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The Creative Realm of Brandon M. Humphreys
How A Dead Bass Player Changed My Life
May 22, 2018 / Brandon M. Humphreys
This was first published in the 2012 edition of Northwest Boulevard – the Eastern Washington University creative writing publication. I am publishing it here in remembrance of my friend Bruce, who was an integral part of this story, and who is no longer with us. Though we lost touch in recent years, he was a good friend who always had a contagious smile on his face. He accomplished a lot more in his life than what I've recorded here, but this small piece is an example of how his life impacted mine forever, and because of that, I'll always remember him fondly.
Walking off the stage at break-time, my back aches, and my ears feel stressed. Rock and Roll does that to a person. I'm not famous. I don't make a lot of money doing this. I've made a few albums, but I've never sold more than a couple of hundred copies. I play guitar and sing in two different rock bands in Spokane – a city where huge marketing firms send their unverified strategies to sink or swim. One of my bands, Plastic Saints, has just finished the third of five sets filled with classic rock cover songs in the Mirabeau Hotel bar in the Spokane Valley. We've got plenty of our own music to play, but we do cover shows for the money. That's what we tell people, anyway. The truth is, I do these types of shows because for a whole night, we own the stage, and I just love to play music and put on a show – regardless of whose music I'm playing.
As I walk over to a table full of my friends who religiously come out to support me when I play, a couple of random strangers, a man and a woman, approach me and throw compliments. It's not the mob of teenaged girls that plagued first Elvis, then the Beatles, then the Rolling Stones, but this happens pretty consistently, and I've been doing this long enough to become callous to it. I don't really crave attention from strangers the way some musicians do. Tonight, though, I feel good, and I stop to talk to them. The man asks me how long I've been playing. I almost gasp when I hear myself say, "About twenty years."
It started in 1992 with the voice of a dead bass player. "Bass solo: Take one." Metallica's Cliff Burton nonchalantly makes this proclamation before breaking every rule of sonic possibility with a bass guitar on the song "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth". I first heard those words in a trailer park off of the ironically named Rich Avenue in the Spokane Valley. It was bright and sunny outside – an early September day. The Spokane area is usually beautiful that time of year. It was warm, but the heat of the summer had started to retreat. The few deciduous trees in the area hadn't quite started to change their leaves yet, but here and there, the little pockets of yellow contrasted nicely with the clear blue sky. I suppose it's this way with all of these sorts of events, but I had no idea that the day I heard those words would change the course of my life.
I was fourteen – just starting my freshman year of high school – and had taken the bus home with Bruce, a friend of mine with darker skin who was a little taller than me. One of his distinguishing features (apart from the jet black hair) was the fact that he was completely ripped. When I had first met him in fifth grade, he was a scrawny little nerd like me. During middle school, though, he had seriously bulked up. He was so strong that he could hold his whole body out sideways from a pole, kind of like a flag. He was still a dork, though, which kept him on my level, and as we caught up with one another at the beginning of the year, we discovered over the past summer that we had both been seduced by hard rock and heavy metal music.
For me, the seduction started a year earlier with relatively small doses of Guns N' Roses, but by that summer, I'd moved on to the harder stuff – Metallica – with a nearly worn out copy of the self-titled Black Album. By the time school started, all of the reservations I'd previously held about heavy metal (my parents' voices: "They're Satan worshipers!" "Next, you'll be doing drugs!" etc., along with the fact that only the bad kids wore the Metallica and Iron Maiden shirts at school) had been systematically exterminated by the addictive power of raw, distorted guitar riffs, rumbling bass lines, and drums that sounded like machine guns firing from my headphones. Even though MTV had exposed me to a lot of other metal bands, and of course, the whole "grunge" movement, Metallica and Guns N' Roses were the kings of the hill in my mind, and I was thirsty for more. Bruce had gotten his hands on a copy of Kill 'Em All, Metallica's 1983 debut, and he was raving to me about how I wouldn't believe the difference in the sound between it and the Black Album. I couldn't wait to hear it, and as I climbed the half-rotten wooden porch steps to the front door of Bruce's trailer, I was full of squirrelly teenaged anticipation.
We entered into the dingy, dark singlewide mobile home together. Bruce's adopted parents were both long-haul truck drivers and were gone most of the time. Bruce was fifteen, a year older than me, and they figured he could pretty much take care of himself. Also, his grandparents lived in the trailer next door, so he wasn't completely unsupervised. The interior of the trailer had all of the stereotypical elements: Hideous orange shag carpet, walls covered with wood-panel veneer, and a framed velvet portrait of Elvis – yes, really; it was there on the wall in the hallway – but it also had a big screen TV and a super hi-fi stereo system with a CD player. I lived in a doublewide mobile home on land that my family had owned for generations, and I didn't get my first CD player until later that year, so the thought of judging the Bruce's living conditions didn't even occur to me. Actually, with the lack of parental supervision and state-of-the-art entertainment center, Bruce's house was like paradise to me back then.
Bruce put the CD into the stereo and handed me the album liner. I'd seen the cover art on countless dirty T-shirts worn by the long-haired stoners and burnouts at school, but the picture on the inside cover was new to me. The band looked so young! They were teenagers, and as the first few tracks played, their youth was reflected in James Hetfield's screeching vocals and in the maelstrom of thrash guitar riffs. The music was a world apart from the polished production and mainstream grooves that had made the Black Album such a huge commercial success. The band playing on this album was hungry.
When the fifth track came on, I heard Cliff Burton say the words. "Bass solo: Take one." And then I heard sounds that I'd never heard before. It was like somebody had taken a Bach piece and shoved it into a meat grinder. There were classical melodies in a rich baritone timbre that, though overdriven and distorted all to hell, floated through the air like a flock of birds – chaotic one moment, flying in unison the next. Then, about two and a half minutes into the track, Lars Ulrich's drums kicked in and, without warning, the notes that were birds a moment before turned to a swarm of killer bees and attacked. The speakers of Bruce's hi-fi system rumbled and shook the whole trailer – probably the whole trailer park. When it was over, four minutes and fifteen seconds after it began, I made Bruce stop the CD.
"How the hell did he do that on a bass guitar?" I demanded, as if Bruce, by some virtue bestowed upon him for simply owning the CD, would know the answer.
"I don't know. It's pretty fuckin' sweet though, huh?" Bruce answered, laughing.
"Yeah." I said.
That was the moment I knew I was going to be a musician. Sure, I had thought about being a rock star before, thinking maybe I could sing, but in the back of my mind, I doubted my ability to actually follow through with learning a musical instrument. What I heard that day in Bruce's trailer, though, convinced me beyond any doubt that music was the course my life would take. I knew that I would summon up whatever discipline I needed to learn to do what I had just heard.
As soon as I got home that day, I brought the idea up to my parents. Of course, I told them I wanted to get a bass guitar. Over the next few weeks I assaulted them with begging, pleading, mild suggestion – anything I could think of to get my hands on a bass. I was the kind of kid who always had huge, fantastic ideas. I would say things like "I'm gonna' make a movie" or "I think I'll be an astronaut when I grow up," so I can't blame my folks for not wanting to shell out a lot of what little money we had for every one of my whims. This time, however, my persistence paid off. My dad finally agreed to take me to a pawnshop to see what we could find. We came home with a black Fender P-Bass knock-off made by a company called Hondo, with a red pick guard and a sticker of a skeleton dog catching a Frisbee on it. It was beautiful. My dad paid about 75 bucks for it.
I had no idea how to play it, of course, but I plugged it into an old Magnatone tube amplifier that was handed down from my dad's uncle. I made our trailer rumble. I'm sure my dad instantly regretted his decision to put such a potentially annoying thing in my hands. I did my best to learn the notes. I played along with every metal album I had, even though I knew I wasn't always getting the notes right. I jammed with Bruce and other friends as often as I could, picking up bits and pieces from other people who knew how to play. I had no idea what notes I was playing, but I found that my ear was pretty good, so that encouraged me to keep at it.
By April of my freshman year, Mom and Dad had conspired with my grandpa to convince me to take guitar lessons. I clung furiously to the idea of playing bass with the tenacity of an alligator snapping turtle, but I was undone by my parents' logic. Their reasoning was that guitar lessons would help me be a better bass player, and my fourteen-year-old brain couldn't find the flaws in it. Besides, the parents had a secret weapon – Grandpa. He and I were always close, and he was responsible, more than anyone else, for my love of music. He loved old country music, and he could play a little guitar and harmonica, but not much more than a couple of chords and a few notes of old cowboy songs. He bought me my first guitar – a junior-sized Harmony acoustic in a tobacco-sunburst finish – as a Christmas present when I was much younger. I still have it today. Until he offered to pay for the lessons my parents were urging me to take though, it had pretty much just been a novelty item taking up space in my closet.
