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Critical Essay by Woody Rehanek
SOURCE: "The Shaman Songs of Gary Snyder," in North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 4, Fall, 1987, pp. 162-69.
In the essay below, Rehanek focuses on Axe Handles and considers Snyders' philosophy of the interconnections between man and nature.
Shamanism relates to the most archaic of human religious practices … It informs the fundamental lore of the planet, that is to say, all of the worldwide body of folktale that we all share. The folk motifs of Native America are scattered all across Europe and Asia. We are all in the same boat, stemming from ten to thirteen thousand years back in the Pleistocene. We are all sharing the same information and the same religious disciplines. It is to the credit of some peoples, like the Native North Americans, that they kept it going longer, and I think they were right. We must all work to help them keep their lands and cultures together.
Axe Handles is Gary Snyder's first book of poetry since the emergence of Pulitzer Prize-winning Turtle Island eight years ago. Here we see an elaboration and expansion of themes which have run like tributaries through the mainstream of his body of work. Axe Handles is grounded in essentials—knowing our local watershed, how we relate to the earth/Mother Gaia and to each other. He brings to bear craftsmanship, precision, and tradition as a master carpenter knows the woods, tools, and designs of his craft.
Like transparent overlays in a medical textbook, where circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems overlap the skeleton and musculature to form a coherent whole, Gary Snyder's themes overlap layer on layer, taking us from upper Paleolithic times to the bioregional future. Central is the concept of basic "human-ness" being formed 40,000 years ago: "Our human experience and all our cultures have not been formed within the context of civilization in cities or large numbers of people. Our self—biophysically, biopsychically, as an animal of great complexity—was already well formed and shaped by the experience of bands of people living in relatively small populations in a world in which there was lots of company: other life forms, such as whales, birds, animals." This unconventional interpretation of history opens doors to a rich body of analogies, parallels, and correlations which are woven through the simple/complex fabric of his work.
Gary Snyder was raised on his father's small dairy farm in Kitsap County, Washington, "on the edge of logging country." His father "was a smart man, a very handy man, but he only knew about 15 different trees and after that he was lost. I wanted more precision; I wanted to look deeper into the underbrush." Young Gary went to work in the woods, logging and manning fire lookouts in the Skagit country.
He developed a dry, precise, descriptive journal form which is excerpted in Earth House Hold. Add to this a degree in anthropology at Reed College in Portland, mix with the leavening of Buddhist/Hindu studies, sift in several years of Zen Buddhist discipline in Japan. Add a stout dash of San Francisco poetry readings in lofts and livingrooms during the Fifties, plus the famous public poetry forum where "Beat" poetry sprouted as a media event. Spice with homesteading on San Juan Ridge near the South Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Preheat in an atmosphere of poetry readings, zazen (sitting meditation), and beating the planet drum for Mother Gaia long before it came into vogue, and you have the beginnings, the basic loaf, the elemental staff of Gary Snyder's life.
He has lived on San Juan Ridge for a decade, deepening his "sense of place," of belonging to the land. Both Turtle Island and Axe Handles probe the richness of family/community/watershed interface. The poems are distilled from direct experience, allowed to simmer and percolate as fragments in card files, then synthesized and polished into finished form. Like the high, almost imperceptible whang! of an axe as it splits woodgrain, these poems hum with the authenticity of direct experience.
In the Australian interior desert, which by some peculiarity of the language is called the Outback, aboriginal peoples literally "sing the land." That is, the entire myth/lore of the race is embodied in songs which are sung while walking. You would learn who did what and where, the great epics of your people. You would also, in learning the songs, be learning a specific map of the terrain: where a hidden spring can be dug for, a cache of food, a shrine, a power spot, a clump of herbs, perhaps a stand of white gum trees among the mulga bush and mallee scrub, a red kangaroo run, perentie lizard abode, a roost for galah birds, a wild fig tree.
So in "singing the land" you would be learning precise information about the physical landscape while simultaneously exploring what Alan McGlashan calls "the savage and beautiful country" of the mind. You would, in short, be singing both internal and external terrains synchronously: the epics of your people and the physical contours of the land.
"Singing the land," then, is a very exalted and sophisticated means of orally transmitting an entire cultural matrix. In "Uluru Wild Fig Song," Gary Snyder tells of
clacking the boomerang beat,
a long walk
singing the land.
As he describes the desert, you can feel the sacred, arid land open up before you. The poem's prime symbol is a wild fig tree, a natural shrine which still feeds its people. Gary Snyder expands this theme in Coevolution Quarterly No. 39, an article titled, "Good, Wild, Sacred." The history of natural shrines in Australian aborigine, Japanese Ainu, Paleolithic European, and contemporary American contexts is sketched. He also gives five ways to visualize your local watershed (Ainu "iworu":field) as teacher.
An African tribe calls the written language "word-trapping." Gary Snyder's work forms an important cross-cultural link between oral tradition ("singing the land") and written tradition ("word-trapping"). We'll probe how the poet, in Snyder's view, aspires to healing in his songs in the ancient function of shaman/brujo/medicine man/healer. Ultimately, it's in the singing of healing songs, songs which enlarge and refine the listener's vision, that Gary Snyder brings to fruition the deep and complex array of connections in his works.
Besides forming a cross-cultural link between oral and written traditions, his work forms parallel bonds between Oriental thought (especially Tibetan and Zen Buddhism) and Western culture (cowboys seen as priests of protein-conversion), between human and nonhuman realms (in a Corn Maiden Dance, the dancer becomes the corn), between local people rooted in a sense of place and the interlocking global village (as in the poem, "For All"), and between upper Paleolithic modes of perception and possible bioregional scenarios of the future ("What's Meant by 'Here'").
Gary Snyder stands as human spokesman for Mother Gaia, a living Being. He links macrocosm and microcosm, reaching across time/space continuums for old and new affinities, rooting out a 40,000 year continuity in human culture, a much longer and deeper range than is generally accepted by historians. His symbol for this range is embodied in the term "loops."
