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I sat in my office, sipping coffee and feeling profoundly sorry for myself. My dental hygienist, who'd been with me since the beginning, walked in, put his hands on his hips and glared at me. 'He was a complete fucking bastard, and you will celebrate the anniversary of the day the shit walked out on you,' he said, in something remarkably like a snarl. 'Thanks for your sympathy,' I said dryly. He snorted. 'You've got enough pity generated yourself. You don't need mine. What you need is to get away, Brad. Get out to fresh air and blue skies. Go think about why you date assholes.' I groaned. Rick and his lover were nature freaks, who camped, hiked, rafted white waters, etc., etc. They espoused the lifestyle with the fervor of religious fanatics. They'd given me a backpack for Christmas. Me...who'd seen a tree once. I looked at him and realized I'd get no damn peace until I was sunburned and covered with insect bites. He looked at me with triumph.
'Easy trail, my gay ass,' I muttered for the fifth time. Every muscle in my body was screaming. The backpack felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. I had the distinct impression the trail went straight up, and I wouldn't have been at all surprised to have looked left and seen a Beanstalk. I was hungry, but what I wanted was a pastrami sandwich, not the freeze-dried shit I carried. I also wanted a beer. And a hot tub. I looked up through the fresh air at the blue sky and swore loudly. I heard an angry hiss that made me dive for cover.
I looked around frantically for wild beasts or psychos with machetes. Found neither. I did find a pair of tan, muscular legs dropping down out of a tree. The legs were attached to a well-built, handsome angry man who was throwing a complete fit...in complete silence. I stood up and stared at him. Well, at least he was an unarmed psycho. He came close to me and hissed again, whispering through clenched teeth. 'Do you know how long I've searched for a specimen like that?' I tilted my head at him. 'No,' I said with interest. 'How long have you searched for a specimen like that?' He identified a perfect example of the Nasty Urban Sarcasm immediately and went ballistic. I stood and grinned at him until he ran out of steam, then took him in my arms and kissed him.
He was an ornithologist named Tom who'd been out in the woods just a tad too long, as he freely admitted. His social skills needed work. His kissing didn't, but we worked on it anyway. He led me off into wild country with the instincts of a homing pigeon, holding my hand and lecturing me on creatures of wing and feather, until we got to his camp. Primitive was polite. I felt my smile go glassy as I looked around at what he considered home sweet home. Then he started to strip, and all I could think about was his body. I shed my clothes rapidly. He took my hand again and led me to the most beautiful, secluded pond I'd ever seen, the water pure and clean, surrounded by lush foliage. 'Wow,' I said in admiration. 'Wow,' I said again as he knelt before me and took my cock in his mouth.
Tom sucked my cock with the same intensity that he did everything else. His concentration was total. I looked down at his face. His eyes were closed, his expression one of complete bliss. I ran my fingertips across his cheek, feeling the muscles move as he sucked me. His eyes opened and he gave me a look I felt. He continued to stare at me, locking my eyes to his, as one hand stroked my shaft and the other gently fingered my balls. In a perfectly timed move, he pulled his mouth off my cock, held it open and pumped my shaft hard. I shot cum across the distance to his mouth. It about tripled the pleasure for me. I watched his mouth fill and overflow. Then my knees buckled and I hit the water with a splash. He pulled me out before I sank.
I lay on my back, staring dreamily up at the clouds as he lay beside me sensuously stroking one palm over my chest. Occasionally he bent to kiss my shoulder. It was quiet and peaceful, with no words but much communication. I wrapped my hand around his erection and stroked gently. He murmured to me, then put his head on my shoulder. I kissed his forehead and kept up the slow, rhythmic stroking. He breathed evenly for a time, then his breath became quick and ragged. I felt his cock swell and throb in my hand. He moaned gently, his body twitched and his hot cum splattered all over my hip. I dragged my fingertips through his cum, raised my fingers to my mouth and licked them. He raised his head and opened his mouth. I scraped more cum off my hip and fed it to him.
We swam in the lake for a while like two erotic fish, hands and mouths all over each other. The sun started to glide towards the horizon and the temperature dropped along with it. By the time we made it back to his camp, we were shivering. We dried off, dressed and built a fire. He cooked a meal from fish he'd caught with a few freeze-dried items on the side. It was the best meal I'd ever eaten. We talked for hours, than slid into his tent and zipped our sleeping bags together. He was warm and responsive as we pressed our naked bodies together. We let the arousal build slowly, exchanging deep kisses and gentle caresses, content with each other's presence. The sleep bags had become a warm cocoon.
I just lay back and let him explore my body. I'd never had a lover like him...one who made me feel as if I was the first man he'd ever touched. He did it unconsciously, using the delight he genuinely felt at being with me. He slid his mouth along my forehead, the tip of his tongue flicking out just enough to taste my skin. He kissed my eyelids, my cheeks, the tip of my nose, my chin, then pressed his closed lips to mine. Gently at first, nibbling on my lower lip, then firmer, his lips opening to allow his tongue to slide into my mouth. His tongue managed to convey both tenderness and possessiveness as it thrust into my mouth. I lay still and let him conquer me.
He slid his right palm down the center of my chest to my abdomen and rubbed gently, then went lower and made circles in my pubic hair with his fingertips. He moaned, a soft, hungry sound that shot through my nervous system and made my hard cock twitch. His mouth moved off mine, slid down my chin to my throat, then across my chest to my left nipple. He fastened his mouth on my nipple and sucked. My back arched from the feeling and my nipple grew taut and erect. He used his teeth on it gently, flicking his tongue back and forth. He moved to the other nipple and pleasured it the same way. I gasped, unable to anything more than lay there and stroke him with my fingertips.
There wasn't much room in the sleep bag, but Tom made the most of it. He raised his head, grinned at me...and disappeared. I looked at the top of the bag, and saw the lump move lower. I closed my eyes and waited. His tongue thrust into my navel with determination. I quivered as his mouth took my navel, then slid down to my pubic hair. He fastened his lips in it and pulled gently. I inhaled sharply, knowing his mouth was so close to my throbbing cock. I felt his tongue flick up the shaft and groaned. He turned his head, and closed his teeth gently around my cock, sliding his mouth up and down. It was a painless, symbolic gesture, but combined with the night air, the wind in the trees and the gleaming full moon, it was a primitive fantasy...I wanted to run naked through the woods while he chased me and dragged me down to mount and mate with me. He seemed to sense what I felt, and I heard a muffled growl as his teeth moved on my cock. His fingers tightened on my balls, with just a hint of the pain that would result if he grabbed too hard. I was his completely, and he was telling me that in tones that would brook no argument. I surrendered immediately, completely and gratefully.
He took my cock in his mouth and sucked me as if it was the only thing that would continue his existence. His lips locked around me, his tongue slid all around my shaft, and the deep, urgent grunts echoed and vibrated against my cock, causing it to twitch in response. Hidden in the sleep bag, he'd opened all the floodgates of his emotions. I felt his tears drip on me as he sucked. I put my hands under my head and lay quietly, letting my lover feast on my cock and fill the emptiness. The more his mouth moved, the farther away my own emptiness retreated, until there was only a hazy, half-formed memory that it had every existed. I grinned as his hand shot up my chest and his fingers wiggled. I put the tube of lubricant in his hand and watched it disappear.
