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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Terrell Owens finally has a place to plug in his popcorn-maker now that the Buffalo Bills receiver has found a place to live in his new town.
Real estate agent Maureen Flavin said Wednesday that Owens has agreed to lease a 4,500-square-foot newly built home in an upscale community in Orchard Park, not far from Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The search took several months in part because the type of large homes Owens was interested in usually aren't on the rental market, Flavin said. The search also made headlines after Owens said he was turned down from viewing one home because the owners didn't want any drama in their neighbourhood.
"It was a lot of fun, and he absolutely knew what he wanted and some things just fell into my lap," said Flavin, who discovered the place with assistance from developer David Stapleton, who built the home.
Owens wasn't immediately available for comment, but made note of his new living arrangements by posting two comments on his Twitter.com site early Wednesday morning.
Aside from thanking "ALL the people," who opened their homes to him, he also credited those who assisted him in finding him a place to stay.
He's scheduled to take possession on July 1.
Owens was intent on renting rather than buying after signing a one-year, US$6.5-million contract with Buffalo in early March shortly after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys. He already owns homes in Atlanta, Dallas, Miami and New Jersey.
Owens spent the past two months looking at homes across the Buffalo region. His search included viewing two condominiums on the city's waterfront, which were shown to him by Flavin and filmed by VH-1 for the receiver's upcoming reality show to be broadcast on the cable network.
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Incoming data pulses from a transmission channel are differentially combined with weighted data pulses from preceding cycles to form an updating signal fed in parallel to a multiplicity of weighting circuits for digital multiplication with respective coefficients K1 - KN, the output signals from these weighting circuits being synthesized in staggered relationship to form a composite signal fed to a quantizing decoder. The weighting coefficients K1 - KN are continuously modified under the control of an error signal derived from a locally generated reference code during an acquisition phase and from the decoder output during an operating phase.
1. An equalizer for digital messages insertable between a transmission channel and a load, comprising:
a data input for incoming pulses;
a multiplicity of branch leads;
adjustable weighting means in each of said branch leads;
summing means connected to said data input and to said branch leads for algebraically combining an incoming data pulse with weighted pulses from said branch leads to form an updating signal fed in parallel to said branch leads for yielding said weighted pulses;
synthesizing means connected to said branch leads for additively combining said weighted pulses into a composite signal;
comparison means connected to a source of reference signals and to said synthesizing means for deriving an error signal from said reference and composite signals; and
arithmetic means connected to said comparison means for translating said error signal into a control signal fed to said weighting means for adjusting same to vary the magnitude of said weighted pulses in a sense tending to reduce said error signal.
2. An equalizer as defined in claim 1 wherein said synthesizing means comprises a multiplicity of cascaded delay networks respectively inserted in said branch leads downstream of said weighting means thereof, and adding means in each branch lead other than the first one connecting a junction between the weighting means and the delay network thereof to the output of the immediately preceding delay network.
3. An equalizer as defined in claim 2 wherein each of said branch leads further includes additional weighting means downstream of said delay network thereof for multiplying the delayed weighted pulses with a coefficient independent of said updating signal prior to transmission of the weighted pulse to said summing means.
4. An equalizer as defined in claim 2, further comprising a shift register with a multiplicity of stages having outputs respectively connected to the weighting means of said branch leads in reverse order, the last stage output being connected to the first branch lead, the first stage having an input connected to said summing means for receiving said updating signal therefrom for successive transmission to all said weighting means via respective stages in counterflow to the progress of the weighted pulses through said cascaded delay networks.
5. An equalizer as defined in claim 4, further comprising stepping means for advancing said updating signal from one stage of said shift register to the next at intervals equaling the delay time of said networks.
6. An equalizer as defined in claim 4 wherein said arithmetic means includes first multiplier means connected to said comparison means for receiving said error signal and storage means for delivering a modification factor to said first multiplier means to generate said control signal in the output thereof, said weighting means comprising second multiplier means connected to the associated stage output and to said first multiplier means for forming the digital product of said control signal and the delayed updating signal.