The 71 poems in Axe Handles are structurally divided into three sections: "Loops," "Little Songs for Gaia," and "Nets."
The Japanese word bushi or fushi means "a whorl in the grain … like a knot in a board." They are also "… specific turbulence patterns of the energy flow that manifest themselves temporarily as discrete items, playing specific roles and then flowing back in again." Loops, in other words: whorls, knots. The 25 poems in this section loop back to the upper Paleolithic era, in time. They probe unadorned human nature, without its civilized accoutrements: "the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe."
"The out-of-time function of poetry is to return us to our own true original nature at this instant forever." It loops us back to Original Mind, "The Back Country," the intersection of one's inner nature and Mother Nature, and beyond the wilderness of the unconscious to the eternal Now. Gary Snyder likens Original Mind to "the old image of the mirror without any dust on it…."
"I think that poetry is a social and traditional art that is linked to its past and particularly its language, that loops and draws on its past and that serves as a vehicle for contact with the depths of our own unconscious"
Gary Snyder demonstrates through his poetry that this looping is indeed rich ground. Take the title poem, "Axe Handles." It is the simple story of making an axe handle with his son, Kai. They use an axe to carve a new handle, and the poet recalls both Ezra Pound and Chinese poet Lu Ji in a work entitled Wen Fu (4th c. A.D.) saying that "the pattern is near" when doing this. He then draws an analogy that he is an axe and his son an axe handle, and that his son will become the axe, passing culture on down the line. This analogy describes very precisely the transmission of culture on several levels at once—by showing, by being the model, and by being the tool that carves the new. Like a Zen riddle, it grows on you!
In the second poem, "For/From Lew," the dead poet Lew Welch urges Snyder to "teach the children about the cycles. The life cycles…." Again, we loop back to early man and the pure perception (minus thought/word/static) of Original Mind. In "True Night," the poet graphically describes himself waking and chasing two young racoons into the night where he is transformed: "I am all alive to the night." An ancient experience—men have been chasing animals from their firesides since time immemorial. The poet loops back to a satori-like state of transcendence and union with the night.
"So Old—" provides another loop/link, describing a local creek, its canyons and a town perched on a slope; spending "a good day, we know one more part of our watershed." This is a vital and recurring theme in his work—"this bioregional ethic," developing "a sense of place," of belonging to the local ecosystem, of knowing the drainage, the lay of the land, soil, plants and animals, winds, clouds, myriad microclimates, shrines—just as Australian aborigines know these things in "singing the land," or native American Indians in their songs and rituals, myths and lore. "By being in place, we get the largest sense of community. We learn that community is of spiritual benefit and of health for everyone, that ongoing working relationships and shared concerns, music, poetry, and stories all evolve into the shared practice of a set of values, visions, and quests. That's what the spiritual path really is."
The poem "Soy Sauce" suggests another kind of loop: man identifying with, representing, and finally becoming a totem animal. This experience transcends intellectual rapport and becomes a total affinity with the nonhuman. Gary Snyder is helping friends build their house when he notices the smell of aged soy sauce on a windowframe. He's told that deer lick the frames at night; the framewood came from a giant redwood soy sauce tank in San Jose. The smell kindles a richness of association in the poet's memory—days past in Japan! It also transforms him into a voice for the nonhuman, as he puts himself in place of the deer licking windowframes.
A vital aspect of shamanism is this ability to become one with the animal: "The practice of shamanism in itself has at its very center a teaching from the nonhuman, not a teaching from an Indian medicine man, or a Buddhist Master. The question of culture does not enter into it. It's a naked experience that some people have out there in the woods."
The ancient theme of honoring one's ancestors surfaces in "At the Ibaru Family Tomb." A sense of continuity between past and future is established in "Eastward Across Texas": in Snyder, Texas, the poet speaks ironically about being remembered by the future. The timeloop is enlarged to include both distant past and future, ranging from ancient ancestors to future descendants.
"Working on the '58 Willys Pickup" deals with time parallels between Gary Snyder's own life and objects from his surroundings. The year the truck was made, he was studying sutras in Kyoto; he gathers sawdust from a mill abandoned about the time he was born. He hauls gravel from old placer diggings and reads about old Chinese farmers of the past. We begin to sense time, not as a linear sequence of moments, but as an ever-present reservoir, a reservoir which can be tapped for depth and richness of meaning as a vehicle for entering the eternal Now.
Gaia—Earth Mother—is a living Being, "alive to her very recesses," to quote Don Juan. These short songs are further explorations of nature and provide a voice for nonhuman realms. The poems illustrate Snyder's adherence to describing the "flat, concrete surface of 'things,' without bringing anything of imagination or intellect to bear on it." The images are spare taut and dry, almost "flat"; their bare-bones leanness is intended, and the analogies here work quite well in their elegant and voluntary simplicity.
Gary Snyder concerns himself with what is, thereby linking himself with certain Western Romantic traditions hearkening back to Wordsworth. "I don't invent things out of my head unless it is an actual experience—like seeking a bear in a dream, this is a true mode of seeing a bear." This focus on what is directly perceived, without attaching excess baggage to it, creates a purity of perception in his work which is very rare, undoubtedly aided by 30 years of zazen. Poems range from the dry and prosaic ("Dead doe lying in the rain") to the ethereal ("As the crickets' soft autumn hum").
"Little Songs …" displays Snyder's virtuosity with the precision of language. Precision is a key word in his talks and interviews; one of his functions as poet is to hone and sharpen the meanings of words, to refine and distill the language so that nuance and subtlety are matters of shades of meaning without vagueness. "In the flow of linguistic utterance … the poem or the song manifests itself as a special concentration of the capacities of the language and rises up into its own shape." He also follows the trajectories of seed syllables of language in his work, i.e., magical constructs such as OM or HUM which originate from Sanskrit but are not used in language except in special contexts. Etymology, the origin and historical development of words—their semantic derivation and evolution—is an integral part of his poetry. Regarding Wave and Turtle Island are particularly rich in word origin/derivations.