He urged my legs apart, and slid a lubricated finger to my ass crack. I moaned happily, and he grunted in response. The finger worked its way gently into my ass. It felt wonderful, deep, firm strokes to ready me for his cock. I relaxed and let him fuck me, growing more and more excited. I wanted him so damn badly. He thrust in a second finger, and my ass muscles clamped down on him to hold him. I heard a muffled gasp of delight, and his mouth closed over the head of my cock, working it with his teeth. He thrust fast and deep, demanding that my ass open for him and accept his cock. I groaned loudly and urgently. 'Now,' I said in a hoarse whisper. 'Oh, Tom, now....'
His face suddenly shot into view, eyes burning, and he kissed me as his knee moved my legs apart. He held his shaft with his hand and guided his cock to my hungry hole and thrust it in. One quick dip of his hips and he was inside me. He remained still for a second, staring at me with a smile, content to just be inside me. Then he began to pump. Hard...fast...his hands braced beside my head, his breathing harsh. He fucked like a Fury...demanding to give every part of himself to me before he allowed himself to take. I don't remember a sensation of building to a climax. I just remember cumming, a seemingly endless climax that darkened my vision and filled it with points of light...until I heard him howl and felt the hot flood of his cum...and I was savaged by a pleasure I had never dreamed existed.
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I am having problems with my Dell 2900 Server freezing when it feels like it.Only a hard reboot kick starts it again.
Original post here : http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/91708
Now I have had various ideas about why (from raid controller problems to memory problems). I have just come across this article ;
I was wondering if the experienced spiceheads among you could comment on the article and whether this could be the potential problem?Currently I have RAID 5 with ;
Controller 0 : C: 20Gb with 9.62Gb free
: E: 116Gb with 28.9Gb free
Controller 1 : G: 146Gb with 57.9Gb free
:H: 125Gb with 11Gb free
The one that is below 14% is H drive so could this be the cause of my problems? It would explain why the problem followed me from one server to another when I migrated all the user data from the original server causing problems to another identical server.
Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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Apr 6, 2010 at 4:47 UTC
It could be that it is your problem, i personally never encountered this but it could be that the low disk space could be the cause.
The one that is below 14% is H drive so could this be the cause of my problems?
Apr 6, 2010 at 5:04 UTC
Have you had a look at the size of your Paged/Non-Paged Memory Pools?
We had a PowerEdge 1950 here that had a memory leak with a Broadcom Driver and it would stick around for a few hours, then freeze up, reboot would fix it for a few hours and then back to the same again.
Apr 6, 2010 at 10:08 UTC
If it has a Broadcom NIC, upgrade the driver and firmware. Broadcom sucks at things like that.
I've never seen low disk space do anything like that. I've had servers run completely out of disk space and (overall) keep going. Lots of complaining they do though. Delete a few things and they're fine again. Several of my servers run with less than 10% disk space remaining. Make sure your page file isn't on a drive that's about to run out of space though...that can be ugly.
Anything in the event log when it freezes up? When it freezes, is it just locked, ie the mouse won't move or anything?
Have you tried MemTest (or something similar) on the memory?
Apr 9, 2010 at 12:33 UTC
not wishing to state the obvious but you have run CHKDSK /R over all those disks haven't you?
If you have then I'm going to have to put it down to the special "randomly hang when I want to" daemon that Dell installs into their server BIOS. I've junked three old poweredges for exactly this reason. They hung running windows, so I loaded ESXi and they managed to hang that so I thought F**k it life's too short and threw them out.
Compaq, I mean HP please! Sorry I can't offer more help.
Apr 13, 2010 at 2:43 UTC
ChristopherO : They do run with Broadcom NICs. Was on leave last week so couldnt do anything but plan to upgrade firmware, drivers etc this week. The server hangs with a grey screen and only the cursor on the screen. I can move the cursor but nothing else works.
AlexHeylin : I have checked the disks. In my original post I stated that the problem followed me from one server to another. (i moved the data across as I thought the problem was with the original server). I cant bin the Dell as there is no money to purchase anything else.
Apr 13, 2010 at 4:44 UTC
Frazzle - if you only moved the data at file level (not any hardware, and no data moved via disk imaging etc) then it can't be;
1. Hardware - as nothing was shared.
2. Fragmentation - as the data won't have been copied at a block level, but at the file level so the placing on the disk will have been recreated.
3. Assuming you did a complete FRESH install of OS and apps on the new servers (rather than move any disks, or disk images etc) then you can also rule out a problem with the OS etc. EXCEPT for any problem caused by any drivers etc that were installed on both the old server and the new one. That COULD cause this problem.
Ideally you need(ed) to have build the new servers on completely different hardware in order to avoid using ANY drivers (etc) that were the same as the old freezing servers. Could you do this now? New DIFFERENT hardware, new OS, fresh install of apps. Ideally don't even move the data over unless you realy have to and then if possible only do this as files - not via backup or disk-imaging.
It is possible that it's corrupt data of some sort (not corrupt disk, but actually corrupt data contained within valid files on a valid disk map). I've seen this before where a disk has been corrupted and then repaired however the data within the files is already corrupted and CHKDSK will not be able to spot or repair this.
It is also possible that there actually is disk / file / data corruption caused by those PERC 5i controllers. This would not be visible to windows / CHKDSK. I have had this problem on a pair of PowerEdge 2600 with PERC 5i which were our DC and Exchange. They corrupted so badly we made a new domain and Exchange server as we could not recover all the data correctly it was so completely corrupted at various levels. Dell late admitted that this was due to driver & firmware issues, however since resolving both of those (according to Dell) - the same servers have also hung since then running both Windows 2003 and ESXi (as above) and been thrown out as useless.
When you copied the data over from old server to new - did you COMPLETELY check the validity and integritty of the data at every level (disk, file, internal data structures)? It's quite possible that the data is valid on the disk, and at the file level but (for example) that the data structures within the files are invalid and this can cause (for example) MS Exchange's storage engine (which runs at kernel level remember!) to throw a fit as it expects to find data representing a string but half way through the data it suddenly finds a JPEG file (for example). This type of corruption can cause all sorts of weirdness. If possible have all the application data checked for validity by the application vendor (or at least using their tools, such as running ISINTEG against MS Exchange).
If all that doesn't get you anywhere then, I know this isn't what you want to hear - but really, life is too short and time is money. I would tell management that you NEED to replace these servers, OR they will have to live with the freezing.
Something like... "The problem with the freezing of these servers has been traced to an as yet unindentifed conflict between the Dell hardware and the software running on it. Identifying the exact nature of this conflict could take a long time, and excessive amounts of resource. Our suggestion is that the hardware is replaced, and that all application data is checked for corruption by the application vendor before it is moved to the new hardware. This will resolve the problem, without requiring excessive time resources or causing application users ongoing issues."
I hope that helps.
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Sunday 11 June 1978
It was Sunday, under the sign of Gemini. The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democratic).
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In UK You're The One That I Want by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John was in the top 5 hits.
Jaws 2, directed by Jeannot Szwarc, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1978
while Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon was one of the best selling books.
