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Charlotte native

Matt Kokenes is

no stranger to the

media-sales business

in the Queen City.

He has been selling

both print and

television for almost

seven years. Through

perseverance and

intestinal fortitude,

Matt has shown he

has the toughness

to succeed in this

business and wasrecently promoted

to Ad Director for

the magazine. Shake

Matts hand if you see

himhe deserves it,

plus he looks much

better in person.

Originally from At-

lanta, Joey has made

Charlotte his home

for six years now.

With his hood roots

and current Uptown

lifestyle, he can relate

to just about every-

one. Fashion comes

with style and is tied

to hair: everything

has to come together.

At Uptown Magazine

Joey gets to combine

all of this into one funpackage and strives

to bring you some-

thing fresh, fun, and

inspiring. You can find

Joey and his constant

companion, Bamboo,

at J Studio in South

End.

Ryan Sumner is

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and Owner of Fenix

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dedicated to creating

compelling and artful

images for corporate,

advertising, fashion,

and weddings. The

studio also offers on

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Ryan photographed

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Responding to

whatever makes

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newest addition to

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In Charlotte media

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feeding her passion

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your business grow

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Originally from

NY, Alessandra

Salvatore has called

Uptown Charlotte

home for a year

now. An avid writer

of articles, reviews

and screenplays,

Alessandras other

addictions include

interior decorating,

red wine, and

swappingshe

recently created

SwapSassy.com,a website where

fashionistas can swap

clothing. When not

scoping the Charlotte

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her at home in the

company of her

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her fat cat, Marcus.


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Chris Wooten is

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Freelance writer

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his childhood and

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I never knew this before, but a pregnancy doesnt really

last nine months. Instead, its 40 weeks of morning

sickness, fatigue, and amazing weight gain. I like to

refer to it as OUR pregnancy. Sure, I didnt carry the

babyI just carried the crackers to temper the nausea

and tried to keep the house running while Julie, my

wife, made a baby.

On May 2, about 38 weeks into our 40, Julie

started having contractions that grew more and more

regular throughout the day, and by about 2 oclock that

afternoon we called the doctors office. They told us to

come in, and Julie was examined. It was decided that

our baby would greet the world that very afternoon.

Julie was to get a C section, so all the necessary

experts were called in. They walked us through what

would happen, and begun preparations. Julie was

whisked away into the operating room and because

I wanted to watch the operation I was given a surgi-cal beret for my bald head and a clean suit to put on.

I looked ridiculous and was having a great time, so I

snapped a couple self portraits from my phone and

quickly emailed them to a group of friends.

Fifteen minutes later: the time had arrived. Our

nurse said Julie was ready. With wobbly legs I fol-

lowed the nurse into the operating room, where I was

surprised to see Julie relaxed and smiling even as,

behind a blue curtain, the surgical team had opened a

foot-wide hole in her belly. Cool, things were going well.

About ten minutes later, and after very little

drama, Anna Victoria Trimakas greeted the world withan ear-piercing scream. When I say she was purple, I

dont mean a tinge or a slight hue, I mean Willy Wonka

blueberry. I was concerned, but the nurses all said that

it was normal, and Anna quickly turned a rosy pink.

Because our fist baby might as well be a mini-me,

Julie turns to me and asks who Anna looks like? I look

at Anna and cant really tell. With a mohawk of dark

hair and a dark complexion, my initial impression was

that she didnt look like either of us. I was still en-

thralled by the surgery, and once Anna was breathing

fine, my attention turned back to the doctors who were

closing up Julie.

A moment later a nurse pulled me aside: Anna

has signs of trisomy 21.

Our genetic tests had been 28 weeks earlier, and

I really couldnt remember what that meant. My initial

reaction was to do nothing. A couple minutes later, the

nurse told me again, I think she has signs of trisomy

21. At that point, I asked what that meant, and she

lets me know that she thinks my brand new baby,

Anna Victoria, more than likely has Down syndrome.

With those words, a massive fissure opened in my

heart. Im pretty sure I went into shock and could not

contain the tears that streamed down my face. I wish I

was just heartbroken, but I think its more like heart-pulverized or heart-vaporized. And for the next twelve

days, while Julie took care of Anna in the intensive

care unit, I cried.

Now, a couple weeks later, Anna is home, Julie is

home, and Kate, our two-year-old, cannot contain the

love she feels for her new baby sister, who is, in Kates

words, my baby.

After too many times walking around the

Harris Teeter crying while picking up dinner, Ive

finally stopped. Ive also come to realize that Anna is

my baby too, and that even though this is not the

adventure I would have chosen, its an adventure

nonethelessand I will not be the guy lagging behindthe group. So last night, while Anna was enjoying her

11 p.m. snack and we watched the Magic and Cavaliers

game together, I promised her that I wont cry again

until she, Kate, and I get out together in our whitewater

kayaks and enjoy our first day of paddling together. Ill

be sure to take plenty of pictures on my phone to send

to our friends.

~Todd Trimakas

Publisher / Editor

[email protected]


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My mother thinks Im crazy. So

much so that she now cant

stand when my newly engaged

sister and I talk, for fear that I am

negatively influencing her. And all I did was

get married.

