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Publication number | US5783335 A |
Publication type | Grant |
Application number | US 07/864,725 |
Publication date | Jul 21, 1998 |
Filing date | Apr 7, 1992 |
Priority date | Apr 7, 1992 |
Fee status | Lapsed |
Publication number | 07864725, 864725, US 5783335 A, US 5783335A, US-A-5783335, US5783335 A, US5783335A |
Inventors | Joseph R. Laia, Jr., David W. Carroll, Mitchell Trkula, Wallace E. Anderson, Steven M. Valone |
Original Assignee | The Regents Of The University Of California, Office Of Technology Transfer |
Export Citation | BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
Patent Citations (16), Non-Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (10), Classifications (24), Legal Events (6) | |
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet | |
The present invention is directed to a rapid, efficient, and economical process for coating a substrate with diamond by chemical vapor deposition within a fluidized bed.
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon which is metastable at ordinary pressures, having a large activation energy barrier which prevents conversion to graphite, the more stable allotrope at ordinary temperatures and pressures. In addition to its value as a precious gem, diamond finds uses in many industrial applications such as, e.g., tool coatings for polishing, grinding, sawing and drilling operations, windows in high pressure cells, microtome knives for biological and medicinal uses, radiation detectors, temperature measurements, heat sinks, wire drawing dyes, styli for phonographs, and hardness indenters. Numerous approaches have been attempted to synthesize diamond.
One approach has been to use high pressure methods since at high pressures diamond is the thermodynamically stable form of carbon rather than graphite. Unfortunately, high pressure methods have limited applications since only small diamond crystals have been made and such small crystals are generally suitable only for use as abrasives and in forming sintered preforms used as wire drawing dyes or tool bits. Further, the product of such high pressure diamond synthesis is often contaminated with impurities of generally uncontrollable concentration and distribution, rendering such diamond unsuitable in many applications.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,859,493 by Lemelson describes methods of forming synthetic diamond coatings on particles using microwave energy. In one embodiment, Lemelson describes fluidizing the particles to be coated with diamond by streams of a fluid formed of gas molecules. Lemelson further describes diamond coating objects such as bearings, bearing components, electrical components, and other objects which suffer surface attrition.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,015,528 by Pinneo describes a process of forming synthetic diamond by vapor deposition of a carbon gas source in the presence of atomic hydrogen on a substrate contained in a fluidized bed, the substrate or particles to be coated forming the particles of the fluidized bed.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for coating a substrate with diamond in a fluidized bed.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a process for coating a substrate with diamond via chemical vapor deposition in a fluidized bed utilizing a carbon source gas and atomic hydrogen to improve deposition of diamond.
It is yet another object of the invention to provide a process of coating optical substrates with diamond and the resultant diamond-coated optical substrates wherein such diamond is deposited in a fluidized bed process.
To achieve the foregoing and other objects, and in accordance with the purposes of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention provides a process for coating a substrate with diamond including maintaining a substrate within a bed of particles capable of being fluidized, the particles having substantially uniform dimensions and the substrate characterized as having different dimensions than the particles, fluidizing the bed of particles, and depositing a coating of diamond upon the substrate by chemical vapor deposition of a carbon-containing precursor gas mixture, the precursor gas mixture introduced into the fluidized bed of particles in quantities, at pressures, and at temperatures, under conditions resulting in excitation mechanisms sufficient to form the diamond coating. In another embodiment, the substrate is further characterized as comprised of a different material than the bed particles.
In still another embodiment, the present invention provides a process for coating a substrate with diamond including maintaining a substrate within a bed of particles capable of being fluidized, the particles having substantially uniform dimensions and the substrate characterized as comprised of a different material than the particles, fluidizing the bed of particles, and depositing a coating of diamond upon the substrate by chemical vapor deposition of a carbon-containing precursor gas mixture, the precursor gas mixture introduced into the fluidized bed of particles in quantities, at pressures, and at temperatures, under conditions resulting in excitation mechanisms sufficient to form the diamond coating.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, an optical substrate is maintained within a fluidized bed of particles and appropriate feed vapors are contacted with the bed under chemical vapor deposition conditions to deposit diamond onto the optical substrate.
By the processes according to the present invention, diamond-coated substrates having advantageous properties and applications are obtainable. Particular advantages of the present invention may include the ability to produce reduced grain size diamond films, such grain sizes being substantially uniform in size, the ability to produce pin-hole free diamond coatings, and the ability to work-harden the resultant diamond films during formation. Further advantages of the present invention may include the ability to replicate the surface finish of the underlying substrate and the ability to uniformly coat complex shaped substrates.
The present invention is directed to a process for coating a substrate with diamond by chemical vapor deposition utilizing a fluidized bed. The fluidized bed particles may be any suitable bed material capable of being fluidized, e.g., a material such as a metal, an organic or a ceramic. Suitable materials can include metals such as tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, copper, aluminum, or silicon, ceramics such as silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, boron carbide, beryllium oxide, zirconium oxide, tungsten carbide, tantalum carbide, or molybdenum carbide, and organics such as carbon, i.e., graphite or diamond, polyimides, polyetherketones, polyester-LCP's, diallylphthalates and glass modified versions of such organics. The term "metal" is also meant to include alloys of such metals. Selection of the materials for the fluidized bed particles as well as the size or dimensions and the density of such materials may help control the location within selected zones of the fluidized bed of the substrate or substrates to be coated. Control of the location may be beneficial by controlling the temperature of the fluidized bed zone.
