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Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone
Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone
Product Information
Combining three capsules and four different pattern settings, the Yeti is the ultimate tool for creating amazing recordings, directly to your computer. It can capture anything with a clarity and ease unheard of in a USB microphone.
Versatile settings
Blue's innovative triple-capsule array lets you record in stereo or your choice of three unique patterns, including cardioid, omni-directional and bi-directional - recording capabilities that usually require multiple microphones. All it takes is a twist of the pattern selector knob.
Superior accuracy
The high-quality analogue-to-digital convertor sends incredible audio fidelity directly into your computer. You also get a built-in headphone amplifier for zero-latency monitoring and simple controls for headphone volume, pattern selection, instant mute and microphone gain, located directly on the microphone.
Remarkable ease of use
There are no drivers to install; simply plug the Yeti into your Mac or PC, load up your favourite recording software and record something amazing.
- Three precision, 14-mm, tuned condenser capsules
- Proprietary tri-capsule array
- Mic gain control
- Four polar pattern selectors: Stereo, cardioid, Omni, bi-directional
- Mute button and master volume control
- Zero-latency headphone output with amplifier and volume control
- USB mini-jack
- Standard, threaded mic-stand mount
- Customised base with cable management
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Thanks to the triple-capsule array, you can easily select from one of four recording pattern settings - giving you the capabilities of multiple mics in one. -
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Creating superb recordings on your Mac simply by plugging the mic into a free USB port and firing up GarageBand or any other favourite recording software. -
What's in the Box?
- Blue Yeti USB microphone
- Stand
- USB cable
Tech Specs
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz
- Power: 5V 150mA
- Height: 11.61 in./29.5 cm
- Width: 4.92 in./12.5 cm
- Depth: 4.72 in./12.0 cm
- Weight: Microphone: 1.2 lb./0.55 kg; stand: 2.2 lb./1 kg
System Requirements
- Mac OS X v.10.4.11 or later
- USB 1.1 or 2.0 port
- Windows XP/Vista/7
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number: YETI
- UPC or EAN No.: 836213001950
- Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
Ratings & Reviews
A very very fun mic to work with
Sometimes, you buy an objet and you are very pleased with it, more than you expected... That's the YETI for me. I owned a few mi Sometimes, you buy an objet and you are very pleased with it, more than you expected... That's the YETI for me. I owned a few mics for music. All below 200$. I plug them into a small Mackie and then hook it up to a computer. That setup is bulky. And I never quite get the sound I would like to have. I am not a sound engineer. Just a musician who plays classical guitar and sing for his own pleasure.
I purchase the Yeti for professional podcasting. I have a variety of devices to record stuff. And my favorite setting by far is this mic hook to a macbook pro. You can record for quite a long time without even bothering to plug into a wall, which make the whole setup totally portable.
This is not the kind of mic to you put your mouth on... it needs space. If you're looking for a bass boost created by proximity, that is not the thing. If the room your record in is not too bouncy, you can easily record a voice 1,2 or 3 feet away. But it pick up everything... including your mac running. My PC is way to noisy to even try to record.
The recording patterns are quite fun to play with. (for podcasting and music) it gives a distinctive feel. I found recording with this mic is quite forgiving. You don't need elaborate setting. For the voice, a little bit of compression and a touch of EQing do the job. I do not know much about this THX certification, but the sound is rich, detailed and overall very pleasing to me. Very easy to EQ. Nothing odd or unexpected as it often happen with a mic.
The design is clever. I am a design freak. I like well designed objets and they are rare. This is one of those. It's beautiful and very functional. The base is heavy so it will not fall. You can position the mic on its stand with one hand. And when you fold the mic into the base for transportation, the capsules are protected. I was a little surprised to see a red led in the mute switch... Hey... Blue people... Make it blue. See my point... Blue... blue. Make sense don't you think. Apart for that tiny detail, I think this mic should received a price for design.
From my point of view, I don't see the point in shooting for professional studio stuff unless you have a professional room to record. My sound will never be perfect. But this mic makes my work sound better. it's more pleasurable, easier to record and mix. it's by far the best upgrade for the price. …- Written by Claude L from Valleyfield
409 of 424 people found this useful
Beauty, Versatility, Quality
Blue is famous for their striking microphone designs, and their streamlined Yeti is a worthy addition to their product lineup.
Blue is famous for their striking microphone designs, and their streamlined Yeti is a worthy addition to their product lineup.
The first thing you'll notice is what a beautiful, well-designed object this is. The Yeti has a solid built-in desk stand that provides a bit of built-in cable management for headphone and USB cords. It's not the ideal choice for on-the-go recording -- this sucker is really big and heavy -- but the swivel-stand arrangement allows you to rotate the body of the mic upside down into the base if you do need portability.
On the front: a mic mute button and headphone volume dial. On the rear, mic level control and a pickup pattern selector. (The dials are just a tad jiggly and plasticky for such an otherwise elegant design.) On the bottom are the zero-latency headphone jack and mini-USB connector. The swiveling body makes accessing the USB and headphone ports a snap. Another thoughtful addition is a 5/8 inch threaded hole that allows you to remove the base and mount the Yeti on a standard microphone floor stand.
The Yeti houses multiple mic elements to offer stereo, omni, cardioid, and figure-eight pickup patterns. The selections give the mic a versatile bag of sound tricks, whether you're recording a solo podcast, taping an interview or group meeting, or laying down some vocals in GarageBand. The headphone amp doesn't exactly go to 11, but the mic delivers a pretty respectable output level. We're talking 16-bit USB audio, so the Yeti doesn't have quite the full warmth and sonic detail of a "real" large-diaphragm condenser like Blue's pro studio models, but the sound is surprisingly good for a USB mic, and noticeably cleaner than noisy competitors like the Samson G-Track.