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Sujapur (Malda), Jan. 1: Angered by rumours that BSF jawans had seized cattle and misbehaved with women in Bakharpur village, 2 km from here, a mob of more than a thousand people attacked policemen and snatched two rifles and a wireless set before damaging 10 vehicles today. Picnickers travelling on NH34 were also not spared.
The inspector-in-charge (IC) of Kaliachak police station Sagar Saha and three other policemen were beaten up with lathis and the wooden end of scythes and kept confined in Bakharpur Primary School, 25 km from Malda town. The condition of the driver of the police Tata Sumo, Gautam Saha, is serious.
The men in khaki were rescued an hour later after the arrival of additional forces from nearby police stations. In the afternoon, the injured policemen were admitted to the Malda district hospital. The national highway was closed from 9 am to 3.30 pm, the first two hours for Id and later for the violence.
Though no one was arrested, Malda police superintendent Dilip Mondol and additional police superintendent Sujit Sarkar were camping at the spot till late in the evening. A company of RAF personnel have been deployed in the area.
Trouble started at 10 am, when residents of Bakharpur, who had gathered at a field about a kilometre from their houses for Id prayers, suddenly heard that BSF jawans were intimidating the women and forcibly taking away their cattle. The police started for the village after news reached them that hundreds of men had left the Idgah Maidan and were rushing towards Bakharpur.
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Sheriffmuir (or Sheriff Muir), the site of the inconclusive 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir (part of the Jacobite rising), lies on the slopes of the Ochil Hills just inside the Perthshire border in Scotland. The Sheriffmuir Inn, which overlooks the battle site, used to house a wrestling bear for which it is well known.
Single-track roads from the site lead to Dunblane, Greenloaning, Stirling and the A9 near Blackford. A monument to the battle stands next to the Dunblane road a few hundred yards from the site. Part of the British comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail was filmed there.
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The blog inflation on this wiki disturbs me. Therefore, I asked Captain Obvious to give me an idea for a blog and this is what we came up with (not that anyone would bother to read it anyway):
I think Law cannot kill people with his DF ability. Not directly. Since the point of an operating room is to keep what's inside it alive, it only makes sense that everything that is operated on keeps living. Which explains why separated body parts are still viable even when rearranged and attached to a different body.
What does that tell us? Well, obviously it means that the pirates who's hearts Law sent to the WG are still alive - maybe even blackmailed to work for the WG. (hence the PotC reference.) It could be such an AWESOME plot point for everything that follows, fighting people who don't want to fight but have no choice. Oh, please, Oda! Please make it a plot point!
http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/6818/philosobrookbrainsmall.pngThe other matter I had in my mind is best described by Dr. Bones here: The difference between the physical heart, the mental heart, the soul and the brain.
Physical heart and brain are "hardware", so it wouldn't matter if Law took them from a body, the body would work just fine. (imagine an external drive)
What I have a problem with is the difference between the mental heart and the soul. Or the question To what extend does Law's DF work on Brook? (Yes, yes, every new DF has to pass the Brook test. So it's brook-proved!)
It's pretty obvious that those heart shaped-thingies represent people's selves. In western culture that would mean people's souls but I'm not sure whether it's the same kind of soul as in Brook's case.
The self-switch-ability would probably work on Brook as well as on the next guy but whoever gets switched with Brook would probably retain the Yomi-Yomi ability of detaching the soul from the body, which confuses the hell out of me. It would mean the soul itself is a body and the mental heart contains the personality... and ARGH!
Food for thought. Ahahaha. Get it? Brain Pie? ... yeah, I know I'm not funny.
And that concludes another one of my serious blogs nobody will read or comment on. Neo out.


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One of the teachers I work with has a Fujitsu Esprimo V6515 laptop which was supplied with Vista Business pre-installed. Everthing was fine until Vista Business SP2 was installed. Now there is no audio. The device is listed in Device Manager and there is a speaker icon in the sys tray. However, the speaker has a little red circle with a cross in it which when you hover over gives the message "No Audio Output Device is installed".
No matter what driver I try, I cannot get the audio to work.
According to the Fujitsu website, the audio driver they provide only works with Vista Business SP1.
Does anyone know where I can get Realtek ALC-268 drivers that work with Vista business SP2.
If not, I will have to recommend he buys an upgrade to Windows 7.
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Dec 11, 2010 at 10:53 UTC
Try to uninstall all drivers,reboot the PC,then download and install driver from here http:/
,this one is supporting ALC268 HD
Dec 13, 2010 at 3:35 UTC
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Thanks Red, unfortunately I have been on the Realtek site and tried those drivers previously and they did not help - still no audio output.
I am going to confirm the audio hardware is working by recovering the laptop back to Vista Business using the Fujitsu recovery media supplied with the laptop. Once I am happy it is working, then I will upgrade it to Windows 7. This is what the owner of the laptop ultimately wants anyway.
Thanks again for your help.
Dec 13, 2010 at 8:03 UTC
You can get the drivers back for this laptop directly from Fujitsu i found it on there with the model numberhttp:/
Click on the left hand pannel to select OS etc you should be able to download everything required then
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|Feldman Carl B H
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March 7, 1961 Filed Nov. 1, 1957 SPEECH GEN.
c. B. H. FELDMAN SELECTIVE SIGNAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 A [\MHM M v vvvvvv i1 r w n n n n n n 2z DATA o UT/TL/IZA;
.SUPER- 0 SUPER 30 0wc v/soRr wsoRr SIGNAL S/G/VAL 23 acwsmron osrscron Z 9 2 D Z LU FREQ. IN KC. INVENTOR C. B.H. FEL OMAN ATTOR EV SELECTIVE SIGNAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM Carl B. H. Feldman, Clearwater, Fla, assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 1, 1957, Ser. No. 693,914
13 Claims. (Cl. 324-77) This invention relates to wave analyzing systems and particularly to the art of signal recognition and identification.
Whenever a communication channel is used for more than one type of service, the mode or modes of transmis sion at any instant must be known at each terminal. In those cases in which simultaneous service is required, identity of each may be conveniently preserved by assigning to each a different portion of the frequency spectrum. A wide band channel is, of course, required for this mode of operation and unless each portion of the channel is in constant use, the total channel economy is low. If simultaneous service is not essential, signals representative of the two or more services may be transmitted on a shared time basis. Each service may, therefore, utilize the full bandwidth of the available channel and the over-all system economy is substantially increased. Thus, it has become common practice to trans mit various kinds of digital data, facsimile signals, telewriting signals, and electronic dialing and switching signals, each occupying the same wide frequency range, interleaved in time with normal two-way telephone signals over conventional long distance telephone toll lines. By this arrangement there is realized effectively a full time telephone service and a part time data transmission service over the circuit normally employed for the voice service alone.