The term diamond in the following context will have its normal meaning, i.e., a substantially transparent hard, strong allotrope of carbon consisting of sp3 -bonded carbon atoms which is thermodynamically stable at elevated pressures. As used herein, the term diamond is also intended to encompass sp3 -bonded carbon such as Lonsdaleite, as well as other polytypes and allotypes of carbon which have properties similar to those of sp3 -bonded carbon. Generally, the term "diamond" is meant to include materials sometimes described as diamond, synthetic diamond, or diamond-like.
In one embodiment, according to the present invention a fluidized bed is first prepared from particles in the form of, e.g., grains, fibers, or other suitable shapes. Generally, the particles may have extreme dimensions, i.e., the largest dimension in any particular direction, of from about 1 micron to about 2000 microns, preferably from about 10 microns to about 1000 microns in encompassing the substrate to be coated via diamond deposition. The fluidized bed can then be subjected to conditions, e.g., of diamond deposition generally known in the art as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Low pressure growth of diamond will typically occur at pressures of from about 0.1 Torr to about 1000 Torr, and at temperatures ranging from about 300� C. to 1000� C. Typical conditions include a gas mixture pressure in the range of about 1 Torr to about 100 Torr and temperatures from about 600� C. to 900� C. Particularly preferred conditions include a gas mixture pressure of from about 10 Torr to about 50 Torr and temperatures of from 600� C. to 900� C. The most preferable conditions include a temperature of about 850� C. with a gas mixture pressure of about 25 Torr.
The gas mixture refers to the combination of particular carbon source and to the source of hydrogen or fluorine necessary to generate the desired excitation mechanisms. Consistent with prior art teachings regarding diamond deposition, a minor amount of oxygen, methanol, water, ozone, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, or an ether or a halogen may also be included within the gas mixture.
Typical carbon source gases for the gas mixture include elemental carbon, alkanes such as methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane and the like, alkenes such as ethene, propene, butene, pentene, hexene and the like, alkynes such as acetylene, propyne, butyne, pentyne, hexyne and the like, alkadienes such as 1,3-butadiene, 1,3-pentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene and the like, alkatrienes, cycloalkanes such as cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane and the like, arenes such as benzene, naphthalene and the like, cumulenes such as isopropyl-benzene and the like, terpenes such as para-mentha-1,3-diene and the like and oxy derivatives of such materials, i.e., alcohols, ethers, esters, ketones, acids and carbonyl derivatives. The carbon source gas may also be selected from among chlorinated or fluorinated hydrocarbons such as dichloromethane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and carbontetrafluoride.
It is also essential to the operation of the present invention that there be a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic fluorine in the gas mixture, or another way of promoting the desired carbon bonding on the substrate surface in the fluidized bed. Atomic hydrogen may be provided by dissociating molecular hydrogen in the chemical vapor deposition stream. This may be accomplished by applying energy, e.g., thermal or non-thermal energy, to the fluidized bed to cause dissociation of molecular hydrogen into atomic hydrogen. The non-thermal energy may be provided by resistive, inductive, radiant or other sources of energy to produce the required dissociation of molecular hydrogen. Means of producing atomic hydrogen include, but are not limited to, electric discharges initiated and/or sustained by direct current, low frequency alternating current, radio frequency radiation, microwave radiation, or ultraviolet radiation. Atomic fluorine may be provided by dissociating molecular fluorine in the chemical vapor deposition stream.
Alternatively, atomic hydrogen may be provided by substantially non-thermal dissociation of molecular hydrogen upon a catalytic matrix. This may be accomplished, for example, by directing molecular hydrogen onto a catalytic surface, such as platinum. Many such catalytic materials may be utilized which are known from the art of hydrogenation, such as platinum, palladium, nickel, Raney nickel, lead, and other hydrogenation catalysts. The preferred catalytic matrix for dissociating molecular hydrogen to atomic hydrogen for the present invention is palladium. The flowing gas mixture may also comprise an appropriate inert gas such as helium or argon to modify ionization thresholds and/or deposition kinetics, as desired, and to optimize the deposition parameters.
The substrate to be coated by the chemical vapor deposition in the fluidized bed can be comprised of a different material than the fluidized bed particles or may be of the same material as the bed particles. Generally, the substrate will be of different dimensions than the fluidized bed particles. The substrate may generally be of materials such as metals, organics or ceramics, e.g., of a material such as a steel, stainless steel, tungsten, a carbide of boron, chromium, hafnium, molybdenum, niobium, silicon, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, a ceramic such as a boride of chromium, hafnium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, a nitride of boron, chromium, hafnium, niobium, silicon, tantalum, titanium, vanadium or zirconium, an oxide of aluminum, beryllium, cerium, chromium, hafnium, magnesium, silicon, titanium, or zirconium, a silicide of chromium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium, or a fluoride of dysprosium, erbium, europium, holmium, neodymium, samarium, terbium, or ytterbium, or an organic such as a polyimide, a polyetherketone, a polyester-LCP, a diallylphthalate or a glass modified version of such an organic. The substrate may also be an optical substrate, e.g., an optical surface comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon, sapphire, quartz, or group II-VI compounds selected from the group consisting of zinc-selenide, zinc-sulfide, zinc-telluride, cadmium-selenide, cadmium-sulfide, cadmium-telluride, mercuric-selenide, mercuric-sulfide, and ternary or quaternary mixtures thereof.