To avoid P-pops and breath sounds when working up-close, you might want to invest in a pop screen of some kind, though it seems a shame to put a big foam hat on top of such a beautiful head.
No drivers needed -- just plug in the included USB cable and select "Yeti Stereo Microphone" for both input and output in the Sound control panel of your Mac's System Preferences. Configuring Yeti in GarageBand's Audio preferences is a snap, too.
Did we mention how cool The Yeti looks sitting on your desk? The retro-modern aluminum styling matches the finish of Apple's current product lineup quite well.
The Yeti's sound quality and multiple pickup patterns raise the bar for USB mics, and leave even Blue's much-beloved Snowball playing catchup. For the price, a product that looks and sounds this good is going to be pretty hard to beat. Highly recommended. …- Written by Billy J from Charlotte
219 of 239 people found this useful
Fantastic USB Mic
This mic is fantastic! I tried the Samson G-Track before this one and this one is head and shoulders above it. Sound/price ratio This mic is fantastic! I tried the Samson G-Track before this one and this one is head and shoulders above it. Sound/price ratio is super high - for anyone that is starting in recording/podcasting and doesn't want to spend 500+ dollars to get into a professional setup, this is a great alternative. A great feature is the no-latency headphone jack. …
- Written by Doug M from Provo
196 of 213 people found this useful
Way too sensitive
This mic is way too sensitive even with the gain a quarter from zero. It amplifies anything and everything even on another floor. This mic is way too sensitive even with the gain a quarter from zero. It amplifies anything and everything even on another floor. I have no choice but to return it as even with the gain set to 0, I end up hearing a buzzing noise. …
- Written by Daniele R from Maple
Great sound but cheap corners cut.
This mic has an excellent sound. Recording quality is as good as you can get especially for the price. The build of the base an This mic has an excellent sound. Recording quality is as good as you can get especially for the price. The build of the base and mic itself are super sturdy but the knobs are cheap and awful.
The USB connection is at an awkward spot that causes it to bang against the stand when moved. It causes serious damage really quickly with the connection. Its built for quality sound but not built to last. …- Written by Andrew Y from Port Hope
7 of 9 people found this useful
Wonderful Conference room mic!!
This mic works wonders for me. I have it suspended from my conference room ceiling connected to a mac pro for VOIP calls and vide This mic works wonders for me. I have it suspended from my conference room ceiling connected to a mac pro for VOIP calls and video conferencing... It has been working great for about 9 months or so. The room is a 20'x25' or so. I wish it came with a baffle or something since I have speakers in the overhead as well, but I just have to fine tune it to reduce any feedback, if I have any. Most of the times it is really an issue on the remote ends. …
- Written by kevin C from Garland
15 of 18 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
compatible with dragon natural speaking?
- Asked by Dr Phillip D from Kansas City
- Apr 30, 2013
Not sure if it's on Dragon's approved list but I do use the Yeti with Dragon Speak Naturally Speakin Not sure if it's on Dragon's approved list but I do use the Yeti with Dragon Speak Naturally Speaking for mac version 3 and it works GREAT...better than the Blue Snowball mic and better than any Plantronics USB in ear mice. Gooooo Yeti! …
- Answered by Gayle G from Cave Creek
- Oct 16, 2013
Is this microphone THX-Certified? Is there a difference between a Blue Yeti and a THX-Certified Blue Yeti?
- Asked by Christoffer K
- Dec 30, 2012
All of them are THX Certified, the ones without the print on them are exactly the same.
- Answered by Ben G
- Sep 28, 2013
Is this a good microphone for recording meetings for later transcription of the audio? How large are the audio files for hours of meetings?
- Asked by Ron S from Issaquah
- May 4, 2012
This type of mic is great for just this type of situation. The Yeti has a variety of settings that o This type of mic is great for just this type of situation. The Yeti has a variety of settings that optimise it for different room environments and recording arrangements. If you want to record two people sitting on opposite sides of the mic, you can choose the bidirectional setting. If you have the mic positioned in front of a group of people, you could use either the stereo or omnidirectional options. If you have the mic in the middle of a group, go with omnidirectional. …
- Answered by Jess B from Brisbane
- Jun 28, 2012
Does it work with the iPad 2
- Asked by Gerard M
- Oct 29, 2012
Best Answer
It does with an adapter...
- Answered by David N from San Diego
- Oct 31, 2012
Can I use this microphone for Windows OS?
- Asked by Cao N
- Feb 4, 2012
I'm going to use the Yeti to record voiceovers for auditions for commercials which software should i use?
- Asked by Charles S from Ithaca
- Jan 2, 2012
Best Answer
Garage Band is fine for this kind of thing - a few tips...
By default, when you first plug in the y Garage Band is fine for this kind of thing - a few tips...
By default, when you first plug in the yeti, its not selected - just confirm you're not recording off your built in laptop mic!
Also when you add a vocal track in Garage Band, you'll note that you can choose male or female- both come with some processing - just be aware of that - you may want to play with things like dynamic range, eq etc..
Finally, with any Mic like this - most Pros will advise you to speak Across the mic instead of directly in it - this will avoid a number of audio problems such as over pronounced "P" and "B" sounds. …- Answered by Jack F from Lisle
- Dec 4, 2012


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La Quinta Inn
Vancouver Airport
8640 Alexandra Rd
Richmond, BC V6X 1C4
Phone: 1-604-276-2711
Fax: 1-604-276-2733
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The La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport was recently named a 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award winner!
NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics.
The La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport is a grand hotel with a double-story atrium style lobby, bell tower centerpiece and unique two-story entry p
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ortal and landscaped gardens centered around multiple palm-tree exhibits.
The new expansion also features a green roof with a guest access patio. (The hotel was a winner in the City of Richmond 2005, 2006 and 2008 Landscape and Gardens Contest - Hotel category.) At the La Quinta Annual Conference in 2008, the hotel was awarded the Green Hotel Award. Our hotel also has received a 4 Green Key Rating from the Hotel Association of Canada.
