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We offert three categories of engineering services: mechanical design, mechanical optimisation and project management. We offert our services both at our offices or on client's site.
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I really like the site http://www.precicad.com/. I think the home page is really nice and clear. The menu is simple and their three categories of services almost always clearly visible. This site have almost everything I am looking for.
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The home page should clearly show our 3 main categories of services and our excellent client support. It would also be nice to be able to show some in process project. The menu should be displayed and accessible in the home page. In the content page, I absolutely need the page to display clearly the menu, the content of the page and the 3 main categories of services (design, optimisation and project management).
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The site have to be really clear and easy to use. We want it to look really professional. I would also like the site to illustrate the great synergy we have with our client. We work closely with them and they appreciate that.
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Use big data to tackle the big issues
Do you have top-notch mathematical skills and do you love solving problems? Are you ambitious, up for a challenge, and not afraid to work hard? And do you enjoy digging into data, algorithms and even programming?
Then the Econometrics and Operations Research programme is just the thing for you.
Check whether you meet the admission requirements and apply
Admission requirements
Applicants holding a non-Dutch pre-university diploma must meet a number of requirements. If you do not yet meet the requirements but expect to do so in the future (such as obtaining your diploma), you can already apply. We will evaluate your application and inform you of our admission decision. All outstanding requirements need to be met in full by the time you enrol for the programme. Admission to the programme will remain conditional until your certified diploma copy is received and the conditions in your admission decision letter have been met.
Requirements that apply:
1. A diploma equivalent to the Dutch pre-university VWO-diploma
See the Diploma Requirement List for examples of accepted diplomas per country.
Please note: this list is meant to give you an indication of admissibility; no rights can be derived from it.
2. Proof of sufficient proficiency in English
Although complete applications are preferred, you can begin your application before you have completed the test and then submit your passing score once you have been conditionally admitted. You can find all accepted tests and scores on our Language Requirements webpage.
3. Proof of sufficient proficiency in Mathematics
After you apply to the programme and upload the required documents in our student portal, your International Student Advisor will have a look at your transcripts to determine whether your diploma is equivalent to the Dutch VWO-diploma and whether your mathematics level is sufficient. These examples of diplomas demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the subject mathematics:
- International Baccalaureate: Mathematics HL, Analysis & Approaches HL
- United Kingdom/GCE A-levels: A-level in mathematics completed with a grade A, B or C.
- Germany: Zeugnis der allgemeinen Hochschulreife including mathematics Leistungskurs as as Prüfungsfach.
If you do not meet the mathematics requirement but have an otherwise strong application, you could still be accepted with a conditional offer. You would then be asked to participate in an entry test in mathematics. If participation in the exam is necessary this will be communicated to you in the offer letter.
Mathematics Exams in the Netherlands
Boswell-Bèta (English). Boswell-Bèta in Utrecht (the Netherlands) provides a mathematics B course in English with exams in December, May and July.
CCVX (Dutch and English). CCVX offers mathematics exams equivalent to the Dutch VWO mathematics B level for Dutch-speaking and English-speaking applicants.
A positive result for the mathematics examination (5,5/10) is compulsory for admission to the programme.
Online Summer Prep-Campus
Even if you meet the mathematics requirements, some students find it difficult to know what is expected of them. From our experience, the math courses in the first period are major stumbling blocks for many students. This is why we have decided to offer an Online Summer Prep-Campus, so that you can refresh your math knowledge and start university with the math you need. Please visit our Online Summer Prep-Campus website.
Nuffic Certificate for Chinese students
Chinese students who wish to enrol on a programme taught in English at a Dutch higher education institution are required to apply for a Nuffic Certificate. More information on the Nuffic Certificate for Chinese students.
If you have obtained or will obtain a Dutch diploma, please check the criteria on our Dutch webpage.
Application Steps
- Check if you match the admission requirements.
- Register for the Bachelor's programme before the application deadline via Studielink.
- After registering you will receive log-in details for VUnet. Complete you application by answering the questions asked in VUnet and uploading the requested documents.
- International applicants are asked to upload the following documents:
- Transcript of records; a transcript in English of the grades obtained over the final two years of your high school and any further education up to the moment of your application. IB and A-level applicants are asked to upload their predicted grades.
- A scan of your diploma (if you have already graduated).
- Curriculum Vitae; the curriculum vitae should include your personal details and list your previous education and relevant work experience (± 1-2 pages).
- English language test results (if already obtained).
- Copy of valid passport or ID (ID for EEA students only).
- Diplomas obtained outside of the Netherlands only: pay the application fee
- Submit your application and wait for the decision on your admission request.
For more details on all steps please consult our step-by-step application guide
Application deadline: The final application deadline for non-EU/EEA students is 1 May and for Dutch and EU students the final deadline is 1 June. For international students wishing to use our Accommodation Services an early application is recommended.
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VU Matching
VU Amsterdam believes that it is important you fit into our programme and university. Matching offers you the opportunity to determine if the study programme corresponds to the image and expectations that you have and whether it suits you. VU Matching is part of the application procedure for all bachelor degree programmes. It consists of two parts: first you fill out a digital questionnaire on VUnet and second you participate in the matching activity of the programme. Please note participation in the Matching activity is mandatory. If you did not participate in the Matching activity, you cannot register for the programme in September.
This programme offers an online matching activity. In order for us to be able to send you an invitation it is necessary that you log in to VUnet and complete and confirm the application form (progress 100%). The start date for sending the invitations is not yet known. Keep an eye on your inbox: the invitation will be sent to the email address you entered when you registered. Check your spam folder regularly to make sure you don't miss out on any messages from us.
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The BSA is an advice given to all Bachelor's students on four occasions during their first year of studies concerning their study progress. The fourth recommendation, issued at the end of the first year, is binding in nature. To continue to the second year you must have obtained a certain number of credits.
To receive a positive BSA for this study programme you must have obtained a minimum of 42 EC (credits) at the end of the first year of enrolment. Every student has access to an overview of the obtained study results and assessments are available for inspection after registration of the test result.

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Asian Stocks Stumble on Geopolitical Tensions, Oil Stands Tall
Asian stocks were on edge on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions flared after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet, while crude oil prices extended gains.
Spreadbetters expected some of the tension to have eased when trading begins in Europe, forecasting a slightly higher open for Britain's FTSE .FTSE, Germany's DAX .GDAXI and France's CAC .FCHI.
MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside of Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS edged up 0.1 percent but shares in Hong Kong .HSI, Australia and South Korea .KS11 slipped.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 shed 0.4 percent.
Adding to investor nervousness that followed attacks in Paris earlier this month, Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space.
It was one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.
"The individual impact on the market from events like the Paris attacks and heightened security in Brussels may be small, but there is also uncertainty that's worrying investors," said Masaru Hamasaki, head of market & investment information department at Amundi Japan.
"The stock market does not like uncertainty," Hamasaki said.
Still, some of the markets in the region managed to hold their own even as the tense backdrop kept buyers at bay. Shanghai shares edged up 0.3 percent .SSEC while Malaysian and Indonesian stocks also posted modest gains.
"The conclusion would be Russia would not want to take this too much further at a time when its economy is seeing some green shoots after the past two years of sanctions," said Evan Lucas, market strategist at IG in Melbourne, adding that Turkey is Russia's second-biggest energy customer.
