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Calls to Expand Michigan's Economic Development Programs Fall Short
New plans don't even claim to develop the economy
New plans don't even claim to develop the economy … more
Economic Interference Week
Economic Development Week is no cause for celebration
Economic Development Week is no cause for celebration … more
Michigan Corporate Welfare's Secret Giveaway: $1 Billion in 2016
State refuses to disclose how much each company gets
State refuses to disclose how much each company gets … more
Will Republicans Backtrack on Corporate Welfare Cuts?
Many economic development programs receive bipartisan support
Many economic development programs receive bipartisan support … more
How to Improve Economic Development Transparency
State considers changes to economic development disclosure
State considers changes to economic development disclosure … more
Mackinac Center Director of Research to Debate Lansing Mayor on Economic Development
Panelists Will Discuss the Current Political Realities and Ideology of Corporate Welfare
Panelists Will Discuss the Current Political Realities and Ideology of Corporate Welfare … more
So Long Film Subsidies
Other 'economic development' programs should be next
Other economic development programs should be next … more
Michigan House Wise to Shift Corporate Welfare Spending to Roads
Programs shown to be ineffective and wasteful
Programs shown to be ineffective and wasteful … more
The Problem of Corporate Welfare
Corporate welfare leaves smaller companies to struggle … more
A History of Corporate Welfare Failure: Mackinac Center Testimony in the Michigan House
"The truth is these are mostly political development programs, not economic development programs." … more
The End of Hollywood Corporate Welfare?
Legislators look to fix budget overspending
Legislators look to fix budget overspending. … more
One Sector Grew Last Decade: Corporate Welfare
Very few jobs to show for special favors, subsidies
Very few jobs to show for special favors, subsidies. … more
Mark Schauer's Support for Corporate Welfare
He had lots of help from the GOP along the way
He had lots of help from the GOP along the way. … more
Occupy to Protest Mackinac Center
Group sends mixed message with its words, actions. … more
End of an Error
State's corporate welfare "authority" closing Jan. 1. … more
No State Favors For Fastest Growing Companies
No state corporate welfare went to these fastest growers. … more
Another MEGA Loser
In the latest government economic development failure in Michigan, Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy. … more
Good, Bad and Ugly of Gov. Snyder's Budget
Gov. Rick Snyder's first budget fell short of the "atomic bomb" promised by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, in part due to the fact that a megaton of further spending and tax cuts were left on the table. Overall, the budget moves the state in a positive direction with greater tax simplicity, more transparency, less corporate welfare and fewer discriminatory tax policies. … more
Gov. Snyder to Break Michigan's MEGA Habit
GlobalWatt Sells Someone Else's Solar Panels – on eBay
Just in time to brighten the holidays, GlobalWatt, a Saginaw-based solar panel manufacturer, is selling five solar panels on the popular auction website, eBay. But GlobalWatt did not make the panels. A company in India did. … more
GlobalWatt Finds Colorado Partner
A Saginaw company under fire for problems associated with its application for tax subsidies in Michigan says it will partner with a Colorado company on a solar module project, according to WJRT-TV 12 in Flint. … more
Lack of Transparency at MEDC, MEGA
The Washington Examiner and San Jose Mercury News both recently cited Mike LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, about the need for transparency within government-run economic development programs. … more
Bad Week for Michigan Corporate Welfare Machine
On Thursday the plug was officially pulled on a monumentally hyped film endeavor in Allen Park called "Unity Studios." There were no press releases from the Governor's office or the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announcing the evaporation of the mirage. … more
Media Reporting on MEGA Investigation
GlobalWatt Claims on Applications for MEGA Deals Disputed, Raise Questions About MEDC Scrutiny
State Should Investigate GlobalWatt's Claims, Says Center Analyst
'Jobs' Fund: More Funds Than Jobs?
A Lansing company that received $2 million in state subsidies three years ago is hoping to expand from 12 employees to 14, according to the Lansing State Journal. … more
Pay Attention to Candidates' Stance on Subsidies
When considering which candidates to vote for in November — regardless of the office — be sure to examine their stance on Michigan's growing empire of economic development programs, which selectively hand out subsidies and tax favors to politically favored industries and firms. … more
MEGA Careful?
How much background research does Michigan's corporate welfare bureaucracy actually perform on the potential recipients of its selective tax breaks and subsidies? Due to recent embarrassments the amount may be increasing, but until now the answer appears to be, "Not much at all." … more
Michigan Taxpayers to Write $100 Million Check to Korean Battery Maker
Last week the the Michigan Economic Development Corp. upped the ante on a $100 million "refundable" business tax credit approved by the Michigan House and Senate for a subsidiary of the South Korean battery maker LG Chem. The MEDC in effect converted the credit into an outright cash subsidy from Michigan taxpayers by granting the plant's 120-acre site in Holland "renaissance zone" status for 15 years. … more
MEDC Failures Lead to Less Transparency
The Michigan Economic Development Corp. creates more job announcements than jobs, Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, points out in this Lansing State Journal Op-Ed. … more
Michigan Unemployment Woes Continue Despite Millions Spent on 'Economic Growth'
MEGA continues to be ineffective. … more
Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State
A state house committee is looking into an Auditor General's report that the state's flagship economic development program may have given out an estimated $150 million in tax credits erroneously.
The State House Tax Policy Committee will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday on the audit of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority program.
The MEGA gives out tax credits to approved businesses for jobs they create. … more
The State House Tax Policy Committee will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday on the audit of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority program.
The MEGA gives out tax credits to approved businesses for jobs they create. … more
Special Deals Yield Far Fewer Jobs Than Projected
About nine months before an Auditor General's report questioned the accuracy of job projections in tax incentives handed to companies by the state, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy did its own study highlighting the problem.
The Mackinac Center study states that for every 1,000 jobs companies projected they would create, about 294 jobs were actually created, on average — about 29 percent.
That report was vindicated by the Auditor General report that was released April 23. The report looked at company projections from 2005 through 2007 and concluded that about 28 percent of projected jobs came to fruition. … more
The Mackinac Center study states that for every 1,000 jobs companies projected they would create, about 294 jobs were actually created, on average — about 29 percent.
