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An International Life: An Interview with Mary Elizabeth Wakefield
I met Mary Elizabeth Wakefield during her class last summer in Seneca Falls, New York at the Finger Lakes School of Chinese Medicine.
Chiropractic Travelogue
I was sitting in a Pizza Hut in Peoria, Ill., with my friend Reggie, sometime in the spring of my senior year in college, when he started doodling on his paper placemat. In those days, the company had a picture of U.S. on the mats, showing all the locations of the "Huts" in the country.
The Source-Luo Point Combination, Part 2
The Da Cheng includes symptoms for the source-luo points that indicate when to use them for treatment. Yang defines the method as the guest-host (it is one of a variety of acupuncture point combinations called guest-host).
News in Brief
Investigating the Cellular Impact of Mechanical Force; National Board Seats (Not-So) New Officers at Annual Meeting.
Key Changes and Updates to the 7th Edition CNT Manual
Acupuncture Today recently interviewed Jennifer Brett, ND, L.Ac. regarding the updates to the CNT manaul.
Nomenclature and Classification of Lumbar Disc Pathology: Version 2.0
The Nomenclature and Classification of Lumbar Disc Pathology consensus, published in 2001 by the collaborative efforts of the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Spine Radiology and the American Society of Neuroradiology, has guided radiologists, clinicians and the public for more than a decade.
Meet Cheyenne: Your Future Colleague
Allow me to introduce you to Cheyenne (Chey), the daughter of some of our family's closest friends. We attend and serve at the same church together, and have known each other for many years.
Leg-Length Inequality and Pelvic Fixation: A New Approach to the Negative Derifield (Part 3)
A patient with sacroiliac fixation and dysfunction ordinarily demonstrates a noticeable leg-length inequality when placed in the prone position on the adjusting table.
Sports Medicine 101: Surgery or No Surgery?
In the world of sports medicine, many careers are saved by surgeries that correct traumatic damage to the body. Muscle tears, ligament damage, fractures, spinal disc herniations, and joint instabilities are a few of the issues frequently addressed with surgical intervention.
Free Yourself From the Pocketbook Practice
Let's take a journey together; there's an important lesson to be learned. Imagine a town or city just like yours.
The Risks I Took
We all take risks when we choose this profession. For some, it is not knowing if you can make a living practicing TCM. For others, it is parental or cultural disapproval.
Should You Change an Athlete's Natural Running Form?
Once past the ankle, impact forces travel at about 200 mph into the knee. In addition to allowing the quad to absorb force, bending the knee (E) prevents the hip and pelvis from moving up and down too much (F), which is important for injury prevention and efficiency.
NCCAOM Video Contest
The NCCAOM is excited to announce the launch of the second annual video contest "Because it Works!" 2015.
Integrative Medicine for the Underserved: A Seat at the Table
Numerous organizations have risen to the challenge of providing care to medically-underserved populations and here we feature one such group.
Q&A With the First VA Chiropractic Residents
As you may have read previously, a major step forward for the profession occurred in July 2014 when the Department of Veterans Affairs began piloting a chiropractic residency program at five locations.
Going On-Site With Chiropractic Care
The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress has released a position paper highlighting the financial, clinical and patient-satisfaction benefits of providing chiropractic care at on-site corporate health clinics.
Desert: A Metaphor from the Study of Genetics
In most of the human lives I know about, there are stretches of time which feel stagnant, or worse. We can feel adrift, or wounded and sidelined, and these times don't seem to carry much usefulness while they are unfolding.
Creating Relationships at Southwest Symposium
The month of May brought many interesting activities. As I have said in many previous columns this year, this profession is moving in a very exciting direction. Make sure you are getting involved. If you're not, you just might get left behind.
Chinese Doctors Poke Holes in Australian Study
A recent Australian clinical trial, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2014 by Rana Hinman, et el., evaluating the effectiveness of both needle and laser acupuncture for chronic knee pain.
Treatment of PTSD: An Opportunity for the Practice of Integrated Medicine
PTSD is widespread across America today. Not only do many of our honored men and women in uniform bring it home with them from the war zones they have been active in, but it often follows any life-threatening event people go through when their lives have been in danger.
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How To Effectively Work with Wheelchair-Bound Clients
By Sharon Puszko, PhD, LMT
There are more than 1.7 million people in the U.S. who depend on wheelchairs and scooters to get around. Most of these people are currently over the age of 65, which means massaging them requires specific knowledge about how to work with geriatric clients, as well as clients with mobility issues.With the growing number of elderly in our country, as well as veterans of war, practitioners would benefit from learning how to properly work with wheelchair-bound clients.
Common Issues
Injuries to the elbow, wrist and hand are common among wheelchair users, but shoulder injuries are the most prevalent. Torn rotator cuffs and tendinitis are often the causes of shoulder pain. Muscle imbalance caused by overuse can lead to abnormal biomechanics and thus, injury. The most common disparity in strength associated with rotator cuff tear or tendinitis is an imbalance between the internal and the external rotators of the shoulder. Also, the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome among manual wheelchair users is between 49% and 73%.
Proper positioning in the wheelchair is probably most important for the prevention of repetitive strain for manual wheelchair users. A combination of manual mobility and powered mobility may be a workable compromise for some wheelchair users. Modern manual wheelchairs are easier to transport and easier to carry than powered wheelchairs. However they may not offer the same degree of independence for users with chronic arm or shoulder pain.
