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Spiritual Experiences
Everyone of our programs at the Iboga House includes a Spiritual experience. Why? because it doesn't matter if you want to end an addiction, be free from; emotional pain, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, depression, a physical ailment, or just take your life to the next level, you have a spirit and if your mind or body have at all been effected by the world we live in then so has your spirit. Iboga will always detox your body first but as soon as this is achieved it will go right to the mind and the only way to totally heal a human mind is through a Psycho-Spiritual Iboga Journey. After a person has done a Psycho-Spiritual Journey they are then ready to do any of our other Spiritual programs to deeper on their studies. The Spiritual Journey or the Pre-initiation Ceremony. Here are a few testimonials:
"I can't express enough how valuable this experience was/is. I was such a skeptic and a mistrusting person, but opened up not only by the Iboga itself and Moughenda, but by the love and respect shown by ALL at Iboga House, right down to the housekeepers as well as my fellow journeyers.
I'm writing this, my IBOGA testimonial, almost two weeks after my IBOGA pre-initiation under the guidance of Moughenda with a newfound sense of clarity, peace, belief, re-connection with my soul and my Truth.
I had given up on soul-searching as I'd become convinced I didn't have one, going as far as to attempt to destroy any traces of a soul through decades of drink and drugs and when I finally decided to give up the booze and crack (none for a couple of years now) I realized the extent of the damage and felt at an absolute loss how to reconnect with my essence and soul, shrouded in a cloud of despair and negativity not wanting to let go of a life or suffering and attachments (family suicides, alcoholism, sex abuse) after which I'd learned to act as a mere machine. Even so, being sober, something inside me knew I had to search for meaning and for my soul, but I just didn't know where to look. I tried therapy, a spiritual group (the fourth way), even Buddhism, but none of these touched me enough to surrender myself and give them all my trust, only leading to greater despair. So in my last ditch attempt to find my soul and the truth I came across the possibility of Iboga, and with the same mistrusting stance I researched the Iboga/Ibogaine provider options as best I could and having considered various cheaper options of Ibogaine providers close to where I live in Mexico, I ultimately decided on Iboga House, the decisive factor being the spiritual aspect not offered elsewhere, other than Africa.
Everything that Iboga apparently had to offer seemed just what I was looking for so from the time of my initial research I was in Costa Rica within two weeks; with hope, but with the same old mistrust of everything and everyone. In hindsight, having listened to Moughenda, perhaps this mistrust was not all together misplaced as he says, his people don't believe until they can verify things through their own direct experience, or words to that effect.
From day one, being picked up at the bus station by Brad I was slowly able to verify for myself and being the first to arrive I was greeted by Mark, a dedicated provider in training, who answered my concerns putting me at ease, which continued with the arrival of the other journeyers, most of whom had taken Iboga before, except one other and myself. We were given an orientation talk by the clearly spiritually developed Joel, and heard more of the testimonies from those who had journeyed previously, and then found out we were to take our first journey with Iboga that very night. Great, no time for nerves! It was time to surrender myself. At 7:30 we were sat around the fire listening to Moughenda. I had expected everything to be deadly serious but was chuffed to see that, although it is serious affair, he has a sense of humor. I was impressed by the simplicity of the truths he speaks of, poles apart from any overly serious psuedo-shamanism. It felt honest, real, uncomplicated and without false secrecy.
Half way through Moughenda's talk Brad suddenly passed us our Iboga and a glass of water, and Moughenda asked us all a question, "what is life?", to which I could only answer, "a cloud of negativity", feeling stupid that I couldn't come up with a wise-sounding philosophical view point on the meaning of life but I needed to be honest and recognize where I was or seemed to be, and half an hour later we were lying down beginning our Journeys. It might not be necessary to go into every detail of the next 8-9 hours and the following 12 hours of my first journey as everyone's experience is unique, but I will say I got what I needed, Iboga showed me the reality of my negativity, it presented my negative thought process to me in images, where I could clearly see how, while on a healthy train of thought, a negative thought rudely interrupts and I allow it to take control and gone is any such healthy train of thought. The clarity of how wrong it was to allow my negativity to take control was so simple but to me so deep and significant, although I was still at a loss about what to do about it and this had me worried. The journey continued throughout the night until sunrise and one vision that impressed me was that of an oriental woman handing me a rose at which I paused before deciding to accept it but she faded away during my hesitance which I clearly interpreted (the next day) as my shortcomings in accepting the love of others. At sunrise, with all of us still lying down, Moughenda stood over us as we half reconnected with our bodies, and anticipating some wise and deep words to help us up and back to our rooms, Moughenda smiles and says, "fuck it!" I actually couldn't imagine anything wiser could be said :), at which we had a good laugh, staggering to our feet and back to our rooms where each of us would have the whole day to continue the second phase of the Journey.
My day was difficult. Hard work, pushing a boulder uphill, facing the extent of my negativity, staring my negative thought process in the face and not liking what I saw, again desperate that there was no way out and this went on until almost sunset, then came the power Moughenda spoke of to control our negative thoughts and I suddenly realized that I can only do so much reveling in negativity, then, not only from the mind, but something in my soul, decided to let go and an immense weight was lifted as I watched the sunset over the plains from the balcony having learned that I can chose not to go there when a negative thought comes to mind, but rather I can choose the positive route. So off again to the fire side talk before the girls' journey; renewed.
The space and respect given and shared by everyone was priceless in my learning how to be and enjoy being with myself. I hadn't thought I deserved it, but now I know I do.
In between our two Journeys we were given a spiritual shower. I am cynical about this kind of stuff but again, absolutely nothing pretentious or false about this; it was given and received genuinely, meaningfully and wholeheartedly by ALL.