Well, to be more truthful, I should say that all

I did was have a wedding. A big fat wedding,with all the fanciness one could imagine. A

cocktail hour involving a sushi station and a

vodka slide. A Viennese hour that would rival

a carnival. A bridal party the size of a football

team. I realized how unnecessary most of it

was. But I was unsuspectingly sucked into the

wedding machine propelled by society.

Big Wedding, Big Problems

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My sister is now contemplating (gasp!) quietly sidestepping the

elaborate celebration for a smaller, more intimate party. When

she first got engaged, she started planning a typical wedding.

But then the opinions crept in. There was my mother: If you

have Clarice in your wedding then you must have Jennifer too.

His mother: My cousin does flowers and shes chosen your

centerpieces. Aunt Martha: You cannot have purple dresses in

October! And the postman: Dont seat me in the nosebleeds! M

sister has become completely turned off by all the petty details

involved, and she and her fianc cant justify the price tag. They

have also realized that the ones who are helping her fund

the event, (my parents and her fiancs), are slowly

leaking their own agenda.

In all fairness, my sister understands that

planning a wedding requires cooperating with

the parties who are contributing financially.

Mom and Dad, the new in-laws, Uncle Johnny

and Aunt Robert, whoever, there needs to be

some compromise. But all too often, this is the

scenario: Big checks are written. Expectations

are suggested (read: shoved down your

throat). Your fantasy wedding becomes a

squashed memory, like a wedding cake

thats been dropped on the floor. Details an

decisions swirl around you like a tornado,

and suddenly, you are getting used

to hearing: You know, unfortunately,

weddings arent really for the bride

and the groom. No wonder my sister is

reconsidering. I encourage her to look into

other options. But now I am messing with

the natural course. To my mother, I have

become The Enemy, a bug that must be

squashed.

My mother loves throwing an

elaborate soiree, and what better reason throw one other than the wedding of her

daughter? At my mothers wedding, there

were over 400 guests. She had two bands:

a standard band and an Italian band. There

was a rolling bar for every two tables, stocke

with top-shelf liquor. These were the days

where big weddings were glamorous, when people

stayed drinking and dancing until 4 a.m. in smoke-filled

rooms. Honeymoon vacations lasted for weeks, and when a

You know, unfortunately,

weddings arent really for

the bride and the groom.


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was said and done you had a down payment for your first house

and money to bank. My mothers wedding cost $7.50 per person.

Brides-to-be, I will wait while you regain consciousness. This price

included her cocktail hour, a seven course meal, and a loaded

Viennese hour. Things were clearly different then. It is inevitable

that times change. But is it me, or has the wedding industry (as

well as certain bridezillas that fuel it) taken

things a bit too far? How much stuff do w

really need to say I do?

Apparently, a lot. Weddings have

become streamlined and commercialized,

and all the products on the market can maka girls head spin. Have you ever been to a

bridal show? Its a friggin circus. Picture

every stereotypical sales character coming

at you from every which way, trying to sell

you things. Put this ultra deluxe special

hand mixer-slash-nose-hair-remover on

your registry! Drink this to lose 45 pounds

in time for the big day! Open wide for a

wedding cake trial! And it doesnt stop at

the bride, as any good bridesmaid or maid

of honor has learned. If I see one more

bachelorette running around a crowded

bar, slurping out of a blinking penis straw,

carrying other disposable, made-in-China

products, and wearing a t-shirt on that reads: Final fling before th

ring! I may go insane.

Todays posh reception halls cost upwards of $120 per gues

and if you are in the market for a prime location on a Saturday

night, get ready to shell out anywhere from $150 to $200, soup

to nuts. And you havent even looked at dresses, photographers,

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flowers or entertainment yet. Todays bride is taken advantage

of and over-marketed to, and everyones got an opinion for her

whether she asks for it or not. What do you mean you dont want

matchbooks with your names on them? How will you serve drinks

without monogrammed napkins? Youre telling me you havent

gotten laser hair removal yet?

Planning a wedding has become a full-time, exhausting

job for most brides. Many stay engaged for two years or more

before their wedding, so they can put themselves on an affordable

payment plan and avoid drowning in debt. Throw in unreliable

vendors, outrageous dress prices, and bridesmaids who have

announced they will be eight months pregnant at the time of

your wedding (how dare they!), and youve got yourself a burnt-

out bride-to-be. And we live in a culture where this is not only

accepted, but expected.

But with recent brides Ive encountered, especially in

Charlotte, a strange trend is emerging. They are opting out.

Whether its due to a strict budget or just a different outlook, these

girls have a new mantra: less is more. They are realizing that

details and drama mean about as much as the bubbles blown

outside the ceremony; they are present for a moment, transparent,

and just as quickly they vanish into thin air and are forgotten.

A wedding is a celebration of the love of two individualsnot a

marketing machine with the product being you and your new

spouse.