The incident briefly sparked oil supply fears and sent crude prices surging overnight to 2-week highs.
U.S. crude CLc1 absorbed early profit taking on Wednesday and edged up 0.1 percent to $42.92 a barrel.
The rally in crude favoured commodity currencies such as the Australian dollar AUD=D4, which hovered near a 1-month high of $0.7276.
The Canadian dollar fetched C$1.3294 CAD=D4 to the greenback after pulling away from a 2-month low of C$1.3436 struck earlier this week.
The U.S. dollar was lower, hurt in part as the latest flare-up in geopolitical tensions stoked demand for safe-haven Treasuries and drove their yields lower.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. note yield US10YT=RR stood at 2.239 percent after touching a 3-week low of 2.206 percent overnight.
"I was a bit worried yesterday. So far Russia seems to be taking a 'grown-up' attitude, which was good but the market may remain a bit anxious," said Takako Masai, head of market research at Shinsei Bank in Tokyo.
The dollar index against a basket of major currencies .DXY fell to 99.528, retreating from an 8-month peak of 100.000 set on Monday.
Against the yen, the greenback dipped to a 1-1/2 week low of 122.27 JPY= before crawling back to 122.43.
The euro EUR= gained 0.1 percent to $1.0655.
Prices of metals such as zinc, copper and nickel, which had recently plumbed multi-year lows, bounced on the back of the dollar's retreat. A stronger dollar makes dollar-denominated metals more expensive for buyers. [MET/L]
However, industrial metals are seen remaining under pressure in the long run with an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike in December likely to underpin the dollar.
Barclays Tell High Net Worth Investors to Shun Africa and Other Emerging Economies
Barclays to High Net Worth Clients, Stay Off Africa and Other Emerging Economies
Barclays, one of the world's largest investment banks, has started advising high net worth clients to stay off Africa and other emerging economies.
According to Barclays, despite the recent recovery noticed in emerging-market stocks, investors are better off avoiding the risks that still abound in emerging nations. Barclays Plc, however, advised high net worth clients to focus on U.S equities despite the S&P's breakneck rally.
The investment bank said emerging economies do not have enough fiscal buffers to spend their way out of the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely continue to struggle in the near-time compared to the US with 12 percent of gross domestic product fiscal-support.
It said the huge US stimulus may halt rebound in emerging-markets stocks as more money is expected to flow into the world's largest economy and its European counterparts.
"Compared to the U.S., emerging-market economies appear more vulnerable," said Haider, the London-based managing director and head of global growth markets. "Their central banks have less room to maneuver, their governments may not be able to provide unlimited support and equity markets, given their sector mix, can be more challenged by an economic slowdown."
Barclays added that even after 33 percent rebound in stocks of emerging markets since the panic selloff subsided in March, stocks are still down by 9 percent from year-to-date while the US S&P 500 stocks are up by 45 percent. Presently, their stocks trading at a 36 percent discount to US stocks, up from 25 percent three months ago.
Crude Oil Rises to $43.1 Per Barrel on Production Cuts Extension
Crude Oil Hits $43.1 Per Barrel Following OPEC's Production Cuts Extension
Brent crude oil, against which Nigerian oil price is measured, rose by 1.25 percent on Monday during the Asian trading session following OPEC and allies' agreement to extend crude oil cuts to the end of July.
OPEC and allies, known as OPEC plus, agreed to extend production cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day reached in April to July on Saturday.
In the virtual conference, delegates agreed that members, including Nigeria and Iraq presently struggling to attain a 100 percent compliance level must keep to the agreement or be forced to do so in subsequent months.
Nigeria, Iraq and others failed to keep to the cartel's agreement in May after reports show that Nigeria only managed to attain a 19 percent compliance level during the month while Iraq struggled to attain just 38 percent in the same month.
Russia and Saudi Arabia, the two largest producers of the group, warned members to stick to the agreed quota if they want to rebalance the global oil market.
"While the errant producers such as Iraq and Nigeria have vowed to reach 100% conformity and compensate for prior underperformance, we still think they will likely continue to have some commitment issues over the course of the summer," said Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
"The potential return of Libyan output could also cause considerable challenges for the OPEC leadership."
Earlier on Monday, Brent crude oil hits $43.1 per barrel, more than a month record-high, before pulling back slightly to $42.83 per barrel.
Gold Dips by 2 Percent on Better Than Expected Job Report
- Gold Dips by 2 Percent on Better Than Expected Job Report
Gold prices declined by 2 percent on Friday following a better than expected US non-farm payroll report.
The report showed an increase of 2.5 million payroll numbers against a decline of 7.5 million predicted by many experts.
The surprise number boosted investors' confidence in US recovery as many dumped their haven investment (gold) for the stock market.
"We had significantly stronger-than-expected U.S. payroll numbers – an increase of 2.5 million versus an expectation of a decline of 7.5 million – that 10-million swing has brought forward expectations of the economic recovery in the United States," said Bart Melek, head of commodity strategies at TD Securities.
Spot gold immediately declined by 1.9 percent per ounce to $1,678.81 while the U.S. gold futures slid 2.6 percent to settle at $1,683.
Gold was also being pressured by stronger yields and a slightly firmer dollar, "meaning the opportunity cost to hold gold in the portfolio has gone up," Melek added.
The surprise didn't stop there, US Dow Jones was up 614 points despite the protest going on the US and US-China tension.
Also, NASDAQ rose by 29 points while the S&P index added 50 points increase.
Note: Investors generally increase their investments in gold and other haven assets during a crisis to avert risk exposure and do the opposite once they sense a better economy.
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As a doctor, you will want to start a healthcare facility, so that you can grow your career. You will also be helping the community as you will be providing healthcare services, one of the essential basic needs. Managing a hospital is not an easy task. Besides the treatment that you offer your patients, you will erasure that you invest in bookkeeping, accounting as well as the billing of the facility finances. If you want to engage yourself in all these activities, you will end up having a lowered productivity. Things like managing healthcare will mean that you seek the services of professionals. Therefore, you will want to look for a healthcare management company that you trust its services. In as much as there can be many healthcare management companies in the industry, not all will match your needs. More so, if it is the first time you are looking for a healthcare management company, you will find it a more challenging task. You will then want to read more in this article to find the best healthcare management company.
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It's clear you will develop an aggressive balding pattern in time. I would caution trying to lower your hairline and restore your temples. I can see thinning in the crown. As for surgeons, I would broaden your horizon, Dr. Bisanga is a great option in Athens, as is Dr. Maras with HDC.
Do you have any questions related to hair loss? Why not have them answered in real time by one of the world's foremost and prominent hair transplant surgeons? We are delighted to announce this upcoming event and wish to welcome everybody to connect and voice your questions and concerns regarding hair loss, the causes, and what options are available both surgical and non surgical.Make sure to #savethedate and we are looking forward to welcoming you. The exact start time of the event will be announced shortly. #bisangafue #bhrclinic #facebooklive
At one time Dr. Bhatti was one of the only games in town and was the only affordable option and at that time I thought he was a decent choice but as time went on his lack of skill really came to light and dozens of other HT surgeons started popping up doing far better work with way less experience and they were not spacing their grafts so far apart to look like 1990 hair plugs! He never evolved. Its a game of talent and he lacks talent. Dr. Bhatti doesn't perform large hair transplants. Where are the 5000+ graft patients? Im still waiting for those examples! He is a cheap alternative option to great surgeons like Maras, Lorenzo, Erdogan, Nader, Bisanga, Feriduni, etc..... U can swing on his nutz all u want but the pictures don't lie. There are ZERO examples of Erdogan performing a HT that looks like old style plugs. I can post a dozen or more examples of Bhatti and his plug like grafts. Ur his "Promoter" and I get it but the fact is his best work is average at best. Here is another example I found on page 11. I went to page 10 before. The "Mini-plug" look isn't appealing to ANYONE! U've been making up excuses for his poor work for years. It hasn't gotten any better and it never will. I have zero interest in this guy so I have no interest in debating how bad he is with u but I thought others should know there are far better options out there. Good luck and take care.
