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Let's see now.. how do I put this? Oh no... not another...
Seriously, I don't know why I get all these Sony cameras... I guess I just like their features.
So... the next Sony camera I got is.. the Sony NEX-3.
It falls under the Micro Four Thirds family, or as the camera industry likes to call it "The smaller than a DSLR camera yet gives you DSLR like quality cameras and features... and then some!" Oh.. if you're looking for a camera review, you better go here instead since I'm not qualified to give full technical reviews of cameras, I'm just giving opinions about it as a user.
The NEX-3's BODY is small and compact, almost as small as your typical compact cameras
But... unlike your typical compact cameras, and more like a DSLR, the NEX-3's lens doesn't shrink into the body. It's basically a removable lens (like DSLRs) so you can attach different lens for different situations. The problem is of course, depending on what you attach the camera might change from slightly pocketable to only fits in your handbag/man purse size. So... is it easier to carry around than a DSLR? Yes... Is it as easy to carry around as a compact camera? No. Do remember.. I have pretty big pockets in my Docker's pants, so if I feel that even with the 16MM slim pancake lens the NEX-3 is not really pocketable, it won't fit in most other pockets.
The NEX-3's battery bay and card slot is housed in the grip on the side.
It accepts Sony's own Memory Stick Duo cards, SDHC cards and also... SDXC cards. One of my minor complaints is that there's only ONE slot that fits both card dimensions, so when you insert the smaller, thinner profile Memory Stick. Sometimes it goes in the wrong way. I can only imagine what would happen if someone shoved it in the wrong way... HARD!
The rear of the NEX-3 spots a clean minimalistic look.
But.. just because it LOOKS simple, doesn't mean it is. See the big wheel on the right? Not only is the center an ENTER button for selection, Not only is it a wheel which you SPIN to make selections, it is also a four direction D-PAD! And the simple matter of fact is that with only so little buttons, it takes some time to get used to the interface and menus. But I guess once you are familiar with the camera, the maze of menus won't matter this much. Oh yeah... it's NOT a touch screen!
One thing that I must commend Sony on is the Shooting Tips feature, basically the camera ITSELF has a mini beginners shooting guide book. Look at some of the tips offered by it.
Pretty invaluable to someone who's learning how to use pictures outside of Full Auto mode, I wonder if other cameras come with a feature like this?
Since we're talking about the screen, it's also tiltable so you can take photos holding the camera high up, or down low.
You can also see the USB and HDMI mini jacks her on this side.
The NEX-3 DOES NOT come with a built in flash, the little indention you see on the top is actually the accessory port which you connect the external flash to.
It doesn't matter HOW good the camera performs in Low Light situations, or how little noise is contained in the camera's High ISO pictures. If you don't have a Flash, the camera FAILS the all important WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) for the simple reason that without a Flash there are many situations where you can't get pictures of your 3 year old son running around. So it's a big deal when the camera doesn't have a flash built in.
This is the how the external flash for the NEX-3 looks like.
And I'm guessing because the designers at Sony realize that if you had a flash but can't carry it with you easily it's just as useless, they give you a nice little case to hold it in.
Not only that, said case can be easily attached to the camera strap so you'll always have the Flash on you all the time... if you decide to use the camera strap that is...
More importantly is that in a move that easily increases the WAF of the NEX-3, the Flash is INCLUDED in the package instead of as a separate accessory.
To install the flash, you just open the connector door. Plug it in, then tighten the connection screw on the flash.
Then you close the screw's door to make it look nice and flush
Simple right? But there's one ANNOYING thing, the accessory door does not pull back a lot, heck it's almost at it's limits in the pictures you see above, I'd imagine someone with big fingers would have a hard time installing and uninstalling the flash.
Other than that little annoyance, the Flash looks well and proper sitting on top of the camera.
You have to turn it on yourself by lifting it up, it doesn't pop on it's own.
How well is the flash? Well.. it's your typical head on fill flash. Nothing to write home about, if you're at the right distance it works well, if not.. full blown white out. But that's pretty much how these things are. Of course I never actually used it a lot yet.
I mentioned just now that the industry calls these type of cameras "The smaller than a DSLR camera yet gives you DSLR like quality cameras and features... and then some!" So let's talk about the "then some!" features of the NEX-3. First of all, like all compact digital cameras the NEX-3 is able to take videos. The cool thing is that you don't have to enter a movie mode to take videos, you just press the "MOVIE" button.
And you're recording a movie. Unlike most video capable DSLRs (or is it ALL of them?), the NEX-3 is able to perform autofocus during video recording I'm guessing this is thanks to the more silent gearing in the lens. Other reviews have said that the autofocus isn't perfect, and it's hard to achieve certain optical effects with the NEX-3's video mode. But for a movie mode in a still camera's body, it works well enough.
Yet another annoyance I have with the NEX-3 is the position of the LEFT voice recording mic, it's position is easily covered depending on how you hold the camera. Personally I don't even understand WHY they have stereo mics on these things in the first place, what kind of audio distinction can be done by mics there are mic inches apart?!?!? Or maybe they use it for noise cancelation.... but that doesn't make sense too!
The other waaaaay cool feature that the NEX-3 has is that it can take panorama pictures automatically. Basically all you do is enter the panorama mode, press the capture button and the camera will start taking pictures for a few seconds, in that period you are to sweep the camera so that it can snap enough pictures to build a scene.
There are a lot of factors that determine how well this feature works, things like how steady are you moving, how static is the scene (not really meant for a crowd scene), how similar objects look to the camera... etc. etc. But generally it's a pretty nifty feature and fun to play with.
I haven't taken too many shots with the NEX-3 yet. Here's a few.
They built a squash court inside the Curve... impressive..
Corridor shot.
Anxious parents.
Look I can finally take a proper picture of my A550, this is with Flash
So, what's the verdict on the Sony NEX-3? Well... it's size makes it more portable than a regular DSLR without a doubt, it's still not as portable as your typical compact digital camera, but it has similar performance to a DSLR yet still retains some of the nifty features as a compact camera (movie mode FTW!) I don't see a reason recommending people AGAINST it if they ask me should they get one.
ps. Before you ask, the main difference between the NEX-5 and the NEX-3 is that the NEX-5 has a magnesium body and is capable of taking Full HD videos. Not things I'm terribly concerned about hence I went for the cheaper NEX-3.
Ok, I've nabbed the new Beta developer tools for Windows Phone 7 (and still cursing the fact that no offline installer is available) dropped it into a test VHD and did a quick test project to test out wheter the previous Silverlight 4 port of the library works on the phone (and also in Silverlight 3) and... well.. it works without a hitch, so if you were looking for a QRCode library for use in Windows Phone 7.
Download it here.
A little scene was waiting for me when I got home today.
Of course, the person responsible for this is.
After finding out about local online knife selling website Blade.MY I decided to pick up something to try out their service. So I went and got this.
This is the Leatherman Style CS, it's a small little multitool knife like the best pocket multitool I've ever used, the Leatherman Squirt.
So it's small and slightly more than 3 inches across, and of course it's sporting a very holely look.
Not only do the holes give it a sweet look, they also serve to lighten the overall weight of the knife, and yes the weight's very pocketable.
