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|Osama Sami Haddadin, Brad Terry Hansen, David S. Nelson, Roland Richard Henrie
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to construction of demodulation circuitry suitable for use in communication systems and modems with operation at high signal sample rates and, more particularly, to a construction with parallel signal-processing channels for increased bandwidth, and wherein components of the channels are programmable for handling various signal formats.
2. Brief Description of Related Developments
Communication systems are widely used in many situations including communication between persons, as in cellular telephony, and between various forms of equipment, such as between a satellite and a ground station. Various data formats and protocols have evolved to facilitate communication in differing situations. Communication may involve multiple access technologies such as CDMA (code division multiple access), TDMA (time division multiple access), FDMA (frequency division multiple access), modulation technologies such as PSK (phase shift keying), QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation), and FEC (forward error correction) such as Reed Solomon coding, convolutional encoding, and turbo coding, by way of example.
In high-speed communication systems, digital circuitry is generally employed for processing the communicated signals. There is concern that the digital circuitry should be able to function with sufficient speed to handle the high data rates associated with high-speed communication systems.
There is an interest in programmable modems. Programmability and flexibility of a modem can be achieved by digital modems implemented by use of digital hardware such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and digital signal processors (DSPs). A modem, constructed for use in a communication system, has a modulation section that prepares a signal for transmission to a distant site, and a demodulation section for reception of an incoming signal. Of particular interest herein is a modem, or other communication device, that can handle signals formatted with different ones of the above-noted multiple access technologies, as well as signals having anyone of several forms of modulation from the above-noted modulation technologies.
Industry today, for both commercial and military applications, is requiring modem hardware that is reconfigurable (programmable) by use of software. By way of example, it would be desirable that a telephone operating in the United States would have the capability to operate in Europe upon a reconfiguration of the software. The technology is known in the industry as software-defined radios, and requires that the hardware be programmable. Digital programmable signal-processing devices such as FPGAs and DSPs are employed in the programmable wireless communications technology. These devices provide great flexibility and programmability, but their use, in the prior art, is at the expense of reduced processing speed, as compared to an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) by way of example.
To attain increased hardware flexibility, it is necessary to increase the rate of signal processing. By way of example, an increased rate of signal processing would allow for the transmission and the reception of multiple frequency channels, as in a frequency-division multiplex system, and would allow for digital frequency hopping in frequency-hopping spread spectrum systems, thereby eliminating the need for expensive and bulky synthesizers. Higher signal-processing rates allow for increased signal-transmission rates. It is noted that presently available A/D (analog-to-digital) and D/A (digital-to-analog) converters can operate at rates higher than 1000 million samples per second. In contrast, presently available digital signal processing and generation is accomplished at a much slower rate in a digital signal-processing device such as the FPGA. The most common digital signal processing operation is FIR (finite impulse response) filtering, which appears in modulators and demodulators in the form of various processing functions such as decimation, interpolation, pulse shaping, matched filtering, and equalization, by way of example. Known realizations (implementations) of FIR filters result in filters operable only at reduced signal-processing speed when constructed in FPGAs and DSPs due to the speed limitations of these devices.
By way of example in the construction of a demodulation section of a modem employing digital signal processing, an analog-to-digital converter is employed to convert the incoming analog signal to a digitally formatted signal prior to the implementation of the digital signal processing. The digital signal processing involves various forms of filtering, by way of example, and is accomplished generally by use of computational type circuitry such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and digital signal processors (DSPs). Circuitry employed for conversion from analog signal format to digital signal format is able to operate at a bit rate that is significantly faster than the bit rate for computational circuitry such as the FPGAs and the DSPs. Therefore, at the present time, the limitation on the digital processing speed of a communication channel is in the nature of the construction of a digital filter that has been implemented by an FPGA or a DSP. While an ASIC may be employed to accomplish a filter function at a higher bit rate than an FPGA or a DSP, the ASIC is designed for a specific signal format or modulation, while the FPGA or the DSP have the advantage of being programmable to be adapted readily for a variety of signal formats and modulations. Thus, the digital signal processing circuitry presently available in FPGAs and DSPs introduce a disadvantageous limitation on the maximum bit rate for digital signal processing, such as the filtering of a signal in a demodulator.
The aforementioned disadvantage is overcome and other benefits are provided by a demodulator constructed of programmable circuitry, including a DSP or a FPGA, so as to obtain the feature of being adaptable to handle various forms of multiple access technologies and various forms of modulation technologies, and wherein various components of the demodulator are implemented in a parallel form of construction. To accomplish the parallel digital signal processing, the demodulator comprises filters constructed as block polyphase filters for performing filtering operations, and the demodulator further comprises circuitry performing the functions of digital down conversion (from a carrier or intermediate frequency to baseband), digital phase shift, carrier phase and frequency recovery, timing recovery, despreading (direct sequence of frequency hopped) for multiple access, and possibly other circuits providing signal processing functions. Each of these circuits is constructed in a parallel channel form of construction, wherein the parallel channels operate concurrently at a relatively low sample rate for performing digital signal processing on a succession of samples of an input signal.
The design of the demodulator is based on digital signal processing with various functions, preferably all functions, implemented in parallel. This form of construction can be implemented in programmable devices such as an FPGA, or DSP, or other parallel or array processor. Due to the parallel nature of the design, parallel or array processors are more suited than sequential, single arithmetic-logic unit general-purpose processors.
In the implementation of the invention, an input sequence of input signal samples is initially demultiplexed to provide sequences of samples to respective ones of the down conversion channels, with the resulting baseband signals being applied to corresponding channels of the block polyphase filter. At the conclusion of the signal processing associated with the respective channels of the block polyphase filter, the output sequences of samples of the respective channels are multiplexed to provide a single output sample sequence from the filter at the relatively high sample rate of the input sample sequence. Alternatively, the output sample rate can be reduced by decimation or increased by interpolation since the block polyphase construction of filter can readily produce either decimation or interpolation.
In the implementation of the demodulator, the input signal, which may have an analog format, is digitized to provide a digital format. The preferred embodiment of the invention is described with reference to a digital signal processing of a succession of digitized input signal samples. Such processing can be described readily in terms of the mathematics of a Z transformation of the input signal samples for describing operation of a block polyphase filter. The implementation of the filter is accomplished in the time domain.