BHR Clinic Dr. Christian BISANGA Age: 29 Technique: FUE Medication: Finasteride Donor densities: 70-80 FUs/cm2 Hair Caliber: Fine Total FU used:- 2500 * FU breakdown:- 1s 564 2s 983 3s 953 TOTAL: 2509 That means 2500 FU = 5389 Hairs. Average = 2,15 hairs/FU. The goal of this surgery was to rebuild hairline and temples. Pre-Post Surgery 8,5 Months Wet Hair Comparison 0-8,5 Months
BHR Clinic Dr. Christian BISANGA Age: 39 Technique: FUE Medication: No Donor densities: 50-50 FUs/cm2 Hair Type: Afro-Coarse Total FU used:- 2001 * FU breakdown:- 1s 220 2s 1475 3s 294 4s 12 TOTAL: 2001 That means 2509 FU = 4075 Hairs. Average = 2,03 hairs/FU. The goal of this surgery was to rebuild the hairline due to traction alopecia, searching to improve the frame of her face. Pre-Post surgery 1 Month 8 Months Comparison 0-8 Months
Nobody wants an unnatural hair line and this is the biggest give away for those who have had a hair transplant and that something is, shall we say, not quite right, in this aspect. People should talk to your eyes and not your hair line, and I have spoken to many patients who said that sadly is the case for them from previous surgery. This video exploits some of the golden rules used in order to give a natural result. Not only the employment of grafts used but the design implemented. Most patients today expect an undetectable hairline that has enough density after one session and blends well with their native hair and of course with their facial features. Watch this to see some of the aspects you need to consider before pulling the trigger! One thing worse than hair loss is a poor transplant that screams I am not natural! I hope you enjoy this informative presentation by Dr.Bisanga. Regards email@example.com
Dr. Bisanga - The Role of a Patient Advisor
Raphael84 posted a topic in Open Hair Loss TopicsAfter extensive research of clinics and submitting several online consultations, you will generally have a gut feeling over who is the right surgeon for you. Naturally it is the surgeon and his/her results and reputation of patient care that will have originally attracted you to them. Ultimately, we as patients begin this process with the single motivation of excellent surgical results. But it is also true that there is often a lengthy and thorough process from your original contact with the clinic until you final result at 12+ months post op. Such steps include your online or in person consultation and receiving and understanding the Doctors recommendations, many questions and further education before scheduling and then eventually undergoing surgery, and the anxious wait post surgery before your growth begins. With this in mind, your patient advisor also plays a vital role. A patient advisor extends the philosophy of the surgeon and will support their patient from the first point of contact, until the final result and beyond. Here is a brief video explaining the role and responsibility of a patient advisor.
Body Hair Usage, Some Things You Should Know!
sl replied to sl's topic in Open Hair Loss TopicsThank you for the comments Pangloss. In the photos you see men with even good chest have longer and darker hairs and even though the first person has a lot of abdomen, you see them also finer and therefore a longer resting phase is evident and a shorter growth phase than the chest has that is more abundant and darker and better quality. As said this is the norm, but I have seen some patients, and ethnic groups also play a part and I recall some southern Europeans who have very strong abdomen hair that is very good but always they have had good chest hairs as a consequence and a carpet of hair that is all terminal. Some will in essence have more "terminal" hairs grow, some will remain vellus and this is genetics that is individual to them. Also medication plays a part, as DHT blockers can weaken body hair, so Minoxidil has a positive effect. I would agree with Dr.Bhatti for the norm of the anagen phases for most, but you may be one who has little difference in the anagen phases of abdomen to chest, an exception more than the norm, so for your case it could be different. Dr.Bisanga has many years of experience in Strip/FUE and body hair, and unlike many he is not a recent convert to FUE, but has been doing it since inception of his career that now spans 20 years, and also has seen a lot of and performed a lot of body hair cases and in his experience he says scalp is king, beard is prince and then you need to evaluate the rest, but usually will, unless exceptional circumstance, limit himself to beard and chest and even then cherry pick the good and stronger ones from the pattern that the patient has. Beard also has variations throughout it and usually the peripheral areas are finer so have less of an anagen phase. If you are on Minoxidil you may notice this increases also. The rate of growth you quote for stomach is not usually transection as if transection is clear then they would not be transplanted unless in good condition still and in the hope something would grow, so it is more survival of them from the operation. Of course they can take longer to grow than scalp hair due to the phases being different to scalp and I have known some even get growth at two years on body hair. Back in 2007 I had a training doctor punch 300 grafts on my chest, I got small dots and could see where they were punched from and got hairs come back in these same spots, so the follicle was transected and the part left behind re-grew from my chest, so it had not been fully captured and chest is harder due to angles splaying around and it was interesting to see the re-growth in the original area. Back hair can be very coarse, but normally those who have back hair and on shoulders also, have an abundance of chest that is also tapped into firstly. Like anything, there are the rules and then the exceptions who may genetically have different characteristics and be able to exploit that. If you would like to post photos or even send me photos of your case then I will pass to Dr.B to assess for you an give you his opinion on what he would harvest from for you.