Many people who use wheelchairs suffer from foot pain as well. Walking and standing allows people to stretch the achilles tendon that runs up the back of the leg. Constantly sitting can cause the achilles tendon to shorten, placing the foot in a constant state of extension. Many people using wheelchairs develop plantar flexion, a condition in which the achilles tendon shortens as a result of sitting for most of the time. When the foot is being pulled into an extended position by the ever shortening Achilles tendon, it becomes very painful as it progresses. Plantar flexion also makes relearning to walk after a stroke even more difficult because it disrupts the normal heel to toe gait. An extended foot massage can help relieve some of this pain. Passively flexing the foot and stretching the calf muscles can also help with pain management of this condition.
"Massage therapy is seen as a positive method of pain management, but just treating the pain is not an end in itself," said James Laskin, MS, PT, adjunct professor for the division of rehabilitation services at the University of Oklahoma and the Health Services Center of Oklahoma City. He emphasizes the importance of treating the problem, not just the symptom.
Pressure Sores
Many people who spend their time in a wheelchair will develop pressure sores. These lesions are caused by unrelieved pressure over a period of time sufficient to cause the destruction of soft tissue cells. The pressure between bone and searing surface compresses the soft tissues of the buttocks and forces the blood out of the tissues. The longer one sits without movement to change the pressure areas, the greater the cellular damage. The same process occurs for those of us who can walk when we sit on a hard surface for too long. However, our subconscious nervous system causes us to move periodically, shifting the pressure points and allowing blood to re-enter the compressed tissues. Spinal cord injury causes a loss of the sensation that is vital to this process.
Most paraplegics and quadriplegics have no feeling in their soft tissues. They feel no distress, fail to move periodically and consequently develop pressure sores. Chair-bound individuals are advised by their physicians and therapists to change their position every 10 minutes or so by doing "pressure lifts" or other pressure point changing routines designed to stimulate the flow of blood to soft tissue. This allows the blood to re-nourish the tissues that have been under high pressure. The sad fact is that people forget to move, or may be unable to move themselves. The use of massage therapy on the coccyx, ischium (pelvic bone) and lower back can help prevent pressure sores on wheelchair users.
Even with the best passive cushion technology available, pressure sores are one of the greatest health risks a chair-bound person can have. They can cause a drastic decline in quality of life. Curing a sore may require weeks or months lying face down on the stomach or even skin grafts. Deep sores may very well develop into life-threatening bone infections, and can change a productive, self-sustaining individual into a bed-ridden patient dependent upon others for a long period of time.
Ultimately, the benefits of massage therapy for wheelchair-bound clients include improved range of motion, circulation and alleviated decubitus ulcers. This specific modality is also important for the massage therapists who are led to the rewarding practice of working in nursing homes and with assisted-living residents.
Sharon Puszko is the owner/director/educator for Day-Break Geriatric Massage Institute. She may be contacted at
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This looks like news will drop and will see another 30-40% run up
looks like a deal could get done at around 2.50/2.80
SVON folks
It keeps walking higher !
Dr.Frost knows how to pick the bios.He just bought more of SVON and look at what happened to cocp when he got in.Market caps now 800 mill.SVON market cap is still tiny 16 mill.This ones going to be a monster folks.
Billionaire guru opk ceo and heavy investor in SVON and just bought the last share offer from them.Folks he got in cocp and the market cap soared to 800 million.SVON has a 16 mill market cap and more going for it!
major FROST play folks, major.Chart is also AWESOME, golden cross and Frost = massive gains
You like Frost stocks this is the next tiny float bio with a awesome chart.Its gonna double in short order
hell cocp has a 800 mill cap and no more going for it then SVON.I think SVON has more upside at this point
He also bought the last share offer.If you like cocp with a 800 mill market then SVON is a steal at a 14 mill market cap
Going to be a huge play.Still sticking with dara also looking for higher prices.SVON the move is slowly starting.Sweet chart golden cross
Hes moving in , this things gonna fly soon 2s
8k was filed and a insider along with Frost bought the last stock offer. cocp went up 300% another frost stock so i think folks will do well following frost into this low float low market cap stock
Do some DD but when FROST moves it goods things happen.Look at cocp a frost stock and compare it to SVON and you see massive upside potencial folks.SVON is the new double play and FROST is all in
Extremely under valued
1.10s coming folks/breaking the buck soon
watch and learn
1.10 on the way to 1.20s Midatech is a great company folks at the beginning of its growth cycle
Watch it folks the ask has thinned out big time.This can move fast. Buy out is at 1.20 DARA is a buy!
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- Is it just me, or does Clancy forget how to count several times? During the World Park assault, Team-2 is told that there are only eight terrorists in the control room (one's on the roof, and Andre left to go to the courtyard), but once the shooting starts, I definitely counted at least nine separate kills in the control room. And then when the PIRA attacks Hereford, somehow the group that got flash-banged by Connoly was ignored in the after-action count, and during the action; it was stated that out of the fifteen that attacked the hospital, only six were alive: there's Grady, the one from Paul Murphy's truck, and O'Neil's group of four that surrendered inside the hospital, Connoly's three were ignored. Plus, the total count was sixteen: 3x3 in the trucks, Grady and Sands, O'Neil plus four.
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Sliced Heirloom Tomato Stack with Mozzarella Cheese
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- 4 vine ripened tomatoes
- Gray sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (4-ounce) ball fresh mozzarella
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, to drizzle
Cut the bottom of the tomatoes enough so that they will stand. Slice the tomatoes into 1/2-inch thick slices (about 2 or 3), leaving the stem on top.
