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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an email to employees that bonuses were an appropriate way for taxpayers to reward the agency that polices them. "I believe that rewarding our high-performing employees is a vital investment for our nation's tax system," he said. (Associated Press)
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From left, Randy Garutti, chief executive officer of Shake Shack, Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, and Alex Gorsky, chief executive officer of Johnson and Johnson, participate in a session entitled: Talent Attraction and Retention at The White House Summit on Working Families. (Associated Press)
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This undated image provided by Paul W. Romaine via the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows the Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., one of America's 11 most endangered historic places. Several generations have cherished the scenic Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River. Despite its designation as a National Historic Landmark, the LG Corporation plans to build an office tower along the cliffs in New Jersey, forever altering the landscape, preservationists say. (AP Photo/Paul W. Romaine via National Trust for Historic Preservation)
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National Edition News cover for June 22, 2014 - U.S. oil flow keeps prices in check as threats rise overseas: FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, a Whiting Petroleum Co. pump jack pulls crude oil from the Bakken region of the Northern Plains near Bainville, Mont. The vast majority of economists surveyed this month by The Associated Press say lifting restrictions on exports of oil and natural gas would help the economy even if it meant higher fuel prices for consumers. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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Illustration on benefits of domestic natural gas production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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9. TYPEWRITER After their invention in the 1860s, typewriters quickly became indispensable tools for practically all writing other than personal correspondence. They were widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes.
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14. ELECTRIC GUITAR Various experiments at electrically amplifying the vibrations of a string instrument date back to the early part of the twentieth century. Patents from the 1910s show telephone transmitters adapted and placed inside violins and banjos to amplify the sound. Hobbyists in the 1920s used carbon button microphones attached to the bridge, however these detected vibration from the bridge on top of the instrument, resulting in a weak signal. With numerous people experimenting with electrical instruments in the 1920s and early 1930s, there are many claimants to have been the first to invent an Electric guitars were originally designed by guitar makers and instrument manufacturers. Some of the earliest electric guitars adapted hollow bodied acoustic instruments and used tungsten pickups. The first electrically amplified guitar was designed in 1931 by George Beauchamp, General Manager at National Guitar Corporation with Paul Barth who was Vice President. The maple body prototype for the one piece cast aluminum "Frying Pan" was built by Harry Watson, factory superintendent of National Guitar Corporation. Commercial production began in late summer of 1932 by the Ro-Pat-In Corporation (Electro-Patent-Instrument Company Los Angeles), a partnership of Beauchamp, Adolph Rickenbacker (originally Rickenbacher), and Paul Barth. By 1934 the company was renamed Rickenbacker Electro Stringed Instrument Company. The need for the amplified guitar became apparent during the big band era as orchestras increased in size, particularly when guitars had to compete with large brass sections. The first electric guitars used in jazz were hollow archtop acoustic guitar bodies with electromagnetic transducers. By 1932 an electrically amplified guitar was commercially available. Early electric guitar manufacturers include: Rickenbacker (first called Ro-Pat-In) in 1932, Dobro in 1933, National, AudioVox and Volu-tone in 1934, Vega, Epiphone, and Gibson.
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2. PERSONAL COMPUTER The Programma 101 was the first commercial "desktop personal computer", produced by the Italian company Olivetti and invented by the Italian engineer Pier Giorgio Perotto, inventor of the magnetic card system. The project started in 1962. It was launched at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and volume production began in 1965, the computer retailing for $3,200. Before the Programma 101, computers were as large as trucks and used only by trained specialists, but Programma 101 was the size of a typewriter and accessible to all. In this Jan. 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, chairman of the board of Apple Computer, leans on the new "Macintosh" personal computer following a shareholder's meeting in Cupertino, Calif. Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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National Edition Opinion cover for June 20, 2014 - Drilling into Americans’ pockets (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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FILE - This Sept. 19, 2013 file photo shows Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson at the New York City Ballet 2013 Fall gala at Lincoln Center in New York. 50 Cent thinks the recent blockbuster deal between Beats by Dre and Apple only helps his headphone company. The rapper unveiled the latest line in SMS Audio at an event on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, with New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, a new pitchman and investor. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