7. An equalizer as defined in claim 6 wherein said weighting means further comprises accumulating means connected to said second multiplier means for receiving said digital product, and third multiplier means with input connections to said accumulator means and to said summing means for digitally multiplying an algebraic sum of successive digital products with said updating signal to produce a weighted pulse.
8. An equalizer as defined in claim 7 wherein said storage means comprises a memory with a multiplicity of modification factors stored therein, said arithmetic means further including a spectrum analyzer with an input connection to said summing means and with an output connection to a stepping input of said memory for reading out successive modification factors therefrom until said updating signal substantially has the spectrum of white noise.
9. An equalizer as defined in claim 1 wherein said source of reference signals comprises a local code generator and wherein said load includes a quantizing decoder, further comprising switchover means for connecting said comparison means to said code generator during an acquisition phase and to said decoder during a working phase.
10. An equalizer as defined in claim 9 wherein said synthesizing means has an output lead for delivering said composite signal to said decoder.
Our present invention relates to an equalizer for digital messages designed to be inserted between a channel for high-speed data transmission and a load receiving the transmitted data.
In the transmission of digital data on a telephone channel, for example, signal degradation generally occurs on account of thermal noise and interference between adjoining data pulses which may partly overlap, especially if transmission speeds are high. To minimize such distortion, use is conventionally made of filtering networks known as equalizers which are designed to flatten the amplitude characteristic and to linearize the phase characteristic of the transmission channel. Such conventional equalizers, consisting of cascaded passive phase shifters, are based upon the structural characteristics of the signal path and cannot take into account certain factors arising only in operation.
More recent developments, therefore, include the design of adjustable equalizers of the so-called "transverse-filter" type with a response characteristic adaptable to existing operating conditions. These equalizers are put through two successive phases, i.e. a preliminary or acquisition phase and a subsequent operational or working phase. In the acquisition phase the equalizer rapidly adjusts itself, on the basis of a series of predetermined test codes transmitted over the channel and identical reference codes generated locally at the receiving end, while during the working phase it follows the gradual changes in transmission characteristics in response to an error signal fed back from a signal-regenerating unit in its output. Such a signal regenerator, which may be referred to as a decision network, quantizes the data pulses issuing from the equalizer according to predetermined levels of pulse magnitude; the detected differences between the quantized levels and the actual output signal serve for the automatic adjustment of the parameters of the equalizer in a sense tending to reduce the error signal to zero.
Such dynamic equalizers operate generally satisfactorily in the case of relatively low pulse cadences, with little or no superposition of adjoining data pulses; they are not very effective against noise distortion which, e.g. in communication systems utilizing tropospheric or ionospheric channels, can assume greater significance than intercharacter interference. Moreover, their initial adjustment at the start of communication or following temporary loss of signal is relatively slow, calling for a lengthy acquisition phase.
The object of our present invention, therefore, is to provide an improved dynamic equalizer for the purpose set forth which avoids the aforestated drawbacks and which can be used with a variety of digital transmission systems employing amplitude modulation, phase-shift keying or a combination thereof as well as multilevel linear coding, with various modes of transmission including both single and double sideband.
We realize this object, in accordance with out present invention, by the provision of an equalizer having a data input for incoming pulses as well as a multiplicity of branch leads each provided with adjustable weighting means. The data input and the branch leads are connected to a summing circuit which algebraically combines an incoming data pulse with weighted pulses from the several branch leads to form an updating signal fed in parallel to all these leads. The branch leads are further connected to a synthesizing circuit which additively combines their weighted pulses, derived from the updating signal, into a composite signal. Another summer, acting as a comparison circuit, is connected to the synthesizing circuit and to a source of reference signals, specifically to a local code generator during the acquisition phase and to a quantizing decoder during the working phase, for deriving an error signal from the aforementioned reference and composite signals; with the aid of arithmetic means connected to the comparison circuit, this error signal is translated into a control signal fed to the weighting means for adjusting same so as to vary the magnitude of the weighted pulses in a sense tending to reduce the error signal.
