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Publication number | US5134681 A |
Publication type | Grant |
Application number | US 07/652,668 |
Publication date | Jul 28, 1992 |
Filing date | Feb 8, 1991 |
Priority date | Feb 13, 1990 |
Fee status | Lapsed |
Also published as | EP0442779A1 |
Publication number | 07652668, 652668, US 5134681 A, US 5134681A, US-A-5134681, US5134681 A, US5134681A |
Inventors | Frederic Ratovelomanana, Yannic Bourbin, Michel Papuchon |
Original Assignee | Thomson-Csf |
Export Citation | BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
Patent Citations (8), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (30), Classifications (14), Legal Events (4) | |
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet | |
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an integrated optic waveguide and to the method for making it. In particular, it relates to a structure in which the waveguide is buried.
In the past few years, new organic materials with promising electronic properties have been developed. There are two distinct aspects to research and design work on to these materials: these are the designing of the material (improvement of the physical characteristics, chemical synthesis, etc.) and the designing of the optoelectronic components that use these materials.
The object of the invention lies within the context of the latter aspect. Making optoelectronic components that use these new materials means that it is necessary, first of all, to design the architecture of the component, and secondly to devise and perfect the entire technological process needed for the effective fabrication of the component.
The object of the invention, therefore, relates to electronic components using electrooptical organic polymers. The electrooptical organic materials used in the making of these components are optically non-linear materials. This optic non-linearity is generally capable of being used only after the materials have been deposited as thin films (by spin-coating as in microelectronics) and polarized under an electrical field. It is thus possible to make small-sized phase or intensity modulators having good optical characteristics.
However, the one-dimensional confinement of the light is not sufficient. The making of an optoelectronic component dicates a search for two-dimensional confinement. The mastering of this technology will lead to a new generation of very low-cost integrated optoelectronic components: phase or intensity modulators, electrooptical switches for telecommunications by optic fibers, frequency doublers (to obtain, for example, green or blue radiation) for the storage or reading of data.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A number of approaches have been developed, enabling two-dimensional confinement to be achieved.
A first approach shown in FIG. 1 consists in locally increasing the effective index encountered by the light by locally increasing the thickness of the polymer. However, it is extremely difficult to keep to the dimensions dictated by the architecture of the component, both transversally and in depth. Furthermore, although FIG. 1 shows a perfect planarization of the polymer, this is rarely the case owing to the depth of the etching.
A second approach, shown in FIG. 2, provides for a direct dry or chemical etching of the polymer 1 which raises the problem of the etching mask and the quality of the result obtained.
A third approach, shown in FIG. 3, provides for the deposition of a metal electrode on the polymer and then for the etching of this electrode. This raises problems of selectivity of etching and of possible chemical damage to the polymer.
A fourth approach, shown in FIG. 4, provides for confinement by local modification of the nature of the material, which can be done by UV insolation through a mask. This raises a problem of diffraction and of the creation of an index gradient by uncontrollable UV radiation.
Finally, a fifth approach shown in FIG. 5 provides for a modification of the assymmetry of a planar guide by local doping of a glass substrate. This approach raises a problem of the polishing of the guide input and output faces.
The invention concerns a two-dimensional monomode guide meeting the following conditions:
it is easy to prepare the input and output faces for efficient coupling of light coming from an optic fiber.
the guide is not limited, in dimensions, by the technological process: it is possible to make micronic guides (1 to 2 μm) or submicronic guides (0.5 to 1.0 μm).
the propagation losses are diminished.
a batch fabrication technology is developed for the low-cost production of the components.
The invention therefore relates to an integrated optic waveguide including the following on a substrate:
a buffer layer with a first index of refraction;
a strip-shaped element with a second index of refraction;
a guiding layer made of a material with a third index of refraction; said guide further having the following characteristics:
the second index of refraction is greater than the third index which is greater than the first index;
the thickness of the strip is chosen to be very low so as to induce no optic losses but so as to obtain a confinement of light owing to its high refraction index.
The invention also concerns a method for making an optic guide according to claim 1, comprising the following successive steps:
a first step for the making, on a buffer layer with a first index, of a layer of a material with a second index higher than the first index;
a second step for the etching, in this layer with a second index, of at least one strip;
a third step for the deposition, on the strip and on part of the buffer layer not covered by the strip, of a guiding layer made of a material with a third refraction index that is smaller than the second refraction index.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the guiding layer may be made of a polymer material.
The optic guide according to the invention thus makes it possible to confine the light along strips with an index that is appreciably higher than the index of the polymer guiding layer. It can thus be made according to batch production techniques used in microelectronics, thus enabling the cost of the component to be reduced.
In this way, the invention enables the following solutions to problem:
low cost: it provides for the fabrication of waveguides in batches on a silicon substrate;
the preparation of the input and output faces of the guide: there is provision for a cleaving of the component;
control over the variation in effective index: the thickness of the strip with high index is adjusted;
reduction in the losses and dimensions of the guide: the strip is made by selective plasma attack (reactive ion etching), thus enabling the making of micronic (1 to 2 μm) or submicronic (0.5 to 1 μm) guides.
Furthermore, the device and the method of the invention are limited neither by the fragility nor by the nature of the polymer used for the guiding layer.