1845 FUE, Dr. Bisanga in Athens
Dumbo posted a topic in Hair Restoration Results Posted by PatientsHey! I started my hair transplant journey this week and I'm going to share it here. I'm 37 years old from Jerusalem. I believe I'm Norwood 2-3. I noticed my hair started receding when I was 25. I started taking propecia (finasteride) and kept at it for 5 long years. At the age of 30 I realized that I'd rather go bald than suffer from one of the nasty finasteride side effects. Now at 37 I realize I was losing my hair at a very slow pace. I had quite a nice hairline 5 years after stopping finasteride and didn't lose everything right after as I was supposed to. I actually think that if I didn't take finasteride, I still would have had a better hairline today. But never mind that now and thank god for hair transplants. After a few months searching all over the web, I decided to do my hair transplant with the famous Dr. Bisanga. At first I was planning to do it at his main clinic in Brussels, Belgium. Then I found out that he opened a clinic in Athens, Greece, last year with Dr. C form the states. The procedure was cheaper there too (operation, travel and lodging wise). The only worry I had was a week prior to the operation when I heard that his partner, Dr. C, left the clinic to open another one in Turkey. I didn't understand why he left, but I chose Dr. Bisanga from the start and trusted I was in good hands. Not long after, I set a date with the clinic for the 1st of November. I booked an airbnb near the clinic. My partner and I stayed there for 2 more days after the operation, just to be close in case of well, anything. The clinic arranged for us a cab from and to the airport. My day started with Maria, who was kind and explained the procedure for me. I signed some documents, payed some money and was led straight away to the operation room where I met the doctor himself and his staff. Everyone was nice, everything was clean and sterile (the clinic is brand new). Dr. Bisanga drew the new hairline, and I guess like everyone here, I tried to convince him to lower it. But with no success. He's the doctor and I guess he knows what he's doing, so I trusted him on this. We agreed on 2000 grafts, but only 1845 were needed. Immediately after I agreed to this, they shaved my head and started the operation. Dr. Bisanga extracted half or most of the grafts and his technicians continued and then transplanted them in the designated area. I gotta admit, I mostly dosed off through the operation. The team was cheery, but worked hard all along. So hard that the whole thing was done in a matter of 8-9 hours. In the next room there was another guy overgoing another operation. I believe Dr. Bisanga was overseeing both of the operations. At the end of the day, Andrea, the head technician, gave us all the post instructions needed to take care of the new transplanted hair and the donor area. She was really sweet. In fact, the whole staff was, which made the procedure much easier to go through. The next day I came back for the first wash and final goodbye. Dr. Bisanga insisted I use some product to help maintain the rest of my natural hair from receding. If not finasteride, at least minoxidil. I thought about it for a while and decided against it. If I wanted to keep on using chemicals, I wouldn't be here in the first place. I made my peace with it and am willing to deal with the consequences, until my second hair transplant of course I took it easy for the next 2 days and enjoyed my trip in Athens. It was pretty sunny, so I kept my cap on. They gave me a bandana at the clinic and I was advised to wear it while I'm out. I tried to avoid the sun as much as possible while wearing it. My head was pretty swollen on the 2nd day, so I kept massaging my forehead and put an ice patch on it carefully. I was out 2-3 hours at a time, didn't sweat at all, and kept spraying my head with the solution the clinic provided me. Overall, I took good care of it while trying to enjoy my trip a little, as advised by the team. Tips from a pharmacist (me): the antibiotic I was given (doxycycline) gave me a bad heartburn and diarrhea. I advise you to come prepared and travel with antacids and probiotics to relieve these side effects. So here are my pics from before and 1 day after the operation. I'll keep updating this post every month to share this hairy journey hoping it helps someone else with their decision. Cheers!
Dr. Christian Bisanga - Afro Hair
Raphael84 posted a topic in Open Hair Loss TopicsHair loss in the African-Caribbean community is a widespread concern for both men and women. Along with with male pattern baldness, traction alopecia is a common issue for females due to tight braiding and extensions amongst other factors. Afro hair presents unique challenges and therefore requires specific expertise. The natural shape and design of the hairline can be vastly different than caucasian and asian patients. As opposed to the mostly straight follicle of caucasian and asian patients, typical characteristics associated with afro hair follicles are that the hair tend to be thicker and tightly curled. Such curvature of the hair extends below the scalp. The natural curvature of the follicle can be significant, often to the extent that the follicle when removed is actually in the shape of a letter C, meaning that it is essential to have a surgeon who has knowledge and experience of working with afro hair. A profound understanding of the punching and extraction protocol is essential when FUE is the most appropriate technique, as due to the curvature of the hair, transection presents a higher risk. Another crucial element is that your surgeon must have the appropriate punches and tools to best handle and manipulate afro hair. For the same reasons that the characteristics of afro hair present unique challenges, when a restoration procedure is performed correctly, these same hair characteristics offer great benefits. The naturally thicker and curlier hair can achieve an impressive illusion of density with a lesser graft count compared to most other hair types. Dr Bisanga is a leading expert in performing hair restoration surgery with afro hair and over the following weeks we will be presenting further patient results. Dr Bisanga wants to stay accessible and in touch with his patients. He is therefore currently offering video consultations. This will allow you to directly ask specific questions, discuss any concerns that you may have, and presents an opportunity to understand how Dr Bisanga would approach your restoration. If you do have any further questions regarding Dr Bisangas approach and what he feels would be appropriate for you personally, then please get in contact and we can schedule your video consult. Stay safe.
Hi everyone - I've been silently reading this forum for the last few months and it was instrumental in my decision to take the plunge and get a hair transplant. Here's my experience and journey so far. Statistics: Age: 33 NW: High (IV/V, possibly emerging VI but that's my guess) Caliber: 60 microns Hair / Graft Ratio: 2.04 Total Grafts Transplanted: 5,621 Estimated Donor Capacity: 8,200 Background: Like many of you, I've suffered from hair loss for most of my adult life, have tried (and abandoned) various hair regrowth treatments and thought becoming bald was my inevitable fate. I only started thinking about hair transplant options over the past 6 months or so when I randomly came across some articles discussing the latest advancements (and horror stories) in the field and the relative inexpensiveness of operations in Turkey and elsewhere. I began researching the topic seriously and this website was instrumental in my decision to go with Dr. Koray Erdogan. In selecting Dr. Koray, I focused on three things - results, passion for the craft and price. Being a high Norwood with a family history afflicted with MPB, I needed someone who had expertise with large HT cases like my own. I cared about passion for the craft because, I believe, thought-leadership and innovation are indicators of success, and I wanted the best-of-class when it comes to a major cosmetic operation that could either be transformative or a major disappointment. Finally, it had to fit my budget... now; I wasn't interested in taking years to save up $30-$45,000 that some US doctors were quoting me. Before settling on Dr. Koray, I researched and consulted with other hair transplant surgeons. As a Southern California native, I looked into local doctors (Armani, Rassman, Bisanga and others), some of the other big names in hair transplant I was coming across (Couto, Frietas, H&W, etc.), as well as other Turkish doctors (Karadeniz, Civas, Doganjay and some of the low-cost options too, like Cinik and Maral). I had a few in person and online consultations with some of these doctors, which was helpful. Frankly, the North American / European doctors who had impressive results were out of my budget. Dr. Koray was comparably priced to some of the average doctors I was seeing in the United States but had a stellar track record over the years and lauded as one of the best in the world. I thought his results put him among the top FUE surgeons in the world. I also found Dr. Koray's YouTube videos to be very informative (admittedly much of it was PR, but it worked on me), and I became convinced that manual punch FUE in a mega session with some sort of implanter tool (like the KEEP device that Dr. Koray uses) is what would be best for me. In fact, I feel I may have ended up with Dr. Koray regardless of price. Pre-Op Treatment: I reached out to Asmed in early December 2018 and booked for mid-February 2019. At that time I wasn't under any sort of medication. After my initial discussions with Sema, I went on 1mg generic fin daily and achieved some actual hair growth in the crown and midline areas. Process / Surgery: Others on this forum have gone into specifics around the airport pick-up, hotel, and clinic procedures in considerable detail, so I won't repeat that here. But what I will mention is this. The Asmed mothership on the Asian side of Istanbul probably represents the pinnacle of what a modern medical facility should be - impeccably clean, sleek and exceptionally designed to shuttle patients from a pristine operating room, to high-tech hair wash / cut and transplant design areas, to an inviting waiting area (where you are greeted with Turkish hospitality in the form of tea, coffee and pastries and live classical music by a violin-piano duo). Everything was thoughtfully planned and laid out, and the process struck a balance between being highly individualized (Sema being my dedicated coordinator and never leaving my side) but productive (which I welcomed - I wanted to be one of the many patients they have great results for). When other people on these forums talk about how Asmed is a world-class facility, it truly is. When you meet Dr. Koray in person, you soon realize that he is singularly focused on your hairline and achieving optimal results based on a plan that takes into account your donor capacity and anticipated future hair loss. My interaction with him was otherwise limited, as I had expected to be from reading the forums, but I didn't mind that – hairlines (and mine in the moment) are his obsession, and Dr. Koray spent a good 20-30 minutes (and consulted 18 others – my wife counted them) to ensure that mine was the very best for my face. And in Dr. Koray's staff, I felt care, compassion and dedication to implement Dr. Koray's vision for the optimal hair transplant for me. Sema, my patient coordinator, was knowledgeable, patient and attentive. Nabiyeh, the nurse who was assigned to me the entire time I was there, was compassionate and genuinely concerned about my wellbeing. The surgical assistants had unfailing endurance and nimble, precise hands – in another era, they may well have been expert craftswomen weaving a great Turkish rug but are instead making a masterpiece out of my head and hair follicles. (I would prefer their hands doing the harvesting and implantations over that of any 50-60 year old man, no matter his years of experiences or the number of degrees he holds). Results: I could go on here… but what will ultimately matter, more than anything else I've written here, are my results, so check this thread 12 months' time and we can all be the judge.