After about a month of taking that old Harmony acoustic to my lessons, I started to realize that playing guitar was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Once that realization set in, there was no stopping me. The next logical step was to get an electric six-string. This time, dad and I headed down to Hoffman Music. We traded in an old pedal-steel guitar (another heirloom from my dad's great uncle), and my once-prized Hondo bass for a black Chinese Squier Stratocaster. The pickguard was white, and the fingerboard was rosewood. It was a Squier, a cheap, entry-level guitar, but it also said "Made by Fender" on the headstock – which, as far as I was concerned meant I had a Fender Stratocaster!
I had that guitar for about a year and used it throughout time I was taking lessons. My guitar teacher was named Josh. When I first met him, he was a salesman at Gonzo's Guitars and More – which is where my folks got his info as a teacher. On the day of my first lesson, a few peculiar things about Josh and his apartment struck me. His apartment was immaculate. Nothing was out of place. The potatoes were stacked in a pyramid on the counter. Seriously, I remember that. He was immaculate, too. His blondish hair was perfectly brushed. His teeth were completely straight and bleach-white, and his chin line made him look like a prince out of a Disney cartoon. He liked everything to be in its place – just his way. That's why my lessons ended after a year. He told me that he wanted me to stop taking lessons from him because I wasn't practicing the songs he was giving me. I was learning music theory and technique from him – I owe him that – but I was applying it to Metallica and Megadeth songs rather than the Bryan Adams songs he'd give me to practice. I remember feeling really weird on the day he told me we were done. On one hand, I felt good because he'd told me that I was doing well learning things on my own, but I couldn't help feeling rejected at the same time – like he was just fed up with me. I was too young to understand that this type of condescension was one of Josh's dominant personality traits.
After a few months of filling every spare hour I had with practicing heavy metal, I started my first "real" band with Bruce. This was 1994, the summer before our junior year of high school. Bruce and I spent that summer and a good part of the fall going through lineup issues – trying to find any of our friends who were talented. At one point we had six people "in the band." We had a keyboard player for a while, and we tried a few different singers because, at that time I didn't realize that I could sing. By the end of the summer, though, it was easy to see who was serious about making music and who wasn't. I wanted people to take the band seriously. Looking back, I'm amazed at how driven I was. I have an old cassette tape of one of our rehearsals – listening to it now, I can hear my voice in between songs yelling at the other guys for goofing off and not playing their parts right! I wasn't really worried about anyone's feelings; I just wanted – needed – this band to work.
Finally, one night at a coffee shop, after we'd axed one of our singers, it was decided that we would be a three piece. I would be the guitarist/vocalist, Bruce would play drums, and we had another friend, Duane, who played bass. It never really occurred to me before that night that I could be the singer, but I guess to the other two guys it just made sense. I was writing all of the songs and bossing everybody around anyway, I might as well sing, too.
Duane was a friend of a friend at first. He is four years older than I am, so at the time, he was twenty and obviously no longer in high school. He'd never played bass before, but he loved music more than anyone I'd ever met and he had a natural knack for the bass guitar. He picked it up very quickly. Duane is a very interesting guy. He is half-Japanese – Duane's mom is a native of Japan. She grew up there and met his dad during the Vietnam War. She immigrated to America after they got married. This is important to know about Duane because his personality is very uniquely Japanese. He has a Zen-like sense of discipline when it comes to art. He puts this incredible focus on everything that he does creatively. It is this quality that made him a natural musician. Before we began jamming in Bruce's trailer that summer, Duane had never played bass before, but in just a couple of weeks none of us would have ever known it.
We named our band Kimara. Don't ask me what it means. I still don't really know. At the time, I was very amused by the fact that we'd picked out a name that really didn't have a definition. I thought it was enigmatic. I just liked the way it sounded, though our people at school always mispronounced it because of the spelling. We originally took it from the word "chimera," which we looked up in a dictionary. I didn't like the spelling, though, so I spelled it Kimara. We also didn't really know how to pronounce "chimera," so I pronounced it /kɪmrə/. People always pronounced it differently, though. When asked what it meant, I would usually fire off something like, "Well, if you look at it this way, it means…" I was also taking Japanese in school, though, and I realized that the way I had spelled it opened it up to a Japanese interpretation. I convinced some exchange students to find three Kanji for the syllables, and the meaning we came up with was "group of evil trees." In reality, though, if I said that word to a Japanese person, they wouldn't know what the hell I was talking about.
Kimara started picking up steam in the middle of my junior year – around late 1994/early 1995. We had learned a few songs that I'd written and they started to sound pretty tight. We knew we had to find a way to get them out of Bruce's trailer, though. None of us had any experience with bands, so we had no way of knowing how to get gigs or anything like that. On a rainy night in late January of 1995, Bruce announced at one of our rehearsals that he wanted to go into a recording studio and cut a demo tape. He had heard about this place called Bop-Tech Studios and wanted to look into it. I called them and they mailed me a pricing sheet. It was going to cost us about $275 for about eight hours of production time. That was a lot of money for us to try and come up with. Bruce was really into car stereos and decided to sell one of his decks. Duane had a job, so he came up with his third pretty easily. I decided to get creative. I decided to do pre-sales. I went around East Valley High School and took orders for copies of the tape from everyone I knew. I charged $4 per tape. It didn't take long before we had enough money to cover the recording cost, and we booked the studio for early March.
Bop-Tech Studios was located in a sort of seedy part of Spokane known as the lower South Hill. It was a little hard to find because, from the outside it was just a grey brick building with no windows and just a small sign saying what it was. The pink door – not the light, pastel pink, but the deeper electric neon pink – was always locked and we had to buzz to be let in. I thought this was weird at the time, but I know now that it was so people didn't come walking into the middle of a recording session – because the door opened to the main studio room, not the control room. The main studio room was an enormous seeming 900 square feet, covered in gray carpet with patches of Auralex acoustic foam glued here and there on the walls and ceiling. There was a big window through which you could see the control room. The control room was exactly as I imagined it would be. It had towers of high-tech rack mounted recording equipment, and a huge mixing consol. It looked just like the ones I'd seen in music videos and documentaries! This was the big time!
The experience of being in a recording studio both excited and terrified me at the same time. This place was the real deal, and I had only been playing guitar for two years. I tried my best to act like I knew what I was doing, but in reality I was a ball of jitters. Michael, the owner/producer/engineer at Bob-Tech, did his best to make me and the other guys feel at home, though. Michael was a tall, skinny guy. His very receded hairline, ponytail, and beard gave the impression that he really knew what he was doing. He coached me through a lot of the guitar and vocal overdubs when I was nervous. We only had eight hours to get everything done, so he helped me to decide which mistakes needed to be fixed and which ones we would have to live with. I've since learned that that's a lot of what recording is. I don't think anyone ever gets their real ideas recorded perfectly. The music on the recording never sounds exactly like it sounds in my head.
Overall, I remember the recording of that demo tape with Kimara as one of the best times of my life. We had eight hours of studio time spread out over two days. I felt like a rock star. A room for smokers, attached onto the main studio room, had a couch and a TV and a bunch of posters and pink lava lamps. It was where family members and friends hung out during recording sessions, and where the rest of the band would be when I was doing vocal and guitar overdubs. Duane's fiancée, Cathy, was with us the whole time, and she videotaped a lot of stuff during those two days. I remember hanging out in the smoking room and pretending like I was Keith Richards doing interviews – cigarette, English accent, and all:
"So what do you think of the way the album's sounding, Brandon?"
"Right, well it's all a bit bollixed up, in't it? I mean, we can't get the microphones just right over the drums and my guitar just isn't cooperating." What a gas that was!
When we finished recording the eight songs we'd brought in, Michael needed until the next afternoon to do the mixing and mastering. Bruce called me when it was done, and we drove down to the studio that night. Michael gave us each a copy of the master tape. It was a school night, and my parents were getting upset that I was out as late as I was. They hadn't fully understood what I was doing and were giving me a hard time about being out so much. Once I got home, I popped the tape in the stereo for them. When they heard my voice coming through the stereo speakers, though, I could tell they were proud.