Back to my sisters wedding. My mother is encouraging

her to enlist several cousins, in-laws, and friends to be a part of her

bridal party. My sister wants nothing to do with it. She wants to

have myself as her maid of honor, and her fiancs brother as best

man. She feels it will be more special that way. The hard and fast

fact is that most girls (other than the maid of honor, lets hope) aresecretly wishing you wont ask them to be a bridesmaid. Theyd

rather be there for you in other ways, comfortably wearing their

own dresses and wishing you well on your special day. Brides,

when was the last time you heard someone say: Wow! Im so

excited to be in [any bride]s wedding! I cant wait to spend too

much money on that cheaply made dress that I most certainly will

wear again! (Gush) I just cant wait to plan the shower! Is this hard

to swallow? Think about it: when was the last time you said that?

The moral of the story is this: if you truly want the big

wedding and have been planning it most of your life, I suggest you

go for it. But keep your feet on the ground. Ask yourself whether or

not diamond encrusted champagne flutes are crucial to you and

your grooms future as husband and wife. And dont do anythingfor anyone else, no matter who is footing the bill. Because when

it comes to wedding planning, no matter what you do you will

be complained about or preached to by at least one guest there.

So you may as well do what it is that you have always dreamed

of, with no regrets in the end. Just please, I beg you, forego the

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W

ith Al Gores

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Truth, the dangers

of greenhouse gases and pollutants

produced by electricity generation were

brought to the fore for many Americans.

A deep, nagging sense of urgency began

to gnaw at those who didnt care much

for conservation and environmentalism.

In response, many people have started to

look for environmentally safe options for

the generation of electricity. Unfortunately,

none of these options is quite the perfect

solution. In fact, many green options are

flawed and none of them is capable of

providing all of the sustainable energy that

wed like. Some are preferable to others, of

course. The worst of the bunch may be so-

called clean coal.

Coal-burning power plants provide

nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the

United States. These plants are also the

leading contributor of greenhouse-gas

emissions, specifically the huge amounts

of CO2

they spew each year into the

atmosphere. The massive coal companies

behind this pollution have long shown

a history of indifference toward the

environmental implications of coal burning

plants, despite the federal Clean Air Act

(CAA) of 1970, which was adopted to

change all that.

According to the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA), the CAA

resulted in a major shift in the federal

governments role in air pollution

control. This legislation authorized the

development of comprehensive federal and

state regulations to limit emissions from

both stationary (industrial) sources and

mobile sources. The EPA was tasked with

regulating this new initiative.So what went wrong? Why arent

our coal plants blowing out puffs of rose-

scented hydrogen gas? Well, when Ronald

Reagan became President, he didnt just

rip former-President Jimmy Carters solar

panels off the roof of the White House.

He also created amendments to the CAA

allowing industries with older coal-burning

plants to duck the requirements for

lowered emissions and the installation of

scrubbers that would lower the amount

of pollution being released into the

atmosphere. The Reagan Administration

gave the coal industry a free pass, a free

pass it enjoys to this day, in that coal plants

that were built in the 1960s still operate

producing the same emissions without

any upgrades, because upgrades would

void the protections they have from the

expensive installation of scrubbers and

other pollution-control equipment.

In essence, to create a cleaner coal,

all the coal industry would have to do is

upgrade or shut down these particular

plants, reducing emissions but still not

drastically changing the current carbon

footprint.

Instead of making this change,

Big Coal, in conjunction with George W.

Bushs Department of Energy, has created

a distraction, the charming FutureGen

project. Touted to contain 90 percent of

contaminants generated by a coal-fueled

power plant, this project is a financial

disaster of epic proportions. The plants

depend in part on gasification technology,

wherein CO2and other contaminants

are separated out and pumped into

underground storage. Proponents say

that eventually this could keep 100

percent of pollutants from leaking into the

atmosphere. Unfortunately, after decades

of work on this type of technology, only two

plants are operating, and while both limit

the release of sulphur and a variety of other

pollutants, neither is capable of containing

CO2, the biggest threat to our environment.

In early 2008, the Department of Energy

pulled the plug on a major FutureGen

project because of financial issues. In otherwords, coal is dirty power, and cleaning up

coal is an expensive process. For now, the

project continues with private funding.

Even if the FutureGen project works,

there are other environmental issues. Coal

is obtained through mining, much of it

strip mining. Over the past few years, more

than one million acres of hardwood forests

were destroyed in the pursuit of coal.

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Furthermore, there arent enough standards

in place to regulate possible leaks of

pollutants from the underground storage,

leaving Americans with the possibility of

massive pollution issues rising from our

very turf.

So what can we do? What are the

options for green power? Many would

point to solar, wind, and water power, but

each of these has its own flaws. Wind and

solar power are environmentally friendly,

but expensive to institute. Turbines used

in wind power are in high demand right

now and sometimes difficult and expensive

to procure. After the initial investment,

however, the energy is free, and it comes

from the earth and doesnt pollute. So why

not cover the Midwest in solar and wind

farms?

Wind power is friendly to the

environment, so every bit of electricity

we can generate with wind helps the

environment, states Rocky Sease, CEO

of SOS Intl, a Charlotte-based corporation

that provides consulting and training

services for power companies. From a

reliability standpoint the wind does not

always blow. If we need the electricity

from a wind turbine and the wind stops

blowing, we need to replace that electricity

[with something] from another source.