Season the slices with salt and pepper, to taste.
For each tomato, top the bottom slice with some of the cheese. Repeat with the remaining slices, and build the tomato to its original form, finishing with the top. Top with a drizzle of olive oil, if desired.
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St. Sylesters Flanders Winter Ale is a rich Hearty winter ale top fermented in the classic tradition. In1918, Remy Ricour took over the old Brasserie in St. Sylestre in the heart of French Flanders. His dream was to produce authentc brews like the Trappist ales brewed at the nearby Monastery of Mont de Cats before the turn of the Century. Today, Serge Ricour, continuesthe third generation family tradition of brewing had crafted, full flavored, top fermented ales. In Flanders, it is traditional to make a hearty brew for Noel. At St. Sylvestre, hops are harvested in the fields surrounding the village. The "Malterie", 20 kM away, supplies a malt, with and appropriate Munich roast. The local hops plus the robust malt, produce a winter al with rich warm brown tones. While originally brewed only for Noel, it is now drunk throughout the winter season until the first brew of spring arrives.
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NewStatesman: If women have to get their tits out to make a point, so be it
Daily Mail: Naked women protesting in freezing temperatures and brawling MPs
Batkivschyna: Father and son Tabalov did not take oath, so they are not deputies
Verkhovna Rada of 7th convocation holds first formal sitting
FEMEN activists dressed as nuns rally in support same-sex marriage in Paris
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Will Femen face a Pussy Riot-style crackdown?
Members of the women's movement Femen tried to break into the building of the parliament before the opening of the first sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation.
According to the Ukrainska Pravda publication, several half-naked women were detained by force near the entrance of the parliament. The police arrested several activists of the movement and took them away from the entrance.
After the incident, the security services of the parliament locked all entrances to the building and some MPs, including Serhiy Kivalov, Vasyl Petiovka, and Pavlo Baloha, could not enter the parliament for 10 minutes.
Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov was also unable to enter the parliament for some time.
"They're afraid that we might take off more clothes than necessary," the ambassador joked.
Ex-Swedish Prime Minister Bildt says war in Donbas 'not yet frozen'
Prosecutors, SBU report to Poroshenko on fighting corruption in prosecution agencies
Lutsenko quits as head of Bloc of Poroshenko faction in parliament
Lutsenko hands in resignation as leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction
Poroshenko says new local elections may follow decentralization in Ukraine
Draft changes to Ukrainian Constitution on decentralization to be sent to Rada by end of day
Shevchenko: Yatsenyuk should not be Ukraine's prime minister
Poroshenko hopes Kyiv Court of Appeals' head to be deprived of immunity
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THERE IS >>>NO<<< COMMANDMENT TO NOT KILL. In fact, killing is encouraged in the Bible.
There is a commandment to not >>MURDER<<, which is entirely different.
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Quite lying. You have NOTHING to support that claim. Did the God of the Bible know the prophet Jeremiah while Jerry was still in the womb? Well, if we accept the concept that this God was able to predict events that would not happen for centuries, then I think that it is safe to say that He would have known that Jerry was actually going to live to reach live birth, and not just end up as a bloody wad of goo, slowly drying to dust in the desert heat. One might even be tempted to say that it was preordained that Jerry was going to live...
Beyond that, you need to learn the difference between a translation and the actual "Word of God". Exodus 21:22 uses the Hebrew term that indicates pregnancy, it does NOT say "child", it says <hareh>, not <valad>.
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Please TRY to learn something before you post anymore. There were NO Pharisees in the days of Moses. They did not exist until around 165 BCE, rather late in the Second Temple Period. For some actual information on the Pharisees (and not just anti-Jewish propaganda) see here:
Exodus 21:22-24 When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the womans husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
When men strive together and they hurt unintentionally a woman with child, and her children come forth but no mischief happens - that is, the woman and the children do not die--the one who hurts her shall surely be punished by a fine. But if any mischief happens, that is, if the woman dies or the children, then you shall give life for life.
Lev. 24:17 Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Another version says:'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. Notice that this verse actually specifies human life or human being. We also know from the verse in Exodus 21:12 that this means intentional killing as we discussed earlier.
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Now, the word children derives from the Hebrew yeled, which is a child. In this instance the word is plural,children, which likely is calculated to cover multiple births, or perhaps both sexes.Hareh refers to the WOMAN who is with child, or pregnant, which actually supports my own view. There is also no linguistic justification for translating verse 22 to refer to a miscarriage. The phrase if any mischief follow in Exodus 21:23, does not make any distinction between the mother and her unborn child. It seems to be speaking about a premature birth rather than a miscarriage here with no harm to either the mother or child.
Although this and other scripture certainly highlights the importance placed on the life of a preborn child, I still dont feel the need to use it to support my argument.
Interestingly, a parallel Assyrian law dated between 1450 B.C. and 1250 B.C. prescribed death by torture in cases of induced abortion. The text reads:If a woman by her own deed has cast [aborted] that which is within her womb, and a charge has been brought and proved against her, they shall impale her and not bury her. If she dies from casting that which is in her womb, they shall impale her and not bury her.
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The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read".
©1991 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
"An Original and Fresh Classic, Despite Its Age..."