The block polyphase filter comprises plural groups of filters operated concurrently, wherein the filter groups are arranged in a parallel array between a set of input signals and a set of output signals. Each of the filter groups is composed of a set of filter blocks, each of the filter blocks being a polyphase component of the block polyphase filter. The filter blocks are operated concurrently, and are arranged in a parallel array between the set of input signals and the set of output signals. The filter blocks in all of the filter groups operate at a common clock frequency.
To enable the filter to accommodate a high sampling rate, wherein multiple ones of the input signals arrive in succession within a single period of the clock, the succession of input signals is demultiplexed so that, within each filter group, one input signal is applied to each filter block within one clock period. By way of example, if six input signals, in a sequence of the input signals, appear within one period of the clock, the block polyphase filter is constructed of six filter blocks within each filter group. Thus, by demultiplexing the sequence of the input signals, the rate of application of the signals to respective ones of the filter blocks is reduced to one-sixth of the original rate, and is equal to the clock rate for the processing of signals within a filter block.
The block polyphase filter may have a form of construction wherein there are more filter groups than the number of filter blocks within a filter group, this providing for a succession of output signals at a rate which is greater than the input-signal rate. Alternatively, the block polyphase filter may have a form of construction wherein the number of a the filter groups is equal to the number of filter blocks within a filter group, this providing for a succession of output signals at a rate which is equal to the input-signal rate. As a further alternative, the block polyphase filter may have a form of construction wherein the number of filter groups is less than the number of filter blocks within a filter group, this providing for a succession of output signals at a rate which is lower than the input-signal rate. In the situation of the filter providing for an increased output rate of signals, the filter is providing a function of interpolation, and in the situation of the filter providing for a decreased output rate of signals, the filter is providing a function of decimation.
The characteristics of the individual filter blocks and the filter groups are obtained by a mathematical derivation employing a summation of mathematical terms including the impulse response of the filter, as will be described in detail hereinafter, and leading to a matrix formulation wherein the terms of the matrix are the z transform representations of the filter functions provided by the filter blocks in a filter group. A feature of the matrix is that the arrangement of the terms in successive rows of the matrix is obtained as a permutation of the terms of the first row. Furthermore, the terms located below the diagonal of the matrix also include a delay factor equal to the period of the clock. The multiplication of each row of the matrix by the column of the input signals (in the z-transform notation) involves a summation of products to give an output signal from one filter group. The resulting output signals of the respective filter groups may be multiplexed to provide a succession of the output signals.
The ability of the individual filter blocks of the block polyphase filter to operate at a reduced clock rate permits construction of the respective blocks from a DSP or FPGA which is readily programmed to provide a specific signal processing function. This overcomes the need to employ circuitry, such as an ASIC, especially adapted for high-frequency operation, which circuitry would have little or no programmability. Also, use of the set of channels associated with the demultiplexed sequence of input signal samples presents the opportunity for digital down-conversion, in frequency, in accordance with a feature of the invention, whereby the signal processing associated with digital down-conversion can be accomplished at reduced clock rates permitting the use of FPGAs and DSPs.
The demodulator employs the foregoing block polyphase filters and the digital down conversion in conjunction with other demodulator components such as digital phase shift circuitry, numerically controlled oscillators, timing correction circuitry that includes fractional delay/interpolation filters, as well as circuitry providing detection of timing error and carrier phase error. In addition to the block polyphase filters and the digital down conversion circuitry, which are implemented in the parallel mode of construction, other ones of the demodulator components are also implemented in the parallel mode of construction to attain the benefits of the invention. By storing various programs for use in the programmable circuitry (DSP and FPGA) of the demodulator, the demodulator attains the versatility to handle the various multiple-access and modulation technologies described above, while providing the capability to handle signals of higher clock rates and higher bandwidth. It is noted that the invention, in terms of the feature of the parallel mode of construction, can be built as an ASIC to attain a faster signal processing speed, but without the benefit of the programmability provided by the programmable circuitry of a DSP or FPGA. The invention can be implemented also in other programmable devices such as multi-node or parallel or vector (array) processors that contain multiple processing units (such as multipliers and accumulators).
The aforementioned aspects and other features of the invention are explained in the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing figures wherein:
Identically labeled elements appearing in different ones of the figures refer to the same element but may not be referenced in the description for all figures.
The ensuing description begins by showing the basic components of a communication system and of a modem. This is followed by further detail in the construction of a demodulator for use in either the communication system or in the modem. The description of the demodulator then continues with detail in: 1. Construction of block polyphase filters; 2. Digital Down-Conversion and Carrier NCO; and 3. Fractional Delay (or interpolation) Filter and Timing NCO.
The information provided by the source 22 is encoded first by the source encoder 28 and then by the channel encoder 30, the encoding being followed by digital modulation in the modulator 32 preparatory to transmission via the communication channel 24. Signals received from the communication channel 24 undergo digital demodulation at the demodulator 36, the demodulation being followed by decoding in the channel decoder 38 and by further decoding in the source decoder 40, whereupon the decoded signals are applied to the output transducer 26. The channel encoder 30 and the digital modulator 32 are employed with other equipment, such as carrier up-conversion and filtering, employed in the transmission of signals. The demodulation of the digital demodulator 36 is accomplished with carrier down-conversion and filtering (to be described hereinafter, but not shown in
The description of the communication system 20 presents a one-way communication of data from the information source 22 to the output transducer 26. For two-way communication via outgoing and incoming communication channels, a first modem and a second modem, each having both modulation and demodulation sections as provided by a modem 44, would be employed. The modem 44 is indicated in
The present invention may be employed for construction of components of a modem, such as the modem 44, as well as for construction of components of a communication system, such as the system 20. In the practice of the invention, the utilization of programmable circuitry, such as an FPGA or a DSP, is useful in situations wherein a communications device is required to switch rapidly between multiple modes of communication, and this applies equally to use of the demodulator 36 in the construction of a modem as well as to the construction of a communication system. By way of example, the invention is particularly useful in time-division multiplexing or burst-like communication in which each burst or time slot requires specific characteristics of a modem or communication system, which characteristics differ from a previous time slot or from a subsequent time slot. The specific characteristics are readily attained by the programmable circuitry employed with the invention.