According to a more specific feature of our invention, the synthesizing circuit comprises a multiplicity of cascaded delay networks respectively inserted in the several branch leads downstream of their weighting means, each branch lead other than the first one containing an adder at a junction between its weighting means and its delay network connected to the output of the immediately preceding delay network.
According to a further feature of our invention, the updating signal is delivered to the weighting means of the several branch leads through a shift register having a stage output for each of these leads, the updating signal progressing through the shift register in counterflow to the weighted pulses passing through the cascaded delay networks whose delay time equals the time of transfer from one register stage to the next.
The above and other features of our invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a communication system including an equalizer according to our invention;
FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the equalizer of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a more detailed diagram of certain components of the equalizer shown in FIG. 2.
In FIG. 1 we have shown a communication system for the transmission of binary messages originating at a source SO which works into a linear coder CD of conventional type. A coherent modulator MC, receiving a carrier wave from a nonillustrated oscillator, modulates that carrier with the output of coder CD in the normal operating position of a switch SW and with code words from a pseudo-random code generator PC in the alternate position of that switch, i.e. during an acquisition phase. The resulting signals si are fed to a transmission channel CA symbolically represented as including a summing circuit S1 in which random noise sn is superimposed upon the signals si. At the receiving end, the signals are detected in a coherent demodulator DC which is periodically sampled in a circuit CP at a bit rate 1/τ. The series of bits are supplied on a line 1 to an equalizer EQ according to our invention, of the recursive-filter type more fully described hereinafter, whose output pulses u reach a decision circuit or quantizing decoder DD designed to reconstitute the message signals from source SO as is well known per se. In the acquisition phase, equalizer EQ receives via a switch SW' a sequence of codes from an output lead a of another pseudo-random code generator PC' synchronized with generator PC at the transmitting end. During steady-state operation, i.e. in the working phase, switch SW' feeds back the quantized pulses on an output lead b of decoder DD to equalizer EQ.
The construction of the equalizer EQ has been illustrated in FIG. 2 and is based upon our analysis of an algorithm of recursive filtration described by R. E. Kalman in an article entitled "A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems," Journal of Basic Engineering/Transactions of the ASME, March 1960. The article deals with the regeneration of signals of predetermined and time-invariant characteristics subject to noise and distortion in a dynamic system. The application of this theory to communication systems is discussed by H. Kaufman and R. E. Lawrence in an article entitled "The Kalman Filter For the Equalization of a Digital Communication Channel", IEEE, Transactions on Communication Technology, Vol. COM-19, December 1971. According to the latter article, an output signal may be synthesized from staggered constituents derived from an incoming data pulse and from data pulses received in preceding cycles, these constituents being weighted by respective coefficients K1, K2, . . . KN to satisfy certain equations defining the current state of the signal. These constant coefficients K1 etc. are determined by the structural characteristics of the communication channel in question.
We have found, in accordance with our present invention, that improved performance is obtained by varying the coefficients K1 etc. as functions of certain channel parameters c1, c2, . . . cN depending on statistical signal and noise properties, under the control of an error signal derived during the acquistion phase from the local code generator pc' and in the working phase from the output of decoder DD and under the further control of an updating signal obtained from the recursive filter.
The equalizer EQ shown in FIG. 2 comprises a summing circuit S2 with an additive input receiving incoming data pulses from line 1 and with several subtractive inputs receiving weighted pulses from respective equalizer stages EL1, EL2, EL3, . . . ELN. The output of summer S2 is fed on a lead 2 as an updating signal to a multiplicity of weighting circuits A1, A2, A3, . . . AN forming part of the aforementioned equalizer stages. These circuits energize respective branch leads v1, v2, v3, . . . vN extending through respective delay networks T1, T2, T3, . . . TN to the next-higher stages and, in the case of the last stage ELN, to an outgoing line 0 carrying composite signals uN. Alternatively, the output signals of the equalizer could also be derived from one of the preceding stages, as particularly illustrated at u2 for stage EL2 ; the choice can be determined empirically from a comparison of the several stage outputs. The selected stage lead delivers the final output signal u to decoder DD, FIG. 1, for quantization and regenerative retransmission via lead b in parallel with a nonillustrated receiver. Networks T1 - TN have delay periods equal to a sampling interval or clock cycle τ.
