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Mystery Ice Station - YouTube Vault

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the plane bumped about slightly off its trolley as it gathered speed and lifted. the lights of the field arched and streaked. in tracy's view these were great candle-powered lamps. the lights - parallel and dance - recall the teacher's musical staff chalk contraption he would as a youth play with on the blackboard after school. supposed to be being punished. [Music] then tracy was in the air and he saw the canyon's lighter rock strata receding across the darkness. the mystery ice squadron boys were out there. the shroud valley boys too. he continued to push the throttle while pirate tearing asleep near a snooze  listen carefully to the engine it was difficult music very white in the watch tower with maylocks and cigarettes predicting the dam was key and the aptly named fog shrouded cast beyond texaco super b male left to come carry 545 passing arrows 555. the radio chatter crisp he could see the light of the tubes that glow through the enforced balsa dash even in the darkne...

Strongman Trump Returns

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  Democrats lose Senate. Harris wins in VA, MD, Del., NY, NJ, Conn, RI, Mass, NH, Vermont, Ill, Minn, Colo, NM, Wash,Ore, Calif.- 

Neural Nets Nab Nobel

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Hopfield circuit I was pretty lucky to cover neural networks on occasions for EDN Product News in the 1990s. I'd edited articles on the topic previously for ESD. So always paid close attention  .. and more so  as machine learning increasingly concentrated on neural engines. So, when The Nobel Prize for Physics went to Hopfield and Hinton, I shifted from on project and wrote an old style tech news story. A bit of a pleasant rush, especially to complete for Miller Time for my Progressive Gauge Blog .  Here I insert some images that basically show neurals. Admit the story lacked that. JV The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that neural network science pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2024. The two researchers are cited for “foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” The Nobel award is a capstone of sorts for two premier researchers in neural n...

Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (Live Video - 1969)

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Blind Willie Johnson - Sings for Dearly Departed

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Boston Punk Rock Discussion

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  A Discussion: Boston Punk Rock: Landmarks, Bands, and the Scene - Saturday, September 14, 3:00pm–4:30pm Parker Hill – Registration is required.   Raw and simple, punk music emerged in the 1970s in reaction to mainstream rock of the era. It was DIY - you just needed three chords, and you didn’t have to be in tune.   That is arguably background for Saturday’s special discussion which features A.J. Wachtel who has covered the Boston Entertainment scene as a music journalist for over 40 years. He is the host on Wachtelligence podcast, where he has interviewed such Boston music mainstays as Rick Berlin, famed of Orchestra Luna, Steve Cataldo of The Nervous Eaters, Bob Margolin of the Muddy Waters Band, and many others.   The event is intended as a celebration of the city's vibrant punk heritage, spotlighting influential bands, iconic venues -- Who went to The Ratskellar?! -- and the indelible impact they've made on the genre.   In fact, the discuss...

Walking by Blues on a brickwall

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  A favorite picture of Cecelia [in Chicago, late 1970s]