The various objects and characteristics of the invention will appear in the following description, as well as in the appended figures, of which:
FIGS. 1 to 5, described here above, show prior art techniques;
FIG. 6 exemplifies an embodiment of an optic guide according to the invention;
FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of the optic guide according to the invention;
FIG. 8 shows a view, in perspective, of the device according to the invention;
FIG. 9 exemplifies an embodiment of the device of the invention, including electrodes to apply an electrical field;
FIG. 10 shows an alternative embodiment of the device of FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 exemplifies an embodiment of a phase array obtained by placing an array of strips with a high index perpendicularly to an optic guide;
FIG. 12 exemplifies an embodiment of the device of the invention including several integrated optic guides;
FIGS. 13 and 14 show steps illustrating the fabrication method according to the invention.
Referring to FIG. 6, we shall now describe an exemplary embodiment of an optic guide according to the invention. An optic guide such as this has a buffer layer 1, with a refraction index n1, on a substrate S. On this layer 1, there is an element in the form, for example, of a strip 2 made of a material with an index n2. The entire unit is covered with an optic guiding layer with a refraction index n3.
The refraction index n2 of the strip 2 is greater than the refraction index n1 of the layer 1 and the refraction index n3 of the layer 3.
n2>n3 n2>nl.
The materials used for the layers 1 and 3 and the strip 2 are transparent to the wavelength of the optic guide and notably the strip 2 and the layer 3.
The object of the strip 2, with a high index n2, inserted between the two layers 1 and 3 with lower indices, is to obtain a two-dimensional confinement of the wave to be transmitted in the guide.
The index n2 of the strip 2 should be high enough for the confinement to be obtained by means of a very small strip thickness. For example, the thickness of the strip 2 will be some tens of nanometers.
In this way:
The light can be confined chiefly in the layer with an index n=greater than (n2, n3) and to adjust the shape of the electrical field of the optic wave in this layer by acting on its thickness, n2 being given.
Owing to the small thickness of the strip with an index n2, this strip can be considered to be only a disturbance in the confinement of light: it can therefore be stated that the strip with an index n2 has but very little influence on the losses of the guide.
According to the invention, it is also provided that the index n3 will be greater than the index n1 in such a way that the guiding is done in the layer 3.
According to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, the materials used are:
substrate S=silicon and, notably, crystalline silicon;
buffer layer 1=thermal silica;
strip 2=amorphous silicon or ITO (indium-tin-oxide) or
Si3 N4 ;
guiding layer 3: polymer.
The polymer of the guiding layer 3 may be an electrooptical or non-electrooptical polymer.
The device of FIG. 6 can work in the ambient air. In its upper part, therefore, the guiding layer 3 is in a medium with an index n4=1.
FIG. 7 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the guiding layer is covered with a buffer layer 4 with an index n4 (superstrate).
FIG. 8 shows a view in perspective of the device of the invention where it is seen that the element 2 may have the form of a strip.
A structure such as this was made on a silicon substrate with:
a buffer layer 1 of silica, with a 3 μm thickness, the index n1 of which is 1.45 at a wavelength λ=1.3 μm.
a strip 2 made of amorphous silicon with a 30 nm thickness and an index n2=3.8 for λ=1.3 μm,
a guiding layer 3 (with a 0.7 μm thickness) made of polymer with an index n3=1.6 for λ=1.3 μm.
The guiding layer 3 was in contact with the air (n4=1 at its upper part).
The effective indices of the polarized dominant TE or TM modes of a guide such as this are:
nTE =1.75
nTM =1.52
similar structure was made with a strip 2 made of silicon nitride (instead of amorphous silicon) with an index n2 =1.8 at λ=1.3 μm. With an 80 nm thickness of the strip 2, the following effective indices were obtained:
nTE =1.56
nTM =1.55
The device of the invention makes it possible to obtain a variation in effective index on the guiding layer 3 by the choice of thickness of the strip 2.
Furthermore, it enables the shape of the field in the guiding layer 3 to be adjusted, in providing for a refraction index n2 of the strip that is greater than the indices n1 and n3 and in adjusting the thickness of the strip 2 so that it has a sufficiently small value.
In this way, the strip 2 can be used to obtain efficient optic guiding without introducing losses.
The optic guiding according to the invention can be set up in the form of a modulator.
FIG. 9 shows a modulator such as this having microelectronic control circuits 5 integrated on a substrate S made of a semiconductor material (such as GaAs, InP, Silicon). The circuits 5 are connected by conductors 6 to a control electrode 7, also made on the substrate.
The entire unit is covered with a waveguide structure including a buffer layer 1 (made of silica for example), one or more strips 20, 21, at least one of which is positioned above the electrode 7, a guiding layer made of electrooptical polymer 3, a buffer layer 4. On its upper face, the buffer layer has an electrode 8. Means not shown, connectable to the electrodes, thus enable an electrical field to be applied to the structure.
The structure of FIG. 9 can thus work as a directional coupler to couple the light of a guide (guide formed by the strip 20) into the other guide (guide formed by the strip 21).
A guide such as this can also be laid out in the form of a:
electrooptical switch with two inputs and two outputs;
frequency doubler.
FIG. 10 shows a device in which the strip 2 is used also as an electrode to apply an electrical field to the waveguide. In this case, the electronic control circuits 5 and the conductors 6 for connection to the strip 2 are made on the buffer layer 1.