Hi, I am wondering if anyone on this forum knows if Dr. Bisanga specializes in African hair? Or has any pics of his results for African patients. He also does trichophytic closures for FUT. Any opinions on this? Thanks.
Before Surgery. Graft breakdown 1s 399 2s 736 3s 342 Loss due to traction alopecia. AFTER
PATIENT RESULT - 5.5 MONTHS BHR Brussels Dr. Christian Bisanga Graft Count - 2402 Technique: FUE Patient Age: 27 Hair Caliber: Medium
Dr. Christian Bisanga - Hair Loss in Women
Raphael84 posted a topic in Open Hair Loss TopicsHair Loss in Women Female hair loss is a common problem worldwide with a surprising figure of at least 50% of women experiencing loss to some degree. Dr Bisanga would like to present this message to briefly explain possible causes, symptoms and risk factors while offering solutions and advice on when to seek treatment, and which type of treatments may be appropriate. If you may have any further questions or queries about hair loss in women and would like to learn more, Dr Bisanga is available for video consultation to further discuss your concerns. Stay safe, keep in contact and let us know if you feel we may be able to help.
With travel restrictions now being placed not only in Europe but worldwide, and the subsequent disruptions, we are committed to continuing our relationship with patients and those seeking assistance. So, as you are unable to come to us, we want to ensure you that we will be able to come to you, and accessibility to our online services will be expanding in order to fulfil our commitment to you. At present we are fulfilling this with the use of technology, firstly via emails and WhatsApp, our first line communication with the patient or those seeking advice or surgery will have no change in that way. However, we are now giving additional support, so that during this period, and in a changing world, we will seek to be constant. Nothing will change with our commitment to excellent customer service, advice, teaching information, assessment and re-assurance. So, with our online presence of social media and the related platforms, we will be giving apt, timely, accurate and helpful information to you. We will be launching a live question and answer time whereby you can have one to one contact with Dr.Bisanga and have your questions and concerns answered, as well as launching newsletters, educational videos and posts, patient results and testimonies, but furthermore a chance to have a virtual video consultation to assess your case personally and suitability for surgery. This will be free of charge and without obligation yet very informative and convenient for you to participate in. So, stay safe, watch this space and keep in contact with us and let us know how we can serve you through this period and beyond.
Dr Bisanga 4300 Fue at BHR Clinic
Huncholini replied to Danny1671's topic in Hair Transplant Experiences and Surgeon ReviewsThis looks promising. Mid Scalp does look thinner, but it looked like grafts weren't packed in as densely in the mid scalp as they were in the hairline and that's down to the design of Dr.Bisanga who probably knows best! I've seen that you have to wait a year for the final result, so looks like you've got a good 6 months of growing still to go! Good luck!
Dear Forum UsersWe are delighted to announce that Dr.Bisanga will be in the USA on the 11 - 14 of April 2020 to hold consultations in both New York & LA respectively. These are free of charge and with limited availability but a great opportunity to have your hair loss examined including donor density measurements, check for miniaturisation, hair groupings and calibre, loss potential, suitability for surgery, surgery type, design, graft numbers etc. If interested then please feel free to send me an email:- email@example.com to be confirmed.Thank you.
The pros/cons of FUE. Myths dispelled.
Mickey85 posted a topic in Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)With so much misinformation coming from various factions, it is easy to get a false picture of FUE. I thought I would write up a list of advantages and disadvantages. Now there will be glaring comparisons to FUT, that is a given. I will say that the disadvantages of FUT listed are not in the majority, but I feel obliged to mention them because they can occur and sometimes do. I feel that patients and potential patients have the right to know the differences between the two methods so they can really make an informed decision. The list will be quite exhaustive and brings up many factors that are very rarely spoken about. Advantages -No linear scar: This is the most obvious advantage. With FUE the follicles are not taken in a linear fashion. They are scattered about. And while the remnants are scars, they are usually much less detectable and scar visibility is reduced especially when hair is wet etc. This also allows for different hair styles such as messing up the back and sides. Braids or cornrows can be had without the exposure of a linear scar. Here are some examples of FUT scars: Excellent FUT scar: Bad FUT scar: It is important to note that even with the best FUT surgeon using a trichophytic dual layer closure, there is no guarantee the scar will end up thin. Alot of it has to do with your physiology. FUE scars after 4,200 grafts shaved down to a zero: FUE scars after 3,489 grafts: Patient with very short hair at months 1, 9 and 20 post operative after 2,810 FUE grafts: _______________________________________________________________________________________ -Less chance of nerve damage: Due to the punch sites being smaller and less confluent, the nerves repair themselves much quicker than FUT. With FUT, a large section of tissue is removed so it can take longer for the nerves to re-adjust and realign. Some people who have undergone FUT say that they still have feelings of numbness/tingling in the donor area many years after their procedure. Permanent nerve damage, although rare is possible. Permanent nerve damage is possible with both FUE and FUT, but less likely with FUE. _______________________________________________________________________________________ -Less invasive: Because a small(.75mm-1mm) punch is used and not a scalpel that cuts into deep tissue, healing time is usually much quicker and mostly less painful than FUT. No sutures or staples are used as the punch sites are so small that they heal without such methods. The donor area can look untouched within a few weeks without the redness of an FUT scar that can linger for over 6 months. That said, FUE is not a painless surgery and temporary shockloss can still occur. A picture of a typical FUE extraction intra-operative: A picture of an open FUT extraction before it is sutured: __________________________________________________________________________________ -No increased scalp tension: With FUT, with each procedure a patient endures, laxity is taken away from the scalp. Most are lucky in that they do not notice but the unlucky few can experience a tighter scalp. Some have reported a 'facelift' effect on their scalp where the hair above the ears and the nape is raised after a FUT procedure. One patients with an already tight scalp, these effects can occur in just one procedure. _________________________________________________________________________________ -Graft selection: This is a big one that not even the ardent FUT enthusiast can debate. FUE allows the Doctor to 'cherry pick' grafts that are necessary for an optimal result. He/she can select finer hair to use in the hairline, he/she can target 3-4 hair grafts for the crown and/or added density. He/she can extract only single hair grafts for hairline designs. These factors are left to chance with FUT. Surgeon can target specific grafts: Patient had FUT(top) and then FUE(bottom, same surgeon). Cherry picking allowed for a more refined result __________________________________________________________________________________ -Retains donor growth patterns/swirls/direction/angle: With FUT, the natural direction, swirl, wave etc of the donor area is eliminated(for lack of batter word) due to the removal/closure of a section of donor area. In some cases the effect is minimal but in others it can be more drastic. It can created a "step" in the donor area where it looks like hat-hair or just unnatural. In patients with wavy/curvy/frizzy hair, the effect is much more noticeable. With FUE, the direction/swirl etc retains its natural course as the donor area is not manipulated in such a way that a large section is removed. "Additionally, strip surgery will destroy the natural geometry of the donor region by obliterating the natural linear arrangement of follicular groups along the consecutive spirals" -Quote from Dr Umar Yellow lines show the eradication of natural flow of direction. Green lines show the untouched natural flow: Another example. Noticeable difference in direction. The