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by Gus Stadler
in Archival, Article, History, Play, Recording, Sound, Sound Studies, Tape, Technology, The Body, Theory/criticism
Pushing Play: What Makes the Portable Cassette Recorder Interesting?
"Change the Speed": image from the "Vintage Kids" archive of flickr user theirhistory
One of my earliest memories of sound recording is one of my earliest memories, period: an isolated image of my own index and middle finger trying to push down the "record" and "play" buttons on my father's portable cassette tape recorder. More prominent than the visual element of this memory is the haptic one: I can still call up the sensation of the effort required to make the red button go down and latch and the stress on the top joint of my index finger as the resistance bent it backward. Also still with me is a trace sense of the threat of sharp pain, as if at some point previous I had been wounded (perhaps pinched?) by these buttons. How young must I have been to have experienced this degree of opposition from such a small, unassuming device? And whence this desire to persist in the face of it?And: how and where does this object–so unprepossessing with its five big buttons, volume slider, cartridge tray, and little speaker–fit into sound studies and the history of sound recording technology?
There's a small, rich, growing body of work on tape recording–including work by scholars as different as Kathleen Hayles, Steven Connor, Michael Davidson, and this blog's doyen, Jennifer Stoever-Ackerman–but almost invariably it focuses on the reel-to-reel recorder, the device the cassette recorder was meant to simplify and miniaturize, at the expense of sound quality. The reel-to-reel was a vital contributor to the development of stereo and hi-fi hobbyism; it was also the mechanism at the center of a series of bold modernist literary experiments with tape recording by Samuel Beckett, William S. Burroughs, David Antin, and others.
Aside from Andy Warhol's use of it to tape huge swaths of his everyday life (in 1965, he "wrote" a novel consisting of 24 largely consecutive hours of transcribed cassettes) the cassette recorder has no such avant-garde pedigree. The name of the first model, the Norelco Carry-Corder 150, which appeared in 1963, shows the primary focus of its manufacturers' vision. Ads and trade journal articles from around this time touted the ease with which the device could be toted around on a vacation with the aim of producing an "audio album" of the trip. Doubtless, such albums were made and some may even still exist. But I suspect that the most vibrant history of the Carry-Corder and its descendants lies in the device's easy adapability into the play world of children. As I and many others of my generation remember it, the pleasure of playing with the device was the way it instigated various sorts of performance, usually based in mimicry of ones we'd consumed through other electronic media. In a manner not unlike Warhol, we created our own little media empires: Dj-ing, news announcing, sportscasting, hosting talk shows with the baby and the dog as guests, singing like Cher on TV, re-enacting TV comedy sketches, recording one's own comedy sketches, and on and on.
Child's play?: Young World BIC-202 Cassette Recorder
It's not obvious how sound figures in the context of children's play. Certainly, the quality with which the tape recorder recorded and played back sound mattered little, if at all. What mattered was the way the device initiated and constructed scenes, provided roles to play. Analogously, as David E. James has noted, one of the most powerful aspects of Warhol's practice of bringing his Carry-Corder 150 everywhere he went (he was an early adopter, purchasing one in 1964) was that it "ma(de) performance inevitable" and "constitute(d) being as performance" (Allegories of Cinema, page 69). Even playback itself was a matter of secondary interest; how many times do you think I listened to the tape of myself "broadcasting" two innings of a random mid-70s Mets game, delivered as I watched on TV with the sound turned down? My wager is on none. Still, sound is the raison d'etre of the cassette recorder. A few years later, kids might have done similar things with a video camera, but to a lot of kids, the early mass-marketed versions of that device felt much more formal, complicated, authoritative. That was the instrument through which the "official" history of the family was to be told; the tape recorder picked up the creative fragments, the bored interstices, the embarrassments, the extremes–parts of a world that wasn't to appear before guests. Plus, the sound-based device actually offered greater reach and flexibility along with more forms of integration into other media like television.
My early memory of the recorder, however, seems more primal. Given its intensity, it seems clear that the tape recorder served as a vehicle toward several important forms of self-demarcation, helping me to discover and negotiate certain limits: of my body, of my agency vis-à-vis machines, of my relationships to my parents, of my family's position in a larger social and economic world. (And in fact, the device was an important part of my family's livelihood, vital to my father's work as a radio reporter.) In retrospect, I seem almost impossibly young to be left to my own devices with the machine, and I also have a vague sense that I had been violating some prohibition, perhaps a decree that the recorder is "not a toy." I wonder how much the force of such a decree originated precisely in the ease with which it could and did become a toy.
gramophone, film, typewriter, and cassette tape recorder?
It's unlikely that Friedrich Kittler was going to list "cassette tape recorder" next in his book title after "gramophone, film, and typewriter." It's unlikely he had an image of the device in mind when he wrote his bravura dictum, "media determine our situation." Some technologies don't stand up to such sweeping statements, toward which media studies sometimes seems particularly drawn. Certain devices, I think, necessitate a broadened and diversified understanding of the things both sound and technology do—even things that aren't "about" sound in a conventional sense. For many historical narratives of sound reproduction, the cassette tape recorder is a regressive device, a drag on the pursuit of greater audio fidelity, with fidelity defined as "presence." But the qualities of the cassette recorder that make it significant to our field are manifold, and some of them will be qualities that arise out of their adjacency to the central fact of recording and playing back sound. The "forgotten" areas of the history of sound reproduction technologies aren't the notable failures—the 8-track players, which after all still draw camp-retro interest–but the most mundane successes. The portable cassette tape recorded never truly failed, it just got left back.
Gustavus Stadler teaches English and American Studies at Haverford College. He is the author of Troubling Minds: The Cultural Politics of Genius in the U. S.1840-1890 (U of Minn Press, 2006) and co-editor (with Karen Tongson) of the Journal of Popular Music Studies. His 2010 edited special issue of Social Text on "The Politics of Recorded Sound" was recently named a finalist for a prize in the category of "General History" by the Association of Recorded Sound Collections. He is currently working on Andy Warhol's sound world, Woody Guthrie's sexuality, and other stuff.
Tags: Allegories of Cinema, and typewriter, Andy Warhol, cassette recorder, David Antin, David E. James, film, Friedrich Kittler, gramophone, Norelco Carry-Corder 150, Samuel Beckett, William S. Burroughs
9 responses to "Pushing Play: What Makes the Portable Cassette Recorder Interesting?"
Cassette to CD says : January 31, 2012 at 8:10 pm
its great to see that so many people are still so attached to their cassettes and recorders and after reading this article it brings back so many old memories. i wish cassette players were still in production so that everybody gets a piece of it.. people who have or had a player know that the quality is so much better than all these new toys..cheers.. very good article..
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When looking in the omv-web interface network->interfaces->Add->WiFi no device is listed.
I checked for the used chip of the PCI-E card and it seems that it uses Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 which should be supported, since I found the drivers in /lib/firmware.
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Sorry for my late reply! I upgraded it yesterday late in the evening and the upgrade ran smoothly. I also find the wifi-card now but apparently, I am not able to establish a wireless connection next to the existing wired one. I've entered the SSID and the password and let the other settings on default (IPv4 via DHCP, IPv6 deactivated). Maybe you have an idea why that doesn't work?
Maybe both adapters are getting the same gateway. So, the system only uses one. I will try to repoduce on a VM with more than one ethernet port.
Are you using dhcp for both network adapters? Can you post the output of ip route show? I wasn't able to duplicate this with a VM.
Yes, both interfaces use dhcp and connect to the same router..
I guess I could try to disconnect eth0 (its connected via LAN to a "Wireless extender" because the router is next door and my roommates won't approve the LAN cable) and connect to it locally to make the set-up?
And after writing this, the netwrok adapters have the same gateway, because both connect to the same router, right?
A wireless adapter probably wouldn't either.
So I've rebooted the system without having LAN connected but the wifi set up in OMV. But it will not connect, for some reason.. Any idea?
The post was edited 2 times, last by rStyle ( Mar 31st 2019, 7:36pm ).
But it will not connect, for some reason.. Any idea?
Nope. I've never used OMV with a wireless connection.


