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PSA: Never draw from all three cigarette lighters -- only use the front and back simultaneously -- using all three could trip the circuit breaker

• I'm going to show you how to hook up a pure sine wave inverter, or two, to your Volt. You can get up to 480 watts AC for when your power goes out at home. The first thing you want to do is shut all the accessories off in the car. • You want to keep the Volt powered on but with the accessories off. There are 3 12volt outlets in the Volt. One in the front, one under your arm and one in the back. They run on two circuits. You can put up to a 240 watt AC inverter into 2 of the 3 outlets. Check with your Volt advisor to verify which of 3 12volt outlets to use so you don't trip the outlet with the shared circuit. • I'm showing one 180 watt pure sine wave inverter. With the Volt on and the accessories off, you want to leave the window open. You plug the inverter in the outlet and I usually put it on the floor. You attach the cord through the window and close the door so the interior lights don't stay on. The inverter fan will start once a load is put on it. The engine will come on for 10 minutes each hour as you are drawing power from the Volt battery. • Some people connect to the huge battery connection in the back of the Volt but I don't play around with that, I don't even know if that voids the warranty. Using the cigarette outlets doesn't void the warranty. You can hook up two inverters and bring over 400 ac watts into your home to power your modem, your router, laptop computer and a small TV. I charge a large battery so I can back charge my pellet stove.

This was an exparament to see how quickly the on board generator on the Chevy Volt will recharge the battery. Say what you say, the volt doesn't recharge it's own battery. Well it can, to 40% to be exact, and in the name of science, I am going to prove it. There is no reason to ever do this, as it would cost much more to charge the battery this way, but if the computer would allow it, the on board generator could bring the car to a full charge in 40 minutes. A 10 minute run used 1 liter of gas, as provided 10 miles (16KM) of electric range. There for a 40 minute run should provide a full charge, but as expected, the engine only charged the battery to the 14-15 mile range, as it shut down at exactly 15 minutes. Now all they need is a DC "output" port so volt drivers could provie a mobile charge solution to those less fortunate drivers that run their Leafs flat on the freeway!

Talk about gorgeous designs..... 

If your bitcoin support group meetings are light on attendees, get yourself to the former Soviet republic. Georgia's "betting its economy on luring blockchain technology," according to the NYT, with an estimated 200,000 people having set up mining computers in basements or garages. Cryptocurrency mining likely accounts for 10-15% of Georgia's total electricity demand.

The tiny island kingdom in the South Pacific (pop. ~100,000) could go without Facebook, YouTube, and other sites for weeks. Not because it's doing a social media cleanse, but because Tonga is suffering a near-total blackout of internet services after an undersea cable was damaged. For a country that depends on web access for supplies and tourism, this amounts to a "national crisis," said one news editor.

Can you drop us off at the WeWork at 85 Broad Street in the Financial District?

Thanks to Boeing's (+0.20%) up-and-coming autonomous air taxi, hopping into a drone/cab/helicopter hybrid to get to work might not be a fantasy...especially now that Boeing's prototype for its driverless aircraft completed its first test flight this week.

Here's what yellow cabs' next existential threat could look like:

Via Boeing

Maybe not as frightening as an Uber...well, until you consider that Boeing's linked up with Uber to map out a plan for a potential "Uber Air" launch by 2023.

The skies will be crowded with competitors

Fellow aerospace incumbents (i.e. Airbus and Textron subsidiary Bell) and tech firms like Intel are all trying to revolutionize the way you commute in the future. Don't worry, we've configured the Brew to load in any atmospheric layer.

But expect turbulence. Air taxis use complicated software that'll require plenty of sign-off from safety officials before it can be implemented in any meaningful way. Per the WSJ, getting that approval could take years.

https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/ground-control-to-major-tom/

The partial government shutdown is on its 34th day now, and we're closer to MLB spring training than the date this stalemate started. 

Here are two developments we're watching:

1. No growth sir! The Trump administration's top economist told CNN that the U.S. economy might see "zero" growth in the first quarter if the shutdown continues through March (but if the government reopens, Q2 growth could be "humongous").

• S&P Global estimates the shutdown will cost the U.S. economy more than $5.7 billion by this Friday, which is the amount President Trump has requested for the border wall.

2. When the going gets tough, the tough get gigging: Federal employees and contractors affected by the shutdown have turned to side hustles to get through these rough times, the NYT explains. They've taken jobs as substitute teachers, yoga instructors, delivery drivers, and more...but it's tough to get hired when an employer knows you're not in it for the long haul.

• Speaking in Davos to CNBC, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi acknowledged the company's seen more drivers in the nation's capital. "We're hoping that this ends," he added.