"Nets" is the third part of Axe Handles. The word "net" derives from Indo-European ned, to bind or tie; from the Germanic natilo, nettles or hemp plants; and from the Latin nodus, a knot, node, or nodule. This part of Axe Handles deals with networks, connections, the organic web of life—all in the specific context of poems as healing/shaman songs. In Earth House Hold Gary Snyder speaks of "the glittering nets of language." He also describes Indra's net in Hindu cosmology—"the vast jewelled net" where each of us shines as a node illumined by the pure light of Brahma.
The four parts of "Nets" are roughly equivalent to four layers of healing songs defined in "Poetry, Community & Climax," the final chapter of The Real Work. "That specialized variety of poetry which is the most sophisticated … is the 'healing songs' type … The poet as healer is asserting several layers of larger realms of wholeness." Oneness with nature is the first level of the healing song. "Walked Two Days in Snow, Then It Cleared for Five" paints the appearance and habits of seven animals without naming them (except for a hawk). In "Three Deer One Coyote Running in the Snow," he observes how animal activity becomes transcribed into snowtracks. These poems are a sturdy lesson in conciseness, precision, and compressed language. "Here the poet is a voice for the nonhuman, for the natural world."
Another layer of healing songs "asserts a level of humanity with other people outside your own group." Here, the poet extends his range of songs to embrace rodeos, his work on the California Arts Council, & Governor Jerry Brown. "What Have I Learned," like the poem "Axe Handles," deals with cultural transmission, "passing it on." These poems constitute a conscious "biopoetic beginning of a new level of poetry and myth. That's the beginning for this age, the age of knowing the planet as one ecosystem, our own little watershed, a community of people and beings, a place to sing and meditate, a place to pick berries, a place to be picked in."
In the third layer of healing songs, "the poet as myth/handler/healer is also speaking as a voice for another place, the deep unconscious, and working toward integration of interior unknown realms of mind with present moment immediate self-interest consciousness." "Uluru Wild Fig Song" becomes a haunting lyric which echoes with graphic intensity and associative richness because it touches long-standing veins in our unconscious. "Dillingham, Alaska, the Willow Tree Bar" presents the dark side of the unconscious mind (and of civilization) where men are engaged in "the pain/of the work/of wrecking the world."
A crescendo is reached in the fourth level of healing songs. Here the poems deal with a condition/state of mind called climax. "The communities of creatures in forests, ponds, oceans or grasslands seem to tend toward a condition called climax, 'virgin forest'—many species, old bones, lots of rotten leaves, complex energy pathways, woodpeckers living in snags, & conies harvesting tiny piles of grass. This condition has considerable stability and holds much energy in its web—energy that in simpler systems (a field of weeds just after a bulldozer) is lost back into the sky or down the drain. All of evolution may have been as much shaped by this pull toward climax as it has by simple competition between individuals or species." Gary Snyder also defines climax as a state of mind: "When we deepen or enrich ourselves, looking within, understanding ourselves, we come closer to being like a climax system."
It is in the singing of healing songs—songs which enlarge and refine the listener's vision—that Gary Snyder brings to fruition the deep and complex array of connections in his works.
This is the shaman song in full bloom—healing songs encoded with all the intricacies, density and diversity of a climax forest. Because we're dealing with layers, they can be superimposed on each other like transparencies, each level adding a dimension of richness and complexity. "Money Goes Upstream" evokes the poet's power to be indoors, yet directly experience a sunlit weedpatch outside the window. "Old Rotting Treetrunk Down," like "On Top" in "Loops," sings a resonant song of compost, turnover, decay. "Old Woman Nature" is a humorous litany centered around bones. In "The Canyon Wren," a bird song is heard above the roaring rapids as men run the Stanislaus River. The canyon wren's song represents the healing quality of all song, its power "to purify our ears." In "For All," the poet celebrates a September morn with a "singing inside/creek music, heart music" and pledges allegiance to the soil of Turtle Island, our continent.
If we be true to the spirit of challenge and the web of life, perhaps we can sing such songs. Perhaps we can live such songs. Perhaps we can seek out a condition of climax in our hearts and minds, seeking simultaneously to heal the earth and the "savage and beautiful country" within ourselves.
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Silent Hill: a tale of silence [Linux]Dec 7, 2012 Demo 0 comments
Full playable engine test demo. Have a lot of fun.
Heather (Silent Hill 3) is happy horror has ended. But when she's back in her apartment strange things are going on again. May the horror return? "Silent Hill: a tale of silence" is a point and click adventure in Silent Hill style. It's more an homage and a parody instead of a serious game. Currently all graphics, sounds and stuff are temporary because it's still in test state.
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You can download the full playable engine test demo for Windows and Mac now. *WOOHOO* Linux will follow as soon as possible.Playtime is about half an hour, if you know all riddles and don't skip dialogs. I guess that's quite good for just a test scenery :)
Currently I'm trying to setup a Linux VM and get everything working on it. Let's see what will happen...
Have a lot of fun.
Full playable engine test demo. Have a lot of fun.
Full playable engine test demo. Have a lot of fun. Runs on Windows XP and higher.
Full playable engine test demo. Have a lot of fun. Runs on Mac OS X 1.6+
Nice game i really enjoyed it, can you tell me the name of the song that the neighbourhoods are listening? The one that starts playing when u get into Harry Mason Room, i love it!
The song is "Waiting for you" from SH4
Thanks a lot :)
This game is too damn cool. :D I started a let's play of it on youtube Youtu.be
Please consider doing more Point and Click style Survival Horror games, maybe even more SH Adaptions. We'll play 'em!