For me there was not really anything like hearing my voice and my music on a recording for the first time. At least there hasn't been anything like it for me since. I've recorded a lot of songs, but I've never felt quite so mystified and excited as I was listening to that tape for the first time that night. When I listen to my records nowadays, I mostly think about the mistakes I left in. The magic of recording isn't quite there anymore. I thought I felt it the first time I heard one of my songs on the radio, but even that wasn't exactly the same. I'd really accomplished something great that night, and I knew it.
We ordered fifty copies of the tape from the duplication place that Michael was connected with. Bruce wanted a CD for himself, but CD's were still kind of a novelty – especially for a garage band – so he shelled out $50 to get one copy of the album burned onto a CD. The tapes didn't come with any liner artwork or anything like that, so I had designed an insert using Microsoft Publisher. Our cover was simple black and white with a clip art picture of the Earth on the front, along with Kimara in that Matura font along the top and the album name, Falsehood, in a brush script along the bottom. When the tapes arrived, Duane, Bruce, and I went to our favorite coffee shop and spent the evening signing the liners. We'd promised autographed copies to everyone who had pre-ordered the tape. Those fifty copies sold very quickly and I made a lot more copies for people who wanted the album after that.
A couple of weeks later, I got a phone call from Michael asking if we would be interested in playing a show. He said that a friend of his was putting on a show at The Met, and he needed a band to open. He had recommended us because he said that he thought the songs we recorded for Falsehood had real potential and he thought the experience would be good for us. I couldn't believe my ears! We'd never played a show before – not even a party – and now we were going to be playing The Met! The Met (now called "The Bing" after Spokane native, Bing Crosby) is one of the oldest, most historic and prominent theaters in Spokane. At the time, I could only think of two other places in Spokane that would have been more prestigious to play: The Opera House, or the soon-to-be-completed Spokane Arena. The show was scheduled for April 8th, 1995, and we were going to be opening for two other local bands, Snaut, and Cottonmouth. I'd never heard of either of these bands, but when I asked around, I found out that both had pretty good followings established for themselves.
When the day of the show arrived, I had to work very hard to get the knots untied out of my stomach, but of course, I tried to play it all off. I was still playing through that old Magnatone tube amp, with just a Morley wah/distortion pedal in front of it. I didn't realize what an amateur, rinky-dink setup it was at the time. It was loud, and it was rock and roll. We set up our gear while an anime movie was being projected on to the wall behind us, and when it was time to sound-check they couldn't get the vocal microphone to work properly. I had no idea what I was doing, so I just stood there onstage, feeling very exposed, saying "Check, check" into the mic over and over for what seemed like an eternity. I just wanted to play.
When they finally worked out the bugs with the microphone, we started playing. We rushed through our set list, jumping from song to song without saying a word in between. Bruce was a picture of concentration, hitting his cheap, starter drum kit with as much precision as his nerves would let him muster. Duane was also quite focused. He walked around in circles onstage with his bass slung low like he was looking for something on the ground. Neither he nor I owned an electronic tuner, so we were out of tune for the whole set. My black Ibanez guitar pounded out grungy rhythms, and the solos, though definitely rough, showed the basic characteristics of what has become my playing style – a mixture of slow, soulful bends accented with more speedy pentatonic scale runs here and there to prove my dexterity. My voice wobbled in and out of key through most of the set, and my throat was audibly dry from the jitters, but I remembered all the words and I belted them out as loud as I could. I was sixteen, and even though I was scared to death, I felt at home on that stage.
That night was almost twenty years ago. It was the first time I'd walked offstage to greet my loyal friends and a few new people who admired what I had just done. I soaked it all in. I've never abused drugs, but that night I definitely felt a high – and it's a high I've chased ever since. Sure, I have nights where playing music feels like a job, and the guy throwing compliments is too drunk to even know where he is, let alone truly appreciate my performance – but most of the time I can't wait to get on the stage and just let life go. Up there on stage, I forget about breakups and the last thing that she said. Up there on stage, it doesn't matter which bills still need to be paid. Up there on stage, my idiot boss is three million miles away. Up there on stage, the collective works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the merits of the TPA lesson format are as useless as paperweights on the moon. Up there on stage, it makes no difference if my back aches, or if my eardrums are stressed, or even if my fingers start bleeding. Up there on stage, all that matters is a crisp but warm, perfectly-bent E note sent from my PRS guitar through my perfectly dialed-in pedalboard and out of my sixty-watt Fender SuperSonic tube amp. Somehow, I know that that's what Cliff Burton must have felt in 1983, when he played a bass solo in one take in a San Francisco studio that changed the course of my life.
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A Global City of Eds and Meds
Why are people from all over the world watching tiny Rochester, Minnesota?
Jim Russell
Downtown Rochester, Minnesota, reflected in south Silver Lake. (Photo: Phthalogreen/Wikimedia Commons)
Concerning incomes without geographic limits, foreign buyers drive up rents in global neighborhoods. With a strong desire to live, work, and play in global neighborhoods, millennials commit more of their annual wage to shelter than others are willing to bear. Many urban millennials toil in non-tradable jobs, usually services that require face-to-face interaction (e.g. hairdresser). Locals are generating the demand for certain kinds of businesses (e.g. restaurants) and labor (e.g. waitstaff). Such wages tend to be too damn low. Meanwhile, other city dwellers (including some millennials) have found employment in tradable industries. Employees in tradable jobs are more like foreign real estate investors. Incomes without geographic limits comprise the market for tradable goods and services. Hence, tradable jobs pay a lot more money than non-tradable jobs. In global neighborhoods, non-tradable wages run up against tradable wages. Even in zoning deregulated Houston, we have a problem.
Even in shrinking Rust Belt cities, we have a problem. Services normally associated with regional markets—you have to live there to receive them—can be tradable. Most institutions of higher education cater to the population residing nearby. However, some colleges and universities import freshmen from other regions, states, and countries. In these cases, higher education services are tradable. Same goes for health care, although large scale "exports" are rare. The Cleveland Clinic is one example. Another is Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota:
A $10 million sale of a downtown building shows the city center's real estate remains hot as the temperatures start to drop.
An international real estate investor, represented as Baheya LLC, purchased the Brackenridge Skyway Plaza at 21 Second St. S.W. on Sept. 30. People involved with the deal declined to release the investor's name or more details. ...
... Rochester's Oxford Property Management organized the deal for the Middle Eastern investor as it did in two previous downtown real estate purchases connected to the plaza. In 2011, Oxford helped Baheya buy the Odd Fellows building at 23 Second Ave. S.W. for $5.3 million. The 18,000-square-foot corner building houses the Eagle Drug Store, Essence Skin Clinic, the Nail Bar, WSB & Associates, HDR architects and Newt's Express.
Oxford is known to work with international clients interested in investing in Rochester. Last year, Oxford helped orchestrate the $7 million purchase of the seven-story Associated Bank building at 206 S. Broadway. That acquisition, by Bloom Properties LLC based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is not connected to the Brackenridge project. ...
... [Oxford Management President and CEO Mark Dickson] does concede that the value of downtown property is climbing due to the excitement spurred by Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center.
"There is a lot of international interest in Rochester. They are watching all of growth here," said Dickson. There is a lot of opportunity here right now."
What's the "Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center"? It is the definition of tradable health care that attracts wealthy clients (and investors) from the Middle East. Abu Dhabi knows more about Flyover America than U.S. residents on either coasts do. Rochester, Minnesota, is on the global mental map and off the national one. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has a stronger brand outside of the country than within it. Globalization knows all about Rust Belt real estate even if New York City cosmopolites do not. Domestic real estate investors suck at geography.
In Rust Belt cities, look at the neighborhoods near tradable eds and meds. Real estate appreciates dramatically. It's like a second central business district (see the Oakland neighborhood in Pittsburgh) of tradable activity. Money flows into these concentrated geographies, an island of prosperity in a sea of urban blight. The better-paid price out tenured residents and young adult newcomers. Gentrification follows the lines of transit that connect homes to tradable jobs. Globalization diffuses in industrial backwaters.
In economic parlance, there is no "substitute" for the global neighborhood. All the demand for housing concentrates where globalization has a toehold. Dirt cheap digs, sometimes literally a few blocks away, fail to attract buyers. Ironic redlining hems in the prosperity of tradable eds and meds.