That report was vindicated by the Auditor General report that was released April 23. The report looked at company projections from 2005 through 2007 and concluded that about 28 percent of projected jobs came to fruition. … more
State MEGA Audit Finds MEGA Problems
The Michigan Auditor General yesterday released a 72-page audit of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority program, finding that it is poorly administered. MEGA is the state's flagship "jobs" program, granting selective tax breaks and subsidies to particular firms selected to be "winners" by its staff.
The Auditor General's examination focused on reviews conducted by the agency that oversees MEGA. In other words, this was a review conducted to determine whether or not MEGA companies granted selective tax breaks have used proper "job count and salary information." … more
The Auditor General's examination focused on reviews conducted by the agency that oversees MEGA. In other words, this was a review conducted to determine whether or not MEGA companies granted selective tax breaks have used proper "job count and salary information." … more
Lawmaker Says 'Willful Neglect' Is the Rule at Embattled State Agency
The state's "flagship" economic development program may have doled out an estimated $150 million in tax credits erroneously in the last five years to companies that didn't meet the criteria due to a lack of oversight, according to State Rep. Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills.
McMillin met with the state Auditor General's office Tuesday after it released a report this week that said the state didn't follow up on company job projections that often fell short of required triggers to receive tax credits but still received the money.
The report comes a little more than a month after it was learned that the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) board approved a $9.1 million tax credit to Richard Short, a convicted embezzler who was CEO of a company named Renewable and Sustainable Companies LLC (RASCO). … more
McMillin met with the state Auditor General's office Tuesday after it released a report this week that said the state didn't follow up on company job projections that often fell short of required triggers to receive tax credits but still received the money.
The report comes a little more than a month after it was learned that the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) board approved a $9.1 million tax credit to Richard Short, a convicted embezzler who was CEO of a company named Renewable and Sustainable Companies LLC (RASCO). … more
MEGA Jobs MIA in Flint
Jobs that were promised in exchange for state subsidies in three high-profile cases in Flint never came to fruition, according to The Flint Journal. … more
Flight Plan
Attracting residential and commercial expansion to the Detroit Region Aerotropolis — some 60,000 mostly vacant acres between the Detroit Metro and Willow Run airports — should occur using private money, according to one Mackinac Center analyst. … more
A state legislator recently praised the Mackinac Center for its efforts to "hold the MEDC accountable." … more
Economic Development 'Chicanery'
The recent news that the state's Michigan Economic Growth Authority offered a convicted embezzler's company a $9.1 million tax credit has caused quite a stir in Lansing. Last week, legislators held hearings on how the Michigan Economic Development Corp., MEGA's parent agency, could have let someone with the embezzler's background be part of a multi-million-dollar selective tax break deal.
There is so much money sloshing around economic development programs around the nation — up to $50 billion or so as late as 2004 — that it would be surprising if there were not many questionable deals brokered by similar agencies across the nation. … more
There is so much money sloshing around economic development programs around the nation — up to $50 billion or so as late as 2004 — that it would be surprising if there were not many questionable deals brokered by similar agencies across the nation. … more
A MEGA Blast From the Past
How deep does this hole have to get before the people demand that the political class finally turn its back on what are now clearly recognized are not "economic development" programs but a self-serving political development agenda? … more
MEGA Cliché 'Mistakes Were Made' Not Good Enough
In her first public statements since it was revealed that the Michigan Economic Growth Authority approved a $9.1 million tax credit deal for a convicted embezzler, Gov. Jennifer Granholm was quoted by the Gongwer Michigan Report as saying, "And obviously, a mistake was made, and it cannot happen again." … more
Let the Sun Shine In
Specific MEDC/MEGA Transparency Recommendations
This week, the Michigan House and Senate are both holding hearings on the Michigan Economic Development Corp. after a convicted embezzler on parole duped the Michigan Economic Growth Authority into offering his company a $9.1 million tax credit. The real issue they should examine is not whether the occasional criminal wins an "incentive" deal, but the lack of transparency that characterizes this entire operation. … more
MEGA Prescient
The parole violation arrest last week of convicted embezzler and Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit winner Richard A. Short has caused deep embarrassment for state officials. But for me it has occasioned some poignant reflection on two former colleagues, Martin M. Wing, Ph.D, and Joseph P. Overton, who co-authored the Mackinac Center's first MEGA study in 1995, with a third scholar, before the program even became law. … more
MEGA Show Trial?
The Michigan House and Senate plan to hold hearings this week on how a convicted embezzler on parole duped the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and Michigan Economic Growth Authority into offering his company — which was being run out of a Flint mobile home park — a $9.1 million tax credit. (This could have become a "refundable" credit, meaning the state would likely be writing checks to the embezzler.) … more
MEGA Jobs Announcements Symbolic Drop in the Bucket
This Just In: Convicted Embezzler's Business Awarded State Tax Subsidy
The Associated Press is reporting that a convicted embezzler currently on parole has been approved for business tax credits under the state's Michigan Economic Growth Authority program. The article also noted that when the deal was announced, the embezzler, Richard A. Short, "shared the stage" with Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Had the program managers performed even a cursory background check, they certainly would have discovered Short's past. … more
Had the program managers performed even a cursory background check, they certainly would have discovered Short's past. … more
Employment Creation in Michigan Illustrates the Ineffectiveness of the State's Incentives
The latest Business Employment Dynamics numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that from the third quarter of 2008 through the second quarter of 2009, 778,025 jobs were created in Michigan and 1,144,655 jobs disappeared. Among other things, the figures starkly illustrate just how ineffective the state's economic incentive programs are. … more
Michigan's Economic Development Failures
Dome Magazine's cover story, "Desperate for Diversification: A brief history of Michigan's economic development strategies," correctly points out that Mackinac Center scholars have disagreed with the state's central planning attempts under both Republican and Democratic governors. … more
Citizens, Investors and Legislative Circus Poodles
We all pay a price when government treats investors, entrepreneurs and households as circus poodles made to jump through hoops in order to collect selective tax-break or subsidy "biscuits" handed out at the whim and discretion of bureaucrats and legislators. … more
American Greetings Says Goodbye to Michigan
Just one day after Michigan Economic Development Corporation director Greg Main claimed that Michigan can look forward to a brighter economy next year, American Greetings offered a stinging repudiation of his agency's failed "picking winners and losers" methodology with the announcement that it would close its plant in Kalamazoo. … more
Why State Economic Development Programs Fail to Fix Michigan
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority is the state's premiere economic incentive program and accounts for much of the state's "job creation" announcements.