The strip 2 (made of amorphous silicon or indium-tin-oxide ITO, for example) makes it possible the confine the light but also to apply an electrical field of modulation to the electrooptical material of the layer 3. This structure makes it possible to improve the efficiency of the electrical field applied and in the case, for example, of a modulator, to improve the efficiency of the modulation.
The invention can also be applied to the making of integrated optic arrays such as are shown in FIG. 11.
To this end, a phase array is made above a two-dimensional guide or a plane guide. This phase array is obtained by a set of strips (2.1, 2.2 . . . 2.n) with a high index. By the fabrication techniques used for the etching of the strips 2.1 to 2.n, the width of the strips and their spacing may be very small. Thus, an array is obtained with an index enabling the spatial modulation of an optic guide. In this embodiment, the guiding can be done in the plane, or it may be linear guiding.
According to the invention, there is also provision, as shown in FIG. 12, for an optic guide structure with a vertical integration.
On the polymer layer 3, there is another buffer layer 4 on which there is another strip 2' covered with another guiding layer 3'.
The entire unit may be covered with another identical structure, and so on and so forth.
The method for making the optic waveguide according to the invention shall now be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. The substrate used is, for example, silicon.
In a first step, the face SO of the substrate S is cleaned. Then a layer of thermal silica is grown by thermal oxidation. Thus, the buffer layer 1 is obtained on the substrate S.
The process of growing SiO2 on silicon is done in an oxidation furnace.
For example, the following may be the operating conditions:
temperature of the furnace: 1100� C.
oxidation gas: de-ionized steam
duration of first oxidation: about 7 hours
annealing of first deposit: about 12 hours under nitrogen
duration of second oxidation: about 7 hours
annealing of second deposit: about 2 hours under nitrogen
This operation should imperatively be carried out continuously. The wafers should not leave the furnace during this oxidation.
It must be noted that the speed of growth of the silica film on the silicon substrate depends on the orientation of the silicon wafer.
With non-doped Si (100), a value of three microns is achieved with difficulty.
With doped Si (110), at the end of 7 hours, we have already 2.5 μm and, at the end of 14 hours, 3.0 μm of excellent quality SiO2 are obtained.
The annealing of the deposits under nitrogen is designed to expand the material and to localize the energy of the material in the grain boundaries, and to improve the microelectronic and optic qualities of the material.
At the end of the second step, a thin layer of a material with a high refraction index n2 is obtained. Thus, a structure such as the one shown in FIG. 13 is obtained.
The material used should fulfil several conditions:
it should have an index that is appreciably greater than that of the polymer or of the silica;
it should be capable of being deposited in ultra-thin layers with precision;
it should be transparent to the operating wavelength;
in the case of a modulator: it should be capable of acting as an electrode and, hence, of having good electrical qualities (low resistivity, etc.).
These characteristics lead to the use of silicon nitride (Si3 N4) or amorphous silicon.
The technique used for the deposition of this material could be, for example, of the PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) type. Deposition by LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) could also be considered. The thickness of a layer of some tens of nanometers (20 nm for example) may be controlled to within 4%.
During a third step, the strip is etched in the layer thus deposited during the second step. This etching can be done by selective chemical attack through a mask obtained by photolithography.
This photolithography is a decisive step in this fabrication method. It is this step that will fix the lateral roughness of the strips.
The structure obtained after the second step, bearing a silicon or nitride layer, is immediately resin-coated to be protected.
Then, the protective resin layer is removed in a primary acetone bath and then in a secondary bath of cold propanol to remove the traces of acetone.
The residual propanol is removed by nitrogen blowing or by keeping the deposit under heat for one hour or half an hour at 150�.
Then, a photosensitive resin is deposited, and then insolation is performed by means of UV radiation through a mask placed as close as possible to the photosensitive resin. After development of the resin and image, a structure such as the one shown in FIG. 14 is obtained. The strip is then etched by selective chemical attack, for example a chemical attack assisted by an ion bombardment (by reactive ion etching or RIE). Finally, the resin mask is removed.
During a fourth step, a polymer layer 3 and, possibly, another buffer layer 4 are deposited, by spin-coating for example. The structure of the invention shown in FIG. 6 is then obtained.
The method of the invention therefore enables a three-dimensional confinement in optoelectronic components, using electrooptical, organic materials.
Up till now, the approaches proposed consist, for example, in locally increasing the thickness of the polymer layer (by an etching of the polymer or of the substrate) or in locally modifying the intimate structure of the material by UV insolation. In both instances, we come up against problems of dimensions (the guides in the state of the art have a minimum width of 5 μm) or of control over the variation in effective index (index gradient for guides made by UV insolation) but, above all, problems of definition of the edges of guides (a preponderant problem in the direct etching of the polymer).
The approach proposed can be satisfactory from all points of view:
a) --transversal reductions in the dimensions of the guide: technologically, this method of designing the guides with organic materials comes under the usual technologies of microelectronics.
With RIE, it is possible to make 200 nm guides. It is possible to envisage dimensions that are smaller than this, with electronic lithography.
b) --sharpness of the guide made: quality of the definition.
c) --RIE reproduces the resin mask: this gives a good-quality guide
d) --checking of the effective index variation: in effect, the effective index is a function of three parameters, namely: the thickness of the zone with a high index, the thickness of the polymer layer, and the value of the highest index.