Thank you so much. I watched your great Let's Play ^^
I really want to make more of this but I got no time :(
What do you need to get the others finals? I get the UFO... was so creepy :P.
By the way, funny game, are going to release a longer version? I hope so!
Fight the monster with fire to get to the other endings. You also can checkout the videos.
There will be no longer version, sorry. That's all you got but thanks for playing ^^
Didn't quite get far, seemed dull, didn't get past the blank letter in the mailbox. Couldn't open it with a knife, nor with my hands. Your steel strength letter both confused and annoyed me. Nor could I take the batteries from the flashlight and use them in the radio, because mis pissy cant take a shower without music, but does anyway.
Go to the kitchen and try to open the letter using the cooking pot. After that, use the knife in the first room.
Batteries are in the cupboard at the entrance. You have to look at the radio first (right mouse button). If you use the batterie with the radio you need a screw driver first. It's in the cupboard in the second sleeping room.
That's how adventures working ;)
Released 2009? Was this project abandoned then resurrected?
Right. I also added new content in this time.
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Let me start by saying im a huge ST fan and scifi in general i am also a seasond mmo gamer 35 years old and ive played almost all of them. So far i think im up to 18-20 alpha/beta tests. That being said im no rookie to launches nor problems therein.
One thing you cannot do if you as a consumer if you want your chosen game to be good is make excuses for the developers. What that does is show them you are willing to accept halfassd work becouse of the games license just ask those who watched there swg go down in flames becouse of all the ubergeeks willimg to accept starwarsy and iconic :p
The people complaining about the headstart have every right to do so and LOUDLY. In essence what we have given them is an interest free loan to be able to PLAY the COMPLETED game untill launch thats what ya paid for thats what you should get. (threatining to sue is ridiculous).
Even worse then empty and idle threats is coddling them. Alot of you are young and have never had people working for you but alot of you have and do. So let me ask you this if i work for you and i tell you that on wensday im doin A,b,c, so that on fri D can happen if by sun D still hasnt happend or breaks when you try to use it are you going to make excuses for him/her?
Since the moment they took my money i have had every right to expect and demand a useable and viable product that holds true with anything not only mmo's but for some reason gameing companies get away with releasing half finished unstable products as a rule and not the exception. Untill we the end stop tolerating it ,it shall never change.
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Quote of the day: Aardsma on Bradley trade
Dec 20, 2009, 10:29 AM EDT
"As long as he plays the right way, comes to spring training ready to
work and ready to be part of the team that we have–good guys put their
nose to the ground and bust their butts–we'll take anybody."
"It's good to have a power left-handed bat (in) Safeco (Field). His
ability never has been the question. It's the locker room-type stuff.
As long as we figure that out, awesome."
– Mariners' closer David Aardsma comments on Friday's acquisition of Milton Bradley from the Cubs.
- Jesse - Dec 20, 2009 at 3:29 PM
That is the way to welcome a problem player. Love and understanding
- Cru11 - Dec 20, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Aardsma left out one tidbit: Mama Bradley
- Eat a Peach - Dec 21, 2009 at 6:00 AM
David Aardsma – you're no kind of team leader, you're just a lucky guy with a good arm and exactly one good season under your belt. You broke into the bigs in 2004 and you haven't been with the same team for 2 years in a row yet. From 2007-2008 you pitched 80 MLB innings worth of 6.00 ERA and 1.73 WHIP. Your only distinction in baseball is that you are first in any alphabetical list of players. You've just unintentionally offended a guy who's about to be your teammate – please stop talking.
- MrZDevotee - Dec 22, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Message for the site– This quote has been contested by Aardsma and the publication has publicly apologized to him, admitting they misrepresented what he said.
Aardsma did say the first quote, which he said he would say about anyone. And had already called Bradley and welcomed him to the team before he was wrongly quoted.
Again, this is a misquote– some bonehead trying to stir up controversy to get some attention (like posting it here gave him).
MLB.com even has a story on the apology to Aardsma.
(So yeah, Eat a Peach, relax… Aardsma wasn't spouting off, and he was actually being interviewed for a story on King Felix.)
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Planning and acquiring observations from NEAR's Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIS) is a complex process that requires a detailed understanding of the strange shape and the rotational state of Eros. On February 13-14, 2000, just before insertion into Eros orbit, NEAR passed between Eros and the Sun. This geometry is called a low phase angle. It is optimum for spectroscopic observations, so at that time NIS obtained some of its most valuable data. To plan these activities in the preceding months, the NEAR science team developed a series of global NIS observation sequences like the one depicted in the left image. Here, NIS was instructed to scan its mirror back and forth across Eros while the spacecraft did a slow slew from top to bottom. The image shows the predicted coverage as viewed from directly over the north pole of a computerized "shape model" of Eros. Many such observation sequences were performed flawlessly on the spacecraft during the "low phase-angle flyby," and the highest-quality spectra were combined to show the resulting NIS coverage of Eros in the map on the right. The green and red regions show areas at high northern latitudes with the best coverage by NIS. Analysis of the NIS spectra is providing clues about the mineralogy and composition of Eros, and perhaps its early history and evolution.
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A method of forming an orthopaedic implant having a porous surface, the method including the steps of providing a porous surface including a porous layer attached to a substantially solid layer; positioning the porous layer on the orthopaedic implant; providing a high energy density welding device capable of producing a high energy density weld beam; and forming a weld bead substantially about the periphery of the porous layer by directing the high energy density weld beam about the periphery of the porous layer, wherein the weld bead bonds the porous layer to the implant. Two shaped porous pads may also be welded together about an implant body to avoid welding the body itself.