The Style CS comes with a pair of scissors instead of pliers, which is actually one of the things that is stopping me from swapping out the Squirt in my pocket for this. I kinda like the idea of having a pretty usable pair of needle nose pliers in my pocket.
On one handle you'll find the knife.
And on the other you'll find the combination nail file / screwdriver. After carrying around the squirt for 4 years I actually fear using these flat screwdrivers, the problem is that they don't have the structural strength of a real Phillips screwdriver so if the screw you're trying to open happens to be really right you might end up damaging the head.
The carabineer clip that's on the end of the tool is actually a bottle cap opener as well, personally I haven't opened a bottle cap EVER with my knives but I guess caps must still be popular enough to warrant the inclusion of an opener in anything that can be called a proper multitool.
The little nib on the handle, is actually a small pair of tweezers.
Nothing much to write about a pair of tweezers I guess...
While the Style CS will still not replace my Squirt P4 in my pocket, the main thing I found out was that Blade.My is able to supply these Leatherman Tools at pretty competitive prices. So if you're looking for a Leatherman tool you might want to check them out. I myself already have my eyes set on something else in the catalog...
Well, I managed to get inside the Windows Live Connect Beta. And first thing I did was? Put yet another widget on my page... Let's see how long it takes for me to implement other features.
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Chapman Taylor has demonstrated outstanding commercial success in international trade more than doubling overseas earnings over the three year period of 2006, 2007 and 2008. This was achieved through highly focused, professional business and marketing strategies. Director Tim Partington comments on how Workspace has supported the business during these years, Workspace has supported our business strategy by acting as a central place to consolidate all the practices information. By delivering accurate and real time information our architects are more commercially aware and we can track a projects progress and all related correspondence in one central place. It doesnt matter where an architect is they will have the same visibility of information. When a practice is growing as rapidly and as far reaching as we have been, having good systems is essential, and Workspace has been a key tool in supporting our expansion.
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Providence, RI, July 30, 2013—To introduce four documentaries with riveting new footage illustrating the history of civil rights in America the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will offer a series of moderated screenings on campus in February 2014.
Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities that uses the power of documentary films to encourage community discussion of America's civil rights history. NEH has partnered with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to develop programmatic and support materials for the sites.
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is one of 473 institutions across the country awarded a set of four films chronicling the history of the civil rights movement. The powerful documentaries, The Abolitionists, Slavery by Another Name, Freedom Riders, and The Loving Story, include dramatic scenes of incidents in the 150-year effort to achieve equal rights for all. Freedom Riders received an Emmy in 2012, and The Loving Story and The Abolitionists were nominated for Emmys in 2013.
These films chronicle the long and sometimes violent effort to achieve the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—for all Americans. The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is pleased to receive a grant from NEH to provide programming around these films and begin a platform for discussion around these issues.
Each of the films was produced with NEH support, and each tells remarkable stories of individuals who challenged the social and legal status quo of deeply rooted institutions, from slavery to segregation. Created Equal programs bring communities together to revisit our shared history and help bridge deep racial and cultural divides in American civic life. Visit www.neh.gov/created-equal for more information.
The Created Equal film set is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) is a scholarly research center with a public educational mission. Developed in response to a recommendation from the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, which spent three years exploring Brown's historical relationship to racial slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, CSSJ aims to create a space for the interdisciplinary study of historical forms of slavery and how the legacies of slavery continue to shape our contemporary world.
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For most people, the number one reason to go to a farmers' market isn't an insistence on low prices. Freshness, the lure of local food, atmosphere, the straw hat, the pickup truck, the over the table conversation with a real farmer that holds the attraction, in my view.
It's a good thing, because a recent study shows that farmers' markets in central Illinois sold selected produce items at pricier levels than local supermarkets.
A study published in the May issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior compared prices of fruits and vegetables in supermarkets and farmers' markets in the central Illinois region and found supermarket pricing was generally lower, according to a news release from the University of Illinois about the study.
Authored by the school's Karen Chapman-Novakofski and Ashley Wheeler, the study was titled "Farmers Markets: Costs Compared with Supermarkets, Use Among WIC Clients, and Relationship to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Related Psychosocial Variables."
USDA has used farmers's market vouchers since 1992 to allow WIC mothers to purchase more fruits and vegetables than they could otherwise afford. Benefits to participants typically vary from $10 to $30 per year, depending on the state. The farmers market WIC vouchers - unlike the WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers that are also a part of the program - cannot be used to purchase produce at grocery stores.
Per pound pricing was recorded every two weeks at area grocery stores and farmers markets from mid-May to mid-August, according to Chapman-Novakofski. That is also about the same time that the WIC farmers market program hands out vouchers to participants, she said.
Chapman-Novakofski said the study tracked nine fruits and sixteen vegetables at eleven vendors at farmers' markets and seven supermarkets in central Illinois. The produce from supermarkets and the farmers' markets did not necessarily share the same origins, she said; the study did not collect information on origin of produce sold at supermarkets or at farmers' markets, she said.
The average supermarket price per pound for apples in the study period was $1.55 per pound, compared with $2.06 per pound for apples sold at farmers' markets.
Tomatoes averaged $1.62 per pound at the grocery store and $2.64 per pound at the farmers' markets.
Cucumbers sold for 58 cents per pound at the grocery store, compared with 84 cents per pound at the farmers' markets. Peaches were $1.41 per pound at the grocery store, compared with $2.70 per pound at the farmers' markets.
Watermelon was the only produce item that was cheaper at the farmers' markets, she said, with watermelon selling for $5 (each) at the farmers' market, compared with grocery store for $5.17 (each) at the grocery.
The lack of origin data is one drawback to the study. Comparing Illinois apples with Washington apples doesn't convey the value of "local' in the pricing equation, and the same applies to all the other commodities.
Chapman-Novakofski said that while shoppers could have gotten more pounds of produce at the grocery store for the same bucks, she cautioned the study isn't necessarily reflective of the entire U.S. She said other studies have shown that farmers' markets can be cheaper than supermarkets.
Comparing pricing within a farmers' market may be worthy of study. How much competition is there within a farmers' market? That dynamic also may vary depending on location.
But consumers who go to a farmers market aren't necessarily looking for the lowest prices. Or, at least based on this recent study, they shouldn't.
Looking ahead, it may make sense to allow flexibility for all WIC food package benefits to be used purchase fruits and vegetables at both supermarkets and farmers' markets.
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Two Australians are among six adventurers setting off for Antarctica to recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton's journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. ABC News 24's Joe O'Brien spoke to expedition leader Tim Jarvis.
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Dennis P. "Denny" Dodd, 66, of Lewes, passed away Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at his residence. He was born in Mannington, W.Va., July 8, 1947, son of Wilda Rush Dodd of Mannington and the late Spencer Paul Dodd.
Denny proudly and honorably served his country with the U.S. Navy, prior to embarking on a 30-year career with Minerals Technologies Inc. in Easton, Pa., where he was a furnace operator. He retired in 2005, relocating to the Lewes area, where he would enjoy time spent on his boat, fishing and crabbing. Denny loved to hunt in the Poconos and occasionally in West Virginia. He was the grill master for many of the summer picnics in his community. Denny enjoyed being part of the courtesy patrol for his community for several years and the opportunities it brought for him to meet neighbors and help those in need. He looked forward to his weekly card night on Tuesdays with the guys, never for big pots, mostly for the camaraderie!