So two days later on to my second journey which had been scheduled as a psycho-spiritual journey but I decided to change it to a pre-initiation in the hope to go deeper and to open up the possibility of going to Gabon in the summer. Again, I won't go into every detail but with the onset of the Iboga we sat down to be painted and dressed in traditional, Bwiti fashion and Moughenda showed me some item or other (to this day I don't not what it actually was, physically speaking that is) and he asked what I saw, which was a spiraling tree, which turned into an African wooden mask whose face would morph, then I was shown a mirror where I could look into my soul. I did not recognize myself as, apart from be painted and dressed up, I noticed I did have a soul after all. The mirror then turned blank, no reflection, and then into a skull; the inevitability of death perhaps, but no fear, just being and observing. So again, to lie down and continue the second Journey with diminished fear and new found trust. I can't deny that negativity did rear its ugly head but I had the choice to say enough is enough and so another 8-9 hours of Journey until sunrise where among visions I travelled among the stars where the stars would come flashing by to the rhythm of Bwiti music, fast but not dizzying, on the contrary I felt totally liberated from the weight of my physicality, capturing the vastness of infinity and so content to be shown this for what seemed like hours. There was a funny and light-hearted pause in the Journey well worth a mention where my pre-initiation partner, Gregory, managed to connect with his body enough to stand up with backpack and all, to firmly state, "I'M DONE!" at which chuckles of empathy reverberated around the temple, where we all seemed to recognize that there was at least part of ourselves saying exactly the same thing, "I'M DONE!", then he realized he couldn't walk and we all decided we weren't done, so we metaphorically turned over with a smile to "DO" the other side 'till sunrise and some great laughter over breakfast and another day with the space and respect to again continue the subtler side of the Journey from which I got what I needed.
The greatest lesson I learned was my ability to control negative thoughts and emotions. And although it might not come overnight it absolutely is something that can be conquered with continued work on spiritual development.
On reflection I'm glad I answered the "what is life" question with "a cloud of negativity" and the "what are emotions question" with "corrupt" as my answers came from the honesty of the dark place I found myself in.
Am I cured of all my ills from decades of what I can only call, an erroneous path to nowhere? perhaps not yet! Do I have a newfound sense of clarity, hope, positivity and openness to the Truth? Absolutely! The work must be incessant while remembering that I'm allowed to enjoy life. "We like to dance and have fun; we can do this and work", as Moughenda says, or words to that effect. So I am focused and determined to go as deep as possible in my Journey and what better route than back to the root of humanity in the homeland of Africa, and what better way than through the spirit of Iboga.
Thank you Iboga, Moughenda, Brad, Joel, Jeanie, Mark and last but not least all my fellow Journeyers for your guidance, love and respect, and thank you for showing me my truths and giving me the chance to continue the work, not with a sense of burden, but with a sense of hope and knowing that it is possible and that it has begun.
- Richard, Mexico December 2012
"I have explored many areas for improving my health, wellness, and spirituality but nothing like what I received from Iboga House and the entire staff. I came down with a great deal of emotions revolving around the heart, self-betrayal, self-love, and relationship issues. With all of the experiences I have involved myself in for healing, nothing prepared me for 2011 and what I was set to do to myself. I have spent years working with ayahuasca plant medicine, energy medicines from Asia and the ancients from the Peruvian Andes, yoga and meditation to just name a few. My health and wellness was recovered over a six year period and then I experienced the most important lesson of my life…truth!
I have always been a searcher of the truth and have been honest with myself to the best of my ability. However, the relationship I 'chose' to enter into in 2011 was NOT truthful and honest from within. I believed in my heart that the intentions I had were real to me, and that the story I was living was truthful. IBOGA was about to teach me otherwise…and, showed me my own hell from not being truthful with myself. The most difficult decision in my life I took very lightly and lied to myself about matters of the heart and forgot to protect my own life in the process.
It came to a point where I was realizing my own karma and the pain that comes with betraying your heart, your own life, and not putting yourself #1. This was a 5 year friendship, turned short-term relationship, and ended up a living hell for ME that I learned only I could create. So, I decided to reach out to what I knew would lead me to the source of truth and ONLY Iboga and Moughenda would be able to guide me. It only took a week…psycho-spiritual journey and pre-initiation ceremony with Iboga…to have the entire truth of my life and current experience thrown in my face to never again do what I did to myself. Every ounce of truth from every experience was shown to me leaving two paths to follow; the path of truth or the path of karma. A decision still has to be made and when it comes to emotions that is still difficult to do because the ego wants to win, but I am here to tell you that the truth will be so strong that its hard to not choose the path of truth once you feel it.
I felt empty of emotional baggage, attachment, and needed only 24 hours following iboga which showed me how much of a re-birth I had just gone through. Moughenda guided me to my ancestors, spirit to spirit to get answers about my relationship, and then helped me clean up the mess in my gut with a new heart as well (energetically of course, but I can feel it as if I was just born). No more pits in my stomach with feelings of having just given my power away and my heart does not ache anymore. ONLY some thoughts and memories that I cannot control by making my mind work for me everyday. If I can share with anyone who loves and feels it necessary to be selfless without boundries for protecting yourself…make sure you see, think, and feel that there is NOBODY more important than yourself in life. That is the truth, and does not mean that I cannot be compassionate and help others, it just means that I have to have that for myself first before I can overflow to the rest of the world.
I will say there is a forgiveness aspect that follows for myself and then others which I have to do myself…and, I am doing just that because I have the truth of my life and myself at all times now. I am looking forward to coming back to Iboga House and going to Gabon to complete this amazing gift put out to the world forawareness and raised consciousness. If everyone in this world had the opportunity to work with Iboga and the rituals of Bwiti just once there would be heaven on earth and suffering would cease! Many thanks to Moughenda, Julia, and the staff at Iboga House for helping me move past what I feel was the hump of mylife with only wonderful things to come from here on in."
