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I have several of the older Stanley mobile workshop, mine are mostly stamped galvanized steel and plastic for all the attaching bits. The cart on the bottom is still the weak point, and it isn't happy with too much weight, but the drawer units are top notch. Now I'm thinking about that DeWalt unit... Dang it Jim, why'd you have to give me the link to Home Depot? I buy more sound gear in there...

Hey, if they want to browse my files... They will be sadly disappointed. Nothing but old call sheets, resumes, and pictures and PDFs I've found useful. Nice to know they won't go snooping however. Not that I trust any cloud service, honestly. Keep your porn stashes private, off the interwebs entirely, especially if you have pictures you don't want CNN to have. Why can't famous people understand that simple concept?

One can only hope Marc. The DA still has the chance to increase the charges to full murder (no negligent homicide in Ga) and there is a subset of the murder statute that covers causing a death as part of the commission of another felony when willful intent can be shown. I think this may just lock that proof in for the DA. Osha has just found them fully guilty in their own appeal and hearing process, so the full $70,000 fine has been confirmed too. That also won't be favorable news for the criminal defense case.

The future is in 16 gHz spectrum, where you can warm up your coffee or send a mic signal with the same device. Too bad that all the presenters will be getting cancer from the transmitter packs, but at least the wireless internet will be fast and available wherever AT&T and Verizon decide to let you use it. As long as you pay them, of course. Pirate radio - it worked in the 60s, and it seems that it may be the only solution now too, since we aren't really being listened to by The Powers That Be. When the likes of Shure and the NFL are brushed off, how can a handful of Part 74 licenses mean diddly? David may have beaten Goliath way back when... But it seems that Goliath got smarter and is wearing armor padded with billions. Arrr matey.

Nice upgrades, I have gained quite a bit of space on it just from referrals. But I like free space, the Pro price was pretty steep and I couldn't justify it.

Has there been a transporter accident, and this is the Mirror-Universe-Rado?

No. The Federal Railroad Administration, which has not yet completed their investigation and released their findings or applied any penalties or indictments. As the direct circumstances aren't in dispute, I suspect they are "investigating" the information that may be revealed when the criminal trial happens and Randall's own words are entered into a court record.

The Hollywood Reporter has the entire legal filing posted, as well as the insurance policy that was included as part of the filing. Now it is all public record. No shocker, the exclusions section specifically lays out that ANY criminal act voids the policy, as done by anyone directly, indirectly, employed by, hired for, associated with any employee, contractor, assignee, etc etc etc... If someone watching the production jaywalks to get back to their car, that might not void the policy, but only just barely. What IS interesting, is that Randall is filing this for himself, under the CAST protections section of the policy. He wasn't cast. He was director and producer. It also seems from the filing that this dirtbag was trying to restart production YET AGAIN, after stripping all of the Allman story elements from the Allman story... So that he could still make SOMETHING. I find it odd that he claims to have incurred 1.6 million in losses from stopping and attempting to restart production. How? Who's he paying? He has no crew, the crew may or may not have been paid for the day of the incident, but were all summarily "released" after that. There may have been some cleanup costs of travel and equipment... But 1.6m? I strongly suspect that much of that money has been taken from the production bank account and given to the PR firm and law firm seeking to defend these dirtbags, and the rest may have paid for Randall and Jody's living expenses for these last 6 months. I doubt anyone in LA will hire them for anything - even the guys in Starbucks are aware of the industry, if not associated with it somehow.

Skippy, if reading comprehension was one of your skills instead of half-thought-out "replies" to people's postings... You would recognize that there aren't any "authorities" in Georgia to involve in this. They would be FEDERAL charges related to the malfeasance that took place on and within the railroad right-of-way. Georgia's own laws don't overrule or get in the way of the potential Fed charges. The smart thing is that they let the current charges put lots of new words into the permanent record of evidence, which can only strengthen the case of any future charges.