Wow!!

@Randy Lee Manning  That is a dream of mine as well...

The avionics do look similar to the Dreamliner... I'm referring to the "visor" the pilot can "see through" 

@Randy Lee Manning I assume they are using the newer avionics seen on the Dreamliner?

Do you know what tetraphobia means? It means ‘fear of four’ in Greek: a combination of the Greek words tetra (the number 4) and phobia (fear). You might be shocked to find that tetraphobia is fairly common throughout the many Asian countries such as, China Japan, and Korea.

As some believe the number 13 has the unlucky connotation in the western cultures, many have 미신 (superstitions) about the number 4 in 한국 (South Korea).

• 4자 기피  [sa-jja-gi-pi]  –  tetraphobia: fear of the number four
• 13 층  [sip-sam-cheung] – 13^th floor
• 호텔 엘리베이터  [ho-tel-el-li-be-ee-tuh] –  hotel elevator
• 12층  [sip-ee-cheung]  –   12^th floor
• 14 층  [sip-sa-cheung]  – 14^th floor
• 미신 [mi-shin]  – superstition
• 한국  [han-gook]  – South Korea

Why do Korean people have  4자 기피 (tetraphobia)

As I mentioned in the beginning of this post, many Asian countries, including South Korea, consider the number 4 as unlucky. The reason for  4자 기피 (tetraphobia) is because ‘사 (the number 4 in Sino-Korean)’ and the Sino-Korean word for ‘사 (death)’ are homophones.

• 사 [sa] – ‘the number 4’ in Sino-Korean
• 사 [sa] –  Sino-Korean word for ‘death’

Whether you are living or traveling in South Korea, you will notice 4자 기피 (tetraphobia) is permeated in many dimensions of the South Korean culture. Especially many elevators in the South Korean 병원 (hospitals) do not have the 4^th floor; or the English letter ‘F’ represents the 4^th floor in the buildings. People also avoid giving four blocks of  gifts for celebratory occasions, such as  결혼 (weddings), 생일 (birthdays), and 집들이 (housewarmings) 파티 (parties). I remember how shocked my Korean friend was when she saw a license plate number with 4444 in the U.S.

• 병원  [byeong-won] – hospital
• 결혼  [gyeol-hon]  – wedding
• 생일  [sang-il]  – birthday
• 집들이  [jip-deul-ee]– housewarming
• 파티  [pa-tee] – party

The reason for Korean people’s  4자 기피 (tetraphobia) might sound irrational to your ears, however, it will be helpful for you to understand why there are no 4^th floors in certain buildings in South Korea, and why people avoid giving gifts in a group of fours in many occasions. Since many Korean people consider the number 4  is associated with misfortunes or death, understanding this aspect of the Korean culture might help you to avoid possible cultural sensitivity.

감사합니다! 

Doug Stone at CMA Music Festival, June 2010

"In a Different Light" (sometimes shortened to "Different Light") is a song written by Bob McDill, Dickey Lee and Bucky Jones, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth and final single from his self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming his first number one hit.

The song is about a male office worker who has a fantasy-come-true about one of his female co-workers, who -- despite her apparent youthful appearance -- is always bespectacled, her hair in a bun and conservatively dressed in business attire. The protagonist takes note of his male co-workers' lack of interest in the woman, while not letting on (to them) about his social encounters with the woman.

It is during these encounters that the protagonist reveals that "I see you (the co-worker) in a different light," remarking that he had seen the woman with her hair worn long and with "love in [her] eyes," revealing her physical beauty to him.

Every morning I watch you walk into the office, you're business suit and matching shoes

With your hair put up neatly, you tug at your glasses and you sit down, just three desks down.

I watch you in the flourescent glare, and my mind drifts away somewhere

And I see you in a different light, your hair falling down with love in your eyes

In my mind, you're a beautiful sight, I see you in a different light,

Just the way I saw you last night.

There's girls at the office, the guys always notice when they walk by, but you're not the type.

They don't know what I know, while some things just don't show in tailored tweeds, that's fine with me.

Let them all think what they want to, as for me when I look at you

I see you in a different light, your hair falling down with love in your eyes.

In my mind, you're a beautiful sight, I see you in a different light

Just the way I saw you last night.

Baby it's you in a different light, your hair falling down with love in your eyes.

In my mind, you're a beautiful sight, I see you in a different light.

Just the way I saw you last night.

Nutritionists also called for a balanced diet, food pyramid etc decades ago...

How did that work out?

There must be a great behind the scenes story to this stunt....

Sarah Huckabee Says The Buzzfeed Story Is "Categorically False!

En que pais esta sucediendo esto?

something doesn’t “feel” right about this. 🙂