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| 2011 | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: Thorburn Associates Celebrates Its 19th Birthday & Upcoming Industry Events ; Focus on Acoustics: Cal Green - California's Newest Building Code; Focus on Technology: Planning for Classroom Technology - The Road Show; Project News: TA's Most Memorable Projects Over the Years; Product Review: Floor Boxes | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings, InfoComm Sessions and Upcoming Industry Events; Favorite Recipes from the TA Team; Product Review: Casio Signature Series Projectors | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings & Upcoming Industry Events ; Focus on Acoustics: Spray Foam Insulation; Focus on Technology: Integration of AV and IT; Focus on Lighting - LED Technology; Focus on Excellence: Steve Thorburn Named Educator of the Year | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings & Upcoming Industry Events ; Focus on Acoustics: Mixed Use Buildings; Focus on Technology: The Greening Power of AV; Focus on Lighting: Taking Control of Architectural Lighting; Product Review: guidePORT Visitor Information System | ||
| 2010 | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events ; Focus on Acoustics:Too Much Lot Line Noise; Focus on Technology: FCC Orders Frequency Changes; Project News:Research Triangle Institute; Product Review: LED 2 by 2 Ceiling Grid Lighting Fixture | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings, InfoComm Sessions and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: Keeping Bowling Alley Noise in the Gutter; Focus on Technology: Design Build vs. Design Bid for Technology; Project News: California Science Center; Product Review: RP Visuals ULTRAFLEX Screen | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings, InfoComm Sessions and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Food:Tasty Traditions; Project Profile:The Littoral Warfare Training Center Briefing Room | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: Trees as Sound Barriers; Focus on Technology: Designing Presentation Facilities, Part II: Gauging Height, Width and Depth; Project Profile: Campbell University’s John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center; Product Review: Christie MicroTiles™ | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events;Focus on LIghting: The Importance of Color; Focus on Technology:Tasty Traditions; Project Profile:The Littoral Warfare Training Center Briefing Room | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: Holiday Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: LEED for Healthcare - Acknowledging Acoustics in Healing; Focus on Technology: Video over IP; Project Profile: Forsyth Detention Center Surveillance System; Product Review:Printable Acoustic Cloth | ||
| 2009 | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events ; Focus on Acoustics: LEED Design Considerations; Focus on Technology: Build the Perfect Teaching Station; Project News: Georgetown County Courthouse; Product Review: Battery Carrier | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: Acoustically Integrated Themed Environments; Focus on Technology: Green AV; Project News: DeAnza College Performing Arts Center; Product Review: The Thorburn Office Experience | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Food: Summer All-Stars; Project Highlight: National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: Ceiling Treatments; Focus on Technology: TEA's SATE Conference; Project Profile: Quintiles; Product Review: Pyrock | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics:LEED Conflicts & Design Impacts; Focus on Technology: AV and Multimedia in the Classroom; Project Profile: Kern County EOC; Product Review: Fabric Duct | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: Greetings and Season's Greetings; Focus on Acoustics: Containing Fan and Duct Noise; Focus on Technology: Overhead Microphone Systems; Project Profile: USF Joint Military/ROTC Building; Product Review: Wolfvision Visualizer | ||
| 2008 | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Analog-to-Digital: The New Y2K?; ClearSorber Acoustic Material Lets the Light in; New London Church, New TA-Designed AV System; QuietCurtains – A Product with Potential | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: TA Turns 16!; Upcoming Industry Events; Analog-to-Digital - The New Y2K? Part II; Mystery Photo; City Noise Ordinances; When to Embrace Digital Cinema | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Mystery Photo Winner Revealed; Focus on Food: TA Regional Summer Cuisine; Project Highlight: University of Illinois | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics:Acoustically integrated aRchitecture; Focus on Technology: How to Issue an RFP/RFQ; Project Highlight: City of Raleigh Wastewater Treatment Training Centers; Product Review: The Immersive Audio Experience at InfoComm | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics: Sound Isolation between Workstations; Focus on Technology: Using AV for Worship Center Security; Project News: Thorburn Associates GSA Number; Product Review: Netwell | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: Upcoming Industry Events; Focus on Acoustics:The Cocktail Party Effect; Focus on Technology: AV & IT Concvergence; Project Highlight: Madison County Courthouse Restoration; Product Review: Analog Signange | ||
| 2007 | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Focus on Acoustics: Home Theater Equation; Focus on Technology: Sound Myth-Understandings; Project Highlight: San Jose Cambrian Branch Library; Product Review: Zigbee | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: TA Turns 15!; Upcoming Industry Events; Bartlett High School, Anchorage, AK; Fire-Rated Back Boxes | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Sumptuous Summertime Savories; PlotVizable | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: High-Rise Buildings; San Francisco's General Services Administration Building; Perforated Wood Panels | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Helipad Solutions; High Definition Video Conferencing; Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center; Polycom HD Videoconferencing CODEC | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: To RT60, or Not to RT60; Digital Signage Update; USF Joint Military Science Leadership Center; LiveWires - Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors | ||