But most of the job gains and losses in the state are unheralded. Consider this chart of quarterly job gains, losses and MEGA announcements. … more
But most of the job gains and losses in the state are unheralded. Consider this chart of quarterly job gains, losses and MEGA announcements. … more
Political Careerism the Root of Growing "Economic Development" Empire
History, economic theory and empirical research all demonstrate that discriminatory tax breaks and government subsidies don't work to grow the economy or expand job opportunities. So why has Michigan's political class greatly expanded the number and generosity of such programs? The special favors may do nothing to expand jobs for the people, but the growing empire of entities with the power to grant them creates hundreds of potential job opportunities for the political careerists who populate Michigan's term-limited legislature. … more
Relationship Problems
Government employee unions should not be eligible for special tax breaks. Here's why.
The already problematic relationship between the State of Michigan and the Service Employees International Union is becoming more and more troubling as SEIU Local 517M reached terms for changes to their contract with the state of Michigan. As we have reported on this blog, another SEIU subsidiary, the Member Action Services Center, received $2 million in refundable MEGA tax credits last month. … more
SEIU/MASC: Curiouser and Curiouser
MEDC moved fast to secure a union operation for Michigan, but did they really need to?
MEDC moved fast to secure a union operation for Michigan, but did it really need to? … more
What's Hiding Under the MASC?
It's Not Easy Getting Answers out of the MEDC
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority has granted a $2 million tax credit to the Service Employees International Union that appears to be "refundable," meaning that it's actually a cash subsidy if this union operation has no tax liability. In that case, Michigan taxpayers would be paying for an SEIU office that could also be used for union organizing or political activism. The MEDC's response to persistent Mackinac Center attempts to confirm this has been, well, unresponsive. … more
MEGA Madness and Big Labor Contradictions
Dubious Michigan Tax Break to Union Raises Eyebrows
Ironically, a special tax break offered by the state of Michigan to a for-profit arm of the Service Employees International Union was arranged in part to address the union's complaint that it is at a disadvantage due to Michigan's "high labor costs" compared to two other states the SEIU was supposedly considering (one of them with a right-to-work law reviled by the union). This according to a document obtained by Detroit News business writer Daniel Howes ("State tax credit to labor union is baffling," Nov. 20). … more
A MEGA Delusion
At a press conference Tuesday announcing several new recipients of discriminatory state tax breaks, Gov. Jennifer Granholm repeated a number of false or misleading statements about this state government's policy of picking winners and losers, and its effects as a substitute for genuine labor, regulatory and tax law reforms. … more
Politically Powerful Special Interest Gets Special State Tax Break
A business operation created by the politically powerful SEIU labor union will be granted a special $2 million tax break by the state of Michigan. … more
From South Detroit to Shockandawe
Politicians fudging on job stats is getting to be a habit
A pattern of sorts is starting to emerge: When one hears numbers of "jobs created or saved" by various government programs, it appears to be more and more likely that such numbers were pulled by someone out of the vicinity of his or her own back pocket. … more
MEGA Tax Credits Are Not Without Cost
Last August, the Mackinac Center released a study critical of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority. This was the second of two rigorous analyses of MEGA by the Center, and both found that - at best - the program has had no net positive job creation impact. Indeed, the latest results suggest that the program may actually destroy jobs. Not surprisingly MEGA apologists have bristled, and when compelled to respond, have done so with what could charitably be called a series of untruths about the program. … more
MEGA Stories
Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Greg Main boasted that he "would invite (critics) to take a look at the results (of the MEGA targeted tax break program)." We did. Twice. In depth and detail. We found that - at best - MEGA creates no new jobs, and on balance it may even destroy them on a net basis. Further, only 29 percent of the direct jobs promised by its deals ever happened. To date, the MEDC has not refuted a single point of fact, or produced independent, systematic evidence that its approach does squat to create jobs, increase state incomes or expand our economy. … more
"Slashing" Economic Development Staff? Please Sir, Can We Have Some More?
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation — the lead agency in a statewide "economic development" empire — is arguably the most ineffective, least necessary department in state government. Shrinkage of the agency's staff is good news; staff levels reaching zero would be excellent news! Alas, declines reported by a recent Detroit News article aren't quite what they appear to be. … more
Jobs Braggadocio
The Granholm Administration wasted no time after the Michigan Economic Growth Authority monthly rubber-stamp board meeting on Tuesday to start pumping out press releases bragging that more than 2,800 new jobs were coming to Michigan as a result of selective tax break deals for the latest gaggle of "winner" firms and projects. The MEGA-related jobs claims should be discounted by 71 percent, based on a recent Mackinac Center study that found only 29 percent of the jobs promised by past MEGA deals actually happened. … more
"Dis-Unity" Studios?
A news report from Detroit TV station WDIV seems to indicate that a $146 million film production studio has instead become a boondoggle for the city of Allen Park. … more
Coincident Indicator?
More discriminatory tax breaks for the few won't fix Michigan
This chart might be called the "Political Class Desperation Index." The need for transformational reform of Michigan's tax, spending, labor and regulatory environments is indicated by the skyrocketing unemployment rate. The failure of the political class to buck special interests — including government employee unions — and finally undertake those reforms makes its members increasingly desperate to create the appearance of "doing something." Thus the massive increase in futile picking of winners (and losers) for receipt of discriminatory tax breaks and subsidies. These create diversionary "feel good" stories for local newpapers, but do nothing to reverse the state's economic decline — and may even accelerate it. ("MEGA" is the flagship program of Michigan's bureaucratic "economic development" empire.) … more
Center MEDC Study in National Spotlight
A recently released Mackinac Center study about the ineffectiveness of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. is receiving state and national media attention. … more
Gov. Granholm Takes Washington Post for Ride on "Jobs" Numbers
In a profile that appeared in today's Washington Post, Gov. Jennifer Granholm misused data on her targeted business tax break and subsidy programs, the administration's primary response to a Michigan economy that has lost 632,600 payroll jobs since her inauguration back in 2003. The Post writes, "Since taking office in 2003, Granholm has created 163,300 positions, her office says," a reference to jobs directly attributable to business "incentive" programs. In fact, the most recent data indicates that MEGA, the state's flaghip corporate welfare program, can claim credit for just 7,755 new jobs during Gov. Granholm's six year, nine month tenure in office! … more
Trick, or Treat
The Michigan Legislature is this morning taking up House Bill 5275, a bill that authorizes a Michigan Economic Growth Authority business tax credit deal for a battery cell manufacturing facility. … more
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis
Video by Kathy Hoesktra, Mackinac Center communications specialist … more
News Release: MEGA and MEDC Growing "Aggressively Less Transparent," Says Center Analyst
Center database will fill gap by providing information about each MEGA deal
News Release: Michigan Goes Full Decade Without GDP Growth
State "economic development" programs a failure, analyst says
American Greetings Says Hello to More Incentives
Policymakers are quick to issue press releases about how many jobs will be created when they give discriminatory favors to certain businesses. Where are the press releases when those predictions fall short? … more
Michigan Should End Its Tax Favoritism
Supremes let MEGA program off hook, but lawmakers still can act
Bad Food at a Good Price!
