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Missouri directed Sam to sit down at the table and went over to pour him a cup of coffee. Putting it down in front of him she put her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it briefly before sitting down herself.
"So. You want to tell me what's going on in that head of yours?" she said.
Sam sighed.
"I just can't stop thinking about it. When Dean told me – I thought at first it had to be a mistake. I mean, the visions were bad enough but hearing I might turn evil? That I might be no better than what we hunt? How am I supposed to deal with that?" he said, his voice almost pleading.
Missouri looked at him compassionately.
"Sam, I meant what I said before – the future isn't written, not for any of us. Now I've seen plenty of evil in my time, supernatural and plain old human, and I can tell you right now you are not evil. Dean's right, John had to say something so you boys could be prepared although don't get me started on all the ways that how he went about that was wrong. But none of this means you are one of the bad guys, do you hear me?"
Sam didn't look convinced.
"Maybe I'm not yet, but I could be. And Dean just refuses to see that. But what if it happens, Missouri? What if I do 'turn' and I go after him – he won't agree to hurt me let alone kill me, so how am I supposed to convince him to defend himself? It's bad enough Mom and Jess died because of me, it's bad enough that we lost Dad, but if I was the one who," he stopped and swallowed. "If I was the one who killed Dean? I'd rather kill myself now and have done with it."
Missouri reached out and whacked him lightly on the back of the head before he could react.
"Now I won't have any of that crazy talk in my house, do you understand? I get that you're scared for Dean – he's just as scared for you, you don't need me to tell you that. But going down the road you are isn't going to help. I swear I could knock your heads together, I really could. You're both so determined to do everything by yourselves you totally miss the point." she said, exasperated.
"Which is?" said Sam, looking at her questioningly.
"You should be dealing with this stuff together. It's the best way you can face what's coming."
Sam sighed and looked down at the table for a moment, suddenly finding the grain of the wood fascinating.
"I tried leaving. I knew he wouldn't agree to what I was asking and I needed some space to try and get my head round the whole thing. It was a mistake though. Another hunter somehow found out about my 'abilities' and decided I needed taking care of. He kidnapped Dean, to get me out in the open. I tried to protect him and all I ended up doing was putting him in more danger." he said bitterly.
"Then surely that proves my point?" said Missouri, gently.
Sam looked up at her and there was such confusion and pain in his gaze she wanted to do nothing more than put her arms round him.
"What if it's not enough though? If I stay Dean could get hurt, and if I go he could get hurt. I don't know what I'm supposed to do."
Missouri leaned forward and put her hands on his arm.
"Just be his brother, Sam. That's all he needs from you. You boys watch each other's backs and I guarantee, there's nothing out there that stands a chance." she said with a smile.
Sam looked at her, desperately wanting to believe it. Deciding he needed some time to think about what she'd said Missouri patted his arm and got up.
"You finish your coffee. I'm going to go have the same conversation with your stubborn brother now."
"Good luck with that." said Sam, managing to see at least some humour in the situation.
When she went back into the front room Missouri saw Dean was on the couch with his head back and his eyes closed. She was debating whether to leave him to rest when he spoke, making her jump.
"I'm not asleep."
She sat down next to him, glaring as he opened his eyes to look at her.
"That's not funny, you know. I'm too old to be getting scares like that."
Dean's lips twitched but he did at least try to look contrite.
"Sorry. Is Sam ok?"
She shrugged.
"Not yet. But hopefully he will be. Now I'm going to say the same thing to you that I just said to him, so I want you to just be quiet and listen."
Dean shifted and looked apprehensive.
"I know you both think you are doing what's best by shouldering all the responsibility and trying to protect one another that way, but you're just making things worse. Sam's not a child anymore, Dean, and whether you like it or not he's as much a part of this as you are. More so, if you count this whole destiny business. Now you going all 'big brother' on him is actually doing more harm than good. He needs to feel like he has a choice in all this, like he can protect you as well as you protect him. You try and stop him doing that and you'll just drive him away, and I know you don't want that."
Dean swallowed. When he spoke he kept his gaze on his lap and didn't look at Missouri.
"Of course I don't want that! But it's my job to protect him from this, and not just because Dad told me to. I've spent my whole life making sure he's ok – how am I supposed to just stop that all of a sudden?"
Missouri decided to take a risk and put her hand on his shoulder. He flinched a little but didn't pull away, which was something.
"You're not. You're just supposed to let him do the same for you. That's all."
Dean let out a long sigh. It sounded so simple when Missouri said it like that but he knew it wasn't. It just wasn't in his nature to let someone else take care of things for him, to be the one protecting him. But he also knew she was right. He couldn't risk Sam taking off again and truth was, he had a feeling they'd need both their strength to face what was coming. He looked up at her.