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3975 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90232
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12229 Chandler Blvd, Valley Village, CA 91607
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Murray Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90026
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12120 Chandler Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607
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5527 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Valley Village, CA 91607
Promise Assisted Living LLC - Los Angeles, CA
1231 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Friends Board and Care - Burbank, CA
1231 N. Beachwood Drive, Burbank, CA 91506
Terraza Court - Culver City, CA
10955 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
Paloma Pointe on the Boulevard is committed to caring for residents with integrity, joy, and compassion. They provide assisted living, memory care, independent living, and skilled nursing services. Located in Culver City, CA, Paloma Pointe on the Boulevard allows residents easy access to their friends and family as well as to local shopping, restaurants, medical facilities, and attractions. Activities revolve around getting residents active and engaged to promote well-being. They are a non-smoking community that allows pets.
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2211 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
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Country Villa Terrace - Los Angeles, CA
6050 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Country Villa Terrace in sunny Los Angeles, California is a beautiful place where residents can enjoy freshly made meals daily with healthy snacks throughout the day. There are many activities for seniors to do, such as arts and crafts and games. Should any resident need help, the staff are there to help 24 hours a day. Residents can enjoy each other's company while hanging out outdoors in the courtyard. They can even visit the farmer's market nearby to buy fresh fruit. Country Villa Terrace is a wonderful place where residents can continue to live independently.
Bentley Manor by Serenity Care Health (SCH) - Los Angeles, CA
3425 McLaughlin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066
This family owned and professionally operated residential care will provide quality of life care that you or your loved ones deserve. Bentley Manor offers comfortable home-style living and quality medical care that will ensure all residents feel safe and relaxed.
Ladera Vista - Los Angeles, CA
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Is there a connection between Fibromyalgia and Depression?
Are all patients with fibromyalgia depressed?
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The Shanghai Composite index picked up 0.4 percent to 2,628.50. The Kospi in South Korea declined 0.1 percent to 2,175.04 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.2 percent to 27,991.49. Australia's S&P ASX 200 was down 0.5 percent at 6,040.00. Stocks rose in Taiwan but fell in Singapore and Indonesia. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday.
Gains by technology and consumer goods companies led most U.S. indexes higher on Friday. They more than balanced out losses by financial stocks and retailers after a mixed bag of quarterly earnings. The broad S&P 500 index climbed 0.1 percent to 2,707.88 and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1 percent to 7,298.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.3 percent to 25,106.33. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks advanced 0.1 percent to 1,506.39.
The projected upper bound is: 3,285.14.
The projected lower bound is: 3,125.90.
The projected closing price is: 3,205.52.
During the past 10 bars, there have been 4 white candles and 6 black candles for a net of 2 black candles. During the past 50 bars, there have been 25 white candles and 24 black candles for a net of 1 white candles.
One method of interpreting the Stochastic Oscillator is looking for overbought areas (above 80) and oversold areas (below 20). The Stochastic Oscillator is 67.0516. This is not an overbought or oversold reading. The last signal was a buy 9 period(s) ago.
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Q: Filtering Values from Two Data Sets I am very new to Tableau and am having trouble finding a way to filter between two data sets. These sets are Tableau Data Extracts so I am unable to create custom SQL to achieve this.
In DataSet1 I have levels of precipitation by date.
In DataSet2 I have sales revenue per date and store location.
I am trying to visualize the sum of sales revenue per store location on only days with precipitation. I thought I would be able to simply create a filtered list of all dates in DataSet1 that saw precipitation then subsequently filter all dates in DataSet2 to = my filtered list.
Any thoughts on how I would go about this? I feel like it should be relatively simple, but being so unfamiliar with the software I am having trouble locating a solution.
Thanks!