The information source 22, by way of example, may be a computer generating digital data (images, video and speech), a video camera converting optical signals to analog electrical signals, or a microphone converting sonic signals to analog electrical signals. The source encoder 28 operates to convert the analog or digital data signals of the information source 22 into a bit stream. Also, the source encoder 28 performs data compression, and outputs a sequence of binary digits to the channel encoder 30. The channel encoder 30 operates to introduce, in a controlled manner, redundancy in a binary information sequence of the bit stream, which redundancy can be used at a receiver to overcome effects of noise and interference which may be encountered in the transmission of a signal through the communication channel 24. The added redundancy serves to increase the reliability of the received data.
Examples of codes provided by channel encoders include convolutional codes (decoding using the Viterbi algorithm), Turbo codes, and interleaving for channels with burst errors. The binary sequence outputted by the channel encoder 30 is applied to the digital modulator, which serves as the interface to the communication channel 24. The primary purpose of the digital modulator 32 is to map the binary information sequence (data bits) into signal waveforms. The digital modulator 32 performs a shaping of a signal pulse in the time or frequency domain, as well as providing modulation of a carrier. In the case wherein the communication channel is characterized by radiation of the signal into the atmosphere, coupling of a signal from the communication channel 24 to the demodulator 36 may be via an antenna (not shown in
The encoding circuitry and the modulation circuitry provide for a variety of signaling formats, in addition to the aforementioned convolutional encoding and Turbo coding, such as CDMA, TDMA, PSK, QAM, and Reed Solomon coding. More specifically, such circuitry provides data processing or formatting for error correction and phase ambiguity resolution for multiuser (TDMA, FDMA and CDMA), spread spectrum by direct sequence (DS) or frequency hopped (FH), and modulation/signaling (PSK, QAM, MSK). The demodulation circuitry and the decoding circuitry provide the inverse of the foregoing encoding and demodulation circuits to recover the information outputted by the source 22. While the modulation circuitry and the encoding circuitry, as well as the demodulation and decoding circuitry, may comprise a set of ASICs of which an individual ASIC may provide a specific form of the signal formatting, a preferred embodiment of the invention is constructed of programmable circuitry such as a DSP or a FPGA operative with any one of several programs which may be selected to provide the desired signal formatting. Limited programming may be provided in the ASIC if additional circuitry for the additional functions is built into the ASIC.
Digital processing is readily accomplished in the FPGA. The use of the FPGA is preferred in the construction of the invention because it enables one piece of equipment to be employed for handling any one of several possible signal formatting options. Alternatively, a DSP may be employed for a reduced throughput speed but increased programming capability. An ASIC may also be employed for maximum throughput speed in the situation wherein only a single format is anticipated, or also in any of a plurality of formats if the ASIC is constructed with the additional circuitry required for carrying forth the additional formats.
The demodulator 36 further comprises parallel-channel digital filtering circuitry 66 and 68, parallel-channel interpolation circuitry 70 and 72 including circuitry with a Farrow structure, and a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) 74 providing timing reference signals for operation of the interpolation circuitry 70 and 72. The filtering circuitry 66 and 68 provides functions including matched filtering and equalization. The filtering circuitry 66 receives M inphase signal channels from the multipliers 56, where M is the number of the inphase channels. The filtering circuitry 68 receives M quadrature signal channels from the multipliers 58, where M is the number of the quadrature channels. The number of channels N outputted by the filtering circuitry 66,68 may differ from the number of input channels, as in the case, by way of example, where a filter performs decimation and N is less than M. Signals outputted from the filtering circuitry 66 and 68 are applied respectively to the interpolation circuitry 70 and 72. By way of an alternative arrangement of the components, as shown in
With fabrication of the equipment by an FPGA, all digital processing can be accomplished in the FPGA. The use of the FPGA is preferred in the construction of the invention because it enables one piece of equipment to be employed for handling any one of several possible formatting options. Alternatively, a DSP may be employed for a reduced throughput speed but increased programming capability. An ASIC may also be employed for maximum throughput speed in the situation wherein only a single format is anticipated, or also in any of a plurality of formats if the ASIC is constructed with the additional circuitry required for carrying forth the additional formats. In the cases of the FPGA and the DSP, optional coding and modulation may be provided for by including in memories of the FPGA and of the DSP instructions for the optional coding and modulation.
By way of example in the operation of the demodulator 36,
The demodulator 36 may include also, by way of example, a low pass filter 86 with decimation by a factor of 2, and a further filter 88 providing a higher value of decimation. The filters 86 and 88 have inphase and quadrature sections, and are arranged serially between the down-conversion circuitry 54 and the fractional delay of the interpolation circuitry 70, 72 (indicated by a single block in
With respect to the operation of the carrier recovery loop 64 and the timing recovery loop 78, the carrier NCO 60 includes a register 106 to receive a phase offset to aid in the acquisition of carrier phase. Also, a summer 108 is connected between the carrier NCO 60 and the loop filter of the circuitry 102 to add a frequency offset to the output of the loop filter of the circuitry 102 to give a command on line 62 for acquiring the carrier frequency. A corresponding register 110 is provided in the timing NCO 74 to facilitate a closing of the timing loop to null the timing error. A pseudo-noise (PN) generator 112 provides timing signals, in response to a strobing from the timing NCO 74, which also serves as a controller, to operate the de-spread circuit 90. The PN generator 112 generates the code required for despreading a direct sequence spread spectrum signal, and is controlled by the NCO 74 because it is required to be synchronized with the code on the incoming signal. A symbol-strobe generator 114 provides timing signals, in response to a strobing from the timing NCO 74, to operate the integrate-and-dump circuit 92. The controller/timing NCO 74 applies timing and/or strobe signals to the filter 88, the fractional delay of the interpolation circuitry 70, 72 and the filtering circuitry 66, 68. In the operation of the phase recovery loop 64, the circuitry 102 detects a phase error in the output signals of the integrate-and-dump circuit 92, and outputs a signal to the carrier NCO 60 commanding an adjustment of frequency to null the phase error. A nominal value of frequency for the carrier NCO 60 is input at 116. In similar fashion, in the operation of the timing recovery loop 78, the circuitry 100 detects a timing error in the output signals of the integrate-and-dump circuit 92, and outputs a signal to the timing NCO 74 commanding an adjustment in the timing of strobe signals to null the timing error.