Finally, it may be noted that this method of confinement avoids disturbing the polymer layer.
The invention can be applied to the making of:
wideband organic modulators (phase or intensity modulators),
frequency doublers,
integrated devices with several levels, components with several levels, optic interconnections,
optic switches with two inputs and two outputs.
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"These poems are deeply elegiac, looking back over a long life lived in the various modes one comes to associate with Gilbert: desire, love, longing, and happiness . . . For Gilbert, these poems suggest a satisfaction and peace with all he has done. For the rest of us, we may take Gilbert's final work as a guide." —The Oregonian"The best poems here are valuable bulletins from a distant, private war fought over resources for affirmation, in which the most precious weapon is the capacity to 'say grace over / almost everything.'" —Poetry
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The Dance Most of All
PoemsBy Jack Gilbert
Copyright © 2009 Jack GilbertAll right reserved.
In the old days we could see nakedness only
in the burlesque houses. In the lavish
theaters left over from vaudeville,
ruined in the Great Depression. What had been
grand gestures of huge chandeliers
and mythic heroes courting the goddess
on the ceiling. Now the chandeliers were grimy
and the ceilings hanging in tatters. It was
like the Russian aristocrats fleeing
the Revolution. Ending up as taxi drivers
in Paris dressed in their worn-out elegance.
It was like that in the Pittsburgh of my days.
Old men of shabby clothes in the empty
seats at the Roxy Theater dreaming
of the sumptuous headliners
slowly discarding layers of their
lavish gowns. Baring the secret
beauty to the men of their season.
The old men came from their one room
(with its single, forbidden gas range)
to watch the strippers.To remember what used
to be. Like the gray-haired men of Ilium
who waited each morning for Helen
to cross over to the temple in her light raiment.
The waning men longed to escape from the spell
cast over them by time.To escape the imprisoned
longing.To insist on dispensation.To see
their young hearts just one more time.
Those famous women like honeycombs.Women moving
to the old music again. That former grace offlesh.
The sheen of them in the sunlight, to watch
them walking by the sea.
In the small towns along the river
nothing happens day after long day.
Summer weeks stalled forever,
and long marriages always the same.
Lives with only emergencies, births,
and fishing for excitement. Then a ship
comes out of the mist. Or comes around
the bend carefully one morning
in the rain, past the pines and shrubs.
Arrives on a hot fragrant night,
grandly, all lit up. Gone two days
later, leaving fury in its wake.
For Susan Crosby Lawrence Anderson
Ah, you three women whom I have loved in this
long life, along with the few others.
And the four I may have loved, or stopped short
of loving. I wander through these woods
making songs of you. Some of regret, some
of longing, and a terrible one of death.
I carry the privacy of your bodies
and hearts in me. The shameful ardor
and the shameless intimacy, the secret kinds
of happiness and the walled-up childhoods.
I carol loudly of you among trees emptied
of winter and rejoice quietly in summer.
A score of women if you count love both large
and small, real ones that were brief
and those that lasted. Gentle love and some
almost like an animal with its prey.
What is left is what's alive in me. The failing
of your beauty and its remaining.
You are like countries in which my love
took place. Like a bell in the trees
that makes your music in each wind that moves.
A music composed of what you have forgotten.
That will end with my ending.
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Jack Gilbert is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Gilbert lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Speaking of war, it's Frontier Airlines, which now includes Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines, versus AirTran Airways, which once tried to buy Midwest. Frontier has severed its frequent flyer program link with AirTran and AirTran has responded by offering 32 credits in its A+ Rewards program to any Midwest customer who donates 50,000 miles to charities associated with the Midwest Miles program. The 32 credits are good for one business-class roundtrip wherever AirTran flies.
And while Frontier and Midwest are merging their fleets and schedules, AirTran is bulking up. It is adding flights from Milwaukee to Washington/National and Boston and introducing two new routes (Milwaukee-New Orleans and Milwaukee-Sarasota, Florida). Just for a final tweak, AirTran has painted one of its planes with the logo of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
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The government's seizure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in early September was a historic event, a shocking twist in the tale of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).
One month after the takeover, Apartment Finance Today spoke with Mike May, Freddie Mac's senior vice president of multifamily sourcing, to get his views on the state of Freddie Mac, the development of the company's Capital Markets Execution (CME) program (based on the conduit lending model), and what the future might hold for the multifamily market.
Q: What's the main thing you want borrowers to know about the state of Freddie Mac?
A: A lot of people ask me that question and basically assume that my life is miserable. And they're generally surprised when I'm done talking to them. What I tell them is, preconservator, we had plans for growth, we had a focus on the future and building out product and capabilities, but we had some real constraints in terms of capital and portfolio usage. After the conservatorship, the main difference is we don't have constraints on capital or portfolio. I now have more capital to deploy. "¦ During the first four weeks before conservatorship, we averaged $425 million of multifamily and $285 million of rate-locks—that's a weekly average. In the four weeks after conservatorship, we averaged $500 million in multifamily and $340 million in rate-locks. So we haven't missed a beat.