Because of this, every megawatt of wind

power must be duplicated by a more

reliable source. We have the same issue

with solar power, although the technology

for storing electricity is advancing. The

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sun stops shining, we have to be prepared

to generate that power somewhere else

unless someone is prepared to stop using

that electricity.

As a whole, Americans are not very

tolerant of the idea of a dayor even just

an hourwithout electricity. As much as

we love our earth, none of us can make

it through the workday or the primetime

cable hours without our humming

machines happily feeding off the body

electric.

Storage is one of the main issues

facing green power generation. Wind and

solar can generate large amounts of energy,

but so far we do not have successful means

of storing this power.

With todays technology, states

Sease, we dont have any way to store

significant amounts of excess energy.

Excess energy cannot be put in the power

grid. Electricity must be put into the grid

at the same rate it is being used. Putting

excess energy into the grid will cause

the grid to go down the same as too little

energy. Until we figure out how to store

electricity in quantities that are usable, we

cannot operate on green energy sources

alone.

Yet there is hope for green power

storage. Matt Sadinsky, president and CEOof PREP, a local company that trains power

industry professionals, states, We are just

beginning to see new research into storage,

hydrogen cells, using compressed air in

retired salt mines, experiments with algaeand biomass, tides, and many new ways

to generate and store power dynamically.

In more than a few ways, we are just at

the beginning of a whole new energy-

technology revolution.

But for now we still need affordable,

clean energy. And for that we might need

to look to the black sheep of the energy

industry. Nuclear power has been vilified

for decades, sold as dangerous and volatile,

a last-resort type of power. The waste that

pours out of nuclear plants is toxic and

must be carefully disposed of. Even worse,

its permanent. Why, then, would nuclear

be a good idea?

Chief Executive Jim Rogers of

Duke Energy stated to The Charlotte

Business Journal in 2007 that industry

research indicates the only way to get

carbon pollution down would be to build

the equivalent of thirty 2,200-megawatt

nuclear plants nationwide. Nuclear plants

reduce emissions and provide large

amounts of energy for a relatively smaller

environmental impact. Nuclear power also

creates jobs, a fear pushed by the coal

industrys arguments that shutdown of

plants and subsequent replacement by

solar and wind farms would incur a loss of

jobs worldwide. In fact, Toshiba America

Nuclear Energy is set to infuse the Queen

Citys economy with 194 new high-paying

nuclear jobs as they move their project

management and engineering center to

Charlotte.

But what about the danger? What if

there is an accident and Jack Bauer cant

figure out a solution in 24 hours? Yes, we

had accidents like Three Mile Island, states

Rocky Sease. Yes there was an accident atChernobyl. And no one can state that there

will never be another nuclear incident. But

we can put safety features in place so we

can operate nuclear facilities in a manner

that is not dangerous to people or theenvironment.

Since the issues at Chernobyl and

Three Mile Island, computer technology

has rapidly advanced. Todays computers

have the capability to interpret and fix

human error in operation. While this is not

a complete safeguard, the situation has

certainly changed since the nuclear scares

of the past.

America cannot wean itself of its coal dependency

immediately. While clean coal is a little more than wishful

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However, nuclear is not the shining

lime-green glowing light at the end of

the tunnel. There are still a lot of issues

with the waste generated. Disposing

of the spent fuel is still an issue, states

Sease. Figuring out where to store it is

still a challenge. Some efforts have been

made to reuse the waste, but it does not

significantly impact the amount of waste

generated. We need to continue research in

how to effectively recycle nuclear waste.

The answer to the problem of

economical and environmentally friendly

power is not a simple, straightforward

one. There is no absolute. Instead, it is

a combination answer, a blending of all

the imperfects until the research and

development can catch up with the needs

and demands. As Sease notes, I dont

see any way of doing one or the other.

Today, green energy sources alone cannot

generate as much energy our society

requires. We need to embrace all sources

of electricity, increasing the percentage of

green energy as we go.

America cannot wean itself of its coal

dependency immediately. While clean coal

is a little more than wishful thinking, we

are not willing to start paying hundreds of

extra dollars in electric bills to obliterate

coal use. Neither are we willing to suffer

rolling blackouts when the demand

outweighs the supply available. A bargain

will have to be struck with the power

sources, and a balance managed.

With the current push for green

power and conservation, states Sadinsky,

we are going to see three major trends.

First, we are already seeing conservation

and we will start using less electricity

and become more efficient in how we

use it. Second, there will be a premium on

the cheapest, cleanest power, which will

likely be nuclear. Finally, we will continueto explore how to best store and manage

power generated from water, wind, and

solar power.

By blending our current options

and optimizing power use, we might be

able to create a temporary solution for our

energy crisis and its path of environmental

destruction. Coal isnt clean, but green

power cant sustain right now. Pointing

fingers at one industry without a viable

solution is as useful as claiming we should

be able to fly and jumping off a cliff with

no parachute. We cant afford to buy into

the clean coal propaganda, but neither can

we feed off of the myths of solar, wind, and

waterpower.