A: Please look into Data Blending for Tableau.It is an interesting feature in tableau to link multiple data sources into one sheet.It can get laggy at times so use it carefully.
Some Tutorial Links:
http://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/data-blending-0
http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/relate-summarized-data-60
Also the screenshot below shows the option to edit relationships between data sources which is essentially Data Blending

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Microsoft to Close All Its Retail Stores
By Marko Vidrih on The Capital
Microsoft announced its intention to close all of its physical stores as part of a new approach to retail.
Microsoft is expected to reserve $450 million, or $0.05 per share, in the current fourth fiscal quarter for write-offs and impairment of assets. The company temporarily shut down its Microsoft Store at the end of March due to restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Microsoft said that all of its employees in the retail segment will continue to work in the company's offices and remotely.
"Our sales have grown online as our product portfolio has evolved to largely digital offerings, and our talented team has proven success serving customers beyond any physical location," said Microsoft Corporate Vice President David Porter.
Earlier, we wrote that FedEx, a logistics company, and Microsoft tech giant are joining together to provide commercial delivery customers with early warning of delays due to weather, traffic, and other disruptions. It is reported that the merger is due to competition with Amazon.
Author: Marko Vidrih
Featured image credit: Unsplash
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Microsoft to Close All Its Retail Stores was originally published in The Capital on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.