Denny participated in Relay for Life, a community-based fundraiser walk for cancer survivors and those who have been impacted by cancer. Denny and his loving companion, Linda C. Kuhn, participated in memory of Linda's grandson, Paul Detweiler. Denny touched the lives of many, and his footprints will be left on the hearts of many. He will be remembered as a loving companion, father, grandfather, son and friend to many.
Denny is survived by his son, Joshua P. Dodd and wife Jennifer of Coopersburg, Pa.; granddaughter Abigail and grandchild to be born in May; his loving companion of 18 years, Linda C. Kuhn of Lewes, and her children: Kenneth Hunsicker and wife Marlene of Troy, Pa., their children: Marta, Emily and Sara; and Julie Detweiler and husband David of Sellersville, Pa., and their daughter Erin. Denny was preceded in death by Linda's grandson Paul Detweiler in June 2013.
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LONDON (Jun. 14)
Ian Mikardo, Labor M. P., this weekend charged that Jews are barred as guests at the Mid-Ocean Club at Bermuda, the headquarters of the forthcoming talks among President Eisenhower. Prime Minister Churchill and a French Government representative. Mr. Mikardo said that he would ask the Prime Minister to try to get the locale of the Three Power conference changed.
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Since there seems to be persistant interest in perlmonks statistics, I thought I should post my latest quick-and-dirty analysis based on a new data set from demerphq. (And a big thank you for demerphq, too, for extracting those data!) That data set provides some insight into reputations of nodes in various categories and for various levels of monks, but bucketed in a way to maintain privacy.
Here's a table showing the average reputation per post by level for various categories. (I excluded many categories that had low sample sizes.) Of course, this is not based on any time series so it needs to be read quite literally. Monks of a current level had an average reputation of X across all their nodes in a given category (regardless of the level they were when it was originally posted.)
I've posted a 3D chart of these data for those who like a graphical perspective.
There's a strong trend evident that the higher monk levels have higher reputations per post -- even in a category like Poetry, though that has the weakest trend. There are also some interesting outliers in the Obfuscated and Tutorials categories.
One thing that can be done with per-node-reputations is to estimate the amount of XP that they generated. (The assumptions behind the estimation break down for high-reputation nodes with high node-tension, but it's the best that can be done with the data at hand.)
That affords some insight into what categories node XP came from for monks of certain levels. Not surprisingly, more experienced monks get a greater percentage of their node XP from replies to other posts (though unfortunately, the data aren't yet available to say what category the reply is in). At the highest level, XP from Meditations is a significant outlier, perhaps due to one of the three Archbishops. (Possibly Ovid, based on a today's sampling from Selected Best Nodes.)
Again I've posted some charts to illustrate it:
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While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends and subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
TheStreet Ratings' stock rating model views dividends favorably, but not so much that other factors are disregarded. Our model gauges the relationship between risk and reward in several ways, including: the pricing drawdown as compared to potential profit volatility, i.e. how much one is willing to risk in order to earn profits?; the level of acceptable volatility for highly performing stocks; the current valuation as compared to projected earnings growth; and the financial strength of the underlying company as compared to its stock's valuation as compared to its stock's performance.
These and many more derived observations are then combined, ranked, weighted, and scenario-tested to create a more complete analysis. The result is a systematic and disciplined method of selecting stocks. As always, stock ratings should not be treated as gospel — rather, use them as a starting point for your own research.
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Starwood PropertyDividend Yield: 7.90% Starwood Property (NYSE: STWD) shares currently have a dividend yield of 7.90%. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. originates, acquires, finances, and manages commercial mortgage loans, other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the United States and Europe. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.29. The average volume for Starwood Property has been 2,278,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Starwood Property has a market cap of $4.7 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are down 13.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. TheStreet Ratings rates Starwood Property as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- STWD's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 6.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 117.1%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST INC has improved earnings per share by 20.9% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST INC increased its bottom line by earning $1.78 versus $1.41 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.15 versus $1.78).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry. The net income increased by 78.7% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $50.21 million to $89.72 million.
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Wed. December 2, 2009 | Keith Niebuhr
Countryside junior OT Tyler Moore committed to childhood favorite Nebraska almost two months ago, but just as expected he's still getting offers.
According to Moore, both Georgia and Stanford recently pulled the trigger.
Although the 6-foot-6, 290-pound Moore said he isn't likely to de-commit, he is flattered by the attention and appreciates every new offer.
"It just gives me another choice," he said.
Moore chose Nebraska over offers from Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Scout.com, a Web site devoted to football recruiting, named him one of the nation's 100 best juniors.
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Long search for the evolutionary answer
It is a strange fact that 42,778 people are currently followers on Twitter of a 26-year-old man who, by his own admission, is only useful from his belly button to his knees.
James Deen is not especially tall, especially handsome, or especially interesting as far as anyone can tell, but he has no problem in the wood department, as they call it in porn.
This fluke of nature calls himself the luckiest guy alive because he can put his attribute to commercial use in the kind of movie that needs neither plot, script nor character development.
Whether he knows how to hold a knife and fork, likes gardening, or has any other interest in life is of no concern to his admirers, who Only Want One Thing.
I pause here because this is exactly what women have always moaned about with men; real men, that is, the ones they actually meet in person. We have never before had our choice of fantasy men who we could watch vicariously in action, should we have a few spare moments left over from earning a living and washing our smalls.
But now porn is all the go among thinking women, and the big intellectual question is whether it's patronising to women to assume they like the odd exchange of dialogue and display of tenderness as opposed to full-on chains and padlocks and biff.
Count me out. Too tired. But I will observe that Deen has a damn cheek going by almost the same name as the iconic James Dean, the 1950s actor who died in a pranged Porsche.
My hunch is that Dean's image will endure for a good few years yet as a symbol of archetypal masculine attractiveness - and he achieved this not only by being fully clothed, but also by being dead.
Deen's fame will be a flickering match in a dirty old ashtray compared to that.
By contrast to Deen, I doubt very much that any women pant after Stephen Wolfram, the balding and totally average-looking maths genius, now middle-aged, who wrote his first book on particle physics at the age of 14 and had a PhD at 20.
I mention this because somewhere in the great system of evolution there is a definite glitch that needs to be explained in a hurry if our species is to work out how to survive in this world we currently make such a mess of.
It is the likes of Wolfram we should be aiming our simpering selves at, surely, rather than an average Joe with a single, rather common ability that requires almost no IQ.
We should be wanting to breed - if sex still has any relation to reproduction - with blokes who are not only clever, but also rich.
We should thrill to words like "cosmology" and "quantum field theory", then, for the very good reason that we haven't a clue what they mean, but guess that they may come in handy one day.
I am thinking about evolution and the oddness of human beings because in the past week scientists have reported finding yet another kind of prehistoric species of fossilised human beings in China.