As individuals we can replace our

bulbs with energy savers, wash our clothes

in cold water, shorten our showers, turn

off our lights, find ways to reduce waste.

But even more importantly is to hold Big

Coal accountable, to become educated

and active with Department of Energy

initiatives, be aware of the projects being

put into place. We need to encourage our

government to be more active in finding

solutions.

President Barack Obama, back

during his election campaign, showed

support for SmartGrid technology. In

short, the SmartGrid will transfer energy

more efficiently, using computational

technology to conserve energy and balance

transmission of power, requiring less

power to be generated. Simply put, the

SmartGrid will catch the drippings off our

energy turkey and make us some gravy.

More gravy, in this case, means less turkey

needed. Changes such as the SmartGrid

are necessary in order to reduce our carbon

footprints and save our earth from the

onslaught of CO2. So is pushing for further

research into cleaner energy sources, better

energy storage, and the passing of laws

to restrict emissions. We cant just reduce

the amount we drive, we have to learn

to put our votes towards the responsible

decision-makers who will safeguard the

environment and not crash the system,

which isnt always the Green Party.

Rocky Sease is optimistic about the

energy situation, Green energy is the right

thing to do but there is a cost to doing it.We need to understand the costs as well as

the benefits of pursuing it. Development

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The landfill reveals itself slowly.

Our truck winds through a tire-worn path of beige mud,

ascending this dreary mountain with a 10.7 ton payload of the citys

refuse. Behind hills of drab dirt, we reach the unloading zone.

The truck turns around and backs up until it settles into the tire

impressions of who-knows-how-many trucks that have alreadybeen here today. The tailgate opens. Out pours a thick paste of dark

sludge, punctuated by flashes of brightly colored packaging that

become unrecognizable en masse.

Im sitting in the passenger seat of Jimmie Gaddys

automated collection truck, idling as more garbage than I can

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L

ess than a mile away a shirtless man in

faded shorts has stepped out of his RV.

As we drive by on the way to the dump, I

assume hes a NASCAR diehard arrived

two weeks early for the Coca-Cola 600. I

assume he has no idea how close he is tothe burial ground of Charlottes trash. His

isnt the only RV camped out on the grass

lot across from the racetrackthe one the BFI Charlotte Motor

Speedway Landfill is named after.

I ask Jimmie, who, at 51, has been driving a collections

truck for the past 18 years, how long the landfill has been where it

is. He doesnt know. Hes lived in Charlotte his whole life.

As it turns out, the landfill opened May 6, 1992. Granted, the

landfill isnt exactly a tourist destination, but its a place that holds

pieces of all of us. And Id wager most people havent a clue where

it might be, or how long its been there.

When you get to the unloading zone, where the trucks line

up to empty themselves, and where bulldozers push the piles

together, you see plenty of trash, but not nearly as much as one

might expect. Mostly you see dirt; an endless vista of ugly, gray

dirt.

They cover it every day, Jimmie says, referring to the

garbage. By 5 oclock, everything is covered. Hell have to get his

second payload in before then, or start tomorrow with a trip to the

landfillat least 30 minutes drive from his route.

The N.C. Solid Waste Annual Report, published in January

by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural

Resources, states that for the fiscal year 2007-2008, 1.24 million

tons of trash found their way to the Charlotte Motor Speedway

Landfill. Thats about 186,000 tons less than the average tons peryear since the landfill opened.

Still, that means that in 2008, an average 4,769 tons of trash

reached this muddy monolith every weekday, and each day the

new accumulation was covered with more dirt. I ask what will

become of the landfill when its filled. Jimmie says he thinks

they make golf courses, but hes not sure what the plan is here.

He finishes the apple pie he bought when we filled the trucks

massive diesel tank, then tosses the wrapper out the window.

Watching the city wake up

I rose before the sun on the day of my ride-along. I cant

remember the last time that happened. I made my way to the Solid

Waste Services base of operations on Otts Street, near Plaza-Midwood and not far from Uptownsoffices. There, orange-vested

city workers were arriving and spilling out of their cars to begin

their routes.

The earlier you get out, the earlier you can finish up, Im

told. You cant leave the lot until 6:15, but if you can get to your

truck and get ready to go, you can be among the first out of the

gates.

I meet Jimmie Gaddy a little after 6:30 a.m. We immediately

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and depart for South Charlotte. I comment that its interesting to

see the city wake up. He laughs at me.

The citys solid waste pickup crewsthe label applies

to garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk itemsonly cover

residential sites in North, East, and South Charlotte. The West side

is privatized, as is commercial waste.As we turn left from Providence Road onto Pineville-

Matthews Road, I spot a Republic Waste Services truck, filled with

trash from The Arboretum, heading for its next pickup.

Meanwhile, Jimmie tells me how people make his job

difficultnever complaining, mind you, but merely observing the

often humorous ways people take out the trash.

You look at it and think, Man, how did he get that in there?

he asks, chuckling.

Sure enough, in the approximately five hours before we

head to the landfill we see garbage cans overflowing with scrap

wood or patio furniture. One can is bursting with the tangled

limbs of a pink and yellow tent, left assembled, with poles poking

out like a bagpipe. Another can is adorned with a final trash bag,

sitting atop the closed lid.