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We hit the treadmill with the Apple Watch's new GymKit feature – here's what we learned
Richard Easton, December 9, 2017 9:54 am GMT
Virgin Active's Mansion House club has become the first in the UK with Apple Watch GymKit integration. We went along to put it through its paces and see how it fares on the treadmill.
To say the Apple Watch began finding its footing when it started focusing more on fitness is probably an understatement. Since the launch of the more exercise-oriented Apple Watch Series 2 – which introduced water-resistance and built-in GPS – the Apple Watch has become more of a hybrid device that's a fully-fledged sports watch and a smartwatch combined.
That focus continued with the Apple Watch Series 3, which looked to remove more of the reliance on an iPhone carried in tow. The latest Series 3 model has an altimeter for elevation data and optional LTE connectivity so you're never disconnected even if you leave your phone behind.
Another new feature Apple showcased at its Series 3 reveal was its GymKit integration, which is a part of the latest watchOS 4.1 operating system, meaning it's available across all Apple Watch devices. The new functionality allows the Apple Watch to communicate with compatible gym equipment, allowing two-way exchange of relevant information. For now, the focus is on cardio-based machines, such as treadmills, ellipticals, indoor bikes and stair steppers.
Speaking with Jay Blahnik, Apple's Senior Director of Fitness for Health Technologies, he sees integration very much as a way of removing some of the pain points of beginning any indoor workout. After all, go for a run outdoors and distance and pace are all measured by the built-in GPS of the newer Apple Watch models. Go for a run on a treadmill in the past and all of this information and more, such as incline, is being accurately measured by the treadmill but not on your Apple Watch. Conversely, your Apple Watch is capturing lots of data not seen by the equipment, such as your heart rate.
It's this disparate information that means accuracy is lost. Jay Blahnik told me that Apple's own research show that most users simply hop on gym equipment and begin a Quick Workout. This means that important user data isn't being provided to the equipment, such as age, height and weight, meaning any calorie burn estimations are going to be way off the mark. Now, through GymKit, this user data is instantly shared with the equipment.
Related: How the Apple Watch stacks up against dedicated fitness trackers
Similarly, while in the past your Apple Watch could detect an increase in effort when you crank up the incline on the treadmill due to heightened heart rate and perceived effort, there was no cause and effect element. Now the equipment can deliver this extra layer of information to the Apple Watch, as well as therefore providing information on elevation gain. It means runners perhaps relying on indoor treadmills in colder months can more closely emulate the variable elevations of their outdoor runs – and have the data to back it all up.
Blahnik also used the stair stepper as an example of how users value certain data more depending on the activity. With the stair stepper, Apple's studies have shown that exercisers care more about the distance climbed, whether that's as high as the Empire State Building or Big Ben, rather than calories burned. Now, that stairs climbed figure can be shared with the Apple Watch and stored in the Workout app, just like any other exercise tracked directly on the watch.
Enrico Manaresi, TechnoGym's Global PR Director said that retro-fitting recent existing equipment was low cost and pain-free, in fact the Virgin Active branch that's debuting the GymKit integration was only done in a few hours. I popped along to the Mansion House branch to see all of this in action using the club's Technogym equipment, and the experience really couldn't be any simpler. Just tap the Apple Watch against the NFC reader on the relevant equipment then confirm the on-screen prompt on your watch and you're off. Wireless two-way synchronisation is then seamlessly happening between the two, intelligently sharing whichever metrics are more accurate.
So your heart rate, captured by your Apple Watch, is delivered to the equipment and shown on screen. Jay confirmed to me that the heart rate data can be sourced from external sensors, which is great news for anyone like me who often wears a separate HRM strap (in my case currently a Polar OH1 on my upper arm). When the Apple Watch is paired with a Bluetooth HRM, it takes the place of its own optical HRM, so the GymKit-paired equipment sees no difference.
In the case of the Technogym treadmill I used, the heart rate data also means that it can now also display both Active and Total Calories, two figures familiar to anyone who has used the Apple Watch's native Workout app before. While the Total Calories figure is the complete number of calories burned during that period, which includes those that would have been burned as part of your Basal Metabolic Rate (calories burned just existing), Active Calories show the calories burned as a direct result of the exercise you're currently conducting.
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All of the information is being synced in complete real time between the Apple Watch and equipment, so any glances to your watch relays the same data as on the screen of the treadmill. In this scenario, there's really no reason to glance down at your wrist but it's reassuring how quickly everything syncs. Similarly, pause a workout on the treadmill and you feel an instant buzz from the haptics of the Apple Watch to tell you it's paused your workout.
But what happens if you forget to pair the two devices at the beginning of your treadmill or elliptical session? Apple has thought of this. You can still tap your Apple Watch at any time and the treadmill's already captured data is sent to the watch, a new workout is started and all of the data synchronised to the point of the treadmill. So whether you're a minute into a run or 60 minutes into an endurance session before you remember, none of that data is lost. Any data the treadmill has incorrectly estimated at that point will also be updated to reflect any more accurate data from the Apple Watch. You can even do this GymKit pairing process at the end of the workout, provided the workout summary is still on the screen of the equipment.
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I honestly could see myself more inclined to jump on the treadmill or elliptical as part of one of my gym-based workouts due to how seamlessly all of this data is captured. In the past, all of my cardio was outdoors and the gym was my strength training domain. But now I can tack on some of my conditioning work without the feeling that some of that effort is being 'wasted' by not being captured.
The next step I hope, is a move beyond purely cardio-based equipment. While wearables geared towards free weights training still have some distance to go and are admittedly a much more difficult prospect to accurately capture, I feel like there's potential for GymKit to work with fixed strength training equipment. Imagine GymKit working with the chest press, automatically syncing the weight racked and the reps achieved. Logging workouts would be a much simpler prospect. Happily, this is something that Jay Blahnik wasn't ruling out.
With Apple working with the vast majority of manufacturers, and the supposed ease of retrofitting equipment, it should hopefully not be too long before you see GymKit available in more gyms across the world. In a very Apple way, my GymKit taster session left me wondering why something like this hasn't already happened years ago.
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Shoes are one of the most important things that we use every day. Well there are a few things you should pay attention because there are so many important things that should be your priority in choosing shoes mainly for your work. If you have high activity, then the convenience is the main thing you should consider. You must be smart in choosing shoes as this will give you a great deal of influence in your mobility while working.
Shoes are shoes that support the work you do your job. It is important for you to you select a shoe based on comfort these shoes provide. Not necessarily with high heels shoes flat shoes if you are able to provide comfort and attractive appearance. It is important for you to find flat shoes that looked formal and elegant yet comfortable. Comfortable and not make the foot hot could be the first step you specify. Then, the design of shoes is also very important because the design of shoes and clothes to suit the theme of your work, you can look beautiful and very comfortable.
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Carolina Hurricanes helping Harvey victims
By Derek Rowles
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Carolina Hurricanes are stepping up to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The team announced Wednesday it will host a relief drive at PNC Arena beginning Wednesday.
Donations will be accepted at the PNC Arena VIP Entrance from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Friday, September 8.
Donations on Saturday, September 2, will only be accepted from the general public between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., but guests attending the Ed Sheeran concert that evening can bring donations to the show.
At the end of the drive, employees from Capital Ford in Raleigh will deliver the items to organizations that are assisting those affected by the storm in Texas, team officials say.
To aid with the relief drive, Carolina Hurricanes President Don Waddell will help receive donations at PNC Arena from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, followed by Executive VP and GM Ron Francis from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Hurricanes goaltender Scott Darling will assist with the relief drive on Tuesday, September 5, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Fans are encouraged to help with the relief efforts by donating:
Gift cards to national big box stores (Walmart, Target, etc.)
Cases of bottled water and sports drinks
Baby items, including diapers, wipes, etc.
Non-perishable dry goods and canned goods (Bleach, Lysol, Clorox wipes, etc.)
Hygenic times, such as soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, feminine products, deodorant
Paper goods (paper towels, tissues, toilet paper, etc.)
Pet supplies, including dog and cat food
Bedding (new pillows, sheets, and towels)
Officials said no used clothing will be accepted.
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Weather Satellite Delivers Stunning First Shot Of Earth
The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 has captured its first image of the Earth.
The image demonstrates that Europe's latest geostationary weather satellite, launched on 5 July, is performing well and is on its way to taking over operational service after six months of commissioning.
The European Space Agency (ESA) was responsible for the initial operations after launch (the so-called launch and early orbit phase) of MSG-3 and handed over the satellite to EUMETSAT on 16 July.