The bed of particles may be fluidized by the flow of gas mixture including the gaseous carbon source. Other components of the fluidizing gas may be molecular hydrogen which provides a source of atomic hydrogen as described above and a carrier gas, such as helium. Other methods of fluidizing the bed of particles may be utilized such as by mechanical means, e.g., by applying a vibrating force to the bed or by introducing the particulate substrate into an electric field oriented to levitate the particles by electrostatic force. Apparatus and methods for maintaining a fluidized bed by flowing gases, vibration, electrostatic levitation or combinations thereof are generally known to those in the catalytic fluidized bed art. By using low pressure chemical vapor deposition methods for depositing diamond coatings upon a substrate within a fluidized bed in accordance with the present invention, the resultant diamond coating can have reduced grain size diamond films, i.e., grain sizes substantially less than about 2 microns, such grain sizes being substantially uniform in size. Further, the resultant diamond coating can be essentially pin-hole free. This is believed to be an advantage over methods of coating substrates with synthetic diamond by chemical vapor deposition processes previously known in the art.
The diamond coating formed in the present process is generally from about 0.01 microns to about 1000 microns in thickness, although greater thicknesses may be achieved by continuation of the process for longer time periods. More preferably, the present process is used to form coatings of from about 1 micron to about 100 microns.
The deposition process according to the present invention may be conducted as a batch process whereby the deposition is continued until the desired coating thickness is produced, at which time the flow of the gas mixture including the carbon source gas is terminated and the product is cooled. Alternatively, the process may be conducted as a continuous process.
The present invention is more particularly described in the following example which is intended as illustrative only, since numerous modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
Tungsten carbide substrates of about 10 millimeter square and 1 millimeter thick dimensions are placed into a quartz fluidized bed reactor charged with silicon carbide spheres of about 0.25 millimeter diameter, the reactor permitting the flow of gas through the particulate mass, i.e., the silicon carbide spheres. The bed of spheres is fluidized by passing a gas mixture of about 99 percent by volume hydrogen and about 1 percent by volume methane through the reactor at a pressure of about 40 Torr. The fluidized bed of particles is heated to a nominal temperature of about 850� C. by subjecting the walls of the quartz reactor to thermal heating. The fluidizing gas mixture is then subjected to high frequency plasma generation at 2.45 Gigahertz (GHz) to trigger excitation mechanisms. Flow rates and pressures are adjusted to produce a diamond coating with a grain size of from about 0.1 to about 0.3 microns, a size substantially less than conventional grain sizes of about 2 microns and the grain sizes of the resultant coating are substantially uniform.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific details, it is not intended that such details should be regarded as limitations upon the scope of the invention, except as and to the extent that they are included in the accompanying claims.
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Well, last fall it was time for another sister's wedding, and I was thrilled when she, too, asked me to design her invitation.
And yes, Marie also opted to use a best-selling Cecily Ink design. No problem, certainly made my job easier, especially given the relatively quick turn-around time.
Because both timing and budget were tight, I recommended digital printing. I chose a digital-friendly felt-finish paper so we could still get that wonderful texture. I also specified target PMS numbers so the printer could match the orange & brown colors as closely as possible.
Because the maximum sheet size for the printer's digital press is quite a bit smaller than a traditional offset press sheet, I adjusted sizes as necessary to still fit as many pieces as possible onto the sheet. This way, the bride could use her "wedding look" on things like thank-you cards, place cards and favor tags, too.
The invitation suite turned out beautifully and the bride was quite pleased. Thanks, Marie, for entrusting me with such an important part of your Big Day!

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Clark Centennial Park
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Beautiful course with green grass and mix of trees. OB creek in play on four holes. Multiple pin placements.
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Course Type: Permanent
# Holes: 9
Target Type: Baskets
Tee Type: Concrete
Elevation: Flat
Foliage: Scattered
Course Length: 2,700ft
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Hole Length: Under 300ft: 4 | 300 - 400ft: 3 | Over 400ft: 2
Course Designer: Peter Sherek
I-25 south; Frontage Rd exit 240 and turn right onto Hwy 119 going west. Go 4.8 miles to right on E. 3rd St., 1.3 miles to a right on Lashley. Go 0.9 mile to the parking lot on the right. 1st tee at SE corner.
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by Diego on Sep 5, 2015 at 12:15pm
Rather average but nice park, nice course. This course has just the perfect amount and maturity of trees. Wish the layout was a bit more intuitive but after you've played it once it's not hard to figure out your path.
by mingovia on Jul 28, 2011 at 1:42pm
Well cared for. Very green (in June). I lost a disc in a tree, but I don't think that would be common here. The grass was too thick to use a roller shot. It could be a little better laid out and marked.