-Marc from New York, USA

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DH and I made these tipsy buckets a few years ago and I've experimented to see what flowers do the best in them. For me, this year has been the prettiest so far. I used begonias in the upper pots and variegated Swedish ivy in the tub on the bottom. I like the combination and since mine are in the shade most of the day, these flowers seem to work best. Thanks for looking!
Here's a view of the collection of "junk" around the pots as well. My sea captain statue used to stand guard at our camper on the Bay. |
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- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 20:31
Cute !!! Love them all!! |
- Posted by rachelthepoet 7 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 20:49
super cute! I love how that red/coral color pops! |
Very pretty. Love the tipsy containers. |
- Posted by marylee_2010 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 22:27
Marlene, you have outdone yourself. Your flowers are beautiful. |
Beautiful flowers & ivy & love that they are in watering cans! Cute sea captain & love the iron on the wall, very nice setting & warms up the space! Jan |
- Posted by cadillactaste 5 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 10:52
I've seen tipsy pots before...but this is FAR beyond my expectations of what I expected when I opened the link! I love that you have a watering can attached to the top of this stack!!! That you evidently used a much larger base planter and added additional plants that were cascading from it and over flowing was a great added touch! LOVED THIS!!! You may inspire me to do something very similar next year...For this goes beyond what I am typically used to seeing. Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing... ~Darlene |
- Posted by luvs2click 5 Ohio (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 8:06
Marlene, these are beautiful, gotta love begonias, they do well on my porch in containers too. Read "containers" = "forget to water most of the time". I'd be interested in seeing the pots without plants - like a picture when they were just made or after frost, so we can see the spacing and size. Thanks! Arlene |
Love it all. The begonias are doing fantastic. |
- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 12:09
Perfection!!! All of it! WOW!!! |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 15:52
Luvs~ This is the closest picture I have of the tipsy pots/buckets without flowers...this particular year they weren't nearly as full. Like I said, I've had to experiment with flowers to see which ones would work best. But this picture gives you a better idea of the spacing. The pots are "movable" on the post, so I rotate them depending on the look I want. I have a wash tub at the base, a metal teapot, two buckets and a watering can in the mix. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 18:02
Terrific! Great choice of flowers this year. Kathy |
- Posted by luvs2click 5 Ohio (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 19:40
Thanks Marlene - that really helps visualize it. I seem to pick up lots of galvanized buckets at sales, and might have to consider making one of these. I'd say you picked a winning combination this year! |
If you ever see a middle aged blond lady with a Texas accent wandering around your yard with her mouth hanging wide open, that would be me. Love, love your porch and everything else. Good job on all you have done. |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd 9 S.Ca (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 16:41
WOW,all of that is beautiful.I havn't done the tippy pots for a couple years now,but must put it on my list for the coming year. You should send that picture to Birds and Bloom magazine,it's so worthy of sharing with the world.Quite the inspiration. |
- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 19:54
Ditto what Kathi said!!! |
- Posted by indigosunshine 4 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 23:28
This will definitely be on my "to do" list |
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I am trying to change my floor plan so that I can achieve the following: 1. Most importantly is to be able to eventually put a door to our backyard 2. Keep 3 bedrooms and have two full baths (we currently have 1.5) I have included my current floor plan that I hope helps (to scale as best I can). I am trying to get plans in place so that I can start saving and buying the necessary material for this project. I am about a year out from my planned start date. I have two thoughts on reconfiguring the house. DH's input was simply to just have two bedrooms. I don't think that will work for me or for eventual resale. 2. The other option that I have given thought to is completely removing the 1/2 bath, and opening up the kitchen and dining room area, and eventually making the dining room window a door to the backyard. My concern with this second option is that we will lose the half bath, and have a larger dining area, when I could use that space in other areas like closets or a second full bath. I guess we can also slide the whole kitchen area towards the dining room and move some walls in order to regain that second bath. I know that you guys on here are excellent at this and it would be really helpful if you could either help me work this out, or suggest other options in order to achieve my door and second full bath. As you can probably tell, my house is pretty small. I absolutely love it, but working with it has been a challenge. Please let me know if you have any questions that will make my ramble clearer |
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I thought your plan looked familiar so looked back on your other threads but couldn't find one on your kitchen. Were you the one thinking of putting a half-wall/bar between the kitchen and living room? As far as resale, what are the other houses like in your neighborhood - 2 or 3 bedroom? If mostly 2 bedroom, then it wouldn't be a big deal to lose a bedroom to gain space in other areas. But then you wouldn't have a guest bedroom, if you have a master and your child's room. My first thought was to put the dining room in that other bedroom, and see that I said that on your other thread too. lol I don't know if it would work to put two doors into the half bath. That would really cramp the space. It's not that big of a deal for a guest to go into the hall if the bathroom is right beside the door. It's too bad that can't be configured to be the master bedroom and bath. Split masters are really popular here, and a master bedroom without a bath is a negative. I wonder, if you could flip the kitchen and bedroom 3. You could open the dining part to the living room, and tuck the kitchen into the space so it's out of sight of the living room, but still open. Move out the wall so you can enlarge both the current dining space and bath. It could even be the master bedroom. Something like this, but without measurements, I really have no idea. |
- Posted by wi-sailorgirl (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 0:22
Well I'm horrible at envisioning plans, but unless you have a need or desire for a formal dining space, I think I'd try to figure out some way to put the dining room right next to the kitchen and make that your eating area and then put a door out to the back yard in the kitchen/eating area, wherever you could make a decent walkway, etc. Sorry I can't be of more help! |
- Posted by EATREALFOOD (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 8:23
I agree with Marti & Wi-sailorgirl--see if you can move DR and put the door in the kitchen. |