It's believed they died out 11,500 years ago. They don't look like any other human fossils, so this is exciting for the scientists.
I would be more interested if we weren't unearthing new missing links every year or so to general delight. Weren't the last some kind of Indonesian hobbit people?
Personally, I'll be grabbed by such reports if and when we unearth a fossilised people who practised altruism, respected the planet and put a value on human dignity.
Until then I'll ponder whether Deen is some kind of evolutionary answer - though I'm unsure of exactly what was the question.
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Rock of Ages is the five-time Tony nominated self-referential smash, packed with 30 electrifying hit songs from Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi and many more, that will transport you back in time to the heady days (and nights) on the Sunset Strip in 1987!
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In July, 2009, the Broadway production of Rock of Ages organized the Guinness World Record for 'Largest Air Guitar Ensemble.'
Opening night: 17 March 2009
Closing night: 3 January 2011
Rock of Ages is a full-out, blast-off, hold-onto-your-hairspray celebration of the great rock music of the 80s, and you might be wondering - or, admit it, hoping - your kids will love it as much as you will.
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I know there are several high priced software solutions out there for the cutter. Is there a third party software that can take what is on the CorelDRAW Screen and sent it to the cutter with one click of the button. Something that does not open another program or that I have to import the design to. I want to simply click a button and start cutting.
Please let me know what software you are using, How much you paid for it and what you like most about it. I am looking to increase production in the shop and if the design is all ready to cut, IE no overlapping lines, sized properly, etc. then why can we just send it to the cutters. Right no I have FlexiSign and hate the time it takes to Export, Import, Fix, then send to cut. The transition from a CorelDRAW file to that program drives me nuts and I just cant find a good filter to use that does not make me fix something that is just fine in CorelDRAW.
Anyone else frustrated? Or is it just hot in here.
for several plotters you don't need more than CorelDRAW. I use for example a Graphtec plotter and I sent directly to the plotter, as any printer. The object must be vector, with black hairline outline, and without fill. That's all. Of course, you must install the drivers, and you will have all the options available. Is more easy, fast and flexible than other programs such as FlexiSign
In reply to Ariel:
Me too. I cut right from Draw using your parameters. Also, if I may add, objects must be clean, i.e. no crossing lines and no pieces of clipart made up of NUMEROUS objects. That kinda stuff drives my Roland nuts and usually results in messed up vinyl wherever the knife cuts more than once. - Scotty
In reply to FosterCoburn:
I cut directly from Corel using an ancient version of DrawMate.
Just click the little icon.................send to cutter.
Done. Simple. Easy cheesy.
Downside is that it ONLY works with Corel 7...........so, in essence, I actually have to save the X3/X4 back down to ver.7 for it to work.
When my XP computer bites the dust, I'm going to get crazy.
I'm not a fan of 'cutter' software. Sorry, guys, but Co-Cut drives me up the wall.
I don't want bells & whistles.
A simple "send to cutter" icon is just my cup of tea.
Ron what version of FlexiSign do you have? I use a Roland that requires an outline be applied and the CutContour color be assigned to that outline. This seem to be the case for many other applications. I would also like to hear all the details of a Draw direct solution.
for several plotters you don't need more than CorelDRAW. I use for example
a Graphtec plotter and I sent directly to the plotter, as any printer. The
object must be vector, with black hairline outline, and without fill. That's
all. Of course, you must install the drivers, and you will have all the
options available.
for several plotters you don't need more than CorelDRAW. I use for example
a Graphtec plotter and I sent directly to the plotter, as any printer. The
object must be vector, with black hairline outline, and without fill. That's
all. Of course, you must install the drivers, and you will have all the
options available.
In reply to Jeff Harrison:
Jeff Harrison
Hi Ariel,
I sent to 2 units:
Roland Camm-1
Roland SP540-V
Camm-1 is simple Windows print driver I access from
Draw print engine. Similar to Graphtec it seems... hairline only, no fills.
Easy, fast, productive.
SP540V is cutter/CMYK wide format. I think it's possible
to access through driver also, but for some reason I import EPS's into
Versaworks instead. I must ask myself why I take the extra step...
Hi, Jeff. I also send files to a Roland Soljet plotter using Versaworks altough it requires to use a special color named CutContour and export as EPS. Also, a milling machine uses a very similar system and options, you must send as eps (no matter what color do you use) and send to cut. CorelDRAW is the best for this
Ronald, I, too, have CoCut X4 Pro. With a single click, I send my files to my cutter and the cutting software(CoCut) allows me further manupulation, if I wish, or I can cut the vinyl, directly, with one more single click of the mouse. The nice thing about CoCut, is that it handles many cutters from different manufacturers. I have been using CoCut since Ver 11, and I love it.
In reply to David Milisock:
I own Flexi 7 and don't wan to spend the money upgrading that.
Now recently i use flexi sign pro 7.5 . but there r some limitations in it like it requires old construction mother board, can not install on windows 7 etc.
i am in search of new version of flexi sign . can u plz suggest any websites .. for it....... it will be very nice if i get a free download site.
if u read this plz let me know.... as soon as possible............
thank u.........
In reply to bheraram:
If you are a small shop with only 1 cutter you might be able to get away with using only CorelDraw as Ariel suggested. If you have many cutters and want to drive them all at once Cocut is essential for a nice productivity boost. I run 4 cutters several hours daily all at once using Cocut from a single Machine. The same machine simultaneously drives a large format printer cutter too!
Cocut makes it easy to manage jobs, determine what machine is cutting what job, and easily resend a job that was sent in event of a problem. Keep your Flexisign just for the Contours, quick Shadows, and handy Envelope Tools but other than that retire it from cutting.
Oh, and never save any designs in FlexiSign format. Once you get many it will be tedious to convert them one by one if you ever decide to make a change. CorelDraw offers many batch operations and the ability to add on macros that can out perform Flexi in many ways.
Good luck!
Hello Ron; One thing to think about when buying a cutter or cutting software is the limit of the cutter, a cutter could have a 60" length limit so you wouldn't have to have a software that would cut a 150' roll without paneling, Also you wouldn't want a 60" limit software to hold a unlimited length cutter back. The other thing to keep in mind is what do you want the cutting software to do, do a shadow in Corel takes a little extra work to get it to look GOOD when cut, where as SignLab is the best software for it that I have found, ( But is it worth the extra money? ) Corel can make any type of sign design that you could want, the longer you use it and the better you get to know it the less time it takes to get a job ready for cutting. Printing and cutting vinyl are not always done with the same layout, ( No blending of colors with vinyl unless you are willing to use a air brush ) The vinyl makes a longer lasting sign. ( It doesn't UV as fast ) If you need a sign to last the longest stay away from red's They sun fade first.)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - He calls himself "The Bishop." Exactly why is just one of the many mysteries surrounding the increasingly menacing figure.
The man - and investigators believe they are dealing with a man - is suspected of sending at least a half-dozen threatening letters to financial institutions over the past 18 months and mailing two dud pipe bombs that arrived a day apart in Kansas City and Chicago in January.
In his letters, The Bishop has demanded that financial companies move the prices of certain stocks to certain levels, often $6.66 - an apparent reference to the Antichrist, said corporate counterterrorism expert Fred Burton.
