
Why don't you just enjoy your favorite brand's product? What drives you to go repeatedly out of your way to take a dump on a product of a competitor? I wonder what kind of mindset does it take to behave like that...
I support this move due to the fact that China still hangs its hat on the communist rack.
Yeah, yeah, I know. They are about as communist as Pee Wee Herman is a prize fighter. Nevertheless, I'd rather (if given the choice), purchase products from a democracy.
Japan may have elections, but it isn't a true democracy. Democracy is only possible today with the influx of foreign ideals. Japan is 99,5% Japanese, speaks one language, allows very few imports, exchanges practically nothing but food with the outside world.
It's a voting system whose two parties are basically carbon copies of each other, with one difference: more libertine and less libertine doctrine.
Japan has human rights. China doesn't.
@jackalopemaui: human rights are defined so loosely in the world. If judging by norther European standards, Japan egregiously breaches human rights in all classes, in all work places. If judged by Canadian standards, Japan is behind, but only by a few decades.
If judged next to China, sure, it looks decent in a lot of areas. But for a super-rich and powerful country in 2015 which has had a 'democracy' since the end of WWII, it is woefully behind.
This really isn't good news for Japan, because it just means they will gain a few jobs only as long as the Yen value is depressed. The instant the Yen gets stronger, then the jobs get shipped back to Cambodia, Thailand or anyplace else where labor is cheaper.
Most customers won't care one way or the other. The "Japan built is better" myth has long since faded away. Anything can be well built, or poorly built anywhere in the world today.
Even if it is a myth, it is not fading away. I have seen identical appliance, one made in Japan and one in China has a price difference of 10%.
If you are given a choice of your next camera, both the same SKU but one Made-in-China and one Made-in-Japan, *at the same price*. Which one would you choose?
Prolly it's because they're manufactured in Japan that that Fuji X cameras (not the entry-level ones, that is, the A1 and the M1) are so reliable and virtually indestructible.
@Menneisyys: The X-T1 is a fine camera, but isn't made to top standards. The doors fling open of their own accord, bow out, the dials rattle on their posts. Japan-made only means more stringent control on plastic products.
But forty years ago, Japan-made wasn't a byline. It was a joke. Made in China will catch up sooner than you think, and even if Japan hasn't sold its soul by then, it will have a hard time competing.
Manufacturing in Japan may carry currency risk but manufacturing in China carries political risk. Japanese executives do not appreciate having to flee for their lives and seeing their factories smashed by fervent employees whenever the population is whipped up into an anti-Japanese frenzy.
@eddaweaver: it wouldn't take much to fix the anti-Japanese fervour.
Follow the example set by the Germans: let your population, and the world, know the worst of what you've done. Take the worst input to heart. Put it in textbooks. Make sure your population are fed documentary, to public forum, TV, that explores foreign opinion on what you have done.
Japan still enshrines the deeds of class-a war criminals. They claim it a national right/rite. It incites anti-Japanese fervour by constantly demeaning China and Korea, by erasing history, by closing exhibitions that shed light on the truth.
If you make no effort to mend the past, you will never leave it behind, nor will you learn from it. Chinese antagonism is overwrought, but it is firmly, and truthfully placed. Quite literally, Japan has gotten away with murder, and will reap all the problems inherent in having done so.
There is no place for them to complain now.
I would agree Abe and many leaders in the LDP (Japans ruling party) make it a point of deemphasizing Japans aggression during WW2 , but to say that the Japanese populace is not aware of what they did during WW2 is absolutely false.
Many veterans of that war have come out publicly to denounce Emperor worship and current and past politicians attempts to whitewash their history, and the very left leaning teachers unions have balked at adopting many of the revisionists attempts to leave out Japans aggression.
In contrast , in China, anyone will get arrested for even mentioning the Tienanmen massacre ; Tibetans , Uighurs and Falun Gong members are being killed, tortured and arrested for merely expressing their desire to be left alone. China uses the past events of 70 years ago and blames all current Japanese , most of whom were born after WW2, and lumps them all with Tojo and his gang of evil doers.
the China of today resembles Japan of 1940 more than current Japan does.