The La Quinta Inn Vancourver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC is adjacent to Lansdowne Mall, a 150-store shopping center in the heart of Richmond's City Centre and one block away from the Skytrain station.
The hotel features an indoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center as well as a Free Bright Side Breakfast
, that includes Freshly made Hot Belgian Waffles, Yogurts, Muffins (Carrot, Bran and Lemon Poppy Seed), Bagels w/Ceam Cheese, Breads(White and Whole Wheat), Fresh Fruits (Apples and Oranges), Juices (Apple and Orange), Coffee, Tea, and Milk.
Hotel also features high speed Internet access with minimum 100Mbps hardwired and WiFi with Live answer, 24x7 telephone support for all guests, supports 15 concurrent VPN sessions, no guest PC configuration changes are required to use the system. Rooms also include free local calls and voicemail.
Enjoy free airport shuttle service from 6am-9:45pm (Airport is 10 minutes from hotel). We also offer free parking for our guests, a free expanded business center, vending marketplace, green roof garden and patio, and guest laundry facilities Our new expansion is now open.
Guest rooms either feature Memory Foam or Simmons Dreamscape Mattresses with 200-thread count bed sheets, La-Z-Boy recliners; marble or corian bathrooms, including marble tub-surround, movies-on-demand, music on demand; refrigerators, safes, and express TV checkout. Executive king rooms feature p-top desks with ergonomic leather chairs, cordless phones, armoire cabinet with stainless steel refrigerator and 32-inch televisions.
At La Quinta we have made a special effort to accommodate the needs of the business community by offering free high-speed Internet access in every room, and wireless service in the lobby and breakfast area.
Our courteous service, comfortable rooms, and 100% satisfaction guarantee will make your stay with La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport a comfortable and memorable experience. Canada Select - 3.5 Stars Tourism BC Approved Accommodation Hotel Association of Canada - 4 Green Key Rating.
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Free Bright Side Breakfast
Free Wireless High-Speed Internet Access
Free Local Calls
Free Newspaper
Free Parking
Meeting Facilities Available
Business Center
Guest Laundry Facilities
Indoor Swimming Pool
Fitness Center
Airport Shuttle Available
Airport Shuttle Notes: 6am-9:45pm daily
Express Checkout Available
Pets Welcome
Free Bright Side Breakfast
Hot and cold cereal
Bread and muffins
Fresh fruit
All-you-can-drink coffee and juice
Additional Breakfast Items:
Bagels with Cream Cheese
Tea and Milk
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Hotel Details
Floors: 5
Rooms: 74
Check-In Time: 3:00 PM
Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
Guest Room Amenities
NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics.
Free wireless high-speed Internet access
Free high-speed Internet access in all rooms!
Refrigerator in all rooms
Premium Cable Channels
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Iron with Ironing Board
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"A decent hotel to stay in"
Reviewed Dec 3, 2013
NMJK | Edmonton, Canada
We stay at the La Quinta Inn on a regular basis when we pass by Vancouver as it is a nice and reasonably priced hotel. It has free breakfast, wi-fi and parking so good value for money. The parking lot, however, is a little small and often gets full during busy seasons. While there is street parking, they are all metered and one must remember to put money in at 9 am. The breakfast is good but it can get crowded and finding a spot could be tough. They often run out of food/supplies since it is busy so one would need to ask the staff to re-supply on a regular basis. Also they clear the breakfast area very quickly so don?t be late. Coffee and hot water is available in the lobby area all day. There are free trolleys in the lobby so if one can get lug gages in and out easier. The rooms are very standard, functional but not luxurious as expected. Front desk staff are friendly and helpful. Overall, a decent hotel to stay in.
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"A very typical La Quinta Inn"
Reviewed Nov 23, 2013
Jay R | Marysville, United States
As usual, a typical, much better then a basic, less than a luxurious, place to stay. A very efficient staff for everything from getting more towels, to answering questions, giving directions, recommending restaurants. The rooms were nice, and a microwave would have been nice.
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"Covenient airport hotel"
Reviewed Nov 20, 2013
Peterdl2013 | Bridgetown, Barbados
La Quinta is a good value-for-money airport hotel. My wife and I arrived in Vancouver at night after a long day and needed a convenient place to crash for the night before going into Vancouver the following day. La Quinta was perfect. The shuttle came promptly after we called on the courtesy phone,we had a short ride to the hotel, check-in was smooth, room was clean and comfortable and everything worked. The complimentary breakfast was more than adequate. There is also a large shopping mall within a five minute walk. Tip: if you're going into downtown Vancouver as we were, get the shuttle driver to drop you at the Lansdowne Canada Line sky train station, rather than take you back to the airport. That way you avoid the $5 surcharge if you take it from the airport. The helpful driver suggested this.
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"Clean rooms, small pool"
Reviewed Nov 20, 2013
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The rooms are clean, no bathtub in a full double room. Air conditioner, nice sized TV and mini fridge. Bed is a memory foam-- fairly comfortable. Pool is small but deep and on main level, facing a road. Hot tub wasn't "hot", more so felt like a heated pool. Fitness room has four items-- one treadmill, one stationary bike, one step machine and one weight bench. Shuttles runs on the hour and every half hour, the vehicle and the driver were fantastic. Overall great value for under 90$ a night, especially considering there's a breakfast included and free WiFi (although it is a strong signal it is slow service). Would stay again.
