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By kyle | March 8, 2010
They widen the field of Best Picture nominees in hopes that some movies people will have actually seen will get nominated. Then they give all the Oscars to a movie that grossed $12.7 million. A lot of people watching tonight are thinking, "I won't be watching this again." A group that thinks "Precious" is a better script than "An Education," Sandra Bullock is a better actress than Meryl Streep or Carey Mulligan and "The Hurt Locker" is a better movie than "Inglourious Basterds" doesn't have much taste. At some point, people are bound to think, "Who cares what the Academy says?" That point has arrived.
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Christian Toto Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Just because a film makes a pittance doesn't mean it's not the Best Picture of a given year. And while the Bullock vs. Mulligan argument is sound – and disappointing – I still feel the Oscars doing a better job representing 'the best' in its field than, say, the Grammys.
But enough interpretive dance already!
Kyle Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Agreed…but Hurt Locker made a pittance because it just wasn't actually that great. It's not like it didn't get loads of attention.
JimmyC Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:04 am
I agree that Inglorious Basterds was the best of the nominees, but hey, at least they didn't give it to Dances With Smurfs.
Considering that it was only a few years ago that they were giving out Oscars to unwatchable tripe like Crash, this is a step up for the Academy.
Robert P. Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:05 am
A-Men, sir. A-Men.
I can't believe I live in a world where Sandra Bullock has an Academy Award for Best Actress.
And while I didn't expect Basterds to pull off the upset, my jaw hit the floor when Tarantino lost Original Screenplay.
KS Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:10 am
"At some point, people are bound to think, "Who cares what the Academy says?" That point has arrived."
It arrived for me several years ago. Shouldn't they plan to do a two-hour show so that they end up with a three-hour show? Aside from liberal outbursts, the length is what I hate the most.
yankeefan Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Since when have the Oscars been about the Best anything? Art Carney in "Harry & Tonto" beating out Hoffman ("Lenny") and Pacino ("Godfather 2")? "Rocky" (which I did love) beating out "Network" and "All the Presidents Men"? "Gladiator"? And so forth. The Oscars are about a host of considerations and unstated though obvious criteria, but I am not relating anything you cineastes don't already know.
Loved "Hurt Locker." Really glad it won Was the best of the nominees that I saw, though I haven't yet seen "Basterds." (Maybe I will feel differently when I do.)
>>>At some point, people are bound to think, "Who cares what the Academy says?" That point has arrived.
That point could arguably have arrived decades ago.
Patrick Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Some of us thought Inglorious Basterds was more of a campy joke than anything brilliant, so losing was ok with me. Streep was fine as Julia, but I don't know that playing an actual person, which is partly about recreating certain mannerisms, is necessarily Oscar worthy. It seemed like an off year for Best Picture nominees to me, there didn't seem to be the usual array of nominees. I think when the Academy gets a chance to make a statement without pushing the bounds of credibility, they like to do that sort of thing, so I'm sure the chance to award a woman a Best Director award came into play in some small way.
KS Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Sandra Bullock and Carey Mulligan also played actual women, though they played women who aren't famous like Julia Child, and I'm sure that many liberties were taken.
James Cameron basically predicted that his ex might win because she's a girl.
CJ Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Sorry to be offensive, but, man, what insulting, sulky commentary. The Hurt Locker had a 94 on metacritic. Surely all the critics weren't praising it so highly merely because Bigelow (she's 57 years old, by the way) is a "girl," as Mr. Smith puts it. It's one thing not to like to film, it's another to belittle anyone who did like it, many of whom clearly are respected members of their profession. One would hope they'd treat Mr. Smith with more respect than he treats them.
Hurt Locker never made it past 525 theaters, but I understand it's doing well on DVD. In a poll of 1500 people on HotAir, I notice it came in first as the choice for best picture, edging out Up and The Blind Side. Smith's film, Inglourious Basterds, came in a distant fourth. This is among predominantly conservatives.
In any event, if Smith thinks best picture should be doled out according to what film made the most money, that would be Avatar, then Up, then The Blind Side. Basterds wouldn't be in the running that way either.
I don't understand the fascination with Basterds myself. It's sporadically amusing and Waltz gave a great performance, but the film has nothing interesting to see about life. Tarantino films never do. He's like a talented teenager with no mature moral vision whatsoever and no cultural exposure besides movies. My nephew loves him, but probably will move on to better things someday. I prefer the mature meditation on the character in the Hurt Locker to Quentin's sporadically clever exercise in moral nihilism.
purveyor Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Great choices all around from where I sat. I also like the banter er jokes between Martin and BAldwin as they went from one category to the next. Bullock deserved her OSCAR as did Bridges. Hurt Locker like Avatar was just OK. I was expecting the fun to watch Inglourious Basterds to take screenplay and best picture but when it missed screenplay I knew its fate was sealed as best pic.
CJ Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Oh, yes: I wanted to add that Mr. Smith is very inconsistent here. He berates AMPAS for not choosing a popular film for best picture, but then complains about Sandra Bullock's selection as best actress over Carey Mulligan. Bullock's film made 250 million (another one she starred in this year made 160 million). Bullock was the popular choice, the won the public wanted to win! Carey, who was great, I agree, starred in a film that made less money than The Hurt Locker! According to Mr. Smith's best picture standards, Carey Mulligan certainly should not have been the winner. "No one" saw her film.
So Mr. Smith's populism argument is inconsistent indeed. And why is someone with H. L. Mecken prominently pictured on his site making a populism argument anyway? It's a rather cheap device.
I liked The Hurt Locker, $$$ or no. And given that the alternative was Avatar, the most popular film ever, by the way. I'm doubly happy The Hurt Locker won.
morgan Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
The real problem with the Oscars is three fold. First,it's nothing more than a glorified senior prom as to who is wearing what, where they bought it, how much they paid for it and who is sitting next to the current flavor of the month,a la Hollywood. Then engraft on that,the fact that the motion picture industry is the only industry in the world that has the balls to give itself an award year after year and hype it up as if it was the Second Coming of the Almighty. And as if that isn't boring enough, then we get 'treated' to an endless parade of Hollyweird Airheads the likes of 'stupid' Suzy Sarandon and 'tedious' Timmy Robbins pontificating about some moon bat,left wing, Marxist political crusade that they think we should all get involved in because they're so intellectual and profound, because they are actors and artists…. and we should listen to them, because we're too stupid to know otherwise. Most of them are so damn dumb,they barely got out of high school. No wonder they became actors. It's the only job where you don't need any brain function to work. All you have to do is pretend to be somebody else. And if anyone wants proof of their cerebral deficiency just watch Celebrity Jeopardy the next time it's on ! What a bunch of abject moron's ! No wonder America doesn't want to watch this horse s— any more.