@shigzeo China's government will continue breeding hatred of Japan (and continue antagonizing virtually all other neighbors) simply to encourage (negative) emotion-driven nationalism, as to maintain their power. Japan hatred is a wonderfully convenient party tool, no amount of apologies will ever be sufficient as long as the CCP rules.
Yawn. They build 'em where it makes business sense. Market contraction and the falling yen probably makes this a no-brainer.
Also, in Japan, Japanese' companies are trying not to layoff workers at any cost.
If both mfc in Japan and oversea are under capacity, the only decision can be made is to moving production back to Japan to save money by keeping local mfc runs in *full* capacity rather than paying local Japaneses workers for doing next to nothing.
Makes sense knowing that the total market of camera sales dropped from 122 million cameras in 2010 to less then 42 million in 2014. A mere 65% drop in total volume means that you need less production capacity. Total production capacity is back to the same numbers as they were in 1997 according to CIPA.
I think we will also see less new camera updates over the next few years.
I'll miss that great Chinese quality.
You do know that Apple makes all of their products in China...right?? China is no different than anywhere else...there is good and bad production. it all depends on who you use.
Mike FL,
Don't think the minor flare problem with the D750 has much to do with what would be factory production quality controls. Much more likely a design or specification of parts thing.
The D600 is a different story.
Yeah, China is no different than anywhere else IF you're one of those dull morons who has no concept of human rights. China is a fascist country where even basic rights like freedom of expression and freedom of religion are not respected.
Whatever the problems of China the equation of fascism with communism in China isn't helpful and aint accurate.
Try making fun of the queen of England in the UK; that expression is illegal. (No, it's not the same as China.)
Oh and you've insulted the victims of fascism, including many Chinese.
China IS a fascist country, despite clinging to the term "communism" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/world/asia/01iht-letter01.html?_r=0
A letter in the New York Times can claim anything.
Letters there have claimed that Iran is running a world wide terror organization.
Letters there have claimed a lot of other inaccuracies.
You do understand the difference between reporting and opinion right?
Also this letter writer makes a huge mistake regarding state owned enterprises being an indication of fascism. It's the other way around with fascism, that's enterprises owning the state.
It's a staggeringly big mistake. (So much so that it looks to be active misdirection--it supports the "thinking" of Glenn Beck, who has all sorts of problems on this subject.)
Feel free to call out all sorts of abuses in China, but don't go making stuff up. It means you won't be taken seriously.
This "thinker" makes the preposterous equation of statism with facism, again completely reversing a vast aspect of fascism--that's massive corporatism.
Canon made a similar announcement a year ago.
"Canon to haul capacity back home as yen continues slide"
Reuters: Thu Jan 9, 2014
A big reason is the dropping value of the Yen. This will be good for the country and their companies. More jobs and higher quality manufacturing
I translate for a few made-in-Japan companies. Very few have not been hit very hard by the falling yen. No product can be 100% sourced in a single country. With the falling yen, sourcing parts that cannot be made in Japan is very difficult.
But higher quality manufacturing is a good question. Is Japan capable of high-quality? Yes, but the culture at large here demands cheapest possible and that impacts ALL standards.
MADE IN JAPAN is still pretty good, but will fall as Japanese become even more affluent and demand cheaper commodity products. I'll tell you this: a MADE IN JAPAN house is the worst investment you can have... but that's the only choice here. Cars and electronic products do fine, but general life things fall apart and are worth nothing at all after just a few years.
Educating the consumer mass is the most important thing in raising manufacturing standards.
I have clients that work for Japanese banks and various financial institutions... The weaken yen affects Japan big time. Countries that buy their goods and trade with them are paying a lot less because of the yen being so weak. This is favorable other currencies that are gaining strength like the USD and British pound
They are taking all of their toys and going home like a petulant child.
While it won't make me want to rush out and get a Canon, this should work quite well as for PR - marketing for Japanese customers who would prefer buying "local" products.
As for me, hopefully we will see an increase of the QC standards set by Canon, motivating other manufactures to do so.