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Василь Михайлович Борисенков ( , село Петропавловськ Севського повіту, тепер Суземського району, Брянської області, Російська Федерація) — радянський діяч, 2-й секретар Московського обкому КПРС. Кандидат у члени ЦК КПРС у 1976—1981 роках. Член ЦК КПРС у 1981—1990 роках. Депутат Верховної Ради Російської РФСР 9-го і 11-го скликань. Депутат Верховної Ради СРСР 10-го скликання. Кандидат історичних наук (1965).

Життєпис
Трудову діяльність розпочав у 1941 році ремонтним шляховим робітником на залізниці в Брянській області.

З лютого 1942 по 1943 рік — розвідник партизанського загону імені Будьонного партизанської бригади «За власть Советов» у Брянських лісах. Учасник німецько-радянської війни.

У 1944—1945 роках — у Радянській армії. Служив у 9-й стрілецькій дивізії Орловського військового округу.

Член ВКП(б) з 1946 року.

З 1946 року — на комсомольській роботі в Брянській області.

У 1950 році закінчив Московський державний університет імені Ломоносова.

У 1951—1959 роках — в апараті ЦК ВЛКСМ у Москві.

У 1959—1960 роках — заступник завідувача, у 1960—1961 роках — завідувач відділу Московського обласного комітету КПРС.

У 1961—1965 роках — інструктор, завідувач сектора відділу ЦК КПРС. У 1965—1972 роках — помічник секретаря ЦК КПРС.

У 1972 — 19 листопада 1974 року — секретар Московського обласного комітету КПРС.

19 листопада 1974 — грудень 1989 року — 2-й секретар Московського обласного комітету КПРС.

З грудня 1989 року — персональний пенсіонер союзного значення в місті Москві.

Нагороди і звання
 орден Жовтневої Революції
 орден Вітчизняної війни І ст. (6.04.1985)
 орден Трудового Червоного Прапора
 орден Дружби народів
 орден Червоної Зірки (30.05.1951)
 медаль «За трудову доблесть»
 медаль «За відвагу» (19.07.1949)
 медаль «Партизанові Вітчизняної війни» 1-го ст.
 медаль «За перемогу над Німеччиною у Великій Вітчизняній війні 1941—1945 рр.»
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Production Workers in Philadelphia Strike at Boeing
Boeing [NYSE:BA] employees represented by the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, United Aerospace Workers or UAW, Local 1069 began a strike against The Boeing Company, located in Ridley Township, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, at 12:01 a.m. today.
Workers voted Sept. 8 to reject the company's offer. The Union then notified the company that they would strike if an agreement was not reached by a midnight Friday deadline.
"We are very disappointed that we were unable to reach an agreement," said Pat Shanahan, vice president/general manager, U.S. Army Programs, at the site. "We presented a fair and competitive contract that recognized the realities of our business environment. We believe it meets the needs of the Union, their families and Boeing. The compensation, health and welfare and retirement benefits are the best in the region and among the highest in the aerospace industry."
The site is responsible for the design and manufacture of military rotorcraft, including the CH-47 Chinook, RAH-66 Comanche and the V-22 Osprey. Present employment is about 4,900, 1,400 of which are members of the UAW.
No further negotiations have been scheduled at this time.
CONTRACT OFFER HIGHLIGHTS
There will be a lump sum payment of $2,000 in the first and second years and a 2 percent general wage increase in the third year.
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) will continue with the existing formula.
Pension benefits increase from $50 a month to $58 per year of service.
LeAll B classified employees will be promoted to As, which represents a $1.68/hr. wage increase for approximately 300 employees.
Crew Chiefs will receive additional compensation for flight time designated as "risk" flights.
Shift differentials will gradually be reduced over the life of the contract from 10 percent for second shift and 8 percent for third shift, today, to 8 percent (not to exceed $2.00 per hour) for second shift and 6 percent (not to exceed $1.50 per hour) for third shift by the third contract year.
SAVINGS PLAN
Employee savings plan contribution increases from 15 percent to 20 percent and increase company match from $.25 for the first four percent to $.50 on the dollar of the first 4 percent.
LAYOFF RULE CHANGE
Senior employees may volunteer for layoff up to the number of declared surplus in their job classification and will receive a lump sum layoff benefit payment equal to one week for every year of continuous service up to a maximum of 13 weeks.
JOB FLEXIBLITY
A joint jobs committee will work job combinations, job revisions and new job development for the life of the contract.
The contract enhances the company's capability to be more flexible in employee work assignments.
Traditional Medical Plan -- Employees will begin to pay 10 percent of cost of medical services, with a $15 office deductible and a slight increase in prescription co-pay. Yearly deductibles will increase from $125 for an individual to $175, and from $375 for a family to $525. Employee's monthly contributions to cost of care also would rise slightly.
Coordinated Care Plan -- Employees will begin to pay $8 for individual, $15 for two people and $25 for a family per month. Office visits remain at $5. Generic prescriptions remain at $5, name brands would increase to $10 and special prescriptions would be $25. Mail order prescriptions would increase from $5 to $10 for generic, $20 for name brand and $50 for special types.
Madelyn Bush
madelyn.j.bush@boeing.com