Pete Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
11. CJ, thank you for pointing out my first thought. Sandra Bullock won because she aggressively campaigned for the award once it became clear that the Best Actress field was the weakest in years (and knowing that Streep was way too classy to run around Hollywood begging for votes). If the award keeps Bullock from ever making another All About Steve, all the better.
Avatar's loss is actually easy to understand if one looks objectively. It had a horrific script which the WGA rightfully snubbed. The mo-cap technology that could turn people into human cartoons appears to have turned off the actor's branch, as evidenced by its omission in the SAG awards as well as acting nods in the BAFTA's. Finally Cameron's Charlie Rose interview, where he appeared to be giving the voters permission to throw Bigelow Best Director as a consolation prize as long as Avatar won BP, probably came off as condescending and reinforced Cameron's not exactly sterling rep in town. With the preferential voting, such obstacles were killer when having so little room for error.
Was surprised Tarantino lost the screenplay award, but his films still have not really matured in the 15 years he's been on the scene. He has the skills of a master chef, but insists on making sliders.
KS Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
CJ, Kyle Smith comments as "Kyle." I made the comment about Bigelow being a girl, based on the BigHollywood headline about the interview in which James Cameron talked about the possibility of his ex winning the Oscar.
For the record, I'm a girl attorney.
Patrick Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
KS, that's what I meant – that Child is quite a well known figure, having had a tv show with a 10 year run, while the other two are virtually unknown. Even Dan Akroyd did a credible imitation of Child in the SNL bit they inserted in the movie.
Kyle Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
I generally defend the Academy. They seem to take it as their duty to give the top prize to a really good picture, one that connects with people, regardless of whether it's a) super-popular like "Avatar" or b) solely a critics' picture like "The Hurt Locker." But I don't know how they defend giving awards to middlebrow crap like "Precious" and "The Blind Side."
Nyarlathotep Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I stopped paying attention to the Academy Awards in 1995, when "Forrest Gump" was chosen as Best Picture over "Pulp Fiction."
Having said this, I must also say that Tarantino's been on a downward slide since "Kill Bill." I've seen all of his movies — yes, hope continues to torment and mock me — but nothing he's done since "Jackie Brown" has been even vaguely interesting. I have no idea why, after a movie that had complex human emotions, he'd suddenly mature backwards and opt for mindless kung-fu flicks. Ehhh … think I'll go watch "Dirty Dozen," what "Basterds" should've been but couldn't hope to have equaled.
Mike Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Or, the biggest problem with the Academy Awards is that the majority of the Academy members (voters) are talented, smart, yet stupid people incapable, for whatever reason, of intellectual honesty.
Just a thought.
ern Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 8:27 am
The Academy has long had other criteria for Best Picture than actual quality. The Hurt Locker was a mediocre film at best. The Academy always has political considerations as its top priority (not just politics-politics, but movie-industry-politics). The Hurt Locker was an attempt by them to prove they had something serious to say about the Iraq War (which, they really don't) and to give the award to a woman. And to stick it to James Cameron, who everyone in Hollywood hates. It was a small obstacle that the movie that allowed them to do those things was a movie that bored me to tears and didn't interest anyone enough to go see it. It spoke to Hollywood elites, and no one else. That's why it won.
Cris Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 10:49 am
The reason 'Inglorius Basterds' didn't win is beacuse practically no members of the academy are teen aged boys.
John Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Academy has a method to it's madness. Star Wars and ET were both commercial block busters but ignored at Oscar time. Hurt Locker and Precious both had real stories and gritty realism.
Current Hollywood is addicted to CGI, video game plots and/or remakes. Movies are now franchises or platforms for merchandising, games and sequels.
Precious 2, Hurt Locker 3 anyone ?
Some academy members still celebrate the story.
blackhawk12151 Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Don't confuse theme with story. The Hurt Locker, which I enjoyed, didn't have a story. It had a theme, one that the filmakers were very proud of. So proud, in fact, that they told us what it was before the first scene just in case we didn't get it. "War is a Drug." But it didn't have a story. Just because you place well-directed, even riveting scenes, back to back until they add up to over two hours doesn't mean there was a story.
The Academy was honoring a lot of stuff with The Hurt Locker, but story wasn't one of them.


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|Oct 12, 1999
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|May 15, 1997
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|Nov 22, 1995
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|David John DiGiovanni
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|Lucent Technologies Incorporated
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This is a divisional application under 37 CFr 1.60 08/561,682 filed Nov. 22, 1995, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
Cladding-pumped fiber structures such as lasers and amplifiers.
2. Description of Related Art
U.S. Pat. No. 5,418,880, May 23, 1995 is representative of the relevant art. The cladding pumped laser is an answer to the need for a high-power fiber laser. It relies on a multi-mode (pump) cladding for accepting and transferring pump energy to an active core along the length of the device through the core-clad interface. Energy is guided within the pump cladding by a second cladding of lower index of refraction. The configuration is likely to be used in fiber amplifiers as well as in fiber lasers.
The structure was immediately recognized as promising, and attention was soon directed to design optimization. Communication fiber had not been designed for the purpose. The need for more effective introduction of pump energy into the cladding, e.g. from a laser array, led to use of claddings of enlarged cross-section. The usual, circularly symmetrical, design used for communication fiber was no assurance of effective clad-to-core energy transfer, as it produced pump modes of helical paths which did not cross the clad-to-core interface. Reconsideration of fundamental parameters such as index profile were restudied as well. See, Optics Commun., vol. 99, pp. 331-335 (1993).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,815,079, Mar. 21, 1989, improves coupling efficiency by either of two approaches. In the first, the core is placed off-center within an otherwise circularly symmetric structure. The second uses a high aspect-ratio rectangular pump cladding enclosing a centrally-located core. Both increase incidence of interface crossings by pump modes, and improve transfer efficiency. In common with other suggested structures, a second (outer) clad of lower index than that of the first (pump) clad, guides pump energy within the multi-mode pump clad.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,418,880, largely directed to structures for effectively coupling the output of a diode array into the pump cladding, also considers non-circular inner cladding designs. It proposes any of various polygonally shaped pump claddings--three-, four- and six-sided, some regular, some irregular--within outer claddings of low-index organic polymer. The design objective is uniform distribution of pump energy across the fiber cross section, assuring effective transfer.
Asymmetric structures are difficult to align and to splice to conventional transmission fiber. Rectangular and other irregular polygonal cross-sections also pose a problem. By all accounts, regular polygonal pump claddings deviate least from circularly symmetric structures and are preferred.
The structures of these patents do improve clad-to-core coupling efficiency, but fabrication is problematic. Manufacture of off-center preforms and procedures for drawing from such preforms do not use established technology. Fabrication of polygonal preforms from conventional round preforms by grinding and polishing is costly. Strength may be compromised--incidence of breakage under stress is increased by jagged surface features retained from machining.