Niven and Pournelle have collaborated in the past, but none as fantastic and addictive as this unique take on alien contact. They've built an entirely different culture, with different motivations, desires, and ideals. Throw in a nightmarish hidden agenda (which side you ask? I'm not telling!), as well as a ancient secret that may mean the destruction of one race over the other.
If I say more about this awesome audiobook, I'll ruin it for you, and I won't do that. So, take a leap of faith, trust me, and BUY THIS AUDIOBOOK. It's stunning in scope, sweeping in depth, and reads so well, that you'll easily recommend this to others, just like I'm doing to you right now!
"can't stop listening"
Found myself on the edge of my seat and can't wait on what will happen.
A very nice story for Sci-Fi Fans!
"Good book, slightly empty"
I got this book by suggestion of the TWIT podcasts.
My basic conclusion is that the book has some interesting things to talk about, but in audio form it's somehow hard to follow things that are said.
Many of the non-essential characters are too similar, such as the crewmen who are always contributing to conversations. I still have absolutely no idea who's who. It doesn't ultimately matter, but it's frustrating to know in the back of your mind you have no idea who half of the cast are.
After finishing the book, I had to listen to the first segment all over again because of the above problem. Had I read the words on a page, I might have remembered that the opening quote is by a man later introduced in the story. I might have understood better the early hints and discussions concerning Rod's royal family. Somehow I didn't properly digest that fact until the third part of the book.
Going into this book, you should keep in mind that the story is not meant to dazzle you at thrilling pace with a home run ending fit for pop culture. The book is very much the story of first contact with an alien race. Note that that's very different than being a story about a life-and-death war with an alien race which the humans almost lose their homeworld. If you understand the kind of story being told, the story is excellent.
My only wish is that the writing style would be more explicit about certain things. After the book takes you through in-depth description of a major event, 2 minutes after the event supposedly ends a character suddenly reveals that the event actually extended hours longer with bits it never even suggested had happened. I sometimes found myself actually tilting my head in my car and saying "..wha?" aloud. I had to rewind a minute or so and listen again to make sure I wasn't going crazy, that I really didn't fall asleep during my commute.
Good book though. I give it my rating with the glass half full, not half empty.
"Mote in God's Eye first meeting with aliens"
wonderful interplay between humans and aliens, with the aliens holding a secrete that could destroy mankind, with only hints given to the humans of their danger Excellent book!
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"Excellent !"
I don't often give 5 stars but didn't have to think twice about giving them to this book. One of the best SF books I ever read (and I have read many)
Couldn't put it down and was sorry when it was over already.
Excellent narrator too, although it took some getting used to in the beginning.
Highly recommended !
"Excellent Reading"
This massive novel is a tour de force of first contact stories. The reader does it justice, using accents and inflections sparingly and when appropriate. I first read this book when I was in my teens, and I've read it several times since, but it never quite came alive for me the way it did with this reading. This 24-hour read actually felt too short to me. Highly recommended!
"Excellent through and through."
This is one of my favorite science fiction novels and now one of my favorite audiobooks.
The themes and the writing as superb, as is to be expected from Niven and Pournelle, and despite what other reviewers might say, the narration is also excellent; a mix between dramatization and plain reading that adds a layer of interest and helps differentiate the many characters in the story.
Indiscriminate Reader
"The aliens are more interesting than the humans"
I've read a lot of Niven and Pournelle's collaborations over the years, and at the height of my Very White Space Opera phase (i.e., when I was a teenager with no taste and liked anything with spaceships and aliens in it) Niven was one of my favorite authors.
The Mote in God's Eye was their first collaboration, and never having read it before, I was expecting something like Footfall. It kind of is, but of course it was written over twenty years earlier. This shows mostly in the fact that like most 70s science fiction, computers are still big clunky shipboard installations, and interstellar communications are formatted like telegrams and decrypted on tape machines. Other than that, though, the SF holds up pretty well; Niven and Pournelle have always written relatively hard SF, and their close attention to astrophysical, engineering, and biological detail makes this a book that, aforementioned computer/communications issues notwithstanding, reads like a fairly contemporary work.
Sci-fi-wise, that is. Character-wise... oh boy, that's another matter.
So, let's start with the setting. It's the Empire of Man, some millennial after humans left Earth and began colonizing the stars. There have been collapses and previous empires before now, and the current Empire actually has technology inferior to what bygone space empires had. But in all these centuries, no sentient alien race has ever been discovered. Then an Imperial warship encounters a probe launched from a star system that is a "mote" in a stellar nebula; the probe contains a dead alien pilot, and results in a ship being sent to investigate the system it came from. The crew discovers a race which the humans call "Moties," who appear to be friendly and peaceful and highly civilized. They are actually superior to humans, mentally and technologically, their only disadvantage being that they haven't yet figured out how to build working faster-than-light starships, so they are still trapped in their home star system.
The rest of the book is mostly told from the human point of view, but sometimes switches to the Motie one. We learn that the Moties, well, aren't so peaceful (surprise!) and they have a few secrets they are trying to keep secret from the humans.
As a First Contact novel, this is a very good one. The aliens are alien, and don't fall into any easy roles. They're not malevolent, per se, and individual Moties can be friendly (and refreshingly, they are individuals - Moties, like humans, don't all think alike or subscribe to the same philosophies and racial strategies), but they are definitely a threat. When the humans finally figure out the truth, they face a real moral dilemma.