Q: How would you answer critics like John McCain, who at a recent presidential debate said, "The catalyst for this housing crisis was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
A: I"˜d say I don't agree. The fact of the matter is that the agencies are an important supplier of mortgages, but we were not the only ones—in fact, we were a shrinking presence. Freddie and Fannie didn't touch subprime until that market had grown by an enormous amount, so the trend was already there. And we didn't hold that much in the end. So I think it's wrong. We financed our stuff with Freddie Mac debt and mortgage pass-throughs, and they're performing better than anything else. Bear Stearns went down before Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac was placed in conservatorship, Lehman was in trouble long before, and all that stuff had nothing to do with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac securities.
Q: What's your sense of what the fourth quarter is going to look like in terms of transaction volume?
A: Our month of September, we did almost $2 billion in multifamily loans, which was our fourth biggest month of the year. Year-to-date volumes are $18 billion through September—that number is twice what it was at the same time last year. But what we found is that buyers are rethinking where values are, so I believe there is going to be a contraction. It may be down in the neighborhood of 5 or 10 percent. I think next year will be down 10 percent for us. "¦ I do believe that people's views of cap rates have changed, they're going up. Their views on the strength of rent growth are beginning to be questioned.
Q: It seems that new multifamily developments will be difficult to finance next year. Where is the new construction financing going to come from in 2009?
A: I don't know. That's a huge issue. Any property that was pushing it a bit when they started construction in terms of the future performance is going to have some serious trouble getting permanent financing because there's only a couple of people in the market, and they're all pretty conservative right now.
Q: Immediately after the conservatorship went into effect, Freddie Mac's pricing went down about 20 basis points. Has that reduction been sustained?
A: We've done nothing but pass through costs on our pricing, so there was an immediate improvement after the conservatorship, and then the spreads turned around and widened out a bit in the following days. I think that with what's going on in the economy—it seems to be definitely going down a bad path—that we may increase our credit costs, which would raise prices slightly. But we're going to still be well inside of any other alternative out in the market.
Q: Will 7 percent debt be the standard next year?
A: It's a function of the Treasury. I think that being somewhere in the 300 to 350 [basis point] range [as a] spread over Treasuries is a standard.
Q: Has Freddie Mac made any underwriting changes since the conservatorship?
A: Debt coverage is still 1.20x, and in some cases 1.25x. The main change that we've put in place is we used to do a fair amount of exceptions to policy for the right reasons. We're backing off exceptions, we don't see a lot of reasons to stretch credit right now.
Q: Can borrowers still get 80 percent financing from Freddie Mac?
A: I don't think that'll work. We're more in a 70 [percent] range.
Q: Will Freddie's multifamily operations get more aggressive now that it has more room in its portfolio?
A: I think the right way to think about it is, we won't exit the market. Just look at every other market and what the banks and the insurance companies have done: They've exited the market, they're conserving their capital, and they're waiting. We're not doing that. We're sticking to the original plan of growth and fully servicing the market.
Q: After 2009, Freddie Mac's portfolio cap has to shrink about 10 percent annually: Does Freddie Mac intend to shift its focus to its guarantee or securitization business to shrink the cap?
A: The CME program is perfect for avoiding the use of the retain portfolio. It's working well. You should see us finishing the pilot out and making it a standard execution over the next three to four months. And on top of that we're considering whether or not we want to do a straight pass-through, which would keep it off the balance sheet and use a Freddie Mac guaranteed bond to finance it. Right now, just about every single mortgage we buy we place in the portfolio, finance it with debt. Only a subset of that population really needs that, the rest of those could be financed with a pass-through, or with our CME.
Q: How much have you closed in the CME program so far?
A: We have about $500 million in the pipe, and that's only with five lenders—only four of them are truly active. The rest of the lenders are very eager to get in, and we're considering expanding the pilot. But really what we need to do is just get through the pilot and open it up for our full-fledged program.
Q: Has the worsening economic environment made you rethink the timing of a CME-related issuance?
A: Nope. We want to get to issuance as soon as we can to test the concept. We've kept in touch with the street firms that are interested, and we've kept in touch with B-piece buyers, and we still believe that—given that we're willing to own everything above the B piece—the execution will work fine.
Q: Have you had to suspend any new program developments because of the conservatorship?
A: No, not really. It became a little bit more difficult after the legislation passed; new products require a lot more overhead to get through the system. There's a comment period that's required now for public comment and then far more regulatory interaction. But everything we had in the pipe was more tweaks on existing products, so nothing's all-out brand new. One product—student housing—that we brought out this year seems to be working out pretty well for us. We've also invested in our existing products like seniors housing. We've added three full-time people to focus solely on seniors hosuing, and we've seen a pretty good pickup of that business.
Q: Many of our readers are concerned about the long-term prospects of Freddie Mac. What would you say in response to their concerns?
A: Now more than ever I guess the GSEs are showing their value. So after going through one of the worst financial crises certainly in any of our lives, the couple of things that worked right—Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae— provided liquidity when everyone else was running away. "¦ I can't believe, whatever the outcome is, that there won't be something that will provide that sort of a liquidity when it's needed. But what form it takes is for smarter people than me to figure out.


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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.29 / 5.00 3,812 ViewsI'm VERY SORRY for the file size!