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Intuitive Method for Organizing Stuff
(Video link HERE.) I LOVE this video! Filmmaker/designer Casey Neistat describes his great Intuitive Categorization Method for organizing his tools and little stuff. I'm loving it especially because it showed up right on time, in time, this morning.
I'm in a big studio cleanup and just ordered some nifty, inexpensive plastic boxes with adjustable sections to reorganize my jewelry tools and supplies.
The surprise challenge has been that although I had decided to organize them one way, the materials demanded that I organize them in a another, more intuitive way. "Function follows form!" they shouted.
I capitulated to their niggly little metallic, glass and stone suggestions, and now all that remains is to figure out how to label them. I'm liking the polka dot, color code solution. Something about all that scribbly writing on the exposed boxes is offputting. Like having a cereal box in the middle of the breakfast table, ads and ingredients hollering at you. Am I being overly sensitive?
NOT. Whatever works, is what I'm going with.
Editor's Note: Intrigued by Casey Neistat's very cool, markable red plastic boxes…
…we tracked 'em down at Amazon (or something very close): Akro-Mils Red 12-Inch ProBox Plastic Tool Box. Akro-Mils makes several styles of red (and other) storage bins.
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A life change has me embarking on a massive studio reorganization and clean-out — perfect timing, as always! Have always found using word labels intrusive, and label my flat files with snips of what's in them. Example: the water color paper drawer has a snip of water color paper (colored with a light wash) paper in the label holder.
I've long used a tackle/tool box some of my crafts stuff–one for sewing gear, the other for knitting doodads. On another topic, I'm in the process of moving my desk/work area from the bedroom to the living room or kitchen. Lots of thinking and improvising going on. Stay tuned.
Linda – Thanks for the link! The effects are spectacular, but I'm puzzled and want to delve further to understand if and how the final results actually exist – in real time and space. Great suggestion.
What a wonderful idea for labeling files. I hate seeing type as well. A bit of the material is a great idea and tells you immediately.
When I was a food stylist, I used giant tackle/tool boxes that at the time, you couldn't buy in NYC. I had to wait for a trip to West Virginia where they really used those things. They had accordian drawers that pulled out for little stuff like tweezers and thread, and an open lower area for big tools like spatulas and strainers. Still have 'em, just in case.
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Just sit right back and you'll hear a talea tale of a fateful trip,that started from this tropic port,aboard this tiny ship.The mate was a mighty sailin' man,the Skipper brave and sure,five passengers set sail that day,for a three hour tour,a three hour tour.The weather started getting rough,the tiny ship was tossed.If not for the courage of the fearless crewthe Minnow would be lost.The Minnow would be lost.The ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert islewith Gilligan,the Skipper too.A millionaire and his wife,a movie star,the proffessor and Mary Ann,here on Gilligan's Isle.(Ending verse)So this is the tale of our castaways,there here for a long long time.They'll have to make the best of things,it's an uphill climb.The first mate and his Skipper toowill do their very best,to make the others comf'terblein their tropic island nest.No phone ,no lights, no motor car,not a single luxurylike Robinson Crusoeit's primitive as can be.So join us here each week my friends,you're sure to get a smile,from seven stranded castawayshere on Gilligan's Isle!
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David FreedThis is a rather old picture with a sort of 'Japanese' flavor to it. It is unusual in that the Elf is drawn holding a spear. Actually K'ierlani spears have small, leaf-shaped iron heads wedded to soft lead necks that bend or break off once the spear strikes its target (much like a Roman spear), rendering the spear useless to an enemy who may wish to 'return fire'. This picture is included because I like the woman's face especially well, and her body isn't too badly done either...
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Fun in the ER today! diagnosis: VasoVagal Syncope
Anyone have a problem with this? Or know anyone? How do you deal with this, and what triggers your episodes?
Today when I was working (thankfully at a hospital) I was feeding a patient and began to get really hot, within 30 seconds I had to leave the room, as I got to the hallway I had double vision, then I walked to the front desk down a long hallway holding the wall as I walked. By the time I got to the front desk to get the nurses to help me I couldn't stand. I could barely see anything anymore, my vision was very weird, very fuzzy and white. I was breathing really hard and sweating so much that during this 5 minute episode I had soaked through 2 shirts, even my legs were wet. I was sooooo hot I cant even explain, but I was cold to the touch. The nurses were all surrounding me, one got a blood sugar-- 106, perfect. One got an oxygen saturation % -- 99%, great. When the machine tried to get my blood pressure it tried 3 times with no avail, so they tried a different machine on the other arm, still no pressure. Then they tried to get it manually and they couldn't even hear my heart beat through the stethoscope. My pulse was 45..... By the time I wan in a wheelchair to go to the EC I was coming out of it-- this was nearly 5 minutes later. When I got to the EC I was basically normal. Cold and shivering, sweaty and shaky, but normal pulse and BP..... weird huh. They hooked me up to an IV and took a few viles of blood. electrolyte levels, pregnancy test, blood sugar, bloodclots and hydration tests. everything came back A' okay. I had had these episodes since I was in elementary school. Maybe once a year or every 2 years. But I was never monitored during an episode, my doctor always thought it was a virus or a blood sugar problem. I got COUNTLESS tests and saw many neurologists and a kid and no one ever had an answer. The ER doc told me it was most likley vagovagal syncope. a random glitch with my vagus nerve that causes my body to go into shock.... lovely huh? Last edited by Leanz; March 28th, 2008 at 06:32 PM. |
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March 28th, 2008, 06:46 PM | #3 |
November 7, 1958 - July 22, 2011
I believe I know what the problem is . My wife gets the same thing. First I assume the patient you where with was a male, maybee you found him attractive, my wife says that sometimes she looks at me and gets all weak and starts sweating but feels cold and dizzy. Come to think of I get the same way around her. Hey if your not attracted to the patient, where you thinking about your husband? That love thing does strange things to people.