Criminal trespass is for normal places. Railroads aren't normal places. They are federally regulated and a special class of right-of-way with their own group of Federal laws about them. Did you know that if you are within 25 feet of the nearest rail (not the center of the tracks) without permission, that you are comitting federal trespass? Yup. If you have permission, there will be a whole gaggle of people there to keep you safe - track workers, flagmen, radiomen to call the trains, track watchers, and probably someone from corporate too. Then there is the safety class that they will want everyone on set to take. None of those people were on site, and no safety class (or even a morning meeting!) was ever done. This was a guerilla project from the outset. The local sheriff and his charges don't preclude additional charges being brought, and I would be shocked if the feds didn't bring some after the court gets things on record from this proceeding. The chances for additional state charges also are fairly high once things start being brought to light. Things that might be charged: Federal criminal trespass on a rail corridor Federal criminal mischief for placing an obstruction on the rails Federal interference with interstate commerce (delayed an interstate Amtrak train for 5 hours, as well as the freight train that hit) I'm sure there could be others. The railroads have a LONG list of laws that exist to protect their operations, and these laws date back to the beginnings of rail traffic. We haven't seen the end of this, not by a long shot.

I just bought exactly what you are asking for, for exactly the same purpose. Cynthia Harris at Pro-Sound in NYC can set you up with the same adapter, it was the Hawk-Woods DV-Aux2S IIRC, and it was like $100 or so. VERY reasonable, this is a sled with 2 switched hirose outputs on it that are regulated to 12V output. I haven't tested it for more than a quick power-up-for-fun yet, so I don't know if the voltage display on the Lectro will cycle down as the power comes out of the battery... Or if it is a "switching" power supply that will always show 12v no matter what the input voltage is. My plan anyway was to use an NP-F550 or larger battery anyway so it would make a full day easily. The average alkaline 9V is about 200 mAh, ipowers are ~550mAh nominal. Thinking about my 211 receivers, they last about 7.5 hours (tested) on some used ipower batteries, and easily only about 3 hours on alkalines. I did the run-flat ipower test without giving them anything to do (no TX or audio) and indoors while the alkaline time was in actual service on an outdoor gig. BUT... If you consider that the batteries are in parallel for 1100mAh on the ipowers and the NP-F550 is something like 3500mAh... I think you'd hit a full day fairly easily without it ever dropping dead on either of us, even with 2 receivers sucking off that one battery. I already run with the Sony NP-F batteries (Also called the L-type for reasons I don't know) in my bag, with a dual-battery Hawk-Woods that has 4 Hirose and a "flying lead" hirose which is full-voltage instead of the regulated 12v. That is better for connecting directly to a 633 or the like, so you can monitor actual voltage. While you could use the 4 regulated outlets to directly power your other bag stuff, I chose instead to only use the flying lead into a Battery Bud, so I can swap out the power feed from either the battery or a brick if I am not moving and can sit near a power outlet. I also can monitor the voltage on my lectros instead of just on the 633. That dual-shoe Hawk-Woods was the DV-SQN4S adapter, and IIRC, Pro-Sound sold it to me for like $160 or so. I can't answer on battery brands so much yet, I have "Impact" (some knockoff) and "Ikan" (another) and Genuine Sony... And one genuine just outright quit charging on me after being in storage for a while. The knockoffs have been just overall cheap - thin plastic, weak connectors... I've fixed them and superglued them back together and they seem to be holding up, but I don't remember where I got them all. Amazon has a bunch of different options and reviews are all over the map. "Wasabi power" seems decently rated by people now, but I haven't bought any to try them out. I have enough batteries to do 1.5 full days without recharging as it is... And there is always a power outlet at the hotel for my pelican, so I'm waiting to buy more batteries for now.

LOL!!! Another quote that I will probably have to steal from you Marc. You keep coming up with gems like these, and we are going to owe you royalties!

THIS. It isn't just video crew freelancers. If you are in a smaller local and even have the seniority, but the members of the executive board are all a group of back-slapping-stoner-buddies... Your chances of a square deal or any actual benefits are quite low. Ask me how I know.

I think in a large way, the overall suffering of the economy can be blamed for a lot of this. When the job market is tight and employers are suffering to find the people they need, then the employee's situation and benefits start to improve. When the job market sucks and employers don't need to search for talent... Then the overall situation gets worse.