Burton, whose security firm has been hired by financial companies to find The Bishop, said the pipe bombs were assembled with crucial components deliberately left out, in what was probably a warning. Next time, Burton said, the bombs could be real.
But catching The Bishop and figuring out exactly what his grudge is could require help from the public, Burton said, noting that it was Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's own brother who turned him in and ended the 17-year series of bombings that killed three people and injured 23.
David Kaczynski got suspicious after reading the Unabomber's anti-technology manifesto, published in the newspapers.
The Bishop, like the Unabomber, is probably mentally ill, highly intelligent and a loner, said Burton, vice president of counterterrorism for Stratfor, an Austin, Texas, security and intelligence firm.
Postal inspectors are offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information. The investigation also includes the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and local law enforcement agencies.
Spokesmen for the FBI and the Postal Inspection Service would not comment in any detail on the investigation.
Burton said some of Stratfor's financial clients asked his firm to investigate in 2005 after The Bishop began sending threatening letters from various Midwestern states, including Wisconsin and Iowa.
Burton, who said he has many sources within law enforcement, wrote in a weekly terrorism report last month that the letters have become increasingly threatening.
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Europe's ambitious program to introduce mode-S surveillance datalink technology has once again been rescheduled to account for operational and technical difficulties. On January 13, Eurocontrol announced a "rationalization" of the implementation timetable for mode-S elementary (ELS, known in North America as "upgraded mode-S") and enhanced (EHS) surveillance for IFR flights in general air traffic (IFR/GAT).
The provisional council of the European ATC agency said that it had become necessary to "align" the compliance deadlines for the initial ELS phase and the more advanced EHS due to "an increasing number of technical and operational difficulties."
The main change is effectively to postpone the final ELS compliance deadline by 24 months from the March 31, 2005, date that has been looming large for the industry to the same March 31, 2007, deadline that applies for EHS. Eurocontrol has also introduced further latitude for EHS compliance in that operators that have achieved the standard for at least 90 percent of their fleets by March 30, 2007, can obtain a two-year extension, to March 31, 2009, to upgrade the remaining aircraft from ELS to EHS standards.
Finally, aircraft that are to be withdrawn from service by Dec. 31, 2007, will not be required to have a mode-S retrofit at all, a provision that will prompt some operators to calculate whether or not it is economically viable to upgrade older business aircraft and may trigger some fleet replacement purchases.
Most business aircraft manufacturers have plans in place to enable ELS compliance for just about all of their current-production and legacy models. In this respect, the main advantage of the revised Eurocontrol timetable is that it allows more time for operators and shops to complete the required Service Bulletin (SB) and supplementary type certificate (STC) modifications.
Anxious to avoid the impression that the "rationalization" constitutes a procrastinator's charter, Eurocontrol has emphasized that the extension is not a "general alleviation to delay installation plans" and that it is intended to allow breathing space for those operators who have experienced "difficulties beyond their control." The agency urged operators to complete transponder retrofits at the earliest opportunity, warning that, "No further exemptions will be possible, for whatever reason, beyond these final dates for aircraft compliance (i.e. March 30, 2007)."
The EHS mandate period still officially begins on March 31, and operators subject to it are still required either to establish with Eurocontrol that their aircraft already meet this standard or to apply formally for an exemption that runs through the 2007 deadline. In fact, the regulatory agency has granted operators three months of latitude, until June 30, for registering with Eurocontrol's Exemption Coordination Cell (EEC).
The EHS mandate applies to any IFR/GAT operations by an aircraft with an mtow of more than 12,500 pounds (5,700 kilograms) or a maximum cruise speed greater than 250 ktas. Aircraft below these thresholds will be required to meet ELS requirements when flying in ELS or EHS airspace. Initially the EHS requirement covers German, British and French airspace, although officially the transition period for France does not begin until March 31 next year.
ELS will initially take effect in the airspace of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It will therefore affect not only the majority of aircraft flying between most points in western Europe, but also many aircraft flying across or over the continent. For IFR flights, all new production aircraft have been required to be ELS-compliant since March 31 last year.
For VFR operations, new production aircraft are still required to be ELS-equipped by the March 31, 2005, deadline. Transponder retrofits and upgrades on existing aircraft will need to be completed by March 31, 2008, subject to agreements with individual Eurocontrol member states.
Operators can obtain EHS exemptions to cover the following circumstances:
• Where an aircraft's avionics do not permit the extraction and transmission of the full set of downlink airborne parameters (DAPs).
• For aircraft operators who show a clear intent to equip their aircraft as soon as practicable after March 31, 2005, but before March 30, 2007, and who experience genuine technical issues or supply problems, causing delays that are beyond their control. In these circumstances, operators can also apply for a partial alleviation from the mode-S elementary requirements to install the wiring for aircraft identification reporting at the same time as the wiring for the enhanced surveillance DAPs.
• For aircraft conducting flights, under existing rules, for the purpose of flight testing, delivery, or transit into and out of maintenance bases.
• For aircraft that intend to conduct only occasional IFR flights (less than 30 hours per aircraft each year).
Full details of the mode-S programs and of the EEC exemption process are available at the Eurocontrol Web site: www.eurocontrol.int/mode_s. Eurocontrol is issuing a revised aeronautical information circular to outline full details of the revised mode-S compliance arrangements.
Mode-S allows secondary surveillance radar (SSR) to more selectively interrogate aircraft within their range. Mode-S elementary surveillance automatically identifies each aircraft with its own flight code and gives its current position and altitude. By gathering and processing from so-called DAPs, enhanced surveillance will give air traffic controllers even more useful information, by also providing the heading, speed and selected flight level of each aircraft interrogated.
The DAPs will initially cover the following eight parameters: magnetic heading, airspeed, selected altitude, vertical rate, track angle rate (or true airspeed if this cannot be supplied by the aircraft's avionics), roll angle, groundspeed and true track angle. As such, mode-S enhanced promises to be a significant tool for air traffic management safety and efficiency. It will greatly reduce the radio communications workload for both controllers and pilots, cutting the potential for miscommunications in the process. In addition, controllers should find it easier to separate aircraft safely while maximizing airspace utilization. The data gathered will be invaluable for safety functions such as short-term conflict alerts and minimum safe altitude warnings.
Eurocontrol has stated that any aircraft that fall below the parameters for EHS compliance will be able to operate under ELS standards indefinitely.
Mode-S should overcome radio frequency "pollution" in Europe, where ground stations repeatedly interrogate aircraft transponders. Eurocontrol is arranging for ground stations to be "clustered" so that each will be informed when a particular aircraft has already been interrogated for its flight data. The agency has acknowledged that some of the technical delays that have forced the revised mode-S compliance timetable have been with the ground stations, so the situation is not entirely the result of problems with airborne equipment.
Andrew Kennedy, an EEC official with Eurocontrol's mode-S program unit, told AIN that the benefits of mode-S will be evident incrementally from the beginning of next month's transition period because a significant number of aircraft will be compliant by this date. In this respect, mode-S differs from other airspace management reforms such as RVSM that are necessarily "all or nothing" in the way they are applied. This is an important point for those operators who have made the necessary investment of time and money to meet the original deadline who might feel that the promised benefits have been undermined by others who have stalled over compliance.