"What did Sam say?" he said and she shook her head, smiling.
"Please don't tell me you're gonna do the whole 'I will if he will' thing – aren't you boys a little old for that?"
Dean looked indignant.
"Hey, I can make my own decisions you know. I was just curious."
Missouri just smiled even more and Dean glowered at her, which didn't really help. As if sensing they were done Sam limped into the room. He was relieved to see Missouri smiling, even if Dean did look less than pleased about something. At least the tension from earlier was gone.
"Mind if I join you?" he said and Dean looked up at him.
"Hell no." he said with feeling and Missouri's hand went from his shoulder to the back of his head in one smooth movement.
"Don't cuss." she said, standing up to let Sam sit down.
Dean rubbed the back of his head.
"See? I told you she'd be whacking me, didn't I? Not even 24 hours." grumbled Dean.
Sam tried not to laugh although it was difficult given Dean's expression. Winking at Sam as he sat down, Missouri went into the kitchen saying something about making a start on dinner.
For a few minutes neither of them said anything. Sam risked a sideways glance at Dean and saw he seemed deep in thought. He nudged him slightly with his leg and Dean looked at him.
"You ok?" said Sam, softly and Dean gave a slight smirk.
"You know you should just have that put on a tee shirt, Sammy. It'd save time."
Sam rolled his eyes but managed to imply with a look that he was still waiting for an answer.
Dean almost shrugged but remembered at the last minute attempting that with a dislocated shoulder was probably not a good idea.
"I'm probably about the same as you are." he said and Sam actually had to marvel at the sneakiness of that answer. If Sam acted too concerned now, it implied that he himself was finding the whole thing difficult. Whereas if he left Dean alone, then by default it meant he was coping ok and therefore Dean would be much happier anyway.
"That's not fair." he said mildly and Dean just grinned at him. He knew Sam was taking the whole thing seriously though – not that he wasn't, of course – so he relented after a moment.
"Look, I'm not exactly thrilled with the way this year's been turning out but the way I see it we're still here and considering our luck lately? That's pretty impressive."
Sam couldn't really argue on that point. Images of Dean trapped in the wreckage of the Impala and being given CPR in the hospital sprang to mind and he shuddered. Pushing them firmly away he considered Dean's answer.
"I can't argue with you on that one. But it doesn't change the fact we don't know what's coming." he pointed out.
"No. But then we never do, do we? You and I both know living this life - there's no guarantees. All we can do is take it a day at a time."
Sam frowned. "I get that. But what about.."
Dean didn't let him finish.
"I swear you use the words 'if I turn evil' I'm going to stick Missouri on you. I've said it before and I will keep saying it until you believe me – nothing is going to happen to you, not with me around."
Sam looked at him with eyes that were suspiciously bright.
"And what if you're not around?"
Dean gave him a genuine smile.
"Not gonna happen, Sammy. You're stuck with me, I'm afraid. You shoulda realised that by now."
Sam found he was smiling despite himself. He desperately wanted to believe that was true but what if it wasn't?
It was Dean's turn to nudge Sam with his knee this time, waiting until Sam looked up at him.
"I never thought I'd hear myself say this but Missouri is right, Sam. We need to stop trying to deal with all this separately and just trust that we can handle whatever it is as long as do it together. And that means no more taking off, no more secrets. And no more asking me to kill you, ok? Cos it's not gonna happen."
Sam said nothing for a long time then he nodded, reluctantly.
"Ok." he said quietly. He still wasn't convinced but he was tired of fighting with Dean about the whole thing and he really needed to believe, even if only for a moment, that what his brother said was true. That they could beat this as long as they stuck together.
"So are you boys done or do I need to go get my spoon?"
They both jumped and turned round to see Missouri standing in the doorway, wiping her hands on a cloth.
They glanced at each other and it was Dean who answered.
"We're done. Did you say something about dinner before?"
Sam glared at him.
"Dean!" he hissed and his brother looked innocent.
"What? I slept through lunch, Sam, you can't blame me for being hungry."
Missouri just shook her head and looked amused.
"Well, we can't have you fading away now can we? It'll be ready in 5 minutes." she said, disappearing back into the kitchen.
The next few days were spent recharging their batteries, something they'd had precious little time to do lately. After talking things through with Missouri, Dean felt a bit more relaxed around her. He was still careful to keep his thoughts from straying to anything too 'deep' but he did trust her enough not to try and read anything from him when she'd promised not to. Even Sam seemed to finally relax a little, easing up on the whole 'hovering' thing he'd had going on since the accident and their father's death.
They didn't really do that much the whole time they were there. Given their physical limitations there wasn't much they could do to help Missouri around the house anyway, but they did manage one or two little jobs for her. Neither of them were comfortable with staying without doing something in return.