It becomes essential in programming a circuit for this type of use to disconnect or otherwise inhibit the voice transmitters at each end of the channel during data transmission periods, and to return the transmitters to normal voice service following each such period. Inhibiting of the normal telephone service can, of course, be effected by mutual agreement of both subscribers. Thus, a party desiring to transmit data may advise the called party of this fact by placing a regular telephone call. Each party then disables his own voice generating equipment and switches his auxiliary data equipment into the circuit. Automatic transmission of data over the circuit then continues until all the data has been transmitted or until either party once again needs the channel for other purposes. The problem remains, however, of informing the distant receiving party that the time has come for him to re-enable his telephone trans- I mitter and receiver and disconnect his data generating and transmitting equipment. For convenience, these equipments may be termed respectively, a telephone subset and a data subset. In some cases, a continuous monitoring of the line by each subscriber during the data transmission period may be convenient. In others, continuous monitoring over long periods of time is impossible and an automatic transfer from one service to the other is not only desirable, but essential.
One well-known way of effecting an automatic transfer from one type of service to another is to include in the composite signal some form of supervisory identifying character. Supervisory characters may take any one 2,974,281 Patented Mar. 7, 1961 of a number of forms. They may, for example, comprise digital encoded pulse groups or bursts of alternating current waves modulated in a particular way. Elaborate equipment must be employed, however, to detect these signals. Preferably, a supervisory signal assumes the form of a single-frequency alternating current wave located within the voice frequency band. With this form, there is no increase in the bandwidth requirement of the system and consequently the telephone toll ine facilities may be used without alteration. All that is required is that the receiver be responsive to the supervisory waves and not to message waves.
It is known, however, that a complex speech wave may at any instant comprise a single frequency or a small number of nearly sinusoidal Waves which, together, are almost indistinguishable from the supervisory tone signal. The receiver must be capable of distinguishing between these speech simulating signals and the supervisory signals in order to prevent unwanted momentary interruptions of the telephone service. One way to insure this is to maintain the supervisory signals at a relatively high amplitude with respect to the amplitude of the voice signals. However, noise signals generated in the transmission system and the attenuation of signals in the transmission apparatus reduce the reliability with which such signals are received. An alternative approach is to employ multiple tone signaling relying on the observation that the occurrence, at any instant, of two nearly pure sinusoidal waves of preassigned frequencies within the speech wave is extremely unlikely. Nevertheless, spurious registrations of supervisory signals are possible even though complex equipment is provided for detecting individually the several supervisory signals. Moreover, in those cases in which a number of separate supervisory signals of different frequencies are employed to permit a plurality of data subsets to be used on the same toll line, the complexity of the detecting equipment is greatly increased.
It is an object of the present invention to efiect an automatic transfer from one type of communication service to another in response to an in-band supervisory identifying signal delineating the service.
It is another object of the invention to rapidly and correctly separate sinusoidal supervisory signals from the message signal in which they are interspersed.
The present invention approaches the problem of detecting in-band supervisory signals by means of an entirely dilferent avenue. The determination of the nature of the signal received is advantageously made to be dependent upon a recognition of a distinguishing characteristic associated with each type of signal. In general, single frequency alternating currents, of the type used for supervisory signaling, are periodic with respect to time, and telephony, noise, and data-bearing signals are aperiodic. A wave is defined herein as periodic when its successive zero crossings are evenly spaced apart in time (or occur regularly in time) aside from their particular recurrence rate; i.e., when in a diagrammatic representation of such a wave the successive zeros or axis crossings are uniformly spaced apart, aside from the extent of the spacings. It is aperiodic when its zeros (or axis crossings) vary in an irregular fashion such that the periods between successive zeros or crossings are unequal. Hence, a standard pulse generated at all positive-going axis crossings, for example, will be regularly-spaced for supervisory signals as defined above, and irregularly-spaced for telephony, noise or data-bearing signals.
It is in accordance with the present invention to turn this observation to account by interspersing, in an otherwise ordinary message signal, supervisory signals in the form of periodic waves of any one of a number of different frequencies and alike in their periodic character. The periodic character which they share alike designates them as supervisory signals in contrast to voice waves or data-bearing waves, and their frequencies which are individual to them can further serve to distinguish among them for the purpose of routing each one to its intended destination, for actuating specific frequency responsive apparatus components, for carrying out particular functions, and the like. Detection of the supervisory signals is effected by examining signal zero crossings for regularity, aside from and in contrast to frequency, and interpreting a sequence of axis crossings which remain periodic over a sufliciently long time interval as a supervisory signal. Additionall, the sequence of axis crossings so identified is resolved into a signal sufficient for initiating a desired sequence of automation operations. An important advantage of this system is that the detector is completely insensitive to troublesome variations in amplitude, frequency, or distribution of energy in the two types of signals, or in a combination of these, and is'completely independent of the absolute frequency of the periodic portion of the complex wave.
The invention in one of its embodiments includes wave analyzing apparatus which employs a detector for producing separate indications respectively for periodic and aperiodic portions of a wave. Detection is accomplished in this embodiment by limiting the amplitude of the incoming wave to remove any amplitude modulations present and then generating pulses indicative of each cycle of the limited wave, e.g., one pulse for each zero or axis crossover. The density of these pulses is determined by applying them to a low pass filter possessing loss throughout the effective speech range. Hence, higher order harmonies are removed and an auxiliary wave is derived in which aperiodic portions of the wave are characterized by amplitude fluctuations and in which periodic :wave portions are characterized by a constant amplitude output signal. By subsequently differentiating the auxiliary wave, the supervisory signal intervals are positively identified.
In another embodiment of the invention, the wave analyzing apparatus employs as a detector a circuit, referred to hereinafter as a width-difference detector, in which regularity or the lack of it is measured by comparing the durations of adjacent positive flat-tops of the limited wave and generating a signal proportional in amplitude to the difference. By making the comparison a subtractive process, regularity is indicated when the signal amplitude is zero.
Aside from greatly simplifying the wave analyzing process and the apparatus with which it is carried out, the present invention permits the detection of supervisory signals of any frequency within the voice band Without imposing additional restrictions on the frequency response capabilities of the transmission system.
Since recognition of the supervisory signal is dependent upon the occurrence of constant amplitude or zero signal portions of an auxiliary wave, it is apparent that the absence of any signal could be interpreted as a supervisory signal. Consequently, the amplitude limiter employed is adjusted to limit on noise so that during intervals void of both supervisory signals and voice frequencies, noise signals are passed by the limiter and enter the detector as aperiodic pulses. Consequently, erroneous interpretations are avoided. This noise in the signal may, of course, be reduced to a low unobstrusive level by conventional techniques before it is ultimately utilized. Similarly, spurious line interferences, particularly at power frequencies and their harmonics, could possibly be interpreted by the detector as supervisory signals since they are perodic. This possibility is effectively eliminated by attenuating these signals in simple narrow band filters having high attenuation at troublesome portions of the band. This can be done without seriously distorting either the data or the telephony signals. Additionally, it might be expected that prolonged vowel-type voice sounds are apt to produce false indications. It has been found, however, that the occurrence of such false indications are rare and can, for all practical purposes, be completely eliminated simply by increasing the duration of the examination period of an incoming signal.
