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During the 70's, this was also a fav album of mine: (Playlist index. Menu icon upper left) #AWB Thought I'd share this, too? * ( Even though, IMO, the house horn section's solo's aren't really up-to-par with the rest of the groove.) ( * Which BTW, came from the playlist index menu, in YT following, below.) I enjoyed most of these, below - (Obviously, this 'menu index' format lends itself to quickly sampling the first minute, or so, of each song, in the same window?) So, FWIW ... I'll suggest these, too? - - (#1 Cued) - 2, 3, 9, 10, 43, 64, 82, 89, 95. (Menu upper left) Not included in the above playlist,: (@ the 1:50 minute mark - Does it look like they're using Zaxcom ERXTD, on the Sony ex3?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_from_Daryl's_House

Reading this LA Times article (And, not necessarily being 'SoCal" literate - ) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0207-bridge-demolition-20160207-story.html Made me curious: Uploaded on Apr 3, 2011 No narration. Music soundtrack only:

And, though not 'train' related - I just enjoyed this:

Okay, Nick ... I'll see your "Picadilly Line / Sudbury Station" (Hmmm, curious .... No buskers allowed?) And raise you this ... (Yes ,,, to anyone who remembers ,,, I have posted this before.) And, Sandor, I did check out CR Avery - interesting fella. Interesting sound. Thx for sharing. Here's my YT search results: C.R. Avery Then, as the title (below) suggests: Uploaded on Apr 10, 2007 Will one of the nation's greatest violinists be noticed in a D.C. Metro stop during rush hour? And, of course ... there's 'Clapton's Train' tour. ( Google search results ) Also, the 'Festival Express,' that went across Canada, with Janis, GD folk, NRPS, et al ( Wikipedia ) Anyone else?

Cave-digging artist finds inspiration underground Published on May 18, 2014 For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of art he calls wilderness shrines. Lee Cowan has the story of an artist who does his best work underground. (When I was called to work on this, unfortunately for me, I was not available. I turned it over to a good friend of mine. I'm really sorry I missed the chance. True story... )

New York City’s shortest and oldest subway line, the S train, may also be the most musical line. February 5, 2016

(Though, I'm sure ... ) By now, everyone has already seen this? Published on Aug 14, 2015 Meryl Streep and Neil Young met up in our recording studio for an impromptu guitar lesson in preparation for Streep's roll in Jonathan Demme's 'Ricki And The Flash.' Published on Aug 4, 2015 Meryl Streep explains how she ended up receiving her first guitar lesson from Neil Young and the rock star advice he gave in preparation for her film 'Ricki And The Flash.'

Ever since Bash first posted (the thread below) ( ... As well as any of Jeff W's builds!) - I've always wanted to play with the "80/20" concepts of super-small-size, super-simple, rack-builds - a la: Again ... Albeit, obviously ... On a way-smaller, simpler, scale. As Daniel has now done. (Please note: I'm already aware, that - Daniel's may not be actual '80/20'- AFAIK.) Nice job, Daniel. ( As Crew C. has stated, before: "Viva La Difference!" )

Cued (specifically) to: Junior Wells / Buddy Guy - 'Cryin Shame' (w/ short 70's-era "What is Blues?" preamble...) Playlist index - menu icon in upper left corner: Thanks for sharing, Michael. I wasn't aware of these versions. I've added it to the workshop playlist! (Loving the 'playlist index' format!)

Published on Feb 5, 2016

My pleasure, Jim. The following from this complete concert: ------ #DireStraits

This is from a playlist index - To view other songs in this same window: Click on the menu icon - upper left corner. An index pane will appear on left margin. Click on your selection. It will then play in this same window. No matter where you start from...It's in auto-advance mode. #LittleFeat

https://www.YOUTUBE.com/results?q=syracuse+university+lava+project http://lavaproject.syr.edu/

