Practical Audio Electronics is a comprehensive introduction to basic audio electronics and the fundamentals of sound circuit building, providing the reader with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake projects from scratch. Imparting a thorough foundation of theory alongside the practical skills needed to understand, build, modify, and test audio circuits, this book equips the reader with the tools to explore the sonic possibilities that emerge when electronics technology is applied innovatively to the making of music. Suitable for all levels of technical proficiency, this book encourages a deeper understanding through highlighted sections of advanced material and example projects including circuits to make, alter, and amplify audio, providing a snapshot of the wide range of possibilities of practical audio electronics. An ideal resource for students, hobbyists, musicians, audio professionals, and those interested in exploring the possibilities of hardware-based sound and music creation.
We can only really know about love and life in hindsight. Looking back on this linier poetic experiment called the Sea trilogy, Ive learnt a lot about what is important about the bigger experiment. Through poetry I have been able to look deeper into my own, and others, prejudices and fears, loves and obsessions, and I can honestly say I have been unburdened by this release of words, and in many ways, Im very much healed. For me, nothing beats the ability to reach down to the soul and transform that intangible entity of fragile mortal thoughts into a substance that will transcend beyond the barriers of even death. Nothing beats poetry. Kevin Robinson
LOVE and other things is romantic, emotive and at times, brutally honest. The book reaches out to touch the readers open heart and is an invitation To have their heartstrings tugged and their senses awoken. Kevin Robinson
Poems come to me unexpectedly, as does the weather to each day. Sometimes its fine and sunny and then its dark and stormy; often its something caught between these two extremes. Just like the weather, I have no real control over the form each poem decides to take, and its quite a buzz being in the moment when a thought spills onto the page. Poetry most definitely has a life of its own, and at best, all I can do is guide it around the page and hope the reader likes it. Love and melancholy are never far away in my poetry, and therefore, reflecting high emotions, they can soar to brilliant heights of glory or self-destruct in the deepest depths of doom. I make no apology for this, for isnt this just life? And if nothing else, my poems are all about life. Kevin Robinson
I have spoken before about poetry having a life of its own, and I feel I should elaborate on this statement. I can wake with the remnants of subconscious words, and I have taken to recording them before I rise. The day fades that dreamlike message until I get the opportunity to return to that recording and write. I cannot count how many thoughts, therefore poems, have been lost before I adopted this practice. I would recommend that all writers who experience fleeting thoughts in a similar manner should do as I do. Often, devoid of ideas, staring at a blank page, I suddenly write a line that came out of the ether, and it grows legs until it has the structure of a new poem. I believe poetry is driven by the collective emotions of the past, present, and future and, as such, is not the exclusive property of just my mind or even just my world. Kevin Robinson
Practical Audio Electronics is a comprehensive introduction to basic audio electronics and the fundamentals of sound circuit building, providing the reader with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake projects from scratch. Imparting a thorough foundation of theory alongside the practical skills needed to understand, build, modify, and test audio circuits, this book equips the reader with the tools to explore the sonic possibilities that emerge when electronics technology is applied innovatively to the making of music. Suitable for all levels of technical proficiency, this book encourages a deeper understanding through highlighted sections of advanced material and example projects including circuits to make, alter, and amplify audio, providing a snapshot of the wide range of possibilities of practical audio electronics. An ideal resource for students, hobbyists, musicians, audio professionals, and those interested in exploring the possibilities of hardware-based sound and music creation.
When an occasion demands words, as they do, it's all too easy to blabber on and never actually say what we mean to say. Being a blabber myself, I decided to apply a little restraint and employ the economy of words when writing this collection. Saying all you need and making the point with four short lines has been the order of the day--well, for this day at least. Kevin Robinson
Espresso verse is a collection of, twitter inspired, Micro Poetry. Each micro-verse, by nature, a quickly written snapshot of thought. Undiluted and raw, and perhaps, as close a reader can get to that moment of inspiration a poet feels. Haunting words of love destined to exist for a day in the bustle of social media given life eternal by the printed page.
Being afraid to fly wasn't a very good thing at all, especially with a last name like hers. Coming from a long line of Fliers, whose family history was rich with their famous exploits would have made Bianca Marie Cool appear to be a special twelve year old girl. But there was one major problem with being from a family of Fliers, and that was... Bianca was afraid of flying. It was bad enough that her eight and a half year old sister, Nicole Ann, was already an experienced Flier... what made matters worse was that her mom and grandfather would constantly remind her of the importance of her being able to fly. Prophetic visions received by her grandmother, long before she and her younger sister were born, spoke of great things, events in the lives of the two girls which showed them to be destined for fame and glory. But these prophesies could not come about if Bianca never learned to fly.
LIFE And other things is a collection of 199 poems, driven by the emotions that make us human. Heartfelt and poignant, sometimes light and often deep. The book walks barefoot and bravely through the writers thoughts. You will find an abundance of feelings that echo life. The energy of love, the deflation of loss, the spark of life, the embers of death and much, much more. Beware: some of the poems are very personal and many are mirrors. If the meaning of life can be defined by mere words Then its surely here, in the pages of this book.