Imagine a restaurant with second-rate food, surly waiters, slow service and high prices. When the manager sees a customer getting restless, he rushes over and offers a 15 percent price cut. … more


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Yamaha's STAGEPAS 300 has already become the portable PA system of choice for legions of musicians on the move, and now the STAGEPAS 500 is also available for use in situations in which a little extra power and channel capacity is needed.
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The new features include:
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- Included pole mount within speaker moulding
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Laguna Coast Wilderness Park is a spacious Orange County preserve covering several thousand acres of natural landscape adjacent to Laguna Beach. Emerald Canyon, one of its finer natural features, carves its way down a three-mile linear course from the crest of the San Joaquin Hills toward the ocean. There is no practical or legal access to the canyon from the bottom (city of Laguna Beach) side, but topside a fire road turned recreation trail will get you there via a route entirely on park-owned land.
Hikers and mountain bikers can follow the 8.4-mile round-trip route as described here, which is entirely on fire roads or wide trails. As a somewhat more lengthy option -- either on the way out or the way back -- hikers and bikers can choose to follow the single-track, semi-overgrown Old Emerald Trail.
Begin at the Willow Canyon Trailhead, which is located on the west side of Laguna Canyon Road, 0.7 mile south of the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (Highway 73). On foot or by bike, take the dirt road signed Willow Canyon Road 1.5 miles to a turnoff to Laurel Canyon on the right. Stay straight (south) and climb 0.1 mile to an intersection with Bommer Ridge Road. Turn right, proceed 0.1 mile to a dip in the road, and turn left onto Emerald Canyon Road. That "road" -- essentially a wide trail -- descends along the top of ridge for a mile, through growths of sage, encelia, and monkey flowers blooming in shades from orange to yellow this time of year.
After a mile on the descending ridge, you arrive on the canyon bottom, at a place where the narrow Old Emerald Trail obscurely branches left. The next 1.5 miles of travel down-canyon is along a more moderate grade, and the scenery is simply gorgeous. Gnarled oaks and sycamores -- survivors of repeated firestorms -- line the trail, and dense willow growth flanks the canyon's seasonal stream. About halfway down this easy stretch, note the spacious cave pocking a large sandstone outcrop on the left, across the canyon bottom.
At 4.2 miles from the start, you arrive at a place where the trail curls sharply downward and a 20-foot-high waterfall lies to the right. This waterfall is more like a "dry fall" in most years, and comes truly alive only with sustained heavy rains. This is a good spot to take a break, and afterward return the way you came.
This article contains information about a publicly owned recreation or wilderness area. Trails and pathways are not necessarily marked. Conditions can change rapidly. Hikers should be properly equipped and have safety and navigational skills. The Reader and Jerry Schad assume no responsibility for any adverse experience.


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Hi at all,
I bought Timelapse some week ago, and its great!
But i miss the possibility to connect to a wifi Camera
Like Sony QX 10 or QX 30 or some devices like that.
Why the handling of a Wifi-Cam like the QX 10 would be a useful feature ?
1. you can clamp it on a piece of wood which has
the Dimension as the iPhone and than put it to a Galileo!
2. You can put the Galileo to your tripod and do the Rest with your
iPhone in your Hand
3. You can get a 64 GB SDCard Full of 18 MP shots for your
Timelapse Video
4. Your IPhone will consuming less battery Power because
It does not make fotos
5. The QX10 can be powered without Battery
by wallplug for longer Projects
I think these are some good reasons to Support wifi cameras.
Greets from Germany


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Tour de Marin 2013
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Join the Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) and Whole Foods Market on Sunday, May 26 for a 40-mile ride through scenic Marin County. There will be lots of food along the ride, including fine gourmet cuisine from Marin artisan cheese and other local producers!
You'll roll past Big Rock, see redwood groves and horse stables, and take in a feast at the Nicasio energizer station. This year's route will include a trip around the Frank Lloyd Wright Marin Civic Center building and through China Camp State Park, where you'll see rolling oak covered hills, green meadows, a lovely salt marsh and beautiful views of San Pablo Bay.
All ride levels welcome, no one is left behind. The ride will be well supported, with ride leaders, sweepers, course marshals and SAG (support and gear) wagon courtesy of Mike's Bikes.
Tour de Marin proceeds will support MCBC's work to expand Marin's bicycle network of safe bike lanes, pathways, bridges, tunnels and trails.
All riders get a goodie bag filled with great snacks and swag, and a supported ride complete with SAG and energizer station. The first 300 people to register EVERYONE will receive a 2013 Tour de Marin T-shirt thanks to Whole Foods Market! After the ride we'll gather at the San Rafael Whole Foods Market for food, drink (Lagunitas IPA if your 21 and up) and socializing!
Sign-up for the ride today!
CLICK HERE to see photos from last year's Tour de Marin.