Bizplane Makers Get Set for Mode-S
Business aircraft manufacturers have been preparing mode-S compliance solutions for their fleets during the past couple of years. As of press time, most had firm plans in place at least to meet the ELS requirement for all current production models and all but the oldest of their legacy products.
Several airframer engineering managers told AIN that meeting the mode-S compliance deadline has proved challenging, following so closely the major RVSM upgrades in Europe just a couple of years ago. They added that the close implementation sequence between the ELS and EHS requirements has created serious technical headaches, and these appear to have influenced Eurocontrol managers to allow further latitude for compliance.
All new production examples of the Learjets 40, 40XR, 45, 45XR and 60 are now ELS-compliant on delivery. According to Learjet director of customer support engineering Steve Crawford, the company has also prepared STCs for the out-of-production Learjet 20, 30 and 50 series. Not all of these are fully approved because the manufacturer is waiting for customers to request the modification so that an aircraft is available to complete the necessary certification testing.
Bombardier has just issued SBs covering modifications for earlier Learjet 40s and 45s that were delivered before ELS compliance was achieved from the production line. It also has an STC covering work needed for earlier Learjet 60s.
The Canadian airframer has already achieved the more advanced EHS mode-S compliance for Learjet 60s numbers S/N 285 and later. Crawford said that the manufacturer cannot achieve the EHS requirement for the Learjet 40 series until transponder supplier Honeywell has a European TSO in place, which is not expected until April. Bombardier's goal is to deliver Learjet 40s and 45s with EHS starting in July, with SBs for the existing fleet to follow soon after.
Among the larger Bombardier business aircraft, Challenger 300s, Challenger 604s and Global Expresses (including the latest Global XRS edition) that were delivered with certificates of airworthiness after March 31 last year were ELS-compliant. Service Bulletins for older 604s and Global Expresses have been available for almost a year and this month Bombardier will issue an SB for just six 300s that were not delivered with the ELS specification.
David Field, Bombardier's director of customer support for the Challenger and Global Express series, said that ELS mode-S STCs will be offered for older Challenger 600s. However, as yet, the manufacturer has not received any requests for these upgrades and so it does not have the aircraft it needs to complete the approval process.
Field told AIN that EHS efforts are now focused on getting compliance for current production aircraft, adding that there is still significant work to be done. Service Bulletins covering the EHS upgrades for existing 300s, 604s and Global Expresses are expected to be in place by the end of the third quarter of this year, and operators have been advised to apply for the necessary exemptions while they wait for these SBs. The first Global 5000s, due to be delivered around April, will meet ELS standards but will likely require further upgrades for the EHS standards.
The Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services facility in Berlin has already installed about 20 SBs on a mix of Learjets, Challengers and Global Expresses. Managing director Andreas Kaden said that the turn times on these modifications are getting shorter as his staff gains experience. There are about 260 Bombardier aircraft registered in Europe and another 60 or so in regions such as the Middle East that are likely to want mode-S upgrades.
Between May and August last year, Cessna issued no fewer than 19 SBs covering transponder installations and upgrades to make the Citation family compliant with the ELS requirement. In fact, since around the spring of last year, Cessna has delivered most new production aircraft to this standard and the published SBs now cover all Citations produced since 1979.
As yet, there is no upgrade planned for the original Cessna 500 Citation I series, with its analog instruments, and Cessna intends to address this on a case-by-case basis with individual operators who may want to fly into mode-S airspace.
According to Cessna customer service supervisor Marcelo Casenove, the airframer will spend the first three-quarters of this year focusing on how to achieve enhanced mode-S compliance for the Citations. It already has an SB to upgrade the glass-cockpit-equipped Citation 560 Ultra/Encore and 560XL Excel.
Initially, the main emphasis will be on developing mode-S enhanced surveillance SBs for the current production Citations. Casenove told AIN that Cessna is still working with its avionics vendors on proposals for the analog legacy aircraft and as yet has no firm timeline for offering these upgrades.
There are now more than 500 Citations based in Europe, and the manufacturer's service centers in France, the UK, Italy and Germany have all been busy installing the mode-S elementary SBs.
Dassault Falcon
Dassault has now issued mode-S ELS SBs covering the following Falcons: the 50EX, some 900Bs, the 900EX, the 900C with the Honeywell Primus 2000 flight deck, the 2000 and the 2000EX. Various STCs are also available for the Falcons 50, 10 and 20.
According to John Ferrara, an avionics specialist with Dassault Falcon Jet's customer service department, the STCs can be installed through the French airframer's own service centers in Paris; Wilmington, Del.; and Little Rock, Ark., as well as at the factory-authorized Jet Aviation facility in Basel, Switzerland. "Our vendors have been fantastic," he commented. "At one stage the lead time was no more than four days to a week with (transponder supplier) Collins, but it is now a little longer as the deadline approaches."
Dassault is now working on achieving compliance with the mode-S enhanced surveillance standard. It hopes to have most SBs published by the end of June this year, allowing plenty of time to meet the March 30, 2007, compliance date.
Gulfstream 500s and 550s meet mode-S elementary requirements on delivery, as do the G300 and G400 from S/N 1525 onwards. As of late December, Gulfstream was still working on upgrade plans for its other aircraft types and, at press time, no further details of these programs were available.
Hawker 400XPs and 800XPs are now being delivered with the ELS requirements. According to Dennis Hildreth, Raytheon Aircraft's product manager for these jets, an SB for the ELS modification is already available for fielded 400XPs with Rockwell Collins ProLine IV avionics and AMS-5000 flight management systems (FMS), as well as for 800XPs with the Collins ProLine 21 suite. By the end of June this year, the manufacturer intends to offer an ELS SB to cover 400XPs and 800XPs that have Honeywell avionics installed. Raytheon is still evaluating whether to pursue ELS SBs for all older, out-of-production Hawker types (including those built by British Aerospace before Raytheon bought the program) and Beechjets that have different avionics suites.
By the middle of this year, Raytheon's goal is for all current-production Hawkers to be delivered with EHS capability. EHS SBs are now being prepared for fielded Hawker 400XPs and 800XPs with the same avionics equipment as the current production models, and these should be available later this year.
Raytheon is still looking at plans to develop EHS SBs for the older Hawkers. It has yet to announce a firm timetable for this work but is committed to addressing the issue by 2007. As with other older business jets, some of the 1970s-vintage Hawkers might not have to meet the EHS requirement on the exemption grounds outlined above.
Of Raytheon's Beechcraft product range, the Premier I jet, along with the King Air 350 and 200 twin turboprops, now meets the ELS standard. According to Beechcraft product manager Scott Tychsen, the manufacturer is now working with its Raytheon Aircraft Services engineering subsidiary to develop a solution for the King Air C90B.


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I am a 49 year old male, who has lost 245 LBS, I have seen four doctors, two think I could get by with a tummy tuck, one thinks a lower body lift, the other a tummy tuck with a horizontal cut. I have had three past surgeries for hernia repair, only one doctor said he would like to see reports from those surgeries. I like him and the one who would do a lower body lift and tummy tuck, he is also much cheaper, will have chest done as well, here is my photo any advise would be nice.