March 28th, 2008, 06:59 PM | #6 |
Full taste of tender
March 28th, 2008, 07:10 PM | #7 |
Covered in mud...
Happened to a co-worker 2 years ago, came to my cube thinking he was having a heart attach. Had to take him to the ER. Is that nerve near the stomach? I thought that was the case with him, something with his stomach caused it. I had a similar incident onceand got to spend some time in the ER running on the treadmill. But I have low blood pressure sometimes. Think I measured 60/30 once during a routine asthma checkup...
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March 28th, 2008, 07:12 PM | #8 |
Covered in mud...
Wouldn't be me if I didn't leave the cliff notes....:tonka:
March 28th, 2008, 07:17 PM | #10 |
Get Up and Go
Glad to hear you are OK Lindsay
Both of our kids have had their shares of episodes of one kind or another. Saw Randy with an episode of Syncope, in a hospital in fact a couple of years ago. Held my son, stiff as a board, and prayed I did not lose him on the spot. Very scary. So, I am doubly glad you are OK. |
March 28th, 2008, 07:37 PM | #13 |
Okay, I Googled it:
http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/dat...al_Syncope.asp Sounds like a pretty good diagnosis. Perhaps you should get the 'test' that is refered to on this site? Good Luck, (and remember: if you feel faint...Lie down and put your legs up!) [Okay, that's my second attempt at humor tonight... I'm done trying to be funny.... Time for the old guy to go to bed.] |
March 28th, 2008, 07:42 PM | #15 | |
I got a gold chain
March 29th, 2008, 07:52 AM | #20 |
Full taste of tender
yep when the double vision and fuzzy vision started I went to the front desk and they sat me in a chair. for a split second outside of the patients room I tried to sit in a computer chair and put my head on a desk but after maybe 15 seconds and my vision getting worse thats when I walked to the front desk for help.
The ER doc told me to see my primary care physician and have her send me to most likley a cardiologist to get a tilt test and a stress test. and the vagus nerve goes for a few places, lugs and heart as far as I know. Not sure what the nerve by the stomach is.... |
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Those looking to purchase a finger puppet of a communist mass murderer need look no further than the liberal Nation magazine, the Daily Caller reported Monday.
For one low price of $5.95, you can purchase a magnetic finger puppet of Che Guevara, the late Argentine revolutionary who helped Fidel Castro install a police state in Cuba. Those who wish can also purchase four Guevara finger puppets for $20.
"We may not know where Castro is these days, but we know where Che Guevara is: on your finger as a magnetic finger puppet!" the puppet's description reads. "On your finger, he's a puppet; on your fridge, he's a magnet; in your puppet collection he incites the others to rise against their capitalistic oppressors!"
"Approx. 4 [inches] tall. But not too short to stand up for the poor and oppressed," Nation added.
For those wanting something more, Nation also sells Che Guevara dolls.
"Che Guevara was many things," Nationmart says. "He was a rebel, an adventurer, a statesman, a civil rights leader and a revolutionary. And now he's a cute doll thanks to our Che Guevara Little Thinker Doll."
"The Che Doll stands about 12-inches tall and comes dressed in green khakis, black boots and belt, plus his trademark beret. It's as adorable, appealing and cuddly as the real Che was intense, violent, and cuddly. Che was known for fighting for just causes, and you should buy one just, well, cause," Nationmart adds.
Nation also sells a Che Guevara watch for $35.95 and a Che-themed card for just $3.50.
"People remember Che Guevera for being a bold leader and tireless crusader for the poor and oppressed," the description of the watch says. "But people who really knew him were most impressed by his punctuality. If you asked him to attack the Las Mercedes garrison at noon, he wouldn't show up at 11:58 or 12:07. He'd be there at twelve on the nose!
Jamie Weinstein observed that Guevara "personally oversaw hundreds if not thousands of executions and the creation of labor camps where dissidents, homosexuals and others who 'committed crimes against revolutionary morals' were ultimately sent."
"Hatred as an element of struggle; unbending hatred for the enemy, which pushes a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him into an effective, violent, selective, and cold-blooded killing machine. This is what our soldiers must become," Guevara is quoted as saying.
Ironically, Guevara -- a communist who fought against capitalism -- is a quintessential capitalist brand, Alvaro Vargas Llosa wrote at the Independent.
"It is customary for followers of a cult not to know the real life story of their hero, the historical truth," he added. "It is not surprising that Guevara's contemporary followers, his new post-communist admirers, also delude themselves by clinging to a myth—except the young Argentines who have come up with an expression that rhymes perfectly in Spanish: 'Tengo una remera del Che y no sé por qué,' or 'I have a Che T-shirt and I don't know why.'"