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Northwest Laser Institute strives to be the benchmark of academic excellence in education through superior hands-on clinical experience, quality curriculum and top-notch educators. Our goal is to facilitate the development of self confidence in various fields of healthcare and to provide our students with the academic foundation necessary for them to reach their true potential in their desired field, and adjust to an ever-changing professional healthcare society.
Below is a list and description of the training and certification we offer. If you are interested in signing up for a class, or have any questions, please submit your request via the Inquiry form.
- Medical Assisting
- Phlebotomy
- Medical Coding
- Laser Training
- Cosmetic Injectables
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Medical Microneedling
- Medium Depth Chemical Peel
- Body Contouring
- Microblading
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*To find out the requirements to perform any of these services in your state, see the respective state laws & regulations.
**All student deposits are non-refundable.
Training & Certification
14 Week Phlebotomy Program
14 Weeks - 1 Day of Class Per Week
Experience level: Beginner
This program is designed to set students up for a professional career in healthcare settings such as clinics and hospitals. You will leave this course will the confidence to safely obtain and efficiently collect a blood sample.
- Roles
- Professionalism
- Safety
- Laws and Ethics
- Consent
- Draw technique
- Blood borne pathogens
- Lab departments
- Draw order
- Tube additives
6 Hour AAEG Medical Microneedling CE Certification
$3,200 (includes kit)
$595 – Stand-alone price
CE Credits: 6
Certification: AAEG (Advanced Aesthetics Education Group) Microneedling Certification
The AAEG delivers world class clinical education and certification to all medical professionals in the emerging field of medical micro-needling. It has quickly become the leading resource for (CIT) Collagen Induction Therapy due to its faculty members passion, knowledge, and expertise. The AAEG offers an approach that promotes high standards of patient care, comprehensive knowledge of all micro-needling procedures and ethical standards through jointly sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CE) hours, workshops, and yearly conferences. The course agenda includes:
History of Micro-Needling
Conceptual Knowledge
Indications for Use
Pre & Post Programs
Understanding Growth Factors
Combination Treatments
Marketing Micro-Needling
Patient Information
Hands on Demonstrations
Kit includes:
- Full system
- Box of 10 tips
6 Hour Cosmetic Injection Certification
6 hours
Experience level: Beginner
Certification: Certificate indicating your knowledge, competency and completion of the course
- Techniques
- Products - BOTOX, Dysport, Juvederm, Restalyne, Radiesse
- Anatomy of the skin, muscles and nerves of the face
- Botox injections demonstration in at least three different facial areas, filler in the lips, nasolabial folds and oral commisures
VI Medium Depth Chemical Peel Certification
4 hours
Certificate: Certificate indicating your knowledge, competency and completion of the course
- VI Peel medical products
- Treatment
- Product formulation philosophy
- Ingredients used in skin care products
- Common skin conditions
- Peeling fundamentals
- VI Peels
- Hands-on demonstrations
Skin Tightening/Body Contouring Certification
$500 – When taken with the Laser Certification Course
$800 – Stand-alone price
6 Hours
Certification: Certificate indicating your knowledge, competency and completion of the course
In this Certification course you'll learn about the exciting new technology that uses radio frequency (RF) energy for body and face contouring and skin tightening. It is a non-surgical office procedure that reduces fat and firms skin on the face and body. The energy used during treatment heats the deeper layers of the skin causing fat cells to shrink as the skin contracts stimulating new collagen.
While not a replacement for a neck-lift or facelift, these procedures can provide a very nice alternative for those not seeking a surgical solution, or a supplemental treatment following facial surgery.
Hands-on is done using the Exilis Elite system by BTL Aesthetics. Your attendance will include material for further and at home review, hands-on experience.