The first image is a joint achievement by ESA, EUMETSAT, and the European space industry. For its mandatory programmes, EUMETSAT relies on ESA for the development of new satellites and the procurement of recurrent satellites like MSG-3. This cooperation model has made Europe a world leader in satellite meteorology by making best use of the respective expertise of the two agencies.
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All ticket holders get a complimentary glass, as well as access to food trucks (you have to pay for the food) yard games, music, and entertainment, plus the satisfaction of knowing you're supporting programs and initiatives that benefit Hanover!
VIP ticket holders get an additional hour at the festival, plus access to special beers available only during the VIP hour.
General Admission ticket holders get admission from 1-5 p.m.
Designated Driver ticket holders get admission from 12-5 p.m., plus 1 free (non-alcoholic) beverage voucher.
Is there a limit on samples? Do you offer sample tickets?
We do not offer sample tickets. Once you are in the gate, you are welcome to sample from all of our vendors (as long as you aren't a DD). Please drink responsibly.
Designated Driver tickets are available at a reduced price for those who attend the festival but do not consume alochol. All designated drivers will receive a voucher for a free (non-alocholic) drink sponsored by LifeSource Water. Designated drivers can enter the festival at 12 p.m.
This event is 21 and over; photo ID is required for entry. Photo ID must match the name on the ticket presented at the gate. Designated Driver tickets will be available; designated drivers must be 21 and over.
Children are not permitted to attend the brewfest. Strollers or carriers will not be permitted through the gate.
A map of downtown Hanover parking locations is available at mainstreethanover.org//parking.
Elks Lodge (47 N Forney Ave.) will have parking available near Good Field for $5.
The event will be held rain or shine. No refunds.
Yes. Photo ID must match the name on the ticket presented at the gate. You may also present a digital version of your ticket on a smart phone or tablet.
You can transfer your ticket to another person if you can no longer attend; to do this, please contact us.
No. Tickets must match the photo ID of the ticketholder. If you need to change the name on your ticket, please contact us.
Outside food and drink are not permitted; bags are subject to search at the gate, and guests will be asked to dispose of food or drink before entering the event. Pets are not allowed. Strollers are not permitted through the gates.
Can I smoke during the event?
Smoking, vaping, etc. is not allowed on the event premises. If you are found to be smoking, you will be asked to stop or leave the event.
Must be 21 or older to enter event, valid picture ID required for all guests regardless of age (inlcudes DD tickets). Photo ID must match the name on the ticket presented at the gate.
Animals are not allowed, except ADA registered service animals.
All ticket holders must enter the site by 4:30pm. No admissions will be permitted after that time.
We reserve the right to refuse alcohol service to any visibly intoxicated person and if that occurs, tickets will not be refunded.
Outside food and drink are not permitted; bags are subject to search at the gate, and guests will be asked to dispose of food or drink before entering the event.


Do you remember the first book you absolutely fell in love with and couldn't put down? A book you could read over and over again? Or what about the first book you didn't want to end? At Shreve Memorial Library, we believe that you are never too young (or old) to fall in love with a good book or enjoy a great story.
Shreve Memorial Library's Broadmoor Branch has started a great program geared at our youngest learners. Baby Bounce (A Lapsit Program) is held each Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the Broadmoor Branch, located at 1212 Captain Shreve Drive. The program is designed especially for babies and their caregivers and features songs, rhymes, bounces and stories. Baby Bounce is recommended for newborns to approximately 18 months. Older siblings are also welcome to participate and are encouraged to bring their own "baby" stuffed animal.
Story times for preschool-aged children are also held throughout the Shreve Memorial Library system. Each story time program is different and includes engaging stories on a variety of topics, fun crafts, silly songs, and interactive games and activities. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the Blanchard Branch, located at 344 Alexander Street in Blanchard, will hold a drop-in story time program Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. in which children will be able to hear a story about the holiday and create a rainbow and pot of gold craft. For a complete list of story time programs, be sure to visit the Shreve Memorial Library website (www.shreve-lib.org).
While story times may be geared toward the youngest learners, you don't have to be a kid to enjoy a great story. Teens are invited to visit Shreve Memorial Library branches and become a part of women's history through the library's traveling photo booth. The traveling photo booth will allow teens to become a "Woman of History" by using props inspired by prominent female historical figures. Teens will be able to learn about these women of history while becoming part of their story.
Adults can also learn more about their own Irish genealogy and discover the family stories through the Genealogy Department's Irish Genealogy workshop to be held Thursday, March 15 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Broadmoor Branch. Those interested will learn which U.S. records to search to find the origin of their Irish ancestry and learn how to search sources in Ireland including church, tax, and vital records.
Not sure about any Irish heritage in your family? No worries. Sheryll K. Anderson of the Main Branch has a few good stories for you to get lost in. See, at Shreve Memorial Library you can enjoy a good story at any age!
It isn't paranoia if it's really happening . . . Anna Fox lives alone--a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble--and its shocking secrets are laid bare.
From the bestselling author of "Everything I Never Told You," a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more than half of the world's population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river--or in the ones you know and love the most.


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In Primorye head of regional directorate of Federal Agency for Management of Federal Property accused of exceeding official powers entailing over 17 million rubles damage
In Moscow Region head of one of towns suspected of taking 6 million rubles bribe
Direct telephone communication took place between Chairman of the Investigative Committee and citizens
Former chief of crime detection of Moscow Main Directorate of Interior Ministry suspected of exceeding official powers
Criminal case initiated in Saint-Petersburg against policemen for over 40 million rubles bribery
Criminal case initiated in Moscow over disappearance of Ramenka district board head
Progress of investigation of floods in Krasnodar Territory
Moscow ex-policeman charged with complicity in Politkovskaya murder
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Investigating bodies of Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of Russia's Investigative Committee have initiated a criminal case against a former Chief of search and investigations department of crime detection department of Moscow Main Directorate of Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladislav Karpukhin. He is suspected of a crime under part 1 of article 286 of RF Criminal Code (exceeding official powers).
According to investigators, in the period from November 2007 to October 2011 Karpukhin, occupying the said position, in mercenary interests entered a criminal collusion with unknown policemen to create an unlawful system of kickbacks from businessmen purchasing jewellery, antiques and other valuables from the people. To that end, he demanded of the founder of OOO Putyovka v zhizn (LC) engaged in the said business, to pay him a monthly fee for general patronage for the company and insurance of its free functioning, Having received ascent of the company's founder the policeman from November 2007 to October 2011 received from him a total of over 2.9 million rubles by which he severely violated rights and legal interests of the said organization.
At present the suspect is detained. Bringing charges against him is being negotiated. Search and Investigation operations are under way to establish all circumstances of the crime and other persons involved. Investigation is to be continued.


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(Comic) Collecting for Love
In this continuing story of creating a new collection, I've come across two works that have changed my perspective, and not just a little. The first is an HBO documentary about collecting modern art. The Price of Everything is truly worth watching whether you're a collector or not. Expecting it to be full of awful people spouting platitudes and self-indulgent musings, the film instead delivers real, thoughtful ideas about collecting something that most of us don't understand. And doing so in an opaque market, where value is difficult to discern.
These are smart, measured people. Some of them are artists, and yes, they are…artists. Meaning, they set themselves apart as special. And maybe they should. What's really compelling in this film are the collectors. I've been approaching this comic book collection as something I could piece together analytically. I assumed I could study the market, study what makes a great comic, figure out how to locate them and then – boom – have a great, or at least passible, collection. That makes me a smart collector, right?
What comes through wonderfully in this film, is that while these collectors have a very practical approach to what they do, they also intensely love what they're doing. They love the art they are collecting. That it has value in the world at large is only one component. They aren't squirreling away gold coins for a crisis. They're collecting art, and they're doing it with great enthusiasm, not because it will make them wealthy – in fact, I think just the process of collecting is what makes them wealthy.
The second is an article from Heritage Auctions. Heritage is astounding. That's not hyperbolic, what they do is truly jaw dropping. The number of items they have for auction and the information they provide to collectors is…almost overwhelming. They put out an amazing newsletter, The Intelligent Collector, that I kind of can't believe is free. Last week they did a piece titled "A Promise Kept," which is the incredibly sweet story of a man who preserved his brother's comic book collection after the brother died in the Korean war. This collection of Golden Age comics is exhaustive:
"The collection's depth and scope is almost unparalleled," Jaster says. "I expect nearly two-thirds of the books will stand as the finest-known copies for any particular comic represented in the collection. I am honored and thrilled Heritage was selected to represent the collection."