Rap is a genre of music that will almost always provoke some type of emotion. Our book is based off one of those emotions-- the ongoing debate about who are the greatest rappers of all time (G.O.A.T.). But instead of just throwing our personal opinions out there, we came up with a mathematical system that kept us as honest and objective as possible. Each artist was rated numerically based off ten criteria, and these numbers also included data from public album averages from two different sites. These total numbers put them in order-- not us. We started this project on August 12, 2012, and did not finish until September 30, 2013. So a lot of work, time, integrity, and attention were put into it. This book has been fun and at times chaotic, but it has given us a new appreciation for the genre. Please do not take this book too serious, but respect the work and effort put into it. We would like to give much respect and luv to all the artists keeping Hip Hop alive and respected. Please follow and hit “like” for this GOAT project on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/GOAT50TheBook
Stick Foster is a reporter and amateur sleuth. He's also a paraplegic, as is his wife, Samantha. She's a lawyer in the small but successful firm of Ketchum, Latham and Bennett. At a firm banquest, Ketchum, the founder of the firm, dies of an apparent heart attack. Stick is contacted by Ketchum's cardiologist and lover, who believes Ketchum was murdered. A Matter of Perspective is the third book in the "Stick Foster" series, which also includes Split Seconds and Mall Rats.
Wheelchair-bound since 1986, journalist Nick "Stick" Foster begins to spin his investigative magic when a NASA staffer is found enmeshed in a crab-line. Propjob the porpoise salvages a computer disk from the site, and Nick is on the roll. The bad guys stay at the edges, and the victim's beautiful and mysterious fianc? is as edgy as she is distraught. Stick gets close enough to the answer to be shot at and wind up in hospital, where he enlists his network of friendly computer whizzes to piece together what Woods learned: someone has locked a virus into a NASA system, guaranteeing an unpreventable disaster. And it might just happen, but the bad guys made one big mistake - they only wounded the smartest guy on wheels in Southern Florida. Split Seconds is the first book in the "Stick Foster" series, which also includes Mall Rats and A Matter of Perspective.
This book not only offers in-depth analysis of federal environmental statutes having a bearing on land use, but also looks closely at rules imposed by state and local governments.
Forty years as a 4th generation member of a conservative Presbyterian "church family" didn't count for much when this author's wife had an affair and he sought council from his church shepherds. Robinson tithed his time, his talents, and his money, and church young people ate at his table at least once a week, but when he and his teenaged daughter went to their pastor and board of elders for help, they were branded as despicable liars and turned away. Eventually, even after the truth came out, they were still shown the door. Something wasn't right, and he didn't know where else to turn to but to God. A much bigger God as it turns out! The Big God Theory is a "poor man's Pilgrim's Progress," and it describes a beautiful journey of grace, beginning in utter depression, and ending in a daily celebration of joy and the abiding peace of God."--Amazon.com
A contemporary novel about a baby boy abandoned near the Miccosukee Reservation in the Florida Everglades west of Miami. The surrounding community of Native American neighbors adopt and raise the young "John Doe" as their own, and when they realize that John has the ability to come and go with such stealth that his communal family members seldom notice, he is given the surname "Ghostwalker." John Ghostwalker is a kind-hearted and precocious young man, a superior student, and a socially peculiar human being. He has an almost obsessive need for a secret sanctuary where he can find respite from a world he sometimes finds quite overwhelming as he follows his dream to become an accomplished architect. The Ghostwalker File is, first and foremost, a book about self-discovery and the importance of community, but it is also a love story that may restore your belief in soul-mates.
Wheelchair-bound reporter and sleuth Stick Forster becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when one of the young "mall rats" he has befriended becomes implicated in the killing of a guest at his own wedding.
This book presents the result of the MART study, an action funded under the TIDE (Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People) programme of the EU. TIDE supports research and development in assistive technology with the aim of contributing to the quality of life of older people and people with disabilities and encouraging European industry and markets. The book provides the first complete assessment of the opportunities presented by the Information Society for Older People and people with disabilities in Europe, and of the factors in European telecommunications and in social developments that are facilitating or inhibiting access to these. It is being published at a time when these issues are becoming increasingly considered in EU and national policy, in the strategies of the telecommunications industry and in the concerns of representative user organisations. As the MART study finished in early 1996 and the European situation is changing rapidly, a chapter has been added by the authors to take account of more recent developments.
This first collection of Grandfather and Grandmother Bear stories is my attempt to honor and emulate one of the finest and oldest storytelling traditions in the history of North America. Native American "animal stories" and "lodge fire stories" are truly the best kept secret in American literature. Imagine yourself as a Native American child at the turn of the century as Chief War Eagle invited you and the other children of his tribe into his lodge for a bedtime story. Sitting around the fire, listening with rapt attention, the smoky firelight flickering delightedly as if it were listening too, you would hear stories passed down through the generations, told by the most important person in your village. You would learn about Wolf and Beaver, and how Buzzard got his bumpy red head. You would hear about creation and how the human people were given fire thanks to the cleverness of Grandmother Spider and the practical good sense of Father Bear. Yes, stories of the "animal people" would be your primer about how to grow into a worthy human being, but not without the perennial high jinks of "tricksters" like Rabbit and Coyote! The animal people would teach you honesty, generosity, good manners, respect for your elders, and best of all, a host of great examples of problem solving and "thinking outside the box.
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Siblings, Abby and Toby Kingston, join their father, Professor Edward Kingston, on an expedition to Antarctica. Abby is happy about going which pleases their dad. Toby, on the other hand, is not happy about going. Once they arrive and Toby helps the archaeological team raise an object out of the ground, his outlook on the trip is soon changed. An unusual friend, calling themselves, The Imaginator, helps Abby and Toby develop new skills which they desperately need to outwit those who try to steal the treasure found in the depths of Antarctica's frozen ground. They can only hope their newfound abilities will keep them safe from those who try to take possession of their rare find.
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