Dean also managed to do some minor servicing on the Impala one handed, although he did endure a 10 minute lecture when Sam caught him with the sling off when he was trying to put one particularly awkward bolt back on. Missouri's intervention prevented bloodshed on that occasion and she made Dean promise to keep the sling on after that.
Which he did, since he certainly wasn't stupid enough to break a promise made to the psychic.
Dean had thought he'd be bored but it was actually kind of nice to take some time out and not worry about the next job, or getting caught out with the card they were using, or any of the other things they wrangled with on a daily basis. He and Sam spent some time just hanging out and talking about almost normal stuff. Demons and destinies were barely mentioned, which was fine by both of them.
Missouri genuinely enjoyed having them there and she was pleased as she watched them recover from more than just their latest injuries. She knew when they were working up to leaving though. Dean's sling had been taken off, with her approval, the day before and although his shoulder still ached a little he had full movement back in it. Sam had stopped using the cane and his limp was also nearly gone. Dean in particular had started to get that look about him that said he'd reached his limit with the whole regular routine thing and she was ready when they raised the subject of moving on over breakfast on their eleventh day at the house.
They both looked genuinely sorry to leave and she made a point of smiling and telling them it was fine for them to be moving on.
Even though she would have loved to be able to keep them there, safe, forever.
They loaded the car between them and Dean cornered her in the kitchen as they prepared to go. He tried to push some money into her hand but she was having none of it.
"Now don't you even think about paying for you staying here, Dean Winchester. This isn't a hotel, it's a home, and you are more than welcome here anytime. Do you understand me?" she said, standing in front of him with her hands on her hips.
Dean could see he was fighting a losing battle and John hadn't raised him to be stupid so he simply ducked his head and nodded.
She followed them both outside and they came to a stop next to the Impala. She reached out and gave Sam a hug, holding him tightly to her for a moment.
"Thank you." he whispered in her ear and she knew it was for more than just the place to stay.
She smiled at him as he stepped back, letting him know he was more than welcome without saying anything.
Dean leant against the car and she saw him look at her a little nervously as she turned her gaze to him. She gave him a mock glare.
"Boy, don't make me come over there." she said and Dean reluctantly stepped forward until he was standing close enough for her to get her arms round him.
He tensed at first but then he relaxed, just briefly, and returned the hug although he stepped back so fast it was almost comical. Certainly Sam's lips were twitching but he controlled himself given the look Dean was giving him.
"Thanks for letting us stay." Dean said, genuinely, and she shook her head.
"Like I said, you boys are always welcome. Now you take care of yourselves and don't be strangers you hear me?"
They both nodded and Dean walked round to the other side of the car to get in. Sam flashed her one final grateful smile as he opened the passenger door and slid into the seat.
The engine started up and Missouri winced as music blared out of the speakers. She wasn't the only one and she watched as Sam reached for the stereo only to have his hand slapped away by Dean. She saw the glare Sam gave his brother and heard words being spoken, but she couldn't make out what was said. Clearly Dean must have won the argument though as the volume stayed as it was.
She grinned, amused at their antics. For all their maturity and the seriousness of what they faced on a daily basis, sometimes they were no different than a pair of kids.
She hoped they never lost that.
Winding his window down and rolling his eyes when he caught Missouri's gaze, Sam reached out and waved a hand in farewell. Dean did the same on his side and she waved until she saw the Impala finally disappear into the distance.
She stood there for a moment, staring even though she couldn't see them anymore.
She really hoped she'd been right about what she'd said, about them being able to defeat anything that was coming their way. But as she stood there she shivered for a moment and she was struck by a horrible sense of foreboding.
Trying to dismiss it she turned round and walked back up the steps into the house. She couldn't resist one final glance in the direction the Winchester's were heading though. She said a quick, brief prayer as she stood there.
She had a bad feeling they were going to need all the help they could get.


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It's true that Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1971 musical was a product of its time. The pair's portrayal of Jesus as a rebellious, lusty, long-haired peacenik who reveled in his stardom, questioned God's edicts, and preached through magnificent rock 'n' roll tunes was in perfect sync with the '70s cultural zeitgeist. This Jesus was no picture-postcard Lamb of God; this guy was someone the post-flower-child generation could relate to. Accordingly, Superstar ran for eight years on London's West End and spawned a 1973 film and two best-selling albums.