Will I Need More Than a Tummy Tuck?
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Tuck or lift
To me it looks like you will get the best results by doing a Lower body lift. That means a scar circumferentially aroung your body at the suprapubic level. I agree with doin your chest. I would discuss extending it to under your arms or more as it looks like your skin is loose at the sides of your breast as well.
The lower body lift helps pull your lateral thighs and buttocks. If your buttocks have lost all there volume and you wanted more, an auto-augmentation ( enhancing your butt ) can then also be performed with this technique.
Good luck with your surgeries.
Lower Body Lift Surgery
It's not unusual for patients to develop loose, saggy skin following massive weight loss. Your pictures demonstrate severe skin sag, which appears to involve your abdomen, lateral thighs and back. Based on the degree of skin sag, it's highly probable that you have buttock sag, as well.
Under these circumstances, a lower body lift will probably be necessary to obtain an optimal result. This procedure circumferentially excises skin and fat from the lower abdomen and back. It lifts the lateral thigh and buttocks in an upward direction. It's associated with excellent clinical results and high levels of patient satisfaction.
If you're considering this type of procedure, it's important to consult a board certified plastic surgeon. This surgeon should be able to formulate a treatment plan that addresses your anatomy deformity and achieves your aesthetic goals.
More Than a Tummy Tuck?
Thank you for the question and congratulations on your weight loss!
Based on your history and picture I am sure you have excess skin/ at this issue circumferentially around the abdomen, back and flank areas. A lower body lift will be necessary to treat these areas appropriately. You may find also that a upper body lift will be necessary to treat the chest, infraxillary areas and upper back areas.
I hope you choose your plastic surgeon based on experience and expertise as opposed to costs.
I hope this helps.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/weightloss.htm
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Body lift surgery must be Individualized
Surgery after massive weight loss must be individualized as each patient is different, and therefore, the corrective body contouring surgery, body lift, or tummy tuck will be determined after examination and thorough discussion of your concerns and goals, and the treatment options that meet your budget and time constraints.
The picture that accompanies your question shows an patient that has multiple areas that may need to be addressed. These include not only the lower abdomen, but also the thighs, flanks, chest and upper arms. Other likely areas that may warrant treatment but are not visible on the photo are the face and neck, and the buttocks.
Therefore, the answer to your question is that some type of a body lift will be needed, and will provide a better result than a tummy tuck, if your are simply addressing the abdomen.
Lower body lift
It really is difficult to determine without looking at your back and buttocks. If there is adequate tighness posteriorly than an tummy tuck or fleur de lis abdominoplasty may be good.
Lower body lift vs abdominoplasty with massive weight loss
If you have lost 245 lbs and you are in good health, you would probably benefit from the lower body lift. If sagging of the buttocks and posterior and lateral thighs is not a great problem, the abdominoplasty may suffice. With either procedure your surgeon may want to consider removing skin both vertically and horizontally - this would result in the additional inverted "T' scar over the abdomen, but I believe the result would be worth the added scar and would give you a better overall result.
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Is a tummy tuck or a belt lipectomy/body lift better after massive weight loss?
Lets start out by delineating what it is that occurs during weight gain and subsequent weight loss. The lower trunk, which is the area that starts from the ribs and spans down to the pelvic region gets inflated by the process. One gains weight, not only in the front, but also on the sides and the back. When deflation occurs it affects the front, sides and back as well. So here are the problems that one ends up with: 1.excess belly skin and fat, 2.looseness of the abdominal wall muscles, which in your case actually had hernia's develop within it, 3.your pubic area is lower and fuller than it should be, 3.the front and sides of your thighs are redundant and have dropped, 4.your lower back runs down and has no distinct point at which it stops and your buttocks begins, 5.your buttocks have dropped. As a male you may also have some remaining excess fat in the love handle area, but it is difficult to tell from the picture.
So you have to ask yourself the question, do I want to take care of everything, or just the front. You also have to consider that you have a signficant amount of vertical excess of skin in the front and because of the mechanics involved in doing a regular tummy tuck, you can not remove all that you would like in a tummy tuck prcedure alone because the more vertical excess you remove, the more you will have to extend the incision on the sides, past what you would do in a regular tummy tuck.
So you take two identical twins with your body and you did a tummy tuck on one of them and a well perfromed belt lipectomy on the other, the difference should be stark. I always tell people that a tummy tuck is like a conventional weapon and a belt lipectomy/body lift is like a nuclear weapon. The belt lipectomy should create a starkly better contour of your turnk.
So if you want to flatten your tummy, lift your pubic area, lift the front and the sides of your thighs, lift your buttocks and create the best possible truncal contour, then you would benefit from a body lift ( I prefer "belt lipectomy" as a name). I am an expert in post massive weight loss plastic surgery so I will leave it to others to advise you on checking out the hernia history.
If you would like to see pictures of tummy tucks compared to belt lipectomy, please email me. You will be amazed at the difference between the two operations.
Tummy tuck vs. body lift
Congratulations on your weight loss. The best procedures for you depend on your concerns. Typically with your amount of weight loss you will have skin laxity that extends all the way around your midsection. If not contraindicated, in addition to a belt lipectomy you may need a vertical resection of skin on your anterior abdomen. If you choose a doctor who commonly does massive weight loss body contouring they can delineate your options. Besides your abdomen you may also want your arms, chest and inner thighs addressed.
After 245 lbs. weight loss your loose skin requires more than just tummy tuck.
Congratulations on your weight loss! If you look at your hips, lateral thighs, and buttocks, you will certainly find that the loose skin extends all the way around your body. Tummy tuck alone will address only the loose skin of the abdomen, and the tapering incisions leave progressively more of the loose skin remaining near the hips, and ALL of the loose skin of the lateral thigh and buttocks. A full beltlift will remove loose skin completely around the entire circumference of your lower body.
I wonder if those surgeons who felt that you could "get by" with tummy tuck alone have experience with lower body lifts. I would suggest asking point blank of they DO lower body lifts, and (if they do) whether they perform this operation in a hospital, outpatient surgical center, or accredited office surgical facility (such as my partner and I operate at). You might be surprised to find out that their recommendation for "tummy tuck only" is based on what they are comfortable with rather than what is best for your situation. This is fine in itself (you don't want a surgeon unfamiliar with or inexperienced with a beltlift doing that procedure for you), but often the recommendation is phrased as "You don't need this," or "You can 'get by' with this" rather than "I really don't have experience with that operation." Too bad, since there are surgeons who do, and yet you have been made to feel as if you don't "need" the very operation you are best suited for!
As far as needing a vertical scar in addition to the horizontal scar of tummy tuck and beltlift, some patients with extremely loose skin may require this. While this can be added later in a separate operation, it makes sense to address this (if needed) at the time of the initial operation. This is often termed a "fleur-de-lis" incision pattern. Any surgeon who has extensive experience with major weight loss patients has those who would benefit from this modification. Determination is based on actual physical examination by your plastic surgeon. Best wishes!