The individual stage outputs from delay networks T1 etc. are also delivered to respective digital multipliers M21, M22, M23, . . . M2N, along with channel coefficients c1, c2, c3, . . . cN derived from respective accumulators R1, R2, R3, . . . RN with input connections to other digital multipliers M11, M12, M13, . . . M1N, respectively. The latter multipliers are supplied in parallel, by way of respective switches D1, D2, D3, . . . DN, with reference pulses of code generator PC' via lead a in the acquisition phase and with quantized pulses from decoder DD via lead b in the working phase; they further receive a control signal W' from a multiplier M' as more fully described hereinafter. Accumulators R1 - RN store the sum total of corrective pulses, of either polarity, previously received from multipliers M11 - M1N.
Each equalizer stage except the first one also includes a digital adder Σ1, Σ2, . . . ΣN -1, of the same general type as summing circuits S1 and S2, combining the instantaneous outputs of the associated weighting circuits A2 - AN with the delayed outputs of their respective predecessor stages. Signal uN on lead 0 is therefore synthesized, in staggered fashion, from a multiplicity of components derived from the several weighting circuits A1 - AN whose variable multiplication factors constitute the aforementioned weighting coefficients K1, K2, K3, . . . KN. These weighting coefficients are determined by a control signal W" issuing from a digital multiplier M" which, like multiplier M', receives an error signal e' from a summing circuit Σ0. This summing circuit has a first input connected to lead 0 and a second input alternately connectable, by a switch D0 ganged with switches D1 - DN, with lead a (in the acquisition phase) or lead b (in the working phase).
Multipliers M' and M" also receive respective modifying factors Δ' and Δ" from a pair of read-only memories RM' and RM" which are stepped by clock pulses from a time base BT under the control of a spectrum analyzer AS whose input is connected to lead 2. The readout of the modifying factors Δ' and Δ" from memories RM' and RM" is stopped whenever the signal on lead 2, picked up by analyzer AS, has the character of white noise.
Details of weighting circuits A2 and AN, representative of the homologous amplifiers of the other stages, have been shown in FIG. 3. An N-stage shift register SR, also indicated in FIG. 2, is loaded from the side of its Nth stage STN with the updating signal appearing on lead 2, that signal traveling through the several register stages so as to reach the corresponding circuits AN - A1 during successive clock cycles τ. The weighting circuits A2 and AN particularly illustrated in FIG. 3 comprise respective multipliers M42 and M4N, receiving the control signal W" via a lead 10 along with the instantaneous readings of the associated shift-register stages ST2 and STN, which work into respective accumulators G2 and GN whose operation is similar to that of accumulators R1 - RN referred to above. Accumulators G2 and GN store the weighting coefficients K2 and KN which are fed to respective multipliers M32 and M3N also receiving the updating signal on lead 2, in real time, from summer S2. Branch leads v2 and vN originate at multipliers M32 and M3N, respectively.
Weighting circuits A1 - AN may be regarded as digital multipliers with a variable gain represented by coefficients K1 - KN.
In a simplified system, the modulating factors Δ' and Δ" could have fixed values instead of being selectable from among a multiplicity of such values stored in a memory as described above. These values, in either case, are so chosen as to let the coefficients c1 - cN and K1 - KN converge toward predetermined limits as the error signal e' tends toward zero.
In the embodiment herein disclosed, weighting coefficients K1 etc. are derived from the error signal e' in a manner analogous to the derivation of channel coefficients c1 etc. It is also possible to obtain each weighting coefficient directly from the associated channel coefficient by means of a suitable arithmetic unit connected to equalizer EQ.
The system according to our invention optimizes signal reception by reducing the mean squared value of signal deviation to a minimum.
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- Netflix's current business strategy is extremely risky.