6 Hour AAEG Aesthetic Training In Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) CE Certification
6 hours
CE Credits: 6
Certification: AAEG (Advanced Aesthetics Education Group) Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Certification
This comprehensive training course covers in Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) focusing on facial aesthetics. Offering Platelet Rich Plasma therapies for your practice is a natural progression of services needed for a successful aesthetic practice as the popularity of these procedures has increased dramatically. The PRP training includes all of the major areas of the face aesthetically as well as gives you the tools to be successful immediately upon completion of the program. Our goal is to ensure that each attendee will understand and be proficient for the aesthetic uses of platelet rich plasma. Attendees during the PRP training will receive didactic on the various FDA approved spin methods, advantages of dual spin vs. single spin and the full understanding of the biological mechanism of action for these procedures.
Patient selection, indications for use, different forms of PRP, and contraindications for the use of PRP will be given as well as hands-on training through demonstrations on each other. By taking this course, you will receive a PRP treatment valued at $1500. The various injection techniques, recommended dosing, special handling and other considerations are given as well as potential risks and possible effects of the treatment.
Join the thousands of providers nationwide that are taking advantage of this new innovative aesthetic treatment that has become the fastest growing segment within aesthetics!
- Treatment of all major facial areas
- Necessary tools
- Didactic training on FDA approved spin methods
- Dual spin vs. single spin
- Biological mechanism of action
- Patient selection
- Indications for use
- Forms of PRP
- Contraindications for use of PRP
- Injection techniques
- Dosing
- Handling and other considerations
- Treatment risks and possible effects
40 Hour Laser Technician Certification
40 hours
Certification: 40 Hour Laser Certification, Laser Safety Officer Certification
We provide 40 Hours of Laser Theory & Fundamentals with certification for Laser Safety Officer. Laser, Intense Pulse Light and Broadband Light for Hair Removal, Foto Facials, Vein Removal and Acne Treatments will be taught, as well as, classroom education on Microdermabrasion and Advanced Medium Grade Chemical Peels during this week course. Hands on practice with models is included for Broad Band Light in Hair Removal, Foto Facials, Vein Treatments and Acne Treatments.
Attend our 40 Hour Laser Certification Course and learn the basics of skin histology, laser physics, as well as all aspects of laser safety. Real-life applications and possible complications are discussed using before/after photos.
- Laser theory and fundamentals
- Basics of skin histology
- Laser physics
- Laser safety
- Intense pulse light
- Broadband light for hair removal
- Photo Rejuvenation
- Vein removal
- Acne treatment
- Laser Tattoo Removal
- Microdermabrasion
- Advanced medium grade chemical peels
- Applications
- Possible complications
- Before/after photos
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Consult with patients regarding Laser, IPL, or BBL treatment options.
- Discuss with patients the potential results and reactions that may occur.
- Identify prior skin conditions and skin reactions to laser treatments.
- Demonstrate proper laser safety and protocol instructions.
- Students will be educated on one of the world's leading Intense Pulsed Light system, the BBL by Sciton. This course does include hands-on experience.
3 Day Microblading Certification
$2,900 (includes kit)
3 days
Prerequisite: Online blood borne pathogen class, $25
During this in-depth, three day class, you will learn how to sculpt beautiful eyebrows using a revolutionary manual application method often called Microblading or 3d brows. We will teach you how to artistically create each individual's ideal eyebrow shape and how to apply natural looking hair strokes. The results are beautiful eyebrows that need minimal care for years to come. This intimate class setting is limited to only 4 students and is ideal for personalized hands on training where the first portion of the course will be spent learning the fundamentals of color theory, skin types and proper technique. During the final portion of the course, you will perform microblading on one of your own live models while under the supervision of the instructor. This immersive, 40 hour course, will give you the fundamental training you will need to succeed as a Microblading artist. A Microblading starter kit valued at over $500 is included. Microblading is wildly popular and demand is increasing every day which is why this is such a great opportunity.
- Fundamentals of color theory
- Skin types
- Application methods
- Shaping for a natural look
Kit includes:
6 LI Aqua Tattoo Pigments
Blades/Hand Piece/Measuring Tools
Sharps container
Numbing products
Qtips/Micro brushes/Mascara wands
Alcohol pads
Pigment rings
Brow Scissors/Eyebrow Pencils
Dental bibs/Gloves/Face mask
Practice skin/Practice ink
And More!