natural flow has been eradicated. ___________________________________________________________________________________ -No transection of follicles from strip incision: During FUT, the surgeon carefully cuts the strip with a scalpel. However, it is almost impossible to avoid cutting through follicles given that the intersect like a zig-zag pattern. Those follicles are transected and rendered dead. Now if a strip is 30cm long, you have to factor that that is 60cm of follicles at the top and bottom edge of the strip(plus the corner). I don't have the exact math as it would be based on patient density and doctor skill but you are going to transect something. ________________________________________________________________________________ -Retains natural hairshaft diameter gradation/groupings: With FUT, a section of scalp(usually 1-1.5cm wide) is removed and dissected with the open wound closed up. Much like how FUT distorts the natural angles, direction and swirl of the donor area, it also destroys the natural gradation or progression of the hairshaft diameter/groupings. You may find the coarse, multi-graft, thick caliber hairs in the middle of the donor abruptly meeting the finer, smaller caliber single hair grafts toward the bottom of the donor. The smooth natural transition is obliterated. This is avoided in FUE as no area is cut out and closed off. The abrupt meeting of thick, multi-hair grafts(top) and fine single-hair grafts(bottom) after FUT: ________________________________________________________________________________ -Exercise and weight lifting are not prohibited for as long: After a FUT procedure, most surgeons recommend against weightlifting and strenuous exercise. This can range from a month to 3 months as it could result in the scar stretching. With FUE, it is usually after 7-10 days as there is no chance of the FUE scars stretching. To athletes or people that are passionate about sports and/or weight lifting, this could be paramount to decided which method to choose. ______________________________________________________________________________ -Exact graft count: The surgeon can stop at exactly the right quantity he/she desires. No overshooting. You need 2,000 grafts and only 2,000 grafts? That is what you will get. This is important for donor conservation. We all know with FUT that it can be hard to estimate donor density and sometimes the doctor overshoots leading to more grafts than needed or undershoots. FUE graft counter documenting every single graft taken in real time: _________________________________________________________________________________ -No dormant hairs are discarded: At any given time on any person's head, about 10-20% of the hairs are in the dormant cycle, meaning in their resting phase and are unseen for that given time. As they move into the cycle they become live while other live hairs become dormant etc. When a FUT strip is excised, it contains some dormant hairs which cannot be seen under microscope. Those dormant hairs(which would become live) are then discarded. However not all dormant hairs are discarded as some multi-hair grafts may contain a dormant follicle next to a visible active follicle. 10-20% of the single hair grafts cannot be seen however and are discarded while an unknown percentage of multi-hair grafts may have all grafts dormant and discarded. This is not a factor of FUE as the Doctor only targets grafts he can see. __________________________________________________________________________________ -Use of body hair/beard hair: The advent of FUE has also allowed for the exaction of non-scalp hair. This can be extremely useful for repair patients, patients of depleted or low donor hair etc. Say what you want about body hair transplantation, but it is here to stay. Doctors like Dr. Bisanga and Dr. Umar have pushed the boundaries on what can be done with body hair. Dramatic restoration via the use of body hair and FUE: __________________________________________________________________________________ -No sutures or staples: Avoids the discomfort and inconvenience of having to wear staples or sutures in the donor area post-op. No need to return to the clinic for their removal. No risk of going to a non-HT doctor and having them wrongly removed. Less obvious tell-tale sign that you have recently had surgery. Staples in the donor region after a strip procedure _____________________________________________________________________________________ -Avoids the irregularly angled hair protruding through a FUT trichophytic donor closure: Given that a trichophytic closure is the worldwide standard now for FUT closures, one common side effect is that the hair growing through the scar itself will be at a different angle to the surrounding hair. This can be quite drastic and stark and is different to the previously listed disadvantage of FUT "Retains donor growth patterns/swirls/direction/angle". It is also dependent on the patients physiology, luck and surgeon skill. It is especially noticeable when the donor is cut short. Misaligned and mis-angled hair protruding from the trico closure: _______________________________________________________________________________________ -No potential scar stretching: In FUT, the linear scar can stretch, regardless of the surgeon's skill and closure technique. It has to do with the patient physiology and scalp tension. I have seen stretched scars from all Doctors. No Doctor can guarantee a scar will stay 1mm thin. With FUE, the scars won't stretch. I will elaborate on FUE scars in a later section. Stretched FUT scar that can occur regardless of surgeon or closure technique: ______________________________________________________________________________________ -Optimal for small cases/eyebrows/beard work/scar repair: Say you needed 400-700 grafts for some minor hair recession. Undergoing FUT would not be desirable for such a small amount of grafts. FUE would be perfect. If someone wanted eyebrow restoration of 300 of so grafts, again, FUE would be the best method for that quantity. The Doctor could even select single hair grafts and finer hair so get as close to natural eyebrow characteristics are possible. Many patients with stretched scars or discontent with their FUT scar can have a few hundred FUE grafts inserted to fill it in. Eyebrow restoration: _________________________________________________________________________________________ -Avoids the 'traintrack' effect that can occur from a FUT closure: When a FUT closure is sutured or stapled, there runs a chance of killing hair surrounding the scarline if the sutures/staples are too deep, tight etc. It can strangulate the follicles and result in perpendicular scarring to the lateral linear scar much like train tracks. Even a thin scar can have some traintrack effect. Avoided with FUE. A potential byproduct of sutures: ___________________________________________________________________________ -No need for scalp exercises: Given that laxity plays a non-existent role in FUE, scalp exercises associated with strip surgery are not needed. Much like the need for shaving ones donor for FUE, this factor is minor but still an inconvenience to some. ___________________________________________________________________________ That is it for the advantage section. It should be noted that some of the factors like the FUT nerve damage or scar stretching are circumstantial in that they do not occur to everyone, but they can occur, even if they are in the minority. For those member who will jump on this thread and say "I had FUT and I didn't get any of those nasty things you say!" that is fine. I'm glad your procedure went smoothly. But if 1 in 20 FUT patients experience scar stretch or numbness, that makes it a potential disadvantage. I'm just making people aware on the potential pitfalls of both procedures. Disadvantages on FUE in the next post. More details on FUE, the various tools used, the surgeons who use them, their protocol etc can be found here: Click here
A Hair Transplant Consultation...What you need to know!
sl posted a topic in Open Hair Loss TopicsGreat informative video on the importance of a thorough assessment with a doctor who specialises in hair transplantation. The consultation should be professional and able to furnish you with real empirical data and not just a subjective view that you are a good or a bad patient. It should give real hands on data and also be in an atmosphere that is open and friendly and that encourages questions and gives outcomes on treatments and surgery that is the best for you. A hair transplant is potentially life changing and a decision that should not be taken lightly, so click and see some of the things you should consider and feel free to contact us should you wish to have an assessment with Dr.Bisanga #consultation #bhrclinic #bisanga #bisangafue firstname.lastname@example.com
Trying to decide!