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"So disappointed"
Reviewed Nov 19, 2013
rkuef | Seattle
I wanted to like this hotel. I really, really did. Contributing to TripAdvisor as frequently as I do, this review went from an automatic 4 in my head, to a 3 after experiencing the hotel, to a 2 on checkout. Let's hope they don't "follow up" with me before I finish, and turn it into a 1. I booked this hotel because it gets the best TripAdvisor reviews of any in it's price range, and because it is a ridiculously convenient location. Alexandra Rd is nicknamed "Food Road" because of the many restaurants, and the neighborhood is "Golden Village", the new Chinatown that has flourished in since the 1990's. We visit Richmond specifically for the Asian food and atmosphere. The room was more expensive than the Ramada, where I stayed recently, but not a lot more, and the location was so convenient I envisioned La Quinta becoming my new base of operations for many future trips to Richmond. As always, I reserved online and noted in comments "Will pay cash at checkout." On arrival, I was told if I am paying cash, I must pay in advance. Never had this happen before at any hotel above "fleabag" in quality, but c'est la vie, that is why I stop and exchange currency as soon as I arrive in Richmond. I'm given a receipt, which I put away, expecting I will never need it again. The room was satisfactory, except for the fact it had no bathtub, only a shower stall. The adjustable shower head was mounted so high, my wife could not reach it. Being unable to take a bath is a big deal for my wife. It occurred to me I may have to upgrade the room for a bathtub, which would then make it significantly more expensive than the Ramada. All night long we could hear our neighbors screeching at each other in Chinese through the paper-thin walls. The beds creaked loudly every time I rolled, loud enough to wake my wife up. This may not be my new base of operations after all. Breakfast is better than the Ramada, there are boiled eggs, and no wait for the waffle makers. There is also no seating, though. Hordes of Asian visitors rush any available table like it's the last chopper out of Saigon. Checkout, and it really hits the fan. The woman at the counter smiles and says, "I see you'll be paying cash?". No, I already PAID cash, and am forced to dig the receipt out of my suitcase to prove it. She then says, "This isn't a receipt for payment, it's a receipt for advance deposit for other services." WTF??? What other services does La Quinta provide that are going to cost me $181.70? And why would I pre-pay for other services the exact amount of my room charge? She points out the check-in desk rep noted that I will pay at check-out; no, I noted that, in the comments section when I reserved online. This goes back and forth for awhile, Eventually she tells me she will check with the check-in receptionist, if she remembers taking cash then no problem, if they need to run my card again, they will call first. Ever get the vibe from a customer service person that you are being told a lie, to get rid of you? That is exactly what I felt. After returning home, I called my credit card company, and explained the situation. So far, the situation has not escalated further. I will never return to La Quinta, and am still in search of my Richmond base of operations.
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Grouse Mountain, 11 mi.
Science World, 9 mi.
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, 8.5 mi.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, 3 mi.
Harbour Cruises Ltd., 10 mi.
Storyeum, 10 mi.
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, 11 mi.
Vancouver Whale Watch, 2 mi.
Cypress Mountain Ski Area, 12 mi.
Whistler Ski Resort, 70 mi.
Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre, 10 mi.
Kwantlen University, .1 mi.
University of British Columbia, 5 mi.
Simon Fraser University, 12 mi.
Area Companies & Businesses
MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, 2.5 mi.
Raytheon , 2.5 mi.
Motorola , 1 mi.
Sierra Wireless Inc. , 1 mi.
Seanix Technology Inc. , .5 mi.
MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., 1 mi.
ACCPAC International Inc., 2.5 mi.
Fincentric , 2.5 mi.
Ritchie Brothers Auction, .8 mi.
Nortel, 1 mi.
Hughes Aircraft, 1.2 mi.
Heidelberg, 1.2 mi.
Seimens, 1.2 mi.
Diebold, .9 mi.
Nearby Sports & Recreation
Capilano Suspension Bridge, 7 mi.
Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club, 2 mi.
Riverport Sports & Entertainment Complex, 3 mi.
Richmond Go-Kart Track, 2 mi.
BC Place Stadium, 8 mi.
GM Place Stadium, 8 mi.
Nearby Restaurants
Earl's , .1 mi.
McDonald's, .1 mi.
Thai House, .1 mi.
Boston Pizza, .25 mi.
Cactus Club Cafe, .25 mi.
Milestones, .25 mi.
Sammy J. Pepper's, .25 mi.
Entertainment & Shopping
Great Canadian Casino, 1 mi.
Vancouver Art Gallery, 9 mi.
Lansdowne Centre, .1 mi.
Aberdeen Centre, .4 mi.
Richmond Centre, .5 mi.
Metropolis at Metrotown Centre, 8 mi.
Oakridge Centre , 4 mi.
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Back when I was a boy about the only fireworks Daddy could afford was usually a carton of 72 packs of 16-count Dixie Boy firecrackers. He could buy a carton for around $4.00. That's when firecrackers were firecrackers. Them babies would crack like a shotgun going off.
Today's firecrackers are about as loud as a cap gun. That was long before everything began to be made cheaper and cheaper each year to increase profits for the manufacturers.
When we got a little older Daddy bought a carton of cherry bombs. Now let me tell you they were like a small sticks of dynamite! The cherry bombs looked exactly like what they were named after, a cherry with the stem on it. Even though my parents warned us time and time again to never light a cherry bomb while it was in our hands we didn't listen too much. We did lots of crazy things with them.
The roundness of the cherry bomb made it easy to throw straight and true. They also fit well in the launch of a slingshot. It took two people to shoot cherry bombs safely in a slingshot, one to hold the slingshot and the cherry bomb and the other person to light the fuse. A person didn't want to hold a cherry bomb too long after it was lit. That would have been a bad mistake. I know of quite a few people who actually lost fingers to the little monsters.
Late in the 60's we began to get a few silver solutes or, as we knew them, M-80's. These were even more powerful than the cherry bombs if you can believe it. The M-80's looked like a 20-guage-shotgun shell with a fuse was in the center of it.
The only drawback (if an M-80 had one) was that they were a little harder to throw accurately. Plus, when they were shot from a slingshot you could hear them coming a long way off as it turned end over end humming in flight. That killed the element of surprise.