When & Where
340 3rd Street
San Rafael,
Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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text: To date, I've held off on any great pronouncement trumpeting the arrival of Carlos Santana as there have been enough of those to go around and I prefer to take on the angles that generally aren't covered by the mainstream media, among other places. Yes, we got him for just Lacey Cake and yes, he looks a lot like El Capitan (right down to the number on his back). Yes, the way that he wears his Indians' uniform is the sloppiest since Jelly Belliard and yes, he shares a name with a well-known guitarist. These things we've known for quite some time... However, now that he's arrived and since we can put away the Major League Equivalent calculator, we're finally able to watch Santana face MLB pitching and fill the batter's box from both sides. The obvious first impression is that he has looked the part of a stud hitter, posting some of the better AB against Cy Strasburg and more than holding his own since his arrival. After Thursday's game, he's posted a batting line to date of .272 BA / .385 OBP / .546 SLG / .931 OPS. So even with the small sample size alarms going off as loudly as they can, yeah…his bat has been as good as advertised. Santana's presence in the lineup has revealed two things about him, things that we've heard about him since he arrived in the organization – that he has a tremendous batting eye and that, when he finds his pitch to hit, he makes solid contact and drives the ball. While the translations from Minor League numbers are still on the fuzzy side, perhaps it's better to take a look at Santana's tendencies at the plate to see if his batting eye and his ability to pick a pitch to put a good swing out have arrived with him from the Minors. Even in the early going, his numbers have borne much of what we've heard about him out as he's walked in 15.4% of his plate appearances, outpacing every Indians' regular in that category (the two league leaders in the AL who have enough plate appearances to qualify are Justin Morneau and Kevin Youkilis, who have each walked in 17% of their plate appearances) and he has struck out in only 7.7% of his plate appearances, just twice in his first 26 PA. On a team like the Indians, where swings and misses are common (every Tribe player with more than 150 plate appearances has struck out at least 17% of the time), Santana's selectivity is a welcome respite. This particular percentage may be unsustainable (you'll see why below), but the more important thing to note here is that Santana's percentage of strikeouts to walks (right now, it's 2 K to 4 BB) is the one to watch and be impressed by. Additionally, on a team that is sorely lacking in the power department in terms of extra-base hits, Santana's 4 extra-base hits in just 26 plate appearances (and it should have been 5 had he not slid over 2B on Wednesday night) put him at an extra-base % of 15.4%, infinitesimal sample size duly noted. To go further on that, Santana has 5 hits in 6 games and 4 of those 6 hits are for extra bases (3 2B and a HR...and again, it should have been 5 of 6 after Wednesday night), meaning that the book on Santana – that he drives the ball when he finds his pitch to hit – has carried through in his first week in MLB. While it remains to be seen if The Axe Man can continue this early success (and really, we're just talking about 6 games here), the important point to make is that these numbers are simply a continuation from what Santana has been accomplishing over the past two years in the Minors. Just check these out... Percentage of Walks per Plate Appearance (MLB League Average: 8.9%) 2010 – Cleveland: 15.4% (4 BB in 26 PA) 2010 – Columbus: 18.3% (45 BB in 246 PA) 2009 – Akron: 16.8% (90 BB in 535 PA) Percentage of Strikeouts per Plate Appearance (MLB League Average: 17.4%) 2010 – Cleveland: 7.7% (2 K in 26 PA) 2010 – Columbus: 15.8% (39 K in 246 PA) 2009 – Akron: 15.5% (83 K in 535 PA) Ratio of Strikeouts to Walks (MLB League Average: 1.95) 2010 – Cleveland: 0.50 (2 K to 4 BB) 2010 – Columbus: 0.86 (39 K to 45 BB) 2009 – Akron: 0.92 (83 K to 90 BB) Percentage of Extra Base Hits for All Plate Appearances (MLB League Average: 7.8%) 2010 – Cleveland: 15.4% (4 XBH in 26 PA) 2010 – Columbus: 11.3% (28 XBH in 246 PA) 2009 – Akron: 10.3% (55 XBH in 535 PA) Percentage of Base Hits for Extra Bases (MLB League Average: 34%) 2010 – Cleveland: 67% (4 XBH among 6 H) 2010 – Columbus: 45.2% (28 XBH among 62 H) 2009 – Akron: 44.4% (55 XBH among 124 H) Other than a preternaturally low K rate and the absurdly high percentage of extra base hits among all hits in the early going, what he's been doing in his first week in Cleveland falls pretty much in line with what he's done in Columbus and Akron. While the mistake is to assume that Santana can simply continue this torrid pace of hitting that he's enjoyed for the past 1 ½ years, the realization that adjustments will be made to him may scale back some of these numbers in the short-term. However, the track record is there for him in the Minors to excel at a level that he's sustained since the beginning of 2008 (and his 2008 cumulative numbers fall in line with those above) so his adjustment period at the plate will be interesting to watch...assuming there is one. Of course, the "alleged" reason that Santana stayed down in the Minors until mid-June was that his defense and his handling of a pitching staff needed tweaking. All of that may be true to some degree (and the disappointments abound on the Clippers' pitching staff as evidence to back it up), but him staying in Columbus was an issue with the Indians ability to control Santana for an extra year and delay his arbitration years by keeping him in AAA. This is old news, I know, but to listen to the Mainstream Media and even the Indians' broadcasters, who ignore this point and attempt to crucify the organization for keeping Santana down "when he was clearly ready" means that those people simply aren't paying attention to the fact that the Indians aren't the only team employing this strategy as Strasburg and Stanton arrived for the Nationals and Marlins, nearly simultaneously to Santana. Off that soapbox, what can be made of Santana's defense and handling of the pitching staff to date? Outside of getting plowed over by Adam Dunn because he was wandering around home plate on Sunday, Santana has certainly looked like he's holding his own back there. He's thrown out 2 of the 6 runners who have attempted to steal on him, keeping with the percentages that he's put forth for the past two seasons in the Minors as he had thrown out 23% of would-be basestealers in Columbus this year, after gunning down 30% in Akron last year. As for handling the pitching staff, the staff's ERA pitching to Santana is 5.20, striking out 27 and walking only 9 in the first 5 games that Santana's been behind the dish. What those numbers mean is anyone's guess and is just as dependent on who's pitching (Tony Sipp, please pick up the white courtesy phone) as who's catching at this point. All of the defensive idiosyncrasies will bear themselves out over the course of this season and the coming seasons; but for now, he has the opportunity to learn in MLB, with a number of pitchers that he figures to receive for the foreseeable future. Carlos Santana has arrived and his first week has shown that he is indeed a special talent, capable of making a significant impact for the Indians as he begins his career as The Axe Man in the Rock and Roll Capital of the World.


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In 2011, The Emporium on Disneyland's Main Street reopened after a lengthy renovation. When the tarped facade finally disappeared, The Emporium emerged with several new Hidden Mickeys. Two of the Mickeys were carefully painted into murals most guests would probably overlook.