Block Polyphase Filter Construction
The operation of a filter having the form of the filter of
In the filter of
In the filter of
By way of example in the operation of the demultiplexer 126 in
With reference to
For the case of a filter function represented by the six terms, G0(z) through G5(z), appearing in
With reference again to
By way of example in the operation of the filter of
By way of example in the operation of the filter of
The filter 136 of
For examples of decimation, reference is made to the filters of
A mathematical derivation of the implementation of the block polyphase filters, disclosed above, is presented now. A finite impulse response (FIR) filter is described by the difference equation (relating the input to the output)
or, equivalently, in the z-domain by Y(z)=H(z)X(z), where H(z) is the system function, namely, the z transform of the impulse response h(n), defined as
The impulse response of the FIR system is h(n) for n=0, 1, . . . , K−1, where x(n) and y(n) are respectively the discrete time input and output samples. The samples at the input and the output are separated by a sample time Ts=1/fs. The delay in the filtering operation uses that same sample, Ts. The number representation (namely, fixed point or floating point) of the input samples, output samples, and filter coefficients depends on the application and the required system performance.
An FIR system can be implemented in either a direct form, cascade form, frequency sampling, or lattice realization. The system may be realized also by means of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), possibly based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms. That direct-form realization follows immediately from the non-recursive difference equation (1), and is illustrated in
This is a K-tap FIR filter or system described by the filter coefficients h. Generally, a discrete-time system is illustrated pictorially as shown in
An infinite impulse response (IIR) filter or system is described by the difference equation
where the system function namely, the z transform of the impulse response h(n), is defined as
The system is described by the system function H(z) or by the time-domain taps, a(k) and b(k). Just as in the case of the FIR system, there are several types of structures or realizations, including direct-form structures, cascade-form structures, lattice structures, and lattice-ladder structures. As shown in Equation (4), the filter coefficients b(k) for k=0, 1, . . . , K−1, define the zeros in the system and the filter coefficients a(k) for k=0, 1, . . . , L, define the poles (feedback) in the system.
With respect to an IIR system, the term IIR implies that the output is generated from the input. This may be part of a larger system implying that the output, is related to the input by Equation (3) without indicating the particular time realization (or implementation) approach.
The polyphase filter realization is obtained as follows. An FIR or IIR system can be implemented or realized using the polyphase components. That is, a filter or system can be expanded as the sum of sub-filters known as polyphase components. This expansion is useful in decimation and interpolation operations. For the case of an FIR system, Equation (2) can be expanded as follows:
Where Hi(z) are the polyphase components of the filter H(z). The FIR filtering operation using the expansion of Equation (6) is represented in the block diagram shown in
in which the delays are combined with the input signal instead of the filter components as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. The embodiments of
Each of the blocks of
The filter components, Hi(zM), introduced in Equation (6) and shown in
Where h(n) are the FIR filter coefficients. Hi(z) for I=0, 1, . . . , M−1 are the polyphase components and are related to the time domain filter coefficients h(n) for n=0, 1, . . . , M−1 by hi(n)=h(Mn+i) or, explicitly stated, by
It is noted that the filter components shown in Equation (9) are an interpolated version (by interpolation factor of M) of the polyphase filter components presented in Equation (10). The non-zero coefficients in Equation (9) are separated by M−1 zeros, which are identified in the z-domain by the expression zM instead of z.
In the process of decimation, in a sequence of samples outputted by a filter, some of the samples may be deleted (down-sampling). There is no loss of information in the decimation process if the signal is band-limited, and the resulting sample rate, after the decimation, satisfies the Shannon sampling theorem, wherein the sampling rate must be higher than twice the maximum frequency content of the signal. These operations are generally illustrated in a diagram as shown in
As an example, let y(n)={0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6} for n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and let D=2, then y′(m)={0.1, 0.3, 0.5}; for m=0, 1, 2, since y′(m)=y(2m) for all m=−0, 1, 2, (or y′(0)=y(0), y′(1)=y(2), and y′(2)=y(4)). These samples and their indices do not in the show the sample rate (namely, time step between samples), but it is understood that if the samples in y are separated by Ts, the samples in y′ are separated by 2Ts. The filtering process (independently of the filter realization) is processing input samples at the high sample rate of 1/Ts although samples are discarded by the down-sampling operation that immediately follows the filtering. Such wasteful processing is recovered by use of the polyphase filter realization.
Digital Down-Conversion and Carrier NCO
The Nominal Frequency is the input command into the carrier (NCO) 60, and it is equal to fIF�2nco
The carrier NCO 60 includes an accumulator section 146 that feeds into a roll-over adjustment section 148. The output of the accumulator and roll-over adjustment, provided by the sections 146 and 148, is scaled to match the format expected for addressing the sin/cos LUT 140. The carrier NCO 60 can be used in conjunction with the digital down conversion 54 to down convert a signal from IF to baseband and to correct for carrier phase error fed into the carrier NCO 60 via the Frequency Adjust command.
In the accumulator section 146, the sum of the frequency commands, as outputted by the summer 144, is applied via scale factor elements 150 to respective ones of parallel channels 152, four of the channels 152 being shown by way of example in this embodiment of the invention. A feedback signal 154 from one of the channels 152, the fourth channel for the MSB (most significant bit) in the roll-over section 148, is summed to the scaled frequency commands by summers 156 in respective ones of the channels 152, the summing being accomplished with a negative input from the scale factor elements 150. Output signals of the summers 156 in the respective channels 152 are applied via delay elements 158 (providing a delay of one clock period) to further summers 160 in the roll-over section 148. A portion of the MSB signal is drawn off by scale-factor element 162 and combined with the signals in the respective channels via the further summers 160 to provide the roll-over adjustment signal. The presence of the delay elements 158 along with the feedback signal 154 enable the signals from the summers 156 to increase in a ramp fashion. Registers in the summers 160 of the roll-over section 148 dump excess bits when the maximum value of the summer is reached, this establishing an upper bound of the NCO register width. Also, scaling elements 164 provide a further limit on the magnitude of signals output by the roll-over section 148 so as to avoid exceeding the address width of the LUTs 140.
