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From: Andres M. Cuervo
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 7:06 PM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] cheap external speaker
Dear all,
I am looking for an internet dealer or store where I can purchase a
small, portable external speaker for mono play back in the field. I know
of Radio Shack models that I've already used (but cannot find it now
over the internet!!!) that operate with a 9V battery, and are cheap. I'm
sure some of you know what I'm talking about. Any suggestions? or
alternative speaker models?
Thanks to all,
Andr=E9s Cuervo.
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
Yahoo! Groups Links
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:27:31 2005
Message: 3=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:38:51 -0500
From: "Hap Holly" <>
Subject: History of DP Toastmasters
Denise,
Here is some meaty historical info I received from the Toastmasters Distric=
t 30 historian about Des Plaines Toastmasters as I spoke with you this morn=
ing:
There is no record of any of our club presidents or where the club meetings=
were held until the '60s though the club was chartered Sept. 21, 1954. The=
first president on record according to the 1961 District 30 Directory was =
Spencer B. Chase; this now deceased Des Plaines resident later served as a =
DP alderman. He was also elected as Toastmaster District 30 Governor 1967/6=
8.
The club first meeting place of record was First Federal Savings and Loan, =
749 Lee St., from 1961-65; the club then met in the Northwest Suburban YMCA=
, 300 Northwest HGWY 1965 and 1966;then 1966 to 1973 at St. martin's Episc=
opal church at Thacker and Margret. then in 1973 began meeting in the old D=
es Plaines library at 741 Graceland. When that library evicted all the serv=
ice clubs in 1999 prior to its move, we met for some months at the Asbury C=
ourt retirement facility in their acoustically-challenging party room on El=
mhurst road until the new library was ready for occupancy in what I believe=
was the fall of 2000. Here's a quote for you: "We are indeed grateful to t=
he library for allowing Des Plaines Toastmasters to use their meeting rooms=
for meetings and contests."
The current president is Ralph Dellar (Park Ridge); he was the District 30 =
Toastmaster of the Year for 2002. You might be interested to know that in 1=
981 the club was struggling mightily . there were only two members left-you=
rs truly and Jim Summers, who worked for IBM at the time and has since reti=
red in DP. While he's not a quickest communicator in his elderly state, he =
can be reached for a quote at 847-827-5756, which is the same number he had=
while a member of our club in the early 1980s. The club survived thanks to=
some "big guns from the district" who brought the club from the brink of e=
xtinction back to a viable organization--folks like Park Ridge Toastmaster =
Dick Storer (847-296-3853), who has been my Toastmaster mentor for almost 2=
5 years. He's an excellent interviewee. Dick is currently prez of the park =
Ridge Toastmasters. In fact he'll be late for the anniversary party because=
of an area speech contest he'll be participating in early that same evenin=
g in the Deerfield area.
On an unrelated note I have served as club prez as many terms as you have f=
ingers since joining in 1977. Since then I have served as Northwest Area Th=
ree Governor twice but never District governor. There is a big difference t=
here. There are 10,000 clubs boasting a membership of 200,000 worldwide; 15=
0 clubs in the greater Chicago area.=20
And just in case you don't have enough quote material all ready *smile*, he=
re is another quote: "The communication skills I learned during my early ye=
ars in Toastmasters contributed greatly toward my developing the writing an=
d interviewing skills that lead to my being named the 2002 Dayton Hamventio=
n Ham of the Year" for my 20 years of producing audio programming for the U=
.S. Amateur Radio Service." My RAIN (Radio Amateur Information Network) Rep=
orts are available on demand at no charge from http://www.rainreport.com. =
Hope Bruce Best gets back to you regarding his run for state Congressman.
Hope you find some of this info useful.
Regards,
Hap Holly, VP of Publicity, Des Plaines Toastmasters
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:27:31 2005
Message: 4=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:51:40 -0400
From: Walter Knapp <>
Subject: Re: Hi-MD
From: "Martyn Stewart" <>
>
> There is nothing out there at the moment in the professional Hi-MD market=
, I
> think we are all waiting to see what companies like HHB with their portad=
isk
> and Sony will do to their respective machines that are already out there.=
I
> personally would like to see the Portadisk modified to take the Hi-MD dis=
ks
> rather than buy another one. I am hoping they will be able to modify the
> firmware to little expense. Sony also needs to come up with workable
> software to and from the recorder. A great many eyes are also on the
> flashcard market like the long awaited Sound Devices 722/744. Will the MD
> become extinct? I hope not.
Personally, I would also like to see a mod to the Portadisc. In any case
my minimum to be interested is something equal or better than the
Portadisc that's not tied any closer to computers. Which definitely
rules out a walkman MD, either regular or Hi-MD. And a great deal of the
other new recorders.
While I'm watching the Sound Devices 722/744 as a potential replacement
if MD dies and I need a new machine, I'd not expect to buy one
otherwise. MD is a much better way to record at the moment, directly
onto a archival quality optical disk. I'm not expecting my Portadisc to
fail anytime soon in any case.
To me the real thing about Hi-MD is that it's a sign that Sony plans to
continue with MD, at least for a little while longer. Up until it's
arrival they were not showing much new in MD. Or course part of that is
that it's a well designed mature format.
Walt
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