The murals are painted as displays behind one of the Emporium register counters. Located in the corner adjacent to Town Square & Main Street, the first mural features a flower trimmed hat and pink vase. Examine the subjects carefully to find a special snowglobe on a tiny table.
Hidden within the snowglobe is Mickey Mouse, posed famously as the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
The second mural features a clock, ornate vase and three glass snowglobes.
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Ars 'reviews' Haiku, and concludes that "at the end of the day, Haiku may not be much more than an interesting diversion, something to play with on a spare bit of hardware on a rainy afternoon just for a bit of fun. But even if it amounts to no more than that, Haiku is still worth checking out." The article is a bit scant on content, but it does give me the opportunity to link to my review of Haiku alpha 1 from 3 years ago. I try Haiku every now and then to see if that review needs an update, but it always amounts to 'it got a bit more stable' - which is fantastic, but not a reason to redo it.


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BRIDGEPORT This year's Bridgeport Daze will feature a wide variety of things to see and do, from a parade to live music, arts and crafts, and a basketball tournament.
"It's going to be a really fun time," Mayor Marilynn Lynn said of the 41st annual celebration.
A new event, the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, will be near the vendors in Fireman Park, located on the corner of 10th Street and Columbia Avenue. Games will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but dribbling will stop during the parade at 10 a.m.
The Market Square will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"We've gotten a great response to our Market Square," Lynn said. "There's a good mix of food, arts and crafts, informational and educational booths."
As of May 23, 16 vendors were registered. Some of the informational booths include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which will tell people about local recreation, and Family Health Centers, which will provide free medical and dental screenings.
While vendors with a variety of foods and locally made arts and crafts were encouraged to set up booths, Lynn said there are otherwise no restrictions on what will be sold.
Lineup for the main event, the parade, will be at 9:30 a.m. There were 18 entrants as of May 23.
"There are lots of interesting parade entries," Lynn said. "Eighteen entries for this time is a pretty good number; they tend to all come in at the last minute.
"Whoever lines up will have a place in the parade."
The Bridgeport Eagles will host a dinner and a live band the same evening at 1030 Columbia Blvd.
Dinner will be from 5-7:30 p.m., and the music will play on from 8 p.m. to midnight, organizer Dianne Sleeper said.
There will be a cover charge to see the band, but those who buy dinner won't have to pay the charge, she said.
The Eagles will also have a bake sale in front of their building during the parade.
All the proceeds go to the annual community Easter egg hunt, "because our fund is zilch," Sleeper said.
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California producers are expected to plant more than 300,000 acres of the processing tomatoes this year; if realized, it will be the first crop of that size since the 329,000 acres produced in 1999.
Prices are not final yet. Initial offers are about $63 per ton, but the California Tomato Growers Association (CTGA) is holding out for a $65 per ton base price.
CTGA claims last year's short crop of just 10.1 million tons has depleted inventory and low prices over the past few years have not kept up with the cost of production. Last year's average price was $58 per ton, with an average yield of 36.4 tons per acre. Processing plant door price was $67 per ton, which included premiums.
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Newly-hatched larvae feed together on foliage near the egg cluster and gradually disperse as they grow. Older larvae feed on leaves and fruit. Larvae usually are dull green with many fine, wavy, light-colored stripes down the back and a broader stripe along each side; they usually have a dark spot on the side of the thorax above the second true leg. The color varies, however, and the spot is absent in a proportion of some populations.
The pupa is similar to that of the tomato fruitworm; it is formed in a cell on or just below the soil surface. The adult moth has a wingspan of about 1 inch. The life cycle takes about a month in warm weather, and there are three to five generations a year.
Beet armyworm attacks both foliage and fruit, creating single or closely-grouped circular or irregular holes. In processing tomatoes, feeding is superficial and little loss would result for paste or juice uses if not for decay organisms that enter wounds and rot the fruit. Damage is problematic for whole pack or diced uses. Check with the processor for acceptable levels of armyworm-scarred fruit
University of California entomologists recommend sampling fruit for beet armyworm when the fruit reaches an inch or more in diameter. Treatment is not necessary prior to this size, as the damaged fruit will fall from the plant and little yield loss will occur.
PCAs should pick at least 100 fruit at random while walking through the field, being careful not to select red fruit when the majority of the fruits are green. If damaged fruit are found, determine the amount of damage present and the size and species of the worms.
UC recommends counting fruit as damaged if it has any hole deeper than 0.1 inch, if the hole is contaminated with feces, or if any larvae are present in the fruit. The treatment threshold is 3.25 percent damaged fruit.


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Post Thanksgiving Recovery
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I'm lucky..this is what I am doing because I am officially on Summer holidays for 3 months! Although, I'm not as glamorous as her..ReplyDelete
She reminds me of a purple Marie Antoinette
Aaaaaack! Must the rabbits recover, too???ReplyDelete
aahhhhhh.. choo..Alergy City.:)))ReplyDelete
Just kidding.. what a lovely picture of contentment.
Carol, I do like this photo and the imagery it sets free.ReplyDelete
Keep meaning to ask you, when do you think that Lady Gaga will travel (with cameras along) to Paris?
Isn't it great to see the Christmas trees aligned along our NYC avenues even as the weather still does not require gloves?
Have barely been in blogworld lately (being bogged down with work), but just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed your quirky and funny takes on Thanksgiving - l loved these posts! (And how badly do I want that sofa with the greyhounds - too chic for words). Today we celebrate with American friends in London; tomorrow I shall certainly identify with your pic here!ReplyDelete
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Greetings, Politarchopolis!
As Midwinter approaches, the Barony is preparing to play host to the Crown and Kingdom. It is customary to offer taxes to the Royals on such occasions, and in true feudal style, we would like to collect these taxes from among our populace. 🙂
If you are relatively new to the Society, 'taxes' usually take the form of small gifts which the Crown can re-gift at their pleasure. They should be easy to store and transport – not too heavy, not too bulky, not too fragile, non-perishable. They can be any small medieval thing you have made or purchased.
These items need not cost much, but they should be worthwhile gifts. Think about what you would like to receive, if the King or Queen were to give you a thanks token.
Suitable choices include: small items of jewellery, cords (at least 90 cm long, in all colours), lengths of lace or braid, pouches, buckles, calligraphy tools, small books, beads, trinket boxes…there are lots of ideas.
Taxes should be given direct to your Baron and Baroness – if you wish to contribute but don't see us regularly, message us and something can be arranged.