High coupling-efficiency cladding-pumped fiber structures, operationally at least equivalent to polygonal-cladding structures of the prior art, are made without need for machining. A longitudinally traversing heat source shapes the still exposed outer surface of the pump cladding. Shaping is, to some extent, due to ablation. Using a flame heat source, shaping may be partly due to melt-induced viscous flow. Fabrication by use of this "melt process" transforms an initially round form into one which resembles the polygonal form of earlier structures.
A typical, regular shape is produced by use of a constant temperature source, traversing at constant speed. Evenly spaced troughs produced under uniform heating conditions produce regular, centrosymmetric shapes. As in earlier work, double and triple clad preforms, with claddings of successively lower index of refraction, yield structures which lessen energy leakage, and contribute to effective energy transfer. Under appropriate deposition conditions, final fibers may have surfaces which approach the smooth circular form of transmission fiber. The triple clad structure better approaches this and results in cleaving properties similar to those of conventional fiber.
Conditions used in melt-process fabrication have yielded interfaces which approach flat-sided structures produced by prior art grinding and polishing. Other conditions replace flats which concave surfaces. Such processing conditions, and resulting curved interface fiber structures, constitute a preferred embodiment. Jagged corners are inherently avoided, and this facilitates cleaving and aids in handling. Operationally, angle of incidence for pump energy at the interface is varied so that uniform energy distribution across the fiber cross-section is assured. This further improves core-to-clad energy transfer. Minimal concavity defining this preferred embodiment is prescribed.
Contemplated uses include cladding-pumping of the enclosed core either to excite to an emitting state--for lasing, for incoherent emission, or for amplification of a lightwave signal--or to introduce energy into a passive core, thereafter to be transferred to a following part of the circuit.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred triple-clad structure.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a double-clad structure.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cladding-pumped device in fabrication.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a cladding pump structure coupled to a diode array.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a species of the invention in which the cladding pumped structure serves as a laser.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a cladding pumped structure, serving as a pump for a rare earth doped fiber amplifier.
Precursor Preform--The virgin preform, consisting of core and pump cladding, prior to melt processing.
Processed Preform--Preform following melt-processing.
Final Preform--Preform from which fiber is drawn.
Melt-Process--The procedure by which the precursor preform is converted to the processed preform.
Trough--Feature produced by traveling heat source resulting from material removal by viscous flow and ablation. While generally concave, under some processing conditions the "trough" may appear as a flat-sided featureless chord-bounded region.
Concavity--The maximum depth of a trough relative to a planar bridging surface making glancing contact with either side of the trough, with the dimension measured radially within the preform.
Structure--The triple-clad structure of FIG. 1 consists of centrally-positioned single mode core 10 within a multimode pump cladding 11. The pump cladding forms interface 12 with a second cladding 13. Third cladding 14 forms a more nearly circular interface 15 with the second cladding. A triple-clad structure, described in Example 2, was constituted of silica-based glass core, pump clad and second clad, all enveloped by an organic polymeric third clad.
The double-clad structure of FIG. 2 consists of core 20 and first cladding 21, both generally of silica-based glass and final polymeric cladding 22, forming interface 23 with the inorganic glass structure. The FIG. 1 structure retains the operating characteristics of FIG. 2, but facilitates cleaving.
The advance may be viewed as an extension of earlier work (U.S. Pat. 5,418,880). By departing from a smooth featureless circular interface, the probability of non-intersecting mode paths is decreased. Fabrication of that polygonal interface is facilitated by melt processing.
The preferred embodiment replaces the flats of prior art structures with curved surfaces. Operationally, this preferred embodiment expedites energy transfer from the core to the clad by better avoiding large diameter helical energy paths which do not cross the core. Homogenization is assured by continuously varying angle of incidence at the constraining interface of the pump cladding. While the curved surface may not be a simple geometric shape, it is convenient to describe it in terms of the troughs which result in every form of the preferred embodiment regardless of heat source. To satisfy requirements of the preferred embodiment, the trough must have a minimal depth of 3%, or preferably 5% or greater, as measured relative to the radial distance from the center of the preform to a plane making glancing contact with the processed preform on either side of the trough.
As resulting from open flame melt processing, formation of the trough is at least partly due to displacement of molten glass caused by the incoming gas stream. This causes molten material to "overflow" the depression, resulting in protrusions between the troughs, and in a processed peripheral surface constituted of sequential concave and convex surfaces. Such a processed surface is best assurance of energy uniformity. The effect is optimized by flow velocities as high as can be maintained without extinguishing the flame.
If desired, for whatever reason, by maintaining low velocity gas flow to the burner orifice, or by substituting a different form of heat source, ablation may replace viscous flow as the primary or sole mechanism for trough formation, thereby minimizing convex protrusions. In its limit a trough produced under these conditions has a depth of 0%.
Energy transfer effectiveness assured by the preferred embodiment requires a minimum degree of surface curvature defined in terms of a minimum trough width of at least 15%. This is the percentage that the angular extent of the trough bears to that of the angle equal to 360� divided by the number of troughs.
Preference for a regular cross-sectional shape is based on practical rather than fundamental considerations--for ease of splicing and fabrication of succeeding layer(s). Enhancement in coupling is related to size and shape of individual troughs. The number of troughs is a factor as well. Feasible depth decreases as number increases, and the smooth featureless character of the precursor preform is eventually approached. Increasing number increases processing costs. On balance, three- to six-sided processed structures are preferred.
The structures shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 provide for containment of energy in the pump cladding. In FIG. 1, the function is served by a second glass cladding layer 13 together with polymeric cladding 14, with the two forming interface 15. Claddings 13 and 14 are of successively lower refractive index than pump cladding 11. Cleaving facility is affected in accordance with the degree to which the final glass-polymer interface approaches featureless circularity. A second glass-cladding tends to even out undulations. The change in elasticity at the interface 12 is small so that it has relatively little effect on cleaving.
A glass-polymer interface offers an operating advantage. Its differential index of refraction may be far greater than permitted between silica-rich compositions that differ only in minor dopant content. Experimental embodiments have used fluorinated polymers with indices of the order of 1.32 as compared with 1.46 for the highest index glass composition used in these structures.
Coating technology developed for transmission fiber is useful in preparation of a polymeric cladding. The specific UV-cured materials, generally resulting in increased refractive index, may be replaced for example by use of a fluorine-doped polymer. Maximized through-put may not be as significant for fabrication of specialty (laser, amplifier, inert-core) fibers, so that thermally-cured materials may afford some increased flexibility in prescription of polymeric clads.
Unless otherwise indicated, use of the term "cladding" is intended to connote (low index) guiding layers, and is not intended to include protective coatings of higher index than that of underlying material.