Of course, the hipper something is in one era, the sillier it looks in the next. Doubt me? Two words: parachute pants. After the earth-tone age, Superstar hit the scrapheap along with Earth shoes, est, and macramé owls. But by the '90s, with hit musicals like Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast revitalizing the species, producers took another look at Superstar and pronounced it ripe for resuscitation. This was no dated throwback, however; Superstar's characters sang about issues even cynics could groove on. Love. Betrayal. Murder. Torture. Damnation. Resurrection. Just wee tweaks to the musical arrangements and an update of the costumes were needed before the show was ready to reopen on the West End in 1996.
Since then Superstar has enjoyed successful runs in New York, Germany, and the U.K., with touring productions bringing it to major U.S. cities throughout 2002 and 2003. Now it's our turn. And those who pass over Superstar's S.F. jaunt, believing it's just a baby boomer artifact, are missing out. Because, in the words of Superstar's Caiaphas, "One thing I'll say for him -- Jesus is cool." Even now.


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I've heard so much buzz about the Urban Decay Naked palettes; many beauty bloggers consider them to be the holy grail of eye shadows. Since I've been on the hunt for the perfect everyday palette, I decided to dip my toes into the high-end makeup pool once again and try out the Urban Decay Naked Basics.
Where to buy:
I bought my palette from Sephora for $36 CAD. This is a travel sized palette, and contains 6 0.05 oz shades; I felt this was a decent amount of product, and it should last me quite a while. The full-size Naked Palette costs $66 CAD and comes with 12 0.05 oz shades, so assuming you're happy with six shades, you're not gaining much value with the full size. However, many feel that this palette is too, well, basic, so if you're looking for a more dramatic look, the gorgeous glittery shades in the full sized palette would probably be more your cup of tea.
First impressions:The shadows are housed in a bronze compact with a little mirror inside; it's sleek and feels velvety to the touch. It's the perfect size for me, as it doesn't take up to much space in my makeup bag and stows easily in my purse.
The six matte shades included are Venus, Foxy, W.O.S, Naked 2, Faint, and Crave; they're all neutrals and semi-sheer. I really love the versatile shades included in this palette. The shadows are rich, creamy, and pigmented. They feel pretty delightful, honestly. They blend very easily, build nicely, and even though I use a minimal amount, it lasts well into the evening.


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This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application No. 60/534,302, filed Jan. 5, 2004 and provisional patent application No. 60/559,693 filed Apr. 2, 2004 and provisional patent application No. 60/566,901 filed Apr. 30, 2004 and provisional patent application No. 60/575,986 filed Jun. 1, 2004, and provisional patent application 60/607,723 filed Sep. 7, 2004.
Electrostatic forces have been used to move structures. Traditional electrostatic devices were constructed from laminated films cut from plastic or Mylar materials. A flexible electrode was attached to the film, and another electrode was affixed to a base structure. Electrically energizing the respective electrodes created an electrostatic force attracting the electrodes to each other or repelling them from each other. A representative example of these devices is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,266,399. These devices work well for typical motive applications, but these devices cannot be constructed in dimensions suitable for miniaturized integrated circuits, biomedical applications, or MEMS structures.
Micromachined MEMS devices have also utilized electrostatic forces to move microstructures. Some MEMS electrostatic devices use relatively rigid cantilever members, as found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,578,976. Other MEMS devices disclose curved electrostatic actuators. However, some of these devices incorporate complex geometries using relatively difficult micro-fabrication techniques. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,629,565 and 5,673,785 use dual micromechanical substrates to create their respective electrostatic devices. The devices described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,233,459 and 5,784,189 are formed by using numerous process steps. Complex operations are required to create corrugations in the flexible electrodes. In addition, U.S. Pat. No. 5,552,925 also discloses a curved electrostatic electrode. However, the electrode is constructed from two portions, a thinner flexible portion followed by a flat cantilever portion.
Several of the electrostatic MEMS devices include an air gap between the substrate surface and the electrostatic actuator. The electrostatic actuators generally include flexible, curled electrodes. Typically, the gap starts at the beginning of the electrostatic actuator where it separates from the substrate surface and increases continuously along the length of the air gap. The size of the air gap increases as the actuator curls further away from the substrate surface along its length. The air gap separation between the substrate electrode and actuator electrode affects the operating voltage required to move the actuator. The larger the air gap, the higher the voltage required operating the actuator. Further, due to manufacturing process and material variations, size and shape of the air gap can vary substantially from device to device, making operation erratic.