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Being a true servant means being humble and knowing you're never really done.
Barbourville, KY (PRWEB) February 04, 2014
Kevin Singleton, Union College alumnus and founder of Elevate New York, addressed Union College students, faculty and staff during Spring Convocation last week and emphasized what it means to serve.
He called his message, "From Union to Uganda: A Life of Service," and broke his message into four parts, each a letter from the word serve, though Singleton shortened it to "SERV."
The "S," Singleton said, represents selflessness. He told students, "a servant is a person who is selfless," or someone who puts the needs of others before the needs of himself. The "E" stands for epistemologically aware. This means, in order to serve a community, one must learn about the culture and habits of the community first, so as not to offend them. "Walk in the culture, learn the culture, or you'll offend the culture," Singleton said. The "R" is for repentant, and Singleton told students that in order to be a true servant, they each have to be willing to change themselves. Finally, the "V" stands for vulnerable. "If you're not real, if you're not vulnerable, you can't live to help people," Singleton said.
He summed up his message in one sentence, saying, "Being a true servant means being humble and knowing you're never really done." He then closed convocation by praying for the students in attendance.
Also during the convocation service, Union President Marcia Hawkins recognized Operation UNITE, an organization started with the help of U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers, that aims to create a drug free culture in our region. Hawkins presented a citation recognizing their achievements to Dale Morton, communications director at Operation UNITE.
Spring Convocation was held, Thursday Jan. 23 in Robsion Arena. Spring Convocation marks the official start of Union's spring semester and is held annually.


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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma House committee approved a proposal Wednesday that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing "vultures" that swoop into the state after severe weather to take advantage of the desperate.Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, introduced a bill that would require roofers to buy a $30,000 bond the state could use to help reimburse customers for any damage caused. The House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee approved the proposal without opposition and sent it to the full House for consideration.McBride told the committee the state's roofing industry is worth "millions" of dollars, thanks to frequent hail and strong storms, but runs rampant."The corruption that comes with it from out of state is huge," he said. "They're vultures."Those roofers could ignore this regulation as well, but McBride said the proposal "was just a start" for an industry that needs more regulation.After a storm in Norman last year, unlicensed roofers from other towns and other states operated with few consequences, he told The Associated Press.Under current law, roofers must have insurance and workers' compensation to get a license and can be fined $500 without one. McBride's bill would add the bond to that list of requirements. A request for comment from the state's Construction Industries Board, which oversees license applications, was not immediately returned Wednesday.In response to questions from Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, McBride estimated it would cost roofers about $250 a year. McBride also owns a roofing business, but he said he would have to get the bond as any other roofer would if his bill passes."Who better to present something than someone in the business?" he told the AP.McBride added he personally knew several roofers throughout the state, and they wouldn't complain about this additional cost."I don't know one of them that would be against this," McBride said. "All of us want stiffer regulations for the roofing industry."


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If proof were needed that going mobile boosts government productivity and reduces costs, a new study, "Gov on the Go," from Deloitte University Press, makes a convincing case.
Among other things, the report cites a 2012 MeriTalk study that calculated that if workers were just 10 percent more productive using smart phones, the federal government could gain an additional $2.6 billion in productivity.
In fact, mobile technology also has huge potential as a learning platform, government educators say, although it too faces a slow rate of adoption.
The Deloitte report cites three key areas where mobile technology is a productivity enabler for both government and citizens. Mobile technology:
For example, the Air Force Mobile Command purchased 2,725 Apple iPads as "electronic flight bags," saving $1.7 million in printing costs for the paper equivalent and another $3.2 million annually for printed maps and charts, the study reported. The iPads also cut $770,000 in fuel costs by reducing the weight of the paper onboard the aircraft and reduced by 90 percent the number of staff hours needed to create and update the charts and maps.
"Government, with the notable exception of the military, has been a late adopter of new technologies and business models," the Deloitte study says. "Nevertheless, it does eventually adopt them."
That appears to be the case. A Gartner government survey cited by Deloitte forecasts an 8 percent rise in smart-phone usage and a 12 percent increase in tablet usage this year, with federal enterprise spending on mobile "expected to grow by a compound annual growth rate of 4.48 percent through 2015."
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Mobility is great, but government needs to be concerned about security, PII, and Total cost of Ownership. The abundance of tablet products on the market on consumer devices that are difficult to secure and have displays that cannot be seen outdoors. They also have a short useful life and are prone to damage which escalates costs. The mission of government demands Enterprise-class products. Deploying ipads is an immature decision, especially when there are enterprise class tablet products available from the likes of lenovo and Panasonic
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During the era of gangsters and organized crime, Texas hosted its fair share of guns, gambling, moonshine, morphine, ransom and robbery.
Imagine a Texas where air conditioning is unknown, where tiny banks operate in almost every little town, where liquor comes from bootleggers, and where the likes of Clyde Barrow and Joe Newton careen in old-time cars down unpaved roads. Welcome to a Gangster Tour of Texas.
It makes sense to begin in 1918, when the Texas Legislature voted to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the Lone Star State, more than a year ahead of national prohibition. This act suddenly turned law-abiding Texans who had brewed beer or tended bar into criminals if they continued their trade on the sly. About the same time, the United States entered two decades of an epidemic of bank robbery. The crime wave grew so great that the Texas Bankers Association in 1927 offered a $5,000 reward for dead bank robbers.
Even though Prohibition ended in 1933, crime did not. Texas abounded with illegal casinos, while crime bosses and gangsters roamed … committing robberies and kidnapping the wealthy for ransom. Embezzlers secretly withdrew money from financial institutions, and some elected officials freely took bribes. In 1957, Texas Rangers closed the most famous of all the illegal Texas casinos, those in Galveston, concluding what people popularly view as the "gangster era" in Texas. - T. Lindsay Baker
Excerpted from the book Gangster Tour of Texas, text by T. Lindsay Baker. Reprinted with permission from Texas A&M University Press, © 2011 800/826-8911. T. Lindsay Baker teaches history at Tarleton State University in Stephenville and directs its W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History at Thurber.


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Exactly as I posted above.
Bah, I didn't read the wholeee thread!
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how do i disable xscreensaver temperarily? i want to watch a movie in mplayer and i keep getting interupted.