The invention will be fully apprehended from the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments thereof taken in connection with the appended drawings in which:
Fig. 1A is a waveform diagram illustrating a typical supervisory signal interposed between a speech signal and a data signal;
Fig. 1B is a waveform diagram illustrating the same sequence of signals after limiting;
Fig. 2 is a block schematic diagram illustrating the mode of operation of the invention;
Fig. 3 is a block schematic diagram showing apparatus elements coordinated in accordance with one form of the invention;
Figs. 4AF are waveform diagrams of assistance in explaining the operation of the apparatus of Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is a graph illustrating the attenuation characteristic at cut-off of a low pass filter suitable for use in the practice of the invention;
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a slicer circuit exhibiting delay which may be used in the system of Fig. 3
Fig. 7 is a set of graphs illustrating the operation of the slicer of Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is a block schematic diagram showing apparatus coordinated in a manner alternative to that of Fig. 3;
Figs. 9A-C are waveform diagrams of assistance in explaining the operation of the apparatus of Fig. 8; and
Fig. 10 is a block schematic diagram of a width dif ference detector suitable for use in the practice of the invention.
Referring now to the drawings and especially to Fig. 1A, there is illustrated a complex wave comprising several segments representative of waves which may be encountered in shared time transmission of telephony and data signals, together with a sinusoidal supervisory control signal separating them. Ordinarily, the supervisory control signal is inserted at the conclusion of a transmission of one mode of information and employed to perform the changeover of the various subsets at each terminal to another mode of operation. The supervisory signal preferably comprises a sinusoidal wave at any frequency f within the speech band. According to the present invention it is recognizable as a supervisory signal regardless of the frequency of the wave by virtue of its periodic nature as contrasted with the aperiodic nature of either the telephony or data-bearing waves.
It Will be convenient hereinafter to apply the term period to a speech wave in the same manner as the term is applied to a sinusoidal wave; that is, the period of a speech wave is defined as that portion of the Wave in time between two positive going axis crossings. For true sinusoidal Waves the period defines, of course, one cycle of the wave. Additionally, it will be helpful to catalogue all wave phenomena into one of two general classes, periodic or aperiodic. Thus, speech, data and noise signals may be classed aperiodic and in-band supervisory signals as periodic Waves.
In Fig. 1A, the two forms of signals are illustrated for the case in which they occur in time alternation. It is to be noted, however, that the supervisory signal period will generally comprise a considerably greater number of undulations than illustrated in Fig. 1.
Regularity or the lack of it in the composite wave of Fig. 1A can easily be observed after severe limiting of the Wave. The wave after limiting is illustrated in Fig. 1B. It becomes immediately apparent in this figure that the segments both of speech and data signals are represented by irregularly-spaced or aperiodic pulses while the supervisory control signal segments are represented by regularly spaced or periodic pulses.
Fig. 2 illustrates a system for transmitting both information and supervisory signals over a single transmission medium on a shared time basis. Although a one-way channel is shown, it is to be understood that two-way operation requires only a duplication of the elements shown in Fig. 2 together with conventional means for effecting two-way transmission of message signals over a single line pair. In the figure, speech signals originate, for example, in microphone 29, data signals originate in data generator 23, and sinusoidal signals at a frequency indicative of the particular station and suitable for supervisory functions originate in generator 24. The several signals may be coupled to the line by any well-known means, preferably fully electronic, such that only one is accepted for transmission at any one time. In its simplest form, however, this means may comprise a triple pole switch or, as illustrated, a pair of double pole switches 21 and 22. In this arrangement, switch 21 selects either speech or data signals for transmission and switch 22 selects either data or supervisory signals. The strength of each of the signals is increased in amplifier 25 so that subsequent attenuation and disturbances imparted to the signal during transmission will not seriously impair the characteristics of the wave. It is assumed that amplifier 25 will, in addition, introduce the necessary equalization and in general, transform the signals to ones suitable for transmission.
The selected signal is transmitted over channel 26 to a receiver station which includes an amplifier 27 for reestablishing the received signals to a usable equalized level. The equalized signals are applied to electronic switch 32 and, depending upon the switch position, are supplied to the speech utilization device 29 which may be, for example, a telephone subset or to the data utilization device 31 which may be, for example, a facsimile receiver, a telewriter or other form of data subset. Bridged across the output terminal of amplifier 27 is a supervisory signal detector 30 which continuously examines the incoming signal and for each supervisory signal segment received emits a signal sufficient to activate a relay 28 associated with the electronic switch 32. The emitted signal may, of course, be used to control any form of electronic device capable of routing the incoming signals to the proper utilization device.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a supervisory signal detector in accordance with the invention suitable for use in the system illustrated in Fig. 2. Signals derived from amplifier 27 are first passed through equalizer 33 to correct for distortions imparted to the signal by the line or other equipment. It may also include a simple RC differentiator arranged to alter the response of the received signal thereby to prevent the possibility of periodicity at the pitch frequency of the voice wave from being developed. The amplified and equalized signals are next amplitude limited in limiter 34 to convert the continuously varying signals into a sequence of substantially rectangular pulses of constant amplitude. These limited pulses are applied to pulscr 35 which generates for each full wave period a single standard pulse of preassigned width and amplitude. One pulse is, for example, positioned at each positive going axis crossing of the wave. These standard pulses are applied to low pass filter 36 which passes only frequencies below half the repetition frequency of the wave to produce a continuous wave which is in some respects indicative of the regularity of occurrence of the pulses in the wave. The filtered signal is then passed through dilferentiator 37 wherein a voltage is developed proportionate to the rate of change dE/zll of the filtered signal. The differentiated wave is rectified and established at a new reference level in full wave rectifier 38 and shaped inan amplitude sensitive threshold device 39, commonly known as a slicer, to remove any remaining amplitude variations. The slicer produces a sharp step for each departure of the Wave from a period of amplitude variation to one void of undulation. This wave is then used to energize the above-described relay arrangement, for example, or to initiate any desired action at the precise time defined by the step.
That the foregoing operations result in the generation of a sharp step wave for each periodic wave intercalated in a complex aperiodic wave can readily be seen by referring to the illustrative wave forms shown in Fig. 4.
Fig. 4A illustrates the sequences of limited pulses derived from limiter 34. l'his figure is substantially a duplicate of Fig. 1B with only the symmetry of the wave altered for the sake of clarity of exposition. The supervisory signal segment is identified in the drawing although it is readily apparent that the pulses representative of this portion of the signal are regularly-spaced in contrast to the irregularity-spaced pulses representative of the information bearing portions of the signal. Limiter 34 holds the channel voltage output below a predetermined maximum value both to insure a sufficient number of flattopped waves for each segment and to prevent overloading of the following circuits. The limiter circuit is adjusted to limit on noise so that gaps in the information bearing portions of the signal will not be interpreted as a supervisory signal, the result of which would be to disconnect momentarily the telephone microphone and receiver. Pulser 35 which may be any form of device for generating a unit pulse of preassigned height, shape, and duration for each full wave period resolves the rectangular pulses of Fig. 4A into the series of unit pulses illustrated in Fig. 48. Preferably although not necessarily, a unit pulse is generated at each positive axis crossing.
Fig. 40 shows the signal following its passage through low pass filter 36. Assuming that the cut-off frequency f of filter 36 is low with respect to the supervisory signal frequency i the response during periods of supervisory signals will be substantially constant at an amplitude level proportional to the frequency of the signal f,. The response when voice, noise or data signals are present is an alternating current superimposed on an average direct current.