Published on Jan 25, 2016 Oregon-based Arcimoto has designed an all-electric tricycle. The company hopes this will replace your everyday car. Published on Jan 29, 2016 The Arcimoto SRK is a three-wheeled electric vehicle with a unique design. It's fast, fun, and maybe even a little bit practical. The Verge's Sean O'Kane took it for a test drive in Las Vegas. Here is his initial reaction. Published on Dec 11, 2015 The last time we checked in with Arcimoto, the Oregon-based electric carmaker was on the 5th version of their prototype - for an everyday electric vehicle. The year was 2011 and Arcimoto President and Founder Mark Frohnmayer was brimming with ideas - to further improve the company's SRK concept. Now, 4 years and 3 generations later, we catch up with Mark and the team at Arcimoto - to see how the company's 8th-gen SRK improves on its predecessors in every way. It's lighter, faster, and less expensive. https://www.arcimoto.com/

Three days into his first solo attempt at scaling Mt. Everest, Joe finally arrives at bass camp.

January 5, 2016 http://www.fresnobee.com/living/article53095735.html "It looked like a tiny Fourth of July explosion inside the hand." UC Davis radiology professor Robert Boutin, referring to ultrasound images of knuckle cracking" UC Davis radiology professor Dr. Robert Boutin and a colleague studied the sounds and effects of knuckle cracking. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/living/article53095735.html#storylink=cpy By Claudia Buck cbuck@sacbee.com Snap, crackle, pop. If you’re a knuckle cracker, that familiar sound when you consciously pop your joints is like comfort food. You know it might not be so healthy for your hands or ankles, but it feels oh-so-good. Robert G. Cook knows that feeling. The 55-year-old Sacramentan said he’s been popping his knuckles daily for decades. Typically, it’s when he first sits down to work at his computer keyboard. “It’s like a concert pianist or baseball player warming up,” he said. “It’s a ritual.” And like many habitual knuckle crackers, he’s always been told that it’s bad for his joints, leading to arthritis or enlarged knuckles. That’s why Cook jumped at the chance to be one of 40 volunteers in a recent study by UC Davis radiology professor Dr. Robert Boutin and orthopedic surgery professor Dr. Robert Szabo, who also see patients clinically. The pair wanted to resolve two persistent questions about knuckle cracking: What causes that popping sound, and is it bad for your joints? “Patients do come in all the time and want to know if knuckle cracking is bad (for their joints),” Boutin said. “It’s a real-world question that a lot of patients ask.” Although popping knuckles is arguably the most common kind of joint cracking, it can also occur in the ankles, knees, back or neck. Some say it’s a way to release tension or limber up. For others, it’s simply a habit. Boutin said the study’s inspiration came from an unexpected source: his 11-year-old daughter, who noticed classmates at school – mainly boys – loudly cracking their knuckles. Her curiosity prompted Boutin to craft the study. The 40 participants included 30 with a history of habitual knuckle cracking and 10 without. Some said they had never intentionally cracked their knuckles; others were habitual, cracking them up to 20 times a day for the past 40 years. Ranging in age from 18 to 63, the volunteers were invited to sit and methodically crack their knuckles. Techniques varied: Some pulled their fingers, others flexed or bent them back. To determine what causes the crackle ’n’ pop, a tiny ultrasound device was hovered over their joints, capturing the sound effects of knuckles being cracked. More than 400 ultrasound images were taken. The results were startling. “It looked like a tiny Fourth of July explosion inside the hand,” said Boutin, who presented his study last month at the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago. That flash, he explained, is caused by dissolved gas that sits in joint fluid. When you pull or bend a joint, it creates negative pressure, which releases the gas, forming tiny micro-bubbles. When released quickly (i.e. in knuckle cracking), the escaping gas causes a bright flash that shows up in imaging. “It has a distinctive appearance on an ultrasound. Every single case, we heard the crack before we saw the physical flash.” The UC Davis findings appear to contradict traditional explanations that the knuckle cracking sound is caused when the gas bubbles burst, like a balloon being popped. Last April, a study by Canadian researchers using MRI imaging came to a similar conclusion: The knuckle cracking sound is created by the bubble’s formation itself. Until that joint fluid pressure builds up again, it can take up to 20 minutes before someone can re-crack their knuckle. In an email, study co-author Szabo, chief of the UC Davis hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery department, said, “What are gratifying about our results are the questions raised about bubbles in human systems, particularly in joints. We were able to actually visualize the bubbles and correlate them with the sounds of cracking, supporting the theory of cavitation,” or the formation of a void or bubble inside liquid. The formation of bubbles, he said, “is somewhat mysterious and still not full understood, but we got to see it in action in the joints of live people. That’s exciting!” The second part of the UC Davis study was to assess the potential harm from knuckle cracking. Each participant was tested – before and after each ultrasound – by two hand/wrist orthopedic surgeons who checked for range of motion, grip strength and laxity (overextension of ligaments). The surgeons examined the hands without knowing who was or wasn’t a knuckle cracker, and were not told which joints had successfully been cracked. The physical examinations by the hand-injury specialists found no problems in the joints of knuckle crackers. “We did not find any swelling or adverse results like decreased grip strength,” said Boutin. His conclusion: There’s no short-term harm in knuckle cracking. And there might even be a benefit: After a joint was cracked, it showed a “significantly increased range of motion” compared to joints that did not crack, Boutin said. The UC Davis study appears to contradict a 1990 study that suggested knuckle cracking can cause joint swelling and weaken the grip and “should be discouraged.” Given the prevalence of knuckle crackers – it’s estimated that 25 percent or more people do so – scholars have paid attention to the topic in recent years. Most studies have debunked the warnings that knuckle cracking causes arthritis in joints. Back in 1975, a study in the then-Western Journal of Medicine comparing 28 seniors and 28 schoolchildren found there was no evidence “that knuckle cracking leads to degenerative changes in the (hand) joints in old age.” But, the study noted wryly, “The chief morbid consequence of knuckle cracking would appear to be its annoying effect on the observer.” In a more humorous vein, Dr. Donald Unger, a California allergist and longtime knuckle cracker in Thousand Oaks, was lauded in 2009 for his own self-styled research. For more than 60 years, Unger had habitually cracked the knuckles of his left hand, but not his right. Using his own hands as a test case, he compared them for arthritis and found no difference. That “research,” originally published in 1998 as a letter in the Arthritis & Rheumatism journal, earned him the Ig Nobel prize for medicine, a Harvard University-based parody of the Nobel Prize given to “improbable” or humorous scientific research. The next step for the UC Davis researchers is to look at long-term effects of joint cracking on other areas besides hands. Boutin is in the midst of analyzing results from a global questionnaire of 1,800 individuals to determine if there are age, cultural or geographic differences among knuckle crackers. Despite all the research, Boutin knows that some things don’t change about knuckle cracking: “Many people are really quite fond of knuckle cracking and find it hard to image life without its existence,” he said. “For other people, it’s like fingernails on a blackboard.” http://www.fresnobee.com/living/article53095735.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/living/article53095735.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.google.com/#q=who+invented+the+mechanical+television&hl=en&oi=ddle see also? http://www.google.com/doodles/