By way of alternative embodiment, the carrier NCO 60 can be used also with a digital phase shift block to correct for carrier phase and frequency errors. In this case, the input signal would be at baseband (complex signal with I and Q components) and the digital down-conversion block would be replaced by a digital phase shift block. The digital phase shift is similar to the digital down conversion except that its input is at baseband instead of real input at IF. The input baseband signal is a complex signal consisting of I and Q components. The digital phase shift block performs a complex multiply of the input signal with the sin and cos samples generated by the carrier NCO. That is the output of the digital phase shift is computed as Iout=I�cos−Q�sin and Qout=I�sin+Q�cos. This operation is performed in parallel. If I and Q at the input are de-multiplexed into 4 each, then the NCO must generate 4 sin and 4 cos samples per clock and perform the following operations at each clock:
As an example, and with reference to the graphs of
The signals shown in
Fractional Delay Filter and Timing NCO
For a linear interpolation, the sample at desired position 1′ is generated using the available samples 1 and 2 and the factor Mu_l (which is associated with channel 1). The sample at desired position 2′ is generated using the available samples 3 and 4 and the factor Mu_2 (associated with channel 2), and so on. It is noted that generating a desired output at any channel i′ may require input samples from more than one channel. For example, generating the output 1′ requires the input samples 1 and 2 which are present at the input channels 1 and 2. Due to this interleaving of samples, buffering is required at the input of the parallel Farrow structure. This buffering is shown in the block diagrams accompanying the ensuing description. The timing NCO serves as a counter that generates the fractional values Mu_l, Mu_2, Mu_3 and Mu_4. As noted above, the foregoing description applies for a linear interpolation. Alternatively, for a higher order interpolation, more samples are employed. For example, with reference to
The Farrow structure is employed in the construction of the fractional-delay interpolation circuitry 70, 72 because it is a relatively simple and efficient way of implementing an interpolation function. The Farrow structure can either be a linear, piece-wise parabolic, cubic, or other form of interpolator. The Farrow structure has been used in the literature to perform decimation (or re-sampling) with a fractional factor. By way of example, Farrow structures are shown in L. Erup, F. M. Gardner, and R. A. Harris, "Interpolation in Digital Modems—Part II: Implementation and Performance", IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 6, June 1993, at pages 1001-1002 (hereinafter referred to as "Erup"). It is noted that the teachings of the Farrow structure in the existing literature are limited to a non-parallel single channel case. In this invention, the Farrow structure is implemented in parallel so as to achieve higher processing rates using low FPGA clock speeds (e.g. processing rate of 500 Msps using a 4-phase design running at 125 MHz). Other realizations for fractional decimation can also be used. The Farrow structure is the preferred method for its simplicity.
For example, assume that the sample rate at the input of the Farrow structure is 500 Msps. To decimate to 100 Msps requires decimation by the integer factor of 5, which simply means picking one sample, say the first, out of every five samples. However, to decimate down to 200 Msps from 500 Msps implies that one has to decimate by the non-integer factor of 2.5. This requires generation of samples that are not available in the input sample stream. Such extra samples are generated by interpolation of adjacent samples. The number of samples used in the interpolation depends on the interpolation order. For example, a linear interpolator uses the adjacent samples next to the position of the required output sample.
With reference to
The timing NCO 74 includes an accumulator section 146A that feeds into a roll-over adjustment section 148A. The output of the accumulator and roll-over adjustment, provided by the sections 146A and 148A, is scaled to provide a desired range of timing correction signals. In the accumulator section 146A, the sum of the frequency commands, as outputted by the summer 144A, is applied via scale factor elements 150A to respective ones of parallel channels 152A, four of the channels 152A being shown by way of example in this embodiment of the invention. A feedback signal 154A from one of the channels 152A, the fourth channel for the MSB in the roll-over section 148A, is summed to the scaled frequency commands by summers 156A in respective ones of the channels 152A, the summing being accomplished with a negative input from the scale factor elements 150A.
Output signals of the summers 156A in the respective channels 152A are applied via delay elements 158A to further summers 160A in the roll-over section 148A. A portion of the MSB signal is drawn off by scale-factor element 162A and combined with the signals in the respective channels via the further summers 160A to provide the roll-over adjustment signal. The presence of the delay elements 158A along with the feedback signal 154A enable the signals from the summers 156A to increase, in a ramp fashion. Registers in the summers 160A of the roll-over section 148A dump excess bits when the maximum value of the summer is reached, this establishing an upper bound of the NCO register width.
It is noted that the filter 88 at the input to the Farrow circuitry of
It is to be understood that the above described embodiments of the invention are illustrative only, and that modifications thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, this invention is not to be regarded as limited to the embodiments disclosed herein, but is to be limited only as defined by the appended claims.
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"Just another headline grabber"
the narrator was very good to a pretty poor story.
The narration was very good.
No way!
"Not sure what all the fuss was about..."
Best recount of combat I've read so far.
Compares well to American Sniper.
A lot of people thought this book was unfair to the Obama administration. True, the guy is obviously not a registered Democrat, but he did give credit to the current administration when it was due. I think people get upset when the rosy picture they painted of something starts getting turned upside down.
As for secrets being revealed that the enemy can now use against us, I didn't notice any. Al Qaeda would be better off reading the New York Times for secrets.
It's a good book.
"Well worth the time"
this is an excellent book, give a good picture into the life of the navy seals and it was very enjoyable
"Great Book on Seal Team 6 and the Bin Ladin Raid"
I don't have time to sit and read any longer and can only really get interested in audio books. I don't think you lose anything by going to an audio book. I just can't tell people I read a book, I have to tell them that I listened to it.
There are other books on Seal Team training and activities on Audible. I thought that they were all good and worth reading (listening to).
I think that the actual explanation of the Bin Ladin raid was my favorite part. Having served 24 years as a Navy Intel Officer, I thought it was very interesting. I was still in the service during the time of this raid and I can tell you, it was kept very quiet.
No, it was just a good accurate depiction of what Seal Team 6 is all about.
"Great story, no national secrets compromised."
I don't know what all the fuss is about, other than the fact that the story from a guy who was THERE contradicts the "official" political spin.
This is a direct accounting of what happened, without any national secrets divulged. The author's motives for writing this down are simple. He didn't like the way that politics started to spin inaccurate stories about what happened in the raid. I am glad he wrote this story.
If you like action and adventure, you will enjoy this book.
"Excellent inside look at these heroes' sacrifices"
This was a wonderful inside look at how the special operations live there lives, ending in a detailed account of the raid on Bin Laden's compound.
"Good firsthand account;not much more than reported"
It was an enjoyable story and interesting to hear the firsthand account, but there wasn't much more than I already knew from other accounts
Told in first person, which gave it a stronger feel of being there when it happened
Overall enjoyable and gives you a feel for what exactly happened, but contrary to what the author may think, there wasn't anything particularly revealing from a factual standpoint. Also, despite some protests from military insiders, I highly doubt there was anything secret revealed beyond what is already available -- it also seemed to be cleansed of revealing facts.