But M-80's could do something else that cherry bombs had trouble with. They could be shot underwater. It was an easy way to stun a few minnows in the branch to take fishing to the creek. And if the fish weren't biting, the M-80's were pretty good to fish with too if the fish got too close to our M-80's.
In the winter we would light them and stick 'em through a hole in the ice on our pond and blow huge chunks of ice in the air. It looked like a land mine went off with the flying pieces of ice.
The cherry bombs and M80's were lots of fun but the most fun of all was on the 4th of July. We got to go watch the big fireworks show for free at the Family Drive-In. It was billed in the newspaper and on the radio as the "Greatest Show on Earth." And every year, the Miller family was there to take it in.
People would fill the parking spaces fast to get to see the show. Those who didn't want to pay to get in could park along side Highway 80 and anywhere else to take in the fireworks show.
Some would bring blankets to spread on the ground to see the spectacular aerial show. People would be sitting on hoods of cars, on the tops of cars and in the beds of pickup trucks. You can't do that today with the new cars we now have. If you did, it would crush the cheap metal. Back then cars were built cars to last.
The night always started with a movie (or sometimes two) before the big fireworks show began. The place where they shot them from was at the base of the big movie screen. After the last show everyone would start getting out of their cars or trucks to wait for the telltale "ka-boom" from the first launch of the fireworks as they made their upward flight into the dark sky.
Then a clap of noise like thunder sounded off as the payload exploded high in the sky showering down colorful flashes of fire. The crowd would "oohh" and "aahh" all in unison as they voiced their appreciation for the beautiful display of fireworks. Sometimes you would hear an occasional baby cry or a scream of fear from a young child because of the loud noise of the explosions. Daddy said it sounded very much his up-close experience of a battle in a war zone.
The loudest ones I remember were the "duds", the ones that didn't blowup properly. They shook the ground like an earthquake. When that happened, everyone screamed!
The air around the drive-in filled with gunpowder smell and smoke. Small paper embers rained down upon the ground and on the cars from the many explosions.
The fireworks show was one that was looked forward to each year to everyone in the county. The drive-in was always filled to capacity.
It was a show that most people could never have seen if it hadn't been for the folks at the Family Drive-In.
It was surely something that I will never forget. The fireworks show surely lived up to it's billing. To us, it was the greatest show on earth.
"I've never heard such a story in my life. Ain't no chicken can lay more than once a day. And who would pay a dollar for a dozen of eggs?" Pap Paw Burkhart answered.
"Well I figure a dollar for a dozen of eggs would be cheap if the hens laid twice a day. It wouldn't take long to get your money back and then some. We could sell our eggs for a dollar a dozen to other people just like he is doing." Lloyd came back with.
"I think maybe your right, Lloyd. I've got a couple of dollars I could spare. It wouldn't hurt to take a chance on a couple of dozen, I guess." Pap Paw said nodding his head. "I'll get the money and you go get them eggs. Be sure not to shake 'em up to much on the way back. They might not hatch out if you handle 'em too rough."
As Pap Paw walked towards the house, Lloyd laughed to himself knowing his plan had worked like a charm. Lloyd needed a little spending money and made up a story of the chicken that could lay twice a day. He would go to the neighbor's house on Paw Paw and by two dozen of eggs for .25 cents a dozen and have a whopping $1.50 left over to spend on pop and cigarettes later.
He told the farmer he wanted the freshest eggs he had because Pap Paw wanted to hatch off some laying hens. The farmer got the eggs he had just brought from the hen house and told Lloyd, "It don't get any fresher than these."
Lloyd took a little longer than usual to make the trip back home to make Pap Paw believe he had really gone to Crawfish. "Here they are Daddy, just gathered today. I was really careful with 'em. They ought to be in real good shape." Lloyd said as he handed his Dad the basket of eggs.
Pap Paw then took the eggs to the barn where he had a hen setting and carefully placed the eggs underneath her. Twenty-one days later, all but one hatched off and Pap Paw was smiling. He couldn't wait until the chicks were old enough to start laying.
After about six months, the small chicks had grown into hens and a few eggs began to show in their nest. Every day he would check the nest and all he could find was one egg in each nest. Something was wrong, he thought.
"Lloyd, just who did you get those eggs from? Them hens aren't laying but one egg a day. I want to ask him what we're doing wrong." Pap Paw asked puzzled.
Lloyd had to think fast. "Daddy, he told me we had to fed them that special feed called Layena made by Purina. He bought it down at the feed store." Lloyd told his dad.
"Well, why didn't you tell me that before now?" Pap Paw answered back.
Next day Pap Paw went to the feed store and bought a bag of Layena. When he got home he quickly opened the paper bag of feed and threw out a few handfuls to the waiting chickens. They really liked it as they fought with each other over their new meal.
Lloyd late that night slipped to the refrigerator and removed a basket of eggs and ran to the barn placing one in each of the hen's nest. He then quietly slipped back into his bed.
Next morning Pap Paw was up early and grabbed the egg basket and made his way to the barn to check the nests. He came back with a basket full of eggs and a big smile. "Looks like that Layena really works, Lloyd! I got two eggs from every nest." Pap Paw exclaimed proudly, and patted Lloyd on the back for a wise purchase of the magic chickens. He then asked Lloyd if he knew why the eggs felt cold? Lloyd told him it must have something to do with the Layena or the fact that the hens were working twice as hard laying two eggs a day.
As the weeks went on, every day Lloyd would rob the refrigerator of the eggs and place them in the hen's nest at night. And every morning Pap Paw would gather the eggs and place them in the refrigerator.
But after about a week or so, Pap Paw began to get a little suspicious. He was noticing the eggs weren't building up in the refrigerator as they should and the story of over-working the hens didn't make sense about the cool eggs. "Were the chickens really magic or was it a magic trick being played by Lloyd?" he asked himself.