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We provide a loving Christian academic environment for children ages 2 through 5. Our preschool program's goal is for children to develop socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually in a Christian environment. We want every student to know they are a wonderfully made masterpiece of God! We provide a developmentally appropriate curriculm with a well trained staff. We understand how crucial a positive start with school can be that is why we offer smaller class size, so each student can get the attention they need.
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A public meeting to discuss the future of a heavily indebted, publicly-funded company set up to boost businesses in Leytonstone was suddenly closed to the public and press last night.
The E11 Business Improvement District (BID) Company has fallen into almost £87,000 of debt, prompting a police investigation and questions over its future.
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The organisation, set up in 2007 to promote the interests of businesses in Leytonstone, collects a levy from businesses and has received more than £150,000 of public funding.
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"The E11 BID has a record of financial mismanagement and poor record keeping, it is therefore surprising the decision was also taken to 'waive up until end March 2015 the charge to the E11 BID company for the collection of the levy by the council'."
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NTiratsoo says...
Let me see.
The team that delivered the legal advice last night, led by Mr. Fenwick, is the same team that has just lost ignominiously in the case of the Christian Kitchen (see story below).
Given that it lost largely because of an elementary set of mistakes, I wonder if its constituent members have the quite the degree of expertise that they obviously think they have.
It is noteworthy too that before the curtain came down the sage Cllr. Sullivan claimed that there was nothing in the restricted document that was not 'common knowledge'.
To mere residents such as myself, what last night's maneuverings resembled more than anything else was an attempt to protect certain Labour members from flack.
It that was indeed the case the maneuverings have already failed, because the E11 BID Co. story now has gained a momentum all of its own.
9:08am Wed 9 Apr 14
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11:52am Wed 9 Apr 14
mdj says...
It needs to be highlighted that this meeting was only to discuss the very limited point of whether to continue collecting the levy: the whole seamy story needs intense, and public, investigation. A lot of our money has gone missing, and the same faces keep popping up in a strange nether world of twilit quangos, which seem to be neither publicly nor privately accountable.
To repeat: a company on which elected Councillors served was, during their periods in office as directors, failing by all elementary standards of good practice and legal compliance.
Nick's comments on the Council's legal competence is highly relevant: this is the legal team that did no due diligence into the background of the Leyton Olympia Market, seems to have cut corners on the H+S licensing of it also , that dragged Mrs Bracey to Crown Court for simply recycling a cardboard box, and that has encouraged Mr Loakes in his various attempts to bend the law to boost his career, which would be positively sinister were they not so inept.
These people are paid a lot of money by us and seem time and again to fail at their tasks.
When will their performance be investigated?
5:14pm Wed 9 Apr 14
Garrow says...
I would love it if the misguided masses who vote for these inept individuals would suddenly wake up and just not vote for them, imagine what this borough would be like. Imagine the money we would have to spend if we weren't regularly having our pockets picked by "fingers" Loakes, if you just look back at some of the past financial scandals he has been involved in it comes to millions and I suspect there is more to come out of the woodwork yet. Does anybody know what qualifications Loakes and his mates have to run companies with budgets in the £ Millions?
12:51pm Thu 10 Apr 14
mdj says...
None, Garrow, judging by this too-little publicised fiasco:
'Waste authority scrap plans for huge waste plant (From Haringey ...
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Villagecranberry says...
Villagecranberry wrote:I mean 'Rotten Borough' of course.
Cover up after cover up in this 'new era' of 'openness and transparency'. Except when it comes to anything to do with Labour 'rotation borough' Waltham Forest Council.
Loakes has no ability.
Like leaving a lunatic in charge of the asylum.
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Judo is an excellent form of self-defense and a relaxant after having older women housewife phone sex. It allows a person to use efficient movements to fend off any attacker. Judo helps the smaller person against a much larger attacker. Since the judo practitioner knows how to use their opponents size against them, the size difference becomes less of a factor. This allows a person skilled in the ways of Judo the ability to beat much larger opponents without exerting much effort.