"The truth"
The simple truth
The author made you feel like you were right there in the story.
The author.
I finished the book wondering why the Obama administration has has a bad reaction to the book.
"Fills in the blanks nicely"
I would recommend the book since it was well written and informative. It went through the Seal training the raid and it's aftermath.
I don't consider this the best, but merely the most striking point. I was saddened and angered with respect to the the naive and haphazard approach taken with regards to the security measures taken following the raid. We could have scored a major coup if only the "chest beaters" in Washington had given ample time to disseminate the valuable information captured during the raid instead of attempting to gain political points for something they had no part in other than giving the Green light. The fact that the Seal Team 6 group was identified as being those who had carried out the raid within 4 hours of the President going on the air displays an extreme breach in our ability to keep things secret which need to be kept secret. This point, far from being what I consider to be the best, was certainly the most disturbing. What would have happened in World War II if it had been broadcast when we got the information from the captured "Enigma" or when our intelligence community broke the Japanese code and took out Admiral Yamamoto ?
I thought that the information was narrated well. The story, as told, kept my attention and never became boring or monomtonous.
I don't know. Maybe "Mission Accomplished - Warriors Compromised".
None that can be recorded here.
"Great view of Life of the Elite Fighter"
This book is written in a very straight forward manner probably much like the author seems to approach life. I personally loved it. It gives a great insight into the sacrifices that these men make every day to keep us safe. Thank you for your service!


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Can the spirit companion move anytime the shaman takes a move action, or does it need to be a move action where the shaman moves?
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Thus, as it explicitly notes a "move action" it only moves when you take a move action. However, it can be any move action. Take a look at the Dragon Article they reference for more details. Unfortunately, the wording here is pretty unambiguous.
"When you take a move action, you can also move the spirit a number of squares equal to your speed."
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These little coconut pies are sturdy enough to travel in a lunch box or picnic basket. Check the baking section at your grocery store for vegan-friendly, ready-made graham cracker pie crusts. From Vegetarian Times
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- 1⁄3 cup sweetened coconut
- 6 ounces soft silken tofu, drained
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄8 teaspoon coconut extract
- 6 graham cracker pie crusts, mini
- Preheat oven to 350°F Spread coconut on baking sheet, and toast 5 minutes, shaking pan occasionally, or until golden.
- Blend tofu in blender or food processor 2 to 3 minutes, or until smooth. Set aside.
- Whisk together sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Whisk in coconut milk, and cook over medium-high heat 8 minutes, or until thickened, whisking constantly.
- Remove pan from heat. Fold in tofu, vanilla and coconut extracts, and coconut. Divide among mini pie crusts, and chill.
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I made this for my friend's mom's birthday. She is not a vegan, but I found that this recipe was a great alternative for a birthday cake considering her dietary restrictions and health problems. I was a bit hesitant at first, but the longer it sits to chill, the more the coconut flavor develops. I ended up making a regular sized pie instead of the minis and topping it off with additional toasted coconut. I'm sure it would have been even better with some whipped cream (for non-vegans and those without lactose intolerance), but everyone said it was perfect as is! And it's not too sweet. I was pleasantly surprised with the result. Recommend.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown.
The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents - including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton put those controversial sections on hold until the courts resolve the issues.
Opponents say the law will lead to racial profiling and is trumped by federal immigration law.
Can you guess what's soon coming to your neighborhood because of this ruling and the failure of our government to protect its citizens by not closing our borders? You aren't gonna like what we get.
I'm glad someone is finally doing something Photoman. I wish our elected officials did something from 2000-present. But then again, I don't really care what our elected officials do as long they're republicans.


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Welcome to Modesto Arch - Modesto, CA
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A small arch in Modesto.
posted by: saopaulo1
location: California
date approved: 11/2/2014
last visited: never
Arc de Germanicus - Saintes, France
[FR] L'Arc de Germanicus est un arc de l'Antiquité romaine érigé à Saintes en l'an 18 ou 19 pour l'empereur Tibère. [EN] The Arch of Germanicus was built in 18 or 19 AD by a rich citizen of the town C. Julius Rufus.
posted by: RakeInTheCache
location: Poitou-Charentes, France
date approved: 10/31/2014
last visited: 5/8/2014
Applegate Park - Merced, CA
An arch in Applegate Park.
Square Deal Arch - Endicott, NY
Arch given by workers because the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory gave their workers a square deal
posted by: ripraff
location: New York
date approved: 10/21/2014
Moongate - Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys Parish, Bermuda
This Moongate Arch is conveniently located between the cruise ship docks and the Royal Naval Dockyard buildings.
posted by: neoc1
location: Bermuda
date approved: 10/18/2014
last visited: 4/25/2015
Konopište Chateau Entrance Gate / Vstupní brána zámku Konopište (Central Bohemia)
Depicted separate Baroque gate is entrance into complex of "fairy-tale" Chateau Konopište, one of the most visited castles in the Czech Republic.
posted by: Dorcadion Team
location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 10/16/2014
last visited: 8/2/2015
Stearns Memorial Gate - Fairview Cemetery - Chicopee, MA
The Stearns Memorial Gate is located at the north entrance to Fairview Cemetery on Fanjoy Street in Chicopee, MA
location: Massachusetts
date approved: 10/7/2014
last visited: 12/28/2014
Allen Memorial Arch - Pittsfield, MA
The Allen Memorial Arch is a gateway arch at the entrance to the Pittsfield Cemetery at 203 Wahconah Street in Pittsfield, MA
date approved: 10/6/2014
Äußeres Burgtor - Vienna, Austria
The Äußeres Burgtor is the freestanding outer gate of the Hofburg, the imperial Vienna residence of the Habsburg monarchy.
posted by: Marine Biologist
location: Wien, Austria
date approved: 10/4/2014
Carstairs Cemetery Columbarium Arch - Carstairs, AB
On the western edge of the town of Carstairs, on Gough Road, is the town cemetery, now over 110 years old.
posted by: BK-Hunters
location: British Columbia, Canada
date approved: 9/26/2014
Carstairs Cemetery Entrance Arch - Carstairs, AB
On the western edge of the town of Carstairs, on Gough Road, is the town cemetery.