Jimmie laughs again, and in one motion pops the parking

brake with a hiss, slides the door open and hops out to move the

bag inside the can. He laughs, but I can tell it frustrates him. Every

time he has to hop out for something like this it adds time to his

route. It just costs so much time, he laments, during the course

of a whole day, you know.

The former sous-chef got this job because it allows him to

spend more time at home with his wife than a restaurants all-

night every-night schedule. His time is invaluable.

Recycling bins placed within inches of the roll-out canisters

pose an added challenge as Jimmie operates the trucks robotic

arm. Loose trash is another culprit. The trash is supposed to be

in bags in the roll-out container, Jimmie says. You get that loose

trash in there, and the wind starts blowing when you dump it. It

just goes all over the street.

When it happens, its not unusual for Jimmie to slide out of

the truck and pick it up, even though its not his fault it spilled. Hesighs. I just hate to leave a place looking worse than it did when

I came.

A clean city

The whole truck shakes and wheezes. You cant hear much

of anything. It happens every few seconds. Jimmie Gaddys left

hand, punctuated by a thin ribbon of gold settled into the skin on

his fourth finger, flicks and pulls and pushes and twiddles the

joystick protruding from the trucks console.

Perhaps thats a silver lining. Or perhaps

it matters not a whit. There will still be

10.7 tons of garbage in the back of this

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When the robotic arm comes out, theres no way around

noticing it. You hear it over the hum of the engine sitting between

Jimmie and me. But mostly you feel it.

Down. Out. Grab. In. Up. Turn. Dump. Turn. Down. Out.

Release. In. Up.

I set the tip my pen on my notebook, and let the truck haveits say. It looks like the scribble of a gregarious toddler, jagged and

unpredictable in its herky-jerky movements.

Meanwhile, Jimmies eyes hold fast to the array of mirrors

at his disposal. His hand moves as if by instinct, with the same

fluidity a virtuosic musician brings to his instrument. I think to

myself, I bet he could win a lot of stuffed animals from that claw

game. He sings along, under his breath, to the quiet strains of

Elton John coming from K104.7, Charlottes one and only eco-

friendly station. The music is just audible above the thrumming

engine and the shots of compressed air that move the trucks arm.

When the trash falls into the hopper, Jimmie presses

a button and the compacter squeezes the trash into a tighter

mass, then scuttles it back into the trucks cargo bay. I watch the

crushing plane of metal move away, into the dark, then slide back.

When the truck nears capacity, the blade moves slower. It begins

to struggle against the weight behind it.

The truck holds between ten and eleven tons of garbage. On

a dry day. When it rains, you can always hold more, Jimmie says.

But theres a limit, legally, to how much a truck can hold

in one load. Drivers can be ticketed for operating an overloaded

truck, even though theres no way short of driving over a scale that

you can tell how much weight the truck is packing. No way other

than experience.

It only takes four neighborhoods worth of garbage before

the truck fills up. After the trip to the landfill, Jimmie will comeback to finish the job.

It always is a lot of trash, he says. It hardly fluctuates.

There might be more at Christmas (wrapping paper) or the

Fourth of July (cookout waste), but theres always work to be

done. Collecting trash is a fulltime job, eight or more hours a day,

five days a week. Jimmie says he hasnt seen a reduction in the

amount of trash, even as people go green. Recycling, though, has

increased.

Most everybody is recycling, he says. People are real

serious about their recycling.

Perhaps thats a si lver lining. Or perhaps it matters not a

whit. There will still be 10.7 tons of garbage in the back of this

single truck before noon.Im beginning to realize just what goes into keeping the city

tidied up. Ive certainly learned how to arrange my curb to be more

courteous to my garbage collectors. Jimmie says something early

on in our ride that seems to sum up why he does what he does,

and why what he does is so important.

Charlottes a good city, he says. Its a clean city.

We take care of it.

You can reach Bryan at [email protected]


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russell Jewett

My conversation with Russell Jewett,Ph.D., and subsequent two-hour tourof his brand new Sencera facility, inWest Charlotte, were disarminglyfunso much so that a couple

of times I had to force myself toremember the importance and valueof his creation. The guy has beenvisited by Beverly Perdue, Sue Myrick,and John Lassiter of late, and eventhough Sencera has yet to sell its firstsolar panel, his vision and ability havebeen backed to the tune of $18 millionby confident investors.


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had done my best to prepare for some

serious dialogue, furrowed brows, and lots of

haughty scientific jargon. But the 42-year-old

president and founder of Sencera had all of the

intimidating qualities of an enthusiastic college

buddy. He patiently (thankfully!) described

the complicated science of what he does in

terms that were easy for me to understand.

After making each of us a damn good cup of

coffee, the nuclear engineer and Silicon Valley

veteran jumped into the nuts and bolts of how

his company will succeed in the business

of designing, manufacturing, marketing,

and selling highly efficient and affordable

photovoltaic (a.k.a. solar) panels. These solar

panels are born in an industrial park off

Wilkinson Boulevard, here in Charlotte, and

offered for sale worldwide. The companys

signature productthe affordable Sencera

100 Solar Panelis designed to be both useful

and easy-to-obtain for everyone from single-family home-owners looking to juice the sun

to farmers who use large tracts of land to farm

and sell electricity, moving away from perhaps

less-promising crops such as, say, tobacco.