Skater007 kept telling me to release the full flash.......now I am.
The Ryu vs Akuma will come and the battle music will change :D*
*I added Ryu getting drunk to try something new, Ryu can't be normal all the time right? I wanted to use some creativity*
Good. but 2 much of a good thing iz a lil bad =P
u allready know it was 2 long, it was great, but veeeery long. and u used the effects of darkening the BG and having after images on ken and ryu wich was great. but I allmost get the feeling u learned this in the middle of ur flash. there were many parts in the beggining that needed those 2 effects. but overall good.
P.S. U had very good haduken effects, but ur dust 4 evil ryu's Intro ... what happended there ? <.< >.>
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This is awesome brother, didn't get the drunk thing at first but hey every story has to start somewhere. You have to tell me were you get these wicked sprites. You manipulate them perfectly, fast paced and loaded with action, you can even slow down the moment and close up to give it extra excitement. Keep these guys beating the crap out of each other it's kool.
I will ^_^ and thanks bra!
Really well made I'm proud of you. Keep rocking Slicingclaws.
I will ^_^
I guess this is what you get when you mix things like this with a good story. The story was decent but not good. 1 thing I should say is that Ryu wouldn't get drunk on his own, maybe, getting drunk after he heard his family get killed I could go on forever so I'll stfu.
I thought this was gonna go FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond Repair), but you pulled through. Nice job but sorry to say the ending sucked dick.
Good job, I'll release mine soon old friend.
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It did.
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This book is evidence of the world's greatest gay, equine, military, epistolary romance.
These powerfully moving letters were exchanged between two of the most significant warhorses in history: the dignified Marengo, devoted bearer of Napoleon; and the dashing Copenhagen, a slightly flighty racehorse who became the warhorse of the Duke of Wellington. Originally made public by the highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig, this correspondence has melted the hearts of many, and surprised a great many more. Now, the maverick academics who painstakingly tracked down each yellowing, crumbling cache of letters, have arranged and edited them into book form, adding a wealth of learned hoofnotes full of fascinating factual facts that will deepen the reader's understanding both of Napoleonic history and that sadly neglected branch of academe, horsethropology.
Some readers may think they notice lots of facts that are less factual, often much less factual. To those readers, we offer the wise words of Marengo himself: Open your minds, open your hearts, you have nothing to lose but your reins
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"MORE than twenty years ago, the author, working in conjunction with Now, there is really no way to interpret this other than that Napoleon Hill, and perhaps a number of those brilliant and successful men whose lives he studied, believed that psychic abilities exist, including telepathy and forms of clairvoyance. And this has been, and continues to be, a sticking point for many who might otherwise appreciate this book. His basic contention: 1) Under certain circumstances, every brain is capable of picking up "vibrations" from other brains. 2) That this ability can be accessed through sex transmutation and other focusing of "energies." 3) That this capacity can operate as a mega "Mastermind," tapping us into a group or universal wisdom (similar to what is referred to as the "Akashic Records.) There are two positive ways of addressing this belief: 1) One, that it is correct, and that we must expand our beliefs to include such capacities. 2) That it is a metaphor. In other words that under certain circumstances, our brains behave as if we are "picking information up" from other minds. We access previously unknown depths of creativity, intelligence, courage, problem-solving, and so forth. It would be totally possible to focus on the fact that non-physical communication is contrary to your model of the universe, and miss the fact that what Hill did was observe a useful phenomenon and misinterpret its origin--and that would be foolish of us. From my own perspective, it is better to ask: "what might that phenomenon have been? Is there something advantageous happening here?" I think there is. Briefly, when you combine clear goals with powerful emotions,you reach a point where what Hill calls "Creative Imagination" begins to produce ideas previously undreamed of. "You have but three principles to bear in mind, and 1) Have a clear, written goal 2) Visualize and emotionalize your process and result every day. 3) See how accomplishing your goal will improve your sex life. Feel it and let yourself get turned on by the idea. 4) Take daily action toward your intent. Hill speaks more and more of "intangible" capacities toward the end of the book, until you'd wonder if TAGR was a stealth version of "The Secret." Considering that it is the best-selling self-help book of all time, I suggest that you neither reject nor accept what says automatically. But that you try its suggestions out for yourself. You're smart enough to figure out what is true, what is false, and what might be a genuine, if mis-labeled, phenomenon. best game in town! Steve
the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, and Dr. Elmer R. Gates, observed
that every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station
for the vibration of thought."--Napoleon Hill
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SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, CREATIVE IMAGINATION, and AUTO-SUGGESTION.
The stimuli through which you put these three principles into action
have been described— the procedure begins with DESIRE."--Napoleon Hill
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TAGR #12: The Brain (as broadcaster/receiver)
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Another time I must commend you on your ability to put words, (that fit so well), to such an important concept.
I would not have posted as anonymous, but that was what I could get to work. Is this a new system for posting? dale averill, as I should have signed the earlier post.
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Oasis of Marr
The Oasis of Marr is a large desert area that lies in the middle of the Desert of Ro. The oasis itself is inhabited by crocodiles of all types, and the island in the middle has a temple that is surrounded by spectres. The zone is one of the most dangerous in this part of the world. This is a very popular grouping zone for people in the 10-20 level range.