I know this thread is old, but I searched google and this came up. Dor newcommers you might want to check for caffeine in your locale package manager (you might need to add some more repositories too). I use that with xdotool to create an insomnia effect (some of you might know from Windows. I created a script where I run
export DISPLAY=:0
xdotool keydown Shift_L keyup Shift_L
The xdotool is just to wake screensaver up (like if you logged in with ssh, you'll need that and the DISPLAY. If you screen isn't only one. You might have to change the DISPLAY=:0
This is an answer to an old question, but I hope at least a newcomer or two might appreciate it.
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Thx fellas. I ticked one last run on Pinnacle gully today. Now I can put the tools to bed.
Quote from: DWT on April 01, 2012, 10:10:33 pmThx fellas. I ticked one last run on Pinnacle gully today. Now I can put the tools to bed.Jealous,However now that i have been on rock a few times with the intention ultimately leading trad i see clearly it is a good thing the ice melts every year as it is gonna take time.Still i have been tempted the last few days reading this all to not just sneak away by myself for one last hurrah on the ice.Any pictures?
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Back in 1968, guitar amps were intentionally engineered to keep players from experimenting with distorted sounds. Electro Harmonix changed all that.
For 40 years we've been proud to contribute to many of the most famous recordings in music history, their circuits won't ever constrain the color of your sound; rather, they give you the freedom to find it.
Did you know that Electro-Harmonix makes many of the world's greatest vacuum tubes? The next time you need to re-tube your guitar, bass, or hi-fi amp, be sure to insist on getting authentic Electro-Harmonix tubes.
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Electro Harmonix was founded by Mike Matthews in October of 1968 in NYC, USA. Himself an R&B keyboard player, he had traded his passion of music for a job as a salesman for IBM in 1967. Shortly afterwards he realized that his job at IBM no longer suited him, and he was interested in trying once again to make career for himself as a keyboard player. Concerned he may not be able to support his (now ex) wife while being unemployed, he aspired to save some money to support her before embarking on his journey to stardom. Partnering with an acquaintance of his, an audio repairman who claimed to have his own custom circuit for a fuzz pedal, they jobbed construction of their new pedal to a contracting house, and began distributing the pedals under a deal with the Guild Guitar Company. Fuzzboxes were in demand following a trail of hits involving their sound, including (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones two years prior, and recent popularization of Jimi Hendrix. The latter connection resulted in the pedals being branded the 'Foxey Lady'.
Following the unexpected and unexplained departure of his partner, Matthews was introduced to inventor and electric engineer Robert Myer through IBM colleagues. Together the two began conceptualizing a circuit designed to emulate Jimi Hendrix's use of a Distortion-Free Sustain. While testing a prototype of the Distortion-Free Sustainer pedal, which Matthews did by simply plucking the strings of an electric guitar, as he did not play guitar, he noticed another small box connected to the prototype. When asked, Myer explained this box was a line booster, designed to boost the guitar's passive signal to an appropriate level for the prototype. Matthews listened as the guitar's volume increased greatly as the booster was turned on, and asked Myer what was involved in manufacturing the pedal. The pedal consisted of a simple circuit and used just one transistor. Shortly afterwards, Matthews founded Electro Harmonix to produce this and other pedal designs throughout 60's, 70's and early 80's.
Turns out that EHX also manufacturers a huge percentage of the world's vacuum tubes in its factory in Russia, which are then sent back to New York for testing and pairing before being sold to vintage and high-end audio fans, as well as manufacturers like McIntosh.
Gadget site boingboing had a really good time checking out the factory floor to see the hand-made vacuum tube testing machines, as well as talking to the engineers that sit around all day and try to figure out how to get the ideas for new FX processors out of their crazy boss's head and into working hardware.
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How much will Whitman's former maid, an illegal immigrant, hurt the GOP nominee's campaign?
Meg Whitman made herself a target by declaring -– in two debates with Jerry Brown -– that employers should be held accountable for hiring illegal immigrants, says Times' columnist George Skelton.
She made that declaration even after revelations that she herself had employed an illegal immigrant maid for nine years, unbeknownst to her, she said.
"If we don't hold employers accountable, we will never get our arms around this [illegal immigration] problem," Whitman said.
But Skelton writes: "The only place Whitman has been held accountable is, suddenly, in the political arena."
Whitman blames Brown for orchestrating a smear campaign, something Brown denies.
But Brown, according to Skelton, got off the best line of either debate: "Don't run for governor if you can't stand up on your own two feet and say, 'Hey, I made a mistake. ... You have blamed her, blamed me, blamed the left, blamed the unions. But you don't take accountability."
Skelton says that even if the maid debacle hurts Whitman only a little, it could be a lot in a tight race. What do you think? How much will this hurt her campaign for governor? Share your thoughts below.
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In my Pacific Northwest garden (Portland Oregon area), we had a late cold rainy Spring. Now it's the warm dry season although nights are cool.
Here in my yard, strawberries and cherried were not as plentiful this year, although we got a few pounds of each. Long gone now. I have a new cherry tree, planted in Spring of '09 as a bare-root, variety is "Surefire" - a pie cherry that can be eated off the tree as well. There were a half dozen cherries, enough for a taste, they were very good, different from anything at the grocery store. Spring onions, lettuce, radishes and spinach are long gone as well.
Looks like one small tomato is almost ripe, although they are growing OK and have lots of blooms, so maybe in a month.
Peppers (chilis and bell peppers) look great. I grew them in half-barrels this year to warm the soil. They sulked for a long time, but the plants now look lush and have a number of nice looking peppers.
We ate our first summer squash yesterday - sort of a golden zucchini. Yummy. Basil is lush green and fragrant. Cilantro is past its prime.
We also grew special potato varieties, fingerlings and "gourmet white" in half barrels. These were great! Much better than store-bought. Im trying to start a second crop, to see if we get some by winter. Never tried that before. They are slow to sprout, we'll see.
First ripe fig today. There will be a few summer figs, most will be in the fall.
Never got around to planting beans until last week. Last year I planted some in late July, and got a number of batches from them in the fall, so planted some Romas and Yellow French bush bean seeds last week.
So that's some of ours. How about yours?
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I've been involved in the online recruitment business for a while. The idea for jobkatch came to me after I was introduced to tripit.com. A great way to manage and organize travel itineraries by simply forwarding confirmation e-mails can also be used to manage and organize your job search.
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