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Operant Conditioning: Sniffy the Rat 210 Lab Assignment #2 – 2014 Due: Friday April 4 th (last day of classes)
Today 1)Brief background: Operant conditioning and the reinforcement schedules we'll use 2)Using the Sniffy Program 3)Steps to completing the assignment 4)Walkthrough of CRF training (and brief explanation of how to start PRF training) 5)Assignment Outline – lab report
Purpose The Sniffy program will help you understand operant conditioning and give you first-hand experience with these concepts: Magazine training Shaping behavior Partial Reinforcement (PRF) schedules Continuous Reinforcement (CRF) Fixed Ratio (FR) Variable Ratio Schedule (VRF) Fixed Interval (FI) Variable Interval (VI) Acquisition Extinction
Operant Conditioning Increases the rate of a desired behavior by reinforcing that behavior when it occurs In our case, we want Sniffy to bar-press We will reinforce him with food pellets
Schedules of Reinforcement – Main Types: Continuous Reinforcement (CRF) Rewarded every time the desired behavior occurs Every time Sniffy presses the bar, he will get a food pellet Partial Reinforcement (PRF) Rewarded some times when behavior occurs; not every time e.g. Sniffy might press the bar 5 times and only get rewarded once.
PRF Schedules – 4 Types: Fixed - Reward happens after a set number of responses or time Variable - Reward happens around a certain average Ratio - Bar-pressing is the determinant for reward Fixed Ratio (FR) - Pellet is delivered after a set number of bar-presses Variable Ratio (VR) - Pellet is delivered after an average number of bar- presses Interval - Amount of time is the determinant for reward Fixed Interval (FI) - Pellet is delivered after a set amount of time passes Variable Interval (VI) - Pellet is delivered after an average amount of time passes 12 34
Materials needed The lab manual (on Moodle) read this before you start Sniffy Program On any campus lab computer: Click My Computer Apps on Caesar ('S:' drive) Sniffy folder double click the Sniffy icon to open the program Stop watch, or stop watch app on your phone Paper & pen
Project components Shaping an Operant Response: Observe Sniffy's base-line behavior for 10 mins Magazine Training Shaping Bar-Pressing by Successive Approximation Extinction Spontaneous Recovery PRF Schedules: Fixed Ratio 20 extinction Variable Ratio 20 extinction Fixed Interval 20 extinction Variable Interval 20 extinction
Observing baseline behavior For 10 minutes, observe Sniffy's behavior Pay attention to what he does and get an idea of what kind of behaviors you'll be reinforcing later on Planning ahead a bit will help with the next part Record how many times Sniffy bar-presses on his own in the 10 minutes DO NOT reinforce him
These dotted lines show you 5- minute increments The cumulative record (CR) will show you how Sniffy's training is progressing bar magazine/hopper water
The ticks on the cumulative record show when Sniffy bar-presses. The line also moves up when he presses the bar, allowing you to track training progress. Sniffy may bar press a few. My Sniffy bar-pressed twice during the 10 min observation time.
Magazine Training Using the spacebar or your mouse, drop a pellet from the hopper When Sniffy approaches and eats it, give him another pellet Consider Sniffy magazine-trained when he approaches the hopper as soon as you drop a pellet (10-15 reinforcements) You can test his training by waiting until he is far away from the hopper (nearest to you) and dropping a pellet: if he goes to eat it, he's magazine-trained
Training Sniffy to bar-press Training by successive approximation Reinforce behavior that is closer and closer to the desired behavior Reinforce: drinking, rearing on the rear wall, going near the food hopper, passing in front of it Fixation If you reinforce one behavior too frequently (e.g. reinforcing rearing on the rear wall too many times in a row), Sniffy will fixate on that behavior, rather than what you are trying to shape Note I cannot stress enough how important it is to devote your FULL attention to this part of the assignment. Training Sniffy to bar-press takes about 30 to 45 mins if you pay attention and reinforce him appropriately. It can take several hours if you aren't giving it your full attention.
Bar-pressing cont. Slowly wean reinforcement down to only when he is rearing near the bar, or in front of the magazine Sniffy will start to bar-press by himself more and more frequently stop reinforcing him manually and let him continue to bar press until the CR resets two times. Time him to make sure he's bar-pressing at a frequency of 4-5 presses per minute. If he is, your training was successful! Go to File Save As Name him something appropriate (SniffyCRF.sdf, etc.). You'll be working from this saved Sniffy file several more times, so saving is vital. You don't want to have to train a new Sniffy later. Immediately save Sniffy to your H: drive, USB drive, etc.
My CR has resent by going back to the bottom twice. At this point he's bar-pressing 4-5 times per minute.
Extinction Trials Click Parameters menu Training Schedules Extinction Click OK Sniffy will no longer be on a CRF schedule – He won't get a pellet when he presses the bar Time and Record: Number of non-reinforced bar presses in the first 2 minutes of extinction Time to complete extinction (if he presses 3 times or less in 5 minutes we'll consider that extinction)
23 Spontaneous Recovery Next we're going to test spontaneous recovery after a 'time out' (think of this as an overnight break from the chamber) Click Parameters Remove Sniffy for Time-Out OK After Sniffy is placed back in the chamber, time and record: Number of bar presses in first 2 minutes Amount of time required for Sniffy to completely extinguish a second time Save this Sniffy (e.g. SniffyEXT.sdf) and print your results You're finished with CRF training!