This is a very dangerous zone, mostly because almost every creature in the zone is both powerful and aggressive. The pumas are the least of your concerns, the wandering madmen, mummies, and sand giants are much more dangerous. Add to that the fact that many lower level characters travel through here en route from Freeport or Neriak to the swamps to the south. Two noteworthy creatures are Cazel, who is a very high level sand giant that appears now and then, and is generally unkillable even by the groups hunting sand giants here. He can leave reams of bodies stacked on the shore. The other is the dry bone skeleton, or "DBS," who wanders over the entire zone. These creatures are also in the high teens and are aggressive and tough to take down. They are also not too easily seen against the sand of the area, and sometimes can be confused for some necromancer's pet.
There are some special notes to hunting orcs here that you should be aware of. Anyone hunting the "Orc Highway" should be hunting in a group. The reason is that there is always a large number of orcs slowly wandering around the area. Even the best and most awake puller is going to, at some point, pull more than intended and you're going to wind up fighting a swarm of them. The orc priests are truly evil, and should be taken out first as they will heal themselves and others during battle. Also be aware that there is a slight naming difference between "an orc warrior" and "a orc warrior." The "an" orcs are in their mid-teens in level, while the "a" orc is more like 20th. This means that, especially for lower level groups, you must /con as you go to make sure you're not pulling a big baddie.
To travel through this zone, the safest route (from north to south) is to travel along the eastern edge of the zone, along the water. The crocodiles along here are not aggressive, and you can travel most of the edge without being attacked. The only concern in this area is that, quite often, players from the lake tower will pull spectres to the zone and the ghastly creature will wind up slowly floating down the shore, destroying those they meet. Keep your shout channel open to hear the warnings. The southern edge is by far the most dangerous, as there is a slightly higher concentration of powerful creatures and the dunes make it hard to see them as you make your way to zone. Desert madmen roam this area and are far more powerful than you can tell by /con'ing them. Use the tops of the sand dunes to watch the surrounding creatures and their movements, and move quickly to the zone edge. Don't fight anything in the middle of the desert, because you'll get swarmed.
This area is good hunting for people who are looking to fight creatures of the levels described above. The crocodiles and caimans along the eastern edge provide good hunting for characters in their low teens for level and their older cousins the deepwaters can carry you all the way up to around 20th. If you're savvy, you can also get a regular supply of them from the water, although your swimming skill must be pretty good to actually make it back to shore. There is also the "Orc Highway" that provides some good training for grouping, as well as good loot and experience, and actually extends along the entire western edge of the zone and not just at the most packed area on the NW corner of the lake.. Higher levels can pull the spectres from the main island as well as hunt sand giants here. There is also something of an economy here. There is a gypsy camp near the lake that sells combine weapons as well as other more average equipment. The Inn at the southern edge of the lake, although in a very dangerous spot, also sells items (although at a very inflated price).
Traveling To and From
The Oasis of Marr can be reached from the north along a large border it shares with the Northern Desert of Ro. Along the southern edge there is a small range of mountains, but there is a narrow pass in the middle of the southern edge of the oasis through which travelers can pass into the Southern Desert of Ro.
What's in this zone?
NPCs - Found 27 NPCs that spawn in Oasis of Marr:
NPC Name | Race | Class | Level | Location | Known Loot | Description |
A Cistern Asp | Giant Snake | Warrior | 9 - 13 | Various | Asp Poison Sac , Asp Poison Sac WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Giant Snake Fang , Giant Snake Fang QUEST ITEM Snake Venom Sac Snake Venom Sac WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL |
Description needed. |
A Crypt Mummy | Zombie | Warrior | 13 | Various | Various | Description needed. |
A Deepwater Goblin | Goblin | Cleric | 36 | Various | Various | Generally found underwater. They are hostile and like to nuke. |
A Puma | Puma | Warrior | 5 - 10 | Various | Various | Found wandering in many mid-level zones. Pumas tend to be found in the sandy parts of their habitats. |
A Sand Giant | Giant/Cyclops | Warrior | 33, 35, 37 | Various | Various | In the Northern Desert of Ro there is one Sand Giant that spawns at (-152, 366). This is just South West of the big ... |
A Spectre | Spectre | Wizard | 36 - 37 | Various | Various | Description needed.