I've read everything about this since it happened, and know most of the people that were on set that day. For obvious reasons, they haven't said much of anything publicly, but I haven't heard anything at all about the insurance. From what I know about the insurance industry however... You are probably dead-on. They would have asked the simple question of "do you have written permission from the railroad" and when the answer wasn't an immediate yes-with-proof... The insurance binder would have been fed to the nearest shredder. There isn't an insurance company in the world that would accept liability for this kind of stupidity. They are the ones with the deepest pockets, and they KNOW it. Meanwhile... The production rental house in Savannah was already under chapter 11 before this happened, I can't imagine that their own survival is to plausible either after this.

Apple frequently under-rates the hardware for memory limits, for reasons that escape logic. OWC at Macsales.com will always have the full story about what your computer can handle. 16gb is certainly possible, I have 3 different Macbook Pro unibody laptops from 2010-2013 all running with a full boat of memory. You cannot ever have too much available memory. OWC also sells it for an amazing price, so there isn't any reason NOT to get the full 16gb.

Damn, and here I wanted the receivers too.... Thanks Dave!

Wow... SRb is supposed to have better filters, but perhaps something is having some RF spray? The IFB shouldn't be screwing you that badly, but if it isn't working right... Who knows. I guess I've been very lucky with transmitters in my bag, that they haven't jacked my 211 receiver scans.

Seems a bit faked. Safety is more important than any gear, of course, but handing someone in water something that is NOT a rescue device is also not the best idea. Lifeguard training says that a drowning person will grab and yank ANYTHING that gets within their reach. In the case of a boom pole, they could easily pull the end tube out (and now it is useless to rescue them with) or crack the carbon fiber in half leading to the same result. But this did seem like the boom op was getting the sound rather than rescuing the woman there.

If that is the case, then... ICK. To my thinking, selling all the rights and decision making to producers like these... Is like letting your insurance company decide about your medical care, and your insurance agent / decision maker is Joe Isuzu. Slimy.

According to a press release by Allman before the incident, he had said something to the effect of "I have full control of the story and can veto anything I want - They are making a movie about my life, why wouldn't I want to tell it the way I want it?" I realize I don't have the quote exactly perfect, but I'm curious... Why would he need to "beg" Miller to not proceed with this, if he has the veto power over everything? Seems odd, if he sold away all creative control of his own story.

The only suggestion I would have would be the Audio Technica AT-895 because that is a full-frequency option for recording at a distance... But it still will not sound as good as a boom or lav from much closer in. Far away perspective is just that - far away. Can't get around those laws of physics.

Sorry I never reported back on the voltages. The switches on the DV-SQN4S turn on or off a pair of the 4 mounted hirose outlets, and the battery meter on my Lectro receivers says that they are getting 12.7 volts. I don't believe that this is a step-UP voltage from a single battery, as neither switch will light up if only one battery is mounted in the shoe. Most likely, this is stepping down from the paired voltage of ~16v on the two L-types. If anyone has a USA supplier for these yet, I'd like to investigate getting another one, or maybe the single-battery version for my lectros in my shiny new 633 Stingray bag.

Microphone usage in B27/B28 may actually come back into vogue if the rumblings I heard at NAB come to pass. The FCC has been suggested at and are suggesting back, that the "duplex gap" or guard band of many megahertz between the wideband blocks that the cellphone carriers have purchased, might just be a nice quiet place to allow ultra-low-power (like our stuff!) wireless to operate. The chances of measurable interference right at the edges of higher-power cellphone transmissions is minimal, and would really only affect US, not the digital cellphone signals. Shure / Sennheiser / et al have been talking at the FCC about this, and it does seem that they might have listened, if the comment from an FCC guy is to be believed. The comment was in an article on Ars Technica. My scans of those bands *clearly* delineates the active frequencies on the little RF Explorer screen, and the space between is a vast wasteland of quiet nothingness. My mics could exist in that vast deadzone without being bothersome to anyone, and wouldn't be noticed either, b/c nobody would be expecting to look there. Be careful out there in the wild wild west...

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