Unfortunately, unless I am reading this incorrectly, I think you have significantly larger problems than what you have stated above. -None of your closets are sufficiently deep. They need to be 2' deep, interior dimensions. If you make the closets between the master and the front bedroom 2' deep, the door to the front bedroom will not line up with the hallway, so you'll have to move the hallway forward, making the hall bath even smaller. Another problem will occur when you make the entry closet 2' deep, which will narrow the living room and result in a pretty odd shape. It may be that you can work around all of these issues, but before you start tweaking to make it floor better, etc., I think you need to make sure all the dimensions are accurate and acceptable (closets, hallway, garage, bathrooms, and pantry). It would help also to make the interior walls the right thickness (4.5", but I think you have to do whole numbers on floorplanner). I really hate to be a downer, and I know you love this plan, but have you looked for stock plans of similar size and shape? At the very least, you might see some ideas about how to fit everything into such a small footprint. I designed my own house (with the help of people on GW) mostly from scratch, but looking at stock plans gave me a great deal of help. I started with floorplanner, but since it does not give proper dimensions by default, you have to be extremely careful and put in dimensions everywhere (floorplanner has that option, at least, to put in dimension lines, which you should put everywhere.) Below I've enclosed a link my old floorplanner plan, which I think shows the minimum level of detail you need to proceed. Good luck and please keep coming back! |
Here is a link that might be useful: An old post of mine
- Posted by movinginva (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 10:58
Thanks for the feedback so far. Yes, my dimensions are more than likely off - I tried, but I am not great at that kind of thing. The closets are definitely a bit over two feet deep and wide, and I park my car (full size sedan) in the garage every day, so I know it fits :-). It does protrude out past the front of the house. Sorry I missed that in my drawings. |
Oh, is this a remodel of your current house? I thought this was a plan for new construction. If it is a remodel, it would be very helpful to see a plan of the way things are now. Then we could see where walls with plumbing and hvac are which, while they could be moved, would not be quite as easy to move or eliminate. That makes sense then that the garage is deeper than in the plans. |
- Posted by movinginva (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 12:18
@CAMg, yes it is a remodel. I guess I should have said that. I will try to add plumbing etc and repost a layout tonight. @Marti8a, I did post about putting a bar in. We did get it done, and it turned out quite nice. I knew that I might want to make some layout changes eventually, but I was not ready to do it at the time that we purchased the house. Thanks! |
- Posted by movinginva (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 12:28
I actually found an old layout that I did a while back. It shows the plumbing in the kitchen. The sink and toilet in the half bath are against the wall that adjoins with the kitchen with the sink closer to the door. In the full bathroom, the sink and toilet are against the wall that adjoins with the bedroom with the sink closer to the door, and the tub is on the opposite wall with the plumbing for the tub closer to the door. |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 13 at 11:59
I would think about swapping the dining room and kitchen and opening it up into one large space. Then e reconfigure the powder room with a small mudroom area by the garage. Add sliders or patio doors out to the back by the new dining room. |
- Posted by nancy_in_mich (My Page) on Sat, Feb 9, 13 at 2:22
I am thinking about your idea of making the dining room into a guest bedroom next to a full bath, then using the bedroom/office next to the kitchen to expand the kitchen, change the window there into a back door, and change the master bedroom closet space for some of the office space. That is what you wanted to do, right? First, over in the dining area, the bathroom needs to be enlarged to add a tub or shower. That space must come from the pantry area, I guess. Just extend the half-bath wall until it hits the outside wall and remove the wall between the bath and the pantry, and there is your full bathroom space. Add a bathroom window, now that you have an outside wall, if you can. Now this small third bedroom will need a closet, to be a legal bedroom. Your best bet for that is to use the wall adjacent to the garage. The door to the bedroom will be a mirror image of the door to the bathroom, on the other side of the wall that separates them. This way, the bedroom does not really share a wall with the garage, it is the closet that will be colder in the winter and hotter in the summer. I have no idea how small that bedroom becomes, since you do not have any dimensions listed in the diagram I used. The rooms are really too small to add unnecessary doorways. You don't have to have the third bedroom have a separate entrance into the bathroom. The bathroom door is just outside the bedroom door, and that is the best you can do with the space that you have. After all, there is not a master bath in this house, why have a guest bedroom with a private entrance to a bath? What do you think, is the guest room usable? |
- Posted by nancy_in_mich (My Page) on Sat, Feb 9, 13 at 2:30
If the new bathroom and guest room work, post your agreement, and I will have fun remodeling your kitchen, next! I am assuming that the wall between the bedroom/office and the living room is a load bearing wall. Is that correct? Do you have information about how large an opening you want between the living room and kitchen? Or is the current bar the only opening you want between the two? |
- Posted by movinginva (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 20:26
nancy_in_mich, yes. Sorry it took me two days to respond. It was a pretty busy weekend. That is what I was thinking with the bedroom. All other things being okay, that is the kind of plan I had in mind. The only difference is that I wanted to use one of the smaller windows as the exit to the backyard. I didn't want to have the back exit directly across from the front entrance. I know that might seem strange, but that is one of my odd 'things'. I checked the dimensions of the room and once I deduct the space for a closet it would be slightly larger than an 8'x8' room which I would imagine is fine since the room gets lots of natural light. I should be able to put a full bed with a small nightstand and possibly a small chair in there.The office is 9' wide (window wall to hallway wall) and 11' long. The wall between the office and living room is a load bearing wall, but I don't think I would like to do anything with it other than closing up the door that is currently there. I would just like to open the space between the office and the kitchen. Thanks! :-) |
8x8 room is often not counted as a bedroom. In my state 10x10 is the smallest legal bedroom (ie, 100 sq feet). though, what I notice with this layout is that you have 3 sizeable bedrooms plus this tiny "office" space. What you are missing though, is an eating area. and, remodeling your kitchen along with a bathroom is going to run up the $$$ quickly. Are you sure you won't be ahead to find another house? |
- Posted by movinginva (My Page) on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 12:11
Sorry to resurrect this post, but did anyone have any new ideas for me? Ultimately, I would like to end up with three bedrooms and two baths. I have to do some work on the full bath we currently have within the next few weeks, and would like to plan all the other work around it. Any help would be appreciated. I plan on bringing a contractor in, but would like a clear vision before doing that. I have looked at tons of plans and have come up with nothing. Maybe someone on here would be able to think of something I have completely missed. Thanks a lot! |
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Last Mother's Day, in memory of my deceased daughter, I planted a small garden of her favorite plant, English lavender. I would like to plant pansies there also, but I fear the full sun may be too intense for them. My second choice is violets - the old fashiion type. I have read that they are in the ground cover catagory. MY QUESTION IS: WILL THE VIOLETS END UP CHOKING OUT THE LAVENDER. Any input would be greatly appreciated. This garden is in a public location, on the south end of Colorado Springs, a good distance from my home. I am not able to check on it every day.