MEMS actuators using electrostatic force as means of moving, shaping or actuating a payload are integral part of many, if not most Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). They have low power consumption and small size. These include parallel-plate actuator, cantilever actuator, torsional drive, comb drive, rotary motor, and scratch drive. Of these, only parallel-plate actuator generates strict vertical (out-of-plane) displacement. A schematic of the parallel-plate actuator is shown in
where g is the instantaneous air gap, ε is dielectric constant, A is area of the smaller electrode. Note that this is now a cubic equation for the gap. As we increase the voltage, the air gap decreases, with the amount of decrease growing as the air gap gets smaller. Thus there is positive feedback in this system, and at some critical voltage, the system goes unstable, and the air gap collapses to zero. This phenomenon is called pull-in. The air gap at which the pull-in occurs is given by gPI=⅔�go. That is, the movable electrode is pulled down by ⅓ of the original air gap. At this value of air gap, the pull-in voltage is
The parallel-plate electrostatic actuators normally operate in the analog regime, that is, the initial ⅓ of the air gap, prior to the pull-in. An analog voltage signal is applied between the two electrode plates to attain a displacement given by EQ. 1. It can be seen that the displacement is a non-linear function of the applied voltage. Such non-linear behaviors present a challenge to many MOEMS (Micro-Optical-Electro-Mechanical-System) applications requiring accurate positioning, including tunable Fabry-Perot filter and vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), used for wavelength band selection in optical communications. The accuracy requirement can only be met with closed-loop control schemes. In addition, the tuning range of the displacement is limited to a few micrometers, which restricts MOEMS devices to the visible or near IR (Vis-NIR) applications. For mid-wavelength IR (MWIR) or LWIR applications, where the tuning range is larger than 2 micrometers, very high voltage (100-200 volts) must be used, which restricts the application. The voltage is too high and needs to be decreased.
There is still a need to develop improved MEMS devices and techniques for leveraging electrostatic forces and causing motion within microengineered devices. Electrostatic forces due to the electric field between electrical charges can generate relatively large forces given the small electrode separations in MEMS devices. Electrostatic devices operable with lower and less erratic operating voltages are needed. Advantageous new devices and applications could be created by leveraging the electrostatic forces in new MEMS structures.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a stepping actuator that is capable of realizing vertical (to the surface of the substrate) displacements in precise, incremental steps. Each stepping motion is due to the pull-in of a pair of the many sub-actuators in the stepping actuator. The sub-actuators are parallel-plate electrostatic actuators, and they have graduated air gaps that subdivide the full displacement range of the stepping actuator. The actuation is by applying a voltage higher than the pull-in voltages so that their upper, movable electrodes come in contact with the fixed electrodes. This moves the rest of movable electrodes one incremental air gap, reduces the air gaps, lowers the pull-in voltage, and increases the actuating force in a fashion similar to the zipping actuators. More importantly, each step of actuation of the incremental displacement is dependent on incremental step height of the fixed electrodes only, not on the spring constants or mechanical properties of the material. This allows precision positioning that is independent of the exact mechanical properties of the material. This also allows both digital output and input.
A slew of innovative MEMS devices can be made by from utilizing or incorporating the stepping actuator. They are referred to as stepping actuator devices hereon. They can be operated in digital fashion, using a single voltage slightly higher than the pull-in voltage. Additionally, a method is also provided for fabricating and packaging the stepping actuator devices. It uses surface micromachining technique to fabricate and packaging the stepping actuator devices from single-crystal silicon, which is essential to high precision and stress-free microstructures.
The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The invention, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features, and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read with the accompanying drawings in which:
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements illustrated in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements are exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity. Further, where considered appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements.
In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.
Some portions of the detailed description that follows are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits or binary digital signals within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations may be the techniques used by those skilled in the data processing arts to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art.
An algorithm is here, and generally, considered to be a self-consistent sequence of acts or operations leading to a desired result. These include physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers or the like. It should be understood, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities.