Rustys passion for solar technology

was contagious, and his eyes intense, as

conversation darted from his background

in nuclear physics to the critical decision,

made a couple of years ago, for his company

to shift concentration from developing

plasma technology to its sole current focus

on photovoltaic research and production.Senceras one purpose now is the developme

of solar panel technology.

Dr. Jewett seemed amused, though, as

I reminded him that this was more a human

interest story about him and less of a scientif

piece forPopular Mechanics.

What do want to know? He smiled.

Undergrad at Chapel Hill. Studied nuclear

physics at the University of New Mexico.

Married with three kids. My wifes from

Charlotte. He points behind his desk to

the photos of his family. And, believe it or

not, I wasnt always into science, either, he

recalled with a laugh. I tried to be a musician

when I was elevena singer. It didnt go so

well. It seems like I remember my attempt

as a vocalist being gently referred to as

enthusiastic.

Hes 16 days into the P90X, his CFO an

PR-man Britt Weaver offers, grinning. I had

heard about the workout that will purportedly

transform your body from regular to ripped

in just 90 days. A good friend of mine swears

by it. How many pull-ups can you do now

Rusty? Brett coaxed. A hundred, he replieda little red from having just been on the spot.

Weve got a pull up bar over in the corner of

the shop, Britt continues. Rustyll be happy

provide a demo!

The guy has had enough press and

success recently to fuel a justifiably enormou

ego, yet he was refreshingly reluctant to let th

conversation dwell on him. Instead, he was

clearly intent on sharing the success of his

company and his team. He had quite a story t

tell, and I was with him every step of the way

until we touched on the reality of the solar

powered home.It took me a few minutes to catch back

up with Rusty when he confirmed a statemen

Id recently written off as preposterous

gossip, a cruel rumor too good to be true:

That a house outfitted with solar panels could

generate not only enough electricity to power

the entire dwellingeverything in the house

that requires electricity, from the lights to the

stove to the hot water heaterbut actually

I

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have enough energy left over to literally push

power back into the grid. The meter would, in

fact, spin backwards. Unused solar generate

electricity would be sold to the local power

company. As he spoke, I daydreamed about

cashing one check after another from DukeEnergy.

In response to the question, Why solar

he quickly drove home the glaringly obvious

advantage of the suns energy compared with

other sources. Unlike deposits of coal, oil,

natural gas, uranium, or even wind, the ener

from the sun is constant and will never run o

Harnessing the suns energy does not produc

nasty byproducts like carbon dioxide or

nuclear waste. The sun keeps shining withou

fail, even as wind turbines sit idle without a

steady breeze.

Consider that the earth receives more

energy from the sun in an hour than the who

world uses in a year.

Assuming the intensity of the sun hasn

changed significantly in the last century (it

hasnt), why are we just now starting to take

advantage of such an obvious, constant, and

readily available energy source? Its simple,

he explained. Its affordable now. The same

technology that Rusty and his engineers

at Sencera are using to create the solar

panelsor Amorphous Silicon Solar Module

to be exactwas developed and implementedecades ago. Large-scale production was

cost-prohibitive though.

Something like the new handheld

calculators of the 1970s that Ive heard about

costing a hundred dollarsthe same ones

that are 99 cents in the checkout line at the

grocery store now? I tentatively suggested,

trying hard to contribute a decent analogy to

the conversation.

Exactly. Our new automated facility

delivers high-quality solar panels that are

perfect for use in any application, even

large-scale operations, like a solar farm, thatare finally cost effective and can realistically

compete with fossil-fueled energy.

Finally, there is serious discussion

about how the world will continue to meet

its constantly growing need for energy. Its

the combination of exponential advances in

a portion of the line where senceras solar

panels will be manufactured


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science, he explains, and fresh new political

(and consequently financial) support for

viable ways to power humanity, other than

fossil fuels, that has made companies like

Sencera not just sideshow novelties but profit-

generating, serious contenders.Basically were now able to take ten

percent of the silicon that traditional, expensive

solar panels are made with (the ones weve

all seen for years now: thick, blackish-purple

squares), and spray it as a gas deposit of

amorphous silicon cells right onto a simple

piece of glass, Rusty explained. This thin film

silicon product works better than other PV

technology, and works well in heat, low light,

even in the shade. And its finally affordable.

They work in the shade? I pressed with

a bit of doubt.

Okay, take Germany for example, he

told me. A pretty cloudy and cold country

for the most part, with almost no fossil fuel

resources to mine or pump. Unlike the U.S.,

which has sizable oil and coal reserves to tap

into, for decades theyve been forced to import

everything. Now, the Germans are using the

same technology we use to make the Sencera

100 panel to create massive solar-energy

farms, and are on the fast track to completely

weaning themselves off imported fossil fuels.

Right now, about 47 percent of the worlds

photovoltaic installations are in Germany.