Fig. 5 illustrates a typical response curve of frequency versus attenuation for low pass filter 36 in which the relative frequency of the supervisory signal f and the cut-off frequency f are indicated. Generally speaking, the filter 36 will have a delay in response of substantially 1/ this being the time required for the response indicated in Fig. 4C to be realized following a change in Wave character; i.e., for transient oscillations to die out prior to a period of constant amplitude void of undulation. As the low pass filter cut-off frequency is further reduced, this delay period will necessarily increase. However, a sutficient number of cycles of the signal at frequency i may be employed so that this delay is negligible at all frequencies. Since the cut-off frequency f necessarily determines the low frequency response both of speech signals and the lowest supervisory signal that can be employed, it is obvious that any frequency above f and within the speech frequency band may be employed as a supervisory signal and further that a number of such supervisory signals occurring at different frequencies will be recognized by the detector.
Curve 4D illustrates the wave after differentiation. For both aperiodic and periodic portions, the wave is proportional to the rate of change dE/dt of the applied voltage. Consequently, during aperiodic portions an output signal will be developed since dE/dt has, for each wave element, a finite value. During periodic portions a zero signal output is produced, since dE/ dt is zero. That is to say, the derivative of the constant portion of curve 40 is zero. Full wave rectifier 38 then converts the differentiated wave of the form illustrated in curve 4E. While the term rectification is used, it is, of course, possible to achieve the necessary change of wave symmetry by a change only in the direct current level of the wave. Any means for removing the negative-going portions of the wave may, therefore, be considered as a rectifier within the terms of this specification. Advantageously, however, the negativegoing portions of the wave are rectified to produce a unidirectional wave. Furthermore, it is advantageous to re-establish the signal at a low direct current level to prevent small undulations, appearing during the supervisory signal periods as a result of imperfections in the apparatus or variations of pitch, to be misinterpretcd as speech.
After rectification, the wave is applied to slicer 39 to remove the remaining undulations and to produce the desired stepped voltage Wave at the transition from aperiodic to periodic pulse segments, and from periodic to aperiodic segments. Momentary gaps between pulses in the rectified wave, i.e., short signal intervals in which the signal level is below the slicing level, are bridged over by delaying the response of the slicer by a preassigned interval. A circuit for interposing such a delay is frequently known in short as a hangover. The hangover imparted to the signal insures that the voltage step will occur after the filtered signal has ceased ringing and permits positioning of the step after a preassigned time interval following the last undulation of the aperiodic portion of the wave. The output wave containing a sharp step is illustrated in Fig. 4F.
A simple circuit which may be employed conveniently as both the slicer and the hangover circuit is illustrated in Fig. 6. It comprises tWo transistors 61 and 65 connected as shown. Of these, the transistor 61 is normally biased below cut-off, i.e., Oil, by application of a negative voltage -E to its emitter electrode. The emitter of transistor 65 is connected to ground and its base is connected to the collector of transistor 61 and through resistor 62 to a source of positive potential +E. Consequently, transistor 65 is biased On and its collector rests at a low reference potential, e.g., zero. Application of a sufiiciently positive signal V from the output of the rectifier 33 to the base electrode of transistor 61 turns transistor 61 On whereupon the storage capacitor 64, connected between ground and the junction of the collector of transistor 61 and the base of transistor 65, quickly charges through the low resistance path from the collector to emitter of transistor 61. Consequently, transistor 65 is quickly turned Off, and the output voltage V rises to the source voltage +E. At the trailing edge of the input signal, i.e., at the instant at which the amplitude of the input wave becomes negative with respect to the slicing level -E, transistor 61 is turned off and the charge accumulated on capacitor 64 slowly discharges, allowing the base electrode of transistor 65 to start to'return to a more positive potential. After this discharge has progressed for a time, dependent on the time constant of the circuit, transistor 65 again becomes conductive thereby causing the ouput voltage to drop suddenly to Zero. The transmission of the trailing edge of the output pulse is consequently delayed with respect to the trailing edge of the input pulse.
Whether the input signal is composed of a series of regularly or irregularly-spaced pulses, the output voltage V will remain high, bridging the gaps between pulses so long as the amount of hangover is greater than the maximum spacing between two adjacent pulses. This is similar to the smoothing action of a filter.
The input and output Waves of the hangover circuit are illustrated in Fig. 7. V is a signal which is normally maintained at a low potential; which rises quickly coincident with the leading edge of the input pulse V substantially to the potential of the positive source +13, and returns again to the low reference potential at a time somewhat later than the commencement of the trailing edge of the input pulse, as indicated by hangover time H in Fig. 7.
Fig. 8 illustrates a supervisory signal detector which employs a width-difference detector for transforming the differences in width of adjacent width modulated signals into a series of amplitude-modulated pulses. Equalizer 33, limiter 34 and slicer 39 function in the manner described above. The Width-difierence detector is a circuit which produces at every negative-going axis crossing in the limiter output wave, a short positive pulse whose amplitude is proportional to the difference in duration of the two preceding positive fiat-tops. Similarly, at every positive-going axis crossing a short positive pulse is produced whose amplitude is proportional to the difference in the duration or the two preceding negative flat-tops. Thus, when the axis crossing are spaced unevenly, an irregularly-spaced sequence of pulses of various amplitudes is produced. When the axis crossings are spaced evenly the positive fiat-tops are of equal duration and the difference between adjacent flat-tops is zero. In like manner all of the negative fiat-tops are of equal duration, and the difierencc in adjacent flat-tops is Zero. Regularity in the input wave is thus indicated at the output of generator 8%] by a zero signal. Hence, the slicer with hangover 39 is supplied with a train of wave segments, certain of which contain irregularlyspaced pulses of varying amplitudes and others of which are void of pulses altogether. As before the slicer 39 is an amplitude-sensitive threshold device th t bridges the longest gaps between pulses likely to occur in voice, data or noise waves.
The operation of this form of supervisory signal detector is illustrated in the curves of Fig. 9. Fig. 9A depicts a sequence of pulses derived from the limiter 34. Adjacent pulses are compared and, for each difference in duration detected, a pulse is generated whose amplitude is proportional to the difierence in duration of the two preceding fiat-topped waves. This sequence of pulses, illustrated in Fig. 9B, is one in which irregularly-spaced pulses that are amplitude-modulated are present during voice, data or noise signals and pulses of zero amplitude are produced for supervisory signaling periods. This sequence of pulses whose amplitude envelope is a measure of the density of the limited pulses, is applied to the slicer 39 to produce a stepped output wave of the form illustrated in Fig. 9C. This output Wave is suitable for operating an electronic switch or another automatic control device.
One convenient form of width-diiterence detector 80 which may be used in the practice of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 10. It advantageously comprises two structurally identical units and 116 connected in parallel paths between the limiter 34 and the slicer 39. The two units are arranged to eflfect the comparison operation on alternate pairs of pulses, the net result being that a pulse representative of the difierence between each pair is produced. Section 100 of the detector 80 is shown in detail. It comprises two pulse-width detectors 102 and 107 connected in parallel between the converter input and a subtractor circuit 193. Each of these detectors produces for each applied pulse, an auxiliary pulse of unit duration whose amplitude is proportional to the duration of the applied pulse. Any of the circuits wellknown in the art for effecting this conversion may be used. Accordingly, the unit pulse output may be arranged to coincide with the leading edge of the applied pulse, the trailing edge or any predetermined point during or after the occurrence of the pulse.