Effective operation of the cladding pumped laser depends on collection area. Whether a double or triple-clad structure, outer claddings serve for accepting and transferring introduced energy into the pump clad, and are a part of the collection area. The inventive thrust of the preferred embodiment, however, is not equally served. Enhanced energy transfer is due to the pump cladding. The thickness of outer claddings is, accordingly, minimized--that of the pump cladding maximized--commensurate with other considerations.
A preferred structural embodiment has an outer surface approaching that of the smooth featureless surface of transmission fiber. The cladding surrounding the pump-cladding (the second cladding) is desirably of sufficient thickness to accommodate undulations in the outer surface of the pump-cladding. To achieve this purpose, this second cladding is necessarily of thickness somewhat greater than the difference between the radially measured minimum and maximum thickness of this cladding. Any polymer cladding serves little purpose beyond guiding. A thickness of 15 μm is adequate.
Large total cross-sectional area of combined glass claddings is always desired for collection efficiency. For the usual single-mode core, and for the total cross-sectional area of a conventional 125-150 μm diameter communication fiber, the clad/core ratio of cross-sectional areas is generally in the range of 100-300. Usually the limiting criterion, splicing expediency is not significantly impaired by same size mismatch. The cladding-pumped structure may be double that of the fiber to be spliced.
Process--FIG. 3 shows a round precursor preform being shaped by the melt process. Initially, a conventional fiber preform constituted of core 30 and cladding 31, a longitudinally traversing heat source 32 is making troughs. At the stage depicted, two complete traversals have been made, one resulting in trough 33, and the second in trough 34. A third trough 35 is in the course of production.
For a silica-rich preform material, a glass surface temperature of 2100� C. or higher is adequate. Experimentally, an oxy-hydrogen flame as effective in construction of a hexagonal structure meeting requirements of the preferred embodiment.
Conventional processing follows preparation of the processed preform. In fabrication of the triple-clad structure, and in some forms of double-clad structure as well, additional cladding material is added. Addition may be by any of the usual vapor-transport processes, e.g. MCVD, OVD, VAD or by other means of deposition. Alternatively, the processed preform may be inserted in a free-standing, overcladding tube, which is then collapsed to produce a "composite" final preform.
Fiber drawing of a preform which in its entirety is made of silica-rich glass, may follow conventional practice. See, S. R. Nagel, "Fiber Materials & Fabrication Methods" in Optical Fiber Telecommunications II, S. E. Miller and I. P. Kaminow, Academic Press 1988. Conventional practice, with a view to cost, provides for maximum draw speed generally as limited by coating application/curing. Surface features on the processed preform are not reliably retained under such draw conditions. Retention still with reasonable throughput, is assured by operating at the lower temperature (higher tension) part of the range. Melt-processing does not ordinarily leave jagged corners or other features which might require reduced draw speed. If preform overcladding is of some lower-melting glass material, account must be taken of this variation in prescribing suitable draw conditions.
Examples 1-3 report experimental conditions used in preparation of double-clad and triple-clad structures.
A 15 mm diameter round precursor preform constituted of a 0.7 mm core of 0.2 wt. % Nd2 O3, 3% P2 O5, 2% GeO2, remainder SiO2, within an undoped SiO2 clad of length 30 cm was fabricated by MCVD. The precursor preform was mounted on a glassworking lathe and traversed longitudinally by an oxy-hydrogen torch. The burner had a single 3 mm orifice and was spaced at 15 mm from the preform. With traversal speed of 50 mm/min., gas flows were adjusted to attain a glass surface temperature of 2200� C. The resulting trough was 1.5 mm (6%) deep and 50% wide. After each traverse, the preform was rotated 60� so as to develop a hexagonal pattern of concave surfaces.
The processed preform was drawn into fiber of 140 μm od at a draw speed of 0.4 meters/sec., was coated with a fluorine-containing oligomer and was UV-irradiation cross-linked to result in a cured coating of 50 μm thickness. Concavity in the drawn fiber was little changed from that of the preform.
A processed preform was prepared as in Example 1, however, starting with a precursor preform of 0.81 mm core and 15 mm clad. Following melt-processing to produce a processed preform of regular six-sided shape, it was fire-polished and inserted in a fluorine down-doped silica overcladding tube of 15.8 mm id and 19 mm od (of 86 mm2 cross-section), a vacuum was pulled between the rod and the tube, and the assemblage was constantly rotated while scanning with an oxy-hydrogen torch to collapse the tube. Fluorine-doping was sufficient to yield a refractive index change of -0.006 relative to underlying undoped silica and to produce an NA of 0.13 between the pump-cladding and the second cladding of the final preform. The outer surface showed vestigial undulations of �0.2 mm. The composite rod, now of the same clad/core ratio of 460 as in Example 1, was drawn into fiber of 140 μm od. It was coated during drawing as in that Example.
Desirable use of a high-power rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier, for use at an operating wavelength of 1550 nm, has required substitution of the usual erbium-doped amplifier with one that contains ytturbium as well--with an absorption from 850 to 1100 nm. Such an Er-Yb-doped fiber amplifier may be fabricated in the manner of Example 1. For this purpose, dopant -0.17 mol. % Er+2.6 mol. % Yb is used in lieu of Nd2 O3. Other dopant material in the amount indicated in Example 1 is used. Fabrication is conducted under the same conditions to yield the same structure.
FIG. 4 taken from U.S. Pat. No. 5,268,978, but substituting a preferred trough-containing structure, shows an arrangement for coupling with a diode array. The cladding pump structure 40 is triple-clad and is constituted of core 41, pump clad 42, second clad 43, and third clad 44. The energy source for pumping structure 40 is a diode array 45 consisting of four diodes 46 within a suitable encapsulant 47. Diode radiation is depicted as cones 48, collected by cylindrical lens 49. Focused radiation 50 is made incident on guides 51 which are bundled to yield a cone 52 of emanating radiation, which is focused by convex lens 53 to form beam 54 directed to structure 40.
FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram for an experimental demonstration in which a cladding-pumped structure operated as a laser 60. The demonstration serves as an operating example:
The particular element used was the double-clad, neodymium-doped structure of Example 1. The element was fusion/spliced at 61 and 62 to fibers contain UV-written Bragg gratings 63 and 64. Grating 63 has a high reflectivity (HR) at 1060 nm. Grating 64 had a moderate reflectivity of about 10% at 1060 nm and served as an output coupler (OC). The assemblage was pumped by means of a GaAlAs laser diode 65 fusion/spliced to the HR grating 63 at 66. The laser 65 operated as a pump, emitting 1.2 watt at a wavelength of 800 nm. Lasing threshold was 76 mW and laser emission, measured at full pump power at output 67 was 450 mW at 1060 nm. Coupling efficiency at fusion splices was not measured and the assemblage was not optimized. The measured output represented a lasing efficiency of 39%.
FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of a demonstration in which the laser of Example 4 was used to pump a rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier. The signal 70 to be amplified was a modulated carrier of wavelength 1543 introduced into coupler ("WDM") 71, and thence through fusion/splice 72 into erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier 73. The cladding-pumped laser structure 74 was used as a counter-propagating pump with emission introduced into amplifier 73 via fiber 75, WDM 76 and fusion/splice 77. The amplified signal, with laser 74 operating at its full pump power of 450 mW, and for an amplifier length of 6 meters, measured at the output of WDM 76, had a power of 160 mW--representing an amplification factor of 26 dB for an input signal of 1 mW.
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Our children had increased so much that in order to grow sufficient crops and flocks to support us all we had spread up, down, and across the river. The plain behind us was a wild place. It was a place for the wild herds which could make the earth shake with their numbers and for the predators which lived by hunting them. Some of our sons had taken to hunting there. They hunted for sport and to prove their manhood. Already our daughters were considered weak by these sons because child bearing and child rearing took so much of their strength. By being successful in the hunt these sons felt that they were set apart from the perceived weakness of the women.
We were still close enough to each other that we could visit easily. We only had to travel short distances. For me this was a luxury which had once been impossible. I had only dreamed of this years ago. I was no longer tied to our home as I had been. Of course carrying my small children to visit was not easy. But I always had daughters who were not yet fully grown and who were just as eager as I was to have an occasional outing. Many times now Adam would accompany us. Our older sons cared for the flocks and crops when Adam wished for a respite. Our sons who shared the priesthood with Adam also accompanied us many times.
Not only were these simply pleasant outings for us but they also had a serious purpose. Adam, in his role as our spiritual leader, must constantly be diligent in teaching our children of God and of God's plan to redeem us. As for myself, I knew that I had done my best. I knew that each child that Adam and I had borne had been taught very carefully by myself and by Adam around the campfire in the evenings. They had witnessed the sacrifice many times and been taught what it meant. I was not so sure that my sons and daughters taught their own children as well.
Adam and I had walked and talked with the Lord. Our children had never had this opportunity. Many of them had heard the voice of God and had seen and spoken with angels. But nonetheless, they had not seen God. I knew that only with baptism and the leading of the Holy Ghost could they truly understand what they had been taught with words.
Our life now could have been very happy. It was wonderful to be able to visit with our grown children and our growing grandchildren. But the fact is that not all our children were eager to see us coming. Many a visit was strained and unpleasant. These visits were short. I did not look forward to them. I preferred to visit my sons and daughters who had some faith.
Many of our children had turned from the teachings they had been given and had turned to Satan. Adam and I were grieved when we sensed this happening. Words did not have to be said, Adam and I always knew, for the presence of the Holy Spirit in us always alerted us to the presence of Satan's influence.
Adam and our sons who shared the priesthood with him preached to as many of our children as would listen. The Lord had commanded that each one must repent. As many as believed in the Only Begotten Son, and repented of their sins would be saved. As many as would not believe, and would not repent would be damned. Our sons and daughters were warned that whatever words came from the mouth of God must be fulfilled.
Cain and Abel were growing. Cain was the older of the two. I watched over the years as a strange relationship formed between these two sons. There was a strange competitiveness about Cain. He must constantly excel over his younger brother. Abel was aware of Cain's striving, but it didn't seem to affect him. At times when Cain was gloating over his supposed success over Abel, Abel good-naturedly congratulated him. The fact that Abel did not care to compete with his brother seemed to spur Cain on even more.
It soon became evident to many of us that Abel took after his father very much. We began to see that Abel had a very uncomplicated faith in God. He listened closely to his father. Soon he became an authority on spiritual matters, his father only still the supreme authority. Adam and I and those who worshipped God recognized that Abel was Adam's heir as head of the priesthood.
Cain, on the other hand, would not listen to Adam and his brothers. "Who is the Lord, that I should know him?" he asked us when we told the stories and when we offered the sacrifice. He asked it not in a need or wish to know God, but in a sneering, mocking way which was meant to hurt us.
One night as we were finishing our evening meal Cain spoke to us. "Father and Mother, I am no longer a child. I think it is time for me to move upriver and do some farming for myself. I have learned everything I can from you, Father."
"You don't have to go yet, Cain. Have you found a young girl you wish to take as a wife? Is that why you want to leave?" I asked.
"Oh Mother, ever the romantic! No I have not yet seen a girl who appeals to me. But I am grown now, and it is time for me to be a man."
"You can stay here and still be a man, I can still use your help, Cain. You are a very good worker, but it won't be easy starting on your own," Adam pointed out to him.
"I know that Father. But my work will be my own."
"Well, then when you get your land prepared I will give you some seed. Where will you live?"
"I have asked one of my brothers if I may stay with his family for a while."
And so it was that Cain left us. He had soon chosen a piece of good land to farm and had received seed from his father. He was a good farmer and his crops thrived.
I was very thankful that Abel felt no great urge yet to leave us. It was a comfort having him with us. Adam had ordained Abel to the priesthood and even though Abel was so young his ministry among his older brothers and sisters and their children was welcome. They recognized in Abel the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit.
Abel became a shepherd. Adam gave him a small flock and helped him to care for it and build it up. Just as Adam had given seed to Cain and a small flock to Abel so he had helped all his sons to become responsible men who could care for families of their own.
It wasn't long before both Cain and Abel were doing well, Cain with his crops and Abel with his flocks. They were now men. Cain surprised us with a visit one morning. Abel was very glad to see him. They had grown up together and in a strange way were close, even though they were so different.
"Cain," Abel greeted him. "We have not seen you for so long. Come and eat with us."
Some of the younger children came over and greeted Cain also. He rumpled their hair and teased the girls, flattering them outrageously. This caused much happy laughing and giggling.
At last Cain smiled and came over to the fire and helped himself to food. "It is good to see you, Mother, Father, and younger brother!" With this he pounded Abel on the back in brotherly fashion. "You are wise Abel to stay home a while longer. I have missed your cooking, Mother. When I get a wife she must cook as well as you." He ate heartily, as if he had been long famished.
"How is everything going with you?" Abel inquired.
"Things could not be better!" He surveyed our faces with satisfaction, then he looked back at me. "In fact, Mother, my brother has a beautiful daughter. I think she is impressed with me."
"Well, things are indeed going well," Adam congratulated his son.
"Cain, I have built up my flocks sufficiently to offer a sacrifice of my own on the next sacrifice. Would you honor me by coming to it? It will be my first and I would like to have my closest brother there."