1. A method of forming an orthopaedic hip stem prosthesis having an annular porous surface, the method comprising the steps of;
a) providing an orthopaedic hip stem implant having a body including an elongated stem portion and a neck portion;
b) providing a first porous pad having a solid surface and a porous surface and including terminal edges;
c) forming the first porous pad to substantially conform to a portion of the implant body and stem;
d) providing a second porous pad having a solid surface and a porous surface and including terminal edges;
e) forming the second porous pad to substantially conform to a portion of the implant body and stem;
f) positioning the first porous pad and the second porous pad about the implant such that terminal edges of the first and second porous pads are adjacent; and
g) forming a weld bead along the terminal edges to weld the first porous pad to the second porous pad such that the weld bead does not contact the body of the implant.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the implant includes at least one annular shoulder, a refund edge of the first and second porous pad lying adjacent the shoulder.
3. The method of claim 2 including the step of welding the second mentioned edge of the first and second porous pad to the shoulder of the implant.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/228,774 filed Apr. 18, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,504,300.
This invention relates to orthopaedic implants having a porous outer layer and has specific relevance to an implant having a porous layer attached to the implant body by welding.
It is known to have a portion of an orthopaedic implant covered by a porous layer to promote the ingrowth of bone within the openings of the porous layer for long term fixation of the implant to the bone. Diffusion bonding is the most widely known and accepted method of attaching the porous layer to the implant. Diffusion bonding a porous layer to a substrate on a curved surface, such as a portion of a hip stem, is a time-consuming and expensive task. Further, diffusion bonding a porous material to a substrate can cause notches to be formed in the substrate, thereby decreasing the strength of the substrate. To compensate for this effect, orthopaedic implant manufactures may either limit the amount of the porous layer attached to the substrate or adjust the size of the substrate to increase its strength.
The method and implant of this invention provide for the attachment of a porous pad to the implant by laser welding. The porous pad is comprised of a flat sheet of porous material that is diffusion bonded to a thin metal foil layer. Diffusion bonding between the flat foil to the porous material is substantially less troublesome than when bonding on a curved surface. After the metal foil is bonded to the porous material to form a porous pad, the pad is cut to the desired shape to form a blank. The blank is stamped into a shape substantially conforming to its intended location on the implant. The blank is positioned on the implant and laser welded to the substrate. If the porous surface is intended to surround a portion of the implant such as would be seem on a porous hip stem, a second blank is cut and stamped. The two stamped blanks are positioned about the implant such that they abut at their edges. The blanks are then welded together using a laser welder to form an integral porous layer about the implant. The porous pads may also be welded using the laser welder to the implant at their ends to seal the interface of the porous pad and implant. By first bonding the porous material to thin foil to form the pad and then connecting the blanks cut and stamped from the blanks to the implant by laser welding the formation of notches in the implant body is eliminated. The laser beam is controlled such that the substrate is not affected by the welding process. Therefore, by connecting the porous layer in this manner, the implant manufacturer is not limited as to the amount of porous surface that can be connected to the implant body. Further, laser welding a porous pad to the substrate is a quicker and less expensive method of attaching as compared to the diffusion bonding process.
In an alternative embodiment, a polymer layer could be positioned between the pad and substrate. The polymer layer would adhesively bond the pad and substrate together to eliminate the need for unique wilting clamps and also would assist in transferring stress to the substrate in a more uniform manner. The polymer would also assist in filling gaps between the pad and the substrate thereby allowing the manufacturer to reduce the manufacturing tolerances for the substrate and pad.
In a further variation of the invention, the thin metal foil may include small holes to allow the ingress and egress of fluid from the space between the pad and substrate.
The terms laser weld, laser welder or laser beam are used throughout this application to refer to any high energy density welding process such as laser or electron beam welding.
Accordingly, it is an advantage of this invention to provide for a novel orthopaedic implant having a porous surface layer connected to the implant body by welding.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide for a novel method of attaching a porous surface to an orthopaedic implant.
Yet another advantage of the invention is to provide a method of attaching a porous surface to an implant without detrimentally effecting the strength of the implant.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide an orthopaedic implant wherein the interface between the porous surface layer and the implant body is sealed.
Other advantages of this invention will become apparent upon a reading of the following description taken with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a substantially flat porous blank for a hip stem implant which has been cut from a larger porous pad.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the stamping process used to form the flat porous blank of FIG. 1 into the shape to fit a portion of a hip stem implant.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a hip stem configured for accepting the shaped blanks of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the hip stem and blanks of FIG. 3 after the welding process is complete.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is an elevational view of a substantially flat blank formed in an alternative manner such that the metal foil extends beyond the porous material.
FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of FIG. 6.
FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate the shaping of the substantially flat blank of FIGS. 6 and 7 with a stamping die such that the foil extends along the side edges of the porous material.
FIG. 10 is an elevational view illustrating the porous pad of FIGS. 6 through 10 positioned within a recess of a tibial plate.
FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 11--11 of FIG. 10 and prior to welding.
FIG. 12 illustrates the cross-sectional view of FIG. 11 after the porous pad has been laser welded to the implant.
FIG. 12A illustrates an alternative method wherein the pad of FIG. 7 is placed into the recess and welded thereto without bending the extending edges upwardly.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the method of laser welding the porous pads to an implant. The implant and porous pads are illustrated in cross-section.
FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the area circled in FIG. 10 and identified by number 14.
FIG. 14A is a diagram illustrating the method of laser welding the porous pads within the recess of an implant (only partially shown).
FIG. 14B is the enlarged cross sectional view of FIG. 14 after the porous pad has been welded to the implant.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a method for laser cladding the porous pads to the implant.
FIG. 15A is an enlarged cross sectional view illustrating the cladded junction between the porous pad and the implant.
The preferred embodiments herein described are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Rather, they are chosen and described to best explain the invention so that others skilled in the art might utilize their teachings.