The amplitude difference between two adjacent auxiliary pulses is obtained by subtracting one from the other in subtractor 103. Simple subtraction of the pulses requires, of course, that the two pulses occur at precisely the same time. Hence, one of the pair of auxiliary pulses is delayed for a period equal to the interval between the initiation of each pulse of the pair. Since this interval is not a constant for aperiodic sequences of pulses, the delay time is altered in accordance with the duration of each interval. This is conveniently done by inserting a variable delay circuit 106 in series with one of the detectors, e.g., detector 107. Variable delay devices suitable for this purpose are well-known in the art. One is shown, for example, in US. Patent 2,661,163 to A. M. Clogston, granted January 11, 1954.
A control signal suitable for altering the delay characteristic of device 106 may be generated in various ways. It may, for example, be derived by converting the duration of the interval between the pulses into a voltage Whose amplitude is proportional to the time of the interval either by charging a capacitor, operating a counter, or the like. In the simple and convenient arrangement illustrated, the control signal is derived from a timeamplitude converter 164 which may be of conventional construction as described, for example, in Waveforms, volume 19 of the Radiation Laboratory Series published by McGraw-Hill (1949), at page 533. The width-modulated pulses derived from limiter 34 may, accordingly, be connected to the switch tube of a triangular waveform generator. The output of such a generator will be an amplitude-modulatedwave train suitable for establishing the delay period of the device 166. Fixed duration delay lines 101 and 105 impart to the signal in each channel a period of delay selected to be greater than the longest interval encountered in the aperiodic portion of the received Wave. 'This enables the control pulse for the variable delay device to be formed and shaped prior to the instant at which the pulse to be delayed reaches device 106.
The output signals produced in subtractor 103 and its counterpart in unit 110 are added together and applied to a slicer with hangover 3% as in the previous embodiments of the invention. In those cases in which the limited pulses occur in a periodic sequence the difference in duration between adjacent pulses is zero and in those cases in which the limited pulses occur in aperiodic sequences, the output is finite. The transition between these two states appears at the output of slicer 39 as a stepped wave suitable for use in the control of automatic changeover equipment.
In each of the embodiments of the invention heretofore described, regularity or the lack of it in an electrical wave is utilized as the sole criterion for characterizing the Wave as a supervisory control signal or otherwise. Consequently, a detector embodying this principle is completely independent of the amplitude and frequency of the received wave and is eminently suitable for recognizing in-band supervisory signals.
While the invention has been described in connection with the illustrative embodiments in which a sinusoidal supervisory signal is time interleaved with telephony and data-bearing signals, it is, of course, equally applicable to any other signaling arrangement in which a periodic signal wave is to be separated from aperiodic waves. Moreover, it is obvious that both the leading edge and trailing edge, or both, of the wave produced by the slicer with hangover may be suitably utilized. It is to be understood that the above-described arrangements are only illustrative of the numerous and varied other arrangements which could represent applications of the principles of the invention. Such other arrangements may readily be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
1. In combination, a source of a message wave, means for deriving from said message wave an auxiliary wave Whose amplitude at every instant is proportional to the degree of regularity of spacing of axis crossings of said message wave, and means for detecting portions of said auxiliary wave having amplitudes below a preassigned amplitude level.
2. In apparatus for analyzing a wave for its periodic and aperiodic portions, the combination of means for limiting the amplitude of said wave, means for deriving from said limited wave an auxiliary wave whose amplitude at every instant is a measure of the uniformity of spacing of zero crossovers of said limited wave, and means for detecting portions of said auxiliary wave havamplitude below a preassigned amplitude level.
3. In combination, a source of a message wave, means for deriving from said message wave an auxiliary wave whose amplitude at every instant is proportional to the degree of regularity of zero crossings of said message wave, a first utilization device, a second utilization device, means for directing portions of said auxiliary wave whose amplitude is above a preassigned amplitude level to said first utilization device, and means for directing portions of said auxiliary wave whose amplitude is below a preassigned amplitude level to said second utilization device.
4. In apparatus for analyzing a composite wave for its periodic and aperiodic portions and adapted to provide an identifying signal for each portion, means for deriving from said composite wave an auxiliary wave whose amplitude at every instant is proportional to the recurrence rate of zeros of the composite wave, amplitude-sensitive means for distinguishing between undulating portions of said auxiliary wave and portions void of undulation, and means influenced by said distinguishing ,means for generating, for each undulating portion, a signal of a first preassigned amplitude and, for each portion void of undulation, a signal of a second preassigned amplitude.
5. In combination with apparatus as defined in claim 4, a plurality of utilization circuits supplied with said composite wave, selected ones of said utilization circuits being enabled for operation by signals of said first preassigned amplitude, and others of said utilization circuits being enabled for operation by signals of said second preassigned amplitude, and means for applying the signals developed by said generating means to all of said utilization circuits whereby said utilization circuits become operative in accordance with the amplitude level of said applied signals.
6. In apparatus for obtaining a measure of the degree of regularity of a signal wave, means for limiting the amplitude of said wave, means for generating a pulse having, a preselected duration, amplitude, and shape for each cycle of said limited wave, said pulses together forming a pulse train, means for limiting the harmonic content of said pulse train to form an auxiliary Wave, means for differentiating said auxiliary wave, and means for selecting portions of said differentiated auxiliary wave in accordance with the magnitude thereof.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said selecting means comprises an amplitude-sensitive threshold device.
8. In electric apparatus for providing a first condition of operation in response to an input signal characterized by periodically recurring signal portions and a second condition of operation in response to an input signal characterized by aperiodically recurring signal portions, the combination in the order named of: an amplitude limiter supplied with input signals, a pulse generator, means for limiting the harmonic content of sequences of said pulses, a difierentiator, a full wave rectifier, an amplitude-sensitive threshold device, and means for substantially delaying the time of response of said amplitudesensitive threshold device.
9. In apparatus for separating a message wave into its periodic and aperiodic portions, means for limiting the amplitude of said message wave thereby to produce a Wave characterized by successive sequences of flat-topped pulses, means for producing from said limited wave a voltage whose magnitude is a function of the difference in duration of adjacent ones of said flat-topped pulses, and amplitude-sensitive means biased at a preassigned voltage threshold for producing an output signal each time said threshold is exceeded.
10. Electronic apparatus responsive to a train of regularly recurring electrical impulses intercalated with a train of irregularly recurring electrical pulses comprising means for limiting the amplitude of pulses of both of said trains thereby to produce a sequence of flat-topped pulses recurring as in the original trains, means for detecting differences in the widths of adjacent fiat-topped pulses in said sequence, and means responsive to said differences occurring below a preassigned value for producing an output signal.