Where The Mote in God's Eye fails, though, is characterization of the non-aliens. The humans are all straight, and I mean straight, out of 70s Central Casting. You have heroic square-jawed aristocratic naval officer Roderick Blaine, ruthless planet-killing Admiral Kutuzov, the sleazy bad guy Horace Bury who of course is a Muslim Arab, and Lady Sally Fowler, a noblewoman, anthropologist, designated love interest, and the only woman in the book, who at one point informs the Moties that humans have birth control technology but "decent women don't use it." We're supposed to admire the generally lawful and benevolent Empire of Man, even though it's about as socially progressive as Victorian England, and like Victorian England is in the middle of colonizing other human worlds by force. The stereotypes would have been less grating if the characters weren't also so flat; they did little but play their roles.
So, this is good science fiction, but hardly great literature. If you want interesting aliens and an examination of civilizational ethics, with a decent amount of spaceship action thrown in, enjoy, but there isn't a lot of depth, nor characters you're really going to care about.
"Great Story that's a bit Slow at Times"
THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE is a science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The main premise of the story is the first contact of humans with a nonhuman alien civilization and all the problems, conflicts, and potential benefits that may come with that encounter. This first encounter comes in the future with technology that is far advanced to that which we have today and in a society that is centuries in the future in comparison to ours, where an Imperial Monarchy exists for humans in an interplanetary civilization.
While some science fiction creeps heavily on the fiction side when it comes to science, this novel does a good job of incorporating factual scientific theories into the story. Things such as how the 'Motes', the alien civilization, would have or could have evolved are presented in a scientifically plausible way. Also, though the drive and the shield technology talked about quite often in the novel are not explained, other things such as Trojan points, societal technology advancement, and how gravity can be simulated on space ships are quite accurate in theory.
Overall, the story, while slow at timesand bogged down with periods of explanation, is quite riveting when it arrives at the Imperial politics, rebellion, interaction with the alien civilization, and sequences where naval officers are in a fight for their lives in space or trapped behind enemy lines. I would recommend this novel to any science fiction fan that wants a 'hard' sci-fi read.
"A classic, but shows signs of age."
Definitely a first-contact story with considerable depth. But at the same time the human perspective was a little hard to latch onto, and the overall story was a little dry. But it had moments.
The narration was okay, but this book needed someone more expressive to bring the material life. Or maybe it was the material itself, I don't think I've heard this narrator elsewhere, so it's hard to judge.
Overall: worth the listen just for the alien culture.
"The one the got me hooked"
This is the book that kept me past my free trial of audible. Interesting book about humanity's first encounter with an extra terrestrial intelligence.
"An absolute cracker"
It is amazing how SF has changed over the years - I remember reading this book when I was a teenager and was fascinated by the "scary alien" and the biological solution. Modern SF has a much greater technological base, because of the inventions and discoveries we have made since have pushed the boundaries of the fantastic.
All that said, this book still really intrigued me and I was hooked. It is read well, the characters came alive and I remembered how much I admired Horace Bury.
Thoroughly recommended.
"Good book!"
I really enjoyed this space saga; very intricate story, I didn't get what the Mote problem was until they virtually spelled it to me. Well written and very well read, and very entertaining. This reminded me a lot of good old classics like Bradbury. I can absolutely reccommend this title to sci-fi lovers.
Had the book for years and never read it. Recently re-read Ringworld and spotted this on Audible so thought I'd give it a go.
Stuck with it as admittedly it's tough for the first hour but then it got me and I listened whenever I had chance.
You soon adjust to the reader and the story just takes over anyway.
Fantastic! Any scifi fan must get this.
"Wonderful story spoiled by bad narration."
The tale of the Moties and their destructive secret is a wonderful read but a tiresome listen in this version. The narrator gives it his best shot, but it's a classic case of how not to match a narrator with a book.
Get the dead-tree version and enjoy a truly amazing tale. This iteration may put you off Niven and audiobooks in general, which would be a bad thing.
"Extremely dated, very disapointed."
Fifties American military, society and attitudes in space thousands of years in the future. This book was an extreme disappointment to me after hearing its reputation.
The technology depicted is laughable... "pocket computers" that whirr and clunk, telexes still in use "Hello mum STOP This was a terrible book STOP Help me STOP". Coding machines that use punched cards!
There is literally *NO* fore-thought about what technology must be like to get to where they are. Completely missed the computing & communications advances. Fair enough it was written in the 70's but to expect everything to the identical as 70's America is simply ridiculous.
Next, the attitudes...
Women are portrayed as simply being there for reproduction, careers dont matter, babies do.
Women only ever think about sex and marriage a thousand years from now apparently.
Men are macho military characters, evil schemers or power maniacs
...And don't get me started on the Scottish accent!
Basically, dont buy it... it insults your intelligence.
"Great book - poor performance."
I have read this book a while ago and been absolutely blown away by it. It is certainly one of the greatest classic SciFi novels ever written. Unfortunately this narration is pathetic at best. Inconsistent pace and intonation and the narrators poor attempts on impersonating different characters (especially his idea of a scottish accent) make it almost impossible to follow the story. If I had not read the book before listening to it, I would not know what it was all about.
This audiobook is a complete waste of time and money - do not buy.
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A process comprising: (a) applying a stop etch mask to a substrate, the mask defining the location on the substrate of a groove for receiving a waveguide and one or more fiducials for positioning the optical device on the substrate relative to the waveguide; and (b) etching the substrate to define the fiducials and the groove, the groove being dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a waveguide and the fiducials enabling the optical device to be positioned on the substrate such that it is optically aligned with the waveguide.
