u/atomicbird

A while ago I found a couple of old Body Pump videos on YouTube that don't seem to be listed at places like lmtracks.com. I'm wondering if anyone knows more about them.

One is dated 1999 but doesn’t match any of the BP videos from 1998-2000 on lmtracks.com or lmtracklister.app. It’s hosted by Jackie Mills. It includes a full track list at the end and all of the instructor names. None of the other instructors show up in a search on lmtracks.com.

The other is not dated. The video calls it “Les Mills Pump”— no “body” in the name but it’s exactly like Body Pump workouts. For most instructors only first name is given, except for someone named as “Les Mills Jr" who leads the first track. In the team I recognize Susan Renata and Rachel Newsham (surprising).

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Update: Adding some screenshots since the videos have been taken down. The first two are the 1999 video with Jackie Mills. The next two are the undated video-- Susan Renata in red, Rachel Newsham in yellow.

A few days ago I posted about trouble using a MiSi pickup with a Flight Tiny 6 amp. Things almost worked but the volume was so low as to be unusable.

This is a new uke, custom built, so I got hold of the maker. He suggested that the saddle might have gotten a little dislodged during shipping so that it wasn’t making good contact with the Mi-Si’s piezo. He suggested loosening the strings and move the saddle back and forth slightly to maker sure it was properly seated. It worked! Everything’s working well now, no external pre-amp needed.

I have a new uke with a MiSi pickup installed. To try it out at home I got a Flight Tiny 6 amplifier. It seems simple enough? I thought it wasn’t working at all— no sound from the speaker— until I cranked it up and held it next to my ear. I could barely make out the sound. It was nowhere near as loud as the strings by themselves.

I did make sure to plug the MiSi pickup into its power supply for a while before trying. And the Flight Tiny has normal volume when I use it over Bluetooth.

Since I’m new to this I’m not sure what to look at. I don’t have any other amps or instruments with pickups to try.

Update: I took my uke to a guitar shop and they let me try it out with their amps. The pickup works but is a lot quieter than other instruments. We compared my uke with the MiSi pickup with one of their ukes with a different pickup (concert size Cordoba) and an acoustic guitar. The MiSi worked but we had to turn the amp up higher. The guy said it was a lot like a passive pickup. I don’t know if that’s typical of MiSi.

CSU covered proposed net metering changes at the utilities working committee meeting today. Last fall city council voted down the previous proposal but CSU has been working on new plans. Tristan Gearhart presented the new proposal.

The current proposal looks like this:

• Option 1, "standard". Net metering customers would have the same time-of-day rates as everyone else plus an additional grid access fee. The new fee would be the same for all net metering customers regardless of how many solar panels they have. CSU estimates it would be $25-30/month.
• Option 2, "choice". This is the same demand charge plan they originally proposed last year. Net metering customers would pay a demand charge based on their highest 15-minute period of use during peak hours each month. They did not estimate what this would cost. Last year they said $50/month average, then changed that to $25/month average. They haven't revised their guess so who knows.
• People could switch between these options, details TBD but once per year was suggested.
• Anyone already using net metering would be grandfathered for a while. They'd continue under the current scheme for five years after the plan took effect, then would have to go with one of these options. If things go as CSU hopes, the plan would take effect April 1 2027.

Some notes on things said during the meeting:

• Gearhart suggested that option 2 would be preferred by people who think they can reduce their cost compared to option 1. They might stagger their power use to avoid high demand charges or install battery storage to reduce peak use. He also thought this would appeal to people with fewer panels. That sounds like it should cost less than the grid access fee, but he didn't estimate the actual cost.
• Gearhart also thinks that grandfathered users will mostly consider batteries, and that the options have been structured with this goal.
• Several board members thought that CSU should provide some way to help people figure out what option would be best, since it can be complicated. Brandy Williams spoke up to say that she thinks CSU should not help people, that they should have to figure it out on their own.
• With option 2, you always get a demand charge. Staggering use or adding batteries could reduce it, but you don't get to avoid it completely.

Tristan Gearhart's slides are included in the meeting agenda PDF starting at page 32 here: https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Working-Committee/Agendas/05-18-2026-Working-Committee-Meeting-Agenda-May-2026.pdf?hsLang=en

A video should be available but it's not there yet. It should be here: https://www.csu.org/about/leadership/working-committee