The methods of the invention are illustrated in the figures to yield an implant having a porous structure welded to the body of the implant. The method begins with the formation of a porous pad 10 having a porous surface 12 and a thin metal backing 14. Preferably, a large sheet of the porous material, such as fiber metal, is diffusion bonded to a similarly sized thin metal sheet or foil. After the diffusion bonding process, blanks 8 are cut from the sheet using laser cutting or a device which can cut through the pad without substantially deforming the edges of the blank. Blanks 8 are then placed within a stamping die 16 having cooperating male and female sections as illustrated in FIG. 2. Stamping die 16 includes cooperating male and female parts which come together under force and forms the blanks 8 into pads 10 which substantially conform to a portion of hip implant 17 as shown in FIG. 3. In the preferred embodiment, implant 17 includes a stem portion 16 which includes a reduced section forming shoulders 18 and 20. The reduced section is provided to accommodate the blanks. Shoulders 18 and 20 are provided to abut the distal and proximal ends of the blanks and assist in preventing the shaped pads 10 from shifting longitudinally relative to the implant 17. Once the blanks 8 are formed into shaped pads 10, the pads are placed onto the implant and temporarily held in place by a clamp device (not shown). Alternatively, a quantity of an adhesive polymer could be placed between the pads and stem to hold the pads in place during welding. The polymer would also assist in transferring the load to the stem in use. Once clamped to the implant, a laser is guided along the seams between the pads 10 forming a weld bead 22 to cause a portion of the pads to melt together thereby forming an integral pad about the body of the implant. As known in the welding industry, the intensity of the laser may be controlled to precisely control the depth of the weld bead. In the preferred embodiment, the intensity of the weld bead is set such that the bead is formed only between the porous pads and does not invade the outer surface of the implant. Once welded, the porous pads are securely held between the shoulders 18, 20 of the implant. To assist in the mechanical fixation of the stem the laser welder may be guided around the proximal and distal shoulder of the implant to weld the pad to the shoulder of the implant. Therefore, the interface between the pad and the implant is sealed by the laser weld. The sealing of the interface between the pad and the implant would prevent the ingress of the body fluids.
An alternative method is illustrated in FIGS. 6 through 12. In the method of FIGS. 6-12, the porous material 30, preferably fiber metal, is cut to shape and then diffusion bonded to a thin metal foil 32 having a similar shape. The metal foil is slightly larger than the porous material and extends outwardly therefrom as illustrated. The fiber metal 30 and foil 32 are diffusion bonded in a known manner and are then placed into a stamping die 34 and stamped such that the portion of the foil extending outwardly from the fiber metal is bent around the side edges of the fiber metal as illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9 to form a fiber metal pad 36 a foil bottom portion and side portions. The fiber metal pad 36 is placed within a matching recess 38 of an implant. In FIGS. 10 through 12, the fiber metal pad 30 is shown positioned within a matching recess 38 on the bone engaging surface of a tibial knee component 40 (partially illustrated). As illustrated, the fiber metal pad stands proud relative to the implant with the foil extending slightly above the implant surface. The small amount of foil extending above the implant provides the material which forms the weld bead 42 during the welding process. After positioning in the matching recess, the pad is laser welded to the implant at the junction between the implant and the foil along the edge of the pad. FIG. 12 illustrates the pad 36 after welding to the implant. The weld may be directed completely around the periphery of the fiber metal pad thereby sealing the area between the pad and the implant from the ingress of moisture. Further, the pad may be formed with openings to accommodate screw holes or fixation posts as are well known in the industry. Using the laser welding technique of the invention, the pad may be welded about such openings to enhance fixation of the pad to the implant.
In a preferred variation of the above method the stamping process is eliminated. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, the foil 32' extends beyond the fiber metal layer 30' a predetermined amount but is shaped so as to closely approximate the cavity 38 formed in the implant 40. The laser beam is directed along the extending portion of the foil to secure the foil to the implant along the weld bead as illustrated in FIG. 12A.
FIG. 13 illustrates in diagram form the laser welding of the hip stem of FIGS. 1 through 5. The particular type of laser welder used is one of choice to the manufacturer and are commercially available. Given that laser welding in general is known, it will not be discussed here. What is important is that the power or intensity of the laser can be controlled such that the laser beam only affects the fiber metal pad locally and does not extend into implant substrate. Laser welding radiates less heat to the body of the implant than other welding techniques such as plasma or arc welding. Therefore the use of the laser is the preferred method to ensure that the metallurgy of the implant is not detrimentally changed by the welding process.
FIGS. 14 and 14A illustrate in diagram form the laser welding of the fiber metal pad of FIGS. 6 through 12. Here, since the welding process is joining the metal foil to the implant, some deformation of the implant is necessary to effect the weld. However, by use of the laser welder 50, the extent of the deformation will be localized along the weld bead, thereby preventing detrimental metallurgical changes in the implant body. As illustrated, a portion of the foil 32 extends above the implant surface and forms the material used in the welding process to form the weld bead 42. FIG. 14B illustrates the section of 14A after the welding process is completed.
FIG. 15 illustrates in diagram form laser cladding as an acceptable alternative to laser welding a fiber metal pad to an implant body. As is well known, laser cladding calls for the injection of metal powder 60 into the path of the laser beam 62. The laser beam 62 melts the powder and deposits the melted metal precisely on the implant. In the application of the current invention, the cladding process may be used in association with the embodiment of FIGS. 6 through 12 to fill in the space between the sides of the fiber metal pad and the implant. As the cladding process occurs, the molten metal deposited bonds the implant to the fiber metal pad at a point of contact and forms a fillet 64 of material as shown in FIG. 15A. Cladding could be a particular advantage in the process as the tolerances of the implant recess and the fiber metal pad could be reduced with any gap being filled in by the cladding process.
It should be understood that the cladding process utilized in keeping with the method of this invention could also be wire feed cladding or similar know processes for welding.
It should also be understood that the invention should not be limited to the precise details above but may be modified within the keeping of the appended claims.
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Hane Goshi
So after several years of thinking hane goshi was some weird-ass throw where you load someone onto your hips before sidekicking outwards between their legs for some reason, I finally realised that it's about loading up your hips to create tension (a bit like in a thai kick) before letting the hips 'spring' back into position to throw them, with the leg merely guiding the uke.