The atmosphere became strangely tense. I watched Cain as he smiled and cast his eyes down to his knees as if he were considering. I did not know how he would react. Abel had great faith in God, which Cain lacked. But I also knew that Abel was sincerely fond of his brother and wished him to be at his sacrifice. All three of us nervously awaited Cain's answer.
"I see I can no longer tease you and call you little brother," Cain said smiling. "You are indeed a man now to offer your own sacrifice to the Lord. I will be there. When will it be?"
"It will be the morning after tomorrow," Abel said.
"Will you offer as well, Father?" Cain inquired.
"No, I will let this be my son's sacrifice."
Cain looked thoughtfully at his father for a moment as he chewed. He finally slapped his knees, "Well, there is work to do! I will go with you today, Father and my brother."
The three of them were soon sauntering down the path as I still sat by the fire. I hoped there would be understanding between them this day.
Late in the afternoon Cain returned alone. He came and sat next to the fire and sat in silent contemplation. I watched him for awhile before I went over to sit next to him.
"Do you have to get back tonight, Cain?" I asked. "Perhaps you would like to share dinner with us and go back in the morning."
"Thank you, Mother, but I have things I must attend to. I must leave soon in order to get back before the sun sets."
We sat silently for a while. This was my son, but sometimes I felt far away from him. I knew that something was bothering him and did not know how to broach the subject.
Finally he turned to me. "Mother, sometimes I feel that my father is disappointed in me. If I were more like Abel perhaps he would love me more."
Shock must have registered in my voice, "Cain, your father does love you. He loves all his children! Where did you get such an idea?"
"Father loves Abel. He has always loved him more."
"More than whom?"
"Mother, don't play dumb. You know that I do not worship this Lord of yours. Abel has always professed to love him in order to please you and Father. Because Abel has always said the right things and done the right things you love him more than you have ever loved me."
"Abel does not pretend anything. You should know that. His love and faith in God is genuine. Of course we are disappointed that you do not believe in the Lord as well. We worry what will happen to you and all your brothers and sisters who do not believe. We have taught you and hoped that you would have faith. But we love you no less. You are our son and will always be our son."
"Well, a mother's love, how can I doubt that? I must be going now or darkness will overtake me." He rose and planted a quick kiss on my forehead. "See you soon, Mother."
"I pray that darkness never overtake you," I whispered as I watched him bound away down the path.
The day of Abel's first sacrifice dawned. Abel had chosen his best first-born lamb and had refrained from eating for a day. He had gone to be alone after he had finished his day's work and had spent his time in prayer. All was in readiness, now he waited for his brother to arrive. After the conversation between Cain and myself the other day I was worried that he might not come. I fed the younger children. Adam and I did not eat, we would break our fast with Abel after the sacrifice.
The children were fed and washed. Some of Abel's older brothers and two of their wives and their children had arrived also. There was an air of happy anticipation.
"Where is Cain?" exclaimed Adam. "We are only waiting for him now."
"Father, it will sadden me if Cain does not come, but I know that he does not believe in the Lord as we do."
Why had I ever doubted Abel? Even though his faith was simple and straightforward as a child he did indeed recognize the reality of our lives, that our children would each choose their own way.
"Why don't we wait just a little longer?" I suggested in relief of this new revelation. "If Cain does not show up soon we should go to the sacrifice anyway. After all, this is a special day for you, Abel. Don't let anything ruin it."
"Nothing could ruin this day for me, Mother. I will be worshipping the Lord and remembering the sacrifice of his Son. Also I have many of those who love me here to be with me."
We now relaxed and resigned ourselves to a short wait. The sun was already midway up the sky when we gave up hope of Cain's arrival. We gathered the children and made our procession up to our ledge. All the children which Adam and I had borne had worshipped here many times. I was happy to have some of my grown children here today.
When we arrived we had a surprise, Cain was waiting for us.
"Cain, why didn't you come to us? We were waiting for you." My voice must have sounded somewhat aggrieved. Cain merely kissed my forehead and strode forward to Abel and the rest of his brothers.
I looked helplessly at Adam. He looked back at me and warned me with a look. I knew that he was as uneasy as I was, but we must let matters take their own course.
I took my accustomed place and gathered my daughters and the small children around me. Adam sat close to the ring of the children and took one of them on his lap. Our grown sons ranged themselves around the altar, with Cain closest to Abel and the altar.
Abel quickly cut the throat of the lamb and lifted the dead animal to lay it on the wood of the altar. He offered a prayer, simple but eloquent with his love of God and acceptance of God's guidance. He then set the fire to the dry wood and soon the flames leaped up toward heaven. I expected to see the angel as I had long ago, but he did not appear. Nevertheless I did feel an approving presence which warmed me and set joy coursing through me. Abel's face shone as if a flame had been lighted within him.
The lamb and the wood were reduced to ashes and were finally smoldering when suddenly Cain leaped from his place. I had completely forgotten him and my feeling of uneasiness.
"And now I will give my sacrifice to the Lord," Cain announced.
He quickly left and returned with bundles of dry wood and a container of coals. Then he left once more and carried back sheaves of grain and fruit. He quickly took some brush of a nearby bush and dusted the still smoldering ashes from the altar. The fine powder drifted and made some of the children cough. Some of them looked at me in bewilderment. All I could do was in turn look to Adam.
As we watched Cain arrange the wood and the grain and fruit on the altar I suddenly asked myself if Cain had taken leave of his senses. The sacrifice was to be the first-born of the flocks. Was he making a mockery of the sacrifice? I appealed to Adam with a sense of despair.
"Cain," Adam"s voice momentarily halted Cain's activity. Adam's sons looked to him with the exception of Abel who stood gazing at Cain with sorrow. "Cain, the sacrifice must be of the first-born of the flocks."
"I will be glad to give you a lamb in trade for your produce, Cain," Abel offered.
"I thank you, Abel. But I am not a shepherd. I am a farmer. I am offering to the Lord the first fruits of my own labor."
Abel stepped back. Some of the children began to fret. They sensed that the nature of our gathering had changed.
Cain finished arranging his produce. He stepped back and surveyed it with approval. Then he lifted his head and offered a prayer.
"Lord, I give to you my sacrifice. It comes from the sweat of my brows and the tilling of the earth. Accept it, Lord, in the spirit in which I give it. I give it to honor you. I give of myself. Amen."
There was a hush as Cain stepped to the altar to light the wood. He carefully moved the live coals into the dry wood and waited. A few faint puffs of smoke arose but the wood was not catching a flame. Everyone moved uneasily. Cain fanned at the coals with his hand and then took a stick to move the coals in hope of the wood catching. It still would not burn. He blew his breath on it. There were still coals in Abel's container. He picked them up and put them on the altar.