location: Alberta, Canada
Chinese Heritage Cemetery Entrance Arch - Kamloops, BC
The Kamloops Chinese Cemetery is at least 150 years old and is still being maintained by the Chinese community.
date approved: 9/24/2014
Arche Laval-sur-le-Lac,Laval.Québec
Arche Laval-sur-le-Lac. Laval. Ark Laval-sur-le-Lac.Laval
posted by: colibris7
location: Quebec, Canada
last visited: 7/23/2016
Chapel of the Cross Cemetery Iron Arch -- Madison MS
The amazingly intricate wrought-iron fence around the historic Chapel of the Cross Cemetery features an amazingly ornate artistic freestanding arch
posted by: Benchmark Blasterz
location: Mississippi
date approved: 9/21/2014
last visited: 8/28/2015
Siegestor - Munich, Germany
The Siegestor (English: Victory Gate), a three-arched triumphal arch bearing a statue of Bavaria with a lion quadriga, is located in Munich, Germany.
location: Bayern, Germany
date approved: 9/20/2014
last visited: 6/28/2016
Prototype Deutsches Weintor - Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Germany
Ein Prototyp für das Deutsche Weintor in Schweigen-Rechtenbach von 1935. / Prototype for the monument Deutsches Weintor dating from 1935.
posted by: DieCacherGirls
location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
last visited: 11/29/2014
Torii at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine - Kamakura, Japan
This Torii marks the entrance to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine.
posted by: netdust
location: Kanagawa, Japan
BC Spirit Square Entrance Arch - Kamloops, BC
Kamloops' Spirit Square was created at the junction of MacKenzie Avenue and Yew Street in North Kamloops, on the north side of the Thompson River, across from the old, original section of the city.
date approved: 9/16/2014
Wren's Temple Bar Gate, London - UK
Commissioned by King Charles II, and designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the fine arch of Portland stone was constructed between 1669 and 1672.
posted by: marcius
location: London, United Kingdom
date approved: 9/15/2014
last visited: 3/26/2016
Augusta Cemetery - near Shamrock, MO
Fancy iron work arch at cemetery
posted by: YoSam.
location: Missouri
date approved: 9/12/2014
Stone Arc - Orvar Bergmarks plats
Free standing Stone arch in the middle of "Orvar Bergmarks Plats".
posted by: tobbus
location: Örebro, Sweden
last visited: 6/15/2016
Church of St. Mark Krizevcanin Arch - Zagreb, Croatia
Arch at the entrance to the Church of St. Mark Krizevcanin yard.
posted by: GCEdo
location: Croatia
date approved: 9/7/2014
last visited: 9/6/2014
Williams AZ Gateway Arch -- Williams AZ
A nice architectural iron arch on the eastern approach to Williams AZ on the old Route 66
location: Arizona
last visited: 3/20/2015
Finish line Vasaloppet
The freestanding arch at one end of "Vasagatan" (Vasastreet) is the finish line for the annual 90 km cross country ski race "Vasaloppet".
location: Dalarna, Sweden
date approved: 9/4/2014
last visited: 7/28/2015
Gaglardi Square Entrance Arch - Kamloops, BC
Gaglardi Square is a small plaza in downtown Kamloops commemorating the life of Phil Gaglardi, Pastor and politician extraordinaire, transplanted native of Kamloops.
date approved: 8/23/2014
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A very sexy picture.
I think Wabbadot and her would be fantastic together in their white tights getting really intimate with one another.
What brand name are those tights?
Artistic but still erotic.
Lovely artistic nude.
Aye, agree with wanting to see it in color! Something about tights/pantyhose that's sexy, great work!
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resolvers += "Typesafe repository" at
libraryDependencies += "play" %% "play-iteratees" % "2.1.1"
My goal is to create an Enumerator over the bytes of a file, and eventually attach some parsing logic to it, but when I try what appears to be a simple thing, I get an exception. My code looks like this:
val instr = getClass.getResourceAsStream(...)
val streamBytes = for {
chunk <- Enumerator fromStream instr
byte <- Enumerator enumerate chunk
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val printer = Iteratee.foreach[Byte](println)
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java.lang.IllegalStateException: Promise already completed.
at scala.concurrent.Promise$class.complete(Promise.scala:55)
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at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Since the stack trace doesn't point to anywhere in my code, and this is unfamiliar territory, I have no idea what's going wrong. Can anyone offer some insight or a solution to this problem?


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Which template file would I need to edit to do this? to show this on every page?
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"Do we really need to do employee evaluations?" I am asked this question on a regular basis, and my response is always the age-old phrase they teach law students their first day in class: "It depends." And it really does depend on a couple of factors. Is an evaluation required by law? Are you doing them correctly? If the answers are "no" and "no," then perhaps the employer should re-think doing employee evaluations.
In some professions evaluations are required by statute, collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise promised in a contract or by policy. In those circumstances, an evaluation needs to take place. However, for the vast majority of employers, evaluations are not legally required. If evaluations are not legally required, I tell employers not to bother if they are not going to do them correctly.
So how are evaluations done correctly? In my opinion, there are three key pieces to every evaluation: honesty, positive feedback, and realistic expectations for improvement. Without these key pieces, evaluations are not worth the paper they are written on.
Honesty: Why bother to do an evaluation if you are not going to be honest with the employee? Although it can be uncomfortable to tell somebody you are not pleased with their performance, it cannot compare with the uncomfortableness one feels when an EEOC complaint or lawsuit is filed two months after giving an employee an undeserved glowing review in their annual evaluation. Honesty is crucial and will only help bolster the employer's case, should they find themselves defending a complaint or lawsuit. If the employee only "meets expectations," do not indicate on their evaluation that they "exceed expectations." Doing so is not fair to the employee or the employer.
Positive Feedback: Employers tend to be fearful of giving positive feedback to an employee that they think may receive a pink slip in the near future. Although this is an understandable fear, employers should not hesitate to point out the positives. Consider this: an employee claims that the employer wrongfully terminated their employment on the basis of a protected class (e.g., race or gender). Doesn't having an evaluation that shows both the employee's strengths and weaknesses help prove the employer recognized that the employee was doing some things correctly, yet needed improvement in others? Positive feedback does not undermine the areas for improvement, but rather helps to show that the employer or evaluator was fair and gave credit where credit was due, in addition to pointing out where improvements could be made.