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What a lovely way to remember your daughter. I don't think the violets will spread that quickly. We have the old fashioned, purple violets and they like partial shade, but do fine in full sun (at least here in Eastern Washington). I would just check on them a couple of times a year and prune them back from the lavender a bit, if necessary. |
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Amir Johnson is a work horse that plays his heart out every night for the Toronto Raptors, he is valuable player to have in the locker that is respected by team members and has shown that he can play at high levels on a consistent basis. However, with that being said, is Amir Johnson the answer to the Raptors Center position. Although he has shown his ability to work hard night in and night out, and ability to bang on the boards, he is still is not the typical Center that the Raptors are looking for that can compete with the big boys. Amir would be a much better threat coming off the bench and give the Raps much needed help in terms of bench scoring and defense. Now the Raps currently do not have much options available to them in terms of Centers, other than Jonas Valancuinas, however he is a rookie, still young and developing, so for now Amir is they guy. The Center position and bench scoring is the main concerns for the Raptors, and addressing this in the off season will be a top priority. An idea for the Raps would be to ideally make a deal for Pau Gasol from the Lakers, and let him handle of the duties of a Center and shift Amir to another position or have him come off the bench. In addition, to address the bench scoring, if the Raps do in fact acquire Gasol, they can try and lure back Calderon, as the two have played together on the Spanish team and are good friends off the court. I think that these moves will address both needs for the Raptors and give them the ability to better compete in the East.
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De Coulon, Augustin and Wolff, François-Charles (2005) Immigrants at retirement: stay/return or 'va-et-vient'? CEPDP, 691. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753018713
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At the private air terminal at Logan Airport in Boston early Wednesday, men in unwrinkled suits sank into plush leather chairs as they waited to board Gulfstream jets, trading consolations over Mitt Romney's loss the day before. "All I can say is the American people have spoken," said Kenneth Langone, the founder of Home Depot and one of Mr. Romney's top fund-raisers, briskly plucking off his hat and settling into a couch…As the morning wore on at Logan Airport, more guests from Mr. Romney's election-night party at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center trickled in, lugging garment bags and forming a small line at the security checkpoint. "It's going to be a long flight home, isn't it?" said one person, who asked not to be identified. The investor Julian Robertson, who held fund-raisers for Mr. Romney and gave more than $2 million to a pro-Romney super PAC, arrived with several companions. Mr. Robertson spotted an acquaintance: Emil W. Henry Jr., an economic adviser and a fund-raiser for Mr. Romney, to whom Mr. Robertson had offered a ride on his charter. "Aww, group hug," Mr. Henry said. [NYT]
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Is megadoner a giant kebab or a cousin of the mega boner?
Robertson, Langone, Henry. Super team of the '80s.
Prepare to distribute the poison donuts.
Am I the only one who thinks it would be a badass move if Romney took out his frustration by running Bain again for the sole purpose of destroying companies for profit/spite? (more spite than profit)
companies owned by Obama's blind trust
"men [who supported Romney] in unwrinkled suits sank into plush leather chairs as they waited to board Gulfstream jets"
and somehow, they thought Romney would be attractive to lower and middle income class voters….
Rich people aren't used to losing at anything. Its funny to watch it happen. Perhaps they can go back to making more money in an attempt to fill the deep black hole in their hearts. Or they could blame their insecurities on a black man, that might also make them feel better.
Mr. Romney, you sir are no Doug Masters.
Good job falling for NYT's none-too-subtle angle.
Teasing us with this piece ahead of your Concord 51 magnum opus and tags is very, very naughty.
Righhhhht. And how things over at OWS, kinda slow?
By "group hug", you mean "Race you to Mauritius", don't you?
but seriously, the nyt article ends with the "group hug" comment
Are you employed, sir? My advice, do like your parents and get a job.
-Iron eagle, over and out
There used to be a time when success was admired. Now people who think like this are the youth and the "future" of America. Why do you wish to make successful people feel shame for their accomplishments? You do know how rich people like Steve Jobs, Ben and Jerry, and anyone who ever brought anything useful to the world became because of their hard work, right?
I'd probably sympathize more with some OWS arguments if they weren't so poorly researched and lacked even the slightest amount of concrete statistics and facts (sources cited) .
– Guy who's had it up to here
Typo for megaladoner's, i.e. dinosaurs, hence the old guy in the picture.
Bess, I appreciate the Livin' on a Prayer reference, even if I'm the only one.
yeah cause those rich and successful people made it there on their own. Riiight? and the untold people who had a vision put in hard work and never made it. screw em right . To become rich takes a lot more luck than you give it credit to. Success =/= wealth
I am not sure who you are, but fuck you.
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Everyone needs to just stop complaining. 2016 will tell all! All you unemployed will still be unemployed and all the rich will still be rich. Stop crying and do something for yourself. It's your damn choice, collect unemployment, get a job or start a business.
I appreciate the attitude of Obama. Thanks Romney for consideration. All the best.