Melvin-Moderator replied to Matt83's topic in Hair Transplant Experiences and Surgeon ReviewsThey have the most experience, but definitely consult with other top docs like Dr. Bisanga, Hasson and Wong, Dr. Diep was my personal doctor, and my hair was similar to yours.
Absolutely stunning work, Dr. Bisanga hist another home run
@83mjs Thanks mate. Yes donor area is great. I'm very happy with the way things have gone over the past 7 months. Hopefully some thickening over the next 5. Fingers crossed! I knew once I came across Dr.Bisanga he was the surgeon for me. Very happy with my choice
Need help
Melvin-Moderator replied to Said's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and AnswersIf you're in belgium, definitely consult with Dr. Bisanga, Feriduni, Devroye just to name a few.
Right so here I am on month 7. Things have really taken off since month 4 and I'm really happy with my progession! All the transplanted grafts have started to settle in nicely in my opinion and flow great with my native hair. I mentioned a slight issue with my hairline in previous posts which I feel was a little harsh. As my hair stands at this moment, longer and more developed, I feel like its totally unnoticeable with the style I'm currently going for. With a shorter haircut, or with a longer on top style (combed back over) I still feel like "I" would notice it, but very unsure if a total random person would. I'm going for a straight back combed style. As I described to Dr.Bisanga on consultation so we will see My patient advisor Ian has reassured me Dr.Bisanga will happily take a look at the design if I'm still feeling the same way. All being said, I'm totally chuffed to be at this point 7 months in. If your considering Dr.Bisanga I'd go and do it. I've attached a variety of photos with my hair in different conditions. - Semi wet and under harsher direct lighting conditions - Dry, no products and natural daylight lighting - Paste type product, average (if not brighter) room lighting. - hair pulled tightly back over, dry natural, room lighting again - Donor area with a guard of around a no1 blended. - A pre op photo to give comparison It would be great to hear everyones thoughts on my progession.


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December 2006 - January 2007
Arts & Letters
A thinking read
It's always an odd business to work out the vagaries of what anyone might like to read over Christmas and the New Year. Even the gender lines get tricky: not all fiction is simply a woman's domain, and in the area of non-fiction, Antonia Fraser, the woman who can make any stretch of history read like the most rattling of yarns - and who is represented this holiday season with a reissue of Marie Antoinette: A Journey - can give Les Carlyon, with his new book about the killing fields of the Western Front, The Great War, a run for his money. Then again, Carlyon is one of those wizards of chronicling who can make the sorrow and pity of war as compelling as the cavalry charge in a Western, or the horse race where you might lose your shirt.
The Bush Administration is losing more than that in Iraq - not to mention the Iraqis, who have suffered the losses of 9/11 many times over. These considerations shadow the book that everyone will have to take stock of, the one that has been a kind of symbolic trigger to the Republican defeat in the November elections and the longed-for moment of Donald Rumsfeld's resignation. Bob Woodward's State of Denial sees the eminent journalist of Watergate uncovering what went wrong in lethal insider detail. He represents Rumsfeld as a man, like le Carré's Smiley, reborn to fight the battles he had thought lost, a man loathed by George Bush Senior as a Machiavellian and a chancer. Woodward gives us the fly-on-the-wall treatment: Rumsfeld in interview refusing to accept responsibility; the president saying he won't give Woodward the heading, "Bush says there were no weapons"; Barbara Bush asking a trusted political insider, "Are we right to be worried about this war?" This is a devastating account by a man who had previously supported the war, and it makes the reader feel that she is really there during the counsels of state.
The Australian non-fiction book that has caused a comparable splash is Chris Masters' Jonestown, with its thoroughgoing, warts-and-all portrait of the shock-jock who wields influence like a cane. The description of Alan Jones in his chalky days, chatting to schoolboys in the middle of the night - and playing favourites to the point where eyebrows rose - is riveting, though it is not a record of misconduct, simply a suggestive indication of the kinds of flaws that would seem to be a precondition for the sort of kingmaker that Jones became. Whether anyone would dig so far into the topic with someone they admired - a Whitlam or a Fraser, say - is an open question, but there's no doubting the forensic brilliance of Masters.
Nothing could be more opposite to Jonestown than the warmth and enthusiasm of Barry Jones in his endearing autobiography, A Thinking Reed. Quizmeister, polymath and, as Tony Staley once said, "minister for scientology", Jones is a kind of village explainer, but his enthusiasms (which are so great that they lead him to reproduce his favourite Old Master paintings in colour, and to quote such poems as Hopkins' 'The Windhover', while giving the reader his lists of great novels and great pieces of music) are impassioned to the point of eccentricity, which is part of the man's splendour. No one else in Australian politics would quote the literary critic Frank Kermode or the conservative columnist Matthew Paris. No one else would take his title from Pascal or see his proudest moment in his campaign to end capital punishment. You'll be charmed and moved by this book, because Barry Jones has remained the same person as the young boy who saw Sir Isaac Isaacs, then in his nineties, on the tram and in the public library, but was too shy to speak to him, even though he knew he was getting a glimpse of history.
Another memoir likely to captivate is Gore Vidal's Point to Point Navigation, which is the coda to his masterpiece, Palimpsest, and provides further glimpses of this mandarin and myriad writer: his grief at his partner's death; more of 'the Bird', Tennessee Williams; tales of Italy; his infatuation with the myth of the movies. Vidal is one of the greatest essayists alive, and this latest volume, now that he is back in America and looking towards life's exit sign, will serve as a balm to any mind that can feel the beauty and relaxing flow of such wonderful and recapitulative prose.
If you want a less mannered but nonetheless significant slice of the Hollywood that Vidal was enthralled by, you might try Elizabeth, J Randy Taraborrelli's biography of Elizabeth Taylor, which will tell you who threw the vase at whom on the set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and whose decision it was to have the film directed by Mike Nicholls.
Oddly enough, one of the best showbiz autobiographies of recent years is Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, by Rupert Everett, which presents (among many things) the famously gay British actor in bed with the likes of Paula Yates and Susan Sarandon, as well as playing up with the boys and saying the odd prayer to the Virgin Mary. Everett is a superb storyteller. It was when he was at the posh Catholic school Ampleforth that he became, together with a fellow luvvy, obsessed with Franco Zeffirelli. The priest who discovered their letters to one "Zefferely" tossed them back, saying only, "Zeffirelli with an i." Much later, Everett meets the great director at a party and thinks he is merely the nearest old leching queen - to his immense chagrin.