The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
Referring to a plain view in
The suspended membrane 50 is generally planar. It comprises a medial payload platform 60, two sets of movable electrodes 700, 710, and 720, and spring hinges 82, wherein spring hinges 82 interlink the movable electrodes 700, 710, 720 and the central payload 60. The three movable electrodes 700, 710, 720, 730 and the fixed electrodes 800, 810, 820, 830 are paired to form parallel-plate electrostatic sub-actuators 70, 71, 72, and 73 on both sides of payload platform 60. The air gaps of the parallel-plate electrostatic sub-actuators 70, 71, 72 and 73 are determined by the height of the fixed electrodes. They are preferably, but not necessarily, of equal increments, i.e., go, 2go, 3go, and 4go respectively, in the exemplary stepping actuator. The lowest numbered sub-actuators 70, which are closest to the pillars 30, have the smallest air gap go; the next sub-actuators 71 have twice the air gap 2go, and the third sub-actuators 72 have air gap 3go, and so on for any subsequent sub-actuators. Further, the fixed electrodes of the sub-actuators may comprise an overlying insulator layer for preventing direct electrical contact between the fixed electrodes and the movable electrodes during pull-in. This overlying insulator layer tends to suffer from "charging", in which fixed charges are induced therein due to the high electric field from the two electrodes being biased. A way of reducing the amount of charging is to forming an array of bumps of insulator in a matrix of metal layer. A preferred embodiment is shown in plain view of
It can be seen that one of the main purposes of having stairs different heights in the overlay insulators and/or fixed electrodes is to stop the movable electrodes at different preset heights upon pull-in. Other methods to accomplish this include having different thickness in the fixed electrodes or the overlying insulator. It is also noted that three sub-actuators or displacement steps depicted in this first embodiment are for illustration purposes, the number of sub-actuators or the displacement steps may vary from application to application. Although the spring hinges 82 shown in
Now it can be seen that the stepping actuator is operated by actuating the sub-actuators in a proper sequence, thereby keeps the actuation voltages of each step substantially the same and at a low value. It can operate in digital fashion as the displacement is not sensitive to the exact applied voltage, but a threshold voltage. Thus the present stepping actuator has the following characteristics: (1) Consists of a plurality of parallel-plate electrostatic actuators with distinct air gaps; (2) Inputs are in digital format or on-off fashion; (3) Movement of payload is in discrete steps; (4) Actuation voltage is low; (5) Output force is large; (6) Amount of displacement is fixed or etched in the actuator; and (7) Displacement is normal to the substrate. While the exemplary stepping actuator given herein comprises only 3 to 4 sub-actuators and steps, substantially more of them can be implemented.
Although the stepping actuator described herein is designed to operate in digital fashion, it can operate in analog fashion. Referring to
The analog mode of operation of the present stepping actuator embodiment can be employed during the digital operation, for fine adjustment of the air gap. For example, in the first state of actuation in
In another preferred embodiment of the stepping actuator, all the fixed electrodes 80 on a stair insulator are continuous, or electrically connected together, as shown in
In yet another embodiment, two stepping actuators are stacked on top of each other wherein payload platform of one stepping actuator is substrate of the other as shown schematically in
The suspended membrane, which comprises the movable electrodes, in the stepping actuator and devices described thus far are substantially planar and the difference in the air gaps among the parallel-plate electrostatic sub-actuators are due to the difference in height in the fixed electrodes. However, it is conceivable that the difference in air gaps is in the movable electrodes instead.
The sub-actuators in the stepping actuator devices described thus far are symmetric with respect a medial plane, or the dashed lines 11 and 12 in
One application of the stepping actuator devices described herein is a varactor (variable capacitor) used in Radio Frequency (RF) applications. In a preferred embodiment, the actuating device is the symmetric type shown in
Another application of the present stepping actuator device is tunable Fabry-Perot filters. A regular Fabry-Perot filter comprises two parallel mirrors having a small, uniform gap in between as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,859,060. It transmits very narrow spectral band of light depending on the gap, which can be selected by tuning the gap between the two mirrors with an actuator. An exemplary tunable Fabry-Perot filter is shown in
Yet another application is MEMS deformable mirror device (DMD) for adaptive optics applications (U.S. Pat. No. 4,679,915). As shown in
The above description generally concerns stepping actuator that provides force or displacement in the out-of-plane direction. However, similar principles can be applied in designing an in-plane stepping actuator. A conceptual design is shown schematically in
A method and system for manufacturing the above stepping actuator is described herein. The stepping actuator devices are preferably made of single-crystal silicon (SCS), which is free from stress and compatible with the most mature micromachining techniques. Other bulk material such as glass or ceramic, which are free from intrinsic stress, works equally well. A preferred method to fabricate the stepping actuator is similar to that described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,060,336, wherein epoxy or adhesive wafer bonding plays the roles of sacrificial layer and adhesive. Additionally, epoxy is used as a planarization layer, similar to SiO2, in planarizing the surface by a lapping process. Referring now to
While certain features of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, many modifications, substitutions, changes, and equivalents will now occur to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
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We would like to express our deepest sympathy for the loss of someone special to you.
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HELLO--I have a Fiberlux bathroom window. I need to replace the channel balances. The only marking I see on them is the company name: Fiberlux, and the number 15A. Do you have replacement ones for this window.
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August 23, 2016
We should be able to help, but I'm afraid Fiberlux used a bunch of different kinds of balances over the years. The stamp also only tells us how strong the spring is, it's not actually used in identification. I recommend that you look at our Channel Balance Home Page and follow the steps in order to find the Series that best matches what you have.


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Yesterday's post about mapumental has gotten me thinking about visualisation. Something that has always struck me as a bit of a paradox is that I'm a highly visual thinker, but I'm really bad at graphics. Which is frustrating. But one the reasons that I like network analysis so much is that it provides some really good and useful visual output. I've run across a few posts recently that are useful sources for information about visualisation.