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• Although President Barack Obama is not actually Jewish, it turns out his half-brother is; in a new novel, Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo presents a fictionalized account of his (and Barack's) father's abuse of his Jewish American mother, Ruth Nidesand. [WPost]
• The House of Representatives can have its official condemnation of the Goldstone Report—the Palestinian owner of the President Arafat souvenir shop in Gaza has found an entrepreneurial way to show his support: "Today we put out 50 keffiyehs made of white fabric with the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the name 'Goldstone' embroidered on them, to honour his work." [AFP]
• The Forward explains that everywhere in the Diaspora, "prior to the late 19th century, Jews who put the Jewish dialects or languages that they spoke into writing did so in Hebrew characters." [Forward]
• South Floridian Jews must be pretty fed up with the phrase "alleged Ponzi-schemer," but they're going to have to put up with it a bit longer; their local Chabad center is named for conman du jour Scott Rothstein, who once called himself the "Jewish Avenger." [New Times]
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This pleasant hotel is situated in the leisure district of Puerto Escondido directly on Bacocho beach. Puerto Escondido Airport is just 5 minutes away. It is 15 minutes to Lagune Manialtepec while the nature reserve can be reached in 40 minutes. Access to public transport is also nearby, just 100 m from the hotel.||The hotel was renovated in 2005 and has 108 rooms in total. The building has a lobby with 24-hour reception, safe, currency exchange facilities, cloakroom, kiosk and gift shop. The hotel offers guests bar and dining facilities, a business centre, 2 conference rooms, Internet access, a games room, bicycle parking and a kids' club. Parking facilities are available in the form of a car park and a garage. Room, laundry and medical services complete the offer. A babysitting service as well as offers for honeymooners are also available. The hotel is disability friendly.||The modern rooms come with an en suite bathroom, a direct dial telephone and safe as well as either a king-size or 2 double beds, satellite/cable TV, air conditioning, Internet access and kitchenette with fridge, microwave and tea/coffee making facilities. The rooms have a living room area as well as a balcony or terrace. A child's cot is available on request.||There 2 swimming pools and a children's pool available to guests in the outdoor complex and an entertainment programme provides some variation for guests. In the spa facilities guests can allow themselves be spoiled with face and full-body massages. There are excursions organised to the nearby nature reserve. For the more sporting guests surfing, windsurfing, diving, canoeing, pedal boating, table tennis, volleyball, football and water polo are also available.
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This hotel lies within a few paces of Bacocho Beach, around 10 minutes from the historic resort centre and approximately 5 minutes from the international airport.||Built beside Bacocho Beach on the coast in Puerto Escondido, this hotel preserves its entirely Arabic style whilst the interior décor hails back to the Moriscos. Renovated in 2005, the air-conditioned complex comprises a total of 47 spacious rooms spread over 2 floors. Guests have access to the hotel gardens and terrace and amongst the facilities count a 24-hour reception desk with a safe and a currency exchange bureau, high-speed wireless Internet access, medical assistance, a travel agency, a car hire service and room and laundry services. There is car parking for those arriving by car and the hotel affords wheelchair access. Mandil restaurant offers a natural ambience, amidst the gardens, and the Caravanserai bar features Arabian details. Those guests wishing to celebrate their wedding here should please contact the hotel directly regarding arrangements.||Offering an Arabian style, pleasant colour schemes and views out over the gardens or sea, the spacious rooms each come with 2 double beds, 2 sofa beds, hammocks, a lounge, air conditioning, an alarm clock, satellite/ cable TV, a ceiling fan, a drinking water system, a smoke alarm, a fire extinguisher and a telephone. All rooms also have a work area with an Internet connection and a terrace. In the bathroom is a shower, a make-up mirror and a selection of toiletries.||Leisure options include a swimming pool with a children's paddling area in the outdoor area where sun loungers and parasols have also been laid out. There is a spa to make use of and pre-Hispanic baths known as temazcal as well as a massage service and steam baths. Guests may participate in the aerobics and gym sessions or try out a range of water sports such as jet skiing, surfing, sports fishing and diving. It is possible to go horse riding.
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Offering an outdoor pool, Punta Paraiso Resort is located in Puerto Escondido. Each room here will provide you with a TV and air conditioning. Private bathroom also comes with a shower. You can enjoy garden view from the room. Extras include bed linen. At Punta Paraiso Resort you will find a 24-hour front desk, a garden and a terrace. The property offers free parking. The hotel is 2.1 km from Zicatela Beach, 3.2 km from Commercial Walkway and 3.8 km from Downtown Puerto Escondido.
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Carretera 200 Esq. Séptima Oriente, Colonia Sector Reforma
Hotel Serymar is located in Puerto Escondido. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with a TV, air conditioning and cable channels. Featuring a shower, private bathroom also comes with free toiletries. Extras include bed linen. At Hotel Serymar you will find a 24-hour front desk. Other facilities offered at the property include a tour desk and luggage storage. The property offers free parking. The hotel is 1.2 km from Zicatela Beach, 100 metres from Commercial Walkway and 600 metres from Downtown Puerto Escondido.
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Posada Real Puerto Escondido
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The hotel is located directly on the Playa Carrizalillo beach and is less than a 10-minute walk from the harbour Puerto Angelito and from the city centre of Puerto Escondido. There guests will find shops, restaurants, bars and nightclubs, as well as public transport. Manialtepec is a 15-minute drive away, while Chacahua is around 45 minutes away. The airport can be reached in around 5 minutes. Huatulco is approximately 100 km away.||Renovated in 2006, the modern hotel is spread over an area of 1,500 m² which includes a sweeping exotic garden. The hotel has a total of 100 rooms spread over 3 floors. Facilities on offer include a reception foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a currency exchange counter, a cloakroom and a safe. In addition to room and laundry services, guests also have access to medical care, Internet access (WLAN), shops, a games room, a travel agency, car hire, a business centre, banquetting rooms, a kids' club, playground and a car park. Guests are catered for by the bar La Palapita Subset and the Lobby Bar with its special drinks, as well as the Hacienda restaurant which serves international and Mexican dishes, and Coco's beach restaurant. Some of the hotel's facilities are wheelchair accessible.||The spacious rooms all feature a marble bath, a hairdryer, a king-size bed or two double beds, direct dial telephone, internet access, satellite and cable TV, tea and coffee-making facilities and a safe. The air conditioning is individually adjustable.||Three outdoor pools and a children's pool help guests to relax and recuperate. Sun loungers and parasols are available in the garden and on the beach. Diving, deep-sea fishing, mini golf, badminton, beach volleyball, table tennis, football, basketball, motor boating and jet-skiing round off the facilities on offer.||The all inclusive deal guarantees a stress-free holiday.