Pap Paw retired early to bed early the next night so he could get up earlier than usual to set a trap. Next morning he was up before Lloyd and slipped quietly to the barn and hid in the loft. Right about daylight a small beam of light appeared at the back door of the house and slowly made its way to the barn. Lloyd opened the door to the hen house and carefully began placing one egg into each nest as Pap Paw watched from above. After Lloyd's job was done he made his way to the door once again and then Lloyd heard a low voice from above, "Don't forget my egg!" Pap Paw growled.
Lloyd ran as fast as he could to the house with Pap Paw on his heels promising to teach Lloyd a lesson. But at the house both were laughing so hard at each other for the well-planned joke that no punishment was given.
Pap Paw learned a lesson by believing "… something that sounds too good to be true, most of the time wasn't true."
And Lloyd learned a different lesson "… never use cold eggs from the refrigerator when pulling the 'ole two eggs a day in a nest trick."
The Miracle Melon… a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
My mother's most favorite summertime thing from our garden was a watermelon. From the first sign of warm weather until the harvest she looked forward to her first watermelon of the season. She loved watermelon more than anything else from our garden and the Georgia-rattlesnake was her favorite variety.
Anyone who has tried to grow melons has probably found out it's not as easy as it looks. Watermelons grow best in a sandy type soil and need lots of water but at our home on Paw Paw, we had neither. But, Dad didn't let a little thing like that keep him from trying.
Every year he tried and tried to grow Momma the watermelons she loved but never had too much success. He planted the seeds in hills, a mound of soil raised about two or three inches in a circle about 16 inches in diameter after being flattened off smooth. Then he would take his finger and make a small hole with his finger about 1 inch deep and place one seed in each hole and about 6 holes per hill. When the seeds sprouted and were about 1 inch high, he would thin out the hill to the 3 strongest plants.
Dad had an ingenious way to keep the plants watered during the hot spells of summer. He came up with an idea to take a large, tin coffee can, punch a small hole in the bottom of the can with a nail and bury the can about two inches deep in the center of the hill of plants. About once a week we would carry water to the garden and fill the cans to the top with the water and slowly the water would leak out the bottom of the can, soaking the roots.
He tried to grow melons every summer and sometimes we would harvest basketball size melons but rarely anything bigger. Some were picked before they reached their prime or kids living on the holler stole them before we got the chance to pick 'em ourselves. But, Dad kept trying.
In the late 70's, Dad got lucky. Miracle Grow had just hit the market and he was mixing it in every container of water he carried to the garden. Everything fell into place and that summer he had the best crop of Georgia-rattlesnake melons he had ever grown.
I was visiting Momma and Dad one hot, July day when he just had to show me his prized patch of melons. He was so proud of them. Carefully we walked amongst the watermelon vines as he pointed out each melon. These were noticeably bigger than any he had ever grown and he gave all of the credit to the "new" fertilizer, Miracle Grow.
Momma was almost as proud as Dad was of the bumper crop of melons and couldn't wait until the day when she could cut one to satisfy her craving. She would walk through the garden, flipping the melons with her finger listening for the "thump" that would let her know when it was time for picking.
She sometimes would carry a small straw plucked from her kitchen broom to place on the center of the melons and watch for it to turn on the top like a compass towards the connecting vine to also give the message as being ripe.
I was working at IGA that summer and we had just gotten in a load of some of the biggest Georgia-rattlesnake watermelons I had ever seen. One tipped the scales at 79 pounds and I just had to have it. I had something in mind for the huge melon.
Late that night, under darkness, I snuck into Dad's garden with my gigantic melon on my shoulder. I carefully made my way to the watermelon patch and carefully cut one of the smallest melons from the vine. Then, I gently placed the big melon on the ground in its place. I took the vine from the small melon and attached it to the large melon with a toothpick. It looked almost too good. I laughed to myself, as I made my way out of the garden and back home.
It didn't take long to get the phone call from Dad. The very next day, about 4:00 in the evening, Dad called me at work and said, "Rod, you have got to come and see what that Miracle Grow has done. I just found a melon in the garden that I hadn't noticed before and it must weigh close to 100 pounds!"
"Don't pick it until I get there," I answered, "I've got the see this for myself."
I left work at 5:00 and drove straight to Dad's where he was waiting on the porch. "Where's this big melon at?" I asked as I met Dad in the yard. Dad smiled as he said, "Follow me."
I didn't have to be shown, I already knew, but I followed blindly along behind Dad. "Just take a look over there!" Dad said, pointing to the melon clearly the biggest in the field. "Man, that's the biggest melon I have ever seen!" I told Dad reaching down to size up the monster.
I then, rolled the melon over and the stem came a loose from the vine. "Well, this one is ready to pick. You can tell how easy the vine broke from the melon." I told Dad.
"Well, I was hoping so. Your Momma is ready to cut into one and this one doesn't need to get any bigger. If it did we couldn't get it out of the garden," Dad said proudly.
I agreed, as I picked up the melon and carried it to the house where Momma was waiting with knife in hand. "Boys, I've been waiting on that melon for 20 years. Stand back," Momma said as she thrust the long knife deep into the melon's hull.
It was the best melon Momma had ever eaten, she said and Dad couldn't have been more proud. And me, I've kept my secret until now.
The Wig Party…a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
Looking back on that weekend, when were having so much fun with the wigs, little did I know that our time together would be so brief.
My Momma's sister, Cleo, had recently found a lump that needed to be removed and it turned out to be cancer. After the surgery, the doctors also recommended that Cleo needed to have radiation treatment as well to fight the cancer. It was only a little more than four. years ago.
After the treatment, Cleo had come down to Momma's to spend a few days with her. She was feeling the effects of the treatment and needed to have someone to help take care of her for a little while and also to spend time with Momma. Cleo was more than just my Mom's sister. Cleo was like one of Momma's large family.