Maybe, this is the new normal?

I enjoyed this better once I had turned down the volume to about 15%. Nat sound only @ the very beginning, and very end.

Jeff Hall, while typically most productions are fine with just running a speakerphone - This unit has worked for me - Many times with compliments from the other end - Saying, that - "It was one of the best-sounding double-ender feeds [that they've heard] in the control room." If it's not a 'live shot' being fed through a truck - Then, typically - I run a separate feed from my bag to an outboard rig - consisting of: This unit, the cell phone, an SD 302 - feeding an IFB TX. I use the mixer to have better control over the levels, on both sides. I can also solo a mic for them, talk to them through my slate mic, etc. Most of the people, on the other end, receiving my feed, were appreciative, that - I could 'dial' things up. Or, down. (Which, IMHO, is not quite as easy to do when it's just on a 'speakerphone.' YMMV) I also suggest using one of the IFB RX (to get the host's questions) to dump a feed onto one of your recorded tracks - labeled as such. It's simply a scratch reference for the editors. If camera op(s,) producer(s,) et al, are not already on their own PL? - Then, I also usually offer to give anyone (who feels a need to wear one,) on our location, an IFB RX, too - So that - they are also in the loop. A note on why there are 3 cables in the photo? - Only one is actually needed during use. The others are back-up. The cable that comes from JK Audio is the only cable that is recommended for use with this unit. And, for the small added cost of any back-up cable, it's simply cheap insurance. http://www.jkaudio.com/daptor2.htm http://www.jkaudio.com/downloads/datasheets/JK_AUDIO_Daptor_Two_Datasheet.pdf Note: The Users Guide PDF, in the link below, is slightly out of date - mentioning that - It comes with a "2.5 mm" connector - When nowadays, it's typically the "3.5mm" that is needed? After confirming with them personally - Mine did come from the factory with a 3.5mm cable. And, I ordered a spare 3.5mm. (As well as the 2.5mm - Which has been used, believe it or not. Ha!) http://www.jkaudio.com/downloads/user-guides/JK_AUDIO_Daptor_Two_User_Guide.pdf Most of our usual suspects carry JK Audio - and should (typically?) have this unit, and cables.