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Suites Villa Sol
4 Stars
Loma Bonita # 2
In Puerto Escondido, the Suites Villasol Hotel provides accommodation for the magical encounter with nature, which is Puerto Escondido, a place renowned for its surf and the unique abundance of fauna and flora. We have 108 rooms at your disposal, 72 Standard rooms, 24 Junior Suites and 12 Master Suites, in which you can spend your vacation in comfort and tranquility. Come to Puerto Escondido and discover the beauty of its beach on the Mexican Pacific Ocean and enjoy the exceptional weather in the comfort of our charming hotel. "Villasol" the perfect place to combine work and pleasure.
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Suites La Hacienda
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Cuilapan No.15, Fraccionamiento Bacocho
Rooms: 7 rooms providing bathroom with bath, air conditioning, kitchenette and kitchen ware, minibar, cable TV, free WiFi, tea/coffee facilities and alarm clock. Non-smoking and 1 disabled room available. Facilities: bar, free WiFi, outdoor swimming pool, printer and fax. Diasbled access.
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Blvd Benito Juarez Lote 1
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1A. Sur Esq. 7 A. Oriente
Located in the beach area of Puerto Escondido Oaxaca.||The hotel is ideal for people who travel for pleasure or business. It has 152 rooms spread over 4 floor. The hotel features a restaurant, bar located in the poolarea, pool, private parking, Internet access and a room for events and conventions. Room service, laundry service and dry cleaning is offered.||The spacious rooms equipped with king size or double beds, air conditioning, cable/satellite TV, telephone, dataport, Internet access, servibar and bathroom.||The hotel offerd 2 outdoor freshwater pools.
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US 8088502 B2 Abstract A durable coating made up of superimposed microlayers of preselected materials, and a method of making and utilizing such a coating. In one embodiment of the invention, at least 200 microlayers of at least one transparent material, having a thickness of less than 50 nms are superimposed in a sequential manner so as to obtain a desired arrangement between the layers. This structure then forms a transparent coating that has strength characteristics that are substantially greater than the strength of a layer of the coating material alone.
Claims(6) 1. A durable optical coating characterized by:
between 100 and 5000 superimposed microlayers of alternating types of transparent materials selected from the group consisting of Al, N, AlN, Si3N4, Ti, TiAlN, VN, TiAlNYN�VN, TiAlN�Cr, TiCN, TiCxNy, Si3CN, Cu, Al2O3, polymers and combinations thereof; each of said microlayers having a thickness of less than 50 nms and said optical coating having a hardness of at least 25 Gpa.
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6. A durable optical coating comprising: between about 50 and 1000 superimposed microlayers of AlN/Si3N4, each of said microlayers having a thickness between 1 and 30 nm.
Description This invention claims priority from provisional patent application No. 60/846,374 filed Sep. 20, 2006 entitled Optical Superlattice Coatings and Methods for Preparing and Using Same. The contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. A04-0157 awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Government has certain rights in the invention. 1. Field of the Invention The invention generally relates to protective coverings and more particularly to thin film protective coatings for optical devices. 2. Background Information One of the many problems associated with the design of optical materials is providing sufficient strength, hardness or durability to a particular material without negatively impacting the desired qualities or function of the underlying material. For example, transparent or translucent materials that are strengthened must be modified in a way that preserves the strength and durability to the materials without adversely affecting the desired optical characteristics of that particular item. One of the methods for adding strength or durability to a particular device is to coat the device with a preselected material. However, one of the problems associated with typical coating arrangements is that simply thickening the coating on a particular device will, in many instances, alter desired characteristics. In addition, various other desired properties may not be achieved in single layer coatings due to excess thickness, resulting in high stress and poor microstructure. In an optical or transparent embodiment the placement of such a coating may also result in various undesired modifications or alterations to the optical or transparent properties of the device. In addition, the amount of strength that can be imparted to the material by the coating is many times limited by the inherent characteristics of the material itself. While various attempts have been made to address these problems, there still exists a need for materials and coatings that provide desired strength and durability to a portion of an optic device while allowing these optic devices to retain their desired functional properties. The present invention is a durable coating made up of superimposed microlayers of preselected materials, and a method of making and utilizing such a coating. In one embodiment of the invention, at least 200 microlayers of at least one transparent material, having a thickness of less than 50 nms are superimposed in a sequential manner so as to obtain a desired arrangement between the layers. This structure then forms a transparent coating that has strength characteristics that are substantially greater than the strength of a layer of the coating material alone. In other embodiments of the invention, more than one type of material may be utilized and the layers may be formed from alternating types of materials superimposed one upon another. The microlayers of the present invention are formed and superimposed by a method wherein a preselected quantity of a coating material is placed upon a preselected device to form a first layer coating having a preselected thickness. Subsequent layers of preselected materials are then consecutively placed one upon the other in a preselected order and arrangement until a designated number of layers of preselected materials having a designated thickness have been superimposed one over the other. A resulting coating made up of high numbers of thin layers of a selected material is then formed. This coating provides a coating having superior strength and resistance to abrasion and does not negatively impact the desired characteristics such as the optical features of the device upon which the coating is placed. The purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, especially the scientists, engineers, and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. Various advantages and novel features of the present invention are described herein and will become further readily apparent to those skilled in this art from the following detailed description. In the preceding and following descriptions I have shown and described only the preferred embodiment of the invention, by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention. As will be realized, the invention is capable of modification in various respects without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description of the preferred embodiment set forth hereafter are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive. The following description includes the preferred best mode of an embodiment of the