Of course, your tastes might run more to cricket. Such books range from basic works by the masters of those who know - as in Ian Chappell's A Golden Age - through stylish savants like Peter Roebuck, who has a new recent history, In It to Win It, to Gideon Haigh. There is a revised version of Haigh's The Summer Game and a new book, Silent Revolutions, on assorted cricket subjects. He is one of those non-fiction authors who writes so well that you have to look at anything he does, whether you're interested in the subject or not.
If you want documentary non-fiction in the presence of artistic titans, together with handsome illustration and expert commentary, you may want to acquire Bert and Ned, in which Patrick McCaughey has collected letters by Albert Tucker and Sidney Nolan. The latter writes like the sun coming up in the east. And the same is true, with great tolling bells on, for John Donne, arguably the greatest love poet and the greatest sermoniser in the language. In Donne: The Reformed Soul, John Stubbs gives us the life of the Catholic rake who became an Anglican divine, with plenty of axe-edge conspiracy and papist plotting to fill in the many things we don't know.
All of which brings us to the fiction-makers, the poets, the imaginative writers by whom the language is supposed to live. Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land is the last of the Frank Bascombe novels that began with The Sportswriter, and anyone who reads a few pages of it will realise she is in the hands of a great writer. Ford's sentences gleam and glow as Bascombe attempts to make sense of his life as a real-estate agent, now - the year is 2000 - that he's 55 and coming to grips with a thousand sorrows and jokes in the vicinity of his own prostate cancer.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road is a heartbreaking novel about the end of all things, in which a man and a little boy, his son, wander through a desolated post-nuclear world where life has turned into the war of all against all, yet the child retains a goodness that humbles his father at every turn. This book has an overpowering poignancy that harrows the soul.
In Martin Amis's House of Meetings, the emotion is complex as we listen to the memories of a black-hearted, highly intelligent narrator, full of subtlety and sensitivity, who was imprisoned in a gulag but violated the woman he loved. This is the finest thing Amis has written since The Information.
Joyce Carol Oates's Black Girl/White Girl is not her best, though it is better than the best books of some good writers. It is set in the aftermath of Watergate at a liberal-arts college for young women, and is concerned with two girls: one black, poor and none too bright, the other the daughter of a rich philanthropic family. In the background, there's yesterday's terrorism: the armed resistance of '60s activism.
Terrorism has, understandably enough, got into the water supply of contemporary fiction, with John Updike writing a highly accomplished jeu d'esprit of a novel, Terrorist, about a young Muslim boy in New York who is recruited to be a suicide bomber. It involves a dazzlingly sophisticated portrait of a very formidable, very dodgy imam. Among Updike's peers, both Philip Roth's Everyman and Nadine Gordimer's Get a Life are, like Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land, preoccupied with serious illness. The Roth, with its snarl and its sorrow and its range of feeling, is the better bet.
In the Australian fiction stakes, the spectre of the Booker Prize kicked on the profiles of both Kate Grenville's The Secret River and MJ Hyland's Carry Me Down. Grenville's book is the Aboriginal-settler novel we had to have - liberal, impassioned and careful - but not her finest work. Carry Me Down has Hyland's eloquence and dynamised hysterical rhetoric that shines like a diamond for many.
Richard Flanagan's The Unknown Terrorist is presented almost as a thriller, in airport-fiction prose, with intellectual pretensions and a good deal of left-wing narrowness of vision. Nevertheless, the story it tells - a young woman, a pole-dancer, is hunted as a terror suspect - is rivetingly pertinent and executed with a good deal of vigour, almost in spite of the clumsy prose.
Prose of the highest elegance characterises every word of the stories in David Malouf's Every Move You Make, which is, in its way, about as fine a book of fiction as this country has seen. The story about an old woman in the shadow of Uluru is a masterpiece. Leaner and plainer is Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons, in which that lethally quiet Irish writer gives form to the subtleties and shadows of the most basic relationship in the world.
If you want supreme economy of language, of course, you'll go to poetry. Les Murray is one of the reigning masters of English, and The Biplane Houses is yet another of his validations. Seamus Heaney's District and Circle will give everything the admirers of that meditative lyricist could desire, while Craig Sherborne's Necessary Evil presents a shambling, distinctive voice, each poem etched with the force of an indelible memory. For my money, the greatest poet alive is Anne Carson, and her new book Grief Lessons - four translations of plays by Euripides - gives us the voice of one of the Greek giants unadorned, intimate, as if whispered in our ears.
Speaking of ears, there's the talking book to be considered. Naxos is now offering complete versions of both War and Peace and Bleak House, downloadable from their website. Their complete Paradise Lost, read by Anton Lesser, is a joy, because it makes that mighty work so easy to take in. There's also, from Viking, the new translation of Virgil's Aeneid, in a translation by the state-of-the-art Homer man, Robert Fagles, much admired by Barry Jones. It's read aloud by that marvellous actor Simon Callow.
The classical world and the audio world also dominate my trash-book tip for the silly season, Robert Harris's Imperium. Harris set his first hit thriller in Nazi Germany, and in this one has found a world almost as corrupt and horrible: ancient Rome. Imperium has as its hero Cicero no less, supreme orator and courtroom whiz. And if you want to hear this rattling yarn about Pompey and Catiline and co. - a book so well done that Ray Cassin thought it belied Inga Clendinnen's critique of historical fiction in her recent Quarterly Essay - then put on the five-hour audio book read by Oliver Ford-Davies (Sio Bibble from Star Wars) and let his urbane voice unfold for you the snake-pit-and-roaring-lion world of the bloody Romans.
Locking back downVictoria's woes are a warning for the whole country
Weal of fortuneRebuilding the economy means government investment, but not all public spending is equal
A win's a winThe Eden-Monaro result shows that Morrison's popularity has not substantially changed voting patterns – and Labor has still not cut through
The man inside and the inside manCrime, punishment and indemnities in western Sydney's gang wars
The death of cool: Michel Piccoli, 1925–2020Re-watching the films of the most successful screen actor of the 20th century
The heat of a moment: Ziggy Ramo's 'Black Thoughts'A debut hip-hop album that calls for a reckoning with Indigenous sovereignty and invites the listener to respond
Surrounded by pygmies: Malcolm Turnbull's 'A Bigger Picture'The former PM's memoir fails to reckon with his fatal belief that all Australians shared his vision
Her too: 'The Assistant'Melbourne-born, New York–based filmmaker Kitty Green's powerfully underplayed portrait of Hollywood's abusive culture
Surrounded by pygmies: Malcolm Turnbull's 'A Bigger Picture'The former PM's memoir fails to reckon with his fatal belief that all Australians shared his vision
Twilight knowing: Jenny Offill's 'Weather'The American novelist brings literary fiction's focus on the interior life to climate-change cataclysm
The fabulist of AuschwitzHeather Morris's bestselling novels 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' and 'Cilka's Journey', and the problem of truth in historical fiction
Days of future passed: William Gibson's 'Agency'The cyberpunk pioneer's latest novel continues his examination of the present from the perspective of a post-apocalyptic future
A win's a winThe Eden-Monaro result shows that Morrison's popularity has not substantially changed voting patterns – and Labor has still not cut through
Shelf pity: 'Rise & Shine'Patrick Allington's fable of a world in which perpetual war is staged to fuel compassion is too straightforward for its ambitions
Coal cursedThe fossil-fuel lobby could not have created the climate wars so easily without the preceding culture wars
Learning difficultiesThe Coalition's political agenda is a gross infringement on academic freedom
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