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My plan for the next few days hasn't changed from yesterday. I'm going to finish working on a long training video regarding the rank and rent model and also working on an article about this 30-day journey.
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Loading Brass Shotshells
black powder, Dave Campbell, guns, handloading, shotguns, shotshells
Why would anyone want to load brass shotshells? The reasons may vary from shooter to shooter—some, like me, are into the historical reenactments; others choose to reload brass so they can shoot vintage Damascus-barreled shotguns that have been deemed safe to shoot replica loads. Still
Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot
cncealed carry, Dave Campbell, Gun control, guns, Second Amendment, self-defense
There's a little fracas going on in Texas regarding open carry of firearms. Apparently there are a couple of bills in the Texas state legislature attempting to make the open carrying of firearms legal anywhere without the need of a concealed carry permit or license. Another bill allow
Smith & Wesson's Rimfire Masterpiece
Dave Campbell, guns, handguns, pistol, revolvers, Smith & Wesson, Smith & Wesson K22, Smith & Wesson M48
The birth of the 20th century provided a seminal moment for Smith & Wesson. In 1899 the company introduced its .38 Hand Ejector Military & Police Model revolver, which became the basis for as much as half of the company's product line. The new frame size—deemed the K-frame—ins
The Sounds of Silence(r)
.300 Winchester Magnum, Dave Campbell, guns, pistol, rifles, silencers, suppressors, the law
A bit more than eight decades ago, the U.S. government in its infallible (according to itself) judgment to save us from ourselves pulled a fast one on us with the National Firearms Act of 1934. Time and space prevent me from fully explaining the details of how this infringement of our
What Makes a Good Shot?
Dave Campbell, elk, Shooting
For the most part another hunting season is in the bag. Winter has set in, and we find ourselves longing for something to do. There's some handloading chores that always need doing, and, of course, there is the gear review and inventory. But there's often a nagging question: Why did I
Lever Guns
Dave Campbell, deer, hunting, lever-action rifles, rifles, self-defense
Some of us who have a little—or a lot—of grey hair are saddled with an anachronistic affinity toward the lever-action rifle. Whether it's because we spent too much time watching "The Rifleman" on television or too many John Wayne movies and are all wrapped up in nostalgia, or, perhaps
Where's the Ambiguity?
Dave Campbell, Gun control, guns, Second Amendment
On Fox News the arrogant and imitable Bill O'Reilly often states, "I am just a simple man…" in a pseudo-neotenous attempt to lull his witness into saying or divulging what O'Reilly wants him or her to say. O'Reilly is a Harvard-educated man who lives on some pretty exclusive real esta
business, Dave Campbell, personal service
We live in a commercial world. It has become the norm for Americans to be consumed with our stuff. When I was a kid the notion of renting a garage just to have a place to store one's stuff was ridiculous. Nowadays the self-storage business is one of the fastest growing small businesse
Earlier this week I received a forwarded e-mail wanting me to "keep my word" regarding further exploration of the .30 TC cartridge. Some five years ago after the cartridge was introduced I did a hunt with the cartridge in Montana, and I mentioned in a blog that I'd like to explore the
The .300 Winchester Magnum
.300 Winchester Magnum, custom guns, Dave Campbell, deer, elk, guns, hunting
In the early 1960s Winchester was in trouble. The company had several very popular firearms, but profit margins were too low. Then, as now, corporations put pressure on the marketing guys to do something to increase sales. While today the solution often comes by slapping a new camo pa