Momma hadn't found out yet that she too had a cancer and was trying to nurse her younger sister back to health. And if anyone could have done that, Momma knew she could.
All of my Momma's sisters were very attractive women. So when Cleo started loosing her hair from the radiation treatment, it really depressed her. My Momma then came to the rescue. She decided that loosing a little hair didn't have to mean you still couldn't look pretty, so she bought Cleo a really nice wig.
Momma also had a couple of wigs of her own that she had gotten somewhere and one weekend, to lighten things up, Momma decided on a wig party.
What's a wig party, some of you might ask. Well, it's probably not what you would think. I only called it a party just because we had so much fun that weekend with the wigs. We were all trying to cheer up Cleo because she felt bad and Momma always said, laughter is the best medicine.
Most of my brothers, Uncle Lloyd and I had gathered at Momma's for a little get together and we decided it would be fun to put on the wigs and see how each one of us would look wearing them trying to make light of Cleo losing her hair. There was a short blond wig, a short dark wig, and a long dark wig.
We grabbed the camera and as each one of us tried on the wigs and we began to take pictures of the hilarious moments. It was as much fun as I had had in a long time. All of us tried on the different wigs as someone took the pictures. We all looked so silly.
Momma and Cleo were having a ball. When either of them put on the wigs they also got into acting like different people and began to talk in funny voices. Sometimes acting and talking like a southern belle and other times like a hillbilly hooker. I laughed so hard my side hurt.
The "party" went on for most of the night as all of us got into the act. I still smile when I think of Ronnie and Anthony in that blonde wig, they looked so funny. Especially Ronnie, since he has had slick shaven head for years. But each time a different person put on one of the wigs someone would snap a photo. It was a weekend I will never forget.
After a week under Momma's care, Cleo began to feel a little better and she returned back home to Cincinnati.
Not long after that, I began to notice little changes in Momma. There were small signs at first that told me something wasn't exactly right. Momma started complaining more often of bad headaches. Her personality had changed a little too and as time went on she began to stumble more and sometimes, even fall.
Momma slowly began to get weaker that summer and was hit with another tragedy when her brother Lloyd, suddenly died. She was almost too weak to walk as we led her into the cemetery to bury her youngest brother. Momma was getting worse by the day.
After being in and out of several hospitals trying to find out what was wrong with Momma, a doctor in Somerset said he thought there was a chance she might have a brain tumor. The test was run and the results weren't good. There was a tumor and it had been there for quite some time.
The doctor said the tumor had grown deep into her brain. He told us he could operate and maybe that would give her a few more comfortable months, but he thought it was only a matter of time.
We all agreed on the operation, deciding it would be best to try to remove the cancer. After all, Momma was the strongest woman I had ever known. But, sad to say, the doctor did his best but couldn't remove the entire tumor.
After the operation, the doctor suggested that radiation treatment was now needed to slow the growth of the tumor and just like her sister Cleo, after the treatments Momma began to loose her hair. My sister Darlene remembering the wig party we had thrown for Cleo and how it raised her spirits, bought Momma the best wig that money could by to cover her balding head.
Momma would spend the next few weeks living with my sister Jackie, in London, where she would took care of her. We brought Momma home for her last Thanksgiving that fall because she wanted to spend it at her home on Paw Paw. Momma wore the wig as she posed for pictures with her family.
It was sad to see such a once strong woman, now so weak and frail. But in every photo, Momma was still smiling. Momma died the following February. We buried Momma next to my father in the Miller Cemetery where her bother Lloyd was laid to rest just months before.
My Aunt Cleo was now getting weak, as her cancer had started to return again. She couldn't even make Momma's funeral. Just a few months later, Cleo also died.
Within just a two-year span, Momma, Lloyd and Cleo all died too soon. Today, I think back to that weekend of the wig party and it seems like it was only yesterday when all three were laughing, joking and full of life as they enjoyed each other's company, one last time.
It was a weekend I will remember forever.
The Dirt Demons…a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
I remember the long stretch down the new dirt road seemed like it went on for miles. So far, I had to strain my eyes to see the end. I had never seen a straight road like that ever before living in a county where curves were more the normal. But here it was, as level as a pancake, with no blacktop (yet), no trafic and no speed limits.
The road I'm talking about was when the Daniel Boone Parkway (Sorry, I can't ever get used to the Hal Rogers name change) came through the head of Paw Paw and down Ephram Creek. Back then, in the late 60's, it was like a country boy's racetrack.
The road had taken long time to get to the point of where a person could actually drive on it. With the big cuts through the mountains and the tons and tons of rock and dirt that had to be moved to the low valley spots in the road the work went slow.
But near the end, just before the paving began, it was perfect playground for having some really wild times. And we were wild enough to put them all to the test. I guess you could say we were "The Dirt Demons" of the Daniel Boone Parkway.
We could only drive on the road on weekends when there wasn't any construction going on or on sections of the road that were completed and the construction crews had moved on to another location. Mornings and evenings were bad times also, the work crews used the dirt road to get to and from each location.
But one most weekends it was like they say in NASCAR, "Gentlemen, start your engines!" The night watchmen that patrolled the road were either asleep or had left the site until the next night shift.
We would take our vehicles or anyone else's that was crazy enough to let us drive them across Paw Paw road and enter the parkway. When we reached the wide dirt road it was peddle to the metal. We wanted to see how fast we could go before reaching the foot of the long hill. Speeds, I'm ashamed to say now, most times were above 100!
We loved to squeal the tires on the dirt road without fear of someone telling our parents on us. We did donuts until the car disappeared in a cloud of dust. We would reach high speeds and lock up the brakes just to hear the screaming of the tires.
We did lots of crazy things when I was a kid or should I say a young man but back then because we never saw much danger in the risks we took. Now I look back and see that we were so lucky to escape most dangers with only scratches or a few stitches.