Heritage expects the collection to realize at least $10 million. Put simply, "The Promise Collection will go down in history as one of the greatest comic-book finds of all time," adds Heritage Auctions Vice President Lon Allen.
A comic book collection worth $10 million! That's enough to catch anyone's attention. But it was something later in the article that struck me, especially after having watched the film:
Junie [the young brother] had been a collector since he was a little boy, not because of the value but because of the stories. Throughout the 1940s, he amassed a collection of more than 5,000 Golden Age books, and treated each with kid gloves.
The boy collected, and cared for, a treasure he loved. He acted like a collector – taking meticulous care of his collection, and carefully curating it – not because he aimed to amass a $10 million collection one day. In fact, that would have been impossible. He created a valuable collection because he loved these comics so much. To collect with the value of the object as the primary goal, I think is a losing proposition. It's not that we can't know the value, or have some idea. And it's not that the market should be ignored. But the main reason to collect, is love for the object. That is value, in and of itself.
What does all this mean for my collection? I've been wrestling with what to buy next. I've learned that the thing that would have the most market value would be a first appearance of a beloved character in one of Ed's stories, and I was going to go that route. I changed my mind. I'm going to follow my interest and check out another one of Ed's noir works and see where my interest leads me. It might lead to Captain America, but it also might lead to Pulp. Either way I win, because they're going on my wall.
Kat Lewis is a Managing Partner of GD Herring. She is also a contributor to and producer of Classic Car Corner and GD Herring Research. She loves coffee.
All About the Humvee Part 1 – with Ian Ipsan!
We cannot tell a lie, we love the Hummer! And so does Ian Ipsan. Ian's story begins in childhood when he decided he was going to own one of these magnificent machines, no matter what it took. Today, he's owned three of them! In Part One of this interview, Ian tells host Jason Paynter about his first Hummer acquisition, delves into the history of this iconic vehicle (including where the name came from), and talks some specs like configurations and the differences between military and civilian Humvees. If you love this "car" as much as we do, you're not going to want to miss this show!
Simple Tips for Winterizing Your Ride
This week as everywhere we look seems to be covered in snow, a repost of an excellent article by our friend Jason Paynter from the Classic Car Corner podcast. In it he shares some of his best tips for winterizing your automobiles, particularly ones in storage for the season. Read on to learn more on how to keep your precious classics in great shape until spring visits us again!
WOW! The classic car event of 2022 with the Bluegrass World of Wheels Custom Car Show crew!
When we say wow, we mean WOW! Greg & Gail Wilson, Kenny & Vicki Hoerter and Ron Rawlins are launching a Custom Car Show this month that is out of this world. Introducing Bluegrass World Of Wheels – the inaugural show featuring 400 cars and exhibits will will be on January 22 and 23 of 2022 at the Kentucky Expo Center. Join in on the conversation as the guys learn about the ins and outs of how to participate and attend this spectacular event that has been over five years in the making! Not to be missed!
Buying a Watch to Retain Value
It's New Year (2022 if you can believe it) and ruminating over resolutions always reminds me of something my best friend from college once pointed out – why is it that we're always making difficult resolutions? Why not slip in at least one that would be fun to keep?
The Honda Type R Civic with Lauren and Nick Terrell!
What a show for you New Year's Day! Classic Car Corner rings in 2022 with Lauren and Nick Terrell. There are Honda Civics, and then there are Honda Type R Civics which prove a completely different beast under the hood. Packing 306 horsepower and a six speed manual shift assisted by an unapparent turbo lag turbocharged transverse 4 cylinder, this is a unique car to say the least. With front wheel drive, yet no torque steer detected from sudden acceleration, the Type R can hit 169 mph. And wait until you hear what Lauren has to say about the "Rev Match!" Listen in and enjoy the ride! And a happy and prosperous 2022 to you from all of us in The Corner!!
The Classic Car Corner Origin Story with Tim Hatzell!
A special episode for Christmas Day 2021! This week our friend Tim Hatzell visits The Corner, but as a host instead of a guest. Tim turns the tables on our host Jason Paynter to learn about how Classic Car Corner got started. The guys also dig into Jason's love of cars, his car memorabilia collection and so much more. Please join us for this lively conversation all about how CCC came to be. And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us here!
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Loud Statement at the Quietest Rally
Written by Margaret
October 16, 2011, Santa Monica, California
What an impressive gathering today. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 electric vehicles gathered in Santa Monica for one of many
nationwide National Plug In Day events. It certainly looks like a shift has been made and we are all responsible to keep the momentum going.
After several heart-felt speeches on national security and reliance on foreign energy sources, the masses of real, average plug-in vehicle owners
mounted their steeds and galloped down Main Street. Couldn't help laugh at this quiet protest rolling down the street. It was great.
One spectator asked how long it takes to charge and what we do when we are taking a long trip.
I have had months now to come up with the right answer, "I take my Prius."
Is it time to start charging for public charging?
Written by Jeff
Like most people who have been driving EVs for a while, I have come to expect the opportunity for free charging while driving around. In fact, I was pretty opposed to system like Chargepoint's which have set up an infrastructure around charging for juice like a gasoline pump. However, recent events have changed my thinking on this.
The recent issue of AB 475 in CA which I believe is a very poorly written bill attempting to address problems in the current EV code. See http://www.pluginamerica.org/drivers-seat/why-were-asking-governor-veto-ab-475 from much more detail. Plug-In electric vehicles of many types are coming and are out in the wild now and the current parking and charging code needs to be amended to adapt to these vehicles. One of the main points brought up by Chevy Volt proponents, is that there exists a bias against them in the traditional BEV world to the extent that people may unplug their Volt in order to charge a BEV which is perceived to need it more. While I believe this is not at all a likely or common issue, I acknowledge the issue and see how some could feel this way.
Secondly, we are seeing the current public charging infrastructure, which was never adequate, strain under the weight of all the new cars in some places. LAX and Santa Monica are ground zero for this phenomena. There has not been a time in recent weeks where I have seen charging available either at LAX or Santa Monica Place mall for J1772 vehicles. The demand has now outstripped supply. This is leading to stronger and more strained feelings brewing within the EV community. Witness the recent issue on the MyNissanLeaf forum where someone allegedly unplugged a Leaf which really needed the charge to supply a vehicle which may or may not have needed it. This is clearly is not cool practice and should be condemned but the tone of the forum very quickly started to feel like an ugly mob justice mentality that could turn very bad. See for yourself how you feel about the thread as a community member http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5352.
This is only going to get more ugly with the masses of cars like the Plug-In Prius which is soon to hit the road. That car has a very limited EV range and must use the gasoline engine and is certain to build resentment among some in the BEV community who depend on public charging.
I have also long thought it a shame that public charging is so often in the closest parking spots. I don't mind walking and see how having the EV parking in the closest spots creates artificial resentment and demand for people who don't need a charge but are just lazy. But there are practical reasons why this can't change in many cases.
So what can we do? In this case, I do think market forces can really work with this. Though we have been accustomed to thinking of all public charging as free, free fuel is certainly a perk that other vehicles do not get from the public. There are clearly cases where this makes sense. I would not argue that businesses who want to provide free charging to bring in high value customers should stop that. But when it comes to the real public use of funds, we should use our money well. In places where we would like to drive up demand and create incentives for buying BEVs, let's build infrastructure.
However, in places where use is already under pressure, let's increase charging supply and capacity, but I do believe the time has come to start charging some amount for use of public charging. You want to make it so people will use it when they need it and it is not a huge penalty. So, the cost could be similar to the cost to charge at home. But enough that people who don't actually need a charge don't always use spaces just to get a free benefit. I rarely need a public charge myself, but find myself saying "Why not, it's free" more than I would admit. At that point I am removing the opportunity from someone who needs it. I do use the "EV Sharing Protocol" (one reason I heavily oppose AB 475) but I still may put someone who NEEDS a charge out of sorts.
So I believe it is time for the free electricity pipeline to be re-examined as areas like LAX become strained. Let's also get more charge points out there. But lets let the market mature and make sure everyone has a good experience.