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Q: Is it possible to Pass Empty Parameter to sql server from code behind? I have few Parameter in my SQL Query which accepts only ' ' value it will not accept null, so I want to pass '' value as parameter how is that possible, below is my code which I am trying to do
param = new SqlParameter("@CodeNumber", SqlDbType.VarChar);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchCriteria.CodeNumber))
  {
     param.Value = SearchCriteria.CodeNumber;
  }
else
  {
    param.Value = DBNull.Value;
    //param.Value = ''; I want to pass something like this
  }
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);

param = new SqlParameter("@LicenseDate", SqlDbType.DateTime);
if (SearchCriteria.LicenseDate != null && SearchCriteria.LicenseDate != default(DateTime))
  {
      param.Value = SearchCriteria.LicenseDate;
  }
else
  {
     param.Value = DBNull.Value;
     //param.Value = ''; I want to pass something like this
   }
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);

I am not getting any error but in query it is not taking as ' '

A: Try passing empty String as the parameter when the underlying field is varchar. For example, you could do this:
param = new SqlParameter("@CodeNumber", SqlDbType.VarChar);
 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchCriteria.CodeNumber))
  {
   param.Value = SearchCriteria.CodeNumber;
  }
 else
  {
   param.Value = String.Empty;
  }
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);

For DateTime, SQL Server will treat inserting empty string to a DateTime column as inserting the value 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM, as seen here. Therefore, in place of empty string, you could pass in this value of DateTime in C#, like so:
param = new SqlParameter("@LicenseDate", SqlDbType.DateTime);
 if (SearchCriteria.LicenseDate != null && SearchCriteria.LicenseDate != default(DateTime))
  {
   param.Value = SearchCriteria.LicenseDate;
  }
 else
  {
   param.Value = new DateTime(1900,1,1,0,0,0)
   }
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);

A: You can create the stored procedure with a default value like the following;
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SP]
    @param1 varchar(512),
    @param2 varchar(50) = NULL
AS

Then if you pass the value, the value passed through the param would be taken. It can be skipped from application (c# code) and if skipped the default NULL value would be taken.
So in this case, the @param2 can be skipped when not required from application.
If not null, instead of NULL, you can pass '', like the following
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SP]
    @param1 varchar(512),
    @param2 varchar(50) = ''
AS
BEGIN

A: I modified my query and checking if @LicenseDate is null then setting value as empty in SP, and from the code behind i am passing DBNull.Value, which solved my problem for date param


Dartmouth - Parade forms at 9 am at St. Mary's Church on Dartmouth Street, and kicks off at 9:30 am. Down middle, right on bridge, stop at elm for wreath ceremony approximately 10 minutes. Another ceremony at South Dartmouth Cemetery, followed by closing ceremonies at the Dartmouth Police Station.
Fairhaven - Parade begins at 8:30 am from the Center Street/Main Street intersection. The parade will march north to Riverside Cemetery and pause at Fairhaven High for the raising of the high school's flag and the playing of the National Anthem by FHS music students.
Fall River - Parade forms at 1 pm and steps off at 2 pm from Kennedy Park and wraps up at the Fall River Government Center Atrium. Rain or shine.
Marion - Parade forms at 8:30 am and kicks off at 9 am at the Music Hall at 146 Front Street and ends at the Old Landing Veterans Memorial Park. In case of rain, all services will take place at the Sippican Elementary School.
Mattapoisett – Ceremony begins at 1:30 pm at the Center School. Parade will form on Barstow Street and proceed to the library for a wreath ceremony. From there, the parade will proceed to the Town Wharf where an observance will be held for those who lost their lives at sea. Units will be dismissed at the Town Wharf following the ceremony.
New Bedford - Parade forms at 11 am at the intersection of Parker Street and Hathaway Boulevard and steps off at 11:30 am. The Parade will travel east on Parker Street to County Street, north on County Street to Pope Street, and east on Pope Street into Clasky Park where a Memorial Day Ceremony will be held. The New Bedford Veteran's Advisory Board and the New Bedford Office of Veterans Services invites anyone who attends the service in Clasky Park to bring a single flower of their choice to lay at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in remembrance of a veteran family member or friend.
Westport - Parade begins at 10 am at Town Hall, 816 Main Road and complete at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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