1. A process for preparing a substrate having alignment features to facilitate passively mounting components on said substrate having an x, y, z, orientation and a substrate surface along an xz plane, said substrate having a specific point thereon , said process comprising:
applying a stop etch mask to said substrate, said mask defining the location on said substrate of one or more fiducials for positioning a device on said substrate relative to said specific point; and
etching said substrate to define said fiducials using an inductively coupled plasma etching process, at least one of said fiducials comprising a planar surface substantially perpendicular to said substrate surface, said planar surface being adapted to act as a register surface to enable said device to be positioned on said substrate such that it is in a precise position relative to said specific point.
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The application is based upon Provisional Application No. 60/238,815, filed Oct. 6, 2000, and hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates generally to optical substrates, and, more particularly, to optical substrates having alignment features for aligning optical components thereon.
It is well known to align optical components on a silicon substrate using register surfaces as mechanical stops. In this approach, an optical device, such as a laser, is precisely aligned to a silicon wafer surface by butting a precision notch surface of the laser against a mechanical stop or pedestal protruding from the silicon wafer board surface. The height of the laser or optical device is determined by the height of a separate etched standoff positioned under the laser on the wafer surface. An optical fiber, intended to be optically aligned to that laser, is registered to the silicon wafer board by bonding it to a precision-etched V-groove. Because the optical components are aligned to the silicon wafer board, they are aligned to each other. This alignment process is referred to herein as "physical passive alignment" or "physical alignment."
Although physical alignment offers relatively high accuracy in aligning optical components on a substrate, the applicants have identified two major disadvantages of the approach which limit its accuracy. First, the formation of the V-groove is made traditionally by a crystallographic wet etch which is very sensitive to the orientation of the wafer crystal and is constrained in shape. Indeed, the sole purpose of the crystallographic etch is to expose slow etching 111 silicon wafer crystal surfaces that then can be used for holding parts mechanically. Unfortunately, commercially-available silicon wafers are provided with orientation markings which have a significant tolerance, e.g., +/−0.5�. If an etching mask, for the purpose of etching a V-groove trench, is placed on the surface with the trench out of crystal alignment by even 0.50�, the trench will etch deeper than expected and the centerline of the trench will shift out of position making the substrate for holding the optical components slightly imprecise.
The second major disadvantage of the present process is that the mask for defining the V-groove trench is not on the same mask level as the mask used for defining the fiducials for positioning the laser. This means that there is additional error introduced if the two separate masks are not precisely aligned to each other's position in subsequent fabrication steps in the wafer board's fabrication.
Therefore, the applicants have identified a need for an optical substrate having precision alignment features which are unaffected by crystalline misalignment and avoid tolerance build up of multiple mask application steps. The present invention fulfills this need among others.
The present invention provides for an optical substrate having highly precise alignment features for receiving and aligning optical components thereon. The accuracy and precision realized by the substrate of the present invention is due to a single masking step which defines all the critical alignment features on the substrate. Traditionally, this was not possible because the various alignment features were formed with totally different processes requiring different conditions and separate masking steps. Specifically, the V-groove is deep and thus required a wet etching process, while the fiducials have planar surfaces perpendicular to the substrate surface and thus required a dry etching process such as reactive ion etching (RIE). The applicants, however, have recognized that inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching may be used both for deep etching and for vertical planar surfaces. This one etching process allows for a single masking step which eliminates mask mismatches and tolerance buildup.
Additionally, the problem of crystallographic wafer orientation is obviated because the ICP process is an isotropic etching process meaning that it has essentially no dependency on the wafer crystal orientation. In fact, it should even work for polycrystalline wafers which are cast rather than grown epitaxially, and thus are much less expensive than crystalline silicon.
Therefore, the present invention exploits ICP etching to prepare more optimized, higher precision substrates for passive alignment of optical components.
One aspect of the invention is a process of preparing a substrate using a single making step to define the critical alignment features. In a preferred embodiment, the process comprises: (a) applying a stop etch mask to a substrate, the mask defining the location on the substrate of a groove for receiving the waveguide and one or more fiducials for positioning the optical device on the substrate relative to the waveguide; and (b) etching the substrate to define the fiducials and the groove, the groove being dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a waveguide and the fiducials enabling the optical device to be positioned on the substrate such that it is optically aligned with the waveguide.
Another aspect of the invention is a substrate made in accordance with the process of the invention.
Yet anther aspect of the invention is an optical component substrate having highly precise alignment features. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate comprises: (a) a groove for receiving a waveguide; and (b) fiducials for facilitating the alignment of an optical device on the substrate, wherein the tolerance of the alignment of the groove to the fiducials is less than �0.2 μm. an optical subassembly.
Still another aspect of the invention is an optical subassembly comprising the substrate of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the optical subassembly comprises: (a) an optical component substrate comprising at least: (i) a groove for receiving a waveguide; (ii) fiducials for facilitating the alignment of an optical device on the substrate, wherein the tolerance of the alignment of the groove to the fiducials is less than �0.2 μm. (b) a waveguide disposed in the groove; and (c) an optical device aligned with the fiducials.
A further aspect of the invention is an optical package comprising the optical subassembly of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the optical package is a transceiver.