Most people now agree that it is best to learn more than one martial art. Combining Judo with learning a striking martial art would make for one well-trained individual. Striking is something not really used in Judo. Things such as kick and punches can only help when added to a skilled Judo practitioners list of weapons. But even if one chooses not to take on a second martial art, Judo by itself is good enough to make one a capable martial artist.
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Gotta Get There Again
I am not happy about how things are going in my life right now. Years ago I was a triage nurse at the hospital and was taking classes to become a pediatrician. Now today I am working for a mature phone sex company and busting my butt just to get minimum wage. I lost my nursing job due to an incident that occurred a while back and since then I have been struggling everyday just to make a buck. I am hoping that after filing some paperwork and visiting my old work that I will be able to get my job back. I have always loved being a nurse and I am not ready to give up on something that I love so much. I will go to the end of the world in back just to get where I was back than.


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Recent and archived news articles by Manny Fernandez of The New York Times.
Amid Debate Over Who Overstepped, Perry Calls Indictment a 'Farce'
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas called the indictment charging him with trying to pressure a Democratic prosecutor to step down a "political" prosecution and pledged to stay in office until the end of his term in January.
August 17, 2014, Sunday
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas Is Indicted on Charge of Abuse of Power
A grand jury indicted the governor of Texas on two felony counts in an investigation examining his handling of a local district attorney's drunken driving arrest and the state financing for a public corruption unit under the lawyer's control.
August 16, 2014, Saturday
Out-of-State Clinic Is Central in Texas Abortion Law Fight
The state's reliance on the New Mexico clinic is being disparaged by the law's critics, who say that would be contrary to a recent abortion ruling in Mississippi.
August 9, 2014, Saturday
Texas Bolsters Border Patrol With Its Own
The state has spent $500 million since 2005 to beef up its border security, drawing criticism from scores of detractors who say the threat posed by illegal immigrants and the extent of crime have been exaggerated.
August 7, 2014, Thursday
Abortion Providers in Texas Press Judge to Block Portions of New Law
Owners say stringent new standards could result in fewer than 10 abortion clinics across a sprawling state.
August 5, 2014, Tuesday
National Guard in Texas Could Get Arrest Power
By deploying Guard members himself rather than through Washington, Gov. Rick Perry has the power to order the troops to make arrests and apprehensions.
July 25, 2014, Friday
Plan for Young Migrants at Impasse in Congress
Republicans in the House and Senate have rejected a Democratic funding plan, saying it did not include any changes to immigration law to address the overall problem.
July 23, 2014, Wednesday
Texas Governor Bolsters Border, and His Profile
Rick Perry ordered 1,000 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, seizing on a get-tough immigration message.
July 22, 2014, Tuesday
Towns Fight to Avoid Taking In Migrant Minors
Federal officials trying to house the influx of minors from Central America have been forced to scrap several proposed sites because of local opposition, as the issue grows more toxic.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
Texas: Actress Gets 18-Year Sentence in Ricin Case
Prosecutors said Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, mailed ricin-laced letters to President Obama and former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York.
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Duluth, MN (KDAL) - The line is back on Superior Street. By late yesterday it was business as usual at the Last Place On Earth in downtown Duluth. Owner Jim Carlson and his son posted bail after five days in Jail. The two were arrested Friday afternoon for selling illegal synthetic drugs.
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Lunch with Mancubus
Mancubus's lunch gets rudely interrupted4.53 / 5.00 10,364 Views
Spelunker : Savlonic
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'Chicken Castle'
The quest for a limbless pet.4.37 / 5.00 7,945 Views
NOTE TO ALL: Just as a heads up, this is not intended to be a cartoon, or a work of animation of any kind. This is essentially a flash player for an MP3 that I cut together and I made some funny pictures in a very short time to go along with it for those who might've wanted visuals to go along with it, as well as in tribute to the original chorus videos of Nico Nico Douga. This was done in three days time, just a small side-project because I felt like having some fun with a few friends of mine (none of which are professional singers). The reason no attempt at actual animation for this video was made because I'm too busy working on full-fledged projects that require more work than distractions like this.