That graphic is from the outstanding article 'The Product Space & the Wealth of Nations', which is one of those articles that I really wish I had written myself. This pretty well describes what they're getting at in the article:
Think of a product as a tree and the set of all products as a forest. A country is composed of a collection of firms, i.e., of monkeys that live on different trees and exploit those products. The process of growth implies moving from a poorer part of the forest, where trees have little fruit, to better
parts of the forest. This implies that monkeys would have to jump distances, that is, redeploy (human,
physical, and institutional) capital toward goods that are different from those currently under production. Traditional growth theory assumes there is always a tree within reach; hence, the structure of
this forest is unimportant. However, if this forest is heterogeneous, with some dense areas and other
more-deserted ones, and if monkeys can jump only limited distances, then monkeys may be unable to move through the forest. If this is the case, the structure of this space and a country's orientation within it become of great importance to the development of countries.
The visualisations in the article are beautiful too. It's one of the many fantastic visualisations featured at visualcomplexity.com.
I was also delighted to find out today that Edward Tufte has his own website. He is one of the best recent thinkers on the topic of visually presenting data, and the various methods available to do so. His site has a lot of resources available, and his books are well worth checking out.
The post that got me started on all this today was this one from the simple complexity blog, which discusses a couple of books relating to displaying business data effectively. My thinking is that if I read more stuff like this, maybe I'll get better at it….
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|They are always honest
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|Their repair price is reasonable
|They complete the work in a timely manner
|They respond well when they screw something up
|They take the time to explain the problems and necessary repairs
|They treat male and female customers in the same manner
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Nov 07, 2011
Mar 16, 2001
I heard that Jamie left the dealership he used to work for because he felt that they were charging the customers too much. I dont know about you, but that sounds like MY kinda mechanic. I have never had a problem with them and my little '84 honda sees more of these guys, than of me anymore. and i know its always in good hands.
Dec 18, 2002
My family and I just moved from Central NJ to the Boston Metro region. One of our great regrets was leaving a mechanic that we could trust. Indeed, over the course of 5 years, Jamie earned our respect again and again by providing us with excellent, honest service for reasonable prices. We only hope that we can find a mechanic of comparable expertise and integrity near our new home.
Jan 02, 2003
I heard of Jamie by word of mouth. Competent and honest. Didn't do unecessary work, but told you when you should keep an eye on things. Just moved out of the central New Jersey area down to Washington. If I was any closer, I would continue to go to him for regular maintenance and repairs. His phone number is 609-588-9766. Although he is a quick drive off Route 1 past the Quakerbridge Mall, one drawback is you will need a second person to give a ride home if you need to leave your car there. If its just a matter of an oil change or morning's work, a small mall up the road nearby has a great Italian bakery for coffee and a snack while you wait.
Jun 01, 2004
Jamie, the man who seems to run the business, is extremely honest and knows his stuff. I, knowing nothing about cars, feel truly confident whenever I bring mine to him. Once I got an estimate for some shifter bushing replacements at a dealership- $260. I went to Jamie for an estimate- $90.
Jan 12, 2005
Great shop! Only does and/or recommends the work that is necessary. Completely trustworthy!
Oct 10, 2007
I have two anecdotes to share about Jamie that explain my confidence in him. A couple of years ago we had an issue with the our Nissan mini-van. The dealer gave us an estimate for a part costing over $800 + labor. We confirmed with Jamie that he could get the part and asked him to do the job since we knew his labor cost would be lower. He ended up calling us to say the part wasn't necessary- the repair cost us less than $100. We traded the mini-van for Highlander Hybrid. When I asked him if he could work on hybrid vehicles, he described the training course he and his mechanics attended recently (and let me look at one of the course books) and then went on to suggest that we use the dealership for the routine maintenance requirements through warranty period. Our 2nd car is a 92 Protoge with 125K miles. It isn't pretty, but I rely on Jamie to keep it going so I don't have to take on a 2nd car payment.
Sep 28, 2008
Jamie has fixed both cars and trucks for our family, mostly GM brand, and done so quickly, honestly, and at a most reasonable cost. But its an incident with a family friend that impressed me the most. Our friend took a Nissan to Jamie to check on a gas leak. He disgnosed the problem quickly and alerted me that problem was covered by a recall. He continued to check the vehicle out so that she would not be talked into unnecessary repairs by the dealership. Well Done!
Dec 09, 2008
My car died on the Turnpike. I was miles away from any mechanic that I could trust. I had my car towed there and DiMaggio's worked diligently to try and find a way to fix my completely fried engine without bankrupting me. Great find!
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Always good quality. Even called more than one parts dealer to get better prices. Very honest. Easy to deal with.