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In step 101, a suitable substrate is provided for contouring alignment features thereon. The substrate has an x, y, z, orientation and a substrate surface along an xz plane. As used herein, the terminology related the x, y, z orientation is for illustrative purposes and should not be used to limit the scope of the invention. The substrate surface has a specific point thereon about which the optical device and waveguide are positioned so that they optically couple. The specific point typically corresponds to an optical axis of the optical device, such as the light emitting spot of an edge emitting laser. In step 102, a mask is applied to the substrate. The mask defines the location on an xz plane of the substrate for the alignment features. In step 103, the substrate is etched to define the fiducials and the groove. It is important to understand, that although the etching step is depicted in one process step in this flowchart, it is likely and even preferable that the etching step be performed using a number of discrete sub-steps targeted at different features of the substrate.
Once the etching is complete, a substrate is provided which has precise alignment features for receiving optical components. Such a component may be shipped to third parties for incorporation of the optical components therein or the process may be extended to include the population of the substrate with optical components as depicted in steps 104 and 105, which may be performed in any order. In step 104, the optical device is disposed on the substrate and aligned with the specific point on the substrate using the fiducials, either by physical passive alignment or visual passive alignment. In step 105, the waveguide is disposed in the groove and is aligned to the specific point on the substrate by registering it against surfaces defined by the groove. At this point an optical subassembly is provided which may be incorporated into a larger optical package such as an amplifier, transmitter, receiver, or transceiver in step 106.
Each of the above steps are described in greater with respect to the
With respect to process step 101, the substrate 200 may be any material suitable for etching and formed to have a planar substrate surface 201 in an xz plane. Suitable materials include, for example, silicon (either crystalline or polycrystalline wafers), silica, and ceramics such as alumina, aluminum nitride, and silicon carbide. A polycrystalline silicon wafer is preferred from the standpoint of thermal conductivity, commercial availability, and low cost. Its unpredictable and imprecise crystalline structure is of little concern since the etching used in step 103 is preferably an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching process which is isotropic unlike wet etching which requires a particular crystalline structure to etch in a predicatble fashion. Furthermore, since an ICP etching process does not rely on the crystalline structure of the material, there is no need to invest time and effort in determining the silicon's crystalline orientation.
It may be preferable to prepare the silicon substrate for etching by oxidizing its surface using techniques that are well known in the art to form a layer of oxide on the surface. It has been found that an oxide layer of 5500 Å provides for good results, although those of skill in the art may develop optimum thickness for particular applications.
With respect to step 102, the masking of the alignment features is performed using conventional techniques with a single mask which defines the location of the alignment features in an xz plane of the substrate. Since the single mask level can define all of the key critical alignment features, there is no error in aligning one mask level to another with sub-micron high positional precision. Thus, tolerance buildup and mask misalignment are avoided. Furthermore, it is preferable to apply the mask before the surface of the substrate is etched or contoured to any significant extent since masking is most accurate on a planar surface. Thus, a single mask which defines all of the critical optical alignment features is applied to the substrate at the point in which the margin for error is the lowest.
With respect to step 103, the alignment features are etched into the substrate. In a preferred embodiment, different types of fiducials are etched to provide the optical device with passive x, y, z alignment on the substrate. These fiducials may be used as a visual indicator to align the optical device visually or they may be used as mechanical "stops" to align the optical device physically. Preferably, the fiducials are used for physical alignment due to the greater accuracy physical alignment affords and due to its facilitation of bulk reflow processes for increased throughput.
In physical alignment, these fiducials are configured to contact register surfaces on the optical device which are precise distances from the device's optical axis along the x, y, z axes. Such physical alignment is well known in the art. Briefly, to control the optical device's position along the y-axis, preferably one or more standoffs or first fiducials 205, 215 are used. In this particular embodiment, first fiducials 205 are adapted to receive and support a laser 301, while first fiducials 215 are adapted to receive and support a detector 302 for the laser. The first fiducials have a first register surfaces 205 a and 205 a which are parallel to the substrate surface 201, i.e., in an xz plane.
To control the optical device's position along the x and z axes, preferably one or more second and third fiducials or pedestals are used, respectively. In this particular embodiment, second fiducials 206 and 216 and third fiducials 207 and 217 are used for the laser 301 and detector 302 respectively. The second and third fiducials have second and third register surfaces 216 a and 217 a which are perpendicular to the substrate surface 201. In one embodiment, the second and third register surfaces lie, respectively, in an yz plane and an xy plane. In certain embodiments, it may be preferable to use a set of the second or third fiducials, i.e., two second fiducials 206 as shown, to prevent the optical device from rotating in the xz plane.
The other alignment feature of particular interest in this application is the groove. The groove provides edges or walls which the waveguide contacts to position the waveguide precisely with respect the specific location on the substrate. Although any conventional groove for receiving a waveguide can used, in a preferred embodiment, a U-groove 202 is formed in the substrate. A U-groove is preferred over a V-groove due to its greater precision, especially with respect to positioning a fiber 303 therein. Specifically, in a U-groove, the position of the fiber along the x and y axes is achieved by registering the perimeter of the fiber against the edges formed by the top portion of the U-groove wall and the top of the substrate. Since the walls of a U-groove are essentially parallel, the controlling parameter of the U-groove with respect to the y axis positioning, i.e., width, remains constant regardless of the depth of the groove. On the other hand, a V-groove has divergent walls and thus the depth of the V-groove has a dramatic affect on the y-axis position of the fiber therein.