Published on Dec 24, 2015 "Reading a computer screen in Braille is a cumbersome process today. The visually impaired people who rely on the system of raised dots only have access to one line at a time. Beyond that, current systems don't translate charts or graphs. A team of researchers from Michigan Engineering and the School of Music, Theater and Dance are working on a solution. Their technology, which has been described as a leader in the field, relies on pneumatic use of liquid or air - to shrink the mechanism and expand it so it can display more at once. Their goal is for it to display the equivalent of a page of Kindle text at once. - - - - - Published on Aug 4, 2015 This is BLITAB, the first tablet and eBook reader that outputs one whole page in braille code, images, maps and opens a completely new world of content for blind and visually impaired people. June 26, 2015 Blitab: World's first tactile tablet is 'iPad for the blind' http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/blitab-worlds-first-tactile-tablet-ipad-blind-1508042 The first-ever braille tablet has been developed, using a new liquid-based technology to create tactile relief outputting braille, graphics and maps for the blind and partially sighted. Austria-based startup Blitab Technology claims the "revolutionary" technology could be used to open up the digital era to the visually impaired, with plans to develop a braille smartphone. "We are creating the first tactile tablet for blind and visually impaired people," Slavi Slavev, chief technology officer and co-founder of Blitab Technology, told IBTimes UK at the Hello Tomorrow Conference in Paris. "What we are doing is creating a completely new technology which outputs braille in a completely new and innovative way without any mechanical elements. "This is revolutionary and we want to solve a great issue, and that's the literacy of blind people. The technology is quite scalable so we can output images and put any tactile relief representation like maps and graphics, such as geometric figures, in order to serve as an educational tool for blind people." Other devices currently on the market are mechanical and only allow for one line of braille to be generated at any one time. They also cost about three-times the price of the €2,500 (£1,778, $2,802) Blitab. More recent refreshable braille concepts, such as the Anagraph e-reader, have run out of funds before being able to bring the product to market. The Blitab tablet uses liquid bubbles to instantly generate braille text or relief images, while the corresponding technology allows text files to be instantly converted into braille from USB sticks, web browsers or NFC tags. "Currently there are some solutions which are extremely expensive and they represent only one line [of braille]," Slavev said. "These devices were developed 40 years ago and because no one has offered any new innovations since then, that's still all that's on the market." In the UK, interest in the Blitab has been shown by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and Barclays bank, due to its potential for helping blind and partially-sighted customers instore. Blitab is currently in the prototyping stage but if the ongoing investment round is successful the startup is hoping to bring the first product to market by September 2016. Slavev added: "We think blind people should be included in the digital era in which we live, with all of the smartphones and tablets, but also ensure that they have a proper way to do everything that sighted people do, like web browsing, reading books and downloading books. "Only 1% of all books worldwide are available in printed braille, as it's very expensive to produce printed braille. Some people are even saying that braille is decreasing among blind people but we want to get to the point where we can actually change this." - - - - - Uploaded on Oct 10, 2011 This project was done to overcome the disadvantages of using the Braille keyboard on the touchscreen to allow blind users to type fast and easily without worrying about making mistakes.