Learn more: http://www.mpsmn.com/html/lower-body-lift.html
Post Weight Loss Body Lifting
After 200+ lb weight loss it is possible that you may need a circumferential belt lift. Whether or not you do an abdominoplasty or full belt lift would depend on how much loose skin you have in back and what your expectations are. Choosing a BC plastic surgeon should be based on experience, results(talk to other patients and ask to see photos) and your comfort level. Price should be very low on your list of reasons in my opinion. Reviewing past surgical records is very wise in my opinion as well. I would make sure your surgeon has appropriate training in difficult hernia repairs(which it sounds like you have) and maybe even having a general surgeon involved as well. Good luck. Aloha.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Best organic shampoo/conditioner?
I have gone through TONS of shampoos and conditioners. Heard great things about Pantene Pro V hydrating curls...but it made my hair feel extremely dry. Spent tons of money on all different shampoos/conditoners but they still gave that same dry effect. I want a shampoo/conditoner that has a nice natural smell and nice ingredients. One that has slip (like the youtube girls say lol)
Any suggestions? and preferably one that is easily accessible
You need to stop using sulfates, because that's what's inside Pantene shampoos, which are a death sentence to curls. Sulfates are harsh surfactants that you can even find in laundry detergents, they cleanse your hair, but they also strip it from any moisture, consequently drying out your hair.
I read from Kathymack's review that the Komaza Califia Care line carry a fabulous shampoo and conditioner. Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo and Jessicurl Too Shea! Extra Moisturizing Conditioner also receive rave reviews.
Have you begun co-washing? It's a method of washing curly hair by scrubbing and massaging conditioner onto your scalp like you would with a shampoo. I haven't shampooed since I began co-washing when I turned CG seven weeks ago, and my hair is a lot better because of it. My hair doesn't get dirty because I stay away from ingredients such as mineral oil, petrolatum/petroleum, and water-insoluble silicones.
The Giovanni line of products is organic and really good. You can get it at Target or the drugstore in the natural aisle.
Organic soap bars are a really gentle cleanser. Much gentler than low poo.
I recommend Aubrey Organics Conditioners from Vitamin Shoppe, Whole Foods, or online.
For shampoo, I like Blended Beauty Soy Cream Shampoo.
I really like the one in my siggy, but i jsut found out it does have a little bit of dimethicone, but it is low on the label. hummm.... i will have to try giovanii's or shampoo bars next time.
I thought Giovanni's leave in dried out my hair (3b, already pretty dry). Anyone else experience this? I'm afraid to dry anything else of their's.
What about Burt's Bees? Any thoughts on their products?
NOT Burt's Bees IMO - I use Giovanni Tea Tree shampoo all the time and don't find it drying, even though it's maybe their most clarifying formula, but Burt's Bees made mine feel stripped and awful.
I also sometimes use Theraneem shampoo, and it's very gentle. It just makes my hair a little too soft to use all the time.
If I didn't need the tea tree or neem oil for my scalp, I'd probably usually use Terax Collagene most of the time - it's very gentle. Pricey, although it takes little and lasts me a long time, and I don't know of anywhere you can buy it locally. I got it from drugstore.com/beauty.com. based on recommendations/reviews on makeupalley.com. As you can tell by the name, it has protein, but I think they have other formulations that don't.
Alternatively, I might try harder to find a 'poo bar that I really like.
Off topic, Auntie Bubbs, how do you use Manipulator? On wet or dry hair? Just curious since you say it's your HG . . . .
ETA: Oops, I forgot this is supposed to be about organic shampoos - I don't think Terax is, although it has a lot of natural ingredients and is better than most commercial 'poos.
Kathy, that's probably it. I was at Lassen's Health Food store the other day and asked the girl which shampoos and condishes were protein free and she did not know :( I went with Aubrey Organics HR over Burt's Bees. Still too early to tell but I like the AOHR so far.
Nett, I love manipulator. I use it when my hair is about 80% dry. I rub a bit between my hands and scrunch it evenly, and lightly, up into my curls. It helps to set the definition.
I usually carry a jar in my purse. For some reason, I forgot it when i went to get a hair cut Sat. I have a Deva stylist I go to who is pretty good. Anyway, my hair looked gorgeous, of course ;) after she was done with it. I wanted to set the curls w/manipulator but didn't have it. My hair held all day very nicely, and I got decent 2nd day hair. I am on 3rd day right now and it's not great - too frizzy. But it's not awful. I tied it back with a ribbon and it looks ok. I never get 3rd day curls anyway!
But I found it interesting that I (well, she) got such good curl formation without the manipulator. I may experiment with that. I've used manipulator for like 10 years. :D
The best thing I've tried that I can get locally is Giovanni Smooth as Silk Condish. I love love LOOOOOOOVe it! Especially after I add some melted shea butter and water it down. But it's great by itself too! The Smooth as Silk shampoo has a silicone in it. So I don't use it... *wasted money... :angry3:* But my hair has been a lot better off since I've stopped using shampoo anyway
How can I use a soap bar in my hair???
Aubrey Organics and Trader Joe's Nourish Spa
Most of us don't use just any old bar. They are handcrafted natural bars made the old fashioned cold process way--saponified oils.
Depends on your hair. I will give you one wavy's perspective.
I know people like Giovanni's Tea Tree shampoo/conditioner and I wanted to like it, but it strips the heck out of my hair. Oddly it does so more than my sulphate containing Back To Basics Curl Refreshing shampoo. I like that line and have been using it now since I have decided that I do need to shampoo and I do need at least occassional sulphates. I do wash with the CG method of applying conditioner to the ends every time I lather with the shampoo. Once that bottle is done, the search is on for another shampoo that might work just a bit better, but I find less frizz with that line (although still frizzy because that's just how my hair is).
I love Aubrey Organics B5 design gel for when I blow out my hair or want to have a neater look (the hold isn't very strong but it does condition/protect the hair). But their GPB shampoo left my hair feeling strawlike and their conditioner left it overconditioned.
I tried Avalon Organics with mixed success. I didn't feel it cleaned very well. Their conditioners contain cones.
I have tried Giovanni's Smooth as Silk shampoo which works pretty well but should be alternated with a stronger shampoo because it can cause a bit of buildup.
Despite the admonitions against them, I have found that I need at least occasional sulfates in order to maintain clean hair. I just try to use the gentlest sulfate containing shampoos (just one sulfate) like the Back to Basics line.
I ditto the soap bars. Shikkai Everyday Shampoo is number one. Trader Joe's Nourish Shampoo and Conditioner are also my faves.
My favorites are:
low poo: Avalon organics/olive grape seed; Trader Joes's nourish spa
rinse-out condish: EO rose & chamomile
leave-in condish: KBB nectar
deep condish: KBB hair mask
I'd second Aubrey conditioners - Honeysuckle Rose is very thick & hydrating. To use as a cowash, I dilute it with water; otherwise, it works well full-strength as a deep conditioner.
For shampoo, Terressentials pure earth hair wash (i like left coast lemon) leaves no squeakiness at all. i use it about once every couple of months.
Both of those are completely natural.
I used Max Green Alchemy Scalp Rescue Shampoo for the first time yesterday and had an excellent hair day with good second day hair today.
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