The sun had moved almost to its highest point as Cain struggled to light the altar and burn his sacrifice. Finally he straightened and looked first at his brother Abel, then at his father. His face was a mixture of fury, despair, bewilderment and hatred. He turned abruptly and ran down the path and away from us.
I lowered my head and wept for him.
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elephants, little fishes;
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All the Otwituaries are written very quickly on the day their subjects pass away, so are maybe a little lacking in polish, but they are all from the heart. They represent the people who have, in some way, touched my life - actors, sportsmen and women, TV personalities, writers, musicians and explorers. These people are already immortal, and therefore don't need my help, but I hope you enjoy reading these short poetic sketches all the same.
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There's an hour 'til the city lights go dim
All sittin' drinkin' coffee so turn up the radio, listen
tin can on wheels, some steel and transmission
People plannin' visits, workin' ants on exhibition
Dull, sweet tension deep within a vision
of somethin'that the powers in the towers were missin'.
Watchin' my own back there's no time to relax
I think that my little brother has had a relapse.
I'm graspin' for straws, unapparent which side is the law on
who's it gonna be next that they draw arms on.
I don't want to raise any cause for alarm
Or subject myself to any bodily harm
there's a good probability of this shit gettin' hard
Yet we take it easy sit n chill in a car, at a bar, have a couple
find some trouble take a hit n feel ill with the twinkling stars
Somethin' about this shit still doesn't feel real
I sift through the rubble of my mind healed
I still have to use my pedals so that i can burn these bicycle wheels
I got a Good deal, lost souls goin no where
Avoidin' potholes on the road n I don't care
Stickin' middle fingers to assholes who wont share
people these days are always so damn scared
Pluggin' away, we hide our faces
Drive that tin can believin' that your safe in
the calm before the storm
Hurry up please, The current commotion has been boring me
Not the type of person with a problem for authority
But I been mappin' the future... historically
No one told me that we all dream with petroleum
Combustion companies claiming to be holy men
Hold me then as we witness this magnificent story's end.
Tales of rusted boxes on broken wheels once glorious
Point A to Spot B to place C too late for D
people wanna drive this race for a convenient fee
Sometimes I can be a face of the meanest trees
Corrupted from head to toe, root to greenest leaves
Power diggers suckin shit, this tightly wound noose
Every hour's but a second for a firmly grounded spruce
And we stand to choose to loose the land we use
votes wrote down on notes of an old oak I once knew
But I keep my head down and just keep going
No one ever knows what the Ocean has been flowing
Outspoken, my house will never remain opened.
Somethin in the air lately left my lungs chokin'
And what could my fate be,
Will I be hung hopin' I could get another smoke in,
hangin' with the dope man, I croak floatin
Lookin' to the Heavens, Diamonds in the night sky,
were they replaced by a man with dollar signs in his eyes
Y'know I might try just as long as it's the right time
Let the evil come in and try to fight my wise mind
Pens and notepads disguise me as a nice guy,
Pay the toll, and roll the dice like three or four times
Why lie when you can load the die snake eyes every time
I take mine make dimes climb vines and write rhymes
Fake signs, wrong turn follow broken white lines
Long rides I glide burn whatever we could find
A song of sighs yearnin' for a better place outside
let my light shine
Let my light shine, we all come together tell the story for the last time
Let my rhyme find its broken way through time
We all write a somber ending for the others to find
empty shells in metal boxes frozen in time
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Aeschlyus said, "Wisdom comes through suffering."
This is not some Voltaire-esque and mindless Panglossian "best of all possible worlds" trope, but a keen observation of mortal existence.
Suffering has a purpose–it teaches us things. There is an understandable drive to get rid of all human suffering. I get that. But a HUGE problem today is that parents strive to make sure that their kids never suffer.
But what if that means that the kids never learn? Is the "snowflake generation" a product of this misguided worldview? Are we damaging them because of our good but short-sighted intentions? I'm not at all sure that we are wise enough to know the end from the beginning.
Look, I'm not at all suggesting that it is moral for parents to inflict suffering. But there is a lot of suffering in this world already. I'm not at all sure it can be avoided.
I personally don't like having MS. At all. It is really overrated. But is there something valuable that I can learn from this? What can my wife learn from having a disabled husband?
My kids often ask me, out of the blue, if they can get me a drink of water. Now, I could do that myself, though it would certainly take effort to do so. But they are very much aware of my needs and wants. They are sensitive to others' needs in general, and they have learned that at home.
Just recently my son saw an elderly person struggling to put groceries in her trunk as he was pulling into a parking spot, so he jumped out and offered to help. So how will their (the kids') spouses and children benefit from my MS? How will others that I will never even meet benefit from my suffering?
So before we automatically assume that all suffering is categorically bad, let's take a step back. Maybe it usually is, and maybe it really sucks when it is happening to US. but what about in this particular case? What about the future? Are we wise enough to know?


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Intensive Zone is 30 feet, measured from the edges of the structure. Within this zone, several specific treatments are recommended.
Extensive Zone is 70 to 100 feet (or more) around your structures. It is an area of fuel reduction designed to reduce the intensity of any fire approaching your home. Follow these recommended management steps.
General Management Zone (GMZ) is of no specified size. It extends from the edge of your defensible space to your property lines. In this area, you are encouraged to manage your forests in a more traditional manner. Typical management objectives for areas surrounding home sites or subdivisions are: provide for recreational opportunities, aesthetics, tree health, and wind, noise, dust and visual barriers. Some sites may support limited production of firewood, fence posts, Christmas trees, and other forest commodities.
Driveway Standards
During a wildfire, firefighters will not drive their engine into your driveway if they feel it is unsafe for them to do so. What makes a safe driveway? Basically it is the same as defensible space around your home: Clearing and thinning vegetation from the roadway both horizontally and vertically, as well as providing a turnaround big enough for the engine, and turnouts to provide room for other vehicles to pass by safely.
Fuel is required for any fire to burn. With regards to wildfire, fuels almost always consist of vegetation, both living and dead (trees, shrubs, dried grasses, fallen branches, etc.) Houses, when involved in a wildfire, become a source of fuel. The amount, size, moisture content, arrangement, and other fuel characteristics influence ease of ignition, rate of fire spread, length of flames produced, and other fire behaviors.


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Kids have a way of making their parents feel discouraged and even angry. Sadly, sometimes parents return the favor.
There are a couple of occasions in the Bible where fathers are specifically charged to not provoke their children. In Colossians 3:21, Paul says that a father's provoking can leave his child feeling discouraged. In Ephesians 6:4, Paul again tells fathers not to provoke their children, this time saying that such actions lead to anger.
So what are those actions? What are some things that fathers do that could lead to their children becoming angry and discouraged? For a quick answer, just go to Wal-Mart. Kids are always provoking and being provoked at that place. But if you haven't got the time or the nerve for that, just read these warnings.