...I'm also aware that you're probably not even reading this and therefore won't understand, which in turn will give you reason to berate me and bitch me out for something that is completely unrelated to what you're angry about. Oh well, such is life and such is this community.
DOWNLOAD THE MP3 HERE: http://www.newgrounds.co m/audio/listen/152888
Nico Mico Douga Medley 2nd Track ~ Kirbomix
--{Kirbopher, CZ-Backlash, Cailen Crow, Niro Rose, Anigen, Tomamoto, Rosey, Rina-chan}--
It's the sequel that nobody asked for to Nico Nico Douga Medley ~ Kirbomix! This time, to the "2nd Track" otherwise known as "Urakumikyoku"...includin g a whole cast of singers, many of which are of the Parody Rangers cast! I decided to make a flash player of this as well, in the style of the chrous-like videos of Nico Nico Douga fame. I know this isn't a huge deal like my ACTUAL animations, but I'd really appreciate if you were to give this a listen. I worked on this for three straight days, vocal directing everyone included in the project and working fast so that this wouldn't be TOO big of a distraction from working on the Parody Rangers feature movie. Like it or not, I'm sure you'll find SOME small amount of amusement out of it, be it the satrical lyrics, funny pictures to go along with each song, or maybe even the actual singing. Either case, had to get this outta my system. Have fun ;D
this song song SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKSSSSSSSSSSSS
I PUT A FREAKING 10 FOR 1 REASON i love riana chan riana your an angel my love
I watched this once before, and didn't recognize almost anyone. Now, after watching some of your other videos, I recognize people like Zetto.
i have to say this
you guys sing pretty well
u guys must be bored
to get together and make video liike this type of singing
So...many...blunt...refrences. This must have been really fun to make, and you can kind of tell when certain people are trying to sing well ^v^
"and we start @ss f#@king you" lol


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By Adam Hetrick
29 Apr 2014
|Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Nominations for the 2014 Tony Awards were announced April 29. The new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder led the pack with 10 nominations.
The revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which stars Neil Patrick Harris, also fared well, nabbing eight nominations. After Midnight, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Glass Menagerie and Twelfth Night earned seven nominations apiece.
Read the complete list of the 2014 Tony Award nominations here.
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Radio City Music Hall is located at 1260 Avenue of the Americas.
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|Parvarthi Hill, off Girivalam Roadway
|Girivalam Roadway where Swami stays
|Parvarthi Hill, off Girivalam Roadway
|Girivalam Roadway where Swami stays
Really amazing to know about mps, i would like to meet him during this fullmoon day
I am sampath kumar from Coimbatore, South India. I used to meet Sami whenever I go to Tiruvanamalai. He is great enlightened soul and his blessings will definetely induces lot of progress in Spirituality to a greater extent. For futher details about Sami pl contact my Sudhakar, who is in process of compling a book about Sami. His mobile no 98422 13145
I request everyone to read the book on Mookku podi swamigal. We donot meet saints we only pray and have their darshan if they wish!
Dear Anonymous:
Do you have any information on the point on Swami? Would appreciate details about publishers, name of book and author. Thanks.
The name of the buk on MPS IS ' arunai vazh podi sittarin arpudangal' by s.a.vennila... It's a beautiful buk, must fr evry MPS devotees...
Thr is also a mukku podi sittarin madam(ashram) opposite to vayu lingam on the giriwalam path... U can get the buks frm thr too..
On 17th jan.''14 while I was doing givalam by auto,driver stopped near a school, told me have mps darshan as HE was walking on the road. I went near by HE shouted.Ireturned back.I was told that I was blessed with HIS look.
That does happen quite often with him. Seshadri Swamigal was also very famous for shouting at people and throwing objects at them. However his reputation was such that if he threw anything, the devotee would immediately pick up the object, convinced that it would help with whatever trouble was in their life.
Mookku Podi Swamigal is becoming more and more famous in this area. So you were fortunate to have his unhindered darshan.
we should only feel him through fully on true love and trust on him .The lord how saved my life, his action and his personality will teach a lesson for our soul and us.By seeing an outer and physical appearance of him don't think that he is a normal human thats also one of the lesson for our trust on him that how much we trust in that appearance on him.