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26 Note on Cumulative Records You will print a copy of CRF, extinction, and spontaneous recovery cumulative records to turn in with your report Label the printout (in pen): When was acquisition complete? When was extinction instituted? When was extinction complete? When was spontaneous recovery instituted? When was extinction complete the second time? Print and make notes as you go through the steps, not after you're finished everything – it might be hard to remember later. Check the manual for more info on what you'll need to print as you move through the steps, and what you'll need to label on the printout for each training schedule
PRF Training I'll show you how to do the one PRF training schedule Fixed Ratio (FR) 20 Teach Sniffy to bar-press 20 times for a food pellet The procedure to carry out this training schedule applies to all the others First, open your original CRF Sniffy We can't start out with FR20, we have to start out with a lower ratio Remember how fast extinction occurred? If we start out at FR20, or FR15, or FR10, it's likely that he won't learn the new schedule
What I've selected means Sniffy will get a pellet after 4 bar- presses (FR4) Use for interval schedules Use for fixed schedules
Sniffy's response rate will be lower at first
Looks like he's learned the new schedule
Wait until Sniffy has been reinforced 15 times, then increase the # of responses before reinforcement (by 3 or 4 responses)
Repeat these steps until you're up to FR20
Tips Give yourself lots of time to complete training – start as early as you can I can give you rough estimates of how long each part will take: Observing behaviour and magazine training: 30 mins CRF – from 30 mins to an hour Assuming you're paying attention! I've been told it can take several hours if you're not. The PRF schedules (+ extinction) take about an hour each If you forget to start your stopwatch, you can tell 2 minutes (or whatever time you need) using the CR and a ruler Print the CR and label it before moving on to a new step. Read the instructions fully before starting – it's hard to do it as you're working on training Saved full labs from last term
Lab Assignment #2 Due April 4 th (in class) After you've trained Sniffy and printed your CRs, write a lab report detailing your findings More info on lab report requirements are in the manual Components: Title page Partial Intro Outline hypotheses for each training schedule (how do you think they will they compare to one another?) Method Results Report your observations made during steps outlined in the manual (acq/ext times, behavioural observations, etc.) Discussion Address questions listed in the manual Refs (textbook, chapter 5) CR printouts (labelled and with required notes)
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Serves fish, vegan options available. One of a few outlets in Cusco, this one offers a range of vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian meals including tofu burger, pancakes, spaghetti, salads, fries, falafel, whole wheat bread, cocktails and juices. Complimentary salad bar with meal. Quick service. Weekday movie afternoons 3-6pm. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-10:00pm.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Ovo, Western, Beer/Wine, Peruvian, Non-veg
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First Review by Elahn Keshava
the dishes were ok. this place would be excellent IF there wasnt anyrhing else in town like shaman or green point. they serve coca cola products and use alot of soy. "unhealthy vegetarianism"
Great restaurant with cheap menu
I've been there twice during my trip in Cusco region and it was one of the best restaurants. I didn't try the two others but this one has a veg menu at S/. 5 that includes soup, main course, bread and mate. The food is kind of basic (and that was I wanted), but tastes very good, warms the heart and the belly. I didn't try the other dishes but the menu was really good. Plus, the service is quick and I liked the cosy atmosphere.
Pros: Quality-price ratio very good, Quick and efficient, Good portions
Excellent veg food close to the Plaza de Armas
I didn't visit the other two versions of this restaurant but this place was brilliant - cheap daily lunch set as well as an extensive menu for lunch or dinner. I went back a few times and had soups, burgers, amazing guacamole and got to try a vegan version of the Lomo Saltado I keep seeing everywhere in Peru!
Can't recommend enough.
Pros: Superb food, Cheap, Great location
Cons: Need to check menu for sneaky fish, Closed the Sunday I was there
Great inexpensive lunch and dinner special menu
When I have to meet friends for lunch or dinner, this is the best deal, in a very centric location, a little hidden though but quiet, just steps from the main plaza and the cathedral. Even though I would prefer to go to visit my friend Lojita who has a vegetarian lunch menu stand in the San Blas Market, El Encuentro at El Tigre is much more convenient since I usually stay in hostals near the plaza which are not as expensive as those in the San Blas hill. There are a couple more of El Encuentro restaurants, but as far as I remember at least the one at Ruinas Street has a little more expensive lunch and many times is difficult to find a seat for lunch.
The food at all El Encuentro restaurants is kind of the same in all of them, they use a lot of local, seasonal, native ingredients, which I think is fabulous, inexpensive too and since when in Peru I want to eat local food, quinua, different kind of potatoes and corns, native herbs and seasonings, yummy...which are served mainly during lunch and dinner menus that they change every day, and are advertised in a little board they hang by the door . The also have a printed set menu with other stuffs I'm not so interested in like more traditional restaurant food made vegetarian, like burgers, pasta, etc, but they are more expensive than the lunch special.