Now that I (think I) get it, this throw seems pretty damn cool, a short, snappy technique done if you're square on to your opponent, but I've heard from just about everyone that it's a really rare technique to see in randori and competition. Why is this?
No one want to touch this one, eh? I'm not surprised.
As the name suggests Hane goshi -Spring hip throw. Has the throwing action effected by the spring action of tori's hip.
Daigo advocates bending back in order to perform Hane goshi, as in Uki goshi. However, although I've found bending back is actually quite helpful in achieving Uki goshi I've never been able to do it for Hane goshi.
One of the biggest problems people have with Hane goshi is that it is incredibly difficult to get the spacing right and still be able to generate the hip spring.
I find the classical stepping pattern
To make it almost impossible for people to get themselves in position, have enough space, load uke and then still have something left to spring with.
I cheat.
Instead of stepping right, left. I step with just the left and then throw.
Like so:
Most people seem to find this much easier as it allows them to keep appropriate spacing and stepping in with the 'wrong' foot builds up torque in the hips that can then be released to effect the spring throwing action.
Btw you don't want to be square on to uke like so
You want to be T-ed up, like so
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I know very little of Hane-Goshi,
But you did ask for this:
but I've heard from just about everyone that it's a really rare technique to see in randori and competition. Why is this?
The actual story:Spoiler:Apparently, when he was a young officer in the Nabulus Kazba, somebody came at him from behind with a knife, he was able to spin in time and hane-goshi the guy on the ground and get his weapon between them when he was on the ground.
Apparently it was in the paper at the time and it's a known story in the gym, I've never asked the guy about it, but heard the same story from quite a few people.
I know it sounds far fetched and probably made up, and maybe it is. But maybe it's not.
anyway, that's enough anecdote-ing on my part, carry on with the technical stuff, I'm curious.
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I almost don't believe it just because someone said they used hane-goshi!
As to Res' statement, I do not entirely agree.
While uchi-mata may be an easier throw, hane-goshi is not without its own applications. Hane-goshi can be a better throw for when uke is moving backwards. Can uchi-mata be used for this as well? Most definitely, but the unique springing action of hane-goshi compliments uke's movement well. This is just one example.
Hane-goshi is in my experience, one of the most (if not THE most) improperly taught techniques in Judo. It is a very difficult technique, but it is not without its applications, and under the guidance of a good instructor is effective (still it's fucking hard).
Like everything in Judo.
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Don't get me wrong, if someone asked me whether they should concentrate heavily on uchi-mata or hane-goshi, I would say uchi-mata damn near 100% of the time.
Fun fact though, from what I understand hane-goshi used to be a commonly scoring technique. I'll see if I can track down where I read that.
Edit: Ok, couldn't find the source, but I seem to remember hane-goshi lost prominence in the 60s because the Soviets were excellent at countering most koshi-waza (hip techniques). This is purely from the bowels of my labyrinthine mind, and could be completely wrong.
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Villa Mimosa, Vila Verde.
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|Key Info
This spacious (170 sq mets) luxury 3 bedroom/3 bathroom villa is wonderfully situated on the Vila Verde Resort and only a short stroll from the magnificent Ponta Preta Beach, which is a haven for sun lovers with its crystal clear waters and tropical beaches.
The villa has its own private pool, terraces, balconies and large enclosed garden all complete with sun loungers, table and chairs. It also faces south, therefore enjoying the sun all day long.
Full air-conditioning throughout. The Villa has also been fitted with "Water Purifiers", providing drinking water, therefore no more expensive water bottles to buy and bring home.
The resort has a supermarket, bank, reception and 24 hours security. Numerous Restaurants, shops, supermarkets and banks are nearby.
FREE private airport collection provided for all guests.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Ponta Preta 300 m
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Sal 10 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|DVD player
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Children's pool
|Air conditioning, TV, Telephone, Safe
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms, 1 En suites and 1 Shower rooms, Solarium or roof terrace
|Double beds (1), Single beds (4), Cots (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden
|Secure parking
|Further details indoors
The villa has its own private swimming pool plus the use of the clubhouse pool. The villa is 170 sq metres with a further 136 sq metres of balconies, terraces and patio, all complete with sun loungers, table, chairs and parasol. Private balcony to main bedroom with table and armchairs. The villa also faces south, therefore enjoying the sunshine all day long.
Internally, the villa has been furnished to a very high standard in a contempary design with leather suites and solid light oak furniture, all with ample space for 6 people. TV/DVD. Air-Con
Egyptian soft luxury towels and bed linen. Cleaning/laundry and air-con are all included. Beach towels are not provided.
|Further details outdoors
The resort has a supermarket, bank, reception and 24 hours security. Bike hire, tennis, fitness activities are all available on the resort.
The Ilha do Sal region
Cape Verde enjoys sunshine all year round with temperatures ranging from 24 to 30 degrees with almost no rainfall at all. Although the island enjoys the same climate as the Caribbean, there is no risk of hurricanes and it is about 51/2 hours from the UK with no time difference, therefore no jet lag.
Sal is most famous for beautiful beaches and its water sports which include surfing, wind surfing and kite surfing. The world championships for wind surfing are held on this island.Cape Verde is only 5.5 hours from the UK with no time difference, therefore no jet lag!
The international airport is only a 10 minute taxi ride to the Villa (10 Euros), therefore hiring a car is not essential as most of the facilities are within walking distance. Taxis are plentiful on the resort, in Santa Maria and also at the airport.
Santa Maria
Santa Maria is just a 25 minute walk away or 5 minutes in a taxi. It has a charming local croele feel and has numerous local shops, bars and restaurants. You can watch the fishermen bring in their daily catch on the beach or simply stroll around the many craft shops where you can buy anything from African handmade jewellery to beautiful hand paintings.