Leaf and the Amgen Tour of California
We are big cycling fans both as riders and spectators here at EV-Nation. We also own a Nissan Leaf and as Nissan was the official sponsor car for the Tour (even though it doesn't really have the range to make many stages ironically) it was doubly interesting for us. The Tour started out at Lake Tahoe which should have been amazing and beautiful. However, it was sadly snowed out. By the time the tour arrived very near our home in Paso Robles, though, the weather had once again become gorgeous. Margaret picks up the story:
Thursday, May 19: Paso Robles, CA
So we joined the Tour of California in Paso Robles. Unfortunately, due to rough winter weather earlier in the year, the Pacific Coast Highway was closed near Bixby Bridge and the iconic California Coast stage was re-routed. This meant the long anticipated run through the vineyards was not to be. However, we did get to follow our "tradition" at Villa Creek on the square. Drinks and snacks while watching the boys on TV pull hard into town. Then a quick stroll to the finishing straight as they flew by. Sagan took the stage. Very exciting. Bummer for Freire.
Friday, May 20: Solvang, CA
Much discussion about where to watch the Time Trial. Decided on our "traditional" spot, up Baseline with a view of the corner on Refugio. Great coming and going. So, we didn't have the complete start and cell was dodgy. There was a lead motorcycle for most riders with a team car behind. Except for poor Zabriske. Almost missed it was him. But you can't missed that calm, clean style.
We were laughing that the Leaf was the official pace car, given it can't even go a full stage on one charge. We thought it'd be funny if they scatter Leafs across a stage and picked them up along the way. The TT allowed the race to use the cars and we did see several go by at least 4 times. Go Leaf.
Big Day in the Next Era of Electric Vehicles
Yesterday I was able to participate with 42 other Electric vehicles and other enthusiasts at the combination Southern CA GM Volt meetup and EV Rally. Friends on the GM Volt Consumer Advisory Board extended an invitation to all of the EV enthusiast community to join them. The rally start point was at the ironic location where the EV1s were originally put on trucks to be taken to their doom. More than a dozen Chevy Volts, 10 Teslas, RAV4-EVs, Mini-Es and others hit the highways to Irwindale where Edison has a consumer education center.
Back in the Electric Saddle Again
So it has been about 6 months since I gave up Mini-E 148. I can say I have missed her and she will always hold a special spot in my brain. That car was the intro to the whole electric vehicle idea. I am a convert now and have been ready to roll.
Today I took the first step on the next adventure for my family in our new electric Nissan Leaf. The Leaf isn't everything I wanted in an EV. I would have liked some more range, I want the Mini-E regen braking, the styling isn't perfect for me. However, it is a really nice car from the little time we have spent together. We are going to log some good electric miles and get to know each other. Once I have more to say I will write up some notes.
I picked up the car from Santa Monica Nissan as the first customer of Plug-In-America's own Paul Scott. I can say he was giddy as a young boy at christmas the day the first Nintendo came out. He has waited a long time for this day and I was glad to be a small part of it. Over the next few weeks, many more people, including some completely new to electrics will be joining us. Really a remarkable few weeks.
Here are Paul and I at the lot. The entire staff there was totally jazzed about the car, and couldn't wait till their next truckfull.
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Partay season is upon us, people, and if you haven't started planning the perfect dance floor-ready getup, now is most certainly the time. Looking to upgrade your holiday look because your signature LBD is falling short of the mark? We've got you covered, girl. In the height of our excitement for all of the upcoming fêtes holding it down on our iCals, we've looked to classic holiday flicks (think: Love Actually, A Christmas Story and Home Alone) to gather a little outfit inspo. And not to worry — the looks dotting this silver-screen-inspired list (which just so happen to include sleek jumpsuits and swoon-inducing slip dresses) are the epitome of effortlessness — trying too hard just isn't something you do — and will look fab styled alongside that newly acquired pouch or mini bag.
Pixie Market One-Shoulder Sweater Tunic ($114): Cameron Diaz straight-up slayed as Amanda Woods in an arsenal of chic knitwear that will forever go down in the history of DDG winter wardrobes. You might not be spending the holidays in Surrey, England, but this envelope-pushing sweater makes a pretty killer consolation prize. Bold drop earrings, leather trousers and block-heel pumps combine for a cozy look with just a hint of urban edge.
Dress the Population Nina Sequin Bodycon Midi Slip Dress ($253): Feeling seriously nostalgic this holiday season? Sidle on up to this midi bodycon dress that Kate Moss would most definitely approve of. Sure, you're more likely to see ugly Christmas sweaters and matching pajama sets in the film, but we can't resist the opportunity to capitalize on the more glamorous side of '90s style. Team it with a longline coat and platform heels FTW.
Adrianna Papell Metallic Jacquard Fit & Flare Dress ($219): Filmed in the '40s, this holiday classic is rife with chic retro looks. Channel Mary Hatch's ladylike style with this flirty fit-and-flare dress that would look gorgeous styled with gold-toe ankle-strap heels and asymmetric earrings for a swanky soiree. Dramatic plum lipstick is highly encouraged.
ASOS Premium Satin Plunge Jumpsuit ($106): While you could buy the iconic bunny suit that Aunt Clara gifted Ralphie, it probably won't win you any style points at your bestie's annual holiday bash. This sleek satin number, on the other hand? It's It-girl approved. Slip it on with shimmery ankle boots and an embellished choker for a look that was practically made for schmoozing and sipping Champagne.
Urban Outfitters Metal Garland Tie-Back Headband ($20): Bohemian dream doesn't even begin to cover it. When Keira Knightley's character, Juliet, donned a lace and feather-trimmed dress and matching headpiece for her wedding to Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor), our hearts skipped a beat. Channel the awe-inducing moment with this glistening gold headpiece that's practically begging to be coupled with a velvet wrap dress and embellished heels.
Reformation Gemma Dress ($278): Judy Garland achieved full-on bombshell status in that red hot number she sported to debut the now-timeless song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in the film Meet Me in St. Louis. Assert yourself as best-dressed guest when you show up in your own scene-stealing frock. Between the plunge neckline, delicate sleeves and garnet-colored velvet, this OMG-worthy wrap dress is guaranteed to turn heads (and break a few hearts).
Mango Belt Faux Fur Coat Womens ($200): Forget Rudolph and Clarice — if you were all about Bumble back in the day (you know — the cute abominable snowman), you need to add this coat to your lineup stat. Layer it over a sequin-studded shift dress and combat boots for a wintery look that isn't messing around.
Nasty Gal Bardot Rebecca Midi Dresses Online ($119): One word: timeless. White Christmas is rife with old-world elegance and enviable ensembles, but Rosemary Clooney's black ballgown shone the brightest. Recreate the glamorous look with this satin off-the-shoulder gown, chandelier earrings and a side-swept 'do.
HD in Paris Sierade Dress ($168): Can it even be considered the holiday season without the Peanuts gang? We have to venture a no. This chevron striped dress calls to mind Charlie Brown's signature sweater and is the party dress that keeps on giving — after the festivities have come and gone, rock it with black ankle boots, a next-level ponytail and a faux fur bomber for a killer off-duty look.


Popeyes Louisiana Chicken, also known as Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits or Popeyes Chicken & Seafood, is a fast food restaurant known mostly referred to as simply Popeyes, that focuses on serving quality and good priced fried chicken. The company was started by Al Copeland in 1972 and through franchising growth eventually traded hands until 1993, when the Atlanta-based AFC (America's Favorite Chicken) Company acquired Popeyes Chicken and still retains it.
Popeyes is the second largest fast food chicken chain. Popeyes claims a New Orleans style menu highlighting spicy chicken, fried seafood including shrimp, red beans and rice, Cajun fries, Cajun rice, and other items identified with the New Orleans region. In 2008, Popeyes had 1922 in 22 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and 25 other countries. The restaurants are mainly located in the south in states such as Texas, California, Louisiana, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Virginia, and Mississippi. Most of the approximately thirty company-owned restaurants are located in Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
Popeye's Chicken is different, which is why it has so many fans. It did not start out shaking up the chicken business. Originally, it was Chicken on the Run, a baby step into the quick food industry. But owner, Al Copeland, soon realized he would need to spice up the chicken in order to spice up his business. So he tapped into the local flavor of New Orleans and started serving Cajun fried chicken. He changed the name to Popeye's, spiced up the menu and ten years later had 500 restaurants around the United States. Shortly after that milestone, Popeye's began going global in Toronto and still continues to expand. This demand for their food and service is highlighted in winning nationwide taste tests against Church's and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Of course, it is not just chicken that has customers coming back for more. Popeye's continues to give their customers more choice, but always with the same intense flavor.