Medical Assisting Program
720 hours - Includes 160 hour externship
Experience level: Beginner
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks for physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors and optometrists that are critical in running an office day-to-day. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical assisting is one of the nation's fastest growing careers. Administrative duties delegated to a medical assistant can consist of answering phones, greeting patients, charting for medical records, scheduling patients and handling billing and insurance. Clinical duties that may be delegated to a medical assistant includes but is not limited to: medical history and patient assessment, patient preparation for procedures, specimen collections, basic laboratory tests, and more. Tasks assigned to each medical assistant will be dependent upon the clinic. Our program covers both administrative and clinical duties over an 8 month period with materials given via print-out and the online Pearson's MyLab platform. Externship interviews are set up by your educator to help prepare you to complete the required 160 hours. This program will set you up to test for the nationally recognized RMA with AMT or the nationally recognized NCMA with NCCT. Fees for testing to be determined.
Competencies Upon Completion:
Administrative Duties:
-Scheduling/Handling Patient Appointments
-Billing and Collections on Patient Accounts
-Basic Insurance Claims
-Electronic Medical Records
-HIPAA Privacy Certification
- Patient Charting
-Management and Bookkeeping Software
-Basic Patient Communication Skills
Clinical Skills:
-Vital Signs
-Specimen Collection
-Infection Control
-Sterilization and Disinfection
-Administration of Medication
-Diagnostic Procedures
-Minor Surgery Assistance
-Sutures and Staples
-12 Lead Electrocardiography
American Heart Association CPR BLS Course
6 Hours
This is an American Heart Association BLS course taught by certified AHA instructors. It is a one-day class. This course meets the AHA guidelines for health care providers, which includes the Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines (ECC).
Topics covered:
-Recognition of cardiac arrest
-Activation of emergency response system
-Compression/ventilation ratio
-Use of an AED
-Aspects of team rescue
-Use of a bag valve mask (BVM)
Skills sign off, and a written test are administered and must receive an 80% to receive a certificate of completion at the completion of the class. If an 80% score on the written test is not achieved, the student may retest.
Includes a workbook.
Max 10 students per class.
No experience required.
This is a Basic Life Support for healthcare providers, and is required for all the hospital and medical facilities including any clinics used for externship.
Medical Coding Course
This Medical Coding class is taught using the AAPC curriculum. It is a 21-week class that meets once a week. This is a preparatory class that gets the student ready to sit for the AAPC national certification exam (CPC). This course will provide hands-on practice using CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM.
Competencies Upon Completion:
-Proficient ability to read and assign accurate medical codes for diagnoses, procedures and services provided by qualified healthcare providers or physicians.
-Knowledge of guidelines and regulations regarding Medical Coders.
-Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology related to coding correctly.
-Medical terminology knowledge
-Student will be able to understand changes in the medical coding and payment policies, and ability to implement those changes in a practice's reimbursement process.
· Course textbook & workbook
· ICD-10 coding

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I have a lot of internal drive, mental discipline and motivation to become a world model and I am very determined to do just that. I strive to spread healthy and fit lifestyles to my friends as well. I like music, dancing, mountain biking, football and driving fast cars and motorcycles. I love to hang out with my friends, go to the beach and enjoy night life in the city.
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The MRC Ethics Committee is registered as an institutional review board (IRB) with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of the USA Dept of Health and Human Services; IRB organisation identifier: IRB00001569. The Medical Research Council's unique Assurance Number is FWA00002753, and the unique Organisation Number is IORG0001163 as well as OLAWA5726-01.
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George Bizet (1838-1875), the French composer, was born and lived in Paris, and in his short life mainly wrote operas. His early works are Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers, 1863), composed to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, and set in ancient Ceylon – though it was originally meant to be pre-Columbian Mexico – and La Jolie Fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth 1867), based on Sir Walter Scott's novel. Djamileh (1873), a one-act opera set in Cairo, with an Arabian Nights theme, followed, along with other attempts at opera (including a draft act for Clarissa). B…
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More Wildcats Ever Headed to Olympic Games
More Wildcats Ever Headed to Olympic Games
July 26, 2012
Olympics Central Page
MANHATTAN, Kan. – When the Olympic Flame is lit inside Olympic Stadium on Friday night, thousands of athletes will begin their dream of representing their home nation on the biggest stage in sport as the start to the 2012 London Olympic Games is marked. Six of those athletes hoping to make the medal stand will be Kansas State Wildcats.