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I have been home this week wrapping presents, making gifts, and just really enjoying being home. I am so thankful that I don't have to work full time. I am hoping to be done with all the Christmas shopping this week. Only a few more things to buy. I love buying for people.I wish I could do more, even though that's not what Christmas is about it is still fun to do!
Here is a wreath I made from an old flannel shirt. I wanted something with red and green and this worked out perfect. Its super easy! Hope you like it!
Cut the shirt into strips. Two inch strips worked best. I used both sleeves and a little from the back.
I had this straw wreath form a bought at a garage sell for a $1.
Then you just start wrapping the wreath with the strips and hot glue in place.
overlap your strips a little each time.
And just keep wrapping..
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I used a strip to loop around the top to hang it from.
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I hope to start baking some yummies today! Merry Christmas Time!
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McDowell first hit the national consciousness in 1977 with his single "The King Is Gone," however, this album highlights a new depth in his work, featuring some of Ronnie's favorite gospel songs: "The Old Rugged Cross," "Take My Hand Precious Lord" and "In the Garden." Other featured cuts include "A Mansion Over the Hilltop," "If We Never Meet Again" and "Peace in the Valley." a must for all Ronnie McDowell fans. [Note: This product is an authorized, licensed CD-R and is manufactured on demand]
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Nine of the world's top 10 women will compete in next month's Apia International in Sydney.
Tuesday's field announcement saw Victoria Azarenka's name added the the entry list, meaning the world's top three will all play as they complete their preparations for the following week's Australian Open.
The top two, Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova, had already announced their intention to play.
The only member of the top 10 not appearing is number four Maria Sharapova. The Russian, like reigning Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters, will instead complete her preparations in Brisbane the previous week.
The quality of the women's field is summed up by the automatic entry cut-off point which is just 23 for the 30-player draw.
Tournament director Craig Watson said: "The women's event has again attracted the world's best and with last year's women's finalists (Kim Clijsters and Li Na) going on to play in the Australian Open final, the Apia International Sydney is the perfect preparation for the season's first Grand Slam."
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1914: Brazil's Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt. Plagued by hunger and suffering the lingering effects of malaria, Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the other members of the now-ravaged Roosevelt-Rondon scientific expedition are traveling deeper and deeper into the jungle. When Kermit and Teddy are kidnapped by a never-before-seen Amazonian tribe, the great hunters are asked one thing in exchange for their freedom: Find and kill a beast that leaves no tracks and that no member of the tribe has ever seen. But what are the origins of this beast, and how do they escape its brutal wrath?
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Hi all
I have a weird issue with alphabetic sorting with my Windows 7 PC.
I have my music collection stored on an external FAT32 formatted HD drive. They are broken down as...
ABC: Inside will be three folders A, B & C. Inside 'A' will be artist folders starting with 'A', such as Aerosmith
DEF: Inside will be three folders D, E & F (then as above)
Etc., Up to XYZ
All the individual lettered folders Up to 'T' sort artist folders alphabetically exactly as I would expect and Windows (which doesn't have an option to ignore 'The' in folder/file naming), sorts folders with 'The' at the start of a folder name, at the end of the list. So, I would see this.
/The Adverts
/The Answer
However... and this is where it gets weird. From 'U' onwards (right up to 'Z', Windows puts folders with names starting with 'The' At the top of the list. So I see this:
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/Van Morrison
I have absolutely no idea why this is happening. I've tried creating brand new folders with new internal folder structures to ensure I hadn't made some wierd Ascii errors in the original naming but it still does it. I also have everything backed up on an NTFC formatted drive which also does the same.
Any ideas anyone? It's not a big problem, just very, very weird.
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You're seeing something that isn't there.
I have Beatles between Badfinger and Bee Gees. I add "the" to Beatles and it drops to the bottom. I add "the" to Bee Gees and it too drops to the bottom.
I have the Doors between the Byrds and the Hollies. I remove "the" and Doors jumps up to the top of the list. I remove "the" from the Who, and Who drops to the bottom.
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Good God, I don't believe I could be so stupid. Your example didn't make sense at first (well, it does, but not in the context I was posting on), as all your examples look to be in perfectly sensible alphabetic order and appear as I would expect. I was simply expecting everything starting with 'The' to be at the bottom of a list as it is in every folder up to 'T'. Of course, when I get to 'U' the 'T' in 'The' will always come before any other folder starting with 'U'. Duh. I'm hanging my head in shame.
Thanks for replying and pointing out my supreme dumbness.
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Steve Chiotakis: State governors are holding their breath this morning waiting for word from the Department of Education on which states made it to the final round for a chance at some serious cash. The department is handing out billions of dollars -- $4 billion to be exact -- in grants as part of a new program called Race to the Top. Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson has more.
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