I remember one weekend in particular when one of those times occurred. Ronnie and I and a couple of our friends were out in an old International pickup truck Daddy had bought and we were taking turns putting it through the mill.
Although the old truck had a 6-cylinder and a 3-speed transmission it was still wheels that provided lots of excitement, especially downhill. That weekend we were taking turns at the wheel giving the old International all it would take.
Everyone was having a ball and it was Ronnie's time as captain of the wheel. We were flying along at a high rate of speed when he thought he would spice things up a bit. Ronnie started cutting the wheel back and forth across the wide dirt road.
The suddenly, the truck went wildly out of control. We were sliding sideways at over 70 mph and headed straight off the road and over an embankment with the laughing turning to screams of fear.
The steering seemed useless no matter how hard he cut the steering wheel the truck seemed to have a mind of it's on. And the truck was winning.
Ronnie then hit the brakes hard but again it wasn't going to stop. Suddenly I looked up and we were headed into a large stack of bales of straw that were piled up on the side of the roadway to cover the grass seed to keep it moist the crews were sowing. We must have hit the straw over 50 mph.
When we did the straw came crashing down upon us but the soft bales absorbed most of the shock from the crash. We were lucky. That pile of straw was the only one on the side of the parkway for many miles and we just managed to hit it.
We were all shook up but okay other than a few scratches and bruises. I was afraid to look at the truck expecting it to be destroyed. Slowly we pushed our way out of the doors moving the bales of straw and uncovering the truck. Again we were lucky. The International only had a bend or two in the front end.
We straightened out the bends as good as we could with our hands and backed the truck from the pile and headed home. We had had enough of the daredevil stunts for one day.
Daddy never noticed the bends or he might have seen them and never asked knowing that boys will boys when it comes to driving. But that day we knew we had been very lucky.
Not long after that the blacktop was laid down and a fence went up to keep unauthorized entry to the parkway. But for a short time that summer, the "Dirt Demons" had a ball on that deserted stretch of roadway.
We learned valuable driving lessons, both on and (nearly) off the road that would last us for a lifetime. I'm just glad we never got hurt and that Momma and Daddy never found out about the crazy things we did. Daddy would have given us a good reason, in his special way, to never want to get on that road until it was finished again.
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"Our objective was to approach the system as real attackers would: starting from publicly available information, we looked for weaknesses that would allow us to seize control, unmask secret ballots, and alter the outcome of the mock election,'' Halderman and the team wrote in a paper published earlier this year.
The Michigan team changed votes, reportedly casting one in a school board race for Bender, a robot from the animated series "Futurama," found voters' personal information, took control of remote cameras in the computer room and -- more worryingly -- found evidence of other attacks originating in Iran, China and India.
"Within 48 hours of the system going live, we had gained near complete control of the election server. We successfully changed every vote and revealed almost every secret ballot. Election officials did not detect our intrusion for nearly two business days and might have remained unaware for far longer had we not deliberately left a prominent clue," they reported.
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Oh, yes, that clue: The University of Michigan fight song played when a ballot was submitted.
"Nevertheless, it took two business days for officials to become aware of the infiltration," the paper noted.
The Michigan crew shared its findings with D.C. election officials, who opted not to use the system in November 2010.
While the D.C. officials acknowledged that, "...we learned many valuable lessons" they maintained: "Even more, voters expect that there will be a day when online voting will be as simple as paying bills or paying taxes. While there will always be citizens who choose to file their taxes on paper and there will always be voters who wish to visit their local polling place on Election Day, election officials know that voters expect, one day, to cast their ballot from their laptop."
That day already is a reality in the North European nation of Estonia, "the envy of the digital world" and "among the most wired and technologically advanced countries in the world," Estonia is the leader in Internet voting, CNN reported a year ago.
Critics say that the challenges of secure Internet voting in Estonia, a nation of 1.34 million people, pale in comparison with those in the United States, where roughly 100 times that number of people voted in the 2008 presidential election.
At the conference in Connecticut last year, Rivest estimated that mass online voting in the United States was at least two decades away from reality.
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One of those who had seen the dawning of that day is West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.
During the 2010 general election, 125 West Virginia voters, in the military and overseas, cast ballots online. In a paper published this year, Tennant wrote: "To date, no significant deficiencies or concerns have been identified with the West Virginia online voting pilot. In short, what West Virginia did worked. It was a small program that helped an admittedly small group of voters cast their ballot more conveniently. There were 125 opportunities for something to go wrong, but to our knowledge, nothing did."
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To encourage new business ventures in the country, Myanmar is building up its infrastructure and paving the way for foreign investments, literally. It's planning a deep-sea port that would be Southeast Asia's largest industrial complex, and an eight-lane super-highway that would stretch from the west coast all the way to Vietnam. But there are some roadbumps. NHK tells us ethnic violence and budget constraints are threatening to derail those plans.
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Dawei is a port town on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Myanmar. Development is underway to transform the city into the country's first special economic zone. Dawei is set to become the western starting point for a major road running across the Indochina Peninsula. Expectations are high for the distribution route that will directly connect the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. The Myanmar government plans to improve roads and port facilities and build a power station and iron mills in the area. Its ultimate goal is to make Dawei the largest industrial area in Southeast Asia.
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This land is valuable because it is in between the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
But development is not proceeding as smoothly as the government wishes. Two years ago, the previous military regime granted development rights to a general contractor in neighboring Thailand. But the current government is having trouble securing the budget, which is set to exceed 50 billion dollars. Another issue is ethnic tensions involving minority groups. Last year, an armed group of the Karen people exchanged fire with government troops in an area of Dawei and the development. Karen groups have been fighting with government forces for decades. The current national union reached a cease-fire agreement with the government this January. But their distrust of the government is so deeply rooted that they say they would not approve the development of Dawei unless it helps improve their livelihoods.
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