Realistic Expectations: Finally, evaluators must be sure to set realistic expectations for improvement. For example, if an employee is continually cursing at work, it may be realistic to give an immediate directive that the employee is not permitted to swear while at work, and that failure to follow the directive may result in adverse employment action. Conversely, it may not be realistic to tell an employee they must meet a specific quota in two weeks when the employee needs additional training in order to meet the quota, and the training is not available until the following month. Set realistic expectations, and give employees the tools they need to be successful. The golden rule should apply to evaluations: treat others as you would want to be treated. Give employees a reasonable opportunity to improve, and support them in that endeavor – just as you would want to be supported if you were struggling in the workplace. And, let's face it, most of us have struggled at a job at some point in our lives, and we look back and are grateful for those employers who worked with us and treated us fairly.
Evaluations have the potential to be used as both a sword and a shield. They must be completed honestly, provide positive feedback, and contain realistic expectations. At the end of the day, apply the golden rule to the evaluation, and it will be worth the piece of paper it is written on...in gold.
Andrea Slater Gulley is a shareholder in the Underwood Law Firm's Amarillo Office. Ms. Gulley is the chair of the Firm's Employment Law Section, and regularly advises on employment law matters. This article is not intended as legal advice. If you seek legal counsel regarding a specific employment law matter, please contact an attorney.


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Figure P9.81 shows a water tank with a valve atthe bottom. If this valve is opened, what is the maximum heightattained by the water stream coming out of the right side of thetank? Assume that h = 10.0 m,L = 1.70 m, and = 35° and that the cross-sectional area atA is very large compared with that at B.
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Team Freakonomics Is Leaving the Times
It's not because of the paywall.
After three and a half years blogging for the Times, Freakonomics authors Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner are leaving to launch their own multimedia venture. According to the Times, the departure was not related to their impending paywall. [Forbes]


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Beck: America Is 'The Stink On The Crap Pile'
Last night's Glenn Beck program was a cavalcade of insanity, even by the generally insane standards of Beck's nightly program, as he spent most of the show railing against Common Core and ginning up outrage over the FCC's non-existent plans to place "monitors" in newsrooms all over the nation. Beck even had the ALCJ's Jay Sekulow on the show to warn that this FCC study represents "the greatest assault on free press that we've seen in my lifetime" before turning his attention to the crisis in Ukraine in order to warn his audience that it is only a matter of time before what is happening there starts happening in cities all over America.
As he explained in this clip from one of his daily staff meetings, America is actually fortunate that, right now, we are just "the stink on the crap pile" because that gives us a little bit of time to prepare before our society and the entire world go up in flames.
Beck then somehow linked that to his obsession with the FCC study, warning that the government would use monitors to prevent news outlets from reporting the news that Americans need to know, crying out "don't you see? How can people be so stupid? Don't they see they are closing the noose around you?"
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BARRE Sean Kenneth Walsh, 56, of Maple Avenue, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at his home as a result of colon cancer.
Born Nov. 21, 1956, in Oceanside, Long Island, N.Y., he was the son of William J. and Nancie (Mullen) Walsh.
He was a graduate of the former Montpelier Educational Facility and had attended Lyndon State College.
Although he had followed several career paths, he will be most remembered as a longtime employee of S.R. Services in Montpelier.
His greatest loves were his family, the Dallas Cowboys football team, and his annual fishing trips with his longtime friend, Loren. He enjoyed his active membership in the Montpelier Kiwanis Club and was known for selflessly always being ready to help someone who needed a hand up.
He is a treasured father, son, brother and uncle who leaves his parents, William and Nancie Walsh; his daughter, Samantha Walsh, of Williamstown; two sisters, Bridget Polow and her husband, David, of Morrisville, and their children, Hannah and Connor, and Tara Walsh and her husband, James Mahoney, of Hyde Park, and their son, Basil; his brother, William Walsh, and his wife, Arlene Davis, of Northfield, and his son, Jeremy, and wife Debbie; and uncles, aunts and cousins, as well as many friends.
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"Look how funky he is."
My life will never be the same... what on earth is that from?
mmm teen witch.
Fucking top THAT. I've had this mp3 for years but never knew what it was from. Thank you.
Words can't describe how very awesome that was.
Check out this video from The Lonely Island dudes about this same subject:
yeah, that's probably the highlight--but teen witch is *so* much more--like, "i'm gonna be the most popular girl" and "i like boys"
(listen up cheerleaders, i've got a great new cheer!)
plus, tangina.
Is that the real Fountains of Wayne video for Stacey's Mom?
either way R-A-D-M-I-L-F-in fact the other day I was in a pizza restaraunt and was having a-G-M-I-L-F-fantasy, as in GRAND
OMG! Teen Witch?! This movie used to be on the disney channel like every other weekend...There was also that awesome midget witch lady who's voice was all scratchy from smoking too much...and the cute guy with the 5.0. *sigh*
Oh my. I actually *remember* that movie. Yes, I watched it on Disney like every weekend. To my young male teenager mind: it may have been a chick show, but at least it had magic in it...
It is a very overused term and often used inaccurately but... that was laugh out loud funny!
Oh. My. God. I am SO GLAD to be able to commiserate with people about this! My boyfriend made me watch "Teen Witch" this summer--I'd never seen it, he grew up watching it--and this scene almost killed me.
Also, you should know the movie prominently features celebrated little person Zelda Rubinstein...
Ok I shyt you not yesterday I was dancing around my house singing that exact scene from the movie & had asked my 9 year old if he'd seen it, he hadnt & was wondering why the hell his mom was acting a fool & going "TOP THAT!" up in his face-and POOF! Its like someone was reading my mind cause here it is today in Slog!
Dear Bunz: My roommate and your child are in the same boat. For the past eight weeks, I haven't been able to get this shit out of my brain, or to stop it from coming out of my mouth.
Supersonic, idiotic, indeed.
Hmm, yeah I remember this!
It sort of lacks the greatness when viewed for the first time as an adult, as many of my friends have not appreciated Labyrinth for that very same reason.
I don't really give a FUCK about tryin'a top that
Nay I'm trippin out for 2 reasons, the first is because you mentioned the Labyrinth which I make all of my adult friends watch, because well nothing is as awesome as David Bowe in all his moose knuckle glory- but I'm also trippin cause my 'ol lady's nickname is Nay! Small world!
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