I just wish they give bigger size dish plates for the salad, just because they have such a delicious salad bar. Next time in Cusco I'll tell this suggestion to the owner, who I first met in a Vegetarian Fair to promote a vegetarian feast as an alternative to the traditional "chiriuchu" (festival dish with many different kinds of animal corpses) that we had in Cusco about 7 years ago, so I can tell he is a convinced truthful vegetarian good man who practices and promotes what he believes. Not as other vegetarian places I've been (specially one vegan food chain in the states) who just use the vegetarian food sales as a business...
Since this is my first review, may be I got too excited and wrote so much. But just to finalize I can say that I strongly recommend El Encuentro, as one of my top favorites.
Pros: Inexpensive, Centrical, Quiet
Cons: Could get crowded
very good food!
I had the lunch special for 6 soles (about $2.50) which came with salad from the salad bar, soup, half a piece of bread, main dish with rice, and tea.
The soup was luke warm but tasty, the salad didn´t have much fresh veg but they had cooked califlower and green beans, fresh cucumbers and tomato, onion, sprout mix with dressing. The main dish I got was veggie filled yuka (kinda like potato), it was fried.
I wouldn´t say its the healthiest veggie food you can get, but it is pretty good and really cheap. Great value, good service.
Pros: inexpensive, tastes good
Cons: no much fresh veg
Best in Cusco
Just got back and had to review this restaurant. Very solid food with great prices and pretty extensive menu for a small establishment. Good soups, lentil burgers faux hamburgers, sandwiches and entrees.
Pros: low prices, good selection, good food
Cons: small seating capacity
Casual Vegan Fare
As a vegan, I so appreciated the 3 branches of El Encuentro in Cusco (all separately owned with same menu).
-low key, casual atmosphere
-fresh juices, homemade herb teas, soups, veg takes in Peruvian dishes, great crepes
-try the chips and guacamole--so good we ate it daily during our trip
-quinoa/veggie soup and lentil soup were fantastic
-great value for vegan fare
-would not recommend the vegan version of Cusco dish chicharones or lentil burger (dry)
Aside from a few misfires listed, we would highly recommend!
Best of the Three El Encuentro's in Cusco
Having read the fantastic reviews of the Prasada Vege Burgers and the average reviews of this place, I was very happily surprised to find the burgers here were in my opinion superior to those at Prasada. I reluctantly stumbled in to this little restaurant after unsuccessfully searching for the Prana Raw Food Cafe, and was very pleasantly surprised. Great value (especially set menu), real chips, excellent salad, really good portions and a very nice complementary salad bar (when you buy a meal). Not the most friendly and informative service but a minor imperfection. Nice atmosphere and quick service.
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Television, one of electrical devices which has been part of people's lives, is widely used as source of entertainment, education and information. Besides of its advantageous function, there are contradictions where some people agree and disagree that television gives negative effects which are dangerous for family life and any sense of community. I disagree with the statement, seeing that the postive effects that are gotten from television are more than the negative effects.
Watching television entertains, educates, and informs. This three factual advantages developed, giving more and more advantages. The value of family life could increase when they spent time together, and the ability of television to entertain supports this condition to happen. There are shows which fit all generations and could make people happy watching it. When members of the family watch the shows, they laugh, and a comforting atmosphere is created. This happens to tighten the emotional relation between each member of the family. The educative use of television brings parents nearer with their children, the children could learn from the television and at the same time their parents teach them. This quality time is very expensive, and this could be created by watching the television. Other advantage of television is people could build a good and complementing relationship. The information people get from television is very fast, and the spreading information could start conversations that builts relationships between people. The three important roles of television gives positive effects for family life and sense of community.
However, it is undeniable that television also gives some negative effects. Almost all TV shows are fiction, based on the author imagination, causing some stories are the opposite of the reality. Children and teenagers might learn unapropriate things by watching television, thinking that it is the best and ideal condition of life. Children might learn dangerous activities while teenagers might practice them. Looking at this condition, parents have to guide children to understand the negative effects and telling them that those unapropriate things should not be learnt.
In conclusion, television gives positive and negative effects. It could be entertaining, educative, and informative to people, which are the three positive effects, as well as increase the value of family life and sense of community. The negative effects that might be given could be prevented if the audience are guided correctly.
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- Heather Jun said...
True, tv can have positive affects such as informing people about important news or entertain them. However there are many more negative affects. Like mentioned in your blog, it can make kids do inappropriate things such as committing crimes and highly sexualized at a young age. So what can we do to stop this? Just like you I'm also sharing my information on the negative affects of the tv. We have to keep spreading words on tv so that people have an idea of what they are seeing and that entertainment might cause them and their children severe consequences. It really helped me to find someone like you who also knows about the influence and is trying to help others.
- May 24, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- Amanda said...
Television seriously does have a negative effect. It's so wrong that it holds a high rating in peoples' lives. So many programs on television do contain a lot of violence and porn. If children watch those programs, it leads to them becoming violent and aggressive. The television does make a lot of people lazy with their lives. It makes them not want to do anything except be a couch potato. We shouldn't be watching a lot of television since it can ruin peoples' lives. Yes, the only positive effects on television is that it can be entertaining if people enjoy the program.
- May 24, 2008 at 12:44 AM
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Speaking about surfing. I would say it is one of the best sports but good coverage is not given to this sport on international media.
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