You can also visit the salt lakes at Pedra De Lume or pay a visit to the main capitol of Espargos. However the island of Sal is renowned for its beautiful beaches which you will find all around the island, but none better than Ponta Preta which are a 10 minute walk from the Villa.
Other activities are
Quad biking
Deep sea fishing
Scuba diving
Whale/Dolphin trip
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12 Apr 2015
"Lovely villa, met all expectations."
This spacious, well-equipped villa was perfect for our two week stay on Sal and was exactly as described on the website. Everything was provided inside and out and the pool was cleaned every day. We w… More
24 Aug 2013
"villa,resort,beaches,restaurants,excellent,very poor people but so kind."
Not much to see on Sal C.v. island tour takes half a day ,but weather excellent a nice breeze so not too humid,villa had all comforts needed,some nice restaurants in Santa Maria,people very poor but v… More
9 Apr 2013
"Wonderful Villa is a Lovely Relaxed Location"
Wonderful Villa is a Lovely Relaxed Location We stayed in this lovely villa for 2 weeks during March of this year and had a wonderful holiday. The villa is very large, spacious and very nicely furn… More
30 Mar 2013
"Splendid Holiday in a spacious, beautiful House"
The house is very spacious, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large living room. In the kitchen all necessary equipment is present. In the garden you find a nice swimmingpool, sunbeds and a BBQ. Within a few w… More
30 Jan 2013
"Lovely villa, lovely holiday"
We recently stayed in this lovely villa and had a great holiday. It was really spacious and very new with large terraces for relaxing on the comfy sun-beds. It has an enclosed garden and small pool, w… More
10 Jan 2013
"Impressive Sal Island Villa!"
Back from 2 glorious weeks in the winter sun and the combination of an excellent modern Villa (just as described), a short walk to the local white sandy beaches (stretching for more miles than you wil… More
8 Jan 2013
"Fantastic winter sun holiday in luxury villa"
Firstly the information that is given by owners, Paul and Sandy, is great. There are comprehensive details about the villa, the surrounding area, taxi charges etc. There is a list of restaurants … More
10 Dec 2012
"Lovely villa, close to Santa Maria"
Villa is located at Villa Verde a large resort just outside Santa Maria. The resort is newly opened and there was just a small supermarket and restaurant open on the resort. It was also extremely quit… More
17 Sep 2012
"save your money"
Just stayed at the Vila Verde resort. On Arrival nice clean villa. Not long before problems arise. Wonderful views.. only if you like looking at corrugated iron and building machinery. Only aircon in … More
With regards to the services being off for a period of time, this was due to a thunderstorm, which obviously we had no control over. This applied to all the resorts and properties on the island, not just the villa. The client is correct in stating that there was air-conditioning fitted to the lounge/dining area only and not the bedrooms. This was a temporary situation, as the villa has been constructed for the installation of air-conditioning. The reason why they were not fitted to the bedrooms is due to the resorts construction company, Tecnicil Immobilaria, who have experienced delays in importing enough air-con units to complete the installation in all the villas and apartments on the resort. Therefore, they decided to install 1 large air-con unit into every property and fit the remaining units when they arrived on the island. We are pleased to advise that the air-conditioning units have now been fitted to all 3 bedrooms. As far as the resort is concerned, it is quiet at the moment, as it only opened earlier this year, but there are 15 commercial units where leases have been signed, so therefore it is just a case of time before there are more facilities available on the resort. However, there is a supermarket, bank, and 24 hour reception available on the resort. There are also numerous restaurants, bars, supermarkets and shops in the small local town of Santa Maria. We hope this is of some help. Paul & Sandy Withey
8 Aug 2012
"Holiday in Cape Verde - Vila Verde Resort"
Traveled to Cape Verde (Sal) with my family ( wife + 2 boys ) to experience the warm weather, wonderful sandy beaches & the Island's culture & our wedding anniversary. If you expect all the mod cons … More
I would like to thank the above guest for his comments. However, I would also like to respond, as below. AIR-CONDITIONING Firstly, this client is correct in stating that there was air-conditioning fitted only to the lounge/dining area and not the bedrooms. This was a temporary situation, as the villa has been constructed for the installation of air-conditioning. The reason why they were not fitted to the bedrooms is due to the resorts construction company, Tecnicil Immobilaria, who have experienced delays in importing enough air-con units to complete the installation in all the villas and apartments on the resort. Therefore, they decided to install 1 large air-con unit into every property and fit the remaining units when they arrived on the island. We are pleased to advise that the air-con units have now arrived on the island and all the bedrooms will be fitted with these units on September 5th 2012. SWIMMING POOL MAINTENCE We have a contract with a professional swimming pool maintenance company, who are contracted to clean and treat the pool every day. The pool was cleaned on the morning of the arrival of the above guests, (this has been logged with the resorts management). The reason why the pool had some leaves in it was due to the time between it being cleaned in the morning and the guests arriving late afternoon, as the winds in Cape Verde don't help the pool situation, this is the reason why the pool is cleaned every day. TEA TOWELS Tea towels are provided and cleaned when the laundry is changed. CLEANING/LAUNDRY The villa is cleaned and new laundry supplied every week. If your stay is more that 7 days, then you will receive a mid-stay clean with a change of towels and bed linen. I have checked why the above guests were not supplied with new laundry and mid-stay clean and it was an error on behalf of the house maids, for which we apologise for. They have been advised of this in no uncertain manner and we have been assured that this will not happen again. INTERNET We advise on our web site that internet is available, we don't advise that it is in the villa as the signal strength is limited. However, in the information pack that we send to all guests, we recommend they purchase a mobile dongle. These can be plugged into your laptop and can be used anywhere on the island, including in the villa. These can be purchased in various shops in Santa Maria and are only 12 Euros, which work out a lot cheaper than buying a voucher on the resort. TV There are limited English channels available, but there are 2 or 3 where you receive 24/7 news from the UK. I hope this response is of some help Paul & Sandy
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