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Maybe Uber isn't over in New York City after all.
The New York Taxi and Limousine Commission is eyeing a change to its rules that will allow applications like Uber to be used by cabs and their passengers in the city. To this point, any electronic device used to hail or pay a cab using a mobile device has been off limits, just one of the reasons why Uber shut down its UberTAXI app in New York a couple of weeks ago.
In a press release yesterday, the TLC said it will be reviewing the ban on "e-hail" and mobile payment applications next month. The decision is based on a recent survey the TLC conducted, the release said. According to the survey, 70 percent of passengers owned a smartphone and 55 percent wanted an e-hail and pay-by-phone option.
"Taxi passengers should be able to use the most up-to-date technology available to find a cab faster," said TLC commissioner/chair, David Yassky, in the announcement. "We welcome feedback from the taxi and car service industries on how taxi-hail apps can best supplement the existing service models, so that we can finalize these rules and get apps on passengers' smartphones by early next year."
The commission will review the issue at its Nov. 30 meeting with an expected vote to take place on Dec. 13.
(For any developers interested in creating an e-hail app for New Yorkers, the press release contains a full list of rules and specs.)
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Japan will require power utilities to pay above market rates for electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, based on recommendations announced today by a government panel.
The preferential rate, known as a feed-in tariff, for solar power was recommended at 42 yen (52 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour for 20 years, compared with the current rate of 13.65 yen a kilowatt-hour for industry and commercial users, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Wind-generated power was recommended at 23.10 yen a kilowatt hour for plants with the capacity of 20 kilowatts or more and 57.75 yen for smaller ones, both for 20 years. For geothermal, the panel recommended 27.30 yen a kilowatt hour for plants with the capacity of 15,000 kilowatts or more and 42 yen for smaller plants, both for 15 years. Japan currently gets about 9 percent of its electricity from renewable energy.
Pending approval by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the feed-in tariffs will be introduced in July to spur investment in solar, wind geothermal, biomass and hydroelectric power generation as Japan plans a shift away from atomic power after the Fukushima disaster.
In August, Japan's parliament approved legislation for the feed-in tariffs to help diversify its energy mix following the devastating accident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in March 2011. Atomic power provided about 30 percent of the country's electricity before the Fukushima crisis.
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Japan is set to be nuclear free for the first time in more than four decades next month as the last of its 50 operating reactors is scheduled to be shut for maintenance. All the reactors are being kept offline pending safety tests and government approval for restarts.
The price recommendation for solar is in line with that earlier proposed by the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association. The Japan Wind Power Association had suggested a wind tariff of up to 25 yen over 20 years for bigger producers.
The Japan Geothermal Developers' Council had recommended 25.8 yen a kilowatt-hour for 15 years for bigger suppliers.
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I'm travelling to Nice, France in the month of March. I will have three weekends (2 days + 2 days + 2 days) in my visit and I want to plan accordingly to travel to Rome, Paris and Monaco (nearby). ...


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Construction & Property Mediation GroupThe next meeting of the Construction & Property group will be a breakfast meeting and will take place at:
The Punch Tavern, 99 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1DE (Tel: 020 7353 6658)
at 8.30am (for 9.00am) on Thursday 21st March 2013
Topic: Should mediation clauses be written into contracts?
A breakfast of tea, coffee and pastries will be provided at a charge of 5.00. (Something more substantial can be ordered individually).
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*does crunches while waiting for cake to bake*
you: *says the praying hands emoji is actually a high five emoji*
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at an understaffed nonprofit literally nothing is better than people approaching you asking to do like hard labor and outdoor labor (bc we desprately need it and are not equipped for that type of work nor do we have time for it)
i feel so insincere when i fully type out all my words and capitalize appropriate letters and stuff!! it feels fake its so not me.. i am all lowercase quiet nice girly soft voice but excited lots of exclamation points!!!