Walking through the Sencera facility, Icouldnt help but feel a little like James Bond

scouting out Dr. Nos secret underground

lair. The faade of the building is nondescript

brick, and would fit right into any interstate-

convenient industrial park. The reception

area and the receptionist were both friendly

and warm, and the large conference room,

with finely appointed walnut accents and

overstuffed leather chairs would make Ken

Lewis proud.

It was the design and manufacturing

area, so well-lit that it was devoid of shadows,

visible through giant windows, that had me

spellbound. Work stations made up of wires,

tanks, tubes, and hundreds of unfamiliar shinyparts are placed for maximum efficiency over

thousands of square feet. For now, this is

where all the magic happens.

We toured the clean roomthe testing

area with a sophisticated air circulation and

filtration system running around the clock to

eliminate any dust. That room, says Rusty,

which is not much bigger than a high school

biology lab, is outfitted with specialized PV

efficiency testing technology crucial to the

companys never-ending quest to make more

a productive solar panel. Custom-made

machines in the clean room beam light onto

small chips containing various levels and

ratios of the amorphous silicon film in the

hope of improving upon the already impressive

8.7 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion

efficiency.

Construction crews noisily prepared

the largest part of this dynamic placethe

production and assembly area that is the last

piece of the Sencera puzzle.

By years end, 65 employees will

design, fabricate, package, and sell ready-to-

install, high-efficiency, low-cost solar panels

under this one roof. A product that is 100percent environmentally friendly, has no toxic

materials such as lead or cadmium, no moving

parts, and produces no harmful emissions

and at a profit. Rusty is even using geothermal

energy, via water channeled through 300-foot-

deep wells on the grounds, to both heat and

cool the building.

How does Duke Energy feel about you

guys? I wondered aloud. Having seen the

We hear it on the morning news

prices rise another ten cents thisAll told, Americans use a whopp

million gallons o gasoline each

What that means is that increasiefciency o our automobiles b

average o just ten percent wouldcollective $10 million per da

That was Toyotas goal when bu

the 2010 Prius, an increase o o10 percent miles per gallon rom

previous modelrom 45 mpgamazing 50 mpg. Available this

the King o Hybrids will have an ainterior and exterior, and a new

system.

The current 2009 Prius, available

or less than $20,000, gets 45 mmaking it 90 percent more efcie

the average car. This is by ar thdeal in Hybrids available. Imagi

savings i each o us drove a P

The Toyota Prius is all about savin

money, and now is the perect tbuy a hybrid. Because tomorrow

same news story will run: Gas pr

another ten cents.

special information sect

Power companies like Duke are not opposed to solar

power, and, to the contrary, are watching what were doing

here very closely. As soon as they see this as a more

profitable way to succeed in the energy business than whattheyre doing now, theyll quickly be building solar farms

instead of burning coal.


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place firsthand and come to understand how

Sencera will succeed in the energy business,

I connected the dots and could see that Rusty

Jewett and company really have pulled this

off. They are on the cusp of success in creating

a way to sell energy from the sun that cancompete dollar for dollar with other sources,

and that had me instantly worried. Politicians,

huge corporations, powerful lobbyiststhey

all have a knack for stamping out challengers

to the status quo like Sencera. The technology

to mass produce profitable 100 m.p.g. cars has

existed for decades, and battery technology

has improved so much in the past two years

that plug-in electric cars could be rolling off the

assembly line now as well.

But for some reason theyre not.

Is the power company trying to keep

you from succeeding, using their might and

political clout to keep you guys at bay? I asked,

braced for a disappointing explanation in the

affirmative. I was already envisioning elected

lawmakers nodding in agreement to Duke

executives on the 18th hole that solar energy

needed to be researched for a few more years

before it could be looked at seriously. Niceputt, Senator.

Not at all, said Rusty

Duke is in the energy business. They

are a legal monopoly, but still very much for

profit. They use whatever is on hand to make

energy and sell it to make as much money

as they can. If the most cost-effective way of

producing power is coal, then coal-fired steam

plants wont be hard to find. If it makes more

business sense to split atoms and spin steam

turbines to generate electricity, then dont be

surprised to see the silhouette of a pair of

cooling towers off in the distance.

Power companies like Duke are not

opposed to solar power, and, to the contrary,

are watching what were doing here very

closely. As soon as they see this as a more

profitable way to succeed in the energy

business than what theyre doing now, theyll

quickly be building solar farms instead of

burning coal.

This news put a big smile on my face as

we concluded the tour. Two hours had flown

by. As we finished up, I asked Rusty to puton his white lab suit for a couple of photos.

He demurred. These space suits were not

necessary, as the clean room filtration system

was more than effective in keeping dust at bay.

Theyve sat there since day one, he insisted.

We never wear them. Okay, so in lieu of a

photo op, I instead insisted on a pull-up demo.

P90X is apparently no joke, and neither

is Rusty Jewett. The guy cranked out a bunch

of pull ups for the group. More importantly,

he has brought something spectacular to our

city. At a time when things seem to always be

a bit overcast, the future at Sencera is burning

bright and hot under the able guidance of

Russell Jewett, Ph.D.

You can reach Matt at [email protected]


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