Spawn locs in oasis? (-450, 381), (-370, 411), (-397, 393), (-363, 427), (-397, 427) Respawn time:... |
A caiman | Alligator | Warrior | 11 - 13 | Various | Chunk of Meat , Chunk of Meat QUEST ITEM Gator Meat Gator Meat QUEST ITEM |
The lowest level of the crocs in Oasis (a caiman, a crocodile, a deepwater caiman, a deepwater crocodile, Lockjaw). The... |
A crocodile | Alligator | Warrior | 13 - 15 | Various | Chunk of Meat , Chunk of Meat QUEST ITEM Gator Meat Gator Meat QUEST ITEM |
Second lowest level of the crocs in Oasis (a caiman, a crocodile, a deepwater caiman, a deepwater crocodile, Lockjaw). |
A deepwater crocodile | Alligator | Warrior | 17-21 | 100% @ (-469, -649) | Rune of Scale , Rune of Scale MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NODROP Chunk of Meat , Chunk of Meat QUEST ITEM Gator Meat Gator Meat QUEST ITEM |
Spawns in Sro or Oasis in classic? |
A ghoul | Ghoul | Warrior | 13-17 | Various | Rusty Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Raw-hide Armor | These undead creatures can be quite dangerous to low-level players, as they are always aggressive and proc [[Ghoul Root]... |
A young ronin | Human | Monk | 16 | (-904, 1138)? | Torn Sash Torn Sash MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP |
On p99, spawns in Oasis at the southern most Derv camp, middle tent. (-1475, 1396). |
An Asp | Giant Snake | Warrior | 10 | Various | None | Description needed. |
An Orc Priest | Orc | Cleric | 15 | See Discussion | Various | Spawns in both Oasis and Sro? Spawn in Rathe Mountains is a PH for Grazhak the Berzerker. |
Arthikus | Zombie | Warrior | 33 | 100% @ (2387, 5), (562, 95) | Golden Earring Golden Earring Slot: EAR |
Description needed. |
Cazel | Giant/Cyclops | Warrior | 51 | 50% @ (1553, 782), 50% @ (-236, -667) | Various | Sand Giant that roams from Orc Highway to Docks and along the water to Nro. Sometimes looks like a cyclops. Snare-able,... |
Gadallion | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 45 | (493, 0) | (Merchant) | Description needed. |
Hatar | Giant/Cyclops | Warrior | 20 | 50% @ (1553, 782), 50% @ (-236, -667) | Fine Silk Turban , Fine Silk Turban MAGIC ITEM Jambiya Jambiya MAGIC ITEM |
Confirmed he spawns in Oasis. 9/16/2012 |
Hurgo Felcind | Human | Monk | 7 | 50% @ (-532, -417) | None | Description needed. |
Innkeep Marnan | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 30 | (-1321, -261) | (Merchant) | Description needed. |
Innkeep Tizzy | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 45 | (-1307, -306) | (Merchant) | Description needed. |
Isslana | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 35 | (512, 71) | (Merchant) | Gypsy merchant selling basic provisions and some alchemy supplies. |
Lockjaw | Alligator | Warrior | 25 | 50% @ (943, -746), (-1301, -867) | Lockjaw Hide Vest , Lockjaw Hide Vest MAGIC ITEM Glowing Wooden Crook , Glowing Wooden Crook MAGIC ITEM Gator Meat Gator Meat QUEST ITEM |
This named crocodile is much tougher than the regulars on the beach of the desert. He is usually taken down within secon... |
Mantrek Needlebender | Human | Monk | 7-8 | (-554, -375) | None | Description needed. |
Ranzall Netcaster | Human | Monk | 9 | 50% @ (-594, -434) | None | Description needed. |
Synthan | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 35 | (597, -6) | (Merchant) | Description needed. |
Taldrik Stumpystout | Dwarf | Warrior | 61 | 100% @ (-1788, 1347) | Fishing Pole Fishing Pole Slot: PRIMARY |
Description needed. |
Transan | Qeynos Citizen | Shopkeeper | 35 | (613, 51) | (Merchant) | Description needed. |
Items - Found 3 items that drop in Oasis of Marr:
Item Name | Drops From | Slot | Stats |
Bag of Sea Salt
Bag of Sea Salt This is a meal. |
None? | (None) | This is a meal WT: 0.6 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL |
Glowing Wooden Crook
Glowing Wooden Crook MAGIC ITEM |
Lockjaw | 2H Blunt | Atk Delay: 35 DMG: 11 WT: 8.5 Size: LARGE Class: ALL except ROG NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL |
Lockjaw Hide Vest
Lockjaw Hide Vest MAGIC ITEM |
Lockjaw | Chest | AC: 12 STA: +5 WT: 1.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL |


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Mumbai: The Haryana government and other organisations may have showered rich rewards upon Sakshi Malik, but the wrestler, who clinched the bronze medal at Rio recently, can expect nothing except a pat on the back from her 'parent organisation' -Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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Sakshi received gifts and also cash prizes from the Haryana government, Indian Railways and International Fitness Festival, among others. One would have thought the main body — the Wrestling Federation of India — would also shower their wrestler with some cash prizes. But they could only congratulate the wrestler for the feat. They could not present any monetary award to Sakshi because, WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said, the organisation does not have any money.
The chief also took this opportunity to highlight the fact that the money provided by the government is too less, and he has to dig deep into his own pocket to conduct some competitions.
"We've no money to reward Sakshi. The government gives us Rs 2 lakh to conduct the nationals, which is way too less. I almost spend Rs 1 crore from my pocket to conduct the senior nationals, and Rs 50 lakh each to hold the cadet and junior wrestling competitions. Sadly, no big sponsor has come to back us so far," Times of India quoted Singh as saying.
This is the dismal situation for the sport, which has produced some of the Olympic medallists for India in the recent past. What is also demotivating is the lack of sponsors, who only eye cricket as a major sport in India. Singh revealed some more astonishing facts about the treatment meted out to the wrestlers of the country the by Sports Authority of India as well.
"You know, every kid training at SAI-affiliated centre gets Rs 700 per month to manage his/her expenses. This amount should be at least Rs 7,000. With such an approach, how do you expect to match China, Japan and other top sporting nations of the world," Singh said.