| 2006 | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Where We'll Be; Earbuds Cause Hearing Loss; Recent Natural Disasters spark Interest in Emergency Generators; The Plaza Apartments; Safter Earbuds | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: TA Celebrates 14 Years; Advantages of Category 5 Cable; Sound Health; NC Wildlife Education Center; Ceiling-Mounted Microphones | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Staff Recipes; DWF Composer; Waterproof Your Tunes | ||
| August | HTML | |
| Contents: Vikuiti Rear Projection Film; CAVSP Certification; City of Galt Police Dept; MPEG-4 | ||
| October | HTML | |
| Contents: Get Your Wobulator Upgraded; Travel Advisory for Sound; Eye in the Sky | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: What's New With TA; Noise Cancellation Headphones; Presentation Lighting; Mountain View Senior Center; GPS Navigation | ||
| 2005 | ||
| January | HTML | |
| Contents: Video Conferencing in a Box; Soundproof Windows; Projection Screens You Can Write On; Baylor University - SW Securities Financial Center; Standards Online and Up to Date | ||
| March | HTML | |
| Contents: DWF Composer; Why STC Doesn't Tell You Everything; Designing Lecterns for Today's Technology; Digital Signage at Federated Dept Stores; NCSA Trade Show Wrap-up | ||
| May | HTML | |
| Contents: Welcome Wing Ko, PE; Environmental Acoustics; Video Conferencing Over the Internet; Demolition Noise and Vibration Monitoring; Acoustical Plaster | ||
| July | HTML | |
| Contents: Summer Fun Recipes; Assessing Environmental Impacts - Noise Quality; Videoconference With Your Cell Phone; Technology in Universities; Mall of America Tycoon | ||
| September | HTML | |
| Contents: Technology Master Plan; Wireless Projection; Assessing Environmental Impacts - Air Quality; Federated Department Stores Retailer of the Year; Avocent Emerge WMS1000 | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: Conference Highlights; Tracking Cameras; Texlon; San Francisco GSA Federal Building; Deep Freeze | ||
| 2004 | ||
| January | HTML | |
| Contents: ICIA Course Offerings at IPD Memphis; Speech Privacy Within Hospitals; Presenting the Perfect Picture; UNCA Highsmith Student Center; Loudspeaker Technology | ||
| February | HTML | |
| Contents: Memphis IPD a Success; Noise Criteria (NC) vs. Room Criteria (RC); Making AV Systems Easy to Use; Riverside County Boardroom Replacement Project; Regupol-QT | ||
| March | HTML | |
| Contents: CSI's Masterformat 04; I Didn't Know You Did That; Blast Berms for the Space Shuttle Launch Pad; Invisible Loudspeakers | ||
| April | HTML | |
| Contents: InfoComm 2004; HDTV Update; Changes In Resilient Channels; Restoration of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; Resilient Sound Isolation Clip (RSIC) | ||
| May | HTML | |
| Contents: www.AVProjectManagement.org; Retail Audio; Restaurant Acoustics; Historical Temple Goes Retail; H Series Interior Design Loudspeaker | ||
| June | HTML | |
| Contents: Infocomm 04 Wrap Up; Widescreen: The New Standard; Recipes for the 4th of July; Way to Go Team - Cesar E. Chavez Education Center Wins; Laminated Glass on Steroids | ||
| September | HTML | |
| Contents: Cell Phones; Digital IMAX; Teleconferencing; Computer History Museum; Question of the Month | ||
| November | HTML | |
| Contents: The Themed Entertainment Association has Changed Its Name, Thorburn Named to Board; Variable Acoustics; Music and the Healing Process; Paradise Park Wins Best FEC Award; Sleigh AeroNautical Test Area Laboratories Project Update | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Retail Design | ||
| December | HTML | |
| Contents: New Advances In Video Conferencing Technology H.264; Classroom Acoustics; ADA and Audiovisual Systems; Acoustics and LEEDS/Sustainable Building; NEC WT 600 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Acoustics for Live Theatre | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Digital Preservation | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Video Conference Technology | ||
| 2000 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Environmental Acoustics - Noise or Sound? | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: High Definition Television is Here! (Sort of...) | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: The Cone of Silence; New Staff | ||
| 1999 | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Display Technology - Part 1 | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Display Technology - Part 2 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: I can Hear a Pin Drop; And the Winner Is... | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: It's Time to Take Control | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: The Invisible Audiovisual System; Sones; Newsletter of the Future! | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Fiberboard Facts; TA Principal Wins ICIA Awards | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Comparing Themed And Corporate A/V Systems | ||
| 1996 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Resilient Channels | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Keeping Up With Multimedia Projection Technologies | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Growing Trends in Green Insulation | ||
| 1995 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Binauralization™; Questions and Answers; We're Growing! | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Audio Considerations in Teleconferencing; What Exactly is Sound; Question: If a Tree Falls in the Woods... | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Video Conferencing; Answer: If A Tree Falls In the Woods... | ||
| 1994 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Front Vs. Rear Projection - Questions and Answers; Peach Piracy; From the Editors | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Residential Sound Isolation; Sound Masking | ||
| 1993 | ||
| Spring | HTML | |
| Contents: Office Acoustics; For Your Information...Seminars Offered by Thorburn Assoicates | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Acoustical Terms: What Are They/What do They Mean; Tech Notes: Ceiling Mounted Microphones - A Solution or a Problem; Questions and Answers; Did You Know...? | ||
| Fall | HTML | |
| Contents: Tech Notes: Hydraulic Pile Drivers Work Out of a Tight Spot, Quietly; TA Has New Digs; Did You Know; Who Is That? | ||
| 1992 | ||
| Summer | HTML | |
| Contents: Acoustics and ADA; New Acoustical Products at AIA National Convention '92 | ||
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