11. Electronic apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said means for detecting differences in the widths of adjacent fiat-topped pulses comprises means for converting each pulse in said sequence into a pulse whose amplitude is a function of the width of the pulse, variable delay means for delaying one pulse of each successive pair of adjacent pulses to time coincidence with the other pulse of said pair, comparator means, and means for impressing upon said comparator means both pulses of each successive pair of adjacent pulses, thereby to produce a voltage whose magnitude is a function of the difference in amplitude of said impressed pair.
,12. Electronic apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said'means for producing an output signal comprises an amplitude-sensitive threshold device supplied with the voltage derived from said comparator means, and means for delaying a preassigned interval of time the response of said amplitude-sensitive device once said threshold has been reached.
-13. In apparatus for analyzing a wave for its periodic and aperiodic portions, the combination of means for limiting the amplitude of said Wave, means for generating a pulse indicative of the rising portion of each cycle of said limited wave, means for deriving from said pulses an auxiliary wave Whose amplitude at every instant is proportional to the repetition rate of said generated pulses, means for differentiating said auxiliary Wave, and means for detecting portions of said differentiated auxiliary Wave having amplitudes below a preassigned amplitude level.
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Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist and Other Episodes is a fan-fiction VHS/DVD Release featuring one Courage The Cowardly Dog episode, one Pokemon episode, one Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode, one SpongeBob SquarePants episode, one Thomas and Friends episode and one All Grown Up episode.
- Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist (Courage The Cowardly Dog)
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- A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?)
- Patrick Smartpants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Percy Takes The Plunge (Thomas and Friends)
- Runaround Susie (All Grown Up)
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- Top: Dr. Le Quack
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Coach Shane Flanagan believes Cronulla's long wait to play finals football has been behind their recent slump in form.
After hitting a mid-season purple patch, setting a club-record 15 game winning streak and confirming a finals berth, the Sharks have won just one of their last six NRL matches.
Cronulla face Canberra at GIO Stadium in Saturday night's qualifying final when Flanagan believes the last two months will count for nought.
"We knew there was a semi-finals series coming up and it was probably a bit of a wait for us," Flanagan said at Sharks Leagues Club on Friday.
"We were hanging around waiting for it and we had to get through a few competition games before it.
"Some of the boys, especially the older boys, had it in the back of their mind they didn't want to get injured in a competition game, they want to play semi-finals.
"It is hard not to think about it when you are in those games but we are there now."
In contrast Canberra have claimed 10 wins in a row as they stormed to second spot on the ladder after 26 competition rounds.
Regardless Flanagan is confident last week's loss in the minor premiership showdown with Melbourne has the Sharks battle-ready for the finals.
"I thought it was outstanding for us to go down there and play like that against a side that has its act together," he said.
"We just need to capitalise on our opportunities which we didn't do last week. That is something we have worked hard on this week."


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'Revenge' Recap: An Arrest and a Return to Emily's Little Black Book
But between elaborating on the Initiative, which is just a departure from the cunning series with two strong women at the center, and getting back to its "name of the week" element, Revenge returned much more quietly than we would have liked.
"Power" put Emily (Emily VanCamp) right back in the position she was in when we first met her on the pilot episode. She was on a mission to cross off yet another name from her little black book — this time that of the judge (Geoff Pierson) who sentenced her father — and seduce Daniel (Josh Bowman) for more nefarious purposes. This time, of course, her every interaction with the eldest Grayson heir (who now walks a little cockier thanks to his position as CEO of Grayson Global) is much more weighted due to their history. And despite the fact that she's still actually hooking up with Aiden (Barry Sloane), she still runs the risk of real emotions getting in the way of her plans. It's just a mess!
After "vetting" the couple's guilt over dinner, Emily showed up at the judge's wife's (Clare Carey) gala — ironically for a charity that helps falsely imprisoned people — and convinced said wife to help her take down her own husband. Emily was emotional and raw with the wife in a way she is not with just about anyone, and it was the perfect way to reach the woman. The wife actually stood up in front of her gathering and revealed that David Clarke was the subject of a tainted jury. If you're worried she'll have second thoughts in the morning, don't be. Apparently the judge was beating her, so you know, she got her own revenge on him; it just took someone else to get her to the point where she was ready to.
When it came to Daniel, though, Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) was actually a help in steering Emily back towards him, as the women had a tete-a-tete, and Victoria revealed just how much Daniel cared for Emily. Concerned about her son's safety with the Initiative basically using him as a pawn right now, she must have figured Emily was the safer of the two "evils" because she could at least keep her eye on one, small girl. It all worked, too. Emily did what Victoria asked and "stepped in," which had Daniel knocking on her door for a booty call of sorts. It was a nice bookend to Emily's early-episode fight-then-makeout with Aiden (Barry Sloane). But don't worry, Aiden was in on Emily's plan to get Daniel back, even going so far as to stage a breakup fight with her in front of him at a restaurant.
Daniel went to Nolan (Gabriel Mann) for help after learning his father had even more secret accounts than he expected, but this action basically played right into what Emily and Nolan wanted — as Nolan now has access to Grayson Global's system in a whole new (with permission) way!
Nolan was partially preoccupied with Marco (E.J. Bonilla), who certainly appeared to still be in love with him, giving him gifts — and wouldn't you know it? The computer chip he gifted Nolan just "happened" to be the one that would help Nolan infiltrate Grayson Global even deeper. We'd say that was just too convenient not to be a trap, but considering Bonilla recently told Celebuzz fans might come around to Marco, it must be real, because this would certainly be a way to do it. If there's one thing the Revenge fans all agree on, it's that they love Nolan and want him to get everything!
Buzz Moments
OMG!: WHAT IS WRONG WITH JACK? Why does he keep stepping in for Declan? Sure, Declan wasn't guilty this time, so there wasn't any mess to actually clean up, but come on, Jack: use your head. If you go to jail, Amanda will go back to stripping, Declan will lose the family business, and baby Carl will probably be sold on the black market for v-neck tees.
Thank you, TV gods.: The Montauk PD finally showed their faces! So much goes down in the Hamptons that we just can't believe they ignore. Even if it took a "tip," and even if they nabbed the wrong guy, at least they showed up and earned their keep tonight.
Awk-ward: Declan and Charlotte's (Christa B. Allen) romantic little dinner for two on the boat got busted up in the worst way when that drug-sniffing dog bounded in!
Hotness: Marco trying to lure Nolan back over to the dark side of a project he once "abandoned for a reason" makes Marco so much more interesting. And attractive. But that probably says more about us than him.
Fab-u-lous: Amanda's seaglass necklace from Jack was shiny and blue, two of our favorite things. But his reasoning behind it ("something new from something old, something borrowed from the sea, and something blue") was bordering on Saccharine.
Can. Not. Wait.: With Emily cozying up to Daniel again, and Aiden now out on a personal mission of his own, just what will become of their own partnership!? Paging Takeda…
Celebuzz Meter (1-10): 7
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Sunday 24 July 1960
It was Sunday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Catherine Destivelle .
In that special week of July people in US were listening to I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee.
In UK Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones was in the top 5 hits.
Inherit the Wind, directed by Stanley Kramer, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1960
while Advise And Consent by Allen Drury was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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- Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 9 saints: St. Lupus
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- Astrology: First day of sun sign Leo
- Vanuatu - Children's Day
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- Brenda Lee - That's All You Gotta Do
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