Unfortunately, in a U-groove, it is not possible to contact the fiber's perimeter with the edges of the U-groove unless the U-groove is more narrow than the fiber. Thus, it is not possible to lower the center of the fiber below the top edge of the U-groove. This is a significant problem given the relatively large size of the waveguide compared to the optical devices and thus the need to lower the waveguide's optical axis to that of the optical device's. The applicants, however, have overcome this problem by etching a U-groove terrace 203 around the U-groove 202. This lowers the edges 219 formed by the U-groove and the effective top 201 a of the substrate and thereby lowers the centerline of the optical axis of the fiber with respect to the substrate surface.
In addition to etching edges in the substrate for aligning the waveguide along the x and y axes, preferably a mechanical stop 204 is etched to position the fiber along the z-axis. The stop preferably has a fourth register surface 204 a in the xy plane which contacts the end face of the fiber to position the end face a precise distance from the laser.
In etching the alignment features on the substrate, it is often necessary to etch deeply into the substrate. For example, the bottom of the U-groove needs to be deep enough to bring the optical axis of the fiber 303 to approximately the surface 201 of the substrate plus or minus the distance the optical axis of the laser 301 is offset from the substrate surface 201. Therefore, since a common optical fiber has a diameter of about 125 μm, a groove depth of about 62.5 μm � the offset of the optical device's optical axis from the substrate surface is required. In addition to deep etching, it is also often necessary to etch planar surfaces perpendicular to the substrate surface. These two features have been opposing requirements historically. Specifically, while wet etching could produce deep etches, it was unable to produce vertical surfaces. On the other hand, traditional RIE could produce vertical surfaces, but it could not etch deeply (a traditional REI chlorine process has a practical etching depth limit of about 13 μm). Applicants have recognized that inductive coupling plaza (IPC) etching can reconcile these disparate requirements. IPC can not only etch deeply without a practical limit, but also etch vertical surfaces with high precision. A preferred technique of IPC etching was developed by Robert Bosch GmbH and apparatus for performing the process is commercially available through Zap PlasmaTherm. The process developed by Bosch is referred to herein as the "Bosch process."
The etching process is a subtractive process so in order to have alignment features rise above the surface it is necessary to remove everything around that feature so that the surface is actually lowered relative to the alignment feature. For this purpose, an etched field 210 is employed as shown in FIG. 2. Unlike the earlier silicon wafer board process based on chlorine RIE etching, the ICP process is sensitive to loading of the amount being etched at any time, so only areas around the critical alignment features are removed. The remaining area is left at full substrate thickness.
In the particular embodiment shown in
The following is an example of a particular process that can be used to prepare the substrate of FIG. 2. This example is offered for illustrative purposes and is not intended to restrict the scope of the claimed invention. Indeed, one skilled in the art may recognize alternatives and optimization of this process.
It is worthwhile to note that step 3 of the process, known as first photolithography, includes both the patterning of the fiber groove and the fiducials in which all critical optical alignments are made. All other mask alignments that follow this are non critical positionally and do not affect the precision of the part. In contrast, the prior art process has at least two separate critical alignment photolithography (known as first and third photolithography). These two separate masks have to be aligned to each other within sub-micron (typically 0.1) in order to minimize mask overlay error. This can be very difficult, especially once the substrate becomes contoured with various etchings. The process of the present invention has no mask overlay error.
It is also worthwhile to mention that the oxide preparation time is reduced because the ICP process works quite well with a thinner oxide mask. The oxide/silicon etch selectivity is a factor of 10 higher than traditional RIE approaches, allowing the etch to be deeper while maintaining precision. Furthermore, the silicon etch rate is more than 10 times faster than traditional RIE (some reports have it as much as 70 times faster). These advantages are in addition to those already mentioned including independence from wafer crystal orientation, elimination of overlay error between separate masking levels, and elimination of extra masking and fabrication steps.
The result of this process is a prepared substrate 200 having alignment features of unprecedented accuracy. Because all of the critical alignment is performed in a single step, tolerances in the position of the register surfaces of fiducials and groove of about �0.1 to 0.2 μm can be realized. Such tolerances represent a significant improvement over traditional physical alignment approaches which, at best, have tolerances of �0.3 to 0.6 μm. At this point, the substrate is ready to be populated with the optical devices 301, 302 and fiber 303 as shown in the optical subassembly 300 of FIG. 3.
With respect to step 104, the optical devices 301, 302 are mounted to the substrate using the fiducials to align them to the groove. Although the optical device is depicted in
In a preferred embodiment, the optical devices 301, 302 are aligned by physically abutting them against the fiducials. Such a technique is known in the art. Although this technique is known, the ICP process allows for very deep etching so it is now possible to build pedestals and standoffs that are tall enough to be useful for aligning lasers having thick regrowth structures on their epi surface such as found in buried heterostructure lasers, large spot lasers, and lasers with gratings such as DFB's.
With respect to step 105, the fiber 303 is positioned in the groove 202 such that it is optically coupled with the laser 301. Although a fiber is depicted as the waveguide in
Techniques for mounting a fiber in a groove are well known and include metalizing the fiber and soldering the fiber to the groove, or adhering the fiber to the groove using epoxy. The edges 219 defined by the U-groove 202 and U-groove terrace 203 align the fiber along the x and y axes. The fiber stop 204 is used as the fourth register surface to align the fiber along the z-axis. Alternatively, the z-axis alignment of the fiber may be done actively if desired.
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