What started out as a menu of Cajun fried chicken, has turned into a menu with something for everyone. The choices have expanded to include fried chicken, chicken tenders, and fried chicken sandwiches. Unlike other chicken fast food places, Popeye's added shrimp and catfish. The menu further expanded to include over-rice dishes. It is rounded out by red beans and rice, Cajun rice, mashed potatoes, and Cajun french fries. Popeye's broadened the menu without ever letting go of their roots.
In addition to giving the public something different in the world of fast food, Popeye's gives them something different during the holidays. They celebrate Mardi Gras, making it fun, whether you live in Louisiana or Iowa. They also expanded their menu during the Lenten Season to include butterfly shrimp. And Popeye's offers Cajun fried turkeys during Thanksgiving. There is always an opportunity to spice up the traditional with Popeye's Chicken.
Popeye's Chicken has continued to shine in the fried chicken industry. They have often beat out other restaurants in taste tests. They have also been named Best Friend Chicken in Dallas, Atlanta and New Orleans, an amazing feat. More than their award winning food, Popeye's is known for its award winning service. They have racked up multiple awards for their customer service. Good food and good service is a winning combination.
One of the best qualities about Popeye's Chicken is the connection it seems to have with the people. It meets their needs on the menu, with their service and with the extras during the holidays. Their affordable pricing is also what keeps customers coming back. Popeye's has good food for very reasonable prices. They also continue to offer specials and coupons. They use the weekly fliers found in every mailbox to share great deals with everyone. They also have Bonafide Krewe, a online club you can join that keeps you connected with special offers. Just searching their website for a location near you will bring you a coupon offer that will help you feed the family.
Popeye's Chicken is known worldwide for the something different they bring to the table. This is not your everyday chicken. It is the something spicy you have been missing. The bonus of coupons and special offers make the already good food and excellent service even better.
Popeyes has a membership called the Bonafide Krewe. The name krewe comes from the name for a group of people on a Mardi Gras float. When you have joined the Popeyes Bonafide Krewe, you receive special offers either through e-mail or through text messages. Competitions are run through the Bonafide Krewe as well, the last one being a photo contest with a trip for two to Mardi Gras in New Orleans as the prize. On the Popeyes website you can also get coupons to individual locations by searching for the location nearest you and then clicking view coupon. Coupons are printable or e-mail-able. The coupons vary by location, and range from dollars off of meals, to meals at a special price.
Also look for Popeyes coupons in the circulars that come in the mail. Many meal deals and dollar off coupons come with the weekly circulars. You are particularly likely to get the Popeyes Chicken coupons if you live near to a Popeyes Chicken restaurant. Also look to couponpages.com to find nationwide coupons for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits. Another good website is 8coupons.com where you can find deals such as a free 8pc Box chicken or a buy one, get second box of 8 piece chicken free. Valpak also often carries Popeyes Chicken coupons. As most of the restaurants are franchised, pay attention to the local newspapers for deals at your local restaurants. In addition, many of the franchises have their own websites, which is a good place to begin looking for savings.


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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.
With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.
The Data Platform Team within FHCC's Information Technology Department is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting FHCC data systems and integration for both operational and analytical purposes.Under the guidance of the Data Engineer Manager, the Data Engineer (Data Engineer III) is responsible for the development and implementation of scalable, stable, and secure solutions for data acquisition, data distribution, and workflow orchestration in FHCC's data warehouse. The role will also be responsible for leading the Data Engineering function in the maintenance and optimization of existing data pipelines from a wide variety of internal and external data sources, including partner data warehouses and repositories. They will work closely with team members, end users, and other stakeholders to provide solutions that support and empower internal business partners and drive enterprise analytics and data science objectives.Successful candidates will have strong engineering, communication, and expert level knowledge in on-prem SQL Server data systems. Familiarity with common cloud data tools, best practices and migration strategies is a plus as well as agile developmentmethodologies.
Design, implement and support ETL/ELT processes sourcing data from various internal applications and external data repositories including our partner EPIC EMR implementations
Monitor and maintain build and release pipelines in Azure Devops using continuous development best practices
Develop and support data infrastructure primarily built with Microsoft technologies
Partner with Test Engineer to target areas of the warehouse and associated processes where testing infrastructure improvements are needed
Foster a collaborative environment with those on the Data Platform team and larger IT department and Business partners
Work with Data Engineers, and systems and business analysts to support and empower technical and non-technical internal stakeholders in their analytics and reporting requirements
Communicate and resolve issues and questions during development, testing, and release of new code
Foster a collaborative environment
Excellent knowledge and experience developing, performance tuning, and supporting on-prem data engineering systems using Microsoft SQL Server
Excellent knowledge of ETL tools and various data processing techniques and best practices
Expert in database architecture and design, performance tuning, coding, and administration
Experience with complex relational data models and very large data sets
Excellent knowledge of data warehousing design and concepts
Experience in dealing with large and complex data sets and performance tuning
Strong verbal/written communication skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with the business: technical and non-technical teams.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and to adapt to new and changing technologies
Ability to manage business expectations and deliver customer-focused solutions
Strong analytical and organizational skills and an ability to multi-task
Ability to work independently and to adapt to new and changing technologies
Ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing
B.Sc or M.Sc degree in quantitative field (Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, etc.), or equivalent training or professional experience
Prior experience in scripting languages (Powershell, Python, or similar)
Prior experience in AWS or Azure cloud data tools/technologies
Experience leading Data Engineering teams
Experience with Cerner and/or Epic healthcare systems
Familiarity with healthcare financial and/or clinical data
Familiarity with HIPAA regulations and data warehousing security best practices
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, and there are no exceptions for any employee who is patient-facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center facilities. Exceptions exist only for employees whose positions are fully remote, with no required access to campus. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees requiring access to campus must provide proof of vaccination before their first day of employment.
A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.
The annual base salary range for this position is from $117,336.00 to $185,466.00 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (up to 13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 12 months for professor track faculty, up to 6 months for other scientific staff).
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to our Employee Services Center at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700.
About Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, teams of world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Researchers are discovering new ways to detect cancers earlier, improve treatments, and learn how to prevent cancers from growing. Although Fred Hutchinson opened its doors in 1975, its history began about 20 years before that. In 1962 Fred Hutchinson envisioned a center devoted to studying cancer, a disease that took his brother's life. Today Fred Hutchinson is contributing to the next waves of breakthrough treatments and prevention strategies. Fred Hutchinson collaborates with the Seattle Cancer Alliance, the National Cancer Institute, and the University of Washington.
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William Neizer Laing (3 January 1929 – 19 January 1997) was a Ghanaian athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Tariff Number Changes, Other Steps Expected This Year to Help Combat Seafood Fraud: International Trade Law Firm | Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.
The Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud released March 15 an action plan that articulates the steps federal agencies will take domestically and internationally to implement the recommendations the task force made in December 2014. This plan includes the following elements.


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neurosciences. Through our extensive research and many clinical trials, it is our goal to improve the treatment and post-operative care of patients so that they can return to a normal life as quickly as possible.
The current research activities of the Newro Foundation are wide-ranging. As well as monitoring our treatment outcomes in our current clinical practice, they are also involved in research in many areas of neurosurgical practice.
Our current interests include advances in the treatment of brain tumours, surgical treatment of movement disorders, treatment of spinal conditions including complex spinal surgery and minimal access spinal/keyhole surgery, as well as skull base conditions such as pituitary tumours and acoustic neuromas.
Please visit the Newro Foundation website for more details.
In 2002, Dr Geoff Askin founded the Paediatric Spine Research Group in conjunction with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at QUT. Now named the Biomechanics and Spine Research Group, this group has been active over the years in the area of both basic and clinical research related to the spine with 101 (internationally peer reviewed) medical journal papers and 10 book chapters having been published.
Dr Terry Coyne is on the advisory board for and leads the clinical team at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (ACPN) along with Prof Peter Silburn. Together they are performing important research into Deep Brain Stimulation treatment options.


Happy St. Patricks Day! If you are magically delicious then this is the perfect hoodie for you! Do people think that you are better than any gold at the end of the rainbow? Do you have the luck o' the Irish? Do people sometimes think you resemble a leprechaun? Then this st patricks day hoodie is perfect for you! Keem warm and cozy this St Paddy's day whether outside at a parade or inside of a bar. Once March 17th is over, wear this awesome hoodie all year long to show off your good sense of humor and love for all things Ireland.