present invention. It will be clear from this description of the invention that the invention is not limited to these illustrated embodiments but that the invention also includes a variety of modifications and embodiments thereto. Therefore the present description should be seen as illustrative and not limiting. While the invention is susceptible of various modifications and alternative constructions, it should be understood, that there is no intention to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but, on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. In the embodiment of the invention shown in In the embodiment of the invention shown in This superimposed arrangement of multiple layers 20 of a preselected material provides an arrangement referred to as a superlattice or a superlaminate. In a superlattice configuration, the materials in the layers have a preselected crystallized form and are oriented so as to take advantage of the crystallized structure and provide a more rigid coating. Examples of materials that would be included in a superlattice configuration include ZrO2,TiO2, SiO2, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, indium tin oxide, and other similar materials. Depending upon the necessities of the user the lattice structures of the various layers may be similar or different. In a superlaminate configuration, a more amorphous configuration is preferred. In some embodiments, a polymer or plastic material is utilized as one of the materials in the coating so as to provide a more flexible configuration. Examples of materials that may be utilized include SiO, SiN, AlN, AlO and other materials. In addition to varying the materials, modification of the temperature to effect various changes in the crystalline structure may also take place. The superposition of these thin layers prevents crack propagation and also provides an increased strength that is significantly greater than single layer of the material of the same thickness. In a superlattice embodiment of the invention, the superlattice consists of hundreds to thousands of nm-scale layers with alternating compositions and/or crystalline phases. These microlayers are appropriately stacked and offset so as to allow some degree of interfacial compressive stress to absorb the energy of the crack. Examples of desirable lattice matches are FCC/FCC and FCC/BCC. These structures work on the principles of interrupting crack propagation by periodically varying the microstructure and crystalline phase composition of the layers and improving the elastic properties by incorporating more pliant layers into a hard matrix. In such an embodiment, the embryonic crack or dislocation is terminated at the next interface between the two layers. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the crystal lattices of the individual layers match as closely as possible, but not perfectly, as a result when a crack/dislocation begins to propagate at the surface of the coating, it is diffused by stress at the interface with the next layer. Additionally, a hard material can be combined with a more ductile material to obtain a hard material with improved ductility. A variety of types of materials have been tested for use in the present embodiment of the invention. The following table shows various types of materials that have been applied and tested both in single as well as in superlattice/superlaminate configurations. Because the coatings in this embodiment are constructed from optically transparent materials, these coatings are extremely transparent at visible wavelengths, and are suitable in a variety of embodiments including serving as coatings on plastics, including windows, domes, windshields, mirrors and flexible webs. In addition this same or similar coating configurations can be utilized with a variety of other types of material to form coatings for non-optical devices as well. In another embodiment of the invention, a hard Cu/Al metallic and hybrid Al/acrylate polymer material were put together in a superimposed microlayer configuration. The resulting hardness of the materials increased from �1.3 GPa for the polymer/metal structure to a hardness of about �6 GPa for the hardness of the metallic nanolaminant. A TEM photograph of a cross section of such a coating is shown in The multiple superimposed layer configuration of the present invention is preferred obtained by a method whereby layers of a preselected material are sputter deposited from a target onto a substrate device. Preferably, this substrate device rotates over the targets, and the targets sputter deposit material at a preselected rate on to the target as the target rotates. Referring now to In addition to these methods, various other methods may be utilized and combined to produce desired devices. For example, the present invention allows for the even coating of curved surfaces without degradation of the optical or desired surface properties. In one embodiment of the invention, a laminate coating is deposited in the strap mode in a vacuum roll coater. This coating can then be taken off the drum and placed on a mandrel to achieve the final shape or form. The coating can also be deposited onto a flexible substrate and rolled up. By utilizing a polymer layer, the surface of the laminate mirror is extremely smooth. If desired a reflective metal such as Ag, Au or Al, or a multilayer enhanced reflector can be deposited over the laminate coating to modify the reflectance to obtain high reflectance over a specific or broad wavelength band. Once formed, various other modifications and features may be combined with the invention. For example in some configurations the polymer/metal laminate can be modified by microactuators attached to a portion of the device. No structural backing would be required for such a combination. The present invention provides a variety of advantages including increased allowing for coatings that are very light weight, formable in a variety of applications such as a on a mandrel, or on flexible substrates, and which utilize low cost materials. These devices allow for very high deposition rates and allow both layer materials can be deposited simultaneously. Potential applications of the present invention include applications in a variety of fields. While various preferred embodiments of the invention are shown and described, it is to be distinctly understood that this invention is not limited thereto but may be variously embodied to practice within the scope of the following claims. From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims. Patent Citations
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text: Sammy Chu, MDPractice AreasPrimary: neuroradiologyLanguages SpokenPrimary: EnglishLocations400 S. 43rd StreetRenton, WA, 98055Phone: 253.661.4755Fax: 425.656.5009Visit SiteBiographyDr. Chu received his medical degree from the University of British Columbia. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Center and St. Boniface Hospital. Dr. Chu is completed his fellowship in neuroradiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Chu received board certification from American Board of Radiology in 2000. His professional memberships include the Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, and the American College of Radiology. Dr. Chu joined Vantage Radiology in 2001. Medical School: University of British Columbia1991 - 1995 Residency: University of Manitoba Health Sciences Center1995 - 2000 Fellowship: University of Michigan Medical Center2000 - 2001 Certification: American Board of Radiology2000 CAQ: Neuroradiology Other InfoGender: MaleBoard Certified: YesAccepting New Patients: YesAffiliation: Affiliated Community Providers