1. Fathers provoke their children to anger and discouragement by being absent.
This doesn't just mean divorce. Father are often cast as the bad guys in divorce. That's not always the case. For a lot of fathers, the divorce wasn't their choice but they still make every effort to be a dad to their children. As hard and as painful as it may be, there are ways for a father to be present when he's not in the home.
On the other side of that, it's possible for a father to be present in the home but absent in the life of his children. He convinces himself and at least tries to convince his wife and kids that 80 hour work weeks to "put food on the table" are more important than being around to train and instruct.
Fathers, your kids may not even know this yet but they don't want your stuff and your "food on the table" if it means that you're not sitting around that table to eat with them on a regular basis. Your frequently empty chair, or empty gaze as they try to talk to you, can leave them feeling discouraged, as if there is something wrong with them that is keeping them from winning your approval. Eventually, that discouragement mingles with anger as your kids realize that you are part of the problem. But hey, look on the bright side. Maybe one day they'll make a lot of money by writing a Grammy award winning song about how much they hate you and then you won't have to work those 80 hour weeks.
Fathers, your fully-engaged presence matters.
2. Fathers provoke their children to anger and discouragement by confusing gender lines.
There are two general ways that this happens. The most unusual instance, at least for now, is the father who assumes that his five-year-old boy needs a sex change operation because he likes to wear his mother's shoes. Man, I wish I was making that up.
But more common is the father who constantly calls his son a sissy for not knowing how to change a fuel pump before his tenth birthday or for watching a movie about a princess. Sure, he means no harm by the name calling. It's just his way of overcompensating for what he sees as a weakness in his son. But, as we all know, good intentions can still lead to bad results.
In this case, the bad result is a child who grows up confused about manhood and womanhood. Perhaps your child's confusion will manifest itself in a promiscuous lifestyle. Perhaps it will show up in a belief that being a man or a woman is more about what you do to yourself or how you feel about yourself than it is about how God made you. Either way, you can count on that confusion leading to anger and discouragement.
Fathers, if you want your kids to grow up to be real men and women, it's up to you and your wife to show them.
3. Fathers provoke their children to anger and discouragement by taking the fun out of fun.
For the healthy child, things like guitars and soccer balls are objects used for a good time and a few life lessons. But not for the provoked child. The provoked child has been told, in so many words, that the soccer ball is his ticket to a college scholarship. And those guitar lessons are to help him on his way to becoming a math genius and or rock star. For fathers who provoke their children in this way, there is no time for a summer afternoon spent doing nothing out in the backyard. There are places to go and it's your 11-year-old's responsibility to drive the whole family there. No pressure. Sure. Just plenty of discouragement and anger when your kid doesn't land exactly where you wanted him to.
Fathers, remember to have fun with your kids, not at their expense.
4. Fathers provoke their children to anger and discouragement by weighing them down with spiritual expectations that even God does not require of them.
Your kid may know how to recite 12 different catechisms in Latin but it means nothing if she's not first loving God with her total being and her neighbor as herself. If your kid has a talent for parsing Greek verbs while all of her other friends in the church nursery are tearing through diapers, that's great. I hope she continues to do well. But if that's not her thing, don't panic. Even more importantly, don't try to make it her thing. If you're not careful, she will begin to equate rigorous academic study with devotion to Jesus as if the two cannot be separated. Eventually, when the weight gets too heavy for her to carry, she will be left with anger and discouragement. And you might not be the only one that her anger is directed toward. It could be that you are raising someone who will grow to hate God because of your ridiculous expectations. Jesus has a word for parents, or any leaders, who cause others to fall away.
And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin." Matthew 17:1-2 (ESV)
Fathers, show your kids that Jesus isn't just another burden but that he is the One who came to set us free from all other burdens.


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Discussion in 'Prevx Releases' started by Rilla927, Oct 7, 2013.
Can I install WSA (since I have a license for my computer) on a smartphone?
Only if you have WSA-ISP or Complete and a seat for it. Other wise if your using Android based phone you can use the Free version of WSA-AV & the Free SecureWeb Browser and if for iOS again it depends on what you have WSA-ISP you can use the Free SecureWeb Browser and enter keycode to use the password management and if Complete the same but you can install the Back & Sync also.
Here is more info for Android and which version to install for what you have: https://community.webroot.com/t5/We...Version-Do-I-Download/ta-p/37300#.UlN3hxDVGN8
And for iOS: https://community.webroot.com/t5/We...ureSync-on-iOS-devices/ta-p/5191#.UlN4ERDVGN8
Thank you!
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Download Debtors apk 1.7 free for Android smartphone
Posted by mobware in Finance | Dec. 27, 2013 | 7 Comments
Apk file size: 1.9 MB
Save information about people who you borrow money. You never forget about it with this application.
NOW SYNC your debts and data between your devices with cloud!
Debtors is a debt tracker app for both things and money.
Debtors is a debt manager app for things and money. Keep record of all personal debts, bills and loans in this single app.
Default occurs when the debtor has not met its legal obligations according to the debt contract, e.g.- it has not made a scheduled payment, or has violated a covenant in the debt contract. Default may occur if the debtor is either unwilling or unable to pay its debt. This can occur with all debt obligations including bonds, mortgages, loans, and promissory notes.
If the debt owed becomes beyond the possibility of repayment, the debtor faces insolvency or bankruptcy; in the United Kingdom and some states of the United States until the mid-19th century, debtors could be imprisoned in debtor's prisons, while in some countries such as Greece the practice of imprisoning debtors is still practiced.
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Whats new
+ lot of fixes from our Users feedbacks (thanks to all);
+ sync improvements;
+ changes in debtors add functionality.
mobware part of our Finance and have average installs from 5000 to 10000. Last Update Dec. 27, 2013. Google play rating is 77.9775. Current verison is 1.7. Actual size 1.9 MB.
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7 Comments
Naresh Punia
Good application BUT backup restore is dummy. Backup file is always 0 bytes. I lost my debtors data after restore. Please confirm if its bug. You are requests to keep only complete components. Also include INR currency symbol which is Unicode 20B9.
Andres Olano
Resource hog Why is this app continuously running in the background when I haven't used it for days?
Darren Smith
Return date not working Return date not working, but otherwise a very good app
A Google User
Good app A good app. Wish the buttons where smaller or hidden so you could see your hole list. And the widget dont work at all. Big minus in my case
A Google User
Nice application for debts. Hello developers. I like your application, it it very useful and have good UI. Please add sync option, because I want share this info beetwen all my devices. Great work!
sivaprakash raja
Please try more best application
Ayo Bamidele
Nice Nice app, but please try and add other currencies like Nigerian NGN.