The K-State track and field team will have a combined total of six current or former athletes competing at the Olympics, the most ever in the program's history. The total of six surpasses the previous high of five set in 1996 that also saw former Wildcat Kenny Harrison win gold in the triple jump while also setting an Olympic record in the event.
Two current Wildcats highlight the Olympians with junior Erik Kynard representing Team USA in the men's high jump and senior Jeffrey Julmis running the 110 meter hurdles for Haiti. Julmis is only the second Haitian to run the event at the Olympics, and Kynard is the fourth Wildcat to compete in the high jump at the games.
A pair of Lithuanians represent K-State's strength in the combined events as 2004 silver medalist Austra Skujyte looks to medal again as she also becomes the first woman to compete in the heptathlon in three Olympics. Darius Draudvila will compete in his first Olympics in the decathlon, qualifying at the Lithuanian Championship.
K-State's distance program is well represented as well with two runners in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase. Puerto Rican national record holder Beverly Ramos is running in her first games after a successful career as a Wildcat recently. Jamaica's Korene Hinds is making her second trip to the Olympics, qualifying at the age of 35 this time around.
This group of Wildcats will be hard pressed to surpass the record of three medals won in 1956 by Wildcats when Thane Baker took home a gold, silver and bronze. It still has the potential to be a great Olympic Games for K-State with Skujyte's experience and previous medal-winning performance and the upcoming talent of Kynard, Julmis and Ramos. Kynard enters the Olympics ranked No. 6 in the world.
Opening Ceremonies are slated for Friday evening with festivities beginning on NBC at 6:30 p.m. Central. Competition is already underway with soccer having started on Wednesday to account for its long schedule. Track and field events begin on Friday, August 3 and run through the final day of the games on August 12.
Team Rovelto
K-State Head Coach Cliff Rovelto has established himself as one of the top coaches in not only the nation but the world when it comes to track and field. One event area where he is most respected among his peers and athletes is the high jump. That is more evident than ever this year as the Team USA men's high jump crew is personally coached by Rovelto. Defending IAAF world champion Jesse Williams highlights the group along with back-to-back NCAA champion Erik Kynard and 2004 Olympian Jamie Nieto.
No other coach in America can claim to be personally coaching the entire Team USA contingency in any one event area other than Rovelto.
Rovelto has had a high jumper he coaches compete in the Olympics every year since 1996. He is yet to coach a high jumper to a gold medal, however, with his best finish coming in 2004 when Matt Hemmingway claimed silver.
Williams joined up with Rovelto a few years ago and has improved steadily since after winning four NCAA titles while at Southern Cal. Last year he jumped 2.37 meters (7-09.25) at the USA Championship and went on to win the 2011 IAAF World Championship.
Nieto has seen success under Rovelto's tutelage as well. In addition to his fourth-place finish at the Olympics in 2004, he narrowly missed qualifying in 2008 and has seen a resurgence this year as he is the oldest American to represent Team USA in the men's high jump at 35 years.
More Wildcat Coaches in London
K-State Assistant Coach Michael Smith will be in London with the Puerto Rican delegation. After graduating from K-State distance star Beverly Ramos remained in Manhattan for graduate school and continues to train with Smith and she will represent her native country in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
Former K-State high jumper Gwen Wentland will also be in London wearing the Red, White and Blue. Wentland is an official member of the Team USA coaching staff as she will serve as an assistant women's coach for jumps. She will over see the high jump, long jump and heptathlon athletes at the games.


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An empirical study of the transition from paid work to self-employment
We explore the relationship between the probability of a transition from paid work to self-employment and three explanatory variables: paid income, predicted income, and income for ability. We use panel data for heads of households from the PSID SRC sample for eight pairs of years. Our results show that therelationship between paid income and self-employment is not linear. We then break up paid income into two components: a)predicted income based on human capital, demographic, and locational variables, and b) income for ability. Again, we find nolinear relationship between self-employment and either predicted income or income for ability. We then test for curvilinear relationships between these three variables (i.e., paid income, predicted income, and income for ability) and the transition to self-employment. We find that individuals with low incomes are more likely to take up self-employment. Further, income for ability is a stronger predictor of the transition to self-employment than predicted income. We show that the relationship between ability and self-employment is U shaped: very low ability and very high ability individuals are more likely to take up self-employment than medium ability individuals. We use prospect theory to explain this result.
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I met Dane while on a student exchange program in Florida back in 09. We first met at a welcome party we normally host for new recruits. We didn't pay much attention to each other then, but as time went by, we started hanging out and party together. Dane and I never missed an opportunity to do things together: shopping, visiting themed attractions, going to the movies, pizza by the pool, just stuff friends would do to get to know each other better. The more we got to know about each other, the closer we grew until we eventually became best friends.
When at work, we made sure we spent time with each other. Dane never had his work breaks the same time I had mine so he tended to swop out his breaks with his colleagues so he could have his break when I was on mine. We talked about a lot of stuff: life, our families, work, things that others say/do to upset....sex! Dane had this thing that he joked around about us fucking and having fun, but at times I never took it seriously.
I eventually graduated from our exchange program, leaving Dane behind and returning home to the motherland Namibia. Dane and I kept in touch but he was always out and about and never really replied to my Facebook wall posts on time. He returned home to South Africa after leaving the exchange program and we kept in touch a lot more often. When I was at work and got on Facebook and he was online, we would catch each other and chat time away. At times our chats would turn sexual, with us teasing each other about what we would do to each other when we saw each other again. We invited each other on mxit to stay in touch a lot more. One night while I was at home chilling with a girlfriend, Dane contacted me on mxit. He told me that he was horny and wanted me to call him cause he wanted me to fuck him. That's when I realised that he was real serious about us getting together sexually
Since then I always had these sexual fantasies. I would always fantasize about me fucking Dane hard as he always wanted, with me masturbating to the fantasies. He never actually shared his fantasies with me, nor did I with him, only that we always talked about what we would do to each other when we met again. I planned a trip to visit him in June of 2010. I stayed at his & his parents for 2 weeks. Dane and I partied and hung out a lot during that time. He had a girlfriend then, and mind you, I always thought that he was different, that he was bisexual. He always fought that off with anyone who asked him if he was bi. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a bisexual and I know he is although he tends to fight it off.
One night Dane and I planned a boys night out. His girlfriend Lisa wouldve joined us but she ended up not coming. We slept the afternoon and got up 8pm, had dinner, took separate showers, put up some loud music while getting ready for the night. Dane smoked, so we sat on the patio and talked more. He told me that he was glad that Lisa wasn't gonna join us cause he wanted to spend more time with his best buddy...me! So we went out and had fun. We got real drunk and I decided it was time for us to head home. When we got home we made us a late night snack cause with all the booze we had, we both got a little dried out & hungry. Dane started doing sexual advances. We got to his room and made out. We got into our separate beds and talked. I was so drunk & tired that I literally passed out. 5 minutes into my sleep, I dreamt about Dane & I getting it off. He came over to my bed, felt my hard dick through my blanket and went back to his bed. I couldve sworn that it was real. When we woke up the next morning to coffee on the patio, asked him whether we felt each other hard when we went to bed. He didn't say it didn't happen, nor did he say it did. He just remarked: ' and your point is?' 3 days after I left for home. Dane and I shared an intimate moment the night I left. We opened up our brotherly feelings to each other and ensured we understood our feelings for each other. That's when we adopted each other as BF's...for life! To this day, Dane and I never had a sensually sexual encounter, but with the feelings we have for each other, the next time we meet again, I'm sure something will go down. And who knows, maybe then I will give him the hard fucking he always wanted me to give him.
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